t
i
I,
Tmr following iiftportant'iesolution
Tiir rirrnrm rnrmin
I nt LA (ID iia ritLL i a I. Wfts ofW1 in thy ,,ot,8C of kp
jV--"" "tL ! jtatiTw Oft Wednesday, the I5th inst,
rncMnilRr fA by Jinlge Holman, of Indiana, an old
tutnouuKV,, r-.t amMist'ingiiisbwl member of that body
FiiiiJ Mwnin.?, - - Dec. 24, 1875. . familiarly known in Congress as tbc
x ,i . . 1 i "watch dog of tbc treasury";
Co?uiF.(tp on Monday lust adjourned
until the 5th of JanuarV.
j Jirtvii fd, That in Die judgment of this
, H tit, in the present r-oiulilionof the fltiau
j ciul affairs of the irorcrnmmf, no mibsidirs
: in iniiiit-y, tnis, iiiuic ianiis,eniioritemeni9
The Dynamite riot.
DEATH OF TOE FIEND THOMASBF FEA1W
IN MAKD TO ANOTHUH BTKAMER
ABOl'f TWO Hl'SDUKD UM.RU ASB
WOUND KD A PABALtEt CASE
VtHUU OF THE PLOT.
i'Ae Loffa tt-IIonor-(frant SeandtU
In our Washington correspondence to-day
of Ihm Week.
Mrs. Speaker K-irr is said to be very
Colorado by YTocwrinir tbe removal of a
Thomassen died at Bremen 00 Thursday I Judge who stood in the way of tbe contem-
from tbe effects of injuries inflicted by plated seizure, and the appointment of one
himself after the discovery of his beilisn. j who
could be depeded upon to support
r.lot to destsov the Msel ft v dynamite. He : their claims to property which, as the
stated that his true name was William ;. courts had decided, belonged to other par-
Kinsr Thompson, and that he was a native , ties who hart long been in possession of the
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.... . : 1 ... . ... .... ; . 111 nrooK.rii. i. . J . , jiu ta u;..:... w : m aivia i . . v- . i?uou uiniiT
Senator from Virginia, was rr-.elev.ted ,u,,,ic rrT prlVate enterprises, and that all about thirty-five yearsof age. Heconfess-1 scandalous dischwuree lately in regard to
last week. He ha held a burn judicial : appropriation from the puhlic trt-asury i eo mat ue was once capuiiu 01 l,ro '"D?' "'' -- cub ntniw in-
Ho. JotIN W. JOHNSON, at present or by p!t-dge ol tl.c public credit shonld he
n....rl. n,m.u.r,.i;K ITiiit.rfl Stfites ' L'" ,y Vwgrvi to associations or cor- ,
w-. vr. v.. -....-. . . . i,
ioltioii 1 m Uis fttaic aim is .1 0rnuc , auranjJnly as Khali be imperat-vely de- name to avoid being prosecuted for ronuing
m ill irti'i'i u.w;iiaoic i-iwiiiiivn
. s
Fkom the fall of Adam, for his
I :iianil-(I by the public bervue. Ue block:ida dmintr the ClTlt. war ill
Mr. Holman in explanation of the I America that he bought the explosive
resolution, said that it was not intended
tranresston to tne -V olf an appropriation to the : - -
vuter ever us hs m.... . -. , ccnWnnia . The rcso 11. : ...... A...i.Mntia charm
s 1 1 liireii mKM no v v v .. o
material in the United States and had it
forwarded to his address, aud that the
nient was maufacturcd 111
Ineu-ls, natiociateaaiHi laconic umu Uon WUJJ a(oljto l)y a voloof 223 veau
in the iuitenti:.ry or on their w-ay . to 33 nays of the thiitv-three Hepre
there, R9 I'ccituK'iit drant, and still ; wnt;itive, voting against the resolntion,
shackled .Justice moves sloiv with tWftnt,htKtt Wl.re iemoerats and eleven
labored steps over a road dug lull ol ; wcro Kt.p,1iJnCan8. Withtheextention
Adniintutratioii pit-falN.
! of four votes fron; Pennsylvania and
KitK are Mortons resolutions on. .
r.itr. in v. - v ..... 1 aft'fn innnilmra rnhnir tir rmivuiiil
1m i it-tl 1 own:1:; 1 ..v, .vrv...
ftoutirjrn
and South-western States
tlw Mirtsissinni cleetloii
Mit-i is imminent dancer of
.... . w..-., - . . .1 tiiri
. . -r f: !. ororit. mmii. ; SOtlUiem
?Mot tie U K 1 the further ! "pr.nl the filing. a,l i,h ofthe
therefore, Ik: it resolved, that a 10m- " ,
mitteo of five l aPlointed furthwith, ; ' hat is known n. the
wh Jdutv it shall be to devine ways . b'nMivm rexas .,.,1 Pacdlc Rai Road
and means, bv the i.ial hlly shirt ' wo. k undoubtedly of great jmpor
onLss. for the prevention .f ao-rcat taiit to the country through winch ,t
a calainnitr."
in eight'days. It is stated that he had his
m--
fullowiuir is the
1
Tim f.illowiuir is the resolution.
irwiie, offered in the lower brane
' . A..al...
Fuchs, residine at
Bremen. The annaratus was constructed
to run noiselessly for ten days, when it
caused a lever to act and strike with a force
of thirty poiinds. Twenty similar ma
chines had been ordered. The negotiations
between Thompson and Fnchs have been
1,,.! : tm i U'l.n.. 1.,ol.a viuif.fi
ith'jrn and feouthwestern cotistitu- Thonlpson il( Leiic he was told by the
ies. These twenty -seven votes from latter that the machines were retpi red for
a manufactory in the United States.
