yminii.. M *. *"•* o QaatraHall, Pu., Mar.27.18.5. tllE*.-Tbe Itfoww • >„wi. M | Mr TW r, In advance. or Por six mouth* k jKstoS*> 1. p ."■' • St Knrsdr* aisrsr; 2&rar-aura , s MIT* the RiroiTM on* T w Last week's local option election hav ing resulted rather strongly in freer of licsnMi. in tbe larger countioo of the state, we nre inclined to think tbnt the loonl option net will not bars toore tb*" one year for its age before there is n modification or repeal of it, which will bring us back again to •unething like tbe old liesoss system. Tbe asen interested in tbe liquor trade will not be found sleeping, and we ex pect to find tbem carrying to Harrisburg next winter, such "weigh ty N arguments, as will secure a ma jority. Tbe liquor men will spend money and work like bearers to get a modification of tbe ecC And money is alKpoweribl. Tbe anU-liosnet men cannot, and would not if they wuid, raise any thing like tbe fund which tbe liqntr dealers can raise to aid tbem in theirjdans. Hence we look for a modification of some kind. The attempt would bare been made tbis winter and it would bate euoceeded. but tbe first half dosea counties spoke so beasiiy against license that oorleg. ialators did not dare attempt it in the fbee of such n rote. But now tbe larger counties of tbe south east with their endorsement of license, will em bolden such as feel inclined te listen to argusoeots as are betimes used st Harrisburg, to make a fellow "see it." 80 just look out for a change next winter. Local option is not destined to ootlire its three years—tbnt is our opinion. Temperance men will not spend money freely in n matter in which they bare no direct pecuniary interest It is so unnatural. Tbe liquor men will do this, because with them tbe matter is n profitable one, and when one has to fight against money—particularly in our legisla tes balls—it is always tbe biggest pile tbnt wins. Qrant has signed the bill which doubles his salary, and ths congress men have pocketed ths increase which the same hill allowed them, with two or three exceptions. Its til right, a radical Congress and Preei dent did it Ths radical house st Harrisbuug. has followed ths example of ths late radical congress, and passed a bill in creasing ths salary of members, sc oot ding to which it shall be SISOO in stead of SIOOO. Its all right, of course, because the rads do it, and the people py- The lower and Maters oouotiea which voted upon local option, last Friday, west strongly is fcvor of li cense. Then is a gnat deal of lager aad ale manufactured down there, and these hare become a favorite beverage with the people of Lancaster, Lebigb, Berks, Lebanon, Ac., and they do not feel like denying themselves their fa vorite drink, and local option strikes as directly at those liqnors as it does at whiskey aad brandy. Then we have the result in Pittsburg aad Alle gheny, where a great deal of capital is invented in the manufacture of "old Moaongebela " and local option meets with no favor there. Allegheny goes strongly for license. The contest there between the friends of license and no lioeose, was a very lively one—there was a regular eampaiga of it, with meetings, speeches, Ac., similar to the most bested political campaign, aad the liquor men have carried the day. Grant baa re-appointed brother-in law Casey collector of the port of New Orleans. This Casey has been noto riously corrupt daring his former term, and the better portion of the radicals were, aad still, are ashamed of him, hut it don't matter, nepotism will continue, and the Freundchafi most be provided for. Judge Ricbardeoa, of Illinois, has been appointed Secretary of tbe Treas ury in the place of Mr. Bontwell, who was last week elected U. S. Senator. The Williameport Register, we aee, thanks Mr. Singerly for copies of the constitutional debates. That's queer, when we happen to think that Mr. Singerly gets to many thousand dol lars for printing thorn, and besides it is not through his favor, but by an throity of the convention that the Register gate the debates. Mr. Sin gerly deserves no thanks whatever, he gets well paid for his job, aad the Register had better recall its thanks. The constitutional convention baa before it a proposition to require 300 square miles and 18,000 population in the erection of new counties, also, to prohibit the liquor business bj consti tutional enactment. The propositions brought forward in that body are almost numberless, and many are hardly worth reading and receive very little attention at the hands of the convention. We do not deem it worth while to publish more than such as are actually passed, as likely to pass, or such as are of graver importance. James Bowkes, a prominent radi cal politician of Philadelphia, hung himself in bis place of business on the morning of the 22nd. To some other mdical leaders it might fittingly be mid, "go and do likewise. 1 ' Epizootic is now raging in northern Arizona and southern California. Slavery has been abolished in Par -10 Biol. The appropriation* made bv con-! graaa to carry on the government, are | 25 million* dollar* larger than lat year. What doe* thi* mean in the face of the prontiaad economy and re duction of expenditure*? Inatead of a decreaae we are treated to an mor mon* increase of expenditure*. The rreaideot'a salary ha* been doublet!, the congreaamen have increased their pay, and a hundred other *uoh little leak* tell where the additional little matter of 26 million* l swallowed up. A few leaaona on economy and pro feasions in the same line, from some of our radicals would be ao refreshing jut now. Exempting from taxation cemetery associations, odd fellows halls, mwon ic hall*, Ac., all owned by individual* formed into stock-corn pan its, aud iu which they bare their profits on stock, has been tbe rage, in this state for rears. The amount of properly thus exempted may amount to several mil lion dollars iu tbis state, and tbe leg islature is continually pestered with nsw applicant* for special acts, to ex smptcertain property from taxation not withstanding it is as much a source of profit as forming, manufacturing or lumbering; tbie ie all wrong—all property and all men ought to be made bear their equal share of taxa tion. Nona should be exempt We are pleased to notice tbnt our represen ts tire, Mr. Orris, has kept a sharp aye upon that kind of legislation, and has objected to erery bill—and they were many—that has thus