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Rill Sts! seven's u• , '`
unit in last night
With both .4 her reran In mournln,
And 1).4 ei11114( CUT Up 111 It
TI .P ntl her tiuwu !
W. 44 n1:0.1.- rd. • --I don't know,
nut Mom.. thin Hill.
It) II row Wouldn't midi.. murk sho‘v,
Sh. W:l4 Sr lit for quill'
tlie.y'il 1 , 1/1 11, 11110 11.• t•vii ;
11.4 i look iI In 1111,13 set ;41,1111g,
At first. I emtl.in't Jt,i
sl.”141on Una bench In earner,
I dE111111..-111) sort 0 . way,
hall ull htivaitiltig urvuud lwr
11at what she ha.l away,
Intl nicer n whllo—lti‘vitrils rnorfi
fi i r t.fi , nutfi,
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Whi.fi Ilion , . 1,, I firt,
A ravin% vur,l cog
I fit /hot raw .li.l finir•lw.r,
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Pilch tune I tl 1,••
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• Nvotil4l l<lll Imoa 11,1.1,1 11,.
11011'1. tele! m.,ll:.—hiN, yirlir 11111
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ILnvly rt.thur! I
.• O, the II 1111 111 My side's growl , t newer
creel Inel lii lw! hISI.! II ,Itl I
It liqt.rro'l 111111 , 1 . 1( \ VOlll.l I/1111
Arr1• • 1. I ror In' In 1,111 ?
II cowlcl, In till, pinrn,
thottlat rito• ttlt' tt..l 1,1111 . !
II 111 , 1•1/11.11.1! Till ll ' .. II I . :1111
U 111 1111(1 cart, 111 I tie It.tlty'-- old .11111!
II ,VlO.l JIM after I llnt I II •:,I Ili. ,r,
Sho• had dr..pp0..111,111 I:11• II
011 lier I 01110 1111 II ilv Xll r
11111,1•11 n„•
.t . a./ ? I th,///,
Whorl I 11:1.1 drunlit, bni lr .)11,1
I I-Comv , 111t1 (;(n1 Orb',
111.•
itliscrlancous
borhi4 Fashions
I=l3
int pe ra runluiu 14•11 g
avctolllll,4 of le• 11 , 1 dap by ilit•
lig day. NVI , wake tlit.
cxtr. wt. itriii•le
the ily Poe/ Iry t ItoLcnrlil of liar
holy re.tilt•l, , , , 1 . V.11 , .11i nru
in Hie
The etd,)i.s ter Spring,
are the e:11111,/ ,11:111..S. Then,. ore
delicate I:11111y hI'OVVII, nlll
- ti t , ur it lode ,•1•11,,,v, just tuned
down (though with the brow]] Ito avoid
anything ghiriiit_tt. thost•
htitts tin v, ty Ilie
(Team c‘nlinr knil lke darker .bode ul
luiliht•r Thi,,• are intended
mere
ill Ma' evening ,vear
tilt, newest :ire ;
tlie 11111 , 11
01:1,11 has iit•i`ll 11,•41; wilder
Sky, a 1.1 . 1111 y .s4llll`, N:ie green.
very blue ivhieh I , e‘i'eeilingly
i n ie n niing intermediate
init., pretty ,i 1 1 ,- hir :trt•
ill iu 11,111 , 1 W SI :Ind Whitt',
Blue anti
I.l' allti
ruler. :\lny or 111 , area Amer
irail uutke, twit are =ail to Nveiir
adwi
rattly; iii.•y err alwt very iniiiierate in
prier.
or ravelling sdrule+ pr gray
will he I) , e!erre.l ,
tl,irable and very purL•lty.
provalt•rit I
Iliac full t,r I ilt• 111a1,1:11, ourdcll 1111 ruck
edgy ttiitli blade, \chit, or a contrasting
corm'. For colort•11
univrirsid, evror I)II and
:1111 rpnltitigiit which
have so long provailed. cur tvorsittirl
hi2l-4 h:11111 "r hlnolc ~111111. 1 'e
usurp :11111 many &Liss,: arc trim
noull With 11'111gC, iS
it 110,'Cily. hull 1,1a4•1; rrincrit,,
jP(..,if Mint(
la 111111• II
hut, ,liper,-0,1,1 guipure, Hui faVolitt. ILr
Willit•l'. 1/114 . 11i . , lar • I'l
Whin. 11/1 . 11,1,1111111 g
I'o bruin tell,. ilu,c :11'0 n l 111:1 , 1,
Otis , ti that is 1/fr Lrj,illtd.
'I . IIC absurd sly lo that sonwsilly
have attempbal io introduce tliis muddy
spring, of alluLving their dresses to trail
in the min.., recalls the li' miliwialf. at
I.on4chainps. Any trained dress is
suitable only fora carriage, and if it lady
be not, so fortunate as to oLvii IL walking
dress, she had better not tikplay her
poverty by walking in a
lion dress.
rl'he,si:irts are not WOlll SO short as
saute bell yellrrillgO, when here IV:IS SUCII
a liberal display of 11101mi:1es of our fair
Na,'. Yorkers, but are [bade to clear the
ground about two iuchc, bellillll,
three or four in front.
A very pretty suit of gray anti black
striped silk %vas made with the under
skirt trimmed %el t a box plaited flounce
set on no that the oilier edge was raised
twice on every breadth in a setni-cirele,
and the ilinmee caught. up at the low
points,. so as to present somewhat the
appearance a a CUELttill looped up at Lire
11111 v; in each depression was a how ol
the material. 'Fire itpper skirt had a
very narrow ruffle oi Ate material head.
WI With two bias bands. The waist %Va.,
Wilh the skirt in Trout i a polon
,tisc, %011ie at the back a small banyue
Was net over the fulness ut the skirt.
Tire sleeves were tight to the elbow, and
fell below in a big on
body heart-sliap,sl in front and pointed
at the
A I ‘V:I ,
\vit.!l bias folds
tilitelt oushint.ro and worsted fringe.
'lite skirt hail one dross flow:co, tilt.
ovor-sitirt. t%'11.-1 !WWII Luncurd Ilt the
Luck :11111 in 11'011 t ; the Ila , 411.1l•
was tlght-tittiog, cut jut six
tabs ',ohm* the tvitist, making stylish
finish. exetsilingly u.tdul ilfuss
tvus of ctrl pout uglily-proei, trintowil
with bias Itiltin eulgeul with Whitt', ante uu
1111,41111 e, :Old
Skirt, 110 thalllCV.
Very pretty ilre,se, are :tire:lily in
nutt•kct. I'hi•.,e:re ill ,1101,ti of gray and
bruo•n, which will be pn•l:erred to bull.
Thu west styli-11 arc wade with the un
der:dila trimmed kith a wide side
plaited Iluuucu, set nit tcitlt 41as baud
covered tcitlt n •k; \ollie, or
any color that, is lane:id. The tipper
skirt is hull, a iuuned with
anti Ltvu bias hand.. 'fist, jacket
loose, Open coder the arms, and trim.
ivied lip the back to the neck; louse
sleeve,.
An elegant suit in two shades of cameo
had the under skirt of the lighter shade,
edged with bias at the darker, and
flounce headed with a ruche of the dark.
'rhe upper skirt of the dark shade trim.
rued with bias of the light, open in frnt,
and turned bark sous In display a liuiuc
Of the light shade. Th., basque hail
tight, very long ;IL the t h e (lark
shade, profusely triunn,l with thelighl.
Sleeves reminding one of antique 1)k:-
tures, is they are tight Ot the eIOOW
fall below in a broad L o t-shaped ruffle.
while a (anion, iioutuel 'Huge of the
dark shade edged liasque acid upper
skirt.
These are cut with long trains, orshort
under:kil,: and long enurt train falling
at the hack. An elegant one or Nile
green silk had the low body trimmed
with duchess lace cut biii•Gic, the skirt
long and plain, with a small [loonier al
he back, trainined with lace, hoogiietdc
sausage of lotus flowers aril trailing
grasses.
For a young holy a lovely dress in
white turietan was made with demi
train, underskirt of ruse color, with
milks of pink and white, looped with
bunches of peach blossoms, corsage with
three ruffles of pink and white and large
bouquet of peach blossoms. White
French mush a overdresses are still very
bishionabla ; these arc trimmed with
puffs and 'Valenciennes lace The pret
tiest have the two bretelles of the waist
Joined In front und back with rows of
ruffs and lace, simulating a low corsage,
the skirt very full and long at the back,
looped.
MORNING ROBES
For married Mullen the peignoir is pre
ferred. These are cut gored, full at the
back, fastened at the waist with cord
31.;. - ;.t.tazt/e/4t .'.-Tilatttig,eite't
VOLUME 72
, and tassel A very pretty one suitable
for a bride was in white cashmere,faced
, with quilted blue silk up the front and
around the neck. Sleeves oriental, and
turned buck with the silk.
lIESINEM
Quite a variety of fancy sacques and
jackets have made their appearance this
season. It has been so long the fashion
to wear Allits of all sorts that man: gar
ments had quite disappeared, but for t he
list time in several years It large variety
of them is offered this spring. First
their are the black caslitnere sacques,
tritn med with black passementerie and
, guipure lace. Dore fanciful ones areof
black cashmere or drop d't tc ern broid er
ed with colors in Persian patterns.—
Some of these combinations of shades
are very beautiful, and the execution
l of the work most admiral)! r. A good
deal of this, we are glad to hear, is done
in this country, anti so well that it
readily pa—es for French work. These
jackets are edged with very full narrow
inge, containing all the colors in the
111 . 11/1111 ,• 111Zili , 111. A very pretty new
shape of clonk has appeared, 111111 e 11(.111,
With ,1t,Ve...1 and deep cape ; u is made
f etkhontre, tonitroidered aith
wll it° :111 , 1 trimmed with I and
' white fringe. ;Mort jackets of gray
cloth are eery pretty for early spring
Wear; the-, on wade with mot',/,'
cull:, awl large side pockets, ur
littrilt•red with bias -ilk of the ',two liuc
with ,fringe.
