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EDP:BURN & COOPER, Civil, Hydraulic and Mining Engineers, Surveys, Plans and estimates for the construc tion of Water Works, Railroads and Bridges, Surveys and Plans of Mines for working, Venti lation, D:ainage, Jce. Parties contemplating work of tbe above nature are requ,sted to communicate with us. Office 269 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb.l7-3mo. CEO. B. MILADY, Attorney-at-Law. OvCr Wharton'e and Chaney's Hardware store, Ilunting,don, Pa. - 1 J. GREENE, Dentist. Office re- J• moved to Leister's new building, llill street l'untingdon. [jan.4,'7l. ta, L. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. k-A • Brown's new building, No. 520, hill St., lluntingdon, Ps. [ap12,'7.1. IJUGII NEAL, ENGINEER AND SURVFYOR, Car. Smithfield : Street and Eighth Avenue PITTSBURGH, PA Second Floor City Bank, HC. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law • Office, No. —, Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa. [ap.19,'71. T FRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney el • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Prompt attention given to all legal business. 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PUBLISHED -I N No. 212, FIFTH STREET, TERMS : not paid within the year. o 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 1.1 It ST-C LAP'S ADVERTISING 'MEDIUM. 5000 RENDERS WEEKLY ~ - _- 11 c g, pz 1 . . , 7-,- - 1:7 - P C 1'.4 P.. cn 2 13 • A: ITS I F.Z. ,--, ...r 0 c. ;2' 9 i "711 t' t; k 2 7 I .t. 'G A STECIALTY Legal Advertisements - REGISTER'S NOTlCE.—Notice is -AAP hereby given, to all persons interested, that the following named persons have settled their ac counts in HA Register's Office, at Huntingdon, and that the said aocounts will be presented for con firmation and allowance, at an Orphans' Court, to be held at Huntingtion, in and for the county of Huntingdon, on Wednesday, the 18th day of August next, (1875.) to wit: • 1. Administration account of Charles P. Hat field, Administrator of the estate of J. J. Deer man, late of the borough of Alexandria, deceased. 2. Account of D. G. Doyle, Administrator with Will annexed of George B. Hudson, of Clay town ship, deceased. 3. Guardianship account of Dr. G. W. g. James, Guardian of Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Simon Gratz, deceased, the said Elizabeth being now of full age. 4. Guardianship account of Dr. G. W. C. James, Guardian of William Gratz, son of Simon Gratz, deceased, the said William having arrived at full age. 5. General Guardianship account of Dr. G. W. C. James, Guardian of the minor children of Simon Gratz, late of the borough of Orhisonia, deceased. G. Account of Dr. S. Thompso'n, Administrator of the estate of Henry Harris, deceased. 7. Administration account of Samuel Ralston, csq., Administrator of the estate ,of David Beck, late of Warriorsmark township, deceased, with distribution account annexed. S. First and partial account of Samuel P. Smith, Administrator of Levi Smith, late of l'nion town ship, deceased. 9. First and Final accoun; of Thomas Mitchell, Executor of of Thomas Watson, late •f Jackson township, deceased. 10 Account of James I. Ayers, Administrator with the Will annexed of Jacob Ayers, late of .Jackson township, deceased. 11. Account of James Sloan and Michael T. Bering, Administrators of John 11. Sloan, late of Brady township, deceased. 12. First and final Administration account of Dr. d. 11. Wintrode, Executor of Mary Myers, late of l'enn township, deceased, with distribu tion annexed. 13. Administration account of E. F. Keever, Administrator of the Estate of Johnetta Keever, late of the borough of Huntingdon, deceased. 11. Account of David Reader, Administrator of William Reader, late of Tell township, deceased. 15. Administration acsount of Edward F. t;ould, Adwinietrator of the estate of James Crowley, late of Carbon township, deceased. with diel'ributien annexed. 16. First account of Enoch Isenberg, Executor of the Will of Peter Shaver, of Morris township, deceased, with distribution annexed. 17. Account of John L. Piper and Wrn. S. Stry,ker, Executors of Peter Piper, late of Porter township, deceased, with distribution annexed. J. Account of rphriam Chilcott and Walter C. Stever, Administrators of Perry P. Storer, late of Cass township, deceas:d. 10. First and final account of Samuel P. Brum baugh, Trnettoc appointed to sell the real estate of Jacob Brumbaugh, late of Penn township, de ceased, with distribution annexed. 20. First Administration account of Adam Foust, and Sainuel S. Fouse, Administrators of Rev. Theobald Fuume, late of Lincoln township, deceased. 