Hunbnrn nuvitait.
E. WIIVERT.
Editors.
SUXBUUY. JANUAltY H, lHTii.
Gov. IIaktranft's annual message
which was delivered to our subscribers last
week in supplement form, leaves no im
portant question untouched and deals with
evorv matter of vital import, in a manner
lhatntonce convinces the reader of the
bold vigorous individuality of the Chief
Executive of the State, his fcnrlcssness to
rombat wrens, and manliness to assume
the championship of Hie right. Ho makes
no allusion to an abuso without
coupling it with reconimen.latious fr
iiiArnre f the evils complained of, thus
.1 : 1 1oc a mind callable of
BUUWlUg lUilb IIV tJ.7
.Imp the whole, situation and
rWiiminatimr between right and wroug.
n. .!. AiAaA rrrnnnds in faVOr of
lie urncs ucvium fa'-
throwing the strongest safeguards arouud
our excellent public school system, and re
commends the transfer of the Soldiers' Or
phans to the public schools -the Stole aid
to be continued in their proper care and
education. The Centennial Exposition is
also highly rucouimenJed as worthy the
greatest encouragement of the people of
Pennsylvania. The Insane Department
and the National Guard are also recom
mended to the fosieiingcare of the law
nli1i the importance of the
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Iioardof Public Chanties is set fouhw.lh
much feeling.
The important matter of;
Vagrancy is also made a subject for Igis
lalive consideration which demauds actiou
at the hands of the law makers, to rid the
community of a great evil which constant
ly is growing iu magnitude.
If the Lecislature acts upou the subjects
to which their attenltou has been called,
and follows the recommendations of the
Governor, they w i'.l be applauded by the
whole people of the Commonwealth.
The Uetiklno Sheriff and His De
puty. Among the ictiriug county offi
cers, who stepped down and out, on Mon
day of last week, there is none more regret
ted by the whole people than S. II. Kother
mel, Esq., who has iilled Ihe office of High
Sheriff for the last three years with such
great satisfaction to the people. .Of the
many who have necessarily had dcaliugs
at that office, we have yet to hear of the
first one who had a word of complaint to
make of the manner in which the aflairs of
the office were conducted. Equal aud exact
jubtice was accorded to all, and no favorite
ism shown, lie now retires from bis re
sponsible position with a host of friends
and but few enemies. Being generous
hearted, many who were relieved by his
bands when distressed, will regret that he
could not be continued. Thoee who placed
him in office have uot been disappointed in
their trusts, aud feel satisfied that he per- j
formed his duty faithfully.
Mr. Geo. V. Deppin who has filled the
position of Deputy in the sheriff 's office,has
also won golden opinions for himself as a
courteous aud obliging gentleman, and
thorough business man, for which we hope
be may hereafter be mo re substantially re
warded. He is probably more familiar
with the duties of the office than auy one
ll.it tins VPT ' fiinied that position for !
the same time, and by his strict attention
to the business has won the esteem of both
political parties, so much so that be was
urged to remain by the incoming sheriff of
the opposite pary
The amnesty bill iu Congress, has caused
au exciting debate. Mr. Tiandall in re
fusing lo take a vole ou Mr. Blaine's just
amendment requiring a petition aud oath of
allegiance, was t-ignally defeated. Mr.
Blaine was willing to pardon all except
Jefl Davis, and excepted him on account
of cruelty to the Andersonvillc prisoners.
The reply of Gcu. Hill.of Georgia, was bit
ter, as well as untrue, in saying that Con
federate prisoners were treated even worse
by the Union armies.
Hill said the south loved the Union uow
more thau before, aud never again wonld
t hey be guilty of the folly of sesc&sion and
disunion.
The Democracy, since obtaining con
trol of the lower House of Congress, have
exemplified the old Jacksonian law by
ousting cycry licpublicau holding position,
from highest to lowest, including a large
number f inarmed Union soldiers, and
have replaced thtm in many instances
with ex Confederates. Prcsideut Liucoln
and ('rant both retained a great many
Democratic, afficials in the various De
partments, and many are still holding
places under the administration who are
opposed to it politically. But siuce the
removals made by the Confedrate House,
several old Democratic government em
ployees have been discharged, and this
has called forth great indignation from the
opposition press. It is reported that the
President has declared his intention to
give every Union soldier, displaced by the ,
House,a place else where.so long as the num
ber of discharged do not exceed Ihcuum
her of Democrats still employed in the De
partment. This action will meet with
general approval by llepublicans, if due
regard is paid to fitness, which will of
course be done. Treason cannot be exalt
ed above loyalty, so soon, without at least
:i protest.
Yankee Doodle. The Washington
correspondent of the The lotion Jwrnnl is
trying to proe that " Yankee Doodle" is
iur national air, and he quotes this anec
dote related by John Quincy Adams to sus
taiu him : "After the Ministers Plenipoten
tiary of Great Britain and the United States
had nearly concluded their labors at Gent,
the burghers of that quaint old Dutch city
determined lo give an entertainn.ent iu
their honor, and desire to have the nation
al airs ot the two treaty-making powers
performed as a part of the programme.
So the musical director was directed to call
upon the Americans Ministers and obtain
the mu6ic of the national air of the United
States. No one knew exactly what to give,
and a consultation ensued, at which Bay
ard and Gallatin favored "Hail Columbia,"
while Clay, Kusscl, and Adams w here de
cidedly in favor of "Yankee Doodle.' The
musical director was called iu and iuformed
of the decision . He then asked if any of
the gentlemen had the music, and receiving
a negative reply, suggested that perhaps
oue of them coulil sing or whislk' the air.
