J Mr.
THE cpBjijjgHjji
EBENSOUflC, PA.,
Fiila) iMoriiin:- -Jane 18, 1S75..
The "ratifying statement is received i
hat the miners' strike is ended at last, j
The striker are reported to have tin
conditionally surrendered, and work is
to be resumed at "an early day through-
out the whole N yonnng valley, it
has been a long ami Irtttercontcst, and, ;
in the langtra1 of the 'Pittsburgh (7a-;
2ctt. we are- t; ratified, as much on the j
miners' an the iK.rators.' account, that i
it is enueo.
The Altoona Mirror of Tuesday
t.hut Hun. Cvrus L. I'ershitiy;,
in conversation with aVominent Dem-
ocratic .politician of this place, one
dav last week, when asked about his
candidacy. for the Governorship, said:
"'It have not been consulted in the
matter.' - My. personal inclinations
would best be served by remaining in
my present position ; but personal in-
Urests musC at tinn. give waytO;the
demands of . too. people." lliata Uie
right kind of talk from the right kind
of a mm. an I we tmst that the de-
laands of the people will be sucn as ;
to require a sacrifice of Mr. I . I per- ,
sonal interest for the sake of the pub
lie interes s of his fellow citizens.
Ow Tuesday last, at Albany, the
last, at
New York Court of appeals, the high- ;
et Court in the State, leverseil the
judgment against William M. Tweed,
who was convicted and sentenced to,
the I'eiiiteutiaiy for thirteen years in ;
Novemler. This action of the !
Court prHliu'fd a profound sensation j
throughout the city. A"civil suit has j
very recently been instituted against
Tweed and others by the city of New !
York, to recover several millions of
dollars which it is alleged they obtained
from the treasury by fraud. A sura- j
mons will be served on him in that
proceeding the moment he crosses the ;
threslihold of the pent'tentiary, and ;
unless he is able to furnish the amount j
of bail required for his appearance at j
its trial lie will once more be commit
ted to prison.
The potato bug, remarks an ex f
change, is not the only pest the farm-!
eis of Western Pcnr.sylvania have to ;
fight this year ; the cut-worm ia e x- j
ceedmgly abundant, and is destroying
trie young corn as iat as it comes up,
being more thnn tisually destructive
Tomatoes, cabbages and other young i
plnnts are also attacked by it. Large
fields of corn, planted iu May, liaiej
row to be replanted, and, fortunately,
it is net yet too late to do that. Cut !
worms have been present in the soil of j
this region from time immemorial, so'
that this ts no new visitation; but they
seem to Ik; about ten times more nu
merous this year than formerly. As
they burrow in the ground, and come
up t feed mainly, in. the night, it isj
bard to get at thein, and there is no
application known of at present that
will insure their destruction - Many j
farmer would be glad, j.i-t now, td
kiiuw oi su.net. ... a-, iutu. to . . ..
as Paris green is to the potato bug.
Radical rule is a costly luxury.
In 1860 the federal government cost
the people $0,000,000 annually, which
was two elolhirs per head In 1870
the ordinary expenses of government,
excluding interestonthe national debt,
were $164. 42 1,00(1. State and local
taxation have swelled in acorrepond
irg ratio. In 18C0 two dulkrs per
head, for the entire population, covered
the whole sum of taxation other than i
the indirect levies of the federal gov-1
ernment. After ten j-ears of Radical I
administration the cost reached seven
;IoIlars per head. . Abating ten per j
cent, fot the difference lietween the;
money current in I860 and that cur-j
rent in 1870, government, as now
maintained, ctts double what it did
before it wai committed to radical
hands. If we add to the amount of (
expenses incurred for the ordinary ;
purposes of government the yearly :
Interest on the national debt it makes
a grand total of over fourteen dollars
per head, in 18C9, against five dollars
per head, in 18G0.
Is accordance with Grant's annual
custom, the executive oflice of' the
government is now. and for several
months to come will continue to be at
Iong IJranch, New Jersey. Red
Cloud, Spotted Tail, and theother In
dian chiefs who had gone to Washing
ton at the request of the government
to settle businessof inipoitauceto their
people, were handed over to the tender
mercies of Delano and Smith," Com
missioners ol Indian AHairs, and the
...w.-. , mm, 1. 1 jiauji, ami t.ii; i uisourgii ; ijeorge Scott, ot Cata
sident, having relinquishel his du- wissa, and Foster Wilson Mitchell, of
abandons the weighty .affairs of Franklin. Mr. Scott is President of
Pre
tis
administration to his subordinates.
The duties of the Presidential oflice
are now discharged through the agency"
of the telegraph, and not by personal
supervision, as it) the plain, old fas Ii
ioned times before (Jrant owned a cot
tage at the sea shore. lie is paid -fifty
thousand dollars a year to stay at -Washington
and see that the affairs of
the nation arc properly conducted, but
he refuses to do sd, and complains that
it was a great sacrifice on his part to
take up his' residence in the White
JIousc It will he the bnsincs3 of the
Democratic party r.ext year to nomi-j
nate ami elect a President who will
fully appreciate the responsibilities of.
his office, and who, instead of deserting
his post of duly, will remain at the
peat of government and attend to the
business of the pcoj Je, as he was elect
ed to do. The countjy would not
quietly submit to a repetition of
jrant's exceptional conduct' , in . this
xeseet. I
'- TtfK name of ex-Governor JVilHam
Pigler has been frequently And ;f - f -
ably, mentioned in connection with the
Democratic nomination, for Governor
bv the Democratic. State Convention-.
r Bigler e.-joys theeoafidenee
artiu thfsWe in "T
Governor
oi hid p
! eminent decree, not o;ily for the ir.-I
p,rr;t v ;
and patriotism which marked
.lUcharrrp of dntv when he tilled
the chief executive office of the State,
i iu
more thnn twenty years ago, but also
for his fiira. able and consistent sup
port of Democratic principles ever
since. In the following letter to Dr.
