I),t Olobt.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday morning, June 12, 1867.
WINI. LEWIS,E inToi „
11UG1.1 LIN USA}",
"I know of no mode in which a loyal (46
zen May 30 well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by miStaining the Ploy the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER EVERY ADRINISTRATION
REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALI
ASSAILANTS, AT 1101IC AND ABROAD."
A. Pouci,As
r Ttio Grand Lodge of North
America, I. 0. of G. T., mot in Detroit
thu 28th of May lust, and remained
in session two days. The it. W. G. T.
Mr. Samuel D. Hastings, of Madison,
Wisconsin, reported among other facts ,
the unprecedented progress which this
order had made since 1864, and more
particularly within the past year, the
order now numbering over 840,000
members. The cash receipts during
the year were $16,481,23. Poughkoep•
sic, New York, was selected as the
place for the next annual session which
will bo on the third Wednesday, of May,
1868.
i D Es k .We aro informed by despatches
through the Atlantic cable that an at
tempt was made on Thursday, in Paris,
to shoot the Czar Alexander of Russia
when riding to the Tuileries, in com
pany with his two sons and the Empe
ror Napoleon, after witnessing a grand
review in the Champ do Mars. For
tunately the pistol exploded, wound
ing the hand of the assassin, who was
cut down and arrested by the imperial
escort, amid the most intense popular
excitement. It is intimated that the
murderer is a Polo.
This is the second murderous at
tempt which has been made against
the life of the Czar, in a short space of
time; and together with the un
pleasant feeling it may occasion tho
Czar, it may have the effect of preven
ting the completion of the congregation
of sovereigns in Paris by keeping away
the Sultan, the Emperor of Austria
and the King of Italy, each of whom
rules over populations in which are to
be found re-aetionary rebels just as fa
natic as are to bo had in Poland, and
equally malignant. This result will
be unfortunate. Napoleon is on the
fruition of, evidently, a grand idea
looking to a settlement of the eastern
question, the Polish question, and the
German and Northern difficulties,
which, if fully perfected, may ensure
the peace of the world for a very
lengthened period.
VIEWS Or A SOUTIIERN PAPER.—We
have received a copy from a friend of
the Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer, which
gives its position upon the political sit
uation. It says, upon the reconstruc
tion congressional enactments, and the
"Military Bill" through which those
ianaotments wore to bo and will be for
ced upon the South, it has never enter
tained but one opinion—that they all
aro; in letter and in spirit, "violative
of the Constitution, unjust, harsh, and
cruel towards the people of the South
ern States." It had hoped that the
Supreme Court woald interfere, and
thus protect the . Southern States in
their clearly expressed rights in that
sacred instrument. But in this it was
disappointed. It now accepts the situ
ation; but urges the citizens of Geor
gia to greater vigilance. It calls upon
the white citizens to register,undor the
law, and adds that "the active efforts
of the Radicals at tho North, and the
Radicals at the South, to control the
vote of the freedmen in all coming
elections, will insure their registration
to a man." It says it doubts very '
much whether the designs of the Rad
ical party will be furthered by the
vote of the colored element, as among
the freedmen of Georgia, there are
very many who do not, and who will
not go with the Radicals. After the
registration is consummated, it advises
that the people vote for "Convention,"
with true mon as delegates to repre
sent the several counties of the State
in it; and it does this:because it fears,
that in the rejection of those now ten
dered, terms mord proscriptive, and
more degrading will be absolutely for
ced upon thorn. In concluding, it
says:
i"That the 'Convention' will bo call
ed, wo have not the shadow of a doubt
resting upon our mind. That it will
frame. a Constitution embracing what
is required by Congress, we have no
doubt. That it may not go further in
the exercise of its power to the injury
of the State, and the proscription, or
further disfranchisement of our people
—so as to place it and them in the de
plorable condition of Tennessee—we
must elect good men of sterling integ
rity and worth, upon whom we can de
pend to save the State and protect the
rights of the people. If any other than
such a Constitution shall be framdd by
the Convention, we reperve the right,
when it is submitted, as it must be, to
the people for 'ratification' or 'no rail,
fication,' to cast all the influence of
this journal against its ratification, and
submit to the consequences, whatever
those consequences may he."
Coming DOWD
Flour has got a full—and is falling
still lower. Butter is also down. The
"broad and butter brigade" is increas
ing in number without the consent of
the politicians. The "outs" are coming
"in" for a share of good living. Tho
speculators and politicians are giving
way to the force of good crops and tho
common sense of the people.
TUE WASHINGTON ELECTION.-WO
think ono of the most nonsensical far
ces of the day has transpired in Wash
ington. On Monday of last week there
was an election in that city, and at
that election whites and blacks as
sembled promiscuously at the polls to
deposits their ballots—Congress, bo it
remembered, having conferred the
right upon the blacks of that District,
as an experiment. Tho experiment has
accordingly been tried, and the result
appears to please both the experimen
talists and their sanguine political
friends. We give a Republican ac
count of the experiment in another
part of to-day's paper, which is taken
from the Washington correspondence
of the Now York Times, which wo be
lieve to he a pretty fair statement of
the facts. .