21. Account of Joseph M. Lupfer, Guardian of Sarah Jane (now of age) and Margart A., John A., H.hoda J., Joseph M., James N., and Susannah M. Nelson minor children of Elizabeth M. Nelson, late of Tell township, deceased, as filed by her Administrator, Samuel Lupfer, with distribution annexed. WM. E. LIG HTNER, IigcISTER'S OFFICE, Register. Huntingdon, July 21,'75. I NOTICK is hereby given to 411 persons interested that the following Inventories of the goods aid chattels set apart to widows, under the provisions of the Act of 14th of April, A. D., 1851, have been tiled in the, office of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, and will be presented for "approval by the Court," on Wednesday, August 18, ISIS : 1. Inventory of the personal property of Solo mon Romig, late of Henderson township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Catharine Romig. Inventory of the personal property of of Jack son Enyeart, late of Hopewell township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Jane Enyeart. 3. Inventory of tho personal property of James S. Morgan, late of the borough of Mt. Union, de ceased, as taken by his widow, Hannah D. Mor gan. 4. Inventory of thepersonal property of,Thomas Carberry late of Carbon township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Sarah Carberry, 5. Inventory of the personal property of Joseph M. Lupfer, late of Cromwell township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Lydia Lupfer. G. Inventory of the personal property of Samuel Campbell, late of Shirley township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Margaret Campbell. 7. Inventory of the personal property of G. W. Shultz, late of Lincoln township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Sarah Shultz. S. Inventory of the personal property of David Bucher, late of Cromwell township, deceased as taken by his widow, Annie Bucher. ti. Inventory of the personal property of A. W. Kenyon, late of Barre° township, decease?, as ta ken by his widow, Sarah Kenyon. 10. Inventory of the personal property of Win. M. Borland, late of Brady township, dcceeased, as taken by his widow, Flora Borland. 11. Inventory of the personal property of Wm. Smith, late of Union township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Margaret Smith. 12. Inventory of the personal property of W. L. States, late of Walker township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Catharine States. 13. Inventory of the personal property of Joseph P. Heaton, late of Cassville borough, deceased, as taken by his widow, Lucy W. Heaton. W. E. LIGIITNER, Clerk of Orphans' Court. Orphans' Court Office, I March 17, 1875. JURY LIST-AUGUST TERM, 1875 GRAND JURORS. John C. Bolinger, farmer, Cromwell. Wm. K. Burchinell, Hnntingdou, G. W. Cunningham, farmer,Lincoln. John Duffey, mason, Springeld. David Detwiler, farmer, Brady. Archibald Hutchison, farmer, Warriorsaiark. John Huff, farmer, Barree. David Helsel, farmer, Hopewell. I lenry Isenberg, carpenter, Walker. George Johnston, shoemaker, Huntingdon. Jacob G. Jones, farmer, Tell. William Livingston, farmer, West. John Lloyd, teamster, Huntingdon. Jacob C. Miller, Ihrmer, Bane. Andrew McCoy, brickmaker, Huntingdon. eorge Mierly, farmer, Union. Henry A. Mark, farmer, Juniata. George W. Reynolds, farmer. Franklin. John Spangler, gentleman, Cass. Luther Shultz, Dinner, Hendrrson. George Scott, farmer, Barret. Felix Toole, merchant, Carbon. Calvin Wallace, carpenter; Shirleysl.org. Howard Robb, farmer, Walker. TRAVERSE JURORS. David Ashton, farmer, Springfield. John Boring, farmer, Union. A. W. Briggs, farmer, Tell. W. H. Brewster, merchant, Shirleysbucg. Henry Cook, miner, Broad Top. Levi Clabaugh, merchant, Warriorsinark. Andrew Crotsley, farmer, Case. Thomas Covenbover, farmer, Barree. Wesley Crotsley, farmer, Cass. Jonathan Doyle, butcher, Huntingdon. I'. P. Dewees, iron master, Cromwell. John Eberts, farmer, Franklin. Jacob Fotise, farmer, Walker. John Flenner, gentleman, Huntingdon. John S. Gehrett, tiuner , Cassviile. Joshua Gomel', farmer, Case. David Goodman, farmer, Morris. James S. Gillum, laborer, Mapleton. Moses Gree4lgod, farmer, Cass. Samuel Grove, farmer, Bra"y. George B. Goshorn, carpenter, Tell. Jacob Hoffman, shoemaker, Broad Top. Luther lineman, farmer, Cromwell. Thomas Hamer, farmer, Walker. John Heffner, miller, Walker. John Hem, farmer,Lincoln. William Hudson,farmer, Henry Krider, farmer, Warriorsmark. John X. Lutz, farmer, Shirley. Thomas Milligan, farmer, Barree. David McGill, farmer, Jackson. Perry Moore, farmer, Morris. Henry McCarthy, gentleman, Huntingdon. J. G. McClure, merchant, Tell. AndrewPim% ttsmer, West.Wni. Miller ' farmer, Oneida: John Mitchell, farmer, Jackson. Charles Morrow, farmer, Porter. Isaac M. Neff, farmer, West. John Price, laborer, Mapleton. John Boss, Merchant, West. Oliver Itumbeyger, farmer, Wsrrlorsinark. Carlton Read, druggist, Huntingdon. Frank Stewart, merchant, Huntingdon. David Sbeesley, farmer, West. Samuel Steel, gentleman, Huntingdon. David Taney, farmer, Porter. John A. Whittaker, farmer, Porter. CD ca T 0 ALL PERSONS INTERESTED. Notice is hereby given that at the April Term, 1875, of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County application was made to the said Court to grant a charter of incorporation to "The Petersburg Water Company" which charter will be granted at August Term of said Court. T. W. Ml TON, Ju1y21,187.3. Prothonotary. HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1875. Tbllc