Thompson has not revealed the names of
his accomplices.
Huemex, December 17. Thompson's
wife has returned to Dresden. She ap
pears to be innocent of any complicity in
her husband's crime. The total number of
killed and wounded by the explosion is now
estimated at 200.
r IVcmtr 1 ft a k f Tll
wotiui imtw, ana wlneii would nlso Ikj ! Bremei haven ZrrtMrtf assert, in spite of all
clock-work made by a mechanician named j orado. 1 he Dives Company, which had
t Beinburg, 23 miles lroin oeguu
will b foaud to complete history of tbe-' bitudsome.
circumstaiicea under wbieii Fred Grant's J By tbe awspension of 180 collieries on
father-in-biwua Seuator LoRaa obuined Saturday about 25,000 persons were thrown
possession of aTraluaole ntuiiug property in i out 0f employment.
Tilueu for Jfremdent and Kerr for
Vice President, fs the ticket now talked of
by enthusiastic New Yorkers.
Through a shaft near Wilkesbarre, on
Thursday, George Davis fell a distance of
500 feet and was instantly killed.
The Chicago Timts, speaking of Bish
op Haven, says "there seems to be s good
deal of madness in his Methodism."
Wyoming seems to have tired of wo
man suffrage, mid the prospects are that
tbe bill will be repealed before lone-
For the 4 murder of Frank Doud, in
Scranton, a short time since, Walter Whit
taker has been sentenced to an imprison
ment of eleven years and ten mouths.
Hon. Jefferson Walker, colored, repre
sentative from Monroe county, Mississippi,
has jnst been imprisoned for hog stealing.
The Emperor of Brazil will embark at
Itio Janeiro on the 26th of March for Xew
York, to begin his tour of N01 th America
nueuce has been used for the emolument of
friends and relatives of the President ; but
we do not know of anything that has yet
transpired which has an uglier look than
this shameful transaction.
The Pelican Mining Company had for
several years been working with great
profit a silver hide on one side of Demo
crats Mountain, near Georgetown, in Col-
operations on the other side of the
same mountain, ran what was called a
cross-cut into the vein belonging to the j and Em-opt-;.
this proposed road, Thomas A. Scott,
.v..., . , . ... 1
1 i : i "imi Jtirtt ncti tvuo" u I ri'su it'll b
mention of which was made 11 our Ut , iweviv-i.u ii,,! ti.A
Li vii li 1 11 1 1 11 ' iFiiwiT .Tiiii iiiiu i i fr rrnn r.
f!...,ress on Uie 15th instant ny .nr. , -
0-- . .,!.., f i ". w its iiiriibs 111111 uie jicecnsi , in
iirinonr ft Democratic member irom J . . j
fjpunger, a ft.m 4...., a, national point of view of its con-
reieiencc n uiimv s i.m. . -
general
Congress
itrv to tlie
. . .. 2.i ..r ii... lTiiiii-1 Sr:vtt t in rKivirtont. of t.Ii mt.rost. iw it l.-n7o ?
reiiiinu from H I'resi.lentisi offlc.! alter i or tli.tt itoHcv, inangurated vcars
-"r2 1 ,,y RTtau' ,,?rt-v; ?v
wf 'overnm.-iit, and that any ib-partnm frm aul a new line of Congressional legis
tUi tiinc-hoin.re.l . uh'oui will bj unwise, ; lotion be maikeil but In' a Democratic
unpatriotic and fraught lib iril to our free , llon9Q Qf KeprCsenta fives ?
iMnutions Jh HoIm;in of trourgc ijul
O'i Ol tilt. iitt. ' nilri-mutnrnvniTiinccinii lliu vinura
t hl fill I V t f t r-t v" t --o .. .v iuv nvno
a highway of national concern. Of i contradictions, that according to Thomp-
iiuuois. in
... . 11. ...-a n.l.-vfl.l t -Vwn, HIV IllirnblVil
term ambition ami -'V1 I b,ick to f lic people, shall the
by a vote 01 so- j -c. -J . j,ovcrn7nclll bv an nct of
" ' hv wV.i. u... PlKc the faith of tlie coin
given by colored members,
son's confession there is another explosive
pickaxe on board tbe steamer Saner, where
one hnd already been discovered.
Tbe North German Lloyd's steamer
S.-dier, -which took the place of the steamer
Moitel, -tailed from Bremerhaven Thursday
for Southampton and New York.
A PARAI.I.KI. CAPE.
A correspondent of the Iff raid says the
recent attempt to destroy the steamer Mo
sel, which resulted in the terrible prema
ture catastrophe at Bremerhaven, has a
parallel except in its murderous result in
the shipment of two cases of oi distant
silks on board the Vanderbilt steamer Ariel,
in 185(1, from the same port of Bremerhaven.
