The Somerset Herald. VF.IESPAY. March X, It requires $80,000 less tLis year than it did last to pay the interest on tbe State ueU. w,jw,wwaww,www Congress and our State Legisla ture buth were in eessiou on the 22d Washington's birtL day. TLis at tests tbe pressing nature of tbe pub lic business. The House of Representatives of Massachusetts lately dtfeated by a vote of 120 to 85 a resolution to amend tbe constitution of tbat Slate so as to give tbo right of suffrage to women. The Senate has passed bills admit ting Colorado and New Mexico. As tbe House bod previously passed these bills, tl ere appears to be little doubt tbat we will Lave two more States added to tbe Union io 187G. 1 ho condition annexed wif"" ledee of admission being tbat tie: proposed constitutions tball not be voted on until tbat time. awww"""""'""""", " There appears to be very little doubt entertained at Ilarrisburg as to the repeal of tbe local option law. TLc bill repealing tbe act has passed two readings in the House by a vote of 123 to 5C, and the friends of tbe bill think tbat, with this two-thirds vote in the House for repeal, tie Sen- ate will not set itself up in cpposi-jmii.es. 1 be President oi ineueau tion to it. We trust that the Senate , iug Railroad Company has offered a will take care that a stringent license law, well guarded, containing all t! restrictions of tLe former laws, and l.rovided with machinery for its cay . ... ... . . ... An. A -1 lllk and strict t ;jiorcemeu., iiviv. fore the rcpeu! is assented to. A coxvicr made bis escape on Tuesday night from a car on the Al legheny Valley railroad, io which Linisclf and a number of follow-con-licts were being conveyed to the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburgh, by jumping, all Land-cutTcd as Le .t - was. irom me winuow oi me car TLe train, .t,T. .1. .ir.;.. ai flA rate of twcnty-Gvo miles an hour, was stopped as soon as the prisoner's escape va3 discovered, nnd search was made quickly, but no trace of him was fouud save marks w Lere Le struck the soft earth, and the hand eu(l, which he bad evidently remov ed from his svrists as soon as be slru; k terra firm a. The New York Herald says: "In the country at large the Democrats have not gained since the fall elec tions. The failure to re-elect Scburz; 1he refusal of some other Democratic Legislatures to select first class men as Senators; the evident lack of bar tinny among the party leaders on tbe currency and tariff questions, aud the feeling that the party Las no pol icy except opposition to the Republi cans, and is not ready to welcome re cruits from even the liberal Republi eau ranks, combine with the general distrust of Democratic politicians to make tbe country slow to give them its confidence. The risibles of the Democracy ere wonderfully exercised over the i.efeat of Ren Butler for Congress, and thero was'nt an individual Dem ocrat who did'nt feel as if Le bad gained a personal victory. Just Low much the Democracy have gained by I'.utioi's defeat, may be judged from tbe following extract from a speech made la-fore tbe Crnstitutional Club f Boston by his successor, Hon. Charles Thompson. These arc Lis iiotublo words: - I want nothing said about colored jk-o pie. nothing said alktut the white. 1 want no discrimination in any manner or form. Tin v li-ll the word ouiot the Constitution, ami 1 want it forever left out ol future leg Wat ion. Aud that party which, in the jiresent suite of affairs, endeavors to put the colored man or the white man into tbe law ptila the l.itdgc of inferiority upon one or the other. We arc not to treat the col ored H!ople as wards of the w Uite people. They are not to be the wards of the Gen eral Government or the wards of the State Government, hut they ought to be, as lhey are, thank God! American citizens villi all their rights and piivileges as American citizens.'" "Accokdixo to present appear ances," says tLe New York Tribune, "the New York Democracy are dili gently engaged in cutting their own throats." The Gght between Mayor Wiekbam and Governor Tilden con tinues. The former wants to make w holesale removals in order to sur round himself w ith Tammany asso ciates. The Governor wants to know w by be should be called upon to sanc tion such changes; the Mayor re fuses to give bis reasous; and the Governor rejoins that, if neither of ficial courtesy nor a sense of Lis offi cial obligations will impel the Mayor to give the information required, he (Governor Tilden) w'lltake measures to secure it by independent investiga tion. The upshot is, as stated by the paper quoted above, the New York Democrats "lu'ist either now bully their own Gorernor Into submission, or they must submit to be beaten by him in an oj.cn effort to scire u pon the patronage of the city." Th: election of cx-Presiuent Andy Johnson to the U. S. Senate was a source of great jubilation to the De mocracy, and he was straightway inrited to help canvass New Hamp shire for the Democratic State ticket. His sturdy reply is said to have been as follows: Ckf.ks ville, Tkx.v, Feb. IS, 1873. JJtar ir; ;!r:7l ,m.to bus-v' aaJ .vour ! is too lively for me to think of ' to New Hampshire this winter. weather going up to New Uamnsl. All out troubles have arisen from the jeiiioenuic auempt to break up the Cnion and overthrow the Constitution in 1801-5 The only obstacle to peace now is the re fusal of the Democratic party to concede qual rights to all men. hea I ssy that I am for equal rights. I mean it; but when you say it, you don't mean it. When the Democratic ,rty gets right on this qu i tion then the Constitution will be safe .n,i i you can comujtnd the services ices of j 1 ours truly, Axdv Jouxsoy. .Taking this Jor true, we can well - .mafi&e that the jubilation on Andy's clccTiln ic ndt quite so great as it for merly was. U. S. Sexatou Brownlow, of 1 Tennessee, who retires ou the 4tb i inst, to be succeeded by- ex-Pr--i'I nt t Johnson, has purchased a half inter est in tbe Knoxril'e Winy ami Chron icle. In Lis salutatory to tbe pub lic, be tbu3 predicts a Republican triumph at the next Presidential elec tion: "or do I read 'the siirns ol tbe times' as those who believe that the country is to be a'llictcd with the success of the Demo cratic paity in the Presidential election oi 1S76. On the contrary, the indications point to the defeat ol that party in the great national contest. Ami I litre pre dict that the great party w hit h hns con trolled the National Government for fifteen years will not only have a new lease oi iw.r in 1H-.R but the dav is not ur dis tant when it will redeem and regenerate Tennessee." No one is better acquainted with Southern politics, or understands the the Southern rebels belter than does Brownlow, and his views are entitled io weight and credit. The labor strikes in the anthracite mining regions in this State, are de veloping incendiarism, murder, and .