-STEP II EN
The ignorant negroes wore fully in
strueted by their political admirers as
to what they should do, and how thoy
should do it, and accordingly we find
them at the polls, early in the morn
ing, and in large numbers, ready to
stick to their posts, and if need bo,
fight to get their piece of paper in the
ballot-box. The white voters of the
district did not mix iu with the color
ed, and at ono stage of the election,
when some:white men proposed to the
colored men that they form two lines,
so as to vote white and black alter
nately the colored mon acceded; but the
Superintendent of Police could not sub
mit to this just agreement, as it might
spoil the programme of the experimen
talists: so the majority of the white
men wore crowded out of their right
to vote. At another time white) men
could be seen offering the colored mon
high prices for their place in the line.
This was done by white men who wore
not supported by the government and
who had less time to spend at the
polls, away from their business, than
most of the colored mon. No doubt
hundreds of colored men were impres
sed with tho belief, by some who wish
ed to impose on their ignorance and
superstition, that on their vote depen
ded the amount of wages they would
get from their next employer or the
amount of "government porridge"
they would get from the Freedmen's
Bureau.
We cannot think of anything being
done in a government like ours, that
would be more farcical than what has
been done at, Washington. True, it is
an experiment, but it, only needed the
sanction of the Weak-kneed Republicans
in this one District to make it hold
good in all tho States and districts of
the South, whore 'negro-voting is now
general. The nogroes in Washington
took their ballots to the polls with
apparently as much importance as the
white politician did his, and no doubt
many of the poor, superstitious ones
thought it was a passport to the Heav
en where they want to go. True, also,
it was a quiet election—there being no
disturbances; but what darkey felt
like "kicking up a fuss" when ho had
a ballot to put in, and what business
would any white rowdy have among a
thousand colored mon, to ridicule them.
It must have been particularly amu
sing to have seen the intelligent whites,
who had the blacks in charge, spelling
the names of the candidates for the ig
norant contrabands, and telling them
so and so was a good man, and so and
so was a friend of the colored man, and
so and so was a particular friend of
President Lincoln. Wo can all imag
ine what "dodges'? were resorted to to
obtain the darkoy's vote; but do wo
think what a bad precedent it is to al
low a man to vote who does not know
who he is voting for; and cannot oven
road the names on his ticket? The
next election in Washington may see
a negro candidate elected by a hand
some majority. We will see what the
experimentalists will next devise.
Impeachment.
WASHINGTON, June 3,1.867
The House Judiciary Committee to
day closed the impeachment investiga
tion which they commenced under an
order of the House, and in pursuance of
charges made by,Representative Ash
ley, of Ohio, in Tanuary last. After
taking nearly two thousand pages of
printed evidence during a session cov
ering five months, the committee pro
ceeded to vote on the report it should
make to the Home. The result was
as follows :
On the question, "Does the evidence
warrant the Committee in reporting
articles of impeachment ?" the affirma
tive votes were: Messrs. Boutwoll,
Thomas, Lawrence and Williams. The
negatives wore: Messrs. Wilson,Chair
man, Eldridge, Woodbridge, Churchill
and Marshall. So the Committee deci
ded not to report in favor of impeach
ment.
A. resolution of censure was then
presented, to the effect that the evi.
donee produced before the Committee
of the official and the other acts of
President Andrew Johnson demon•
grated that he was unworthy of the
confidence and respect of the American
people. This was agreed to by ayes 7,
nays 2, as follow : Ayes—Messrs.
Wilson, Chairman, Churchill, Bout
well, Thomas, Woodbridge, Williams
and Lawrence—all Republicans. Nays
Messrs. Eldridge and Marshal—both
Democrats.
The Committee agreed to make the
above facts public, and then adjourned
to the 25th of Juno,
when they will pro
ceed to consider tho question of a re
publican government in Maryland,
which was referred them for investi
gation and report by the Mouse.
Thoy have a girl of ten years in a
private gymnasium at Roxbury, Mass.,
that lifts three hundred and seventy
pounds, ono of thirteen that lifts four
hundred pounds, and ono of fourteen
that lifts four hundred and sixty lbs.
Whom to Elect.
Political agitation is not peculiar to
America, nor to republics. All man
kind participate or feel an interest in
the governmental changes continually
going on in the world. In Europe, it
is the anxious care of a king or queen
to keep the crown. And no bad, am
bitious emperor or usurper sits easily
or safely on his throne. The people
everywhere demand their inherent
rights. They will not be kept in sla
very, nor willing subjects to selfish ru
lers. They ask for the franchise—a
right to choose their officers and their
servants; and they want the best.
They also demand the right to wor
ship God according to their own con
sciences. In America, universal suf
frage is likely to become the rule.
Wore all as intelligent as the native
born, or were all capable of read
ing and understanding the laws which
their votes would help to make, and
were each possessed of even a moder
ate property, no objection to univer
sal suffrage could be urged. Each hav
ing an interest to protect and defend,
each would use his hest judgment in
selecting the "right man for the right
place." No gamblers, no boxers, no
1 tricksters could got a nomination,
! much loss an election to a post of bon
! or or profit.
