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    VOL. 46
It Huntingdon Journal.
J. A. NASH,
t.DCRBORROW,
POELISRERS AND PROPRIETORS.
re on the Corner of Bath and Washington streets.
'HE HUNTINGDON JOCRNAL is published every
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Travellers' Guide.
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arrives at Huntingdon at 1 57 A. x.
The Cincinnati Express Eastward, leaves Altoona at
55 P. m., and arrives at Huntingdon at 7 05 P. M.
Pacific Express Eastward, leaure Altoona at 7 15 A. M.,
d passes Huntingdon at
Cincinnati Express Westward. leaves Huntingdon at
'l5 a. m., and arrives at Altoona at 4 50 A. M.
The Fast Line Westward, pass. Huntingdon at 7 35
and arrives at Altoona at 8 45 P. m
UNTINGDON AND BROAD TOP RAILROAD.
Winter
On and after Wednesday, Nov. 2211, 1870, Passenger
-ains will arrive and depart as follows :
P nunirs.
1 Accom.
.CCOM. MAIL
STATIONS
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P. M. A. M.: -------
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: A. M. 1 P. M.
. 5 20 . 9 00Iluntingdon : An 8 40..4 10
520 9OS Long Siding, 8 29' 402
542 9 21. McConnellstown 1 8 13, 346
549 930 Pleasant Grove ' 5 051 333
003 945 Marklesburg ' 7 50. 323
618 10 00 Coffee Run , 735 308
6 29' 10 08 Rough and Ready , 727 800
640 10 M Cove 712 246
04: 10 27 Fishers Summit 706 241
705 10 43 , oxton 650 225
: 1 10 10 SO; 256
11 68 Riddlesburg 1 58
' 11 16 Hopewell • 3. 38
, 11 36 Pipers Rntt llB
11 56 Tateiville
11 10
12 OS ,Bloody Run , 105
1.12 12iMount Dallas 1 1.. 100
SHOUP% RUN BRANCH.
a 7 10.L6 10 55 1
!Saxton, • ~. 6 40 . .2 00
7 201 11 10,Coalmont...— ...... -. 6 25' 205
730 11 15!Crawford.-. ......... . 620 200
a 740 as 11 25 Dudleyl o Lt 1 00
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Nov. 22, 1870.
Professional Cards,
Vr, ILES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at-
Law,A-V-A- lluntingdon, Pa., will attend promptly
all legal business. Office in Cunningham's new
IT ALLEN LOVELL, Attorney-at
-1-3,..• Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to COLLECTIONS of all kinds; to the settle
cent of Estates, &c.; and all other Legal Business
nosecuted with fidelity and dispatch.
frifr Office in room lately occupied by R. Milton
peer, Esq.
91 W. MYTON, Attorney-at-Law, Hun
-a- • tingdon, Pa. Office with J. Sewell Stewart,
Esq. Dan. 4,71.
JHALL 3IUSSER, Attorney-at-Law.
• iluntingdon, Pa. Office, second floor of
Leister's new building, Bill street. Dan.4;7l.
A P. W. JOHNSTON, Surveyor
A:x.. and Scrivener, Huntingdon, Pa. Al! kinds
of writing, drafting, &c., done at short notice.
Office on Smith street, over Woods & Williamson's
Law Office. [mayl2,'69.
31. & 31. S. LYTLE, Attorneys
• • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend to
all kinds of legal business entrusted to their care.
Office on the south side of Hill street. fourth door
west of Smith.
T SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at-
Y • Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office, Hill street,
three doors west of Smith. [jan.4'7l.
X A. POLLOCK, Surveyor and Real
rir • Estate Agent, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend
to Surveying in all its branches. Will also buy,
or rent Farms, Houses, and Real Estate of ev
ery kind, in any part of the United States. Send
for a circular. [jan.47l.
DR. J. A. DEAVER, having located
at Franklincille, offers his professional ser
;ices to the community. Ljan.4,7l.
W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law
irfi • and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon. Pa.,
Soldiers' claims against the Government for back
pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend
e•l to with great care and promptness.
Office on Hill street Dan.4;7l.
JOIIN SCOTT. S. T. BROWN. J. M. BAILEY.
caCOTT, BROWN & BAILEY, At
torneys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Pensions,
and all claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against
the Government will be promptly prosecuted.
Office on Hill street. Ljan.4,t7l.
D.
D. P. MILLER, Office on Hill
L. street, in the room formerly occupied by
Dr. John M'Culloch, Huntingdon, Pa., would res
pectfully offer his professional services to the citi
zens of Huntingdon and vicinity. pan. 4,71.
R. PATTON, Druggist and Apoth
v • ecary, opposite the Exchange Hotel, Hun
tingdon, Pa. Prescriptions accurately compounded.
Pure Liquors for Medicinal purposes. [n0v.23,'70.
DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his
professional services to the community.
Office o'n Washington street, one door east of the
Catholic Parsonage. Dan. 4,11.
EJ. GREENE, Dentist. O ffi ce re
• moved to Lender's new building, Hill stree t
Feltingdon. [jan.4,'7l.
RALLISON MILLER, Dentist, has
. ceihoted to the 'Brick Bow, oppoeite the
ourt House. [jan.4,'7l.
EXCHANGE HOTEL, Huntingdon ;
P. JOHN E. MILLER, Proprietor.
J.aatiary 4, 1871.
OR ALLKINDS OF
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JOB WORK,
Od 'WW2 JortimAL Bun-Dr:gra, corner of Washing
ton and Bath streets. Oar presses and type arc
all new. and work is executed in the best style.
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J.. R. DURBORROW & Or)
THIRD SESSION OF TELE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS
rRESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE-No. B.]
JOINT RESOLUTION for the protec
tionand preservation of the food fishes
of the coast of the United States.
Whereas it is asserted that the most
valuable food fishes of the coast and the
lakes of the United States are rapidly di
minishing in number, to the public injury,
and so as materially to affect the interests
of trade and commerce : Therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
President be, and he hereby is authorized
and required to appoint, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, from
among the civil officers or employees of
the government, one person of proved
scientific and practical acquintance with
the fishes of the coast, to be commissioner
of fislrand fisheries, to serve without addi
tional salary.
SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That
it shall be the duty of said commissioner
to prosecute investigations and inquiries on
the subject, with the view of ascertaining
whether any and what diminution in the
number of the food fishes of the coast and
the lakes of the United States has taken
place; and, if so, to what causes the same
are due; and also whether any and what
protective, prohibitory, or precautionary
measures should be adopted in the premi
ses; and to report upon the same to Con
gress.
SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That
the heads of the Executive departments
be, and they are hereby, directed to cause
to be rendered all necessary and practica
ble aid to the said commissioner in the
prosecution of the investigations and in
quiries aforesaid.
SEC. 4. And be it further resolved, That
it shalt be lawful for said commissioner to
take, or cause to be taken, at all times, in
the waters of the sea-coast of the United
States, where the tide ebbs and flows, and
also in the waters of the lakes, such fish
or specimens thereof as may in his judg
ment, from time to time, be needful or
proper for the conduct of his duties as
aforesaid, any law, custom, or usage of
any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, February 9, 1871.
[RESOLUTION OP GENERAL NATURE-NO. 9.]
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the
sale (*a portion of the Fort Leavenworth
military reservation to the Kansas Ag
ricultural and Mechanical Association,
of Leavenworth county, in the State of
Kansas, for fair grounds.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembles!, That
the Kansas Agricultural and Mechanical
Association, a corporate body organized
under and by virtue of the laws of the
State of Kansas, is hereby authorized to
purchase from the United States, for the
sole purpose and use of such association as
a fair ground, and for experimental agri
culture and horticulture, that portion of
the Fort Leavenworth military reservation
bounded and described as lbllows, viz :
Commencing at the southeast corner of the
premises herein described, at a point one
hundred feet north and in continuation of
the west line of Sixteenth street, as laid
down and recorded in the map of the city
of Leavenworth, and one hundred feet north
of the south line of said reservation ; thence
running westerly and parallel to said south
boundary two thousand five hundred and
eighty feet to the east line of Nineteenth
street; thence northerly and in continua
tion of the east side of said Nineteenth
street two thousand one hundred and sev
enty-five feet; thence easterly and parallel
to the south line of said reservation two
thousand five hundred and eighty feet ;
thence southerly and parallel to the west
line of the premises herein described two
thousand one hundred and seventy-five feet,
to the place of beginning, containing one
hundred and twenty-eight and eighty-two
one-hundredths acres of hind, more or less;
i lreserving to the government or assigns the
iright to the coal, or royalty for coal, under
lying the same. :
1 SEC. 2. And be it farther regolvcd, That
the Secretary of War is hereby directed
to appoint a commission of competent•army
officers, of such number as he may deem
best, which said commission shall, without
unnecessary delay, examine and report the
true value of the land hereinbefore descri
bed to the Secretary of War. On receipt
of this report, the Secretary of War will
forward certified copies of the same to the
Secretary of the Interior and to the Kansas
Agricultural Association. .
SEC. 3. And be it further resolved. That
whenever the association thus notified shall
place to the credit of the United States, in
lawful money. the amount of said appraisal,
and notifiy the Secretary of the Interior
of such deposit, it shall he the duty of the
Secretary of the Interior to cause to be is
sued to the said Kansas Agricultural and
Mechanical Association a patent for the
said land above described : Provided. That
the association shall make the said deposit
Iwithin one year from the date of the notice
of appraisal from the Secretary of War.
Approved, February 9, 1871.
