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THE Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Time# intimates that
Zach Chandler's last speech on the
army hill was inspired by "artificial
excitement," which is somewhat sug
gestive of a beverage of which old
Zach is said to be exceedingly fond.
THE Democrats of Indianapolis
placed in nomination nn intelligent
colored man for city marshal. The
Republicans rallied their whole foice
to defeat him. They accord to the
colored man the right to vote, provided
be votes for the Republican party.
But to hold an office is a different case
and not to be encouraged.
Tiik chairman of the Ohio Repub
lican State committee, Gen. Robinson,
has joined Congressman Frye, of
Maine, in the laudable work of in
creasing the circulation of the Okolona
Stale# in the North for the purjxjsc
of misrepresenting the true sentiments
of the people of the South. With
two distinguished agents like Frye
and Robinson the subscription list of
the State# will doubtless grow with a
rapidity calculated to rejoice stalwart
heart with exceeding gladness.
Tiik hill to prevent the employment
of troojw nt the polls, passed the Sou
on Friday last, in precise form it came
from the House. The stalwarts had
the debate on the hill to themselves,
and the proposition to banish bayonets
from the polls in the interests of a
" free ballot," was fiercely availed by
Edmunds, Blaine and Chandler, the
latter repeating with his usual vehe
mence of gesture and manner his old
speech about States Rights arid .Jefl".
Davis. It was a spine bracing ops-ra
tion and had its desired effect. Hayes
has vetoed the bill.
THE Grand Lodge of the I. O. of
(Kid Fellows of the .State of Pennsylva
nia will meet in Harrishurg on Tues
day, the 22d instant. Among the im
portant questions to he considered will
he that of a reduction in the represen
tation. At present the Grand Lodge
consists of one representative from
each Subordinate Ixslge in the State,
and forms a body so large and un
wieldy as to render some change an
absolute necessity. The proposition,
we believe, is to provide for representa- ,
tion by districts instead of individual
lodges.
A CORKEBPOMDEWT of the New
York Tribune states that Judge Davis
was elected Senator in 1870 over Lo
gan by the advice and procurement of;
both Edmunds and Morton, who were ■
determined to prevent his being a
member of the Electoral commission.
They classed Davis as a sterling inde
pendent, with strong Democratic pro
clivities, but had perfect confidence in
Brndley as alb-publican with no con
scientious scruples which would pre
vent him from awarding the prize of
the Presidency to Hayw regardlt-M of
whatever evidence might be presented.
The Tribune' correspondent declares
that Senator Morton sent an agent to
Springfield to confer with the Itcpul>-
lican members of the Legislature, and
that the withdrawal of Logan after the
hundredth ballot, was with the pur
pose of electing Davis, thti* making
the coast clear for Bradley.
Concentration of Capital.
Ever siuec the Republican party
gained power it has l>eoii tho legiti
mate tendency of its policy, whether
HO intended or not, to aggregate all
business capital into tho hands oi a
few corporations, coin panics or firms.
The Pacific railroads, the Credit Mo'
bilier, the Syndicates, the Standard oil
company, the Philadelphia and Read
ing coal and iron company, the Em
pire and Union transportation compa
nies, are all specimens of this policy.
In tho excise laws the untiic results
arc to be seen. In their practical
operation nearly all the small distill
eries ami breweries have been driven
out of existence, and the manufacture
of spirituous and malt liquors mostly
confined to large establishments em
ploying hundreds of thousands, if not
millions, of dollars of capital. While
tho manufacture of all kinds of liquor
is greater now than ln-forc the war,
yet the number of small establish
ments engaged in the business is not
over one-fifth as great. Men of small
or moderate capital are being rapidly
: driven out of the business.
Twenty years ago most of the an
thracite coal was mined and shipped
by individual operators, who owned or
leased the lands worked; now four
fifths of that commodity is mined and
shipped by half a dozen gigantic cor
porations, the capital of some of which
lis computed by tens of millions. In-
I dividual operators in this field have
nearly all been driven to the wall. A
| few years ago all the mineral oil was
produced, shipped, refines! and sold by
individuals; now hundreds of these
individual producers are being ruined
every year by the domination of the
Standard oil company—a corporation
created by the Republican legislature
lof Ohio. This mammoth corporation,
it is said, receives annually from the
I great, railroad companies draubaeh#
amounting to nine million# of dollar.
Individual shippers of freight upon
our ruilroads are being constantly
ruined by the great transportation
monopolies. Before the war there
were nearly as many individual lend
ers of money throughout the country
as there were individual borrowers.
