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?Utckdat Morvino, : Oct 28, 1571.
Tiik reault of the late election as com'
pared with that between Geary and Pack
er two yeara Bgif when Geary's majority
was 4.59G, may be ft ed as follows : In
1869 the total vote of the State was 570,
608. In 1871 it was 553,840, showing
a deficiency of 22,668 The radical de
ficiency was 3.447 and the democratic
deficiency 19,221 excss of democratic
loss 15,774. The total vote in favor of
holding a Constitutional Convention But
ler County not included. was 332,231 ;
against Convention, 72,073. Majority
in favor of Convention ZG0.158. The
only counties in the State that voted
against calling a Convention were Herks
and Greene, the former giving a majority
against it of 5,636 and the latter 1,292
V K have received a communication
from Cleat field township, conceived in
ery bad taste and written in a whblwrnd
of passion, in which the author assumes
that in an article in the last Fremian vrf
made an unwarranted attack on the demo
crats of that and Allegheny townships.
Such is not the fact. We meant do at
tack, nor did we make any. We simply
complained of the great falling off between
the vote poll d at the last election and the
vote three year ago. We based the Ian
puage complained of on the authority of
an intelligent citizen of Clearfield town
ship, who stated to us that the same num
ber of democratic voters wete there now
that voted in 1868. Our correspondent
ays the number is far less, and ihat the
decreased vote is accounted for in that
way. We cannot settle the question.
The head and front of our tffending was
in merely stating what had been told to
us by one who ought to know. If be was
mistaken, who can j-istly censure os?
Judge M'Cunn, of New York, before
whom George O. Evans was brought on
a writ of habeas corpus, discharged the
writ and delivered the prisoner into the
custody of the Harrisburg officer having
Gov. Geary's requisition. The officer
proceeded with Evans to Harrisburg and
in default of bail, be, (Evans) was com
mitted to prison. The amount of bail
required on the charge of embezzlement
was $25,000 and on the writ of capias in
the hands of the sheriff of Dauphin coun
ty, $400,000. When this p tragon of a
New York Judge disposed of the case, he
aid, among other things which oucht not
to have been said, that he (M'Cunn) bad
no doubt of the acquittal of Evans by a
Pennsylvania jury. There could be no
sort of doubt that such would be the
result, provided McCunn too s the Juiig. be
fort whom Evans teas to be trird. Such is
fortunately not the cae. John M'Cunn
is a scurvy Judge, and in New York is
regarded as a terrible judicial infliction.
His whole conduct in this Evans business
was unprecedented and extra-judicial, if
not corrupt. Evans will be tried in No
vember before Judue Pearson, an abler
and a purer man than M'Cunn is reported
tube by those who know him best. The
trial of the case wiil be watched with
increased interest by the whole State.
Aftkr Grant's return t Washington
from his late trip to the west, whither lie
had gone to visit some of his neglected re
lations who do not hold office, he remained
in that city just long enough, before taking
a "newgJeparturc," to fulminate a high
sounding proclamation, dated October 12,
addressed to the inhabitants of nine coun
ties in South Carolina,' commanding all
unlawful combinations therein within Jive
days to disperse and retire peaceably to
their homes, under penalty, upon their
refusal so to do, of a suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus within the limits of
aid counties. Having issued this men
aciog manifesto, he posted off to Boston
with three or four members of his cabinet,
ostensibly to be present at the laying of
the corner stone of the new Post office in
that modern Athens. From Boston he
continued bis wanderings to the State of
Maine and was at Bangor on Tuesday, the
17lh instant, as was announced by the
telegraph On that day, Grant's Jive
days of grace, so magDanimoucly extend
ed by him to the nine rebellious districts
in South Carolina, expired by their own
limitation. And now, on that same Tues
day, tho 17th, there was issued by the
same U S Grant hii threatened procla
mation, dated at Washington, (he. Grant,
being then in Bangor,) suspending the
writ of hibis corpu in the nine counties
named in th Just proclamation. Of
course Grant never saw the lust procla
mation, for the simple reason that on the
day it bears date he was supremely happy
in Iiitngor and was not at all solicitous
about wbAt was transpiring in South Car
olina, or in any other State. Grant, al
though not ubiquitous, would seem from
this extraordinary feat to possess the
dame wonderful powets attributed by nn
Irish member of Parliament in one of hij
speeches, to a bad 'Mr. Speaker," ex
claimed that disciple of his illustrious
predecessor, Sir lioyle Roach, "I cannot
be in Hco placet at one, (tie a bird."
A Daniel Come to Judgment I
The Pittsburgh Post, not satisfied with
Lacing deservedly won the approval of
the Democratic press by its advocacy of
an additional amendment to the Con
stitution removing the disability from a
foreigner being elected President of the
United States, is again in hot search of
fresh political fin hi a and pastures new.
