flambria Freeman.
EDEXSUIRG, PA.
TuunstMiY Mor5i.no, : Nov. 24, 1870.
The State Treasurjuhlp.
. It is becoming very evident, from the
tone of the leading Radical papers in the
State, that the disgraceful political debauch
ery that attended the election of State Treas
urer by the Legislature in January last, will
be re-enacted at the election of that officer
during the approaching session. ' It is open
ly declared that Simon Cameren, through
tho corrupt appliances of which he is so
fckillful a master, is determined to re instate
his friend Mackey in the position from which
he was unexpectedly ejected lat winter by
General Irwin. That result was bro ugbt
about by the Democratic members and about
fifteen or eighteen dissatisfied Radicals uni
ting and casting their vote? for Irwin. Be
lievicg that Mackey was unscrupulous and
corrupt that he was the head and front of
the notorious "Tiessury King" we ap
proved of the action of the Democratic mem
bers in supporting Oen. Irwin. The conduct,
however, of that gentleman, when he. ap
peared before the Treasury Invesligrting
Committee, and obstinately refused to answer
all the questions propounded to him as to
the manner in which the public funds we
mean the unexpended balances in the Treas
ury had been used, materially changed our
opinion of his official integrity and forced
us to the plain conclusion that there whs
"something rotten in Denmark." It is un
derstood that Gen. Irwin will Dot be a can
didate for re-election and that Mackey'
most formidable competitor will be
Taggart, who is chief clerk in the Treasury
office.
The office of State Treasurer, ever since
18C0. has yielded a fortuna to every man
who has held it two years in succession,
whether he waa a Republican or Democrat.
It is not the mere salary of tho effice that
makes its incumbent rich, but it is the full
and unchecked privilege he enjoys of loau
iug at interest to the banks, as well as to
his personal and'jolitical frieuds, tho surplus
money in the treasury, and putting the
bonus he receives for its use into his own
pocket. It is a gulden prize aud hence the
exciting annual coatest to secure it.
It has been suggested by several Radical
papers, tho AlUghanian of thU place amongst
the cumber, that a new man, unconnected
with any ring or clique of corrupt politicul
managers, should be nominated and elected
Would this remedy the evil com plained, of ?
Not at all. It is just as certain as the night
follows he day, that if a new man defeats
both Mackey and Taggart for the nomina
tion iu the Radical caucus, he toill form a
ring of his own before he is ouo month in
the office. The truth of this proposition is
perfectly manifest from the very nature of
things. There is but one way by which
this devil's rock in the sea of Pennsylvania
politics can be removed. Let the members
of the Legislature, at the very commence
ment of the session, astume the virtue of
honesty, even though iley have it not, and
pass a stringent and well guarded act ro
quiring tho State Treasurer, fiom time to
time, to laon on good security to banking
institutions, or to private individuals, the
unexpended balance under his control, and
compel him under heavy penalties to furnish
the Legislature, at tho commencement of
each session, with a sworn statement ol the
amount of said loans, the uames of the
banks or persons who received them, and
the amount of interest received thcreou aud
paid into the treasury. Such a law or one
tdtnilar to it, would simplify matters amaz
iugly and would effectually prevent the
Treasurer from speculating iu tho public
fuuds for his own pecuniary bent-fit. Eveu
If the Treasurer was made elective by the
people, as he ought to be, by an amendment
to the constitution, the evil uow complained
of would still exist. It is only by tho pas
sage of a law such as we have indicated that
a:iy State Treasurer, however pure and up
right he may bo when he assumes tho duties
of the office can be prevented from using th9
public money for his own personal gam aud
be compelled to invest it lor the benefit of
those to whom it rightfully belongs, the
heavily burdened tax payers of the Common
wealth.
Wm. Y. Watt, a Republican State Son
ator from the first Philadelphia district, died
ia that city on last Friday. Hia death
makes a tit between the two political par
ties in the Senate sixteen Democrats and
sixteen Radicals. Where a vacancy occurs
in either Houe by death, resignation, or
otherwise, it is the duty of the Speaker to
issue his writ ordeiing a special election,
which must take placo Dot less than fifteen
nor nioro than thirty days fjprn the time it
bears date. Gen. White was elected Speak
er of the Senate at the close of the last sea
ion. Whether he will issue his writ to the
Sheriff of Philadelphia now, or postpone
doing so until after-the meeting of the Leg
islature on the first Tuesday in January,
remains to be seen. A few years ago, iu
1864 we think, precisely the same state of
affairs existed at the meeting of the Senate.
