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ESTABLISHED AUGUST 24. 1852. "WHEELING, WEST VA.. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1882. VOLUME XXX1.-NUMBER 110. Sto SttMltgmux. Officcl So*. ami 27 I'ourUfutti Ntrf?I. a votk (or Alexander would be a vole fur? party whose ht^ient ami only principle lu?1"spoils!" Body (matching lion been made ho odious that Mr. Tllden will scarcely be thought of lurtlie Presidency. Oi'KHatoiw in the oil tield are striking a good mauy dry wells. The name thing is happening to ma'ny operators in the Pittsburgh oi) market. K.wSknatok McDonald has stopped running tor the Presidency long enough to remodel hid cabinet. This may send a shiver o( encouragement up Mr, Tilden'a spine. Tiik Democratic party la playing a blj< game of "futures." We are 0/ opinion that it iu too "long" of hope and too "short" of votes, and it won't be ablo to keep up its umrxins. ________ Ik it shall please the Democratic convention to give us McDonald in 1884 we bliall lie a happy Republican party.We can #a/*)y promise to use up Mr. McDonald in the tint round. Ik Mr. Ken Jin hopes to defeat Sonator Davis he will have to take to railroad buildin!!, and he hasn't much time to lose. It isn't necessary to begiu actual field operation#?a nice prospecting and a neatly executed map will do. The procession is about to move, Mr. Kenna. Auk the farmers of the Seventeenth Ohio District exercised about the wool taritl ? What would they gain by sending u muu to Congress who would be whistled down in a free trade Democratic caucus, and would have no weight with his party if he declined to enter the caucus? .Senator lhtows.in his great contemplated act of turning on the hose to drown Republicans out of oflice, would look well on a spreading canvass hung up in the room of the civil service commission. But perhaps the Senator doesu't really mean it; maybe he is only advertising himself asa Candidate for chief of the Fire Department at his Georgia home*. An electric storm is not so bad a thing niter all. To the recent disturbance of that character Upton, the ltochester bank man, ascribes his fall. The storm delayed his dispatch ordering the sale of his oil stock, und hy the time the telegram was received lie had been wiped out. Upton seems to think that the storm and not himself was the defaulter. In fact he had been playing u desperate game with the money of other people, and the electric fluid found him out. Perhaps a dozen diamond-studded detectives couldn't have done it Mil C. W. Buockunikk, of this city, received yesterday.a dispatch from Hon. KubscU Errrett, M. C., from Pittsburgh, a member of the "Ways and MeanB Committee of the House of Representatives, saying the entire glass schedule had been passed by the Committee of Ways aud MeanB, and that ull the suggestions and classifications made by Mr. Brockunier and Mr. Gillinder, representing the glass industry of the country, ; bad been adopted. Mr. Errett rendered very valuable assistance, and the glass men of the entire country are very much indebted to him and to Judge Kelley for their groat appreciation of their wants and their influence in having the views of the glass ' interest adopted. It is the boast of the Republicans that they offer not only the best reasons but the best men. The election is the test, and before the election comes the nomination. Partisan tickets are to be pnt in the Held, but party fealty will not bind strongly euough to command the support of the best citizens for bud nominees. It is to be regretted that men who ought to bo in the Council are not disposed to serve, and yet in .some important instances this disinclination has been overcome. If good men will not enter the Council they may be sure ftiat t.'ie other kind will?they will not only consent but they will pull every wire to to get there. Republicans of Wheeling, go to the primary meetings to-morrow, vote and work for meu who will honor you and serve the city well?select a good ticket and put it through. We have received two communications, charging the Intki.i.wekckr with dealing unfairly by the parties claiming from Ohio county $2,500 on account of the turnpike matter now beforo the Board of Commis sioners. We aro still unable to see why the Board should make tho appropriation. These are tlie facts: Ou the 22d of June, 1870, the Boaril of .Supervisors (now Board of Commissioners) appropriated $1,000 to the Roney's Point and AVest Union Turn Pike, making tho subscription conditional, each$1,000 of the sum appropriated to be paid over to the Turnpike company -w hen the company had ilseli expended $2,000 on tho road. In February 1874 an investigation was instituted, and it was found that $3,000 of the county's subscription had been paid over, although only $1,801 55, instead of $0,000, as required by the conditions of the appropriation, had been paid by the company itself. This state of aflairs led the county to reiuse to pay over the balance of its subscription. On May I, IS74, however, the Hoard adopted a resolution appropriating $1,200 additional to .the road, on condition that the Turnpike Company would expend .$2,000 additional of its own funds, and agree to pay all outstanding liabilitiesLof all kinds. On the lirst of the . next month the ''stockholders appeared by attorney before the Board , and declined to accept this proponitiou, and offered to give the county the road, and guarantee her against the payment of any outstanding liabilltiea of any kind, or any subsequent claims which might arise. On Uifc condition the county tuttepted the road, and subsequently *p? ipropriated $1^00 to it. It has since been wader <h? control, of the county just as fpther roads constructed by,the county in the ubujiI ways, and Jim J>een been kept in repair by the authorities, ^i^re does not eeem to be any gwjujad here fa # claim gainst tlits county. FROM THE CAPITAL. PASSAGE OF THE EDMUNDS BILL To Prohibit tbel.MjlB* or Politic*! UiMtnenti. The OaIj Civil N*riIff lUform MiMtri LUeljr to Pai?-Frlifetl? of tho lUnkrupt Rill >'?rl Naaiulat <tt lit Ptiilife. From Our PpecUl Corroipondcnt. Wamiiinotok, December 28.?'The Senate to-day pawed the Edmunds bill prohibiting the levying of political aasesamenta on Government employes. Thin to the bill prepared by the Judiciary Committee in reflponse to tho resolution recently introduced^ Senator Tleck looking toward an inveatigation and remedy of the evil. It to thought that the passage of the bill in tho House will bo all of the civil servico reform measures that will become a law dur- 1 ing the present sesaion of Congress. ; Mr. Sherman endeavored to get a vote ( on the bill providing for the extension of dt.