Massachusetts Supreme Court Judges from 
$5,000 to $5,500 to $7,000 and $7,500 has been de¬ 
feated in the Legislature by a heavy majority. 
Rhode Island. 
The police of Newport, took a beggar in hand 
a few days ago. aud found one hundred and 
forty-three dollars in gold sewed into the lining 
of his coat, though he insisted that lie had not a 
dollar in the world. 
Connecticut. 
John C. Hot.mster of New Haven, is the Re¬ 
publican candidate for Senator in the Fourth 
District. 
The Middletown Tnsane Asylum opens for fe¬ 
male patients this week, and there will be a grate¬ 
ful release of mad women from the horrid du¬ 
rance of almshouses. 
'The singular and freakish foot tracks which 
have so alarmed a part of Norwich recently, aro 
now believed to be caused by an Arctic owl, 
which seldom comes so far south as this. 
Thototal cost of Meriden's contemplated wa¬ 
terworks js estimated at $191,291, which includes 
the cost of distribution and the building of six 
darns, ami a water shed of three hundred and 
ninety-two acres on West Mountain. 
Tho KepiihUcanaof t he Fourth District In Con¬ 
necticut, now represented by W. II. Rarnutn, 
held their Convention on Wednesday.. the 34th 
ult., and nominated 8. (t. Beardsley of Bridge¬ 
port. The Democrats of the First, or Hartford 
District, have nominated Senator Dixon, as it 
was expected they would: and in the Third Dis¬ 
trict Abiei Converse of New London is the Dem¬ 
ocratic candidate. Being notified, he replied by 
telegraph“ I am surprised. I accept. Thank 
you." Post muster Cleveland of Hart ford is said 
to have moved Into this District for tho express 
purpose of getting the nomination, but the peo¬ 
ple declined to take up a “carpet-bagger.” 
Pennsylvania. 
David A. McClure Obtained at Harrisburg, 
on Thursday the 18th ult., a verdict against the 
Lykens Valley Coal Company for $15,000 dam¬ 
ages. The plaintiff owned an extensive water 
power and forgo property on the Wiconlsoo 
river, which were destroyed entirely by the ae- 
emiuilation of refuse inattorfroin the coal mine. 
The suit has attracted much attention among 
persons interested in coal mining. 
Owing to the defalcation ol' the cashier, the 
Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia suspended 
payment on tho 23d ult. The bank having been 
in bad odor for some time, the failure causes lit¬ 
tle surprise. 
Manager Smythe of tho American Theater, at 
Pittsburgh, was severely wounded ou Monday 
night by being shot in the thigh by the Captain 
of a tire company, who had been ejected from 
the theater by Mr. Smythe's order. Robinson, 
tho assailant, immediately lied and lias not been 
arrested. 
Maryland. 
Tt is rumored that tho Cashier of tho Fourth ■ 
National Bank of Baltimore has absconded, and 
that hois a defaulter to the extent of $100,000. 
There was a slight run on the bank in conse¬ 
quence, but the demands made were promptly 
met. 
A man named MackUon, living at Port De¬ 
posit, Mil., on Saturday, the 20th ult., had some 
trouble with t wo young men named Ohr, both 
of whom he shot, wounding them severely. A 
constable who attempted to arrest Macklson was 
also shot, amt il ls feared ho will die of his in¬ 
juries. -Maekison was finally lodged in Jail. 
A destructive fire occurred about two miles 
from Baltimore, at the stoue barn and stables of 
Mr. Crabenhorst, on Saturday morning, the 21st 
ult. At tho time the tire broke out there were 
one hundred and eight cows and eight horses in 
the stable, which were secured before t he lire 
reached them. A largo quantity of fanning im¬ 
plements, feed, hay, Ac., were destroyed. The 
total loss is es timated at $75,000, on which there 
is $35,(KK) insurance. A man named Robert Had¬ 
den, who is supposed to have set tire to the 
buildings, was arrested and committed for trial. 
Virginia. 
