THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOM SBUEG, COLUMBIA COINTY, PA. t irif c VAN IjXB"W" 3vrXJE.3DBEi. BB0CKWAY& EOTEI.L,Edltors. BLOOMSBURG, PA. 5 4i II el 111! 11 II juaritrDA 1 an while's iiouse J I 1 S3 y i! i ,jji8 ..' ... ' " -Vwu OU!"S""0" BLighi Street" !i i g I On Sunday inornine last tho dead body of John Van Liew was found on the Urate' Friday, S o p 1. 1-1 . 18 77. SHALL I'ltiSONKItS STAKVK. .Tolm W. Hoffman, ShcrilT of Columbia counlv presented a petition to tho 0 rami Jury last week, scttini; forth that ho win (Mowed but twe nty-fivo cents a day for tho board of Prisoners in Iho jail, that there aro ten men now in confinement, for whoso board ho re ceives seventeen dollars and fifty cents n week. He is obliged to employ two servants to wait on them, at ,n cost of four dollars a week, and board, which cstiuiatod at tho low price of two dollars a week each, Icucs him ninu dollars and a half for tho support of ten men. The petition further pet forth that he was unable to furnish them with tho necessa ries of life for that price, and that the Hoard of Charities hail complained of it, and aked tho Grand Jury to recommend to tho Court and County Commissioners that ho bo allow ed f'nrtv cents a dav for each prisoner. Tho petition was not granted for tho reason that tho Grand Jury had no control oyer tlio sub- - . . . . , . ... ject. While) wo have always advocated econ omy in tho management ot public atlairs, and believe that this is a bad time toincrcaso ex penses, wo also recognize tho fact that inhu manity is not economy, and that tho amount for boarding ptUoners has been too little since it was chanced from fifty to twenty-live cents . ... f ft- 1 - i 1 tn I a day. me Dlicriu cannot uu uxpceieu uu furnish his captives with moro than ho is paid for. and we submit that eight cents for a meal is pretty slim allowance. Although men put themselves in a situation where society must lock them up for its own protection they aro nevertheless entitled to a sufficient amount of bodily sustcnanco to keep them from suf- ferinc. Tho compensation to tho Sheriff is tnwn roml. nnnosite tho widow Johnson's, fixed by law, and can bo changed only by tho j,y lll0 l)ig cne3tnut as designated in our Legislature. It would bo well for that body ,jrafti fj-he testimony appended gives the to look after this matter, and so change the jetairs. A Coroner's inquest was held, but statutes thatlcourtscauhxtho price ot board in or the pUrpose of obtaining further infor- tho several counties, according to the circuni- matj3Q it was reconvened on Monday last stances. and the witnesses were examined by District Attorney Clark and C. C. Brnckway. Mr, Home of the Coal and Iron l'olico was in attendance to make any arrests, if necessary. It is an old snyiug that the motives that On account of the itinera! the Inquest was operate on tho minds of these august bodies adjourned until Tuesday, when, alter exam in some of their proceedings, aro among those iniuu tho remaining witnesses, lliram si, tliinirs which no fellow call find out. It is Marr and his son were placed under arrest certain that tlicv frequently mako leturns I anj lodged in tho county jail. o under that aro not supported by the laels, and not stand Marr is a brother to wile ot deceased. in accordance with the demands of public Suspicion points strongly to other parties, justice. An instance or two that has occurred but we refrain from further comments until in tl.ia rnnnlv witlnn thn ast tew years Will I next week. ;n....... t uj Infn nn 1. Mr. Van Liew wps well known in tho luusiraiu. au wwivu &v. v... . ,,,,,, ii , r fliem drew a dirk community, and had held several local ol- knifoand stabbed his antagonist fivo or six flees in the township of Orange, in which he times, cuttinc him in tho abdomen, breast resided. He was GO years of ago this month, and arms in a fearful manner. The assailant and left a wife and seven children UORONEI.B IMiUESi n.lli.il Ttinuest. ONEODYOF ) in 1U77 Jacob TerwilliqebJ. 1. Juuons James Pullen, Chasles Lee, John R. Gorduer, Chae Brown, It. M. Townsend, Joseph LI I ley, Wesley HIttle. Found tho body of John Van Liew between six and seven yesterday a. m. by a chestnut tree, on draft marked a, about half bent, on right side, not behind him. He was dead at the time. Saw no breathing. Bid not feel body or make any examination. Face was turned down road toward lane, feet out in road. Saw blood after they turned him. Head was lying on side of road on crass. Blood vas under breast. Noticed blood about 24 feet in cross. way above where body was found. Notified V. . - , . l 1 . A George Van Liew.his son, as soon as I found for trial and tho county put to tho costs of " , b . . ' , . .. ,. ., , , , r body. Called from road to house. Can't BeiUlUg lllc UUy quant;.. i u tcii iuusu cases not in a tone of criticism, but simply as uu.vM) Jin;ir.s. fled, but was subsequently arrested. The ev idence was that of eye witnesses,and the mur derous assault was provable beyond a doubt, and yet tho grand jury ignored the bill, an act on their part which was received in this community with a largo amount of surprise and indignation. At a subsequent session of tho Court a bill of indictment was sent before tho grand jury, against a white man for cutting the same coV ored man in the throat with a knife. The .evidence in this case though not a3 positive as in the former, was sufficient to convict, but again agrand jury ignored the bill. Last week a number of indictments, sus tained by positive evidence of guilt, were re turned not true bills, while one for assault and battery, arising from a httlo rough and turn ble skirmish between two boys, was sent up body. say whether family were homo. Smoke com ing from chimney. Geo. Van Liew came right over, wanted to know what could be done. Know of no effort made to find out who committed the deed. Live at Espy. George said he had gone to town before supper. None of the rest of the family came over when I called. After I called Alem and Leonora and Bruce came up. George ran over to the house and met me at the barn. I had a gun that morning. I had calculated Irt luinf iTiof Hav. flnn won Irt.idpil when I are always informed that they will hear but Blarte(1 from E3pyigun is ilM oM has not one bide of a case, and