rbe &Amelia gpg. J. W. YOCUM _ J. W. YOCUM, • Publishers and J. A. WOLFEILSJ3 - BROM,' Proprietors. Colurcibia, Pa. Saturday, AMY 16. 1870. Couatemcmnoss,letters, contributions ' generally of merit and interest to the reader, will be acceptabl from friends from all Quarters. (Special dispatch to tbe Srr.) DECLARATION OF WAR. W.ASIIINGTON, July 15111,187 D. France has declared War against Prus- President Grant has issued a Proclama tion re-assembling Congress. IF manufacturing is so profitable, why do not the free traders undertake it ? REAR A.MIRAL DAIILDREEN died in Washington on Tuesday morning. He was a Philadelphian, and one of the most distinguished naval officers in the service. Gziczna.r. reciprocal free trade would, be a grand thing, but it not yet being either general or reciprocal, is the 'United States to be ruined and other nations en riched for the sake of an idea' Tn action of the county committee in attempting to fetter our representatives by all kinds of resolusions, compelling them to attend caucuses, and to abide by the decision of such caucuses, whether right or wrong, is a step towards party despotism. It can be justified only upon the theory of papal or regal infallibility, and in the belief, that the caucus like the king " can do no wrong." Tnr. position which the Republican county committee has taken on the tariff question, in declaring That the doctrine of Free Trade is hostile to American enterprise and Amer ican labor, at war with the growth, pros perity and development of our country, meets with . the most cordial and hearty approval of ninety-nine-hundredths of the Republicans of Lancaster county. People are evidently waking up to the necessity of giving unqualified and unequivocal ex pression of their sentiments on this all important question. La a private letter to us dated at Johns town, July 12,1870, Cyrus Elder Esq., Secretary of the Industrial League of Pa. says : Absence at Court prevented an earlier acknowledgement of your paper of the 2nd inst. The Industrial Bulletin was so far made up as to prevent an extensive notice of your meeting. It is cheering to find the people aroused on the tariff ques tion for up to this time our league has had reason to complain of the indifference of those most directly interested in the success of the cause. - It is surprising to find that so much ig norance, and in some cases so much apa thy, exists with a large portion of our oeople on the subject of the tariff. They forget that it, next to the great rebellion, is the most important question that ever claimed the attention of the American mind. We invite a careful perusal of the extracts from Sir Edward Sullivan's remarks upon this very subject, which will be found in another column. The Anthority of a Canons. In our local report of the proceedings of the County Conimittee, we give a resolu tion, requiring " all candidates for the Legislature to attend-all caucusseS for the nomination of State Treasurer,- and other offices, ;and that they teat abide by the' decision of such cavetts.' , In case of their refusal to sign such pledge their naives -. shall not be printed on the tick ets furnished by the Committee. It is, apparent to every intelligent citi zen'that this is wrong, radically - wrong. There may.he a semblance of right in re quiring members to stand by the decision of suchpaucuses as they may attend,but to compel a member to attend a caucus is sim ply despotic. •I se I . s-thi_s, all freedom, in dependence, and sense'of justice and - fight' are destroyed: No matter how eorrupt,or how mercenary a small minority 'of the caucus may be;, the large majority will have no redress,' - will have no opportunity even to rebuke arrogance and party cor ruption: If this is the way we are to fet ter the freedom and manhood of our Legis lators, - we might as. well dispense with representation ,altogether. We, question the right of the County Committee to im pose such mean conditions upon our mem bers, and we hope that the Committee will undo their work of Monday as soon as possible. TEE New York Tribwneof the 9th . says Whatever -be the issue of Napoleon's threatening demonstration, there can be no question that Bismarck has the Em peror morally at a disadvantage: To the . rather peremptory demand that Prussia shall forbid Prince Leopold to accept the Spanish - crown, the answer is dignified and just. - `Pruseia has taken no part in the nomination;' the Prince is not a mem ber of the -royal -Thirdly; by ties of blood he is much- more closely connected with France than with Prussia ; and if the Spaniards want him for their ldng, Prus sia sees no reason to interfere. Thus France is placed in an awkward situation. If she declares ' war, the patriotism of Germany' will be roused to intensity at this assault upon the national indepen dence, and the people will strengthen the hands of their King by every means in their power." We know by experience the value of popular- enthusiasm in- sup porting a great War. With France the case will be Very' different. Apart from the Frenchman's natural lOve of martial glory, Napoleon, can count ' upon no sen timent to inspire the heart of his people. The tenor Of yesterday's dispatches in dicates—or would indicate if the news could all b a trusted—that Napoleon is trying to keep open a retreat from his . dangerous position. - Most of our tele grams 'give only the rumors of Paris, and Paris is the place-of all the world where startling reports are -most readily made out of nothing. What messages have passed between Tuileries and Berlin we cannot yet know but it is always safe to assume thatthe war rumors of the French journals are much exaggerated. It is ra ther significant, however, -that the latest intelligence speaks almost entirely of the Emperor's efforts to induce Spain, instead of Prussia, to' reject - the Hohenzollern' candidate.; Spain is reminded of the ser vices France . has rendered ,her in estab lishing the Provincial _Government and arresting Carlish invasions.