THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBUllG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. It ($olum.bwn -AND IJlMMlMt'g gcmocnti niiOOMSBUiia, pa. Frlilny illoi nlnpr, July '!' tStO. tj-TIIli OOr.UMHIAN lim Hie Largest Circulation or mijr paper piililllitit In Northtru lcnni)l "! ' " much larger sheet limn or lUcottm pornrlet; nml lliercforetheucit medium for nilverlltlnfr In this section oftlie State. Death of Joslah IX. Furman. On Friday of last week (July 22ml) Joslah II. Furman, Esq., n. Justlco of tho Pcaco of Dloomsburg, and a respect ed citizen, died suddenly from iu apo llcctlc stroko, In front of tho Columbia House, on Main street. Ills funeral on Sunday was attended by n largo eons couko of citizens. II h remains were tnkon from hlsrcsidcnco on Third street and Interred In Iho Itoscmont Cemetery, naer which n funeral sermon was preached by Itov. Sir. Mohr, at tho German Reformed Church. air. Furman was born (It Is believed in Now Jersey) December 17, 1S05, and was consequently inlils sixty-fifth year. IIo came to Bloomsbttrg when a small boy, and resided hero tho greater part of his llfo. IIo learned tho business of coach-making and followed it durlug tho earlier years of his manhood. In February, 1831, he married Fanny Wells (who was born In Massachusetts) tho ceremony taking place at the resi dence of John M. Chembcrlln, Esq., of this town. Mr. Furman was at that tlmo engaged in tho carriage-making business at Hath, in tho Stato of ?cw York, and resided thcro and at Danvlllo In tho samo State, for somo tlmo after wards. Ho then returned to Blooms burg and was engaged in tho boating business for somo years. IIo was at ono tlmo concerned in carrylug on a fur naco at Paxlnos, in Northumberland county, a3 a member of a partnership and was then for a year or two superin tendentof a coal mlno in Kingston, Lu zerne county, iieturnlng hero he had a coal-agency for tho salo of coal and for the shipment or transfer of coal from tho railroad to tho canal. IIo was concerned also in sundry contracts for building bridges ic. In tho fall of 18G1 ho was elected Sher iff of Columbia county and served for a threo years term. In tho spring of 1S0S ho was choson ono of tho Directors of tho Poor for Bloom township and served until tho jurisdiction of tho Poor Commissioners for tho Bloom Poor District attached under n special act of Assembly about a year afterwards. At tho fall election of 18G9 ho was elected a Justice of tho Peace for Bloom town ship for tho term of five years and, as already stated, held that ofllco at tho tlmo of his death. Mr. Furman left his liouso after din ner, in his usual health, for his ofllco at Esq. Chembcrlin's, and was conversing with Col. Freczoat tho tlmo of tho sad occurrcnco of his death. IIo remarked to tho latter that he had a queer feeling In his head and then suddenly his head dropped forward and ho expired. His wife survives him as do all his children four sons and ono daughter. Tho lat ter aro all married and settled in life. Mr. Furman was highly respected. IIo was a man of kindly disposition, with out enemies, and leaves behind him an honorablo reputation. To his many friends wo can only offer our sincere condolenco upon tho occasion of liissud den departuro from amongst us. Our County Convention! Beforo another Issuo of this papor,ou'r Comity Convention will havobeen hold and itscholco made known to tho peo ple, wo bcliovo that nil tho candidates nro good Democrats, honest men, and capable of filling tho offices to which thoy may bo nominated, while hav ing no choice, wo auk that tho best nml most competent men bo selected, and for tho honor and credit of tho parly wo hope tho delegates will bo pure men, abovo suspicion, and who will rcpro sent tho wishes of their Towushlp3 rather than their own preferences. Abovo all, wo counsol harmony. No man or set of men havo tho right to embroil n wholo county in ti feud to gratify personal ambition. Tho inter estsol tho parly aro to bo considered first and last. Of courso nino out of tho ten candid ales for Sheriff will bo dofeatcd for tho nomination, and for a tlmo may feel soro; but riK cannot bo nominated; and in submitting their names to tho Con vcntlon, it is with tho tacit agreement to abldo by tho action of tho Convention. Republicans and disappointed men may attempt to foment discord, but such ef forts will fall in the future ns they have in tho past. Tho Democrats of Colum bia county aro proud of their past his tory, and proud of their present united nnd prosperous condition; and will frown down every effort to throw flro brands Into their midst. Seduction and Retribution, ,1 Virginian Seduces llts Sister-in-law and is Shot Dead by the Jicdsidc of Jits Victim. From tho Ulchmond Knqulrer, July 21.) Captain William II. HaywanKn well- known citizen of Richmond, Va., lately residing nt Chester, had two daughters; ono of them, Miss li'Uiru llayward, wa3 recently married to llchjamln II. Lind say, tho hotel-Keeper of Chester. On July 10, Lindsay went to. Rich mond on business nudou going to Hay ward's huuso was taken up stairs by tho latter to tho room of his unmarried daughtcr,EIIa,who had Just gtven birth to a child. 