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The President's Message, The First Aunual Message of Presi dent Graut has been looked for with great interest by men of all parties. It was conceded that it would exercise a controlling influence upon his party in Cong-ess, if it should lay down a bold, clear aud comprehensive policy. The Radical majority in our national coun cils greatly need the guidance of some master mind. They aro perfectly at t ea, ami much divided iu sentiment on all the great questions now agitating the country. The Republican party really has no policy, and it seems destined to drift on to inevitable disruption and destruction, unless some controlling and sagacious spirit, gifted with the rare qualities that distinguish great party leaders, shall speedily arise from its ranks to mould the diseordant elements into one homogeneous whole, aud to point out with clearness and precision the (nurse to he pursued in the future. Certain it is that no such man can be found in either house of Congress. The Sumners and the Rutlers are utterly unfitted for sucha task. TheCabinetis made upof commonplace material, with nut a single commanding or original mind in it. Js Grant fitted to become such a lead* cr as the Republican party needs? His nomination was regarded as a political necessity, and it was conceded that the organization was making a dangerous experiment when it elected him. Being utterly destitute of auy training in civil affairs, it was not to be expected that he would display the qualities of states manship which are so much needed at a period liko our present. Up to the meeting of Congress he was not expec ted to speak, and lie could only be judged by hh acts. These gave very little eucouragement to his friends, aud enabled bis political opponents to dam age him seriously in public estimation, by proper and legitimate criticism. General Grant’s first Annual Mes sage was therefore anticipated with no little anxiety. His friends hoped, al most againsthope, that it might redeem the unenviuble reputation he hud been making for himsolf. That they must feel sadly disappointed as they read the document, which we publish elsewhere, we cannot doubt. Instead of the brief, terse and vigorous paper which the Radical press led us to expect, we have a long, cumbersome and diffuse docu ment, iu which a verbose and stilted style utterly fails to cover up the timid- ily, vacillation ami restraint of a mind, void of fixed political opinions. It must be evident to the most casual reader, that Grant’s chief aim in the preparation of h is Message, was to avoid giving offense to any one of the factions which make up that wonderful con glomeration that rejoices in the narneot the Republican party. Certain it is I hut he shows iu this Message none of the elements of a political leader, what ever lie may have been in war. After a few paragraphs of nfopkomorie rhetoric, Grant plunges into the ques tion of reconstruction. The thoughtful man will look in vain for any evidence of Miperior wisdom in what he commu nicates on that most important ques tion. In regard to the vital issueofthe udmisMon of Senators and Congress men, duly elected by Southern States, he has not one word to say ; and (lie only positive suggestion he makes is the recommendation that the Governor of Georgia be “authoriz cd” (compelled is the word he should have used) to reassemble the Old Legis lature, in order that a modern Pride’s purge may he administered to it, the object of which is to force the ratifica tion of the Fifteenth Amendment.— Having hiid down a programme for Virginia he could not retract what he hud so publicly done, aud he graciously condescends to recommend that the Mother of States be re-admitted to the I'uion. On the subject of the currency aud the resumption of specie payments his re marks are of the most vague aud in definite character, He asserts that no substitute can be devised to take the place of “a return to a specie basis,” aud in llio very next sentence declares that “ immediate resumption, if practi cable, would not be desirable.” He vaguely suggests that some legislation be had, looking to resumption at some indefinite period in a ijioiote future. Boutwcll’s plan for funding the five twenty bonus at four or four and a half per cent, is approved. His position on the tariff question re minds us forcibly of his boyish exploit of riding the mule in a circus, (so graph ica.Jy detailed in Bonner’s Ledger by his garrulous father,) when he faced to the head or the tail of the animal with erop>osc the construc tion of 13,490 miles of railroad and to .*mbsidizc them to the extent of 210,454,746 r indirectly interested. Of course there is a splendid margin for profit in these schemes, and it is not strange that Radicals who went to the Senate poor a few years since ' are now millionaires, living iu magnifi ! cent palaces aud reveling in more than | royal luxury. The Senate, if the report ' be true, has come to be even more cor- ' nipt than the House, and it is the favor ite body for the presentation aud pre paration of such schemes of plunder as those we have noticed. Profound in deed has been the fall of what was once the pureataudmo3tdignified legislative body in the world. &• We learned recently that some weeks ago, the booksellers of this city were driven into great activity aud a condi tion of equally great curiosity by reason of a sudden, aud for several days, a con stant demand for the works of Charles Lamb. As good business men, they were nat urally active in supplying the demand, but they became curious by reason of the well-known tastes and acquirements of theirsuddenly eagercustomers. Why should the chiefs and subordinates of the two Internal Revenue offices for) this 9tli District—men who were never' suspected of any familiarity with the name, much less with the Graceful genial writings of “the gentle Elia” be come suddenly ravenous for food so much above the ordinary cravings of their stomachs? This was a most nat ural query. But tho wonder has been solved. We aro inforinpd that about the time of the raid on Lamb, a promi nent distiller of the county, whose effects have since been seized for alleged stupenduous frauds upon the Revenue, was so warmed in the cockles of his heart, that ho generously presented to the chiefs and employees of the two offices named each a fine sucking pig. How to cook the piggies was the ques tion to be settled. Tire Dr. said “Ugh, masted, of course.” Home wag of an j outsider suggested that the best essay j extant on roast pig was that written by ; Charles Lamb, and instantly each of the pig proprietors, conceiving that Charles Lamb had written a cook book. 1 internally resolved that Ac wculdsecure 1 a copy and thereby warrant his having an artistically roasted pig; lienee the! raid ou tho booksellers. As there has j not been a house destroyed by fire in i this city since this general pig delivery, ] it is fair to presume that nouo of the pigs were cooked according to the origi nal recipe as described by Elia, but they do say that Johnny Martin and Jake of the same name have on hand an unfin ished dispute as to which had the best roasted pig. If the Revenue laws, whether in their enforcement or evasion, uniformly lead officers to au acquaintance with good English literature, we are in a fair way to general intellectual culture, for sure ly iu the instance wo have referred to, it may be said reverently and truth* fully that “outof the mouths * * of sucklings,” some persons have learned that of which they had never before heard or dreamed. We also hear that there have been extensive experiments made by some of the revenue officers of this district, having for their object the discovery of the cheapest method of fattening hogs, and the ascertaiument of the best mar ket for pork. As this is a subject in which the -farmers of Lancaster county are largely interested, we hope the re sults arrived at may be given to the public through’the press. Our columns are open for that purpose. The lower branch of the Tennessee Legislature rejected the Fifteenth Amendment by an emphatic vote, and an exchange says that this action is not intended as a forerunner of a bill to limit the right of suffrage already made universal in that State, but is meant as a solemn assertion of the right of a sov ereign State to decide this question for itself, and a refusal to give the federal government power to impose it on others. Tennessee may accept negro suffrage or not, as her people