TV. nvn cc h: tbi imm mi ebcnsbjrc, pa., Fri lay Mnrnhs, - Jan. ID, 18 - - A JJII.Ij lias been oiiereu in me lower biauch of the Legislature, which provides for a stay of execution upon all judgments foi iwo years. The action cf the Lcgisla- . ...;i t... t....t,,..i r .1 tl.; lin.o . i . .i . i .. line upon .t ... . - with interest by the people of the State. A bill has :.1.m been introduced into the same branch f.-r the re-enactment of the Local Upiiou law. m.4.. Thk Pennsylvania Editorial Association, of which lion. II. F. M-ycis, of the liar- ri.-bng fVtV, is President, and 11. S. Msmamiii. i:.-q., of I'hiladelphia, Secretary, . mi i. i i :. .. . i muni 1 1 1 r i:i t lie Senate Cou.mit.ee ilooms of the State Capitol at U.u t iburg, on Thursday next, .Tan.2.tli, nt '" o'clock r M. Ivlirois and publish- , ' .,' . c .-....;...! ... tlS lliioilgiiout nit; K'v.nt ..m: j tend and connect thcui.-rlves with the or- M ajor Sam;:i.i. S. Jamison died at his . roidenco near Sallsburg, Indiana county, j on yesterday week, aged 80 yeais. lie W.IS born in Virginia, and came to nest- , inoieland county, this State, with his pa- . fmy, signify ing nothing." The vexed qucs lents when lie was only threo eaiso'.d. I t i(n of t he manner .f count ing the elcctoi al M i j. Jamison was elected to the State j vote in now being carefully considered by renaic from tlio Indiana district in ISo.!, i r cotnniittce, consibting of nine members nt.il served one te i in with cleat ciedit to j cf the House and xcee n of the Senate. We hhn:,elf. He was an honest, nought citi zen, and was universally respected. Ox Tiusday last, the joint convention of tho Legislature of Aikansas elected ex Oovcinor, A. II, Gailand, Democtit, to the United States Senate for six yi a: s fioin the 4lh of March next, as the succensor of Fowt.il Clayton, one of tl.c present carpet ba" Soi.iitoirt f.om taut State. It is a sig i.ifuunt fact in connection with Gov. Car- j fiom Han isbitrg to that city. Xo good or laud's election, ihat of the one lnu-dr-d .even plausible reason ever was or ever can and twenty-oi e votes cast, he rect ivtd 1 12, ! be ghen in favor of tho proposition, and that tun Republican members voted j I'ven befmc the adoption of the now con for hint, t f whom jtfjv weic colored. Clay- J stilutiou, in 1S73, the project wasearneslly ton's carpetbag o. league, Do:scy, 1. as j urged before the Legislature, but was al jet two years t. serve, after which time j ways defeated, a it well deserved to be. t.i;e s- at ho now occupies will know Lini no Tho new constitution contains a provision l.uie forever. viitnally forbidding any change in the loca- . b- ce lion of the capitol, unless the question shall A i n:: SAM'S of Grant's oilicial life are have been submitted toa vote of the people fa-st lu'.nii.g out he has i.si ived th.it at I at the general election, and latiiled and liiiist o'n of his biot her' s-in-lavv shall not be j aj piovcd by them ; yet still the same bill forgotten. His name is Alexander Sharpe, ! has been presented to tho Legislature at a man who, for nearly eightyears, has been ! every session Rir.ce the new constitution l .ote.l States M;tihul for the Di.siiiet of went intoeff. ct, though the last end of that C.'ohimbia, w ith a comfortable salary at- bill w as always worse than its Ciht. This taehed thereto. On yesterday week Grant j insane project was icsuneettd at the close nominated him to tho Senate for appoint- I of last week by a Republican member of mcf.t as a paj master in the army, with the ' rank and pay of Major. This is a life of lice and Jis an obsequious Senate will . promptly confntu him, SLaipc is pretty j well provided for. Another brother-in-law, j Kiamcs', is now Minister to Copenhagen, Denmark. What life position is reserved for him remains yet to be seen. Then there are I ho Dents, and that enterprising genius, br. ther Oiil II. (jiant, all of whom will doubtless bo generously takiii caio of. Cre.t is the houso of Grant I The reports of the House committees appointed to go to Floiida, South Carolina and L"ir,:-i..iin, to ascertain the true and honst vote in each of these three disputed States at the November election, have not jet been presented to Congress. It is ex pected that Mr. Thompson, Democrat, of Massachusetts, chairman of the Florida (uiuiittee, will be roady to submit his re poit iJ a few days, and that the South Carolina committee, tf which Hon. Milton Democrat, of Cincinnati, is chair man, will report inside of ten days. The Ij.mif.irw! a committee, Hon. William 11. Mori i&oti, Dcmociat, of Illinois, chaii man, will not be prepared to report for two weeks, as a vast amount of testimony has been taken by the committee and its sub couimittees, ia nearly ail the parishes in that Slate, or, as we call them in this State, Counties, all of which must be caiefully and accurately prepared bofore it is ne tM'.ited to the House. There will of coui so bo minoiity rcjorts by tho Republican members of these three committees, all of which will bo anxiously looked fur Ly the peoj lo of the whole Country. --- -OB- AVno can unravel the tanuled web of i Louisiana politics? Foi tuuately, or tin- j foi innately, as tho issue may eventually be 1 dicidcd, that State biuce Monday week last has had ro Governors and ttro legis latures. The Governors aro