Towtv. Life's Year. What do the changing seasons bring? Full nests the storm will render mute, And blossoms over•thick for fruit ; Too soft a breeze, too blue a sky, A day the morrow shall deny ; The fickle, fair, delusive Spring? What do the flying seasons bring? The tumult of the thronging sense ; The leaping blood, untamed, intense; A fire that strikes through heart and brain, A fierce delight that grows to pain, And Summer bloom that hides a sting I What do the passing seasons bring? Ripe fruit that withers in its prime ; Strong grain that drops at harvest-time The splendid colors of decay ; The fever-wasted Autumn day In its gay mantle shivering ! - What do the fleeting seasons bring? A lifeless desert, pale and vast, With frozen silence overcast; Forgotten dreams of long ago, Buried beneath the winter snow— And, far beyond a hope of Spring. She Alorg-Zeller. THE MISSING FINGER-JOINT It was my first visit to London since I had take❑ up my abode and entered on the practice of my profession as a solicitor at Southampton. In Loudon I had a very dear friend, my old college chum, George Dickson; and as he was the only person I knew in the great metropolis, of course I lost no time in looking him up. Three years had passed since our last meeting; but ten could scarcely have produced a change more marked in the appearance and manner of my friend. Our'first greetings and friendly inqui ries over, I longed, yet feared, to ask the cause of my friend's melancholy. I felt sure, in due time, of being made the confidant of the secret, provided no mo tive of delicacy prompted its conceal ment. That evening, at my room at the hotel, tileorge told me his story. Ile had formed an attachment for fora your) , e' lady, whose graces of mind and person he portrayed with all the fervor of a lover's eloquence. She had returned his affection ; but her father had opposed his suit, having set his heart on the marriage of his daughter to a nephew of his. This nephew was a young surgeon of profligate character, my friend assured me—but that might have been prejudice—who had long, but unsuccess• fully, wooed his cousin, to whom his prof fers were as repugnant as they were to her father acceptable. . Some months since, Mr. Parsons, the young lady's father, had gone into Hump. shire on business, accompanied by his neph ew. At Southampton he had oven seized by a sudden illness, which terminated fa tally in three days. On the day preceding his death, he had executed a will (which had since been proved by the depositiom4 of attesting wit nesses) containing a solemn request that his daughter, to whom he had left the whole of his estate, should accept the hand of his nephew in marriage, coupled with the provision that in case the latter offered and she refused, within a specified period, to enter into the proposed union, the entire estate devised to the daughter should be forfeited to the nephew. _ . To sacrifice her fortune to her heart's choice would not have cost Julia Parsons a moment's hesitation; and nothing could have more delighted George Dickson . than so fair an opportunity of showing how superior his devotion was to all con siderations of personal advantage. But her father's dying request in Julia's eyes, was sacred. It had surprised and stunned her, it is true; for in their many confer ences on the subject, he had never gone beyond the most kindly remonstrance, and had never hinted at anything . like coercion. Young Parsons, the nephew, had not the magnanimity to foredo this ungenerous advantage. Ile might have been content with his cousin's f;)rtune alone, but his right to that depended on his offer and her rejection of an alliance which she felt in consequence bound to accept. The brief season of grace which she had been com pelled to bed, even with tears, had already almost passed, and a few more days would witness the condemnation of two lives to hopeless misery. At the conclusion of my friend's narra Live, in which, for reasons that may here after be developed, I felt a peculiar inter est, I prevailed upon him to accompany me to a place of amusement, to which I had previously procured tickets. When we reached the theatre, the per formance had already begun ; but we suc ceeded in finding seats which commanded a fair view both of the stage and the audience. In a few moments George touched my elbow. "Observe that gentleman nearly oppo site in the front row, seated next to the column, leaning his arm on his cane," be whispered. I looked in the direction indicated, and saw a face whose striking resemblance to one I had seen before caused me to start with surprise. "Who is it ?" I asked. "Elbridge Parsons," was the reply "The one of whom you spoke ?" "The same," my friend answered, "Does he resemble his uncle ?"