elect. That is herconcern. But she will not force it upon others, who protest against the colored movement at the ballot-box. The Radical party, in their Chicago platform, emphatically declared, that the settlement and determination of this question properly belongs to the several Suites. Ben. Buteki; has written to one Chambliss, who ran as a Radical candi date for Congress in the Second District of Virginia, advising him to contest the seat of the successful candidate, James 11. Platt, Jr. Chambliss only got a single vote, aud that is supposed to have been hisown. but still Butler thinks he can secure his 3eat. When we reinem er what the Radicals have already done in the way of unseating Democrats and treating elections as if they had never been held, we are not astonished at Butler’s utterances. It Is stated that the Ways aud Means Committee of Congress have agreed to recommend a considerable reduction in the tariff. The amount of the pro posed reduction is set down at $2O - 000*000. The tariff on coffee Is to be reduced to four cents a pound, and that on tea to twenty cents. This is a stpp in the right direction, and it is to be hoped the advocates of a correct tariff system will not rest satisfied until they have effected a complete reform. fig and Lamb, The Contest fotf Speaker* . The position of Speaker of the Lower House of our Stafe Legislature is justly regarded as one of decided importance. That officer appoints all the different committees, and it Is in the committees that the greater part of the work of leg islation is perfected. A corrupt com mittee on corporations can engineer any number of improper bills through the House, under the infamous system which has grown up of passing acts by their titles alone. An intelligent ex member, a prominent Democrat, told os a story which illustrates the manner in which the Ring carries out its de signs through tho help of the Commit tees. Some two years ago, a bill was presented in the Committee on Corpo rations, which was entitled an act to allow one of the Churches of Philadel phia to dispose of certain real estate. Our informant, being a member of tb© Committee, and a lawyer, called for the reading of the bill, remarking at the time that it was a matter for the Courts and not a subject for legislation, if the body-of the bill contained nothing more than appeared in the title. A Radical member from Philadelphia moved that it be approved without reading, and, the Radical majority voting with him, it thus went to the House. There it wa9 passed by title ornumber, without reading, and when through,, ibe title was changed, and what professed to be an act for the benefit of a church turned out to be a bill conferring privi leges ou a passenger railroad company. This is asamnleof themaanerin which improper legislation issneaked through. If the speaker should be a member of the ring, as has been thecase foranum ber of years past under Radical rule, he lends all his influence to further the passage of every rascally bill which may be brought up. lie rules to suit the ring, is guided by the members of that corrupt combination, gives them the floor when they want it, decides questions as they desire, and prevents the voice of honest men from being heard when they would enter a protest. Thus is the pow-jr of the riDg so firmly established that it eannet easily be broken. It will surprise no one to learn that the Radical ring, fully appreciating the advautago of owniugtheSpeakerof the House, have.set up their candidate in tho person of Butler B. Strang, of Tio ga. Mr. Strang is a gentleman of abil ty, but be is ready to do all the dirty work that may come to hand. He was recognized as the leader on the Radical side of the House last winter, and was the head and front cf the riDg. On one occasion he became disgusted with the foul work in which he was constantly engaged, and vowed he would do no more of it; but lie did not keep his promise, aud to the e.ud of the session he led th 9 gang of harpies which dis graced the State, and made the reputa tion of the last legislature hideous.— That Mr. Strang will be chosen Speak er of tho next Home, we regard as already settled and determined. — A majority of the Radical members of the House are also members of the ring, and they will make Mr. Strang the caucus nominee of t he party on the first ballot. \Ve have no idea that there will be any Radical members found bold enough to bolt the caucus candi date. There may be a few troubled with some slight scruples of honesty, but they will quietly pock e 3 them and vote for Strang. Under these circumstances it behooves the Democratic members to putforward as their candidate some man of unspot ted character, and of unimpeachable integrity. Wo are lustonished to learn from the Harrisburg Patriot, that Ham** uel Josephs, of Bhiladeiphia has had the impudence to send out circulars re questing the Democratic members to support him for Speaker. The editor of the Patriot, naturally indignant at the presumption of this corrupt rooster sketches his true character in the fol lowing words : Mr. Josephs L tho very prince of those professional Legislators who make money by making laws. He does not disguise the nature of Ins busin »*•■«. Ho has never made any attempt to cor,cent it. Ho hires votes and pays his hirelings in open day. His boldness is perhaps to be admired by those who despise the snivellers who boast of their patriotism a.ail piety while clutching the rowurd of crime. That he is not a mean and paltry trafficker iu Lhe trade in which the souls of men «r<* bought and sold, may bi l to his credit. That ho is socially not a bad fellow, is a fact which renders iiitn all the more dangerous when plying his pe-u -lutravocation ir> the L'-vis.aluro. We endorse every syllable of that pungent paragi-aph. It only tells the i plain and patent truth about Mr. i Josephs. He and a few professed Derno i crats like him have done more to pro* j vent the success of the party in recent ■ .State contests than all other causes i combined. While a very large majority | of the Democratic members of theLegi3- I lature have been honest and true, a few i corrupt fellows have joint'd with the Radical members of the ring in almost every sehenov of plunder which has been brought up. Instead of being hon ored they ought to be forthwith drum med out of our camp to the tune of the rogues march. When we have assailed the infamous legislative record of the P.adicals, we have had the votes of such fellows as-Sam. Josephs thrown in our teeth, and the force of our invectives against corrupt legislation has thus been broken and destroyed. Every Democratic member of the Legislature, who knows Josephs, ought to feel himself insulted by the receipt of his impudent circular, and no one can vote forhim without subjecting himself to the gravestsuspicions. The Patriot truthfully says: The purpose in nominating him is r.ot merely to non(e -nn empty compliment.— Tii© worthu-e of h«' ring waste no lirao with •such non.seuso. I: means business. It is -attmingly devised that this Admirable ■Crichton of the ring .shall bo nominated, first, that Democratic Jins may be hushed concerning the record of its real candidate, -Mr. Strang ; and secondly, that Mr. Josephs may be reeoguized in t.ho appointment of committees as the leader on the Democratic side of the house ! Thu- will a double pur pose be.accompliahed. The ring will enter into complete and undisputed possession of the Legislature, aud the Democratic party will be gravely compromised. Now, with out the slightest personal feeling in the mat ter, we do most solemly pretest against,and most earnestly deprecate the proposition to nominate Mr. Satnoel Josephs. The op position we make is based on public and party necessity. The people of Pennsylva uia cannot afford to be again dishonored by a repetition of last winter’s corruption. Still less can the Democratic party of the State afford to share with the Radicals the rosponsibilities/or mischievous legislation. Should Strang and Josephs be nominated by the respective caucuses of the two pollti cal parties, the anti-ring members will probably nominate a third candidate to be supported by all who are in favor of Legis lative Reform. To this complexion mnst it come at last if the ring Legislators bold out to the end in ihoir determination to rule and ruin. Xesroes In the Schools or Washington. The Radical Corporation Attorney of Washington has decided that the daugh ter of the negro preacher, Sella Martin, £nu3t be