1 MM H. B. KASBKa, Editor Proprietor. MINUIIRY, PA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1807. BANKS. W observe tbat petition! have been pre sented to Congress to remove the restriction on the SUte Banks, by abolishing the tax fln their dwillatlnf. Tlita nf aaiimb wtll not be done. The present system of Bank ing bean hard pon all banki that aro not doing sufficient or remunerating business, but rely, as many county banks have done heretofore, on their circulation. When once the currency approaches the specie standard, and the premium on gold is merely nominal, banking, like other trade and traffic, will depend upon the amount and character of ts business. Those banks that have a good line of deposits and discounts, will prosper, while others, like merchants, with a limited trade, must bo satisfied with small earnings or wind up business. In this respect the First National Bank of this place, ranks among the roost flourishing in the State. According to the last quarter ly statement of this bank, its depositee were $205,000, or nearly equal, ic amount, to the deposits of the other four banks in this county. Ono of the great advantages of the present system is, that whatever the circum stances of the Bnnk may be, the stockhol- ders are always secure, os the government is bound to redeem the whole issue in case of failure. THE SUNDAY CAB QUESTION. The question of repealing the law pro hibiting the street passenger cars from run ning on Sunday, in Philadelphia is now be fore the Legislature. The petitioners might very properly ask for an unconditional ro pes1., but they are willing to leave the mat ter to a vote of the people directly interest ed. So fair and so just a proposition, one would suppose, could scarcely meet with any opposition, but religious bigotry and intoler ance did not die out entirely with the Spanish inquisition or with the Puritans. We are glad to see that some of the most eminent divines of this country and Europe are taking a proper and liberal view of this subject. It is all right and proper tbat one day in the week should be observed as a day of rest, but no man has a right to die tate to his neighbor how he should observe Sunday or Saturday, or whether he should go to a cartain church or to no church at all. That day has gone by when people could be be made to believe that converts to Christianity could be made by legislative enactments. We have seen thousands of respectable and well-behaved men, women aud children riding in the cars on Sunday thei bhas rzsHnRina oir thb QUKHANNA. We publish the following report of Col, J as. Worrall, Civil Engineer, who was ap pointed under an Act of the Legislature 6f March, 1860, to make some examinations In relation to the Dams in the Susquehanna, which obstruct the passage of fish op that stream. , The Report contains matter of in. tcrcst to all along the line of the Susque hanna : REPORT. IlAnnisnuno, Pa., December 8, 1800. Dear 8m : In fulfilling the duties de volved upon me under the act of 80th March, 1800, "relating to the passage of fish along the Susquehanna and certain of its tributa ries," I have the honor to report as follows 1 Immediately after my appointment, by your Excellency, I consulted all the author ties on the subjuct within my reach, and flnaiw iinvUnri ulan which was in the form of steps commencing at the comb of the dam, and falling or stepping down, one after another, at the rate of six inches per step ih nf thraa atfm ticinir also a trounh ten feet wide, to contain a constant supply of water two teet clcep lor mo asu w rest, m rlurino- their ascent. Tim width of the flieht of steps was to be from two hundred ieet on the main stem of the Susauehanna to a proportional width for its smaller tributaries, and the whole was to be constructed of Rood sub' stantial crib work, such as is employed and approved in the construction of dams in Pennsylvania. I had this plan carefully draughted and specified, and before the first of June I sent It in, plan ana speciucation, to ineiouowing corporations owning dams on the streams mentioned, namely : Tne susqucnanna canai company ; the Wyoming Valley canal com pany, and the North Branch canal company. As these corporations owneu an me tower dams on the river, and which, it not altered for the passage of fish, there would be no use in altering dams located above them, and as I knew that they all, except the Susquehanna canal company, held their pro perty by purchase from the State, without encumbrance, as alleged, ana deemed mem selves, therefore, exempt from the operation of the law, I did not notify individuals or corporations owning dams above them ; for even should such accopt notice, comply with the luw and alter their dams, fish would be debarred from reaching them by the neg lected dams below, una there would be ex Dense and trouble for nothing. In pursuing this course I have not obejed the letter ct me law, but i trust to do ior given when the circumstauces are consider ed. My surmises in respect to these companies proved to be correct. None, except the Pennsylvania railroad company, regularly acknowledged even to have received my no tification, nor have I heard from any of them since. The Susquehanna canal company, owning the dam at Columbia, however, have com plied with the law in every respect, as far as I was able to direct them how to do so. On or about the first of June I met Mr. B. Andrews Knight, their president, at Colum bia, and conlerred with him on the subject, and he expressed his willingness to carry out the plan, but suggested some moainca tions, which I did not like to accept, until I could sustain myselt by other authorities cn dsvte which bat Ween Inserted In tas Col umbia dam. The dam itsU is about six feet high, and about a mil ad a third long, and is located os a rough, rocky bed. The channel below IS rapid ana mucu interrupieu vj 'b" rocks, worn by the water. The fish channels