H. Y. Morthimeu, Proprietor. INDEPENDENT'1 Live and Let Live." 51.00 a Year if Paid in Advance. Vol. v..no! 41. LEniGHTON; OARBON COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1877. ubscrlu'ars but of County', $1.20 Railroad Guide. N OUTII 1-UiVSA. It A1LUO AD . rassenccrsforPhllodelnhta'vrlU leave Lchlcrh. ton as follows 1 :47a. m via. L. V. orrlvo at Phlta. at 0:45 a in. 7:42 a. m. via L. V. " lt:"5 a. m. HK)7p. m. viaL. V. " 2-i0p.m. J:2Cp. m. via L. A 8. " " 11:10 p. m. C:29 p. m. via L. V. " " U:S0 p.m. . Returning, leave depot at Berks and Amerl. can St., Pblla., at 8:15 unit 9:49 a. 111.: 2:15, p. in. Jan. 1. 18)7. ELLIS ULAttK. Agent. pIIIbA. b UEADIIV'U UA1LUOAD. Arrangement of Passenger Trains. AUGUST 2ND. 1S77. Trains leave, ALLEls TOWN aafollowsi (VIA rBKKIOMKX BRANCH.) Tor Philadelphia, at CM, 11.05. tun.. M.15 and 4 55 p.m. SUNDAYS, for Philadelphia at 3.23 n. m. I VIA ASf FKXNA. nBANCII.) Vor Rending, t 2.3'J, 5.50, 8.M a m 12.15. 2.10. 4.30 nt:d9 0ftp.m. For HatrlsDnrg. 5 50, 8.85 a. tn., 12.15, 4 30 p.m. Tor Lancaster nnd Columbia, 6 50, a.iu. and 4.30 1 p-m. Tftocs not ran on Monday. frUNDAYS, For Reading. 2.30 a. ra. and 9 05 p.m. Tor Hurrlaburg. 9 05 d. ra. Trains FOH ALLENIOWN leavo as follows: (VIA PKBKIOMEN BnAKCIM Leave Philadelphia, 7.30 a.m., 1.00, 1.30 4nd 5.15 p.m. RUNfiAYS. Leave rhllidclphln. 8.a. m. (VIA EAST PCXNA. IMANCU,) Leave Reading, ;.4i. ;.45, io.35 am., 4.00, r.t0 rntl 10.30 p m Leave Harilsburg, 5.00. 7.30 a. m., and f.40. J.30 p. ra. Leave Lancaitcr, 7.30 a. m.. and 3.2$ p'. ro. Leave Columbia. I.zo a. ra . dud 3.15 p. m. SUNDAYS. Leave Reading, 7.35 a.m. Leave IIarrlonrK. 5.0 1 n in... , Trains msi keel thus () run to and from depot vth and Oreeu street: I'Mlndolnhlii. other , Tno 0.50 a. m and 5.55 p. m. tialus from Allen, town, and the.7.30 a. ra. and MS p. m. trains from PlnlnnviuMa, hivo through cars to oud fteuernl MAnntier. HENRY A. PETER, (Successor to O. W. LESTZ), iBank Street, Lehighton, Penn'a, Offers to the. publlo a full Uno of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, wg pAtJnt medicines, jSOj Horse andCattleMedicines itwi-4& A Complote Assaortmont of From the Cheapest ilrown to (he finest dut. Panc Toilet Articled, SFONdE3,.CHAMbisE skins, Plain Si Fancy Stationery; Andayarlvlv of HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES toonumoronstoo nientioh, all of which ho is offering it YEItY REASONABLE PliiCES ! PURE WINES and LIQUORS for Medicinal and Sacramental puro&es. FH Y8IC l A N S' P RESCR1 PTIONS cs reful'y and accurately compoundod by MYSELF, at all hours of Hie day and ulgnt. Patronage Invited. H. A. PETER, Lcucucl's Block. March 24, 1877. QAEBON ADVOCATE CJ1KAP JOB PUINTIKG OFFICE, LliIOUTON, PA. Every fictcr-lptlouof rnnUng, from a Visiting Card to a lister. CARDS. Ill I.I, HEADS, LETTER IIEAD3. NOTE HEADS, STATEMENTS, HAHDBlLtS, DODGERS, CIRCULARS, SHIPPING TAOS, KNVELOPEU, PAMPHLETS, fcY-LAWS.- &a., 0 We are prepared to do work at ns cheap rates OUR MOTTO IS I ' A COrdtxs ty mall receive prompt attention. CARDS. Furniture 'Warelionse. V. SchwsrU.Btnk street, dcattrin all Kindt of Furniture. CoJRnimadeto order. Hoot nml Shoe Illnkera. Clinton Bretney, in Leran'it building. Hank street. All order promptly filled work warranted'. F. 1'. LONGSTUEET, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Next door tothe " Carton nonce.' BANK STREET, LEHIGHTON, TA. December 10-0ni. yjq- nr. UAPSiiKu, iTTOIlNKY AND COUNSELLOR, AT LAW, DAXX8Taer.T,Ltnionroii,PA. . Real Esfateand Collection Airency. WillBuyand 8all Ittal Estate. Conveyancing neatly done Col lections promptly made. Settling Kststes of De cedents n specialty. May be consulted in F.nllsh nd Urman. Nct. 2. JAS. H. STIIUTHEIIS, ATTORN BY AT LAW, 3- Office : 21 floor of Itho.id'sHall, Munch Climik, Pa. All hulnes entrusted to Mm will In prcmptly attended to. S!v27, ly. JJANIIT.I. KAIiBFUS, ATTOUNKY AND COHJTSEt.LOn AT LAW, iltnucli CluliiU, Pa. T3-0IIli-e. abote Dofon's JeittJry 