THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBUKG, COLUMBIA COL NTY, PA. Wit ltf!lEiiMt. BIlOIKWAYi; ELW2LL, Editors. BLOOMSBURG, PA. r-Priday, July HO, 18 77 tiii: new j Aid. Joseph E. Sands nnil John Herncr, two of the Comity Commissioners, last week tna'lo A contract with D. J. Waller, Sr., for a lot on which to erect the new Jail, Mr. W nl ler gives ono hundred feet front, and will give another hundred nhcu needed for conn ty purposes. What those county purposes may be wo are not Informed, unless It mean that the Court Homo Is to ho removed there one of these days. When this agreement was made H. W. Mclleury, Iho other Com miesloner, was not present, having received no notice that any such nn anangement was to he made at that time, and is therefore in no way responsible for the action of a major Ity of the board. This new lot is below tho railroad on Iron street between Seventh and Eighth streets. Wo do not deslro to bo cap tlous or critical ou this subject, but when it Is the universally expressed desire of the people of the county to have the new Jail erected on the old site, wc confess wc cannot understand tho persistency with which the majority of the Commissioners cling to the idea of nuttinz It somewhere else. There is another feature that we do not like. When the Injunction was obtained it restrained the Commissioners from building on the I'ursel lot, and rescinded tho Krug contract, the latter for the obvious reason that $7,000 was too much to pay when the work could bo done for less. Both of these orders the Commissioners complied with, in form at least. The Purscl lot was abandoned, the Krug contract annulled, hilt then they pro ceed at once to select another site equally as objectionablo and Instead of taking new bids for the contract they decide to build by the day. The objection to this Is that they have employed the same parties who were inter ested in tho Krug contract, one of whom at the former letting Intimated to a certain county official that ho could make five hun dred dollari by using his influence for them j and the cost of the Jail instead of being lim ited to $j7,UUU as before can now be made to reach any sum not exceeding $"0,000,aud even moro than that if tiilullij managed. Scarcely a public building has been erected within this State during tho past ten years where there have not been strong reasons to suspect that all the money paid by tho peo ple was not expended in its erection, and hence all taxpayers guard the public coffers with s jealous eye. We charge no man with intention to defraud, but when a cer tain Individual interested In furnishing ma terial offers to buy up influence at five hun dred dollars a head, and that fact is known to the Commissioners, they should be very careful to see that they pay such a price for material as will not enable any contractor to make enough out of the people so that he will have many sums of like amount to squander In that way. HAYES' HYPOCRISY. Consistency is a jewel. While Mr. Hayes pretends to be a civil service reformer, and opposed to political assessments, the follow ing from the New York Sun shows that he believes that money thus collected and used is a good thing to help him into office, but now1 that he is In he is endeavoring to pull the wool over the eyes of the people to con vince them of his purity and honesty. Here are the facts : "Zachariah Chandler, lormerly a United States Senator from Michigan, and, after having been lejccted by that State as a can didate for reelection, Secretary of the Inte rior In 187C a swearing and drinking but patriotic citizen was also, while occupying seat in the Cabinet, Chairman of the Na tional Republican Committee. Instead of at tending to his official duties at Washington, he spent his time at the headquarters of the i .committee, in the Fifth Avenue Hotel in this city. The Presidential election was pending. Mr. Chandler collected money by assess ment on Federal officeholders. R. B. Hayes was the Republican candidate for President. Mr. Chandler sent this money, bo collected by the assessment of Federal officeholders, to R. B. Hayes, the Republican candidate for President, in Ohio ; and R. B. Hayes.the Republican candidate for President, expend ed this money and paid it out to promote his own election. Along with a purchased, false, and forged return by tho Louisiana Board, this was the means by which our Civil Service Re form President made his way into the White House ! What h our proof? That the money was largely collected by assessment on Federal officeholders is universally known, and has been proved by sworn testimony before a Congressional committee. That R. It. Hayes received this money from Mr. Chandler, and drew it out through a bank in Ohio, appears by the certificates of deposit and tho endorsements thereon. The Second National Bank, where tho mon ey was deposited, Is In tho corner of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where Mr. Chandler's committee had their headquarters. Of courbe Mr. Hayes paid this money out for election purposes. If he did not do that, he embezzled it; and nobody suspects him of embezzlement. If he paid it out for election purposes, he paid it out to promote either his own election or that of Mr, Tilden. Does any one Imagine he paid it out to pro mote Mr. Tilden's election ? Under his own hand the great civil ser vice reformer stands convicted of hypocrisy. The halo of honesty popularly supposed to surround his head has all disappeared, and like the unveiled prophet of the poet, he tauds forth revealed In the deformity which belongs to false pretensions." T1IK UAl'dllMAN CASE. Four men named respectively, Lynch, Hess, Boyco and Wright were recently tried in Philadelphia for committing an outrage on u girl of fifteen named Baughman. The young lady was out walking with a young mau named Uabricl Myers, when they were at tacked by theso roughs Tho boy ran away leaving his companion to her lato. When Myers was being cross-examined on the wit ness Maud he testified to bomcthiug that as tonished the couuiel foi tho Commonwealth whoso witncxs ho was. It was that he had "just mado an improper proposal to tho girl, when they were attacked." It is a cei cral rulo of law that no party can contradict his own witness, but in this caso the Court ullowod tho Commonwealth to provo that tho boy when questioned by tho District Attorney in private had denied that anythiug improper had been proposed or takeu pheo, aud that lie had baid nothing of tho kind before the committing magistrate The youug man re tired very much dibconccrted. The prisoner Hill undoubtedly lo convicted. CIVII Sr.llVICK ItEFMlM. If imy body believes