(OEKTRE Reporter. ' — ■**• Otaif Hall. P>-. April 3. 187 3. TRRMS.-The RaroaTaa i pablWjed Weekly at $3 per year, in •dyne*, or when not paidin advance. For si * month* line#) for three insertion. AdviUeniente for S, and 13 month*, at wduoed r*te. Any pewon sending u* the name* of*lx new *UD*criheer, with ethcah, will re eatve the BaroaTxa one rear free Mifflin county went against license two weeks ago, notwithstanding which the landlords over there ere petition ing court for license as heretofore, and tbe applicants are advertised in the Lewistown papers, to be up at April term. This course ha* been taken by the Mifflin county landlords on account of a letter, said to have been written by Senator Petriken, in which he gives the assurance that the local option act would he repealed this session yet, on account of the vote et the reeent elections having shown a large majority in the state in favor of license. Should the act be repealed, then the Mifflin county landlords would be in good time to oarry their point at next court, hav ing filed their applications and adver tised same according to the require ments of the late licence law. As was announced in last week's Riqportkr, the local option elections, held two weeks ago, in a majority of of the counties, went overwhelming ly in favor of licensee, just the oppo site of the countiee which held their elections one or two months earlier The vote all through was a light ooe, but the total now, in the entire state, •hows a large majority for license. After s greet deal of debate and considerable uncertainty tbe Centen nial Appropriatioa bill be* at length passed through both branches of the Legislature. It has bean amended so as secure $1,000,000 for the event, in stead of $500,000 a* was set forth in the bill The greater portion of thi* amonat is to be collect-id from the passenger rail roads of Philadel phia in the shape of three per cent, tax npon their gross receipts. It ma; be that this source of revenue will be sufficient to cover the entire million, but should it not there ie yet a provi sion in the bill that the State Treas ury can be drawn upon, at tbe most, for only $250,000. Our member, Mt. Orvis, wa# the champion, in the House, of the provi so that the greater portion of this cen tennial appropriation shall be collect ed from tbe Philadelphia passenger railroad#, which lines will reap fortunes during the centennial. By this pro vision there secured to tbe State Treasury several hundred thou sand dollars, which would have been filched from it but for the lead Mr. Or via took in the matter. He is entitled to the thanks of every tax-payer in tbe Bute. Patterson s Case Settled. Senator Patterson's case —one of the Credit Mobilieritee —ie disposed of, as per Washington advices of 26th uih, as follows: The case of ex-Senator Patterson, of New Hampshire, was very briefly dis posed of to-day by an agreement of the Senate to permit hie pamphlet re plying to the Committee who repor ted at the last session for his expul sion to be printed with their report Tbe defence was not read to the Sen ale, but waa delivered to Senators by Mr. Patterson himself, who seemed to feel even more keenly than did Colfax the disgrace which has overtaken him. He left the capital to-day quite a wreck of his former self, and proposes to sail for Europe, where he will re main a year. The following excellent provision has passed the Constitutional Conven tion : "Section 26. No act of Assembly shall limit tb amount to be recovered for injuries to person or property and in case of death frcm such injuries the right of action shall survive and the Legislature shall prescribe for whose bendit such actions shall be prosecu ted ; and no act shall prescribe any limitation of time within which suits may bo brought against corporations far injuries to person or property or for other causes, different from that fixed by the general laws prescribing tha time for the limitation of actions ; and existing laws so prescribing are annuled and avoided.' It is reported tbst the Presideut is suffering from a cold contracted on inauguration dsj. We never learned that he suffered from his gold contract ed in Seneca sandstone. Two colored members of the Ala* bama legislature, bad a fight the oth er day about a pistol. Really, Sam bo is coming fast into the usages of irbite trash legislators. The next ticket of the rada should have Colfax for Premdcat with Ames for Vice, which would be putting those fellowa where tbey "would do moat good." —A medal, a relic of the log cabin and hardcider campaign of 18-10, waa left at our ofice the other day, by Mr. Da rid Lohr, a Buffalo Ran democrat. It waa found by Mr. Lohr while dig- Kg in the garden, some yean ago. one aide ia stamped a picture of Gen. Harrison, on the opposite aide a log-cabin. It at once brings back to our recollection the fat promises of 1840 —32 yean ago—when all were to bare "two dollars a day and good roast beef," if Gen. Harrison waa elected. Those allurring promises found a good many dupes, and "Tip picanoe & Tyler too" won the day, but the two dollan a day didn't make their appearance, and the good roast beef eon tinned under the hides of the hurl nee and the laborer had to con tent himself with his neeastomed fare, thile the roast beef waa only within the reach of the rich. The common, dames found themselves humbugged by promises only made to catch their { vote#, a gam* which politician# can rtill jday #o luwibllv at the pres ent uay when with each campaign, arc Itred new promisee to mi#loal the peo ple. DItAIUI ok THK FoitUKHlK* UN TltlC BANK OF Enui.AND—THK PI. AN* PKVWKU AND EsutNKKHI l> BY VN Amkrk-an. New York, March 17.