i tic bBiiiuiiii FHl! ii EBENSBURC, PA., j Fiiilay Mowin;;, - August 23, 1S72. ' Issucntic Espblicu Nalioul Ticket. ron pkeslurst: UOIvACK GIJEELEY, Or JVVtr fork. fob vie fkksiubst: B. GllATZ lUlOAVN, Qf An(Urf. Democratic State Ticket. Foil OOTERSiUn : CHAS. R. IIUrK ALB W, of Columbia County. roR SCTHEMK Jl'DOi: JAMBS THOMPSON, of Er County. FOR AVDITOlt GIKEKAL: WILLIAM HAKTLEY, of Bedford County. VOrt C41KUKKSMKN AT LAMOM: RICnARI) VAUX. of Philadelphia. JAMES H. HOPKINS, of Pittsburgh. H END KICK. U- WRIGHT, of Luzerne County. JXlcoatet to Constitutional Convention : 1. Gkoi'.ge W. Woodwaud, Philadelphia. 2. Jrhkmiah S. Black. York. 3. William Hioleic, Clem-Held. 4. WliXlAM J. KakK, Snmfml, . William H. mitr, Allegheny, ti. F. B. (ur.ii, Philadelphia. 7. Juh.n Ii. ('AwrBKl.l, Philadelphia, f. S. Ii. Kktnolim. Ijincnater. U, JiKi Ki l JS, Schuylkill. 10. S. C. T. loii, Yentuijro. 11. G. M. Dallas, Philadelphia. 12. K. A. Lamberton, Dnupbtn. 13. A. A. PrRMAN, Greene. 1. William M. Corbett, Clarion, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. SENATORIAL. Edoab Cowan, ot Westmoreland County. GtonoK W. Skinner, of Vranklln Couuty. ltFPRESENTATrVE. Selden Marvin, of Eric. John S. Miller, oflHiintlnirdon. b. Uhoss k ky, of Philadelphia. THat. 1. Thomas J. Unrfirer. 2. Stephen Anderson 9. John Moffat. ! la. r. Lowpnborg. 114. J. M'Knlght. 15. Henry WeUh. let. Henry J. Stabler . Ocui'K It. Burrel i.N'ot orel uponj 17. R. W.Christy, Isaiah K. Iloupt 18. William P. Logan. Samuel A. Dyer. Jsse B. Hawley. 19. llassclas Hrowu. 20. F. M. Robinson. 21. J. R. Wilson. 22. P. H. Stevenson. 23. John . Ilard. 21. Geo. W. Miller. v. H. ts. swarr. 10. . Riloy. 11. John Rankle, li. F. W. Gunster. How. R. Milton Spekb requests us to announce that the Democratic Congression al Conferees in this district Trill meet at Woods' Exchange Hotel, Altoona, on next Monday, the 2Bth instant, at 3 o'clock, p. i., fo nominate a candidate for Congress. The conferees from this county are, John Campbell, Esq., of Concmaugh borough, P. II. Shields, Esq., of Loretto, and E. R. DtNEqan, Esq., of St. Augustine. TV trust that these gentlemen will all be pres ent at the Conference and by their votes aid in making the renomination of Mr. Speer unanimous, as we have no doubt it will be. "When that is done, we will have a good deal to say on the Bubjoct, although Mr. Spebr does not need a defence at the hand of any man or party organ in the district His record in Congress is the best and most complete vindication of his fitness and ca pacity and of his claims upon the people of the district for a renewed expression of their confidence. Simon Cameron and Satn'l Henry. Without rehearsing the disgraceful po litical career of Samuel C. Pomeroy, one of the present Radical United States Sena tors from Kansas, or even referring to Jim Nte, a Radical Senator from Nevada, it is an admitted fact that Simon Camf.ron, now the colleague of John Scott in the renate from this State, is as corrupt as either the Senator from Kansas or the Sen ator from Nevada. It is a remarkable fact in the political history of Cameron, that he has never been a candidate for any office the result of which must and would bo de termined by the popuhsr vote. His busi ness has been to corrupt and debauch tho Legislature of this State and in that dis honorable way to secure his election to the United States Senate a position which he is notoriously incompetent to fill with eith er credit or honor to the State. He first debauched the Legislature in 1845 nd bought his way to the Senate. In 1857 he repeated the same game. His third at tempt was made in 1B63, when he was baf fled by Charles R. Buck a lew, the pres ent Democratic candidate for Governor, who defeated him by one vote. In 1867 he made another and successful attempt, and, by the open and unblushing use of money, secured his election. His term of office will expire on the 4th of next March, and j it will therefore become the duty of the next Legislature to elect his successor. Simon Cameron Is a candidate for re election, and if Samuel Henry is again returned to the Legislature from this coun ty, he will of course vote for him, as he has a perfect right to do, if his political con science ean approve the act. If United States Senators were elected by a vote of the people, there is not to-day a Democrat in Cambria county who would vote for such a notoriously corrupt man as Simon Cameron. That being admitted, how can any Democrat vote for Samuel Henry and thereby possibly enable him (IIbnry) to cast a vote for Cameron in the Legislature, in direct violation of the honest sentiments of every Democrat in the county ? Ought a Democrat by his vote to invest Samuel Henrt with power to do an act which he (the Democrat) would never do himself? If any man who is sincerely a Democrat can do so, he might just as well vote for Hartranft for Governor. Horace Greeley ji"W be elected Treei dent and .a majority of the next Congress will be supporters of his administration. The United State Senati must be brought into political accord with the new adminis tration, and one of the starting" points to bring about that result is to elect a Demo cratic Legislature in this 8tate, which will banish Cameron from the Senate and elect an honest man to fill his place. Will Dem ocrats commit political suicide by voting for Sam'l Henry, which is the same thing as voting for Cameron? Consistency in pol itics is a jewel, and we say to any Demo crat who may be seduced into the support of Samuel Henry, do not enablo him by your vote to consummate an act which you ' would blof h for and would be ashamed to j perform yourself. Horace Greeley at rortletnd. Wc publish on our outside page a speech delivered by Horace Greeley at Port land, Maine, to an immense concourse of ple . composed of Liberal Republicans and Democrats, on last Wednesday week. He has been making a tbur