~ t i. l -* : uie uuuucu I'viiuu uii uiouueu Hjiirnn, imi there being objection, the hill for the relief \ of General FlU John Porter was taken up, and made tlie regular order. Mr. Sowell, 1 who has charge of this measure, rend a 1 lengthyspeech in support of it. Senator 1 Logan has a three hours speech in op- . position, which lie will deliver to-morrow ] evening, after which it is thought that the ? Senate will then adjourn until Tuesday ] next. ] Mt i Woixiroiil'N C'rlmr,' > From OurSjH'd*] Uorris|>ondt'?t, Washington, December 28.?Attorney ' General Brewster has picked a quarrel with f lion. Stewart h. Woodford, United States , District Attorney for the Southorn District i of New York, on matters connected with the administration of his office, and has Bent him an oll'ensive letter apparently i intended to make bim resign. Mr. Woodford's real crime is that he was last fall much diegueted with the rascality of the j Republican State Convention and refused _ to support tnejfr oiger ticket. Tho machine ? men will probably get him out of ollice before long. j Tlie llitukriipt Lnw. From Our Sin'clal CorrcxnoiiUcnt. Washington, December 28.?The friends of the inodilied bankrupt bill reported recently from the Senate Judiciary Committee now feel sanguine of its passage in the Senate. It will come up when the Fitz John Porter bill is out of tlieVay. No matter what tlie Senate mav do it is almost certain that no baukrupt bill can be put through the House. IfftLLO! s_ N|ilcy lulcrvlew of h Wn*Iilnictou Hoporter wilU lilnfiir. Washington, December 28.?The National AV^mWicaii 'sent a reporter to interview Mr. Blaine to-day with regard to the telegram recently published iu the St. Louis Pod'Vupatch as to the connection of Blaine with hts relatives, tlie Saulsbarys,in j Star route matters. The llejwblican will | give the following as the experience of its , reporter: \ "I called to see you in relation to a dis- i patch which appeared not lonir since in the < St. Louis rost-Dispulch, in which your ( name is mentioned." i "I don't know ^anything about the J'ott- | Dispatch or any other dispatch, and don't \ want to talk with you about it," said Air. j Blaine. t "Perlm]>fl you might, if you knew, what j i tr, ?.nM. .? i. i. u icicucu iv. ?j\j jvu niiuviu kuun nuui J it was about?" t "No, sir." 2 "The Jlcpublicun is disposed to treat vou fairly in this and all other matters," interposed the reporter, anxious to placate him and get him started. "The tone of the Republican is very low," , he said, and then, drawing his . shining J blade, he plunged it remorselessly into the I bowels of this devoted journal, adding: "It 1 laeks something of the vulgar brutality, but { it is more of the poltroon than when i George Gorhatn was its editor. If you t publish an interview with me use that, { and, by the way, give my regards to Mr. Hatton and Mr. Chandler." t The mention of the name of the last named gentleman caused hie wrath to burn a trifle more fiercely, and recalling the sad fate of Mr. Mulligan, in his celt t brated Gimco-Itoman combat with Mr. ( Blaine for the possession of certain docu- i inents in relation to railroad legislation, as I well as the disaster which attended the ( man in Chicago who fell through a house, 1 the reporter retired. t Lilwjcm UlNbnrrcd. Washington, J). C., December 28.?By direction of Secretary Teller, the following attorneys and hind agentH are diBbarred from practicing before the Interior department and local land ofHces: George S. 1 Bidwell, Mitchell, Dakota; Orlando T. ( Letcher, Mitchell. Dakota; E. L. Carpenter, t Beloit, Wis.; Dudley J. Spaulding, Black y River Falls, Wis.; James L.Ayres, Mitchell, t Dakota. The disbarments were made be- c cause of the connection of the parties with g the recent Dakota land frauds. * \ CAPITAL CULLINCS. AsaistantCouimissionerof Patents, Stock- . bridge, Las resigned. The Senate Committee of the District of Columbia has decided to report favorably on the nomination of John F. Olmsted to be Commissioner of the District of Columbia. ( Judjje Lawrence has decided that the "Direct tax act" of June,,.1862, does not, without the aid of a separate appropriate act, authorize money to be paid to any t State or Governor. t The procecds of tho recent sale of ar- i tides accumulated in the Dead Letter Oflice t amounted to $4,497, which sum lias been deposited in the treasury to the credit of the Post Oflice Department. The Star routo case was resumed yester- j day morning, but beyond a colloquy be- j tween Wilson and Judgo "Wylie, touching ? variances in papers read by the defence, t nothing interesting was developed. OHIO'N CAPITAL. : t Ill? Liquor UiichIIou. j Columiiu.s, December 28.?It lias 'several < times been stated that Governor Foster proposed to recommend in his annual message the enactment of a law taxing the j liquor traffic, and making the propertyiin -\ which the business is carried on liable for : the collection of such'tax. The following is an' authoritative statement relative'to { what the message, now in process of preparation, will contain on this subject: 1 First?The passage of a joint resolution ' submitting to the people a constitutional amendment giving to the General Assembly supreme control over the liquor flucstion, in accordance with tlm.platform 1 adopted at the Cleveland Republican State Convention. .Second?The passage of a law imposing i a moderate tax on the liquor traffic, leaving out Ow iron clad bond and other pro* visions whifh brought tlue Jjite J>opd Jaw uuder the ban of the Supreme (Jourt, am] making the property ia which the #a!oon is located liable in case of non-payment of tax. ' Third?The repeal of the present provlfl* ton of the statute forbidding the sale o( linuor to be drank on the premises where sold, became that provision is never enforced, and is practically a dead letter, and the making of the provisions forbid- \ ding the sale of liquor to minora, drunkards, etc., more stringent by making the , penalty consist of fine and imprisonment, 1 instead of fine or imprisonment, as now, thus taking away the discretion of the Court to that extent. INDIAN TKOUIILKP. Orliflu of the Difficulty?for Ma|>pre*?liiic ttliiortler. t St. Louis, Mo., December 27.?Tlio latest a from Indian Territory says: Tlio Chinotio a party in .ho light Sunday lust had seven c men killed, uud it is thought the Spiochoe c baud has lost many men. Spiochoe and t party have gone into the Cherokee Nation, y but lie expects to return again and keep up ji the disturbance. Reinforcements are hast- a ening to Okmulke to protect the Capitol, a Capt. Bates with a detachment of United o States troops are also there and the sol- g tilers have been ordered to Infanta where tl there is a good deal of excitement, aud \\ many women and children have a been sent sent away far safety. The h troubles grew out of the old "political a iivifiions of the tribe into what is known a: is loyal and disloyal parties duriug the d war. Spiochoe is now at the head of the oyal party, or what fiaB been known as the b Sands faction, and Chiotio is the principal w libief* of the Nation and of course at the ti !?ead of the purty in pow^r. He has some ii right hundred armed men under him aud Spiochoe is said to be nearly as strong. , Both parties are armed with all sorts of c weapons and seem to be in an ugly mood, but it is thought the United States soldiers tl ind Major Duff. the United States agent, ..