Captaiu Ludlow, who then commanded tbe
Ariel, received, as he passed the light-house
on Ids way to sea, a telegram from the
agents, Messrs. Ituppel & Son, saying
simply, "Stop the ship.'7 He intended
and feelings of the Democratic party! PJinf no attention to this quani absurd
1
.1 v.i m.in fr. I'nr.iirr ii:v ucin i
lli'uev of South Carolina. -Mr. Ulatne, t " Jw fl ltsll' wmV tor jtais has Kun atl ent of tlieiiue, whobaPlencd
!vl o Vs a Presi.lentinl aspirant, not j Sled the public in.ml In view of to be OI1 ,K,ai,lf i,e did stop the ship, and
who is a l rts, uii ,L i f-i.'pthf. I tlie present condition of the national the two wont to the lightshouse, where they
having the requisite eour. get ' JJJ ; treasury, aud the doubtful, if not eui- soon received the news from tbe Bremen
vote, retired trom "l JJ lV i t-M-d, policy of the general government V,at tW, declared as silks of
nassare of the resolution, .ur. .?'n-.,ir .,vi.i.: ; n 7 'c 1 which tbe marks weiegivcn, were stored in
in Private conversation, is reported as ! embarking in nil manner of subsidies, the after ,lold Rld whtch i'Ilstftafl of si,ks,
vin.r "I nm a Methodist but I imiu ., "l"-11'" ,u prevents were filled with combustibles and a clock
ttavinj,, i n ii . ' v rt ! to rail road corporations, we express work arrangement to set them on lire when
oppoHl to a third term - ' ourtm.pialified aiproval of tlie passage the ship was at sea.
Hilltop Have.t IJosto. it hcothe rda, of llohnJJ refto.utIon c On searching the cases were found, ar.d
nut Grant up lor a t.l.u inin, 1 ; . , ,, . .. . .. were as desert lied above. Ihev were sent
I o....ht I would show the country that . co, n ,n,ct ,11thnt1,t1fl,1 -V 1? j to Bremen, where they served to convict
dl Me h SetllL'1 n'.Ul hKt "ti- the guilty p,,ties, who soon after were
.ill .neiuo-.tibis were y r,' incut of a vast majority of the people , found and arrested. The mechanic cm-
I Wanted to See JUSt HOW V O"0''' f . .. ,,..,.., ... " ! nloved to mnk th boxes iid rlook-worV
. I ,..i..-iintt
Mood on uie , t , this emphatic vote that the present
would suppose that the S?XV JIoiTO has set it face unalterably
"L'y t!?:. ,nSSrl-t alt government subs-dies for
iii'i" unr'.'i ilii i v- -------- - I
I
hostility to any Congressional aid to
the Texas Pacific Hail Road.
The only Democratic member of the
House front this State who voted
atjainst Mr. Hotmail's resolution was
Hon. John Reilly, from (his district.
We undertake to say from our knowl
edge of Mr. Reilly, that his vote was
cist in entire good faith, and that he
deserves credit for his open and maul v s
declaration of what were well known 1 1
r... - i. i Uoail. At Inst it is a question of
n l imi , ...1 . . A 1 11
... . , ..i:... ,.r t.:. it,;,..i inrm u iuw nuuieuT, ami esiwciauv
me .u.ruu.unut .... . .r , ; Ithat the vote indicates determined
pretensions, iv. is ..
blow which that impudent project has
jet received, and its effect throughout
the country cannot fail to dispose of
it finally and fully. Hut Grant will
not so regard it, and Will not rcUiwpii'sh
tlie ouo object nearest to his heart.
He has no respect for the precedent es
tablished bv Washington and sacredly
observed bv all his successors. II he
should be r.om'uated for a third term,
ami we tli.nK ,c wiu oc . -'UJ" J to be his real sentiments and opinions
,Kop e, mindful o the cxam c set by w,)0a Ufj
Wash ngton and Jackson, w, 1 ender , Uon , thorefore
a verdict against bun through the bal- , ore
lot-hoxes which he himself and his i !, - , - any one Jrho
Mquoous ...1Mi ;U-n. cannot f, ,1 to ( kne;v nm ; .iatc, ,,,, h J
comprehend in all its terrible s.gnih-, c,mrru.lor (or aml intpJrrifVf
vantc- i ,,ut hns fu" ' represented the ind list rial
n,r.n.1.i.n,l wl.v ! ""-'y tiismiTb, W IUCU COUUI
there should I so m
l. ...-.nO .if W 1 1 ! I ikort
wiu un . - - , lioan. At inst t is a question of
i. .r,Mn;Tiiiim nf the :uiroaehinir i . . .. .iut.-5biou ui
k lUv . jMicv iv the government under acer-
Hdjourned annual session of our , j,, ;.on jifclonbof thc t1 the
State Legislature. I lie first ipiestion . . s"f a "e
w meet on tt.c ..., . sent John Reilly to Conrr-.,, will nf
... Ti.nw I'ntivti .iiiiu i iirnvii cs . ... ..- . :
- i .nuarroi with him oini i,;q,.i.
..ril... I .i.riL.f ...n, Dv- . ---- ...o , vii
ior
cry
formorlv
. . ... .
House of lieprestiiiativc arc eicctcti
for i ico years. R'lt the same Consti
tution, in section . 4 of article 2, pro
provides that what it designates as an
"adjourned annual session" may bo
held at anv time after its adoption up
until thc year 18 S, hut nU a (meant.
This explanation brings us back to the
original question, why did the last
Legislature adjourn to meet again on
the ti rst Tuesday in J anua ry ? There
were several reasons why it was nec
essary to do so, one of which was that
iuasmuch as the Grst election for Gov
ernor under the Constitution took
place in November, 175, the returns
or thc election, under section 2 of ar
tide 4, must be opened and published
' the presence of the members of
lh nouses nfthe General Assembly."
This is one of the reasons for holding
a session ncx, January. Another rca
hoii U the absolute duty of passing a
bill making thc necessary appropria
tions for the State gover.nnent for thc
fiscal year 13TG. When thc House
adjourned, it seemed to regard the ad
.... annual session of thc coming
veir as a continuation of the last ses- J
sioii
a ne
became conscience stricken, and at the last
moment "peached" on his employers, who
proved to bo a father and son, whose mo
tive was, after instiling these cases heavily
in Vienna and elsewhere, to recover the
amount of insurance. The father commit
ted suicide soon after arrest, and the son is
now in prison in Bremen for life. Tbe
mechanic lives now ou Stateu Island.