through a por tion of Connecticut, New Hampshire, (his native State,) and extended his visit as far cast an Portland. He was everywhere re ceived and welcomed with the most un bounded enthusiasm by the people, em bracing All the Democrats and thousands of Liberal Republicans, who admire his honesty of character and purity of purpose as the coming President a fact, which no man fit to be outside of a lunatic asylum now doubts for a moment. This speech of Mr. Greeley is more elaborate and more fairly meet and explains the issues of the pending contest than any other of the short addresses he has yet made. It was deliv ered at the right place and at the right time, and sounds the key-note of the cam paign from Maine, where it was delivered, to Oregon. It is the bugle blast of Roder ic Dm; that will rally the people both in the North and the South in defence of Greelky, and will scatter the hired and mercenary clans of Grant as chaff is lifted up and whirled liefore the wind. We ask any man, no matter what his political pref erences may be, to read this plain and em phatic address of Horace Greeley and then say, if he can, that Greeley is rot an honest and sincere man and a true lover of his conntry. How boldly, manfully and eloquently he defines his position as the ad vocate of peace and good will between the North and South How plainly he disposes of the miserable slander that he, if elected President, would advocate the payment of pensions to rebel soldiers. And then how gloriously he goes for that infernal crew in the South, the carpet-baggers, who have been robbing and plundering the Southern States and literally eating out the substance and life of their people. How honest and upright is his concluding denunciation of that unhojy set of plunderers when he pro phetically exclaims and predicts their fate: "I think I hear a voice from the honest people of all the States declaring that this iniquity shall be gainful and insolent no longer, at farthest, than to the 4th of March next. By that time these criminals will have heard a national verdict pronounced that will cau.se them to fold their tents like Arabs and silently steal away ; and that I trust will be the end of their stealing at the cost oi tne good name of our country and the well-being of her people." Wo honor Horace Greeley for this bold reaffirmation of what everyf ntelligent man knows arc the views and opinions ho has consistently advocated since the close of the war. It is a noble speech, patriotic in all its utterances, a plea for justice and right, a protest against bayonet rule and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in the South, and in favor of Abraham Lincoln's humane policy as expressed in his second annual message, "With malice to wards none and with chant v to all." New Parcel Postal Law. The new postal law, if people choose to avail them selves of its advantages, will seriously in terfere with tho express business, which is not wholly free from the charge of being an oppressive monopoly. An exchange gives some suggestions which are valuable, as follows: By the new postal law which came into operation on the lst of July, packages of dry-goods, hardware, drugs, (except liquor drugs,) and other merchandize not exceed ing twelve ounces in weight, can be mailed to any part of the United States at a charge of two cents for each two ounces. Much time and money will bo saved by this ar rangement. The express companies de mand at least thirty cents for the transpor tation of a package, however "mall, for any distance. The post-office authorities, on the other hand, will forward a twelve ounce package to San Francisco for twelve cents. For instance, a pair of boots, if neither boot weighs more than the specified twelve ounces, may be wrapped up in two separate parcels, and sent across the conti nent for twenty-four cents : whereas, under the old plan, tho transpoitation of goods of this description would have cost almost moro money than they are worth. Up to the present time the post-office has lost money by the new system, simply owing to the fact that the general public has not taken advantage of it to such an extent as will make it remunerative. But it is ex pected that, when the advantages of the system aro appreciated, the scheme will prove as profitable to the Government s it is beneficial to the public. It is an adap tion of the English parcel post, and al though the charges in England are some what less than the rate adopted here, yet, when it is remembered that the distances are as nothing when compared with those In this country, it will be seen that there is no cause for dissatisfaction. TnE subjoined extract, clipped from the Harrisburg Patriot, furnishes a leaf from the life record of Citable Albright, Radical candidate for Congressman-at-large which we commend to the perusal of his old friends and acqnaintances. in Cambria county : "Albright entered the service as major of the l&M regiment; a nine months' organ ization, in 1862; ad returned home as col onel. Some thro after his return he issued a circular proposing to raise a one year's regiment in the valley of the Lehigh. The regiment was raised, and Albright took his men to Harrisburg. While here he met a committee from Banks township, Car bon couuty, who were- in search of men to fill up the quota of that township under the draft. He offered himself to the commit tee as a substitute, wa accepted, was mus tered in, and received the bounty of five hundred dollars. The records show that he was mustered in company A, 202d reg iment, on the Sd;of September, 1884, in pur suance of this arrangement with the com mittee, and was duly credited to Banks township. Carbon county. The next day September 4, 1804, he was mustered out as a private and was mustered in as colonel of the regiment, in pursuance of his circular and of his understanding with Governor Curtin." Hon. Henry D. Foster has been re nominated for Congress in the Westmore land district. His Radical opponent is A. W. Taylor, Esq., of Indiana county. Of course we desire and expect that General Foster, will be returned to Congress butat the same timo we are free to admit that the Republican candidate, Mr. Taylor is a gentleman of high character. It is a fair and square contest between two good men uj a close district, and the result will be isr.