{II o..n,.?wwt In .n.mtinl. *1? --..I ?UJ ??iuMvwwu >u previug nuu ii-oiur- . ,ng order. 1,1 * o! TXIK M1J.H ASSOCIATION. u, Km Action Kelailve to the Tnrllt'oil lui* ported Milk. U! New Yokk, December 28.?The proceed- at nga of a secret conference of the Silk As- ai lociation of the United States, held at the st lotei Brunswick in this city, became tr cnown to-day. A committee was appoint- j1 id to confer with the Senate Committee in Washington. The suggestion of the Tariff w Commission regarding the revision of the $ lutiea on silk are not opposed to manufac.urers. At the conference it was admitted a .hat a duty of fifty per cent ad valorem j, instead of the present sixty percent, if rig- q d\y enforced was fair and protective to :heir interests. They relv on the enforce- p tnent of the provisions of the bill in order j, prevent a vast amount of fraud which w uas been perpetuated by undervaluation of t, imported silks and fraudulent invoices of u bills of lading. They claim that imported jilks shall be rated according to their val- f, ae in this country, that tlie cost of the tna- k tenai ana inanuiacturo and that Jive per ^ :cnt. of the profits sliall be the manufac- j ;urers' basis, the custom officials to call in u merchant appraisers in case ol disputes. i Ncore Ouc for W?**teru Union. jjew Yohk, December 28.?Judge Ar- u aoux to-day rendered a decision upon the w notion heard yesterday in the auit of b Josiah C. Reiff against the Western Union telegraph Company and its directors to s< restrain the alleged intended issue by the p: jonipanv of bonds with which to pur:hase and retire the $15252l>,590 of stock . issued under a consolidation agreement to u :he then stockholders of the company, n Che Judge denies the motion. This is re- fc girded as an important decision for the q elegraph company. The application of Reiff was based on a stock jobbing rutnor 8( ind of a character similar to others de- hi ligned to embarrass the company aud de- tc iress the stock. Jrwlnli lVi-ftCCUtlouM In Ituwnin. ^ St. Petekshurg, December 28.?Coin- ^ >laints in regard to the treatment of the u Tews are again appearing in the newspa- fa >ere. It is stated that tl)o railway company ina nrilprnd tho iliufliawm n( 4lio5?. P' gji iinployes. The Prefect of St. Petersburg joa ordered that no indulgence be shown . o the Jews residing in the Capital without ir >flicial leave. The Senate lias decided that ni 10 court can authorize the transfer of land tl; 0 the Jews. ai Fire Kccord. c( Noiirti Attlkukko, Mass., December 28.? tli 1 large three story brick jewelry shop on u( 3hastnut street, owned by Felix G. Whitley, burned. The building was occupied ni >y S. G. Whitney & Co., Young <fc Bennett, at fading Brothers and G. K. Wetister & Co. f0 Che fire originated near the forges in the bird story. Loss estimated at $*5,000. y Delaware, 0., December 28.?Ashley, aj leven miles east of here, had a serious lire w L'uesday night causing a loss of $12,000. ^ The Wlcltnl City of the IMniiiM. ft] Chicago, December 28.?Street highway- tl nen are becoming so bold and their attacks w wcur so frequently, there is considerable aiK 01 suppressing mem by means ol pri- " rate interprise. Scarcely a night passes . hat one or more attacks do not occur. One u )f the victims is likely to die. All su/l'ered tevere injuries from the murderoua sand j >ag and lost considerable property. 1E A, Dentil ml for NatlNfnctiou. j?. Pains, December 28.?During a debate .1 ntlieOhamber of Deputies on the Tunis ..i :redit, GuHIard accused the Jtepubliijue vi Francahe of "a stock jobbing campaign," n favor of the Tunisian loan. Thomson, he member /or Constantino, Algeria, de- ui ilared this an untruth. The seconds of r( Huillard have been sent to Thomson. A IHre UiNmilrr. S) Buadkoud, Esq., December 28.?This hi uorning a tall chimney fell upon a build- al ug full of operatives, many of whom were Tl tilled. Twenty-two have been removed, ,wenty of whom are dead. . - w GENERAL NEWS NOTES. es The movement of the Chicago saloon- J ceepers against the advance contemplated [J, jy the wholesalers in the price of beer, is ic raining force and will probably prevent fr ho itAvnnc.P pi During the first eleven months of this tl: ,*ear the "Wabash railroad system has ri iaraed $2,280,000 more than the same time tli n 1881. It is estimated the earnings for h< ;he year will bo seventeen millions; net tl jarnings, Beven millions. w Colonel Trumbull, Government Itevenue tli .\gent, after* full, investigation of the reports that the barrels used by two distil- c* leries at Peoria, 111., whoso correctness had w been challenged, are all right. Envious to rivals made the charge of dishonesty. ot The Second National Bank of Jefferson. ^ Dhio, bus gone into -voluntary liquidation. ? Fifty thousand dollars of tbo funds being accessary, the indkidual notes of the ahiconding cashier, F. Fuller, bavo been de- m poBited to makeup the amount on the . books. Stock speculation in New York [l was the cause.. H. T, St. John, assistant ?c cashier, was Fuller's accomplice. n. At yesterday's session of the OhivState tl Bar Association Judge James H. Thomp* ^ sou, of Hillsboro. made nn address on the early Judges of Ohio. The following ofll- w cere were elected: President, R. A. Harri- 8' son, of Columbus; Vice Presidents, George o Hoadley, George Spence, John 0. Lee, J. o jj. fiwpipsoD. Charles * Follett, S. S. g| Knowles, p. A. flol}ing8Worth, \V. T. a gpeer, D. . JJ. pay; Secretary, T. IJolmes, p Franklin county; Treason felforfl firoes- a beck, Cipcinnntf, I $ "POOR UNCLE TOM." /IRQINIAN9 OBJECT TO THE DOG3 implored l? thf Vlij of "I'nrle Tom,eC?blB"-The Uranil'oaiNmdRilMiltto the People or the Soath-KxKUteholderi Declare that Ho Start tfu Krtr ChMed hj Doff. Lykciiiiuiici, Va., December 28.?No litle talk aiid excitement was caused in this a well as other cities in Virginia by the ippearanceof Abbey's Uncle Tom's Cabin" ompany. The principal coubc o! the exitement and indignation appears to have teen the presence of live big bloodhounds, rho, besides figuring in the drama, were araded through the streets every day ns n advertisement. When the company rrived here its fame?or, rather, the fame f the bloodhounds used in chasing the Heroes?had preceded it, and in consequence be white part of the population had orKoti ltBoii up iuto a state ol indignation, , ud the management deemed it wise upon earing ot this not to have the perform nco in .Lynchburg. It was whispered round that a number of young men hud etermined to break it up. ' As "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has frequently