Now most of the money to be loaned
is iu the josseasion of hanks, insur
ance and trust companies.
What is the effect of all this upon
the labor of the country? Manifest
ly to reduce the number of employ
ers ami thereby destroy coiu{*ctitioii
among them for the labor tliev need.
The smaller the number of employers
the more al>olutclv can they dictate
the wages and conditions of the labor
ers. • As long as anthracite coal was
mostly mined by individual operators
no great strike*, involving thousands
of laboring men and their families for
months in want and starvation, were
known; great riots placing whole
counties in a state of torrorim for
weeks were unheard of. As a matter
of fact, which we believe cannot he
controverted, the great railroad riots
of 1*77 were the natural outgrowth
of this policy of concentrating capital
and destroying competition.
Every piece of legislation, the effect
of which would lie to drive from any
business men of small or moderate
means is a direct attack upon the in
terests of the laboring men employed
in that business. Of this nature is
the bill No. 4b, which recently passed
our State Senate and is now pending
in the House. This proposed net
seeks to compel ail corporations or
jtcrsons engaged in mining eoal, or
manufacturing iron or steel, to pay
their men at stated times in money.
Under its provisions all men of mod
erate means would he obliged to quit
the business, leaving the great corpor
ations and large capitalists the Mile
miners nnd manufacturers. Isist week
wc published the speech of our able
Senator, Hon. C. T. Alexander, in op
position to this measure, the pernicious
tendencies of which he exposed in a
masterly manner. So far as we can
learn his sentiments are generally en
dorsed and commended by his con
stituents ; And in these days, so fruit
ful of blatant demngogism, it is indeed
an honor to be represented by one who
is not afraid to express correct and
statesmanlike views upon the relations
of capital and labor.
IT is said by the Washington papers
that Zftoh. Chandler was drunk when
he made his speech on Friday last
Very likely. But that will not ac
count for Zach's blackguardism.
THK late Bishop Anion, of tlio M,
E. Church, in said to have boon a very
plain man in bin habita and tauten,
and had u dislike for unclean uud ex
ponnivo display of any kind. A few
dayn before be died lie said to an in
timate friend : " I desire no display at
my funeral. I would have a plain
eofßn made of live oak and trimmed
plainly with trimmings of galvanized
iron. Imt there bo no flowers placed
on it. The tendency to extravagant
I and useless parade at funerals in this
| country is getting to bo a great and
growing evil, and I wish my example,
as far as possible, to inaugurate a dif
ferent state of things."
It would be well if all wealthy and
! distinguished persons, when tlicy ap
i proach the end of their earthly days,
would emulate the example of the
good Bishop and demand that th< ir
funeral solemnities he marked by a
-imilur simplicity. A much needed
reform might thus be gradually intra
i duccd. So long as the wealthy in
dulge iu costly and extravagant fu
neral displays, however laudable tin
feelings of affection that prompt tin in,
others fur le-s able to ls ar stub bur
dens will IK- found to do likewise, as
though impelled by a custom that do
' mantis implicit observance.
Promoting the Negro Exodus.
FfJtn th* llrrititrn Patriot.
All accounts from the went and south
indicate that there i* little check to the
negro exodus to Kama*. It is evident
that the rc|>ort* of returning wanderer*
in regard to this Land of Promise have
hud no effect. All the reasons urged in
the New Orleans convention against
the movement were spoken to the
winds, ami tho convention concluded
hy appointing a committee to promote
the exodus. In the deception that ha*
l>oen systematically practiced upon the
poor negroes they have been persuaded
that congress would come to their aid.
This hope has been strengthened hy the
propositions of (Sen. Garfield in the
house and Mr. Ingalls in the senate
that congress appropriate #IOO.IIOO to
purchase tents and provisions for the
emigrants. There is no douht that mo
tives of humanity have prompted these
propositions. The poor wanderers who
have been so grossly deceived deserve
the most sincere pity in their distress,
hut this money, if appropriated, would
i-ontirm thetn in thuir deception, and
by inducing false hope* would give a
Iresh im|>etu* to tho emigration.
In sup|>orl of his proposition Senator
Ingalls referred to the generosity of
congress in the case* of the Mississippi
overflow and the yellow fever scourge.