that tho much talked of civil tervice reform Is any thing but a humbug, let him read tho following con cerning tho manner in which tho exam!na Hons am conducted mid hiiwlll sen at once that It is only a thin veil In euum appoint' ments for favorites. Mr. Blank, tpceiitly a teacher nl iiiatlio mattes In a Western college, and earlier nn officer In tho United States service- during and after tho war, tried to galu admission to an examination, llu was told that ho could do so only no an uapplicant, nud ho went, accordingly, In that capacity. Tho cxamin ation, ho found, was conducted in n large room In the basement of tho Interior De partment, whero some forty men were writ' ing, flvo or six at a table no examiners, no proctors, no watchmen. A colored rues senger brought In a list of fifty printed qucs tious, drawn to test general knowledge, and with n request appended that tho answers bo sealed In nti euvelopo by each individual with his application and papers. I he group in which this gentleman was sitting deter mined to pool their Information, and he wrote tho answers, which tho others para phrased. When It was over six sets of sub- tantlally tho satiio answers wero written anil sealed. The result was curious. Mr. Blank went without n line of political influ ence lie lias lieum nothing ot ms answers. Another applicant Blakewell ot XewYork, a clergyman's son, himself fresh from a clas sical school, with no political backing has been told that ho did not pass, A third, Arthur of Philadelphia, who had strong en dorsements from politicians in the city Ring of Philadelphia, was also plucked. He went to Philadelphia, gathered up a little niorcinflucnce, and is now in tho Indian Bureau. John T. Clements, a former pension agent at Macon City, Missouri, was nnother man at the table, and will bo remembered as fig uring in tho testimony at the Belknap trial, whero it was shown that he paid Mrs.Boggs, wife of ono of Grant's old partners, eleven hundred dollars for a place, which scandal ous disclosure forced him to resign. Ho came to this examination backed by Hen derson and two dozen prominent Missouri politicians. He passed and is now in tho Pension Ollico at twelve hundred a year. The last man was Christiancy, a son of the Senator. He passed and was appointed to a clerkship In the land office n month ago, at a salary of $1,200. Since then ho has committed a penal offence by drawing it in person and writing an order for it, which ho sold to a broker, who now threatens him with prosecution unless his father makes good the loss. The son was just recovering from a spreo when last heard from at Provi- denco Hospital. It would be Interesting to know how the other tables fared. UUREAU OF STATISTICS. We are Indebted to W. HayesGrier, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, for a copy of his last Report. It is about the size of an agri cultural Report, and as valuable. The Ledger expresses our opinion when it says: Industrial Statistics of the State of Penn sylvania .have been collected by W. Hayes Gricr, Chief of the Bureau of Industrial Statistics, and published as the third volume of the Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs. The Report differs in many essen tial characteristics from tho usual tabulated reports from similar departments, and con sists to a great extent, of compilations from ephemeral publications, which may or may not be worthy of preservation in book form. There are a few esssays on Commerce, tho Social Condition of Working Men, Crime and Its Causes, and similar subjects, and ex tracts from various reports showing the con dition of National Banks in the State and of insurance companies. The bulk of the volume is taken up with particular reports from what are supposed to be typical repre sentatives of classified industries in the diff erent counties, In which reports the owner of the works describes his establishment and tells the value of his products, number of hands employed, wages paid, &c. Anony mous working men in tho several counties send statements of the amount of wages they receive, the number of persons in their fam ilies, the disposition they make of their mon ey, &c, &c, and tho railroad and iron com panies also furnish tables showing the num ber of workmen employed in different de partments, and the wages paid them. These reports are not tabulated or otherwise di gested all work of that sort is left for the reader to do himself if he desires to get any real substantial information of tho "social condition" of the working men of the State. At the end of tho report proper is published a mass of undigested information about the Centennial Exhibition, mrdo up of speech es, circulars, descriptions of buildings taken from official catalogue, clippings from news papers, and lists of officers, clerks, &c, and of Pennsylvaniaus to whom awards were granted. The volume no doubt contains much information of value, and ,may prove of some use as a book of reference, but It is not such a report on the Industries of Penn sylvania as the magnitude and importance of those industries demand. NEWMYER. Some of our exchanges publish the expres sions of Newmyer, of Allegheny.now Speak er of the State Senate, upou national topics. Interviewers must be hard up for material when they attach Importance to anything he may say. While in the lower IIouso at Harrisburg, he was remarkable only for his devotion to Bob Mackcy,bombastlc speeches, and lack of influence. On one occasion ho was placed in the Chair for tho purpose of rushing through Mackey s Treasury bill, as Elliott, tho Speaker, declined to do the dirty job. Newmyer mado the eflort, but the in dignation of both sides at his "bulldozing" was so Intense that he was compelled to come back to the rules, or he would havo been thrown out of a window. Such men may bo able to run a Pittsburg ward, but their opinions can have no weight in the btate or Nation. BUTT AGAIN. Preacher Bott of Philadelphia who was re' cently tried in tho criminal court of that city resulting in a disagreement of the jury, is in trouble again. Ho was charged with lmnron- cr intimacy with a member of his flock, and during the trial his wife clung to him. But since then he is said to have treated her badly, and continued his criminal Intimacy, and his wife quietly moved out while he was passing an evening with his other love. Tho facts of this new departure were published in tuo Junes, witu statements made by one Rink, tho sexton of Holt's church.whcreupon Itott called a meeting of his congrcation to deny the wholo thing. He had inhispos' scssiou a written denial signed by all the par' tics mentioned iucluding Rink. Now Rink domes that ho ever