Zitt ,sir (01),.nili THURSDAY, JANUARY 2,1, 'l.BO THE SCPREME•COTLIT DEPIISIOS A private - letter from a friend at ington, whow high official position enables him to know the exact truth an 'the subject, ?.ys that the deelsion of the Safireme Court on the legal tenderyases mill he in sulalanee as follows: lit. That the tender act as to exist hag contracts, when it passed, is , unconstitu tionaL ' .That contracts made after its passage will be regarded as laving been raadepaya bl6 ip currency, except when they sle.sAy . gold and silver. " 3d. That contracts payable in gold Will '.bind the panic_ to , pay in gold. The gentleman who gives us this intorina: lion is a United States Senator, and the pub lic may he perfectly certain of the en:ire re liability of the statement. This decision will at once relieve - the Country from the suspense and uncertainty that now hangs over its bu siness, a constant impending evil, a swori of Damocles, liable to fail at any moment, to the destruction of ail cOthmerce and bligness; and,will do more, to relieie the existing dou. 'less _than alI the financial leg - Lslath - AI 'con % gresg, could possibly. enact. It *ill' infoc--e new life into trade all over the country. The ',Treat appreben_sion Las been, and will be, until the decision is made, that debts may rims of everybody to, embark in enterprises, have to be paid in coin: hence the unwilling and the marked disposition everyitere to curtail and hoard, prodding an unnatural stat e, of semi-paralVas - in businessthe cOuLtry. • - A POLITICAL PARSON AND R4l. T OXCART, OF WM. • , ft Is a most remarkable .f-Yet that ' , karat-1y - an instance b.s.l:,occurred of a iireaclier who •..renders: hirks s elf notorious. for his political rant, that he iii•l•.nOl' ultimately attain dis grace and pAlic odithn. The Harrisburg . , correspondent of die Dispatch; who seems to baire more of the elernents•of candor than • most radical vrritedt. gives us the latest case • in point; •• tt-, WY9raing county, for a few years back, has Certainly reudeved itself blessed through' its representatives to the Legislature. , Two years ago the Rev. Jilcob Kennedy, (radicalj occupied a seat in the House of Representa dyes, and' being elected Chaplain of the House, covered' himself with infamy, and d is gusted all men of sense by his violent parti zan, prayers. The Rev. JacobwhA always lognd voting at the nod of. the giant monop olies , that have controlled so much of the legislation of the State from thee imrnemori • 4 The Rev. Jacob quietly pocketed the few thous- nd 'dollars that were tendered him for • thus insulting his constituents, and turning a deaf ear to the jetuanth of thu people. it the close of the session thereverend gentle man Wok three hundred dollars extra fpr his • impious prayers, and returned to the hills of Wyoming, never to be heard Of more. His ° people, justly incensed at his •ctinduet, selec ted One they thought would turn Lis back on the flesh pots of Sodom, and not, like his predecessors, bd so easily entrapped by the snares and wiles of wine, the'flesh and green backs." • RENEGADES IN OFFICE. One of, the remarkable feOures of the day consists in the number of ex-pemeerats who are now leading Republicans, and how soon after their conversion the Republicans give them bonorablp and larative offices Came ron, Scott, Geary, Kelley, llrewsvr, and a large number of others who were, not long since, leading Democrats in ibis. State are now prominent Aga 7; 0 UtY Rdpublicans, FronAlibtolt, Wo Lai/a' in Congress, Lyman' • Trumbull., m trap Senate, and Norman B. Judd,..Blliton C. Cook and John A. Logan, • in. the Ilium, all of whom arelately Demo crats, arttl% from Massachusetts we have the irrepressible GeneralDutler, who voted, in the Charleston Convention,. fitly-rola times for Jefferson Davis for the Presidency. ° The Est might be increased beyond the limits of a newspaper, but the above narnei : are sntfi cient, In this State the . apostates' from - the -Democratic party seem to have the Repnbli can party In the keeping. These nien proved h heavy foad for the 'Democracy to carry: holarlong the Republican party will be able to stand up under theM, is a question fur 'the future to settle s ' , TUE FUANKLNG ABUSE. Ttandall's startling repdrt, showing that Ole Postal service, instead of being self sustaining as it used to be, has run behind VAS' last year to the, tune of *0,000,000, has caused some investigation into the reasons of this great deficit. One great leak has been .found in the abase of the franking privilege. The total cost to the country of carrying free Matter during the last year was One' million dollars taken from the pockets of the tax payers to carry Oongresstonal trash and a vieit amount of trash not Congressional lie ; sides f Some Congressmen are said to send tli it Opa hOme to wash under their franks, and -me - Brooks,. of New York, has been proved to have used his Congressional frank `to cover the busines& uommuilicattowoi his newspaper, the New Ttirk Express. A great ,tiffany Congressmen bade their signatures • stereotyped. awl printed on blank envelopes SIRS. 'LINCOLN. .Tlift Senate Committee on Pensions have befcife them again, in a new, forui; the pe 7 riodlcal pfoblem of, the -sUbsihtenee of Mrs. Abraham -Lincoln: Senator Morton has put in a bill- to pay this lady a pension during her natural life, reciting that her husband was-ialled by an enemy of the; United States while discharging his functions as coin wander-in-chief of the - army and nap.. Mr. Sumner suggested that `thc i .sum fie put at 01101,000 a year, and,the figuiefr_were accepted. by Mr. Morton. Mrs. Lincoln'* income fiCan :1 ~the residue of the . 25,900' voted by Congress • is $1,738.4r) , a year, an d that sum she has, sought the south ,of France, where - living Is cheap, and is keeping in strict and very hum : ble 'retirerneht. The passage of the hill Is probable,' tualets some ,senator; morbidly fearful of making it a preeetlent, , lipposes it, 44 deb4tc, which Ole proposition .1‘ eannot'ilear, t' • - „. GOING 'TO TIIINOWN °VS a-, recimpol. - The Ilarrisburg correspondent-,of the Ms pateji lets out a senret which has been 'whis pered aboitt in Political circles-Tor a week or more, to the effect- that Cameron and Geary are at the "outs,” and that the latter's re . nonilitation taunt so sure 'as was thought: . somii time ago. Thegreat Winnebago thinks the Governor his become " too big for his _ . . boots," The writer salo4: "The political .gossip here now iti that the renominatiorr of Gov. Geary w the -next' Republican State Convention is. eitrensely •doubtful, It is rumored that Simon Cameron di not fable to his rPfroMninition and Mat will' tine his influetteelo bring forward a compatatively new mitO; whn titnt man may bets no, even as much as conjectured. 