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"BIDAY, - - - - JAN'Y 11, 1878.
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A BiLfc for the e-erjaetment of the Loeal j
Option law has been ibtrodnred In tbe
House of Representatives at Hariisbuig. '
It provides for the first ejection, to accept
or refuse ita provisions, in February, 1879,
aud every two years thereafter.
The Philadelphia Daily Rtrd is an j
eight columu paper, one size larger than
the Fhkkmak, and is piloted in small tyre.
It contains the very latest and most reliable
news, both foreign aud domestic, together
with the fullest local intelligence. Ar.y
uao who wonld read a Dumber of the
Hord without knowing its price would
scarcely believe that it is sold for one etnt
r copy ; but such is the fact, aud as a 10
tttlt its daily circulation has reached thirty
$ij thu$itnd. It in a marvel how so much
leading can be fuinishtd at so trilling a
tarn, and affords a remarkable instance of
the success of n good newspaper furnished
at the lowest possible pi ice.
The reputation of the Pittsburg Dit
f,ntch, whose prospectus for 1878 we publish
tMs week, as an ably conducted and enter
prising newspaper is so well established
that any'.hiog we o;mld say in its behalf
would not enhance it. It is a first-class
journal, and receives, as it well deserves, a
most generous support. The Dfppatc? is
uue of the few- Republican papers in this
State that supports the judicious and liberal j
p-dicy of Mr. Hayes towards the South, and
lias the independence to avow its adherence
t the best interests of the country as su
perior to the temporary success of the
llepublioaa party. We trnat its future
s Hceets will fully meet the expectations of
Its enterprising proprietors.
Cos o reps reassembled yesterday. When
the Senate adjourned for the recess it was
engaged in considering the resolution of
fered by Mr. Matthews, of Ohio, declaring
It to be the sense of Congress that nil debts,
fuelnding govern rccnt bonds, may lawfully
be -mid In silver dollars, unless where other
wl - j specially directed. When this rcsolu
llon is disposed of, the Blsr.d silver bill,
which has already passed tbe House, and
which provides for the coinage of the silver
dollar spoken of, and makes it an unlimited
legal tender for all debts, both public and
private, will be taken up. TLe best im
pression la that It will pass, with the cer
tainty of being vetoed, unices its legal-tender
feature is essentially mod. fled.
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The Legislature last wluter having very
propei ly refused to furuish each nirmber
with a eopy of Pardon's Digest at the cost j
r-f the State, a member cf the Senate at the
present adjourned session, who is in the
putiuit of legal knowledge under difOeul
liea, has offered a joiui resolution for tbe
purchase of it copies for I be use rf the
fVnat and tvelte for that of the Hone.
This would bo one copy for eCjht members
f tbe Senate, and one copy for utintten
Cumbers of the Hons? ajnosl Ineonvecient
arrangement. It is very small business,
nd the only decent and honorable course
f-r every member to adopt is tobny a eopy
of the much coveted Digest, pay for It like
a little man, and not compel the State to
farnl.h It to him without money And with-
eat price.
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JThat the Ja lonalGaaid oftLls Slate, a
vary expensive inatitni'on to the taxpayer,
Is more ornomeutal than useful was abund
antly deroonsti ated during the railroad
llots last July, when the Governor, or those
icpresentiog him, were constrained to call
on the President (or military assistance to
quell the outbreak and preserve tho peace.
There ate entirely too many office re and
too few privates, as is shown by the report
of the Adjutant Geucral, who states that
there are now iu service 871 office is aud
9,483 enliBied men, or one officer to every
tUten privates. The whole organization,
at it exists at present, is regarded by the
puople as a public nuisauce and totally in
efficient for the work expected from it iu
o emsrgeucy. Governor Hartranft, him
self a military man, has no faith io it, and
the Legislature snould take it in hand and
either reform it tboioughly or abolish it
altogether.
Last Tukbdat was the anniversary of
the battle of New Orleans. There was a
time when the event was very generally
celebrated throughout tbe country, but
that day has passed by, aud the luiiliaut
achievement of the brave pioneers of the
Pouth-west, who, on tho plains of Chal- j
mettrt, saved the beauty and oooty ' oi
New Oileans from lust and pillage, is now
tinhouored and unsung. The conflict be
tween tha British and American forces be
low New Orleans was net a gieat ba. tie,
like that on the field of Waterloo, or Gettys
burg,, where the destinies of nations are
decided, but iu many respects it was one of
the most memorable engagements in the
history of modern warfare. The commander-in-chief
of the British army, Packen
Lam, was an Irish nobleman, aud his army
was composed of men w ho had served under
Wellington in Spaiu iu his batlles w ith the
veterans of Xaioleon's most trussed Mar
shals ; while, on the other baud, Jackson,
the American genei al-in-chief, was the son
of an Ulster county Irishman a Tennessee
lawyer uneducated iu military seieLce,
though born to command, aud bis troops
were raw, undisciplined militameu, princi
pally from Kentucky and Teuui-ssee. The
victory was the most complete and decisive
of the war, and the battle was fought after
the treaty of peace had been signed at
Ghent, of which the commanding officers
liad no information. It made straight the
jwtth of Its hero io the Presidency, and in
bit double capicity of soldier aud states
man no man, save Washington himself,
roiovs nxne of Ihe respect and veneiaiion
f the American people thau Andrew .lack-
'., Hi name will live
iu history, aud ;
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In the State Senate, last week, Mr. New-
ni)'er, of Allegheny county, introduced a
int leaolution proposing an amendment
I ft ft t. A jtneliliitinil nA II i n a I II ft t-ftlff. r
i.itnretotheo.d nnmber, thirty-three fcena- j
t and one h rind red Ilepiesentalive. If i
this Joint resolution is adopted bjr tbe pres. J
eut Legislature, it most ahto be passed by
the Legislature next year, and tben the
propseu amendment ninsi ue siiummeu iw
a vote of the people at the genei.il election
in November, 1879, for their ratification or
rejection. It will thus be seen that if the
amendment p.isses thtougb these three sev
eral tages, the first elec.ion for the reduecd
number of members for w hich it provides
would not lake plate until the November
electiou in 1S80, and that, theiefore, no
member of the present Legislature who de
sires a re-election can be affected by its
adoption. We have heretofore expressed
our deckled appioval of sucb an amendment
and uow reaffiira it. If the clause iu the
new constitution fixing the numbers of the
Senate at fifty, aud of the House at two
httndred, had been frparatcly submitted to
the people, it would certainly have been
defeated. The beneficial results which its
advocates predicted from its adoption have
not been lealized, but, on the contrary,
their wholesome theories have all vanished
into thin air. vVe never beard but one
argument in its favor, and that was that the
increase wou.'d lender legislative bribery
and corruption so difficult that it would no1
be attempted. Bet at the very first ad
journed session under the new constitution,
two members of the House were virtually
expelled for corrupt practices in connection
with the passage of the Williamsport boom
bid, and some others richly deserved the
same fate. The interests of the people did
not demand an increase of their representa
tives, aud there is no Dice necessity that
Cambria, Blair, Bedfoid or Somerset coun
ties should each elect tro members of As
sembly than that they, as a disttict, should
elect ttto members of Congress. If thirty
eight States are sufficiently represented in
in the lower branch of Congress by 293
members, surely 100 members ought to be
enough to take care of the interests of the
people of this S:ate in the lower house of
ihe Legislature. We trust that the public
press will not be afraid to speak out on this
subject, so that the members of the present
Legislature may form an intelligent esti
mate of public opinion in reference to it.
So far as we have seen an expression by the
papers of both parties, it has been very
pronounced in favor of the amendment,
TnB leaders of the Greenback Labor
party in this State, encouraged by the lifty
t wo thousand votes polled for its candidates
at the recent election, are organizing for
active and vigoious woik during the ap
proaching campaign, Francis W. Hughes,
of Poltsville, who is regarded as its ablest
advocate in the State, aud its most prorni
tient candidate for Governor at the election
it rii ,i i t . - .) i. i.ft c..j
night a week ago in the Court Honse at j
Harrlsburg, la which he discussed the
Greenback isEuewilb all his admitted abili
ty. Mr. Hughes thinks and says that his
party cheiishes a reasonable hope of carry
ing the State at the November election, and
Intimates that in its conquering march it
may capture the Presidency Irt the content
of 1880. This is a most comfortable politi
cal delusion under which to labor, aud if all
greenbackers take as rosy a view of the fu
ture as Mr. Ilughesdoes, they eertaluly are
a happy family. We are inclined to think,
however, that he is entirely too sanguine in
his hopes of the future and that on the
morning after the next November election
he will be a wiser if not a sadder man.
At the last election the Greenback -Labor
party carried just one county in each of the
three large States of Ohio, Peunsylvauia
and New York, viz : Lucas county iu the
first named, Luzerne in this State, aud
Chemung iu New York. If Mr. Hughes
bases his reasonable hope of a victory at
the polls iu this State next fall on this beg
garly showiug, his faith in the strength of
his party is exceedingly elastic. He is an
old aud experienced politician and knows
that in this country there can be but two
great leading parties the same parties
that have confronted each other Biuce the
days of Jefferson and Adams. Other par
ties being mere offshoots of these have
time and again been organized and have
eomctitnes achieved local success, but have
disappeared as suddenly as they sprang
into existence. Mr. Hughes w ill once more
see what he has several times Been hereto
fore in the political history of this country,
and that is that a party based upon a tingle
idea, like tbe old aoti-masonio party.Jthe
late know-nothing party, and the present
greenback party. Is doomed t spoedy diso"
hit ion
peats itself
i ne uibtory oi parties always re-
NEWRPAroRiAi.. The Columbia IJerald
is now under the exclusive management of
our genial fiiend, W. Hayes Grier, his as
sociate, II. B. Hick, havine retired. The
Herald is a most excellent paper and an
able advocate of the genuine principles of
stiatghtforward, honest Democracy, but
if it can be published without Mk it must
be firmly established on an advance-paying
baxis.
Not having seen a copy of the Phila
delphia ('omnia ntrealth for a lone time, we
supposed that it had cest-ed to he, but the
receipt of its issue of Saturday hist re
moved that impression Charles M. Lei
Banting, Esq., who has been connected
with it ever since it was first established, is
now its sole proprietor. We always ad
mired the Commonwealth as a sound, relia
ble Democratic paer. and have no doubt
that under its present able management it
w ill be properly appreciated and sustained
by the Democracy of Philadelphia.
That old and unwavering sheet, the
Greensburg Argu. is now printed with
new type, its size enlarged to the old form,
and its entire nppearauce greatly improved.
No man is Wtleror more favorably known
to the profession throughout the State
than the veteran editor of the Argu, John
M. Laird. Esq., venerable in years and un
impeachable in integrity. He and his en
terprisitig sons have our best wishes for
the future prosperity of themselves and the
able ami efficient Democratic journal which
they publish.
Ceder. Eeva. Fhv. advertise a n'ur
w-jih fonr eats five ties on one foot, iitre
eye, aud oo bule In hi ears.
Gtrr. Hartranft on tim July Itlot.
The most Interesting portion nf the Gov
ernoi'a mefsage is that relating to the lail
rd riots of last July. After i-eliirir the
sUny f the tronbles the Governor ths re
fers to the eauses aud effects :
Thus rnrtel the irreiU railway strike of lfTi7
Jn pt-nnsvlTaiiiH, whtuh resulted In loleneo,
murder ii1 nrnn.-i, winch ntued the dentha of
uvr tiltT civilians and ttve soldiers, and the
woiinilii& and tnnlinlnir of n hundred or move,
snd ihedeetriictionof millions ut dollars woriti
or propel ty. . .
Whit it is true that tho worVlmrmen who be
jran it contemplated no such ten itle results, it
en n not hp denied that ihe manner in which they
proeeeded to enforce their demands, by stop
ping Inlund commerce and seizinir the ppert
of ciiipnratioos and individuals and driving
(ritisers rrom their upuhi occupinnmr, uri- i
ante of law, ainde tho t-reach threuru which I
tdr. iiOTlftMa elements of society poured to plun- !
derand destroy, fly thus Inconsiderately in
viting tho c; operation of the criminal classes,
labor did Itnelf a irreat and prievous injury, snd
it wilr belong before it can remove the sus
picion and distrust with which the people will
view its strikes and orra P. iUions. Into the
merits of the content It Is not necessary logo:
whatever be the riphts of labor, in duty of
the Executive Is Imperative. In the mesenere
of lfc7'J were set forth the principles wbicii Sev
ern the present administration in the discharge
or this onerous duty, to which recent events
have jrl ven additional emphasis : "No disobedi
ence or regularly constituted nutliorlty wilt be
p rmltted, whether n the part of individuals,
corporal Ions or combinations of men. No
sense of wrong, however irrlevous, will or shall
JiisiiTy violence in seekimr indemnity therefor.
The liKlitsof property must be respected, and
no interference with its legitimate use will be
tolemted. Every man must be allowed to sell
his own labor at his own price, snd his workiUK
must not be interrupted, either by force or in
timidation. For urievanees, fancied or real,
redress must be eoiifrlit in the manner the law
provides, and no one must attempt to override
its process. If ctiisena will recognize these
principles as binding upon their consciences
and actions, there can be no necessity for Ex
ecutive intcrrt-rcnoe to preserve the peace, and
it must be understood, once for all, that any
vIolnMou or private rights, or resistance to pub
lic olticers when in the discharge of their duty,
will be summarily dealt with, and if the civil
authorities and the power or the county cannot
maintain the supremacy of the law, then tho
whole power of the Commonwealth shall be
employed, ir necessary, to compel respect for
authority."
As sequel to the riots, the grand Jury of
Allegheny county entered upon an investiga
tion, and summarily demanded the attendance
of the Governor and the civil an.1 military offi
cers or the Executive Departmeut .to testify
be! ore it. As I did not think it the time or
place for an impartial Investigation of tbe
troubles, or concede the rights of the courts
to command the attendance or a co-ordinate
branch of the government, I refused to attend,
and directed the civil aud militai J ollicei s to
refuse alao. The question was submitted to
the Supreme Court, and its decision according
with the views or the Department, all appear
ance of conflict between the Judiciary and Ex
ecutive whs happily averted. Should the Leg
islature deem it expedient to investigate the
subject, all information in the possession of
the Governor or the Departmeut, if any, in ad
dition to that contained in the Adjutant-General's
report, and the appcudix litre to, will be
promptly given.
i'assing from tbes secondary matters to tbe
broader and deeper lessons of the f.tr.ke, while
there is much to otuise solicitude there is much,
ulso, to BWrfKcn continence in the final solution
of the problem. While capital held labor Iu
Ignorance and bond.igc strikes were rare.
Their Irequent occurrence tea proof that labor
is growing more and more loan equality iu
strength and importance to capital. Intelli
gent has spread itself among the laboring
clat-Svs; toy have learned to read and write
and to interchange their views, and formed as
sociations, according to their new light, for
their protection and advancement. And if in
this, as in many other casts. " little learning
Is a dangerous thing," it is yet better than no
learning at all. and Is the progressive step to
higher intelligence. On the other hand, under
the influence of civilization, wealth became
more and more diffused, and corporations irrcw
up to collect the large and small amounts of
unemployed Capital, to build tbegigautic works
snd conduct tbe great industries required by
modern society.
These two results are the Inevitable conse
quences of increased intelligence snd civiliza
tion. These great corporations, troiu the char
acter of the enterprises, are of ueci-SMiy. in
most oases, monopolies. As such, tbe people
have a right to demand that whtlo the profits
may accrue to private Individuals, their man
agement shall be above merely seitisb n tns. and
consult also the public utility and welfare. It
has conje to pas that in the conflict between
eapitsl ani labor, ttie former is aimota wholly
repret-ented by corporations and the latter by
uarlous organizations.
The attitude of the people towards these two
forces during the (treat strike has aiao deep
significance, in tho general sympathy for the
strikers, dulled only by their own uninwful
acts, the workmen have sssurnnce that to all
right and Inwrul efforts to better their condi
tion they will have the aid of nearly all classes
of their fellow c.t:zons. And in the prejudices
against the corporations, those who control
them may realize t lint the poFsession of if rent
wealth and I he eotitrn of great enterprises Im
pose obligations to ihe public which they can
not affoio to ignore. In these Incts e can
discern the two roads that may eventually lead
to the fln:tl etvleraent of the contest- tbe diffu
sion of higher education among the working
mne, sad the conviction, onlthe psrt of capital.
that it has now to deal witli an equal competi
tor, whose claims and rights, together with his
own, must be decided and adjusted by arbitra
tion. In this eontwst the primary duty of tbe
Btste is to keep the peace, and secondarily, so
far as laws will avail, to bocleu tbe consumma
tion of the result.
The Governor also repeats his suggestions
on arbitration :
If It Is to be the Interests of tbe Republic
that litigation should cense; it is still more to
tbe Interests of the people that the conflicts
between, different clashes should be brought to
a close. A it is becoming the putdic opinion
of the civilised world that the nations cannot
afford to submit their differences to the costly
arbitrament of the sword, so it is becoming tli
settled conviction Mint nothing can be trained
by a war of classes to compensate for tbe loss
caused by the disturbance of all industrial re
lations, and the 1u Hirers threatened to in
dividual independence and free institutions.
And in many places the saint: idea, is gaining
ground among tho trading classes for adjusting
the confl'cting claims of individuals.
Mnee. therefore, arbitration has been suc
cessfully used to settle international questions,
and even the petty disputes of indi vidua Is. w hy
cannot the same peaceful agency be invoked
to adjust the relatious of capital and labor?
The subject, thouirh important. Is not new, but
has floated In public discussion for some time,
and no apology U needed for calling your at
tention to the suKK"sllons made in tQe mes
sage of 176. "Does It not seem practical to ap
point a court of arbitration, comoosed of three
of more of the Judges 'if our courts, as many
operators, snd a like number of the represen
tatives or the workingmen, to whom could be
referred thedlsputesarlsing between employer
and employes, so that at least a full, fair and
impartial discussion could be had. sad the puri
ne enlightened upon the merits of tbe contro
versy ; snd. if there was no legBl remedy, the
force of public opinion would constrain tbe
parties whose claims were arbitrated, to do
Justice to those ho were wronired.
Any plan Is surrounded with ditllcult ies from
the constant changing relations of the great
interests involved and the dou tit fulness of se
curing a stable settlement with the proper op
port unities of revision according to these vary
ing conditions; but since labor baa now or
ganizations, ami representatives by whom thet
organizations will be bound. It seems practic
able to devise some plan by which all relations
and disputes of capital aud labor can bo har
moniously adjusted.
The monster seen in the Mississippi
River above Memphis a few weeks ago by
the captain and crew of a towb:at leap
peared the other day near inland 93. This
time the frightful creature was seen by
some of the crew of a produce boat. The
monsier's body was shaped like a snake's,
lia tail forlrod lilrA a flub o.t I. i Kill
I ... - - - - - - - - - a.nv - " MilU ft. ID Will
j formed like a pelican's. His bill was about
six feet long, and flowing black mane
j etcod out from his head, which was erected
J eight feet above the water, as lie swam
majestically down the stream. One twist
j of his forked tail knocked off the steering
oar of the produce boat and sent the crew
i in terror to the hold. The ill starred craft
now lies moored at Vicksbure, deserted by
all the crew but one man, the others believe
that the monster is lying in wait for this
j particular boat to sink it ont of sight.
1 " A local excitement and temporary pania
! were created at Wheeling, W. Va., oo Sun
day, by the discovery that the roof of St.
Alphonsus's Catholio church, one of the
largest in the State, was on fire. The
morning services were just over, and a
large party had assembled to witness a
marriage, jvhen the smoke was ween issu
ing from the ceiling. The plucky biidrft
couple told the priest to go on and the cer
emony was completed. Pieces of tbe ceil
ing began falling, and a general stampede
ensued, iu which several persona were
slightly Injured. The fire was finally snb
rlyied. with a loan of ajwKit 1,200, Tbe
ch uteri). as full torarett.
Governor Hartranft' 2leaffe.
Of this lencthy and well-written docu
ment, whieh was read lu (he Legislature,
on Weduesday of last week, we publish
the following synopsis as we liud it in the
Huntingdon Lvtal JVW : The receipts of
the year have been $15.tM4.500,05, and the .'
disbursement! 13,482,453,19. leaving a bal- '
snce in the I ream i y of f 2,102,046,87. The
debt of the State utipiovided for is $18, 352,-
SS6
,38. The receipts for tho next fiscal i
r are not believed to be equal to the tie- .
ids of the general fund by $U3S,925,50. j
year
mauds
Ihe Governor docs not recommend in
creased taxation to meet the deficiency, but
the diversion of tbe linking Fund, there
being enough aggregate revenues to meet
the demands of the Coustitutiou for both
funds.
He wisely nrgen thai the Legislature
should draw a line between bunks for sav
ing aiii those of discount. One is a trust
and the other a business ; but banks of sav
ing should oot.be allowed to discount notes.
The history and lessons of tho July riots
occupy considerable space in the message.
The historical part 'S a lucid statement of;
the inception, progress and close of the ,
riotsiti this Sta e. He holds thnt the lessons I
of the strike that labor is becoming more
intelligent, and more nearly equal tocapiutl
than heretofore ; and hence capitalists must
treat labor right, if they would prosper.
The attitude of the people towards the
strikers shows that in ail lawful resistance
airainst orgauized oppression, the woikmen
have the sympathy and aid of their fellow-
ci izeiis. "In these facts," Le says, "we can
disoern the two roads that may eventually
lead tw the tinal sett lenient of the contest , lor by bonus aud cash m tbe sinking mnn
the diffusion of higher education among i la f 13,352,380. Pittsburgh alone can see
ttie workingmen, aud the conviction, on ) that and go a couple of millions better,
the part of capital, that it has now to deal Philadelphia can quintuple it.
with an equal competitor, whose claims J A cave, supposed to be a tramps' re
and lights, tottLer with its own, must be j soit, has been discovered at Waterbnry,
decided and adjusted by at bit: a. ion. In i Conn. It is thii teen feet deep and is fitted
this contest, the p.iroary duty of the state
is to keep the peace, and, secondarily, so
far as laws will avail, to hatteu thecousum
maiion of the result."
He insists that the stand against appren
ticeships by the trades' union will make
the children of workmen more drudges, un
less the Sta e shall see that they have an
industrial education. "The great warfare
of the uineteetiih century is industrial wa
fare ; the struggle between great nations
for supremacy in various industries, and j should never fool with mathematics,
for the control of the various markets.'' j State Legislatures a re now in session in
Says the Governor: "Pennsylvania has j Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois
unrivaled resources, but unless she prepares ' Indiana, Louisiana, Maine. Matyhtnd,
for the competition, she must content her- Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Ne
self with the production of raw materials, j vada, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania,
and her people become the hewers of wood The Uniontown Exnresn east nn the
and arawers of water for more highly cul
tivated communities. The means must be
the diffusion of technical knowledge among
toe Ktooriug classes ; t-ecuriog tue cu-oper-
ation of tho wot kuignieu ; creating new
industries aud diversified interests, and
throwing the wave to honorable and lucra
tive employment open to all." The ebtab
lishment of woikshops iu counectlou with
industrial schools, is the remedy proposed.
Alluding to (he powers and responsibili
ties of the civil authorities, the Governor
makes the following good point: "The
office of Sheriff was formerly one of dignity
and power. It has degenerated, standing
without change in new conditions, uutil its
maiu duties are those or a jailor and auc
tioneer. Some means ought certainly to be
taken to clothe the ofliee with its original
importance and responsibilities."
Tbe geological survey, navigation of the
Ohio river, municipal commission, aud
board of public charities, receive passing
mention, and a number of minor subjects
are carefully collated and referred to in a
way that shows the Governor to be iu ear
nest. Lord and l.ady Hick:
Flis sons are asking for an inquisition of
lunacy upon Mr. Thomas Lord, a million
aiie of Now Yoik, because lie, being 83
years of age, has gone before Cardinal Mo
Closkey with Mrs. Hicks, a dashing widow
of foity, . be there united in matrimony's
holy bonds. The petition of the sons al
leges divers act of eccentricity and ferget
fulness npon the part of tbe ancient Lord,
whiuli they would persuade us wete acts of
lunacy ; but manifestly the crowning ag
gravation was this marriage of a rich old
man of 83 to a spendthrift widow of AO ; an
act most likely to seem, in the eyes of bis
sons and men, to be one of most indisput
able luuacy. We appreciate the feelings
of the sons. We sympathize with thotn in
the desire that they feel to say the Might
of their father's million fiom them to
Hicks, flicks, 'tis said, had already se
cured, before the marriage and when she
dwelt in high style in Loudon, entertaining
priuces and potentates, $300,000 of the
aged Lord's money as a loan ; aud three
weeks ago, coming quietly borne for more,
has concluded to take the balance of Mr.
