Sunburn 5bmc;uL
H. . MASSER,
. W1LVERT.
Editors.
S UXCUKY, DECEMBER 31. 1S73.
As the old year closes, we frel a if we
had a right to speak a word Tor ourselves.
Six years ago we became the sole owuer
of the AMKiui AN, as announced in our
salutation for puhlishiag the paper in the
future as proprietor and editor. The
American was thn ai a seven column
paper, we fclt that it needed new energy
and enterprise, and determined co raise it
up. We now leave our readers to com- j
pare it with the uumbers of six years ago j
andjudi-'efor themselves i its improve
nicnts. Wc are not done improving yet,
although it is conceded that it is a first
claes newspaper uow, that it has prompt
ly and plaiuly done its duty at a journal of
the people. That it will do s iu the fu
ture is amply guarantied, and that with
out fear or favor to any one. It is the- in
tention of the proprietor of the paper to
add as much as possible to its interest' ng
features. In improvements, wc think
that no one can deny but what we
have kept pace with the growth or our
town, and in some instances, in advance of
it. All we ask is that Sunbury will do as
jnuch for the paimr as it is doing for the
own. I lu re is not a vcuer nine man now appia;sel8) H-i,0 proceeded to value person
to manifest this spirit. The coming year alj l0 tj,e .immiul 0f coi 7(, which was
will be full of impoitant events to a11 ; returfu-d to the debtor, aud determined
classes of our people. It will U the con ,ial tie re:lj estate would not divide tvith
tennia! year of our independence, and it , oat prtjUtiice, etc., aud therefore requests
will bring a Presidential campaign with i thafc t(( balancC ()r s:)0i) be paid iu money,
new and great issues a fleeting all. It pro-, aml vaued lliU lua at $.30400. The
irises, also, to be a year of business revival Jan(l wft8 cumiemne(i by au inquest, sold
aud an eulivcuiug of general iudustry. It by t,j(j Sueriff ou a vt,u. Cx. for S410, the
will be a year that no mau or famiK can ,noucy brought into court for distribution,
afford to do without a newspaper, aud the j o wili(.a 21 is claimed by Xey to
American is certainly the cheapest in the j m;ike UJ) llig g300
county. Xow is a good lime to subscribe , Tw Q qUCStions w.cre raised before the
at the commencement of a new year.. The 1 aU(jilor
paper will be sent to any address, postage j j It .? alk,g,.,i am fa0nie proof taken to
!.aid, f..r the small sum of Sl.-'O per an- j thjw lUatthKa cbutc could have been
mini iu advance. ; divided, aud a portion of the balance of
It affords us great pleasure wheu we can : . , . ,, o
, . " f . r ... . ! as the case was presented before the audi-
eay something favorable of a retiring ofheer no ",c L . ,,
. - ... I tor. I u the first place the appraisers would
whether Democrat or Kepubhcan. l hen " . r n.;,
... , r i-,i. ,1(i m i not be permuted to contradict their re-
a uublic servant performs his duty, aud re- 1 1 1
v ' , . ' . . ... in- orts as made to the sheriff, and returned
t res from his position at the end of his 0 '
t by b in to court. It became part of the
term, it is no more thau justice for a jour- .,,.
' j .1 mltIiU'g return and caunot be contraJict-
nalist to ijive the credit due him without ,elu,l .,
. .1 ed or cainsaid iu that way.
resard to party. In the retiring of the c 4 . , , . . , , .
' " 1 J , " 2. The on y remedy is by an application
County Treasurer, ou Monday next, John , f T p v
J . , ,. , , f to the court to set aside the report of the
U aa, Esq., the public loses the services of 10 uie.u,uu 1 r
. , 11 t l ,. api)raiS(T, as done on an improper or
an honest man. Mr. Ilaag, while in oflice, i 4 ' 1 4 .
,. . ... , ,- , nt 1 ! fraudulent valuation. It cannot be nidi-
has discharged his duties honestly and ; . .
... 7 . . ,r ,. . :, i, i,.,Q rccty inquired into before the auditor, who
with credit to himself, by which he has ., .. , .
r 11 1 r 1 1, has no power over the subject. The main
won the esteem of all who formed Ins ac 1 " . ' . .J .
1 ,! question is the one principally considered
qua nlam e. Ily his firmness when going lut " J
. 1 .1 t m,,;n.cn,rM hy the auditor, notice of the defendant's
into office, he resisted the tempting snares f '
... ..... , . . n ,-,roa .:, c a m, as made to the sheriff and reported
of a wicked Iling, aud low retires with
, 1 1 1. 1; i,.. by hvm, in such form as would entitle Xey
the same honors accorded to his predeces- . c
feor,
Mr. Cadwallader, without any re-
proach or stain upon
bid fharactrr !i a
If the Democracy or this J
public officer
I....V..I alt ...', m.i, lontV.,-... I
ii..- ,1 I cases, to which Ins attention has been
and break that Uing which exists in their '
, , , , - . f . ' maiu v directed, where it is certainly mti-
party there would be no complaint from the 1 "a,u,j ",1-V ' J.
' .. , , , .. , u ! mated that the party must express his de-
opposition, and when thev retire from pub-! ,,ullLU 1
... . ; termination to take land, if capable of di
hc iiie iu their declining years with a clear , . ... e
r, , . ,. i vision, and can only get his money from
conscience of having performed their uuty " ' 3 n J.