Wilson, of Ciearficld. he declines in
nnnit.iv lTwua?e to be considered a
cauxiidate
l' o o
6t. Nicholas Hotf.l, New York, )
Jane 4, 1873. f
To Dr. R. 1" Wilnon, Clearfield, Pa.
Mr Dear Sin : I am in possession of
yurs f the 2d, and have made special
note of what you sav therein atKnit the
Centeuuial celebration . aud about State
politics, and bftvc t.) say in reply, that it is
uniiecesiwry to discuss the Gubernatorial
question, so f.ar as relates to myself, for I
am not a candidate for the noniinalionaiid
fjnnut h induced to become one. . .It is
the f
now almost twentv-four vears since
....U .f lV,iivtv:iiii.iHeli-red me to fill
(.1, and h ble-office, as tbeydid, f
another trust of eqval dist Suction and
honor, and it must not be uiulerstood that
I extect or desire them, at tins late penou
. hf to m 8elect me frtr the q
bcinatorial chair. So for from this it gives
me real pleasuie to withdraw my name
from the canvas and to concede the com
ing opportunity to the younger men of my
party,, who aie able and willing U enduie
the toil and excitement incident to a po-
litical campaign,
feel f'
Beside, I should not
me months to come, to
leave the Onteunial work, in which I arn
now constantly engaged, and when I do so,
I hope it may be to return to ray family
and friends at Clearfield.. ' .
With sincere respect, I remain yonr obe
dient servant, Wim.iaX Bioler.
A lib ei. svit was tried last week in
a Pittsburgh court,' in which Wm.'D.
Moore was plaintiff and the editors of
the Post were 'defendants. The ground
of the action was an article published
in the Post, in February, 1874, in which
Moore, who was then Chairman of the
Democratic County Committee, was
charged with abandoning his trust as
chairman and being a traitor to his
party. The trial ot the case occupied
several days, and on Saturday last the
jury rendered ;a verdict of $10,000
flomi rrfa Fi ir t tif t A i 1 n 1 5 f r 1 1 o 'o nn
f1 ouUelb at Wm. D. Moore, who is a
hnv was-eVon more astonished at
the"verdict than the defendants. A
molion wag- ma(le by the defendants'
counsel for a new trial for soveral rea-
Drilu.il)Je one Mn the ex-
cessive amount of damages. That
they arc excessive and outrageous, is
the expression of the entire news-paper
press of Pittsburgh and elsewhere, rnd
we think eveiy intelligent man will say
the same. We are decidedly of the
opinion that in no possible case can a
a a cj
nrnminnnf Yt 1 1 1 1 r t o rf nntr i.n -f i-
' ... p .... PittRblirirll or in nv
r.rt of the world, sutTor the loss of ten
thousand dollars' worth of reputation
ry the publication of a newspaper ar
ticle, for the plain reason that not one
of them posesses a titbe of that much
of it. If this verdict is permitted to
6tan(1 5t wiH be R most tl fferons,
f(jr th(n cverv 1)rom:IH,nt ' u
-an w;j, bfi amhitious of !)ei.omjn
Chairman of the County Committee of
Am party, just to ascertain how much
money he can get at the hands of a
jury for what he may regard as a
damaged character. It will lie glo
rious fun for Chairmen of Committees,
but death to the editors of newspapers
generally. :
The California Republican Conven
tion, presided over by Senator Sar
geant, one of the most active instru
ments of the administration plunderers,
indorsed Grant's letter to Harry
White, as an effectual quietus to "the
third term slanders." We don't see
how. There is nothing in that letter
that negatives the charge that Grant
is a candidate ; but, on the contrary,
read from an administration stand
point, it is a direct bid for. a third
term. ' We have no doubt the Califor
nia olDce-holders are working in that
; interest, with Sargeant at their head.
' If Mr. Russell Ktrett had got out as
far as San Francisco, the Pittsburgh
Pott thinks that things might have
been different, but he stopped short
! at Columbus. If Grant is nominated
it will be by the votes of the negroes
( and carpet-baggers, and such Northern
States as California. Nevada. Nebras
ka. 'ami others wheie the oflice-holding
lnuueuce is paramount. :. , ... - r
! Im accordance with. the fifth section
! of the act of April 12, 1375, the G
' ernor, Friday, appointed the following
gentlemen as a State Hoard of Centen
nial Managers: Morton;McMicheal, of:
. 1 Inladelphia : Andrew G. Curtin, of j Pe'sn or the one in question, but was un
Rellefonte; J. 11. Shoenbergcr, of I ab.,e to ""H'bsh his puipose upon the
Pittsburgh; George Scott, of Cata-
the Slate Agricultural Society. The !
act provides for the selection of five
of the State who are familiar with its:
resources, arts, products,' history; and
capabilitiesand who shall constitute
a Stute Roard to act with the United
States Centennial Commission and the
Commissioner and Alternate for Penn
sylvania. Hon. Dc J.-Motrell is the
United States Commissioner, and
Hon. Asa Packer the Alternate for
this State.
. Tub name of Hon. Cyrus L. Persh
ing, says the Pottsville Keening Chron
icle, is. being useel by newspapers all
over the State in connection with the
gubernatorial nomination, the univer
sal' opiaion." of the journalists lieing
tbat he is a man that can be elected,
ne certainly can be elected, and will
make such a governor as Pennsylvan
ia never had. Lut which she "wants
very badly a Tilden-Uke man.
I
' Struck by an Iceberg.
