jlnnlmrg mtriraiu H. 8. MJISSER, E. WILVERT 5 Editors. SUXBURY, JUNE 11, 1875. Itepnblicau State Ticket. foe ooveunou : GEN. JOHN F. JIARTRANFT, Of Montgomery County, FOB 8T4TE TREASCEEB : HON. IIENRY UAWLE, Of Erie. Ox Wednesday of last week the New Hampshire legislature met. The two De mocratic Senators who were awarded cer tificates by the governor auJ his- council. although they did not receive a majority of votes, were sworn in b3 Governor AVeston. This gave the Democrats seven senators to five Republicans. The Republicans enter ed a protest against the admission of Sena tors Priest and Proctor, and then with drew, llr. Sanford, a Republican, was fleeted 6peakerof the house. A resolution was offered directing the speaker to obtain the opinion of the Judges of the Supreme court on the contested election cases. A hearing was had before the Supreme court, on Monday last, Chief Justice Cusbing and Associate Justices, Ladd and Smith, on the bench, in relation to the Senatorial question. Republicans were represented by Hon. Austin F. Pipe, and the Demo crats by Stale Attorney Geueral J-wis W. Clark. The Court reserved its decision. Pending au election by the legislature of a Governor, it is claimed that there is now no Governor of New Hampshire, and it is proposed to swear in the President of the Senate as Governor pro Unu This, however, would leave the Senate without a quorum, and perhaps still further compli cate matters. The Republicans of Ohio have not "only nominated a good ticket, but they have done that other excellent and strengthening thing, declaring against a third term. General Rutherford II Hayes, who has beeu nominated for Governor, has already served as the chief executive of Ohio. Tlcre is probably no more popular Repub lican in the state, and his election by a handsome majority may reasonably be ex pected. The platform altogether is a good one, and like that of Pennsylvania shows that the party proposes to go into the cam paign this year in a thoroughly busiuees like and earnest way. We Cud the following graceful aud sensi ble compliment to Senator Cameron's lead ership in the Franklin liejjonitory, of Cham ber&burg, a paper which has never before manifested any fee Hugs of friendship to wards the veteran Senator. It is a fitting reward for along life of devotion to hava such words spoken of any man by inde pendent critic of public servant's career : 'As lo the charge that Mr. Rawle is a Cameron man, we presume he is that to the same extent that every other Republi can in the State is, and that simply con cedes the fact that Senator Cameron is a distinguished aud successful leader of the great Republican host, who has won his way to that position by his great ener gy and Cdelity to the party and its prin ciples.' The Democracy of Reading must be a small potato crowd. They held a city meeting, it 6ecms, on Saturday evening, to find fault with the publisher of the Demo cratic paper because he charged them a dollar and a quarter for publishing au ad vertisement for them not as much, proba bly, as he would have charged any busi ness roan for the same amount of space. These politicians arc a shabby set some times, aud arc disposed to think that printers arc bound to work for them with out compensation, and should be grateful fr the privilege oi doing so. The press of the country is waking up to the seh jol issue. The North American, Philadelphia, ojojis of the combination of Democrats and Catholics in Ohio, aud their prospective unity in this Slate, says : "This school question, though dodged and pushed aside in every way, comes up so often that there seems no other way than to meet it squarely. It is not the business of the State to furnish money for teaching religion, and hence the only true ground upon which all can meet in common is to oppose any division of the school iund." The Democrats (iud it impossible to for give the Republican party tor depriving them of the only material out of which they could manufacture ammuniliou for the en suing caiupaigu. The exciting themes of "Caligula and His Horse," "Nero and His Fiddle," "Usurpation," "Treason," and "Nitioual Despotism," are snatched from them forever. Says the Ueiuhir, published at the Na tional Capital, "the Democratic party, for political reasons, is in league with the Roman Catholic Church. That par ty will aid the Church in, its designs for the sake of the Catholic vote, which is cast at the bidding cf the, piiest- hood. Free public education is one of the cardinal doctrines of the Republican party; and it expects the support ot- every right thinking man ; for its. principles are those which alone can preserve the freedom of the country, and keep it in the true path of progress. " TnE Civil Rights act has seemed, until lately, likely to become inoperative, the various actions heretofore brought under it having resulted in decisions and charges adverse to the law. But recently two de cisions have been rendered affirming the rights of action, and exacting the penal ties prescribed by the act. Judge Morrill, of Galveston, Texas, has fined the mana ger of a theatre five hundred dollars for re futiinsi adraissiou to certain colored people, Judje Nelson, (Democrat) of the United States District Court, now in session at Winona, Miunesota, has given an opinion affirming the constitutionality of the sup plementary Civil Rights law. The opinion was delivered in response to a request from i. omnd iurv. who had a case uuder e- - the law before them. Force of example auJ weight of authority will doubtless in duee similar dicisions in other quarters, ud there is a fair prosiicct that some of the cases will be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States for final adjudication. a consutnation much to be desired. It seems that the Kentucky Catholics are using the Democratic party pretty much as their brethren use it in Ohio and New Vnrt The oulv difference is that the Romish Church is succeeding in the former States without a struggle, luey are claim ing and are netting a share of the school fund. Such au appropriation was recently juade by the City Council of Lexington, Hip. matter has scarcely received public notice. The present Gubernatorial canvass Bhould bring the matter prominently louie The following remarks from the speech of Mr. John Cessna, at the Pennsylvania Republican Convention, will stand circula tion: "The Republican patty and the na tion stand pledged to the loyal men of the South, both white ami black, to protect them in the full enjoyment of all the rights wc ourselves possess. We took from the slave his shackles, placed upon his back the uniform of b'.ue, and in his hand the Stars and Stripes'. He fought bravely un der that flag until the war was over, and we would prove