CZZ 3V ntS3 JHE CAMBRIA FREEMAH, EOENSBUnC, PA., FRIDAY, - - - - FED. 22, 1S73. The Banishing Patriot, having wisely discarded its eilel suit, made its bow one day last week in an entire new dress, which gives it a very at'ractive ap'iearatvce. The Patriot sinco we first rctnetnher it was always conducted with ability, but under its present management it has attained a very marked degree of excellence. It wim'il be difficult for the Democracy to be more faithfully represented than they now are by the Patriot, the able organ of the paity at the State capital. The corc'ave of Cardinals which ac peniMed in the Vatican at Home on Mon day, for the purposo of electing a successor , to the late Tins tlie Nin-.h, made choice on the lh:rd ballot, on Wednesday morning, of Caidinal Joachim IVcei, who has ns rumed the titlo of Leo tie Thii teeutli. The new Pope is an Itl'an by biilh and is sixty eight yea; 8 eld. Ho was created Caidinal in 180:?, is Archbishop of Peiousp, and Chamberlain of tho late Pontiff, i He is regarded as ono of t lie very ablest of , the Cardinals auel his elect ion was received with great sat it-f.ict ien hy tho people of Home. The bells in ail the chiuches were rang as soon as the lesult became kuovn thioughout the city GoTEiiNoa Uollidat, of Virginia, ask6d the Legislature to reduco his salary from fire thousand dollars In four thousand, but his offer could not be complied with owing to a constitutional prohibition. I ", however, to accommodate him the House I amended the bill i educing the salaries of State officers twenty per cent., so as to en able the Governor to pay his Scctetary out of his own funds. Iu Pennsylvania these things are done very differently. The last bill signed by Governor Geary was on tho day before the inauguration of I'aitranft anJ it increased the salary of the oflice i f i Governor from five thousand to ten thous- I and dollar When a Republican office- I i..f I.:- -I., it to .i i .;i ! lennium will not be very long iu putting in its appea.'atice. The effort which is being made by tho owners of the ten or twelve type foundries in this country to engraft an amendment on the tariff bill now before- Congress, in creasing tho proscit duty on typo of 25 per cent, ad valorem to a specific duty of 13 cents per pound on book and news type, and to 30 cenfs on job and fancy type, ought lo bo resisted by every printer and publishor in tho countiy. Tho present duty brings into the treasury f 20,000 per annum, but tho proposed ir.cier.se, which is prohibitory, would prevent the intioduc tku of foreign typo altogether, and give a oomple 0 rnonop'y of the business to a do tcu or so of typo founders. Theic arc 20, (XlJ printing ofTlccs in this country, cm plojing 120,000 compositors, whereas tho type foundeis employ only about 700, most of whom aro minors. Wo trust that tho newspapers in this district will ventilate this proposed job of tho typo founders' ring, so that Gen. Campbtll, our member, will understand what they think about it, and give bis aid in assisting to defeat tho niiju-t measure. There should be no duty on type, inasmuch aa cheap newspapcis mean the cheap and universal education .f tl.a proplo, and to tax. typo u to levy a tri bute on know lodge. -t-.-t No MKjir.F.rt of ihe Vni'ed States Senate who spoke ou the silver bill stated so many t , , , . . I stubborn facts in so conciso a manner as t Senator John 11. McPheisoii, Demociat, of New.Tersey, The following short extract from his s e ili Is as true as the multipli cation table, and is so plain that even a fool cannot til therein : Whiif," lie itskeil, "hns enr.si t tliif nnlrerSHl firokt r.'iiion of imliistiy this cW'strut'tion of viilm 9 w hu h ntTrets the wlmlp pi-.i.r', truns f irms iliu hemrst nn.l ilimir luttriri-r into n tfirir:ir. rihI lorcxs tiiiu to seek tread from dor to ihxir ?" Ili showed Hint it eonM not linre lippn the flx ng of a i! Unite Ibni' for l!ie resumption of i speelr p3 nifnis. riirltiiit was 'ni- in lt,.i, and thfc.-h took place in If73. I If said thuf the ri,l cause c-oiild not have t--en n la-k of 0 11 III elfiit cireiiHttnif medium, for th? volumo of rnrrcni'r in H73 w9 srreater thnn ever hefjir'K Hf insistt'd thut the crash ef ST, rame npon us t'in In every hraui ti of industry except UKrit'ti.'ture we had reached a point in produc tion fur he) end the capacity of the, ptopleto coiiduuie, unci for which surplus no oompcnsH tinii market eould he found, itiilroails r.d been h!lt far in cxrerS of present or possible futnrit needs. He showed by trust worthy sta tistics that In the four years from liWS to we built nearly "."1.1NM miles of railron.l, and In the sureeedlen four year locs than P.OiiO. Thero were, lie khicI. in lst;t. in the I'uited States. 70H.M ratieof railroad, which l ad cost almost .Vnno,. CtXi.onO. mors than half of whith now returns noilnDrf to the Investor, owinir 10 Iho stopnaee of railroad construction. He said about 2D0.UO0 luborers were thrown out fif steady emtloy nierif . and the direc t a';'u;il loss to tbe lahftr ttiir pcMiiHtlon from this industry alone was hoiit I.VliO 000. To thUtindthe eonsei)iience of eesaiion In the dumand for Iron ami coal, ml the number of htborers thrown out of em ployment in connection with these and miner Industries, be Mid. we owe Ihe pieent wid sprrail diitriai Hmiijr the laboring classes, and the depressiou Iu all branches of tutufss. That windy statesman, Harry White, said to a newspaper reporter in Washing ton last week that he was familiar with the facts involved in tho trial of the mem bers of tho Louisiana Returning Roard, nd that as a lawyer he could defend An derson or Wells before any jury, and rely upon their being acquitted. Wells 6tands iu sore need of just tuch a gifted la .vytrrs White modestly represents biruself to be, and the sooner he starts for New Orleans and takes charge of Wells' caf o the better it will be for that much te:secntod patriot, it is suspected that White kuows a great deal about the peculiar ways of tho chief of the Returning Board, for ho waa one of the Republicans who went down to New ' Oi leans last winter on tho hy peicritical pre- I tenc of seeing that the Presidential vote i was fairly counted, when everybody knew that