American 4mlituttev.
CARLISLE, Pa.
tmmSBAT, FEBRUARY G, IST3.
HEWS IN BRIEF,
The Courts in Ohio granted 102 G di
vorces last year.
Ix Germany when the jury is a tie
the prisoner is acquitted.
Fifteen thousand buffaloes are
yearly slaughtered in Kansas.
The patients in the Alabama Insane
Asylum issue a weekly paper.
Seventy-five coal mines are now
worked in McLean county, 111.
lue is nine inches thicker in Kansas
this year than ever before.
A Newport man married his step
mother the other day.
Troy, N, Y., has 10 paper collar
factories, employing 5,000 girls.
The Souix Indians in Minnesota are
halfstarved.
A St. Louis couple alter lour weeks
honeymoon divided the furniture.
Bucks county girls wear cornstalk
.bustles With comfori. °
I-'lies have a use. it is found that
they spread small-pox.
A PiTTsnuRG magistrate kicked a
lawyer out of the court-room.
Oysters are now being raised in
Nebraska.
Athens Ga., prosperously began the
new.year with a surplus of one cent in
the treasury.
The laws of lown no longer make
any distinction between husband and
wife in their control over their own
property.
A Texas boy 10 years old, is six feet
high, and. weighs 300 pounds. There
are giants in these days.
lowa has ninety woolen mills, hun
dreds of flour mills, and gin mills with
out number.
A deposit of epsom salts has been
discovered at Mineral Lake, in Grant
county, Minn.
Judge Trkacy of the Marine Court
of .New York, died last Saturday morn
ing.
Two men, engaged in the attempt to
burn the town of Arrow Rock, Mo.,
wore hanged by Vigilants on Wednes
day.
A large cargo of Maryland coal
was shipped to Halifax, N. S., on the
loth ult.
A leading gambler at Fart Scott,
Kansas; has subscribed $2,000 toward a
new church.
A Chicago man has invented a trunk
which can he converted into a lifeboat
or a coffin.
It is stated that 80 divorces were ap
plied for in Allegheny county Pa., last
year.
It is said that the mysterious name
of the “ monkey wrench” was taken
from its inventor, Mr. Monkey, who
still lives in New Jersey.
A hutouer’s shop for the sale of
horse-flesh has been opened at Geneva,
Switzerland.
In Buffalo, recently, a servant girl
held a burglar by the leg until the po
lice came.
Church fairs in Illinois are now su
perseded by mush and milk festivals.
A. Danbury man was much relieved
to find that the term Credit Mobilier
was not a name for hog cholera.
Nearly eighty thousand pounds of
type has bean received in Now York
for the Greeley monument.
Two old.bachelors (brothers) at Pitta
field, ill., froze to death in their log
cabin the other night. They were
worth $12,000.
Thomas Ci.ay, a grandson of “ Har
ry of the West,” look unto himself a
bride recently al Lexington, Ky.
AN Albany N. V., man is in jail on a
charge of stealing a canal boat. Wh"en
am-sted it was not found on his per-
The president ami cashier of the
Chenango Bank, at Norwich, Conn.,
both dropped dead in the building
within a few days of each other.
a man in Kentucky placed three
perch in a Well two years ago, and on
cleaning out the well recently he re
covered one of them, but singular to
say, stone blind, and its dark natural
color bleached to almost transparency.
A man died, recently, at Pottstown,
Pa., whose liver, stomach, and other
internal organs had turned to about
eight gallons of liquid.
There is an extensive emigration
movement to America among the Ger
man colonists in Russia. One hundred
and twenty families have leit Beresina
alone.
The jury has declared innocent Jen
nie Droz, the Cleveland girl who shot
Mayor Flak two years ago. She has all
along pleaded guilty; but what is a
young girl supposed to know about
such an important matter compared
with the “twelve good men and
true?”
A French atatiscian states that Par
is contains 1150 hunchbacks, 1224 indi
viduals with only one arm, 1115 with
one leg, 110 cripples, 17 without noses,
and 3 without either arms or legs.
The wonderful well of gas in Illi
nois, which was used to illuminate the
neighboring town of Areola, has sud
denly given out and the people have
returned to the use of kerosene.
Ahout 7000 acres are cleared of tim
ber each week day in this country. Of
the annual crop $75,000,000 worth goes
to fuel, and twice as much to fencing.—
The locomotives in this country con
sume no less than 700,000,000 cords a
year, or 500 acres a day.
There have been recently discover
ed on the coast of Peru ancient pottery
and other manufactured articles highly
wrought; and some of glod, beneath a
marine deposit of six feet, having trees
growing on the surface which were
older than the Spanish invasion, which
proves that this land must have been
submerged beneath the ocean, and
again elevated to Its former iiosition,
since these relies were deposited.
| ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS.
The Credit Mpblller investigation by
a committee ol Congress, will astound
the people of all nations, except per
haps our own. Our people have become
so dead to shame and so utterly oblivi
ous to the corrupt, pratices of public
men, that nothing moves them., A
man who is a prominent Radical poli
tician is privileged to do as he pleases,
and to make money in any way that
his cupidity dictates. Indeed, wo are
beginning to believe—And wo have
good grounds for our belief—that una'-
dnitorated villainy is at a high pre
mium in this country. As an illustra
tion—a few evenjngs since the Young
Men’s Christian Association of Phila
delphia, celebrated their anniversary at
the Academy of Music. They had ad
dresses delivered, singing, and other
exercises. The two principal speakers
were Vice President Colfax ami the
Vico President elect, Wilson. Only
the day before these two prominent
politicians had been found guilty, by a
Congressional committee, of having re
ceived large bribe? from the Credit
Mold her Company. This mammoth
banking and speculating concern was
in “cahoot” with the Pacific Rail Road
Company (indeed its inembers were all
connected with the Rail Road Compa
ny,) in an effort to rob the Government
of 8-1,000,000 acres of the public lands,
and, unfortunately for the people, the
effort, through the influence of bribery,
was successful, and this unblushing
raid upon the people’s land was fully
consummated when Grant affixed his
signature to the bill.
