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BEDFORD. PAo FRIDAY, DEC. 35,1868.
"THE TEW** OF OFFKCE BILE.
Wc find quite a number of our cotempo
raries advocating a repeal of the Tenure of
Office bill. Andy Johnson also recommends
it in bis message. It has got to bo a pretty
safe thing to hold fast to whatever Andy
citidemns, but leaving his resommendation
out of the question, we are opposed to the
repeal of this bill. There may be clauses
in the bill which need to be modified but
wc cannot see any necessity for its repeal.
If the bill was a proper one it is still so, if
it was improper it should never have been
passed. We believe in tbe Senate's exercis
ing its power and privilege under the con
stitution of examining and approving or
disapproving of all important appointments
by the President, let that President be
Andy Johnson or General Grant. We have
faith in General Graut but we do not be
lieve in repealing good and wholesome laws
simply because it is likely that they will not
be necesary to rest tain General Grant from
doing what he ought not to do. It is well
if General Grant is wise and good and pa
triotic but it is no good reason why all the
laws pertaining to and designating and
limiting his powers and duties should be
repealed. We can readily understand why
Andy Johnson wants it repealed, but why
they who passed it and thought it good a
little more than a year ago should now wish
it repraled we cannot comprehend. Such
conduct whether of Congressman or jour
nalist strikes us as of a very puerile charac
ter. It may do for demagogues, but is
sadly cut of place foi such as aspire to the
rank of statesmen.
As THE TIME for the meeting of the
Pennsylvania Legislature draws nigh, the
Senatorial question increases in interest.
The weaker candidates are already begin
ning to drop out, and each day witnesses
new accessions to the ranks of those remain
ing on the course. The latest accounts
seem to indicate a concentration of'
the Western portion of the State upon
Gen. J. K. Moorehead, while he is also re
porter! as gaining strength daily in the East
ern counties. The time grows short and the
vexed question will soon be settled, and the
suspense of the various candidates ended.
Whatever may be dene, we hope our legis
lators wiil promptly repudiate every one
who attempts to bribe his way into the Uni
ted States Senate. Let us have by all means
an honest man. We admire ability, but
integrity is of the first importance.
REDUCING TIIE STATE DEBT. —In these
days of taxatioo it is pleasant to meet with
some refutation of the idea that a public
debt once contracted cau never be expected
to be reduced. Governor Geary, of this
State, gives notice, by proclamation, that
since the first Monday of September, 1867,
an! up to the 30th of November, 1868, there
has been redeemed $2,414,806-74 of the
public debt of Pennsylvania. On the first
of December, 1867, the amount of the fund
ed and unfuoded State debt of Pennsylvania
was $37,704,400 77, with nearly three mil
lions in the Treasury applicable in payment
of the debt and of expenses. The Gover
nor's proclamation now shows how much
has been actually | aid off, which leaves the
present debt $36,280,593 07. There is
probably a large balance in the Treasury in
addition, so that in another year the reduc
tion is likelv to be a- great, if not greater,
than has been made in the present year.—
Exchange.
IRON WITHOUT PUDDLING.— The Pitts
burgh Gazette , of Thursday last, informs its
readers that there has been some excitement
among the iron manufacturers of that city
in consequence of the introduction into one
of the prominent mills, and with a large if
not perfect measure of success, of the pro
cess of making iron without the intermedi
ate process of puddling. This new process
yields a larger amount of iron from a given
quantity of uictal than the old method, and
dispensing with ptiddlers altogether, lessens
very materially the cost of production.
It the new process shall prove as success
ful as we hear it represented to be, all other
mills will be constrained to adopt it, or be
underso'd in all the general markets. The
public will doubtless have more information
on this subject within a few days.
IT seems that Robert J. Walker got a
nice lump out of the Alaska business. The
r-,vw,w>o w*jsvi<a <k lo din rat num tvi.. h
accounted for, but it is a pretty well au
thonticated fact that Baron Stoeckl finding
himself powerless to lobby the bill through
Congress did obtain the services of Robt.
J. Walker, who put the job through in a
very business like manner and got for his
services the nice little fee of s2o,ooocertain
ly and perhaps $20,000. Robt. J. has
made some very patriotic speeches at vari
ous times, but it seems, like many others of
that ilk he has his price, if it is a pretty
round one, for which he will consent to rob
his country or his friends.
1 HE GOVERNORS MESSAGE. —It is un
derstood that Gov. Geary has in prepara
tion his annual message and that it will be
ready by the first of January.
GRANT'S popular majority is 304,794, had
it not been for the gross democratic frauds
in New Vork and a number of other states
his majority would have been over .500,000.
GOLD closed in New York on the 21st
inst at 135|.
BOTH houses of Congress have adjourned
until after the holidays.