Capt. Wood of the British navy, but now at¬ 
tached to the British Legation in Washington, 
arrived at Fortress Monroe on Saturday, Fob. 
20, on the steamer Periwinkle from Portsmouth, 
on a visit. He culled upon the commanding of- 
tleer, who conducted him about the works, ex- 
amintngthe targets upon which the recent ex¬ 
periments were made., &c., after which lie re¬ 
turned to Norfolk. 
The woods in the immediate neighborhood of 
Campbell Court House, Va., are being ravaged 
and destroyed by a very extensive fire, which is 
also doing great damage to the fencing. 
Upward of three hundred talesmen have been 
summoned for the trial, in Richmond, of James 
Grant for the murder of H. Rives Pollard, and 
out of that number but two have been selected 
as competent jurors. 
Florida. 
Tnx: Peruvian monitors sailed from Pensacola 
on the 15th ult., it is supposed for Peru. A 
number of young men from Pensacola and vi¬ 
cinity took service on board of them. The Cu¬ 
ban Government has been fearful that these 
monitors were designed to land a tiilibustering 
expedition in Cuba. 
Alabama. 
In Huntsville, Ala., the third week In Febru¬ 
ary, a collision occurred between citizens and 
about twenty soldiers, resulting in the killing 
and wounding of three or four of the soldiers, 
who are said to have been drunk. They attacked 
a hotel at night, demanding:Whisky, which was 
refused, when they commenced to break in the 
doors and windows. A number of citizens at 
once collected, aud a fight ensued, resulting as 
stated. 
Arkansas. 
On Wednesday. Feb. 21, the Arkansas House 
passed the KuKlux bill, which outlaws every¬ 
body belonging to the KuKlux Klan who does 
not voluntarily withdraw from the organiza¬ 
tion. It is said that there is no doubt of the pas¬ 
sage of the bill in the Senate. 
Louisiana. 
Four years ago Robert Uzce and his wife lived 
together in New Orleans. Robert hud a cousin 
named Henry, who also livod in the same house. 
Henry gained the affections of Robert's wife, 
which aroused the injured husband’s jealousy, 
and culminated in their separation, Robert's 
wife going with Henry. No actual estrange¬ 
ment existed beyond l.he separation. The cous¬ 
ins even wont fishing and limiting together at 
Pass Mannhac, where. Robert shot Henry and 
surrendered himself to the police authorities, 
alleging that the deed was committed acciden¬ 
tally. A few days ago Mrs. Uzee presented her¬ 
self befoi'c the Superintendent of Police in New 
Orleans, and brought a charge of willful murder 
against her own husband, stating that she saw 
him shoot his cousin Henry. The case is now 
awaiting examination. 
Tennessee. 
Mr. S enter, Speaker of the Senate, was on 
Thursday, February 25th, inaugurated Gover¬ 
nor, in place of Gov. Brownlow, resigned, in 
presence of a convention of both branches of 
the Legislature, and a large number of specta¬ 
tors. His address foreshadowed no policy for 
the future. 
A few weeks ago a young man named Bar- 
more. a detective, of Nashville, was taken from 
a railroad train by a gang of masked men. since 
which time his fate has been a mystery until 
Saturday February 20. Oil that day a negro 
found the dead body a white man in Duck 
River, near Columbia. This proved to be the 
remains of the missing dctecWvo. A rope was 
around his neck, the end forming a noose, as if 
he had been tied to something. The hands 
were tied behind his back with a linen hand¬ 
kerchief. A valuable diamond ring was on 
one finger. He was evidently not murdered for 
money. 
Three men named Dickens, Humphrey andWil- 
son, were sitting at supper, on Friday evening 
the 19th ult., at Dickens' home, near Raleigh 
Springs, when a party of ruffians hurst in upon 
them shooting indiscriminately. Col. Dickens 
was wounded, but managed to escape and give 
tho alarm. When assistance arrived, one man 
and a colored woman were found dead and the 
house plundered. 
Four hundred militia have been sent to Giles 
County, where martial law has been declared. 
