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A communication was read from
Philadelphia Councils protesting
against the passage of the Pipe Line
bill. A large number of petitions
were presented, many against the
repeal Of the Local Option law.
Mr.. Reighard presented alongpre-
amble, reciting the previous action
as to the treasury Investigation, and
concluded with a resolution deelar-
ing as the Of the HOuse, that
the Select Committee already sp-
point should enter upon their inquiry,
sit in vacation, if necessary, and re-
port 70 the Governor and Auditor
General or the next Legislature.
Mr.. HUM offered en- amendment
that the Auditor General should
make the investigation.
MI. Reighard said his resolution
contemplated clearing up the obscu.
rity surrounding the action Ct the
House on this question.
Mr.. HUM urged that the Demo
cratic Auditor General was the prJIec
officer to make the investigation.
The Republican side courted investi.
CATION by the proper officer. 1t was
questionable whether any committee
had the power.
Mr.. Plummtr (Democrat) said the
resolution was got up for mere show,
and that the Auditor General was
the proper person 10 make the inves-
tigatiOn.
Messrs. Chris,y, Morgan and HUM
spoke in favor Of the amendment,
and Messrs. Faunce, Reighard and
GuUster against it. The latter called
the previous question, which was
ordered-1T to &C.
Mr.. Huhn's amendment was voted
down-69 to 70.
On the adoption of the resolution
there were So yeas-no quorum
voting. The Speaker directed the
doors closed and he roll called,
showing l56 members present. The
Speaker then directed the roll to be
again called on the resolution. Dur-
ing the roll call there was much con-
fusion caused by members DESTROYS
of being excused from voting. The
resolution o. Mr.. Reighard was
adopted-yeas 80, nays &C.
Adjourned.
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The semphs. Robbery.

MEMPHIS, March Ed johnson.
alias Preston, alias Park, the lea
der Of the party who robbed Brady,
The Southern Express messenger, ia
this city four weeks ago, was zap.
tured at Cape Girardeau Saturday
night, by detectives, aud brought
here to day. Johnson has already
been indicated by the Grad Jury.
and as the offence IS punishable with
death. the probabilities are that he
win hang. The detective Grst struck
els trial at Metropolis, H., and after
following him over two hundred.
miles, secured him as above stated.
Johnson is an old offender, and serv-
ed a term in the Missouri penitentil-
~ for robbing the United States Ex-
press Company in St. Louis.
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ACombuxtIble Factory.

PHILADELPHIA, March l.-George
w. Plumly's paper box factory, al
Fourth and Branch streets, caught
fire at 6 O'Clock this morning ald
was entirely destroyed. The front
wall, on Fourth street, fell, carrying
down all the telegraph wires. The
factory was very extensive, giving
employment TO $50 girls, who are
thus thrown out Of work. The loss
is total, but the amount is moi vet as
certained. The building was worth
$4,000, and the stock was valued al
$4,000. On the stock there is an
insurance OF S3s, 600. The building
is only partially insured. The man
ufactory was operated by a stock
company, of which George W. Plum.
ly is President. At 10 O'Clock the
wall on the Fourth street side fell
ont into the street. but fortunately
no one vas injured. The origin Of
the fire was accidental. The engi.
neer, il seems, was oiling the elevator,
when he slipped and fell, break
ing the lantern, which ignited some
light material on the floor. He
stamped the Gre out the best he could
aud then ran for some water. In
the meantime the flames spread with
frightful rspidity, and when he re-
be found his services of no
avail. Then it was that the alarm
was sounded.
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The bounty bin that proposed to
give all those who had served in the
army a bounty of IS 33 per month
for every month spent in the service,
met with a curious fate at the close
of the session. The bill was first
passed by the House. it was then
passed by the Senate with amend.
ments; when these amendments went
to the House they were first non-con,
Cured in, and the bill went TO a CON-
mit;ee of conference. On the report
of this committee the House with
drew its non concurrence and agreed
to the amendments of the Senate.
The bill was signed by the Speaker
aud by the Vice President, but when
the conference committee came to re-
port to the Senate, its report was laid
upon the table. The friends of the
asu insisted that it had nevertbe.
less been properly passed, but the
President, not agreeing with them,
refused bis assent to the bill, and so
it failed. Had he bill became a law
it would have taken 800, 600, 900
out of the Treasury, principally for
the benefit OF the claim agents, they
holding, it is alleged, a vast majority
Of the claims and being chiefly IN
strumental in working up the bill.
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HARBIsBrEG, PA, Mar. ,, 1879.
SENATE.
No followinp More read In

