40 CARLISLE, P
TBUMMDAT, JFEBRUABT 13; 1873.
HEWS Df BBIEf.
—Cuba has 269,000 slaves.
—Qambfctta has recovered. \
—Boston baa abolished the “doteollvo" system.
— l Tho farmers are domesticating prarie chick
ens.
—Philadelphia Connells appropriated
in aid of the Centennial,
—A block In Lafayette, Indiana, was burned
Wednesday of last week. Loss 860.000.
—There are 3,287 miles of telegraph in New
Zealand,
a-Loss by the Are In Now Orleans, Thursday
‘night,Bsoo,ooo; Insurance $500,000.
—tost year 60.000 emigrants left Hamburg and
so,ooo left Diemen for the United States.
—2? O Mormon pioneers will go to their new
settlement In Arizona.
—Tbo rain storms continue In most portions
of the interior of California, and farming pros
pects were never better.
—John Morgan,-a thief, beat his wife to death,
in New York, 81st.
—The missing steamer Alaska has arrived ul
K**ng Kong, China,
A wool factory In Montpelier, Vi., was burned
filatuU. Loss obout SIOO,OOO.
- The poach trees In Kentucky have been se
riously damaged by the Irost.
—The public debt statement for the month oi
January shows uu Increase of $-106,243.
—The tlrst railroad ever opened hi tbo ropub
-Ik-‘ol Mexico was inaugurated on the Ist of Jaiv.
-•‘Prince BUI.” late Mr. W. C. Lunaliho.was
crowned King of the Sandwich Islands on the
Bth ull.
—Tho cholera has again broken out la a viru
lent manner at several places In Russia and
Hungary.
—Tho Spanish steamer Murillo, which sunk
iho jVortfyfeet, has arrived at Cadiz, Spain, unin-
jured.
—Tho mountains of coal dirt in Schuylkill co„
are being shipped to Port Richmond, Pnlladol
phla, for filling up purposes.
—Superintendent Knapp, of the New York
Post Office, Is suspended for errors In his ac
counts.
—Mrs.Schumaim and Dr. Wilder, accused of
poisoning a son of Mrs. S., in Peoria, 111,, wer
acquitted,
—A man at Independence, lowa, pleads guilty
to having stolen 672 chickens since last Novem
ber.
—Sau Francisco had. a slight , earthquake
shock, lasting 5 seconds, at 8% P. M. on Sunday
oflnstweek. No damage done.
. —The Lake Erie Iron Co.’s rolling mill and
torgo buildings, Cleveland.-0., were burned Sat
urday last. Loss heavy.
—Kt.flovemor Joel A. Mattcson, of 111., whose
splendid mansion at Springfield was burned re
cently. has since died.
. —A Connecticut boy received a dollar for
learning 800 Bible verses, and has bought with
It a handsome deck of linen-back cards.
—The Western Union Telegraph Company has
purchased the controlling Interest in the Cuban
.-able for 81,000.000.
—The court house at-Quebec, Canada, with all
the ancient aud mbdern records, was burned
'2d Inst.
—A great earthquake Jn the island of Samos,
Greece, has caused great destruction of life and
property;
—A boiler explosion iu Gedde’s rolling mill at
Syracuse, New York. 3rd Inst., Injured 8 men, 1
severely.
—A house near Jefferson, lowa, was .burned,
•'fist, and the owner, Ur. Cairns, bis two chil
dren, and his brother, perished in the (lames. '
—ln New York, 31st, 50,000 smuggled cigars
were seized on tbe steamer Antonio, and sever
al thousand more on the City of Mexico.
—.Mr. Harlan has Introduced in the Senate a
bill to make U, S. Senators elective by the peo
ple.
—A chatlvurl party in Fayette county, W.
Va.. killed a bride on her wedding night, with a
tow wad fired from a shot gun.
—A block In Springfield. Mass,, was burned
->Ui, Loss heavy, but not known, Tho Jlrputyi
mu office was saved with difficulty.
—Domestic trouble made Alfred O. Love in
Boston, shoot his daughter, four years old, and
himself. 2nd Inst. He is dead ; her oondi'lon la
critical.
—Tbe House of Representatives has awarded
8125.C00 out of the Japanese indemnity fund to
the officers and crew of tho United States steam
er Wyoming, for gallant service In the waters of
Japan in 1864.
—On tbo ZOtb ult., a terrible hurricane took
place at Aeplnwall, Central America, and prop
erty to the amount of $500,000 was destroyed, a
number of ships were sunk and driven ashore,
and three lives lost.
—Three hundred American citizens have been
Killed and $0,000,000 worth of property stolen or
destroyed In the last six years on the Mexican
border.
—Royd'snew Ipick block, in Barre, Ontario,
.was burned 31st ult. It included 0 large stores,
<i offices, and a large storehouse, with SO.OOObuah
«ls of grain. Miss ATKay died of fright and
heart disease.
—All the mule bridges across the canal be
tween PotUvllle and Hchuylklll Haven have
been removed. Bouts running lo the former
planes are to bo stopped.
Simmons, the murderer of Duryea, In .N; Y.;
Is admitted to ball In 810,000, the coroner’s jury
thinking the murder unpremeditated. He Is
veiy wealthy.
—John McMechan, of Darlington, Indiana
stabbed bis aged father to the heart with n
sharp cose knife, because the breakost cable
was not allowed to stand untouched till John
got up and-dressed lor breakfast.
—Australian advices state the British sloop-of
war Basilisk has seized three vessels which wore
engaged In Kidnapping Polynesians to bo seld
Into slavery.
The entire wool product of California lost year,
•ays the San Francisco Jiulle/in, was about 25,000,-
000 lbs. The wheat product was set down at 30,-
000,000 bushels. The golc and sliver product
ranged from 823.000,000 to 830,000,000.
—The Western Union Telegraph Company
contemplate making largo extensions ol their
wires in the coal regions, necessitated by their
growing business.
—lt is proposed to reorganize the Prussian
army,- making the term of service 12 years, 3
years to be spent in active service,-I In the re
serves and 5 in. the landwehr.
—The Treasury Department decides, in (he
case of a rejected boanly claim, that freezing is
not construed os a wound within the meaning
of the law, unless 11 causes the loss of a limb.
—Obadlah Baldwin, who had reached the ago
of 101 years, died last month ut Crown Point, N.
V. He had survived three wives, and was the
father of seventeen children.
—James H. C. Coffin, prolessor of mathematics
InLayfoyetto College, died suddenly Thursday
last. He was the professor of mathematics in
the (J. B. Naval Academy, at Newport, during
the war.
—A colored Methodist in Charlestown, 8, c.,
died while trying to shout the new year m. It
was a bigger thing than he supposed It to be
—On Monday, the 3rd Inst., four boilers expto
dod In Jones «t Laughlln’s American Iron
Works, 21th Ward, Pittsburg, killing 0 men and
injuring SO others, and shattering all the build
ings, in which some 8000 men were employed.