The Congressional investigation into
this transaction has already brought to
light the fact that dozens of Members of
Congress in both houses were bribed to
vote for this gigantic robbery, and these
members were all leading men—the
able speakers whose course was to in
fluence and did influence the unsus-
peeling. In the Senate the loading men
selected by the land shaika 'who were
to be corrupted by bonds and money,
were Colfax, Wilson, Logan, Patterson,
and others, all loyal Radicals. The in
vestigation shows beyond dispute or
the shadow of a doubt, that these men
were tampered with to favor the great
est laud steal that was ever consum-
mated in any country. In the House
the members tampered with and em
ployed by these robbers of the govern
ment property, wore Thaddeus Stevens
and Judge Kelly of Pennsylvania,
Brooks of Now'York, and scores of
others equally prominent. That! Stev
ens, it is shown, received $BO,OOO in one
payment! Wo regret to see the name
of Mr. Brooks in this infamously base
business. He is the only Democrat who
was corrupted; Wo formerly respected
him, but we loath him now as we loath
the slimy serpent. ■
Well, as we said in the commence
ment of this article, the evening follow
ing the day when Colfax and Wilson
had.been found guilty of hat ing receiv
ed bribes from the land thieves, those
two brazen-faced Yankees had the un
blushing impudence to appear at the
Academy of Music to address the
Christian young of Philadelphia,and to
instruct them us to their duties before
God 1 And, the papers tell us, when
the two speakers appeared on the stage,
“cheering and clapping of hands fol
lowed for' several minutes.” Is n6't
scoundrclism at a premium? Why,
these men should bo mobbed when Urey
appear on the streets.. But rro—they
are the leaders-the Vico Presidents—
of “ the party of great moral ideas,”
and instead of receiving the hisses and
huntings of an outraged people, they
are loudly cheered as they appear be
fore the people of Philadelphia to ad
dress Christians 1 “ Godsave the Com
monwealth.”
Imi’eauh Him.— Many of the, more
respectable .Republican journals are
loud in their demands for the impeach
ment of Vice President Colfax. But ho
will not bo impeached. His term is up
ou tlie-Ith of next month, and ho will
be permitted to slide out of ollice with
out punishment and lich from his If
gotten gains. The 'Credit Mobilier
scandal is, to-day only a nine day’s
wonder. The whole hatch of .Congres
sional scoundrels implicated in the
swindle, only laugh in their sleeves at
the ugly facts which have been venti
lated. Grant knows he won his re
election by fraud, just as Cameron did.
Caldwell luxuriates in the certainly of
the proverbial whitewashing. What is
there to fear for the faithful and loyal ?
Don’t loyal hands ply the brush, and
don’t the Government furnish the ma
terial? Conviction! Why there can
be no conviction, much less punish
ment. What would an attempted im
peachment of Vice President Colfax
amount to? Emphatically nothing.—
The attempt would be a farce, and the
whole proceeding attendant upon it- a
magnjficiently entertaining comedy.
As a fitting sequel to all these in
stances of corruption and bribery, read
the details in another column, of the
pillorying of Pomeroy in Kansas. In a
perusal of there refreshing tit-bits of
Radical history, wo can only exclaim :
'■ o, tempore, 11, mores.''
In view of the recent developements
in the Kansas legislature, the follow
ing certificate of character from Senator
Harlan to Senator Pomeroy is very
timely. It was issued a few days be
fore the latter became a victim of a
“ foul conspiracy “ Those who know
him intimately and well believe him
to he one of the truest and purest of our
public men, us they know him to be
one of the most generous. His bene
factions have made hundreds of worthy
families rejoice. Those who ought to
know' him thoroughly regard him as
singularly unselfish, caring only for
money as ho cun use it, not to aggran
dize himself, but to accomplish some
good.” Doubtless the ideas of "accom
plishing good” referred to are similar
to thoso entertained by Oakes Ames
.when ho distributed his Credit Mobilier
stock where "it would do (ho most
good.”
Martin, the defaulting teller of the
Chester Valley Dank, was on Wednes
day sentenced by Judge Duller to four
years and six months at labor in the
Chester County Prison at West Chester.
He is a young man of fine intellect,
well educated, and his family comuw
tions are most respectable. In the late
political contest Martin was the Secre
tary of the “ Loyal Oraut Club of West
Chester.” He was a strong politician,
and an expectant for a snug berth. Ho
has got it—four years and six months
at hard labor, board paid.
GUILTY! GUILTY I
Tho New York IleraM, which, dur
ing the into political contest was an
ardent supporter of Grant, in speaking
of the disgraceful and alarming expo
sures at Washington, says;
“There is no disagreement In the
jury- of the' nation. The voice of one
and all pronounce a verdict of GUILTY
against the whole batch of huckstering
Congressmen. They are all in the
same category—Wilson, Colfax, Ames,
Patterson, Brooks, Allison, Kelly and
all thereat. The same evidence incul
pates a|l alike, and the difference be
tween the offender who. received his
hundred and fifty shares and his asso
ciate who received his two of ten shares
is only similar to the difference be
tween the highwaymen ami the pick
pocket or between the burglar and the
sneak thief.”
Will the people now wake up V Or
will they continue to retain in power a
set of scoundrels who for years have
been leagued together in monstrous
schemes of robbery ? Thousands of
millions of acres of the best lauds in
America have been voted to mammoth
corporations, without the government
receiving a cent. The people looked on
in amazement. They' could not under
stand wiiy' members of Congress should
give those valuable lands to railroads.
They will now understand. They’,will
now see that these monstrous swindles
were effected by' the bribery of mem
bers and prominent men connected
with the administration. Grant signed
all ■ these gift-enterprise bills, flow
.much did he receive? Millions, no
doubt. Wo ask again, will the people
wake up, or will they continue to sup
port a party whose leaders arc thieves
and bribe-receivers ?
POMEROY’S DISGRACE.
Exposure of His Corruption—His Successor
Washington Jap 30,
Senator Pomeroy has finally come to
grief, aud his senatorial career will be
brought to a close.on the 4th of March.
