I)C 3cffcvsoniau. THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1869. iOIn Iirooks and Orme, plahitifis in er ror vs. Commonwealth, defendant in error, the argument of Counsel, before the Supreme Court, was heard on Tuesday. The case is held under advisement. Religious. The Rev. J. Pavi, of Kridesburg, Pi., vill oeeiipy the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church, in this borough on Sabbath next, af ternoon and evening. The public are cordially laviled to attend. First of April Changes. Those of our subr-eribcrs who design ehang ing their place? of residence on the 1st of April, will confer a favor on us, as well as on them clve, by notifying us of the fact. They should give us the name of the office from whence they move, as well as the office to which the Jiapcr should be addressed in future. Real Estate Sale. Mr. C. O. Harris, Executor of the Estate of John Schmuck deceased, sold, at public sale, n Tuesday hist, the property in the ocenpan cy of David Green, in Stroud township, to Phil ip S warts wood for $1,C30. The farm contains one hundred acres, is well improved, and is a l-argxia to the purchaser. tSV-Mr. C. P. Mott has purchased the inter t of Wm. P.rown, in the Crystal Spring Brew cry, near the Depot, and will join Mr. Burt in the manufacture of superior Ale and Porter a large stock of which will always bo kept on F!e. The r.ew firm is aa enterprising one, anc will see to it that nothing but the purest and Lot leaves the e.-tablihnient. E.We hear rumors of a large Foundry nnd Machine shop, and of extensive Tanneries and other works, soon to be built on the flat between Stroudsburg and the Depot. We con ratulate our East Stroudsburg friends over the prospect ahead, and hope that something jnore substantial than mere rumor may grow out of it. I3y"The weather, during the past week has l-n a complete mixture of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Friday and Saturday were moderate, Sunday was delightfully warm and j leaant, Monday was snowy, blustery and Winterih, Tuesday and Wednesday worked cn the sliding scale towards Spring. As a con sequence of all thL?, colds exhibited an upward lendcner. he Lev. .Mr. Ilidgway leit town, on "Tuewtay, to attend the Annual Conference of the Mi-thodist Episcopal Churc h, which assem bled at Philadelphia, yesterday. His many friend in this borough, and vicinity, both in and out of his denomination, will hail his re . apiiintnu-nt to this place with pleasure. The Kev. gentleman, and his amiable lady, have made a host of warm friends here during the jrar they have sojourned with us. t.The following is said to be an excellent Antidote fvr the mania known as Tobacco Chew--ing: 1. Make the most of your inll. Drop to Tavo, and reolve never to use it ugain in any form. 1L Go to an apothecary, and buy ten cents' worth f ( iviuian root, coarsely ground. . Take as much of it after each meal, or fiftner, as amounts to a common quid of "fine c It" or "cavendish." 4. Chew it well, and swallow the saliva. Continue this a few weeks, and you will come oil' the conqueror; then thank God, and thank u. E?The Scranton came to hand tuTcral days ago, containing the announcement cif the withdrawal of Mr. Crandall from the firm, anil the sole proprietorship of Joseph A. .Scranton. The Jlrpuhlican has always been one of the best and most sprightly of the dailies received at this office, and under the new ar rangement gives evidence of a determination Xo maintain the exalted poi-ition it has attained in the newspainrr world. If the Scrantonians -lo not well sustain the RcpuLllcnn, and make .it "a big paying institution" to its proprietor, a., conducted in its present spirit, it cannot fail 'j be to the city, they will, justly, be amenable to the charge of being greatly wanting in local pride and justice. Destnictive Fire. Tlie Pam and Varon House, belonging to "Mr. K. L. Walker, in 31iddlc Smithlield town ship, together with its contents, totally tletroved bj fire on Thursday morning last. A pair of valuable horses; five cow?, of pure I)urham ttock, choice animal.", for which Mr. Walker could have had one hundred dollani a piece, and all heavy with calf; three fcheep, .