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NEWS IN BRIEF.
—Several more battles have occurred in Cuba,
—570,000 tire In Nashville, Tenn.—largo store—
-3.1 Inst.
—When Brigham Young dies, 37 widows will
monrn bis loss.
—Death.U still the penalty for arson In Vir
ginia and Maryland;
—ln New York, Now Year’s night, 7 persons
were stabbed, 2fatally. • '
—Hon. Wllllam.D, Kelley is quite 111 at Wash
ington, with throat disease.
—Seven bodies have been recovered from the
Outre street, N, Y., ruins.
-In Minnesota the anon* is six feet deep, ami
all the railroads are blocked up.
—ln,his message, Governor Palmer says iui r
pois Is svibstintlally free from debt.
Local Option was carried last week In Clear
field, by over six hundred majority.
—A bllifd woman In Canada, after a violent lit
of weeping, found her sight restored.
—Many raocp destitute Italians—all ages and
both sexes—have arrived at New York..
—Grant has pardoned Thomas King, convict
ed in ISfUi of making connlnfolt money.
—5170,0®0 lire at Ainsworth, 11!.—works of
Northwestern Fertilising Co.—2nd hint.
—310,000 fire In New Haven, Conn., Saturday—
ewelry mid clothing—insurance $12,00.1.
—Gov. Ilnrlranft will bo inaugurated wllh
grunt pomp and pageantry on the 21M lust.
—One Worthington, while drank, murdered
Ills wife and .son at Springfield, O ..‘list nit.
Ilrjf? Kennebec, from Genoa for IMiiliulelphiii,
sunk at sea, Dec. 22d. Clew saved.
—Ship Ilennington Was lest on Grand Collar I cm.
Nov. 20, Eight men and a boat are missing*
—An old woman died lately at LaSalle, 111.,
aged 73 years, who had survived ten husbands
—Six of the signors of JefTDavls’ ball bond are
dead, but Qerrll Smithy who headed the list,
still lives. .
—l*.T. Burnum was robbed of a $l,OOO diamond
pin In the cars between Mobile and New York
recently.
—A burglar dangerously shot a woman, 20tU
nil., while trying to break into her house at Al
bany, N. J.
—Hx-Goveruor Hoffman, of New York, sailed
for Europe on the Bth, with his family. He will
he absent for two years.
—A citizen of Richmond, Va., found on tale
doorstep a New Year’s gift, In the form of a ba
by a few months old.
—A marriage took place recently at Wlnsted,
i.'onn., between a happy couple who had been
courting for sixty years.
—Mayor Stokley, of Philadelphia, has ordered
bis police to report all gombliug houses* lottery
dealers and disorderly houses in the city,
—Pardon, the French dramatist, bus written a
new comedy, entitled •• Uncle Sam." It Is a
study of Araei lean manners, and is to be pro
duced In Paris shortly.
—Tiie hide of the deceased elephant Romeo
has been tanned. It contains 212 square feet of
leather, about three-quarters of on inch thick.
—The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Editorial Association will beheld at Harrisburg
on W ednesday, the 22nd Inst.
—2 6l» distilleries, dally capacity 239,638 gallons,
In the United States Jan. I. Increase In dlstlj.
lanes in Dec., 32, daily capacity 22,6-15 gallons.
—Well known pickpockets plunder passen
gers in New York street cars, and the conduc
tors dare not interfere.
—Mlpb Lizzie Spencei.agfd 16. Jell dead In a
church at Savannah, Ga., Christmas morning,
of heart disease, immediately after her continu
ation by Bishop Beckwith.
■—Joseph Holdonberf, a glazier, living in Hen
ry street, New York, was snow-balled to death
by boys on Now Year’s Day.
—Mrs. Schultz, tnowlfe of a poor cobbler In
Fort Wayne, Indiana, has Just been left $lBO,OOO
by a relative recently deceased in Germany.
> —lion. Wave! Hunt, tUo new Justice of the
supreme Court of the United States, was sworn
In at Washington, on the SUh Inst,, nml took his
seal upon the bench.
—Ou Wednesday afternoon, while Edward
Farrow, an. old soldier at. the Soldier’s Horae,
Washington, was herding cattle, he was attack*
ml by a bull and gored In the neck, the larynx
being completely severed. Farrow lived a few
hours only.
—l*rof. John Wise, 01 Lancaster, a well known
.•eronant, contemplates making a voyage across
the Atlantic next summer In n balloon which he
is now preparing.
—A German named. Fldell, an attendant In
i no Stale Lunatic Hospital at Harrisburg, was
ho badly beaten by oneof the patients in the
institption, a few days ago, that he died v» Mhln
lorty-elght hours.
—With the opening of spring half a million
til German and English farmers are promised as
♦‘migrants to various purls of the United Stales
under the auspices of an association organized
ior Mtat purpose.
A Woman at Macon, Ga., dared her husband
io commit suicide, and he had her arrested and
placed In Jail for six months, the Judge holding
th«*t her action was a grave oflence.
—Convicts In the Phlillplne Islands recently
revolted, but were defeated and driven to the
mountains and forests. Many Europeans and
natives and a largo number of convicts were
killed or wounded.
—John Murphy, a liquor saloon keeper In
Newark, N, J., Thursday night, 2nd! nst,, knock
ed down his wife, and then beat his mother-ln
iaw to death with an iron bar and escaped. All
of them had been drinking.
—A Davenport man, with three marriageable
daughters, baa posted the following notice over
his bell-pull: * “Wood, SO a cord; coal, 80 cents a
bushel; gas dear and bad. Parties staying after
nmo o'clock will please settle quarterly.
—Among the persons arrested in a raid on the
leading gambling houses ol Boston on Christ
mas eve were a number of prominent mer
chants, manufacturers, one prominent bank
president, of Boston, nnd a clergyman ol a
neighboring city,
—The marriage Is auuouucud at Annapolis,
Md., last Wednesday, of Miss'Loulsa Anderson,
of Htatea Island, to James Buchanan Henry, of
Annapolis, Mr. Henry Is a nephew of the late
ex-president, after whom ho was named, and
was private secretary to Mr. Buchanan during
his Presidential term.