far been presented. He deeerret the thanks of •eery taxpayer in tbe state for killing tbis "breed of cats." Qor. Hsrtranft has vetoed the bill appropriating $75,000 for the suffer ere by tbe Somerset fire. We think tbe Governor did right, for it would soon get to be a common thing to bare an appropriation for every fire that occurs within tbe state. Congress Pay There are, sajs the PitUburg Poet, 366 members of the two Houses of Congress who are now paid $2,820,000 for their valuable services. The ef fort left aeaaiou was to make it $3,- 760,000, but the affair was com pro mised by the old-fashioned way of "splitting the difference" between that sum and the old pav of $1,870,000, by adding enough to bring it up to the first named amount Some of these high-priced gentlemen complain that it ought to have been as high as the highest sum named above, and ex press the idea that double that amount would be about the proper thing. They allege that a member should take his family with him to Washing ton, and that a bed room and parlor with boarding cannot be obtained for- Uaa than sls per day. A western pa per thinks it would be well for the government to build a large Hotel at Washington with room for each mem ber, allowing an average of four to each family. It estimates ths cost of the building at about one half the yearly pay of the members. In the basement there could be a restaurant at which meals could be furnished at fair prices, or sent to the family rooms at a slightly increased price. All this could be done at a yearly cost of sl,- 500,000, and each member could be paid SI,OOO for spending money each session. Really, when only a few years since they raised their salaries from $8 per day to $5,000 per session, end now to $7,500, and many talk of making it SIO,OOO, it is tiros to see whether the treasury cannot be protected from the in-roads of these loyal and patriotic gentlemen, not one in ten of whom ev er earned bnlf as much as tbs old sal ary, beforwtbsy assumed their seats in Congress. Government feeds, clothes, and lodges the Cadets at An napolis and West Point, wbv not try it on ths Congressmen at Washing ton. Benator Bayard, of Delaware, in a very vigorous speech on the Louisana question, which has been published in pamphlet, made thia apt retort on the majority in tbe Senate: Your political party has bad in tbeee ten years unlimited control of every branch of tbe Federal gov ernment. Congress has made and un made tbe State governments in the South at will, and there is no element of misgovern men t for which your par ty majority are not responsible. The mingled web of ignorance and fraud, of corruption and venality, of rapacity and crime, in whoee meshes those un happy communities are vainly strugg ling, was woven by your bands alone. And when you cannot untie it, you call in tbe sword to cut it. Such baa been since tbe war cloeed tbe bistorp of your rule ; such it will continue to be'until the whole basis of your rule is changed, and you cease to sustain ignorance and vice in tbeir contest with tbe virtoe and intelligence of tboee communities. LOCAL OPTION. FURTHER ELECTION RETURNS. Sweeping Majority in Favor of Li cense in the East. The follow lax are the estimated majori ties for and against license in the counties aad cities from which return* have been received : roa i.icvxsa. Lehigh - 4.000 Northampton 6,000 Beiks.... .. 8,000 Backet. 8,000 Lancaster 2,600 Lancaster city......... 1.707 Lehenen 2,600 Carbon .. 1,200 Montgomery ......... 2,800 Allen town 837 Bcranten 1,700 Pittsburg...... 7,266 ! Allegheny City 2,199 Snyder 300 44,408 AaarwsT LICKVHI. Franklin 600 Cumberland 400 Westmoreland 1,080 Cheater 1.000 Somerset ... 600 8edf0rd...... 600 Venango 200 Union 160 According to tbe above returns the ma jority for license is 86,908 in tho cities and counties named. As compared with the vote of 1864 (when tbe anti-prohibition majority in the State was 6,168) this is a gain of over 19,600 for license. New York had another awful and mysterious murder, on Sunday morn ing last, the body of Charles Goodrich was found dead in his house, with four ballet bole# in bis bead. He owned a a brown stone block, and lived a)l •iflBS. A I-out RAIT. Tht /Ver vl thf Abortyinal A'cir atje* of thin (\>ntin*nt. [From the Button Dally Hlokn.J A correspondent—whose statement Una siuct been verified--writitig froui one of the miuirg settlement* on the shore* of Lake Superior, say* that the remain* of a conideral>le number of ancient copper iuine have lately l*cii diecovered on Isle Royal, In Thunder Bay, on the northern border of the lake, which exhibit undoubted evi* dcnce of having bean worked by a race of nteu long since extinct, and of whom we ponucM uo kuowlelge save that left behiud by such trace* a* are now being brought to view. Shafts of considerable depth, filled aud chock* ed with the accumulated debris of ages, have been opeiivd, aud in |>eiio trating to a depth of sixty feet tools of wonderful worktuaiulup have been discovered together with charcoal re mains, which mark the point where skilled artisans formed, from copper, tools whose temper aud durability would astonish the iugeuious tuakent of the present day. Hammers and chisel* seem to have been the priori* pal implements for working the tniue, which, together with the tire, reduced the ore to a condition which rendered its removal in detail easily accomplished. Finely tempered knife-blades have been picked out of the pit, aud grauile hammers of such site as to require the strength of no ordiuary man to wield succeealully. These discoveries, wonderful as they are, do not slaud alone, nor do they preeent any new facts in relation to the people who formerly inhabit* ed thia continent. They simply go to strengthen the evidence that, centu ries before the written history of America, powerful aud civilised com munities occupied every portion of its domain, who, disappearing, left behind them proots of their progress in the arts aud scieucesand their iudubitahle skill in architecture. For three thou sand miles along the valleys of our great western rivers traces of towns and cities occur at intervals, together with the remains of large fortified en campments, which show, from their position and arrangement, that their builders were no mean adepts in the art of warfare. Vaat tumult, with the buried in a sitting poeture, and at their feet shells unknown to this con