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? Mr. Horkheioiei-, who UC??is \' ,ron, Bwlon. where ho k?i?l?i hi. *ooi, Jo"no1 ^urr:'(au?ou?lonh,8?.ul * -nt1ieE?l- He tliinka that ini and that we are to?e? and rumor, ol la.1 ' imetocowe. Until ?!?. "iEliWU*7; I"*""! ij? are not lo come on the ?"*" ,lime to tin.? ?? ? ?n"'| ??k?'/? . , I?k the confid.no. lh.l t decking o.lh.1. i,?k t.r the l.?'PO? ol ,i,??...o'lol " icwU?lU . . I iheEut that a "P?'""?:;,"?oiil'l l'?" "P l,u'lD<? *TiJ<dly in thi. couutrTi make <^and not only tor gram ?? do !? ihit there will he any war. "u l't Vthej ""l"' lh,t,t" * !?' f o( KngUwl to wear Rui?U out B?e I-t co threatening her m to ? . Ruwia f-^.W.000" Th<i u" WJi,, calculated that in th. '"' Lament ?n?U haw logett^ ^, 3000,000 rouble, to cover th I the neit nine month". l/>?? ^:ss?E Hhr;rr.sx , nrnnhwie^ (ioferument uantc I the iaiiH)Verinhuient ol the S:?,e ultimate remit, and?IKoifl"I i f,n to the lad that twenty year. tS'n. 'o 11,6 rSP"' b>kt debt ol the Crimean war- i J ^i'"*rM"l7/a UlieveJ lli?t K.t?'? ?? ?*?J ??; .^Ipo-loini! .hei? ?UM"8 K"ui? to Cr->-,:rhre.V. ?i, between England and BuwU, Mr Hotkheimer ex|wcU to ?ee wool ?P? ? u. u thirty '? JT Ktiu. Farmer, who are not com -IW to kHi "id H ?m rrob ^ Wafcratatteriuice,hut there are many rtohelllMt year who could not v? y iSorJlo,and Mineithelr can u thi.jear. lloldios on amid.t the n? nruiotie. of the l.itnre at a time like Ibt ptrseat, and at the.anie time W1"* Bttwt on ilehu, i. .omethtog that many !??? .ill leel that they cannot afford a Jo. Hence they will ?ll. who ire net thus situated will hohl.nnd.M >1,. Il.ny., they are the kind who ought to hold. - Tlio Toifory Kntorprlie. The Pottery project At Steubenville is 'tf/'asthe IltToId expresses it, just at thU time, in consequence of Kigby, of EtftLiverpool, withdrawing his patron* ije from tiie enterprise. Meanwhile the ifitation will still go on, and the JJerald ugMUthat there are potter* at Tren ton, Net Jersey, which place is a large addition of Hast Liverpool, who will, no tlanbt, be quite willing to come West >md take part in a new enterprise. Tbii u no doubt true. Our neighbors ?*1 not despair becauso of any one au'i withdrawal. Here in Wheeling, ibereMr. Kigby has not even promised ?? jet to come, tho canvas* for a pottery ujoiojnn with an encouraging show of ?octw. Those who are the most active ia the enterprise rely upon our advan* u a manufacturing centre to com* mend u* to the attention of practical men ?ither at Ea/?t Liverpool, Trenton or some otto point. They do not intend to be dependent on any one point. It quite probable that enough oooey can Iks raised here to couionn.l nkill, experience and likewise * certain amouut of capital from Ki*t Liverpool, Trenton or eoine other place. When we raise the proper amount of money, (u now appears probable) we confidently count on the advantage* of Wheeling, as they will readily strike prictical men, doing the rest for us.. We know that we have two cardinal adrant H* over Hast Liverpool, via: cheaper IreighUind cheaper fuel. We have, as *? have before jointed out, the B. & 0, the Pennsylvania Railroads, with tbeir rival systems of roads east and west, ?tour Joora,and before the year Is out the New York Central and its connecUons ?ill b? here. Guides these, we have the ?ill cheaper freight* of the river to all pirti of the Sonth and West, whereby we f*a wnd nail* to St. Louis for 10 cept* **1 to New Orleans for 18. And besides ttae advantage*, the manufacturing con* ?rmof Wheeling get their fuel for leas ^an one half the cost at East Liver pool. Tht* are some of the advantage* that to*city present* lor the lo:ation of one ?* note potteries. They arc sufficient, 'tom doubt, to attract favorable atten tioo (rom practical men at Eait Liver pool or elsewhere. Ai to tlie inducements to our own peo P'? to contribute to an enterprise ol this! Wr,i th?y arf, we think, quite manifest, j UwUtbe fact that the business i> not | ottrJone.and that it has paid right along (hroogh the panic. Far more pottery? ?t?d white ware, auch aa is nude at East Liverpool?is imported Into this country thao U manufactured in it, thus showing that the fielil is still largely unoccupied. It j?? basinets that does not require large investment* of capital, ami that pays well 44 i? shown by ihe fact that only one failure has ever occurred at East Liver* P?ol. *bere the potteries have gradually ?ultiplied, one afier another, until East Liverpool has grown to be one ol the ?ost important point* on the Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh railroad. The secret of East Liverpool'? pros perity and growth Is the profit of the pot* ?rJ holiness, and if without the advan* tagea of Wheeling in two essential par ticular* m freight and fud, she can make this profit, even during a period of gen eral business depression, what would not the business earn in the way of protita at a point where these advantages can he engaged ? _ Tijk expeditionary party who were charged with the duty of paaaing over the route of the proposed "extension of the fit. Clairaville Narrow Gauge from (^uincy (on the Central Ohio road) to Bridgeport, discharged that duty yeater day. They left Quincy under charge of A. J. Spaulding, Civil Engineer,all) a.m. and reached Bridgeport at half-past 1 p. M., travelling Bix miles by the route adopted. This route, after leaving Quin cy, runs through the Hutchinson farm to^ the uiouth of Thomas' Kun; thence up the run to the dividing ridge between the waters of McMahon and Wheeling creeks; thence over that ridge by way of Over baugh's Gap, and thenoe down Over baugb's Kun to Wheeling Creek, and down the creek to Bridgeport. The party carried no surveying instru ments with them, and hence made nocal dilations of distances or grades, but Mr. Spaulding informs us that the route ia en tirely feasible, and th'athe apprehends no difficulties of a serious character in find ing practicable grades. To day he will commence a formal survey of the route( assisted by Mr. John B. Hart, of the St. Clairsville Narrow Gauge, and they ex pect to be some ten days on the line. Mr. Spaulding