John P. Penny, of Allegheny county, was
then Speaker of that body and decided that
- where neither of the candidates had a tna-
- j-wity of all the votes cast, the Speaker elect
ed at the end of the previous session (Penny
Limelf) held oyer, until a new Speaker was
elected. Penny's ruling in bis own , case,
which waa regarded at the timo by the best
Parliamentarians in the State aa totally uo
tjuud, clogged the wheels of legislation and
produced confusion worse confounded. We
do not wish to see that experiment repeated,
and trust that Gen. White will promptly
order an election to supply the vacancy be
fore the Senate convenes, let the result of the
contest be vhat it may. The interests of
the people of the whole Slate demand that ,
ihifc should be done
KeW Yor U and Missouri.
If ever a President received a stunning
rebuke one that can neither be overlooked
nor misunderstood it was administered to
Grant at the recent elections in New York
and Missouri. In the former State he usurp
ed a power which no former President ever
attempted to exercise and which, if it were
resorted to by the Cabinet of Great Britain,
would almost produce a revolution through
out the kingdom. Under the transparent
plea of protecting the sanctity of the ballot
box, several thousand United States troops
were transported from distant sections of the
country at enormous expense, and quartered
in tho immediate vicinity of the city of New
York. The avowed intention of this illegal
and unauthorized proceeding was to enforce
military authority at the polls, if the slight
est cause for doing so presented itself. The
true purpose, however, was not the protec
tion of the ballot-boxes from fraud, but by
a graud display of military force, to create a
species cf terrorism throughout the city, and
thus prevent old and timid Democrats from
going to the election at all. Grant's object
was to reduce tho overwhelming Democrat
ic majority in the city to so low a figure that
it would be overcame by the Radical vote
iu the western part of the State, aud the
election of Woodford, tho Radical candidate
for Governor, bo assured. Besides this, he
hoped to defeat some of the city Democratic
candidates for Congress, especially S. S. Cox
and James Brooks. The cry went forth that
the Democrats of the city would provoke a
riot on the day of tho election, aud therefore
armed troops must be sent there to overawe
and terrify them and preserve the peace at
all hazards. But there was no riot not
even the least attempt at one nor was it
ever contemplated iLat there should be one
Taking tho administration, therefore, at its
own word, that the election was fair and
honest, what was tho result. A majority
for John T. Hoffman, the Democratic candi
date for Governor, of over 52,000, a majori
ty of SO, 000 for Hall for Mayor and the
triumphant election of all the Democratic
candidates for Congress. When it is remem
bered, also, ttat five thousand negroes voted
the Radical ticket, Grant's defeat was still
more decisive. The result of that election
shows that Grant is not yet a dictator,
clothed with tho purple, and that the De
mocracy of the city of New JTork, in defi
ancc of bristling bayonets, then voted as
they will hereafter vote, iu spite of Mr,
Grant's personal tastes or political prefer
ences.
Iu Missouri Grant's defeat was, if possible.
more disastrous.- Tho candidates for Gover
nor were Mr. M'Clurg, tho present incum
bent, and Brown, both Republicans, the
maiu difference between thtin being that
M'Clurg was opposed to tho repeal of a cer
tain clause in the constitution of the State,
whereby more than forty thousand white
men arc denied the right of suffrage, while
all the ignorant negroes possess it, and Brown
was tho outspoken advocate of its prompt
abrogation. The Democrats had no candi
date of their own, but cordially supported
Brown. Grant interfered through his official
patronage in favor of MClurg aud against
the white race and evon stooped so low as to
write a letter denouncing Brown and his
Republican supporters, and especially Gen.
Carl Schurz, ouo of the United States Seta
tors from that State, who was tho ablo aud
eloquent advocate of the liberal platform on
which Mr. Browu stood. Brown was elected
by over 40,000 majority the Legislature is
more than two-thiids conservative, and of
tho nine Congressmen, only three are friends
oi Grant aud his tottering administration.
It was au unprecedented victory, aud places
the destinies of the State under tho control
of the conservatives for years to come. When
disfranchised white men in Missouri can
hereafter approach the ballot-box, unmolest
ed aud undisturbed, they will not forget,
that they enjoy that great boon against the
tfljrtd and protest cf Ulyscs S. Grant.