8tore,BroailTny JSO. P. DBUIOLSTTE. JA8 P. toOSB jgEiiTOLETTK & Loose, ATTORNEYS AND C0UNSI5I.I.0US AT LAW, Orricr Corner of Susquehanna and Broadway. jIauck chunk, pi.i. Cn In consulted In Ocrmai. .Tulc 24 is7 . p J. SIlSEtlAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Neit Door to First National Bsck, ItAUCII CUUNK, PA. Can b eonsnlted In German. fJatiO. yjf A. 1II0I.T2, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Obcrt's nulUUnT. DANK-st, LrmciiTox: Conteranclnc. CollocUnc aud all other busi ness connected with the ofilce promptly attend ed io. Also, Agent for tho Put chase and Salo uf Real Estate. Apflt I't'H rjlIIOMAS S. DECK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACC, ,r , HANK Street, LKlilfiltTON, ft. Co'nTeratielnff, Collecting and all business ton- oect.d with the ofllre promptly flttendeil to;,, . . Ad-Affont (or first-class Insurance Companies, n J Klsk. of nil kind, taken ou th moist ItWnt terms Jan. 0,1875. w X. DEtUIAJlEIt, .it.U.j PHYSICIAN AND SUrtljuON Epsclal attention paid to Chronic Diseases. (Hit,.. Sniill. i:..f mrni imn and Qml .1... T.r. tilshlon.Ps. Aprll3,J875. jya. s. ii. tiEiiERj PrtACTIClSfJ I-IIYSICIAN AtSb stiiif)):oN. Orf.ce, Bank Street, nest door alaro the Poatottlrei Lehlt:hton, Ia- Office Hoursrnrrytllle each daj rom loto 120'clOcst remainder of day atiOHleoiu Leutsnton wot iJ,'72. yqr G. M SEli'LIi; PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Next to E. II. Snyder's store, RAKK ST., LEIHOlfrON, PENN'A. , , N.R. Snoclal attention mvenlo tho Cure, of Salt Ithenni. Jtc. Inn. 13 y rnsfosiAS koii:iii:r, -L CONVEYANCER, at: n GENERAL INSUEANCE AGENT Thti f.llowlua Cuuipaiilus aro Represented: leha.n )n mutual fire, j:i:auin(i mutual fire, rot t villi: fire, LE11IOI1 FIRE, and thoTR.VV F.LER's ACCIDENT INSURANCE, Alai Pennxlvanla ami Mnlnnl ITnpftA Tlilef Detee'ive and InMiramo Companv. iuarcn, I5,rf. ijiub. iilAlUill'.R. II. WIUUOSS, PRACTICAL BARBER, Opposite the First National Hank, Bank Street, Lehighton, Pa. HAIR CU PTING, SHAVINO. BI1AM POO INU and DYEINU piomptly nud artistically attontltwl to. 1'uironega solicited and eatlsfaction guaran-toed- July 14, 1S77. G IUCOJC KOSTUXBADEK, riouth oast Corner Public Square, Bank St., Loliigbton, Pa., Isprroared to make UFC612E PORTRAITS OF VKllBONn FROM PHUlOORAPIlS In the moat nrtUno manner, cqaal In all resperti l?iu.". F"fvliig. Ho m.ikcaa specialty of SMWJ'i0 ''OltTRAlTS UF DLCEASKD PERbONS fioui type. of atl kinds, charges very moderate oiid patronage solu iteJ. rov 12 D AVID UUItElT'S Livery &s Sale StableS HANIC STllliliT.LliHICJU'l'OA, I'a FAST TROTTING HORSES, ELEGANT OAURIAGES. And positively LOWER PRKJES than any Largo and handsome. Carriages for Fan"rl Kova'iWfc Wwtfl0- UVJD EUIUSIIT. Tho Night After PIOTiin'. , BucriAitEsT, Aucjnst2, It wa9.tl'i'o evening of the battle of Plevna. The sun was gblnpi down behind the smoke hmntled heights in aglow of lurid crim son. The dusk was fast settling on one of the bldodlest battle fields ot the cen turyclosing In round the batteries, whose gunfc were still firing round de tached parties of Russtnn soldiers, who Were doggedly maintaining tho fight agalns the Bwarlhs of Turks, who formed 'A rihg around them, firing Aerc ly Into their midst, round the dead and wounded lying thick on the stubbles, on the grassy slopes, in the hollows among the rualz'o jilant's and oak copses, round (he knots of woiliided who had crawled for cover tn atlio leesldo tit the craln stacks oh tho fields, and v,li'o lay there In the unspeakable agony of wnltlng for tho inevitable doom which they knew too well was to belall tliehi, round fli'6 group of niNcrcants tramping about the battlefield intent upon wreaking that doom on the defenseless woutided, and and stopping ever and rlnon to perpe trate some bnibarlty. Prince Seliaqkos koy and Ills stall stood on the .nimintt of the ridge above the vlllago of Itadls ova, which was crammed with wcuhd pdjinen. The fate of the battle had hung