naa ;e2js nsi. et.
THE CM jjEEHtj.
Ebensburg, Pa..
ri:tDA iEc. 4. i.srr.
Fkevxa has fallen and i in tlie posses
sion of the Russians. On . Sunday lust
Osman Pasha, its renowned and heroic do- j
fender, uiulet took to cut Lis way through ;
the Kussiaii line?, and after six hours stub-,
boru and bloody fihtin, finding himself j
completely surrounded by ovcrw helming j
uuuibeis of KuBstians, was compelled to;
limke an unconditional surrender of Lis j
army, forty thousand meu and over three ,
hundred cannon. Ostnau Pasha himself,
was severely wounded before be would con- j
sent to surrender. The Russians investing ;
Plevna numbered 130,000 men. This is by j
far the most serious reverse which the j
Tuiks have yet sus'ained, and if the weath- j
ei and roads will admit of future movements 1
the Russian army will bo enabled to cross j
the Ifalkan mountains on the high way to
Adiianople, which Is distant from Cons-tan- ;
tinople about 140 miles. Great excitement
over Turkey's defeat has been caused in ;
Kngland, and loud demands are mado on j
the government by the pi ess to inteiferc ,
in bebalf of the Tuiks before Adrianop'.e j
falls Into the Lauds of the Russians. A .
few days will determine England's position
nud rv fluid a clearer iusight into Hie future
couise of events.
The extra session of Congress lasted six
weeks, during which time 1,778 bills and
CO joint resolutions making a total of 1,838 !
were introduced in the House, and GC8 j
bills and 8 joint resolutions wete otleied in
the Senate making a grand total of 2,214.
Of the number introduced in the House,
sixteen passed that body, and of the Senate j
bills fourteen passed. The only important j
legislation of the session that w.s concurred j
in by both Louses were the army and navy I
appropriation bills, both t f which could J
retidily Lave been disposed of in a siucle j
week. The strain on mental ingenuity j
taunt be very severe to enable it to furnish j
iu no shoi t a time such a prodigious quanti- j
ty of legislative material, and yet it is rca- j
sonably certain that the supply would Lave j
teen undiminished if the session Lad con- j
tinned until the 4:h of next July. The j
regular session commerced on Monday of ,
last week, and judging from the p ocred
ings thus far there premises to be a foil
supply of grist to keep tho legislative mill
ou a full run. When it is considered that
in addition to the legislation by Congicss, I
nearly every one of the thirty-eight State j
Legislatures contributes its annual quota
of laws, an adequate conception can be J
formed of the fcaiful amount of legislation j
with which the country isafflicted. Nona- (
tion in the world is governed 60 much as j
the L'uitcd States. !
The recent proceedings in tho United '
States Senate on the admission of cither j
Judge Spofford or Wm. P. Kellogg to a i
seat in that body from Louisiana, co:ic!u- j
sively demonstrated the insane folly of a
Democratic miuoiity iu a State Legislature j
uniting with a few dissatisfied Republicans !
to defeat tho caucus nominee of that party !
for Senator, and electing a man who, for !
the emergency, calls himself an "ludeprnd- J
eut Republican' This was done In lS7o i
in both tho States of Michigan and Wiscon- j
;n '.. K fi.. .;.,.. t,n n.. :.i r I
OIH . !. U V II II U U II I IU III fj I I1G 11 1 1.4 J
Democratic votes defeated by Christianey
in the former State and Matt Cai pouter by
Cameron in the latt. r. The Democratic
I arty gaiuedliiotbinj whatever, either in the
States named or in the Senate, and the
only two meu who have profited by the
operation Hre Christianey and Cameron.
So far as '.he lights of Louisiana are in
volved, they would have been decently re
spected at least by Carpenter, who, while
Le was in the Senate, manifested a disposi
tion to do Ler people even-Landed justice.
In a case soplain as that of Judge Spofford,
and in the case of Kellogg, so rotten and j
untenable, Lunstiancy and Cameron proved
by their votes that they were ns thick and
thin partisans as Conkling and Edmunds.
The lesson is a valuable one to Democrats
everywhere, and it is to be hoped they will
learn a great deal of wisdom from it in the
future. Put not your trust in an "Iude
jiendeut Republican "when Lo wants your
vote to send Lim to tho United States Sen
ate. If yon do, you will bo cheated.
Aftek the November election several
prominent Republican papers expressed a
preference for Judge Sterrett's nomination
next year as the successor of Chief Justico
Agnew, whoso term of offico will expire in
January, 1870. Judge Aguow lives in
Beaver county, which, from the large num
ber of leading Republican politicians it Las
produced, is some times called "TLe State
of Beaver." TLe two best known and suc
cessful of tLese Beaver county politicians
are M. S. Quay, tLe present Secretary of
tlie Commouwcaltb, and John S. Kutan,
recently a member of the State Senate.
As these enterprising gentlemen own au
organ, on which, at the proper time, they
play a Republican tune of their own com
position, they last week announced by au
thority, through the Beaver Argun, that
Judge Agnew won Id be a candidate for re
nomination. This was fair notice to the
backers of Judge Stcrrett that "the State
of Beaver" is in the Geld under the banner
of Agnew. He is an able man and au ac
' cpfitble Judge, but some of the Repub
lican papers are objecting to him for the
" reason that be is now about serenfy years
of age and would be over ninety if he was
t . elected- and lived to the end of Lis term.