Hut the comparison between these two
calamities and the voluntary emigration
| of negroes from the south halts consid
erably. In the overflow of the Missis*,
ippi and in the yellow fever visitation
the distress was not imaginary. The
negroes incur no danger in remaining
in their southern homes while in this
fanatical movement they run u|on cer
tain distress. That partisan considera
tions have had their weight in stiniti
lating this exodus is obvious from the
demonstration of certain republican
leader* in Washington and elsewhere.
<ien. Butler with hi* usual frankness
recently declared that the whole move
ment had it* origin in party considera
tions. It is not long since Blaine in a
speech in the senate developed a politi
cal programme to deprive the south of
a representation in congress to the ex
tent to which it re*t* on negro voles;
and a leaky delegate in the recent New
(irlran* convention ha* blurted out the
admission that the exodus has no other
object than to deprive the southern
state* of thirty five vole* in congre**
and thus break down the democratic
maj oily. The democratic majority are
a*ked at the same time to encourage
this movement with an appropriation.
It has been the curse of the negroes
of the south that they have Iteen treat
ed ever aince their enfranchisement as
the mere pawns in the game of the re
publican party for jiower. That they
are now used as the tool* in a hearties*
political intrigue ia another proof of
their childlike want of independence.
It is not to l<e expected that the ma
jority in congress will defray the cost
of this exodus from the public treasury.
Instead of encouraging it congress
should make every reasonable effort to
stop it* progress. If this appropriation
lie made it would only be followed by a
demand for more. W'lien the colored
population remaining behind see that
the emigrant* instead of receiving man
na from heaven are supplied at the ex
j>ense of the United States treasury
there would be no restraining the exo
dus. The south would he depopulated,
and Ohio, Ijlinoi* and Missouri would lie
overrun by hundreds of thousand* of
famished outciuit*. This appropriation
of #IOO,OOO demanded by .Senator In
galls would lie hut a trifle compared
with the cost to tho whole land.
What tke Colored .Men Want.
NASHVILLE, May B.—A resolution was
adopted by the National Colored Con
vention today accepting the offer of
General B. F. Butler to donate 20,000
acres of land, and by tho Hon. Each
• 'handler, of homea for one hundred
families. The committee on latmr and
education reco-ninended to the legisla
ture* the adoption of a compulsory sys
tem of public education. Seperate
schools are deprecated. The conference
memorialise* Congre** to use #300,000,
the amount of unclaimed bounty of
colored soldier* and aailora, for main
taining an industrial and technical
school for colored youth at Harper *
Ferry. A resolution was adopted asking
Congre** for #500,000 to aid in remov
ing colored people from the South.
Tslinage waa " vindicated " on Thurs
day last by a vote of 25 to 16, The pros
ecution threaten to appeal to Synod.
Iron mid Mtei-I.
MEETING or THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IN
l-ll'TSlll'ltd.
PiTTanußij, I'a., May 6.—The Ameri
can Iron A Stool association met tint
morning in the room* of the Western
Iron association. The attendance wu#
largo unit comprised tlio most eminent
1 manufacturer* unit producer* of iron
lore in tlio United State*. The large
manufacturing firm* of tlii* city w-ro
well represented, but a large purl of the
assembly wa coinpoaed of gentlemen
i from other citie*, whose name* are
prominent in the history of the indus
trial developments of thin country.
The Hireling wai called to order by \V.
P. Shinn, and the lion. I'. J. Morioll
called to the chair. The chair tip
pointed Mr. Swank unit Joseph I).
Week* secretaries. President Mr. Mor
roll then delivered the inaugural ad
dress. lie explained the object of the
meeting mid gave u review of the con
dition of the iron businc**. Concern
ing the Vanderhilt kteel-ruil pun-it one,
lie Haid : " Your attention has doubt
h-s* been attracted by n largo purehaae
id English Bessemer rail* hy the New
York Central A Hud-on River Railroad
Co., at u price largi-ly in excess of the
current rates here, and you have *eeo
the reason put forth us its justifii-ation.
II iving lu-eti appeal <1 to lor informs
• inn. I have not hesitated to denounce
:n I tin.- and kiand- ii u* the allegation
that the utmost endurance of Allien
cm steel tail* is but five yarn, and that
they ore commonly interior to rails
u ado in England. I allude to the sub
ject lii-re, i- tlio whole trade li.-.'- a com
nioti interest in tnaiut lining the well
deserved reputation earned by the
American manufacturer* of P.-. • inter
rails, and also lor the reason that this
assault upon tin in may he regarded as
a pail of a scheme to break down the
protective jtohcy of the country, which
to-day is the sole guarantee of the con
tinued existence of the great atid grow
ing industry which h placed within
the reach of American consumers a bet
ter and cheaper iron and steel than was
ever before enjoyed. If duties wore re
moved and home production crushed
out, how lung would it bo before our
foreign competitors would compel our
roads to pay derrly for their rails T The
answer may l> interred from the his
tory of the past ten years years, which
is familiar to you all."
