4 THE TIMES. yew liloom field, Stay 0, 1S70. NOTICK TO ADVEHTIHKIM. Us flnl or stereotype will hn limorlod 111 thli ir ntileaa light face ami nu niLal baae. SfTwanty prVnt. in eirraia of reimlar rates, will bsohanred (or (lnrtlrmnt aetUi Pontile (Jolumn. NOTICR TO fMTIIHC'IMBEitH. I.nnk at tlm rmitrra on tli label of your paper, r'tlmirps fcpll vmi I. n riiim lift willed van r Mil ha rrliillaii la nnlil. Within II wiwka alter money la asm, sea ii tu La data' la cliauaed. Mo other receipt la neceaaarv. " Tha present Circulation of THH TIMES exceeds NINETEEN HUNDRED copies. Our mailing list la always open to the Inspection of advertisers. The ArriionuATioN bill which was passed by Congress has heen vetoed by the President, owing to his disapproval of political riders that were attached to the hill. The President in his veto rues, sage takes occasion to say that the prac tice of placing general legislation In ap propriation hills Is of doubtful propriety, and suggests that a law he passed, pro hibiting such legislation. As a proof that the majority of the people are op posed to such a course, he points to the fact that twenty-one states have already by etnte constitutions, prohibited the passage of any law in an appropriation hill. The veto is commended by all the Republican papers, and generally dlsap. proved by the Democrats. Cities and Town Levied Upon. Attorney General Palmer has Issued executions against the cities of Lock Haven and Altoona, and the borough of fiunbury, for unpaid state taxes. The claims against the above cities and borough, It Is alleged, have been In the hands of the attorney general for nearly a year, and the executions have been re peatedly delayed on the promise of the authorities to have them settled. The condition of the state treasury is such at present that It has been decided to press the payment of these claims at once. The Railroad Enterprise. Col. Daniel Ahl, of Cumberland coun ty, was In town last week. Mr. Ahl, as President of the II. and P. railroad, It Is reported, Is now negotiating with the Philadelphia and Heading and Ii. & O. railroads for the sale of his line. Suc ceeding in this, the Susquehanna would be bridged below Harrlsburg, and using the partially completed II. & P. Line, the thoroughfare would pubs through Shippensburg,Chambersburg and Green castle to Ilagerstown, thus making a grand trunk line from New York and Philadelphia to the West. Chambers, burg Opinion. New Tramp Law. The following is the text of the law passed by the legislature in regard to tramps in this State : Section 1. That any person going about from place to place begging, ask ing or subsisting upon charity, and for the purpose of acquiring money or a living, and who shall have no fixed place of residence or lawful occupation in the county or city in which he shall be arrested, shall be taken and deemed to be a tramp and guilty of a misde meanor, and on conviction shall be sen tenced to undergo an Imprisonment at labor or in the county jail or workhouse for not more than twelve months la the discretion of the Court; provided that If any person so arrested can prove by satisfactory evidence that he does not make a practice of going about begging or subsisting upon alms for the purpose aforesaid, in the manner above set forth, he shall not be deemed guilty of the oflense hereinbefore described, and upon such proof shall be discharged from arrest either by the Magistrate before whom he is committed or by the Court upon hearing of the case upon writ of habeas corpus. Section 2. Any tramp who shall enter any dwelling house against the will or without the permission or the owner or occupant thereof or shall kindle any fire in the highway or on land of another without the owner's consent or shall be found carrying any lire-arms or other dangerous weapon with intent unlawfully to do injury to or intimidate any other person, which intent may be interred by the jury try ing the case from the facts that defend ant; is a tramp and so armed, or shall do or threaten to doany injury notamount ing to a felony to any person or to the real or personal estate of another, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to undergo an imprisonment by separate or politary confinement at labor for a period not exceeding three years. Sections. Any act of beggary or vagrancy by any erson not a resident of this State shall be evidence that the person committing the same is a