-cneral fiendisbness. Men are way laid and assassinated, mines are Cred by incendiaries, and the lives of hun dreds are recklessly endangered by tbe lawless scoundrels, who arc at tempting to enforce their own prices for labor from their employers. Several attempts Lave been made to set fire to shaft frames, or blow them to pieces v.ith nitro-glyccrinc, thus endangering the lives of hun dreds of men laboring down in the . . 1 T . - J 'reward often thousand dollars tor information leading to the detection and conviction of the persons wuo Mired the sbult frame of one o f the mines oi thai company, auu eu in tain is it tbat the informant would be murdered, that in addition to tbe reward be offers protection to bis person, and sale transport and ex penses to another country. From this proposition may be gathered the lamentable state of society in tbat portico of our State, when it is thus publicly admitted tbat the law is ' nnworlpAB nnd 1 hat ft citizen discloS- ' t ' :ng me name oi a uiurucia u. wui- derers would Lavo to flee the country to. save Lis own life. Day by day, the impression is grow ing in the micds of some of our most intelligent and coolest states men, that a very grave crisis is im pending, that may lead to a renewal of the late civil w ar. The result3 of tLe last rear's elections, the fact tbat tbe Democrats will have a majority in the next Congress, aud the cer tainty hat the secession element will control that majority, together with the hope of electing the next Presi dent, has unchained rebel tongues, and renewed -ebel machinations to such an extent .that Republicans in the South are being thoroughly in timidated, and the rebel Democracy exultantly proclaim their intentions for the future. Thus, one of the edi tors of the Albany Journal, w ho is now in Washington, writes that "there is no disguising the fact the country is approaching a very grave crisis. Tbe caluics'. and most impas sioned men here are profoundly im pressed with the magnitude of the dancer." We take the following from his letter: "I had a two hours' talk this morning with a member of tbe Investigating Com mittee which has iust returned from New Orleans a member in whose coolness of judgment md fidelity to truth and consci entiousness ol character tne country naa entire confidence. The very worst, said this memtier, that lias, been reported as to the terrible condition ot affairs in the South does not begin to p'wc the whole truth. Unless one has visited ew Or leans, the imagination cannot conceive the dreadful reality. While the plan lor a compromise under the auspices of the com mittee was m progress in ew Orleans, scores and scores ot the leading business men, not Republicans but Conservativt went privately to the members and said : 'For God's sake, do not leave the State until vou have effected a settlement of this difficulty and given us a reign ot law and order.' They were all intensely anxious tor the compromise. 1 hev were askcu : If you would come out publicly in favor of this compromise, it woulU do mucu l secure its aecep'ance ; w hv don't you do it' Wc dare n:.t.' was the answer ; 'if it were known that we were here privately with members ot the committee, urging the compromise, our Louses and stores would lie burned over our heads within twenty -lour hours.' " Again, the New Orleans corre spondent of the Chicago Tribune, who attended the Democratic meet ing in the former city opposed to all compromise, Fays: "To have heard the speeches on that occasion, one wou'd supposed that the people of the North, in their elections last fall, had not only given a direct expres sion against the outcome of the adop tion of the Fifteenth Amendment, but bad also confessed their error in entering iuto the war in defence of the Union, and most humbly apolo gized to the South therefor." And then in the Louisville Courier Journal we find the following open declaration: "When war comes, as "coming it is, it shall be civil war. "The North must be tbe scene of "conflict, not the South." And this is not mere idle bravado on part ot the Courier-Journal. It is a Democratic journal of high au thority in the party, that does not indulge in idle talk and threats, and it undoubtedly reflects tbe sentiments and opinions of the Southern Dem ocratic Congressmen elect. Its dec larations, therefor, taken in connec tion with the state of sentiment in the South as portrayed by the cor respondents of the Albaay Journal and tbe Chicago Tribune startlingly ! arrest public attention, and excite anxietv in the minds of many of , . . , . ' , most rrUiient and thoughtful of the of our public men. 3fardr mt lrb-rta. Pe.mbebton, N. J.t Feb. 25. On Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock a ?M B'Ta Jea ' V' f b,0tel Per here, struck his son-in-law. J aneB Malsbury, on 1 the bead with n poller, from tbe effects of which Mals- miry died early on Sunday morning. The affray is supposed to have been the result of a drunken spree. An bquest was beld, but no arrest has been made as yet. ' FOTM UEBUTHL Harr!Sbcr, Pa., Feb. 22, 1875 sexatf. Mr. Anderson, of Crawford, oner- t.A rocn'nti.-inj instructlDZ CODgrCSS me'n from this State to vote for the aid of 1 be Texas Pacific -Railroad. Puase to C. FIRST KEADIXU. Ti e following bills were read the An act to create a State Board of Health for the protection or life ana health and to prevent the spread of disease in this tommoi.wealtti. A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to authorize the appoint ment of stenographers In tbe several courts of this Commonwealth, pre scribing their duties and fixing their compensation," appro vea iuay is, A. D. 1874. An act to authorize State banks to surrender their charters for tbe pur pose of organizing national banks under the provisions of tbe several acts of Congress. An act relative to the punishment of persons writing threatening letters. A a act relative to bail in criminal case3 taken by mayors, deputy may ors, aldermen and justices of the peace, requiring them to record in the information the residence of the persons taken as bail, and the location acd exteut of their property. An act to exempt piano3 leased or hired from levy or sale on execution or distress for rent. An act authorizing president judges to appoint a reporter and fixing Lis compensation. An act to protect the children of this Commonwealth in their rights to acquire useful trades. An act in relation to taxes on trades, professions and occupations, substitut ing a poll tax in lieu thereof. An act to repeal an act epproved April 13, A. D. 18G9, entitled "An act