-about 'fifteen tons of excellent hay, harness, plow, wagons, and tlie usual general contents cf a well ordered farm barn, were destroyed with the buildings. The re was first discov ered at about two o'clock in the morning, by auemlx-rs of Mr. Walker's family, (himself nd lady being away from home,) who were a wakened, doubtless, by the glare of light in their bed rooms and the crackling of the burn ing tiniWrn; and w hen they got to the barn the main building was so far gone as to render the saving of anything utterly impossible. The re waf, without a doubt, the work of an in cendiary, & there had been no fire in the buil ding in any shape. The theory that it caught from the slaking of a load of lime in the wa gon ehed, which was first started, is exploded br the facts that the fire originated in the main building, while the lime lay in the rear end of the -hed, which was not yet on fire when the work of destruction was discovered, and that tU llaie was ir. chunks, showing no signs of Iakb)g, an lute, us Sunday last. Many rea eona combine to fix the fire as the work of some piteful miflcreant, and It will be a pity if lie is Dot caught and severely punished for bin crime. Such dt-viLt in human shape, who can thus, in beer wantoniu.--, destroy the property of their fellow, even to tju burning of brute beasts which could not injure them, are not fit to live Among men. Mr. V'a!l1er Joss j about $3,000. ! The Cabinet. Owing to the legal impediment in the way of his holding the office, A. T. Stewart resign ed the Secretaryship of the Treasury last week. The Hon. George S. Boutwell, of Massachu setts was nominated and unanimously confirm ed in his stead. Owing to ill health, the Hon. E. B. Washburnc, on Wednesday of last week, resigned the Secretaryship of State. The res ignation was accepted, and the Hon. Hamilton L-h, of New York, was nominated and unani mously confirmed in his stead. Mr. Wash burnc was then nominated, by the President, as Minister to the Court of France, and was u nanimously confirmed for the" position. The Cabinet as now constituted stands as follows : Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, of New- York. Secretary of the Treasury George S. Bout- well, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Interior J. D. Cox, of O- hio. Secretary of War- John A. Fawlings, of II linois. Secretary of the Navy A. E. Borie, of Pcnn pvlvania. ttorney General G. E. Hoar, of Massa chusetts. Postmaster General J. A. J. Crcsswcll, of Maryland. "With the Cabinet as at first selected, the people were well satisfied. The members were all selected with a view to the peculiar fitness of each for the position to which lie was assign ed ; and though fom; bore names strange to the masses, yet the public confidence in Gen Grant's wisdom of choice is so greet, that never a fear was entertained that in each, of his advi sers the President had the right man in precise ly the right place. Nor docs it militate against the existence of a full measure cf public confidence in the new Cabinet, that its members bear names familia to the public car. Each Secretary has been in public position which he ha3 filled ably and well so well that even fault-finding Democra cy can find no word of cavil against cither, and pronounces each man good for his place They are all Republicans of the ardent stamp and being such, there is no reason lor room to fear but that the Cabinet and the Presider. will work together for the restoration of peace to the country, and for the general advance' mcnt of the prosperity of the people. CQ,The action of the President in sending PhiL Sheridan back to New Orleans does not meet the approval of the Democratic leaders and newspaper men, while with the masses of all parties it is looked upon as most righteous action. The fact is, the people of New Orleans have some knowledge of Philip, and having been in New Orleans Philip has some knowl edge of its people. When in New Orleans, as Commander of the Department, when rebels were agrieved he righted their grievances, and he did no more, but just as much, for loyalists His sola aim then was, to sec that the laws were faithfully executed to rccure life and property, and to protect the people in