Lord's money with Mr. Lord himself. If
that is not cause fo.- aggravation of mind
to Mr. Lord's children, we kuow not what
would be.
Aud still, with all our sympathy for the
sons aud daughters, so suddenly bereft of a
fathers' love and money, w e have an abund
ance left foi the ancient man himself, who,
at the advanced age of 83, chooses to fall in
love aud is cruellv told that it is an acL of
sucb insanity as to cause tbe law to sup in '
to rob him of his bride and his cash : as, be- I
tween the boys aud
their dad, it would
seem that the sire has the best tight to the
nB iu ui, ui,. iu nia ui iub mere
can be no disputesince she gave herself or
sold herself to him and a cardinal blessed
the union. There may fairly be two opin
ions as to which wae the ciaxy party to
such a union, if either was. We refuse to
believe that Lord was, just because be was
83. We know men of that age who are
. phS,rthaul those of half
better men
their years. Several yea. s ago in the ruouu-
tains of southwest Virginia we, came across
around then several of their offspring, tbe
youngest being four or five years old ; iu
the vicinity dwelt, a son of the patriarch's
first maiiiace.Romeseventvveataold: anrl
the man of niuety-four years had the ap
pearance and vigor of but threescore.
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Lancaster Intelligencer .
CoRioca Instance of Akimal Sagaci
ty. A !New Zealand paper vouches for the
truth of tbe following story: There is a
dog at Taupo, and also a young pig, and
these two afford a curious example of ani
mal sagacity and confidence io the bona
Jldet of each other. These two animals
live at the native pa on the opposite side of
l apuacharnru,
luacharnru, and the dog discovered
e happy hunting grounds on the other
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some
side,
, -i.u iuiui... tue pig. 1 ne pig, oe-
ine onlv two months old. informed the rloir
I that he could not swim across the river.
i Wh Ch at that srwit .lehimehaa r.nm iu
mat, sjmii ueooncnes nom the wred alteroateW 1 7 iraiuus-aiuu
that in time he hoped to share ' ?irtttri-T V? .rnd same expression. But what 1
.urea of hi. canine f.iend. The i reRt of thJI ifl T ''f ! ,Clr !h.8n U,e ot flesh-il w" 6to"
td the difficulty. Ue went into ; K tn 7 l. ? "Ad petrified. In that c
lake, but
the adventures
dog settled the difficulty
into
the river, standing Up to bis neck in the
water, aud crouched down ; the pig got on
wn ; the pie cot on
his back, elasuinsr his neck with tha for
legs. The dog then swam aeross, thus car-
' rying bis chum over.
Regularly every
; morning ine two wotiia in tuts wav ru
. a a a . a
across and forage around Tapuaebaruru,
' return ing to the pa at night, and If the dog
was ready to go home befoie tbe pig, he
I would wait till his friend came down to be
j feriied over. The trntb of this story is
; vouched for by several wbo watched tbe
movements of the pair for seveial weeks.
i
TRKRK were 870 failure.. Involving over
m ri ... a r .
fy?,0, In Wcvr York fty lust je.
Xturfi aiut atiitr Xotlngs.
Archibald Gordon, of Granville, N. C. ;
is the father of tweuty seven sous by one j
wife.
Eighty-tbree murderers, all ien, were
banged in -he UuiNd Siatew in 187.
A Texas dog left in Missouri found bis
wav back to his master's bouse, a distance
of800uiiles. . !
O. M. Peterson, of linriingion, v t.,
has a common house cat, four years old,
that weighs twenty-lhiee pounds, 2s ext. ;
John H. Mason, of Grassy Lick, JSIont-
gomety county, nasjus: mni tiown a i..n.i ,
built iu 1775 to replace it by one of modern !
pretensions.
The office of the Eastern Express Com
pany at Dexter, Maine, was entered Monday
tiijjht, and four thousand dollars stolen
from the safe.
Mr. Witten, a member of the iiginia
House of Delegates from Tazewell county,
is the father of sixteen children, including
five pairs of twins.
Mr. James C Flood, of Nevada, is a
generous man, lie gave to various cnan
table institutions Christmas gifts amount- :
ine to more than f6,000. I
What is called a one legped railroad is j
beintr msde near Oil City. Pa. I here is
n Ktnrrlo iron mil on which Saddle shnied
lower down.
Crockett county (Tenn.) Sentinel : W.
F. 1'osion has a hoir eighteen months old
that measures six feet seven inches from
. stem to stern and three feet eix inches :
' around the neck. j
I Tbe debt of Pennsylvania unprovided
j up with a stove, ehandelier, bunks aud
other household conveniences,
A private letter received in Boston an
nounces the death of Hev. Mr. Tracey, for
forty years a missionary of the Arneiican
boaid in India. He was born in Norwich,
Conn., and w as 72 years of age.
Statistics for last month in various
parts of the country show that a green
Chris mas cut down tbe usoal mortality
about twenty per cent. I5Ht epicrams
j Baltimore and Ohio road sttuck a woman
i named Jones on Monday evening, between
i Moore's and Armstrong's stations, killinc
i,Pr instantly. She lived at Armstionc 8
and was thought to be ir.t xica ed
The Richmond Whig says : Mrs. Eliz
abeth Bowyer, mother of Mr. Wm. Bow
yer, has a young cow two years old last
August that gave milk regularly for five
mouths before it had a calf, giving about
one half a gallon at each milking.
