inif eghtinbia §ll-11. - - - -f 4 lAr .YOGLIM 1. I-oCl_7-1, Vat)llshers 1 A '...'i.)1..V.E1L5T3-17,11G1:V.,.1- Columbia,. Pa.. Saturday,. The order of Sons of Malta is attain flourishing . in the eastern part of the titate, --- TILE NOV York ITerald takes the ground that the re-election of Gen. Grant is a forgone conclusion, and that no man, whomsoever he in he, that runs in op position to him can hope for success. --- H E first four mit,_•aillenses captured from the French were transported to Berlin, through Germany, on open ears, ornamented. with wreaths of dowers. im mense crowds turned oul to look at these dreaded implements of murder. PUfILIC DINNEr. 0.1.Z.11 . 0 .11S Should IA: Carefla how they I::il>ri,'S'S thewselves. read the other day that the builder of a church now in course of construction, when Ow toast of his health was given, rather enigmatically replied that he was " more fitted for thf.2 scaffold than for pablie speaking.'' TEE olfactories of the Democracy of Chester county are not quite so sensitive as in :,ome other parts of the country. At Inc bite election the Democratic township of East Vincent elected William John son, a color. : man, to the calico of consta ble. It is rat :ler remarkable that the first colored man elected to office in Chester county should be in a township which gives a Democratic majority of fifty in a total vote of two hundred. "bzc o=of Petnsy ane, T 0171. 4 .. ‘Ve present a table of the population of the principal towns and cities of this State as compared with their respective popula tion in MOO: 1860 1870. Scranton, - - 9,223 33,762 !leading, - - 23,162 34,001 Lancaster, - 17,603 20,161 Erie, , l : 4l • •c) 10.804 - Williamsport. -4, 253 10,000 Allentown, - 8.025 14,139 York,- - 8,605 11,012 Wilkesbarre, - 1,253 10,180 Harrisburg (about), 17,900 25,000 Easton, - - 8,000 10,991 Pottsville, - 9,583 12,390 All the above, with the exception of York ii Easton and Pottsville, are incorporated cities and of the bor oughs Pottsville is the largest on the list Lit' over a thousand- We would rather be a first-class borough than an eighth or ninth-class city. TEE RIGHT SORT OF REcoNsTni:c- Trox.—Georgia papers are idled with ac eounts of great agricultural fair held in Atlanta. It commenced onthe2Oth inst. and continued for a second week. The Atlanta Constitutionsays :—"G cattlemen from the North and West pronounce the Pair second only to the splendid one at St. Louis, and superior to anything else. One gentleman has attended twenty seven fairs this season, and his verdict puts ours,next to the fair at St. Louis." Probably that gentleman had not attend ed the fair of theAmetican institute now progiess in the city of 2ew York. But this Georgia fair is an affair of no little consequence, when one considers the troubles and tribulations the State has encountered in its endeavors to re-enter into the embrace of the 'Union. It is lovely to contemplate this fairy-like movement In a State naturally so rich and prolific as the State of Georgia. It is the right sort of reconstruction. Township Officer: The Bucks County Intenigene.^_r says an experience of two years in choosing town ship and borough officers at the time of the general election has satisfied most people that the change made in this re spect - was an unwise one. We believe that a large majority of the people of Bucks county would prefer to go back to the old-fashioned spring elections for lo cal officers. As the matter now stands, general and local questions and issues be come mixed together, and each has an mi." favorable effect upon the proper decision of the other. At the recent election in Bucks county —trading" was more preva lent than ever before. A vote for a strictly political Mice is changed for one that is entirely non-political, and thus injustice is done on both sides. Our local °dicers as a rule ought to be chosen with refer ence to local exigencies and personal fit ness, and not entirely on parti sa ii grounds. But when these offices are lined at the the same same time as those of more ex tended scope, it is ilupus.,ii le to keep such considerations in view. Although the new system may be better adapted to localities, especially large cities it is quite certain that a change of the "little elec tion-" back to March would be welcomed with satisfaction by the great mass of our population. E. J. More, Esq.. Chairman of the Conunittec on Minority Representation appointed by order of the State Conven tion held at Reading a few months ago, has called a meeting of that body at the Girard House in Philadelphia on Thurs day next, This meeting will be an impor tant one, as it is probable that a plan to ac complish the objects of the recent Conven tine will be considered and put into prac tical operation. The first thing to be se cured is the passage of an act by the Leg islature submitting the question of hold ing a Constitutional Convent ion to a vote of the people. When this is effected, suggestions as to the necessary reforms to be made can be thoroughly discussed and public sentiment on the subject elici ted. We have little doubt of the result if the question of reform can only be brought fairly before our citizens. The press of the State is almost unanimously favorable to the proposed revision, and to the incorporation of the principle of mi nority representation, or the "free vote," into our organic law. Although the movement has thus far been almost en tirely in Republican hands, the more in telligent of the Democrats perceive and ;it:knowledge its necessity and are ready to co-operate in its advancement. No doubt it will encounter bitter opposition on the part of those who flourish on spe cial legislation and groin rich by burrow ing in the corruptions that have thor pughly penetrated our present system. The friends of reform and progress must be prepared for a sharp struggle at Har risburg this winter, but as they are taining by the good sense and judgement of the people they afe imie in - the end to riarrytheirpoint.