the pur suit of their rights. Had he been allowed to remain then, and continue his work without hinderence, all that section of country, would have been thoroughly and properly reconstruc ted, and Louisiana, to-day, would be represent ed in Congress without a dispute. He goc3 back there now to complete the work interrup ted by his removal, and under his wise and un flinching determination to make the right pre vail, life and property will be safe, men who have the right to vote will be secure in the ex ercise of that right, men who think will be per mitted to express their thoughts freely, and none but these in whose bosoms lurk the smoul dering embers of rebellion will ever be made to feel that, in meeting Phil. Sheridan, they are meeting any other than the quiet citizen, engaged in the peaceful pursuit of his lawful calling a light in the path of those whose aims arc good, but a very terror in the way of evil doers. His appointment to this command was among the first acts of President Grant, and we shall be much mistaken if the end does not show it to have been among the best. OT7" 31ore promptly than we had expect ed, says lhe Iiucks County Intelligencer, the Senate of Pennsylvania has ratified the proposed fifteenth article of the Federal Con stitution. The ditcu-reion of the subject last ed only the afternoon of Thursday, nearly all the speaking bcinj done by the Democratic Senators, and. the Republicans confining themselves to very brief addresses. The Senate was full, and the vole was 18 in fa vor of end 15 against the proposed amend mcnt. It was Etrict party division, n the House an arrangement has been made up to take up the subject on Wednesday (yester day) afternoon and delate it every evening thereafter until a vote is taken. This will give to every ardent patriot an opportunity to ventilale his peculiar notions in regard to the comparative length of the heels and size of the craniums of the different races, and other mental aud physical characteristics, without dama2e to the public business. It is admitted on all sides that the House will ratify the amendment by a vote that will correspond with the number of members be longing to the political parties represented 0OAndrew Jonson's retirement from pow er must bring sorrow to the heart of every counterfeiter, mail roller and revenue swin dler who had not previously managed lo ob tain a full pardon and d it charge. It is true that the number of these criminals left in prison is quite f mall, but there are yet a few. On the last day of his administration Mr. Johnson caused pardons to be issued in favor of two brothers named Depuy, who had been convicted in New York or defraudiiiff the revenue. It so happened, however, that the case came to theknowledge of President Grant before the pardon was presented at the prison where th men were confined, and he immediately ordered that it should be re voked. This is notice to all robbers and swindlers that they no longer have a friend in the White House, standing ready at all times to relieve them from the just punish ment of iheir crimes. The moral atmos phere of the country will grow clearer the moment when th'sfact becomes ful!y under stood., The New Cabinet Ministers. Oar readers are more or less familiar with the standiug and public life of ex Governor lioutwell, the new Secretary of the Treasury, but Mr. Hamilton Fish has. on to a certain extent, belonged to a lornicr veneration, and the public lis, therefore, ess knowledge oi niru. a xew ion aper sketches hiui as follows : SECRETARY OF STATE. - The Hon. Hamilton Fish, of New York, who was yesterday nominated for Sccrc ary ofStato, xn place of .Mr. Hashburne, was boru in this city in 180S. His fath er was Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas lish, a gallant oGcer in the Revolutionary War. Fort Fish, one of the small forts built during tho Revolution in the northwes tern part of what is now Central Park, was named alter hi in. He was a very intimate and confidential friend of Alex andcr Hamilton and President Washing ton. and his son was named after the for mer. lhe house in which Colonel I ish lived, and in which Governor Fish was born, is now standing iu Stuy vesant street, on