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EBESGURC, PA.,
Fiiljy Mrrnin, - - Jan. 12,' IS77.
hi eaki.sm t.f the power of Congress to
go back of the returns for Presidential
electors, I lie IV-ton Globe very eptly and'
properly asks ; 'If it can inquire into the
net km of (lie Secietary cf State of Oirgon,
why can it not impure into tlie net ion of
the Returning l!o;iid in Louisiana ?' What
friend oT Huthford II. Hayes can give a
common sense ntiswcr to this icitiiieiit
A tLxmui-i; vuggestiou id made by Gov- ,
eruor Hendricks, in his fare well message
to the Indiana Legislature, looking to a
change of holding the State election. The j
October contexts in Presidential years me '
a iiuisanca to tlie States in which they oc
cur, as they ceitainly arc to the whole
country. They are something worse, for
it i beyond question that they stimulate
nnd in a measure compel the nee of every
conn jit inline. ice known to adroit ni:d un
scrupulous political m-magcr. It is prob
able both Ohio and Indiana will abandon
their October elections, at least in IVcsi- !
dential j ear s.
Ex-Gov. Imiam G. IIakkis, of Tennes
see, wan elected by tlie Lcgislatuie of that
State, on Tuesday last. United States Son
ntor foi six jcars fiom the 4th of March
next, to succeed Semi or Cooper, whose
term will then espiie. Harris was a rebel,
but through the Mem ordeal of war has
been thoroughly reconstructed, atid is now
an earnest Union man, just as Gen. Gor
don of Georgia, and Gen. Hanson1, of
Isrorib Carolina aie, both being members
of the Senate, in which body they com
mand universal lespect. Over the election
i f Ilariia copious Republican tears wi'.l
leshcd nnd once mcie will be hcaid the
well known rebel yell.
Ox last Mnd.y. tlia auuiversiry of
"Old Hickory's" victory near New Orleans
in 1913, in which he and ihe militia sol
ilieis utider him defeated the British forces
lad by Generals Packenhani and Gibbs,
J. D. Williams, the Democratic Governor
ilect of Indiana, was inaugurated at Indi
anapolis. He is familiarly ktown as
Blue Jeans Willliams," from the peculi
aiity of his dress, and on the occasion re
ferred to he apieared in a new suit of his
favorite fabric, presented to him by the
ladies of Louisville, Ivy., and was intro
dnced to the people by the retiring Govern
crnor, Thomas A. Hendricks, the legally
elected Vice President of the United
States. Gov. Williams is a fanner and
when elected in November last was a mem
ber of Congress, and is one of the most
popular men in the State. In bis inaug
ural address he pays a high tribute to his
follow laborers, the farmers, all of which
we would gladly publish if we had tho
spaie.
AJbfll pnssed the lower House of Con
Cress last week, granting a pension of $3
a mouth to every soldier (as the telegraph
ic rejort has it) who Berved titty days in
the Mexican war, or to his surviving wid
ow unmarried. The legislature of this
State last winter, refused to do justice to
the surviving veterans of tho Mexican war
from Peuusylvania, when it was proposed
to pay each of them a bouuty of $200. A
Pennsylvania legislature, however has
never the time, much less the inclination,
to attend to such trifling matters. This
bill ought to pass the Senate, but it should
he carefully guarded in its details. Not
bating seen its provisions, we cannot of
cojise express an opinion as to its absolute
merits. We can only therefore repeat our
eft en expressed opinion, that the tiuo and
tried men who fonght out to a successful
conclusion the brief but memorable Mexi
can war, luive not thus far received justice
at 'Ls hands of their countrv.
The Democrats of the terenth (New
. York city) Congressional distiict did an
eminently wise and prudent thing in elect
ing the distinguished lawyer, David Dudley
Field, to Congress, to fill Ihe vacancy
caused by the election of lion. Smith Ely,
jr., the late member, to the office of Mayor
of that city. It was as high a compliment
as was ever paid by any political party to
one who was not "bone of its bone and
. flosh of its flesh." Mr. Field has always
been identified with the Republican part",
fetid was an enthusiast ic supporter of Hayes
for the Presidency. But since the election
of Governor Tildeu he, like an honest man,
lias opeDly denounced the infamous means
resorted to by the Republican leadeis to
cheat Mr. Tilden out of the office to which
tin overwhelming majority of the people
bad chosen hitn. Tho district is strongly
Democratio, and it was only necessary for
that patty to nominate its candidate and
elect Lim. Wiser and more prudent coun
sels prevailed, however, and now David
Dudley Fitld, as the choice of Ids political
opponents, takes his seat in Congress as
the determined foe of the attempted Louisi.
