wwEßjmn —o Cttttt Hall* Ph.. 1878 TIRMS.-TH* RXPOBTBB I. P"Bl.hed AIL?, Any poraon eeadlagu* the nam M of *U new suVcribesr, with the ®*jat*wil l re ceive the Rtroßtg* oae rear free. Th legislature of Uw York pamed a local option bill last week. The Tribune enye a great many member* took advantage of requests to be e xcus d from voting to ventilate tbair idea* upon the ntriti of the bill and of tern pe ranee legislation generally. It was only after long delay in aunounciag the vote, which afforded opportunity for lobbying and drumming up votes, thai barely • sufficient number of Yeee were aecured to pam the bill. It wa currently reported, thia morning, tbat an eflort waa made by the liquor dealers to defrat a concurrence by the uee ol money ; but if auch aa attempt wa made, It foiled, and the bill BOW goes to the Gorenor for his signature The name bill, or a similar one, baa been be fore the Legislature for three years past, but has always until uow been de feated in the Senate. The country members, especially the Republicans, generally voted for the bill thia yew, although it was asserted in the debate that Its passage would drive most oftbe German Republicans out of the party. In calculating the political advantage# or disadvantages, tbey appear to have arrived at the coocluaioa that the tem perance vote was of mors value to the party t*n the German vote. Ttfe Ger mans would have been entirely satisfi ed if lager-beer had been excepted from the operations of the law ; but all at tempts to do this failed ia both Houses. The bill as passed requires a vote to he taken in all the towns and cities of the State at the next general election on the question whether license to sell liq uor shall be granted or refused—a ma jority of votes to decide the question. Where the limits of aa incorporated city are aot the same as the lowa lim its, the city is to vote separately; hot in the case of villages the vote of the town aad village together decided the question of license for both. Simon Cameron ha* had hie por trait painted upon a panel in one of the doors of the senate foreign rela tione committee room. Along ride of himself he has the portraits of twe of the most distinguished chairmen of that important committee ; these are Henry Clay and Charles Sumner. Cameron is the present Chairman, aad has the three figures so arranged as to makt his picturaglook the BMWI important and prominent of the three, and there ia only one man we know of who for a certainty thinks he is the greatest of them all, and that it Cameron himself, while all the out side world look upon him as entirely oat of place, as well ss utterly unfit for the position. But if Cameron can not make himself prominent by any ability be shows in the .foreign affairs committee, he can certainly stone for it and satisfy his vanity, by making paint do for him door panel, what brains lack him in statesman ship. We think the senate should have the foces of Clay and Sumner wiped out, as tbey are disgraced by the com pany they have been forced into, and in their plead might be pot something like the following appropriate side dishes : A scene showing old owl-aose in the act of swindling the Winnebago Indians. Bags of gold showing bow the habitual briber fixed Mallear, Lebe and Wagoaseller, with,the portraits of these bribe-takers. A picture of hie car-ride with Mr. Boyer, when he agreed to pay him $25,000 to vote for him for U. 8. Senator. The are a dozen other little ex tras, of the same character, in the life of Mr. Cameron, which might bo painted around the margin, and which woold tell the true onto re and history of the man. Simon Cameron along side of Clay and Bummer ! how ridiculous! It's a slander upon those men. The constitutional convention, as will be seen in another eolnma, adopt ed a section which abolish#* the office of associate judge. Thia week's horrors opened with the following headings: Murder in New York City Mysterious Murder ia Maine ;—Riot and on* MM killed ia Bending;— Brutal Outrage and Mur der ofa young girl in Putnam co., N. Y.; —Murder in New Hampshire. How much longer this list of vio lence will be by Saturday evening, God only knows. GOT. Dix baa not yet signed the bill—he wants lager beer exempted from the operation of the act. Lager bibr is harmless, and we think that it should hate been exempted from tho local option act in our own State. < President Grant haa received a "temperance bleesing" from Philadel phia. Weil, a man who haa taken aa much old rjre as be baa, wont refuse the "bleating," eure. So many members of Congress having returned to the treasury the increase of salary, the oeuatry is now waiting to hear from Gea. Grant in the matter. Grant has not yet signi fied hie intention to return to the United States Treasury Jat the close of bis present tans the #IOO,OOO which wan his share of the salary grab. His signature made that scandalous bill a law. Ha profited #IOO,OOO by wri ting bis name juft ones. WILL NOT DOWN. On the Bth day of April ay the Pitts burg Port. Mr. Orvi* of Center county charged in hi* place in theliou*e, at liar riiburg, that there wa* a defalcation upon the pert of the Radical official* in this State, amounting to the extraordinary *um of nearly three million* of dollar*. Thi* •peech ha* been published at length tti many paper* in the State, the Po*l among other*,and ne effort ha* been made to meet the very *eriou* charge it embod os ; the idea of the politician* who in*pire the Radical pre** evidently being to let the charge die out under a well arranged •ilence. Thi* game will not win. The amount alleged to have been stolen i* rather to*' large to be permitted to *ink quietly and forever into the pocket* of the honest men whe are u*pected of having appropriated it; and we call upon the Commercial -the property of two Stat* of flcUkls—to devote touto attention to rap) tin the Huts upon which Mr Orvi* ha* baaed hi* charge*. Taking Curtin's last message for author ity it eppeart that on the Dt day of Decem ber. IM6. thv Stat® debt amounted t#s3&,. 622,052.16, th* item* #f which are fUrnith *d ia that official paper. Three hgu re* of Gov. C, are horn out by the official re perl* of John F. Hartranfr, the Auditor General aad of Wm. H. Keiublr, the then State Treasuier. In February 186? the new Governor, Geary, signed an Act ef Assembly author ising a ail per cent loan of SM,OOU,<)OO in order to take up over-due bond* bearing Ive per cent later*#!