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POLITICAL.
We are authorized to announce the following
persons as enunciates for the offices respectively
named, subject to the decision of the Republi
can voters at the ensuing primary election
CONGRESS
TAMES P. WICKERSHAM, of Lancaster city.
Mr. Wickersham can be seen at. nOOlll No. 2,
Cooper's Betel, on Mondays and Saturdays.
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.7011:s7 E. WILEY, Couoy Township.
JULIUS L. SaI3MAIN.T, 'Washington Borough
THOMAS A. CLARK, Drumore Township.
Dn. J. q..GATCIIELL, Martic Township.
MAJ. A. C;REIN01111L, Malmam Township.
CArr. SA:II'L 1). MILLEII,, the old soldier,
Marietta.
GEORGE WHITSON, Bart Township,
DAVID SHULTZ, SR. (batter) City.
A. I. KAUFFM.AN, Esu., Columbia.
Da. P. S. CLINGER, Conestoga Township.
HENRY M. ENGLE, of East Donegal twp.
JOSEPH McCLURE, or Bart twp.
Capt. W. W. noricuss. of Lancaster city.
C. L. - HUNSECICER, of Manheim twp.
SOLOMON' DILLER, Earl Township,
D. I:. BURKHOLDER, East Ilemptleld twp.
I am unalterably opposed to the passage of
the Omnibus Railroad .Bill or the Border Raid
Bill; and further, I am opposed to railroad or
any other corporation controlling the Legisla
ture. D. R. BURKHOLDER.
FOR tymconnErt.
DANIEL BROWN, West Earl twp.
PETER DIF'FENBACII,E.astLampeter twp
J. W. FRANTZ, East Lampeter twp.
GEORGE J. llkill, East Lampeter twp.
BENJ. LONGENECKER, Strasburg bor.
ROBERT K. McCULLOUGH, Fulton twp.
HARRISON ROSS, Salisbury twp.
Dr. C. J. SNAVELY, 2.llanbelin bor.
BENJ. URBAN, Conestoga twp.
DANILIL W.ERNTZ, Strasburg bor.
LEms S. .u.A.RTNAN - , of Lancaster City,
late private Co. B, Ist Regiment Yenn'a Re
serves, who carried the musket for three years,
and was severely wounded on the 30th of May,
1801, on the last day of his three-year term of
service, at the battle of Betbsada Church, in
Grant's campaign in front of Richmond.
MARTEN D. BESS, of Paradise twp., who at
the death of Isaac Ifollinger, late Recorder,
assumed the responsible position of Recorder
for the unexpired ten mouths, and paid to the
deceased's family $1,718.77 out of the proceeds
of the canoe.
PETERSDUR G, April 25th, 1570.
I hereby certify that Martin D. Hess has made
It lull, final and satisfactory settlement with me
for the the time he held the otltce of Recorder.
For his disinterested 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 unani
mous support of my deceased husband's friends
and the Republican party, for the onice at Re
corder of Deeds, for which he is a deserving and
competent candidate.
ELIZA.DETH BOLLINGER,
Widow of Isaac Hollinger, deceased.
COUNTY COMMISSION CC.
5 . 1310/1 BRENEMAN,Eliza.berlitown.
PETER JOINS, of East Lampeter twp.
JOHN K. REED, City.
ISAAC L. ROyER, Ephrata twp.
rmisos EISPECTOR•
EZRA REIST, Warwick township.
s.-50.quEL CURTIS, (31111er), of East Lampeter
township.
CIIRISTIA.N It. LANDIS, Upper Leaeock twp
DIRFICTOIL OF TT.IE POOP.
DANA GRAHAM, 9th Ward, City.
LEWIS SPRECIIEP,, 2d Ward, City.
JOIIN J. FRY, of Rapti() twp.
DAVID LANDIS, (milLer,) of East Lau peter
township.
JACOB S. WITMER, of Manor imp,
LEONARD PICKLE. Bart twp.
HENRY LANDIS, Manheint Township.
DANIEL lIERR, (Pequea) Strasburg Twp.
COUXTY SOLICITOR.
IL C. XREADY, Lancaster City.
WILLIAM LE.-I.MAN, Lancaster city.
CAPT. D. P. ROSENMILLER. Tit., of Lancas
ter City, late Act. Master U. S. Navy, and who
served in the Mississippi River Gunboat Flo
tilla during the Rebellion.
balms of Conscience
Under this significantOacling, the Lan
caster Intelligencer, afterquoting ourarti
cle on the Irwin—Mackey fight now going
on among the legislative candidates,
"pitches into" us after this wise:
No one who reads the above paragraph
will need to be told that the editor of the
Spy is young in years and a novice in his
profession. If he were not he would have
learned by this time either to go in for
Mackey or Irwin,or to keep his mouth shut
up as tight as that of an oyster. Every
Republican editor in Pennsylvania knows
that his party is rotten to the core, and is
fully aware of the fact that it has long ago
ceased to care for principle, and is only
kept alive to enable a few certain number
of lucky fellows to grow fat on the spoils
of office. Webelieve the editor of the Spy
has had a crumb thrown to him in the
shape of an appointment to the position
of Notary. Public. It may be Governor
Geary has a candidate of his own for the
office of State Treasurer, and that our
youthful and. frien of the S
has been orderedverdant
to assa d il both Mackey py
and Irwin. All that he says is very true;
the only wonder is that he has dared to
say, anything. " _Keep quiet till the crib
is cracked, and then divide the spoils," is
the motto of burglars and the leaders of
the Republican party.
