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RAILROAD Suit.

ST. LOUIS, March LA suit was brought
to-day in the circuit court by Amos II.
Schultz, for himself and other stock,
holders Of the St. Louis County Railroad
Company, against ex-Mayor Brown, Col,
James o. Brodhead and the administra'
tors Of the estate Of F. c. Sharp, to enjoin
the voting OF 4l9 shares OF stock. The
petition alleges that fraudulent compact
was entered Into by VIM. Mockison, Mon.
oger & Co. and Sharp, Brown, Bsodhead
and others for the purpose Of transferring
these shares 10 themselves without legal
compensation. The matter has caused 0
good deal Of feeling, and further develop
ments are expected,
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Greenback Convention Called.

New York. March 1.-The Executive
Committee, consisting Of G, J. Tucker,
Richard Shell, William H. Hitchman,
eK-Speaker Mcclure, Wheeler Bristor,
Rufus F. Andrews, and others have call.
ed Mass Convention Of the Democrats
at Syracuse, for March Is. The call in.
cluded all who desire to be in harmony
upon the CurrcncyHucstion with the Demo
Gratis Of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Missouri, and Western and Southern
States, and who are in favor OF
|. The withdrawal Of all national bank
currency, and the substitution therefore
OF greenbucks. 4y.
3. Alaw declaring grcenbacks receiva.
bic for duties.
3. The repeal Of the specie resu mpjon
act. Tho Convention will take such nc.
tion US may seem necessary.
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DRUsTEE's SALE.

By virtue Of deed Of trust uado BY Alez. Bgue,
IT,, and Belle ~, his wife, 70 the nndcrsigued
si3 add recorded 10 the clerks office Of the county
iouFt Of Ohio county, West Virginia, In deed o.
tTuSt hook No, O. piges 70 and 81, Will 90 Monday,
thc 2Oth day Of March, 1870, Gt 2 o'clock ?. n q
sIld day, I the font door Of tue court houSa Of
square No. 10 IN ]. and ]. r. BalzerS addition %
thee Of Wheeling.
, TerIis oi Sale-Une-hali the purchase money In
cash. and the resldue In year from The day Of
salc. With Interest, JAMES p, RoGER9,
felS-Tu Trustea.
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In the South Atlantic and Eastern
Gulf States, northwest winds, rising bar
ometer, colder and partly cloudy weather.
In the West Gulf States, Tennessee and
the Ohio Valley and the Upper Missis.
sippi and LOVER Missouri Valleys, and
the Upper Lake region, continued north
and west winds, stationary or rising bar
er,colder and partly cloudy weather,
possibly followed by southeast winds and
falling barometer, and higher temperature
in the northwest,
For the Lower Lakes, New York and
Eastern States, falling followed by rising
barometer, northeast TO northwest winds,
cloudy and snow, followed by clearing
weather.
For the Middle States, rising barome-
Ter, northeast winds, partly cloudy and
cooler weather.
The Ohio and Upper Mississippi rivers
will rise slightly. The Lower Mississippi
will fall somewhat.
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A MELANCHOLY letter from General
Gideon ]. Pillow is published in our dis
patches this morning. He is now 70
years old and has just been put through
bankruptcy by his creditors. He says that
gaunt poverty stares him and his family
in the face, and he alludes to his record as
soldier in the Mexican War and, sub
sequently, as Confederate, in way that
shows great bitterness OF feeling towards
his Southern friends. Some weeks ago he
claimed that he was being pecuniarily
sacrificed on account OF acts done as a
rebel officer during the war, for which he
ought not to have been held personally
accountable.
General Pillow distinguished himself
in several battles during The Mexican
war, particularly at Cerro Gordo, where
he was wounded, but is more especially
remembered for his quarrel with General
Scott, who had him arrested and tried
by court martial for insubordination
Pillow was acquitted and retired to pri-
vate life, devoting his attention TO the
management Of a large estate, which it
now appears has disappeared.
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CON c r E S S.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March l.
.ACIFIC RAuRnADg


