CARLIRLK, P TUVItSDAT, j UAIii.II ft, 1873. NEWS IN BRIEF. -Memphis has female lamp-Uchtora, with hoys to hold the ladder —JafcUaotivlllp, Fla., lias beoa visited by O’. 000 strangers lh\a year. —Pleuro Pneumonia, la rapidly hprcndluß about UewurU, N.J _A woman in I.a Crosse, Wls . paid the line imposed on her husband for n.i K glng liar. _A powel fdi revolution is organizing in San Domingo. —Garrolcrs aro operating in Erie, and very boldly, too. ' -Major General David H. Vinton, or the Uni led Sluttfa army, is deiul. —The world, ii is estimated, has I<ooo different religious, and a peaks 8,612 languages. —Texashas entile mujy t» be convert ed into beef. -Mrs Hnrkuess, of Spurgeon s congregation. liv Louden. toadies vv IHDIo-lass of.OOJ women. _ont> thousand head of cattle are sent weekly from vivo Hulled Mutes to Culm, Hlzlur. nour Bcavertown, brought .lowu three crows tuouo shot, the other rtay. —The army expenditures in (jreat Hi italu-fol the Uncut your 1»73-71 arc esllimitect ut Stili.lST.wO. —Bilialt-pox is utricles about ttlchlteld, Juni nta county, aud two cases recently proved fatal. —Tiie Louhlel iron wort s at Hanlsburg re sumed operations on Hie Uitu nil. -Hrigham Voung'sone hundred and seven leenlh child has "arisen to call him blessed.;’ -It la P reposed to ncld the nice sum of 8150,000 to the annual allowance at the i rlacC of Wales. -An old woman died lately at I.a Salle, 111. a£cd 7.1 years, who had survived ten liu-baiuh —A man wan frozen lo death at Archibald Lu zerne county, on Tuesday night of hist week. —Benjamin Franklin. It Is said. published the ilrst Auhiilc ill book. -Thus II Chandler, ol Keunot Square, Cho tor coumy, Ims. by the recent decease of a rela tive, fallen heir lo SiUJUDOU. -Edward Uonncliy. of NdrUawnberlaild, wni committed to prison on the (ill) for cruelly bent lag a dug. —Tbo central edifice of tuo royal military academy at Woolwich, England, has been burn- -A young Irish girl lu Jacksonville. 111., has refused Stun for her hair. It reaches the floor w heu she stands erect. -Lake Michigan, at Milwaukee, Is about s. miles broild, aud U entirely covered with Ice, varying In thickness from one to twelve feet. -Daniel-Smith, of Beaver tin.. -Snyder co , went to the wooilplle for the purpose of culling wood. A short time allorwarda some of hi family found him stretched out cold lu death. —A strong ellort Is being niacle to Induce foli ar eas to appropriate money enough to finish the Washington monument at Washington city. -In the Maine House ol Representatives, a bill passed by a vole of til to 69, giving women the right to vote. —A mock company for the purpose of n-mm facto ring cheese Is being lot med In Gieenllel Erie county. Toe slock Is nearly all raised. -Hand pi guns me herenfler to he slrlcll' pro hi failed in Ihe slieils of Baltimore. togclnei with all other vornl and Instrumental noise, calculated to draw a crowd. —A Western shoemaker threw a h -it ol matches at a cat. and started a ciil-nslrophi which resulted In a S.tIO.U(K) conlhig*ilion. Flvo bundled mid thirty women lu the Cul led stales are doctors, iwenty-lotir are dentists flvo lawyers, and slxly-elght preachers. —Theodore Hilts, youngest son of Signor BUI* died lu Philadelphia, on Krldav. of consump tion, aged r, years, lie was highly esteemed by all who knew him. -Two men were kicked at one and the same time by the same horse, lu rhoniiivllle. a few days ago. while intending a luuenil. , —By Hie foi Lhcomliig report ol the Norllmm hcrland Comity Auditors, Thus. T Buck, Colli e tpr of Taxes for Coni twp , Is a di-Unltur in Hit sum of .-3.101! -Luigi Lmillgmml, on trial at Morristown. V •J, for ihe muriicr of Jollamm Mnnsl. whom he chinned to bo his wife, has been found guilty ol minder In Hie llrsl degree. —Nearly sixty thou-nml squares ol moling slate were shipped from Slalingual during St-’. Tweuiy-iwo tlnaisaml ruses ol sehool sla ,-s woo noil away from the same locality during ihe same time. , —*ome cowntv prisons employ ihoir Inmaiot* in catpet weaving, etc. Chewier county convicts earned over s*,' 00 Inat year -A German In Buffalo fell Into a beer vat. the other day, slut was Crowned. He drank as hard ns he could to save himself and would have succeeded hud not a limiting cork choked him. —Au lowa m'u clomfimh’d J't.'iOO fiom a neigh* bor slandering him. hut alter sinlug down and counting tho cist, and reckoning up Ihe proba bilities, concluded lo compromise the fault for Silo cash. — l The Harilonl Hnys:-“In Um lutroiluc tion of postal cauls wu tun behind England, Germany ,Switzerland, ttehdnm, UoUuml, Nor wfty. Sweden, P-nmurk. U'issia. Spain. Portu gal. nml Greece, and tih ad of tho Modoc*," -Col. James T. Coburn bib-tv sold 400 acres of Umber land sfumlcd on mm «‘rc-«*ic. Hay«‘* township, Centre r-unty, to Mr. I'ardi‘O loi Mo -000. -A company of young Lu/orru* scamp-Urn ctl.'Tday broke Into u nou*e, tonic an old lady slxiy-flye years of age our. and mil Per down iU ifcu* snow, iltghtonud nmusemcut. —Geo. \V. Noodle of North C’ndoi us township. York county, has found silver and copper on his farm. The ewaytsls pronounce it aoua. -l ho Auburn JVewa stales that Mu»» Anna Dickinson I*.about to wed a distinguished j outig member of the press ot New York. —Th" old maids over in Jersey, who have no U ,namis lo slick their feet against on cold nights, use a piece of hickory wood healed before the fire and wrapped In a piece of Ihiunel. -Mrs Mary Bendon, of Gullluon township, Cambria c-miily. died recently, at the advanced age of IUS years. —The supreme court of Massachusetts has de cided that the Medical Society has the right to expel honuepilhte doctor. -Tho President has given up hid Southern trip mi account of the extra session of the Hen ate, and the consequent business thereto. -Not a rat Ims been seen In the livery stables m l ancaster since the epizootic first made Ua appearance among H e horses. -The Midland Railroad Company In England has mndo u contract with tho Pullman Car Company to supply that road with the Ameri can stylo of drawing- room and aleephigr.ouche*. -Pennsylvania lias an area of Id.W'O square mile-; a papulation S.