GEORGIA IMMIGRATION. — Emigration to
Georgia is said to be quite lively, A Macon
paper announces that fifty Pennsylvania
farmers are about to go to that State in a
body, taking with them their families and a
frreat part of their agricultural implements.
They will doubtless do well. That is the
right way to emigrate, and is just the oppo
site of the plan pursued by the carpet-bag
gers who have become so obnoxious to the
people of the South.
F ? R STEERS IN PERI .-Infor
ofStaiofW u re< * ,ved at the -Deportment
: i tbe - ? linister 01 'be United
j. tales at Lima oi the receipt by him of a
bill of exchange fcr £2,000, contributed by
?1 SON F" ° W RADCIBCO - California, for the
alleviation of suffering caused by the recent
him .H \r ■ eru ' anJ ofits delivery bv
him to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
thatcountry on
d*Sh J™ the
SiST^S& e t n V. to
of deceased, reotmg
eulogizing his character He thcHffered
the resolntions usual on -IUPS " ° -
Messrs. Bwkalew, Morrill ofVerSST'Sd
Sumner followed with eulogies, when the
Senate unanimously adopted the resolutions
offered by Mr. Cameron.
• IT is generally understood in Washington
that Commissioner Rollins has, in compli
ance with almost the universal request of
the Republican members of Congress, relin
quished his purpose of tendering an uncon
ditional resignation, and will stand by the
resignation of last July conditioned upon i
the confirmation of his successor.
TIIE FORTIETH COWGKESS.
Third Sesion.
SENATE.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
Mr. TRUMBULL, from the Commit* on
the Judiciary, reported in favor of the indef
inite postponement of the joint resolution
declaring certain further guarantees of re
construction; also to be discharged from the
further consideration of memorials asking
that the election of President and \ ice Presi
dent be directly by the people both of which
were agreed to. .
Mr. Morton introduced a hill in relation
to a site for the Executive Mansion. Re
ferred to the Committee on Public Build-
ines.
Mr. Williams introduced a bill to pro
vide for the better administration of jus
tice in the Territories of the I nijed States,
Referred to the Committee on Territories.
Mr. Abbott introduced a bill to provide
for the payment of claims ofloyal citizens of
tbe State lately in rebellion.
Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill to repeal
the act providing for the admission of Geor
gia to representation in Congress, to pro
vide a Provisional Government therefor
and other purposes.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
At 12:15 P. M., on motion of Sherman,
the Senate went into Executive session, and
in a few minutes the doors were reopened.
DUTIES ON COL'PER.
Mr. Chandler a-ked to take uj the bill re
lative to the duties on copper and ores.
Mr Summer sta'ed that he desired to
discuss the bill, but not thinking it would
come up to day, had left his memoranda at
home.
Mr. Sherman said the Finance. Committee
had not intended to report this bill until
after tbe holidays, and had so informed the
parties interested but had afterwards de
termined to repoit the bill. So far as he
(Mr. S.) was concerned, he did not desire
to take up the bill for action until after the
recess.
Mr. Chandler then said he would call the
bill up to morrow.
POLITICAL DISABILITIES.
On motiou of Mr. Warner, the Judiciary
j Committee was instructed to inquire
whether the bills to remove political disabili
ties, which were passed prior to the adoption
of the Constitutional Amendment ate now
valid and of effect.
SYMPATHY WITH SPAIN.
Mr. Sumner called up the joint resolution
tendering the thanks of the United States
to the people of Spain.
The resolution was passed—yeas 41, cays
s—Messrs.5 —Messrs. Davis, McCrccry, Saulsbury,
Vickers and Whytc.
THE DEATII OF MR. STEVENS.
At 1 P. M. a message was received from
the House announcing its resolutions on the
death of Mr. Stevens. The resolutions
were read.
Mr. Cameron took the floor and read an
eulogy on the life, character and publie ser
vices of the deceased.
Mr. Cameron then submitted the usual
resolutions of respect.
Mr. Buckalew then followed, drawing a
comparison between Benjamin Franklin and
Thaddeus Stevens, and also contrasted Mr.
Stevens and Lord Chatham, and commented
on the striking points in the character of
Mr. Stevens.
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, and Mr. Sum
ner followed.
The resolutions were then adopted and
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WASHINGTON, December 18. —The Speak
er laid before the House several Fxecutive
communications, which were appropriately
referred.
Mr. Peters, of Maine, offered a resolution
providing for printing 30,000 copies of the
eulogies on Thaddeus Stevens. Referred
to the Committee on Printing.
PENSION BILL.
Mr. Wasbburne, of Illinois, froui the
Committee on Appropriations, reported the
Annual Pension Appropriation bill. Refer
red to the Committee of the Whole and
made the special order for the sth of
January.
DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE.