an honest count was tho very thing ' they. did not want. It is a most fortunate 1 thing, however, for Wells that his friend, I Harry White, fee Is contlelent of his ability j to do for him what thire able members of the New O: leans bar signally failed to ao- i ootnplish for Anilerson. After what Whi-o has said, if he fails to go to ihe rescue of Wells, he will not only tin guilty of the basest ingratitude, but. i throw away the greatest epportunii y a,f his life te ac ejuire imirislMbli faiuo tea a member uf tho le gal profesajiou. Bj.ad'sstt.vkii I3IT.I., after an f11 night's j .session, passed the Senate fitja'yoi last j S.etuiday morning at five e'clo, k, by a vote of 43 yeas to 21 nays, being two more than tiro thirds of the membcis voting. Of the ecen Senators not voting, four were paired and three were not, tut if all bad been pres ent the bill weu'd have received a two-thirds vote at least. The bill received the votes of 24 Democrats, 23 Republicans, and 1 Independen tt 1 at n rt-i of morality, David . Davis, of Illinois. The negative vote in- . eluded 14 llepublicans and 7 Demociats. Two Senators from each of 21 States and one from each of 8 States voted for the bill, : while two Senators from each of 7 States and one Senator from each of 7 States voted against it. The western and sonth western States gave the bill 27 votes, and the Southern States 1G vote. The six . w England States voted solidly against : it, and also New Yoik and New Jersey, , while the two Pennsylvania Senators voted for it. The full bill as amended by tho ; Senate st liking out the free coinage section j contained In the House bill, and as also ! amended by addirg.two new sections, will be found printed elsewheie in our paper. I The bill was ret nine J to the House cn Monday for concurrence or non-concurrence iu the Senate amendments, and will not likely be presented to the President for his action before the middle of next week. It may be safely assumed that the bill will become a law substantially as it passed the j Senate, aud then, as wa have heretofore stated, the good or tLo evil results to flow from it will be learned iu the severe school of experienco. No man, wo presume, is opposed to an hone st silver dollar, by which we moan a dollar coin which is tho equivalent of ona hundred cents, and mlP f,n:,l5on .,r ,i.a m0ralitv of this silver legislation can be very briefly expressed. When an act of Congress directs the Secre tary of the Treasury to have coined at the government mints pieces of silver of 412 J grains, each of which is worth ninety-ivo cents, but having the woids "one dollar' stamped upon them, and declares them to be a legal louder for the payment of all debts, thus compelling the laboring man to accept ninety tico cents for a day's work when hn contract was that he should be paid one hundred cents ; we say when Con gress does a thing like that, wa know of no J other or milder name by which to call it j than that of a sJiarneless fraud. Bland's ! -: 1 1 : 1 1 .i I : - 1 1 : 1 1 ...... r B11VVI LMil UOC?- tills lUlllS, illU 1 lltTIUIWI Q when honest, blunt lien. 1 1 i'l, of Georgia, in his great speech, called it "a pickpocket bill," ho baptized it by its true aud appro priate name. n-t--t-ii Two eii.t.s which deserve to be denoun ced fiom one end of the State to tho other are just now passing through tho different stn;cs of legislation at Harrisburg. One of them proposes to authoi ize the Governor to appo int a Becoider for the city of Phil adelphia for the term of ten years, and it is estimated by competent judgos that the fees of the ofTico, if well farmed, will amount to between tlarty and forty thous and dollars annually. It is no secret at Harrisburg that if tho bill passes M. S. Quay, tho present Secictaiy of tho Com monwealth, will recoivo the appointment. Tho other bill refened to creates a new de partment, and is to bo filled by a Hank Commissioner to bo appointed bv the Gov ernor for fire years at an annual salary of ?;V00. If this bill passes tho Commis sioner will bo Wm. B. Hart, who is cash ier of tho State Treasurer's office and who was defeated last fall by Col. Noyes. Both Hart and Quay w ill soon retire from office, but before they do so another and , for er.ch of them, with terms longer than , , . aie accorueu 10 any oilier Diate otticials. The Democrats in beith houses are manful ly resisting the passage ef both these out rageous measures, but their efforts will bo of no avail. There is just one way, and only one, to cause these two luscious ITar t ran ft applus to tuin, like Dead Sea fruit, to ashes on tho lips ef Quay anel IJait. Under the now constitution it will require a vote of tiro (Vcj of the Senate to confirm j the neminatie)ns. That body consists of CI Kepublicans nnd 19 Democrats. It will therefore require three Demociats to vote with the 21 Republican members to pro duco tho requisito two thirds. Tho Dem ocrats thus have it in their power to crush these scanelalous jobs by veting against Ilartranfi.'s nominations, and if they refuse to adopt that cemrse anel adhere to it to Hie bitter enel, they w ill prove recreant to their duty, and w ill deserve tho swift vengeauce of their constituents. --r Pkteu II ERDic'acqu heel a most nnen vi able notoriety throughout the State in con sequent of his corrupt lobby operations at Harrisburg in reference to two matters in which ho was personally interested, one of i which was a bill for the erection of tbe : new county of Minnequa, anel the other a j bill reducing tho tolls fixod by the Williams- ; port Poeiru Company, of which he was tho ' heaviest stockholder. Notwithstanding all i this, it is not pleasant to learn that he has ! became a financial wreck, with liabilities ! amounting to about a million of dollars, though with assets sufficient ia prosperous 1 times to meet them, but which iu tho pres- j cut depressed condition of affairs will fall fir short of that object. Herd'c cam to ' Williamspoi t twenty-five years ago, astran ger among a strange people, and with tho baud eif poverty pressing heavily upon him. Ho con lei neither read nor write, but every thing ho undertook prospered, and be be- .1 . . ? i ; . cauiej iu oiosi exieiisivu uusiuess n.an ill . - . t- i .i i that section of the State. Lnder tbe ac- tivity and energy ho displayed in carrying out his numerous project, Williamspoit 1 rapidly grew in size and importance and . fu . r . ; became the centre or the immense lumber ; trado of the Susquehanna region. In his 1 fall Heidic will drag hundreds of others ' down, and the prosperity of Williamspoit ' ... , , , , will reoeivo a shek from which it will re- , quire many years for it to recover. Like : iiiutihHini.H oi oiuers, ne 11 hu too many irong iu the fire, but was able to sustain himself freui tho unnatural impetus given to busi ness during the Hindi yeais after the war until tho day of reckoning came, when his inJUteel business balloon, piicktd its with a pm iusiautiy wllapst J. The Silver Hid. Relow will be found tho full text of tho Bland .ilver bill as it passed the Senate on Saturday morning last. Although Geu. Ewing. of Ohio, has expressed strong op position to tho action of the Senate in striking out the free coinage feature of the bill, it is believed that it will be accepted by its friends in the House in its present shape. 4Vhat Mr. Hayes is going to do about it is a matter of mere conjectuie. : Put here is ihe bill read it : ! He it enacted, etc.. That there Fhnll be coined nt the several mints of the I'nited States, n sil , ver dollar of the weiirbt of 41' jrruir.9 Troy, of standard silver, as provided in the act of Janu ary 1, JR37, on which shall be the devices and I superscriptions provided by said net. which coins, toftrt her with nil silver dollars heretofore coined hy the United States ot like weight and S2nenss," shall be a ii $r.il tender for all debts and dues, public and private, except when otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract, Snd the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to "purchase, from time to time. silver bullion at the market price thereof, not lese than two million dohars" worth per month, nor more than four million dollars per month, and cause the same to tie coined monthly, as fart as so purchased, into such dollars, anil a sum sufficient to carry out the foretroiiiff pro vision of this net Is hereby appropriated out of any money In the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, and any pain or se'Uniormre ni is in from this coinage shall tie accounted for and paid Into the Treasury as provided un der the existing laws relative to the subsidiary coimttre: provided that the amount of money at any one time invested in such silver bullion, exclusive of such rusultinjr coin, shall not ex ceed live million dollars; and, provided furth er, that nothinir in this act shall be construed toauthorize the payment In silver of eertlrlentes of deposit Issued under the provisions of sec-ti-wi I'M of the Kev'sed Sfatuty. Snc. 2. All nets and parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this act arc hereby re pented. Pec 3. That Immediately after the passnsr r.f tli:s act the President shall invito the jjovcrn menls nf the countries composirif ihe T.ntio t'clon, so-called, and of such other European n.tttons as he may deem advisable, to Joiu the L'nitei t-tates In cot:r-r: nee toadopt a common ratio be tween goli and silver for the purpose of establishing internationally the use of bi metallic money, and securing a fixity oT rela tive value between thee ineials, such confer ence to be held at eucti place in Kurope or in t lie United S'ates, at suurt lime, within six months, as may be agreed upon l y the execu tives of the grove rnoicnts joininjr in the same, whenever the jrovcrtunents so invited, or any three of them. shall have sitrioUed their willing ness to unlto in the same. The President shall, by aud with the advice and consent of 1 lie Sen- 1 Bte, appoint three commissioucrs who will at- I tend such conference on behalf of the I nitcd P'ates, and shall report the doings 'hereof to ! I the President, who shall transmit tho same lo ) (.Vnrrcss. Snid Commissioners shall etteu re - celve the sum of two thousand live hundred dollars nnd their reasonable expenses, to be np I proved by tho Secretary of State, and the j amount necessary to pay Mich compensation and expenses is hereby appropriated out of any ! money In the Treasury uot otherwise nppro i priated. I Sfc. . That any holder of the coin authorized I by tjiis act may deposit tbe same with the j Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the United ttL-f in sums of not less than li), and receive there.'or certificates of not less than 16 I each, corresponding with the denomination of j ! U.S. times; the coin deposited for or rep re- I sentmjr the certificates shall be retained in the Treasury for payment of the same on demand ; Said certificates (-hall ha receivable loroiist'-ms, taxes, and all public dues, aad when bo received may be re-Issued. q e - Al.TFornn Onvcrni r Geary has t ern dead about six J ears, the re is no monument or even marble shiti to Indicate the place of his hurlat. M r. Ijonir. of Allegheny, has introduced a bill appropriating ,(XW to purchase and erect a monument to the memory of the late pnvcrii'tr, and the measure will be passed as soon as pos sible. Tbe above extract is taken from tho ITariiobnrg correspondence of a city news paper. What did John W. Geary ever do to entitle him to tho exceptional honor of ha ing a monument erected to his memoiy at the expense of the people of this Sta e ? As an officer in tho lato civil war, we aro not aware that ho displayed more bravery or acquired greater distinction than a score of other Pennsylvanians whoso names will reaJily suggest themselves to the intelli gent reader. As Governor of tho State for six years, for which ho was pfiid thirty thousand dollars, bo left no brilliant official record behind him, nor did his own politi cal friends regard his administration w ith any special feeling of pride and exultation. Governor '.Volt went ont of office in Janua ry, lS3r, and all his successors are dead with three exceptions James Pollock, Wm. Iligler and Andrew G. Cnrtm. Nona of these dead Governors has had a monument erected to his memoiy by the. Siate, and although not even a marble slab may indi cate tho place iv here some of them are buried, their friends have never