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CARLISLE, PA.
Thursday! April 4,187 S.
THE MEWS IN BRIEF.
Qem. Sickx.es does not intend to re
turn to Spain.
Since the Illinois Legislature con
vened six of its members have died.
Minister Curtin has obtained leave
to .return home, and it la probable that
he will resign.
There have been eighty days of
continuous sleighing this season In
West Norflled, Mass.
The- Governor of Ohio is to have
a mansion built at the expense of the
State.
, The Labor. Reformers have estab
lished their headquarters, at Washing
ton.
Twenty- thousand women gain a
living in Switzerland by working In
the watch factories.
In the State prison at Jackson,
Michigan, 11,000 cigars are now made
daily.
The Illinois sages are puzzled. They
have found a hen’s egg within which a
brass button has been found.
Late accounts represent the internal
slave trade of Africa to he conducted on
an extensive and moat cruel scale.
The English Government in India is
taking, precaution* to prevent the ex
termination of elephants by sportsmen.
The Pennsylvania Labor, Reformers
expect to nominate a State ticket on
the 7th of May, at Williamsport.
Gen. Wit. Trousdale, formerly
Governor of Tennessee, died at' his res
idence lit Gallatin, on the 27th nit.
Many of our state exchanges recite
tharavages of mad dogs in their re
spective localities.
Wh. Jackson; of New Buflhlo, Per
ry County, died of small pox a faw days
ago'. He had been occupying the posi
tion of postmaster for many years.
The Senate of Pennsylvania is com
posed of 22 lawyers, 1 tanner, ! sur
veyor, 8 farmers, 1 physician, 2 gentle
men, 1 piano maker and 1 puddlor.
Cumberland, York and Adams
counties will send a colony of 800 far
mers to Kansas next week. So says
report.
The New York Mail states ss one of
“ the advantages of being Intoxicated,”
the ability to jump, from railroad trains
without being killed.
A gbamd industrial exposition of
manufacturles, products, and arts will
be held in New Orleans, commencing
on the Ist of May. . * .
Edwin Fobbest met with unprece
dented success in his recent Southern
tour. In Texas he drew immense
audiences ht $5 a ticket.
James C. Davis shot and killed bis
wife, last Friday morning, in Cincin
nati, at the Metropolitan hotel. Mrs.
Davis was a circus performer and was
known as “ Rosa.”
Geo. N, Knapp, postmaster of Or
leans, Ind., has disappeared. He is
charged with having defrauded the
government out of $4,000 through
fraudulent money orders. Next I
The Governor has re-appointed Prof,
Wickersham to be State Superinten
dent of Common Schools for another
term of three years from June next, and
the Senate has confirmed the appoint
mont.
Connecticut*—An election for «tato
officers and members of Congress took
■place in Connecticut on Monday, At
the time of going to press we bad but
few returns, but as far as received the
Indications. are that the Radical or
thieves ticket has carried tbs state by
three or four hundred.
The ladies of Alaska a> e said to wear
a body dress of equal proportion of furs
and dirt, arranged to suit> the taste of
the wearers. The married ladies all
wear silver rings in their noses and nee
dles through their lower lips, while el
derly ladles add to their irrepressible
charms a “ stopper,” whatever that
may bo, In the upper lip.
Dr. Joseph Kitted, of Liverpool,
Perry county, was arrested on Monday
of last week, for- forging certificates to
pension papers. He is charged with,
having forged the name of a justice of
the peace to certificates In order osten
sibly to draw a pension for a mother
in-law, who had been dead about'two
years. ....
Our distinguished visitors from Ja
pan at private as well as at public
receptions, invariably speak in a low
tone. This custom is followed by all
connected with the Embassy. To speak
in a loud tone, under any circumstan
ces, la a breach of etiquette and gross
vulgarity among Japanese, to be. in
dulged in by no person- of high rank
and good breeding.
A Chicago contemporary thus de
scribes the deliberate manner in which
that city is - being rebuilt: “ Let me
see,” said a Chicago boss mason reflect
ively, to a burned-out merchant, "have
got to put up a block for Brown this
morning, and a dwelling honse tbis af
ternoon for Smith, ryes, I guess we can
Jerk npyour:store this noon bytakin'
only half an hour’s noonin’.”
The Washington Star thus describes
a “Dolly-Varden A “Dolly Var
den” la a mode antique dress pattern,
and It is made of some material, and is
cut biased at the top and bottom and
trlmmcdyplth Honiton polanaisiea and
tubs roses, with a peplum running two
chains and: throe links to the south
west from tho; starting' point;' around
the skirts of; civilization, 1 and pinned
together, wlth a self-acting safety pin.—
The figures are so large that It takes
eight dress patterns to show them off to
advantage.
Some months ago a citizen of New
Jersey, while searching for mineral, in,
the mountains of Warren county, Pa.,
stumbled into a wood chuck hole and
fell to the ground. He found around
the mouth of ths hole 'what, upon.in
- veatigatlon, proved to be mica, and
having found the owner, purchased the
lot at a venture. Tlie deposit of mica
is found in one solid mass, fourteen
feet wide, in continuous layers, like
roofing ’slate, and is’.dug out in, large
square blocks, which may be split up
into innumerable pieces. The only
other mica known to exist in the Unit
ed Btates ls ln North Carolina,
REAL ESTATE IN DOVTII CAROLINA.
; A list of sales of real estate recently
inode in South Carolina, which we And
In the Charleston Jiepublican, IS some-.
What instructive. The first a plantation;:
of 060 acres in Christ Church,parish,■
sold for sloo—one-third cadi, the bal- ,
ance in one and two years. .The next
Is the Moreland or Bates Hill plantation
of 2,006 acres, on the Pee Dee river, to-'
gether with an appurtenaht tract
on the east of the river, sold
for $1,600. The Gilmore plantation, 801
acres, with an appurtenance of 1,039
acres: on ,the opposite, side of the Pee
Dee'rlvbri sold fOr t 1,500. The Holly
Grave plantation,. 800 acres,-.with an
appurtenance of 1.036 acres, sold forsl,-
270. The 1 Litchfield plantation, 1,691
acres 'on Wacoamaw river, together
With a-house and lot-on PaWley’s is
land, sold for $l,OOO.- The Millbrook
plantation,. 766 acres on the \yaccamaw,
sold for $9OO. Millgrove plantation on
Goose creek", 1,765 acres, sold for $3,000.