--Backs Co. Intelligeneer.' Au Illinois paper regularly appears with three blank - columns which are headed thus : These columns are reserved for those merchants who ought to adver tise.'' TILE Republicans of Mr. Cessna's (b 5111) district claim the fraudulent votes to the number of four or live hundred were given to his Democratic; competitor, and will, it is stated, contest the election. The purity oC the ballot-box must be main tained, or otherwise our boasted franchise becomes a sham and a delusion. .Esl 4 to: TILE Republican majority of lowa in 1800 was 1:2 7 487, and in 157 U, 41.000. There are only four Democratic counties in the state. and there are three counties that do not poll a single Democratic vote. Winnebago county has one Democratic. We should not be much surprised if that one didnot feclalLogct her at Imme in Win nebago, and would be found wanting at the next election, 180. THE Germans, anxious to have sonic responsible; government with which to treat, for peace, lately offered an armis tice, of 46 nom* ni width. to hold file clue tains for the frenen Constitueid ...'issem bly, but, as we are, now assmed, the Par -15 officials declined it. We II net they have a good defense for this oluerwise, sensible people will sus i .tot , that; the bioVerninent is enianoie_ti pincer, and jealous of the ;AL:Neuf, ut ilay other authority. A Boston girl asks the following perti nent questions c•f oilier Bos "Could you love a man who %%on; false Lair on his head, when he had enough of his own? Who painted his f,,ee and im proyesl. his form as you improve (?) yours? Who pinched his feet with small shoes, his hands with small gloves, his waist with corsets; and then, as if he tunt nut already deformed himself enough, tied a huge bustle to his back, and thrust tiny mountains of wire into his bosom?" The reduction of the public debt for the month of October falls a little below the average, but is still ha , dsome and material Five millions in thirty-one days, or about $103,000 reduction ever) day, is certainly something to boast of. And yet the people have come to loot for an encouraging exhibit monthly under the management of the present Republi can admininstration. The confidence of the people is not misplaced. Industry, honesty. and efficiency have done good work and are destined to still further in crease the general prosperity of the country. Coxscir:::-riors.---A pro`•ision dealer in Coatsvillc, carries his teinperance prin ciples so far that lie won't have his pork salted in a whisky barrel. One day last week he received a barrel from a mer chant in Philadelphia, and on its being brought to his store his keen eye detected on the head of the barrel the letters •`O. Af. W.," which he declared meant "Old Monongahela 'Whiskey," and the pork was not permited to enter the store. it is said that on one occasion he received a.notiee to attend a meeting of Good Templars, and the notice closing with the words, "Yours, in P. H. & C.," lie declared that it meant - Fat Hogs and Cider," and that it was intended as insult to him and his businef-s, and would not attend the meet ing. TIEE Democracy are very much dissat isfied with the result of the October elec tions. The St. Louis Republican says : "We frankly acknowledge disappointment at the result, which we expected would be far more favorable." The Cincinnati .Enquirtr slys: " The Republicans have a majority of about 15,000 fu Ohio, having made slight gains in every quarter." The Chicago Times says : " The nigger ele ment came out in full force, and in some of the southern districts of Ohio and In diana the new made. Radical voting power enabled the nigger-nursing party to poll some increased majorities." The Louis ville Coin-icr Journal says: "We have not looked to these elections with much hope. The Democrats must pick their flints and try it again. There are some gains as matte/ stand, and those who were pre pared- for the present situation have no need for crying." aband of unrepentant rebels, we will not say Ku-klux, that mysterious and nnmeaning word, the bare mention of which is sufficient to make certain tim id Republican journals qualmish—burn ed the barn of Colonel Mullins, near Shelby ille, Tennessee, and attempted to assassinate another Republican living in the neighborhood. Col. Mullins will be remembered as the rather eccentric but t croup:lily loyal anti well-meaping gen tleman who represented the Fourth disc trict of Tennessee in the Fortieth Con gress and Shelbyville as one of the staunchest ljnion villages during the war times. Its people - more than once fought side by side with the boys in blue. The change which has converted it into a har bor of rebel Democratic mobs has been indeed a great one, but it is only a natural out-growth of the line sentiment which makes love stronger than hate even in. politics, and which divided and grated the Republican party of Tennessee. AyrEn a three-mouths' siege, Metz has again fallen into the hands of the Ger mans. It was occupied by the French troops early in July last, but was not closely invested until about the midille of August, and after the disastrous defeat of the French at Woerth. on the uth of the month last mentioned. Meta Avas formerly a fortified city of Franee.capital of the DePnrtment of Moselle. at the eon fluence of the Moselle and Seille, and at the head of a branch of the tailway from Paris to Fitrasburg,..l7o miles east of Paris. It was one of the strongest and most i:- Portant places in France and contains population of nearly 80,003. It has a eh add on the right hank of the Moselle. a Gothic cathedral. with a spire 17:1 feet high, a tribunal of commerce. a national college. school of engineering, a primary normal school a botanic garden, and ar senal. one of the largest in France. with i: cannon foundry and an armory, a large military hospital, and a public library of 80,000 volumes. J 1 ls also if, very impor tant manufacturing town, and prior to the war had an active trade. being a gen eral entrepot for colonial andf:Weign mer chadise. Meta, under the Romans, rose to considerable importance, alal under the descendants of Glens it became the capital of the Kingdom of Austrasia, On the decline of the horse of °barb:l/mg:mit passed to the emperor of Germany, who in order to make it a barrier against France, strongly fortified it and allowed it to possess an almost republican freedom. In 1552 it claimed the protectorate of France:nt ceased to he free. Its capitu lation leaves the Germans. terra unimpor tant exceptions, in victorious possession of all the country east of Paris, and is a sure formoner of the tlownfall of the latter city. The Soldiers and Sailors' Monumental Association of Schuylkill county was or ganized in the room of Maj. Gowen Post, No. 23, G. A. M. with Major James Wren as Preside] it. A county monument will he erected in that place to cost $.30,- uon. The corner-stone will be laid on the Fourth of July next. Upon the monu ment \ vill be inscribed the names of more than one thousand Loh - Hers from that county who fell in the late w:u•. Russia, it is gait, wants to buy the French fleet. The first reflection which the statement will suggest is. from whom is she to buy it, since in the present Con dition of affairs, Germany may consist ently Object to transfer of what may be come hers by conquest. In the next place, the neutral powers will ask what Russia can possibly want with such a fleet; cer tainly not to lie ice-hound in the Baltic, or prohibited from mitering the Black lea. The inquiry will create doubts; turd so their will be