-zr- w-a, v"v sacral interest. lion. GalushaA. Grow for Greeley. If we would undertake to publish one fourth of the speeches which have been and i are daily leing delivered, w one-fourth of the letters written by leading and promi- nent supporters of Grant throughout the j country, but who now declare their purpose f to advocate the election of Horace Gree ley, the columns of the Freeman would be entirely taken up that way, to the exclusion of all other matter. Last week we pub lished Gen. Banks1 letter in favcr of Gree ley, and we give place below to a docu ment of a similar character from another prominent and representative Republican Hon. Galuuha A. Grow. Mr. Grow was the successsor in Congress from the Bradford district of David Wilmot, and was re-elected several times. He was Speaker of the House from 1801 to 18C3. He now resides in Texas, where he is act ing as the President of a Rail Road Com pany. He is an able man, but his conscience instinctively revolts from the sins and ini quities of a reckless and corrupt adminis tration, and he now comes out squarely for Horace Greeley as the representative of reform and honest government and against "addition, division and silence." I am for Greeley for President. He has devoted a busy Hie to earnest thought and study on all the grave questions of govern mental policy, and the equally grave ques tions affecting the welfare of lalor, and the development of the iuduBtrial interests of the country. Starting penniless, friendless and alone In a great city, and struggling for years against adverse fortune, he has achieved unprecedented success. Kditing the recog nixrd orcran of the old Whitf party (in which ! he had been schooled from boyhood) lie was among the first in advocating its abandon ment and the formation of the Republican party, when he had to choose between duty to his convictions or fealty to party organi zation. .For thirty years with each setting sun he boldly uttered his convictionson the world's public doings of the preceding twenty-four hours, whether political, social, moral or religious, yet never pandering to the vices or follies of the times. During that whole period, crusader-like, he has championed the universal manhood of the race, and the equal rights of all mankind. No oue liviug has devoted more brain work to the cause of universal liberty, or the elevation of fallen and eruahed human ity, and few, if any, have endured more of the jeers of gilded prejudice, or the scoffs of bigoted error. Vet to-day the leading ideas for which he has struggled so long with un yielding tenacity, are incorporated into our organic law and are stamped indelibly upon the pillars of the Republic. And now when a great political party through its regular organization selects such a man for its standard-bearer, 1 hail it as the dawn of a brighter and better day. The Democrat who can lay aside his party prejudices of a life-time, and accept the foremost and ablest representative of the ideas of his former political opponents, gives the best evidence he can furnish that he is ready to let the dead past bury its dead, aud to act for the living present. When the people of one section of the Union, despite the education of their entire section, rally around the standard of a man who for the third of a century they have been taught to hate as their deadliest foe, they give the best evidence that with them the auimosities of the past are buried for ever. If not in this way, how, then, is the Union ever to le restored to peace and last ing reconciliation ? A victorious party in a carnival of blood cannot in this age convert itself into a party ofierpetual hates. When tho vanquished are ready to close the bloody chasm aud bury forever the animosities engendered in the deadly strife, returning over the graves of their dead ones and through tho bitter memories of the past to grasp in fraternal concord the hand of the victor, where is the patriotism that would repel the proffered offer ? In what other way can we ever expect to have one people, homogeneous in ideas and institutions, from the Gulf to the Lakes, and from Ocean to Ocean, with one Union and one destiny, now and forever? Are these grand results of less consequence to the republic than the ambitious wishes of one man, struggling to prolong his term of office? Yours truly, G a lush a A. Grow. Hon. A. K. McClcee. Curious Historical Jleeords. Gen. (.rant's Threat la 1361 to Kmlfn His Coat mission an4 last His Lot with the aoata. from the Randilth (Afit.) Citizen. In the summer of 1861 Gen. Grant, then Colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois Regi ment of Infantry, was stationed at Mexico, on the North Missouri Railroad, and had command of the ost. He remained sev eral months, mingling freely with the peo ple regardless of the jteculiar shade of any one's political opinions, and as tho distin guished Colonel then had no thoughts of aspiring to the Presidency or dictatorship, no occasion existed for the reticence to which latterly he owes the greater part of his popularity. Ulysses the Silent was then Ulysses the Garrulous, and embraced every fair opportunity which came in his way to express his sentiments and opinions in regard to political affairs. One of these declarations we distinctly rememlier. In a public conversation in Ringo's banking house a sterling Union man put this ques tion to him : "VVhat do you honestly think was the real object of this war on the part of the Federal Government?" "Sir," said