These prices seem absurd; yet the sales
are reported by. real estate agents’as
private, bona, fide transactions. They
aggregate 11,000 acres of,plantation, sold
for less than $lO,OOO, or. less than,sl per
acre.—' Exchange. ' ''
: '.Read the above, everybody. Could,
anything more strikingly illustrate the
desolating tendencies, of, the infamous
government which the powers at Wash
ington have imposed on the property?
holders of the. unhappy State ef South
Carolina? Think of it. Seven of the
most valuable plantations in the State,
embracing 11,000 acres, sold for less
than a dollar an acre I. Before this.cor-.
riipt, and villainous Grant administra
tion took the management of the South
Into its own hands, these same proper
ties could have been sold at an average
1 price of $75 per acre. That this depre
’ elation in the value of lands in the
• South is owing altogether to the policy
i of the administration and the bigoted
! and often bought-up members of Con
gress who support it, Is patent to every.
discriminating mind; and that this
policy was adopted with malice afore
thought, and for the express purpose of
effecting just what it has effected, is
equally clear to all. The grand aim
ofi Grant and his supporters has been
the utter ruin and prostration of the
South. The disfranchisement of its
white citizens—the turning over, the
affairs of the States to the keep
ing of ignorant negroes and New
England carpet-baggers—the bayo
net rule—the imposition of a sys
tem of taxation at once outrageous and
beyond endurance—the encouragement
given to negroes to steal, burn and
destroy—martial law—these were the
combined and enforced agencies, con
cocted by Grant and his supporters to,
effect the prostration and ruin otthe
South. Oh, how completely have these
agencies answered the object in view.
They were well planned, well consider
ed, and their diabolical results have
caused their authors and originators to
grin and chuckle over their damnable
work. • .
Let reflecting -men stop and think.—
Let Northern men, especially, consider
und calculate how much additional tax
ation is saddled upon them on account
of the ruin and desolation visited upon
the South. Had we statesmen Instead
ot pigmies at the head of affairs, wo
would have nothing of this.. The Grant
policy of reducing the South to bank;
ruptcy is ah injury to the whole people,
North anh South. A few New England
carpet-baggers may be enabled to pick
up fortunes by the depreciation of
Southern property, but their gain is
loss to the country at large. How these
United States are suffering for want a
proper administration of public affairs I
Grant’s policy is the policy of a fool, a
bigot and ass. Had he his whole coun
try' at heart, It would be his effort to
make that'whole country prosperous
and happy. Then all could contribute
their pr iportlon to swell the receipts
of the treasury, and thus lessen the
taxes of the people. No man who is
not an idiot can advocate a policy cal-
ciliated to destroy One section of a coun
try, without first coming to the oonclu
sion that the other section will be seri
ously injured. The country can be
compared to a man’s body. Lop off one
member—an arm or a leg—and the
whole body suffers and becomes for the
time being helpless. Let this wretched
idea of Grant’s, then—this vindictive,
suicidal, devilish policy—be repudiated
by men of all parties who desire the
welfare of the whole people and the
whole country.
A strong influence having been
brought to bear upon Governor Palmer
of Illinois to Induce him to extend a
pardon to one of the Chicago Alderman
who had been convicted of receiving
bribes, the upright Governor rather
astonished the Alderman’s friends by
informing them that the very circum
stances urged to procure a pardon for
the offender afforded, the strongest rea
sons; why the greatest penalty allowed
by the law should be carried out in his
case. In a government like ours, he
said, a man elected to a public-station
who so acts as to destroy the confidence
of the people Is a far more dangerous
criminal than the one who takes a suit
of clothes to cover his nakedness, or a
loaf of byead to satisfy his hunger.—
He could hot understand why the Al
derman, who was a man of means,
with uninteresting family, should have
improperly taken money; but ho be
lieved that an intelligent man, with
the strong motive of a lovfng wife and
innocent children to restrain him, who
is convicted of such an offenco is pre
eminently a suitable object for punish
ment.
The State Auditor of Mississippi has
informed the Legislature now in ses
sion that the taxation in that -State
must be taised to more than double its
res ent rate to carry on tho govern
ment. In the face of this warning,
every measure of retrenchment which
is proposed in the Legislature Is
promptly voted down by the carpet
baggers aqd freedmen, who lorm the
majority of that body. But it must
not be forgotten that tho Southern ne
groes, who ignorantly vote for all
manner of extravagant measures as a
class, cannot under any circumstances
be brought ,to see the propriety of any
taxation .which affects themselves. —
Consequently when the question of
repudiation comes up,in Mississippi, as
it is certain to do, it will be found that
a great majority of the freedmen will
vote for that method of cancelling their
debts.
The Labor, Beformers, Liberal Dem
ocrats and independent Republicans
held a conferenced Washington recent
ly, to agree upon a line of policy to be
pursued during the Presidential cam
paign.
ReoklOM fln Local Affair*.
Reading ia now suffering to a foarflil
degree, and a sickness prevails
there Caused: by the direct carelessness
on" thepnrtiof the local authorities, to
whose ! lnck«f vigilance in looking after
:pubUpaffaira is,directly owing the fact
of the diabase now carrying off large
numbers of people. It appears that
the contents of a cess pool wore delib
erately deposited on the surfeae of on
out-lot, by which a low type of typhoid
fever has been created in the neighbor
hood, and thus a fearful disease has
been spread oyer the, better portion of
Reading. Now, th’e question is, where
were the police when this deposit was
made ? Surely a portion of such offi
cers wore cognizant of tho fact; why
did they not interfere to stop the pro
ceeding,?
In Harrisburg the engineer of the
water house pumped from a well or
cistern, into which the contents'of the
city’s sewage had been pouring for
months. He used such water a consid
erable time, and when it was discover
ed no official censure was visited on his
head, but the man is allowed to retain
his place, the same as if no wrong had
.been done. If a similar offence; pi one
.of less magnitude, had been committed
lin a private concern, the offender
would not have been retained in place
an hour.
