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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
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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
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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,