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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
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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
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