No one who reads the above extract can
fail to comprehend two things: that in
the opinion of the latenigencer it is a sign
of verdancy to be honest, and a reproach
to have been appointed Notary Public.
On the other hand, because a party is
"rotten to the core,' as the democratic
has long ago known to be, that therefore'
discretion requires abject silence on the
part of its members.
Democratic papers are so accustomed to
being manipulated by politicians, tied up
" hand and mouth," and gagged by the
party leaders, that they hardly know - what
freedom of the press means. So with Bro.
Smith of the Intelligencer. Ile can't see
how a radical editor can summon enough
courage to administer rebuke to his own
party, or expose its corruption. Ile has
always lived in such blissful ignorance of
the requirements of independent journal
ism, that the first intimation sets him
wild With delight, and he is suddenly pos
sessed by such a spirit of philanthropy to-
Wards us that lie gives the kindly advice
that we "keep our mouth shut up as tight
as that of an oyster." It has long been a
pet rule for democratic editors never to
tell tales out of school, and unless Bro.
Smith be loosed from these fetters we may
never expect a word of candor or truth
from his pen. Thelladical party can sur
vive a thorough expurgation, and then be
strong enough to withstand the attacks
• of our democratic foes. We do not know
whether Gov. Geary has a candidate of
'his own fortie office of Treasurer or not,
but what we do care about, and what we
desire very much to see accomplished is
thorough reform in the administration of
the State finances.
Ouit business men and merchants spend
hundreds of millions of dollars every year
for insurance against fire. And yet fire is
a small calamity compared with free
trade. The business man whose store, or
factory, or dwelling, burns down in pros
perous times has no difficulty in raising
the means to buy or build another. But
the business man whose investments are
ruined by free trade finds that all his
neighbors are cast down and prostrated by
the same general catastrophe.—Philada.
.Press.
BERR YON BISMARCK is married, and
has three children. His private life is of
the happiest, and his wife is, said to be a
most efficient ,help meet, and his very
best secretary and amanuensis. To his
sister he is most tenderly and devotedly at
tached, and their mutual affection is a
bright spot on the history of a great . life.
I . lc.some .quarters, wo believe, we have
been misunderstood in our remarks about
candidates belonging to the County Com
mittee. We do not say that any of the
gentlemen named would be dishonorable,
or dishonest enough to take advantages of
their official positions or use money, but
we klo believe that if they maintain their
present relations with the committee, that
they will be reproached with tuiplcusant,
and no doubt unjust, imputations. Then
again in the course of a hotly contested
election, contingencies might arise, in
which the committee, acting as the only
" organized representatives" of the party,
might be called upon to decide delicate
questions, affecting the interests of the
very candidates themselves. In such an
emergency, members might become the
arbiters of their own cases.
Mil
'r4., pis)
02,
Editor
11 - ox. 11. J. ILALnE)L representative
in Congress for this district is a candidate
for re-nomination. Mr. Ifaldeman is an
out and out free-trader and his re-nomi
nation is a committal of the democratic
party in the XYth district to the doctrine
of free trade.—As free trade has a tenden
cy to cheapen the price of labor, it will
then be demonstrated how much friend
ship the democracy have for the poor
man.—Free trade will close tin every
manufacturing establishment, " blow
out" every iron furnace, stop every rolling
mill, throw thousands of laboring men
out of employment, and cheapen all agri
cultural products so as to render farming
anything but a paying business. We
shall soon see where the democracy of the
XVth district stand, in the great question
of protection to American labor.—York
True Democrat.
To our cotemporary who, in his zeal for
reform, calls for an amendment to the
State Constitution by which United
States Senators shall bechosen by a direct
vote of the people,-we would suggest that
there is a slight obstacle to the project in
the following clause of the United States
Constitution:
" The Senate of the "United States shall
he composed of two senators from each
State; chosen by the Legislature thereof, for
six years."
As the editor of the paper referred to is
a member of the Lancaster county bar, it
is not to be presumed that he is ignorant
of the above provision, but the difficulty
is to learn the process by which a State
Constitutional Convention, or the people
of Pennsylvania, can evade it or set it
aside.—Lancaster Express.
The above paragraph refers to an article
in the SPY of the 30th ult.' The editor of
this paper, as well as the cotemporary to
whom he referred, very well knew of the
provision of the National Constitution re
cited by the Express. The existence of
such a provision however does not prevent
us from recording the suggestion of the
cotemporary, that election by the people,
of United States Senators should be
provided for. - .l\.Tor did our readers under
stand us to suggest that an amendment to
the State Constitution could effect such a
desired end. Neither do the people un
derstand the Express, in its advocacy of
free trade, to mean that its ruinous policy
will be adopted merely at the dictation of
that paper, or that our representatives in
the lower house, will amend the State
Constitution so as to abolish all Protec
tive duties.
CAN any one furnish a good reason why
the people of Pennsylvania should not in,
sist upon the election of a good, honest
man to the office of State Treasurer in
preference to either Mr. Mackey or Mr.
Irwin, who have published so much truth
about each other as to prove conclusively
that neither is worthy of that post of
honor and illegitimate profit? The refusal,
to bring out, another man shows plainly
that by a very " nice little game," it mat
ters not which of the two should be elect
ed, their friends, the managers, will be
handsomely rewarded for the " set up.'