in tbess rapids are tortuous and much spread over the wuole bed of the stream. A point was selected witnin aoous a quar ter of a mile of the York county snore, wnere the fish "most do congregate" from all the lower channels every spring, and where many of tbem have been annually tanen ; and at this place a section, forty feet long, cut clean out of the dam, a coffer dam whilst Mr. Feesenden opposed it. Without definite action, however, tha Senate adjourned. Hocssi. la the House on Friday the Committee of Ways and Means was directed to inquire into tue expediency or so amend ing tbe internal revenue law as to require the destruction of all copper stills which Kali Km nnlt.Aal m A . ...II Ik. Mm mm old copper only. The House tpent a large portion of time in considering the bill to authorise the extention of a patent for screws and screw heads to the heirs of Tho. W. Harvey, but the morning hour expiring, it went over, and the bill to regulate the tenure of office was taken up and discussed at having been first erected above to keep off length, but without reaching a vote the in jncw l orK, many ot them on tbeir way to tbe different churches, and never did we the subject, and our meeting was adjourned ..... . . I .;, T.I . 1. . T : . . I.- Uln,J in 1.a see the least improprietv. To excludo such persons from this privilege, because a few evil designed persons might use the cars for a less sacred purpose, is in character with some of the self-righteous moralists, clergy, and others, in Philadelphia, who could see no impropriety in those who could ride, (themselves included,) in their carriages on Sunday, but could not tolerate tbe same privilege in the poor man's vehicle, the street car, and who could shut their eyes to the hundreds of grog shops and segar stores open every Sunday, without one word of complaint. Mr. Jonathan Bicbcr, of Berks coun ty, was convicted of misdemeanor in refu sing, as Judge of Elections, to allow Samuel Rinert, a deserter from Company G, ?4th, P. V., to vote. He simply did his duty un der tho law, and iu obedience to the procla mation of the Sheriff. Governor Geary upon the facts of the case being laid before him, pardoned Mr. Bieber before sentence was pronounced upon him. in .Lycoming county, in a similar case, Judge Jordan, though a democrat, refused to convict, on the ground that the Judge of tbe election was governed by the law, and should not be presumed to know whether such law was or was not unconstitutional. The State Dkbt. Bonds of Penn sylvania, to the sum of 123,000,000, are past due and unpaid. Senator Connell, of Phila delphia, acting upon the suggestion of Treasurer Kemble, has brought forward a bill to authorize a new six per cent loan to cancel tho old bonds. Five millions of the new bonds are to be payable after five and within ten years ; eight millions after ten andjithin fifteen years. These bonds are to be sold to tbe highest bidder, but not below pur, the old bonds to be receiva ble in payment. pf Death ok Judge Eldked. The lion. Nathaniel B. Eldred died at his rial dence in Bethany, Wayne county, Pa., on the 27th nit., nearly 70 years of age. Tbe until iu July, that I might be enabled in the meantime to do so. I proceeded immediately to the New Eng land States : conferred with the chairman of tho Fish Committee of the Legislature of Connecticut, the lion. Mr. Avery, and pre senting credentials from your Excellency, to tbe Governor ot Massncuusctts, uovernor Bullock, was introduced by the lion. Oliver Warner, Secretary or tbe Uonimonweaitn oi Massachusetts, to Theodore Lyman, Esq., who has charge ot tbe subject in that state. In Connecticut I was informed by air. Avery that they did not consider the river (the Connecticut; obstructed by any worss of theirs which existed in it, and that they so intended to answer the State of New Hampshire, that State having officially re quested to know if any such obstructions existed, In Massachusetts I round tbat tuey uau not advanced in these improvements farther than we had, tbey being just then engaged in devising plans lor the Alernrnac, and perhaps other of tbeir streams. They, however, had given intelligent con sideration to tbe subject. Mr. Lvman is well known as a Naturalist, and he had availed himself of consultations with Prof. Agassiz, whose reputation, I need not say, is, in the same pursuit, world wide. I could not learn that in tbe other States of New England I would be able to add to the information obtainable from these high sources in Massachusetts, bo I proceeded no further than Boston. In July I met Mr. President Knight again on the dam at Columbia, and there, in con sultation with himself and Mr. Daniel Shure, the able superintendent of the Susquehanna canal, a plan was devised, chiefly by Mr. bbure, witb some modincaiions suggestec. by my New England experience, wnicn pian has been since carried out, at a cost of some 15,000 to that company, and I have reason to hope that it will prove to be a -success. If mv hope should prove well-founded, some small number of shad will make their . . - ; Y- way as tar up the river next spring as Sim eon's island, a distance of nearly fifty miles higher up than tbey have been able to reacn for manv vears. and this number will iu- crease How year to year, h not too mutu thinned out by fishing, until we may hope for an adeauato supnlv of this spring delica cy, being brought buck to localities so long unjustly deprived ot it. I sav small number, for I have recently re ceived a letter from Mr. Lyman, o: Massa chusetts, the gentleman before a.ludcd to, to whom I had communicated toe progress of our operations, warning me tbat I "must not be disappointed if my shad do not go up so fast or so lar as t nope, is not tue tlm water. In this opening, a new sub-dam wss erect ed, so that its comb or highest elevation would about equal tne level oi tne water De low the principal dam when the fish are running, (a