!)c Scffcvsonian, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 18C9. iiVc have had snapping cold weather r?al winter for several days pant. The slt igliing could hardly le letter. 5.5. Wo give up a good portion of our ppace thin wwk, to the interesting proceedings of the Teachers' Institute. We will endeavor to con clude their publication next week. Donation. The friend of the Kev. George B. Dechant, wiil give a I donation at the residenee of Mr, Charles Keller, in Cherry Valley, on Thursday evening, February 11th, 1SG9. The publie are cordial! r invited to attend. UayA call for a State Temperance Conven lion, t be held at 1 larri.-burg, on Tuesday, the C'rd cf February inst., is now being circulated. The call is nigncd by llev. Albert Barnes, i:ihop Sinipini, Fx-Governor Pollock, and others. tAVc arc pleaded to see the Manch Chunk iaz tlr, r hii li was burned out on Christmas day, on our table again, and looking as good ar new. The editor, in a spicy article, gives a graphic account of the fire and its consequen tcs. May increased patronage be the conpe-;-u-n' to the cnterprsning firm. pi-The Governor has not yet signed the wArr.int for the execution of lirooks and Oinic, confined in our County Jail, under sentence of death. The delay doubtless owing to the fart tli. it he is but jut recovering from a severe iiltu-. Wo learn that an effort is being made to have the Kr.tcnce of the prisoners commu ted to imprisonment for life. Czy We learn that the Eiienfcerger Bro thers Lorenzo, Robert, Sivora, and Milton are traveling the Country, giving Concerts r.j a IJuirtelte Club. They t-hou'd not fail i i e ::r.e this way, where their many friends, urn) kr.ow to:newaat of their fiae in?fin, ui.l be ;ljd to give then rousing houses. Gyter Supper and Visit An Oy-ter Supper and Visit will be given to t!.e uev. J. Jiriy I av i, at his residence, in Simr.i.t r, Thursday- evening. Febeuary 4th. A tn!i ;I invitation i extended to the public ;om rally. Should the weather, on the even- j they coubj seCQre purchasers. The Se :i.gM the l;h. prove unfavorable, the nest fair j creary promised to heed the protest, bat tver.ijur Mill l e improved for the purpose. 1'v order of the Committee. At a meeting of the Directors of the Mcr.rce bounty Agricultural .Society, the following ur.ncd gentlemen were elected officers of the o'-ivty, to serve during the ensuing year: I 'resident John Fdir.gcr. Vi.-e rrcMdc-nt Charles D. Brodhead. S'-crctary John B. Storm. Treasurer Burnet Mansfield. John S. Fi!;er, Fsq., was appoinlcel Audi tor to examine ond settle the account of the late Secretary and Treasurer. t"T.ir. Amkii ax Odd Fellow," the f i ii ird orpin of the Order, and elevoted to M F !kw!i:p, and to Literature, Science, i 1 lite Fk ful Arts, is the name of a Magazine, i' e January number of which is on our table. T!if''ih devoted to the oreler whose name it I ar-, i; pages are not exclusively devoted to l .attcrs pertaining to Odd Fellows-hip. All ;.i-cs vl'.l fiiid in it much to instruct and en tertain, as well as to amuse and furnish food 1 r Feriu thought. The Odd Fellow is a mag :!7.Inc .f sixty-odd pages, is printed monthly, ;i!.d Ir f.:rnihcd to subscribers at the low mm " ' i .lieu, ..uv.Xi.itr. UVIIJI IT p..L!i-!i.-r, lo Xasau street, New York. "Jf-Our people will learn with, regret, that tlie hilx-rs of the I lev. B. S. Fveritt in our midst will close with the Fcrvices in the Pres byterian Church on Sabbath next. Mr. R I. lal-oreJ mott zealously in the cause of hie Dlkinc Master, fixicc his coming among us, we Lclieve, with a fair measure of success. To his i iid! vidur.l e Sort., and the efforts of his estima ble I-idy, probably more than to any other hu r;.ui agency, are wc indebted for the fine new liur h in which the Presbyterian Congrega tion now worbhips. While they will carry with them to their new homes, the best wishes ff their many friends, both in and out of the church connection, they will also bear with them a fjll measure of regret that relation and intercourse so pleasant as have been theirs fchouhl no foon terminate. Mr. K. has accept ed a call at Mt. Clair, N. J. fcsTThc '"Hearth ani Home," to which, in a recent notice, we inadvertantly gave the name of ''.Home and Fireside," improves with rvry week of its existence. We expected much from Mers. Petteiigill, Bates & Co., and their able corj cf editors, contributors and assistants, l;it '"Hearth and Home" is already far ahead cf our iiiort sanguine expectations. We notice that in addition to the number of good things given each week in the paper, the enterprising publit-her have made arrangements for an ex tra gift to each subscriber and to each posses sor of the- Sth number of the paper, in shajte of a splendid engraving, entitle!, "The Pet of the Village." It is from a recent German picture, Lot before copied in this country, and the