WITH
BUSINESS CARDS,
CONCERT TICKETS
[RESOLUTION Or GENERAL NATCRE-No. to.
JOINT RESOLUTION to exempt cer
tain boats from the payment of marine
hospital dues, and for other purposes.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
provisions of an act entitled An act to
reorganize the marine hospital service, and
to provide for the relief of sick and disa
bled seamen," approved June twenty-nine;
eighteen hundred and seventy, and also
the provisions of the first section of a cer
tain other act entitled "An act to regulate
the foreign and coasting trade on the north
ern, northeastern, and northwestern fron
tiers of the United States, and for other
purposes," approved, July one, eighteen
hundred and - seventy, shell not apply to
nor he construed to include canal-boats em
ployed in navigating the canals within the
United States, notwithstanding such ca
nal-boats may be enrolled or licensed for
the coasting trade; and no person employ
ed in or connected with the navigation,
management, or use of canal boats in the
coasting trade shall by reason thereof be
entitled to any benefit or relief from the
marine hospital fund.
SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That
the seventh section of the last above men-
LEGAL BLANKS,
PAMPHLETS,
tioned act he, and the same is hereby,
amended so as to extend to all vessels nav
igating the waters of said frontiers other
wise than by the sea, the fees for the en-
United States Laws.
LAWS
OF TUE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
HUNTINGDON, PA., MARCH 8, 1871.
trance and clearance of which shall be as
follows ; For the entry of a vessel direct
from a foreign port, fifty cents ; Provided,
That ferry-boats running on routes, duly
bounded, and used exclusively for carrying
sealed cars, under the provision of see
tiona five and six, of the act of July twen
ty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
and the regulations of the Secretary of the
Treasury, and ferry-boats carrying passen
gers and their personal baggage only, shall
not he required to enter or clear, or to
pay entrance or clearance fees ; but such
baggage shall, however, be subject to the
provisions of section forty-six of the act of
of March two, seventeen hundred and
ninety-nine, and acts supplementary there
to : And provided further, That enrolled
or licensed vessels departing from or ar
riving at a port in one collection district to
or from a port in another collection dis
trict, and also touching at intermediate
foreign ports, shall not thereby become
liable to the payment of entry and clear
ance fees, or tonnage tax, as if from or to
foreign ports; but such vessels shall, not
withstanding, be required to enter and
clear.
Approved, February 10, 1871.
[RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE-NO. 11.]
L RESOLUTION authorizing the use of
a naval vessel to transport breadstuffs to
Europe.
Resolved by the Senate and house
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assenzbled, That the
President of the United States be, and is
hereby, authorized to cause to be stationed
at the port of New York, and the ports of
Boston and Philadelphia, if the same can
b 3 done without injury to the public ser
vice, one or more of our naval vessels, to
be there held in readiness to receive on
board for transportation such supplies es
may be furnished by the people of the Uni
ted States for the destitute and suffering
people of France and Germany.
Approved, February 10, 1871.
[RESOLCTION OF GENERAL NATURE—No. 12.]
JOINT RESOLUTION in favor of
Joshua Bishop, late lieutenant comman
der United States navy.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the President of
the United States be, and he is hereby,
authorized to nominate, and by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, to
reappoint Joshua Bishop, as a lieutenant
commander in the United States navy.
Approved, February 14. 1871.
[RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATUNE-SO. 13.]
A RESOLUTION for the relief of Lieu.
tenant Commander John N. Quaeken
bush.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of AMerica in
Congress assembled, That the President of the
United States be authorized to nominate,
and by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate to appoint, Lieutenant Com
mander John N. Quackenbush to the ac
tive list of the navy, with the rank to
which he may be entitled thereon.
Approved, February 16, 1871.
[RESOLUTION OF GENERAL NATURE—NO. 14.]
A RESOLUTION to authorize the Presi
dent to permit William L. Hanscom,
late a naval constructor of the navy of
the United States, to withdraw his resig
nation of tirat-crffice-.
Resolved by the Senate and Haase
of Representatives of the wiled States of
America in Congress assembled; That the
President, if he shall deem it expedient,
be, and hereby is, authorized to permit
William L. Hanscom, late naval construc
tor of the navy of the United States, to
withdraw his resignation of that office,
which was accepted by the Department of
the Navy, January fifth, eighteen hundred
and sixty-six, and to reinstate the said
Hanscom in the office of naval construc
tor : Provided, however, That no pay,
emoluments, or compensation in any form,
shall be allowed or paid under authority
of this resolution, except such as may be
come due under the laws for services
which may be rendered from and after the
time when the said Hanscom shall have
been reinstated by order of the President.
Approved, February 16, 1871.
it irENER I; NATURE -NO. 15.]