Iu its issue of the 1 9th there appeared a
lengthy, carefully written, double-leaded'
editorial article, in which it is attempted
to be shown that Thomas A. Scott, Vice
President of the Pennsylvania Kail Road
Company, is the coming man of the Dem
ocracy that he alone can surely be elect
ed President over Grant, and urging Lis
nomination by the next Democratic Na
tional Convention. When we first read
this lucubration of the Post, we were in
clined to regard it as merely sensational,
or bs a huge joke, but as it was followed
on the next day by an article of similar
import, we are bound to believe that it
expressed the deliberate and matured con
victions of the formidable editorial array
of that democratic journal. Although we
had heard a great deal about ''Tom Scott"
during the last ten years, and although
we well knew that he has not concealed
his light under a bushel, we were not
aware that we had in our midst a gentle
man of such varied accomp'ishments, pro
found wisdom and unrivalled statesman
hip, until the scales had fallen from our
eyes after having read and digested the
blushing but modest eulogium which the
Post has seen proper to pronounce upon
him. Happy Pennsylvania 1 in having
given birth to such a man, and thrice
happy Tom Scott ! in having such a pan-,
egyrist as the Pittsburgh Post. The
democracy of the State are frantic with
delight.
"And still they gsxed and still the wonder
grew.
That oue small bead could carry all he knew.''
The reasons assigned by the Vost for
this sudden and alarming attack of Scott
on the brain, are numerous. The prineN
pal one, however, is what the Post calls
a lprsonal mug net sin" which it claims is
possessed by its favorite in a remarkable
and wonderful degree. We remember
having heard heretofore of the magnetic
power of Thomas A. Scott. We have
been told indeed that when he visits Ilr
risburg during a session of the Legislature,
as he sometimes does in the interest of his
rail rt-ad company, Le carries about him
a magnet of unequalled attraction, capable
of accomplishing results only surpassed
by the magical properties of Aladdin's
lamp. If this magnet could be introduced
into the next Democratic national conven
tion, it mij;ht possibly w rk a political
miracle. Archimedes is said to have de
clared, that with his lever he could move
ihe globe, if he only hnd n place to stand
upon. But to be serious. Does the
Pittsburgh Pott suppose, that the demo
cratic party is prepared to commit felo
desef It will be a da-k day in the history
of the Republic, when a rail road King
or even a B iron is installed in the Ex
ecutive chair of the nation. Even now
the legislation of Congress, as well aa of
most of the States, is absolutely controlled
by Ihe influence of mammoth rail road
corporations superadded to that of fifteen
hundred national banks. They are a
power behind the throne greater limn the
thronoitself If the liberties of the people
are to be preserved, the grasping power
of these soulless monopolies must be cur,
tailed and hedged, rather than augmented
and et.larged Consolidated capital is the
devil's reck in tlietea of politics, on which
the ship of state will eventually split and
go to pieces, unless there is a sure and
teady pilot at the helm. Thomas A.
Scott in his present position, is doubtless
the right man in the right place. 1 1 is
becoming the next democratic candidate
for the Presidency, is a contingency not
even to be dreamed of. Let him take
any other shape than that. The article
in the Vost is inopportune and uncalled
for, if not positively mischievious. It has
not met and will not meet with any re
sponse from the democratic press of the
state, which is just now not in a humor
to run after strange political gods. Al
though much time and study were bo
Plowed on its preparation, the article of
the Vost has failed in its intended effect
and has missed the mark at which it was
directed. Parturient monies et nascitur
ridiculus mutt.
w hkn the two Return Judgea for the
Senatorial District composed af the coun
ties of Cumberland and Franklin met at
Carlisle on !aM Tuesday week to add up
!
the vote cast for Senator, they refused to
I sign the certificate of election in far.r r
Weakley, the Radical candidate. They
based their refusal, as we learn from their
proceedings, on the ground that open,
shameless and notorious fraud and cor
ruption had been used to procure Weak
lev's election. Without now discussing
the legality of their conduct, it is suffi
cient to say that it was simply and prac
tically commending the poisoned chalace
of radicalism to its own lips. John Co
vode furnished a memorable precedent for
this proceeding when he seduced the radi
cal Return Jodie from Indiana county
into a refusal to sign the certificate of
election to Congress in favor of Henry D.
Foster. Gary and the radical press of
the State endorsed the fraud, and General
Foster was swindled out of his seat.
O'her similar instances could be mention
ed, but it is not necessary. Weakley's
case will now go before the Senate for in
veetigntion, where, we trust, it will under
go a thorough and searching examination
If corruption was used, let the guilty par
ties be ascertained, and then let the severe
penalties of the law swiftlj and surely
Pennsylvania Legislature.
The following is the Kst of members
of the Senate and House of Representa
tives. The House will stand 5S Repub
licans and 42 Democrats, and the Senate
17 ItepublkiiHs to 16 Democrats :
8EKATK.
PhiMelphia first district, Robert P.
Decbeart, D. ; Second district.E. W.Davis,
R.; Third district, David A. Nagle, D. ;
Fourthdistrict, Geo. Connel, R.
' Chester, Delaware and Montgomery
Henry S. Evans, R. ; H. Jones Brooke, R.
linelcs Tesse W. Kuieht. D.
Lehigh and Northampton Ed wis Al
bright, D.
