Uiffaliftati.v4whioll PEtinkAN.. RNA & CO., "*Vtilithandue u E B. JOSIAH TM, N. P. HEED, EDITORS MID PROPEDOTORS. ' r. r. HOUBTON, TIMM/ Or THE DAILY • 371,•11. perycar l'Alvered by cardem perweek a EttE, STATE NEWS• YOit chickens have cholera. t riumu jr. hag hp,d_t_Cago Intantl aide. - BPHIL/LIM P.O.IIESII, of Parker's Lind. lug, died het , "- Diet, the Barb 4ottatypiurdi4c beard his death warrant mad._ . Porrevnah has a First Defenders as• Dor-laths of "three months men. " Tan Penang° Gentili ReyrablhoishOotn mtttee "14=4-at llankltn oti Tuesday, s6th wt iktOXONiLABB.L.O. CITY /On a dozen bud lies by immigration bust week, but re calved ten In tbett_ place. TICS steel works at Harrisburg Iwo beieriarning mei nth at the rate of 12,000 tons annually,' tot some' months Dom• Tam large ate= tannery of Keck & Co., at Allentown;was destroyed by Are onlitaarlar. The loas !shwa 400,000 to 820000. Smarm county ban two candidates for the Republican nomination for Congress in MW Twenty fourth Mat*Re,Ltat Weyand and Mr. Henry. A. Tnnion Emil., of Indiana county, isuanotinced min candidate for Congress' in the Twentyfiret District. Mr—Taylor Is a member or.the-Indisna Tts poetal' busLuess of Erie exceeds that of Reading, Lancaster or Harris burg. Its delivery of local letters equals that., Turtland, Hartford sod Jersey City. MU. Unmans PILIZILB, widow of H~nryPrizer,,.who established. the firm boarding *hoot at the Moestgom ery c9unty, died on the 16th inst., aged A ILIZR in Allentown recently made a bet that be could drink four quarts of bonded vareterde whisky at one sitting. He wrin . the bet easily. His corpse looked quite natural. r Cox. Awn= I. nun boa resigned - General Superintendency of the nu. adelphla and Erie Railroad. He intends to go *loath and lager otiazges o d A railroad in South Carolina. MAIM H. lbautumi; Esq 'of Potts. town, will be suougly urged by Ms friends before the next Republican nom. hatiageonventloa of Montgomery maw,- tyi lbr State Senator. ; Tai POttnine ' euit;idra retioias the finding of the body of Mrs. 'baguette Whalen, who waslost in a. snow storm on Sharp Nountaln on the 24th.of Feb ruary.l She was an aged woman. . . A urns CHILD, three years -of age, soli of Mr. Thomas Mclntyre, residing in Reading, fell into a tub of scalding water on Saturday afternoon last, from the effects of which It died on Sunday night. BRADFORD county has now two county sesta.-7/14cry having been Amsted half allre' town - for the trial of cases - In the districts around that place. The first court commenced on Monday of last week. • • TanLeglidetare was. In session wkly. five working days. In that time 2,168 bills' were Introduced Into the House, and lute the Senate. The whole num ber actually passed by both Rouses and sent to the Governor, was 1,498. Mama= WlLldAlia, of Indiana county, in the years from 1811 to 1814, killed one hundred and seven wolves, for wkilekisiti drew out of the county tram* , $759. Mazgaratputsthave been an extra ardipary woman. altogether differeht teem the "girl of th. period." ..As Meadville on Wednesday; while stone,. B. Walcott Bellew was heard to fall' sad before any one Mulct go to Ms assistancie the spark or therreCtrimo - air. -- Bellew bad apparently enjoyed good health, and bad, during the dal, attended to the ordinary vocations of his busy but quiet life. Clemson Cotaxszt, s convict in the Lancaster county. prison, died a short time since. He stated toe fellow prisoner that he ccunnitted and helped to commit, during his life, five murders and roma'. ous robberies, - and that be • was only twenty.nine years of age, and had been thirty.sayen times. A BIDFOND county paper, In speaking of the manner in which fees are collected for killing of skunks and foxes lays : "'Dm trappers Wes nice way of reading the phraseology of the law which requires the •hanimiles' to be might in Bedford ebnity. • They go in pairs, and alter the Ohm la secared in an' adjoining county . they repair to the Bedford county line, one of the party enters her sabred pm. einem and the other tows bird the game and he catches it, and then it Is caught in Bedford county." '- Tien Timing° Spoctatar narrates the following: A gentleman riding on hone . back a short time ago in Sugarcreek township, raw smoke issuing from the roof of a home, a little distance ahead, and a woman running from it in - great baste. Galloping up, he found the Muse an like, the door locked and two children Maids. He kicked the door La, took the children out, and then commenced tonal out theirs, which belied nearly , qiccom plished by the time the men belonging to the house came up. The mother in her frith% had locked the children In tag house, and gone for help, but they would have beea.bnrned to death before help camel( the anger bad not rescued them. _ _ 7IISICAL NOTES. - Ibw."Tcywnwer, the - Boston musician usiiilidonbted Crownla." Xoicknis lett a wirot son two daub ter; also son, who s painter, lhtn L London. Loma" to-ntontnr Wog, be very_ elaborate in' our ItAmati Catholic sad Episcopal churches. . CPU! BIT". Is to bare his In written by lihragent, Say 'Watson, who has been :with him In Norway, and . Is now rant aging his concert tour. , J. IL.TneOLUI la oils bf thsi mini oomt posers who hare written a new anthems for Eagle to the words "Ctlntst our paw our is sacrificed for us." Tam Bichina troupe, when last heard or. was at Montgomery, Alabama. MIAS Blather, Mr. Bowler and Mr. Drayton are highly praised by the local critics. Mosawr's "Napo Flute!' has been played by tbe German mate= at Crow =re Sense to Chicago, under the of Mr. Groscurth. It was well received °soma W. Mosesn, the Mudd, win give this spring and summer a series of omen concerts in tue principal cities out. skis of the Metropolis. It is Ave years since he lut mode stdmilar tour. A.Boxex Spaniel opera troupe lAsiting Mances at the Metropolitan Theatre. ncleco. The prima donnas are amid Mono and Montane,. "Uri Timm Esoondldo" (A Hidden Treasure) 'lathe title of their principal opera. Mon oonouts in Cincinnati base been bit Poorly attended this winter. Of the LOCSI socialite, Mrs. Dexter le highly ut lby the -critlca Theodore and his orchestra losespecial satisfaction to the Cincinnati are= • Ohio enthusiast, who wants the historic records preserved, metes this impala : "Yen are valuable in God's economy for what they do. Doing is for the present end for the henceforth; and the Present, by books, may become the henceforth." And farther : "There lea higher life_ on earth) than that of corn and hcsta. pigironandshort horns, hither than that of put* 'edits. linen.' It is that life represented by the Perry paint ing in the rotandsof our Btate Gmdtol— =mg niches yet to te • filled=mundly idatorical to us, wakes a few dollars, but ,4seestandy comportuding credit to the "Simt. It is that life represented by the ,Or - eur.43evarnora :In the Xacu• I 'ME IB I (tO' be continued)—what at. spy in the People's Munition equal to them!" ' • • • . 1 , . T. I . , . • . .. - _ 1 . 1.. , . • ' _ . • . • . .". • , ~ - r . , . , . ,_ . . . ~ r,. . - . ~ . v I e nt s. l . - L.... ~.. .i- it VOL. LXXX V. :0 5.00 GENERAL 'NEWS. LtraLLE Wirwrsnr; is Fron Fron•ing .Art unknown man was lately murdered on the "Barbary Coast" of Ban Francis- co, for flftj cants. - Donn designed Wile Sessi's - dress as the Queen at Golconda, and it coat •her MOO franca to have It made: - DREW the San Donato paintings which brotOt 83,090 f, wait" gladly sold, by its alb t, who died poor, rot' -£2O. A GEORGIA railroad fireman shot his _engineer for remonstrating with him for raising steam at a wrong time. _ t A ta'rriaratallan , glrl hes been bitten *nd tramred to death •by a monkey. That's better than to marry one. Mn. Brion, of Indiana, blithly !dabbed a friend to death the other day in Wised they callout there an altercation. TIIAT very Engrossing Clerk of the lowa Legislature has got her right at last: She is to marry one of the members. AARON . A.LPEORIA BRADLEY,. with his fondness for public institutions, now tuna is South Carolina lunatic asylum. Mule races, iifwhich the slowest wins, each man driving another man's. mule, buoy the spirits of Columbus nowadays.. dov.AfifimulTra, of Lanisiana, ie growing modest, and refuses to s!t