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F.xod us.
A statement originating no one knows
where is going through all the news
papers, that the Pennsylvania railroad
"has carried five car loads of emigrants,
daily for tlio west, during the month of
April, mostly from Pennsylvania sta
tions.' 1
If this be so the negro exodus is no
where. Five car loads per day, say 50
to a ear, is 25< per day ; .50 times that is
7,500 a month. The Philadelphia /.*</
jfr gives the information that "3,600
emigrants left Ilarrisburg" for Kansas
during February. If that l<e correct
and a gue* is ventured as to the move
ment in March, say 5,000. we have 10,-
(#*; as the contribution of Pennsylvania
to Kansas "or the west," Theao are
all whites.
Tho * eatest number of negroes that
has yet reached SU Lou;* i* given as g,.
50il to April and since that the estimate
is 3,500. So that relatively Pennsylva
nia is contributing a greater number to
tho west than all of the negro exodus
put together. The best of it is that they
are industrious, thrifty emigrants, who
go to stay, and are not diq-endent on
the charily of the political philanthro
pists who are now "collecting funds" to
sustain an emigration in no wie fit for
the rude blasts of a Kansas prairie. Can't
any one see tho returning wave as soon
aa the new census has la-en taken ?
lie Netcr Jokes.
Fr m ll* V M{iir){!<<n Ftl
John Sherman never jokes. Ho ha*
no more concoption of tho humorous
than an iron man. When, therefore,
he stated in his Mansfield speech that
there were more vote* cast in South
Carolina lsl t year than there were men.
women and children and cat* and dog*
in the State, he meant that what he
said should be accepted as indicating an
immense vote in pro|>orlion to the imp
utation. But he knew, when he said it,
that the vole cast was only one to five
of fhe population, which is not a large
or unusual vote. In other words, John
Shertuan lied.
The Socialists to liningnrate a Strike.
CHICAGO, May B. Ihe Socialist lead
er* here assert that they, with the Trades
Union, are organising a stiike to legin
July 5, and to he general throughout tho
country. They will demand the uni
versal adopt ion of the eight hour system,
ami will settle the matter of wage* after
their demands on that point are acced
ed to. This strike has been decided on
in their privy councils, but it is no se
cret that their purpose is political in its
nature, and the purpose of the working
men is to secure better wage*.
Hayes* Affair Entirely.
Frrm lb* K* York Rem.
It i* not the Ib-boerata upon whom
the dilemna is pressed whether the ap
propria!ions for the army shall become
available or not. That responsibility
will finally re*t upon tho fraudulent
President. The army appropriation bill
will bo passed, giving all the money that
is necesssry—mo o.i„ fact, than ought
to he granted. The dilemma of finally
determining whether those appropria
tions shall he rendered effective or
whether they shall bo votoed, will rest
exclusively with the man who, without
having lieon elected, now occupic* the
White House.
Ilow the I'artlea Stand.
From lbs Nasbvflls Am.ri-an
Every Republican vote In the House
w in favor of military control of the
polls. Every Democratic ami National
vote was for free elections and the su
premacy of the civil power. The issue
ta clear cut and well defined.
Milton received *25 for " Paradise
Lost," and Dr. Holland received #12,-
000 for "Bitter Swee.."
Democrat* and the Negro.
'I he colored people of South Carolina
! have had many lessons in the hollow
ries* of Republican professions of pe
culiar regard for their race. During
the carpel-hag era it was the regular
custom ol the men who misrepresented
that section in Congress to distribute
their patronage among their Northern
relatives and friends. The departments
here in Washington furnikhed place* for
hundreds who were charged against
Southern state*, hut who never saw any
latitude more Southern than this Dis
trict. To fill the principal places in the
custom houses, revenue offices, etc., of
the South Northern men were import
ed. The colored voter got nothing, ex
cept in rare instances, where fie ws
smart enough to demand a division, and
had influence and following enough to
enforce hi* claim.
