The Somerset Herald. Boston 7Vi!i-i- , " , .. , 'tv thousand dollars wa-.sciit ; bv the liquor '"" " - J .ire IT 1I1T11. flU. " cw Hampshire, to lielp tm- i" orats at the late election. lito- Iris said that Hon. H. II. McCor- i i District Attorney for the western I .r.,,t r Pennsylvania, ia place oi r IIon. H. Buchcr' Swoopc, deceased. It looks as if the republicans have Waten in Ha'lllirc. ow irjr io the fact that the temperance people bv running a third candidate f.,p Governor, have ensured the elec tion of a Democrat pledged tonp-j prove the repeal of the proniintory liqnor law. JllKiE Jeuemiaii S Black was Iteforc the House Judiciary Commit tee on Monday of last week, making an argument in behalf of the claim fhorr.eninz'. The amount VI vcars 6ince. iue iiuult mhu the Committee that he had ample evi dence to fully substantiate the claim, w hich, it will be remembered, was buspended by a resolution of Con gress several years since. The long delay of Congress in set tling the currency question, is prov ing very injurious to the business in terests of the country. While that body is wrangling over the best method nearly every member hav ing a plan which ho deems a sover eign panacea the business interests of the country are languishing. With trade on a generally sound ba sis, a foreign demand for till the pro duets we have to spare, and a fair snpplv of money awaiting investment so soon as the volume of currency is definitely fixed, yet, at this season of the year when trade is usually brisk, business is dragging, and capital re mains locked up lrecause Congress neglects to do its duty. If that body will only do some thing, it scarcely matters w hat, so only The present doubt and uncer tainty is removed, business will at once revive and accommodate itself to the situation. It is the uncertainty surrounding the monetary affairs of the country that is crushing the life out of all business operations. The committee appointed by the Legislature to examine and report what alterations and additions are necessary in the Capitol building, to j accommodate the increased lesisla-1 th e bodies that will assemble in 1 S75, have reported, that in its opinion the only alterations necessary in the Sen ate chamber is to replace the present b"kswith smaller ones, similar to those iwcd in Congress, and lessen the space a few inches between the rows. But the difficulty in altering the h ill of the House is greater, and to i commodate the two hundred mem bers it w ill be necessary to erect a uc story addition next the land of lice, with entrance and rotunda fac ing that building. This, it is thought, can lx done without marring the symmetry of the Capitol building, i he entire addition resembling a por tico or entrance. This being accom plished the Speaker's stand can be removed back into the new addition, which, will afford ample room for it, aud commodious transcribing and wash rooms, and the entire space of the present hall can be filled with smaller desks, and it is thought the two hundred members can be as well accommodated as the hundred now arc. The estimate is that the entire cost of erecting the additional building specified, buying desks, and making the necessary alterations, will not exceed twenty thousand five hundred dollars. MILLARD l ILLHOnr. Hon. Millard Fillmore, whose death at Buffalo, on Sunday night, M arch Sib, has already been announced was born Jan. 7th, 1800, at Summer Hill, Cayuga Co., New York. Hisearlyed ncational advantages were few, but by perseverance he did what he, could to overcome his defects, and at the age of nineteen lugan the study of law, in which he subsequently be-, came proficient He commenced prac tice in 1823, at Aurora; in was admitted as an attorney, and in 1S30 as a counsellor in the Supreme Court of the State. May 1, 180, he re moved to Buffalo. In 1832 be asso ciated himself in practice with the late Judge Hall, w ho had been a stu dent in his office, and in 1S3C, the late Hon. Solomon G. Haven was ad mitted to the firm, which, tinder the name of Fillmore, Hall & Haven, had a State reputation, and lasted until 1830. From 1829 to 1832 Mr. Fillmore served in the State Assembly, where he became, ju&rkcd by his advocacy of the act to abolish imprisonment for debt, passed in 1831. He w as a member of Congress for three terms 1S33-5 and 1837-41 and a portion of the time chairman of the Commit tee on Waves and Means, iu which position he originated the Tariff law of 1842. In Congress Mr. Fillmore acted w ith the Whigs, He favored the abolition of slavery In the Dis trict of Columbia, and of the klave trade between the States, opposed the admission of Texas as a slave State, and advocated a ' protective tariff. From 1842 to 1817 Le prae-' ticed his profession at Buffalo, but in the latter year was elected - Stat Comptroller. Wanehe was In the exercise of this office and a resident' of . Albany a State convention fceid In South Carolina nominated . Gen. involved is four hundred and forty-' land, feeretanes oi tne .avy, a. three thousand dollars, claimed to ander II. H. Stuart, of Virginia, Sec l,e due for mail services performed j rctary of the Interior; Nathan K. between Utah and California some Hall aud Samuel D. Hubbard, Post- nl - T . 1 , ...,.! lA .mndnrC linnnrl fl nd Jobn J. Critten- 'P inc nero oi the Mexican war7 'BMcsi treTftiTbeen gifted with UI the for President' lmmctfaje'lj up(mftliiToXWmQf mniobd and the reception of the news in Albany, on jiighefet gra&s orecholirship. The tho motion, of Thurlow Weed, a pub lic meeting wr.s called, which indors Cm. Taylor's candidature for tip j Presidency, and named Millard Fill t r i-.,;.ln The riolit- tnore ior iii.