'These are- merply straws floating around in the po litical. atmosphere, and I ; give there -a,s, such ithhopt ventuting , to express an.opinion one 'way or, the oilier.' IIIZOISTRY LAW. An attempt will, be 'Made in the Legisia -Iture, this winter, to pass another Registry . Late, to deprive working men of the, privi ' lege of voting. The laboring - class being principally Democrats, and not being able to spend dike In waiting upon Registry affi eels, a law requiting them to I.te' registered prior to the elections, every year, would, have the effect to keep many bt them away . from the - Hence , desire on the part of the Radicals to piss suCh ,n law, Having a majority in both branches of oar Legislature; and the (journey, they will, doubtless, piss a Registry law during the • present session. norrEitis Tile grovith of extravagance in our L ,. .':.5-lawn., lawn. , has become a caUse, - of just and wide spread complain . The number of employ ees.i Las been ' weed ,With each year of Radical. ridr. : 1 ." - -,t,etsion these attaches were as ricnii;ro -as the members of the trio Houses. 'Some of tfiese, appointees drew full pay, with the sanction Of the Radical Atrdi -1 for Genera), witlout iniVing beemeven pre's- I ent at the Capitol for a singledai.' „pie ex po.,lng of ills inflinoitS system led to the passagi of a r lution which tooked like an int—ktion to reform the abitsL Bat, like all Radical pretensions of this kind, it turned out to be a mere sham. --3'hen the Radical caucuses Islet a proposition to do the pasting and folding for "i-5,00.), Was presented' by Messrs. Cochean ifc Rauch of this city. Last' y ea r th e M ate paid nearly tiNio,ooollto the .small area' which ryas :Ntaisibly eniiilOy s ed in doing what one than and hid( a dozen boys could easily aceomplhh. Messrs. Cceltran and Rauch are rexp-.7n.faxi pa.etiei, And they offered to give security in any desired amount• for the perfect performance of their centract . Of course it was' kiiiml , under the table, without ceremony. The House had passed a resolution at the kit session, limiting. the whole nhmber of officers and employees to' thirtf-four. That wassegarded by economi cally disio:.-,posed members as quite trio large a number, but it was the lowest figure that could be reached, • Yet:no sooner do the' 11;dical members . of tftC new Howe get to gether, than they pass a resolution increasing the nuaite•r of employees to sixty-one., just enough -to 'allow eath;l4 - rdiezit in that body the`c`ppot•tunity' of 'drawing pa;y, equal 0 that of. 4 member, ,for some • 'favorite, Whether the. members intend to pocket i the whole sum, or divide with their parasites ia More _than we :know.. In the Senate Mr. Billiugfelt offered.the proposition of Messrs: Ranch Cochran in good faith, arid, „had he been properly seconded, the Denicterafg, kith Sceator Wallace at.their head, stood ready to sanction The proposal. ?fever, in the history of all the corrupt Legislatures with which Radicalism has . t ursed Pennsylvaida,-was There a more „brazen exhibition of a disposi tion to steal without blushing, than has been already displayed by that nosy in session.— Ibi4P 9 Ater Inolligeneer. ' - Is, and. out of Congreas the question has been started whether the general arrintsty prochimation of. President Johnson was in accordance with law, inasmuch as' there ,has been no conviition, there Could ban o pardon. Thti President claims the poirer undtn. the COnstitution, and, the Si- preme Court has made the following decision : "The Constitution 'provides' that the Presi dent shall have power to grant pardons for offenses against the United States,"eicept in cases of impeachmenk, The poorer thus con ferred is unlimited, with the - exception stated. It extends to every offence known to the law, and maybe exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceed ings are 'taken, or 'during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment. Tile . power of the President is not ,subject to legislative controL Congress can neither limit the ef fect of this pardon nor exclude from its e' ercise any class of offendera The bertjgu prerogative•of mercy, reposed in him, can not be fettered by any- Legislative restrie tion#." ' a. PERSONAL POLITICAL. Tire desire :for senatorial office LS:alarm ingly prevalent at this time. .In New York, Maine, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Minnc 'sot.,t, and other States, the number of gentle men who are willing to resign the pleasures of domestic life for the purpose of .servinz their country in a legislative capacity, almost defies calculation. It; the House last week Mr. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill providing for universal for colored, suffrage in all the States for President and Vice President, members of Congress and members of , the State Legislatures.. The bill will come up for clnisiderathin.'`at a future day. Thus is the radical ballivolling N ex-member of the Pennsylvania Lees latnre, Zcha 1,,0tt, was a successful candidate for ktider. and pater in the House, the other day, against a 'one-legged soldier arid a re publican at that. — Mr. Brown, of (.Marion, endeavored to have the ez-u►ember'a name. stricken from the,slate and the poor soldier's name substituted therefor, but the republicans of the !must voted his amendment down. An ex-member who prowls. around Harris burg seeking the positional folder and pastor ought to be defeated in ids aspirations. AT a recent examination in a girls' !Awl, the question was put tea class 411 little ones: "Who makes the laws of our government ?" "Congress," was the ready reply. "flow is Congress' divided ?" was the next question. But the little girl to whom it was put Called to answer.it. Another litila girl in the class raised .her hand, indicating that she could answer it.' "Well," said the examiner, "Miss Sallie, what do yon say the divisionis?" In 'smelly, with an air of confidence as well as triumph, the answer came: " Civilized, half anifsavage." • RECENTLY it. lferald correspondent had a cOnveisation With Gen. Frank 13Iair in 'Wash ington. The General still holds to his eV-- preased opinion -that Gen. pram fain makes dictator or an emperor of 'himself' before hi leaves tit, White house. His modest de portment is simply deep _dissimulation, and one oT the measures always used by limb( _lions men since Julitts..C.csar thrice refused the crown, The country is already ruled by minority, who demand the aid of bayonets, and he easy for Grant, with his milita ry power, to• make hitnself supreme. THE Washington, wrrespondenta thrilled the - "loll" heart last week with the dreadful announcement that the . President elect actu ally dined on Saturday with a rebel General. Ills name is Wickham, and he Came north to lobby for Sherman's hill 'to control, by the national r gorenmrt . at, the railroads radiating z A ds from' Washington. this we shall hear nothing more oilier Johnson's treason able act in shaking han with Laird, the English rebel ship-builder.. Andrew John son pardons rebeli, but Grant goes one step' further. 