rhe Somerset Herald. -: wedneiat. - - - Mit - - . Tiie New York Republican Con - ,-n,ion last wet-k innructod its dele - o-a'e to tbe Cincinnati convection, cnnr.rt Senator Roscoe Conkling, ; of tbat State, for President, TVe can understand why McCIure - i tn tbc principle fl Lcn rorncs iu.i .,, Ac licrfurins franl.c war r.rrr RtLilai'.'s t'rave, t'rave. out uauv v. - - - . wLv be should exult so savagely over tbe entombing cf IV-mo-. . ,. : lt,r What Ls cratic loseiis, . - r Judge Black evcraoac w Clure? Whether tbe Lancaster con vol- ; FJiare me 0f tbc brethren for the tion declared in fa1" of resumption 1 E;X months to learn the new Con or bo, is what no fellow can exactly jf,.Sj.jon cf faith. Tbc fellows that Bad out. H?rc is bnw tlat dclccta-ja5t year M fon(jj dandled the rag Lie bodv of honest and capable gen-, bal(J now fcave t0 6jt agtride the tie straddled: frfuJrvi, That it is impossib.c to resume specie payment. fiwdred. That Congress should take steps for tbe resumption of spe cie payments. Hr ft k nt'I'T ! "I'. Here we -o 0"wrT. Jnn. d-x. Rridcnt! Mother Goose's melo dies have lcra studied to some pur pose, ,v our eminent Democratic Jo sephs and Wallaces. 1 1 (D11 t i fr.ii return- .iu cd fr-rn Canada and Lave let-r.neu. before Chmers committee. Neither; of ihem throw any neiv light uonl the Belknap affair. Clymer extracted , from Marsh the deelaraiicu that be i A,,ln't i-rnre Liru awav." No one I ever said that he did. Ou the con trary it wan charged that be was n(. 5t iu'd oi.hte to Lint, and assisted I i Li:i) out of the roud, bowing Lim to tl- d'M-r, roinisit;g to send Lis fees ' after Liai, and wi-L.tirf bim I : nj-p..-." Scare tjuoth a? Not a bit o! it tit: It was adieu r.iy u.'ar sir. lou disuiisr-td. Ve u Kj't v.-ant you tLV longer. Many thanks lor the gi .rious send off you have given us. Now for New Ilnmp.-hire! Jly bye , tests of fitness foi public station." Marsh'. Don": trouble yotirM If r.bout j These be high Fonndiug profes Ihe little bit of pay coming to you. Jsion?, my master! but we want acts, I'll send it after you. Adicti, adieu! not words. l!y their works ye shall Vnibiutr more, thank vuu. Good bve know them! and we naturally look Marsh! Now for New HampsLire: Hjwjoliv! Here's a go. Hurrah' The drug-net which t!ie Democrat-- icHoufcat Washington spread ovtr the country, has scarce answered its intended purjiosc, of furnishing the material to run the Presidential cam paign. The various committees or ganized to investigate the doings of tho Republican oScials have already cost the country one Luudred thou sand dollars, and for this vast sum no results have been accomplished except the detection and exposure of a prominent Democratic candidate for President, and half a score of mi nor Democratic scoundrels. The un earthing of tbc Iiclknap iniquity is not tbe fruit of the investigation of any of these crmmittees, but is tbe conseijuepcc of a private scandal over which Clymer's committee stumbled quite unexpectedly. Apart from this, thew Democratic smelling commit tees have nothing to sbuw for the waste of time and immense outlay of money, except a multitude of scan dalous rumors unsustaiued by tbe slightest evidence, which tbe scaven gers of the press have gleaned from the secret and ex parte examination of witnesses, and have scattered broadcast oer the co-iutry to the ut ter disgust of all decent people. Tbe fact is now patent to tbe most Etolid intellect that tbe Democratic scandal mongers of tbc United States House of Representatives "went out a shear fngand iiave come borne shorn." TstE investigations of tbe commit tees at Washington arc turning up queer things. Among otbersthe ways and prices of the lobbyists. It was but the other day that "Gentleman George" Pendleton, a Democratic candidate for President, snore that be pocketed $S0,000 for lobbying throtich a claim of $14S.O00, and now another admirable specimen of the 'high-priced' Democratic lobby ir-t Las fallen into the hands of the com mittee on PostoCices. The gentle man, is J. C. McKibben, of Californ ia, described as well dressed, well ed ucated, fine looking, suave and non chalant. He frankly admitted Lis business is to influence legislation, and stated that when the Democrat ic minority of the Postcffice Commit tee made a report on the investiga tion of mail contract frauds, iu IS 2, he wrote their report for them. When he bad stirred np an investigation he was attorney for tbe perilous investi gated; and Le threw the weight of Lis influence, which seems to be con siderable, on either side of any case, without partiality or conscience. Drams, he thinks, are more than money, and when one firm of con tractors paid him $30,000 a year for "looking after their interests in Washington," be considered that Lo was only earning fair wages. Thanks, gentlemen of the committees! The people will eoon begin to understand bow eo much crude legislation is ob tained, and what a capital thing it is to be able to influence D emocratic Congressmen. Ir the reports of the proceedings of tbe Democracy of this State, at their convention held in Lancaster on Wednesday last, as telegraphed all over the country by the newspa per correspondents be true, and the concurrent testimony of at least a ecore of reporters, goes to prove their truth, tlen it was as disgraceful an assemblage, composed of petty and vicious politicians, as ever was con gregated in tbe State. I-rum tbe be ginning to the end it was a seeae of wire pullings and sqt- ilMings, of pet ty jealousies and pt-.-sonafquarrels, and the end 8 only attained by a.nch erribiy, nd thru gb tbe co hesive power begotten by a hope of public plander. ! ! The entire convention Endure- suiting appointments were controlled, ; manipulated, and mad by, and as ; ;ilC re,u!t of iLc personal quarrel Le- 1,,, Wallace and Randall, in which j .re n,aM 0f ,be delegates participat- Tht, Wallace faction won Tie 0ri,.Pri t.f the .fia'Pfi Of tbe CODVeDUOD were !scc wen, and tbe auacc siate .u. delegates at large to the Presidential convention wes put tbrongh with a rurL. Wallace w hipped Randall as ; thoroughly as Randall whipped him ' last year at Lrie, and as a conse i quence tie platform cf principles an nounced last Tear as the cardinal ;f(i;Lb cf tle Democracy of rennsyl- j vauia, Las undergone so radical a 'change that it will occupy all the ! fence with their mouths made up so ! as to laugh or to cry as tbe national convention may decide. During I the session of the committee oa cre ; dentials the room was invaded by a 'gang of Democratic roughs . from ; Philadelphia, and two of them bad to be thrown by force down stairs, and after arda a squad of police bad to Le obtained to guard the doors. Oa the luestion of a Presidential can didate, the convention made no sign, save wben Leu a resolution recommend- meudinjr Judije Klack for President was tabled by a large Tote. The delegation therefore will go to St. Louis uninstructed