in the scale for sumo time, but how all hope of success hail gone. There was no reserve ahiong us In the hcknowleilgcment that the attack had been a failure; all the concern nnV was to do whatever was possible toward minimizing the results of that, failure. There vVas no conversation j, ihen's hearls weto too heavy fr)r tairt. Wo sat about 'on the kholl, gailng down In to the paiidemonium below. Thu Gen eral, aloho and apart, paced up aud down a little open space In the oak copse; gloom settled on his face. All around Its the air was heavy with tile low moaning of the bounded, who, having limped or been aided thus far out ut the fight, hail cast themselves down to gain a little relief from tho agony of motion. There was not even water for theili, for Radisova Is all but it waterless village, and what water ttlctileil In d tlhy rill from the fountain behind the village was struggled for eagerly by tile parched and fevered wounded who crowded around It, cov eting with a longing, tho agony of wli It'll the reader can iiever know, a lew drops of the precious fluid. 1 can not lejj when 1 lilost respect anil ad mire the simple, honest Kus.-lati soldier vvhether wheii ho la plodding alone; without & nuirmdr verst after vert, uild.tr a burden Just double In Weight that which our soldiers carry, cheering the way as he tramps with a lusty chor us; or when, With cheers that ring with sincerity, uud with an alacrity which is genuine, he piesses forward ihto the battle; or wheii he 13 standing xtobborn ly confronting his enemy, eoileclous of being overmatched, yet nerer dreaming bt running awny; or when he Is lyhui wounded t or uncomplaining, helping his neighbor In the same plight with slime triding act of tender kindness, and fj ailing fbt what God and the czar shall siliil him. with a patieiit, UuiuUrmuiiug clill that is truljr lierols.n. Tho darkness closed IH around us, ana tho enemy reined bent upon folv lowing me example or the darkness. e had been on this ridge for a long time, beyond the range of the enemies' batteries; but now these were advanced, and we were once more u'ndei' fire, 'through the darkness we cou'ld see tho Hashes of the cauuon shots they must be back now in tho position on the knoll below the position where four hours ago the Ruslun soldiers had charged homo with the bayonet, and whence two hours ago the cannon had been firing. A second more, and near, cr came tho whistle of the shells, with a swiftly gradual crescendo into a scteam as they sped over us and crash ed down Into the village in the valley behind us; and yet nearer there was the flashing of the musketry fire In the darkness; one could watch the streaks of llamo foie-shortened down In tho valley there, and nerves tried by a long day of foodlessness, excitement, fatigue and exposure tosun, and the chances of the battle-field, quivered uuder th6 prd. louged tension of etiduiuuce, as tho throbbing hum nf tho bullet sped through or over the straggling group. No man dared to say to that stern,low erlng chief, eating his heart In'ere in tho bitterness of Ids disappointment, that It was a booties tempting of fortune to linger longer on this exposed sput, nor did any man care to quit, for the sake of greater safety, the companion ship which had endured throughout thu day. So we lingered oa till our senses became dulled, aud till some dropped Into slumber, regardless of the scream of shells aud the hum of the bullets. It was a humane object which so Ions do tallied the General fn a positiou so ex posed. There Was no torco available 16 linn the height and cover to ever s'o Flttle extent the wouuded lying on an'd behind It from the liashl-IUzouks, who too eertaiuly wero prowling In tho vlclulty, and ever comlbg urarer iMd nearer. An attempt had. Indeed, been made to get together k detachment of Infantry lor tills purpose, and u, bugler, at the General'i order', persistently souiided the assernbly, but the resuit was merely a' handful of stragglers front half a