'lle invites ther,ato cline with him. • tiia following Is sugmteit as a gootl loyal eablnet for Gen. Grunt : Secretary of State—s B. Waslibunu; of Sderetitry oC War—D. D. Wasbburne. u Indiana. Secretary ef the Navy—W. B. Washburrte Of Massachusetts. Secretary of Treasury—C. C. Washigtrnu of Wtimnsin. tieeretary at Interior—C. A.Washburne, of Paraguay; Attorney-General—lsrael Wa.sliburne, of Maine. • Foreign Ministers and Consuls—Swim:nom Wasliburnes.' REvenue officers—The rest pf the-Mash: burnes. • 'all the other ollieen—The relatives of the wiveS of the Washbarnes: IN lags year's message, 'Gov. Gearyrecom ' rnentled!t cluinge of the law relative to State Trees - der, but the radical "ring" got too heavy ,a piofit out of that institution, and coitse(juently It Esleft in nspresent condition: The bond given by the State Treasurer is only $ BO . OO O. while he frequently has three or four millions of dollars in. his possession.— Although no trouble has occurred oa this ac nouns, yet es:4lE6mm shows, in other pistol, It la Ma uncommon thing for tretismers and cashiers todatseend with funds not their own. • Human naliuse is the same everywhere, and' it should be guarded against: The State treasurer only receives $1,700 a year, but haying two or three i millions of public funds an 'hand, he makes a nice thing by putting it out at Interest with the hanks. The Trea surer should be paid a fair salary, and ,the State receive the; benefit of the Interest on the surplus 'Mime. is: no mad great enough_ i s this broad aa:ntsnonweathwhowoald dare a ssume. the dictatorship Mille democratic party, that Simon Cameron does in the republicakparty: . This tzuth,in view, of recent events', has fatten with such force upon m any'in that organiza tion: . that already th'e mutterings of discontent are herd, and threatened vengeance made' audible. If they submit chef are slaves, tirid we pr,Olet' they will submit.' Cainerott. gave. thesis Geary, about the twit natereous dose the party ever swallowed. I . 'Simon will . _ -Insert his spoon between their teeth and Make °them swallow him again. ' There, wa be plenty of wry. faces and any amount of squirming, but it won't avail: When the democratic party stoops to this hpmiliating position; it will be time enough :to receive 1• , ..50ns on manhood and dignity. from the opposition.—Art . slpry PAL , Tim' Democratic Joint psneus Of New Jersey have, unanimously nominated the lion. Stockton for crated States Sea: It will remembered that 31r. Stock _ . foA was elected for th'esenate, when he was elected before, to secure a two-thirds vote hi order toafeat . the President's vetoes. GENERAL NEWS. . . _.f.,.....„,...._-- .46r . 6g, :lei ir HaTen, recently,:n-foor family were distovered tasting a dinner on boiled dog. '•-• - . ' • . . A xismo from the north; '3lr. Gambree, has been elected' rezdint clerk of the Florida State senate TUE Emprm Eugenie has paid one other dressmakers a buralred thomand• fran6 for a single year's services. A Cannrrsts' s goose, sent by a kind friend to two prisoners in a Canada jail; was stuffed with files anti steel saws. Hecestis at Magdeburg, a wii.ow of self enty•three marriedhiiseventh husband. - He was Jess than thirty Tears old.' Tuz-I.7nited States rejoice In 100,000 thou •-s.ntl school marms. May the tins!: soon speed when they will be doubla. Ls.vc_tsrEit county boastS a cheat:int tree twenty-seven feet in circumference, with a cherry tree growing from one of its branch- Tm latest Bible-class in the world is that , conducted by Mrs. Harnett, at Mr. Spur geon's ebardi, .in London, which numbers 700. • , 47: old lady named Regis Saavedra, died lately in New Mexico, aged 130 years,having been, perhaps, before her death, the oldest person in Ainerica. ' (inzat trouble, says a Florida correspon dent, is had in trying cases before mixed jn .ries, black and white, in that State, because " the jurynten will go to sleep." Is Dayton, Ohio, a double wedding party recently arrived, consisting of a father and son and their brides, two slaters, of whOm the father married-the younger. CANADA is suffering from a plethora. of ver coin. Banks will not take it on dePosit,, and the tills of,stores and poqkets of well-to. do people, are overloaded with it. IN thelkase of Jefferson Davis:a nolle pro- Begat has been entered by the United States District Attorney at Richmond: This step has been taken in pursuance of the recent Presidential proclamation of amnesty. Tur. town Of Wells, Vt., has a citizen who married at seventeen. His first child was a 'daughter, who married at thirteen, and eigh teen months afterward ,made her father a grandfather, at the early age of tbirty-oloand a.half years. • 3ftmorl3i has grown' in population fifty per cent. in four years; in property 4200,000,- 000 in eight years. It Las paid in three years over 423,000,000 of its debt and overdue inte rest. That is a pretty good State to emigrate to. ' Tun population of Memphis, Tenn., was estimated at 00,000 three years ago. A late census returns but 29,000. The decrease is attributed to the terrible i condition of Ten nessee under Gov. Bmwiitlow and the negro rule. A Juin.. were kept o.t thirty-six flows without food or fire at i larrison, Ind., het week on account of iffe obstinacy of one of the jurymen; who- wool. not concur with his colleagues tillhe was starved and froken Into it. Irr England, recently, a velocipedist travel ed one hundred and thirty-five miles on his tread-wheel, starting at four P.M., and arriv ing at his destination at ten o'clock the next morning, having remained over night at a way station. Os last Sunday, at Raddotra Mills, Ky., a_ negro attempted to violate a little girl alive years, a daughter of his former. msster. The child's mother was attracted to the rescue by her screams. The negro is now. in Jan and confesses his guilt. . Tint Chicago Tribune has an article call ing upon Gen. Grant to "say but the word," assuring him that in reply liandreds of hou sands of his old warriors would "rally. around the flag," sad carry it to the invasion and conquest of the new Dominion of Cana da.. Tim= .negro soldier! at Hays City, Kan sas, murdered a white man recently, and were taken from jail by a vigilance commit tee and hanged. The negro troops at Fort Lamed hive been removed on acccount of persistent troubles between them and the whites. A iAnGF fire occurred in Philadelphia last week by which a block et marble buildings on Chestnut strettilwas destroyed. The loss is estimated at $BOO,OOO. Seven clerks sleep ing in the buildings, narrowly escaped with their lives, and it is probable that two others have perished. Tex years ago a young lady; resident of Maury county, Tenn., married against her wishes. Two years afterward' she was di ! voreed and 'then married her first lover.