Simon Cameron has gone down to Geor
gia to make radical speeches and to estab
lish a National Bank at Savannah. An
election is to be held in that State during
tho latter part of December for seven mem
bers of Congress. The State is at present
unrepresented both in the House and in the
Senate, although a corrupt and mercenary
carpet-bagger by the name of Bullock, who
hails from the interior of New York, acts as
its Governor, and with the approval of Con
gress and the administration, pluudcrs and
oppresses the people. The recent triumph
of the Democratic party In Alabama and
Florida, both of which Stales adjoin Geor
gia, renders it highly important that the
latter State should vote the radical ticket,
and hence Cameron, from his well known
antecedents, was selected to bring about
that desirable result. From the character
of the agent employed, a brilliant Democrat
ic victory may be anticipated. Cameron
will be out of his old and favorite bailiwick,
aud will quickly discover that the people of
Georgia have not descended quite so low in
the scale of political morality as his venal
tools in the Pennsylvania Legislature.
We learn from the Bedford Gazette that
John Cessna has served notice on Benjamin
F. Meyers that he will contest his (Meyers')
right to his seat in the next Congress. This
movement on the part of Cessna fully meets
public expectation. It is some satisfaction,
however, to know that the Congress which
will pass upon and determine the status of
Cessna will be composed of very different
material from the present partisan body.
One thing is certain the present infamous
majority of the Committee on Elections will
not then be in existence to annul and con
temptuously set aside the legally expressed
will of Democratic constituencies and to
reat elections as if they never had occurred.
John Cessna will appear before that com
mittee in the humiliating attitude of begging
a seat from his political friends which he
was not ablo to secure through all his well
known duplicity, notwithstanding "the col
ored troona fought nobly" in his district and
gave him between six and eight hundred
new votes.
Reform Convention oflS3S.'
A few days ago. in looking over the names
of the members of the Constitutional, or. aa
it was styled, the Reform Convention, which
met at Harrisburg in 1837 and completed
its labors at Philadelphia on the 22d of Feb -ruary,
1838, our curiosity prompted us to
ascertain how many of them are yet living.
As far as we cau judge, the following may
be taken as a pretty correct list of the sur
vivors of that able and intellectual body of
men : Daniel Agnew of Beaver. Ephraim
Banks of Miffli n, Charles Brown of Philadel
phia, (now of the State of Delaware,) Jos.
R. Chaudler of Philadelphia, A. J. Cline of
Bedford, R. E. Cochran of Lancaster, John
A. Gamble of Lycoming. Henry G. Long or
Lancaster, Benjamin Martin of Philadelphia,
Wm. M. Meredith of Philadelphia, Christian
Myers of Clarion, James Pollock of North
umberland, Samuel A Purviance of Butler,
II. Gold Rodgeia of Allegheny, E. W. Stuid-
want of Luzerne, James Todd of Indiana,
R. G. White of Tioga, and Georgo W. W ood-
ward of Luzerne making eighteen in all.
It will thus bo seen that in thirty-two years
death has terribly decimated tho ranks of
the members of that convention. Wo may
here remark that, although Thaddeus Ste
vens was one of the very foremost men in
the convention, his name does not appear to
the draft of tho Constitution as adopted by
its framers. lie stubbornly lefused to sign
it because the first section of article third,
prescribing the qualifications of voters, con
tained to him the hated word, '-white."
South Carolina Flection.
From the official returns it appears that
the Republicans carried everything before
them in South Carotins Governor, Lieutenant-Governor,
all four Congressmen, and an
overwhelming majority in the Legislature.
Scott, tho Governor, ia re-elected by 33,584
majority, being almost double the majority
by which President Grant carried tho State
in 18C8. A.J. Ramsier, negro, is elected
Lieutenant Governor; Jos. II. Rainey, negro,
to Congress in tho First Dietiict; R. C. De
Large, negro, in tho Second ; R. R. Elliott,
negro, iu the Third; and A. I.Wallace,
vkhite Republican, in the Fourth. Eleven
out of the thirty-one State Senators and
eighty out of tho one hundred and twenty
four Representatives are negroes, and thi,
added to a negro Lieutenant-Governor. negro
Secretary of State, negro Justice of the Su
preme Court, aud three negro Congressmen
out of four, gives South Carolina a rather
dark political ajpoct just at present in more
senses than one. In its ismio of tho 12th
inst. the Boston Advertiser w caudid enough
to so admit. Such a triumph, it thinks, "is
a great but a dangerous victory," and, now
that it is won, urges the pressing neceasity
of such steps as may make "this great State,
which has proved itself the Kspublican strong
hold of the South, a model for her sisters,
and not a byword among them and a reproach
to the Republicanism ot tho country."