... .....'.1 f B!.n;iv ,. t necessity of a saie, because it will not
grateful public will always honor them
with a hearty wish for their future pros -
,j ... r 1
peiity. Mr. Haag on retiring, on Monday
i.t. i... n i.i.. f
his constituents as well as a host of friends
both old aud new, with the hope that he j
may live to -njoy many happy days far
. .
in'.ij the future. We liope too, that his I
successor may. prove as worthy as Le, and ;
ou Ids retirement
will also receive
plaudits o' '
lul servant.
well done thou good and faith-!
'
Wiikv we 'state that our neighbor of!
the DtiiKx ivt is given to iiervertwg
f)...v i- ,,.r, l wrwrlinn 1ia"u:,"c M wi. nai u a-M 5 .
truth, we mean what we say. Irately we
stated that he was lyiug when he asserted
that the Ixbauou L'vrhr favored a third
term. The following paragiaph from the
w.rir of this week will explain how near
vc came of the mark. The editor of the
fot'( iVi- says :
'We have no persoual acquaiatanee with
the editor of the Suubury l)t ntrat, but
we doubt whether he could tell the truth if
he should try. Ha has seriously stated to
his readers that the Ixbauon Couriir is in
favor of a third tetm, which .everybody
who has read the Coiu itr knows to be just
the reverse of the truth. Shakespeare un
doubtedly had such fellows as this Demo
cratic editor in his eye when he made his
exclamation about the world being so aw
fully given to lyiug."
In the unexpected political revolution of
'74, many men were elected to Congress
for whom tLeir constituents had not the
remotest hopes for success wheu they were
nominated. The nominations often having
been made as a mere compliment to some
active politician with no expectation of his
election and cousequeutly no consideration
for his fitness to go to Washington. Men
are now found as representatives in the
natioual capitol who make a very ridicu- j
lous show as 'icarued Solone." A Wash
ington correspondent of the Pittsburg
Jhsxifft says wiiue of th more cultured of
the Democrats are trying to put some pol
ish on their uututored bucolic colleagues.
Fernando Wood, on being remonstrated
with for not having led the Democracy
better when he offered his resolution prac
tically recognizing the McEuery Louisiana
voverument, burst out with
"You blow me up for not keeping them
in band, but what iu can a fellow do
with a set of pig-headed pumpkins who
when invited out to dinner, driuk water
out of their linger bowls, wipe their noses
their napkins, and then go to bed and
blow the gas out ?" Aud Fernandy weut
home and kicked a waiter down the back
i.!nir in the intensity of his disgust.
lu 1S04, the Democratic convention
which nominated McClcllan, and which
declared the war a failure, also passed the
following :
"Iitfiolwl, Tli at the sympathy of the
Democratic party is Leartly and earnestly
extended to the soldiery of our army, who
are and have been in the lield under the
flag of our country, and in the event of our
attaining power, they will receive all the
care and protection, regard and kindness
that the brave soldiers of -the republic have
so nobly eamd."
Well, now i hey have "aitaiued power"
in the House of Kepresentatives, and the
fust thins they did was to discharge the
I'niou soldiers and to fill their places with
t v-rebl. The IVftmasU-r of the House,
'limmlf an ex-itbl cavalryman,has appoint- j iull Stales are turning their eyes to Africa.
-d ten of his twelv.- assistants from Vir- ! Over six hundred in one company in Ala-..-;;.,
:1 tverv -no f them an ex-rebl j bamaare only waiting to dispose of their
'..Her. That's the. wort, of "protection.
-: i-il and kiuduiss" which the "brave
.Idicrs of the republic" may expect from j
Democracy all the time. liifllrnnti
Us
Jlll'l'iKtL
Speaker Kerr says that Fernando Wood
looks like Henry Clay, and that oiizht to
satisfy him.
The Uleurfidd Ilpnblbui wants to ruin
the Democratic party through an increase
of the tax on whisky.
f Viuni Me lLic?UW.f' TtlfijfutU.
AX IMPOKTAXT OFIXIOX.
TIk Tlirf-c HKiMlr-I Dollar Law.
His Honor Judge Pearson rcceutly de
livered the followiug opinion ia relation to
the notice required by a debtor to obtain
the benetit of tiie act tf 1849, exempting
personal property from levy and pale and I
securing to the debtor the remainder, either j
in land or money, to make up the d ficicn- !
cy :
lu tb matttrof the distiiualiou tif the
money aiinin irin the sale of Ephraini
Xey's property.
Ftr Curiam, Exceptions have been ta-
fccu to the report or the auditor in this case
s(j far fljj relate8 t0 llie money arising from
x ki( , Xo compiai,lt j3
made as to the nersoual ell'ects. From the
report aud record the followiug state of
facts is presented. A K. fa. Xo. 7, of
April term, 187o, was placed in the hands
of the Sheriff against Xey on the 21st of
January, 1S75, on which a lery was made
on all his property, real and jtersonal, on
the 22i of February following. On the
same day a notice in writing was served on
the Sheriff in these words : "II. Sheafer,
Sheriff of Dauphin county, you are hereby
notified that I claim the benefit of the act
of Assembly of 1840, exempting property
from levy and sale to the amount of three
hundred dollars. February 2, 187". Eph
raim Xey." The Sheriff appointed three
- - " - " 7, ..,
l" luK u
The uJitor ''a8, considered the
SUOJ''Cl 1" lc Jut v. iuo
divide
The exact form of notice is not
1 , ..... '. . ,f
clear v set forth in the cases cited. If it
1
!! vve iay 1'iobably suppose it
would hare been adhered to on the princi
ple of decisis. More mature reflec-
.. 1 ii i.i n ,. 1 .,. 1
f .
n w.lovnttnn if n- I'll wo imrTlit lfifpr wn
v. ....... -"' - "
intended by those earlier cases, though in
j reality they all turned on other poiuts. As
1 .i.. i .i.:i. 1.. i:i.
a '4l 'u
wine is better than new. In this instance
the new is preferable. In Diehl vs. IIol-
bcr' ? Wri-ht ?l3' Pa2 2. -17. Mr-
The testimony
was that Holber warned the defendant not
to sell, that he claimed this under the
law, that, ha claimed it for his family.