-- Less than a year ago this husband was killed and she has again united her destinies - with the one from whom she was divorcietl. . • Ali old gentleman, who resides in• Sout hwestern Kentucky, passed timonch Terre Mote, a few.days ago, on his way borne from Illinois, with his filth bride, a blooming ma tron of Matto. &ll 'c of his former wives was a nagva' f Kentucky, and' none of them lived more than two years after marriage. ALL 'negro messengers in the various de. partments of the Treasury, were recently dis charged by order n of Secretary Megallogh. His intention tosnpply'their places with ex.soldiersf The heeds of bureaus, however, waited upon bins in a.hodyand obJectod so strongly that he was conipaled to rescind the order., IN Springfield; Maas, on the 12th fkust., Nelsontipellman won arrested for an atte rept ed rape on Mrs. Elizabeth I Gibbon, an, esti mable taffy, fifty-five years Of age, as she was goingto,church on Sunday. Mm Pibbous• was ththwu down in the snow and seriously injured, ten her screams frightened the vil lain astray. • . , . • Tat PeOpleuf D etroit were vary Much as • testified on Mew Year's ilitY to see the waters of theDetthiftriver Bowing up stream. The oldest. Inbabitint hail never witnessed the like before. The "phenomena lasted six hours; and is supposeillo . have been caused by the banking np of the waters of Lake Erie at the mouth oldie riVerhy a strong wind. Az order •Laa been issued by Archbishop Spidding, of ifoitlino re, to his diocese, for biildh4 tlu3 badiscrimi. sate attendance of ptr sone in the chanties tor witness marriage ca ; remonies. Lliereafter no one will attend cepdog by card of invite thou from the parties ifigcreeted. This, aed necessary on se. count of the levity and h oproper 'conduct of curiosity-seekers of recent - . occisions. . , E . %. Tii Mel4l4e/ere ire hotlng a lively dis aislogeff the propriety Of estsifflshing a pre fessoishilt, of homompathy in their State University. I The"' legisisnue, in IBM, passed' a law directing the Regents-to create sucks profesimsbip, and to appoint a profeor i but they refused to 'comply, and d 4er eibsusting every other remedy, the hommopxthistS hair brought the matter bcgari the purrs One writ 03 : \ of mandamus t 6 compel obedience to th )57r. in opposition to them it is contended t the actor the Legislature isimconstittitional and that the Regents love supreme authority over thd expenditare'ofthe money's intrusted, to them. Roirevei this may be; it is certain tiuszlhe number of adherents of the 'tornado-- P* l lde astern of practice - is large enOngh to 'entitle them to the name consideration as the men of other schools; and if the' State under takes to teach medicine at all, it ii bound to give them an equal chance. , ~ . • Is 'Princess Anne cennty; Va., a serious conflict has occurred between an armed band ofnegroes and a detachment offecleral troops, and further trouble. was' apprehended. A sergeardA.yi.been mortally wounded ' and three negroes killed.• The difficulty arose from resistance by the negroes to the sheriff - of the county in the execution of a writ. At the same time reports from New Mexico re present trouble between the white and color ed troops out there, in which several were killed. In tact, we have almost daily similar accounts from one part of the country or other of conflicts 'between the races. It is no longer an:irrepressible conflict between slit very and freedom, but between, the white and black man, and has been brought about by !Alike:ll demagogues endeavoring to sub vert the laws of nature. ALL the fools are not dead yet. The Bel fast Journal says on Monday night last, two men from Islesboro, Me., who were stopping at the American Bowe, were nearly suffoca ted by gas. On going to bed, one of them blew' out the gas, instead of turnineit off The strong smell in the adjoining passage ways led to investigation, and the condition of things was discovered. One of the men was crazy from the effects of the gas Inhaled, and the other very ill. They soon recovered, but a little longer breathing in the room would have been fataL Tar: Albany, Ga., News, congratnlates it self upon the decided falling off in the nink ber of vagrant freedmen in the streets, most or them having contracted and gone home to commence the year's work. This can . be -aacribeft to one particular cause above all others: theri is rm material political agitation in the interior of -the State at this time, and the negroes, being freed frem the craft and tricks of rascally politicians, naturally yearn for the comforts of the " snug little cabin on the old plantatiim." . • Isirruccrtows have been issued by Attor ney-General Everts to all the district attop net's in the - United States ordering them to discontinue proceedings against all persons accused of treasonable offences for acts com mitted during the late rebellion.. This effect tually settles the whole question as to the operation of President Johnson's amnesty proclamation, Is Toledo, Ohio, the othe r day , a young man rushed through the stre ets, followed by a very excited German. The latter was shout ing as he ran: " Bolees, bolees, shtop7der man ; he ish going mit der reever, and der ice under, for to suicide commits." Several citizens joined in the chaie, and the fogitiVe was captured just in time to prevent him from leaping into the halftrtuten river. • ODDS AND ENDS. Berl ARE already being made about the length of General Grapes inaugniamessage. It is said that it *ill be the shortest - ever de livered. ta.aswa has a base ball eglib. Procopl Kickak is first base, and Mr. Komoipeebusat trigoo is pitcher. PMCSYLVLNIAt owes $33,286,946; Massa chusetts, $27,733,870; Illinois, $5,938,453 ; Delaware, $1,556,000; Michigan, $3,614,078 (bonded,) . $2,031,440 (trust fund) ; - Missouri, $18,654,000. ' Tits ' CLEROY costs the United States $12;000,000 annually ; the criminals, $40,- 000,000; the lawyers, $70,000,000; rum, $200,000,000! Tag nicawr executions in New Iroik and New Jersey have been extensively cora :heated on by the press, and it is very signifi cant that nine papers In ten take ground against capital punishment. Where the press is the people are sure to follow, if they are not already in advance. The sighs of the times are that capital punishment is los ing favor with all classes. Tan Chicago Times well says: "Let a vote, be taken in every Board of Trade which 'may be found In the country from Pittsburgh west-to the Pacific, to-morrow, on the ques tion whether we have enough of currency in, the country to meet the honest demands of trade, and there is no