recreants aud cowards to desert him after the war is over. The magnanimity of our people may and has restored all lately in rebellion to all their former rights, all the privileges under the government which we claim for ourselves, and at the meeting of Congress in Decem ber next, more otlicers from tbo rebel than from the Union army will receive the oath of office. This may prove that we are lenient, forgiving, magnanimous ; but must not be used to convict us of indiffer ence to the great principles of our party or forgetfulness of the price at which the triumph of the principles was secured.' Inter-Orcan Tnis is the way they tell the 6tory down South when a lady or a couple of ladies kiss Jeff Davis hand. The narrative is from the Shreveport, La., 7irtf., and refers to the occasion of the patriotic address by the "great unhung" at Marshall, Texas. In the whole literature of gush there is nothing equal to it : - On the return trip there wero two beau tiful young ladies on the train, who, when they were introduced to the Confederate chief, kissed his hand, and the grand old man, with princely courtesy, bowed low. and with lips that have spoken words of stern command amind the fire of battle, which have thrilled and swayed Senates, dictated the policies oi States, and marshal ed the ho6tsof the Confederacy to a conflict which sUirtlei! and astonished the world. touched the soft white hands that lay like snow-drops in his own, while to the fair one's cheeks the blush roses stole and mingled with the lilies there. The struggle of lite is fierce, and to (hose who arc leaders of State and Kingdoms, too often bitter; yet when woman bestows the kiss of grati tude and reverence upon the hero's hand scarred though he be by war, broken by cares of State, and increasing years, calum nicated by malice aud cowardice, in that hallowed moment he feels the strife, the la bor, the sacrifice, was not without a sweet and holy recompense.'7 Suicide and Insurance, Ry tbe judgment of the highest court of the State of Maryland it appears that a man's right to take his own life in certaiu circum stances is still intact. In that State a gen tleman had insured his life on the ordinary form of policy, by which the insurance is void if the assured shall die by his own hand or act.' He subsequently hanged himself and the company refused to pay which there is reason to belieye is the cot- mon rule with insurance companies in, all. circumstances. The company was sued, and held liable ; they appealed, aui agaaa the iucxorable judgment was that, sum of the insurance was due to the.huirjs, felo de se to the contrary uotwith&tondhi". It was held by the Court that exe are cir cumstances in which a mji3: may. take his own life that do not come, within the pro hibition of the clause in tile policy. They hold that the policy onlji prohibits au act that is deliberately intended by a sound mind. If a man looking iato the muzzle of a revolver fire it by accident he dies by his own hand literally ; but by an uninten tional act, and for such a loss that company must pay ; and inasmuch as insanity inter rupts healthy volition, as insane man can not be presumed to intend his own death any more than the man does who kills him self by such an accident. It is not our duty to reconcile the view the. court takes, of suicide with the view taken by some philosophers especially in England who argue that the mere fact of suicide is evidence of insanity, and that, therefore, there cannot be any distinction as to sui cides intended and suicides not intended. In the absence of Kuch a duty we conteui- ' plate the decisiou with satisfaction. In sanity has beeu most ingeniously used to defraud the gallows for many years, aud if it can now be employed in the interest, of a much defrauded public to compel slip- pery insurers to come down with their dust we shall be glad to know it. If, as seems almost inevitable, Eu"kad should inaugurate war against Iiurrali ,j , which is the most populous of all the In dian States owing quasi-allegancc to Great Britain, wc may look fur some dsspcrate fighting. The alleged caus es of the trouble are that the Burmese troops Lave made a raid into British territory ; that they have attacked a British survevin? nartv ami j murdered one of its number ; that tbe King of Burmah caused the murder f au English officer, who was exploring last March a caravan route between Iniiaand China; and that the commercial treaty between the King and the British Government has been ojien'.y violated by the former, who refuses to make any satisfaction therefor. We suspect tlie ultimate design of the British. Government to be the annexation of that extensive aud fertile belt of country wUkh separates Calcutta from ita settle ments at Canton. Fkeiuiit Car Thieves Arrested. The Pennsylvania railroad company have ferreted out the perpetrators of a series of freight car robberies on their railroad be tween Harrisburg aud Altoona, aud re covered a considerable amount of goods at the houses of the thieves in Harrisburg. The Patriot says : At the house of Isaac E. Stine, enginr, Third street, above Reily, the bulk of the goods was found. Nearly one hundred pairs of hose were discovered and a large amount of other wearing apparel. At the residence of E. M. Rodgec, conductor, Elder street and Hay alley, more of the pluuder was brought to light. The residences of E. S. Sturgeon, brakeman, aud Daniel Hall, fireman, were visited with similar success. Alderman McFadden committed Siiue, Rodgers and Sturgeon for trial in default of 51,000 bail each and Hall in default of $500. The liewistown Guutte says : Among the saved from the Great Osceola was Mrs. Ramey, formerly of this place. She was up stairs engaged in dressing her children when men knocked at her door and hastily informed her that the fire was sweeping with terrific speed towards the town, and that unless she fled immediately all would meet an inevitable doom. Talcing up her undressed children she hastened from her home, which a few minutes later was a heap of ashes. Her husband was away at the mill working, aud reluming at one o'clock at night found all a desolation, he being hardly able to recognize the site of a home which he had just succeeded iu pay ing for. The Co-operative Iron and Steel Works have been running steadily for the past two weeks and are the only iron woiks at pre sent in operation iu town. They have been turning out seme of the prettiest rails ever made in Danville. Danville ('.,) American. Danville, Hazel on and Wilkes barre Kali road. A meeting of the bondholders of this railroad was held at the office of a Mr. Crawford, and, after discussion of the pro priety of applying for a receiver to take possession of the company's assets, it was concluded