—There hos been an attempt to create an in*
surrectlon In Hayti for the purpose of prevent*
log an election for President. The demonstra
lion was soon suppressed, and sixty ring-lead
ers arrested, five of whom were executed.
—Capt,LawrenceMergerenu, of Union, Broome
county, N. Yl, died 21th nil., aged 100 years and
20 days. Ho was a farmer and lumberer, was a
captain In the revolutionary war, and voted nt
every Presidential election.
—The comptroller of currency will not hemif
ter exchange U. 6. bonds deposited as security
for circulating notes of the national banks, ex
cept on the condition of substituting the {few 5
per cents, of the loan of July 11,1370, and Jan. 20,
1871,
—An express train [on the Philadelphia and
trie It. u. was thrown off by a snow slide near
Lock Haven, 4th. The engineer, William ten*
uey, was instantly killed, and lhf baggage and
express meu were injured. No passengers w< re
hurt.
—lt Is reported that a anddeu earthquake has
nearly ruined the city of Lehreo, In Sclndo, In
dia, killing 600 persons. The shocks wore ifelt
several miles distant. The people.fled to the
mountains.
—AtTldooute, Pa., Monday morning, Andrew
Dalrymple was secretly lining a torpedo with
ulUoglyoerine, when it exploded, demolishing
his house, killing himself and wife, and fatally
injuring their child,
BAD EXAMPLES TEMPTED HIM,
Previons to receiving his sentence of
four years ami six months to hard la
bor in prison, John L. Martin, the de
faulting bank teller at West Chester,
asked the privilege to say a
few words to the court. Ho
confessed his crime and plead “guil
ty,” and then stated that he was in
duced to rob tho bank and go into
speculation from having seen other
men “make fortunes in a day.” It was
seeing other men engaged in dishonest
transactions that tempted Marlin.
What a commentary is this upon our
public men and others who have
“made,fortunes in a day ?” No honest
man—no man who deals fairly with
his fellow-man—makes a fortune in a
day. Many young members of Con
gress, we doubt not, have been tempt-.
ed to receive bribes for their votes by
seeing their leaders and oider colleagues
engaged in this despicable business.
When such men as Vice President
Colfax, Vice President elect Wilson,
and Patterson, Logan, Kelley, Sco
field, and scores of other equally
prominent politicians in the Radical
ranks are known to have received
bribes and “made fortunes in a day,”
is it to be wondered at that younger
men and men of less pretention are
sometimes seduced by the example set
them? These Radical leaders have
been looked up to by those of less ex
perience, and their example has had a
most pernicious influence. They are
the men who have “made fortunes in a
day,” and why, ask those in the more
humble walk of life, can’t, we do tho
same thing ?
Martin, the defaulting bank teller,
was seduced into crime hythe strong
desire he felt to become “rich in a
day.” Others, all around him, were
becoming rich by their Wits—by cor
ruption, fraud and villainy— and why
should he not become rich also ? Pour
fellow, young in years, and but recent
ly married, he tried his band, and—
landed in tho penitentiary. Had he
been a high officer of the government,
a Senator, Member of Congress, or even
a Contractor, or politician of marked
influence and power, his crime might
have been, indeed would have been,
covered up iu some way or other.—
When it was shown, some time since,
that Harlan of lowa, bought a seat in
the Senate, he did not deny it, bift con
fessed, and, with a defiant air, said, in
almost as many words—“ True, 1 did
bribe members of the State Legislature
of Iowa; I did buy my way into the
U. S. Senate, but whose business is it,
I would like to know. Everybody
knows that millions wore spent to elect
Grant to the Presidency ; why then
should not a few thousand bo spent to
elect me (Harlan) to tho Senate?”
That’s the way Harlan talks. He puts
public opinion at defiance, but then
Harlan is a man of power. He is rich,
a U. S. Senator, arid editor of the
President’s organ ai Washington.—
There is no punishment for men like
Harlan. If there was, one-half of our
U. S. Senators and two-thirds of the
Mernbers of Congress would ho in the
penitentiary.
GENERAL UPROOTING.
From the general uprooting of mani
fold corruptions wo may anticipate a
better growth of men and measures.
Dishonesty became fashionable so long
as it was secret; but now that the veil
is otf, and all fly before the hideous re
ality, there is rather an aspiration to a
higher and purer standard.— Forney's
Press.
As soon us it becomes manifest that
the people desire a “better growth of
men and measures,” then indeed we
may take it for granted that the days
of the Radical party are numbered.—
The great object of that wicked party
from the hour it was first organized,
was plunder, and most persistently has
that object been pursued. N.ever, per-,
haps, in the history of the world, has
robbery been so completely syste
matised as in the United Slates for the
last ten or twelve years. From the
highest official of the government to the
lowest, from the oldest Senator and
■member of Congress to the youngest,
this principle of Radicalism has re
ceived recognition. “ General uproot
ing,” indeed ! No—the revelations
that are now being made are bad
enough, God knows, but they are iho
mere drippings from the corruptions
behind them. Could wo got at and ex
pose the ona twentieth part of the vil
lainies that have been practiced by
Radical leaders during the last few
years, the people would be struck dumb
with astonishment. They would then
see what all thesg loud professions
about “ loyalty” meant. They would
then be convinced that the greatest
pretenders were the greatest rascals.
If the editor of the Press, then, de
sires lo see a “better growth of men
and measures,” he must come out and
repudiate the foul party with which he
has been acting. True, he did oppose
Hartranft in the late struggle, and for
this he deseived credit, but Hartranft,
bad as he is, is an angel compared to'
Granj. Wo regard Grant one of the
worst men in America, if not in the
world. Ignorant as a mule, selfish,
avaricious and dishonest, he is capable
of any mean act. Talk about the cor
ruptions in Congress. Did not Grant
know all about them ? Did not he
sign the bills that had been bribed
through Congress ? And if Colfax and
Wilson were paid a hundred thousand
dollars each for supporting bills voting
millions of acres of the public lauds to
mammoth corporations, how much was
paid to Grant for signing those bills?
Millions, no doubt. Ah, if the people
could get at the whole truth, what a
spectacle we would see? This Credit
Mobilier party, then, must go down
down to the eternal perdition it do
serves. If not, then the country goes
down. Choose ye, people of America.
Gen. Gordon, who has just been
elected United States Senator by the
Legislature of Georgia, receives hia
promotion to that body solely on tho
ground of hia services j« the rebel
army during the rebellion.— Republican
Ex*
We know not how Hint is. Hut will
our cotomporary please inform us on
what ground Qon. Longatreet, one of
the most prominent ollicera in the
rebel army, and Leo’s right-hand man,
received an ollice from Grant which
pays him a salary of 512.000 a year?