signed it. Wheu Mr. Itott is again tried for adultciy there may bo an indictment against him for forgery. Next year Nevada will elect a United States Senator to succeed Joncs.and there is a dispo' bit ion in some of tho quarters to elect a rosi' dent of the btate, if those who owu Nevad and live ia Su Framisco will consent to tho arrangement. IlliUOIlY INDIAN' WHIT. ClKKKlUt, ltOWAni) ATTACKS ciitnt" J03i:ril SCVE.V HOtJRS CON flNUOlM FtGHTIKO. South Kohk. Julv 11, 1 Via Wai.la WAi.l.A..liily'1-l, 1877. Lieutenant KlptcliPr and A. P. Chapman, with a giildo, luiind the Indian chief Joseph and his full force herd to-d.iy In n hollow between tho mountains at the mouth of Cot tonwood Creek. General Howard engaged him at mice. Ho circled his force around the pack train and attacked Joseph with thrco howitzers and several Gatllng guns. The fight lasted from ono p. in. to eight p. in. Thcro wero -100 men under General Howard, nnd .100 under Joseph. Tho fight ing was very careful on both sides, the Indi ans lying In tho grass and ehooting from be hind rocks nud timber llko sharp-shooters, while our men fired rapidly so as to ap proach through tho open tahlo land. There wero eleven killed and twenty-nlno wounded on our side. Among tho latter wero Captain B.incroft, of the Fourth Artillery, badly wounded in tho left side while gallant ly charging tho Indians, and Lieutenant Williams wounded in the arm and leg while courageously holding n disputed point. Both theso gentlemen will recover. We charged tho Indians twico, driving them past tho rllle pits. At dark wo held all tho positions on tho hill. Joseph was strongly intrenched on tho cuiyon below. A detachment of Indians tried to cut oil' a pack train which was coming to us, but they were driven back. Some of tho In dians tried ,to divert attention from their slock and families by riding In full view nlong our entire line, bellowing in derision at our ineffectual attempts to hit them. Both sides fought with great determination. The soldiers, under Captain Miller charged tho Indians In tho pits, driving them to and acrois the river, snd they are now supposed to be in full retreat toward Camas Prairie and the Snake country. Our troops captured tho entire camp, which was very rich with plunder. We also captured a squaw, who says seven Iudians were killed outright and that the number wounded was very great. Thirteen arc known to havo been killed. Sho says tho chiefs wanted to fight and die at the river, but the squaws urged them to movo away. An Important Decision. Building and Loan Associations will find the case of Walbach nnd wife vs. The Le high Building Association, recently decided by the Supreme Court, f special interest to them. It is there held that a married wo man cannot become a member of a building association, nor bind herself to them by bond or mortgage for tho repayment of a loan, together with premiums, fines and dues. In this case Mrs. Walbach had bor rowed money from the association for the improvement of her separate estate, to secure the repayment of which she and her hus band exe:utcd a mortgage, and the wife as signed as collateral security certain shares of stock of the association, held in her name, and agreed to pay th dues thereon, or in default thereof certain fines to the as sociation. A scire facial was issued on the mortgage, on which, judgment for the full amouutwas entered in the Court below. This was reversed. The Supreme Court holds that the wife is bound only to the extent of the actual money received by her, and legal interest ; that the act 12th April, 1809, pro viding that the pie nium and fines accruing to a building association should not be deemed ust riou , dj ei not apply to a loan made by a married woman. The Court holds that a married woman is incapable of incurring tho liabilities she undertakes to assume in becoming a member of a buildiug association : that it mieht with caual uro- priety be held that she could unite with others in a contract to build a railroad or any other adventuro or speculation, and pledge her separate property for the pay ment of her portion of the outlays and ex penses. This decision will likely startle building and loan associations, Is There a Job in It? Tho Inspectors of the Montgomery Coun ty Prison on Monday last made application to tho Commissioners for an appropriation to extend tho walls, Ac, of the Montgomery County Prison. They ask the sum oi'$10,000. There may bo need of some moro room at the prison now, but this is a large Bum of money and tlie Comuiissisners should givo the mat ter a close investigation. The Montgomery County Prison cost a largo amount of money and it has always been considered that tho job was au inferior one. Every now and then front wall or something else has to bo straightened or repaired that costs tho couuty a clever round sum of money. $10,000 is a big sum of money, and now that wages arc low there may be aud very probably is a largo sum of money in it that will go into some body s pocket, that every now and then need replenishing at the expeuse of the couuty. The 1'risou has been and is now co.-ting a big round sum ol money, and whilst tho Commis sioners probably should not refuse to keep needful requirements, they should givo every proposition ot tho kiud tho closest scrutiny. Tho county has paid within fifteen years past immcnso sums in the way of taxes and a com paratively few individuals have managed to get a largo portion of it during that time. Now let things bo closely watched. Norrif town Jlegiitcr. SUl'HEME JUUUE. Judgo Ludlow of Philadelphiahas written a letter declining to allow his name to be used before the Democratic State Conven tion as u candidate for the Supreme Bench, aud refusing to accept the nomination, if tendered him. If we remember rightly, Judgo Ludlow wrote a similar letter just be' fore the Wilkesbarre convention, and secur cd the nomination In the same way. But he is an excellent Judgo, and will probably bo re-elected to the Common Pleas without opposition, while there Is a little doubt as to the result In the State, so that his conclu sion is a wise one If he means It. IIOILF.R EXPLOSION. A terriblo explosion occurred in the oro mines some nino miles from Macungie this State, on tho morning of the Mth inst. Twcn ty-six men were employed at tho time, of whom thrco were instantly killed, fivo fatally and three seriously injured. All of thoso killed leave families. Tho causo of the ex plosion has not been asccitained. Tho boiler had been in position over four years and in steady operation lor the past six months. The works are operated by tho Lehigh Iron com pany, Judge Wright, the colored expounder of the law In South Carolina, who has been suspended from the bench because of his fondness for stimulating drink.has dlcovered an original way for escaping a temperance pledge. They got him Into a temperance meeting and tried to Induce him to sign, but be refused on the ground that If he signed everybody would say it was a confession that he drank, whereas the truth was he never took anything stronger than "thartharparll la, and that wouldn't hurt anybody." The honhl.'ina Crimes. Thcro havo bcou many declarations from various sources recently, to tho effect that tho indictment of tho rncmbcraof tho Louisi.im Returning Board by tho New Orleans grand jury, Is a violation of tho plighted faith of tho Nicholls Kovcttimi'iit and a breach of the vital tenm or conditions pnvedoiit to the peaceful t'slalilMimciit ol'tlui Nichc-lls admin istration by tho Conimi.