and uncom mitted, and the rank and file can i meanwhile get readv to throw np their bats and swear by the great un known and undiscovered. The Democratic tt Lancaster last Convention held week, is glorified by tie journals of that party as a gathering of reformers, and they proflie;te the assertion on tbe first resolution of the platform, which sets forth that "sve believe that honesty fidelity and capacity are the only to the antecedents of all professing r oralists for evidence of the proba ble performance of their promises, "We believe, Ac," is bnt a stcro typed formula. Uut do acts and pro fessions tally? is tbe matter of grave moment. A short retrospective glance at the past personal history of a few of these loud mouthed professors of honesty and fide'i'y may be instruc tive. The Magnus Apollo of tbe convention, who breathed tbe breath of honesty and reform into its nos trils was Col. Alexander K. McCIure, erstwhile the leader of reform in our State Legislature, and notably the engineer of the purchased repeal of the tonnage ax, the teeming parent of all subsequent legislative corrup tion. Then came Wallace with Lands indelibly stained with the cof fee color ho procured to be imparted to forged naturalization papers. Next Sam Randall, witb the extra salary, grabbed f:om the Federal Treasury, jingling in his pocket. Then, that pink of Gdelity to the Tnion, Charles R. Buekale w, the commander-in ch lef of tbe pishing creek rebellion. Forth stalks the elegant Clymer, who also attested his fidelity to country by voting again and again, and twenty times again, against arming the State to resist invasion from Southern traitors, and wbo has been employed for tho last month in investigating himself through a committee con trolled by himself. Next follows William Dimick, who was compelled to resign bis seat in the Legislature to avoid expulsion for blackmailing several banks. And then comes the redoubtable Victor E. Piollct, memo rable for his unsavory implication with the McCook bribery case. Looming up among bis peers is F. A. Reamish, Seargent-at-Arms of the Democratic Houso at Ilarrisburg, wbo is under indictment formbcr- y.ling $10,000 from the school fund, and jostling these magnates of re form is seen Al. SeboGeld, Alderman McMullen, Sam Josephs and a swarm of political vermin, ehoulder-hittcrs, roughs, and rowdies from tbe slums of Philadelphia. Tbeso he thy reformers, oh Democ racy! Tho flowers of the party, the blooming shrubs of ionesty, the cull ed lillies of fidelity, who give tone and utterance, strength and majesty and witbal a flavor of high morality to the stately stoppings of the party. TnE Democratic House has author ized some of its members to appear and testify before the Grand Jury in the matter of tbe real estate pool. What has become of their tenderness for tbe privileges of the House ex hibited in tbe Belknap case! They insisted then, against the indigaant protests of the Republicans, that such a course was an insult to tbe dignity of the House. Circumstances do, in deed, alter cases. It would have b?cn inconvenient for the Democracy to Lave Lad a criminal court get Hi tbe real truth of tbe Belknap case. Director-General Gosuorn Las issued notifications to all American exhibitors at tbe Centennial, to the effect that the fpace allotted to them is r dy. and desiring that it be occu pied at once. The delay on the part of the American exhibitors has been frequently alluded to. It is to be hoped that Mr. Gosboro'fi notification will result ia bringing the home ex hibitors to time, and that by an ener getic use of the time yet remaining the American department may be speedily put in a etate of forward ness which will banish all apprehen sions for our display. Tue Philadelphia North American gives among the reasons for the Re publican triumph in New Hampshire that "it has never 4one before tbe people bogging theai to let bygones be bygones. It denies r.o portion if i. record. It regrets ..me meas ures and condemns some administra tive errors, b it it docs not rk tbc people' to ignore anything. It goes before tbe people acknowledging that it is composed of fallible men, who have fallen into errors :s nil fal lible men do: but it eava, 'There is tbe record; take it with all in sias cf j omissions and commission, and wiih j value f etock in tno water-works its great and grand achievements, ! which he had purchased on false rey , . , , , r .. ,,rr. rescutauons, Hendricks offered him and call U part and parcel cf bu-tory. . $2 mQ b(j ommd ag oDe of the Perhaps we might Lave done better; ; rfefendantit. It appears that the ex but no party ever did so well.' A nd ! Govcruor has plenty of enemies at tbe people have responded as frankly.'' , bis b rae wbo are dotermioed to put . " ' an extinguisher on his Presidential Tnc Chicago Infmne savs that ! aspirations if such a thing can be "the cheekiest thine that Las occurred ! d )ne arritburg Tt leyrapl: since the Cm cf January, is.o, was tbe vote of the Hon. (?) Schumackr, Democratic M. C, T r the in.pt :u b ment of Kclkuap. He bad Oi'.OO') of Pacific Mail corruption fund in h;s pocket at the time. His party con freres Lave not troubled him about it. There is no resolution pending for Lis expulsion or impeachment. Whv is this thus?" FEXATOB DOC.Y, of Missouri, is now j M. until Thursdav morning next, at ... ten o cioct. which was 8rreea to. charged with corruption ta hating; The t.ntirc evening session was tak bougbt his way in:o the Senate. The ca u; l(V ,ip p1S;iing tf bills on first report is that be p.v. 1 0(i apiece iorirMd:ng. some sixty Democratic members c the Missouri Ic-g:ilatr.ro, and if th ue the "pe ks" di.5 ji.-t!avcd ; great skill in making their candidate disgorge Bogy, it is understood, ; was very indign nt a: tbc corrup tions practiced by Delknup. tV;i- merriar j A nattier Candidate . The Indiana copperhead, ex-Gov- j Liquor law of Mercer eounty. ernor Heudriekft. who, with Audy Mr. Christy asked leave to read Curtain, as a tail, was expected to i th following bill in place, but, ob furnish one wing of the immaculate jjections being made, it lies over for Democratic party of this State with j the present : to utiexoected crief. ' Tho promise of n 1'i-olili.ntlfll I 1 1' h T liIH I'll" V I'UllJC promise of t Woshintr- the Confederate Hou.-e at ton that it would probe corruption iu hi-h places, has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the reform ers of that virtuous and incorruptible party. When entering upon the work partisan capital was the main thing sought. Throwing mud at Re nnl.lieans was the busiiif.