"I can't." said Mr. Clay; "I never whis-
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plieil Mr. Bayard. "Perhaps Mr. Busseli
cnn." Mr. Ituswll, Mr. Gallatin, and Mr.
Adams in turn confessed th'ir lack of musi
cal ability. "I have it," exclaimed Mr.
(.'lay, and ringing the 1m?11 he sumtnond Ins
colored body servaut. "John," said Mr.
Clay, "whistle "ankee Dood.e" lor this 1
gentleman." Johu did so, ihe chief j
..itittioi.i rwiti.ii it.i-K'ii tin, c.ir ,.,! . . I
)4J VJl 1 1 l u ovvni 4VrlB .WJ oil. (kill Uii I 1 1 V
uteitaiument tb Ghent Iiurgher's Hand
'ayed the national air of the United
tcs, with varations, in grand style."
The Uunkrupt law seems to find but
little favor anywhere among honest dealers.
and is universally denounced as an engine
oPfrauil and corruption iu the bauds of dis
honest men who are workiug rum and dis
aster to unfortunate creditors. A Filts-
burh correspondent of the l'hiladephi.i !
Tones gives a list l 250 cases in that com
munity, and says :-The aggregate of the
liabilities of the baukrupts will reach, if it
docs not exceed, 5:12.000,000, while the
assets fall short of one-half that amount.
About one-third of these cases have beeu
compounded at an average of fifty cents on
the dollar, a great many of them at thirty
cents, this being a favorite figure with the
professional bankrupts,a class of whom iu
this district go through the court regularly
every year and ileecc their creditors out of
seventy cents on the dollar. So notorious
have dishonest bankruptcies become in this
locality that puplic meetings have becu re
peatedly held since the meeting of Congress
in December, with a view of effecting the
r...vni .r i tut ivmi-rimt inn.' IVtitions huve
1 nciinT it t-pru.nl I
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which have received the siiiuaturs of every
rental.!., husiness man and capitalist to
whom they have been presented. It is safe
to say that half the aboye list represent
baukrupticies, and iu their direct and re
mote results have practically destroyed the
usefulness of 25,000,000 capital in the
Western district during the past year.
The mechanics and laborers of the State
are interested in one of the reasons given
wnv ram luinuncouiu uoi. ou r-.in-ain.-i ui
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luaif oe was u iiinii ui.uj, uuw v.
the policy of his party on that great ques
tion. The free trade Democracy are in the
majority, but aflraid to trust him with
that important and influential position,
and they will take good care that their
Presidential candidate shall not be tainted
with this same tariff "heresy."
TIIO.ttAKKKVS I'LOT.
The full Meryof the Iiwjiter.
London, Dec. IS. You will already
have received by cable the outline facts of
the terrible explosion at Ureuierhaven, by
which over 2i'0 people were either killed or
daugerou.-ly injured. The fuller accounts
received here make up a complete story
which has a horrible interest all its own.
" The North German Lloyd steamer Mo
sel was timed to start from Bremerhavcn
on her voyage to New York on Saturday
momiug, aud at the appointed lime the
steam-lug Sinuoa which had to tug her
through the ice that intercepted her pas
sage to the channel lay under her bows
and everything was ready for the depar
ture except the mail bags from Lloyd's
Hall. At the last moment these made
their appearance on the quay, accompa
nied by another wagon containing pas
sengers' luggage. The whole was takeu
toward the steamer by carts, and
a3 tue ;asl ur l,esu wtre being unladen a
I tremendous explosion took place. The
quay was at this inomeut filled with pas
sengers aud spectators taking leave of
their friends who had come down to see
them off. In an iustaut the place was
strewn wiih dead bodies aud dismember
ed limbs, Ou board the Mosel the sky
light was blown oil, the cabins aft, star
board and port, were cither crushed in
or bulged out by the pressure, or altogeth-
it smashed ; the side plates were burst,
the ports, wilh their glasses and rivets,
forced inward, and the ship bcbtnearid
with blood. It was at Ilrst thought that
the tug bad burst her boilers, but Ibis was
quickly found not to be the sase. When
the last package had decn uuladen a large
bole, six or seven feet deep, was fouud.
Iuvestigatiou showed that this package
must hare contained dynamate. and that
the concussion wheu thrown upon the
ground caused the explosion. Exighly
people were killed by the explosion and
nearly 100 injured aud mutiilated.
Among ihe more hoirible details is the
fate of the Elmer family, who were seeing
off their sous to California. The father,
mother, son, aud sou-iu-Iaw are dead, all
four ; the daughter-in-law has had her arm
and the child its hand, blown off. Other
cases are aimos, equally heartrending,
where whole families were blown into non
existence iu a moment.
A minute or two after lite explosion it
was noticed that a man rushed from oue
of the cabins ou to the desk of the ves
sel, aud, having given one glance at the
terrible sceuc, returned to the cabin aud
shot himself. The attention of the police
was called to this fact afterward, aud the
man, who had failed to kill himself out
right, was taken to the hoi-pital in their
custody. It was then known that ihe ex
plosion had been caused by a case of dyua
ruite that some one had tried to smuggle
on board the Mosel, and it was rightly
supposed that the wouldbe suicide might
be able to throw some light upon the affair.