Political parties disgrace themselves,
and bring contempt on a state, by ob•
trudiug bad mon into responsible posi
tions. There are honorable, compe
tent, and honest men in every state,
men worthy of the highest trust—re
ligious men, who neither gamble,fight,
get drunk, or even use tobacco or
drink liquor! Why not select such as
these 7 What are good men about
that they passively permit low-lived,
bullet-headed swaggerers to play the
statesmen? Why nominate clowns
and showmen—persons chiefly known
for their low cunning and dishonesty.
It is only the partisan, the ignorant,
the indifferent, or the corrupt who
will support such a character. Let all
Americans, of native or foreign birth,
see to it that they trust only the true.
Let them not hope for peace, for pros
perity, or for the perpetuity of our
glorious institutions, with bad men in
our councils. Then let us be mindful
as to whom wo elect. Noisy office
seekers are not wanted, professional
gamblers and corruptionisis should be
sentenced—and sent—to State's pris
son—drunkards to asylums. Boxers
should be put to work breaking stone,
or at something more useful and orna
mental than in smashing each other's
countenances. And good men, tempe
rate and religious men, should be elec
ted to administor the law and the gov
ernment. Lot our Fourth of-July ora
tors, lot the clergy, lot editors, let all
good men look to this, now and al
ways.Phrenologieal Journal.
Lucy Stone objects very deci
dedly to baying her sex ranked in po•
litical importance lower than the ne
gro. In a recent letter she says :
"When the war was over and the
government was to be reconstructed,
we again urged our claim for suffrage
by petitions, tracts, lectures, &e. What
more can we do ? Must every individu
al woman demand suffrage before any
of the thousands who have demanded
it, can bo allowed to.oxereiso it? 'All
political power inheres in the people.'
Women are people. 'Governments de
rive their just power from the consent
of the governed.' Women aro govern
ed, and should give their consent. And
suffrage is consent. The exercise of.
this inherent political power, of this
consent of the governed, has boon de
nied to us through no fault of ours.
Are not those who have withheld it in
honor bound to confer it, whether we
all ask for it or not? Should not good
men, irrespective of party, see to it
that their mothers are not placed po
litically lower than negroes, lower
than the great mass of ignorant men
who can neither read nor speak our
language, and on the same level with
the worst of rebels, who are deprived
of their vote as a punishment fcr trea
son ?"
FEMALE SUPERACIE.—During the de
bate on the Reform bill, in the House
of Commons, May 20, Mr. Mill moved
an amendment extending the right of
suffrage to women. He argued in fa
vor that it was indispensable to carry
ing out the principle of no taxation
without - representation. Women had
voted in olden times for some counties
and boroughs, and all the arguments
against such extension were impracti
cal and had their origin in strangeness
To the plea that polities are not a wo
man's business,bo replied that they were
the business of but very few men, and
-no man was held to discharge his buSi•
noes the worse for electioneering or
taking an interest in politics, and ar
gued that the unfair discrimination
against women in their opportunities
for education,for entering into business,
pursuits, and receiving wages for her
work wore the direct results of her dis
franchisement.
DEATHS IN ENGLISH COAL MINES.-
The last number of the Edinburg Re
view has an article on accidents in
coal mines, which gives some startling
statistics. The writer says: "By search
ing into various local publications in
the north of England, and by a fair es
timate of probabilities arising from
what has been discovered, we are
quito warranted in assuming the
total number of lives sacrifiod in our
coal mining, from the earliest notices
to the year 1850 to be not less than ton
thousand. This is certainly not too
high an estimate, and probably a very
low ono. In November of 1350 the first
act for tho inspection of coal mines
came into operation, and henceforth
we have some authentic data-fur acci
dents. During the ten years from 1850
to 1860, the death in or . at all the
British coal mines amounted to nine
thousand and ninety. In the ensu
ing five years, ending 1365, the deaths
were altogether four thousand eight
hundred and twenty-seven. Thus,
then,adding to the ten thousand deaths
up to 1850, ten thousand more (in
round numbers) up to 1860, and near
ly five thousand more up to tho close
of 1805, we have in all an estimate of
nearly twenty-five thousand deaths
from coal-mine accidents, from the
commencement of any account of them
to within little more than a year of the
present date."
Pious genticman—"My boy, my
boy, yon do very wrong to fish on
Sunday." Boy---"It can't bo no:harni
sir, I ain't cotchod nothing."
The Washington Election-Voting by
the Negroes-The Result in Full.
To-day has been a great epoch in the histo
ry of Washington, and is not without its in
terest to the people of the entire country.