-.3 about which the committees were to be niost active. It was not expected that any of it would reach tLe houses of their frie ids. Rut the revelations thus far have demonstrated that they having ignored tho most patent facts of modern political history have been made to suffer for their temerity. They forget Swartwout, who, as Collector of the Port of "New York, stole orer half a million of dollars iu Van Buren's time; Fowler, the post master, who niads way with ibree quarters of a million; Breslin. the Democratic State Treasurer of Ohio, who stole about half a million; Tweed, for many years the King of tbe party, wbo at the Lead of tbe most corrupt ring of modern times, robbed New York poor one judg ment Laving been obtained against bim of $o537,117,3S, tor money which, while a Democratic office hold er, he had stolen from the treasury of that thief ruled city These illustri ous examples of the honesty and in corruptibility of the party, together with the countless minor ttietu wher ever Democracy bad power nud op portunity, were seemingly forgotten, j The investigations were entered upon ! with most incautious zeal. I hey may have expected that having the majority they could control their di rection. But the investigations have taken their course and every new move ment on the part of the committees has been followed by uisclosnres af fecting prominent Lemocrats. A few- days since gentlernau-Ueortfe 1 endlo ton was discovered to be little better than the robber of orphan children. A member of tbe committee nub bins a Senator, who hau bien brib ed with twenty dollars! And now, if the charges brought by sorue t,f the leading citizens of Iudianapulis against ex-liov. lienuricks are true there is great danger that another possible Democratic candidate for tbe Presidency may be laid out along side oi 1 enuieton, anu Lis name wiped ou tne slate. I lie story, as told to a correspondent of the Cin cinnati Gaz '.tlc. relate to Mr. Hen dricks' connection with the Indianap olis water worKs, ana it is onetiy as follows : Two New York capitalists went to Icdiauapol.s lu lSiO to organize a water works company. Tbey owued the Central canal, valued at baif a mil lion dollar, so'J tney tunica tnat in as tne stocfi or tne comjianr. Hen dricks was one d a number of citi izeus who divided $2.0,00 of th" stock among them, be getting ?3f, 000 as his share, for which he paid nothing. It was ordered that anoth er $100,000 of the bonds should be sold to the Indianapolis Insurance Company Bank at C7 cents ou the dollar. Mr JIenprics was also ono of the director of the bank and be, with four other direct.!, became security for the payment of the inter est on the bouds, and tLen, as a ma jority of the board, voted tbeuisolves $2,000 each for thus becoming sure ty, liut tins is not ail, lor tbe next proceeding of the board, after th- bonds were security uud sold to the bank for 97-J cents, was to purchase them at par and r6i:2I them to them selves at 70 cents on the doli&r, the directors allowing themselves anoth er 2,000 commission for tbe specula tion. Tbe character of the specula tion is best shown from the following extract from the conversation Itctwei'n tbe correspondent and his informant, General M '(Jinnies, a prominent Dem ocratic politician and lawyer. Oor. lo fm mean tn mi that after e!lini tliew boo'li totk lnk lr v7; eentu, and thru iwrehwfnc theaa ai par. Lb at atier thin the 'T1n iireetor." w Jm call thejn. lBKat tlicio np ior their own pnpertT at 10 rente (tfenl .V O.-l mean to it imt tli$t Hen ilrlrki nut f-ii,0O5 of the tl0. worth, rmvin 117.0 lTiir them, and then tunk 4U0a hi part l i uw oui ini'vr'n nv iiu.il i njf i Lie fque. Oir. In other wnrl. then. thre Pirerlorenred their povfikinf to enn-n themselves ami lmpnver- lehe.1 the stockholder whom they renrcgertted ? 110.1 im piu-KDuioeni wnuin mej renroertieu Oeneral M'tK Jort that, and not hint; lew. IXn-. Were no otjeti. nude on the part of itenmi m it. jan mat. ana noTlilnir len. rtorkhnlderp who wt-rvn. in the rlne? Oeneral M" Very (Treat nhierUun. Soirreat. in fact, that it war agreed that the matter of pur ebaaina: the bonds should be ptH.tiM.ned nntU the next nrntar BHWthly meeting ol the Hoard. But, in tbe meantime, a M.rtiio ol the o(.Mietiis ot tbe ar&eme heinr aiweot from the city (nt uertinr. that any nlair advantage would le taken l. '-the ring"' got together auJ or.kn.il the ivnurrhase f tie bonds. tV. Iid OoTernor Hendricks and his oo.i spiratoT return tbe tio.uuo which they voted thenuelrea tur muring the payment oi ILe inu r. e-T Oeneral M O. Xot a single cent of it. On tlia tmtrary. they took S'2 two nun (i40.) as their sjumitsion lof selling the hondp to themselves. V. After Mr. Henderson's bank bad nnn-ht 4 tbe buodt at renu, payment ot the inler- est being sevvred, war did it rcfcll tbt-m to the Company? wnerai M U.Tbr pale tMte tank was made forthe panne of giving "Uie nru-." of whirh uorer"or Hcminritsau a leading wiit, aa - por-unlty ,. swindling the t.-khu ,!ers nut Vi 10.... Having secured this mui.rr. tliro the I Kale tiara to the company was made i.ir the r"r pt.ee ol giving the directors an opnntiltvof Ir v ing the pnaxie at ? cents on the dollar. The tnuisaetioa malted In a ku to the stock holders ofI7. Our. Would tbe hoods have raid Uit mora than 79' eats is open market T Oeneral M'O-iH coarse they would. They were worth par. being douMr serared aad bearicg par cent, interest, parable ia gold. C t. H rw n.noh i'.UI Oi.t. Hcndrictf mat cot rf it tn:r.iic ion. a xvrdtn? to Tour tierurr? ?n M"(i V11. in thetiret r'i lie r1' :ijw Titi f r.ooa f-T n-iii!n?. Then 2.) I v nvnrinii the iw mui nf ictcn-M on the biixt wl:i'h he anerwr1 l-oajjht blmsrtt. Then MOJ ( hi." phnre (,rt!e"muu.In pi'1' "rtne ! itirtvovn' fur Kiting the ln.l lo tliema-lres; ! tbeo of tte I'l.o'O wrth of bond, he rrt ii.Oiw I worth f. rr.K maklnj in all 2t wona of ; tok ami towJ s(r 111 . h Itt ja id 00. The rett of the allegation that the fact are undeniable, that Gov. IJeadricks has never denied them, and thut Gen. M'Ginness Laving brought suit against the bank for tbe HAERISBTJRG. Oil IIakkimu-ro., Pa., March iO, is:. KEVITK. The Senate met at 10 A M. A resolution was offered providiug for the adjournment of the Senate front to-morrow (Tuesday), at one p. f: Adioiirned. uorsE. The House met at 8 P. M. Mr Iluhu submitted a resolution a,p.ijntiur a committee of five to in vestigate the anairs ot tne isaitimore, Philadelphia and New York Railroad, which was referred to the Uailroad committee. Mr. Jackson offered petitions against tbe repeal of the Iron Clad .1(1 Till. Il'SLilUUua imvimuiua special committee to make an investl special cation : (T.iii,:n into tne atiairs oi me i euu- rr ' r . i 1 9 trlv:inia Railroad Company. I be bill provides for s special committee of five members from each House to investigate said railroad aa far as re-lau-s t. its management, its combina tion with transportation companies and its unjust discriminations in tbe tran.-portation of coal, grain, oil and other merchandise. Mr. Lu.