AN ACT to amend section twenty-two of
an act entitled An act furthar to pre
vent smuggling. and forother purposes,"
approved -July eighteen. eighteen hun
dred and sixty-six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representaaes of the Cult,' .Sates of
America in Congress assembled, That sec
tion twenty-two of an Act entitled "An act
further to prevent smuggling, and fur oth
er puposes," approved July eighteen,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be and
the same is hereby, amended. so that the
same shall be as follows :
SEC. 22. And belt lartlw cnacted. That
if any vessel enrolled or licensed to Cit ,
gage in the foreign and coasting trade on
the northern, northeastern and northwest
ern frontiers of the United States shall
touch at any port or place in thtradjacent
British provinces, and the master or other
person having charge of such vessel shall
purchase any goods, wares, or merchan
dise, fhr the use of said vessel, said master
or other person having charge of said ves
sel shall report the same ; with cost and
quantity thereof, to the collector or other
officer of the costoms at the first port in
the United States at which he shall next
arrive, designating them --sea stores;" and
in the oath to be taken by such master or
other person in charge of such vessel, on
making said report, he shall declare that
the articles so specified or designated "sea
stores" are truly intended for the use ex
clusively of said vessel, and are not in
tended for sale, transfer. or private use;
and if, upon examination and inspection
by the collector or other officer of the cus
toms, such articles are not deemed exces
sive in quantity for the use of said vessel,
until an American port may be reached by
such vessel, where such sea stores may he
obtained, such articles shall be declared
free of duty; but if it shall be found that
the quantity or quantities of such articles,
or any part thereof so reported, are ex
cessive, it shall be lawful for the collector
or other officer of the customs to estimate
the amount of duty on such excess, which
, shall be forthwith paid by said master or
person having charge of said vessel, on
pain of forfeiting a sum of not less than
one hundred dollars, nor more than four
times the value of such excess, or said mas
ter or other-person having charge of such
vesselshall be liable to imprisonment for a
term of not less than three months nor
more than two years, at the discretion of
the court. And if any other or greater
quantity of dutiable articles shall be found
on boareinch vessel than are specified in
such report or entry of said articles, or any
part thereof shall be landed without a per
mit from a collector or other officer of the
customs, such articles, together with the
.
vessel, lier apparel, tackle, and furniture,
shall be stized and forfeited : Provided al
ways, That articles purchased for the use
of or for ask on board any steamboat, pro
peller, or other vessel, as saloon stores or
supplies, shall bedeemed goods, wares and
merchandise, and shall be liable (when
purchased at a foreign port) to entry and
the payment of the duties found to be due
thereon a$ the first port of arrival of such
vessel in the United States; and for a fail
ure on the part of the saloon-keeper or
the person purchasing or owning such ar
ticles to report, make entries, and pay du
ties, as hereinbefore required, such articles,
together with the fixtures and other goods,
wares, or merchandise, found in such sa
loon or oe or about such vessel belonging
to and owned by suchsaloon keeper or oth
er person interested in such saloon, shall
be seized and forfeited. and such =loon
keeper or other person purchasing and
owning as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay
the sum of not less than one hundred dol
lars, nor more than five hundred dollars,
and in addition thereto shall be imprisoned
for a term of not less than three months
nor more than two years
Approved, Febniary 10. 1871.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 16.]
AN AC to create an additional land dis-
trict is the State of California
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
_America hi ('ongress assembled, That so
much of the districts of lands subject to
sale under existing laws at Marysville and
Shasta, in the State of California, as are
contained in the following boundaries,
shall constitute a new land district, to be
called the Susanville district, bounded as
follows : Beginiug at a point where the
north boundary of township nineteen north,
Mount Diablo meridian, intersects the
eastern boundary of the State of Califor
nia; thence west on the north boundary
of township nineteen north, to the corner
of townships nineteen and twenty north,
ranger i s] thirteen and fourteen cast;
thence north to the corner of townships
twenty-one and twenty-two north, ranges
thirteen and fourteen cast; thence west
to the corner of townships twenty-one and
twenty-two north, ranges eleven and twelve
east; thence north tithe corner of town
ships twenty-three and twenty-four north,
ranges eleven and twelve east; thence
west to the corner of' townships twenty
three and twenty-four north, ranges eight
and nine cast; thence north to the corner
of townships twenty-five and twenty-six
north, ranges eight and nine east; thence
west to the corner of townships twenty-five
and twenty-six north, ranges five and six
east ; thence north between ranges five
and six to the northern boundary of the
State of California ; thence east on said
boundary line to the northeast corner of
said State; thence south on the eastern
boundary of said State, the place of begin
ning.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the location of the office for said district
shall be designated by the President of
the United States, and may be changed by
him from time to time as the public con
venience may seem to require.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, a register and a receiver for said
-hued dibtriet, Who shall respectively bere
quired to reside at the site of the office,
be subject to the same laws, and entitled
to the same compensation as is, or may
hereafter be, prescribed by law in relation
to other land offices in said State.