ana Returning Board fraud, or as be him
self said in a ringing speech when heaceep
ted the nomination: l,l"rom this moment
J stand committed to the principle that the
count of the ballots actually cast is the only
test of the vill of the people." This is all
that any Democrat asks, and if Mr. Field
docs not make it as hot as JIadcs du:ing
the two months be will remain in Cong; ess
for the scoundrels who have conspired to
fcet aside the roice of the people, we are en
tirely mistaken in our estimate of the man
and his great ability as well as his fearless
independence. His brother, Judge Field,
of California, who was appointed by Presi
dent Lincoln as an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
who is also a Republican, has declared un
besitat mgly h is belief t hat Tilden was fairly
fleeted, and is equally emphatic in bis de
icnnciation of the secret and therefore fraud,
ulent proceedings of the Louisiana Return- j
n Board.. It is an old adape that "straws f
fbow which tray tbe wind Moms." j
Ox yesterday week, Mr. Conkling pre-J
sented to tlie U. S. Senate ihe petition of j
ceitain bankers, merchants, and other bust-
ncss men of New Yoik city, in favor of an 1
amicabio settlement of tlie 'residential ;
conlest, and in doing so took occasion to
; make the n.anly, statesmanlike and elo- j ver fonl J8f5 xveie 7,072,(193 the dis
! qnent remaiks which w ill be found below. ; hnrsments on all accounts $(5, 0S7, 100 leav-
' It is very evident that Morton, Chandler, I ing a balance hi the Treasury on the 30th '
ci i.i . r .i t a- i . I of November last of $934,808. The funded
! Sherman, and Ihe rest of the Ilad.cal con- u,e St(,te J,, lue ame tlate wa3
( Kpiratorsaguinstthe clearly expressed voice : 22,978,951 against which the Sinking
of the people, will receive no aid or com- ' Fund holds securities as assets to the '
! fort from Senator Conkling, but that ho j amount or $9,054,91 leaving as the total
. . i ,, .. ... of the State Debt unprovided Jo" the ;
will rise above all mere partisan consider- Hmou)t of $,3,004,040. 'T,lUS it will bo
j ativins and act the part of a patriotic and : ,he gute i)eijt, wliich for many :
houoi Able gentleman. There aie other ;
Republican Senators who w ill follow in Mr. j
1 ,1 r..ii
Conkbngs rootsteps and thus gve ful
force and effect to tho solemnly declared .
will of the American people. Mr. Conk- !
tin" said j
f have been request.,! to present a petition
weighty l.v reason or the sul.jt to which it
relates, and ly n-ason also ')f the number
and character of those who sign it. The prelernble mode to paying oil at as rapio a
petitioners are citizens of New York' dis-j rate as that prevalent for some years back,
lingiiished not only I'or thir prominence a j It will also place the redemption of the debt
iiijiiilers of society, hut tor the- large and to DB liq-iidated every year in more man
varied interests they represent. They aro ! a,,),, orm fr the Sinking Fund Coin
me,. pro.ni.ie.nt in ea Ii of tint great- political ; ,irj8si)ners. With reference to the General
parties ot the country. I observe among ; . , . , .. , ...... . r ii...
Ihe sfg.iati.rcs n imes which at the recent ! ,,n' f',,r ',,e 'd"a'y exJe"suf. of. lhe
Presidential election were found on opposing 1 btat' ,ue fiffnres presented by the iv
elcctoral tickets. 1 observe the names of ' ernor fchow that, t .ie resources Tor that fund
emiiient banker.", merchants, manufacturers, ' will bo aboui ?SO0,000 less this year than
shipowners, scholars, professional men and
other names long ami honorably associated
with leading enterprises ami industries. It
would beilinicult 10 select in any Slate of
tbii Union 011a hundred and fifty individuals
and firms who leorcseiit a greater sum of
property, inielli. i.c,. and character, or wlio
as pet iiiAncrn deserve more consideration,
In laying this petition Ic.fore the Senate, it
may not tie amiss to add an avowal of my
pytnpathy with its appeal for orderly, lawful
and p.itrioiic action, in executing the Con
stitution in any instance and esx-cially in
an instance so grave as those referred to,
partisan feeling as a guide and rule of no
lion can right fully have no place. Obedi
ence to law, observance of the Constitution
and maintenance of the truth is 11.1t a party
question or proceeding. It is beyond party
and above parly. Parties may contend, and 1
1 neiieve it is wholesome 111 a tree govern
ment, that parties should contend over meas
ures and candidates, but when tlie contest
has been submitted to the ballot-box, he
final arbitrament of popular contests, the 1 1
struuieut known in our system, th only
duty, the only lawful proceeding connected
with tt which remains, is to find the honest,
and true result, to declare it, !hw to it and
stand by it. That is the duty of the hour.
It rcsta on tho two Houses of Congress. It
rests on the nation 1 1 rests on every citizen
of the rep'ililic. That it will be done and
done peacefully, decently and in order, thesa
politicians do not, 1 think, disbelieve. They,
in common with all men, may derive confi
dence from the fact that interest and expe
diency, not less than patriotism and honor,
point in one direction and teach one lesson.
Whoever stands on the right and truth will
not fall. Whoever attempts to stand ou
wrong and falsehood will be overthrown.
Two Governors of Louisiana were inaug
urated in New Orleans on Monday last.
One of them, Gen. Nicholas, Democrat, was
elected by the people by over eight thous
and of a majority, and the other, Packard,
carpet-bagger, was declared elected by
about four thousand majority by the in
famous Returning Board of that State, of
which the notorious J. Madison Wells is
chairman, and Anderson, White, and Cas
anave and Ker.ner, both colored, are his
pliant and willing tools. There was no
disturbance or violation of the peace on
that day, everything having passed off j recommends that instead of using the mili
qnielly and hatmouiously. Gov. Nicholls ! taiy hereafter authority shall be given the
was inaugurated in front of St. Patrick's ! thelitis of the counties to enroll a civic
. ; force, to be paid from the countv ticasuries,
course of people of both colors, estimated
at 15,000, among whom weie the leading
merchants and business men of the city.
He delivered a brief, bnt most admirable
and atiiotic addiess. Packaid bad his iu
auguiation in tho State House and deliv
ered a bloody shirt speech to his motley
crowd of supporters.
