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Wntlttnj m I?MKfWtj?r, ZmMtUxgtmx. |?rctiu*nt 1Iou?oway of tlie /Ktna jjill inform" \i? that time* are improving or#r there in ?ti iron wmy. The -Ktnt ii n.tr jcettinx $2 |*r ton more for iron than ,hf did noversl month* ago and in full of bi<jru??. She baa huilt up a reputation m<l a No a good trade for her iron, eipeclalljr her t*lieet iron, and ha* no difficulty la placing her product. \y> way mention an a "?iraw" that recently the Wheel in# llinge Company mi.le a t oiMiilorable purrh:we of hinge iron from Painter Sons, PitUbn rgh, and the director* thinking the price quitea* good, if not better than they were fikefy logetinthe future, directed the Pre*i- < ilunt to put in an order for a larger jmoiint. The Meaar*. I'wiinter declined i to enlarge the nale nt the present pricea. 1 Our f? -*n?l and cccMionat correspond* eit, M. V T. MoKelvey, of SuClnlra* J villc, ha*, ?'? ' notice, jiiHt doubled lain real | wtate holding*, having bought another , sui.til farm, the idus of the one ho bought wreral years ago, jw?t adjoining him. Mr. Mc iwd to l?e the manager of the Weijern Union Telegraph office liere, and aim) (lit1 agent of the Aflaocilted Prccf, ami was a most genial and accommodating Kentleuian. HI health compelled him to seek llie country, and in seeking it he , his, we are glad to Hay, found not only health but all the substantial comfort# of life, including a handsome amu of money. Death o! Mr*. Dr. S. 1*. Ilullihen. In another column of today's paper we ' rerord the death < t Mrs. Elizabeth I Jul- I lilien, widow of tho late lamented 1 Dr. & 1*. Ilullihen, of thin city, < ami mother of Dr. M. F. Ilullihen. i Tliis ?ad event occurred yesterday J at.Staunton, Virginia, at the residence of ! her son, K?r. Walter Ilullihen, with ? whom, and w it h her daughter at Martins* I burg, ehe Iih<1 been making her home for 1 the |?a^t eleven years. Airs. Ilullihen < rime to this city from Pittsburgh in < l$:t5, immediately after her marriage, t and lived here until I8GG. Her illustrious < husband preceded he& to the grave many | vears?havinir den.irted thin Ufa na far t buk a* March 27th, 1857. Her.reiuains < will be brought,,here to-morrow and de- I posited by kin side in Mt. Wood Cetne- y lery. Her maiden name was Funden- ' burg. She wu a sister of Dr. Funden- i burg who lived here and at Bridgeport I (or uianv yearn. She was known to her many friend* in Wheeling a* a most 1 exemplary wife and mother. 1 The death of Mrs. Hullihen calls to < mind the fact that the settlement of her- 1 self and (unkind in this city was an acci- 1 dent-an accident that iuany heneliciar- t iesof his genius and benevolence will t never cease to l?e grateful for. Dr. Hill- * lihpii w:n on his way hy river to Mays- ? ville, Ky., where ho expected to begin life, nnd only landed and remained here 1 because of a sudden sickness that had be- 11 fallen him nfter*leaving Pittsburgh. At 1 the end of his enforced sojourn in Wheel- ' i?g he found that he liked the people and j the place, and he therefore altered his I programme and remained here ever after* 1 winU. Here he achieved a name an a I Surgeon and Dentist that gave to Wheel- ' ing and to himself a reputation in this I country and in Europe. The grave long i since closed over his remains, and is now 1 about to hide those of his esteemed con- ^ sort, hut an long at least as this generation shall endure their names are not likely to b? forgotten in this community. The 4(n<>Nlioii Hint In Sever Net. tied. We observe by the Pittsburgh papers ol yeHerday that the Presbytery of Pittsburgh hail a serious nnd unsatisfactory time of it on Tuesday over the everlasting and inevitable "Amusement" question. But first we should notice that the Presbytery discussed the expediency of publishing the record of the Old Redstone Association from 1781 down to 18152, which arc described as beine? verv Inter wtinfj, ami yet uh containing pome thing* ! which Home of the son* unil daugh- ( ten of (he Hire.-) might not wish | to gevfiu print. Kelcrenco wan made to i the records in certain dinciplinary ciwe# j which involved various dalliance* and , dissipations of some of tlio pioneer i brethren. It waa finally voted that the record* nlionld he published under the ' . i supervision of nn expurgating committee, ( iiL'h auliey have in Rome, whose duty i it should he to eliminate anything that i might bring ablush to the clioekrt of the 1 descendant* of the old timer*. ^ This mailer being disposed of, the Presbytery proceeded to disciiM the amusement nuention, the dilemma being 1 a* to what sort of a deliverance ahould ( bi mule on the subject of dancing and ? in I'li'/nij;, /viier bii dint ?s bhiu al>out politicians and editors being afraid to tickle the unpopular wide of public ( question*, we were hardly prepared to ?ee *u many of the clerical brethren ahow ?'? much shakine<<H in the matter of , standing nqtiarely up to the mark on the amiiRetucnt question. There is, however, * [great deal of human nature in the world. It wax admitted on all hands, in the debate that took place, that Dancing ami Card-playing were very reprehensible practices? in fact, aius.and finally the i following resolution was offered and adopted: Jtoo.W, That Presbytery reiterates the action of the General Assembly on the subject of dancing, the theatre, the billiard-room and card-playing, ami enjoin the cessions of congregations to make violations of the acts of the Assembly "ubjectn ot discipline, an?l strongly recommend pastora to preach on the subject of popular amusements. No sooner was this resolution passed " in noiue of the brethren began to be " ifklied oer with the pale cant of thought," ait it were, and finally a recon"deration wm moved ami carried. One brother Maid that if the resolution stood 'hey might make up their mind* to nee owe of their pariahonera rebelling gftinit it, even leaving the church rather " "'hmit to it, and for hid part he waa ?PP<>?etl to forcing such an^laaue on the coDgregationa of the church. Alter ?ev? erai speecnes, pro and con, an the neces?itj and expediency of making these sinful practices subjects o( discipline, the following substitute for the resolution , wasjadopted: Rttohttl. That in the deliverance of the General Assembly and previous acts of this Presbyterr, we express our deep sense of the evil of