It is pleasant to find a leading Republican
paper thus conscious of tho stigma affixed to
our Americau system of self-government by
such degrading exhibitions as that now pre
sented in South Carolina; but the Advertiser
is wrong in attributing such an absolute ne
groiziug of the State to the apathy of the
white population. The citizens of bouth
Caroliua worked maufully to redeem their
country, but were overwhelmed by a most
infamous system of frauds upon tna ballot
box. By the South Caroliua election law
the Governor, himself a candidate, appoint
ed three commissioners of election in each
county, and theso in turn three managers,
in whoso hands the ballot-boxes were to re
main for three days after tho election and to
ba theu turned over to the. commissioners,
who in turn were to keep them without an
nouncing any result for ten da3-s. This pro
cedure having no other purpose than to al
low a private count of the ballots with
suflicie-ut time to hear from all tho products,
so as to cook up tho general returns with no
glaring discrepancy iu auy particular local
ity, it is not surprising that a wholesale lie
publican victory is tho announced result. A
more glaring fraud has perhaps never been
perpetrated iu the country; and tho Adver
tiser may learn something of tho honesty of
its paity if it will compare what it did iu
South Carolina with what it said iu New
York the ballot boxes it stuffed thero, and
the election it sought to discredit here.
World.
Stbanoe Phenomenon The inhabitants
of Basket Station on the Delaware division.
fine Railway, were treated to a -first-class
sensation. About two miles north of the
placo thrco acres of land heavily timbered
with hemlock, occupying an elevated posi
tion, suddenly sank below the surface, dis
appearing in a manner similar to a load of
dirt when the bottom is let out of the wagon
There was no apparent cause, but it has cer
tainly sunk to the depth of about forty feet.
leaving the tops of the trees just visible
above the surface, lhe sinking was accom
panied by a loud crash, which died away in
a dull rumble, heard at a considerable dis
tance. The trees are standing in their natu
ral positions, having evidently experienced
no particular injury in their descent.
It is usual when such freaks of nature
occur for the sunken earth to bo immediate
ly submerged by volumes of water, but in
this instance no such phenomenon attends
The soil is of a clayey nature, and the sidos
of the chasm formed by the sinking present
a smooth and even appearance, as if a huge
spade had been thrust down, and the earth
thrown out.
The people at the Basket, and from the
surrounding country for miles, visited the
scene of the phenomenon on Sunday, and
viewed it witn awe and consternation. They
don.t lifeo to be close to where the bottom
seems to be dropping out of terrestrial things,
Port Jervis Gazette.
Ir the wandering death-bed utterances of
the two great Confederate chieftains "Stone
wall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee, may be
considered as final in the matter, then ihe
late Confederate General A. P. Hill, who
lost his Hfo in the closing battle of the war,
must be accepted by history as the most
trusted coadjutor of these eminent command
era. In his dying moments Jackson ex
claimed, "Send A. P. Hill to the front V1
Upon hia death-bed at Lexington, General
Le, as tho telegraph states, his mind revert
ing to the bloody events of the war, "once
ordered his tent to be struck, and at another
time desired Hill to be aent for." Thus does
it appear that, in the supreme moments of
the closing hours of those men upon whose
shoulders rested the heaviest burdens of the
war upon the side of the Confederacy, came
the utterances, born of delirium, but more
solemn 16r that reason, that stamps General
P. Hill ss a man whose presence was to be
desired and whose fidelity was assured. No
higher compliment could be paid to his
memory than these parting words of Lee and
Jack&oa.
KetTM and Political Items.
A Lyons telegram says that Mr. Train
has been missing for several days, and there
are fears of his assassination.
Wellington Cassiday, residing in Black
ford county, Ind., is minus a house since he
took to throwing hot ashes oat of the window
on a windy night.
Judson A. Giles, a young married man,
living about a mile from Dimock Corners,
Susquehanna county, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the heart a few days ago.
A newly mado sovereign voted a hotel
bill of fare in Utica. by mistake. It was
counted for the Radical candidates-, as it was
conceded that they were the most hungry.
Some of our Radical exchanges are
afraid that a portion of the managers are
determined to rule or ruin the party. The
nonsense of talking about spoiling rotten
eggs I
George Gass, au old bachelor of Sha
mokin. eighty years of age. waa run over
and killed on the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad last week. A warning to old bach
elors. Wheeler, the celebrated diamond hun
ter of the Cape of Good Hope, arrived in
London on the 19th inst. He brought some
stoues valued at 30,000 and weighing 83
carats.
George Quickel died in Conewago town
ship, York county, aged over oue hundrod
years. Mr. yuicaei in nia wnoie mo was
never out of York county, tie died wnero
he was born.