dozed different leL-iiUents: and although but a company was wanted, that trivial strength could nut' bo col lected, so the General, his ktaffand his' escort took up for" the time a kind of Informal fdrepost duty, aud there wo walled till the pale, calm moon rnso and poured the sheen of her white radiance over the battlefield. While It was yet dark there had been no cessation of tho firing, both artillery and musketry, and bow that heaven was holding a candle to hell, tho fire waked warmpr and brisker. Up.from out of It, with brok en tramp, came a detachment, silent, Jaded, powder begrimed, There could not have been a company all told; a lieutenant marched at tp head, and )t was the remnant, so far as could 1)0 gathered, tho solo remnant, of one of the first regiments of the Thirty-second division, that had crossed the rld'go.over which Its debris was now listlessly trail ing Itself, three fine battalions strong.. At length the Jingle of cavalry ac coutrements was heard, and a squadron of dragoons rode on to the heights and extended in skirmishing order relieved the headquarter staff. It was a poor screen to interposo between a victorious and remorseless army and a mass of wounded men; but nothing moro was available. The General had lost his army, tho fragments of an army had lost their General. Wo turned the heads of our Jaded horses and silent and depressed rode down the slopo across the valley and up tho slope be yond. Our paco was a slow walk, for there wero wounded men everywhere, limp ing along the narrow pathway In front of d, prostrate on the grass by tho side of It, or asleep In the very dust, Oc casionally we would strike detachments ot infantry who had climbed back out of the light, nnd were lying on their arms In utter Ignorance ot the best di lution lu which to march. Or It might be a battery of artillery, halted In per hiexlng dubiety whether If they went CP they mfulit march Into the bosom of Hie Turkisll army. London News. I'AItAGltAPlilfT iilgh living isn't killing off many people nowadays. The money you can earn yourself Is much brighter nnd sweeter than any you can get out ot dead men's coffers. An old sport, on seeing a party of gentleman playing croquet, remarked : "I see billiards have gone to grass." Lord Palmerston once said, speak, ing of the Turks, "what eneigy can be expected of a peoplo with no heels to their shoei." Somo men can. sit on a candle box and lay out tho European campaign, and tell almost everything that Is to occur in the future, except where their next dinner Is to come from, John B. Gough used to say that It was not so that a giiijty man could not look an innocent oiie in the face; ho once addressed an aildlehco of convicts, aud they rllmost stared III in out of coun tenance. There seem9 to bo nothing like faith. One of iho deacons of a church recently wrote to a friend: "We have secured the Rev. Mr. Smith at a salary of S200 a year, and are hoping for a good work of graco." According tn the San Francisco pa. pers a greater star than Adelald Neilson has arisen In IJelena Modjeska, Count ess llozenta, who performed In "Adrl enne Leconvrcur" at the California theatre on the 20th Inst. A deSertcd baby In Buffalo had a peculiar no:C. A detective learned that the patents lived lu Simcoe, Cana. da, but he did. not know their names. lie went to imcne, ana hunted for somebody with a nose like .the baby's, At length he met a man in tho street whoso nose was of that kind, and who proved to bo the baby's father. A blue plglon with red legs lighted1 on a steam lug on July 20, about eight miles from Seaham harbor, England. Attached tn lt ipn vims n nlpn ,if nnnnr signed "William Stoker, Quebec. Sent up at ia:io n'ciocic." tiih bird appear ed to be very tired and liunnry, and is suppo-ed to have crossed the Atlantl6. The Emperor of Austria having been apprised of the existence ol an Austrian military company In San Francisco, desired them, through his Consul In that glty. to select a suitable, uniform