THE AUTHOR OK TIIR 1'I.OT.
The N. Y. World of Saturday says :
William King Thompson, the self-confessed
author of a plot to destroy the North
German Lloyd's steamer Mosel, is not
known in Brooklyn as a native of that city.
Messrs. Othichs & Co., agents of the line
in this city, think that there is probably
some mistake as to that portion of the con
fession. Thompson is known in New ork.
I however or was some years aco. Mr.
Geo. C. Stenz, the publisher of a German
musical journal at No. 17 Chatham street,
called uiHiti Oelrichs &Co., yesterday, and
said that he came with Thompson from
Pelican Company, anl then set ud an ab
surd claim that they were entitled to one
half the lode. Of course the courts decided
against the intruders, who thereupon se
cured the assistance of H. 11. Honore. the
father-in-law of Fred Grant, and of Sena- arrested
tor Logan, who secured the removal of
Judge Belford, then Justice of tlie dis
trict in which the two mines were situated,
and the appointment in his place of one
Stone, a personal friend of Honore's, who
upon being inducted into office, at once
granted an injunction preventing the own
ers of the Pelican from eperating their own
mine. It is alleged that stock of the value
of $500,000 was distributed between Sena
tor Logan, Fred Grant, and Honore, in or
der to secure tho removal of Judge Bel
Ton! ; but Senator Logan says he paid
about $40,000 for his interest in the pro
perty which is in litigation. Even if this
is true, the impropriety of his conduct in
using his official influence for the removal
of Judge Belford is none the less evident.
But there is a still more disagreeable
fenture in this shameful business. Jndge
Stone, who was appointed to aid Honore,
Logan & Co. in their plot to get posessiou
of the Pelican mine, followed his action in
that case by an older, made without notice
or hearing, which gave oue of the Dives
party possession of a mine belonging to an
English company, which that company
had held, by patent from the United
States, for seven years, having paid $.)00,
000 in cash for the property which was so
summarily confiscated. This seems incred
ible, but wo have the facts from the most
authentic sources.
Our United States Senator and our Min
ister to tho Court of St. James have already
acquired a disgraceful notoriety in Eng
land in connection with a discreditable
mining job, and now wo have another Sen
ator and a near relative of the President
associated in an interference with the ju
diciary of Colorado, which has resulted. in
an arbitrary spoliation of English investors
in an American enterprise, compared with
which the Emma mine affair was the mild
est kind of swindling. If the United
States are not thoroughly disgraced in the
eyes of the world, it will not be the fault of
Gr.inr, his Administration, his nearest
friends, or the members of his household.
X. T. Sttn.
Jacob Donahoner. who committed sui
cide in Beading on Friday, is said to have
passed $90,000 in counterfeit money, and
yet he died poor.
a nuesoarre woman hart a man
for savin r. "Billvwillvwiiicum-
boom." She swore before a justice that he
meant to murder her.
Bihhop McNiemy (Catholic), of Al
bany, has ordered all the priests of his dio
cese to refuse absolution to any members
of their congregations who participate in
"ronnd" dances.
Jeremiah S. Colbeath, uncle of Henry
Wilson, denies the story which has been
going the rounds that the late Vice Presi
dent was a descendant of a gypsy aud was
born in a gypsy camp.
Tbe Pennsylvania Legislature of 1774
was very particular, and accordingly "Re
solved that hereafter no member shall
come into the chamber barefooted, nor eat
bread and cheese ou the steps of the capi
tol." y
A female near Pottstown made a nar
row escape from death recent by, by acci
dentally closing the damper in the stove,
thus throwing all the gas in the room. A
damper should not be made to close all tbe
draft.
William Rochester,: ped seventy-three,
was found dead in the Pittsburgh lockup
on Saturday. When his situation was dis
covered he was sitting lu an upright po
sition. He died from intemperance and ex
posure. George L. Ituffiii, Esq., a well-known
colored lawyer, has been elected a member
of the Boston Common Council. He is the
first citizen of African descent who has
ever been elected to a municipal office in
that city.
Levi Hartstine, of Pottstown, hung
his watch on a nail in his bed room the
other evening, and all night long the ticker
continned to oscillate like a clock pendu
lum. It is thought the house is bewitched
by evil spirits,
James Carr, eighteen years of age,
was fouud froze u to death on the Merri
mack river, at Ixwell, Mass., on Satmday
night. A woodchopper named Mnllcn was
found frozen to death near Tremour, N.
II. He had been drinking.
The President is credited with an ob
servation somewhat too lively for his wits.
When be heard of Blaine's blank refusal
OkaXT, TUE PorE and the SCHOOLS. 10 vote on the third term question, he said :
Something must be done. That something 'Llame needn t be so damn carefuL He
inst tLe uuu 1 R-ana in anyoouy's way."
uie mcew.ij; . -. - - - resolution of Judge Holman.
otuer year uisic:ii oi auiiu.uii, i
nun the members ot the I - -
We know nothing of course of thc
reasons why Michael C. Kerr, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, con
stituted the Congressional committees
as he lias announced them. Samuel J,
Randall is chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, the most important
committee of the House the one most
directly affecting thc public treasury
and therefore the ieoplc. Mr. Randall
is just where he ought to be, and just
where he desired to le, and can exer
cise a controlling influence in reference
to all attempts at public plunder.
That he'will faithfully discharge his
duty to the tax payers of the whole
countr3 we do not doubt.