appealed to the Legislature for money to do what should have been done by others. The es tate of Governor Geary was abundantly able to place a suitable monument over his grave, and if it was not done it is the fault of his personal representatives. Mr. Long's proposition, therefore, to take SOOO out of the treasury for the purpose indicated is without any merit, and ought net to be sanctioned by the Legislature. It will es tablish a most dangerous precedent, and will lead to constant appropriations for similar purposes in ihe future. A Ycl'tiifi'i. Pledge Fri.Fii.iED at Last. A gentleman frem Waxahachie in rorms tis that Mr. Niche.lasSims, a wealthy farmer eif Ellis ceiuiity.aged 70, was married last Wednesday to Mrs. DunUp, an es teemed lady eif Wnxahatchie, of GO sum mers. In the State of Tennessee they had. in the elays of childhood, lived together ; in youth had loved with all the fervor of the heart's fiist passion, anel when grown, ru mor says, plighted their troth ; but tho pledge was broken, and the lovers separa ed. The hver martied anether whose death he mourned several years ago. The lady twice bowed at the bridal altar, and twice wept over the grave of a departed husband. After forty years they met in this distant 8:te, and though his form has hst its jonthful pride and vigor, and her once resy cheek -and spaikling eye have somewhat faeied, the lovo of former days was aroused from its long slumber, and at the residence of Dr. Sweat, the bride's son-in-law, in the presence of a few old frieuds the broken Tilcdoea wev fulfilled T;.n ! we learn, has dealt kindly with the couple' and they look as though they may ev.jey "aJ8 01 wcauea duss. vauut lorn- mercial. Tho Allegheny Mail has tho feillowinw in behalf of the National Guard of Penn sylvania. There is a scheme on foot to in- i fuse "P"' patriotism into tho National ! Guard of Pennsylvania by en fore in tr an aiK. patrtotism into the National sylvaniaby enforcing at) ob- i " C - solete law to fine the be.ys for every failure to attend parade, inspec ion, liill or encampment when ordered to do so. We take jt Uiat ,,,is is an drit method tnVrxl't ?tate ?wes to Ihemii.tia for last summer s services, A young man is an idieit to join a military company. If be wants to play the Pohlier uettor f;ir tn enlist in tne regular service! "S.u', "V'lu ,1 kc? fa,e of a,,,'i regularly paid. L ntil the State pays the militia what is coming to them Tor the two months' service, it ill becomes anybody to ,'v",k '"'w tnnc. j no best ay to infuse patriotism into the Nat Guard is to send along tho paymaster. Tho worst feature of the miseiablo mis management of the military forces eif the Cotnmemwealth is the shameful injustice and downright dishonesty in withholding from them their baid eaibctJ pittauce, j Ihe llisior'j of Ihe Jletrojtofi. WAsin.vc.TONV yeb. 13. The following, taken from the documentary history of tho j laie Metropolis, tells its own story : j The Metropolis obtained ber first register as the Statsand St ripes, at New York, May Pf 1, ha iinr bet.11 buili at Mystic, Conn. Her lenir' h i was then 147 feet P inches, beam, 34 feet; depth, 1 fl feet : tonnnire, 407 tunc She was sold to the United States in July, IStil. She was purchased from the United States in September. s(k,, at j which time no evidence was produced of the J time or place of bniliiinj". She wns renamed, and irot ber next register from the Secretary of 1 the Treasury, September 5. 1W5. Her length : was then recorded 112 feet 9 inches: beam. 3", 1 feet: depth, 1 feet: tonnage, 44 tons, new j measurement. There were several changes of ; papers afterjthis, until May, lf-71. when an en- . rolmcnt was issued at New foi k. and h r cn- i rolrnent wns surrendered J uly 20, 1S71. Causo of surrender, "broken rp." She next appears j j as the Metropolis, with a temporary register issued at Ncwburyport, Mass., August 2, 1871, ! , one month and eijrht days after th? surrender ' 01 ner enrolment as tne stars ami Mripes, on account of "vessel broken up." Her length 1 was then recorded as 1W ( feet ; beam, 3t feet ; I depth, 16 feet, and tonnage 879 tons. She was to have her permanent register on cer: Ifleate o? the master carpenter, as a pencil nota on tho ! back of t he regist er indicates ; but that certifl- : cate was never obtained. She got ber porma- j nent certificate on tho nondescript oath of ' lletij. P. I.unt, rjeorge 1. bunt ar.d John Huge- man, jr.. that tho v ssel was built for tbcio in Augut-t, its. 1, at Newburyport, Mass. Prompted by the alove statement, the Philadelphia Record of Saturday last com ments as follows : There l danirer ahead for Messrs. Ttor'jarr.ln P. and Oeorge 1). bunt, of New York, the own ers of the la-o steamer Metropolis. These- gen tlemen hiiu m:n;n r namcn joiin nageinnn. Jr.. 1 when they look out that vessel's permanent papers, swore thnt she was built Tor Ihem at ; Ncwburyport. Mass., in August, 1C7I ; whereas : ber Brst rc gitter, as the Stars and Stripes, was i Issneil uniler date nf May 'li, 1801. and she was ! built at Mystic, Conn. The record of this vessel ' fin the books of t lieTrensnry IHpart mem shows ' that there were several changes of her papers ' previous to May, IS7I. when an enrolment was : issued, which was surrendered in July follow- j inc, because she was "broken up." Notwith standing this surreuder, she turned up as the ' Metropolis, er.ly a month after, with a tempor- : ary register, and her permanent papers were af- terward is-s.ied, as u.'reariy sta!ed, on tho "mm. ' dcsciipt eiath," so called, of tho Messrs. Lunt 1 and Hni't-Tinin. w ho swore that the vessel was 1 built f,.rthcm in August, 1S71 I Evicenily these ' f t A n i ., 1 1 it .1 - , - stiange indeed if thej esca lie t he usual nenaltv 1 eif that crime, m ih. ir cs,. thi. im , IZ1 ,. I le-uutiiM-ii in -in in 1 1 1 eu pe'ijurv M ml tr will ft.n usually nagtant and wicked, if we mv lnri.,o .11.. . . . . ..." 