NiehoHs, Democrat, whoso majoii'.y at the Novem ber el. clion was over S,C00, and Packaid, cai pet-bagger, counted in by the infamous Returning Roaid. Up to this date (Thuis dny thaie has been no disturbance, either in New Oi leans or in any part of the State, in.r is any serious trouble anticipated. One thing is certain, however, and that is. 1liat the olid merchants, the bankers, and all the substantial business men of New Oih::tns. are now supporting and will con tinue to gland by and uphold Gov. Nicholls, and I.avc given him an pie assurance that whatever funds ho may need for nil the legitimate purposes of his administration it ill L-e f.i'. uishrd without stint. Packard's fiauduh-nt Returning Roard LegiMature din ing the List week has become hopeless ly demoralized through the peculiar tactics of Pinchbuck, the most trusted leader of the eoh'ttd iMjopio in that State. Ho has !jeiily pronounced against both Kellogg and Prt;kaid ami in favor o? the-IttHteiHy i f ?,"iohoir election. Through his Influ .lice fee colored State Senatoisou Satur day last deserted the Packaid Lcgislatuio nod joined the Nicholl's Senate. Giant I;as thus far not officially ititcifcred, and nl!ho;:gh he would w dlingly recognize and stifclaiu Packard, iej says he will lake no octioii until the Louisiana Congressional conimitLeo make their report. Jfho will only keep his mailed hand oT the throat of . . . .. . . , .... w- . .... ...uihiAiin nr Liift next teuuas. i acKaru - nil ..d his borrus Ligature w ill be amon2st w u, ..... w ... ..... , In the Senate of this State, on Fiiday lut, in obedience to the dccice cf a Ile- pol-liean caucus of the legislature, held the ni ight previous a picatnble and set of j itionswercoflcriedby .Senator George 1 res. ilnt V. Lawrence, of Washington county, in WHICH UUll :u;-7?ZWeft, uuilW.jr v,..- which that dirtiuguUhtd, hut th'ppery poli- . . . ... I tjtian, as the mouthpiece ol Muion ,.,, t,f whom tie was only a few yeais ago tie sworn fe, undertook to dictate to the two House of Congress the way in which .i .. i r.... !...:.!.... ...,.1 V;.o me eicc.oiai uac .o. i .ce , , . pusiiient should be counted and ascertain- e,J :it the joint convention of the Senate and , lhMm to be held o Wednesday, the 14th f i oi rcbrnary next. 1 nesc resolutions cic lushed through the Senate in defiance ot ; ai appeals from the Democrats for a brief postponement of their consideration, in j older that members might have an oppor j j tunity of examining their true import and j ; .,.,.. i, ; ! ,r 'n m.'in n ho knows ( Ji'Ol l'O V. ; I Lawrccc is silly enough to Inlieve that j ! js competent to wiite resolutions on any I s!,i( Ct that would contain common sense ' ' i.i it- ,,. s or njpiu.i-u Ki ........... . ..v. ...... t. i made the willing tool of a much abler man ' of the Cameron ring to back Don Cameron, Grant's now Secretary of War, Morton, Shei man, Chandler, and their confederates, i favor of the forcible inauguration of Haes as Fi evident. The lcsolctioiiR them- selves are. as a whole, simply "sound and must only wait patiently fur their final ae. lion, whatever that maybe. The result of thiir deliberations will most probably be known befote our paper g'X-s to press, and if any agreement bhould bo arrived at wo w ill publish it. Ir has long been a cherished idea with a ceitain ring of Philadelphia politicians, that the State capitol ought to be removed the Houso fiom Philadelphia, and if the committee reports it affirmatively, a vast amount of cloqucnco, especially from the city members, may be anticipated. The State capitol, as we have on all occasions emphatically asserted, is now just where it ought to be, for good and sufticient reasons, not necssary hero to repeat. Our own de cided opinion, however, is (hat tho bill ought to pass both houses and thus relieve the Legislature from being annually trou bled and annoyed with its discussion. Frothy and windy speeches, both in favor of and against the measure, are terribly ex pensive to the taxpayers of the State. Let tho bill therefore pass, ntid when the people of the State at the next November election vote upon it, they will put their seal of condemnation upon the humbug by a ma jority far exceeding that by which the new constitution was adopted. On Monday, the 8th instant tho anni versary of General Jackson's memorable victory at New Orleans Hon. William A. Wallace, w ho represents the Democracy of this State in the United States Senate, de livered a Fcech on the manner of count ing the electoral voto by the Senate and House of Representatives on the 14tb of February next. Mr. Wallace submitted to the Senate, as the foundation of his speech, ceitain propositions embodying his views in reference to the question, and then j addiessed that body in a speech which is said to have been, for we have not yet had time to peruse it entire, the strongest and most powerful presentation of the caso that hasyet been made. We regret that we have not space for the w holo of Mr. Wallace's argument, but we publish elsewhere that poition of it in which he dissects nuh an nnspairing hand the infamous Louisiana Returning Hoard. It will commend itself to honest men of both parties for its truth ful denunciation of that lawless and iire yponsib'o tribunal, which, for years, has set aside and reversed the decision of