A near-sighted youth in Grant county.
Indiana, proposed to the wroug girl the
other night, and being laughed at by his as
sociates cave way to despair and attempted
to commit suicide.
Two young gentlemen just out of the
nursery in La Crosse, Wisconsin, have fouaht
a duel with shot gur.s for the sake ot a fair
one of 'seven summers. Both combatants
were seriously wounded.
A woman who was stealing woou at
Holyoke, Mass., the other night, got too big
a load, aud the rope with which it was
bound slipped around her neck and strangled
her. She was found dead next morning.
A playful and powerful man at work
in the Kittery Navy Yard, threw hia arms
around a companion's waiat and gave him
such a hearty squcezo as to injure him inter
nally so that he died. No harm was inten
ded. A cruel mother in Indiana recently cap
tured and married her daughter's intended,
whereat the youug lady took umbrage, and
by way of dire revenge set off a half dozen
bunches of fire crackers, under tho bridal
couch.
Plums are so plenty in Wisconsin that
farmers are making them into wine. Plum
wine will certainly be a novelty. Much
interest will be manifested to know how
much of it will cause man to loso his
plumb.
Mr. Hall, of Ohio, was impolite enough
to get into his wagon and start for tke circus,
without inviting Mr. Townsend to go along,
so the latter shot him with bird bhot. If
the offense is repeated Mr. Townsend will
use slugs.
The owner of a farm near Westfleld,
Iiliuois, runs a steam engine using gas for
fuel, which is spontaneously generated from
a well four huudred feet deep, and enough
is wasted to light the city of St. Louis, as
estimated.
The Greeu Bay Advocate savs : "sugar
making in November! Who ever heard of
such a thing? And yet this fall the sap is
running, the trees are budding, aad the Me
nominee Indians are out in the woods ma
king sugar.
There was a rnco last week on the
Warm Spring mountain says the Lexington
(Va.,) Gazette, between Governor Letcher
and a panther, in which, it is said, the Gov
ernor made the best time of the season for a
short distance.
Mr. J. Q. A. White, of West Rochester.
Yt., owns a spaniel which he Bhears as reg
ularly as a sheep, and the fleece is sufficient
to keep a man and boy in nice, soft, warm
stockings through the year. That's the kind
of a dog to keep.
A young wife of fourteen in Glen's
Falls, N. Y., felt so bad when h husband,
aged twenty, suggested divorce, that she
poisoned herself to rid him of the task of
supporting her. They had been married
over two months.
Dr. Dio Lewis says there is a gentle
man cow living In New York City who has
three beautiful front teeth which ho pur
chased from the mouth of an Irishman. His
own teeth were removod. and Patrick's were
instantly transferred.
The dark day of the year for newspa
pers Is coming the day when the message
aud documents come down upon them in an
overwhelming avalanche. The editorial
prayer to tho President and Cabinet is gen
tlemen, please cut it short.
A Kittery f Me.) vouth. who desirad to
wed the object of his affections, had an inter
view with her paternal ancestor, in which
he stated that, although he had no wealth
worth speaking of. yet he was "chuck full
of day's work." He got the girl.
The instigator cf the Tien-tsin massacre
has been arrested, and the Chinese govern
ment proraiBes speedy justice. The Shang
hai Neirs Letter bitterly complains of the
gross neglect and wanton disregard of duty
shown by Mr. Low, the American Minsiter.
Dr. F. V. Marrissall. of Fall River, has
a Bible in his library printed in 1547, which
makes it three hundred and twenty-three
years old. It is printed in the oldest style,
coarse type, without divisions into chapters
or verse, and is very substantially bound in
oak.
The result of the election and the over
whelming reaction in favor of tho Democrat
ic party are given in the synopsis of the
elections. In 1868 eight States went Re
publican and six Democratic. Against these,
in 1870 ten have gone Democratic and but
two Republican.
The boiler of a portable saw mill, at
Mineral City. Ohio, exploded at ten o'clock
Tuesday. The proprietor, David Hunts
man, and an employee named David Sailes,
were instantly killed. Three others were
wounded, one mortally. A portion of tho
boiler, in its descent, fell upon the telegraph
office, crushing in the roof.
The mystery attending the snddeu dis
appearance of George Francis Train, is
solved by a letter from his private secretary,
George H. Bellis, who writes from Lyons,
stating that Train was not murdered, but
secretly arrested by the agents of the provir
sional government and bastiled at Lyons.
The duration of imprisonment is unknown.