for portraits and have steamers named for A. minas of Gotham boasts that her per diem ration of an ounce of arsenic doesn't hurt her health and improves her com plexion. Ton burning of a jail in Gouge—eye Gulch, Nevada, recently compelled the removal of the prisoners to Bobtailed Grizzly. A N.:ammo, Conn., editor wants reve nue cutters and forts authorized to sink vessels loaded with roughs bound for a prize fight. A Rocas:frau judge procured employ meat-for a vagrant, In Ilecrof committing him, and the man thsnkthlly accepted the situation. . A. Vnionna girl who nursed a wound. - ed Confederate officer back to life, has just forwatdcd to his new bride the bullet „cut from his leg. -Tama Japanese princes in the guise of Highland cadets are the liofis of New York. They have been at the Highland echoer - three years. Tau account of a rescue of two children from a Baltimbre fire poetically concludes: "The children were well swathed and „ceme_out unscathed."' Tas falling of a chimney through a whole block in New York, Saturday, killed a chdd in the cellar. Those floors must be slightly porous. A CINCINNATI suicide not content with one death, swallowed a bottle of whisky, cut his throat and then shot himself to death with great composure. Kazzooo, M. C., of 'Connecticut, favors protections for corsets.' The ladies will remember him when the Biz. teenth Amendment to ratified. Tim Feeitch Radicals are paining mound the bat in Pial for the benefit of Rochefort. Of .course no one would think of pulting,a Napoleon in It .--[ Ex. CALDWELL, the drawback swindler, who fled to Canada for safety, says that his p est and return to New York were the w rat drawback he has experienced yet. - ARRA Dtcruasop wore a black silk trimmed with white, and one hand behind her, at her Mat lecture in New York. Wonder if It was the one adorned with a felon. . ,- A Pini,annLrula paper . asserts that lately a hair tutied'aemertardta for a mile faster than an express train on the North Pennaylyoutta Railroad =WO the same . distance. - Socarrart 'Boorwam. Is very coon. iient.nE .-4 the Funding bill, without any material modification of Its provisions, as passed by the Senate. Tim wives of England arc getting tired of the monotony of being beaten to death by their husbands, and one pioneer reform er has mauled her man into his grave with a big stick. A Nsw Your policeman walked around ti - block rather than go under Reynolds's' gallows. from superstition. Reynolds would have been willing to do so, from another feeling. Tun Warden of the New Jersey State' Prism:etas all lady visitors take down their back hair in his wife's bedroom, in order to prevent them smuggling tobacco in their chignons. . Fluxes is rapidly acquiring our ad. winced Ideas. Two young clerks have been splurging among the German gam bling resorts, on a few hundred thousand embezzled francs Two young ladies at Peoria lately threw a young man Into the gutter, pounded him and - pulled his nice curly hair, and then walked away without tell ing him what it was fur. A urrt.r. Mississippi girl was lately lured from her home by, her uncle, clad in a boy's garb, and brought to Philadel phia, where she has been found and Is to, be returned to her parents. A Nrw Your parson lately mistook a picture of Feebler as Hamlet, for some Christ blessing the multitudes. Newer!= der; some of them In New York know less of the Bible than of Shakspeare. - Coarans, Titah, bids alike for the trade of the Atlantic and Pacific, taking gold and greenback!' at par, and thinks Ban Francisco Isn't smart If site. can't _nrake Chicago show "what she does it on." . . Tar fashion *Of dancing with hat In hand, introduced by Mr. Banks, Is finding great favor. In yrOldngton since it was discerned thinhis and thus only could the glak of losing. a, good article be avoided. . Tux Salt Lake menagerie seems to bo insecure. Election day, the hyenas and things got loose, and now a camel; with a blconsh over his eyes, is missing, and will probably be eating up some Mormon temily next. ' ' 'corm asked Count Monfrond, the memoir writer, to teach him tho art of of succeeding in society. 'Oh. It is simple enough , ,, .said the Count. "Talk to the middle aged and young ladies, and listen when the old ones talk to you." Qairs another thing—Sporting fanner to his Rader : " Como to look at our hurdle races, sirs. Capital view from this lane?"' Rnctor (who is there by Sc. cident, of course), "Musn't go to races in Lent, Smith. We are only out fora ride."—Ponch. Dirrconw, in describing a paig of horses he had loost, said: "Day wane very much alike; 'opening); do off one. One lookt so mooch alike polls I could not tell t'oder from which; when I want after one Ualways caught de order; and I whipped de one most dead because de oder kicked at me." • . Aw exchange observes that ithe nup tials of Mr. Cobb and Miss Webb present the first induce of a 'cob webb wedding on record. Nevertheless It must be confessed that this finely spun material constitutes the principal staple, out of which most matrimonial ligatures are nowadays manuiscrared. Tan Carlisle (144 Mercury is respell. sills for the following: "We found the following notice on Monday lest. Wo give the phraseology verbatim, thong forbear publishing the signature, lest It may prove of some benefit to the owner of the 'kaf:' 'Lost—a_ red tar he had a white spot on one of his behind legs he wee a she kaf I will give two Ultima to Enedbodiwot will bring him hum." Tut ' Senate Committee on Retrench. mart has determined to rayon'. Mr. 13chenck's bill to establish a Department of Justice, and recommends its plunge. The bill places the Attorney General at the head of the department, and directs Chit the Solicitors of the Treasury, Navy and Internal Revenue Bureaus, Judge Ativocate, and all law officers of every department; to be merged - in the new de nse tment. It creates the office of 130:leiter General, who, In case of - the, ab. menu or Inability of the AtMimey eral, shall fill the office of theciaztei.. IRST DITIOI. MID.rIGHT NEWS BY CABLE. The Changes in the French Minis try—Journalists and the Plebis eitum —La Crouzot Strike End ed—Spanish Priests Persist in Refusal to Tale the Oath—Rev olutionary Couspiracy in Italy —Affairs in Austria. (By Te!egrAph to the rittsburgh 6axelte.) FRANCE. PARIS, April IS.—The Journal Official to-day announces that Count Darn and M. Botta have vacated their respective' portfolios, and that these changes have necessitated the assumption by M, 011 P vier of provisional charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ad interim, and that M. Segria =weeds M. Bullet as Minister • of Finance. M. Maurice Richard; late Min• later of Fano Arts, has boon promoted Ito be Minister of Public Instruction, vice M. Segria. At a - meeting of the Left and. Radical journallate last night Gambettii,lalmon, Palloton, Picard and many other mem bers of the Corps ware present, and sixty-two. Provincial anti fourteen Paris Journals represented. It was decided to vote negatively on the pleblacitum, and circulate a manifesto against nit object. The Deputies of the Left Centre In the Corps Legialent will meet tc-morrow to decide what course to pursue in regard to the plebiscltum. The strike at La Cretrzat is practically ended. Operations have been resumed at - all the shops, moat of which have their full complement of WOrkuiten. 13132 Rows, April 15.-Yesterdays number the lithere abstained from misdating at the meeting of the Ecumenical.. Council when a vote on the nehmen against bet rodozy was taken, and others accompa. pled their votee with declaration/ of die. approval of the manned wh oh the echemo had been discussed. The riuthorlties keep themselves well informed of the projects of Marshal and hie party for another attempt on Romo' and are obliged to increase .their vigi lance and Bovinity. Within a few dap+ forty euspacted persona have been ~arr ested in Rome and neighboring pontiff cal towns, and the avowals elicited at their examination leave no doubt of: at' extensive conapiracy within the papal territory, the leaders of which areacting In concert with the Revolutionary party outside. • =I biAnnin, April 15.