doubt that in every instance the question will be decided in the negative. A BITTER contest Is in progress in Indiana respecting the size of ladies' feet. A. Terre Haute paper alleges that the Lafayette belles have feet so large that only four or five can skate on a rink 'at .a time. The Lafayette paper retorts by declaring that the shitema kers in Terre Haute, when they make shoes for the belles in that place, have to erect a sort of marine railway in their back yard in order to launch them. Ors. Gmtnx Is 47, and Mr. Colfax only 46; Andrew Johnson is 01; Mr. Seward 68 ; Gen. Schofield but te: ; Mr. Welles, 67; Mr. Mc- Culloch, 58; Mr. Randall and Mr. Browning, ing, 59. We do not know the exackage of Mr. Evarts, but ho cannot be more than 50. Mr. Wade,the President of the Senate, is 69; Senator Scorner is 58, and Senator Trum bull 56. The members of the House of Rep resentatives are nearly all young men. Mr. James Brooks and M. E. B. Washburn are among the oldest, and are respectively 59 ond•ss years of age: "A vsvuen of three children"—it is quite fortunate that there are no more of them— communicates to the editor of the Bun the interesting intelligence that he lately admin istered to his son, sixteen years of age, " a good sound thrashing with a cat-o'-nine tails, and'aince that time," naively adds the father, " helms not given me the least bit of trouble." We should think not Strong men have known to take the same dose and thereafter to trouble nobody but the coroner; coffin-maker, and ' the sexton. • AMONG the wealthy foreign residents is Paris are only fifty negro and mullatto fami lies, who hold intercourse with a great many aristocratic - French families on terms of per., feet equality. Pontehery, a wealthy ne gro from Port-au-Prince, lives with his family in one - of the finest honies on the Charente d'Antin, keeps half a dozen - white *enfants; and was Wilted Litt winter to all of 24. Bomber's parties. He is a millionaire, and has a very fine gallery of paintings and statuary. Another negro resident of Paris is Candor's, Whose4atlier owned a largeplan, Litton on the Island of lin' riethie. The son sold the plantation, married en Englishwo tun at Cape Town, and went with her to Paris, - where. he lives now In brilliant style, is One of the boldest operators at the Bourse, nd is eenlidered very rich. His children are almuilt white, and his oldest 'daughter, belle of eighteen, is courted by a great many young-officers And other; who seem not to -care a 11g for her eeiOred decent. liellebrie, a very black negro, owns two or three liras' business houses in Paris, where he settled thirty or forty years ago, and made money in the oyster trade. He le also mauled to a white womatt His thumb, tete nte . o4 Mar ried to Frenchmen. Wne vim public debt of the United States 'caused by the rebellion, was at its 'highest - point it amounted to nearly one dol.:- lar a minute • for the time that has elapsed shins the creation of the monk. According to generally accepted chronology it Wes 4,004 years from the creation to the birth of Christ that makes this the year of the w0r1d'5,872 There are , 3,525,600 minutes in a year of 305 days, the whole number of :.minntes, then shicw the beginning is 3,0010,200 —in round numbers three thousand Onions, Which is about the number of dollars of our debt at its highest figure. Quite' flattering to our national vanity of course. , • ifortecr. Mummy, through a practical printer, rarely visits the composing-room. The -.last time . was at three o'clock in 40 4 - Morning following President Lincoln's elec tion, when he ran his eye over the. type of the New Tork,eleetion table on the editorial and suddenly cried out t Here, Sam, bring me a bodkin ; some d—d fool has spelled Allegany with an 'h.' " And though pressmen were impatiently clanging the bells for the forms, Horace deliberately drew . a jack-knife from his pocket and dug the " h" out of Allegheny before he Would allow the forms to go down. SOSIE Of the newspapers are recommend ing the abolition of the twcieommissions,Of Brigadier General whieh are 'low vacant in the army list. The first of these vacancies . was caused by the retirement .4 General Rooker from active service ; the second by the death of Gen. Rousseau. If these places should beleft omitted, we ahould still have eight Brigadier Generals. That is yerV re spectable number, and we dire say the coun try could get along very well without any more.. The saving to the. Mazur , would be some $12,000 a year. IscLunzo Alaska, the territory of the United States extends over 4,000,000 square miles. Our public lands, excluding ice fields, are 1,46..5,4E8,800 acres in extent, the Alagbito purchase, including ice fields, add 269,529,- 1 GOO. Our population is nearly.. ,(40,000. If it increases in the sanie, - ratio as it has in preceeding periods it will be 42,000,000 in 1870, and 70,000,000 in 1000. There are now thirty-eight States, with the material for the manufacture of several others in the Radical Interest. Tux vou.ow - o appears among the regu lar marriage notices in the Omaha 'Republi can : Co.r-- 7 /Tarringten--On the, east half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-two (22.) township twenty-one (:1) north; of ranee eleven (11) east, in an open sleigh, and under an open and unclouded canopy, by the Rev. J. R. -Mason, James 8., only -son of John Cox, of Colorado, and Ellen C., eldest danz ter of Major O._ Harrington, of Burt county Nebraska. A courts were to have been married . at- Indianapolis the other evening, and- the bride was ready for the ceremony at,the appointed time, hut s the. bridegroom was not son hand. A messenger was sent for him, but instead of fidfaling his duty, he sent back word that he never intended to marry the, lady, and only M "wanted see how she could take a joke." IN 31Aasacituarrrs they turn old maids out of church where they have more than one baby before getting .married. At a church trial the other day, where a weak sis ter was defendant, she plead in justification that she was following that injunction which says: "Suffer little ehildren to come unto me." TIEEILE are printed in the United States five thousand and sixty-twit), regular publica tions—daily, tri-weekly, Semi-weekly, week ly, semi-monthly; monthly and quarteily— with a combined ? circulation °rover seventy five millions a week.. THE Nenutw of Thaddeus Stevens, who was to have $lOO,OOO of the greartlommon .er's wealth if he abstained ten years from liquor and tobacco, or would be obliged to surrender it to the orphans of the soldiers If he indulged, says he will not Tob the poor orphans! A wmowtin writes that his, daughter of fifteen grew co arse and insolent, and laughed in his face when he only chided her ; hatone day he fastet t her to the bed,. removed her underclothing, nd gave