We look, almost with a feeling akin
j to dismay, over the long list of Mr.
Kerrs committees for the name of
Heister Clymer, the distinguished
memlier from "Old Rcrks." Mr. Cly
mer, as one of the purest and ablest
Democrats in Pennsylvania, deserved
prominent recognition. While J. Proc
tor Knott, of Kentucky, who, as a
witty Speaker immortalized himself in
his Duluth appropriation speech three
years ago, occupies the responsible
and not as the commencement of : position, at the age of 45, of chairman
w one. The Senate, however, did of the Judicial Committee. Hon.
At .a nit.l ntKitirmv 1 To I at .11 iriI mr o vol oro it Dotntn 4
not concur m mat y -v .....w,..
in the usual w.13-. As this question j from I ennsylvama, makes his entry
is oue of vast importance, and as it j into the Congressional circus as chair
may have an important bearing on thc ! man of the committee on expenditures
1 iral as well ns the constitutional j in the War Department, and also
wfivers of the Legislature, it seems to : chairman of the Library Committee.
, in order to avoid all cavil and dis- As Artemas Ward would say, "Why
.t,..f !,. nnnroachinir session 1 is this tuns.'" Nevertheless such is
i. r..i r . , . .
i . 1 mo n iiiii Tim 1 Lite i2i;b ..i . zia unc I n nit? nriirnipsr. mrA tr tit. tH.... .r
.i.i r((Tjriii;a -vs " ' - - . - t - ....... v uuunimi
u f . T'. if ftUi done there : Democrats 111 Pennsylvania is con- beings who use it annually, against
Olgauiiua-s . - ltfl.PH turned, and we lot onlv 'exniesa our 1 prises such as this of Thompson
can be no ciiinctuij . , . . ; 1 accomplices, for that the man (if it
and if it i not douc mere ma ... , ..r. i cent to call him a man) miut have
11 huiiiau probability Wlli OC seuou " 'T"1 " 10 complices, begins to be too sadly a
- . . i up . f:iii h i .'ii v til 1 t:iiu v 1 nuia i - - v m . ia luih
- ------ J - ---- - V . 4 tW VI W-.lt IDWli
Hamburg to New York 011 the Thnringia
in ISiO. thonipson, a hue-looking man,
with sandy hair and whiskers, told Mr.
Stenz that he was a native of Petersburg,
Va., and was on a visit to relatives in Cali
fornia. A week later Mr. Stenz met him
in New York, aad expressed surprise that
be had not gone to California. Thompson
said that having been a blockade-runner
and a warm Southern sympathizer during
the war he fonnd residence in this country
uupleasant, and was going back to Ger
many, where he had lived 6incn the war.
Mr. F. W. Ueimer, importer or gloves and
hosiery at 27 White street, met Thompson
iu Dresden some time ago, and supposed
him to be a gentleman iu independent cir
cumstances. Concerning any blockade
runner named the Old Dominion nothing
could be learned yesterday. Philadelphia
and Boston have or bad vessels of that
name, but they are not remembered as
blockade-runners. The Old Dominion
steamer of the line of the same name here
was not built till after tlie war, Messrs.
Oelrichs & Co., have been unable to dis
cover that any suspicious insurances on the
cargo of the Mosel have beet: effected here,
and believe that Thompson was probably
crazy.
This horrible business at Bremerhaven
grows worse aud worse as new details reach
us. It is now stated that at least one in
fernal machine similar to that which ex
ploded as it was going 011 board tho Mosel
was found on board the Salier, which took
tho place of tbe damaged vessel and is now
on the way to New York, and a frightful
intimation is thrown out that other ma
chines are believed in Bremen to have been
put on board the same ship. We cannot
believe that such a story could have been
cabled across tbe Atlantic without some
serious foundation, for its inevitable result
will bo to agonize many hearts during the
interval which must necessarily elapse be
fore tbe Salier can reach this port. Of
course the agents of the North German
line iu this city will do their best to dis
credit it, and it is their duty so to do.
But they owe it to common humanity as
well as to the interests which they repre
sent, to obtain the fullest possible and
most authentic information from Bremen
as to the grounds for cabling such a story,
and to give this information the widest
possible publicity, no matter what its im
port may be,
threatens to
like a re vol
porting freight atid passengers between
the two continents, and gravely to affect
tbc principles and practice of marine in
surance. At no matter what price, or with
what inconvenience to business interests
merely, the great ocean ferry must be
human
entcr-
and his
be de-
had as-
pparent.
is to vote for tho. schools and aca
Pope. After tbe election we are compar
atively safe. Tho country has been fre
quently saved from the encroachments of
the Jesuits iu this manner. A Republican
victory always diminishes tbe swelling of
the Pojie's toe. It acts liko an ointment
administered to it. These Republican poli
ticians, who are se vigileut iu behalf of the
Bible and the public schools, are them
selves not Christians. Their knowledge of
the Scriptures is chiefly derived from what
they hoar of them rather than actual read
ing. But this doesn't make any difference.
It is easy to be religious and not pious.
How much easier to be concerned for the
cause of religion and yet have no religion !
But in this class of politicians, we beg leave
to be uiidcrst'xxl, we don't include General
Grunt. It is but fitting that he should be
tbe choice of the clergy. He has always
led a pure and godly life; his habits are
known to be irreproachable ; he never
drank or used tobacco in any form ; his
lips are never profaned by an oath ; ho has
a horror of a horse-racer ; he is regular in
his attendance at church ; his leisure hours
aro devoted to earnest religious discussion
with eminent bishops, doctors of divinity.