admitted as a pupil in the school for which she received a card from one of the Directors. This decision the cor , respondent of the Baltimore Sun says will render the public schools of Wash ington mere pauper institutions. Al ready many of the best citizens have withdrawn their children aud sentthem to private institutions, aud none who are able to afford to pay for private in struction will send their children to schools where negroes are admitted. There are in Washington plenty of schools for the blacks, a sufficient por tion of the tax being set apart to employ good teachers. A fewambitiousnegroes, who are not content unless they are recognized as equal to white men in every respect, have been induced by Radical teaching to stir up this strife which can only result in the destruction of the public schools of Washington The ushers and attendants at the White House are enjoined, by its mis tress, to wear swallow-tailed coats. There is no more grace or sentiment in a tall cylinder hat, but, if custom de mands it, and fashion declares it to be " the thing,” who Bhali refuse to obey ? Beecher’s Speech fiver Richardson’s • We publish elsewhere a fall report of the funeral obsequies of A. D. Richard son. The speech made by Henry Ward Beecher willattractnniversal attention. He exhibited a bitter temper, and rail ed over the coffin of the dead man like a common scold. Mr. Beecher made a great mistake. The condemnation so freely expressed by the press was not leveled so much at the deceased as it was at his living apologists and eulo gists. When the Vice President of the United States, and the most prominent preacher in the country unite in an attempt to excuse adultery, to briDg with contempt one of the commandments of God, and to’sap the very founda tions of our social system, charity for the dead can not induce the newspaper press to be silent. There was a dispo sition to let this tragedy pass without extended comment, and the excitement which it has caused would never have had an existence but for the improper conduct of men and women from whom other and better things ought to have been expected. Beecher and FrothiDg ham married McFarland’s wife to Rich ardson knowing that the Indiana di vorce was a sham and a fraud, obtained without notice to her lawful husband. The defiant speech of Mr. Beecher over the corpse of the deceased adulterer only blazons abroad his shame the more fully. He stands before the world branded by his own act as a justifier of eeduction and an abetter of adultery. A Little “ Sliorf.’ Under the above heading, which we suppose is intended to describe the per son of Adjutantßeinoehl, tha Examiner has the following: Onr candidate for Speaker of tho House at Harrisburg, according to the “ Invisi ble ” correspondent of the Blair County Radical, wo fear,will be even shorter iu tho race for Speaker than wo supposed. “ In visible ” lias an estimate of the probable vote in caucus which gives Johnson, of Crawford, 23 votes, Strang, 2(3 and Reinothl (3. Four from Lancaster, one trora Chester, and oue from Lebanon. Wo incline to the opinion that the estimate is n little “ previ ous,” and that our young military friend has not put in his “big licks” yet, but when he does, ho will make Messrs. Strang and Johnson come down from their “ high limbs ”at a double quick gait. “Shape and talent” are not io be put off'with a miserable half dozen, not even a baker’s balf dozeD, when so many are needed. The The senior editor of Father Abraham hav ing withdrawn himself from the candidacy for Clerk of the House, ought to throw his friends to the Major for Speaker, and then our Speaker mignt make a Page of him. A Specimen of Kadtcal Economy. The Louisville Courier and Journal pitches into a piece of Radical'stealing after the following very vigorous style: We wish that some admirer of Grant, President of the United States, and Wash burne. Minister to France, would under take to explain why the former continues the latter m his high position at a salary of $17,000 iu gold if he has so little cinlidence in his ability and discretion that ho can’t trust him to attempt the negotiation of a postal treaty with tho Government to which ho is accredited, but must needs send out Senator Ramsey for tho purpose at an expense of $15,000 in gold. But the affair admits of no explanation.— The belter class even of the Radical or gans openly condemn it. The worse class avoid tho subject. Tull us where Washburne was and what he was about when Ramsey was vainly endeavoring to do tho only work that our government has occasion for ordering done at tho French court since Washburne’a appointment.— Those were light fingers that took that sls,* 000 in specie lrorn the Treasury to pay Ram sey fur his bootless mission. Oue such transaction tells tbe character of an admin istration as distinctly as a thousand could. The infamy sticks to the administration’s skin like wax or pitch. Skin the adminis tration, and the infamy would be found to have permeated itfe fiesh, blood, bones, nerves, and gristle. A large meeting of Germans was held in Philadelphia on Saturday night, to consider tho case of Dr. Sehceppe, who now lies in the Carlisle jail uuder sentence of death. It appears from a statement made by Mr. DittmaD, couu selforthe German Benevolent Societies of Philadelphia, that Governor Geary held out hopes that Sehceppe would be pardoned. This wa3 done at a meeting had before the election. When the election was over, Geary refused to re ply to letters sent to him by Mr. Ditt maD, and treated him with contempt. How like Geary that is! Resolutions were passed at the meeting condemning the course of the Governor and the new Attorney General. Vice President Colfax is promi nent among those who have been en gaged iu a systematic attempt to make a martyr and a hero of A. D. Richard son. His open connection with the disciples of free love has shocked the moral sense of the public, and some Republican newspapers have had the decency to censure him in terms of de served severity. The people of this country are not yet prepared to endorse tbe odious doctrines of the school of pretended reformers to which Colfax belongs. The Emperor of Russia having decreed tbe banishment from bis dominions of two thousand Jewish families.that class of our citizens are naturally excited and indiguant. A deputation waited on President Grant, and requested him to use the influence of the U. S. Govern ment to prevent the carying out of this harsh ukase. The reply of the Presi dent was favorable, and tbe good offices of our government will be promptly employed to prevent tbe proposed in justice. The j mltpendcnt baa reached its ma jority, aud celebrates the conclusion of its twenty-firstjyear by issuing a mam moth illustrated sheet. Tbe New Y’ork Sun says: The Indepen lent contains an illustration in which Mr. Tilton is drawn as an Angel who has knocked down slavery and yarious other evils ; but by a blunder”of the artist, the Marriage Relation is not represented among the dethroned powers. When that is destroyed, the long and handsome locks ofTheodore will be as powerful as Samson’s. His modesty only is more conspicuous. We await with auxiety the development of the effect of that wine on Mr. Tilton's brains— if, as the old woman said about the ships, “ there is any.” When certain Radical leaders pre sented to Grant his most costly house and lot, he wrote to them thatheshould endeavor to pursue such a course as they could approve. He has faithfully done so. He has appointed them all to office, and they approve it highly. An Infamous SwiuUle In New York Ooe hundred mid fifty laboring men, who, were induced by advertisement to pay five dollars each into the bunds of a bogus linn in New York, lhat promised to convey them to New Orleans and procure them lucrative employment there on the levee, discovered on Saturday that the whole thing was a swindle, and that those engaged in it had disappeared. Persons passing through William street on Satur day morning observed ulurge gathering of able-bodied, respectable looking men, clad evidently in their holiday clothes, and the majority of them carrying small portman teaus'or water-proof bags, standing about in the vicinity of No. 60, between Pine and Cedar streets. When tnese men first be gan to assemble they did not attract much notice, but as noon approached, and fresh additions were every moment made to their numbers, the curiosity of persons doing business in the neighborhood or passing along the street was excited, and the his tory of the swindle came out. The suffer ing that must result from this shameless fraud, not only to the men themselves, bnt to scores of innocent women and children’ cannot at once be set down. Some idea’ may be formed from the tact that many of them had broken up their humble homes and laid out the little means they possessed to procure necessaries for the voyage. Others bad given up situations with the prospect of bettering tneir positions, and alI had lost several days, work. UenClnl Brrckinridce ln^WaAhlngton— Uih Visit to Geo> Sherman, Washington, Dec. 3.