In Wayne county, New York, a man
named Graham has just been sentenced to
be hung on the 21st of December, for mur
der. He was remarkably cool all through
the trial, and when his Honor asked him if
he had anything to say remarked that he
"wouldn't flip a cent whether he lived or
died." The Judge didn't offer to "head or
tail" on chances.
James Russell, of Sutton, N. H., com
mitted suicide on Monday by hanging him
self in his barn. A piece of paper was found
on which' he had written : "I came into the
world in 1800; have lived seventy years
and seen the machine, bnt don't understand
it. I came into the world by the neck, and
if they will except me will go out by the I
neck." 1$ is thought he waa insane.
Mauch Chnock. Nov. 21. Charles Sny
der, a citizen of Mauch Chunk. :n attempt
idg to shoot a cat on the morning of the
2lst inst.. accidentally discharged hia revol
ver, the contents entering his heart, kilfiug
him instantly.
There is an eld fellow named Samuel
Bogue, residing at Hopewell, Indiana, who
has lived for 108 years without having learn
ed to either read or write. He has a splens
did memory, and can recite several passages
of scripture that he acquired when a boy at
his mother's knee. At New Albany, in the
same State, there is a centenarian, who has
been a member of the Masonic Order in good
standing for eighty cne years.
On Monday evening, Mr. St. John, a
farmer residing near Flint Lake. Iudiaua,
was shot and instantly killed while sitting
near a window reading. The perpetrator of
the deed was a yeung man by tho name of
Sopher, who had been in tho employ of Mr.
St. John about six months. Sopher was
found dead a short distance from the house,
having committed suicide immediately after
the murder. The cause of the murder is
unknown.
The Prince Amadeus, of Italy, Duko of
Aosta, and second son of King Victor Em
manuel, has been formally elected King of
Spain, by a majority of 191 to 120, in the
Cortes. The Duke is popular in Italy, his
' political aspirations so far as known are un
objectionable, aud has proved himseu a
valiant soldier in the campaign of 1866.
This election gives the house of Savoy a po
sition of great importance among toe royal
families of Europe.
A boiler in a grist mill atlJamilton ex
ploded on Saturday afternoen, instantly kill
ing two men and teverely injuring six others,
one of whom died on Sunday. It appears
that the boiler had been under repairs, and
the work of putting it in order had just been
completed. Steam had been started to test
the boiler, when it exploded. Two men who
were killed belonged to St. Joseph. Mo.,
and were superintending tho work on the
boiler. The five who were Injured cannot,
it is thought, recover.
I a Blackhawk county, Iowa, there is a
wonderful woman. Mrs. Samuel Shoen is
her name, and she is the mother of three
pairs of twin boys and two pairs of girls,
aud in all, twelve boys and six girls, all of
twin whom arrived at manhood, and woman
hood, except one twin boy that died when
three days old. Mrs. Shoen st ill survives
her husband, and bad at one time feven boys
in the army. One pair of twin went thro'
the war and died soon after, within a few
hours of each other, but thirty miles apart.
It is reported that a certain Senator is
drawing up a resolution, based upon the
Grant-Cox correspondence, to introduce iu
the Senate as soon as that body meet, pro
viding for a thorough investigation of the
alleged corrupt use of money by William
McGarrahan whilo trying to got a patent
for diputed iand claims. Some rich devel
opemeuts are anticipated, and those who
claim to be perfectly familiar with the inside
bistoiy of this case aver that an investiga
tion will disclose astounding corruption on
the part of officials, soma of whom are in
Congress.
Melancholy Nabratitk of Shipwreck.
The Belleville Outario gives the following
account of the loss of the schooner Jessie :
During the storm on Tuesday, October 80,
the Jesse was seen to approach tho lee, (north
side) of Salmon Poiut, and, getting well into
the cove, cast auchor. The wind on Sunday
afternoon being nearly from the outh, the
point formed an excellent shelter, aud in all
proOability the master of the unfortuuate
vessel hoped to ride safely at anchor until
the weather would permit him to reach his
destination. During the night the wind
shifted to tho west, aEd sealed the doom of
the vessel. Before daylight on Monday
morning bhe was discovered in her perilous
condition by some fishermen, and in a short
time the inhabitants of the surrounding
neighborhood were on the beach, hoping to
render assistance to the poor fellows on board.
But instead of cnj jyiug the happy conscious
ness that tbey were instrumental in saving
the lives of their fellow-beings, thoy were
doomed to witness the most appalling scene
we have ever been called upou to describe.