promiscuous dancing I and kindred amusements ai detrimental to the intiuenoe of religion and the cultivation of personal mety; and we call 1 upon our pastors anu sessions to use all reasonable and judicious effort to abate and remove these practices from among 1 our people. It*will lie seen that.thi* 'compromise very materlallyjrelieved what threatened \ to be a very embarrassing duty on the i part of the pastors had the original resolution been adhered to. Its passage, ' however, strongly reminds one of the expedients that are often resorted to in political conventions to gel round a di* ' leuium. It shows,'as we remarked, that < there in n great deal of human nature in the world. It was the, observation of a <reat traveler, after'making the tour of the world, that in nil lib travels ho had met but two clauses of people, "men and women." I'll? WlicelliiK Work House Project. We publish this morning a communication from Mr. Fleming, the Secretary }f the Hoard of Managers of the Allegheny Work House, in regard to the proponed Work House in this county. We have thought worth while to print his letter u containing food for reflection for those whose ideas seem to bo very crnde and wild on thin subject. There nre those among us who are quite ready to rush pell-mell into a big debt for the sake of putting up an institution the pressing need for which has yet to be thoHn. A Penal School and Work House is, in itn very nature, not a suull affair. It calls for a farm, for good building*, tnd for efficient superintendence and police irrangementa, and also for educational acilities, all of which, first and last, vould put this county into $100,000 of lebt. Mr. Fleming estimates its probable xpence at $200,000. At least these are lie figures he names aa covering his ideas if a maximum expenditure. It is quite :>robable, once we were started in such an inter prise, that we would spend all of his jstiuiate before we could say 'that the iroject waa properly conauinitiated. Head vhat lie says upon the experience of his Board in the matter of expense. Such nstitntions are proverbially expensive to ...v 14....*;. Our idea* on thin subject, ai far an we jave any, and we are free to con few that we have none an jet satisfactory to our elves, are that when a Reformatory and Penal institution, hucIi an the one proposed, in to be built, it fliould be under,aken conjointly by the four counties of lie I'nnlmndle. And as a preliminary to luch an undertaking some one who in (iialilietl to dispense real information on lie aubjitct hIioiiM enlighten the public an o the nature and extent of the need for mcli tin institution. That there i* point1 j ieetl,'no one, we presume, will deny, just an il .here it* Home need for various other pro* ' iectn that mit^ht l>e iutroiluced with bene- j1 it into our midst, hut the question in as 0 o the exigency and extent of the demand " or a Work House. It devolve* upon u hose who are pressing thin matter upon lie public to satisfy the people of Wheel- i ng and Ohio county tint it is not a prenature project. t il ltol? iove, ol Kleiilienvlllp. Fall* 1 tu Willi tlieNolle?t Nuapol III* 1' I,ilr. a LANWKaBUKcm, N. Y., Dec. 1,1877. v To lU Editora of the Stevlxni ille Quzelte: j wimn r i..?? ... r ,.u .1 IIVH ? ...n? nun J\MII * "V C telf to drop you n lino occasionally to ? keel) you ponied an to my whereabouts aa ,] veil an the progress of the Murphy move- t merit in this section among the Trojans. ? When I reached Ml. Uilead, I found a e telegratu froui Mr. Murphy requesting y Qiv presence in Troy, N. \immediately, j| After speaking Thursday and Friday in tl LIilead, I started for Steubenville, where 0 I arrived on Saturday evening; on Sun- v lay morning 1 took farewell of my fami- x ly, and with "grip Back" in hand marled c jn my journey for the proposed battle b ground of the winter campaign. Reach- H: ing the great metropolis of thecjuntry the ^ next morning at ?even, 1 was noon Iran*, j [erretl to the depot of the N. Y. Central (j mil Hudson Kiver railroad. I entered * mul took a Beat on the "river side" of the a train, anxious to view the beautiful n icenery of the Hudson. At 8 we start, [> mil are noon whirling along it* banks, ,) And now you are ready to ask me, "How & Jo you like it?" and I am ready to an- ti mer: It is immense. The traveler's j jye is continually attracted to the gran* n leur of the scenery by which he in stir- t: rounded. The lotty mountains in the listance, the mammoth trees, tall and r itatel^r? true giants o( the forest, the t [>eautiful slopes, studded here and there t with beantiful pines, cedars, tirs and ma* o pie, presents a scene at once grand anil <] iieautiful almost beyond expression. The I mind of man is almost overawed by the u grandeur of the scenery from the time he ] leaves New York city until ho readies f this city, a distance of 180 miles north, f, What it is above here 1 am not pre- t pared to say, but will probably be able (o fc speak of it'atsome future time. v And now, having finished the trip, I will tell you of the present temperance i movement in this section, and where the "warriors" are located. We have gone I into tho war here systematically, and ........ ...... ,i.:. i: " :i jirupunn ugutiug u uui uu 111 in nue 11 n takes all winter. The grand tidal wave t that swept over Ohio, Pennsylvania, Went Virginia anil otlier Western 8ta.te* during the put year with such force, ha* reached thin Hection, and in now sweeping on like wild-lire. Frank Murphy lion hia headquarter* in Troy ?that in the grest centre. On my arrival Monday evening, in company with George IIall, I wan given command of the right wing, with headquarters at Lancingburg, a beautiful city, of twelve thousand inhabitants!. Our first meet, ing wan held on Tuesday evening, in Uou? cert Hall. There were nearly uno thouRand persons present, while hundreds were turned away unable to get in. That night we secured two hundred and seventeen aignera to the pledge, anions them a number of old warrior*. On Wednesday we held our meeting in the M. K. Church, tlie largest in the city, having a seating capacity of eight hundred. This too was literally jammed, the crowd being variously estimated at from twelve to fifteen hundred. At thia meeting we secured over three hundred, and lip to this writing over seven hundred have joined the "army of the blue." As already remarked, the