tramp within the meaning of this act, subject to the proviso contained in section one of this act Section 4. Any person upon view of any otlense described In this act may apprehend the ofl'ender aud take him bo fore a Justice of the Peace or Alderman, whose duty It shall be, after hearing the evidence, to discharge or commit the prisoner for trial as in the case of other misdemeanors. Section 5." This act shall not apply to any female or minor under the age of 10 yeurs,nor to any blind.deaf or dumb per son, nor shall it be applicable to any maimed or crippled person who is unable to perform manual lubor. bKerioN tt. This act shall tuke effect on mid after August 15th. 1 R70, and all acts or piirtH of sets Inconsistent here with are hereby repealed. Sudden Death of Congressman Clark. Washington, April 2H. Congress man Hush Clark, of Iowa, died sudden ly at his quarters in this city this niter liiwn, after an Illness of only a few hours' duration. Mr. Clark was In good health yesterday, and on Saturday occupied his usual seat In the House of Representa tives. He was taken sick at threeo'ulock this morning with an attack of men ingitis, and, although prompt medical aid was summoned, he continued to suf fer extremely, and died after only twelve hours' Illness. The news of his death was generally circulated this evening and Is received with universal expression of sincere sorrow. A Terrible Bereavement. Pittston, April 20. A fire at Carbon Hill, near this place, at one o'clock this morning, destroyed a house occupied by John L. Kcagli and his five children. A son aged eleven, and a daughter, nged 1.1 years, were burned to death. Mr. Keagh had his face and hands terribly burned in his efforts to rescue his chil dren. His youngest child, aged 5 years, had his head and arms badly burned,and his recovery Is doubtful. The house and contents were owned by Mr. Keagh, up on which he had no Insurance. Thomas McCune, a train runner on the Pennsylvania Coal Company's rail road here, was killed last ulgbt by fall ing from a train of cars, Russia's Reign of Terror. A St. Petersburg correspondent says: " The police are openly arresting people by batches at all hours of the day,whcre as apprehensions were hitherto made at night. On the slightest suspicion against any person his whole family are arrested and domiciliary visits are paid to all their acquaintances, these leading to further apprehensions on the most frivolous grounds. Eighty-three furnished lodg ing keepers are In prison for not report ing, within twenty-four hours, the latest arrivals. M. Jakovletr, a government official, living in the winter palace, and his son, an officer In the guards, are among the persons in custody. Baron ltistron, deputy commandant of the St. Petersburg garrison, and Gen. Gllden etude, commandant of the Moscow gar rison, have been suspended for Insuffi cient enthusiasm toward the new order of things. There are few pedestrians or carriages in the streets, but an endless line of porters are seated on stools at every door with stout sticks. Covered prison vans frequently pass with a police officer mounted beside the driver, and General Gourko drives round In an otten drosky escorted by Cossacks cracking their whips. The Inhabitants are not ac complices of the Nihilists, but apathetic spectators." Harrasslng the Southern Refugees. St. Louis, April 20. The Colored People's National Board of Immigra tion, of which the Rev. Moses Dickin son Is President, has received Informa tion that several thousand negroes are now at different places along the banks of the Mississippi river below Memphis either ready to start North as soon as transportation can be procured, or are preparing to leave their homes for St. Louis and beyond. One party of nearly 100 are near Lakeport, Chicot Co., Ark., almost destitute. It is said that steam ers refuse to take them ou board, and that white people In that vicinity refuse to sell them provisions. The committee here will endeavor to make arrange ments for their removal. About 200 refugees have been sent West Blnce Sat urday last. It is understood that Jay Gould has offered free transportation for them West of Kansas City, and they will probably go right on to Lawrence, Kansas. Colored Immigrants at St. Louis. A dispatch from St: Louis says: It is estimated that, altogether, 8,000 color ed immigrants have come here from the South since the beginning of the exodus. Only 2,400 of that