The election was the second experiment of
negro suffragiunder the auspices of congres
sional legislation, and so fur as the physical
characteristics of the contest were concerned,
it was an olection just like any other. Politi
cally, it resulted in a great triumph for the
Republicans, for they carried the city by a
handsome majority, electing all their candi
dates on the city tie - 11ot, and carrying most of
the wards. The earnest and vigorous prepa
rations made by the colored citizens for this
contest are worthy of brief mention. They
showed that they had been most thoroughly
organized, and the most adroit efforts of their
opponents to deceive them failed entirely. In
order to guard against deception, regular Re
publican tickets Were distributed in ninny of
the churches, and the voters were warned
against receiving tickets front any one they
did not know. This caution was scrupulous
ly observed, also the inj . :etien to boon hand
early. The opened at 7 A. M., and
lin s, mostly colored men, immediately form
ed two or three squares in length. and the
voting was brisk in met of the wards, until
ono or two o'clock. At that time your cor
respondent took a tour of the several pre
cincts and found everything as quiet as a
Sunday afternoon, except in the Second and
Seventh Wards, where crowds of voters still
beseiged the polls. In the Seventh Ward,
one of the strongholds of the colored popula
tion, 500 voters had ferreted in line at the
First Precinct at early dawn, and remained
there until their turn came,- many of them,
until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The voting
here, through the inefficiency of the judges,
was very slow and tedious, and at 4 o'clock
800 s-ot- , .... A rcre:yet waiting at the first two
Precincts °alas Waihs,' nine-tenths of whom
were-colored. When the white voters began
to arrive they found the chances so small if
they went into -the line, that they proposed to
the colored men to form a double line, ono
white and one black, and vote alternately.
This the latter generously acceded to, but the
Superintendent of Police arriving on the
ground summarily put a stop, and ordered all
voters to fall into column in regular order,
and take their chances. The result was that
very few white votes were polled in these
precincts, and they were estimated good for
800 Republican majority, with a centainty
of 500 votes being impelled at 7 o'clock, when
the voting ceased. In the two western pre
cincts of this Ward, which includes the
Smithsonian and Washington Monument
grounds, the vote was much smaller, and the
whites slightly in the majority. The Navy
yard woe next visited, and everything repor
ted quiet. The colored men had all voted
early and gone'to their work.
The Democrats claimed a majority here
but there are a great many white Republicans
in the Ward, and the vote promised to be
close. In the Fifth Ward, which comprises
the best part of Capitol Hill, the voting was
all over by four o'clock, with the Republi
cans slightly ahead. In the Fourth Ward at
the same time, the voting was about com
pleted, with the Deinocrats largely ahead, it
being the Irish stronghold. In the First and
Third Wards the voting was likewise nearly
completed at five o'clock, and the Republi
cans were estimated to be 800 ahead in the
First Ward, with about an even thing in the
Third, In the first and second precincts of
the Second Ward the same scones were ex
hibited as in the Seventh. At the First pre
cincts at 5 o'clock 400 colored men stood in
line, with white men offering them various
prices for their places. The Judges were re
ceiving votes very slowly, only about fifty an
hour, and the prospect was that seven o'clock
would see nearly 300 voteaunpolled. At the
Second Precinct -the same result was • tipper
ent. At the lower precincts in the same Ward
which includes Willard's Hotel and Ebbit
House, the voting was done early. The Re
publicans counted 600 majority in the Ward.
The city was thoroughly placarded with
the names of Republican candidates, and the
colored voters Were duly cautioned against
Democratic attempts at deception. No less
than five en4ii.diflerent counterfeits of the
Republican ticketP.vhich !was alike all over
the city, were circulated. But few of the
colored voters were' deceived, however, as
they refused to take the tickets from any one
they did not know. Order prevailed every
where, and I heard of but one arrest for ille
gal voting, a colored man, and two arrests fur
drunkenness, white men.
Returns thus far indicate the election of
the entire Republican ticket, by at least fif
teen hundred majority. The Republicans
elect their council tickets in four certain, and
positively five, of the seven Wards. The ma
jorities on the city, ticket is as follows:
First Ward, 700 Republican ; Second Ward,
681 Republican; Third Ward, 64 Republi
can ; Fourth Ward [two precincts,] 250
Democratic ; Fifth Ward (one precinct,) 25
Republican ; Sixth Ward, very close ;Seventh
Ward, 622 Republican. The vote polled does
not equal the registry by nearly 2,000.
Washington Correspondent N. Y Tinzes.
From Raleigh, North Corolina,
RALEIon, N. C., Juno 4:—The cere
monies at the City Cemetery in con
nection with the dedication of a mon
ument to the father of President John
son, commenced to day at noon. The
monument is a single shaft of red
limestone, ton feet high, with an or
namental cap. It bears the following
inscription : "In memory of Jacob
Johnson, an honest man, beloved and
respected by all who knew him. Born
--, died January, 1812, from dis
ease caused by an over effort in sav
ing the life of his friend."
The President and party, accompa
nied by Gov. Worth, Gen. Sickles, and
others, having reached the cemetery
in carriages, were conducted to the
platform near to the monument. A
very largo number of spectators were
present, all apparently deeply inter
ested in the ceremonies. After pre
liminary religious exercises, Hon. D.
L. Swaine, L. L. D., President of the
State University, delivered an address,
in which he traced the history of the
city of Ralieglv, and in this connection
alluded to Jacob Johnson, who by
deed of noble dariog, saved from drown
ing Henderson and Callum, at the ulti,
mato cost of his own life, passing away
eventually a martyr to humanity.
The orator, among other things, allu
ded to the filet that three natives of
the State of North Carolina, Jackson,
Polk and Johnson, had passed from ob
scurity and poverty in North Carolina
to comparative opulence in Tennessee,
and then to the highest point of honor
in the Union and the world.
The ceremonies closed by the bene..
diction, when two young colored girls
cameforward and tenderly laid bunches
of the choicest flowers on the grave of
Jacob Johnson.