to repeal an act approved April 12. A. D. ISoG, entitled 'An act rela-i tivc to the publication of legal ad vertising iu the county of Bedford."' An act to provide a niodo for the removal '.f county scats, sale of old county buildings and the erection of new ones. A supplement to an aet entitled "An act relating to payment of costs in cases of felony," approved May 11, A. D. 18GC, providing for the pay ment ot costs by the county in cer tain cases and authorizing said county to collect the same from tbe party convicted. An act amending the third section of an act defining what shall consti tute legal holidays, approved April 2, 1S73. Adjourned. IIO INF.. The certificates of election of John Birch, of Washington, Jos. 15. Con rad, of Berks, Andrew W. Bell, of Armstrong and A. K. Alexander, ot Centre, were read. On motion of Mr. Christy, the rules were suspended and Washing ton's farewell address was read. Mr. Finches and other Democrats oppos ed the reading. - After the presentation of petitions,; the order of business was transposed to permit the reports of committees and the reading of bills in place first. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The resolution relative to the un constitutional conduct of tbe Reading Railroad was reported favorably. Mr. Parker, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported favorably the bill authorizing tbe courts to ap point inspectors of crude and rehncd petroleum. The Senate bill preventing tne saie of liquors at soldiers' encampments, was reported as committed. Also, the bill relating to the erection of water troughs on public highways. Also, tbe bill relating to the purchase of Purdon's Digest. BILLS IN PLACK The following bills were read in place : By Mr. Christy Three bills mak ing appropriations for the Western Penitentiary, the Allegheny Trison rAssociation and the Western Penn sylvania Deaf and Dumb Institution. Mr. Hays Authorizing appeals in cases of summary conviction. Mr. Allen, of Warren A new pipe bill establishing maximum rates of toll, and prohibiting combinations, rebates and drawbacks. The Crst section declares all pipe lines for the transportation of oil in the Stato common carriers. The second indi cates the rates of toll for transporta tion of oil. The third section pro hibits its discrimination iu charges, rates or facilities. The fourth sec tion prohibits pipe linc3 from engag ing in the business of producing, refining, buying, selling or dealing in oil. Tbe Fifth section prohibits any combination of capital, stock or con troling parallel or competing lines. The sixth section imposes penalties for the violation of the law. THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TRKASCRJ INVESTIGATION. A resolution providing for addi tional sessions was decided, after debate, out of order Motions to ad journ, and calls for the yens and nays occupied the time until after ten o'clock, when Mr. Smith's resolution instructing the Speaker to appoint a committee of seven to investigate the Republican State Treasurer's ac counts, amended so ns to include Mr. McGrath, Democrat, as one of. the committee, was decided passed amid confusion. Mr. Faunce then offered a concur rent resolution providing for the same investigation, but before its consideration was concluded, the Speaker decided tbat tbe hour for resolutions had expired and tbe reso lution went over. The Speaker appointed as the com mittee under Mr. Smith's resolution, Messrs Reighard, Gunster, Smith, Wise, Embick, Chrisman and Bailey. TI1E PHILADELPHIA ELECTION. The resolution authorizing tbe Committee on Elections to investi gate tbe case of Ringgold, of Phila delphia, was called up. The yeas and nays were called, and less than a quorum voting, at eleven o'clock a call of the house was ordered, and tbe doors were ahut. One hundred and one members answered, when the resolution was adopted yeas 79. nays 20. The House adjourned at half past eleven. Harmsbi-ro, P.v., Feb. 23, 1875. SENATE. The following were read in place: Mr. Newmyer Relative to guag- ing domestic spirits. Mr. Porter Supplement to the act regulating the rights of parents and children. Mr. Cooper Authorizing corpo rations to change the par value of their stoeu. Mr. McNeill Supplement to the acts relative to the stay of execution. Mr. Davis Authorizing common carriers to sell goods on which they I have a lien. i Mr. Xagle Extending tbe Kail ! road act of 18G1 to passenger rail-wve. Mr. Kussey Regulating trans- ! scripts from justices' dockets. . Yerkes For a new insau Hospital for the Eastern counties. Mr. Chalfant To amend tbe Gen eral Corporation act. Tbe following passed finally: An act authorizing the town coun cil in incorporated boroughs to vacate streets, lanes and alleys, subject to appeal to the Ceurv of Quarter Ses sions. An act relating to and authorizing changes of venoe in cinl causes.- An act relating to , the commence ment of tbe term of office of judges learned in tbe law, being a supple ment to the act of the 30th day of April, 1874, entitled an act fixing the time when term of office of the Judges of the Supreme Couit and other judges learned in the Jaw shall commence. '' " ' The following wassed second read in?: An act to prevent tbe unlawful taking and using of the horse, car riage, or other property of another and to punish the same, in cases where such taking and using does not amount to tbe crime of larceny. An act to enable euardians and others to bind minors out of the State. An act to authorize the Governor to appoint a commission of National Guard officers to co-operate with the Centennial Commission, for the pur pose of seeming from the other States of the Union a representation of their recognized military organi zations at tbe Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. The joint resolution proposing amendments to tho Constitution of tbo Commonwealth, was amended by striking out the paragraph abol ishing associate judges not learned in tbe law yeas 25, nays 22 and passed second reading. The bill to secure to cbi'dren the benefits of an elementary education, was recommitted to the Committee on education. Tbe bill declaring promissory notes containing a confession of judgment or a warrant ef attorney to confess judgment negotiable, was postponed indefinitely. Mr. Strang moved to recommit tbe bill to tbe Finance Committee, in structing them to inquire how the passage of the bill would effect tbe finances of the State. After considerable debate the mo tion was agreed to Yeas 29, nays 19. This is equivalent to the defeat of the bill. IIOl'NE. Tbe morning session was nearly all occupied with reading aud cor recting tbe journal of last night's proceedings. The amendment offer ed by Mr. Morgan, of Lawrence, was