The sty le in these u s eful
111, l'ololiciaist with lung innprii
-.l:i rt. foriniuu eustuniii. These
cut tight iu the Continuous
do‘VII the front, and
iusertiul ul the back over tile panniers,
trimmed 111 various styles of black
gimp., :mil laces, fringe.
suitable for %veal' over walking
iir,•-ses, :ire cut loose, open under tile
u.dlll l the back, open sleeves.
The new style iu bonnets is decidedly
the gll.-y s11:11.0. This is larger thall
5001.115'0 some lmv-crown
cil, as I approaciiing to IL
ea p , . A beautiful bonnet WILY ill pearl
straw, very white, with blue ribbon put
4111 lull around the cniNvii, and IL 1 , 11 Neil
or white sweet brier• r”SeS 011 the front.
Another, suitaliii- rim an old lady, was
or gray ponied silk, will] :1 large builidi
ribigill Or two same color oil lilt' Side,
111111 pink 10/Se ill tile centre. Another
Minuet or ithtoi: strain, (vas trimmed
with ribbon or carneo-yellow, with a
large bunch or pansies on the side.
IMIENEEZI
The new shape Inis a moderately wide
with a medium crown not very
high, and sloped kick atztaid deal. Some
tit the new hats have the brim depressed
in Irma, behind, and on the two sides.
A beautiful hat M snow wit iii st ra iv was
bound \yid' green velvet, had a broad
band of trreeti velvet edged with narrow
black lace around the crown and it
bunch of berries and green leaves on
one side. A wither very costly hat was
tri'lltiled With yellow
Hilton and purple poppies. mill ant
„ t i ter, very st yli s h, wa tt black, with
Muck and yellow ribbon and profuse
bungle, or when[ ears. There must be
pride ornrtakill to that ora painter iu
his wort: when a modiste perfects one
of these beautittil and really artistic cre
ations. :some of the huts display real
their combinations.
MEE
A very li a.ssiirt went or raiwy shawls
I. in illat I:et this Tilt: A Ilitinian
Is of sill: and %void, white growiti, %vitt'
silk stripes in !wilier and gold colors,—
The levi•rsi lily Ottoman is precisely'ulike
on laith soles; iv hite ground, with broad
stripes iii most gorgeous colors running
atooss, and trithisverse. ,Lripe6 ul
/.I;4zitp, patty] iti yellow anti searlut.
silk. I'lioapi•r shawls have the broad
stripe, without this oarrow silk zigzag;
others liave a groutol or plaid in
Iplm•ks or Mark and white, with
bright-colored stripes t•rossing it.
Itriarous Itinuolf might find covering
nir his Illany hand, it; some of our ghive
,wren, awl adorn each Wind will' IL
isiiiir. The iletoptis, is the at st
style, having the \vim-Ls slashed with
hlack or white kid and the Lack stielled
in shade In match. Very ei.gaiit gloves
have wide wriits rich
design:. Ili rolwrs .i . gh4PS'eS, any shade
matching the suit. even Iltestrings
the Wit, are alloWallie the brightest
blues nnil e'reeiis, that w•itild wive have
been Ihwu lht decidedly " vulgar " :ire
"good st 10." evening wear
ilelicaw lints of vellir.v, lilac, or 11,11-
etihir lii pi•••;',.i . ri•il, allll Ire uuulc with
ittly 111.11111,er of buttons from two In six.
The la,hien or ro-ette, , , and bows On
bouts has i;:15S1.11 ; embroidery,
which has come info such general use
ier trimming, is preferred. The liallil
s”111,4 I.IOIIIS around
the top as \yell a, en lie toe, and very
elegant ones are made stitched with
-Intdes to match the dress. Forgetter:ll
ose, however, while stitching is pre-
Cerred. Itrunre 1,00(S are lie longer
wore, but gray leather, worked with
[davit el' purple, are suitable l'er %veal'
with light drosses.
MEM=
1 lowcycr lioriert the outer garments
may hc, no woman caaJhave real ((hie
unless the " tinder-pinning" we use as
del irate a phrase as possililei a well
constructed. We feel g.ateful to Fash
ion in that has decreed that small
waists are no longer stylish. A IV:LSI/II
:WI,. Shiite iii ut cou r se desirable, lint
" wasp-waist" is to be found no
whom but in remote country diarists.
SCI! a Wtillittil with a pinched
waist immediately proclaims her ig
norance what is whla.' Hoops
al-o are doomed. We wish we could
-(ay as much of (ournurcs, hut fidelity
compels us to record that an artificial
, upport, for the skirt at the buck is cn
ccyir, while the rest of the fulness
should lie doe to a crinoline or grass
cloth jirpc, and 110 t to steel springs.
And now, having constructed a lady
not like Venus from the truth of the
sea, or like Frankenstein's wooster
rrom " unearthly chemicals," but from
all the materials that go to form a nnal
ern well-dressed woman, it will not be
our fault if all are not " by n hire nippy, .
Mahe a Scrap• Book
Every intelligent, progressive farmer
takes a paper. That is a fixed fact. It
is to be hoped, too, that he has half a
dozen journals, or one sort or another
• ;ming every month; but, however
hat may be, when he reads them over
ne iirteu says: " Now I wi-h I could
remember that item, and put. it ill prae
ice next season. I believe I will cut it
out :Ltd save it somewhere." He does
gut it out and put it in his vest-pocket,
.)r between the leaves of a book, or in
, oine odd, not-of-the-way place, where
Were is little chance of his ever seeing
t wtnin.
Now, when he cot it out, he took a
-Lep in the right direction. Why did
lie not go a little further, and paste it
into a scrap-hook ? Then it would have
evil permanently saved, and very con
venient for reference. P-eserving iia
pers in tiles would save all the articles,
out few would ever take the trouble to
had( all through them for some point
bey wished to road over again. It
.would seem' too much like looking for
the proverbial " needle in the hay
mow."
The scrap-book gives you the very
crealil Or all pair papers. There are
usually only a few articles in each one
which scenic to have been written ex
prossly for you, and you In not care to
save those belonging to everybody else.
YOU iii !OA Care to read the columns on
bee-keeping, when you never owned a
bee in your life; but probably your
neighbor takes more interest in that de
part cent than any other. It is the
beauty of a good paper that it has some
thing in it for every one.
The house-mother can never buy us
as good a recipe -book as she can make,
by carefully saving Oa useful recipes
nod suggestions she meets with in her
weekly paper. The book should have a
simple classification ; the recipes for
cooking should be placed by themselves,
those fur general housework may be
placed in another part of the book—the
came for directions on gardening, care of
children, &e.
Such a book is a great means of econo
mrsing in the course of a year. Just the
right thing in the right place often saves
dollars of money and dollars worth of
time and trouble. Just such hints and
directions we meet with from week to
week in every good paper, and it is the
carrying them out into practice that
Makes thedifference between the thrifty,
successful farmer, and his opposite. Of
course if they are forgotten they cannot
be put in practice. The mind, unless it
has been severely disciplined, is apt to
hold knowledge much as a sieve does
water. It needs many helps to make
the memory useful. The very act of
c utting out the slip and pasting it in, is
a great help towards recalling it ; and if
the details are forgotten, there is the ar
ticle itself—you can turn to it readily.—
Thus you can benefit by the experience
of hundreds of people 3ou have never
seen, but who have kindly noted down
their own success or failure in the vari
ous departments in which you are most
interested.—Mainc Farmer.
Our Diplomacy Disgraced
Two swift witnesses, who figured In
the recent pretended investigation of
the condition of North Carolina, have
received the rewards of their revolting
infamy. Our history furnishes no ex
ample, under any tormer administra
tion, of public patronage being prosti
tuted to the heandalous purposes which
are revealed in the appointments, to
which public attention is now invited.
Thomas Settle was known in North
Carolina as one of the most violent se
cessionists and enemies of the Union
during the rebellion. When Holden
and offiers like him, who had dragged
the State into suce:-sion, recanted and
made a profitable transfer of their 'prin
ciples' to the ['Mon side, Settle joined
them, and was alipointed a Judge of the
-lipre:ne Court ill t4oui. in consideration
of Ids new-born " loyalty." But he
could not take his seat without bring
first purified iii the crucible of a Radi
cal Congress. This fact was reluctantly
extorted from 111111 when lie appeared
before the committee, and We tale it, in
order that Ids true Rtutas may be under
stood :
QlP•stion —.Were you ever under pc).
Aips..ver—Yes sir.
Question—Were they removed
A nswer--They were 'in l)11S.
This person labored lb rmighou t his
testimony to 'produce the impressilm
that disorder 'neva:led in North Caro
lina, and he Prame prepared with a re
hash of all the old calumnies and re
ports, which Mr. Morton had elaborated
with such little (Mut upon the public
mind over a year ago. After his parti-
Sllll recital, he was compelled to admit
that it had no present application, us
will be seen by the following passage :
Question—l understand you to say
that all thcsr roars of irose otteragex but
oar were committed ei,y/p fren months
Tr,
Answer—Yes, sir.