' OF THE BTKAMship vicksbcr d
CHEAT LOeS Ot
f v;.I'.ftmn drifting lo boat were
lacked up lately by the State of Georgia
JK
remnant of the crew of
the yt&ZCi
7urg of the Dominion ; the story
of its low they tell in the following log :
We Yl Jln ?oM I and right m
ciew of sixty men all tola, anu eignt, mi
..noe. five gentlemen and tbfc
S
sa
loon naencers hve gentlemen anu mree
ladies and about twenty in the steerage,
of whom four were females. The weather
was tine until 9 o'clock on Sunday evemug,
hen we fell in with a field of ice ai.d weitS
sm-rnmirip.l bv it. Hie ship was ,
Ktorocd till davlicht, e proccenea:w iirewwo- i n.ifit! - .
: :.k in icht. v ! Alone, intho afiernoon I remember hearing
rr a ttl
At y:lU a. m-, an nanus wcic tancu w
shorten sail, the ship was stopped among
heavy ice and headed to the south, -when
we proceeded at foil speed to get clear of
the ice. At 12 o'clock, at half speed, we
stiuck the ice. . .
' The engine was immediately reversed.
The ship struck headed aft on port quarter,
carrying away the fans of the- propeller,
and a hole was knocked through; the plates
eu that quarter, . through w hich came a
frrcat deal of water. . We got sail over and
topp-d the hole up bo that but little water
" . .
"Vhfd TToimdZrHnd
nivsclf were taken from the cargo to clear
.tway the boats. ThiV was about 6 o'clock,
a. ni., Tuesday, Jun 1." The eaptaitr or
dered the forward wells to be sounded -and
six inches of. water were found, the after
steerage then being full of watci. The
main-hold wells were then sounded and
five feet and a half of water found. '
The captain called me on the bridge and
told me not to mind the boats, and then
called evei j body aft and told them to baye
no fears as he conld take the ship to St.
Johns, N. F. It was t4en discovered that
the tires in lle engine-room were drowned
ut. The captain then gave orders to
lain ch the boats w ith their respectiveciewR,
and told them to mind that the distance
from St. Jhns was 120 miles N. W. I
proceeded to launch No... 1, which was my
boat, and it was capsized in low ering, los
ing chronometer, watch, charts, rudder,
and part of the provisions. She w as full of
water.' O'Brien and I partly bailed her
out, when Urogau, Williamson and Wil
liams jumped in
V .v.nl.l n.t bantr on to the shSti owintr
to the sea on and the ice about. O'Brien j
saw the e:ii,tin on the bridue. beckouinsr '.
he boat back, we having diitied about 120
yards from the ship. We saw the second
officer's boat lowered, all clear, with nine,
hands and himself in her. She came round
the bow, and pulled to the windward about
sixty yards.
The ship sunk about 10 o'clock, float
ing boat No. 2 from her checks, with the
chief officer and about thiity people in her.
She got clear and pulled to the windward.
O'Brien, after the ship weutdown, saw the
captain and some person floating on a bale
of hay amongst the witckage. We tried
all we could to pick thorn np, but owing V
the boat being half full of water, and the
ice about, were not able to do so.
We shipped our mat, kept company
with the other boats about two hours and
then lost sight of them to the westward.
We decided then to steer clear of the ice,
heave the boat to with an oar and backed
as a drag till daylight on Wednesday morn
ing. We had in the boat about three gal
lons of water, forty pounds of raw beef,
fourteen pounds of bread wet with salt
water and a compass which did not fallout
when the boat capsized. Vgain wc put
sail on the boat and steered south, the
wind blowing from the northward and
wcstwaid .all throughout the scene
was bitteily cold. About 4 p. m.
and !
we i
hauled the boaL's head to the northeast till i
Thursday morning, then tacked to the i
westward till about 3 p. in., again laid to, f
with a el rag, till 9 o'clock in the evening,
when we took in the drag aud made sail,
and stood to northeast till Friday morning.
At daylight we tacked to the southwest till
midnight, tacked again to nort.lieast till
Saturday morning.- when, about half-past
ten, we sighted the State of Georgia, and
we got out y lie oars and pulled away dead
to windward till she picked us up. I think
that forty odd people, with the captain,
wer.t down with the ship.
til,..- . . j.
e nan oiai.Kets in our uoats tor tne i
three !adies and stewardness, which were j
iost. n nen tne ooai capsized, we saw no
ladies in the chiefs or second officer's
boat.
Sr. Johns, June 14, 1875. The survi
vors of the Vicksburg disaster who reached
heie on Sat m day report that six boats wero
lowered from the Vicksburg. Two were
capsized alongside one or two hours after
leaving the vessel, and their own was picked
up. O.ie of the two Ix.ats unaccounted for
was doubtless that containing the five men
who ai rived at New York. The Captain
and officers are said to have behaved well,
but the seamen acted badly. The Captain
and women went down with the vessek
Another vessel has sailed to search for the
missing boat. . .
Anothkr Dastardly Askaut.t on a
Yoi NoGiKL A Baltimore mnmintr pnper
of Tuesday mjs that on the day previous '
consideiahle :ntei st was excited in one of
the leading hotels by the rumor which was
being floated about to the effect that a se
rious assault Jiad been committed ori the
person of a little girl, aged about fourteen
years, by one of ihe employees of the es
tablishment. Despite the earnest endeavors of those
interested, the, story spread rapidly, which
eooti led to the discovery of the tine facts.
From these it appears that one of the srew-'a'Y-ds
of the house, named Thomas Foster,
about twenty-three years of age, on Sunday
succeeded,' by a series of artifices, it: entic
ing two young girls into hi r.oom, both of
wnom were also emnloved m tl. liil
While there he is said to'have assaulted the
" . il. L ..T'T 77"? 1 '
was about to effect the at ret of Foster,
when it was found that he hsid left the citv.
a,K' r'"'n information gained it is believed
,e'B,now ' Philadelphia. The con-
Eutaw house.