een played in Virginia theatres before ithout cunning this outburst of indigna- ' on, a correspondent asked one of the leadig citizens what was TUK HKAHON 1 >r it.at this late day. a "Why, sir," was the reply from the gen- i eman, who iB an old and leading citizen i f the place, and had been a large slave- ? older until the close of the war, "what we ( bject to is this uso of bloodhounds. It is t i outrage and gross misrepresentation of t le South, and should not be counten- t iced. It is bad enough for this to be done i ; the North, but to come here in our midst t ad parade these bloodhounds through our t reetf, and at night have them in our thea- \ es following upon the track of fugitive 11 egroes is simply insulting us in our own 11 omes." U "Do you mean to Bay that bloodhounds 1 ere not used for this purpose in the outh?" _ "Certainly I do," replied the ex-slave- . ivner; "but I will not go as far as this. I 1 ave never been farther South than North I arolina. What was done in the larger cot- b m and sugar producing States I am not \ repared to say with authority; althoueh I . icline to the belief that bloodhounds 1 ere never used anywhere in the South foi 1 acking negroes. I do assert positively, o( c ly own knowledge, that neither in Vir- t iuia nor Korth Carolina were blood- 1 ouuds ever used for this purpose. I i new nearly all the principal slave-owners < i those two States, and know that they ( id not xesort to such practices. I am t ow an old man, and t HAVE NEVER SEEN* A ?U)01>IIOUN1) IN \ VIRGINIA j ntil 1 saw the four parading the streets j ith Abbey's company. The South has ' eeu cruelly misrepresented in this matter." The speaker seems to have reflected the J mtiments of the citizens of the other t rincipal cities in Virginia. At Richmond i ie Abbey company, while notappreheud- 1 ig any violence, met with a very cool ^ iception. The company was booked for iur nights and played to empty benches, u the last night they had twelve per- 1 >ns. The papers opened lire on the blood- e ound business, and kept it up from first 1 > last. 1 In Norfork the anti-bloodhound talk * as so great as to break up the perform- I ace there. Following upon the trail of i ivuimuujiu question ilia correspondent \ iterviewed two former residents in the r South, one who had been a planter in 1 le vicinity of Mobile, and the other a * continent lawyer of Mississippi. "Yes," t lid the latter. > "hounds weue used," t i my State sometimes to trace up runaway egroes. Nobody in Mississippi will deny j tat. They were not bloodhounds, though,, j id in order to have the opportunity of 1 )rrecting an impression which, despite j ie immense amount of matter that has t sen written about the South, has until ( aw passed unnoticed, I am glad you have c iked me the question. The hounds used J >r the puipose of tracing runaway slaves ere not bloodhounds, but'negro hounds/ ou will be surprised and perhaps shocked . . the expression, but you will understand by the name given was especially approbate. The negro hound wus the common ound trained for the purpose of following t: aything, even a wagon?in fact anything t mt went over the ground. These hounds i, ere not used for hunting, but were kent aly for the purpose of tracing up fugitive aves. They were harmless so far as biting I us concerned, and 1 am sure that no in- fi ance can be cited of a man having been . itlen by one of them. When they caught p with the slave they were trailing they V opped, as he generally did also. If lie loved ou they followed, and they did not ! iave ttie trail until their master came up. le might have been ten miles behind, but j icy kept on the track of the fugitive, who, {; ways realizing that escape was impost- J le, generally EIT1IEU TOOK TO \ TREE Oil STOOD ST1LI. c atil his pursuers came up, and then sur- r indered. There was one way in which n le slave sometimes managed to escape de- ^ lite the hounds. It was by supplying v imself with a basket of meat cut in small r ices and tainted with a powerful poison. ? lieaq scraps of meat ho dropped at inter- {j lis, and they were eaten by the hounds, l> ith fatal results, of course. This mode of k icape 'was only successfully followed s here the pack of hounds was small. Had v lanters been cruel enough to use blood- u [junds in tracking slaves, motives of self- I iterest alone would have prevented them s om using these ferocious dogs for such a n iirpose. Bloodhounds would have torn s ioslaves, to pieces before the driver ar- ii ved. Now, I want you to understand b iat while I am speaking of these 'negro u Dunds' I do not mean to convey the idea li iat their uso was general. You asked me hetlier or not bloodhounds were used in le South to capture fugitive slaves, and 1 y iplied no, and I proceeded, in the inter* it of biographical accuracy, to explain by the wild reports about negroes being rn to pieces by bloodhounds had their tl igin. I believe that I can safely assert S tat no authentic instance can be cited of ti negro in tne oontn oeing torn to pieces f |r hounds, or torn at all." * T1IK A LA HAM A I'l.ANTKlt fl iade the same statement, anil went on f irther to say; "I never saw a bloodhound 0 i iny life. In my State, aa in other of tlie J eighboring States, there were here and \ lore what wero known as 'negro hounds,' { ut they were rarely kept. They<were I Mnetimes hired out to planters. I am not \ ire that in some iustances they were not c wned by free negroes, who hired tliem ^ ut when needed for following- fugitive i aves. Planters themselves rarely owned t pack. A man in a county might have a ( ack, which ho kept to hire out, and when i Sjaye attempted to escape his owner would t ewjto fhe yafy' y?|}0 ha.4 tjie pack of < negro hounds, and be would Immediately come with bis hounds. No one was ever hurt by them. They were trained not to bite, for 1 IIIK YftHY OttlKCT OK THEIREMl'LOYMENT would have been defeated bail thoy do- j Btroyed the property they had been called into requisition to have. The employment of 'negro hounds' was rare, however. During the war they were employed in a novel way, rnd far more elllcaciously than in 8 catching runaway slaves. I have been surprised that the interestiug fact has i escaped the war chroniclers. During the c operations around Mobile, when it became a necessary to protect the Confederate line of t telegraph the olllcers were at their wits' c end to know how to prevent the enemy j from cutting the wires. As /iust as this line was up and in working order it would bo f clipped by parties of Northern soldiers ambushed for the purjMwe. It took regiments , to guard the wires. Some one fortunately thought of the 'negro hounds/ and they 'I were called into requisition. There was no more cutting ol wires after that, as the j enemy's men engaged in the business . were unerringly traced up and caught. The " bounds were then sometimes jocularly p jailed 'Yankee <logH,' and 'the war dogs of 'J he Confederacy.' Their drivers regularly j, patroled tho telegraph line with them. c F*;.