3 Ul of its enormity by its fatal consequciices. Hut Tor their false oath the rotten vt-sst-l in qtosti- n would not have beeu permitted to go to sea, and the fourscore er moreeif persons whobtte ly losr their lives threuiKh heT 1111901) worth le.e-s would have been alive to-dny. It is not to be. expected, therefore, that Jhe perjury of theso o iters will be permitted to pass unpunished, ltut. while we must severely condemn theci imo of these men. we must express astonishment that the atrcn; or ship-brokers of the Messrs. Collins, and the C.o ernnjent Inspectors, and, above nil, the underwriters' surveyors, pre nounced this dilapidated hulk sound and sea worthy I l)i the y uceei t the word eif tbe unts and H'lgeninii and decline to m.ike a thorough iiisp. e tion ; or were they tocempf . tent to delect the defective character of the vessel ? We ruily acquit the Messrs. UoMias of etill'y knowledge In this inatter. Thev Were jusi i lia ble in aee-e-prii!g the corroborating testimony eif all three agents, inspectors and surveyors as conclusive of the vessel's sonndness; hut what sort of i-Rlcials are they who representee) the Oov rnme-nt and tho underwriters In this business? Their action was practical I v as bad as the l( rjury ef the owners ; but it will net tie possible to punish tneirshortcomiiiifs assevere ly as the crime of the I.unts an. I Ilagetnan, who are liable to couiiueuicut iu the peiiileu tiaiy. Three Children Bcrxed to Death. A dispatch from Iionton, Ohi, tells tho following horrible story : One of the saddest events that ever occurred in ems section. or liruliuhlv in LiMpi-anitn ..nn ty, happened Wednesday morning, betwi'en ten j and eleven o'clock, resulting in three children being burned to death, and so that no trace wbntrve-r could be found or them. They wero the children of Venie I.eftrido, n colored m:m living at Ituckhorn Furnace, sixteen miles back of this city. Too facts in the case are as fcllowg : As far as could be learned during the excite ment. Mrs, I,eftride had gone to Mrs. I'rati i;ph's. about twei hundred yards distant from her home, to trade some soft soap for seine bar sonp. which i-he ;wua:e.l for immediate use. She bad left the three children in the hous-, the youngest one be ii.g a baby, which was left in the tied. She stntes fdie atayi d only a tew ne menisa: Mrs. Craddolph's. and as she start d home she di&covered the house e,n tire, anil run, but was too inte to rescue any eif her children. 8he could hear ne-thirg or the elder, and tho one next, neither could she se'O the-rn, tint heard the crying of be-r baby, which she had left Ming on the bed. jihe said tne house whs bo full cr flames that it was impossible for he r to get to It, as it w:is on Ihe opposite 3iie of the bouse from the eoor. fcho ran to the ore bank where Mr. I.eftriilge was working, a mile e.lf, but it was only Tor him to go h tne nnd see that his three children, which composed hij family, with everything be had, except the clothes which he wore, were consumed in tho lire. Tho house was built eif pino logs and was quite dry. and burned very rapidly. K. oi y thing was burned to ashes. It is'not likely 1 hat th y will eve r rind a bone f their children. The fire was so seve re, and, from tbe looks e,f things, they were burned into ashes. I.atku.-Since the above was written the bo dies of t lie eddest boy ami the baby, which we re burned in Ihe conflagration, have been exhum ed. The boy's bodv was buine-d in two just lie low his waist. His le-gs fcnd arms were consum ed, and one side eif his lace h-id no llevh em. Just enough Mesh was b-rt lo make him ree-og-nizable. Ihe body of tho infant had its head burneil off or nearly so : also emo arm anel tho hand r the either, and bnth legs. It seems evident now that the hoy took the baby and etieb avored to make the-ir ese-ape, as thev were both found close- togethe-r, and em tne e.pposite side of the house rroni where the body had been left. Thev could only lind a few bones of the middle-aged child, just enough to e-ontirrn tne S3d fact of her tneeiinga similar fate as did the either two. The eilde-st was four years old and past, the next two years and tLeyoung est but three months old. T " - 111K xfc.w rorE. A corres 'pondent of from Rome : tbe Jjondon Times, "writinc from under date of Feb. 14th. furnishes the fol lowing in regard to Cardinal Pecci. who has just been elevated to tho Holy See as IVpe Leo the Thirteenth : Pe;oe-i is fnll. with a fine head, hluh fnrehnnrf 1 e , nP,' ,on facr' straight fee tures, a large mouth, prominent chin, cheer- ful, open countenance, and lanr, well shaped cars. His face reminds 1110 of I'iusVIfth Tin 11:1s a nne, sonorous voice, great dignity, even to austerity of manners, in public, but private ly he ia nffectleniate, unassuming, sociable-, and witty. As t'amet luga he has been the head of that party which, without formally renouncing thelrtght of the Holy S-o, acknowledges tho wisdom or submit sin tei the decrees of Provi dence, accepting what seem to be Irrevocably aeeomplMhed tuets. The general opinion is that for learning, taet. pm-mr. ri'.m.t. ,r, i. bility. re-nl moral worth and sincere piety, the Sacred College could neit lind n more rii a. rcii ,. toi:c than Cardinal 1 eeei He ft .1 1 wurl l.v tl.s. late Cardinrl tti vi is Sforaza at Naples. Ilend-i-:od good Cn.holie-s to fintil their duties aseit Izensat themiinicipal and provincial elceiiems, even whe-n the clerical presg was progressing to interpret muehthat the Vatican enjoined as a iitiiat tne v atican enjoined as a .stention. Cardinal I'ecci spoko . with great e ffect against the preiposal for tho removal ef the Conclave Treim liome, and other measures advocated by the Heactiemary party. lie enjoys the conridene:e and support of tho Liberals, or at least a reasonable majority ef them, in the Sacred Cetllege, and plays the same ria rt ua v .. -; : . . i i . - . . . . - . , . IM.IICJ- III Conclave of lst. Cardinal Tccci's private life sidcrable literary talent and has written poetry. He nevr has had any intercourse with tho functionaries of the present Italian Govern ment, but is esteemed by them all, and those with whom the necessity of his duty brings him Into contact are perfectly charmed with him. n.i lo ui.uo ihhivw rcnniHcn. lie nns con- It would appear from tho terms of tho : compromise effected in the Lord-Hicks af ! fair, says tho Thila. Record, that Mrs. ; Hicks texik tho name of Lord in yain after j all, so far as tho betteiing ef her financial , condition is concerneel. Mr. Lord's sons insisteel, during tho progress of tho setiln- i ment, that allowance should be made for the largo loans which Mrs. Lord had ob- tamed from tho venerable bridegroom be- ' fore marriage, amtmnting to nearly $700,- 000 ; and in the compre.miso these sums were accounted for, and sbout wipe out , any dower interest she mitrl.t have had iu the e.