report from that wheth-beeaflredofl. Left Espy between five and cr mere is sumcicni eviuenco to snow mat . Am mnrrip(i ,wn children there is reasonable grounaw suspect uio gum Paa,, ,. Tnlln Mnsselmnn's nkce. He of the party accused, and ii so to send him brinirinc in his horses. Was within fifty yards. He saw me. Passed bylhis place about six o'clock. Family up when I left illustrations Jof our first assertions that the ways of grand juries aro past finding out. We have no doubt that as a general rulo these bodies act in a manner that their judg ment tells them will bo best for the parties concerned, and for this purpose they frequent ly go outsido of tho facts presented to them, in coming to their conclusions, and that is where they mako their mistake. In tho charge of tho Court grand juries into court to be tried under tho law and tliel evidence. In this, they often fail to comply I with the directions of tho Court, by taking the whole matter in their own hands, virtually trying tho case, and deciding finally on tho in- nocencoof the prisoner. Such action is actu ated by a desire to save costs to the county, but it frcnueutly occurs that when a man clearly guilty is discharged by the grand jury roadi Dti not Bee Van Liew on Wednesday to eave costs, that he gets back again lor a or p.idav. Generally load ray gun with No. higher offense, and puts tho county to far q Bnot, both barrels. Took it home last greater costs than has been saved before, evcnlntr. Saw none of the Johnson family This is a mistaken idea ol justice and ecouo- up ye8terday morning when I passed up. my, ana grand juries snouiu navo learned oy Df IIenaricks.-Have been a practising whs lime tuai ine.r provmco is bimpiy io uu n,lvK,-Ian. Attended noat mortem cxamin home. Wra. Enone lives next to me. His housekeeper told me she heard me eating my breakfast. Knew Mr. Van Liew. Never had any trouble with him. Was up this way last week on Wednesday evening and Friday afternoon. Went home down this on the cvidenco before them ; not to try ea- Acs, nor to make up their judgmeut from per H)nal motives or outsido considerations. This L is what they are sworn to do, aud to act oth E?.irwin la n i iiilntinti nf lliftlr ilnlu tn (umpIv Sr Sfe . ; yJ J , .Hid of tho fcoloinn obligation which they have taken, to discharge their duty faithfully aud impartially, ation of body of John Van Liew yesterday forenoon, was at Drake's Saturday afternoon with a patient. Hittle tamo in, said lie found a man down close to Mrs. Johnson's. Hittle told me he thought the man was dead and that he thought it was John Van Liew, he asked mo what was his duty. Did not T 1 was on the hair, about 9 yards up the road "'' Voters. Attention. I saw a button broken in three pieces and a few drops of blood. He was shot in the Thursday, the'Cth instant, was tho last night, the body was cold, if he had been day allowed by law for being registered, so shot in the morning there would have been that nothing of that sort can be done now. I no dew on his hair. The skull,-the left But the fact that you are not I egtstered win frontal and the left parietal bones, were not deprive you of your votes, if you have both fractured, the crucu of the bone was paid a State or county tax within two years, I open about a quarter of an inch, could see which must have been assessed at least two I into cavity of cranium, fracture was seven months and paid at least one month before I inches long, there were five incisions in the election. I'ersoni voting for the first time, skull, appearance of being made by a blunt having just attained their majority and be-1 instrument, the wounds might bavj been ing between the ages of 21 and 22 years, can mado by a blow from gun, the fracture in vote as usual, without paying tax. the skull must have been made by tho butt riease pay attention to the following par- end of a gun or a club. I ound 17 holes in tlculara : I tuo breast and abdomen, were made by shot, AU foreicn born citizens wiihinc to vote it " possible that there could have been a this year must be naturalized at least one "all bullet among them, iound a shot hole month previous to the election. in the wrist, the direction of the shot was di The elect on w 111 be held on Tuesday, the agonal, extracted one suoi, one noie was en- Cth of November. tlrely through the body, the nolo In the Saturday, October Cth, is the last day for bJy wa oue of exlt lhe I'arty who shot paying taxes. could not have been very near, ttie snou lu Saturday. October Cth. Is the last dav for tbe mu" uave necessarily proved Samuel Croveling. Was in Light Street Saturday afternoon, left lor homo after 10 p. m., walked home, Mr. Van Liew was with me from lleighard's store to the lano above Light Street on tho back road or Briar Creek road, live out along the road about 1 miles from Light Street, Mr. Van Liew and I parted some where between 10 and 11, I think it was nearer 11, 1 left Mr. Van Liew alive and all right, I heard the report of a gun when I was up at Sam. Keller's, heard two reports. Tho sound seemed to nin to come about half-way between Alcn Vimlcw's and where the body of Van Liew was found. This was about n quarter ot an hour after Van Liew departed, I stopped and listened a spell, and heard dogs barking, the sound of dogs was In the direction of Johnson's house, I heard at the timo of firing a noise, but could not say whether it was dogs or somo persons coming, I was about half a milo from where the body of Van Licv was found. Alem VanLiew. Am a son of John Van- Liew,did live between hero and Light Street live at White's house at the turn oi the road, on Wm. White's farm last time I saw him alive Saturday afternoon he went down road in wagon of his own, next saw him lying down tho road on yesterday a. in., between 7 and 8 o'clock there dead, my brother Geo. notified mo of his death, didnot see him Saturday night, was at homo until between 8 aud 9 o'clock p. m., went down to C. B. White's store in Light Street,it was between half and an hour that I occupied in going to Light Street and before I arrived at Towusends can't say what time I got to Townsend's house,from Light Street directly to Townsend's, was at Townsend s about J hour. From there went home, about 10 p. in., when left Townsend's. It is about a five minutes