Here are two cities, both fearfully
afflicted by the direct neglect of .duty
on tho part of liberally paid officials—
death entering into the families of
careful, citizens, simply because tho
guardians of a city are unmindful of,
or incapable of performing their duty.
The thought is full of horror.
, The consumption of opium-in this
country is increasing enormously, and
well informed persons say that the
druggists of this city, says the N. Y.
Slin, sail enough of the article to keep
10,000 confirmed opium eaters constant
ly supplied. There are but few Chinese
here, and dealers In the drug say that
its consumption is confined almost ex
clusively to Americans, as foreigners
other than Chinese rarely use it. A
great deal of it Is sold to.servant girls,
who are supposed, however, to procure
it for their mistresses. That the vice of.
opium eating is, becoming common in
other parts of the country is rendered
probable from the fact that a bill has
just passed both Houses of the Ken
tucky Legislature providing that, on
the affidavit of two respectable citizens,
any. person who through the excessive
use of opium, arsenic, hasheesh, or any
drug has becoine incompetent to raan
agb himself or his estate with ordinary
prudence and discretion, may bo
brought before a jury, and on proof of
such a state of facts may be committed
to j the custody of one or more persons
to Ibe appointed by the court, with
power to confine suqh person in any
private asylum or in one of the lunatic
asylums of the State.
French Defaulters. General
Grant might well take a lesson from
the alacrity with which the French
Government punishes its defaulters.—
Victor La Place, the late Consul here,
has already been sentenced to two
years’ imprisonment for taking a small
percentage on those arms which Robe
son, our Secretary of the Navy, sold
to him wholesale ; and Monsieur Jan
vier De La Motte is just being subjected
to trial for defalcations not exceeding a
tenth of,the amount which some of onr
President’s friends have been guilty of.
In most cases the robbery was the
same, and perpetrated chiefly by
means of double entries and false
books. Speculation on the Bourse, too,
was the means by which the ili-aequir
gains were generally got rid of, though
Janvier was as dissipated in private as
Grant or Murphy or Leet can be.—
Thiers, however, had no complicity
with him, and hence he has resolutely
handed him over to justice, a course
on which our President would not
likely venture, lest they should turn
round and “peach” upon him as an
accomplice.
It is evident that the bait of a nomi
nation for the second place on the
Presidential ticket is to be used freely
by the friends of the Administration to
induce prominent Republicans, espe?
dally those who are regarded as doubt
ful, to commit themselves In Its favor.
While Mr. Colfax is led to believe that
it is the President’s wish that he
should be the nominee for Vice-Presi
dent, the special friends of Grant are
suggesting various names for that po
sition as likely to add strength to the
Philadelphia ticket, such as that of
Gen. Wilson of lowa, and others.—
And now it appears that an attempt is
to be made to capture Hon. Andy Cur
tin by the use of this inducement. It
has for some time been rumored that
Gov. Curtin would shortly return to
this country, and it is said that the
President informed a Pennsylvania
Senator two weeks ago that he had
obtained a leave of absence, and would
probably resign his commission and
remain at home. The Washington
correspondent of Fornoy’s Press, com
menting on this, says that Gov. Curtin
is likely to be a candidate for the
Vice-Presidency, and that he proposes
to take an active part in the coming
Presidential campaign. This may bo
taken as an indication that the Admin
istration is very desirous of securing
Gqv. Curtin’s support. How much
credit is to be given to the Press cor
respondent’s information regarding the
intentions of tho Minister to Russia is
altogether another question.
Gov. Warmotii, of Louisiana, has
arrived in New York, Ho is under
stood to have pronounced against the
administration''and in favor of Judge
Davis, if Gen. Grant is re-nominated.—
A New Orleans gentleman, accompany
ing the Governor, reports that General
Longstreet has resigned the position
of survoyorship at New Orleans, on
the ground that he cannot approve the
adndinistration policy in Louisiana.
. Returns from all parts but eight towns
of New Hampshire give Straw, Republi
can 1,230 majority, which will probably
bo slightly ino/eased by the full returns.
The State Senate will aland 8 Republi
cans to 4 Damodraia. The Hat o( Repre
sentatives is uncomplete, but so far as
returned, a Republican majority of about
60 lu the House is indicated.
Prof. J. P. Wickersham, Superinten
dent of Common Schools in this State,
is mentioned os the Republican candh
date for Governor.
Murderess; op Reputation.—
About a week ngo- a youg woman at
tempted to extort money from a prom
inent Episcopal;.clergyman of New*
York by threatening to bring against
him.a charge of seduction. The minis
ter refused to pay,and the filthy accu
sation was made in court and in the'
public press. A good deal of courage
was required to face such a hideous
charge, but .the clergyman persisted,
and now the woman admits that the
statement is wholly false. Her counsel
asks that she may be permitted to
escape prosecution ; but we hope that'
she will be tried and punished with the
utmost severity. Such women are
criminals of the worst and most dan
gerous class. The charges that they
make are exceedingly hard to disprove,
and many men are weak enough to pay
blackmail rather than to endure the
publicity of a trial, and to run the risk
of conviction from the perjurers who
are nearly always at the command of
such persons. The business of women
of this kind is to destroy reputation,
and it is necessary that they should be
deprived of the power to pursue their
iniquitous avocation as that the hand of
the murderer should be paralyzed.
Clergymen seem to be the favorite
victims of these wretches. .Baltimore
has been agitated for a month past with
a case in which a young girl brought a
similar charge : against a prominent
Methodist minister. At first everybody
believed the story, and one newspaper
troubled itself to present the accused to
the public every day as a villain of the
blackest type. Recent developments,
however, indicate that the minister is
an Innocent and deeply injured man,
and if such is the case, he has already
endured torture, the agonizing charac
ter of which can hardly bo imagined.—
If criminals wild do such deeds as this
are suffered to escape every penalty, we
might as well neglect to punish crime
of all kinds, for there is a devilish ma
lignity about such accusations which
make most other offenses upon the
calendar appear of small importance by
comparison.
The Proposed Removal of the State
Capital."
The following from the Lancaster
InteUigenaer, expresses the opinion of
the people of the whole Commonwealth
on the removal of the capital to Phila
delphia : ; • •
The Philadelphia papers are talking
of the removal of the State Capital to
that city as if there really, were some
possibility of such change being made.
