eft rxa js: EE2 TSeSC rW . n - - M-JUa. jw: - Tlif P S "I n H ! 1 m r r 1 81 hi GamBHia FBHraaH. ... "eBe"kiaV'" eA ' E35NSB liif PA., FliJy MGiftili!?, - - Jan. 22, )S7. ........ 1!,. ,.r i r.r-;. i.,t,, v met in joint convention on Wedncs- !:ir last to eleet u United States .Sen ator as the sncet ssor of John Scott, whose term will expire on the 4th of Jlaicli next. Hon. "William A. Wal lei I'emoef.it, received l:5 rotes, ! and Hon. John Allison, llepubliean, : 11 " rot-. It is not necessary that wc should enlarge cti the result. 31 r. Wallace's election has been a foregone conclusion for some weeks, and will Will not therefore create an v surprise. He is a gentleman of admitted abilitr i 4i i i . .,- ind is wtll known throughout the . His long and prominent career e branch of the Legislature af- .. - -J ni Jin-. ii iimi u in i iiriiiiuiKMii i"i ri't1 r one called with cfliciencv and abilitr". TriR refusal of the Republican mom bers ofthe Legislature to give J';"" . Scott a comphn.entary vote forl .u- n him, that if they had the power of electing a Senator, he at least need not apply. Unlike suullowcrs, they "Did not turn to their god as he set The same look that lhejg;vo hcii fie ose." In the language of Aittnias W.rd, 'Why is this, thus?" Has not John Scott been loynl to his part", and has not been a thkk and thin supporter of (ir.int and Lis works ? A Iter his pilgrimage through the South in search , . 1 i- 1 -ii- of kuklux cl.uis, and after his willing j oiaicH eiiaior t;i as uiimiui h . ., . , ... 1 . i to'Tctlier ar.n eo on 10 ueu ajr " blow as has been dealt to any promi- '.1,G ther ,not OIll.V a Bokher but ! the basement of the Court-Ilouse. The nent politician in the.e latter da vs. , lutew,se a lhan : J principal parts are the vault proper, which It .,. ,.,-it 1 Limit. -Gen. Sheridan toMuwr-Gener0l n inflvJd is down iu the basement we might say It was nothing less thauanotiee served , lh nt Wlir .; ,,.. Li....... ;.. ti, ,-.,H. Tl.i. ia a massive t-Uppori oi Hie polity anl acts OI the ' tug t Finn banditti, they mice of the civil au- national administration, to be ti us 1 could bf tried bi milita- thoritie in the faUh . ! 1 , . , , 4. i I' rommitxinn. This tul exocntion of the rudely- and contemptuously cast aside . bamiitti, who murder- laws as the most ef is enough to cause one to believe not i ed men here 011 the ticient under existing cnlv in the ingratitude of republics, H'l' of last Septeiu-'cirmmstauces. , ,1 1. it- . 1 1 her, and also more re- In war it is India- bnt of the Republican party. John 1 rru ,y a, viok.b.irg, 'rentable to repel force Scott deserved better treatment at the , ns.. should, in jus- by force and ever- bands of his political friends. AVntN Andrew Johnson was tried ; f r impeachment before the Senate of the United States Hon. P.everdv ' . Johnson, of Maryland, being a menilier of that liody, was one of the judges to hear and decide the case. That the barges preferred against him had no foundation whatever on which to rest, was at the time and still 13 the Fettled conviction of the American people. A meeting was In Id in Baltimore list Friday night to express t he in dignation of the freemen of that city at the recent military outrage of Oraut's soldiers in expelling five mem ber of the Louisiana Legislature from f hrdr er.its at the point of th bayonet. Keverdv Johnson, who as an able and profound constitutional lawyer has no j .-upesior in the whole country, deliver- j ed a ler.gtliy and carefully prepared i s'leech from which we take the follow ing extrac t. It is valuable ss express ing his deliberate and tnstured judg ment of the er.ormitv of (irant's crime pgainst the constitution and liberties i of the country : 'I think I may ?ay with positive certain ty that if President .lohnsoii had u cd tho army, or an net ioned its use. in ejeet iti from the halls of the Lcgil.itute of a Stute any of its member.--, as lias been done in this tstai,ee. that net would !.:i v becnm ,de t ! mt.ject of one of the articles of im-jich- me t, and. if proven, every nieri'oer of the j court many of n hoin are now Senators would have found him guilty Being one tf them, I know that 1 ,sAou1d have done fo without the slightest hesitation, and from an inirrViVc sense of public duty." AT the last session of the Legisla ture the Republican majority passed ' A fiimr tho number, (liitius and i .ompensatton of the ollicers and em- j ployees in the two Houses. J he mm - provided for in the Home was 42, ! exclusive of fifteen pages, and in the j Senate 2, exclusive of ten pages. ! -i 1 in.t ,,...H,;r.l of Hipsi. s:ilir. ! dinates are useless and unueceS3:iiy is : perfectly apparent, and time ami again ; 1 nit iti ....v.,.. ... - ; has it been denounced iy tiie 1'erao- j cratic presj ot the Male as a pioiu- the .tio.Ti.em tiu of t ia neonle s moil- ey. ii wr.s i.n.iiT p,oe..otuc. t.t , i. i ii. f ; .1 !.. the Demoeracv would relonn abue if thev v:im into power, and t'ie lat De-nocratif State Convention .plieitK- dvelarfd In its platfor.n in 1 . . f m ' f- -..r .f t.-.'ii.in.f li s t.iiml c r fit i r- .,v. .. .. - , r " , fi.-ediol.bli. It Wa Corfv'.ent.y ex- le-i-teo:, tlierel vte. inr.l t:ie puaciit. the Minus of timcutc otVci ra. ; lint this ban :.-t een d nr by the ib...,..r,t;i. mil .i-.tv infi.K I!miw; feii Hoiie of Keprtsintrtivra wuuM make au. re' hle-s taxation t'i wealth of fbo inu--l of Wisconsin, both itepu.licans. this pledge gMHland thtu save the ;U,dtd proprietors of the States in' 1 "--- na -am; Ul l"?g . i i:i . ...- fr til-.- Mr ' i i .i i ii. i -tt ln ; vania, both Democrats ; and two Bagleys . il lic tiea".r Ir .!. U u.g Iitei.dly ; wImc-Ii they hare held infamous swav. i t..i i:.M.