the ballot boxes in that Slate. It is a high compliment to Senator Wallace that his vigorous and eloquent speech is spoken of with general commendatiou by the Dem ocratic press of the country, and that it is esteemed by all who have read it the most masterly effort of his brilliant and honor able career in the councils of tho nation. Tfie Philadelphia Time will commence the publication of a weekly edition on the 7th of March next. It will bo double, tho size of the daily, and will doubtless be, to quote the language of tho Altoona Tribune, a very attractive journal, if we may infer anything from the enterprise characterizing the daily. Terms, $3 per annum ; 5 copies, flS; 10 copies, $ir ; 20 copies, $23; pos- t-ca fi-ftA A.t.tfAt 7. T: -. ii -i . U. S. Skxetoii Rouektsox, Republican, of Suutlr Carolina, has told President Giant that under no circumstances could the peo ple of that State bo compelled to yield obe dience to Chamberlain tho pretended Gov ernor, or pay any taxes towards the sup- I Prt "r ,,IS 'onIH government. The peo- ' l''e OI 1,10 State, white as well as black, cordially support Wado Hampton and cn- 80 is peaceful and prudent counsels. " - - , The jury in tho case of Jack ICeh.K?, a 'leader amongst the Mnlfi.i XI j v . . .: i-ii.i .. i- ...... - " . ' ' rt d. f... i-ii,.. if V r J 71' "Y"D I ft ( IE in HILL III (rill II V Ol m(a-.Inu . . II. au-j?.,,!, iu - , Seiuilor Wallace's J'oaition, The following tersely stated propositions iw.Co ..t.tet, Mr. Wallace affirmed in tm t,je ekcU,ia, . 8,. .... ..r.....-i i, ,. liucsiion auu n iiiui j -.. reasoningand the citation of high authority: , , in,i. Mwrnluw. nn tam-j,,,,,,,,,, electoral vote be instructed to ; inquire ami report lo the 8etite upon the l''? president of the United piftre. are a pirt of iho luachinery of tije ! fe.leral government. .ej.m.r", t" i -- J( ff a ,nt 1.pm B , , pta,eH( ro n, exercised under the restrictions Hnd guarantees of the federal constitution, J1 u,, iJe4 j,;,.,, i,v counting tlie electoral vote j is a tiatn-jtiuieiai one, an.i carn.'s won n the riglit to inquire and decide what are votes. . ' ' IV. This power is in th two houses act ine eon.Mirrently as iinle;Mtdettt to.?iHS. - " V. Kaeli house may examine both farts and law to enable it to determine these i ticst iuiK : J? r " o Were the votes therein shown to he cast given hr tliose appoint.-.', by th jitatn to the otli. e of elector of president of the suited States? ."?. Was the appomtmf nr of elortors made and were thrt voles east in aceordaiien w ith the provisions and guarantees of tiie federal constitution ? VI. The certifiVate and seal of the execu tive authority of the state made under the act of Congress is prima arte proof of the appoint metit of an elector ly the state. This mode of proof may le overihrown by the decision of the highest judicial tr-.lumal of the proper state or of the United States, or H may l0 coiitradirtil by evidence of plain mixtake or palpable fraud. VII. When two returns come from a Mate the two houses acting concurrently must de termine which Is th true return. VIII. No electoral vote can be counted without tho concurrence of both houses. One of the finest passages of the speech is the answer to Sherman's assertion that the returning board of Louisiana is a court wlili judicial poTvcrs aud authoiity. Mr. Wallace said : The lioard itself is unfitted by the very character of its composition to give an im partial hearingorajust. judgment. The end the law seeks to attain may If a just and proper one, but in seeking it great fun. la mental rights are destroyed. "No freeman ehsll Ire tnken or imprisoned, or disseised or Ills freehold or liberties or free custom!., nr he outlswedor exi led, or any ot h crwise oestroyod ; nor will we pass upon him or cnd inn him but by lnwfu! judgment of bis peers or by the luw of the lanJ." These rights are as broad as our country. They go with our rarp into every clime. Their infringement in Tjonislana is no more possible than in New York, freemen can not be disseized of their liberties, nor con demned but by th "law of the land." "The Saw ot t he land" is not a statute of Louisiana repmriiant. to tli theory of law everywhere. Cit izens of the United States in every local ity are atferted by this st.-tntp now. Its ex ecution affects ns all. Vested by law with conclusive power, this returning board "this court of the last resott" sweeps out of exit-teiicn ten thousand ballots and de. ides the presidential eleetion. Neither the stat ute nor flu board gives to an eleetor of the United States, chosen by a majority, the right to contest for his place. The laws of Louisiana utterly deny this r'Mt, for mal petition or COir.,.ia!lit, with a specific detail ol the .vrnnescouimitted ; no plaintiff, complainant. .r accuser is ermit(ed to tread the portals of thin court ; no answer under oatli or in writing by defendant or accused is demanded ; no notice to those chosen by the majority to appear and answer ; no com pulsory process for the attendance of wit nesses ; no power to punish for contempt ; no right of appeal as to matter of fact ; no exception for review of errors in law is given to this "court," whose decrees and die's are fraught witli consequences so momentous to the American people. Such a tribunal is no court. It is a judicial