Approved, February 10, 1871.
[GENERAL NATURE-NO. 17.]
AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain
lands reserved for the use of the Me
nomonee tribe of Indians, in the State
of Wisconsin.
it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Interior is hereby author
ized to cause to be subdivided, appraised,
and sold a portion of the lands, not ex
ceeding six townships, reserved for the
use of the Menomonee tribe of Indians,
in the county of Shawanaw, and State of
Wisconsin, as follows : The said lands shall
he appraised by two or more disinterested
appraisers, to be selected and appointed by
said Secretary, in eighteen acre lots, ac
cording to the public survery. Such ap
praisal shall state the quality of 'the soil,
the quality, quantity, and value of the
timber, growing on each lot; and, when
returned to the land office of the district
in which such lands are situated, shall be
subject to public inspection for at least
six ity days before the day appointed for the
sale of said lands, as hereinafter provided.
One copy of said appraisal shall be made
and returned to the land office of the district
in which such lands are situated within
six months from the taking effect of this
act, and duplicate thereof to the Secretary
of the Interior; and the persons appoint
ed to make such appraisal shall receive
such compensation for their services as
may be fixed by the Secretary of the In
' terior.
SEC. 2. And furth , r enacted, That
the lands appraised as aforesaid shall he
advertised for sale by notice of not less
than three months, to published in at least
three newspapers of the slid district hav
ing general circulation, and shall be offered,
at public auction; at the nearest Govern
ment
land office within Green Bay agency,
to the highest bidder, in lots of not ex
ceeding eighty acres; but shall not be sold
for less than the appraised value thereof.
None of said lands shall be subject to I
private entry until the same shall have I
been offered as aforesaid, and then only at
the price fixed by such appraisal. All of
said lands remaining unsold at the expira
tion of one year after they shall have been
offered as aforesaid shall be again adver
tised and offered, at public auction, at the
nearest Government land office within the
Green Bay agency, at not less than the
minimum of one dollar and twenty-five
cents per acre, and thereafter shall be sub
ject to private entry at the latter price,
and shall in all cases be sold for cash only.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the townships thus selected for sale shall
be in a compact body, and consist, if prac
ticable, of unoccupied lands: Provided,
That sloth portions of the same as may be
occupied and improved, if any. by mem
bers of the tribe, not exceeding eighty
acres to each settler, shall not be sold with
out the consent of the party in possession,
but shall be valued as other subdivisions,
the appraisers reporting separately the
value of the improvements thereon; which
tracts may,iffien, with the consent of the
occupants, be sold, and the price of the
improvements paid over to the respective
occupants.
Sao. 4. And be it further enacted, That
from the first proceeds of the sale of lands,
as hereinbefore provided, shall be paid the
expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale
thereof; and the residue of such proceeds
shall be paid to or funded for the benefit
of said tribe, in such manner as the Presi
dent, with the assent of the chiefs and
headmen of said tribe, may determine.
SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall be and remain inoperative,
as to the first five sections thereof, until
full and satisfactory evidence shall have
been placed on the files of the office of
Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the
sales herein authorized have the sanction
of tribe, evidenced by orders of agreement
taken in full coancil.
J. G. BLAINE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Vice-President' of the United States and
President of the Senate.
[NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
—The foregoing act having been presented
to the President of the United States for
his approval, and not having been returned
by him to the house of Congress in which
it originated within the time prescribed by
the Constitution of the United States, has
become a law without his approval.r
pritliug fox thy 41qation.
Tit-Bits, Taken on the Fly.
Disraeli is coming to America.
Paul Morphy has quit chess and gone
to law.
Col. James Fisk, Jr., opened the ball of
the Ninth Regiment, by dancing with
Mrs. Fisk.
Dr. Mercer Brown died at Middletown,
Dauphin county, Sunday morning, aged
seventy-five years.
Senator Morrill, of Maine, is not so ill
as has been represented, whichthe country
will be glad to know.
A Norwegian woman with twenty chil
dren recently arrived in Milwaukee. the
children were all her own.
It is known beyond a doubt that Presi
dent Grant will visit California after Con
gress adjourns, accompanied probably by
Secretary
Governor English, of Connecticut, heads
a petition to the City Council of New
Haven to allow the running of the street
cars on Sunday.
"Chorpenning" is a newly coined word,
meaning swindling the Government
without incurring penalty, much used in
Washington at present.
The election of M. Theirs as chief ex
ecutive of France appears to he well re
ceived by the French people, and the press,
generally, approves the selection.
A number of literary men in London
talk of celebrating the anniversary of
Shakespeare's birth—April 23—by a din
ner in the poet's house at Stratford.
Two short treatises on Pennsylvania
German are in course of compilation, a
grammar by Professor Notz, and a vocaba •
Lary of Mr. E. H. Ranch, of Lancaster.