- General John C Breckinringe called upon General Sher man at the War Department yesterday, to pay his respects. He wasat once admitted, and an agreeable interview followed. Mu tual compliments were given upon the personal appearanoe of the two gentlemen. General Sherman remarked pleasantly that he had not had the pleasure of meeting General Breckinridge since he saw him at Darham Station, North Carolina, where the terms of surrender of Breckinridge’s forces were agreed npon. They conversed on old army scenes with great cordiality and the subject ol politics wa&nol alluded* to. General Breckinridge declines to con verse on the subject of party politics, aud during hia staynere has been very quiet and unpretending*! J 4 the carriage, death and funeral OF A. D. RICHARDSON. lhe Btebardson-Snare “JTarrlajre J” The courtship commenced by Mr. Albert D. Richardson, when the lady be addressed was the undoubted wife of another, legally and morally, and continued after a bogus divorce from her husband was obtained, until the man thus robbed of his wife, ana injured iu his honor, took revenge upon the spoiler of his peace, culminated on Tuesday night, in the “marriage” of Mr. Richardson to Mrs.' McFarland, or Mrs. Sage, as she now names herself, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher performing tbemarriage ceremony, after a prayer by the Rev. O. B. Frotbing ham, and the Rev. Henry M. Field standing at the side of Mr. Beecher! The New York papers of yesterday give a particular account of this wedding which they inform ns was consummated iu com pliance with “ the request of Mr. Richard son and the unanimous advice of the friends of both parties.” These papers print in full the prayer of Mr. Erothing ham, a portion of which, with a shudder, we copy below ; italicizing the more sacri legious and profane expressions. We cut from the Tribune: Mr. FrothiDgbam —Let us pray— O our Father, may it pleaso Theo in Ibis place and at this moment to bless these Thy children with that blessing which Thou alone canst give—a blessing that shall make the dying bed full of peace and satisfaction and gratitude; that shall make the living heart fall of courage and faith. Bind to gether these two hearts, our Father, and though the bands may not hold each other through the journev of life,may these hearts still be one before Thee, to whom life and death, the world to come and this world, are the same. Father, we thank Thee for what these two have been to each other, for what they may be jet. May he take her image with him to the spiritual Ofc. and may she, bearing his name and vindicating his honor, carry with berjtbrougb all tho pilgrimage that is vet before her, to strengthen her courage and give her pa tience under her burden, to help her through all her care. Bless those who may depend upon her. Bless the little ones who are left in the world without their father. Be Thou their Father, their Mother, iheircon slant Friend. And in the assurance of the heavenly life, may he pass on to Thee; may she remain with them and him here below. This invocation, thus begun, to the Father, ends with a repetition cf the Son’s prayer, which we forbear to copy iu this connec* tion. And now comes Mr. Buuchc-r's pai t of Ibis blasphemous performance ; Mr. Beecher (to Mr. Richardson.)—Do you take the woman whom you have by your side now, in this hour, standing near the heavenly land, aud renew to her the pledges of your love ? Do you give your heart to her, and your name? Is she, be fore God and before these witnesses, your beloved, your honored and your lawful wife / Mr. Richardscu (in aq audible and clear voie j ) —Yes. Mr. Beecher (turning to Mrs. Sage)—And do you accept him as your head in the Lord ? Aud are you now to him a wife sacred and honored ; bearing bisname? And will you love him to the end of your life ? Mrs. Sage—l do, and will. Mr. Beecher—Then by the authority giv en me by the Church of Christ, I do pronounce you huabaud and wife ; and may tbe bless ing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit rest upon you and abide with you. “Short and simple, the ce-romony,” soys tbe Tribune, “ was deeply impressiyo and affecting.” This strange story would be incomplete without the following, also from the 'Tri bune : The intelligence of the marriage was communicated to McFarland last evening. He was lying in bed in his cell at the time, and his informant, not wishing to make the announcement too abruptly, asked bitn, after a few incidental remarks: “Have you heard the news concerning Richardson this afternoon ?” “ No, I did not, except that I saw in the News that he was worse.” “ You did not hear of the eetemouy ?” “No! What ceremony ?" “ Henry Ward Beecher visited Mr. Rich ardson this afternoon, aud—” “ He manned my wife “Mr. Richardson and Mrs. S:ige wero married.” McFarland throw himself back on bis pillow without utteriug a word. After a long pause, his informant gravely asked : “ Do you think that is hard ?” “ Yes, I do think it is very hard," was tho slow response. Nothing more was .said on either side. Dcndi of Albert l>. KiebardMon—sic>*nr lni.cl Nnys He In Sorry-Tlie Last Mo mcntN or tlie Deceased. New York, Dee. 2.—Albert D. Richard , son died at live minutes live o’clock this morning. As stated yesterday, he was gradually sinking during the day, and his ; death was momentarily expected after ! midnight. He was so weak that it was n ; matter of surprise to his attendants and ! friends that death did not occur sooner. lie ' was conscious until within two hours of his . death. During the night brandy and other ; stimulants were given him, but death had i theu sot in and they had no effect. Delay the last two hours of his life entirely un -1 conscious, and passed quietly away with* I out being able to recognize those who sur rounded his bedside. Among those pro- I sent when ho died were his brother, C. A. Richardson; his son, L. P. Richardson; his wife, Dr. Spencer, Mr. and Airs. Hol [ den, the minister of the Gilbert familvand I one or two newspaper writers. Vice Pres i ident Colfax, a warm personal friend of Mr. Richardson, called at the Astor House this morning, and when toid of his death, he was deeply affected. lie had a long in terview with Mr. Richardson’s wife, and expressed his sincere sorrow at the tragic ending of the life of liis friend. An inquest will be he’d this afternoon, ami bis body , will be removed to-morrow afternoon to Franklin, Massachusetts, his native place, for interment. Tbe burial service wilt be performed at the Astor House, previous to the removal of tbe body. Mr. Richardson was born at Franklin, Massachusetts, in 1 S3l . He was the secret correspondent of the Tribune in the South at the lime the acts of secession wero pass ed, and was the army correspondent of the same paper at the West during the war.— He was taken prisoner by the Confeder ates and suffered confinement for a time in both the Libby and Salisbury prisons. Ho escaped, and soon afterward printed the ‘‘ Field, Dungeon and Escape,” a book which has reached a circulation of ninety six thousand copies. He subsequently printed a life of General Grant. On the opening of the Pacitic Railroad Mr. Rich ardson was one of the excursionists and : afterwards published a work entitled “Be- i yond tlie Mississippi,” of which twenty thousand copies have been sold. Mr. Richardson had been an industrious worker and his productions wero always read with interest. He left several uncom pleted works. Mr. McFarlind, on receiving the news this morning of the death of his victim, be trayed little emotion. His lips slightly quivered, and he observed, “Well I am sorry.” He then resumed bis placidity and conversed collectedly with one or two friends. New 1 ork, Dec. 2.