RALEtorr, N. C., Juno 4.—The Presi
dent, accompanied by Secretary Sew
ard, Postmaster General Randall and
others, were escorted to the capitol at
ten o'clock this morning by Gov.
Worth and Gen. Sickles and a nuum—
her of prominent military officers and
civilians, including the Mayor. The
reception took place in the hall of the
House of Commons. The visitors, af•
ter saluting the .President, wore sever
ally introduced to Secretary -Seward,
the Postmaster General and General
Sickles. The deaf mutes from the
State Asylum were among the many
who paid their respects to the Presi—
dent. White and black vied with each
other in paying the President every
attention and courtesy, and all were
received in the most kindly manner.
Letter from General Sheridan,
NEW ORLEANS, June 6.—Gen. Sher
idan having been asked for his reasons
for his removals, this day forwarded
the following :
HEADQUARTERS FIRTH MILITARY DIS
TRICT—GenoraI U. S. Grant,Command
ing Armies United States, Washington
—General :—On the 20th of March
last I removed from office Judge E.
Abell of the Criminal Court of Now
Orleans, Andrew J. Herron, Attorney
General of the State of Louisiana, and
John F. Monroe, Mayor of the city of
Now Orleans. These removals were
under the power granted mo in what
is usually termed the Military Bill,,
passed March 27, 1867, by the Con
gress of the United States. I did not
deem it necessary to give any reason
for the removal of these men, especial
ly after the investigation made by the
Military Board on the massacre of July
30, 1866, and the report of the Con
gressional Committee on the same mas
sacre; but as some inquiry has been
made for the cause of removal I would
respectfully state, ns follows :—The
Court over which Judge Abell presided
is the only Criminal Court in the city
of New Orleans, and a period of at
least nine months previous to July 30
ho had been edueating a•large portion
of the community to the perpetration
of this outrage, by almost promising
no prosecution in his court against the
offenders, in ease such an event occur
red. The' records of this Court will
show that he fulfilled his promise, as
not one of the guilty ones has been
prosecuted. In reference to Andrew S.
Herron, Attorney General of the State
of Louisiana, I considered it his duty
to indict these mon before this Crimi
nal Court. This ho failed to do, but
went so far as to attempt to impose on
the good sense of the whole nation by
indicting the victims of the riot instead
of the rioters—in other words, making
the innocent guilty and the guilty in
nocent. Ile was, therefore, au abettor
of and coadjutor with Judge Abell in
bringing on the massacre of July 30.
Mayor Monroe controlled the element
en - gaged in this riot, and when backed
by an Attorney General who would
not prosecute the guilty, and a Judge
who advised the Grand Jury to find
the innocent guilty and let the mur
derers go free, felt secure in engaging
his police force in the riot and massa
cre. With these three men exercising
a large influence on the worst elements
of this city, giving to these elements
an immunity for riot and bloodshed,
the General-in-chief will see how inse
cure I felt in lotting them occupy their
present positions in the troubles which
might occur in registration and voting
in the re-organization.
lam, General, very respeetfully,your
obedient servant,
P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major General U. S. A.
Last h evenin General Sheridan sent
.
the following despatch to Gen. Grant :
"NEW ORLEANS, Juno s.—The Reg
istry returns from most of the parishes
of the State have been received, all the
reports of the officers which supervised
them, and I can report to you the
greatest success, and that the best of
feeling is existing among the people.
"P. H. SHERIDAN,
Major General."
Terrible Boiler Explosion.
A Five Story Brick Building Blown Up
--,Frightful Loss of Life.
PHILADELPHIA Juno 7, 1867
The most shocking and distressing
occurrenco of the kind it has over been
our painful duty to chronicle, occurred
on Thursday afternoon. „It involved
the bursting of a stationary steam boil
er, the utter and entire demolition of a
five story building, the wounding of a
dozen operatives, and the killing of as
many more.
The building was situated upon a lot
in the rear of Sansont street, between
Tenth and Eleventh, Philadelphia, at
the junction of two courts or alloys
known respeeth-oly as Medical and
Juvenul streets. Tho exaot location
was in roar of No. 1024 Sansom, street.
The structure was five stories high, of
large dimensions, well and solidly built
of brick. It is known among the cab
inot•making profession as Goehman's
steam saw-mill. This establishment
gave employment to never less than
forty men, and produced scroll work
and veneers for cabinet making pur
poses.
Mr. Gooham, deceased some time
since, and his widow leased the build
ing, with its boilers and fixed machin
ery, to the firm of Geazey & Ward,
who continued the business. The boil
ers were made by Messrs. Morgan &
Orr five years ago; The engineer reg
ularly employed by the establishment
was taken ill three days ago, and a
substitute was engaged from among
the experts of W. W. King, machinist,
No. 1015 Sans= street. •
It was necessary to repair the steam
chest, and to that and tho machinery
was stopped at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The men engaged at the
lathes and tools driven by; machinery
then quitted work and went to their
homes. At about half past five o'clock
the neighborhood was shaken up by
two explosions, about ten seconds
apart. With a deafening crash the
building to which this boiler was at
tached rocked as if an earthquake had
convulsed the ground upon which 'it
stood, collapsed and tumbled with a
crash, ono conglomerated mass of
ruins, a wreck, utter and complete.