"The court held this a sufficient demand.
We think it was. The statute has not pre
scribed the form of demand, and it would
be very adverse to the spirit of the statute
to hold a debtor to any technical accuracy
in stating his demand. A" demand or no
tice there must !e, but any words to ap
prise the officer that the statutory exemp
tion is the thing claimed are sufficient.'"
Py the notice served iu the present case
the officer was fully apprised of the deien
danl's demand, aud what he claimed and
desired. We find him accordingly select
ing appraisers ; they valueing the personal
j property selected by the debtor, determin
ing that the ical estate tvould not divide
and fixing its value. The notice given was
fully understood and did its work as prov
ed by the rebult. Again in Bowman vs.
Smiley, 7 Casey, at page 2J7, Mr. Justice
Strong says, after stilting that the request
was sufficient. The proof was that he
(the defendant) met the sheriff ou the pub
lic square aud told him that he claimed
the SJOO law. If the act had required the
request to be made in writing, and at
the sheriff 'e office, it might have made the
process more convenient and givcu rise to
less litigation. But the act makes no such
requisition, and we cannot legislate even to
improve an act of assembly. That the
debtor did not employ the precise lan
guage of the act is of no consequence, his
demand was of like signification.
Iu Kohler vs. Bucher, 14 Smith, at page
3S:j, Judge Sharswoitd says : "There is
no prescribed form for an election to retain
by a debtor. It was enough that it was
made to the officer iu a way that he could
not, or ought not, to misunderstand it."
In the present case the notice was in
writing, aud in sufficient form to apprise
the officer of the defendants' claim. We
are of opinion after the most careful ex
amination which the hurried state of our
business would enable us to give, that the
auditor fell into au error iu excluding Xey
from participating in the mouey claimed,
to the amount of i?:!00 iu all, including his
personal effects, and the sum tif 2:1-" 24
is directed to be paid to Ephrnini Xey, out
of the money in court, aud the leport of
the auditor mutt be corrected accordingly.
J. J. Peauson,
President Judge.
A reduction of wages is announced at
the Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass., where
.VJiM'i h.iud are employed.
It is stated that quite a iiuiulwr of the
more enterprising colored people of the
lauds and other property to advantage,
when, with some thousands of dollars of
capita), the propose te seek their fortunes
in what may prove their mother if not
their fatherland. Itetween thirty and forty
intelligently rolurd men are also, it appears,
being educated in New Vork as mission
aries for the same regi'.n by different
churches, each of whom will accompanied
by a number of industrious and thrifty fol
lowers. Possibly the missionaries for whom
Stanley calls are now waiting iu this
country.
l .DKK THE HAX.
Molly .Maguirra r.xooinmnulcatel
ly Arrhblsliop Wood.
The followiug pastoral has been issued
by Archbishop Wood :
James Frederick, by the grace of God
and the favor of the Apostolic See, Arch
bishop of Philadelphia,
Tuthf. Wafitdilf.Glrrtjij owl lkhail Vtth
'file Lnilit,Oi-iftiufj: lwt awl lloxc
For every one who doeth cil hateth the
light, and conieth not, to the light, that his
works may not be reproved. St. John,
chapter III. verse 20.
It is a fact too well know :i to need any
proof at this day that the Catholic Church,
through the revered head, the Sovereign
Pontiff, has again and again condemned
and centured all secret societies, properly
so-called, as dangerous to civil society aud
injurious to the interests of religion ; that
she has warned her children to beware of
permitting themselves to be iuduced by the
prospect of any real or imaginary advan
tage to euter such societies ; that she has
by the threat of exco.nmuuication to be in
curred n$ofwto striven to prevent their
associaliug themselves with them, :.nd
that by the infliction of the severest eccles
iastical censures on those who have allow-
.1 ttinmsol vi.e ii ho .lesai'intpil she hfla
w!n,rfM ih.m fmm n,pe I
tu,v,1.v. -
influences, which eulighteaed by the spirit
of God and the sad admonitions of past
experience 6he knows to be fatal to sound
faith, christian piety aud good morals.
As we know from most reliable sources,
and, indeed, of our own personal knowl
edge, that most iusidious efforts have been
made aud are being made in many parts
of our diocese, aud probably throughout
the whole country, to blind and deceive the
faithful and to entangle them in the mesh-
es aud shackles of these unlawful and for
bidden societies, it becomes our duty to
call to the minds of our people the action
of the Church iu this matter ; to warn
them from any alliance with them, aud
earnestly to exort all who may have viola
ted this prohibition of the Church in this
these evil associations aud by a speedy and
sincere penance to seek reconciliation with
the church.
'P.-. .1tii.it tlto .faerm i Kill
. o , c. u ..f in the course of forty years he has been
Fellows, Sons of Temperance, Arc, about;4'1 , . . JJ. - . .. .
whose condemnatoin no doubt can exist,
these societies are known as the National
Prothcrhood, lately condemned by the
Bishops of Ireland, the Fenian Brother
hood, whose efforts to aggregate numbers
to their association in this country are un
scrupulous and unceasing, and the Mol!!n smuuon earn meir rauons. ims is a pio
Masuires. otherwise the Ancient Order of i movement.