little chance for com pleting the purchase. all- The track between Roila and York sta tion was severely tested on Tuesday last. A. heavy - car or lo olbor got awaY, wilAI Iwo men in charge, on the down grade of eighty lea to the mile. With each suc ceeding mile the speed of the Ilying car became mitre terrific:, and as it poised the tank, lire miles west, the velocity was doubtless more than one hundred mihe in hour. One of the melt dill not notice the bridgo, and merely took the awful chasm width it apa us for a small ditch. Even pas,senger trains pass this bridge with the greatest caution, bat the style in which this eat made the successful "leap for life " was a caution in a \licitly differ ent sLuse. Fot•ttuaately an np-grade ar rested the killing pace 50100 six or eight miles Wi4t of Rolla, and the ear was switched oil at York just in time to pre vent a crash with the freight tiain east, which being behind time, had not passed that point. It seems providential Mat so many dangers could have been missed. A genic man walking on the track towards town barely had time to step off at the first sound of its thundering progress. which was more like a cannon shot than a wheeled vellicle.—Boluto Er. cf Des3c:ate... Affray ia I.lls:otri. 51, Logs, Nov. :: —lntelligence from Southeast Missouri gives an account of a desperate and fatal affray which occurred on Varner's river on Friday last. An derson Sheppard, an old bunter, Co years of ;IgP, was in his boat on the river, when in: was approached by another boat con tidal Ilg three men, names not given, but between whom and Shepherd an old feud existed. .A 5 soon a the boats came within good shooting range, one of the men fired at Slieliliar - d and broke his right arm:— Si:Wl:lrd sic-zed his rifle with his left hand, resting it nu the side of his boat, and killed Lis assailant. Both the others commenced firing on him, hut he man aged with his teeth and belt hand to load his rifle, and finally after receiving seven bullets in his body, killed the other two assailants, lie then managed to reach the shore, where lie was received 1- 1 3" per sons attracted to the river bank by the firing. and 4 - I, en home, where lie lies in a critical condition. True N Y Evening Mail says : —The system of primary meetings now in vogue appears to be falling into disfavor among right-thinking men everywhere. In New Jersey the Democratic leaders are taking measures to break clown the system en tirely. while in other States influential men of both parties are moving in the same direction. lu the First Congres sional District of Rhode Island, where the primaries were packed by-non-resi dents and others, the nominating conven tion, being unable,to nree, have referred the whole matter of m,nomination to the people, who will thin have an opportuni ty to vote for the best man, without the intervention of cliques or caucauses or any sort. There can be no doubt that as a result of the present system, merit and capacity, as a rule, compelled to give way to incompetency mid the representatives of special interests rather than of the en lighted, conscientious sentiment of the community at large, and if the Rhode Island plan shall not prove practicable in afforiling relief from growing evils,others should he tried until a satisfactory refor mation is aecomplished, both in our local and general politics. — The Rhode Island system bore referred to is similar to one that has been for some time in vogue in this State.the "Crawford County !,-;ysem." Treamre Trove At the Prussian headquarters in Meaux the King occupied the front, Count Bis marck the back rooms of the Archbish op's palace. The appartments of the Count were on the ground floor, and looked out upon the extensive gardens to the rear of the palace. The 16th of Sep tember had been a very busy clay to many of the Prussians, and not least of all to the Count. Ile was riding all day, and in the evening he had a long conference with the King, Tired with the difficult labors he hastened, when he reached his room, to prepare for bed. He had scarce ly. however, begUn to undress himself when he heard a rustling among the bed clothes, and on searching, found there, to his astonishment, an infant not more than four weeks old. On looking close he found by the side of this eqfont troure the following note : "My husband fell at Sedan I have nothing to eat. De spair forced me to part with my only child, It has been baptized Vincent"— Nor does this curious story end her. To make it dramatically complete and sym metrical, the unfortunate mother com mitted suicide. The matter is said to have reached the ears of the King, and orders were given that the desolate in fant shonid be taken to Berlin. Was ever a life more curiously begun ? • CI i p pings. Alexander li. Stevens is reported very reale. The Sweeilish enikrration to Maine con tinues. Atlanta has an "anti-lioarding-house.- associat ion." It is said the Texas cotton Crop has been overrated. The seared are still running away from Galveston yellow fever. The French are trying to make a hot winter for the Prussians. New York again complains of the side walk merchants as nuisances. A little boy was recently sent by ex press from Boston to Pittsburg. A black beat', weighing nearly four hundred pounds, was caught in a trap last week. in Ifolderness, New Ilanishire. A woman living near Oshkosh went out on the railroad and waved a red flag so furiously that the express train step ped. and all the passengers came pouring Ind to ascertain what was the matter.— The woman said she meaely wanted to mention to the condnctor, as a fact of general interest to the public at the other cud of the line, that she had concluded to call her youngest child —flaimer." A young Missourian, whose is not the most powerful, was lately —married off" by his wealthy father. who, thinking to give the young man a start where he would likely succeed, settled bin on a large farm not far from St. Louis. The firnt intelligence from the amateur far mer came by telegraph, by which means the father was informed that his hopeful son had purchased a half dozen cows and ••ordered up" six churns (one apiece!) immediately. ?El E NV A_ R. THE METZ MYSTERY. Condition of the City and For tress Previous to the Surrender. BAD NEWS IN TOURS! G'ambeita. I)Pelareu /hi^ Repabfic neve..l. Surre::der. ilEstiiill OP TH OfilltitiiTS! Peace Rumors—Bazaiue to Visit the Vlhelmshohe 'PriEoaer. Bomb rdnaent of Paris to begin this week. THE LUC:I[Y HOHENZOLLERNS WiMain as Elllperor—Frit z and Prince (Marie::: Made Yield. Marshals, The capitnhition of Metz is the burden of the. wire. In brief, Bazaine detchAs his action by asserting, that his afthy diet the people of the city ware on the verge of starvation, while the Provisional Gov ernment denounces him as a traitor.