Mr.. Young (Tennessee) from the Com.
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
reported n resolution authorizing the
committee to adopt the necessary meas.
ures to secure the proper ventilation OF
the Hall Of the House. Adopted.
Mr.. Durham offered u resolution in
structing the Judiciary Committee TO
inquire what legislation is necessary to
secure indemnity to the United States for
its interest in the subsidy bonds OF the
Pacific railroad companies, and also to
secure indemnity against the liability Of
the United States to the payment Of the
principal; also TO what extent the rates
Of freight and transportation on those
roads can be regulated by Congress, so
as TO make them less burdensome'to the
public. Adopted.
. The Speaker then called on committees
for reports.
CENTENNIAL MATTERS.
Mr.. Hopkins, from the Committee on
Centennial Celebration, reported n bill
authorizing the President 10 appoint Gen.
tennial Commissioners for Texas in the
place OF those now acting. Passed.
Mr.. Hardenbergh, from :he same COM
mittee, reported u bill recommending that
the people OF the several States assemble
in their respective counties or towns on
the approaching Centennial, and to cause
TO be delivered speech on the history OF
the county or town from its formation,
copies Of the same 10 be filed in the coun.
ty clerks Offices and in the library OF
Congress, so that complete record may
behad Of the progress OF the Republic.
Passed.
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.
Mr.. Metcalf, from the Committee on
Expenditures in the Postoitice Depart:
ment, reported, a resolution instructing
the committee TO inquire into the ex.
penditurcs for the New York postoiice,
with power to employ clerk and to send
for persons and papers, &c. Adopted.
Mr.. Foster from the Committee on
Appropriations reported hill transfer
ing the custody OF certain Indian trust
funds from the Secretary of the Interior
to the Treasury Of the United States.
Passed.
Mr.. Kasson from the Committee on
Pacific Railroad reported a bill amendu.
tory to the act relative to filing reports Of
the railroad companies. Passed,
The House then adjourned.
cSNATE ~ Ht
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r AND FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

The undersigned offers for Sale or exchange for
city property Farm containing $50 acres, In Lyon
county, Knnals, adjoining tho Town Of plymouth.
Is onq aud half miles from the station on the
Atchisou, Topeka 4 Santa 70 Railroad, and eight
mIles from Empora, city u six thousand inhGhl-
neghbOrhoOd Is tniCkly settled mostly by Quakers.
To uny ono wanting wheat or sheep ilrtn lt Is
rare chance. TherG Is plenty Of doe spring water
on the land for all purposes. will guarantee thAt
any man with ordinary capabllity and Industry
can make the farm In 6Ve yElu worth ten thou5lnd
dollars, For particulars and terms apply %
1IIOS, X. M0FFET,
ie2-eOd 2l05 Market ST, wheeling, W. Va.
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SPAIN.


PARIS, March Ian official Carlisl
document is published here, saying that
Don Carlos has not relinquished his claim
10 the throne. He was not vanquished,
bnt entered France voluntarily. He gave
up his arms neither to France nor to the
Alfonsists, but voluntarily laid them
down after an heroic struggle, thus COM
pletely rescrving the future, which be.
longs to him.
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GheGmtelliaettre
The baltimore d Ohio Com
:pnny's Report for 1870