1 lay ward demanded of Lind say whether lio was tho father oi tno child, nnd mado tho samo demand of his daughter. Both replied In tho uf- Urinative llayward then menacingly faced Lindsay, and Inquired, "If ho had any thing in justification of his crimo to say." lilmlsay rejoined, quito coony "I must havo tlmo to consider;" and llayward told him, "I will glvo you time." Ho waited nbout threo mill utet. A Retraction. Tho Radical newspapers of New York havobeen publishing certain statements Betting forth that great frauds had been perpetrated by tho Democrats at tho re cent election in that city, and making a comparison between tho census report and tho official returns of tho election, by which they claimed to have proved that tho voto polled exceeded tho total population. Although this charge has been proved to bo utterly false, tho Radicals papers havo taken the matter up and continue tho publication of tho statement, knowing perfectly well it is , utterly and maliciously false. Ono pa per, however, has tho honesty and de cency to retract and wo look to sea its cxamplo followed by tho better class of those papers which have given placo in thelrcolumnsto tho falsehood, Tho Now York Tribune says : "It has been over a year sluco wo havo been ablo to accept any statement of fact simply because it appeared in tho New York Times. Yesterdav we wero betrayed from our rule for tho first time, and havo como to such sudden erlof thereby that wo can safely nrora- iso that it will bo at least seven years Deioro wo win uo so again, finning in tho JYmca n tablo of certoiu uiiofllcial returns from tho present census of total population in particular election di tricts compared with tho oto of these districts at tho May election, wo hastily ui-cupit'u uio ngures anu lnaue iiiem tho basis of somo rather out-spoken comment, But it turns out that tho figures wero grossly inaccurate, tho voto of tho wholo ward having been given as that of a single district. We utterly withdraw our comments, apolo glzo to our readers for having trusted tho Times for anything, nnd promise never to do so any more." In tho face of this retraction by tho most prominent Radical paper of tho country, tho Republican of this place, in this week's issuo, prints tho exploded He, nnd would havo its readers bellevo that tho cliargo of monstrous frauds is correct. It Is a fair samplo of that pa per's courso in regard to subjects of tho kind. ro matter how falso Iho accusa- Hon, or by what authority denied, tho Republican, persists In Its efforts to vlll fy tho Democratic party. Tho people of Columbia county, however, nro ac quiring a voryjust idea of tho truthful nessand reliability of that Journal.nnd, (IouI)Uck-), such malicious and unround ed accusations ns tho above, redound only to its own disparagement. AVo commend tho matter to tho candid Judgment of its readers. The Danville, Hazlcton and Wilkes- barro Railroad. IMPORTANT IIAILKOAII CASE. An important easo is now pending in our Supremo court, in which all tho railroad men of tho Stato tako such lively Interest, that wo deem it worthy of special notice. Tho last Legislature passed a joint resolution for tho protection of tho rights of corporations chartered by this commonwealth in which tho at torney general is instructed to com mence proceedings against all corpora tions which havo constructed, or may hereafter construct,railroad or telegraph lines, within this state, without author ity of law. Tho attorney general has commenced tho first action, under this resolution, against tho Danville, Hazleton and Wilkcs-barro railroad company. At tho opening of tho Supremo court in Philadelphia, on tho Cth Inst., Mr. Brewster presented an Information against tho company, suggesting that they claimed, and wero using, ccr tain liberties and privileges, without any lawful warrant, aud asked that a writ of quo warranto might bo allowed and issued against them. Tho writ was accordingly granted, re turnable to tho first Monday of Sep tember next. It calls upon tho Dan ville, Hazlcton nnd Wilkcs-barrc rail road company to show by what warrant they claim : 1. To bo a body politic and corporato by tho namo of tho Danville, Hazlcton and Wilkes-barrc railway company To construct and maintain a rail road from Sunbury along tho east bank of tho north branch of tho Susquehan na river to Catawissa, thenco up tho valley of tho Catawissa creek to Main- villo, up Scotch run and Black creek to tho town of Hazlcton. 3. To construct and maintain that part of tho said railroad from tho town of Catawissa, up tho valley of Catawis sa creek to Maiuvillc, thence up Scotch run nnd Black crock to Hazleton. Tho right of this company to construct a railroad through the Black creek coal region, to thqtown of Hazleton which they aro now engaged in building will bo raised and decided in this proceed ing, and will, we understand, depend largely upon tho constitutionality amy construction of tho act of Assembly,np- proved tho 0th of March, 18G0, under which alone tho railroad company can pretend to havo tho right to build their road to Hazleton. This act, which according to its title was passed osten sibly to authorizo tho D. H. & W. R.R. Co., to build a telegraph line, contained a legislative "snake" In its concluding line, authorizing a "connection" at Ha zleton with tho Lehigh Valley R. R. Tho commonwealth contends : 1. That this act is opposed to art. xl, sec. viii., of tho constitution of Penn sylvania, which says : "No hill shall bo passed by tho legislature containing more than ono subject which shall bo clearly expressed in its title," and is therefore unconstitutional and void. 2. That it cannot, in any ovent, accor ding to tho rules governing tho con struction of statutes conferring corpo rate powers, contain any power or au thority to build, or extend their road to Hazleton no such road havlug been previously authorized. "And No Longer." Tho Now York Tribune well says that tho poor gentleman who had a habit of allaying tho anxieties of his creditors and of preserving, iu his own estitna- tlonat least, his reputation for honesty by promptly renewing his "promises to pay," is brought to mind by the action of Congress on tho income tax. Look upon tiiis plcturoand upon that: "That tho taxes onl "Thai tho taxe Incomo herein Im- on Incomes herein posed shall bolovled Imposed shall bo on tho 1st day of levied and collected March, and bo due for and during tho nnu payauio on oriyear ibiu anu it7i ooioro uio Hutu nay ana no longer.' of April. In each Proposed act. year until and in cluding the year 1S70 and no longer." Present act. Tin: AVKNarxa shot. Lindsay still kept his chair, and Hay- ward was standing near tho head of the bed. Dr. Ingram nlso retained ills scat. llayward