General J. B. Magruder, well known as
a prominent actor in the rebellion, died a
few days since, in the city of Houston,
Texas. He had reached the age of sixty
years.
The Democrats of Ndw Hampshire have
failed in efforts to persuade the Labor Re
formers to withdraw their candidate for
Governor, and vote for the Democratic
numineo.
There is a man living in the moantahn
of North Carolina who, it is said, has
reached the age of 143 years. At the
time of Braddock's defeat he was twenty
years old, and had a wife and three chil
dren.
The supposed gold mine on Leading
Creek, Randolph county, West Va., which
caused so much excitement several months
ago, and reported to be worthless, has been
pronounced by geologists to be a rich vein
of nickel.
Let us give honor to whom honor is due.
Governor Randolph, of New Jersey, a
Democrat, has signed the joint resolution
passed by the Legislature ratifying the
Fifteenth Amendment to the National
Constitution.
The Missouri State Senate has passed a
concurrent resolution, previously adopted
by the House, asking Congress to pass a
full and complete amnesty net. The House
has passed a bill taxing all the railroads
in the Sate. •
The Greensburg Republican and Demo
crat pronounces the story that the late Jno•
Covode left an estate worth over a million,
a fabulous one, and furnishes some facts
and figures going to show that the estate
will not amount to $300.000.
The pine forests of Pennsylvania are
rapidly melting away. For ten years past
the consumption of timber to supply the
numerous saw mills at Williamsport alone
has been immense. The amount of logs
rafted out of the boom fot the present
season will cut over 215,000,000 feet of
boards.
Di. Mercer Brown, father of John
Brown, Esq., of the Ilarrisbur 7, Patriot,
died at his residence in Middletown, on
Sunday morning , in the 75th year of his
age. He was rn near West 'Chester,
April 19, 1776. Entering the office of
Dr. King, of Columbia, at an early age,
tie devoted himself assiduously to the study
of the profession he had chosen, graduating
in the year 1815, with the degree of doctor of
medicine. Subsequently he became a suc
cessful practitioner at Wrightsville, York
county. where, after remaining several
years, he removed to Middletown.
The female suffragists continue their
efforts in Washington to secure the ballot.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker succeeds
Mrs. Woodhull in public lecturing. and
will this week deliver her moral and relic ,
ions argument for the enfranchisement of'
woman. On the other side Mrs. Almira
Lincoln Phelps will, in a few days issue an
address to the women of the country and
more especially to the old pupilsof her late
sister, Mrs. Willard, and of her own call
ing on them to protest against female suf
frage indicate themselves as true women.
General Sheridan told a correspondent,
at Florence, in regard to his observation of
the Franco-German war, that in the first
place he saw very well that the Germans
were "walking
over the track," and sec
ondly, that he did not find any important
advances 'upon the tactics already adopted
by American strategists. But with regard
to the national defence of France, General
Sheridan considered that the want of good
cavalry had prevented the French com
manders from repulsing their invaders,
and he estimated that a flying column like
his own, vigorously directed, would have
cut the Germans all to pieces and liberated
Paris long before now.
Little Things and Great Results,
A gnat choked Pope Adrain to death,
which caused wonderful changes in the
destination and history of the whole world.
A counsellor of Rome was strangled by
a hair in the milk which he drank. This
event caused the most serious result of any
thing that ever transpired in his family.
Anacreon,
one of the lyric poets, is said
to have lost his life by swallowing the
skin of a raisin. The world then lost one
of the most illustrious poets and writers.
A destructive war between France and
England was occasioned by a quarrel be
tween two boy princes. •
The "Grasshopper War," which took
place about the time the Pilgrims came to
New England in the Mayflower, between
two Indian tribes, was brought about in
this way: An Indian woman, with her
little Son, went to visit a friend belonging
t 3 another tribe. The little fellow caught a
large grasshopper on the road and carried it
with him. A lad from the other tribe
wanted it, but he refused to give it up. A
quarrel ensued, which soon drew the fathers
and mothers into the dispute, and ere long
the chiefs were engaged in a war which
nearly exterminated one tribe.
Several centuries ago, some soldiers of
Modena carried away a bucket from a
public well at Bologna, which was the
cause of a long war; and the King of
Sardinia was imprisoned for twenty-two
years, where he died.
An English and French vessel had a
quarrel about which should be supplied first
from a certain well of water, which induced
a war that cost 1,000 lives.
The great philosopher, Newton, was a
child playing with soap bubbles. which led
him to his most important discoveries in
optical instruments.
Stephen Montgolfier saw a shirt waving
when hung before the fire, from which he
first conceived the idea of a balloon.
When Gallileo was in the Metropolitan
temple of Persia, he observed the oscilla
tions of a lamp; and this was the first con
ception of a correct method of measuring
time. •
The introduction of the telescope is due
to a litle boy playing with spectacle glasses.