—London paper* of lite 3d and -Bit are at hand, with the followiug detail* of the great forget ice on the Bank of Kngland: It wa* discovered on Saturday that hill* to an enormous amount had been fotpnl upon all the principal house# in the city of lauhlou, and that these bill* bad been discounted at the West ern! branch of the Hank of Kngland, iu Burlington Qardent, which doc* an entirely different kind of busine** from the parent establishment in the city. It i iuiended for the conveni ence of gentlemen and ladies and West-end tradesmen, who might find it inconvenient to journey to the city iu order to transact their occasional business. It ia not, therefore, ordi narily concerned with laige bill tram* actions of city commerce, aud iu con sequence is lea* bound by strict regu lations in dealing with any business of that nature which might accidentally be brought to it. The conspirator# must have been aware of this, and they laid their plans for approachiug the Bank of England by thi* weaker portion of its defense*. Warren, an American, who managed the plot, was in no hurry and took care to gain good before he veutured on hi* ultimate enterprise. i/e behaved iust like an ordi nary customer of good resources. He diew upon his balance and reuewed it, bat kept it always a good figure After a while he deposited some bills. They were good and genuine bill#. Still ho was careful not to be hasty, and be continued his transactions with tbe bauk until be had acquired the reputation of a person engagedjiu le gitimate commerce and thoroughly trustworthy. At length the moment came for tbe preeentation of forged bi.'l*. They were discounted without hesitation, and the author* of the fraud had to ail appearance succeeded in safely pocketing about one hundred thousand pounds. All these arrange ments were master-pieces of ingenuity and patience, but the bills themselves must have given the greatest amount of labor. In the first place many of the large firms upon wbora the bills purported to be drawn are in the hab it of using a peculiar kind of paper with certain water-marks and piinted matter. All this would have to be imitated, and, as the bills were drawu on more than one firm, there must have been several such imitations. There then remained the drawing of the bills and affixing the signatures, and each bill must have required a series of feats in successful forging. Some bills were backed by several ac ceptors, so that there might easily be as mauv as half a dozen signatures on a single bill. Yet the bills were so perfect that not one of them was ques tioned on the ground of tbe accep tances not appearing genuine. But the men who had exerted a skill, fore sight and perseverance sufficient to iu sure |the unhesitating acceptance of tbe forged bills could uoi escape one trivial blunder which revealed tbe plot. They presented two bills in which the date of acceptance had been omitted. Inquiry was of course made of the firm whose acceptance was thus undated, and it was discovered that the bills were not genuine, and the whole series was then found to be for geries. How much further the plot might have been carried it is impossi ble to say. Advertisements published caution bankers, brokers and all oth er persons against dealing in a num ber af United States five-twenty, ten forty and funded loan bonds, amount ing in tbe aggregate to 1237,000, they, it ia alleged, having been acquir ed eut of the profits of the forgery. Tbe loss to the Bank of England is stated at eighty thousand pounds. The Rothcbilds are mentioned as one of tbe firms on which forged drafts were drawn, but no other names are given. A HEARTLESS MURDER. A Saloon Keeper Kick* a Customer out and then Shoots Him. Dubuque, lowa, March 25.—The village of Monona, lowa, was on Sat urday night, the scene of a most heart less murder. Ooe Biagbun, a notori ous character, keeper of a saloon, en ticed Lyman Ingalls, a young man of quiet, unassuming manners, into his saloon, and after getting him drunk kicked him out of doors. Ingalls at tempted to re enter, and finding the door locked, began pounding and and kicking for admission, which proving of no use, he went round to the back door, when Biagbun, now enraged at having bis rest broken, rose and seized a shot-gun, muttering "I'll stop your noise," and going up to Ingalls fired, the charge entering the heart and coming out at the neck, kill ing him instantly. Much excitement prevailed and threats of lynching were made, but the authorities suc ceeded in getting him lodged in jail. Ingalls was burried, an immense crowd following his remain to the grave. The primitive mode of counting and weighing Dails has left some remind ers of itself in our modern nomencla ture. We say four penny, six-penny, ten-penny nails, and so on. Nails used to be counted by the 1,000 ; and when tbey were of such a size that 1,000 of them weighed four pounds, tbey were called four pound nails, and similarly six-pound and ten pound nails, and in rapid speaking the "pound" became corrupted.to "penny"' which is more easily uttered by the organs, as any one will see who will try it for himself. Thus the current designation of sizes depended original ly upon weights. MISSISSIPPI HURRICANE. Canton, Miss., March 29. A hurricane swept through this city last night destroy ing many houses and it is reported killing several people. Two loaded cars were lifted from the railroad track and one of them was badly wrecked. The track ef the hurricane is about one hundred yards wide. Fifty houses were destroyed. Loss SICO,OOO. Only ene iife was lost, a negro woman, and about five persons were in jured, none seriously. A Ticket for 1876. From the Cincinnati Inquirer. For President, Schuyler Colfax (' S. C. or bearer") ofSouth Bend ; for Vice-Pres ident, Oakes Ames of North Eastou. Tlie.e gentlemen havo been warmly en dorsed by their immediate constituents, and, of course, should be placed where they will do most good. The roll of purchased seats in the Sen ate, according to the Chicago Tribune, new includes Caldwell, of Kansas, Clay ton, of Arkansas, Harlan, of lowa, Ram sey and Window, of Minnesota, Hitch cock, of Nebraska, Carpenter, of Wiscon sin, and Cameron, of Pennsylvania. These gentlemen are to be reinforced on March 4 by Sargent, of California, Mitch ell, uf Dragon, Patterson, of South Caroli na, ana Jones, of Nevada, and these are. only these who have been ropnd out. Itontl Robbery In Hro:ul SI reel Ifow 7W Young .