On the day following these events, how
ever, great excitement prevailed through
out the city of New Orleans. Gov. Nich
olls' State militia, or police force, assembled
at an early hour on Tuesday morning, and
without firing a shot took possession of all
the ft at ion houses and the Supreme Court
building, Gen. Augur, in command of the
United States troops, in the meantime de
claring that he would not, interfere except
to preserve the peace. Packard of course 1
telegraphed to Grant for assistance, but ho J
won't need it, as Gov. Nicholls and bis men '
under arms will never provoke or bring on
a collision. Before we go to press there !
maybe further developments, and if so we
in not 1111 10 nonce mem. 1
P. S. Up to 2 r. m. on Wednesday per- I
feet quiet and good order prevailed in New ''
Oilcans, and Gen Augur stated that he did 1
not anticipate any further trouble. Grant j
said on the same day to three Democratic '
Congressmen from Louisiana, that until i
more tully advised of nil the facts he would
not interfere in favor of either Packard or
Nicholis, and that the troops under Gen.
vugur would only bo employed to sup-
lies 101euce ami preserve the jieacc.
Public opinion, like the pen, is mightier
than the sword even with Grant.
Gen. Lon-ostrf.f.t, of rebel fame, atone
time appointed by Grant to the office of
Surveyor of the Port of New Orleans, the
same position now held by Wells, Piesidcnt ;
f the Louisiana Returiiimr Roaid l,
gone back on Kellogg, Packard and Jim
Casey, Grant's brother-in-law, who 'is the
collector of customs at the same port, and
now suppoits the right of Gov. Nicholls to '
the office to w hich the people of Louisiana j
elected him. If all the blood of Northern I
men shed on many a battle field by Gen.
James Longstreet could be gathered in one '
vast reservoir, he, himself, as Robert Em-j
mett told Loid Nor bury, might swim in it. '
Longstreet has been a special favorite of the I
Republican parly since he first gave in his
adheience to it, but now that he has repudi
ated the vill ainsofthc Louisiana Returnin" i
Board lie will once more, in Republican cs-
timation, simply be a blood-t hiisty rebel 1
and a red handed Iraitor to his country. j
Testimony is not lacking even from
Louisiana Republicans that the Returning
Board of that State is untrustworthy, for
Joseph Blackburn, who claims to be the
oldest native Republican in the Gulf States,
declares in his paper lhat the Wells and
Andeison Returning Board is "a disgrace
to tlie governmental machinery Of Louisi
ana, and an outrage upon the elective fran-
cuise of any people called free, or making
any prehensions to independence or Ha,
ceucy a burleeque, in act, upon civdiza- j
...
Governor's Message,
j,.e tl,jjl'atllI.e treats almost exclusively of
the atlaiis of our own Commonwealth.
iiivttAnni i in rt mi k anniii iiii'nniii'n l r
i lie ciaie nuances cii.un .no f-..
' These we summarize as follows : The re-
af i.ta F.r t vri r 111 1 tl balance cominrr
years Mood at about forty millions, is grad- ;
nally melting away, and is now a compar- !
aiively small sum. Wit li reference to that
Jf Fmded ,)eU which beci,me8 -
Ix,jeer,,abie or payable within the next five
years, 'and which bears more than tive per i
cent, interest, the Governor recommends !
iss"e of new loan, at not exceeding fiv j
per cent., reoeemable in fifteen years and
payable in Unity years. I his ho tbinks a j
last nnd that extraordinary expenses win
likewise be diminished to the amount ot
about ?J50,0()0 leaving about i:J0O.0OO to j
be provided for, which he thinks can be
done by a judicious exercise of economy,
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withdrawing proper aid from chantab.o 111-
st notions,
The Governor is of the opinion that the I
present system of assessment and collection
of mercantile and tavern license is expen
sive and inefficient and reclines revision.
He calls attention also to what he thinks a
necessary revision ot the tax on corporation
stocks, with the view of making its ope ra
tion more equitablo as between dividend
paying an non-dividend paying coipora-
tions. Following this is a recommendat ion
lor a modi neeueo law reguiaiing saving
Banks. Education is the next topic. It
is discussed at considerable leugt h, 1 he Gov
ernor renewing his previous recommend
ations, with respect to neglected children
whose parents, guardians or other care-tak-eis
neglect to send them to school, thus
preventing the public school system from
operating upon the veiy class whose needs
led to the first establishment of free schools.
He emphasizes also what he has heretofore
said in favor of technical and special public
school training for artisans, miners, manu
facturers, agriculturists and designers. In
the course of these observations he con
gratulates the State on tlie good results ot
the Soldiers' Oiphan Schools. The his
torical publications relating to the State,
the good results anticipated from the Geo
logical Survey, and the propriety of pro
viding some appropriate place for the dis
play and utilization of the rich collections
made by the (Geological Survey, are bi ought
to tho attenliou of the legislature; also
the consideration of aid to the proposed In
dustrial School and Museum 111 .Memorial
Hall.- The fine condition of the National
Guard of the State is commended in warm
terms. It is not large in numbers but very
etlicieut ; "costing the State much less in
proportion to its size," the Governor thinks
it "much superior to any other in tho pro
portion of effective troops." Connected
with this is the subject of lawlessness in
the mining regions of the State, which is
greatly abated now, because of (ho vigor
ous prosecution of the offenders ; but to
provide against any return of it the message
services
shall require it. The overcrowded condi
tion of the Eastern Penitentiary the Gov
ernor thinks should be relieved by author
izintr the Inspectors to increase the number
of cells from 580 to 780, and by modifying
the law so that no prisoners be ser.t to the
penitentiary whoso sentences are for less
than two years. The Board of Public Char
ities is doing most serviceable woik at a
very trilling cost to the State ; the Fish
Conimissiouersdcscrve encouragement ; t he
testimony heretofore givene by the Govern
or of tho value of the Insniance Depart
ment is very strongly repeated ; the neces
sity for revision of our Building Inspection
laws and their vigorous enfoi cement are
warmly urged ; co operation with the Na
tional Government in improving the naviga
tion of the Ohio river is recommended ; also
i the selection of two historical characters
j of the Stale as subjects for the statues invi-
I ted by Congress (or the -National Capitol.