-'v)... i inflooriCe of Mr.jVecd was at '."" ,. it - 1' 1. : t:at timo 11 poxvcriui in -cw aud the cry or Taylor ana r minorc, first uttered at Albany, was taken up bv the Whigs throughout the State, i -..lino, I tli nnminatious of IMS. The ticket was elected, ana Mr l-'illmore earned into tnc ice Presidential chair , by, the ..military record of General Taylor and the grace: of Thurlow Weed. Mr. Fill mere "s good fortune had not yet de serted him, for by the death of Presi dent Taylor, in July, 1850, he found himself the thirteenth President of the United State?. In his Cabinet were successively Daniel "Webster and Edward Everett as Secretaries of State; Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury; Charles M. Con rad, of Louisiana, Secretary of War: William A. Graham, of North Caro lina, and John P. Kennedy, of Mary- . .... n.u. ..v.., den, Attorney General. Lnder bis administration the following note worthy bills became laws: Utah Territory, Texas boundary, Califor nia State, New Mexico Territory, Fugitive Slave and abolition of slave trade in the District of Columbia. This series of measures were all in i the nature of compromises between the North and the South, and, as was natural, some were distasteful to one section and some o the other. The passage of the Fugitive Slave M.r! and President Fillmore's signature ' thereto caused great excitement at j the North where the administration j lost favor in the eyes of the anti-slavery party, without gaining the adhe rence of the pro-slavery partisans. The result was the death of the Whig party, whost last President Millard Fillmore was. At the end of his terra be returned to Uuffalo, and in 155-C visited Europe, lathe fall of 1S5G he became the Presidential candidate of the American party, but the movement most wofully miscar ried, and as one of the results Mr. Fillmore was defeated. Since that time he has not mixed with politics, though it is understood that his pred ilections have been tow ards the Dem ocratic as the conservative party of the country. At home he has always been honored and respected, and has held the position of President of the Buffalo Historical Society, and en- joyed other tokens of the esteem of his neighbors. Until quite recently, Mr. Fillmore had enjoyed good health; but in February he had a stroke of paralysis, which caused his death on the 8th insts Pill sburgh Com mcrcial. ' ' : I'lI.tBLES HmSEB. The foremost statesman of Amer ica Las dropped suddenly from the ranks of Lis associates, and lies to day an inanimate, corpse in the city that has beeu, for nearly a quarter of a century, the scene of his patriotic labors, and for the most of that time his home. He Lad a technical resi dence in the State which he represen ted, but of late years he was there so seldom that his domicile was rather a legal fiction than a substantial fact For the last three or four years his vacations, as a general rule, were spent in Washington, and while other Senators were engaged in profession al duties, or resting quietly at their homes, or travelling abroad with their families, he remained at the Capital and studied the questions which were likely to become the sub ject of legislation. He was a labori ous student and a patient investiga tor, as well as a prolouna thinner; and when he spoke he had a right to assume the air and manner of one who knew that he was standing on solid ground. Massachusetts crowned him with her highest honors, and gave him a royal welcome ' whenever he consented to visit his native city; but his devotion to his public duties was so complete that neither the society of beloved friends nor the applause of his admiring fellow citizens could win .Liia from his labors, except for brief- intervals, which were uot fre quent ' This generation will not be able to do Mr. Sumner justice. He will loom out a great- character in history, and it w ill be ' the wonder of those who succeed ui that we did not set up his etatue while ho lived. .It was his fortune good or ill) to have lived a half century before the mass of his countrymen could comprehend the principles for which he so bravely contended. , He stood ; upon a higher piano than tbo average Btatemen of his time. - Ten years ago those who believed fn the abstract justice of bis political theories considered him an irairactical enthusiast, while those who were educated ia'an opposite school of morals ana politicsdenoanc ed hint ui a malignant agitator. Hap pily he liyed to sec both friends and foes revise their judgment Time wrought feuch mighty changes in the popular currents' of thought that he was tailed magnanimous in that sec tion of the Union where he bad been mit reviled,: and it most be admitted that in t tha : excitement, of the most extraordinary political campaign some of Lis lifelong friends in the North failed to see an j patriotic' motive in the course -of action that won Lira such favor Sri the ISouth.' "If there jcould W any 'dispute as to .Mr. Sumner's .title, to greatness, one simple fact would, be conclusive. ' He represented tbo1 State of Massachu setts for twenty 'four years in the 17 S. Senate. No man could have main ftained that 'poeition for sp long a time successor of Daniel Webster, hp i u.st,of ail things, is in these places a lux h.ive nosscssed most of the iiiU lies . t .i . ... - ,i l 11 t b tlMIXV - - " " " idol of Massachusetts, and but fe w of his faults, or his tenure of oflice. w ould have been cut short in the political changes that from time to time swept over the country. But the ru o and fall of parties did not affect hiis rela tions to Massachusetts, and ho re mained a Seaator to the day of his death. If ho had lived through an other term he would, in all human probability, have been re-elected, no one opposing. , In u State that boasts ' any other Christian city in the world, of its superior culture and iutelli-U comparative exhibit of the popula- , , ., . . Ition to the square acre, among our rence, and where there is a sharp i . . 1 . .' ,, 6 1 poor people, shows that in the Elov- competition for all places of honor ontn Ward it is 328; in the Thir and distinction, it is marvelous that! teenth Ward, 311; in the Fourteenth neither political intrigue nor personal j Ward, 275, and in the Sewntccth rivalry could raise up an aspirant for ! W8rd', 2S0-theso being the four , , , , , , , , 'most uensly thronged districts in Charles Sumner s place who could for , Now YotVf Londo'n ha8 but oncdig. a moment flatter himself with the J triet that approaches this exhibit, least iiOpe of success. (The population of the titrand num- ' ii-WK.i h. n-. km nnmilnr ' Ihts 307 to the square acre, aud man. He was too severely just for a politician. A man of great learn ing and cultivated tastes, he had but ' a ittle patience with those who filled j f ' fiimilics by fan high positions but did not adorn j j,artit;ou waIls. Men find them thera. He was both arrogant aDd selves unable to pay the rent of a vain, and had an appreciation of him- whole room, and so two or more fam- .ir k:..t, .iminiorl ! inordinate conceit. But these super r 1 Jf U An..l 4Ur iiciai ueieim iuuiu uui l uuiim luc i true nobilitv of his nature. He was ; a born gentleman, aud he never forgot I the dicnitv that attaches to the name. -cj In this circumetance may be found L. 4 - t , ,.C l J J A11.1KP.L ine secrei vi om u uio Hui. with men of his own political fiith. He could not always conceal his con- tempt for ignorance; he had no pa-the refuse of the markets, ana tuanK tience with