expresses no opinion as to the probable cost of extending the road to Bridgeport, but intimates that it will (with the proper equipment) certainly cost$30,000 at Ieaat Titk total <lebtn of the Washington <& Wajuesburg Narrow (laugo are about $64,000, which amount is only about one third of what the road cost. Some thirty odd thousand of this debt is due to the Hiverside Iron Works Company of this city, who have a judgment against the road. The road is earning expenses and interest, and there ia no doubt of its final ability to pay, but just at this time it Is; compelled to offer its GrBt mortgage bonds to its stockholders at 65 centa on the dollar to the amount of lortf thous and dollars, in order to raise the amount due here. It ia said that there) is a syndicate at Waynesburg, and alio J one at Washington, who are quite willing! to see the road go to sale for ita $64,000 Indebtedness, having set their eyes on its purchase at that low Ggure as a good speculation. If the road can earn 7 per cent interest on $190,000 of cost, it would of course be a handsome investment at $0t0()0y The stockholjlep will-be green If they omlf? their opportunity to buy enbngh of the bondi to- prevent'ihe safe of the road. It is said that tho Kepublican Con gressional fight over the river is narrow-" ed down to Dr. UpdrgrafT, of Jeflerson county, and lawyer Taylor, of Guernsey county, with the chances in favor of the Doctor. We hear that Jefferson county is likely to be solid for bim in the con vention, anil from all that we can learn Belmont will come up to bin support quite handsomely. We trust that thia, news is true, as Dr. Updegrafl' will make an icUie and intelligent member of Gon gress. Mr. Danford positively declines to be in the field as a competitor for the nomination. Thr latest vagary of the Cincinnati En quiret embodies a.plan U> have iio Demo crafic'NatTonal'donventiou al all, in the old senile of the tertn, to nominate a can didate for President in 18S0. It proposes I that the several delegations meet at the mmpjltll UnLlfllifotibllt caudidate | and telegraph the result tp. the National Committee until 'i candidate "Is chosen. This method the Enquirer thinks will do away with the wire-pulling and the final Hurry which are apt to be the most effec tive agencies in the choice of candidates. CiARntjfiHu About Paws.? There are over GOOD men, women aod children engaged in growing early aspa ragus, lettuce, carrots and the like, in aod around Paris. Tho rent of the-land varies from $180 to ${240 per acre, accord ling'to .situation and irrigation plant. These market gardens are of comparativ ly small dimensions, and vary from 1J to 2} acres in extenU;Taking'tbe smaller aiie, tue plant necessary to carry on business costs nearly $*500, including jarge aod small bell glasses, straw mats, glazed lights, frames, tools, baskets, hone, cart and other necessary materials. The reuglar workmen, it is said,! earn an average pay of about forty cents a day, with board and lodging, all the year round. Extra msn receive about seven cents per hour, women five cents. Most of the men come from other sections, not so much for the sake of the wages, which are low for France, but in order to learn a business wbkh they can turn to profita ble account when they return to their homes after two or three rears' service. ?Cultivator. TIi? HuMluefM Outlook. N. Y. Bulletin of Totals?. We have reached the end of the lecond spring 'month."possibly with 'milchless improvement in general trade than was looked for earlier in the Reason; and yet if the whole field were to be brought un der an impartial survey, it would proba hi? be ? matter of surprise to many that the improvement ban been u noticeible as it is. It may also l? said thai the ejuntry at large is holding it* own and m no longer drifting backward* on tl>e road to recovered prosperity. Progress is alow, but it i? sure. The bankrupt court* continne to have their hand* full in clearing away the mercantile wreck* that still remind ua of the panic of .1873; but this kind of bu*ine*s promises to come to an end with the repeal of a law which has made suspension almost a fashion. The outlook is vfuII of en couragement. Crop prospects in all parti "ST* thavcountry oould not well be more promising, nor 'Med there be any apprehension, from present appearances, that whatever surplus products we have to sell will not Gnu an abuodanlly remu nerative market abroad. That to a great eatent assures the commercial future. The financial situation,with the certainty of specie resumption at the time fixed by law, mar be said to be not let* secure. That is another all important point. For the present, it need only be said that at about all the trade centre* in the interior, as well as in the seaboard markets, the feeling is one of hopeful confidence; for while it is admitted that spring trade haa not, aa a rnle,been up to the calculation* of the more sanguine, it is also admitted that there la leas real occasion for com* plaint than haa been the case any time since the autumn of 1873. KAYS A* LETTER. Letter to a Wheeling Man from 111* Brother In Western Him nun ?A Number ot QneMtlonn An Ntvered, In Which Slaoy Per nous are Ihterented. Cottohwood Falls, Kahius, \ April 151,1878. / Dear Brolher?It is with great pleasure that 1 acknowledge the reception of yours of the 28th inat., and will proceed to an* 1 awer your questions as folly as possible, before making mention of any other mat* tar. i 1. 87x months' residence constitutes citizenship. 2. How much can one man enter as a homestead ? Answer. 