Hibernians, or the Buck-shots and various
others whose spirit is equally objectionable
and whose names seem to be selected rath
er to conceal than to indicate of object of
their association.
We admonish all our reverend clergy af
fectionally to instruct and warn their llocks
calling to their minds the spirit of docility
and obedience which should animate them
and the holy alacrity with which they
should labor, to conlinn themselves iu all
things to the commands and desiies of
the church, and to avoid, with the most
scrupulous care, all that she disapproves
and condemns ; to place before them on
the one hand the reward aud bU ssings j
which will follow such a course, and on
the other hand the true character of the j
extreme ecclesiastical censure which a con
trary mode of action will precipitate upon
them.
Thus, by the united and harmouious ac
tion of pastors aud people we shall neutral
ize the bad influence which misguided,
mistaken and perverse men attempt to
force upou us, aud sha'l preserve our faith
untainted, our piety active and vigorous
and our morals pure.
So let your light shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father who is iu heaven. St.
Matthew, 5th chapter 10th verse.
And the ieacu oi'l-uU, whiol eurjmspctlj
all understanding, keep your hearts aud
minds iu Christ Jesus. Amen. --Phil., 4th
chapter 7lh verse.
f James Fkeuekick,
Archbishop of Philadelphia.
Dec. loiii, 1875.
Philadelphia, iec. lo, 1875.
.1 great Fje-tment Cane de-Ilel.
The Court of Common Plears of Dauphin
County was occupied last week by the eject
ment case of John Updegrovc vs. a large
cumber of the residents of the mining town
otVilliainstown. The following is a short
resume of the case :
In 1S5: the wife of John L'pdegrovt con
veyed to William Waguer, by deed, about
fifty acres ot forest land, upou a portion of
which Williamstowu uow stands. The
property was bequeathed to her father-in-law.
Iu making the title the husband of
Mrs. Updegrov refused to sign the deed.
The present ligti ttion grows out of this cir
cumstance. Mr. rpdegrove signing uo
deed, uow bring suit, claiming that the
title is void.
Since 1853 coal devlopmenu in this neigh
borhood have enhanced the value of the
property. According to the testimoney of
a number of witnreses, the buildings on
the ground in contest are worth about 75,
000. Town lots parcelled from it have
been sold for $150 to $800. The whole
property, with the improveaients, is esti
mated to be worth $140,000. The suit
was commenced iu 1872, since which time
the doubtful title retarted the growth of the
town.
The jury iu the case brought in a verdict
for the defendants Saturday evening, and
there is great rejoicing now iu the town.
KKXKIC.llTKWK ITEMS.
Coal bus ben discovered in Franklin
couuty.
A Corry jeweler ha a clo-k which first
ticked in 1111.
A ten year old boy of lliair County
weighs 118 pounds.
Five brothers in York county are the
fathers of fifty-three children.
A prominent Philadelphia!! has been ar
rested on the charge of smuggling.
The hog disease is prevailing to au
alai ming extent in Iehigh county.
A small town in Westmoreland county
I had two elopements in one day lately.
Abraham Jackson, a 6tock broker, is be
ing tried for forgery at lloston.
The new census of Minnesota shows that
i th; Sta'e contains a population of 5'.17,'27S.
President Cram's Excutive Oflice will,
be closed to vUitors until January 3, 1870.
A Susquehanna county farmer raised
40,00 heads of cabbage last s-hsii on
seven acres of ground.
A Williamspoit man objects paying a
j as bill for the frivilous reason that he has
uo burners in his house.
Through a shaft near Wilkesbane, re
cently, Oeorge Davis fell a distance of 500
feet anil was instantly killed.
Last week Samuel l!ogart, of Columbia
county, who killed his father-in-law with a
pitchfork, was convicted of manslaughter.
The number of hogs packed iu Cincin
nati to date is 205,071 ; the number packed
the same time last season was 205,5"i7.
Meadville has been selected by the State
Grango, Patrons of Husbandry, as the
place for holding then next annual meet
ing. One hundred and thirty-two ties for a
railroad were recently cut from one treo in
Washington county. One iog furnished
forty-three.
A young man, name unknown, lost his
life by inhaling tho fumes of sulpher at a
limekiln, in the superb of lending, re
cently. Mrs. Charles Erhard, of Williamsport,
was probably fatally binned on ihe 21st
mst., by her clothes catching lire while
she was at work near the stove.
The fiat has gone forth in Philadelphia
that all owners of clipped horses which are
not properly blanketed in the streets are to
be arrested for cruelly to animals.
The Avondale relief fund has been
wound up, the last payment having been
made last week. The amount distributed
among the sufferer; was 170,073 00.
It is understood that several appropria
tion bills will Iw reported to Cougress by
the Committee of Ways and Means early
next month.
The Controler of the Curreucy has called
upon the national banks for a icport show
ing their condition at the close of business
Friday, the 17th of December.
A negro named Patterson kicked his
wife ao inhumanely ou Saturday in the
township of Ewing, near Trenton, X. J.,
that she died. P.ilterson was committed
for trial.
General Babcock and Secretary Bristow
both emphatically deny the charges pub
lished in the Chicago Inkr-Oceo.n about the
latter's collusion with Western crooked
whisky men.