• I was on the point of inquiring; but just then the stranger drew the glove from his right hand, and I saw that the first joint of the middle finger was wanting—a circumstance which, for sufficient reasons, absorbed my attention. • "Do you know the exact date of Mr. Parson's death ?" I asked when we had gained the street at the close of the per formance. "Yes," said George : "It was the 23d of 'December. his daughter received a telegram from her cousin, announcing the fact the same day. But why do you ask ?" "I have a reason which may or may not prove a good one," I returned, and stating that I had business engagements for the whole of the next day, I parted with my friend, promising to meet him on the fol lowing evening. _ - - - _ Nest afternoon found me at the abode of Mr. Parsons, the surgeon. "Mr. Parsons, I presume ?" were the words with which I accosted the man I bad seen at the theatre. "Yes, sir." "You may not rThember me, Mr. Par sons, but I believe we met before." "I beg your pardon, sir, for not recol lecting the occasion." "You were in Southampton last winter, were you not ?" . . "fwas," he answered. with some em barrassment. "I am the solicitor on whom you called to take a draft of a will." lie turned pale, but made no reply. "I saw a copy of that will at Doctor Commons this morning," I resumed, "and "You speak of my uncle's will," he hast ily interrupted. "And yet," I continued, "you said it was yours when you applied to have it written. You represented yourself as de• sirous of executing such a document pre paratory to embarking on a perilous voy age. The paper was drawn in accordance with your instructions, leaving the date to be filled at the time of signing. Your locks were gray then, and you certainly looked old enough to have a marriage able daughter ; but your disguise was not perfect." And I pointed to the mutilated finger. "What do you wean ?" he shouted, in a defiant tone. "Simply that your uncle's signature to that will is a forgery !" I answered, rising and confronting him. "Ile died on the 2:-kl of Deeeniber. Your own telegram to that effect is still in existence. It was o❑ the 24th, the day before Christmas, that you called on me to prepare that document now on record as his will. The inference is plain : you undertook to manufacture this spurious testament after your uncle's death, and wishing to clothe your villainy in legal form, you procured from me the required draft. You or some one, at your instigation, simulated the signature of de ceased. The witnesses, who have since perjured themselves in their depositions, were procured in some manner best known to yourself—" "Enough, sir," he ejaculated, placing his back against the door ; -you have shown yourself in possession of' a secret the custody of which may prove danger ous. !" "I an► nut unprepared for threats," I re- plied. "In the first place, I did not come here unarmed ; in the next, I have prepar, ed a full written statement of the facts to which I have alluded, with information, besides, of my present visit to yourself.— The paper will be delivered to the friend to whom it is directed, unless within an hour I reclaim it from the messenger ; who has been instructed fur that length of time, to retain it." Ills face grew livid. His frame quiv ered with wingled fear and rage, and his eye gleamed like that of a wild beast at bay. What is your purpose," lie exclaim ed in a voice harsh with suppressed pus- '"To keep your becret while you live," I answered, "on one condition." "Nain , ; it." 'That you write instantly to Julia Par sons. renouncing all pretensions to her hand, and absolutely withdrawing your proposal of marriage." After a moment's pause he hastily pen ned a brief note, which he submitted to wy inspection ; it was quite satisfactory. "Be so good as to seal and address it," I said. Ile did so. "I will see that it is delivered," I re marked, taking it up and bowing myself out. When I met George Dickson that even ing, his old college look had come back. He had great news to tell me. The next thing was to take me to see Julia; and it is needless to tell what a happy evening we three spent together, and what a hap py marriage followed not long after. Elbridge Parsons, I have just learned, emigrated for Australia, on board the Lou don, and went down on that ill-fated ship. Atoning iDV the Jr iliiors. Our New York Letter. Home Again—Hot IVeather and Crime —Blood—Negro Gambling— ,Spanish Monte Tweed lard Times—The Boolesellers—Police—Hot. NEW YORK, July 31, 1875. HOME AGAIN Back again ! Back from the golden shores of the Pacific—back from the cool breezes of San Francisco, the scorching heat of Sacramento, the stock gamblers and the Chinese, to New York. Am I glad to get.back ? Yes, and no! With the thermometer standing at 100°, I sigh for the delicious coolness of San Francisco; but then when I look out on the great, grand city, the city that is destined to be the first in the world, I am glad to be back to her. New York has a myriad of faults, but it has also a myriad of virtues, and to take it by and large I want no better place to live in. He was an astute Bos tonian who said he should always live in Boston, for the reason that when he tired of Boston he could go to New York. 110 T WEATHER AND CRIME. Is there any connection between hot weather and crime ? Does the sun breed contentions and hive men a thirst for blood ? It would seem so. Since the heated term