little over three feet say.) The lower alope of this sub-dam was placed at an inclination of one in fifteen, and the sides of the aperture in tbe main dam were den tated or iramed in a series or onsets, so as to promote the formation of eddies in the cur rent passing over tbe sub-dam. When tbetisn are running then, in tne spring, the water in tbe aperture win be under the influence ot gravity in opposite directions. The lower water will try to at tain its level, the top of the sub-dam and the upper water rushing through the aper ture will meet and certainly drive it back, but with a force considerably impeded by tbo cushion, so to speak, of lower water. Tbe fish will be nosing along tbe toot oi the main dam, as is their wont, and finding this passage open, agitated though it be by these contending currents, they will endeav or to pasa up, and let us hope they will suc ceed. But should they fail in the first few trials, there are the recesses at the sides where the eddies are Bure to be formed, and where they may gather strength for a renewal of the trial. I am informed, by persons in the neighborhood of Columbia, who have seen this aperture of ours with tbe water running through it, that there are many pas sages in tbe uonewago rapias oeiow, wnicn are much more difficult of ascent than this is ; and which of course the fish must easily pass, or they would not be caught, as they now are, at the base of the Columbia dam, their next obstacle. Such is tho result of our labors at the Columbia dam, and we have but to wait now until spring to see what action the fish, our long absent friends, will take upon the subject. If our inducements are not sufficient, we may, in the future, be able to improve upon tbem, and Mr. President Knight has express ed his willingness to render all reasonable aid in making such improvements as, after experiment, may seem to be required. The next two dams in streams, contem plated by the act, are first : the Middletown Feeder dam, crossing the Swatara a short distance from its mouth, and the Duncan's Island dam, crossing the Susquehanna at or near Clork's Ferry. These both belong to tho Pennsylvania railroad company, whom I notified, according to law, and who ac knowledged the receipt of the notification. On November the first, nothing had brcn done to either of these dams, and immedia tely after tbat day I had placed in the hands of the district attorney of Dauphin county, J. W. Simonton, Esq., a written account of my proceedings. If the case be carried to the courts, and a decision should be had against the constitutionality of the act, thero will be no use in prosecuting tbe companies higher up the stream. If the act should bold, and the Pennsylvania railroad company be compelled to alter its dams, the point will be settled for the upper companies, and there will be no moro trouble. So I did not ini tiate legal proceedings in respect to those companies, deeming it better to await tbe decision of tbe courts, in reference to the case of the next dams above Columbia. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant. JAMES WORRALL, Civil Engineer. To His Excellency, Andrew G. Curtis, Governor of Pennsylvania. Slaaaacre Ieur l-'ort Phil. Kearny. Washington, February 2. The Secretary tendency usually of fish to make much ex to patt ueyona tne ixius wuere mey of War to-day coaimunicated to tbe Senate. in answer to the resolution of Jauuary 30th, tne telegrams snu otner omeial communica tions relative to the massacre of United States troops by Indians on tbe 21st of De cember last, near ort roil Kearny, in Da knots. The report of General Cooke shows that three officers, Lieutenant Colonel Fet terman, Captain Brow a aud Lieutenant Urummond, and ninety men were killed, Lieutenant General Sherman, in forward ing the partial report of the commanding officer, says be can make no recommenda tions for a court martial until be receives the sub-reports of Colonel Carriogton and General Weasels. On the 28th of January General Sherman iorwarded to Ueneral Grant an extract from a private letter received at bis office from a sergesnt at the fort, describing tbe horrors oi the massscre. It represents that no one escaped, that "all were butchered and acaln ed, their bodies gasbed and chopoed with knives and tomahawks, stripped of every article of dress, and shot through and through with arrows." The writer complains of the conduct of tbe Indian commissioners, and aava "the are furniehlug the Iudians witb guns and ammunition to hunt with, and tbey are Uinir tharn to murder white mn " - Tue orlcisl report estimates the number of Indians attacking the massacred party at o.uuu. -mere are aetacumenta or six com panies with fiv officers at the post, .Tbeir numbers aft deemed too few. and the weath r too intensely oold, to admit of sggressiv uii-raiiu at present, ertion were spawued," and he particularly wishes me to "cause reliable observations to be made on this very point, and if the fish do go over the dam and pass far above it in really large numbers, that 1 would tell him or it, as it would be a point of interest in natural his tory" See taut number (October or November) of the proceeding! of the Philadelphia Academy of natural science, on tbe piauting or snaa in tbe Alabama river,! "and be adds, if they do not go freely over, being satisfied that tbey could if they chose, you must transport some from below iuto tbe basin of tbe dam above, and then let your Legislature forbid fishing above the dara for five years. Thst is the term allowed in Maine to restore bar ren rivers." I think we need hardly take the trouble to transplant fish from the lower to the up per levels, for once or twice that tbe Colum Li a dam has been broken, they have made their way above It, and nave been caught iu small numbers at Duncan s island, But what Mr. Lyman ssys is nevertheless true; that the fish will make almost irrepres sible exertions