--thu* increa*tug the liabilities of the State $290,000 a year an* per cent upon the S23,IMMMU Dor ing that year the turn of $26,918,829.89 wa* paid on th* public debt, $1,794,644,- JO of which wa* paid out of th* sinking fhnd and. $19,134,185, 88 out of the twenty-three million loan—leaving of that loan $&,8?5,814 91 still to be applied Gov. Geary ia hi* message of January IMS state* the debt to be $37,704, AO, 77 aad he repeat* thi* a* the *uui of th* debt ia hi* third annual massage ; and follow* thi* by the *tat#m*nt that up to Nov 80, IM9 *4.899.868 SI had been paid, and that the total debt on that day wa* $32,* 814,540 96. la hit fourth net**** Geery tay* that onJan. 15, 18(7 the debt wa* 53?,- 704.eW.77 that $6,592,748 87 ha* been paid up t* Nov. 90,1871); and in hi* last atessag* he tay* that during hi* *ia rur the payment* had amounted to $10,992,- 622 54 or 29 per cent on the debt Mil wa* on Dec. 1, 186f1~547,704,409 77. Her* we And Geary saying tbat he found the debt to be $37,704,409 77 when he be gan hi* first term ; when Curtin and Hart ranft, and Kemhle—the Governor, the Auditor General, and th* Stat* Treasurer, all unite in officially Mating it to have been $35,822.005 16 Geary report* tbat $lO, 990,662 54 had been paid during hi* sis year* ; which if Curtin and Hartranfl and Kembla were correct, should have made th# debt now $24,659,389 62 in tead ol $27,906,494 64 a* he report* it to be What has become ef th* $2,674, lUi 02 th* difference between these twe sum* * Th* N. Y. Tribune give* the following illustration* oftbe "Retrenchment and Raform ' promised by the Republican par ty : How well the party and the President have fulfilled their promise* ef reform, perhaps Mr. George W. Cartis can answer as well as any one. How mnch the party has used its power ia carrying forward measure* of retrenchment is partially illu strated la th* very suggestive cempilation puhlithed herewith showing th* office* created and salaries increased by the last Congress. A larger number of these offi ce*, as will be seen by th* roll, are lest by the terms of tn* hills creating them, in such indefinite shape that the amount by which the salary roll is increased cannot be stated but the increase ia salaries *>ide from these foot* up $1,252,657. The trust ful voter who believes the "Christian sta tesmen ' when they promise retrenchment aad retorm en the stump aad in the pre**, will find lood tor reflection in these figure*. This amount of increase in saiarie* he will bear in mind is not a tingle grab of a mil lion and a half, like that by which Con gress lately signalised its devotion to prin ciple. That was a matter of a single Item that had only to be charged over to profit aad loss for the people to pay once and be rid of. But here is a perpetual burden upon the peopl*. It is as if the national debt had heea increased by over twenty-five millions for which five per cent* bad been issued. Nay, more, it is a debt that can never be redeemed Government salaries go only one wsy—up always ; and this amount must be paid always annually from tbie time forward. It is aa increase of th* national debt by ever twenty-five millions in such form that th* interest must be paid forever with no power to pay the principal or wipe out the obligation. It is a pleasing popular fiction that this is retrenchment. It bath somewhat of the flavor of such Civil Service Reform as gives us Casey and Newman and Sharp* ; ef such a humanitarian Indian policy a* the Modec war illustrates; of such honest administration as compounds all felonies against government for a fraction of the fruits and fine* an importer e quarter of a million for mistake* by which the Govern ment came near toeing 14 million; of such a policy of reconstruction as furnishes tw* government* to a State, by the use of Fed eral machinery to uphold a usurpation, ef tuck a plan of developing the resource* ef the South a* brings all th* land under the hammer of the tax-gatherer and{*nrich es a parcel of peanut seller* and barten ders, who support the National Adminis tration, and administer the State finance* ; ef a wise and dignified foreign policy which send* peddling politicians to disgrace us in the meet retail, picayunite, corner-grocery way before all nations at Vienna ; ef a self sacrificing devotion to th* interest* of the country tbat adjourns th* Senate with dis ordet and bloodshed impending, which it* action might prevent and which scatter* President and Cabnieton pleasure trips all over the country in the midst of com plications oftbe most serious moment; of n purification of politics represented by the stuffing of ballot-boxes and the parden of repeaters; of an elevation of the tone of public men illustrated by the President in ■is companionship with Thomas Mrupby and Henry Clews; ef a loyalty which censorts with Mosby and denounces Sum ner ; of n sincerity of conviction which take* Butler as leader and turns daaf ears t* Hnwiey; ef an integrity that carries Credit Mobilier and lies about it; ef a Christian statesmanship tbat see* n* dis honesty in sitting in a Senate where seaU are sold almost at public vendue, and man legislate for great corporations from which they have received general retainers.