-MOii of President Hayes. Theso utterances havo bubbled out from all sorts of places near to tho fountain of power, aud havo sobbed through trembling organs to tho public ; but until yesterday there was no nuthoritativu declaration to tho world that one of tho means employed to drive Packard from his usurped mockery of author ity and install tho officers (honestly chosen by tho people of Lousiana, was tho agreement between tho representatives of the President and tho Nicholls government on tho ono side, nnd tho discomfited revolutionists who had desolated the State nnd shamed tho nation by their infamy on tho other side, that all law lessness, from murder down through forgery, perjury, embezzlement, to assault and battery, that 'could 13 called political, must ho abovo tho law and defy its retribution. Judge Lawrence, of Illinois, regarded as ono of tho most Intelligent, uptight and con servative of tho Louisiana Commission, yes terday mado the apparent official statement to tho public, through tho Chicago Jnter- Ocean, that tho indictment of tho members of the Louisiana Returning Board "is a gross violation of the pledges of the Richollt govern ment, 11 was the distinct understanding that there should be no political prosecutions," This startling confession from one of the lead ing members of tho Commission, that one of tho achievements of that body was tho suc cessful compounding of the gravest felonies ever perpetrated in any portiouof tho Union, is a declaration that holds up tho names of Lawrence, Hawley, Harlan, MacVcagh and lirown to the execrations of every lover of law and justice. That purely political offen ses wero to bo coudoned upon the withdrawal of the troops and tho restoration of a sover eign Stato to tho rightful sovereignty of her people, was admitted and approved by all dis passionate citizens ; but what aro political of fenses? They aro easily defined and well un derstood even by tho wayfaring man. Two rival governments claimed to exercise author ity iu tho State, each with its complete de partments, executive, legislative and judicial; with military and police ; with tax-gatherers and sheriffs, and with all tho agencies and ceremonies of a do facto administration, lloth could not bo lawful, and ono or tho other, with all its subordinates, was amenablo to the law for usurpation, oppression, trespass, etc. It was certainly well that when tho people found lawful govcrmcnt established, with peace and protection to all its offerings, they should bo rescued from the turbulence and discord and inflamed passious which must have fol lowed tho vindictive prosecution of thosowho had offended under color of law or under tho pretence of exercising lawful authority ; and to forgive nil that multitude of offenders and restore a Commonwcath to tranquility and law, was but the office of wisdom and pat riotism. But is the public thief who has plundered the revenues of the peoplo to escape because he stole in the name of a party ? Is the offi cial cmbtzzlerto go unwhipped of justice be cause he was a standard-bearer in political battles? Ia the forger to cscapo because he forged for a party to defraud whole communi ties or a wholo State out of tho expressed popular will ? Is the perjurer to defy the law because ho perjured his soul to put a political friend in tho Legislature, in Congress, in a Stato offico or even in the Presidential chair? Is the red-handed murderer to bo abovo the law becauso he slew only thoso who wero con triving to defeat his party at tho poll, ? Was this tho mission, this the "distinct understand ing," made by such men a's Lawrence, Haw ley, Harlan, MacVcagh and Brown, when they wero ostensibly seeking to havo justice born of law in a laud where both have long bceu strangers? If so, they have strangely misconceives! the considerate judgment of tho country and of tho world, aud have made themselves the confederates of a class of crim inals whose record of crime is adjudged by c'.vilization as without a single feature to plead in extcuuation of of its uiiuitnsled villainy. As yet but one ol the members of the Lou isiana Commission has thus confessed the consuming shame that ho would accept for himself and his associates. Other members lave been loosely quoted as assenting to tho views of Judgo Lawrence, but they should not bo judged on so grave an issue until they shall speak for themselves. Until then it would be most unfair to assume that such men as Hawley, Harlau, MacVcagh, and Brown would be forgetful of the plainest ob ligations, which all citizens, in both public aud private life, owe to law and justice, aud we arc unwilling to condemn them: hut unless Judgo Lawrcuco shall himself explain his ex planation of the actiou ol tho Commission, they will owe it to themselves to wash their skirts of the stuins he has put upon them. As to President Hayes, howover much ho may feel concerned about tho developments which may bo mado affecting tho iutegrity of the vote of Louisiana, by the trial of tho members of tho Returning Board in the crim inal courts, he has but ono course to pursue, aud that is so plain he cannot mistake it. He received his title from a tribunal thatwascro ated tho lawful authority of the nation, and to whicli the wholo country yielded obedience at tho time, and to whose judgment tho wholo peoplo bow to-day, and ho cannot for a mo ment pause to parley with crime or criminals who may havo mado his triumph possible. Tho day ho espouses tho cause of Wells and his associates, even to tho extent of pleading or suggesting, directly or indirectly,that grand juries and courts and tho law shall be stayed in tho punishment of such offenses as forgery and perjury, that day will turn from him tho trust and bupport of just men of all parties, and ho will be ground to powder between the upper and the nether