war has begun and will be vigor6u*ly carried on, with the centre at Troy, the right wing it thia place and the left ( Utile Falls. When . - Keclen Robiniion ami Harry Miller arc In command we intend moving on to Cohoes, Water ford, West Trov, Albany, l'onghkeepelo, and ali the cities round about until wo lay seige to the great metropolis itself which, wo we expect to carry, "God helping lis." We have a full winter campaign laid out. An uuick as the cities capitulatc, we will garrison them and then move on to "new conquests." As the outlook now is, I cannot tell when I will reach home, should mv health remain as it is. We nr? snugly ensconced in the Phoenix Hotel, the largest in the city, having a splendid suite of rooms, consisting of parlor, tad-rooms and reception rooms. The |>eople are very sociable, as much so an any that I have met in mv travels since sngaging in theelorioun labor of temper* ince reform. With kind regards to all the attaches of the Oaxelle, 1 am vours, Ac. Bob. Civilization and Longevity. The interesting essay of Mr. Charleton T. Lewi* on the "Influence of Civilization in Duration of Life," originally delivered it the meeting of the American Public Health Association in Boston, 187ft, ha* ;>een printed in pamphlet form, and also n me lasi voiutne 01 me Jieporis ami ftipcrs of the Association. The author lonsiders that the iollncncen of civilizaiou are increasing the longority of the iiuuan race, but at a slower rate than in >y manj supposed. He cites the evidence >1 Sir Thomas I). Hardy, who searched he record* of the Knglish courts for 400 rears, from the thirteenth to the sixeenth centuries, and has found in their titraberlesa notices of age not a single natance of n. man who had stirrived hid eightieth year, but, on lie other hand, abundant proofs: hat the age of 70 was regarded as exre me, and was seldoui reached. lie also juotes the remark of Kolb, the cautious ierman writer on comparative statistic*, who says that "The meagre facts known tulicate that the maximum age of man ins remained nearly the t-niue for centuries and even thousands of years; but that .lie number of persons who reach extreme ige, and especially the number who anrrive infancy, has very materially In* sreased." The gain in the preservation of infant ifc is illustrated by the mortality rates it London. The population was lew than >75,000. a century and three-quarters ago, md the annual deaths of children were 1,500. In 1810 the population was 1,050,M)0, and the deaths of children was only >,500?a reduction of 02 t?er cent. There has also been a large gain in the (reservation of the lives of the sick,aged ind infirm. Another marked iiuprovenent has been made in the suppression if epidemics. Civilization has nlmost rholly destroyed the power of the plague, lie cholera, the small pox, and othr contagious diseases that have eon in former ages most direful eourg??s of mankind. A century go 41)0,000 deaths by small-pox occurred n England within a twelve-month. I/i londamine, who died in 1774, declared liat one-tenth of the human race were illed, and as many more disfigured, by bis frightful disease. The cholera ulew 0,000,000 of people in the half century fier the warn of Napoleon. Matthew *aris Htatefl that in his time, the thir?entl? century, there were *2,000,001) leprs in France, and 19,000,000 in Europe. 'Iiese figures are perhapj exaggerated, et they show the prevalence of a pl?B?e hat has disappeared before civilization. I widening knowltdge of the laws of ivciene. and increased attention to fl.mi lary measures in the construction of I welling*, in ventilation, food, clothing, Irainage, etc., etc., are constantly tendntifb the protection of health ami the denervation of life. The development of nteiligence strengthens the possibilities f longevity, or, an Mr. Lewis puts it, the lengthening of the average individial life measuritt huiuan progress." The Hut .Spring*. at tcr in tho Chicago Time*. Of the curative qualities of the waters, lie evidence would till volumes were it letailed, and yet the half would not be old. "Tho blind pee, the deaf hear, the opera are cleansed," as of old. Nearly It diseases yield to the influence of the raters, excepting two great classes, viz: hose of the lungs and heart; although liseaees kindred to even these, sncli as atarrh and nervous afl'ections, readily ticcumb to their wondetfnl power. Indeed it is with the latter class of difiicul ies, a* well as the various forms of rheumatism, that their eflicacy is most uiarkd. Invalids, who have been crippled for ears from rheumatic affections, after lie use of the baths for a few week**, find liemselves Bound and well. Victims f neuralgia, and all forms of neroua trouble, including paralysis, nd all forms of spinal and brain difliulties are restored to health. Efeu lindness, induced by disease or paralyis of the optic nerve, caused by cerebro pinni ineiungiiH, uas ueen cured, ineed, all thn effect* of that terrible isease are dissipated by these waters, rhicli nee 111 to soothe tlie rasped nerves, h well as to build up and restore tone to lie system. Unlike the ordinary hot ath, these mineral bath*, although hot, o not debilitate, hut seem lo stimulate 11 the natural function* to increased acion, at the same tiuie eliminating all eleterious secretions and corruptionajn he blood, through the profuse uerspiraion induced, whicli would, without the iresenco of the mineral ingredients, soon educe the strength. This, together with heir electrical conditions, is doubtless he main secret of their wonderful elHacy. The patient comes from the baths lelightfully refreshed and invigorated u all disease of the blood, even the oost vile, their poteucy is remarkable, ndeed, among all the gifts of our bountiul mother, Nature to her wretched, sufering children, in all the wide world, here are none no munificent, no full of ilessing to the race, as those gracious raters of healing. rilE IXCONK VAX imitnANY Vol Wlmt a Sluu Receive*. itII| What lie Vmyn Out-Hut |,titlet'lmnce lor Proud. tfew York Tliues. They have an income tax in Germany -not levied bj the Empire, but by the leparate States--and in many inatances t l? hsriliabfll nil * HVhImiiI DTKiiAiliiinlw ila. ailed and minute, not to Hay doctrinaire. Hie intention in (hat every clws of in* some shall pay according to iu character, ind that no clan* nbal! escape the