repeated: "Havo you any thing to say ?" and upon Lindsay say ing that ho had not nnd that ho suppos cd tho child was his, drew from his right pantaloons pocket a four-barreled silver-mounted Smith & Wesson's pis toland deliberately ilred at Lindsay, who still retained his position upon tho bedside. Tho first shot? missed -lilrn, though tho two could not havo been four feet apart. At tho second shot Lindsay Jumped, and it nlso missed him. Beforo tho third shot was fired ho had approached llayward and mado a futile endeavor to get possession of tho pistol, but beforo ho could do so it was fired again, and tho ball entered his right thigh. llayward now ap nroached Llndsay.nnd tho latter stretch ed out his hands towards tho former to irrasn tho pistol, nnd had gotten ono of ills fingers upon ills neck when tho fourth nnd last shot was fired and enter ed tho abdomen near tho navel. Lind say fell bacic upon tno ucu, ueggmg that ho should bo troubled no moro as ho had received his death wound. All of this occurred in a few moments. Dr, Ingram was powerless to interpose Miss Ella uttered tho most frantic screams and vainly struggled to raiso herself in bed, and the sccno was onoof indescribable horror. Lindsay was taken up by Dr. Ingram and young Mr. llayward and carneu into a room opposite, wliero ho lay upon a bed, and his wounds carefully dressed Ho expressed great penitence for his crimo ; said he know that ho was gom to die, and did not blame llayward for what ho had done. lie mado his will a littlo beforo daybreak-, and on Wednesday morning, nbout 0 o'clock, breathed his last. lie died comparatively easy, was calm and sereno to tho last, but mado no appeal for mercy to tho Heavenly throno above. At tho inquest, which was hold Im mediately, Dr. Iugram who was pres ent during tho wholo affair, testified as to tho facts, whereupon Colonel Amber Commonwealth's attorney, addressed tho presiding magistrate, and said no Jury, whito or black, savagoorcivilized, would find tho accused guilty of mur der. Tho accused should bo discharged. Then It would warn men of libidinous appetites that when theydothesodceds tho do them not only nt tho risk wf nn avenging father but of an avenging public also. Tiro magistrato then said, "Captain Hayward7stand up." "Under these circumstances I cannot express my feelings. I think it my duty to announco your discharge." Thero was every evidenco of approv al at tho termination of tho case, on tho part of tho spectators, but no noisy demonstration was made. Lindsay was -13 years old, quito hand some, had a dashing manner and a win ning way. Benjamin F. Lindsay, tho deceased, was a man of great local prominenco in Chesterfield. Ho lias occupied various positions of trust in that county, such as Presiding Justice, Registrar, &c. Ho was tho Conservative candidato for tho Legislature at tho last election, and was also a candidato for tho nomination to tho Constitutional Convention in 18G7. There is but littlo further to bo said concerning this sad and revolting affair, tho facts speak for themselves. Tho In Jurcd father will not bo censured for what ho has done, and charity and con- sidcratlon for thoso tho deceased has left behind him demand that comment should ccaso with tho life of tho guilty ono. Clippings. A Now Hampshlro woman gavo her ago to tho census marshal nj 27, and Hint of her oldest son at 31 . Nicholas Longworth onco purchased tho business portion of tho city of Cln clnnatti for tho value of a horse. Tho hairdressers' shops of Madrid aro crowded with poverty-stricken Spanish girls, anxious to sell thclrhalr. A girl near Dayton, Ohio, recently won a bonnet by throwing iicr father twlco out of threo times In a wrestling match, iV blind ropo-walkor Is attracting immenso crowds all through tho'West. No stronger dosiro 1ms over been evinced to sco n man break his neck. To any ono who can say, "Shoes nnd socks shock Susan," with rapidity and faultless pronunciation, four times running, n largo reward will bo paid. An Iowa man advertised his wife as "leaving his bed nul board," and then applied to her for tho loan of n dollar mid a half to pay for tho adver tisement. AJug of twenty-cent whiskey bur ied In Kentucky in 1812, lias lately been resurrected, and found to havo im proved S1S.S0 worth in tho opinion of good judges. An old bachelor says : "It Is all non- Fcnso to pretend that lovo Is blind. I noveryet knew a man in lovo that did not seo ten times as much In his sweet heart as I could. In the South, a darkey's daily llfo is thii3 described : Ho gets a big water melon and cuts it In two. Ono half ho puts on his head, sits on tho other half, and eats tho middle. A gentleman of observation expres ses tho honest conviction mac u me dovil should dio ho would hardly bo missed, tiicro aro so many others quail fied to tako the position. A rcinarkablccasoofconscienco has occurred at Newark. A man appeared at tho polico court on Friday nnd on tcrcd a chargo of drunkenness against himself and paid tho fine. Tho New York Standard, tho organ of Ben Butler and Simon Cameron, do sires an nnswer to this : "Has tho Re publican party n President, or lias tho Republican President n party?" A Michigan farmer anointed his potato vines with rat poison to destroy tho bugs, and tho next morning found his herd of cows dead, having broken into the potato patch duriug tho night. Among tho funny things which happened at tho Indian reception in Washington was tho act of ono of tho squaws who filled her pocketbook witii ico cream and replaced It In nor bosom. Tho original Declaration of Inde pendence, now in tho patent olllco in Washington, is nearly illegiblo from tho fading of tho ink witii which it was written. A fac similo is in Philadel phia. ' . A San Francisco' judgo tempered juslico with mercy by fining a starving girl twenty-five cents for stealing a can of milk nnd then raising twenty-five dollars for her on tho spot from sympa thizlng spectators. A countryman in a Detroit