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Claim Agent*
VIIR an»ler*tj<notl eroultl respectfully notify tlie public
that he has Veen regularly commisylurwl »s
CLAIM
for MCiirlnif Bomitjf Arrenri nj Itti/ u<( />ti
.iontl.ir i.Uicis, or if I hey »ro ileail, fur their logul
tnl.Tt. No cliaryo will belundu for prowculliig
II,„ cluim.of .i.lJlo.s, or lU«ir r.| •MDIHIItM nn'll IU.
R-inienre collerl«l. i.. K. ANDLItaO^I.
I'IIOTOGRAPIIS,
AMfljrf, 3 ES, uAGUERREOTYPES
FERHEOTYPES, &c M
SAMUEL SYKES, JR.,
KRSPRn FUTiTiT Informs frieivl*, nrnl t'»e public
In caneral, that he in prepare.! to take I'HCrOUR ArilS,
A M DttOTYJPJfcS. *r., in the latest stnee en«l in all kind"
of weather. An aeaortment of Kran»-m Caew. Ac , «<»n
Mtnntly on nana. Cull und cxnoiine Spocimen*.
AUK on Mairte A .lefTer*on Struts, opposite
WKBKU * TUOUTMAN rl Store, Bailea^'a.
n. BtTCtHUUtS* T H WlllTS - «.C. MOOS j
MMMTMLORS.
TUG utnler.l(cnpd h.-iTlng u-oclnt«il th-mjielve, in ti«e
Tiiilurir.a Enla«», wuiiW tespuctfiiliy ««y o th.
pnhllr In eenfinl rhut thrv hit,, Jimt r«c«lvnl tb«Fall
Ati<l Winter liohiuM, »' il are prupare l t« make up
, ctnthlng In the tutwt *nd mrmt »p|tm""l "tyl» I'lMff
rail una «x*niin« our Fiwlitom *n<l SjMMlluieii. of mcu
noil boys' »oi*r. Sd~"I Uttentinn clr«n to l».y« clath
|d« 'uItENHULbKU. WUITB*Oi.
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RESTAURANT,
On Ma n Street, One Door North of Ceurt-House,
SAMULL SYKES, SR.,
lies constantly «>n hand. Fresh Oyatani. Ale. Beer.
.Older. an«l Sar-apuriUa. B«rret Meats, and Candle* of
»lt kind* : Oiafer l>.e»d and S'Weet of * v «ry rmri
0»y. Nutaof all kinda. If you jjowl oyst*r*
gotten np in the eery Heltfttjle. just call In an.\ jou
nha4l be waited upon with the *reateat of pU*rne«.
Drs 0. L. Dieffeubacher & H. Wise I
'
woik. Kill inc. eiaiiiiii
Axtractiuk mul luUunting the teeth d<>ue nith 4Ue hee>
material* und in the manner. Parfh uhw atteutioi
paid to children'* teeth As mechanics, they defy ens.
petition; as <i|»eratorH they rank among the beat. Char
Ci moderate. Advice free of charge. OBce—lu Boy 4
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AMERICAN CITIZEN.
FORTIETH_CONGRESS
Both Houses Fully Organjz^B.
W ASHINGTON, March 5,1867.
S NATE
Mr. SUMN'KKfnvc notice of a bill to
gnarunte<! a Republican form of g'>vern
n<-nt to tho fately rebellion* States; also,
a bil. to pi vide a iorni of oath to sus
tain a rep-biicau form of government.
Mr.SUMNhK presented a joint res
olutionof thanks to George Peabou'y for
his munificent gift® for educational pur- |
poses, and directing the President to
■ause a gold medal to be struck for pre
sentation to fa iin. Tabled for the prea
ent until considered by a Committee.
Mr. SU.MNhR introduced a joint res
olution in relation to the Pa-is Exposi
tion, which passed both House* during
the closing moments of last session, but
did not reach the President in time to
receive his signature.
Mr. TRUMBULL objected to the con
siderution of the measure without rofir
c'oce to a Committee.
Mr. STEWART introduced a bill to
regulate certain proceedings in criminal
cases, feimila-in its provisions to a bill
of the toajjye title iutroduced at the' last
session. Ordered to lie on the table and
be printed.'