The following were read in place:
Mr.. Yutzy--For the taxation and
protection of dogs.
Mr.. Misunderstanding the acts
fixing the location Of Offices Of jus
t ices OF the peace.
Mr.. Anderson, OF Crawford-To
regulate the practice Of dentistry.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures the
recording Of recognizances.
Mr.. consolidating to executions;
also preventing cruelty to dumb ami
mails; also relating to nou-suits.
Mr.. Misunderstanding for the
payment Of costs in suits where free
hold stay Of execution is entered be-
fore justices.
The following bills passed finally:
An act to prevent the defling of
ice upon ponds, streams, rivers aud
creeks owned or leased for the prOduc-
ton Office for sale.
An act appropriating money for
the propagation and protection of
fish.
An act to authorize the Attorney
General, Auditor General and State
Treasurer to settle outstanding claims
due for work done and materials
furnished the Constitutional Conyen-
tioa.
A supplement TO an act entitled
"An act TO authorize the appointment
Of stenographers in the several
of the Commonwealth, pre-
scribing their duties and fixing their
compensation" approved May Is,
A. ID. 1874.
An act TO authorize State banks to
surrender their charters for the pur-
pose Of organizing national banks
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Freshets snbsiding in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, March 2.-The fresh.
cts in the East Tennessee river is
reported over. The water is falling
rapidly at Chattanooga, and has
been stationary at Bridgeport, Ala
bama, several hours. The bridge
over the Tennessee river at that
point is safe. The damage to the
Nashville, Oh / anooga and St. Louis
Railroad will not exceed $4,000,
and trains will be running east of
the Cumberland Mountains as usual
on Friday morning.
The Memphis and Charleston
Railroad is not seriously damaged.
Only two small bridges are reported
gone, and the track moved at two
other points. Trains will run as
soon as the water subsidies at Bridge
port. On the East Tennessee and
Virginia Road, although the line is
broken in numerous places, no i'm
portant structures have been dam
aged. 1t is reported the damage to
that road will not exceed $40, 000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-10

TARDY Justice has at length been
awarded Hon. Simon Cameron by
the Congress of the United States.
On Tuesday morning last I'D inst, }
the following resolution was offered
in the House by Hon. Glenni W Sco-
field and unanimously passed:
WHEREAS, The House of Representa-
lives on the S0th Of April, 1862, adopted
a resolution censuung Simon Cameron for
ceItlin alleged irregular proceedings as Sec
retary of War in the matter of purchasing
military supplies at the outbreak of the re-
bellion; and
WHEREAS, On the 26th day of the ensu-
ing month, the then President OF the
United States, Abraham Lincoln, in a spe-
cial message TO Congress, assumed for the
Executive Department Of the Government
the fullest responsibility of the proceedings
complained of, declaring in said message
that he should be wanting equally in can
dor and in justice if he should leave the
censure TO rest exclusively or chiefly on
Cameron, and adding that it was due to
Cameron to say that although he fully APP
proved OF the proceedings they were not
moved or suggested by him, and hat not
only the President but all other heads Of
departments were at least equally respon-
sible with him for whatever error, wrong
or fault was committed in the premises;
therefore,
Resolred, That this House as an act OF
personal justice TO Cameron, and as a cor
reciion of its own record, hereby direct
that said resolution be rescinded, and that
the RECESSION be entered IN the margin OF
the journal where said resolution is re-
corded
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HOUSE.