—The inquest in the case of Mr. Richardson was commenced this afternoon. A jury was empaunelled, and a po-t mortem examination held. It was found the ball had entered about five inches below the left nipple, and passed downwards and backwards to near the crest of the illium. In its course it passed througu tbe left lobe of the liver, the stom ach, and grazing the left kidney. In the abdominal cavity was found about thirty two ounces of bloody fluid, and in the folds I of tbe messentery a quantity of pus. Ex- t tensive peretoreets about the wound was I evidently the immediate cause of death.— The lungs and heart were healthy; the. brain weighed MJ ounces. The body will ■ be taken to Medway, Massachusetts, for in- i termeut to-morrow afternoon. The Inquest t will be resumed on Monday. The examin- I ation was made by Drs. Swann, Cusbmar, Finnel, Morton and Clark, 1 A Remarkable Fnnoral Scene. In a little church yard in Franklin, Mass , is a new made grave, wherein is to be de posited all that was mortal of Albert D. Richardson. Franklin was the native place of tho deceased, and it was his expressed wish that he should bo buried there by the side of his kindred and of his wife whodied during his confinement in a Southern prison during the war. This request bis friends assured him they would faithfully iulOll, and on Triday, in pursuacce of it, they started on their mournful journey to wards the place of burial. the funeral services. At 12:30 o’clock on Friday the funeral services were performed over tho remains of the late Albert D. Richardson, at the Astor House, preparatory to their removal to I ranklin, Alas*., for interment. As it was not desirable that any but the friends and co laborers of the deceased should be present, and to avoid any gathering of curi ous persons, no announcement had been made in tnis relation. Notwithstanding this fact, quite a large gathering were in the corridor leading to room 41, In which were the remains, long before the hour appoint ed. One of the Messrs. Stetson, actiq* as usher, prevented the entrance of any°but friends. When these had all entered the restrictions were released until tbe services had been completed. THE APPEARANCE OF THE BODY. The coffin containing the remains was in the centre of the room. It was of highly polished rosewood. On the lid, which was partially removed, was a silver plate bear ing this inscription; “Albert D. Richard son, died December 2, 1869, aged 36 years G months.” Decorations of wreaths of came lias and tube-roses were laid on the coffin while running entiroly around tbe outside edges of the case were vines of immortelles. The body was arrayed in full dress, the right hand holding a small bouquet resting on his bosom. The face was scarcely changed, except being perhaps o shade more meager than in life, with the eyes sunken slightly, It bore no evidence of physical agony endured by the departed THE FU2TERAI, ASSEMBLAGE. In the room and surrounding the coffin were all the most intimate friends, male and female, of the deceased. In the group were Horace Greeley, Mr. and Mrs. Sin clair, Col. Thos. W. ICnox, Junius Henri Brown, Whitelaw Reid, E. C. Stedman; near them deceased’s newly married wife, now a widow, and her children, all in dense mourning. A little to the left of these sat Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, while the Rev, Mr. Frothiugbam sat a little in advance and to the left of them. Scattered around the room were other friends and companions; Mr. Colburn, with whom de ceased suffered captivity daring tho war; Mesers. Oliver Jonnson, Larned, Wilson. Bradford* Howell, the Messrs. Stetson and kj£ d ,y frienda sat in a group j usfc behind the officiating clergymen. During the services manifestations of grief were general. When the Rev. Henry Ward Jtaecher uttered his preliminary eulogisti cal remarks, which he did with a most re markable'eamestness and emphasis, tears suffused the eyes of nearly every one pres ent It was evident that tbe assemblage were tbe dead man’s friends In every sense of the word—friends whose sympathy and love was not born in a day, and which wi.l last while memory survives. address BY REV. O. ’B. FROTH INOII AM The following remarks were made by the Rev. O, B. Frothingbam : Drab Friends; We stand here ut this moment in the presence of God. Tho*world isnot with us in this chamber, only tbatGreat Spirit which searches all kind Spirit that never bates, never deserts, never forgets. That infinite forgiveness which smooths out all the rough places of our life and strengthens everything that is created and welcomes oil at last to the eternal arms! Let us feel tbnt we are in the presence of the All-holy Eye. Let our thoughts be geDtle, all our words be trustful, let our hopes be sweet, and pure, and high. Being asked to Bay a few words, I shall not trouble you by taking you into the secret of this sad history, so sadly ended. Let us leave the secret of it to Him who alone knows the secret. It is not fur any of us to go into the heart of this sorrow ; it is not for any of us to probe the wounds or to sit in judgment on any parson. The man whose body lies before us, here, stricken down in middle life, in tbe height of his power and of his ' usefulness, was a man who asked no favors for himself while , he lived. Ho was clear-sighted, clear . hearted, very strong of purpose, aud very brave of spirit. Were he alive, he would answer them himsolf. While he lived ho . was always ready to answer for himself. His sickness, as you know, was painful. He bore it without a murmur, never Tear ing death, saying that he feared pain, but , never showed it. Through all these days, when ho was hanging between life aud death, no complaiut escaped his lips, no harsh words of judgment or of criticism. No reflection upon the deeds, the thoughts, orthe motives of others. Nothiug severe against his enemy, nothing but tenderness , and unspeakable gratitude to all his friends. He was a man of great iudustry, and his industry (of how few can it be said ? ) was spent in instructing and helping his fel low-men. His career was one of labor. Ho welcomed labor ; but the labor that ho ( gave, he gave towards those ends that were uoble, just, geuerous, and humane. He was a warm hearted aud consistent friend, liberal wi:h his hand, with his heart, with all his talent. I puj-s no judgment upon , him but the judgement of his lrieuds, and ! they are those who knew him most inti mately—those who knew him longest—they . speak the most kindly of him, and say that he needs the thinnest veil of charity to cov er up any faults he may have had. For . myself, with all my soul I believe that ho was a pure-hearted single-minded, euruist, and true man. If he committed impru ; dences, so do we all; if ho foil into mis , takes, so do we all. But, in my judgment his imprudences were small considering all things, and his mistake was small. As I know the story, it seems to me that he conducted himself with singular discretion | and with great purity of purpose. Let us remember bow complicated life is, how surrounded we are behind and before with subtle enemies. Let us remember how every time we move we put our finger on some spring, and it may bo a spring, as in this case, that may cause death ; and may wo remember, as my friend tried, I believe, to remember, that we live in the presence ot God, and that although our lives are all in the dark they are in God's light, for he changes and guards and brings all things out into a true issue in tbe end; aud let us remember the great hereafter where all secrets shall be disclosed, where all shall read the lessons of our life and his and the infinite love shall pronounce upon the upshot of what we bavo done and be lieved. Wo believe that we shall all stand before God, and let us believe humbly and meekly that we are to stand before this same Christ. For tho rest, let our hearts be gentle and cur feelings kind toward the unfortunate man who brought this, our friend, to bis end. Let us make allowance for humau infirmities and passions, and let us spread the broad mantle ol our charity over him, judging him as we would wish to be judged. Let us think with tbe utmost tenderness of tbe woman who is left now so suddenly a widow, so soon after she was a wife. Let us remember her loneliness, her long sorrow, tho past that was so hard and so bitter, the future that is to be so lonely aud dreary, so much work to do and so lit tle help to do it, beyond what she has iu her own heart, from the love of God nnd he who is gone before her. Let us wish from onr own hearts thut she may be strong, true, like a woman convinced that she has done what she thought, in her human strength and weakness, to