Berks J. Depny Davis, U.
Schuylkill Wm, M. Randn.ll, D.
Carnori, Monroe, P ke ard Wayne Al
bert G. lirodhead, D.
Luzerre, Monroe and Pike John Col
lins, D.
Bradford, Susquehana, Wayne and
Wyoming L. F. Filch, R.
Cameron, M'Kean, Pott.r and Tioga B.
Ii. Strang, R. '
Lvcouiing, Union aud Snyder Andrew
H. Pill, D.
Northumberland, Moutour, Columbia and
Sullivan Charles R. Buckalew, I).
Dauphin and Lebanon David Mutnma,
R.
Lancaster Esaias Billiugfelt, R. ; John
B Warfel, R.
Cumberland and Franklin J. 31. Weak
ley, R.
Ynrlr ind Adams Wm. M'Sherrv. D.
Somerset, Bedford aud Fulton Hiram
F indlev. D.
Biair, Hnntingden, Centre, Mifflin and
Perry R. Bruce Petrikin, D. ; David X
l rnwfitr.1. L).
Indian and WeS'morlrnd-ITarry White,
R.
Clinton, Cambria, Clearfield and Elk
W. A. Wallace, D.
Westmoreland, Fayette aud Greene A
A Purman. D.
Allegheny Jas. L. Graham. R.; Miles
S. Humphreys, R.
Wa.-hingtoa aud Beaver James S. Ru
tan R.
Mercer, Venango and Warren Harrison
Allen. K.
Crawford and Erie Geo. B Delnmater,
R.
nousx or hxpbesrstatiyks.
rbildli h:a First D strict. G P. Smith
It. ; Second, George McGowan, D. ; Third,
Samuel Josephs. D. : Fourth, Win. Elliott.
R. ; Fifth, C. II. Dougherty, O. ; Sixth,
Charles A Porter, R. ; Seventh, Howard J.
Pott, R ; Eighth, Samuel Daniels, R. ;
Ninth, Wm H. Voriges, R. ; Tenth, Samuel
D. Dniley, D. ; Eleventh, J. B. Hancock,
R. ; Twelfth, George W. Fox. R. ; Thir
teenth, S. D. Strock, R. ; Fourteenth, Joh n
Latnon, R. ; Fifteenth, Adam Albright, R. ;
Sixteenth, A. D. Levering, R. ; Seven
teenth, G. li. Griffith, K. ; Eighteenth
James N. Marks, R.
Adams Isaac Hereter, D.
Franklin Thaddeus M. Mahon, R.
Armstrong P. K. Bowman. R.
Beaver. Butler and Washington D. M.
Leatherman and G W. Fleeg-r, R. : Dr.
Jos Lusk and Wm. B. Dunlnp, D.
Bedford and Fulton S. P. Wishart, R;
Berks John A. Conrad, A. T. C. Keffer
and 11. II. Schwartz, D.
Bhkir B. L. Hewitt, R.
Bradfod B. S. Drtt and P. P. Buck,
R.
Bucks-amuel Darrah & Josiah Reiter, D.
Cambria Samuel Henry, R.
Potter aud McKeen Lucius Rodgers, R.
Carbon & Monroe-Richard S. Steples, D.
Alleghenv James Taylor, M. Edwards,
John Giffillan, D.N. White, H.K. Sample
J. W. Ballantir.e and Alexander Miller, R.
Chester Joseph C Keech and Levi
Prizer, R.
Center P. Gray Meek, D.
Clearfield John Lawshe, D.
Clarion and Forest J. B. Lawson,D.
Ciinton. Lycoming & Sullivan A. C.
Noyes and Samuel 'Wilson, D.
Columbia Chrles B. Brockway, D.
Crawford J. H Gray and William B.
Glenson, R.
Cumberland Muhlenburg Williams, D.
Dauphin and Perry Andrew K! Black,
J. S. Schminkey and Joseph Shuler, R.
Delaware Thos. V. Cooper, R.
Erie George W. Starr aud C. P. Rodgrs,
R
Elk, Cameron and Jefferson Ed
mund English, D.
Fayette Samuel H. Smith, D.
Huntingdon F. H. Lane, R.
Indaita T. McMuliin, R.
Juniata and Mini n Noh Herlzer, R
Lancaster D. K, Burkholder, J. G.
Gatchell and C. L. Hunsicker, R. ; Wm.
Spencer, Tern.
Lawrence A. P. Moore. B.
Lebanon Anthony S. Ely, R.
Lehigh Adam Woolever and Ilerman.
M. Fetter, D.
Luzerne Richard Williams, W. B.
Hirelighy and H. W. Evaus, R. ; F. B.
Kesner, D.
Montgomery John J. Harvey and Oliver
G. Morns, D.
Mercer Nathan Morford, R.
Northambton Samuel G. Labar and C.
E. Peisrrt. D.
Northumberland and Montour A. J.
Gallagher and Thomas Clialfant, D.
Pike and Wayne J. Howard Beach, D.