-k offered a resolution pro viding for sessions of the House hereafter ou Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. As tho resolu tion involves a change f the rules of the House, it has to lie over ne day. Mr. Foster offered a resolution thai the House udjournover from six p. M. to morrow (Tuesday) until Thur-day morning uext, at 10 o'clock, to allow the Democrats to atteud the State Convention at Lancaster on Wednes day. Agreed to. Adjourncl. Harrisburg, March 21, 187C. St J( ATE. The Seuate met at 10 A M. Mr. Anderson offered a resolution recalling from the Governor House b'nl No. C. Agreed to. An attempt to take up tbe Centen nial Appropriation bill failed. The following bills passed finally : For tho regulation of iuternational exhibitions held under the btatc gov ernment. To authorize the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of the Northern District to atlminister oatns. For the punishment of cruelty to animals. To make the 10th day of May a legal holiday. Relative to tbe summoning of ju rors to Bcrvc in the criminal courts To enable hospitals, schools and charitable institutions eeucrallv to purchase, receive and bold ground rents for investments. Adjourned until Thursday morn inr. The House met at 11 A. M. 'An attempt which failed, was made by Mr Lusk to fix the session of the House for Friday evenings and Sat urday mornings. The following were passed finally; House bill Co (tbe coal miners bill) by a vote oi 132 yeas to eight nays Empowering Councils in the bor oughs of this Common wealth to pre scribe by ordinance the salary to be paid out of tbe borough treasury to tbe Burgess, iu lieu of all fees, fines aud costs, tho manner in which sala ries shnll lie paid, etc. (i.v nir bounties on lox, wild cat ami t-kuok scalps, and for the killing of hawks and owls. F-r the more convenient dispatch of public business in ibece-nrts. Adjou.-nc.J ,'JbtiI Tbursday morn ictr. Adjourned. II arrisburjr. March 1C.)3?C. SENATE. The Seuate passed tbe following: Supplement to an act fixing the pay of Road Commissi new, road and bridge viewers and reviewers and cotimisr.iouers to run township lines, Authorizing the Governor to to ap point a commission to devise a plan or plans for tbe government of chips. Supplementary to the act regular ing elections. Authorizing the appointment of women prison inspectors. The bills debated on second read ing were pfiacinlly usury laws. Recess. on Second Reading act to repeal tbc act is regulate tbe execu tion and transfer of notes Kir en for patent rights. Negatived. Act to prescribe tbe manner by which Courts or (Quarter session may divide townships into election districts. Amended and poeipuued for tlia present. Act to t-Xewpt persons who relig iously observe the seventh day if the week as the Sabatb from the pec- i r . allien OI me a of April 22, 1724. Messrs. Jones. Anderson, of Alle gheny, and Stanton advocated the passage of the foregoing bill in lengthy speeches, while Messrs. Da vis, Newmyer, nerr, Payne aud Chestnut opposed the same. Passed Adjourned. jiorsE. The famous Loom hill, reducing the tolls of the Susquehanna Room Compauy, over which an annual con test baa been made in tbe Legisla ture ior many years, was passed sec ...,;.... i, ..t o;. ""'ufc "J wj vi JOJtUM 101 42 naV. It bus already niH 1 h 1 - . j oeuaie. ! Ou the biil fixing tha rate of inter- i est aud establishing a penalty for us ury, Mr. Long offered an amendment to autourize contracts to be made aoovc en per cent, which was debat-! e d until the close vf tbe morning ses ion There was a discussi on oa sever-1 bi!U .,ii f.v.l readii.?. 'he usurv law lu.mir th- nntwimi hoc uudJr dicussion. . llnrr.b.it iT M-reb 17 1 SESA ' ! Kill . IC-t ..-.rii,iT ih uaau.jl'avid Uubcr, a br-tneror tne pro- i i . V. ii ... r oer by which tbe Courts of (Juarter c j i . - n- tr. . cir? uu lust uiouc i u w uctu i-o ....... election districts, was passed. djournel till Monday evening. uorsE. Mr. Irwin preruted a petition ask ing for tbe passage of a luw compell ing railroads u run uiurniug uud evening trains to and from cities. The following bills were introduc ca : Mr. Reighard introduced a biil au thorizing tbe Board ot Public Chari ties to sppoiut the mauagers of the Feuusvlvauia Reform School. Adjourned. The Proposed Baaqnet to Senator OrueroB-llla at(r rDerllaatlon. From the Commercial. Wasuixgton, D. C. March 22. Tbe following interestiug correspon dence in reference to a dinucr to be given in honor of tbe public services aod seventy-eighth birthday of Hon Simon Camerou, has been exchanged. Tbe reply of tho veuerable Senator, decliuing the invitation, presents an interesting epitome of a long and useful life: Washington, D. C, March 20, 1STU. 7ot. Simon Cameron: Dear Sib It is with feeliugs of the most sincere aud earnest character that we, the undersigned, on behalf and at the re quest of our Republican colleagues of the State of Pennsylvania in tbe Forty -fourth Congress, extend to you their affectionate congratulations upon your having entered, with all that vigor for which your life has been so remarkably unimpaired, your seventy-eighth year. Looking back over the many years during which our good old State had iho advantage of your supervision and direction in its public affairs, w e feel proud of the record of the faith fulzcal, the unerring wisdom end the comprehensive statesmanship which have marked your course. Throughout your long, busy and useful public career, no mau bus de served your friendship iu vain, aud no mau has ever fuuad iu you au uu deserving foe. We desire to express iu an appropriate manner our warm esteem for you as the leading public man of Pennsylvania aud our afiec tionate regard for you as a friend. We beg, therelore, that you will Dame au early day w hich will suit your convenience to uccept a public dinner from us as Representatives. We are, dear General Cameron, very sincerely yours, John W . allace, Sobisk.i Ross, Chapman Freeman, Alan Wood, Jr., Committee. Senator Cameron's Reply. United States Senate Chamber,) Washington, D. C. March 22. 1870. j Gentlemen: I acknowledge tbe invitation you seud mo to meet you at a bauquet on such a day as may be indicated by nnsell, aud tbe terms ia which that iuvitation is couvt-yed, with profouud pleasure. iu are pleased to refer to my pa.