Notwithstanding the weighty objection to
Lis age, Quay and Kutan mean business
In fact, are in dead earnest, and will
st, and will put
biro through the State convention if it is
u the wood. TLe Democracy propose to
simplify the matter by the nomination and
election of s competent man who possesses
U sound mind in a sound body," And j
whom mental and physical vigor will enable j
him to discharge bis duties actively and .
creditably until the ejyha:iou of bis term
J Meutj-oue jeis.
Ji'PGE IIpMPiiRTEe", ef Washington, be
fore whom John J. Patterson was brought
on a writ of halt an corpus after he had been
arrested on a requisition from Governor
Hampton, of South Carolina, delivered Lis
opinion iu the case last Wednesday week,
directing Patterson lo be discharged. Judge
Humphries spent seven weeks in arriving
at this lame and impotent conclusion. He
is called a Judge of 'necessity," because
he knows no law, and is one of that pecu
liar class of men upon w hom Grant delight
ed to confer judicial positions. Hisopinion
reads more like a slump speech by a carpet- I
bag orator than a legal argument, and
treats with sublime contempt the very
clause in the Constitution relating to the
privilege of a legislator from anest which
covers Patterson's case. If he Lad been
charged with murder, the same rcaeouing
would Lave declared Lim exempt from ar- !
rest, because Le was a Senator and was at J
the capitol attending to Lis duties. The
Judge assumes that Patterson could not j
get a fair trial in South Carolina the very j
thing that Patterson Limself fears he would :
get, knowing that a fair trial would result !
in his conviction. Tw j days after this de-
cision was rendered, a resolution -as of-
fered iu the Senate of South Carolina direct- j
ing a'copy of the testimony in reference to ;
Pattccson's bribery operations to be sent to i
i. o - . T v .. i. : . J :...-. .1 r !
uv online u mi: iuii, anu, mticou ui i
b ' ' i
being promptly passed, was referred to the :
Committee on Federal Relations, wLere,
unless wo aie very much mistaken, it will
remain. The sequel to the criminal pro
ceedings against Patterson is yet to be un
folded, and when it comes will, we think, I
produce a decided sensation. We will not '
now anticipate it, as "sufficient unto the '.
day is the evil thereof." In the meantime
Patteison Las become a hero, and an
nounce, that Le Las been offered very liber
al pay to lecture in New York, Boston, and
other cities, on "The South.'' There are
several illustrious precedents for Patterson
becoming a public lecfurer. Dr. Johnson
said that in Lis day "patriotism was the
last rcfugo of a scoundrel' In this coun
try, of late years, the same class of meu
have sought the lecture platform, and the
names of almost a score of meu with tainted J
icnutaLicns will suggest themselves as ,
among our most prominent lecturers. In
this free and enlightened Republic, no
matter how corrupt and debauched a man
may Lave become, bo is certain to achieve
succoss in the lecture field. It is not cred
itable to the country, but it is nevertheless
the fact, and if Patterson accepts the offer
which he says Las been tendered him Le
will draw overflowing bouses. Crowds
would fill the laigest hall, attracted by a
morbid curiosiiy to look upon the man who
stole a valuable railroad, st.ld it, and with
a poition of the proceeds corruptly bought
a negro Legislature to elect Lim to the
United States Senate, to assist iu making
laws for forty millions of people.
Somk years ago the popular and, in
numerous ins-ances, the scientific credulity
of the country was very largely imposed
upon by the production of tho Car-cliff
(petrified) giant, w Inch some waggish New
Ycukcrs cut of gypsum, buried in a barn
yanl, and then exhumed. Tho fraud Lad
a good run, and its exposuso almost com
pelled its piojpctors to run for their per
sonal safety. Science since that has been
wary of such impositions, and takes Lold
veiy gingerly of the alleged Colorado pie
Listoric wonder, now on exhibition in New
York, which is thus described :
The figure i seren and a half fet Innsr nl
of l.OO (jounrlg weight. The fntim ? are of a
necKten iruiiau type, hixh check bones, low re-
trculiriir forelieail. nnd an enortuoii posterior
erauiiim. Th riirht arm is titnt. the hand Iv
Inir on the breast. The bones between tho !
wrist Bnd firirers and the flnu-rr himoa wi.h i
their processes, sre Paul to be true to nature.
The lett rm rest on the left lejr, which is
drawn up. and the flexor muscle bears a scar.
Th groat toe son tho feet have tho appearance
of thumbs, and nre not unlike the toes of a iror
l!ln. Hut that which excites the
osity rnif.t,s s-ient:rlcineniI.thevei-tct.ra.whteh j
luSC H,hnn?a,ir.9n,;,.r Xltt
lieved to tie the on coccyx ptujeettd hy tlie
cm,ll"s nic niuBuiep. mr in titai enso tt i
won ,i tm ve a nut. nrrow-slmpr-d form. It Is j
anout nv incticd lonir. roiui'l. ubout m inch
iu diameter and with a conical. termination.
This petrification is alleged to have been
found in Colorado by V. A. Conant, and
be gives the highest references to his char
acter for honesty, and has testimonials
from eminent scientists that Lis cuiiosity
was once a living human organism. If
tLis be finally concluded it will be one of
the most valuable evidences yet furnished
of the pre historic American, and will furn
ish a "connecting link" of the utmost im
portance to tho Darwinian philosopLers.
Lancaster Intelligencer.
Remarkable Presentment. In March
last, whilethe ill-fatod United States steam
er Huron was lying in the harbor of Port
Royal, S. C, Lieutenant Arthur H. Fletch
er, her executive officer, left the vessel ou a
24 hours' leave of absence, and failing to
return at the expiration or that time, tlie
ship sailed for another port without him.
A tew days after Mr. Fletcher returned to
Port Royal, repot ted to Commodore J. II.
B. Clitz, 'senior navalofficer present," and
stated to him that for some time past he
had a presentment that if ho wont to sea in
the llnrou for the purpose of finishing the
cruise (two years) lie would be wrecked.
This feeling took complete possession of Lis
mind, and lie used every means to get de
tached, but the Navy Department lefused
to order it without a better reason. When
ho found that all hi? efforts had failed, he
left the Huron in the maimer stated, with
the intention not to reuin. For this he
was placed under arrest, and tiicd by court
martial, at Washington Navy Yard, in
August last. Iu defence be made a state
ment in substance as above, and called
Commodore Clitz, Commander George P.
Ryan, of the Huron, and other officers to
prove tLat before leaving the ship, he Lad
told them of the dread in fact, horror Le
Lad of finishing the cruise of the vessel.
This is matter of lecord, ou file iu the Navy
Department, and though such a line of de
fniico was laughed at w hen made, the fate
of the Huron will cause many supoistitious
people to think tLat Mr. Fletcher's premoni
tion was fully proven to be a true one by
the wreck oflf Kitty Hawk, N. C Wash
ington liejiublican.
In tho Senate of the United States, on
Monday last, James B. ICustis, or Louibi
ana, was admitted t his 6eat by a vote of
40 yeas to 8 nays. Mr. Kustis was elected
to ihe Senate iu January, 1873, but Pinch
back, through the efforts of the late Sena
tor Moi ton, managed to keep Lim out of bis
seat, and to draw bis salary up to January
12th, 1870. The salary of Mr. Eustis will
date back to that time and bis term will ex
pire on the 4th of March, 1879. Although
i iiicuuacic nan publicly withdrawn Lis
claims after Kellogg was admitted, eight
Republican Senators by their votes against
un, ive u to oe interred that they
wrtuhl have voted for Pinch back, even
against his o'vh admibsiuu Uiat be bad no
legal titia to the seat.
Our irttshlnyfon Letter.
"Washington, D. C, Dec. 11, 1377.
coy OR ESS.
Now tLat the war in the Senate O'er tlie
contested seats from the Southern States,
Las ended, and the admission of Mr. Eus
t is, of Louisiana, a mere mat ter of form
botli Louses Lave got down to work, and
will evidently Lurry up matters in order to
take their usual Christ mas vacation, which
they propose to do somewhat earlier and
longer than is custoirary, on account of
the extra labor performed iu the extra ses
sion, having passed concurrent resolutions
to adjourn from the loth of tlie present
month to the 10th of January, proximo
THE WATS AKD MEANS COMMITTEE
have concluded to make no report on the
new tariff until Fedruary next, in order
that they may be guided in their action by
the completion of the appropriation bills,
as they can determine tLen much better
wbat'tlie expenditures are to be, and frame
a bill to meet tlie necessities of tlie coun
try. The tax on whiskey will probably be
reduced 50 cents per gallon, and that on
tobacco 10 cents per pound, while the free
list in any event will be considerably in
creased. This of course is subject to fu
ture consideration, but it is believed to be
the geueral outlines of the tariff bill.
THE CI.KKK OF THE HOUSE.
is threatened with dismissal by certain dis
satisfied Democrats, who allege that with
the promise of assistance from the Repub
licans, wbo are also growling, they can
oust him. His offense seams to be bis ap
pointing too many Southerners to'position,
: . - .. x- -p.,
in opposition to applicants rom Jsew i.ng-
iaIui. now the muddle will terminate is
one of those things "no fellah can find out."
TnE ADMINISTRATION,
alias Mr. Hayes, has assumed the position
of ex-President Johnson, and displays Lis
firm and fixed purpose of fighting the Sen
ate by the renomination last week of near
ly all bis appointees, which failed of con
firmation at tho extra session, and is de
termined to die fighting iu the ditch of
"my policy ;" and as bis most intimate
friends here informs us that be is equally
as stubborn as Mr. Johnson, tlie Senate
: will Lave to eventually back down entirely.
I or fall back upon au electoral tribunal ca-
pitulation.
j THE eiLVEn BILL
! discussion in tlie Senate, as indicated Ly
! tlie overwhelming voM which brought the
mauer over irom iasi wees uniu ro oay
for its serious consideration, shows conclu
sively that the measure has more friends
iu that body than in the House, where it
originated, in proportion to tho number of
, members of each body. J he opponents of
! the bill nre exceedingly discouraged, and
! the debate upon the measure promises to
be the most heated and violent that has oc
cupied the attention of the Senate for many
years. Should Mr. Hayes veto the bill,
which he Las indicated in Lis message of
last week Le would do, it is claimed that a
two-tLiids vote with which to psss it over
bis veto can be very easily obtained in both
Louses.
THE HEMONETIZATIO.T BILL,
Las not as yet readied that point which
would justify, at present, a synopsis of its
course, or even to suggest a probable pro
gramme for tho yet unfinished state in
wLich it now lies ; and we can tLerefore
done better now tlian to say that "she is
hauled up on tLe stocks for repairs" and
lies "in statu quo." In our next wo will
in all probability enlighten your numerous
readers cf its fate, as well as a liberal sum
mary of the fate of the silver bill, now
pending in the Senate chamber, with a full
desciiption of the many incidents which
invariably occur in the passage of arms on
so important a feature as the silver bill.
1MTOKTA NT LEGISLATION.
Among the many bills passed by the
House, for the genei al welfare of t he coun
try, are : Orie to abolish the iron clad oath ;
another to permit criminals in the U. S.
Courts to give evidence per te in their own
behalf; still another to repeal sections B"il
and 622 of -he Revised Statutes which, ex
clude from the iurv box all iersons who
sympathized with thelate"onpieasaiitness
or those who uttered any obstruction to the
enforcement of the civil rights bill and its
subsequent enforcement acts.
THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
having intimated to the radicals that as
their numbers so nearlvenual that of their
opponents in that chamber, they were
t entitled to an increased repicsen-
t'on on tlio diRerent committees, and
ttieir gentle reminder
nvt a H, T
seems to Lave Lad
its eO'ect, as the Republicans decided to
allow them one more member on each com
niittee. and; a reorcanization took place
carrying out the desire of our Democratic
friends.
TII.DEN-LIEE.
Judge Spofford received an address sign
ed by all the Democratic Senators regret
ting that he failed to obtain his seat through
a repetition of the electoral tribunal's 8x7
decision, viz : the lacking of but one vote.
The address closed with their appreciation
or the dignified ability wi b which he con
ducted his case, and the still TurtLer ad
dendum that the seat undoubtedly belong
ed to him iustead of Kellogg.
THE CARPET-BAGGERS
who strayed during the last week's Demo
cratic tidal-wave in the Senate have re
turned to the fold by attending the Re
publican caucus and looking after their
own personal interests, and strange to say
they were allowed to retain the chairman
ships of their respective committees.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SLTREME
COURT
having been notified by General Harlan of
bis confirmation to be their associate on
tho bench, he was sworn in and took his
seat with them yesterday, thus bunging
the Court up onco more to its full comple
ment of nine members. Several cass in
which the judges are at present equally di
vided in opinion w ill be reargued, and the
vote of Judge JIarlan w ill be tlie deciding
opinion for or against the contestants.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS
have decided to report in favor of seating
Patterson, the Democratic contestant from
Colorado.
KELLOOO,
since Lis admission to the Senate on the
Butler compromise fiasco, Las given the
rads to understand that be will stand by
Mr. Hayes, much to the chagrin of the
disgrunters, as he gave them to nuderstand
otherwise in order to secure their votes for
Lie admission.
Packard's friends
have urged Mr. Hayes to appoint Lim as
collector of the. port of New Orleans in
place of Mr. Lawreuce, conservative, who
was not confirmed at the extra session, but
Mr. Hayes is about to renominate Law.
1 rencc, and Packard is left "out in the cold
THE MEXICAN WAR VETERANS,
through the Commissioner of Pensions,
Lave been reported to the Chairman of the
Senate Committee as numbering some
3,800 pensioners, not including widows
and heirs, who will be benefitted by the
bill framing them a pension for even one
day's service duting the Mexicau war.
THE WASHINGTON POST.
a new daily of decidedly Democratic sen
timents, was born in our midst yesterday
morning, and us it is what we Lave lonir
t needed here, we shall assist our new broth
er, :n every eouceivable way, on the road
' to success. Anderson.
Xevaila'a Great Care.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS' WORTH OF PURE I
GOLD AND 6ILVKU.
Carson, Nov. 27. For many years there
Las been living in the Walker river range
of mountains a man named Algernon B.
Grant, who very rarely sought the haunts
or habitations of white men. II is ostensi
ble occupation was piospectiug for precious
metals, but tlie fact of Lis long and unin
terrupted residence in these wilds pointed
to the fact of Lis non-success in tLat direc
tion. Mr. Grant was iu this city a few
days since, and the following is an extract
from his wonderful and interesting history :
He is a native of Bourbon county, Ken
tucky, having been JbornJ there in 1825.
He was sent to Harvard College, where be
graduated iu 1846, second in Lis class. In
1851 Le was admitted to practice in tLe Su
preme Court of Kentucky. He enjoyed a
lucrative practice in that city until tlie
breaking out of the rebellion, wben Le en
tered tLe Confederate service, receiving a
commission as Major in one of tLe Ken
tucky regiments. In tLe meantime Grant
Lad married and gathered a little family
around Lim. These ho at that time Lad
taken to the southern portion of Kentucky,
and placed them under tho protection of
relatives.
When tLe war er.ded Le pictured to him
self in rapturous delight the happiness that
would fall to his lot when lie could once
again gaze upon tlie faces of Lis loving
wife and dear children. He took passage
for Southern Kentucky. Ujku arriving at
the spot where his Lopes and happiness
were centered, there awaited Lim nothing
buta mass of charred ruins. TLe strong
man dismounted from Lis Loise and sat
down upon the ground, weeping like a
cLild. He learned that about a year before
the close or the war a small band or strag
gling troops bad inrested that poition of
Kentucky, aud that the family or Grant
had been muidered, and the incendiary
torch was brought into play. In the early
spring of 1SGG ho engaged passage iu a
mule train which was then about crossing
the plains, and afterward arrived in this
State, and emigrated to the most extreme
southern end cf the Walker river moun
tains, where La Las been existing ever
since, only at rare intervals seeing the de
tested face of a white man.
A number of the Walker river tribe
looked up to him with great reverence,
supposing Lim to be endowed with super
natural powers. About two months ago
one of these Indians, who had been a re
cipient of special favors at the Lands or
Grant, desirous of exhibiting his gratitude,
requested our hero to accompany him on a
two days' ramble through the mountains,
and he would show Lim a cave wonderful
ly licli with gold and silver. What direc
tion of the compass the party followed
Grant is reluctant about revealing. At
all events, after traveling about two days
and a half, our hero and his companion
arrived at dtibk one evening in a narrow
canon, or mountain gorge, enclosed on
either side by rugged, steep mountains.
In this vicinity, the Indian said, the cavo
was located. A camp fire was lighted, and
while Grant was cooking supper Lis com
panion went in searc h of the exact location
of tlie cave, so that no time w ould be lost
in findiug it in the morning. The Indian
returned with joy imprinted upon his cop-per-coloied
features, and inparted to
Giant the satisfactory tidings that Li Lad
found tlie cave without difficulty, and that
notwithstanding the darkness which then
prevailed, the interior of this wondeiful
vault was as light as noonday. At an early
hour next inoni'ng after tiareling in this
canon, which is many miles in length, for
an Loi r, or may be a little less, the Indian
loiiited to a pile of granite of immmense
weight stacked up against the cragged
side of a monster mountain, and told
Grant that by lemoviug the boulders an
entrance to the cave could be elFected.
The two men immediately set to woik at
their herculean task, which occupied them
nearly two hours. When tho obstruction
was removed, all that could be seeu was
an opening leading in:o the mountain, of
dimensions only great enough to admit the
bodies of two largely developed men ; but
the interior was as dAik as Erebus.
Giant ventured into this opening to tho
distance of about ten feet, but the intensi
ty . of the darkness precluded him from
seeing his bands before his face. He cried
out to Lis companion for some burning
sage brush, which was immediately thrust
into the cave, but, strange to lelatc, this
artificial liglil would not illuminate the
darkness. Here was a nice pass. Grant
emerged from Lis subterranean visit and
consulted Willi Lis semi-savage companion
as to the most expedient means to be em
ployed in the emergency ; it was useless
to seek for gold or anything else iu so
dark a plaoo where artificial light proved
of no avail. The Indian then repeated his
story of the illumination which he saw in
the cave tho preceding night. Although
this yarn sounded rather improbable in
the ears of aa intelligent white man, yet
the Indian was so earnest and sincere, to
all nutwaid appearances, that our hero de
cided to remain until the stars came out,
and determine whether there was any
truth in his companion's fabulous narra
tion. The men returned to the camping
ground of the previous night and brought
their traps to the mouth or the mysterious
cave. It seemed as iT that day would
never draw to a close, so great was Grant's
impatience ; but as twilight wasapproach
ing a slight glimmer was discernablo at
the mouth or the vault, yet the blackest
darkness mortal ever beheld was still hold
ing sway therein. But gradually, as night
was railing, an unnatural light was making
iUicir apparent, and at 9 o'clock that even
ing a ray of biiliiaut noonday light shot
out from the openitig'of that wondorrul
noonday subterraucau passage. For the
first time in many years Grant gave vent
to a shout or delight. Tho Indian's tale
cr seeming fiction and probability was true.
The sight was so grand, so wonderful and
so magnificent, that Tor a few moments
Grant was rooted to the ground by a com
bination of terror and admiration. After
awhile he and companion entered the cave,
but the light was so piercing and brilliant
mat lor a tew seconds the pair could see
nothing ; their vision seemed to be lost
but gradually their eyes became accustom
ed to the unnatural brilliancy of light, and
the sight which met their gaze no poison
cau depict. The walls and ceiling of this
passage were covered with burnished gold
and silver, the bulk of which comprised
thousands .-if tons. Grant relates that the
first sight or these treasures terrified him
but, after regaining Lis self-possession, ho
anil the Indian made a tour of exploration.
This cave is about one mile in lengtb, 150
feet in width, and seventy feet high. Tlie
interior of this immense grotto is arched
similar to au old Gothic church, supported
by large, alabaster-like pillars, entwined
by heavy golden and silver wire of the di
mensions of a man's finger, like the growth
of ivy, and in a stylo tr grandeur and mag
nificence tLat could nsver be produced by
Lumau Lands. TLese pillars seem to Lave
been placed in position by a provident na
ture, tosuppoit tlie Leavy ceilings of the
grotto, inciusted by thousand of tons of
gold aud silver wire and ingoti wrought
into the most fantastic shapes. Besides
the incalculable treasures, this vast cave
contains chambers and domes of the most
grotesque architectural desins,marvellous
avenues and little lakes, the latter alive
with fish of every color of the rainbow, a
gorgeous and indescribable sight, indeed.