The man's condition was so critical as to
preclude all idea of his undergoing a legal
examination : but finding himself at
death's door, and stung to remorse by the
agonies of the injured jieople, with some
of whom he was in the same ward, he con
fessed that he had deliberatrly planned to
blow the Mosel up in mid-ocean.
Prom his own statement, and subse
quently ascertained facts, it seems that for
eleven years he has passed under the name
of William King Thomas, or Thomasseu,
but there arc grounJs for believing it to be
fictitious. During the War of Secession
he fought on the oi.fedeiate side, and
i gained some notoriety as a blockade-run
ner iK'twcen New Orleans and St. Thomas.
At the termination ol tiie war he spent
some time in England, and afterward
went over to Germany. In 172 he was
living with his wife also an American
aud his family at l ipeic, where he moved
in the best society, and eccms lo have been
very friendly wilh the American Consul.
While here lit asked a watchmaker to con
struct him a peculiar piece of machinery
that was to run t-.-n days without ticking,
and then strike a heavy blow, but the
watchmaker would not or could uot under
take tho job. About a year after this time,
a clever clockmaker called Fuchs visited
Leipsie Fair, and, hearing what Thomas
seu wanted, visited him at No. 2 August
strasss, where he was living in elegantly
furnished apartments. Fuchs descrbes
his customer as a handsome, stately man,
about 30 years of age, who could scarcely
tnase himself understood iu German.
ThomsBsen gave Fuchs an order for a clock
to run noisely for eight days and then
stiikf; n 30-pound hammer, but. Fuchs, not
being able to understand clearly from
x lif tui:tsr'i) broken derman what was
what
wntt,(, d,,.iin,i .,. .,..., 0u the Oil. of
wonted, declined the order.
March in the same year Thomass'-n visited i
FuchrV shop in Beine.bnri;, and this time
gave him directions much more fluently I
anil clearly. He said he wanted the appa- j
ratus for some silk mills of his in Atneiica,
and the hammer must m powerful enough
to break a thousand threads at one blow.
Fuchs agreed to have tho clock completed
ov t he Jib of A liri 1, ii u d on that date be
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delivered it to Tbotnassen at the Hotel I'o-
t loirue at Leipsie. Thomassi'ii. after care
fully examiniug the median'
himself delighted with i
I
ker 2o Dialers more than the stipulated
price. lie afterward ordered 20 similar
clocks, but none of these were delivered.
Meanwhile Thoiuassen had provided him
self with a quantity of dynamite, which
be intended so to place in a case that the
clock hammer would strike it and cause it
to explode at the appointed time. After
Tiiirrh!iRin the clock, lliotuassen tnacte i
several voyages to and from America,
where it is supposed he purchased the dy
inite. About six months ago he settled at
Strehlen, near Dresden, where he seems to
have devoted himself to perfecting his in
fernal plans. I5y some means the clock
got out of order, and Thomasseu had it re
paired at a shop in Ilrenian. A few days
before the sailing of the Deutschland he
went to the clockmaker and asked him to
hasten the work. The clock was ready,
and the clockmaker handed it to him. The
same day he returned to the shop with the
remark, "Mv God ! you have wound it
up." The clockmaker nodded in atiirma-
tion. savin-; he had done it to try it. ine
next dav Thomasseu returned again, and
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aed how many times the key Had neen
turned and how long a lime it would take ;
to run pown. The clockmaker could uot
give him auy answer, and he remained at
IJremeu until it had run down. Otherwise
it is supposed that he intended to place it
on board the Deutschland. On the day
the Mosel sailed he wound up the clock
again, so that it should explode in mid
ocean and blow up the vessel, cargo and
passengers, after he himself had landed at
Southampton, where it is said he intended
to put on board heavily insured cases and
packages. At Bremen he shipped a worth
less barrel, which he insured for 3,000
marks as caviar. The plot was uow com
plete, everything was calmly waiting tho
departure of the ship he had destined to
destruction. Dad it not been for the frost
which crystallized the dynamite, and caus
ed it to explode when the case containing
it was thrown upon the quay, nothing
could have saved the ship -it, would have
exploded about three days from New York
aud the world would probably never have
known how.'
This cold-blooded monster died ou
Thursday night, but confessed his guilt
previously. He denied having any accom
plices, but his brother has been arrested at
Dresden. It is said that letters have been
found upon him which, even if he had uot
confessed, would have been convincing
proof of his guilt. . In a letter dated Streh
len, his wife begs him to give up his pro
jected scheme, and to turn back from the
dangerous path he was treading. In con
tradiction to the statement, which would
prove his wife to have been cognizant of
his schemes even if she wero not an accom
plice, the Weser Zdtuivj says his wife knew
nothing of Thomassen's hellish plaus, that
she married him 11 years ago, but never
kuew anything of his family or connections,
and does uot even know his name to a cer-
i
taint r. She refuses to tell her own maideu
namc out of reartl for her f;imi,3; an1 re
lations. The Bremerhaucn Ziitttwj as
serts, in spite of all contradictions, that
Thomussen declared he had two packages
on board ihe Mosel, that oue of these has
been found on board the Salier, and that
i another must be still on board that vessel.
but all apprehensious on ibis score have
been removed by a thorough inspection of
the Salier's cargo.
Correspondence.
OIK 1 1 A K K I S It I It G I. K T TElcT
HAKiusnunn, Pa., )
Jan. 12, 187o.