Grant, "I have no doubt in the world that the sole object is the resto ation of the Union. I will say further, though, that I am a Democrat every man in my regiment is a Democrat and when ever I shall be convinced that this war has for its object anything else than what I have mentioned, or that the Government de tign uiing it eoldiert to execuU the purpo eea of the abolitionitt, I pledge you my honor at a mn and a soldier that 1 will not only retign my commission, but will carry my sword to the other side and east my lot with that peopk." Gtm. Grant's Belief that Xegro Snirrwre was Ta wl and nonld Lead U a War of Kaeea. Extract from Senator DoolittWs Speech at Milwaukee, Oct. 2, 1855. The other day when Gen. Grant was here, spending several hours with him in free conversation upon this subject among others, be expressed to me the same opinion. Said I, "Gen. Grant, I never quote private conversation without express permission am I permitted to state what you now state tome?" Said he, 'Certainly, there is no concealment on my part." And he stated to me in the conversation that a considerable portion of the troubles between the whites and the blacks that had already occurred was in consequence of the unwise attempt to force negro tuffrage in these States. He said further tlat if the Federal Govern ment were to attempt to do it and enforce it, it would undoubtedly produce war be tween the two races. Gen. Grant's Official ;Knralatlona In Rotation to Aegroos. Headquarters Department of the Tennessee, Corinth, Miss., Aug. 11, 1862, Ofliccrs and soldies are posi tively prohibUcdfrom enticing slates to lean their masters. It is enjoined on all commanders to eee that this order is executed strictly under their own direction. By command of .. V. S. Grant, Major-GchcraL Jt. Gratz Jirou-n. ms acceptance ok thEpemocraticnom- lNATlON THE UNION OF THE PARTIES. -The correspondence between J. R. Doo little and B. Gratz Brown respecting the nomination of the latter for Vice Presi dent by the Baltimore Convention has been published. The letter of Mr. Brown is as follows:. . - j Executive Department;.: Jefferson City, Aug. 8. tlehilevien of the Committee: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication advising me that I had been unanimously nominated as a can didate for the Vice Presidency of the United States at Baltimore. For this mark of confidence on the part of so large a rep resentative body of my fellow-citizens I cannot tK deeply express my gratitude. The distinction is one which I feel to be in a great measure undeserved, where so many more suitable could have been found. And yet, should your action be confirmed, I shall endeavor to discharge the duties of that high place with fidelity to your trust, with devotion to public interest, and with an inflexible resolution to prove not un worthy of such a choice. The fact that it reposes also upon the declaration of principles affirmed by the Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati, and proclaimed without amendment by the Democratic party at Baltimore, gives the assurance that in thiscombined expression there is sought only the deliverance of the nation from a present great peril to its peace aud liberties. To that end all minor considerations have been subordinated and an illustration presented to the country of unselfish patriotism rather than any stick ling for party advantage, which should convince all of the perfect sincerity of this movement. It has involved no surrender on either part of any former convictions. It has not been negotiated or bargained. Its origin was from the people. '1 hough differing in the past on some issues of great magnitude, yet now that they are settled there is a hearty concurrence between us all upon the vital questions now agitating the public mind. AY hat conduct of national affairs that involves your convention has well set forth in its platform, and its true accord with the Democratic ideas that guided our earlier administrations is the best guaranty that it will restore equal rights, tranquil develop ment and constitutional rule. Permit me also, gentlemen, through you, to express my thanks to the great masses of j-our party who have since rati fied the action with such signal unanimity, and to say to them that, in accepting this nomination, I do so believing there is noth ing in honor or in conscience that should prevent the most cordial co-operation henceforth, in behalf of the politics pre sented. In concluding, it is projer to str.te that severe illness has intervened since the re ception of your communication, which has delayed this reply until my recovery and return home. With very great respect, yours truly, B. Gratz Brown. Charles R. Buckalew A iAihor View. After mature deliberation and after con sulting those especially interested in the utterances of this paper, wc enter the list and shall support Hon. Charles R. Bucka lew for Governor. We attach but little significance to political platforms. They are at best but fabrics of straw, and are liable to collapse any moment after the elec tion. We have seon too much of party politics to attach any importance to these frail structures. Let us have good men. and measures will be right. With bad all the platforms ever reared will be but "as the idle wind which they regard not." The first consideration should therefore Ins to secure a good man able, honest and reliable. So far as the material interests of the Commonwealth are concerned, there is but little professed difference between the two parties. They both profess to lelieve in a prudent and economical management of the finances. They both profess to cher ish the interests and the honor of the State, and to guard the welfare of tho people. A good man of either party would carry out the vital principles. A bad man of either party would sacrifice these principles to se cure his own advantages. We therefore want