We are indebted to L. N. Cole, ESQ
General Ticket Agent OF the Baltimore q
Ohio road, for a copy Of the Company any, $
report for the year ending September SUM-
1875.
According to this report the surplus oil
the company at that date had increased
TN s34, ,06O, ,79l 99, as against $S2,l44,-
Ico15 =, the same date in 1874. The
oO,ire mortgage Indebtedness OF the COM
panv i. put down ats2S,716,3S4 IS, which
means that the surpluSo OF the company is
$3.50, ,457 40 in excess Of its bonded
liabilities, thus leaving tscapital stock OF
slT5OO,43l 12 not only clear Of all
liabilities, but with Ian addition thereto
of nearly five millions and a half Of val
liable assets. Is this reliable statement?
According to late number Of the Rail-
ray THoraiti is not. Why is it not? For
the following reasons:
Because, among lis assets, are put DOWN
at their par value, the following securi-
ties: The stock Of the Central Ohio road
t:l24,S22 SS), on which the company
made loss last year Of s203,O72 80.
The stock and bonds OF the Parkersburg
Branch (Ss, $50 05), on which loss
Of S9G3,GS3 II was sustained. The stock
and bonds OF the Pittsburgh Il Connells-
vile road (S6,949,472 4O), on which no
net earnings are reported. The invest
men. of S2,t44OS2 so in the Marietta
road, on which no interest is earned.
Various other investments Of like char
acter, such as the Washington county
lMd.) road, the Winchester & Strasburg
road, the Valley Road, &C., &c, none of
which are reported as earning anything,
and several Of which are reported ms net
ting loss to the company.
These investments, all told, amount to
over twenty.nine millions Of the COM
pany's reported surplus Of thirty-four
millions. The question is, What are
they worth? What would they bring in
case the mortgage debt Of twenty.eight
millions had to be paid? Would there
remain any surplus whatever, or would
the capital stock Of the company be seri'
ously impaired?
The stock of the company il now sell
ing at over 20 premium, in the expecta'
ton that some day there will be large
stock dividend: in other words, on the
theory that all these investments will be
capitalized, and yearly dividend paid
on them equal to that now paid on the
seventeen millions OF stock.
The SUN OF the companies capital and
surplus is now So, ,l57,O29 10, which, il
capitalized, would require dividend OF
over Eve millions in order to pay the
same,dividend as is now paid on the pre-
sent capital. The net earnings OF the
company last year, available for divi-
dends, were, in round numbers, say three
and quarter millions OF dollars, which
would be million and three quarters
short Of the requirement in case the stock
should be increased. 1t would therefore
seem that the stockholders must await
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EpiseopaI Matters.

PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-Among the
passengers who arrived on the steamer
Indiana was Bishop Domonic, OF Pitts
burgh, returning from Rome where he
has been since last autumn. He bringI
all the necessary documents for divi.
sion Of the Pittsburgh diocese, and the
inyestitnre Of q new bishop,
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Dcath Of .Genernl Nnenec

NASHVILLE, March 1.-General D. H,
c, Spence, Of Governor Porters staff, and
aid-de.camp to General Breckinridge at
thsbattle Of Murfreestoro, died OF his
residence at that town this afternoon.
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PROVIDENCE, March 1,-Gas from u
leaky main penetrated two houses on
Wyckenden street last night, and this
morning tho occupants, nine persons,
were found insensible. All are now out
Of hnnrer.
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Sale Of New York Times stock,

New York, March 1.-Louis j. Jen-
ningS, late editor Of the New York Tines,
has sold out his interest in that journal,
which consisted Of nine shares, for $780,
900, the purchaser being Mr., George
Jones, publisher.
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Providence, R. l., March 1.-The Re.
publican State Convention will be held
March 23d. ts.t
NEWARK, n. j., March 1.-The Repub.
lican State Convention is called for May
18th,
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CLARK Newcomer, Of the Bingham
House, prosecuted by Rev. Cook, colored,
Of Virginia, for a violation Of the Civil
Rights Bill, was found guilty to-day.
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New YORK, March 1.-The steame
Faraday successfully repaired the Direct
Cable to-day,
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PltlAhnFRh.

PITTSBURGH, March Petroleum =
Quiet but firm; crude 50 20a2 22Is at Par.
ker'G refined l4al41tc, PhtladelPhia deliv'
cry.
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THE marriage OF Prof, John Tyndall,
the renowned English scientist, is an
uouuced this morning. He was born in
1920, and is consequently Sc years old
Having acquired fame, he proposes 10 en-
joy domestic happiness hereafter. twill
be seen that Carlyle, Huxley, and other
distinguished men, honorcd the occasion
by their presence, and that the Dean Of
Westminster, who has weakness for sci
en,i.ts, performed the ceremony. Con-
way, being on a mission to America to
kill off the devil in the minds Of the peo-
pie, was not able to be present.
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VALUABLE
COAL PROPERTY FOR SALE
Tho unlOrsIgned will offer at PublIc Bale, on
SATURDAY, Apnl LIST, 1870,