be the Lest. And let us think of those little ones who are left fatherless. Let us think of thorn tenderly, casting upon them only the sweetest thought as wo associate them with their father who lies here dead. Let us learn to share each other’s joys and sorrows, to bear each other’s burdens, to forgive as we are forgiv en, and to do what we may while we live together as brothers and eisters and child ren of the same great Father in Heaven. And may we do our best to allow no bitter ness to spring up in our hearts and in tho hearts of others to slay convictions, and perhaps break up sociaiy. And let us, with love and faith, aud hope and comfort, help and sustain, remembering that here we are only trying to love them that we may live faithfully and truly in the world beyond. And so may onr thoughts follow these friends as they carry these poor remains to mingle with their native dust, remember ing that the spirit has always been and is now with God. REMARKS BY Till! REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER. If I believed that this man had broken down the garden walls and plucked the fairest dower of a neighbor’s garden, and that he was struck dead in the heat of this moral crime, I should have no word to say. But silence would add one more to those troubles that have fallen upon him, and I do not mean to be silent, but to join myself to the number of those who believe this man to bo a true man, and that in his post sad history ho behaved himself morally, demeaning himself so that his conscience was true before God, as I trust one day his name will be before men. I cannot bear witness to his private worth from my own personal knowledge. I knew him without belngucquainted with him. Butthose who were most intimate with him, those that counselled wit!; him step by step, both men and woL_jn, who are themselves virtuous and above reproach, testify that both he and she who is left to mourn his absence, have always lived in a pru dential manner; they behaved in main virtuously and rightly—that they did not violate those Christian canons or mo rality which are and should be, as they al ways have been, dear to the Christian heart of the community. And, believing, there fore, in the substantial integrity ami virtue of his course, I was called, and with alacri ty came at his bidding but a day or two be fore he died. I went often to the throne of grace during the anguish of my country’s trial with those men who stood by her most faithfully, and I vowed they should be rny brothers, and that as long as I lived, come what might, if they carried them selves faithfully' toward my native laud, they should not lack a friend in me. There were two classes engaged in fighting that rebellion ; those who were in thq field, and these who kept up the heart and spirit of the country at home. Among the latter he occupied a foremost place, and did his work nobiy and well. And I am willing to stand by his side in this hour of dark ness and disrepute if it needs be. For, my . j friends, how strange is this hour that you aud I see. Death settles all enmities in ordinary cases; death reconciles bitterest foes, but here is a case where death creates enemies, and leaves no peace even in the grave. The lion iu his strength at din his own fastness is able to defend himself, but no sooner has ihe cruel arrow of the hunts man laid him low than he is set upon by every vile thing, every fly, every crawling worm. Sow that he is down, flesh flies aro all around about him, and death, that is to most men a truce to old enmities, is the very array ingof the battle against him. It is a shame, a sorrow, and u disgrace that it should be so. All the more need is there, therefore, that those who know him, and knew that he was a pure aud true man, should in this hour stand fearlessly for his integrity, and should not let her who b ars his name go down iu the darkness aud trouble by reason of the misapprehensions and slanders that have fallen upon him. He cares no more for it himself, but oh ! there are children who bear his name; there is the house which must—loving macb— suffer much ; and there are faithlul friends who are witnesses of his integrity, for their sakes we stand here to-day, uot for a felon, but for a man worthy to bo honored. In taking my farewell of this corpse, I believe that I take leave of a man whom one need not be ashamed to call a friend. Let u. unite in prayer. PRAYER BY MR BEECHER. Holy and just Thou art, 0 God. Thy (-ye pierces a 1 concealment and obscurity. Thou canst read the secrets which are hid* den frcm men. We must once more draw near to Thee, O Thou that givest liberty; in times of trouble we hear no voice, wo reach oat and find no hand that we can touch, yet Thou doatgpme to us, fulfilling the prom ises Thou hast made. Be pleased iu Thy providence to clear away all doubt and darkness that have settled on Thy servant who lives before us. Be pleased to establish truth and justice, and we beseech of Thee, O Lord our God, that Thou wilt spread abroad throughout the community, those agitated and torn with various discordant themes, a blessed mind, aclearenjudgment, »and more temperate feeling. Especially for that hundmaid would we pray who wao led by him, and who is now leading. Never leave her, never forsake her, and may there be no day so dark, and no hour so desolate that she may not find that consolation which alone can come from Thee. We pray for those who bear his name. May there be those who will take care of them, and may life bring its blessings to thorn. Wo beseech Thee that Thon wilt draw near to all those whose friendship has been grievously wounded. And may they have that divine blessing which makelh rich and addeth no sorrow. Oh for the spirit of God among men, and for larger trust; oh for more sim plicity and truth. Nor would we forget him who lies imprisoned/ and in this hour of our sadness and sorrow, oh God remem ber him with forgiveness, and gracions ness, and kindness, and overrule all eveuts that are yet to transpire for the furtherance of truth and justice. And to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit will be the praise for ever, Amen, STARTING FOR THE BURIAL PLACE. Shortly after 3 o’clock the body of Mr. Richardson was removed from the room In 'Which the funeral services wore held, and carried through the side passage of the hotel to the door, at which a hearse and some carriages stood waiting. Mrs, Richardson, Mr. Richardson’s obildren, Mrs. Sage, Mr. C. A. Richardson, a brother of the deoeased, and some intimate friends, entered the carriages and were driven to the pier, where the steamboat in which the remains wore to be taken to Massachusetts lay waiting to start. Tho body will bo interred at Richardson 1 aS9 '’ lh ° native P !ace cfMr - WHAT MCFARLAND'S FIKRNDS SAY MW, n r £ S i° f e , TentB in which tbe I»‘° Albert D. Richardson and the McFarlands tlgured still engrosses the attention of the public. The narrative told by McFarlaud’a rolatives and friends, however, differs verv widely from those which has been publish ed in regard to the late tragedy. According to their statement the connection which was formed between Albert D. Richardson and Mrs. McFarland was one of deliberate seduction. Mr. McFarland, they aver, had always lived happily with his wife. It is true thnt at one time he was worth from $5O - to $75,000, which he lost in real estate B P ec clati°ns daring tho war. Ho is of New Hampshire birth, but by Irish parentage, and if of any religion at all. is a Roman Catholic. McFarland is a man of considerable culture; was at one time a professor in a Maryland college and sub sequently a member of the Legislature of Wisconsin. He is some fifteen years older than his wife. It is denied that ho could not support his wife and children ; ho has always been in the receipt of an income sufficient to maintain her in comfort and respectability. Ho was in the offico of a United States Assessor in this city, and bad an income of from ?1,200 to $1,500 a year. They had their own rooms in tho boarding house, and had their meals in their own room. The summer before the first shoot ing of Richardson, Mrs. McFarland, was at the White Mountains for three months, in company, part of the time, with her bus band’s nephow and family. The ac quaintance of Mr. Richardson and Mrs. McFarland begun in tho house of Mr. Sinclair, ot the TrUnnic, at Croton, on tho Hudson, near Peekski!!, in the year IStx). Shortly after the intimacy began, Richtrdson endeavored to induce