The opening of the ccnteuuial year at
Ilarrisburg has been maiked with no more
important event than the meeting of the
Legislature. The manner iu which the
gauntlet of the House side was run last
winter led some to predict that a similar
fizzle would ensue hence all interested
were anxious to se'j the session of "Seventy
Six" organized. Contrary to all expecta
tions the orgiuizili ia of both brauches
was conducted in an amicable manner.
The idea persisted in by some, that the
j present was but a continuation of the ses
sion of 187.J, was not concurred in by the
members, aud ail legislation began anew,
with but a few changes in some of the
minor offices, all of which are satisfactory,
wilh the exception of the Engineer of the
Capitol buildiugs, Mr. B. F. Burroughs of
Snyder couuty, who has won fame and au
admirable reputation a a first class Engi
neer, and who has had the position for a
number of years, having been superseded
I e Mr. George Moore of this city. There
have been but a few changes in tho Com
mittees, aud no labor, asi.b; fiom the read
ing of several bill- in place, of any kind
performed. Considerable interest is being
manifested lo have the Treasury bill, which
was deft ited on third re l iiu at the last
session, revived. Tho Geucral Fund out of
which members receive tiie.ir salaries, is in
the same condition uow as then. Hence
sadness aud gloom depicts itself ou the
couutenances of the many individuals who
step to tho counter in Ihe Treasurer's office
asking for in iiiey, aul are compelled to
seek content iu the old familiar reply, no
funds. I am under the iinpressiou it will
require but a short time until this defect
procures a remedy.
Your county's representatives Messrs.
Withington aud J. J. John are on the same
committees as last session, and constantly
at their posts, each vieing with the other to
best serve the interests of their people.
The committee on Inaugural ceremonies
of which Senator G. Ilauley Smith is chair
man, are making extensive preparations lo
have the coming inauguration of Guv.
John F. IlaMi.iiilt far excel his former
oue, with every indication that such will
be the result. The main feature of the oe
casion'will be a procession composed of
military, firemen and civil organizations,
which takes place iu the forenoon. Fire
works of a superior kind iu the early part,
of the evening ou Capitol Hill, and a grand
Inaugural Hcccplion ball under the au
spices of the Youug Men's .Republican
Club of Ibis city, coiuuieuciug at 9 o'clock
in the evening, which will be. participated
in by the heads of the several departments,
uieiubtrs of the legislature, and the elite
of this and ad joining cities. II.
Ol KNKtV YOItK I.KTTKK.
NEW' YEAR'S CALLS AND CALLERS THE
UKLl'LESS l'OOR TIIK CARNIVAL OF
CRIME THE DILLON MI RDER -A MILL
IONAIRE IN TROfllLK THE LAST
1 I! A I'D.
New loitk, Jmi. 11 IS7ti. i
new year's.
Tli.; week before Nev Year was one of!
fi-gs and rains, wretched as those the
English grumble about, i be l.isl d.iy of
the ear closed in a Iieavy ram, winch
cleared iu the evening, in the most amiable
way. Watchers that night were startled
by a sudden vehement din breaking the
soft air, but. the next minute smiled "it
is three quarters past eleveu 1" Every lire
bell in the city was to be struck at ouce at
midnight, aud the church chimes were to
begin a quartet of an hour before. But
the impatient sons of liberty bad caught
first peal as u signal to begin their own
private rejoicings in their own way, and
"made thiugshum." The steamers sound
ed their whistles and fog-horns, and every
fire, factory, and church bell 6vuug reck
lessly. It was impossible to distinguish
anything ; the air was full of a loud hum
ming, in which broken notes of be'ls, fog
horns, screams, and reports of ro-.-kets.
were mixed like mad, for the coming-in
of the hundreth year. The morning was
so lovely it was a mockery to call it a win
ter's day- fr it smiled clear and soft as
April.
CALLS AND CALLKKS.
Calls were made and received in a more
economical way than for years past. The
attention of iientleman was largely paid to
reducing their carriage expenses, and most
took the short cut to (foing this by going on
foot. M.i! who spent twenty five dollars
for carriage hire list New Year, gleefully
told how they brought it down to eight
dollars for this. The pleasant mildness of
the day gave us the funny spectacle l su
perline callers going their rouuds iu full
dress suits. As if a lady should parade
Broadway in a trained dress, with a laee
cap on her bosom
Tin: iiblpless l-ooi:.
Vigorous efforts are made by the Bene
volent S.icicties to provide for the helpless
poor, before the cold, which- we are taught
will strengthen as days begin to lengthen.
Soup-houses are set up iu difF.-renl parts of
the city, when a hot, nourishing meal is j
given for about six cents ! and several de
cent free lodging-houses afford shelter for
the homeless, deserving poor : lcavin the
station-houses to keep the professional
tramps and beggers. Two things are
wauting lo make the life of the poor iu
New York and elsewhere anything but in
tolerable wretchedness. The first is decent j
lodgings, and provisions at a low rale. It
is rruc that rents and expenses in general
are three times as high here as they are
in London : a fact which weighs heavily
on the rich, and is all but extinction to the
poor. High rents force the price of every
thing up to correspond, in order to pay
them. Nor need any of your readers think
this is a matter winch does not concern
them ; for the tendency of prices, of work
and produce, in other towns, tends to that
of the great centres. Servants measure
their wages, aud nierchauts their gains, by
the prices in New York, Their isn't a
village where this is read, that people do
not charge as near the regular rales f the
cities, as they dare. There is not a town
in the States, that is uot interested, for its
own sake, in the condition of things here;
because it must feel their influence sooner
or later. Thu only comfort of hard times,
is, that they must bring living down for
rich and poor. The extortion of rents
charged in tenement houses is frightful.