An alarm of fire was instantly given,
and in a few minutes a multitude of
people were gathered around the spot.
All was consternation and dismay. To
attempt to find words in which to give
adequate expression to the horrible
scene is a vain effort. The.eancussion
shook the entire neighborhood. The
masses of bricks, which were hurled
into the air like stones from the crater
of a volcano, fell all around the neigh
borhood. Glass was shattered two
squares distant, and the bulk windows
of the handsome millinery stores of the
Messrs. Lloyd and Mrs. Xing wore
shaken bodily out and broken to
atoms. The bulk of Jones' dry goods
store, in Eleventh street, near Sansom,
shared the same fate. A segment of
the boiler struck the venerable build
ing at the northeast corner of Tenth and
Chestnut streets, knocking a piece out
of the wall; while the larger piece,
after coursing towards the zenith, do
scended in the centre of Tenth street,
below Market.
The police formed a cordon around
the ruins, and admitted no one but the
firemen and surgeons to the spot. A
deluge of water was poured upon the
smoking pile, and after the flames were
subdued the bravo men set to work to
clear the wreck. Though the air
around the ruin quivered with heat,
these undaunted men kept at their vol
untary task As fast as ono set fell
down exhauSted another took their
places. " Daylight' was precious, and
each second of time was improved.
Heedless of their blistered hands, the
firemen kept at their task removing
the fallen beams, and lifting with .
strong levers the iron shafting which
weighed down the hapless people lying
beneath.
A few werCrosoued at once; six of
whom were taken to the hospital.
Three or blessing heaven for life
and liinb uninjured, went mazed with
wonder to their homes to tell of their
marvelous escape: Ono by one with
heavy toil and alrriost superhuman ex
ertions, thirteen dead bodies wore ex•
homed from the smoking rile. Three
of them were so scalded and blackened
that none could identify thein,and one
of these is supposed to be the missing
engineer. Mr. Ward was not at in the
time: Mr. Geazy is undoubtedly
among the dead. Ho was seen descen
ding to the engine room a short time
before the explosion, and some of .the
mangled remains are honeyed to be
his. So fearful was the explosion that
parts of human bodies were found scat
tered all aniong the brick and timbers.
Tho dead bodies - were taken into the
premises of kr, pebuest, whose store'
fronts ElevViith steeet,- and who gaVe
everything which he had for the relief
of the sufferers.
The slightly injured were-taken to
the kind-hearted pharmacutists, Mes
srs. Lehner & Spencer, who pulsed at
their disposal and at that of the fire
men everything which circumstances
rendered necessary. The wounds of
many were here dressed, and every at
tention rendered to them. Most of the
employees were Germans, having fam
ilies of children. Some of the scenes
we witnessed' last night, When Women
and children were running to and fro,
crying and wringing their hands, were
distressing in the oxreme.
The mud from the • mud drum was
thrown high against - the wall of a six
story factory in the rear of the' prem
ises. The force-of the concussion will
be better understood when we state
that the boiler was not in the building
proper, but in the yard, with a roof-lot
thrown over it.
Late last night the firemen quit their
work to .resume it this morning in
search of the remaining bodies. A
number of firemen were badly hurt in
their humane exertions, and others
wore hit by flying bricks.
There is little probability that the
specific cause of the explosion will
ever be known.
NEW YORK BY GAS LlGHT.—Theo
doro Tilton has boon looking into Now
York by gas light, and dares not toll
all that ho saw. Ho says - of what ho
did :
"In company with several well
known publio men, and under the gui
dance of the police, we made a tour,
last Saturday night, through the neth
ermost haunts of misery, vino and
crime in the city of New York. This
is an exploration which every man eon-
Ja.e_c_Led_wilft blie affairs, either by
civil or ediwhat duty, ought, if possi
ble, to make at leak once in his life.
Born in NeW York, and having always
either resided or labored within it, wo
never saw or knew our own city until
last Saturday night. Never until then
bad we any adequate conception of
its poverty, of its squalidness, of its vil
lainy, of its debauchery, of its leprosy!
The night can never be forgotten. The
story, for decency's sake, remains nn
told. We can only say that none of
the familiar descriptions had adequate
ly prepared us for actual scenes. We
were shocked, confounded, sickened I
And as we now look back- upon the
awful revelations of that one night's
descent into hell, wo can hardly per
suade ourselves that what we saw was
a reality; it seems a hideous dream."
SUNDAY IN LONDON.—The London
correspondtnt, of the Now York Times
writes as follows: "As to the people
who market on Sunday, it is the only
day on which they have leisure and
money to make their purchases. A
million of people in London never go
to church on Sunday, They oat,
drink and sleep. For a vast number
it, is the only day on which they have
anything like a decent meal, or any
relaxation from their weary tasks.:—
They live in one room, a whole family,
they work twelve or fifteen hours a
day, they sleep in their clothes on a
heap of rugs 01' rags in a corner at
night; they live on broad, dripping,
herrings, when they are cheap enough,
and thin beer or tea, and contrive to
have a bit of meat on Sunday. When
work is slack they pawn their Clothes,
or whateveris worth pawning, getting
sixpence on ono article and four
pence on another, and when this re
source fails there is the parish. 'The
groat fight is to keep out of the work
honse—to work hard and faro hard
and -have their' liberty. The work
house separatns husbands and wives,
parents and children—and it is the
end of hope. Sunday trading bills do
not seem all that is needed for such a
population. Mr. Hughes estimates the
number engaged in buying and selling
every Sunday in the metropolis at
eighty thousand, to ono hundred thou
sand,
THE OLDEST REPUBLIC IN EXISTENCE.
