The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-03-31

AFTER on hours consultation the
jury eupanncled TO try Prince Pierre
rosnpartc brought in a verdict Of ac-
qri,tal This ends case that for the
honor Of French justice should never
have been begun. Imperialism will
find in such parlialiy but barren vic.
tories. Where lives of citizens are
held so cheap respect for dnas,y can !
not flourish.
SEcrrrARY Boutwell, hns directed
the Assistant Treasurer nt New York |
u sch S2.O00.CO0 Of gold md pur-
chase 100000 worth of bonds, on
account of the sinking fund during
the month Of April, and in addition
thereto to purchase go 000 900 worth
Of bonds for the special fund. making
in an sale Of $1,000 900 of gold and
purchase OF si,Ol0,00u worth Of bonds
for the month of April-cquivalcnt to
throwing 81, 100000 Of gold into the
market.
TIE President is reported as having
refused TO send troops to Tennessee.
holding bat there is no legal ground
for Executive interposi;ion This is
sensible decision. 1t will be time
enough for The President 10 send Fed
era SD crs 20 Tennessee when the 10
cal authorities make formal request
Indeed, to do so without such requests.
would be ~ unjustifablc an act of in-
tcricrcpcc iu Tennessee a. it would in
PENNSYLVANIA and, VI it were douc in
enc instance, it might be required BY
politicians for partisan purposes, in
every state Of the Union.
Chioago takes the lead as q pork
packing city. The number of hogs
packed there during this season is G90,.
600 against G4l3l6 in ST. Louis and
3S7 $50 in Cincinnati, the former Por
kopolis Of the country. Chicago "map
ufaciured' this season $4,000 barrels
of mess pork and 80, 600 of other kinds
The total number OF live and dressed
hogs received at that point and ship
ped, between October Is and March
1S--ilve mouths-wasl $4,000! Chi
cago now cures the best hams that
come from the West, and cxcels all
the Western cities in the hog business
generally, rs well As in The grain aud
divorce business.
TIE action Of the President. in fail.
ing to comply With Governor Seuter's
requc.tIon for troops, is thought to
mean something more than was ut first
supposed. 1t has been stated that
Governor Senter made the requisition
in order 20 secure from the President
recognition OF the State Of Tennessee,
and his authority a. chief Magistrate
OF the Commonwealth, in order to pre-
vent any movement looking 10 recon-
stiuc'on by Congress. Governor Sen.
ter has been summoned to appear be-
fore the Reconstruction Committee N
Washington by Gen. Butler. when he
will testify "a 10 necessity of reading
troops into Tennessee by the National
Government. Governor Senter seems
To understand that the result will be a
total reconstruction Of the State. lie
will withdraw the roquisition, and de-
clare that good order now eIists thro'-
out the State.
THE House Committee on Foreign
Affairs has authorized its chairman
Mr., Banks to report tho following
JOINT resolution in reference to Clba
That the President of the United
States be and is hereby authorized and
instructed TO declare and maintain n
strictly impartial neutrality on the part
of the Government ofthe United States
in the contest pow existing between
the people and the government Of the
kingdom Of Spain.
SrCTIoN ,. Ind be Il further resale,
81, That all acts or parts OF acts and
nll provisions of the statute approved
Goth Of April, 1916, entitled IAN act
10 addition to the act for the punish.
ment Of certain crimes against the
United States, and to repeal the acts
Herewith mentioned,' shall be con
strued TO apply equally to each of the
parties IN the existing contest between
the people of Cuba and the govern
ment Of Spain.
THE storm on Sunday was terrific
in New York and vicinity. The North
and East rivers and the bay were LASH
ed IN to furious commotion, aud il was
with the greatest difficulty that the
ferry boats could "ply their vocation. =
Several vessels were torn from their
nooriug and swept adriit, and scvers
collisions occurred in conseq ueuce.
The number Of signs blown down in
the business portion Of The cky was 81
great that il occupied much Of the time
Of the police officers to carry them n
the station houses. The walls Ieil
standing by the late Crosby street fire
were blown down and caI travel pre-
vented. A large three story brick
building on Forty-siSth street, wa:
blown down, crushing to atoms = smal
frame tenement near it, and killing O
man named Benjamin DounelIy, BIZ
wife and three children, aud breaking
the legs Of the fourth child. Several
houses in Brooklin we're blown down
and many unroofed aud otherwise in
jured. In Williamsburg, o young la