Schuykill Wallace Gubs, R. ; Charles
F. King and V. C. Uhler, D. ,
Snyder and Union Wm. G. Herrold,
Sutquehana and Wyoming Martin
Bringms and E. W. Beardsley, R.
Tioga J. G. Mitchell, R.
Venango J. D. McJunkin, R.
Warren Luther Green. D.
Westmorland John Latta and A.
Greenawalt, D.
York Lemuel Ross & Frank J. MaGee,
D.
Greene- R. A. McConnell, D.
Somerset W. II. Sanner, R.
The Judiciary.
The returns from the State ehowhat
the followiug District Judges, have been
elected :
1. Philadelphia James T Mitchel,
R.
2. Lancaster J Livingston, R.
4. Tioga, Potter, McKean, Cameron
and Klk II W Williams, R.
7 Rucks and Montgomery Ross, D.
9 Cumberland, Perry and Juniata
B F Junkins, R.
10. Westmoreland, Indiana, and Arm
strong J A Logan, R.
12. Dauphin and Lebanon John J
Pearson, R.
15 Delaware and Chester W. But
ler, Rep.
1G. Franklin, Bedford, Somerset and
Fulton Wm. M Hall, R.
18 Clarion, Jefferson and Forest
W P Jenks, D.
19. York and Adams Robert J Fish
er, D
20. Mifflin, Union and Snyder S 0
Bucher, D.
21. Schuykill Thomas Walker, D.
23. Berks Warren J Woodward.D.
24. Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria
John Dean, R.
Fennsjlranla Election.
Herewith, says the Pittsburgh Gazette
we preseot the State vote polled at elec.
tion on the 10th inst. all compiled from
official returns. The table in an incor
rect form, has already been published by
several of our contemporaries, but we
waited to present it in the correct and re.
liable shape, which we do this morning.
The figures may be trusted as official and
authentic :
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Counties.
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5
A1ams-.
Allerheny
Armstrong-
Beaver
Bedford
Berks
Blair
Bradford.
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Cameron
Carbon
Centre '
Chester
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware.
Klk
Krie
Fayette
Franklin
Forest
Fulton
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Lancaster
Lawrence
Ix baiion
Ixrhitrh
Luzerne
Lyeominjj
McKean
Mercer
Mifflin
Monroe. .
Montgomery
Montour
Northampton
Northumberland
Perry
Philadelphia
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill
2,491 i
3.515
2.9H1
2,819
6,:KS
3.3KJ
5.7.57
3",035l
11.137!
3.1441
2,523
2,C,
11.137
2.833
3.0H7!
6.943
2.8H7:
3129
338
2.1l
3.470 !
4.053:
2.511
2,493
17.169
3.517
3.006
2,826
5,301
3.382
5.750
3,034
8,500
3.135
2,524
2,8.3
11.124
2.S.32
3.0t!9
6,944
2,885
3.051
S8
2,168
3,470
4,011
2.512
2.7:w
2.139
3.280
4,223
4.37:
4.015
2,126
967
2,964
3.858
6.9) S
3,013
2,294
3tt
6,916,
3.09H
2.2H3
300
1.9:15
1,9201
2,978
2.975
7,337
7.30
1.443
1.442
1.441'
2.744-1
2.i:w
3,283'
4.213
4,:w
4.i:t4;
2.130,
!Ki7:
2, !6!
3. XK4.
4,01 1
2181
1,1141
2.854 i
2.W
2.164
1.785,
1.647'
6,645'
1.28:
2,36
5,651
10.59 li
4,396
751
3.225!
1.7961
2.5Kll
1,445
1.617
1.507
5,167
1.816
1,5W
5.172
4.01 1
5.3K1
3,737
4.0O8
5.4S0
3.750
5W!
4.2H4
2.921
4.4O0
2H
4 I
1.37t
3.140
568
4.2s5
2.929
4.406
.254
782
4,012
217
1.111
1-T75.;
2.855
3.145
4..7I8
1.8H7
1.294
10,767
2.214
2.39-J
4J4ff
1.KU6.
1.294'
2.154
.7M
1.650
6,f35
1.496
2..WT
5.C27
10.740
2.4:C
4.421)!
9.1
3.9W
903
4.041
1,7 lfi
7:ir
3,681
4.435
10.623
4.395
3,97
906
4.0:51
1,715
7:19
6,556
748
3.197
1,796
2.586
7.316
6.551 i
7.315' I
1.3661
6,102' I
1.02H
3.24.S
4.(104
2,478
62,5
249
1,350
6.993
1,755
3,'5
4U7
!! BAT,
1.005
3.252
4.0I61.
2,482,
62,046
249
1,346:
6.9821
1.749.
3.065
406
3,564;
3.615.
2.011
3,724
2.128'
4.857
2.077'
1,388
4,650 !
5,7lO!
1,37
6,096
3.697
3.7101
2.497
50.511
1,013
2.493
50.336
1,015
7:rr
8.4991
l.:l
1.877
7061
8,480
1,377
1,876
706
2.458
Miydor
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna .. . .