--The oldest republic in existence is
that of San Marino, in Italy, between
the Apponninos, the Po and the Adri•
atic. The territory of this State, is on
ly forty miles in circumference, and
its present population about 7000. The
republic was founded more than 1400
years ago, on moral principles, Indust
ry and equity, and has preserved its
liberty and independence amid all the
wars and discords which have raged
around it. Bonaparte respected it, and
sent an embassy to express his senti
ments of friendship and fraternity. It
is governed by a captain-regent, cho
sen every six months by the represen
tatives of the peopie(sixty sixin num
ber), who are chosen every six
months by the people: The taxes are
light, the farm houses are near, the
fields well cultivated, and on all sides
are seen comfort and plenty—the hap
py effect of morality, simplicity and
frugality.
te - • For plain, tansy and ornamen
tal printing, call at the "Globe" (Mica.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS:
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111101 4 0101E'' r . •
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ECONOMY IS MONEY SAVED !
_ .
The subscriber is permanently located in Huntingdon,
'< bed is prepared repurchase, or repair in th
best style, and expeditiously, broken -'
UMBRELLAS AN!/ PARASOLS.
"k lir
-All articles intrusted to him will ho returned to the
residence of the owner as soon as repaired. Umbrellas.
and mussels for repair can be left at his residenee . on St.
Clair street near Benedict's.
may2,lB66tf . 1931. FENTIMAN.
RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURES
of I3ARRBH Township Bounty Lund for 1284-5 :
ro amount ruiso:l by tax, $ 8,06 554.
" subscription, 2,022 04
•
llj 25 men enlisted at the following rates: $10,958 63.
0 men at $3OO each, '
9 o 900
2 " 500 "
1 " 405 , . • •
4 " 415
ES1101:11306 luouronboal'isteng, Bc.,
Intotest on money borrowed by towothlp,
vows oa
We the undersigned Auditors of Dame township, hay—
lug examined the sibovo account, do find it Just and trueu
to the beat of our knowledge and belief.
CHRISTIAN ?MORTAL,
JAMES M. STEWART,
Auditors..
June 12-3t•pd*
RUDOLPH'S
7 1 %rial?ila OT 5"3.6111U0571
FANCY GOODS, Wholesale & Retail
THE undersigned takes die liberty
or calling the attention grebe public In general Solite
mew and splendid variety of
LADIES' AND GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS,
C: &Ps;
UMBRELLAS arid SUN-SHADES
blaking weekly purchases from the New York and
Ph 'ladelntim markets, I am prepared to offer to my lady
friends of Huntingdon and vicinity, one of the °teed
lines of Dross and Sacque
BUTTONS & TRIMMINGS,
of the very latest novelties out that to possible to bring
together, and at prices to meet the dada of all classes.
Ladies' and Gent.' (Jeuvin's) au Gloves. black and
medium shades; arid any particular shade and size furn
iebeitat the shortest notice; alsoi.tt very prottynaiort
ment of white and colored Berlin and Lielethrsud Gloves,
plain and fancy tops; black and colored Velvet Ribbon.
first quality and common, all widths. .
White Dress Goods, Hoop Skirts, Balmorals, Ladies,
Hats, Sunday., Knitting Getton, (oil colors,) (Neiman
town Wool, Inphy rs, Canes, Silk for lining bonnets, Bon
net Ribbons, Dents' Linen and Paper Cure. Collars end
Shirt Fronts, as also special selection of black undfancy
Neck Thca, Broadway, Chantilly Bowe, and Napoleon
Stocks for the aged and it fine assortment of Bugle Trim
ming.
. .
Hosiery with mo Trill claim special attention to select
and oiler the very host English and Demist, Regular
Made Doody and the Domestic and - Lower Grades, Child's
fancy one half Rose, &c., with, that endless variety of
Small Wares to be foun d a well stocked Notion Store,
of quality superior as a line, and ut prices to meet all
competition. . .
A large stook of Boys' and floats' Hats and Caps of the
latent ogles and all qualities at prices - ranging front 25
do. so W.l'. RUDOLI.II.
Huntingdon, April 10, 1867.
NOTICE. -W. S. ENTRIKEN •having
dlspos-d or hie store of Coffee Run to JOSEPH
MARCH (Cc BRO. requests those having unsettled no.
coon te with blin to call and settle up immediately. 4.3 t
UNITED STATES
Authorized WAR CLALVI AGENCY
ILUNTINGDON,'PA:
SOLDIERS' HEIRS, ATTENTION
The act of Congress approved March 2. 1867, gives to
Heirs of Soldiers who died prisoners of war
COMMUTATION Fort RATIO:LI,
for tile limo the soldier was no held n prisonor, at the
rate of twenty-Ilve cents per day, to ho paid in the follows
log order: lot. To the widow, if unmarried; 2d. To the
children; 3d. To the parents, to both Jointly If tloq are
living, if either is dead, to tho survivor; 4th. To the bro..
there and sisters.