not properlv stated ia tbe tui nates read by tbe Clerk, but after debate the journal was corrected to read : "The investigation should , begin with and include the administration of Wni. V. McGrath." - Providing a remedy for irregulari ty in sealing up jury wheels, and in the custody thereof. Mr. Thornton reported favorably, from tbe Iron and Coal Committee, the bill to repeal tbe tax on bitumin ous coal. , The bill for establishing Dew coun ties is now being discussed at a spe cial evening session, in the Committee of the Whole. Uarrisburu, Pa., Feb. 24, 1875. SENATE. ... The following bills were read in place: ' ' - Mr. Chalfant For tho better pro tection of fish. Mr. Shimer Relative to bonus on renewed charters. Mr. Strang To place inmates of insane asylums under protection of law. Mr. Dill Authorizing stockholders of bridge companies to vote each share of stock at elections. The following were killed on third reading: An act to prevent tue unlawful taking and using cj the horse, car riage, or other property of another and to punish the same, in such cases where taking aud using does not ameunt to t he crime of larceny. An act to enable guardians and others to bind minors out of tbe State. Tbe joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth was called up and Mr. Jones moved to add a new amendment reducing the Senate to thirty-lhree and the House to one hundred members. After a vigorous debate the motion was lost year 12, nays 34. The bill then passed final ly yeas 37, nays 5. At the afternoon session tbe bill to permit defendants to testify in crimi nal cases passed finally yeas 2G, nays 18, ' ; ' HOISE, The bill to provide for the removal of county seats was postponed for the present Tbe following bills passed first reading: . An act to confer jurisdiction on Courts of Common Pleas in cases of mandamus. An act to consolidate existing tax laws. - ' The General Appropriation bill. At tbe afternoon session Mr. Luk introduced a bill enforcing tbe penal ties for the illegal sale of liquors on Sunday, acd punishing those obtain ing tbe same. It makes tbe drinking of liquor a misdemeanor. Tbe remainder of the session was consumed iu wrangling over the new county bill, without result. Local option repeal. A special session of the House was beld this evening, to consider tbe bill repealing tbe Local Option law, and was attended by a laige and excited crowd of spectators. The repeal men held a caucus -at six o'clock to arrange a programme. Tbe previous question was called twice. The mo tion to recommit was lost yeas CO, navs 129. An amendment offered bv Mr. Graham, that the act shall not take effect in counties which voted against license, until March, 187G, was voted down yeas 50, nays 125. Tbe bill then passed first reading yeas 128, nays 66. Adjourned at a quarter past ten. Harrisbi ro, Pa., Feb. 26, 1875. SENATE. The following bills were reported negatively: Relating to tenants of louses own ed by operators of coal mines. . For the protection of fish in lakes. Tbe following bills were read in place: , Mr. Nagle Giving common plea3 judges chancery power over corpora tion mortgages-. Mr. Winslow To repeal all laws allowing parties to testify. Mr. Dill To proivde for the meas urement of all kinds of lumber and timber. 1 TLc following bills passed finally : ' An act for the prevention of horses, cattle, ffoats. sheen or swine running at large in tbe various townships of the Commonwealth, when a majori ty of the voters thereof shall so de cide. An sii.t to provide for the reluuding and redemption of the existing in debtedness of countte?,ciiir,borough3, towusbips, school districts or other municipalities or incorporated dis tricts evidenced by bonds or certifi cates issueo prior to the 20tb day ol April, A. I. 1874. Tbo bill to provide for tbo meas urement and inspection of lumber and for tbe appointment of inspec tors thereof, was recommitted. .The following passed second read ing: An act re!atino tn bail for stav of execution in cases where sucb bail is like to prove insolvent. An act to m-ke legal and valid all bonds or certifiates of indebtedness bet. fore issued by municipal corpo rations for value. An att to prevent the defiling of ice upon ponds, streams, livers, creeks and canals owned or leased for the production of ice. An act to authorize tbe holding of separate courts at lho same time in counties iu which the court is con stituted of two or more law judges. A supplement to tbe act regulating divorces on application of relative or next friend of lunatic wife, approved April 13, A. I). 1S72. Amended. An aet fixiug tbe compensation of township officers. Amended to in clude election officers. An act in relation to bonds of in demnity given to sheriffs in their offi cial capacity for executing writs. i An act relating to judicial sales and tbe preservation of tbe lien of mortgages. 1 At the afternoon session tbe bill fixing tbe salaries of tbe judges of tbo Supreme- Court, of the judges of tho several judicial districts and of the seevernl orphans' courts, was taken op. It elicited a discussion which lasted till six o'clock. M r. Yerkes moved to amend so as to make the salary of city judges six thousand dollars, and.country judges five thousand. Mr. Play ford moved to amend tbe amendment 8o as to make tho salary of Philadelphia and Allegheny judges five thousand dollars, and of other judges four thousand. Carried 25 to 19. Pending tbe question on the sec tion ns ameuded, the Senate adjourn ed. ltOl'SE. The following passed tho second reading: An act authorizinjr the Judges of tbe Scpremc Court to appoint offi cers of said court in the city of Phila delphia. An aet to provide for the election and appointment of trustees for tbe State normal.schools and to further regulate their management. The General appropriation bill. The bill to provide for the removal of county seats parsed Crst reading. Messrs. Bireh and Alexander, members-elect were sworn in. Tbe bill for tbe establishment of new counties was made the special order for next Wednesday evening. The action of Monday night with reference to investigating Mr. Ring gold's right to a seat wa3 reconsid ered. This ends tbe matter. Mr. Zern moved to take up tbe bill repealing tbe Local Option law. Mr. Long offered an amendment to recommit the bill to the Commirtee on Vice and Immorrality, with in structions to amend and report the same with amendments providing for a general license law and the sub mission of the license question to a vote of the people. Mr. Parker raised the point of or der tbat tbe amendmeut was not in order, becauso an entire change of tbe bill was contemplated. The Speaker decided the point well taken. Mr. Long appealed from the Speak er's decision. After