a man who has been fouud faithful. We do do not want one who has been sus pected. Now, we cannot help it that the man above reproach happens to be the Democratic candidate ; nor can we help it that the Republican candidate is not free from suspicion. We are, therefore, im pelled by a sense of duty to support the Democratic candidate not because he is a Democrat, but because we want a man who has the nerve, the ability, and the honesty to carry out the principles of public econo my, irrespective of party trammels. Holding these views, we are irresistibly forced to support Mr. Buckalew, and we are free to say that we M ould just as ardently espouse tho cause of the Republican candi date, if t he personal aspects of t he question had been reversed. We take our stand under the banner of Buckalew, Leeause he is an able and an honest man ; and we op pose I Iai-tmnft because we bolievoho is not. Danville Independent. A MiRACULOrs Escape. The Scranton Republican says : Oue of the most miracu lous escapes from a horrible death that has ever come to our notice occurred at Cayuga shaft, near Providence, on Saturday lat, under the following circumstances: Cay uga shaft is 370 feet deep and it has be come necessary to use two pumps, one to raise the water half the distance, and the other to bring it to the top. J. T. Morgan and another man were at work in the pump half way down the shaft. Some planks were laid across tho shaft, and Morgan hav ing occasion to cross, the plank broke, and he was precipitated to the bottom, a dis tance of 183 feet. Some men working near the foot of the shaft hard a cry and pro ceeding to the spot found him in about two and a half feetof water, and totheir amaze ment Morgan related to them how the plank had broken 183 feet above, and he had fall en down. Not a bone was broken, and except a slightly sprained ankle, and a lit tle bruise on the chest, he was uninjured. Upon what theory can this miraculous es cape be accounted for? Mr. Morgan wore a pair of wide oil-cloth pants, tight around the waist, and two oil-cloth coats, buttoned close at the neck. The theory advanced by Mr. Benjamin Hughes, the Superinten dent, is that the air inflated his wide clothes, and his descent was comparatively easy. TnE JV. T. Sun of Monday publishes a startling revelation, wherein it is shown that Grant supported and concealed the payment of forged pension claims in the case of Paymaster General Brice, after he knew they were forgeries. Brice paid over 800 fraudulent claims of colored soldiers in the South, none of whom ever received the money. After Johnson dismissed this Brice, who belonged to Grant's " mess," Grant restored him to office and caused the report of a congressional committee to be suppressed. And yet the people talk of Grant being an honest man. e predict that when Greeley is elected to the Presidency, that tho most gigantic frauds will bo unearthed, and that it will be shown that Grant has leen a party to them. Columbia Democrat. A St. Lotjis woman killed her husband by throwing boiled starch over him. The Heavens in a Iilaze. the most remarkable storm ever wit nefsel boston city and harbor illuminated. Last night it seemed as if heaven and earth were in a blaze and both bursting asunder. During the first storm, at about 6:30 P. ,M., the Mount Pleasant Unitarian ChurcU at tlicIIighlands was struck by lightning and set on fire, but the flames were extinguished without an alarm. The spire was somewhat shattered. At Station 9 the brass- work on the telegraphic instru ment was melted by the electric fluid, and Sergeant Wood, who was reading a paper some ten feet from the machine, was struck and rendered insensible for a time. Lieut. Hastings had left his chair, close to the machine, but a moment previous to the ac cident to thut the window of the guard room. By this mere accident he probably escaped death, APPALLING SCENES. At eight o'clock the storm abated, the lightning ceased its vivid Hashes, and all supposed that the storm was over, but at midnight the skies were again darkened, the rain began to fall in sheets, and the whole firmament was lit up with the s;ud den and almost blinding flashes of the lightning. One peculiarity of this storm was the long continuance of the flashes. Toward the latter part of its duration the flashes would follow each other so rapidly that the heavens were illuminated for sev eral seconds, when the intense light would be succeeded by Egyptian darkness, while the heavens were constantly reverberating with the terrific reports of the thunder, some of them short and quick, like the crack of a rifie, others deep and of long continuance, like the distant roar of artil lery. Those who were compelled to re main upon the streets were almost struck dumb with the near approach of the clcc trict fluid, and the terrifying detonations which followed. For nearly an hour the storm raged, the elements combining to make one of the most grand and a prilling scenes ever witnessed in this city. T11K HARBOR ILLUMINATED. The air was completely full of electrici ty, and the fluid passed along the wires over the houses, driving the night -operators away from their instruments and compelling all to seek cover. The scene down the harbor was sublime ; the sud den flashes of lightning caused tho ship ping to stand for an instant in bold reliof, when, as it appeared, a cloud of inky blackness instantaneously covered the scene. The waters were lashed into. fury, and the hoarse cries of the sailors as they moved about on the alert to avoid the threatening disasters only served to height en the effect. Many of the citizens who had retired for the night were compelled to rise for fear that the fluid would ignite the buildings, if the descending bolts should strike them. In the suburban towns the storm seems to have been as furious as in the city. From South Bos ton, Chelsea, Cambridge, Maiden, and other places, reports of its terrific nature have been received. Considerable dam age was done to property, but as yet no deaths resulting from the storm have been reported. Boston Journal, Aug. 15. THREE HUNDRED AND TniRTY-ONE FLASHES IN SEVEN MINUTES. A most remarkable exhibition of atmos pheric electricity took place in Arlington between 12 and 1 o'clock. Brilliant streams of the electric fluid darted athwart the sky in every direction, and the thunder which followed was constant for a perit-d of thir teen minutes, without the intermission of an instant of silence. Oue Hash of light ning followed another in 6uch rapid suc cession as to excite curiosity to know how many occurred in a minute. With -watch in hand I counted them for seven minutes. In the first minute there were 51 vivid flashes ; second minute, 42 ; third, '30 ; fourth, 47 ; fifth, 37 ; sixth. 