what was once the Rowcne farm. The. maiden name cfthe mother of Governor Fish was Elizabeth. She was a daughter oi Pctrus Stuyvcsant, the heir and a lineal descendant of the last Dutch colonial Governor of New York, and the governor of a large portion of that part o the city east of Third avenue and between Tenth and Twenty-third streets. Mr. Fish graduated from Columbia College, and after pursuing a course of legal study was admitted to the bar in this city in 1830. His active political life commenced in 1843, when he was a candidate on the Whig ticket for the Assembly, but was with his associates, defeated. In 1842 he was chosen a member of Congress from the Sixth District of this city, beating John McKeon, Democrat. At the close of his terra, in 1844, he returned to his profession : but his friends would not per mit him to remain away from public scr vice. Without any solicitation on bi part, he wa3 nominated as the candidate for Lieutenant Governer at the Whig convention in 1S4C, on the same ticket with John Young, lie wa3 defeated, but was run again for the same office in 1847 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re signation of Lieutenant Governor Gard ncr. lie had over 30,000 majority. Th following year he received the nomination of his party for Governor, and was elect ed bv a tdarahtv of votes, beating bot of the rival democratic candidates, Joh A. Dix and Reuben II. Walworth. I the winter of 1S51-2 he was elected Un ted StatC3 Senator aud served his fu terra, retiring in 1857. During his Con gressional career, Mr. Fish wa3 identified with all tho prominent measures ol this party, including the old W lug doctnn of "protection." At the close of his Senatorial term, in 1857, ho retired to private life, spending some time in trave inir in iuuropc. Mr. Fish lias been at no time promin ent in the Republican party, though h has voted with the party and has indors ed most of its measures. He is genera ly regarded as a moderate or conserva tive Republican. He was a number the Stewart Committee, organized to pro mote the election of General Grant. At present, Governor Fish is Presiden of the Board of Trustees of Columbia College, one of the Trustees of the Astor Library, ice President of the consohdat ed railroads from this city to 1 hiladelphia and associated in the management of var ious trust companies and moneyed institu tions. The new Secretary is a man of much wealth and high social standing. His large private fortune has prevented him from taking that rank in his profes sion to which his unquestionable talents entitle him. His public and private char acter is irreproachable, and he Jrings to his ne-tf position a long experience in. pub lic affairs and marked ability. SECRETARY OF WAR RAWLINS. Major General John A. Rawlins i3 a native of Illinois, where he was born, in Jo. Pavies county, on February 18, 1831. His early years were passed ou a faTm. In 1S5I he commenced the study of law, and in the following year was admitted to the bar and opened an office in Galena, Illinois. He was a Democrat in politics, and in 18G0 was an elector on the Doug las ticket, and stumped the State for that candidate. He entered the army early in the war, and September 15, 1SG1, joined General Grant at Cairo as his As sistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Captain. Since that time he has been a member of the military family of the General, with whom he has been on the most confidential terms. lie wa3 com missioned Major from the date of the fall of Fort Donelson, received the rank of Lieutenant Colonel November 1, 1862, and that of a Brigadier General of volun teers August 11, 18G3 j February 21, 1865, he was raised to the rank of Major General of volunteers by brevet, and March 30, 1SG5, wa3 appointed Gran't Chief of staff, with rank of Brigadier Gen eral in the United States army, and soon after was breveted Major General. As an army officer, General Rawlins has re frained from public expression of hi3 poli tical views, but he is claimed as a Demo crat by his old friends in Illinois, and last fall his nomination was talked of as Democrat candidate for Representative at large from that State, against General Logan, the