fof (ts me.ubers, to be furnished at his expense. The company accord ingly decided upon the uniform n'f the Imperial Jaegers of Vienna. The Em peror has been advised of their choice, and the complete outfit for 1130 men Is expected to arrive soon from Austria. At a Harrison county, Ky., wed ding the bride danced several charming feels within a circle of three feet In di ameter. She changed shoes once Ai account 6f hef new ones not sounding right against the floor. The prompter gave the very unique cbinmands during the dance, " Rock to the right, rock to the left, grind coffee, wring tho dUIi. lag, rock the cradle," A'o. At the wind' up of tho danco the bride showed her agility by kicking the groom's hat off Ills' bead. Tw6 m'or of tho few remaining 6!krch'eB'-Dullt by Wren, In London, alter the fire of 1000, aro to be torn down, One of them Is All Hallows, Bread street hill', wherein John Milton was, baptized, the entry being still pre setted In thb parish register. One of the curious monuments in the city reads : " la memory ot the Rev. Lau reuce SaumWa t a ah Hallows, Bread rtreet, who, for ser. nions preaehed In defence of tho doo trlnes of the Reformation of the Church of England from the corruptions of the Church of Rome, suffered martyrdom In je third of Queen Mary, being burned at Coventry. February ye 8th, 1553." The other is St. Dlotils Baekchurch in Fenehurch street. It contains a monu ment of Thomas Rowlllison, the anti quary, the saleot whose library occu pied tweuty.flve weoks. Adding- lb tho Nation's Wealth. UTILIZING WIIATHAS iiffeN COAL WASTE, AND D1UVINO OUT ENGLISH CEMENT. From the N. Y. Sun. ,,'i.bnt of cv.ery fpiir tons of coal brought to the surface pf the earth, one ton Is ground to powder In breaking, apd goes to waste," says tho President of a prominent coa company In Penn sylvania, prizes have been widely of fered Jor, tho best means of utilizing qtiijns the wa?te Is technically called. Ifo attempts to utlllzo culm economical ly have heretofore been saccessful. .In Belgium and England, however, bitu minous coal dust, called " slack," has been for a few years past made into bricks to be used for fuel. It is used In stead of bituminous coal. It remained foran American firm toexperimept with authracite coal dust. The result was ilr-i publicly shown Thursday to Geo. S. Tape, coal tar refiner j E. II, AVard well. of Page, Kidder & Fletcher ; J. C. F. Cheover, Superintending Chemist of Palisade Chemical Works ; J. S. Hath awaj, 170 Pearl street ; Jas. n. Bojn ton, 858 Broadway ; Captain Fred. P. Benson, Engineer of Nassau Gaslight Company, Brooklyn ; W. T. Carter, Treasurer of Newark Savings Institu tion '; Dr. II. Endemann. Chief of San itary Bureau. Board of Health ; and L. Deane. They were the guests of Messrs. L. L. Crounso and S. D. Coykendall, the active managers of tho "Anthracite Fbel Company." The steamer Thomas Cornell took the party on Tuesday night to Rondoiit; and Wednesday morning the works were Inspected. They are on the Hudson river at Port Ewen, a mile below Ron dout, and are surrounded by water. The process of, converting tho culm Into fuel is slmplp. An elevator, sim ilar to that used for storing grain, trans fers It from canal boats coming from Honesdale into two lofty bins, holding 200 tons each. (A third receiver Is for bitumen, brought also In canal boats from Page, Kidder & Fletcher's reflne rv, a few miles down the river. This is used mainly tb stick tho culm together so that it may be made Into blocks. Ten per cent. Is used to ninety of culm. It la crushed nearly as fine as culm, and immediately mixed before It can solid ify. A scrow conveyordumps the mix ture Into a large upright cylinder, where it Is heated to 000 Fuhrenhelt. The pitch s llqljcfied, and Is fused with and absorbed by tho coal dut. Tbe,n (ho n.dxtute drops Into moulds In a rovolf-' Ing horizontal wheel at the bottom of the same- cylinder. Tho wheel, revolv ing, carries the moulds and contents around wheie a pro-sum