61 ; seventh, 54; making three hundred and thirty-one dis charges of electricity in seven minutes, distinctly visible from one point; and each discharge was followed by loud and sometimes rattling reports, whose rever berations rolled through tho heavens in an endless procession of majestic and terrific sounds. During this scene tho moon, which was about half an hour .ihovn tlm wocivm Lrtr- izon, was visible, but so magnified through the haze and vapor as to appear like a brilliant flame susiended in the sky. For a period of twenty minutes the scene was one of grandeur and sublimity rarely wit nessed in a lifetime. A'.. Y. Express. THE COMMOTION IN TOE HEAVENS. It is rare indeed that a more terrible thunder storm, or of longer duration, is experienced in this latitude, or, as for that matter, in any latitude than the one with which our neighborhotKl was visited be tween 12 and 1 o'clock last night. Awak eued from deep sleep by the terrific thun der which shook the earth, and the vivid lightning which made midnight like mid day around him, one could not but realize the appropriateness of David's d e&criptiou of a thunder storm, in the xxix Psalm ; !!Jho GtMX of fflory thundercih. "1 he voice or the Lord is powerful ; Jt.?5 vo!c, "f !' Lord is upon the waters: f "e voice of tho Lord is full of majesty : The voice of the Lord breakctu the cedars or I'tanon ; "T he voice of tho Lord divldetb the flames of nre; 'The voice of the Lord shakcth the wilder- !!T.,,e Ij?r1 s,,t,tu upon the flood; '1 ea, the Lord sittetu King- forever," 4c The entire Psalm is a most vivid and sublime description of such a 6tonn as David often experienced in this vicinity last night an experience well adapted to impress a man with a sense of his lit tleness, and utter helplesness iu the hands of Him who could thus thunder, and to make him feel the desirableness of that "peace," which in tho last verso of. the Psalm the Lord promises "his peoplo,' J Boston Traveller. - The Belfast Riots. London, Aug. 20. Special to the New York Herald. The Orange riots in Belfast continue with una bated fury, and in that city a regular panic prevails, and many respectable ieople have fled. The Orangemen, in bodies of three hundred to fourhendred, issued from their headquarters in Sandy row, and rushed through the streets like demons, firing in all directions. It is feared they will attempt to demolish several Catholic institutions, and large rein forcements of constabulary have according ly surrounded them to resist attack. Sev eral regiments, including detachments from the royal I arracks in Dublin, were drawn up to-day in High street, Donegal street, and the .vicinity of Linen HalL ready to charge the rioters. Dragoons and mounted constabulary patrolled the city last night, the shooting was brisk as ever, and in many cases innocent persons were killed. Bitter outcries are made against the au thorities, who allowed the fiends to pelt the troops with brickbats, wreck churches aud stores, and perpetrate atrocious murders before they gave a word of command. The mode of warfare is cowardly in the extreme, and people walking quietly along are shot down liko dogs. Hon. Heister Clymkr was nominated for Cougress at Reading, on Wednesday last, over his competitor, Geogo Lerch, who made a bitter personal tight against him. The vote btood : Clymer, 159 Letch, 5. Bloody Tragedy on the Jlitwismippi. STEAMBOAT ROBBED AND SEVEN FERBONS MURDERED EY NEGROES. ! fin Memphis. Auirust 17. Early thi morn- rosaries to Mmi,. n 1 ' ... i ' " .1 i:7.t ... . Aiie a iiMienrian uiscovcrvti int; nine mvuiuii ("Helen Brooks lloating down stream near j ! the head of Cheek's chute, some ten miles alove here, and apparently abandoned. He rowed out to the steamer, made a line fast and pulled her toward the bank, but . before reaching it, saw a negro asleep on the lower deck, who, as soon as the boat struck the bank, started up, lcaied ashore and ran to the woods. The fisherman then boarded the steamer, and found traces of a deserate struggle having taken place, the deck being wet with blood. He then came j to this city and reported vshat he had seen. ; Subsequently, the steamer Grand Tower, ' from St. Louis, arrived here, bringing a ! message from a magistrate at Bradley's j Landing, eighteen miles abovehere, stating j that the crew of the Helen Brooks, and the ' proprietors and families of h trading boat, J which the Brook lliwl tnuci) thro lin.l I leen murdered, and the Uat plundered, j Livings Assistance was at once dispatched in the ' ada, has ie steamer John Overton. '1 he report is, that I ed Uiiiii vuputui tt miaul i un anu ms orotner, the proprietors of the trading boat, together with their wives and two daughters, were all murdered and their bodies thrown into the river. . LATER DETAILS. MEMrnis, August 18. I-atcr advices from Bradley's Lauding state that soon after the tug Helen Brooks arrived there with the trading boats. James Trumbull j went on board drunk, and commenced tri- h.ng with the machinery. Captain Pott ordered him to desist, to n hich