— The capitulation put a very large ;unonnt of ammunition as well as valuable arms posession of the Germans, and renders further assistance, The Germans think 0.1 the part of France utterly hopeless.— A report prevails that the army will not be sent to Germany for a few days and this has created an impression that peace is expected, and intended to be - accom plished through the agency of Bazaine, and perhaps the Imperial regency. Gam betta, however, has issued a proclama tion in which he declares that in this epoch of rascally capitulations there ex ists one thing \vhich neither eau nor will capitulate, and that is the French Repub lic." The Cunsfitulionncl makes a strong, ap peal to Gambetta, as a person capable of meeting the present emergency, and asks him to consent to an armistice and order immediate elections fur the Constituent Assembly. The capitulation, it is said, has thrown the Bonapartists into The Orleans peace party counts as its leaders M. Thiess, Gerey, Lefeyre, Ponta lis and Montpayrouz. Their new or; is to he named the Constithante. There is no confirmation of the ru mored re-volution in Paris, or fighting at La Villete. The Berlin Kyettz Zeifamj of Saturday says the last summons to surrender has been forwarded to the military authori ties outside of the Paris fortifications, and the bombardment of the city will be gin early. The States of Germany, Northern and Southern, are said to have agreed to name King William Emperor. The King has conferred on comman ders Fritz and Frederick Charles the bat ons of fieldmarshal, the first instances of such appointments in the history of nolienzollerns. A FRESCII PEOCLAMATIQX. To - uns, Oct. 301.11.—A government council was held last night, lasting anti a late hour, and the following proclama-1 tion was issued to-dav : "The French ttepalic, LiVetty, &Ina], ity and fraternity. Proclamation to the French people. .e'renchmen raise your spirits and resolution to the fearful height of the perils which have broken upon this country. II still depends on us to mount above misfortune, and show the world how great a people may be who are mote_ ed not to perish, and whose courage in creases in the midst of calamity. Metz has capitulated. A General upon whom France counted, even after Mexico. has just taken away (vient d'enlever) from the country - in its danger, more than 100,- 000 of its defenders. - Marshal liazaine has betrayed us. Ile has made himself the agent of the man of Sedan, and an ac complice of the invader, and regardless of the honor of the army of Willett he had charge, he has surrendered. without making the least effort, one hundred and twenty thousand fighting men, twenty thousand wounded. guns, cannon, colors, and the strongest cit - idel of France, Metz, virgin hut for him to the contamination of the foreigner. Such a crime is above even- the punishment of justice, Mean while, Frenchmen, measure the (ley/1M of the abyss into which the Empire ims pre cipitated you. For twenty years France submitted to this corrupting Power, which extinguishes in her the springs of greatness and of life. The army of France, stripped of its national character, became, without knowing it, an instru ment of tyranny and of servitude, and is swallowed up, in spite of the soldiers, by the treason of their chiefs, In the disas ters of the country, in less than two months 2;50,000 men have been delivered over to enemy, the sinister sequel to the military coup-de-main of December. It is for us to reassert ourselves, and under the tegis of the Republic, which we have determined not to allow to capitu late, within or without, to seek in the ex tremity eVell of our misfortune, the reno vation of our political and social morali ty and manhood. however tried by disaster, let us ,be found neither panic-stricken or hesitat ing ; let it be seen that we are ready for the last sacrifices, and, in the face of ene mies whom everything favors, let us swear never to give up so long as there remains an inch of sacred soil under the soles of our feet, 1,0 us bold firmly the glorious banner of the French Revolu tion. Our cause is that of justice and of right. Europe feels it. In the presence. of ,s 0 many unmerited in isfortunes, sponta neously receiving from us neither invi tation nor encouragement. she is moved and she begins to act. .INo illusion is now left. Set us no longer languish or grow weak, and let us prove by our acts that we can ourselves maintain liono2, independence and integrity, all that makes a country proud and free. Long live the Republic, one anti indivisible. [Sigued] GLAIZ-BEZOIN CIIEMIEUY. • GA.MISETTA TIM POLITICAL SITUATION. Lox cox, Oct. 2.o.—The Orleanist peace party count as its leaders MM. 'Elders, Grevy. Guizot, Lefevre. Portalls and Moutpeyroux. Their new organ is to be the "Constituante." The balloon post has ceased for more than a week. LONDON, Oct. 30.—Thiers has declined the Prussian safe conduct to Paris, be cause it requires him to go by way of Ver sailles. 13.Entax, Oct. 00.—The King telegraphs as follows to the Queen: VEnsArr,rxs, Oct. 20.—The defeat of two hostile armies which recently march ed against us warrants me in conferring on our two commanders, Fritz and Fred. Charles, the batons of Field Marshall, the first instances of such appciintinents in our fluidly hiStory. 14 flham.- LONDON. Oct. '2o:—[Special to the New York Ileraid.]—The States of Germany, Northern and Southern, are said to have agreed to name King William Emperor. PAius, Oct. 20.—At a recent meeting of the Liberal Club, M. Deak, who is a member, refuel to express sympathy for the _French Republic. Ms action has given rise to considerable comment. MESDAY.—The King of Prussia has expressed his determination to bombard the city or Paris, The Germans around Paris heldsolemn religious services yesterday. The bom bardment of the city commences to.clay. The news from Paris, received by way of the Prussiim headquarters before that city is quito serious. The French pris- , oners recently captured report that the troops behind the fortificationseive rec only half a pound of meat twice a week. General Bourbaki announces his in tention to form flying armies, with ma terial to relieve invested places, and to take the field at the head of the forces.