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willing to pay good prices two and three
years ago now find themselves compelled
to reIrCnch not only at the butchers and
bakers stall but at the landlords Office.
The practice of doubling up" has come
into vogue more than ever before, that
is, two families will now occupy
a house that until recently was
occupied by only one Of them,
This practice the Ga:ette regrets
to sec adopted, "a II is::deStructive TO thai
Sacredness Of domestic privity that is SO
necessary to the right raising Of a family.
But hard necessity knows no law, and
hence people who until recently never
dreamed Of sharing a house with another
family have been compelled to submit 10
that hard lot. .
The landlords at Pittsburgh are max.
ing n virtue Of necessity by meeting
their tenants in spirit OF compromise
and making concessions on former rates.
These concessions vary with the nature
OF the property. There is nm increased
demand for houses that rent for $3.50 to
$4OO and, on the other hand, a
surplus Of houses that command a
rental OF $500 and upwards. A heavy
reduction, probably % per cent, is likely
TO take place in these high priced rents.
The Ga=etie says that great many houses
were unoccnpied last year AMI nearly all
Of them were houses with nine rooms or
more. Tie smaller houses being in in.
creased demand will not fall no much in
rent.
"As for business houses the indications
are that the sane course will I've followed
with reference to them. Merchants, with
the volume Of their business contracted,
the profits diminished, and clerk hire and
incidental expenses TO pay, are obliged to
explore every avenue Of relief, and the
question Of rent IL one Of the first and
most important to present itself. The
rental for the next year OF well known
business stand on Fifth avenue was re.
dnced the other day from $500 to 81 900
showing that business properties are on
the declining scale as we'll as others.
Last season Fifth avenue establishment
that brought an income OF $4,000 was
reduced TO 81, 900, and this year the lessee
wants further reduction Of ten per cent.
The declaration Of the unconstitutional.
| ity Of the Penn avenue act, though all the
bearings OF the opinion do not seem to be
generally understood yet, will not have
any effect in the way ot advancing rents
this year. Even If the debt Of Tie city
were doubled and taxation trebled it
would apparently be ont OF the question
lor people to pay more rent than they are
doing now, because they cant get the
money,
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Nummoninr XRiinesses.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, January 15.-W.
II. Belts is here, as a Deputy Sergeant.
alarms Of the United States Senate
snmmoning persons TO Washington to
testify about the Alabama elections. .
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Good News for Boys and Girls.

To meet the demand for cheaper ST. NICHOLAS
Git-BoOk. the price Of vols. aud II has been re-
duCed to 50 each. The three volumes. in an ele-
gnnt library case are sold for $40 Tin full gilt, $751;
No that all may give their children complete set
These volumes contain more attractive material
than htly dollan' worth Of the ordinary chIldrens
books.
Subscription prize, s. n year. The three bound
volumes and subscription for this year, only $I2
subscribe with tho nearest ncWSlFaleT, or send
Tered letter, TO
dc21 SrTInHEn 4 ca III nrnnhunv NY
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CoLoRED lNsANE.-There are now
eight Of the cOlored insane at the ASYLUM.
Eve males and three females We are
informed that there are six still in the
jailS in tho Third District who will be
brought here as soon as navigation on
the Ohio river is OPEN Weston Democrat.
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violent SNOW Storm.

CHlcaoO, January 15.-Early this
morning a heavy snow storm, accom-,
panied with yiclen. northeast wind so;
in, and has continued up to midnight to.
Eight without abatement. ,..,f,
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ST. LOUIS, January, 15.-orville L.
Grant filed suit in the Circuit Court
to-day against p. w. Schneider, claiming
damages in the sum Of $4,000 for a
breach OF contract.
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SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY.
An UnrIvaIIed Illustrated Magazine.

When SCnRHRR Issued It's famous Mllsumner
Holiday Number In July, friendly critic aid Of II.
W. arr not SWre but that SCRlnNRR has touched hiJb-
lrdisr marx. W do net Sc rhai rOrLt are kn 10 II
70 toaqher.n But the publishers DO not consider
lGnCc-tlIey believe "thOre nre other worlds 10 com
HueT, and they propose to conquer them."
.TheprospCctuS for the new volume give tho titles
Of more than tiity papers (mOstly ilustratedl, by
writers oil the highest merit. Under the head Of
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A stolen Mail Rag.