— There's something of tbat sort af flavor in this buisnes* of retrenchment. THE SEW CHICAGO. It U characteristic, perbsps, of the American irreverence, which sees the ri diculeus aspect of everything in this world, end tinds e sub-flavor of hunsor in every stery, he it of suffering, ef heroism, of gallent enterprise, or of stupendous ecfaieveaaent, thet we never think ofj Cbicego without the temptetien to indulge in e joke. The greet mirecle of e metropo lis rising out of the prairie in the life of e single, generation impreeees us, of course, ee strongly es it does the rest of mankind, end in our secret hearts we ere immense |ly proud of the career ef the lusty young city en the shores ef Lake Michigan, end perhapea little envious, toe, of its strength its enterprise, end its ingenuity. Never tbeless, gastern citisens cannot help laughing a little at prosperity which I —— all the bounds of reason, and rest less activity which borders upon the gro tesque. There is somethin absurd in abnor mal rapidity of growth, whether it be of e long-limbed hoy or e prairie metropolis. Whan Chicago was devastated by calam ity ee lemarkahle as ell its previous histo ry, we watched the aftoaUhing process of it* reconstruction with mingled wonder end amusement, P*leco started out ol th# stilt hunting ember*. Commerce to doubled it* venture* before the m#rchiii4 oould count their losses, The *he* were put out of tight be lore they were cold ; end i when the smoke lifted we *w the new elty already half built, nnd nn nrtny of minont and carpenter* working away for dear life upon the rining wall* Nobody wetted a moment in lamentation over the destruction of the la'ior* of a lifetime The •truggle a< w ho hould get hi* new houe dene !lrt, and w hoe hott should be the IBNL The eld Chicago wa* the growth of fotiy year*. The new one i the giawth of two And now that it i* *o far advanced that the iplendor of it* great w areli ou*ea, the •tupendou* proportion* of it* hotel*, tin elegance of it* home*, the beautiful i*l* of it* avenue*, begin U produce an rfi'eiq the whole country i invited to ss.tniblt by the lake >ide in Juna. and rejoice over' the renovation t\ e cannot doubt that the Jubilee will bato a Ueuiclidou* ue cev*, It I* the celebration of practical en lerprUe and mercantile iiiHgnid,-euce li it at ence a prolonged and gloridcd boa*t. and a *hout oftelf gratulalion that will be heard front the Rock Mountain* to the Atlantic. Thousand. vf traveller* will hall there to *ee what thi* eairaordinary city U like, which ha* raited it*elf out of the cinder* in let* time than the munici pality of New York take* to huihi a foun tain ; and thousand* will watch with curi ous interest a festix al which illustrate* u well the *pirit of the people, and lit* o well the ocossion that called it forth. There i* to be a concert in the bigge*t hall in the world, and a ball in the biggest hotel. Appropriately enough, the hall i* a railway depot, and we are told that all the railway* will co-operate in the celebra tion. Even the locomotive* will join their voice* to the general paten, and "tug ' whittle* and other novel fratu*e ola "similarcharacter will be introduced a* a "background to the instrumental effect*. What the intrumeuul effect* arc lobe i* perhap* *ufficiently indicated by the announcement tbat the comtui.teo have secured Mr. P. S. Gilmo-e, with it monster band, batteries of artillery, and unnumbered anvil*. A large delegation of "Governor* of State* included within "the ganglia of Chicago rai'read line* , a committee *uppo*ed to be the biggest ever put together; a quadrille that shall take in more dancer* than ever before •heok toot together under a single rx>f; and a supper surpassing in dimension* every culinary aihiercmeut of which there U any record these are torn* of the other attraotioa* of the amaaiug Jubilee wbo*e noise i to roll across the prairie and the lake on the oth and -th of June Whatever we utay think of ome of it* feature*, it will be a'hearty demonstration, and quite a* great a curiosity in it* way a* the Lake Tunnel or even the Garcea City iuelf Tri&uni TIIE CASE OF STO KES. Albany, N.Y. May 13. —Mr. Perrin Clerk of the Court of Appeal*, tli* morning sign ed the writ issued by Judge Brady staying the proceedings in the rate of Edward S. Stoke*. Tbit will bring the rate immedi ately before the Court of Appeal* . and> it require* only fourteen day* noti -e under the rule* of the Court to bring a case on for bearing, the case will no doubt be heard and decided before the Court take* it* recess in June. SHAD IN CALIFORNIA WATERS Mr. Seth Green's experiment of trans planting shad from the Hudson River to Pacific water* has proved successful and fish of the sort have been caught in the Bay of San Francssco fit for the table. In June, 1871, Mr. Green, by order of the Fish Commissioner* ot California took 10,000 young shad from the Hudson and dc|x*it ed them in the upper water* of the Sacra mento. They spent the flr*t year in the bay and river and now when coming in are caught by the fishermen. They are the first shad ever taken in California wa ter* 1 _ . Postal Cards. The Third Assistant Postmaster General, Mr. E. W. Barbor, has given notice that, the uecessary appropria tion baring been made for the purpose, the Department will, on the first of May next, commence the issue to post masters of the postal cards authorized by the act of June 8,1872. The card adopted is fire and one eighth inches in length and three inch es in width, and is made of good, stiff paper, watermarked with the initials U. 8. P. O. D. in monogram. The face of the card is engraved, surround* 1 ed by a border in scroll work one- I eighth of an inch in width. The one cent stt.mp printed on the upper right hand corner is from a profile bust ol the Goddess of Liberty, looking to the left, and surrouuded by a lathe-work harder, with the words "U. S. Postage" inscribed above and "one cent" below. On the upoer lett hand corner are the words "United States Postal Card," with directions to "write the address only on this side, the message on the other." Underneath, and occupying the lower half of the canl, are ruled lines on which to write address, the top line being prefixed with the word "To, —." The back of the card, inteuded for the communication, is entirely de void even of ruled lines. In color, the body of the card is light cream, the printing velvet brown. No variation in size, shape, color or in any other par ticular will be made from the regular style to accommodate special cases; nor will the Department do any print-, ing on the card beyond the engraving specified in the description. Postal cards will be sold for one cent each, neither more nor less, whether in large quantities or in small. The object of the Postal Cards is to! facilitate letter correspondence and : provide for the transmission through the mails at a reduced rale of postage of short communications, either print ed or written in peucil or ink. They may therefore he used for orders, invi tations, notices, receipts, acknowledg ments and other