cognisance of the revenueollicers, In some >Ittcert in Saxony, for instance, when it id i question of assessing the income of a oreigner or any other person as to whose esonrccs it is a matter of difficulty for he ollicials to obtain accurate in formaion, they estimate his income by his out;o, and ns tliey cannot tax what lie gets hey lax what lie spends. If a man lives n a two-pair back, blacks his own shoe*, ind lives on a diet of Jloyycnbrod^ Wursl ind cinfuchu llrod. he stands a chance of scaping notice altogether or getting otl' or a very trifling contribution; but if he uxuriates in Che tirst tloor of a faahiona)le quarter, keeps a atalTot servants, and mtertnins company, it is assumed, whattver he mar say to the contrary, that he a possessed of considerable property, and is is mulcted accordingly. The precauions taken bv the German government to letect the dodges of fraudulent tax-payers ire not contlned to the living; they exeod beyond the grave. If a man, who : during his lifetime has professed to have & small income, leaven behind him a lar^rc property, the emissaries of the State call hi* helm to account and stop their legacies in transitu until all arrenraget have been cleared off and proba lily aotne heavy tinen exacted. A cam of thin sort has just occurred in Stuttgart, The fortune left by llacklander, the wellknown publisher and author who recently died in that city, is said to be out oi all proportion to tlie amount lie was iti the habit of returning for assessment to the income tax, and all the property bequeathed by him to his family lias been seized by the officers of the revenue pending satisfaction of the claima of the crown. His house has been temporarily confiscated, his balance at his bankerV attached, and even an embargo laid or the original manuscript of the Roman Meinu Ltbtn*. Whether Hacklandei icnny uiu ucirauu ine viovernmeni remains yet to be proved?it is on suspicion that these steps have been taken and we are not surprised to learn that the author's fauiilv have appealed to the King of Wurtemburg to put a slop to these apparently arbitrary and, as they probably think, unnecessary proceedings The Wool Market. Waynwburj Republican of Ycitardajr. During the wool season the competition among buyers or Home other fictitious cause had the effect to eend price* up to an abnormal figure, and yet there remains much wool in the county unsold? the result of holding to realize more than a fair and profitable value. The difference between what could have been realized, 43 to 47 cent?, and what it in now worth, 37 to 40 cent*, on the 75,000 pounds of wool yet unsold would amount to a handsome little income to the people of our county. It in no doubt very trying and mortifying to think o( accepting 40 cents per pound after having refused 45 cents, But then there is profit in ratsing wool even at 40 cents, anil therefore that figure is no mean price. Indeed, from the outlook at present the prospect is that there will be a still further decline, and the time may not be far distant that those who are now vainly regretting that they did not let j?o when they were offered 45 cents will wish that, hiving failed to take the greater figure, they had even realized the less?10 cents. The Steubenville wool house and all other combinations to defeat the projects of dealers and speculaI tors, by enabling the producers to hold their clips, hava proven this year a great injury. The schemes of self-protection come out of their first year's transactions with a bad odor, and their influence proving in the first instance practically pernicious, it will he some time before they can again secure the confidence of the people. Wool growers, hereafter, will generally rely on their own judgment*, anil, keeping their products in their own hands, will dispose of them at their own discretion. The IiOiik Night in the tteuato Chamber. Chicago Titues Washington Special. A great many strange scene* were noticed on the Uoor throughout the night. For instance, Mr. Paddock, of Nebraska, who wai laid out upon a sofa, began a systematic snoring process, by which he I not only kept the other senators awake, hut so loud and spasmodic were his occasional snort-, that every onco in a while Mr. I'Mmumls, who happened (o he read*! ing at the time, stopped and looked up as if he were about to call the sleeping t>enator to order. Another incident out ofi the regular order and in entire* conflict with the usual dignity of the Senate was a smoking match indulged 111 by Messrs. Oglesby and Cockerell. The former used a long cigar, while the latter had an immense clay pipe with a reed uteiii, and be tween the two, together with the uncovered (eet of I he slumbering Kolons, a most disagreeable order |>ervaded the Senate Chamber. A number of tramps had taken advantage of the prospects of an all-night sesnion to get an easy resting place on the soft cushions of the Senate galleries, and these, together with a few persistent lookers-on and the indefatigable newspaper correspondent*, make up me company 01 uie sennie ml Uitybreak thin morning, when the jlagetill Haunted in the breeze and both widen were defiant. Will Uo Into Liqaidufllou. Cuicauo, December 5.?The Director of the German National Hank decided after buH*uie>t8 hours thin evening to go into liquidation, and accordingly mailed to depositors a card stating that in the ordinary course of business the bank had on July 1st, 1877, $1,157,000. Since that time their customers, for various reasons, reduccd the amount to $182,000, which is the total liability to debitors. They say that they consider this good work, but they can't, without forbearance, continue. The batik has, they claim, abundant assets to pay every dollar to depositors and have a handsome surplus if a little time is given to convert the assets. They therefore request debitors to forbear draft* for a short time, thus avoiding unnecessary delay and the expense of a receiver. The President of the bank is Henry Greenbaum and the Cashier is Her man Schafier. The MHvitKM hillilc nnniipplail iMj tion h presumably not affected by the failure of the National Bank. Weather Indications. Was Dkfaktmint, 1 Oririct of tub Ciukk Hionai OrncKR. I Wajuunoton, 0. C., dec. o-i a, n.j PWDiMILlTTKi # For Tenne.wee and the Ohio Valley, a rising and high barometer, levelling north to west winda, decidedly colder