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Personalities.

--Carlotta PATHS head has appeared in sleeve
buttons.
Mrs. Farrell is the champion burglaress of Cali
forna.
Shirley Brooks wrote Punch'S obituary OF Lord
Derby. .r
Andrew Johnson is still a regular visitor to the
Tennessee Legislature
.-Ex President Pierces viii does not come up to
the calculations OF his relatives.
Fab, the earthquake prophet has been hanged
in efflgy by indignant Peruvians.
Since April l, Cheney, the silk manufacturer at
Hartford has received letters spelling Cheney l0s
different ways ..' 4. : .l.
Betty Shy, a modest Missouri damsel, took
strychnne because her sweetheart escorted another
girl to party.
Flake, of the Galveston Bulletin, gravely sug-
gests that the shortest and surest way to get rid of
the Indians is to supply them with all the whisky
they can drink
DIR. Ennis, one OF the survivors of the steamboat
was saved by cinging to crate OF cabbages-which
shows that in an emergency, several heads are bet
ter than one.
-Goldschmidt, Jenny Lind's husband is the au-
thor OF the oratorio Ruth, in which Madame Lind
Goldschmidt is to appear in London II Ruth
should prove to be poor, 1t may be classed among
the Boaz. .
Mics Anna Mehlig, a distinguished German
pianist, who is thought by many musicians TO have
no superior among the artists OF her own country,
arrived in New York last week. and will soon be
Two expert gaugers have gone from Washington
to the bonded warehouses OF New Orleans TO exa-
mine the liquors and to show how thoroughly tney
mean to do their duty they announce that they VIII
carefully examine every barrel OF liquor not only as
| TO quantity but as to quality.
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coined francs contained only 994.40 francs
silver, difference of $50 per mile The
French administration of finances makes no
secret of this ''faiblage, and every year the
"Compte- General de administration des
Finances demonstrates the gain result
ing to the State, which in 1868 was 164. $50
from 21O,OO0,O0 coined. In his re-
port of October 25, 1867, the United States
Secretary of the Treasury announces that the
fineness of French gold coins changes to 1885
and 1898, and the average for several wears
was only 89S'2. The French Government
(see M0nStettr of November 20, 1860 excuses
this by the impossibility of keeping the exact
standard; but it is strange that they always
remain beloto the normal standard. In Eng
land the deviation is only two-millionth
part; in Prussia all lately coined thalers con-
tain 0O1-10000, and in, 1867, when large
sums were coined, the difference from the
normal amount was only 3s thalers in 31b
millions There are no legal Napoleons of
full weight in existence.
The system proposed by Mr.. Kelley in the
United States House of Representatives, as
illustrated further in a memorandum pub
lished by e. b. Elliott, Esq, of the Treasury
Department, contemplates international coins
on the metrical basis of a unit of weight, the
gramme A perfect identity of coinage
among all nations is impossible, as the only
end that can be reached is, that all should
bring their coinage into simple relations with
this unit of weight. If England and France
would alter their coin but very little these
simple relations would obtain:--2O dollars
100 francs=e4 sterling=3 German Union
crowns=5 Russian half imperials=30 gram
mes of fine gold. At present
20 dollars=30'0932 grammes of fine gold.
100 francs=2903225 g
"a ster.=29'29
half imperials=30 g
3 Union crowns=30
Under this act all coins of gold and silver
should be 9-1O fine The silver dollar=22'5
grammes fine, to be legal tender in payments
not above 10 dollars, and would be exactly
equal to the French franc silver piece, the
only actual legal coin of France.
England would have to increase the fine
gold of the sovereign from 1926 to 7'50
grammes. There seems to be no disposition
as yet in Great Britain to do this until the
advantages of the new system are established
All that is necessary, however, is law in the
countries interested permitting the coinage
of at least one of the proposed pieces, and
decreeing their ready acceptation in the pub
lie banks, together with the present coins.
Still we think that tile simple requirements Of
Mr.. ReIIey's bill oOuId secure tie iRt9OductjOn
Of an International coinage in tie easiest and
most practicable 9ody possible.
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given the Postmaster-General deal OF trouble on
several occasions. He went on TO Washington,
taking witnesses with him who Identified him as
Gumbridge. 1t IL alleged that one of the witnesses
who backed Gumbridge is an editor OF a New York
evening newspaper. Gumbridge got his letters.
subsequently however, letters were stopped which
were addressed to Tumoroge. Then Gumbridge
letters Witnesses swore that Gumbridge was Tum-
bridge. Then Gumbrdges letters were again
stopped and Tumbridge's were allowed to 20
through the male, and are doing so now.