tinent, exist by the hundred in the Ohio and Miasipppi valleys. In the dense Yucatan forests there are ruins of temples and palaces,.resemblingjin solidity of construction, niassivenes* of materials, general design and execu tion, the aucieut remains of the old Egyptian dynasties. Yet neither in Western America nor in Yucatan ex isU the faintest tradition as to that mysterious race which has left behiud it the imperishable record of its geni ous and* civilization. We can do nothing but conjecture. Pursue our investigations as we may, we are still lsd back to the starting point with no more definite knowledge than when we set out. The thread is lost, never to be recovered. It is a singular fact that, thus far, there has uever been discovered upon any of the ruins, or in connection with the tools and war implements men tioned, any mark, letter or trace, wnereon any clue, either to the origin, customs or language of this mysteri ous race, might be caught or gathered up. In Europe the gradual process of development from a half savage state to the high culture of the pres ent d*y can be traced, stage by stage, and every distinct era marked by a definite date. But here ths links thst bound one generation to another bsve been abruptly severed, and lbs nflbud-builders of tbs Ohio, the archi tects of Copan and Palenque, and the copper-workers on ths shares of Lake Superior alike lie beyond the reach of (hs historian and the speculations of the archaeologist. The relics they have left behind tbem only serve to excite the conjectures of the curious and ths investigations of the scientific. Possibly, in some yet undiscovered ruin or tomb, the key msy be found to the problem which now puzzles the worid ; but then it is only a possibil ity. There is little doubt that tbs mystery will remain a mystery uutil ths great day when the sea shall give up its dead and the past be stretched before us like a scroll. A Kerosene Horror. Grand Rapids, Micb., March 11.— In the towuship of Cascade, Kent county, last Monday night, Mrs. M. G. Smith was sitting up doing some work, her husband and son having gone to bed, when a kerosene lamp exploded, envelopiug tbe unfortunate woman in flames. With a shriek of terror she awakened her husband and rushed out of the bouse, followed by ber husband. Mr. Smith, with his bands and snow, endeavored to extin guish the flames, but did not succeed until tbe clothing of bis wife was burned completely off, and ber body so badly burned that she caunot live. Mr. Smith was so badly burned that he will be a cripple for life, and it is feared totally blind. While this heartrending scene was going on outside, the boy, a lad about 14 years old, and the house were for gotten. The burning oil set the bouse on fire, and it and tbe sleeping boy were consumed. THE CALDWELL CASK. Washington, March 21.—1t having he come evident to a majority of the Senate that the Morton resolution in the Caldwell case would fail by a large majority, Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, to-day offered an amendment to it, to strike eut all after tho word resolved, and insert that Caldwell he expelled. If this is adopted, and there is no douht it will be, the next vote will be en the expulsion. It is expected that on the question of ex pulsion several more days will he consum ed. Many of tbe senators are getting very tired, and are anxious to get away. Conscience Money. A letter was received at tbe treasury de partment to-day, from a member of con gress from Nsw York, transmitting $4,700 In government bonds, being tbe amount of increase of salary due him, which be desired turned into tho treasury. He es pecially requested that his name should net he made public. w GUATEMALA.—EARTHQUAKE. The political trouble s in Guatemala con tinue without any decisive movements. Shocks of earthquake continue to be felt in tbe unfortunate City of St. Vincent*. Tbe greater part of tbe houses in tbe val ley of the Bern pa are uninhabitable. Af ter the great earthquake of the 80th of De cember lest the river Acahuapa which runt dote to the city, became quite muddy, which gave reascn to believe that the causes were connected with the volcano of St. Vincente, only that on tbe declivities of (thia mountain no damage was done. About four miles di*tant|from the city to wards |the east thera is a plain called Earthquake Plain, with a! small bill in it aear the confluence of the Acabnapa witb tbe Lima tic, where the shocka are more frequent and severe than In tbe city. At every shock great rocks >oll down from tbe neighboring bills, and.ig "Earthquake ■ills,'' deep and broad ravines opined up wm 400 yard* lonf. In Oil* region it U feared that a volcanic eruption it about to Uko place. Tim aeon*. ay* lot Tribune, presented by the City of St. Vinconto U and melancholy. Naked wall* •very where real and threatening to fall to the ground, Jrecfk useless, the publio edifices ruined, the treet deeerted and the eilser able inhabitant* living in the aquarea and vacant lota aheltered by hut* ol branch** of tree*, and in tent*. Par twenty *i* day* they have been living thua exposed to the tun and night dew. Twenty-flve of the be*t fkmillea removed to other cilia*, generally without any hope of return in*. A Ml'KPkltKK LYNCH hi) NKAK MONTKKKY Sen Francisco, March 17. -The lyach ing of Tarpey, the murderer of Mia Nich olson, near Monterey this afternoon creeled great excitement in that city. The mob fastened a reps around Tarpey'e neek and compelled bim to stand in the box of a wagon ll* was then told be must say all be wanted, for hi* tim* had come. Terpey addressed the crowd fer half an hour. The lynchers lturn drove the wagon away and left the man hanging by the neck to a limb ef a tree, hi* feet almost touching the ground The crowd seised the tope end drew Terpey up higher. Several af the lyncher* drew pistol* end fired late the body of the dying man At last account* the body was hanging and thomob watch ing th* place. The affair caused intense excitement For several hour* armed men held possession of Menterey, and de clared they would take Tarpey safely to Salinas for trial. Th* Jail guard* offerad no resisUnco, no shots were A red and no one was injured. Tarpey'* wife, sister, and mother were near the jail and witness ed the whole affair, and beg god, with prayers and leers, the mob net to injure him. King of the Sand which Islands to Vis it the United State*. (saeernl