to return to tbe beds where tbey were spawned, while to pass beyond there, tbey will take but little trouble, The spawn or tha few, however, tbat make tbeir way up, will return by resistless instinct in tbe following season, and it may be well tq consider his other recommendation, that the tuning above tbe dam should be some- what restricted, by legislative enactment for a limited period; until our great Kusquehaa os shalUbe cured of "barrens." I 'It remains for m to describe to yoq tha CO.liCS KESS. Senate. In the Senate on Wednesday, a memorial was presented from James L. Mc Phail, Voltaire Randall, and Eaton G. Hor ner, asking a reward for the arrest of two of the assassination conspirators Arnold and McLaughlin. Tbe memorial was referred to tbe Committee on Claims. A bin was intro duced by Mr. Trumbull, to establish a De partment of Education, which was laid over. Mr. Morgan, from the Finance Com mittee, made an adverse report on the House bill to provide for Government sales of gold. The bill to punish counterfeiting, which was passed a few days ago, was recousidered by the Senate, and after modifying it so ss to make the penalty for counterfeiting United States currency or securities ten years' imprisonmeut and $5,000 fine, instead of fifteen years imprisonment and $10,000 fine, the bill was re-enacted. loetann bill then came up, and was under consideration for some time, when tbe Senate took a recess until seven o clock, when its consideration was continued until the hour for adjournment. House. The only matter of public im portance under consideration in the House yesterday, was tho diplomatic aud consular appropriation bill, which consumed the greater portion of the session. An amend ment was otlered to strike out tue appria tion for the mission to Rome, and considera ble discussion ensued upon the propriety or doing so, but the amendment was finally agreed to. The House then adjourned. Senate. In tbe Senate, on Thursday, on motion of Mr. Sumner, the President was re quested to communicate any correspondence between tue Department o: mate anc our Ministers abroad relative to the policy of the Government towards the States lately in re bellion, Ac. The Committee on Commerce was instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing the laws authorizing foreign goods to be imported into this country aud carried into the interior unsealed, and report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Sumner asked the Senate to take up his resolution calling on the President for a copy of the letter written to him, which induced tbe Secretary of State to address a letter to Mr. Motley rela tive to the alleged conversations of the latter. The matter raised considerable de bate, during which Mr. Sumner was ques tioned pretty closely in regsrd to a letter which he bimseir bad received, lue morn ing hour expiring, however, put the matter at rest for the present, and the Berate re sumed tbe consideration of tbe tariff bill, which occupied its attention uutu 4 o clock, when a recess wss taken untu evening. House. The diplomatic and consular p nmnrUtion bill came ud again in tbe House on Thursday, and after striking Rome from the list ot foreign missions, ana reiusing vu make provision for tbe salary of the Minister to Portugal, tho bill waa passed. Quite a long discussion was had about Indian af fairs, and tbe retaining of tbe Indian Bureau under tbe control of toe Indian Department. Aa amendment offered by Mr. Scbenclc to transfer tbe control of the bureau to the War Department was agreed to, and there tha matter ended. Tbe resolutions of the City Councils of Baltimore asking Con- tress to interfere between this city and tbe tate Legislature, were referred to tha Com mittee oa the Judiciary. After transacting soma further business the House adjourned. Senate. Tha session of tb Beuat on Friday was almost entirely consumed in dis cussing tbs national bankrupt bill. Mr. John, soa favored tha passage of tha measur House adjourned. Senate. On Saturday, the resolution of fered by Mr. Sumner calling for a copy of the letter on whi".h Mr. Seward founded bis inquiries of Mr. Motley, and to furnish the name of the writer was passed. Mr. Trum bull reported a joint resolution prohibiting payments from the Treasury to persons not known to have been opposed to the rebel lion, but it went over. Tbe bill to regulate the tenure of office then came up, and pcncl ing discussion thereon, tbe deatth of Repre sentative Johnson, of Pennsylvania was an nounced, and the Senate, after passing the customary resolutions of respect, adiourned, House. In the House, the Senate bill to regulate the tenure of office was considered, and, after amendment, passed yeas 111, nays 88. Mr. Raymond, of New York, pre sented a petition irom the citizens or isev York, remonstrating against movements looking to the impeachment of the Preei dent, and praying for the adoption of mea sures to promote the pence and prosperity of tbe country. The death of Hon. Philip Johnson, a Representative from Pennsylva nia, was then announced, and in respect to bis memory tbe House adjourned, Senate. In the Senate, on Monday, Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, asked and obtained leave to be dis charged from the further consideration of the bill to establish a military and postal railroad between Washington and New York. Mr. Williams introduced a bill to reconstruct the Southern States, which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruc tion. The bill simply provides tbat the States lately in rebellion shall be again placed under military control, and subjected to military law. Tbe bill to regulate the tenure of office was takcu up, but was laid over, and tbe consideration ot tbe bankrupt bill, resumed. Pending discussion on an amendment offered by Mr. Heudricks, how ever, tbe benate adjourned. House. A very large number of bills and resolutions were introduced in the House yesterday. Mr. Kelly introduced a bill which peremtorily prohibits the sale of aoy gold now in the Treasury or hereafter to be tbere, and repeals all laws ordering or au thorizing such sales ; which was referred to tbe Committee on Ways and Means. Mr, Grinnell offered a resolution "that there shall not be during the current year any reduction ot outstanding United btates notes, and in strutting tbe Committees on Ways and Means to report such bill as may be neces sary to effect this object ;" which was passed by a vote of yeas 87, nays 07. 