Factory bet tho engineer a dollar that ho could seizotho fly-wheel aud hold it. Ho seized it and was picked up on a pile or bricks oulsido tho building, with window sash for a necktie. An Ignorant whito servant girl in Chicago didn't know that tho XVth amendment had passed. So sho rashly rejected tho suit of a young gentleman of color, who proceeded to cut her throat without unnecessary delay. An erring Indiana hen was recently found in tho back part of a hardwaro store, wliero tho misguided fowl had struggled for threo weeks trying to hatch out half a dozen whito porcelain door-knobs. Sho was very much ro-duced. A man passed through Council Bluffs, Iowa, a day or two ago on his re turn to Missouri, after having tried to live in Minnesota. "Don't liko it up thor," said he. "Havo nino months of winter, aud tho rest of tho tlmo it's d-d late in the fall." In Nashua, N. H., n short time ago a thirteen-year old girl climbed up be tween tho wings of tho new eaglo on tho City Hall and sat down on Its neck. Tho girl sat in this elevated place, a hundred nndfiftcen feet from tho ground for ten minutes. A doting mother of a waggish boy, having bottled up a lot of nico pre serves, labelled them : "Put up by Mrs. D ." Johnny having discovered them, soon nto tho contents of tho bot tle, and and wrote on tho bottom of tho label, "Put down by Johnny D ." latest News. Tim BUicmn op tub French min ister. Washington, July 20. Tho French Minister shot himself in his sleeping chamber, tho front room of tho second story, nnd tho circumstances attending 11 show that tho net was premeditated. Tho Inmates of the houso at tho tlmo wero ills housekeeper' nml n French Tho woman heard tho Fumj returns from tho Oregon olec Hon mako tho majority for tho Demo cratlc candidato for dovcrnor.Mr, drov er, 031. Seymour nnd Blair carried tho Stato by only 105. Thodemocraliogaln therefore-, Is 160. Governor drover Is tho first Democratic cxecutivo elected by thopcoplo of Oregon for ten years. It is reported that Senator Hovels was ejected from a street-car In Louisvillo cu Wednesday, nnd will bring n civil suit pgainst the company lu consequence, Important Rr.vnNui: Dkcision, By tho following letter to tho Collector of Internal Rovenuoin tho Cumberland district, It will bo seen that tho Com mlssloner decides that if a promissory nolo contains tho clauso "without do falcation," it Is liablotonn additional r, cent stamp: Ol-TICK TUHASURV DlIPARTMBNT, 1 Washinhton. July Hlh. 1870. I Sir: J. Bastrcss, Cashier 1st National Bank or York, Pa., writes under duto of the 7th Inst., tothisofilce, enquiring if tho clauso "without defalcation" In. sorted In a Promissory noto subjects such a noiu 10 an auuiuonai stamp. Ho has been referred to you. and you nro therefore advised that such notes should In addition to tho stamp requir ed upon them, as such; bo stamped as agreements with respect to tho clauso or words quoted. Respectfully, J. W. Douai.Ass, Deputy Commissioner. W. Patton, Ki., Collector, Carlisle, Pa. A sturgeon was caught recently nt the dam near Columbia, which weighed ono hundred nnd seventy-five pounds. It Is said that upward ofl,000,000gal- lons of wlnt will bo produced this sea- ecu In Lo3 Angeloj county, California. A Card. Editor Columihan Dear Sir. Through your paper, I desiro to express thanks in behalf of Washington Camp, No 132 P. O. S of A. for a valuablo pres ent of a largo quarto Bible, (valued at $23,00), by tho citizens of this place. May tho diver of nil good', bles3 tho donors of this present, for this, another manifestation of their generosity, and that tho spirit of true patriotism may bo instilled within their hearts, arid whilst wo as an order, nro working to Inculcate such feelings within us, tho lovo of dod, our country and our Order, Catawissa, July 18th, 1870. J. D. Boihni:, R. S. A Costlv Luxury. By n recent law of Congress, tho U. S. Army Is to bo re duced, July 1st, 1871, to 30,000 men. To hiipnoit this number, it will cost tho country -00,000,000, or$2,000 per annum for each man. Aro taxpayers willing to pay this enormous sum to keep up nn army, in time of peaeo, larger than that which won our IndepcndeneoV It'3 n cosily luxury, nnd ono in whichlt is dan gerous for tho American peoplo to Indulge An Infant was lately found In tho stomach of a cut-Jlsh caught iu tho Tea nobseo River, near Chattanooga, by n Jiotel-kcoper, who had purchased tho IHh for his tabic. Of course, tho mys tcry is how tho child got Into tho river rather than how It got into tho fish. It looks liko a caso of iufuutlcido brought to light in n manner worthy of tho old fables. A ladies' gambling houso lias been dlr'ovcred by a prying newspaper cor respondent at Saratoga. The Hon. Hiram Applcton, of Mys tic, Conn., recently forwarded n letter to a neighboring town, requesting tho Postmaster to deliver it to any rcspecta bio attorney." After ten days it was returned with tho significant endorse ment, "Nono hero." Already the summer fashions aro appearing upon tho streets of tho Indi an villages in Wisconsin, and they are attracting a great deal of attention. Ono of tho Wisconsin papers describes a suit worn by a boy flvo years old. It consisted of a garter tied around tho left log. A Southern Judgo refused to accept tho plea of a newly nppolnted juror that ho was not n freeholder, on tho ground that ho had kept bachelor's hall six months, aud "no man could keep bach elor's hall that length of tlmo who had not dirt enough in his room to mako him a freeholder. A Louisvillo paper eplgramatically says: "Misfortunes never como singly.' A man over in Indiana last week lost his wlfoand family physician thobame day. IIo Is now searching for their io mains with a doublo-barrel shot-gun, with the intention of burying them both In one grave. A distinguished ofilccr of tho army furnishes tho conclusion to n prayer by tho chaplain of an Ohio regiment in tho Moxlcan war, which ho, after summing up tho causo and objects of tho war, and showing