We have had several excitements of
this kind before, but they have proved
to be mere flurries. That the present
I.luster will amount to anything we do
not belieye. Harrisburg is much more
of a railroad centre than Philadelphia,
and in all respects a suitable and con
venient location. There is no weight
in any of the arguments which have
been advanced in favor of the removal
of the Capital to Philadelphia. The
idea that the morals of members of the
Legislature would be improved by the
change is simply ridiculous. Those
who are not proof against the seduc
tions of Harrisburg would only find
themselves surrounded by temptations
ol a more alluring character in the
City of Brotherly Love. We have no
jealousy of Philadelphia, and would
not oppose any movement which
might be alike condusive to her inter
ests and to the general good of the
State; but this talk about removing
the State Capital to that city is all idle.
The people of the State will not coun
tenance the propoeilion and it can not
be adopted.
Is The List Exhausted? -Ha*
Grant run out of brothers in-law ? We
strive to keep down the beating of our
heart a* wo ask the question, but we
cannot. We infer as much from the
fact that he has commenced on Butler'*
brother in law, which nothing could
induce him to do unless his home sup
ply waS entirely exhausted. Parker, of
Lowell, Massachusetts, is to be sent all
the way to New Orleans to take the
place of Lohgstreet as Surveyor of the
Port. His only recommendation is
that he is Butler’s brother in law. and
if the tribe of Butler is as numerous a*
that of Grant, we shall hear of nothing
during the remainder of the present
dynasty but Butler’s relatives. Grant
never takes up a new family until the
old is completely exhausted.
.Straw, for Governor of New Hamp
shire has a majority of only 1,137. —
This is the grand result of tne last des
peate struggle of the Radicals to recover
one of their own States: the buying of
vote* j the sending of $75,000 into the
State from Washington alone; the Ail
ing of the United,States Navy-yard
with voters ; the visits of Wilson and a
score of members of Congress. The
majority for Grant was seven times
that of Straw. The total vote exceeds
that of 1871 by 6,610; the Republican
vote is increased 4,849; Weston’s la
Increased 1,888; the Labor Reform
vote is diminished 228; the Temperance
is increased 139. The Democrats polled
26,583 votes against all these discour
agements, and in, deAance of the pat
ronage of the Fedora 1 Government.
Schuyler Colfax is as crafty as he
is retiring. Though common decency
forbids his taking the stump in his own
behalf, after having repeatedly declar
ed his intention to decline a renomina
tion for the Vice-Presidency, ho yet
manages, to keep himself before the
public. Ho recently delivered an ad
dress before the Young Men’s Christian
Association of Brooklyn, where, after
declaring bis intention not to dissuss
politics, he endeavored to ruin : the
memory of Washington by an insidious
comparison between him and Grant.—
His latest character is that of a temper
ance advocate. He appeared in Llm
coin Hall, Washington, on Sunday
la»t, and delivered an earnest address
in favor of total abstinence, but on this
occasion he failed to say anything
about Grant.
The New York Sun says the people of
Pennsylvania may thank II foi the bold
ness It displayed in taking up their flght
when the Pennsylvania press was silen
ced by threats of libel suits. What do
yon think of that Messrs Senators—those
of you whose votes are recorded in favor
of shielding Radical scoundrels and
thieves?
Senator Wilson Is mo much grieved
at the political conduct of Senator
Sumner that he no longer speaks to his
erring colleague. The case Is really
very hard. '
Carpetbagger Abbot still impu
dently insists on admission to a seat in
the Senate from North Carolina. Bo
shameless a claim could have been born
only of the deviltries of reconstruction.
CANNIBALISM IN CANADA,
Tno Obltlsrliro . -Indians Entlnjr' Tlielr
own Families.
i Ottawa, March 21,—The most as
tonishing stories of .cannibalism at the
head waters of the Ottawa were-related
to me this afternoon by a man whose
respectability and voracity are un
doubted.
This winter, Mr. Wright, a lumber
man living near Ottawa, had a lumber
shanty on one of the tributaries of the
Obltteebee lake, within a days’s travel
of Fort Tim'acomanque,oneof the Hud
son Bay trading posts, and while on a
visit to his limits, from which he has
returned, he ascertained the following
facts : A camp of Obltteebee Indians
was established- about ten miles from
Mr. Wright’s shanty early in the win
ter, and the squaw, with her children—
the Oldest boy about fourteen years of
age—came occasionally to . the shanty
to trade off fur with the fore
man for grease and 'flour. Provis-,
ions wore scarce at the shanty, as sup
plies had to be brought such a long
distance, and he had to forbid the
Indians from coming around the place.
As the winter advanced ;the snow be
becaine deep, 1 the game was so scarce
that the Indian camp was without food
for two or three days at a time. Hares,
that had been plentiful other years, had
been decimated by a disease that had
attacked them during the summer, and
the Indians were reduced to a state of
starvation.
PARENTS EATING THEIR CHILDREN,
The owner of the wigwam returned
one evening in January, after an unsuc
cessful hunt of two days, and found
that one of his children had been killed
by the squaw, and the family were
then satisfying their hunger with part
of the flesh, which had been half cook
ed in a kettle. The old Indian, without
asking any questions, Joined with the
rest in the horrid repast, and satisfied
his appetite also,. The family lived for
three days on the body of the child, and
when it was totally consumed the In
dian again started out to hunt, but was
unsuccessful. On returning to the camp
he drove his tomahawk through the
skull of another child himself, and,
without ceremony, the squaw proceed
ed to boil a sufficient quantity of the
flesh for a meal.
THE WIFE SACRIFICED' TO HUNGER.
The weather grew colder, with more
snow, and it was impossible for the In
dian to go on another bunt. He singed
the hair off some dry beaver skins, and
they managed to keep alive until this
supply failed. Then, one day, when
savage with hunger, without warning,
he tomahawked the squaw, and he and
the boy fed off the carcass for several
days. In. the meantime the weather
cleared up, and the Indian started in
the direction of a moose park, several
miles from camp, to try and secure
some game ; but the snow though deep
was light, and he could not get within
rifle shot of the deer.