commenced there has been in New York A CARNIVAL OF BLOOD, Last Sunday a negro quarreled with others over the gambling table and killed three men with a knife before he was se cured. The saute day a son shot his fath er, a woman was killed by her husband, and the police reports in the morning show ed no less than eighteen assaults with deadly weapons. Hot weather seems to make rum more effective for evil. And speaking of GAMBLING AMONG NEGROES, it is wonderful what a hold the passion has upon them. Talk of the Chinese ! The negro, that is the low, uneducated negro, will discount them. A new game runs with them a most furious course. Just now SPANISH MONTE is the rage. It was brought here from the South. and every negro who gambles at all stays by it as long as he can raise a nickel. It was over a game at Spanish monte that the trouble originated last Sunday. The game is very simple. The dealer deals two earth from the bottom of the pack, and lays them on the table face upwards, say a ten and a deuce, then the betting begins. The betters lay their money on whichever card they choose, and when all have bet who want to, the dealer turns the pack face upwards and goes on. The first card he lays next to himself and the next the other side of the table, and so on. Suppose you are a negro and have a nick el on the ten. Very good. Now the first ten decides the fate of that nickel. If it comes on the pile next the dealer he gob bles it—if on the other pile, he pays you an equal amount. It is a kind of simpli fied faro. But the darkeys are playing it everywhere, with all the ardor that belongs to that most excitable of all the races. 11(r4S TWEET, is slowly working his way toward liberty, and there is a string probability that a few more months will see the old villian at large. with his head np as proudly as ever. This result is foreshadowed by the recent proceedings before Judge Donohue. I will not weary your readers with dry de tail, but suffice it to say that in the suit against him fir $11,000,000. the judge has taken advantage of every possible legal technicality to stave off proceedings against him, and finally defeat the city. For in stance, the judge decided in such a way that to make the city sin:et...kiln!. it will have to produce 141 vouchers which were known to have been stolen and destroyed years ago. The books still in existence show all that the volchers could, but the judge insists upon the destroyed papers. Of course Donohue is a Tammany demo crat. It seems hard that a known thief cannot be punished. Rut the affair car ries with it a moral which I commend to the republicans in the States holding elections this fall. which is, don't let the democracy get their Tweeds into office at all. It is a fearful task to pet rid of them when they arc once solidly fixed. ARD TIMES. You of the country may, and doubtless do, growl of' hard times. but you don't know the meaning of those two terrible words. We know all about it in New York. for bUsiness is at an entire stand still. There is no business to speak of. There is a little flurry in the grain mar ket, and the drinking houses are busy, but this is all. There are no goods selling— no real estate being transferred. in short, no nothing. Stagnation is the rule. Now. in the country. where expenses are light, this condition of' affairs can he borne for a time with some degree of patience. bnt not here. You pay here 12.000 per an num for a store—you have your army of salesmen and clerks on hand, and you must have them—and this enormous expendi ture cats and cats into capital at a fearful rate. And the trouble with us IS, that there is no reason to believe that the fall trade will be any better. The merchants see no indications of any like even a re spectable fall season. The people do not seem to be buying of the retailers, and per consequence, their stocks are compar atively heavy. Purchases are being made with great caution, and in the smallest possible quantities. This condition of things may be chargeable partially to the hard times, but I have an idea that the trade that New York is now snffering for the want of, she never will get again. Ros ton is getting a part of it, Baltimore still more, and Chicago, Toledo, St. Louis, Cin cinnati. Louisville and other inland points are doubling and quadrupling their hnsi ness. It is possible that New York is ab solutely overgrown, and that its sceptre has departed. No matter what the canse, the merchants are as blue as and are likely to keep so. Tlr TRAT'P nooK %LE is about the only sensation in the city at this time. The publishers and booksellers of the United States formed an association last year, the object being as annual fair, where the manufacturers could meet the dealers. This is the first, and it is a pro nounced success. All the publishers are represented, and booksellers are here from almost every city and town in the country. Each publisher has his stand on which be displays samples of his publications. It surprised me to know that in that ball were thirty-too thousand diprrut books, publish ed in this country ! The most