that it was no war of conquest but annexation only, reerrcd the Lord to Polk's message on that subject. A correspondent writing from Ire land recounts a visit to nn Irish school in tho Black Valley. An address was mado to thochildrcn, and at tho conclu sion thoy were asked what thoyoxpect cd to do when they becamo men and womon, when witii ono inspiration, tho forty pupils responded, "do to Aracrl- ca." ervin," man. port, of tho pistol and rushed to tho room, where sho lounii m. 1'nradoi ly ing dead on tho lloor, bleeding from tho left breast, the ball having entered Im mediately over tho heart. Tho weapon U3cd wn3 a small single barrel breech- oadlng Colt's pistol, which was found on tho lloor under him. M.l'aradol had prepared himself for bed, but had evidently remained up in his chamber for somo tlmo meditating tho act of suicide. Ho had nothing on but ids night shirt and slippers, and ap parently stood facing tho flreplaco and near tho contro of tho room at tho mo ment ho discharged the pistol. Tho body wis found lying on tho back with ono leg drawn up and tho left arm out stretched above tho head. Tho French Minister took possession of his houso on Friday last, mid on Sun day ovcniiig ho sent his son and daugh ter, who accompanied him to this coun try, to Newport, R. I., iuteuding to Jolu them thcro in a fow days, to spend tho summer. IIo left a note, saying : "J hill myself! 21. Hcrthcmy, come bad: and stay." Tho Secretary of Stato to-day tele graphed to Mlnlitcr Washburn instruct ing him to Inform tho French uovern- mcnt of tho sudden death of Provost Paradol. Tho President, on tho sug gestion of tho Secretary, lias ordered a guard of honor over tho remains of tho deceased minister at hlslato residence, with such other attentions as may bo required. Worcester, July 22. Tho annual collego boat races which, for tho last ten years havo constantly created nddi tional enthusiasm and interest, tool) place this r. m., ouLakoQuinsIgamond Tho day was perfect and the waters of tho beautiful lake wero clear and at most as smooth as a mirror, and at least forty thousand persons witnessed tho rowing, half of whom wero ladic3. Tho distauco rowed In all tho races except tho first was three miles. Tho firat race was won by O'Lcary Tho second raco was won by tho Washburn. Tho third raco was for six-oared boats between tho freshmen classes of Yale Harvard, Brown and Amherst colleges, Tho raco was won by Brown university Time,J9.21. Tho Yales came in sec ond. Tho fourth and last raco was tho Uni versity champion raco between tho Harvard and Yale college crow3. Tho Yale crew came in in 18 mitis. 13 sees., claiming tho raco. The referees havo decided in givin tho University raco to tho Harvard crew. Tho Yale crew thercforo withdrew and refuse to accept tho decision, and subsequently challenged tho Harvards to another race, but tho Harvards would not accept it. Pottsvii.i.i:, July 2, A young man named Gcorgo Fisher, living in Min ersville, was assaulted by three men on tho highway near that place, about noon to-day. Ho was shot through tho leg and through tho body, tho ruffians leaving him for dead. Ho was picked up about fifteen minutes afterwards by a faniior,and taken to a tavern near by Ho is expected to recover. Tho high waymcu havo not yet been arrested. PoTxsviiiT.T:, July 22. At a meeting of tho delegates of tho Working Men': Benevolent Association of Schuylkill county, hold to-day, it was resolved to resumo work upon tho basis of 1809, as soon as coal sells at S3 at Port Carbon with nn advanco and reduction of eight and a half per cent, for every twenty- five cents ndvanco or rcductlonabovo or below S3 per ton, provided tho rates shall not bo less than $2 per ton. It was also resolved that If at tho abov prices, any miner working at contract work makes over $100 per month, his employer shall deduct ten per cent from tho amount duo him; over $123. twenty percent; over $lo0, thirty per cent; over $200, forty per cent. It Is understood that this proposition is mado in consenuenco of tho refusal of tho workmen of tho upper regions to join In tho eight-hour strike. Tho Anthracite Board of Tiado, which embraces ni03t of tho leading coal oper ators iu tho Schuylkill regIon,wIU meet nt Pottsvillo to-day to consider the no tion taken by tho men and decido wholheror not to accedo to tho terms proposed. If a compromise is effected and work is resumed,tho Reading Rail road, which lately advanced Its tolls, will mako n reduction nt once. men resident hero, nnd tho ccremonln wero conducted according to tho rllo of tho Roman Catholic Church, of which M. Paradol, was a momber. Scranton, Pa,, July 21. C. 0. Drinker, of Clinton, committed eulcldo at tho Wyoming House, in this city, early this morning, by shooting himself through tho heart. No causo has yet been assigned for tho net. 1'oTTsviiTiK, Pa., July 23. Tho coal operators comprising tho Anthracite Board of Trndo held a meeting hero to day to consider tho now basis proposed last week by tho worklngmen of this It v. Tho proposition was laid on tho table by a voto of OS to 1. By a still htrontror voto It was resolved that "wo nlllrm our determination not to won- until wo can do so on two dollars and a half, or other satisfactory basis." Boston, July 23. A flro occurred to day in tho largo gran Ho building Nos. 110 and 112 Washington street, owned by tho Harvard College corporation.nnd occupied by Little, Brown & Co., book sellers; Messrs. LIvermoro & Shaw, Im porters of dry goods, and Hunt it Co,, steam job printors. A fireman named William Lewis, member of a hook aud ladder company fell from tho fourth story through an opoa scuttle, and was so badly Injured that ho died. Loss $200,000. London, July 23. Mr. McCullough Torrins lias given notico in Parliament that ho will ask for tho production of tho correspondence containing tho ro final of Lord Clarendon to reopen tho Vlnbama negotiations. Salt Lakh, July 2-3. Last night, nt a reception given by