A novel riding nrntch of fifty miles took
place between Neil Mowrey and J. P.
Smith, at San Francisco, recently, for $1,
000 a side, with the conditions that each
man should have ten hoi sua, and be com
pelled to change horses, or mount and dis
mount, iu each mile. Of the two, Mowrey
exhibited greater strength and activity,
and as an crert in the mode of mounting
and dismounting, is by far Smith's superior.
An evidence of this was clearly perceptible
in the fact that he gained on an average
not. loss than two seconds at every change.
His style was that f throwing himself
from the saddle by a spring from his seat,
and in mounting to spring from the ground,
assisted by the bom of the saddle, and
catch his seat w hile the horse was frequent
ly under full headway. In the first fifteen
miles Smith was chiefly ahead, but Mowrey
finally won by about sixteen seconds, iu
two hours and two minutes. Thequickest
mile was made in two minutes aud four
seconds. . '
27k Beecher Scandal. -.
A STRANGE STORY TOtD BT 'A- JIBt TORK
PAPKU ALI-E6BIF0 AOA1K8T .V
. MR. BKECHKR. , :... - - 1 ; "
The New York Herald of Monday had a
long sensational article giving some alleged
additional evidence of Mr. Beccher's guilt
The article has a decidedly. dubious look.
After giving the evidence of a diuggist
who says that he sold Prnssic acid to Mi.
Ueccher iu May, 1871, tlie lUrald pub
lishes a statement of an tiphoMerer who,
wasengjicjed in Mr. Tilton's bouse in Oc- ,
tober, 1809. This statement we condense j
as follows :
Iu the fall of I860, in the month of Octo
ber, I was engaja-a oj a man name.ii nee
U assisi mill in l)is kii:v iu me i
the front door bell ring. Price and myself
were thn finishing work on the hall stairs.
Mrs. Tilton answered the door herself, -and
; left in an elderly-looking man. As soon as
the door was closed this man seized hold of
j Mrs. Tilton. and clasped bis arms mound
ber waist, drew her to him and kissed her,
j and she returned it. In fact, he raised her
I off her feet dining the operatiou and pressed
! her body close to his own. ,.
The two, after this fuse salute, walked
Hnto the parlor. I asked Price if he knew
who the man was. ami lie saut "ics, mat
is Beecher, the preacher." I remarked,
"They, are a pretty loving couple. I guess,
Did yon see how he lifted her up and
pressed hertohini ?" Pi ice said, "Yes, and
I gne I'll take a peep and ee what they
are doing." WheieiqxMi he went through
into the room at the end of thi hall.. In a
moment he' came back to me and told me
that he had been looking through the key
hole of the door dividing the front pailor
from the library, and had seen Mr.. Beech
er on the sofa with Mrs. 1 iltoii iu a
vejy
questionable position.
I had left my hat and some of my tools
on the mantelpiece of the room w here
Beecher was, and I said to Price, "I have a
good mind to go in theie suddenly and get
my thingsthat I left, there." He "dared me
to do it, aud I said I would go in. With
that I went across the hallway, opened the
door, and walked to the mantle and took
my tools. As 1 walked across the room,
when I went in. I saw no one, but just as I J to be .incapable of doing anj thing to save ; The succeeding day they bad all been de
trot to the mantel I heard a rustle. I turn-I themselves, and in this manner some sev- stroved but three. The cut worm bad
ed round to walk out when I saw Mr
Beecher, as it were, just rising from tne
floor with one hard on th, end of the
lounge, and moving away from Mrs. Til-
ton, who was sitting or reclining on it.
Mr. Beecher was directly in front of her.
I drew my own conclusions, Lut said noth-
ing until I got outside in the hall, where I
left Price looking in through the crack of
the door. I then told him what I had seen,
and he said he saw Mr. Beecher, as I went
in, kneeling iu front of Mrs. Tilton, and
j that when I disturbed them he had risen
from that, position. W hat took place af
ter that I do not know, for we left for
borne.
After leaving the man who gave the in
formation contained in the foregoing state
ment an effort was mace to find out the
man Price. The right man was finally
discovered to be .Ii.hn J. Price, an uphol
sterer, employed in Wilmore & Boyden's
carpet store. No. 55 West Thirty-third
street. New York city. He, like the other,
however, when sioken to on the subject
I appeared to be scared almost to death that
his acquaintance with any facts pertinent
to the great trial should have leaked out.
Being finally satisfied that the whole
story had been told he seemed inclined to
be more communicative. He stated that
the facts related above in reference to the
scene, and the acts which he saw in the
parlor while peeping through the keyhole
of the libiary door, as well as while his
fellow worker went in for his hat and tools.
were correct. When asked to come out in
a straigntiorwara manner wii n a ciear, inn
ad decided statement he declined to do so,
saying that it was nothing in his jxinket to
tell what he knew, but that be might get
j into trouu:e, anu persisted in saying mar
j foi the present he would say no more. He
slated, nevertheless, that if called i'lto
I court and placed upon the witness stand he
l would tell all be knew.
A Strange Story. Enoch Arden Out
done. A curious incident is repotted in the
American papers. About ten years ago a
Jew in stiaitenen circumstances left. Trail-,
sylvania for America, to improve hi posi-
,u v vv-.n
He left a wife and
and promised that
children behind
! as soon as it as within his means lie would
send them some money from America.