Last week a little daughter of Janies
Gross, Choter county, got something fast
in her throat while eating supper at a
children's party and was strangled to
death.
Xorth Palton, a young man living near
Allensvil'.e, Mitlliu county, accidentally
shot himself, on the 13th inst., while load
ing a pistol, He is not expected to sur
vive. Lebanon has a citizen who boasts that
arranged before the courts of justice twen
ty-one times, and yet has never been found
guilty.
A work house is being built at the Dau
phin county poor hoiiBe, and it is proposed
to make the tramps who come to that in-
A Bucks county man going home the
other evening stooped at a spring b' the
wayside to drink. In the morning he was
found dead, with his mouth and nose just
under the water.
During a severe thunder storm at Mem-
phis ou Sunday the houee of Joe. Vincent j
(colored), on South street, was struck by
lightning, and he and his wife badly in
jured. and are still in a critical condition.
A vein of coal eleven feet thick, is said
to hare been dicovered in Scioto county,
Ohio, about eight miles from Portsmouth.
A reduction in miners' wages has been
made at Aniot, Tioga county. Pa., of five
nets ir ton of coal mined, and twelve and
one-half cents , yard
The iron business is improving about
Coatesville, Pa. The Union says the mills
are all busy, with bright prospects for the
future. 1
The Picsb) tcriau church at Irondale,
Jefferson county, was burned to the ground
on Sunday. The lire broke out dnriug the
morning services.
John IfigliT. uncle of ex-(iovernnr Dig
ler, of Pennsylvania ; died recently in tho
Auglaize county poor house, aged about
nintv-flve years.
A Democratic contemporary says:!
j "Why, bless your soul ! there are more i
fjghtinz men in the present than nnv tw-o !
former congresses." There are, but they
fought on the confederate s ide. !
It is well enough to pay for Presideut !
Grant's rcuomination, if you desire it, as I
Bishop Haven did, but it is likely to take j
an extranordinary about of praying to j
effect the object.
A masked mau attacked a married wo
man on the public road in York county,
recently. He threatened to kill her if 6hc
made any alarm. After he had taken her
pocketbook he committed an outrage on
her.
Jofcph Schneider, who served under the
Little Corporal, and participated in tho
terrible march to Moscow, has just died iu
Pottsville, aged eighty-six years. He bore
on his persou the scars of eighteen wounds
received while serving under Xapoleon.
"Johnny Uritton," of Lewisburg, who
was recently married, has been converted
under the p,eaching of Moody and Sankey
and is now laboring fur the conversion of
her old companions.
The collieries of this regiou stop work to
day, aud no more coal is to be shipped un
til the 22d of January, at which time it is
certain that many of them will commence
operations and work through the year.
Dead work, or repairs, is to go on pending
the suspension, which will nive a larire
outlook, although we are on the threshold
of a suspension with a long winter before
us, is uot discouraging. We have reason
to believe that there are very few in this
region who are not fully prepared for the
dull season. 1 'ottccilk Journal, 22J.
A despatch from Lebanon, Ky., says
Thomas H. Chandler, town Marshall at
Lebauou, recently summoned a number of
men to assist in arresting Ceorge F. North
craft, whose conduct at the lima was very
disorderly. When approached by Chand
ler and the citizens he resisted arrest, and
called on sonic roughs to assist him. A
general row ensued, a uuiuber of shots be
ing fired by both parties. Chandler, the
marshal, killed Northern ft, and some of
Northcraft's friends immediately killed
Chandler. General excitement followed
the killing, but no other rows occurred.
Prick Pomeroy bids a long farewell to
New York ; hereafter his paper will be is
sued from Chicago.
Telegraphic News.
T .Men Killed In I.ehuiiou. Ky.
Lorisvil.LK, December 27" The Cvih'u--JournaVs
Lebanon (Ky.) special repots the
killiug at that place to-day of two men, one
a citizen of Louisvillu and the other of
Lebanon. The dispach says Thomas II.
Chandldr, Town Maichal of Ijcbanon,
summoned a number of men to ascist in
arrestiug Ceo. F. Northcraft, whose con
duct at the time was very disordialy, and
when approachsd by Chandler and the cli
zens he resisted arrest and called some
roughs to assist him him in evading the
others. A general row issued, a number
of shouts being fired by both parties.
Chandler, the Marshal, killed Northcraft's
friends immediately killed "Chandler.
General exitement followed the killing, but
no other row occurred.
MOODY AXf SAK EY.
THE REVIVAL MKETIXGS IN riHADEI.HIHA
STILL F.AUELY ATTENDED A I.AKIE
XUMUER OF CONVERSIONS.
Philadelphia, 'December '27. The
noon meeting to-day in the Depot Church
was well attnded, the space within the can
vas being filled. The services commenced
by singing tho him "Arise, my soul, arise,"
followed by reading the requests for prayer,
among others being three requests for un
converted husbauds, ono for an unconvert
ed man aged seventy, and the request 01 a
ladv for her husband, for whom she had
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been praying twenty live years. After a
prayer and the hymn "What n friend we
ha vein Jesus," Mr. Moody read a portion
of Luke XX.IV. followed by the hymn
"lling the bells of Heaven." Mr. Moody
read a letter from a man who had promis
ed to 8 top drinking and desired a prayer
for him. lie also announced that four weeks
ago among the one hundred aud seventy
five watchmen at the gas works only one
was converted, but the number was now
twelve.
After remarks had been made by seveal
persons in the congregation, a lervent
prayer was offered by Mr. Moody. Jeorgc
A. Stewart related a number of instances
of receut conversions, among whom a
young man iu his own counting house.