This is ih<* county in which the KuKlux origina¬ 
ted. Tho KuKlux lvlun has been outlawed by 
tho Legislature, 
After a long discussion, the Joint Committee 
on Printing was authorized to make a contract 
with Messrs. Rives and Roily, present publishers 
Of the Globe, for reporting and printing tho 
debates and proceedings for two years. 
At the evening session Senator Wilson, as 
Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, 
called up the following biU-S and resolutions, 
which were passed The House bill providing 
that brevet commissions shall he issued only in 
time of war. The Joint resolution authorizing 
Urn Secretary of War to take possession of tho 
national cemeteries at Antietam and Gettys¬ 
burg. The joint resolution dropping from the 
army roll certain officers, absent three months 
or longer without leave. The bill continuing 
the froedmen’s hospitals at Richmond, and other 
points in the South, until thefiOib ol'June next, 
and longer if necessary. The bill declaring and 
fixing the salaries of the corps of advocates. 
The bill repealing 1b<S law requiring the General 
of the army to reside always In Washington, 
and requiring llmi all orders to the army shall 
go to the army through him. The House bill In 
relation to additional bounties, and the bill to 
remove the charge of desertion from certain 
soldiers of the North Carolina mounted in¬ 
fantry, and also the House Joint resolution, 
authorizing the payment of $1,000 to Waller l>. 
Flowdeu, a colored scout and spy, for services 
during the war. 
In the House a bill was reported from the 
Committee on Public Lands and passed declar¬ 
ing that the lands consisting of the Fort Collins 
military reservation, Colorado Territory, shall 
tie subject to the Pre-emption add Homestead 
laws. 
The Sehenok bill, to strengthen the public 
credit, was passed by a vote Of one hundred and 
nineteen to slxty-one. 
It was ordered that the recusant witnesses, 
Reeve and Bell, shorn Id be discharged from cus¬ 
tody. 
Feu. 25. —A bill was considered by tho Senate 
to exempt certain manufacturers from Internal 
Revenue tax, and was so amended us to allow all 
manufact urers of naval machinery for the Gov¬ 
ernment. alI t he benefits of the net, and was then 
passed. 
In the House tin; clerk was directed to present 
to the Secretary of State tho act to increase the 
duties On imported copper, with the usual cer¬ 
tificate that the bill passed both Houses over the 
President’s veto. 
The bill authorizing certain National Banks to 
change their names was passed. 
A bill was passed providing 1 for the coinage of 
nickels, five cent pieces and under. 
The Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation 
Bill wus reported from tho Joint Committee and 
a long discussion ensued, after which the report 
was disagreed to yeas forty-five, nays ono hun¬ 
dred aiul two. The House insisted on its bill 
and a now committee was asked for from the 
Senate, 
The Constitutional Amendment was taken up 
and the report from the Joint Committee of 
Conference was adopted—yeas one hundred and 
forty-three, nays forty-throe. The proposed 
amendment, as adopted, is as follows: 
Ih' il resolved, «tr., Two-thirds of both Houses 
concurring, that the following amendment to 
the t.Ynistitution of the United Stales lie sub¬ 
mitted to the Legislatures of the several States, 
and when ratified by tlirec-fourths thereof, it 
shall be a part of said Co until ill ion, 
Antuu 15. The 'right of the citizens of the 
United HUites to vote shall not- be denied or 
abridged by the United States or by any State, 
on account of race, color, or prey ions condition 
of servitude. 
Sec. 3. The Congress shall have power to en¬ 
force this article by appropriate legislation. 
A resolution wus passed donating condemned 
cannon and muskets to the McPherson Monu¬ 
mental Association. 
Feb. 26.— In the Senate I lie report of the Con¬ 
ference Committee upon the Suffrage Constitu¬ 
tional Amendment was adopted, and t he Presi¬ 
dent pro ta»i. declared the Amendment passed. 
At tho evening session of the House the Defi¬ 
ciency Appropriation Bill was passed. 