requirements of busi ness and social life, and the matter de sired to be conveyed may be either in writing or in print, or particular in both. In their treatment as mail mat ter they are to be regarded by post mas ters the same as sealed letters, and not as printed matter, except that in no case will unclaimed cards be sent to the , Dead Letter Office. An ordinary printed buisness card may be sent through the mails when ' prepaid by a one ceut postage stamp attached ; but such can] must contain absolutely no written matter except ' the address, otherwise it will be treut- ' ed as not fully prepaid, and refused ' admissions into the mails. All cards different from those herein I described bearing embossed or printed postage stamp# and purporting to be United States postal cards are counter-' feit, and the manufacturer of such, cards or the attempt to use the same will subject the offender to a One of 1500 and imprisonment for five years. (Sec. J7B, Postal Code.) Postmasters will not, under any cir cumstances, be permited to reduce or exchange |>osta) cards that may be mis directed, spoiled in printing or other wise renderd unfit for use in the hands of private holders. The Depatrment will not furuish less than five hundred cards on the or-j der of a postmaster. Individuals de siring postal cards will purchase them J of a postmaster, as in no case can they obtain them upon their application to| the Department. ' A KANSAS HORROR! An Am In I Kcvrlnllon. />iroivry of i Murderer * l>rn Con taining Eight I ictims. The Kansas t'ity (Mo.) Tituos con- J tains the followig act-mint o! a dread-j Itil ntlsiir already alluded to in our telegraph columns : \\ hat follows iu its facts may read like the recital of some horrible dream, wherein night mirrors upon lite distempered hraiu a couutlrsa number of monstrous and unnatural things, vet what is set down in tlm narrative is as true as the sun : On the Ulh of March, l>r. W. H. York, the brother of that other York, famous now for his |ie-uetration of the 'guilty secirts of l'otneroy and hi* be 'travel iu the supreme moment of the Senatorial crisis of the trusts confided to his ktcping—left Fort K-ott, on horseback, for bis home in lndr|ieud ence, Kansas. lie did not come home. Ill* fin-nds watched aud waited |or him, hi* family prayed and jpraved f.r hint, the talk of the town dealt day alter day with him, expec ' latinti at last decpeuetl tulo downright eat neelnc** about him, until on the 'JSih of J/arch the Lawrence Tribune] I gave a btiel account of tbe mysteri ous disappearance. All at ouce there after all the paper* in the State took up the tale of his journey, of hi* uon arrival, of the fear* of foul play, and of all the little detail* ami circum stances that might go to hnw that be had been murdered. Tbe most thor ough search known to futile skill wa* at once commenced. Hi* neighbor* iturned out en uu*e. lli* brother, Col. A. M. Yuri, rested ueilher day .{nor night in bis labors, but followed what seemed to bim a trail with the tenacity of Indian and the devotion of a aiut. He was traced to Cherry vale, but no further. Cherry vale is a 1 smalltown on the Leavenworth, I-uw renee aud flatveslon tai.road, aud is in latbette county, about fifty miles from the southern liue of the Slate. To the south of Cherry vale vou.e two miles or less, stands a frame house, having in front a large room, where uieal* were erved, and a rear sleep iing room, furnished with two beds aud ' some scant additional furniture lie aides. Williamouil Thomas Homier live.! iu (hi* lifturo with their wive#. To the right of tile dwelling house wins an out house, and in the rear was an en rioted garden of |K>asihly two acre*. The search firmed to end suddenly at Cherry vale. Suspicion, ifever en- It itaiued. fell upon no one. There were various surmises, conjectures and expressions of opinion. W IU. liender, the eldest of the brothers, had a wife who was a Spiritualist The balance of the Henders called her a medium. The ueighbors, a she devil. She was fortv-two, with iron gray hair ragged at the ends and thin over her temples. Her eyes were steel-grav and hard. All the household feared iter, dreaded her, obeyed her, and as the sequel proves, did the devil's work for her beyond all the atrocious devil's work ever done in Kansas. Time weul slowly by, and a man tidiug in one day from the prairie saw no smoke arising front {lender's chim ney. The windows were down, the doors were closed, there was no sign of lile any where. This man, bowev ever, in riding bv a pen to the left of the house, saw n dead calf iu the lot, and, upon further iuvestigmtion, and with the practical eyes of a practical farmer, used in gueasing the weight of live stock upon the hoof, he knew that the calf had died of starva tion. Then the truth came, as an over flow cornea ofteu to a Kansas creek, r all of u sudden and overwhelming , Such a death suggested flight, flight meant guilt, and the nature of the guilt was surely murder, llegallop ped into Cherry vale and related what jhe had seen. The town aroused it- I self. A parly was organised instant- Iv and set out for the Bender mansion. Then it was rcmemlwred that about two weeks before this—say some (•: where near the 24th of April —Wil- , liain Bender had sold to some persona . either in or near Cheryvale, a watch, some clothing of flue character, two mules, and, perhaps, a shot gun or , two, and some pistols. How did he , come by these? If the dead could | speak the question might be readily answered. The party from Cheryvale arrived. ■ The front room of the house was care fully searched. Then came the back | room. The beds were removed. In • his flight the elder Benner hud left , everything untouched. Not even the , doors were locked, though such had been the reputation of the ibe-detril that the premises stood as safe from ( intrusion as if protected by a devil in reality. After the beds had been re | moved one of the party noticed a slight depression in the floor, which, upon closer examination, revealed a trap door upon hinges. This was im- ! mediately lifted up, and in the gloom a pit outlined itself, forbidding, cav ernous, uuknown. Lights were pro cured and some of the men descended. They found themselves in an abyss