Tiotfa ,
Union
Venang-o
Warren
Washing-ton
Wayne
Wyoinincr
Westmoreland. . .
York
Z.4.X i
1.741!
1.332:
3.154
1.627!
4.8W.S1
2.:i9i
1.546!
6.114!
3.612 !
2.013,
1.741
1.329
3,722
2,128
4.854
2,081
1,381
4.J.1
5.7U1
3.156
1.622
4,8.4
2,400
1,551
6,103
7,199
7,194
-I
I
1 284,206 269.507
286,509 266,771
Stanton's majority over McCandless, 14,039 ;
OTer C-Mrer, 17,4:5.
Ui-ath's majority over Cooper, 19,738; over
MeCandlesH, 15,582; over Stanton 2,0.
Spang-ler, the so-called Temperance candidate
for Auditor General, received 2,175 votes;
Wheeler, for Surveyor General, on the same
ticket, 3.U1Z votes.
The total vote lor Constitutional Convention
was 332.231 ; against 72,073; majority in faor
of Convention, 2b0,lo8.
Incidents f the Chicago Fire.
A sufferer by the Cbicago fire related tha
following terrible Hicuienta to a reporter of
the New York blaudard :
Oo the base ball grouud there were 60,
000 people shivering, looking at each other,
cbildreu crjriog, meu and women runuiug
about detracted with the Ions of then cml
dren. Tba people living on Michigan avenue
brought out oil paintings, which were
iumned upon bv rowdies and thieves. Tbe
partition caught fiie about 4 o'clock aud
the roughs stole cloths and everything, aud
went to Randolph & Van Sliaick's liquor
store, where they rolled out five barrels and
drank tbe contents, after which tbey were
fighting all night.
I saw one old man hit over the head with
a bed-post. Numerous fights occurred iu
all directions. No news was brought in of
what was going on. I can give you nodes
cription of the monsters in human shape
who roamed arouud the epot where tbey had
taken reiuge from the driving fire-drift. In
all God's world I could not, believe there
ware such men in existence. Murderers,
thieves and lewd woa.cn commirgled with
beauteous and virtuous women. Oue noble
soul, who name I could not ascertain.
died with her babe, which had just come
:nto tbe world a few hours before. 1 saw
an old gray-haired Roman Catl.olic priebt of
some sixty years, lyiug a stiffened corpte,
bis white hair smeared with blood, while
his brains were scattered around. The
poor victim had been trying to protect a
young girl from the contaminating grasp of
a band of desperadoes, and bis reward was
being braiDed with a club and kickftf till
life was extinct. I pray to God, reporter
that I may never see uuh an appalling sight
again. Men were there so intoxicated and
bedeviled that they fought under the in
fluence of spirits among each other aud
dozens were the otabbing affrays which took
place. The mob reigned, ami their reign
wan infernal. It beggars description, and
makes ma shudder to think of it. Some
groups were engaged iu praying for Divine
mercy, but not of the class I have described.
They roamed round seeking what they could
steal, and polluting the air with their loath
tomu talk. The numerous atrocities com
mitted on poor helpless girls, ladies by birth
and education, by this accursed horde will
never be fully kuown in this world. How
many died that night I do not know or can
not guess. Suffice it to say that the deaths
were numerous. particularly women, to whom
the shock proved too great.
A Chioaoo correspondent says : Another
glance at the desolate waste which looks for
all the world like the abandoned encamp
ment of a host, and the nearest exploring
party is reached. There are only two or
three workers and three or four people look
ing oh. The workers armed with pick-axe
and shovel are iu whabwrvu the basement.
The lookers ou are the family, or part of it,
who occupied the house. Carefully the cin
ders, broken plaster and the brick are re
moved, but it is a slow process, aud the
burned and still smouldering remains of a
bed are discovered. Ah!" painfully es
capes the blanched lips of the old woman of
tbe party who stands supported by a man.
Something is said in a low consolatory tone.
The workers now proceed, still more careful
ly, and remove everything around and upon
tbe remnant of the bed. Iu a few minutes
more a little crisped form is found, the mere
blackened truak of a child; the poor moth
er utters a piercing Phritk, and is borne faint
ing and insensible for the time, from the spot.
In Ontario street a baby ten months old
was thrown from a fourth story window,
and caught in a blanket by men congregated
below. It starred head downwards, like
Sam Patch in his last leap, but gradually
gained the perpendicular, and alighted on
its feet like an athlete. The infant was some
what worried for breath at first, and Couldn't
scream worth a cent in its new woolen cradle,
but it gradually recovered equilibrium, and
in five minutes was serenelv tucking its
thumb,
Glioftis I vi Indiana.
8TBAKGK FUEAKS OK A DEAD PEDDLER.
Indiana has Ions been the home rf seo-
sattous in crime and divorce, bo't the P1
lowing story, published by the New Albany
Standard. urpasses anything yt repotted
Irom there, and erems like return to me
days of the Rochester knockiDgs :
From a letter from friend at the little
town of Huron, on the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad, we learn the particulars ot s-ice
very singular spiritual manifestations. Our
correspondent states that fifteou or twenty
years ago a pedler was in the habit of pass
ing through that country and selling notions.
who drove a two norse iiii. iu wi
night about nine o'clock he passed thejiouse
of a Mr. Rubeck, who lives some miles east
of Harrisonville. on the Bryantsville road,
going towards the former place. This was
the last that was ever seen or heard of him.