The next subject is the Municipal Com
mission to prepare a plan of government
in order to reform abuses in municipal cor
porations. Among the miscellaneous sub
jects treated are tbe following : The rapid
and alarming destruction of our forests;
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throughout U,e State : the necessity for a
law to prevent the possibility of waiving
the exemption laws, and a commendation
of the suggestion of the State Board of
Health. The Governor then does justice
to the gentlemen who made the Centennial
Exhibition a Success. Reviewing the nro-
cress of the century in a very fine passage.
he com.es lo t,lft conclusion that there is no
truth in the alleged degeneracy of our
days, as we have advanced in intelligence,
morals and general welfare, as well as iu
population and wealth. The message con
cludes with an examination of the causes
and consequences of "periodical depres
sions" in business. .
Attorset Geseral Lear has filed an
opinion with State Treasurer Rawle, with
special relerence to the payment of expen
ses incurred by the special legislative corn-
niittee appointed to investigate the Read
ing Railroad Company, in which he de-
; cides that all appropriations of money to
j legislators beyond the fixed salary of $1,000
; for each session, are unconstitutional. By
this opinion the large payment of nearly
; ? 100,000 to the last Legislature for per
l diem compensation after the expiration of
j the one hundred days was unconstitutional
j and the State Treasurer -will hereafter re
; fuse to pay any moro than the specific sal
I ary of $1,000 to each member, no matter
.low long the scss.on may be extended.
Theie is much criticism of Attorney Gen
eral Lear for not giving a legal construc
tion of tho law to the State Treasurer last
spring, when the Legislature was hold to
gether for weeks mainly by the temptation
to obtain the $10 per day.
The steamer Seminole, of tho Boston
and Savannah line, which arrived iu the
latter city on Monday night last, reports
that ou Ihe morning of the 7th, about forty
miles off Cape May, she oollided in a thick
fo with the steamer Montgomery, of and
from New York for Havana, striking her
just abaft the wheel house, cutting her
down to the water and sinking her in a few
minutes. The second officer, eight of the
crew, and four Spanish passengers, names
unknown, went down with the Montgome
ry. The saved were taken to Boston on
the Seminole. The second officer, Mr.
Aschen, was pinioned by pieces of the
wreck, and weut down utteriug piteous i
vi its iur assistance.
A limning Coal Jline.
GREAT DKSTKUCTrON OF VAttlABlE lROP-
JiUTY AM. ATTEMPTS TO PUT OUT
THE F1KE UNSUCCESSFUL.
A special dispatch to tbe Ilarrisburg Pa
triot from Lykeiis, Pa., dated January 5th,
says that the Shoit Mountain and Lykens
Valley mines which produce 150,000 to
200,000 tons of coal a year have been on fiie
since Monday afternoon," and the Lykens
Valley coal company which operates the
collieries has already suffered a loss of sev
eral hundred thousand dollars which prom
ises to be largely augmented. Several men
who have been driven from tbe mines by
the fire are engaged day and night in efforts
to stop the work of destruction, but the
difficulty of reaching it has rendered their
labois only partially successful. Tlie
first four days they made no impression on
the fire. Appearances to-day indicate that
their work is having a beneficial effect ; but
the temporary check lias not. relieved the
people here of the fear that all the collieries
iu this county may be visited by the lire.
They are connected by subterranean pas
sages, and shmtld an unfavorable draft en
sue they would all be in danger of destruc
tion. The principal 1 fforts of the miners
are directed towards placing obstructions
to the sweep of the tire eastward, where the
Big Lick and William-stovvn collieries are
located, three and five miles above this
town. About thirty miners are constantly
stationed in the Lykens Valley slope, to
properly handle the hose through which
water is being conducted. The smoke is
so dense in the locality lhat they are occa
sionally prostrated by its effects and draw n
in cais t the suifaco to be relieved by
others. Two small streams have been di
verted from their original channels and the
water conducted into the burning mines,
several lines of wKdeu troughs carrying it
to points where it is supposed to be most
needed. At the month of each mine is a
large slope house, into which cars loaded
with coal are ordinari'y hoisted. These
structures have been disconnected with the
slopes to save them from destiuction. A
similar precaution would have prevented
the burning of a large engine bouse and
great damage to the machinery which cost
about $30,000. Between eighty and ninety
mules iu the burning mines aie supposed to
have been suffocated, all way of egress hav
ing been cut off by the fire. That no hu
man lives have been lost is in a great meas
ure attributable to the fact that tlie tire
occurred on a holiday when the mines were
almost entirely dyseited. There is a dif
ference of oni.'.ion as to how the tiro origi
nated. One theory is that a spnrk from a
miner's lamp started it, while another is
that the heat from one of the pumping en
gines in the mine was the cause. The the
spread with remarkable rapidity, ascending
lo the top of the Short Mountain slope,
nearly five hundred yard from the sun
posed xint f 01 igin, in six orseven hours.
In addition to the large quantity of coal
and timber consumed, much damage must
necessarily have been done tothe machine
ry in the mines both by fire and water.
Should the lire be brought undor control,
which is by no means certain, it would bo
impossible to repair the damage and resume
mining operations during tlie winter.