r-haned like a well, some six feet deep and about Ave feet in diameter. Here and there little damn places couldjbe seen as if the water had come up from the bottom or beeu poured down from above. They groped about over these snotches and held up a handful to the light. The ooze smeared itself over their palms and dribbled through their fingers. It was blood. The party had provided themselves with a long sharp rod of iron which they drove into the ground in every direc tion at the bottom of the pit, hut nothing further rewarded the search, and they came away to examine the i garden in the rear of the house. Af ter boring, or prodding, as it it were, for nearly an hour, the rod was driven down into a spot, and when it was withdrawn something that looked j! like matter adhered to the poiut.'l Shovels were at once set to work, and i in u few moments a corpse was uncov- t cred. It had been bnried upon its' face. The flesh had dropped away ' from the log*. There ku no coffin, no winding sheet, no preparation for the grave, nothing upon the body hut nn old shirt, torn in places and thick with damp and decay. The corpse win tenderly disinterred, and laid upon its hack in the full light of the soft April sun. One look of horror into the gastly face, festering and swollen, and a dozeu voices cried out in terror: "It is Dr. York !" And it was. He had been buried in a shallow hole, with scarcely two feet of dirt over him. Had he been murdered, and how ? They examined him closely. Upon the back of his head and to the left and obliquely from his right ear. a terrible blow had been given with a hammer. The eku 11 had been driven into the brain. Stroug men turned uway frout the sickening sight with a shudder, Oth ers wept. A coffin was procured for Dr. York's body, aud his brother, utterly overwhelmed, sat by the ghastly re- ii'Mtm m on* o|K)M whom ihe hand of dentil had l>'<- laid. He could not he comforted. Hut the horrible work waa not vat com pitted. The irou rod waa again I put in irtjuiaitiou, until aix mora grave* were diacovned, five of which contained each a corpae, and the sixth I containing two, an old man and a lit tle girl. Some were in the laat atagee lof ilecompoailioii, and other*, not ao , far gone, might have been identified if any among the crowd had known them In life. Coffins were provided for all, aud again *ai the search renewed It wa pa*t midnight when our iuforiu unt lell. but three more grave* had btwil dicovered, each suppuaod to contain n corfwe, although they* bad not been opened. The whole coun try i arouacd. Courier* and tele gram* have beru aent ill every direc tion with deacriptiuna of the Header*, aud it ia not thought possible that they can racatH' With the crowd at llit- grave wn a man named Brock mnii who waa aup|ioeed to know some J thing about the murder* Furious ' men laid hold upon him at once and strung him up to a beam in the houae. Ilia coutortiona were fearful. Hie eye* slatted from their aocketa, and a livid hue came to hia face that waa ap nailing. l>eath wn wilhiu reach of him when he waa cut down. "Coo feaal Confewa!" they yelled, but he said uothing. Again be waa jerked from Ida feel, and again waa the struug lu.il y con visaed with the death throe*. Again resuscitated, he onoe more refused to open hia mouth. He , Jul not appear to uudeiatand what was wanted of him. The yelling {crowd, the mutilated aud butchered dead, the flickering and swirling 1 torches sputtering in the night wiotf, . the *l. rn, set laces oi hi* execution era, all, all passed before him aa a dreadful phantasmagoria which daaad , hiiu and struck him apvechleas. For . the third time they swung him up, . and then hi* heart could not be felt to , beat, aud there war uo puiae at bia arista "lie ia dead." say said. Hut , he nored to subdue the flames were obliged 0 seek shelter in an adjoining woed, as ths tones, debris, etc thrown from the pit'i nouth at each explosion were being soat ercd around in all directions, and threat nd instant destruction or injury to every me within reach. About 11 o'olook this afternoon theae ex ilosions weio followed by one which foi terrific violence and destructive force 1 warfed all tho rest All the wooden rorks in and about the main slope were m-tantly destroyed. Stones, wood, and mrning embers were driven high into the lr smoke, flame and horrible noises ao ompanying the explosion giving the be iolder a vivid idea of a volcanic eruption, 'hose who witnessed it described it as re ciubling that more than anything else, he violence of the explosion. The peep le iving at WestvHU arid Stellarton were ?bo earth for mile around was shaken with vary much frightened a* Ih.ty hnaw not how far the disaster would extend or how toon such sn explosion would occur. Since 2 o'clock this morning the firs hat contin ued to hum. Plans** ar* issuing frem all tbe air shaft*, although not to intents at lhay wars last svanlng. Laborer* ara now energetically at work Ailing up the shaft* with clay. By this menus they bar* so far succeded.in subduing tha Aames that hopes ar* entertained that tha worst danger is over unlets another enptosion takes piece. On# oi the air shaft* it now drawing the sir, and this renders the aiulation very pre carious. It was feared that the Are would spread into Acadia Mina, which adjoins tha Druiumond Colllary, but evary qrscauliou having been lakan'to guard against such a danger, no apprehensions are felt at the Acadia Works. The scenes in and around the villages are saddening Wastvllle and tha village at the Druuimond Colliery are in mourn ing. The shop* ar* closed and au work is J being done, 14en aud women wander about in groups their saddened countenances be tekeniug the great grief that has befallen tbeui No pen can correctly picture the her re wing scene* of yesterday, when lb* terrible truth we* conveyed to the mourn ing wives, sisters, and trieud* of those who w*r* so suddenly hurled into eternity. People rushed frantically toward the scene ef tbe disaster. Tbe utmost excitement prevailed, and fur bour* It wa* impossible le ascertain who ware or were not it the mine. Women, many ef wham had bus bands, brothers, and sens working in the colliery, mads tha nil dismal with their crying. Alter the explosion