number have been able to pay their own fare to Kansas. The others have been furnished with free transportation by the Colored Immi grant Relief Committee. The notable departures since my last letters have been those of the steamer E. H. Durfee, on the 14th ult., with 800, and the steamer Joe Kinney, on the 19th ult., with 850 refugees. They went to Wyan dotte, Kansas. There are only sixty or seventy immigrants now in the city, and they are compelled to remain by sickness. Nearly every day there are fresh arrivals, and at all times groups of colored people can be seen upon the levee. About two weeks ago the Re lief Committee entered into a contract with the Missouri River Packet Com pany, the terms of which were, that when Immigrants arrive they shall be proffered the use of the company's wharf boat until they depart for Kan sas, and that the charges for transporta tion shall be $3 for each adult, $1.60 for each person between the Ages of twelve and twenty-one years, and nothing for children less than twelve years old, from this city to Wyandotte; In accordance with this agreement, the Immigrants are landed on the company's wharf boat by the lower river packets on which they come. Their" plunder," as they call their household goods, Is piled up by the roustabouts In the middle of the wharf-boat. Wood and provisions are given them. They build fires with this wood on the levee and cook their food, using for the purpose such utensils as they can get possession of. After a boat has arrived, the levee presents an animated appearance, the dusky people moving to aud fro In their firelight, singing or dancing or prophesying, anil the 'longshoremen rushing from the boat with goods of various descriptions. When tired, they wrap themselves up In their rags and lie down to sleep upon the cold, hard deck. The women are shown great respect by the men, who allow them to choose the best places for sleeping, while they " rough It." Daring Robbery of a Savings Bank. PiTTsnuim, April 80 A bold hut un successful Attempt was made to-day to rob the Worklngmen's Savings Bank, on Ohio street, Allegheny City. The bookkeeper of the bank had gone ( to dinner, leaving the cashier, George L. Walter, alone. Two men entered the bank, and one of them, advancing to the rear counter, asked silver for a dol lar bill. When the eashler advanced with the change In his hand, he was confronted with a cocked revolver, and told to make no noise or he would be shot. Dropping the silver, Walter selz ed the revolver, and succeeded In wrenching It from his assailant, who then clambered up aud got Inside, and was reaching for money on the counter when Walter opened flro on him, firing two shots at him and also two at the other robber, who, In the mean thne,had climbed over the front counter find was advancing to the rear of the room. The strangers, dismayed by their warlike re ception, then turned towards the door and fled, And have not yet been ar rested. 10 o'clock P. M. Later developments in the robbery of the Worklngmen's Savings Bank of Allegheny to-day show that the thieves succeeded in car rying away $2,800, but in their hurried flight they dropped a pack containing $700, which which was picked up on the street and returned to the bank offi cers. On leaving the bank the thieves made their way to the river, and suc ceeded in reaching this city, where the clue was lost. ' OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WAsniNO ton, D. 0., April 80, 1870. Not slDoe the days of the Eleotoral Cora mission has there been so iutense feeling here as dining yesterday and to-day. It was known early yesterday morning tbat the President would veto the Army bill be cause of the clause In relation to troops at elections, but until then many Democrats who had been on good terms at the White House persisted In believing that the bill would be approved. The message went to the House promptly, but owing to adjourn ment was not rend. However, through the enterprise of newspapers its oontents were known at once, and the exoitement com menced. Republicans are gratified beyond measure, and Democrats are correspond ingly indignant. I suspect some of this latter feeling arises from the fact that in a party sense, the Democrats Are in an un comfortable position on the subjeot. It is not passing an adverse opinion on their late cause to say that tbey did not, in planning the campaign which yesterday had so im portant an