of them having been issued within the pest two years. What an immense amount of pa. per and ink must have been consumed. and what an immense amount of thought expended to produce this vast mass. The trade is, as in other departments of bust ness, very dull. Buyers are cautious and sellers are eager. TIIE POLICE are being hauled over the coals by the committee appointed by the Legislature Some very curious developments arc being made. The pauel-house business came up incidentally, and what a panel.house rent ly is was made known to the legislative Solons. A suite of rooms are fitted up with doors that. resemble panels—that is the room is papered in panels—one panel. however, at the foot of the bed, being a door that slides noiselessly. It takes two persons, a man and a woman. to play the game. The woman goes on the street, and picks up a verdant countryman, who, to make it perfectly safe, ought to be half full of rum, and takes him to her room. He goes to sleep, leaving his clothes on a chair that is placed close to the conceal ed door. When once asleep, the man in the next room slides the panel, captures the clothes, takes everything of value, and the woman gets up quietly, and nukes her exit by the same door. The poor wan wakes up in the morning to find that he has been plundered, but by whom ? Will he go to the police? Not nitt.A. For then the fact would get into the papers that he has been in the company of a scar let woman, and that wouldn't sound well in Baldwinsville, when it should reach that virtuous village. variety of interesting facts were de veloped. For intance, it was shown that the detectives were always slower than mo lasses in wietcr in pursuit of thieves, un till thesufferers kid seen them with money. and very large money too. Then they either arrest the thief, or let hint escape, just as it harp-91s. It' the plunderer can put up mire money than the plundered, he rocs scot free—if not, not. Tito detect ives know every thief in the country. and could, if they would, bring every one of them t, book ; hot they never do it. unless there is more to be made thereby than by any other course. The commission are determined to cor rect this evil, and it is to be hoped they will succeed. THE NV EAT II KR is fearfully hot, clo:►e. damp, and muggy. It is a most excellent time to get away in to the country. PiF.TRO. Trottl,l,4 13,,c1,er Mrs. Tilton—Trona. ilaimty Peniocrttry —o6serne Litertstore— The Wenthei. uurl Busineu. NEW YORK. August 9, P. 475. THE GREAT FAILURES. Wednesday last the great banking boikse of Duncan, Sherman & Co., one of the oldest and, supposed to be, soundest in the city, closed its doors probably forever. Its liabilities are a long way up into the mil lions, and its assets a long way down in the millions. Of course the wildest ex citement prevailed ; it was unexpected— in factoio house in the United Stotts stood better or was considered safer. What was the matter with them' -last what is the matter with all banking houses that fail. Instead of confining themselves to a legitimate bo.fines4 thf y went heavily into Aock.... and !hat not licing eriough to ruin then) they undertook t minter ail the er4 ton in tl.e world. and tent being M.:eunuch w"nt ;infler. The fai ore prwlared .eeh a s•entiati.fn in Wall Street 24 h 2112 not ken witne:44ed there liner the Jay t'oohe AII13:41i clay haire.i men. ....ounz eierk4. merchantA. banker+, everybowiy. were teeth ing frantieally op anti flown the fittefet. hinki Were he4ierefl for halineel, 'each. went flown with a run. anti f.w an hour lr two it !seemed aff thonzh ail Wail .4treet wa.4 f.razy Finally the eseitentent motel. and it w.f.) chat it wasn't mneh of 3 ihow,r after all. No more haler!, were annonneffd thatday anti awe .1 lops tolerably well that nilth - t. I;y t Sot twit lay the (.7, imrsiere SY hoi-ze Company failed for a wiiiliol arm I 3 half. .infl the ex citement 'a:L.; r:uww,.l. infl it -till 71.- g The suitiard besot Oki sadiet nein,. 4 war it ttyttii be very wow. if it vero sot metes piweat, w dieswee bum men Irani .4 every Amp somblit Over hearts. mot insist do Weise ems el wrong...swam se Abe setwoult 4 their iambs how dory amet ilhelrtilty 4 t medises warn they emmot &kw' these "mew We t*. beer melt edit Or• pwribegak het * am se erwer the head. alma ow 4 de bowl V. ems had rot hires Ow insets mob s inewew.. bre bin hews in is the oinks Om: frit'e n 00- hie fellow" Illiaey • teellgam Ise besehmil pest mow oho, bar thissiwit 4116 an P'4111110,11. em only 4 time_ but ewe 4 ieeesey. who breeinns bee 111111111111/* heart and haisese is. is 4 at ages ernes." or -whale " ow .' pied-Imert e4.- The soma isipoisehat So etesype riery this.; to the heed sod asshisnia. tire hews. lanairoalen Ind iw tabs Awe weed,. awn bard tretweettinwe by riving *so grim aaeattttr•. et' ellberstrasetiiipmehr sees Ale heenonvs mem anti if mot quite liewsweak anise she etas ette delve .4efsieswiew." • arsssiemsa'''hmsl, 4 trait." -apiespipanjwitalms 4 Irby one vey twbiwY. fEninibPSNl. er that we mod *hors may molosetmmi she me me cstita .t obemt due rile firepi atilt toes be may the imimbies et liowessw" . aw 4 • smervawy Ow -•issmolbr 4 pwitssi, Ti* oak wwwdeeli - sullseshsre *oth with si.weh sellengiseewiametww. time of zwedkaaws 4 bwrs andlol_ earlt attempts to .1111111 Ifls lowwwwwave gibe 4 aim. fat lINPOU.Os fiftegir lapis:. els. 7. 