-t life iu w.irds of approval aod compliment, aod to nun ia tbe bone tbat tnv bealih aud vigor may continue 1 tbauk you very sincerely. My aim through life has been to do my duty, and to do it as unostentatiously as possible, trusting to time to settle the controversies sure to arise concerning the methods and motives of any man wbo feels strongly aud acts vigorous ly. In this reliance your letter sh..ws me tbat I have been fortunate. Af ter passing seventy years in the State that gave mo birth, aud sixty years of that long lifetime in active private pursuits and public duties, it is, be yond expression, pleasant 10 hear the voice of tbe Representatives of Pennsylvania express their satisfac tion and approval. And this is enough. No entertainment tbat could be giyea, no sentiments that might be added, would be capable of increasing the joy your iuvitation has conferred. While acting my part in the national councils, I have always remembered with affection tbe great Commonwealth that has so often bou ored me, and 1 am now uuconscious of any wilful neglect of ber mighty interests, of any lukewarmness wbere ber welfare has been in question More than partisanship tbe Kood of Pennsylvania has held a place in my heart As a Dumocr&t I was forced to oppose my party in the interests of protection. As a Republican, 1 nave sought to combine the brain's and masses of that irreat organization in a solid force for that was policy Aud I now lin k back with an op proving couMMuuce ou my courc, in both the great political parlies of that period, covered by active political life. Tber. fore it A that your up proval of mv course us a Peuusvlva- nian is so gratifying to mi. Rut, genilaujoa, a regard for the pleusaut er way doiuif tiiii u oti. re me without parade, induces se to hp.-j tate in accepting your invitation. On full reflection, 1 feel forced to de cline it, and I trust tbe reasons which pontrol me in this decision will not onjy be appreciated by you and tbe gentlemen' you represent, but that tbey will not be denied a meusura cf tbat BopropaJ which you have so gen erously and partially accorded to my past lite. Jt, on tbe eoinpiauon of my present Senatorial term, tbe same desire to approve a numbed course should cxWt, I will then meet yon with pleasure and free from any restraint; for ray work will have Been done aud a juster estimate can then be made of bow it was done. I am gentlemen, with seutiueotr f gratitude and esteem, your frieud, Signed Simon Cameron Hous. Jobu W. Wallau. bie.-ki Ros,Cbapmau Freeman. Alau Vod, CouiiuttUM. A Terr I ale Eaploaloa. Three men were killed and tao se riously' wounded, about 3 o'clock yes terday afLeruoo,, by the explosiou of oyer 400 pouuds of "J upitiv j,ocer in a Uiiil in Washington ville, a suburb of Mount eruoo, eslxhester coun ty. Four years ago a Utua two- tory frame building was erected on the banks of the Rronx river, close by tbe Harlem Railroad tracks, and about eighteen months ago It was Jeased to Mr. A. Huber cf Morrisauia who made of it a mill for the manu facturing of "Juniter powder," a com- otuauofl oi piixo-giycer;ne, and pos- . . .1 " , i.. bcSBiUK um pOWttT Ol XpIO0JUT Uuiier it'atnr anil nJ T-i ' F V,RWM. U l lime DUUdinir tea. n-ed for fctoraf e and for boarding rooms for the w ork- uieu. a small irarue bunding, in Bpicn tbe ingredients were mixed, waa pat up about 200 feet distant, and a small packing bouse waa built ; about 50 feet away, near the river. A ce una cas oeea running snort- T ...... T ... 1 -l I., ... w. A ructa-rl n v ... 1 Uuuulu Vi laic, anu jira.duaT vuij st v men were ai t orK A larife ma-t of the IblU'd iiisjredieiltt. bad been j taken to the packing house, prepara tory to being mixed with charcoal, bone black, a ud cement, to tri ve it a safe consistency for handling. Mr. pnetor. and the manarer in bis ab- i - , s.euce was seuled on a bench on ...iij ' j , . r"" " before being packed. Jacob Sehrei ner, a workman, was near him mix ing the explosive. William Deibl Charles Yentbeiui, and William Westfull were packing tbe carfidges on the other side of the room near tbe stove. Tbe room, but teni feet square, was blocked with pack ages. Alxjut ten minutes past 3 o'clock. Deibl, aged eighteen, pulled out a pipe, lit the tobacco, aud threw the balf-burued match on the bench where Huber was sitting. A little pile of powder that had been split caught fire. Mr. lluber, whose back was turned, sow the flash, and as it burst upward iuto his face, be ut tered a cry of alarm, aud sprang for the window near bim. Within three miuutes a slight explosion was heard, then another, another, and then one that shook the buildings in the neigh borhood to their foundations. Cbailea Wetter had just finished washing a boiler outside when he saw tbe iigbt of tbe fire. He was scared into lethargy, but the first small explosion startied bim, and as he ran toward the railroad track the heavy explosion occurred. Turning his head be saw the air filled with living limbers, cans, dirt, and water, Mrs Schreiner, who was the only oc- cupunt of the large storing house, saw tho fire. She seized her child aud ran out of the building. She had left it but two minutes before it was almost blown from its founda tion, ltio root was bbattered, and pieces of plank were thrown through both wails and into the river. The corner of the building that she bad just quit was throwu to the ground, auu uot a window frame was lett iu the building. The detouation startled the men iu the vicinity, and they ran to the spot. incy met i imam tesila!l crying out (Jome over here. He had noth ing on but scraps of clothing. His body was a mass of scorched flesh, lie hail jumped through tho window aud into the water just before the heavy explosion. Just behind bim was David Hubcr, running home ward with ono leg burued aud bare. His head and bauds were black as coals, and his eyes were nearly burned out. Jacob Schreiner was fuuud lying helpless near tbe main building. They epoke to him, aud be unswered, '"Give me a drink of water." It wua giveu to him. He iheu suid, -Oh, kill me, kill mel 7 near Ho They removed him to a house by, uud a pbysiciau was called, died at seven o'clock last night. A search Aas mude for the boy Delhi. Iu the rear of the ruaiu build iug a black, burned band stuck out of the water, Tbe men took bold of it, uud drew ashore tbe body of youug Deibl. He must have been throw u fifty feel into the air, aud nearly seventy from tbe place where be was at work. His father saw the body brought ashore. One more Workman, Charles (Jeutbeini, was to be accounted fur," aud the party seat cbed the ruins of the main build ing, the river, aud tbe deep hole to the grouud where the packing bouse tiau aloud. Uu tbe track ot tho .New lldveu Railroad, over 300 leet from the building, they fouud tbe skull, and id other places small pieces of bone and burnt flesh. Yeutheiui must have been standing close by tbe packages at the time of the explo sion, as Mr. Huber saw him wbeu he jumped out of the window. Tbe body of Deibl, with one leg aud a foot missing, was taken to his parents bouse. The ' wounded nlL'U weut or were taken to their homes. Charles Veutbeim was a single mau, o0 years old, who bad been in tbe v illage about four years. He lived w ith Huber. William Deibl was the son of a tailor. Jacob Schreiner, aged 30, leaves a wife and child. Xcw York Sun 23 inel. The Ktorm. Memphis, Mtrch 20. Since 7 o'clock last evening to 10 o'clock this morning, ten inches of snow have fallen, and it is still snowing. Tbe street cars have stopped running, and trains on all the roads are delayed. I be streets are full of improvised sleighs. Such a snow storm was nev er witnessed here before, the one of last March, which was unprecedent ed, only measuring about eight luchej l be telegraph lines south are prostrated, aui it is not kupwn bow far totub the storm has ex tended Raleigh, N. dav w iuter is on C, Mircb 20 To ns. Snow prevails State. In Greens throughout 'he boro' it is four inches deep, in rlills- boro three inches, and the mercury at the latter place was 20 at mid night on Saturday. Tbe peach crop is believed to be destroyed. Chattanooga, March 20. About eight iuches of snow fell last night, being tbe heaviest'fall iu years. 