The last of the bodies buried in the
Barclay street ruins. New Yoik, has leen
recovered. There are no more bodies
there ; all the facts show that eight weie
lost wilhiu tbe walls, and two ersouswere
crushed to death on the sidewalk.
The Londou Adrertiter learns on re
liable authoi itv that official information has
beeu received in St. Petersburg that the
Chinese have massacred 15,000 men, women
and children at the KasliKarian town of
Ma ran, committing most fiightfal atroci
ties. Kiron Carroll, a lawyer of Rome, N.
T., aged fifty years, dropped dead on Sat
urday while on bis way to the fuuetal of
bis brother, Jlon. Geo K. Carroll, of Cam
den, N. Y., who dropped dead Wednesday.
Their father and brother Doth diopped
dead.
Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, died
on last Weduesday afternoon, in the 58th
year of his age. The full name of the de
ceased, with all the titles attached, was
about two ytrds long, though it was not
that, but military emption, whatever that
is, that caused his death.
A telegram from Rome says Cardinal
Manning has submitted to tbe College of
Cardinals a proposal, that on the death of
Pins IX. the conclave assemble at Malta.
The Sacred College is divided in opiuion
on the matter. The Italian Cardinals are
indisposed to accept the proposal.
Probably the tallest man in the United
State is Henry Thnrstoti, a native of Mis
souri, now residing in Titus connfy, Texas,
formerly a confederate soldier, wbo stands
7 feet 6 inches in his bare feet. Bantam
offered him a large sum to join his exhibi
tion, but he very modestly, declined.
Even dried acorns have their nse.
Sparks from a defective flue set fire to some
clothing in an upper room of a house in
New Hampshire, when a lot of acorns on
the floor were made by the heat to pop so
loudly that the family heard the noise, and
running up stairs extinguished the fire.
Rev. Father Manzer, pastor of St.
.Mary's Roman Catholic church, Newatk,
called on a firm of carriage-makers in that
ci'y, on Friday, and banded them $80,
which one of his parishioners had admitted
in the confessional to have stolen from
them while in their employ several years
ago.
A 1atrvir anrl vir. C r-r ...
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.he wrnlowoV .heir dinfn
. -ud the Plas of tUo t.iM.,ru i j
curtains, killed two birds, broke a dog's
leg, whipped a servant girl. Their case is
to be considered by the church of which
tbey are members.
A singular accident occurred on Sat-
r - - -.viuii.n,.iuicilUWII ine
cnen ween, Kan., recently. A party of
! Jn? np a team prepai.to,
! Jhe "1" thVlw ,? ,e
if- t , j8" .X ,,,to the rKon'
i IZ hi 1 li 1 J nZ,, v L'8 hd'
I Mr Aj'if ' t , if" e ru
! SnrTnTs ChffeJZZ,?' i Chester
ug. r COU."ty. .a. rew.dys '"ce
. "K"'' e weasel at mat place which
was entirely white, with the exception of j they located and beKan the journey of life
the tip of its tail, which was black. I together iu leal earnest. Piospeiity and
About a year ago the same gentleman ' happiness came to them, until at an unex
caught a similar one there which he dis- peeled moment death cut down Mrs. Mur
poKeo! of for the suug little sum of fifteen I ray ta the very ptime of lire. The discon
cloliarw. ! solate widower, consigning the body of his
ine day or reckoning for swindling lire deceased wife to the dust, as he supposed,
insurance officials baa erne. Two Presi- ; sought -surcease of sorrow" in the wilds
oentB l,ase ar.d Lambert of V v.l- ' r.r r-., r. r, j
companies have just been sent to State's
t riaon for crookedness, and now a Connec-
! denLcrwt.r 1 w esi -
?S CTrter ok ta r ,XJr f
1 mo viianer uk lor cotiSDirarrv to Hnfraur
the nolicv holders
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Kiel, that l :j ... -'
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! whltHp ,0"g,Ug ,0r
I A young man named Geo. W. Creanh '
! nineteen years old, died in Pittsburgh
Friday night, through sheer night, lie had
been sick two daya in a room in the rear
; or a store which took li.e and was consum
ed. During the proKress of the flame be
arose from his bed and walked to the win-
i dow look ine out he saw thn fit. i.:-i-
' SStfaftS! w'd 'SVfZ Vif H
uum aiimsain Imm th effect cf MoLi
ti rrttrce Ivy hf, fkrlcUu. '
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The Ottawa Time says that some time
ac the citizens of Metidot were surprised
, to leai n that a martied couple, wlu had
apparently lived in peace and hatmonv in
1 llmois, had been d i voi ced iu Kansas. The
mystery is now explained. The h-iband
bad homesieaded 1C0 acres of fine farmitii;
land, and there was another 160 acres ad
joining not jet taken up. The pair were
divoictd, the widow entered the vacant
quatter section, and established her claims
as the bead of a family. When this was
( done the pair were remarried, and
i have a flue farm of half a section.
now
A few days since Mr. W. Miller, of
Uniontown, Pa., who, like Nimrod of old,
is a mighty hunter, and keeps a pack of
fifteen hounds, captured an earless wild
hog in the trountains of Fayttte county.