A TERRIBLE ALTERNATIVE.
After a three days’ hunt he returned
to the camp, and the boy, who saw that
his father had no provisions with him,
at once made up his mind that he or
the old man must die. Without wait
ing to discuss the question with his pa
rent he sent a rifle ball through his
heart, and before the blood had time to
cool he was assuaging his terrible hun
ger with pieces of his father’s flesh. He
remained in the camp as long as the
provisions lasted, aud then made his
way to the shanty, where he related, in
a mixture of broken French and Indian,
the facts which we have given above.—
The men could not believe the horrible
tale until the young Indian had con
fessed it to the priest, who resided at a
station several miles down the river.
He also confessed that on one other
occasion his sister, a year younger than
himself, had been killed and eaten two
years previous, when they had not any
game for several days,
the only survivor op a family.
A half breed fur trader named Simp
son, who resides at Fort Tlmiscom
anque, often asserted that on one occa
sion, while buying fur at an Indian
camp, he asked for something to eat,
and was told to help himself from an
iron pot that was on the Are. He
stirred up the mess which it contained,
and nearly fainted with horror when
ho Ashed up a human band from the
bottom.
An Indian, with an unpronounceable
name, who camps by himself near the
head of the Ohitteebee Lake, is known
and spoken of as the only surviving
member of a family of cannibals, and
he is shunned and feared by other
members of the tribe.
The above is the substance of what
Mr. Wright has heard from his men
and from Hudson’s Bay fur traders
who have been dealing with this
extraordinary tribe of Indians, and os
incredible as the statement appears to
be, he says there are dozens of shanty
men at the head, waters of the Ottaway
who are willing to testify to the truth
of it.
THE WIcCIURE-GRAV WEST,
Koport of the Investigating Com-
inlttce.
Decision In Favor of Col. IHoClnrc.
HE IS SWORN IN AS A SENATOR.
Harrisburg, March 27.— I The great
battle between Reform and the ‘Rings,’
in the Fourth Senatorial District, end
ed this evening by qualifying Colonel
McClure as Senator in the place of Col.
Gray- Four of the committee join in
the report—Messrs. Buckalew, Dill,
Davis and Brodhead. No minority ef
fort was made. It is understood that
the committee were unanimous in re
jecting the whole vote of Ave precincts,
via-—The Eighth and Twentieth of the
Nineteenth Ward, and the Fourth
Seventh and Fifteenth of the Twentieth
Ward, but a majority of the committee
discarded the roturfls of several other
divisions, including'the third andAfth
of the Twenty-second Ward which dis
sipated over one hundred of Col. Gray’s
majority. Col. McClure’s majority is
made but a little over two hundred,
but the committee denounce the man
agement of the election generally in the
interest of Col. Gray as conspicuous for
violence and fraud.
As soon as Col. McClure was sworn in
he earnestly commenced work, present
ing several important bills relating to
Philadelphia.
Harrisburg, March 27.—The prom
inent feature,of the evening session of
the Senate was the matter of the con-,
test in the Fourth Senatorial District.
Mr. 1 uckalew, from the committee
of investigation, presented the follow
ing: ■
The committee selected to try thd
matter of petition contesting the elec
tion of, Henry W. Gray as Senator
from the'Fourth District, make report
that having heard the parties in the
case and taken testimony upon the
points in controversy between them,
the committee have this day adopted
the following resolution as their judg
ment and determination in the case:
Itetolved, That the return of Henry
W. Gray, a Senator from the Fourth
Senatorial District is false and fradu
lent, and that at the special election in
said district, on the 80th day of Janu
ary last, Alexander XC. McClure did
receive a majority of the legal votes
cast therein, and is entitled to his seat
in the Senate, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the death of the Hon. George
Connell, late Senator elect from said
district. C. It. Buckalew,
J. D. Davis,
a. H. Bill, '
A. G. Brodhead, Jr.
aubectlßcments.
gA lH OF TH E'
MOUNT
FLORENCE ESTATE
WITH A
CASH FUND.
TOTAL VALUATION,
$350,00000
IN SHAKES OF
One Dollar Each!
A magnificent properly on tho
HUDSON RIVER,
near New York City, overlooking
“ HIGHLAND BEST,”
the celebrated country seat of tno ,Rov. Henry
Ward Beeoher.
Large and Elegant
MANSION,
Fully and 'Fichly Tarnished,
and containing all modern Improvements.
Eighty Acres of
Superior Land,
highly improved and ornamented with
Shade Trees, Fountains,
’ Statuary, Hedges.
Lawns, Avenues,
Graveled Walks, 40.
Twenty Buildings,
Fifty Building Lots.
Hot House,
Bowling Alley,
Billiard Boom,
supplied with water, heated by eteam. lighted
With gas.
BLOODED HORSES,
ALDERNEY CATTLE,
CARRIAGES,
SLEIGHS, and
HARNESSES,
CARTS, WAGONS, FARMING and
HARDENING IMPLEMENTS.
aud everything desirable either for a gentle
man's Crst-class residence, or modern farm.
ALL 'TO BE BIS2SIB UTED
AMONG
SHAREHOLDERS,
AS A MAJORITY MAY
DETERMINE,
at a meeting to be held In the city of Neff York,
On the 16th Day of May, 1872.
The hour and place of meeting' will be given
through the Public Prest, at loastTEN DAYS in
advance. Thus affording ample time lor all to
be present In person or by proxy.
The “Real and Personal Property,” with the
Cash Fund, Is divided into 350,000 SHARES,
which are elaborately embellished, sold at ONE
DOLLAR EACH, and are numbered and Regis*
tored from I to 550,000, inclusive, in the style of
United States Bondi, to guard against loss or
fraud.
Special -Attention
Is called to the fact that this is not a “Gift En»
terprlse, “Charity Concert,” nor any mere
scheme for disposing of tickets, but an absolute.
bonaflde and
PEREMPTORY SALE OF VALTJA-
BLE PROPERTY,
full description of which is given In Circulars,
and the exact truth of which every Subscriber
is earnestly requested to verify for himself, to
which end the undersigned will afford all rea
sonable facilities,
It has been proposed that the Property and
Cash Fund should be divided into
2,457 Prizes !