\ftit Iltnmt /W#•*.#• eti of $1 (>B,OOO H orfA of Hand*. The bold hinl robbery perpetrated in Wall #troct on Beturday continue* to be a topic of in to real and .-pecula tion. A Sun reporter yesterday call d upon Col. S. t\ ilohutuu, I'ri-oitlcnt of tne Pennsylvania We#tern Rail road, in hi* otHee, 60 Broad trcct. Col. Johuaou #ail that last Saturday morning, about 11 o'clock, Mr. Kooae veil, an officer of the Company, with another official, went to the Safe I>e [H*it Company in Broadway to get aoinc bouds of the railroad. Mr. Kooaevelt carried the bumU and hi* companion* walked by hi* ide. In Broadway, uear Wall *tieet, two men joalled Mr. UooacvcU, who a*kcd hi# companions to walk a few feet ahead of htiu until they reached the office. Mr. Kooncvell #aid he wa# afraid that autnebody would throw pepper iu hia eye* aud rob him. Reaching the of fice, Mr, Kooaevelt wa* left alone with the bond*, whose nominal value wa* $168,000. Col. Johtisau occupies two office* n the ground floor. The front one faces the street. Iu the rear of thi# office there is a high desk, running across the rootu. The back office i# directly i behind the desk, aud is also accessible frotu the main hall by a door, which is always locked. A few uiomeuts af ter Mr. Kooaevelt had placed the bonds at oue end of the high desk two well-dressed young tuen entered the office, aud after makiug the usual in quiries about the road, one of them, who is described as a short man with a sandy complexion, asked permission to write a note, which was granted. His companion asked to be allowed to go into the back room and adjust his dress. At this juncture Mr. Kooae velt grew cautious, and goiug to the desk he stood with his elbow on the bouds, and did not turn his back to ward the man in the rear office for an instant. The young mau in the front office finished his letter, aud both men politely bowed themselves out. After their departure Mr. Kooaevelt took the bonds to the other end of the desk and threw a soiled towel, an old shawl, aud several other articles over them, and sat down at another desk near the window to write. About an hour later Col. Jobnaon entered aud theu the bonds were inissed. When Col. Johnson stepped from the office before tbe bonds were stolen he locked the door of the rear office leading to tbe hall on the inside. It is thought that confederate No. 2 went into the rear room to ascertaiu whether any body was there, and that he subse quently picked the lock from the out side. The thieves must have done their work very quietly to pick the lock of the back office while the key was in it, open the door, and then go into the front office where Mr. Roose velt was sitting, remove the towel, shawl, aud other articles from the bonds, and depart without disturbing Mr. Roosevelt. The bouds were numbered from ">7 to 238, and will be valueless to the thieves, as they had uot been put on the market. Col. Johnson said that he had intended to send llieiu to Eu rope to-day. Tne detectives are at work, and Mr. Roosevelt said that the company knows more concerning the thieves thau it desires to give to tbe public. For the Reporter. Natural Ability. We invite our yonng workers of educa tion, to reflect on a subject, that cause* many a young mind to retire in detpair. They are burdened with the idea that their companion* have more natural ability than they have. Indeed, the minds of Philosopher* are termented by thi* very thought. If the mind created with the genu of knowledge within it, or ha* >t on ly the |>ower to acquire it * Confessing that eminent men uphold the doctrine of innate idea, we have sufficient evidence that it i* more philosophical to believe that tbe element* of our first knowledge are ac quired. We believe the mind to be a pure spirit, an intellectual being, without any idea* comparing it to a white sheet of paper, ready to write any kind of knowledge on. Likewie will there be written on, if not good, why then bad, for the huuiau mind i* provided with ample power for improvement, and the only way to acquire knowledge i* by men tal activity; would it be rational to suppose that God would create one man wi*e and the other ignorant? ' So ; we all have that blank sheet of paper given to u a* a her itage, and ho who improve* the gift, reaps the reward in abundance. lie who ne glect*, reap- it in sorrow. It i* sad to think that many parent* who are now laid I low in the earth, have deprived their chil dren from improving that heritago which God ha* given thorn; we! should ever remember that we have the whole world before u, and that there i* always room for new inventions; also that our mind* aro a# susceptible to make theiu a* the mind* of others. It it an en couraging thought to know that out mind* ttand on a level with thone of our fellow men at the time of creation. Rut we muft not forget that the human intellect grow* only by it* own inherent energies; theo men who have bright intellect* made them se by mental aclixity. ll<- who desire* to become a tcholar, must make improve ment, and the only way to do *o ji by hard work, and time will soon tell that natural tmartness it an absurdity. Val. At