In order to understand the interested
inotiVe of this witness, it should be
stated that a convention to reform the
constitution of North Carolina is about
to be called, by whiPPh Holden's cor
rupt courts, of which Settle is a judge,
and otherofficial impositions which now
oppress the people will be swept away.
Ile had hardly completed his testimony
before the committee when he was tip.
pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to
Peru.
Flagrant as this case is, it bears no
comparison with another which has just
occurred The coutitry is familiar with
the names of Kirk and lieigen, two
hired ruffians whom holden imported
from East Tennessee i la) North Caroli
na last Summer, and who, at the head of
several hundred men, perpetrated many
atrocious outrages upon the most re
spectable and peacUul citizens of Casc
well and Alaniancu counties. These
outlaws were brought before tile Inves
tigating Committee to testify against the
very people whom they bad so cruelly
11111 barbarously treated, and to swear
in their own behal r against th'e damning,
evidence which exists against them and
their employers.
In order that the public may have
some idea of the character about to be
presented to notice, a few extracts ale
taken from his own testimony:
(icorge It. Bergen sworn and exam
ined :
Question— \Vero you, at ant - time dur
ing the car Is7o, Lieutenant-Colonel
under Col. Kirk, in command of the
North Carolina State mil.tia?
Answer—l w•ts - •
Question—Of what State aro you
Answer--New .Jer,ey.
quustion—W,R. yuu CVVI' a
North Carolina?
Answer-1 stn not sufficiently well
in formed to Ilit,%ver that fille,ti4 , ll.
Question-11'a- , the ,of y.tir ser
\lee there the only purnal of your resl
thatee in that .itate at thd.t. time?
Ai,w , :cr—]",•,; 1 twvi.r IV:Lm in the
Late before.
Questi.ll--I'iam what charges were
you arrt,ted al I)anville
Aii,wer—[lron the charge of larceny
,tettling_4 pistol crow F. A. Willey.
rush i, the de,cription tcliich Llergen
N.sv let us see what
1, ,aid ui hini I , v , oriue of the peopl.
whom lie :l:1 hi: gang outraged ,o
shockingly
Lucien 11. 'Ar urray, a wet - eh:tilt, sworn.
and cxainined :
Answer-- • Colonel Bergen came to
my tent with II candle ill Ilk hand. 1
had not untie to sleep. I raised up my
head. Said he, "In that
.you, Murray'"
Said I, "It is," and he walked back to
his tent. In a short time 'meanie back
again Withollt :illy candle, touched me
01l my feet, and told me to get up and
come out. 1 asked him if 1 could put
on my shoes. Ile told toe, No, you
won't have any use for them long." I
went nut, and he look toe into his tent
with three other men. They all had
pistols. He told me I 'oust now inake
a confession ; If I did not he would blow
my damned heart out.
Question—He had a pistol in his
hand
Answer—Yes, sir.
Question—Cocked '.'
Answer—No, ; he did not have it
cooked then ; he was sitting on the bed.
Question—How many men had he?
Answer—Three men. I told him I
knew of nothing to confess. .
Question—You then told him about
what you had told us?
Answer—Just what [ have told you—
about the saute thing. He told me
then, " You area damned liar," and got
up, and all four of them cocked their
pistols, and he told me if I did not con
fess he would blow my heart out.
Question—Pointed the pistols at your
breast?
Answer—Yes, sir. Then lie
put a rope around my neck, took me
out to a piece of woods :bout seventy
rive yards, tied my hands behind 1111..,
and led me up to a tree, threw the rope
over a limb, and asked me if I WAS read
to make toy confession. I told hint I
had no confession to make. Theo they
drew me up oil' the ground, and let me
hang there a little while—not long.
Q,uestion—Hy a slip-knot?
Answer—lt was a clip-k nor.'
Q u est ion—C ho ked you ?
A nsw er— Yes; choked me pretty bad:
let me hang a little while. Then let
me down, and asked me if I was ready
to confess; I told him I had no confes
sion to make. Said he. " If you don't
confess I will break yourdatnned neck;"
and he gathered the rope again, and he
and another one piffled me up very
roughly, and suspended me a great deal
longer than he did before; I can't tell
how long; 1 hung there till I was un
conscious; suffered all the pain till I
became unconscious. lie then let roe
down ; I was not aide to stand. When
I came to. I was leaning or sitting up
against the tire, and a few men were
rubbing me.
Question—To rouse and restore you
to consciousness?
Answer.—.l suppose so. They had
taken the rope off my - neck. When I
got so I could speak, he asked me if
was ready to make confession ; I told
him I had none to make—that I knew
nothing to confess. lie then gave the
order to put the rope on my neck again,
and told the sergeant, " Hang him up
of the limb, and let him hang till eight
o'clock to-morrow; then cut him down
and bury hint under the tree on which
lie hung;" and he just remarked to me
that if I-had anything to say—my last
words—to speak. I told him I had
oothing to say, but if he hung me up to
that tree until I was dead, that he would
have but three more days. He asked
me to give an explanation of that word.
I did so; I told him, "You may be alive
to-morrow morning, and you may not;
you may be hanging to a limb close by.
If you hang me dead I am sure you will
go through the very same thing." The
colonel stopped then, staid a little while,
and gave me till ten o'clock the next
night to make my confession, and told
me if I did not confess by that time he
would take me out and kill me dead. I
told him, "I have no confession to make;
never expect to make any more than
I have." Then the rope was taken from
my neck, my hands untied, and I was
carried back to the camp. He told me
I should not say anything about what
passed that 'llea ; if I ever divulged it
he would kill me on sight. Well, of
course, I never did say anything about
It till I was released by Judge Brooks,
at Salisbury.
Question—Did you make au affidavit
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 29, 1871.
that he did Intend to kill you, in order
to have him held to bail by Judge
Brooks?
Answer—Yes, sir.
Another witness, George S. Rogers, a
farmer, passed through nearly a similar
experience. Here is part of his testi
mony:
Answer— Then Bergen
came to the tent where I was, and told
ine he wanted me to go to his tent. He
told me I must tell who hung Wyatt
Outlaw. I told him I did not know.
He said, " You are a damned liar; I
know you do know." Then he remark
ed, "Don't you know that 'Dolph
Moore and Jim Hunter were the men
who hung Outlaw?" I told hint I did
not.know. He said again I was a
damned liar. He told me he would
give me till that Wight to tell, and If I
did not tell he would make me tell. He
said, "I will break your damned neck
if you do not tell." Then lie told me to
go to my tent and stay there. That
night, about 10 o'clock, be came to my
tent and told me to conic up to his tent.
I went there, and he asked me then if
I would confess that I knew who hung
Outlaw. I told hint I could not—l did
not know. Again he said I was a
damned liar, and went for a rope. Pis
tols were Icing on the bed, awl lie pick
ed up his pistul. I stepped outside of
his tent. He put a rope around toy
neck, and led me to the woods about
seventy-live or one hundred yards, and
asked me then if I would tell. I said I
could nut tell—l did not know. Then
he ordred the lieutenant to pull me up.
Question—Was the rope put around
your neck with a running-noose:'
Answer—Yes, sir. He stood in front
of we with a pistol cocked, fastened the
rope, and the lieutenant pulled it until
it was tight.
(2.te!. , tion --Did it rni,t , pi' p)nr
feet,?
Answer—No, sir.
Que6tion—lt was. pulled until the rope
wa6 light
Answer—Yes, sir.
(Zuestion—Did it choke you somewhat?
Answer—Yes, sir.
question—Mow long did he keep you
that way
Answer—l suppose about a initiate ;
he told his lieutenant, " That will do"
—I think these are the words—and the
lieutenant let me down. He asked me
then if I would confess. I told him I
had zio confession to make.
Then, after malting several threats to
kill or shoot use, he took the rope off
Illy neck, and, going back to the tent, he
said : " I believe, Rogers, you are tell
ing the truth, and I will do all I can to
release you to-morrow, but I cannot do
it without orders front the Governor,"
Jlolden.)
There is much more proof to the same
effect, and it is notorious that Bergen is
now a fugitive front justice, here in
Washington, with various requisitions
hanging over his head, but protected by
the Radical administrators of the law.
Yet, in, the face of these astounding facts.
this same George 13. Bergen was nomi
nated to the Senate on Saturday as
United States Consul to Pernambuco,.
and as hailing from North Carolina :
where lie haul never appeared except in
the character of a brigand' It is to such
base uses as this that the public service
is prostituted in order to reward crimi
nals for partisan perjury. If Bergen
were surrendered to the authorities of
North Carolina, he would ein the pen
itentiary for life as soon as the law could
reach his crimes. liut tieneral Grant
appoints him to a high and responsible
trust, and Mr. Fish, who affects such
regard For the diplomatic and consular
service, endorses this notorious mercen
ary with the favor and seal of the De
partment of State. Settle as Minister
to Peru, and Bergen, as Consul to Per
nambuco, are practical illustrations of
those reforms in, the civil service which
the President has professed so much de
sire to perfect, by degrading and cor
rupting it in every possible way.—
rush ington Patriot.
The Wife of Hawthorne
We tied in the editorial columns of
the New York Tribune' the following
touching tribute to the late Mrs. Haw
thorne:
"We noticed briefly when it occurred
the death of the widow of Nathaniel
Hawthorne in England, and there per
haps it is the best that we should pause.
When the gentle, quiet life of ii woman
such as this ebbs away into the gentler
quiet of death, silence over her grave
I as 'note meaning than any requiem.
As a cheerful song,
or a happy day in
the autumn fields, her memory becomes
a pleasant, tender reality with us for
ever; but we cannot, if we would, im
part or share it with others. There is a
morbid curiosity through the country,
however, about Hawthorne and all that
surrounded him. arising out of the as
yet half-acknowledged feeling that iii
him America lost her greatest poet ; and
it is only right that this curiosity should
he so far gratified as to do justice to this
woman, whom it' he had never loved,
Hawthorne would in till probability
have died undeveloped and unknown.
"No biographer of the great romancer
can ever delineate the strange elements
of character that mixed themselves in
hint, and were expressed in his n
..gure
and face; the hereditary abnormal ten
dencies towardssolitude and gloom ; the
almost insane dread of contact with his
fellow-men ; the oblique and shadowed
aspect in which, as he stood apart, the
world appeared to him. Friendly hands
may give us the outside facts of his life,
the cut of his dollies, the attitude and
gestures which he used to those about
him while trying, out of a keen fear of
being ridiculous, to lit himself with their
alien habits of thought and speech ; but
the only glimpses left to us of the real
liawttiorne are in his books. The man
was of his own blood, alone in the
world of thoaght, awl has left no kins
man. Between him and the outer world
came Duly his wife. There was some•
thing at once comical and pathetic in
the dismayed appeal with which he
turned to her when the ordinary busi
ness of life bewildered and Jarred on
him, and the alertness and bright gen
tleness with which she served as his
shield and shelter. l'ihe belonged to one
of tho s e old families in New England
who have imbibed culture with the air.
She had an intellect of quick • arid liar
monious movement, which found apt
and pleasing expression both by her pen :
pencil. llut there are so many of
whom all this may be said ! Now, when
won en seek primarily self-development,
there are so tnany artktsand authors! It
may do us no harm to look for a moment
:it this one who had no other aim than to
be simply a wife. There is a signifi
cance to all women in the fact that,
while the genius and idiosyncrasies of
her husband placed him on an entirely
different intellectual level from her
own, the infinite love between them
made them one, and fitted her with her
keen tact and wholesome sweetness of
temper, to interpret between him and
the world. If it had not been for that
cheerfulness and sunny temper, which
kept daylight about him perpetually,the
moody genius of Hawthorne would never
have struggled through its shadows into
light. The world owed a great debt to
this woman, who was contented to be
only a wife.
" There is a pleasant hill-slope near
Concord, full of shady lanes and dusky
with apple-trees, where Hawthorne and
his wife were used walk at. evening,
cheerfully talking as they went. He
sleeps there now alone. We cannot bear
to think they will leave the gentle,
bright-faced lady to rest in one of the
damp churchyards of foggy London.—
But, however that may be, we think
that somewhere, where he waited for
her, they must have met ere now. We
like to fancy that the wife's work is not
yet all done ; that even in the limitless
possibilities of the hereafter, the home
ly love and care which are left behind
us here are needed and waited for; and
to believe that through the lives to come
this man and his true wife will pass on
side by side together."
A Chinese Sermon
The following discourse by a convert
ed ChL..ese tailor, with reference to the
merits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and
Christianity, is worth preserving:
A man had fallen into a deep, dark
pit and lay in its miry bottom groaning,
and utterly unable to move. Conine' U 9
walked by, approaching the edge of the
plt, and said, "Poor fellow! I am very
sorry for you. Why were you such
a fool as to get in there ? Let me
give you a piece of advice: If you
get out don't get in again.' A, Budd
hist priest next came by and said, Poor
fellow ! I am very much pained to see
you there. I think if you could scram
ble up two-thirds of the way or even
half, - I could reach you and Eft you up
the rest." But the man in the pit was
entirely helpless, and unable to rise.
Next the Saviour earns by, and, hearing
the cries, went to the very brink of the
pit, stretched down and laid hold of the
p or man, brought him up and said,
•Gd, and sin no more'
The Greensburg Tragedy.
On Saturday the town of Greensburg
was thrown into the wildest state of ex
citement by the development of one of
the most deliberately planned and des
perately•attempted murders, followed
by the suicide of the would-be murder
er, we have ever been called upon lose
cord. We have been enabled to obtain
the following facts connected with the
tragedy, which resulted from the un
happy domestic relations existing be
tween Oscar W. Rayand Cynthia Girty
Ray:
Between four and five years since
Mrs. Ray, who was a daughter of the
late James Harvey, Esq., formerly Pro
thonotary, of Westmoreland county,
visited some relatives in Indiana. Sue
was very prepossessing in appearance
trod winning in her manners. During
her visit she was introduced to Mr. Ray,
anti about four years since the couple
were married. Some time after the
marriage the husband commenced
drinking, and soon became very disco•
lu•e. When sober he was kind and in
dulgent, but as soon as he tasted liquor
all all Yet ion for b is wife seemed to van
ish, and he treated her most brutally.
With the hope of breaking away from
old associates, and with the determine
tion of leading a better life, the husband
induced his wife to remove to the town
of Anderson, Indiana, where they con
tinued to reside until within a few weeks
past. The promise of reformation, how
ever, was not kept. The husband still
drank to excess, and the ill-treatment
of his wife was continued. Smile
months since the wife was driven front
her home by the husband, but after a
brief absence she . was induced, by tile
most s dcnnt promises and renewed
pledges made by the husband, to return
to him. About two weeks since, the
wife and her little child, the only one
remaining of the four which were born
during the four years, were again com
pelled to leave the house to escape the
fury of the intoxicated husband. Mrs.
Ray at once determined to return to
tit eensburg, and made up her mind that
the separation should be permanent.
She reached Greensburg some two weeks
since, anti took up her residence with
the family of Lieut. John Kyle, who had
married her sister, and with whom her
mother also lived.
As soon as the husband ascertained
that she had departed, he became furi
ous, and asserted that he would either
compel her to return home, or he would
kill her. Ills threats were made in
public, and were repeated so frequently
that telegraphic despatches were sent to
Mrs. Ray warning her of Ids intentions.
On Thursday last a telegram was re
ceived stating that Ray had left Ander
son with the avowed intention of visit
ing Greensburg, and advising Mrs. Ray
to be on her guard, as he was determin
ed to have revenge, ' if God spared his
life." Information of the coining of
Itay was given to Officer Cline, who was
instructed by the District Attorney to
watch for his arrival. On Friday Ray
reached Greensburg. Next !Doming he
was observed passing Mr. Kyle's house.
Alter making a thorough examination
of the house and surroundings, lie stop- ,
ped at the door and rapped. Mrs. Kyle I
opened the door, and Ray, after intro-
ducing himself, asked for an interview
with his wife. This request was re-
unless he consented to bring
cer ('line with hint. The officer, who
had been keeping Ray under surveil
lance, then made arrangements for an
interview in the afternoon. In the
meantime, Lieutenant Kyle, who was
working at Mt. Pleasant, was sum-
moned, and arrived home about two
o'clock in the afternoon. Ant hour later
(lay, accompanied by Officer
proceeded to Ky le's house and were met
at the door by Mrs. Kyle and conduct
ed into the parlor. After they were
seated, the officer demanded that Ray
should give up any weapons he Inight
have in his possession. Ray readily as.
sentem and banded over a single-bar-'
reled pistol, which was capped but not
loaded.
The wire, who was then in the din i ng
room, immediately in the rear of the
parlor, was invited to come: She at
first refused, stating thatshe wa_s afraid ;
but, being assured that her husband had
been disarmed, she finally consented,
and entered, accompanied by her little
child. As soon as she entered the par
lor Ray arose and approached her. Ile
said. " Gel tie, can I (lo anything to in
duce you to come and live with me
again Mts. Hay replied, "No, Oscar ;
I ca tm int live with you." Ile then plead
ed with her, in a very excited manlier,
to change her determination, and sev
eral times repeaed the expression,
" Von It now, Uertie, I love you as I
love my life." She made no
answer, fait was not in the least
shaken in her purpose. He then asked
for a drink. Mr. Kyle handed hiin
gloss of water, and while he was drink
ti g Ray heard the child crying in
the hall and went to see what was the
matter. She did not wish to return to
the parlor again, but was Induced to do
so by Mt. Kyle, who thought it better
that the interview be ended in a more
friendly manner. During this tempo
rary ahsence Ray inade profuse prom
ises of reformation, and stated that if his
wile wouldifily return home with him
she would have no further cause for com
plaint. When she returned, he again
asked if he could not induce her to liVe
with him, and received, as before, the
reply, "No." Ile then asked, " Are
yoll afraid of me'." to which Mrs. Ray
replied, " I am." Ray then paced
the floor for a moment or two, and then
stopping suddenly, coaxed the little
child to come and kiss him. By this
time lie had reached the doorway lead
ing to the hall, and after kissing the
child he straightened himself up and
said " Gertie, farewell." At the same
moment he drew a revolver from his
coal-sleeve, and taking aim at his wife,
who was seated on a chair at one side of
the mantlepiece, tired at her. She drop
ped upon the floor, but upon examination
it was found that the ball had not touched
her, but grazing her head, had buried it•
selfin the man tlepi eee. When Mrs. Ray
swooned the in rdererevidently thought
the bullet had hit the mark intended, as
ie turned immediately to Mr. Kyle and
ired. Mr. Kyle is as so near Ray before
is fired that he was struck on the fore
lead by the barrel of the revolver. The
however, passed harmlessly into
he ceiling. By tins time Officer Cline
1:1,1 hold of the now infuriated man, and
succeeded in throwing up his arm in
time to avert theshot aimed at him. Ray
was ejected from the room into the en
try, and just as the door closed another
shot was heard. Mr. Kyle mid the offi
cer opened th 6 door and found Ray lying
on the floor. He looked up at them and
said. "For God's sake shoot me," and
then became unconscious. He was drag
ged out, of the house and then placed in
a wagon and hauled to jail. When he
reached the jail he V: US searched and on
his person was found a four barreled
revolver of Sharp's patent, and a single.
barreled pistol. The two shots in the
parlor were tired irom the revolver,
while Ile reserved the pistol to put uu end
to his own life. When the wagon con
taining theinjnred man reached the jail,
Drs. Loin ison, Waugeman, King,Cowan
and Singer proceeded to make au exam
ination of and dresshis wounds. He eon
tinned in iii unconscious state-until 10
o'clock, when death ensued. Previous
to the removal of Ray to the jail lie was
searched, and most convincing evidence
of his determination to murder were
found. In addition to the revolver and
pistol, a new knife, with a large, bright,
keen-edged blade, was found ready open.