Sherman received letter to day from General Schofleld, dated *l lloe. olulu, wherein he says that he wee about to eurt for San Francisco, end that he would be accompanied by the new king of the Sandwich Ilsaadi, who prepoeee.mak ing a tour of the United State* for the pur poee of etudying our inetitutioae with a view to adopting them in hie country. RESPONSIBILITY OF BANKS. Hvtr far Tkry are Liablt far lA< Saftt y Syteml litponft. A ceee entitled l>ev id Scull v*. TbeKeu eington National Bank wae brought up in the Court of Niti Priut in Philadelphia on Wednesday 19th, Judge William* pretid ing. A* it i* of great intereet te banker* and the public generally throughout the State, we furnith the following tynopei* : It wae an action to recover for loet sustained byj,laintiff by the robbery of thi* bank on the night of February 2, 1871. The plain tiff*, who reeidee at No. 91$ Franklin etreet had been a depoeitor in the bank far thirty years. With the permission of the cashier ha had left bond* in the bank for eafs keeping, they being placed in a tin boi marked with hie name on the end, and locked up in a vault, ead he paid nothing for the privilege, neither did he ever inform the cashier of the conteat* of the bos. On the 17th of January, he last saw the bond* in the bos ; there were thirty United States 6-'A) bonds of f 1,000 lis cut off ike coupons, locked the box, replaced it in the vault; put the key into bis pocket, aad walked off. He next tha morning after the robbery, when it was lying on the floor, broken and empty. The ground upon which he sought to recover wns that the bank officers did not use due diligence to secure the place against the robbery. On Monday, at noon, Judge Williams cbsrged the jury, instructing them that if the robbery resulted from the aegl igence of the watchman, the bank was not respon sible. This charge was supposed to be fa vorable to tho bank. After remaining out two days and nights, tha jury on Wedaea day returned n verdict for plaidtiff for 9*7- 000. THE APPORTIONMENT BILL The ruthlesaness with which the radical majority in the legislalure are resolved to exert a political power acheired mainly by fraud at the ballot box i* ahown in ihc con gressional apportionment bill which ha* been forged in the committee in the house. Lait year an apportionment that wai in the main juat and equitable, giving equal rep* resents lion to ell parte of the common* wealth, wax aecured by the demecraU of the senate, but waa defeated by a cembi* i nation of diaappolaled aapiranta who pre* l railed on Oorarnor Geary te exerciae the veto. The aucceaa of that intrigue ie wit* j neaaed in an apportionment which con cede* to the democrat* of lha atate nine diatricta in twenty-seven. ' The almplej plan on which this partiaaa work ia con* atructed ia to pile pepulou* democratic countiaa together in large diatricta out ef republican countiea. For example, York and Cumberland, with a population of 180* (HG, are not entitled to a member of con greea, but the democratic county of Adama with a population of 30,116 ia thrown in to aa not to endanger a republican district, while te the republican diatricta of Waah ington. Bearer and Butler, with 121,141 in habitanta, ia giren a member. This a dip crimination of about thirty thoaaand againat the democrats, and the aame rank injuatice runs throughout the entire bill. In other respect* the hill is a monster of gerrymandering iniquity. The ancient and populous county of Bucks ia diyided, one part being flung to Montgomery, and the other te Lehigh and Northampton. Not only are these counties thus mutilated but a ward of a democratic city ia torn from its municipality, and thrown into a rural district. That ia a refinement of ger rymandering rascality which attaches the Twelfth ward of the city of Scrantoa to the Monroe and Wayne diatrict Montour ie separated from the counties with which it baa been associated politically ever sine# it* organisation and i* put with Potter and M'Keen into a straggling diatrict of more 1 than one hundred and flfly miles in length. < Such are some of the features of a gerry mander in which radical fraud has surpass* i ad all its former achievements in the aame I line. But this wanton assault on the right of popular representation will meet with < no resistance within the party. The hill i will go through the legislature and obtain < the signature of a partisan governor With the aame ease with which it was maaipu* < luted in a radical caucus. Partisan ends 1 justify any political villany which the red- i ical leaders may cbooee to perpetrate. It . haa been already demoai>trated in this sea- | aion tbat there is no conscientious sense of i right and justica in the majority who con- i trol the legislature. It would be the ut- , moat simplicity to imagine tbat ttkia ma- i iority will balk at this iniquitous gerry- 1 mender.—Patriot. , BURNT ORKKNBACKN. The identification and reatoratioo of notae which have bean burnt la a diflcult and intcrestiug operation. Every ana baa observed that n printed paper after having been burnt. If not aubjacted to a ilrony draft or roughly handled; retain* it* orig inal form, and that the printing la dis tinct and legible, and appear* aa if it had been raited or emboaaad on the paper, bul that if it i* touched never ao gently 11 crumble* into dust Note* in thi* condi tion are frequently received at the Depart ment for redemption. The counter sub- Jecta each note to a caraftil inspection in a strong light, under a powerful glati, until the determines the denomination and issue, and then paste* U upon • place of thin, tough peper in order that it may be safely handled. But thi* pealing, by de stroying the raised or embossed appear ance, at on?# apd forever preclude* U cbanc* of again Jdentiiyieg the kind at dr nomination of the not*. Henceforth it ia i but a plain, black place of paper, giving no Indication that it ever represented mon ey. It U therefore very necessary that the counter should be quite sure that her Judgement is correct before the note I* pasted upon the paper. ,Bhe must also, - a moat JiScull task, determine whether the note is genuine or counterfeit And yet counterfeits are discovered by three eiperts among the eharred remain* of noire with almost as much certainty as among perfect aolre. Charred notes ol National bank* have occasionally come into the poaeulon of the Department, and j having been restored in this manner and returned for redemption to the banks which iteued them, accompanied by the affidavit* of the counter* that they mere the remain* ef nolo* ef the bank* to which they were returned. In must cases they were promptly and cheerfully redeemed. Hut uccasionelly a surly hank officer, una ' ble or unwilling to trace any resemblance to beak nets*, or at least to the notes of his 1 benk, in the plain blnck pint'#* of paper returned to him, and infiucncad perhaps by a desire to effect a liUle sevlng for the stockholder*, refused to redeem and cbal lenged the Department to tba proof. All punitive ocular proef having been de stroyed when the notes were restored and pasted, the Department was compelled to submit to Vha loss. Once some of IIINO experts were (ranted leave* of absence, without pay from the gevermnent, for the purpose f restoring a Urge quantity of burnt money belonging to Adam* Express Company. Tbi* ai permitted partly because it wa* known that there wa* ne one eUe whe could per form the service, without which the company would be subjected to great laee, but principally becaute the company of fered to pay them much more for their lime aad labor than they were receiving from the government, and it wa* thought entitled them to thi* addition to their man ger aalariea The Aioney wa* Uken from safe* recovered from the wreck of a burnt •teamer which bad been lying for four or Ive year* at the bottom of the Mississippi, and the notee were *o burnt, decayed, and damaged a* to be absolutely worthiest, un ices identified and restored Yet nearly every note of tbe one hundred and eighty one thousand dellara in tbe United Blates and National Bank not a* recovered was restored with unerring certainty and re deemed at its full face value. Tbe Chica go and Boston fire* have for the last year sad a half furnished burnt notee enough to keep nil tbe expert* of tbe ofßce pretty jcoastanlly employed.—"An Hour Among | tke Urttiiiaek*," Srritntr' for April. AMERICAN ANTIyUITIKS In the remote parts of Ariiona it is laid that well preserved and extensive ruins have been found which indicate the form er existence of populous cities. From an account of these by Colonel Roberts in the ButUrr we quote the following descrip tion "L is surrounded by n wall el sand stone neatly quarried and dreesed, 10 ft. or 12 ft thick, and originally, judging from the detritus, 16 ft or 3D ft. high. Within are the walls of bouses, temple*, end tuar i kets, all of solid stone and (bowing excel lent masonry. These well* are covered with hieroglyphics, cut deeply into the •tone. The whole ef the ruins, like most ef thoee of the Orient, and more especially those of Arabia and Assyria, are more or 1 lee* buried in sand. According to the ac count, this city 1* tome 90 mile* from the ! boundary between Utah and Arizona, and an equalfdlslanco from the Western Colo rado line. It is close to the desert, and is surrounded by extensive sandy plains.— | Scribnrr' t for April. THE MILLERITE SCARE. i| (From N. r. Observer.) The year 1843 was marked by the sud den rise, and IMS by the fall of the Mil > lerites, n sect who had been deluded with the notion that the Lerd Jesus Christ would cema in visible person on n certain j day in a latter year to receive his saints, to dastroy his enemies, and establish hi* threne on the earth. They took their name from William Millar, a Baptist ministeria tha northern part of this St*ls, who had studied the prophecies until he knew noth ing abeut them, and by a process in arith metic peculiar to himself had hit upon the year when the flnai catastrophe was to ec icur to the confusion of the wicked aad | the glorification of all who were found waiting for tha coming of the Lord. It was wonderful with what avidity thi* da- Ilusion was received. Its dupes numbered thousands. They were not of the more in telligent clsssas; indeed very few educn | ted people were led estrny ; but of serious i minded and unlettered multitude* who composed the great mas* of the commnni .ty at that time. The sudden converts la Millaritm were many. One reason that operated rapidly upon thia sort of poopla j was the tbertaa** of tim# allowed them to make up their mind*. They were told I that the end was at hand. First the year was fixed; than the month and the day. And to make a sure thing of it, they thought the safest course was to fofirrs, and if tha crash came at tha appointed time they would be all right, and if it did not they would be no wore# off than before on account of their faith in the figure* of Mil ler. And lam inclined to think that Mil ler's name having an apparent analogy to Millennrinninn helped to faith in his cnlcu • lations. Thousand* of excellent Christian man, scholars, divines— some ofthcra men of wide repute for learning and religion— are Milenarian*; believing in the future personal reign of Jesus Christ upen the earth and in bis speedy coming to set up his throne. But they do not set the time Some writers ef thi* school have found in the figure# of the Prophet Daniel a starting point and a period, and have, therefore, ventured to fix the year when the King might be expeited to appear iu bis glory ; but in all auch esses the march of time has compelled them te find errors in their cal culation* by which the great event was necessarily postponed. But in the Millerite year the delusioa took the form el an epidemic or panic The leaders ef the sect perambulated the ceuulry with Immense tents in which to hold public meetings, and these were crowded for Joys and nights in succaesion by axcited congregation*, whesa prayers and songs and cries bordered on the deliri ous. Many did become deranged. Lu natic asylums reported this delusioa as the cauee of ineanity In many case*. Oae night, vary late, a man came to me with a message from God tbat I must be lieve in the Bpeedy Advent, and leaok it to the people. He would not Be pat off with the excuse that it was nearly mid night and I could nstlistau te his discourse al such an unseasonable hour. He said that nothing was so important as tne rev elation he had coma to make, and that it was high time I heard it. Then he began with his figures. He added, subtracted end divided, plied up datee from history and prophecy, told of the "abomination af desolation" that wa* to be set up and that was set up, and started off from that data and calculated the downfall ef the Roman Empire and the