New York, 
The death of Col. John L. Gardner, United 
States Army, in the seventy-sixth year of Ins 
age, is announoed. He entered the Army in 
1813; wus wounded in 1814, at the attack on La 
Colls Mill, in Canada; participated in the Florida 
Indian campaigns, and was promoted for gallant 
eonduot during the Mexican War. At the break¬ 
ing out of tho lute rebellion, being seventy years 
of ago, and having served constantty in the 
Army for over forty years, lie was, ut his own 
request, placed on the retired list to make way 
for younger men. His homo since then lias been 
withhis daughter in Rochester, N. V. 
Four men were arrested on the morning of 
the 80th ult., at the New Haven lta.Hn.md depot, 
in Centre street, Ne w York, charged with adul¬ 
terating milk. 
The canal officers are to be appointed on the 
lOtli of March —the Canal Board having fixed 
upon that day for that purpose, and for the ad¬ 
justment of the toll sheet and the selection of 
deposit banks. The competition is already very 
lively, and it will increase as the day approaches. 
A well-known and respected miller named 
John Anseli, was found dead in a pile of feed 
near Rhineheck on the 21st ult. He had been 
missing for some days, and upon search being 
made wits discovered us stated above. The body 
avoh frozen st iff, but the real cause of bis death 
Could not lie determined. 
The burglar who robbed the safe of Messrs. 
CambcrlJng & Pyne of New York City of a large 
amount of bonds, has boon captured in Cincin¬ 
nati. By the skillful management of the case 
on the part of the detect ives employed, $60,000 
of bonils wore recovered. 
A mass meeting of German Republican and 
Democratic citizens was held on the afternoon 
of Sunday, tlio 21st ult., at the Stadt Theatre, 
New York. From lour to live thousand persons 
wove present. Gen. F. Siegel opened the meet¬ 
ing, nnd resolutions were adopted expressing 
opposition to any prolongation of time or hin¬ 
drance of naturalization, while approving of 
abolishing existing abuses. 
A very serious difficulty has arisen between 
Bishop MoQuaid and the Catholics of Auburn. 
It. appears that the Bishop removed Rev. Thos. 
O’Flaherty, who hud been pastor of the Auburn 
congregation for twenty-three years, and ap¬ 
pointed Rev. M. Knvanagli in his place. On Sun¬ 
day, the 21st ult., Father Kavanagh attempted to 
say mass, when the congregation resolved itself 
into a public meeting and refused to allow him 
to proceed. A number of prominent members 
took Fat her Kavanagh from the altar ami quiet¬ 
ly led him out of the church, and the Bishop was 
induced to follow him. At a subsequent meet¬ 
ing the congregation resolved to stand by their 
old pastor, denounced the action of the Bishop, 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
Feu. 20.— Representative Bchencb, by unanim¬ 
ous consent, reported a resolution to postpone 
the meeting of the Forty-first Congress, on the 
4th of March, from 12 M., as agreed upon, until 
3 P. M.; which was passed. 
The Senate suffrage amendment to tho Consti¬ 
tution was amended so as to read: 
“The right of citizens of the United States to 
vote and hold office shall not bo denied or 
abridged by any State on account of race, color, 
nativity, property, creed or previous condition 
of servitude.” 
And alter considerable debate was passed In 
that form. 
The memorial Of the Legislat ure of New York, 
asking Congress to grant, pensions to the soldiers 
of the War of 1813 was presented by Representa¬ 
tive Fox. 
Feu. 23.- Tho Senate would not. concur with 
the House in it® amendments to the bill concern¬ 
ing the collection and appraisement of dut ies on 
imports, and a Committee of Conference was 
asked for. 
In the House, the bill granting rigid of way to 
tho Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad wus 
passed. 
The House won! into Committee of the Whole 
for the consideration of tho Post Office Appro¬ 
priation Bill, which it then passed. This bill ex¬ 
it aids the free letter-carrier system to all cities 
having a populat ion of over 10,000. 