A number of cartridges were also found
in his pocket, as was also a vial labeled
laudanum, but which contained only a
drop or too of the liquid. It is supposed
that Ray had taken the fatal dose before
he fired the shot at his wife, so that if he
were prevented from shooting himself
death would still be certain.—Pittsburgh
chronhqc, March 10.
Nfwmpaper Pay.
The managing editors, Croly, of the
World, Beni, of the Tribune, Blankam, of
the 11.:1.0d, and Jennings, of the Time?,
have each salaries of $lOO a week, amount
ing to $5,200 ayear. Of the editorial writers,
those on the Herald receive the smallest
in New York, ranging from $55 to $5O per
week ; those on the Tribune are rated at
from $5O to 850; two of the writers on the
World are paid $lOO weekly ; while on the
'folios the heavy writer receives $l5O per
week, and others from $BO to $75. Most of
the writers of the Sun (Hitchcock, Bartlett.
Dana, Cummings, and others) are stock
holders, and the profits of the paper for the
past two years have secured them incomes.
Nordin:di, of the Post, gets $7,500,
Most of the United States troops re
cently sent to South Caroltha have re
turned to Georgia, being no longer
needed in the former State.
'There She Blows
Down on Nantucket Island all the
male inhabitants are sea-faring men.—
They are whalers, absent for years; at
home only for weeks. But during these
brief intervals [row toil, these hardy
sons of the salt sea tell over the dangers
they have passed ; the hair-breadth es
capes, when whales proved unruly or
the wind blew great guns. The boys of
the Island listen with rapt attention
and open ears to these yarns, and in
wardly resolve that they will go on a
whaling voyage when they get to he
men. The whole island is oily and
nautical. Over all the feinale inhabit
ants there hangs a cloud of anxiety.—
Many a fond, fearful wife, lies awake
and trembling all night, as she hears
the wild wind sweeping down upon the
Island, as if to carry it from its moor•
ings, and then off upon the water lash
ing the waves to fury She thinks of
the loved one far, fur away, perhapa
wrecked, or his white bones bleaching
upon some desert coast. The duties of
the clergymen of the island are largely
those of visitation, to give personal con
solation to the pentunian widows.
It was a sunny afternoon On Nan
tucket. when Hee. Mr. Cheerful ealled
upon Mrs. Bubstay, whose husband, an
old whaler, had just sailed for the
"spermy city " of the broad Pacific sea.
Mrs. Bobstay was low in her mind, and
required a cheering word from the good
man. On the contrary, It -r son, eight
years old, Jack Bobstay by name, was
full of nerve and hope. The old man
had tilled his son's mind with seayarne
sufficiently thrilling for a dime novel,
and the lad nightly dreamed of spear
ing whales, of reeling ice plated sails otr
the ever-boisterous Cape Horn, of - tak
ing in," and "trying out," etc., all of
which he had heard his father talk and
swear about. Many an eighty-barrel
whale had Jack captured while sleeping
snugly in his little bed, which his fattier
had triced up hammock-fashion.
The scene was a quiet one; the do E
minie was earnest in his low words of
comfort; the mother, her heart upon
the outspread ocean which she could
see stretching away southward, to
where the good ship Oil tub disappeared
against the lowering sky, listened at
tentively, gracefully. Jack, on a little
stool, sat drinking in the worth sun
shine, which streamed gloriously iu
through the open dour. The good man
had his heart in the work; he e:ilined
the fears of the sorrowing wife, told her
of the help and comfort she had in her
boy Jack, who would soon be a ❑tau,
and was about to place a soothing cli
max upon his words of consolation, In
an appeal to the throne of grace, when
a denouement of the most startling char
aeter burst upon the prevailing serenity
like a fatal bolt from a smiling sky.
In listening, the mother had dropped
her knitting—a stocking just begun
the ball or yarn lay in her hip unheeded.
All unnoticed, Jack pulled out several
fathoms, and coiled it with sailor-like
precision upon the floor. That done, a
new thought struck hint. A large carv
ing fork lay upon the table. Jack se
cured it. He ran the prongs through the
newly begun stocking. Then, just as
Hee Mr. Cheerful was about to kneel,
Jack poised his ingeniously constructed
impromptu harpoon. Placing the left
foot forward, as he had heard his father
having done, he drove the harpoon with
all his force at the Unetwseiuu, cat sleep
ing in the sun. His aim was true; he
struck the feline, as his father would I
have termed it, just "abaft the starboard
for'ard Nuke."
Persons sleeping in rooms with sheds
adjacent, which are nightly frequented
by cats, can possibly imagine the yell
that rose from the half-impaled Tabby.
:She sprang to her feet, darted out the
door, bee speed running out the coiled
yarn rapidly, while above her screams,
ruse the voice of the delighted boy
whaler, "Pay out, mother; thunder
and lightning, pay out; there she
blows." The attitude, the flashing eye,
the startled dominie, the crushed look
of the troubled mother, all presented a
picture the effect of which stilled the
intended prayer. The minister ran off,
and Jack •' coiled in," while the mother
mourned over the emphatic demonstra
tion of the bias of the boy's mind. This
WaS years ago, and Jack is now " pay
ing out" in the chill North Pacific wa
ters.
Remarkable Prophecy
As far back as isilo, upon the return
of that noble statesman and patriot, Ex
; President Millard Fihnore, from Eu
, rope, he made a speech at A I bany,which
it is well to recur to even now, after
more than a decade of years have elapsed
since its utterance. lie language was
indeed prophetic, when he said :
" We see a political party presenting
candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency ' selected fur the first time
from the free States alone, with the
avowed purpose of electing these eandi
"dates by suffrages of one part of the
knion only, to rule over the whole I'M
thc I States. Can it be possible that those
l ! io are engaged in such a measure can
" N e reflected upon the conQe
seriously. -
q ences which rust inevitably follow
In cute of success? (Cheers.) Can
they have the madness or fully to be
lieve that our Southern brethren would
submit to be governed by such a Chief
Magistrate. (Cheers.)
. ''' " Suppose that the South, having
a majority of the electoral vote, should
declare that they would only have
slaveholders for President and Vice
President, and should elect such by
their extensive suffrages to rule over
us at the North. Do you suppose or du
you think we would submit to it ! Not
for a moment. [Applause.) Anal do not
believe that your Southern brethren
are less sensitive on this subject than
you are, or less jealous of their rights?
Tremendous cheers. I If you do, let tine
tell you that you are mistaken. And,
therefore, you must see that if this sec
tional party succeeds, it inevitably
leads to the destruction of this beautiful
fabric reared by our forefathers. ceinent•
ed by their blood, and bequeathed to us
as a priceless inheritance.
I tell you, my friends, that I feel
deeply, and therefore I speak earnestly
upon this subject, (cries of 'you're
right,'( for I feel that you are in dun
ger. 1 ant determined to make as clean
breast of it I will wash my hands of
the consequences, whatever they may
lie; and I tell you - that we are treading
upon the brink of a volcanic,, that
is liable at any moment, to burst forth
and overwhelm the nation. I might, by
soft words, inspire delusive hopes, and
thereby L . win votes. 13ut I can never
consent to be one thing to the North
and another to the South. • I should de
spise myself, if I should be guilty of
such duplicity. For my rouse itce
would exclaim with the dramatic poet,
'. ••,, ~ 'ls t'lere 11 .1 •nrip , ci, ,,, eu curse,
.me hidden thlllitler In the stores I,f 11 ,
,I.Ven,
!;,. I withLincOnll.ll,ll wrath, to biLi4l the Mali
\AM° gra . itlneq, town Colllury s gall) ?"
The coal strike begins to 011 seriously
upon every branch of industry, and at a
meeting of manufacturers of plate iron it
has been determined to advance the price
of all grades of boiler plate three•oighthsot
a cent per pound, in consequence of the
rise in the cost of pig metal, caused by the
heavy increase of the price of coal in the
Schuylkill region. To make !natters
worse still, the rumor runs that the
bituminous coal-miners have joined with
those of the anthracite region, and
a general strike arid suspension i•s
threatened. 'The consequences of such
ill-advised action would certainly be very
bad, to miners as well as consumers
of coal. The investigation by the commit-.
tee of tho Pennsylvania Legislature is still
going on the whole story on the part
of the Coll I panics is a latne iteration of the
general cry against the miners. It has been
conclusively shown, however, by the most
one-sided opposition testiinuny, that the
miners in few cases make‘over $0 a week,
yet in no instance was it shown that opera
tors anti railway men failed to receive less
than from 35 to 50 per cent. on their invest,
men ts.