—Senor Victeaga . ma been appointed Preeldent of the Council of State. rthe Barcelona Insurgenta are receiving unusually severe aentenceiat the bands of the Council of War. In she ()ones, yeate rday, neral Print Intimated that .certain U woald lbw allowed during which the clergy moat take the oath of allegiance. The Spanish clergy persist In their rein• sal to swear allegiance to the constitu tion. Though the time within which they era required to tato the oath la abort, they have so far shown no dupe• altion to yield. Fire men were executed at Barcelona for robberies and sasasslnetlons com mitted last month. E321:311E VIENNA, April is.—The now Ministry. has Wined a nutnifesto of palley. They aay they will endeavor to smooth did:Leal- ties anti .often a•potitter. bat without ;;TrlsZorZperi'arNt="lirerCiro"ren;% _ . ment will identify heed' srlth the movement for national development on the biosla of common rights and liberty = Loanon, April 16.—Nitro hundred em grants vaned from this olty - yesterday or Canada, In the ineamahlp Midway. /PLYMOUTH, Atoll 15 —The atiannthip Ham mord., from New York, baser:lml. EDINBORO. April 15.--The - enamor Scandinavian, for, Montreal end. fiver pool,-was launched to-day at Greenock. VINAIVCIAL AND CUMPIF4S,,I , AL., Le:goer!, April 15:.—Marketa are all closed. - - PLAIN. April 15.—Bauraa quiet' at 73 francs 72 centimes. • ANTWERP, APlills.—Petlo49l:lll2 Mar ket quiet. lavrairoot., April 15.--Cera 2Pe. _ IEDINA, 0. A Conflagratton—Entire Business Pitt of the Town Destroyed. (II! Ttirxrapp loth" rittsburgb dasette4 MXDINA. 0.. April destruCtive ere broke out this morning Id this vil lags, in en old erooZen boildhig meopled m a barber shop and by severalnegro faindlies, Irdthe centre of the tutelar/Is part of the town, and In four boom every baslnem block but two weal barbed to tbe ground. There ware no anginal, and the effmta of the people with buckets were, unavailable), Keay „personal were burned, souse severely, but no lime lost. Several parties were taken from eaccual story windows and othere-incaPed.With ottly such clothing as they could Xestily lay hands on. The fire fluidly stepped onSte west' nide of tho suave, at Aarnn Anderton's block. It 15 ittipoesible , to tell' what the lost amount` the bat ttie entird business part of , Lthe aura. Win -stokes. • , CANADA. 317 Tele/MOM SO me Pumbargatimlets.)- Manaus 1., April 16:=Arolubteers . , , from the country continuo fo arrive. Bverlthlug quiet on frontier. HALIFAX, April In.—Murray.' resolu. tient , on confedentilOnt with-the antipod e:lents made by the Govan/Meat, hive not vat come up or Mactlssion. , :The Government resolutions will' recite the eonferrlag of Knighthood an Hlr Al: T. Galt; lifter 'Lis ..declartition- tif • hide. .pendanae views, and resolves that the British Government. be asked tot Mato plainly tat views on independenom: ,The.Pringe .Bd wad's Tetrad Gbvern • mem, bee reoelved a dispetak,4MMloarl Granville in Wed urgintithe intorperp Gun of the Island In the Dominion., thort Martial for the. Trial. of fileptral Totten. [By Tclayrapb to the pittplmrill Guam.) :. LOUIBVILL.E., April 15 —A Wart wax. tied, convened by President Grant forth* trial of Brigadier General Totten, Lieu. tenant Colonel and Assistant Inspector General 11. hi Army, met . ll: this city to day. The court is . composed of the fol lowing officers: General 8. C. Loren, Colonel 14th Infantry. Presider:lf Gen. W. Crawford, Colonel 2d Infantrtf Gen. G Pennebeker, Colonel 10th lafantry; Gen. H. W. Weisels, Lieut. Colonel L s. Army; Gen. 13. B. Granger, 16th Infa,Wry; Gen. R. Ayres, Gen..l. T. Hanes, Mayor' and C. Et.: Gen. J. A. Potter, Major and Q M. and Captain C. A. Whittier, it'd: Infantry, — JUdRe Advocate. One of ithe charges against Gen. Totten is said to be absence without leave. After remaining In aession here two or three days; ittio Conn will proceed to Charlestonfai C. for the purpose of procuring, testimony, and will then return . hero; to , orinalude their proceedings. '' Upper nisei% Wlr L a P. Tweeters.) ,• GRINNIIIIOBO, April 15.-111Ter slowly, with 4% water In the channel. Weather cloudy,. with thermometer at 77 at r. m. hionnaigrogrig, April 1A..-Biver ste• tlon W ary. with 2 feet of water In the 011111- net. eather cloudy, with theirMometer - OIL CITY, April He—River falling slowly, with 6 feet 2 inches of water in the channel. 'Weather Clear and sultry, with tharnionteteritiftate 7.P Bnowalretiug, April 115.Znieer about on. a stand; with b fret of Witter In the channel., Weather cloudy, with -then mometerat 70 it 4 r. PITTSBURGH, SATtRDAY, APRIL 16, 1870. FORTY-FIRST tONGRESS. (sworn) session.) Substitute for the House Frank ing Privilege Bill—The Census —Vote on the Geergia Bill to be Taken Next Tuesday—life Deficiency_ Bpi Finally Passed. Mr TeleXtitett to, the ritt.burgl ti a.m.) Ir.WAsillwarow, April 15. 1870. - '- -7- EIENATEe CRAGIN xtatcd the Naval Com mitten had resolved that Congress ought not to entertain application of retired officers for restoration to the active list, unless recommended by the Executive D:partment. ' . Mr. SIJMNER. introduced a bill to sim plify slid reduce the reteof poetage,abol- fah the frenking'privTlbge,,lirolt the coat of denying Cleardalls, and regulating the Payment.orpostage. Hs gSlite notice of his Intentlern'tornove tt 'sty a substitute' for the P(ltillirrr bill "both/0;11[We frank. big privilege. The bill makes a reduc tion of postage tonne Cent for halrourthe lettere, and subatitutea fur the franking privilege a system of stamped envelopes. Ordered,pciitted and placed with° eaten- dm. ll' 1 ;4 , ii, , , , . Mr. WANE Intim:bleeds joint rose- lotion directing that thecenerts marshals shall not be reolred to take any oaths otherstligliZsAlie - Ailo Orfeeiribed - . l n. ir. 6 ;: census act of 1850, and one to support the Conatituttorrir ot, !In! State and United The bill amendatory of the census law was peened be It aitindbChy, a substitute of the Senate Committee. It provides that cemenepiendtaleahall haelndeitatla tics repritiamtittraurvivlng °Meer*, sol diers andeallora of . the war of 1819, and their surviving widows, concerning their pensions, de.. It limits the time within which returns shall be.madass to pow,. lation - end,mortellty, increases the coati peneatlon'ef• mtinthal4 an& giverito ell Marshals eight cents for each page of two copiesof orlenaleeasaareinflia required by the 11th rndo's of the act of 1850. The Georgia bill was taken up and die emoted be bir..POMERGY in lavorofhla amendments. 'by Mr. HAMILTON; •of Texas, In the onforcement.of the views the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton) in favor of Mr. Drake's amendment for military Intervention toenppreee the Ku Klux, by Mr. FOREMAN explanatory of affsira in Georgla,-and by Mr.,POOl. In favor of military "hdervention by the Government in Southern. States, when ,' requested by State authorities. Itrwas then agreed that a final, vote on the blithe taken et six o'clarkateaday. Mr. ToRARE obtained the Seer.and the Senate adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. bIr,DAWEB, of Massachusetts. front the Conterenee.Committee on the Den clenCy bill:Mi.de his report; Which was read. He staled tbernatn palate In the report were f..nr: The Marine tiospi'al at Ctilagigo.* the Custom Boniest St. Paul ' and - the New York and Boston Post: offices, and offered to give any explana timblbat aught be naked on these points. - DOring the discussion which followed Mr. FARNSWORTH,. said the new hospital building ItChicago was entirely unafor 'them* to which It was destined. but declined testate talitauthorit v. except before the Investigating Committee. • The rennet' was finally adopted-102 egal#St TO, and the Dedcleney bill now only requires the signature of the Presi dent. District .01. Columbia bush:mai was considered and' a! large number of bills disposed of. Anjourned 101 Monday. BRIEF TELEURANS. --Bplcidte continue In Claclnnsai, the lattat caeo baba that of F: :doyen., a b. bet, who took arsenic. —sfritritrortis Willard. founder of the TIOMTASeniII. ( Litt) filt.d.P4tr Yr. .1444 1 eig hty - four.., Ummtgolll, one bubourC4 wad thlrtymesrati • daya from Bong Kong. arrived at •Pertrere Monroe yerterday.-- -At Wabash, Indiana, Thursday night. twentydwo buildings were destroyed by fire. -including tho tromont liens., In which it originated. • —The Boner.