that if this were done it would be ouly working into the hands of the lessee (the Pennsylvania Railroad), aud that by July they would own the road, and on re presentations of Mr. S. P. Kase, the presi dent, that the property-owners on the line of road between this road and Boston would liberally subscribe to its completion the matter of receivership was postponed, and a plan of re-organization suggested, by which the stockholders are to agree to elect the bondholders as directors and president, and the present officers are to resigu, and the new board is to pay the debt due to the Pennsylvania railroad, and then manage tbe re-organized company for the benefit of the bondholders. At the meeting it was urged that if suit were made against tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Compauy for their refusal lo pay the interest on the bonds that the decisiou would be in favor of the Danville and Hazleton Company claim that in Mr. J. Thompson's lifetime he agreed to pay the interest on these bonds for thirty three years, but that owing to the receipts of the road being less than they anticipated, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company de clined to nieel these payments. Philadel phia Inquirer. 1 m - Lieutenant-General Sheridan and Miss Irene Uucker, daughter of General D. II. Rucker, wore eaarried last week at the re sidence of the bride's parents in Chicago. The ceremonies were performed by Right Rev. Dr. Foley, Catholic Bishop of that city. General Sheridan will take his youug bride out a the plains for his wedding trip, visiting, among other places, the famous Yellowstone river, the rival of the Yoscmite of California. Secretary Belknap and others accompany the bridal party, and General Custer's cavalry expedition of twelve hundred troopers will furnish the escort. Everybody remembers the brilliaut wed ding last summ-r of a daughter of Leonard W. Jerome, of New York, to Lord Ran dolph Henry, son of au English Duke. Sceptics who. thought the grand "Lord" married for money, will be confirmed in the opinion when they learn that he has utterly failed pecuniarily, aud has had all his pro'perty sold for debt. And yet she will uot be the last silly American, girl to sell lufcrsclf for a worthless title. TL report of Mr. Forster, Insurance Oomniissiouer of this State, contains a stuaber of suggestive facts and valuable tatstnents. He makes, for example, au analysis of the returns from all the Penn sylvania companies, which shows that in 1874, of all the premiums received, o2 per cent, were paid for losses, 2S percent, were absorbed in expenses, and the balance, IS per cent., were profits. Upou the home risks,-however, the profits were 32 per cent, or nearly one-third. The Commis sioner, upou Ihis showing, commends these figures "to the careful consideration of am bitious companies which imagine that a generbf agency business is esseutial to pros perity." The visit of the Sioux Indians to Wash ington has resulted in utter failure, so far as the project to obtain a treaty from them by which they would exchange the Black Hills for other territory, is concerned. They became stubborn because they were not entirely suited iu their entertainment. The President gave them a plain talk, and Secretary Delano has sought to impress them as to their duty ; but they are sullen, suspicious, greedy and childish. There is reason for believing that the use of force will yet become necessary in the manage ment of this troublesome tribe. Tike Toleda Made remarks iu a general way that the Democratic party has singu lar ideas of government. It acts upon the principle that the General Government possesses no power lo do good ; iu fact, that it is a do-uothiug organization an ornament to society aud an asylum to office holders. They have always opposed all improvements by the General Government which were not immediately connected with salt water. They evidently regarded all encouragement to improvements by the Government as pernicious, but supposed that salt would operate as a saving clause in the class to which they asseuted. The Readiug Times says : Between 13, 000 aud 13,000 tons of first-class anthracite pig iron are now held in store at this place, of au aggregate value of about $400,000. The irou has lieen obtained from the fur naces throughout the Schuylkill and Le high Valley, aud considerable of it is held as collateral for money advanced by foreign capitalists. A portion of it is owned by Euglish parties and a considerable portion by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It will be held until au advance is made iu the price of iron, when il will lie thrown upon the market. ;exerai, news items. Snow two feet deep is reported iu the back woods of the Ottawa district of Ca nada. The total value of the agricultural imple ments sent abroad by us last year was S', U89,7.". Advices from Greeley, Colorado, report the wheat crop of that section destroyed by grasshoppers. Louisiana will raise 200,000 barrels of rice this season, or twice as much as last year. During the month of June, the Treasury Department will sell $2,000,000 gold. The Granger movement is represented as being on the decline. Don't go to the Black II ills. The place will probably not be desirable for peaceably inclined persons for some time to come. A worm which twenty-five years ago did great damage among the pine forests of North Carolina is again destructively at work. Cholera is reported to be unusually pre velent in India this year. Wire worms are destroying the corn in some portions of Iowa. The Hebrews in Baltimore are about to erect a $40,000 orphan asylum. The bricklayers of Chicago are preparing to strike for higher wages. A national couventiou of brewers is short ly to be held iu Ciucinnati, Ohio. One thousand nine hundred and sixty five tourists left for Europe on Saturday's steamers. The people of Nebraska want their uni versity closed because it don't accomplish its purpose. Peaches and apples are said to he killed in Michigan. Small fruits promise an abundance. Vicksburg, Michigan, is excited over the appearance of small-pox. Two phy sicians are down with it. A Luzerne county farmer drove into j Scranton with a load of bay, atop of which he carried a calf and a furkiu of Mutter. Two mischevious boys set fire to the hay. Results the hay and wagon were burned, the calf was roasted, and the butter rau off. Watermelons, roasting ears, peaches, pears and cautelopes, are plenty in Georgia, Texas and South Carolina. A crab apple tree in a Reading garden, uow in bloom, bears a white rose in the midst of a cluster of blossoms. A curious freak of nature. Lizzie Bigley, of Albany, hung herself with a switch, because well, because it was tho handiest thing she could get pro