Mr. Morrell, of Pennsylvania, offered a
resolution calling upon the Commissioner of
Agriculture for a statement of the cost of
the new Agricultural building for the De
partment of Agriculture, how much de
ficiency there is in the appropriation for
that purpose &c. Passed.
MILITARY PAY.
Mr. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, introduced
a bill giving to officers in the military and
naval service of the United States, who are
enlisted but not mustered into the service,
pay according to their rank. Referred to
the Committee on Military Affairs.
CREDENTIALS OF MENARD.
Mr. Sypher. of Louisiana, presented the
credentials of J. Willis Manard, colored,
claiming to be a Representative from Louis
iana. Referred to the Committee on Elec
tions.
POLITICAL DISABILITIES.
Mr. Boutwell, ot Massachusetts, asked to
have the Senate bill relieving certain parties
from political disabilities referred to the
Committee on Reconstruction. Agreed to.
BANKRUPT LAW.
..Mr. Wilson, of lowa, offered a resolution
directing the Committee on the Revision ot
the Laws to inquire into the expediency of
appointing a commission, to be composed of
United States District Attorneys, to make
certain changes in the Bankrupt law, so as
to make its operations uniform. Agreed to.
PROTECTION OF ALASKA FISHERY.
Mr. Starkweather, of Connecticut, offered
a resolution directing the Committee on
Commerce to inquire and report what legis
lation is necessary to protect fur seals in
Alaska. Agreed to.
TAKING OF TESTIMONY.
Mr. Churchill, of New Y'ork, introduced
a bill to regulate the taking of testimony in
Courts of the United States.
Also, a bill to regulate peremptory chal
lenges in the Courts of the United States.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
DETAILED OFFICERS.
Mr. Schenck, of Ohio, offered a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of War for infor
mation as to the number of officers of the
army detailed in the Quartermaster's Pay
and other Departments at New York, also
the number of enlisted men so detailed, and
whether their number could not be reduced.
Passed.
COMMITTEE ON RETRENCHMENT.
Mr. Van Wyck, of New Y'ork, asked to
present the report of the Committee on
Retrenchment for the purpose of having it
printed and recommitted. Agreed to.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee, demanded
the regular order, which the speaker said
was reports of a private nature from com
mittees.
Mr. Julian, of Indiana, from the Com
mitee on Public Lauds, reported a bill grant
ing the privileges of the Homestead law
to children of soldiers under twenty-one
years of age, which was passed.
Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, from the Com
mittee on Post offices and Post Roads, re
ported several private bills, pending the
consideration of which it was ascertained
there was no quorum present.
The Speaker announced that he had se
lected E. B. Washburne to act as Speaker
on Monday, when he (Mr. Colfax) would be
absent.
Mr. Pettis, of Pennsylvania, announced
the death of his predecessor, Darwin A.
Finny, and pronounced a eulogy on his life
and character.
He was followed by Messrs. O'Neil, Ran
dall and Woodward, of Pennsylvania, after
which the House adjourned until Monday.
• LOTTOS. —Lace cotton is a new va
riety of this useful plant, now attracting the
, attention of the Southern agriculturists,
ut , r ?*dy been raised in Texas, and will
probably be introduced into other parts ol
south, l-acc cotton is reported to be
superior to any other variety for poor soil
or uplands, a strong healthy growth, and
yielding heavily. Its strength is equal to a
strain of seven and a halt pounds to oach
thread, while a similar thread of the best
American cotton will support a weight of
only five pounds. It is said to resemble
Egyptain cotton, which in England is worth
ooe-fourth more than American.
DEATII BED CONFESSION OF A GREAT
CRIME. —The New Orle0S/Sctq/uae relates
that some years ago a respectable young
man, the only snpport of a widowed mother
and a sister, was.clerk in a dry goods store
in that city. He frequently assisted the
cashier, and one day a forged note on the
firm for S4OO, in the hand-writing of the
young man, was preseuted at the bank by
an unknown person and paid. The young
man admitted the drawing of the check, but
had no recollection of the circumstance 5 ,
and could give no explanation, lie was ar
rested, tried and convicted. His mother
and sister alone lelieved in his innocence.
Bowed down with sbatne, and unab'e to vin
dicate his honor, he died shortly after. In
less than a year the bereaved mother died
also, and tlie sister was left to struggle alone
for a living, whieb she obtaiued by beeoui
ing a seamstress. A few days ago a lawyer
was called to write tbe wiil of a man at the
point of death. In this will he bequeathed
his property to the sister, and embodied in
the instrument a full confes.-ion of the for
gery committed eight years ago. He was
the cashier of the firm, now grown ricb.
It was by his direction the draft was pre
pared. Now, after a lapse of eight years, a
tardy reparation is attempted to be made.