Whether it he Irwin orMackey, or "Hay
foot or Strawfoot," it will be all the same
to those who control the votes of the Leg
islature, for they can divide the plunder
amicably and equally. As Irwin has been
Treasurer a second year, according to the
arrangement of last winter, he will have
to yield to Mackey this year, with the
understanding, of course, that Irwin
should have another turn next year and
Mackey again the year after, so that each
shall have the allotted term of three years,
provided there is money enough left in the
Treasury to make it desirable, and pay
those who rattle the dice box and throw
the leaded sixes.
It is time that a new man was brought
before the people for this important office,
one who is competent and worthy, to
whom the millions of our State funds may
be safely trusted, and who will spurn to
buy his election, to bribe a member or roll
the Treasury for the benefit of dishonest
•men whose trade is to buy and sell votes
and offices. We want a new man and a
good man. Who is he? Who will name
him? Let him stand forth and be will be
elected.
But is seems that our County Commit
tee claims a special interest in the election
of this officer, that is not to be ignored
without a hearing, and takes the initia
tive in a very new and strange order of
things that deserves a patent right. At
their last meeting they very adroitly pass
ed aresolution requiring all our Legislative
candidates to pledge themselves in writ
ing that if elected they will attend all the
Legislative caucusses and support all the
caucus nominations no matter how cor
rupt or unfairly, made, no matter how cor
rupt or dishonest the nominees may be;
and if any candidate shall fail to sign such
pledge, his name shall not be printed on
the tickets to be distributed among the
voters by the immaculate committee.
This, virtually is a modest turn of the
crank, to compel all hands to vote for
Mac:, ey or Irwin, and nobody else. We
hope no candidate will be base enough to
bind himself by such a degrading pledge,
and if this arrogant committee shall refuse
to put any candidate's name on the ticket,
or refuse to circulate tickets with his
name on as they circulate tickets of other
candidates, the people will attend to them
and in time see that those who sign the
pledge shall not be voted for, or if voted
for and even nominated, at the primary
election, shall be repudiated at the
October election and honest men will be
triumphantly elected in theirstead.
Who are the County Committee? What
important units constitute this great and
august body who dare to interfere be
tween the candidate and the voter, and
impudently say "unless you will vote for
our bought up candidates for Treasurer
you shall not be voted for at all, no tick
ets shall be circulated with your name,
and the people, the voters, the tax-payers,
shall not have the opportunity to vote for
you. "Oh ye God's upon what meat cloth
this our Caesar feed," and who are they
that beard the men that made them?
Perhaps it might be well to enquire
how many candidates for office belong
to this Grand Committee? Who of them
are candidates for Assembly? Who
of them would be glad to ostracise his
rival candidates, and prevent the peo
ple's voting for them? Verily, it seems
that we have hit upon strange times, when
candidates shall dictate to voters, and de
clare unless you vote for " me"—" great
me,"—you shall not vote at all.
" Premeitated Treachery." '
The Lancaster (Inquirer of Saturday lies
a long and laborious article under the
above caption, an article about as clear as
mud, and so ; pungent and chaste that a
premium alone could induce its perusal
by the general public. The editor of the
Inquirer intersperses his arguments with
that convincing maxim so oft misquoted
about the thief, feeling the halter draw,
&c., and then feels himself quite able and
ready to overwhelm his enemies right and
left. The whole gist of the article is a
quasi defense of the notorious caucus
resolution of the County Committee which
the editor of the Inquirer, while lie has
not the courage to condemn, dares not ap
prove.
The editor of the 'aquiver calls the
writer in the Srr a "demagogue." That
paper was never wider of the truth. We
are neither a demagogue, nor posessed of
the demagogue's design. But we claim to
speak the sentiments of honesty, when we
protest against the action of the County
Committee in this matter. We re-assert
our conviction that this measure of the
Committee was the creation of some de
signing politician (probably the editor of
the Inquirer himself, judging by his cau
cus record, for in this ho has been con
sistent) who is to receive for his services
a compensation in cash. If the leaders in
this movement succeeded in electing a set
of men bound by this pledge, the election
of the caucus candidate, whether nomi
nated by fraud or otherwise, will be se
cured in advance. It is a precious "set
up," we admit, and did we not know Bro.
Greist's life-long reputation for honesty
and fairness, we would at once pronounce
him guilty—the trick is so clever.
The plan is this: Elect representatives
pledged by this caucus rule. Next winter
the " roosters and pinchers " outside of
Lancaster county, who do not have the
fear of an indignant people and an out
spoken press in their eyes, will sell them
selves in sufficient numbers to secure the
caucus nomination of any man, however
dishonest be may be. The Lancaster del
egation, being bound by pledges in advance
must sustain the caucus, and the danger
of opposition is forever averted. The ed
itor of the _lnquirer may class such meas
ures among the "usages and discipline of
the party," but no true Republican will
so recognize them.
The first few sentences of the conclud
ing paragraph referred to in the Inquirer,
reveal foresight into the future, and a
sagacity never before equaled. It says:
We must say here that we do not ap
prove of that part of the resolution adopt.
ed by the committee which requires the
chairman to strike from the list of candi
dates all who refuse to pledge themselves
as required. Let their position be made
known to the people, and let them
decide the issue. If the Republican party
of Lancaster county want to decide that
party nominations are not binding—so let
it be.