walk from my place to Townsend's. Saw Townsend, Abram White and wife, Arthur Spear and sister Sarah, Harry Town send and wife, and my wife, my wifowns there singing, I went there for the purpose of bringing her home, she came home with me, came directly home from Townsend's went to bed in a few minutes after I came home;got up just at G next a. m., clock struck as I came down stairs, my father-in-law Wm. White lives with me my sister Le onora was in the house when wo came m sister docs not live with me ; my brother Charles has been living with me a short time about two weeks; he lived at home before this! My father was going to whip him one day and ho came down there, brother Chas. is about 10 years old. Mr. White was home that night, Leonora is over 20 years old I think Chas. was at home when I got home. we was down to Light Street a while. He was in bed when I came home, he got up shortly after I did. There has' been trouble between my father and his family lor some- time past, this trouble has existed for several years back, he was at one time under arrest and bound over to appear at court, I was the informer for his urrest, the charge was assault aud battery, it was before the Grand Jury aud a true bill was found, did not go any further tnau there, It was settled, 1 paid the cost). My mother was afraid und thought she had belter stop it. I never had auy fuss at all with my father, I had the prosecution of my father oil moth er's accouut. Was on good terms with my father, he had been lending to my fees reg ularly, it was not often that he charged mo anythiug, I did notpeac to him thlsfc.dur day afternoon, have had no trouble of any kind with him. Father told Charles afte breakfast he would give him a tanning, did not then give any reascu, he was away ho said l'ap was going to whip him,thit he had just been abusing mother, did not come up to see my father about it then, my brother Charles made no threats as to what he would Chatles Vnnllew sworn. Am n son of John Vanllew having been llvlilg with my brother Alem slnco two weeks. Saw my father last nllvo on Saturday noon, ho was on the road to town, ho was between Alems and Light SlreeJ. Did not speak tu hlin, I wa4 at Alems house, I was in Light Street Saturday, he walked down atone, hn was nearly down when I got to Light Street. I was thcro until after nine o'clock, did not see my father in Light Street, I spent tho timo at White's store. When I stnrted from Light Street I wont directly to Aloms, It was near ten o'clock when I got horn? to Alems, went to bed soon nftor I went In, I stayed in bed until a, in. got up nbout b!x o'clock, heard no gun fired oil' in tho night, heard no screams or noises, was not awako at any time during the night, heard no ono pass up the road towards my father's after I got home. I heard ol my fathers death on Sunday a. m. between 7 and 8, I think I cant tell for sure, as soon as I heard it went up home, first saw my father where ho lay opposite Mrs. Johnsons, am at homo now with mother, 1 was at homo all day Sunday, havo been there ever 8ince,knov my mother visited Light Strcot. Sho had trouble with father a day or so before bIio went lo Light Street. 1 was noj, right there when tho troub le occurred, I was ncross from tho house in tho road, 1 at that timo saw my lather knock down mother, did not go over and interfere; I told him he ought to be ashamed of himself for knocking her around on ac count of Johnsons, did not say anything clso to him until ho commenced at us,I call ed him a-son-of-a-bltch,wo quarreled awhile I told him that ho would pay for that and ho said I would pay for that, do not know of anyone making any threats against my father. When I came to Alems about two weeks ago I did so tu avoid being whipped by my father, I went back tho samo day did not see my father havo any other' trouble with him in relation to hlin going lo Mrs. Johnsons, did not know my father was in Light Street that evening, had no conversa tion with him until ho came to Alems, to my knowledgo ho had not been at Alems since I had been there, did not say to ono of tho Reinely boys tnat I had a job to do and wanted him to help me. IMPORTANT OI'l.MO.V. Commonwealth r. Curtis Cook. In the QaAitTr.n Ses sions op Montour County. A discharge under the insolvent laws does not relieve from payment of weekly sums for pport of Imslnrd child imdei order of llie !omt of Quarter Sessions. After acquired, property may bo reached by execution in the nature of a i. fa. issued out of the cilmiiial Court, or by an action at law. After such discharge the defendant is not ha le to arrest, upon attachment for non-payment weekly sums thereafter becoming pajalile. RULE TO SHOW CAUSE WHY AN ATTACH MENT SHALE NOT 1115 ISSUED. Curtis Cook was convicted of fornication and bastardy and was sentenced to pay a specific fine, a sum named for lying in ex penses, the sum of one dollar a week paya bio quarterly until tho child attained tho age of Roven years, to givo bond with surety to the Directors of the Poor of the Dauvillo and Mahoning Poor District in tho buui of ono thousand dollars for tho performance ol the sentence to pay the costs of prosecu tion aud stand committed until the sentence was complied with. Ho paid nothing and gave no bond. After remaining iu jail three months under the sentence, he applied for relief under tho insolvent laws, and was sub sequently discharged as an insolvent debtor, aud mado an assignment of all his property to a trustee appointed by the Court on the 18 Dec. 1S70. On the 2d day of March, 1877, the Direc tors of tho Poor, ou their petition setting forth these facts, and allegiug that the de fendant had not made the weekly payments since his discharge, obtained this rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him. The respondent in his answer avers that he has no property or means of payment and insists upon his discharge as a defence to the rule. .In Oliu.laj imu nn dill frill, T lini'ft film ftW " 1 L . , 1 ..l.lnlL.n , l gUU IS ai lUJIje, UUVC Ut-JVVlUII IU gllUMU- taklng out naturalization papers. A literary man who knows Joaquin Mil ler's early history tald to him ; "Miller, there are half a dozeu stories about you and where you came from ; I should really like to know which you call the truth." Tho poet who was