- of the filserkonuaetta 1.51651:tura her voted favorably on thr resolution to ronstta reading and writing clause indhe State iifinetitutlon. .melt, named Barney klineheW, stabbed and kilted At:lithe= allaatilu. at Winchester,Lod.. yerterditi evening. The intifilieffheii net. begin firfeffed• —Jacob Pierce, of Boston, a railroad owner to lbs west. has ciffered. to bead the line from Springfield to Coinmtitui, Ohio, open conditions which will be complied with. • -1: v4400161' Bann of--dol lars bas bran subscribed In New York for the purpose of venting a ("rya:al Palace loctils approaching International Exhibition In that city. . • —Brevet Brig: Gen. Wessels, Lien& Col. unsaaigned. wilt In addition to his present duties perform those of Superin tendent of General iteCrolting Ser. vie* et Cinelnaell,"Ohlo. —lt is reported the young Demob:Rey of Now • York have resolved to run a ticket at the May , charter election with Smith Ely tir Mayor, Thos. A. Liniwlth for Comptrotler. end Jno.Forfor 81:tariff. ' —The Moose Committee of the- Ohlo Legislatureheld a protracted session on Thursday heating the CRBEI ,of the Pittsburgh,. Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. argued - by. Judge 'Rainey and Hon. J. T. - Brooks.. —Trade In Chicago Is sold to hare never beforo hoop so lively as oaring the past .few day's:: Tb 6 aggregate aides In. foot prominent hranchee of goods at whole. 'ealefor the present week`will probably reach four million donate.' • tenni of Zdedles,Ohlo, Was r7d on Thursday night, the fire originst. log In a barber shop. The place was built entirely of wood and there were no facilities for extinguishing the. flames. The population was about threethoueand. —At Shelbyville, Indiana, Thursday , night, a desperado named' Vansradeo,, attacked deptity,Sherlff_MOUbrele and. serlosialYfeldred , hie ° heed. • Tile latter shot hie tussallant through the breast. Bother 'the men aro In a very 'critical hvenderatood at St. Paul that Gen.. Hanooek, commanding the Department . of Dakota, will be transferred to either St. Louis or Sae Francisco, having been offered his choice of these locations shim the death of Gen. Thomas, and It la be. Hayed that ne will prefer St. Inn's. "—Advice,' from all point"' 'above SI Louis and from the large tributaries of the kilsairailppi Indicate that the height of-the Eked is not yet attained. Very much•proPerty has been destroyediand various town are threatened with ftsr tberund serious tome 00 noommtuf the Vahan away of the Ater banks. —Some two hundred and fifty or three hundred ladles and gentlemen will be included In the excansion of the Ohio, LeiglilatOre to •Wastilsitio• tiestoi nave been perfected for the party. to leavo'on - litonday afternoorinex and to spend the night and Tuesday in Balti more and proceed to Washington the next day. ~ - I —The Bleachery at Pontiac hillls,War wick, R. I. was destroyed In fits Duet evening. Rome wood." were saved' from the finishing room, hut the remainder of the stock, machinery end buildings, ex cept the Kier Home, are a total loss. The Milli were owned by B. B'& R. Knight, of Providence, who have 160,000 ineursnee. , —The Fenian Congress at Chicago hes changed the old constitution .of the Brotherhood, and in' place of President and Senate appointed an Executive Com mittee of nine members. It has also voted to send a committee of three to tirifeerrith Drew Ihrk Fenian Con go .lintlon, CO be held on terth lost.. e greed probably adjourned last nigh Th t. The water from the Awoken ttmnel ' It 81. Anthony, Minn:, undermined,"on Thursday, the Summit and-Inland Baur. in* milk and thedloulton planing mill. Beth were completely destroyed. Total loss over-POPO. The prawns now la g the entire eastern portion of Hennipbela land, on which ate Maur trainable Mills, and the costly dam and bridgerwlll Do swept away belbre the water can be shut off from the bead of the broken tunnel. To accomplish this' dam is now tilling, built iehlWiellf keep the Vaster not only fromenneing the ,tnazoil, but from the save hill' - at St. Anthony. ' clapiPt s of sawing /MO feat of lumber-pet day, renderin them Rialto's for .34,e, best por tion Of 'Neon; - SECOID EDITIOI. sons O'CLOCK, .711. THE CAPITAL. ; FT6f3dllloll'S Bureau inyestlgation —Torchlight ll'rocession t and to the' Vresblent —Cu bau News —*lame .. Matters— The Senate reclonal ilifflculty —Arctic Exikition, fly Tclet comb to tbo ribabiltott Unette.) WAnnswrOrr, Aprillo, /8/0. ritBSIDMILN'S ItcrailltT .• The Fernando W6od-Howard tnveett. gaticM began yeiiondsy, and `_ several wltnessoa have 'Towed for the prosocu• lieneral HOSlgrri.smd Mr. Wood Are both • present, tattended by their respeetive counsel. , -.Among the •first acts of the Connaitten , wee thompasaage 'Of a reselution tuat, All the proceed loge, of the. Oimtul eirititlYtmeret • Mr Wood was in Yoe of having tho investigation open; and of allowing the representatives of,the patina press -loam. I preheat To this 'arrangement Mr. Cornell; chairman Orthe 'Committee. end a majority of the triehde of General Howaeti, objected. TheLeouneel wee infonned that no rimiest of the eviderioa would be allowed, and that no re-direct examination would. be permitted. In short - tiro, Comma's° proposes to do whet no otherloseetims. Lion bee ever been tatde to accomplish, namely, atop all leaks and conatitute itself a veritable etas, chamber. Under these eiroumstancest nothing cab be gained except front witneswee who have not the fearer the Committee before their eyes. The wltneaaes examined yesterday were. A. S. Cox, eigantor of the estate upon which the Howard University is 'erected, the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbla,,and J. W. Hammy and Wiliam Harney, contractors for the Univerall. The 'evidence was mainly relative to certain rest estate operations. Teatiniony was takeß showing the worth less character of the Patent brick nut of which the Howard University was built, and how Gen. Howard and his associates of the Bureau were ppisonally interested in these brick. ' Several of the workmen engaued an the building, and about of tho trustees and othor onloors of the First ClODRTrita (tonal Church, are summoned for to. TonciLLiting reocOettOni-ruit rang mixt' ar.sitigliiill. There la a torchlight proceaelon to. night In celebration of the rattle:Won of the Fifteenth Amendment and .in favor of that:imposed change of government for the Mitring of _Columbia. About fifteen thousand Miami ere In line. A number of realdencees of prominent citizens are illoninalad' as le also the horse of Vice-PresideldUolfax. President Grant moderonaded, and to reply to remark' by - Judge Flatter eaid: `I could not say anything to them who ere assembled here thli evening to con. vine them any farther than I have done of my earnest desire to pm the Fifteenth Amendment become a pat of the Ifonecitnrlon. •I" will only add, that I hope thqsa enfriinCidsed by it-will prove themselves worthy of ft. Minorite io them And .to those who have tie franchise Withoilt it, that all rosy be matt ally betuelitted by It. I feel confident that f.his will to the result. If I hmisot thought to I should rent have boon NO muttons (or tta ratin . Colt 1012." • thou proceeded to rho roisters portico or the tiahlbil, nt.tere speeches were clelivonal bySeveral mem belt 5 • t letetittallv ' memos or vvioan independence have received lectern Nutting the laborers on the sugar' plentahous neer Colon wore obliged to 'Mandan 'their 'work on as nonot of the advance of a large body of inetirgerits, and that the Spanish troop. rmenated; Ono, that the cottuou of Span ish triono, ander Goynerdic e .haa nem twice defeated and driven bade to Puerto Principe, sod that Gout* Jordan lit still In commend of the sitriots. ' orriliCrurk. The Senate Reptibllcan caucus thin morning, resumed, the conittderetlon of the charges brought anaired Secretary Gorham by Senator Colo. Amer discue. pion the whole matter was referred back, without Inatruczkule, to the mama com mittee of three Senators who recently took teetfurany on the; antjent,. the un• despoiling' being that. they. wig .use their efforts to bring about an adjust ment of the permnal difficulty. naviAtfg (Singh. • The