About nine hundred men were employed in
the burning mines. Theie are fouraul lira
cite coal mines in Dauphin county, which
employ between 2,500 and 3,000 men. Tbe
W illianistown colliery, tive mites above this
place, is the largest in the world, and pro
duced about 240,000 tons last year, ami tho
year befoio 301,000 tons. The total ship
ments from the four mines last vear were
390,000 tons a decrease of 132,000 as com
pared vvi'h previous year. When the
mines are kept in steady operation the bus
iness of this coal region amounts to from
$1,500,000 to $2,000,000. annually. In this
town from $35,000 to $10,000 are paid to
miners monthly.
Fioi ida Carriftl by Tilden,
THE HOUSF. COMMITTF.E UNANIMOUS IN TITE
OPINION THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAD A
MAJORITY A SAMPLE OF THE RE
TURNING hoard's WORK.
A special Washington dispatch to the
Phila.-7'jt?, dated Jan. 8th, says lhat, the
testimony of individual members of the
House Florida committee, which returned
that moiuihg, is unqualifiedly that tho
State Cast it vote forTilden and Hendricks.
The three Democrats, Thompson, Walling
and Debolt, say this in plain English.
The two Republicans, Woodburn and Dun
nell, me naturally more guarded in (heir
remarks, but. on the journey home Wood
burn stated that ho was surprised and
ashamed to find such a state f affaiis as
existed in bis party in Florida. Its
methods were unrepublican and he was
astonished to find members of his party
using them. Dunnell said there was a
great deal of fraud in the State ; that it
was not confined to the Democrats alone ;
that, be was ashamed of many of the offi
cials appointed by Governor Stexrns, and
that they were not fit to bold office. lie
complains somcwhit of bis treatmeut at
the hands of some of the papers, and
thinks the judgment of the committee
ought not to be forr stalled. The testimony
taken fully bear out. the statement of the
situation made by Senator Jones and pub
lished in your dispatches of last week,
that the Returning Board, in throwing
out in its second count the returns from
Baker and Clay counties, committed a
greater fraud than it did in its first count
and stultified itself.
A SPECIMEN BRICK.
As a specimen of the evidence on which
returns were thrown out one witness testi
fied that one precinct was thrown out for
intimidation. The witness was asked if
he bad seen any one intimidated, and lie
replied no. When asked how he knew
there was intimidation, he said the Judges
of the Circuit Court told him be had seen
one man intimidated, he believed, and on
lhat testimony the whole precinct wag
thrown out. The House committee has
held no meeting to consider the evidence
yet. The individual members, however,
say that the only two counties where the
evidence shows any warrant for the throw
ing out of the returns are Jackson and
Jefferson. In these two counties the
weight of evidence is about even as to
whether they should bo thrown out or
counted. One of these counties gave four
hundred and odd Democratic votes, the
other three hundred Kepnplican votes.
The evidence is as strong for tlie Demo
crats in one county as it is for tbe Repub
licans in tho other ; but if both atethrown
out it still gives the State to Tildeu and
Hendricks. Chairman Thomson will
probably confine bis report to a plain un
varnished statement of the facts. If be
does not make a partisan report, as be al
most certainly will not, it' more (ban prob
able that the report will be signed by nil
the members of the committee. Wood
burn is almost sure to sign it. lie was a
inemberof the Louisianacommittee of 1874,
and signed tlie majority report condemu
ing tbe Returning Board.
Snow drifts in Wayne county are
twenty-five feet deep, and the cold is in
tense. Many cattle have been buried.
An old farmer and his two daughters were
digging their way out under the snow to
the road with tin pans and a fire shovel
when relieved by neighbors. Tbe old man
was exhausted. Their provisions and
wood wre nearly gone and they would
soon Lave perished.
JVett-v and Other Votings.
Astor. Stewart. Vanderbilt, Garner,
Lick not many of us left,
j 31r. Pickett of Akron, Ohio, simnlta
: neously misses bis wife, his pastor and
: $200.
i Three sons and a daughter of a farmer
' residing near Pottstown, were married on
! Christmas day.
j Father Bolli?, tbe new eustodiau of
' the Vatican Basilica at Rome, is said to be
lhe master of lifty-lwo languages.
J A large hawk was captmed in the
; woods ner Chester, the bird's feet being
frozen to the limb of a tree so that it could
! not fly.
'1 A Portland girl got mar.ied toone fel
low in the clothes that another fellow had
, bought for her, the latter fellow having
expected to many her himself.
! Logan Uas been renominated to the
! United States Senate, but thai does not
settle it. The Independents command the
. situation and they are not for John.
1 A postal clerk in Dubuque ojK'iieJ a
j letter just to see if a ceitain gii 1 was very
I sweet on a ceitain fellow. She was, and
the Government is also very sweet on ihe
jHistal clerk.
1 Judge Henderson, of Lebanon connty,
' has put township supervisors to wink by
i deciding that it was their business to open
drifted roads and put them in a fit coudi
I lion for travel.
j New York has produced a "snow an
nibilator" which dissolves the snow by su
' pel heated steam. It is claimed that a I wo
; horse machine will clear as much street as
j could be thine with 400 carts,
j The ladies of Ixmisvillc, Ky., on New
1 Year's day presented an elegant suit of
j fashionably cut blue jeans to Governor
: Williams, of Indiana. He wore the suit
! on Monday at his inauguration.
' -In an altercation at Shenandoah, on
j Thursday night, a boy named )car
'. M'Cord strnck Joseph Bogartyn (behead
j with a club and killed him. M'Coid was
; taken 10 Pottsville and lodged in jail.