Republican nominee. Washington is laughing over a Lon mot of Judge Fisher, of the District Suprome Court, suggested by the propensity for an indiscaiminate use of the pardoning pow er shown by A. J. An obdurate villin was convicted in Ju5ge Fisher's court & few days ago, ond brought up for senten ce. Assuming his servercst look, the Judge said, "I shall sentence you, sir, to a term in the penitentiary (tho convict looked aghast at the protect j) to a term, I say. in the penitentiary, of of one hour ; you can't get pardoned out in that time." Dr. Darden, who killed Wallace, editor of the Warrenton, Georgia, Clipper, was taken from jail, 1 riday night, and shot by a party of tii?2u'?J men. State News. Scarlet fever prevails in Reading , . . r iNortnampion county lariaer u.u uiw.- ingiueir gram io uiureu 1- 3..r:r. t - I lieatiins is in me nanus 01 muuiaut. u.- :-- :i;;Qfo nn,1 gan grinueis, ua.p is, .hu, - 5UU1- UUuanv v...-B. Tl, VnnU Tntol ?n Willifimsnnrt. W th mof if9 i.nntinrc iron dpctroi-pd bvfirel J. 11U Jil- . V V .u ... - - ' " 1 ---- on the morninz of the 10th inst. rru u nfWIcnonmnluntl,!!! they have more than tbeir share of burg- lar3. Some Erie milkmen resemble the whale that swallowed Jonah they tako a gie it prophet" out of the water. Henry Cook, a prisoner in the Morris town jail, made ast week by sh futcs the rumor of last week, that Twitch ell had confessed to him that he dad uiuruerwu iuis. um. J 1 A T - 1 I ; 1 1 I A lady passenger became a motner lasu Saturday morning on the Chicago express tram while crossing irom Aiicgneny 10 Pittsburg. The Erie Observer is in formed that a project is on foot to build a pipe line lor ..... . i- n I conveying oil between that city and litus- ville. 1 be distance is nity six mues. At the funeral of a Mrs. Urcnizcr, at licamstown, iancasier county, recenuy, uve oi ncr sixers wcre pre.eu,, cue yuuS- net nt tfflinm WIS nVPT PlrrhtV VP-ITS OI .lfi. I JJ " I The Allentown Dailu hews savs that a 'lady" in that highly virtuous town passed a bad $2 note on a blind man, in payment for two brooms. . Af w inn.,ij;n4n Aiintr.TOn rw x I filop.tinn. on Frid:iv. IIr. George Beisel waa IflPtml .is tha niminee of tho Dartv fr,r Msivor. find Daniel K. Diefcndcrfer was chosen for the office of Postmaster. On Saturday last the time-honored University of Pennsylvania conferred the degree of M. D. on one hundred and thir ty gradutes, representing twenty-two States. A man named Louis Guiles, of Earl township, Berks county, committed sui cidc last Friday niht, by hanging him self. This is the second suicide in that township within the past month. Mayor Fox, of Phliadelpha, is getting very particular at least some o: his oia cers think so be bavins discharged a police ofilcer for being drunk, although not on duty at the time. David Guyer, jr., of norse Valley, I ranklin county, having a wife and two children, accidentally shot himselt about .... mm mm S . two wcess ago. v cam ensueu in a icw i ix. i i - rt hours. About seventy thousand Odd Fellows arc expected to Darticmate in the semi- centennial anniversary of the establish- ment of the Order, which is to be held in - -w i The Warren Ledger says there will not 1.-1 -i :n:,. t v.-., uu less niau inue miuiou ice- ui wwaiu. rafted between that place and Corydon the coming spring, and a great deal more will be manufactnred before the rafting season 13 over. . E. W. C. Green, late Pension Agent for Pennsylvania, has resigned, and it is said that he is a heavy defaulter to the government which accounts for the long delay of the pensions due the first of Jan uary. The Allentown JVeics intimates that some of the citizens cf Lehigh county arc engaged in furnishing prisoners in the i..Mintu i I nvi.li c t v 1 1 rrx onto with to effect their escape. A batch of old fil 1,onnl-;rt nnd rnnP wnq tp cbnt'lv discovered in a'traw tick in one of the cells. So numerous have the theifs of freight and coal on the line of the Reading Rail road become, and especially near the city of Philadelphia, that the company was compelled to employ a batch of special detectives to watch for the plunderers at Port Richmond. They were sworn into officer by Mayor Fox on Wednesday last. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com pany are filling their canal this week, piepartory to starting their boats. The Delaware Division filled their canal on Sunday, the 7th inst. The Morris Canal Company will fill their canal some time during the coming week. Boatmen with their teams are daily passing through this place on route for New Brunswick and other points along the canal, to take pos session of their boats which had been tied up during the winter. Sherdian for Louisiana. The Democrats after considerable skirmishing and the making of several feints seem to have selected for their first real point of attack upon the new admin istration the assignment of Gen. Sheridan to the Department of Louisiana. The World opens its batteries upon this and the lesser guns are joining in full chorns. It is a "wanton insult to tho Southern people." It means not "peace" but the sword. It is "taking Sherdian from the place he was best flitted for, and putting in him the place ho was least fitted for." It is a "disregard of the wishes of those whose feelings should have been respec ted," and so forth for quantity. If the Democrats make an issue here, the Republicans are very willing to ac cept it. It is ture Grant said "Let us have peace," but he defined his "peace" when he said that if he were elected Pre sident he would see to it, that in every part of the land a man could hold what political views he pleased, without moles tation. Grant's "peace", was to bo the the peace protecting equal rights, not the bastard peace of successful caste. It is with the intention of giving his kind of peace to the Southwest, the most turbul ant and refractory district of tho late rebel States, thst Grant is sending Phil. Sherdan down there. We warrant he will secure it. Our exchanges all bring encourging re ports concerning the growing wheat crop. - CSubscribG for the Jeff. his escape on i uesday oi . . . , f . u, rl 0n board. rj r i : ,fi rnahcou."?, the sarcatic remark of the rurld, . ufHmg off this mortal coil. .fc I nim0fU is literal! truc. The "eight W' movement ha. bro T?rinrrhnrBt in n p.-irn. re- .... . f ti i . ft . i l-nn mit. nfmsii in New oik and 31as& Generals Grant and Hancock, The Hartford Courant has the follow ing concerning the personal relations of haste . to make a point against General if ;,;,., , .Ut 11- i n. k;,,! to thn Denartment of Dakota in a c - 1 . . I -t rfvnnP. nnd evident v aun- v "b.'. . VT , noses that be 13 to live in iaKOta. XI siiouiu nave reiatea iue iact mat unci iu w rW.n n,n,ml Grnnt. l l l ,1 IV IjUUILUllVU .". 1 I i rilr. TOftrd nr Atr( I a"inSt Hancock is charged, met the lat- U.rin - tU strrts nf Washington, and in his usual good humor, gave him a cordial word of greeting, which Hancock passed unnoted ; that is, he "cut the General. lbe insult, il tcnucrca wiinc tuey were on duty, would have subjected General Hancock to a court-martial. Instead oi l M. nneM, t,!-;.- n,1 Mnntnnn. nrirh hcajauarters at the pleasant post of St. . " . . I ii ., , Ptl!irtniPnt irnni which tien- eruj Terry has lust been relieved. Gen- erai HanCock has been treated with a courtesy and a consideration that has un official conduct did not merit, -v i r ri i ni iTru m a uruer iroiu ueaerai Di-uiitJiuau xuo j.tjt.1 Oath &C. PimiMnvTi. Mnrp.lilR. niniralRtnne. Un. issued an order, to day, republishing lne act 0t Uongrcss vacating the State 0tnces witnin uarty aays trom tne passage Vn f nn,l n.4nrmr Vinf nil nnronna I . cvw, cua ''"t5 "-v yowY3 who cannot take tho iron clad oath should be removed from office on Uie ISth inst. This creates quite a panic in the State offices, for nearly one third of the officers are unable to take the oath. For the - . officers that pay no salaries the Command MnS General has had no applications, and consequently, no appoiutments have been made. For many of the judgeship there it i i: .: i . u i a , "P'.""". r""?" This morning a batch of new appoint- rfmonr ni iiiiirmn p ill uracils I " " - ------- - - - - - - ments were made for the City Councils and members of Congress by office hun and some miuor city offices. To morrow, tcr3 js becoming unendurable. it is stated, a new set cf officers will be appointed in the