im portcd engraving costs at retail ?G. Single copies of So. 8, containing the engraving prin ted on tiiitcl paper, and a large Valentine pic ture by 'ait, can be had by enclosing 10 cents, and addressing Pettengill, Bates A Co., 37 Park Bow, New York. The subse-riplion Price of '"Jlearth and Home" is only $4 per annum. Revivals. A series of revival meetings, closing on Sab bath evening last, have been held at the Meth odist Fpiscopal Church in this borough, under i-Lsrge of the Bev. Mr. Bidgeway. The num lr of "seekers" was quite large, and, we under, ptaud, that quite a number were hopefully con verted. A series of meetings, of similar character, under charge of the Kev. Mr. Francis of the Baptist Church, is now in progress, and has Urn f.r tKm time, at the BeekleyvUle church, j near the late James Posten'a residence, in Stroud township. On Sunday, the 17th, two persons were baptised by immersion, and on Sunday last the same rite was administered to eight persons, in the presence of some six hun dred spectators. Meetings have been held ev ery night for the last three weeks, and ap pointments for every evening this week are be ing regularly filled. Great interest is manifes ted in the meetings, and the church is well filled nightly. The crowd in attendance, on Sunday evening was estimated at 400 persons. Washington Facts and Rumors. Vigorous movements are on foot to unite a majority of both IIoues upon some financial plan for the resumption of specie payment, and the funding of the national debt at a lower rate of iuterest Rhertuan's bill is fast gaining strength. One hundred and sixteen Republican members of the House haTe signed a re quest to the Seuate to make no more con Grojations, except where there are vacan cies, nntilftcr the 4th of March next It was to be presented to the Senate on Saturday, and on its reception in the exc cutive session of the Senate a motion will be made to comply with its request. A motion was made in the Senate, on Friday, lor an Executive Session in the iuterest of A. Cummincs, recently nom inated to supercede Mr Rollins, but it failed. A Western Senator being asked a few minutes afterwards why the Senate adjourned so soon with so much business pressing, he answered ; "We adjourned because we were afraid to trust ouryclvc; :n session, any longer. Humors at the Capital concur in re presenting four of the eight Supreme Justices Grier, Davis Swayne aud Mil ler as favoring a decision lor the consti tutionality of tlie Legal Tender acts, and Messrs. Field, Clifford and Nelson against it, withJude Chase "believed" to side with the majority. His vote the oth er way would divide the Court even and leave the present state of the ques tion undisturbed. But an impression has become general, in quarters the best in formed, that the act will be sustained by a clear majority of the Court. Facts seriously compromising the De partmcnt of the interior, concerning the sale ofSOO.000 acres of Cherokee lands to James F. Joy, at one dollar per acre, have come to light. It appears that after the sale to the Connecticut Emigration Company was set aside, the Cherokee Agent and Delegation filed a protest with Secretary Lrowuing against any sale at less than $1,25 per acre, at which sum subsequently sold to Joy, without adver tisiug, or even notifying the Delegation The Tobacco Convention asks that tax paid-goods be relieved from the payment of another tax ; stamps to be furnished free lor all tax-paid tobacco, snuff, an 1 cigars, and that co tobacco, snuff, or ci gars Le sold after the passage of the law granting such stamps, unless such tobac c , cigars, and sunff shall be properly stamped ; that it shall be lawful to allow retailers to sell snuff in jars and bladders, provided the same are duly stamped ac cording to law ; that the law be so amend ed as not to require the name of manu facturer to appear on the brand an d label now required by the Government, but that the numbering of factory, district, aud State be retained. State News. Revival meetings are now held daily at Lafayette College, haston. Some scoundrel has stolen the coat of the editor of the Lycoming Gazette. A party of capitalists propose the erec- I tion of a large hotel on Fountain Hill, near buutli Detulehetn. The bridge over the Delaware at Port land has been completed at a coat of $50,- An old German named Gattlieb Kochler committed suicide, in Chambersburg, on the 12th inst., by taking arsenic. A new iron furnace is to be erected in Freemanbburg a good locality, as there is pleutly of iron ore and limestone in that oeighborcood. Faston has more railinerr establish ments than gentlemen's furnishing stores and more dry goods than clothing stores, showing pretty clearly where aud upon whom the money goes. A man by the Dame of Peter Grup? recently shot a catamount, commonly cal led wild cat, near Freemansburg. It