of thirty thousand pounds Is obtained, the brick is made, and, being carried around still further, Is punched out and, vlti thou, sands of brother bricks, Imnedlatelt packed away In tiers In canal boats ready tor transportation. Each brick weighs 15 lbs. The capacity of tho works Is 250 tons a day, running double time. The production for this year will be, It is estimated, 40,000 tons. These bricks aro used for bituminous coal locomotive engines on the Delaware jind Ulster, Walkill Valley, Albany and Susquehanna, Rhlnebecjc, and many other railroads, and aro favorably received by firemen. They cost nearly half as much as anthracite cqal and much less than bituminous coal, Tho pulm costs nothing but transportation to tho manufacturers. Experiments in producing the fuel have ueeu making since July, 1873. The works nt Port Ewen were built In 1SS. A practical test of the fuel was made Thursday by pulling tho Inspecting par ty to tho top of Pino Hill in the Cats kills, thirty-eight miles from Rondon't, on the Delaware and Ulster Railroad. The train made thirty miles an hour up aggrade in places 158 feet to the mile. After luncheon in the private residence of Major, Thomas Cornell, the new cement works of tho National Portland Cement Company were visited. The rocks of that region are ground io pow der, pressed Into bricks, baked lu kilns, ground again aud packed In barrels for transportation. It is s'ald that tils cement will drive out of the market the English cement now largely used In AmerM(. Two Huiigrj Tramps. .. A dispatch dated MUford, Pa.,Aug. 27, says',:' Dlngman township, fourteen miles from this place, has a genuine Sensation. On Saturday morning Philip Stark's barn was burned to the ground. Later In tho day two tramps came to Milford aud gave themselves up as the Incendiaries. At the preliminary hear Ing they said that they had been tramp ing for several months;' had been un-hble- to get work; and being almost starved, had decided to firu the barn and so get Into prison. There they would bo fed. They were loeked up in tbe counly jail, and will bo tried In September,, A reporter for The Sun who vislteo them this morning found them sitting crouched up In a corner ot their cell. One gave his name as Fred erick Myer, born In Odense, Denmark; occupation, painter, aged 33 years. 1 he other goes under the name of Jo seph Wilson, alias Brown, alias Kelly, He was bom in London, England; 40 years of age, and by occupation, plast erer. Both have worked lu New York, Philadelphia, and rUewhero. Kelly pre.tends to havo been a leader In the railroad riot at Pittsburg. He confess ed that he had committed many crimes, and that a few years before corqlng to America he assisted In taking tbe life of a fellow workman while . drunk. Wllson-Brown-K'elly is small In stat ure, nnd has but ono eye. lie Is well eddcated.j,,Myer says this IsLlsSrsl offence. ,Both are single men, Thq affair ,cause,d great excitement, and there was loud talk at first ot lynch law. Death of Admiral Scniiiics; Mobile, Aug. 3d. Admltal, Semmes died at ten minutes past,?(jv'en o'clock this morning, at Point CteaH , , Admiral Raphael emmesr, the most distinguished officer of t-hu Confederate States navy, was born In Charles coun ty, Maryland, September 17, 1809. He entered tiiq United States navy as mid shipman In 1820, was commissioned lieutenant n 1857, and commander In 1858, the rank lie held at the outbreak of the civil war, .when he resigned and joined his fortunes tn those of the rebel lious States., In 1834, while awaiting orders, he studied law, and ,was admit ted to the bar at Cumberland, Mary laud;. During the Mexican war bo served.tioth on board ship and as aid to General Worth. In 1801 he was at tached to the lighthouse board as Its' secretary, ills first command In the Confederiite na vy was the steamer Sum ter, which started outi'rom New Orleans In July, 1801, and ran the blockade at the mouth of the Mississippi. With this steamer he captured several