swinging both legs on a table, urday evening and sometimes not, was not looked ud and renlied : "Well. Ueoree. I've I down last Saturday night a week, the two told so many lies about myself I shouldn't I gum that are here are the only guns about want to confuse the record any farther-' home, father bad no other gun, the fracture of the skull must have necessa rily have proved fatahthe blows were heavy. tho death of Mr. Van Liew was caused by these, wounds. George Van Liew. I was down to town to mill one evening of last week, can't cay what evening, sometimes came to town Sat- OPINION BY ELWEI.L, V. 3. The sentence of the defendant under which he had been imprisoned for three months at the time of his discharge as an insolvent person, was a judgment or decreo for the payment of money. Caso of George Texas, an insolvent debtor, 1 Aslimead 170. It is especially provided by tho Act ol 1830 for the relief of insolvent debtors, that any person discharged under its provisions, shall not thereafter be liable to imprison ment by reason of auy judgment or decreo for the payment of monoy only, or for any debt damages, cost or sum ot money con traded, accrued or owed before tho time of the discharge, It is shown by Judgo King in tho case above cited, that au order to pay money in future for tho support of a wife deserted by her husband, is an order or judgment for the payment of money within the meaniug'of the insolvent laws. And that the direction, that security bo given for tho performance of the sentence, does not make it any tho less nn order for tho payment of money, An action of debt will lie against ono who has been sentenced under a commitment for fornication and bastardy, and who, nfter three mouths confinement iu prison has been discharged under the insolvent laws. In such action tho weekly payments for the support of tho child becoming payable after tho discharge, as well as those before, may be recovered. Iu Helllncs vs. Amery, 1 Whart. C4, in delivering the opinion Gibson O. J. says i'Jly putting tho case of the convict on the ordinary footing of insolvency, the statuto discharges but the perqon, and leaves the duty still in force. By a discharge, then, under the insolvent laws, the remedy by cow- milmtnt is gone ; and by what other remedy than by action cau the duty be enforced against the property subsequently acquired "That the legislature intends it should be so enforced, is inferrible from their inteut to exonerate no more than the persom. And where the party convict procures such exon eration, the remedy by action results of ne cessity." It is contended that tho cao of Newhouse vs. The Commonwealth, 6 Whart. 82, de cides, that the payments to be made after the time of discharge under the insolvent laws, may be enforced by imprisonment of tho defendaut as often as the days ol pay meut come round. I do not bo understand that case. The Blngle point decided by it was, that a ucond order or sentence could not be made or pronounced, wniie a Jim or der to the same effect was standing upon the record unreversed. Among the reasons as- siened in tho per curiam opinion it is bsIi that the discharge of the defendant as an In boI vent, did not discharge the sentence that ho remained liable for the sums becoming This is entirely consistent with tho caso of Holllngs vs. Ainoy wpra, In both cases it is hotel, that tho liability lo pay Is not affect ed by the dsclinrgo- Tho (-fleet of the dis charge as to relieving tho person of the de fendant Irom arrest on account nf non-payment of' subsequent weekly sums Is not de cided In Newhoiiso vs. Thu Comlth., while It was n material question In tho other case cited. It has never been understood by the legal profession in this State, that the discharge of a defendant convicted of fornication mid bastardy from Imprisonment under tho In solvent laws, extended only to sums, payable boforo his discharge. No such practice as that of repeated arrests under the same sen tenco has ever prevailed. If ns. contended by tho complainant that tho discharge only nfl'ects a release from confinement as to past duo payments, tho insolvent laws in regard to this class or cases aro but a delusion nnd n snare. By tho lime ho could bo discharged from con finement on account of tho non-payment of ono sum, another would becomo due, nnd al though he but just then assigned all his property and had had no timo to accumu late more, yet, ho must Incur tho expense of going through tho process of dlsehargo again, nnd so on to tho end of tho seven years during which tho payments wero to bo made. Tho rccult of what is nsked for i.s, to compel the defendant, if not nblo to make the payments, to njiply for tho benefit of tho insolvent laws every threo months dur ing seven years, or to remain in jail during tho seven years, and then bo discharged once for nil. Such was not tho Intent of tho law makers when they humanely provided that the person of n defendant, when not confined for crime, should not bo held con fined in prison for the non-payment of mon ey, when ho has transferred to his creditors all his means for making paymont. The caso of Danes vs. Arnott,ll Engl. P. I, Iiep. 77, does not bear upon the question of the right to imprison a debtor for the lion performance of a duty or obligation resting upon him at tho time of his dlsehargo under insolvent laws. The question there was ns to the discharge of the debt under the act of Parliament in regard to insolvent debtors. By tho express teinis of the net of 1S30 the after acquired property is made liable for debts, engagements nnd other liabilities in like manner as if such discharge had not taken place, but tho remedy given tn tho creditors is restricted to execution or other process against tho property of the debtor. A sentence or decreo of tho criminal courts of this Stato for tho payment ef money may bo enforced by execution iu tho nature of a Ii. fa. Dig. 278, pi. fi. It is contended that tho non-payment of tho weekly sums payablo alter the dischargo of tho defendant renders the defendant lia ble to arrest for contempt of Court. This contention is in opposition to tho act of 1830, Dig. 272, which restricts tho power of tho Court lo punish for contempts to certain enumerated cases. Tho non-payment of money in accordance with tho sentence of a