The approach of daylight revealed to the
bystanders the awful condition of the unfor
tunate seamen, but' brought . with it no
means of rescue. The vessel had dragged
anchor and struck bottom about thirty rods
from shore. The wiud was blowing a gale
from tho west, and the sea rolling it in large
waves over the deck of the Jessie, broke
upon the beach with relentless fury, com
pletely frustrating the efforts of the specta
tors to reach the wreck. Tha main boom
had been hoisted above the waves, and five
men were clinging to it as their only hope
of safety uutil assistance came. Three other
unfortunates were hanging to the rigging,
looking wistfuliy to the shore, and doubtless
hoping against hope that they would be
spared to reach it alive. A staunch boat
waa brought to the shore, and many willing
hands, impelled by brave hearts, attempted
to buffet the waves, but were again aud
again thrown back upon the beach. At
about 10 o'clock in the forenoon all hope was
suddenly brought to an end. The vessel
seemed to break asunder in the ccntro, the
spars foil, the sea washed over the ruins,
and eight human beings were enveloped by
the angry waters ! Two or three of the
poor fellows were seen to keep above the
waves for a few minutes, and oud, who must
have been a powerful man as well as an ex
pert swimmer, vainly strove to reach the
shore, but carried along the boach by the
curreut and back swell until he was thirty
rods from the wreck and twenty rods from
tho shore, he disappeared forever. This
ended those painful hours of Monday morn
ing. Tho frantic shouting of the crowd on
shore Bank into a mournful silence, and tears
of sorrow were shed for the strangers who
perished on our would be hospitable shores.
The Wab Record. Gen. von der Tann
has been removed from hia command, which
looks as if his defeat at Orleans according
to the Tribune a piece of high strategy was
not quite considered so by King William
and General von Moltke. The Germans are
doing their best to prepare against the French
attack from the army of the Loire, and Gen.
Trochu's, Army of Paris. A etroug German
army is rapidly concentrating west of Paris,
uuder the command of the Duke of Meck
lenburg. Everything is in readiness at Ver
sailles for a speedy removal of King William's
household in case of defeat. Nevertheless
he has invited the King of Bavaria to meet
him there, and the latter is preparing to do
so. There arc now morethan a million men
under arms in Fiance, and all that is want
ed is organization. The war cloud iu the
East ia rapidly darkening the entire horizon,
but there are no signs yet of positive thun
der. Russia is ready for the fray ; her iron
clads in the Black Sea will most probably
move first. England is getting her navy
ready, and her Guards have orders to pre
pare for the field. Her Cabinet, however, is
"deliberating," and quakes with internal
throes. Turkey, most interested of them
all, is peacefully inclined, but is calmly
making ready for a death struggle, if needs
be. 11 is too eonoral
omnlftn in FnMjnH
that by January next all Europe will be on
tho war path.
From the Toledo Blade.
Xew Route to St. Louis Snort
JLlne via Decatur.
Tha Toledo, Wabash & Western is oue
of the great railroad corporations of the
country. Its eastern terminus is Toledo,
west, via : Keokuk. Iowa ; Quincy, Illinois ;
Hannibal. Mo.; St. Louis, Mo. At. Keo
kuk it connects with the Des Moines Valley
Road, and through it with the Chicago and
Northwestern to Omaha, passing through
the heart of Iowa. At Quincy it strikes the
Hannibal and St. Joe Road, and makes all
points in Kansas, and with the St. Joe and
Council Bluffs Road, a direct connection
with the Union Pacific and the entire State
of Missouri. Leaving the Quincy line at
Bluff City, a branch goes direct to Hanni
bal, Mo., and thence over the New Hanni
bal and Moberly Road to Kansas City aud
Leavenworth, making by this route an al
most air line from Toledo to Kansas City.
TheBe three terminal points control a large
portion of the West.
This Company has now completed its new
road from Decatur. 111., to East St. Louis,
making a direct, continuous line from the
head of.Lake Erie to St. Louis, without broak
or change of cars.
The completion of this connection is an
event in the history of Railroads in this
country. St. Louis is the chief city on the
Mississippi, and is the paint of departure for
the vast territory in the west. A line of
road stretchiug from Lake Erie to the Mis
sissippi, passing through two of the greatest
of the States, cau cot be but considered one
of the greatest enterpibes of the couutry, as
by its new connection it transports passen
gers from the great Lakes to the great river
without chango or delay.
The Wabash route is now prepared as
well for passenger traffic asany'road in the
United States, and the completion of this
most important connection gives it a hold
upou business which it has heretofore made
no special effort to secure.