and clear or partly cloudy weather, except light nno?M in the lant district. t For the baleen and Upper MimuMinpi Valley, ri*ing barometer, diuii nidi nig went to north windx, colder and generally cloudy weather with light snow*. Court of luqulry on Hie Huron Dlitiulcr, Washington, December 5.?the Conrt of Inquiry to investigate the Huron dinaater, met today and heard the testimony of Admiral Frenchard, Commodore Wyman and Master Conway, of the Huron. The testimony thus far in merely a corroboration of tho newspaper accounts of the wreck. New Uolil UlNeoverleN. San 1'kanciscd, December fl.?A Victoria dinpatch gays British Columbia is excited over gold uuarlt discoveries in the Cariboo District. A ledge ha* been traced 5 mile* with a width of IS to 3ft a*snyn, f?0 feet below the surface, which Riven $10 to $90 to the ton. An official report froui the government engineer is expected next week. A Itouglfe 1'aHMttgc. Ciiioaoo, December 5.?The TnltrOttm learns that the steamship Kershaw had a very rough parage up, and narrowly escaped foundering in Saginaw Hay. ller Captain, NV. 0. Harrison, was swept overboard and drowned. He leaves a family in Detroit. Obituary. Indianapolis, December 5.?John D. Rowland, Clerk ol the United States Court, appoined by Lincoln iu ISM, died here at 7 o'clock ibis morning of apop1?7 Buily ItefovereU. WA8BIKOTOK, December 6.?The body of M. Morris, of the wreoktd steamer Huron, hai been recovered. hHHHHHHHR BY TELEGRAPH. M800IATED PRESS REPORT, TO THE DAILY IXTRLUOENCKR GENERAL NEWS. The Turki Meet with a Suoceii. Another Criiii in Frenoh Affair* Imminent. The Pope Still Hangs on the Ragged Edge of Dissolution. Movement of Troops South and Weit. Judge Humphrey's Opinion on Senator Patterson's Case. uen. uro Wants More Troops on the Texas Border. The Reorganization or the Senate Committees. Hirriton's Income Tax Bill. CONGRESSIONAL, HOUSE. Wasuinotom, December G. Mr. Williams offered u resolution for adjournment froiu the 10th of December unlit the 10th of January. Keferrvil. The question whether business referring to internal improvements should be considered by the Committee on Com* uierce or that on Railroad* ami Canals, afier further discussion, wai referred to the Committe on Rules. Mr. Townsend, of Illinois, from tlie Committee on Patent*, reported a bill to repeal (he exiting statute# lor the renewal of patents, and declaring it unlawful hereafter for the Commissioners of Patents to renew or extend any patent for any design whatever. He stated that the object of the bill was to take away from tne statute book a law which was dead and inoperative, the Commissioners of Patents not having now the right to make renewals. After some discussion the bill waj passed. Resolutions allowing Clerks to certain committees anil for ?xtra payment ot discharged employee*, who have been borne on the soldiers' roll, wero adopted. Adjourned. A Democratic caucus was held immediately after. WANII1NUTON. Judge Ilimiptirpjx Delivers an Opinion in the ft'ttlterxon C'u.si-. Washington, December 5. ? Judge Humphreys has delivered hi*opinion in the habeas corpus case of Senator Patter' son. He denies the power of South Carolina ^to vacate Senator Patterson's communion, which mu.it continue until constitutionally revoked in pursuance of organic authority. It could not be said that Senator Patterson was a fugitive (roin justice, as he was here in the discharee of ollioial duties, like all other meiuoers of Congress, and besides he had acted in the capacity of Senator years before the present indictment was brought against him in the Hontli Carolina Court. The Judge concluded his opinion as follows: I think I am bound to tnke judicial cognizance that party organixv tion is one thing and a faction to destroy it another. The most cruel tyranny would be the application of civil forms of law to the dominance and triumph of the passions of faction. I cannot reconcile it I to mv ?enne of dnlv tn oluo ?!.! >? 1 manacles anil linuifcuU* around and about , an individual citizen for the purpose ot , [surrendering him bound into the hands of those who may not bo dispassionate enough to vindicate the true right of an individual, or those who might be led by 1 impassioned appeal* to a condition of i mind that couhl not resist a zeal for the correction of wrong which has led to ' the conviction of the innocent. Let the < man he remanded to the body of which I he is a member. That body is legally, constitutionally, morally and intellectually capacitate! to dispose of the question involved and to condemn or acquit. { GF.NERAL ORD ON Tlllt T* XA8 DIFFICULTY. 1 General Ord, commander of the forces * in Texan, wan before the Committee on J Military Ailairs to-day. lie said that ' the Mexican people and authorities on j the Lower Rio Grande were in sympathy with the raiders and intimated that bin ' present force was quite inadequate to ' guard the frontier and pursue anil punish the raider*, as hiw orders require him 1 to do. ' TIIE COLOR ADO C0NTE8T. ! The Committee on Elections today ' heard three proposed reports upou the Colorado contested case, vir: one by Mr. j Cox, of Ohio, Republican, in favor of j referring the election back to the people , another by Mr. Iliscock, Republican, in favor of seating Belford, the Republican [ contestant, and the third by Mr. Springer, Democrat, in favor of seating Patterson, j the Democratic contestant. THE NEW DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL. The new Democratic, journal, called ' the Washington Port, wilt make its appearance to-morrow morning, starting I with a specimen issue of about 100 1 j copies. The stall' consists of Htillson Ilutchins, proprietor; John A. Cockerell, managing editor* U. C. Buell. editor* ial writer, and Messrs. Aiken and Marshall assistants. THE U. P. RAILROADS. The Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney Ueneral l?y reason o! the reference of the subject to them at the last Cabinet meeting, have now under consideration for instigation, and report to the President a resolution recently pasted by the House of Representatives, concerning the alleged violations of the law by the Union Pacitio Railroad and .branches in refusing; to operate their roads without discrimination against each oilier. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The Democratic caucus, .held in the House of Representatives to-day immediately after the adjournment, was for the , purpose of taking action on the proposed [ endorsement of a new IVmiwuiic <* ? ? to be tailed daily in thin city. After hearing utatements concerning the matter two-thirds of (lie member* presented votes in favor of givine the journal their party endorsement and individual support. The caucus also appointed a committee of five to assist in arranging pairs for the Representatives who are unavoidably , absent. There waa a very slim attend* ance. HARRISON1* rSOOKX TAX BILL. The bill introduced in the House today by Mr. Harrison, of Illinois, to provide for an income tar, proposes to levy upon the incomes of all United States citizens which may be over $1,000 and under $2,000, annually, a tax of 1 per cent; over $2,000 and under $3,000, V. -jM per cent, and graduating the scale to and Including $23,000, over $23,000 and under $35,000, a tar of 3 per cent; over $35,000 and under $T>0,000, 4 j>er cent, and 6 per cent on all incomes la excess of $60,000. RKPUBUOAM CAUCUS. The Republican 8enator? met In caucus to-dav to receive report of the committee, appointed yesterdav, to revise the membership of the standing committees of the Senate. After considerable interchange of views, arrangements were perfected by which the Democrats will be accorded lull minority representation on all the important committeee except two, the Privileges and Elections and Railroads. To effect this purpose Mr, Howe will retire from the Finance Committee, Teller from Military Affairs, Kirkwood from Naval Affairs, and Saunders from the Committee on District of Columbia, leaving the vacancies to be filled by the appointment of such additional Democratic members as the caucus of the minority mav designate. The caucusjias assigned Kellogg to three committees, vlt: Pensions, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and on Mississippi Levee*. It was also arranged that Wfndetn and Mathews shall succeed Howe and Ferry, who re tire from the Committee on Railroads. WHAT JOVELLAR BAY3. The Spanish Minister here recently telegraphed to Captain General Jovellar, asking him to Inquire as to the truth or falsity of the report that a secret order had been issued by Gen. Martinez Compas, commanding all the military chiefs to cause all prisoners of war to be shot and then reported killed on the Geld of battle. The Capt. General under date of Havana, December 4t.li, telegraphed as follows: Although I do not consider it necessary to deny falsehoods publicly known to be such, I inform you in order that you way make use of the information in such way as you deem proper, that the reported secret circular about the shooting of prisoners, said by Cuban insurgent papers to have been issued by the General^ Cluef, is utterly without foundation and an unHcrupulous forgery, THE TIMBER LANDS. The Commissioner General of the Land Oflice is preparing a bill for the sale or disposal of the timber and timber lands in accordance with'the recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior and himself in their annual reports, which will provide for the withdrawal of the lands chiefly valuable for timber and not suitable for agricultural purposes from the operation of the homestead and preemption laws and from liability to be taken uy any 01 me various Kinds oi lanu scrip heretofore provided for. POLITICAL. Yirginiit l<egiMlattire. Richmond, Deceinlwr 5.?The House organized by electing Judge Allen an Speaker. Judge Allen represent* the element in favor of forcibly readjusting ^ the State debt Hit) election was unanimous, except one or two votes. south carolina legislature. Columbia, December 5.?The Legislature to-day elected A. C. Ilaskell, Associate Justice of the Supremo Court, vice Wright, resigned; W. it. Wallace, Judge of the 7th Circuit, vice Northrop, resigned; Leroy F. Youmans, Attorney General, vico General Conner, resigned. Wallace's election creates a vacancy in the Speakership of the House of Representatives, which will be filled to-morrow. The House passed a resolution to send the report of the investigating committee relating to Patterson to the United States Seuate. georgia election. Auousta, December 5.?The election j in tllft fnl- ftf tlio legislature and ratilication of tlio new constitution, passed off quietly in this j city. There was no opposition for member^ of the House. The indications are that the constitution will be adopted by a large majority, and that Atlanta will continue to be the Capital of the State. Returns from the different district J indicate that the new constitution and , homestead law- were adopted by froiu 16,- . 000 to 20,000 majority. Atlanta is the Capital by the Hame majority. j meeting of tennessee legislature. < Nashville, December 5.?The Legiela- i lure met, heard the reading of the Governor's message stating the object in con- 1 venjng it in extra session and earnestly 1 urging the adoption of the bondholders uxty cents proportion, ami adjourned till ^ to-morrow morning without action. ( Troops lor the Texan lloriler. i Chicago, December 5.?The Fourth 1 Cavalry, from the Indian Territory, and j .lie Twentieth Infantry, from Dakota, ' ire the regiments which have been or- * iored to Texas for service on the Rio J Grande. Their places are supplied by * )ther departments. The changes of these todies of troops will be recruited up to iheir full regimental strength, and will materially strengthen the forces all along ihe border. f Orders have also been issued for Companies I, E, L,and M ol the Sevsnth Cavalry, numbering 184 men, to ? move immediately from Fort Lincoln to 1 Deadwood, which the Indians are re- < ported to have completely invested. The 1 Infantry at Standing Rock will join these I forces, and the Companies from Forts 1 Snelling anilDisseton are also to partici- 1 pate in the march. Thirty-two wagons ' ire to accompany the expedition. The J start will be made to-day or to to-mor- > row, some preparations being necessary in view of the severe weather and bad roads. The force of Indians is reported lit GOO, anil they are said to liave com- ? milled some depredations. The officers 1 here.believe that the accounts are exag- j gerated and that there will be no serious ' encounter, I t Natlonnl Trutrt Company Hill ! He quire Ten Ouytr Notice. New York, December 5.?The Na- ! tional Trust Company, of this city, has t posted a notice stating that in conse- < ({uence of the malicious reports in circulation regarding the character of the company, and by the recommendation of the special bank examiner of the State, . it will require the ten d&ya' notice uuder , which all deposits are made. ' The Pott says an examination of the National Trust Company waa begun yes- ' lerday and haa since been in active pro- 1 f rcra. aqo .