measured four feet four inches in length, and weighed eighteen pounds. The editor of the Bellefonte National made the acquaintance of the superintend ent of the police, while in Pittsburg. A good many others have done the same thiDg without telling of it. An infernal scheme to burn the dwel ling of Mr. James C. Patton, in Mercers burg, by saturating the carpet with kero sene and running caudle wick soaked in the same fluid along the bell rope, was frustrated, the other day, by the early discovery of the fire. Two daughters of Dr. Jayne, of Phila delphia, the patent medicine man, were married on Wednesday evening, and the affair was made the social event of the season. Two hundred invitations were issued to the wedding, and 1,000 to the reception at the Jayne mansion. One of our exchanges estimates the wealth of Asa Packer, of Mauch Chruk. at 20,000,000, and of A. Pardee, Hazel ton, at 25,000,000. A number of other coal operators in Carbon and Luzerne arc estimated to be worth from one to five millions of dollars and yet is is said coal operators are losing money. Whew ! "Jocko" a well known colored attache of the American Hotel in this borough, has Purchased a dwelling in Reading for $2,000. lie intends briuging his mother and family from Virginia, and will reside there permanently. It is said he had about $3,000 when he left here. So much for'industry and .economy. C Democrat. Teachers' Institute. Strovdsburo, Jan. 11th, 18G9. According to pre? ious notice, the Monroe County Teachers' Institute met in the Court House, ot Stroudeburg, at 10 o'clock, a. m., Jan. 11th, 18GJ,hen J. B. Storm, Esq., Co ty Superintendent, and, ex ofllcio, President of the Institute, called the meeting to order. In a few appropriate, preliminary remarks. he fpoke encouragingly of the prospects be fore the Institute, and passed high enco miums upon the educators, expected to be present. In assigning the teachers to their respec tive ho.nes for the week, he appeared to think Monroe county had nut yet advanced so far, as to recognize tho Teacher's calling. as a Profession. At the conclusion of his remarks, the Institute proceeded to elect a Secretary, after which the roll wns called, when 21 teachers answered to their names, The hour of noon having arrived the In stitute was adjourned, to meet at 2 o'clock, p. in., at which time, the roll having been called, 32 members responded. . On motion, Messrs. Ejwin Gerhnrt, A. W. Cox, and T. F. Smith were appointed a com mittee to e!ect a question for discussion. While this committee was out, the time was occupied ty an address . from the County Superintendent, who reviewed in- nistor? ot ihe schools durin-r his superintendency. Be- einninjr back of his term of office, he eaid, in 1854, Mental Arithmetic was unknown in the county, and it wns a rare thing to find Grammar or Geography studied related an anecdote his predecessor having inquired of a teacher of good standing (at that time) concerning his advancement in Arithmetic, was answered that he had got as fur as the rule of four. Coming up to his owe time t though not quite satisfied with th? status ol the teachers, yet great progress had been made. In 18G2, only 25 per cent, of thr teachers had any knowledge of Arithmetic, 30 per cent of Geography and 20 per cent. of Grammar. At this time the condition of things has been reversed, now only about 15 per cent of the teachers ore deficient in Mental Arithmetic, 10 per cent, in Geogra phy and 20 per cent, in Grammtr. But the standard of qualifications has also been rais ed, or the percentage of qualifications wou'd be still higher. About 35 per cent, of the teachers of li-day have a knowledge of the Theory of Teaching" and 25 per cent, of History U. S. On the whole progress has been made. In '62, a serious obstacle in the way to improvement in the western end of the Co. was the German language. To-day only about 20 ore studying German or Ger man and English, and in two years' time with proper care, we may hope to see the difficulty entirely removed. Of all obstacles to be overcome in the march of improvement, the prejudices of a people are the hardest to deal with, here great progress is shown, prejudice against ihe school system, is be ing rapidly removed. In the matter of text-books, in '02, we had in the sell ioi nearly all the text-books extant. Now we hive a uniform saries of Readers, and, also, a nearly uniform series of Arithmetics. In Grammar and Geogra phy, not uniform in the Co.. yet nearly eo by Townships. This state of things has been brought about, mainly by the action of the Sup't., together with the co-operation of the teachers. He was sorry to say no progress had been made in feaehers' salaries, the leacher is paid, substantially tic; same salary, he received in years gone lye. A!so there was no increase in the School Term. To thesa facts fie would invite the