It is a fact that the swarming, squalid ten
ements on filthy streets bring in more rent
thau tip-town dwellings. Not an attic
closet, with half tho glass out of the panes,
grimy and decayed, but brings its four dol
lars a mouth to the owner. And their will
be forty rooms iu a building, the deccutest
ones calling for ten dollars a month ; this
in the poorest class of tenements.
MR. ItOWEN.
The fact that it has been made to appear
that Mr. Bowcn's paper, 77e Ind:icndcnt,'
was used, to some exteut, to further the
Pacific railroad scheme, is animadverted
upon severely. It is astonishing how wise
people arc, after the fact. At the tiuu
27c Inilfjitwhnt was urging the building of
the road, that paper, like every other one
in the United States, believed not only in
Jay Cooke, but in the road. Jay Cooke
was supposed lo be. strong cnough'ti) carry
the enterprise to a successful end, aud
The Iiilr,c,v1att is no more to be blamed
for assisting him. than are the depositors
who had their money in his bank for losing
it. I should like to go through the safes
of some of the papers that are abusing Mr.
B weu, and see if I couldn't liud some of
those terrible bonds therein. The most of
them hail some of that pork, aud I believe
they all came honestly by it. The fact is j
Mr. Bnven did what every uewspaper
man did, he worked for what he believed
lo be a good thing, and was paid for it
only what he should have been. It is
queer if a Statesman, like a dozen I could
mention, should have his expenses paid for
advocating a scheme, and a newspaper
should not. The fact that it failed makes
no difference. I have knowu quite a num
ber of very excellent schemes that have
failed. Jav Cooke has gone, but the road
will yet Iks built, and Mr. Boweu will live
to read his articles in its advocacy, with
much satisfaction and right. Here let me
say that those who are abusing Mr. Cooke
are not doing the nicest thing in nature.
When he was prosperous, and carrying on
great enterprises, he was the most popular
man in America. It is only since be suc
cumbed to circumstances that would have
crushed anyone, that he is counted differ
ently. How many men would have done
better than he did ?
THE CARNIVAL Ol" CRIME.
Is crime, like cholera, epedemic ? It
would seem so. One murder breeds anoth
er. The pistol, knife and bludgeon have
beeu very busy from the day before New
Years till now, and the police reports show
no abatement even yet. Oue frenzied man
shoots his wife, cut the throats of his four
children, and then kills himself, which
last murder was the only one that the
world uaed bs thankful tor. ihe numher j
of grog-shop homicides New Years eve
and the night following was frightful.
And what is singular, it kejps up steadily.
But the moxt
TKRR1ISLE MURDER
on record was that at the Westminister
Hotel, Saturday night. llotnaine Dillon,
a wealthy and lirst-family bachelor of fifty
shot a gentleman named Dilleber in the
corridor of the hotel, after a tnonieuts al
tercatiou. The victim dying in a few
hours. The singular thiug about it is,
that the parlies had no quarrel indeed
they scarcely knew each other. Dillon
was olfended with Dilliber for walking iu
the corridor understaud, they were both
boarders aud h id show n his displeasure
all day. Meeting Dilliber that evening,
he ordered him to get out of thu corridor,
which Dilliber refused to do, whereupon
Dillon drew his Derringer and shot him.
Now tho facts come out. It appears that
Dillou has been insane for years that
when he was boarding at the Brevoort
House he was iu the habit of quarreling
with the boarders ou the most absurd pre
t
texts, which created such a fear of him
that the managers were compelled t gvt
rid of him. He showed murderous ;ro-
pensities then, but never a won! was said
about it, aud he went to the Westminister.
Since be has killed a man the proprietor
states that tins lunatic lias lic.cn tor a year
iu the habit of ordering people away from
the house ; that if auy one walked in the
corridor in front of his room he would per
emptorily order him away, and if he de
clined to obey, he would shoot at him as
coaly as though he were a dog. Hut never
a word of all this was said to mij' one by
the proprietor. The Diillon family are
profoundly grieved thai poor Dilli her was
killed, but they were always afrai. that
something of the sort would happen.
They always kuew that poor llotnaine was
crazy, and they kept away from him, but
they never said anything about it, for the
subject was painful to them. Of course,
Dillou will be put in an asylum, but had I
the making of the laws, I should provide
for the punishment of several other parties.
The. proprietors of the Brevoort nad West
minster hotels would go up for net putting
this murderous lunatic where he could harm
no one. Then I would send up the entire
Dillon family for not letting the world
know that their brother was crazy, and
always had beeu. and that it was danger
ous to have him running lose.
THE TKOl'HLES OF A MILLIONAIRE.
You have all lieardnf ''Vinegar Bitters.