bably. An ingenious Indiana burglar sent a lot of complimentary circus tickets to a family the other day, and while they were enjoy ing the show he careered through their house. The old engine house at Harper's Ferry, in which John Brown and his party were stormed and captured, is now used by an uudcrtaker as a hearse house. One million two hundred thousand pounds of honey from a single county seems prodigious for an iudustry ouly about three years old. Yet this is what San Diego county, California, claims. Two bushels of revolutionary cannon balls aud a number of knives and bayonets were ploughed up in a field iu Westchester county, New York, the other day, after having lain undisturbed for .a hundred years. . The Colerado farmers are planting corn on wheat fields devastated by grasshop pers, and the prospect for a largo crop is good. There are bitter complaints from tourists returning from the Yosemite about the poor accommodations and petty annoyances. The total value of the foreign exports of Philadelphia Last month amounted to $2,- 3o7,S78. The leading articles were : In dian com, $G1C,484 ; refined petroleum, $401,547 ; provisions, $327,343 ; cotton, $101,1)27; wheat, $132,007 ; tallow, $104,- $24; cooperage, $80,129; leather, $G0,G09 ; wheal flour, $84,443 ; iron manufactures, $39,171 ; molasses, 44,811 ; crude petro leum, 27,903; naptha, $21,181 ; leaf tobac co, $37,04G. Petrolium oils are uow coming rapidly into use for dressing leather, aud are claim ed to be much better and cheaper than ani mal oils for this purpose. The amount of fruit anuuaHy eold m this country is about $45,000,000, and about $1,000,000 worth of fresh and dried fruit is exported annually. It is said that the Pope has laid by 40, 000,000 francs to meet possible adversities, and that if forced lo leave Italy he will bring it with him. The Williamsport Gazette says the report for the month of May shows that the ship ments of lumber from Williamsport reached a total of 24,453,708 feet, an in crease of 308,708 feet over the shipments of April. The trade is not encourageing by any means. For the same period last year five months the total amount sent to market reached 110,4S5,047 feet. This year the footiugs only aggregate 71,4S0,35S a decline of 39,004,089 feet. A living tree toad was recently found embedded in a gigantic sycamore tree, near Lexington, Kentucky. It is sup posed to have been there for over 300 years. Next week it will be a hundred years since King George, undertaking to feed the colouists in this country on revenue stamps and tea, was notified that he must surren der the entire property. According to the style lately set by the Princess of Wales, il is fashionable among English ladies to have their monograms and coats of arms embroidered in arab esques on their skirts und cornels. New York has fifteen deliuqueut county treasurers, whose aggregate delicieiicy amounts to $022,973. There are eight piu factories in the United Slates, whose annual production is 2,000,000 packs, each pack containing 3300 pins, a total of 0,720,000,000 pins. A sum of $700,000 is expended annually in the city of Minneapolis, Minu., for flour barrels. One mill firm alone pays about $125,000 annually for cooperage. The street dirt in Virginia City. Nev., assays at the rate of $7.54 silver and $2.32 gold to the ton. California pays female teachers the same salaries that male teachers are paid. This is but simple justice. The gum boots so universally worn by by 'gravel miners in California aud else where have latterly been lined with green flanuel, the dye of which is arseuicated. Many persons have been poisoned thereby, some fatally. Pierson C. Cheney, Republican, was on Wednesday elected Governor of New Hampshire by the Legislature in joint con vention. Geo. Braucroft, the historiou, has opened his cottage at Newport, for the first time in several years. A package containing $47,000, address ed to the Park Bank, New York, is be lieved to have been stolen from the Treas urer's office in Wed nesday. 1 1 was to have been sent by express, but was missed when the clerks closed up the day's busiuess, af ter the regular office hours. There ap pears to be no positive clue to the thief, but it is believed the money will soon be recovered as, being principally in $500 notes, it could hardly be used without creat ing suspicion. Telegraphic News. Till: t'OAI, 91 IX KIEV U Alt. Great Excitement at .Mahanoy City SITUATION AT IIAZLETON. Hazleton, June 4 Since last night affairs have beeu quiet at this place and Mahanoy City, the prompt arrival of the military having good effect upon the mob. A band of about three hundred of the raid ers are still lingering close to this place ; it is believed to prevent the authorities from arresting the ringleaders of last night. The chief of police and military will attempt the arrest of the promiuent leaders upon the arrival of the sheriff, whois momentari ly expected, and, as the mob will attempt to prevent it, more bloodshed may be ex pected. TROUBLE AT ST. CLAIR. About five hundred men from St. Clair visited the different collieries in that vicinity and drove the men from work. Excepting a few fights but little damage was done. The whole military force in this vicinity are awaiting orders to go to the scene, and are under amies. There is no doubt many of the mob will be arrested, as the authori ties are determined to punish as many as possible and suppress outlawry. Part of the men at Mount Pleasant colliery, who have beeu workiug without reduction, have struck for an advance in 1874 prices. THE wounded. About twenty raiders were badly wound ed last night, and three are believed to have been killed. Of the authorities wounded all are out of danger and will soon recover. collieries stopped Pottsville, Juue 4 In addition to Downing's colliery, reported this morning as being stopped, Davis' place was also visited and a demonstration made, the men at work being compelled to suspend. Considerable excitemeut prevailed at Min ersville to-day, the mob passing through that place on their way to Wolf Creek to stop collieries in that vicinity. Fiam at shenandoau. At Shenandoah a party of men in ambush attacked a watchmen on duty at the Cen tennial colliery. He immediately returned the fire, and says one of the party was severely wounded. Other collieries there continue strongly guarded by Deputy Sheriff Ileistcr. The presence of the mili tary inspires more confidence. the strikers. A mass meeting of the workingmen was held iu the afternoon, and it was resolved to coutiuue the strike, being guarranteed money, provisions, &c, by the Wyoming and Luzerne men, who are to resume work at the ten per cent, reduction or they can have their choice ; the Schuylkill men will go to work at the