There fortune smiled on him, and when he
j had amass d a fortune of 00.000 florins he
f resolved to return home and surprise his
family with bis wealth, lie started with
! out having apprised his family of his in
tended return, and on his way home he
arrived at Hamburg, where lie was seized
with so dangerous an illness that ho made
a wdl bequeathing all his property to his
wife. He recovered, however, ouly to find
that during his illness his money had been
stolen from him by a man who had nursed
him. A few benevolent persons, sympathi
zing with his misfortunes, collected alxnit
one hundred florins, wherewith the nn for
tunate Jew resolved to return to America
iu order to retrieve his fortunes. In the
meanwhile the nurse hai decamped with
lwoty to America, where, shortly after
his arrival, he died suddenly. The Amer
ican authorities sent the coffin, with the
60.000 florins, to Transylvania, ant', as the
will was found in the coffin, the authorities
at the same time acquainted the relatives
with the death of the testator. After the
usual period of mourning, the wife con
tracted a second marriage. The fiist hus-
i band had, however, again saved a consider
J able sum of money, and eventually returned
; to his native country to find his wiro mar-
l ied to another man. The event has caused
a great sensation Sn the neighborhood, and
it is stated that a conference of rabbis is
about to be held to determine to which of
p the two husbands the woman belongs.
L Jewish World. ' '
At noon on Sunday a fire started in a
distillate tank of the Brilliant Oil Works,
owned by Lockhart & Frew, seven miles
north of Pittsburgh. The tank contained
20,000 barrels of oil ready for refining. In
les than five minutes the tank was en
veloped in flames which communicated
with another tank containing about 20,000
barrels of crude oil. The two tanks ex
ploded at 7 P. m ., and the burning oil was
scattered in all directions, setting fire" to a
warehouse aud a large barrel house con
taining several thousand empty barrels,
both of which were dest toyed. The fire
also communicated to two other tanks of
oil, which, with one tank of benzine and
two ot tar, were dest royed.
The tel...r,o,.i,
. : 'T, !"
noes were ourned d wn. It is estimated
that the loss will reach $150,000: insurance
$95,000.
-A thrilling incident occurred recently i
at the copper mine near Villa Hica, Geor- '.
gia. Several miners had been engaged in
clearing out a deep shaft, by blasting when
one or them placed a lighted time-fuse in
the blast-hole, and wait being drawn out. of
the shaft by a windlass when the running
ger got out of order ami refused to work.
A minute's delay would have ended the
miner's existence, but with great presence
of mind he leaped to the Wt torn of the
shaft, some twenty feet, and snatched the
burning fuse from its place. He had bceu
literally within one minute of death.
JL Terrible Iisaster.
THK TATAt COI.L18ION IN THR CDIHA SEAS.
. . , - - r
Papers Teceived by the China mail bring
nart icnlars of the collision which occurred
un Sunday, the 4th nf-April, between the
China Coast Steam Navigation tympany S
steamer Ocean and the nina .nereii.iuv
Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Fusing, en the voyage between Shaghai
and Tientsin. The Fusing sank immedi
ately, and fifty-five of those on boaid were
drowned. The North China Daily News
says :
'The weather was calm at the time, but
a dense fog prevailed, and the sea was
rising in a heavy though, unbroken swell.
Ther Fusing Was going almost dead slow,
when suddenly tlie sound of a steam whis
tle was heard, and .almost as suddenly was
seen the form of a large vessel bearing
dead on to'her. 'The order was given to
back stern at full speed, but before the
effect of the engines could be well felt tlie
stranger, vessel .struck the Fusing just
about the fore-rigging, and such was the
force of the blow that the whole of her force
compartment was cut completely asunder.
The scet'.e that then ensued was dreadful.
The Fusing had about 12.1 people, includ
ing passengers, on board, aud almost be
fore a boat could be. launched fche went
down head foremruist. Many of the people
were iu the forecastle, some asleep, and as
6he dived into the sea some of the poor
people Were seen running along her decks
to avoid the watrs that were rushing after
them. Fortunately, at least in this in
stance, she had some deck cargo, consist
ing of spurs of wood, and these fl.tating
as she sank were the means of salvation to
a goodly number of the people on board.
Captain Andrews managed to get one boat
afloat, and into this wore soon crammed
about twenty-six of the passengers and
i crew ; and, toine honor ot those on ooara
i the Ocean be it said, that vessel stopped
her engines, stood by, and, lowering ber
boats, saved about thirty more of tba un- ,
! foi tnnates, who by this time were either j
j floating in the warcr or on the spars wash- ;
ed from the deck 'f the Fusing. Still, ;
there were manyn-hom it was impossible j
j to save. Some were either killed in the ,
i forecastle by being crushed by the bows of i
: me uccun, or weie so uieaiuuuv uijuieo as
enty or more found a watery grave. The
Ocean herself received such severe injury i
. , i . i . i i ...
mar nau ine weainer oeen in any ugiee
rough, it is more than probable she would
not have lived to reach port. As it was,
a huge hole was knocked in her bows, and
her fore compai tment was filled with water,
but- luckily the bulkhead stood firm, and
so another catastrophe was prevented.
The sad affair happened about 120 miles
north of Shaweishan Island. Favored w ith
continued calm weather, the Ocean reach-
ed Woosung befme the gale of Monday
night came fin, or, it is believed by those
on board, she must have sunk, and there
fore the tale of disaster could not have
been told."
EMtTiKvi ARr-s in Asia Minor. The
Levant ilttrald of the 1 Ot ! of Mnv savs
that the earthquakes in various pr.its of
Asia .Minor on t he w, 41 n ana Oth ot May,
were more severely fatal than the accounts .
hitherto received justilied it. in supposing
"Accoiding to the Broussa official journal,""
ados the Levant Herald, "the destruction
of life and property in some of the inland
divisions of that province was considerable. J
The village of Sheikli, in the district of
Kara-Hassan, had, out of 320 houses 200
leveled with the ground, anil 100 so much
shattered as to become uninhabitable.