-W.MH: «n a-se>se.l valnallnu of 51.3in.233.043; number ol miles of railroad, Vl3. —The shot will) which Laura Kulr killed Crit tenden, ulmoHt as suddenly turned while the hair of a daughter of the deceased, The young lady is but twenty years old. _A plg-jubber of Traleo, Ireland, rlßlitly muned Huvnye. was lately di-eavered in the act nr tearing me Hash with his teeth from the arms and shoulders of nls old mother. Ho bud knneked her down and broken several of her bones helore beginning to eat her. Ho wvs In liquor, and Is In Jail. —An Omaha man desiring to get rid of his uintlier-ln-lnw at very sleet notice, Induced her to spread nllro-glyeei Ine on her hark to cure Inin lingo, and then apply a hot Hal-Iron. At I'm west accounts they had seat Into an nd loinlne eonniy muy K"t enough <>r Hit- wo rn in together In hold an Inquest over her. A youn» man In Detroit. Michigan, line! Hie mlsfo'tune to cut his foot Imdly while splitting wood on tno morning of Hie day set for Ills mar riage- hut the bride, learning that ho i-onld not leave'tlio house, came to him, and they were married at Ills homo, as ho sal comfortably In a chair. -Tho Virginia Couforeuco of tins United UrKhren Church, which wa« recently In n-*lon nl Ilagorslowu. decided to enter upon acllva co oporailun with other Conference U. supporting tin, Cfbamm Valley College, ut AnnvUo. —A hay of klx yearn, son of Conrad Volroer, of Kosl Muuch Chirnle, wai killed whMo crossing a Htreet, last weidt. by sevoral coasting ehdghH Itnooklhß him howii and one«d them sulking him ft severe blow on the head. The unfortu* nato HUle fellow wasdehcnt j und could not en dure such violence. •—I irtfclo H<»gcrs, of Wininmsporl, J’*.. Is said best houU-Uct f tu ihn C. H. Ticun nrv ol Waslllnglon. Sim has bean made eligi ble to an 3HW nnirksl.lp. Sine was taugUt bonk keeping by tier rutlief. • t WHO WILL LEAD THEM NOW 7 Hadicul. editors who luwo so Ion" .ht’Cii in the Imhit of regaling their rend ers with fulsome eulogies' of their leaders, are in a bad way just now.— ’ Most ol these loaders have been found ’;;uilty ; by the people, if not by Con gress, of stealing and perjury. It bus been one of the tactics of tbesn editors to be constantly remindin'; the people thdlsueh men as Colfax, Wilson, Lo gan, Harlan, Patterson, Ames, lien Unties, Kelley, Scofield, Dawes, Gar field, Bingliam and Hooper were para gons ol virtue and honor, and there.foiv the proper men for the American people to confide in. Not only were oredu’ous people made believe that they disinterested patriots, but most of them were ‘‘Christian statesmen,” wbo^ went about doing pood after tlieir her cull-an public duties had been dis charged. They were ttiejeaders of the "God and morality parly,” and being such, if they could endorse Grant and whiskey, why should the unwashed hesitate ? Such' were the arguments in tlie last campaign. But alas, alas! ■These v ry men, the-o leaders ami "Christian, statesmen” have, every mother’s son- of them, .been found guilty of stealing, and some of them— Colfax, Henry Wilson, Kelley, yen field and others—have not only lied must - outrageously, but they have sworn to these lies, thus adding peijmy to theft. If justice could overtake them, they would nil he sentenced to the. penitentiary for life. The House has ■ whitewashed these unblushing scoundrels—Ames ttml BroiiUs nice ly ing. n miUl censure, ami Kelley imd his cunfeilerales in crime escape altogether^ Hut .tills makes no difference, for tin people, knowing the character of the lute House, live i.ot the hast surprised nt tho result. The resolution to c-bii sum Kelley, Scofield, Hooper, Hawes, Garfield and Bingham was defeated yeas 75, nays 117. But tho rkoPLL outsido of a corrupt .Congress, have mado up their verdict against these hrihe-recoivers, and that verdict is, GUILTY. Let Urn execrations of all honest men be hurled against the one hundred and seventeen members who darod in the face of positive evidence, attempt lo screen and whitewash u sel of villains who have disgraced the country and fleeced it of millions ol dollars. >ot only are the members who voted against tho resolu ion ol censure deserving of everlasting con tempt, hot those cowards who absented themselves are equally at lault. They are ail parties to a crime, and they should all sink into She same political grave. And now that this scandal, this great lan-e and Nuiinnul disgrace has hi-en ventilated, what will become of the Hadieal party ? What will the party do for leaders? They have scarcely a piddle man left who is.not undersea picion, and we venture the assertion ihat Grant is tho greatest culprit ol them all. If members of Congress wen paid tbo .sands ol dollars lor their voles, how mncli wt a Grant pail f ur nigniiig the infamous Hills Unit had hi on bribed through Congress? ll there is anything that Grant is distin guished lor it is love of money. A few years ago be arrived at Washington a beggar, the veiy uniform on bis liaek haling ta-en paitl for by tfie voluntary nil! of flieiids. Now be is worth bis million-, willi every relation be has on e ii tb quartered upon rlnrgnvernment. i here is not a eunupl ring in the conn iry Unit lie has not aided and en oiuraged, and like Vice President Wilson, be sometimes carries on bis peculations Umingb "my wife.” All, we are a disgraced nation ; tire world is pointing the finger of scorn at the American eagle, and we must hang oui heads in shame and remain quiet, for. we can make no defense. God grant Unit the people may now get their eyes open to tlie enormities of this Radical Credit-Mobilier party. If they ‘hm’t, then fare veil to our republican institu tions ; Inrewell to a democratic form ol government. It lias been a failure. Dcuing tho Into Presidential cam paign, the Democrats and Liber ds fought the buttle under tho banner of reform. In order to prove their sincere do-tire lor an honest a'Mninistralion of thd government, the Democracy delib erately nominated and supported for the highest otllce in the gift of the peo ple, a life-long political opponent, whose only difference from his party consisted in his aversion to its dliberal policy and -the corruptions of its lend ers. But’no sooner did Horace Greeley become the candidate of the Democrat ic and Liberal Reformers, than the ad ministration press denounced him and his cause, denied the corruptions charg ed against tho Radical leaders, and sneered at the alleged necessity for a reformation in the civil service. But now that the election is over, u'ul Greeley is dead all is changed. The thin veil which disguised the iniquity ol the Radical leaders is real, their po litical dishonesty and nioial obliquity a I ipri.r ill nil their miked hideou»ness, ...id while (Ireeley, whose sensitive nature sank under tlioir bitter and tin just reproaches, is canonized in Hie hearts of the people, his princpal slanderers are the subjects of popular execration. This is history. Lot it bo bo wri ten doaii und remembered, to Hie etermd stuime of the Itudiuul purty. Thk Vow York Evrmny Post, on ad ministration paper, Hum me manliness to snv Unit •* Democratic newspapers lio not spam Mr. lirnota because lie is u Uemncrat. This is 1111I.V one of the .