Corerniseltioer ofluternal Revenue has homed spode' order Na. 76, reinsta ting epees' 'order lto:Ti.'ptientriblng a new form of book to be kept by whole• said flirter Mien, reetinere and distil. lent, to take efreet let of May.. The The Opuntlesiorier ' has _decided that hotel bilbr,' tuCtaTilti while belittling or Awl/ hone hono-in the transaction Of basilicas, Mir bo deducted in Interne returns. THE AllOllO IMPEDITION. ' Tbe Senate Committee Int Foreign Re. lath:ins hold an Irregular meeting yester day. and gave oome attention to the moue 01 ,0didun questiou. The opinion wee eipreatiod, by a prominent member of di r , co.rattee, that the whole matter would tall, to consOluence of the rivalry indulgealu by the two leaders lobo are noW pressing their respective views. ..COYJITTTErt II11117:4=1. ,-9640prOpelattOli.Ot toe (illieffo ' Board of Trade for a reduction of duty on Ca nadian wheat of ten centa.tvaa advocated before the Ways and Means Committee today by Hoprnaantative Cburchlll..The Committee are unbkely to yield thereto. No action will ho taken on the funding bill thla week- JUDOS EOND. : "';The Radical Senators, who some duel ninety opposed Judge Bone's confirms-' tlon an Circuit Court Judge for Maryland,, have changed their vlawr, and are now . I.4pg to ..aupport,hlm, agppovd, -theit adrotnletWitioli lothience haielreetid thin. ARIZONA INDIASIB. Goo. Ord. ripens their:n[4l43y of the Apache tribes. In Arizona are peaceable and well disposed and recommends they, ,be mining /and& - 111COOTITZtlak The Pneildeni, hals , rsoo 'lead Penile Illbayel as Consul of Fran. at Chicago. St "LOUIS; Hele' of an Alleged Deteullsr—Tbd City• Tetuan . , Deddcatlon—lludden Chenge . :ln the neither, • ' LIT Tekjrsph.tptaa pttabargh dastlto Sr. Louis, April :15.—Chrle • elan Garrett, ; who-.wax clerk In the .o,,udlior'a office several, years pre. view to 1869, was charged with ember'. sling funds from that office and led to Germany to AVold arrest. tiubsequentlY lie was indicted by the grand jury and efferte made to procure hie arrest, with. outsucoess. On Wednesday hereturned to .tha. city and* in.day voluntarily appeared before the criminal court, Hive Immo ball, and war' ieleased. The exact amount of Garrott's embezzlement Is not known but it Is estimated at nearly $lOB,OOO. ' The' -- Imlttee Who hay? been exam. . . Arm comm.. Iningthe accounts oflBusisky,defaulting Treasurer, have oompleted'iheir labors and will report to the Mayor :tomer:ow. after 'several very warm days, - the weather suddenly changed last night and rain, hail and anew have been falling to day. The mercury marked 80 yester- day: to-day it fell 88. Notwithstanding the withdrawal of the Unton printets, the Repae/ieart is work ing a .redured farce, and claims to be able to bold ootaigolttst the ottlkoto, The Ohl!, Legistiature.. (By 'Ye leirrsok to thi Pit...burgh Gloat/ Commtine. April 1&--The Hoineapent mealy thewhele day ou the eppropzia• rue bill. Tbel3nlate numnemoute were 411 aimed Wiuntlhe hilllle now a l•w. The Bougie , 'visaed thq Senate-pill . 'cmend icily the municipal code,, me: lug , coveral amendments to, it. • The Sotate cenned to concur In - the' Houma coluendmentn, and the MU will pratably LW: 4.: CINCEiNiiTL Tow Boat Blown Up—Only Four out of Ticenty.Tnree PerSooll Known to be Hared. (By TelevmOb to the rlttatonva OWWW.) CIWG'INNATI, April ls.—The tow boat Raven exploded her boll re at eleven o'Clock to-night above the Little Miami depot ef t d floated down to the foot of Butler street, where she sunk, Twenty three ramie were on board. Madison Orel , deck' band, from Boston, Ohio, was brought ashore badly hurt. Three others are known to be slaved, but the fate of the remainder ia not now known. Lartit..—Usptaln Samuel DeWolf, of the Raven disaster, was badly hurt about the head and bad his right arm broken; J. Aleehire, of Ciallipoihs, was hurt through the hips. Both are at the Broadway' Hotel. Rills Aleshire, oar. printer, WAR Romney scalded, and kn own h to be saved; Joseph Martin, first °nal. neer, D. Dwelt, mate; Then. , J. White, 1 fireman, Joe. Martin, and two persona I unknown are saved. The fate of the re. malodor cannot be determined at , this, 1 late hour. • .. ..• The offinere and crew not beard fibte aro as follows: - Asa Woodward, oilot; Joe Martin, heat engineer; George Abele, second engineer. Firemen, Reuben Banner. John Christy, Renry Brown. Colored, Ed, (lent name unknown.) Levi Saucer, , find toward; Robed Decker, 'wooed steward; , deck ham* Stewart 'Leavitt, Samuel Findlay, John Findlay, Robert Ricks, Robert Batley, Ride 'named; Imbue Seemed. I The boat W2B owned,py Ireueportatlnd compauy, 4ein - Ang nut when the eurred. She. bad on one f.ho Pameroy and waa Just explosion. oo hundred and e fall hoed of tbrtj , pounds or steam and !Mar,' THE WEST. deriver Central and Geongelown R, R.— Gold.Dlreuverlea In New IMexlee. • (By Telex nob to the et:unarm) aztt.t. ) DE:cll.:it, April 10.—At a meeting of the Denver:Central and Georgetown R. R. C0., - held this afternoon, :obis-Evans was elected President; Chas. Burielgh, Vice President, R. R. McCormick, Seo. rotary, and D. H. Moffatt, Jr., Treivitirer. Arrangemeote are twin perfectedto se. cure the construction of the road at an early day. • Santa Fe telegrams vopOrt great CX• eftement prevailing there over new gold disci:merles eight miles month of Barney Station, N. M. The roads are said to be lined with poople traveling to the new mines. TticlUnlverslty BIM Race. = NaW HAY Ic. April If..—ifsle Univer sity crew seledtod U as follows: Bone, of '7O; Coonley. of '7l; Cushing, Parsons and Swayne, of '72; and • HemininitwaY. of 1.3. Bone and Cocntey were In the last year's University crew, and Cushing and Swam, wore •In the Freshmen crew. The rare with the Harvarda occurs July VW. probably near Providence. • AFRICAN R. E. CORFERLICE. !UM, Pars Session—ibex. Mirelodary , , aim —WV Ilberforce Unlverelty-11th. cellasemn. • ' Conference opened yesterday morning • , with BIM J: H. BrOwn In the chair. • fieliglone services 'were conducted by Rev. Jas. A. Hardy. Roll called, min utes read and approved. - Rev. S. 0. Jones offered a resolution recommending the Recorder as the organ of the Sabbath Schools. Adopted. The Committee on 1111esione made a report. Pending its adoption Rev. W. A. Rooter advocated its claims, made an able and Ingenious addresa, setting forth, In a pointed manner, the doeigns of the churn!, In the matter of church exten sion, and 1 n conclusion utTered the follow. in amendment Resolved. Thit we will do all that Iles wituin our power to aid in the rebuilding . of Wilberforce University, regarding it •sartmerbethei meatier 'MI' the extenstenof our "arch Ineln•nno. The resolution and report wereadopted. A number of young men were receiv , ad on probation. Toe Committee on Education. reported Rev. John Peat Chairman. ‘Nmference adjourned with &benedic tion by X. H. Brown. 811litrdBUR61 CORREirO3IDESCE. Musa& EDITOR!! or Gazerrs..Busl ness le quite brisk, end all our mill. are nowln stmossefal operation. Mr. Bleu. man is opening a large new brick yard in order to ambit In Gni:plying the town with this importantsmaterial. As the tut. Legislature gave as authority to Improve oar town. wo are looking for ward for better walks, paved streets, and brighter nighte, than we have en joyed lo the past. Rev. , Psiknor has-just entered'upon hie duties, sit Daertcr of the Presbyterian church of this plioe. We are under great obligations to your city .for Lecturers. Rev. Dr.. J. R. Clark, enlightened us on •tWerk and Wages." Rev. Jones on •The Ina and Outs." Rev. J. D. Herr, ••On Ternparanetn" and on next Tuesday evening Rev. Dr. W. M. Young, pastor of Grant a.reet Baptist church, mullion taro on The, Go mites of : Scotland; In the First Methodist church of tide place. As the Doctor la ti nue scholar and an elo• guard epeaker. he will no doubt have an appreciative audience.. - More anon Mnal'Estate Trmairtra. The following deeds were admitted. of record In the office of Thos. H. Hunter, Recorder for Allegheny county, Friday, April 16, .1870: , sllnoio 12., 100.1.0 . •plll I. IRO; 10t 24 by 100 ft co 4110 Pt. Flttsburoh. • ' sa,os Ann ,• r tilldt;ect.lo 'babe litli e Isom Dar= 14. 