Feb. 33. Tho Senate voted to noii-eoneiir in 
the Constitutional Amendment as amended by 
the House,and asked for a Committee of Con¬ 
ference. 
Bills were passed authorizing National Banks 
tt> change their names, and to authorize the 
Western Union Telegraph Company to import 
its submarine telegraph wires free of duty. 
The President pro bin. appointed Senators 
Stewart, (,’onUlingnnd Edmunds as the Senate 
members of the < 'omuiit.tee of Conference upon 
the Constitutional Amendment. 
The Army Appropriation Bill, witli amend¬ 
ments making considerable reductions in tiie 
expenses of tho army, was passed. 
The Judiciary Bill was then passed. It pro¬ 
vides that tho Supreme Court shall consist of u 
Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, any 
six of whom Shall constitute it quorum, aiul for 
this purpose an additional Associate Justice 
shall be appointed. The salary of t he Associate 
Justices shall be $5,000, and It shall be the duly 
of each Justice of tho Supreme Court to attend 
at least one term of the Circuit Court in each 
district of his circuit during every period of two 
years. 
Tho bill to amend tho Civil Rights Act was 
passed without debate. 
At the evening session the following bills 
were passed To establish as a post route the 
proposed bridge over the East River, between 
New York and Brooklyn. To give tho consent 
of the United Stal es to the erection of a bridge 
across tho Delaware, between Philadelphia aud 
Camden. To authorize tho construction of a 
bridge ut I’ori laud, Oregon. 
Tho bill for the protection of fur-bearing ani¬ 
mals in Alaska was taken up, and during its con¬ 
sideration Senator Fowler of Tennessee created 
a great deal of laughter by saying that the bill 
proposed to create an abominable monopoly. 
At best, the whole business of seal killing was 
infamous. For himself he would Just as soon 
kill so many babies. Senators might laugh, but 
the soul was a most remarkable animal. How¬ 
ever, he supposed the bill would pass. And It 
did. 
The bill appropriating $25,000 to purchase ad¬ 
ditional grounds for the erection of a custom 
house at Nashville was passed. 
The bill to allow tho New York, Newfoundland 
and London Telegraph Co. to land its cable on 
tha shores or the United States wus considered, 
and after being amended by adding a section 
providing that Congress shall have a • right to 
regulate by general rule the tariff for the trans¬ 
mission of messages, was passed. 
The Senate insisted upon its amendment to tho 
bill allowing to Deputy Collectors and Assessors 
the pay ol' their principals when they perform 
the (lutios of their principals, and the President 
appointed Senators Cftttoll, Morrill and Warner 
a Committee of Gun Terence on the subject . 
In the House the Committee un Elections re¬ 
ported that J. II. Casement was not untitled to a 
seat as delegate from Wyoming Territory. 
The Speaker laid before tho House the Presi¬ 
dent's veto of the Copper Tariff Bill, which was 
passed over the veto by a vote of ono hundred 
and fifteen to fifty-six. 
Thu Sergeant-nt-Arms then brought before the 
barof tlxo House J. H. Bell aud D. W. lteeve, the 
recusant witnesses, and they were continued in 
ins custody. 
The report of the Committee on Election 
Frauds in New York, together with the bills 
which accompanied it, was agreed to and 10,000 
copios ordered to be printed. 
The bill to amend the naturalization laws was 
passed. It provides that the Supreme Court, the 
Circuit Court,and the Courts of Oyer and Ter¬ 
miner in t he City and County of Now York, and 
tiie Superior Court of tho City of New York, 
shall not hereafter have power to admit any alien 
to be a citizen. 
The amendment concerning the Naval Appro¬ 
priation Bill (Which was mado in the Committee 
of the Whole the evening previous,) was then 
concurred in, and a Committee of Conference 
asked lor. 
The Speaker appointed the following Confer¬ 
ence Committees:—On thq. bills in regard to Act¬ 
ing Assessors—Messrs. Selienck, Brooks and My¬ 
ers: on the Naval Appropriation BI1L— Messrs. 