The Inquirer is evidently preparing to
chronicle a defeat of his pet scheme,which
was to be effected so nicely by the caucus
programme. We feel confident that the
people will decide this issue, hut not in a
way most tasteful to our Lancaster cotem
porary. The county has been ruled by
demagogues too long. Now we see an op
portunity to free it, to a certain extent at
least. What we insist upon is thiit this
campaign be conducted and the nomina
tions he made without reference to-Irwin,
or Mackey, for disguise it as they may,
this is the real object of the treasury
combination outside of the county who
have dictated this caucus movement, and
the demagogues in the county, who have
so faithfully obeyed their biddings; and
while the Inquirer has not the courage to
oppOse the resolution referred to, it dare
,-not absolutely sustain it.
In looking over our exchanges, from all
sections of lie Eastern Districtof the State
we find numerous complaints against the
appointment made by Gen. Gregory in the
census department. Of course we could
not expect entire satisfaction among such
a large number of office-seekers, but we
had a right to expect an approximation at
least.
The Inquirer of last Saturday calls at
tention to a remarkable case in our own
county which is deserving of a passing
notice. That paper says:
"A case of the kind occurred in this
county in the township of Earl a short
thne since. A citizen of that place was
appointed, but declined. Instead of se
lecting from those who had been appli
cants, of which there were several, our
valorous Chief Marshal appointed a Phil
adelphian, a native of Erin it is said, to
take the census of Earl, where the com
mon language of a large number of the
citizens is Pennsylvania Dutch! Surely
Mr. Gregory must have studied human
nature to but little purpose if he expected
that appointment to be satisfactory.
It is true that Mr. Gregory subsequently
recalled the Earl appointment, but as if
to show his supreme contempt for public
opinion, as well as for all sense of propri
ety, lie has selected this same man to take
the Social Statistics of Lancastci• and Berks
counties."
It is strange that in the face of several
hundred =appointed applicants from
these two counties, a native of one or the
other could not be appointed. We know
of several worthy soldiers, citizens of Lan
caster county, competent in every partic
ular toperformthe duties, were applicants
for this very position. But a native of
"Erin's Green Isle," (none the worse for
that, however,) and Kt resident of Phila
delphia, was appointed in preference to
these soldiers. flow Gen. Gregory can
justify his course we cannot imagine.
The Fig - at for Congressman
On Saturday next the Democracy of
Cumberland county willnominate (by the
Crawford county system,) their county
ticket. The fight seems to be on the Con
gressional candidate. It seems that Hal
deman, two years ago, boasted that he
bought his nomination with money, and
that he would do so again. This foolish
boast has greatly roused the indignation
of a portion of his party in that county,
and hence he is very bitterly opposed.
Bratton, his old opponent, has taken the
field, and at the outset bad good prospects
of success. But Haldeman, full of expe
dients, has brought out a third candidate,
(C. E. Maglaughlin,) who it is calculated
will draw enough strength from Bratton
to enable Haldeman to succeed by a plur
ality of votes. The fight is a very inter
esting one, and its result is anxiously
awaited by the copperhead conventions of
York and Perry. By tacit consent Cum
berland has been made the battle ground
of the Congressional question this fall.
It remains to be seen whether Haldeman,
who is a wealthy man, will purchase the
Democracy body and breeches, as easily as
he purchased the leaders two years ago.—
York Republican.
ON'E of the largest manufacturing com
panies in Massachusetts by its exhibit for
six mouths' work, made only a frac
tion of one per cent. on its capital. It
paid a dividend, however, from its re
serve fund.—Philada. Ledger.
What Massachusetts wants, though her
representative Butler is a free trader, is a
high protective tariff. To make her in
vestments pay more than one per cent.,
she must repudiate the action of her Con
gressman.
ecp on sib Ili ty for Damages.
The Supreme fAnirt of Pennsylvania has
recently made the following important de
cision in reference to the precise point at
winch pecuniary accountability for the
consequences of wrongful or injurious
acts is to cease. The facts of the case
were as follows: The employes of a rail
road company negligently placed a loco
motive on a track near a warehouse which
was set on fire and burned by the sparks
emitted from the smoke pipe. The burn
ing warehouse in turn set fire to a hotel
about thirty-nine feet distant, which was
destroyed. In an action by the hotel
keeper against the railroad, the Supreme
Court, on appeal, held that the damages to
be recovered -must be the natural and
proximate consequences of the act com
plained, and that the hotel was destroyed
by a secondary cause, namely, the burning
of the warehouse. The Court, Chief Jus
tice Thompson delivering the opinion,
says the sparks from the locomotive did
not ignite the hotel. They fired the ware
house, and the warehouse fired the hotel.
The sparks were the remote cause—the
cause of the hotel being burned. As there
was an intermediate agent or cause of de
struction between the sparks and the de
struction of the hotel, it is obvious that
the burning of the warehouse was the
proximate, and the emission of the sparks
was the remote cause, The court gave
other illustrations of the above rule,
showing that, if the law were different,
the careless use of matches in one dwell
ing house might mulct the owner in clam
ages for the destruction of squares of ad
joining buildings in extensive conflagra
tions. It was, - therefore, held that the
railroad company was not liable for the
burning of the hotel, though it was an
swerable for the destruction of the ware
house. The above question, Chief Justice
Thompson says has never before been ad
judicated upon in Pennsylvania, and he
also adds that there are no cases in the
English reports where the difference be
tween the remote and the proximate
causes of injuries have been discussed. A
case, however, almost similar in every re
spect has been decided in the same way in
the New York Court of Appeals. In this
ast case, an action for damages had been
brought against a railroad company for
lthe destruction of a dwelling house, set
fire to by the sparks from a wood-shed of
the company. The wood-shed was 130
feet from the house, and had been ignited
by the sparks from a locomotive negli
gently placed. The New York Court of
Appeals unanimously decided that the
sparks from the locomotive were the re
mote cause, and that the railroad was not
responsible for the destruction of the
dwelling house.—Ledger.