Grant also tendered a fat olllco to the
guerilla Mosby. Oa what ground,
pray 7
A new t heat jo is iu course of erection
Mobile.
From tho Harrisburg Stale Journal—Republl*
can paper.
The Fall of a Christian (?) Statesman.
'The poetical time and tide that makes
all things right bus overtaken Mr. Bohuy
ler Colfax, and that eminent Christian
statesman stands before tbe country to
day covered with u disgrace and sbamu
suob us never before was the fate of an
American legislator to-bear. To bis pec*,
illations in jobbery and prostitution of
bis olllcial position, is added tbe greater
crime of blasphemy and perjury. When
during the last presidential cumpaign“the
Credit Mobiller story was Blurted in tbe
columns of the New York bun, tbe & late
Journal • as did a majority of the press
of tbo country—refused to believe the
tale, and strenuously defended the men
who were likely to be injured thereby.
We have now tbe grim satisfaction of
knowing that Iu defending tbe Credit
Mobelier Congressmen we have taken
tbe pa) t of us sorry a set of scoundrels as
ever disgraced a nation. Pre-eminent
among ibis set of men stands the Chris
tian statesman, Schuyler Colfax. Tbe
only speech this man made during tbo
last campaign was at hla b6me in South
Bend, Indiana, some time in September
last, and lie concluded bis remarks as
follows: “ Fellow-citizeus, one word
more. I have been charged with being
a stockholder in a corporation known as
tbo Credit iMoblller, and I wish to say—
uud,l call Cod to witness it —that I never
was a stockholder in the Credit Mobllier
or tbe Pacific railroad.” Nay, more than
this ; when be first appeared before tb©
investigating committee at Washington,
be swore that for a few days, at least, bo
held stock in tbo Credit Mobiller Compa
ny; but tbiukiug that it might be wrong
iu him to do bo, had returned the stock to
Mr. Oakes Ames, and.bad not asked the
repayment of the $5OO, the price of said
stock, the sum he bud paid for It. Such
is tbo tale of Schuyler Colfax. Now,
what is tile other side.' Mr. Oakes Ames
testifies under oath, lhat not only did
Mr. Colfax take iho slock, hut hold il
and received tbo dividends, and produ
ces the .checks made payable to **b. C.,
or bearer,” in proof of ills assertion.
From the Sergeaut-at-Arms, N. G. Ord •
way, received the dividends on the
checks made payable to ‘B. O. or bear
er.” Mr. Ames further testifies that be
fore tbe investigation commeucocl> Mr.
Colf ix called Upon him at bis room, and
asked him what be was going to testify,
iu order to make .his (Colfax) testimony
agree with the testimony, in this not
only contemplating peijury, but by de
manding of. Ames that he must spare
him, guilty of tbe crime of subordina
tion of perjury. Tbe scene in the com
mittee room when Ames was giving
this testimony was a fearful one. Colfax,
.pale us death, with tbe big drops of sweat
runmnv dowu his cneeks, attempted in
vain to break the force of the testimony
that revealed bis guilt. . So great was bis
purturbation that a number of the com
mittee told him be bad better select some
friend to represent him and cross-exam
ine the witness, as his questions wore ir
revalent aud foolish. The scene closed
by tbe remi*rk of Ames to Colfax, that
be could not swear himself out of tbe
guilt fastened upon him by tbe produc
tion of tbe dividend checks payable to
”8. C. or bearer.” Such la the history
of Schuyler Colfax, connected. with the
Credit Mobiller. • Peculation and rob
bery, blasphemy, subordination of per
jury, aud lastly perjury Itself. From this
man's connection with tbe Union Pacific
railroad ami its offshoot, the Credit Mo
bllier, it is asserted that be made tbe
sum of two hundred thousand dollars!
It is what the country should have ex
pected. The Union Pacific railroad was
tbe largest swindle ever perpetrated on
any government. Its land grants, sub
sidies and indorsement on Us bonds by
tbe government, made a sum total so
gigantie, that it is almost impossible that
the truth cau be got at. Now the men
responsible for this robbery of tbe tax
payers are the Credit Mobiller tax-pay
ers. They .stood in the ballaojf Congrea
and carried by their votes and voices all
the swindling bills presented by this cor
poration.—they gobbed tbo government
and shared tbe plunder. And now when
tbe foul thing is revealed—and as yet but
half the truth ia known—they have tbe
temeiity- to say to the people, “We bad a
right to do as we have done—it is noth-"
lug!” Colfax’s prayers are more serious
than ever, bis ar l“r in-the cause of tem
perance is unatutt-o, .uni lie still hopes
that the artifices (hat gave him the name
of tbe Christian statesman will serve him
in this dilemma. Yet for things that be
has done men have aufiero J Jong years of
imprisonment, while the same church of
which be is a shining member teaches
that tiie perjurer never enters tbe klng
dom of Heaven. In view of tbe facts al
ready alleged and proven against Scbuy
ierColfax, aud in view also of his exposed
perjury, the country demands bis ,im
peacbmeut. The- Representative who
moves for this action against the disgrac
ed Vice President, can do tbe country no
greater service in tills hour of its luimllh
atiou.
Tub Hagerstown Mail deplores the
loss of many citizens, who are leaving
that place to seek employment else-,
where. The sumo is true of most of
country towns, because business is dull
and “nothing doing.” These Radical
times are not what they were “cracked
up” before the fate election.
Tub Harrisburg Slate Journal states
that it is boldly asserted by reliable
men that two hundred thousand .dol
lars can and will be raised to defray
the expense of repealing the Local Op
lioh law. If this be true, and we have
no reason to doubt that it is true, re
peal will come.
MISCELLANEOUS,
MifitiuAN has UDlfi miles or railroad lu opera-
Seventy convicts escaped from the Tennessee
penitentiary In sixteen months.
A Kentucky daughter took'the bed from un
der her dying father, and what other furniture
there was, and eloped with her lover.
Erik has been selected again as the location
of the next State Fair, and the 23d, 21th, 25th and
20th of September.designated ns the time for
holding 11.
.George W. Palmer, of Baltville, Va., having
suffered ns to tils Mocks,by dogs, has offered two
cents a pound for all the dogs within live miles
of him'.
A colored Jury In Mississippi recently found
a verdict that “the deceased bulled his brains
out against a tree while Intoxicated.”
The recent Hood caused considerable loss to
the lumbermen of Cleariield couuty. Farmers
lost fences, bridges were damaged, and a great
deni of property destroyed.
THEiiHisa rumor that the railroad meu are
making a strong effort to have the Btato capital
removed from Harrisburg to Altoona. At least
so says the Pittsburg Di.ijxilch.