The members of the legislature of all
parties opposed his re-election, d ter
mined to defeat him at all hazards, and
when the first vote was taken on Tues
day ho received only 10 votes in the
Senate to 22 in opposition, and -10 in the
house to OS in opposition. This oppo
sition vote was finally concentrated
yesterday at the joint session, and
Hon. .Tonn James Ingalls, of Atchison,
was elected. A special dispatch from
Topeka to the New York Tribune,
signed T. D. Timelier, says :
Light has at last dawned in Kansas 1
Senator Pomeroy was overwhelmingly
defeated to-day in the election for sena
tor, John J. Ingalls, of Atchison, being
elected almost unanimously. As Hie
vote \vas being taken in joint conven
tion, Colonel York, member of the
senate from Montgomery county, when
his name was called, passed up to the
presiding officer $7,000 which Mr.
Pomeroy had given him for his vote.
Ho then detailed the circumstances of
the transaction in a speech of an hour’s
length. The effect was overwhelming.
The legislature passed a i resolution
thanking Colonel 1 York for his course,
and Ingalls was immediately elected.
For two weeks Pomeroy has kept a
'loldiy hero of all his “ strikers” at an
expense of not less than $1,500 per day
and has spent probably $lOO,OOO in the
campaign. Mr. Pomeroy has been ar
rested under our stajo law. Twelve
years ago to-day Kansas was admitted
into the Union. To-day she sends
greeting to the nation over tne_ down
fall of corruption as embodied in S. C.
Pomeroy.
THE TWEED FAROE,
The Jury Unable to Agroo-Mmo for Ac
quittal and Throe for Oonviijtion.
■ New York, Jan. ,11.—There was an
immense gathering lo hear the result
in tire Tweed case. Alter the an
nouncement by the loromui that ho
thought the jury could not agree, J udge
Davis expressed a desire to hoar from
others asto the probability of an agree
ment. Another juror then said that
the jury wero.of the samb mind since
eleven o’clock Inst night, and then.' was
no prospect of an .agreement.
Mr. Peckham, for the prosecution,
then addressed Hie court, applying for
another trial forthwith.
The defendant's counsel thought'it
would ho a hardship to go over the ease
again now. Tweed’s civil suit was for
February Tl, some preparation for it
being necessary. ,
The announcement of the jury created
no apparent excitement 1,11 the crowd in
the court. There is a rumor that elev
en of the jury were for acquittal and
only one (.Mr. Hazleton) for conviction;
but it is generally understood that they
stood nine lor acquittal and three for
conviction.
“The Wav op tub Trans(ire.ssor
is Hard.”—A letter writer at Wash
ington to a New York paper, says that
the families of Vico President Colfax,
Senators Wilson, Logan and Patterson,
ahd Representatives Kelly and. Scofield
of Pa., are much alarmed at their men
tal condition, and they are all watched
closely. They are verging on insanity
and the worst consequences are fined.
•On, this subject the Boston Port's spo
ciul speaks of Colfax and Patterson
Unis :
“The effect of Hie exposures', which,
as everybody knows, have increased
the dangerous character of the malady,
shows itself in a serious manner on
Messrs. Colfax and Patterson. Mr.
Collax was discovered by a friend, who
entered his room unannounced, this
morning, bathed in tears and giving
other outward evidence of great mental
perturbation, while Mr. Patterson,
since the testimony regarding him was
made public, keeps himself ns much
secluded as possible. Ho has made
his appearance in the Somite but once
during Hie past lour or five days. Both
show strong symptoms of insanity.”
Local Option in Bradford.—
Bradford is the second county in the
State which has voted on license
or no license under the local op
tion law. The election was held on the
17th instant, and, as in Clearfield, the
majority against license was very large.
Nearly eight thousand votes were poll
ed on the question. The Bradford
Argus publishes nearly complete re
turns, which show a majority of 2250
against granting licenses, fn the town
of fowandii the voto was very close,
318 votes having been c.ist against, and
200 votes fy, license. in most of the
rural districts tho majorities against li
cense were very heavy. This vote in
Bradford county, with the result in
Clearfield, indicates with suillcient
clearness the fate of liquor license in
all tho norlherh portions in the Slate.
CONSCIENCE-SMITTEN, — J lldgO Kel
ly tlie" leading Kadical Congressman
from this Slate, and who was fearfully
exposed by ihe Congressional investi
gating committee, is on the point of
insanity. -Hu has written a letter to
Judge Pehinil transferring tho Credit
Mobilier stock held in his mime, with
the dividends thereon, to the Treasury
of the United Stales.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Feed the.suow birds.
Look, out for high waters.
Sixteen snows. Hold, enough !
Buy goods of men who advertise.
Fr you can’t sleigh, get tee creepers.
Day's length, 9 ho*ui;s, 30 mlnutea.
Business is brisk with our liverymen,
Our Market was well attended on Sat
urday.
Leai’ year has gone, but a good many
girls are not. *
MealiTliv * - tho whlslje on the Loco
motive of the S. M. i. Co.
The good sleighing and sledding makes
the town quite brisk.
Haste makes waste when sharpening
a soft lead pencil iu a hurry.
Always do as the sun does—look at
the bright side of everything.
Communications upon topics of local
interest are solicited.
The tanners complain that hides are
so “ cornered” by dealers that they cun
make no money.
Cooi) resolutions made on New Year’s
day are lying loose all oyer our town.
House How ers look well these snowy
days.
The Auctioneer*’ harvest has com
menced.
Devotional—a son of thunder kissing
mother earth while drunk.
The question of the day is—how are
you going to vote, for or against license?
The latest style of woddiugadon’t ap
pear to bo popular with the young men.
Sleighing .parlies of late keep tho ad
jacent village landlords quite busy.
Keep n watchful eye ou your chicken
c tops during tills cold weather.
Butter and eggs still command a high
.price.
. The Perry county jail Is without a
prisoner. *
Do not shoot deer, or U may bo dear
sport for yon.
We now have four good fire compa
nies iu this borough.
The Governor's salary is now $10;00()
per annum.
For showy and cheap Sale Bills call at
the Volunteer office.
The name of coal oil is about to be
changed to “canned death. 53
A number of country patrons and sub
scribers dropped hi to see us during the
past week; but few of them had any news
for us.
No wonder eaves sometimes look plead
ing and soiTowfal-r-rbey are under the
lush all the while 1
Salting sidewalks is said to bo a per
fect prescription to make sore throats
plentiful;
This is the rock of ages, said the fath
er, after rocking two‘hours, and the baby
still .awake.