monstrosity. It can give no lawful hearing. Its decrees are not binding. Its judgments are not final. Its construction and powers violate every con ception of a court as a place where justice is judicially administered which -vn entertain as a veople. It grasps our rights and des troys them without a hearing. Rr-Namint. Thf.m. Often have we ad mited the fashion of naming a man in after life according to his persoral character ist ics which prevails among the Indians. In this way a man's name becomes t.i all intents a biography and to some extent a letter of introduction. A list, of Sioux chiefs before us contains such cognomens as No Heart, Rattling Ribs, Cull's Ghost, Fire Heart, The Thief, Ile-Don't-Know, Walk-out-of-the-way. and Calfskin Shirt. Apply this principle to our own chiefs, and what an attractive array we would have in our list of public men. Senator Mot ton would find a name ready-made in Sitting Bull ; Sena tor Houtwell would bcdiibbed llole-in-the-sky ; General Butler, Widow- with-many-spoous; Govcrner Chamberlain. Young man who cries fort roops ; Mr. Taft, Old-man-that-bull dozed-ILilstead; Mr. Blaine, Wait-and-see-how-the cat jumps; Mr. Bar num, Old-money-bags ; Mr. Giant, Fellow making soft-places-for-self and-family ; Mr. Sherman, Anyt hitig-for-a-place-in-the-Cab-inet ; Mr. Robeson, Shiver-my-timlers, Mr. Chandler, Anything-to-'oeat-Tilden, and bo on. True, these names don't sound very we'd in English, but in Sioux or Choc taw none could be more euphonious. Pitila. 2'ivtes. A Dir. Job ox Hand. Before they get through with it, the radical conspirators will discover that it is no easy matter to stamp the love of liberty and free self-government out of the hearts of the American people. Tho deadly rot of admtnistiative coiruption was doing its deadly work while the people were resting in fancied security, but when the combined hosts of radicalism committed the overt act against our repub lican institutions, by setting up tho bayonet and the corrupt and thieving Returning Board against the will of the majority, the w hole American people wero aroused to a sense of the danger that threatened them. The seven-fold voice of protest that went up on last Monday from all quarters of the land, and from the lips of many who worked and voied for R. It. Hayes for President, is but the precurserof the might ier protest thai is to follow unless the con spirators pause in their shameless career of intended crime. The American people are patient and long-suffering, but there is a limit lieyond which it is dangerous for the conspirators to pass. Let them be warned in titno. They arc not going to be per mitted to pull down the temple of our lib erties. This the people have already de cided upon. Ohio Euglv. . . . vj c Hi r.iu 1 II. t'j I I' K A !S- Elts. Attorney General Lear says in his annual report : In the collection of the revemte of the commonwealth ft has-been found that the greatest difficulty and the largest losses are in the licenses of hotels, restaurants, brokers, auctioneers, venders of merchandise, and taxes on writsand pro cusses of ci'y and county officers. While tho system is n good one tho checks to guard against dishonesty are defective. One of the difficulties arises from the im. Kiftct manner in which the duties of the appiaisers of mercantile taxes are perform ed, and this is toa largo extent the result of the defective manner in which those duties are defined in the legislaton on the subject. The law is differently understood . . . . " "'":'". localities, ni there is a want rp ssrr,!- n" i A. Terrible Fate. tlEATH OF A MAN WHO FOR EIITTEF.JJ TEARS WAS IN CONSTANT TOKICRE., George. Miller, of Princeton, died last Friday night, after fifteen years of tu.e most bidious and tortured life that one could well imagine. No matter how won derful the flight of Helton, there is now and then some true story coming to the surface which puts it to shame and sets all philosophers agog with amusement. The history of George Miller i one of hoiiible stiaugeness, and is the most re markable we have ever hcaid. Fifteen years ago, when Miller was nineteen yeais of age, he was suddenly seized witli an ep ileptic fit, and ever since then he has been subject to their. They came frequently and with fearful power aud eftt ct. The ut most skill of physicians was exerted in vain to relieve him ; his ailiictioti baflled them all. Ten years from the date of his first at tack he became insane and very dangerous, not only to strangers, but to his friends and family also. His case was incurable, and he could not be received into the Asylum. For two years he w as chained fast to ins room to prevent him from doing any dam age. But during the remaining tlnee years of his poor life no chains ere need ed, for the insidious disease fast claimed him. The mnscles of his legs contracted so that his knees were drawu up within an inch of his chin, and his arms were drawn and distorted in a most horrible mariner. By this time he had become almost a wild beast. His tortured mind was unlit by a ray of reason. All human instinct even was gone. His appetite became lavenotis and horrible. He would, at times when hunger was upon him, seize a bed blanket or quilt and tear it to pieces like an ani mal, devouring tho shreds as if thy were digestible food, lie sonld, again, tear