pretensions that were not ; ful if they get even that, it is a sharp , , ... . , v , 1 commentary on our boasted eiviliza founded onsobdacqu.remen s Not-Uoutorea.n withstanding this, he was the friend )t,jut Mrg Wm I 8tor at a rccent of the lowly, and devoted his life to securing equal and exact justice to the humblest of his fellow men, but it must be confessed that he kept himself away from coutatt with the masses for whose rights he labored so zealously. Mr. Sumner's great powers matur ed early. lie was a writer on consti tutional law before he was admitted to the Bar; and he was offered a chair in the Law School of the llarv- ard University before he tried a ease . , . , , , in Court. The orations which he de - livercd thirty years ago are quite as finished and classical as those which i.M...i,t hmr. ftw hi n. tered public life. Like Milton, i -w delighted in showing his scholarship, and he could not engage even in an incidental debate without citing some illustration from the classic authors, ne bad a habit of using Greek quo tations in his prepared speeches which were oftentimes, taken from authors whom nobody but Greek professors had ever heard of. His pedantry was oftentimes annoying to his less learned associates. When the able Southerners were in the Senate his technical knowledge of the law was of great advantage to bim, and be often used it with telling effect. Although a Whig, Mr. Sumner was elected to the Senate by a coalitiou of Free Soilers and Democrats Upon the death of President Taylor all the members of his Cabinet re signed. Mr. Fillmore appointed Mr. Webster to succeed Mr. Clayton as Secretary of State, and this made the vacancy that brought Mr. Sum ner into the arena of national poli- tics. His first great speech was a protest against the enactment of the Fugitive Slave law. Mr. Fillmore signed this bill and ended bis politi cal carcei. Mr. Sumner opposed it, and won such power and influence that the country could not afford to do without his services to the day of bis death. It is a singular coinci dence that these two eminent men should have ended their earthly jour ney almost together. They represen ted two distinct types of Northern statesmanship, the conservative and the progressive, and the retireme nt of the one while in the full zenith of bis powers, and the labors and the tri umphs of the other through the event ful years that suc-jeeded, abundantly show which served his country best. Another coincidence we cannot omit In a time of great political excitement, when partisan zeal usurp ed the place of reason and discretion, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a resolution censuring Mr. Sumner for what was considered an ill-advised vote in the Senate. On the last day that he spent in the Senate Cham ber he saw his colleagac, (M' . Bout well,) rise in his place and read the certified record of the proceedings of the Legislature which gave notice to all the world that Massachusetts had recalled the hasty net, and by a unan imous rote had declared that her illustrious eon had done nothing worthy of censure. When his fel low-citizens read his last injunction to Jodge - Hoar how devoutly . they win man Heaven that lliey were permitted to do this act of justice be fore death made it forever impossi ble! "Take care of my Civil Rights bill." To secure the constitutional guarantee of equal rights to every American citizen was the burden of his life, and when he was about to enter the valley of the shadow of death he made this last request of his trusted friend, and then went to his leward. Balitimore American. ora sew toik letter. - . ,. New York March 16, 1874. : . THX KNEME.NTH0A8E. . ' One half of the million people who make up this great-Babel live in what are called tenement bouses. Yon, oh dweller in the villiage or the country, have an idea that a house is a structure of seven to twelve rooms, in the centre of a pretty piece of ground, with flowers, fruits and such things . about . it, where a child may be born and grown up ; with de cent, healthful surroundings. ' That is not. with 500,000 people in this city known as a house. ...To them a house means a building,, four or five stories high, divided into small rooms, the rooms . ten feet square, the bed rooms closets. Liirht the cheanest V r - 4 - - . ' cimiai.on niqmssmH Otteii twenty, thirty, aud forty fami lies are crowded into a singly build ing, and instances have been known where !.'() npartincnts have been crowded together under one roof. each of them inhabited bv a familv of from three to five persons. Huddled together in the.-u communities of crime and filth, a large part of the city's population live and die here, without having known the true sig nificance of the word "home." The extent to which the overcrowd in? system of tenement hou?ee is car- ri0d in New York,' exceeds that of the next most crowded area is East London, with 2C15. AND WHAT 13 MOKE. ilies are huddled into a single room, tlm vxiWit liina Knintr a nuirl fin flu ,u,..u '"(5 " i floor. Aud in these ldaces children conceal the;nrf, i.lirnp families sleen tocether. arc male and female. Is it auy wonder that the jails and prisons are crowded? j order an army of policemen are rc- I . , (pureu: j jun OTlItR EXTREME. . . wlli,e 500 000 people thus , i..,r(i tos-ether like cattle, living on j ball, wore diamonds to the amount of one million dollars, and lace to the amount of one hundred tuousaua more. The husband of the woman is worth not less that $fi0,00l),000, a large share of his property being in tuese very .tenement nouses i ' have been describing. He has never 'given a dollar in charity he never ! repairs a house, or even beeds a call j lor air, ngtit or cieaunucss irom iue I niworal.ie wretches who inhabit them j The only interest, he ever takes in j these people is to see that they pay j rent ever month in advance, 'and to sec exactly how much money , hj tJje glal)c of caQ Le 8crcwcd out 0f them. His father, the original ; Astor, John Jacob, was not quite so i bad as his son. The old man died ; worm ? .jo,ouu,oov t .1. a inrt nrtrt In his last ill- ! 