French and. Prussian Arm:
Among the considerations which give
special importance to the Franco-Prus
sian war, is the fact that both of these
Powers have for years been improving
their arms by every possible means. Both
in cannon and small arms France has
been making improvements. Some of
their experiments have been carried on so
privately that the public can know but
little of them until they have been exposed
on the field of battle. They claim to have
a rifle much more efficient than the Prus
sian needle gun, and a sort of light cannon
more destructive than anything that has
ever been directed against infantry or
cavalry.
At the same time the Prussians have
been quietly making - improvements on their
old, efficient needle-gun, until they now
claim to have a rifle twice as effective as
that; that is, one that can be fired twenty
two times a minute; whereas the old gun
could be fired but ten or twelve times a
minute. And besides this they have de
vised improvements by which 200 rounds
of amunition can be carried, instead of 60
rounds, the old standard. They have also
introduced a very large cast-steel rifle,
which is mounted on light wheels and
pushed about by hand, like a piece of ar
tillery. It carries a cast-iron ,hollow pro
jectile, some 24. inches long, and can be
shot with the utmost accuracy to any dis
tance that heavy artillery can be. These
are distributed among the infantry, and
are to be employed particularly against
the artillery, to pick off the men and the
horses,
FRANCE VS .PRUSSIA.
The War Feeling at Home and Abroad
[Culled Iron various soureeh ]
LONDON', Monday, Aug. 1, 1870
The special correspondent of The Tiq
bune at Saarbruck on the 29u1t., reports
that large French forces are said to be
assembling immediately behind the hills;
but deserters from them say they have
nothing to eat and their appearance con
firms their report; they are half starved
and woebegone. Some French infantry
entered Prussian territory at 3 o'clock
this morning to dig up potatoes. They
were driven off without any potatoes, and
with the loss of two men. Potato-digging
has been attempted at intervals all along
the frontier.
The French can hardly have been ac
quainted with the weakness' of the Prus
sians force in Saarbruck during the last
few clays. It is not now so much at their
mercy. The Prussian patrols are very
active and penetrate to the extreme right
and left of the valley.
A Prussian party made their way yes
terday along an open marching space be
low the woods which stretch to the
French camp, when some Chasseurs burst
out of the wood within 50 yards shooting.
The Prussian party made off as fast as
they could the Frenchmen firing at them
behind. This is the worst exhibition yet
of French unsteadiness and want of self
resturant. If the Chasseurs could have
remained quiet a minute or two longer,
they might have destroyed or made pris
oners of
.the whole party. Even when
they had nothing to do but take-good aim
at the Hying horsemen from 50 yards an
ward, they did not succeed in hitting
their bodies. Three shots were received
in different parts of men's equipments.
From the top of the hill behind 'Saar
bruck, where the Prussian:picket is one
can hear the French band playing. • The
French shoots at any Prussian who walks
along Forbach road. At half a mile out
of town, one has to "look out.) , If the
shooting of last few days is any indication
of the general character of French and
Prussian shooting, we may expect to
hear that the French, with plenty of time
to aim, make very fair shooting up to
surprisingly long distances; but that in
rapid firing they are very wild. The Prus
sians, on the other hand will not even
attempt shooting at long ranges,, but at
ranges suited to the guns—under 500
yards—are steady and certain marksmen
The artillery firing of the French on that
day was very good. .
The Benedetti treaty has in the process
of French explanation undergone as many
changes as the story of the three black
crows. The latest is the most preposter
ous. Benedetti did write the treaty ,
there is no use denying - that since Bis
marck showed the autograph copy—but
then he wrote it at Bismarck's
.dictation!
We never fail to laugh at the good old
story of the hunter and the Indian. "You
may take "the crow," quoth the hunter,
"and I'll take "the turkey, or, I'll take
the turkey, and you "may take the crow!"
But never before did we hear the Indian
accused of originating the proposition,
and merely employment the hunter as an
amanuensis to write it down for him!
PAnis, August 2—Evening.—Official
despatches from Metz announce that at
11 A. M. to-day the French had a serious
engagement with the Prussians. Our
army took the offensive, crossed the fron
tier, and invaded Prussia. In spte of the
numbers and position of the enemy, a few
of our battalions were sufficient to carry
the heights which overlook Saarbruek,
and an artillery fire was not slow to drive
the enemy from the town. The elan of
our troops was so great that our losses
were slight. The engagement commenced
at 11 A. M. and ended at 1 P. M• The
Emperor assisted at the operations, and
the rnixcE IMPERIAL, who accompanied
him everywhere, received on this first field
of battle his baptism of fire. his presence
of mind and sangfroid in danger • were
worthy of the name he bears. The Empe
ror returned to Metz at 4 P. M.
The Times argues that the arm of the
French, the Chassepot, on account of the
likelihood of its fouling speedily, will be
found to be infinitely less efficient than
the needle-gun, and the difference in this
respect willpossibly be sufficient to govern
the result of the war.