Mr {JtIERMAN introduced a bill to
extend the time for the taking effect of j
the act relating to woels and woolens to
ten days from its passage. This bill
passed both Houses yesterday, but not in
time to get tho signature of the Prosi
ident beforo adjournment.
Mr. STEW ART introduced a bill con 1
cerning injunctions and proceedings in
civil cases, Oidered to lie on the table
until the committees are formed.
Mr. TKUMttt/LL, from the c<Wiiniit
tee appoiirted to wait on tho President,
reported that they had. performed their
duty,and had been icformed by the Pres
ide-n that he had DO communication to
make at prcsnt.
Mr. STEWART introduced a bill to
reorganize the Judiciary nf the United
States. Ordered to lie on the table until
ihe formation of committees. Ct is the I
b 11 ol tin same title of the session just J
cloned, with verbal alterations.
Adjourned.
UOIJ-'i: OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On .motion of Mi:. PRICK the usun'
res. lotion relative to drawing seats was
idopie l.tin se of Messrs. Win-hUm ne, of
111 <ii its. and Stevens being reserved to
ihrut. bill Iho drawing wys temporarily
o tpmied.
Mr I' A WES reported from ihe Onm
w lit ii tlii- President, litat he
It.. .. nun. -inn t < in ike to Co i
.•« «e . siiMK'iided. and the fo! i
v . th vis ilccJared elected and tonk
in'im'l. H . ffitre : N 0 O dway, Ser«
geaiit«ats Arms, Chin. K. Lippineott,
Dimrkveper, and WIU S Kiug, Poslmai-*
tor cd the llonse
Mr. F \RNttWORTH offered \ re-ci.
lutioa directing the clerk of tho House
to place on the roll the nitnes of tfce Ter
ritorial delegates .whose <*edentials show
ed that they were duly e4ected.
Discussion took place, fVom which it
appeared that, in regard to Colorado, it
would be difficult to wfiioh of two
poisons claiming seats held the prima
j n-ie right to it. one having tho certifi
cate of the acting Governor and a major
jtj- of i"be Hoard of Ca-ivassers attacked,
and also the seal. Finally the resolu
tion was laid on the table.
Than, on motion of Mr. WITJSON. of
lowa, tho papers of the two gentlemen
claiming the seat as Delegate from Col
orado were referred to the Committee on
I- lections, and the Clerk directed to
place on tho roll the names of delegates
from the Territories.
The Delegates from Idaho, Mr. IJoJ
brook; from Arizona, Buchford; and from
Dakota, Mr. Burleigh, stepped to the
Speaker's ehair and took ftio oath pre
scribed by law. '
The SPEAKER presented the papers
in the contested case of, Burch and Van
Horn, of New York, Stewart, of Mary
land, and a dispatoh from Salt Lake
. City, from Win. McGrater, giving notice
that he would contest tho oath of Mr.
Uoojmr. Delegate from Utah, whose cre
dentials wrr» not received. Referred to
the Cmnaiittee on' Elections.
Mr. NICHOLSON called attention Jo
the fact that he had signed {he protest
,offejed yesterday by Mr. Br.oks, ljirt his
uaiue was omitted in the published copy.
Ihe Houre then proceeded lodraw
'i he first name .culled was Mr. Beaman,
and he selected a *eat immediately in
Mr. and it was notice
ablt> that all the meml'ors
who hud oi-to&te, ehoso tbem
in the same locality. The change of bate
"let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to doour ( \,ty as we understate it"-A- Lis COIN.
HUI'LER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1861.
by Mr Spaulding, who, last session, sat
on the Democratic side of the H"use,and
'who now moved over to the Republican
side.twoseats in front of Stevens, created
amusement and laughter. The drawing
reoupied about an hour, which being oon
cludel,
Mr BALDWIN moved thatthe House
proceed to the election of Chaplain.—
Agreed to.
• Nominations were moved as f< Hows :
Rev. Bnynton, Chaplain of the last
; House; by Mr. Pruyn, Rev. Dr. Hall,
! Rector of the Church of the Epiphany,
Washington ; by Mr. Randall, Rev. Jno
Chambers, of Philadelphia; fjy Mr.
Novell, Rev. J. C Bernman, of Missouri;
by Mr. Ross, Rev. P. Cartwright, of Ill
inois; by Mr. Uolman, Chas. Agar, of Tn
diana;by Mr. Hill, Rev. Dr. Crary, St.