But this matter moat be decided by the Share-
holders themselves.
* Wears, by special permission, allowed to re
fer to the following gentlemen, whose names
are in themselves a sufficient guarantee that
the most scrupulous care will be exercised in
conducting the affairs of the Bale. They have
also consented to act as an
ADVISORY BOARD.
H. OLAY PRESTON, Now York oily.
ZENAB C. PRIEST, Utl oa, N. Y.
GEO. PRANK GOULEY, St. Louis, Mo.
ORRIN WE LCH. Syracuse, N. Y.
THOMAS J. CORSON, Trenton, N. J,
F. L. STOW ELL, Clean, N. Y.
GEN. M. N. WIBEWELL, N. Y. City.
P. H. PALMER, N. Y. City.
DANIEL SICKLES, N. Y. City.
ROBT. 9. BRUNS, Charleston, 8. C.
LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS OFFER
ED TO AGENTS AND CANVASSERS.
Special Terms made with Clubs.
For full pa rtlculars, Shares, References, De
sorlptlve Circulars, Illuminated Views, Ac., Ac.
Address
JOHN A. LEF^KRTS,
General Manager, 635 Broadway, N. Y,,
Box WM. •
JOHN IV. SIMONS, Secretary*
JOHN 0. SMITH, Treasurer, Mew York Mer
chant’s Exchange, 60 and 63 Fine Street. -
Ap4-91.
jfldn abherttomenta.
* NNUAL'BTNANCLAL STATE
/V WENT of theßorough oTCatlisle. for the
ificai year ehdlng March 21, 1573. by B. H.
GOULD, Treasurer.
To amt received from JO3.W.
Ogllby. former treasurer, * 3j4 8y
To Interest received from
Mrs. Thorn'H legacy. w w
To dividend received .from
Carlisle Gas * Water Co., 1,405 00
To amount received from
James McCarter, Street
Commissioner, for wood
and stone sold. M ’ l
To amount received from
Carlisle Deposit Bank,on 'tnanan
note discounted; . - , - 1,000 00
To amount received from w.
Blair,for setting curb and
filling up side-walk on
Boutifstreet. IBi
To amount received from A.
8. Lyne, market master, t a
To amount received from ,•_««» u
refit of market stalls, 1,623 14
To amount received from
John 8. Low* chief bur
gess, for ezhlolllon llcon- •, m
, sen, „ - /t w
To amount received from
JoshuaFagan.colleotor for
187"„ on account of his da
plicate. 695 89
Amount of duplicate of Bor
ongh tax for 1871, $6,294 65
Amount of, exonerations al
lowed collector, $ 97 68
.Collector’s foes on $3,083 12, 164 15
Amtoutstand’gln duplicate,2,9s9 70 8,311 43
Amount received from G. H*
Rinehart, collector,.
Balancoduo and overpaid by
. Treasurer,
18.85504
DISBURSEMENTS AND EXPENDITURES
—OUTSTANDING! ORDERS OF PBE
VIOUS YEARS. ■
By amount paid Ellas Donnelly. Street
Commissioner for 1870, and. em- ’
ployees for that year, ...
By. amount paid R. McCartney, JA, '
clerk to Council _ 35 0J
By amount paid Cumberland Fire Co.,
opproprlatlon of 1870, 323 00
By amount paid Union Fire Company,
appropriation of 1870, , „ 75 00
By amount paid Good Will Fire Co., -
appropriation of 1870. , *OO 00
By amount paid Leonard Heckendon, .
s curator of grave-yard. ... 10 "
By amount paid John Humer, coal ojl, •
40., . iu 77
By amount paid John Weaver, inapec- .
' tor of election, !i , w
By amount paid Samnel Cornmin, on
. rator of grave yard for 1860, • 34 2A
By oraount psild Samuel Brown, for
services as police, . IW uo
By amount paid Geo. Taylor, janitor to
council chamber, . . 4S ia
By amount paid George P. Myere,police •
jservlce ... w
By amount paid Wra. B. Gregg, clerk to -
market, extra appropriation, 25 00
By amountpald Jesse Humor, high con
stable, 2000
By amount paid C. P. Humrlch,,att’y. ’
to Council, . *Q OO
'81,644 73
PAYMENTS AND .DISBURSEMENTS FOR
THE PRESENT, YEAR.
By cash paid Wm. Corblt, lamplighter, ISO 03
By cash paid Campbell * Henwood, re
pairing flro pings, Ac. 29 60
By cosh paid Jofm Nickel, "work ’on ■
streets and grave yard, 20 13
By cash paid Patrick Fahey, work on . ■
streets and cleaning spring, 139 61
By cash paid John Hays, "work on
streets, - imol
By cash paid Oliver Mlnnlch, work on
streets. ■. 74 08
By cash paid John Laly,work on streets,. 73 88
By cash paid James 6lcCarter. work on ‘ .
streets as street commissioner, - 423 08
By cash paid. Isaac Jones, work on
streets, JIS 3®
By cash paid Andrew Prltsch, work on
streets, - ■ ' 10 60
By cosh paid Robert Glass, cleaning
grave yard, 1» 50
By cosh paid Wm. Bowers, nse of horse
and cart, 3 50
By cash paid Godfrey ’Bender, nse of
horse and cart, - 3 00
By cash paid Wm. McElwee, use of
horse and cart, 3 50
By cash ; paid Robert McCartney, Br., . !