the recent session Congress increased Grant's salary from 25,000 to $50,000; gave him 85,000 to buy new furniture ; $5,000 to pay his gas hill, $5,000 to buy coal; and SO,OOO for his glass flower garden. Be sidos this, it is only a little while since be tween $25,000 and SBO,OOO were cribbed from the Treasury building appropriation to build him a billiard room and a stable. Instead of getting $50,000 a year, be actu ally receives over SIOO,OOO. Pretty well, this, (or a plain Republican President. PLAYINU SMALL I'OX. Louisville, Match Thomas Smith, murderer ofTbomat Uraden, in May, 1871 who is to be hanged Here to-day, held in terviews in the jail yealerday, with the re porters of the papers here. Same time ago Smith rubbed croton oil on hit face and person, producing blisters which resembled small pox eruptions, and complained of pains in his bsck and bead, The jail physician, Dr. Pope, and another physician, pronounced it a esse of small pox, and Smith was removed to the Krup tive hospital, from which he escaped a few hours after his arrival, and was recaptur ed. Yesterday Smith wrote a statement which appears in the city papers this morning, that ho paid Dr. Pope $75 for furnishing him with the croton oil and sending him to the post house. He said that he knew he had to die to-day. and h would not die with a lie on his lips; that his statement was true, and he woul i reas sert it en the scaffold to-day. It is said that Dr. Pope has the affidavits of other prisoner*, stating that Smith told them a different story. City of San Salvador Reported iu Ru ing from the Effects of an Earth quake. Panama, March 19.—The steamship St. Louis, from Central American ports, ar rived on the 16th. When she left the ports of Salvador, there was u report that the city of San Salvador had been destroy ed by a great earthquake on the 4th inst. Tlio telegraph linn being down, no detail* ooold ho had when ho wm leaving. • —... tjrnnt'N Louisiana L'MUI paUoit. \\ licit President (Irani, without the pause which ordinary decorum required, recognised one of the rival partisan gov ernments in Louisiana, and ordered bis soldiers to intervene for its protection, be disregarded the one precedent of cautious reserve which was set hy the Whig or seial Whig Administration of llltil In the' Uhode Island case. He ptobably never hearth of il. .Still lea* likely i* lie to have known of the rxumple of a Uuiuecraltf demonstration of an earlier date, which, j as honest chroniclers ol the past, we are tempted to reproduce. In lhiltlitical difference* alone, I d"> not feel that it would bo proper for me to in terpose my command between tbe par ties. If thi* riot proffbeded from any oth er cause I would offer you the service* of my command before you will receive thi* letter." The unhappy and perplexed Governor, then addre**ed hiuuelf to Washington. more KeUoptj, asking for intervention un der the fourth lection of the fourth article ef the Constitution of the foiled Stale* The application wa* referred to the Secro- ■ lary of War, and to hi* cautious and slatos manlike reply, which wc hava reproduced in another column we crave especial at tcntion- The Governor protested againrt the doctrine* enunciated and acted upon by the federal authorities. Militia called into service arrived on the pot to find the political difficulty quietly arranged and the*candalof Federal intrusion inalo rat squabble happily averted. Such was the reserve and circumspection of the wise and patriotic wen of old.— World. W *l DEPARTMENT, Dec. 11. 183A Sir : The letter addrc*ted by your Kx cellency to the President of the United States under the date of the 27ih instant wa* received yesterday and referred to this Department, where it ha* received that respectful and earnest consideration to which the high source whence it ema nate* and importance of the subject enti tled it. In this communication your Excellency iaiornts the President that such a state of domestic violence exist* at llarrisburg a* to put an end, for tho present, to all the exercise* of the regular function* of the State Government, and randers it your du ty to request the Provident, in accordance with the fourth section of the fourth arti cle of the Constitution of the United State* to lake measure* to protect the State of Pennsylvania against the effects of the do-, meatic violence which fitms to be than in existence. The clause of the Constitution te which your Excellency refers, and the act passed in pursuance thereof, authorises the Presi dent to call out the militia ouly on the ap plication of tho legislature of a State, or ofi the Executive of a State when tho Legis-i iaturc cannot bo convened. The nature of the President's duty being, therefore, dis cretionary, it it incumbent on hitn to exer. cite the utmost care in examining into all the circumstance* of the case, as well as to; determine whether the occasion contem plated by tho law has occurred. The commotion which now threaten* the peace of the commonwealth of Pennsylva nia doe* not appear to rise from any oppo sition to the lews, but grows out of a pell tical contest between different member* of the Government, ramt if not all of them ad mitted to be the legal representative of the people constitutionally elected, about their relative right*, and especially In referenoe to tho organisation of the popular branch o( the legislature. To interfere in any commotion growing out of a controversy af so grave and delicate a character by tho Federal authority armed with the military power of the Government, would he at tended with the most dangerous conse quences te our republican institutiena. In the opinion of tho President his interfer ence in any political commotion in a State could only be justified by the application for it being clearly within the meaning of the fourth aection of lha fourth articla of the Constitution, and of the act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof, end where the domestic violence brought to his no tice is of such n character that lha State authorities, civil and military, after hav ing been duly called upon, have proved inadequate te suppree* it. The law, as has been already stated, re quires that the interposition of the Federal Government should be invoked by the Legislature of the State, unless it cannot be convoned; and notwithstanding tho Speaker ot the Senate states, on the 4th in stant, that the body over which bo pre sides cannot assemble; and your Excollen cy, in your communication of the Blh, ex presses the opinion that the Legislature ot Pennsylvania cannot bo convened, still from subsequent information, which al though not offioial comet In a form suffi • clently authentic to entitle it to credit, it appears that both branches of the Legisla ture were in session in the capital of th# i Bute on the Bth Inst , and transacted busi ness there, and that the Striate received me*age* from the House of Represents- i tiveson that day. If this bo so, (and there 1 is no reason to doubt the fact the Legit- i lalur* of the State ha* boon ccsvened ilnoi' the date of your Excellency's tetter. Nor duo* li appear, oltlior from your Excellen cy's letter or llio published document, which trotUpinM it, that tho civil or military authorities of tho State have ro-' fused to iterform thoir re.peetlve duties in suppressing any existing disturbances Your Excellency doe* not oven allude to their heitiK inadequate to suppress the do j meoiic violence of which you complain, or to protect the Legislature in the perform lance of it* official duties, either at the seat ..f government or wherever eUe they may he convened. It appear*, on the contrary, that a portion ol the malllia of the State, | who were warned hy your Excellency in your proclamation of the 4th indent (an 'authenticated copy of which accompaliioa your letter! to hold themselves in instant , readiness to repair to tha aeat ef govern ment, have, in pursuance of further requi aitian* and ia compliance with your. Ex cellency s order*, actually proceeded in force te Hern.bury Under all theee rircuuiatancea tha Preei dent think* he ahall beet dlackarge the del icate and lesponsible dutiea impoaed upon him by lh Uonatituduu and the lawe by ab.lainiug froui adopting tha tneaeurea In dicated in your Excellency's application ; at alt eveiiti, until it aball have appoared I that the State authorities are inadequate to preeerve the public peace, and until hie interposition ia called for by the Legisla- I lure of the State, according to the OoneliJ tulion and the law, or lln impractibility ol convening that body made certain. With regard to the circumstance men tioned by your Kicellency of certain offi c-era of (Jovernuienl being preaent at llar riaburg, and acting aa active leadera of the utob, the President has directed inquiry to be made into the facta, and your Excel lency may he assured thatjustire shall be I done in the premises Very respectfully, I your uiosi obedient servant. J. R. POIM*KTT. Hit Excellency Joseph Kitner, Governor of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa. WHEN ROGUES KALI. OCT, ET CETKBA. There is * fued in Giant • Senatorial any* the World, and it deep en* daily in bitterness. It U led one side by Morton, on the other tide by Conkling;! Conklinf having the longo*t tail to hi* kite, but Morton bating thu* far rather the he*l of it iu the actual contort*. The secret *pring, on both tide*, U vaulting personal ambition ; each of lbs** Senator* fancying in hi* heart that he ha* a chance to be Grar.t'* attoceeatr. Morton'* hope* are rtrengthened by the utter, irretrieva ble political ruin of Colfax, who, before ; hi* fall. wa* more generally popular in the Kcpublican party than almort any ether, man in it. He would have been a formi dable rival te Morton in hi* own Slate. A* thing* look, Morton atpirea to ho the lead - j ing Woatern candidate, and the political weight of the Wert is every year increas ing The Ka*t will be divided between at 1 !ea*t two candidate*, Blaine and Conk ling and the diviaion klrengtben* tha hope* of' Morton. Blaine bid* fair to be backed by !all New England; Conk ling ha* no •trength or popularity ouuide of New York; and the local feeling of the Wert, >ioce Colfax'* disgrace, might easily con centrate on Morten, if he could make it appear that be i* not a partaker in Colfax'* *in*. Hence Morton ha*, all of a Hidden, put himself forward a* the champion and protagoairt of official purity ! Grotesque a* it may eem, be ha* cho*n this rote, and be made hi* firrt appearance on the board* in thia ingular comedy a* the t wish to break) in 100 lender a spot. It related to the confirmation of Brother-in law Ca*ey, which Morton meiely dicoun lenanced, while hi* Indiana colleague, Pratt, fioured in hot (hot. Brother-in-law Caey wa* saved, and Conkling may claim to have-carried the day, having the strong e*t "tall" in the Senate. Conkling and hi* following scout, with jeering derision, Morton*'* uew roU of put ily in election*. They *y it wa* well for Morton that he gave them no opeuing in the Caldwell cue. or they would hav* exposed him and hi* doing in carrying I ndiana and re-elect ing himself to the Senate by bribery and corruption to which Caldwell'* perform ance* in Kansas were lho*e of a corrup- baby who bad not cut hi* eye-teeth. It U almort a pity that the *c*ion could : aot continue a week or two longer to keep the caldren boiling, (lopping over it* scald- I ing filthy *cum upon the Indiana cham pion of purity, and incensing the country , with