MONTREAL, January ia US. mail
bag mas discovered in the Express office
here by the agent and sent to New York.
II had been stolen while in transit from
Philadelphia TO Boston, and contained
drafts and checks to the amount Of
S443,012.
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sr. PAUL, January 15.-The Demo.
cratic Legislative caucus tonight, nom.
mated Hon. Mart Wilkinson United
States Senator.
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Died.

PrTBRuRGH, January 10. ". E.
Beamer, the well known theatrical man
ager, died Of consumption, at Jackson.
vile, Fla, yesterday.
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NICHOLS TO oIpsoN. .

Gov; Nichols, of Louisiana, telegraph.
ed Representative Gibson as follows:
"I am informed that apprehensions ex-
lat that recount OF the Electoral vote ia
10 be made here under the mandate Of
the my Supreme Court, and have
therefore, dispatched the President that
no such intention has been entertained,
but that the decision touching that vote
must be made by Congress"
THE COMMITTEES ON ELECTORAL VOTE.
The Senate and House committees on
counting the electoral votes were in sea.
sion about ak hours to-day, most OF the
time as joint committee. No final ac.
tion was taken, and they adjourned to
meet separately at 10A.M. and jointly
at IL A. M. tomorrow, when n definite
result will be reached, but whether by
agreement or by final disagreement can
not, according to the positive statement
OF members this evening, be predicted
with any degree OF certainty. II can
be positively stated, however, that
nothing in the nature Of an ultimatum
has yet been presented by either commit.
tee, and hopes are still expressed by sew
eral members that the final conference to.
morrow will RESULT an agreement upon
some plan that will be satisfactory to
both committees and secure the appro-
val OF both branches of Congress. The
nature Of tile discussion or preliminary
action to-day is kept profoundly secret.
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Nominated for United sites Sen.
BosroN, January l5.-The Democratic
Legislative caucus nominated by accla.
nation, Judge j. G, Abbott, for United
States Senator.
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Kenominatcd by AccIamntlOn.