his own flesh, anil Tt was with didiculty that he was restrained from eating his own flesh. Death finally released him from a condition as miserable as hell itself, and on Friday he died easily, we understand. Hr. S. H. Shoptaugh held a pout-mortem examination of the body .Sunday, and found in the left ventricle of the heart a lump of fat two iuches long and a quarter of an inch thick. Tho gall bladder was diseased by an enlargement, the righc lvle ofthe liver was enlarged, and other de rangements of his functionary organs. It is certainly the most remai kable case on record. Ecanstille Journal. j j j ! The Charleston A'eir and Courier re ferring to an aiticie in a Georgia newspaper attributing to Gov. Hampton certain acts aud expressions relating to Mr. Tildcn which the Governor has characici ized as false and unfounded discloses a secret that is worth nothing. It says that after tho election, and while l he proceedings against the Slate Canvassers of South Carolina weie pending in the Supreme Com I, the direct offer was made by the leprcsentalives of the National Republican Committee to withdraw the Federal troops from the Stale and leave Chambeilai.i lo his fate if Gen. Hampton would concede the election of the Hayes electoral ticket, an offer that was rejected. The consequence was that ' United. olatCS tioops were used to prevent. an organization of the legally chosen Jeg islatuic by an arbitrary ami lawless inter ference with the seating of members, iu defiance of the State Courts, and iu con travention of the i ights of the people. All this would have been avoided, and Gov. Hampton would have been put iu possession of his office unquestioned, if he had per mitted his own interests, or even tho hope of redeeming his btate from the grasp of insatiate thieves, to induce him to acknowl edge that the Canvassing Boaid had acted honestly iu counting out the Tildeti elec tors. Fnitn the rejHu t of Col. Hunt, which wo printed last week, it became appaieut that Collector Worthinglou, of Charleston, had the power lo remove a faithful ollicer of the army from his command because he would not assist tho incendiary projects of the lowest class of politicians; aud now it appeals that the National Republican Com mittee a handful of most unscrupulous political partisans had authority to use I'niud Stales troops in order to force the Governor of a Stale into acquiescence iu a gios fraud. A". F. &un. Disastrous Floods. Great Lo of PrnTerty rn Xe Mononyakela and Ohio Jtiver. The heavy ice gorge from the upjM-r Monongahela, which broke loose on last Fi iday afiernooti, reached Pittsburgh at six o'clock on Sunday morning, doing great damage to the coal and steamboat interests of that city. Two passenger and seven tug boats were sunk, and a large number of tow boats badly damaged. An immense number of coal flats, laden and empty, and were canied away, ami it is feaied that several lives were lost. A rough osiimate of loss puts the figures at $2,000,000. The coal works along tho Monongahela were so badly wrecked that it will require two mouths to repair the damage. A Cincinnati dispatch of Monday says that the present break-up of tho ico iu the Ohio river has been one of the most disas trous on record. The lowest estimated damage there is $250,000 the highest f-iOO, IMX). There were seventy-five loaded and one hundred and fifty empty barges sunk or carried away from their landings in this place. It is not certainly known whether there was any loss of life attend ing the break-up at that point, though a number of barges that were swept away had men aboard who have not since been heard from. When the wreck of the steamer Calumet was swept away Captain Dugan and mates were on board, but made their escape, jumping on the Golden City, when the wreck reached thi steamer. Tho steamer Alex, Kendall", which was sunk below the city, had a cargo of mer chandise from Cincinnati, valued at $10, 000, which will prove a total loss. The Cincinnati and Maysville packet Handy was also sunk ; she was valued at $4,000. Gov. Tii.den AT Home. Relieved of his duties at Albany, ex-Governor Tildeu im mediately returned to town, and is once more at his handsome residence on Gram- ercy Park. Notwithstanding his hard work of the past few months, the Govern or's health is unimpaired. He continues to tako his full share of sociil pleasures, and his house is the scene of many notablo gatherings. Perhaps no man in the coun try ia more "called on" than he. Mr. Til den is easily accessible to visitors, of whom there are many daily at the Gramercy Park house, and, blessed in the possession of un usually intelligent servants, who can tell at a glance "who's who and what's what," he is generally able to avoid chronic and pro TessTdiial "Dorcs, who are consigned to the tender mercies of Colonel Pelton, the Gov ernor's nephew and secretary, detailed for that duty by the Governor, and who has had a tremendous experience in dealing with them for several months past. Gov ernor Tilden is fond of a good dinner and fonder still of good company. He seldom or never sits down to table without a few friends, ,d his guests include man vol the most d btinguislicd men in the country, not nnfieqnently of both political parties. IL'g favorite pastime of horseback riding is still kept up, and every day, in every kind of weather, his well-known figure, clad in sealskin and mounted on a handsome bay, j may be seen iu the Park or ou the road. 2f. T, World. ' AeM jt and OlUtr Xottngs. John IJeffner, of R-ading, is the fath er of forty two children. 