vessels In tho gulf. He then went to South ampton, England,- .wKerb lie was for some time closely watched uby the United btates steamer Tuscarora., When he put to sea, , tho Tuscarorii, was detained twenty-four hoiirs by thq British au thorities! but she, followed Semmes to the Straits of Gibraltar,, and so closely blockaded lilm in the port ot Tangier that he sold his vessel and returned to England. In August; 1802, he took command ot tho steadier Alabama, built for him nt Birkenhead, England, and manned by an Eugllsh crew. With this vessel he continued his career of cap turing aud destroying merchant vessels. On July 11, 1803, off Galveston, Texas; he engaged the United States gunboat Hatteras, and after a.sliort action sank her. On July 10, 1804, In an engage ment nine miles off the harbor of Cher bourg, France, theulted States steamer Kfcartiuge, commauded by Capt. Wins low, sauit the Alabama. -HSemmes was taken up by the Euglisli packet Deer hound, aud was carried o England. After the close of tho vihr he entered upon the practice ot th'e law In Mobile, Alabama. In December, 1805, he was arrested and taken to Washington, but was released after an Imprisonment of four months., In February, 1874, Seunnes petitioned Congress to remove his disibllltles, and the petition was shortly a'yet granted. Semmes was tho author ot several works, the most prom inent of wbicji are "Services Afloat and Ashore During the Mexican War;" "Campaign of General Scott in the Valley ot Mexico " The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter," and " Mo moirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States." itRlEFLETS. 1 A large grape.sugar manufactory Is being built at Buffalo. Tho Belgian census Just taken shows the population of the country to be 5, 330,185. One hundred and fifty-one pounds of, honey were recently taken from a tree on Round Mountain, in Brattlebo lb,' Vt., by bee hunters. . The business nier ot Louisville, Ky., are organizing a military company,, to bo called the Merchants' Guards, to' Iw composed exclusively of merchants, clerics and professional gentlemen. l A reporter for d Wisconsin news paper writes : ' Those, who personally, know our esteemed fellow-cltlzen, Col onel , will regret to hear that ho was brutally assaulted lost evening, but' not killed." An old farmer, on being asked why a peacock that was strutting through the yard was liko a figure 0, couidu't' see the resemblance ; but light broke In on him when he was told that It was nothing without Its tatl.ei Reading firework venders save In-, siirance and gain popularity by annual ly glviug grand pyrotecbnlo displays,, lii which tho stock left over from the, "glorious Fourth" Is set off amid the' plaudits of the admiring citizens, A tradesman in Maine failed (he) other day, and being asked If he, thought his assets would warrant an' offer of 50 per cent., replied : "That's loo much ; they afe.only paying about 25 per cent., and I can't pay more than' other people do." A Lunenburg (Mass.) man, wboso potato patch, was Infested with bugs In the early, part of tho season, proposed to his neighbor that If he would take care,,of tho field, ( harvest tho crop and' return the other twenty bujhels, the re mainder should bo his. The field yield ed 100 bushels. A Chicago minister wont Into. lank., ruptcy last week. Ills assets were $250 ot real estate, but in charity be was rich. The Chicago University holds," bis note for tlU,000, and a' Baptist church one for $7,000. Paradlsealley Is a farming' section of numboltft coiinty, Nevada, reached from Wipiiemucca over a, stretch of desert and sage brush' country such as Nevada In the main consists of. A traveler vjslting tho valley a short time since stopped at a farm house, and his host, pointing out the country, said : "This is Parudlte, and the next valley beyond here Is Eden." "Yes," return-, d the traveler, "and Its hell between' hero aud Wlnncraucca."
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers