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I. O. GOODRICH, HDITOR.
Tonal; Ps, Thursday, July 17,1878.
*IIIO IS lISSPONSIpSIXT
It is a common accusation made
by the Democratic and so-called In
dependent newspapers, in their
tirades against the Republican, party,
that it is sectional, and fosters sec
tional animosities. Frequent allu
sions are made to the "blUody shirt,"
as if the Republican party was
answerable for the condition of affairs
which constantly brinks promiwently
before the country the fact of a great
rebellton suppressed with a fearful
l4ss of life and antiMmense amount
. of suffering, and the expenditure of
countless millions of treasure. The
falsity of this chargelis so apparent
to the unprejudiced observer that-it
is liardly worth & denial. The reit
eration may possibly attract the 'at
tention of those who catch at any.:
thing to justify and excuse a blind
devotion to party, or to palliate sub
serviency to Sotthern dominatioi. ,
The Republican party during the
years it has held control of the goy
' erriment, and shape I the legislation
of the. country, has shown a degree
of fOrgiveness 'and, a desire to obliter
`ate the terrible memoriesof the past,
which is without. a parallel in the
history of nations. Where in the
pages of history can be found the
- record of such a monstrous crime,
• where such a testimony to 'the fo,r-
bear.snce of the victors? The "erring
brethren" have been forgiven, and
received into confidence and power.
Thb treason which deserved the pil
low's, has , been forgotten, untit leni
chcy has almost elevated the traitors
40 thb dignity of patriots', and it has
become a question who should -wear
the honors of loyalty.
The mourning in Northern house
holds, has not ceased, and the vacan
cies at the hearth-:stones are still
viewed with sorrowful hearts, and
yet wliat4 remains upon the statute
books, to ; remind' the unrepentant
rebel of the great crime which caiu3ed
all this misery. It he denied a single
privilege he was entitled to before
the rebellion ?here-is nothing re
maining, except the laws which were
enacted to secure fair and free elec
tions and to prevent bull-dozing and
cheating at the polls. The country
tritnessess the spectacle of a Con
gress largely composed of Confeder
ate brigadiers, and wholly - Under the
control of the South. They have
endeavored to repeal air those enact
ments which stoodin the way of the
illegal and monstrous practices, which
have secured the rule of the shot-gun
and bludgeon and made a "solid
South." It is — the -attempt to repeal
these just laws which brought promi
nently before the country the reasons
for their' enactment and the conse
quences of their repeal. If the Be.
bellioir and the rebels were . again
i brought into notice, who is responsi
ble for it? • Certainly not the Repub.
lican party. If the achievements of
the Confederates have been boasting
ly and tauntingly flaunted in the face
of—the loyal North, who is responsi
blefor thetmlecent display? Was
it to be• expected that the loyal heart
of the North would not be fired,
when the halls of Congress was made
the place to uphold and defend the
treason which it-.cost us so much to
•
put (bairn?
The Southern leaders and politi
cians have yielded to thatontecon
structed feeling.whieh is so . universal
in the south, and by their imprudence
and zeal ' have awakci2ed reminis
cences which the North wonld'•gladly
forget. If tranquility was desired,
the North Certainly would be the
very last to allude to the exciting
questions which -only engender see
itionalism and bitterness of feeling.
There is no disposition in the Repub
lican party to arouse -the dormant
fe2ling of the war,'to excite discord
and bad blood, and the bloody shirt
of sectionalism would not be dis
-lilaycd if • the Confederates did not
insist upon measures - whiek-inevitably
reopen.all the national wounds, and
provoke adiscassion of the attempts
- made _to overthrow the goyernment
by force of arms.
WAsniNuTON dispatches announce
that it is 'intimated that the heads of
the various executive .departments
will at an early day take steps to rid
the service of such Democrats, luke
warm Republicans and secret enemies
as found plates under the reconcilia
ation policy of the President. How
much of truth may be in this intima
tion—or tow much necessity there
may be for the, promised cleansing of
the departtnents-we are .not able to
say; but the policy which is here
foreshadowed, hait our emphatic en
dorsement, as will have the approval
of - every 'Republican. The "spoils"
doctrine may . .be liable to abuse—but
it has not one tithe of the evils which
come upon any party Which rewards
its enemies with appointments, and
thus places'in the hands of its oppo
nents the material forces for its over
throw. There are honest and capable
men enough in the Republican party .,
to properly and efficiently.fill all.the
offices, at the disposal ef, RePnbli
cans' and it is simply insanity to
gist them to Democrats. It is a
mistaken and suicidal' course, and if
it has • been
,weakly . pursued - the
quicker the wrong is remedied the
better for the party and the country.