'J'be snoy seenja to have been quite gen eral. Jeyrs ars entertained that it will throw tho Tennessee out pf jts banks if tbe rain now prevailing con tinues. Little Rock, Ark., March 20. "Too heaviest suow atorm for years prevailed her? yesterday. Snow has fallen to'a' dbptu of ,V inches. Eusi cess is suspended and the I 'Train's are j delayed. Columbus, O., March 8.3 The j snow fall to-day was the heaviest forj years. It. is now six inches on tbe level aud til nowing. Cincinnati, Ma.th 20. -It has been snowing bore since last night, and ia the heaviest snow of the sea-. son, but thp j,orm is abating to-night. -tw URLEAX3, fliarcu .L'. severe wind and raia "last uight,""ubii)ergiDj north west suburb of the city, includ ing rair Urounrj and Crescent City Kitle Park. No train frora Mobile to-day. A serious break in the road is reported ew OttLKAhs, March 20. Tbe w ater ia Lake Pontcbartrain is hlirh er tnau it nas been Since the irreai flood of 1S71- In the Eayou St. JoLu :L3 water from the Lake is meeting fhe"Bood of rein J78ter from ihe city, and overflowed its at , doing much damage to trar- ueus, c, oo ten pgtBjjirts of the cily. Nearly twenty miles of tte New Orleans fc Mobile railroad is submerged and doubtless greatly damaged. Several lives are reported lost oa Lake Pontcbartrain. Pascagoula, Mis?., March 20 Terrific gale here last night, destroy ing nouses, VBat-ye?, c. Jwo or three schooners were blown bsuore,. and much damage was done to ship ping. One man waa lost overboard from tho schooner Indianola. ' New Orleans, March 20. De- spatcbes from Shreveport, Yicksburg, and Jackson report severe wind and rain storm9 on Sunday nigh, follow- ed by light snow. The storm waa se - vere at all points on tte tuu coass. Retwcen here and Mobile many wharves and boat houses are destroy ed and the shipping is damaged. Tb? loss at Ray St. Louis, Tass Chris ti i , Mississippi City, Riloxi, Ocean Sp. iags and Pascagoula will proba bl v exceed $50,000. Fire at Ctotetcii, S. C. Ka Wall ail His Wini lmn i Gale. Hundreds of I'coplo I lamoU-ns. Cuablestox, March 20. A Ere broke out at 3 o'clock this morning, at the corner of Kiug street aud Rog ers alley 'o water being iu the neighborhood, aud tae wind blowing gale from the south-east, tne wnoia block, from Columbus to Liu e street, on the east and west sides of king street, was soon destroyed. About 1 j'clock the Ore crossed Line street, the sparks and timbers being carried by tbe gale three-quarters of a mile up King street road. The houses, fences, and farms, along the road, were burned. Heart-re nd- iny scenes were witnessed, aod to add to tbe confusion, bands of negro rob bers sacked every house to which they could gain admittance. Later iu the moruing, Mayor Cunnigham took command, and some orler was restored. Ry balf-past 10 tbe fire had burned itself out. Hundreds of persons are homeless and penniless. Tbe loss is at least half a u illioo, and very little insurance is reverted. i he boundaries o: the district are on South Columbus street and R og-rs alley ; ou tbc north, ihe race course ; on the east, the South Caroliua rail road, and on the west, St. Philips and Percy streets. ktnpendona tlot Dlarlosed. Scrasto.v, March 21 The Mum- ing Republic of this place will pub lish in its issue to-morrow the dotaiis of a stupendous plot to rob the Gov ernment by the manufacture of spuri ous bonds aud bauk and treasury notes. This afternoon Col. E. Wash burn, Chief of Uuited States Secret Service at Washington, assisted by two other detectives, artested George G. Wiuans, of this city, and W. H Rarr, of Portland, Pa., on the charge of being exteusively engaged iu the manufacture of plates for printing United States five-twenty bonds and bank and treasury notes. Simultane ously with these arre-.isa brother of tbe man Wiuans at Philadelphia, aud also a confederate uained Winter mute, at Portland, Pa., were also ar rested Rarr was decoyed here from Iowa by a member of thoSeTet Ser vice, who shadowed bim out there from Washington, and made his ac quaintance, represeutiug himself as an assurance agent. Reing a social fellow, he soon secured the key to Uarr's secrets and learned that be was engaged in the manufacture of the "queer." He bad none of tbe bouds or spurious notes along with him, but proposed to introduce hisnew'y form ed acquaiutauce to his friends iu this State, wbo would sell him all tbe ma terial be wanted for manufacturing notes and bonds ad. lib. Vows ot secrecy were exchanged, aud the two agreed to meet here in the middle of the present month. They did so, and then and there the detective acknowl edged tbat bi.-i real business was tbat of a counterfeiter, and tbat his home was iu Cincinnati. Accordingly it was agreed that Wiuans, fur $1,000 should supply plates aud presses for making five-tweuty coupons aod Treasury notes. Sufficient informa tion having been obtained to crimi nate tbe parties in question every thing vas placed iu readiness, and at 1 o'clock to day tbey were quietly captured, and to-uioht were brought before Commissioner Simrell, wbere they entered bail in the sum of 5. 000 each for further hearing to-morrow morning. fourteen Tana af Mllvar Coin lor the V. H. Treaanry. Washington. D.C.March 20. Tbe Treasury Department will re ceive during tbe present week, from San Francisco, fourteen tons of sil ver com, ia anticipation oi tne pe riod for commencing tbe circulation of silver. Tbis will amount to $500,- 000. The amount of silver iu tbe vaults ot tbe Treasury here at this time is less than $30,000. Orders were received at the department to day for $15,000 fractional currency, and that amount will be shipped to morrow to tbe various points from which the requisitions are uiade. There are $2,000,000 of fractional currency stiil in the raults, though none has been piinted since the mid dle of last month. Since that lime tbe requisitions up .n tbe Treasury from banks and from Government of ficers requesting to be supplied with frueionr.l currency have amount-id to about i. 000,000. Several persons have visited tbe Treasury recently with varlou amount, of silver coin that tbey had been hoarding, wishing to have it exchanged for notes. Tbe department has, iu all cases, decliued iq make such c&chaage, tbe !!Vv de claring that this c'ass of Coin Is nei ther redeemable nor exchangeable, and i Jpgal Under to the extent ot ib only. The aryouius preaeutpd va ried from $loto $50. "pain, Maihup, March 20 King Alfon so and his victorious imodh