attention of each teacher. that these defects mi;hl be overcome. A poorly paid corps of teachers will toon thow iiself, either the touchers will be poor, they will leave the profession or they wi'l go where their labors are appreciated, and more liberally rewarded. Only 15 per cent, of the teachers of lb62 are with us now. The causes just named hive taken the other 65 per cent. Ia whatever direction the leach er goe9 from here. North, South, Ea?t or West, he will leceive a better salary. V cm net keep a good teacher with us over 2 or 3 terms, and we can not blame h:m. I the mechan'C may go forth fir a better situ ation and better pay, why not the teacher Whit is the remedy 1 That man will be entitled to the everlasting gratitude of the profession, who cm persuide the Directors and the people to a greater liberality in the cause of Common Schoo's. In closing, the Supt. paid a neat tribute to the teichers as a class, and high'y conipli mented them for their moral worth, and gen eral intelligence. On motion of Mr. Gerhard, the thinks cf th Institute were tendered Mr Storm. Committee now reported a number of quest iens. from which the Institute sleeted the following, viz: lt. To what extent should the Black Board be used in the school room? 2d. What constitutes a 6uccets'ul Teach er! 3d. Should History be taught in our Conv mon Schools! Prof. Sanders, who had previously arrived having been introduced to the Institute, now proceeded to address it. In opening he said time was too precious to waste in apologies, he wotild'nt opologise and say he had a bad cold, 1-et they might take him for a singing master, who is never known to be without a co d, besides he never knew a person with a good cold. Proceeding with his remarks he said : .Teachers, this is your Imtilute, not mine, yoii want a good one, a good time then make it help me to make it. help your Su perinter.dent to make it so. Lend your aid. To make this institute profitable, note the ideas you may receive. It is useless to hold the County Institutes unless we mnke some practical use of it. (Here the Lecturer thought the teachers looked disappointed and perhaps it was because they saw so poor a Specimen of Humanity in the Professor before them. He next called attention to properties and powers of the letters of the Alphabet. We mi-spell uoids for a lack of the knowledge of the powers of the letters and the relations they su.-tain to each other, they lie at the foundation of a good elocution and at the foundation of grammar. Man is not the on ly animal that can convey language, other. interior animals can too; the little birds by changing their tones express their thoughts to one another. (Pointing to a boy) the Pro fesi'or, told him not to be surprised to hear that min was an animal, for it was; ho then proceeded to give a Philosophers descrip tion of a man, as follows: An ancient Phi losopher was asked to give a verbal descrip tion of a man, his answer was a Man is a too legged animal without feathers. Where pon, Diogones, another philosopher, pluck in? a he:i, held it up exclaiming, beht!d a Philosopher's Man ! Proceeding to give a description of vow els, he eaid they were derived from voice. If they are let us see, you hear me talk, now what do you hear! You hear these vowel 8. When listening to a choir singing you hear vowels, as for example: a. e. i. o. each one coming" without change of lips. Thifl nrenarea ua for Elocutionary Exercises, Elocution, he said, was short singing, mu inoinir was Ion? Elocution: he was an old --r . . i singing roaster, and knew more of it than of elocution. In speaking ot tne manner oi singing prevalent in some places, he taid it would be better lor the music, it tncy wouiu not sing after the Minister had read the htrnn. He then proceeded to divide the vowels into regular vowels or 6uch as are always vowels: as a. o. e. and irregular, or such as ore not always vowels, as i. u. w. y In valiant, i. is a con.-onant Rule, i. is al ways a consonant when preceded by sn ac cented ty liable and followed by a vowel in the same syllable, the reaeon for it is, be cause there is articulation in it. In vignctie, e. is irregular. After g. e. and c, u. is a consonant, after q. it always is, in buoy it is a consonant, and in cuirats there is no per feet triphthong in the langunrge. Br.