1 he resolu tion heretofore offered by Mr. Kelso, de claring it to be tho duty of Congress to im peach the rrestdent, was taken up and re ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Sebenck, of Ohio, introduced a resolu tion directing the Committee on Naval Af fairs to "inquire into the propriety of pro viding for tbe immediate removal of the Naval Academy from its present location in tbe State of Maryland, and to locate it in some portion of the loyal States where the pupils at that institution will not be cor rupted by the hostility to tbo National Gov ernment which now predominates in so ciety at Annapolis." The resolution, under the operation of the previous question, was immediately considered and passed by a vote of yeas 108, nays 85 Hon. Benj. Harris and Hon. Frank Thomas voting in the nega tive, tbe other Representatives from Mary land not voting. After transacting some further business the House adjourned. Senate. A large number of petitions wero presented in tbe Senate on Tuesday, and after their receptiuu several resolutions of no special public interest were adopted. The bill restricting the jurisdiction ot the Court of Claims, which bus been under con sideration for some time, was fully passed. Mr. Wade attempted to call up tbe bill pro posing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting a re-election to the Presidency, but he failed in his endeavor, and the Senate resumed the consideration of tbe bankrupt bill, which was amended in various impor tant particulars. Mr. Sumner made several ineffectual efforts to have the bill so amend ed that tbe people of the Southern States should be debarred from any benefits which the measure might confer, but the Senate promptly and decisively voted them all down, and rejected the bill by a vote of ayes 20, nays 21. House. In the nouse on Tuesday Mr. Wilson asked but did not obtain leave to introduce a resolution directing the Com mittee on Ways and Means to report the tariff bill as amended by the Senate in such a way as to exhibit tbe rates of duties im posed by prior tariff bills. At this point in tbe proceedings General Sheridan appeared in the Hall ; when Mr. Schenck moved tbat the House take a recess of five minutes in order tbat he might bo presented to the members. The motion was agreed to, and tbe General was escorted to the Speaker's chair, and was introduced by Mr. Colfax in a brief but highly complimentary address, to which the General replied in a few words of thanks, and waa then personally presented to the members. Tbe House thereupon re sumed the consideration of tbe business be fore it, and shortly afterward adjourned, nothing specially important having been done. Eievatloat ack V. IIddpy, eva Norrl)twait fbr the) nahlsr J alias) Wochele. Norbistowk, Pa., Feb. 8. Jacob F. Had- dopp waa executed in tbe prison yard, at this place, lor tne muraeroi junus wocneie, a young German, in the month of November, county. His object was tbe money which be knew Wochele had in Germany. Some months after the murder, Mr.Uiderlin, Wurtemburg Consul, received a letter from Europe, en closing one written by Wochele, dated weeks alter it was known tbat Wochele was dead. This letter called for a sum of money, which tbe consul was autborlzed to pay. He sus pected tbat the writer was the party who bad killed Wochele, and he set to work to ferret him out. A letter was addressed to Wochele, and sent to Reading, Pa.; it was there to be mailed by tbe postmaster to Allentown, where it wss tsken out of the office by Uaddopp, and the receipt for the money returned. Mr. Hiderlin then had a warrant issued, and Uaddopp waa arrested. At the trial a chain of circumstances was woven, which already proved that Haddopp was the murderer. The prisoner, who speaks and understands English indifferently, during the trial, denied tbat be was guilty or tbe crime. In Decem ber Governor Curtin issued a warrant for the execution. After the warrant was read to him, and the day he was to die drew near, the prisoner appeared penitent, and spent much of his time in prayer. He professed the Catholic religion. About an hour before tbe execution, he walked up and down his cell witb his priest, in military style, and endeavored to divest his mind. As the hour approached, he became dejected and weak. .Liquor was administered to keep him up. The prisoner was surrounded by a great number of persons, and considerable excitement prevailed throughout tho town The jail yard was crowded, an enterprising .i Y i i i. i -..m . l ; .. inuiviuuai ueiug eugnguu iu scuiug uimuio sion tickets at three dollars. The prisoner's counsel, at his request, vis ited him this morning, and be appeared re signed to bis fate. 1 lie drop tell at 19 minutes or 12 o'clock, The body quivered and was convulsed for 10 minutes, when motion cessed. After twenty minutes the body was cut down, He made a speech in German, on tbe seuf- fold, and declared that be was innocent. A. IjNtcrlousi ae t-'oul Play Sa- peeled. Hahihsbukq, Feb. 8. A man named Levi Paup, boarding at Freeborn'a bote), corner of Second and Chesnut streets, has been missing since tbe 10th day of January last, and no reasonable cause can bo assigned for a disappearance that would be voluntary on his part. His brother, Aaron R. Paup, yesterday ap peared before acting Mayor Stucker, and lodged information against one George