yesterday, four men volunteered to descend into tb* downcast air shalt for tha purpoaa of attempting a rescue. Tbey wera blown up by tha see oiid'explosion which immediately followed one of them, a miner named Edward Burn was driven into tbe air a distance of 100 feet and fell into the wood near by, where bit dead body wa* picked up this morn ing. About 46 of tbe men lost were mar ried, all of whom leave families to mourn their 'tad fete It wa* tbe first day in tbe mines for sonic ( of the unfortunate men Several ol tbe unmarried who bad lately begun work be longed to Cumberland County. Every person here speak* in the highest terms off tbe bravery displayed by the'managet. Mr Dunn, iu deacending to the mine after the first explosion, and thus sacrificing hi* life to sava others. Much sympathy is'ex prooeed for his barsavoJ wife. The land indaed may be said to be filled witb lam entation and mourning. Nearly every family bare luat some relatiou or friend by Ibis terrible calamity. There are many roason* given tooccoun fur the disatlrr, but the direct cause is at tributed to the stoppage of work at the minr* and the rapid accumulation of go*. Whether proper care and procaution were exercised during the steppage in looking after the mine are fact* which will be de-' lermined upon otteial inquiry. BORDER LIFE A Fight with Indiana —A Brave Girl Sao Francisco, May I*.- Advices from Ariaoaa stela that Uoiled Steles troop* captured lh Apache chief whs murdered fire squaws, aad were about Ui hang bim, but Gen. Crook order ed that he be seal le Fort A lea Iras ia tbe harbor of Saa Francueo Three compa nies of troops have been ordered lrorn Ari sena |o ihs Modoc country. A dispatch from Portland, Oregon, yes terday, says five Indians attacked tbe bouse of James Harrisen, eight miles from Walla Walla. He refused to give ibe In dians tobacco aad tbey knocked the door down. Mr. Harrison defended himself aad daughter with a He knock* ed two of lb# Indians down and was strug gling wilb the third when his daughter caaie to the|rescue and knocked tbe In dians down with an ase. The neighbors heard the outcries and came to their re lief. Harrisoa and his daughter captured three of tho Indians whe are ia jail. The two ether Indians escaped. A HORRIBLE SPECTACLE. Tbe Rope Breaks at an Execution and the Criminal ia Hung Up a Second Tim*. A sharking sight was witnessed at lh< x rcution of George Lea, a negro, Yanery villa, N. C., on the 3th inst. It is thus de scribed by a correspondent : Us mounted tbe step* to tbe drop with a Arm and steady tread, and. being asked by the sheriff if he bad anything to say, he addreaaed the crowd, warning them par ticularly against whiskey, which, with tbe promptings of the devil, he alleged, had brought him there to day. He admitted his crime ; slated he had made his peace with hit maker through the intercession of Jesus Christ, and aarnestly exhorted all present to lead good lives and meet him in heaven. He said, "I met with bad fortune The crime was wreng, hut the law is right I have nothing egainst this man that is going to kill me: I love him end I love everybody. Good by to you ell." The fatal moment now approaching, the sheriff proceeded to pinion him at the ank les, when in a broken and tremulous voice he called leudly, Mar** Tom I Oh ! Mar sa Tom ! Oh, Marsa Tom 1 Ooodhy ! good by I I'm about to diet Oh, Marsa Tern. I love you! Fergive me. and meet me in heaven!" A white cap was then drawn ever the features of the condemned man. For a moment he stood an Awful Looking Spectacle on the drop. At twenty minutes of two p. m., tbe drop fell with a loud crash ; an exclamation of horror came from the crowd; the rope had broken, and the body of George Lea was dashed to the ground, quivering in the agonies of death. The rope was promptly loosened and the neck, though not broken, was turned atifftto one side a* he writhed in the greatest torture. He was asked if he felt hurt, to which he replied, "Yes, very badly hurt." A New Rope was soon brought, the noese was quickly made, and placed again on the condemned man's neck, and once more he was stand ing a living spectre on the drop. He cried oul"Geodbyt" again to the crowd. Nine minutes te two p.m. there, was another crash ; the body fell fblly five, leet seven inches. But this time it remain ed suspended, swinging round with great velocity, and tho sheriff steadied tbe rope, and then the body was drawn up two or throe timas convufaively, and after some slight twitchiags of the hands and lower limba. the body, at twenty-three minute* past two, was cut down. There was mo tion of tha heart twenty minutes, and the soul of George Lea was ia eternity. The| great firmness and courage with which h* walked on the scaffold the second time elicited the admiration of every body. CONSTITUTION A L CONVENTION Philadelphia, May 15, 1873. In yesterday afternoon's session, the twen ty-sixth section of Judiciary report was adopted as ameuded, oa motion of Mr. Purvianoe, of Alleghany. It provides that eaoh county containing thirty thousand inhabitants shall constitute separate Ju dicial districts te elect one Judge, the Leg islature to provide for additional judges as the business of said district may require. Counties containing a population less than is sufficient te constitute separate districta are to be formed into convenient single districts, or if neeeesary, may be attached to contiguous distircts, as the Legislature may provide. The section abolishes the office of Asso ciate Judge not learned in the law, except is counties not forming tope rate districts, but the several Associate Jqdgos in otQce upon tho adoption of the New ponstitution are to serve out their unexpired terms. Tho section was agreed to as stated ; also the succeeding section, requiring all lawsi relating to courts to bo general, and o f uniform application, and to secure uni formity In power*, etc, of courts of tbe tame class Tne Constitutional Convention, In (torn miUee of the Whole, on Tueaday last, by a v to of 42 aye* tot" none, adopted the fol lowing provision authorising cumulative voting In the election of judge*: "War. Ift. In all elections of Judgot when avar two or mora are u ba elected fur tbe same term of service,each voter shall have