IT is appaient to every one wlikv
takes even a cursory observation of
the mercantile interest of the country
that there has been a marked
provement in the volumes of busi
nesu during the past six months.
The merchants - ,- are selling more
goods, the manufactories of nearly
all kinds have been running full time
without producing a glut of cont.
modities upon the markets, and cis*
iklence has everywhere revived.
Prices of some atticles have sustained
an advance, but generally speaking
thitionly eccurred w ere they were
'at or below the cost of production,
and' the rise' was only to "it - point
which aprorded a reasonable profit.
For the t gneral prosperity and for
the _healthibiluess of business itself
it is not desirable thit prices should'
largely adiance, for when values are
low -epnstimption• is inereised, and'
atrial' profits on a Lager business are
better in the long run than profits at
prices w hich restrict consumption
and cause a surplus of commodities
to aecalindation the markets.
Tga approaching- State Conven
tions are attracting but little interest.
The Democracy have alrealy assem
bled, but' as We go to press on the
day appointed for their meeting we
have no report of their proceedings.
It is safe to say, however, that DANIEL
Bans, of Pittsburg, Will be the nomi
nee for State Treasurer. He is re
garded as the TILDEN candidate—but
Will be a respectable nominee, though
by no means the strongest man who
could be put forward. The Demo.
cratic Convention will have a stormy
cession, as the troubles in the paity
have come to a head, and will break
out in spite of the most strenuous
efforts to reconcile the warring fac
tions. , In Philadelp hia , the old war
c
horse RICHARD ` F AUX DRS organized
a committee and two sets of delegates
will present themselves representing
the WALLACE and RANDALL factions.
Between these rival interests there is
a bitter and irreconciteable feud,which
will be felt at the polls in November.
The Republican Convention meets
a week later, on the 23d init. The
party in the State was never more
harmonious or in better fighting trim
than now. Appearances indicate that
the nominee for State Treasurer, will
be SANWEL BUTLER of Chester county,
with a good feeling and unanimity
which is unusual and is the sure fore
runner of a brilliant victory in No.'
vember. There are no disturbing
questions which can be raised to af
fect the harmony of the party, and
we are to go into the canvass with
out a single discordant element to
weaken us. The success of the Re
publican party in Pennsylvania, is
assured, and is generally conceded,
even by our opponents.
THERE seems to be the befit of
reasons why the fisheries and cus:
toms arrangements between the
United Stites and Great Britain,
fixed by the Treaty of Washington,
should be terminated es decided
upon by the Serrate
_in ,March last.
The benefits are almost entirely on
the side . of the Canadians. From
July 1, 1873, until June 30, 1878, it
is estimated that Canadians saved
$1,663,821.78 in duties, when the en
tire il;alue of fish taken in . British
waters by Americans, under the pro
visions of the treaty, ,was but $589,-
970. And yet .we were arbitratM
out of a vast sum to pay for the
alleged benefits of the arrangement.
The decision to terminate the treaty
was not taken a moment too soon.
Ar Memphis, last week, two or
three cases of yellow fever caused 4
panic, and the inhabitants of that
pestilence stricken city sought by
flight to escape the dreaded disease.
The horrors of last years scenes are
held in vivid remembrance, and it is
no wonder that the people of Mem
phis should be seized with fear and
apprehension at the official announce
ment that the disease had again made
its appearance, , some weeks earlier
in the season than last year. Later
advices, we. are gratified to know,
give assurances that there is not like
ly to be any spread of the fever, and
the panic is abating, and the citizens
returning to their residences and re
suming business. - _
THE first . state election this year
will be that of Kentucky, on August
The others come in order as
followS : California,September, State
and Judicial officers, four Congress
men and Legislature ; Maine, Sep
tember 8, State officers and Legisla
ture; Ohio and lowa, October 7,
State officers in part and Legislature;
Maryland, 'Massachusetts, Minneso
ta, Mississippi, New Jersey,' New
rork, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Wisconsin, November 3. Gover
nors are elected in all the States
named except Mississippi, New.
Jersey, Pennsyivania and Wiscon
sin.