incident, provide fully for the consequences of that event. It is probable, though not certain, tbat temporary sup plies will be voted for the Army, and the fight renewed in December next at the reg ular session. Tbe two speeches of Senators David Davis and Conkling aie much commended, and will be circulated extensively as cam paign documents. From present indica tions the contest will last until the next Presidential election. Tbese speeches, with those of Garfield, Ewing, Ilurd, and Chalmers in the House contain pretty much all that can be said on the subject. Tbe veto will inevitably add to the spirit of coming debate in the Senate on the Leg islative bill. It Is noted tbat Senator Car penter aud other very able men did not speak on the Army bill. Tbey will un doubtedly be heard from in the Legislative Bill debate which will commence to-day or to-morrow. In other matters Congress has done lit tie. Tbe House, however, will soon com mence the discussion of some of the fifteen hundred bills already introduced, especially those relating to tbe finances. Of these tbe most Important is that of Mr. De La Matyr for the substitution of Greenbacks for National Bank notes. It cannot pass, but it will have discussion. Everybody who goes to tbe Capital notes an improvement over the last Congress in tbo habits of the members. There were days in tbe late session when neither tbe nfllnlnl pinfli-(1liiK nor tlm condition of many of the members were creditable) , to the oountry. Tbe change Is a gratifying one. Senator Lngnn will not fight a duel with Itnpieseiitative Howe. Senator Lngnn is A sensible mail. His reputation as a soldier Is such that the refusal to fight onnnot be considered as an Indication ol lack of cour age. He can afford to decline. We are having the loveliest tit Wash Ington spring weather and tbat means the finest In the world. lion, Oeo. C. Oorham Is to be again Sec retary of the Keptibllcan Congressional Committee. Ol.lVB. Mlncelliineous News Hems. tW A boy lu Raolne, Wis., having a smalj boll ou his neck allowed his dog to lick It. The effects were fatal, as the boy died three days afterward, no doubt poison ed by the dog's saliva. tW Mrs. Peaice, wife of the postmaster of Bristol, R. who was mysteriously shot in bed last week, made two Attempts at suicide Wednesday morning. Her hus band will reoover. HTMrs. M. IS. IJaymer, residing at No. lflO Third street, Memphis, Tenn., com. mltted snioido on Sunday evening by tak ing An ovordoso of morphine. Domestic trouble was the cause. , ' af-jr That was a clever Oakland, Cab, boy who, when be was given 3 to dig up his aunt's garden, and bid a two-bit piece in'it and then told all the boys in the neighborhood. The next morning the ground was pulverized two feet deep. Madiud, April 80. The death of Princess Christina, sister of the late Qeen Mercedes and cousin of the present King of Spain, ooc urred in Seville at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Lonpon, April 20. An ofiloial report to the Persian government of the earthquake At Mioneh ou the 22nd of March'says that twenty-one villages-were totally destroyed, and 022 persons, 2,000 sheep, 1,12.1 oxen, 124 horses and 65 camels were killed. Pittsiioho, April 28th. A oarriags con taining a gentleman and four young ladies, was thrown over an embankment 79 feet high, ou the East End, yesterday. ' The occupants made a remarkable escape from death, tbe carriage catubiug In a tree a few feet down, All got out uninjured. tW The barn of John Setter, near Lan caster, together with seventeen bead of valuable cattle, and five horses, was burned on Wednesday. Loss, $12,000. A tramp bad slept in the barn the night previous, and on being refused food fired the barn while tbe family were at breakfast. He was jailed. Montreal, April 80. Fire is now rag ing in St. Jean Baptiste in tbe northeast ern quarter of this place, which threatens to destroy tbe whole village, there being no water. Forty dwellings have so far been destroyed. The oity fire brigade is in attendance but its services without water is of little avail. Memphis, April 20. A telegram from Starkville, Miss., says : A negro named Nevlln Porter, having set fire to two barns belonging to Mr. Jordan Moose, was ar rested. He confessed And Also implicated Johnson Spencer, a uegro who bad recently been acquitted of the charge, and others. To-day about one hundred men heard bis confession and then bung him to a tree. IWTbe