—The Democrat*) of the House did credit to
themselves by nominating and supporting Cap*
tain C. B. Breakaway, of Columbia county, for
Speaker, He was ngallantsoldicr and was no
ted as one of the ablest members of the last
House, He is a. man of the strictest integrity
and the nnoompromizing foe of legislative cor
ruption, He presents a proper contrast to
“Billy 1 ’ Elliot, who lias been denominated “the
chief otthe Philadelphia Gas Ring.”
—Some of the Radical newspapers are com
plaining because Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
gobbled up an undue proportion of the Legisla
tive spoils, When 11 is remembered how much
those cities did to swell Hartrnnft’s majority by
frauds of every description it does not seem so
unfair for them to seize the lion’s share after ail*
—P. Gray Meek, of Centre county, was the
Democratic candidate for Clerk oi the House.
Mr. Meek is the talented editor of (ho Bellefonle
Watchman, and has served several terms in. the
legislature with honor to himself and his con
stituents. HSs nomination for clerk was a
graceful and well-deserved compliment from
appreciative political associates.
—''Swallow-tailed” coals are hired out in New
York to those who wish to appear at fashionable
gatherings. Many young men who talk of their
wealth and despise honest labor are arrayed in
these hired garments, to angle lor silly heiress
es, and sometimes a dozen coats are hired at
once for a ball committee, at reduced rates.
—The troops in Arizona returned to camp Dec.
17. Lieut, Rice, with some of the Fifth Cavalry
and Hualada scoots, fought the Apaches twice
in the Bed Book country, killed 13 warriors,cap
tured their women and children, and destroyed
considerable supplies, .Capt. Price's detach
ment took several prisoners and another party
destroyed some camps. Gen. Crook hud out
bis entire mounted force la all directions, Capt.
Randall looght several times in thoTouto Basin:
IclllO I warriors,and ruptured their families
LOEISIANA,
M’Enery, Democrat, and regular
Governor-elect of Louisiana, was inau
gurated one day last week, and at once
entered upon his duties. Previous to
his inauguration, the “acting Govern
or,” the usurping and ignorant negro,
Pinchbeck, published a proclamation
forbidding tne inauguration of the
regular Governor, and threatening
violence with troops if it should bo
attempted. Under the direction of that
rebel scoundrel, Longstreet, negro
troops had been armed and supplied
with whiskey and “ buckshot and
ball,” hoping to intimidate the regular
Legislature and Governor. But all
would not do. The Governor, as wo
have said, was quietly inaugurated and
sworn in, and the regular Legislature
assembled. Pinehback and rebel
Longstreet, called frantically upon
Grant for more troops, but Grant too
had become frightened at his late out
rages and treasonable conduct in up
holding the usurpers, and he made no
answer to this last appeatofor troops..
Had he done so, abloody confliet would
have taken place, and Pinehback and
Longstreet would have been hanged
like-dogs. The.people will yet triumph
in Louisiana, and when they do they
should make an example of the usurp
ers.
Presidential Pardon for Perjured Ballot-
Box Staffers,
When the corrupt riot; which nomi
nated one of its tools for the office of
Governor of Pennsylvania laid wide
their plans for commitiing frauds upon
the ballot-box throughout this com
monwealth, they were able to assure
their unprincipled employees of per
fect immunity for any crime they
might commit. With Hartranft elect
ed Governor, every man convicted of
election frauds before a State court was
sure of pardon, provided they were
committed in the interest of the Ring.
There only remained the possible dan
ger of a possible trial before tire courts
of the United States. Out of the thou
sands who voted illegally in Philadel
phia and committed other frauds at the
governor’s election a single individual,
one James H. Brown, was brought be
fore Judge Cadwalader for trial. This
was ma le a test case. The proof was
no clearer than it might have been
made in a multitude of other instances,
but it was overwhelming.
Brown was ,Kffio of the underlings of
the Philadelphia Ring, and he did the
work entrusted to himself and other
reprobates with marked boldness. He
drove from poll to poll in a carriage
and voted repeatedly in the name of
registered citizens, some of whom were
afterward denied the ballot by perjured
election officers. The jury summoned
by n United States marshal, did not
dare to follow the bent of their desires
and acquit Brown. The proof was too
positive to allow that; but they had
the gracolessness to recommend him to
the mercy of the Court. Judge Cad
walader showed a disposition to mercy
when, in spite of the recommendation
of a partisan jury, he sentenced the cul
prit to confinement at hard labor in the
penitentiary for eighteen months. The
Judge at the time of pronouncing sen
tence, expressed regret that the em
ployers of Brown, the leaders of. the
Ring, were not in the dock awaiting
sentence-with him. •
But Brown was not to remain long
in durance vile. Ho had done his ras
cally work according to instructions re
ceived from Hartranft’s chief support
ers, and they were prepared to make
good their assurances that no one should
suffer for violating the election laws in
behalf of their interests. Before sen
tence was pronounced preparations for
securing a pardon from President
Grant had been made, and it was bold
ly announced that such a pardon would
be very speedily forthcoming. Doubts
were freely expressed whether the
President would allow himself to be
dragged Into the villainous schemes'of
our Treasury Ring, but those who
doubted gave Grant credit for more in.
tegrity than he possesses. Before
Brown had served eighteen days out of
the eighteen months for which he was
justly sentenced, he, is permitted to
walk forth a free man, with a pardon
in his pocket tearing upon, it the sig
nature of Ulysses S. Grant, and the
broad seal of the United States. The
President cannot plead ignorance in
this matter, and cannot com plain if (lie
belief obtains prevalence, as it assured
ly will, that he was in league with the
rascal y Ring which committed so
many frauds at the October election in
Pennsylvania. The effect of such con
duct upon public . morals, must
necessarily bo disastrous. The readi
ness with a'single criminal, convicted,
of perjury and a violation of the election
laws in Philadelphia, secures a pardon
from the President of the United
States, strikes a deadly blow at the
purity of the ballot-box. Who will
fear to commit similar crimes hereafter?
What villain will hesitate to do the
work of any political ring which may
have the authorities of the State and
Nation on its side? When the Presi
dent of the United States interferes
with all his authority to prevent the
punishment of a perjured ballot-box
stuffor, it is useless to prate any longer
about preserving the parity of the
ballot-box. President Grant has
earned and justly deserved to receive
the execration of every honest man in
Pennsylvania. He has shown that he
is no more concerned about the purity
of the ballot-box than the foulest tool
of the Treasury Ring, which will soon
sit enthroned at Harrisburg.