But it will not restore lifet o the dead, nor
extract the bitter sting of sorrow and grief
so long endure l. It is one of the strangest
events which make up the story of a I" 0 -
EXCITING CHASE. —About noon op Thurs
day, says the New York S'tn, of Friday, a
dummy used for hauling freight cars from
the Hudson River Railroad depot to Thirty
fourth street, was left on the road tempo
rarily by Mr. llenry King, the engineer.
During his absence, a lunatic named Ryne
jumped on it, opened the steam valve,
started off down town at a rapid rate of
speed. King immediately mounted a horse
and rode after the lunatic, with whom he
caught up near Canal street. W hen near
Tenth street a German huckster and wife
named Schaffer, in their wagon, attempted
to cross the track, but were struck by the
dummy and thrown out. Schaffer, when
picked up, was supposed to be dead;_ but
revived shortly after, although injured
severely internally. His wife would have
met a frightful death, had not officer A. C.
Viger, of the Fifth ward, who was passing
at that time, seized her by the dress and
pulled her aside. The wagon was a com
plete wreck, but the horses Were not injured
in the least. Schaffer and his wife were
taken into a drug store and their wounds
dressed. The engineer having regained his
engine, had to knock the lunatic duwn with
a piece of firewood before he eowM control
him. Ryan would huve been rough'y treat
ed by the crowd who had gathered about
the scene, bad not the officer above Bairn d
secured him. Schaffer was taken to St.
Luke's Hospital.
WIPE MURDER AND LYNCH LAW.— On
Friday evening last, after dark, our commu
nity was startled by the arrival in town of a
young man named Moore, who brought the
report that a man named Carl Kneioman,
living some eight miles southeast of town,
had murdered his wile by cutting ber throat
from ear to ear. and that he had conic to
notify the Sheriff, as themnrderer had made
his eseafio imui diately after committing the
bloody deed. He stated that the excite
ment was intense in the neighborhood of
the crime, and that the entire population in
the vicinity were out in search of the mur
derer.
About nine o'clock in the evening lie was
overhauled near Macoupin creek about two
and a half miles from this city, by three
ycung men. He made no resistance, and
declared that he was on his way to town to
give himself up to the authorities.
He was by them taken to the residence of
Mr. Challaeomb, where they guarded him
all night, and in the morning brought him
to town and delivered him over to the
Sheriff. He was at once taken to the jail.
On Monday a mob assembled and took the
murderer out of jail.
After running about three blocks, they
espied a large locust tree standing in a
hack yard, with a limb projecting over into
the street. Here they halted, and pinion
ing the arms of their victim, one end of the
rope was thrown overthu litub, anil he was
hauled up. lie died without a struggle.
THE NEW COINS. —Specimens of the pro
posed new nickel coins, to be composed of
one-fourth nickel and three-touith copper,
one, three and five cent pieces, wen- received
at the Treasury Department on Tuesday.
The bill which authorizes the is.-ue is. in
substance, the bill introduced by Judge Kol
ly last winter. The one cent coin, weighing
1A grains, is about the size of the old silv< r
five cent coin; the three and five con? piec*-.
about the size of the present coins, are to
weigh three and five grains respectively.
The new coin is to be a legal tender for one
dollar, except for duties on imports, and is
intended to take the place of the copper,
bronze and nickel coinage now authorized.
The bill also authorizes the redemption of
the proposed new coins, and of al! the minor
coins heretofore issued by the Unit.dState-.
IMPORTATION OF FISH. —The importa
tion offish caught by American vessels has
recently been regulated by an order issued
from the United States Treasury Depart
ment. The alleged product, of American
fishing vessels, duly licensed for such pur
pose, when brought into the Unites! States
from foreign waters in a vessel other than
the one in which the same wore caught, will
only be admitted to free entry on the pro
duction to the Collector of Customs at the
port of importation by the master of theim
ralti( teasel, wf ......Si'.,, j„,r
said fish, sworn to by the master of the ve •
sel in which the fish were caught, and certi
fied to by the United States consul or con
sular agent at the foreign port v. here the
transhipment of such fish occurred.
TUNNEL UNDER TIIE HUDSON. —It is re
ported that the Erie Railway is about to
construct a tunnel under the Hudson river,
to connect the shores of New Jersey and
New York. The plans and specifications of
the work have been prepared, and opera
tions, it is anticipated, will be commenced
next spring. The tunc!, iti- estimated, will
be completed in two and a half years. The
eastern terminus of the tunnel in New Yoik
city will be on Eighth avenue, near Twenty
third street, and the recent purchase of
Pike's Opera House and adjoining property,
it is stated, was made in view of the u-e of
the land for this purpose.
DAMAGES FOR THE: LOSS OF A WIFF..—
Some three years ago a lady, named Mrs.