-wn, he thinks, says too much when be s.ys w end y. are consonants when they begin a word or syllable The Professor gave 19 vowel sounds, four more than appear in his chart, and he face tiously give as the reason for the non ap pearance of these on the chart, that he would be obliged to cut off the man's head on the chart, to make room for the missing sounds On the whole, he thought the 4 extra sounds were brought out by the combination of the sounds on the chart. He said, there is so much of the vowel nature in v. that it affects the sound of the vowel. U. is the cause of nil the true-ing (chewing) pronunciation in the world. The Professor thought we should have been taught to p.onounce this letter as ew, except in such words as use, where the natural sound should be retained. Institute adjourned at A o'c'ock P. M. 33 Teachers present. Mammoth Hog Sold. Our readers undoubtedly have heard of a mammoth hog owned by Col. O. D. Ashley, of Mount Merino, and which was supposed to be the largest hog in the United States. This porker been sold to Link k Bros , Pork Packers, corner of Hudson aud Christopher streets, New York, for a price in all ways proportion ate, and will probably leave his present quarters ou Monday next by the steamer Hip Yun Winkle. This hog to-day stands three feet six in heighth, eight feet six inches long, eight feet in girth, and will turn the scales at 1,500 pouuds. He has been carefully bred by Mr. James Lunuy, Col. Ashley's farmer, and to him must be given the credit of raisiog the largest hog ever rais iug the largest hog ever raised, certaiuly in this State, and more then likely in the country. Hudson, X. Y. jiojier. In the north part of Saratoga county, town of Greenfield, N. Y., recently, there was a trio of weddings, in one house, at the fame time, on which occasion an old lady aud her two daughters were led to the a! tcr. The mother as a widow ; the first daughter was a widow of two months, and her husband a widower of four months; the other was a girl of seven teen ; and the espoused a man of about thirty years, who had recently obtained a divorce from a former wife. The min ister was considerably confused to know when he had finished, and it was under stood that he was to be paid at wholesale price, and receive the equivalent in fire wood. A Mistake of Four Millions. A somewhat important error in our measurement of the sun from the earth has been discovered. It is now proved that we have been accustomed to over estimate the distance by four millions of miles, and that instead of ninety five mil lions the real figure is niuety-one. This discovery is credited to Mr. Stone, of the Iloyal Observatory, at Greenwhich, Eng land. It is not probable that the sun and earth are gradually drawing nearer to each other ? There are some persons who profess to believe that ultimately our earth will plunge into the orb of our day and be consumed. We patiently await the result. Scientific American. The American origin of an invention is now a recommendation in Europe, where many of these inventions are in successful operation and large fortunes have been realized by their introduction. Mr. Bessemer derives an annual income of about $2,000,000 from his British steel patents, and the patentee of a device for dressing mill stones by a revolving di amond realized over SI, 000,000 the first year of his patent. The use of a dimond for this purpose is an American in ven ion, and the estimated value of the exclu sive eight in England, for ten years, is $5, 000,000. The practical defeat in the House of Representatives of the Niagara Ship Can al Bill, which appropriated twelve million of dollars from the Treasury, is a good beginning and an assuring vote to the country waiting with no little interest for some indication of the future policy. There are a good many enterprises worthy to be helped, but the general welfare and public faith must take precedence. At a recent trial of a revenue case in New York, skillful experts swore that some specimens of foreign brandy which were submitted to them were not ouly genuine, but were worth $12 a gallon in gold, when it was afterward proven that they were manufactured in Brooklyn, and were not brandy at all. A Mr. Whipple, of Kingsville, Ash tabula county, Ohio, while killing a hog two weeks ago had one of his fingers bit ten oil. Amputation was trade about the wound, and it was apparently doing well, when he was taken sick, and before his death on the 3d, he exhibited all the symptons of hydropobia. The Penn'a Legislature has before it a new Registry law, carefuliy framed to hold water when before the Supreme Court. It is thought the bill will pass, as all the Republican members aro inclined to fa vor it. A saving woman is the best savings bank a man can have, and all such should be most respectfully invited to change their names and become wires., MISCELLANEOUS. The population of Indiana, Pa., is 2046 The Abyssinian war cost England about $45,000,000. Jefferson Davis is luxurating in the South of France. A Missouri Judge has fined a lawyer $10 for whispering in court. The New York restaurants, we are told are reducing their prices. Old maids are described as "embers from which the sparks have fled. They have a blind man in New Y'ork . who can detect counterteii money. A man had his pocket picked of S22, 500 at New Haven last Friday. Not a single member of the Minnesota Legislature was