Louis; by Mr riggs, R"v.
Hovt, of Nevy York; by Mr. Banks, Rev.
Geo. H. Hepworth, of Massachusetts; by
Mr. Eldridgc, Rev Wm G. Brownlow.
The House proceeded to a vitii voce
vote, After all 'he votes were recorded,
Mr. ELDRIDGE said he withdrew the
natnc of hi« candidate, as he did not
seem to oe appreciated, no person having
vi ted for bim.
Result of vote: whole number,' 149•
necessary to a choico, 75; Boynton re«
ceived 87 ; Hall, 10; Chambers, (J; Ber
| ryman, 8; Cartwright, 3; Agar, 3; Craig
11; Hovt, 2; Hepwovth, 17; Mr. Bnyn
ton having received a majority, was de<
clared duly elected
Mr. ASHLEY, olOliio, presented the
credentials of Mr. Traffic, of Nebr, ska,
who was sworn ift.
Mr. WOODBRIDGE iutroduced con
current resolutions for tho appointment
of a joint committee of three Senato s
and three Members, to revise and equal
ize the pay of eni|doyees of both Houses
Adopted.
Mr, PRICE asked leave to introduce
a bill to amend tho Bational currency
act.
Mr. HOOPER objected.
Mr. PRICK niuv'ed to suspend the
rules.
Mr. FARNSWORTH moved to ad
journ.
Pending the motion, the Chair stated
that if the House wore in session next
Thursday, he would announce the com
mittees on Ilu'es, Mileugo and Elections.
Committees that were neceisery whether
ihe House were in session three days or
three weeks.
He would tot, however, for obvious
reasons, appoint any other Coiimi'tecs
atpiesent. unless the House should oth.
erwise'order. lie would also, if the
Hons*gave its consent, appoint on the
Committee of Rules Mr. W XS'IRIJRN'E
of Illinois, although he was dii-qualiiied
as « on account of absence in
Europe, but had been today roengnixad
as a member in having a teat reserved
for him.
Mr ELDRIDf* I '' inquired whether it
was expected this House was to legislate
for any length of time
The SPEAKER rou'd not give any
information on that point,
Adjourned-
TIIK OLD .SYMPATHY —A Mexico let
,orsays: The ftmpir* and Southern Con
i ffcderaey are still hand in hand. Miramon
I told the gentleman at whose house hero
sided white in Zacatecas that the leaders
of the Mexican Empire still held corres
pondence with the secessionists and were
working hard together for each other's
interests. That letters had been ex
changed on the subject between one of
the Ministers of Maximilian and an Ar
kansas General (Hinman or Hindmas, I
believe,) and that strong htfpes were en
tertained that the Confederacy and Em
pire .might so play the cards that both
would be s success.
EDITORIAL Pl.—Newspaper people are
proverbially temperate as well as virtu
ous We believe one of the craft did
eet 'tightly slight' a lew days ago, and
the following local' appeared ia iiia pa
per no*t day <
'Yesterday morning hb'out four o'clook
P. M , a small xnan named Jones oj
Brown, committed arsenic by swallowing
a dorc of suiciSe. The verdict of the
inquest properly returned a jury that
the deceased csme to the fact in accord
ante with his death. He left a child and
six elderly wives to lament the end of
his Ainfortnnnte ioes. to death we are
in the midst of life.'
A tragedian h«5 his nose broken
A lady on one ocension said to him : 'I
like your aotiug, <mi« I cannot get over
y<mr nose.' 'No wonder, the bridge is
gone,' ha replied
rs-A cUygjuuiui asked a sea captain
his views about the future slate, and was
| answered that he did not uieddU hinue-f
< with stat* affairs.
WASHINGTON.
THE BANKRUPT BILL A LAW,
Tariff Bill Proposed by G n. Moorhead.
The President Will Send BO Mes
sage to Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4.
There were great fears entertained tjiis
morning that tho President would not
sign the Bankrupt bill, but they woro re.
moved a few minutes before noop by the
announcement of the fact that he had ap
proved it. A pamphlet edition of ihe law
is to b* immediately promulgated.* .