an exposure of the artounding rascal ities by which Morton ecurc &nuts futtmm of Skull Hunting— flu ild tag //"m in lib TrrtS— A t'Hrf* /Wf (h-amrnt*d With Human Hrad*. (From the Sydney Morning Herald ] 11. M S. Illaticlic, tli gun*, Court land II Simpten, left Sidney, N. M. W , on I'illi May for the South Hea lileitdi, w.lb order* to vUit at many ialaiidt, berhe de-mer tWlirrie*, and pearl Mellon* a* (MM*. (hie ; to obtain all the reliable information with regard to lirituh subject* reported murdered, th* practice ofakull hunting, treatment of inlander* employed on fi*ber let and pUnlatien*, the practice of kidnap ping, and collect information on the*# and all other subject* of internal The practice of ckull hunting U a moet barbarou* cuatom of the netlee* of the la land., who In many ceaea undoubtedly have been aaaialed by white men, brought about in the following utauner : A vewel arrive# at one ol the ialandt, end the king • Informed by the maater of the veaael that he ia desirous of trading and bartering. The enawer ia thai he hat to much cocoa nut oil, Ac., which he it willing to part with for trade gear, providing he will al low aome of hi* (Ike king'*) warrior* to take a pa**age in the vernel to *uch and •uck an island with whom they are at war. Thi* i* agreed on, and a number of tbaee to-called warrior* are embarked. On ar riving at the ialend the unsuspecting na tive*, a* u*ual, come alongtide, when tbeee to-called warrior* tuddenly attack, kill them, and cut off their head*, which ere kept and placed on peg* in their taboo tiouaua a* trupbie* ; the matter of the Vet el on hi* return teeuree the trade a* be fore promised in exchange for tobaccw, pipe*, Ac . at motl fancied and wanted by I the native*. It U but right te Mate that, although it bat been reported by the mis sionaries on these itland* that white men have attitUni in theae barbereut practice* jof tkull hunting, yet no tingle cue he* ! teen lully proved. At Itebel Itland, Sulomon Group, tbey have acuriou* mode of building hou*e* in the tree*, which U peculiar to thi* itland only. The tree village vuiied waa hu.lt on the tummit of a rocky *:eep mountain, about HOC feel above the tea, and wa* very difficult l attend ; the native path, which without a guide, could hardly have beee discerned, being slippery, and leading through a wood* thickly grown with bu*k (a, creeper t, Ac. On arriving el the tum mit of tbi* mountain, which wa* one ma** of enormous rock*, among which were growing the gigantic tree*, in the branch#* of which the hou*e* of the native* are built, the Mem* of theee tree* are perfectly tmeolh, without a branch for *omo 60 to I'JC feet. One haute wa* visited which wa* tome *evcnty to eighty feet from the ground, and the ascent vat by mean* of a , ladder, made O f aome pliable tree, or MUM very Mrong creeper, tome what resembling the vine; thi* ladder i* mad* fal tea poM within the hou*e, and can he pulled up at pleasure. The houte* are firmly and well made, capable of containing a doxen peo ple, and are u*ed at night to sleep in when threatened by their enemio*, *o at t<< guard again*t urpri*e, all of them being fortified with a number of large Monei, which the #ccu|nU throw with greet dex ' lerity and precision. At the foot of thete tree* i* the day hut, used for eating, Ac. Aloneoflhi village* on the tea *hore of itabel Itland a meet tickiy and repul sive tight presented iuelf. Ac rot* tb# door of the chief* hou* were nailed twenty-three or twenty-five human heed*, taken about three week* previously by the chief and hit follower* from tome of hit ! : fellow i.lender*. The attack ha* beer , made from the rear, a* wa* evident by lb tkulls, the flotb wa* Mill on the bona*, the I I eye* protruding, jew* broken, and the tlench frightful The bodie* cf ail theae l | men had been eaten | fAt Ufunor Island, Caroline Group, where it u doubtful if anjr while men had been for year*, u no sign of traffic wa* found, (he men wore their hair in reKular European faabion, chignon* being com monest, whicb were kept up by a comb having four teeth, lb* top part of the comb that wa* visible being carved, and the wholesurmounted with a cock'* feather, giving them rather an effeminate appear ance. At Hogolu Island*. Caroline Group, the native* were very much frightened, havfng entirely dcarried during the night the village off which the Blanche anchor ed. The nest day, teeing a number of ca j noe* collected together, a boat wa* enl to endeavor to persuade them to come along side and barter. After a time the boat ' §ucceeded in getting among them. Tbey were all quite naked, painted in ruguiar i tavage style, and the boat* loaded with •pear*. *iing>, and done*. They eventual i ly came alongside and were friendly. At St. Matthias'*, Solomon Group, no anchorage could be found. The native* came down to the beach in great number*, and teemed very ansiou* for the ve*el to stop, *h net, hut it wa* so ftili of shoals at even four j or five mile* from the land that it was dan * gerous to proceed, so had to turn back af ' ter anchoring for one night. The uativee t came off to us in very large canoes having I enormous outriggers. They were fine looking men, quite naked, not very dark I in color, and wora their hair friaxled out. The Blanche arrived at Sydney 189 day* j since leaving, during which time the ves- I scl had been over 1-1,001) miles of water, being seventy miles a day including all steppage*, anchored at twenty-five islands, and pasted close to about thirty others. The engines have made £K,671 revolu tions. and the ship's company had eight days of fresh meat and 181 of salt meat. - ♦ GEORGIA AND A PROPHET OF THE NEW DISPENSATION. Augusta, Ga., March 28.