The _Figaro of to-clay announces that
the government has refused an offer of the
American General F. 11. Sheridan to serve
in the French army.
The first installment of French troops
from Borne arrived at Marseilles this
morning. There is no war news proper to
make public. No battle has yet baen
fought.
13EnTAN, August 2—Noon.—No news of
any movement or engagement has been
received from the seat of war, but advices
show that skirmishes are becoming more
frequent, though so far they have been of
an insignificant character.
The Prussian commanders rigorously
exclude foreign correspondents from their
lines.
The scene on the departure of the King
for the seat of war, on Monday evening,
was extraordinary. The King rode from
his palace to the railway seated in an
open carriage with the Queen. Ile wore
a short military cloak, and his helmet was
placed on the seat by his side. The car
riage was surrounded, followed, and fre
quently stopped by an immense multitude
filled with emotion, shouting farewells
and benedictions.
The houses were hung with flags and
festooned with flowers, and at the railway
station arches were erected, and patriotic
inscriptions displayed. The Queen, part
ed from the King with repeated embraces.
When his Majesty, from the platform of
the car, finally saluted the crowd, the
scene was indescribable; the people were
frenzied with enthusiasm, and the entire
court, ladies and all, mingled with the
crowd, participating in its emotion, sur
rounding the old soldier and bidding him
good bye with every demonstration of loy
alty and devotion. Bismarck and Gener
als Moltke and Von Boon were present,
and were repeatedly cheered.
LONDON, August 2.—The presence .of
armies on the frontiers and the Rhenish
provinces of Prussia has given rise to se
rious apprehensions of famine there. The
Opinion Nationale of Paris says in this
connection that in order to avoid impov
erishing the theatre of war, the Emperor
draws his supplies from a distance by rail
road.
Is it not almost time for M. Benedetti
to give us a new explanation of the secret
treaty? We have not had one for three
clays.
The attitude of every state in Europe is
now a subject of eager scrutiny and spec
ulation,—of every state except one. Spain
is left out of consideration. What a sa
tire upon the continental system, that the
power which caused the war should be the
only one not affected by it!
At last the curtain rises, and the dread
ful drama of war begins iu earnest. The
first collision of importance between the
French and Prussian armies took place
yesterday morning.
After a conflict which lasted for two
hours, in. which the infantry mid artillery
of both sides were engaged, victory de
clared for the French. Saarbrucken, the
frontier station of Rhenish Prussia to
wards Metz, was the prize of battle.
The return of the Emperor to Metz,
which is distant but two hours and a half
by rail from Saarbrucken, and at which
point the Imperial headquarters are estab
lished, plainly indicates that the engage
ment yesterday is to be followed up at
once by a decisive onward movement of
the masses of the French army.
LONDON, August 3.—Lord John Rus
sell, in proposing a bill to give the Crown
of England the power of enlistment of
militia, asked the government to pledge
itself to protect Ilelgim. He believed it
allowed, France would occupy Antwerp.
England's extinction as a great power
would follow.
Earl Granville in reply asked the coun
try to permit the Government to choose
its own time to make declarations, but
he assured the House that the Govern
ment understood its duty to preserve the
independence of Belgimn. (Cheers.)
Without menacing any power, England
would not withdraw from that position.
(Cheers.)
PAM'S, August 3.—Austra, Italy • and
Turkey, will form an alliance with Pran
ce in case Russia joins Prussia,
Loxpox, August 3.—Confirmatory des
patches of the engagement at Saarbruck
have been received.
The French are reported to have been
victorious against a largely superior force.
A report requiring confirmation states
that the French army has occupied Saar
brad:.
.13EnLEN - , August 3.—Since Napoleon's
arrival at Metz, the whole German armies
have marched from the second line on the
Rhine to the first line on the Saar.
Four corps, under General Steinmetz
are in position on the Saar, between Saar - -
burg and Saarbruck. An equally large
force under Prince Frederick Charles, is
iii : issing forward in the rear, to take a
central position between Sasrbruck and
Zweibrucken.
The Crown Prince with the South Ger
man troops headed by the Prussian royal
guard, and one of the Northern Army
corps, is coming up on their left as a
Third Great-Division.
One of Steinmetz's corps from Cologne
was marched upon Treves, across the
Eifel mountains. Thirty thousand caval
ry have marched to the front by the same
rout.
Jo hnny Steele,the played-out "oil prince,"
is said to have received a letter requesting
his instructions concerning 7,.20,000 which he
deposited in a New York bank during the
heighday of his prosperity and bad utterly
ibruotten.
Frederick the Great says in his history of
the Seven Years' War;—" There is a God of
war; the issue of battles is written in the
stars. 1 have won battles that I had al
ready given up for lost, and have been
beaten when victory was already nearly in
my grasp."
You have all rend the affecting story
about the Albany lady who bus not spoken
_to her husband in twenty years. Well, the
reason is, be has been dead just that length
of time. It seemed, all the time since we
read that item, us Enough there was some
"catch" in it, us no woman could stand it
that long unless she had an impediment in
her speech.
The census taker in Henniker, Mass., has
found an old lady, Mrs. Straw, ninety-live
years old who keeps house and does her
own work. Since last October she knit
over '2O pairs of stockings, some of them
with long legs, besides doing her work, and
appears to be as smart as young ladies of
fitly years.