After singing the hymn "Fully Persuad
ed," Mr. Saukcy said yesterday was one of
the best days he had spent in this or any
country, and a large number of persons in
his inquiry room had found Christ. Thirty-three
persons arose for prayer, and the
usual uotices wer given. There was no
preaching to-night, but a praise meeting
led by Mr. Sankey.
Tiie ISattle l Trenton.
TREN'TOX, Dac. -27. The anuivcr.saiy
of the battle of Trenton took place to-day,
and was attended with a good deal of en
thusiasm, notwithstanding the fact that it
was confined altogether to the citizens of
Trenton.
There where about ona thousand persons
engaged one military company, and all
the others iu companies, made up from
citzens without uniforms, but suplied with
arms from the Stato arsonal.
General Washington, (Jens. Suliyau,
Green and Mercer were all personated ;
also Col. Bahlaud others of the Hessians
or British army.
The movement of the troops began at 8
o'clock, and the fighting through the
streets between the contending armies
reached its height at about 10 o'clock. The
sumndor took place at the Assumpink
Creek, and was received with cheers.
In the afternoon addresses were delivered
to a large audience at Taylor Opera llouss
by (Jen. Campbell, Gen. KuMiug, Win. A
Aarton, F. S. Stahl, and Sudgc Xaar.
There was an immense crowd present.
The troops were dined at Washington Hall,
ana tli0 (lay rasS(..,i 0fT without accidents,
I Frightful Ciilainilr in .Sm il.erlatui.
Peuxk, Decmber 27. News has been
received here of a dreadful calamity which
occurred in the little village af Ilillikar, in
Canton Aargan, on Sturdy. Christmas
festivities were being celebrated in a school
house in that place, when the flooring gave
way. L'ighty persons were killed and fifty
more less wounded.
A ISultle in Herzegovina. Turkey.
London, Decmber27. A dispatch from
the seat of war in Herzegovina states ihat
a great battle took place on Thursday last,
uer Nitchiza, lasting nearly all day. Fif
teen thousand troops were engaged. The
Turkish forces claim a descisve victory.
The fighting on both sides was desperate,
and losses severe.
Correspondence.
l It KW YOKK I.KTTKIC.
KEKCIIEK TWKED CIUUSTMAS tiiirs
TIIE OTIIEU SIDE ENGLISH THIEVES
POLITICAL THE WEATIIIilt.
New Yokk, Dec, 28, 1875.
r.EECIIEIt.
The Precbcr trcuble will not down, be
cause the people of Brooklyn will not let it
rest. Mr Biecher's late appearance of
fight has not been maintained. Shearman
his attorney and chief fricud, holds himself
iu a defiant attitude, but he cannot keep
Reedier up to the mark. The fact i;, the
Pev. gentleman feels that the world is
against him he feels that whether guilty
of the offence as charged or not, there has
been enough of imprudence and folly in his
intercourse with the feminine part of his
flock to leave more upon his name than a
clergymen ought to have. He knows that
the clergy generally believe him guilty, and
that he has lost standing in his profession.
Therefore, Mr. Peecher will very soon step
down aud out. Despite Shearniau's bluster
and the curiously devoted support of his
Church, Mr. Peecher is a lost man. If
guilty, ofcour.se it is all right, if innocent,
he is the most uufortuuate man living.
What wide-spread destruction this scan
dal has caused ! The ablest preacher in
the world has lost his power. Tilton is
ruined financially, anil iu reputation. Mrs.
Tilton is eking out a miserable existance,
keeping boarders. Florence, their daughter
a delightful young lady, teaches school aud
works nights copyiug for lawyers, with the
aid of the type-writer. Mrs. Moultou, a
refined lady with a nasty quarrel on her
hands which she cannot let go ; I'owen,
with two libel suits. Their has been noth
ing but misery, trouble and wretchedness
from beginning to end. "lie virtuous and
you will be happy."
TWEED
Has been heard from. He is in Havana,
in such condition that ho cannot be caught
aud brought back to answer for his crimes.
That his escape was a put-up job there can
be no doubt. The olllcers permitted him
to get away, and very ingeniously put the
police force on false scents till he had got
safely out of the country. A sailing vessel
had beeu chartered, aud was lying iu readi
ness in the East Iliver, with her papers all
prepared. Tweed went through his house,
got into a carriage, was driven to the ves
sel, got aboard, and sailed away. The ofli
cera who were privy to the scheme kept
the entire force searching in all the places
where lie was not, till he was safely land
ed. Now his lawyers will move heaven
and earth to make a compromise. Tweed
will return enough of the money he has
! stolen to make a decent dividend, and he
will return to take his old place in New
York politics. The old man is anxious to
get into power again, for lie has a great
many old scores to settle, lie is a vindic
tive old fellow, aud if he ever does get back
woe to those of his friends who went back
on him in his troubles I He will make it
exceedingly torrid for them.
CIIUISTMAS GIFTS.
The large importing houses of fancy
wares show few signs of the hard times
during tho holiday season. To an nccus
tomed eye the stock may not apjicar so
large as in former seasons, when money
was rolling about ; but articles arc more
tasteful and select. Such cameos, hronzc3
and elegant pieces of gold and silver were
never before shown r.s to-day. The deal
ers sav that thev have not felt the hard
times affect their custom, but expect thej
will before lonjr. As the next thing to see
ing beautiful things is to hear about them.
your readers may have some curiosity to
know what kind '!' tiifis wealthy X'ew
Yorkers make this season. The gem of all
tho lovely objects of "bigotry and virtu?,''
is the veiled Cupid, now on view in the
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The statute, by an Italian artist, is called !