twenty per cent, reduc tion and support the Wyoming and Lu zerne men. It was decided that the Wyoming and Luzerne men should resume and support the others, and, whenever possible, em ployment to be fouud for miners continuing on strike. The meetiug was large and well attended, aud was presided over by John Fitzpatrick. excitement in mahanoy city. At Mahanoy City there was such excite ment occasioned by bodies of men being seen lurking on the outskirts of the towu, in the woods. Another train was placed at the disposal of the troops, should it be fouud necessary during the night to move them to other portions of the region. Guards are stationed at the depot of the Western Union Telegraph office, and at the breakers. John Welsh, "president of the Miners' Union, aud Johu Siney, president of the National Associatiou, arrived there this evening accompanied by other prominent members of the Workingmen's Benevolent Association. mahanoy miners stopfed. Pottsville, June 3. Up to this morn ing it was an excepted and fixed fact that we w ere on the eve of a general resumption throughout the Schuylkill regions, the men in a number of instances having signified their intention ot resuming work on the operators' proposition, or 1875 basis, and at East Franklin colliery, near Tremont, a full force of miners still continue working without interruption, there being no demon stration made or disposition to stop them. At the West Mahanoy Colliery, the West Shenandoah and other collieries iu the vicinity of Mahanoy City, there were threats of interference and dissatisfaction made by men out of employment and de termined, if possible, to prolong the strike and delay a general resumption. Early this morning we received a dispatch from there that a large crowd of men form Haz leton and the vicinity, who left Hazleton last night about niue o'clock, had arrived in Mahanoy City this morning, aud were compelling all to go with them to stop the workim; of the mines that had re work since Monday lust. They are about one thousaud strong, marching from colliery to colliery, compell ing all miners to stop work. They visited Silliman'e, Steel's, Leutz & Bowman's, Peter Bowman's collieries. Boylan's min ers stopped work of their own accord, on account of a refusal of an advance of wages. Troops have been applied for. At 9:30 this morning it was reported that only part of Leniz 0 Bowman's men had stopped work. SHENANDOAH THREATENED. Pottsville, June 3. The situation is becomim: more critical. The citizens of Shenandoah have also applied for military aid, they having advices of large bodies of miners marching toward the town to com pell a suspension of work there, aud that Deputy Sheriff Heisler, now stationed their with a posse of fifty men, will be un able to protect the working miners. Gov ernor Hartranft has telegraphed, from Williamsport to Gen. Sigfried hefe, direct ing him to call out the military in case the Sheriff is unable to disperse the mobs. Troops in other localities have been or dered to hold themselves in readiness, At twelve o'clock noon, at Pottsville, troops are assembling iu their respective armories, awaiting orders to march Mahanoy City, Pa.. Juue 3. At three o'clock this afternoon Sheriff Werner tel egraphed that his posse had beeu fired upon and asked for military assistance. The Pottsville Light Infantry and the Goweu Guards, who had been waiting orders since twelve o'clock, were immediately ordered out, and left by a special train for this place, your reporter accompanying them arriving here at five o'clock. We found the mob, generally, had slunk away on the outskirts of the town. The citizens were very much excited, aud all places of business hud been closed since noon. The first disturbance occurred at King, Tyler & Co. '8 colliery, below the town, when tho sherifl, with a posse, or dered the rioters to disperse and go to their homes. One of their chiefs replied they could not drive them away, at the same time a man was observed some dis tance away iu a large tree. He fired upou the sheriff' twice with a large navy revolver He missed his mark. The firiug then became general, the rioters pouring a volley of lire on the small band of citizens, who were outnumbered tweuty to one, the miners having the ad vantage of being above the citizens on the hillside. Two hundred shots were fired by both parties. The sheriff, finding himself overpowered, returned to the town aud re organized his force generally, the citizeus volunteering, and every firearm to be found was brought iuto requisition. He also tel egraphed for military aid. Of the wounded on the citizens' side Henry Lcitcuberger, a policeman, is uow in a critical condition. Henry Lochuau, also a policeman, was wounded in the leg. William Eucke was wounded in the head and another man, name unkuown, was wounded iu the shoulder. Eight of the raiders were wounded and carried away. One of them was killed. After the lighting had ceased the raiders formed iu a hue and marched through the town defiently, headed by music. Of the two thousand men iu line who went down the valley ono thousand return ed here ; then forming into small squads they went in different directions. About six hundred of the raiders came from Hazleton and vicinity, leaviug there at nine o'clock last night, tend arriving here at four o'clock this morning, haviug marched the greater part of the night, compelling every man they met to accom pany them. The balance of the raiders came from Shenandoah, Girardville, Maha noy Plane and places iu that vicinity. Colonel Iluntziuger has established his headquarters in the Mansion House, and the troops are qua'rtered in the city hall. Several companya were also ordered lo Shenandoah, one company reporting from Girardville, another from St. Clair, arriv ing at 7 o'clock this evening, with head quarters in Ferguson's and Shoemaker's Halls. Two company8 from Shamokin arrived there during the night. The streets there are crowded and much excitemeut prevails. The companys there are under the com mand of Colonel Caldwell, whose head quarters are at the Merchants' Hotel. Later 10 P. M. All is quiet here and at Shenandoah. The Sheriff went to the latter place this evening. To-morrow the miners will again resume work at the col lieries where they were at work when interfered with by the mob. The militia are expected to remain here and at Shen andoah sevwal days, or longer, if the citi zens deem it necessary for their safety. The raiders have publicly made threats to burn the town and compel the men to stop work if they made another attempt to resume. They have signified their inten tion of returning soon again. Advices from Shenandoah at half-past ten o'clock state that an attempt was made to throw the evening passenger train from