death of Napoleon, and brought out 184* as neatly as the most ac curate mathematician could desire. Out of breath at tha end of his computation and triumphing in tha result, he demanded my assent to hie conclusion. I looked up at him and quietly asked, "And what do you make of the two etkks?" "Sticks, what sticks T" ha said. •'Wall, air," 1 replied, "if you are an ex positor of the prophecies and do not know the two slicks of which tha prophet speaks, you must excuse me from receiving any messages from yea as earning from beet en." Be soon left me to my fate gone of th societies were so sure the end was at hand, that they put their ladi vl4u*l possessions, WW* usually very Ueader, litejelbt (tort, la ititttiea of the early Christians who had "ail things common," In Oneida county, N. Y., a well-to-do farmer being converted to tbelr doctrine came to Join thair church and, en being told of this rule, said he would think of it awhile, and pray oear It He want awejr sarrowful far ha was eery rich. At the nest meeting he appeared, and up on being called upon fer hi* answer, he •aid he had received a message from heav en and was prepared toebey. " While en gaged In preyar for divine direction," said ha, "I have had on# passage of the Bibla so powerfully Impressed upon my mind that I know It la from Ood and ! shall do a* 1 am commanded." The brethren and slater* were in breath lost expectation of the tremendous sacri fice be was about to make. The elder hade bim be of good courage, and declare the message. And the rich man said The passage that came to my mled, and which I am resolved to obey, was in these words, 'Occur* TILL I Com'" And when the appointed time arrived,! thousand* of them were ready as far as their while raiment could be regarded a* readiness for such an avent. So purely carnal and earthly ware all thair views of thi* great spiritual change, that they made liaen garments called "A*cen*ion robes,' with which they arrayed themselves Some of them, in dlie, took their ml> upon the edge of the heuee top*. Other*, in the country, ascended hills, er climbed en tree* and sat at still possible, while their lock* were wet with the dews ef the night. They thought they would see the Lord de scending from the sky and that they would | rise to meet him in the air. It was easy to believe that a mistake as a day, or area el month had been made in reckoning ! thousands of years, and many, therefor* thought the advent was still at hand theugh they had not hit upon the identical day. Others gave up to wild despair. Many were made faithless in Scripture, when they found they had been duped by false teachers. I never heard that any were made more charitable, store patient, bumble Christians. The prominent trait o: character ia the Milieritas was their can sorieus and denunciatory spirit toward those who would not adopt their arithme tic. But their end came when they thought the world was coming to en end. The awful day came. Tb# sun rose, shone a* usual, and Just as it was ia the habit of do ing. And then tb* moon made its quiet tour among lb* stars, and died away la the light of another day. And all thing* went on as frarn the beginning. Two or three other data* were ftsed upon, and previou* error* of calculation were es plained, hut the end would not come any way they could As it. Miller subsided into his farm which it was reported be had vastly en larged by cheap purchases of thoee wh* did not set a high price on the lands they were seon to leave Elder Himes, who had been the ftdus Achates ef Miller, and bad blewn the trumpets in advance of the coming King, blew on, but. es before, it was all wind, sound and fury signified nothing. And now, after the lepee of a quarter of e century, there ia net e vestig remaining of e faith that took poeeession ef thousands, and had its disciplas ia al most every city end village, end rural parish of the Northern, Eastern and Mid dle States. In the month ef January, 1866, I found a miserable, half-starved colony of this sect in the Uoly Land. Their delusion had received the additional article of faith that the Lord would set up his kingdom in Palestine, and rtign again in lha city of lha great King. Tbey had gatherad what earthly posseasion* tbey had, aad finding their way across the ocean, and through tha Mediterranean sea, had laaded at the ancient Juppe, where dwelt, once on a time, that Siman tha Tanner, to whom ! Cornelia* sent Near thi* city they had bought n little land, which coat them but a trifle, they had reared little cots, and were there waiting. Poverty came, but the Lord did not. Loneliness, homesick ness, disease, but no signs ef the Healer and Saviour. Home of them lived te be brought away by the hand of charity, aad some ol them died there, aad their bodies do rest in the grave until the resurrection, when they shall be raised up. let u* hope, lin glory. But the Son of Man has not come, and is not likaly te come soon. Te each one ef us he comes when our work is i done, and it ie lha part of wisdom to be al ways ready. But this Millorile scare is one of tha most instruct!v* chapter* in modern reli gions history. I as* art. From CtearicM Co. SALT LICK, March 14, 187*. o Ma. Fnax>. KVETX— I>X*B SIB I sup i* pose you are BOW satisfied, or at least ought e to be, witb the democracy on the insult of ,t the election of the Baltimore nominees e and that, hereafter, it will he hast for the 0 democratic party to adhere to principle d and nominate its own mer, a* the candi r dates for oMce Mr. Orel* ia e democrat tbat 1 highly esteem and his course as the jr representative af the democracy et Centre 1 county haa been in general rigidly demo ej cralic, but the Legislative Journal, has I given ui bis long argument and views en a the bill before the house to change or re • peal the usury law, and in which he ad • voretes interest or compensation for the 0 use of money, what can be got for it. This la giving the money lender a limit in 1 power, thet the needy money borrower, i would have to comply with, that would be ruinous to him. It is very poor deaocra* t cy that legislates at all in the direct inter* s eats of money and monied men, and I am > very much surprised at Mr. Orvis, for 1 . supposed him the last man, to advocate i legislation of the sort. We are taught, I the love of money is the root of all evil, , and I fear the love ef money is the mia- I chief and the root of the evil with