criminal Court is not among them. I am therefore of opinion that inasmuch as a full remedy is preserved by the statute to the complainants by which any after ac quired property can bo reached that they are not entitled to tho common law remedy by attachment as for a contempt of Court. Iu this case according to tho defendant's answer, which is not traversed or denied, ho had no property at the timo of bis discharge, and is now without work or tho means of supporting himself. But if he had property the complainants cannot reach it by tho summary process invoked by them. I havo great respect for tho opinions of tho learned Judges who havo recently held that nn attachment is nn appropriate remedy to be employed in a caso like this. Seo Comlth. vs. Miller, 3 Weekly Notes 301 ; Comlth. vs. Faulkner', 3 Weekly Notes 010; but upon careful consideration I am com pelled to dissent from that conclusion. Tho power of tho Court of Common Pleas to dischargo from imprisonment under cer tain prescribed terns persons convicted of fornication and bastardy ha3 not to my nowledgo been questioned heretofore. The legislature gave to tho Quarter Ses sions power to order tho payment of wdekly sums for tho support of a bastard child. But the legislature also provided that nn nrisonuient consequent upon such order should not be perpetual, provided tho de fendant after threo months imprisonment would transfer all his property to his credi tors. A discharge of tho person under the latter provision is by no means an extin uishmentor revocation of tho sentence. In fact, reference to tho provisions of tho in solvent laws is impliedly mado in that part of theseutenco which directs that tho de fendant stands committed until sentence is complied with. He is to stand committed until discharged by due courso df law. When discharged according to law he is not subject to re-arrest under the same sen. tence. Ilulo discharged. Wm. Elwell, P. J. Tlio Funeral rf 31. Thiers. FROM NOTRE DAME TO l'Klll'. I.A CIIA1RK 11(1! PROCESSION TllltOUdU THE llOOLKVAr.DH. Paris, September 8. -Deputations from iniiny provincial towns arrived hero caily this morning to witness tho funeral of M, Thiers. Largo numbers of pcoplo from the provinces and many Knglish visitors were also hero with tho samo object. Notwithstanding tho weather was rainy, a great crowd collected early outsido his lato residence in tho Palace St. Georges and ndjoining streets. Tho at1 titudo of tho nrclibishop of Paris provoked much remark. M.'l'aul Ilemusat, on behalf of M. Tiiier's family, wnitcd on him for per mission to havo tho services at tho Madclcino instead of at tlio 'parish church of Notre Damo do Lorette. Tho Madclcino with its surroundings . was tho only spot spacious enough for the thousands who wished to follow tho procession. Notre Dame do Lorctto has Httlo spaco round it, and is small, without ex tended frontaec. Au ordinary funeral blocks uii tho street, and oven under ordinary cir cumstances it is always difiicult to a frightful crush in tho limited spaco assigned to funer al processions. Archbishop Guibert declared liis readiness to ofliciato at tlio Invalldes or Madeleine had it been a stato funeral, but re fused to sanction a chango of parish for tho unofficial burial. Happily tho procession moved from tho mcz wi,oso vnluo was estimated at $300,000. cnurcu ny tuo imo jjcpcneucr nioug mo m- crops, cattle, buildings wero swept uwuy j nor boulevards to tho Chateau d Lau, and the massive bridges of Cutucho and Pansal- thcuco by the Boulevard Voltalro to Tero la vo were destroyed, as well as a part of tho Chaise a route of about two leagues anil nnc carring0 road (scarce equaled even in even this spaco would scarcely accommodate l-:uropo) which connects Quito with tho citurnuN tiK cotoi'AXI, More Than n Thousand Lives Lost. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY. (Juno, July 4. Tho last eruption of tho vlcano of Uotopaxl, the tenth according to my computation, took place on tho 20th of Juno last,with ovcry clrcuiustano that could increase its horror utter darkness m broad day, thunder and lightning, fearful explo sions that mado the earth tremble, subterra nean noises and wild gusts of wind, accom panied by a rain of ashes. Au oyo witness told mo that tho volcano poured out a cata ract ten times tho bulk of Niagara, which carried all beforo it in Its headlong course, nnd submerged the whole surrounding coun try. Tho torrent divided itself in two oppo site directions, ns if to givo greater scope to its devastation and to mako the confusion still moro dire. Ono branch took a souther ly course townrds tho city of Latacunga, sit uated twelvo miles from Cotopaxl, On its way tho torrent converted tho plain of Cal lao into an Iminenso lake. There is but faint hopo that the ruins of tho palaco of tho Incas, described by Humboldt nnd all other travelers through tho central valley of tho equatorial Andes, have escaped tho rav ages of the flood. Near Latacunga tho furi ous current tore up from its very founda tions the cotton factory of Don Joso illago Gambeltn has been condemned .to threo months imprisonment nnd n fluo of $400 on the chargo of insulting President VneMa. lion In his speech at LIIr. Tho Insult con sisted in his warning MacMahon of tlia dnnger of nttemptliig to destroy the Itepub. lie. Wlillo many of tho leading Monarch ists and Imperialists of Franco nro calling upon MacMnhou to crush tho Itcpubllcnn Government iu a coup d'etat, the argument on tho other sldo Is cither prohibited alto gcthcr or mado very perilous to thoso who Indulgo in it. In Gnmbctta's caso, tho methods of French law wera adroitly turned against him i ho was not permitted to have a trial byjury, and tho court beforo whlili ho was compelled to nppear held its sessions in secret, nnd permitted no report of its pro ceedlngs other than tho Judgment announ cing tho sentenco of condemnation. If Gam betta bo compelled to enter upon his term of imprisonment immediately after the confir mation of tho judgment in tho appeal that ho has taken, ho will bo Incarcerated during tho most important period of tho political campaign and up to and beyond tho general election for members of tho Chamber of Deputies next month, in which tho Itepub. llcans havo depended upon his power and skill ns the real