Mor rison, alias California Jack, who, he swears, had a quairel with his brother Levi at the hotel on the 10th ult., at which time Morri son threatened to cut the heart out of him (Levi), immediately after which the missing man disappeared. The informant believes that his brother has been murdered by Morrison. The ac cused was arrested by the Chief of Police, and had a hearing before the Mayor, which the above facts were proved by seve ral witnesses. It seems tbat Morrison drove up to the hotel in a sleigh, accompanied by a female, and leaving the woman, proceeded to the bar-room, and in his absence, Paup drove on with tbe team. Morrison went in pursuit and brought back tbe sleigh, since which Paup has been missing. In default of one thousand five hundred dollars bail the accused was com mitted for a further bearing on Thursday Morrison has been here but a short time, and is as porting character. 1'RO.n KANSAS. Junction Citt, Kansas, Feb. 2. A roan came into Sal in a, aboui fifty miles west of here, yesterday, and reported a frightful massacre of white men by the Cheyennes, near the head of Smoky Hill river, a few days since, under the following circum stauces: Wallace's train, with sixty men, was in camp, when a party of fourteen Indians came begging. The teamsters re fused to give tbem anything, whereupon the Indians tired upon them from without. Tbe teamsters returned the fire and killed eight Indians. About eight o'clock that night the camp was surrounded by two hundred Indians, who massacred fifty-nine out of the sixty men in the camp. The man who brought the news bad an arrow-bead through bis shoulder and another wound through his hip. He claims to be one of four men that escaped. A party of Omahas and Kaws made an evening raid on the Cbeyennea m few days since, on tbe Balina. Several bead of cattle were captured and one Kaw was killed. Wm. Comstock, the famous interpreter and Govern meet scout and guide, says the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes of Arkansas and Smoky Hill appear friendly, but a part. of the Northern Indians are now moving South ward, and bave already committed many murders and other outrages. Comstock be lieves tbey mean war, The Chicago (III.) Young Men's Christian Association relieve daily an average of forty fammes, at outlay or $100,87. At the present time there is not a single new merchant ship or steamer building at any of tha nnmsroua ship-yards of either New York, tJiookija or Jersey city. . The Democrats Opposed to llic Tarlil'. Mr. Bigham presented the following reso lutions in the Senate on Monday, viz : Wreheas, the House of Representatives of the Thirty-ninth Congress at its first ses sion passed a bill imposing duties upon foreign goods, wares and merchandise im ported into the United States, and also securing increased protection to our indus trial, manufacturing and mining interests ; And vhereat, The Senate of the United States has also within a few days passed this same bill with sundry amendments thereto; And vhereat, The Legislature of Pennsyl vania deems the passage of this bill as vital to all the interests of this Commonwealth, and fears that further discussion of its de tails may endanger its final passage ; there fore, be it lictolved by the Senate and Houte of Iiepre tentative of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly : That tbe members of tbe House of repre sentatives in Congress from Pennsylvania be earnestly requested to unite in passing tbe tariff bill in tbe form it came from tbe sen ate, trusting to future legislation to correct errors, if such be found therein. 2. That if, in any possible contingency, this bill would hereafter come before both brancbea of Congress, that the Senators and Representatives in Congress from this State be earnestly requested to unanimously vote for tbe final passage of tbia bill, as the best tbat can be secured to replenisb the national treasury and protect the industrial interests ot rennsyivauia. Mr. Uigbain explained tbe necessity or the immediate passage ot tbe joint resolution in order to secure the passage of the Tariff bill by the present Congress. Air. Bearight (Democrat) spoke against the passage of the bill, and desired to have his vote on the record sgaiost tue measure, On the question, Shall the joint resolution pass I Tbe yeas and nave were required by Mr, Graham and Mr. Taylor, and were as fol lows, vie : Yeas Messrs. Bighsm, Billingfelt, Browne (Lawrence), Brown (Mercer), Cole man, Connell, Cowles, Fisher, Graham, Haines, Landen, Lowry, M'Conaughy, Shoe maker, Stutzman, Taylor, White, Worthing- ton and Hall. Speaker 19. NiYS Messrs. Davis, Donovan, Glatz, Jackson, James, Randall, Schall, Searlght and Walls 0. So the question was determined in the af firmative. Here we have the name of every Republi can Senator present voting in favor of tbe Tariff bill, whil.t every Democratic Senator present voted against the protkctioh or American industry. Mrs. Colt, of Hartford, Connecticut, i bout to erect a church in that city, to cos $50,000... y.