as many votes as there are Judges to be rite* ted and may give all bis votes to a smaller number of persons than the whole num ber to he chosen, and tbe candidate* high est in veto shall be declared steeled." GIVEN AWAY. A Fine German Chromo We acini an elegant t'hrinno, mount ed aud iwady for framing, free to every Agent for OK LIFE BELOW THE fiUKFACE* H y TH(jS. W . KNOX. U42 Pages Octavo. ISO Pine Engravings. Relet** Incident* and Accident* beyond the Light of Day; Startling Adventure* in all parts of tne World ; Mine* and If ole Working thorn ; Under-currents 01 Society , Gambling and it* Horror* ; Cav ornt and thoir Hysteria*; The Dark Way of Wickedness ; Prison* and their Secret*, Down in the Depths of the See; Htrangi Stories of the Detection of crime. The book trusts of experience with brigand*, night* in opium den* and gamb ling balls ; Ills in prison; fsU.rte* of exits* , adventures among Indians ; journey, through Hewers and Catacombs ; accident* in mines , pirates and piracy; tortures ot tbe inquisition ; wonderful burglaries ; un derworld of tbe great alias, etc,, ntr. AGENT* WANTED for this work. Exclusive territory given Agent* can make f 100 a week in selling this book. Hand for circulars and terms to agent*. J. B UUKK A HYDE. Hartford, Conn , or Chicago. 111. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! A. W GRAFF, iCENTKE HILL, CENTRE OO„ PA, f lis* just received a large invoice of Spring Goods ! Consisting of the best assortment of * READY-MADE CLOTHING! 'dress goods. GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, BOOTS A SHOES. HATHA CAPS, AND FANCY ARTICLES, ever brought to Potter twp. Also, a large assortment of CARPETS! LOWEST ASH PRICES! Produce taken in exchange at highest market prices. A. W. GRAFF mytt-ly. THE PEOPLE S DRUG STORE. Next door to Wilson & ilicka' Hard ware atore, Allegheny Hi., UKLLKFONTK, PA , E. F. Rankin 6c Co., (Successors to Linn Jt Wilson.) DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES, CHEMICALS. PAINTS. OILS. DYE STUFFS. VARNISHES, BRUSH ES. IKRFI MKRY, NOTIONS, AND FANCY ARTICLES FOR THE TOILET, Ac UOflU for medicinal purpose*. SHOULDER BRACES, TRUSSES A SUPPORTERS in great variety? Also, Choice CIGARS AND TOBACCO, and all other articles usually hepl in first class Drug Store. PRESCRIPTIONS CAKKFU Y COMPOUNDED. ; tf.liune It f RANKIN A CO. BOSTON . Boot * Shoe Store! A NEW ESTABLISHMENT With New Goods & New Prices! Having determined to engage in business at thi> place, we have opened up in Room NO 5 BUSH'S ARCADE, BELLEFONTE, PA., the largwt. moat complete and cheapest stock of BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS,SLIP PERS, AC., that has ever been opaned up in this part of the Slate. At our store yon can find in : the Bout and Shoo line Aiyifciag Ytu Y/u/jt, from the finest boot to tbe cheapest slip per, and we know if you once cell and EXAMINE OUR STOCK AND 1 PRICES. you will concede that it is to your interest to purchase from us. WKNELI. AT HUSTON It ITF.N Its-pairing cully Horn-. B. L. BATCHKLLKK J6 CO. July mr. NEW HAROARWE STORE MILLHEIM Pa. W. J. MCMAKIOAL of Miiro.v has Start ed a branch Store in Millheim where he intends keeping a full line of Hardware and Cutlery, IEOS, MAIL*, OILS, !'AtX'TS. V ARXISIIKS, ULASS AND PI'TTY, also a full line of Wallpspers and Borders The Store will bo in the charge of his clev er and obliging clerk James Montgomery. Centre County, Farmers, Mechanics and others call and examine goods, and compare prices- Jim is a clever fellow and will do all in his power to accommo date you ALSO: Do not forget THE OLD STAND AT MILROY, where you will always find a full Stock to select from and prices to Suit the times. Being vpry thankful for the patronage and many favors shown tne by inv Centre county friends, I still solicit iheir patron age aud 1 will guarantee to give satistac tion in every way-Goods will sold very alose for cash. W. J. M MANIGAL. ffebao.4m. H. <. ntl*l*OM. A.CMtmMB. MILLHEIM MARBLE WORKS. New Firm—New &>terpre. DKININQKR * MVSSER, (Succeaaora to B. O. Dumtoui We would moi reapectftilly inform the public-, that they have ukm charge of till* old and aurceesftil eatablUhmenC end propoae to carry on the >ame under re ni'WfcJ autplre*. They have on hand, and will make to order MoNI'hIKNTH, OOUOCIKB. TD IIRS * II It ALSTON Kg. •"J pn*dbl* design, auUULS. (.AU'KKa A .SLIPPERS, foi men, women and children, front the be#l uianufactoriet in tha country, and now of fered at the Lowest Prices. HOOTS and SHOES made to order, upon >hort notice Thejr invite the people ol thi* vicinity to five them a call, a* they will strive to merit a share of tneir pat ronage. rnylOtf FURNITURESTORK. 1 boon BKI.OW Hurra* a BELLEFONTE, PA. (JEOJiGE 1/BRYAN, ? U R Sri? U '& Z OK ALL KINDS, lIEDBTEA lis, TABLES. ( U AIBS, Parlor and Chamber SeU, SOFAS, LOUNGES, BUREAUS, WASHSTANDS, ViXDDIU, KATTIXSIIS. he. Particular Attention to Ordered Work. REP At MSG DOSE PROMPTL Y. VXDEBTIKKIQ, In All Its Branches, MKT A Lie, VALSLT, ROBKWOOI), AND COMMON CASKETS, A1 way a on Hand, and Funeral* Attended Witt an Elegant Hearse. apstf Stoves! Fi re! Stov •s! At Andy Recsraau's, Centra Hall, are latest and best store* out, be baa just received a large lot of Cook Stoves, the Pioneer Cook, the Eclipse Cook, the Reliance Cook. PARLORS—The Radiant Light, self-fea dor, Gaa Burner, National Egg, Jeweli, dec. E%.Hc veil* store* at LOW at anywhere in Mifflin or Centre co. -4* TIN AND SHEETIRON WARE The underaigned hereby inform* the j citizen* of l'enusralley that ne ha* pur chased the Ttnshop heretofore carried on by the C. H Mfg Co., and will continue the same, at the old stand, ia all its branch en, in the manufacture of STOVE PIPE A hPOtJTIJfti. All kind* of repairing done. He ha* al way ton band Fruit Cana, of all Sixes, BUCKETS, CUPS, DIPPERS, DISHES, AC. All work warranted and charge* reason able. A share of the public patronage so licited. AND. RERSMAN, 2sep7oy Centre Hall New Clothing Store A. STERNBERG, engaged to manage for I. L. Reiaen* in, in the corner building, opposite Holer's i-tore. Beliefonte. ha* established a new Clothing Store where the best bargain* in the county are offered. $7.50 to sls for Suits of the fin est Cassimere. HATS, CAPS and a