Col. Fiudlay An dcrson to General Augur and stair, a largo number or Mormons gathered iu front of tho houso and Insulted tho Colonel nnd guests, nnd finally broke up tho party. Paris, July 25. Tho Journal Offickl this morning contains a decree nomin ating Viscount J. do Treilhard, at pros cnt envoy extraordinary and minister plcnlpoloutlary to Chili,ns French min ister to Washington, vico M. Provost Paradol, deceased. Washington, July 23. Commiss ioner Douglass advises collectors that dividends declared duo on August 1, 1S70, nro subject to tax at the rate of 2j per cent; dividends declared prior to that data aro subject to a tax of 5 per cent. Concord, N. H. July 2-3. A firo broke oat in a tenement-house, in Colo brook, ye-jtcrday morning at 11 o'clock, which despitoall endeavors to check it, spread until it burned nearly all tho busiuo.s3 poiliouoftho town. Loss $00,-000. Atlanta, Cla., July 25, Mo.es II. Bentley, a colored messenger of the Houso of Representatives, shot and in stantly killed Maleom Claiborn, a color ed Representative from Burko county, tlits morning. Tho shooting grow out of a privato quarrel. Bentley has bom lodgtd in jail. London, July 20, In tho Houso of commons to-night, Gladstone, in reply to Mr. Torrons, said tho negotiations for tliosottlemcnt of tho Alabama claims stood wliero they did one year nnd a-half ago. Tho United States having declin ed tho olfrr mado by England, tho next advanco dub was ono from tho Ameri can GosTrumont. Philadelphia, July 25. An im menso firo is raging in tho heart of tho City. Tho Pennsylvania Sugar refinery or Nowhall Bros, has been destroyed. The los is roughly estimated at $500, 000. Tho sugar refinery or Messrs. Ncwhnll, Borio & Co,, was seven stor ies high, filled with valuablo machin ery and a largo stock or refined sugars. During tho firo tho rear wall roll on tho adjoining building, crushing it, nnd carrying down nino firemen, nil or whom nro believed to bo killed. London, July 20. A brie! dispatch just received via Point do Galle, reports an Insurrection iu tho Principality or Ava, in Japan, resulting in tho massa cre or 1, 100 persons. Further details or tho affair havo been asked. Havana, July L'0. Evening. Tho shoro end or tho Panama and West In dia cablo was succcsslully landed at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Batabano. Philadelphia, July 22. Five men havo been arrested, charged with rob bery and tho committal of a gross out rage on tho person or a young lady on South Broad street, on the evening or tho 11th. Two or tho prisoners turned State's evidence, aud threo others wero committed in default of $5,000 ball. They robbed tho lady of cloven dollars. Paris, July 21. Tho dogma of tho Infallibility or tho Popo was proclaim ed at Rome on .Monday last. Its pro mulgation was attended with most im posing religious ceremonies and receiv ed with great rejoicing. Tho Fathers wero called upon for their voles on tho entlro schema of primacy and infallibil ity. It was adopted; C3S voted placet and only two non-placet. Philadelphia, July 23. A Veil contested baso ball gamo was played this nflornoon by tho Mnrylands.of Bal timore, nnd tho Athletics, tho latter winning by a seoro of 21 to 13, About fifteen hundred persons witnessed tho game. Richmond, Va., July 22. Jnmc3 Jeter Phillips, who has been respited twclvo times, was executed this morn ing for tho murder of Mary Kmlly Phil Hps, his wife, on tho 17th or February 1807. READiNU.July 21. Christiana Scheel kopf, a Gorman sorvantglrl, 23 years of ago, nnd sovon weeks In this country, was frightfully and probably fatally burned to-day whllo tryiug to light tv firo with coal oil. Washington, July 22. Tho funeral of Provost Paradol, to-day, wasattend--ed by tho entlro Diplomatic Corps, In cluding Baron derolt aud tho Prussian Legation, by nil tho members of tho Cabinet in tho city, and many distln. gui.hed military and cH'llofllcers. Tho pall- bearers wero selected from Frouch- Tho War in Europe. London, July 20. It is rumored that a collision took placo this morning near Forbach between the French and Prus sian advanced guards. Earl dranvlllo reports that tho deter mined and absoluto refusal of Emperor Napoleon to entertain negotiations ren ders It probablo that any attempt to re new them will bo useless until n great battlo has been fought. Vienna, July 20. Turkey has called out her reserves, and stopped tho tele graphs in nil directions. Florence, July 20. Tho Italian Government lias called out two classes of military reserves, ns a precautionary mcasuro. London, July 20 Noon. No rows of any engagement, either by land or sea, has yet been received hero. Tho rumors of alliances aro still rumors on ly. Thus far no authentic Information of any power having takon sides with either combatant lias been published. DunLiN.July 20. A great popular demonstration in r.tvor of Franco was mado In this city last ovenlng. Moro titan ono hundred thousand peo plo with twenty bands of music, wero out on parade. Tho French nml Irish flags wero carried entwined. Tho polico charged tho procession nnd captured these flags. But tho mob ral lied and re-took them. Intenso excite ment prevailed. Washington, July 21. Baron Oo rolt this ovenlng received tho following answer tent from tho French Govern ment to tho Depnrtmentof Stato: "Tho French Government refuses to oxempt North German steamers from capturo, except thoso at sen ignorant of tho war, which may enter French ports." Tho Baron immediately telegraphed tho abovo to tho Consul General of North Germany nt Now York. Berlin. July 21. Tho mouth of tho river Weser has been closed with sunk en hulks to prevent tho cutranco of tho vessels of tho French navy. Parih July 22. Tho Emporor is 111, at St. Cloud. Ho will not, thercforo, loin tho army for somo days. Tho Mon iteur, Ministerial organ, in Its Issuo to day, says it is not truo that Spain has concluded an alllanco with Franco. Spain will remain neutral. London, July 22. Tho