-. v.Atb of -,w Y,k. r bbed of thoMsat. U of do.birs in pay- until tiieir very names have become" a ! tho tirt a Democrat and the second a I . . U 1 , e-ui'tee f t ot'. ,Tr J"si as soon otlier froulTexas. Another variation is a t ... pa ke.l . ....m.tee r tcnt-ui. . asthe peopleof Louisiana and Musis- j similarity in peculiar given names; an il Kp u tel a:i.!idates Tor ail the obices si, .pi are permitted to control their ! bu-tration of it being furnished, in Scott provided for in the act referred to and , ow .State atfairs w ithout any military Wike, of Illinois, aud Pcott Lord, of New the Pernvratic- tin ub-rs endorsed tlie reiH)u an-i e'ecieo num. i ims ir. mi i 12 reioim in m.u .hvli.. .. uui j iioie Uie wrath or an outraged peo promtjed. norc.it. tbe action of the ma- : j,le. That tim will come w hen Grant J .rity in the House be defended, lint is driven by the indignant verdict of the fraud is not likely to ktop lure, j of the people from the White House for we observe that a joint resolution j &nd not until then. ' has been introduced in the Senate by ! n T T' a llepablican member and has passed j lr rvM,m of a (Ut 5n the pre8ent two reaoings, piovu.ing for mi in- election law tile assessors have had no crease oi loc uiuuuis in uvjlu iiouj. iituw-j. rj-mein- V,'e suppose that a few more bars like McCullougli, or chronic of- fice-sctkcrs from other ftc tioiits of the I St.tte, are laying around loose at liar- j rUbnrg waiting for the Legislature to ; iroide winter quaitors for thc:n. ,iicu ium juiul resoiuuoa coiuas ie- r A 1 7 1... 4 .4.I-..I.T. fre the House, we triidt that the Pern tcrats will have nerve enough to de feat it, and that each member on a call for the yeas and nays will be compcll el to show his hand. If the people t,!:?t be plundered by Iiavi:ig a horde of useless office-holders quartered on treasury, they have a right to kno-.v Lv vylioie. ngctu'V it has Wen ! Whekevkh an otmortunitv present - rsfrrs i,lh h:: ot hesitated to make the civil iwwer BUOsrrv'trfc to military rule, lie has : a Miorcme eontemi.t fr eivil law. anJ believes thnfc a disturbance or cornmo 1 tion in a State can only Ie quieted by resort to niillitary force, lie was ;mmailcr of t he military district embracing Louisiana in 1 and, true to his instincts, undertook to In tel fere with t lie action of the civil au thorities. Andrew Johnson, who was President at the time, instantly re- j movel him, declaring with strong em- i phasis to his cabinet that he would do ; so if it turned his administration up-, side down. After the Chicago fire, Sheridan, who then eommanded in that j . - . . i r.'"-'' . " '""T.i ci r , l'ves of governor of the State, but Governor Palmer, who was a man of , ... . . ,, ' . , j , ? ami ' ! I h,f authority protestetl against , t Shenuan sa.ssuinnticui of militarv now- i rfi i ii n onn ir nnr nrn sti v i hp pvrpni. " read, Sh,rila,.', b.n.Iittj" j patch and Hancock s celebrated order j on assuming command, can form a just aml corett tetimate of the two Jmenthe one R troo,or and nothinff daUd Iftad-jitartT Mil i UirilJir iio 1 Mi -fonri, Afw- Orhiirm, Order Xo. 40, on ox- suviinrj eovnnand of j the tfthM.vttarV.Dia- . 1 ;,""J';. J- I ; ' vw I Hunk 1 lie terror- lean, I.t., Aotentber 1 ism now eiMh.g in 20, 1H67. I Loui8iia,MisM.Bii.r.i The (ieneral com- and Arkansas eonl1 maiulirg is gratified b-i entirely reinovod to learn tha? peace ; and coiifidifiire a:ul aitd quiet reign in this j fair dealing e.xiaMiMi-Nlepartment. Il w ill . ed by the arrest and, be his purpose !o pr- ; Ilke pninR At its top. At nioht the book trial of the ringleaders serve -bis order of, , lUc vault wi,erc it ig ,hut r a''f ,l Wli:r ihingr. L.iacut'S. If Conarttf to litis UOUMriafllai,r t,cl,tr. As a ineaiii ) ibis great end, be ild r5 a law ilerLir- recrards the mainten- tire to law and order, throw and destroy tp and pe.ito and proa-'psisieii to lawful au- 'rn j;art of u. ,.OUI1Jinsurreetionary force try, be punished. It has been overthrown i posiMe that if the and peaee established, T 1 " I T J . . . . . 1 1 I . '. I n.ttt..,.! prorlanmti'jn declaring ties are ready and them banditti, no fur- w illing to perform thtr action need beta- their duties, the niil ken except that vhii-h iUrj powet should would dtiohc upon me. cease to h-aH, and thw civil administration remine its natural and Rightful dominion. Ifoleiiin'.y impressed with these views, the .tieneial aiiiiouiires 'that the ireat prinri ples of Ati'triarn liber ty are still the lavful i inherilitm-of thi p-o- I 'y.c, and erer nf.nuld be. I The rirht of trial by 'jury, the habeas cor- ' lis, the liberty of the prets, the fr"idom j r.Sifffi J.M HibnM) ' .rights of per sol, $, and the rights of property ,Miii? be prcerie.l. The word ' bandi." is of Italian or igin and in a general sense signifies "a rubber;"' and wlim Sheridan went to New Orleans in search of fie-'i mili ary fiul.H an I pattir.-- "'.v, and in bis dispateii to t ' cietary of War stigmatized th.""L membei s of the White Leag-?, ui Louisiana, Arkansas and 1 1 -.Mississippi, as oaiKUUl, ne was gllll- f 1.1 . r.i! t f -t ty of a misapplication of the term. It has never yet been charged against the White League that its members are riMrrs, or that they have plun dered the people for their own person al gain. That there are banditti in the three Southern States named bv Sheridan, who have been a scourge to the tax leavers, eatintr out their sub- .t.nra r.nA .lnvbirr tlion tn I..otao pair is unfortuWly too true. - j 1 h,3 bandit horde in Louisiana is com- j posed of such men as Kellocg, Casey, ((Jmnt's brotiier-in law,) Packard, I Rj otwr rapfu ions leaders of the ft.. 1.. .i..,.D : ij i nut rni 1 . 111 .uriai:cD ii, 175 Dill- ! eered by such plunderers as Clayton, Dusev, McClun?, tt iI tnms inn nr., ! Pn u 1 in Mi-:-.i.isippi A me? and his greedy i understrappers constitute its head and i n-.o-.r Thoan nr.. tr... trn. ,.,.;; ... .. ... - ... . robi.ers, in the .-tales winch Miendan , I i " J J t in .i ti iti i in!i. t n inr 1 1 v ?i low or Grant bv a proclamation should hand ovi- to hi U mh i- m-r.-ipa o..1 ti. ift and mis V.er.tine decree of a drum-! vvimiiii.u I ..-..1 r. ri .-. V I L 111. tilt, II. I III'LI' ... vw.iil ...... ,tl. I III H" an- 1 tM bl i'iluN who have hll rtdtbintr ami ' nl.-op.itel v confMcatiec bv inordinate . .teueh in the nostrils of the teoole ! pla ton and Dorsev have been rcnu-! , iwu du i i'tir-y i r i rfiwi- i ..u i . . 