] The Postmaster-General will ask Congress TO enact
laws to meet the exigences OF the case.
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POST OFFICE FRAUDS.
First FOreshad dOwing of the Postmaster-Cene-
raps RepOrt-The Gift Enterprise Swindlers
10 be Checkmated by Congress.


In his next report to Congress the Postmaster
General will recommend additional legislation on
subject OF preventing the OF the mails by the
proprietors OF notorious swindling enterprises. He
has already submitted the subject for the consdera-
ton OF the Attorney General, and that ofcer has
given an elaborate opinion in which he shows that
any Postmaster, or even the Postmaster General
himself, acting under the law 1t stands, would be
liable In suit for damages who detained letters
directed TO legitimate names, even though he knew
that the persons TO whom the letters were addressed
were the veriest swinders in the country
IL is proposed to get over the existing difficulties
by having additional Congressional legislation on
the subject, which viii enable the Postmaster-G Gene
raj to embargo the patches OF letters which are sent
from all parts of the country addressed TO the pro-
prietors OF swindling concerns, when IL has been
made clear to his mind that those concerns are
really fraudulent IL will then be for those whose
letters are embargoed to prove that their business
is not wholesale swindling II they can do this
their letters are TO be delivered up at once. II they
fail 10 do so within a reasonable stated time the
letters TO be sent TO the dead letter department
and those containing money are 60 be returned 70
the persons who sent them r.I -
man from New York city who STYLES himself
Cambridge, aud whose letters were stopped has
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sHIPPINo.

SM FOR LIVERPOOL AMI
<4-1k ENBTowN-Inman Lane Of Mac
Sff14 sloamen are appointed 70 sail as fol
= ASI,y yi,y o. lyndon. saturday, Nov. 20. as1P.M
Oily Of New YORK WI. aaIifaa nSsdsy az M ~ M NJ
from Per spcceedpg Saturday and alternate Tuesday
RATES TFiasSS OF PASSAGE.
FIESf Gold f1ES1SS L. onrr'no' s
TO Paris IgS To To
Payable inCioid' PAYABLE iIEh6a1r in Gnqrsncv
iaverpooL $50 Liverpool. Il. ..,..,,. SD
q. Eanah; h. ~ Halifax ........., Is
By bran Branch Steamer 45 St 6y Jshns FnSsh n st:: f.
Passengers forwarded 10 Hayre. Hamburg, Bromen
Tickets be bought here at moderate rates by pe
sons wishing to send for their friends
JOHN G. DALE, Agent, 10. is BROADWAY, N Y
ort2 ~ ODONNELL a FAULK, Agents,
81 NO. al OHESNUT Street, Philadelphia
lis ONLY DIRECTLIN TO FRANCE
NzIT LIZ THE GENERAL, TRANsATuA ANTIo
pIsIIT ftSJ ttSJ1s, M NDhPANY'S MAIL STEAMSHIPS
BETS az isSI IEEN NEW YORK AND HAVRE. CALLING AT
The splendid new vessels on this favore route for the
St11ent VIII sail from Pier No. 50, North river ever
in cold d,o,,,,u PRICE OF PASSAGE
10 BRRsT OR HAvRE.
N'i'' 9 9iSi4g Second Cabin. ...."...Se
nj Hncludine railway tickets furnished on bosrd)
These steamers do not ssp ssSond Cabin
phteunSaI hS az enhance free of charge
tnent of Europe by taking the SoSmea o tbs neevS
erossn NY sks from transit by Englsh railways ami
pense GEORGE HflS KIM IN NizTS ZIT9Spie, n.A anusA
Eor ro.., = nj. No, SO BROADWAY, New York
Conn,pv in Fmladephia, apply at Adams Expres
1873 No. 800 oHESNatuTf' oHESNat f'Ist Street
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SALE OF 1000 CASES BOOTS, SHOES, BRoGANs.
ETC, ETU.
On Tuesday Morning,
Nov 49, at 10 o'clock, four months credit. 11I74t
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- Peremptory Sale at the Fairmount Iron Works
FRAME BUILDINGS, PIG IRON, CAST WHEELS.
STEEL, IRON FLOOR PLATES, OFFICE FURNI.

=. On Wednesday Morning,
November "a 1862 at IL o'clock the Fairmount Iron
Works Coates street wharf river Schuyl will be sold
at public SALE without reserve, 20 notified pig
castron Wheels etc pedestas assorted Sizes iron floor
plates cast steel backsmiths bellows large Frame Mill
B9ong o be sold in sectons) board and rail fencing.