1 j a(cd of Lis eccretarv ncss nc wokc up one morning anu "Mr. has Mrs. llson paid her last rent." "I believe not," said the Secretary, "It is $12. You will see to it nt once. She is sick, aud if you put it off she may not pay you." Twice or three times a day would this wretched old man ask if that $12 had been paid, until to quiet him the Secretary took $12 from his pocket aud gave it to him, saying that she paid it "That's right that's right." chuck led the old miser, as his fingers clos ed on the money; "and now Mr. , turn her out. fc-hc is sick and won't be able to pay. Get the three day's she owes, it you can; if not, we had better lose it than to let it grow." Like sire, like son. Win. B. is even more greedy and grasping thau his father. I should hate to take his money with his disposition. . If the Astors meet their tenants iu the next world there will be a lively time. But there is another side to New York life. There are generous men. For instance, young James Gorden Bonnet gave $30,000 to be used up in soup this winter. Of course, those w ho don't like Bennet say that he docs it as an advertisement, but the hungry wretches who are saved from starvation by his gift won't care a straw what he does it for. They will pray, as I do, that more men would try this "advertising dodge." Then the Howard Committee fitted up the basement of a building in Howard street, where everybody can be fed without price. They serve a sub stantial supper of good soup, bread, and coffee. This costs nt the whole sale price, three aud one-half cents for each man. Breakfast is about the same, varied occasionally with beef, fish, pork and beans, or something of the kind. Last month, 9,178 were fed at this place. The applicants are a superior set of men. They arc mostly mechan ics. Of 30 names recorded, the United States w as represented by 11; Ireland by 7; Germany by 7; England by 4; Scotland and France by 1 each. Three were clerks, thn c ma chinists, and three labo'ers. The ethers were engineers, book agents, firemen on steamers, carpenters, Ac, ic. FEMININE INTEMPERANCE. Intemperance is by no means con fined to the men of New York. In deed the vice is wide-spread, and is not limited by sex.' The wives and daughters of the "best families" are addicted to the maddening bowl, and are as much the slaves of appe tite as their fathers and brothers. They get it first by the use of wine in the social circle then the exhaust ion resulting from late hours, and ex citement calls for stimulents as a sus tained And once fastened there is an end. Such habits grow on wo men faster than on men, and are more certain to stay. Thousands of fashionable women leaders in soci ety have in their rooms the brandy bottle, every day requiring more and more to satisfy the cravings of an alchoholized J system. Does it not show? Not at first, or indeed for a long time. The art of the enamclcr hides thofte 'ugly red blotches. But finally it gets beyond the cnam ler's'art the lady in 'a debauch makes an exhibition of herself the secret is out,j and with no restraint she devotes herself entirely to it and goes down to the pit. " It is time that a reform be inaugurated in the homes of the wealthy. There' is but little use of talking reform or ' temperance so long as wine is 'set before every gnest by the ' lady of the house, and stronger drinks by the head there of.' . " ' '.' " " - , TUB LATEST SWINDLE ' , I- , . .... ',( ": which the authorities are after, is the clumsiest yet unearthed, but as clura sy as it is thousands upon thousands have bitten at it and been bitten by it V.The Geneva .Watch Co.," with J. Wright k : Co., G09 Broadway" as agents have , flooded the country wjtb advertisements offering to send superb watches for think of it $41 The metal of which its watches are said to be. made is ''almonia gold " which from its : description, appears to be on the whole far better than tlu genuine article. The circular stnti s! that this wvmlcrful composi tion was "invented by Thoma T. Efendolph, one of the largest stock holders in the Geneva Watch Co.," Mr. Elcndolph, w ho is a wonder ful alchemist, worked for years en deavoring to make a discovery that would take the place of gold, and stand the tests of acids, and always retain its brilliancy, aud wear the same as virgin gold itself. In May, 1871, bis years of laborious toil were rewarded by the discovery of this material, which even expert jewel ers cau not detect Of course watch es so cheap aud so good wero in de mand, and I Wright k Co. received a shower of letters containing $4 each, which was pocketed. There is one way to stop this swindling. The laws w hich govern the administration of the Postofiicc prohibit the delivery of letters to ficticious addresses where fraud is intended. If tho first victim w ould, with a contrite heart, inform the Postmaster of New York, nil the rest would be saved, for every letter would be returned to the sender. As high as 10,000 letters to swindlers are received at this ollice every month, none of them containing less than $1.00 THE POLITICAL TOT is boiling. Even at this early day the Democracy are marshalling their forces and getting ready for the next election. This "getting ready" means the distribution of the spoils, the killing of the lame ducks and ar ranging the kbor of the sound ones. For be it known there is no gratitude among these men. The leaders of Tammany pay down for their labor, j If a man has influence he can get of them just w hat that influence is worth if he uses it without getting his pay, it is his fault. No matter what he" has done in the past no matter how useful he was last year unless he has control of something and somebody this year, he is killed and carted out 1 know one striker who has afforded me considerable instruc tion as amusement. Last year he held a clerkship iu the Court House, a sinecure in the City Hall, aud something or other in another depart ment, giving him an income of about $7,000 per annum. This Spring he was ousted from ail these. "Who?" I asked. "Well, you see," he answered, "1 had fifty of the boys that made their headquarters at a saloon which my brother-in-law run. Well, this Spring, Jim. that's my brother-in-law, knocked one of the boys in the head with a bottle, and was arrested, and the place was bro ken up, and he escaped Sing-Sing by the skin of his teeth, and had to go West. Another man took the place and gobbled the boys, and of course I was permitted to trit lie holds all these places. But I ain't goin toj lay still, no sir. I've got a man to go in with me, and I'm going to start right across the street, and I'll have 'em all back, and then they can't help themselves. I'll have my place this fall, sure." No one seems to think of mak ing head against Tammany everybody seeks toconciliate it. My friend will get this place. The mo ment he gets controll of fifty votes, he is certain of it, for that fifty, by skillful repeating, means two hundred and fifty on election day. This is a republican form of gov ernment, I believe. THE WEATHER is as mild as new milk, and the streets