-tate. Mr. Lord will retain his estate i as a cestui qui trust, and at bis death his sons inherit as they would had ho net .man led. Ihns, we may presume, ends fie scandal that has kept the uppertendom of Gotham 111 violent agitation and furnish- ed a rich repast to sensational newspaper reporters and scand,,! mongers geuerally ever biuce Ne eai's day. JS'eic and tscrter JiotHig. The sacred college is composed of sixty-four cardinals. A Clarion county man named Kensin ger is the happy father of thirty four chil dren. There is a man in Castlefon, Vt.f who has traded horses once a week on an aver age for Ihe past five years. On Saturday niht, at Cincinnati, O' Leary accompislied the self-impesed task of walking 273 miles inside of 80 cemseculive bonis. Patrick Norton, who committed an outrage on a two year and a half old infant in Luzerne county, has been arrested for the terrible ciime. Hannah Barnetf, who was born on St. Valentine's day, 1775, and thus lacked very little of being 103 years olel, has jinst died in a workhouse near London. Mr. F. C. Pike, of Providence, has patened a plan by which the heating of a train of passenger oars can bo done by the exhaust steam of the locomotive. One Alabama town has raised a thous and mules, and ono vigorous mule could raise a Ihousaurl Alabama tetwns if he got his temper rubbed the wrong way. Mrs. Ruby Luce, of Stowe, Vt., accel eighty-two. walks a di&tance offenir miles I te anil from church each Sunday, aud deies ' . , , . c . , . 1 . 1 - 1 liio vroi k ei i least one girt eu 111c pcnoei. A discussion having arisen in Europe as to the lato Pope's age, the head of i I is Holiness's household was written to, who mnde official reply that Pius IX. was boru May 13, 1792. Another Welsh fasting girl has emtio to light. Her name is Morgan. She is about 15 years of sge, anel is said not to have eaten nor drunk anylhiug since the 30th of October last. William Robcttson, the wealthiest col ored man in St. Louis, wheise amb;tion it was to own the costliest barbershop in tho wen Id, died on Saturday. He had :20,OOO insurance on his life. Peter Myers, an insolvent banker of urns;., .titf., Wrtl iririj Mb .lcimiiu !l ti -.ire, - Thursday, convicted of felony in the man Carthage, Mo., was tried at Neosho on - , 1 , . ageiueni eu nis ou.sitiess. aua eeniencca to twe) years in the penitentiaiy. Ancient carved we'-oden statues of S. Luke, St, Nicholas, St. Anthony and the virgin Mary, taken from an old Dutch clinrch, recently torn down, aro displayeil in a Proadway curiosity store. Mrs. Mary Quinn, aged sixly firo years, a widenv, resieling at Litile River, N. !., was asiiaulteel and mnidcred in her house on Wednesday night. A mau named Vaugh was arrestee! on auspicion. It is stateel that there has been an over-issue of stock of the Williamspeirt gas Company, amounting to $.32.j. OC0, and that it hag been placed in banks outside Wil liamsjinrt as collaterals to secure loans to Pe'.er Hrrdic. At Springfield, Mass., on Thursday, five pe.unds of fulminate in Leet & Smith's percussion cap factory exploded, demolish ing the building, a small structure, and in stantly killing Otis II. Smith, juuior palt rier of the firm. Dr. Spencer, of Cambridge, Mass., was arrestee! Saturday, upon an indictment charging him with the manslaughtar of Mrs, Catharine McLean, he having taken charge and subsequently deserted her during child bii Ih. 1 he rvew Voik Graphic gives tho por- traits of the Roman Pontiffs from St. Peter down to Pop Pius IX. There are two hundred and sixty-two of them, and it is hardly necessary to say that tho first, as well as the last, is dead. A Canadian clergyman has been con victed of skatiug on Sunday. He preaches on Oardon Island, and instead of driving over em the ice or going mi foot, ho buckles on his skates aud gets acreiss very comfort ably. Nw, is it linht to skate m Sunday? A discharge of buckshot fre'm a gun killed a man in the Capita! Theatre, Austin, Texas, and made a hole in tho wall. The fiesh plaster has ciacked in such a way as to present the outline e.f a man's face a likeness eif he mm dered n.sn, as some say. A cm ious candle used in Alaska is a fish eight inches long, altneist trausparent, and very fat, tho fat. being puro white and very sweet. The Indians dry this Th. then light it at the tail, and it bums with a clear, sparkling name, which the wind wil! not extinguish. A little girl, ten years old, daughter r.f Martin Rarn?y, was burned to death Fri day afternoon at Clayton, N. Y. She with ber brother, aged eight, was left alone in tho houso. The boy discovered his sister's ch'thes on fire and lan for help, but the w as burned to a crisp before assistanco ar rived. A six year ld daughter of Widow Rotbarmel, Sunbnry ; a two year e,ld son eif Samuel Rraely, Shamek;n. anel the only son, aged six, of Taylor Robinson, Law rence county, aro the la est victims eif fatal burning accidents caused by parents leav ing childre.i alouo with nre or coal oil lamps. The remains of Mi s. Rcnjamin Pi man, of Cincinnati, wore cremated in the cre matory at Washington, Pa., on Fiiday Us'. Less than two htinrs were required for the process, and Mr. Pitman, the husband of the deceased, is reported to have expressed himself as "moro than satisfied with tho 1 csu it. losopn r. wall, who kicked his wife death Monday in Jsew York, was sentenc.rl r... last to fifteen years in the StutA prison, and Was advised hv llm .Ti,-.r ... bring a civil action aga nst the parties who -.,1. llirn tl,o li.,., . 