The boss counterfeiter, a man named
j Miles Ogle or Ogleby, with a string of
; aliases as long as the titles of a Geiinan
i prince, is in jail at Pittsburgh w ith a fair
prospect of the jien itent iai y before him.
j Cominodoie Vanderbilt died iu New
! York on Thursday morning last, Hged &2
years. His was an cventlui, useful and
j successful life. His wealth is estimated at
. eighty-five millions, and yet he started in
' life poor.
I The other day in Memphis, Tenn., a
! blue limestone paving-stone, from the Ohio
Ri vcr quai l ies, w hich has been in use iu
' one of the principal streets for fifteen
' years, was broken and a live frog bopped
j out of a cavity iu it.
I A citizen of Huntington, Vt., has a
i cat which is iu the habit of going into a
j stable on cold winter nights and getting ou
1 the. back of one of the cows and lemaiuiug
i there during llm night, having discovered
iiiai 1 11 is is an eneenve way 10 Keep warm.
The London World says Mr, Til.ien
has been fairly elected and the opposing
party arc trying to keep him out by fraud
j and force. If it succeeds there may not
be war in the United States, but iu Eug-
land a party in the majority would not
j submit to such an outrage.
I The Pennsylvania railroad has a
j spiing and fall inspection of every bridge
I on the road. The chief engineer visits
j them all himself, and descends into the
! structure, carefully inspecting eveiy por
! lion of the bridge, and every defect, where
one exists, is at once thoroughly remedied.
Governor Robinson is the first Gover
nor of New York elected to serve for three
years. The term of his predecessor was
two years. This enlarged term of office
will be advantageous to the State and give
the new Governor lime to carry out a policy
of administration w hich ought to be use
ful. Five negroes, who killed two respecta
ble Germans near Aiken, S. C, in Novem
ber last, have been found guilty of murder
in the first degree. One of the prisoners
confessed the crime, and mentioned the
names of prominent citizens whom the
gang to which be belonged iuteuded to
murder.
Miss Lutz, a young lady in the bloom
of health and life, aged IS, fell instantly
dead in the street at Hyde Paik, Luzerne
county, on Wednesday last. Her death
I was said to be the result of heart disease.
I All sudden deaths are now attributed to
! th is cause if 110 other ready explanation can
; be given.
j Senator "Wallace has distinguished
! himself by an able ami comprehensive re
j view of tlie questions involved in the
electoral content. HisFpeech in the Senate
Ion Monday bears evidence of a thoiough
j acquaintance with the subject and is
; strengthened by fresh leal points and
! precedents.
On Saturday gold sold down to 105.J,
' which is the low est point in several 3 ears,
j Shipments from abroad and disbursements
! on government account have loaded bank
j vaults to the extent of $33,000,000, and
; rendered the expense of carrying so oner
: ous that lhe operators on the Dull side are
j chary of touching it.
Jane Thomas, living near Reading,
during this cold spell of weather cnugbta
j bird having pure white feathers from bead
! to tail, there being but two sjMts of black,
j one on each wing, the sizo of a five cent
nickle. The bird was as large as a robin,
1 and nearly frozeu when captured. It is a
j stranger in these parts.
. The ruins of the oldest settlement on
the upper James river were discovered a
few days ago on the upper Falls Plantation
by a Manchester (Va.) antiquary. They
are supposed to be the remains of an old
stone house or fort which was erected by
Colonel Thomas Stagg, near the Three
Islands, in Hie year l(i(3.
It appears to be the opinion of railroad
men that the terrible disasterat Ashtabula
on the Lake Shore railroad was caused by
the second locomotive jumping the track.
The train, owing to the storm, it will be
remembered, . was pulled by two engines.
If this be the case it sufficient lv accounts
1 for tho destiuctiou of the bikue.
J This is Colorado's best cat story : A
, cat had alternately lived in three families
j in a neighboihood. She bad four kittens,
' and, as soon as they were able lo take care
, of themselves, she carried one to each of
; her two former residences and left it, re
I tabling two with herself. She desired, it
seems, to secure good homes for her
. progeny.
j The Pittsburg Commercial says that
j one of the most important uses to which
j furnace slag has yet been put is tho manu
j facture of mineral wool, which is a most
; excellent incombustible non-conductor.
Tbe product is manufactured by blowing
steam through liquid slag, and its great
value as a non-conductor has been abund
antly demonstrated.
Although nothing of importance was
discovered by the investigation committee
w hich inquired into the opening of letters
11 me xew iuik post onice, as alleged uy
Hewitt, it has since been ascertained that
for a long time mail bags have been stolen
from the wagons while en routs from trains
to the post-office, and letters destroyed.
The thieves are under arrest.
Gideon Lease, of Berks county, has
invented what he calls "The Champion
Walking Machine. It has four wheels
the same as a wagon, with a large central
wheel which drives two pulleys that con
nect with the bind wheels by means of
leather belting. Mr. Lease claims that
with the aid of his invention a person can
walk thirty miles an hoar on an ordinary
road,
I A woman lias made a heroine of her I The se r
sen in .Marion, m. rne is 11. e wiie 01 a
bank-cashier, and one night robbers enter- 1
j ed her residence, tied her to her bed, and '
' threatened to kill her if she did not tell
: them where 'the keys of the bank were
kept. Hhe screamed Inildlv, and the rob- '
; bcrs fled, after cruelty beating her lo
make her keep silent. !