Crashing War Indemnity Upon France.
With all the other dreadful disasters and
humiliation France has to bear a 9 the re
sult of the war the indemnity imposed up
on her by Prussia is enough to keep the
nation crushed to the earth and must add
greatly to the difficulties of maintaining a
stable government. The debt of France is
about $3,000,000,000. The indemnity im
posed by Prussia will increase this $2,000,-
000,000—i. c., the Germans demand $1,000,.
000,000 cash, and France will not be able to
raise this, probably, at more than nay
cents-on the dollar. Indeed, it is calcula
ted that when France pays off all her obli
gations and the demands upon her result
ing from the war, and her debtshall be cast
up two or three years hence the total will
hardly be less than 'six thousand millions
of dollars—nearly three times the amount
of our interest-bearing debt. France is a
rich and populous country, and the people
are Industrious and economical, it Is true,
but such a stupendous burden is fearful to
contemplate and very hard to bear.
Grant In Phllndelphl.--Who lie Row
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John W. F r.ley furnishes to the Waah
ini;to❑ Sunday Chronicle the following ac
count of limit's visit to Philadelphia :
The event In the city during the last week
was the arrival of President Grant, his
short stay, strange conduct, and the new
blends he made while here The Presi
dent and family left Washington on Thurs
day of last week and - on their arrival went
immediately to the palatial residence of A.
J. Drexel, in West Philadelphia, where
they remained until his departure on the
following Monday.
On the Friday evening following the dis
tinguished arrival the Central Democratic
Club of Pennsylvania, of which Mr. Drexel
is a member, held a special meeting to ju
bilate over the Democratic victory in New
Hampshire. Mr. Drexel excused himself
to the President far the evening, for the
purpose of attending the meeting of the
club in question. In the meantime our
amiable Mayor, who is as sly a Fos as can
lie found, iu company with lieneral Patter
son called upon the President and invited
him t, attend the banquet of the 11 i tiernia
society.
lIME=I
Doubtless it was the intention or the
President to visit the Union League on Fri
day night, but seeing an opportunity to ex
ecute another one of these flank move
inents for which he Is so famous, gave the
great League a wide birth, and WILLI Mayor
Fox and Gen. Patterson dropped in on our
Irish tel and captured them
bodily. This flank movement the Presi
dent considers equally as good as the one
he executed on President Johtinon when
he became his war minister for the pur
pose or flanking him in turning this g, v -
er n eut over to Southern rebels.
Mayor lox you know ; General Patterson
is the same hero who failed to come up in
time with his army corps to prevent our
defeat at Bull Hun, and it was believed by
many that his patriotism was unit of that
. •-
terNent character that would carry him
foremost in the tight Mr the defense of the
Union. At any rate the great t.ineolu was
of opinion that the country would nut suf
fer by his retirement front military set vice
and so after Brill Hun retired him.
On Saturday evening, in company with
Mr. Drexel!, Ceo. W. Childs, our popular
Democratic candidate Mr Mayor, and that
great naval hero and renowned statestnan,
Adolph Rorie, visited the Chestnut Street
Theatre, sad I assure you the applause that
greeted Min on his entree was indeed faint.
So intense was the ilidignation at the re
moval of Senator Sumner that 1101 one
cheer greeted Inin.
on Sunday morning lie attended divine
service at the Methodist chard), Broad and
Arch. In the afternoon he drove out to
Ctiestnut 11111, and paid a visit LO the re
nowned horseman, Aristides Welsh, the
owner of Flora Temple, her three colts, the
imported horse Leamington, and tither fast
horses. Many believe that by simply do
tutting the threo-year Lilly of Flora 'rumple
LO our horst) loving President, Aristides
would Bice no difficulty' in making the
Collectorship of the port in this city.
On Monday morning he returned to
Washington. During his stay here his st
int:Mons were with well-known Democrats,
••ttplionsly avoiding the leading Republi
cans. Indeed, the only preffilliellt
who called upon him was Mr. Dorle.
lint he spent the evening of St. Patrick's
day with his Ilibernialla and that made up
fur loss of prestige on the Republican side.
The collectorship of the port is the lead
ing topic under consideration. There is a
strong teeling here in favor of the appoiut
meat of lion. Ctn.. (YIN eil, late Member tit
Congress from the 2cl district. It is difli
oult to understand why Messrs. Kelley and
Myers, who have served with him eight
years in Congress, should pass hint by and
insist in recommending another.
Tile political campaign for 1871 in this
city is beginning to open. 'the Republi
cans will probably nominate Mr. Hall
Stanton for Mayor, Col. Wm. li. Mann for
District-Attorney, lien. C. If. 'l'. coins for
City Solicitor, Peter B. Widener fur City
Treasurer, holm 'l'. Gill fur Prothonotary,
District Court, and Major McCuen tbr City
Commissioner.
Senator lienszey will, in all probability,
be returned, as no candidate as yet has
been able to make any headway against
him. Senator Connell is without opposi
lion, and as both their districts are largely
Republican, they will fraternize among
you at the Capitol for another term of
three years.
The - Democracy are somewhat at sea; the
capture of the Fenians by the President,
and his desire to have his friend Heorge
tV. Childs, the Democratic nominee, for
Mayor, has sornewbst demoralized them.
True, fir this loss, they have the victory in
New Hampshire to compensate them ; but
for all, the fraternizing of the President
wall so many of the leading Democrats 01
the city, has bewildered thorn. The Re
publicans adopted as their rallying cry in
the campaign of 190.4 the memorable words
of a great military chieftain, " Let us have
peace," and we are having it with a ven
geance.
A Prominent Lawyer cots a Woman's
M=tn=n!CMll
The Scranton Bcpublimn of
,yesterday
has a Wilk csharre letter of Monday, which
Say` , :
The town teas thrown into a high state of
excitement this evening, between ti and 7
o'clock, by a report which spread like wild
fire, that an attempt at murder and suicide
had been made at a house on Northampton
street. Thu report proved true, and the
Mllowing particulars were gleaned. The
man interested Is a lawyer, and has con
siderable notoriety throughout the county
as a Democratic politician, and 110111 justly
has been credited with being a man of
more than ordinary capacity. But a too
tree indulgence in strong drink, and a life
of general dissipation, have incapaciated
hint for business, anti before this he has
been attacked twice by mania-a-pout,
which attacks were to be dreaded by all
likely to come in contact with hint, for,
being of strong frame, and goaded to a
fearful frenzy by imaginary wrongs, he
hesitated nut to threaten and attempt to
perform the meet terrible acts. The woman
who was attacked by him was the wife of a
respectable merchant on Northampton
street, now divorced from hint, but still liv
ing in his house and acting as his house
keeper. Returning last week with this at
tack of mania-a-pout upon him, the law
yer west to the above house, where he has
since been con lined. Dnagining there was
12.a11,1•Led arrangement to poison him, he
determined on putting her and himmelfout
of the way, arid thus frustrate it accom
plishment. Ile seized her, and in the strug
gle, with a small penknife, succeeded in
i•utting, her throat in a most horrible man
ner, making a gash on one side from
which the blood spurted with a hissing
sound awful to hear, and inflicting be
sides a gash in her breast, in one arm,
and lint 0110 thumb. Ile then commenced
on himself with the same instrument,
tirst at his throat, ',liking a cut of con
siderable length, from which the blood
flowed very freely, and then in the region
of his heart, where he triads five stabs.—
ISy this time—it was all done almost in an
instant—outsiders were arm used, policemen
came, and surgeons were called. The
WOlllan was immediately attended to—the
blood vessel severed was tied, etc.,—and
there is hope that she will survive, al
though the cut is of a serious nature, and
sill demand close attention. The wounds
of the man were dressed, and both he and
the woman left in as easy circumstances as
can be expected. In a talk with the man
we found that he realized what he had done
he was more sane but he still regretted
that he had not made a clean job or it. Him
prior instrument, he say; was the cause of
his failure.
CCS,IIa vs. Meyer,.
The Committee on Elections of the House
of Representatives had before them on last
Friday, the case of Chorpenning Cessna
against lion. B. F. Meyers. The hearing
was postponed until next session. Cessna
way very much chagrined at this decision,
and moved that the parties be required to
tile their arguments with the Clerk, by
July lot—that he should have them printed
and sent to the members of the Committee,
and that the case be disposed of at the open
ing of the nex t session. This extraordinary
proposition was resisted by Mr. Coltroth,
who was present, acting as counsel for Mr.
Meyers. He proposed that the briefs of
coons d Le filed at the meeting of Congress
to December, and that the case be argued
th • pleasure of the Committee. The
proposition of Mr. Coffroth was adopted.
Oral arguments will be made before the
Committee at such time as they shall fix.
his was Cessna's second defeat. He was
anxious to have the Committee dispose of
the case in a summary way, after the man
ner in which be was in the habit of manip
ulating contested election cases himself.
But be was surprised to discover that there
was a disposition on the part of this Com
mittee to decide this case according to the
testimony. He doesn't want this coos de
cided according to the evidence. He knows
very well that a careful examination of the
testimony will increase the majority of Mr.
Meyers. We have reliable information
that a fair count will give Mr. Meyers a
majority of over ono hundred. We drop a
tear over Cessna's disappointment, but we
insist that he ought to be removed from the
Presidency of the Board of Trustees of
Franklin and Marshall College.— rtlfry
Rumor has It that the beginning of the
quarrel between Fenton and Grant hap
pened in this wise: Fenton said to some
one, " Grant is a wooden-head." This was
reported to Grant, who has never forgiven
lt.—N. Y. Sun.