\ANlf,VAMA FOMYItN. jj tfeiiK?r for Kcrrctnry of the Common- A wcitl111?No Nurrender In Nl?warl. tl CnAMUEitsuuito, December 28.?Cham- w jersburg fs tho homo ol Senator John Sto- t vart, tho heroic leader of the Independents A a the late campaign, and of ox-Congressnan William S. Stenger, tho prospective 8l secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor l'attison. They stand abreast at ^ he front of the bar, with only ltepresenta- fll ive ,T. McDowell Sharpe as their equal in Bl he profession in Southern Pennsylvania. n stewart and Sharpe are not national poli- Q iciaus, although they have born tho bur- b len and heat of Uie day in their party Hl ineyards, but Stenger is a born politician, ind liia skill, backed by his admitted " ibility and unblemished character, has fiven him signal success against adverse '! najorities. jf ^STKNOKU WII.I. 00 INTO THE CAU1NCT. ^ As some doubts have been expressed in h ho public journals about Mr. Stenger'sap- h >ointmentand acceptapceot the Secretary- ?J iliip of the Commonwealth under Pattison, p . will 'give you the facts. lie baa been eudered the Secretaryship by Governor f? 'attison ami has given his unconditional iceeptance. He accepted with the knowl- Cl idgo that Mr. Cassiday will be his col- ^ eague as Attorney General. Some presslro has been made upon Mr. Stenger to i j lecline the position on the ground of Mr. Dassidy's appointment, but lie has not ^ snterta'ined it, and his acceptance has been ^ lellnitely determined and announced to ^ lie new Governor. The selection of Mr. vj Stenger will be verv generally acceptable ;o the party in the State, and .specially * gratifying to the people of the Cumberland <{. Galley. lie was thrice elected District w attorney in this county against a Republi- tj :an majority; twice elected to Congress in j, he district "that defeated Judge kiinmell ind General Spear by six or seven hun- a Ired, and twice defeated?once for Legisature in 1872 and again for Congress in ,878 by a small majority. NO SUKHENDKK IN STKWAUT. T Senator Stewart has been quietly laborng to catch,up with his large law practice aj lince the election, and has had little to say ibout politics. In common with the In- q lependent Kepublicans and the reform n: t T\ ? ... I' iciucui, vi iuc istiuiucruvy, ua ig uisap- f rointed in Governor Pattison's probable 0" Attorney General; but lie takes no step mcliward because of any failure upon tho C mrtof the reform Governor to meet public p ixpectatiou. lie is prepared and desires o act with the Republican party, but ho evill positively demand that the "principles in iecliired by tho Independents shall be ic :epted in good faith by tho party as a con- i? lition precedent to his co-operation with h. he regulars. He is not ambitious for ,,, mlitical preferment, and is not liable to be w erupted from bis consistency by any pre- 0f iurned advantago to himself. lie still it lows that the Indenendenls will mniml ._ he Senate, notwithstanding the boasts of b< Jameron, and he will be faithful even ci imong the faithless should enough Bur- n, encier to give Cameron the organization pj if the body. BC V It MIS \EllSUH HEAltTM. jj L Love*loru Young Man 'riiranlietl by in lliH Dnlclim'H Mother. th Quincy, Mass., December 28.?For a long c? ime past a young lady in this place has ieen receiving .by mail and by messenger p* Dve letters of the moat sentimental kind w rotn a young man a total stranger to her. 0? le began first by standing on the opposite ide of the street and gesticulating and howl- pi Qg in a manner that would have done su redit to Con Quixote himself. Later his ni fatuation grew almost to' a mania, and fo lotwitbatanuing the girl and her mother K liacouraging his attentions, he began w ending, almost daily* love epistles written ea n tho most gushing style, declaring that ai lis love for her knew no bounds, and it lis ,-ould live as long as life remained. This m ooming a particularly elTusive epistlestart- to d the girra mother on the war path. She ' uslied bareheaded over to tlic Court House fo ,nd besought the judge to interfere. She pi wis told that tho young man was not re- at ponsible, as he bad done noth ing ho coald w le arrested for. Leaving the court in a ei tassion. she met th? voting mm* n? <>* loor-step, and iu an instant had struck him tli n the face. Instead ol defending himself, tli ie stepped back a few paces,and taking his of tilt, gave her a polite and most insinuating ta io\v. This had the effect of making her ar till more augry, and seizing a large stick dc ,'hich lay in the street, she swooned down sti ipon the unfortunate lover and vigorously to elabored him about the head and tb houlders. He took the thrashing as a er oartyr who was being sacrificed upon the tii liriuo of his devotion, llis enthusiasm, be ufatuation. fanaticism, or whatever it may ie allied, is by no means squelched, and iilees the law interferes, the matter is .. ikely to result seriously. A STATE IS FINANCIAL KTttAITH. IlniicMotullclitrd Out bytlieUencronlty ^ ?rtli? ltnllnnyN. ?' St. Paul, Mink., December28.?Through a" be extraordinary expenses incurred by the wl tate aa the result of the Cox impeachment Pn rial, last winter, and the building of the ,'apitol, the general fund ol the State has teen heavily overdrawn. Althqugh tbere | pr re over 10 tne ereuu oi different til imda in tlio Treasury. matters have reached se , crisis. To meet the necessities of the m ase the Railway Commiaaiouer requested cr he manuyera oi the trunk lines centering th lere to advance as much as they thought dr >roj>er to relieve the Treasury. The three J6 >er, cent tax on the gross earnings of the 81 oada will not bd due for some months yet, xe mt General Chandler, of the Milwaukee sn md St. Paul road, immediately responded tli vith a check for $30,000, and the fit Paul j6 ind Buluth road with$5,000, and the Mani- lo oba road with $2j,000; making in all SCO,- ti' KK). The Oniaha and Northern Paciilc cc oada will follow suit. The State has been cc aved from bankruptcy, through the gen* iroaity of the railroads, pi INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS. rHE NAIL ASSOCIATION MEETING. i ContempUtfd Kloppii* for One Month to Cnr> (all the Production?Sttcl Vtorken Airef (o ft Redaction of W?|ei?The Condition or the Rait Mrerpool Lftbor Troutitei. pt'cinl Dispatch to the lutolUgencer. I'ittsmjwih, Pa., December 28.?No defnite action was taken to-day by the West;ru Nail Association. After a long conul tat ion the resolution to curtail producion by a stoppage of onu month was laid >ver until to-morrotv, until alt the mills iast and \^ost can be heard from. There uih a very Targe attendance at the meeting, tut ft was deemed advisable to hear from very one interested before taking any acion. 