Pbesident Qua NT tendered lire po
sition of United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Virginia to John
L. Mosby, as pay for tho political
services rendered by the guerrilla
chieitain, hat Mosby has declined the
honor. Grant has shown a wonderfully
forgiving spirit toward such rebel
leaders as gave him their support.—
Longstreot, who led the terribles charge
at Gettysburg lias had a fat ©nice—
James L. Orf, who heralded the war
of tho rebellion in a fiery speech, is (ho
new Minister to Ilussla, nnd Mosby
who was the terror of the Array of the
Potomac is being kindly remembered.
Why ean’t w© have universal amnesty
after this ?
The N. Y- Independent says; “Wo
condemn Judge Durell as a gross
usurper, and havo strong doubts
whether the President was required by
the duties of his oillco to support this
usurpation.” The Independent
to bo suppressed. Where’s Grant’s
rtmlcen Judge?
THE CREDIT MOBILIER SCANDAL
The committee appointed to investi
gate this rather unpleasant business
having thrown open Its doors to Iho
representatives of the press, and allowed
the testimony submitted in secret ses
sion to be published, the result cannot
prove gratifying to those of the people
whose faith In the unconquerable integ
rity of Congressmen was heretofore su
preme. It would bo manifestly unfair to
any individual Senator or Representative
at this stage of the investigation, to de
termine that his guilt has been proved,
for it has not been proved in such a way,
for instance, as would satisfy a jury in
.convicting him of accepting a bribe, or a
court in sustaining such a verdict.—
Against many of those Congressmen
upon whom suspicion before rested, the
testimony submitted has increased the
load, while it has removed it from the
shoulders of others altogether.
That the leading spirits in the Credit
Moheller went deliberately to Work to
debauch Congress by giving to members
allotments of stock iu that concern,
without consideration? aud subsequently
permitting them to pay for such stock
out of enormous dividends, improperly
taken from the stockholders of the
Union Pacific Raii-road, are facts al
ready made manifest by the evidence of
both McComb arid Ames. There was
no Congressman who received one of
those allotments who could have been
ignorant of the fact that a shrewd bust
ness man like Ames did not give away a
stock on which the dividend was at one
time eighty per cent, of the face value of
the certificate, without expecting a re
turn iq some form. • And it was equally
clear that the only return possible was
supporl of the schemes of tiro speculators
then or soon to be before Congress.
The transfer from Ames and the accep
tance ol it may he called by whatever
name the gentlemen please, but no
amount of sophistry can divest from the
transaction the suspicion of impure deal
ing. It is not enough that a Senator or
Representative of the people should lie
technically not guilty; he must he above
the suspicion of guilt. Of the accused in
this Credit Moblller paSe, enough lias al
ready been shown to establish very.strong
suspicious against them suspicions
which only evidence, and no amount of
sophistry, can remove.
HOW (HOME IS PUNISHED IN EUSSIA.
A sample of Russian civilization is
afforded in a recent specimen of its jus
tice, graphically described in Ihe New
York World. Some time ago it was
discovered that the great Empire was
flooded with counterfeit bank notes.
Tiie cunning and obsequious police we
read of in Polish novels were set to
work to discover the authors. The re
sult of their investigations was the
arrest of some five hundred people,
including every class of society. Princes
and peasants, merchants and small
traders—every class was represented.
After being kept in the foulest of pris
ons, and half starved and punished
with the knout, for many months,
these wretched captives were, on No
vember 12th, brought before the Chief
Justice for sentence. These were
among the punishments inflicted; six
were sentenced to death, ninety-four
were sent to Hie gold mines of Ural for
life, sixty to the same captivity for
twenty years, while fifty-two were let
off with the mild infliction of four
years’ imprisoiin.ini in Russian pris-;
ons. Those who were condemed to
death and to the gold mines, number
ing one hundred and sixty, were |alao
sentenced to be branded upon their
foreheads with “an ensign denoting
the unraitigable felon and the irre
claimable euemy of society.” The
.ppwspapor from which we get these
facts says: “When'the sentence was
pronounced wild and piercing cries
arose from the prisoners, which not ail
the efforts of the court could still. Btif
a detachment of Cossacks armed with
heavy thongs,entered the judicial arena,
and, Willi great talent and directness of
purpose, reduced the plaintive crimi
nals to silence.”
These were dreadful, if riot revolting,
punishments, but lids is the way the
Czar deals with offenders. In Russia
an officer of the Government as well as
all others who are discovered as de
faulters or thieves, are at once hanged.
If tins practice prevailed in the United
States we would have no Republican
party.
Amendment of the Libel Law.
The unjust conviction of a local edi
tor of the Philadelphia Press for libel,
for attempting to expose some of the
villainies of the political rings of that
city, is seized upon by a few of the
newspapers to create a demand for the
modification of tho constitutional pro
visions in regard to libel. But these
papers do not tell.the pub'ic or the
Convention how the Constitution could
be made tu meet such a case as that of
which they complain. No constitu
tional amendment will give honesty to
a corrupt judge, intellect to an ass, or
integrity to agents of corrupt rings,
oven though they be invested with
official judicial dignity. In the case in
question, the prosecution proposed to
admit the truth in evidence, but tho
defendant’s evidence was ruled out on
technical points. If tho case, then,
illustrates tho necessity of constitution
al amendment in regard to libel, it
must come in tho shape to authorize
men to print what they please, true or
false, so that it relates to public affairs;
or must make direct provision for ju
dicial integrity and ability.
The advocates of constitutional
amendment to tho libel law, do not,
and we believe cannot, point out where
in the present provision is defective or
could bo enlarged with safety,but com
plain constantly of the practice of
Judges in libel cases. But if the
latter do not regard the letter of the
Constitution as it is, will they have re
spect for now words, which they would
probably be rather disposed to distort
to suit their peculiar views?
Tho bane of respectable nowspaper
dom now is that liars, blackguards and
scoundrels can too freely avail them
selves of newspaper columns, and bring
discredit upon’ the whole profession.
Ills more important, by far, that the
Convention circumscribe tho privileges
and immunities of this class than that
it enlarge them, and respectable and
honorable editors pray the Convention
to protect them ngalnst liars bejng in
dulgod In their profession, rather than i
that the door for that species of devil- ;
try ho enlarged.
The Credit Mobiiier investigation
continues at Washington.