160 acres (and in addition thereto 100 acres under the tim ber culture act) and a person who has served id the army three months or over may hare his time of service deducted from the time of residence required, but not more than four years can beaode* ducted. ' The conditions are that he set tle upon and continue to live upon and cultivate it for the term of five years and I the payment of $14 land office fees at the | time oI entry and $4 additional when final proof is made. When application for final papers, or patent, is made it ! must be shown that be built a house (no dimensions described), moved into it within six months of date of entry; that he resided on the land for five years sue* ceeding bis first entrv. and that he culti vated Home portion of it, and that no por tion of the land has been alienated. This, 1 think, fully answers questions 3 and 4, respecting additional 160 acres under timber culture act, not contemplated in your letter evidently. This act gives 1G0 acres in addition to the general home stead law, and the proof at time of final entry must show that 14G was broken within one yearfrom date of first entry, il-10witbin two ydarsand J within three years, and that 1-10 was planted in trees within two years, 1-10 within three years and i within four years; that the trees have been planted in compact form not more than 12 feet apart each way and kept in a good state of cultivation up to the date of tinnl entry, and a homestead settler who at the end of three years from the date of first entry can prove that he has so far cpmplied with the provisions of theihoniesteM Jaw, anil that ha has in a healthy growing condition lrlO of his tract (of course the 100 acres under tim ber culture act) in timber, may consum mate bis entry without further residence. No taxes are levied until the home steader has procured his patent, which he may do at the end of five'years, and has nearly seven year^ in which, to procure patent reckoned from'date of original en try, and the homesteaders in my, county are not slow to claim immunity from tax ation for. the full period allowed in which to malce final proof. The assessed value ot the land determine.* the amount of tax imposed whenever it becomes the subject of taxation. The taxes in my county are inuch^loTOr than in any other in the State. -? ' "?_! "No entry ia permitted for minor children,and the requisitequalification ei ther1 if6der homestead or pre emptlon law ia thai lite applicant, either man or wo man, be the head of a family, or a widow, or ot the age of ,21 years. 1'he name rule obtainn in cue of an adult female aa in that of adult maies, and their rights are identical. The co*t of entering I have already given above. To the last ques tion, to-wit: "Are there any good tracts already entered in whiqh there ia a bar gain, Ac.?'I atu not now advised, but will make it'an early special matter of invea ligation and inquiry and write you fully, and will also call on the agent of the rail road company to morrow and ascertain prices, terms, Ac., and then report. Our exemption laws are inoro liberal than.anj State in the Union, as w'lU-be aeen by the following: 160 acres of farm ng land, occupied by or as a residence of he family or of the owner, together with all the improvements thereon, is exempt' ed from forced sale under any proceaa of law, except for taxes or for" the payment of obligationscontracted for the purchase of the premises, or for Iheerection of im provements thereon. You will observe that a man msy have a million dollars invested in a homestead (or any other smaller sum) and cannot be reached by final writ. (Hob would call it fim facia*) Our statute regarding the I exemption of personalty ia more liberal than any other Slate. The following will be almost the language of the statute: | "Any-one being the head of a family shall.havo exempt irom seizure and sale upon any attachment, execution or jpro I cchs issued from any cou?t, the following articles of personal property : "1. Tbe family bible, school bookt;and (amil# library. f . J * "2. Family pictures and musical in strument* used by the family. "3. A sent or pew in any church or place of public worship, anil a lot in any burial. Br.ound.,?. "4* AlHrtba {Wearing apparel of the debtor and bin family; all beds, bedsteads and bedding'liked by the debtor anit: his* family: one cooking stove and appendages and ail other cooking uten^iln, and all other stoves and appendage* necessary for the use of the debtor and his family; one newing machine, all spining wheel* and looms, and all other household furniture not herein enumerated not exceeding in value $500. "5. Two cows, ten hoga**^ yoke of oxenaod one hone or mule, or in lieu of one yoke of oxen and one horse or mule, it span of hope* and mules; 20 aheep and IfcfeWool from the same, either in the raw material or manufactured into yarn or cloth. _ 0 6. The necessary food for thenppport of stock mentioned for one year, either . provided or growing, or both, as the debt* or may choose; also, one wagon, cart or i dray, two plows, oue drag, and other farming utensils, including narneas and | tackle for teams, not exceeding in value three hundred dollars. I 7. The grain, meat, vegetables, gro ceries, and opier provisions on hand,' Accessary for .thOopport of, the debtor fend liis family for one year, and alio all the fuel on hand necessary for their use, tor one year. 8. The necessary tools and implements of any mechanic, miner or other person, u?ed and kept for the purpose of carrv* ingon his trade or business, and, in ad dition thereto, stock in trade not exceed ing $400 in value. 0. The library, implements, and office furniture of any professional man. The'above and foregoing exhausts the status except aa to persons other thin the head of a family. X have examined care* fully the statutes of all our western states and find that they do not make as liberal exemptions as Kansaa. Having answered jour inquiries (except one or two) I can but express the deeire that yoii come to-Kansas, .if you expect to leave your present location. I have been here seven yearn and have never been confined to idt bed but once with sickness, and that from a billions character, resulting entirely from my own carelessness and inattention and an over taxation of phvs* ical endurance. My county li noted for its grazing 'facilities, excellent water, stone and timber. Here you can graze 10,000 head of cattle ifjou desire upon land unoccupied and adjoining your own, by having two or three boys who herd them through the grasicg season at a cost of not greater than $15 to $20 per month and oorrall them at night. You can alio contract for hay placed in ricks and con* venient feeding