—Joseph F. Furry, a se-called prophet of "the new dispensation," wa* tried at Appling, Co lumbus Ceunty, to-day, on charge* of adultery and fornication, before County Judge Gibson. Curry came from Massa chusetts with a colony of about 290 men and women over a > jar ago, and bought lands and settled in Columbus County. They lived in tent* and held the property in common. Curry called himself "Eli jah" and "The Prophet of Jehovah"—su preme in thing* spiritual and temporal. Tho colony went en swimingly for a brief period, hut the "prophet" took too many wive*. Jealousy and insubordination en suod in the colony, and many of tho col onist* roturned to Massachusetts, being provided with free passage to the nearest seaports, either Charleston or Savannah. Finally the colony became so demoralise.!, and Curry so licentious, that the Grand Jury indicted him and his queen para mour. Curry, robed in white linen with bead and feet bare, In imitation of the Sa viour, appeared before the Court. Bis queen appeared In the same attire, with white stockings on her feet and a white bow on bar head. Speaking in hit own defence, ha maintained that men and wo men could live together without cohabit- , ing, and that by mortification and prayer they could become perfect. He repelled the charge of insanity, and displayed much erudition and familiarity with the Scrip tures. lfe said he had revelations after revelations that a new era had dawned when men and women should come out ol the natural order of things to a higher stale of purity. After speeches from the prosecution and defenca jury retired, and alter half an j hour's absence returned with a verdict !of guilty, with a recommendation to war joy. Sentence has been deferred for a lew weeks. It ia thought that the prophat and j Ida followers will be given an opportunity j to find another Canaan far away from here in which to pilch their tents. W. A. CURRY,' BOOT & SHOE MAKER C'KWTRE IUU, I*A. Would moat rcpocifully Inform the clt tuns of thia vicinity. that bo lm .LarVed ■ new Boot and Shoe Shop, and would bo thank ful for share of the public patron ! aire. Boot* arid Shoe* made to order and according to style, and warrant* hi* work la w|ual any made eUewliare. All kind* of repairing done, and charge* reaaouable. Give bint a call. frb U ly. I FURNITURE! lira nil Opening FOR 1872. AT JOHN CAMPS| MIL ROY, ! where be baa opened with a very large atock of the latest style*, both fancy and common Parlor, Chamber and Kitchen Furni ture. CHAIRS, of all kind*. All kind* of repairing dune wiab neat neat and dUpatcb barring four good wort men at the bench. I am prepared to do all kind* of cuitom work, Ana or common Thankful for pant favor*, 1 bopa by ctrict attention to business you and everybody elaa will thow smiling fee a* at my new ware room*. join CAMP. janl2.lt A. SUSSMAN LEATHER & SHOE FINDING. tin lower room, No. I. Bush block, where he keep* on hand a nock of WHITE and RED LEATHER and HARNESS. Kips and Calf Skins Freuch and City Finiah. NTH 1 N(i LEATHER, SHOE FIX DIXUS OF FTER VRE SCRIPTIOX. Haw Hides BOUGHT AND SOLD. Trunks and Valises OP ALT* KJND& RAW FURS, of all kind* bought god highest price paid. Clover and Timotliv Seed • alwav* bought and on hand*. WHEAT and ()ATS ipecially bought and the high eat Cash price paid Go to Suasman a, there you can buy cheaper than elsewhere, a* everybody knows, who ever dealt witti him. He let* no one off without a good bargain- Next door to Suasman * is the cheap dry good* establishment of Isaac Guggenneios *r. ap&.tt THE PEOPLE'S DRUG STORE. Next door to Wilaoo A Hicks' Hard ware ato re, Allegheny St., BKLLKFuXTE, PA.. R. F. Rankin & Co., (Successors to Linn A Wilton.) DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS ASD MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFF-S, VARNISHES. BRUSH- , ES. F KRFUMKRY, NOTIONS, AND FANCY ARTICLES FOR THE TOILET, Ac. for medicinal purpose*. SHOULDER BRACES, TRUSSES A SUPPORTERS in gTeat varietyj Also, Choice CIGARS AND TOBACCO, and all other articles usually hept in first class Drug Store. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFU T COMPOUNDED. tf.Uune R F.RANKIN A 00.1 BOSTON Boot & Shoe Store! A NEW ESTABLISHMENT With New 6oods & New Prices! Having determined to engage in business at thlt place, we have opened up in Room NO. o BUSH'S ARCADE, BELLEFONTE, PA., the largest. most complete and clieujiest stock of BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS, SLIP PERS, AC'., that has ever been opened up in this part of the State. At our store you can find in the Boot and Shoe line Anything Wazri, from the finest boot to the cheapest slip per, and we know if you once call and EXAMINE OUR STOCK AND PRICES. you will concede that it is to your interest to purchase from us. WE SELL AT BOSTON" RATES. Repairing Neatljr Dose. B. L. BATCHELLEK A CO. July 19tt . O. UKiXIXOKR. A, C. ItrWtll.' MILLHEIM MARBLE WORKS. New Firm—New Enterprte. DEININGER * M USHER, fSuoceetor* to (1. O. Deixixauu We would ino*t reepeotfulty inform the public that they here uken charge ofj IbU old and *urr*e*Ail oeMblUbment, and propoee u. carry on the >in* under re newed aupic*. j Tbey bare on hand, and will .make to order MONUMKNTM. OOt'CHES. TOM MS* HKADHTONKS. of any pouible dwign, and price. We UM the beet grade* of marble— ITALIAV, CARAIA, (Ahrricak Mtatuart, . ... Ht'TJ-ARDdtC., and My with perfect neturanre, "Our : work is our reference." Bhop.