Mr. Moorhead, of Pennsylvania, asked
but lailed to obtain leave iq the House
today to iotroduoe the tariff bill, defeat
ed jn the Thirty-Ninth Congress. As
the objection to its introduction came
from tariff men, it is considered *s sig»
nificant of an to consider It
at this session. ■
A j.">int committee of the >wo Ileuses
appointed to-day%r that purpose, waited
upon the President fhis afternoon, and
informed him that the Fortieth Congress
had orgauized. aud was ready to receive
tiny message he might be plaim d to make j
The President replied that he had 00 j
communication to send in. « There will!
not, therefore, be any regular message, as 1
is usual on convening a new Ccngr.'ss.—
The reason is apparebt.
Governor Pic pont, of Virginia, J7«s in
town yesterday, and says that his State
will soon call a State Conventioa ilti ler
the new reconstruction bilTjust jAssed by
Congress.
At the Kepublica»caU3Uihold to night
to pon:inate tbe remaining officers of the
House, N. G. Ordway, of fii. H., was ro
nominated Sergeant at Aims, without op
positiou, and Col. W, S. Lippineott, w ho
ran for Congress last fall i» tho 9th Illi
nois District, but was defeated by Ross,
Democrat, was Selected for Doorkeeper
vice Ira Goodenow, of Ntw York, who
held that position for three Co' giesso.s.
William S. King, of Minnesota, was nom«
inated for Postmaster by ono majitrity
He was postmaster of the 37th and 38th
Congress.
A caucus was called for Wednesday
night to decide whether the impeach men t
question bo proceeded with, find thus pro
long the session, or whether a reeess of
fhe Fortieth Congress should take place
till fall.
The .Elephant as a Walker,
We have,genurully I'o.und two curious
points ovortooked or ignored by writers
One is the rapid and noiseless movements
of this animtl in the thickest cover; the
other, his capabilities of passing* over
grouud for him apparently unfeasibh.—
The elastic, noiseless footfall of tho ele>.
phant has been frequently referred to by
writers on Indian subjects,and h,tre boon
rightly asserted to be tho taos* agreeable
feature in journeying on elephant back.
This peculiarity may be easily explained
.by an examination of the structure Of
the animal's foot; hut th«sil6nt, stealthy
way in which he will pass through the
densest thicket.literally "slipping away"
when his acute sense of smell tvr hearing
wprn him of danser, has been generally
overlooked, and appears tP us somewhat
difficult of explanation. Let any one
unskilled in the mysteries of "bushrang
ing" attempt to move even a few pacers
in an ordinary fox covert without noise,
and h" wi-H form some idea of tho diffi
cutties presented to tho passage of so
huge an animal as the elephant through
the dense.tanged undergrowth of a South
■\ frican • buah " Yet that tho
despite his enormous bulk, will "draw
off," when within a <ew yards of his pur
suer, without the slightest noise, and
with the greatest rapidity, even in the
thickest cover, is undeniable. Again,
his powers 0* passing over difficult
cround aro often underrated even by 1
h inters. When experiments were tijrs
made in India in training elephants to
draw the gun, it was observed with sur
prise that the animal's power of ascend
ing steep and msrged ground was far
greater than had been anticipated. The
enn. a light six«pounder, with which tho
trial was first male,was drawn up aslope
»o stsep as to require the animal to craw|
npon its fore knees, which it did wit/iojpt
liesit tion. On the other hann, hamp
ered by the gun and harness, tbe ele
phant. (asmall female) showed unusual
dread of soft and swampy ground^,
—On some railroads it is customary to
have a lock on the stove to prevent pass
engers from meddling with the 6ro. A
wag being asked why they looked the
stove, eo-lly replied that "-it was to pre
vent the ire from goiog
—When an Extravagant friepcj .wishes
to borrow your money', eoasider wbioh of
th* two yoa would rather lot*
MEXICO.
Gea. IMaz Near City of Mexico.
Maximilian Defeated by Geii. Escobedo
WASHINGTON, March 6, 1867.