the track between that place aud Mahanoy Plane by placeing railroad sills on the track. A large number of miners are paradin" the streets at St. Clair this evening in sym pathy with the miners here. A special train has arrived here, and has been placed at the disposal of the military should it be found uecessary to move troops to any por tion of the region during the night, aud guards have been placed on duty. Mount Carmel, June 3. Wm. Schweuck & Co.'s colliery, near Mount Carmel, was nearly entirely destroyed by fire this evening. It was fired by a mob of nearly one hundred. The loss is uot known They had worked two days at the reduced price. Pottsvill, June 7. The alarm at Ash land was caused by a number of ar rests being made of meu who had made demonstrations aud intimidating a miner from peacefully going to his work at Shamokin, being left without their own militia, who have gone to Sheuaudoah. There were fears of an outbreak at that place aud Mount Carmel, where a mob had set fire to a colliery and burned it last week. The troops sent from Harrisburg to Shamokin on Saturday were withdrawn this morning, and transportation furnished them to return home, it being unnecessary j to keep them there longer. Mahanoy City I Sheuandoah, and other sections of the I region are reported quiet this morning. I ARREST OF RIOTERS. Ashland, Pa., June 7. This morning j Frank Mullen. Thomas Mullen, Patrick McGuier, Thomas McGuier, Thomas Smart John Smart, John Zrieuerol, James Gill, Henry Madden and William Shield' were arraigned before Esquire Gersel, on :he oath of John Degnant, of ,Doualdsou's Patch, for making riotous demonstrations around bis premises. Degnant was work ing at a colliery upon terms to suit him self, but not the M. and L. B. A., and hence the demonstration and threats. CLEARFIELD LEADERS INDICTED FOR RIOT AND CONSPIRACY. Clearfield, June 7. John Siney, , Xingo Parks aud other prominent leaders oi me 8iriKe were inuic:cu 10-uay ny me ! grand jury for riot and conspiracy. Siney j says he is not ready for trial, but the prose j cution insists on a trial at this term of the I court. Coal operators are hero in full force and are positive of a conviction of these leaders. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 8. There is now no prospect whatever of the miners of the Wyoming region resuming work They and the operators are as far apart as ever, and the good feeling heretofore exist ing has to a certain extent been destroyed. The miners of the Sugar Notch and Waua mie works of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Compauy received notices to-day to vacate their houses within ten days. The men at work in other regions still continue to seud assistance to the strikers here, who are determined to hold out all summer. WASHINGTON. Washington, June 8. Senator Cameron, who was hero to day, expresses the utmost confidence in the ability of the Republicans of Pennsy vauia to elect their State ticket next November. He says the victory gained in Pennsyvania by the Democrats last fall was purely acci dental. It was uot owing to any serious defection anions the Republicans of the Slate, but arose from local causes which hava. been swept away by defeat, which has served to make the Republicans united and determined iu the pending struggle. The third term question might have troubled the Republicans in the canvass had it not been stifled by Grant's letter, The third term, however, is now out of the canvass, aud though the Democrats may keep up a beatiug upou their gongs no one will be frightened. He thinks the President might have made his declination more pointed and positive, but has no doubt that he intended to inform the coun try that he is uot looking to a reuomina- tiou. That is the view of the President's letter all Republicans take, aud Mr. Camerou thinks it of little consequence how the letter is regarded by the Democracy, or what motives they may ascribe to the Republi cans of the country to satisfy a growing feeling of uneasiness touching the third term. They accept it as final, aud will permit no division to be made in their ranks by the transparent feints of the ene my. A few days prior to the publication of the President's letter, aud the assembling of the Pennsylvania Slate Convention, Senator Cameron had an interview with the President, during which, it has been alleged, he urged the President to write a letter declining a third election for pre sentation to the 1'ennsylvauia Convention. Senator Camerou says he never spoke to the President touching the third term, and was as much surprised as anybody could be when the President's letter was made public. Correspondence. TIIK PACIFIC COAST. THE CHINESE THEIR GREOARIOUSNESS WHAT THEY DO TEMPERANCE MER CHANTS AND MECHANICS THE LAUN DRY BUSINESS CHEAP LIVING DRESS WOMEN CONVERSIONS JOSS HOUSES AND THEATRES THEIR FUTURE. San Francisco, June 18' THE CHINESE. This hitter will be devoted mostly to the Chinese, and permit me to say it is a topic that could profitably be extended through a dozeu letters. Very early, as far back as 1850, the Chi nese came, or rather were brought, to Cali fornia. As all the Americans who came to this coast were in search of gold, and as gold could be mined by individuals, labor went up to an absurd price. The man who could make $20 a day working gold, with no capital but a tin pan and a pick, couldn't be induced to work for another man for much less than that sum, and as there were very few women here, the work usually performed by the softer sex was necessarily done by these high-priced men. There being a heavy trade with China, speculators brought over Chinamen as la borers, under contract as to wages. Then others followed, and so it progressed, till the emigration became as fixed and regular a thing as that of the Irish to the Atlautic Slates. San Francisco is, of course, the head quarters of the Chinese, for they all land here and all stay here, unless they have superior inducements to go farther East. Here they constitute a community by them selves. They LIVE BY THEMSLEVES, eat by themselves, drink by themselves, have their own amusement and their own resorts. Tbe Chinese have taken posses sion of Dupont, Jackson, and several other streets, with the alleys leading out of them, and" one, passing through this quarter, might well fancy himself in Canton or Pe kin. AVIIAT THEY DO." When they work for "Melican" people, they serve iu many capacities. They are used as waiters, cooks, scrubbers, and all tbe work doue by girls in other countries, and excellent servants they make. They literally obey orders, and they do it with a celerity aud faiiLfuluesa that is astonishing. They never arsue or question. All that is necessary is for them to know what you want, and they will do it, if it is Jo be done, Consequently, Chinamen have routed Brid get, and occupy her place. They are eX' ceedingly TEMPERATE. ' They never drink, though they do smoke opium, which is more dangerous to them, though not so much so to those about them. I have not yet seen a drunken Chinaman. Their opium dissipation they go away to indulge in, so it does not afflict their employers. But they carry on many occupation on their own account. There are MERCHANTS AND MECHANICS among them in plenty, and mo3t excellent merchants and mechanics they are.