her a severe castiga tion with a rattan cane, since which time she has been very tractable. Hence, he favors corporal punishment. TIM YEAR just begun will probably wit- nets, before its close, the most tremendous contest for monopolies tharthe country and the World has ever -seen. The pacific Rail road, now fast drawing to completion, is the darling prize for which the railroad kings are marshaling their forces to compete. ' Oss or the San - Francisco papers hai added a new feature to its " Birth, Marriage, and Death" clumn —" Divorces." This department is as well supported and as much a public convenience as its companions. ALL 'rum' a man has t. in place where he is a stranger, le to hri• ,*- tongue and . his temper, cultivate good dings awl kind affection, and meet every advance of his his neighbor with courtesy, cordiality and cheerfulness. - • Fr to estimated that not one-eighth of the people of the United States attend' public worship on Sunday. Iv ma! he's comfort for some to know that men are growing larger In stature; and living longer in years, on the _average, than they did a while ago. TEIERE is no stone to mark the lasVresi ing-place of that'grand old man, Sam. Hous ton, and the Texans are feeling very much ashamed about it. The Legislature is called upoh to put up a monument. Fasnionamm people no longer call one an other liars ; they merely " Stigmatize the' statement as an unqualified figment ofit fer tile imagination." Tan NUMBER of children who attend school in' the United States, amounts to 5 4 - 000,000. They use W,000,000 books, which Cost $18,750,000. WAMLIKOTON is known as the "city of magnificent distances• and mein 'boarding houses." DT YOU wish to make a noise in religious eitrlep, walk into church late - next Sunday morning with a pair of meaking 4 boots on. . . Tun NW style of bonnet is to be a bead and two inches of ribbon, fastened with a hair pin. Tirana. are over 25,000 printing paessea l in the United States. • PREPARE ion "A RAINY Dev."—Every rasa who : is obliged to work for a 'living should make it a point to lay up a little money for that "rainy day" , which , tre are all,hable to encounter,* rran acco t when least expect. The best way to do this is to ope with a goings hatik. Accumulated money is always safe, It is always readyfar use when needed. Scrape together five' dollars, make' your deposit, get you': bank book, and then resolve to - deposit a girl sum, small though it be, once a month, once a fortnight, or once a week,• according to circumstances. No: budputoura, without trying it, how easy ,a thing it is to save money whett:nu account, with the ,hank has been Opened. Without a bank account a man kelt up r'estruint upon his purchases. Re buys ,this thing, believ ing that he needs it; and no buys smother thing, making himself believe that he needs that. The Loci is, ha might aswell 'do with:. out both of these things, and would dd wlttk out themilhe had that incentive to save his moseiwhlth results from laving an account with 4.1!e bank. With inch an account a assn Slays feels 4 deslT to ealargollis de posit, It gives lam lationa in , frugality bad economy, weans him ken habits of extras pate; and is the Vaal sushi in „the', wary. aigainat Intemperance, dleafpatian . and vice. • Lvnicr*vrs von scos.—The follow ing is ialiat'of the Indictments for treason on, Me in tie office of the Clerk of the United States arena Court for the District of Vir ginia. Jefferson Davis, John C. Breckinridie, Judge Henry W. Thomas,ex-Gov. W Smith, Gen. Wade ilamptortGen. Benjamin Huger, ex-Goy. Henry A . Wise. Gen. Samuel , Coop.: er, Gen. G. W. C. Lee, Gen. R. E. Lee, Gen. W. 11. F. Lee, Secretary S. IL Mallory, Gen-. Wet Mahone, Gen: Jsaites Longstreet, Gen Illzhnelt Lee, Wm. E. Taylor, Oscar E. Baxter, George W. Alexander, Gen. Epps, Huston, B. H. Booker, 31. D. Corse, John TL De Brec, Gen. Roger A. Prvor, Major D. B. Bridgford, Gen. Jubal A. Rub'. Gen.Bich ard Ewell, Thomas P. Turner, Wm. S. \rut der, the Hon. James A. Seddon, George Booker, Wm. H. Payne, Cornelius Bayles, Richard &Andrews, Wm. IL' Richards, the Hon. Chan. J. Faulkner, R H. Dulaney, W. N. McVeigh, end EL ,B. Tyler. Yak prose- Inds have been entered in the cases of Hon. Thomas S. Bocock, Judge Robert Ould and Jefferson Davis. - . . • TUE LF...WING paper of the Northwest, the "Wisconsin," 3illwaukie, gets off some very good hits; among the latest- of which 'we extract the. following : As Excarizsr Ittepremz.—One of the most popular medicines of the day is -Iloof land's Ger Man Bitters, which is designed to keep the stomach and liver in a healthy Con dition. The Bitters is prepared without the rise of intoxicating liquors, and if a person dAires to drink liquor under the fashionable name of Bitters, he had best apply for some thija,gelse. than Efooliand's. Druggists tall us that the sale of this article is large, and is constantly, on the increase,—that all who use it are pleased with their excellent qualities, and that they could ,not- think of keeping store without it. In cases of debility or prostration, of the system, Hoofiland's 'Ger man Bitters will be found an excellent arti cle, as well as for Dyspepsia..' • 16:wetland's German Tonic is acombination of all the ingredients of the Bitters, with pure "Santa Cruz Runt, orange; anise, &e. It is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in cases where an alcoholic stimulaqt is re quired. It is a preparation of rare medical value, and most agreeable to the palate.' Principal Of ice, 631 Arch St., Phild'a, Pa. Sold - everywhere by druggists and others: Goon Aoncz.—An exchanee very appro priately remarks - that every poor laboring man.should buy himself a town lot- 2 —get that paid for and then work to add the necessary improvements—a little here and a little there will, in due time produce Ton a home of your own, and place you outside of the landlord's gap. Remember that .1.-50 a year saved in rent will in - a very few years. pay for .your own home and the mend it - costs you to 'move and shift about, will, without-any loss l of fumittire and of time, pay the interest of a five hundred 4bllar judgment against your -property until you can.gradually reduce it to nothing. Top can all buy in -that way— why do yorrnotriqc it If you fail you are, no worse off—if you succeed, as any careful man is Sure to do, yon have made a honie and established a "credit equal to another which will start you in business. Ir rs strahge to see with what carelessness some invalids attend to their health. They will procure a box of Plantation Bitters, 'which ought to be used up in a month or six Reeks, and upon inquiry it is found that they .have Used only two or 'three bottles. Some days they have used it according to the directions, and others have not touched it. The - whole trial has been irregular, and of Course a 'less favorable result has come fn* their use. If .it be true that "what is worth doing at all is worth doing well," how emphatically is it true in matters relating to the health. A few bottles of Plantation Bitters have often wrought wonders, while in other instaneft; disease has only been sub dued after weeks of resistence. 