EX•OoVEaNOB WILLIAM ALLEN
died at his resale nee near Chillicothe,
Chico, on Friday last, at an advanced
age. Mr. Ar.t.k entered upon.public
life, when young, was elected United
States Senator i when barely thirty
years of age, and retired after many
years of rpublic service so long ago
that he was popularly supposed to be
very old, though he vrps but seventy
two years of age. He was a demo
crat of the old school, and although
an ultra partizan, always had the re
spect and esteem of his political op
ponents.
Tns tramp laws of the various
States surrounding New York, mainly
modelled upon theLNew Hampshire
statute, have apparently had the effect
of driving those vagrants into _that
State as a safe harbor. Governor
MUNSON failed to approve the tramp
law passed by the New York Legisla
ture last, winter, and the trampl are
taking advantage of it. The Penn
sylvania law goes into effect August
15.
REEMIEGI Ot T* REPUBLICAN
COVETT CORIBINIER
The RemWlean County . Commit.
tee of Bradford (Musty Inet c orss.:„
ent to the call of, the Cbalninuk:nt
the emit Souse in Towanda, on
Thursday, July 1008'19; was Milled
to order at 2 -o'cloar, P. u., and pn
motion, J. W. Brows, Esq., of Canton;
was elected Secretary.
After some debate, the time and
place for holding the Republican
County Convention, was fixed on
Tuesday, September 2, 1879, at .1
o'clock, T. at., at the Court 'louse in
Towanda.
A resolution was then passed that
the Committee elect the delegates to
the Itepuoliettn , State Convention, to
be held at Harrisburg, on the' 23d
'inst., whereupon, Hon. Osoaaa LAN
_DON, of Herrick, J. W. Srosi, Esq.,
of. Canton, end Gen. H., J. listnu,,
of Towanda, were elected Represen
tative delegates, and the nomination
of R. H. Stsic, Esti., of Wyoming
county, concurred in, as Senatorial
delegate.
Power of substitution was confer
ed on the delegates, and they were
elected witliont instructions.
The members of the County Com
mittee present then appointed the
Vigilance Committees for 1879, for
their respective districts and the
Committee adjourned.
Ilaxav STREKTER, Chairman.
J. W. ST4P.ZE, Sec'y.
Tan New York Worlds has been
collecting statistics of the casualties
Which occurred on the Fourth of
July through the use or firearms and
fireworks used in es, - lebrating. The
result is the particulars of eighteen
persons killed and one hundred and
seven Injured, more or less seriously,
by this patriotic burning of , powder.
A South American rebellion could
rise, flourish and fall on less' gore
than this.
IT is understood that Judge Dillon
of the United States - Circuit Court,
will withdraw his letter of resigna
tion and so amend it as to change the
time from September 1 to December
J. This will prevent any interrup
tion of the business o4the, Courts,
and will enable the. PiOdent again
to send to the Senate = the name of
Secretary McCrary after the vacancy
is assured.
LETT - E . ll - 11 - Cll
nuLADELIMIA, July 14, 11479
The savans are agitating the minds of
the good people of this city, as to the
quality of the water which they drink.
The principal supply is i procured from
the Schuylkill river, at Fairmount,
though there are other reservoirs on that
river, and one at Kensington, which is
supplied with water from the Delaware.
From Falls to Idanayunk there ; are many
factories and chemical estab lishments,
which contribute their deleterious drain
age to the Schuylkill. Any one who has
taken a ride on the small steamboats
which ply upon the Schuylkill, cannot
have (Ailed to notice the black turgid
streams which empty into the river, car
rying the refuse of the factories and - the
sewage of the towns. It is claimed, how
ever, that the impurities , :re all deposited
before the water reaches the hydrants
and is used, and if chemical analysis is
not very deceptive, such 'shown to be
the fact. In the meantime people contin
ue to drink the water, without, any seri
ous results. To- those who think that
Schrtylkill water will not agree with
them, the lager beer saloons offer a sub
stitute which is largely used.
The melodious voice of the , "hot-corn
woman" may now lie beard nightly upon
the streets, as the colored vender of that
article tempts the small boy with her sue?
culent edible.
William Cramp, the 'ship-builder, died
last week, aged 72 years. Chief of Police
Jones died on Monday, and his funeral on
Thursday was an imposing affair, 800
city police, with .Masonic lodges, city au
thorities, etc., being in the cortege. -
A diamond wedding is a rare event,
but Frederick Heidenreich and his wife,
celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary
of their wedded life, at 717 North Elev
enth street, on Saturday last., They came
from Germany, to this country-in 1853.