debate the decision was sus toined yeas 151, nays 17. Mr. Plummcr called the previous question, which was sustained. The bill then passed second reading with out division. Mr. Smith, of Chester, on leave givej, introduced a general bill regu lating the sale of liquors. SENATE. Haurishuiu;, February 27, 1S75 The following bills were sent the Governor for signature: An act relating to bail for stay execution in cases where such bail to of is like to prove insolvent. An nc; to make legal and valid all bonds or certificates of indebtedness heretofore issued by municipal cor porations for value. . An act to authorize the holding of separate courts at the same time in counties in whi;h tbe court ia con stituted of two or more law judges. An act relating to investments held by executors, trustees and other fiduciaries. An act fixing the compensation of township officers. The supplement to the act regu lating divorces on application of rela tive or next friend of lunatic wife, approved April 13, A. 1). 1872, was passed, reconsidered ami laid over. The bill relating to bonds of indem nity giveu to sheriffs in their official capacity for executing writs, va re committed. The bill appropriating money for propagation and protection of fish, was postponed till Tuesday next. The vote ou the Judicial Salary bill was reconsidered 28 to 12. Tbe question recurring on Mr. Piayford's amendment to make salaries five and four thousand dollars, it was lost 15 to 25. Tbe questiou recurriug on Mr. Dill's amendment to make sala ries six and five thousand dollars, the bill was postpon. .1 till Tuesday af ternoon. The following passed second read ing: A suppleuieut to an act entitled "An aet to authorize the appointment of stenographers iu the several courts of this commonwealth, prescribing tbeir duties and fixing their compen sation," approved May 15, A. D. 1874. An aet authorizing the Auditor General aud State Treasurer to set tie all outstanding claims due for work dono and ui.iterial furui.-hed the Constitutional Convention. The Senate adj-iurned till Mo idar night. nor.SE. A large number of petitions and re monstrances were presented for - and against local option and tbe Pipe Line bill. The Committee on Electious re ported a resolution declaring Mr. Rosenmil'er, of Lancaster, eligible to a seat. Mr. Long offered a resolution in structing the Commit: oo on Vice and Immorality to ascertain and report to the House the aniouut charged iu the different counties for license to sell liqtior. Referred. Mr. Smith, of Berkv, moved to con sider bis jeint resolution in relation to the Treasury investigation, but, after an hour's talk, withdrew Lis motion. Thero is thus a committed without anything committed to it. Tb Hoiie ajourued till Monday eveniag. IIIR AEW YORK LKTTKK. New York, March 1 st. John's guild. 1875 .New lork may be extravagant, but it is ueitber penurious nor mean St. John's Gnild is a charity celebra ted 'or the thoroughness and system with which it does its work. Sup ported entirely by voluntary contri butions, it accomplishes moro for the relief of the poor than r-v dozen other charities in the eitv. It will be remembered tbat last summer it organized a series of excursions for tbe sick children of the very poor, taking them up the river in barges, six or seven hundred at a time, and giviog tbo little invalids the fresh air and nourishing food necessary to keep them alive. All this terrible winter the Guild has furnished food, fuel and clothing for four thousand families, tweuty thousand persons, all deserving cases, sought out by its officers. But tbe long continued cold weather was too much for the Guild and its resources were insufficient. Last Thursday morning it was an nounced that the supplies were ex hausted, and that unless aid was ren dered at once the charity must close its operations. Many a poor widow, and many a poor man out of work, heard tbe announcement with a sink ing heart, for during the long, tedious winter the Guild had been their only reliance. They were unnecessarily alarmed. The auuounccmenl was made in the morning, and by night $2,000 in money aud three enormous truck loads of provisions were sent in, en abling the royal chhrity to continue ia its good work of feeding the hun gry and clothing the naked. And money is still pouring in to a degree that will euable the Guild to notonly feed ita present pensioners, but to ex tend its benefactions. New York supports its charities nobly. THE RAILROAD WAR. The railroads have got by tbo ears, and the people are getting a benefit. The Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania Central have drawn tbe sword and (I hope) thrown away tho scabbard, and tbe result fs cheap fare. These road3 have re duced their fares to the West, and of course ail tbe others are doing like wise. Today tickets to Chicago which were $22.50, can be bad over any of the roads leading to the West for $16.50, which makes traveling as cheap as can be reasonably asked. If tbe fight could only last but it win not. v nca the lit or passion is over compromises w ill be effected, ana up tne rates win go as biga or higher than ever. The railroads have us. And speaking of quarrels be tween corporations, the TELEGRAPH COMPANIES arc having a turn at it The Pacific and Atlantic got tbe control of cer tain patents that facilitate tbe trans mission of messages, and immediate ly it attacked tbat monstrous mon opoly, tho Western Cnion. The first shot fired by tbe P. and A. was tne reduction of ten-word messages to Washington, Philadelphia, Albany, or Boston, and to places between those points, to 25 cents, less than half tbe old rate, and the Western Union was compelled to follow suit. Now the P. and A. managers are ar ranging for a reduction to all points, and the Western Union is quaking in its shoes. The fact, is, telegraphing has been the most unmitigated swin dlo tbe people have had to bear. Tbe rates have been three times what they should have been, for tbe reason tbat one company virtually controlled the business, and the people had to pay whatever was put upon them. And this struggle, as in the case of the railroads, will result in no per manent good. After a brief fight, a combination will be made, and tbe old rates will be restored. The postal package system is keep ing the express companies within bounds, aud why should not the same department do our telegraphing? That's a questiou to be considered. BEECH ER-TILTON. Theodore is off the stand, and now comes other witnesses. The most important of the new batch was Miss Kate Carey, formerly a nurse in Til ton's family, wbo swore directly that she saw Elizabeth Tilton sittiug in Henry Ward's lap, with his arm about her, and that he came frequent ly