places at from $1 26 to $1 50 per too and cot from land not yoar own and the measurement made after hay baa settled for 30 day*. It scarce)/ pays to raise corn for tale only and our people generally send it to market In the shape of live stock that brings them from 60c to $1 00 per bushel. Corn can now be and is purchased delivered at railroad for 20 and 25 cents per bushel. Stone is con* renient in nearly every portion of the county for building purposes, and if you and those who contemplate coming with you had no stone on land you shouldj purchase I have enough land in nyr charge from which you might take surf* cient to fence and erect ouildings on 50,000 acres, at no cost to you. The] Banker here made $2,500 last year out of a bunch of-hogs by feeding them for sev* I eral months. I think your health would be much benefitted by a stay in our cli mate. I will send you books that from a personal knowledge I consider reliable, to which you can refer for more extended information and (ill matters not herein mentioned. I send you paper contain* ing an account of * tornado (or cyclone) that visited our county last week. My house and family narrowly escaped. The house (two-story) opposite was blown down and totally wrecked and-my house slightly moved. The house just south of me wm taken from its foundation and much twisted and damaged. I send von lithograph of our town, received last evening, and also a poor representation of myself, taken last week when attend ing Court in Lyon county. Hoping you will not neglect uh, Yours fraternally, Ac., F. P. Cochran. OUB CALIFORNIA LETTER. San Joaquin Valley, April 23. 8p?cUl Correspondence of the Intelligencer. To all vrho admire the beauties of na ture and the sight of luxuriant crops, or to those who like, as occasion offers, to exchange for a time the humdrum of city life for the beauties and calm pleasures of the country, where they may breathe aa pure, aa mild and as health-giving air as the world can furnish, a trip just now through San Joaquin Valley?as, indeed, through most of our other rural districts of California?is a genuine pleasure. Besides the usual and truly invigorating enjoyments of country life, it is a special pleasure to tee the vast* and very fertile plaina of the San Joaguin Valley, which suffered excessively from the drought of laatseason?thedryest of the dry years? now green and blooming and attractive with the most luxuriant growth of which it iB capable, both in its native herbage and nastures, and ita large acreage of small grain and hay crops, to say noth ing of one of the richest, most varied j and most fragrant of Nature's tlower gar* dens. Perhaps in no part of the State can these pleasing and gratifying effects of our heavv rains since the second week in Januarv be more fully seen and real ized than here, near the center of Fresno county, in which is found the exact cen ter of California's 188,000 square miles. Measurements of the rainfall for a few years past throughout the State, chiefly I by private enterprise, have well estab lished the fact now generally known that [in our vast inland and oval-shaped val ley, some 500 miles long and from 40 to 00 miles wide, which is drained by the , Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and surrounded by mountains from 3,000 to 15,000 feet high, the annual rainfall di minishes from north to south and from j the east along the slopes of the Sierras to the went along the foothills of the Coast Range Mountains Yet, while the nat ural laws controlling litis climatic fact make the annual rainfall through Stanis laus, Mercer, Fresno, Tula re and Kern counties less than in the counties through which the Sacramento river flows, and while their rainfall is known to be too small to insure crops every year without irrigation, the difference" is not so very great as some late statements would lead the casual reader to suppose, and this Beason their rains to date, especial ly for two months past, have been abundant. For instance, at Borden, for the reason, they have had'between eleven and twelve inches, at Fresno City about twelve inches, while at Jensen's, on Big Dry creek, fourteen miles northeast ol Fresno Citv, and nearer the foot-hilld of tbe Sierra Nevada*, the rain from October 23,1877, to January and February, have been ample to make up for the excessive dryness of last year, and to make all vegetation grow as rankly as baa ever been Known in this region. Consequently farmers, stock raiser*, mer chants and all classes of our people are pot only hopeful but calmly jubilant at the flattering prospect*. The yas( level plains, treeless except from plantings and irrigation of late years around dwellings, are covered rankly jrith that rich native paatire plant, alfcterilla, or filere, as it in realty' pronounced,1 standing now from one to two feet high. This, mixed with different kinds of wild clover and other succulent plants, forms some of the finest natural pastures in the world. The sheep and cattle ranging upon it are now '?roll ing fat," having fully recovered from last vear's scarcity of food. Although the acreage in grain is not so great as in former years throughout San Joaquin Valley, still a very large amount both of wheat and barley has been sown. Volunteer, summer fallowed and winter sown grain are all looking remarkably well; Barley, io tbe Central California Colony, aown for bay, is folly three feet high, and beginning to head. It is equal ly as good immediately the 8an Joaquin river and at Borden. Crops have never before looked H promising at this date as they now are around Borueb.' The far mers there have about 7,000 acres of wheat frid: barley in fine condition, the wheat about 18 inches high, the barley three feet or more and heading rapidly. Crops around Merced, Turloca and Mo desto are looking admirably. We may safsly conclude that so late have tbe abundant rains been and so forward are the grain crops that one of the best har vestslis now insured for this whole val ley. It is to be hoped that such will be the case, for assuredly the persevering, industrious people on both sfdes of the San Joaquin have dteerved and need