millstones. Philadel phia Times. A Luzerne County Mine burning, A fierce fire is raging In the Roaring Brook colliery at Dunmore, in tho suburbs of Scranton, and It is feared that the mine will have to be flooded In order to save It. Tho fire broke out sometime during tho night of the 17th Inst., in the stable situated In the lower vein 300 feet below tho surface of the earth, and was discovered before six o'clock in the morning by the watchman, who found all tho mules ten In number burned to death A gang of men have been busy all day try ing to extinguish the names. A fireman was carried out In a stato of unconsciousness The heat and smoke are intense, and the men can work only in very brief relays. Ohio Sure fur the Democracy. John G. Thompson, chairman of the Ohio Democratic Stato Committee, has gone to Columbus to arrange for tho meeting of the Democratic Convention July 25, Mr. Thompson has no doubt whatever of a Dem ocratlo triumph in that State In October, The Republican Convention which meets a week later, promises to bo a spiritless af fair. It will be difficult to secure an In dorsement of Hayes, though it will probably be done. Our Ping Insulted. Til 11 AMEMCAN CONSUL- AT ACAt'tlLCO At SAULTnt) AND TlttlOWN INTO MISON otm mo tiuss tmiNa Titmirixn'ANflTo Tiir.tn Hi:N3r.3, In the latter part of June, Mr. duller United States consul at Acapulco.was stand. Ing lu tho street beforo his offico when he was Insolently accosted by n notorious rufllau who had been driven from Alazatlan for be ing too ferocious nnd lawtcss for even the rough population of that port to endure. Tho fellow was Insolent beyond mcnsure,and Sutter, who is an old man. quietly requested him to movo ou. The desperado replied with blasphemous oaths,aud significantly exposed tho hilt of n long and keen knife. Upon this inenaco the consul withdrew into his ollico and took n revolver from his desk. Tho bully outside, teeing the preparations for defense, hurled a brick at Sutter, who, perceiving that hostilities had really com menced, fired. He hud Intruded merely to fiio over the desperado's head, but ho aimed low nnd tho ball furrowed his scalp. The Mexican fell not dead but stunned. Sutter was immediately arrested. Ho was tried be foro a judge who was hostile to hlni, but who with commendable justice, acquitted hlni. On the day following, the lower class in Acapulco, probably Instigated by the Mexi can or his associates, made a raid upon tho extensive plantation ef a German-American citizen named Kastan, ono of tho richest rancberos in the region. They sacked Kas tan's dwelling, defoliated tho orchards, ravaged tho fields and dispersed his Hocks Tho indignant American reported the out. rago and demanded consular interference, Sutter immediately laid tho matter beforo President Diaz, claiming damages of from $100,000 to $100,000. Diaz forthwith wroto nn official account of tho outrage to General Jiminez, his commandant at Acapulco, de siring him to make as speedy restitution as possible. Jiminez was at that time military governor of Acapulco. IIo received Diaz's instructions with jeers, and refused point, blank to move in the matter. Sutter, per ceiving the stato of affairs, wroto a formal protest to Diaz and ouo to Foster,tho Amer ican minister to tho City of Mexico. He had hardly performed this necessary act when he was again arrested, at whose insti gation hu was unable to discover, and thrown into tho town jail. This was in fact n noisome dungeon, and alter tho lapse of eight or ten days tho unfortunate counsel was seized with a malarial attack, aud his situation became so dangerous that tho mili tary surgeon recommended his release from prison. Accordingly ho was liberated. Foster, hearing of this additional outrage, sent to Diaz a mandatory request for satis faction. Diaz forthwith appraised Jiminez that the seizure was illegal and that Sutter s procedure was justified. Jiminez positively refused to recognize the order. Affairs were in this critical condition when the Pensacola, which had been ordered to tho spot from Panama by the Navy department, arrived and dropped her anchor in tho barbor. Sut ter reported the outrage to Admiral Murray, of the flagship. The Admiral Immediately trained his big guns on the town, ordered marines under arms, and landing had an audience with Jiminez. Ho stated in a few terse sentences what he desired, and wasted no sime in unnecessary ceremonies. Sutter should reccivo instant unconditional libera' tion ; Kastan's claims should be speedily adjudicated) and reimbursement mado ; tho American flag was to bo raised, and with tho consul, was to be saluted by the Mexican guns; otherwise and Jiminez needed no extraordinary acutcness to perccivo that tho stern old Admiral meant what he said the Pensacola would immediately batter the town down about Jiminez's ears. Cannon instantly effected what protests had failed to achieve. Jiminez became very affable and tractable. He guaranteed tho consul's im mediate unconditional release and tho set tlement of Kastran's claims. The stars and stripes were flung to the breeze and tho Mex ican guns roared a salute and another to the consul. The Pensacola courteously respond ed with a salute. It was agreed by tho Ad miral's stipulation that Kastrau should ap point a commissioner to assess damages, aud the affair was settled. Mollie Mugnires Discharged. Last Monday morning at Pottsville, Judgo Green discharged Muff Lawlor, John Slattcry and Charles Mulhern, thrco of tho Mollio Maguires who turned state's evidence during tho late trials. Tho abovo trio have been patiently waiting for the past six months for their freedom, and left tho town on the first train in very jubilant spirits. Each ono entered in $1,000 on his own recognizance. Lawlor was arrested and found guilty as an accessory after tho fact to tho killing of Sanger and Uren. Ho turned state's evidence and corroborated M'Parlan, tho detective, very strongly, against Thomas Munlcy, ono of the murderers who expiated his crime upon tho gallows on the iilst of last month. Mulhern and Slattcry were arrested and tried for conspiring to kill William and Jesse Major, of Mahanoy city, Mulhern pleaded guilty in both, turned state's evidence, which convicted Michael Doolan of tho same ch argc. Doolan was sentenced to one year's imprison ment. Doolan has been incarcerated for tho past ten months awaiting sentence. Mulhern in his evidence gave information which led to the arrest of "Yellow Jack" Donahue, for the murder of Morgan Powell a boss at Summit Hill, for which crime ho was hung at Mauch Chunk. Mulhern was ono of tho most important wit nesses ttio commonwealth had during tho progress of the Mollio