- She is en ti eated not to insist upon' the only can didatewho is really distasteful to France. She is 'threatened in case she persists. If she listens to.these representations the danger disappears and France retires from the field, not only without discredit but with increase of , consequence. - That she will abandon the candidacy of Prince Leo-. pold seems more--probable to-day' than ever. If France and Prussia do battle fer hercrown she is certain to be the vic tim, whoever in the victor. While the war lasts she must be carried - with inva sion : when it is over, her -King will be puppet of the conqueror. - This is a heavy' price to pay for a sovereign who has no - special - personal * recommendations; and is not acceptable to all parties, perhaps' not even to a majority, in Spain itself. New Comers and Old Residents. One of our western exchanges observes that there is in some communities a very mean prejudice against new residents—in many cases business and professional men are proscribed by an "old fogy," bigoted element, because they are new corners. In certain localities it is considered a great presumption for these " interlopers " to solicit business, or to even run for an of fice against men who have lived in the lo cality a• few years longer, or, in other cases, who may have been born in the neighborhood—this latter fact is consider ed as a sort of pre-emption. For our selves, we can't see it in just that light. The doctrine seems to us no better than one of the knownothing dodges, which re quired that a naturalized person should be in this country twenty-one years before he was allowed to vote. The people that we refer to would require a residence of about twenty-one years in the county be fore a man shonld presume to let his name be used for any public position! These would-be-monopolists, on accounts of birth-right or long residence, had better hold a public meeting and adopt rules and regulations, providing just what length of time will be required of residents, be fore they shall be allowed to take any part in country affairs, or presume to solicit any office. Let us have a regular gradu ated scale (gotten up by those who were accidently born in this country or came first from the "east") showing just what probation will be required of those who have come here of their own free will and choice, before they shall dare to take in interest in public affairs. Something of this 'kind might save trouble in the future, for a good many of new citizens are com ing into our county, and they might, un less advised by the "proper persons," as sumed to exercise privileges which are not vouchsafed to them by the rules and regulations! We are a fanny people. and about the funniest proceeding sought to be adopted is that of tabooing and ostracis ing certain individuals because they haven't lived under the shadows of our colleges and churches for the last decade or two.—York True Dolocred. Editor The Latest from Chicago. Sir Edward Sullivan, a titled English man, a consumer and not a producer, thus speaks of the Free Trade policy of the West: The most intelligent, upright, -well meaning and common sense communities will sometimes take the bit between the teeth and make a smash up of their best interests. The people of Chicago, for in stance, are in such a "free-trade" rage at present, that it tasks their habitual polite ness to avoid showing their contempt and dislike of Pennsylvanians on all occa sions. They call Philadelphia a one-horse city, and its inhabitants penny-wise, pound-foolish old fogies; they say the State is a disgrace to the age, and other equally delightful things to listen to, sim ply and solely because we Pennsylvanians profess our convictions that it is good for a father to sustain his boys—for a govern ment to foster its own manufacturing classes. Why do the people of Chicago, Boston and New York so cordially detest Protec tion and Protectionists? Because, like London and Hamburg, they have nothing to protect; they are full of consumers in stead of producers; they are " free ports; they are mere warehouses stocked with foreign manufactures; and their public sentiment is manufactured by the class of cool heads—importing agents and im porters, and foreign exchange brokers. These sustain the Free Trade news-pa pers, and pay the Free Trade pamphleet ers, and fee the Free Trade lobby at Washington. THE Red Man, as a beggar, has proved a 'great success. Spotted Tail and Red Cloud, with their wives and long retinue of braves, told pitiful tales of their pov erty, coupled with instances of their friend ship for the white man, which so pleased their Great Father in Washington that he sent them home with gladdened hearts and plenty of amunition and scalping knives, with which to cultivate more in timate relations with the settlers on the borders._ Another delegation of redskins sTeiteiday poured into the ear of Commis sioner Parker the story of their wrongs, and wrung from him a promise of wagons, horses and everything else necessary for an Indian paradise. Of course these no ble sons of the forest were all peacable and quiet mortals,- and scalping settlers was not at all in their line; but in reply to the question whether their people, who are now upon their summer hunt, had gone out solely for that purpose, one of the chiefs naively said they did not go out for war; he supposed, however, that while out they would indulge in that harmless recreation to a limited extent. New York Herald. Threatened War in Europe There are signs of approaching war in Europe. Poor, distracted Spain wants a king, and has offered the