'bf AuiftUmiinlvd Artccm ton Reduction Pjttsuuiwu, December 28.?Braddock .odge of the Amalgamated Association eld a meeting last evening, to discuss the lui'uemuu ui uio lUKuugur ui iuo J&ugnr 'hompson Steel Works, to reduce the wages 1 every department from 10 to 20 per ent. The meeting was very harmoniouB, ml It was unanimously resolved to accept :ie reduction. Several members.of the .BHOciation were seen this moruingand ?ev all expressed their entire satisfaction itli the arrangemeut. lit: NirUATlON AT KAST MVKUI'OOl. IYilulet, lint (ti? Lacked Out Potter* ' Itt(tl|gnn?t. i>eclnl Dlhpalch to the InteHlKenccr. K.ist Livkiji'ool, 0., December 1'8.?The [ayor'a proclamation warniug the people I gaiust unlawfully congregating and in- ; ilting persona on the street in any man- I er, and quoting the law, is being enforced. I luiet prevails. The K. of L. are indignant, 1 ut the authorities are determined to pre- j irve order, and working women, girla and , it'ii go 10 uau return irom work without eing insulted as heretofore. All the white tire workB ure running without the usual oliday stop. The manufacturers claim je Boycottiug does not utloct trade. About \ fteen hundred people are at work, and all i ut two manufacturers report that they ' live all the hands tiiey want. About one 1 undred locked out Knights of Labor are \ ill hero. The prevailing opinion is that m lockout is virtually settled with victory < erched on the banners of the employers. < The claim of Mr. Rankin, telegraphed orii Pittsburgh, that he had done all in I is power to nreservo order among the ( [nights, caused a smile here. He was re- I jntly overheard to say in the lodge room are: "I understand that most of you lie in bed 11D o'clock in the morning. The order is syiug you men seven dollars per week, ad expect you to win this light The osses are gradually gaining on you, and * y and by the light will be so far out 0/ iur hands that the order will not feel r istifkd in nutting any more money into it. ( "You want to get out before 7 o'clock in le niorniug, and get down ]here at the ] lilroad, and as those fellows go by let ( lerii know they are dirty 'scabs.' You :ive won one pottery, uj) the railroad, and , you can win Laughlin's and Harker's le tight is yours." J TOO MUI.KUT. lie Bonn Sharper of (he Age, nu<l IIIn ] Ureal OrJjfiuul NnJuUJe. ^ Chicago, December 2S.?About a week ;o a well dressed, gentlemanly and plans- ? fie man, purporting to-be the agentot \ ount Eugene ltadetzky, the one-armed ( ianist, circulated among some of the first , miliaaof the*city, especially those fond J entertainment and music, and confided t them a plan by which they might all 6 ither together and be regaled with the St. eeelian eftorts of the one-armed piano ( turn per, and still not have their Iumturn ( cclusiveness broken into by any plebian e iver of art who might possess the necesi/y shekels and the desire to hear the st noble of feudal hotel waiters ock the "Carnival de Venice" west ad crooked on a pianoforte. His method as to call personally on the head ! the house?male or female, whichever j happened to be?and, taking him or her t ysteriously into a corner, unfold his diaDlical plot. He told them all that so ex- ' naive was the piano recital to be that 1 ^ wuuuuiiwiiicui mu iu ue uiaue in liio J ipere, and the great uumjished, which is ? apt to ape the upper ten thousand, a ould not know what they were missing r othing but the bluest blood was to throb i the veins of the delighted auditors of s le reduced scion of a noble house, and a \ immittee, elected from the Historical So* li ety, the Chicago and Calumet Clubs, as*to stand at the door and inspect tho 1 >digreeor genealogical tree of everyone e ho applied for admittance. " 1 The recital was to take place December th at Herehey Hall, and the tickets of c liich ho sold two to ten in each family,were o aced at $L 50. lie carried around a huge ii ibscription list, which was headed by the imeof "N. K. Fairbank, ten tickets," ji llowed by those of Marshall Field, E.G. $ eith, Edson Keith and many others, who y. ere duped by the magnificence of the S iclusiveness of the lum-tum proper caner, id the seductive talk of.the agent The t >t in all contained over one hundred a imes of people who purchased froui one s ten ticket. d To-night at 8 o'clock, the hour announced r the alleged recital, a large crowd of peo- I e could be seen in tho vestibulw arid 11 lire at Hershov Hall. To Hay that they $ ere angry is hut to faintly express the f< notioua which swept over their impatient id agonised souli. The hall was dark, t! e door locked, the office was closed anil u e janitor insanely denied all knowledge a Count Eugene lvadetzky or his smooth- o Iking agent. The crowd' grew larger, id carriago after carriage rolled up to the J or and deposited its lair freight, which J raightway ascended the stairs and added p the general confusion. The men fumed, ti e women scolded, and not a few of them u ied. At lastj however, the crowd became ed of waiting and dispersed to their imes or entered the neighboring theatres. ^ Il^ILROAl) NEWS. D S( l?l?rni*cm?ntofthc TiiNciirnwiui Vnllcy. r( I'lic W. A L. K. IttiNiiic**. Si Ci.evki.ani), December 28.?The apprais- u a of the Cleveland, Tuscarawas Yalley & ^ heeling road have completed their work, id the United States Circuit Court in j, iich the suit of the .TJnion Trust Cominy oi New York is pending, has ordered e sale of the road to the highest bidder i Monday, the 5th day of February next The roadbed, right of way and real ?j V?ll ? At?A... euumy, and c< e personal peopertv aa an entirety, but o parate from thu real estate, the sale"to be n ade subject to all the rights and lieng eatedby a inortgaue or deed o( trust, to e Union Trust Company of New York,' ited on the ttrst day of October, A. D. 78, to secure seven hundred bonds'of J ,01)0 eaob, and coupons attached, and any w al estate in Lorain county will be sold b ibject to any mortgage or mortgages /or p iopurchase mone^or otherwise, and sub- 1 ctnUo to all taxes and assessments thereon b r public purposes.And certain locomo- J vea and cars -under contract or lease, or *> ndltional sale, will be sold subject to the mditions of the contracts. The railroad and real property was ap- a raised subject to the mortgage or deetj of trust to the Union Truat Company at $V 325,188.72, anil the personal property won appraised lubject to the contracts of the lease or continual Bale at $55:1,501.28. The terms of salo are cash in hand, or the bonus or overdue coupons secured by the deeds of trust or mortgages to the Union Trust Company of New York, made in the years 1871 and 1877, nnd a moitgage or trust deed made to Worthy 8. Slreator, in the year 1872, the bonds and coupons to bo applied upon the purchase price of the property, according to tl>e order of court. Wellington, December 27.