He who seeks to build a. reputation on
the feelings of another, has an unsafe
foundation.
The most irredeemable bonds yet
known to the financial and moral world
ate vagabonds.
There aro three things that can by
no means be employed for evil—humili
ty, contentment and liberality.
A cautious young lady of this town
declined to eat a pbilopenathe pther eve
ning, for fear of catching the epizootic.
Calling a boy a “liar’ 3 produced u
knock-down on Tuesday lust, near tho
Square. - -
Those open-winter prophets were
frauds—as proven by ice immense and
severe snow storms.
In the,rural districts it Is regarded as
evidence that a young lady is “engaged”
when she works on pulse warmers.
The cleanest sidewalk about town Is
kept so by a girl—shame on some of the
boys.
Shovel the snow from -tbe roofs of
your buildings, otherwise you may be
obliged to.put a now roof ou.
Latino pea mils while the Courts are
In session, in not allowed in Schuylkill
county. If such a rule was tried In Car
lisle. it would be regarded us a cause for
rebellion.
The oldest inhabitant cannot remem
ber when Ihero bus been ao much snow
aa there has been (ho present winter.
Tiir C.. V. K. B. bitched two locomo
tives to every train of cars for a fe w days
last week. Steam power wins.
Waking up in the middle of a cold
night and remembering that the front
door Isn’t locked, Is one of the horrors of
keeping.house.
In one of our stores, ns we noted some
evenings since, the loungers therein ait
on calico, cloth mid flannel, to keep the
goods warm.
Tun name of Bloody Bun, Bedford
county, has been changed to Everett
City by a vote of its citizens. The vole
stood M for to 110 against the change.
Did any one in hia life-long experience
ever sou a chicken run over by any vehi
cle from a hearse to a locomotive ?
liitADKoui) county has voted on luciil
option. It gave between .'lOOOund -1000 ma
jority against license.
Houses should not be driven through
the streets without bells attached to
them. Life should no': be endangered.
A young lady who neglected to re
move the an till 1 from her muff came near
sneezing her hair down in church 1 at
Sunday.
A young man ol this place, who is
struggling manfully with’ a moustache,
sa> h bruins and hair don’t grow well to
gether.
Tins is the season when the little ones
run out, get their feet wet, and catch lota
of croup. Then they run home ami moth
er's soothing syrupiy administers to them
alternate do<es of slipper ami advice.
A funny friend of onra remarked that
lie would n’t want to bo u farmer ibis win
ter, and be compelled to got up morn-,
lags and shovel ail the snow off his fields.
A young man in town says that be
learned the meaning of the phrase “ups
and downs” to a certainty the past few
weeks better than lie ever did belore, by
the slippery slate of the pavements in
our town.
WmiSKSIiAV anil Thursday mornlngß
o Imt week were stingers. Tbo tlier
imnneter niarkeU di) degrees below zero !
Tbc cold was more severely felt than at
lime this season.
- We regret exceedingly to announce
the death of Dr. Charles Zttsser, .which
occurred at hia residence in this
borough, yesterday mornkag.
We are indebted to oulr Member of
Assembly, Mr. Williams', for Legisla
tive documents.
Also, to Judge Watts, Commissioner
of Agriculture, for a copy of hia month
ly Report.
The employees of this office respect
fully return thanks to Jacob Rhoads,
Esq., of West Pennsboro’ township,for a
basket of the most beautiful, apples they
have scon during the season.
THE 22d of February conies on hjatur-.
day this year. The 4th of July on Fri
day. Ash Wednesday on the 20th of
February. Good Friday on the lltb of
April. Easier Sunday on the loth of
April.
Unusual.— On Tuesday morning when
the thermometer stood- at zero, a fine
large robin was to bo seen on the top of
a tree on the Episcopal church square.
He was chirping and bopping about
quite briskly, and finally flow off.
The circular, just issued by the Iron
City College, la beyond question tbo fin
est thing of tli© kind ever published.
Tbo-e who have not seen it should send
at once and ob'aiu a copy. Address the
Principal. J. 0. Smith, A. M.. Pittsburg,
Pa. „
The Coldest Day.— Thursday morn
ing of last week was cold beyond any
thing ever known in this section of
country by the “oldest inhabitant.”
Atb o’clock in the morning, the ther
mometers of a dozen or more of onr citi
zens indicated Twenty-eight degrees be
low zero!" Perhaps This was—indeed we
have no doubt ii: was—the hardest freeze
ever known in this region.
We publish this week tbe communi
cation of “Spectator,” giving an account
of tbe Penn township Teachers’ Insti
tute. But “Spectator” must not pre
sume too much. He did not give his real
name. Falling to do this hereafter, his
communications will fall into our basket
of rejected articles.-
Another Camp Fire Lit Up at Boil
ing Springs. -Washington Camp, No.
188, P, O'. S. of A., instituted Jan. 31,
1873, by W. E. Nunemaoher, State M. F.
E. C., of which tho following officers
were installed :
P. P.-A. M. Seib.
P.—Smith McDonald.
V. P.—Adam Meals.
M. F. and C.—Henry Wolf.
Rec. Sec. —J. A. Moul.
A. R. C.—Jacob Tiller.
F. Sec- —John Whitcomb.
Treas.—o. F. Bennett.
Con. —Andrew Hoffman.
''R. B.—John Caldwell.
L. S*—Samuel Day.
I. G.—Henry Durr.
O. G.—Samuel Cockliu.
Chap. —John Hartman.
Trustees—A. M. Sieb, Isaac Stone, J.
Moul.
At a meeting of the “Hamilton” Al
umni Association, held at Carlisle, Jan.
27, the following resolutions were unan
imously adopted :.
Whereas, The death of James Hamil
ton, Esq., a Director of the Common
Schools of Carlisle, has been formally,
announced to the “Hamilton” Alumni
Association, this association has received
the same with feelings of sorrow and re*
gret; therefore, be it ■
Rr.solvcd t That in the death of Mr.