leader of their party. Yet notwithstanding tho death of M. Thiers, tho prosecution of Gambettn, and the restriction of Republican speech nnd action, the pros pects continue favorable to tho Republican pariy iu tho noxt Chamber of Deputies. Sun. the multitudo which was collected. Tho po- licohad taken great precautions, and tho head of that department gave tho strictest injunc tions to his subordinates to prevent an excess of zeal endangering tho general tranquility. towns iu tho south of tho republic. Tho branch that headed toward tho south of Cotopaxl devastated tho prosperous and enchanting valley of Chillo, nnd in particu lar tho estate of the Senor Agulrre, noted At half past nino o'clock the police cleared for bavin,' been tho residence of Humboldt, the 1'nlacoSt. George's and tho streets ad- h'berc, loo, as In Latacunga, aroso tho bulld- joiniug the cliurcli. llio cortege icic ino jug f n thriving fact-ry ,which,onIy tho vear place at noon. before, had been destroyed by fire, mid had Tho open hearse drawn by six horses, on j.t been repaired at creat expense. Tlio tor- which the coffin rested, was covered with palm rent rooted It from tho ground and boro it away branches, wreaths ol immortelles, nnd tn- m n thousand fragments. It is assorted that colored bows aud rosettes. Tho whole route was lined by an immense number of people, notwiutanding tho rain. The shops were all closed, and displayed on their shutters a pla card bcarimr tlio words "National Mourning." Perfect tranquility prevailed everywhere. Tho rain, which had been falling in torrents all tho morning, ceaed at 1 o clock. Mine. Thiers was accompanied by JIllo Dosuo at tho service in the church. M, Gambetta was cheered as ho left the church after the ceremony A deputation from He- fort was tho only ono in the proccssiou which carried a banner. At two o'clock tho cortege arrived at tho boulevards, preceded by a squadron of mounted gendarmes. Tho crowd everywhere respectfully uncovered as the cof fin passed. Some shouts of " Viva la llepub tiquc," were raised at tho Uoulevavd Mont- martro. a mill of Don Manuel P.ilacios floated on tho water liko a ship at sea until shattered by the current. Tho loss in the valley of Chillo nlono is estimated at over two mil- ions of d )ll.irs,-,ind tho loss in other sections is equally great. It is likewiso calculated that the number of the dead exceeds one thousand. Although the surroundings of Quito havo been laid waste, tho city itself suffered from only a rain of ashes nnd a com plete darkness, which began on tlio 20th of June, ni three in tho afternoon. At Macha- die nnd oilier places tho night lasted for thirty conser.tivo hours. Iu the midst of this opaque gi mi one" could hear the bel lowing of the cattlo and tho cries of oilier animais, who, deprived ol their Usual rood by tho shower of ashes, sought, in a species of frenzy, for tlio means nt satisfying their hunger. Other beasts, frantic with terror, By tho evening the city had assumed its carcerca l,jthcr and thither ns if iu despair. usual appearance. Everything passed oil qui- an,i th0 piteous bowlings of the dogs pierced ctiy and without political mauilestation, ti10 ajr with its ominous sound. In Quito even during tho speeches in tho cemetery. tho darkness was that of night: it was like Tho speeches wero reuiarkablo lor modern- I tlint dfscribed by tho younger Pliny in a tion. M. Grovy, cx-prcsident ot tlio chamber ieiter t0 Tacitus, in which he relates tho of deputies, first recapitulated tho deceased's Lriiplion of Vesuvius and tho destruction political career, particularly dwelling upon 0f Pompeii. "It was," ho says, "as if tho Some weeks ago ox-Governor Moses, nf South Carolina, pretended to mako a clean breast of tho startling villainy of the carpet bag rulo of that Stato, nnd ex-Stato Treasur er Niles G. Parker has just told his story, confessing to n multitudo of sins. Now let Patterson and Scott and Chamberlain and Cardoza and Corbin nnd Nnglo nnd tho rest of the gang each tell on the others, and among them tho truth will have a tolerably fair show. Each should' bo allowed, of course, to show that ho was nearest to tho angelic character of tho lot, just ns Moses nnd Farter have done ; but that feature of the confessions could bo judged in tho full ight of what corroborating evidence comes from tho telbtalo stories of others. It's a trito and truo maxim that when rogues fall ut honesty gets its due, and since two of the chief culprits havo opened firo on their fellow-plunderers, the accused, knowing how is themselves, shouldn't hcsitnto about sailing iu. Ex-Governor Scott could tell much about tho wholo campaign of official infamy, aud what ho doesn't know Patterson could give with bewitching embellishments. 'atterson's story would doubtless bo a hiss- ng hot coal on tho back of Corbin, and by tho time Corbin would get through with a complete deliyeranco thcro wouldn't bo much left worth telling. Just enough has been told already lo make silenco by tlio others a confession of their guilt, and, sinco the scuttled anil rotten ship must go down, they may as well all firo their broadsides as they accept their now inevitable doom. 77wfs. cine gun beforo iuquest, the gun Is not load cd, has not been for some time, think the gun is a Springfield rille single barrel, don' know where lather's gun is, have a broth er George, he has no gun to my knowledge. I believe my brother George aud father were on good terms, I walked down to Light Street, did not see any one with a gun that night, don't think I saw any person who lives .along this road at Light Street. Tho Matilda Johuson family consists of herself and boys. When I came up to his body was none of tho Johnsons kthere, cau't say whether or not my father was on good terms with the Johnson family, don't know of his having had auy quarrel with auy of the Johnson family. This property belongs to my mother, can't say how much personal property my father was worth, can't say whether or not my father made a will. Mother named Harriet, children are Alem,Pealer,Arthur,George,Cbarles.Lenora, Clark,they both live at home Arthur lives at Kleckner'a. George has not been at home all tho time, he went put west about last March, he has been home a couple of week lived with his father while he was home, they