to see her in her chamber. This testimony created a seusation, as might be supposed. Beccher's law yers were ignorant of the existence of such a woman, and so were Til ton's, for that matter. She was found by accident, which gives her testimony more weight than it would otherwise have. She was in Belle vue Hospital, and only the day be fore she testified, remarked (bat she had been a nurse in Tilton's family, and told what she had seen. Imme mediately the information was given to Tilton's attorneys, and Mrs. Carey was brought forthwith. The most cruel thing tbat has transpired is tbe putting ou tbe stand of Joseph II. Richards, Mrs. Tilton's only brother. He very reluctautly swore to having seen tbe parlies in a position that led to the gravest fears as to the purity of their relations to each other. He was distressed at the position he was placed in, and said as little as possible. But the great iutetest iu this fa mous trial is yet to come. Beecber will take tbe stand in a short time to tell what he knows of it, or at least as much of what be knows as be chooses to tell. Then the fur will fly in earnest. His friends insist tbat be can disprove every statement that Tilton has made, aud tbat be can clear himself of all charges made against biru, aud come out speckles and stainless. Till he appears, the trial will be dull enough. Friday moruing Mrs. Frank Moul ton was put upon the stand. If her husband was a terrible witness, tbe wife was doubly so. She swore di rectly to the fact that Beecber had confessed the crime to ber specifical ly; and she swore in such a way as to carry conviction. The opinion is that Mrs. Moulton's testimony is the most terrible blow Beecber has re ceived. But who knows what he has to counteract it? ART. The city is not quite given up to gossip and scandal, though the scan dal makes tbe most noise. At tbe sale of pictures at tbe water-color ex hibition, the price9 paid were from $200 to over a thousand, which shows there is money in some bands. Schaus, the picture-dealer, shows an exquisite Marguerite tbe only one that ever approached the ideal parity and grace of Faust's village maiden wLuh is valued at $5,000, while a carnival scene of Roman girla io g balcony throwing confectionery girls whose arms and necks on the canvas look aa if a touch would dim ple them waa for sale at $3,000. Tbe taste for art steadily increases, though perhaps not ia tho regular channels of painting and sculpture as in the more familliar direction f decorative art The best housea In New York have genuine artists in their employ for the finer portions f their work. Tiffany & Co. 'a artist made tbe design for tbe rase to be presented to William Cutleo Bryant, which bore away the palm, front nu merous competitors ; and more than one furnishing company keeps a score of artists in their employ who design the interior of rich houses, so that wall hangings, curtains and carpets all belong to eaeb o.her, and art made for each other. The fittings for tbe Philadelphia parlor of a wealthy banker were all in Egyptian style. The pale tapestry carpets, the up holstery of the antique couches woven for tbe suite, and the hangings, which represented desert scenes, were tap estry fine as mellow painting, at dis tance enougn to lose sight of the stitches. This compound of light green and sand-yellow tapestry, ebo ny and ivory sphinx beads, coffins and claws, cst $300,000, money enough, common folks would think, to spend on one suite of parlors. A California millionaire ordered from a house here a parlor suite that cost $250,000, gold, all designed and made in this city. The amount looks very large for these hard times, bnt it is not busi ness men, or those in active business, who do these things. It is those who have accumulated great fortunes in stocks, gold, oil, or in some other way, and who bave hauled out of the current with more money than they know what to do with. It seems horrible tbat with so much distress in the country these immense sums should be spent on mere orna mentation; but it is a comfort to know tbat if the money must be thus spent it is all paid out in the coun try. Tbe American artists and me chanics bave outstripped their French competitors and to-day stand confess edly in tbe van. THE WEATHER AND BUSINESS. The weather is moderating, thank Heaven, and so is business. There is more weather than business, bow ever; in ract, tnere isn't any business at all. How long this stagnation is to continue the wisest cannot pro phesy. PlITRO. The Htriiat Bill. The text of tbe Revenue bill as it passed the House this afternoon is as follows: Section 1. Tbat from and after tbe date of tbe passage of this act there shall be levied and collected on all distilled spirits thereafter produced in the United States a tax of 90 cents on each proof gallon, or wine gallon when below proof, to be paid by the distiller, owner or person bav ing possession thereof, before remov al from the distillery or bonded warehouse, and so much of section 3,251 of tbe revised statutes of tbt United States as is inconsistent here with is hereby repealed. Section 3. That section 3,363 of the revised statutes be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "twenty cents a pound," and inserting in lien thereof the words "twenty four cents a pound," and that section 3,394 of the revised statutes be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "fire," where it occurs therein, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "six," and by striking out the word "fifty" and inserting therein the words "seventy-five;" provided, that the increase of tax herein provided for shall not apply to tobacco on which the tax under existing laws shall have been paid when this act takes effect; and provided further, that whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury by testimony, under oath, that any person, liable to pay tbe increased tax by this section, had, prior to tho 10th day of February, 1875, made a compact for the fu'.ure delivery of such tobacco, cigars and cigarettes at a fixed price, which con tract was in writing prior to that date, such tobacco may be delivered to tbe contracting party entitled thereto under special permit from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue provided therefor, without previous payment of such additional tax, but this said additional tax sha'l be a lien thereon, and shall be paid by and collected from tbe purchaser under sucb contract before tbe sale ur re moval thereof by him, and when de manded by the collector f internal revenue for the district to which tbe same shall be removed for delivery to tbe purchaser; and any such re moval by such purchaser prior to the payment of such tax shall subject him