Herring etc. II III st
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BUNTING, DURBOROW u CO., AUCTION
~ EERS, Nos. 232 and 234 MARKET Street corner NJ
Bank street. Successors to John B. Myers 4 90.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS TRLEGgAMs,
RIOITS ITEMS
CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, February 23.-Senate.-
Mr.. Wilson, from the Military Committee,
reported fayorably on the bill continuing
the Education and Collection Department Of
the Freedmen's Bureau and the several
feedmen's hospitals, including those at
Richmond and New Orleans.
The Finance Committee reported bill
RENTING the duties on college aud library
apparatus. The Secretary of the Treasury
WAS requested to communicate Information
relative to Mexico's free-port system and
frauds connected Herewith.
A bill authorizing the Western Union
Telegraph Company to import cables duty
free was passed.
The bill re0rganizing the Judiciary was
passed. It provides for a chief and eight
associate Justices (sx to be quorun) and
nine circuit judges. ,.,,
The bill amending the civil rights bill
was passed. -,
The bill prescribing penalties for hold
ing Office contrary to the fourteenth amend
ment was discussed at great length.
Adjourned for recess.
Ho1tse.-The veto of the copper tariff bill
was taken up. ,,-
The bill was passed over the veto-ll5
to Sc.
A bill was passed forbidding the Su-
preme, State, Circuit, County, Oyer and
rerminer Courts in the city and county OF
New York to give naturalization papers to
foreigners.
Several conference committees were ap-
pointed, and the House took q recess.
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A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.-MemphiS, Feb
ruary 2l.-A horrible tragedy occurred on
Friday night three miles west of Raleigh
Springs. A party Of white men went to
the house of Colonel Thomas Dickens,
while he and two men, named Wilson and
Humphrey, were eating supper, and
knocked at the door, which was opened by
Humphrey without saying word. The
party shot Humphrey through the body,
and with knives in hand rushed into the
room, put out the lights, and then COM
menced firing ut Wilson and Dickens. Dick
ems received one ball in the body, and with
Humphrey managed to crawl out of the
room. Colonel Dickens made his way to q
neighbours house and gave the alarm. On
returning with party of neighbors CO.
lored female servant of Colonel Dickens
was found dead near the front door. Will
sons body was found in the room with eight
shots through it and badly cut to pieces.
Humphrey was found badly wounded. The
assassins plun3ered the house, taking eve
rything of value, rihed the pockets of Will
son and the negro woman, and took two
valuable horses from the stable and es-
capped.
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Domestic markets-IBy TELEGRAPH.

NEW YORK, February 23--Noon.-Stock mar
ket firm for Governments, but unsettled for
railways, and weak for gold. Money steady at
6@7 per cent. Exchange, 100. Gold, 1925.
5-2os, '62, ll4%. North Carolina 6s, 6Sh
new, 59E. Virginia 6's, ex-coupons, IS asked;
new coz. Tennessee 6's, eX-coupons, 81
new, 53A. .....
Evening.-Cotton flrmer; sales $500 bales ut
294c. Flour heavy State superfine $5.75@
$685. common to fair extra southern, $500
81. Wheat favors buyers. Corn better; south
ern yellow, 96c. Mess pork lower; new, S3l. 25
l7@l7Ac. Whiskey quiet. Rye dull. Sugar
firm; Havana, l3A@l3Ac. Turpentine, 5oD
5sHc. Rosin, s2.45@SS. Freights lower.
BALTIMORE, February 2S.-Cotton quiet at
2aHc. Flour and wheat dull. Corn-White,
92@94c. yellow, s7@ssc. Oats dull. Rye
nominal. Mess pork, $50. Shoulders, 15A0
15Ec. Lard, 2ohc.
Virginia 6's, coupons, old, 57A; new, g.
North Carolina 6's, old, 63h new, 60.
CINCINNATI, February 23.-Whiskey firm at
93c. Provisions unsettled, with little doing
Uniform quotations cannot be given. Mess
pork held at 1872. Lard, 1910. Bacon-shoul-
ders, lac. clear sides, l7Ac.
LOUISVILLE, February 23.-Mess pork, S3l 30
@$32. Lard, zoe. Shoulders, lic.; clear sides,
l7hc. Flour, $j.5O@$6 Whiskey, 92@93c.
WILMINGTON, N. G., February 23.-Spirits
turpentine quiet at 5lKc. Rosin quiet at $3.50
@$2 so for No.2 Crude turpentine steady at
81 S56S2 30. Tar declined &c. to 80. Cotton
firm at 27@2Sc.