The House was engaged all day
on its calendar. The following pass.
cd first reading:
An act for the establishment OF
new counties in this Commonwealth.
An act to tx the standard weight
Of bark.
An act relating to the taxation OF
personal property.
An act for the appointment Of o
commissioner to revise the tax laws
of the Commonwealth.
An act defining the Limitation in
prosecution for forgery.
An act TO authorize defendants to
produce and examine witnesses in
preliminary hearing before maeis-
trates, and making it mandatory upon
committing magistrates to hear such
evidence when demanded.
A supplement to an act relative 70
forfeiture of charters or grants of
special or exclusive privileges TO rail
road, turnpike and plank road cor
porations, approved May Is, 1874,
prescribing the manner 10 which said
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The annual report Of the Commits
sioners of the Sinking Fund just
published sets forth that during the
wear the State debt was reduced ST.
23O.Is6.57. The annual interest paid
amounted to s. ,4s7,6ss.28. Total
debt at the close Of the year S24,55S,'
63537; for which there arc in the
Sinking Fund S9,67O,O5s.6s; leaving
an Indebtedness unprovided for Of
sI4, s9S, 576.69.
When the Republican party came
into power in this State, the debt
was S42, 600, 900, and notwithstand-
ing that taxation has been steadily
lowered it has been reduced nearly
two-thirds in amount. What better
argument could the party put forth
for its retention in power, than this
splendid management Of the States
finances and reduction OF the peoples
burdens.
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Pennsylvania LEGISLATURE.
HARRIsBURG, Pa, Mar. }, 1875.
SENATE
The following pnssed second req

The following passed second read
ing;
An It providing for The transfer
ing O awards of arbitrsioFs. the lieu
ther + and proceedings thereon:
a. act authorizing appeals rom
assessments 10 this Commonwealth
TO the Court of CommO3 Pleas
An act authorizing the use OF the
unclaimed bodies of eonvicts and
others for the promotion ofthe medi-
cal sciences.
An act fixing and regulating the
terms of all members Of Councils and
all city, ward, borough and town
ship officers. excepting school direc-
tors, elected by the people.
An act In relation to banks lncor-
porated and operating Hnderth e laws
Of this Commonwealth, and author
izing them to receive deposits.
An act relative 10 the punishment
of persons writing threatening let
tiers.
An act to protect the children of
this Commonwealth in their rights
TO acquire useful trades.
An act authorizing president
judges to appoint a reporter and fixing
his compensation.
The following bills passed first
reading:
An act for the protection of fish
in the State OF Pennsylvania.
An act relating to landlords and
tenants of dwelling houses belonging
to owners CT operators Of coal mines.
An act providing for the making
and repairing of public roads in the
different townships Of the Commo D.
wealth Of Pennsylvania.
An act to secure q stricter account
ability Of certain public officers in the
counties of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania.
An act authorizing County Com
~missioncrs to select newspapers for
official county advertising.
A further supplement % the act
entitled "A further supplement to the
act regulating elections in this Com
monweslth," approved January 30,
A. d. 1874.
Al act to fix the standard ofweigbt
Of bark used for tanning purposes.
An act for the protection of fish.
An act authorizing and requiring
the Courts of Common Pleas of this
Commonwealth to prescribe by rules
of court cases in which afidavits of
defense NAV be required, and the
time and manner in acknowledgements
shall be taken for want of attidavits
Of defense.
An act authorizing common car
riers, factors, commission merchants
and other persons to sell goods,
wares, merchandise, baggage and
other property unclaimed or perish
able upon which they have a lien.
A further supplement TO an act
entitled IAN act relating to the lien
of mechanics and others upon build
inzs, approved Jan. l6, A. d. 1886"
An act regulating the passenger
fare and freight rates on railroads not
exceeding fifteen miles in length.
An act to fix monthly return days
in the courts Of this Commonwealth.
An act to prevent fraud and'fraud-
ulent practices upon or by hotel
keepers, inn keepers and boarding
house keepers.
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under the provisions of the several
acts of Congress.
An act relating TO bail in criminal
cases taken by mayors, deputy may
ors. aldermen and justices of the
peace requiring them to record in the
Information the residence of the
person or persons taken IS bail, aud
the location and extent Of their
property.
An act relating to judicial sales
aud the preservation of The lien OF
mortgages.
An act 10 provide for the transierr-
Jag of awards of arbitraitors. the lien
thereof aud the proceedings thereon.
An act authorizing the use of the
unclaimed bodies of cony:cts aud
others for he promotion of the medi-
cal sciences.
An act fixing and regulating the
terms of all members of councils and
all city, ward, borough and township
officers, excepting school directors
elected by the people.
An act ia relation TO banks i8corpo-
rated under the laws of this Com
monwealth aud authorizing hem to
receive deposits.
An act relative to the punishment
Of persons writing threatening letters.
An act authorizing judges to APP
point a reporter and fixing bis COM
pensation.
The following were amended aud
laid over:
An act authorizing an appeal from
assessments in this Commonwealth
to the Court of Common Pleas.
The supplement to an act, entitled
IAN act relating to payment OF costs
in cases of felony" approved May
Ii. A. ID. 1860, providing for the pay
ment of costs by the county in certain
cases and authorizing said county to
collect the same from the party con-
yicted.
The Senate was discussing the
bill to protect the children OF this
Commonwealth to their rights to ac-
ouire useful trades, when q O'Clock,
the hour Of adjournment arrived.
a motion to make the salaries Of
all the county judgrs FIVE thousand
dollars was agreed to-34 to H.
Mr.. Rutan moved to increase the
salary Of the Chief Justice TO eight
thousand FIVE hundred dollars, and OF
Supreme Judges to eight thousand
Agreed to-24 to %.
MIR. Yerkes moved TO increase as
soeiate Judges from five 10 eight
dollars a day. Lost II to 30
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Temperance.