Beijing market stalls, . 760
By cash paid John S. Low. extra police, 81 85
By cash paid J. P. Bnndle, for stone, -40 20
By cash paid Mrs. E. D. Potts, for stone, 117 00
By cash paid Lewis Masonholmer, clerk
to Council, • W 76
By cash paid Lewis Masonhelmer, for
stamp on bond, 100
By cash paid Thomas Baird, street reg
ulator, - 6 00
By cosh paid Daniel Armstrong, for
services ns police, • 3 25
By cash paid William Corblt, cleaning
spring and work on streets, Ac., 08 63
By co4i paid E. McMlllec., Interest on
Warden Judgment, #0 00
By cash paid UrattOn a Kennedy, pi lut
ing; 58 60
By cash paid George Taylor, salary as
janitor, 40 00
By cash paid Carlisle Gas A Water Co., 359 SO
By cash paid J. H. Bosler, coal for mar
ket house, 8 00
By cash paid William E. Gregg, market .
master. 4 13
By cash paid Casper Ehrle.lampllghter, 23 04
By cash paid Sara'l Stout, lamplighter, 66 63
By cash paid J. Wareham, lamplighter, 16 07
By cosh paid Carlisle Deposit . Bank,
noteT 1.600 00
By cash paid CarlisleDeposltßank.dU- .
counton note, 24 25
By cash paid Carlisle Deposit Bank,
coupons on borough bonds, 3,553 00
By cash paid Carlisle Deposit Bank, In
terest on coupons, 27 48-
By cash paid Lewis Faber, on acconnt
of salary as high constable, 323 00
By cash paid R, McCartnoyJr., services ,
os clerk to Connell, 6 00
By cosh paid Joseph Ebright, repairing
pump. 4 60
By cosh paid Wm. K. Piper; stationary, 3 #5
By cash paid George L. Gougber, post
ing bills and ordnances, 75
By cosh paid David. Smith, qualifying •
* Council. 300
By cash paid Wm. B. Parker, profes
sional services, 60 00
By cash paid A. 8, Lyne, clerk to mar
ket; 176 95
By cash paid A. 8. Lyne, for glass, 1 40
By cash paid John Faber, Br., laying
crossings, 34 76
By cash paid 8. H. Gould, salary as bor
ough treasurer, v 175 00
By cash paid Wm. Stoner, work on o
crossings, 13 13
By cash paid John Kabor. selling curb
for wra. Blair and repairing cul
verts,' 72 61
By cash paid George B. Hoffman, coal
oil, wick. Ac., W 40
By cash paid Wmi Fenlclo, repairing
tools. 3 60
J3y cash paid Jonathan Zelgler, forstep
ping stones, , . 8145
By cash paid Wm, Barnltt, for curbing,
Ac,, 64 30
By cash paid State Treasurer, on ac
count of State,tax and costa, 11165
By cash paid A, Heckor,curator to grave
yard. 0 25
By cash paid Jas. McCarter, salary os
0 street commissioner, 40 00
88J133 94
Chid Grapery,
BOUNTY STATEMENT.
To amount received' from
J, Wi Ogllby, former
treasurer, 31,710 08
To amount received from
, Joshua Fagan, colleo
tor for 1870, on account •
of duplicate. 132 13
To amount received from
Carlisle Deposit Bank,
on note discounted, 600 00
To amount Bounty tax
assessed for. 1871, 83,027.73
Amount of exonerations, 8120 14.
Collect’rs fees on $1,397 89, 84 94
Amount outstanding, 2,074 76 2,220 84
Amount received from C.
H. itlnoliarl, collector
of bounty tax for 1871, 1,897 89
Total amt. received for bountypurposes, 84,040 05
PAYMENTS MADE OUT OP THE BOUNTY
FUND AS FOLLOWS, vl*;
To cash paid Carlisle Deposit Bank,cou
pons, . 8510 00
By cash paid Carlisle Deposit Bank,
bond No. S 3 and Interest,' 1,030 00
By cash paid Abm. Claudy, bond No. 35
ana Interest. . > 200 00
By cash paid John S. Munro, bonds
No. 28 and 29 and interest. 1,030 00
By cash paid Carlisle Deposit Bank,
note, - 600 00
By cash paid 8. H, Gould, discount and
stamps, 10 55
By treasurer’s commission, \A per cent.
on $4,0i1) 05. 20 20
Amount In bauds of treosurer, 733 SO
STATEMENT OP THE INDEBTEDNESS OF
THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE,
ON MARCH 23, 1872.
Carlisle Gas & Water Loan, $35,000 00
Carlisle borough loan pro
per, 28,400 00
Warden judgment, 500 00
Overdue coupons at Carlisle
Deposit Bank, 1,053 00
Oatstanding orders ol 1870, 1,269 47
do do 1871, 8.880 20
ASSETS.
1101 shares of Carlisle Gas 1
<fe Water loan par value, $28,100 00
Legacy of Mrs. Thorn, 1000 00
Outstanding borough tax, 2.050 70
Natohor'a lion, ’ 20 SO
Bwlgortjudgment, 80 00 182,119 00
Amount or excess of Indebtedness, $28,880 60
STATEMENT OP BOUNTY INDEBTEDNESS.
Amount of bonds duo Jan.
1, 1873, ... $B.OOO 00
Amount'd bonds duo Jan.
1,1874, 8,000 00 - -
Amount of bonds due Jan,
1, 1875, 11 9,000 00
sB,ooo 00
Balance In bands of Trea-
surer, $ 733 SO
Outstanding taxes for 1870,
estimated, ff 77 25
Outstanding taxes for 1671, 2,074 76 $8,465 SI
Excess of indebtedness,
We. the Auditors of the borough of Carlisle, do
certify that we have, examined the foregoing
borough and bounty account of Sam’l H. Gould,
borough treasurer, together with the 1 vouchers
connected therewith, and And a bulaqoodne
said treasurer on the borough account of eighty
nine dollars and fifty-one cents, and also a
balance duo the said bounty account by said
treasurer of seven bnndred and' thirty-three
dollars and thirty rents; and we also certify
that the foregoing statement of the financial
condition of is correct to the best
RECEIPTS.
8,083 13
89 61
14.040 05
$60,508 69
ASSETS.