John_Ruisell Young, who is accompa
nying General Grant in his trip around
the world, is publishing a • book giving a
full history of the General's travels. A
few numbers of the work have been is
sued, and it promises to be such a success
that already several cheap imitations
have been announced. The genuine work
is published by the American News Com
pany of New York city.
The leasing of the North Pennsylvania
road by the Reading road, is likely to
lead to the building of another line to
Bethlehem by the Pennsylvania - and Le
high Valley roads, so as to give the latter
an independent outlet • south, which it has
practically. lost. Recently , • parties have
been looking over the route, which gives
rise to the statement that the road was
speedily to be located and bOilt. No
steps have yet been taken looking to the
building of the - road, and unless there
should be a want of accommodation on
the part of the Reading, it is not likely to
be constructed, as the cost is estimated at
KOOO,OOO.
Ihit few of the readers of. the Rams.
TER are aware of the extent of the tobao
co crop of the State, and particularly
. of
the large amount raised in Lancaster
County. The crop of the State in 1878
was 38,750 9ses, of which Lancaster pro
duced 30,000 cases of 400. pounds .each,
which is 12,000,000 pounds. The value
of the crop of 1876 was $2,400,000, which
has made the rich ,county of Lancaster
still richer. As much as five hundred
dollars have been realized from a single
acre.
The ?dint is kept at work some days as
late as eight o'clock at night, turning out
silver dollars to comply with the law, and
the sub-Treasury in this city has over six
millions in its vaults, which it cannot get
rid of, even with the aid of silver - cart&
cates. The reason for coining so large a
proportion at this plaeit is that the Nevada
clique will not sell silver as cheap as it can
'be bought in the East, and therefore the
coinage hair to be done -hen% where the
silver is bought. _
John A. Small, well known as the able
and faithful Resident Clerk of the House
of Representatives, came to this city ac
companied by several friends, on Triesday
evening, intending to visit Atlantic City
on Thursday. He was found dead in his
bed at the Girard Rouse, ThuradayWlolll
- and a post. mortem. examination of
the body showed that death had resulted
from disease of the heart, He WAS forty.
seven year* of mow:. ,
John Price ititherin;!Paqi , bag be"
epPoillYid by 4111414,00.:,01! Jury Com
ndedetteeler the 11;tettedr "41" Court for
the Eii~~eeii b4trb4 . teransYlnufat as
vetroded fie lathe rand section of the
indica* A:PproPelatiortle, passed at the
latmestra retina® of:Cesigrees, approved
June 28,1879. • •
Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley stock
touched the highest point since March,
1877, this - iieek,
Southern watermelons are forjriale'- at
the fruit stores, and peaches are begin
ning to be plenty, though the quality is,
not itivitike. JeMer toniateea are
com
ing freely, and are of excellent quality:,
Colonel Duffy, of Marietta, am of the
most successful tobacco growers; at Lan
caster County, when
. the rains do not
come to suit, seaterihis tobacco crop by
means of a Bre engine.' . -
Don't brag about yourtwo-pound black
bass. A. fieherinan in *he Brandywine"
caught one the other day, weighing four.
pounds eight ounces. rod it wasn't a very
good day for bass either.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works last
week finished their 4,700rh lommetive.
They were never basier.than at present,
taming nit about eight engines a- week.
On "Pemilylvania Day,". during the Cen-2
tennial exhibition, they celebrated the
construction of their 4,000 th locomotive."
Mr. Ross has not given up thehopyei
finding the long.lost Charlie. No wiener
has he returned-from one journeyim Clio
vain attempt to identify his sonithan an;
other Charlie Ross. is reported as being,
found in some distant part J -Cf the coon-'
try.. Recently he went tO Georgia, and
now word comes from Canada that Char
lie is there. Repeated failures and disap
pointments have made Mr. Ross cautious
but be still patches' the investigation
wherever there' is any grounds to • hope
for 'seems./
The bigtenrale elephanrat the Zoolog
ical Gardens, which has been ailing since
the 4th died on Thursday last in great
agony. Dr. Chapman made a post mor
tern examination, and found that the ani
`ma's stomach was filled with pebble
stones, sticks, honest, wads of paper, and
peanut bags enclosing dirt. These_ for
eign and indigestible substances which
mused her death, had been swallowed
.from over Confidence in the juvenile visi-
tors who had imposed upon the good na
ture and credulity of the poor beast, who
was perfect in the art of catching whatev
er was thrown to her. She 1 was eleven
years old, and weighed 3,ooolpounds.
ail/
Few people realize the f that Phila
delphia is the seat of the g atest. aggre
gate amount of manage ; ring i n this
country. The various maitteactrtring in
dustries of the City of Brotherly Love
possess - a capital of over $2.50,000,000,
and these workshops give employment all
the year round to 50,000 souls, the value
of whose labor touches the enormous sum
total of $450,000,000. -
COUNT! MATTEIS.