had no dlMlculty that caused him'.togo away. 1 took it to be his horse. My slater fllara was with him. she came back on foot. the horse is out in the utable, he went down payable after the discharge as if he bad not t i, become n Insolvent aeoior, the great and patriotic sacriGco ho had made by renouncing his earlier monarclual convic tions in favor of the republic. Admiral Po- thuan nnd MM. Sacy and Aritry then various ly eulogized his splendid administrative, liter ary nnd oratorical talents. M. Jules Simon, who made tho principal oration, said tho Cist leelmg alter so great a loss was one of discouragement. Hut M. Thiers had taught them by thocxamplo of his life never to despair and never lo draw back. Patriotism shines forth through M, Thiers' books aud the history of his life. He served a king, but only on couditiou that the kinc himself was a faithful servant to the constitution. M. Simon concluded his oration as follows : "Adieu in tlia name of tho coun try to tho historian of the revolution, to the liberator of tho territory, .and tho first presi dent of tho French ltcpublic." M. Gambetta left the cemetery before the speeches wore pronounced. At tho conclusion of the ceremonies tho crowd dispersed in per fect tranquility. Tlio funeral was very impos ing. All tho diplomatic corps were present, including Gen. Edward F. Noycs, United States minister, and Hon. Elihu IJ. Wah- burne. Tlio Double Note. Among tho hundred of tricks practiced by swindlers who travel about tho country selling implements aud goods of various kinds, tlio doublo noto is perhaps tho most success! ul. For instance a peddler offers a farmer a num ber of implements or a quantity of goods to sell on commission and tho latter signs what purports tolboa simplo leceipt for tho goods, but which is so worded that it can bo cut iu two parts, ono-halt Wing a genuine noio oi lights in a room had been extinguished.' At Quito the shower at first was of coarse, heavy sand, which subsequently turned into ashes so fine and impalpablo that they peno- trated not only into apartments, but into tho most carefully closed receptacles. In the depth of the darkness, men and women braving tho rain of ashes, sallied fortli into tho streets screening themselves with um brellas and lighting their way with lanterns, and all tho while theso strange apparitions rent the air with their cries and prayers for mercy. Tho umbrellas, as well as tho green eye-glasses used hero on journeys, wero no superfluous prccautiou,although they afford od but scant protection against tho subtle powder, which it was remembered had in many cases produced bliudness during tho eruption of 1843, aud the rain of nshes of thirty hours that attended it. From tho outset the people had unani mously ascribed the disaster to a chastise ment uf heaven, brought down by tho irro ligion ot tho government, which had arbi trarily closed the churches and deprived tho people of thoso spiritual consolations that wero made doubly necessary by the sad eru dition of things in general. Tho idea of divine punishment spread liko wild fire, and as tho tempest raged moro wildly this con viction gathered intensity ,uutii at last groups of men, without a leader, without any con certcd plan, and without arms, threw them selves upon the guard at tho military hospi tal, while others attacked tho guard stationed at tho powder magazine on tho hill of Javi rn. There were but few troops In the garri son,the greater part having been sent to sup press the insurrection in Imbabura ; but tho assailants, lacking arms and directions, wero promptly overpowered, with no further lo-is Tho Labor Parly. Tho labor organizations fused reasonably well at Hanisburg recently, after a spirited but unsuccessful battlo of tho Communistic clement to get tho upper hand of tho Conven tion, and William Klwcll, oi Columbia, was nominated for Supremo Judge, Johu M. Da vis, of Pittsburg, for Auditor General, aud John L. Wright, of Philadelphia, for Stato Treasurer. Thero was some huckstering with what purported to bo a representative com mittee of tho Greenback party as to a iusion ticket, but they disagreeed and ihe Labor ticket was mado Simon pure. Judge Klwcll is ono of tho oldest, ablest and purest Com mon Pleas Judges iu tho Stato ; is a life-loug Democrat, and has no moro faith in tho ex travagant political deliverance mado yester day thau ho has in tho ICorau. It is not liko ly that ho will accept tho empty honor ten dered him. Mr. Davis is editor of tho Pitts burg Labor Tribune ; has lor somo years been a promiucnt agitator in tho Labor or ganizations, and is a geutlcman ot tair ability and character. Mr. Wright is a leading and respected member of the Tailors Trado Union in this city, and has long been identified with tho various orennlzod movements in tho ad vancement of the interests of the industrial classes. Messrs. Davis and Wright aro truo representatives of tho faith of the Convention that nominated them, and they can bo voted for with tho consciousness of consistency. Tho platform reflects the wild views of tho agrar ian and is utterly impracticable in any gov ernment that rcspoets tho rights ol either la bor or property as would bo a liko effort to rcgulato tho habits of tho imaginary inhabi tants of tho Moou. It must bo rccordod to tho credit of the Convention that it oscaped tho grasp of tho Couimuuo, although it did not cutirely cscspo the flavor ol the revolu tionist. Tho movement looks like a fair and snuaro purposo to tost tho strength of tho sen timcut, regardless of tho iutcrcsts of tho old parties and it will poll u largo or a light voto just as the currents happen to bo fuyorablo or adycrso, when tho old political organizations get down to solid work a mouth or fco bencr. Timet, . . ... i i 1 .-j i hand payablo at a certain time without auy tUall tlmt of two aQdien am two citizens, proviso ;wliatcvcr. lheso notes aro sold to 0u tho day following, before the city had the ncaiest neighbor, or discounted ac uio recoverej from jt8 consternation, and wliil nearest bank or broker, ami tuo yetim clouds of ashes still hovered in tho uir and of tho swindlo has no other recourse but to revaded tho streets, fivo of tho unhappy ii i i i. :.. pi . pay nnd Keep wuaicver in- was m ... prisoners who had been taken during the tu goods, wo give u mh.