Elizabeth Erriekson, lost her life in conse
quence of a boiler explosion onboard the
steamer Arrow, while on her way down the
Hudson from Yonkers. Suit was brought
by her husband for damages, and the jury
at the time pave him a verdict for $3,000.
The owners of the boat then appealed the
case to the New York Supreme Court, gen
eral term, and that body on Tuesday affirm
ed the decision of the court Mow, so that
the money will have to be paid.
PHOSPHORUS. —Much effort has been ex
ponded in obtaining phosphorus from its
mineral combinations, instead of from hones
the usual source of supply. It is said that
by taking one part of apatilo, or phosphate
of lime, with two parts of sand or powdered
flint, with the addition of a sufficient
amount of charcoal, and by keeping the
mixture at a red heat for a sufficient time,
the phosphorus will be disengaged and pass
over. The silicle acid, or silica, combines
with the lime, setting free the. phosphori,
which is then decomposed by the carbon,
and the phosphorus is liberated.
BUFFALOES ON THE PLAINS.—A gentle
man just from the plains informs the New
x ork Timet that, buffaloes are to be found
at this time in immense herds. At a dis
tance of two hundred aitd fifty miles west of
the Missouri river, on the Kansas Pacific
road, he passed through a herd covering a
surface of five hundred square miles, and
containing probably over a million buffaloes.
The uuuibui of dead buffaloes lying on the
line of the road, shot by passengers as the
ears go along, is very great, and the inform
ant says there ia enough meat lying there at
this time, easy of transportation, to feed all
the pocr people of America.
RICHMOND, Dec. 17.— The Rev. James
\\ llunnicutt s paper, the New Nation,
which stopped its daily issue some weeks
ago was totally suspended to-day. The ed
itor reproaches the Republican managers
here with having proscribed him, and an
nounces himself as a candidate for Congress
from this district, in opposition to the reg
ular nominee.
FOKBICiPI HEWS ITEMS.
THB Fr nch lunatic asylums contain over
{SO,tX. patients, two-thirds of whom are be
lieved to be perfectly sane, and copfiaed
onlv for various infamous reasons. Jules
Favre has collected u number of facts in re
gard to the power of the Prefects to send
any perron to the lunitic asylum cn the mere
certificate of a police doctor. Among the
most flagrant abuses is the custom to apply
for a certificate of insanity against persons of
whom their families want to get rid. A
person once confined in a lunatic asylum in
France is civilly dead; that is to say, he can
no longer apply to the courts for protection.
His only hope ot relief is an application to
the Minister of the Interior, and as long as
such men an Finard are at the head of that
department, there is no hope of a change lor
the better. Favre's revelations in regard to
the abuses and crimes perpetrated at the
lunatic a s ylums of France are anxiously ex
pected, and are certain to create a great
sensation.
ANOTHER ERUPTION. —Mount Vesuvius has
been iu an unusual state of commotion-for
over a vear. On th*e Bth of October, IcfiT,
the lava, began to flow more copiously, and
from that day to the present time, the moun
tain bus beenruore or less active. During
all this period the instruments in the astrono
mical observatory, near Naples, have been
continually agitated by the trembling of the
earth. About the 11th of last month, new
fissures were made in the cones, and the lava
now polls down and spreds itself in a broad
sheet over the side of Vesuvius towards Na
ples. The suioke, formed iuto an infinite
number of rings or circles, surges up to the
height of two thousand feet, and then spreads
out into a vast overshadowing cloud. At in
tervals columns of fire are seen bursting up
wards to a great height, and resemblt in regu
larity the flames responding to the blast of a
Titanic bellows. Three new cones have al
ready been formed, and a white cloud of va
por marks the course of the lava stream
which, having gradually filled up the deep
hollows of the mountain side, is now threaten
ing to devastate the cultivated land.
TUB RACE OE TARTAN. —Every variety of
tartan is very fashionable in London, and is
rapidly becoming so in this country. It is
adopted to costumes, to Macfarlane cloaks,
and to waterproof suits, and now a fourth
stile has coaie in vogue—worn pretty much as
a Highlander wears his pluid. A long scarf
shawl is required. This is folded length, wise
in eight taking care that the fringe fall on the
outside. To drape it over the figure, it is
first, placed across the left shoulder, letting
one of the. ends fall at the back, like a sush,
upon the skirt. Then it covers the chest,
passes under the right arm, encircles the
wa ; st at the back in tho form of a baud, re
crosses the front, and is lastly thrown over
the right shoulder. To conclude, the end of
the -haul is slipped through the part that
tonus (he waistband at the back and two cuds,
which sou id be of the same length, and fall
oa the skirt behind.