"Hidden Love ;' a charming figure, with
head turned ade. and arrows drooping in !
the left hand, a veil thrown over the face, j
The charm of it all is that the marble is
colored in the softest tints the dimpled
hmb have the finest rose dus.i. louder as
IUI, Pvrr i th, evP. a beautiful, roguish
blue, beam through tho veil, which is
wrnii-ht: wti moht pvm-.i s ft art. till Hi
looks like a film of whith crane Hung over
the lovely head, not. half concealing the
unmans roses ou ,u c ,ee,.
was sold to a 2s ew ork lady for lJ,XJ.
The ladies, perhaps, will prefer to hear of;
the pair ot solitanre diamond ear-rings j
that cost 810,000, and the great sapphire i
for a ring, valued at 5,000.
tuf. OTiiEU side.
At the sarue time changes are going on :
so rapidly that the purchasers of these cost-!
ly things may have to pledges them before j
next holiday to ret money to live on. Ad- i
vcrtisements appear in the papers contit:- ;
uaily, oflering private property for sale. !
A lady oilers to sell an evening dress, only !
once won., and a new thread lace shawl. 1
Another has fine seal-skius, good as new ; '
while diamonds are to be bought at ruinous !
prices. A broker told tut
A broker told ma that ho could
buy diamonds at any time fur o:io-foui th
their cost from people
l.nij. fitiinr nrrmi-rl
who had lost all
Those exnensive
goods I spoke of are uuly bought by i
people of assured incomes, not dependent i
on the fluctuations of business. The As-!
tors, Stewarts, and a half thousand other j
V.Il. ...v. ...... ... . v.. ..w...-. , .
families,- uot knowiug of hard times, for 1
when one has an income of 500,000 per j
year, it matters but little whether it is cut
down 25 percent, or not. While I am on
the ''other side," let me show you how!
some people live. In the house where 1
live is a servant cirl who works from six
in the morning till eleven at night for 2.50
per week. Her father, mother, and three
children came to New York that they
might be supported by her. That is to
say, there was no work f.r thorn at Port
Jervis, where they lived, and it could not
be much worse auy where. They got a
room in an attic and the father aud boys
try to get something to do iu vain. The
mother succeeded iu getting a little wash
ing to do, which averages her about 2.50
per wees, me oaugnrcr s wages and
this pittance 5.00 in all, this fimiiy of
five persons have to live, or rather cxiei.
They eat one very poor meal a day, and go !
without lire this bitter, stinging weather.
Keep out of the great cities, and the small
ones too. God made the country, and
their is where God's creatures ought to
live. Cities are necessary blotches on the
body of creation.
EXliUsn THIEVES.
Last Saturday thirty English thieves aud
burglars landed from a steamer, and took
up their abodo in New Y'ork. A telegram
from the London police to.-our chief, noti
fied the city of this accession to its popula
tion, and detectives awaited and spotted
them. Foreign thieves like America for
they are not kept under such surveillance j
as ia European cities. There they are
treated as thieves, and are watched ; here
they become Democratic politicians, and
get to be aldermen and city otlicials.
Among the lot were three noted burglars,
! who narrowly escaped haugiug iu London
! a few months tines'. Tho others are. pick-
pockets, sueak thieves and operators of
smaller note. It does .vein as though
some arrangement ou.iht to he made, by
which each country should be compelled to
take care of its own crime. As it is, when
a foreign cut- throat fiuds his own country
too hot to hold him he comes here. America-
is the refuge of all the hunted scoun
drelism of the world, aud New York is the
svwer through which it Hows. And the
great trouble is, we don't hang as fast as
they can be imported.
roMTR AI..
Two rather important political move
ments are being inaugurated in this city,
at this tune. The Democratic admirers of
(iov. Tildi n are organizing to force on the
National Democratic Convention, as its
candidate for the Presidency, on a hard
money, free trade platform, whether or
uo. They are putting oceans of money ou
it, aud are striving to have such an organi
zation perfected as will control the Conven
tion. The other is a movement among re
publicans for (irant, for the third term.
This later embraces a great many very ex- j
cellent men who are not office-holders, but I
who really believe that the best interests of
the country demand his re-nomination.
They are organizing very thoroughly ou
the basis of anti-Catholicism, or rather the
protection of the schools from Romish in
terference, hard money and purity iu pub
lic places, aud to assert that to attain these
ends the re-nomination of Grant is the only
thing to be done. I was astonished to sec
the number of men of character in the
movement. The action of the Methodists
under the lead of Pishop Haven meets very
general accentance here. It is not at all !
unlikely that the New York City delega
tion in. the National Republican Conven
tion will be largely for Grant.
THE WEATHEi:
is horribly warm for lbs season, just now,
the streets are nasty. Pusiness is fearfully
dull, and altogether life is not a rose-tinted
dream. When will the change come ?
PlETKO.
J'loui Lht JltMOitri Ilipv.hlkon (St. Loui.).