Maguiro trials, and gave valuablo information, which led to the conviction of several murderers. The roll of the new House of Representa tives as completed by the clerk, gives the Democrats a majority of eighteen, and not eight as erroniously reported, with seven contested seats. Four of these are In Cali fornia, and the questions involved are being adjudicated in the courts of that State. In Colorado thero was a dispute as to the time of holding the election. Tho Republican, who holds tho Governor's certificate, was elected on the day which the Democrat claimed was not the day, according to law. The Democrats afterward voted for their candidate, the Republicans running no one. The other contestants aro from Florida, Louisiana and Missouri. It Is told as a fact, Bays the Oxford Press, that a Lancaster county farmer who claimed to be too poor to take a newspaper, sold his wheat last week for $1,30 per bushel, when the market price was over $2. The loss sus tained by blm in this single operation would have paid for a paper for forty-three years. Comment Is unnecessary. If it is true, as aunouuocd iu tho Washing ton Jtepublican, that Ben Wado has hecomo reconciled to tho President's policy, then tho band may as well stop playing. Thore never can bo any adequate musia without tho big drum. llnlhtlng ii Court Homo Under Dlfllculllcs. Up In Wayne county, thfs state, they aro experiencing considerable difficulty In the erection of their now court house Tho county commissioners of Bucks arc very dci-ply Interested Just at present on the sub ject of court houses, and arc trying to ob tain all the information pnssiblo in order that they may bo benefitted by the experi ence of others, and avoid, If possible, their difficulties. Commissioner Keller has a brother living at Houcsdale, Wayno county, and ho wroto to him some time ngo con cerning tho court houso being built thero. His brother sent tho following reply: "I think you in Bucks county will havo your court houso built nnd paid for beforo ours Is uuder roof. Tho fact Is as I told you last fall, Tho peoplo became alarmed and havo stopped tho whole thing for the time, I will give you n short history of this court houso business. After getting tho presentments from tho grand jury nnd tho order from tho court to go on with tho work, the commis sioners gave tho peoplo to understand that they would build a seventy-five or eighty thousand dollar court house. They visited Media, in Delaware county, and inspected tho court houso there, and mado up their minds to build ono llko It. They went at the foundation, nnd at the same timo they employed Mr. John A, Wood, architect, of New York City, to prepare tho plans and elevation. At tho beginning of November the foundation was nearly completed, some of tho brick and water table ou tho ground, nnd when the county statoment camo out it was found that the commissioners had al ready expended about thirty-eight thousand tlollars without having completed tho foun dation. You will readily seo that this a roused tho tax-payers. At tho February election tho commissioners went beforo tho people to get the consent of the voters to issue bonds to tho amount of ouo hundred nnd six thousand dollars. The voters voted against au increase of debt by a majority of threo to one. The next step was to put up tho valuation on property so as to iucrcaso tho taxes, but this met a great deal of op position, nnd at best was too slow a way of raising the wind. Well tho next move was to go beforo May court andget thej court.to legalize the issuing of bonds to tho amount of oue hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars, making in all one hundred and slxty-threo thousand dollars. In the mean time tho anti-court house men applied to tho court for an injunction to enjoin them from building the court house. Judgt Drcher decided that the commissioners bad a legal right to go on with the work, bu that they had no right to run the county in debt without tho approval of the court of quarter sessions of Wayno county. Judgo Drcher sent this decree to this placo from Stroudsburg, and Judgo Waller called court together to meet in three days after to decide whether tho county should be bonded or not to raise tho money. The President Judgo, Waller, was williug to give them thirty eight thousand dollars to pay the present Indebtedness, and when they got a responsi ble contractor to complete the building for Bixty-eight thousand dollars ho was willing to give that sum. But the associate judges both voted against issuing any bonds, so they were too many for him. To close my remarks on tho court house matter the foun dation is not completed and the county is now in debt nbout thirty-eight thousand dollars and not a dollar in tho county treas ury. The idea that Wayne county, ono of the poorest counties in tho State, should build ono of the most costly court houses in Pennsylvania, could only originate iu the brains of either Knaves or fools." Demo crat. Ilrijliam Young's Guilt. A WITNESS AflAINST THE I'ltOPHET. Captain John Tobin, formerly a resident of California, later of St. Louis, and still later of Springfield, 111., will bo one of Dis trict Attorney Howard's principal witnesses to provo Bnghnm loung's peisonal connec- tion with tho massacre of the Gentiles. His name is mentioned in Lee's confession. Ho tells a long story, which is in substance that having gained the confidence of Young by aiding Mormon emigrants ho was appointed Instructor of the Territoral militia, which position he resigned because the cavalry wero used as avengers. Subsequently he undertook to guide a party of threo strong outspoken anti-Mormons to California, but tho party was overtaken by a band of mount ed Mormons, led by Brigham Young, Jr., aud compelled to stop, under tho pretence that they were going to California to mis' represent Mormonism, They finally pro ceeded, but were contiuually dogged by Mormons, who at length fired upon them as they wero encamping at night. The party wero left for dead, and the Mormons taking their horses, rode away. Sixty hours after wards the United States mall wagon and a party en-route to San Bernardino took them up, but two of their number died soon after Toblu received a shot in tho right eyo which mado him nearly bund. He claims to havo important documentary evidence of plot tings against the Government and the Gen tiles ou the part of Brigham Young. Volcanic Eruption. At ten o'clock on tho morning of tho 26th ult. a frightful noise was heard at Latacun ga. Ecuador, which was followed immediate ly by a tremendous tlood, which taking tho course of the rivers Cutachi, Sau Felipe and Yanayaco and passing washed- tho