government of Prussia lias proposed to obscrvo neu trality In tho Baltic, butFraucorefusea. Somo warm work may, therefore, bo expected in that sen. Paris, July 22, Popular demonstra tions havo been mado In Bavaria against tho war. Tho Rothschilds loso twenty millions by tho war. Tho Bank or Franco has thirteen hundred millions u specie. Vienna, July 2.). It Is bolloved hero that tho neutrality of Russia and Austria has been agreed upon. Tho neutrality of Spain is certain. Paris, July 23. Tho war vessel La Ololro is now being flUod out nt Toulon. Sho carries thirty-two guns, nnd a crow of flvo hundred nnd seventy men. Her engines nro eight hundred horso pow er. St. Audio will command her. London, July 23. In conscquenco of tho nttitudo of Austria 'towards Bava ria, and tho renewed rumor's or tho warlike nttitudo or Russia, England has reiolvcd to mako preparations for putting her army on n war footing. London, July 21. Napoleon commu nicated by note with Vienna yesterday which proposes to Austria an alliance, offensive nnd defensive. An immedi ate reply is demanded. Tho city is again thrown into excitement by tills nnws. nnd a L'cncral European war Is predicted on nil sides. St. PETEitsnuitn, July 21 evening. To-day's issuo of an official journal of the Empire, published In this city.snys Russia will exert every effort to prevent n war in which sho herself might poss iblv becomo involved. Tho Czar has resolved to remain neutral unless tho interests of Russia shall become endan gcrcd by tho eventualities of war. Franktort, July 21. Tho Prussian forces nro rcassumliig tho offensive. A detachment from a Prussian corps nd vauccd to tho vlllago of Carling. Hero they encountered a battaliion or French root chasseurs. An engagement or short duration ensued, and tho chasseurs held their ground and checked tho Prussian advance. London, July 25 midnight. Tho French government, in reply to tho do maud mado by England for an explana tion respecting tho rumored existenco of a secret treaty between it and tho government of Prussia, denies tho truth of tho statement, negotiations for treaty of any kind with Prussia not having received the slightest consider ation by France. Berlin, July 25-5 p. sr. A sharp engagement took placo on Sunday after noon between the French and Prussian troops, near the town of Chateau Salins, Department of Mcurtho, Franco, seven teen milc3 northeast of Nancy. The force on either sido did not exceed 5,000 men, but tho battle, although of short duration, wns fiercely contested and re sulted in a victory for the Prussians who retained possession of tho field with a loss of ono hundred and twenty killed and wounded, whllo tho French loss, in killed aud wounded, will reach at least two hundred. j.ondon, jtuy ,), tho peoplo o Prus-ia will obscrvo Wednesday next as a day of fasting ami prayer, to pro pitiato Divine Providenco and invoke blessing on their arms. Washington, July 25, Four or five vessels will bo added to our European Squadron, with a view of protection tno American vessels during the wa between Prussia and Franco. Neither Franco or Prussia will ho permitted to purchase- vessels or warlike supplies in tiiis country. Tho following was receiv ed hero this afternoon : To Hamilton J'ish, Washington: Official notico is given that Franco, in tho present war, adheres to tho dec laration of Paris, ns well as In regard to tho United States, or other powers; especially Prussian property in Ameri can bottoms is respected, unless It is contraband, nnd American property is respected in Prussian bottoms. (Signed,) WASHBURNE, Paris. London, July 20, Tho excitement occasioned by tho publication of tho so crot treaty between Franco and Prussia is increasing as tho ovidenco becomes more clear that tho document is genu ine. Nearly all tho journals of London havo editorials this morning on tho subject, and they aro all similar in tone. "Franco must explain this offensive treaty" nro tho words of tho Times and burden of tho London press. Thero is no question but that tho press tho Times particularly Is seeking to mako this treaty a pretext for tho In tervention of England in favor of Prus sia. London, July 20. Tho English feel ing has been profoundly moved by tho publication this morning iu tho limes of tho proposed treaty between Franco and Prussia. Tho grave urgency with which Disraeli iu tho Houso this nllcr noon questioned tho government Justly reflected tho general emotion. Conver sation among tho members turned on no other topic. Mr. Gladstone's reply while declining absolutely to commit tho government to any opinion or dec laration whatever, betrayed Iu manner moro than in words an unmistaknblo apprehension that tho document might provo authentic. Ills answer was glvon with palo raco and hesitating lips. When ha sat down tho Houso felt that Eng land's relations with tho continental trouble had grown suddenly closoirnot alarming, Copenhagen, July 20. ThoGovern incut of Denmark lias Issued a procla mation of neutrality In tho war bo tween Prussia mid France. Tho bailors and pilots who aro subjects of Denmark tiro ,v timed against rendering any as sistance to tho belligerents. army is compbsod of threo corr, manded by dons. Sullv Tv? nicflinnon. A forco of 8 00a 1JI nlguo, accompany tho Btln,, n:V-'i attack will bo mado on strl, mediately north of j "H k ,in..t,.a ii. ..n. " run, p.,,. denies tho authenticity "r Fra 1. 1. treaty Mild to havo been ,,n-' ' 7. eln ""U 10 11,. I CommunicateJ, l-nn T.rnra. . 1 .O.MUIH- Mr. EntTni-. Af V iiinrn I. much said and dono by u10 ' . "!'. pirnuis to mo several cnim(,.m"' "1 mit mo, though somowhM i,.M among you, to make a faw through your paper in reiriM . next nomination for tlm t . . ' Thai ho should hn ... bmW generally accodod-. nnmi., Maili tlQUlsts Oftholobbvcnn 1 . a.Mrtf I sell. That ho should Imn a nu nonociqnvw na in i. Oil I that ho may bo ablo to dbcriiw'f 1 tween tho rhrht n.,,1 , .r'm'Mthl " wrOu1 Ti, ho should bo loyal, not fn ?' Ul to friends nudsecltnn ..'