unenviable dis tinction to Prince Leopold of Hohenzol lern, who, after some hesitation, it is understood, has accepted it. This at tempt to place a Prussian prince on the throne which Napoleon designs for one of his own imperial household, has led to much blustering diplomacy and a great display of warlike preparation in France. Prussia denies any complicity With the intrigue between Prim and Leopold tend ding to make a king of one of her subjects, and quietly—provokingly so—looks on, while her imperial adversary beyond the Rhine fumes.ftud swells and threatens an nihilation to King William if he does not at once interpose his royal mandate to prevent the consummation.of a plot in the concocting of which he was not permitted to have a hand. What it will all end in can not yet be divined, but it is to be hoped that an alliance will be formed among the European powers that will teach this French Alexander that there are other worlds to conquer before her do minion will be universal. Paying Interest in Gold All the principal corporations of Phila delphia, including the Pennsylvania, Reading, and North Pennsylvania rail roads, paid their July interest coupons in gold or its equivalent. This is in con formity with the decision of the Supreme Court of the United. States, declaring the principal and interest of all debts con tracted before the passage of the legal tender act to be payable in gold. It is probable that no attempt will be made to obtain a reversal of that decision. As gold is now worth a premium of about 12 per cent., the practical result is an in crease of about one-eighth in the amount paid out as interest by the various corpor ations. Toe New York Sun says thht Greeley is honest, 'which makes us begin to sus pect that he isn't. Why should the Sun praise him, if he hasn't done something dirty?. Try bill granting pension to Mrs. Lin coln has not yet been disposed of. The Senate, on Saturday , last refused to reduce tbe amount proposed, and refuSed to table it. An Englislunwl'a Views. New York hates a tariff as it would the Apostle Paul if he appeared to preach in its streets; Philadelphia not only repre" seats the tariff principle, but furnishes the power that effectuates it at Washing ton and. in New York. Philadelphia is therefore the antichrist of politics in the eyes of New Yorkers, Bostonians and the importers of Chicago. • But wait a bit. Importers never change their principles; for they have only one set, marked A No 1. Mankina changes its principles; for history shows a steady advance from barbarism to civility; and in this century a rapid advance from general ignorance to general information. The steam engine is changing the whole face of society, as it is changing the very face of the earth. Importers are no longer the sole politi cal economists; mechanics and manufac turers have instructed themselves to at least a level with them; we think, to an elevation of view far superior to that which an importer is bound by his narrow situation to take. Consequently, right and sound and wholesome ideas are spreading sure and fast throughout the American. popula tions. They are discussed in bar-rooms and firesides, in the remotest corners of the land, with a combination of good tem per and good sense, unknown. to the citi zens of a free port. The West has hither to been for Free Trade, because settled largely from New England and New York, by ware-consuming and non-pro ducing immigrants. Recently—that is, since the defeat of New York politics at Gettysburg and Richmond—the coal and iron of the West have come into demand, and mills and factories of all sorts have gone into operation, grinding out, among other things, lots of "protectionist" ideas, which distribute themselves farand wide throughout the country; so that Pennsylvania can no longer claim to be the only tariff State, nor Philadelphia the only antichrist for the Free Traders' church.—Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart. Dr Paul Shoemse's Case To obtain a new trial of the case of Dr. Paul Shoeppe, the Legislature of Pennsyl vania, at the last session, passed an Act giving to the Supreme Conrt a right to examine both the law and the evidence in any case " now pending" before that trib unal. It was supposed that this would reach Dr. Shoeppe's case, which was " pending" when the bill was introduced into the Legislature. But before it was finally passed, the case had been decided. The Supreme Court now holds that the Act was inoperative as far as the case of the Commonwealth vs. Shoeppe was con cerned. The proceedings have therefore been dismissed, and there seeins to be no hope for this unfortunate man except in the clemency of the Governor, and, judg ing from the former conduct of the Exec utive, it is hardly probable that he will grant a pardon. Shoeppe has been the victim of mismanagement throughout. If, instead of placing in the law the words "cases now pending," it had been declar ed plainly that the Supreme Court was authorized to take the case of Dr. Paul Shoeppe into consideration upon the law and testimony, with authority to order a new trial, the result might have been far different. The circumstances show that it is always better to go plainly and hon estly to work, than to use a vague phrase ology which it is hoped will indirectly ef fect a certain purpose. Tri..r..nE is a class of unmitigated and hopeless blockheads in Congress and out of it, who think it.would be an immense ; bonds to stick a tax upon all =new ;bon& to be issued by the government. They apparently suppose that the tax can be put on and nobody discover the fact until after the bonds have been sold. It would appear sufficiently obvious that if the government announces its intention of taxing its own promissory notes, itwill have to stand a corresponding shave on them when it offers them in the market, and in the end will lose rather than gain by the operation. Taxing the bonds al ready issued and sold under an express stipulation that they should not be taxed, is a different matter, inasmuch as it in volves not only stupidity but rascality as well. LET us protect our mechanics at home against ruinous competition from abroad, and at the same time open our national gates wide for all abroad who choose to come and share in the legislation which affords protection. France, Belgium, Prussia and Austria are doing this and are thriving. England has made herself a free port and is ruined. England, once the proud and wealthy mistress of the seas, and dictator of nations, is now little bet ter than a Mrs. Bumble, beating the par ish old woman's heads with a Wooden spoon and whining at those wicked Fe nians.—Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart. $2OO A IdaNIITE Keep it before thepeople—that Andrew Johnson, during the last year of his ad ministration, collected $308,000,000 of re venue, and not only spent every penny of it but had to borrow $ 60,000,000 to make ends meet; that Ulysses S. Grant, during the first year of ins administration, col lected $394,000,000 of revenue in spite of a material reduction of taxation, and ran the government for $394,000,000. During the fifteen months since his inauguration he has paid off $117,000,000 of the public indebtedness, and. has a goodly surplus in the Treasury. Do they want any better showing than that? The result of Johnson's administration was onlyaf ore taste of what would be reali zed under a Democratic administration, in which the democracy have control' of both branches of the government. The democracy it is true, had possession of Johnson, but 'as the Republicans had a two-thirds majority in both branches of Congress, even the democracy could carry him only the length of his chain, We defy any person who reasons, to call in question the fact, that Johnson and his associates—those who acted and advised with him, would have repudiated the public debt, and at the same time tar nished the honor of country and rendered the nation bankrupt, if they could have had their own way. Tim last great engineering proposition is that of Mr. Thomas Page, an enthusi astic Englishman, who gravely proposes a sub-marine tunnel across the British channel, a distance of seventeen and three-quarter nautical miles. The esti mated cost of the undertaking is the round sum of eight million pounds ster ling, or about fifty millions of dollars. All that is now wanted is some party or parties to become responsible for the stamps, when Mr. Page will forthwith commence operations. Those who desire to take stock should apply early. What a pity it is that the British channel was not a, little nearer the American continent. If it - were within reach the present Con gress would grant Mr. Page a subsidy of forty, millions of acres of land, or, per haps, a couple of thousands of miles of sea coast. News Items. careful Pennsylvanian waited till his wife went to the barn for hens's eggs and then tried his new gun with a load of buckshot at the side of the barn as a tar get. The doctor picked the shot out of her, and the husband will have to wait the slow process of divorce before he can marry the woman of his choice. The Philadelphia Ledger, of the 2d inst. says: We take great pleasure in announc ng the fact that the opposition to the legal tender decision of the Supreme Court is at an end. All the railroad companies whose offices are in this city, yesterday paid the half year's interest, then matur ing on all of their debts created before the the passage of the legal tender act, in 1862 in coin or its equivalent. The Pennsyl vania railroad company led off courage ously, displaying the coin, we are inform ed, in large abundance. Down in Florida a family of twenty-two children live with the old man, and they never saw a knife, fork, spoon, plate, or any household utensils. On Saturday, the President sent to the Senate a large number of documents rela tive to seizures of American vessels and imprisonment and execution of American citizens in Cuba. The names are given of nine persons, said to be citizens of the United. Stales, who were executed with out proper trial, and of a number of others, also citizens of the United States whose properties were confiscated or em bargoed, or who were unlawfully impris oned. A list of decrees of the Spanish authorities was also transmitted under which the executions, imprisonment, etc., were made. Correspondence between Secretary Fish and Senor "Iloberts, the Spanish Minister, relative to these mat ters is also given, in which the Secretary called the attention of the Spanish author ities to the matter, and expressed the hope that the Spanish Government would make reparation. So far as those executed are concerned, their execution has left a claim against Spain for the amount of injury done. It is also hoped that the property taken from citizens of the United States will be restored, and those who have been imprisoned will be released and granted an immediate trial. It is hoped also that future violations of the treaty of 1795 will be avoided. On June 24th, Secretary Fish enclosed this note to - Gen. Sickles, in structing him to bring the subject to the notice of the Spanish Government. A Cheyenne despatch gives a report that the Big Horn party who left Camp Brown, recently, are not likely to return alive. They are beyond the reach of friends and in a country full of hostile Indians. At Reading, on Saturday . niglit;Mrilt Miller, aged 16, was fatally burned - while trying to kindle a fire with coal oil. Blew, who killed a boy and attempted an aggravated assault upon his mother, on the Kentucky border, near Lawrence burg, Ind., had been arrested and lodged in jail. In North Carolina, Governor Holden has issued a proclamation declaring Cas well county in a state of insurrection. Among the Senate confirmations on Tuesday, were Charles T. Gorham, fo Michigan, as Minister to Holland, and Peter C. Bliss as Secretary of Legation at Mexico. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren died on Tuesday in Washington, aged GO years. A meeting of prominent Germans was held in St. Louis, on Monday= night, at which it was resolved, should war be de clared between Prance and Prussia, to send an address to the people of Germany urging them to unite against the power of France. The fifth national annual Camp meel;;En,g . •bf the Methodist Episcopal Church began at Oakington near Havre de Grace Mary land on Tuesday. The attendance is es timated at from eighteen to twenty thou sand. Three Imndred brigands are soon to be tried in Hungary, two hundred of whom it is expected will be condemned to death. This will probably be the greatest number of criminals ever tried at once. The Senate yesterday confirmed Hugh L. Bond, of Maryland, to be Judge of the Fourth .Judicial Circuit; Benjamin Potts, to be Governor of Montana, vice Ashley, removed, Commodore William Reynolds, to be Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, and Lorenzo M. Johnson, of Texas, to be Council Gen ' eral at Beirut. Also, Commodore Henry Walker to be Rear Admiral, to succeed Dalgren, deceased. In the Georgia Senate, yesterday, bills were introduced to authorize the arming of a volunteer militia,and to abolish crim inal Courts, Notaries Public, ,and the ju risdiction of Justices of the Peace.. Iles- olutions for the removal of the Capital to Milledgeville, and for a committee to con fer with Governor Bullock and General Terry on the situation of affairs were tabled. The Republican State Committee of California have adopted a resolution de claring that Representative Cake's bill against the importation of Chinese em bodies the sentiments of the Republican party of that State, and. also requesting the California Congressional delegation to try to secure the repeal of the income tax. M. Prevost Paradol, the new French Minister, arrived at New York yesterday, on the steamer Lafayette. The trials of the Fenians, General Starr and Colonel Thompson, for violation of the neutrality laws, at Canandaigua, wry' eluded yesterday, with a verdict of guilty in both cases, with a recommendation to mercy. In San Francisco, two Chinamen have been arrested for counterfeiting notes of the Chartered Bank of India,_Australia,-. and China. $37,000 in bills, almost a fac simile of the genuine, were seized. The bark Garibaldi, with 275 Chinese, has arrived at Portland, Oregon. The vessel passed a submarine volcano off the Japanese coast. Nearly five hundred Chinese laborers passed through St. Louis yesterday, on .the way to Tennessee.' In the House, a resolution was • adopted directing the West Point Visitors to in vestigate complaints of ill treatment of the colored cadet. Conference reports on the Tax-Tariff and Funding bills were agreed to, and go 'to the President. A joint resolution was passed suspending the use of whiskey meters at distilleries untill further action by Congress. In the U. S. Senate, yesterday, Cenfer ence reports on the Tax-Tariff and Fund ing bills were adopted. Mr. Wilson intro duced a bill giving bounty to honorably discharged soldiers who entered •service between May. 4 and July 22, 1861, and ,to widows, parents and orphans of soldiers; frilled or died in service, who enlisted less •than one year. The credentials of. Morgan C. Hamilton, Senator-elect from Texas, were presented. The Deficiency bill passed; also a bill exempting from manufacturers' tax pork .packers, ham curers and lard renderers. Adjourned. A Toronto despatch reports that one of the contractors of the Toronto and Ni yissing Railwayhas gornito San Francisco for Coolie laborers. Six vessels, with yellow fever on board, are now quarantined in New York Har bor, An Associated Press despatch from New York gives a report that the pub lishers of the Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide have concluded a contract for printing to be done by Chinese, under direction of a printing firm in that city. Peru and Bolivia have settled their disputes, and the securities of those coun tries are advancing. Ex-President Jiminez has escaped. from Costa Rica and arrived at Panama. To any one who can 'say " Shoes and Socks Shocks Susan," with rapidity and faultless pronunciation, four times run ning, a large reward will be paid. A physician in London has invented au electrical machine with which lie can make the human body entirely transpa rent. He puts you between him and the light, and then he can examine your inte rior as plainly as if you were made of A man in Hudson, Mich., took shelter under a tree in a recent thunder storm. The tree was struck by the lightning, and the heat melted the buttons on the man's clothes as well as his watch, but he recov ered with the loss of most of his hair and beard. On the Illinois railroads there is a wo man who makes her living by getting sick on the ears, and stopping over at various points, and enlisting the sympathies of the residents. She tells a very pitiful story, saying that her home is in some other town, and that she was on her way home from visiting a sister; that she was taken suddenly ill and was short of funds. She usually succeeds in raising a few dol lars in this way at each station. The steamer Ecuador was sunk by the explosion of her boiler near Lupe on June 14. Of twenty-six persons on board seven were lost. Several - were injured by the explosion TUE Cuban people are watching the European complication with intense in terest, seeming to realize that