1 I interference, Kelloirc Caeev ines ' t Mul tlit.,r corrupt crews w ill difcaooear authority to make a registry of voters j j.;or t."the February elections. To i remedy this Senator Krmcntrout has i...i -4 4. r i i I introduced into the Legislature a sup plement to the present election law, providing that It shall be the duty of each of the asea- fi.,rs ho are re iuired to per.brm any do- 1.. . .. - - J ties incident to the holding of elections and the registration of voters in the different counties of thU Commonwealth, of each year, to be present at theelectiou house of the elect ion district soft his Common wealth, duiing the two nccuhtr d iys next preced ing tbe sixty first dy 1eforo the third luesd.iy in lebruaryin eneh year, from! t) a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 2 p. in. to p. in. of each of said days, for the purpose of assessing and legistering the name of voters and for tho purpwso of bearing and ! acting npon applications to be . &ss.MScr5 ; KllMIJfBtor that are sought to be placed thereon or stricken therefrom. ! . Wonderful Invention. A VAULT TIIAT TRAVELS ABOCT, C.BTS UP IS TUl MRStXO AJD OOM TO I5BD AT KIOUT. The fire-proof vault in our court-house, in which re kept the books, records and all of the public documents, is a vault the ... a I . H ..... M-li4.ro slcc IK n ...XXd bni bi v ,,n,inl," r,,,,misMoiier Andrew Eraser. j'r fia.Ser was the lending spirit in the j late able Hoard of County Commissioners! iu planning and perfecting the many im - , flZ I VUUIU J MUIIWI,U 9 w w e w duel engineer oi t ue uuuu , ..... , fining Company, I machinist ana ingenious mechanic, i Be n, in nml of a ree Bre- vvuui t - pSWult in which to keep its books, the P' csj m rcoriU d the .l..nrtcnf s'.l kn-.ds. ai'KT.TK lias sccme, a patent. His vault consists of tw or three parts which truvel about, which are sometimes separated and some times united. Uf i.iB!.ts all the parts gfi biiok struct lire, the only entrance to which resemoics ti,e top of a Tery large chimney. T, , e Uhi UM.k-case. in which are Ph'ced the books and documents, a case ' , wnlh "t only holds all of the books and documents at present 111 the keeping of the county, but winch is large enougti to uo.a all that will be accumulated for many years to come. Next we have the cover of the vauit that part whioh covers the chimney in by the cover, a massive structure made ! of two thicknesses of heavy boiler iron with eight inches of cement between. 1 his cover, which is in the shape of a fccow turned bottom up, is heavily riveted in all directions, and is a ponderous affair. It was manufactuied in Cincinnati, O., after j drawings furnished by Mr. Fraser. In the I morning the janitor of the building takes ; hold ofacrank ana begins turning it. 1 ins arouses the book-caio. It gets up and taking its big iron cover upon its head, as though it was a hat, it leaves the vault and the basement of the building, going to its post on the second floor. There it stands all day; with one face in the office of the County Clerk and the other in the ofBce of j of the County Recorder, holding ont all the books and documents ready to the j hands of the clerks. All day it stands in j this position, w ith its big iron hat (tho vault cover) on its head. At night the jan itor again turns the crank, ai d the big i book-case knows it is bed-time. It starts j at once for the basement. Down, down it goes to the vault, into the depths of which it disappears, l.iaving its big hat to cover j the hole by which it entered, and there it j roosts all night in its hole down in the gr!iiii. ly a very simple arrangement , a! " ciock-woik inis oooic casc conin 00 maoe , to open up shop itself getting up at the ; projer hour in the morning and going up to the ollice with its tons of books and 1 documents lemaining on duty all day, a. a I ' and tiien at a certain nour 111 tne evening 1 suddenly making its bow ar.d descending to the ba.se me ut, there to shot itself np in its holo. All this it might be easily made to do, so that no man need ever look after j it or think of it. All that would be required would be a tmall pipe from one of the water-mains, and a simple bit of clock work to koep the time and let on and shut off the water. This additional mechanism has been thought of by Mr. Fraser, and is iuclnded iu his patent, but for economical j reasons was not put in here, the County J Commissioners thinking it Quite as well , for the janitor to run the apparatus by i means of a crank. Kven as it stands the ' vault is really a wonderful invention yet is simplicity itself. Virginia (Xec.) En terprise. The Forty-fourth Conorkss. Care ful scrutiny of the list of Representatives elect to the Fourtysfouith Congress re veals but one Smith a Georgia gentleman. This is an unusually small representation 1 in the House of a large family. There is ! but one Jones also, '1 homas L., of Ken JZZ Alabama ; Jamesof Indiana, and Alpheus, ' of Michigan all Democrats ; aud William, ! of Michigan ; Andrew of New York, and V,iarhs of VifcCOI,fcin alJ K"pub:ioans. I he Harrises eorr.e next ; three of them iiit' ui v.iiiiTrMiii'i m ii iiimiii 1 ill' 1111 s. it r ; ,. t j, ,: Delnooats -"and' Hcujli setts, a Republican. A amin, of Massachu- All of the other mem- uo,s who are not s'!11e travel in couples. ,V'e,re 2"'e 1 TO 1Y u ernanuo, 01 .ew '"-" , i iumi v ;uoiu,iuii iwsi':ia' V 1 1 II- ; - t .ii-.... d.ew, of Indi.ma. and Robert, of New Jer sey. both Wemucrats. I wo t aitlwelis .lohn, ' Alabama, and William, of Ten nessee, ootii democrats. 1 wo Wallaces ; t"u,' , ,v"i.