Ibis all reads like au improbable tale, but
Grant vows that Lis statement is one of ab
solute veracity, from Alpha to Omega.
Oue of the most unaccountable features
about this cave is the unnatural light at
night, which. Grant says, is not phosphor
escent (he being come what of a scientist),
and the unheard of and unimpenetrable
daikness during the day. Grant asserts
that there are millions upon millions of
pure gold and silver iu that vault, and Le
means to share them with those who Lave
been kind to him in bygone days. He is
now en route for Louisville, Ky., and has
with Lim several hundred pouuds of gold
taken from tlie cave, to seek out some oT
L'is old rriends, whom Le will bring out
heie as early as passible. nyiina En
terprise. JS'ewi anil tuner Tfotings.
-One Calirornia farmer claims to Lave
killed six thousand wild geese this year.
Five thousand pounds of aitificial but
ter are manufactured daily in Pittsburg.
A Maine lady has refused ? 2,000 for
Ler tresses, wbicb are eight feet oue inch
long.
Thomas A. Doyle was elected mayor
of Providence, R. I., on Thursday, Tor the
twelfth time.
By the a big at Millerstown, Butler
county, a few days ago, 150,000 worth of
property was destroyed.
Near Kaines, Butler county, aa oil
well La been struck which will, it is esti
mated, in n COO barrels per day.
Ira Bobbins, of Hughesvilie, Lycom
ing county, Las constructed a revolving and
repeating lillo wLich fires two shots a sec
ond. TLero are five hundred names on the
poor books of Williamspoit, and a local
paper estimates that it will require ?25,000
to keep them.
In the family of David Kline, iu Berks
county, four ersons died in one week of
diphtheria. In another family three died
within ten days.
A little child of Mr, John Spitter, of
Bald E-tgle furnace, Centre county, wrts
burned so badly on Thursday last that he
died in about an Lour after the accidect.
Or, Maiu street, Louisville, Saturday
night, Cochran fc Fulton and Davis &
Hadin's whisky stoics, and four other
firms were burned out. Loss. $1, WO, 000.
There is a strong Catholic movement
against dancing in Baltimore. Many
young women who are church members are
dropping the amusement Lorn their party
engagemeuts.
The other day Miss Harriet Lyon, of
Beaver, received through t he post office a
sum or money which included the interest
Tor thirty years on a sum stolen from Ler
thirty years ago.
Leng's brewery, stables and several
cottages, at Louisville, Ky., burued Sunday
night. Cause, Henry Groom threw a lamp
at Enimj Chime. The lamp exploded.
Emma Chime died.
A St. Louis widow has had three bus
bands. She lias on Land a lawsuit to
break the w ill of tlie first, another to lecover
the insurance money on the life of the sec
ond, and a thiid to obtaiu alimony from
the last.
Mary Ann Collins, employed in a pa
per mill in Yeiona, on the Allegheny Yal
ley Railroad, fell through a hatchway of
tlie mill into a vat or boiling water and
vitriol ou Saturday. She died almost im
mediately. An Irishman and German woman, both
of whom Lave families near Pittsburgh,
eloped to St. Louis, where tlie man per
suaded Lis partner to transfer $l,G00out of
$1,800 in her possession aud decamped for
California.
Charles Mubich shot and killed Lis
wife nt the Louse of Squire Bums iu
Fountain Bluff township, Randolph coun
ty, Illinois, on Saturday, and then blw
Lis own brains out. Family difficulties
were the cause.
Adam Grimm of Jefferson. AYis.. marl a
over $50,000 exclusively from bees, by
keeping a very large number, and Laving
u i ne. moor conucc fit witu mem perform
ed by members of his own family, and
thus avoiding expense.
Near Maiihfield, Ohio, Thursday night,
a man named Finney was muidered, and
his wife, son and daugbtet-in-law were
badly wounded. A negro and a farm
Land are suspected of tlie crime, the mo
tive or which was robbery.
A daughter of Maj r General Richard
Butler, one of Washington's most trusted
commanders iu the revolutionary war, is
living at Uiiiontown, Fayette county.
She is ninety rive years old and uutil re
cently enjoyed good health.
William S. Bergen, who murdered J.
McBride at Mount Vernon, Ohio, in June
last, was banged at Cleveland on Friday.
At the first at empt the noose slipped and
be fell strangled to the ground. Another
effort accomplished the purpose.
Father John J. Kcan, of Washington,
D. C, has been appointed Bishop of the
Roman.Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Va.,
to succeed the Most Reverend .lames Gib
bons, recently elevated to the Archepisco
pal See of Baltimore, vico Archbishop
Bay ley, deceased.
A Warsaw, N. Y., girl married a men
dicant of eighty two to get rid cr marrying
a fellow who wanted to marry her fortune.
She then put ofT to Europe, the conditions
having been that her mendicant husband,
for a certain sum, sbould keep Limself for
ever out of Ler sight.