The net of February 28.1867. provides for the iefund
ing of the 53(10 Commutation Mousy. where the sainoper
son was again drafted. nod was required to Int6r the am
vice or furnish a mtbstitute.
DISCHARGED SOLD/MRS.
Tire act of March 2,1807, also makes provisions for the
payment of tho
$lOO ADDITIONAL BOUNTY
to such soldiers ns have accidtptally lest their dischars
All persons having any claims Tinder ally of the above
mentioned Acts, or any other kind of claim ngainst the,
United States or State Governments, can Lore them
promptly colleked. by Initiressing the uctlerslgned.
formation and advice cheerfully given to soldiers or their
friends, free of charge.
W. U. WOODS,
Authorize,: Army and - Nary Witr-Ctafm Agent,
may 29,1807 HUNTINGDON, Huntingdon CO.,ftl.
-4 , XPENDITURES RECEIPTS
3 w
of TOD Tonship•Local Itounty Fund.
March, 1864.
19 men recruited at $3OO each, •
Expenses paid committee's for recruiting,
September, 1804.
10 men recruited at $4OO each,
It 440
3 " . 510 .
Espouses paid for recruiting,
10S: nary, 1865.
1 man at 3 950
12 mon at .5410 each,
Expenses paid for recruiting:,
Net mount of original indebtedness paid by
John Griffith, Treasurer, as per amount re
ceived of collectors, $6913 62
Treasurer's percentage, . 180 30
Amount received from G. S. for 11
men recruited,
Amount re;elyed from subscription,
Probable amt, of interest 011 outstanding , bend 5, 1 4 2 2 5 00 2000
Amount remaining to bo.aseesseil,
. ,
ICorz.—The amounts paid to volunteers in September.
1864, was $2470 in ore than by law could he levied in tax;
for the payment of which there was subscription to the
amount of $2503, of which $.:253 haw, been paid, leaVingc
a bdauce of $213 of the amount requii•ed not yot satisfied.
. . . . .
We, the undersigned Auditors of Tod township, do cer
tify that we have audited the accounts of John Griffith,
Treasurer, and examined the foregoing statements and
find them correct as por statement;. and , that there re.
mains to be a.eved $11670 20, -or thereabouts. Also.
that the accounts of said township have boon regularly
audited.
Wittuos our hands, this Sth day of May, A. D. HR.
SOLOMON MUCK,
ALLEN EDWARDS,
E. FRENciI,
Auditors.
MIMI
E(EIPTS & EXPENDITURES
lApf WALKER Towuchiii Election District Bounty
Eatal
IStit To amt. rrc'd of duplicate per a. 11. Long. S2B6S
1865. " W. Wnteon, : 3230 62
W.
ISO " o " W. L. States,. 235 00
To amount tench's.) on subscription, 11670 00
To 31110110 Is yut, to be received,
Notes from G. 11. Long on sundry persons, : 500 00
Amount from Wilson Watson, - 300 00
" " Will. L. States, about . 475 00
. .
1861. By 23 men recruited as follows :
20 men at $lOO each, - snow 00
3 veterans at $lOO each, . 300 00
Interest and cost on veterans. '
.a e 9
Interest on motioy borrowed froto dohn, Niltet . .
and J. Mooro, - • .
Expanses fOr recruiting,.. . M 83,
~.. .
.
Bolan. to bo provided for,
There would ho coolish money standing ou - subscrip.:
Lion if it can bo collected, and tax on unseated lands, to,
fully liquidate the above balance.
We, the undersigned, Audio. of Walker township,
basing examined the within account do find it just nun
true to the best of our knowledge and belief.
Audited this ljth day of May, 1867.
A BRA HAM GRUM!, -
JOHN BREWSTER, -
EEO. W. STATES.
Auditors:
OE
ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE: •
(Estate of James Watson, d'ec'd.;
Letters of administration upon the estate of Jamee.
Watson. deceased. Into of Jackson township, havingimp;
granted to the undersigned. all persons Indebted to thd
estate will make payment, and those having claims vin
precast thorn for sottloment.
MAMMA WATSON,
Administrattlx.,
may 22,1867-8 t
WINDOW CURTAIN PRODS,
A LARGE STOOK
AND
SPLENDID ASSORTMENT
OF
Windov Curtain Papers ;
JUST RECEIVED
AT,
LEWIS' BOOK STORE.
00UNTD6Y DEALERS can
OA: buy CLOTHING from ma In Hunting don at
• • 'WHOLESALE ee . chomp as they eanin etasties,
sties, ns have a wholesale atom in Philadelphia. •
RO3LIRt.
ATERMICELLI, Barley, Rico, LT:On :
illy, Beans, &c., at Levis' Family Grocery. • •
$ 2,700 00
3,600 00
1,000 00
405 00
1,660 . 00
600'23
464 40
$ 5700 00
294 00
4000 00
2640 00
1530 00
370 32
:150 00
4800 00
=3 00
$1D032 13
165 00
2251 00
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$9278 83
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85 00.