HARRIsBURG, Pa. March 4.-Tht
State Temperance Convention met a
the hall of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association to-day. About two
hundred delegates we're present.
Rev. u. C. Babcock, of Philadelphia
was chosen permanent President. a
strong resolution was adopted de-
nouncing the repeal Of the local OPP
tion law by the House Of Representa-
tives, and reminding them that a day
of reckoning will come for their NAL.
administration on the snhiect. and
calling upon the Senators TO regard
the will of the people on the question
of local option.
A temperance mass meeting was
held in the House of Representative
this evening. Addresses were made
by prominent members of the organi'
cation.
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In winters Train.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2-Mayor
Stockely and q delegation OF mill
owners along the Schuylkill river
made a survey of the ice gorges at
Paramount and Manayunk, and have
made some arrangements for blowing
up the ice (Which in places is twenty
FIVE feet high) by mean oftorpedoes.
| Operations are TO commence at toe
lowest gorge, so as TO allow free
passage for the ice when the upper
gorges are operated upon. The
river between the dam and bridges
is covered with ice twenty inches
thick. Several experiments were
made this afternoon to blow up the
ice above the dam in the presence of
the Mayor and Chief Engineer of the
Water Works, the effect of which
was to make large openings in the ice,
but with no satisfactory results.
The Mayor and Chief Engineer are
of the opinion that there is DO i'm
mediate danger, but nevertheless the
Mayor expresses his intentions of
making the matter the subject Of q
report to the Councils, calling their
attention to the necessity of some
early action. The object Of making
the experiments is to open a channel
10 the river from the breast of the
dam upward, so hat the immense
gorges Of ice which has accumulated
in tine vicinity of the Falls Of Wissa-
hickon and Manayunk may pass
down the stream.
Another attempt was made above
Paramount dam this afternoon to re-
move the ice in the Schuylkill river
by blasting. Powder in bottles, about
one and a-half pounds, was inserted
10 the ice at various points, and then
exploded by electricity. Six at
tempts were Ii ade, but they were all
fr%uitles, not even cracking the ice.
The experiment was then given up.
1t is the impression hat if warm
weather continues there will be no
trouble resulting from ice.
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JUDGING from the tone of the Re.
publican journals Of the State, the
re-nomination.of Governor Hartranft
at the hands Of the next convention
is conceded. He has been $50 clear
in his great Office" bis administra-
ton has been so pure, and so gener-
ally acceptable, that bis reelection
By an unusually large majority can
not be doubted. 4 walk over is
not however, to be anticipated. 10
view Of the succeeding Presidential
campaign. a most determined oppo.
sition will be made by the Democrs-
CIV, aud doubtless the vile abuse and
denunciation heaped upon the Gov
ernor during his former canvass will
all be reiterated.
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n

BosToN March 5-Bepjamin VI
Upham, a young man by whose testi-
mony two men were recently sent to
the State prison, was assaulted about
s o'clock tonight while passing over
Chelsea bridge, beaten, stabbed and
thrown into the river by unknown
would-be ~assassins. He managed to
crawl on a cake Of floating ice. from
which he IA rescued an hour later
in an exhausted state. He is not
expected to recover. His assaiIants
who escaped, are supposed to be
pals of the men who were sent to
the State prison.
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HOUSE.