GEANT'S ECONOMY,
In Congress a few days since, wlien
the house was in committee of tho
whole, a motion was made by a Radi
cal carpet bafeger to appropriate fifteen
millions of dollars'for the education of
little velvet heads, when Mr, Beck de
nounced tho principle as part of the
scheme of centralization and consolida
tion by which already one-third of the
states were controlled by federal au
thority, and by which senators and
representatives, so-called, occupied
their position by federal' authority. It
was part., of the great scheme which
looked to the absorption by the gov
ernment of the railroads and telegraphs
and express lines of the country, and
which'would make the President of the
United States as thorough an autocrat
ns the emperor of Austria or the czar of
Russia. He also declared that this was
no time to engage in such vast enter
prises, and that congress ought rather
be endeavoring to reduce taxation,
lighten burdens and enforce economy
and honest administration. He showed
that in seven years from 1805 to 1872
tho government had collected ' from
customs and internal revenue near
three thousand millions of dollars i and
had realized from the sale of.stores one
hundred and thirty-five millions of
dollars. During the same period the
post office department had collected.
¥125,000,000, and the patent office de
partment $1,500,000. The total amount
received into the treasury during that
period he stated to be $3,402,530,452,
out of which the debt had been reduced
by the payment of $427,300,541, leaving
the sum of $29,575,130,011 to be account
ed for, being at the rate of $425,019,087
a year, and yet he.said gentlemen talk
ed aqout economy, reduction of expen
ditures and honest administration.
The debate was further coptiuued by
Messrs. Sargent, Kerr, Stevenson,
Storm, Pierce, Maynard, Hoar, Hnw-
Ivy and Garfield.
finally the vote was taken and the
motion was rejected by a vote of 74
yeas to 78 tiays.
Good ibr Mr. Beck. His little speech
saved $15,000,001) to the treasury, and at
the same time exposed the fact that
$29,075,130,011 had been stolen inside
the last seven years. Would that we
had a few more men like Mr. Beck in
Congress.'
How Credit Mobilier Wag ‘‘Placed.’’
Mr. Oakes Ames confessed that he used
the shares of the Credit Mobllier (n se
cure friends in Congress, He acknowl
edges that charges bad been made in
regard to the management of the road,
and that there was talk of an Investiga
tion. ’His object was to meet these
menaces by interesting as many mem
bers of Congress as possible. To use bis
own language, be "found that there is
no difficulty in getting men to look after
their own property." So be gave con
gressmen property in the shape of Credit
Mobllier Stock. He received from the
members of the Credit Modifier, ring 375
shares of stock to be "placed" “where
it would do moat good.” He acknowl
edges assigning the following shares :
Mr. Colfax, 20; Mr. Patterson, 30; Mr.
Henry Wilson, 20; Mr. Painter, 30; Mr.
Dawes, 10; Mr. Bingham, 20; Mr. Gar
field. 10; Mr. Kelly, 10; Mr. Scofield, 10;
Air. James F. Wilson, 10; and Mr. Alli
son, 10. Total. 180; leaving 195 unac
counted fur. Who got them? Mr. Ames
was asked by the Comuiittee, “Have
you mentioned all the members of Con
gress, who took stock in the Credit Mo
odier?” and he replied,“l have mention
ed all that have been named here." But
soya tbeN. Y. Tribune, Mr. Antes, like
the Hon. Sam Slingsby, has ‘Hi brust of
a memory,” and he was a little uncertain
whether there micht not be other mem
bers of the House who ought to have
been mentioned. If the Committee want
to “investigate to find out,” we advise
them to pursue this branch of the case a
little further.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Harrisburg, Jan. 7,
The Senate was called to order at 3 p.
in., when an election for Speaker re
sulted as follows; Geo. H, Anderson,
Hep., 18; J. Depuy Davis, Dem., It.
Senator McClure voted for Butler B.
Strang.
Mr. Anderson was conducted to the
chair by lion. J. Depuy Davis, of
Berks, and returned his thanks in a
brief speech. -
Mr. Davis, of Berks, haying been
designated, then administered the oath
of office to the Speaker elect, after
which the other senators were sworn
in.
The election for Chief Clerk resulted
as follows: Bussell Errett, Eep., IS;
Jacob Zeigler, Dera., 11. Mr. McClure
voted lor Hubert Morris.
The other officers, all Republicans,
were then chosen.
Mr. McClure obtained leave to read
in place a bill in relation to police and
juries, which was Jaid'on the table, and
1000 copies ordered to be printed.
Adjourned till 11 a. m. to morrow.
The House was cal led to order at II
a. in.
Au election for Speaker resulted as
follows: Wm. Elliott, of Philadelphia,
Rep., CO; Charles B. Brockwny, of Co
lumbia, Dem., 33 ; Jos. B. Hancock, of
Philadelphia, I—Mr. Welsh of Phila
delphia. Mr. Elliott was then con
ducted to the chair by Messrs. Mitchell
and Brockway, and delivered an
address, after which the oath of office
was administered by Mr. Brockway.
The new members were sworn in.
An election for officers resulted as
follows : Chief Clerk, Jas. L. Sellridge,
Rep., GO votes; P. Gray Meek, Dem.,
38. Resident Clerk, John A. Bmull,
98. Assistant Clerk, Hugh Morrison,
Rep., CO; John L. Heinman, Dem., iB.
Messrs, ad fridge, Smull and Morrison
were declared elected. Mr. Welsh, of
Philadelphia, voted only for Mr.
Bmull.
Tho subordinate officers and attaches,
all Republicans, were then elected.
, On motion of Mr. Mahon, the Speak
er was authorized to appoint a special
committee ot thirteen on Congressional
apportionment.
On motion of Mr. Lowe, the daily
sessions were fixed from 11 o’clock a. ni.
until 1 o’clock p. m., except on Fridays,
when the house will adjourn at noon.
[The Republican caucus, in tho eye
ing, renominated Hon. Simon Camer-t
on fot U.'S. Senator. The vote stood—
Cameron (5-1; Kelley 4 : Wiekersham
2-]
llaiuusbuug, Jan. 8.
- In the Senate messages were received
from the Governor vetoing the Con
gressional Apportionment bill, and the
Fish bill, passed by the last Legisla
ture.
In the House after considerable par
liamentary skirmishing and debate, a
bill was passed increasing the salary of
the Governor to $9OOO.