There is a propriety in calling upon Grant
to save our religion and our schools. He
has already saved our Union. We know,
therefore, that he is capable of great
things. His patriotism stands out as bril
liantly as his piety. He has always been
devotedly attached to the American eagle.
The initials ot his name, by a singular
coincidence, stand for the United States.
He is eager for the contest to commence
with the Pope and the Jesuits. He threw
down the gauntlet to them iu his powerful
Des 31oiues speech. We never saw the
Pope's big Uie so largely swelled as it was
by him in his annual message. There may
possibly be other men who can save the
country and preserve the Bible aud tbe
schools. None, however, can do it as well
as Grant. This we freely admit. There
may be those whose prejudices are against
a third term. But better a third term,
better a life-time, than that we should fall
under the dominion of tho Jesuits ! Wheu
we fully understand that we have either
to take Grant again or have no Bible and
no schools, we must be counted for those
who are school and Bible men. When the
; Democratic party nominates tbe Popo for
President and tries to divide the school
! fund among the religious sects, to pull
dowu the school houses and burn tlie Hible,
then tbe Enquirer will come to tbe front
and shout the battle-cry of freedom 1 We
wou'du't allow any Republican to excel us
in zeal. 1 here is a large element Of true
Godliness in our composition, although to
1 a superficial observer it may appear to be
Enquirer.
Allegheny City had its horror about
11 o'clock on Saturday last. At a place
known as Jack's Run, in the lower part of
the city, a colored woman named Mary
Ogle deliberately threw herself iu front of
the Chicago express east, ana oeiore tho
engineer could check up tbe train she was
0 . 1 - i ? a
struck, ana sent wuiruug over an en.oauK
ment. down to the river, a distance of
thirty or forty feet, where she was picked
ud dead. Tho train wan stopped as soon
as possible, aud commenced backing down
to where the tragedy took piace : Out 111
who
started
across the trnck for the purpose of lending
his assistance to the uu fortunate woman
He did uot notice the backing train, and
before he could clear the track the rear car
knocked him down. Both his legs were
crushed in a terrible manner, and he only
survived a few .moments, sxo cause is
assigned why the colored female committed
the rash act by which she lost ber own life
aud ciuBcd the death of another person
ui.t.uy, . omaticr wuai. k im- to w,ere the tragedy took place; bi
9. As the case now stands, it ! the meantime an aged stonemason,
o bring about something very URd witnessed the whole affair, sts
UtlOU IU the business of trans- ,ca i. tr.-V for fh nnrnnM of Un,
A Corrv jeweler has a deck which first
ticked iu 1111.
THIS JIM I0TIFY THE Fl
of our intention to put EW and UwtK r kicks on much of oar S
The TEAn'e closing out sale wn.i. commexce at half pkst mx
wiks dai moksixo, and CONTINUE UNTIL OUR FALL asd WIN-Tn
IS SOLD. . 12 s-
THE 3rVllV FACT l .
We have made np too many OVERCOATS and SUITS for this v-,
J fr, aril; j() .
our Stock into Ch needed for 1876, we will make eertjin tacrine .
apparent on and aftek WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER FIRST i J
ntia thmilrrh nur KalvuvuMin m1 iif rrT tV.flfo ...! n . ....
,c part or the egr
To he very exact in ttating thi$ matter, at we do not intend t?mt an 1
. :.r 1 ..., ... ,. . . ,-.., . -"..
vi 1 iHwffi yj vu-r iwiiac inuit jntriruu ine puuuc me tcnti particular tr tl-
per to ay, tlutt thi Afark Doicn. tchiUt it applkt to
A THOUSAND AND MORE OVERCOATS
A THOUSAND AND MORE HUSIXESS C0VTS
HUNDREDS OF DRESS COATS, "
SEVERAL THOUSAND VESTS,
SEVERAL THOUSAND PAIRS OF PANTS
and extendi tltrouglwnl our hoiute, yet there are tone lots in vhich (u$ Otty
been marked at cloe price,) ve thitll tnake no change.
We desire to a?sovnce that this is
Our FINAL and ONLY Hark Down this Seasj
So mat NONE NEED WAIT Fort Lowi.it Tkices.
The step we take wiu. woxiF.tirru.Y .m tuim- u u.ircc. .
WOSOfc-
ihe Terms vf the Sale are the usual Term vf vr livH-
1. No Second or Altered Price One Fix ed Pkice.
2. Cash from AIL to warrant Iow Prices
3. The Contract on oar part, to return the monry, is a part of the barn j,
case (provided goods are returned unworn).
4. A Full Guarantee givcu for each garment.
The Stock we offer is all sew, and is no bought" or wiiolesatp.'1
OUR OWN CAREFULLY MADE CLOTHING.
It will be remembered that our stock always embraces the choicest styles
btaxtial. goods, and that eveuy size aud shape is provided for both utsitf
It will also be borne in mind that there is but ONE OAK HALL, and thv
TUE COKXER OF
PxV SIXTII-SIXTII-SIXT1I-SIXTII
Hoping for a visit from each reader, and that our friends will pass this MraaoiiccJ
to all their friends in the country,
We are Very Truly,
William B. Astor smoked a dollar's
worth of cigars a day, and yet, see how
rich he got to be. But parents, iu spite of
such facta, keep on lecturing their sons
about extravagant habits if they happen to
catch 'em smoking a live-cent cheroot.
A nice point for casuists has just been
raised in Montreal. Two meu were quar
relling on St. Francis Xavier street and A
knocked B down, whereupon a horse,
alarmed at the struggle, kicked B on the
head and killed him. What is A cniltv
of? fc '
An Iowa woman the other day gave
birth to a perfectly-formed female' child,
which weighed less thau eight ounces. It
is doing well. Its father weighs 175 pounds;
its mother is of medium size. A previous
child of the same parents weighed eleven
pounds.