I=2
Grant has been in manya tight place be
fore, but there was always some one to pick
him up. Who will pick him up now ?"
N.l'. Sin
Disirroeefni Seminole for Ol flre-•-The
President is Vieilin--Ex-Congress.
flea os Plate Hunters.
Tho Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says:
\VasnINGToSt, Mar. 20, 1871.—The out
going Senators and Congressmen stub
bornly refuse to return to Moir homes, but
cling with barnacle-like tenacity to this,
their old haunts about the Federal city, in
vading the Capitol, the Departments and
the White (louse, with all the impos
ing show of former greatness. They em•
harrass the President by their demands for
otlice, all claiming they have a prior right
upon his patronage, and must lie taken cure
or. They Insist that Grant's renomination
largely depends upon their active ser
vices, and thus a conflict is created be
tween them and their old constituents,
who naturally dislike to be supplanted
in their clainat for °thee by the brighter
refulgence of defunct Congressuteu.—
W'henever a Democrat has succeeded, the
outgoing Republican demands the control
of the patronage of his district, the Maine as
if he hail been ro•eleeted, and if there Lap •
pens to exist a good fat Mike, "a game
worth the candle," he presses his claim
therefor upon the President, although it in
volves the removal, perhaps, of the very
imminbent originally appointed through
his innuence. here never was, perhaps,
such an unreasonable pressure fur ollieells •
exists now, :ind the President is in an
unpleasant dilemma from these vexed
importunities. which involve removals
of Republicans 'appointed by himself.—
The most prominent and pushing of these
unfortunates are the retiring members
iron.' Tennessee and Alabama. A rnell, of
Tennessee, late Chairman of Lb.] commit,-
tee on Ed neat ion and Labor, and who
infects the scholar and poet, proposes to lo
cate in the Federal city as a claim agent,un-
In such time us he can wheedle the Creel
dent into a foreign portfolio or the Coin
missionership of the Bureau of Education.
Ws colleague, Win. It. Stokes, familiarly
known as the •' llaid.headed Eagle of the
Mountains, - took a filly at the position
of Sergeantrat arms of the liouse, but
met with ignominious doh at. lie pro
poses to go the way of all o:ogress:tonal
flesh, unit as a drro ler be,onies
also a claim agent, to vibrate between
\Vashington and the Tennessee Mountains.
Prosser, also a colleague, is pushing for the
Post-ollice at Nashville, vice the fattier in
lay; of ex-Seuator Fowler, wile, being
functus officio, can no bilges' I,peet to
lu
laiu his relatives in NI r. Buck, of
Mobile, who was cruelly supplanted in
Congress by Ben To ner, a colored brother
Republican, worried the President out of
tile appointment or Appraiser :it Nlobile.—
His name WWI subsequently withdraw it,
hot it was sent inn again to-day, under the
heavy pressure of the :Slain,, Senators -
Mr. Rock having originally carpet-bagged
from the Sunrise State to the warmer cli
mate of Alabama. 'l'h, colored member
iron' MMUIe proposes to tight his pre.
deeessor's confirmation to the bitter end.
Ex Senator Warner r aliases to part with
his position in the Senate, but appears
daily on the floor, lobbying for official ima
m:nage, in which hi, is aided by Senator
Soerinan. Ile haunts the White House
and the Departments, and is apparently
obvious of the fact that the glory of his
lehabod has departed. Dis thought he Is
pressing himself for the post of Collector of
the port of Mobile—a Dille little plum Si
official patronage—to supplant one of Ins
own appointees, a native anti prominent
Unionist or Alabama. Tim only real gen
uiue privilege left in NVashington to
those raja ex ercr , bie3 is the Avenue
street cars, whereupon they are still
deadheaded until the close of the year 1871.
They also retain their passes over the vari
ous railroads of the country, but those are
only valuable to return Mime upon. After
the adjournment of the present session they
will, one by ono, be unwillingly forced to
retire from their household gods of Wash•
ington, unless they all locate hare as elaiin
agents and form a gigantic ring with the
newly appointed Collithismionerti of South
ern Clams, to enjoy an absolute monopoly
of that practice. Ex-members of Congress
soon tied their level in Washington society.
When they lose their 1A.600113 they lose
their importance. Nobody cares tor them
here. They may haves:ollle status at home,
but in Washington they become valueless
relics of the past.
MEE
By the Internal Revenue laws, as amend
ed in 1670, it is the duty of every citizen
whose gross income last year exceeded two
thousand dollars, to make and render to
the assistant assessor of the division in
which he lives, a return of this income for
taxation On or before the lirstday of March.
The neglect to do this leaves it in the pow
er of the assessor to make a return for Mtn
according to the best in formation he can
obtain, and to increase the amount of tax
fifty per cent as a penalty for the neglect.
Flu duly of nuking these returns has
been very generally neglected, under the
expectation that Congress would abolish
the tax, but it is now improbable that any
thing will be done at the present session,
and in order to avoid the penalty, citizens
calumet be tan prolopt in handing in their
returns.
Thu taxable income or each person is
, leternuned by adding together the follow
mg items; The gains or profits of business
Mr the year; the wages or salary received
fur service from ally government, corpora
tion or other employer ; the rents received
trout houses or lands, tlw interest on notes,
bonds or mortgages, or on money lent on
any or no security; the profits of specula
tion in stocks, bonds or gold, and those oh
Mined Upon the sale (tinny houses or lands
(luring the year, Which lout been purchased
within two years preceding; and the divi
dends upon stocks or shares, except that
of the dividends or corporations which
have themselves withheld the tax from
stockholders, and paid it to the United
States, are not to be included, nor that part
of the salary or officers of the Pnited
States from winch the tax has been de
ducted at the time of payment, nor any
pension paid ton soldier or a sailor.
l'rorn the aggregate Income as thus de
termined, each taxpayer Will deduct the
minimal, State, county and municipal
taxes paid by him during the year; all
losses in business, riot including any esti
mated depreciation of values; the amount
01 interest paid during the year; the rent
of land for cultivation soul of premises for
business purposes, and the wages or labor
paid- out tier business purposes; the rent
of ilia house and rooms occupied as a resi
dence; but not the rental value, if owned
by the taxpayer hitnselr; and the 101101111 r
paid lor ordinary repairs, bUL not fur per
manent Imps et:mounts.
The remainder of the gross income, after
these deductions are made, constitutes the
net income fur the year; and two thousand
dollars are farther to be deducted from this
amount. Tho remainder is the taxable in
come, on which a tax of two and a half ner
cent. is iii be levied and paid. This tax is
due and payable on or before the 30th day
or April next; and a penalty of Live per
cent. upon the amount of the tax, and of
interest at the rate of one per cent. per
month, is to be levied fin neglect to make
payment at that tune, or within ten days
atter the collector shall have demanded the
Lax.
The returns of income made this year
are not to be published ; and the officers
administering the law are required to keep
them secret. Nor is any penalty to be
levied for neglect Or error on the taxpay
er's part, except after a full opportunity
is afforded Min to be heard, and to present
evidence that he is not guilty of such ne
glect or error. But there Is no provision
in the law requiring the assessor to demand
a return, or to many citizens of their obli
gati-ins to make their returns. Every roan
is supposed to know the law; and a failure
to obey it is ouch a neglect as incurs the
penalty. It will therefore, Le necessary
for taxpayers to seek their assistant asses
sors at once, and tender to them such a
statement UN we have described. -V. Y. Post.
The New . Currency lII❑
The Currency bill now before Congress,
and supported by the influence of many
banks and bankers, is merely a scheme
taxing the people to benefit a few banks.
It provides for the issue of bonds, bearing
interest at the rate of one cent, per day on
one hundred dollars, in exchange for paper
money at par, to be exchanged at par and
Interest on demand for paper money again.
The banks will then put all their reserves,
held for the redemption of their own bills
and deposits, into these bonds, and draw
interest on them from the public treasury.
In practice, however, the scheme would
work greater evils still. Every man who
holds greenbacks would like, of course, to
have them growing in value in his hands.
The new bonds would pins everywhere as
money from hand to hand, at their value
with accrued Interest, and would take the
place of the greenback circulation. When
ever the interest on them grew to a consid
erable sum, it could be drawn and new
bonds for the amount demanded. Thus
the effect would be to Inflate the already
enormous paper circulation of the country
at the rate of about twelve millions of dol
lars a year.
We do not believe that so absurd and
costly a measure, which offers to the gov
ernment and the people at large no single
advantage, has any chance of passing. The
danger Is that the serious discussion of it
may prepare the way for some rash meas
ure concerning the currency. So long as
Congress is resolved not to take a step to
wards the resumption of specie payment,
it is important that it do nothing, and let
the business of the country be permitted
to find its own stable level as well as it can
under the embarrassments and interfer
ences with which an unsettled currency
troubles Y, Post,
The boiler of a saw mill at Bermuda
Hundred, Va., exploded on Thursday,
killing Andrew Creoy and a Penusyl
nian pained William Strange.
BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS, 812 a year pe
square of ten lines; $8 per year for each addl
Lionel square.
REAM ESTATE ADVERTISING, 10 cents aline fo
the first, and u cents for each subsequent In
insertion.
GENXIIAL ADVERTIAING, 7 cents a lino for t
!Ind, and 4 cents far each auhmegnent
tlon.
SPECIAL NOTICES Inserted In Local Column
lb cents per line.