- Some of the heaviest importers of teas and Chi nese manufactures are Chinese, and in the items of shrewduess, probity and prompt ness, they rank quite as highly as their American competitors. There are several houses here who do quite as large a busi ness as any of the American houses in the same line. Their mechanics are quite as skillful as any. They have shoemakers, blacksmiths, tailors, and jewelers, who work in the American fashion, and make American goods, and are patronized by Americans. THE LAUNDRY BUSINESS occupies an enormous number of them On every street, and for that matter, on almost every block, you see "Ah Sam,' "Kung Tie," "Sam Lee," all with the le gend, "Washing and Ironing," attached A half-dozen or a dozen of them work to gether, their premises for that number be ing two rooms, ten feet square, in which they work, cook, eat and sleep. The front room is the work-shop proper, but at night it is converted into a dormitory in the simplest manner possible. The long tables on which they starch and irou U converted into beds, as well as the space under them, and they roll in together, and stew and sweat the night out iu comfort that is to say, it is comfort for them, though it would kill any other people in a month. But no matter how they live, they do their work well. The Chinamau will take your shirts and bring them to you with a finish uot attainable elsewhere ; and your collars shine like new ten-cent pieces. And he is reasonable iu his charges, too. his bills averaging about half the New York rates. Most of the families in San Fran cisco who do not keep servants, have their washing done by Chinese laundrymen on the score of cheapness. They afford to work cheap, for THEIR LIVING IS VERY CHEAP. The Chinamen always board themselves, One of their number cooks for the rest, and remarkably cheap is the fare they th rive on Cabbage is a favorite ingredient iu their dishes; rice is the staple, and they con sume for meats the livers, pluck neck pieces I don't know whether the horns are eaten or not. They import immense quantities of a peculiar dried fish from China, and a great many other articles of food, tbe na lure of which I could not ascertain. Pork is a staple, though you may be sure they get none of the best pieces. Their markets are as nasty as nasty can be ; and a Chinese butcher's stall is about the most unsavory place I have ever offered my nose with, Rather nice about their persons, they have none of the European or American fastidi ousness about their eating arrangements. One thing seems to be as good as another to them, so that it supports life. Their. DRESS costs them very little, for there is no change in fashions, and a garment stays by them till it is worn out. It consists of light cork- soled shoes of a quaint, clumsy shape, white stockings, big baggy trowsers, aud a shirt reaching to the knee, all made of cot ton. The wealthy ones have Iheir shirts made of silk, sometimes wadded and fanci fully stitched ; but the shape for the poor and rich is precisely the same. Tho wo men dress exactly like Ihe men, only the trowsers are more baggy and generally white. Tkev never have white uext to the skin, for the same reason that the old lady objected to white plates they showed the dirt so easily. Aud, speaking of WOMEN, there are very few good, respectable Chinese women here. The Chinaman, as a rule, does not expect to stay, for they believe they have no certainty of heaven if they are buried anywhere but in Chinese soil. For this rcasou, the bodies of all who die here are takeu back home for interment. For this reason, very few of them brought their wives. There are a great many Cbi women here, but they were picked up on the streets of the Chinese cities.and broughi hither for the vilest purposes. A few have their wives and daughters with them, but the great majority of them are the lowest of the low. I am glad to say that the number of those who have lost their super stition and propose to make this country their permauent home is increasing very rapidly, aud these send for their families, and, to a considerable degree, adopt civil lized habits. THE CHURCHES are making the Chiuese the especial objeets of their labors. They have a number of Chinese converts, who labor among their countrymen, and with a fair degreffcf suc cess. One Methodist Church in the city has a class of converts that numbers three hun dred, and it is increasing daily. And a Chinaman, when he becomes a Christian, is a very good one. ne lives up to his pro fession quite as well a the Melican man, and I don't know but better. He is natur ally a good sort of fellow, with excelleut impulses and a desire to do right, and al together his nature is ad excellent founda tion on which to build. And there is one singular thing about the Chinese. In their own language there is nothing more horri bly discordant than their music. It is fear ful The filing of saws or the screach of un-oiled axles is heavenly in comparison. In China they seem to have no comprehen sion of time, tune, or sweet sound?. But then some Chinese will sing the Church or Sunday-school music of the day as sweetly as so many nightingales. Their voices are really sweet, and when they have been in training a little while they do good work with them. Last Sunday night I heard three hundred of them singing "When we Gather at the River,""Home ward Bound," and other music of the kind, and they did it-with a nicety that any Sunday-shool might be proud of. The converts are very9 punctual in attendance and very anxiou.s to learn. RELIGION AND AMUSEMENTS. They are several very large joss-houses here, that is churches or temples in charge of their priests, and the attendance upon them is very large and regular. In addi tion to these, every house ha3 its religious apparatus, though I defy any American to ever get at the meaning of the ceremonies. I tried it, and failed, lamentably. They seem to understand it, though. They are fond of theatricals, and support two large theatres and several minor ones, and queer places they are. A play requires three months for iu repressutation. The play begins with the birth ot the hero, and is continued till his death, and not unfre quently it