The proprietor, or one of them, is a man
named Walker, who married a wife in Cal
ifornia, In making and selling this horn
hie tasting medicine. "Dr." Walker has
amassed a large fortune, for his "bitters
tasted so badly that people supposed there
must be virtue in them. But "Dr.'" Walk
er's love for Mm. Walker did ma increase
as rapidl as his lucre. lie refused to al
low her money as she desired, and, as she
further avers, he Becchcrized and squan
dered the daeats that should have been her
comfoit upon other women. She drags
him into court, and swears that lie is
squandering his fortune at the rale of SlOO
per day, and that if he is not restrained he
will run it all out. Now conies Walker's
story, lie avers tdat lie is not only chaste
but fastidiously so ; that Mrs. Walktr is a
uaughty woman, who makes appointments
with other men. aud does not in any sense
live to the agreement she made wheu she
took him for better or worse- And so tho
courts have got "Dr." and Mrs. Waiker,
the lawyers will have fat picking. Both
are able to pay, and if the profits of Vine
gar Hitters are not distributed among the
legal fraternity, all precedent is at fault.
TIIK LAST FK.M D
which agitates mercantile circles is the
lately discovered defalcation of Deckwiih,
the confidential man of llabbitt, the snan
manufacturer, IWkwith was in the habit j
of paying out 1.31)0 and entering the pay
ment as for 13,000 ! pocketing ihe differ
ence. This little game weut on till he had
stoleu over o00.000 ! IJ.ibbitt and he
quarreled one day, and IJ.ibbitt discharged
him not for the theft, for be knew noth
ing about that and B.:ckwiih went mto
hiding. Babbitt's suspicious were not
aroused for three months after JSeckwith's
departure, when an investigation was had,
and the stealing was unearthed, and Beck
with arrested. What is curious about it
is the fact that a business man like Babbitt
should permit defalcations to so great an
amount to go on so long without anyone's
knowing anything about it. He was in the
habit ot going away from his business for
mouths, leaving cheques signed in blank, J
which Mr. Beckwith filled up with any
amount he saw fit, and appropriated the j
money as he pleased.
This was paralleled a few months ago by
a young man in the employ of a well-known
importing house. He was on a salary of
1,500 a year, but, nevertheless, he kept
three horses and two women, and rn
through with 1."0,00D of his employer's
money in three years. When the defalca
tion was discovered the young gent letntii
was safely away, ami the linn c uld not
settle their business without him. So they
got into correspondence with him, and for
gave him on condition that he w mid re
turn and so explain his stealings that they
could get their books straightened up.
He good-naturedly did it, for he had noth
ing against them ! Why Beckwith did
uot get away with his plunder is a mystery
The idiot never left the city. Mr. Babbitt
is entitled to no sympathy. The in reliant
who runs his business s i carelessly olf'rs a
premium to thieves.
lilsINIOSS
continues as dull as ever indeed it is a
little more so. Now that the holidays arc
over, a very large number of employees
have been discharged from the retail stores
and much suifcriug is anticipated. It is
horrible to swell the Already thronged
ranks of the unemployed. Tlieru ar.: un
numbered thousands who would be glad of
anything to do that would give the in daily
Oread. The slack trade has thrown thou
sands of salesman, bookkeepers, and peo
ple of that class, who have always lijred
tolerably well, out of employment, and
they sudor more severely than others, for
they are not used to it. The revival is
most anxiously looked for. Pietro.
Philadelphia, I'a., )
Dec. ol), 1875. )
I'ridi'l 'ib:al:
1 see by your letters that
while I have 1m. en among the hills and coal
beds of northern Pennsylvania, you have
been here, and while I tarried at Towanda
and Plymouth with your old fellow-townsman,
A. M. dellries, of the Parish House,
and at We.it Pittstot;, you were taking in
the Centennial, and I supposa you found
the weak spot here as well as others. Why
just praise Ihe Ccnteuuial, and you will
have the heart of Philodelphians right at
your hand. 'Tis a fact though ! they are
the root and branch of the Ceutenuial
Plant, and long may she grow aud high
may it wave.
The fun begins with the year, 1- o'clock,
past lTo, belwixand between 1870, with
camp fires aud bells, music and swells, il
lumiuation aud rejuvination, Moody and
Sankey will "ring the bells of Heaven,"
Mayor Stokely tin. old bell at the Court
House. What if she is cracked. Every
body will burn gas or tallow, lallow the
most fashionable for they, (the old folks
used the dip, guess I will wait and tell you
what they did do.
If have beeu there it has parsed.
Another hundred years shall come and go
and others will call up what history records
of the first u.iher in of our first Centennial
year. Philadelphia was not found sleeping,
but alive, awake. Out upon the street,
with more bustling, crowding, beait-throb-ing
good cheer thau had ever been crowd
ed into oue day since the lirsl heart-throb
of one hundred years ago. Flags, Hau
liers, bunting, and decorations of ever
greens, llowers, artistic display goods, cal
cium lights, lire works, torches, aud pretty
faces, not forgetting the fantaslics, made a
sight never to be forgotten by any who be
held it, and many ladies will never fonet
the squeezing they received. Precisely at
12, the old flag was hoisted, the old bell
sent I'iii-lli her t racked notes which was ta
ken up by every other bell iu the city, and
cheer after cheer, bands of inuf ic. thou
sands .l horns, trutupits, and every con
ceivable manner of noise filled the air, com
pletely ilrowui. 'lie noise of the arlilery.
Such a shout never before went to heaven
from the face of our ow n native land. It
such as this now, what will be Philadelphia
July 4th, 187r,md ivKat in l!7i', one hun
dred years hence.
John Wauainaker, and Wanamaker &
llrown, aud Hertsman Son, displayed
nearly two hundred flags each, ou the out
side of their large buildings, hundreds ol
other firms might be mentioned whose de
corations were expensive and gorgeous,
but space will not allow.