1 r 1 j , 11 ,m tl' ''qnor, anil sue for damages 'r tho sniitoi t of his children nntc ,1,.,.KI bereaved. Among ti e curiosities in tho army museum at Washington, i8 the withered hand and arm of a man which was found at Gettysburg. A cannon ball carried it to tho lop eif a high treo, where tho crows overlooked it fer tho mere abundant car lieniof tho field, while tho wind and sun shriveleel it up and preserved it. It is tho custom among certain tribes in Libeiia that w hen a woman is married she must prepare the wedding dinner with her own hands. If snd, a -a . . - .itu- ea ln ,nI nmtry in many ins ances tho grofm and his friends would slido out im. mediately after dinner and rush into a res taurant to get some-lhinej fit to eat. Mr. Mackay, the enormously wealthy Californian, has bought Mr. Albert Grant's L,ouse at nsington, and is Soon going to ajvi'ui?i wuu 111s wue Alia clAualitr in ,ihfl possession of bis new homo. Mr. Mirlm. : 1 ? is said to be a native of Ireland, and came to this country a poor boy. He is now one of the wealthiest men in the world. On Sunday morning last Father Ryan of the Caiholic church at Mahanoy City' Pa., denounceti tho secret society known as tho Knights of Labor, and cautioned members of the congregation to leave it or suffer excommunication from tho Church and its rites. The priest said tho society was as bad as tho Mollie Maguires. At Portage, W is., Trhiledigging a well a farmer heard a rumbling noise belo-y ail of rushini? water, which errw i,.,,,w i i. went down. He finally struck a bed of gravel, through which a strong current of intensely col.l air rushed up, and on 1701111? thiongh the bed ho came to water, which congeals as fast as it comes into tho well Mother Theresa, the oldest member of the order of Carmelite Nuns in meiica who died in Baltimore a day nr two aeo was eighty-one years old. Her name in the world was Mary IT. Scwall. and her birh place wns Georgetown, I). C- Her father was a favorite officer or General Washington's, an.l when a babe the often sat iu tho General's lap. STARTED t(T QrOfftx cv good nam 3m ond ttitfo tfioJ- kind 0$ S&Mmo , fa-- rfkP-. ... . f mar i&n ancc fycrzM mass rz The oldest woman in the world is Ealalia Pertz, now living in Leis Angeles, Cal. yiio is 140 years olel, and still owes ber needle, having sent a pieco eif embroid ery to a church fair about two years ago. Her age is well authenticated, as it is on record that when the church of the Mission of St. Gabiiel was built in 1771 she was a niarrieel woman and tho mother of several children. The river-heel of the Niagara was dry for hnudreds of yards towaid the centre of the Horso-shoe or Canadian Falls duiing three days week before last, and there weio icicles clinging to the high precipice wh?io they had never been seen be fine, At he ferey the level of tho river was t wenty-four feet below tho usual watermark. This change of level is attriVited to prevailing high winds fiom the uorthtast. Dr. Henry C. Moss was assassinated at bis home in Venico, 111., about one o'clock on Mouelay morning. He htd aiison to take some medicine when he saw two men peeping ihreug!i he window. He oj.er.pd the dotr, thinking they wanted his profes sional sei vices, and one of them immedi ately fired, shootiug him through tho heart. Several men were arrested on sus picion, but tho mutely at latest accounts was unsolved. A special dispatch stales that at Jef fersor.ville, Ind., acress the river from Louisville, Ky , Thursday, a par y of Ixys at play near an old house discovered tho dead body of a Germau w idow named So phia Brantley, partly eaten by rats, an army r f which scattered eu their.approach. It was ascettained ihat Mrs. Brantley hnd been living alone, and it is su,. posed that sho wns so reduced from starvation as to bo unable to fight- off the rats. The Pittsburgh Ttleyraph of S ,1 111 dsy says: The meeting eif the Press Association ef Pennsjlvania, Ohio ai-d West Virginia, yesterday, nt the Seventh Avenue Hotel, w as ono of great pleasuie to all concerned. Our country bietbern occupy a position in journalism of vast importance to the peo ple, anel they cannot rejoice more than wo that journalism tn theii sphere is in a hap py and flourishing condition. Luke P. Blackburn was pccidenta'dy killed in St. Louis county. Mo., on the olt of January last. His oldest brother, Ed ward C, a lawyer, wns kille d bv the f.tU of a railroad budge in ISoj. " Another brother, Geoigo W., was drowned fiemi tho steamer Stonewall in 1870. A third broth er, Jonathau T., was lost from the steamer Saluda, which exploded her boiler em the Missouri river in 1S.13. A sister. Maitha, when quite young, fell from a fence and elieel of her injuries. In 18 IS James Hammond, of New Yoik, and Harriet Marshall, or Pennsylva nia! were engaged to bo married. II m mond, to retrieve his fallen fortunes, do scended to forgery and swindling, was ar lested. convicteel, and sent to tho peni en tiary. Ho served out his time, emigrated to California, changed his order of Tiving, and a few days ago was married to bis sweetheart of twenty years ago. This is "tho story in a nutshell e.f a .woman's pa tience at:d a woman's love." H. P. Bean, a respectable youog mar ried man. and Mrs. Plumpton, wife. ef the e.verscer eT the Arooskeag Ceupeuation disappeared from Manchester, N, Y., Wed' ntsday night, under circumstances leaving no doubt of an elopement. Bean teok his wife to a concert, and excusing himself retnined home, packed his tiunk hastily ami ltTt, taking $2,000 of his own and his wife s money. Mrs. Plumpton also drew from the bank a considerable sum, and left a neto telling her husband that she should never return. Capt. Ankers, ef tho wrecked Metropo lis, denies that he had been told by one eif the owners of the ship that "if he had any accident not to make a half way business of it;" and that, "if be made a wreck of tho ship to make it a good one." But Captain Ankers does not appear to deny that he said so. It would be strange that several witnesses should -concur that ho made tho statement unless it were tine lie does not deny that ho made the remai k but simply that the remaik w as a fbrica' tion. Now tho ucstion remains, Which statemeut is true? John Gumbinger, accompanied by a lady, registered at tho Lindell HouseSt. Louis, on Monday night and were assigned to a room. About five o'clock Tuesday af terimon the room waseutered and the Def ies of the man and woman were found Iv ng on the bed. Th woman had been she,t in the left temple and the man in the right. The pistol which had done the woik was m the man's hand. Gnmbinger was 