A writ of election was ordered to 1111
the vacancy caused by the death of
John Hagan, of Greene county.
Both Houses adjourned to Tuesday
morning next.
Tuk agricultural and machine depart
ments of the Lebanon Manufacturing
Company’* works, were destroyed by
lire on Tuesday morning of lust week,
involving a loss estimated at $75,000.
The buildings, which were of brick, oc
cupied a position near the Lebanon Vul<
ley railroad. The loss Is covered by in
surance, The tiro Is attributed to Incen
diarism.
Tun Pennsylvania Htate Editorial Con
vention will'meet In Harrisburg on the
22<1, at 11 o'clock, a. M.,and the Demo
cratic Editorial Convention at 3 i*. m., at
the same place.
THE HSUEPEES FRIGHTENED.
burning the tables— Jhe Fusion Lcgis
' kdurc of Louisiana Organized—Seven
of the Republican Senators desert the
Rump Senate and join the regular
Senate—lhe People will yet triumph
Ihc negpo usurper Pinchbeck afraid
of his neck.
Washington, Jan. 10.— A • private
telegram received here from New Or
leans to-day says Messrs. McMillan,
Todd, Worrall, Jenks, Nolan, Swords,
and Hunsacker, Republican Senators,
have taken seats in the Fusion Senate,
'which makes a quorum in that body.
They publish an address showing the
influences employed to secure Herron
and Lynch, members of the returning
board, to the Kellogg side of the ques
tion, denounce Pinch hack as a, usurper,
and his Senate as illegally organized.
THE NEW ANTI-KELLOGG SENATORS TO
their eellow citizens.
New Orleans, Jan. 10. —The Fu
sion Legislature fully organized at 2
p. m. Senator McMillan, accompanied
by Senators Jenks, Nolan, Swords,
Todd, Worrall, and Hunsacker, who
to day withdrew from Kellogg’s Sen
ate, took.thoir seats in the Fusion Sen
ate, and issued the following address ;
New Orleans, La., Jan. 10,1873.
Jo our Fellow citizens, Ihc People of
Louisiana :
We deem it our duty, in the present
anomolous condition of affairs, to place
before our constituents and country the
reasons that actuate us in the course of
conduct we have determined to pur
sue. We are Republicans and believe
in. republican form of government.
We have acted with the National Re
publican parly, but we cannot sanction
the course that has been pursued in the
State by the Ciistom-liouso portion of
our parly and by the Pinchbeck gov
ernment, and believe no right thinking
person or persons, no mutter of what
political shade or conviction, can sus
tain them in gross violation of the
rights of the people and their reckless
and intolerant coursle.
The organization of the Senate and
House we consider, as revolutionary.
Senators notoriously elected have been
displaced and those whom they de
feated put in their places. Members of
the Legislature returned by both boards
have been ignored, and their places
filled by defeated candidates. Pro
scriptive legislation has been rushed
hurriedly through ; proclamations have
been made prohibiting peaceful assem
blage of citizens by an Executive who
holds office without color ol right and
law, and the popular will has been so
defied and outraged that wo feel that
wo cannot longer act with a body or
support tin Executive whofor partisans
would sink every vestige of liberty in
its final grave. -
The question, Who constitutes tho
legal returning board? is subordinate
to the question, What are the returns?
The returning officers may count in,or
count out persons with or without re
turns, but the returns show for
themselves.- We ascertain that Lynch,
Hawkins, Longstreet, and. Herron en
tered into a conspiracy to declare -Mr.
Kellogg and his ticket elected, apd that
they do so without having the official
returns of the election, and admit .that
their action was baaed on data and
■memoranda and affidavits entirely un
known to law ; and when we see such
violations of law perpetrated by these
pretended returning olficers, and when
we see that Longstreet is immediately
appointed to an office, with $ll,OOO sala
ry per annum ; that Herron is given
the office of Recorder of Mortgages of
the pariah of Orleans, which he de
manded from McEnery as a compensa
tion in advance for counting the returns
in his interest, which monstrous propo
sition was refused; when we see that
Hawkins is forthwith appointed to a
judgeship of a court, with a salary of
$5,000 per annum; when we see that
the minor son of Lynch was at once
appointed to the office of inspector of
live stock, estimated to be worth at
least $12,000 per annum, it is painfully
manifest that the action of the board
was the result of a corrupt bargain; and
Unit these appointments were given in
compensation for official prostitution.
The Senate having been illegally or
gonized by revolutionary and violent
usurpations of P. B. S. Pinckhack, who
was not president of the Senate or
member of it, and who called up and
swore as Senators persons who were
notoriously defeated, against and in
contempt of protests of a large majority
of Senators holding over, and who alone
had the right to organize the Senate,
and in the face of a rule established two
years before the organization of the
Senate, on motion of said Pinohback
himself then a Senator, and considering
the public good .and interests of our
eonslUuents, wo have withdrawn from
the body with which wo have been
acting, and will hereafter take our
sea[s in the Senate which we believe
truly represents the people of the State.
Samuel M. Todd,
Sixth Senatorial District,
V. H. L. Swouds,
Eighth Senatorial District.
• L. B. Jenks,
Twelfth Senatorial District,
'I homas U. Nolan,
Fourteenth Senatorial District,
Robert Worrall,
Sixteenth Senatorial District.
O. F. Hunsacker,
Seventh Senatorial District.
THE “ PICAYUNE” ON THE PRESENT
STATE OF AFFAIRS.
New Orleans, Jan. 10.—Tlie Pica
ytme, on tlie situation and the relief
required, says: “ Let it be determined
that the assumption of a United States
judge of jurisdiction over the laws of
Louisiana was unconstitutional, and
therefore void in all its. consequences,
and that the use of the military of the
United States to uphold the unconsti
tutional action ol the judge was uncon
stitutional, and therefore to be retracted
and its soldiery to bo withdrawn from
any control over the people of Louisi
ana.”
The withdrawal of six Senators to
day from the Pinchback Legislature
created a lively stir in political quar
ters. It is asserted by the Puslonists
to-night that other Senators will leave
the Pinebbaekers to-morrow probably
breaking a quorum.’
[From the Reading Gazette.!
LETTER .EEOM CARLISLE,
The JV'ciu Ore Land Purchases of the Phila
delphia & Heading Cotujyany—Their Pro
jected Itallroad Mxtenslons.