The morning session was devoted
to bills on second reading OH the cal
endar.
The following bills passed second
reading
Joint resolution ordering Hollings-
worth's map OF the Delaware river
and II Centennial grounds for the
second annual report of The Bureau
of Statistics.
An act to appropriate the sum OF
one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars to the University OF
Pennsylvania.
The General Appropriation bill
was passed finally and sent to the
Senate.
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Denth From n Fail.

PITTaEURGH, March 6-The Slip.
perry sidewalks during the past month
have caused many broken bones aud
injuries but none of a fatal nature IN.
til Yesterday 1t appears that a mar
named Markas who resided at No. Il
Pike street, Allegheny, slipped out
on the sidewalk in front of his house
on MOrday night, when be- stepped
and fell 10 the gronbsi la loi.g so
bis head siruck against . stone and
the skull was fractured aud be was
otherwise injured. He was carried into
the house, and DIR. Esstop Summoned
and ali that was possible done for
him, but he expired yesterday morn
ing. lie leaves a wife and several
children.
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corporations shall consent to hold
their charters subject to the proyls-
ions Of the Constitution adopted De-
cember l6, 1873.
An act to authorize the appoint
ment of stenographers in the several
courts Of this Commonwealth, PEE
scribing their duties and fixing thefr
compensation.
An act to determine the residence
Of land when the dividing lines OF a
borough and township pass through
the mansion house.
An act to require the auditing Of
the accounts Of school boards and
school districts, and 10 regulate the
publication thereof.
H~ARgIsBuRG, March 4, 1875.
SENATE.
The following bills we're read 10
place:
Mr.. Stanton-Supplement to the
election law.
Mr.. Jones-Authorizing courts to
revi, s. the findings Of grand iuries.
Nh. Bockwell-Relative to the
fraudulent concealment OF sales OF
land also regulating suits against
railroads.
The bill authorizing appeals from
assessments ia this Commonwealth
to the Court Of Common Pleas was
reconsidered, amended and laid over.
The following passed finally:
A supplement to an act entitled
IAN act relating repayment OF costs
in cases of felony approved May
Il, A. d. 1869, providing for the pay
ment Of costs by the county in GER
tain cases aud authorizing said coun-
ty to collect the same from the party
convicted.
The following passed the second
reading;
An act to authorize and empower
county commissioners to contract for
the purchase, use or control of bridges
erected over rivers, creeks aud rivu-
lets. and for the abolition of toll
thereon.
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THE Committee on Judiciary in
the Senate last week reported against
removing the political disabilities of
the rebel naval commander, Semmes,
on account of charges against him
Of cruelty to Union seamen captured
during the late war. What a pity
to thus deprive the Democrats Of a
prospective candidate for Congress
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THURSDAY last, being the last day
for reading bills 10 place, all possible
legislation Of this session is DOW be-
fore the Legislature at Harrisburg.
There is. however, nearly twice as
much unfinished business before that
body as can be disposed of before
the 18th, the day Fixed for adjourn.
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THE forty-third Congress ended its
existence on Thursday last st noon,
This is tie last Republican Congress
that we shall have for som time to
come. The next Congress that meets
will be a mixed affair, the Senate Re-
pobliean and the House Democratic,
which condition must exist for at
least TIVE years. From the first Sos
Sion Of the next Congress the country
has ootbing 10 the way Of benefits to
expect, for it has been distinctly pro-
claimed by the Democratic press that
the next House will mainly devote
itself to assaults upon the Republi-
cans IN the shape of investigations"
hopeing thereby to manufacture capt.
tai for the Presidential campaign.
That the Republican party has not
committed many follies aud errors
will not be alleged by the most siren
nous Of its partissns, but the very
worst charged against it BY its enc
mics cannot parallel the iniquities
perPetratss by the Democratic psrtv
when ii held tbs reins of government.
Vter the Democracy last went ont
Of pofYsr fr1efA bidndsre6 r6hntrv.
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The Ice. Fleet.

RosToN, March "A despatch
from Cape Cod to-day states that
nine s~choOuers are in the ice north of
Truron, nearly all showing signals of
distress. The Uaited States cutter
Gallatin is doing gil she can to re-
iieve them. The ice is being carried
about the bay by wind and tide.