oitlcr he re plied with opprobrious epithets, and threat ened to throw Pott overboard. Pott took up a shot-gun and ordered him off t!ic boat. Trumbull went before Esquire Walt and swore out a warrant, accusing Pott of rc- tailillT HoUOr without alins imrm m-1,V1. j the latter was arrested by a colored consta- ! should i-ermit himself to hv sta, Mic, ami luneu oeiore a magistrate, and Ins t a jron.se cha.c. win', ieing ner imam witn two women on the boat, accompanied him. After wait ing till nearly dark, Pott's brother, fearing trouble, tok the boat over to Island No. 40 and made fast to the shore. That night Downing, the colored constable. Trumbull t and a man called Hars took a skiff, pressed two netrroes into their dered them to row across and land above the steamer, which was done. "Clics," one of the netrroes. sav tl.t lo.i; Downing and party ordcitd them to be . quiet under penalty of death. Downing ; and party then crept cautiously towards the j boat, which they boarded, and soon after a loud cry was heard and then several shots in quick succession. "Ches" then saw them pursning Pott's brothers, who had jumieu ajiiore, and firing on him, but whether he was killed or not he does not know. Pott was the only one seen by 'Ches," and he thinks two other men, one of whom was named Robinson, two women and three children were killed and thrown overboard. When "Ches" and his part ner were called to the boat thevraw no one but Downing, Trumbull and "llaus, who broke int the bar, and the entire party got drunk. "Ches" remembers no more until the Doat was landed by the fisherman, as stated List night, when he jumped ashore and made his way back to Bradley's, where wildest excitement prevailed. As nothing has been seen of Pott or his party, while Downing and his party have disappeared, and from that and the fact that the loat had been plundered, it is feared that the whole party has been murdered. Cameron Matches Tweed. FIVE MILLION PLACER IN PENNSYLVANIA GRANT'S FRIENDS TAMMANY RING TACTICS TO HELP HARTRANFT. 1 Special Correspondence of the World. 1 j Easton, Penna., August 14, 1872. Re liable information has been received that Z 1 . A . ...... 1 , ... a iuuu oi ?.),wi,uu nas ueen put into the service of the Administration in this State. Simon Cameron himself pay $1, 000,000. The election of Buckalew here in October would be fatal to the success of Grant in November. Desperate extremities must bo resorted to, and they are at hand. It I some living creature which he had is notorious that the city of Philadelphia has at any time since the war boen Demo cratic on a fair count ; but the Reuistrv law of that city, passed by a Radical Leg islature in the interests of the ring, has i made an honest vote impossible. Where j the lioartl of Aldermen is obliged to ap t point a Democrat, either for registration, or in tho election board, they select their man, and pay him for keeiiiicr his eves j shut. Cameron has already made his own I ticket in Philadelphia. William B. Mann, j in the meeting of the State Central Com- mittec, called for the purpose of nomiiiat t ing another candidate for Governor, and throwing liartramt over to appease tho wrath of the whole, declared that the city would give 15,000 Republican majority, and he knows how it can be done. So do we, though wo remain powerless to pre vent it. The Postmaster of this place bas been authorized to draw upon the funds for $5,000 to wager upon the success of Hart ranft. This is a good game of bluff, ami they play it well. Cameron's exjcrience in buying votes, and fraudulently count ing others unpurchasable, places his in tention, if not his ability, beyond reason of denial. As such is the game, let Pcnn sylvaniabo ready. A Rural Wedding. Oneof those olden time weddings took place in our town, says the Uniontown Standard, a few days ago, and it is not our design to make any re marks, but state the facts just as they oc curred. A young gentleman and lady, strangers to every body here, ealled on the 'Squire to get married. The youug man was carrying his shoes in his hands on ac count of a stoneTbruise, and had on Ids shoulder a long, narrow sack ; in ono cud he had something i n appearance to wearing apparel, and in the front end he had a small dog, with its nose sticking out of a hole. The young lady had in lier arms on of those large Maltese, cats with a pink riblron around its neck, fastened with a neat breast pin. When they came to the office the young man refused o go in, but she, taking hold of his coat, said, '-'Come on, I ain't afraid." Finally he went in. She says '"Squire we waut to get mar ried." "Hold on,',' said the young man, "I want to know how much this job costs." The price was agreed on, aud, in the mean time, many had gathered, and two of the crowd acted as attendants. While the ceremony was going on one of the attend ants cried out, "Hold on. this fellow ain't J on the right side." Being properly placed, tne squire proceeded, and the two were made one, and left, no one knew where being entire strangers. ' A gentleman in the eastern part of the State, w ho was about having his leg ampu tated on account of its being bent at ri.'ht angles and stiff at the knee, heard of Jon son's A nodyne Lin imen t. After using it a short time his leg became straight, and is now as serviceable a3 the other. A GREAT many neotritt lm-n ocl-.l .l...,,.o.l ..flnn, .-loo .red With HJl ut late, "How do you keep your horse look so sieek and glossy?" We tell them it's the easiest thing in the world: irS .qa,v,- Cavalry Condition Powders two or three times a week, Xews and roliticul , -. ''to i A colored man, 105 VMr. I st vote nt the re.-..,, "t'.-... . ' T The l.me has rrenU, f- I M M.M V a. 1 1 u.i s r r- . . a . ter. The R.-dkals in PaltM, , . negro from his siek bed knd'v' r the noils to vote. 1?.. ,i . .i ., r'" '. -1 WO Nmrset count. ;. r - - - M.l II I hi, . 