Caulislk, Pa., Jan. 0,1873.
Afcsara 77di(ors.*--Having noticed in
the columns ot your paper several arti
cles selling forth the rapid progress the
Phila. Heading Coal and Iron Co.,
(which is the Phila & Reading R. R. Co.)
are making in securing all the rich coal
Helds of Sctiuylkill county, and the moat
valuable Iron ore lands uf Berks county;
also the rumored leasing and purchase
of rich ore lauds In Cumberland county,
and their attempt to debar the Berks Co.
R. R. Irom coming inloa portion of Read
ing in opposition to their road. As we of
Cumberland county have been and are
still in the same boat, X thought n few
lines from us would be of Interest to
your readers, showing the progress the
Reading Company have made hero, and
the rumored progress lu contemplation.
On the 17th of December, 1872. (he Phil
adelphia ami Reading Coal and Iron Co.
leased from C. VV. & D. V. Ahl all their
mineral lands lying on the south side of
the Yellow Breeches Creek, comprising
about 10,000 acres, with a reservation of
30,000 tons uf ore annually fur the Messrs
Aid's .own use; together with the right
to prosecute their business as usual. Thu
Phhadu. & Reading Coal aud Iron Co. to
pay for 50,000 tons annually as a mini
mum, and the excess mined at a royalty
of fifty cents per ton. They have also
purchased Irom P. A.„ Anl & Bro. their
tract of laud known as Big Pond Furnace
property .containing 0,000 ucn a, for which
Uuy paid $200,000. Both of these prop
erties ile along the line of the Harrisburg
& Potomac R. R. It Is a current rumor
here that the Company will commence
oonstruoliug tho Harrisburg & Potomac
R. R., and connect by a bridge across
tho Susquehanna River between Bridge
port and New Cumberland, with the
Lebanon Valley R. R. After completing
the road to these lands, they will con
tinue up the Valley and tap the Small
Mountain B. It., at Papertown, drawing
all the freight from that road, which Is
iron and ore ; tbeuoe to Waynesboro’ and
out to connect with the Baltimore & Ohio
R. It-, mid In that way secure a route
west to Pittsburg from New York. We
here in Cumberland Valley bave been at
tho mercy of the Cumberland Valley
B. R., and we feel Jusl'aa you of Berks
county do at the Idea of getting a com
pering railroad. Hoping you. may be
successful In getting the Berks County
Road completed, as we hope to see the
P. & R. R., R. steaming up our Valley,
with an ey'e to business. I remain yours,
■ Carlisle.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
BIDDEN DEMISE OF NAPOLEON 111.
Moni'iiTn! Scenes iu Chiscllinrsl.
FINAL BULLETIN OF THE SURGEONS,
CHEAT EXCITEMENT IX I.OMIOI
Engculo (lie only. Witness to tho Dentil,
EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF THE NEWS IN PARIS.
London, Jan. 9—U3O P. M.—A de
spatch from Chiselhurat, just received
in this city, says that Napoleon died at
forty-live minutes past ten o’clock this
morning.
PARTICULARS OP THE EX-E.MPEROR’s
LAST HOURS.
London, Jan. 9—3 P. M.—The fol
lowing bulletin from persons who were
with Napoleon during his last hours
has just been issued:'
Tho ex-Emperor Napoleon slept
soundly last night, butter than the pre,-
ceding night. This morning his phy
sicians had a consultation, and decided
(o’ perform another operation upon
him at noon to-day. At the time tho
consultation was held his pulse was
strong and regular at eighty four beats
per minute. At twenty-five minutes
past (on o’clock signs that he was sink-,
ing appeared, the action of the heart
suddenly failed, and he died at forty
five minutes past teii o’clock.
Sir Henry Thompson,
Connbau, :
CoRVISART,
. Clover.
TUB RESULT UNEXPECTED—TIM PEEL-
INO IN LONDON.
London, Jan. 9.—Although the case
of the ex-Emperor Napoleon was re
garded as very serious, the news of his
death this morning appeals to create
much surprise, as his demise was not
believed to be so imminent.
A despatch sent from Chiselhurst late
last night stated that his condition was
unchanged, and another, forwarded
this morning but a few hours before his
death, announced that he, had passed a
better night but that his symptoms re
mained the same.
DEATH-BED SCENES AT CXIISELIIURST.
London, Jan. 9 Evening. The
sudden death of Napoleon took every
body at Chiselhurst, as well as in Lon
don, by surprise; The Empress, rela
tives, atteudanls, household, and even
the physicians, were unprepared for it.
The ex Emperor had passed a com
paratively comfortable night. His
strength seemed undiminished, and, at
a consultation early in the morning, it
was thought he could bear a third
operation, which was fully determined
upon,
Bo'great was the confidence felt in his
condition that the Prince Imperial was
permitted to return to Woolwich to re
same his studies. Dr. Gall went to
London yesterday, .and many of the
ex-Emperpr’s personal friends, who
hastened to Chiselhurst at. the first
alarm, had returned to their homes.
There was no danger whatever appre
hended up to nine o’clock A. M., of a
fatal turn in the case, hut at that hour
new and dangerous spmptoms sudden
ly set in.
The ex Emperor’s vital forces seemed
to leave him ail at once, and he com
menced to sink with alarming rapidity.
A telegram was instantly sent to
Woolwich for the Prince. Dr. Gall
was summoned from London, and
Father Goddard, his spiritual advisor,
was sent for in the greatest haste to
administer the last sacraments of the .
church.
His, private chaplain was also in
formed of the danger and started lor
Chiselhurst, but all arrived too late.
The Prince was not to see hiS father
again alive. Dr. Gall ami the clergy
men just reached the park gate as Na
poleon expired. The Empress who has
been most constant in her attendance,
was the principal porspu at the bedside
at the last hour. .
The medical advisors, Sir. Henry"
Thompson and Drs. Corvisart and
Clover, the Emperor’s old friend, Dr.
Conneau, and several members of the
household wera also present. Since the
death the residence at Chiselhurst .has
been entirely closed to all but the near
est friends and relations. The physi
cians state that .death resulted'from
causes independent of the surgical
operation to which the patient was
subjected.
The event produces a deep impres
sion in London, where Napoleon was
always popular.with the masses. The
evening journals publish long obituary
notices, full of expressions of mourn
ing.
THE EMPRESS AND X»RINCB IMPERIAL.