Thirty-one persons were killed outright in
this village, and seventeen more or less in
jured. At Tchoril 2S5 dwellings were des
troyed out of 300 ; 130 people were killed
and 170 wounded. Other villages, not
mentioned by the Turkish journal, suffer
ed iu proportion.. The town of Kutabia
was severely visited, but, happily, the
earthquake was there not accompanied by
any loss of life. The total number of lives
lost in the different localities where the
shocks proved destructive is not yet offi
cially known."
The principal residents of Anne Arun
del county, Md., in which the recent out
rage upon Miss Jackson was committed by
the negro Simms, visited Annapolis early
Monday morning, and proceedirg to the
jail, the j-ulor was searched and the keys
found. A large number of the visitors then
went to the cell of the negro Simms, and
finding him chauied, dragged him away
without releasing him from the irons, and
taking him a short distance from the city,
near the railroad track, hung him to a tree.
A large number of citizens visited the place
the same day. The mob was well provided
with pick-axes crow-bars and either in
struments for forcing admission to the jail, .
had they met forcible resistance. The
ngro did not say a word when taken away.
A violent tornado and lightning storm
passed over the northeast part of Quincy,
III., on Monday night, continuing from 8
till 10 o'clock. A large number of houses
were leveled to the ground, and in numer
ous instances severe injuries were sustain
ed. Jtmn Men ne, a brickmaker, was
struck, by falling timbers and killed.
Trains arriving by all the roads reported
the tracks considerably damaged. The
lightning continued till a late hour at night,
though the wind abated. The path of the
tornado Tuesday mnruing presented a sad
scene of wreck. The damage to houses
and bams is est imated at $50,000. Several
bridges and oil verts on railroads leading
into the city were washed away.
A pi o found sensation was created
among the meicantile community of New
York Thursday by the'aiiuouucement that
! the great dry goods firm of H. B. Claflin &
I Co. had been indicted by the grand jury
j of the United States circuit couri for buy-
ing, concealing and selling smuggle! silks
e.e. i acre are iniee indictments in all.
The aggregate amount of smuggled goods
received by the linn amounts to upwards
of $1,000,000. Indictments have also been
found against the well-known auction firm
of Fiel.t, Morris & Fenner, for receiving
and concealing upwards of $600,000 worth
of smuggled silks during 1874.
The Provincial Court at Vienna, Aus
tria, on Tuesday last acauitted WViwunrpr
of the charge of attempting to defraud
Fat her General Becx. In the course of the
tti,il WeisRinger declared that he was an
j adnerent of -prince -Bismarck and an enemy
of the L'ltranioutanes. His sole intentiou
j -was to alh.ie the Jesuits to acquiesce in an
, ' u.BiumcK, anu uiereby
. give the latter ivasnu f.
proceedings against the Catholics. Ha
hoped that Bismarck or Schweinitz. the
German omK.,. T J T t
his zeaL ""' ""U1U m lor
m..-.
Captain PEBRT.ofa Maine vessel which
recently arrived from Barbadoes, tella this
rather steep story : When oft' Barbadoes
one bright night iu April, all bauds wero as
tonished by seeing a large meteor rush
through the sky, and strike another meteor
or plauet. The star that . was sti uck im
mediately caught fire, and blazed up with
so bl ight a light as to illuminate the whole
heavens burning brightly from seven o'
cWk, th time it was struck, till miduigbt,
when the flames wero extinguished, leav
ing no trace of the star.
Netve ami rolitical Items.
Mrs. Tilton Is going to commence pro- j feat of shearing 55 sheep
red intra for a divorce, they say.
Thirty-four head of Ayrshire cattle at
Fitchbnrg, Mann., were sold on Wednesday
for $ 2,000. Une cow brougm iu.
News has been received at Havana of
fallible eaiiliouake in New Grenada, it
heinir reported that 1,600 lives were lost. The Springfield Ren,,,!, v,.., I
1 he Upper iitmse oi mo rraiu , ihkh:muiii iveiiey.
Diet has passed the bill withdrawing roaie
crrAiits from the Itimian Catholic clergy.
"Heavy cold rains" fell in California be was itnMilite. Aim!
on Saturday night and Sunday. The. cut
and standing grain was damaged in many
places.
Four editors have consented to run for
Governor on the Democratic ticket. Three
at least are likely to go into a decline before
autumn.
The
Cathlic jubilee procession
Montreal, Canada, on 'Sunday, was partici- questionable iadications Uwt I ,'
pated in by over 20,000 men, women and! been unfaithful to hi.., ,iu.ii i
children.- - : : j Overcome wfUa'aeus f
Ex-Governor Bigler positively declines grace, he immediately ki;!. j
i uecome I'ituuiuaii ii'iv . vm v jj
cratic state convention Tor tne nomination
for governor.
Her two aons, aged respectively 90
and 100 years, recently attended the funeral
of their mother, aged 132 years, at Aca
pwlcV Mexico. ' ? " " . ' ''- ' :. ' r '
' Every business house in Newfield.'N.
Y., burned on Tuesday The disaster was
occasioned by. burglars filing a building
which they bad robbed.
Count Allessaudro Marefoschi, of the
Noble Guard of the Pope aud the bearer of
the zucchetto to Cardinal McCloskey, sailed
for Europe Saturday on bis return home.
Mis. little Cole, of Carroll comity,
Georgia, is 83 yeais of age, and is the
mother of 14 children, the gi and mot her of
91, and great-grandmother of 77; total, 182.
Gold has been discovered in Surry, N.
II., on a small creek that empties into the
Ashuelot river. Persons are also prosect
; ing for a 6ilver mine with indications of
i 6ucoess.
j An iron tank containing 18.000 barrels
' of petroleum was struck by lightning at
; Monterey on Saturday. Part of the oil
: was saved by running it through pipes into
tank cars.