Spaulding, l’helps and Pike; on the Suffrage 
Constitutional Amendment—Messrs. BouLtveli, 
Bingham and Logan. 
Several amendments were adopted to the Leg¬ 
islative Appropriation Bill. One providing that 
iho compensation of female clerks authorized 
by this section shall be tho same as olass four; 
and where they aro employed on work per¬ 
formed by clerks of a higher class they receive 
tho same compensation, another that the sala¬ 
ries of the female clerks in the office of the 
Comptroller at' the Currency shall be $1,300 per 
annum; and another striking out the appropri¬ 
ation for the salary of Special Commissioner 
Wells. 
Feb. 21.— In the Senate the veto of the Copper 
Tariff Bill was read and the bill passed over it by 
a vote of thirty-eight to twelve. 
charged with having murdered Edward Flynn 
on 1 lie previous night. Plynn, who was a young 
mechanic, was crossing the river on the ice, when 
he was assailed by four ruffians, and fearfully 
beaten with clubs. A friend found him and 
conveyed him home, when he died within an 
hour. The ringleader of the gang of ruffians, 
Robert Pickett, has not yet been arrested. The 
murderers are all very young. 
At the tiicci ing of the Committee of the Legis¬ 
lature on Contested Seats, held on the 22d ult., 
mUeh testimony was taken lending to show how 
extensively frauds w< n practiced at the recent 
elect ions. 
Tiie groat skating match between Miss Maggie 
IS. Hi wood of Brock villo, Canaria, and Miss Nellie 
Dean of Chicago, at (tie rink in Buffalo, on the 
afternoon of Feb. 32d, resulted in favor of the 
former. Score, forty-four to forty-throe. 
G. W. Crouch & Co.’s saw mill, on Ihe island 
between the river and canal, on South St. Paul 
street, Rochester, was destroyed by fire on tho 
night of Feb,23d. The In- Is est imated at. $25,000, 
on which there is $10,000 insurance. 
David T. Valentine, “UnclO David,” as ho was 
familiarly styled, for more than thirty years 
derk of the New York Common Council, died at 
his residence in East Twenty-fifth street, in that 
city, at four o’clock on the afternoon of Fob. 
20tlt. He wus in the 68tli yoar of his age. Val¬ 
entine';. Manual, which ho published annually, is 
well known to every New-Yorker. His obse¬ 
quies took place on Sunday, the 2St.h. 
The trial ol' several prominent Catholics in 
Auburn, for refusing to listen to tin? newap- 
pointee of Bishop McQuade, to the Church of the 
Holy Family, resulted in Hie jury's bringing in 
a verdict of not guilty after a few momenta'con¬ 
sideration of the ease. 
Rev. Charles II. Platt, rector of Christ Church, 
(Episcopal.) in Binghamton, ami Chaplain of the 
Grand Lodge of Freemasons of the State of New 
York, Grand (.’liaplain of the Royal Arch Masons 
of New York, and Grand Prelate of the Grand 
Encampment of tho State, died at his residence 
in Binghamton, on Hie 25th ult. 
Maine. 
Charx.es S, Shaw, a farmer's boy of Minot, 
has Just reached Lincoln, la., after a little walk 
of 1,700 miles in forty-eight days. 
A Maine paper says that the revolution In Cuba 
seriously affect* t he hoop-pole business of the 
farmers of Franklin comity. 
The Portland City Council, nt.n special meeting 
on the 23d ult,, refused to favor any proceeding 
looking to a hum of the city credit to the Port¬ 
land and Rutland Railroad,or any change in that 
company’s charter. They desired an amendment 
to allow them to extend their line to thle-wator, 
and to build wharves. 
The application of the doctors for a law fur¬ 
nishing them material for dissection, which has 
been refused by a dozen Legislatures, has now 
taken the shape of a bill which is t hought to be 
unobjectionable. It delivers into tho hands of 
the fraternity the bodies of any persons dying 
in their city or town, state prison or jail, whose 
burial must beat the public expense, provided 
the deceased made no request to be buried, or if 
his remains arc not claimed by friends or kin¬ 
dred. 