born in that State. rw During the fast six months thirteen men have been lynched in Indiana. The Boston 7W says, the five leading belles at the French Court wear false teeth. at Forty guests were poisoned in Brook lyn last week, by eating colored candy at a parly. The Nevada Legislature, on the 12th, reelected Wm. M. Stewart. U. S. Sena tor. At New Haven, recently, a poor fami ly were discovered making a dinner on boiled dog. It is said that the State of Kansas ha doubled her population during the last four years. . . The contribution cf the Protestant Episcopal church of the U. States last year were 1,457,558 28. California produced in 18G3 5,000,000 gallons of wine and 300,000 gallons of brandy. Tin ore, a rare article in this country, it is said, has been found recently at Winslow, Maine. The telegraph is a failure in Mexico. The people steal the wires as fast as they are put up. We learn that the conductors cn the Morris & Essex Railroad are soon to ap peart in a uniform of a brown color. The popuhitinn of Baltimore is "3)2, 130, of whom 4S.375 are colored. The city contains 40,000 houses A New York girl is said to have refus ed an offer of marriage, because her suit or had the habit of sneezing in his sleep The total number of soldiers' orphans now attending the schools provided for their instruction in our State, is 3,505. Judge Lonraker of the Lehigh and Northampton Bench will take up his re sidence permanently in Allentowa. The revenue which accrued to the State from breweries, taverns and beer houses, in'ISGS, reached 8320,705 80. One green tarletan dress contains arse nic enough to kill three men ; and yet we frequently see men run after green tarlet an dresses. ,. ; A Republican paper, to be called the Daily Commercial, will soon be started in Louisville, Kentucky, with a capital o! $100,000. One of the religiou journals speaks of a church which pays its choir $2000 a .-I , year, wnue us cnaruv conirioutions uo not exceed $100. The United States Supreme Court de cided on Monday, in the New York bank cases, that certificate of indebtedness and greenbacks are exempt from taxation. Queen Victoria is making money in stock raising. One animal she recently sold for S210 and others at an average of $150. A man in New York was recently fined $25 and costs for building a fire under a balky horse. He didn't make the horse start. We notice in one of the valley papers that William A. Laudeoschlager was married to Sarah A. Rothenberger. Noth ing like having big names. Twenty-one convicts in the Maine penitentiary were pardoned last week. Had Andy Johnson anything to do with it? Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House. Washington, D. C-, is writing the life and Times of Thaddcus Stevens, for publication. A Texas editor wished to liken some thing to a "Zebra's hide," and the inex orabie compositor insisted upon making it a "Texas bride." The Illinois State penitentiary is re ported as self sustaining. Reason: well patronized by reliable workmen, and good management. The Register, Indiana, says : Abraham Crawford, of Green township, accidental ly shot his sister whilst playing with a loaded pistol. The Mail sijt: "The 'week of prayer' has been generally preserved in Warren." How. Mr. Mail? In stone or glas jars, and in vinegar 7 Jacob Spinner, of Warren, was killed. while engaged in hauliug boards, by be ing thrown off the load aud iatamed be I tweeu the sled and a trea. Three miners were killed at Johns town, recently, by explosion of "firedamp" iu an old dritt, whero they had gone to remove the old railroad track. Some boys, while carelessly handling a revolver at Carpenter's station, Westmore land county, aocidently discharged the weapon, instantly killing ono of their number. Cabinot makers aro busy just now, but let the public uiiud bo easy ! General Grant promises to select his Cabinet in time for the nominees to reach the Capi tol before his inauguration. . , '. . The body of the lato Hon. Darwin A. Finney, formerly member of Congress, hap arrived from Antwerp, and been con signed to its final resting place in LaueJ. Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. A fifty dollar counterfeit greenback. splendidly executed and perfeot in every respect, except that the vignette of Frank lin has two buttons oa his. vest, is io circulation. Acquittal of Mrs. TtfltchelL . Philadelphia, Jan. 22 The trial of Mrs Twitchell for complicity with her husband in the murder of her mother, Mrs. Sarah L. Hill, which commenced on Wednesday last, was suddenly terminated at noon to-day by the abandonment of the case by the Commonwealth. This act'jon was uot unexpected,-as tne evidence ad duced during the trial of her husband was purely circumstantial and in no waj. connected her with the terrible tragedy:. After the examination of several witnesses this morning, District Attorney Shep