1 14 MOW Pie NI be ant OEMf ;0- etas The .tsar, 4 dist view is the hem, and douse it wed* At way ewe nap ail de limenibinw sof smindkos Ei r ear IMF Om mew.. limeremmeallinit tablimme. peso ems. mitimem. are sow& trielhei ~- reps :stab few bort quo whim* sill Over Leo. ir s fleeollis 4 kiwi" one owe swedwelewi pot 4 Air aia pew" 4 die UM ite is, eases ems iteemer 4 ..itibitteriew. Whys am 4.44 wee *boob be *wive bin& it haevi see We Iwo dm elthil= erg; fe. fireweed* hoe ,sae wit the feels %re bow asses is • estossibato bettemen Awl balmy. ter Or se liven omit the nip 4 web bear, mini that isseelmg tetwt dim/t its wee OW VIM illidrigag .110 tie woo lieweiOser err Jet**. het it oteibime Anita olllhatilt aim 414 wowwwwww, eel yet mom Awl Aar gee sw4 me isle .111011 s steihang 'wimp4eels wismsextlt = II = : ma in ; i ttweg aill" ww= absorb eirehlesly ovell wentseir dew Or Itssiltsw see stwoly abet awe issome vidiess 4 s easakidese it ems bevies the sadChrbilwitiwy. She show why It s spidniumew ar are rime sews s. peilrosa, tnttti .hems m. tesihent is. skim ter Asir mod snwiliensw es she 4 s bete I~s Ala tea wereenouse bow s stiplb it* dime these whoa sitsmily absepollbed with sesames erseity. Vim lattiptme trt Tut ntwort.tvir Ait bah?' s vowy Mama Imo =ll tie there is trouble of 3 very arrival notate t h e b o mb s& /bey girpoub SIP The ruling powers in Tawinsaoy have made ra b owar dy / h e t e t gild boil ! Raij— war upon John Morrisey. sod ham the y ore 1 . s ib, b are ly j ow i la i sis a s an d ex•pugifist. at present writiart. fairly *ewe. obi's ophi cs iaginigig apt tamp 440 tif f T s though into Joh* is IssitisX s ctiwnvese zals;.,as which pad giver is lit isersitse effort to get up alai*. Is es .aid 'bag Wan of his as she beseme Tee this movement is to pave the way bit w i ll t h e e d i a. „ 7 , 0 ,.. 4 .unship. Tweed too again take the reins. The *id e ar r r , a , we -i m a m & v i e . b oom s b o b ob bo o . Marl it confident of pectin!: liberty is s t o , 3 133 egibpormr iihss very short time. and once at liberty he her Th e y gym by steam Ilimob bapp . followeis aniugh to take pnwsweiau of a m t * th e swful asneg i m s oir ear lanai so Tammany, am! consequently the city. If stele a,„ their ribeembe. w. o b ooro bb. this happens what a 'lay of re Itowin: so limit beam. idelory is every Mr 1" there will he Alt the Democrats who pe..l sot s sis di eigisor It psigimme went back on the P.. to save themselves ha m " fi t b um s. tee pi o ns ••••• 11 at the time the reform movement tom ..The 6,4 b o sh m id s his boom aims it menred. will be held to 3 strict ate owat— 0 ,14,4 Tib. 7 ant ~rug s. sib i b a gs j a m r all the shysters now in oiler, who trip a bn s i moet hin mots. - b om b rib ri p a pp--eb., posim , him dead. =eve him the eohl Anvil bi g pistons as Lw o w der. 'ilatalhtetv"l ""those aw.tr'y, ens mhos ; a dewerved hates heel wismed and the Tammany Reptiblieurs whn pawed has asida." Vaud bads that '.wile Emile in the hue and Cry Ipiekit lain.. will wish arg „,„,„,g " mamm i es p o i r dwia o they had never been born Tweed has a pi p s b oo i l cp.i . but omo bi 0 , 4 long memory and sharp claws Those who a „,,,bi p bo w Aft A n a they sate whose re. are in the weerets of political matter. in emir." And by est 4 lie enemata nwelbee the city assert, that once let the Kam or -.1 j Y ..e b e t ip ema< sit' mo o moo k, •• his ponderous fmt on the rvemests a te .sess. bus id all wish- New York. a free man, he can rally. a ,disese -Rees se they . test Ike be ',- stronger party to his support than ever Lea 0;,„,4 oasis cad o w e The lower Hawes of the Peninersey re t b, El over em a pritmentt soot inemil.er his open-banded eenermity. gaol Ttiir yi b i a b in l wewr . sh osis h 0 6.4 they love hint better that' ever. go sissy tilt b o ob oo amen boo *stand. • oomoomi - What the. 3 ph.,t i r a il will be main:, to he wen. Shrewd men ire ta king. in sail and going ws r,eresi poss Pile. Another wersiin: (Int. 4neh o•.:eurn!il a ft.'? .13y Cooke'• ed. fur t':e r-Ason that oilier 14;3 reery bgdy. h i : b e e n doing; heftiness but at a !cm. h il t 3 ,4 money has en easily to may qn::ntity of weak houses hare been Ale b. conceal their weakness ind r on. To Inch, th;rse heivy failures that shake the street are it-ath. For the roomiest The strings are tightened. they rub', get the credit they need. and np they * Wheat. er this is the beginning of •oieh a .eft4etn if not remains to be Aeen rtqln istrritrii nut ih- f.,ilnr that milt,: the writ talk that of .1. R. A 1%) the Oh lishr•t R.m.eher'l bunk, awl Ai• riper rnp rIIIII4II I IN r`ifilYl They annonnee ► "troperoinn sod hold out a kind of v-ivie prnetise fume. the while. this the vest :.candal 1n 4 hinz , o do with their trou ble. All of which h.oh The llownst the Icandat iris wide poblic the