The art of printing was suggested by a
man cutting the letters of his name on the
bark of a tree and impressing them on
paper. On account of which we have books
printed on good legible type on almost any
and every subject sought by the human
mind.
Hold Fast Below,
A party of Irishmen, wee upon a time,
contracted to clear a very deep well.
"Having none of the usual conveniences
employed for such purposes, they were at
a loss to get one of the party on a little
ledge near the bottom to assist in the
process of getting out water, mud, etc. At
last Jimmy Phelan, a herculean fellow,
proposed a plan which was consider just
the thing.
It was this: Jimmy was to clasp his
big Ssts around the windlass; then another
of the party was to clamber down and
hold on by his legs, and so on until the
last man should be able to leap upon the
ledge.
Being slightly corned with liquor, the
party prepared for the decent, without
stopping to contemplate the difficulties
involved in the adventure.
With bared breast, and sleeves tucked
up, big Jimmy seized the round portion
of the windlass directly over the well and
swung himself over. Another of the party
crept down Jimn — VFl7ol dy
by the boots. After severer more had fol.-
lowed suit, and the human chain began to
stretch far in to the well, Jimmy became
alive to one grate difficulty; the windlass
did not afford him a good hold in the first
place, and the weight was getting intoler
able. _ .
At last human sinew could stand it no
longer, and Jimmy hailed the lower link
in the chain with :
“Be jabers, Pat howld fast below till
sphit on me haus.
Suiting the action to the words, lie re
leased his hold, when, of course, the whole
party was preciptated to the bottom of the
well. As luck would have it, there was
more mud than water where the Hibernians
lit, an they wisely considered themselves
particularly fortunate in escaping without
actual loss of either life or limb.
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The Corner Lounger.
The young squirt on the corner, with
his hat a little on one side, the stub of a
cheap cigar in his mouth, and a stare for
every lady that passes, is a loafer Do you
know where he gets his money ? His mother
earns it for him by taking in washing.
Poor soul ! she thinks her boy will get
work soon. Ile could find work enough
to keep him busy from early mourn until
evening, if he wanted it, but he is a lazy
loafer, and don't want work. If he gets a
place, he neglects his work, or does it so
poorly he is soon discharged. Ile never
wcrks for the same man twice; or. perhaps
he is particlar what kind of work he does.
He is willing that his mother or sister
should sew or wash to earn money for him
to spend, but he is a little particular
as to the work he does. He looks
down on that sweaty carpenter who hur
ries past him, nods condecendingly to his
friend, the shoemaker, and sends a whiff
of smoke into the eyes of bedaubed pain
ters, with both hands full of pots and
brushes. He couldn't borrow 10 cents of
any of them. They know he would never
pay it. They earn their money. He begs
of his mother a part of her hard earnings,
at an age, too, when he is capable of putting
his shoulder to the wheel and adding a little
towards the support of himself and little
brothers and sisters.
The Dandy.
The effeminate man is a weak poultice.
He is a cross between root beer and ginger
pop, with the cork left out; a fresh-water
mermaid found in a cow pasture with
hands filled with dandelions. He is a
teacup full of syliabub ; a kitten in panta
letts ; a sick monkey with a blonde mus
tache. He is a vine without any tendril ;
a fly drowued in oil; a paper kite in a dead
calm. He lives like a butterfly—nobody
can tell why. He is as harmless as a cent's
worth of spruce gum, and as a shirt but
ton without a hole. He is as lazy as a
bread pill, and has no more hope than a
last year's grasshopper. He goes through
life on tiptoes, and dies like cologne water
spilt over the ground.
A YOUNG Hooosier once said to a
Hoosieress, "Sal, is there any body
euurtin' you now ?" And Sal replied.
"Well, Sam, there is one fellow sorter
courtin' and sorter not; but I rather
reckon, it is more sorter not than sorter."
NO. 10.
gomt Oirgle.
The Heavenly. Race.
The race-course, one of the great amuse
ments of the apostolic age, furnished the
apostle Paul with a most striking and beau
tiful illustration of the Christian life. The
ancient races were of intense interest. The
vast amphitheatre is crowded with interest
ed spectators. In the distance is the crown,
made of ivy, oak, or laurel—intrinsically
of no value, but earnestly sought as a re
ward of successful physical effort. The
competitors arc selected, and enter the
course—the race begins—all eyes are fixed
on the runners. Father, mother, brother,
sister, are saying, "Will my son, my broth
er win ?" The runners are stimulated to
tax all their powers to the uttermost in
view of the thousands of witnesses whose
eyes are upon them.