SATURDAY April Isl, l5IJI
The following property. tO.wIt: tho Coal Shalt
known as the "bOrland SHAFT" In the city OF Stsu-
benvilc, Ohio Bald shaft being now In full opeEa.
tlou, together With all the appliances Herewith
connected, for the purpose Of mining and shipping
coal, consisting Of 10 coal blIEes, about one-nali
btlng comparatively new, and ali In good running
order, coil boat, several fats, 9 horses, mules,
steamer named "MiChIgan."
There Is connected with Sald Shaft about I6S
acres Of coal land which will be sold WIth It. Said
property will bC offered for nle ut tho Works on
The day named, unltSs sooner sold ut private sale.
ATCrmS made known on day Of sale,
SWIFT'S IRON d STEEL WORKS.
DUNBAR a HrTicAET, their Attorneyh
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AT meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Quincy, ILL.,, Mining Company, to-day the
following directors were elected: Thos,
J. Mason and ]. B. Wallis, New York;
Henry Perkins and John Brown, Boston;
and j. Carey, resident director at the
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New YORK, March 1.-The represen-
tatives Of the Erie, Baltimore & Ohio,
Pennsylvania Central, New York Central,
Hudson River, Michigan Southern, Mich
igan Central, and Fort Wayne railroads
met this morning at the ST. Nicholas Ho.
tel to decide on some plan for general
adjustment OF freight rates for the coming
spring. The meeting was private.
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FRANCE.


PARIS, March l.-Itis reported that the
noted Communist NJ. Blanqui Is dead.
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Mr.. Frelinghuysen, from the Commit
tee on Agriculture, reported adversely to
the senate bill providing for an inyesti-
cation as to the habits Of the Rocky
Mountain locust or the so-called grass
hoppers, which was indefinitely post
poned. He also reported from the same
Committee favorabiy on the Senate bill
for the protection Of agriculture from
injurious insects with amendments, which
we're ordered printed and the bin placed
on the calendar. .rs - "a.
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THE AGRICULTURAL BuG BILL.

The bill for the protection Of agricul.
ture against injurious insects as amended
by Mr.. Frelinghuysen, from the Commit
tee on Agriculture, to-day, provides for
the appointment OF one committee in
stead OF three, who shall investigate and
gather information relative to the Rocky
Mountain locust, chinch bug, hessian tly
potato bug, and other destructive insects,
in order to devise successful methods for
their destruction. The results are to be
reported to the Commissioner OF Agricnl.
ture, and transmitted by him 10 Congress
The Commissioner is to be appointed by
the Secretary OF the Interior. The Sec.
rotary OF the Smithsonian Institute and
the Commissioner Of Agriculture are to
serve one term at compensation OF four
thousand dollars and expenses.
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ST. LOUIS CUSTOM HOUSE.

After debate the Senate passed without
amendment the House bill appropriating
100000 for the purchase OF material ,
and continuation OF the work on the
building for custom house and post.
office nj St. Louis. The bill provides
that the appropriation shall be used fol
certain iron work.
Mr.. Morrill,, in presenting the bill, sald
it was intended that the amount appro
ptiated shall be deducted from the appro
priation for that building for the ensuing
fiscal venr.
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PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENTS,