~Rallroad matters here are booming. Bobort Bleu, Superintendent, and 0, J. Stedwcll. train master, were here a good part of Friday last, arranging for more sicle tracks to ac? commodate the rapidly increasing tralllc between the two rouils A special freight train comes out to this station tlaily, which does the yard work and takes to Cleveland the coal and other freight which relieves the local freight of a large amount of work. Twenty to forty cam of coal and freight daily is being exchanged between the roads here, ?ud the outlook is that of a steady increase, making this quite an important railroad noint. A car inspector also will be placed hero January 1st. Irlnli Alftlr*. Duiilin, December 28.?O'Brien, editor of the United Ireland, will contest the seat for Mallow with the new Attorney General. Tho United, Ireland reappeared with a cartoon representing the Lord Lieuteuant and tho Crown officers drinking long life to tho inquisition. The Government has taken precautions to secure the satety of tho foreman of the jury which convicted Roll' and Barrett cf murder. Ut'll'n liuimusui. Lo.vno.v December 28,?The great Belt libel case, which excited much interest in artistic and litemry circles wns "concluded '.oday.ttheiurv awardinirthe nlamtifl'. Bolt tho nculptot", ?5,000 damage?. The libel consisted in tho publication by .Vaninii Pair of an article intimating that many of > the works claimed to have been the production of Belt aro actually the work of Verhyden, the well known artist. Flood* ou the Ubluc. Colog.vb, December 28.?There seems to lie a ceaseless down pour of rain. The i Rhine has risen 90 centimelres during the light, flooding tho lower town and part of . he quay atFrankfort'On-tue*Main,and at Manheim. The river at Necka baa risen jonsidercbly and fireman and soldiers are j )rdered out ready to assist the Dojmlation. , Bkklin, December 28.?The lUiiue and ributaries from the Lake of Constance to Cologne continues to rise rapidly. Many jridges and darns have been destroyed. , OCEAN CABLE BRIEFS. " j Gambetta's condition excites the alarm ' )f bis physicians. 1 The British ship "Undine captured eight ' ilave dhows oil' the east coast of Africa. It is definitely settled that the German ailway to the lliusian frontier will soon be 1 :oraplcted. Tlie Russian force concentrated along the , \ars frontier consists of 70 ftOft nw?n iij?bty guns. ' J A dispatch from Home to the London : Times authoratively contradicts the statelient that England will appoint a Minister ' o the Vatican. 1 A man threw a stone at the Austrian < Home Ambassador to the Vatican, yester- J lay. The man claimed to be starving and : vaa unaware of the Ambassador's.identity. . A man by the name of Lethu was found ( itrangled in the compartment of the ex- j iress train from Nice to Marseilles yestcr- } lay. The motive of the crime was robbery. The recent rainfall caused tloods in the 1 Midland counties of England. There was 1 ;reat mortality among sheep in Northamp- ] onshire, Notinghamshire, and Leicester- ! ihire. . The festival in honor of the House of t ilapsburjr, concluded with a grand banpiet at ilofburj.', at which the Emperor entertained various deputations, who preiented their congratulations. Peunsylvanlit Svwh Ilvinv. Four thousand tons of limestone are quaried daily in Lawrence county. A black bear weighing four hundred tounds was killed in Forest county a few lays ago. There are fifty-one completed rolling oills, and two in process of construction nt 'ittsburgh.1 .? } The Pennsylvania Riiilroad is nutting up I n extra weir between Clearfield and Tyodo for its own use. , Over one hundred and fifty men and j eventy-live teams were engaged in bar* 1 eating ice for Heading consumers one day H ist week. During tbe past'year two hundred dwelings have been built, or are in progress of i rectipn, by the building associations of leading. The Woolen mill at Valley Force is idle, t >n account of the falling oil'of orders, ana t ne hundred hands are out of employment 1 n consequence. George K. Anderson, of Titusville, holds J lolicies of insurance on his life amounting 315,000. This is said to be the largest \ leruonal life insurance in the United . tales. e Ninety-five turkeys were purchased for | he Christmas dinner at the Berks county s lmshouse. The Reading Times is not urprised that the number of inmates is t ,aily increasing. j The Somerset & Cambria Railroad, built 1 iy the Baltimore & Ohio J tail road Comany, from Somerset to Johustown, earned t 100,000 net income the first year. It is ^ )rty-Bix miles in length. c It is stated that tlie railroads passing v iirougli Krie are prepared to make a u nited resistance to tbe ordinance recently r / 'V 1,1 uiat B,v compelling tne erection i i Biifety-gutea at all railroad crossings." 0 A Cheater county decedent, Morris E. 3 ones, willed away his daughter Delia to 81 lary E. Whiteside, to do with her as she J1 leased. The Register refused to admit Jj io will to probate because he had no 1 leans of appraising the property. ? JfnrJou Jb!lii)oreTO'.\icbl. ? This evening at the Opera House Marion n lmore, supported by Hayden & Davis's ? 'ramatic Company, will give the first of a tl srlesof three performances of "Cblspa,"a a )iuantic play of California life. Reserved ?ts are in good demand at Wilson it Hauler s music store. Manager Riesler yesteray received the following note: B Tub Academy or Music, 1 Cumberland, Md? December 27. } Viaul Jiieiter; N 1 see you are to liave "Chiupa" Dec., 29 and ),and uotkuowing whether you had seen the 8 jiupany, if not you can toll your people i1 Brsoually that you will give them aa nice an atertainment as you will probably have t uring the season. Sometimes it helps me r jnaiuerably ^wiien I can assure my patrons l< [ a good thing, and 1 thought maybe it light help you. i Fraternally youm, ? H. W. Williamson, j. Lessee and Manager. ^ The.Now York World also suya: "Cliiapa" is part which suits Mis* Elmore exactly, and ae acts it with lightness and brightness J! rkich remind'one of the sunshine that 11 rcaks now and then through the foliage and r lavs over the wildness of a mountain glade. a dian Jack and Doc Jones are capitally done y"\\\ T. Melville and George Osborne, while t Ir. Krank Ixjsee as Zeke leaves a pleasant 1 mpression. ,, i r t DIED. a \V K8T- od Tli <i rtnJoy evenl n?, Dccc m ber 2s, 188'-', I 19 o'clock, PaumcM-'K K. W'iht, ?ged 77 year*. I Fuller*! notice hereafter, , 1 THE MIMAS' CASE. VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. The Yoaikfal UomlrlJo hrntracd to Tno Unn* lmprlioame nt la the Penitentiary at Mouadi* vllle-He Take* the Doom ana Matter of I'oom-Varloni local Hatter*. The speeches to the jury in the MilllgaiJ murder trial were made yesterday. The sides wero limited to six hours each. Prosecuting Attorney Jordan opened tor the'State iu mi address of an hour and twenty-live minutes. Mr. Duncan followed for the defense, Gcor#e B. Caldwell speaking next on the same