31.s.a:qot.ta! WATErt.—Superior to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. • jani-tf. Jam TEM T.tmva.-,-Persens suffering from that implicable disease, - Catarrh, should by all means give Sage's Catarrh Remedy_ a thorough and impartial trial. It has been. before the public but a. few years, yet al ready ranks as the standard remedy for dis eases of the nasal and tipper airpassages, and we hear it very highly spoken of - by those who have used it. Theproprietor, 11. V. Pierce, 31. D., of Buffalo, N. Y., as will be seen by his advertisement, offers a standing reward of 1500 for a case of Catarrh that he cannot cure. For. sale by most Druggists everywhere. Sent by mail for sixty cents.— j=batiac Judah:dun. jahl4-2 w. LEGAL BLINES.—We remind those in need of blanks that our assortment is the most complete in'the city, comprising every sort generally in use by Justices, Attorneys, Con stables, Property Owners and Business men. They are all prepared by experienced men, got up in the.best style, and sold at the most reasonable prices. if. liberal deduction will be made to dealers or others purchasing in large 'quantities, i /1-25-tf: EVERYBODY knows that they can buy their School Books, Pass Books, Paper, Envel opes, Ink, Pens, &c., cheaper at Wm. J. Sell ee Co.'s Bookstore than at any other store in, the city. OCR COMTRYggdS Should not fail to call at Wm. J. Se o.'s Bookstore, when visiting the city. , Orb) ablurtisemtnta. iirAdvertisements, to secure insertion, must be handed in by 9 o'clock on Thursday morn ing: advertisements will be continued at the expense of the advertiser, unless ordered for a speelfled time. Notice. ALL PERSONS HOLDING CERTIFICATES of Shares of Stock of the Erie County Ag ricultural Society. are.tiereby requested to pre sent the same to the Society, for the purpose of having them numbered and registered,_ and all persons having receipts for money paid, and', who are entitled to stock for the same, are-also requested to present their receipts or other evidence of payment to the Society in order that they may be placed on the books of the Society, and Stock issued. Persons who re fuse or neglect to comply with this request on or before the 15th day of February. 1569, will forfeit all claim that they may have on the Society. By order of the Board of Managers. J. C. BURGESS, Secr'y. Erie, Jan. IS, 11169. Jan2l-4w • "Burned. Out." - rpm; BANKING HOUSE OF 7\o. ELIOT & 1. CO. have located themselves for the pre sent In the North part of the room' of Messrs. Shannon tr. Co.'s Hardware Store, South of the Union Depot, where they will continue to do a General Banking, Exchange, and Collection Business, also pay interest. on De po sits. Jtm.2l-Ira ELIOT & CO., Bankers. Once More in the Field. • LITANY PERSONS who, in years 'gone by, were in the • habit of using CARTER'S NE 'AND NERVE LINIMENT, but who of late years have found it difficult to obtain, owing to-the proprietor having ceased to pre iare it, except in small quantities, are hereby nformed that I have resumed the nutnufacture of this most valuable Liniment*atice so popu lar throughout this part of .the country—and Intend placing It in every store where medi cines are sold, in this and the adjoining counties. My old customers in particular and the public In general may now feel sure of get ting. this article, at all times -in its full strength and Purity. Price by Single Bottle 40 Cents, • 4. B. CARTER. jan2l-tf Carter's Ring Bone Lotion. rIIIIIB LOTION FOR SAFETY and certainty 1 in removing fling Bone and Dane Spavin, Callous Lumps and tiplints,_ ete.,.exceeds all other known preparations . 'Those who have occasion fora preparation of thitrklad are in formed that it is 'now pot up much stronger than it formerly was, so that its action is more quick and certain than before, and will rarely !fever disappoint the tiger. Retail Price 75 cts. Three Bottles for 52.00.. Druggists end Country Merchants can pro curel3 articles with the usual Discount from the Proprietor or from Messrs. J. B. Car ver & Co.; at the old stand of .jan2l-tf J. B. CARTER. Arentii . Wanted. UCH TRE_st itERSCAIif YEAR-BOOK AND NATIONAL REOISTMIor ISM Astron •ornical, lliatoticat , Political -.Commercial, Agri cultural, Educational, Hallgiotts. This work contains a vast fund of late and valuable hifor mation • respecting the United States and Foreign Countsteikincluding °Very. department of the General and State Governments, which all classes of businoss and profssalntutl men wtU Ind Invaluable for: daily reference. Ad dress 0. D. CASE & CO. Publishers, Jan2.l-4m Hartford, Conn. Fresh Butter 20 Cents Per Pound. GREA.TEBT 1 1 VEN1101 , .7 OF - THE- AGE. Batter made in from three to five udri okiti: bE the woof our Infallible Batter Powder, at a cost of 20 cents a pound . Simple in -opera ti°ol towodello in uses Two founds of batter can no inside.frota ono quart of milk, suMelent Powder . to make 30 pound of butter, wait free on 'receipt• of. priee-41. Agents wantwir, In every Town and Cotady, to introduce this Nr9o•- dello), economizer. Address • _ •• 0013112 N Burma C0.,1C4 Nassau Bt. N.Y. - • jan2l-1m • GEO. A. ALLEN, AtSgizz at lair, .for. of State awl 7th fits., ver (o. s Grog Starr, Erie; Pa. . lant'694t : Notice. Entz, PA.;.Trua. 19, Regr e ttr . t r Witless t 9 .1 . 3 . 84WLEY & BALL Nttn abbtrtistmtnto. • VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY. frms IS TO GIVE NOTICE that on the 11th I . .bay of tan., A. D. ItZa, a warrant in Blink ruptzy was issued against the estate of Edward Sherman, of Erie city, in the county of Erie, State of Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on his cons petition; That the pay ment of any debts and delivery of any pr belonging to such bankrupt, to !aim wat= use, and the transWr of any property by lam are forbidden •by law; that a meeting of the creditors of the said bankrupt, to prove their debts and to choose one or more Assignees of his estate, will be held at the Court of Bankrupt. i ce cy, to be holden at the o ce of the Register. in the city of Erie, In the ty ofErle and State of Penn's., before S. E. ruff, P.egister, on the sth day of April, A. 1989, at It o'clock, A. If. THOMAS . .Ik.; BOWLET, . IT. S. Marshal, Messenger. By G. P. Davis. Dept. V. 8. Marshal. *Jan2l-4w. Voluritary Bankruptcy. mum IS TO GIVE. ICOTICE that on the 6th day of Jan, A. D., ISS' 9, a, Warrant in Bankruptcy was Issued onto! th District Court of the United States, for the Western Districtof