many al ; the present time, in the democratic party, i Our fathers, it seems, were wiser men than - we are, for they, in this particular, strictly i guarded the money leVder at 6 per cent. interest, and if he took more his penally , wa* a forfeiture of the principal. They reasoned that money in itself had power , and in tbaOhe possessors ofpnoney had an > advantage, that the destitute of money had i not, which was all tha possessors of monay could claim ar had any right to. This be , ing the|case, which undoubtedly it is, legislation in the interest of money and monied men U wrong and only calculated , to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer. The money lender has tha right . , to lend his money to whom he will and , pleases, but here he stops. Neither he nor the money borrowers are allowed to fix ■ the interest ar tha compensation lor the use of money. That power must come from the authority af law or otherwise there could he no equality, justice, and ! fair dealing between man and man, and not law in this ewe. hut money, would be the masters and controllers of the people. ' Rich and poor, capital and labor, must j alike be independent and no law is right making the strong stronger, and tha weak weakar. The greatest interest we haee is j the forming interest of the country. Doe* money invested in land pay fl per cent? What say yau farmer* of Pennsvalley, t shall the usury law be repealed or chang ed that tha shave shope and monay sharp- j era shall epeculata and drain tha pockets of formers and tha needy, that they be come nabobs of the land and live at their ease ? Such a bill must ba opposed-and ia t in opposition to the mind of every man 0 who antertains tha principle of the wise democratic atateeuien who have preceded them in the foundation of our government, making tha paopls and all intarsete alike fi and on equal footing. If thie government P it to contiaut and exist it ie neoeaea rj wa should adhere I* their principle* and fol low la their M MP*- J On the repeal of ths usury bill, I see _ oo notion of It yet in tb Senate. I us Vlflowtf Hftlfce V(i4ae\yfW. WM lecei cnyenleei Hill H It, Hi fctytlt'd will take the side of tb= people and arrest any change made of the usury law, that give* money more power, that don't bo long to it For this mistake of Mr. Orel*, I feel sorry, for he represents a constitu ency that 1 know soma little about, and If bis argument in favor ef the repeal of the usury law, refleeta their view*, they have departed front principle*, 1 among them received and by them Uught me in my earliest days. Hoping there will he no re peal ef (he praernt usury law, and that it may remain a* It U and that the forfeiture of priadfpal will continue when more than 0 per cent. Is taken. Having written my letter about a* long a* Mr. Orris' argu ment, I close. Your* Respectfully J no. OiLLtUtirD, W. A. CURRY. BOOT & SHOE MAKER t'OTBE HALL, PA. Would moet respectfully inform the clt uen* of tbta t Riniiy, that ho bat suited a new Boot and Shoe Hbon, and would bo > thankful for a share of the public patron i age. boots and Hhoes mad# to order and according to style, and warrant* hi* work to equal any made elsowhora. All kind* ' of repairing done, and charge* reasonable i Give bim a call. feb It ly. FURNITURE! Grand Opening FOR 1872. • AT JOHN CAMP'S MILROY, where be he* opened with a very large carpenter tool* and builder* hard- C ware, lock*, oil*, petal*. glass, ear- * a bruabee, cucumber pempeaad * < tubing. Lamp-* *f all kind*, aceiee, £ a ratify. w WOOD AXD WILLOW WARE. 3 Pull liae of aaddlery and coach ma* kers good*, wood work for buggie* ' _ sad wagons, ploughs, harrow*, cultt- O vator. and rrindstoaee. booking Jj O glasee* and mirror plate*. Picture / frame* made to order They also * , 3 bar* the celebrated cook store, t 0 SUSQUEHANNA, t 7- *anr one warranted to gire perfect £ *aUfaction All kind* of parlor 2 tore*. We are determined to sell 3 ' at the loweet price* for cash, or on £ - *hort credit—not to exceed three 5 JJ" month.. Call and see us, a* we take K 5" — u dteSTifiSfa. g ' > marlStf. BellefonU, Pa. * '1 S t a i,S Gift & Flory's New Shoe Store ! • AT CENTRE HA LL. 1 They have now opened, and will cotutaht ly keep on hand, a splendid rtock of new laHOEB, GAITERS, A SLIPPERS, for I men, women and children, from the beet manufactories in the country, and now oft fered at ike Lowest Prices. BOOTS and SHOES made to order, upon short notice. They invite the people ol this vicinity to give them a call, a* they will strive to merit a share of their pat ronage. mytOlf i EW FURNITURE STOKE. 1 DOOK BELOW HorrEß'A BELLEFONTE, PA. GEORGE OT BRYAN, Dealer in IF U K iH Y U ! 2 ' OB AXX KIXDB, ! BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIBB, Parlor and Chamber Set*, . SOFAS, LOUNGES, BUREAUS, WASHSTANDS, WARDS JlEi, MATTSESSXS, Ac i Particular iitlenlioo to Ordered Work. ItKI'AJRI SO DOSE PROMP TL F. rEOERTAKIXe, In All Ita Branchee, . MKTALIC, VALSirr, ROSEWOOD, ASTD CO MHOS CASKETS, , Always on Band, and Funeral* Attended With an Elegant Mean**. apbtf. Stoves! Fire! Stov's! At Andy Reeaman's, Centre Hall, arc latest and bet store* out, he ha* juat received a large lot of Cook Stovea, the Pioneer Cook, ' the Eclipse Cook, the Reliance Cook. PARLORS—The Radiant Light, self-fee der, Gat Burner. National Egg, Jewell. J*. A*. He *eiU ctove* a* LOW a* anywhere ia Mifflin or Centre co. .#* TIN AND SHEETIRON WARE The undenigned hereby inform* tbe citisen* of Pennsvalley that ne bat pur chased theTiashop heretofore carried on by the O. 11. Mfg Co., and wilt cootinur the tame, at the old *tand, ia all Ita branch es, in the manufacture of STOVE PIPE dfc NPOITIVG. All kind* of repairing don*. He ba* alwayionhand Fruit Cans, of all Sixes, BUCKETS, CUPS, DIPPERS, DISHRS, AC. All work warranted and charge* raason able. A share of the public patronage so licited. AND. RRKSMAN, "isepTOy Centre Hall NewClothingStore A. STERNBERG, engaged to manage for L L. Reisen* in, in tbe corner building, opposite Holler' .tore, Bollefonte, ba* established a new Clothing Store where tbe best bargains in the county are offered. •7.50 to sls for Suits of the fin est Casslmere. EATS, CAPS and a Bill and complete auortment of ev ery thing in the line of Clothing. Gent** Furnishing Clsodhe all directly (Torn their own manufactory. AUo. Jewelry, Watches, Ac. They have engaged their old olerk, Mr. A. Sternberg, so