81 and the oilier 8:1 year-,4 .;'( and IkjulcI 35 dozen i!fui.M, '"' At Princeville. 111. '' , lately with two heads. fUMr , ' ' 1 egs. It was too much f.,r ti...' ' the mother feels relieved. ' " - s Mrs. Nettie C. Tabu-La, , iuuiciui in i ii i ?t v niz, I al Guii' ' have been com-iucn-fr,t.r.s cim - i ' law. Now, Nettie, let's see v h ,t ' 1 do. ,lT A Folsom (Cal.) h.drank IIr... . lager thrown out of a brewery tV day that it liecame thoroughly (i n , ' behaved in a mostdiscn dnablei -!K tone's brother. resr.,;, eived a letter fn,i l".'" i. Stanley has been tl. ' ' ' niakitiir the whole family l, ,,.'.. A" In Frederickstow ti, Muv, ','rj urday, two men. while iiitox:,.a.(.'( to a ouarrci about iwlitics ti'. ifii t'.i mencfu to snoot and cut e. - i , . . . !et icaiiiii r.nc. .ne was Mnt tle:m other seriously hurt. The Catholic Mirror, of p,y.;. Saturday last, authoritatively telegram from BUhop M.-n,,,,., Bishop Elder has not yet W;i a--. Archbishop of Baltimore, ami tU -'K' op Bailey, of New Jersey, will t -.-receive the appointment." This from tho Pitt-shin r 7), ... ical : Charles O" Conor is n-.enti,', prolable nominee of the Mniili- -oemtic Convention at Louisville. he rurnrisiiijr if a man of ( t , j rieldmg Dillon, of M n (, j Kentucky, had occ!isin to ir.vW wne s neiHrrmeiH towards KLr found that it was entirely too f. ,.(. is customary to shoot somen .)',- cases. Mr. Dillon shot himself ;!: Bill Elliott approves of Mr. IKL -. duct. The adage "where tlicrc's..-;;,.-n way" is illustrated in a VV. -Yr where Jhe swains are so ietin:,e U: young ttoinen can on j re-t tJiem v.-.- t to squeeze them (the young w persuading the former to lay 1k-:s ! weight and ascertain the same !vb them. A Major Morderwcll, of Hen'. Y., was; shot some ten years r. r. kail tok with it into his Imdy a ! which Ikls never lee:i extracted.' A days since, however, it worked out. L traverscl his entire Imdy without V. him. Who says the u' n-;.:. than the sword." The great Pennsylvania, n. afloat, is soon to be followed by tUi' i'. ilar vessels. No time will be l.'-t r.i i ing the pioneer craft of the new V.:ic -her engines, and fitting hcrfTi i. another twelvemonth it is expeeti: four lino steamers plying between I L. phia and Liverpool. In his speech at Chicago, on Sr night last, Senator Schurz stmck tl on the head when he said, "In ..n't:: a gixtl Republican, it is now m r; an honest man to hold his t r, corruption." That is it pre ; -h: is one of the principles of the Ue party, the others being addition, i. cation, subtraction and division. It is a fact, that some of tho ' ters in the country have report'-a v. ler of Republican subcribei-s t t )m ' at their respective offices, a-i;l tV Tritjtine have been taken out of ti and the New York Time snbstin their place. It mut .be a tU spoia'i with the Radicals when I hey take t biii the mails in order to beat Grci-' 1 Mr. Cyrus King, of Barre, M, well-known and respected citizen, a. has suffered forty vears from a !.-;. - the stomach, which he thought c:i.-;u : eu wniie a nn King at a spnng. i.x-ti be was delivered of a brown snak?, t.: inches in diameter, and is doinasv. could be expected. The reptile U La in its old age. The official returns of North ( ar -in eighty-nine out of the ninety-tw in the State, give Caldwell I.'. ; 07,830 votes, ami Merrinum IVm .-x. 157 votes, or a majority for (.'a'li-.-.nL: 673 votes. The three count Ii - f...i;i v official returns have not been roeeiwd is estimated, will jiive Meiii:n.:i i' " -j'irity, so that Caldwell is ekrr. J ty'-i r jority of 2, '200. John AY. Forney is aur' statement that Grant in 1S1 ivt pressed a desire to remain l'i;Jf..; two terms, but that it was only '& in surance of his friends that he h.n'."i elected that he accepted the ofliee -To a Ifcrul'l reoiier. a few d.iy4-' Grant said: "I was not anxious t k : ident a second timo." Thus a qui--veracity arises between Forney u:id t--- B. F. Butler shouted so loud hi Y field, Mass.. on the 27th ult.. that 1 his voice. This is mournful, but the--'; part of the story is yet to be reht'i i man was not tho Beast, well-k:ui-i:t'--and spoons, but a colored ina:s, l engaged in the innocent occuti ..nt-:' ing ico-crcam. But it is an awf-.il wi" to Benjamin, and if he does i; -t be stricken dumb ho had fetter ' shouting. James McElhany, a glass Mo e1 thirty, shot his wife", aged niiu't- Boston, on Saturday, night lo--t, a -discharged two barrels of the rev his own head, inflicting severe. 1 . dangerous injuries. Mrs. McKlls. in a few minutes. Tho niuulerery from a second story window, but rested. McElhany is reported t fe dy workman, with consideraMe l,r-' but of a savage disposition, whiel-"'";: his wife to leave him for her lather'-'-' with their infant child. Kindness to Kindred. Want o necesary means to supply the uea' which usually press ujon ieork ' more moderate walks of life, mayl-; cuse for neglecting a disease consumption, has often in times esteemed as incurable. Iut t!a' C ':I"' ties of nature, which ous;ht to l'i"J r'. his own, overleap all these bami'1", estimation of right-thinking 1 '""J when we seo a medicine like iii-lvf Lung Cure, ouring hundreds "'l' around us. we feel it not only a j - but a duty to joint out to our n-'JV, avluableaiquisitiou to medical ',, In the earlier stages of lung u1 . by that all-powerful remedy, ar.d f OI peccant iinu uiwiauu-s ij expelled from the blood, amlivm1 the system by the natural uws ' a ... 4 . 1 . . i..i.k- 1 lie of peccant anu disorganize;, .fr' ere lory organs ii u;c on.- Keyser's Lt.NO Cure is a sjk'cii.'- , cough and chill, the spittle sta1 -blood, all give place to that l::ilt"-:i,j briuraofthe circulation wlneh i v- .' a i.ini tt yr j in' ......... . . . - -r- , , ... i.;; ing : seething with corruption can L ,? perform the oftioo of iesput".' ' - ,r lv use of Dr. Kktskk's Li 11 ' tice ar.d store. 1U7 Liboity ' I burgh.
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