A New Dm CASK. —The medical faculty of
Paris are puzzled by the appearance of a dis
ease which they call writer's cramp. It is
not altogether a new disease. It is marked
iu old medical works as scrivener's palsy,
and was Mused by fhealuiost con-tant placing
of the mu ules of the lingers and hand iu one
laborious position. There was also a seam
stress palsy, caused by the continual use of
the needle. This was also noted m* being
worse than the writer's puhty, po-ribly be
cause of the i teel instrument used. The Paris
aggravation of the old disease is undoubtedly
attributable to the electrical action of steel
pens. The prevention lies in adopting some
other kind of pen.
The Victims ot the Ohio ltiver Disaster.
CINCINNATI, Bee. 20. —The wreck of the
steamer United .States has been towed to
tin city. Two bodies were discovered in it
this afternoon, both scarcely recognizable.
One was a man, with an eagle tattooed in
blue cn flic left aiut. The sex of the othr
body could not be ascertained. Twelve
victims of the same di-aster were buried
here yesterday. Near Madison, Indiana,
the body of a colored deck hand, named
Jackson, was found on Wednesday; and on
Friday, the body of Charles Gibson, of
Pittsburg, 15 years old. was found near the
same place.
Tho bridge at Elmore, Ohio, on the Cleve
land and Toh do railroad, was burned to day.
Tho connection will be broken untilTucsday
next.
Discovery of Gold at Mobile.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. A dispatch was
received yesterday by Secretary M'Cailocli,
from an agent of the government at Mobile,
statin,: that he had found a million of doll
ais in gold. lie was ordered to take pos
session, and to call upon the military I'or a
safeguard. No answer has been received,
and it is not known whether it is Confeder
ate or stolen money.
COAL MINK DISASTERS IN ENGLAND. —
The i xj l l i. ns in the eoal mines of Great
liri'ain during 1868, up to the last disaster
in Novmber, caused the death of 266 per
sons' The deaths from tho falling of the
roofs of mines and of the coal, amounted
during tlu> same period to 163, making a
total td'44'.i lives lost in the British collieries.
The mortality from mining accidents is much
Sinai'er. in the United States than in any
otic: country. — IhurUhurg Tellfgraph.
GERMAN KMIIIRSTTOW. —The whole number
of emigrants arriving at the port, of New
York between January Ist and November
yiitii. 1868, amounted to 203,953, of whom
.>.'<'.l3, or 40 per cent., were Germans. Dur
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emigrants arrivrng in New York, 7,520 were
Germans, the majority of whom came by w ay
of Bremen and Hamburg.
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collection for tho some period was $2,407,-
460, exclusive of office expenses. The total
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089.89f, and the total collections were $204,-
400,615.
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Father Tom and the Pope .50
Proverpial Philosophy, Turner 1.26
Hawthorne's Twice Told Tales, two
vols. 1.50 each ....... 3.00
Bryant's Poems - 1.60
tialleck's Poems 1.50
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,
Holmes 1.60
Longfellow's Poems complete 1.60
Alfred Tennyson's Poems complete 1.60
Whittier's Poems complete - 1.60
Dicken's Works Illustrated —
Little Dorrit 1.60
Pendennis 1.50
The Newcomes 1.75
Martin Chuzzlewit, (Dickens) 1.50
llliver J wist Italy & Notes 1.50
Bleak House " 1.50
David Copperfield " 1.50
Pickwick Papers " 1.60
Little Dorrit u 1.50
Nicholas Nickleby " 1.50
Oar Mutual Friend " 1.50
Bartiaby Budge " 1.60
Domby & Son " 1.60
The Last Days of Pompeii, (Bulwer) 1.50
The Caxtons, " 1.50
Rich and Humble, (Oliver Optic) 1.35
Watch and Wait " 1.85
In School and Out " 1.35
Hope and Have " 1.35
Haste and Waste " 1.35
The Starry Flag " 1.35
Famous Boys and How they became
Great Men 2.00
Fables of .Ksop, illustrated 1.25
Gulliver's Travels, illustrated 1.25
Fighting Joe, Optic 1.50
The Young Lieutenant, 1.50
Shamrock and Thistle " 1.50
The Bed Cross 1.50
Young America Abroad " 1.50
Edgar's Crusades and Crusaders 2.50
ItobinsOn Crusoe 1.80
German Fairy Land, Anderson 1.25
Rainbows for Children 2.25
Hints for the Nursery 1.25
Miller's Nursery Pictnrebook 1.50
Child's Picture Plav Book 1.50
The Young Man's Friend 1.65
l'oems, by J. G. Saxe, 2.60
Undine 1.25
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, by