-m-mir.igiiii; sign* that partisanship must irivi- place to propriety In public lih-.” i\ow tills we believe is strictly true, for wo (to not know of a single Demo cratic paper that has ever essayed to defend Drunks, the only Demncrnlic member of Congress implicated in the Credit Muhiliersivmdle. Still, wo can not, nor do we protend to claim any special credit for the Democratic press on a count of the position it lias taken in tills matter, for it lias simply per formed its duty. But how is it with the very many papers of that parly which claims to represent all the mor ality and piety of the country, and w hich have most earestly and persist ently defo idl'd, and in some instances attempted to justify the course of Col fax, Wilson, Kelley, Dawes and the other Radical rascals who belonged to the Congressional Credit Mohilier i it ipf ; Let the people jnd-rc la-tween them, 1 and i-ay which is worthy of their cuuil- I deuce, MORE HUMILIATION FOR OUR DI3- TRIOT. Tlie men who twice forced Bichard J. Haldeman upon the people of this Congressional District, after his em phatic rejection by the Democrats ol Cumberland at the primary elections, should hang tlieir heads in shame il tlv-y ever frit shame. His first nomi nation nomination, indeed ! was procured by direct bribery of Delegates in the Cumberland county Convention, and his la-t was loiced by Work and Perry counties alter Cumberland had again repudiated him in a most signal manner.' We think we Can say tins will, perfect trnlh-K. J. Haldeman is the'only man in Cumberland county (if Cumberland county man ho cun ho called.) who would,-lor a moment, at tempt to force himself upon a party or people, after that party, at its piimary elections, had so emphatically refused f, endorse his' pretentions and wishes. We repent, that we doubt if theie is' -another man in our county, white or black,whoso brazen impudence would prompt him to thus act, Mr. Haldeman’s’second and last term in Congress expired'on Monday last. Thanks for that I During his entire lour years he has been worse than a blank in Congress. Seldom in his seal, he appeared to take no part in the pro eeedings of the House, except when he was iu a condition to incapacitate him lor an intelligent discharge of ids duties. On a dozen or more occasions no has brought disgrace upon onr Dis triet, and we say again that those who accepted Ins money and forced him upon our people after they had rejectee him at the primary elections, should feel a humiliation such as they never felt before. It should convince them that bribery, corruption, fraud and de ception may foice a man upon a people against their protest, but that humilia tion and disgrace will certainly fol low. But, we are digressing. A few days previous to the sine die adjournment ol Congress—on Wednesday ol last week when the Report of the. Bribery Committee was before the Home for discussion, our hilarious Member coir sidored it his privilege and perhaps his duty, to make a speech, and lie made it. ' We quote from the official pro- ceedings as we tind them reported in the Philadelphia Day. viz: “ AI a quarter lo twelve tho Speaker an nounced tlie special order to he the. resn in ions rep .rted from ihe Polnml Cmu mi'lee for llio expulsion of Oakes Ames -uni James Brooks. At lids point Richard J. Halderaan, of Pennsylvania, imole bis appearance in I runt of the Speaker’s stand in a beastly -tale of intoxication’, smoking a ciga , aim endeavoring to get the attention ol tlie Speaker. Wlnle he stood there Henry D. boater sam'l. S. Cox apd otn-r Dnnoctals tried ni persuade him to no to ids seat, but in kept smoking Ids cigar and calling aloud “ Mr. Speuku." . _ At last tlie Speaker inquired, hot what purpose does the gentleman irom Pennsylvania rise?' 1 Haldeiuait began a speech, anil finally -uni lie wished I tie floor cleared, the speaker ruled that be waa Inu late in making lire [iciinL nf order, aud some ol el .niumau’a Irienda got him out of the Hall.” ‘GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH!'’ :tf all tiro t'oiigiessuH that over as in bled in the United 1 States, or out le of the bad place, none ha* ox ceeded, or even made the least ap proach to the one just expired, for downright venality, rascality, and rob-, uery of the people. All the vices inci dent to corrupt legislative bodies seem to have concentrated themselves in this body of bad men. Nearly the whole 01 the last two months of the late ses-dnn, were occupied in selecting 'investiga ting coinmitties, oat of one half of Congress, to try the other half, for hav ing either accepted bribes, to influence i heir action, or given bribes to secure iheir own election. And when incon-' lestihie evidence on convicting facts were given, t.ie sole object of such io vcstigatingcommitteo was to whitewash mystify or extenuate the crime, The^ ired not recommend any thing savor ig of punishment, for the reason lhai these committees feel that they are themselves as guilty as those whose conduct they were investigating, ano lear that they, themselves, from judges, may become culprits at any minute that Oakes Ames sees fit to look into ids ten!ole “memorandum honk.” Alas! what a terrible thing to reflect upon. Ames, who seemed to lie the chief culprit aimed at by the Po land committee report, was defiant, and hurled ids defiance into their teeth. He hired them to the conflict, and told hem that if they took his, scalp there would ha many more haldhead con gressmen than are at present visible. That if Congiess expelled him, the cloak room would he too small to hold tin; number guilty of far worse offenses than himself. It is awful thus to hear a judge, a jury and the whole bar of a couitpn at defiance, and trembling at the possi bilitj of the fearful diseloaures that may be made against them, should they attempt to convict and sentence a felon upon whom the community know is guilty, tint whom Ids judges dare