— Vigorous preparations for defence are snaking on all sides. A detachment of six thousand troops from the 1111111' of Prim: Frederic Charles has gone to 'besiege Longuy, near the Belgian border. As Prussia stilhdemands cession of ter ritory from France as prelintinary of peace, it is believed in Austriun official circles that the war must proceed indefi nitely. A Cologne despatch says Prussia and the North German Confederation have furnished seven hundred and fortythons and troops for the present war, and the State of South Germany one hundred and sixteen thousand. Of this grand total of eiliht hundred and thousand men, nearly all era now on French They are expected to complete the con puest of French in a short winter cam paign. A correspondent states that previous to the capitulation of Metz liazaine has buried iii the earth a caisse de Parmee, comanimg 400,000,000 francs in gold and lutihuo,Ouo francs in silver. The OernianS received inlonnation as to the burial of tins treasure, and forced him to reveal tile locality. The tonna] approved of the candidature of the Duke of Aosta for the Spanish throne by lingland,Prussia,ltaly,A ustria, and Russia is officially ackuowlidgtd by the go - Venni - lent. The German inhabitants of a street in Detroit arc in a high state of infuriation, because the Council named it Napoleon. ht Chicago the percentage of races is stated as follows : Anglo-i Nixon 4,3, Ger man 00, :-Aquidinavian 10, Irish all others 5. The construction of the Shepaug Connecticut, Railroad was awarded a I'M days since to a Vennsylvania com pny for 370.0u0. The cattle disease which broke out in Maine last summer is still prevailing, and extending its ravages among horses, sheep and swine. A rat gnawed a hole in one of the wheat bins at Great Falls. The result was that thirty or more bushels_of wheat ran into the river, Cmneral \let•lelMu reviewed the Democrat ic to rehlight proce, , ion in New York, TimrA day evening. Sixty-one out of every hundred in Mis sissippi it is estimated can neither read nor write. The considerable firing around l'nris of late does not seem to have brought on a reign there. Maysville, Ky., plow factories shipped one thousand seven hundred plows to the South last week. A. - Missouri paper says that "St, Louis Avill now take rank as one of the fourth cities of the Union," It is proposed to erect a new hotel at Eitston on a large scale. $-15,000 having already been subscribed for that purpose. Clergymen find this one of the most pleasant and profitable seasons of the year. Marriages are more frequent on the eve of cold weather. Although tindisti»guishable by dress from their men, the death rate among the Prussian officers during the war has been enormously high. A Boston boy found a pint of brandy, which his mother had hid away. The boy drank the liquor, and the effects were nearly fatal, Sews has been received front Paris to October 29, The people were strong in their determination to defend the city to the last extremity. Great numbers of new enrolments in the .N - ational Guards had been made in order to strengthen the defence of the fortifications. It was esti mated that the rations of fresh and salt meats would subsist the city until the end of Jan nary. The journals assert that bread will not lie dealt out in rations un til the first of January, the 'supply on hand being ample. .411 the french torts arc armed with six-and-a-quarter, seven-and-a-half, nine, and ten-and-a-halt inch guns, ranging from 7,92.5 to 9,000 yards, and throwing front seventy-five to taro-hundred-pound shells. The besiegers possess 180 heavy guns, mounted on field carriages. The , car riages allow an elevation off- the guns to an angle of forty-five degrees. The heav iest throw seventy-pound shells. They have two mortars, throwing two-hundred pound shells. Rumors of the capitulation of Ba7,ain were circulated in Paris on the 27th, and created intense agitation. Marshal Bazain. in his address to his army, claims to have been conquered by famine. All the French marshals and generals have been ordered by King William, at the request of Napoleon, to report at Cassel without delay. M=MESEMIMMEI South German :States looking to a Ger manic union are progressing favorably.— It has been decided that King William will assume the title of Emperor of Ger many. The London Standard contradicts by authority the report of a conference of Legitimists and Orleanist chiefs at Cop pet, Switzerland. In the British Cabinet, a long discus sion occurred in the Couch, resulting in a determination to urge Prussia to con sent to an armistice without insisting on the recognition of the principle of the cession of territory by France as a prere quisite. LoNnox, Nov. 3.—There have been no disturbances at .letz since the capitula tion. The report of the refusal of the garrison and town to surrender had its orign in a plot by the citizens and sol diers who were not satisfied with the turn of affairs to seize the arms at the arsenal, and make a forcible resistance to the en try of the Prussians. The consumma tion of the design was prevented by the Imperial Guard. General Manteuffel is to command the First Prussian army, It is claimed by the Germans that the supply of meat in Paris is insufficient to meet the necessities of those within the walls for another fortnight. At Mon, on Tuesday the Ist inst., M. Thiers Nras admitted to an audience with the King of Prussia. The conference lasted three hours. A military conucil was held at Ver sailles on Wednesday morning, in which Count Bismarck participated. In the afternoon 31. Thiers was closeted with Bismarck for a long time. The Second Prussian Army Corps re mains at Metz and before Thionville. General Kum] ners' corps will escort cap tured. French to Germany, and will re tain them for guard duty. The greater portion of the army of Metz and Prince Frderick Charles will operate in the centre of France. Count Bismarck in replying to Earl offers of mediation through Count Bernston, the Prussian Minister, at London, says that there will be no ob stacle offered by him to the French elec tive members of the Legislative As sembly: .Ti., refused to subscribe for an iron fence for a cemetery in Vermont, on the plea that it needed no fence, as those inside cannot get out, nail those who are out do not want to get in. TER. RIB LE TRAGEDY" IN Orno.