A clerk in au Erie hotel has a magnifi
cent scheme in view. It is u circular hotel,
to rest on a pivot like a locomotive turn
table. The object is to give every guest a
•• front room" (that being an altno t invari
able request), by assigning guests to the
places in front, and turning them to the
rear upon the advent of others,
OUR PHILADELVILIA. LETTER.
After a short interval of really pleasant
weather, and of nighs from winch one
awoke feeling rested and refreshed, we
have again entered upon what bids fair to
be another heated term. This morning
the sun arose hot and misty, and, even in
the cool of morning, we feel that the day
would be a warm one. You, who are liv
ing under the shades of the grand old hills
of Susquehanna, and who are fanned
by its cool breezes, cannot realize how we
suffer, living in a hollow baked by the
sun. We could stand the heat of mid-day,
could we but be comfortable during the
hours of night.
At the Court of Quarter Sessions, yes
terday, was commenced the trials of the
three wretches who committed the out
rage upon the younr , lady on South Broad
street, on the night of July 14th, of which
you have doubtless heard. The first wit
ness called by the commonwealth was the
young lady herself, and a buz of excite
ment ran through the court room as she
ascended the witness stand. As she told
her tale of horror and identified the per
sons at the bar as her assailants, the mem
ory of her disgrace overcame her, and
bowing her head she wept bitterly. It
was good that there was a standing guard
around the prisoners, for they were looked
at with eyes ablaze with fatherly indigna
tion.' and as men are looked at when the
people take the law in their own hands
and save the time and expense of judge
and jury. The trial is taking place be
before a judge whose very name is a terror
to evil doers. Ile knows but one course
of punishment, and that is the utmost
vigor of the law. In his address to the
grand jury, on Monday last, he stated
that the whole criminal court bench had
firmly resolved, in view of the present ter
rible state of affairs, to punish all convict
ed professional ruffians and thieves to the
utmost limit of their power—and the peo
ple say " amen."
Great preparations are being made to
receive the Athletic Base ball Club,on their
return from their victorious Western tour.
At the conclusion of the reception game,
between the Athletics and Howards, it is
proposed to take both clubs in six-horse
omnibuses out to the Park. After driv
ing them around the grounds they will
adjourn to some hotel, not yet designated,
and treat the returned champions to a
splendid collation, Beck's Baud has been
engaged to enliven the affair; and the aid
of Prof. Jackson, with his works, will
make the affair quite "recherche." So
you see "Republics are not ungrateful."
Of the firemen injured at the Sugar Re
finery fire, two have since died; and the
condition of two more is such as to cause
great anxiety to their friends. Shortly
after the admittance to the hospital, the
surgeons in charge informed one of them
that nothing but amputation of Ins hand
would save his life. Refusing to allow
the operation to be performed, the sur
geons are expecting that mortification
will ensue. The other wounded firemen
seems to lie slowly sinking awar. Loss
nearly covered by insurance—but can any
insurance compensate for the loss of these
brave men, can it fill the dreary blank
in their homes and families when they
are called up higher.
Business of all kinds is very dull, as
this is the dreaded time " between sea
sons." Clerks and sales-ladies are having
a good time of it, their only. business at
present being to kill time and keep cool.
As the frogs iu the fable said to the boys
who were stoning them, "it may be fun
to you but it is death tons." So the mer
chant can say to his idle imployees.
Heavy rents, immense stocks of goods
that will not improve by keeping, large
expenses, all go to make the dealer feel
blue these (lull times, Let us hope that
taking advantage of the past busy season
he has made hay while the sun shone,
and is able to meet the hard times. But
vigorous competition and large stocks
have pretty effectingly killed good profits.
A large dry goods dealer informed your
correspondent that if he was able to get
his money out of his business he would do
so, and invest it in bonds and real estate,
which would pay him better. Business is
at a bad stage when investments like
those, really paying but six per cent. are
preferred to merchandise. A dealer's
profits on sales of goods should be double
what lie would receive in any other in
vestment; for the reason that he devotes
his time and personal attention constant
ly to it; he carries a large stock of perish
able goods that may, by fluctuations of
fashion be unsaleable, and trusting differ
ent parties, he is liable to heavy loss.
August 3d, 1870. DoonlinitY
Spy-ing's.
Paris infants are in arms.
Real will be hung on Friday.
Napoleon rides a black horse,
Brick Pomeroy's health is poor.
The first fiddle was made about 1000.
Donn Patti says the needle gun is a ham
bug.
An Illinois tornado blew feathers off the
birds.
Dr. Schceppe thirsts for freedom, to clean
out Napoleon.
Handy Andy has made a three hours'
speech in Tennessee.
Charles Dickens, it is stated, used blue
New York physicians claim that soda
water is largely responsible for the great
number of sudden deaths this hot weather.
The Massachusetts population has in-
creased but live fold during the past pun
d red years.
Twelve sheep and two boys were recently
killed by lightning in a slaughter yard in
LaCrosse.
The heat throughout northern Europe is
the worst, for so great a length of time,
ever known there.
On this side of the Atlantic the war fever
is obset ved to be dying nut, but when the
"dying" begins on the other side it will re
vive.
The inmates of the prison at Cambridge,
Mass., have formed an opera troupe, and
do some pretty good singing. It is not a
traveling company.
A New England contemporary considers
that " the war news is still unsatisfactory."
A battle, with great slaughter, would prob
ably be more satisfactory.
The Methodist preachers in Cincinnati
want to know whether it is right to shut
up church and have a vacation. A discus
sion of the matter had led to no conclusion.