NEW ORLEANS, February 23.-Cotton adj
vanced nc; middlings, 2SEc. sales, $500
bales; receipts, 4,s24 bales; exports, 3,loo
bales. Sugar active and higher; common,
l2h@l3c.; prime, ljAc.; yellow clarified, 1914
@l7c. Molasses active; prime, 79GlS2Ec. Gold,
1885,. New York sight, l5@A. premium.
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DARING HIGHWAY RoBBERT.-We are
informed that on Saturday night last q
young man named Deaver, living at Browns
burg, Rockbridge county, who was return
ing home from Lexington, where he had
been to sell wagon-load Of produce, WAS
waylaid by two men about six miles from
Lexington, knocked from the horse ne was
riding, and which WAS hitched to his wagon,
and robbed of between fifty and sixty dol
lars in money. The blow he received stun
ned him for some time, and when he re-
covered he found both his horses and wagon
gone. The young man managed TO make
his way to the house of Mr.. Kerr. near by,
and related the circumstance to that gen.
tleman, who Immediately started in pur-
suit of the highwaymen, but up to the last
accounts had discovered no trace Of them
or the property carried off by them
Lync'tburg Ne,cs. .g. -2
At a later hour the same night the stage,
on its way from Goshen to Lexington, was
halted by two men--one white and one
black. There was but one passenger, and
neither he nor the driver were armed, so
the latter put whip and got rid of the as-
sailants. They were supposed to be the
same persons who robbed Beaver.
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VELOCIPEDEs.-The attention Of inVen-
tors seems at present to be directed to the
construction of velocipedes, and new ma
chimes of every description are reported.
Thus, New York mechanic has devised q
monocycle, or single machine, which con-
sists Of wheel eight feet in diameter,
with tire six inches wide, or two narrow
tires on its outer edges, with two sets OF
spokes connecting with double centre,
which fills the place Of hub, the two sides
of which are two feet and half apart.
The operator is in the middle, and propels
the wheel by simple yet curious appara-
tus, in which both his weight and his mus
cles are brought into play.
In Detroit three wheeled velocipede has
made its appearance, which is described as
follows The wheels are forty-two inches
in diameter, and are propelled by means
of double hand crank, no treadle being
used. On each side of the hub Of the for
ward wheel is grooved pulley, and at
tached to the straight portion of the crank
are two more pulleys: the four being con-
nected by belts. At each revolution Of the
pulleys the vehicle is propelled distance
of sixteen and half feet, and when al
ordinary rate Of speed is attained, it runs
quite easily. Its weight is forty-nine
pounds, and the inventor claims that it will
sustain two hundred pounds.
Nevertheless, the reporters are chroni'
cling accidents by the yelocipedes. One
man has had leg broken. 1t is very clear
that these conveyances will only suit pave
ments and hard roads.
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EXTRAORDINARY Expects OF NEURAL
G1A-A MAN THROWS $4,000 INTO THE
FIRE.-W. j. Bradley, who for some time
past has been in the employ of J. Il. Read
ing & Co., spoke-dealers of FrenchtoWn,
Hunterdon county, and who acts as agent t
in buying lumber for the firm, started for
the South not long since, partly in the dis
charge Of his business engagements and
partly to settle up an estate of his which
had been lying for long time past in an
unsettled condition. Having arranged mat
tiers satisfactorily, he started for French
town, where he arrived on Saturday eve
ming last, laboring under a severe
attack of neural ia in the head,
brought on by exposure and cold. Ar
irving late in the evening, he had no
opportunity to deposit his money, and so
placed it in the bottom Of his trunk, in his
bedroom, with the intention of depositing
it in the bank on Monday morning. Ora
dually the neuralgia pains increased until
Mr.. Bradley was rendered temporarily IN.
sane and while at the height of one OF
these severe spells on Sunday evening he
took the money from his trunk and threw it
into the stove in the bedroom, and in an
instant fortune was lost. His wife had
just left the room and upon returning
found, to her establishment, nothing left but
the envelopes which had contained the pre-
cious stuff. Madam Rumor has her usual
number of stories, and the exact amount
is as yet unknown. Part Of the money was
in greentacks and part in United States
Government bonds.-Neaoark IN. ~
Courier, February 4.
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RAILROADS IN MAINE BLoCKADED BY
IcE.-The trials of railroading have been
severely felt by the Androscoggin railroad
the past few days. In the vicinity Of Farm
ington, and quite distance this side, the
fall of snow has been very much larger
than here, and the heavy sleet storm Of
Monday resulted in thoroughly freezing up
the road. Tuesday three engines and a
snow-plow left Pennington and went on
swimmingly as far as LiYermore, where
they encountered belt Of ice, which threw
off two engines, damaging them seriously,
turned the snow-plow "end for end" and
damaged the track badly. By the time
the engines were on the track everything
was frozen up, and the only remedy for
opening the road is to pick out the ice,
which has been done thus far for about
twenty-five miles by hand. The train was
at Leeds crossing at noon Friday, and it
was hoped would reach here by tonight.