A Remarkable Professional
Among the notable professional men of
this country who have acheived extraordi
nary success is Dr. II. V. Pierce, of Uutliilo,
N. Y. The prominece which he lias at
tained has been reached through striely
legitmate mean and, so far, therefore, he
deserves the enviable reputation which he
enjoys. This large measure of success is
the result of a through anil careful prepara
tion for his calling, and extensive n ading
during a long and unusually large practice,
which have enabled him to gain high coin
inediatiou, even from his profesioual breth
ren. Devoting his attention to certain
specialties of the science he has so carefully
investigated, he has been rewarded in a
remarkable degree. In these specialties,
he has become a recognized leader. Not a
few of the remedies precribed by him have,
it is said, been nddopted and precribed by
phyiscians in their private practice. His
pamphlets and larger works have been re
ceived sis useful contributions to medioal
knowledge. He has recently added an
other, and prehaps more important work
because of more general application, to the
list of his published writings. The book,
entitled "The People's Common Sense Med-!
ical Adviser," is designed to enter into j
general circulation. Dr. Pierce has receiv
ed acknowledgments and honors from
many sourses, and especially sientifie de
grees from two of the first medical institu
tion in the land.
This
will lotify the Public
of our intention to j ut new iwd
The year's closing out sale will commence at half-past six o'clock, eacli
week-day inornincr.and COiTIJiLE
STO(!K I:
SOLD.
THE IvlJ-XISr
V'1'0 itavc made up too many overcoats and suit3 fortius year, aud to
tran.-fcr our Stuck into Cash needed for preparation Tor 187G,we will make
certain sacrilici'rt which will' he apparent 011 and after TVEDsESDAY,
J.)ECEM15.ER FIRST, when we cfliail
mill ...if ..I. l"irl'T r.r.l n i-.fA.t- rf-
"".,l "" ' "" " i -' "i l"lut
Pries: . . , 4l . .. , . . , 4l .
To he very exact in sating tins matter as we Ho not in end that any
verti.- ement or custom of oar hense shall mislead the public in the least
reticular, we think it proper to Pay, that this Mark Down, whilst it ap-
1 THOUSAND AND
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HUNDREDS OF DRESS COATS,
SEVERAL THOUSAND VESTS,
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SEVERAL THOUSAND FAIRS OF FAN TS,
and extends throughout our house,
thoy i,avo .oireaay )0en marked at close
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We desire tr announce that this is
QUI! FINAL Mill ONLY MARK DOWN THIS SEASON,
So that
fully aid
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none need wait for lower Friee?. The step we take will wonder
lho.se who feel like economizing.
UMSOF THE SALEAI& THE USUAL TFJiMS OF OUR
HOUSE:
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l.o second or altered I rice One 1' ixed 1 nee.
- C'' il'om A11 to warrant Low Frices.
:- contract on our part, to return money, is a part of the bargain in
l ca3C (provided goods are returned unworn.)
4- A U1 grantee tor each garment.
owfn "e "uei h ;ai in;w, imu
but our own
Carefully Made Clothing.
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win ik; roi.icinocre.i mat our .stocic auvsiys embraces the cnoicoat
style3 of substantiiil goods, am that every size and shape 13 provided for
'fJ ;l"tT LP', lt. wlU ls Lc bor"e 111 mmd tbat there " bllt 0ne
0AK HALL, and that is at the corner ot
SIXTH SIXTHSIXTH SIXTH SIXTH
aud MARKET Streets.
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Hoping for a visit from each reader,
i nin.-Mmccincii u. au uicu iiii'ihimu
We are Very Trulv,
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FILL ID WINTER CLOTHING,
Hats, aps & Gexts FrRxisiiurG Goods.
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Has just returned from the eastern city with the largest stock of Clothing,
Hats, Caps and Gents Furnishing Goods ever hronpdit to this place, and
at the- lowest hard-time prices.
Clothing of every Description.
Overcoats in endless variety, from the cheapest in prices to the very Lest
make in styles and quality.
MEWS' SUITS
Or every styles and quality to suit the times, and at such low prices thai
every body can attbrd to go well clothed with very little money.
CLOTHING 1R MEN YOUTHS' BOYS' AND . CHILDREN.
Xow is the time to buy, when you can get just what you want with a ven
little money. Hats and Caps of every description, all of which is of th
latest styles and at prices that can not be undersold.'
Gents' Furnishing' Goods.
Under Clothiwr it abundance of every quality, styles and price.
SHIRTS ! SHIRTS ! SHIRTS
From lhe finest white Shirt made to the cheapest. "Woolen Shirts of a
kinds and prices
Gloves of all Description.
Kid, Ihickskin, Driving, Slieejiskin, "Woolen and Mittens of all kinds an
prices to suit all. Socks, Suspenders, Collars, Xeckties, Uows, Jewelrj
itc., &c, and anything to be found in a first-class furnishing good ston
A specialty iu Clothing, Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods, all
whicli we defy competition both in quality and in price. Xo trouble t
show floods.
Minburv. Xov. ", 1 87 .
When you visit Philadelchia, call and see
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SOLID WALNUT MARBLE TOP CHAMBER SUITS FOR $
Parlar Suits in Hair Cloth or Fancy Reps from $50 up.
lit Ms in Ptel ff $8
Walnut Dressing Case Suits, $68.00.
Best Wire Wove Spring Mattres
ALL OTIIEU GOODS EQUALLY LOW.
Feathers in Pillows or by the Poui
In Iurge Quantities antl of the Finest Quality.
GIVE HIM
Sent. 17, 1 1V.
lower prices on ninth of our tock.
UATIL OUR FALL anl
1 WINTER
FACT IS:
have gone through our Salesrooms
1 . r. trt?T Ti-mn watll. T Aim r.tvwnnt
MORE OVERCOATS,
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yet there are some lot . in which (as
prices,) we shall make no change,
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inccuumij,
K E 5? & BROWN,
Philadelphia.
94 Market St.,
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