city to the chapel Elsalto. Tho volnme of mud and water was so great as to completely co ver the Haiccenda valley, including the dis- tillory in frout of Latacuuga. .Tho flood in its courso carried with It many cattle, and what Is more sad, many bodies. Tho bridge of Latacuoga, the handsome bridge of Boll var In Pansalasco, those of wood of Culapa- chen and Palate, and that of masonry of Agoyan were all destroyed. All of the Halccendas situated on both sides of tho river have suffered enormously and the des olatlon is terrible and complete. Important to Taxpayers. Parties assessed for mercantile license will bo interested in tho following net of 9th of Alarcli, laiu, which remains unrepealed, it has recently been called attention to by a correspondent ot tue Miners Journa t; Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter manufac turers and mechuuics who shall sell goods, wares and merchandise, other than their own manufacture, not exceeding tho sum or value of $500 per annum, shall not bo classified or requited to pay any annual tax orhcenso fee; but if such sales shall exceed tho sum or val ue of $500 per annum as aforesaid, they shall bo classified In tho same manner and required to pay tho tamo annual tax as is now required to bo paid by dealers in foreign merchandise. Cameron will not bo able to elect a singlo member of the Legislature iu Bradford or Susquchanua counties next fall. lirudford jiepuoucan, iiiouicai. Tho Bellcfonto Watchman doubles up ou liis Bradford cotoniporary in this way : "Ho may not elect them, but, if they aro tho usual llnd of members tho Radicals from that sec- 'tion of the State cenerallv send, we'll lx t nnr last copper that he 11 buy them," Eclectic Magazine, In tho frontlsplcco to tho August number tho Jidectio pays nn nmlablo compllmont to Its Southern patrons by reproducing In fiuo steel engraving n pottrnlt ot Mr. Paul 11. ilayne, tho most prominent of living South ern poets nnd men-of-lelters, nnd almost the only one who baa won general recognition from tho most cultured Northern critics and readers. An appreciative biographical sketch accompanies tho portrait, In which appropri ate mention Is mado of difficulties with which Mr. Hayno has had to contend in pursuing his chosen career. Tho literary contents of tho number are fully tip to tho usual high standard of tho magazine, nnd coinprlso the following articles : "The Contest of Church and Stato In Italy;" "Twenty Years of African Travel ;" "Genius and Vanity;" "To Victor Hugo," a Sonnet by Alfred Ten nyson; "Life and Times of Thomas Beckct," by James Anthony Fronde; "Pcrn,"n Sketch of Constantinople ; "Is tho Moon Dead ?" "Gcorgo Frederick Cooke," tho nctor ; "Kx Voto," by Charles Algernon Swlnbtirno ; "Young Musgravc," thrco chapters of a nov el by Mrs, Ollphnnt ; "Georgo Sand," by Matthew Arnold ; "Avo Maria ; n Breton Legend," by Alfred Austin ; "Amongst tho Cossacks of the Don ;" "Teaching to Read" by James Spedding ; and "Lines on n Beau tiful Girl." Tho instructive nnd tho enter taining arc happily commingled In the fore going llst,and copious editorial notes on cur rent.litcrature, science, nnd nrt complete an Interesting number. Published by E. R.Pilton, 25 Bond Street, New York. Terms, $5 per year ; single number, -10 cents. 77ic I'clectic and and any $1 magazine to one address for $8. Venus of Milo, tho statue about which so much has been written, was again brought beforo the public a few weeks ngo by a ro port of the discovery of its arms nn tho island of Melos, near tho placo where tho statuo it self was found. hollowing that report, which, coming from General Read, United States Minister Resident nt Athens, was giv en character nbnvo that of mcro rumor.camo a denial from tho authorities of tho Louvre (whero tho statuo Is) of any such "find." Tho New York Herald lias since obtained from Athens further particulars, from whicli it appears that afier several false stories about tho discovery of arms had been put in circulation, ono of whicli credited the dis covery to a party of French students sent out by the Government, n dealer In antiqui ties produced tho left arm and the hand of a statue, and he declared that this arm and hand belonged to the Venus of Milo. The hand holds a iniror of marble, nud is said to be finely executed. There is no evidence that this arm nud hand belong to the Venus, the only declaration to that effect being that of the dealer in antiquities who says he touud them. Between tho critics who think that the Venus never had any arms, and those who think that the arms were found with the statue but were broken and lost.the dealer iu antiquities will find it difficult to establish his claims, especially as other learned ciitics have demonstrated to their own satisfaction contrary positions in which tho arms mini havo been when tho statuo was intact 1 Tho restoration of tho original arms to the Venus of the Louvre would aim ply serve to inutilnto the works of writers who have felt called upon to speculate dog matically as to the posture of tho missing arms. Sunday Funerals. At a recent meeting of tho ministerial association of Sunbury, the clergy of the placo unanimously disapproved of Sunday funerals, for tho reasons that they interfere with tho regular services of tho Sanctuary they impose additional labor upon the offici nting minister, who is already sufficiently taxed on that day; they often interfere with tho Sunday School, and they aro apt to lead to Sabbath desecration. They therefore, in u resolution, express their disapproval of holding funerals on tho Lord's day, and kindly, but earnestly, urge the citizcus of this community not to np point funerals on said day, if it can possibly be avoided. Hayes Can't Save Them. It is pretty plain now that the desperate exertions of all the emissaries that tho Ad ministration can send to New Orleans, even If they include Senators Gordon and Lamar, cannot stop theso prosecutions. Wells, An dcrson, Casenavo uud Kcnnur will surely be convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary, and this result will doubtless be followed by tho indictment of Sherman, Garfield, Mut thews, Old Zaeh Chandler. Corllaudt Parker aud other visiting statesmen who counselled tho Returning Board frauds. Patterson Guardian. If President Hayes cares nnythiug about tho (Wpularity of his Administration, tho soon cr)ho gets rid of Secretary Sherman the better, Sherman is Hot a favorite oven with his own party. Iu truth, hu is not a favorito with anybody, and many people havo been led to wonder why a man so little liked generally should havo bceu chosen to ouo of tho most important positions in tho Government, aud one which gives him ability to do more harm to his party thau any other, Philadelphia Chronicle. Tho ambitious gentleman who runs the pos oflico atBlossburg; Tioga county, was anxious to contend for the nomination for County Treasurer, and wroto to the Post Office De partment about it. Tho Postmaster General tells him that ho doesn't beo how ho can act as postmaster and go about seeking another offico at tho samo time, A truly awful change has come over things in this State, since a postmaster is required to attend to tho duties of his office. 