-superintendent oi the bankng department was led to take this step by observing that three shares of the company'* Htock, worth $106 each, were sold ' at auction laiit Saturday at $03 50. The j examiner haa got through with the regu- ' lar securities and is now examining the 1 collateral securities on loans. He will ' submit astatement to-morrow. The posting of the notice thin morning requiring ' ten daya' notice wae followed by signs of a run. _ i WcaknvM In TenufMcc lionda. New York, December 5.?The weak- 1 ness in Tennessee bond* is due to a rumor that the proposition of the New York arbitration committee to >cale the State debt down to sixtr cents on the dollar i will not be accepted by the Legislature of i Tennessee. A Lawyer Nnlcldea. Nkw York, December 6.?Edward A. Manier, a lawyer, and reputed wealthy, I killed himself in his office,40 Pine street, i yesterday, lie is the second suicide in i that building, out of which) Case and Oilman went to prison. FOREIGN NEWS] WAll NMTKN. A Turkish Nncreiw. London, December 5.?An Ailrlanople dispatch haya a report haa reached there that the Turku have captured Ktena with 6,000nrmonerrt. A dispatch froraU'era saya Suleiman Pashahaacaptured Ktena and nix cannons. He proposes to capture Tirnova shortly. |aurft!l bem0n8tratw h1th bervia. London. December 6.?A Belgrade correspondent nays : Austria haa Hent a remonstrance against Hervia'a participation in the war. No note ban been received from Turkey or England. Final arrangements between Servia and KtiMia do not seeua to be complete. A Bucharest snscial states that the Rou* manianQen. Lelpu ban been ordered to slacken Jus advance from Palanka to Widdin. It is said that these instructions were piven so that he may co-ope mo miu me nvrvmns, me nuinuer oi thedefenderaof W'iddinlmve been mined to 12,000 bv arming tlie inhabitants ol the mirrounding districts. London, December 6.-rA special from AdrianopleHays the victory at Ktina remove# all danger of an attack on Haiti llaghaa I'aoH by the Russiiuii". ami consequently enables the tun Turkish battalions which have hitherto been guarding it to join Suleiman Italia.'* army. The Russians now have 280 guns in position before Krzerouui. FKANL'K. Another C'rlnln Imminent. PARis, December 5.?11 in reported in Parliamentary circles that the government contemplates proroguing the Chamber of Deputies and forming* dinsolution oftho Ministry should the Chamber not vote the budget to-morrow. ITALY. Condition ol (ho I'ope. Rome, December 5.?Cardinal 8eniori has supplied the following information to one of the Embassies, accredited to the I Vatican; The Pope was restless Monday j night. He has great diiliculty in breathing and made this morning constant, Gainful and ineffectual eflorta to relieve is lungs. Asphyxiation is apprehended. The Pope gave an audience to day to several Cardinals. ENilliAKU. Wclcouieto 91ini*ter HcInIi. Liverpool, December 5.?ai today's j Bewion of the Town (kiiincil, the Mayor ! announced hid intention of meeting Minister Welsh on h*H arrival nt Liverptfbl and welcoming him to England. ile invited the Council to join. llorMC llrceUen iu Council. New York, Decemlier 5.?At the afternoon nession of the Uatioual Asjioeiation of Trotting Horse Breeders, the nilmber of directors was increased from lire to nine, and Col. West, Mr. Way, J. I). Gilly,and G. Stcadman were elected directors, The question of determining where the next fall meeting would be held caused a discussion. It wan decided to be held in Buffalo, Cleveland or Rochester. A motion was made that this Association unite or connect itself with the National Association for the promotion of the interest* of the American trotting turf. Several members opposed this bitterly and denounced the Turf Association, saying the Association had condoned frauds and become a byword throughout the jountry. After a long discussion, in which all present joined, the matter was laid on the table by a large majority. Adjourned nine die. ISttHc Hull Matter*. Cleveland, December 5.?At an adjourned meeting of the Board of Base Ball League held this forenoon, n resolution recommending the admission of a new Cincinnati Club wan adopted. The Board decided that the new Hartford Club did not at present hold n fran ;ui?e, uui meir application lor member* ihip will be considered tomorrow. At noon the League proper met and roted in the Cincinnati, Milwaukee aixl Indianapolis CIuIm. The resignation of the St. Louis Club uraA accepted. The constitution anil playing rules were ixatnined and nearly all of the old articles ipproved. The btlance hold over for tonorrow's consideration. A new article o the constitution was adopted providing or a league Alliance, the principal fen,ure of which will he to give the club* mder it a championship to he competed or. Adjourned until to morrow. FUCi: KECOItl). Incendiary Fire. Benhinoton, Vt., December 5.?Tlie ncendiary fire of Thatcher & Welling.,' Paper Mill, at North Bennington Monday svening, wai coupled with an attempt on ife, an well as property. At the time tlie ire was kindled in the building another :rainof paper was lirctl,connecting with lie gasoline tank, which fortunately did lui mini, or a icrriuu v*|UUHion, endRlljering hundreds of liven, would have ensued. Itrlusrs H < oiirlcsy. Niw York, December 5? Key. Dr. Joeepli Wild, Pastor of the Union Conjregational Church of Urooklyn, in aniwer to Ker. Dr. Swin^'n letter, requesting Lira to permit hia Church to he rwd for a Conference of congregational ihurcbea in this vicinity for social and inirltual communion, to-day called on Dr. Swing and declined to accede to lii* request. It is supposed that the reason for prompting this refusal wan a ile*ire to aroid being drawn into any troubles between the Plymouth and other churches. Marine Intelligence. LOKIViW. Dpw>mlw?r fi Tlx. !<>..r.?.? Victoria, Elvsia, Donun and Wucholtan, ;rom New York, hare arrived out. Ban Francisco, December 6.?Sailed ?Steamer City of New York for Sydney, ria Honolulu, carrying British mail*. Ktudo Idciilllleil. Galwbubo, III., December 5.