The fact of his being mlfsed and failing to
make his regular visits created some talk in
that neighborhood at the lime, but aooudied
away, and the peddler was forgotten.
'Oo this road, about one or two miles
from White River, and some two and a half
miles from Harrisonville, n a very rough
biU. up which the road runs, and on the top.
on the southwest sWe of the road, is au open
field, long since abandoned. N-ar this held,
ai.d right by the side of the-road, stands au
old dead tree. S -me three weeks ago Mr.
Rubeck was paiins along this road, oo bis
way home fnni Harrisonville, at about
eleven o'clock at night. Tbe uight was
quite dark, and it was with considerable
difficulty that he could keep in the road, or
prcveut his horse from fctumblin over the
stones that obstructed Ihe highway. He
fiually, however, reached the t.-p of tbe hill,
and wheu about twenty rods from the tree he
heard a uoise, over in the old waste field
above described, which he took to be two
dogs engaged in a desperate fight. Their
growling, balking, snapping and scratching
was fearful. It was appareutly tbe most
satiguiuary dog fi,;ht be had ever heard.
At the moment it created little or no fcur
prise. He only wondered that two dogs
should Le at that time of night so distant
frcm any Ltmio habitation (fr there is no
farmhouse, within a mile of this field), en
gaged iu such a def perate euet uuter. Ou
second thought, however, he concluded that
they bad been out on a fcheep-bm.ting tXpe
ditiou.'and having accidentally met there,
got into the fight.
"He had not long to consider upon this,
however, for noon the clanking of chains
attracted bis attention iu another direction,
and looking toward the tree, to his astonish
ment he beheld large brokin links of what
seemed to be a boat chain, red hot, falling
around the tree, sizziug and scorching.
There seemed to be at least twenty of these
links filling at the same time, aud continued
to fall about a miuute. when Mr. Rubeck
was startled almist out of his wits by a
heavy groan, which seemed to come from the
earth beneath him. Strange as it may ap
pear, up to this time his horse had nut man
ifested the least uneasiness, and Mr. Rubeck
himself had not imagiued anything connect
ed with what he had seeu or heard but what j
could be accounted for upon a rational j
theory. The falling of ret-hot chains, be j
admits, he thought a littie extraordinary,
but had concluded within his own mind to
revisit the spot the next morning ami gather
them up, believing, as he did, that they
were meteors that had fallen from the sky
in that peculiar shape. At the groan his
horse reared and curvetted, plunged forward j
aud started to run. Now came the most j
trying time to Mr. Rubeck' uerves, for just
iu front of him he heard the plunging, rat
t liner noise of a runawav team coming toward
kim, aud the noit-e manifesting evry indi
cation that their course would be directly
over him. He tried to rein his horse out
of the course it wa taking, but his efforts
were to no purpose. Oo. on came the
frightened tram ; on, ou toward it plunged
the ungovernable horse. 'Tas a moment
of terrible suspense. All the deeds of an
lionet life ciiue crowdiug across his mind.
He offered oue short prayer for safety, and
gave himself up for lost, when, more as
toothed than ever, the noises as suddenly
ceased as they bad commenced. His borse
still fretted and tried toiuti. but Mr. Rubeck
held him steadily in tbe road.
"At ibis moment Mr. Rubeck heard a
voice calling for hcip, and then the cry of
murder fell upon his ear ; and as he was
geltii g out of the way he was more than
ever startled by the exclamation, the voice j
apparently coming diieetly from the old i
field : 'For God's sake! Jim, don't murder j
me!'
'Having by this time passed the old i
6eld. he made his wav home without seeiuK
or heartDg anything further, bttt in a state
of miod better imagined than described.
He spent a very restless night, aud the uext
morning roue over the country, telling his
experience of the night before, aud request
ing t lie of his neighbors to asswt him in
solving the mystery. He gathered some
eight or ten, who attended him the follow- j
ing uight, tvheti the earae ecer.es were re-! ''".kable Hose R-shev Tbe ol h-st
peated. 1 l'f " r09', bushes is f aid to be one wF.ioh i-
"The dogs barked, the red-hot chains fell I ''?e, ul'on e le of the Cathedral of
the uoearthlv groans rose up from the ground ! II'lde!'ll0"n' ia Ge,n,- The toot is I r.r
the frightened team cme thundering down i le,! un,Ier ,he crvl,t. ,h,f ch"ir- T,lt'
upon them, the Voice was again heard in the I 6ttm is 'Hit -hick, and half a d' zn brat oh-
waste field calliug for help aud begging Jim
not to murder
Most of the witnesses to this second de
monstration of the unearthly visitants, if
such they may be called, became panic
stricken and precipitately fled. Those who
remained fjud no reasonable solution of the
mystery, though one or two who knew in
timately and distinctly remembered the
missing peddler, are willing to swear that it
was bis voice that called for help.