well known to the people, and who will be pleased to see nis old friend*. ap&tf. Piece good* of every discription, sold low to ennble everybody to have bis cloth ing made to order. CentreTiall HOTEL. ~ JOHK SPAKOLZR, Proprietor. Stage* arrive and depart daily, for al) point*, north, south, east and west. ADAMHILD, PAINTER, offers hi* service* to the citi*en of Mifflin Centre and adjoining counties, in House, Hlgu agd OrumenaUl GIAINIXCF Osk, Walnut, Maple. Ash, Mahogony, Ac. Plain sod Fancy PiiHrbanglng. Or der* respectfully solicited. Ail 4f>t work 4oae for othsr painter*. NEW DiWOVIRf la T*i — eel aA MaAtaal Mam. Cere ImcltslfSU Co** .wttlon. Dr. (XARVIVI TAR UrTMW Cere I alisrrts. Br.6ABVITBTASnr Cere Aat h ma. Dr. GARVIN** Tab REMERIB* Cere Heart Dlww . Dr.OARVIXI TAB REMEDOB Cere hhtU IHwasip. Dr.tiAKßN'i TAB IIKBEWBi IWabte the Liver. Dr. CABVni TAR REHEMEI Regulate thrNoia.ncfcMdUewrU Dr. CARTIIt TAB HEWBRHS* Cere Ui Pmale WcakacwM. Dr. CARVH** TASK RERBBIEA Purify the BleedL Dr. GARVIIT* TAR RENEMI^i Cere DAenwaee ef tlw* Threat. Dr. GARVIN** TAB REMEMEI Cere Bronchitis. Dr. GARVIN** TAR REXEDIEI Cere Haw CeN.'or'BayfOTM' Dr. GARVIN** TAR SEREMEI Cere Laa* Dhseaae*. Dr. GARVIN** TAB REMEDIES Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIE* Gere Malt Rkrem. Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIES Cere lUsUaey Pticatw. Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIES PnmtCfcolrra Af ritewFrrrr Dr. GARVIN** TAR BEMERfE* r Prewt Malaria ma Err era. Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIES Reeeoee Palm la Ike Breast. Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIES lUaaore JPala ie the ftM# or Rack. Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIES Are a keperier Teak. Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIES Beam* the Appetite. Dr. GARVIN'S TAR REMEDIES Ceaee the Eead to MgMt Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIES Beetoie the Weak aad DcMtltatedl Dr. GARVIN** TAR REMEDIES Giro Tome to Toar ftf—a. L 7. HYDE * CO., aoui Monuaroit IN Mrrtmtfr Are*, Nina Far*. declVTty Furniture Rooms! 1. O. DIINISGM, raspeeUuily inform* the citiwmi of Ceo'.rv count j, that ho heceoeetenUy on hood -nd make* to order, oil kind* Ot BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, sunn. WASHSTANDfe, COBNKK CUPBOARDS TABLES, Me., Me Bom MAB CSAIU ALWAYS OV BA* Hi* oicck of ready-made Furniture UUr end warranted of food workmanship and. nil mode under hu ownimmcdiale*up*r\ f •ion, end is offered At rntoo u cheep ncoloe where. Thankful for pact fivon, he eoiir iU a continuance of the Mine. Call end tee hi* *Uck Before purebwir •Ue where. apffddff'ly Chas. H. Held, ClMk. ValdiMker A Icvr ' • Millheim, Outre co., Peont. Respectftillv informs hi* Mead* and il. public la ritcnl. thai ha ha* Jut opeurc at hi* new MUMMOMM, above Ainu der # Store, and keep* constantly am hand alt kind* of Clock*, Watches and of the latact tfrlr*, a* also th# Marao ill* Patent Calender Clock*, provided with i complete Index of the month, and day o th* month and week on it* face, which i t warranted a* a perfect time-keeper. •a-Clock*. Watcha* and Jewelry rm paired oa short notice and warranted jMplt'W;!/ .Sctcace oa the Adwauet. C. H. Gutelius, Snryeon and leekaakal Dentist who I* permanently located in Aaronsburj in the office formerly occupied by Dr. K *fl. and who ha* been practicing with entire MCOM* —ha ring th* experience of a number of yaart in the profaauon, he would cordi ally invite all who have a* yet not giver him a call, to do so, and teat thatrwthfulnea: ofthi* assertion. ftf Teeth extracted without pain. may H MI Tgl naleralgned. Vetera*iaed teTSTH* popular demand for Lower Price*, re tpectnilly call* the attentioa of th# public to hi* stock of SADDLERY, now offered at the old stand. Deaigned es pec tail* ee the people and thatim**, the lar gest and moat varied and complete assort ment of Saddle*, Hanteea, Collar*. Bridle*, of ever* description and quality; Whips, and in fact everything complete to a first class establishment, he now offers at prices which will suit the time*. JACOB DIKGEB, Centre Hall TOHN F Poftkß, Attorney at Lew U CollecUont promptly mad* and specie attention given to those having lands 01 property tor sal*. Will draw up and have acknowledged Deeds, Mortgages. Ac. 01- flc* in the diamond, north side of the c'Art house. Bellefonte. octSTSßtf UKKKT naocKxaaorr, JDSHSEXT. President, Cashier. QKNTRK COUNTY BANKING CO (Late Milliken, Hoover A Co.) RECEIVE DEPOSITS, And Allow Interest, Discount Notes, Buy and B*l. Government Securities, Gold and splO'Obr AS. M'MANITH. Attorney La* ■ 8a11*.."-.:-, -omptly attends to all bu inaas entrusted to him. JulMßtf rh P. FOKTNKT, Attorney at Lam l/ Bellefonte, Pa. Office over Key ' 4 ► bank. mavH'ffiHf a. *. WALttsr**, JAMES V StAUt tt'ALUtTtai & BgAVSf" A TTORNK YS-A T-LA H", Bellefonte, Oeutra Co., Paws'a. ap6Bt i rno. a. oavis. c. T. ALKXAKI>EU ORVIB A ALEXANDER, Attorneys-at-law. Office inConrad H OUST Bailefonte, Pa. I _ J. "P. GKPHART, with Orris A Alexander, attends to collec tions in the Orphan's Court. \f ILLKR'S HOTEL, Woodward7la IJJL Stares arrive and depart daily. This favorite hotel is now In every respect one of the most pleasant country notels in centra] Pennsylvania. The traveling com munity will always find the best accommo dation. Drover* can at all times be accom modated with stables and pasture for any number of cattle or horse*. Julyl'Wtf GEO. MILLER. HARDWAKESTOBE! J. A J. HARRIS. NO. 6. BROCKKRHOFF BOW A new and complete Hardware Store hat Seen opened by the undersigned inßrock erhoiT* new building—wheretheyaro pre- Dared toaellallkinda ofßuildingandHouet Furnishing Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nail*. Buggy wheel* in *ett*. Chatnpic nClothe* Wringer, Mill Saw*. Circular and Hane Saw*, Tennon Saw*, WebbSawi, IceCrearr Freezer*, Bath Tube, Clothe* Rack*, a ftil assortment of Olaae and Mirror Plate of al sine*, Picture Prune*, Wheelbarrow*, Lamp*, Coal Oil Lamp*, Belting, Spoke*, Felloe* .and Hubs, Plows, Cultivator*. Corn Plow*. Plow Points, Shear Hold Boerd* and Cultivator Teeth,TableCutlery, Shov el*, Bpade and Fork*, Loci*, Hinge* Screw*, Saab Spring*, Hcr°e-9soe*, Jtall* Norway Hod*. Oil*. Lard, Lnbriofttng, Ootl, £U*yt>d. Taoners. Anvil*, Vice* Bel low*, Screw Plate*,' Blacksmiths fooJi, Factory Bells, House Bells, Dinner Belli, Grind* tpnev, C. 'ar^trn