~It&ndo ias now been fully identified an Cliarlea J, Scott, of Fairfield,Iowa. Hin brother, Ray 8. Scott, arrived from Fairfield tolay and recognized Charlea and Mill jear the expense of the trial. Heeling ol ,1'olored lleimblicanM. N?w Oeleanb, December 5.?A meetiogof representative colored Republicans wns held tonight, and a resolution adopted endorsing Lewis for Naval Officer and uking the President to renominate liim. Mr. NtnrglHM Eiiibitrrn.sMul. Boston, December 6.?Embarrassment in the afl'alra of Jamen SturgiHB, extenilvely engaged in the East India trade, is reported. Liabilities $250,000. ?The firnt annual meeting of tlie National Association for trotting Lorae breeding, wm held in New York jeatcriay. The report for the year shown that the Executive Committee held 12 meeting*, and that the association numbered 95 member*. Outlawry in KenlNekjr, I/JUiaviLLt, December 5.?A ipeclal from Crab Orchard, Ky., eare thai aome btirglarn arretted yesterday have been re* leaned by their friends and nre defying tlio law. Citixenii from other part* of the county are arming to etlVct the capture of tlie outlaws DIED. fcULOKB.?On W<dof*Uy, Drccnber 5, 1877, at 11 r. v., John 8. Buliikh, aged 51 yean. Funeral notice to-morrow. ?JUAB. E. DWIUttT, PRAOTIO/U. CHEMIST, Ii prepared to nuke careful and complete anil rail o( Iron Oral, Llmeeton**, Mineral Wmer*,c Laboratory cor. Slth end ChapUne etrcete aa? Wherilai. W. Va. AMUSEMENTS. QPKBA HOUSE. 1 wo Nights Only-THURSDAY 4FRIDAY, tkc.m t. (JAI.A FASHIONABLE EVENT. Miss Kate Claxton! A Milled l?r Mr. (I A. HTEVKN80N, and her NEW YORK COMPANY. ThttraJay FrenlnR, Dec.r.th, MISH KATE CLAX? TON aa "LOUISK,*1 In Ihe TWO ORPHANS! Tlio Drama presented with New and Beautiful Scwurjr, Friday Evening, Dec. 7tti, Farewell Appearance, Ml48 KATK CI.AXPON a> "CMABtfrM/* In the Society Picture, FUO'J FUOD. Well In Elabomin Oootumea and Kxiiuisllft Tdllettea, Popular Kmle of Price*. Suloof w*ti rotnnioncw on tyouday, u a. at Ad/iotix Lucu' Muak Btore. IHtfU . FINANCIAL. IJ una K. Kotsvord, ProaU am. Adams, Caah'r, BANK OF THE OHIO VALLEY HuccoMor to tho FIIOT NATIONAL BANK OF WHKKL1KO. Capital ......llM.OQO Thla Bank ia organized ami prepared to tnoMCt tl>H buatoeM of tanking Iq all it* Jetalla. Itaucrreds the Flint National Bank of WbeeUOfi la owned by the arftue aliaroholdara and la under tbo ik'.tue niiiiingeuienL By earefuU y rewriting the Intereata of 1U Correspondents ami l?ejto?ilor?, and by a pwuipt and fruitful execution of their aiahcs, it hope* to merit their esteem and eonBdenw. Note* and Bill* discounted. t'/ullectluus uutdo cm alt poluta throughout tbo United Stalta. Deposit Accounts subject to chocfc at alght r* cvtved from llanka, 11 Iters, Fiitua, Corporations ??d Individuals. I'ertiiitmira of Ifepodl iaaued payable on demand or at tixid datoa. 1 Interest allowed on Hpwlal Deposits. " *s-'~ uiKKCTOna: I John K. Botsford, I Win. B. Biuipaon, | Jacob ti. lthodea, Wui.A, Turner, Wm. A. I sett, I John L. Hobbe, A. M. Adams, I 0. C. Dewey. llenry M. Harper. | niySI-dAW D. C. Lift. JoflKPH Skyboixd, if knky K. List, Uiiuom Lamb, wm. a. i.urr, Uknry W. Lot. Bank of Wheeling, WHEELING, W. VA.| Capital, $100,000. Stockholders personally lloblo and rppreaenting over fc'iOO.iMiu. UoctlTcs Deposits and Discounts Paper. Deals tn (Jold, bIIvit, CoIh-Drafts nil Htorllng Exchange. Sella Drafts on England, Ireland. Franca, Qerm <117 mill other prominent purls of Europe. Buysand tolls Uovornuient, HUte, City and Railroad Bonds. > Interest |wld on RpecliU Deposits. Hned.nl nttontiuu glren to Collection!. D. C. LIST, PmidcnL <4. LAMB. Cashier. JOS. SKYBOLD, Assistant Ckahier. Jil5 Commercial Bank. Capital, ' $100,000* Office?No. 1S0S Main Bt. Interest paid on BpocUl Deposits. Collection! mado and promts r.rutuptlr reiultled. Accounts of merchants and othwa solicited. sntKcrota: Thns. H. IJat, J. I* Htlfel, It. J. Kmytb, W. T. Burt, .1. C. Thomas, Chas. H- Booths A'. A. Wlhwn, TII08. H. LIST, Preddent J. L. 8TIPEL, V. mat* H. P. HII.DRETH, Quhier. Jail Exchange Bank. J. N. VAMC*, Prw't BAIl'L LAC8KU*, "V. P. iliVT *oV*BU*ictioIdor*. 400,000 This Bank wtflofda to U?e badnw cl tbs M?. eh vnu' National Bank, and d?U In <Wo, <Coupon?, OvttntcrrUl IMper andBlllaoMiichani*. intcrcitpaldonHpe^Dpl^tju ilolleetlona inndo on ?U polnti ana proeewu 'TSS'&m ..1 Bu*n? M? ?1WW. HtockbolJurt U*b!e to deroaltori ro^WtoUtfj Constitution of the Btate the iame m In National Bf.uk>> dirkc roust x W Van<*?. B. HoTkhelttW, ll ri." Dt-la pinto, w^SiwW j. O. Hottiuann, Wra. KUin^hma, Ktm'l Lnu?hlln, John rrew. l>i?[urJ kioth. joj[1. j n,Htr. SHIELDS HOUSE,' No. 7 Sixth St., new Su?p?mloti Bridge, PITTSBURGH, PA. W. H. STAHLMMJ, Proprietor. Tills House his tan tliorou*Uly rraoimltd j?jl nil thcrordocli lojpto?mMt? Imllnuul K?n'lln?UI tludtUu llouje lulled In t?rj*>rlnbrtr?Mlfc In < if hu^lucri centre of lite City and la well ten U,'nie u!il"UIn'kuW^1 *lll\ th0 bosl aHonl?. Htrcot niH i n^ tliedpor crory^ Uto win utos for*'1 pans of thorlty, Allegheny, Manchcate "" The propXt ir hMMrrcd a Ions time in thohn^nwis.nud knom wi ll the want* of gu?t?,ei|Kcl* ly thotc of our farmer#. lUt eatery moderate, only ?*|.r>0 PICK. DAY. Drottra and Knrwwra ahrotld bear !n tlio Htabllng atlachnl to tlie Uouae to wy larw and of the be?t older. Accoutuiodalloiu for 600 n.-TbcWh?U?? celled regularly at tlila lionae for 1Ut benefit ot Kiitnta from that aoclt' n. trpvm WEST VA. UNIVERSITY, 1H77. MUKUANTOWN. IOTNI TWilmlllolloj ol UKnlnr.unJrttoPralJro; crol >' Ttoin|?on.A.M.illTOt?lngU|?n anew cm of 'uospeiity. l'urlng tbo Hprlng Tenn iu tcloac.1, t-e attendance ol ituitenti wm wcwmm1over 65 tur cent. It ban n laive and scholarly Faculty: n jwntlful, healthful and moral location, SKe fcientlfte and Philosophical Apparatus REniy coo.tanily gwwlnf; ntoti thorough chatneterj a aiandard of Kholarahtp y .. ' iiw ?u?riit?ii iiuiiiiaa oi irartilDir. Tun hxi'tf nsk> ARK I.M than at snjrutW i>Ut? known to a Hun t r<|ual advantaua. The Fall terui taftlna {fepttmlwr 5lii; UirWIntrr Utiu Jatiuarr 2dpin?l Hprlng term Man h 27th For foil Info/, uwtlun, analogue*, At., addreaa the I'mldent 0E0. C. HTUBGI83, M,a mn.un. BK"Ur?.gajg,UOLD IXCHANOIS HAI.OONNo. 27 Ei.tvnmi Ftbrt. FRANKFORT AND VIENNA SAUSAGE ??$? ?-t