EDlTtift REPORTER have observed
that the' method of making the assess
inents of this county is not what it should
be, neither in accordance with the statute
lair- of the State. And as we are ap
proaching near, the time for" taking the
next triennial Assessment I will give my
views thereon, trusting by so doing that
we may bear from others on the subject,
also trusting our County Commissioners
will give the matter a thoughtful investi
gation.
It has-been the custom up to the tak
ing of the last triennial assessment, for
the County Commisiioners to instruct the
assessors to.make their returns of valua
tion upon a basis of 30 per cent•. of a cash
value of the property, which has been
probably very fairly =riled out. Now,
how does this affect the property owner?
Neither increases nor diminishes his taxa.
rion,.provided the equalizations are just
and right. But one.balf to three-fourths
of the tax-payers are men not conversant
with this Percentage principal, and when
told by the Assessor that your property
is assessed (say $3,000, When the actual
value is $10,000). he says at once, " Why
that is reasonable enough." But when
he receives his valuation ticket' -for the
right of appeal, be sees that his tax is far
beyond his expectations from what the
Assessor put down as his valuation, and
he appeals, comes before the Board of
Appeals and is questioned, 'cross-ques
tioned, and perhaps sworn. Being a man
of limited education he. becomes corn.
pletely fogged upon this present basis,
and in many cases his valuation is raised
instead of any abatement. Again, sup
pose the Assessor says your property is
worth $lO,OOO, and sets it .down as such,
then the owner can see ;his actual value,
and every man knows what his property
is worth in round numbers, probably far
better than the Assessors, and if assessed
too high, when he comes for appeal ex
oneration, hp can talk without having to
be hoodwinked and mixed up as by this
present system. The result, as afore
stated, neither increases or diminishes the
tax, but reduces the amount of mills on
the dollar only in calculating theta levy.
The State of New York has been prac
ticing the same percentage method in the
county of Tioga, and it has resulted in
dissatisfaction, so much so that the town
of Owego has appealed .ou the equaliza
tion, upon the grounds that she has been,
valued is excess of the other towns in.the'
county, and•the Assessors are now taking
the assessment or said county in conform
ity with the statute law of the State of
New York—that is upon the cash value
of the property as the return valuation.
Finally, by returning theeast' value of
the property in the judgment of the As.
senor, instead of theper cent. valuation,
every property holder can'see the Asses
sors views thereon, and-can appeal under
atandingly-if he desires to. Again, if this
method was adopted it would relieve the
Assessor of any figuring of per cent., and
is less liable to errors in malting returns.
Let us bear from others thereon.
Athens, Juno 30, 1879. Crrtzetsr.
Death of .Ex-Goveruor 'Allen of OhlO.
A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated
July 1 ltb, gives the following par
ticulars of the death of Ex-Governor
AL - Lats, which took, place ThuNday
morning: - -
Ex-Governor Allen's illness was
very brief. lie was in Chillicothe
Wednesday,. apparently in excellent
health and spirits. His first mention'
of illness was Thursday morning,
but he did not regard his condition
of sufficient importance to receive
attention until afternoon, when, he
had.symptoms of chills. Dr. Seat,
his son-in-law and physician; induced
him to take medicine and go to. bed.
The Doctor and Mrs. Scott remained
in attendance although Gov. Allen
considered it useless, and urcd them
to retire. He was up several times
during the night. Abuot 1:20 this
morning he arose suddenly,. left the
bed, staggered to a chair,"tell into it
and died without a word. Doctor
Scott had seated himself in an ad
joining room and responded hastily
to Mrs. Scott's call, but before he
reached the Governor's fude, he was '
dead: The date for 'the funeral has
not yot, been Axed, but is lialered,*
will*. buried Monday.,lllOnglifi.-- . Zi
ESlORibitality‘il* , llCtiebbiai4,
here l snnoa wail born ;lON*
tonOlorth,Canillt s
tinkrefclOn. hili;aovOtrileePaCi 7 4 1. W
Heli)st - :betifiebt . Poe* i Waftec i t
was still" very young, and 'ratio
to Lynchburg, Virginia, whets he
learned the business of a saddle sod
• essinaker...Vinutiateuleark
Ad'he:started wcst i .walking all the
'way to' Chillicothe,' Ohio.- At this
paint his sister, the mother'of Benue
star Thurman, resided, and byher 44-•
' i sititatieehe 'obtained an seadetuked
ucation. Later he Studied la with
'Hon. Edward - King. .- Upon ' being.