A letter dated Vera Crux, February
22d received at tho Mexican Le-ation,
Washington, says Qen. Diar has thrjwn
p»rt of his army between Mexicfl and
Peubln, and couimunication in now *ery
irregular. For ten days pugt tve have re
ceired no tnajU from anywhere west of
Orijab.y The telegraph lipes aro cut
The French left I'uabla on the 17th, and
a nimor is in circulation that Hen. Kiaz
captured tßat eity. The Imperialists re
pyrt lllcy obtained tiro Victoria* over tho
Liberals, ons Corona, at Aien
quitjue, the other against tJiiravajal, at
(juanajuata. Very little crciit is given
to the rumors, and they arc thought to to
circulated by tho Imperialists to keep up
the spirits of their men, who are beiorn
ing uij;e demorali«ed every d*y.
It seems that OD the 12th ult, Marquei
and Maximilian left the city of Mexico
for tho interior with fpur thousand men.
The general impression ii lheir object to
vetiih tho const. Other*, however, be
lisve Maximilian is going to negotiate
with Juarefc, or to see whether an armis~
tice can be had, for the purposes of con,
suiting the people. Nobody, of course,
expects ho will succeed in this, as tho
people have apuken, and aro gjtaakinjlr
against him. It has been ■repeited too,
dnd with a shadow of reliability, tlmt Mir
anion, Marque*, Maximilian, ,'dejio, Cos
tella, and the supporters of the t mpire
aud ?ll t"liejr troops started from Qaoretn
roj and were met and complete'y defeated
at Abnco on the 10th by 6cn. Kscobeio.
The French transports are daily arriv
ing. The French troops arj stationed
between Orilsba fcnd Paso del Mpcho, and
Rrc embarking with activity Every day
ihcre is a regular stamped# of Imperial
ist?. Most all the meu who acted as
Maximilian's ministers have left the coun
try, or are on their way.
SPEAKTOHiM ABOUT HIS SOUL
At a meeting for prayer and lasting
last Tuesday, a brother who was, I think,
the best man amongst them, roadoaoon
fc?sion of cowardice, and we all looked
at hiu and could not understand how ho
cculu bo a coward, for a bolder man I do
not know. Ho told us that ihcre was a
ivan in his congregation who was a rich
man. If ho had he -n a poor man, he
would have spoken to hi ni about his soul;
but. being a wealthy man, ho thought it
would bo Jjikiag.too qiueb-liberty. At
last qno of tho members hnpf.aned to say
totiim, "Mr So and sg, have you found a
Saviour ?" and bursting into tears, the
man said. 'Thank you for speaking to me ;
I iiavo been in distress for months, and
though tho minister might liavo spoken
to mo. Oh, I wish ho h»l; I mighj !iav«
found peace." lam afraid, that often
and often you good people have sinners
convinced of sin silting by the aide of you,
and when in tho .placo of wcrship, and
when the sermon is over, you ought to
get a word them—yiw miq;ht be'thc
means of thsir comfort; but you forget it
and you g° your way. Now, is this a
thing to bo forgotten, as if it were no
great offence ? Let mo give you a picture
which may set it forth. See yonder poor
wretches whose ship has gone dowu at the
sea; thry have constructed a poor, totter
ing raft, ami have been swimming on it
for days ; their supply of broad and wa-.
ler is exhausted, and they are Tarnishing;
1 h»y have bound a handkerchief to a pole
and hoisted it, and a vessel ia in sight.
The captain of the ship takes his tele
seifO, loiks at tho object, and knows that
it is a shipwrecked crew. "Oh !" says
he tn his men, "wo are ia .A hurry with
our cargo, we cannot stop to look after an
unknown object; it miy bo somebody
perishing, and it may not bo. but howevsr
it is nrt our business," and he keeps on
his coutso. His neglcot has murdered
those who died on the raft. Yours is
much the satne ca»e. only it is wojro, be
cause jou deal with immortal souls, and
ho deals with bodies *hich he suffers to
die. Qli, my brother, Ido implore ypu
before the never Jet this sin lie at
yopr dooraL'tin ; hut if there be o?o who
is impressed and needs a word of oom>
fort, tho wings of mercy to such a
soul, and help 'o chcor him as God eoa
blea you.— Syurgoj).
—A lawyor. neither young nor hand
some, when examining a young laly wi'.
ams ia oourt, d«*irine to perplex her,
said, "Miss, upon my w>rd. you aro very
pretty." Tho young My replied, " I
jrould return tho compliment, sir, wer» 1
not under oath." •
« —Beauty is the woman yo<
»W she may seam to others.