New Hampshire. 
A cine lynx, an animal very uncommon in 
that part of New Hampshire, was shot on the 
mountain near Hinsdale, on Thursday, tho 25th 
uit. Tha animal’s weight was twenty-three 
pounds. He hud for week*eluded tho pursuit ol’ 
hunters and sportsmen. 
George w, Merrill, an artist from Buffalo, N- 
Y., who was camping at the base of Mount Wash¬ 
ington, near the Crystal Cascade, painting a win¬ 
ter scene of the White Mountains, discovered on 
Saturday night, the 90th ult., indications of a 
snow slide. Thinking It unsafe to remain In 
camp, he went some distance to an unoccupied 
house to spend the night; and when he returned 
in the morning found his camp covered by an 
avalanche of snow from thirty to fifty feet deep. 
Vermont. 
Miss Minnie Gr \y of Fletcher, not longsince 
found her bank lulls, which site had mourned as 
lost, in a mouse’s nest near (he house-roof, torn 
into I lit* of rag. But “ all's well that ends well," 
and the queer nest was finally assorted, identi¬ 
fied and redeemed by tho banks of issue in dif¬ 
ferent parts of the country, without the loss of 
a dollar. 
Tim Republican State Convention at Montpe¬ 
lier, on Tuesday 1lie35th ult., nominated the fol¬ 
lowing ticket for t he Council of Censors:— t lenry 
Lane, J. B. Hollister, Jonathan ltoss, William 
Hannon, N. W. French, Jasper Rand, IL H. Pe- 
ros, Timo P. Redfield, John R. Cleveland, C. C. 
Dewey. Charles Reed, Charles K. Field and J. \V. 
Colburn. 
Massac It n setts. 
The Southampton women have tried the 
dodge of their Western sisters, and turned one 
of the stores of that village into a knitting and 
sewing rendezvous, the other evening, great ly to 
t he discomfiture of the village loungers —their 
husbands and brothers, 
Lowell, whose manufactories have selfishly de¬ 
feated all measures for the establishment of 
public water-works for the past thirty years, 
they being always supplied by t ho locks and 
Canal Company, voted on the question for the 
third time, on Tuesday, the23tl ult. Thedecision 
was in favor of the project by a majority of 
four hundred and forty-eight in a vote of 3,284. 
Dr. J, C, White of Boston, who has been exam- 
ing tiie body of Mrs. Pyke of Fitchburg, lias 
decided that she was killed by a very subtle 
and destructive poison, the name of which he 
has not yet divulged. The facts will came out 
at tlio coroner’s inquest, soon to he held. 
“Tlio incendiary " of Newburyport, who (lu¬ 
ring seventeen years has burned f our churches 
and over a hundred and fifty smaller buildings 
of all descriptions, has at lastdeen detect ed and 
arrested. He proved to he Leonard Choate, the 
son of ono of the wealthiest and most, promi¬ 
nent cit izens of the city. Tiie case was worked 
up by Moses Sargent, formerly the Boston Chief 
of Police. He was followed to the interior of 
Minnesota, and there arrested on the 20tb ult,, 
and last week was brought to Massachusetts. 
As any one of the attempts to burn a dwelling 
house would consign him to State Prison for 
life, there will probably be nothing to fear from 
him in future. 
The proposition to increase the salaries of the 
Ohio. 
John Bnooxcs, a prominent merchant for 
forty years, and first Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, 
died in that city on Friday, the 19th ult., aged 
eighty-four years. 
The investigation of the causes which led to 
the collision between the steamboats United 
States and America recently on tho Ohio River, 
and consequent loss of life, having resulted in 
tho censure f both pilots, the Secretary of the 
Navy ha* directed legal proceedings to be insti¬ 
tuted against them. 
Chuiies Eiriok and August Seliweger, while 
drinking together in a saloon at Hamilton, on 
Sunday night, Feb. 21, got into a quarrel about 
a dog. which ended In Eiriok shooting Schweger, 
killing him instantly. 