well they arc indescribably slushy and nasty. May the summer put in au appearance immediately. Pietro. OI R WASHINGTON I.ETTF.U. Washington, D. C, March 1C, The death of Hon. Charles Sum ner yesterday has caused a thrill of 'sorrow to pass through the length and breadth of the land. His illness was sudden and unexpected; for, though he had some symptoms of a return of the illness which cauded him to visit Europe last year, he had partially recovered, aud on the day before hisdeath he had several friends invited to dine with him. It . . . is a singular cuiuciuence that his death occurred the day after the res olutions as the Massachusetts Legis lature repealing their previous cen sure of bis course regarding the bat tle flags had been read in his pres ence in the L'. S. Senate. He will be sadly mourned here by a host of per sonal friends, and be will go down in history as one of the greatest and purest of American patriots and statesman. Eminent for scholarshii and oratory, be will be best remem bered as the devoted advocate of free dom to the American slave and to the security of the civil rights of the colored race. Many have thought him extreme in his views, but no one who knew his real character has ques tioned the purity or his motives. All must admire his unswerving adhe rence to convictions of right though they most widely dissent from bis opinions. The election returns from New Hampshire will be in by the time this reaches the eye of your readers. At present there appears to be a close run for both Governor and Legisla ture. This State has oscilated for many years past back and forth be tween the two parties, and if it is lost this year, through tho running of a lemperance ticket, there will be no national significance, though croakers will try to make of it a huge bug bear. The Howard Court Martial was occupied to-day in reading document ary evidence. The Court is now full and it will proceed regularly. Little doubt is entertained among those who knew this soldier who left his right arm on the battle Geld, that he will be vindicated in the trial from all dishonorable conduct charged against him, whether it be sins of omission or commission. A bill has been reported from the Committee on Printing authorising the committee to inquire whether, in view of the abolition of the franking privilege, the Government Printing Office cannot be dispensed with. This proposition sounds rather old in these progressive times, when prin ter's ink is such a power in the land. The Treasury Department is to be reorganized, aud the Civil Service Committee of the House are engag ed in preparing a bill for the pur pose. The clerk of the U. S. Supreme Court gave a grand dinner party on Tuesday evening to the judges of that Court and others of his friends. I I A bill was passed in the House, yesterday, amending the act of Feb. 14, 1871, granting pensions to sol diers and sailors of the war of 1812, and restoring to the pension rolls those names that bad been stricken therefrom lor disloyalty. Also a bill to increase the pensions of soldiers who have been totally disabled; also allowing $30 to soldiers who have loot an eye, to enable them to pro cure an artificial one. The Republic .Magazine, the only exclusively political work now pub lished in this country, has just issu ed a new number, being the third of the second volume The contents are fresh and of the most important char acter. All the live questions of the day are discussed from a standpoint of statesmanship-rather than that of the partia;i, and the greatest care seems to be taken to propound with truthfulness and precision tho most important aspects of politics as a science, and as a growth of national experience. No one who values Ke pifblican government should be long without this text book of political knowledge. ... Sworn statements of Judge Dur ell, Mrs. Norton and Hon. Caleb Gushing have been filed in the Dur 11 impeachment case contradicting the testimony of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines in her prayer for the impeach nieut of Judge Durcll, of Louisiana. It is thought by many that Mrs. Gains' mind has been so long on the strain regarding intricate law ques tions, and her feeble organization has been so worn upon by a nervous san guine temperament continually agi tated that her mental powers have been impaired, so as to unsettle her judgment concerning her numerous transactions with courts, vc. lears of such anxiety as hers would be likely to unsettle the strongest intel lect, as illustrated in Dickens' "Blenk House." I Numerous letters are received by Congressmen from the half million of Russian Mennonitics who desire to locate together in this country, if properly encouraged. They have large means and arc au upright peo- j '. resembling the Friends, or Qua- kers. and would be a most valuable acquisition to our western country. The appropriation for West Point has been reduced 7 per cent, less than that of last year by the House Committee. This is paring down to the quick, ns it is also proposed to increase the, eadcta in tho proportion of the iucrease of membership in the House. As the general subject of reducing expenses by throwing clerks and em ployees out of employment in the va rious Departments is considered and debated, it is losing its favor among the members. The facts are coming out that no perceptible relief to tax ation can be effected in this way, as at the most, the reduction of about 300 employees will only amount to about $300,000, a mere drop in the national bucket, while the Govern ment will probably suffer financially in consequence to a much greater amount. Mr. Bandall, the Demo cratic leader, is still harping on my daughter, because he well knows that a wholesale reduction will dam age the Republican partv next fall more than anything else that could occur. The numerous claims for the $15, 000,000 allowed the U. S. by the Geneva award is causing much trouble, and the fund is likely to be come an elephant on the hands of the Government on account of the vari ous diverse demands for its distribu tion. The letter of Genl. Beauregard, of New Orleans, to Senator Gordon, of Georgia, on tho subject of political troubles in Louisiana is such as might be expected from this artilleryman. "He njx-aku pliu cannon. Ore ana sniokc.anJ bounce; llu given tlic tuslinailo with Mi tonsil?; Our car are cul(?elled." . He don't seem to know what he wants; for while he calls all the set tlers iu Louisiana, who a-c opposed to his own views "merciless adven turers w ho are the cause of all our trouble," he Apposes present