S. Baring-Gould 1.50
Jean ingelow's Poems, 2 vol. at $2, 4.1k)
The Spanish Gypsy, 1.75
The Tent on the Beach, Whittier, 1.50
Homespun or Five and Twenty Years
Ago 1.75
The Guardian Angel, 0. W. Holmes 2.00
Country Living and Country Thinking... 2.00
The Chimney Corner, by Mrs. Stcwe 1.50
The Denounced or Last Baron of C-ana, 1.50
The Croppy a 1 ale of the Irish Rebellion 1.50
The Boyne Water, 1.60
The Peep O'Day and Crohoore of the
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Queer Little People, by M. B. Stotre 1.50
The Lord Mayor of London, Aiusworth, 1.00
Arabian Nights Entertainments 2.00
New Miscellanies, by Chas. Kingsley 1.50
Artemus Ward, His Book 1.50
Looking Around, A. S. Roe, 1.50
Ekkoes from Kentucky, by Petroleum V
Nasby 4.60
Favorite Authors 3.50
Grimm's Goblins 2.00
Kathrina, Holland 1.50
Hitter Sweet " 1.50
Titcomb's Letters " 1.50
Coming Wouders expected betwee:rlßo7
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Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby 1.75
Good Company 5.50
Compendium of Euglish Literature, 2.75
Phn uixiana or Sketches and Burlesques 1.50
Three English Statesman. Pym. Crom
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Reveries of a Bachelor 1.50
Lady of the Lake 1.75
The Early Dawn 1.75
The Lovers Dictionary 5.50
Bench and Bar 2.50
The Merchant of Berlin, by Muhlbach... 2.00
Henry the Eighth and his Coutt " ... 2.00
Berlin and Sans-Souci " ... 2.00
Frederick the Great and his Court " ... 2.00
Waiting for the Verdict 2.00
Lonisa of Prussia and her Times 2.00
Frederick the Great and his Family 2.00
Joseph the Second and his Court 2.00
Luther's Table Talk 2.00
Gustavus Adolphus 1.00
American Songster (cloth) 50
Home Songster 50
Sailor Boys Songster 50
World of New Negro Songs 50
The Exile of Erin s Songster 50
Letter Writer 60
Boys and Girls Pet Library .. $1.25
Young People's Library 70
Good Girls Library 75
The Goloshes of Fortune 75
Grand Father Goose's Melodies 75
Jautiary, February, March, April and
May, by.Rose Morton, each, 85
Jay's Family Prayer 9 90
Cedar Brook Stories 65
Rise and Progress ot Religion in the
Soul by Philip Dodridge 75
Byron's Poetical \\ orks 2.00
Thinks I to myself, and Peter Wilkins... 1.25
Good Boys Library 75
London Apprentice 75
Charles Linn . .' 75
My Friendly Family 75
Swiss Basket Maker - 75
Every Day Duty 75
Martyr of Vilvorde 75
Lyrics of Life 1.00
Songs for all Seasons 1.00
Household Poems 1.00
Humorous Tocuia —. 1.00
National Lyrics each 75
liollo Books each 75
Experiments 75
Eire I 75
Sky 75
Water 75
Talk 75
Cousins in Ohio (Howit) 1.25
Gabriel of Wicknor Wood •' 1.25
Books of Fables Baldwin 1.25
Book of Animals Parley 1.25
Stories from English History 1.50
Stories from Ancient " 1.50
Stories from History 1.50
Stories from Modern History 1.50
Pioneer Series 1.50
Stories of the I'utriarchs 1.50
Stories of the Creation 1.50
Soldiers of the Bible 1.50
Tales ot a Grand Father (Household
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Coleridge's Work, 3 vols, each 2.75
Owen Meredith's poems Lucile 2.00
j Woodworths poems 1.80
Oopsley Annals 1.35
.Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures by C.
Kcene 1.50
Byrons Poetical Works 1.25
The Sketch Book (Irving) 2.00
Moore 1.50
Byron 2.00
The Children's Garland from the best
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True Manliness 1.25
Milton's Paradise Lost 1.50
The Humming Bird 2.00
The Rose Bud 2.00
Youth's Keepsake 2.00
The Pet Animal 2.00
Thrilling Incidents in American History 1.65
Shakespeare.... 2.00
The Violet 2.00
Evangeline, Longfellow 1.25
Songs for the little ones. 2.50
Enoch Arden Tenuyson 1.25
The Picture of St. John Bayard Taylor 2.00
The Wagoner of the Alleghenies 2.00
Life of Luther by a Lutheran 1.25
The Family Save all 2.00
The Initials, Tautphoeus 2.00
New Dictionary of Quotations 2.00
The Vicar of Wakefield 4.50
Poetical Works of Thomas Gray 2.50
Precious Thoughts by John liuskin 2.60
The Gold Hunter's Adventures 2.00
My Diary North and South Russell 1.50
Life Thoughts Beecher 1.60
Don Quixote 2.00
Vivia, Secret of Power Southworth... 2.00
Letters from Europe J. W. Forrey 2.00
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QOOD NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE. jjf
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GUM SPRING GRAIN DRILL,
CHALLENGES COMPETITION.