not condemn. The amount of equivo citing by committees, lying by con gressmen and perjuring by Senators that lias been thus far developed, is enough to make us think that the in habitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were saints, in comparison to our con gressmen and senators. No less than nine Senate and House committees were in session, and all upon some ve nal act of which either a Vice Presi dent, a Senator, Congressman, or a United States judge is guilty. The God and Molality men in Con gress have come out at the little end ol the "horn. After this Colfax, Wilson, Patterson, Dawejt, Kelley & to. must take back scats in the temple, and no Y. M. C. Association can atlord to pay tnem a cent as lecturers—but us fright ful examples they might draw like a plaster. The republicans of South Bend wi 1 testify their joy over Colfax’s narrow escape from impeachment and deposi tion by welcoming him home whir a grand reception. A flic simile ol George Washington’s little hatchet will lie homo at the head of the procession, and Oakes Ames’ memoramdhm book will lie. burnt in effigy at the close of the ceremonies. Gic.v. Khw.mil) Johnson, a promi nent s..ldler in the Southern army, died at Clmrlotlsburg, Va., on Sunday last. LATE NEWS, Oolfox’a Farowell. John Ando ton. My Jo, John." Old subsidy, n>y Pomeroy. . Whon fltst we were acquaint, The gospel ofHimrpo’M rifles Declared you quite a saint. Bui now the caused Freedom Will surely quick succumb— In spite of nil your boods aud things, They cast you out. my Pom 1 Well subsidized, my Pomeroy, Wo (ought the tight together, • And many a Utile picking. Pom, U»id by for stormy weather, jtow wo must tumble down. Pom, By cheek by j .avl we'll tall, And sink together Jn thd mud , Where wo Voro mount to crawl, -iV. n irorW. THE CULPRITS. In the United States Senate, on. Thursday last, Mr. Morrill, of. Maine, at 10.30 P. M., presented the report of the Senate Credit Mobilier Committee, accompanied with a resolution for tho expulsion ol Sonulor Puttwrion* In the House, the resolutions offered by Mr. Sargent as a substitute for these of tho Poland Committee, were adopt ed. The first, censuring Oakes Ames, was passed by a vote of 181 to 30, and the second censuring James Brooks was adopted by the same vote. Mr, Wood, of N. Y., offered a resolution censuring Messrs. Hooper and Hawes, of Mass.; Kelley and Scofield, of Pa.; and Garfield and Bingham, of Ohio, hut it was ruled out of order, as nut he ing confined to one person. Mr. tipeer, of Pennsylvania,. thereupon of ferer! a resolution censuring William U. Kelley. After a lung the ■ esoluiiou was tabled in evening se sion by a vote of 117 to 75, and the Credit" Mobilier Committee were die charged from further consideration ol the subject.. The Speaker stated that this aeliuii removed'the matter, entire ly from the House. Tire culprits ac companied by a number of their ■ riends, immediately left the hall of the Hou-o, for the pun oseof tat ing a very large drink. Some of them returned m a half hour or so, singing the Radi cal National hymn, “John Brown’s body,” Ac. God help us! At re mooting of UlO democratic city executive commute of Philadelphia, held on Thursday evening, the differ ent members present "reported that their respective wards approved the action of the committee in expelling Alderman M’.Mullen from the commit tee. A cojnmiUee of five was appoint ed to prepare an address to the people of Philadelphia. Butler declared on Thursday, in his glowing tribute to, the power of the press, that he was made by God and not by the newspapers. A lady in the audience equally irreverently remark ed, “,’i’hal’s rough on the Almighty.” The Albany Evening Journal says that the B-ipublicun patty is " not u niaohine, but a union of the thinking and moral elements, coming together to accomplish the best purposes of out national mission.” Doubtless; and now will the Journal explain whether Oakes Ames was the thinker and Col lax the moralist? ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS returns to public life, having been elected to Congress on the 251 h ult. to represent the Eigth District of Georgia. A small vole was polled, and there was no op jMsing candidate. OUE WASHINGTON 00ERE3F0MDEN0E Washington, D. 0., 1 February 27, 1873. / THE WHITE-WASHING COMMITTEES. Are Hie people of the United States au nih il aa mil to ijee Hint Hieae Credit MO biller • investigations” ate all a la.tce ll ,i possible lor any aane mao to lead lbe reoorla ol Hie two committees—Poland .-. mil. Wilson's—without perceiving that oo a'tempt lias been made by the chair man of either of them to ferret out the | ruth’? The conduct of these men allows .oust conclusively, that If either ol then! ever had a conscience it has been seared into callousness by continuous contact with vice. Does any man with a gram of common sense iliiult that these coo.t oiiltee-men would have been as inem cieut and lackadaisical. If they had been iuvest-galiug thetrown pecuniary ..flails, after having discovered that sevo.ai o .11. I r most It listed employees had been leltberately swindling Ibem . Ihe con luct of binh these committees bus been- A DELIBERATE INSULT TO THE AMEKI- CAN PEOPLE. Thev have not demeaned themselves i- investigators. In any accepted sense ol l.at word, popular or etymological They have not exerted themse ye- to in vestigate ,i. e. to find out, anything ; but nave-at like so many mutton -heads, day a'ter day, waiting for evidence against the accused to come to them, the 1 uveal 1- gators, and listening aiiioiiin ß ly lo CC’l ax. Kelley, ami that Job Trotter of the House, the weeping Gartield, as these de eded hypocrites pronounced magnllOT nuent eulogiums on themselves; or to be hoasttul, iletiaul, do-your best-damn you statements ol llmsb vilest of old sin ners Bingham of Ohio, and Hooper of itassaehuselts. In culling these com niittee-meu rouilon-lieuils, I take a i-imritubte view - f llieir case; for if they are not absolute idiots, they are certainly ,lie veriest of well-trained knaves If boy had been honest, earnest men, with the merest madicum of common sense, Utey certainly could never buveexpected ■ lie adroit congressional confidence men and dead beats whom they were commis -louetl to unearth, to volunteer to lest I oiotiy tilth would tell against themselves. These committees all appear to have an erroneous impresslnu ol llieir true func mus, which Is not to sit as disinterested .udges tn hear just such testimony pro tiitl con as may Ls brought before iiv opposing counsel, but (a* honorable men zealous for the purity «f the body of which they are members, ami deienuimul ut al* hazards, to protect the iiitereds of the Government and of the people), to one their be«l efforts to ascertain all the fads, bearing on the case hetoro them to work it up precisely as a detective would, and report the result of thelf lu iM.rs to the House. If they are unwilling io pursue that cou Be,*tn©y should bo nulled by some ■ liter nwiie. They cer iHinly are not investigating comml'tees. BLAINE. THE CREDIT MOBILIBR CANDI DATE FOR THE NEXT SREAKEHSHII*. Blalu is moving heaven ami earth to be re-elected to U.e speak, rump. All too credit nwbillci -wind era wul go lor lilm 81mm;. Turn's me under-landing. U remains to b seen whether m eu,l "*" l ‘“' truniim i ar y m ihe House ia ao entirely oai to ul. eeLae o. decency a. to ice bet tola mao B.alne, In iletla .eeof the pre-8 and of the people ot all partieu. the general iinpresi-1 dt throughout the oomi irv la sluing that the congressmen moat .leeo In railroad and other aw.ndlra have aa vet escaped deieciloii.and lhai among iheae aa yet uneonvioied culprits la Speaker Janie U. BUlue. Hla linluiaey wllli the moat corrupt men In the llouae la marked. It waa he w ; o as speaker, unpointed Ihe credit mobiticr ■ swindlers, Dawes, Hooper, Unrllepl, Ko,ley and Hmglnini to the ehidi nninaol, s ol nl the imial impiirliim co . limit ea, tin. thl-y now go round boaa ing, tall except Bingham, a hose eciiatilueiila have hud hiiii on the shell), Hull they will He ru appointed by Minimi, ullor thoorgnni- nation of tiro 43rd Congress, with him as Speaker. BENAHOK rOMBUOY, Amomr'thp public men who nro being •‘lnvesllgnlcil,” there is one, however Pomeroy of Kansas —who hits ninny friends hero, alike among permanent residents, Congressmen and visitorsi; anti among the warmest of these rmnils nro men opposed to him in polilhs some of them even late soldiers and dinners of the southern army. He is personally very much liked by the poor people hero ol both races ; mid for goo I reason. Ho has always been their pn.cthal friend ; and that isen.aigh or them. What do they care about whe.e the money came from, or what manner of man ho may have been ni Kiiims r elsewhere? Like many other public men Pomeroy has often been moused by the rivals and their friends, of feutii erlug Ills nesi at the public expense; but these reports have never taen credited by persons who know him. The fact, however, ot bis being a good uatnred, ac cessible man . with no ‘alamo lam non sense about him, yon know ” mid who has a habit of always looking at the Irrigates! and most liberal side of every question pteaenled to him. neces-ari y caused him to bo beseiged, constantly, by U'l Horia of persona—aoim* requiring pH sonal pecuniary aid ; others, bis subset ip-. Hon toward building a church, or or some bebeticieiit purpose; qibera again, seeking ills lullneuce to procure Hie pas sage, of some bill ‘‘of great importance to the public.” &e . &e. Tnese personal cbaraolerlatio also cans ed tile Pecksniffs and Ohndhauds in Cmi- I greas, and otoer public men of dark and doabilul ways- in short pious frauds generally —1« seek nis intimacy that they lai-bt use his inlluenoo ; and these as sedations growing outof bis bonhomnne, nave contributed more than ah. l-e, per mips, 10 furnish ids enemies with an oalonsit.le basis lor their calamines. J. nave never spoken to Pomeroy 1U my life bat once, and that was several years ago; bin I have kept the ran of-Him. 1 nuve met him of uuu ul ways, as U happened, at smile working man's meeting, woman's rights meeting, or In.some socb a erowd ol poor cu-aes who hud met together for the purpose of gelling some real or landed grievances ledressed. Pomeroy was always willing u> preside over these meetings, however obscure the people composing them, and however small their numbers;, and t may safely say Unit he. never left the mom or bull, on any of these occasions, with as.much money in his pocket by Irom SlO to $lOO us he hud when lie en tered it. He was invuiiubly depended noon to pay, at least toe expenses of all siicb gatherings, and sometimes got soundly abused if be old not do mine; even when not,a man or woman pieseut was a cuuSltiueUi ol bis, or bud a shadow of claim upon him, in Hitt political ao cental lon 01 the woid. Old Pom. would mite Hie abuse gnod-humorediy, make on reply, and accept the very uoxtiuiita 101 l to piealde again, as if nothing unpleas ant hud ever lakeu place. It is tlia strong conviction of the best ample note, of all parlies, that Pomeroy is not only eoud-hsried au.l progressive, but thai be is almost uu honest man; and i bis conviction will not be shaken by the lestmioiiy ol Yolk and bln associate, nr even ny the adverse report of ucmumit ice based upon it. The lute Caldwell In- Vcsligatnm baa developed Hie fuel that Ihe Kepuulioau members of Hie Kansas legislature and ibelr hungers on are about Hie burdeslael of fellows ever ga'U eied together, to du the devil's work-iel luws woo Would swear a bole through a lour lout wall. Oakes A me* coulu go lo ocnool to toera to great advantage lo niuiaelf. And Hiese aie Pomeioy s ac cusers, mind you. Jt la simply a qaea li„u ol veracity hetweeu Yura and 1 mu eioy, wheincr the lutier is guilty or uot the charge preferred by the lormer. A. F. B. LOCAL ITEMS. Bus conductors—Lipa. Spring water— April showers, High waters seem inevitable^ Washington was born HO years ago, Vaeentines are still iu the windows, True benevolence is a uoblo trait in a workman. Winter still Ungers in the lap o spring. Our merchants are preparing for their 'spring trade. "The Beautiful ahow* 1 has been at i again. Compulsory education is not very suc cessful on mules. Tiir government should take, the stumps off mutches. The penalty for using a postage stamp :be second time is tllty dollars. Work is progressing'rapidly on the York Springs Railroad. A bank check Is one of the pleasan ;est checks of lile. The country roads hereabouts are re' tinned to lie getting ■‘•shucluugly bad." , The money Hints man makes by night labor goes to defray his funeral expenses. The worst feature of a man’s luce is bis iicse—when stuck iuto other people's business. Daughter cultural show is the la test uame for au oveulug .party, Ihe girls Uoti’t like,lt. A bad book or newspaper is a demor alization among children as bud compan ions.’ A cheerful countenance brlghlons all animated beiuge that come in contact with it. A POPULAR parlor magazine—a big kerosene lump they furnish reading lot the milliuu. It took twenty-five years of agitation to abolish the franking abuse. It died In Us 82d year. The new postal law which only allows uewspupes printed in the counties iu which they ate published to be circula ted free therein—is a fatal aud fortunate blow at the patent outsiders. All the debating societies around the country are deciding in favor of Docai Option. Will the citizens agree witli them on the third Friday in March, Is the momentous question. q’HE Computer says Ihe peach buds In the orchards iu the viciulty of Gettys burg, aie nearly all ftozen. Bonnets are tending again to the old cylindrical form, and a revival of the coal scuttle shape is imminent. Sore arms are again becoming fash ionable a number of our citizens having recently beau vaccinated. Livhlv if not local. A man that trav eled Hi rough New York, says he raw some land so poor .that you could not raise a disturbance on it. It may he interesting to know that every loiter in the alphabet except “a” lain bo found in the iwei.ty-ll.at verue of the seventh.chapier of Ezra. Cai s of the “Robinson Ornso” style are becoming notoriously lashlonahle among our young men. “Oh, Poor Bob' luaon Crusoe 1" When an extravagant friend wishes to burrow your money, consider which ol the two you would rather lose. A youno mui in town got Ij.s lips p .iso.ted wl. h y .nolian red one day last Week. Never kiss your girl until she washes her face. The Carlisle Building Association lias ' The Po>r House statement Is publish been very benellelal to many of our oltl-, | oil In to-day’s Volunteer ZtMIH iv tho Volunteer Building, first floor a free lunch will bo nerved up on Satur day nuxt. Hagerstown Is greatly frightened ov er the small-pox. Several cases exist there at the present time. Ouu builders, plasterers, brick and stone masons are anxiously awaiting the song of the blue bird. Everybody says that our present County House officers' are such a compe tent set of officials, Correct.. The license men contend that the East Ward of this Borough will give a whop-, plug majority In favor of license. The question will be decided on the 21st inat. The principal pastime just now with our country friends, is attending public sales. Local Option tickets must be printed with tho word “License” on the outside and on the Inside "for license” or “ against license-” A young fellow who thinks "its devil ish strange that his girl Is out every lime be culls, and he can’t Dud out where she goes to." Reports state that acarlel fever—that demon of the nursery-is prevaieut In certaiu portions of this county. A fashionable young lady dropped one ol ■ her luise eyohrdws .in a church pew; anti badly frightened a young man next to her, who thought it was his moUHtuebe. Th. 3 is the style in which they do it: A man fell down on a slippery sidewalk ami broke—one of the commandments. The reason why we are getting so ma ny new subscribers is because we give our readers ibe worth of their money. Women are like horses the gayer the harness they have on, the heller they leal. Wegot lids fiom’nn.qld bachelor, who was early crossed In love. There are a great, many very pretty women who travel around the market on the days it is' held. But oh, Lold, the men I ■ The winter of 1572 73 will long be re membered for murders, bonds, sudden deaths, Dres, intense cold, as well us many other tilings too numerous to men tion. In a abort time tbe Cumberland Valley Railroad Company intend running a night train over the road, to connect with tbe fust trains on the Pennsylvania railroad. Gov. Habtbanft has appointed How ard H; Hurtranft, of Jersey Snore, Ly coming county, a clerk in the oft U-o of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, nice Wm. D. Halbert, of Carlisle. Free Lunch. —Our popular caterer, Mr. Wm. D. A. Sidles, in the Volunteer building, will give a free lui oh on Sat urday next, between the,hours of three P. M. and eight P. M.- All who wish to enjoy a good lunch should call. The job printing nlHce of Mr Samuel Elliott, in this place, was sold to Captain E. Beatty, on Friday last, for $l,OlO. We understand that Mr. B.’a sons will tun der "maabeen.” Lcoae Option lawyers are a source ar ticle. The Knights of Blaokvtone have no aversion to accepting those $lO fees required for presenting applications for license. Near sixty bills for- vendues were printed at Ibisolllce during the present season. We flatter ourselves that in the mutter of bill-printing we can’t well be beaten. The inhabitants of Papertown ore be coming greatly alarmed about that dread disease, small pox, there being no leas than seven cases iu that vicinity. A GENTLEMAN on tile Public Square, Saturday evening, toid us t lint the Vol unteer had greatly improved its local department-during the last six mouths. Correct. Almost daily wo notice dozens of darkies basking on the watm aide of the Maikot House, much to the annoyance of tile market-master, who, if he would do his duty, would politely order them to “ scatter.” Sleighing parties have been a rare occurrence in Lilia town this winter. It certainly could not have been for want o’snow. Perhaps the "spoudullx” gave out. We learn that the name of Thomas B. Kennedy is proposed as tiie successor of Judge Walla in Hie presidency of the Cumberland Valley Railroad. WE learn from the Perry county Free man that George Wuilett, of iekleaburg. dropped dead whilst entering his house recently. fie was in apparent good health. Waynesboro’ has a “spook"—a very tall Hgure Iu female attire. Whether or not it is in favor of female suffrage, has not transpired. It ought to be watched, for fear it strays oil to the Constitutional Convention to argue that hens should crow, It is asserted that oak hark, after it has been used at the tanneries, Is an ex cellent preventive against certain kinds of potato diaeaaei Among the most intense incidents of a recent storm, was the freezing of the hands, nose, forehead, everything ex cept the cheek of a life insurance agent. It would bo a labor of love ns well as lucre, for former friends to hurry up the hens standing In barn yards doing noth ing, while eggs are bringing, yes, what? It is very pieasantto know that while mother earth in this section of country is covered with a white mantle to tbe depth of a foot or two, and the thermom eter he.low zero, the Californians are hav ing new potatoes, beans, peas, strawber ries and cream, and all the spring luxu ries. So says a letter to a gentleman in this place. Mrs. Pflteoer, of York, attempted, to extinguish a coal oil lamp by blowing it out. It exploded and burned her neck, arms and hair on one side of her The flames were sm'olheredby herdaugh tei, who threw some clothing around tier. Nine weeks of continuous sleighing is something tv nor thr p .lest resident ... ponder, bef re 'telling bow long ago i was when they had a longer sleighing a. asen. Eveiy one uaya it la remarkable, lienee this ten.ark. One of our fhoemskeie hue Jos' fin is' od a pair of hoots 'or u darkey. They are 15 inches in length, 13 mound the Instep, 11} around tl.e loes, and Hi Inch as annind the heel ! Toe ‘arge-t part of a eow akin was used in their construc tion. Tub Letort wag frozen over for the flrat tlino In many years on Monday last. ■ To smile or not to smile—that la the (L n-al Option) question for the mouth of March. Major Sam’l TSitt, a worthy citizen of West Peuuaboruugh towiißhlp, died on the 22d u It. Tub country sales are well attented. Stock and farming iiupletneuta bring a fair price. Mr. Jacob Fridley, of this place, has obtained a patent for a hot air fur nace. Jacob Bomberoer, of Meohanio»burg, Is the general business agent ol the Har risburg and Potomac Railroad.^ Williamsport and Altoona both want the State Capitol. Carlisle would also like to take it for a few hundred centu ries. Local Option.-*-A meeting .of the friends of Local Option will be held at the Middlesex school house, on Friday evening next. Mary and her iamb have been at it again. Here Is the latest: Mary Inula 111 tie lamb, , ‘ It looked Just, hko a iiper. Ami sue thought slmM kpH H To pay fur her daddy a Vol*U>tkbr. Personal.-R. c 5. Menumin, Evq.,.of Hie Printers' Circular, Philadelphia, v>si ted our town, bn Friday last. Mr. M. is a very clever gentleman, and it gives us pleasure to note his arrival. A FARMER living near East Berlin, Adams county, bason bis premises a lot of -partridges, numbering nearly -WO in all, which lie sbeUred from the cold wea ther tliis winter. He intends, keeping them until the warm weather begins. The Right Rev. Dr. Howe, Bishop of the diocese of Oential Penney!vaula. will preach in Bt. John’s Obutcb, on Monday evening next, arid administer the sacred rile of contirmation. The ser vice will bey in at 7J o cinch. OUB Booth Middleton friends Inform us that the road leading to Boiling Springs is drifted in such a manner as to render travel almost impossible, and in most cases.the traveler is obliged to “ shovel bis own road.” • The sale of Mr. James T Stuart, in South Middleton township, recently, was one of the largest held in that township for many years. Stock and farming im plements brought unasally fair prices. Ex-Deputy Sheriff A. R. Bowman died at bis residence in Mechanicaburg, last Sunday. Mr. Bowman was con sidered a good citizen, and his death is lamented by many citizens of this coun ty- One day last week, two dlolples of /Eseulapius of Newville, met in front of the post office of that place, and held a ‘’set-to,” in which one performed a sur-t gical operation on the other’s finger. , Mr. Coleman H. Watts and lady, of this, place, while enjoying a sleigh ride, last Saturday afternoon, were thrown out of the sleigh, by the horse becoming frightened at a snow bank on North Hanover street. A Poetical Voter.—The following ballot was voted last, Friday evening, in Williamsport: NO LICENSE. Good byo Lager, good bye Ale, Whiskey hot or urn coca-tall, Brandy urn ash or WhlsKoy straight, Eye-Opener of night-rap l»t«. Tom and Jerry a fond farewell, Never more to have a smell- Of Sherry Uobier or vlllk Punch Here's health to a Cold Water Lunch, Fire Near Plainfield.—On the afternoon of Monday, last, a. fire was discovered in the house owned and oc cupied hy Francis Diller, near Plain field, and which, with Us contents was burned to the ground. Everything, furniture, clothing, some $2OO in money &c. was lost. Fire was accidental. The Mechaiiicsburg Republican is in formed that Mr. Peter Louck, residing near Shephefdslown, tide county, while digging a well on Ills lorni, came on a Vrln of coal at twenty two feet lieiow the surface, and is represented as being ol excellent quality. Peter McDonald, of Newvllle, one day last week, tilled himself with 11 ben zine,!’ and then went borne ami assaulted Ids wife wilh a knife, but was arrested before doing any serious damage, and lodged in Fort Foreman, where he will remain until April Court. Tub trains on the Cumberland Valley Railroad experienced considerable diffi-- cnlty last Monday and Tuesday, in con, sequence of the heavy snow drills. At tills writing it is still drifting very bad, wilh slim prospects for the trains resum ing usual time for a day or two. Tub State Normal School, near Ship pensburg, is capable of accommodating 800 students and 300 boarders, and the chapel connected wilh it will seat 1000 people. The work of freseneing the chapel is progressing. Mr. Elmer, the artist; intends to work out some beauti ful and artistic designs dn the ceiling and walls. The school will be open for the reception of students on the 15th of April. Our citizen, Judge Graham, met with an accident at Mifflmiown, on the 25tb lust., which was somewhat painful in its nature. Tlie Miffliutown Independent thus refers to it: About 10 o’clock yeatsrday (Tuesday) morning; Judge Graham, of Carlisle, who was in aitendance at an adjourned Conn in tills pino-, in coining out of Captain McClellan's saddlery shop, on Bridge slreet, to which place he hud gone to Inquire for Mr. Wright, slipped and fell on Hie door s ep, spraining Ids right ankle very badly. Seeing him fall, wo run to his assistance, and he was helped into Capt. C.’s shop, and a sleigh procur-d, and he was taken to the Juniata Hotel, and medical aid sum moned. By advice of Dr, Bunks he left for bis home at 11:28 the same day. Explanation.— As the time for print lilt! tickets for the Local Option question la approaching, a word or two touching the printing of these may not be out ol place. All tickets, whether for license or against license, must have the word ‘‘License," printed on the out-ddo, and If the voter wishes to vote for license his ticket must have “For License,” print ed on ihe Inside; and if he desires to vote against license, tile words “Against License," must he pi lined on the Inside of his ballot. Tills exp anntiuu seems necessary from lhe_ fact that hut few of the people, comparatively speaking, have read the law regulating the mailer. Tickets for and against license will ho primed at Ihla olllce, If ordered, at s 1 6J, a thousand, to he paid by those engaging them. les’ on Go to Skil take n lunch Wb return thanks to our frleml jJ J. W. Houston, of Middlesex township for presenting us with a half bushel o '| beautiful apples, anil a gallop of BU| )er [ ur cider. Sueb pots of kindness are alwav. duly appreciated. Notice.— Hereafter all obituary llou _ ces, tributes of respect by societies unj bodies, and all other notices of whatever kind, to be published in tills paper will cost five cents a line, to be ppij (,cf ore they are inserted. Marriages aud deaths will bo Inserted grails. ' One of our promising youths of flv e summers was heard to ask hie mother how they made whisky, whereupon she replied that ehe did not kuow. •• Well ” said the young hopeful, " you know dev illsh well how to drluk it, don’t you?" It Is said that undertakers ore making eiibrls for the passage of a bill in the Legislature for tbe free crossing of brld* ges and transit of toll-gates by fuueral processioos in all parts of tbe State, on the.grouud that funerals are frequently delayed by the compulsion which dri vers are under to pay 1011, sometimes (or a large number of vehicles. Deer Act.—We learn that tho idli now before the Legislature "fur the pro tection of deer in Hie counties of Cum berland, Franklin and Admis,” provides, that it shall not be lawful lor any per. son within lire counties named to hum, kill or destroy, in any manner or by any device, any deer or lawn for the period of three years from the date of this act. The penalty'shall not' be less than Siio nor more than SCO, one-half to the infer, met and tile oilier, half to the county: and ill ease of refusal or inability to pny, to be committed to jail for not less than ten days. We do not know whore the bill originated. Last Sunday, two ire'utlemen leaving the Franklin House' for Mt. Holly, one of whom had his arm broken some time previous, stepped into the sleb-b. am) the horse starting pflf* rather unexpected, pulled the sleigh over a snow-bank, up setting the sU-Igh.and tangellng the in mate in the reins. The horse by this time was running at a fearful rate of speed, dragging the man through the street, until lie reached the reaidenceof Senator Weakley, where he was stopped by a gentleman coming up the street. By this time a crowd had gathered to see if the man was injured. No damage done, except a few scratches visible on the man's face. « -Dr. Waltz, confined in the York County Jail, attempted to make his es cape on Monday, the 17th ult., by muk- ‘ ing an excavation in the wall leading from his cell. He .was* detected iu his “little game,” just In time to prevent him from malting good his escape, und was immediately removed to another cell and kept under close surveillance. The prisoner was in jail awaiting hi? trial for horse stealing and larceny. The latter charge was for stealing articles of value from Captaiu Frank Guise. Since the prisoner made an attempt to break jail, Sheriff Wiley appeared before Squire Metzel, charging Waltz also with this additional offence, making three distinct crimes for which he will be tried and sentenced, if found guilty. Nineteen Years Aap.—Tn the feiut 1854, the citizens of Pennsylvania voted upon the question whether a pronlbltnry liquor law enacted by the Legislature should go Into effect. It will be remem bered that the prohibitionists were de feated in the State by 51G8. As a matter of history and of present interest, in view of. the coming vote on Local Option, we re publish below the vote of Cumberland county, in townships, then polled. Our readers might clip out this ariicle anJ compare the results of the two election!. A number ot , new districts have been formed since 1854. and tnese will be misled from the annexed: DISTKIUTS. Upper Allen, Lower Allen, . Cardsle District, . . Dickinson, Bsst Pen nshoro’, . Hopewell, Hsmpden, • Leesburg, Meebaniesbnrg, . Monroe, . New Cumberland, Newville District, Silver Spring,' Slilppensburg District, Total, Maj. against prohibition, Winter.— Winter still lingers in the lap of spring. Although we have hail a few days frequently that remind us of spring, the grim monster seems loth to give p,ace to its balmy breezes, and has succeeded in making the present season historical for its severity.- Croakers who have been in the Imb'toj complaining that we hate not imd “good, old-fashioned winters” of hue years, a r e satisfied, and would mod gladly welcome beautiful spring. The continuous run .of sleighing since the holidays, is something out of the usim weather phenomena in this section o country. We have been particular} favored in this respect, this winter, mid it has afforded our farmers an M cellent opportunity to accomp u> much work that conld not so welluu expeditiously ,bo done with (lie wagon. Besides, what a mint of enjoymen young and o'd has it vouchsafed 1,1 ' way of pleasant sleighing parties, snow, which is s i much admired or beauty, and which is associated \v> many pleasant remembrances, 3 great blessing in protecting the cro from harm during the cold of ' vin , ’ It is sometimes calls the '• poor m manure," us its effect upon the 80 most beneficial tothecrops. ino *' 11( j a strength and moisture to the Bf° which is of. permanent value, am omnea alone from tills source. * 3 ter we are Indeed blessed in llilw re. I 'j and the great value of this bless, mt tlie moro fully appreoiuiid bscu “ •go-nter portion of last year’s w car . suffered serious loss i n account 11 cily Of snow. At least the .par '« * ure was gen-rally altilbuto Ito ■ . There will not be innmi damages ed Irani tbe same euuse tills season. ‘I? Is very curious,’ said « * tch t'eman to his friend, .’that' heo it should he kept perfectly dV has a running spring inside Why is the earth like a Colt’s P l3to Because it la a revolver HUOWN write* to | l, '.“ f n ‘ mflV' iip” 11 man Ims tiny legal rlK l * 110 nutc. uoxt and 3 > A « 2320 3.T0 23-5
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