1170: IA No. Ala Pypeklurl sera plO O. borough . of Tan utum het It Abell& Nelson to J so 0 llordlo her /Drab 4. ISM Attl: S late rest PIN soros rila Yams tot 1,780 I..brllayistlion to Ano.lAlt oldloger. ll•reh 14. I.lo;llotrrert make ILII ll Fe ' J 61.7/0 D .C. 111Iams to, tratherl 0 handtrs, karat 4. 1919; ot DI by GO Alt ox alley, bOlOOOll of PaKeainmbun lea. fat. Keg to N. J. itsll4l,Dee. 14 1{90;10 20 try DOS on Sursts Pt.. Fast Nlnalopham...l,7l.o Eberle Chitty to C. ate.... t/t.h /lay 1. WO; los FA .by VA ft on 1,1047 e Alle,ht oy. ...... .40.00 r Puerta Ph mlag to C. W. Itobtr. April P, ISM lot Pgrtuer of Joulataisad 0e0900,770004, City cf 600 D A . il s .ctscr 'l r4 : lo N. 00kgrar14. Aprll 1. 1170; 4 1 0 r:6 So r!itlftor,Pre irb14.741:4r,t7t...,, No! PM 10 DoCltre trr ' 112.00 .11,..0 001.14.1 07 So Albsvt achweed. lcbrußn. 11. rlVAil'Otaliti/rbett Satrlvrtd. Nov. A Itt a t E l . * Dirli b rn 7 :4 2 lVtat i lV. l Ngr i ri, darrh Pl, 110. 5 00 ' 25 Iry 111 tilt °mashy 001 ough • $4510 John Itroasa to L.. Vglaa. ADrll.l4 1970; lot 7S 07 71ft th 800... to PM Jas. Cooped. m IC • Wt.. Cooper' June 7, 1/84; lot 007 as V of Visablogtou anO Wobater i t.. MU- Oaf gb ... . 1977 libtrlet Court—amigo Kliapatriet rtubag, April 16.-. The case of Brown Seibert. previously reported, was resumed and concluded. Tury . out. , The next ..cene taken up was that 'Matilda Napier and Mary A. McUracken vs. William M. Darlington; action of ejectment for a lot of ground in Shares burg. it appears that the plaintiff sold to Darlington it Co. a lot of ground in Sharpeburg, by article of agreement, which was afterwards maimed to the defendant. The lnette= money (1800) was tendered to the plaintiffs by Darlington, and they, it la alleged, re • fused to make out a good and sufficient deed. They agreed to make a deed con. veying all their Interest, but would no; warrant and delend o which the defend. ant, Darlington, raid to accept, claim; bag that the article o agreemen called Mr a “good and au cleat" deed. Do. fondant made a tender of the money and asked leave to pay the same into Wart, which was' granted. Jury. out. • Patents to Fisaturylvaniana. The following oiled States patents were issued to citizens of Western Penn. sylvania daring the week ending April 12, IS - 71 : No. 101,720—Swivel for temper sorewer, Thos. (Sahara. tilmunburg. No. 101,744—Sink apparatus, far drain lug cellan; Adam Mounter, Meadville. . No, 101,710—Machine for corruptlng sbeet metal; Wm. Mann.' New Castle. • - No. 101,767—Traek dearer for street oars; James A. Morrison, Brady's Bend. ' digging appoint - tun, Ward„Plitstmrgh. • • • . 101,796-43 rate ben fOrstadunigemel p3ors: Marshall D. WellmaurdAlegUny No4olBol—Tabe well; Wm. N. gAI33 lltoni Oakland. b93,•Portatde formicet 'James HNo. 101,968—Seer - faucet; Fellk •Mani, Auegneny C7ity: . • • .: • • . TILE PAST Departure of a Illissbutippi River Steam . boat Prom Pittsburgh Filly. six. Yearn Ago; and Mina Importance woo Attached to the Event. . Reuben Miller, Esq., places In our poesession a number of very bsterestlog copies of the PhliadolPhla General Ad- certifier as far back as. Febrtiary 1819 Ths papenlare In excellent preservation and contain a vast amount of informs. Lion which le all the more readable from the fact of having been publiabed tie the current events of cirer half century no: We make selection,,.of but one article or local interest in ibis neighbor. .... hood, which will be road with plcasut,e by our ; steamboatrr.on and others engaged in river . navigation. The correspondence Is dated Plttabuigh, April 23i, 1814, and reads an follows: ' MEMISSIPPI STEAMBOAT. This inorrilug - the steamboat Vesuvius, :Ibterided ea -a iejtalir trader between New otleane and the falls. of Ohio, left Plttiburgh. ~kconeddetablefreahet in the river renders It probable, that notwlth• enandlng 4118 grekt . slze and draft of tha vessel, she will Ipasa the falls -without after which she will meet no obstruction In the - root of het patsage There- le,pow on the stocks , here, Jost ready to "be' launched, a boat adapted to' the nevigaticin of the Ohlo above thefalls, which will be .tintabed in thus to. meet the Veeuvius on her return from. New Orleans at the falls. The boats are built by , Mr. Fulton, under the agency of Macre. Liebeigskuse end Latrobe, for Companies who hive 'vetted -- very large eat:dials In - thee setabliehmentx ' The tie. partareof Abe Vesuvius las very impor. tent event, not only for this place, but for the western ' part of the Union, and Itiinfluence will as felt over the whole of the United States. In describing It, it is not neeeseary to use the bolded leo guinea, which untbrtunately for the m edit of our trade, too often renders real foetal Incredible, or atleast lowers their honor tepee by the manner In which they are puffed into notice: It does not require the ornament of metaphor to impress upon the public mind the incalculable advantage of an Intercourse by' water, effected in large vessels, - which move' with certainty and. rapidity .through au extent of Internal navigation, embracing • space almost as largess the whole con tinent of Europe, and comkrising In it , the pm:Math:ea of almost &very climate. ' This intert,3ll,Me.tboulth now in ile Infancy; mas t , in is few years,' become of immense magnitude.' '• About three yeah ago a Stearn boat of about roar hundred: tdns burthem was buUt.hers, end WNW navigates .the Ma. steal pl between New Orlenuseand Natchez, The Vesuvius. which, with'asother boat of the name -size and construction now building, is intended to Ibtre the second link in this chalnof navigation, is of 480 tons burthen, Carpenter's measnrement. She has 160 feet keel, re • feet 6 inches beam, and will;' when loaded, draw 5 to 6 feet water. The whole of her bold be low deck. excepting a neat cabin for lattice, and the space occupied by her nutehluet7.la appropriated to the cargo. ith 3 her deck la built.what In a ship would be galled a round hens° extending near tyrbelf her length, an d, elegantly fitted up as amble, having twenty-eight double berths on each side. Previously to her departure she- had been several times tried In goimr upend doirn the Monontra helaind Ober for four or five miles, - and perkrrtned:',lPery eatlefeCtorlly- Title morning (Saturday, April 23,) every thing being in perfect order,. she passed at ten o'clock up the Monongahela in front of the town to Its eastern limits, and renaming down the oppeelte chore, went down the Ohio, tiring a salute. Moat orour ointment were assembled on the bank as she passed. , In order to witness and aSeOrtatin her-speed, I crow ed the Alleghenyand mounting a Very capital borne, I endeavored to keep pace with her along the road which skirts the river. But she moved so rapidly that, after riding three eallea and a hell in girhatelin Minutes, I gave upikreilittempr„ In one hoar and thirty seconds she was at Middletown, twelve miles below Pitts burgh; Where Several gentlemen who had 'proceeded safer came . ashore therafbre, the sorrels& In the Ohio be rated at four miles an hoar in the pro sent fresh. she lea gone at the rate of eight miles an boos In still water. In oemiuit hp the rapids of the Ohio below this town on Mondeybot, she palsied the shore at the rate of four miles in an hour, • weed which would exactly agree with her dement this morning. The-extent et the growing commerce of this town ta..l Where, very inedquate undannood to the eastward of ibe trantatsins. ..I inn Informed by,_ awe of the Meat respectable merchants at this place, that the amount of the/ref& may of his conalgmente to and from New Or leans, and the States below Pennsylvania, will be this year #6o,ooo—and every day adds to the 'extent aid-facilities of the huskies* carried on through Pitteburgh.. The great &Meek) , which has rendered the transportation by sea In time of peace trom New °deems to Philadelphia and Baltimore,. and thence by land to the Immense country west of the mountains, preferable to the voysge up the Maga slept and Ohio, hail betas In the slowness ,of the keel boats and barges necessarily employed In tbearsil,e. The navigation by steamboats puniest end to that only objection to Usla cot tree 'of the trade, a course, which In rt item years .