--,m . A marble quarry of superior quality has been opened on the farm of Mr. J. A. Logan, in- Rockbridge county, V. ' Five inches of snow fell at Enterprise, Ala,, last Tuesday, to the astonishment even or "tb oldest Inhabitant." , A lady in Ohio traveling in a railroad car, with one of her feet out of the window, had ner leg torn on in crossing a bridge The value of tbe estate of the 1st Edward Mott Robinaoa, eX New Bedford, Massachu setts, is sworn at f -r,owr,"W. Tbe celebrated burning well Bear Frank' lie. Pa., is again on fire, tbe flames frequent' ly shootiag up to a. height of one hundred teet. At a recent Wool Growers' Convention H Springfield. Illinois, it' was- stated that tbere are in tbat State 8,000,000 sheep, worth $8,000,000, yielding annually $3,000,000, A little six-year old urcbln, away up in Maine, being unable to drive an obstinate cow out of the barn, set it o ntm "Sue run then," so the boy told his mother. From all accounts tbere is a very large lobbv for and against the tariff bill now be fore ma senate at wasuingtoD. ocumwi are hourly called ont and "horse-shedded" fn some of tbe ante-rooms. The South Carolinian says there is a grow ing disposition among capitalists of tbe North to loan money to the producers of cotton, for the purpose of enabling tbem to carry on tbe labors of their plantations. It is reported, in Constantinople that a war between Russia and Turkey is regarded as imminent. Tbe Turkish Government has called out 150,000 reserves, and Russia has ordered that all military furloughs shall end on the 1st ot March. La Patrie has a new theory of the cause of potato rot. It says : "Tbe microscopo re veals two hundred teroclous animals, oi a coleopteric form, in the space as large as a pins head, these animals bite and tear each other with great fury." During a snow embargo, recently, on the New Jersey road, the hotels were filled at New Brunswick, and the saloon keepers, taking advantage of the wants of starving passengers on the blockaded trains, asked ten dollars and a halt lor a plate ot mutton chops and a cup of coffee without sugar. The importations of canary birds for the cunent year, comprises from 15,000 to 20, 000 birds, valued at say $80,000. The quantity of salt inspected at the Onondaga Salt Springs during 1866 wss 7,992,230 bushels. A French clergyman declares that men who do not intend to marry have no right to go into society. It is said that tbe man who piloted Lee's army into Pennsylvania is now practicing medicine at Massville, a few miles from Peoria, Illinois. Horace Grecly, Henry Ward Bcechcr and Clement L. Yallandigham are to be invited to deliver lectures in a course for the bene fit of the poor in Atlanta, Ga. A merchant in New York, who failed twice in fifteen years, and was forced to sell his wife's wardrobe to procure the necessa ries of life, has just retired with a fortune of $500,000. It is stated by authority, appearing to be good, that the present enpacity of the Erie canal for tbe movement of property, is equal to that of eighty railway trains daily. The proposed enlargement of the locks, as pro vided in tho bill introduced in the State Senate, wiU, when consummated, augment the capacity of tbe canal so as to be equal to more than two hundred railway truina daily. A colony of six hundred families of Italian immigrants is being established within a few miles of Peru, Indiana. A Cleroyman writing to a friend, says, "Mv vovace to Europe is indefinitely post poned. I have discovered tbe "fountain of iiealtb ' on this side oi tne Atlantic. 1 nree bottles of the Peruvian Syrup have rcscuea me from the fangs of tbe fiend Dyspepsia." Dyspeptics slipuld drink from tins tountain. The lives of three children, who were bu ried in a snow-drift at Gloucester, Mass., week before last, while going home from school, were saved by the barking of a dog. which brought help to the place, though the youngsters were nearly frozen to death before they were rescued A balance ia favor of George Welser as per recasts and dhbnrsements for tbe years loo ana isoa, amounting to the sum ol two hundred snd twenty-five dollars and twenty seven' eents ($225.27.) A bslsnca in tha hands of John Diemer amovnHng to ona hundred and fifty-two dollar sn4.ainty-nlne cents ($152.99.) A Duiance owe tne uorougb from Solomon Shlndel amovntiag to six hundred and nine-. ty-teven dollars and twenty-eight and ona half cents, ($6972&i Benlamln Hendricks, Treasurer, of the' Borough of Bun bury in. aeoeunt with the same from March 27th, 1865 to January 81st, loo, inclusive. DR. May 11, '86, To euh reo'd. from John W. BbrW, former Trcararw (la full) $!UtfM May 8, '6ft, To ni h reo'd. of Joha Dit- mtr, Collector. 80S-&E! "-." 84 00 Jon 26," " " 134 00 Mroh,'9. 108 00 April 14, '66, To euu reo'd. from Geo. Welier Colleotor, SOT 00' " ti h . 4oo go SkmM,'t. " 400 00- . ii m i. u 404 43 ' Wily 2, '6. " 130 00 h u it- h u 148 39 Beptt ia, '6S. " 8057 33 Cbt. 20.'6. - ' 3124 06- Kov. 22, - 19S4 94 . Fe. IT, '66-. " 254 63 Ha , '69. ' " 2476 04 July, h 729 76- Oct. ia, '66. mi nr. i P0S-50- ii ii ii ii ii 1070 70 148 ij 752 42 1430 63 800 00 903 ".I Deo. 22, '66. ii ii Jan. 14, '67. ii ii April 23, '66. 6, '66. Jan. 30, '67. To eMh res'd of Jimei Bord Wbarf Rents, 1865, 70 OOi To euh reo'd Grant i Bro. 50 00 " J. Haas A Co. 50 00 " Geo. Bright, Overseer of Poor, 1865, 70 00 By cash paid on Poor Orders $1723 89 " on Borongb and Road Orders 0817 15 " on Bounty 11,895 33 By Percentage on $23,436 37 468 72 Balanoe due Borough, 14 24- $23,919 33 at $23,919 JI George Weber, Collector of Borough, Road, Pooe and Bounty taxes for 1865. t DR. To balanoe due Borough on Bounty, Bo rough, Road and Poor taxei for 1804. Toaraouutof Duplioate, Bounty, Borough, Road and Poor taxes for 1865. CR. $135 If' 18,696 80 $18,831 99 Eept. 12, '65. By eaah pd. Treaa'r llendricki, $3057 32 Oot. 20, '65. 3126 09 Not. 22, '65. " ' 1984 96 Feb. 17, '66. " ' 2584 83 May 2. '66. " " 2476 4 July 6, ' " " 729 76 Oot. 13, " 201 72 Jan. 14, '67. " " 800 00 By Exoneration! 