London, Jan. 9. —[Special to the New
York World.]— The ex-Empress Euge
nie weeps continually and refuses con
solation. The Prince Imperial, who
arrived after, his father died, is prostra
ted with grief.'
CAUSE OP DEATH,
The ex-Emperor’s death was caused
by embolism. [The ’effect of piercing
the abdomen hnd the intercallntions of
the galvanic currents in. the operation
of lithotrlty.J It was -so sudden that
the last sacraments were not adminis
tered, the priest arriving after all was
over.
TUB BURIAL,
-The body will be buried at Chisel
hurst until it can be removed to
Prance. Universal sorrow prevails in
London.
Receiving Vault. —The Harrisburg
dally /State Journal makes the following
suggestions, which would be equally
suited to this place: In the midst of the
severest cold weather we have had for
years, and with an unusually heavy bed
of snow on the ground, much inconve
nience and dreadful exposure are ex
perienced in burying the dead. It is a
most UlAlcult task to dig a grave proper
ly, and then when accomplished, it is
almost impossible to All It with the fro
zen clods of earth, . Ice and enow accumu
lation. These facts suggest the necessity
of nil cemeteries in this latitude being
provided with receiving vaults, where
the dead could be placed at Inclement
seasons of the year, and afterwards in
terred when the weather would permit.
As the case now is, funerals must be
postponed, and dead bodies kept unusual
periods, causing oppressive gloom, in
households, and under certain circum
stances producing dangerous sickness.
These aro all good reasons to induce cem
etery companies to build receiving vaults,
where the dead could bo kept any length
of time when the snow prevented imme
diate burial. Wo throw out the sugges
tion to those who have power in the
premises.
LOCATE, ITEMS.
Nearly full—the ico houses.
Oysters have advanced lu price.
Never sit down on a rcd’hot stove.
Our Jail is well patronized by tramps.
Bad start—to sign another man’s
name to a note.
Tread carefully over the sidewalks If
you don't want to tall.
Everybody complains of his gas bl
and yet It Is a “ light” expense.
Cold toes are a very profitable crop
this season. Have you any planted?
Corporal punishment has been nbol
lulled in Altoona’s public schools.
All the go—sleighing parties In the
evenings to neighboring towns.
There are five hundred female post
mistresses in the United States.
Opened—singing and spelling schools
in our country school houses.
It Is cold for the poor here, but it may
be hot for the uncharitable r|ch hereaf
ter.
Let all the good people ” scatter seeds
of kindness”’in the shape of coal ashes
on the icy pavements. "
Ip you take your "gal” out sleigh
rldlng, see that she is provided with a
warm pair of sleeve buttons.
NEEDi.ES.--It is stated that there is an
establishment in Chester county that
manufactures thirty thousand needles
per. week.
A cow belonging to Mr. John Mellln
ger, of Penn township, recently gave
birth to twin calves.
It.' any one stumbles and falls, help
him up gently, and pass on, before a
crowd gathers.
Housekeepers should use great care
in .applying beat to frozen cooking and
warming apparatus during this extreme
ly cold weather.
We suppose it w*" scarcely be consid
ered improper, if we, at this particular
season, admonish the ladies of the safety
of thick-soled shoes.
The humane editor of a neighboring
exchange calls upon the merchants of its
town to close earlier in the evening, so
the clerks can have more time for court
ing.
See that your stock and . fowls do not
sutler for wont of water; In mild wea
ther'they are generally allowed to look
out for themselves, but now they can
not.
Scarcity of Hay. —During the past
month hay sold in Philadelphia from
$l.BO to $2.50 per hundred pounds, being
from seventy cents to one dollar per hun
dred higher than a year ago.
It is not the “ sluner” alone that
“walks upou slippery places” now. All
who walk the streets realize the fact that
it requires something besides moral rec
titude to walk upright.
Distribute Seeds.— The Agricultural
Department at Washington, has issued
a circular to the Agricultural societies
throughout the country) asking them to
co-operate with the Department iu dis
tributing seeds.
OUR exchanges are continually refer
ring to swindles that are being perpet
rated upon the people. People have had
warning enough to have their eyes open
ed by this time. -
A man in New Hampshire bought four
swarms of bees tea years ago, ami has
now an income of $1,200 per year from
honey. Go and buy lour swarms of bees,
young man.
The freight account of the Mt, Holly
Paper Company, for the month of De
cember, amounted to $1,742.84. Tho bus
iness of the station for the month of De
cember, was $2,852.79.
Heal Estate. —Persona having Heal
Estate to dispose of, should not fail to
have it inserted in the Volunteer. It
circulates in every section of the county,
and our terms are quite liberal. Bills
for public and private Bales 'printed at
short notice.
Peaches.— During the,year 1872, there
were 2,007,507 baskets of peaches shipped
by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore liailroad Company. Tho
peaches came, from Delaware State and
Maryland counties adjoining.
The Duncannou Iron Works are not
now in operation, having suspended on
account of not having the kind of coal
required by tho puddlers. Business in
that borough, of course, suffers from
this temporary suspension.'
On the last day of the old year, says
the Sbippenaburg, News, Mr. Samuel
Myers, of Hopewell township, amputa
ted bis left thumb with a meat-axe. He
struck at a larger piece of meat, but the
bundle of the axe struck the bench,
glanced and caused the accident..
The Court.— The Court of Quarter
.Sessions convened on Monday last, and
it being the regular term, as usual, the
docket was filled up with a large num
ber of criminal cases. The parties, with
their witnesses} were in attendance, and
tho Court House has been pretty well
crowded all week.
Says the JShippenaburg News: 11 Last
Saturday evening, whilst Charles Hykes
was trimming a boot on which he was
working, the knife slipped, cutting into
bis left hand to the bone of tho thumb,
making a large and painful gash. Dr.
Millar sewed the wound up, and the
unfortunate man is now doing well.
If somebody don't take In their oats
when bed-time arrives, we shall be oblig
ed to publish the obituaries of about a
dozen Thomas Vardans that tear the dirt
and swear at each other, and throw snow
in their eyes, in our back yard during
the peaceful watches of the wintery
nights.
Finn.—The house occupied by Mr. \V.