good returns from their farm investments. Wherever irrigation has been secured, slfalfais being exteosirely sown, as it re mains green during the year, can be cut for hay five or six times each season, yielding in all from five to ten tons per acre. On the irrigated lands near Bor den there are some 2,500 acres of alfalfa growing most thriftly. .Every improved tract in the Central California Colony has more or less alfalfa sown, and upon each acre they can keep at least two cows in fine condition. T. M. G. Another Bank la Suspicions Con dition. PaoviDKNcr, May 1.?The Citiiens' Saving" Institution has applied for a Commission to examine into its condi tion. The bank has about $300,000 on deposit. lira! Game ol the Neason. Ihdiawapolis, May 1.?The first game of base ball of the season between the league clubs took place here to-day be tween the Chicago and Indianapolis clubs, resulting in a victory, fqr tbe for mer by a score of 5 to 4. Marine Intelligence. New York, May 1.?Arrived?Steam ships Faraday, from Liverpool; Anglia, from London, and St. Laurent, from Havre. Philadelphia, May 1.?Arrived? Steamship Nederland, from Antwerp. BY TELEGRAPH. A8800IATED PRESS REPORT. TO THE DAILY JXTBLLlOItXCRR GENERAL NEWS. Ex-Senator Morrissey is Dead The Eut?rn Question at Muddled aa Ever. Congressional Debatea Without a Feature of Interest?A Talk on the Tariff Question. Explosion of the Towboat Warner at Memphis. The Vessel a Totsl Wreck. CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. Washington, May 1. Mr. Beck said that all tbe trouble* now existing Id tbe country grew oat of the /act that we had built a wajl around our selves and confined our trade to ourselves, and that under our present tariff a/stem it was impossible for us to compete with other Nations for the trade of an* other people. Until this system waa changed there would be no prosperity in this country, no matter what might be done about gold, greenbacks, or anything else. The country waa growing poorer and Kiorer every day on account of this tariff. e read the resolutions of the St. Looia Democratic Convention in regard to the tariff. Mr. Beck, continuing bis remarks, de nounced the present tariff, and said the other day a great parade was made when thesteamshipCity of Para was launched. The President and Cabinet went to tbe launch and Representatives and Senators were in attendance. Mr. Roach may have built that ship as cheap as it could have been built in England, and an Eng lish vessel laden with similar goods might sail side bv aide with it to a South American uort, Valparaiso for instance. Upon arriving there an Englishman would sell his goods and take those of the people of South America in exchange. He would land them free in England, where they would be manufactured. Roach could notaell his goods because the peo ple had no money, and he could not take their goods in exchange because it would cost him from 40 to GO per cent in gold to land them at any of our ports. We might build ships and send them out with car* goes, bat tAey could not briog cargoes home on account of our tariff. The time wu coining when (lie inen on this floor and in the oilier end o( (he Capitol must cease to legislate to protect monopolist*, or other men would be sent in their placed. He referred to the works of K. J. Walker and other writing! on the subject, and aaid he proponed hereafter to refer to them more at length. Before concluding his remark* he yielded to Blaine, who replied briefly to the argument and naid he thought it one of the anomalies of American politics that the Beat of Henry Clay, in the Sen ate, should be the place from which the freo trade argument was made. Mr. Blaine argued that it wan the sentiment expressed by the Senator from Kentuckv (Mr. Beck), in his remarks, which held back the advancement of the Southern country to-day. The Senator had referred to the tariff of Robt. J. Walker. Did he not know that it had led to bankruptcy and ruin. He (Blaine) was glad to see that he had developed a little collision among his friends on the other side on this subject. Referring to the argument of Beclc that our ships could not get a return cargo, he said the Senator was mistaken. It was well known we took a great deal more from South America than we sent. There was no more hurtful agitation in this country than this in regard to the tarifl. Debate on the Bankrupt law was then resumed. The first amendment of the House mentioning the date of the acta to be repealed and designating their num ber in the revised statutes, Ac., was agreed to without discussion. The next amendment of the House pro vided that the repeal of the law should not affect penal action* or criminal pro* ceedinga arising under it prior to the re peal. After some discussion, on motion of Mr. Davis, of Illinois, the bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee and the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Chittenden introduced a bill pro viding for the exchange of fractional nil* ver coin for United States notes. Re ferred. A number of Senate bills were referred. The House then went into a committee of the whole on the legislative appropri ation bill, Mr. Edin in the Chair. The discuuion which followed took a slightly political turn and was partici pated in by Cor, of Ohio, Baker, Chitten* den, Durham and Atkina. Mr. Garfield regretted the turn thedia* cussion had taken and waa especially sor ry that the Speaker had seen fit to come down to the floor yesterday and start a political discussion. Mr. Randall?The gentleman misrep resents me entirely. I neither introduced politics nor parties. If I had done the latter I might, aa I waa under great firovocatioo, have ripped up aome of the egislation of the past that would have shown that my record, taking it all in all, was quite aa good as that of aome who might be alluded to more pointedly. As to the question of politic**, I aay there ought not to ba itoy politics when it cornea to the expenditure of money, but we should all unite in seeking to safe aa far aa possible the public funae. Mr. Chittenden aaid he waa ashamed of his country when her pensions were put