3327 16 By Percentage on $15,369 64 (at 6 per oent) 768 61 $19,057 26 225 27 Amount overpaid by Colleotor $19,057 26 George Weiaer, Colleotor of Borough, Road, Bounty and Poor taxee for the year 1864, in soeounl with Borough of Sdnbury. DR. To uncollected Bounty Tax aa per re port of Auditor! filed Hay 4. '65. $963 4i To oaah in Colleotor a handa of Bounty a per report of Auditors of 1865, To unoollooted Boro. Road and Poor taxes aa per tinted report. To ensb in Collect 'e handa of Borough, Road and Poor Uxea aa per ab. rep t, an. 24, '64. Bv caih pd. Treaa'r July 29,'65. BREVITIES Washington Ilunt, ex Governor of New York, died in New York city, at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, after a long and pain iui uiness. Tbe corporation of Boston bss just paid $50,000 for removing the snow from tbe streets, employing a thousand mea to do this necessary work. ITorace Grant. Benry Ward Beecher and Clement L. Yallandigham are to be invited to deliver lectures in a course forthe benefit of tbe poor in Atlanta, Ga. The Hopkins' plantation. Houmas Parish, Louisiana eotaiuing 8.800 acre, was sold before tha war, with aegroes aud stock, for aziu.uuu. The trial of Mrs. Lena Miller for tha mur der of her husband, Xavier Milter, was con eluded In the Clearfield. (Pa.) court, a few days ago, the Jury returning a verdict of guilty of murder in tha first degree. Julv 29.'65. By Exonerations on Borough, lload and roor taxes, By Percentage on $447 60 (at 6 per cents.) Balance due Borough NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. CANDIDATE FOR TUE OFFICE OF Justice ol the Peace, P. M. SHINDE L, OFFERS himself as a candidate for the ab office at tbe coming Spring Election. February 2, 1867. Executor's Sale. "1TTILL be exposed to public sale, at the late rest VV dence of Clarinda Grant, deceased, on Arch St.. in the borouih of Sunbury. Pa., on THURSDAY the 14th day of FEBRUARY, 1867, the following personal properly town: BEDS AND BEDDINO, PARLOR CHAIRS, One Sofa. Carpettne, Mirrors, One Parlor Stove, Silver Table and Tea-Spoona, together with a lot of KITCHEN FURNITURE, Ona Cooking Stove, Dishes, Knives and Forks, Kettles, Ao , 4o. Also: The stock of aflrst-class MILLINERY STORE, eonsiatinft- of all kinds of Fancy Ooods, Calicoes, Hosiery, Muslins, Ao., Ao. Lata the estate of Clarinda Grant, deceased. Sale to eommenoe at 10 o'oloek A. M., on laid day when the conditions win be made Known oy uknj. iiNimit;iv.!Yi.xeoutor Bun bury, Feb. 9, 1807. it .. SHERIFF'! SALE. BT virtue of a certain of Venditioni Exponas, is sued out of tho Court of Common Pleas of North uuiberland county, and to me directed, will be ex posed to publis sale, at the Publio House of Jacob luowery, in tne uorougn or enamoxin, on monoay, February zatn, lttof, at I o Oloos. 1. H., ue following-property, to wit : Fit (6) certain lots of ground, situate in the Bo rough of Shamokin, Northumberland eounty. Pa. described as follows : Lot No. S, bounded on the north bv lot No. S, tbe property of David N. Lake lot No. 4. bounded by lot No. 1 ; lot No. 6, bounded bv lot Ne.4 ; lot No. 6, bounded by lot No. 6; lot No. 7, by lot No. 6 on the north, and Walnut itreet on the south, all fronting on 6th street, In width about 26 feet, and in depth about 160 feet to a 26 feet allev. In block No. IV in the plan of said town s Beiied, taken into execution, and to be sold as the property of William Atwater witn notice to tenant Bheriff's Office, 1 Sunbury, Feb. 9, 1867. ( Just Received I MEN'S ARTIO GAITERS, MEN'S GUM BOOTS, LADIES' GUM BOOTS, MUSSES' GUM BOOTS, at THACHER'S. Sunbury, January 26, 186T. 4t BOKOVUH AUMT. To the Burgette and Council of (As Borough of Sunbury, StaUof Pennsylvania: The undersigned Committee on Finsnces, respectfully report, mat tuey aumtea tbe ao count of tbe Borough ot Bud bury with Ben lamln Hendricks. Treasurer, from March 87th. 1803. to January 81st, 1887. And the account of George Weiaer, Collector for the years 1864 and 1883, Also the accounts of John Diemer, Collector for 1868, and that of Bolomoa BUipdel, Collector lor 1838 and 1860. and find as follows A balance in the hands of Benjamin Hen drlcks as per receipts sad disbursements, amounting to tha sum of fourteea dollar and twenty-thre casts, (f 14.23 ) 217 7t SSI 7 Total, CR. 116 1 $1673 V iendrioks, $400 00 130 00 Bv Exonerations on Bounty, 372 19 By Percentage on $309 07 (at 2 n. et.) 16 18 uno24.'6&. By cash pdTreas'r Hendricks, 404 43 148 31 60 24 22 37 136 19 $1,678 John Diemer, Collector of Borough, Rot and 1'oor Tuxes for tbe year 1SB3, in a count with tbe Borough of Sunbury. DR. To amount of uncollected tax as per report Auditors filed May 4. 1805, 81030 - To amount in hands of Collector as per stated report and neglected to be charged in report of Audi tor's for '64, Total, CR. March 0, '03, By cash pd 1 reas r Hendricks May 6, '05. " 20 June 20, '65" " By Exonerations By percentage on f 1,117 37 (at 9 per cent.) Balance due Borough, 169 $1200 100 00 800 S3 864 00 135 00 83 71 55 86 153 09-11200 Solomon Shindcl, Collector of Borou Road and Poor Taxes for the years 1 and I860, in account with the Boro of Sunbury. DR. To amount due on Duplicate of 1859, as per report of Auditors of Feb. 14, '62. $2H To amount due on Duplicate of 1860, as per stated report 692 Total, CR. $904 March 20, '62, By cash pd Treas'r P. W. Gray, $197 81 By Percentage on $197 SI (at 0 per cent) 8 87 Balance due Borough 697 28M904 Your Auditors hava carefully exam the reports of former Auditors snd the ' utes ol Council, and find nothing furth relation to tbe account of Solomon Shii witb the Borough, than tbe above. faymcntof$l97 61, was made Marc! 868, as will be seen by report of Aud (Messrs. Greenougb, Pleasants snd Bou dated June 8, 1803, Council Minutes, 40. David Hanpt and Benjamin Zettlerr Overseers of the Poor for 1862, in ac with the Borough of Sunbury, DR. To balance in hands of David Ilaupt as per report of Auditors filed June 8, 1863, $? To uncollected tax as per stated report 41 Total, $469 Oa the above amount ($469 61) said Ot seers are entitled to a credit of percent Exonerations snd Compensations for servii Statement of outstanding and unpaid On, against the Borough of Sunbury. Poor Orders, : $107 Borough and Road Orders 5442 ' Total, $554f Tha account or statement of indebted of Borough upon Bond issued to Volual accredited to the Borough, and Monies to recruits by Committee authorised to end, is not, as will b observed, conts in this report, but wU4 receive tha Imp ate attention ot your Committee. - All of Whsoa la respectfully suDmitte A. N. BRICK. J. WEISER BUCHER, LLOYD T. BOHRBACII,
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