Hamilton, the public generally has sus
tained the loss of an eminent educator,
and a quiet and unassuming philantro
pbist, the common schools a Director
who has been connected with them ever
since their establishment, uml one who
manifested great interest in their pros
perity and success, and this association
one of its best and mefet respected mem
bers. Also,
Resolved, That wo gratefully remem
ber his admirations aud interest in us
while scholars, and of. Ills words of wis
dom aud counsel to this association.- We
unite in-testytying to his life-long and
indefatigable interest in the prosperity of
our schools, and the unsellish devotion
of a greater portion of his time and abili
ties to cousumate the same. Recogniz
ing his worth, ability, interest and his
continued exeition in favor of education,
Mid especially of our own school, iudhe-;
ed us to give his name to our association.
Resolved , That us a merit of respect to
bis memory, wo attend the funeral in a
body, and a copy of these proceedings be
Inscribed ou our record, and published in
the papers of our borough,
M. F. Thompson,
* D. EfSKLES,
D. M. C. Gkino,
Mrs, M. K. Underwood,
Mrs- Julia A. Binder,
Committee.
Another Social Party.— Obeying
the invitation of a number of gentlemen
at Mount Holly, to some twenty gentle
men of Carlisle, to partake of a supper on
the evening of Friday last, four sleighs,
containing five each, left our town at 7
o'clock on said evening, aud in less than
an hour halted In front of Muhin's Ho
tel, at Mt. Holly, where quite a number
of the citizens and iron-ore operators
had assembled. After enjoying them
selves in singing, dancing and other jn
nocent amusements for about three hours,
supper was announced, ami the entire
company repaired to the spacious dining
room to partake of a repast such as the
Messrs Mullin alone can get up. In ev
ery respect It was a moat elegant enter
tainment, timetable fairly groaning under
the weight of the good things it coA.
taihed.
After the cloth had been removed, ou
motion, Charles H. Mullin, of Mt. Holly,
was called to the chair. After returning
hia thanks to the company, he extended
a hearty welcome to the Carlislers pres
ent, aud hoped that the meeting might
prove a pleasant 0119 to all. Short speech
es were then Dr. Klefler, M. G.
Herman, James H. Graham, jr., 1 {Charles
H. Hepburn and J. B. Bratton, of Car
lisle, and sentiments and toasts were of
fered by several others.
It was then, on motion of Mr. Smith,
resolved that those present form them
selves Into a Club, to be called the E.
Club of Carlisle aud Mt. Holly, with the
privilege of electing additional members,
aud transacting such business ns may
conduce to the fellowship aud good feel
ing of Us members. Mr. C. H. Mullin
was elected President of the Club; Edwd.
Noble, of Mt. Holly, Secretary, and A.
Dysert, of Carlisle, Sergeant-at-arms.
The meeting then, at an early hour, ad
journed, and the members of the Club
repaired to their respective homos, all
well pleased with the evening's enter
tainment. Our Mt. Holly friends were
assiduous In their attentions to their
guests (the Carlislers,) and their kind
ness and liberal hospitality will long be
remembered and properly reciprocated
should an opportunity over offer.
Tub roof of a building owned by Mr.
Jncob Senor, on Pitt street, was crush
ed in by the weight of the snow, a few
days ago.
Correspondence of tho •Volunteer,
Two Mon Killed on tlio South Mountain
Rail-road.
| Mt. Holly, Jan. 31. ,
On Thursday evening, Jan. 30, about
5:35 r. M., ns tho last freight and passen
ger train was near tho crossing where the
Gettysburg road crosses the South Moun
tain railroad, at Wynkoop’s sidling, one
third of a mile above the Mt. Holly Pa
per Go’s upper mill, two men, named
John and Wesley Day, (father and son,)
wfeib seated in a sleigh drawn by a horse
ami mule, attempted to cross tho track In
front of the fast approaching train. The
•engine struck die sleigh, throwing James
Day on ouo side of the track, and rolling
the sleigh over on Us side, crushing Wes
ley Day in the sleigh. The engine pass
ed over the sleigh, nud pushed the same 1
with .the mail the whole length of ihe
train upon the snow. The suow being
very deep.tho truck axles kept tbe' sleigh
up against the axles, so us to prevent the
engine from passing entirely over tho
sleigh and .occupant. The engineer, as
soon as lie discovered the danger, gave
signal to tighten the brakes, and.aleo re
versed the engine, but .the train pushed
the engine and tender about 350 feet be
fore he succeeded in stopping the train
'The train hands hastened to the aid of
tbe unfortunate victims. They found the
el'dest lying on the snow, with hia feet
towards the railroad; the young man was
wrapped up in the sleigh under the en
gine. The Conductor of tho train, ac
companied by one of the bmkemeu im
mediately hastened to Mt. .Holly for as
sistance. Those who remained at tho
train—passengers and train employees—
done all that was in their power to allay
the sufferings of the old man, and to get
the young man out from under the en
gine,. whicn consumed some 20 minutes
iu doing this. Tho sufferer was alive
when , the men found him under tho en
gine, but was dead before they succeeded
in getting him out. In a very short time
medical aid arrived on the ground.. Dr.
William H. Lawman, of Mt. Holly, did
all that was In his power for the sufferer.
When tho horrible intelligence reached
Mt. Holly, many of . its citizens repaired
to tho scone of the accident, but all to no
avail, the poor sufferer was too seriously
hurt to he henefiiled by .any one. Soon
us possible, the 'sufferers were placed iu
the passenger car, and taken to the depot
at Mt. Holly. When the train arrived
there, it was found that the old man was
dying, and it. thought, best, not to
move him. He lingered until'eighteen
minutes of 8 o’clock, when he died. The
Railroad- Company douo all they possi
bly could for the unfortunate man, and
when intelligence. was sent to the Super
intendent's office that the men were kill
ed, the Superintendent at once notified
Mr. John T. Crozier, telegraph operator
at Mt. Holly, to piocure everything that
was necessary, and also to procure a con
veyance to take their bodies -to • their
friends. The bodies were loft in tbe sta
tion house until the morning, when the
Coroner, David Smith, Esq., was notifi
ed, and empauiielled a jury .composed of
the following geullemen-C. H. Mullin,
George Noggle, John T. (Jrozler, Win.