tole 4 Beecher'A hnoli4 dropped to 11004 wilt awl it has been 'minty:, WITS* wine, The firm had an immense nownnnt .4 norm ey locked in the fire... irnlanto of "TV- Life of Chri4t. - and 2 , 4 they t it 'AV flnwn they went. _ _ _ Everybody ennneeted with this assets ham had tronble eseept Beecher. He iv sercne as a May monitor ; Mier +eery lire 4 Leen raie-.1 to $100.4051 pp, year ; bin folTowery accompany him 14 the diert iR drovev ; big ovatimwo are hying gives his. and ail worts of plerivent thin!. ire *Wow ed upon him in the sesetieme. Mrs Ti1! , 91 iv about to 9pen a boaryinr;.honse. and J. R. Ford A newsy Weal night t 9 crone to the relief oft -ith of them. lie oiraht to bay ail of MIA barrio thug Ford A Co., have on hand owl xive thew to Mrs. Tilton. who mead. dlimeledisnik tis pave of them f9r 40095 t nee void let them both oat of the trosiiie he plosir oil them into. got I 7,11.?!.. !e woe', do it. Fpeaking of 91L4. Tlg.l'r).; something ninths to be done for her If Beeeher is innocent of oven, she is; but for all that the trial bat newel beg. Pie has never a penny to bler herself with. and the scandal has barrel her frees sl aws& every employment she ie kW for Theodore is even poorer thee ob.. Ow be had nothine before the trial. eel away be has the enormous expenses asteeahrer that to stagger under ; to he awl help her if he would. It Aertall to me that Plymouth rhureh should stand by her in bet tom— b!e as it has by it. pastor. The rhumb is rich. anti to give this blew. sows a moderate support berme 11" swd elsildres would not be a serious bunks consiiter him a martyr. arirer assta to dot not 4 wary aWM tin There Will be fun when he .7.. rise. •Kst ..r 3 .4 A i , d i p.... gsumak ,trect jiii. lE,sbe eeneeeb. if be empubi ewiy Sawa ilitscusE LITKRATr at t• Sol 10;041. to bessomp sob IA Anthony rootstock. the agent the . I_ I6IIIP JL L" er Porno Men's Christian ..4.teneistims. is an u "'" `"" P "'""IF . ar art vigilant as ever is the work of' suppress:sr.: 17, _ 1 1.11. 7 ...1 4 : 141 "9 181 " 1 ""P"'""" 1 " the sale of obscene literature. He mode 14"" the 11111.11.1- tw arrest. ye-4terlay , sad karpea two ire imr torso his Web ow tibt ists sod miscrable hounds in Ili?. But few ie Mr nisa ihswel have an kiwi of the extent to which this, "'"` I " . = horrible business is carried on Th en! 211 t I : 4 3 ` w kirge establishments ran by steam fintalred 1111"Puiv . iu printing obscene books —there are how P m " ? ' 2. -144 I. " 4 11116111 / 2 1r v sorb re Wes frit dbmwritter fined sus with large capital entploycii in import- - ink them. and in numberlens attics small „ . treg g i r presses are throw of thonoseds emelt °Mk day of smut in the form of versos. Toryee. - are sold by unprincipled bookselkrs es the -sir 11. W 1111111. W sly. and by boys on the street'. Mr. Cam stork has undertaken to stop this weeseiwise business, and he is at lesit nmalltinr, aw illi- w e g F t t / 611 "ri• j W pression on it. He has arraitsd over forty ses— retailers of 61th and a score of missidisses- a"'". b^" 111 44 ""' Ist ." 1 " 1 " w to rers; and he has compelled the pniliehers T 6 terngli" 1 "n" or t h e dash papers to h e at a ss , e , s , Paieneeen irsewordp dos sr wows wissil lbw their illustrations and matter If, Mans Torn* Imo warkaga- so! is doing a gond work is the ere apary sea rode rams. sr elk why pan Ire them esbiene their a brewil- THY. WEATitr.= is bat &is pet puma de Asir livol 1,4 muggy, damp, ho. and miserable ft' by felling se the meter dim Two rains every day se throw,. • sub if annous imagyr awe aspimby rain was the crosier Ais l e to Air. Ht. vii gh ee t h e sage lei, e we di e awe course no one expects to do burtsmor. and J ingsduswo boor awes s rossay =sew none whatever 11 being done. New York liandlisswegitsg as by dlismoss Ism is a fearfully rick place just now. prefamed wildreree asemoinsp sac rift Pi rran 4 *op wrier. lot mew sil dielanalli ,el is estrom! lbw here besolbire spy me. hemmer swiliskiy plank gli imam 16 =no thavalmsraliag r for ge. breueetrf biaelii .i s sr..- dear Aso imenisperid nos parprey mese eke irkWINN bared* virS fries& by ersiisor re spelt Ir you love others. they will love you. If you speak kindly to them they will speak kindly to yno. Love is repaid with love. awl hatred with hatred WO4l you hear a sweet at ti pleasing echo leak sweetly and pkassustly yourwilf. I ;.) To the .Jot: .%t. StOre for the chesp e-t anil he.t paretrie4 in the -,nntry !be ANIPIIIIMS4 Ski me Ike illort The hens: is die elbisf motel isyntrisy. M. at ionic doe ftiprois• appmeses st. mai by so aim ski OM rad MI 4 nee wimenso sof et 4verisibt sbuslity. in !hit 'boy i. MP s ets * is 4c , sr snob «411s1 awl - soori ernop. Ti. Mb& is dm EU as boom phrieiire sir. diesiewr s. tlir sonmpore- TIM pisci•mt rho impiammit et s asearsorn erily raft!. bes wormill. if viiipossay 'Traced. lisdoel. &iv amserrisso MOM Any, 4 tb. truth. 1111.41arisse ioarislad ; the non Aro"' Ind sowie s onorsire ti.n. I max ebolibi be fsee.-1 sew., ~ w easet and brie...4 Irby." per.enet NO 31 .
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