At a meeting of the principal business
men of Pittsburgh, held on Friday, resolu
tions were adopted condemning the present
bankrupt Uw as tending to unsettle trade
and mercantile confidence by opening a
path for fraud, and asking Congress for
tliicr modification.
The steamship Salier, whic'i took the
place of the steamship Mosel from Bremer
haven, arrived at Southampton on Sunday
aud started for New York, taking sixty of
the passengers of the wrecked Deutschland.
She was thoroughly examined, aud no ex
plosives were found.
Grandpa Grant didn't foreet Nellie
and tho baby in his message, but invited
th) attention of Congress to some law reg
ulating tbe status of our gills who marry
r . . . , 1 .. . , . . J
lorciguers ana our uoy wuo nappen to oe
boiu abroad. Grant aiu't goitie to forget
the family, you know.
Martin Ititter, living at Flabnsb. near
Rondout, N. Y., fractured bis wife's skull
with a hammer, and then committed sui
cide by cutting his throat. It was thought
on Friday that the woman would recover.
Ihe couple had lived unhappily on ac
count of difference of religion.
In irgima, Mr. Alleu Hannah has
married Miss Hannah Allen, and now Miss
Hannah Allen is Mrs. Hanuah Hannah,
and is, perhaps, the only woman in the
world whose whole name can be spelled
backward the same as forward. That's
what's the matter with Hannah.
Peter Hammond, who was born in
Newtown, Massachusetts, in April, 1776,
is now living in Henry county. Illinois.
His father was one of tbe meu who threw
the tea from the English vessel into Boston
harbor. He is still hale and healthy, with
the prospect of many years before him.
Jacob Schriver, who has been missincr
from Minersville, Pa., for some weeks, was
on t rway last lound dead iu an old stone
house in a horrible condition, covered with
vermin and his face was partly eaten awav
by rats, and portions of his arms were bare
to the bone. He had been drinking hard
lately.
At services in the Catholic church at
Mahanoy Plain, Pa., on Tuesday last, Rev.
Daniel O'Connor, the pastor, read a letter
from Archbishop Wood, of Philadelnhia.
which was a formal excommunication of
the society known as tbe Molly Macuires.
otherwise known as the Aucient Order of
Hibernians.
Rev. Joseph R. Kerr, an eloquent
I 1 J : t ... .
j. lesujrwuaii uivme, uas wnnarawn Irom
his charge in Philadelphia in consequence
of a disagreement in the church in regard
to tho admission to membership of persons
belonging to secret societies. Mr. Ken-
gave a casting vote in favor of the ad
mission of a member of the Odd Pel lows.
A remarkable instance of calculation
was recorded at Aylmer, Canada, where a
Darner namea Johnson, for a bet of fifty
cents, ran under the cars of a railway train
that was passincr at a nrnid rata nf nnrt
He won the wager, though he lost the heel
01 one coot by a wheel that came unpleas
antly close as he emerged. Tlie man who
lost the bet said he had expected to win
and get a couple of dollars for attending
tho inquest.
Professor Mosler, of Germany, is now J
sncccssiuiiy treating pi.inisic,or pulmonary
consumption, by makiug an incision through
tbe wall of the cbest and drawing off the
pus with a syringe, and afterward washing
out the ulcers with weak carbolic acid.
W. B. Thorn psou was hung on Friday
at Iewisburg, Ark., for the murdei of a
Mrs. Slovcr, a widow, about six mouths
ago. Thompson confessed tbe crime, but
said he did it at the instigation of a son-in-law
f the deceased. Ou the scaffold he
was cool and collected, and smoked a cigar.
Before putting 011 the black cap he lid
good-bye to the crowd and kissed his hand
o the ladies. About mi hundred ptoi.'e
witnessed the execution.
A horrible massacre is reported near
Alloka, Indian Ns.tron. The b dies rf
four persons were found buried on ibo
prairie two of which were females, and
the other two were burned beyond recogni
tion. The otbcis are whiter. A ihiiiv.
with a ladies side saddle, dou, and cun.
were found near. They had all been shot.
fhiee men were seen tiding nine milts
from the spot, aud are supposed to have
been the shooting parties.
Blondin, tbe tiktht-rope walker, has
beeu heard from again. On the 19th of
October last, while ou the Indian steamship
I'oonab, ana at sea, he walked ou a seven
inch hawser from the main to the mizzen-
topmast and back. It is said that with
the rolling of the ship r.nd the vibration of
the powerful engines the rope was drawn
into such sinuous waves that it closely re
sembled a snake. Blondin was frequently
obliged to sit dowu as the ship rode a heavy
swell.
The Titnsville Courier suggests, as a
measure of precaution, that nil parlies in
terested in special legislation at Ilarrisbnrg
this winter wluc'i requires newspaper no
tice of intention to introduce it had better
advertise it, no matter whether it was ad
vertised last year or not. If as the seuate
contends the legislative session commences
de nero on the reassembling of the legisla
ture, all that has been done must be done
over again, aud it is prudent in matters of
importance not to take any chances.
James J? erguson, who was recentlv
sentenced to the penitentiary fot twenty
oue years, at Madison, Indiana, escaped
mm the Sheriff Satnrday afternoon by a
sharp trick. He induced the Sheriff to
take him to his home in the country to
see bis sick mother for the last time.