acquies ence iu the Kellogg government until the fall elections, and says "an elec tion of a new Legislature would be merely perpetuating the Kellogg usurpation." He threatens us with "a day when sonic bold men shall gather force enough to thrust Con gress from the Capital." It makes our flesh crawl to think of a sally on the Capital by bis friends, the Colfax murderers, who killed over a hundred defenceless Begrocs with fire and sword. Of course they are not mer ciless. Oh no ! And he is not a par tisan in the least. He has retired from politics to a railroad monopoly, where he has learned meek submis sion and confirmation in State rights doctrines. At the same time he op poses non-iiiterfcreuce, suggesting a l'ol!ax remedy, if Congress docs not keep the people down, while ex-rebels elect their friends to all the offices. It. were well to inquire: "What cannoneer l'ut thislustv tilcx?"' LIFE. n.titmsBi BJ. II AitRisiivr.u, March 7. HOISE. Mr Worrall submitted the follow ing. Unsolved, that hereafter, when the House adjourns on Friday, it will meet again on Monday evening at seven and a half o'clock. Mr. Mitchell, moved to amend by providing for a session on rriday af ternoon. After some debate the amendment was aceepteu, ana tue resolution as modified, was adopted yeas, 35 ; nays, 17. Tho following business was then reported from committees: Mr. Stranahan-An act to punL-h the fraudulent issue of tax receipts. Mr Brockway presented au act to compel foreign railroad companies to have and maintain an office in the State. ' - f Also, as committed, an act ta cna. blc the auditor General to settle the account of the State Printer. Also committed, an act for the further regulation of appeals from assessments of damages to owners of property taken for public use. Mr. McCreery an act to drovide for a thorough - mineralogical and geological survey of the State. Mr. Vodges, An act fixing and defining the individual liabillitr of banks. The bill makes stockholders in banks, banking companies saving fund institutions and all other incor porated companies doing the. business of banks, or loaning or discounting moneys personally liable for all debts and deposits in their individual ca pacity to double the amount of capital stock held and owned by each. Mr. AllisonfWays and Meaus), as committed, act to premote the im provement of real estate by exempt ing mortgages ana other securities from taxes, except for State purpo ses. Mr. Talley, same, as committed, act to 'provide for the education and maintenance of destitute orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors of the Sta'.e. Mr. Keyburn presented the follow ing; ,.- .... , , , . . -.tji - JienoheJ, That if the Senate con curs the Attorney General be direct ed to commence proceedings against the Union National - Manufacturers National and Western Banks of Phil adelphia, Second National Bank Tot Titusrille and Drerel A Co., bankers of Philadelphia, or the officers or caused to Ite sent rein'ntnnces for 1 be purpo ses of aiding in the passage of House Bill No. IH. for lhe offense of offerin-r directly, or indirectly to brilie the nicmpcrs of General Assembly. . Harrjsblri, March 9. Tho .Sen ate held a session to-night for the reading of bills first time. In the House Mr. Newmyei read in place a bill preventing the resigna tion of members when charges ure prefercd; also for the prevention of corruption of members of the Leg islature. HEX ATE. Harrisbi Rd, March 10. Petitions for, and remonstrance against, the repeal of the Local Option law were presented by Messrs. Kutan, Chalfant and Cooper. Bills were read as follows: By .Mr. McClurc, to pay tho cau vassora at the State election. By. Mr. raream, Compelling in formers under the License law to prosecute. By Mr. Fitch, Empowering clergy men and others authorized to jjin parties in marriage to administer oaths to tho parties and attending witness es. A number of bills passed the sec ond reading. She Senate adjourned. HO IKE. The House resumed consideration of the public calendar. Mr. Cross had lhe General appro priation bill postponed. Several ap propriations were laid asiile, as members wauts more light on them. Bills were read in place as fol lows: By Mr. Christy, Authorizing courts to appoint police Justices. Iiy Mr. Josephs, T provide a fine of five dollars for issuing free passes. By Mr. Newmyer, fixing the time for the commencement of the terms of Supreme Court ami other law Judges. Mr. Newmyer read the Mowing That the resignation of a member of either branch of the Legislature shall not be conclusive unless the sa me shall have been previously a:-ted upon by the House of which he is a member, and accepted by a vote of two thirds. Also that any person who shall directly or indirectly, by offer or prom ise ot money or position, or shall in nnv wav attemnt to corrupt legisla tors members of the council, or city, county or borough officers, shall be punished on conviction thereof with a fine of not lesa than one thousand dollars and undergo an imprisonment not exceeding two years at the discre tion of the Court. HESATE. Harrisbi ru, March 11. Bills were read in place as follows: Mr. Kutan, Imposing penalties on : employees of railroad companies for sellinir commodities to such comim- a.-.'cn't thereof, who sent or nie8. j and breathing slowly, b;it with some Mr. Wallace, Prohibiting foreign ! rattling in the chest, corporations from doing business in Soon after death, the Ix.dy of the this State without having a known ; late Senator showed signs of !.- ! olnep of business or acknowledged ration, and it became evident that a (rent. Mr. Graham Keculating discreit sm-ioa thnt exist between United States and state inspectors of distill cd liquors. It requires the Mate inspector to use the same gauge as the United States officers. The corporation bill was before the Sente this afternoon and passed up to third reading. HOrME. The House spent the entire morn ing wrangling over the advertising bill. - . The liquor men will address the committee in the Hall of the House to-night. United States Senator Scott was on the floor of the House all morning, and received a dispatch from Mr. Cameron relative to Mr. Sumner's death where upon the House immediately adjourn ed. KEXATE. Harrisblro, March 12. Bills were read in place as follows: Mr. I'layford, An act for filling vacancies in the office of County Treasurer. Mr. White, For the imprisonment of persons whose sentences have been commuted by the Governor. Mr. Weakly, A supplement to the Uailroad law regulating the assess ments of damages. The apportionment bill