Happy the man who shall see with his
eyes the great usher in of July kh. lTtj.
Tilton has been here and given bis lec
ture the "problem of life." Ihe great
Academy of Music was full, seats reserved
even to the third tier. What is that great
problem. Hear him, and your life will lie
the better for it. Years ago when I listened
to him ; when I as hundreds likewise, look
ed upon him as the bright and shining star
for future glory as an American citizen,
raised to the most, exalted position in the
gift of the peopla. Young though he. was,
yet so far leading older ami more exalted
heads, I can with them now say : Wicked,
yes miserably wicked, is the one who has
cast the least blot upon that fair reputa
tion. that manly form, he who can so beau
tifully portray lo bis fellow man th ilujy
of man to his fellow man. he who with
masterly intclcct, can mould and fashion
the minds of a nation, that they are the
belter for his bein in it. While passing
himself through the fiery trials of domes
tic trouble, can he a teacher and leave no
doubt upon the mind of his hearers a3 to
bis manly course. Sorry am I, sorry
should every parent be that his children
did not hear that lecture. While the mir.d
is shapiug its standard of life. White it
may so easily be raised to a higher stan
dard of morality, virtue, yes and business.
Oh the youth, the young girls as well as
our boys should hear "The Problem of
Life" portrayed as none other but Theo
dore Tilton can do it, and iu concluding
that subject, let me ask your readers as
from him his question. What would be
the result after another hundred years
shall have rolled away, and another cen
tennial year shall dawn upon our now
ereat and trlorious nation; if the women I
sh.U sert their claim, that man shall !
ue urouuii .o mu aiimu ii.n.i.u- iwu
conversation, visitation, morality
virtue I
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that would cause her to biusb. No
nace
visited at which she could not also go, the
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sumo dark blot put upon his brow as upon .
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hers for the sire of an unguarded lmpas- .
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uuoidden.
r;'Hieii in. in., n-nw. - uu-.imn.ii.
Lver an outcast. Ponder, meditate, and j
where opportunity offers, take your young I
people, your children that their lives may
be made nobler, their happiness greater, ;
tin ir aspirations higher for having heard
Tilton, ami his problem of life. ;
. . 1 . .. i , .1 :. . t
1- rieiid llvert, I am poor aud nothing .
would please me licittr than to pay every
debt 1 owe, but could I not hear it again
money would uot purchase it from me but
ti ank God it is as Lary said his bible was,
when the priest was burning it, treasured
up where he could not burn it.
The Waplin has been airing tho bi dia
mond of Col. Wood, other journals the
bridge building of Col. Tom Scott, wonder
could they not get the Col. to bridge the ;
Atlantic.
( ild Sol is out again like a beautiful May
morning. No more cau we sing as we
have for the last two weeks :
"Why ha9 the Sun iu darkness ('?,"
"And shut his glories in."
The dark pictures are also to be seen,
murder, love, suicide, ami homes made
sad, accidents too, a man shot by bis land
lord, scaffolding at the art building has
again fallen, and three workmen killed,
there are serious complaint against the con
tractor br not furnishing suitable material
for scafloldiug, a Very serious charge and
should be investigated.
Another evidence of the force of our
jury system is that of the request of the
jury in the Hauly homicide case for cards
to wile away the time of delibeiation,
temporarily granted by the judge. and sub
sequent withdraw.il of the grant. Ur.
Landis of turkish bath notoriety is seek
ing notoriety before the foot lights, claim
to be a r. val of Booth. some say fool, others
lunatic, and certain it iskthat much fun is
bad at his expense, iu justice we say be
imitates the lunatic. Well there may bo a
reason for that. This week he tries ham
Iit, we i v ill wail and see.
Nachtel at the Academy of Music and
the Octoroon at Walnut this week, are the
.n-i iii'inie fi 1 1 r:ii t inns.
1'iiiladclpiiia and all nature look beauti
ful this bright, this glorious first Sabbath
morning, lS7j.
Bl'STRUS.
Americim ;nioits.
Ioo(Jy iV
Sankey.
The great revivalists. Messrs. Moody
and Sankey, who electrified sta;d old Eng
land wilh their eluquvnce aud enthusiasm,
are fair samples of American genious.
Springing from amoug ihe common peo
ple, their sympathies are alive to the wants
of f'lC vlntk ytojile, and herein lies the secret
of their great success. Those who seek to
be popular must study and be familliar
with the wants of the masses, and prove
loyal thereto. To this fact we may trace
the grand sucess in buainees, as well as in
religious undertakings, which many Ameri
cans have achieved. Strikingly illustrative
of these suggestions is thai great establsh
tuent, located at Ilullalo, N. V., aud known
as the "World's Dispensary," a most ap
propriate name, indeed, for that vast insti
tution, within whose walls are nianlatured
remedies which are iu demand iu every
quarter of the globe, and at which a corps
of distinguished physicians aud surgeons,
under the personal direction of Dr. Pieiee,
are constantly administering to ihe needs
of thousands of s tillers every where, and:
whose success in the treatment of ail firms
of chronic ailments has become so well
known that there is scarcely a hamlet in j
the laud in which his name is not familiar.
Its proprietor, says the Herald and 'Ton-It-Vujht.
of Detroit, "is a i,ta,i rf the jit'ile.
writes for them, and to them lenders his
eminent professional services." His ad
vertisements are earnest exhortations.