M uscatine, Iowa, Journal, says : R. B. Allin, proprietor of a soap fuctory near Kecklervllle, was poisoned a short time ago, by tasting some roybrane oil. Tbe effect was first to turn both ears black, then the chin, and by this time Mrs. Allin became alarmed and sent for a phy sician, Tbe victim was resuscitated, al though At one time making but two respi rations a minute. t-Mrs. Polly Ballew, wife of Wra. Bal lew, of Boone county, Mo., bad quite an adventure reoently with a chicken hawk. Tbe bird of prey had descended in broad daylight, And Attempted to carry off a full grown hen. There was a lively tussel be tween the two, And in the midst of the fight, Mrs. Ballew came to the rescue of tbe ben aud killed tbe hawk with the broomstick. New York, April 23. Arthur C. Jen nings,cashier And book-keeper for Emigra tion Commissioner James Lyacb, who is also a wool broker in Church street, pleaded guilty to-day in tbe court of general ses sions to two indictments charging him with embezzlement, aud was sentenced to the State prison for eight years. t3T The Merchants' Bank of Toronto has received back the whole of the $31,000 out of which it was defrauded by its former managers, William Scott, at Owen Sound, aud I. B. Wilier, a Bellville lumber mer chant. A singular coincidence in connec tion with this matter is tbat both Scott and Weller have recently become insane. tW From an Oskaloose, la., " Herald" we learn tbat on Monday last Mrs. Carroll, wife of John D. Carroll, had placed their baby boy Johnny, only a trifle over a year old, in a baby carriage for a nap, And while Absent a short time in Another room, tbe little' fellow slipped from the pillows on which be was laid, And the strap which bound him In tint can Ih catching him on -the neck, strangled Mm to death, , IV A flams Is In her glassy eye, A broom Is In her eager hand, aloft she lifts a sudden . cry that echoes like a new brass band her dress Is reefed about her knees, as through the house she outs a path.snd In her every strsnger seeroa being of majestic wrath.- -Step-ladders scale tbe papered height, and tuba of water flood the floor, her voloe Is heard from morn to night rising above tbe Awful roar. Fly from her presence dog And cat,Ur from her presence roan and mouae.lt Is the venial frenzy tbat possesses her -she's cleaning bouse. iW No little exoitement was caused in Fort Madison, la., by one Williams, who had his wife arrested for killing their ohlld, eight years old. Ou Investigation before a Justice of the pesos, the wife, proved they never hod any children, when tbe woman was discharged and the man held for perjury. Toledo, Ohio, April 80. A man going under the name of Mons Florentine, stop ping at the Hooper house, at 13.80 this morning shot bis wife, known as Miss Llllie Ellis, now playing At the Adelpbt variety theatre, through the neck with A revolvor, then putting tho weapon to his head fired and instantly killed himself. Miss Ellis Is considered to be in a preca rious condition, but the physic-lans have strong hopes of saving lier life. Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause of the tragedy. A Loosing loke. A prominent physician of Pittsburg said jokingly to a lady patient who was complaining of her continued lit health, ami of his inability to cure her, "try Hop Bitters I" The lady took it in earnest and used the Bitters, from which ,' she obtained permanent health. She now laughs at the doctor for his Joke, ' but lie Is not so well pleased with It, as It cost him a good patient. , 19 NOTICE TO THE LADIES Dress (Jnort, at 7 cts a yard. Dress Hoods, at 8 eta a yard, Dress Uoeds, at 0 cts' a yard. . Dress Goods, at 10 cts a yard. Dress (lootls, at 12 cts a yard. Dress tioods at Various Prices. Having just received from a Now York Auction, some Great Bargains In Dress Goods, Fancy Goods And Hosiery, yon are requested to call and examine my Stock. It will not cost you anything to look, and not much If you bay, Goods are so CHEAP. F. MORTIMER. FIT8 1 FITS I The undersigned having purchased the property formerly owned by J. Bally, on Main Street, opposite Lnsmlnger's Hotel, and fitted it up into a convenient shop, he Is prepared to do Tailoiiino In all Its branches, in the best of style, and guarantee a Good Fit every time. 8. Bentzkl. P. S. A stock of choice Tobbacco ad Segars constantly on hand. April 9, 1878. ERRORS OF YOUTH! 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