All this lias been altered since rep
rescntalive men took the places of car
pet-baggers. As an illustration of the
change the fact may be noted that sev
erul members of the South Carolina
Congressional delegation, including
Senator Hampton and Kcpieseiitative
Itichuidson. have recently secured the
appointment of a iiuuibei of tlu ir col
ored constituents to offi -ial positions
ill South Carolina. In lni.se, a* m ad
ditionnl instances, are ev uci d n liberal
spirit and an honest del* rn,.nation to
d<-ul fairly with the Mgn.
It i* beginning to l understood
among the long deluded blocks that
their true friend* rue not tht Republi
cans, who u ed them onl) for their own
advancement, hut llieirwl.ile neighbors,
•v hose interests are identical with theirs.
In a few Irrealities in the southwest there
i still such dense ignorant prevailing
among the blacks that they ran yet fi
lm posed upon hy false pr -ini e* of es-e
and sflluence, and thu- lured nwuy
from their home* to suit-r fioni grim
poverty ami gaunt hunger. But, a* a
general rule, there is a good feeling and
perfect understanding between the
races, and they are working harrnoni
ously to repair the- waste of war and
misgovernment.
When any Northern Radical si,all
follow the Democratic example# men
tioned, in securing appointment for any
of the many intelligent colored Repub
licans of the North, we shall he happy
to make a note of it. even at the risk
of exciting an apprehension that the
world is coming to un end.—
f'o4t.
Mho are the Revolutionist* I
> : HI lbs St. LWR'S I--.! tS>|*l<i.
\Ve have a l'rcsidcnt who never was
elected.
Wo have a supreme court, three
members of which violated law, oath,
and justice to count in the un-clccled
President.
We hnv* a congress, representing the
majority of the jM-ople, but not pennit
ted to act by a fraudulent exicutivo
and a fanatical minority.
We have the monstrous theory that
the legislative is to obey the wishes of
Ihe executive, not the executive to ex
ecute the laws of the legislative.
We have the a--utnption that there is
but one man to "save the country,"
and he tirant; but one party to rule—
that m. the republican party ; but one
great duty of the day, that to defy the
will of a clear majority of the people.
I* this a real republic? Is this pop
ular self government ? Is it not, on
the contrary, breaking up the charac
ter ol the government very fast?
Winch is worse—dividing or destroy
ing a republic? Which is more terri
ble -breaking up the form or the char
acter of a government ?
Had the rebel* of 18fd succeeded,
they would have only divided the re
public. But if the stalwart crew of the
Indefinite Term and Robeson order
succeed they will destroy it.
( alifornia's New ((institution.
ADO IT Ell nr A XAiOSITT or FRO* six ro
TEN T HOC SAND.
BAN FsANCtsco, MAT B.—The official
returns of the vote cast in this city yes
terday give a majority agninst the new
t (institution of 1,215. Returns from
the interior give majorities in favor, and
the instrument is adopted hy a majority
of from f>,(**) to 10,000. Farmer* seem
to have voted almost solidly for it. ' The
result ha* caused much bitterness of
feeling in business circles, where it is
looked ti|<on to a considerable extent
as an attark Upon the city's interests hy
the.interior. There is, however, an evi
dent determination to make the best of
what is lelieved to t>e an unfortunate
issue of an important question. The
pressof the city counsel quiet acquie*
cence in the inevitable and a sustained
endeavor to ward off the ill effect*
which are e*xpeeled to follow so radical
a change in organic law by a careful
choice of o!lb er* and prudent and con
servative eoivtruction of >t* provisions.
Candor from nn Organ.
Fms* ths Pbr*4#l| Ms R,-rar4. •
As the law# now stand a tolerably
straight road exist* for military inter
ference at elections. If the President
"w entirely sincere in hi# message, he
cannot very well avoid approving tho
(lending bill.
Gts* VNV AND THE CATHOLIC Car RCH.—
The present slate of the Roman Catho
lic Church in Germany i* such that no
surprise own be felt at the anxiety shown
by the Pope on the one hand and hy
the German government on the other
to put an end to it. Out of twelve Ger
man dioceses only three are occupied
by their rightful Bishops—namely, Mon
ster by Monsignor Rrinkmano, Lituhurg
by Monsignor Blum and Culm* by
Monsignor Marwiu. The other nine
dioceees are vacant. With the excep
tion of the first three dioneeee ell are
deficient in parish priests, owing to
deaths, banishment* and still pending
trials } 1,500 prieati have been expelled ;
tho number of those under trial can
scarcely be calculated ; 2"0 parishes are
without a single nrieat. The banished
Bishops are not allowed to exerci*e the
slightest authority over their aubordi j
nates; and though their secret agent*
may exert a certain influence in purely
religious matter*, this cannot be extend
ed to any of the details in the manage
ment of the church.