DOVER, DEL, January 15.-Eli sauls-
bury was renomlnated for United States
Senator by ncolamation in the caucu 3 to.
nirht.
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BIsMARK hits the nail on the head OK.
actly when he says that it ia derogstorsy
to the dignity Of Europe for the confer.
enee at Constanlinople to make conces.
lions and chatter, after Turkey has re.
iected-its proposals. Theconferees have
indeed, taken a position from which there
Ia no escape but disgrace or war, and OF
these two alternatives it is altogether
probable that they will choose the latter
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Martin aud Augusta his wife to tho unleFhlgned
Trustee dated the 18th day Of March, 1875, and 10
corded In the Clerks Office OF the County Court Of
OHIO county, West Virginia, In Deed Of Trust Book
No. S, page 20i and 99i, will on
SATURDAY, January 20, 1877,
Beginning Rt 10 o'clock A. N. Of said day, At the
front door Of the Count House OF Sail Ohio county,
proceed 10 sell without reserve 10 the highest and
best bidder, the following described property that
Is TO say: trlCt Of land situated at the west end
Of the Town Of TradelphIa in said county Of Ohio,
beginning at stone corner at the side Of Little
Wheeling Creek; thence north 90 west IS nOles 10
stake at the top Of bench on the hill; thence
with Milligan's line 10 the line oil John RIuke's
farm thence with Rlnkc's lIne 10 the National
Road, and thence running with Little Wheeling
Greek TO the place OF beginning. Also the fraction
o. Lot numbered lot No. y IN said town oi
TTindclphin, and Joining the Elll lESt mentioned
tract, the whole containing about eight acres more
or less. Also the following property In said town
Of IrindClphia: beginning nj point on the north
dde o. what Is known rs West Lane In said town,
Orly feet west OF point on the north aide OF said
Lane, Immediately opposite the northeast corner
Of lot No t. thence westwardly with iAid Lane
u itci thence nOrthwnTdly In straight line, at
light mug with said Lane, $40 feet; thence east
Wardiy In struiglt liuC lSi feet; thence south
warIly towards said Lane 40 feet; thence wGsI.
beginning,
TRlEMs or SALE-OnC-iOurth Of the purchase
money In cash, and lhc residue In three equal In
Stallmcnts at six, twelve and eighteen months,
with interest Oh said deferred insiallmCnts from
the day Of sale until payment, the purchaser 10
give his notes with approved security for said de.
icrred payments, and the title to the property 10
BE- retained until the purchase money is luilynaIb
,,,, JAMES +. ROGERS, Trustee
j. W. MITCHELL, AuctIOneGr.
HuhhAhD ERSKISR, Solicitors. de2O-W
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Why wouldn'tit be good plan for The
renters OF stenberville TO hold n public
meeting and petition their landlords for q
reduction in rents No reform has ever
been successful without elTort.-Steiben,
vile GdsciLe.
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business MEMoRANDA.-The surcties
of RS. Brown, late Sheriff Of this com.
ty tfonr in numbcr) are paying S4,5OO
apiece into the State treasury to square
oil his arrears. They hope 10 collect
about $1,000 from his outstanding nc.
counts and reduce their losses that much.
1t is said that the National Bank OF
West Virginia will probably divide
$4,000 Of its surplus among its stock
holders, which will make with the per
cent already declared dividend of l2I
per cent this January. The capital is
$500, 900 and the surplus 100000.
The Exchange Bank, after making 5
per cent dividend on the last six months
business, carried .! per cent to it's sur
plus fund.
Gold is now the currency oil the tea
and coffee trade at New York, and the
Erening Post urges that n demand bc Gre.
ated for gold by extending ia mercantile
Use TO the cotton and produce trades.
The Weston Democrat quotes butter at
10 cents, eggs at Is, lard.s s, cabbage A and
G, beef 3 aud Z, pork 5 and G, turkeys s
and chickens 7 per pound, potatoes so
per bnshel, corn 45, oats 50, hay 45 per
cwt.
Canada seems To have had worse year
than the United SIates in many respects.
The proportion of mercantile failures
was one to every SO in business, while, on
this side the line, twas only one To 60.
The total sum Of Canadian failures was
$25,5OOOOO against S2s,sOo,OOO, last year.
But the principal drawback to Canadian
business for the season was the failure Of
the crops, PS,-the cereal product throughout
the provinces having been far below the
average IN L-L. arl-..9
The Western Union Company has re-
ducel ils tolls between Wheeling and
New York TO so cents. II has also ma
terially reduced the rates from New
York toalllroints EaSt and West. Dis
patches OF 10 words between New Eng
land and New York, or between different
parts Of New England, arc nearly all re.
ducedto the uniform rate OF % cents, and
there is no charge greater than a dollar
TO any partof the country thisside Of th e
Missouririver. Mr.. Orton'a ambition is
to make dollar the highest price for
the whole country. The great difficulty
with the Western Union in making low
uniform rates for equal distance is the
great number Of offices at small placcs
where tho business is trilling and almost
any rate eunrcmunerative. II there could
be distinctions between places Of equal
distances, the cities and large towns could
have their business done much cheaper
even than the present reduced rates.
But the great value Of the Western
Union lines TO the whole country Is that
they unite ALI places, both large and
small, III the common network Of lightn-
ing wires, and that this company has be-
come ~ much national institution as
the PoSt'otlice, and 50 i, obliged to con-
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Statistics Of pelroIcunr ExDorts,

WAsHtNoToN, January 15.-The fol.
lowing table showing the exports ofpetro.
leum and petroleum products Expressed
in gallons) from the United States during
the month OF November, 1876, Is furnish.
dby the Bureau Of Statistica:
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wAsnINGroN.
Chandler's Telegrams.

WAsHINoToN, January l5.-Represen.
tatiye Purman, in his testimony on Sat.
urday, before the House special commit.
tee on the powers and privileges Of the
House, said that he saw two or three tel.
egramS signed ", Chandler" on. the day
after the election. The substance Of them
was this: HAs you have carried the
State by Republican majority, preserve
II, and keep yourselves from being de.
irauded out Of it." In answer TO the
question how Chandler in New York
could find out on the Sth OF November
that Florida had been carried for Hayes,
he said that he himself telegraphed 10
New York from Florida some time early
on the night Of the 9Th that the State had
gone Republican by several thousand
majority. ID
Richard Mccormick, Secretary of the
National Republican Committee, ex-
amined to-day, was asked whether he
sent any telegrams to Florida or Louisi-
n,n oo a.. OIL, .F
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Hon. VIM. A. Wheeler occupied his
seat in the House to-day, for the first time
during the present session. lie also met
with the Committee on Appropriations.
He received marked attention from his
associates. He leaves for his home to-
morrow. ..a.. ......... .....
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BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.