A Lancaster county man a few daj's
ago put in the ground 2,700 tobacco plauts.
been tltere.
Ttn McGel.an, a notorious desperado.
made tainors iv tne trainc enu oi ui
counsel, Hon. C. L. Vallandigham, was as
sassinated in his saloon at Hamilton, Ohio,
Sunday night.
While some school boys in Littleton,
N. H.. were rlavine ball recently, a ball
I l... I 1 1 . ...... . r . -1 n 1 . cn-qllnn, i T i
the air and brought him down as suddenly
as if hit with a bullet.
j Philip Murray was sentenced to be
haneed bv J udge Ewing. at Pittsburgh, on
Saturday, f.H- the murder of James White.
The prisoner received his seutence with
remarkable composure.
In the SnjKjrior Court Monday morn
ing Thomas W. Pijer was indicted for the
murder of the child Mabel H. Young, in
the belfry of the Warren Avenue church,
I Boston, a few Sundays ago.
Talk of official advertising 1 The Na
tional Republican gets $90,000 for publish
ing a list oi me ueanqueni taxpayers oi
I the Distiict of Columbia four times, aud
$73,000 of this is said to be clear p:o.lt
John Bent, lighthouse keeper, Howe
Rayworth, George M. Trenholm and J. C.
liaines merchant of Bay Verte, were
drowned Monday morning while crossing
the strait from Prince Edward's Island.
Ihe grasshoppers are moving north
ward. " Thousands of them passed over
Omaha on Monday, causing a lively con
sternation among the residents ef that
place, but not even alighting for dinner.
A Dansville, N. Y., veteran ef the
war of 1812, Moses George, was shot in the
groin by an Indian in ihe battle ef Chip
pewa, July 5 1815. The other day that
ball was extracted from his thigh by the
veteran himself. ,
A problem in relationship might be i
constructed from the case of Mrs. T. W.
Talmage, of Columbus Ohio, who is a j
granddaughter ef Mrs. Harriet Parke,
who was a niece and adopted daughter of
George Washington.
It is the same story from every section
of Tennessee the wheat crop likely to be
oue of the largest ever harvested ; corn,
cotton and tobacco doing magnificently,
and the farmers in better spirits tbaii at
any time since the war.
A large turtle was recently captured
by a "turtling" vessel, about two hundred
miles from St. Marks Florida, weighing
two hundred Mnnds. The following legend
was discovered carved on his back : "A. J.,
St, Marks, April 9, 1832."
A rattlesnake with thirty-one rattles
was killed a fortuight ago em the Kewean
River, in Tulare county, California. It
measured thirteen feet iu length, and is
said to have been the largest rattlesnake
ever killed on the California coast.
There is shown in the business part ot
Conwayb-jro, S. C, a house, once the bead
quarters of Gen. Marion during his Revo
lutionary campaign en the Great Pedee
River. It is built of cypress and is still iu
au excellent state of preservation.
Little Stella Montz, of Madison, Iud.,
aged 8, on Saturday last went to a drawer
w here a loaded pistol had been carelessly
left, and in taking it out acciden'allv dis
charged it, the. charge taking effect uear
the heart and killing her instantly
A large share of General Shoridan's
wedding feast was steden from the yaid of
Ins tattier-in-law, en the night of the wed
ding, but the guests were none the wiser
when they sat down to a second supply,
somewhat later than had lieen intended.
The champion grasshopper story cornea
from Brown county. Kan., where the insects
fly in flocks so thick that the farmers have
to plough with the aid of calcium lights.
The noise of their batching ia so great as
to render futile all attempts at conversa
tion. Twenty-two locomotives are now in
course of construct ion at one shop in Phila
delphia, destined for South American rail
roads. Russia and South America may
now be counted on as steady customers of
the United States in this branch of iu
dustry. While an excursion party was bathing
at Arkwright Island, near Savannah, G.I.,
on Tuesday, they were carried eut to sea,
and before their rescue could be effectetl,
Frank C. O'Driscoll, a merchant of Savan
nah, and Charles R. Johnson, clerk, were
tirowiiea.
A young man In Groton, Vt., named
fcmdry, has bee. reduced by disease to a
mere skeleton. He is 25 years of age aud
weighs less than thirty po.inds. Up to
the age of nine be was apparently healthy.
He is also growing deformed, and has lost
R
His sigut. A sad case, trulv.
j Gen. Sheridan will take his
young
oritie out on tne plains for the weddincr
tilp, vUiiting, among other places the fa-
mous lellowstone. the rival of th V
semite of California. Secretary Belknap
and others accompany the bridal party, ami
Gen. Custer's cavalry expedition of 1 200
troops furnish the escort. '
John McCue was arrested on Tuesday
charged with putting two kegs of powder
ani a lighted fuse into James Cnrrv's house
at Kingston, Luzerne county, n Saturday
night last, with the intention of blowing up
the house and killing the inmates. Proof
was strong against him, and he was held
ia tea thousand dollar bail.
Mr. Caleb Walters. f n.
a. f w davs airn tvrfun...j ..
Samuel Walter's farm. in. d
in I
ship. The sheep were of thX '
breed, and weighed fromm
&j7ivu aia oia minutes, A'ir ) .
well. -. "'--J
-. . r- . , , i . : : 9 . , - i, " . , -
-r j
i really said that the Hairy y,"'h N
i "a s'.upid emanation fr.w a ;
lie was imHiiiie. Aim! if ,e ' ,
that, while he didn't mean t. 1
of the investigating commit;,,,
ter, he should "be on hail t4J
monkeys," he was mysteri,,,,.
1. . i r. .. . . v
i roviaence, iw --1., on F
iid?.t
)Jt"bert Casey returned fome
kT Z4 ll 111 I'll Ilk f t. ll 47. i n m-. .J T
i . The story g.-s t hat ('ai tai?