By this line the distance from Toledo to
St. Louis is only one hundred and thirty
milts. The old Wabash Road through the
heart of Indiana and Eastern Illinois is used
to Decatur. Illinois, where the new line
h ranches off. passing counties as follows :
Macon county chief town, Decatur.
Christian county chief town, Taylorvllle.
Macoupeu county onief town. Staunton.
Jdudison county chief town, Edwardsviile.
The road before reaching Decatur passes
through the garden of Indiana, and the por
tion of Iiliuois that it penetrates is the best
aud richest. The counties we have specified
are not excelled iu the United States in point
of wealth ; of soil and natural beauty.
The Company's offices have made ample
arrangements to prop&rly accommodate the
immense tide of travel that will naturally
seek this aveuue. They hare placed upon
the road new and elegant passenger coaches,
fitted up regardless of txpente, the ruling
ideas being comfort and safety. There is
absolutely nothing lacking iu their cars.
The ornamentation is rich and chaste, the
seats. are not only beautiful but luxurious,
aud the beating apparatus is the best we
have ever seeu. To so fine a poiut have
they brought this important item that every
passenger may have almost the precise terns
perature preferred.
The Wabash has a bridge spanning the
Mississippi at Quincy, and is build iug two
more, one at Keokuk and one at Hannibal.
The Q ticicy bridge ii a magnificent struct
ure, aud the others are to be not inferior
to it.
The sleeping cars now on the road are
Pullman's best, but the Company are build
ing six in their shops, in Toledo, that excell
"Pullman's best" in almost every particular.
The fiuishiug and furnishing are tuperb, and
every convenience that has been devised is
made use of.
As soon as the sleeping and palace cars,
now being built, are finished, tho passen
gers from New York to auy point ia the
West may get in his beat at the Hudson
River Depot, and never leave it until be
reaches St. Louis.
The Company make it a special point to
have tone but gentlemen in their employ.
The officers of each train are intelligent,
obliging gentltmen, who feel that their duty
id not eloue with the collection of the tickets.
The Wabash conductors have always been
popular with the traveling public. Now
that their facilities for making those in their
cars comfortable have been increased, they
will be more so.
The track of the Wabah is in most excel
lent order. The road has been thoroughly
ballasted, aud defective iron aud ties all re
moved, and the best and heaviest put in
their place. The road is smooth over its
entire length, and so well built as to make
the highest rate of speed safe. The condi
tion of the track, with the care exercised in
the construction of the cars on the line, re
lieves the traveler of the constant feeling of
danger one experiences on roads less care
fully; constructed and less conscientiously
managed.
Tne new depots at St. Louis are the most
commodious in that city. The Company
have constructed a new passenger depot at
the forry, and the Transit Company have
built a new and complete equipment of Om
nibusses and baggage Wagons especially for
this road, which run to every part of the
city to private houses and hotels, as well
as the depots of other railroads.
At St. Louis, direct and close connections
are made with the North Missouri'Misecnri
Pacific, Southern Pacific, Iron Mountaiu,
and other lines to the West and Southwest,
also with first class steamers for Memphis
and New Orleans, and the intermediate
points on the Mississippi.
We believe that the greatest part of the
travel to the Great West will pass over this
route indeed we do not see how it can be
otherwise. The trains from the East make
close connections in the Union depot at To
ledo, and from Toledo to the Mississippi
there is no change whatever. The traveler
whose destination is Kansas saves several
hours of time by taking this route, and he
goes in such comfort, and with such perfect
assurance of safety, as to make it preferable,
even though he save nothing in time thereby.
The majority of the men whose unremit
ting efforts have carried forward this great
enterprise, are citizens of Toledo.
Hon. Azariah Boody, the President, re
sides in New York, aud the active duties of
his office devolve upon John N. Drummond,
Esq., of this city, the Vice President ; Geo.
II. Burrows is General Superintendent, with
the duties usual to that important office;
John B. Carson is General Freight Agent,
and manages the commercial interests of the
company, while John U. Parsons and W.
L. Malcomb have control of the passenger
business of the road, and the satisfactory
manner in which its business with the pub
lic is transacted.
No road in the country has in its employ
icorq able and accomplished men, or men
more quick to realixo tho necessities of the
hour or more ready to meet them.
Tho traveling public in tbe East will do
well to remember the Wabash routo. when
arranging for a trip to the West. There is
no better road in the country, and the day
is not far distant when it will be so acknowl
edged, by traveling men.
P Jobs Uaxlon baa bea found guilty of out
raping and murdering little Mary Mohrman in
1 hiUdclphiu. Ue will doubtless be hung.
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