B. Butler, Eaq., and Edward Noble, jr.,
who were duly sworn, and an inquest
held. John Hefflelluger, tbo engineer,
was first sworn* He testified that be was
not Tunning over eight miles per hour;
that he gave tbe usual “crossing signal
that he saw the men iu the sleigh when
he was about three hundred feet from
them ; that he thought they would stop
the sleigh, and that he gave the signal
to brake the train; when he (the engi
neer) saw them attempt to cross the ruil
road, the engine was only twenty-five
feet from tho crossing; ho immediately
reversed the engine, but could not stop
the cars until the train had run its own
length, it being down grade and snow ou
the rails. One of the brakesmen, who
was sworn, said that when he got to the
old man he asked him why he did not
stop the sleigh, and if they, did not see
the train coming. The old man replied
that he did seo tho train, but thought
they could cross in time. The couduc
tor of H. Watta«& Sou's ore train, who was
staTiding on hia curs at VVynkoop’s sid
ling. waiting lor the train toneme down
and lake his cars out, testified that he
saw tho train coming; that he heard the
signals given as stated by the engineer;
that he saw the men driving along in the
aloigh ; was not more than seventy-five
feet from the men at the time he saw
them; told them that they had better
■slop, that the train was coming; that
they could not make the crossing in
time; called after them a second lime;
'one of them looked at him, but gave no
reply; would not be in any danger it
they had stopped when ho told them ;
the train was running slow at the time
(down grade); could not have been run •
mug mure than eigiit miles per hour.
Other witnesses were examined, their
'testimony corroborating evidence given
by the engiueer and conductor of Walts 3
tram. Auer examining the witnesses,
the jury g.ave their verdict, exonerating
tuo Railroad Company-and train hands
I'iom all blame, and “that tbo deceased
men ciimo to their death through care
lessness in attempting to cross the truck
when they saw the train coming. ” Tho
horse was slightly hurt, the mule escap
ed unhurt, and the sleigh was smashed
to pieces. The Railroad Company had
coffins procured for the uuloriuuule men
after tho inquest was held. Tho bodies
woi e, placed in the coffins, and taken to
tho homes of their friends.' James Day
was an old man, about 70 years of ago.
Tho sou, Wesley Day, was a young man
about 22 years* They had been'to Car
lisle, and were returning home at the
Time the accident occurred. The old man
leaves a wile and daughter, who are liv
ing about \h miles from Zion Church, ou
the road feuding from tho Gettysburg
road to Boiidei'aville, Adams county,
near the line of Cumberland county.
Penn Township Teachers’ Institute.
Mr. Editor.—-As your very valuable
paper has a very large circulation in
this-township, I thought it would bo
proper to give you a brief report of the
Penn township Teachers' ■ Institute.—
This Society meets every Friday even
ing, in the Centerville school room.
It boasts among its members, such men
as Bov. J. S. Woodburn and Rev. A.
C. Felkor, Dr. W. Longsdorff, W. J.
Krebs, John L. Henry, Win. A.
Brown, D. Lofovre and dthers, enough
to make .any enterprise of-'that kind
successful. X attended its meeting on
the evening of the 31st ult., when the
regular order of business was dispensed
with, and the question, “Should a
graded school bo established in Penn
twp,” wa^ before the institute for each
member to give his views pro and con.
We.thought it would be a very dry
subject wherewith to entertain an au
dience, hut we were deceived. One of
the most lively discussions was gotten
up in reference to the feasibility of es
tablishing one at the present time. All
the members who spoke on It were in
favor of a graded school. 3ome thought
it would bo better to have it established
now, and others took ground -that it
was not necessary at the present time,
too many schools being in the town
ship atthe present time lor the popu
atiou. I think Mr. Wm, Brown, Di
rector, and Mr. John D. Henry, teach
er, brought forth the best argument
that evening, from this fact, 7
arguments wore not of
the gentlemen, Mr. B: a
comic piece entitled the “ Lancaster
County Dutchman,” from which he
portrayed the misor, who was opposed
to the erection of school houses and
taxation therefor. The next question
to be discussed is “ Does the orator de
serve more credit than the author?”
Perhaps I will from time give you
some more graphic descriptions of the
workings of this Institute, which is a
benefit, to the community where it is
hold. Spectator.
Tub recent “ thawl” did not improve
the slippery condition of the pavements.
MB, HAMILTON'S WILL,
We Imve been culled upon by a Hum*'
bor of our subscriber*, ami have received
numerous letters from those who are not
subscribers, requesting us to publish tire
will of the late James Hamilton. Wo
comply with these requests by giving
a correct resume of tlio will.
It might be well to slate, before giving
a syuoposis of the first will of Mr. Ham
ilton, that he left two wills. The first is
dated noth Nov., 1871; the second, thelSth
Jan., 1873, in which, after giving Some
additional bequests, recites that “Where
as, there is an not of Assembly rendering
void all eleemosynary bequests and de
vises, if not executed a certain number
of days before the decease of the testator;
and whereas, X executed a will dated the
20th day of Nov., A. D. 1971, (marked
A,) to be my last will and testament.
Should I dle before the Ist day of March,
1873 ; otherwise the jvili of the 13th of
Jan., 1873, shall he and is hereby declar
ed to be my last will.” In witness where
of, Ac. '
The following,arc some of the religious,
charitable and' other bequests made by
Mr. Hamilton. We make the synopsis
brief, as the will covers about 10 pages of
fools-cap paper. Ho gives:
$l,OOO to tire Board'of Foreign Missions
of the Second Presbyterian church.
$5OO to the Board of Domestic Missions.
SSQO to the Church Erection, to bo ap
plied to one church, at tile discretion of
Bov. H. B. Wilson.
$5OO to the Publication Fund of the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
$l,OOO to the building fund of the Poly
technic College of Pennsylvania,
$2OO lo the American Colonization So
ciety of Washington.
?I,OUO to the Board of Eegents'of the
Smithsonian Institute, the Interest to bo
devoted to the purchase.of a medal for a
prize essay.
$l,OOO to be Invested in tbe name and.
by tbo approbation of the Orphan’s Court
of Cumberland county ; tbe Interest to
bo received by the Board of School Di
rectors for the purchase of books for
needy scholars.