The animal not only has no auricular ap
pendages, but has no orifice in the head
for the admission of sound, and is conse
quently totally deaf. It also has but one
eje, which, however, is large enough for
two, being neatly two inches in diame tr.
Tbe animal will weigh about one hundred
pounds and is as feiocious as a bear. Mr.
Miller will sc ud it to the Zoological Gat dtu
iu Philadelphia.
The King of Spain is to be martied in
the Basilica of Atocha, at Madrid, on the
23d of January. The Princess Mercedes
will arrive at Madrid only oue hour befoie
the ceiemony. The fetes ate to last five
days, during which time Iheatiiefcl tepie
sentations and bull-fights are to be piovid
ed for tbe people free. A banquet is to he
given to a thousand of the poor of Madrid
in the Pi ado, and there are to be histwiieal
processions in the Plata de Toros, the no
bles of Spain being invited to take pa it iT
cavalcades. All children born on the 231
are to be dowered, and 50,0vX) pesetas a.e
to be distributed among the poor.
In Lancaster, last wetk, William A.
Hambright. a youug school t itcher, w ho
had only been married last May, wasttied
on ttce nty-one indiclrre nit for stealing from
hotels, maiket wagons, stores and houses
a variety of good?, such as shoes, blaukets,
ves's, pantaloons, sugar and beefsteak.
The defence was "kleptomania," aud t'je
young wife of the accused was put on the
stand to testify as to bis receut peculiar
conduct and oddities. The jury acquitted
the accused on nineteeu indictments aud
convicted him on two oue for stealing a
beefsteak and the other for walking off
with sugar that belonged to somebody
else. He was sentenced to nine mouths'
imprisonment.
A singular case of suicide occurred at ! mi TTTTt1t' TVcv',ir1
Wheeling, W. Ya., on Thui-day night. I HQ WeeKiy lity-H
jicoij iuu, a .veil-Known citizen oi tnal ,
place, who was once very wealthy, shot (W nr ihp ThoirrSt ftfaiS. i'
l.imaolt i1.wmi.tH l. t,.o.. 1Il,J 1 i UJlC 01 Hit t I. UK I J'. lL "l . .,
.......-- - , Atj "..iv si t i. a 1 T llfltl VTTtriS
married twice, and bad quarrelled with his j
second wife, who turned hitn out of the j
bouse and is said to have commenced lead- ,
ing a dissolute life. Lae Thursday after-!
noon be showed a revolver to a friend and ',
said be intended to kill himself on bis first
wife's grave. As be could not be found
next morning, the friend went out to Mount
Calvary Cemetery, and there upon his
wife's grave, coveied with a foot tf snow,
his body was found, and beside it lay the
revolver with which be had shot himself.
Th is is the third suicide among the Ger
roans in Wheeling withiu three weeks. !
A Ccnioca Stoht from North Catioi i
NA. It is a fac'. not generally know u that
the cemetery of the Methodist church in
llendersonviile, N. C, contains a petrified
human body. About the year 1S30 Miss
Adeline Byers lived with her father, Francis
C. Byers, fifteen miles south of that place,
ill llpnr1fru,ti rnmilv SI.a m V. . s !,
sweet girl. much-beioVei by aiiVLo knew
' "er, antl tier hand was sought in marriage
! eTen before he was of marriageable age.
U77 who 6he ,,ild known K'"S R,,d
tho Ptial were'celebrated
and ,,he,b ide afid oridegr.Hmi fet out in
: search of a new cntntn, following the set-
tine suu to the Mississir.oi vnllev. Tl.a
' 1 . ' v ( ... a v ftc l a nurinRlu A 1 .
' Josiah Jidinston, i
I N.uth Carolina, wl
ntending to return to
hence be had removed
in-law, Mr. Murray, dis
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g"e how amazed be was to find it in the
, c'ffiu just a he had seen it there jears be
- , fore
Th stme features almost the very
16 saw was
. witu Ins brothei-tn-Uw, Mr. Murray, dis- dress. pet psid.onr.-v.i;-- ...
iute"ed V" f M'"y the age .uny. Xi
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The w hoie"
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carried il to North Carolina, and delivered
i u 10 lhe KPa tamer, Mr. Hyers, vhn couia
1 "artiiy doubt that his danrh er bail cme
: to him asleep I
The news spread that Ade
line s oKly had been "turned into a rock,
and great wan the desire of everybody to
see it. Attempts were made, it is 6aid, to
steal it out of the cellar where the old en
tlemau bad catefully concealed it, but they
were unsuccessful. All through the war it
was guarded by the father as the most sa
cred ttust, but few persons Iteing allowed
to see it. About six years aco, however,
it was quietly bntied in the Methodist ceme
tery at Iletideisotiville. where, it ia hoped,
it will be permitted kv iwat uuk.l the iaur
rvetrfen aerrK."'
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