Pa., against the estate of Patrick Grace, of Con neautTp, in the county of Erie, and State of Pennsylvania, in said District, adjudged a bankrupt upon his own petition; that the Payment of any debts and, delivery of any PreyeAY . heieng to such bankrupt to him or, his use, end the transfer of any prop erty- by him- are forbidden by law. A. meet ing of the creditors of the said bankrupt, to prove their debteand to choose one or more Assignees of theirestate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy. to be holden at the office of the Registe., in the city, of Erie, before S. E. Wood ruff, Esq.. Regbder in Bankruptcy for said dis trict, on the:sth day of February, A. D., 142, at II o'clock, A. - 31. THOMAS A. P.OWLEY, - U. S. Marshal, Messenger. By G. P. Davis, Dept. C. S. Sfarshal. ".lan2l-4 w. Voluntary Bankruptcy. fralS IS TO GIVE NOTICE that on the 11th day of Jan., A. D.. 1.4.4). a warrant in Bank ruptcy was issued n.. 1.1514 the estate of Alfred icing,of - Erie city, Erie comity,. and State of Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a bank rupt on hte own petition ; that the, payment of any debts and delivery of any property belong ing to such bankrupt, to him and for his use, and the transfer of any property by him are forbiden by law; theta meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their debts and no choose one or more Assignees of his estate. will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the office of the Register. in the city of Erie, Pa., before S. E. Woodruff, Esq., Register In said District, on the, 9th day of April, A. D., ISZ, at 9 o'clock. A. AL THOMAS A. ROWLET, U. S. Marshal, Messenger. , By G. P. DavLs, Dept. C. S. Marshal. •jan2l-lw " Voluntary Bankruptcy . . rpriis IS TO GIVE - 'NOTICE' that on the 1 lth- I day ofJan., A. D., 1.P.19, a warrant in Bank ruptek war issued' against the estate- of Able A. Atlanta, of Erie city; Erie county. had State of Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a banAtrupt on his own petition; that the,pay meht of any debts and delivery of any proper ty byldra, for his use, and the transfer of any property by him are forbidden by law ; that a meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their debts and to choose one or more Assign b ees of his estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the office of the Register. in the city of Erie, Pa.. before S. E. Woodruff:Esq.. Register in said District, on the 9th day orAprO. A. D., 1 , 9- , 9. at 9 o'clock, A. M. THOMAS A- ROWLEY U. S. Marshal, Messenger, By 0. P: Davis, Dept. U.S. Marshal. .jan2l-1w • Voluntary Bankruptcy. Irma IS TO GIVE. 'SOTICE that on the 11th day ()flan., A, D., 1E99, a warrant in Bank ruptcy was Issued against the estate of H. H. & C. D. Reynolds, of Concord Station, Erie (Inn ty, State of P.qinsylvania, who have been adjudged bankrupts on their own petition; that the payment of any debts and delivery of any property belonging to them for their use,and the transfer of any property by them are forbidden by law ; that d meeting' of the creditors of said bankrhpts,to prove their debts and to choose one or more Assignees of their estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the office of the" Register, in the city of Erie, Pa.. before S. E. Wdodrufr, Esq., Register In said 'District, on the 6th day of April, A.D., 1869,, at 9 o'clock, A. M. , • : • THOMAS A. ROWSEY, E. S. Marshal, Meaenger, ^ By G. P. Davis, Dept, T. B. Marshal • *jan2.l--iw • . Voluntary, Bankruptcy. liiS 18 f 0 GIVE NOTICE that on the 11th T day of Jan., A. D., ISBI O , a warrant In Bank ruptcy was issued against the estate of Seth Todd Perley, of Erie city, Erie county, and State of Pennsylvania, 'who has been adjudged a bankrupt on his own petition; that the pay mentrolany debts and delivery of any property belonging to him, for his use, and the transfer of any property by him are forbidden bl . ; that a meeting of the creditors of said bank rupt, to prove their debts and to choose one or more Aadignees of his estate, will be held at 111' Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the office of the Register, In the c e l i tz of Erie, Pa., before S. K Woodruff. Esq., It ter In said District, on the Sth. day of April, Lt., 1953, at 10 o'clock, THOMAS A. ROWLEY, U. Marshal, Messenger. 'G. P. Davis, Dept. U. S. Marshal. . tar Discharge in, Bankraptc_y, TN THE DISTRICT COURT of the united 1 States, for the Westent-District s of Pennsyl vania. Chas, F Beers.a bankrupt under the Act of Congress of March 2d, 1867, having applied for a Discharge from all his debts, and other claims provable under said Act, by order of the Court, notice is hereby given to all persons who have proved their debts, and other persons interest ed, to appear on the 16th day of Feb. 1669, at 11- o'clock, A. M., before S. E. VitoodrulT, Esq., Reg ister, at his office in Erie, Pa., to show cause, if any they have, why a discharge should not be granted to the said bankrupt; And further, no= tice is hereby given that the second and third , meetings c f creditors of-the said bankrupt, re quired by the 2;"th and nth sections of 'said Act, will be had before the said Register at the same time and place... S. C. McCANDLESS Clerk of L. S. District Court for said District. jawll-2w • • DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY': IN THE DISTRICT COURT of the United States, for the Western District,of Penn'a. S. B. Mann & Lemuel Fisher, bankrUpts under the Act of Congress of March 2d, MO, having applied for a discharge from all their debts and other claims provable under said Act, by order of the Court, notice is hereby given to all per sons who have proved their dqbts, and other person. interested, to appear on the 18th Bay of Feb., 1869, at 11 o'clock, A. M, before S. E. Woodruff, Esq., Register, at his oface in the city •of Erie , 1 1 a. to show cause, if any they'have; why a discharge should not be grantedlo the• said bankrupt. And farther, notice is hereby given that the second and third meetings of • itors of the said bankrupt, required by the th and 23th sections of avid Act, will be had before the said Register at the same time and place. •S. C. McCANDLESS, • Clerk of U. B. District Court for said District. . Jan2l.2w Voluntary - Bankruptcy. riiIIIS Is TO GIVE - :NOTICE that on the 11th 1 day of Jan., A. D. 18/.0, a warrant in Bank ruptcy was issued against the estate of Ira G. Retch, of Erie city, Erie colinty, and the State of Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a bank rupt on his own petition; that the payment of any debts and delivery of any property belong ing to such bankrupt, to him and for his use, and the transfer of any property by him are forbidden by law; that a meeting of the cred itors of said bankrupt, to prove their debts and -to choose