It is the only Drill that will sow grain
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Anresthetice administered, when desired. Ar
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ward.
As I ain determined to do a CASH BUSINESS
or none, I' have reduced the prices for Artificial
Teeth of the various kinds, 20 per cent., and of
Gold Fillings 33 per cent. This reduction will be
made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all such
will receive prompt attention. feb7
CONRAD MEYER,
Inventor and Manufacturer of the
CELEBRATED IRON FRAME PIANOS,
Warerooms, No. T22 Arch St., Phila.,
Has received the Prize Medal of the World's
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Oct23:3mos [Established 1823]
IC
TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPA
NY'S OFFICE,
Nos. 23 tk 25 Nasn Street,
NEW YORK.
Organised under special charter from the State of
New York,
C A PITAL $5,066,606
58,660 SHARES, SIOO EACH.
DIRECTORS.
Hon. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia.
PAUL S. FORBES, of Russell A Co., China.
FRED. BUTTERFIELD, of F. Butturliehi A
Co., New York.
ISAAC LIVERMORE, Treasurer Michigan
Central Railroad, Boston.
ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer Ameri
can Express Company, New York.
Hon. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse N. Y.
0. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union
Telegraph Company, New York.
FLETCHER WESTRAY, of Westray, Gibbs
A Hardoastle, New York.
NICHOLAS MICKLES, New York.
OH
OFFICERS.
A. G. CURTIN, President.
N. MICKLES, Vice President.
GEORGE CON ANT, Secretary.
GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank
Commonwealth,) Treasurer.
Hon. A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia, Solici
tor.
The Chineee Government having (through the
Hen. Aneon Barlinyame) conceded to this Compa
ny the privilege of connectingr the great eeoporte
of the Empire ly eubmarine electric telegraph ca
ble, tee propoee commencing operatione in China,
and laying dutrn a line of nine hundred milet at
once, beticecn the following ports, vii :
Population,
Canton 1,000,000
Macoa 60,000
Hong-Kong 250.000
Swatow „._200,060
Arnoy 250,000
Foe-Chow 1,250.000
Wan-Chu 300,000
Ningpo 400,000
Hang Che&n 1,200,000
Shanghai 1,000,000
Total 5,91o,oo
These ports have a foreign commerce of SOOO,-
000,000, and an enormous domestic trade, beside
which we have the immense internal commerce of
the Empire, radiating from these points, through
ita canals and navigable rivers.
The cable being laid, this Company proposes
erecting land lines, and establishing a speedy and
trustworthy means cf communication, which must
command there, as everywhere else, the commu
nications of the Government, at business, and of
social life, especially in China. She has no pos
tal system, and her only means now of oommunU
eating information is by couriers on land, and by
steamers on water.
The Western World knows that China at
very large country, in the main densely peopled;
but a few yet realize that she contains more than
a third of the human race. The latest returns
made to her central authorities for taxing purpo
ses by the local magistrates make her population
four Hundred and Fourteen Millions, and this is
more likely to be under than over the actual ag
gregate. Nearly all of these, who are over ten
yeara old, not only can but (to read and write,
Iler civilisation is peculiar, but her literature is
as extorsive as that of Europe. China is a land
of teachers and traders; and the latter are ex
ceedingly quick to avail themselves of every
proffered facility for procuring early information.
It is observed in California that the Chinese make
great use ef the telegraph, though it there trans
mits messages in English alone. To day great
numbers of fleet steamers are cwned by Chinese
merchants, and used by them exclusively for the
transmission of early intelligence. If the tele
graph we propose, connecting all their great sea
ports, were now in existence, it is believed that
its business would pay the cost within the first
two years of its successful operation, and would
steadily increase thereafter.
No enterprise commends itself as a greater de
gree remunerative to capitalists, and to our whole
people. It is of a vast national importance com
mercially, politically, and evangelically.
The stock of this Company has been unquali.
fiedly recommended to capitalists and business
men, me a desirable investment by editorial arti
cles in the New York Herald, Tribune, B arid,
Times, Post, Express, Independent, and in the
Philadelphia Xorth American, Press, Ledger, In
quirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph.
Shares of this Company, to a limited number,
may be obtained at SSO each, $lO payablo down,
sls on the Ist of November, and $25 payable in
monthly instalments of $2.50 each, commencing
December I, 1808, on application to
PREXEL A CO.,
34 Sooth Third Street,
Philadelphia.
Shares can he obtained in Bedford by applica
tion to Reed * Schell Bankers, who are authorised
te receive subscriptions, and can give all neees
sary information on the subject.
p.iß:omos.