being upou its second reading, the Senate was addressed at length by Wr. Wallace. A resolution was offered by Mr. White to adjourn out of respect to ex President Fillmore. . , HOl'KE. i , The Judicial Apportionment bill being the special order, Mr. Piper moved to retain the old members for all existing districts and have Westmoreland numbered the Tenth district Agreed to. f ' Mr. Newmyer, had Allgheny changed from the .'Twenty-third to the Fifth district. , - Several amendments were propos cd. Mr. Stranahan, of Mercer, opposed any more new Judges. . ' s Without further amendments the bill passed to second reading. ... The Joint committee vn tho En largement of the Capital recommend an additional building between the present one and the Land oflice. . i -. ' J V C HARLEM fclMXF.K. Dlb f tta Ureal tirnnUr. Washi.nutox, March 11. Senator Sqmner died at a quarter to 3 o'clock. He passed away calmly and without a struggle, During the last two hours of his illness bis intclect seemed to be much clearer, and he was perfectly con scious to the lust, this condition be ing doubtless the result f bis recov ery from the effect of the morphine which bad been freely administered to him this morning to relieve him of the intense pail which he suffered. His sufferings towards the last seem ed intense, and he several times ex claimed "I want quiet. . I am tired." He recognized friends w ho came iu to the room, and one" of the last to whom he spoke was ex-Attorney Hoar, ot Massachusetts, to whom he saidijrTakc care of my Civil Bights Bill." About a quarter before 3 o'clock he was attacked by a flight spasm, in which he died.' Around tho bod at the time were ex-Attorney Gen eral Hoar, Dr. W. P. Johnson of this city, Major Ben. Perley Poore, Geo. T. Downing and James' Wormley. Other Mends, who had been with the dying Senator, throughout the day, had left just previous, not anticipating that death would Iks so soon. Sena-. tor.Schurz and Hon., Montgomery llair -entered toe - room just as be breathed his last,, but Mr. Sumner was too near disolutiou to recognize them. The only relative of Senator Sum ner was a sister, the wife of a physi cian ia San Francisco, and to her the sad news was telegraphed immediate ly after his death. During the day his house had been ;isit.'i l,y -Teat nmu- ber.-!n'f ineiiibers oft 'on'jTc-H ami fill er pmmiticr.t officials, and many pri vate citi.efis, .including hundred.-! of colored people, prominent among whom were Fred. Douglas and the colored members f the Hou.-e of Representatives; The -M? walk in front of Mr. Sumner's resilience w:is lillcil with unxioiM anil s-;i1,'::;ij 1 friends at the time of his dr;uh, a:n! when the sorrowful announcement was made the grief of iuany,rspeeinl. ly of the colored people, found vent ing of the in heart felt exclamations of grief and ! jrrand and Seargent-at-Arins lieiieh of the and proci. ; ,.',',' Senate w as sent for immediately, and ; Mnj.,r General j "j that official, in connection with a ! dier Vnvii 'lln.JL'.i ,..:n i...... ,.i,n,.. ..r ' . . " r ,lri'l UVimillllt-l , "in uthiv luaip; ui i t.'j JKIJJ y I liUi. .-1( ('(Jy funeral arrangements, though of , tiSjh" i;,..,; , f, ,t y -course, no time has yet been fixed Guards," Sev'eiitv-f therefor. The funeral ceremonies ' .w y,,, .ltl-,('-',,, will take place in the Semite Cham- riies A ami C k;V 1H r- Inttiiitry under C,.,.,, Mr. Sumner's age at the time of a uurd" of h.jrwr; tl ' , his death was precisely (l years 1 t, ,j with ii:iti-.;i:,'a-i.l months and 5 days. ami f'.i! r.vi l bv u I Senator Sumner had been solici- ria"es wi'h n ill ! , r . r.. i.:.. ...... m. r . i 7 . ' arer- lijua IUI liin urnuu e'i .-reiai u;ir el's toe mit''!-"-! past; the earnest part he has taken re-sentatives ami in questions before the Senate hav- .lWn Cemetery ing given him reasons to pay special f,,,!(.r;l ei-viees regard to it, ana no remarked last ; church , th night to a friend, some hours lelorc be was attacked with the serious spasm which in a short time culmin ated in his death, that he wanted to talk to him about his health, as he was afraid he was working too bird. Dr. Brown Seipiard, of New York, who attended Mr. Sumner ia Paris, and who has been his consulting physician for the past fifteen years, who arrived here on the late train this evening in response to the tele gram sent him early this morning an il 'unceiiig Mr. Simmers illness, and reouestin his attendance here. After viewing the !ody at the resi dence of deceased, Dr. Brown Se quard had a consultation with Dr. Joseph, Talier Johnson, the atten ding physician of th Lite Senator, in regard to au autopsy, arid it was agreed that should such a:i examina tion be considered necessary but in regard to which no definate conclu sion has been reached it will not take place until after the remains ar rive in Boston. The physicians who attended .Mr. S. in his last illness, wcte Drs. Joseph i j Tuber Johnson, W. I'. Jnhnston.N" Lincoln and Surgeon (Jer.cra! Karnes, all agree in the opinion that his death was caused by angina pector is, a disease arising from the ossifica tion ot the corronarv artery, and which invariably proves fatal ai'itr a few paroxisms. Dr. Brown Sequard, on the other hand, expressed the opinion to-night thai death resulted from the rupture of a blood-ve..-i at the heart. After Mr. Sumner htid the p n..x- jysins his body remained co'.l clammy, and his pu i se very i-.-t j decomposition hud set in. The work - .of eubalnnng commenced to- I niirht about o'clock and UT'ttl the - 1 success of this process depend .iine- tinfthe fixiiiL' ot the time for the fu- neral. Should the cnbalniing be suc cessful, the body will be detained here until the arrival of the commit tee to be appointed ly the Massachu setts Legislature. About the last wordsof the deceas ed Senator were expressed to Jtidge K. K. Hoar, and were: ' Tell Iimer son I love him and revere him." this sentence was uttered about ten minutes before bis death, and just after it escaped his lips a paroxysm seized him, in which he appeared to suffer severely, and he passed away a few minutes after the sp ism. His strength seemed to iucrease from 10 o'clock this morning to the time of his death. Weston Powers, a son of Hiram Powers, will tak.; a east of the face of Mr. Summers to-morrow morning at S o'clock. Funeral af Es-Prrnldrnl I'illiaorr. Buffalo, March 12. Buffalo ex hibits to-day its veneration for on? of the natiou's most illustrious states men, and heartfelt sorrow for on? or her oldest and most beloved citi zens, Millard Fillmore. Flags are flying half mast at ail public and pri