1 A repeal ot the scalp law is aemanueu by tho people of several counties. Barley, in Lake county, California, is two feet high and nicely headed. May was no. hurt and Miss M. did not elope, hence the best story of the season is sjoilel. Mr. Hill Keith of Lake Forest, N. C, having lost his wife last, year, was mariied to her mother on Christmas day. A child sat. down on a hot stove hearth in Pittsburgh, and whs permanently bran ded with the words Base Burner." In a Cambridge (Mass.) evening school is a man of fifty-seven learning to lead and one of foi ty working at ai ithmel ic. Great destitution prevails in New York and Brooklyn, aud deaths from starvation and exposure are frequently rejnited. A little six-year. old rtamiliter ol Thumbs f.ruham. of Boiler, was buined to death ou Fiiday while playing about the flym Wm. Fox. of Titusville, has a dancing ! rat. The little creatine is peifectly tame ', and keeps most perfect time to tho tune of the violin. j In Pittsburgh, on Thursday, George j Caughey was enisled to death by baing drawn between bar rolls at the fctccl works of Park, Bros. & Co. j A woman dropped dead on the streets 'of Potlsville last week and the coroner's J jury has decided that her death was caused j by intoxicating liquor. j Fred Douglass 's desjtondent, and ' says : "Tilden's inauguration will com ' pletely unchain the devil, and I think he i will come in great wrath." A fire in Edinbtirg. Clarion county, on Saturday night, destroyed twenty-two buildings in the business part of town. I he j Joss is estimated at f IbU.tMW, Samuel Morris ami child, of Cranberry Paik. New Jeisev. were burned todeitli at their residence on Fi iday, being unable to escape from the burning building. A dispatch from Gloucester, Mass., hriniis the melancholy intelligence that ten schooners of the Gloucester fishing fleet are missing snd are doubtless lost, involv ing a Ions of fully 100 lives. Albert Gray, of Lancaster county, a brother of Col. Harry Otay, of Philadel phia, whose memorable contest with Alex. McClure for the State SenatorMiip will be remembered, committed suicide recently in St. Louis. In the early part of the present century John Alsop, a licli eccentric Englishman, left his daughters as a legacy their weight in one-pound bank notes. When weighing day came the eldest got 51,200, the young est 37.344. I It is reported that shreds of flesh and j a portion of a human arm were found ! hanging on the tiuck of a coal car, at Pot t j Clinton, on Thursday. Pieces of clothing were also discovered, denoting that some i person had met with a fearful fate. 1 Martin Meyer, aged sixty years, froze j to death on the sidewalk, nt Huston, on i i Fiiday night. The deceased was a bone- ! picker, and is supposed to have fallen fiom ! the window of a stable where he usually j slept, iu front of which ho was found. Governor Haitranft has refused to : errant a requisition on the governor f Cali fornia for the return of John A. Bigler, j late vice president of the ci!y bai.k of u.ti i i.--buig, on the ground that he appli cation is not in conformity with the t ub s. I he Hampton government lias been : indorsed in nearly every County in South I Carolina, and meetings have been called in all others for the purpose of ratifying the new government. Money is coming in 1 freely for its support. Gov. Hampton is appointing county office is wherever needed. ! The fire which broke out in Ly ken's ; Valley Mines on January 1st is giadually : dimin ishing, and the steam engine which has been sent there from Harrtsburg has j been letunied. It is now believed that ' t he damage done will not be as groat as at i first feared. ! Reading has a square-toed preacher, ' who recently said in the coiuse of a sermon: ! 'T want a holiness that- puis a basket on the arm and puts something iu the basket and goes to the home of impoverishment aoi says, not in worn out in woi KS, Here is the evidence of my piety.' " Father Barge r, noted for his early ex perience in Methodism in the West, aud one of the oldest divines living since the death of the celebrated Peter Cartwright, died at Bloomington. III., a few days ago, of heart disease, Hejwas born in 1S01 in Culpepper county, Ya., and went to the West in 18C2. Mr. James Gordon Bennett is reported to have sailed for lCoropo in the steamship i City of Richmond, on Saturday last. He I got on board tho steamship from the Tier- -aid news yacht, in tho lower bay. It is also reported that Mr. May was not wound- ! ed ami is staying with friends "south of. Mason and Dixon's line." j A terrible fire occurred at Scranton on : Sat in day in -truing last, in a block of build- ings on Lackawanna avenue, known as Ex- change block. The flames originated in Pryor and Thompson'sbook store, and in a I few hours Jhe entire block was destroyed. ! The total l.ws will exceed $100,000. fcmp- : posed to be tho work of an incendiary. i MlotinhI's peak, on Lake tfujerior, a great pyramidal rock of granite overhang- 1 ing tho water, has fallen. It measured at j its base 10') feet in circumfeioue and rose ( to the heighth