SPECIAL NoneKs preceding marriages en
deaths, 10 cents per line for first insertion
and 5 cents for every subsequent Insertion
LEGAL AND OTHER NOTICES—
Executors' notices 2 rtu
Administrators notice
Assignees' notices
A mi thine notices 2 nu
Other " Notices," ten lines, or less,
three times 1 50
NUMBER 13
H EART•REN DING DISASTER
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The Indiana (Pa.) Democrat says:
On Tuesday night, 7th instant, it young
man named William Hopkins, Jr., son it
Hopkins, residing in East Mutilat
ing township, in this county, returned
home to his father's house sonic time alter
the family had retired to bed. l'pon ep
tering the door young Hopkins remarked
that there wits an odor as of something
burning in the housa% Il is mother, oho
with the father slept on the lower floor,
thereupon arose front bed, and she and
her son intuit , search for the suspected tire.
Finding no cause for alarm they retired lo
bed, the young man lc the upper story.- -
On the upper floor, in another bed. were
sleeping two tiaughters of Mr. Hopkins.
aged respectively eighteen and tweet: ,
years, and a little nephew, also named I lop
kips, aged between three and four yearn,
who had been adopted into the
Lute in the night the elder Mr. Hopi:ill.
was awakened by the crack ling of lire.
Instantly perceiving that the house was
ablaze, ho gave the alarm, and his son up
stairs sprang from his bed and rushed to
the stairway, which, being enveloped in
dames ion] partly consumed, gave way un
der his weight, but he fortunately Vlllllo on
with his lite. The other unisinscions nleep•
ors up-stairs were called to with ago:O . /Mg
energy, but from whom came no response,
alive that the little boy was 111101., heart
scream. A ladder was hastily priieurtsi
and raised to the upper window, and an at
tempt 1111.10 to rescue the unlortuttates, but
loud culls could nut rouse them, and to
rear!, them through the wall of thine ell
veloping them was Impossible. Tlui older
Mr. Hopkins in the attempt to do nil, and
to save his children's lives, was SO MINIM,-
ly injured by inhaling the Haines that his
own life was well nigh naerilii•ed, and he
is yet in a precarious couelttiou. A num
ber of the neighbors who hail now caught
up the alarm arrived, but only in lime to
witness, not to prevent, the sickening ca
tastrophe. I lelp was unavailing. The
Ilitintis leaped and swelled with 3 lll
lousily, and stun the upper thor tell • and
with it the shreds and remains 1,1 the lied
in which the three had slept.
When at lust it became possible to roan rr
the remains of the unliodunates who had so
fearfully perished, a truly dreadful sight
was revealed. 'rho Is,' young ladies and
child bad been burned L, literal cinders and
ashes, except that a portion if the
ate or the ladies yet IYY:l1110,1 5.11110 lit its
limn, though blackened and charred to a
crisp. Never before has so heart rendmg
nn oce urrenee happened in !Tuthill:l county.
The remains of the three were gathered to
gether, placed in the salmi collin, and after
wards interred. Various theories are sug
gested 104 to the rinse or the tire, the most
probable cow being Lisa IL C,riginAttql tram
IL spark that hail iallen into the wo o d-box
and there smouldered at last into Mime.
The people living on the Nlerri 11110' I Ice]
in Masstiehusetts have been
hlghl • y de
lighted Wall the liberality of Congress in
appropriating $ . ..!: - .,00t1, in addition to the
zj.50,000 voted last year, for Improving the
navigation of that stream, as the judielee,
expeuditereof that elleellit, it was thnughl
would render it navigable at any time of
title to Haverhill, the head of navigation,
for vessels not drawing over ten feet.
Their delight nil hearing oldie appropri
ation, however, was not to he vompared to
their tillrprimo when they leitcrred that the
trovernment surveyor and a large 1111113' of
workmen had commenced operations at
Methuen, ahem Haverhill, picking stones
from the bed of the river and carrying them
ashore, while pie ledge at :%litchell's
just below them, which runs entirely avross
the river could not be removed sn as to
ul
low vessels to puss ep the locality where
they are now operating fir less th a n
quarter of a million of dollars.
Their astonishment moderated, though,
when they learned that. the Hon. Major-
Vieneral Benjamin F. Butler has re,..ently
purchased a large tract of hind in Methuen
bordering on the river, where these "inn
proven' ennui in navigation" are progressing.
It iv stated in the Boston //crab/ that
oral Butler haw been informed
6y .•uwpe
tout engineers that. he hay fall enough to
carry as many spindles as either Lawreins•
or Lowell, and the people in that region
look upon It as a singular etelleillollee
that the Government should be clearing out
the river just where the lieneral woad
aunt his mill-pond should Inc undertake to
build mills, while the stones taken ashore
would furnish a good part of the material
necessary to !Mild attain.
An honest Congressman is the noblest
work of God.—A". Y. Sus.
Narrow Escape from Death by l'ohota.
On Thursday of last week Mr. Nicholas
Bell and family, who reside in the filth
district of Hariord county, narrowly es
caped death by partaking of ionic) poison
ous root, resembling horse-radish, whiell
had been gathered by mistake, and pre
pared along with some of the latter article
m a dish for breakfast. The entire family,
consisting of live persons, partook of
dish. Shortly after breakfast Mrs. Bull wiy
taken ill, and sent a colored servant girl to
a neighbor for assistance, and a boy for a
doctor. The girl was overcome by the el . -
leas of the poisoned Mod, before reaching
her destination, and the boy, who was de
spatched on horseback, WI. shortly after
wards Mond by a neighbor along the road
side, In an almost helpless condition. Ile
was conveyed to a house near by, and
fresh messenger despatched for medical
help. By the time this arrived Al r. Bell
himself was prostrated, and the condition
or the entire family appeared very critical ;
but by prompt efforts IJII the part of the
physicians—Dr. S. W. Scarborough, Dr. t ;.
If. Roberts, and Dr. S. .1. Ramsay—they
soon ex perleneed relief. The root whieh
it is supposed caused the trouble closely
resembled horse-radish, but had a scam,
what bitter taste. I only a very small por
tion of it was left unmixed with the horse
radish, and as nothing similar could be
found In the garden where Lao 11 , 1r5,n141-
itill was dug, there was no means of discov
ering what the plant w;e4.-- 114 .111.1
The Cincinnati is level mi thr
naval advan Lagos and rout of Mania Bay.
\Vu may misty that. when
ever, If ever, the United States RNMIIIIII,I
the debt, it will ho large enough hi matinfy
the most ambitious lover or heavy nation
a! obligations. 'rho Ottninismitiners are
pertain lint to aisrortal by whine tlin seve
rities or the Dominicans are bold. Thu
list of bouillailtiurs is a State secret.
iips only the diplomatic Italamiiic has chit
nterrnation. lirantint; that tie Island in
eautiral—how ran we make this beauty
serul? The only practicable preposition
to prepare aVal SLILIIMI 111 SilDlllll3
flay, that we may rumoured the seas. This
weans that we are to build up an A tee:loan
Sebastopol. That manna
of enormous SUMS of money—hundreds of
millions of dollars. Annex San Domingo
and there will be an ou day of uablo
lives and public money in that quarter, as
long us we consent to support the drain
upon our resources. It would bo better 'o
sell the navy yards we have than to buy
Islands for the establishment of others.—
Ships of war are useless In aggressive war
fare, and we can (Wend our chores with a
few torpedoes. 'rho mind of the President
must be purged of the longing for San Do
mingo, that it may be given to affairs at
home.
Mixed Jurgen of Men and Women in Wy
The grand and petit juries of the Albany
County District Court, Wyoming, this term
as at the term previous, is comp rued of
equal proportions of men and women. The
judge took occasion to compliment, in the
highest terms, the Intelligence, discrimi
nations, honesty and propriety of conduct
with which the women acquitted them
solves last session, saying they had gone
far to vindicate the poticy, justify the exper
iment, and realize theexpectations of those
who had clothed themselves with the right.
The bar, the bench, and the intelligent
men of the country had long felt that some
thing was needed to Improve and justify
our Jury system ; something to 'Mit above
prejudice and passion, and imbue it with a
higher regard for law, justice. oath and
conscience. The court would assure them
the fullest protection against everything
which might offend the roost refined, mod
est and educated woman in any walks of
life; and would punish severely any at
tempt to throw ridicule or contumely up
on them.
Paymaster McKean Buchanan, of the
United States navy, who died at Charles
town, Massachusetts, a few days ago, was a
native of Maryland, being a sun of the late
Dr. George Buchanan of Baltimore, and
grandson of ex-Governor Thos. McKean of
Pennsylvania, ono of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. lie entered
the navy in 1826, and during the thirty-live
years following of active service passed
nearly sixteen years of it at sea, the last
being upon the frigate Congress, in 1861,
when that vessel was sunk by the Confed
erate ram Merrimac. A few months later
in the same year he was retired, since which
time he has tilled several posts of duty on
receiving ships and naval stations.—/M/ti
?n San.
For weeks past nearly every boat arriv
ing at New Orleans from up river has come
loaded down with cotton to the guards.—
Over a million bales have already been re
ceived in that city, and thousands of bales
are still daily arriving. From all quarters
of the cotton-growing regions of the Valley
of the Mississippi come reports that there
aro largo quantities of cotton awaiting ship
ment, and there are still miles and miles of
acres which are white with the unpicked
staple. What is here said of New Orleans
is also true of Savannah, Mobile, and In a
less degree of Charleston. The price of
cotton now rules about as It did before the
war.
Burned to Death
Nan Domingo
Tin , Late Paymaster Buchanan
The Cotton Crop