off with weak unmeaning and unfaithful apologies. The discussion was continued by Messrs. Banning, Bcebe and Waite. Mr. Throckmorton introduced a bill limiting the rates for the transportation of freight and passengers over tne Pacific Railroad bridge at Omaha. Referred. The House then took areceas till 7:30 p. M. The evening session will be for debate only. Nay latere*! on HatNUh. New York, May 1.?Due preparation had been made for the pavment of the M*y interest on the bonds of the Wabash Railroad, the money having been depos ited at the Metropolitan National Bank, this city, and checks having been filled out for coupons left at the bank, but the injunction obtained in Urbana vesterday stayed the payment to day on all except firsts. Investigating Kailroftd Abates. New York, Mav 1.?The Assembly has adopted a reaolution authorising the appointment of acommitte with the pow er to send for persons and papers to in vestigata the abuses alleged to exiatin the management of freight-aga by the railroada chartered by thu State. WANEllMGTqp. Bankruptcy ttie^-WMWagton nounuieuU WAanikotok, Mar 1.?More bank ruptcy c??e? have dmd entered in the past few dsvs than for montha previous, in anticipation cf the repeal of the bank* ruptcy act. Kobert 0. Winthrop, 8peaker of the Houae of Reoreaentativiw when the cop ner atone of the Washington monument waa laid, and who delivered the oration on the occaaion, ia here urging the paaa age of the bill authorizing the Commia aionera to atrengthen aad complete the structure. VARIOUS I TIMS. The aabacription to the 4 per cents to* day amounta to $283,000. The Secretary of the Treasury is op posed to the conaolidation of the offices of the Fourth and Fifth Auditors on the ground of detriment to the poblicaervice. 8. E. Cnmmings, of Baldwin county, Georgia, who furnished information to the Revenue officer*, waa ahot laat night in hia house by unknown parties. BILVIK CERTIP10ATIB. The silver coin of the denominations of ten and twenty dollars have been pre* pared. Certificates for large amounts will be printed by the middle of the month. W1HT8 BOMB MONEY. The Poatmaater General has officially informed Congress that $900,000 are wanted to supply the deficiencies for [ compensation of postmasters and $2,137. 787 to supply the deficiencies in thepos tal revenues for the fiscal year ending with June next. He says these appro Sriationa are oeceeaary to pmoerly con uct the service of the Depsrtnsnt. Explosion ol the Towboat Warn er at Memphis-The Boat Blown to Atoms?Killed and Wound ed. Memphis, Usy 1.?At 9;20 this morn ing the towboat Warner, from New Or leans to St. Louis with five model barges and a trading boat in tow, exploded ner boilers when opposite the elevator. The pilot house ana roof were blown to a great height and fell back upon the wreck, while the air was filled with splinters and fragments. The wreck took nre instantly and the amoke and ateam hid the boat from the crowd which boou lined the Bluff, and it was thought all on board had perished. The tug Desota and two or three skifft were aoon at the wreck and succeeded in saving the following: John W. Poe, clerk, Jacob Cox, pilot, badly bruised; Capt. George Dawson, slightly scalded; Napoleon Devinney, pantryman, cut in hand and arm; John Sullivan, aecond cook, badly cut in the arm and scalded; Clara Black, cham bermaid, badly bruised; Carney Cassidy, mate, blown through the roof and badly hurt; Charles Anacbulz, first engineer, slightly hurt; Nicholas Gobb, steward, slightly scalded; Wm. Jenks, carpenter, Peter Connolly and Pat Thompaon, fire men, unhurt; Dixon Kennett, pilot, and Wm. Badclifle, second engineer, who were asleep at the time, were lost, and one fire* man waa literally blown into fragments. The boat had a crew of 25, but owing to the confusion it is impossible to tell ex actly how many were lost. In five minutes after the explosion all the wreck except the roof had sunk out of eight. The tow of barges wss on fire, but the tug Desota extinguished the fire and landed the barges on the Arkansas shore. All the officers and crew were residents of St. Louifl. The noise of the explosion resembled the discharge of a ten-inch columbiad and abook every building in the city. Public Debt statement. Wasuimotom, Mar 1 ?The following ii thai statement of the public debt of the United StslM | for the month of April, 1878 : DBBT UKAHIHU INTBBBST IN OOIII. Biz psr rent bonds........ 9 738,019,000 Flea per cent bond*. 7i?,266.650 Four-and-a-half per cent bondr - 210,100,000 Four per cent bond*. 8S.8SO.COO Total co'n bonds...... .91,785,785.850 DEBT BBABINQ IITIUTr II LAVfTVL MOMBY. Lawful money debt...., ? 14,000,000 Matured debt. 8,831,850 DEBT BBAB1KU MO INTBBBST. Leapl-tendera .. 9348,0418? Cat titles Ma of d?poirit~.~. ........ 2S.3i6.000 Fractional currucr?.M?.?.N.wm.,m 16 806,414 Coin and ailrsr c?uflcatcs i 66.044.6CU Total without Intemt................. 9446,908 371 ToUl debt . .2,208 4J?.7;8 Total Interest 28,747,2a CUB IM TBBASOBT. Colo- ...9168,099,286 Currency.. 1,163,140 Currency held lor the redemption of fractional currency......... 10,000,000 Special deposits held for the redemption of certificates ot deposit i3.3l5.C00 Total In Treasury........ ...9195,616,377 DEBT LEI I CASB IM 1KB TBBASOBT. Debt leas caah In the Treasury J2.C36,:07,C48 Decrease of debt dorlsc April. ........ 8,015,868 Decrease since June 80, 1?77...^.? 23.4 0,674 BOMDfl laaUBD TO PaaKIC B. B. OOMPAMIBS, IN taBK.tr PATAIILB IM LAWFCL MONBT. Principal outstanding...... 9 64 623,512 Internet accrued and not jet psid 1,292,470 Interest paid by the United States... 37,806.SM Interest paid by traniportatlon of main, Ac . 9.1C2JB B nance of Interest paid by the United Stttea ZZ~JL ? 