There has not been an engine over the
Pennington branch Of the road since Mon
day. This morning the Pennington freight
train encountered heavy snow and ice
drifts, and had to put back for a snow
pillow. The snow is very deep and very icy
on that quarter of the road.-Le1oiston
(Me.) Journal, February 10.
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TERRIBLE Acc1DEST-FIvE MEN DAN
GERoUsLY WoUNDED.--We learn that hor-
rible accident occurred at Messy Greek, on
the East Tennessee and Virginia railroad,
Oh Friday last, by which five men were
dangerously, aud two of them probably ia
tally, wounded. 1t appears that the section
hands at Messy Creek, seven in number, de-
sired to come to the section house, FIVE miles
east OF Messy Greek, and fastened their
haud-car to the rear coach Of the passenger
train to make the trip. When about two
miles east of the station, and the train run
ming at speed of twenty-five miles an
hour, q wheel of the hand-car broke, pre-
cipitating the men upon it on the track,
and terribly mutilating all but two of them,
who escaped with but slight injuries. AT
the last accounts none of the wounded were
dead, but it was thought impossible that
TWO of them could survive.-Lynchb,rg
Ne,os OF yesterday.
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ASSOCIATION OF TIE Army, OF THE Po-
ToMAc.-NeD York, February PA pre-
liminary meeting Of the officers Of the Army
Of the Potomac was held here to-day, and
was largely attended. Among those pre-
sent were Generals slocum, Siegel, Frank
lin, Wright, Mcclellan, Butterfeld, ingalls,,
Newton, Gibbons, Pleasanton, Carey, Heintz-
Gilman, French, Sickles, Hancock, A. Dem
nison, r. N. Bowerman, and Colonies ].
Rigby and R. M. smythe, of Baltimore,
and hosts of others. The meeting was
called to order by General Butterfield, who
briefly stated the objects Of the call, and
nominated the senior officer present as tenn
porary chairman; which prevailed, and
General Mcclellan took the chair.
Committees were appointed to fix the
time and place for the grand meeting and
reinion. A committee On permanent or
ganization, bylaws, and constitution, was
appointed, consisting Of two from each
corps. Monday, the 9Th Of July, and New
York, were finally determined upon, and
made unanimous, as the time end place for
the grand reiinion. It was decided that
permanent organization be made ct that
time. The utmo st harmony and good feel
ing prevailed. The meeting adjourned to
July 5th, after session of two hours.
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CHINA-THE RELIGIOUS DIFFICULTIES AT
AN END-IMpoRTAN PROCLAMATION OF THE
CHINESE AUTHoRITIEs.-The subjoined pro-
clamation in regard to liberty Of worship
in China has been issued by the authorities
of the Celestial Empire: ST.
"Ma, Governor General of the two Kiarg
Provinces, Imperial Commissioner, Sc. +;
Tgeng- quo-fan, late Governor General OF
the two Kiang Provinces, Imperial Com
missioner, &C.; Ting, Governor Of Kiang
Su, hereby issue proclamation for general
information:
Whereas the preaching Of religion is
sanctioned by treaty, and all persons are at
liberty 20 become proselytes thereto as it
suits their convenience, without compui-
sion either for or against, We therefore is
sue this proclamation to give the popula-
ton, civil and military, Of these districts to
know that it is required of them that they
carefully observe the treaty which has been
concluded by our most gracious sovereign
the Emperor, and that they must not annoy
religious establishments, nor raise pretexts
nor must they treat foreign travellers with
wanton disrespeet. Every wilful offender
will certainly be visited with heavy pun
ishment, without hope of pardon.
Obey with trembling! A special procla-
nation, 9th day, 9th month, 7th year Of
the Emperor Tung Che.
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J. N. Tyner Republican, has been
elected to Congress from the eighth district
of Indiana, Vice Pratt Republican,.
A defalcation to the amount Of 100000 is
reported to have been committed on the
James Steam Mills, Of Newburyport, Mass,
by one Of its officers.
Two men were killed and three seriously
wounded at Fonda, New York, by the e1-
rlcsion of blast on the Fonda, Johnstown
and Gloversville railroad Monday.
Rev. George B. Taylor, of staunton, has
been appointed chaplain of the University
of Virginia for two years from the lst OF
October next.