In the 6wamps of Harrowgate, a Phil
adelphia suburb, the cruelty-to-animals
people have found a German swincheid,
who, with a wife and two children, a sick
horse, a cow, a herd or goats, geese and
two pigs, live in a miserable, one-story
hut, about 30 by 20 feet, made of warped
planks and slabs, with no floor.
John Carter, a sea captain, went to
Manchester, Mass., to get married. He
found that the Town Clerk was away from
home, aud nobody else had tLe liglit to
give a license. His vessel was to sail ou
the morrow, so that delay was out of the
question. In this emergency a town meet
ing was held, and a temporary c'.ei k elected.
Mr. Samuel Brewei aud Mrs. A. Grube,
the former seventy-six, and the latter sixty-nine
years of age, were married in an
Indiana town on the I3th tilt. Mr. Brew
er is the rather or eight children and tho
giandfather of thirty-seven, whilethe bride
is dowered with nine children and forty
three grandchildren. Almost all of these
were present.
t. ,rV',!iTn,f S,ic,,er' "K ,5 was instantly
killed iu Philadelphia on Sunday evening
by the accidental discharge of a pistol.
Henry Russel was at the time removing a
cartridge from the pistol, the owner, Lewis
Myers, Lavme been refused admittance to
the bouse wbile Russel was arranging the
weapon. The gill's parents reside at Bir
mingham, Pa.
t At ',oon Saturday John Oothout of
Jersey City, a proprietor in an iron foun
dry, returned from the bank with $700 to
pay his bands. While alone in bis office,
counting the money, some oue crept be
hind Lim, struck bis Lead with art iion
bar, snatched the money, and fled. He
has been unconscious ever since, and Mie
police must await his restoration before
they can obtain a clue.
An iron moumain, 10,500 feet high,
nnd rivaling tLe famous iron mountain of
Missouri, Las been discovered in Colfax
county. New Mexico. TLe oie is almost
entirely pure iron, and in connection with
the immense quantities of coal found in
C,r ?"ty. lhhC deposit of iron
no d,8,n dy. beceme the
sourWof industries which will gather and
support a large mud ibiivlpf population
j A man wLo registered as J. R. Abbey, !
i but gave no residence, committed suicide,
'at tho National House, Pittsburgh, on:
! Sunday morning. He was well dressed
and Lad money, but no baggage. He i
i burned on the hearth all papers tLat would
lead to Lis identification.
j At tlie time of the revolution the Catli- j
j olics and Methodists were almost the small
j lest religious denominations in this country, j
! Out of 1951 churches there were only il ;
j Methodists and 52 Catholics, to 700 Cou
gregatioualists and 380 Baptists, 300 Epis- I
copalians and 300 Presbyterians. j
Tho dwelling of William Taiuor, in '
was burned on Thursday night, and next
morning portions of Tainor's body were j
found in the ruins, lie was seventy-five )
years of age, wealthy, aud lived alone, and !
is believed to Lave been muidered. j
Mrs. Rebecca Guisbart, who died in i
Baltimore a few days ago, at the age of i
nineiy-eigut, was one ot the actors at tlie
Richmond theatre on the fatal ntglit of its
burniue in 1811. WLcu the fi;e broke out
she managed to reach the upter gallery,
i. i r . i - . i .-I.
wuoro uci miur, sisier ana cuiia wcie
seated, only to see them sink amid the j
ruins. She then jumped from tho w indow '
and reached the ground unhurt by railing
upou the dense mass or people outside. ;
James Todd, one or General Lee's fa-
vorite scouts in the West Virginia cam-
paign, was killed last week in a dispute !
with a hunter on the mountain near Staun- !
ton. Va. He was tlm m,iit &liillfiil lumtor
I in the valley Of the Shenandoah, having
killed more than twenty-seven buudred -I
deer up to 1SC0 with one old muzzle load- !
ing riiie. ne couia perierm Hie lent ot ,
putting a bullet through a liAton tlieoppo- '
site side or a tiee, by placing ar. axe blade
for tLe ball to glance upon. I
There is a wealthy gentleman in Clin- '
ton county, Ky., who Las woin a pair of
brogan shoes six long years, and they are I
still good. The same gentleman says be j
will never winter another weaver's loom, j
nor a cow, and in accordance with this :
I'AQ, 11. t iltll llf 1- I 1 ' t 1 1 T C- i 1 1 1 - A r . . .A A w. ww '
v. . i. . .. ..v. ...II. V. ui.3 ninth. V. t 'r 1(J13 IICIJ j
! last week aft e.- mi Ik in tr lu.r in tin. mr- iTn
j and Lad that night for supper cieain for
( 1 i ..fr..A . . Ml- 3 Ji . . I .
er, beefsteak, Lash and a tallow candle to !
give Liiu light, all the proceeds of a siugle
cow. j
A man named .Tolm P.,ll nn tlm T?..Vt !
j Campbell Tann, near Pttiolia, Butler coun
ty, len yesreroay. says tne LUenuurg lierala
ot the lull, a distance or 4 feet. When he
Ml lick, it kit lrilii,, in ,1 llinl I n Lit lim
i back of a Vounc mail lihined Cit'.ins wLo
I was engaged on some sort or woi k on the
premises. Both mm took a rest for a few
minutes, j$ 11, for a wonder, f-tneitring tin-
hnit. It was thi-ugLt that Collins was'
fatally injured, but he is now out of dan- '
per. It was the next djor neighbor to
Sam Patch's leap.