■The will then recites that,. "Whereas,
my father and sister having left the sum
of 81,250, the interest to be devoted to the
purchase of wood and groceries for the
poor of Carlisle, the week preceding
Christmas,; I give the further sum of
$750, (making the entire sum $2,000,)
Which 1 direct my executors to.loan, un
der the direction of the Orphans’ Court
of Cumberland county, and request said
Court to appoint a Trustee of said fund,
to distribute annually, on the week on
which Christmas falls each year, the in
terest of said hind to.necessitous persons
of the borough of Carlisle, in the form of
wood, coal, groceries, &e. ; the said Trus
tee to render an annual account to said
Court, without names.”
$2,000 to be invested by said Trustee,
tbe interest to be devoted to the payment
of, rent for indigent persons.
$lOO to tbe f’astbr of the Second Pres
byterian Church, for the purchase of
books for my Sunday school class.
$3OO to Mrs. Meek Kelly, of Indiana
county, Pa.
$5O to the Soldiers’ Mouumenl.
to Mrs. Virginia Watson, daugh
ter of Isaac Cruse, of N. Y. ■
$5OO, the. interest for the repairing of
the iron railing around Hamilton lot in
cemelery, &c.
$350 for tombstone.
$5O to each of the Carlisle Fire Compa
nies.'
$5O to bo distributed among the choir
who sang at funeral.
$5O to the officiating 'clergyman.
Two diamond rings, value of each $l2O,
for Miss Emma Moore und.Miss Bailie
Holliday.
$l,OOO to Mrs. Ida H. Crooks, now ofN.
Y.
$5OO to Miss Annie Booth.
$500.t0 Miss LaviuiaEmlera.
$5OO to Mrs. Sarah H- Line.
$4OO to Mias Virginia MoUlellati.
$2OO to Mias Ella Martin.
$2OO to Field Dunbar. ,
$2OO to Miss Katy Collins.
$2OO to Miss' Bertha Mouyer.
$2OO to MissTCute Livingston.
$2OO to Miss Alice Law.
Of bis real estate, he bequeaths the
largo farm below Carlisle, to Robert C.
Bmdlflh, son of 001. Jos. Bradish of Eng
land. ,The tenant, Mr. Geo. Baker, to
hav(s the use of said-farm two years, free
of rent.
To Miss Julia Creighton, farm on
Chumbersburg turnpike, 24 acres, and a
17 acre field-.
The properties occupied by Messrs Og
ilby and Aiken, corner ot High and Pitt
streets, Carlisle, to be sold, the proceeds
to be devoted to paying the debt of tbe
Second Presbyterian church..
OIISEUVER.
The property occupied by Mrs. Blaney,
the homestead and tbe vacant lot be
tween and $4,000, for-a Female Semi
nary, upon condition that the Presbyte
rian Churches'increaae the fund to,-$lO
- ’ . ’
GO feel square on the corner of Pitt Bt.
and Dickinson alley, together with $2,000
for the building of a public library hall.
To this library be bequeaths 200 of his
bent books, as a 1 nucleus.
To Isaac Cruse, during his natural life,
thoJarm on which Daniel Yoh resides,
and at bis decease, to bis two daughters.
To each of his Executors $l,OOO.
To Jeremiah Baker the three acres of
ground on the Triudle Spring road.
To Robert Creighton one and three-*
quarter acres In borough of Carlisle.
To ftfcv; J. A. Murray my sister's li
brary us a nucleus for the Female Semi
nary.
To Mies Laviuia Nutters ,my gold
watch.
To Miss Julia Creighton all my jewelry
except the gold ease aud father's gold
watch,chain and miniature.
To Mrs. Eliza Creighton my silver
plate aud spoons, except the large silver
ladle, which I give to Mrs. Emma Blau
dy ; also to Mrs. Creighton all the man
tle ornaments in the front parlor, all
family paintings and portraits, and nil
my letters aud papers.
My double-barrel gnu to Mitchell Mc-
Clellan.
My Naturalists Library aud Life of
Washington to Robert Creighton.
To Rev. J. A. Murray my ancient Bi
ble and coins under live francs.
To Robert Bradlal( all above five francs.
To Miss Julia Creighton my largo fam
ily Bible.
To Miss Ida H. Crooks the two email
sofas In front parlor, and the half-dozen
mahogany chairs.
Mrs. Sarah H. Lino a settee and two
sets of drawers
To Mrs. Dunbar a set of globes, micro
scope. minerals, shells, and carpets In
parlors.
To Prof. Baird Bwaluson’s Treatises.
To Dr. Davidson my toltacopo and dic
tionary.
To pastor of riecond Presbyterian
chinch, Dr. McGill's Commentorlea and
Josephus' works.
To Mrs. Moloy ray kitchen furniture.
Miss Julia Creighton to select 100 vm
of ray library. “■
The rest of my books I divide betwc,
J G. Enders and Field Dunbar. '
■ Pistols and sabre to Wm. Parker
Piano and furniture in her room i
Miss Enders. 10
Dinner china to Mrs. Johnston Moore
Choice of three oil paintings to Mr
Johnston Moore. ‘ '
Law books to Cumb. Co. Law Library
All bequests made to young persons not
to bo paid until they arrive at the ago 0(
21, unless they are sooner married.
Should there bo sufficient after my bo
quests are paid, then $5,000 to Juijj
Creighton, $5OO to Mrei Annie Eudera
$5OO to Mrs. Ann H. Caldwell. '
All the residue of my estate—real, p C r.
sonal and mixed—l give to .'Robert C
’Bradish, of England, who is the resiji
nary legatee in noth wills.
These extracts are from the will dalni
Nov. 20, 1871.
The Coming Sales We have re
cently printed, bills for the following
sales of personal property: 11
Feb. 12—Theo. Cornman and H. L
Heeker, Exr’s. of Mrs. Melinda Sites
dee’d, Carlisle, a variety of household
and kitchen.furniture.
Feb. 17—Henry T. Darr, in North
Middleton twp., work horses, cows,
bulls, sheep, and a variety of farming
implements. "
Feb. 18—D. and A. Fuget, Admr's
of Wm. Fuget, Frankford township,
7 head of work horses, milk cows, hogs',
sheep, and a great variety of farming
implements. "
Feb. 19—Jacob Gintef, on the Wag
gonner’s Gap Bond, work horses, colls
milk cows, and a variety of farminn
implements.