-nd Alexander of, Shu . f:.rolii.9 bull. Kini.hl'i3n I Mr r I l .nc I -1 mi.. nf I.m H.....h,lian ami r.eiii:in.in. r,f West Virginia Demo-! rat. Bmcb.uds Horatio, of Illinois, and i Republican. There are two Clarks with tllu same IVmociat?. one from H.issouri and tbe ylk wno arc ttx Democrats. How He Lost His Wi. Matrimony in Michigan seems to resemblo the exhiN orating came of puss-in-the-cerner. A susceptible gcntlemau in that State having found an allinity elsewhere than in the ex isting partner of his joys and sorrows, aud being conditionally accepted by the new object of his adoration, at once instituted proceediugs for a divorce ; but, brief as is tho form for that purpose in Michigan, his second intended was in wai' an1 married an too great a hurry another suitor on the ery fay i 1 ms lormer nonris were miu- dered. Thus foi stalled in his proposed change of seats, he naturally tried to run back to the corner he bad just left, and hastened home with the viev of rewed- ding his original spouse ; but during his absence an alert competitor had stepped in. and she, too, was provided with an- other husband. So now '.his doubly dis appointed player is, metaphorically speak ing, standing in the middle of the com munity watching for some neighbor to leave his wife unmarried for a few minutes. The Ilo-ton i'uil state, as an interest. ing f ict to single gentlemen, that there ate fifty four widowsof general, and two hundred and seventeen of colonel, on tbe pcusiou rolls. lljctraerilinmry Fanaticism. A TOUHD I.ADT BURNS HBBSELP TO DEATH TO OBTAIN FOXQIVBXESe FOB HAVIKO COMMITTED "THE CHFABDOHABLB ilH." A Honesdale (Pa,) correspondent of the If. Y. Wrld, writing under date of Jan. 14, says that Crissey Uscker, an intelligent and beautifnl young lady, living at White's Valley, sixteen miles west of that place, de liberately burned herself to death Wednes day while under the influence of extraor dinary religions fanaticism. She was the daughter of William.Tlacker, a wealthy and prominent farmer uf that county. For some live or six years past she Las at times been subject to temporary insanity, during which lapses she imagined that, she bad committed sins against "her Immanuel" which could be only absolved by the mak ing of burnt offerings. W hile laboring under this delusion she would erect altars in the fields of her father aud sacrifice lambs, and also burn clothing and house hold articles of different kinds. Her fath er, her mother being dead, fearful that she might during one of these intervals do her slf bodily harm, kept a strict watch of her movements. Wednesday Mr. Hacker had occasion to go to a neighboring village, and as bis daughter manifested signs of the recurrence of one of her insane intervals, be charged his hired man to watch her during his absence. At noon the man went to bis dinner, leaving the young lady in the kitch en leading the Bible. For some reason he did not return to the house uutil Mr. Hacker came back, hich was about 2 o' clock. When the latter entered his kitchen he was paralyzed with horror at the sight that confronted him. On the ashes aud coals of what had evidently been one of M iss Hacker's altars lay the body of bis daughter literally burned to a crisp. Both legs and the left arm were entiiely con sumed, and the abdomen was reduced tp ashes. The hair was all burned off her head, but her face was not burned. Not withstanding the iutense agony she must have endured her face was not distorted iu the least, but wore an expression of calms ncss and peace, her lips being parted in a smile, as if she died believing that through that fiery ordeal she was to pass into a joy ful eternity. While the hired man was absent Miss I lacker bad formed out of a set of quilting frames a pyre or altar. On this the had spread some carpet and made herself a pillow. At one side of the altar she had piled up a quantity of combustible wood, and, when all was in readiness, had fired it, from which the flames soon spread and enveloped the altar. In the family Bible, which was found open at the Book of Job, the following note was found, iu the handwiitiug of the de ceased : Dear Father: My Immanuel appeared to me to-day. lie reveals to me the Fact that I have committed tho Unpardonable Sin; which I can only obtain forgiveness for by passing through the cleansing of Fire. 1 will intercede for yon, my dear Father. You will And my purified body in the north east corner ot the house. 1 wish to have my ashes buried in my Iiiimaiiuel's ground at tho northwest corner of the house. Good bye. Meet me on the Kternal Ground. Mr. Hacker went to the corner of the house indicated in the note as the spot w here tho remains were to be buried, and fout.d that his daughter bad staked out there a space for I er grave. Martin Prentiss s .mnioncd a Jury and held an in ueat uu the remains. A verdict in accordance with the above facts was ren dered. A8e.i?ationi WiLMAMfei'ORT. Thurs day night after eleven o'clock, thieves viss ited a canal boat moored in a secluded place at Williamsport, in which a poor washerwoman lived. Her husband was absent, aud one of the fellows entered, and, tiking her by the throat, threatened to kill her if she did not give up her mon ey. She arose, and followed by the rob ber, with a lcvolver close to her head, went to a looking-glass and took oat If 100, all the money she had in the world. He then retired and conversed with the robbers outside, when he returued and de manded more money. The poor woman, upon her bended knees, with a Bible in her hand, told him she had no more, when he began examining the bed clothes. He again retired ouUide, aud something about murder was said. The unfortunate woman now gathered her little ones about her, extinguished the lights, and seizing a shot-gun, laid iu wait. Preseutly the robber entered for the third time, with a dark lantern in his hand, and as soon as he appeared iu the doorway, Mrs. Freed fired a terrible load at him. The robber fell, kieked once or twice, when his companions pushed open the door, agaiust which the body had fallen, wrapped hiiu in the bedclothes he bad re moved on the occasion of his second visit, and carried him olf. It was thought he was killed, and that the body was thrown through a hole in the ice o. the Susque hanna, as there was a bloody trail to an opening in the ice. Tho parties came in a sleigh, and the robber who entered wore long black whis. kers, and had very pretty hands. After they had gone, a liitlo terrier dog entered the boat evideutly