-ci.ik:.. . ... uulit suiurcil tho barbarous punishment o drawing up ono of tho doublo notes. rl a v .a f o 5 '3 2 S a fivo hundred lashes. Somo have died consequence. The fact needs no comment, A number of respectable citizens havo been arrested and nro to be subjected to n court martial. Iu tho present wretched condition of Ecuador, ruiucd as it is by a beries of disasters, the recent eruption is the culmiu ation of its woes. Ten years of peace nnd prosperity, of which there Is faint prospect uow,will not suflice to repair the evils which a fow hours havo wrought iu this unfortunato land a if o i-s' 3 c o s a 8 O K ft ,- s a O "o I follow ife a 1 Of courso theso notes vary in wording to suit different bargains aud operations, but tlie general' character is shown in tho above, tho dotted lino indicating where they are cut, tho left hand portionj being a good negotia ble note against Isaac Brown. Grisi Humor. Iu tho ltepublican Cou veutionat Harrisburg on Wednesday of last woek, Wm. M, llunu, of Philadelphia offered (as follows tlm fnltnwinir resolution; Jletolved. 'That wo I For Sui regard with admiration tho Presidents faith ful attention to his Christian duties, and we cordially recommend tho adoption for daily uso at tho Exceutivo Mansion of that beauti ful hymn entitled "Wheu I can read my title clear," Tlio Stale Labor Convention. SYNOl'SIS OF THE 1'LATI'OR.M. HARiiisuiTRa, Sept 11. Tho synopsis o the mailt planks of tho labor patty is as follows : tcalls.for the conversion of thoUuitei States bonds In to frreenlmrks. tlin retnonlti r..ii.r . :t t t .ni .1 ca..uuau. Bi.vci, iuo repeal ui iuu.i.suuijhiuu act and of all national bank laws. It advo cates the eight hour law, a national bureau for regulating the wages of labor, compuUo ry education, an equitable system of taxa tion and a portion of the piison contract system and such legislation as will place the rail road and telegraph system underthe ab solute control of the government. The con veutlou remained In session until ten o'clock last night. About twenty delegates wero present. Thomas W, Spurr, of Schuylkill county, was chairman of the convention A strong effort was inado by a delegation of greenback men to havo tho labor men unite with them, but the labor men refused to have anything to do with them; aud adopted a platform and nominated a ticket preme Judge Judge William El well of Columbia county. Auditor General John M, Davis, Pitts burgh, Stato Treasurer James L, Wrigbt 0f Philadelphia. The convention then adjourned tine die. The Situation at Wilkosbarrc. Dispatches from Wilkesbarro say that tlio prospect for a compromise, which had beeu bright for several days past, lias been again dispelled by the miners., Negotiations were afoot for a compromise, but tlio strikers now say that they will never submit unless their full demand tho tweiity-fivo per cent, ad- vance is granted. Secret meetings wero held Thursday night by tlio miners, at which this determination was confirmed. In tho mean time tho worst features of this prolonged idleness is coming to tlio surface. Tho farui ersof tho vicinity aro being plundered and robbed of everything probable by bands of marauders, aud in somo sections tho most ter rible apprehensions exist. It is said that many of thoso depredators aro known, aud that tlio military will shortly attempt to ar rest them. Iu thiscaso a bloody outbreak may bo looked for, as tho temper of tho mi ners is now at a tcrriblo pitch. Troublo from tramps is reported at Co lumbia, Lancaster, Duncannon nnd other points along the Pennsylvania Railroad. A vigilance comniitteo is being organized at Columbia to meet tho evil. At Graysville, near Lancaster, a gang of nearly one hun dred tramps raided on a farmer's premises, Policemen and citizens went to his ald.when tho tramps opened fire with pistols, but they were driven off, und fivo of them wounded. A farmer, named Powcrs,was fatally wound ed. Milton Gramm, a prominent citizen of Dunr union, was recently robbed aud murdered by two tramps, as ho left a train nt Maryville. A freight train was recently wrecked between Malvern and Frazler's by tramps, who attempted to plunder the cars. In a light between them and tho train hands ono of tho latter, named Converse, was killed. A Democratic majority of thirty-cieht on joint ballst in tho California Legislature will inako it quite unnecessary for Mr. Sargeant to continue his Senatorial canvass. He may drop his libel suits now and devote himself to an uniutemipted study of tho Chinese question. Perhaps if this meddlesome aduifii. istratiou had not interfered with Sargeant's ablo management of tho navy yard the result might havo been different j but th'uly-oight is a good deal of a majority, and it is altogether likely that the California pcoplo havo had enough of Sargent. It is a bad year for ring Senators. lteturns of the .Maine election, hold Mon day indicate the re-election of Connor, lte publican, for Governor, by about 8000 ma jority, and a two-thirdsjtepublican majority in tno Legislature. MAllKETJlEPOltTS. BLOOMSBUItO JiAHKET. Wheat per bushel sit Kya " .Ti corn, new, " cs oats, " . SO' Klour per barrel , ....... 10 00 Cloverseed tod Flaxseed muter r."!";;"!i;! f as Elf its ..'HSfe;n Tallow A;i!S,-,i5 Potatoes ,, sv" f'S; 8aa.:.::!::;;:::.::;:::;::isNf,'-;j hides Shoulders .,,......,.ri:'..K. .!M'."" AO Lard per pound . ..,........r..T 11 Jlaypertoa ulou Iiceswax , . " ; Timothy Seed ......".....'.ir.'.'I' 'uo . ,, WOTATIONS FOR COAL. No.4op Wliarr, , s s.MperTon go-5 ;,' $s,i r No. s " t 8 eo ' Blacksmith's Lutup on Whart ...... 1 8.S3 " " bituminous " .,.,.... H w " Marriages. KAIII.Elt-HUI)DI.E80.V.-ln Bulcksblaoy on tho sth last., at tho residence or O. O. Kahlor by tho ltev. W, M.Cromau.Slr. O. Jesso Kahleror Sblcfc shinny, Luzerne couuty to Miss bora Huddleaon. of Salem, Luzerne county, Pa. Deaths. MUSSLEMAN.-OU the 8oth ult,, Joseph Isaiah, son ot Ell and Rebecca A, Huasluuiau, aged J year, to months and lOdajs. HA11TMAN,-In Hemlock-, September 1st, Mrs. Samuel llurlman, &gcd4s years ancll days. WAQONER.-In IHemlock on the 4th Inst., Matty Elmlra Wagoner, sued 1 year, months and 80 UayB, JOllNbON.-ln Light bUttt, Adda Johnson, aged about three cars.
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