What a scene for the apostle : He seizes
it. and applies it to the Christian life.—
Every Christian is a runner, and the great
est possible preparation should be made for
the race. Every incumbrance should be
laid aside, and the sin to which we are
most naturally inclined, either by our con
stitutional peculiarities or the circumstan
ces in which we may be placed. Business
perplexities, sinful propensities, inveterate
prejudices, lifeless formalities, unbelief,
pride, covetousness, auger, needless indul
gence, will seriously hinder us in the spir
itual race-course. Patience is required.—
The nature of the contest is such that pa
tience will be needed in its meet perfect
state.
The eye must be fixed on Jesus. He is
the "Author and finisher of our faith." and
consequently, He will sustain it. He has
overcome; so we are to look to Him as hav
ing triumphed. As lie triumphed, so shall
we; He gained the crown, so shall we. if
we are successful in the race.
The cloud of witnesses—who are these ?
Doubtless the departed ones. some whom
we have known, our fellow-laborers, sonic
of them members of our own household, the
dear ones of' our hearts. The saints of
olden times are in the cloud. The apostle
gives us a list of some of them in the 11th
Aseor Abel WWI& the list..
The first to enter heaven. he vet speßketh
Enoch, who was translated that he should
not see death ; Noah, the preacher of right
eousness, who yitnessed the dreadful scene
of the destrnetilit of the world's inhabitants
by the flood;. and Abraham, the friend of
God, who could offer his dear Isaac in sac
rifice, are in the Cloud.
What witnesses ! They are looking,
lowing us along the race-course. How anx
ious ! "Will he win—will he Lee ?" they
exclaim ; and the scene brightens, and they
become jubilant on the arrival of the dear
ones who had struggled hard for the crown
of life.
ow inspiring to think that the dear
ones—those we have known and loved in
other years, with whom we have taken
sweet counsel, and with whose spirits we
have held sweet communion, though safe
beyond the conflicts of life—have not for
gotten us, but are interested for us still :
That mother—dear name—with what anx
ious solicitude she watched over my early
years, . . _
" And taught my roving feet.
To tread the heavenly road!"
she is thinking of me still, and her auxiou
eye follows us along the race-course. That
dear little one—an angel now—that early
gained the prize, is among the witnesses.—
They know our struggles and conflicts, and
how often do they whisper. when we are
fainting, or growing weary. -Be of good
coor on—endure a little lono.er."
and then exclaim, comes d'ulice,;-
mother, brother, sister, child!" What
greetings, what eestaciesare there ! Friends
separated by death are now in each other's
embrace—safe at last
Will not heaven be surpassingly sweet.
after the conflicts of the raee ? weloe.k
over the dangers and difficulties of the
course, will not our joy swell to raptures
that we triumphed and gained the prize:
And, donbtlem, we shall then understand
something - of the feeling of the sainted
Whitfield who said if he ever reached
heaven, the fact that he found himself
safely there, would be the greatest wonder
that he should ever find in that world.
Sin forever left behind no.
Earthly visions cease to hind.
Fleshly fetters cea,e to hind u•
Ah! 'lb , heaven at last!
On the jasper threshhold standing:,
Like a pilgrim safely landing,
F. th e ,t eett m e , l"right seeneexpandin,.
Ah! heaven at last ! '
Advantages of Plain Attire at Church.
1. It would lessen the burdens of many
who find it hard to maintain their place in
sneiett%
2. It would lessen the force of that, mp
tations which often lead men to barter hon.
or and honesty 14 display....
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3. If there was lei .rife m dress at
church. people in moderate circumstances
would be more inclined to attend.
4. Universal moderation in dress a
church would improve the worship by the
removal of many wandering thoughts.
5. It would enable all classes of people
to attend church better in unfavorable
weather.
6. It would lessen, on the part of the
rich, the temptations to vanity.
7. It would lessen, on the part of the
poor, the temptation to be envious and
malicious.
8. It would save valuable time on the
Sabbath.
9. It would relieve our minds from a
serious pressure, and thus enable us to do
more for good enterprises,
The Secret of Good Work.
• Some years ago I was brought in con
tact with a colored man. He was nothing
but a cobbler—he said himself he was not
a decent shoemaker, and I can testify to
that from some experience of his work.
But if not elegantly done, it was thorough
ly done, and that was the point. He told
me that when he became too old and crip
pled to work in the field and house, he
took to cobbling. I said to him.
"My friend, after this cobbling on earth
is done, how about the other world ? Have
you any hope for a better world?"
-Ah, master," said he. sin nothing,
as I told you, but a poor cobbler, but I
feel, when I sit here and work at my stool,
that the good Master is looking at me. and
when I put on a heel tap. it is not paper,
but good leather."
It is not the work we do upon earththat
makes the whole of life, but it is the way
in which we do that work—it is the mo
tive, "Thou, God, seest me."
Cheerfulness- - 4s half one's own good
ness, and half a belief in the goodness of
others.
Temperance meetings are being held iv
almost every county in the State.