their fate may be decided beyond the Atlantic in a manner they have not looked for. PIIIESIDENT GRANT and his family will arrive at Long Branch on Monday. They will remain at the Metropolitan Hotel until their cottage is in readiness to re ceive them. JEFFEBSON DAvxs, accompanied by J. C. Calhoun, deceudant of the great states man, have arrived in New York and are stopping at the Stevens House. Minority Representation. The Chicago Post is strongly advocating minority representation as embodied in the new. Constitution .which Illinois has adopted. It says: The journals of all parts of the United States and even those of England, France and Germany, are dis cussing the proposition in the form pre sented, and weighing the chances of our citizens being intelligent enough to com prehend and adopt it. Our republican form of government will be partially a mockery until we see the necessity of every man being represented. To say that 100,- 000 men may vote but shall never elect the man they vote for is a practical sar casm, while their complete disfranchise ment, merely because they happen to be in the miniority, is an alienation of their rights and a robbery only consistent with depotism. Is it fair or just that 50,000 Republicans shall be utterly disfranchised in New York city, and 50,000 Democrats in Massachusetts. WE. learn that some persons, in different parts of the country, have already com menced the shooting of gray and red squir rels. This is against the law, and the pen alty is five - dollars line, and imprisonment in case the fine is not paid. pquirrol shoot ing• nu ollpr the game law of April 21, 1869, is only lawful from the let of August to the Ist of January. DON,T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE, but call at No. 249 Locust street where can be seen dai ly, and until further orders, the cheapest groceries. sugar, coffee, tea, molasses, ham, butter and eggs, cheese, and in short everything good. Max Bucher has been to Philada. recently and has bought goods at fabulously low rates. A call there will sat isfy you. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN BALTIUOTIE.—A horrible tragedy occurred in Baltimore last Thursday afternoon about four o'clock. Mrs. Catharine Marsh, residing with her mother, father and four children, at No. 99 Central avenue, proceeded to school No. 13, where her son James eight years of age, was a pupil. She called him into the yard, enticed him to come behind a shed, and then cut his bead almost off of his body with a butcher's knife which she borrowed a few minutes before from a neighboring shop. She then went home hurriedly, and then cut the throats of her three remaining child ren ; aged six years ; Mary Jane, aged five years; George aged four. All three of them appear to have expired al most instantly. There heads were nearly severed from their bodies. The child mur deress next cut the throat of her aged • mother, who is fatally injured and cannot survive. At the coroner's inquest this eve ning the testimony went to show that Mrs. Marsh is hopelessly insane, in fact to-night is said to be a raving maniac. The Great Fire at Pittsburg. The mails bring the particulars of the disastrous oil conflagration which occurred on the afternoon of June 2Stb, jn the Eigh teenth Ward of the oily of Pittsburg, oppo site the borough of Sharpsburg on the Alle gheny river, about five miles above its mouth. The oil refineries were situated on the Pittsburg bank of the Allegheny river, and extended from a short distance above the Sharpsburg bridge, about half a mile down the river. The road running to the Sharpsbnrg bridge and the track of the Al legheny Valley Railroad formed hollows in which were situated the refineries, the handsome residence and grounds of Dr. Tweddle, the owner of the Eclipse oil works, and other buildings and offices. About 2 o'clock a tremendous thunder storm arose, and about half-past 2, the lightning struck at the same time two 20,000 barrel tanks situated on the opposite sides of the road leading to the Sharpsburg bridge. The burning oil flowed' in all di rections, both down the Sharpsburg road to the bridge and down the banks of the Alle gbauy river. The book-keeper, Mr. 11. B. Foster, is supposed to have been struck senseless by the lightning, and thus render ed incapable of escaping. His remains were found in the ruins. The burning flood of oil rushed down to the Sharpsburg, bridge, which was set on fire and destroyed in eight minutes. Many of the workmen managed to escape across this bridge with the burning oil pursuing them, and the in habitants of Sharpsburg who were coming across to lend assistance were driven back by the heavy smoke and hot flames. A street railroad car laden with passengers was also just coming down a heavy grade when the lightning struck the tank, and the driver bad great difficulty in preventing the car from running down the road and between the two burning warehouses. The Tweddle mansion, in the centre of the lot, was separated from the tanks and stills by a trench, and it and the surrounding ground had been paved to protect the dwell ing, but to no avail. The family, with a small party of children, were sitting in the house I.IIICODSCIOUS of any danger until the cellars were filled with burning oil and the flames were shooting over the roof. The ladies rushed for the track of the Allegheny Valley Railroad, where the coopers and workmen of the Eclipse Refinery bad also managed to take refuge. The children made their way down to the river and es caped in an old flatboat. Severe injuries wero also received by persons who jumped out of the second story of the warehouses. A curious discussion, it is said, may arise out of this terrible fire. About five months ago a bill in equity was filled in the District Court of Allegheny