Gelgher, about two miles from Marys
ville, this county, was destroyed by Are
on Tuesday morning of last week. Be
ing Isolated, before the neighbors could
reach the scene of conflagration the build
ing was consumed, together with nearly
ail it contained.— Perry Democrat,
Important to Young Men.—No
young man in the country should ne
glect to procure and carefully read the
Circular of the Iron City College, Pitts
burg. It will certainly pay to do so.
We regret exceedingly to announce
that Mrs. Margaret Brown, wife of Mr.
James Brown, of Newton township,
scalded her foot in a shocking manner
recently. Under medical attendance she
is recovering slowly.
The Convention of Directors and
Teachers, held in Carlisle on Tuesday if
last week, resulted In passing a resolu
tion recommending the propriety of the
school boards of the county adopting a
uniform series of text-books.
The Amy Stone Dramatic Alliance an.
pears in Ilheem’s Hail to-night. H
We notice that John C. Brdck, ( co i.
ored.) of Carlisle, has been elected teach
er of a colored school at Harrisburg.
Suicide.— Daniel Snyder, of Manches
ter township, York county, committed
suicide by hanging, himself on Wednes
last, near hie residence.
The “thawing snap” last Tuesday
gave nearly everybody—old and young
a bad cold, and its manifestations are so
unique, that many persons call It ” cpi
zooty.”
The fair ,of the Shlppensburg Band
was, we learn, not a pecuniary succoss
only about $lOO being netted. The fail,
ure was doubtless occasioned by the ex
treme tightness of money matters.
The third of the series of sermons tu
young men, will be preached by R ev .
C. B. Albert, In the First Methodist
church, on next Sabbath afternoon, ser
vices commencing at 81 o’clock. All are
invited.
John. Steckley, of Howe township
Perry County, commuted suicide by
hanginghimself in his barn floor. The
Coroner’s jury rendered their verdict
"that John Steckley oame to his death
by hanging with a bed rope,”
Governor Geary granted 101 par
dons last year. Els report eays the
number is GO, but In counting over the
list as set down by bis Excellency, U
will be found that the above first nnmed
figures are correct.
Bennevidde Smith, a huckster of
Lehigh county, sold two tom of apple
“suits." What a chattering and gossip.
Ing there must have been going on
among the old women uulil they got
through paring, slicing and drying i
Just think of it !
The Public Lodger Almanac is out
for the present year and the publisher
places us under obligations for a copy
of the same. If possible it is more in.
teresting than its predecessors, and tve
cannot see how any one can get along
well without it.
Thanks. —We return thanks to Jacob
Rhoads, Esq., of West Pen Dsboroug),
township, for his acceptable present or
a half-bushel of assoifed apples. They
were very fine.
Mr. Jacob Gutshall.of North MiiMii
ton township, also placed us under obli
gallons for the half-bu Shel of ■.lielliwrks
he sent us.
A oenti.eman ol Lancaster county of
fers fifteen cents for every live partridge
brought to him. His object is to shelter
them during the winter; provide them
with the necessary food, and permit
them to have their freedom in the
spring. This example should be emu
lated here by those Who have fifteens to
spare.
James Gowen, Esq), the father of Coi.
Frank B. Gowen, President of the Phila.
& Heading Railroad, died at Mt. Airy,
on Wednesday, in bis eighty third year.
Mri Gowen was a vigorous writer, and
for many years was president of the
State Agricultural Society. Ho died
very wealthy.
Our work is not inferior fo that of
any office in the State, and* far superior
to anv turned out by anv other oihce \u
the Valley.”—Herald.
We feel no desire to speak disparaging
ly of the job work executed by our neigh
bors, but we would suggest to them lhar
their.manner of boasting is not only a lit
tle steep, but verges upon falsehood. For
ourself, we are willing to let our job work
speak for Itself, merely remarking that
the material in our job department is
double that of any office In this county,
and c.ißt twice as much money. If.any
judge of artistic printing will take the
trouble to compare our work with that
put out by the we have no fear
of the verdict.
A party of gentlemen from Harris
burg, composed of Mr. Bolton, of the
“Bolton House,” and Messrs Breaka
way, Latta, Beach, Heigis, Hummel
and Hughes, members of tho Legislature
arrived in our town in a large sleigh, a
little after 6 o’clock on Tuesday evening,
and stopped at the '“Bento House,”
whore they partook of. an excellent
supper. By invitation, the editor of this
paper joined. the party af the supper
table, where a half hour was spent in
eating and social talk. We have never
met a more agreeable and Intelligent
party of gentlemen, and it was a matter
of regret that they made their slay so.
short. Immediately after supper they
took their departure for Harrisburg.
Suicide op a Prominent Citizen.—
At about eleven o’clock on Saturday
morning last our town, says the Hagers
town Twice a Weeh, was' thrown into
considerable excitement by the an
nouncement that Mr. Charles G. Lane,
President of the First National Bank o(
this place, had committed suicide by
banging himself in the garret of his
residence, on North Potomac street, and
soon thereafter crowds of persons visited
the vicinity of the sad scene to verify the
intelligence. The deceased had been in
disposed for several days, being confined
to his house, and suspicions were or
roused on the part of some of his friends
that he was troubled to such an extent
that he meditated making way with
himself, and they, consequently, kept
watch upon his movements, but he elu
ded them and was found, as stated, dead,
banging by the neck, in his garret. It
was considered unnecessary, by Coroner
J. A. Wright, to hold an Inquest, ns all
the surroundings confirmed the facts ns
they were found.
Installation of Officers.—At a
regular meeting of Washington Camp,
No. 171 P. O. 8. of A. r held in their ball
Monday evening, Jan. 13, 1873, the fol
lowing officers were duly Installed for
the present term by District President.
Bro. Hooklander:
President— W. G. Speck.
Vice President— C. J. Arney.
Secretary— A. E. Monasmlthi
Asst- Secretary—John H. Blair.
Financial Secretary— T- Eluehart.
Treasurer—J, T. Good.
Conductor—J. Morrison.
J. G.-H. Hanzel.
1 (?.—John Arney,
J. Liggett.
1. iS.-F. Hays.
. S —A. Morrison.
O
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It.
Ij.
The officers’ reports for the past term
represent the "Camp” in this place in a
very good condition, and the prospects
aro that it will be a very good and strong
order in our midst. Camp 171 will e° on
have the pleasure of organizing anothei
camp flro of the Order in our county.
There is now three Camps In the coun
ty, and persons working for the building
of three or four more.