. 'l rvinstitiitinn. u nt. i.. I : ur 10 HI Tlicso threo qualification, a, i.. y Jcuerson in niiDllc.im, 1 should iu my opinion lm ww. .' dm .TnOYivaml,,., Ttn. Bl bin county iii their uoniit?;,, nnd especially should tliPlrnom . "... . .. " "au lll-.e dualiii,! tinna. -i- ini I in nm. . ' - - iias ono rem I Honlntivn who U "l,r,nj. . .."f'l ....Hi In (I n n", son of Senator Buckak iv, Hc-liovt; Itint fnni, Iint.n . ' - v-'iuui iu, nn l. nj r i... to bellevo their Roprct-iUiuk-n nJ Srvitt. lina I1in.r. , !... ..... ...... tL-iiuirvinonli ...til l.l.l P.- ... " urn uuuui,. iur, -oy tiicir frnlty yo know them." Whd shall bo tho .succossr.r m, Scott ? By party umil'o I Mm,. . J tour will bring forward tho man. Dm1! less they havo men that will t nccoptablo to tho Democrats of ColiiJ urn i-uumy. in my opinion It IsnoliJ 10 uApuniuuiii. irioa moii, orrncni known integrity should only babroitf forward or accepted by tho Domocrac 'Pllll 1-1 un-i 1 u 1ini,,i t.rtt nil .1!- ... i.. , ..J.....J uMn Ull-UUllVHl ami nicy win do uragms their nn'J r..t i i r . . m lying e.ucissis iu i tarn .uur-next wil tor, to corrupt tho legi-ls'ivc atmJ piierc. iot us, iiiei-cfiiip.KfnanoisJ to tho Legislature next winter, unlel wo know that ho po - cs tlis trJ uisinieciant, , nr j. anouiu tiicro oo a Um--ioii aaionl J Democrats of Montour county, in pj ,, . ii .... ..... . ' m sunmig uiu rigm m.iu,wnynot iMrtl our conferees to present the name I Gcorgo Scott. Ono thing is certain,; truer man could bo proicnicil; trus ol only to tho parly, but to the Intel of the peoplo. Ho li.is been weigh! iu tho balance and n -vcr fjual war! ing to tho interests of tliu icoile,ajl votes in tho Lcgislatuio ahfot, anl II acts whllo Coal CommMoncr, iu rc',1 lion to tho salo of the Xortli Branl works, fully assure iu. Democrats or iwiuinwa oanty, jl havo the power in your owi. lunik ll not this district bo di-gruretl, or tbtil tercsts of tho people bo put in Jetiparl by the nomination of an imprnperctl didate, ono who does not come up toll requirements of tlicftiimci-ofoiuil ty, tho patriotic suul vcw rated JiEl son. Your nominations made, then Mt cry mcmberof tho party b-heai'ol&l aspirant to ofllco, oi otlu.ru i-c,ronsel action, Increase your majorities, pel forward tho redemption of iho Stl nnd country from tho thrall ofrAl Ism, misrule nnd corruption. E. Maiivis Teyk?du' IHcoinsljurg 3lAil.it Utport. Wheat r.cr lmslK-1 i lty " Corn " O-its. " Flour per bni-rol CtnvcrM-ed Flaxseed muter Potatoes Dried Apples - - Hams Hides and .Shoulders ... ,.l..l i-v-i l-.Jl.llll - . llav ner Inn - No.'l Scotch nlff --.t1! No, 2 " " -'- llloom i.tiMHiili. i,.,... i ii. ......i ,...ii,n,K.,,.i f,t ...UMr1 I IUU y.iu. . . . l.lct R.ntilll,.,. lMnnir. , 1 T r 111 OrlC , .....- '1 Shingles, No. f per thousuuit Ul.ll.w, ii it , 1 1 Ilillniltlpliln .Mm kill. FLOUH c,Mli Northwestern snpertnio at "j Northwestern extra - JJUU Northwestern family Western, do. do... .... live. Hour - , I Wheat Pennsylvania ml, V J;us- j Southern " " Western -ItVK-rennsj iviiuta rye, lm L'oun Vcllow, Mixed, Oai.s vbus I'KOVISIOKS-Mt- l'l" . aU-liS liCV 1. Illlil 1-lt 11"!.- MuoUeil II - ' DoviJit, July 20. Nino French frig ates, under full steam, passed this point lolhoeastwnrdlalo yesterday afternoon. A great crowd of spectators assembled onthoblulfs to witness tho exciting scene. London, July 20. A special dispatch from btwsburg, received to-day, says that the elite or the French Army Is now concentrated at Strasbourg and Belfont. Tho Algerian forces, consist ing of Zouaves and Turcos, nnd Ailing eighteen railway trains, reached Stras bourg on tho 21tli, and to. day took up their position nt Belfont, closo to tho Baden lino. Sixteen squadrons of Chasseurs d'Afriquo arrived to-day via Lyons. Dispatch!- received from Thion villo, Slerck, St. Avoid, Met, and Bltcho stato that tho army has com menced to movo to tho frontier. Tho Imperial Guard has already started. It is now regarded certain that tho Km poror designs closlngluon tho Prussians betweon Thlonvlllo nnd Welssonberg, throwing tho army under McMahon on tho Gorman bldo of Iho Ithlno. This n.' I.nrO,-. I Seeds ( 1ovcim.hI i " T mini hj t.cod '-u 1'l.lXSClll CAITLJl-IIClf I'lUtle- r Cows, il head . HllI.El- H lb nou-s a levies ... He ll -I Hi' Hoalth's Best De.'cnco. ... MlMU'B i iiu i eitu mil :n, eighteen hundred yeaism ,tl OUT- -tnt''! lit ti 'l iblned with tho cxpn J" - v t cillcs or Uio vegetable H'SJ0UJ' ugh eighteen ytaisliaie i-'i- U4JP, luctlon.hastbiseieaU"" , Id nil ' i eiw"" nlxal nlmilfi 1..L ,11.111, I.UCU. lU incut botnnUal icnu-dii - llu r' minded, hut In no risv s- '" man ucomiiicmtcd losw-i-'"" pill, or any other niluer.i! in-1 weio diieited toeal luilJ lu "' ptulfy Iheni.toheul iheni, i" " that day tlio art of junluiiB was unknown. The hu"-i' ineio Infusions. Btti-i.tU It was rcierved for a I.U" " l" jnl,ti It ni y i sumes of lomc. ni-ei " -"acllrl u loots, uai 1,1, nnu puiw.-i laut. and thus seeuio i' " ' -'J , ts, through tho iltbilltattd r ' p. Tho crowning tiiumi-o " lue.oiU concentrating ami api"!!"!.'"- dual vtijetablcs was anno--" a j, of Hosteller's SSlomacn i-- MU!Ui33i' had n perfectly pure, nlcoliolu ' ,,,( H peel Acs I lion, troductlon. ltd. it, Is tnlien at nil senmm tho most potent b.ifeguaidaK-i""1 ' , a protection against all ualic ' u, that riodiicodebllltyorbcgctii.-'.' , cdyfor InttimlUcnt and other nw tJJ, nsannppetlici-i asasoitiiij .. - sin: as a gencial ionic unu ...j tic, pnliilesi apeik-ut i ohij w """"ii'"1'' nelvinoi as a eu.o lor Wile-" '"fc harmless alio Jyno -, and as 11 , UKAUii linger uufavora., I.rirw as sedentary pursuits. exertion. haiiUhl", privation aua i Jei'70-lm. CPECIAL NOTICK. Ihe cltlmis of Iho 1"""' 'Ac'iukii. Klve private- lessons lu t he In andUreek lntisuuBt lujtrtf will also teach vocu L"''f i jifw on Iho Melodcon. 'M."wrtW ' , at his residence, In Mst b je ayWii A LL KINDS OF JOBWWgt J. neatly Mocutul at TU Fruitln OfflM.