in search of its master. It had on a collar and locket and there was a name on the collar, but Mrs. Freed could not' pe ibuadc the canine to remain, and it left, following the trail across th river on the ice to the opening mentioned. The shot-gun contained a handful of shot, and the concussion knocked Mrs. F. down. Her oldest boy, a little fellow, seized a hatchet and wanted to go where the robber was lying .and dispatch him, but Mrs. F. prevailed ou hini to keep back, as from the deep mutteriugs of tho com panions of the robber she knew he would be murdered. Tue New York papers, in long and double-leaded articles, are giving rent to their excitement over the wonderful discoveries on the Pacific slope. The tale told is a res markable one wealth beyond computation a mountain of silver ores yielding from $600 to $ 1200 per ton fabulous fortunes re alized iu a day, etc. The World nays that there seems to be no question that the amount of that metal thus opened to com merce is enormous, though the precise ex tent of the discovery can of course not be known for many years. The effect of it in cheapening silver has already been felt, and will be fait much more, but we fail to perceive that it has any great bearing on the resumption of specie payment. That sil ver is cheapened means simply that it takes more bilver than formerly to buy a given quantity of other things, among the "other things" to buy a gold dollar. It may be that a paper dollar will by aud by become able to buy what used to he silver enough to make a dollar, but th.e cheapened silver will not make a dollar new. It will te some time, wc think, before a promise to pay a dollar which may iost;ibie be kept in 1879, if future Cougi-esses do nothing to prevent it, will le worth the dollar it promises to pay. A silver dollar ia the hand still retains an advantage over a pa per dollar iu tue bush. The Louisville Courier Journal gives np in despair the attempt to characterize in fit terms the couduct of Grant aud his clique toward the licople of Louisiana and i J says "a mere attempt to do so beggars the i . language and diives it a shirtless, 2hiver ' ' lg pauper to the poorbouso." Wealth ami Wickedness. A PBISONBR COMING OUT OF THE PEIf ITBK TIART WITH rOBTT THOUSAND DOLLARS. Amonf the 1,100 prisoners in the peni tentiary, says the Ohio SUU Journal. there are a good many men and woium Whose histeries, if wiitten, would make in teresting readiug. A good mauy of these men of stripes have records that are quite romantic and interesting. Lewis Brandt is one of these. When a young man he left his home in Germany and staited for this country. On leaving his father gave him $50,000 to start life on. He came to this country, and being of a rather profli gate disposition, be traveled about and soon went through his fortune. After running out of money he was compelled to work, and got the position of night clerk at the American. While there he forged a check for $42, was anested, tiied, con victed and sent to the penitentiary for a short term. After getting out he rambled about a while, and soou learned that his father had died aud left him $60,000. This he received and was fast making way with it, when he turned up again as a forger this time in Clevelaud aud was sent to the penitentiary fr a term of rive years, which will terminate in about two months. At the time that he came last to the prison he owned about, $15,000 worth of stocks and bonds in New York, of which he is still the possessor, and from them draws an annual income. A good many years ago he indorsed for a fiiend in Germany, and lost $20,000 by the operation, but he received a letter a few weeks ago from that friend, who is now a wealthy merchant in Philadelphia, stating that if he would send in his ac count the money would all be paid up, and arrangements are now being made so that when he gets out of pi i sou ho w ill get the i 20, 000. A few weeks ago he received a letter from his mother, in Germany, in which was inclosed a list of his share of the house hold effects, his mother, having broken up housekeeping aud divided the goods. It was a long list of fine watches, jewelry, and other valuables, cmounting to over $1, 000 in value. These will be sent to him in a few days. In addition to his wealth Brandt has an excellent education. He speaks German, French, bpaniih, aud English, is some what proficient in Latin, and has consid erable acquaintance with seven other lan guages. His conversation is learned and profound. He at one time delivered a speech before an audience in Cleveland, in Latin, which is said to have been an ex cellent production. He is very generous iu his nature, giving away money to almost any one who asks for it. The warden has in his care several hundred dollars of Brandt's money, and out of this fund Brandt has made handsome donations to several discharged prisoners. He frequent ly receives letters from friends iu other cities, asking for aid, and they never fail to get it. lie acknowledges his folly in the way of forgery, and intends wheu he gets out to reform. He is about 45 years of age, aud has never been married. A Hermit's Lonox Diicovered N'eas Wii.kfsbahrb. A dispatch frm Wilkes barre. Pa., to the Chicago 7Wtasays: A party of sportsmen were making their way through a dense- wood, recently, about tiv miles from Wilkesbarre, in search uf game, when their attention was attracted to a camp-fire, but not a person was in sight, and tho camp had been evidently abandoned. Near th fire was a heap of brush, and a closer examination revealed the form of a man lyiog underneath, wrap ped in a blanket. He appeared angry at being disturbed in his lonely retreat, "but soon liecame communicative, and consented to tell how he came to take up his abode in the wilderness. He was '32 years cf age, rather prepossessing in appearance, and comfortably clad. He would not divulge his name, but said he was a native of.Sont u Carolina, and with his father and two brothers had fought in the late rebellion, all of them being killed except himself. lie had