Feb. 20—Bale of James TV,Stuart,
South Middleton township, of 4 horses
■1 .good .mules, cows and young cattle,
reaper, grain drill and other farming
implements,
' Feb. 22—Elizabeth Bennet, .South
Middleton, horse, cow, and a variety of
household furniture.
Mar. 3—H. S.-Keeny, South Middle
ton, norses, cows, hogs, and farming
implements.
Mar. 4—George Bheaffer, in Dickin
son township, horses, milk cows, bulls,
sheep, and a variety,of farming impln
ments. '
' Mar. 4—Daniel Dow, West Penns
borough twp., horses, milk cows, young
cattle, and a variety of farming
implements.
Mar. 7—Benj. L. Waggoner, North
Middleton twp.,' horses, milk cows, and
a variety of other personal property.
Mar. 7 Samuel A. Bailing, in Mid
dlesex twp., horses, cows, mules, and a
variety ol farming implements.
Mar. 7—John Bailing, Middlesex
township, cattle..
, Mar. 8 John Armstrong, Silver-
Spring. twp., work horses, colts, cows,
heifers, young cattle, and a variety of
farming implements.
Mar. 12—Jacob’ Rhoads, West Penns,
borough township, horses, mules, steers,
young cattle, shoats, sheep,aud a variety
of farming implements.
Mar. 13—Levi Mickey, on the farm of
Jacob Wilmer, Middlesex township,
work horses, cows, young cattle, shoals,
and a variety of farming Implements. ■
Mar. 14-G. W. Swiger, on Waggouoi’s
Gap road, horses, cows, young cattle ami
a variety, of farming implements.
Mar. 18—Jacob Weary, in North
Middleton twp., horses, cows, young
cattle, sheep, and a variety of farming
implements.
FniGHTFUL Acci dent.— Upselling of a bltigh-
A iroHjau’s Arm Torn out (f Hie Socket—Harrow
Escape of Her Husband and Child.— About 1 1 p. m.,
yesterday, Mr. Phillip R. Yeager, a well-known
Harrisburg printer, employed lu Mr.W. H.U,
Seig’s oillce,' ttorth Third street, together with
his wife and child, (a little boy about six months
old,) started with a horse and sleigh belonging
to the livery establishment of Mr. George 11.
Swartz, corner strawberry and'Raspborry alley,
for the residence of Mr, John Stevenson, on the
Chambers road, about six and one half miles
below'the city. Mr, Yeager drove out Paxtou
street, towards Second, In order to cross the
bridge; and when reaching the crossing of the
Pounsylvaularallroad and Paxton street, Im
mediately la front pf Llnsenrayor’s hotel, one
of the, Cumberland “Valley freights 'eastward
bound, approached and stopped tho horse from
c r osslug tho. track. The animal reared up In
the shafts, ami turned sharply into a small ave
nue called Boyer’s alley. The cutter was tilted
up lu a raaiihor, throwing Mrs. Yeager, with her
babe, out on tiio loft hand side, and her husband
ou the right. After falling the lady managed
to push her babe away from her about four
yards, -but her left arm was thrown upon the
rail aud at least four box cars-passed over it,
crushing it fearfully, and tearing It bivcof the
shoulder. Mrs, Yeager also had a severe cut,
•about four inches in length, reaching from Hie
centre part of tho back part of tho head to her
left oar, supposed to havo been caused one
of tho cast iron boxes striking her while she was
lying near the track-. Her loft eye was badly
bruised, as also was her right breast, and her
back was somewhat Injured. The babe wtu,
pulled out of harm’s way by tho father, who Im
mediately hurried to the-rescue. Mr. Yeager
was only slightly bruised. Mrs. Yeager was
carried into Llnsonmyer’s hotel, where Doctors
A. C. Rennluger and A’. Rutherford, about -
o'clock, alter administering chloroform to tbe
patient, amputated her arm at tho shoulder.
She was lying in an unconscious state at 6 p-M.
last evening, when wo visited the hotel. Palm
hopes wore entertained of her recovery.
P. S.—About O.BU p. m. wo visited Llnsoninyor's
hotel, whore Mrs. Yeager is lying. She hud io
turned- to consciousness, and had expressed u
desired to see Rev. D. Robinson, of the First
Presbyterian church. Rev. R. was sent for ami
performed the rite of baptism at the dying
woman’s request, She spoke rationally other
approaching dissolution. She expressed a de
sire to see her bubo, and exhorted her friends to
seek the Lord and Saviour, and telling them
not to weep for her; that she believed and
trusted in the redeeming blood of Chiiat. II
was thought, when we left the hotel, that Mrs-
Y. could not survive till midnight.
Lateu.—After lingering In the most cxcrulla
tlng pain lor twenty-four hours, Mrs. Veager
breathed her (nst nl 2 o'clock, Monday* -
Journal (i/27/ii all.
Killed Alone in the Mountain. - it isotn
painful cuty to record the death of Mr. Charles
lakes; known in this neighborhood simply ns
"Charley” lakes, which occurred on Thursday
afternoon lust, on a mountain road In IJoublliig
Gap, about two miles above the Springs, wi 1
his team, consisting of a slod and twoho'soa, c
had been to the saw-mllt.soriie distance above
for a load oflumbor, and wason his return when
death met him on the road, Whenlouud i°
was lying on the ground, his body covered wl 1
lumber all but his head, cold In death, his wml'
In one hand and the lines In the o 1
(showing Instant death,) aud his eyes open, vn
cantly staring Into the snowy atmosphere ahoy .
His homes had remained uulot, but cold anu
shivering. Assistance was soon procured an
his brdy relieved, now too late,-of the heavy
weight that crushed out Ills life. We beMey*J
bones were broken and his body had bn
bruises. Considerable snow, had fallen by
time, making It dinioult to keep in tll0C0 “ ,
of the road, and a lurch of the sled doubtless
caused the load to capsize before ho had oy
thought of danger. Charles Ickcs was a nun
up In years, but of strong nerve and rhgpetl p
turo, and was of a generous turn and ncgio
himself more than any one else. Ho leay
wife and fanllly living near the entrance o
gap.— Nfwcillc Star,
In Plymouth, Maas., school teacheia
aro allowed $2 a week lor hoard, ami
paupers S 2 25. Just liko Massaehusot
The school teachers aro white, the pau
per.s bluclc.