—A dispatch dated Fort Wayne, Ind., Octo ber 30th, says : A most horrible murder, committed nine miles south of Lima, Ohio. has just come to light. A man named Brentlinger murdered his wife near his house on last Monday afternoon, by stabbing her eight times in the breast and four times in the abdomen. lie threatened the lives of his children if they informed on him, and by direction of him Oro of his sons buried the body near tho house, and then in order to 'remove all traces to the grave, plowed and harrowed over the spot. Yesterday his children told some of the neighbors of the affair, and an examination was immediately made which revealed the crime in all its horrible naturv. Brentlinger has sauce confessed and is now confined m the Lima jail. His trial will probably take place at the present term of cocoa. The age of the murderer is 52, and that of his Victim but 25, - This was his second wife. He claims to have murdered her on ac count of her being too intimate with a neighbor. Nens Condensed. Hon. Gideon Welles, President Lin coln's Secretary of the Navy, contributes to the November Galaxy an article in which he explains that the President's ar rangements for re-enforcing Fort Sump ter were defeated by a secret intrigue of Secretary Seward, who cheated the Presi dent by inducing him to sign an order without first reading it—an order by which the steamer "Powhattan," Capt. Mercer, of being sent to Fort Sumpter, as the President intended, was sent to Port Pickens. The object of Mr. Seward is supposed to have been to fulfil his prom ise to leading rebels that Fort Sumpter should not be re-enforced, but evacuated. The President, Mr. Welles says, express ed great surprise when he found what a trick Mr. Seward had played upon him. He did not, however, expel him from the cabinet; though lie took good care that he should not again assume the functions of the Executive. The hurricane which swept over the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies on the 7th of October appears to have been or the most terrific character. A curves polidentlif ;the New York herald, writ ing on Moialay last, gives an account of the storm, with the loss of life and de struction of property caused by it. The town of Matanzas, on the coast of Celia, set - feted most, severely by the hurricane. The wind, driving the wider into the har bor in liege volumes, prevented the rivers San Juan and Yinnuri, flowing on either side of the city, from discharging their waters, which, in conjunction with the rain, caused them to burst their bounds and sweep over a good portion of the city, causing death and destruction ill their trite Through the combined action of tile Wind and Water a great many build ings were swept away, and in some in stances whole families perished. The railroad station near the iiitrt Juan, at which a train from Ilavana had just ar rived, was swept away, together with the cars and passengers. About forty per sons perished at that place alone. The following day the wind changed and the storm subsided, when a frightful scene presented itself. Hundreds of dead bod ies lined the streets and the remains of the dead had even been washed from the cemetery. The damage to property is es timated at $5,000,000. The four-handed political fight in Mas sachusetts is the hottest known for years. The adherents of the foie• tickets—Re publican, Democratic, Temperance, and Labor Reform—are fighting each other in a determined manner. The West Virginia election was held on Thursday. Paitial returns from ten covulties show Democratic gains. The Democrats aro said to undoubtly carry the First Congressional District, and probably the Third. They also claim to have gained control of the Legislature. Lifer dispatches represent that two Con gressmen have been elected by the Dem ocrats, who have over 1000 majority in the State. Returns. of the election in Dakota indi ca to the choice of Armstrong, Democrat, as Delegate to Congress, by about 150 ma jority. There were two Republican can didates—Burleigh and Spink—and it is announced that Burleigh will contest Armstrong's election. The census gives Cincinnati a popula tion of 218,000. It is stated that besides this there arc 33,85 S persons doing busi- ness in Cincinnati, who live outside the city. The total population of the South ern District of Ohio is 1,407,792. The various departments of the Boston Navy Yard have been ordered to make imme ate estimates of the cost and time of fitting for sea, with dispatch, the mold- Jots Wassuc, Shawnee, Miautonomah, Ti conderoga, Worcester, Wabash, Niagara, Sabine, California and three other vessels. A passenger and freight train on the Vandalia and Terre Dante railroad collid ed. near Greenville. Indiana, on Thurs day morning. M. P. Mansheiin, Adams Express messenger, was killed. George Willis, American Express messenger, and Wilkes Eddy, brakeman, were badly in jured. Both locomotives and the bag gage and express cars were demolished. The consolidation of the NVW York Central and Hudson River railroads is completed practically, mid hereafter there will only be one tariff on the line, and freight will not stop in Albany, At the San Atonia (Texas.) Agricultur al Fair a great feature of the closing day was a GO mile race, to be made inside of three hours, only Texan horses and sad dles allowed. The feat, it is stated, was accomplished by Mr. Cooke, of Emir county, who rode 61 miles in 2 hours and 56i. minutes. forses were ready saddled for him. FRIDAY 'S LATEST DISPAT MIES An armistice for twenty-five days is said to have been concluded, and under it elec tions for a French Constituent Assem blv will he held. The Provisional Government lies re ceived reassuring advices from the south ern and western provinces of France. The people are unanimous for a continu ance of war until peace is possible on some other basis than the cession of French territory. The authorities of Lyons have published a resolution that it would be better to submit to any hardship than surrender the town. Advices front Tours state that the Red Republicans at Marseilles are again ram pant and revolutionary. A proclamation just issued by the leaders announces the establishment of a new republic, embrac ing the cities and territory of sixteen de partments to the southward. In a congratulatory order to his army King William says: `•With Metz the last army of the enemy is destroyed. I take this opportunity to thank you all, from General to soldiers. Whatever future I look forward to, it is calmly, because I know that with such soldiers victory can not fail.'' A Great Rebellion in China The war in Furore has been regarded as exceptional for the great armies en gaged on either side, but a conflict now raging in Asia has quite as large ar mies in the field,thoug,h scarcely anything is heard of it in this part of the world.