Capital. The Suit Against General Butler. In the Supreme Court of this city, on oninion in the cLe of Kimherlv & Broth. ers vs. B. F. Butler, instituted to recover from General Butler monevs mid tn him ;u C0U3mand at Fortress Monroe for rent of premises on government land at that post. General Butler, by his counsel, asked I . W . - I to remove the case to the United States uircuit ucurt tor this district, without - - . t- n .. i giving bends. i he Judge decided in tavor ot the petitioner, and ordered the l . .. .. . , proceeuiugs m me supreme ,ourt to De stopped until it shall appear that the ueiencant nas xaiiea to u;e a record ot tne case beforu the United States Court at . . -c..i,u. ith next session. I n... i ir . TiAflifntir'n of tha fi-tfTTc;'l,TiT"r Matsu ont I ontne Pcurth ot Jn v. Senator Morton, of Indiana, has ac certed the invitation of the Bonrd cf Com- missioners of the Gettysburg National .'u.ut I'uaiwua UUUUi luc uC uuuiiu Cemetery to deliver the address on the lstratl0n Qrst of Julv next, on the occasion nf thr dedication of the monument, which will bo completed by that time. An original poem will be delivered by Bayard Taylor, and liev. Henry Ward IJcecher will per- form the duties of chaplain. 0C7In YYutertown, Wisconsin, there is a 'oun man who has been troubled for the ,ast twenty years with some living creature " his siomacli, which has had the effect of seriously injuring his health, and at times ,ias threatened to end his life. The motions of the animal can be distinctly felt and heard by placing the hind or ear upon tho stomach Frequently it comes up into the throat, pro ducing strangulation. At such times he says he can still feel the lower part of lhe utaiim; uiunujj uioui in 1113 siuniucn, ieav - i.g no oouoi uku u .s a snaKe, anu not a ve- ry small one either. (ETirancia strode, a noted breeder of : 1 1 . m . i I improveu ncsicr uouniy swine, living near Wet-t Chester, recently held a public sale, at which a sow and pigs were sold for 100; another bow for S9G; two hogs, a year old, for 87 and $G-1 respectively; a pig four months old for $3G, and a boar pig for $31. A thoroug-bred Durham cow and calf were sold for 233; several other cows and calves at 150, 111 and 140; a calf three weeks old for -5.50; a yearling heifer for 75- and n vnnrlinrr Knll frr ntn' ; to breed pood stock 1 -r, , OrAt an Oakland, Ohio, hotel, recently a strong smell of gas was discovered issumir . . . from the room of a bridal party from the ooun- try. Admission being demanded to put put the gas, the rural swain replied that "he blew it out, and the darned thing smelt s bad that he put his stocking over it." Suie enough, there was the stocking drawn over the burner and tied down with a shoe string. OCT" A farmer in Unswoid, Conn., has pub- lished an account of turkeys raised and sold, witu expenses ana proius, irom June, lbuS, to January low, as loiiowa: ureuit Us . V r- -W fm 1 . I turkeys killed, 1.42G lbs., at 27 cents per lb., 385 02; 3 turkeys not killed, estima ted at 9; total, ;MM 02. Debtor 110 bushels corn at SI 50, 103; cost of butch ering, &c, 10; total 175. Net profit, 210 02. A revenue agent in Cincinnati, visiting a suspected distillery, came upon one room marked "private," and securely locked.'' After some little delay he managed to effect an entrance, ouly to discover a young man on a bed in the worst stage of small-pox.- Th8 agent did not stop to confiacato any thing. 07" A remarkable revival of religion is prevailing in Carbondale, 111. During the past eight weeks over two hundred person have been received into tho Methodist church of i hat place on probation, Ge.nera John A. Loan among the number, MISCELLANEOUS. Frank P. Blair ha3 gone West in dis- county, New lork. m Al!ni Pnet nfflnn-i, Wnrl, 51 HOO voir v -j m. r-n r. !,:. . -T, 1.-- mere were uio lucmuuiau .uiuius .inj;Mtnii ;n lOfift ; t';,::, :a wuuat wiop iu , ,ib.u.