to restrain the oil refin eries from building their tanks in such close proximity to the Sharpsburg bridge, and though a preliminary injunction was granted, the ease is still pending in the Su preme Court. In the ae:ton for damages, hereafter to be brought against the refine ries for the value of the bridge, the question may arise whether the bridge was struck by lightning, and set on fire simultaneously with the tanks, or whether the burning coal oil consumed the structure. POLITICAL. We are authorized to announce Captain SA/111. D. DULLER, the old soldier, of Marietta, as a candidate for the Legislature, subject to the decision of the Republican voters at the ensuing primary election. We are authorized to announce GEORGE WHITSON, of Bart township, as a candidate for the Legislature, subject to the decision of the Union Republican party at the primary elec tion, We aro authorized to announce DAVID SHULTZ, Sic., (hatter) as a candidate for the Legislature, subject to the decision of the Union Republican party at the primary election, We are authorized to announce A. S. -KAUFF MAN, of Columbia as candidate for Assembly, subject to the decision of the Republican voters at the ensuing election. We are authorized to announce Dr. P. S. Cr.rr:- GER, of Conestoga township, as It candidate for Assembly, subject to the decision of the Repub lican voters at the ensuing primary election. We are authorized to announce HENRY LANDIS, of Manhelm twp., as a candidate for Director of the Poor, subject to the decision of the Republican voters at the ensuing primary election. We are authorized to announce DANIEL DERR, (Pequa) of Strasburg twp.,as a candidate for the otlico of Director of the 1 subject to the decision of the Republican voters at the ensuing primary election. We are authorized to announce DANA GRA HAM, of the oth Ward, City, as a candidate for the office of Prison Inspector, subject to the decission ot the Republican voters at the ensu ing primary election. We are authorized to announce LEWIS SPRECHER, ad Ward Lancaster City, as a can didate for Prison Inspector, subject to the decision of the Union 'Republican party at ,the primary election. We are authorized to announce the following persons as candidates for the offices respectively named, subject to the decision of the Republi can voters at the ensuing primary election; I=9 D. K. BURKHOLDER, East rrempfield twp. am unalterably opposed to the passage of the Omnibus Railroad Bill or the Border Mad Rill; and further, lam opposed to railroad or any other corporation cont.ol ling the Legisla ture, D. K. BURKHOLDER. I=2 DANIEL BROWN, West Earl twp. PETER DIFFI?.NBACH, East Lampetcr twp. J. W. FRANTZ, East Larnpeter twp. GEORGE MGR, East Lampeler twp. LONGENECICER. Strasburg bor. ROIIERT K. MCCULLOUGH, Fu boa twp. lIARRISON ROSS, Salisbury tWp. Dr. C. J. SNAVELY, IVlanbelm. bor BENJ. URBAN, Conestoga twp. DANIEL WERNTZ, Strasburg bor. LEWIS S. lIARTMAN. of Lancaster City, late private Co. 11, Ist Regiment Penu'a Re serves, who carried the musket for three years, and was severely wounded on the lath of May, 1804, on the last day of his three-year term of service, at the battle of Bethsada Church, In Grant's campaign in front of Richmond. MARTIN D. HESS, of Paradise tali., who at the death of Isaac Hollinger, late Recorder, assumed the responsible position of Recorder for the unexpired ten months, and paid to the deceased's faintly $1,718:77 out of the proceeds of the office. PETERSBURG, April lith, 1870. I hereby certify that ..)Eartin D. Ness has made a full, final and satisfactory settlement with me for the the time he held the office of Recorder. For his dislaterested kindness in assuming a very responsible trust for the benefit of my self and fatherless children, he merits our kindest regards, and should receive the uncoi l-11011S support of my deceased husband's friends and the Republican party, for the office of Re corder of Deeds, Tor fvhielz he is a deserving and competent candidate. ELIZABETH BOLLINGER, Widow of Isaac Hollinger, deceased. COUNTY COM3USSIONER. PETER :101.1iiS, of East Lampeter twp :JOHN ES. REED. City. ISAAC L. ROYER, Eplirato twp. PRISON' INSPECTOR. EZRA REIST, Warwick township. SAMUEL CURTIS, (Miller), of East Lan - weer township. DIRECTOR OF TSIE POOR LEONARD PICKLE, Dart twp COUNTY SOLICITOR C. KREADY, Lancaster city. WILLIAM LEAMAN Lancaster cily. CAPT. D.P. ROSENMILLER, Sit., of Lancas ter City, late Act. Master U. S. Navy, and who served in the Mississippi River Gunboat Flo tilla during the Rebellion. NOXICE. The Living Machine. Injure the main spring of a watch and every portion of the works becomes dlsordereo, The human stomach is to the human system what that elastic piece of metal is to %chronometer. It influences the action of the other organs, and controls, to a certain extent, the whole living machine. The comparison may be carried fur ther: for as the weakness or other izn perfections of the main sin lag is indicated on the face of the time-piece, so also is the weakness or other dis orders of the stomach betrayed by tile face of tile invalid. The complexion is sallow or faded, the eyes are deficient in lustre and Intelligence, and there is e. worn, anxious expression in the whole countenance which tells as plainly as written words could, do that the great nourishing organ whoso °lnce it is to minister to the wants of the body, and to sustain and renew all its parts, is not preforming, its duty. It requires renovating. and regulating, and to accomplish this end., Ilostetter's Stomach Bitters 21311 y be truly said ho be the one thing needful. yThe broken math spring or a watch may be replaced by a new one, but the Stomach can only be repaired and strength ened, and this is one of the objects of the famous vegetable restorative which for eighteen years has been waging a successful contest with dys pepsia in all climates. As a specific for indiges tion it stands alone, when the resources of the pharmacopoeia have been exhausted, without, at best, doing more than mitigating the com plaint, a course of tills wholesome and pala table, yet powerful, stomachic effects a perfect and permanent cure, In all cases of dyspepsia the liver is more or less disordered, and upon this important gland, as well as upon the stom ach and bowels, the Bitters act singular dis tinctness, regulating and reinvigorating every secretive and assimilating °rash on which bodily and mental health depend. MISCIELLANEO US. A _ COUGH, COLD O.H. Sore Throat Roquires immediate attention, as ntglect often remits in ,ra. Memo: ble Lung lAsease. 