— Reliable advises put the number of Shen si rebels under Ma Ro Looug in the northwestern part of China at 430,000 men, who are opposed by 300,000. im perialist troops. A Pekin letter to the 'long Kong Mai/ says that the rebels are shut up in an inland district formed by the splitting of the Yellow river in the extreme northwest of Shen-si, in King Asia-Fm They are shut in on all except the Kansult side, whence they procure ample supplies both for themselves and the animals, of which each an has two or three ; _Foreign arms they obtain min the western Mohomedan cities, but no cannon ; they are very plucky, and will kill as long as they have a knife. The imperialists are expecting a supply of foreign guns and shells to arrive in September ; but they will have little ef fect, for though the rebel camp is within range of the imperialiSt gunners will not be able to beat clown the iutrenchments. Li Hung-Chang has his headquarters at the capital of Shen-si, 250 miles from the rebels, at which safe distance he directs the operations of the imperialists, When a fight .takes place Mu-Fu-Shan always reports another victory News items. Al Frenchman has taken Out a patent for "stockings with garters attached." Lynch law has just hanged two burglars at Now Albany, Indiana. At Elkton, Maryland, people are buying beef at 12 cents a pound. General Hasbrouck Davis, of Chicago, was lost in the elltnbria. Cincinnati has had a sensation in the form of a "midnight wedding." Senator Sunnier thinks the European struggle a "war of surprises." A man in Albany has three wives, and one of time wives has two husbands. Japan has haying, that to "appreciate the bettutnut, you nave acct! 1110WailinS." A tatty iictrryl‘l..) , e.eapeuaet tuna injury a lOW (lays billet; by baying tier allg -110/IsvL 011 nre %011ie traveling in a laurbe-car. • Nu -kinetic:ail city, it la sant, llw Ilan a pep lation ropurteu uy the COIIaUS Ulai, Is at all equal to we antietpanons 01 tta utp.vb papetn. I.oini I.l.Lkiw uridegreum refused to wed 00All,l1 1t1eA,..e..111,1. /UIA/1... auut he, .14.,y-ivVt: 111=MIO I= 04j0 114 A.,./J-Lti/ U 24,4,1.1. 11111119 =I 1=111921Z2 /11 =I I= 4, U.l. I= • AV/.A1. 2 LAV 11 I , AV., /..‘ oI.AAVVIA.A ‘• VA /A 1 1 / 1 .1. 1./.1.-1/6 /Jut :ALAVA b (1.1 . 17.,,..0 1,11-‘l. ..Aptlit LUU bi.t/1L111.1.1/ 11l U uram recep,iti, N /PAL eOlll6 CLU I / 1 , , : tre Universal corre.spoudeut ,ays: 10 J 011101: slat 10 101 . 10g cuil4 rant , not,- much sickness prevails nil both shore:, et the Bali the inhabitants arc uown with chills, and the ether half seem only to wait their turn. The shakes consti tute a leading topic of conversation, tint( never tail, when introduced, to elitit. experi riences. An English professor tells of a wellinform ed compratiot who demonstrated that Amer lean never could amount to much, "having no coal, you know." There is a Moravian church at Centreville, Lancaster county, which was built in the year 1755. It is still ui an excellent state of perservation. In Brooklyn a person may ride in a pas senger railway car for nearly two hours for the small sum of Live cents, and the corpora tions pay dividends. The Coplay post-ollice, in Lehigh county, has been changed five times within the past year, between that point and Stemtown, Northampton eounty, A stock company of Hebrew residents, of New York is proposed to purchase a hotel and grounds at Long Branch, and establish next year a first class hotel, on the Coshor plan. It is said that, at the lowest calculation, :100,000 bales of cotton will be made in Georgia during the present season, and that the wheat crop is the finest evor gathered in the State. Rosa Bonbonr has arrived in London, and is coining to America to visit our Western prairies and study the wild bull do and see the other wild animals of the prairies in their natural haunts, An enterprising merchant of Memphis has erected an illuminated clock on a street cor ner at a cost 52000, and the unenterprising city tethers refuse to pay for the trilling amount of which it consumes. Farmers in the neighborhood of Titusville, Pa., report the woods unusually full of wild game this fall. The deer are unusually fat, umd , preparatiods for venison steak are being made in the city, while the hunters are get ting their "shooting irons" in readiness. The very last kind of thieving to - which we should have possible for men or boys to resort, is the stealing of paving stones. But the New York papers tell that quite a brisk business is carried on in Brooklyn in paving stones, which are stolen in large numbers, and sold to street contractors, who, of course, cannot be much more honest than the thieves themselves. A few days since, after a storm at Long Island, in Boston harbor, there was captured at North Head a veritable sea-serpent, 14 feet in length and 27 inches round in the largest portion of the body. The serpent had a bat tle with some large lish, as his head was bro ken in, and he probably ran into shallow wLer to elude his pursuers when he was taken. Ile is covered with scales, has four rows of teeth, and is variegated in color. A now corporation, oak-hilly designated as the "New York and London Direct Telegraph Company, Limited," has lately effected an organization, made its contracts for the con struction and laying of a new Atlantic cable, and only awaits the conclusion of the war to begin operations. The investigations and calculations or the company's engineers show that a cable of first quality, and provided with the latest improvements in apparatus battery power, can be laid at so comparative ly moderate a cost as to afford a remunera tion lhr the outlay without a much lower tariff of charges than that established by the lines now in operation. Preserved fruits are in large demand for thd use of the sick tun/ wounded soldiers of the war now waging ou the Continent of Eu rope. The English markets, it is reported, are entirely cleared of preserved peaches, pineapples and similar fruits, and one order for as many 50,000 eases had been received, while not a single tin could be procured, The facility with which these fruits can be administered makes them indispensable to stores of the hospital, while the relief to the thirsty patient is more grateful than any other kind of restorative. State IV COS. New buckwheat is being sent to market lfau•riahurg has four colored military com panies. liihoril, Pike county, has seven females to one male. Two blind men have estabLished a broom factory at Scranton. Cambridge, Crawford county . , llama chee.so factory or 900 cow-power, The Pennsylvania railroad company has reduced the working time in its shops in Harrisburg, in nine hours per day. East Pennsylvania Eldership of the Church of God will convene in Shippensburg, on Wednesday of next week. Price Ingram, formerly a police ollicer of Harrisburg, was arrested in that city on Tuesday and taken to Pittsburg to answer a charge of perjury. When one lover of billiards said to another 'Tin Dion for you, Decry!" the one was na turally taken, and led to a match which is now being solemnized in San Francisco. There was an unusually severe storm of rain, thunder and lightning at an early hour Thursday morning in, the vicinity of Mid dletown, during Which the barn of Mr. D. Kendrick, was tired by lightning and entire ly consumed, together with all its contents. Th 6 11ev. - Bernard C Wolf, D. D., formerly . Professor of Theology at the Theological Seminary at Mercersburg, Pa., died at his residence in Lancaster, on Monday evening last, in the Tutlt year of his age. Since the late casualties on the Penn'a It., a number of employees have concluded to quit the business. All old employee re marked, the other day, that if thirty men were killed every month, forty applicants would, nevertheless, be on hand. The work is not laborious but the danger is great. lion, George W. Woodward huts taken the Wilco of Judge Strong, of the Supreme Bench, in Philadelphia, and has entered up on the practice of his profession in that city. Ile will retain his residence in Wilkesbarre except during the severe winter months. ELOU_RING MILL. COLUMBIA FLOUR MILLS GEORGE BOGLE, PROPRIETOR. The highest CaNh prices paid for all /rinds of Grain. SUPERFINE AND EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR for sale; also Mlll Feed of all kinds. Wheat Ground and Packed to order. Grist work and Chopping done, Chopped Corn and Oats. Corn Meal and GRAHAM FLOUR For sale at all times, and delivered to any part of the town.ta,).Town and country custom so licited. Ner,-1-01( HATS, CAPS & NOTIONS I , ee/ . , 4 zi - , - _. : /. - - F-4=9....1e .. -- _,-. 