skit', and Cantnln Drwurtnr nlnutiwf r?? ??.? about flv?J o'clock, and was followed by Mr. Cracraft for the Stale. About 10 o'clock Mr. Cracraft llnhtheil his very able and exhaustive argument, reviewing the testimony very minutely. Judge Boyd instructed the jury as to tins verdict they should arrive at according to the testimony, and under the charge of the deputy sheriff the jurymen wore conducted to their room, Shortly alter 11 o'clock the jury was announced as having its , verdict ready. The court room was crowdod, the spectators having kept their Beats. Milligan was seated beside some of his family, and several attorneys were inside the bar. The jury announced through its foreman that it had arrived at a verdict of manslaughter. Mr. Cracraft rose and inquired if it was voluntary manslaughter. Ho was answered in tlie oJllrmative. Mr. Caldwell, for the defense, asked that the jury be polled. This being done, there appeared some doubts in the minds of some us to whether it was "voluntary." Again were they instructed, special stress being given to the difference beteen voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. The jury retired once more, and the crowd settled down to wait. About 11:45 the jury returned and renderercd a verdict of "voluntary manslaughter." The jury was again polled. Captain Dovener, for the prisoner, asked that the sentence lie passed at once, and that the term ol imprisonment bo made light. Ho referred very pathetically to the career ol usefulness the* young man might have before him. Judge Boyd said that he had not expected to he called on to perform that duty so soon, and was at a loss what to say. He spoke of the liquor that had led to the quarrel and death as it bad to hundreds of others. He spoke of the young man's age, and concluded by sentencing Milliganto two years' imprisonment at Moundaville. After thanking the jurv the court was declared adjourned. While the Judge wis studying over what he should say, the courtroom was a a t still as death. The stillness in fact was oppressive. Milligan carried on his face the hardened look he bus borne during the irial, and received liis sentence with the utmost nonclmlence, apparently realizing ;hat he was getting oil' luckily. REI'UUJLIC'AX CAUCUSES lu Four Wortfw 1.unI Night?Councilman* ic Candidate*. Caucuses of Republican voters were held in iovoral ot the wards last evening, to select aauies of gentlemeu from whom the voters it the primaries Saturday may choose thesis they desire to represent them in Council. In the First ward Mr. David Bell presided jver the meeting and Charles Bawling acted is Secretary. For member of the First Branch Robert 3. Dalzell waa named, and for the Second Branch, Enoch Ball. C. J. Bawling, 8. 0. Burdatts, John G. ifaberileld, D. K Irwin, Joseph M. Hamilton, C. Giessner, George )tto. For members of the Executive Committee Daniel Ingraham and C. I\ Hamilton were lamed. In the Second ward no formal meeting waa :ield, but it. is undrstood that the following vill accept the nominations if tendered: For First Branch, D. C. List, Jr. For Second Branch, Dr. 8. L. Jeuson. C. A. Wlmwriwr Victor Rosenberg, A. Walter ami II. Ji. Siemens. For Executive Committee, Thornis Jones. In tlie Seventh ward Messrs. Thomas Prince, William Johnson, W. IL Donaldson, 3. B. Dovener were chosen for First Branch candidates, and Messrs. G. 0. Smith, C. A. House, Lewis Jones. William Krskine, H. i'. McGregor, 8. P. Hildreth for the Second !i ranch. Mr. J. II. Tappan was named as Jity Committeeman. At the meeting held at the Atlantic engine louse to supeest names for Council and member of the Executive Committee from the fourth ward, the following names were suggested : First Branch?Jas. Mc Adams, John W. Lewis and Chas. Loefiler. For Second Branch?J. W. Armstrong, rtajor Joy, H. J. Felber, Geo. McKown, J. J), klcb'adilen and J. 1). McKee. ? Kxecutive.Committee?Major Joy. In the Third ward no meeting was held. Tho Republicans of this ward will meet ut ue Citv Building this evening, and there hould be a full attendance. T1IANUS<J1VI.\<J COMKIliUTIONM l'? I In; TrcaNiiry mid Larder of tli<> CliJI. tlrcu'N Home. The managers of the Children's Home furush the following statement of the results of he Thanksgiving collection of this year/or he benellt of the Home. The collection was not quite equal to that if last-year. Probably as many sacks were. eturn?d to the headquarters as usual, but a :ood!y number did not contain as much. )f this the managers say they have no com>laint to make. They appreciate the genirous donations of the past, recollect the ong stoppage of the mills, and rejoice that ix months provisions are again stored awav. The money envelopes and church coileeions Amounted to $10(1 SO, which is nearly ncutj-avvcu uuiiuia mure man received rout the suruo sources last year. Following is a general an miliary of articles eceived: 19 barrels Hour, 10.) bushels potaoes, 130 pounds coffee. 2 barrels turnips, 2}<J utrreJs corn meal, V- barrel beans, 2 barrels rackers, IX barrels brown sugar, 1 % barrels fhite sugar, 1 barrel rice, 1 % barrels dried pples, barrel hotuiny, M barrel dried ieaclies, 5sacks buckwheat, 0-1 cans toniaoea, 3 cans corn, K? bagi salt, G hams, bundles calico, 2 do/.enj decorated plates, 1 bars soap, 3 scrub brushes, 2 brooms, J nek shoes; also small quantities of bread, licklea, tea, tapioca, com starch, chocolate, in spoons and paus, dried apples and eacbes. Bills for stone-work and kindling-wood ? rere kindly douated; also bill for printing f circulars. The daily papers, both English and German, gave free use of their column*; nil of rhlch makes those in immediate control of lie Homo feel that the peoplo are willing ml glad to support such an institution. KIVKK NKWN, role* JoIIimI Down while Nlrollitiic Alongthe Levee. The Ironsides got away lust evening for few Orleans with a big trip. The Amos and Barnard passed down with mail coal tows and the Alex fiwift and Baltic isssed ui> with eninfles. It is the present intention of the Sidney alaavfe tl?la port on Tuesday-next forCincin,atl. She has been laid up for over a month, aw water anil ice keeping Iicr at the hank. "Word was received hiiit evening that the )lurnal was at Haven's Rock, having her rhcel repaired, but that she would bo on ,and to-day, in time to leave for Farkersburg o-day. The river fella few inches yesterday, the narks last evening indicating a depth of S eel I inch and rising In the channel. Busliess was very britk, the local steamera all rriylng and departing on time. The Andes got awuy ubont 3 o'clock yeserday morning with an immense trip, over 0,000 keg of nails being one item. On her ip trip the Andes was loaded almost uuder he water, drawing over 5 feet; It waa'neuTly .11 merchandise for Pittsburgh,- tmd had it lot been for the ic?, which p'OYeuUd the loat reaching that port, her o^nvra WQWtsl lave made big monty, -- rrr-T % r