7 hum. Senator Ben Hill, of Georgia, in alluding to the gentleman from Maine," says : "I think I know the man. IIo has a tongtio that never tires j an ambition that never sleeps ; n laco that never blushes, anil n conscience that never hesitates." Candidates. (All names Inserted In this column as candidates for nomination at tho Democratic county Conven tion must bo paid lor In advance. And It Is hereby agreeu tuat au persons whoso names appear hero wiu bo goteraed by the rules and regulations of tho Democratic party of Columbia county.) DISTRICT ATTORNEY, P. P. I1ILLMEYER, of Jlloomsburg. ROBERT R. LITTLE, of Jlloomsburg. E. E. ORVIS, of Jlloomsburg. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. UDITOH'S NOTICE. ESTATE OK JESSE ZAMU, DICEA8KD. Tho undersigned auditor appointed by tho or. phaus' Court of Columbia county, to tako proof of tacts, and pass upon tho cxctidlona Mled to thn account of Abraham Waltman, Executor of tha tateof Jesse Zaner, late of iirlarcrtek townshlnTdftl ceased, will attend to the duties of Ids arwlHffiient at his onico la Uie Town of moom" burg In A? J Kvan's building, corner of Main ana Iron sTretue on grtdaytho Blsfdayof August, I6IT, it oSoik, iE ' HEItVEV K, fiJIlTII, July 0, -11-4. Audltr NEW ADVERTISEMENTS VEGETINE. REV. J. P. LUDLOW WHITES 1,8 r.nltlc street, lirooklyn, N. Y Nfiv. 1J .-, II. H Stbvkns, i:si.. Dear sir, From personal tjenetlt received bv n use.as well as trompersonal knowlcdiro ot tlitsi cure. Iiae therctiv seemed almnit mlrnruIotNi, I ran rnni, heartily anil Mncorely reenmmenil tho Vcectlno ti tho cornplilnts which tt Is claimed to cure. r .tAMKS p. I.trtiLOW, I Jite Pastor Calvary linptlst church Saciumenio, c'al. VEGETINE. SUB RESTS WELL. South Poland, Me., Oct., 11. utn. Ma. It. tt.HTKVKNS: . . is.o. Dear sir- I linvofooen Rtok twnnnra tti. liver complaint, and durlnit that tlmo havo taktii i (Trent many different mcdlelnps hut none ot thrni did mo any (rood. 1 was rodless nights and had mi appetite. Mnco tnklnR tho Veircllno 1 rest well mi relish my rood. Can recommend the Venetian i, lr what it has done for me. ul lours respeciriiuy. Mils. ALUKltT HICK I'll Witness nf llin nhnn. Mrs. (Ikoiiuk M. VAtonAH, jueuroru, .moss. VEGETIN Good for Iho Children, Boston Home, 1 4 Tyler slrcet, tlOSTOH, April, 1S70 It. It. fiTHrllBSS, Dear sir, Wo feel that tho children In our homo havo been prcfltlv benrtlltcil lit thn Veo-ntinn . luo kindly ctven us from time to tlm, especially those troubled with tho scrofula. With respect, Mrs. N. WU1UIELL, Matron. REV. O. T. WALKER SAYS: Providence, It. 1 104 Transit street. It. It. Stevens, Esq. I feel bound to exnross with mv Rlcnatnrn tho mm. vnluol placo upon your Yegettnc. My family lmo used It tor the last two yotrs. In nervous debtltv It is lnvaiiiaoie, nna i rccommcnu it to an who may need an invigorating, renovating tonic. O. T. WAT.KEIt, Tormerly Pastor of llowdoln-squaro church, llojton, IVotliiiiir Uqiiul to II. SOctu Salem, Mas.s.,,ov, 14, ISTfi. MR. II. II, STEVENS! Dear Sir I luno been troubled with Scrofuln. rrnn. kernnd Liver Complaint for threo sears. ?,uthini. oer did mo any good until I commonccd mine jour VKdUTINE. I tun now getting along llrst rate, and still using tho vi;ii;tini;. I eonstdertherels noth ing enu.il to It for such complaints. Ciin hemim- r... commend It to e erj body. lours iriuy, Mrs. l.lZZir. M. PACKAIM). No. 10 Lanugo St., South Salem, -Mass. VEGETINE Itccomuieittl it Heartily. South Hostov, Ma. Stevens, Dear Sir. I hao taken soeral bottles of vour Vpit. etlne, and am convinced It Is a valuablo remedy tor Dyspepsia, Kidney complaint and (leneral Debility or tho system, l can heartily recommend It to all sufferers from the abovo complaints. lours jicspcctiuiiy, Sirs. .MUNHOE PAItKEI!. VEG KTINE Preparedliy H. R. Stevens, BostOD, Mass. Vegetine is sold by all druggists. August 20 Assessments in Columbia County for the Year 1877, B I I I Beaver io,ies ll,o 19 100 llenton n sis ss 49V ' Iterwlck 830 'Jul in liloom a 172 J9J Ilrlarcreek 11,465 3,071 CatnwtHuv. 6.015 j jM an Ccntralla ui via "5 Centre 11,319 200 cs " convnjtham 0,403 zfi'ia Ma so Kishlhircrcek ir,,5s 8,143 09 Franklin 7,124 215 Oroenwood 10,774 179 121 13 Hemlock 0,1103 cos at Jackson 9,549 1,19.1 Locust 22,141 2,287 15 Madison 19,449 43.1 38 Main (1,270 2.90T 12 Mimin 10,18H 1,341 144 Montour 5,ics ill 4S Mt. I'leasant 9,os 17s orango 7,401 391 84 1'lne ... 13 2911 1,059 :s 0 Itoarlngcreck 9,979 2,C4'i NCOtt 4,014 3J 2S1 52 Hugarloaf 12,2!W 2,270 Total 239,24 1 89,450 tfia COS Counting threo lota to mike an ucro thcro are 2so,7i7 acres assessed, which Is equal to about 4 10 squaro miles. This return Is from tho assessment made la ls77. In a former calculation made from tho assessment ot ls&s, thcro wero Acres Seated, 239,40 Unseated, 43.2S0 Total, 2S2.6S3 Making a difference ot 1971 acres. Kmull's Hand Hook tues Columbia County us 275,840 acres, our assessments for 1877 exceeds this uuinber by 4,777 acres, Attest: WM. KRICKUAUM, Clerk. This Great Primer Font, 12 3 4 This Double Pica, This metal job letter, with lower case and figures, All complete anil in fair condition for sale cheap at tho Columbian Office. Woomsburs, July it, 19TT. FANCY CA It us all new styles with name, u 10 cts. post paid. J. u. uustcii, Nassau. N. y July 20, 77. nv d N. I'. llUIt.MIAM'M "1871" WATER-WHEEL 1 ftftrlnrpil thn HHTAfjninn TitiitiivrDHt... 660 persons who use It. 1'rickh Hkdcced. New July -iuiw a u"' New and Thrilling! MILLIONS KAGKIt Foil ITI I 30O0 Aeeiiln Wuuted fur THE CROSS & THE CRESCENT Wry ot the Hussions anj Turfs; causa of tho war Mighty Interests at bmke; Ulograpldes o : iiuEm etc. ltichly Illustrated. Yor Utim Tddress nuicS ftuad'eVdWa.''''0''-' July 20, 77-4W a VEGETINE. ItEJv,ww ITS lialtlo btreet, Brooklyn, N, v., Nov. 14. 1874. edilmSt.TulSui TSrSffi hearfllTaSdln1: .TiVPO li TTTm.m July's SwTdy IUI,tlat.cl'lrch, Sacramento, O, T It I F I, I IV a WITH A COLD 13 ALWAYS DANUEItOUS. USK WELLS' CARBOLIC MOTS T8lHSriNU8Cl?l!!?eUnJ ,4!" Of tho BUANK UJNUB' OUd MUCOUS MKM. Put uL9nly in Boxes. T.OU1 BV ALL DItUaaiSTS. AB
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