is continued with his children. The music heaven save the mark ! is the most terrible tnat ever shocked human ears, and the horror of it is that they keep it up all the evening. But the Celestials enjoy it, and as it is for their amusement, I do not know that any one has any right to complain. One can get out at any time. Twenty minutes was enough for me. TnE FUTURE OF THE CHINESE IN AMERICA is not difficult to foresee. They are an acute, thinking people, and all of them educated to some extent. They are grad ually getting rid of their superstitions, and are taking our ideas and customs, and even our dress. I don't like the idea of this adopting our dress, for I had much rather we should adopt theirs. A very large number of those who still hold their reli gion are modifying it to suit their changed condition. Iu short, thousands of them have made up their minds to stay, and when they do that they begin to be Ameri cans, and they progress rapidly when they get started. Tbe Chinese will stay and will become a permanent element in the population of the Pacific coast. They will bring their fami lies, they will become citizens and property-holders, aud will mix and amalgamate. They will make their mark upon the people, and I don't know that there cax be any ob jection to it. They are quitv, indus trious, orderly, honest, patient and per severing. Such qualities are not only not to be despised, but in a country that is yet to be made are of incalculable importance. I only wish that more of them would come, and that more of them could be induced to cross the mountains. Pietro. THREE POINTS FOR CONSIDERA TION. During the past Ave year the YEGETINE has been fteadily work'iDg itself Into public furor, and those who were at first moat incredulous in regard to its merits are now its most ardent friends and supporters. There are three essential causes for those hav ing such a horror of patent medicines, changing their opinion and lending their influence toward, the advancement of VEGETINE. 1st It is tin honestly-prepared medicine from barks, rooti and herbs. 2d It honestly accomplishes all that is claimed for it, without leaving any bad effects in the system. 3d It presents honest vouchers in testimonials from honest, well-known citizens, whose signatures are a sufficient guar antee of their earnestness in the matter. Tak ing into consideration the vast quantity of medi cine brought conspicuously before the public through tbe flaming advertisements in the news paper colums, with no proof of merit or genuine vouchers of what it has doue, we should be par doned for manifesting a small degree of pride in presenting: the following testimonial from Rev. J. S. DICKERSOX, D. D.. the popular and ever geuial pastor of the South Baptist Church, Bos ton : The Tired Body Sues for Sleep. Boston, March 17. 1S74. II. R. Stevens, Esq. : Dear Sir It Is as much from a sense of duty as of gratitude that I write to say that your VEGET1NE even if it is a patient medicine has been of great help to rae when nothing else seemed to avail which I could safely use. Either excessive mental work or unusual care brings upon me a nervous exhaustion that desperately needs sleep, but as desperately defies it. Night after night tbe poor, tired body sues for sleep until the day-dawn is welcomed back, and we begin our work tired out with an almost fruit less chase after rest. Now I have found that a little VEGETINE taken just before I retire gives me sweet and immediate sleep, and without any of the evil effects of the usual narcotics. I think two things would tend to make brain-workers, sleep. 1st A little less work. 2d A little more VEGETINE. This prescription helped me. Now I have a particular horror of "patent medicine." but I have a greater horror of being n fraid to tell tbe stragbt out truth. The VEGE TINE has helped me, and I own it up. Tours Sc., J. S. DICKERSON. Valuable ETideuee. The following unsolicited testimonial from Rev. O. T. WALKER, D. D., formerly paster of Bowdoin Square Church, and at present settled in Providence, R. I., must be esteemed as relia ble evidence. No one should fail to observe that this testi monial is tbe result of two years' experience with the use of VEGETINE in the Rev. Mr. Walker's family, who now pronounces it inval uable : Providence, R. I., 1C4 Transit Street. II. R. Stevexs, Esq. : I feel bound to express with my signature the high value I place upon your VEGETINE. My family have used it for the last two years. In nervous deVility it is invaluable, and I recom mend to all who may need an invigorating, re novating tonic. O. T. WALKER, Forraly Paster of Bowdoin Sq. Church, Boston. Tbe Best Evidence. The following letter from Rev. E. SUF.ST. yastor M. E. Church, Natick Mauwill be read with interest by many pbysjfriaus. Also those suffering from the same disease as afflicted the son of the Rev. E. S. Best. No person cau doubt this testimony, and there is no doubt about the curative powers of VEGETINE : N'atick, Mass., Jan. 1, 1874. Mr. II. R. Stevens : Dear Sir We have good reason for regarding your VEGETINE a medicine of the greatest value. We feel assured that it has been the means of saving our son's life. He is now seventeen years f age ; for the last two years be has suffered from necrosis of his leg. caused by scrofulous affection, and was so far reduced that nearly all who saw him thought his re covery Impossibly. A council of able physicians could give us but the faintest hope of his ever rallying, two of the number declaring that be was beyond the reach of human remedies, that even amputation could not save him, as he had uot vigor enough to endure the operation. Just then we commenced giving him VEGETINE, and from that time to the present he has beeu con tinuously improving. He has lately resumed his . studies, thrown away crutches and cane, and waiKS auout cheerzuliy ana strong. Though there is still some discharge from the openiug where the limb was lanced, we have the fullest confidence that in a little time Le will be perfectly cured. lie lias taken about three dosen bottles of VEGETINE, but lately uses but little, as he de clares that be is too well to be taken medicine. Respectfully yours, E. S. Best, Mas. L. C. F. Best. Reliable Evidence. 178 Baltic Street.BROOKLTH.N. T.,Nov., 14, 1S74. II. R. Stevens, Esq. s Dear Sir From personal beueat received by Its use, as well as from peisonal knowledge of those whose cures thereby have seemed almoet miraculous, I can most heartily and sincerely re commend the VEGETINE for the complaint for which it is claimed to cure. JAMES r. LUDLOW, Late Pastor Calvarj Bap. Church, Sacramento. Cal. Vegetine is sold by all Druggists. Jane 11, 1m. consideration or the people.
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