29,733,482 Death ot John HoritttPj. Sabatooa, May 1.?John Morrissey, ex-Congressman and State Senator from the city of New York, died at half paat seven thif evening. He had seemed quite well and without any unfavorable sjmp* toma until a little after the newspapers were brougnt in, when he motioned for his glasses to read. About half past one this afternoon an unfavorablo change oc curred and he sank rapidly. Afterwards a Catholic Priest was sent for and prompt administered the extreme unction. Al though Morrissey wu rapidly failing be seemed conscious to the last. His wife and domestics were present. He died clasping the hand of the Priest. Mor rissey's business partners are here, but nothing is known by them regarding his business or whether there is any. The funeral will be in Troy. From Ike Mexican Border. New Orleawb, May 1.?A Galveston Next Brownsville special says: On Friday last about two hundred men assembled at Lanoras, on the Corpus Christi road. From there they marched to Sangserdors, on the river, reaching there about three o'clock Saturday morning. Here about fifty meu attempted to cross the Bio Grande into Mexico. They were led by Rapfaellera. They were met by a party of regulars from Matamoraa and a skir mish ensued which resulted in the die* comfiture ot the conspirators, eight of whom were made prisoners, two wounded and two killed, and three others were drowned In the river in their eflorts to recroee. _ Weather I ad lean one. Was Dbpabtvbmt, Ornca o? thb Ckbb Signal Omen, WAawarwroB, d. a, May t -t a. u For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, falling bsrometer, southerly winds, and warmer, clear or partly cloudy weather. For the Lake Region, northeast to northwest winds, stationary barometer and temperature and cloudy and rainy weather. ?An interview with Mr. Currey, City Editor of the 8t, Louis VolhblaU revealed the fact that the Socialistic party in that city are very active. There is said to be five or six thousand members of the otder. THE EAMTEKN QIENTION. DeiuouitratlouN lor and Against the Government. London, May 1.?Political demonstra tion! for and against the Government are the order of this week. The popular meeting at Bradford on Monday in sup port of the Government, at which Cla iborne Hardy, Indian Secretary, spoke, waa followed yesterday bv meetings at Manchester, at which John Bright spoke, and at Brierly Hill, in opposition. To morrow another demonstration hostile to the Government will be held at Birming ham. The whole energy of the oppo nents of the Government in the north and centre of England will thus be heard in a combined protest against the policy of the Cabinet. At the Manchester meeting eighteen hundred delegates from the literal organizations in the north of England were present. Joseph Cham berlain, Radical Member of Parliament for Birmingham, spoke at Brierly Hill. The speeches of Bright and Chamber lain directly face the issue raised by the Government. Thev ask the country not to choose between the various causes for asserting British interests in the East, bat to act on the principle that we have no interests there at all which are worth the cost of a war. They further asked it not to decide how far it is prepared to maintain ihe existing treaties or ny what means the existing engagements can best be reconciled with the existing facts, but to pronounce that the existing treaties are an utter mistake. Humors of a dissolution of Parliament are afjain rife. It is said that the Con servative associstions have received se cret instructions to prepare for such a contingency. MOVEMENTS CIVIL AND MILITARY IN ENG LAND. A correspondent of the Liverpool Pott says: He is informed on trustworthy au thority that Beaconstield has resolved on a dissolution and it will occur about Whitsuntide. It is stated as a result of private inquiries made by the Govern ment at various ports as to what steam ers are available for cruisers or for the transport of arms or troop', that about TO steamers of first clans have been se lected and will be commissioned when re quired. One company here owning 40 steamers have offered to plane their en tire Beet at the service of the Govern* ment. PACIFIC HOM8 DECOMB WRAKER. Constantino?!.*, May 1.?The British fleet which left ismid for tactical exer cise and artillery practice in the sen of Marmora will return to the former place in two days. General Todleben has not succeeded in bis etlorts to arrange sim ultaneous withdrawal of Russian troops and the British fleet from this neighborhood. The Russians are stated to regard the war with England as inevit able. At the Port also, hopes ot Pa cific arrangements have bei.'oiuo weaker. Rome 1.?Italy is not now mediating in the Eastern question and her Minister of Foreign Affairs contradicts the state ment that Italy had asked England to state her views. lett for the BEAT OF war. London, May 1.?A Bombay dispatch states that the second detachment of troops sailed yesterday amid great en thusiasm. Belgrade, May 1.?Furlouijhed sol diers are returning to their colors with apparent enthusiasm. The whole army will be ready to make a forward move ment by the end of the week. FBANCL Opening ol the Pari* Exhibition. Paris, May 1.?The International Ex hibition of 78 wu opened to-day with the great eclat programme heretofore made public,which wu strictly carried out. At one time in the morning it waa feared that the ceremonies would be interfered with, as at 9 o'clock rain was falling, but at 945 the rain ceased and hopes ware in* spired that the day would be One. These were realiied at 11:30, when the clouds broke and the aun ahone out beautifully. The weather though waa rather hot. President MacMahon reached the Ex hibition at 2 o'clock in a carriage, es corted by hia military household. He waa welcomed by Teisseren C. DeBort, Minister of Commerce, and declared the Exhibition open amid salvoe of artillery and music of the banda. The Exhibition Building was gaily decorated with flags of all nations, and an immense crowd waa in the vicinity. Despite the fair weather that prevail ed in the forenoon it waa cloudy when the ceremony of the opening began, but in half an hour the sun waa shining bright. The crowd wu very enthusiastic, and crias were everywhere raised of "Vive la Republique! Vive la France!" The American building, though un finished, compares favorably with the others. The department of manufacture ahowa the least progress. The American art department la the beat ever shown abroad by America. EHtiLARD. The Labor Queatlon?Arbitration Belated