and such tobacco so sold or re moved to all the penalties and pro cesses of law provided io the case of the manufacturers of tobacco so selling or removing tobacco to avoid tbe payment of the tax. The l'e f ThrM Little Bavltet Peddlera. New York, February 22 An Oneonta, New York, dispatch says tbreo boys living in Exeter, named Patrick, Martin and Michael O'Brien, aged respectively eight, tea and eleven years, were frozen to death during the intense cold weather of last week. It appears the father and mother are lazy and dissipated peo ple, and live on the fruits of the la bor of their children, who were seven in number. Tbe fur oldest made baskets, and tbe three others just named travelled on foot about tbe country selling tbem. On Tuesday last tbe thermometer in Exeter marked 25 below zero. Mr. aud Mrs. O'Brien told tbeir three littli children that tbey must start out with a lot of baskets. Tbe boys begged to be allowed to wait until tbe weather moderated. They were poorly clad. The parents forced tbem, however, to go out. Tbey started in tbe direction of Westville, some miles distant, over a bleak and desolate road, hilly, and ia some places tbe snow was badly drifted. On Wednesday morning tbe bodies of the three children were found ly ing in the road frozen. The largest of tbe three bad his arms around tbe neck of tbe youngest laeeadiarlmai aad Jail Breaking-. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 26 A fire broke out last night In tbe ware- bouse of J. N. Camden & Co., at Parkersburg, consuming tbe ware- bouse and a wooden tank containing two or three hundred barrels of oil. Tbe loss is light. It is supposed that tbe place was set on Ere by confeder ates of tbe Thompson gang of thieves, eight in number wbo were ia the city jail at the time awaiting trial for burglary. I'uring fjie excitement tbe gang made tbeir eseape to (ha jajj by burning a hole through tLe floor, and toey are now at largo. ExeBtlB f Ortwala for tb Hm. M(t Harder at riltakarsh. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. t.3. The execution of Ernst Ortwain, tbe mur derer of the Hammett family, took place in tbe jail yard at noon to-day. The crime for wibch Ortwcio suffer ed death was committed on tbe night of April 10th last, near Homestead, a village on the Pittsburg, Virginia ana Charleston Kailroad. six miles above this city. His victims were John Hammett, a well-to-do farmer, hid wife Agnes, two daughters nam ed Ida and Emma, and a bound boy named Robert Smith. The murder waa discovered early the next morn ing, the burning of their bouso at tracting tbe attention of the neigh-! bors, and during the dav the remain I of the unfortunate family were taken from the ruins. At the time of tbe murder Ortwein was engaged as a farm hand by Mr. Hammett aod treated as one of tbo family. He was a native of Ger many, and Las been in this couutry about two years. After bis arrest he made a confession, and has since ex pressed himself willing and ready to pay the penalty f his crime. All the gates leading to the-jail were guarded by police this niorninsr, and those holding tickets of admit tance were not admitted until 11 o'clock. At 11:45 reporters and other witnesses took tbeir positions around the scaffold, and at 12 o'clock Ortwein, accompanied by Rev. Messrs. Hertzberger and Meiser, fol lowed by Sheriff Hare and deputies, and Messrs. Hollock, Gilmore aud McKelvy, emerged from the narrow passage of the jail. Ortwein was dressed in a black broadcloth suit, and though pale, appeared perfectly calm and willing to meet death. He ascended the scaffold with a firm step. After the cap, a white one, had been adjusted, he bade those around him goodbye, and exclaimed in a loud and firm voice: Jesus Christ, have mercy on my soul ; into Thy hands I commit myself." At three minutes alter 12 tbe drop fell, and Ernst Ortwein was launch ed into eternity. After hangug for eighteen minutes his body was taken down and placed in a neat coffia. It is understood he wills his body to Rev. Mr. Hertz berger, who has the privilege of al lowing an examination of his brain to be made by the medical fraternity While on the scaffold be said: I suffer for what I bave deserved. committed tbe murder. I am will ing and readr to die. I most heartily thank all for the kindness shown to me. May God have mercy on my soul. I hope to meet vo'i all in Heaven for Christ's sake. " During Burg-lary and Bobbery. The Lancaster Jixpress savs : One of the most daring burglaries ever perpetrated in this city took place at tbe residence of officer Wil liam Powell, No. 233 West King street At that hour an. entrance was effected to the dwelling by pry- ng open a shatter at the east end of the buildiner, which is situated on an Her.. The first intimation of the presence of tbe burglars was when they appeared in the sleeping apart ment of Mr. and Mrs. Powell, who occupy separate beds. There were three . men 'unmasked, apparently Germans, and Mr. Powell is confi dent be could recognize them. One of tbe men, seeing that Mrs. P. was awake, approached the bed and placed a pistol to her head, threatening ber with instant death if she gars any alarm. One of the others siezed Officer Powel bv the ibroat, aod finding that (oltbough prostrated by long continued illness) be meant to resist, beat bim over the heed and face until be fell back in sensible. TLe third man. mean while, broke open and rifled a trunk in the room; which contained $433.10 in money, which Mr. Powell had collected in city taxes as an officer of the law, Every cent of this was taken, and the burglars made good their escape with tbeir booty. The Villa r Maaaflel Overflowed Tbe warm weather for the last two or three days has bad the effect to produce a sudden thaw, tbe results of which bas already been realized by the inhabitants of tbe village of Mansfield, about six miles out of the city on tbe Panhandle Railroud. Yesterday morning the water rose to such a height tbat a Dumber of fami lies were driven from tbeir home?, and tbe household goods had to be removed to the upper rooms. It is said that Davis' dam, on Chartiers creek, has caused the ice to gorge and back the water to such an extent as to cause this overflow which is doing much damage. Tbe wooden bridge across Chartiers creek, at Mansfield, was carried away by tbe flood. The force of tbe immense volume of water and ice may be un derstood when it is stated that the nriddle stone pier was swept away by the current. The loss by tbe de struction of the bridge will te about six thousand dollars. Pitts burgh Commercial. mum Bedactlaa af Ballroad eager Bates. I"a. Baltimore, February 1G. There seems no pro.ipect at present that the war between tbe Baltimore and Ohio aod Pennsylvania