pard stated that in his opinion the evi dence was insufScient to warrant a ver dict of guilty of murder, and the Judge charged the jury accordingly. When the prisoner was ordered to stand up, Mrs. Twitchell, for the first time, removed her vail and exhibited her face, which show ed marks of iuteose grief and premature old age. When the verdict of "Not guil ty" was recorded she fell into her seat and wept bitterly. She was then conveyed to her home, accompanied by some of her relatives, an innocent woman iu the eye of the law. The recent investigations have fully confirmed the general belief as to the frauds perpetrated by the Democrats at the late election in New York. The de velopments . are truly astounding. Ac cording to the New York Sun, thjrtr thousand fraudulent votes w- Cisi fn that city a.kce. Several witnesses teiti ficd that they had voted as often as thirty times each. The manufacturer of the bo gus naturalization papers testified that his press was running for four months pre vious to the election, and that he had printed over one hundred thousand of them. The worst feature of the business is, that there is every reason to believe this wholesale rascality was concocted by the prominent party leaders, men of stand ing and influence the community. What else can we expect from a party of this character but opposition to registry laws and other measures to preserve the pur ity of the ballot box, which is showu by their papers' in Pennsylvania at this time? We must give the Democracy credit for a commedable trait, aud that is consistency. Gen Schurz recently elected U. S sen ator from" Missouri has bc-e i a citizen of the United States more than eleveu years, lie took out his first papers in 1857, aa 1 obtained full naturalization papers on the 17th of September, 1S59. In the same year he was a candidate for LieutenaDt Governor of Wiaeonsin, bein-r defeated by 200 majority, though the Republican candidate for Guv-.r:ior, Alexander W. Randall, now Postmaster General, was elected by 1 IS majority. Henry Vail, a notorious burglar, who was convicted of robbery at Eastoa abjut three years ago and sent to the penitea tiary, from which he had made his es cape, was recently arrested in Indiana and taken back to his old quarters, lie gives a thrilling account ot his adven tures since making his escape. A por tion of the time he spent at Mormville, in Bucks couuty, where he worked at s!:03iuaking. He afterwards visited Eas tou. SecatoriaL The dispute in the Indiana 1-gislature over the Seuatorship has been ended by ti e election of lion. I). S. Pratt, of Lo gasnport. Mr. Cuuiback's name having been withdrawn Of Mr. Pratt, we know n othing, except the fact that he was elect ed a reprepentative in Congress from the Eighth district of Indiana, last Octo ber. A marine curiosity just presented to the Connecticut Historical Society, is the work of a shell fhh from the Phillipine Islands. It is a shelter f r t';s little crea ture, fifteen inches long and fern three quarters to one and a half inch in diame ter, shaped like a cornuopia, and re sembling a delicate fabric of lace work wrought from obsetos or spun glass. Mr. Grow, Chairman, has issued a call for a meeting of the Uuion Republican State Committee, to be held at Han is burg on Thursday, the 4th of Fedruary, to determine the time and place for hold ing the next State Convention. San Francisco's latest invention in the way of deadly wen pons, is a tvo-edred dirk. with the handle at right angles to the blade, like a chopping knife. The blow in deli vered straight from the shoulder, aud goea clean through a man the first time. Counterfeits of the new one cent pieces: hava made their appearance in Boston. The shield on one 6ide and the United Statea' on the other are omitted, whi3e a. hard'y perceptible impression, of the erd "not" is inserted over the word "one" in or der to escape the law. General Sheridan has transmitted the official accoant of another victory over warlike Indians on the Plains. Ye goq. tlo savages were astonished and vaq, quished by little Phil's tactics. ffi&.It is said that the New York 7u bune divided S1S0.000 among its .stock, holders during 18GS, and its aggregate profits during tho year are said to have, been $250,000. A man was arrested at Bushnell, 111., on the 22d inst., with $557,000 in coun terfeit national bauk currency in his pos session. The Senate will make no mora confix- mations, except iu cases of absolute, emerieocy, until after tho inauguration, of Ulysses S. Grant. Five hundroi and sixty thousand dol lars in specie was shipped to Europe frora New York on Tuesday. The Chicago post-office, received last year 5G.G53.580 letters, and sent awaj 48,526,247. A meeting of tho officers of the Army of the Potomao will be held in New York on the 22d of February.
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