Illinois. 
Tnv. Universalist Ecclesiastical Court, which 
has been in session to Chicago several days, for 
the trial of Rev. Charles L. Batch, closed its ses¬ 
sion on Friday, the 19t h Ult. The charges against 
Mr. Balch.wure falsehood and uuclericul con¬ 
duct. The Court found him guilty, and suspen¬ 
ded him from fellowship till the next annual 
meeting of the State Convention. 
Thos. B. Bryan, an Illinois gentleman writing 
homo from Washington, Bays that an immense 
crowd is expected in that city to witness the in¬ 
auguration of President Grant. He offers an 
unfurnished house for the occupancy of such 
Illinois soldiers as bring their biankots, knap¬ 
sacks und rations, but says there will he no room 
in Washington for some lime to come for office- 
seekers. 
The Illinois Assembly on Saturday, Feb. 20, 
rescinded the act abolishing capital punishment. 
The Union Park Congregational Church was 
destroyed by fire Sunday evening the 21st ult. 
The loss on the building is $12,000, and on the 
organ $1,000. Both are fully insured. 
Despite the protest of Bishop Whitohouso of 
that diocese, Bishop Cummings of Kentucky, 
preached in Chicago Sunday the 21st ult. Bishop 
Whitohouso is High Church, and Bishop Cum¬ 
mings Low Church. The latter, in his discourse 
Sunday evening, denounced Ritualism. 
A fire was originated in a store on Lake street, 
Chicago, on tiie 24th ult., by the spontaneous 
combustion of some varnish material. The 
Haines spread rapidly, and before they could be 
extinguished $40,000 worth of property was do- 
s toyed- 
A public meeting has been called in Chicago 
with a view to take permanent measures for the 
better support of the clergy. 
Michigan. 
TnE consolidation of tiie Jackson, Fort 
Wayne and Cincinnati and Fort Wayne, Jack- 
son and Saginaw Railroad Companies lias been 
confirmed by a vote of t lie stockholders. 
Texus, 
A report was received at Corpus Christi on 
the 2d ult., to the effect that two hundred Indians 
had attacked the ranchos of Los Angelos and 
Los Amios, on the road to Brownsville, and 
slaughtered the eniire population, numbering 
forty men, women and children. Troops were 
at once sent in pursuit. It was surmised that 
the Indians were disguised Mexican cattle 
thieves, and that the extent of their outrages 
was exaggerated. 
The Texas Constitutional Convention ad¬ 
journed on the 0th of February, and designated 
the first Monday iu July as the time for deter¬ 
mining by popular vote on the acceptance of 
the new Constitution and the division of the 
State into Texas and West Texas. 
California. 
San Francisco telegrams of Feb. 24 give the 
following: 
About four hundred Chinese women arrived 
by the steamship China. They were taken from 
the ship under a guard of the police to places 
designated by the head men. An effort was 
mado to seize some of them, and some of the 
rival parties were wounded. The police pre¬ 
vented a general fight. Great excitement exists 
in the Chinese quarters of the city, and several 
arrests have been made. 
Tiie Sub-Treasurer has issued proposals for 
the sale of $1,000,000 in gold, which has elicited 
four bids for from $17,000 to $100,000 each at 
70.33)£e. to 78.50c. The current rate of green¬ 
backs is only 70c. The Sub-Treasurer has de¬ 
clined to receive any of the bids. The intention 
to offer the gold was known before that officer 
received his instructions, and greenbacks went 
up at once. 
The large distillery owned by Gen. Naglee at 
San Jose was destroyed by fire to-day. The loss 
is about $100,000, including a large stock of na¬ 
tive brandy. 
The railroad connection between Sacramento 
and San Francisco will be completed in time for 
the first train over the Pacific Railroad. 
Eight companies of troops will soon be for¬ 
warded to Arizona, and tiie campaign against 
tho Indians will be pushed with vigor. 