27 years of age and was barkeeper for Henry Lyda The woman was MagR;0 Lyda, aged 19, daughter of Gumbinger'a employer. Her father had foi bidden mar riage between them. , TL.e roMlion of Senator Lamar, of Mississippi. Is peculiar. Tkt t.:i. I . a".. : " . " " ajvKisuilUlO I of that State passed resolutions instructing j their Senators to vote for the silver biU I On I ndaylast this bill was before the j Senate, and Mr. Lamar, after referring to tbe love he had for his State, and announc- ing that be had assisted In educating more j than on generatiem, and endeavored to ; impress upon them the belief that ttuth I was better than falsehood, honesty better than policy, be declared that he would ve.te against the bill. He said bo would give his reasens to his people, and be tir de cision what it may, the time is not far dis tant when they would icce gnizo his action as Vise- aud just. oodnioJnmcf x rwwwiw civr BEPEMD ON " V-'B -veiogusn riecame entangled in then of son e French fisherman nem ( late ly, and, afttr di Afcginn their h -ataCl. during the entire night at ti,0 :s e n( twelve miles an hour, was ihiiiiiy ca - u el and brought to land. It ti.taVmd ,rt sixtten feet in leng.h, and w(-i!:eil nb" ' two thousand live hundred pmids. enerrmeius stomach containo,l t tie L.-..' ft-er, and several other oitimis ,.f 1 as well as two ba'f-eiigested t:it.r!ia.b. ' The Elko (Nev.) Po-i siye tUt t wealthy bachelor, while on aii laound train at (gden. a few wnks a-i, observed a yonng giil e:nl:'.g let a "-i grandmother out for a wallc, n:nl ,n., deeply impressed with ti e sj uit 1 f der-x tion exhibited toward the e-U lay ly be: escort that he stepped eaT, sought "au im:iC duclion to the gill, and cver.tually rr.airiti her. In conse-iinence t,f this, nifr-.a-l isn sy that evety time a passenger tra-n ru. e into Ogden the track is found to he i.w-i with young saintesses trottitg tl-fT i-U grandmothers up aud down in iew tf tL passenjjeis. Yesterday afternoon, says ti e 0.1 C'y Derrick of Fiiday last, at (.Vnnean.r:::. Pa , a proTiincnt. physician ujud n outrage a young lady" pat iet.t in his ..5f, which is : wiog of the physician's h and und"utteil!y weiuid lave suc-.fJti bad it not been for the ehict a s n.U, wLi hoard the ct ies of tho young ,7y ,T,id b.irst in IhecSice dor. when the -c "1:1 i:ti saV sieled. The laily proceeded hi-fne a J ; tice immediately and had a ar:..i:t :uc and he was arrested lat evei.i'.ij. ILs young laily is ..if an it ret: 1 aeS d ie cL iIj: ter, whicli throws puhlic ')m-j,.!,y ii':. gi t'uer in her favor. It is tj be b pt-J ill law may have its full svrav. In Phil.delph;a. em Thtv--7 it li.-L ITagert said that lit pr ;.. e l so try 3 bill of indictment cliaiging J"?;n S. M r ton, Samuel P. Huhn and R: -ji:uti F. S okea, leFpective-ly president. tieisu:rt and secretaty e.f the Market street rsilwsy company witn issuing and p .1 iLl: 3 fiaiidulent certificates t f st. ek f t'ce Mar ket street railway compai'v, u-'"'j mt i four ceitificates given to Piexel.t ( o, Ij M01 t.m as security fir s.'.l.uo.) i;i Sopvn bo.i, 1S77. Mr. Stokes, he s;.";i. tesss-ot-n tiial, being an inmate ef an ir.snne a!ur. ntnl, sosisequently, utiahle to j-lad to '.Lo bill. Me-rton and Huhn plead guilty, tut have uot yet been seuteuctd. 1 7 a MrwpEnocs Assai-i.t by yr.T.o net-Jamiti Pemsley, a colored trt'i. C"ttist!; ted a:i assault uM.n Miss Mittie f na. -f LiiiC'dn stitien, Chester c-u:nty, ? iMnI'J evetiiie, leaving Jier i-i a ily iii c-tKii-i-'ii-Miss Kane is a you:'j I'.iiy ''f til-x'S-e 1 yeais'fge. Sliews f 1 eii 'y of Tfc' ' i'lj! ir, but Ins bceti liviri-j v. ill. M' J hn Smith, at Liiic-l'i sfat io-i. f. i time. S.ttui l.iy c vesiis g, upon h-.r fii.tn the store, wheie she 1 ad bea f'- pnivisiims, she wis met by IVnsloy. ul)l stiuck her over tLc he ad at d fillni h- rt' the ground with a club, llvins srcin pllslieel his puiposes. h.e drriu-e' his v,c:i"i for two hundred yard thr.oih tiifl wvkIs with the isitention ,.f :iMieg htr ir,; well, but became fiishtencd hef'-'te carry ing out his intention. The bodywd. covered by Fiaiik Dailin-toii. ho the alaim. The po.-.r giil was taken t'.di'r home, but can uot live. r.'.Vj W3i''l under an est by Constable U.c 1:: and r..i.u a full confession. When it became km.i that the woU.d-be murderer hd bcej feunl the excitement was it.terso, il when the man passed the railroad staO'' 1 a m.b of about five bun lied ef his p-i rnce gathered, witti the intention of lyfiLn ing him. The ofiicors were nearly over poered, but succee-eled in gettit'C lci" prisoner to Wet Chester in saMy s'a putting him behind iron bais. l: a mariied man anel has three children. h is five feet ten inches in height s:-J is he tween forty and forty-five yeirs ef a:p Tho feeling against hiiu is i'.steuse. L v easier 1 nielli cnar. A CoT.onEn Ci.rroYM.s Tkie-ts t tie Deckased IVMirr. Wcr. M Taylor, a colored man. ar-d a clever Mf"- odist Episcopal clersyman of Cir.cinri- preached there the other dy on the or ilie Pope and the woik e.f the (.;i'li"jc church iu behalf of tho colored p1! ' e- 11. , , - . ... . i. n f..r tL en uecear-Hl IIUI t Ills l.v. ori;.a colored race a movement calculited to ex cite profound gratitude in them. Piitit'C--' civil war he pave his wholeenrrcy toeier: ing means for ameliorati ri the caiiq!-' the Ameiican slave. "When freedom" proclaimed to our race,' added Mr. lor, "the Pe.pe ordered Archbihop t Cardinal) Manning to select of the w and biigbtest colored vouths he could aud place them in the best colleges in ' world, fer the purpese of preparing tbt to lirt up onr race fremi the depths of W ranee aud degradatieju in which tUxe. had plunged ns. And to help on woik he added to ihe sums taken t" the revenues r.f the church frequent liberal contributions from his e.wri P"",e means. 1 he Sisters of Chat ity ha P"" even to the Bucktowns and the Five 1 o'1' and have cccomplished wonders in work of elevating our race. We ouc 1 preclaim on the w ings of the v. ind know these things anel appreciate t'e'' And then let our Protestant biethren mand as tiiey may the same K1-';', from tis by banishing from amoi'2 u the pifjudice that exists towaids the J'3t man."
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