traveled thrnugh the country for sev eral months past, aud, being unable to find employment, had decided to spend tho win ter iu the woods, rather thau become a beg gar, lie had plentj' of clothing, and said he was subsisting on erackers and dried lK?cf, at about 15 cents a day. lie expects to leave his winter quarters in March should he survive the exposure with the thermom etor 15 below zero. A Fearful Death. A terrible acci dent occurred in a sawmill at Lancaster last week, the victim being a boy named Charles H. Kitch. It appears "that, the younff fellow had been sent to the mill for saw-dust. He had gone down intothe base ment of the mill, filled tho bag, and was going through tho room where two circular saws were in motion, going at the rate of over six hundred revolutions per minute. He was going directly iu front of the saw, and just at that moment his foot tripped on a chain and he fell backwards on the saw, and in a second he was whirled to the floor, a bloody, ghastly corpse. Tbe machinery was a, once stopped, when it was found that the tcctb of the saw had cut out the entire back of the unfoi tunatelittle fellow, togeth er w ith cutting through his right arm at the shoulder, and severing two toes from his left foot. From out ot the body protruded the liver, heart and bowels, while around it a as one vast pool of blood. Deat h was undoubtedly instantaneous. A boy named Smith at once gave the alarm and I)r, R. A. Beleniuz was son present, but his services were not needed, other than to assist iu preparing the body for the coffin. When a discoverer of any scientific sub ject a.-ks the co-operation of the learned in science, to test the merit and truth of his discovery by severe tests and practical re sults, and then to iudorse ami recommend it, it Is fair to presume it is valuable for the purpose intended. Sueh has been the course pursued by Messrs. Hall a Co., proprietors of Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Kenewer. And all those who have testod it (among whom we may mention Dr. A. A. Hayes ami 8. Dana Hayes, Chemists and State Assay ers of Massachusetts; Walter rturnham, M. I., Trof. f Surgery in Penna. University, Philadelphia; Geo. Gray, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology,) assert it is the best preparation in use for all cutaneous dis eases of the scalp. Ilestores gray hair to Us original color, prevents the Lair from fal'.ir.g out, creates a new growth. It is certainly worthy of a trial. Sen-buryport Htrald of (Jospel Liberty. DvsrF.rsiAr Dyspepsia 5a the most, dis couraging and distressing dis$asa man is heir to. American are particularly subject to ttiis disease and its effucts, siielf a.a sour atom. j ach, sick headache, habitual eostiveness, neariuurn, waier-nrasn, gnawing and burn ing pains in the pit of the stomach, roming up of tho food, coated tongue, disagreeable taste in the mouth, impure blond, and all diseases of the Stomach ami Liver. Two dose of Green's AiTorsT Flower will re lieve you at once, sad there positively is not j a ease in the United States it will not rnre. ll yon iionin tins go to vmir Irncgist, If m reoB & Murray, or P. M. Woleslagle & 8on"e Store, at Wilmore, and jrt a sampln bottle for lOesnts and try it. Kegular size 73 cents Seeds. Grain, Feed, &c rrmrr tntretd. Se advertisement of Mn. Oeo. L. Pealmdy & Co.. in this paper. Tho Arm nam.! are ext-usirs arte" reliable deal ers in !., grain, etc., their specialty being seed. With them can he fousd at all times the best timothy and elor sac Is, etc. A'ewf end rolitical Items. Congress has appropriated $67,500 for tbe propagation ef food fish. Two butchers in New Castle killed and dressed a bullock in eleven minutes. Philadelphia has disposed of a murder er, Heidenblnt having been-hanged there on Wednesday for the murder of Kehule. By an explosion of blasting powder on Black Tom Island, off Jersey City, on Sat urday, fear men engage! a its manufac ture were killed. Peter Herdic, the Williamsport mil lionaire, has in couise of erection 100 bouses in that city, which he expects to finish early ia the spring. A man in New Mil ford. Conn., claims to have the idol which King Kalakaua's aucestors worshipped, it having been pre sented to him by a returned missionary. A New Hampshire antiquary has a unique cariosity in the shape of a trunk made in 172-1, which, during the ante-baggage-smasher eia, was in constant use for more than 125 years. There was shipped from Reading to New York., on Tuesday, 175 cases of felt hats, each case averaging eight dosen of hats the largest shipment ever made in one day from that city. An autograph hunting farmer of Mich igan sent a barrel of flour to QueenVietoi ia, and, after waiting a year for an answer, learned that it had been sold at auction in Detroit as unclaimed freight. John Young, of Walnnt township, Pickaway county, Ohio, has in constant use a wagon manufactured in the year 1763 nearly 112 years ago. It was the property of Mr. Young's grandfather. 1 wo sisters, of Carrolltown, 111., who had married two brothers named Flat, had a flat falling ont the other day, and before the fight ended one had lest a finger and the other a nose. Jealousy was the cause. Michael Murphy and his three children were so badly frozen in Niagara, Canada, on Friday night, in their house, that the father and two chiloren died on Saturday, and the remaining child is not expected to live. It is believed that the Right Hon. W. K. Forster will succeed Mr. Gladstone in the leadership ef tbe Liberal party in Eng land. It is reported that Mr. Gladstone's constituents will requost him to resign his seat in Parliament. There is excitement in Santa Clara, Cal., over tbe discovery of a rich silver mine in that county. The ledge was traced ten miles. Expertssay it is a genuine ledge cf silver, mixed with lead. Woik will com mence immediately. The weather continues very cold in the noithwest. A telegram from Fort Fet terman, on Saturday, reported that the mercury was frozen in the thermometer, and that a spirit thermometer registered 48 