%lll' be , come the principal I,f nbt the'inly one. Situated as lam atlinkient, on the -is,pot where the advantages Which the publics will reap from the introduction of Oteam nairiaation wilt' be sensibly felt, it is difficult to repress the expression of. laminae which atlas toward the person to , whom we owe li, that this mode of nevi. , gallon. , so, often ;before attempted' and laid aside In despair, has become precli. cable, and tie principles reduced to ma !homeliest certainty. But It is mineees, eery to give them vent. The' obligation which the nation:l bad almost said the world, owes to him, will be freely. atilt fully acknowledged by htotary t ietron the envy and cupidity of his detractors ;wilt l l bo,remernberint only with disgust and reprobation, dm, a u .: . . , It in worthy of yournitention in Wash-' ' Ington and Georgetown to consider that between New Orleans and Washington there will be, When the road from Cum- , berland to Brownsville le • ecanpleted, only seventy-boo miles of land earriage, and thitt over a capital turnpike road.- . When the late Chancellor Livingstone applied for hie grant for the: exclusive navtgation.bysteem cm the .North river to the .Legielsture of New York for thirty Yearn, on condition that he should actually accomplish : it, very sensible member of the Legislature toldlne that he oonid have entity had a giant of any farther - criliell,r'ss the navigation 'by strain was thought to be on a footing a; to practicability with the navigation by the rem deer In the Chancellor's park. The casehralterad sloes then, for many people heel found out that it le an old Invention, open to every body who can read Mr. FultOn's speollloatlons, or look at his bottle. 12=11 • . • Omuta. Hones—lsivers of.. burlesque should not fall to attend the Opera House this evening, as this is the last day of Miss Elise engagement. She is beyond doubt 'the Queen of Burlesque. An inteniating bill will be presented at mattneo this allerpoon, and also' this dvening. Amt . Gat.tmity.—lf the weather kilns to,day the Art Gallery will boon of the Most attractive' resorts In the' city.; In fact, day or night; dr 'at anY - timei we know of no more pleasant place to spend an hour or two. The Gallery is.filicd with paintings. Theyare the productions of some of the best masters. They rep. resent acents,and .evunts of the moat varied character, and altogether will repay it strict examination. The Gallery is at 231-Liberly street, head of Wood.- mortuary Report:, The following le the timber of deaths In tole ally, ea report, hy Dr. G. McCand less. Phytdolas of the Board of Health. Imperfect dilation of lunge; 1; disease of lb° braln,l; Still born, 4; general drop. By, 11 burned, 1; hammering% Iveonvzil- Mons, 2 tnberentatane, - onenbnoula, 4; old age, 1; eonger,lon of brabaa, 2; prema ture... Orbs I; Scarlatina, 1; ,catarralud, fever, ;.mesalea, 1; acute bran,abliba, 1; enuarlo telrer,,l4oemlle Araguaia...4;l,T -oplexy,..bleblniatta, Of the - Ibrive there were ender 1 gar, 104frout Ito 2,7; from•ls 40 20. I; to . 10, 1; 40 to 60,,,14.1501,010,1440 to 70, 1; 70 to 80, lb 130 to 90;2: • • NO. M. noTEL BMW"- Destruetion or the . yrunkno, E s _ Ex Travelers to the oil regions will to pained to learn that the large and home like Exchange Hotel, of Franklin, Pa.,. was reduced to ashen on Thursday after noon, as was briefly announced by tole graph. From the' 011 City Ttmes we learn the following particulant . . to . The H^tel to ok' fire from sonib nartse. yet unknown. Itisteuttllkhe tlameet Idiot up from tne collar to the fourth story. The occupant:l of the niece hid barely time to escape. — The fire originated In the cellar, under the coal room, and va rious rumors as to its orlgan are afloat. One, that a lamp exploded; auother;that it caught whiledrawlng ell; still another, that some one had fastened to a doge tal I a rope and fired it, and the dog rushed into the collar. The loss la estimated at 5150,000; insurance at 11.50,000. - Throdgh the strenuous efforts of the fireman and citizens the surrounding property wee saved; and too' much credit cannot be given to the 011 City brume° -who re spondee so promptly to the - call for help and efficent services, rendered by them, and the citizens here are unanimous in their erection°. Tne leasers are Um. Arnold .Piumuter, J. Hoover, .T. L Hanna, John Duffield, Henry Clawson and Mr. Strawbridge. One of the board-, ere knit 67,000 in money. • Most of the furniture and papers In the office were Paved. All the mail matter Messrs, Goodwin di. Walker, the now lessees, had taken possession of the house hat a few days and had been at great ex pease In lilting it up, painting, repairing. and other improvements being nearly completed at the time the ftreeccurred. Toe house was a four atorizframe, front- Mg one hundresk and,lifty feet on each street.. It was built In IBM At" the time of the bre it was nearly full of boarders. The lirst floor front was °Cou pled by the postoffice, telegraph office., and Foster, Smite & Hillard, insurance agents. The letters and postal matters were Bared. Esfere the Bloom engines could be tired Millis flames were skeet- Mg from sieve the cupola, which fell in about fifteen minutes after., the first cry of fire. The flames follotvlng the BUair ways and through the' balloon framing, from the first momenta it was was evident that the building could not be eared, and at one titre the heat was so lutenist"' that' the engine bad to be. removed to another plug and aeon after that the water failed. The timely iwrival of alb engines front 011 City, which drew water from a stream 'square frithe rear of the hotel saved mucti .valuable prop arty end stayed the progress of the Mime*. Tice owners day they VIII_ pro. coed Immediately to .rebullituf brink.. The lose of the hotel falls like a damper upon the people here, who 'looked upob the building as an ornament MUM place and en attraction to stronger!. • In Memoriam At a meeting of the teachers of thd Second United Presbyterian Church and Sixth avenue Minden 'Sabbath School!, pold on the evening of the 16th mat, for he prirposn'of taking aultahle action re garding the death of Mr. Gideon Me. Henry, who heldthe-oltlce - of Assistant Superintendent ln the Church. School, Kral was a teacher Piths Mineloti School from its crrganlsatlon, - the following' preamble and - resiolutldrrwere.adopted: Was mr.tai It Iran -pleased our Heaven. ly. Father to take from 1311 by death, our !dear friend and co-laborer, Gideon Ma `Henry, therefore • Beaolval, That though we cannot un derstand the Providence that takes such . a well furnished and 'earnest workman . - - away- iu the midst of his successful labors, yet we humbly endeavor to bow to His will, find nay, "Even so, Father, for so It neemeth good in thy sight." Resolved, That we, his fellow teachers, de.hereby express our high appreciation of the chsractei of the tie:teamed, as ab Intelligent and seatous' teacher, a true , friend, a meek., guileless and exemp. Lary Christian, sod - as finch mourn his loam with unfeigned enrrow.- r jiagved,. That not will, while cherish ing his memory tong, endeavor to imitate him in hie punclitallty; to hie sit:idiot:Le, self denying and prayerful labors for the spirituel goad of his scholar*, and so to live that when we die all may' nay of ns as Is universally acid-of him, "To die Is galn.'! . Resolved, That in his sudden i{ndari: expected removal we feel otirsalies urged to more diligent• labors and more coast:int watchfulness, knowing... "The time is short" Ratoteed, That these resolutions be Published In the GAILY GAZETTE and Untied Presbyterian,and a copy be pre. /muted to the immeiate relatives ot the dtaessed, with the tinfitiTariCe of .our heartfelt sympathy in, their. hour. .of morrow. 8: McHoon, Be perinteedenbi. After the above ..reeoletions were adopted Mr. B.•Mahood, Superintendent of the Church School, staled that it was the dying' request of theft departed fellow-teseher that his library ebould be presented to the teachers of both schoohu whereupon'he proceeded to distribute a choice and valuable selection of books to the teacher& . The cc:eaglet; wale aolemn one and ode' long to' be ipaielobered • by all. otiu S. Eldridge,: a statement to the Masariehuaette• larsielative Commit tee, said every dollar of two millions of State std to the Hartford and Erie road went into the' work and enterprise. Eta wtlola bearaerawin the work and - be had amdoraed paper to,the amount of over four million dollars,. so Abet to-day, if the calms were settled; - he would not even own 'a house overklabead. - Additional inaratta,by . Telegriph. Nnw Ontar.A"re, April 15.