The Decoy Which" Makas Yonng
Men Drunkards.
Go with us to the public bouses, where
a number of young tneu are assambled.
All is life and gavety. A few among
them may be young nod timid. They
approach the counter, and wine, rum, and
brandy are called fqr. On# or two stand
back, and nay, no. gcntletneu, wo don't
driut; please excuse us. Immediately
tho rest turn and begin to taunt their
friends who refuse to drink, saving they
aro afraid of getting "tight," of the "old
man,'' jtud soaie whisper audibly, "Well
they arc mean fellows j they are afraid
they will have to spend a cept 1" Ueio
you sea two very sensitive nerve* are
touched—Courage and Cleverness. Their
bosoms sw«ll with pride; rather than
bear these flings of their companions,
they stand up to tha counttr and join in
tho revelry. The ice id now broken, t lus
first great act of the drama performed.
Others follow in natural order, until the
individual who refused to drink at first,
reels along the pjablio street without
shame.
This is the manner in which thousands
of our promising you.ig men are led away
by a false ambition ; nnd thousands more
will fullow in their path unless tbey learn
the meaning of courage.
We have in our mini a number of no
ble hearted, good meaning men, who do
.not j strength enough to face oppo
sition. Ratbei l than be called mean they
will follow up these habits of drinking
until tho appetite beeomo uncontrollable
We advise you, young Innn, when you
are in company, and solicited to drink in
toxicating liquors, to soy frankly and de
cidedly that yu do not indulge in such
things, and you rommand their respect,
and they will be forced to admit that
your courage is sufficient to boar all their
tannts and not yield tho right, '1 hoso
who stem the tide always meet opposi- 1
tion ; hut never despair—press onward.
Our only hope of rescuing tho race from
this brutal, slavish passion rests with the
young. Will you, young friends, hare
courage, true, high nnd God-like eour«
tee, to face this growing evil and banish
j it from our lands.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
Tho Alexandria, Va,, Election.
WASHINGTON. March 5,1887.
Tho President t(S day virtually com
menced to enforce tho Military Govern
ment Reconstruction bill. In view of
trooblo at the Alcxsnlria. Virginia, mu
nicipal election, he directed Gen. Canhy
to station troops in tho oity. It was ex
pected that a riot might take placo, as it
was the first Miction in the South since
Mie passage of the bill for tho more effi>
cient Government of that section. It is
olaimod by the Republicans that, under
the provisions of that bill negroes havo
a right to vote, and they have been urg
ed to exercis* tho privilege today. Gov.
Pierpont says that nndcr tho Military
Kill, all male citizens aver the age of
twonty-cno years, except those disqualU
Bed, are entitled to vote, and that there
fore the colored paoplo are undoubtedly
entitled to the oleciive franchise to-day.
This position of the Republicans is con
tested hy their opponents, who contend
ihat negroes eauttt .vote until a Conven„
tion. is called to reconstruct the State, and
tho Commissioners of Kleotion find them
selves in»a quandary. They held a meet
ing yesterday morning, at which a com
mittee was appointed to proceed immedi
ately to Washington, atjd conauU the At
torroy General upon the question of the
legality of such negro votes as may he at»
tempted to bo polled today. Tho Re
publicans, in anticipation of unfavorable
action on the part of the commissioners,
held a meeting, and appointod a commit
tee of four each, two white and two black,
to tato lists of such votes at theCommia
sion6rs may reject. Under this arrange
mcot over one thousand negro votas wen
polled to day* without any trouble. The
Attorney General declined to givo bis
opinion* on so short a no tied, and the
whoia matter was before tho Cabinet
today.
—A distillery intcroal revenue case
in New York is enteied is Court—"The
United States vs. Two Large Worms."
—lt is with :ho votes of men. as with
their actions: it all depends upon tho *ay
in which you treat thorn.
—The gravest events dawn witi no
! more noise than the morning star makes
j in rising.
—Tho last plaoo to look for the milk
j of huaian kindness is iu tho pale of civ
| ilizivtion
—The milk of human kindness
Pows v«fv profusely at Oe*es.
NUMBER 14.
HEWS ITEMS.
—Dickens is aa object of hatred on the
part of printers, his eopy is so bad )
—Maine has a legislator who stands
six feet so.en inehee in his stooklngs.