degrees below aero. John Flynn, convicted a few days ago. at Sunbury. Pa., of murder in the second deffree, escaped from jail lat Friday night with another convict, whom he forced to burn a hole through the cell d'.ior, and then pick the lock, Flynu keeping guard with a levolver. Three Chicago girls are about opening a barber's shop in that city. One is to do tho lathering, another the shaving, while the third, a beautiful blonde, is to sit on a sort of a throne and play on a harp and sing. The outfit of this establishment, it is said, will cost $12,000. Four Chinamen who left Helena, Mon tana, on Tuesday, were found on Wednes. day morning about half a mile from town frozen to death, and whiskey that they bad with them in small kegs was frozen solid. Reports from Philipsburg, Montana; states that two Chinamen were frozen to death there. John H, McKinley, well known iu New York, had $250,000 four years ago. lie spent $50,000 of it iu fitting up a bai room on Broadway, and used the rest of his fortune In similar foolish operations ; and now he talks with his friends and cus tomers through the bars of the debtor room in Ludlow Street Jail. Eugene Molone, of Newport, R. I., is under arrest for causing the death ot his wife. The day after bis wife's confine ment, the inhuman husband came home drunk, turned the nurse out of the room and dragged his wife out of bed and beat her severely, from the effects of which she died the following night. A glowing feeling is manifestly settling down upon th.e people of Kurone. The Governments with Greenland at the head, are arming and drilling the people, with a view to impending war. The trouble brings on the conquests made by Germany, and the retention of conquered territory will evidently involve new wars and terrific slaughter. The Chicago Tribvnt justifies the mili tary interference in Lorisiana on the ground that the squad of soldiers was so small, ''only fifteen in all." This is very much like the excuse which the girl gave for her baby, when railed to account for its unexpected presence. She said it was such a very small baby that there could be no great harm in it. An exchange says croup can bo cured in one minute, and the remedy is simply alum and sugar. The w ay to accomplish the deed is to take a knifo or grater and shave off in small particles about a teaspoon ful of alum ; then mix it with twice its quantity of sugar to make it palatable, and administer it as quickly as possible. Al most instantaneous relief will follow. Gold lias been found in Upper Georgia in large quantities. Rumors hive been afloat several days concorning a new mine of immense richness w hore many lumps in a pure state had been picked up on the surface, varying from thirty to forty penny weights. It is within an hour's ride of Chattanooga, and miners say its riches promise to eclipse anything on the conti nent. The Trustees of the Public Library of Kentucky have appointed C. M. Briggs, Esq.. to fill tho place made vacant by the death of Gov. Bramlette as manager of the fifth and last gift concert. They also de termined, by a unanimous resolution, that there should be no further postponement, but that this drawing shall positively come olf on the 27th of February, as heretofore announced. All ootid uetors on through tiains on the Pei.nsvl vania railroad barn an assistant to take up the tickets m order fsays the oompanyl to allow the oonductor more time to attend to running the train. This has been found necessary on account of the extra duties imposed by the adoption of the "block-system" of running trains by telegraph. The same plan will be adopted on some of the local trains. On Wednesday morning Mr. O. W. Church, of Cambridge boro, Craw ford co., had his aim oattght in a eircul.ir saw, the effect of which w as to cause him to fall for ward, his head striking the saw in such a manner as to saw off the left side of tbe head, taking the left eye, left ear and nose and leaving the brain exposed over the left eye. He was still living on Wednesday evening, but apparently suffering iutense agouy. The tyrannical course.f B'smarck is beooming still more intolerable, and makes hitn the object of general execration among a larga portion of even German subjects. The seizure of a R'man Catholic seminary by the Prussion authorities and the severe punishment of (he bishop and clergy of the diocese, will add still more toth hatred felt for Bismarck. He is making martyrs of his opponents, and martyrdom never fiils to strengthen the cause iu in which it is endured. A deed of Smutty Nose Island, off New Hainpehire, dated 1736, conveying the island to the British government for tfceif nee fotever, has just been diacov- re 1. WhiJe Sarah Clark and Julia Thomson of Omaha were engaged in kicking at a mark in a barn the other day. their feet at the same instant caught under a board that spiang away from the beam to which it w nailed, and thore they were obliged to stand until their cries brought help. Ths board that held them waa five feet seven inches from the floor, and old Omaha sports say that not a man in the State could kick higher. Peter fppmau, ITenry Galtney, Jerry Uolmes and Joseph Samnis, the two lat ter colored, went out on Canassie Bay, L. I., on Saturday, Jan. 9th, to rake for clams. They failed to return and search was made for them on Wednesday, when the two colored men were found frozen to death on a sand-bar. The other two were found alive in an old bouse on a small is land, with their feet aud hands frozen and nearlv starved to death. Tweed is now subjected to regular prison treatment, sleeping in a cell, mare h ing to his meals with the rest of the pris oners, and only favoied in the amount and character of weik required of him. Mr. Tweed has lately met with an accident which cost her an eye. Her youngest sou exploded a percussion eap close to ber face. A piece of the metal struck ber eye ; the wound neglected, suppuration set in, and the eye had to be cut out to save the o her. A Boston "merchant" failed lately, owing over $20,000, when a committee of