-Flottr tug at * 4 .123“4 5 ,5 0 . -ecirti Beanie at $1,15. Hay: prime . Pork Blom firmer at. 12%@12,ai0. for clear aides. Baits 1814 @lac. Lard firm: Boman:We; ~keg 173: 4180. . "-.Cotton steads middling , 22c; ealea 3410 bales: receipts 2881; ex porta 13,785 i Mock 167,78.1., S t erlin g 2331. DETROIT, April 15.-'Wheat fIM: extra 11'20; N0:..1 $1 17®t 18. Oite 52 I,Bailey' ft 5501 60 per eenlaL Bran $lB. - OloYdr Deed: none offering; buyers at, $lO 50., F. • aiyaw-lil Aihi..J) arPIUBLIC ,LECTURilileatT, - the NNW Jgaysl,t.Fm call _,.. toe. 4 err. 'lf Wont end itlictA . &lbw t1i., , 00' =All RV/. INN. April 17tt. Sobjest—The Ntotlest Cof retreilettOorg and , hit 'nlatiest tw OW New. hurch . Or THE, FIRST auxraoDuvr CIIRRCII. (Railroad Btreef, noar Reivot4 N thwurrolt; Pa. N. Pr CROW TULL Plato, Preaclilaa limy Nauruan, at ,11a)i A. u. aaS T. x. 7 Patina cordially larlic.L' • 7.• , : WmIITIST CAR I STIAN , cauluat Or PlTTSBlDttily.,_y_/, lirt r rot'Qr . `:1110.-VVI POO r th nK a V jge d e. Benicia erorr Lord'. Day it 10S Y. eondny arels:hoOlbliec•: •- • ' - The Ou oratally Invited., • IarFIHST CHRISTIAN CI:111RM 'comer- Bate? street se4 I l lgriTaigir.. -' griCtat i OnlUMN't (WA Ds)) at 10)6 A. ar. sad 2 r..st *eats entirety free end s cordial InTltation to alt. 9011411 Y ikh , ..0.1 at 9A. 9.. • . • oriEiLymiOUTH 'CONGBEGA 710NA1.CHURCIL Bev. E. Y. OAR. RltTTEll.•ator. • Pre aehleg morning and amen. Eaifcn and a half o'clock and seven awl • half sc •acelalor Hall . , corner ot Led:Ock and Ted, teal AlleiboY• • Yeats are free'. nd • cordial writes.; to an. . WA. P. A.-DISTRICT MASS MEETINGS .111 be held oOMONDLY, 2CIESMILY and WEDNEdDLY. EVENIII9I3, 180, 19th and 90th 424., at 1 o'clott, for the_parOoae of reo.drlntf the W.O. M. and fliand Lodge (Mears. • The Ikea meeting on Monday be beide% 11611, No, 51 Fifth irener, the second on Tuesday; at Nall eoraer Itand and !Abort) strata, Tittsbnrith, and the third on WedlesdaY at Ball Comer Slut nod Hart streets, Allegheny: A general attendance a the members ' of the Orderiethooested, on all the. occaldeits. a. IIy.IIIIiII,BOBIL. D. D. (1414, .16 - :e . le . • _..... a. aN GILLESPIE. CHIMNEYS SWEPT; • t otekexe left at Poet Cllfica Hoz 715. or at N0i. , 14 Strawberry - alley; hater eek tiberty lertlsidleldllts..promtotlyittttadedto. • ' 1 11 :'. ,. - AiLibulaT 13rrr,' Iva, lIITO. IkRESPECTFULLY . Isronot my. aboodr . niet I. Dare rereeTed from hew ratio. Pe:,-+o -21 City..tua •-new to bee Dorietibepf Jew brotoirloo. lir ..old tom I radtrolizoi orreetwoosticwitt view notethsh 1 , 0 Iva tf ti , alil im e eta , i t a I Ilm Al d, :es ii tl . le bee.. 4 aa r tattf.4MktlVllTiiltratot ~,,A c .ii-ia.T ._•.trAblen..LICAr3URll./11. D. , 1: r . aunne,,.....100 „bah. gas. 011 , is', • . 1.6.-01.211Tild3e. .3111 napits•gaas. . . . • THE WEEKLY alzErrE TEI TBB BISEM um ow= ~ ,•:.• Family-- NeVipara T PtiBLISHED . 111 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. No inni.4 men E M l o. or toerchrlit. allotid. INt • Taos atingle subscribers, Club. otalfess»..i... Clsbe or . tea ...., 115 ♦ copy Is forldssolaratultetsly loth/ aortae .` of a Slab of ten. Postmasters ore coseSted • act as agents. Antlyeiii; PENNEDIAN, REED Lk 00 1=1:1111=1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS LIORTNING RODS. =EI tar alootlon of the ••MI.LN et", c..PrwA , TUB ULAR LIGHT:gib:II HUD. WWI ft ANUF-S.'• and of the thou, have e•evtee. no tovl has awed to orca• et the lot roll• F. This fart Iv akt more In tot f troy tt.al flit otha. COMlnendatioot. We may stale, hoot, r. that In Itßtner.u. trials. manna< COPlCLittlt, have ...Wed lee Munson Ito 4 the nrefe.vnec—lt ems never beaten In any cornea. lobes he, n nap. mended by many melt of the Idertekt sta...uns In the a-fentlda World IA the teat protect:on against 11gbValets one Invented. It Is • comet. to tae• tem weeeevii Infrodeedd. We Lava bon toe of cOmlanditoty letters from our edmlome a ex. leading over Oho matt decade, embeaclat many eines and tnenifroio Omaha to Chyleeten. Its ad, • togas are that, owing to lts vocally 0, electricity loudhailer' to the loose • Maga. thus.-utlllslug• what Iteretofoty• was 16 ante. and Its apical 0 tiers *bleb leitr•hessir et by the coursenatuna to IlaineotiMbritt the.. • armlet. copper. Is ths bait estaluble 4.40.1;10 oudectur, se& tab.n altogether. It. CP'cit7ll. • ual to twenty Irma mtt: If never rusts'iled • ever gels out of order. --- - We employ ekUltuk stothreen. to atlas.] th ose oda to to bllega t•mrt or squatty.' T he Prue hen opt up Is 30 Cents per feet. a n d 1300 for on; iio extra charge., ofutly Mod. • LOCKHART & C 0.." ItkNiTFM - TUREII . 3. 254 apiimunorr: _ • MRS. S C. ROBB; No. 91 Federal St., Allegheny, (iltr 0*11...d taigsmo l' ". oh; mum cat, for t he .. .. , . •- BOR NETS, - • . .IiLTS.. .. ' , Loll , ERR. . • . RIBBONS. • PRAMILS, - LACE COLLARS. •-.," LAVE HAN ['SERV', . LINEN COLLARS - AND CUYVS. PAPIM OCLLANA AND CUFF:. • .FID ULOVE4, ' CURANTY, • LA MISS' HOSE. —CHILDN.ANni Di t NN EY L ACE' BONE.cimmus LADIES' 13 N DE.R.W EP.E. I,llllCl' APRONS. New a:7 1e MOR AIR SW ITCI-LES and CHI,NONS. • , ,llAip ,NETTS. Re,. Am.. aa Aig A1;11.'1 :it!! 41.r.4111U.P..'Wilu n it -4'4 re.21:1221/1 301 TIE I 10) S. P. SIIRITEE & CO. ••ovidtrom their old I.4ad, No.. NI an49o SAIITIIII3/.1.0, to ttketr Watobonse Nos. 259 'and' 261 Liberty Street, ABOVE TEE READ OT WOOD TT BEET, fiey wlll he, ylealied to ace all ttlelt friends and anotomers S. P. SHR/VF.jit-& CO", 259 - tuid,26l:Liberty Sh et nal:vac CHANDELIERS ' ' Brackets, Pendants,' AND FIXTURES 'OF 'ALL DESCRIPTIONS , For, OaP or Oil. We ILTP now Tftelythitriar 11F411113 014101(vr PIXTUILIN et Ibt Late.; and , . letztest Deseene, , trout Ito 121.3eht5., eaubrael teen 100 tattr•r-, wievaNzstz:.,lyza... it YtEDO ED WELDOR & Pbunbers and 10 . WOOD STRERT,.giiii VOIR . .kir.enie.' . . . IT ilracir for' TU031:flog; O rr atid Stoma ;U -ttar oromptly attended a. Sits 1Q LBEII GGfAN - STOCKINGS, Entilib Cotton . Btoeklnaa, Widen -Brans And Whine Cleland btoein,lnar, . - Brown Enalith a Olte+o hirla and Gratt Meilno Shirts odd . Gents Bllk tint team d.Draifein, tiamee.Mertao :darts and Dram rr. , Ladles% Mines iinkrblitren's Merino {fella; firniiYandr Half fink , Cbildren'a.runity,Cotton blanking.; • . 11051.1bitY ofeveri di iettption at prime %bat eann'll fall to ideasei cab be found At • QI OLD STAND EITODILDO..ITIOTtf, ZOO • X Vfllth A.Seastii. LAMES' GOLD WATCHEL Ws aro romelvlite • VCI7 - illaldlolllo inaaalfiroAfild of 1a.131X4! 9014 WATC/1813...rb1at 1. 1 4 cell clew waitti , ware bouitti befc.ia lbe wa;, Mao' lialttirik Cato I.o.er.Waishes fro - 0 ;,/10111 apirs.da. Cat and alaaaltio.tuforu porchaals& IMEGI WATTI;gIII - A' sitaarnws = 101 /11711 AVEiIIE. *bore .Pzalttid thi 1 rect. DIIiWORTII ; II6PER &CO., 243 Liberty Street, toviro.tie aiaupt WHOLESALE GROVER% ,i:a Pittsburgh ' a• IE:PROPOSALS. for ••:tea ERECTION OP THI. NEW ISIXTO V, AHD PUBLIC BOBOUL 'BUILD NO win he neetreContII,IIATVICULAT. 'EVENING April 934, as the orrice or B at on Peeble.,, Arehltecta, - No. 148-YeastalAteset, Allegheny, srberifYilsna an4socelAcatlons. Can seen. Tan right to reject anYor ill Olds ding rel B 7 order of Hoard of Directors, wArrre • • ySrANTED —A few . good Hoard z Fen for firtt•cls , e show, and bothltas. St EASVEIS STREET, Allestisty. Alstr. taw 'DAY B3ardest wag% 3n. VIVANTE I I--A good FEMALE ..vr , COOK for II rit .13oot at Hotol; ',Au@ lure Fol is , rsence..a, at mond her Oto_ki7 tig ot :14e Otter betel a VdtiAl;rlt 9 W.r. cut 4.116413 r . 4 16 UTANTED . —A' number of La - I , I, DID,: and GINTLIkt/LN to ening. In Wholeule and Antal Inn the 't U11tR.1 , 14 rALY PBILR bOAP. o.l,lllleents per box. Itaeli a. UN at yea fan hand It ou . She roan l• pat 11(1 11 On. large box.' bars , 144 smaller Dui 1 / 1 - tide tontaltani rreaelit. WatCh.t. Jewelry AO. , Fllll,hle e'er/metier,. , Addflaebr