I the Fifth Uu.ted State caviirr 1
. . ; . . '"c ,n"i u.
wife ef General Sheridan
He i
a ting before he died
Willi 1. U .
she sent to him before her m
the. inside of it was enravnl'." i
-Be satisfied." But ever,
swallowed this advic it did c- ti':
The steamship Vkkli n .:
vessel, considered the ben t;-,
Dominion Line and wa h,,n'
Her value is slated at $-125. nr r
in England. - Her eareocmsi 1
bushels of wheat, 7.H: bilb.!
92 head of cattle. Torrance 4 r.'
of the Dominion Line, saytli'
burg had only seventy flvestter
gers on board. 't
A lady in Versailles, Ccun u ''
pens her claws on oi-e parting. J
pine table, and trains every Lt .
kittens t-o do the same tiling. 7
is that the table leg, oiigiiu;ij tiY
111 aiameier, is worn aw Ay, it is t
than half the size at a point
inches from the floor, simply la-
of the cat's and kittens' cUwa" f
Jesse Woodson, colored. h i
rested on a chaige of imn-deri-; l
K. Jariett at ber home, ability
from Salem, lenn., by stranr .
a corn, which he twisted amu'id
The coroner's jury fonr.d him ru
tier. 1 ne iiouse was robOt-duff.. -is
suposed to h ive been the s-t
to murder. The mnnlrrer j
Mm frees boro for safe keep::ig.
Nineteen prisoners esc i;d t
county jail at Cleveland .. .r j
morning, through the instinirfj-j
young girl who was wo:ki;i ir .
the jailer's family. She pmco.h
while the family were in ant.1
the building and unlocked tlif c
ting nineteen prisoners out bti
discovered that the door ir5 o..
of the pi isouers were i-ecaj.tarrd s
Oxford (Miss.) Falcon: Tlif t
master one of Grant's tiers a: 4
is now in jail at this pi ice. dr
1 7
with defrauding the Goveruwrr-
a soft word em t f about .
name is H. C. Manker, we tr f
left for parts unknown, and im k
Columbus Mo. If we m;i:itr
same man was foreman of tlie r
some two years aco at 1 1. is '.act i
Jonathan t hlTird, a e
!ts; f
of the war of 1812, contributes
tenuial curiosities in I.M"iip
of auiiipie pattern, which has -I
smoke of three American h;v .
Daniel Lucas, one of the e;'.v
New York, carried it tlno'ili
and Indian war, his son b-'tt
the Revolution, and Mr. (.T.rji:
of 1812. It is profusely ca:vtcf
aimetrie legend. I
On Saturday.at Lafayetw.
county, N. Y., a negro n.vt:- f
Henry Mason outraged a v v.r
white woman of the hitrhe-t re-
the wife of Newton A. Ib-vt. I
He threatened her life if she 1
act, but she made the fact i
husband, who caused M..-
Great popular excitement f f
the negro was uea.ly lynchec
conveyed to the peuiteutiaij. '
now securely lodged. '
Ihe toughened glass i:rr
de le Bastie, of Fiance, ha b-
in this country. The Anuria
the inventor recently to .k str
of the glassware made by
cess to the Cooper Ins;;:
where they were suhn.ired
for strength, of which ne:i:i
been made. The new glass i!
from ordinary glass in any q:
that of toughness. It is repif
hundred times stronger tliaco'
and costing only five per ecu!.:
COUXTV COM Mi??! s
Havinirheen urged there!-tri
si and political trienii. I her!M
time .luring a ln life sieni in j
ty, offer myself s a eanileim ' j
that office the position of Cennr? t
er, Fubjcct of eoune to the ' j
oci-Htic county convenfi'Xi- 1',' I
elected. I ple't-e imself lurcrt"'
honestly, faithfully and to ''.j:V f
Ity.
Carroll Twp.
June 4. is:
COrXTT OOMMIs-I
Knowing-myself wlllinc in1'''. j
competent tii perform the 0
Commissioner. I shall 1-e ei:'"
for any -iI and conifer!" ,
promote mv interests hi 'hl4' 0 . J
iecte.i by ibe rV-ufM-riif r
and fcieeied tv the p'iii'-. I f
myself worthy of the w'"fn1l'.' j-j -
Cambria Twp June 4. 1V
oouxtt tx'Mvi-: .
Encourmred by the s-ener.'rs
el to me by omny ileh ,ct.f
ennven 1 ion", and lisvinif i
fllnt-lorka werr in rnet.e. I ""' t
' tlmt and try It ajpuii th" ' ; p -
EbensburK, June 4. 1;T, I
NXUAL STATKM t
Ttnard of S. tnol P-
Townhlp, Mar 31. 1 S7.S :
prrrirr. .
OroKS atnoont of T x for .-b-'
For liuildinc parpofe.
Total araoont '
lieduet exoneratlntia.
tieavfnir balane of
Cash from former Treasurer
Sale of old buildings.
Stt nroprlOon.
From unaeated landi
Paid Tracbera' aala lea l
New School building anJ if v
Paid for fuel ;
Salarr of SeeretitrT....;--,:, :
SalarV of Treaourer t hrr . : j
Mlactllaneooa exne j
Balance on hand ' C
Carroll Twp., Jnn u --.
finniECOURT JF.
-i PLEAS OFTlip
BR I A. Notice If '":r.,,W,,
partial aeeount of I - 'jLrt,:s'
llrifntha iMvis. will JUT
gnmenl Court lor eor". -
Prothonotary-a Ufflc. :t
NOTIck-AUPr
oamtiOi.M
for arlven by m '
aincd, I am determine
ontre duo. So I rn
St. Anguatme.:Jjnj