"Th9 next day more citizens gathered
upon the bill, and dug as close to the spot
where the barking dogs were heard as they
Could, aud what was their surprise when
they unearthed a skeleton. Some parts of
the clothing were still preserved, which cor
responded with that usually worn by the
peddler. Upon a close examination a
fracture was found in thcskull. which looked
as though it was made with a hevy instru
ment, such as an axe or hatchet.
"These last discoveries have created a
considerable excitement in the neighbor
hood, and some think it explains thT mys
tery which surrounds the disappearance of
the peddler, and will ultimately lead to the
discovery of his murderer, if he was mur
dered. Taking the facts all in all, it is a
Bingular affair, and if it does result in what
our correspondent intimates, it will add
something to the establishment of the theory
of spiritualism."
Thfkc is now a large pear-shaped spot on
thateideof the sun that is turned toward
us. It is about 40.000 miles in diameter,
which is evaivalent to three quarters of a
minute of arc ; equal to the angle subatend
ed by S 3 4 inches at the distance of one
mile from the eye. It is a very good test of
the vision, through smoked glass, requiring
an eyesiftht of little more than the average
penetration to see it without a magnifier.
The epot is a little to the left, and about the
same distance below the apparent ceotrt of
(he Oolar dis;.
XctTN of tl:e Vccli.
Negro vcte la the .vate, twenty six ; H tf B 5 ! j T
thousand. Radical mr.j irny on oia;e ut.ii
in roeod uumbeis. fo ut.eo t housed
A bridal pair attract considerable atten- I A C;Ufrr!.
tion at Detroit fiom the fact that both are HI tx i r
over 80 vears of age. aud old enough to know Ki '' -"
better. - , 1 HRLM1ING MAf'Ii ; Ks
It is Mil that Senator Wilson's trip to IiORsi; lvr::
Europe satisfied him of t!i9 inexpediency of ' V .v
prohibitary bquor laws, and that a fieer u-e 1 U) A3 and I'! O'V pn-v , N '
of Sunday would conduce to the htsppir ess ; iIH Li. (, ', ,
and morals of onr people. , (
It is reported that I'ost master general tr ITjMn PfV'"" " r
Cresswell is sericti-ly implicated in the great Mu A I ! Aij;. ;'-'- '7p' n
whisky frauds at Haiti mora, and that the ad "v?l-5.5
ministration is making desperate efforts to ' "- --. l ::;, .
prevent unpleasant revelations. j Lhlircll, School and ;r nr,r ,
Mi a. D. T. ratterson, wife cf Ex-Sena- ! :4SY K,lo. -.,..,"
P,itrnn f Tennes-see. and nanbier of I k I'!;
Ex President Johnson, who prefi-Vd ovrr the j FTTIF? JTH PTf flT-,.
aff.iirsof the-IVhite House during her father's 1 fill I liliii), I-lU! l.J.' '
atirninrsiraui.'U, ioxa iuhmim - ; ; i t-ver,v i i
butter at recent Clevelat l county fair iu j r V()'I'
Teunesee. i '
The Lawrence Journal says: "A mot J j.KhTu.': -'V T',''
distressing tccurence (we have quit sajir.g All or-', i-t'r. ! ; m
accident) took place on Sabbath lat in t!i , r"Mi. u . tak-n ir. .
cky. A little t'augh'er, 8 months old. f j l n'!,:'r- "ly !-
R C. and E. R:o. was so severely sculde t
with the contents of a teapot that it died iu
a few hours."
Monday's Patiint siys that Evans Is
prostrate with thickness of a seri. .us charac
ter. Last we-k hi phsitiin was appiel.tn
sive of an attack of typhoid feve., but ir
MondayJMr. Kvaus seemed somewhat liettt-r.
His cai-e is said to te very !ng. nm. The
cause of his aicrkueas is cold, contracted i?i
his room.
Tbe Chicago Tnlttne styi : 'Every
important street in the burnt district is well
paved and cuibed, and nt destroyed, i our
eastern cotemporaries seem to think. These
streets have cost us many millions of dollar.-.
aud they have rot only proved worth : Cockinp, Fai ior RL cl
moneT. but bid fair to vir.dicafeltheir va tie , cl
many timea over before we get the city built
again.
The Louisville C. J. fays : "It is said
that "iu Lowell. Mass.. all the factory em
ployees who refuse to be vfciua'ed are in
stantly discharged.' And yet they tell us ,
that slavery in this country has 1-een abol
ished. Ten years ag . at the South, if a
negro girl yearned fer the small p- x nobody
was so cruel as to sftppiess th earu by dis
charging her. I
Kartl quakes are becom'na as common
nowadays as Ridicial official defalcations. ,
Almost every morning we hava a fre.-h one
to chronicle, tho latest boit g a sevt re shock
in Maine which, according t the tekgr.tm
lasted ten or ele ven minutes. If this i;e so,
then earthquakes are incre.Mir in contrnn
ance of the shocks as rsp'nMv as Radical of
fice holdeis are iiicreasirg tLe amoi:tt of ,
their eciilations.