her to come and board in tho same house with him—at No. 72 Amity sf. But as Mr. Mc- Farland declined to do ho, Riehvrdson ; finally hired rooms at 62 Amity (where Mr. j and Mrs. MoFar and wero living), and i went there to board. From thut lime the intimacy between them becamo, us the trieuds allege, most offensive to McFarland. : The father of Mrs. McFarland kept a small , store for the sale of periodicals in Boston ; ■ and it was then that aho was married to I McFarland, the Rev. Theodore Parker por -1 forming the marriage ceremony. She had some little talent for writing and reciting; and it was at Richardson's instigation that she wont on tlie stage at the Winter Gar den when Booth played Shylvck there two winters ago. Mrs. McFarland played A'd ri.s-.sa to Madame Methiuu Schiller’s Portia It will be remembered that it was on one of tho occasions when Richardson was escort ing her home from the theatre thut the first shooting occurred. The N. Y. iStm thus propetly criticises the course ot iboso who were promineut de fenders and champions of the course of A. D. Richardson : It is not for mortal nmu to indulge harsh feelings beside tho open grave. Albert D. Ricburdsou breathed his last ut about 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Of no man could it ever bo more truthfully said : j “Ho died as the fool dietb.” And yet his terrible offence, and tboend it brought upou him, are chiefly to bo attributed to the fatal follies of tho school of Free-love philosophy to which he belonged, rather than to any peculiar viciousness of character of his own. Indeed, we believo with the exception of his unwarranted interference with Mrs. McFarlaud, he had lived an ex emplary and useful life. His card, publish ed Just March, showed obliquity of precep tlon as to tho truo relations between man and wife, rather than any determination to do what be kneiv or believed to be wrong And it is not so much on the deceased vic tim us on the heads of his livingaiders and abettors, and especially on the clergymen who performed und sanctioned the hymen eal mummery of Tuesday lust, that the public censure must now fall. Tho moral deductions from this case pro bably suggest themselves to every reader Who has been made happier by this free love episode ? Is it Richardson himsoll— stiff and cold, awaiting burial ? He showed courage ; but courage in sotting at defiance the laws of God is foolhurdiness. Are his doubly-orphau* d cnildron better off or hap pier ? Is Mrs. McFarland—twice married, but now forever unbusbanded —happier? If poor McFarland himself hud faults, is he now reformed and bainted—tell us, O ye long haired sentimental reformers—in his lonely cell in tho Tombs? Are his children, more than fatherbss, worse than mother less, happier ? Are any of the actors happier ? “ By their fruits ye shall know them.’’ When the trial of McFarland comes on, we presume that one point of defenco will be that Richardson's wouud might not have proved mortal hut for the ill-advised influx of visitors u.v whom his room ut tho Astor House was flooded, after he was shot.— N. Y. inn. The itlcliardsou Inquest, New York, Dec. «, lSt>9.—The Richard son inquest was held this forenoon at the Coroner’s room, City Llall, in the presence of about liny persons. McFarland was ac companied by his counsel. John Gruham and Charles S. Spencer, and by his brother. The prisoner, who made a favorable im pression upon the jury and tho general audience was entirely composed, not at all unnerved, and quietly listened to tho testi mony. Tho substaoco of it is known to nil of your readers. At the conclusion of the testimony the following was rendered : VERDICT. The jury find that the said Albert D. Richardson came to his death on Thursday morning, December 2, 18+39, from the effects of a pistol ball, discharged at him ;by Dan iel McFarland, in the offoe of the New York between the hours of 5 aud t> on the afternoon of Thursday, the 2.3 th of No vember, lS'iD. IMPORTANT STATKM!- NT BY MCFARLAND'S COUNSEL. Mr. Graham, counsel for the pri.-oner, hero read tho following answer : I am instructed by my counsel that nothing I can now advance will have tho effect of changing or shaking the regular course ol tho law. Tne proceeding which has just t rminated is one, I am informed, which has to bo adopted m cases liko the present; it is, I am advised, in tho nature of inquest of cilice, in which by the usual practice I am not allowed to interfere by counsel or otherwise*, and in the arrange ment ol which the large mass of evidence is exclusively within the control ortho officer who presides over und directs it. With the knowledge that 1 cannot at this time have tho opportunity of constructing my state ments by the testimony of witnesses, and the belief that any narrative I might in dulge in, would bo unattended with any benefit in a legal point of view, I await lor my vindication the impartial trial guaran teed to me by the laws of the State ; ray ae cu.'it-r will then be confronted with me, and the power w’isely created for the complete development of truth will then be observed, and the result will then be declared by a jury of my peers. While I fully appreciate my situation, and regard the future with becoming concern and Bolicitude, it may be that time will demonstrate that the sanctity and safety of more social nnd moral inter ests depend on the success of my defense than identify or connect themselves with the maintenance of the prosecution. The prisoner was then remanded to the Toombs, and the papers in tho case at once transmitted to the District Attorney lor tho action of tho Grund Jury, Gov. Geary Tlireatrns to Whip Pome body. The Harrisburg correspondent of the Philadelphia Pojst is responsible for the fol lowing : » There was weeping and wailing and ; gnashing of teeth at the Capitol the other 1 day, und a dentist may bo required for the Governor if this thing continues. A mem ber from your city caiied ou the Governor with two or three gentlemen, and, after the usual courtesies, asked if he remembered their interview at the Continental Hotel just before the election. “Perfectly,” said the Governor. “ Weil, sir. I came up about tbut pardon you promised me.” ‘‘Pardon ' I promised you none.” " Why. Governor these gentlemen heard you.” “I don’teure what they heard, sir.” “ I do, sir. “I wi-di you to understand, sir,” cried the Governor, •* that I won’t be intimidated ; I have been a soldier, and I am a gentleman.” “ No body doubts it.” The Governor looked surprised. “ Well, Governor Geary, will you give me that pardon?” “A'o, sir!”— After a few more words your member left in disgust, and shocked the religious people of this city by using profane longuage along the streets. Geary’s troubles were not over, however, for wbo should enter hut a member from Pittsburg. ‘-Well Governor, how are you?” ‘‘Quite well I thank you, Air. , but I huvobeenjust insulted by a man who pretends I prouiis od him a pardon.” “Ah ! that iajust what I came for, Governor. You recollect the par don you promised me just before tho elec tion ?” Geary struck an uttltude of horror. ‘‘Great Heavens ! sir, I promised you noth ing.” “You did not?” ”No, sir; I made no promises whatever to anybody during tho late canvass. I owe nothing to you, sir, or to any man. My election U solely due to my personal popularity .” The gentlemen present were struck dumb on hearing this boast. “My God! Governor,”,|said the Pittsburg man, You know that you prom ised me this pardon, and said that you couldn’t givo it before the election because it would make such a talk.” A chorus of voices endorsed this assertion. The Gover ner threw out hie arm and shouted, “I tell you, sir, I promised nobody noth ing. I have been foully slandered.— The newspapers of Philadelphia have base ly traduced my character, and I swear that if it were not for these official votes, I would go down there und lick that man Fitzgerald and others within an inch of their lives.” A blasphemous reply ensued, which I am compelled to omit, and tho gentleman left desiriDg the Governor to go to some place where the thermometer is considerably above zero. The affair made considerable talk here, and it is rnmored that the Gov ernor will make an official reply to these base slanderers in his forlncomluE message It is generally understood, however, that as tho Governor said he would whip some body, he won t. A false report that he had promised.