by the Mplnnenu Manchester, May 1.?At a meeting of the committee of the Spinners and Manu* faeturers' Association yesterday, a com munication from the operativea was re ceived offering to submit the subject of a redaction of wages to arbitration. It was expressed as certain that unleas the strike terminated before Wednesday, the Preston employers will again close their mills. THREATEN VIOLENCE. London, Mar 1.?The non-Unionist card room hanas at Blackburn complain that they are not being supported, and threaten the Union with violence if they are not aaeisted. NOTICE TO the STRIKERS. London, May 1,?Notices have been posted in the various mills at Preston that unleaa the strike ia at an end by May 8th all the mills willcloae. BANK HOLIDAY. London. May 1.?The first secular daya of May and November being the days on which the Bank of England makee up its balance*, to day is a holiday at the bank and on stock exchange. BUM1A. Gortschakoll. dr. Pjctkmbibo, May 1.?There in do change for the worse in the condition of Qortecbakofl. FINANCIAL Among the Breaker*. 8nmioriKLD Mahb., May 1.?Clark W. Bryon and J. F. Tapler, of this city, bare been compelled by unfortunate real estate inreatmenU to go into bankruptcy. These gentlemen are large shareholders in the Clark W. Brron Company, a joint conoern. Their failure does not affect the solvency of that corporation, nor the publication of the Springfield Union. MalU lor Damage. Richmomd, Hay 1.?Ned Faulkner, of thia city, and L. F. Donnelly, of Charles ton, W. Va., bare entered suits agalnat the R. F. A P. Railroad for damages in $60,000 eaoh, for injuries at tbe time of the aoddent on that road on tbe 24th of February laat, by which the former lost his left leg and the latter both leg*. Ohio Leglalatare. Columbus, May 1.?In the Senate a report waa adopted severely censuring Railroad Commiaaioner Bell for bis aa aault upon Senator Forreet yesterday. The resolution adopted yesterday pro vides for an adjournment on May 13tb, and not I8tb.as reported in the House. House bill requiring County Auditors to supply election precincta with poll books and tally abeeta waa paaaed. A bill waa introduced to admit women to the practice of law in Ohio. SlllOB TELKURAH& ?Sitting Bull hankera after peace, and wants Gen. Milea to tell him what the chances are. ?New Orleana telegrama indicate that Mexico ia threatened with another rev olution. ?Water waa let into the Kidlan canal, Canada, yesterday, and barges left with lumber for the United States market. ?John N. Given, of New York, the well known hatter of twenty yeara stand ing, died suddenly yesterday; aged 59. ?The chief engineer of the Canada Pa cific railroad of Ottawa, haa selected the Burrard Inlet ior ita western terminua. ?From Trinity Church to Central Park in 25 minutes waa the time made by the first train over the Gibbert Ele vated Railroad. ?The Schooner St. Lawrence, when 26 milea ofl* the port of Milwaukee waa burned about 2 o'clock on Tueaday after noon. The Captain and a paasenger were drowned. ?The Fozboro, Massachusetts, Savings I Bank haa been restricted from paying mure than 10 per oent to depositors dur ing the next six months and ten per cent the succeeding six months. ?Louis J. Jennings, former editor of the New York Timet, has brought an ac tion for libel against the Eraiing Exmaa Association, Erastus Brooke, John Kelly and August Schell, claiming $50,000 damages. ?The Democracy of the 9th Indiana district to-day, at Frankfort, nominated John R. Co 11 roth for Congress. The National Greenbackern at the same place nominated Leroy Templeton, of Benton county. ?Intelligence of the arrival oftheCim bria off the coast of Mainhas been officially communicated to the government, but the informant does not furnish detaila here. Presence and purposes are mere matters of conjecture. New Orlrams, May 1.?Judge Bil lings, of the United Statea District Court, calls the attention of the Grand Jury to the charges recently made by a news paper that an attempt to thwart the measures adopted by Congreaa to im prove navigation on the Mississippi river, by blocking up the jetty channel, had been contemplated. QHARLE8 E. DWIOHT, PRACTICAL CHEMIST, la prepared to make careful and complete aoaljnta of lrou Ores, Liuieatoooa, Mineral water*, etc. Laboratoby, Cob. 24tu and Cii iruaa 8n., WHEELING, W. VA. PLUMBING, OAS FITTINN8 &0. IJIH0MP80N a IIIBBERD, Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters, BRASS FOUNDERS, 1314. Market Street. AGENTS FOR THE RETORT GAS COOKING STOVES AND UNDERWRITERS GAS MACHINE ap29 J^UKE FITTON Plumber, Gas and Steam Fitter, Imperial Bn Machine and Dayton Steam Pump. No. mo sum ST ?yAllordwi proaptlyattended to. fc3 rjlRIMBLE A HORN BROOK, Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters, Dsilin lo LmJ, Iron. Galvanised. Htcam. Witii and Drain Pipe*. Keep constantly on hand a large assortment Braaa Gooda. Hteam and Water Outlet, Pumpa and Uu Fix t urea. ?out nun voa war timikia tas COLMAN'S CELEBRATED BA8 MACHINE. BEND FOE CIRCULAR. 1418 MAIKET STRfcET. WHEELINI. WEST VA. Prompt attaotlon gWen to ordera from a dletance To Iron Milli and Engine Builders. Wt hate added to oar PLUMBING and GAB FITTING eetabllabment, a mw and oompletc BRASS FOUNDBY, and art now prepared to make all kinds of Ml and Engine Braaa Outings at abort notice and ol the ttry beet quality. TRIMBLE A HORNBROOK, J >19 No. MIS Market itre*L TilE FAMOUS BRAND OF "COATS" Spool Cotton IH NOW FULLY ADAPTED TO SEWING MACHINES. Black and Color* especially desirable* For tale by J. a RHODES * CO. E. HCHOPPER, EMHHEIMER BROS., KELLER A BCHREINER, GEORGE G. ROTH, W. J. HITLER, E. C. JEFFER8, T. T. SORGLER. JAMES R. ACKER, 15th St. A. HE AM AN, 7th Ward. COWAN A CO., 8tli Werd. MRS. E. BELL, No. 28, llthBU AT WHOLESALE BY J. H. RHODES & CO. MEATfl AND LARD-SUGAR Cured Canvaaad Himi, Sugar Cured Oanva** #d Bhouldera, Hunr Cored Ckarand Brmktm H? a plain Hhoaldera, dear Sldo, Sugar Cored Dried frwh from amok* hoaan dally; K?ttl? rroda* 1 Lml' -* "" "?' ?'" " T epao 1?U ad Lml Urd, In Tlaraa, Barrela and Half Barralr, Sep and Pal la; all at lovaat market ram, M. MKILLT, *aU Mala 8tre?1