Railroads will be ' reconciled. Orders bave been given by tbe Baltimore and Ohio Company fur au immense reduc tion of passenger rates between Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and tbe leading western cities, viz.: Between Chicago and Baltimore aud Washington from $10 to $10, between Cincinaati and Baltimore aod Wash ington from $16 to $10, between St. Louis and Baltimore aad Washing ton from $23 to $15, between Louis ville and Baltimore and Washington from $20 to -12, between Pittsburgh and Baltimore and Washington from $8.50 to $S. A similar reduction is about beinjr made between Philadel phia and Chicago, Cincinnati, St Louis, Louisville and Pittsburgh These reductions take effect at once. Deetttata Werkaeea Beaaaadla llef. Be. Chicago, February 25. Tbe Com munist, an organization which origi nated during tbe panic of 1873, and which is composed chiefly of work men of foreign extraction, who claim to be in destitute circumstances, have been for some days past threat ening an outbreak in case their wants were not supplied, and bad set to day at two o'clock for a renewed de mand on tbe Relief and Aid Society for assistance, declaring that in cose such r.id was not offered tbey would use other means ef obtaining it The city authorities made preparations for any possible outbreak, and up to this time there has been no distur. banco further tban the gathering of a large crowd around tbe rooms of the Relief and Aid society, which was readily dispersed whenever poiice nien appeared and ordered them to do so, Terrible DU w York, February 25 Short ly after 7 o'clock this evening, the congregation of St. Andrew's Church in Iuaoe street, corner of City Ha'T Place, were assembled a: eveniu'm vespers. 1 i.e cl.ur. l, was w 1 1 the congregation fur tLe iost rir.' comoHuig of women , children" Adjoining the cburtb r the UrJ tumsoi riisn- a croesery t.u.re, which wa burned a few days ao. hirh wind which prevailed, with the heavy rain storm, battered against these unsupported walls, and about S o'clock the west w all gave way and went crashing through the roof over wLieh it topped, falling on the east gallery, which at the time was crowded with people, killing some aod maiming others. Fortunately the gallery withstood the severe sbock, o'.berwise the loss of life would have been much greater. A panic seized tho congregation and a rush was made for the doors. A squad of police aod the firemen from tbe Chambers street Station were quickly on tbe spot and render ed valuable assistance in removing the dead and dying from underneath the fabric. Tbe ambulances from tbe Paik Hospital aud stretchers from the nearest police -tations were hurried to the scene, and the injured were taken to the Park II orpital, while tbe dead were either removed to tbeir homes or to the morgue. When the news of the accident as spread throughout the city crowds nocked to the scene of disas ter, and many anxious inquiries were mado as to the extent of the disaster, and eveu up to midnight tbe teps of the Park Hospital was surrounded by a body of people eager to hear any fresh details of the occurrence. A Xethodlat Prrarhrr Hlllt.l. Boston, February 2G A sad ac cident occurred on the Lowell and Andover Railroad, at Ballardvale, this morning at about nine o'clock, by which Rev. Mr. Lessermaa. pas tor of tho Methodist Episcopal Church at that place, was instantly killed. He had just left Lis Lome; and was crossing the railroad track when bo stepped on tbe adjoining trtek to al low a train from Lawrence to pass, not noticing tbe eight o'clock express train from Boston, which was at the time onlv a rod or two from bim. He bad no sooner stepped on the track than be was struck a fearful blow by the engine and carried a distance of full ten rods, lxfore the engine could be stopped, and along almost the entire distance fragments of bis legs, arms and other parts of bis person were scattered. Mr. Lesserman, whj had been pastor of this society at Ballard vale for some time, is said to bave been an excel lent pastor and greatly esteemed, lie leaves a widow aad one child, who are said to le inconsolable bv their sudden and unfortunate bereave ment Stabbed in a Court Boom. Cincinnati, February 13. A spe cial despatch from HnntingtAn, West irginia, to the Commercial says: During a civil suit in Court to-day, while C. Donnella, one of the wit nesses, was testifying, Dr. Butler, one of tbe parties to the suit, called him a d- -d liar. Donnella struck But ler, and was instantly stabbed in the bowels by tbe latter. Butler is un der arrest awaiting the resuit of tbe wounds. Overflow ortheMebaylklll. Philadelphia, February 20. Tbe ice on tbe Schuylkill at Maoayunk broke up yesterday afternoon. The water during tbe night rose rapidly to twenty feet above its usual height, and only four feet below the highest mark ever reached, submerging all tbe bouses in tbe lower part of the town aod forcing tbe occupants to abandou tbem and tbeir contents. Tbe gas works were overflowed, and tbe streets were in darkness. All tbo mills, except one. bave suspend ed, throwing at least 2,000 persons out of employment Xew AJcerlinements. New Firm. SHOE STOEE, SNYDER & UHL. Having pnr-huNMl the Shoe Store lately owned by II. C. Beerit, We take Heanro In callinr the kttenika of iha tintillc t" the lh-t Ibrit w have now rni.i t to lecp constantly un hanJ complete an aiwurt- mcut of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, BOTH OF Eastern and Home Manufacture ai can be foun.l anywhere. We also will have on haual eunatautly a lull iu'jy ol SOLE LEATHER, MOROCCO, CALF SKINS, KIPS, AND LINING SKINS Of all kinds, with a fall line of Shoe Findings. The HUME M A XV FACT t" K E DETAUT II EM T will be In clianm of 1ST. 15. Snvder, Esq., Wbi-wreu'.tlon fur making Good Work and Good Flti Is aw-onil to nne !n the Ststo. The poMlc 1 r pertfuUy Invited to eall anl exumlue our k, at we are il-tcrmlnel to keep irooiU a vinm! a the bet and Kll at price ai low a the lowest. SNYDER & UHL, decs SEWI.G MACIII- K AG EATS. I hara jut what you want. SinJ for circular. s.iiorciir, JT 800 Peno Ave, Flttaburnh, Fa. JOTICK. lTntire ia hereby given that John Enilller, of Berlin Ilomuich, Somersetl'uunty, !'., and Cath arine, hi wl:e, by dec-1 of voluntary a-wirnmont. have aMifrned ail the ettato. real aud persoual, of Ibe wild John Hrailler, to (taonge Johntun and hater Sudi-r, of id county. In truat for the bene atuf the rrxlltora of the aaid John Krnlller. ail peraoiM. therefore. Indebted to the said John Ural, lier, will present their claim to tbe undersigned for i;Ul-mi-nU on Saturday, the 'Aith of Man-It, JS74. at the house of John rlrallier. in U--rlin Bor ough. ' OKOUUE Jl'HNSON, fKTEKSlUKK, fbit) Tnjtce. r " .