of 280 feet. This towering j rock or shaft was called M' Donald's peak" in honor of a Hudson Bay company factor, j who is otcrtifpo with climbing to the topof it in 1822, and jumping into the lake to win win a wager of ."20. In the caso of Wm. Henry Brown, who perished in his burning dwelling in Mid dletown, R. I., on the night ofthe 10th inst., tho coroner's jury has returned a verdict that Chailes S. Brown, a son of tho deceased, knew of the death of his father at the time of the fire, and that he feloni ously and maliciously refused and neglect ed to make any effort to put out the fire or save his father's life. The sheriff has ar rested the accused. The Chicago Inter-Ocean of Saturday says the mystery of the Ashtabula disaster has probably been discovered, and that the terrible calamity w as tho result of deliber ate design to rob and pillage. The paper says its statements are based on what is believed to be the most reliable infoima tion, a:id the railway authorities fully ex pect to have some of the incarnate fiends who committed the deed in custody within a few days. "The oldest living person" is believed In be Esther Groom, of Caldwell comity, Ky. Octogenarians thereabouts vay that "Aunt" Esther was an old woman when they were children. She is believed to be j not less than one hundred and t wenty years ' old la peifectly helpless, her fles4t wbrtmk en to her bones, and her skin all wrinkled I atld shrive'pd. She liven with ber tnniir. est son, Granville Groom, who. is himself j between eighty And uiuetr vcars of aire The Cincinnati Gazette lells of a violin, just bought by a Russian for $ 2,000, which has a curious history. It was sold by its maker, Stabler, to a ceitain count, who promised to pay $250, to furnish Stainer a good dinner as lone as he lived. 50 tho first of each month, a complete outfit once a year, two barrels of beer, his lodgings, fire, light, and, in case that he mariied, as many hares as be required for his table, and two baskets of fruit for himself and two for his old nurse annually. These conditions were fulfilled for eihtceu veaiF. Until Suiuer died. Threo Claddagb fishermon, blown off the coast of Galwaj', Ireland, in the terri ble Atlantic gales," anived at New York Thursday, having been irscued fiom their open smack on the sixth night out, and af i ter terrible sufferings. The names ofthe men rescued are Nicholas Moran, hisfHih- cr. IV. trick Moran. and Nicholas Smith. John Moian, aged !Jo, and brother of Pat lick, was washed overboard and drowned. Mllrtngh, late President of the Pistitet of Columbia Police Boaid, confesses the ossein Ml point of the chaige that, he insti gated a foul conspii acy against the giK.il name of Rep'esentat ive V Iiitihoi nc. A confession was baldly necessary, however, as everybody except Piesident Grant was already convinced of his guilt. And tioir tho Phila. Times asks whether the Presi dent w ill sign the bill abolishing this cor rupt Board of Commissioners? After thi. ty yeais an inventor has suc ceeded in producing an apparatus com-it-ing of h table with edals, nn organ bel lows, and a keboard. In the centre is an : elaborate arrangement, representing the unman lungs, laiynx. j;.oi.is ho. nni;ij. .t the conclusion of t lie exhibit ton, in the Giand Hotel at Paris, it spoke "a piece' as follows : "I was born in Ameiica. I can Fpeak vll languages, snd am very ph'osed lo see you. 1 tbaiik jon for your Visit." The Philadelphia Titiiif referting to the caucus action f the R publican mem bers ofthe Pennsylvania Legislaluie, says that "while the ablest men of the nation who have to decide the issue in the end are in doubt fs lo the result ami as tothebot means of attaining a jiist judgment, a mob of averatc Pcnusjivania law makers resolve that Hayes and Wheeler are elect ed, and thnt if there is any trouble about it they will baud over their entile constitu ents to march into the valley of de-itti o crush revolution." A telegiam from Tongue River, Can- ; ton, says that on i).cemtr 1 .lb five piom- inent Sioux chiefs upproached the post about noon witli s flag of troce. When w itbiu a few hundred yatds of the post, , and before their approach was known to a single officer or soldier of the garrison, they were pounced upon and killed by the j Crow Ii'dians, who belonged to the post, j General Milts was indignant beyond mtas ; ure at the bloody Magedy, both on account of its atrocity, and hy reason of ihc possi I ble importance cf Iheir mission, j The suicide of a Miss Wood worth, at i Norwich, Conn., last Fiiday night, isasad I incident. "An old maid of foity," some jieop'e may call her, remaiks the N. Y. ', but nevertheless even at that time of : life, she br.nsled over the love which her i father had prevented her f;om enjoying, '.. and found life desolate without it, not j withstanding her elegant home and benev ; olent disposition. There aro girls who do wrong in matrytog against their father's w ill, but there arc also parents who do wrong in putting a blight upon the affec tions of their offspring. A serious riot took place at the West hot o. Mass,, stale reform school on Fiiday evening. About one bundled boys were engaged in the uprising and the sig nal was given by shutting off the gas i;i the school rooms. The tight was ad.