—At Holiday-burg last week, tho Re
publicans carried the borough eleotUa*.
—Tho editor of tbo Louisville (Mi>» ;
Bulletin livos aul prints his paper in jail.
ln the forty years from 1820 to 1860,
we took from Eur0pe4,512,171 emigrant.
Portsmouth, Va., is delighted with •
cat having six logo, and a dog with two
beads.
In Westehj T»?as tfrey are begin
ning to employ Mexieaa laborers in rals»
iog corn and cotton.
—Tho average money value of every
European emigrant reaching this coun
try is 81,089.
I" Qar France, straogji to
say, there were in 1860, 100 births, 1(H»
marriages, aud 100 deaths.
Iu London, during tho week ending
January 14, psrsons, twenty-tflfi>
of them women, committed suioide.
--If Cupid insists upon ooming to
ft lady's door,how would she like him
to come ? With a ring, but not with
a rap.
—At a recent wedding in New York,
tb* bride's presents, consisting of silver,
jewelry, India shawls, and laces, were e*S
timated to have eost ono hundred thous
and dollars.
—An old woman at New Buffalo, Mich
igan, a few days since, on bed,
confessed her guilty complicity in a mur
der committed twenty six years ago, st
Wntertown, N. Y.
—lt is estimated that the total cost of
clearing the streets of Boston of the su
perabundant of snow which fell during
tho two last great storms will amount to at
least 110,000.
! —A season ticket to tho Paris exposi
lion, including ajuweskm on the day of
the opening, costs sixty franos, is strictly
personal, and must bo accompanied by
the signature or plir-tographio representa
tion of tho owner.
Since 1821 Mexici has bad twenty,
threo presidents, seven dictators, two em
| pen>is, one vice president anil one genar-
I nlissimo— or an avorago of a new ruler
; avcry sixteen inoo.ths. The longest rcigti
has been three yoarj.
—lt is estimated that there va 1,00")
paper mills in the United States, witji
about 840,000,000 capital, antl
about 1,200 tons of paper daily. Tl;3
rags that aro used up annually aro said ty
be worth 560,000,000, and amount tj
37,000 tons.
—An eaglo, measuring twelve feet frojji
tip to tip of wings, recently attaokcJ a
targe dog of mastiff and Newfoundland
blood, in Marquette, Wisconsin. Tho
dog had disabled tho eagle just aa a boy
came up with a pitchfork, when tho bird
attacked the bey, but was eventually cap
tured.
—An editor thus indulges his delini
quent subscribers: 'We don't want mon
ey desperately bad, our creditors jOj
and they no doubt owo you. If you p&y
us, we'll pay them and they'll pay you.
That* the way t<? pay debts—we think
ao.
—By a veto of tho West Virginia
Legislature it has been decided that Mor
gantown, iu Monongalia oounty, is to b.i
tho new capital of that Stato. Hereto
fore the seal of governmont has bean »♦.
W heeling, in tho extreme northwest c<Jr
ner of West Virginia. Morgaatovn w.
situated on tbo Monongaliela river.
—An association of ladles has boil)
formed in Memphis for the
raising funds t» erect ai Memphis,or sSrff."
designated spot, dftuagnificent church ed
ifice to tho memory of tho fallen confs?,
erates. Among tha honorary nerabef.s
are Mrs. .Jeff. Davis, Mrs. Gen. Leo, Mr#
V. P. Elsir and Mrs. Andrew Jolinebn.
A correspondent, writing from lioino
pn tbo 12th of January, »ajf: Xii«
Americai. arms were yesterday hoisted on
the facade of Mr. Maopherson's house,
and the United States Legation archives
transferred to tlie large room in it a^ed
j by the American Episcopalian
tion, so that Dr. Lyman is no tougar in
j Jaeger of being ousted, as Messrs Lewij
j and Williams bavo been. As American
, visitors to the Eternal City are awry ye%r
on the increase, however, It is apprehend
j eJ that their present chapel aoaoaiauoi**
| :ion will soon be end
I ations are being entered.i»to by tbeir
| ohurch oommittee to obtain for the ansa
: tag year the building outage the Port*
| del Popolo, which was used as a
by the British Protestant ooagregution
befom removing to their present <ucse
commodious establishment a few
nearer the gate. 112 . ' . •