Then, by begging, he got the handcuffs
taken on just before entering bis mother's
room. Wheu in there. Sheriff Gavitt
turned his back while tlie prisoner em
braced his mother, but ou lookinir round
saw Ferguson's legs disappearing out of a
window winch bad been opened by his
sister for that put pose. Hot pursuit fol
lowed, but f erguson escaped iu the brush
and is gone.
me Ventenniai autnorities in a circu
lar earnestly recommend that throughout
tne country tne local celebrations of the
Fourth of July, 1870, be made to contri
bute to a permanent historical memorial of
the Centenuial ; that in each county an ad
dress be delivered, tracing the history of
tfcat commuuity for the past century or
from the time of its settlement, and sketch
ing its growth, resources, industries, pros
pects, etc., the addresses to be published
iu uuiform size aud bound by the respec
tive States. To competent persons the
commissiou believe that the preparation of
such addresses would not be an uudnly
burdensome task, bat in the aggregate
they would constitute aa invaluable his
torical repositoiy, such as no nation has
ever had tbe opportunity to collect. It is
recommended to designate the historians
without delay, that there may be time for
tbe accomplishment of the work.
In the execution of the three negroes
in New York ou Friday, Weston and Thomp
son died comparatively easy, but Ellis'
death was unnecessarily cruel and awfcL
owing to the slipping of the noose from
around his neck to the chin, thus prolong
ing his agony. In the midst of his convul
sive struggles the miserable man was beard
to cry aloud, "Save, oh, save me I" and his
breath was plainly disco rnable as ic issued
beneath the black cap that covered his
face. Strong men turned away pale and
trembling from the sickening spectacle,
and there were murmurs of "Take him
down" and Cut tbe rope," but, fortun
ately, there was no need of a double execu
tion. In his struggles the happy man
again shiAed the knot, and the noose sud
denly closed around his windpip and he
was strangled to death. . It Is a lorn? while
8inea so horrible a spectacle has been wit
nessed in New York, and lone may it be
l before it is repeated.
A Female Ghost tuat Teli
ITS FlXGEUM AUK I'll TI T b.
Livingstone and bis wife, of Read:
for some time beeu living witln'
C28 South Tenth street, Itvadinf. i.
1 T . ... .
wne lias ueen troubled at nijjti
woman-form that would euter Ik
and lay cold, clammy bands upot
that her blood was cuidk-d abduct.
Irom her eye lids.
When the fathf-r inorpd I.
house the old lady slept ou the ct
i me oea, next lue stove, ttun,
drove her to the other side, tod
IU:ill took I iff t!:lr 1 1 II...1M, i
out something about it. ThuttL
passed aud no spectre laid baixv
Livingston. But a few night use
an the doors bad been locked, u.
inmates uf the house were iti
Livingstone was yet awake, kt
cold, clammy hands on I.m f.
stantly seized me wrist of tlpr
was jeiBcuaway; then tbe oUx:
hand sought his throat, oneortt
01 whicu uano be afterward; ro
his teeth and held on. With lis: :,J
tie shouted in a woman's voice. fe-l
Ietz! (Mr. Livingston's wifr'i
louder and louder. Ti. mi .11 mm.
but beftM-e he rv.nl.1 q-K it r.J
mysterious woman tore ber finr
aild IIO traffic f lior l.sva M ?'
found. The Livingston's are rM
rename people ; their swrj
auu lieauill? is elcitnl v imull
D J ,
A TEnnmi.E DtsASTnu. Ov'.
and Ten Lice LaU A terrible f
occurred on Thursday last ioir-
at t ramie res, uear Mous, lie'.fiui
foice of meu were at work at U'
the loss of life is annsllinir. It
that 110 miners wre killed. EH
been taken out injured. Thetcc
caused by fire damp. Speakinf 1
cident the New York H'prWw.i
One woe doth tread upon am:
The wot Id reallv seems too snul
day too short for all the crime
afid catastrophes which the fa
or wickedness of meu are txnt 1
ing into them. If anything"1?
time to be understood it
means of preventing explfsi-
mines ; and if in any country w
laud these means should be ;
certain appliance, it should l it -cat
bouiferous region of tlie 1 f.
let iu a mine near .Metis,
where mines and mining bv '1
century occupied the whole in"
au intelligent community, tlie '
teiday contrived to blow np tie
.1. r..l ..1. aa!1
villi 1 uc an 1 111 ix-siui. J -.if
t-illiniT im fwer thu 110 mel
have become famous lu which
dered in a briefer "butcher
this. If peace hath her vt
than war, she hath uerrom-
less excuse for having tliem
The President asd CaJ,
The January number of the I
contains a remarkable 1't!C'',,
dent Grant's speech at Pe
r t5-.....,1r 90. It T
find that all Grant said w T ..
Church and State and of tbP
he predicted might occur
otism and intelligence t- - ,
....hitlOll
ana supermini"", r
on the other," is in rrfed .-f,
teachings of Catholic- -expresses,"
says the f"f -
ter than many Imagine, tor i
ments of tbe American ,j .
.... . 4-ll mns ,
u rant it declares, -.
is a true American
by the events m w.nw. -,-truly
representing tne , ,
times." It affirms tn '
mendations in the spew11
Church will be co"- - ;
very ably written . "
reasoning, by which in
to appear the
Catholic theory of the ,
tem, ieexeeea.K.j -ntH'l
erthe President, jr.l "gf
as me tree m -
another questiou.
i neauu- "" ' ifr ,
or Know-notli.ng ,jti
denly conapsc. -rrin,iM
nnon so narrow a pll7
signs, dark lHten.j "
...n command t"r
pathVct. of the AnVr
nh rf i'lil -
ttouWe.