The friends OF General Schenck now
in the city say they are in possession Of
a letter written by Mr.. Lyon making
demands on ex-senator Stewart ior $780,
900 under a threat OF publishing his
Lyon's story. They also say this story
is impeached in very material assertion
by every witness and document in litiga.
tion now pending in England.
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Mr.. Goidthwaitc submitted n motion
instructing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire and report whether any person is
now exercising the office Of Register in
Bankruptcy in judicial district for
which he is not appointed. Agreed to.
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Senator Stewart telegraphs from San
Francisco that he desires to testify before
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
in relation to tile Emma mine inyesti-
uotinn
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and numerous Englishmen, but more as
tonished that he was united with {
scheme at the bottom Of which was Alber
Grant, whose dealings were so bad as L
lead him to change his name, and forced
his retirement TO the continent. Witness
availed himself Of the earliest chance tc
IisabuGe the public mind to the scandal
Gus character Of this mining scheme. He
sent out circulars to counteract the pros.
peGtus OF the company, in which he mar.
rated all he then knew about the prop.
erty. r..l.
Witness then related o conversation
with a solicitor Of London and with An.
derson and Pemberton, members Of Par.
lament, who had taken shares. He stated
to them, among other things, that Albert
Grant had received very large sum to
float the scheme, and that Prof. Silliman
had received S. 900 to go out and examine
and report on the mine. The original
contract with Silliman was that II the
mine should be sold he was TO have
q further compensation ofS40,000. There
was-also a rumor that Gen. Schenck re-
ceiyed 5000 shares for consenting to serve
as a director. The witness said to Penn
berton, "You are u barrister, and am
not acquainted with your laws; but II l
was solicitor I would put the strong
arm OF the law upon Park and hold Il
there until he surrendered the money Of
which he has robbed you and your asso-
ciate shareholders" The witness also
warned him that II they wished to recover
their money they must prevent further
cabling Of transfers to New York. The
witness never had any conversation with
Schenck on the subject. In conclusion
johnson said he that lie stated is his cir
cular that there was but one man in the
world who could have the audacity to ask
Gen. Schenck to serve as director OF the
company, and that man was William NJ.
Stewart. .. ..r.
The committee adjourned until to-mor-
row, but it is not probable that any wit
nesses will then be examined.
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PROBABILITIES.

WAR DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE oP THE CHIP SIoNAL 0PYIcER,
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Wh' bVHENVh VOslINU HVME'
It is intimated that Minister Schenck
will sail for America next Saturday and
and appear before the committee in
person,
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telegraph
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
TO THE DAILY LNTELLIGENOER


WASHINGTON, March 1.-The follow
ing is the public debt statement issue
to-day.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

Ben Hill thinks and says "the late war
with all its disastrous consequences is
the direct result of sectionalism in the
North" Nothing but the grave will ever
reconstruct your Sou hern patriot.
This is brief extract from Demo
cratic account of Hampton and Tilden
meeting in Aiken, S. c.: "George w.
Croft, of Aiken, was then ushered to the
front to wind up the good work. Mr..
Croft made very telling speech. He
said if row should occur, not to hurt
the poor colered men, but to 60 for such
men as Elliott, Sparnick, and Samuel J..
Lee, and the newly imported carpet-bag-
ger Palmer"
Henry Watterson, of the Louisville
Courier Journal, spoke in New York on
the night of the 22d. His speech was
made up mainly of eulogies of thelea ding
rebels of the South. His greatest hero
was Wade Hampton, the leader of the
Black Horse cavalry of the rebels. Speak
ing of him as candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, he demanded to know,
"What has he done that should disqualify
him for receiving honors," adding, HI e
was great man, of pure and blameless
life-and he was a Unionist." These
were the utterances of Watterson at
Cooper Institute, speaking the same
night on the same stand with Sena-
tor Bayard If Wade Hampton is "de-
serving of any honor" and if he was "a
Unionist," why is not jeff Davis just as
deserving" and was he not just as much
a "Unionist?"-Register.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
Crowded out Of last weeks Issue.
Monroe Township,

EDS. HERALD.-I presume it will not be
necessary to remark that the recent favor
able change of weather has impaired un-
usual cheer to the countenance of all an
mated nature. The continuous bleach
ing rains have spoiled much small grain
and probably onefourth part of all the
stacked hay in this locality. Corn is rip
ening beautifully. agree with Jemmi e
that some pieces will yield fifty or sixty
bushels per acre, but when Jennie looks
over the hills and into the valleys of Iowa
he will find that it will require half the
corn on the hills to make half a crop on
the valleys; yet such vast acreage was
planted that we shall harvest nearly an ay-
erage amount of corn. never saw corn
improve as rapidly during the month of
August as it did this season during that
month, and it bears no sign of frost vet.
The hogs in this vicinity are dying with
cholera. James Bridges has lost about
~, all extra stock, worth 800. VIM.
Rhinehart has lost $1,000 worth since last
spring. E. III. McCann has lost about so
head and the disease is still raging. They
are dying on nearly every farm about In
dianapolis.
w. w. HarmOnson and Henry Scath ers
have formed a partnership in the dry
goods business.
HELPER.
indianapolis, September 25, 1876.