creditors waited upon him to invest gate his affairs. In reply ta their reques; for bis books and pnpers, they were poitely i informed that he bad never kept any bwka. i but if they desired he could easily funish a list irom memory a statement vnicii afterwards proved to be true. It wai also proved to the satisfaction of tbe comnittee that the debtor had proved to be a better collector than any of his creditors. The London Timet of the IStfi says editorially : In the gloom surrounSng us one thing is perceptible all are a-ming ! Germany is arming en mat$. Tie sur rounding nations, including the twst part of the world, cannot dootherwise. Momen tary dreams of peace have fled ; Germany recognizes the stern necessity, hat she has won by arms, she can only hold by arms, and with arms in hand ! Tte Time confesses that Germany cannot: raise a thiid army. Her hopes are in her navy. It is related that a few days lince one of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's gentleman ly conductors was attracted by t lie remark able resemblance of a child in the arms of a lady passenger to the hst Charlie Ro6a. The longer he l-xked at tbe chihlthe surer he was that he was on the verge of obtain ing that offered reward. The lady noticing tho staring glance of the conductor, con jectured his meaning, and said : "If you aie looking foi those $20,000, I will te'.l you that this Charlie Ross is a girl." Exit conductor iu great haste. Miss Sarah Peirce. of Sprinefield, was taught by her father, who was a capmaker, to make women's aud children's slippers. Six years ago the man i d and went to Kansas with her husband, who kad consid erable property there. The man tcitne dissipated, lost all his piopertj, and was finally sent to an asylum for incurable iu rane. And now comes the moral. The woman, having a good trade, weut to work at it, and for a year past has supported herself and two children and saved money enough to pay a quarter of the value of a comfortable house that the inirthAiei on credit. A nondescript flat fhh, half fcbar' half ray, eight inches long, five wide aud one and one-sixteenth thick, Jia been found on the San Paulo (Brazil) coast, among rocks constantly bathed by the sea. It lives on tho sea urchins (echinida;). att c them and breaks off their spines wi;h a bony beak, and when tbey are disr.rraed devours their flesh among the roeks secur ing itself while doing so i:i a crevice by means of two strong fins fortified by brny plates from the shouldertv. Its back is rough aud covered with spines. It appe-a's altogether unknown to science, but as it looks very much like a bat the fisLermeu call it a sea bat. Francis E. Kernan, who was nomina ted for election to the United States Sen ate by the Democratic members of the New York Legislature, aid sho has undoubt edly been chosen, is a lawyer of good repu tation, a gentleman of integrity and cul ture, and one of the most promineut Cath olic laymen in the country. He has been something of a politician for many yeaif. having served in the Stste Lcgislatuie, itt the Constitutional Convention of 1SC7, ai.d in the Thii ty-cighth Congress. He was a candidate for election as Governor of New Yoik in the Greeley campaign, and r a defeated by Gov. Dix. It was sa d at it time that his religion associations were made a ground of oifc-use against him. Two young ladies and gentlemen, of Ulster eoun'y, New York, put themselves in a situation one evening last week that they now feel sorry f r. A ball w as held, at which there was a large altendauce of young people of the neighborhood. Dus ring the festivities somebody proposed that they should have a marriage, so the young couples to carry mi the sport, stepped for ward before a dignified gentleman who speedily pronounced them man and wife. Since it has been discovered this gentleman is a justice of the peace, the young couples are very much disturbed in their mind". One young lady is reported to have spnt tho whole of the next day iu crying, her grief being intensified by the fact that she is engaged to anotler gt n lemau. G. W. Allery, who was charged with committing a rape on a little girl nine years old, nearUrbana, Ohio, Tuesday, 12th iut., was banged cm Saturday morning hist, by a mob of about forty mtsked men, wh went to tbe jail, raptured and bouud tho guards battered dwn the doors took tin prisoner out, aud after givi g hitn a few minutes tu pray, hanged hi in to a tiee in front of the court house. A huge crowd gathered ou the scene, but the lyr.chei had posied a strong guard, aud the feeble efforts made to iuterfere with them were unsuccessful. After all signs of life had ceased ia the suspended man, the Ij-nchers quietly dispersed, but the body hung an hour before it was removed by tue coioner. j Public opinion :s decidedly in favor of the i lyuchers. The little girl is in a shocking condition, aixl it is thought canuot recover. A full account of ihe confession ef Geo. Peters of Annville, Lebanon couuty, who murdered his wif j sixteeu yeais g-, aud bis voluntary hurrender to tbe sheiuf. was published not long since. An indict ment was soon after prepared by the l'i triet Attorney chaigmg Peters with man slaughter, assault with ittent to kill. at:. I an aggravated akvvult. The grand jury ignond the count charging manslaughter and the com mon wealth went totrial no Cue remaining c. units. Mr. John Waid. t!; first and only witness called, te-ilitied tht helivedat Annvilh. Lebanon county ; knew Peters who was ni.inn d to his sister, ajJ that Peters hved half a squire fio:n hi ! idouce in Auuville. On being akt d when his sister died, he answered on the 27ihof January, 1R. w bile tlm indictment ua'nJ Jauuary 1, 1S5S, as the d.iy. Judge Hen derson bre interrupted further proceed ings by deciding that the prisoner ktood indicted for an oifence committed tn;e than six years ag an t as it did not ." within the provision of the law bearin; th i-A-e, he instructed, the jury to tiuu veidiet of n-jt guilty, which wai OCCJtilin ly dMC.
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