STATE NEWS.
Hie manufacture of paper bags i* to
| be commenced in the North umber land
j Gnunty Jail.
Ibo great council of ltr<l Men, in
session at Kenton, I'a., during last week,
adjourned to meet at Harrisburg neat
year.
A gentleman of Tituxville ha* been
Weal live time* iu the ho|/ of letter
ing hi* fortunes, and returned each time
with hi* pocket* empty.
Michael, Bollinger, of McVeytown.
| who i everity nine year* old, several
I day* fast week walked two rnilett, made
!'St rail* and returned in the evening.
Mi** Sarah Brook* ha* leen elected
I'ounly Kuperintendent of I'uhlicschool*
in Lack*wanna county. Mo* Sarah F.
: I/ewi* fill* a aimiliar io*ition in Tioga
| county.
Mr. Itenjamin Yowell*, of Kastori, h*a
in In* po**ea*iori the plate of a stove
ca*t in 1710, at Burham, Northampton
county. It wu dug up in Kahlori, a
lew day* since.
A fire at Lancaster, Pa., Sunday af
ternoon, deatroyed the frame foundry
at the corner ol Lake and Chewtnut
afreet*. I/in on building and stock,
estimated, $ JO,000; insurance $lO OUU.
A young hov, son of Porter <truer,
wv a I mo. l instantly killed at Altoona,
on Saturday afternoon by a horse fall
ing on him. lie was watching the un
loading of some circus burses at the
lime.
The Permanent Exhibition at Phila
delphia ;>.* formally opened last Friday
for tliis year. There were several thou
sand poo file present. It wo* also the
third anniversary of the opening of the
Centennial Exhibition.
Ex Mayor Martin Powell died at
Bradford, Saturday morning, of con
sumption. aged thirty three. He
elected M yor of Williatn*|>ort in 1*74,
and served one year, lie was re-elected
in 187. f i, and served another year.
Mo* Lou Veling, of Poltsville, re
cently gave a private exhibition before
Wilhelmj on the piano which so pleased *
the great museum that he wiil take ber
to Hamburg with birn and place ber
under the tuition of the beat teachers.
The Titu.ville corre.pondent of tbe
Bradford Era says that an order has
been given a dressmaker of that city to
make thirty dre'.e* for the daughter of
Mr. Eoter, of the Oil City Exchange,
who is to marry a wealthy gentleman
from New York city.
Reading is taking a step forward.
Last Sunday, Mayor Tyson cornjielled
all the cigar stores, ice cream, confec
tionery and candy stores, harber shop*,
eating bouse* and drinking saloon* to
close. Newsboys were forbidden to cry
tbe Sunday paper* on the streets, so
they delivered them silently.
Extensive forent fire* are causing
great destruction of timber around the
city of Scranton. The village of Toby
lianna, twenty mile* from there wa*
entirely surrounded by fire Sunday af
ternoon. The continues] dry weather
is favoring the heavy forest fire* which
are destroying a vast amount of timber
in the immediate n( ighborhood of Row.
land* and Lackawaxen in Pike county,
Pa. Unless a heavy rain occurs tbo
fire* will become general and cause
great damage. I>e*lructive forrwt fire*
arc raging within a radius of thirty
mile* of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
In Indiana county, a couple of miles
north-east of Armagh, aay* the Ktren*-
tiurg Frfrman , is a straggling village that
goes by the name of Ihlltown. It is un
known to fame except during camp
meeting time*, when multitude* of peo
ple flock to it to buy food for man or
horse, eked out by an occasional schoon
er of l/eer. But now, it seem*. Iblltown
i* to attain prominence, though not of
the most desirable character. Recent
researches have developed the fact that
the Mardi* gng of counterfeiters have
for a long time made that place one of
their principal haunt*, and a sort of un
derground habitation in it* near neigh
borhood, fitted up with diabolical con
trivance* peculiar to the manufacture
of bogus coin ha* been visited by some
of the officers of the law. Tbe bird*,
unfortunately, had flown, but a quantitv
of testimony wa* gathered ahich. add
ed to what was known before, will, in
all probability lead to the arrest of a
number of pcr*on§ and the ultimate
breaking up of the gang.
Philadelphia Markets.
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