TO THE DAILY LNTELLIGEN GER
National Republican., 1877-12-10
OccultatiOn of Venus.

On Saturday evening the people Of this Sec
tion of country Ind the delightful pleasure Of
gazing upon an unusual phenomenon-a par
tial occultation of the planet Venus by tho
moon. In this city tho astronomers set 1t
down In the ephcmeris as q near approach,
while at points considerably to the northward
the planet was entirely occulted. The first
contact took place ut 7:37 o'clock, when the
dark edge of the moon was seen to begin to
indent tho bright edge Of Venus. A little
later Venus appeared to como In contact with
the bright portion of the moon, and the con-
trast In brightness was very conspicuous, even
to the naked eye; for, although the moon
seems, when alone, dazzlingly white, Venus
was seen to be much brighter. At nearly eight
o'clock the occultstion ended, and tho planets
disk became entirely separated from the moon.
The moon SGT fow minutes after the occulta-
ton. 1t was regarded as ono Of the grandest
views of those tive heavenly bodies that has
ever been seen in this section Of the globe.
Prof HENRY NJ. PARKnURsr says:
It will be remembered that the transit OF
yenus-that Is, its passage across the suns
disk-took place exactly thres years ago Sat
uriay. 1t was expected that long before this
we should have the results ofthat transit made
known to us. But thus far wo have only had
two partial results announced tho French re-
duction from u single pair of telescopic obscr'
vations and tho reduction Of all tho telcscopiC
observations Of the British Observers. We
have not yet learned the results of tho obser-
yations Of those who went from this or other
countries, nor have the photographs taken by
the British astronomers yet been reduced. II
is now hardly to be expected that any okaei
determination Of the suns distance Will bt
reached before tho next transit Of Venus, In
December, 1882. 1t is hardly possible that il
should be less than 81, 100000 miles, the dis
tance, according to Prof NEvo0aB's determi
nation, being o., 1913 900 miles, and on tho othel
hand it can hardly be greater than 93,5Oo,O00
tho distance according to the British obssrya
| tions being o. f2l 900 miles
National Republican., 1877-12-10
PERSONAL.

AN unsatisfactory meal-A domestic broil.
WHAT have become of IIobert Pasha and
Buffalo Billf
DTo LEWIS has turned up again. This time
he wants straw pillows for babies.
DONALD q. MITCHELL (Ik Marvel) has q
new lecture on Household Art"
CArrAIS EADs, the engineer, Is q man Of
high literary sttainments and quaint humor.
yICToRIEs SARDoU, tho dramatist, has ono
daughter and two sons, large family for o
Frenchman.
THE estate of the late William +. Coolbaugh.
OF Chicago, amounts 10 81 100000, outside of
his bank stock.
THB Pilgrim Fathers made a mistake when
they settled in tho samo continent with the
Mexican people.
JAMES MILLER, an old and highly esteemed
resident Of Buffalo, died there Saturday, asod
eighty eight years.
CAPTAIN MowERY, the California mustang
rider and polo-plnyer. died recently Of yellow
fever in New Orleans.
SIaNoB MIsGHErrI, the italian Minister,
has written pamphlet favoring the separa-
ton of the church from the State.
FLOOD and O'Brien. Of BONANZA fame, live
In very unpretentious style in San Francisco.
O'Brien is q bachelor and loves good horse,
CHARLES p, PELHAM, esq, a prominent Re-
publican, and promising member of the Ian.
caster 49, c. bar, Is registered at the st. James
The Holmes, spiritualst materializing mo.
diums, are In the city. 1t 10 understood that
they are engaged to give private seancos only
The youngster that shes moved TO spank,
Per from its Victims fatod nsnkr
Hon. JOHN d. Rowland, Clerk Of the Uni
ted States Circuit Court, at indianapolis, died
Wednesday. lie had held the office for fourteen
years.
liz speech ut Rochdale, Eng, John Brigh
said thai one-third Of the whole land OF thu
United Kingdom, being no less than % ,OOt
Of acres, belongs to 035 men.
CHANG MovI an almond-eyed native Of thu
Celestial Empire, was recently made citizer
of tho United States by Judge Sedgwick, In thu
Superior Court Of Now York.
II Mr.. BowLEs should survive, which nov
seems possible, he will have the satisfaction o
knowing that his brethren admit that he u
the greatest journalist in America.
| CAPT. GEORGE 7. OLMsTEAp, JR., U. s. A.
has been detailed rs Professor Of Military Sci
euce and Tactics AT the Agricultural and Me
chanical College Of Texas, near Bryan, Texas
A RICHMOND negro, who pawned his shot
gnn for q marriage license, said, about weel
after the ceremony was porformed, that he wa
always afraid that gun would DO tho death
him.
The Rev. George Muller, Of the Bristol o.
phanages, England, has of late been preachin
In Phiiadelphia, where he has addressed hin
self chiefly to ministers and sundsy-sho
| teachers.
VIEWED In the light OF the history Of III
past nine months, the Presidsnt's Souther
policy is Assuredly mo longer an experiment
1t is a sad aud shameful reality.-BrIiHgic
Hautsyo tRep)
The win Of tho late Gardner Chilson, ,
Mansfield, Mass. bequeaths $25,o0o to th
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
900 to the American Baptist MissionaI
Union, $25,O00 TO the American Baptist Publ
cation Society, 5000 to the Society for tn
National Republican., 1877-12-10
VOx POpuli, Vox Del.