-sper ale one for a few minutes, every article of j furniture in t wo rooms being completely : demolished. Tiie officers succeeded in ! keeping the rioters in the roorns until help was summoned, and then subdued them by the f ree use of water fiom the hydrants, j None of the oncers or men were seriously : hurt, at:d none of the boys eseajt-d. I The city of Salem m Oregon hasadopt j cd this original method of dealing with : drunkenness : When any person becomes ' intern pprately given to strong diink. a cer tain number of citizens may etitioii to i have him declared a drunkard. The peti- tion is directed to the city record?!, who '., gives notice, by publication in some daily paper, that the parson named in the pt-ti-; tion has been declared a '-common dtut.k ' aid." After such notice, it is un!a a ful for any one "to give or sell to such person, or j assist him in getting, any wine, spirituous ! or malt liquors." It will be icmemberpd that duilug the campaign last year. Col. Hunt was releived of the command of ihe Federal troops in 1 South Carolina because be simply presorv : ed the peace r.gainst tho assaults of the savage negro Republicans from the Sa i Islands. He has made bis official icpoit I to the Department at Washington. Col. : Hunt shows that the Charleston riot were caused by the Republican leaders, who in flamed the passions of the blacks, and bis ' report establishes the fact that be was re i moved because h would not use the Utii j ted States tioops under his command for f.olitical purposes at the bidding of the , Collector ofthe Port. i A thieving postmaster was convicted ! in Fredericksburg, Mo. The woman who was matiimouialiy engaged to him went to St. Louis, believine tdiat she could theie do something to effect hi liberation, hot her hope seems to have had no sound foundation. Then she pawned clothing until she had not enough left to keep her ! warm. Still refusing to leave the city, and ncaily crazed by her faihiie to help her lover, she crept int. a lumber yard one cold night to sleep. In the morning ber feet were so badly frozen that she could not walk, and sno remained in the yard two days without food. A policeman found her at last, but she w ill not proba bly recover. At Dayton, Ky., a sulY.it b of Coving ton, Mrs. Minnie Rlazcn, wife of a carpen ter, arose from her bed on Monday night, after the family had retired, and without arousing her husband, dressed herself, tok "er ren-iiay oiu iniant, and proceeding to tho river threw herself and babe into the stream and was drowned. About midnight her husband awoke, and missing wife and child, started out to search for them, but was unsuccessful until next morning, when looking into the stream at Dayton whaif, he saw ber body with tho babe tightly clasped lloatii.g upon the water. Assist ance was at once renrleieil, and the bodies of mother and child were drawn out. It is thought she was deranged at the time of tho suicido. Patrick Donahoo, the Boston publish er, who failed about a year ago, owed nearly $100,000 to depositors in tho savings bank, which wasjone of his business enter prises. Donahoc's paper, the Pilot, was bought by its editor, Mr. John Bovle O'Reilly, in connection with Archbishop illiains lliatns. Although in no way legallvor to; three tni.miis - ,n. rally responsible for tho losses suffe'red i ,!,i' VW"-" Mr. Donahoo's depositors, the new wonifT.! s ''-. nior proprietors of the Piht assumed the debt. Mr. O'Reilly lias so managed the finances of the pajer that be is now able to declare I a first dividend of ten per cent, to tho de- ! nositors. The course of the new owners ! of the Pilot is so honorable, and, unfoi tu- nately, so unusual, says the N. Y. Sun, ! Ihat we notice it here. A young girl aged about 17 years gave I A PitTKtimolt lel.o.ter nn Fii.l 117 l-.t. 1,1 ' account of her escape from the Indians. iT-.Vti itr fi I'''! ' She was born iu Philadelphia, and in her parents removed to Iowa. 1 bo same year she and her cousin were captured by a band of Sioux Indians, and lifter travel ing several days arrived at an Indian vil lage. Her cousin married a chief named Powhaltan ; they wanted her to marry n chief named Hrown, but she refused and dctei mined to escape. Four weeks ago four gold miners came near the village in the Black Hills legion and she ran away with thetii. - They broneht her to Omaha, from whence she has Iwmmi forwaiued by i the railroad people. Her deMinatioti is Lock Haven, where her .melt) resides. 1 M AUNKi) J- fiarc.l fror i 'ft . mere s ily X,.V , ti Clanger r.,;li.u M . , Ihatbccl.a,,,,!,;. , depot at H .;-i to .stop their. I, -; ' ": any furthi-r : !, ' this s..,t :i.t. U1,.;(,' ;.;''. U.i o.iy .Mis a Mi: I'll''. ICC! !' I l - H 1. i alai.rstaprovi.l,, 'he I..!:,!,- was bo. j,, B...I,,,.,,: l rents having d.f.l s , '. she was i ",,., j Iv"; slaves. Aui-.tv mothei: 'i w j..,; oi v.. iiei. in-; ,s- 3, 'ie.i f.. time j;i:c,.. n, ..i . , 1 neie s!o wrs Snst. (the :oi, ...... he 'M to a ( 'hica lnc'oir. d i Rnfl'.d . :, . 0 i i t hence (. ( u Knot tied. , uin, ':,, :i. tickets to ;, n train. I'mii ever, Aunty ( I i ' 1- l.y pomg -in :.;.; st lonely ,".,,1 ,. when tiny i ia if.) poit ively k fi-i , , Miss Hazen s c i. s!ie had ever km.v: what sh? c .;!. i they g..ue is;,..:, ;, v ty both ,,f :! ,., w ten ib'e dta:!:. ( Fiiysh ai. 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