euteren tbe city this morning, amid the en thusiastic cheeriug of immense crowds, and shouts of "Long live tbe pacificator King.1' Cheers were giv en ior Uenerats tjuesada, fjarupos, Rivera, and the army generally. Quesada and Campos were especially greeted with cries of "Long life to the defendersof liberty," aud"Dowu with the fotros." Crowns Were thrown from tbe balconies, and pig eons liberated. The people crowned the soldiers' as' tbey passed 'wub wreaths. A decree has b.en issued establishing a rcij,.f fon( for i0VBiij and wounded 'soldiers, and for the families of those killed during tbH war. One year's service is remitted for all men now in the army. Tbe conscripts of 1871 and 1813 will pass into tne s rve. the extraordinary levy of 1874 is disbanded. No con ocrip'.ion Will be held tbis year. It i i i" - . . I is oeneveq tnat tbe army win be ra- uuceu oy iuu,uuu men. ' " J 1 T , . ' London, March 21. A Madrid de spatch to the Standard r?port3 tbat 140,000 strangers are in the city to witness tbe festivuives. In several caees yesterday $25Q were paid for a oait-onv oa toe route or toe royal procession. Numbers of sight seers passed tbe night in the streets. Tbe houses Ioe ' tbo line of the proces sion were splendidly decorated, and thirty triumphal arches were erected: Tha. entry .commenced at ten in the morning1, xno streets irom wnicb a tno streets irom which view could be commanded wee ! crowded for hoar? previously. Tbe! j kin?, accompanied by teo (ienera'8 j and fifty other officers, rode at the' oeaa ci tne procession troller Emploaloa. Lauimijs Cur, March 2J Early this morning a boiler in the Union Pacific Company's rolling mill here exploded, completely tvreekiog tbe south half of the mill. Four men were instantly killed and ten others wouutied. Less than twenty men were iu the mill at tbe time. Tbe boiler was carried through tbe stone wall cf the mill and ont a quarter of a mile on tbe prairie. The following were killed: Richard Reilly, Harry Miner, James Powers and William War del I; wounded seriously, James Craven, George Shanessy, Robert McLean and W. A. Thomas; four others wrere slightly wounded. Later. One of the wounded men, Michael Buckley, has since died, and two others will probably die. Every one of tbe killed bad families in Lara mie. Tbe damage done to tbe mill is estimated at $15,000. Tbe cause of (be explosion is uot known. rira Keeorel. Sckanton, Pa., March 23. A fire broke out early this moruiug and to tally destroyed the Opera House Rloek. Tbe firsf floor whs occupied by Lindsay & Siddle, dry goods, who lose $G0,000: insured for $40 000 Tbe Opera House was valued al$70, 000: insurance $35,000. The fire was tbe work of an inceudiary. J ust before tbe discovery of tbe fire at tho Opera Uousean attempt was made to fire tho Second National Rank build in ir, aud at 0 oclock to-night, au at tempt was made to burn tbe Postoffice j block. Two previous attempts were I made to burn the Opera House with- j iu tbe past week. The City Council j have offered a reward of $5,000 for j the arrest and conviction of the in-! cendiarics. j DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT JACKSON, LOU SI ANA. New Orleans, Macrh 23. A fire ! claiming that the inalienable rights at Jackson, La., lual night destroyed j of the people shall be declared para-ibt- greater portion of the business part j m.uut to the charter of auy corpora- f ibe town. Tbe loss is estimated u from $50,000 to $70,000. And Yon, Brains We are sorry to see hat Mr. Thom as A. Heudricks does not jump to tbe denial of fraud in the mailer of the stock of tbe Indianapolis water works with that cheerful alacrity which distinguished him in the Gatliug guu business. All the explanation yet given appears iu tho Indianapolis Sentinel, and that is simply co ex planation at all. Tbe cbaige made by Genera! McGinness is that the water works ring "placed". $250,000 ot their stock "where it would do the most good," aud that Mr. Heo- dricks rece; f ed$;J5,Q00 of this amount. The good Governor was a director of tne company, ana as such voted to sell $100,000 of tbe stock to au In dianapolis bauk for 97 J cents on the dollar; then voted to buy ibem back at par; then voted to sell them to a director's ring, of which he ras a member, at 70 cents. Tbis being ac complished, he voted, according to General McGiuness, $10,000 to bim self and each of tbe other directors for the valuable "services they had rendered, and here, so far as known, ibe pleasant affair terminated. To is is pretty serious business, aud the story is told by one who stands very high in the public estimation as a man of veracity' Saw tbv Sentintl comes out ud, sayingtbat tbe charge is au old oue which has been disposed uf heretofore, copies a couple of affi davits niaue in rlatiou to tne water works stock iu 1871. These affida vits declare simply tbat tbe stuck uui chased by General McGiuuess from the compauy was owned per sonallv bv the President t.f the com pany, and tbat Mr. Hendricks had uothiug whatever to d with its sale or benefits. Tnis is all very well, but it does not touch ibe vital part of th1 aKegtion. The "gravaaiem" of the charge is that $35:000 in stock were given to Mr Heudricks, and presumably, for his influence; thai be took ibis stock and consented to other transactions in which he re ceived a large amount of money or stock without rendering any equiva lent. Tbis the Sentinel does not de ny nor attempt to decy. Neither is ihe matter put forth in the affidavits an explanation. All tbis argLcs ill for a satisfactory reply from Geveruor Hendricks, and we feat such a reply wdl uot be forthcoming. Still, we are not disposed to ba linuetieasarily hasty, and sh-ill wait patiently a few days longer for an answer to charges w hich so vitally affect a man hereto fore believed to be above personal corruption. If the answer, foil and complete, shall not be given, Gov ernor Hendricks can tuke even a lower sett than tht now occopwd by his Democratic compatriot, George II. Pendleton lnter-0ran. A Womnn'M Exploit on Ilnrnebnek. There is a young w.miao in the uppep part of thii, county vLojtin Le seen in' the region of I'leasant y aliey, flying about tbe bill on horseback, leaping yawning cbas'ms and ravines. and riding on the precipitous hill sides, where an ordiuary equestrian would think impossible for a horse to get a foothold. She throw te(a o! witb precision, aud can tdrn the stoutest bujl over on his back with as much cae as ft poo Woujd flop a pancake. Contrary to what blight be supposed, she doe3 not ride a la clothespin, but In tbe Insecure side saddle fashion. This woman, whose pciformaccs treate deserved enthu siasm in ha' region, is apparently uot over twenty-three yoark of age. terrible Explosion. Nut York, Marpb 2J This af. teruoon about four hundred pounds of "Jupiter" powder, stored in tbe mill of the Bronx Powder Manufacturing Company at Washington ville, in the northern section