Tnekolotooor Hannah, tbe Esquimaux
j woman who, with her husband h.u'i child,
was among the party separated from 1 Tie
j Polaris and lloatcd for 150 days on (be ice
1 tloe, has just died at Oroton, Conn., Lav- ;
ing never recovered from the effects of.
that trying time. She bad learned to "
rqreak and read English fluently, and in
! tended soon to join the Baptist Church.
j A six-year old Iwiy recently sbo. him- I
self at Elizatielh, New Jersey, for grief
j caused by a sister's death. She had been
his constant companion, and his happiness
i in a p. eat measure was centered in her.
J The Boston rott, in alluding to the cir- !
I cumstance, says the suicide "was an infant :
! Honieo. iu whose small and tender body
dwelt the passions of matnrer years, but I
j who loved without sin and died without !
responsibility for tbe fatal act that led to .
his taking th.T' - - - I
Michael Mnlroy, a q?tarryman in New
j York, entered the house of John Kaylor, a
i few days ago. with a nr .11 her of cartridges ;
j of giant powder which had been frozen to- :
J pettier and set abont thajri.ig them before '
a slove. jMuhoy sat down, holding the
cartridges close to it. nnd convening with
tho inmates. Pridfferily six two pound
j cartridges exploded, completely demolish- ,
( ing the rear of the building. Geo. Kaylor, '
! Tour years old, was instantly killed, and,
j Mrs. Kaylor and an infant were very seri-
ously injured, while Mulroy was badly
uuri.cn about the uotly.
The at test of (he Podd's express men
at Jersey City and New York, who roblied
the Philadelphia mails to New Yoik and
Boston, has revealed the fact that about
; !?", 000 of checks taken from letters were
I cashed in Philadelphia and New York 011
l forged endorsements. $30.HM) of checks
j stolen were found in a tiunk in the bouse
j of Maiy Jane Collins, a New Yoik courte- '
, san. Tbe thieves were expoits and Mr.
DihIJ says thegnni; bad made preparat ions
not only to rob his wagoHS. of which he 1
lias 100, but to carry on (heir robberies 0.1 ;
Ihe 1 1 a ins. They had duplicate keys to'
the company's cars. One wasroti was re- '
cently robbed while tbe watchman was !
I sitting 011 it.
Speaking of "bottomless wells," the '
i Gettysburg Compiler says : "Forty years '
I ago, in digging a well on the farm of Mr.
.Itseph Smyser, th.ee miles fiom the bor- ;
ongb of York, while the workmen weie at
dinner, the bottom of tlw well (about 12
feet deep) gave way and tbe water rose.
( the totds sinking out of sight and to a :
depth never i.scovered. A pump was in-j
se.ted, the lower end fastening between
two project ing looks. The "Blue Spring."
near Conewago Chapel, in this county, is
also said to be "bottomless." It was '
many years ago sounded under the din e- '.
lion of one of the priests, bnt notwith '
standing the enormous length of the cold
used, Jhe plummet found no resting place.
Bennett, of the N. Y. Herald, who was
to have been married last week, and to
sail for Europe, was cow bided by the lady's '
brother, Mr. Ficdrick May, "for telling j
some ugly stories after the match bad
been broken off by her father. Bennett i
subsequently challenged May to fiirbt a !
duel, and the latter accepting the parties
met, accompanied by their lesi'ective
friends, at Slaughter Station, on the Mary,
land and Delaware State line, last Monday :
afternoon, and exchanged shot, but wheth
er or not either of the parties were injured j
it is difficult todeterniine from thecontiict- !
ingrepoits. There is a strong probability, '
however, that May was wounded either in i
(he arm or leg, Another sanguina.y meet- ,
ing letwt en the jmt ties is hinted at. I
Mrs. McDonald, a young woman, wi'e j
of a coal miner, restd ing at Wilkinsburg, j
gave birth to quadruplets on last Thursday I
evening. Since then the children have all j
died, the last expiring at an ea. ly hour on
Saturday morning. The physician in at- j
tend a nee, Dr. Stottlor, says they were all t
perfectly formed children, and alnifist of i
the same size as all newly born inf ints.
This calls to mind the case of Mrs. W. B.
Ma.bies, tbe wife of a well-known New-
York merchant, who 011 July 24, ISo1, had i
one child born to her ; on June 30, I80O,
Ihe lady presented her hubaud with
twins ; on May 23, 13G-I, twins again were '
the gift ; 011 March 1, 161, she gave birth
to triplets, and on February 13. 1J2, Mrs. :
Mabies presented her husband with quad- !
rn plots, thus bringing into the world no
less than twelve children in about four
years.
Charlotte De Forest Egbert, a sister i
of the late Commodore Vandeibil:, died on .'
Friday last, at her residence on Slateti
Island, of pneumonia. Mrs. Egbert was !
eighty-five years and seven days old at Ihe '
lime of her death, or about two vears older
j than her biother. She resembled the
Commodore very much iu disposition and j
spiiit, and was looked upon as a thorough
wooiau of business. r?be lived on Staten I
Island all her life, and occupied the house '
in which she died for the past fifty-five j
years. Dr. Lir.sley soke of the fact as j
most remarkable in the aun ilsof medical '
history that a few inonieuls before Com- j
modore Vaodeibilt died be closed bis eyes,
and the lids remained shut after death, j
Mrs. Egbert, did the same thing, closing :
her eyes a few moments before her death.
Her eyes remained tightly closed after
death.
Some of the accidents that are noticed
in local newspapersare interesting for their
novelty. John Shaw han, in Iebaiiou,Ind.,
accidentally wounded himself with a gun.
He then dropped the weapon, and a second
barrel was discharged, hitting a woman ,
who stood by. Both died. Andrew II.