™! lo flog any one canned general alarm, b ( ; State Items. Scarlet feyor prevails In Harrlubarg; Bears appear to be plentiful In the State, this year. A temperanco paper In Corry lived two weeks. Allegheny City talks of having a $2,000 000 park. Bishop Doraenec, of Pittsburg,has arrived safely at Rome. Deerand wild turkeysaroplontv through out the State, this year. A vein of iron oro has been discovered in tho Armstrong Valley, Dauphin county. Ono of the Williamsport mills late sawed np a log which yioldod 1300 feet, hoard measure. William Terry, while working in the Summit coal mines, had his throat cut with u pieco of coal and bled to death. John R. Donnldson, recently elected Pro thonatory of Tioga countv, has held that position ever since 1535. Thodea-i body of a man, with n pistol shot through tho bend, was found at Mill nun. tayeito county, last week. Thcro ure thirteen public schools in Potts town, which, the Ledger s„ys, are pro grossing very successfully. P The Danville Iron Company is securing lands and putting up steam engines lor miuiog purposo*, in Berks coumv. A gentleman had his pocket nicked on Saturday in the cars at ILirrisbur.' ot over two hundred dollars. " Prof. Addison P. Wyman, the popular composer, has charge ot the department <>: music in the Llollidnysburg semiDarv. The Kutztown railroad is now completed to wnhm half a mile of the borough of Kut/.iowu, Berks_couuty. htioch Arden has been dramatics! in d in being played at the Walnut Str.et theatre, in Philadelphia- The New Jorsoy Central railroad c.rs which formerly ran from New York to Harrisburg now go no further than Allen town. Miss Kate Bateman, after an absence oi six years from Philadelphia, appears this week at the Walnut street Theatie in that city. It is cslimilcl that life millions ol ilnilars pei year are paid out lor labor in the tur naees, mines and mills in Sbenango Valiev Mercer county. ' ' The heavy storm week In-lbre last com pletely destroyed lh- new Catholic Church which was being crech l,iu New Mniord Montrose county. J- J. F.-kvl, serving a thro.* \enrs’ t.-un in the Albany Penitentiary f. r whiskey Irauti.dn .1 in that ills' itufr.iu, on Saturday ol drupsv. " ’ The Lutheran Church, known as Hoff nmu s Church, in Jomier township, Somer set county, took lire and burned to tho ground on tho l‘>tli ult. J. 11. Jacobs and 11. XV. Bland asm,.unco that they have taken chnrgo of the l-'irnma Dispatch newspaper of Heading and will henceforth exclusively conduct it. The number of students in the n-spi ctivc classes in Lafayette College is as follows: Seniors 2i); Juniors Ion the increase. Tho thieves appear to bo reaping a can lval at present. Much of this can be aLtril ucd to people leaving their doors and windows unfastened. The Hurrlsburg .Vomiio/ Patriot slates that the police of that city are determined to mako summary work ot persons.whose ad miration of symmetrical f.et receptacles causes them to loiter at the foot of stairs to inspect feminine gaiters. On tho 22d, a dog belnnigng to Kliai Reed, of l’ottsville, uitiieked a child, aged 10 mooths,(luring the absence of M rs. Reed, und almost killed it. Mrs. Reed heuring the screams of her child, ran into the liousej ust tu time to save Its life. Tho projected town of Brin Mahr, mi tl.o linooflhe Pennsylvania Central Railroad, in lower Mericn, Montgomery county, is well under way. Thu avenues have all l>een opened, lots tho Ibmi datious of two handsome mansions are being built. Daniel Yerger, SO years of age, an old resideut ot Upper Hern township, Berks county, was found dead in tho woods about a mile above Hamburg, the 23J ult. He left homo on a visit to ins son who icsidc* near the Blue Mountaiu, and is suppose 1 to have died from natural causes. An invention for catching mail bags »t rallroud stations while tho train is passing, has recently been perfected by John Fore man of Pottstown. It was successfully tested last week catching tho mall bags from a train at tho rate ol 30 miles an hour. A patent has been applied for. The Easton .dryu.? anys a largo wild cot has for Homo time been running about tho Lehigh Mountain. Jt was seen lately near Bondi’s tavern, on tho old Philadelphia road. Those woo saw it .• ... .-m jt j,h largo as u good sized dog. Tho hunters an* on tho watch for it. Last week Mr. Luwscr, gunsmith, was victimized in Harrisburg to tho tuno of twenty dollars by a counterfeiter who pass ed a spurious note of that denomination on him. John Albright, at Now Buffaln, Perry county, has beou arreslOvl lor the offence. A Now Mail Routo has been temporarily established by permission of thu Depart ment, viz: from Iolk Mills (the now office recently established) in Klk township, (hies ter County, via Hickory Hill, to Oxford. Tho mail is now' carried each way from these points on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. A shad was caught below Morrisviile, at Moon’s Point, in tho Delaware river, not long since, which weighed four and a hall pounds, and in lino condition. The appear uuee of shad in tho Delawaro at this time has ci Gated considerable speculation among tho fishermen, the first appearance of Hus excellent li>h in lliu Savannah marl.nl being only last week. A man was found dead by tho heating flues at Groves furnace in Montour county. It appears as though ho hud laid himself down by these flues the night previous to keep himself warm, and inhaliug some of the gas emitted therefrom, was suffocated. The deceased was named George James und ho had been nu inmate of the borough Poor House, for some tirno push We read of kerosene oil exj.lo-i<,u , caused in different portions of the Slate? by the sheer carelessness of tho persons hand ling that most inflammable liquid. Ii j-i inconceivable why people who aro told daily of tho dnnger of lighting fin h by the aid of kerosene, or {of filling kenm-m* lamps in the neighborhood of a flame, will not be deterred from running the fearful risks of doing these things. Caro ol tho most ordinary character would prevent a largo proportion ot llnse kerosene acci dent.". An exciting fix hunt cam,* off n cent ly in tho upper end of Chester county, v. hi- n wus pin ticiputed in by* several hunters Iro-i, Pottstown. On Siilutday, the 27th ult the animal was let loose again in Chester coun ty, about a milo from Pottstown, a larco number of hunters nnd upwards of twenty hounds being on hand for the sport. A good start was given tho fox, and ufter u long chase over the hills, ho doubled on his truck and earn© around to tho starting point After a run of about three bourn, he was captured in the vicinily of Nieinan’s pond and the dogs did tho n&L of tho business, ’ On Thursday last n bold attempt was made on tho life of General Hatch at Carlisle by an insane soldier who was on guard at the General’s residence. Tho sol dier walked into thoentry and inquired for the general. General Hatch appeurd at the door of his sitting room nnd asked “Wh it do you want?” Tho man made no reply and ho again inquired “What do you want?” When the man suddenly leveled his carbine—which was a breoch loader— threw the barrel down, placed a eartidge in the chamber—sprung tho barrel, us he thought, back to its place, took deliberate aim ut the general und pulled tho trigger Luckily a small pin, which connects 0 tho barrel with the breech, wasout of place and the burrel did not spring back far enough for tho hammer to hit tho cap in tho car tidgo, consequently tho load was not dis charged. A Chester correspondent of Del. co. American, says: “Chief Revenue Detective J. J. Brooks visited this city, Friday week on official business, surprising a number of manufacturers, offenders of the Revenue Mr. Brooks stepped into a cigar mnnu actory usking for a cigar. A Imndlul was taken [from tho case und placed on the counter, chewing tobacco was uost usked for, nnd some tbut was notjput up iu pack ages was offered him, tho sales iu both in stances beiug in direct violation of tho Jaw. o( another manufactory were found to badly kept, the bonds calhug for two hands, wbero six wire imployeu.’ Rev. John Chambers heads the list of Philadelphia clergymen occupying a singlo charge. The Rev. Mr. Furness entered tho First Unitarian Church Juuuary.l, 1525 nearly forty-five years ago. Tho Rev. Mr! Barnes is now in the fortloth year of hia pastorate. Tho Rev, Dr. Mortoii has had charge of St. James’ Church for raoie than tbirty-nino years. The Rov. Dr. Boardmnn has just entered tHo Ihirty-Beventh year of his present ministry. Ou Sunday theßov. Dr. Suddards eutered upon the thlrty-slxih year of an unbroken pastorate at Groce Churcb,