4RON Gil !At . Brown's Bro hial Troches / moo , will 'most invariably give instant relief. FOR DRONCIIITIS, ASTIIMA,CATARIM, CONSIIMr- TIVE and TIDLOAT DISEASES, they have a sooth ingetiect. ING-EltS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS use them to clear and strengthen the voice. Owing to the good reputation and popularity of the Troches, many worthless and cheap umitalionz arc ojlered, which are good for nothow, Be sure to OB TAIN the true Brown's Bronchial Troches. SOLD EVERYWDERE COAL! COAL!! COAL!!! The undersigned Is now prepared to sell Coal of all sizes; received from the best mines In the State, and guaranteed to be of superior quality. It is from the Veins of the Celebrated BALTIMORE CO. 4: LEE MINES at Wilkes barre ; well prepared and free of slate and dirt. The price net, ton of 2000 lbs., on Wharf at Basin: For No. 3. or Grate, $5.00. " " 2or Egg, 5.25. " 3 or Stove, 5.25. " " 4or Small Stove, 5.25. " " 5 or Chestnut, 4.75. The above prices are for the Mouth of May. Terms Cash before delivery. The reputation of the above named Coals is a sufficient guarantee Of their quality ; and as I deal in no other, the public can rest assured they are as represented.. ADIOS S. GREEN, Agt., For Sciotvew ct , Co., Ifdiesbarre. B. FRANK SAYLOR & CO., HOTOGRAPHERS, No. 26 West King Street, LANCASTER, PENN'A. We aim to satisfy all our patrons, as well as give them work, which favorably compares with that done in the best galleries. COPYING PICTURES Into any size, of deceased or absent friends, Is made a specialty with us. FRAMES, ALBUMS, and all things In our line Myr:ll , s ma band. ..2*- 'Remember the Photographers, No. .O West King St., Lancaster B. Fiutyx SAYLOR. SAILF.S POTTS. IiTZVALLYC TA r. INTERESTS ON DEPOSITS The COLUMBIA. RATIONAL BANK will pay interest on Deposits as follows: For I 2 Months, 4 por cent. " 3, 4 cir, 5 4k " " 5,7, S, 9a. 10 " 5 " 11 12 ruarl9'7o-ly SAMUEL &DOM, Cashier. T'IRST NATIONAL BANK OF CO- Interest Paid on Special Deposits as follows: 4 per cent. for 30 or 60 days. 4 1-2 per cent. for 90 days and under 6 months. 5 per cent. Tor 6 month and under 11 tatonths. 51-2 per cent for-11 A: 12 months. S. S. DETWEILER, Casbicr WHY DON'T YOU TRY Well's Carbolic Tablets, They are a sure cure for SORE THROAT, COLD CROUP, DIPPELEKIA, CATARRH. or HOARSE NESS; Also, a successful remedy for Rldney Difficulties. Price 25 cents per llos. Sent by mail. on receipt of price, by J. Q. KELLOGG, &I Platt Si. New York, Sole Agent for New York. D Sold by Druggists. julyg-ler R. HAYE3' GPOOERY AND PROVISION STORE, Begs leave to inform his old friends and patrons that he has just received another large and splendid assortment of FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES The undersigned would call the attention of the public to his large and well-selected stock of FRESH GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS just received from the City, which ho will sell CHEAPER THAN EVER!—FOR CASH! His stock comprises SUGARS, SPICES, If ti It +I P CANNED FRUIT, Also, Brooms, Brushes, Buckets, Bed Cords, and every thing in the Grocery line. lie directs special attention to his new and superior stock of GLASS AND QUEENS WARE, Which he is selling at prices LOWER than over before offered in Columbia. Call and examine for yourselves. Also, on hand FLOUR AND FEED. ,AD- AGENT-FOE. The BEST Family Flour in the Market Every barrel Warranted. Sold Cheap for Cash. Having purchased my goods cheap for Cash, Tam prepared to offer them cheaper than any other dealers. Goods sold for CASH ONLY. HALDEMAN'S STORE ESTABLISHED 1815. OUR STOCK IS NOW FULL AND COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT L . , AND CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF Good Bargains! Which have Only to be Seen to be Appreciated. GEO. W. & B. F. HALDEMAN, 112 & 1 - 14`6 ocust Street. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. 0., 1870. n0v27.'69-8m WHITE GOODS, WHITE AND COLORED SWISSES, MARSEILLES AND PIQUES, GRENADINES, TRAVELING DRESS GOODS, All the New Styles of Shawls, Parasols. &e. CARPETS, MATTING, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES At Lower Prices than ever• offered before in Columbia WILLIAM G. PATTON'S SUMMER DRESS GOODS! Cloths, Cassim,eres and resting -83 Xt t ,, Clothing of all kinds made to order and varranted to -fit GROCERIES AND QUEENSWARE! SEWING- MACHINES- The BEST in the Market, and on EASY TERZLS. CHEAPER AND BETTER THAN EVER. JUST RECEIVED AT S. E. COR. 4TH & CHERRY STS., COLUMBIA, PA PINE Better and Cheaper• than can be bought elsezohere CO FEE ES, MACKEREL, lIAIIS, SHOULDERS, WM. GOOD'S EAGLE MILLS FLOUR, R. HAYES, South-east Corner Fourth & Cherry Sts., Columbia,. SUMMER! SPECIAL OPENING FOR THE SEASON AT FONDERSMITBPS. 127 & 129 Locust St., -Columbia, OF NOVELTIES IN PLAID AND STRIPED ORGANDIES, No. 160 Locust St., Columbia. SPECIAL BARGAINS JD 07MES'I`ICSI I= TEAS CHEESE, SOAP, OFFERS -I N SYRUPS, POTATOES, CANDLES 1870.
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