$5,414 60
Rbbertiscments.
of our knowledge and belief. Witness our hands
this 37th.day oXM arch; A. D. 1873. • , ,
w. G. WOODS, 1 1
jpri/« EB -[ Aua “o ra -
JIIBST IN SEASON I
The old firm have Just returned from the oltv •
with a very large assortment of J
Fancy & Staple
DRY GOODS!
among which may bo found all kinds of DRESS
GOODS, composed of the finest material of silk
woolen, linen and cotton manufacture; nice as
sortment of Casslmeres, and 6-4 Scotch Casal
meres for gent’s suits. We have the best as
sorlmentof BLACK BILKS In this county, and
they are cheaper than eon be found elsewhere
MOURNING GOODS.
of all the most desirable and popular kinds, such
as French Merinos, Cashmeres, Repps, Poplins
Wool DoLalns.Tamise, Alpaccas, Chin Ires, and
every thins else in this line, and at prices that
moke some of our competitors feel badly, in
deed. A very extensive Stock of
MILLINERY GOODS,
snob as Ribbons, Laces, Hats and Sundowns
Crapes, Illusions, Linings, all In large verities
of the latest styles. Also Table-linens, Hand
kerchiefs, Gloves, Hosiery; all kinds of DOMES
TIC GOODS, Flannels,
CLOTHS ICASSIIERES,
Trimmings, Ac., In groat variety. The popular
styles of Dolly Varden stuffs in Various materi
als. In a'word. we have the Jargest-and finest
admitted by all unbiased minds—stock of goods
in -the whole length ,of this Cumberland
Valley. Come and see ns, and we know you will
say .that it was good for yon to be here.”
A. W. BENTZ &.CO.
April 4,1872-
ESTABLISHED 1840.
Isaac Livingston,
- Clothier
-AND
IVLercliant
TAILOR!
22 NORTH HANOVER STREET,
Cablisle, Pa
I have on bancl a luigo and superior stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
and'ploce goods, which I will dispose of at pri
ces much lower than they can now be bought.
Receiving dally all the latest styles of Spring
Goods for custom trade. Our
GENT’S FURNISHING GOODS
Department is complete. A large assortment of
TRUNKS!,
Valelsos and Traveling Bags, constantly on
hand at very-low figures,
April 4,1873.
HOTIOB.—Th© County Commission
ers have appointed the following days lot
ring appeals, on all changes made by the
assessors foi; the year 1873, also for reviewing
the enrollment ot the militia:
Monroe and Upper Allen, the 23d day of April.
Meobanicsburg' borough and Lower Allen, 23d
day of April.
East Pennsborough,Hampden and Now Cum
berland, 24th day of April.
Silver Spring and Middlesex. 25th day of
April.
South Middleton, 26th day of April.
North Middleton and Frankford, 27th day of
April. •
Mifflin, Hopewell and Newbarg, 29th day of
April. -
Ship|>enaburg borough and township; 80th. day
Southampton and Newville borough, Ist day
of May;
Newton and Penn, 2nd day of May,.
Dickinson and West Pennsborough, 8d day of
May.
Carlisle, 4th day of May.
Appeals to be held at the Commissioners* Of
fice, in Carlisle, on the days above stated.
JACOB RHOADS, )
DAVID DIKTZ, J-Com'rs,
JOHN C. SAMPLE.)
April 4.1873—fit
Attest;
J. B. Floyd,
Clerk,
OWE N ’ S
3VXARBLE -^7-ORKS
Is removed from West Main'street to 73 South
Hanover street, where anything obtainable at a
first-class
MARBLE «fe BROWNSTONE SHOP
may bo had at raies which cannot be undersold
In city orcou-itry.
Having a heavy and carefully selected- stock
on hand; l will sell it at rates which cannot be
undersold, or excelled in workmanship..
N. o.—Marble and M irbleized, Mantles and.
encaustic tile, at city rates:
April 4, 1872-€ m. . . . , RIHHARD OWEN*'
TVAVID SMITH, formerly Justice of
My the' Peace, would announce to his numerous
mends throughout the county and vicinity, that
his special attention will be given to the col
lection and settlement of all claims, book ac
counts, undue notes, Ac., and to the selling and
renting of real estate. Office In the court-house.
April 4, lff72-Om.
.pXJBLIC SALE OP VALUABLE
PAEM AND MOUNTAIN LAND.
On Saturday, April 20,1072;;
Will be sold, at public sale, on tbe above day,
on the premises, situated'ln Penn township, 1
mile south of. Centrevillo, and three-fourths of
a mile south of the .Miramar rail-road, that
valuable farm, containing SIXTY ACRES AND
THIRTY-THREE PERCHES of good pine land,
forty-five acres'ol which Is cleared and in a
high state of cultivation, and the remainder is.
covered with good timber. The Improvements
are a good Log House and Log Barn, .Was oll,
Shed. Corn Cribs, and all other necessary out*
buildings. A well of good water and a fine
young Orchard on ,tbe premises. ,
Also foarlolaol MOUNTAIN LAND covered
with thriving young chestnut, oak and pine
timber, vis—No. 1, containing nine acres and
ninety perches; No. 3 containing elghi acres
and sixty perches; No, 3, containing eight acres
and fifty perches; No. 4, containing bight acres
and forty perches.
TERMS.—Ten per cent, of the purchase motley
to be paid cash, or secured by note bearing In
terest and payable In six months; and one-half
the remainder on Ist of April, 1873, when-deed
will be made and possession given; and the bal
ance on Ist of. April, 1874, with Interest from
April, 1873. .
Sale to commence at ten o'clock A. M.
Persons wisulng to view the farm, can call on
the undersigned, residing on the premises. ,
, . . WILKINSON THRUSH,,
Executor of John Thrash, deo'd.
Feb 23—Ot • • 1
LOW CASH BATES I
.THE.- : i.. .
Charier Oak Life Instance Co.,
OF HAKTFORD, CONN.
Organized 183<fc
$10,000,000 Assets. , Mll ■
Issues policies of Life Insurance on all the or
dinary plans at lower, rates than other mutual
companies, and pays annual dividends increas
ing yearly. The plan called -
DEPOSIT INSURANCE, •
lately introduced by this Company. Is superior
to any short term Endowment ,qr Jontine p»»“*
as It fixes a large surrender value for the policy
at the end of any of Its current years. *• .
J. C. STOCK, Agent,
... Carlisle, P».
Fob 151872—Sm.eow
A DMINISTRATOB’S NOTICE.-No
J\ . tlco la hereby given that letters of aaroin
luirullon on the estate of James Wi Coro®™**
lute of New Kingston, deceased, have
granted to the undersigned' administrators,
residing- In Silver Spring. All persons Know
ing themselves Indebted to said estate are re
quested to make settlement immediately.
those having claims to present them for settle
ment
JAMES D. BELL,
WM. SBNSBMAIf,
MtiroU 7,1872—fit . Administrator**
FOR RENT.-Several rooms in
VOLUHTBKB Building,