vate buildings and from the tdiipping in the harbor. Business is entirely suspended.' All the main thorouhg fares and private residences along the line of march of the funeral procession are profusely decorated in mourning : to the pe .ple o parb. and citizens wear a look of : death of M.Ii:a gloom usually displayed at any pub-! honored p:vdcv lic calamity." Buffalo. N. V.. Ia- At nine o'clock this morn'ng thei The long e s family of the distinguished dead and ! public fcrvicics a a few intimate friends assembled at of character of the tho private resident of the decea-ed where solemn religions exercises were conducted. At the conclusion of the services eight non-commissioned officers of Company D. Buffalo City Guards, detailed for pali-bearers entered and bore the remains to the bcarse, and, under escort of the full Company, conveyed the same to St. Paul's Cathedral, where they lay iu state. ' The casket containing the bed v was tf rosewood, covered with whil with cisht silver bandies and plate containing the following iiisc.-io- i be paid on the occa tion: "Miliard Fillmore. B -ru Janu- e.rv of the eminent nry 7, H00. Died -March 8. 17 1." While at the family residence it was deposited at the west front room. At the head crown of oh'weis, composed ofcimelias, rosebuds, k :. On the lid was a beautiful floral wreaih and two large crosses, on tbo right a large star, and on the left bouquets and cut flowers. On reaching the Cathedrcl the casket was deposited iu the vestibule of tbs church on a dais, sovercd with stars, with roses of exotic flowers at the bead and feet. Then; it laid in state, with Company I) as a gaurd of honor, aud. uot withstanding the cold, day, from 10 o'clock until the hour for closing the casket thousands of citizens and strangers thronged the appropriately decorated vestibule to take a last farewell look at the distinguished dead. Although some what emaciated, Mr. Fillmore's face bore the same quiet, courtly appear ance so characteristic of him when in life. IStiiAi.o, -March 12. Shortly af ter two o'clock, the door of the Ca thedral were opened to admit the United States Senatorial tho House committees, the Legislative commit tees, members of Governor Dix's staff,, the Mayor, Ciy authorities and eommittees, the council of the Uni versity of Buffalo, bar of Erie county the Board of Trade, and reprcscnta tivesof other civic societies. At a quarter past two o'clock, the family having entered the Cathedral, six sergeauta , detailed from the First United States Infantry, stationed at Fort Porter, bore the casket from the vestibule into the Cathedral, hendod by Rev. I)r.TShclton and th Episco pal clergy of Buffalo followed bv Wm. A. Bird. Xoah. P. Spragc,E. K. i-'i. (I .- t -i !e. t iit.il ! i lhe .'I, dep. 3 t iJ (lie i hi) rice I. J '1 I." i i-i ciuonie.s . were (,f n s-.,,.m t i! a n i in,),. ri. i ! ;i-:er, ;r!i 'm ;ol' toe life the l- -i'r a !.:', - a) m i. nr. l,eit, ! rector of St. l'dll i ... i .. .. ... ... n t;.- i 's :i'..i ; tnend nt .ilil!:ird Ki ni'ire. 'i lUi)S i.f i.-hi '"I'-ir:. Vo.k 'Urn 'I I ,.); -nt.- ar.-l, 'it..-: hi-: Vices .,f x rcaiti!:;., -,v. in a stoiiC grave in t.. ;. The streets a! luiir.-h wero er.jwiieij. DISASTER AT crri .llj. StfiuiK.-r l'l nilsiv;: 1 fnrrif;i:ic I he :iiii, Tno oitir,.,, Vill,,r i.,t riii!.AM::.K!iA. M.,r, steiiintr I'erin.-vh'a';!:! poo!, repi hurricane irghf. T liriuire mi li;r:i ami ; and two s c:l overb-i uilieer li.ii; ts ll !:.!. 7: ,e s.-a c; W li.i ii h !; ... r-t a; ird .'wei 1 hull ftii'i In e .'iiT hut !e.:i- to B::! lie re. :::i'i tu were At IV.. m K:i er the i.. .-Uitall Hi thit u W - 1.1 Bra nd v ill-llted llie!;!ie; e,l it being t liv t: Tt A:!;: i: el su tu it. of lives). siioiL ship, ah-1 "l wa l!!e:;t that the this port. T the la.-t v,.vao to th:.- city, it I to have h'.'ii a It I i k It I 1 1 f Ca r Liver ' r ! A M,n SnrdfrH l:i n,n ;,r 1 Sr. I.- i ;- Mpr.-i, ;. . f p-.ifl f -.M T j ka. K '. 1 J a'eount ;-f -i ii-.rriiee i .-i.-.'. : , k iThur-day ni.-iit. w'..' is - ever, dis- .vi t'.'.l S . - . jr ir.g. It ap;.e;lv, ;:. .: ..; .' ! the keeper i f a .1 : v .-. .'-.- L j nue, had b e-i mi-sing f. ; ; --, , 1 I SU.-I.:.-:..;, eff.,:!! ..::iy ' ed. several ofiicer.-, ':-.: ;.. t 'ii S:itun.;! af:. - ii . ' Frank Olds ji.nd Lis .-..i ! ; if; session. On I it -; n r . --fc 'they told cuno-ivii.irv '-::'. sJi were arrest i I. ! The premises were .-. -ir.-',,. Ji ; the dead body ot i'arri- u ..- ( '. under a heap of -s ;:.-.:( far, wi'h a bnlii t h.!e ? i. , ; he;d and his t h r hit e i'. A::: j.' was hel 1 t i-dav, and the :';,.- t lead to the I ile; ;:,: i r . 1 commit :ed the :h!ird r. '.1. ft ' evidence ugain-: Lin. U v. - i ttivc- ' S Frank Olds, the fath. r. -;.v. t ; express wagon. f:s s -:i F: ; wiide idie I. -v. Furra Indianapolis about a war . leaves two c !.',!- reti ;:i us. wile die ,i some tltit re 4 ails a: i-.:i,':ir I exeitemei of citizen character havin since the Betidt Tl Dc:illl of ei-i'ri'siil nt lilt Irtr!iii:ttitii oi' I'rr.nl.-M W.w:iN..-n.x M-.r.-i lowing was is-iied 'J.i- ExF.tTTivE Man-:. ro March : 174 I regret ihat the i'lY-io i-T i V'. t : : i f : - r .: i r..t tt.e 1 F t rvt-:i:::. inU'.d id t-;...:i-dn.-a-c dent will he rcmcuiheiv 1 t. days of mourning in wL:ci will bi thrown by the 'i is thus am .nunccd. As ; respect to his ine.i'.ry ;: that the executive inattsi several departments it W a draped in mourning u:it i : the day on which t!;e ' take place, a:;d that ail sUsiemk'd on the day of It is iuruieruiorc o.i... ikjwar and navy de:s:-:: cr; suitable niil'tai v and nav is now close;!. By the President. Hamilton Fish. Si Tii ia. t .-ui.; in. .-t l iiniiii a .M. n :iutili' write l.. in.tr! 1 l-itf -a - Pittsburgh Fsrie AND Conservatory of M Krx. !. (' rirhu'i V. I' ll Ki-lit I). .nrtBin:. W-ll elfl-te.l ..u " u T!l.'Pl!l T.-:cllllia- Twtnty-livf lfnr I,!ni -ii. n in evrrvtl,;!.-' I"-;:;';.'" Jl lWM. A irr.ui.t Uru'iin . r:h i IMTi T I..IU1.V III U.T , .7iil v " f ll..ti.n. will i n--'.- a inn or Hi Sprlni -K-rm. -, , .'. 1.1,-nt. .. mi. ill. 'n i- lv f.i He' IVmhliii;. l. nurll i.". rittsi'u''- $300 i Hvrii-" l..t jollllli ni i. Tll't-'i' lamily. A r.'ntM Id ay iUt2 v..i,nl,t, :iini.i- 1 O. W K! 41 Siltil SI 1 MONEY-WAG To all hnvinif npiire H" j." thin, new: pl,. nt: hi'J m. n.'kM; home or al.p..l: l- ' . mnkins monry. VrtKaar. worth mallei fn- -'l,lr' Elirlith Strret, Newport. fe - ' .!-;,..:. )) ti W. r;..,:, ' '": illiV.'e''; ! ' n-N..f .1 ... ' '' ; ""'..i-i, i Slilne in .. . . I I y tl:: St I A ir .!.Ye;';".-''.-'.! ;..v. I
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