Ukkk costs 2 cents a pound and apples $26 a
barrel in Han Antonio, Texas. With such In
congruity In tho components mluce pies are ex
pected to he more Indigestible Ilian ever.
A Nkw Orleans sulpido left a note rebuking
his rich relations for not setting him up in busi
ness.
A noiile Chlcagohm’s first thought when his
house took fire hist week was for his mother-in
law, whom ho saved from the.peril of u burning
staircase by promptly throwing her out of the
third story window.
Captain Kidd's particular trunk has boeu
dug up again at Capo May, with untold wealth
tliorin. A local paper reports this, adding that
tho pirate’s name Is on (lie outside of tho trunk,
butanol her account. say-t it lias calfskins Instead
of Kidd on It.
Mus. Benton, now of Wayne county, but for
merly Miss Maggie Noe. of. Commerce, Mich.,
committed suicide a few days ago, while tempo*
Varlly Insane, she having taken creosote on
learning that her husband had broken his leg.
As appalling accident occurred at Consho
houkon on the 3rd lust., by which eight human
beings were hurried Into cterulty and eighteen
persons were, mutilated, many of them In si dan
gerous manner. ,Tho accident appears to have
resulted from a most criminal carelessness on
the part of some one, and In another instance of
ilmt recklessness of human life of which wo
nave receufly had an unusual exhibition, and
which It sooms likely will continue until some
more stringent moans than now exist Is inter
posed to prevent tho possibility of these whole
sale assassinations ns a result of negligence or
cupidity.
[From tho Harrisburg Patriot, Fob, 10.]
DEATH OF ES-GOYERKOR GEARY.
Ho Drops Dead at his Breakfast Table.
The magnetic telegraph bus already
flushed the sad uews of JSx*Govfcrnor
Geary's death to all parts of the country.
On Saturday morning Governor Geary
arose Id comparatively good health and
was noticeably cheerful, and in conver
sation with his wife, ho said that bo pro*
posed attending the funeral of his old
friend, Judge S. B. Woods, at Lewis
town, in the afternoon. He ate a hearty
breakfast, after which ho prepared some
food for his little boy, who occupied a
scat beside him. With a 'startling sud
denness his head fell on the shoulder of
his son, and then assumed a backward
movement, and Governor Geary’s heart
had ceased to pulsate! His wife hurried
to his assistance, hut only to lind that
his spirit hail.lied.
I'UNKKAL AKKANCJEMRNTa.
Owing to fbe fact that tho friends of
tho deceased were considerably scattered
the place ofburiul was not selected until
Saturday uig.ht. Colonel Logan, of Pitts
burg, brotherpf his first wife, aud other
friends arriving during the evening, it
was determined, after consultation with
Mrs. Geary and them, that the remains
should repose in the Harrisburg ceme
tery. Sunday afternoon, Colonel Frank
Jordan, Secretary of the Commonwealth
under Governory Geary, selected a lot on
the brow of the hill facing* the city for
the interment of tho deceased. On Wed
nesday, at such place at the Capitol, and
at such time as tho Legislature may des
ignate, when it shall assemble, tho ro<
mains of tho Governor will fie in state.
The funeral obsequies will be under the
general supervision of the State authori
ties. On Thursday mornlug at II Vclock
services appropriate to the occasion of
burial will be held in the Preshyletian
church in Market Square, preparatory to.
the solemn march to the grave. At the
requeat'of Governor Geary, made at one
of their recent meetings, the services at
the cemetery will be conducted by the
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR,
ol which order he was a member and en
tertained the highest regard for. Gover
nor Hartmnft is in cordial sympathy
with the movement to make the funeral
of his predecessor a State affair, anC on
the re-assembling of the Legislature he
will submit a message to that body on
the matter for its consideration. Gover
nor Geary belonged to a large number of
orders--Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men,
Sous of Temperance, &c., all of which
will ho largely represented at the fune
ral. The Union League of America, of
which Governor Geary was president for
a number of years, will also have a large
delegation in the funeral procession. The
military will also be largely represented.
GOVERNOR GEARY'S ILLNESS.
Dr. Goodman, of Philadelphia, Gover
nor Geary’s family physician, who has
arrived in Harrisburg; gives It as his
opinion that, he died from heart disease.
Dr. Goodman, with the consent of Mrs.
Geary, will make a' post mortem exami
nation of the remains: Wm. L. Geary,
son of Governor Geary, and Wm. Hen
derson, a step-eon, arrived on Saturday
night from West Point, where they are
attending military school. The
CAREER OF JOHN W. GEARY,
was a stirring and eventful one. In some
of the most striking events in the histo
ry of the country It was hla fortune to
occupy a prominent position. At the
breaking out of the Mexican war he hud
already acquired sufficient influence to
enable him to obtain the lieutenant col
onoy of his regiment, a rank In the vol -
unteer array of invaders that was eager
ly coveted. Promoted to the rank of
Colonel, he was flattered by the.appoint
ment of commander of the citadel of
Mexico in recognition of his services.
At that early day disputes concerning
his character and qualifications had al
ready commenced, but Geary triumphed
over his enemies, and returned from the
Mexican war with the reputation of a
hero, and with the resolve of clearing his
way to higher distinction. Appointed
Postmaster of San Francisco in 1848,'a
reverse of political fortune soon threw
him out ol public employment for a brief
period, when the adventurous pioneers
of California, who were too eager in the
pursuit of gold to covet political station,
elected him Alcalde of the rising city of
the Pacific, then a straggling adob& vil
lage. The position of chief magistrate
over a restless community containing
many violent and lawless elements was
one of no ordinary difficulty.' He dis
cbargkd his duties with ability, and
gained much credit among his fellow
citizens for.his firmness of admiuistru
tion. A second election by a large ma
jority, and u tender of the nomination
fora third term, attest that he was in
full enjoyment of that popularity which
he so much coveted. The office at the
same time gave him opportunities for
investment, of which he availed himself,
and on his return East in 1652 he was in
possession of what was regarded at that
day as a considerable fortune. His next
appearance on the public stage was as
Governor of Kansas, in 1856, in the midst
of the fierce struggle of the slavery and
anti-slavery factions for the possession of
the territory. His career in Kansas did
not last quite six months, closing by his
resignation in Washington on the day of
President Buchanan’s inauguration.—
Judgments considering his brief admin
istration in Kansas are strongly tinctur
ed with partisan animosity. Certain it
is that he succeeded in arousing .the dis
pleasure of both parties, and of the gov
ernment at Washington. While adher
ing as nearly as possible to the policy of
his party, be was not unmindful of his
own popularity at home, which was of
more importance to him than the con
flicts of the factious. The
WAK OF THE UEIIELLION
once more called him from the obscurity
of private life. According to his biogra
pher, when tlie first-gun was tired at
Sumter, be was on his Westmoreland
farm, lake Israel Puimau, he drove bis
farm wagou to the neighboring village,
and in leas than an hour after reading
the telegram, lie had opened an office for
the enlistment of volunteer-. Fur some
reason his application to Gov. Curtlu for
a position as colonel of volunteers was not
successful. He next tendered bis servi
ces to tiie President, and was immediate
ly commissioned Colonel, with authority
to raise a regiment. He rapidly rose from
the rauk of Colonel to that ot Major Gen
eral of volunteers. Cedar Mountain, Get
tysburg, Chloaraauga, Mission Ridge,
Kenesaw and Atlanta, are among the
names with which liisowu will be asso
ciated. With the close of the war it was
natural that with his fondness for public
life he should be looking forward to em
ployment as well us to popular recogni
tion of his services. The office of
GOVERNOR OK PENNSYLVANIA
was the goal on which his eyes were fix
ed, and It was not dilileult for him to de
termiue what party would be able to
gratify hia ambition. With no rivals
seeking the nomination but civilians uis
success wus easy. Hia administration of
six years has been the subject of angry
controversy, and we have not the spirit
or the taste to renew the disputes over
his open grave.. He has been most Cen
sured fur the manner in which he exer
cised tile pardoning power, and for his
apparent partiality towards a notorious
ollicial malfeaser. There were times
i when he allowed that he possessed a will
that nothing could break, when he was
proof alike against threats and blandish
ments. His iirst ollicial veto, six years
ago, was that of a bill which again passed
both branches of the Legislature last
week without opposition. He gave deep
olleuse to bis party when he animad
verted in his message on Federal Inter
ference in the elections of Pennsylvania,
and again when he boldly vetoed the
Philadelphia police bill. He showed
that lie hud a will of his own when he
put his veto to the jersey Shore and Pine
Creek IluilroaU bill. If lu'the course of
his six years of administration he was
subject to severe censure, he hasdrauk
in copious draits the pophlar applause.
IN PRIVATE,
he possessed many excellent qualities.
He was temperate in bis habits, simple
in his tastes, strictly observant of the de
cencies of life. When not absorbed in
ollicial affairs ho was aftuble and easy of
access. That lie was not unitoimly suc
cessful in pri ale business must be attri
buted to the fact that too much of his
life was interrupted with, the affairs of
the public. Ho was a kind and devoted
husband, aud his estimable and accom
plished wife has the deepest sympathy of
the community in her sudden and over
whelming bereavement. The active
plans that he had formed have been baf
fled by the inexorable arbiter of human
destiny. While conjecture was busy con
cerulug hia future projects, be has put
an end to curiosity by making his final
exit. lu the presence of the Judge who
weighs every pinch of mortal dust In an
impartial scale, human censure and hu
man applause are alike, indifferent to
him.
THE CHANNEL HORROR!
HOW the no.bthfleet Aether pate
The Startling Cry From tho Officer of Me
Tfafc/i (t A Steatner Into Vo t”—Struck
Amidships—Description of the Heartrending
Scenes That Followed the Collision—The
Shrieks of TTomen and Children—Men Swear
ing as They Fight Their Wag to the Foots—
2he Gallant Conduct of the Captain—At the
Fast moment—The Ship Goes Down Head
, First , With Two Hundred and Twenty-seven
Souls on Foard,
The London limes of January 25,
publishes details of the terrible disaster
to the ship Isorthfleet, from which it
appears that at half past ten at night
the Captain and others were alarmed by
a cry from the officer of the watch—“A
steamer is right into us.” The captain
and pilot rushed oh deck, but before
they got there the steamer had run into
the vessel, ’ ' _ ’ .
STRIKING HER AMIDSHIPS,
and cutting her below the water mark.
The carpenter reported her nearly half
fujl of water. The pumps were started
promply and the ctew worked hard at
them lor soma minutes, but when it
was found that tho water was rapidly
gaining, a panic seemed to seize both
ere iv and passengers, and the officers
could not keep the latter in cheek. A
crowd of men and women had rushed
up from the berths, '
MANY ONLY HALF CLOTHED.
The passengers had mostly retired; but
few were undressed. The noise of the
collision is likened by one of them to a
peal of thunder, and such, was the vio
lence of the shock that those standing
were knocked down.
It appears that the steamer rebound
ed, and came a second time in collision
with the Northfleet; water began to
pour iu, and in a very short time the,
passengers’ quarters were swamped.—
The women were slower to rush on
deck than the mien, and many were not
in a condition to go till the water rose
threateningly around them. No one
on board the steamer was heard to
speak, although loud and eager .shouts
from the Noithfleet must have made
her crew aware of the terrible danger
that existed. She backed for two or
three minutes, and then steamed rapid
ly away and soon out of sight.—
For half an hour the scene on the deck
of the Northfleet was appalling.
WOMEN SHRIEKED, MEN CURSED
and swore and fought their way to
ward the .boats, whilst the captain and
first mate roared out commands to keep
back arid allow the women to get to the
side of the vessel, but apparently with
out success. Rockets were fired and.
blue lights burned. The gun was
loaded, bu the screw of the ramrod be
came detached from the handle, and
the piece could not be discharged.—
Signals of distress were seen by several
vessels, but appear to have been re
garded as signals for a pilot, for no
assistanc was rendered. .Meanwhile
the scene on deck baffled description.—
The captain finding the men determin
ed to leave the vessel, went below,
armed himself with ,a revolver, and
ascending the poop declared his deter
mination
TO SHOOT THE FIRST MAN
who tried to leave the vessel before the
women were saved. The first boat
launched was lowered by a number of
passengers by cutting the ropes. There
being no ladder at hand, the only way
of getting into it was by. leaping or'
dropping some twelve or fifteen feet.
As there was a terrible rush toward
the boat tbe sceuce was one of distress
ing c .\fnsion, and a man and boy fell
into l.ie water and were drowned. The
officers did all they could to force the
men who first got into the boat to leave
it, that t> e women might be saved, but
to nr • urpose.. Even firing with a
blank y' tndge, it is supposed, at first,
was unavailing. About thirty persons
having gob into it, the boat was pulled
off, with not one of the crew in it
ANOTHER LIFE-BOAT WAS LAUNCHED,
when a man got into itand was ordered
to leave. He refused, and the captain
shot him in the calf of the leg. Cap
tain Knowles placed his wife in the
boat, and said to the boatswain,, who
had already got in. “ Here is a charge
for you ; take care of her and the rest,
and God bless you!” Wringing his
wife’s hand he bade her good-bye,
saying, “I shall never see you again !”
It is impossible to describe the panic
that raged all the time. Heartrending
scenes were witnessed on all sides. One
of the passengers seeing the captain’s
wife in the boat, threw his own wife in,
tossed the baby to her, and entered the
boat himself. A little girl was thrown
info the boat by her father who tried to
save the rest of his family, but the
seething, maddened crowd pressing to
wards the side of the vessel prevented,
and, with his wife and two other chil
dren, he went down with the ill-fated
vessel.
THE FATE OF THE ENGINEER.
The engineer, who made frantic ef
forts to save his wife and children, was
jammed between the cook house and
the gunwale, receiving such dreadful
injuries that though afterwards rescued
he is still in a precarious state. Only
two of the seven boats aboard were
launched, owing, no doubt, to the
panic, and one was seriously injured as
the tackle was cut and the boat fell into
the sea. When the second boat had
got off it seemed to become a question
of moments. The.quarterdeck was still
crowded by
MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN,
some crying, swearing and praying.—
The captain and pilot were together,
and the latter was heard saying, “If
you want to save yourselves make for
the top mast,” to which many people
■rushed. In a quarter of an hour a tug
picked up the second boat with thirty
occupants, and then steamed for some
time round the spot, where, about
three quarters of an hour after being
struck
THE NORTHKLEET WENT DOWN,
head first, with awful suddenness, with
227 souls on board. At that moment
the first boat was one hundred yards
and the second only twenty or thirty
from the vessel. The first boat, after
landing tho women, put out to the
scene of the wreck, and saved five
men who were trying to swim to shore.
A lugger took off the occupants of the
second boat, 31 passengers and a pilot.
Tho cutter rescued a pilot and ton men,
who, having went down with the vessel,
rose to the surface and clung to the main
topmast rigging. The vessel lies in
eleven fathoms of water.
Tho survivors say the captain dis
played tho greatest heroism, maintain
ed his presence of mind from first to
Inst, strove hard to put an end to tho
panic, and did his duty bravely to the
end. He was at the last moment going
across the deck in the hope of enabling
some of the crowd crushing round the
boats on that side to get away from tho
ship. The survivors say other boats got
adrift
WHEN THE SHIP SUNK,
and express the belief that if tho pas
sengers had allowed them to be lowered
properly, at least one hundred more
lives could have been saved. Unfortu
nately the women could not climb tho
masts, although we did nil in our pow
er to help them, consequently all the
women and children, with tho excep
tion of tho captain’s wife and another,
and two children, were drowned,
LOCAL ITEMS.
Our night school Is well attended
The sewing machine men are on their
rounds.
Suicides hove become frightfully pre
valent in some counties in the Slate.
What a nice pined it makes to have
tho snow left on the pavements to thaw
and then freeze again !
Pi.ease drop into the Volunteer of
fice when you come to town, and give us
the news of your township.
.An exchange asks: Where does the
cotton go ? We know where a great deal
of it goes, but don’t like to tell.
The new hundred dollar grceuback
will soon be (n circulation. When we get
one wo will describe it.
■ An Indiana county man walked bare
footed through the suow, on a wager of
seven dollars. 'The doctor thinks be can
save one of bis feet.,
Dungannon, Perry county, is to be fa
vored with a new paper, to be called the
Duncannon Record. The material ar
rived a week or two since.
Rents high, money scarce, business
dull, is the universal complaint in our
exchanges. Well, have wo not the good
times the Radicals promised the people
before the elections last fall?
A man jumped,on a can of nitro glyce
rine, at Altoona, the other day, to seo
how. the “ old thing worked,” and the
last seen of him, his logs were riding a
cloud.
AT the railroad meeting held at New
Bloomfield, on Wednesday evening of
last week, one-third of the funds neces
sary to build a road from that borough to
Bailey’s .Station, was subscribed.
Our devil says he don’t see any dif
ference in a fellow standing out at tho
gate without any invitation to go in,
and being taken into the- parlor where
there is no fire.
A fellow who faltered and fell in
front of our office, while the sidewalk
was slippery—rose to question of privi
lege as io what tbe pave-ment.
Those who are in a fair way of recov
ering from the evil effects of liquor, are
getting a good head on for d regular tem
perance dyspepsia. The above alludes to
those who quit drinking on New Year.
The statement of the receipts and ex
penditures of tbe county, printed on the
opposite page, will be of interest to every
tax payer. The account baa been care
fully and accurately stated by tbe present
very competent board of Auditors.
The sale bills turned out at this office
attract universal attention. Bills printed
with us and advertised in this paper, are
certain to result in successful sales. We
make a reasonable reduction for adver
tising, when we print the bills. All inter
ested should call.
A country customer entered a well
known shoe store on Hanover street; and
on being asked by tbe gentlemanly pro
prietor what number he wore, replied,
“ Why, two, of course,” and seemed in
clined to be indignant with the store
keeper for asking such a foolish ques
tion.
To prevent calico from fading while
washing, infuse three gills of salt in four
quarts of water, put the calico in while
hot, and leave it till cool, In this way
tbe colors are rendered permanent, and
will not fade by subsequent'washing.
Wolf Killed.— On Thursday after
noon, a party of hunters in Centre town
ship, Perry county, shot a sbe-wolf in tbe
neighborhood of Newport, and succeeded
in securing seven pUps, which the moth
er had concealed in a ledge of rocks.
A wife asked her . husband for a new
dress. He replied : “Times are hard, my
dear—so hard I can hardly keep my nose
above waterwhereupon she retorted,
11 You gan keep your nose above water
enough, if you’d a mind to, but the trou
ble is that you keep it too much above
brandy. M>
When a horse is running through the
streets with the wreck of a sleigh or wa
gon at his heels, always be sure to run
out aud heave a bat (that being the han
diest,) at him. It has the effect of accel
erating his speed, and running him on
the pavements, or into some other vehi
cle.
A young lady writes to an exchange,
giving a receipt for having fun. She
says, invite a half-dozen boys apt] girls
to your house when yourpaaud ma are
away ; put a half-dollar silver piece in a
dish with molasses an inch deep in it,
and offer it to the boy who gets it, with
bis mouth. The more the boys try to get
it, the more fuu there will be.
Remedy’ for Croup in one Minute.
This, remedy is simply alum. Take a
knife or grater, and shave or grate off In
small particles about a tesspoonful of
alum ; mix it with about its quantity of
sugar, to make It palatable, and admin
ister as quickly as possible. Its effects
will be truly magical, as almost instanta
neous relief will be afforded.
We are Inlqrmed, says the Metbanios
burg Independent, that our genial friend,
Mnj. T. J. Kerr, met with an accident
while at Mt. Union. He was enjoying
and making use of the “beautiful snow,"
when by some means he was thrown out
of the eh igli, breaking one of his arms.
We are sorry for the Major, but hope he
may soon recover from his misfortune.
It Is never safe to get on a moving
train of care. Ninety and nine times you
may reach tho platform in safety, and
tho hundredth time you may reach the
track, and have the whole train pass over
your body, and all the glory of your for
mer success will be swamped in the sin
gle failure.
Union Fire Co’s. Course.— The third
leolure of this course will be delivered by
Prof. C. F. Himes, in Bbeem’s Hall, on
Friday evening, February 14. This is an
experimental lecture on the subject of
“ Light.” A lecture of this nature is a
novelty, and should be attended by all.
The lecture fever has somewhat abated,
and we think our citizens will now ap
preciate a good lecture. Let all attend.
Tickets to be had of Committee of Ar
rangements.
Leg Broken.—Mr. John Qeesy, says
the Gettsyburg Compiler, of Berwick
township, this county, on Saturday
last, whilst at Young’s Warehouse in
Hanover, whither he had gone with a
load of grain, In stepping from tho
rubber block of his wagon iifto the
warehouse door, (his shoes having
snow on tho bottom,) slipped upon tho
floor, and broke his right leg Just above
the ankle. tho
Qeesy was taken to
bis homo in a sleigh. Ho Is now as
comfortable as the nature of tho injury
will allow.
Si/e our largo list of sales in another
column.
Tina roof of an old stable sllimted on
North Bedford street, caved In on Balur
day,last. The weight of tbo snow was
the cause.
Accident.—Miss Edmund, a teacher
of one of our public schools, fell on the
Ice one day last week, and sustained
slight injuries.
Upset.— A large sled, loaded with
flour and feed, belonging to Mr. Wm. L.
Craighead, upset ou the Baltimore pike,
one day. last week. Very little damage
was sustained.
Fight.— A flsl-flgbt took place on
West Main street, Saturday afternoon,
between two well-known citizens. Onfc
of the party was considerably “used up."
Comic Valentines are numerous In
our book-stores, and the mails are alrea
dy being borne down by these senseless
caricatures. On Friday will bo St. Val
entine’s day.
Report of the Board of Health.—
Carlisle , Pa., Feb. 11,1873. —The Board
of Health-report two new cases of small
pox~ofamild form —the past week.
John Campbell,
Prest. of Board.
Religious.— The Rav. Mr. Robertson,
of Dickinson College, will preach the
next monthly sermon to the young men
of Carlisle, on Subbath next, Feb. 10, in
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church, at four
o’clock—to the service of which all aro
cordially Invited.
Provided For,— Capt, W, M. Porter,
of Carlisle, bas received a $l4OO clerkship
in the Executive Department at Harris
burg; and bas already entered upon the
duties of his appointment. It gives us
pleasure to announce this appointment,
and will add that no better or more de
serving man could have been selected.
Captain Porter was for a long time tire
able editor of the Carlisle Herald , and In
that capacity did much to build up and
sustain the Republican party. On the
breaking out of the war ho raised a com
pany of Volunteers, with which he
marched to the defence of the Union,
and his military record whilst In the ar
my reflects credit upon himself as well as
upon hla native town. In his new posi
tion ho will prove himself honest, com
petent and faithful.
Illegitimate Birth and Death.—
On Friday evening of last week, says
the Chambersburg Opinion, Miss Eliza
beth Mitchell, alias Coover, was arrested
and held to account for the death of an
offspring which was born to her on
Wednesday of week before last. Miss
Elizabeth made her appearance id this
town about four weeks ago, audalcne
took peaceable apd quiet possession of
a vacant'shanty In one of the alleys.—
Her usual appearance had been missed
by the neighbors for more than a week,
which aroused a suspicion that some*
thing was wrong. On investigation, a
dead infant was found in her room in a
nailed-up box. The physicians who'
made the examination, came to the con
clusion that it had been born alive
and that death bad been forced. Her
own account and story was of a different
and rather conflicting character, and she
was accordingly arrested by officer
Houser, and is now in prison, together
with a man named McCray, who, we
understand, confessed that he made
the box containing the body of the
dead child. The result of the inquest
was in accordance with the conclusions
of the physicians.
Testimonial of Respect.—At a regu
lar meeting of the teachers and members
of the M. E. .Sunday School (first
charge) Carlisle, on the 3d inst., the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty
God to remove from ua by death, our
beloved Superintendent, Brother Jacob
Martin, who for a number of years has
been connected with this school as
teacher and Superintendent, . whose
presence and counsel has always been
replete with wisdom and brotherly kind
ness in our meetings, and highly es
teemed in the church for his labor of
love and usefulness; Therefore be it
Resolved , That the teachers and.mem
bers of this school dp hereby express
their deep sorrow in this, their bereave
ment, and record their sincere apprecia
tion of the faithful services of the de
ceased, In his constant attendance as a
worshiper, in his cunsistant life, in bis
devoted labors us Superintendent, and in
the discharge of every duty assigned
him ; and
Resolved, That we deeply syra palhis'e
With the widow,sous and daughters, and
relatives of our deceased brother, and
commend them to the Father ot our
Lord Jesus Christ the Father of mercies,
and (he God of all consolation ; ■ and
Resolved, That a copy of the above bo
furnished to the bereaved family, and
for publication In the Volunteer and
Herald, and be recorded upon our min
utes.
B. Plank,
A. B. Sherk,
D. 8. Brenneman, ’
Committee.
Distressing Occurrence—Death op
Du. Charles F. Zitzer.—ln our last we
announced, briefly, the death of our citi
zen, Dr. Chas. F. Zitzer, (brother of Dr.
J. J. Zitzer,) which too place at his resi
dence, on Wednesday morning, Feb. 5.
When we wrote the account of his death
last week, we bad heard reports unfavor
able to his son, but they were so contra
dictory that we felt a delicacy in making
mention of them. Wince then a Coroner's
Jury, with the assistance of three physi
cians, made a full examination of the bo
dy of the deceased and the circumstances
attending his death, and tbeir verdict, as
We received it from Coroner Smith, jyas:
“ That the deceased, Dr. C. F. Zitzer,
oamoto his death from blows and wounds
inflicted ou him by hie eon, Albert Zit
zer.”
It appears that the father and sou had
frequent quarrels. The doctor was an in
temperate man, and, when in liquor,
violent. His son, a lad of 17 years of age,
is something like bis father in disposi
tion. On this particular occasion the
doctor hud arrived at home in an enebrl
ated condition, when n quarrel ensued,
which was participated in by (be deceas
ed, his wife and son. Crimination and
recrimination followed, when Anally the
daotor and son reached the doctor’s of
fice. Here the sou’s passion got the bet
ter of his Judgment, when he picked up
an iron pestle, with which lie struck his
father a violent blow on the head. The
doctor fell senseless and bleeding, and
was curried to his bed. The quarrel took
place ou the ovnulng of Thursday Jan.
30, and the doctor, as we have mention
ed, died the following Wednesday morn
ing. The blow caused concussion of the
bruin and fever, from which be could
not rally. He was a mau in delicate
health and of nervous and excitable dis
position. He was a German, who came
to tills cauutry many years ago, and bud
considerable practice as a physician. Ho
leaves a wife and three children.
Ou Friday lust his remains were fol
lowed to Hie grave by the Conodoguluet
Tribe,'No 108, I. O. R. M., of which ho
was a member, and by many sorrowing
friends.
Young Zltzur, the sou, is now lu Jail,
awaiting his trial, which will take place
at the April court.
Traveling quack doctors, a cmii
milscoan, flourish-in places long
glectod by the fool killer.
Coasting is rather dangerous sp ort
Sorao boys and girls got their physic'
■nbmy damaged last week. -
“ Tnke » little Local Option,” i 3 now
thp polite phrase in some of our hot
rooms. An excuse for taking the afore'
said stimulant is, “my hydrant is frozen
up.”
Fob soieral days the streets and
sidewalks have been covered with ice
Tho aoript'ure injunction was very an ’
plicabla: “ Lot him that thlnketh h e
standeth take heed lest ho fall.”
The time for spring elections will
soon be upon us, and we should be
stirring ourselves to get out first class
candidates for the different offices, in
incorporated towns, particularly, none
but men of experience and good com
mon sense, should be sent to Council
or the School Board.
Why don’t some of our capitalists
build tenement houses ? a number of
families are unable to obtain dwell
ing houses, and our town cannot im
prove until mechanics and laboring
men are supplied with houses.
The farmers in a few of the counties
of this State meet monthly during the
winter to discuss questions pertinent to
their occupation. A friend suggests
that the farmers of this county do the
same. We most heartily second the
suggestion. Nothing but good can re
sult, and it would certainly prove a
source of pleasure to those participa
ting.
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. The Con
vention held In the Court House, Tuesday tii e
4th lust., was, in point of numbers and Interest
man Heated, a complete success. Nearly 200 del
egates from every portion of the County were
present. R. M. Henderson, Esq., of Carlisle
was presiding officer. A committee consisting
of an equal number of lawyers and clergymen
was appointed to write a temperance address to
the people of tho county; During the evening u
largo and appreciative audience assembled in
the Court House, and listened to an able ami
eloquent address by tho Rev.' D. C, Babcorl;,
Secretary of the State Temperance Union.
A FASHIONABLE WEDDING.—Wo learn
from tho New York Sun that on Thursday even
ing last the only daughter of Fletcher Harper,
Jr., (and grand-daughter of Rev.'Dr. J.P, Dur
bin, formerly President of Dickinson College,)
was married to Hiram Sibley, Jr., son of Hiram
Sibley, of Rochester, one of the oldest' and
wealthiest citizens of Weaterd New York. Tlio
marriage ceremony was performed In St. Paul’s
Methodist Episcopal Church, at. Fourth avenue
and Twenty-second street, by -Bishop Simpson,
of Philadelphia; the Rev. Dr. Durbin, grand
father of. the bride, pronouncing the benediction.
Bishop Janes and tho Rev. Dr. Foss, were also at
the altar. There were live bridesmaids and
groomsmen. The body of the church was occu
pied by the families of Harper and Siblfey-lbe
ladles In fall evening dress. Under the skillful
fingers of Mr; Walter Johnson for a half hour
the organ breathed'a bymenial harmony, bntat
half-past seven it’ suddenly softened, and con
tinued throughout tho ceremony the teuclorcst
of •marriage melodies, while the bridal party,
with fluttering hearts and quiet faces,-walked
up the aisle and stood at the altar In the pres
ence of at least fifteen hundred witnesses.
The following preamble and resolu
tions were passed by the Union Philo
sophical Society of Dickinson College on
the death of James Hamilton, Esq., he
having been an active member of that
Society when a student at the College,
more than sixty years ago :
Whereas l Ood id His Almighty Provi-.
deuce has removed from our midst by
death, our late highly esteemed brother,
James Hamilton. Therefore, be lt
Resolved, That in his death the Society
bas lost a most worthy member and be*
niflcent patron. m
Resolved , That a life like his—ao up
right aud replete with benevolence
commands our highest admiration, and
stauds forth as an example, worthy our
imitation*
Resolved, That we, as a Society, attend
his funeral, and wear the usual budge of
mourning.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be furnished the Volunteer for
publication. James Fowden, .
Geo. E Wilbur,
H. R. Bender,
Committee.
Seeds, Plants, &o.—The combined
catalogues Of Seeds and Plants for 1873,
of Peter Henderson & Co., 35 Courtland
St., N. Y., is just, received—numbers 175
pages; la beautifully illustrated, and in
addition, contains a colored plate of the
new "Fountain Plant,” aud also a hand
some lithograph of a group of new Fuch
sias. These catalogues are mailed to all
applicants by Peter Henderson & Co., on
receipt of 25 cents. To their customers
of last year they are sent without charge,
and to all purchasers of their 'books,
"Gardening for Profit,” and "Practical
Floriculture,” (price $1.50 each, prepaid
by mail,) they also send them annually,
faee of charge. Should any of our sub *
scrlbers desire reliable seeds, plants or
evergreens, the place to order them from
is Peter Henderson & Co. This is ah old
and reliable house, with a reputation to
sustain. Indeed, these gentlemen arc
the most enterprising, as they are the
moat reliable seed men in America. They
are no humbugs (as too many of our so
called seed men are,) but are men of
character and capital, who have invested
largely In their business, which, we are
glad to learn, Is paying them* handsome
ly. Send on your orders, then, all who
want good seeds, evergreens, plants, &c.
A Beautiful • Handwriting.—
There are but few of our readers who
would not like to acquire a rapid and
beautiful handwriting, for there is no
one accomplishment so highly prized
as this. The business colleges of the
country have afforded the best instruc
tion in this branch and have succeeded
in producing the most accomplished
penman. The best penman in Ameri
ca to-day is Prof. Qaskell, President of
the Bryant & Stratton College of Man
chester JN. H. There are few lovers of
the beautiful art of penmanship who
have not heard of this wonderful pen
man and many have-seen specimens of
his skill. His large specimens have
attracted great attention in New York
City and throughout the country where
they have heon placed on exhibition.
He is now engaged day and night in
sending out Copies for self-instruction,
which he writes himself expressly for
applicants, 'so that any one can learn to
write at tho home fireside. These con
tain full printed instructions, and are
put up in large heavy envelopes and
sent by mail prepaid for $l.OO per pack
age. They are all numbered and so
fully explained that no one can fail to
learn rapidly from them. They have
been ordered by thousands—not by
poor writers alone, but by the leading
teachers of penmanship through the
United States and Canada. Our readers
would do well to write for a package,
as nothing so complete, beautiful and
useful for seil-Inolrueiion Will BV®t
again be offered them,