Like the great revivalists, his enttisiasui is
multiplied by the uuparalleled success of
his enterprise, as weil as by the ellieuey of
his reunifies iu curnig disease. The jifyile
Mirre in him and bis remedies, because, as
the New York Tnbuni sas. "he sympa
thizes with them iu all their afflictions, ef
forts, and uttinmciits." Hence, Dr.
Pierce's (Jolded Medical Dicovery is to day
more largely employed as a blood and bver
medicine, and also as a cough remedy
than any other remedial aent iu the world.
His Favorite Prescription, be does not rec
ommeuil as a "cute-all," as is so olten
done by compounds of worthless humbug
nostrums, but for all diseases and weak
nesses peculiar to womcu it has proved it
self so much of a specific that it now enjoys
trreat popularity and universal confidence.
Dr. Pierce's Pleseut Purgative Pellets,
"scareelly larger than mustard seed. "'have
proved so agreeable and reliable as a
cathartic that the are rapidly taking the
place of the large nauseous pills heretofore
so much in use ; while his Compound
Extract of Smart-Weed is a MVorile remedy
for Colie. Cramps, Sumuier-commplaini,
Iliarrhiea. D ipenler , Cholera and Chol
era Morbus, aud also a linimeii. Of Dr.
Sage's Catarrah Itemed , and Dr. Pierce's !
Xass.il Douche, little need If.: said, as they '
are novvn everywhere as the greatest j
specifies for Catarrah and "cold hi the i
he il," ever given to the public. And be-j
sides tins lar-ie mc.iure ot success. Dr.
Pii-rce seeiiis likely to achieve as great re
nown as an author as he has as a physician.
His Common Sk.nsk Mi dh al Adviskh,
a book ofabotit POO pages, which he sells
at the unparalleled of exhausting two
edilons amounting to forty thousand copies.
The secret of Dr. Pierce's success, as well
as that of the gn at revivalists, aud scores
of other Americans, who by the their
genius have advanced step by step from
obscurity to influence aud distinction,
cousists in treating the people with con
sideration, sympathy, caudor, andhouesty.
No man who hopes to attain either wealth
or distinction, can ajjbrd to deal unfairly
with the world or be indifferent to the
wants and best interests of humanity.
This wil1
At
of our intention 1
Tin year's cloinir o
week-dav iiioriiinsr.an.
STOCK'IS SOLI).
It I
wJfJtfSST?0" too.
We have made up too inn..
transfer our IStuck: into Cash n.
certain sacrifices which will he
;md 'iir Prnfirj fmil nvon n. rut tfftp
l)ri0CS- . . .Vvsto
To he very exact in stating this lifty
advertisement or custom of our houseVni ceien,,
particular, we think it proper to av, te'laioaBt',
pi ios to Wr
A THOUSAND AND MOHci
A THOUSAND AND M0KW'
HUNDREDS OF DRESS COin,
SEVERAL THOUSAND VEST' :
SEVERAL THOUSAND PAIIV
and extends throughout our house, yet there v
they have already been marked at close price v
Wo desire to announce that this
GUI? FINAL and ONLY MARK DOWN
So that none need wait for lower Prices. The step
fully aid those who feel like economizinsr.
THE TERMS OF THE SALE ARE
HOUSE:
1. Xo second or altered Price One
2. Cash from All, to warrant Low
' "u l-'"l"lu''m 1. l V"
. . each case (provided goods are
urn liuarantoe ior eacn garmenr.
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ahu ouu.iv c tm'ji uii iiev, uim ia
mil. uur ovtu
Carefully Made Clothing.
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n win oe rciiieinoeieu uinu our
styles of suhstantial irood-s and that
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5lAii1 MAiil"Mln A I H"""01 A 1 i
and MATIKET Streets.
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in' nic l'i il I'll. tin 11 11 1 ,
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announcements to all their mends in
We are Very Truly,
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Hats, aps & Geats' FruxisiiLG Goods.
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Has just returned from the eastern city with the largest stock of Clothing
Hals, Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods ever brongl to this place, ant
at the lowest hard-time prices.
Clothing of every De&ription
Overcoats in endless variety, from the cheapest in pries to the very lies
make in styles and finality.
MENS' SUITS
Ot every styles tind quality to suit the times, and at.uch low prices tha
every body can afford to go well clothed with vry little money.
CLOTHING FOR MEN YOUTHS' BOYS' M CHILDREN.
Xow is the time to buy, when you can
i little money. Hats and Caps of every
; latest styles and at prices that can not
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Stents J? urmshmo' tfoods.
Under Clothing in ahuudance 01 every onality .styles and price.
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SHIRTS! SHIRTS I !S
From the finest white Sliirt made to the cheapest. Woolen Shirts of all
kinds and prices t
Gloves of all Descrip&on.
Kid, TJuckskin. Driving, Sheepskin, "Woolen and Mi tens of all kitids and
prices to suit all. Socks, Susyienders, Collars, XteJties, Bows, Jexiffr.
I A.O., ..vc, and anything to be found in
A specialty m Clothing, Hats, Laps
which we defy competition both in
show o-ood.
Sunbury, Xov. .", 187-3.
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THE USUA1L TERMS OF OUR
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description, v of which is of tin
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a first-class fmishing good store.
ana ijents i jmsmng doods, all ot
quality and ir jace. Xo trouble to
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