full and coiupleto assortment of ev i ery thing in the lino of Clothing. Cilent'H Furnlnhlng Hoods all directly from their own manuflsctory. Also. Jewelry, TVntehew, Ac. They havo engaged their old clerk, Mr. A. Sternberg, so well known to the people, and who will be pleased to see nil old friends. apfitf. Piece goods of every description, sold lo wto enable everybody to have bis cloth ing made to order. CENTRE HALL HOTBL. John Si>anolee, Proprietor. Stages arrive and depart daily, for all points, north, south, cast and west. ADAM HILD, PAINTER, offers his services to the citizens of Mifflin Centre and adjoining counties, in House, hlgu and Orameuatal Painting. GRAINING Oak, Walnut, Maple. Ash, Mahogony. Ac. Plain and Fancy Paperhanging. Or ders respectfully solicited. All fine work done for other painters. June 7 y. NEW DieCOvanY la cm—l anl •* *•**••* Hrlrare. Dr.OAriVIB * TAB HEr.rtjW Core Inriplewt C * t— *•. Br.tiAßVU'l TAB V.t imtK* £r* l utnr 11. pr.cAßvn iTA::::.. i.: :M Cure A Dr. oaiivdi's T*n r aim Cure IlrtrllMiriw. Dr. CABVITI TAit I.L .WW Cure h!i.e IH-r.i r . Dr. UAUVIVB T.Ai Ur'ICOIW Regulate the Liver. Dr. Ci ABVKTS T.VIX IICBSDIW Regulate tbrfMarauieh>.ad Bwwels Dr. UABVITI TAU U^IBDIBR Care all F<*Bualr Woknrwet. Dr. OJUIVIXII TAB BCREMW Purify the Blew*. Dr.UARVMt TAB RGHCMW Own Itlarwir- efllw Threat Dr. OABVIMt TAB BEXBMB Cm* Braarhklt. Dr. OABVIITS TAB BEXEMBI Cam -Bmer CeM," -HefFerrr" Dr. UiKVIIH TAB BEJIEWW Cam Laag Dtaea•<%. Dr. OAKVin TAB BEXEMW Cam ( eaetipllew. Dr. CiAltVIW* TAB REXCDIB Cam kali Bfceea. Dr.OABVni TAB.BEMBHES Care lOdaey Ptiraria. Dr. AiAßVlim TAB BKMEDtKB Piereart Chelrra A Trllww Ferrr Dr. UABVUf TAB BEXEDIB • Prevent Welertaei Ferer*. Dr. CABFITt TAB BEAEOfBI Remove Palm la (lac Brant. Dr. OABUTI TAB BEXEDIW Dr. GABVITH TAB BEXEDIW Are b haprrter Tnmir. Dr. UARVINX TAB BEXEDIW Eeetore the Apgl tlir. Dr. OABVIPS TAB BEXEDIW Oeaee the Feed • Dtgnt. Dr.OABVIXX TAB BEJiCMBB Eeetum the Wraii aad DcMlMaurdl Dr. GABVIVS TAB BEXEDIES Give Tmac le Iter IfMcm. L r. HYDE * CO.. Aout pjtorxnrrojt* I*s He net' ira, Nmm Far*. itcivnr Furniture Booms! J. 0. DKINISGKK, respectfully inform* tha ciUtoaa of Cen'.re county, that he haaoonaUsliy on hand and make* to order, ail kind* •! BEDSTEADS. BUREAUS, SIXES, WASHSTAXIM*. CORN KB CU PROA Hi r TABLES, Ac.. Ac Hons MADE CHAINS ALWAYS on IAM- Hii atcck of ready-made Furniture i* iai. and warranted of good workmanship and all made lader hi* owalmmediatetupcn - •ion, and ia effend at ratea aa cheap *i*U where. Thankful for paat faroca, he sol • iU a continuance of the eaute. Call and aoe hU stock before purrbasii elaewbere. ap24 6M* ~ Cbas. H. Held, t'lsck, Bslrkaskcr A lce i Millheim, Centre eo., Peana. Respectfully inform# hie friend* and tin public in general, that ho ha* just opened i at hi* new establishment, above Alexsc der'a Store, and keeps constantly on hand all kind* of Clock*, watches and Jewelr* of the latest style# as also the Mara*vili< Patent Calender Clocks, provided with r 1 complete index of the month, and day o, tha month and week on its free, which it warranted as a perfect tinnkmsr. m-Clock*. Watches and Jewelry re paired on short notice and warranted. aepll W;ly THE undersigned, determined to met the popular demand for Lower Prices, re ' spectrally call* the attention of the public to his stock of I SADDLERY, now ofeted at the old stand. Designed es pecially for the people and the tint-*, the lar gest and moat varied end complete assort ment of Saddle*, Haroe, Collar*, Bridle*, of every description and quality; Whips, and in fact everything complete to a first class establishment, he now efers at prices which will suit the times. JACOB DINGRS, Centre Hall IHB Li' " m "WW 1 in. 1 iißsmwiie i ■ T OHX F. POTTECAttormey at law. tf Collections promptly made and specia attention given to those having lands oi property for sale. Will draw up and have acknowledged Deed*. Mortgages, Ac. Of fice in the diamond, north tide of the c ourt house. Bellefonte. octXTtttf HBxar naocKKßuoyp," a DSBUKBI President, Cashier QENTRK COUNTY BANKING CO (Late Milliken, Hoover A Co.) RECEIVE iIEPOiSITS, And Allow Interest, Discount Notes, Buy and BsL Government Securities, Geld sad ■plO fitnr Couuoni. TAS. M'MANTTK Attorney -t L** U Belht*-.:-, .„ oatptly attends to all be mass entrusted to him. jul,*6tf DF FORTNBY, Attorney at Law • Bellefonte, Pa. Oflce over Rev nold's bank. mnyH'fißtf ■ • *. M'ALLtBTKU, JAMtS i. BXsVKa ta*ALLI)STS & Sl*m A TTOMSErS-AT-LA V Bella Centre Co.. Pans'a. apfifitf t*o. B. oavia. c. t. ALKXAM.ES ORVIS A ALEXANDER, Attorney-st-law Office InConrad House Bellefonte, Pa. J. 'P. GEPHART, with Orvls A Alexander, attends to roller- in the Orphan's Court. ILLER S HOTEL, Woodward, Pa Stage* arrive and depart daily, favorite hotel Is now in every respect one of the most pleasant country hotels in centra! Pennsylvania. The traveling com munity will always find the beat accommo dation. Drover* can at all times be accom modated with stables sad pasture for ans n umber of cattle or home. julyß'6Btf GEO. MILLER. HARD W A RESTORE! J. A J. HARRIS. NO. 6. BBOCKIBHOFF BOW A new end complete Hardware Store has Seen opened fey tfee undersigned inßroek erhotPs new building—where thevare pre pared to sell all kinds ofßuildingandHoust Furnishing Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails. Buggy wheels in setts, ChampicnClothes TV ringer, Mill Saws. Circular and Hans Saws, Tennon Saws, WebbSews, IceCreaw Freezers, Bath Tubs, Clothes Racks, a ful assortment of Glass and Mirror Plate of al sizes, Picture Frames, Wheelbarrows, Lamps, Coal Oil Lamps, Belting, Spokes, Plows, Cultivatortfcorn Plows, Plow Points, Shear Mold Boards and Cultivator Teeth, Tahle Cutlery .Shov els, Spades and Forks, Locks, Hinges Screws, Sash Springs, Horse-Shoes, Nails Norway Rods. Oils. Lard, Lubricating, Coal, Linseed, Tanners. Anvils,Vieea, Bel lows, Screw Plates, Blacksmiths Tools, Factory Bells, House Belli, Dinner Bells, Gong Bells. Teaßells,Grindstones,Carpen ter Tools, Fruit Jars aadCans,Paints,Oil*. Varnishes received and for sale at )uoeA'4B,ly. J. * J. HARRIS. D. M. RITTCMHOLSS, Fish, Cheese and Provisions, 144 North Delaware Avenae, 137 North Water Street, _ . „ pROAVStPiua. LKSfIF"*