The highest lake in the world Is Like
Sir i kol. in the mountains of Central Asia,
which i? 15.700 fet arove the iivrl of ,r
sea ; the mxt is Like Titicao-t. in U -livia ;
the two next are Tauern or Wild Alp Like. ,
and tbe Great Salt Lake f Utah, the f rmer
being 6.406. the latter o.bOO f t ab -ve ll.t I
sea level. On the other hand, the C-ispian I
Sea, in Asia, presents a surface 81 fcfct 1 e!ow
that cf ttie oce.in. and the Dead S.-a i f the
Jordon lies 1.340 f-et below. Tl.e placid :
Tappau Zee of New York staads cu ti e octan
levsl.
The Savarnah, Ga , A'ff is reyponsi
Lie for the following: "Among the entrirs ;
made yesterday for exhibition at the fair of
the Industrial Association is a patent ircu
bator. fir the purpose rf hatthirg chitkt-i:?
During the fair tho incubator will improve
the shirring hours to the extetit of hatrhir-jr
out five hundred chickens a day. Attached
to the machine is an artificial mother, which,
when the chickens are ot:ce fairly hatched,
assumes control of tho hrod. and pr-cr-e.is
to exercise the maternal functions after the
most approved style. The invention will
prove to be quite an attraction."
ricxiNc i p Goid is Li mps The Nevada
papers tells of a young m m from ihe East
who was engaged several years ao in cut
ting out ties for the Paoifio'railroa 1 iu Est
em Wyoming, at a point s me distanco fr -m
the road. While thus employed he observed
lying around loose on the nirfice lumps of
heaw vcllow inii.orjl. f t:V, Iw.n ....... ' l!rKK!!FM 1
he t'Mik little notice.
As Indians were plen-
tv tlirfiK- .nt Anil
ho hail a ptejiidiif
against oecoming art dicm'iv nald-headed. h '
left and made bi" way to C ihf rni . whero
for the first time the unsophisticated yot)h ;
found out what gold looked like in its ori;i- j
nal state, and in certain nuggets that weie '
shown him recogn'z-'d the same veilow sub- 1
stance had attracted his attention when be
was cutting ties. He at once set about rais- !
ing money to re'nrn to Wyoming, ami with i
a party ol twelve men. splendidly niotinffd, !
armed, and equipped, he recently hit Li-..!
in search of the riches that he had mn-orii-i- 1
ously left behind him at the time of his flight j
from the Indians. '
I e ne.Ar ? c,,ver the eastern side T the ciiurc'.
bearing coutitlrss ft wrs in summer. Its
age is unknown, but documents exist which
prove that B.shop ILz'lo. nearly a thoti-and
years ago, protected it by a stone rixf, which
is still extant. The largest ri se bn-b is a
while Banksia so called after Ladj Iiit.k-
in the M ariue Garden at London, which
was seut there, the first of its kind, in 3812.
by R inp'aud. Its numerous branches, s une
of which measure eighteen inches in circum
ference. Cover an immense Wail to the width
of nearly bix'y feet, and at times, in early
spring, as many as fifty thousand flowers
have been counted on this queen f nil ro.es.
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GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS ! IVl'-Jn'"-
Rifle. Double mimI Single lt:irrl. j th.-tloo-t Italian M.o .
Shot Jun. Rearer,, An ,7f.,. ulZ": i-"'.".
Pportinjr lools. ltifle Ifctrrols, I.o-k, Mount- i l'for' .li . i.lm ui "! ' .',
inirs liUtl Materia l-i. Ao. Son. I ti.i- I
Aiiurss.l..joilNST()X, flrrttt Western (,un
Tlorfrx, I7 Stnithtiolil Stri-ot. l'lttsburuli. l'a.
t" N. It. Army Ciirbines.Uitios aud Hevol
vers bought or traded for.
"J7IRST NXTIONAL SI)DLE AND
llARSKSSPIIOPOFOAMIllilACOrXTV,
Hijrh street, (opposite Union School Mouse.)
Acst Ward, Kbcnsburtr, Pa. M. M. 0"Xr.lI.I.
Proprietor. SatMle and Unrnes made and re
paired and all other work in inv lino executed
in the best manner, on the shortest notice, and
at the most reasonable rates. Ll-l'.-ti.
J. LLOYD, euceeissor to TI. g
Bunn, Dealer in Druus. Medicines.
Paints, tfc. Store on Main street, opposite
the "Mansion House," Kbeusburg, Pa.
October 17. 1867.-6m.
FRANK W. HAY,
WHOLESALE aud RETAIL Manufacturer
of TIN. COPPKli and SUEET-IKON
WAPiE. Canal street, below Clinton, Johns
town, Pa,. A large stock constantly on
baud.
fY R. SCAN LAN, Attorhty-at-Lw.
Carrolltown, Cambria Co., Pa. All man
ner of lotral business attended to promptly aud
carefully. Collections a specialty.
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