|*et f Bridge, llUlbrim. faprmly. J. ZELLER dr SON DRUGGISTS i No 6 Hrockcrliolf Row, bcllefonte,Pa Dealer* lu lritg, i brmlral*. Prrfkarry, Faorj t.oixU Ar., *r. Pure Wiuee and Liquor* for medical , |>urpuMM aiway. kept. may SI. 72- i y.r. ■ wiLuov rttoMaa a hkjkr. TJARDWAMK STORK!I § WILSON d HICKS, 0 Bellefontc, Pa.. IS , 1 (Bueee**or* to lawtx a WtLAOX.,) > Kofpoctiully inform tka citizen. of O Z, Centre and other countiee, that they ** < have one of the Urgent and beet *- 2 fc, letted Uck of Herdware to be found, ~ eon.Uting of Iron, Steel, Naile, * _> UoiueShoee, Axeia, Spring W*ut _j Skein. and Buaea, Complete atock ol * \-l carpenter tool* and builder* bard- O j£. ware, lock*, oil*, painu, glaat, var- |3 ni.hr*, bru.he*, cucumberpnmp*and 1r < tubing. Lamp* af ail kind*, acaiea, Z, Vutlery, 2 i~ WOOD ASD WILLOW WARE Pull line of .addlery and conch ma ker* good*, wood work for buggfacj and wagon*, plough*, harrow*, culti-j 'J vator. and grindfUmea. Looking -i US gia*MM and mirror pialee. Picture ® j name, made to order. They aLo ■* j jhave the celebrated cook Move, IS SUSQUEHANNA, £ !£ (every one warranted to give perfect 2 |F|Mti*rertioi, All kind* of parlor Z. Z Movna. We are determined to tell ? < at the lowntt price, for ca.lt, or on = abort credit—not to exceed three 2 month*. Call and tee u*. a* we take ■— pleiuture in .howing our good a < WILSON & HICKS. 2 > marl .'rtf Bellefonte, Pa. . 5 2 2 5 31 1H Grift & Flory's New Shoe Store ! AT CENTRE HALL. Tlwy have now opened, and wilt conntant ly keep on band, a *plcndid ttock of new UAITKRS, * SLIPPERS, for men, women and children, from the boat manufactorie* in Uie country, and now of fered at the Lowest Prices. BOOTS and SHOES made to order, upon ►hort notice They invite the people of Out vicinity to give them a call, a* they l will strive to merit a rhare of their pat ronage. mylOtf FURNITURE STORK. 1 boon hklow Horrxas BELLEFONTE, PA. GEORGE O'BRYAN, Dealer tn f u a ft J OE ALL KIXI3B, BEDSTE A DS. TA BLES, CHAIRS, Parlor end Chamber Seta, SOFAS, LOUNGES, BUREAUS, WASHSTANDS, WAJU) DIES. * ATT BESSES, AC. Particular Attention to Orderod Work. REPAIRISO DOSE PROMPTLY. I.\ ()F.HT4kl.\(j, la All Its Bmocbes, lIETALIC, t'ALXUT, ROSEWOOD, AXD OOIiMOX CASKETS, AI way* on Hand, and Funeral* Attended Wilt, an Elegant Hearse apfitt 'Stoves! Fire! Stov'si At Andy lieearaau's, Centra Hall, are latest and beet stoves out, be ha* just received a large lot of j Cook Stoves, the Pioneer Cook, the Eclipse Cook, the Reliance Cook. PARLORS -The Radiant Light, self-fee der, Urn* Burner, National Egg, Jewell. Ac. SguHe tells atovee a* LOW ai anywhere ia Mifflin or Centre co. • 4g TIN ANO SHEETIRON WARE The undersigned hereby informs the jcitiaeni of Pennsvalley that ne has nur hased the Tinshop heretofore carried on by the C. !!. Mfg Co., and wilt continue the same, at the old stand, in all its branch el, in the manufacture of STOVE PIPE * SPOLTIXO. All kinds of repairing done. Be has always on hand Fruit Cans, of all Bisea, BUCKETS, CUPS, DIPPERS, DISHES, AC. All work warranted and charge* reason able. A share of the public patronage so licited. AND. REESMAN, 'isepTOy Centre Ball New Clothing Store A. STERNBERG, engaged to manage for I. L. Roixens in, in the corner building, opposite Holler'* store, Bellefonte, has established a new Clothing Store where the best bargains in the county are offered. $7.50 to sls for Suits of the fin est Casslmere. HATS, CAPS and a full and complete assortment of ev ery thing in the line of Clothing. tient'i Furnishing Goods all directlv from their own manufactory. Also. Jewelry, Wnlehes, dte. They have engaged their old clerk, Mr. A. Sternberg, so well known to the people, and who will be pleased to see nis old friends, ap6tf. Piece goods of every diecription, sold low to enable everybody to have his cloth ing made to order. CE NTRE HALL HOTEL. JOHN SPANOLSR, Proprietor. Stages arrive and depart daily, for all points, north, aouth, east and west. ADAM HILD, PAINTER, offers his services to the citizens of Mifflin Centre and adjoining counties, in House, Sign and OrmmenataJ Painting. GRAINING Oak, Walnut, Maple. Ash, Mahogony, Ac. Plain and Fancy Paperbanging. Or ders respectfully solicited All line work done for other painters. Juna 7 y. NEW LlLLOvu-rtY In CHieiß rl B®* MoAlewl BeMßwe. Dr. oakux r tar Kr"nrDiwi Care InclptrWt Co® Pr.OARVIVM TAR mi* Care C.ltat ito. Dr.iiAUVi.viTA::: : : Cor* A- fbrua. Dr. CiAU • IV3 Taß WE.IXiWBB Cure lirart Di Dr. U Alt VIV* TAU Ur.ir.DlDi Care Mil® DI -Tit s#*. Dr.iiAKVI.V* T.IU IIHEDIKN Il.nruli.Vo the KJver. Dr.CAKVRt TAB UEIEPin Regulate sUhtamarh u llleMrlf Dr. (.AKVR H TAW IIEVEMEI Care ail Fctaalr WeaknrMe*. Dr. iiABVI Vfl TAR KEIEDIEN Parity the Rland. Dr. AItVIVI TAR REVBDIEh CaieDteraMNaftbeThreaL Dr. UAKIIVS TAR WEJUEDIE* Care Bronrkiti*. Dr. DAK VIM* TAU RE.VEDID Cure "Boa# CwM'arHjxyFever" Dr ClßVlim TAR REREMEi Care I.RRf Diaetawr*. Dr. DABVIVS TAB REIEPKO Can < on%ti|Mttion. Or.CtKVWI TAB REMEDIES Car* ball Whwum. Dr. UABVIIt TAB REREDID Care Uidacr Di' caiw. Dr. fiABVIIR TAB REXEDIEA Prmat(lMleniAreUawr*rr Dr. CiAUVB** TAB REREDIDI ! { I'rremt Mwlartew* Frver*. *• Dr. CARVLFi TAB REREDID Remove I'uia In thr Brca*t Dr. tiAUVIin TAB BEXEDIDB Rename Fain u the 44* or Back. Dr. UAKYIDi TAB REREDfD Are e Hupcrior Teak. Dr. UARVIVt TAB REMEDIES BeaawtkApprtlD. Dr. tiARVRR TAB REMFJME Cenrn Dee food la DAgrut. Dt . iiAW VIV* TAB BEREMEN BMkntkWrakadDrbUltaird Dr. iiABVIV* TAB BEREIMES Give Tear la h oeir hyatmt. I*. F. HYDE * GO., so ut nonuiTOß IBS Hetxmti* Arm., ,Vrw Tmrk. docltmy Furniture Rooms! J. 0. DKIJUSGKR, raapocUully inform* the citiaen* of Ctb'.m county, that he haacoasUntly on hand -nd make* to order, ail kind* ot BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SINKS, WASHSTAMDS, CORNERCUPBuARI B TABLES, Ac., Ac Hons Man* Ciaim Alvat* OS iaai Hie Atcck of ready-made Furniture later and warranted of good workmanship and .* all made under his own immediateruper<. • aion, and ia offered at rntoa as cheap aseW where. Thankful for pnat farora, ha 1011, iu a continuance of the aame. Call and eee hia ateek before purchmir