of the cily, exploded witb great violence. Four men were literallj blown t atom aud some six or seven t verejy injured., of whom one or two will die. The Oiili was blown to pieces, and the buildings in its immediate vicinity were consider ably shattered. Hardly enough of tbe remains of the victims coud be collected ou which to bold au inquest. The guud of the explosion was beard for miles around. The explo- B,1,n w lD",Q8n.1 w.nave resulted irom trw irrpftt. frittt..i. ifft riii.l.tnn l...rptrt. :. ? : "TV " solid and tiunl cowpooants. Two Hanlerera na jLairjC- S?. Lpcu, March 20. A di.putch frem Greenville, III., says two lirotbr ers, James and John Perriroan, quar relled last night, when the latter stab bed the former, inflicting a wound from which he died this morning. Tbe murderer escaped. A negro named King, living In Maali.Ton cotiat7. Ill - killed another negro, named Cook, yesterday mrn-J me. Jealousy was the cause. Ktng escaped. rrty Car Special l rC.INH.TIVE CORKEIPO DKXT. moke house investigation! a 3trok.r at a. lively cricket, ani WriAT CAME OP IT FINAL PASSAGE OF VENTILATION BILLS SCIENCE VS. HUMANITY THE CENTENNIAL r.IT.L COUNKBEtt ho! for lancas Tra. IlArtRisBURO, March 25, 1S76. Legislative investigations seem to have become tbe order of the day everywhere, not only in our State House of Representatives. The latest movement of tbis character was inaugurated last Monday even ing by Christy, who, when he is not too lazy, leads the Allegheny dele gation. Mr. Christy has rather marked prcdelictioas for pasquitia ding, but whether ur not the move ment which he championed so fierce ly, on Monday, was a joke, subse quent circumstances rendered it iui-possibl- to determine. For many years a fight between Western deal ers in coal, oil, iron, grain Sic, has beeu in progress, owing to wbat is termed a discrimination in lb carry ing of freight niitde by that corpora tion to ihe detriment of said dealers. A variety of means have been tried tn briog tbe refractory corpraiiu t. terms but without avil, at last it was determined tc try tbe Legisla ture aud see w hat could be doue ia that direction. At lea-t so tne ac tion or Mr. Cnristy seemed to indi cate. He presented and had read a peiitiou, wbicu after setting forth the various, alleged, violations of charter and wroiiis committed bv the Peunsvlvania railroad company c o-ed with a request to tbe Legisla ture to appoint a Committee of In- vtugaiiun iu luoa into tne wrongs allegt-d, aud if said Committee fii d J tbe same to be true, that the Legis lature direct Attorney General of the j State to proceed by writ of qw icar i ran 0 to forfeit the charter of the Pennsvlvania railroad company. tion whatever. After the reading of the petition the intention of Mr. Christy to read in place a joint resolution appointing a Committee of Investigation for the purposes named in the petition was very manifest, so tbat w henever he attempted to get tht floor objections were raised aud adjournment for the evening was offered w ithout ailow ng Christy a chauce lo accomplish his fell purpose. Once again on Tuesday morning Christy attempted to introduce his luta-ure but was agaiu prevented. Ry determination ot the House to day was the last op poirtunitv ol reading bills in place, but Christy was absent from bis seat, and the great corporation which ; quickly chuckled at Christy has es caped threatened annihilation. The ventilation bill for Rit'imiuous Coal Mines, has passed tbe House finally aud now aw aits action by tbe Senate wbere it will likely be touch ed up in one or two weak points. Oa Tuesday doming a large dele gation of the Physicians of tbe State appeared in the lobbies and on the floor of tbe Hou.je iu tbe interests of a bill now peuding before that body, authorizing the use of tbe unclaimed bodies of deceased convicts and oth ers for tbe use of medical fraternity for scieutific purposes. The bill in its original sbaps was simply barbar ous. It permit! ed the" body of any' pefsou uLicbtiuied, after lying a cer tain lime at the morgue to be banded over to be chopped up. Inthissbape tbe bill was earnestly opposed by Mr. Brown of drie and" others Dr. Lusk of Butler championed the bill, a number of amendments we-e made to it and its Consideration pos.poned for the preseut. There is considera ble doubt of tbe bill becoming a law. The Seuate two weeks ago deter mined to consider nothing but Seuate bills, aud during the past week, ibis uelerruiutlon bus buea stticny ad hered to Tbe bill making an appro: priaiion of $10,000 to build a State pavilion ou tbe Centennial grounds, which passed ibe House some time ago is among the bills remaining un ion, bed ou ibe Senate Calendars, and au attempt to take it up proved a failure. Wben the Senate comes dowu from its present position it may be too late fr the Centennial apnronri. aiioii to be o( uuy use. ''he contrac tor will not begin the building until the appropriation Is made, and jt now is already too latp ?o complete ti e buioing iu lima. ' " U"tb branches of the Legisa:uiu adjourned overou Wednesday an ao couut of tbe Democratic Convention at Laucester Tbe Democratic mem bers almost in a b-.dy ainded the convention and tbe bar presented quite a deserted appearance. Holland. London, March 25 7 A. m. The Daibj Telegraph's Paris special re ports tbat the dykes protecting Her-voi'enbii.-eb, in Holland baye Lee swept, aiaaV by the floods. TLailwajf briifges and roads are destroyed. Tha town is completely flooded. A hundred houses have disappeared and six thousand persons are home les9. Bloeked wlln Know. Lo.Niioi, March 20 Nearly all o the railroads north of the river Tay remain more or less blocked by snow, Tbe BaledoaiaQ Line is covered with snow twenty feet deep near Aber deen. Twelve trains are snowed in at t ne point. More than a dozen trains aro blocked on the Great North ern Line. The telegraph ..lines ari; buried at several points north of Aberdeen. The mail from Pundej to Perth yesterday took fourteen hours instead of the usual forty mi nutes. The colo to-day is intense. Memphis. March 20. Last Satur day uigbt at Oakland. Yallabusha county. Mis., one Coke wood shot and killed instantly a man u allied Guerrell, wbde tbe latter was seated in a h .use. The killing was tbe result of a family feud. Cote wood sur rendered binisrlf to the authorities.. Why not call Clymer and tbe rest of bis iuvestigators tbe "boomeragy committee?'' Their missies seem to stme points just opposita to where tney are aimed. i :- " A Bourbon paper says tbe Pres idential uoruinue of that party must be a Democrat who has " been tried as with ire." How would Beeb, ebub suit? The result of tbe New II a ui shire election seems to show that it is rather too early for Democrats in the North to bring forward, as perminent candi dates, i&en wbo, in 1862, were coa signing1 Abraham Lincoln to ever lasting infamy : New York Peat.
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