The gold king dies hard. Since the de-
monetizing Of silver us q par factor In our
currency II has had supreme rule Of all
money values in this country, and Its sway
has been arbitrary, relentless, and expensive
TO the business interests Of the people. The
nation has for years bowed in humble sub
mission to itn power, until IL cannot brook
rebuke or any check likely TO be placed
upon tho limit of its sway. The popular
measure Of remonetizing silver which seems
to have gathered great strength in tho senti-
meut Of the country, Is now regarded by the
gold king as measure OF hostility and dan
ger to its future rule over the monetary and
business interests Of this people. As it sees
the power Of its sceptre giving way under
the forces of an enlightened and active pub
lio sentiment, its yotayies become alarmed
aad clamorous with fear. II has ruled
% long and so arbitrarily that II
rallies all its powers Of resistance in
money circles and In its subsidized organs
throughout the land, to prevent the march
National Republican., 1877-12-10
.Mau-MiIliner" Journalism.

Some of the Southern Democratic papers,
and they are the true representatives Of
Southern feeling in this "era Of concilia-
ton" still continue to attack every South
ern Republican and to say all manner of
untruths about them, and some Of the
"man-milliper' Republican journals of the
North still copy these attacks. Tho latest
case Of the kind is the following from the
Vicksburg Herald, copied by u paper in this
city:
Hitherto SPENCER and Dorsey have been
let alone by the grand juries Of tho States they
misrepresent, for reasons OF policy which no
longer have any weight. Now tho war is Ia
be opened along the whole line, and JOHN
PvrTRRsos will soon have company
There is little doubt that both the Sena-
tors spoken of can be indicted on the South
Carolina plan, and less doubt that If Govern.
ors Houston, of Alabama, and MILLER, of Ar,
kansas, thought that they coulG each be-
come "a great and good man." like HAMp-
TON, of South Carolina, they would pursue
the same course he,has TO attain that enyia-
BILE position.
1t is As easy to procure these indictments
that is as natural as for water to flow dowr
hill.
Tho South Carolina plan Is q simple one
and HAMPTON is not even entitled to tn,
credit Of inventing il. That was done owe
eighteen hundred years ago by some Jewisl
priests, a full account of whose proceeding
in that way can be found in the latte
chapters of the four books known as "th
gospel" They succeeded in having Al
innocent man crucifed by their clamor jus
as has been done in South Carolina an,
may bo again in Alabama and Arkansas
II is remarkable that in tho case allude,
to, as in the south Carolina case, II wa
necessary that traitor to his party shoul
be fDund
National Republican., 1877-12-10
NEW PUBITC1TI0Ss.

CHILDREN WHO LIVED IN IT. ny Mrs d.
p. Sanford, author OF Pussy Tiptoes Series" &c.
r. p. Dutton & Co., New York. For sale by Solo
mons 4 Chapman.
Another story book for children! VIII they
never ceasef We hope not. Especially do
we hope not II they are all so readable and
altogether so entertaining and such inculca-
tors of good, humane, and morally correct
principles as are these books by Mrs. Sanford.
She caches US not TO give unnecessary pain to
anything, not even moth. And yet there Is
NO lack Of fun In her books. She merely pro-
vokss the fun without cruelty, envy, jealousy,
and crime. And then her stories are always 50