Atmospheric brakes ore now in operation
on several of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railway cars. Trains on which
this brake is used can be stopped almost in
an instant.
How long does n widow mourn ? For a
second.—N. F. Pod.
Kentucky expects to raise 55,000 hogs
heads of tobacco this year.
In St. Louis $30,000 are to be spent in es
tablishing public baths.
It costs three cents less to raise a pound
of cotton than it did before emancipation
was proclaimed.
SP_LeCIA_L
SinUlu's . Slowly.
Diseases that, progress rapidly to a crisis are
not the only ones to be dreaded. Canker or
dry rot does not blast a tree as suddenly as a
stroke of lightning, but, unless arrested, It des
troys it as certainly; and in like manner chron
ic debility, although it does not kilt with the
swiftness of yellow fever, It is as sure to sap the
springs of life eventually as any acute disease,
If not checked by invigorating medication.
There is something inexpressibly touching in
the spectacle of premature decay. Languor,
pallor, emaciation, depression of spirits, and a
distaste for exertion are Its ordinary symptoms
and they should be promptly met by tonic treat
ment. The best invigoraut and exhilerant that
can be administered in a case of this kind is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The stimulating
principle of:the preparation rouses the dor
mant energies of the system, and the strength
ening and regulating properties give a perma
nent and healthful impulse to the vital forces
thus brought into play. The falling appetite Is
re-awakened, the process of degestion and as
simulation are quickened, the quality of the
blood Is improved, the secretions become more
natural, and every organ that contributes to the
nourishments of the body undergoes salutary
change. By these moans the repair of the phy
sical structure is of eeted and Its health and
vigor restored. In no class of disease has the
beititicent operation of the Bitters been more
marked and striking than In those characteri
sed by general debility - and nervous prostra
tion. Ladies alreeted with these ailments rind
In this most wholesome of all tonics and cor
rectives the safest and surest means of relief. It
Is strong to restore, and powerless to injure.
Such is the uniform testimony of "clouds of
witnesses."
A COUGH, COLD OR Sore Throat
Itequires Immediate attention. as
neg,leet often results In at 4 ineura
,ftr btu Lung Disease.
'IRON Gti l A Brown's Bronchia, Troches
000's t invariably give instant
relief.
FOR BRONCIIITIS, ASTIIMA,CATARRII, CONSUMP
TIVE and THROAT DISEASES, they have a sooth
ing eireeL
SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS use them
to clear and strengthen the voice.
Owing to the good reputation and popritrity
or the Troches, many worthless and cheap tratationz
are offered, which are good for nothing, Be sure to on-
TA IN the true
Brown's Bronchial Troches.
SOLD EVERTIVIIESE
n0v27.'60-Cm,
CHEAPER AND BETTER THAN EVER.
R. HAYES' GB OCERY AND PROVISION STORE,
S. E. Con. 4TII & CIIERRY STS., COLUMBIA ; PA
Begs leave to inform his old friends and patrons that he ha s
just received another large and splendid assortment of
FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES
Better and Cheaper than Can be bonght elsewhere
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 he will sell CHEAPER MAN . EVER!—FOR CASH! His stock comprises
SUGARS,
COJeFEES,
SPICES,
HAMS,
DRIED BEEP, DRIED A 1. 1 71) CAN:NED FRUIT,
Also, Brooms, Brushes, Buckets, Bed Cords, and everything in the Grocery line. Ho
directs special attention to his new and superior stock of
GLASS AND QUEENS WARE,
'Which he is selling at prices LowEn than ever before offered in Columbia. Call and
examine for yourselves. Also, on haul FLOUR AND FEED. - ACLENT von
WM. GOOD'S EAGLE MILLS FLOUR,
The BEST Family Flour in the Market Every barrel Warranted. Sold Cheap for
Cash. Having purchased my goods cheap for Cash, lam prepared to offer them cheaper
than any other dealers. Goods sold for CASH ONLY.
R. HAYES,
South-east Corner Fourth & Cherry Sts., Columbia.
HALDEMAN'S STORE
ESTABLISHED 1815.
OUR STOCK IS NOW FULL AND COMPLETE
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT !
AND CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF
Good Bargains!
Which have Only to be Seen to be Appreciated.
GEO. W. & B. F. HALDEMAN,
112 &114 Locust Street.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.
1870.
SPECIAL OPENING FOR THE SEASON AT
FONDERSMITH'S.
127 & 129 LoGust, St., Columbia,
WHITE GOODS, WHITE AND COLORED SWISSES,
PLAID AND STRIPED ORGANDIES,
MARSEILLES AND PIQU E S,
GRENADINES, TRAVELING DRESS GOODS,
.AJI the New Styles of Shawls,' Parasols, &o.
CARPETS, MATTING, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES
At Lower Prices than ever offered Wore in Columbia
WILLIAM. G. PATTON'S
N 0.160 Locust Sit., Columbia.
OFFERS
SPECIAL BARGAINS
•
-r N -
SUMMER DRESS GOODS !
DOMESTICS
Cloths, cassimeres and restings,
Clothing of all kinds made to order and warranted to - fit.
CROCERIES AND QUEENSWARE!
-SEWING MACHINES
The BEST in the Market, and on EASY TErois.
.IUST RECEIVED AT
FINE
Tres
MACKEREL,
CHEESE,
SHOULDERS,
SITAIAIER!
OK NOVELTIES IN
SYRUPS,
POTATOES,
SOAP,
CANDLES
1870`.