It will le a surprise to many to learn
that the Cat holies Lave but one consecrated !
church in the archdiocese or New Ymk.;
The assertion is made by the Fref rutin's
Journal, which does not, however, explain '
the ract that it is because Catholics do m t ;
consecrate a church while a penny or debt i
email's against it. The church which i
forms the exception is that of the Holy j
Rudeemer, which Las ju-t observed the
Qoth anniversary of its consecration. It j
w as built by Get man Catholics and is free :
from debt, us veiy few city cLuicbes of any
denomination aie. ,
Latt Sunday afternoon, while George !
Ars:eiisall was engaged iu feeding a t-ick
elephant iu New Yoik with gi nel and ad- I
ministering some remedies which be was j
compelled te foice down ps tbtoat. the an
imal became enraged and suddenly wind- !
ing Lis trunk around Arsteusalfs body lift- I
ed Lim from the ground and thtew him ;
with great force about forty f rt agairirt a j
cau vass fci cen at one or the entrances to
the menagerie. II was severely bt uised,
but not seriously injured, the f-ciccn Laving '
foitUllltelv S.IVed him fr.im l.,.in.r lim 1,.H !
I against a rough stone wall a few feet be-
i youd it. '
The Dubuque Tines says that a . atl.rr i
good looking coloted man and a handsome
w hite gill, the former getting along toward
middle age, the latter uot over 18, both re- j
siding near Specbfs Ferry, Lad Laid work
eetting mariied. TLey went to Potosi,
but neither Justice of the Peace nor Min- I
ister could be found to petfotm the cere-
mony. They went to Bil'ish Hoilow with :
the same result. The I. ad to stay theieall
night, and Trom (hat place went to Dutch j
Hollow, where they were manicd by a j
Jus'ice of the Pesce. The loving couple!
were accompanied Wy tlie young lady's
aunt, wLo said she was bound to sec fair i
play.
On Saturday a week ago, says the '
Charlotte Obcrcerf Mrs. Margaret Gray,
the oldest person in all this section or the !
State, having arrived at the wondeiful aae !
of 116 years, died at Ler home in Cabarrus
county. N. C. She was tLe daughter of '
MicLael Gainer, (Tamiliaily known as old i
Mike Garner) who is said to Lave been tLe '
wealthiest man who ever lived iu Cabarrus I
county. Mrs. Gray was the w ife of Bever
ly Gray, and was the mother of sixteen '
Children. Having been bru in Cabarrus in
li51, and raised in Rocky river neighbor- i
hood, she has spent her entire life in the '
county, and, it is said, never for once j
crossed the line. ,
Tho wife of a New York banker ap- I
peared the other evening at a party as cap- i
ital. The dress was covered ou tho skiit, i
so as to make it appear one piece, with one '
hundred and five hundred dollar bills.
Tho waist and sleeves weie f 1,000 bonds '
sewed in, and her fingers and ears blazed ;
with diamonds. The tiara was said to!
have been worth $80,000. and the total i
value of the notes and diamonds on Ler I
person was ?2G0,000. Two pages cariied I
her train, and watched lest the jewels and
greenbacks should fall on the floor. Such ;
silly displays as this, very pertinently re- i
marks the Lancaster Intelligence,; help to !
demoralize public sentiment and Lieed j
financial Leiesies among the uutliiuking !
classes. j
Tho Des Moines Leader or a recent :
da e ssys: This morning there was at the
Given House a Mrs. bhadle, or Guthrie'
county, on Ler way, iu cliarge of Ler Lus-
band, to the asylum at Mount Pleasant. !
Last March the lady became suddenly crazy !
and quite violent, and continued so until :
the 13th of June, when she passed into a '
comatose state, and Las been apparently !
sleeping ever since. She awoke once otily j
tunce, when she revived enough to converse
but not coherently, and the next day went i
to sleep again and Las uot since awoke, '
She is fed by forcing Ler mouth open, to
which she makes no resistance, aud shows '
no relish for the f.od ; breathing is regu-'
lar, but quicker thau it would be in Ler 1
uorroal condition of health. j
About. iRA-llr vairo arm II I I
- jw,a IIICIO II T I. KM III
Juniata county, Pennsylvania, somewhere
along tLe Black Log mountain, a family
by U.e name of McGurvey. In addition to
me lather ami mother there were twiu 1
daugLters, tluee years old, who were sep-
erated at that time, and they Lve never
beeu able to Lear of each other since, ow- i
mg no doubt to their extreme youth hen i
parted. TLe one sister is now a resident
of Newport and is anxious to learn, ir pos- j
sible, tLe whereabouts of Ler long lost sm- '
tr, who, it is ascertained, was taken by
one Mr. John Thompson, who removed
about tlie same tin.e from Juniata count v
i to some one of the western states, mot
j likely Iowa. The tLen little girl wLo ao-,
; coropanted Mr. Thompson was named eith- :
er Juniata or Snq tehanna McGurvey.
. Address Solomon Z e ler, Newport. Ferry
county, P. v 3
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