10 ,....,, , .::: -. ..• r e--„ FALL Asn - .0 .. , .-41.:, ''., ,L- 'WINTER c-: ::. ~ -;4 , : N .-; :i O D .- respectfully asks his ---- frb-nils a i il the public generally to call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere. _ HATS Twat 1y done :u ,d tit t‘. to or., r I= Il.• /li US• 1" lilt coil; 11.0 , 1 , 1 I,AI (1 , ,i1 good 11 , hc tie uu• ••/ ); IL.n • t• , A •r I I h• I, 1,. I; ..., I r - •I 14. 1.. I I= !:: I I p l l I 11, bc. ,- .11• I titillltLh (Alt p.:11,11,1-t• tilt , 1 1:le Pi op, a t;I it. f. [lv t, i .I.IP. ig“ It!tt•••• A. ..L.C.ttII, t Lie •.; :11111, , t, 1"-ti ~'•l~L:\i1 i,lCi 05E.9'.V.1 WA IMO Ni et 4.. 0., LU N T.IIIAKERS. 10, 413 WALNUT 6T., PUILADFLI'MA Our establish neat is one of the oldest in PI-W -ade] phi, and num lung experience :old superior tacit: ties we are prepared to furnish good work at retionable prices. We manufacturo line furniture, and also me dium-priced furniture of superior dually. A large stock of furniture always on hand. Goods made to order• Counters, Desk Work and Office Fm niture for Banks, Olives and Stores, made to oruer. Jos. Walton. J. W. Lippincott. Jos. L. Scott marl '7O-ly FAMILY GROCERIES F.A.MILY GROCERIES! The Subscriber would respectfully inform his customers and the Public generally, that he has just received ageneral assortment of GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, TEAS AND SPICES. Relined Sugars of all kinds, No. 1, and Mess Mackerel, English d: American Pickles, Sugar Cured Hams and Beef, Extra Fine Syrups, Old Rio and Java Coffee DRIED AND CANNED FRUITS, Raisins , Prunes and prepared Mustard alwaya on hand and at the very best grades. EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, CORN MEAL, HOMINY, &c., Fancy Groceries, Canned Vegetables and Fruits, for hotels and families. The best Goods only are sold, and prices very low. Our stock of staple and fancy groceries is full and complete and we intend keeping it fresh, by almost daily additions. Notions of different kinds always on hand. • FREDERICK 131JCHER, cor. 4th 6: Locust Sts. 4eal-311-tfw] m C EL HART Contractor and Builder, COLUMBIA, PA LIP.UAR7" S PLANING MILL, SECOND STREET, COLUMBIA, rs constrinUy in operation, and tile Proprietor is prepared co 1111 all orders in his line suet' as FLOORING AND SIDING OF VARI- OUS KINDS. WINDOW AND DOOR. FRAMES. DCIOUS. AND SASH PI VDT& STA TIONARY BLIND S WASH AND BASE; BOARDS CORNICE STUFF, STAIR STEPS, lIAND HAILS Of the latest and best patterns. ALL RINDS 01? TURNING, NEWEL POSTS, STAIR DA.LLUSTERS, AND OTHER FANCY WORK S.CItOLL SAWING in all its clitlerent varieties, such as Level and Bake Brackets. ALL THE DIFFyItE.NT STYLES OF AIotTLDING:S, I,IPHARTS BRICK YARD, Olt R'uler's F;11111,t)eltr I/ 1111)11t. -cos= doofliti g .Shue c0n:4,1170y on hand ;Ma I:outing promptly done. beNc quail ty of Buildirn:anel Pay.ng, Brte u rntslled zu, the very to went rate:, MICHAEL. Li PH. \ RT. C. )11.1 I/ EISIM THE COLUMBIA DEPOSIT BANK 10.167 LOCUST STREET Dour:, below the Fir.,t, National Bank, DIRECTORS D.IN/gL It. DETWILER, SOLoltoN S. DETWILER, lIL'NU likaiLkat. 44T- 11710 arc Inditicittally respousible for all the lia abilitw: of this hank. li - DIVARD S.lllrlr, IsAAC K. 11/E.sTER, 111:Git K. Notrill, The Colusttbia Deposit Bank, ()from tunarrous,cd accommodations to Interest at the rate of 4 per Cent per Annum =I ON :DAILY BALANCES The long experience of the members of this Bank enablesthem to understand the require euts'of this community, and to give every at tention and facility for the prompt transaction at ail business committed to their care. The Basines3 of the Bank will be to BUY AND SELL BONDS, STOCKS, GOVERN MENT r,ECUMT.I.ES AND GOLD, AND DIS COUNT PROMISSORY NOTES AND BILLS, and tranSael a General Banking Business. S I-2 Per Cent Interest Allowed: for 12 Mouths. mar:Mt '7O-I y M., OC FREIGHT NOTICE. _i_d ' The Pennsylvania Rail Road Company are • now prepared to receive or forward Freight, be- tween Columbia and Lancaster, and all station • a the Pennsylvania Rall Road and its branches • HATES 13ETWEE2.N.t PkllL'A. & COLUMBIA, Ftrst Class. 2nd Class. 3rd Class. 4th Cl e at 25 cents 21 cts. IS ets. 15 ets. Flour in Car beads, 26 eon is per Ba rrel. BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA R LANCASTER,' Feat Chas. :led Class Sid Class. 4di Met :, 23 cents 20 ets, 17 ets. 14 ets. BETWEEN COLUMBIA 6: PITTSBURGH. prat Chan. led Class. 3rd Class. 41/, Class . 71 cents 56 eta, 46 ets. al ets. Freight consigned to stations where the Cora—. pony has no Agent. must be prepaid.. All Freights pay able on Delivery. S. B E I M GS7 ON, General Freight Agent, Phila.. 47rFor further information' apply to W. \V. W omit, Frt. Agt„ Phira. E. K. Boren, Frt., Agt., Columbia. 0ct.13,'7511 BOOKS, STATIONERY. NEW I NEW II NEW II I BOoE ANo sTATIONERY STORE, NO. 2;2 LA,..ALST ST., COLUMBIA, PA rite subscrauers nave Just, opened and otter to Elie public a eon - 1E4440 assot tment of SCHOOL, BLANK rarrD MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, STATILLNEAVY 01 ALL KIND*, And of every quality, Including a large and nrst-rate stock of CAP, LETTER, NOTE AND BILL rA PER, SCHOOL A\33 SUNDAY SCHOOL MOTTOES,. Envelopes, Ink, Slates, Faber's Guttkneeht's Pencils, dm. Toy Books, Pass Books, Tuck Memorandum Books,fai Paper, &C., Bibles,Testaments and Hymn Books. All weekly and monthly papers and znaga al nes received as soon as published. The Custom' of the public is respectfully solicited. Arar Remember the ptace—No. 2tr2 Locust Street one door below the Columbia Steam Fire En gine House. sep4-69 tfwj JOHN L. WRIGHT A: CO. FOB FANCY JOB FR IN TING CALL AT THIS OFFICE. The subserlberhav in. Just returned from the elty with a full line of CAPS, FOR IL F. 11:01+K , II Li s W. .111 A 11 11,11 I• 11111 t. U. • 11 I=3l IMIZEMB3 COLUMBIA., PA the. pub ILc CE. GRA YBILL, Cashier
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