- ....j promising. . . '1 uc people botli ona ana ooum aro pleased witn Grant s inaugural. The doctors have required Gen. Grant, to moderate his smoking. T4l(J rtansa3 Senate last week passed tbc riftecnlh Constitutional Amendment a suij) mimu . m. -i i a. uu m ncsuay wmi several casus oi tiiip icui cbasctts The Democratic newspapers Cnd fault . . r. ! IT. .... . with I i RANT lor BenaiUiT llAMJUK W Dacota Te Rhode Tshxnd House of Represent tatives rejects the femile suffrage propoii tion. The State Senate on Thursday adopted' a joint resolution ratifying the FifterntbV Amendment. Hon. John Guthrie, J-atr United State Senator from Kentucky, died orr Saturday jn Jj0uisville The t that M5nister jj do3e not? ... ... sympathize with the republican movement .J in Spain is denied. Mrs. Lydia Beechcr, mother of Rerv Henry Ward Ucccher, died in Brooklyn f Saturday, aged b'J years. South Carolina and Georgia have adopted a joint resolution ratifying the 1-ifteenth Amendment. Both branches of the Maine Legislature I i i .i 1 1, Y - ""I'1 luw Fifteenth Amendment. The terrible pressure ur)on Senator! It is thought that Major-Gcnerall SchoQeld will be assigned to the comr mand of the Pacific coast vice Ilalleck.. The Rev. J. G. Butler of Washington has been elected Chaplain of the House- of Representatives The famous yacht "Henrietta" belong MnS to James Gordon Bcuuct, Jr, i advertised for sale A Lady was recently elected a School Director in a town ia Massachusetts, but she refused to serve At a Senatorial caucus cn Tuesday Senator Anthony, of Rhode Istand, was unanimously areed un as President, i rf CJ - pro tern, ot the Senate. Th "arithmpfif. mnn" ofthp ITr.rll i. resurrected and hard at work over the Xew Hampshire election returns. . . . a country editor wants to know "now ja tnUQ(er tnem city newspapers got i , , , ., ..." . ... - uoid oi tlie UaDinct "men s ODituaries so ri-.- . t , r i Tr lU3t . i , SrS0D' I Ti : iii. i t" i l it.tn ol lu" "?ase w,ii ue cauea 10 aa .LIBERALITY. lhe merchants and property owners of Chicago, have insured t,ic ,ivc3 of the fircmea in that city, for $-,000 apiece. James Grant, charged with shooting II. Rives Pollard, cf the Soutltem Opin ion has been louud not guilty and dis- charged Irom custody. The Philadelphia Conference of the M li. Church commenced its session at Philadelphia, yesterday the 17th inst. Bishop Liouipson presides General Cadeau's ""Millitary History of U. S. Grant" is being translated into the French, German and Spanish langua ges. Mrs. Josephine S. Grilling, r. proniin- pnf. n.l vnr'if i nf fimi'il ciifTr i rr o on. diJal0 for the r05tmistrcss-ship ol Wash- 1 iorton City. Secretary Borie is actively at work in tne vavv Department, and wo now hare- 1 the assurance that at last we luive a liva raan auj a stout heart at the helm. The rccent Apnropration bill passed br Congress, discharges from the Pateut Office twenty one clerks of the SHOO class, and fourteen of the 51200 class. A cargo of wheat from California, which recently arrived at Boston and wa sold, returns a net loss to the parties m- Crested of over 0,000. Quite a number of Mormon families aro IlvluS polgamously in V llliamsDurg, near iNew lork. JLnc men have lrcui two tw ' wu " " " , I rr i t i i incnumocr ot ciuiaren wno wuenn schools in the United States amounted to, 9 I A r ini ,- -v . -v .-v-v a hV-'UO.UW. Ihey use UU.WU.UUU boo8 eis 7r,rt m " v-USfc vvvv Sand is not only an excellent substitutQ for straw as bedding for horses, but is, iq many ways, superior to it, as the saud does not heat, but saves the hoofs of tbo horses. Tho wealthiest man in America it -oung Stevens, son of the late Edward A. Stevens, of Iloboken, who when he reach cs his majority, will be worth some $150,- 000 000 New Orleans, Charleston aud Savannah are filled with many of tho "first families" of Cuba, who have left their country ta escape the brutality of the Spanish volun teers. Bincklcy, ex-Solicitor of the Internals Revenue, ou Thursday last, assaulted. Deputy Commissioner llarland, was held to bail tq answer at'eourt for his bclliger-. ent propcusities. Tho diplomatic corps, in court costume paid a formal visit to President Gran on Thursday last. Baron Gerolt made a congratulatory speech, which was resppu ded to by the Executive. A company has been organieed at St, Louis to construct a branch railroad from Salt Lake to Ogden, to connect with tha Union Pacific roaJ. B.rihara Young, has been chosen President;.
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