Shore, a coal miner in Pit 1st on, struck a
pickaxe through a thin wall of coal be-'
tween him and a stream, and the water
ran on him so fast that bo was almost :
drowned. David Garviu tried to escape '
from a cell iu a New port police station by i
climbing through a hole over the door.
He fell, his feet canght, and he hung head :
downwa.d until ho died. Gcoige Wells, a !
policeman in Danville, Ky., look a revolver j
from a drunken prisoner, and put it cocked i
into his pocket. It went off. and fatallv !
wounded him. A gill fell while skating J
in Milwaukee, and the pointed end of a!
smelling bottle, worn at her belt. enetra- j
ted her body several inches. A Boston ;
boy impaled himself on a cane that a man !
dropped just as his sled came along.
Persons rescued from the railroad dis
aster at Ashtabula say that their sensation !
when the bridge broke and the cars began :
to fall into the abyss, was something un- ,
speakably horrible. The time between the
crash of the bridge and their reaching the
frozen water, sixty or seventy feet below, !
seemed interminable. "We went down, J
down, down," says one of tbe passengers. ,
"and as we went eAerything was as silent ;
as the grave ; but when we had stiuck, a
terrible shriek arose from the wreck." 1
The narrator adds, after describing her i
escape, "Before we bad got np the bill the J
whole train was on fire: we beard the.1
shrieks Of the wounded and dying, and tbe
whole scene was as bright as" day." Yet,
though the Ashtabula tire bells and the
engine bells rang furiously, no attempt was
made to throw water, near at hand, on tbe
burning wreck, and many of the doomed
passengers wero so far consumed that Ihe
friends of tbe lost have left Ashtabula ut
terly umabie to recognize ll.eirdead. Why .
was ao Qbit made to rut out the flames f i
i.e. of .1,
lle.ny H.rt t,... (v ''"'"'".in
has l.e. l. II. tl : .""''4 .
thefvheror,;
bear the . '
llny.lhensix v; V 7r. i!, i
in the forest Vt;,t'; ;;.
!"""""flTl..iW fl"
lost. Neatly evt.v ., ' rr'""'
Blake.y (ownshi,,
ho asti,MlIv -!:
lost. N., trace of .
Anothe. so,, j,, d(U. M I,
named Henry Hart u, ' "
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'be parents. , r.-w ?
gentleman fn.,,, OI ' ,.
f.ie.ids at WiiKcM.ll.T1 '
s;mlartMthnt.,rH.rvI',r'"
that be 1.... r-v ''''.',
bni be micl.t i, . . ,e
be Ohpbant lit .in ,1 6
father, to pi, a..,l ...... . 1
was told bv )e 7. ., .';,n- lU
thought that heaa-shi,:,:,'---b,s
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The v.Mt ,,, -M.
mother enleicH ,,e
was mmual between t, r f l'
ong-l.,st so.,. H0 ; "-f
b.sea.ly ,iM..,y. p' !
with who,,, henve,.. ;,,;1:;-
Hudson ra.Ml. 1(J Ih-v,, e'k
-he biute. f , ma,, V,rk ' V''
n-Ki..g u
Jnaway,,,if,lHu '
IKmiy iota.:,, ,! to Ins ,.14 '
pba.it, and was n.t ;it
crowd of f.icoN and "J,"
are now three !!,., vs jn .. '
are happy. ,,
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A Rat Stohy. Ti tv. ,
grnVh M:th,.f.,ii..,ill,.JrT,v
if IhiHClt v has a i;,:;i.t
a huge., ...unity ,.f ,; ;
high esteem f.,r gt.,:m; V
All at mire the supply ,,f v.""'
smaller by degU,'r?'
m.t.l the yield , sca-r.-'v
The family w.lt. grfiiv "
as the animal :,s ni ,,'.,'',
the height ..f i,,.,
that some p..,s .T. w!.Muf
came sc. u, ,.s fr st,,,.
loin or the in.vi.i, f. a,,,) ;i v .
at night, he entered W-.c ' aiC,
w as kept and relieved .er t,
hired mail was ?.cci'!d' !'r ....
watch for the 1 1, it r u,u ,v;.
ewarded by a must si.
Just after d.ij light j .t.
avery large rat c..mt f..,;!, f.
place, ami, going to w!.,. .:lt
ing, it sto.n! on j,K l,jmj J.'
pat ,.n t he cow's nd l. r, sr.'i j
month lo one of her An, .j!
milk. When it Z'nl -t-dent
took its .;lfV, a ,d
supply was exhausted :id ihtL
died by (! cuiminc u t n;it..f ;:
jog's snppK ,.r T,,,!,'f
The sto.y i8 well vouched dr."
Enc'lisl. pipppi roll ..f 1 5;.
ieee.it ly arrived fn ni H-imiVj:.
bis vessel dtuii.g a luuic:,t.'.,fi,
duration by tiilin t raiv-:
oil. puncturing each ij.-l'v.
them astern. The lni;e ov
force at some disranc?. :,! ar
ship was a large space of cilm.
Xi: ir A It VLIl TIsDiL
this r-vrat is os mi 4
Where AdvrtUiog luutncti est
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of rortgce Loans. SU ul. B;"H
a week In vfarowntvwr. Tn'
VUUtU tree. H. kUU-LTT 1 l't-1'-
82500
A EAK. A ; I'M
oil i nr ir:n: ' 1
150 distinct BGJ
w fver where. SicrM
Stale tna-;c tVm tin wii;i:i '
Also. .Vffeiiis w:oreJ en mr .J
invalust-ie lllu.trl ai.1 1
Ttie H.m's .i-ut il.cw 'r i
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