admitted to the bar he made rapid
progress,"and Soon showe,d' i fine abili
ties- as an orator. - This gave him po
litical prominence, out at the age - of
twenty-six he was' seat to the XX LIM
Congress by the Himocmts. 'At tha
close of his terra' he' was elected to
the United States Senate, over Hon.
Thomas Ewing; who was then in the
Senate. took his. seat March 4th, I
IQ3 -; Owes= day on-which Martin
Van Bliten was inaugurated Presi
dent./ Mr. Allen was re-elected and
served - until march! 4th, 1849-two
full terms. - While in the • Sens'e he
a
, as chairman of the committee •on
foreign telatiOns ; 'Which -position he '
filled with marked ability. After his
retirement from' public 'life, in 1858,
Mr. Allen removed to . the beautiful
Scioto Valley, and became one of the
\ largest and most successful farmers
in the State. In 1873 he was called
from retirement, whf the Democrats
waited a leader wh could carry the
State against a popular Republican
candidate. Ile was elected (lover
.
nor by nearly a thousand majority,
being the only candidate - on the tick
et who got through. He serveda
full term, and was, re-nominated in
1875, whoa he was beaten by B. B.
Hayes, who is now President. Dur
ing his career he achieved some not
ed politicial victories, and repeatedly
demonstrated that he possessed the
confidence of the masses. •
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, July 14.—The
funeral of ex-Gov. William Allea
took place this morning from Ft nit
Hill. Business throughout the city
was generally suspended anti many
business houses and dwellings draped
'in mourning. Among • the - many
dist'nguished visitors present from
►ibrosd were Gov. Bishop, Lieut.
Gov. Fitch, and the most of the
State officials. The cortege WAf
very imposing. The. entire popula
tion seemed assembled on the line of
procession.
The Over. Issue tf Penney!Tarifa
Bonds.
HARRISBURG, PR., July 14.=—The
State Board Investigating Committee
met here to-day, and obtained a num
ber of important facts, which may re
sult in unraveling the over issue of
bonds in 183. W. D. Boss, who was
clerk under Bickel, State Treasurer
in 1853, and cashier under Bailey,
Bickels successor, stated that bonds
to the amount of ,81i00,000 were for
warded to Girard bank, Philadelphia,
from time to time, some ofwhich he
transferred to tife bank himself. Of
this amount $400,000 were negotiat
ed for the use of the State, and sub
sequently $2.8,000 were negotiated
in London by the agents of Girard
bank, leaving $72,000 not negotiated
which he always understood remained
in Girard hat*. He stated that the
department hever had any personal
dealings with Charles S. Baker, but'
dealt with the bank alone. ,
A pixper was produced at a prev
ious meeting of the committee, signed
by Baker, showing that the bank had
sluo,ooo of the nds of 1853 when
'Bickel entered upon the duties of
the office, and Alderman . Maurer,
chief clerk in the Auditor. General's
Office for many years, testified that
prior and subsequent to McGrath's
administration the books were kept
showing the number of bonds issued,
and from which coupons had been
cut. The books had not been found,
but the State Treasury clerks were
requested, to produce them if they
can be found at Bedford Wednesday,
where the committee will hold their
next meeting. With their discovery
the unearthing of the over-issue mys
tery is probable. 1,
11FrIZT71 storm.
BELLEFONTAINE, 0., July 13.—The
storm Friday was the most severe
ever experienced here. It blew a
perfect hurricane, and in the south
western portion , o I the County, rain
fell in torrents, t eluging the fields.,
Many barns were struck brlightning
and all the liouseS in its track were
damaged, and mach valuable stock
was killed. Its track was seven
miles wide and ten long, in which
area all the hay, corn, oats and wheat
was swept away. The damage is
probably 1200,000. Jules Kava
naugh wasitilled by lightning inlis
barn.
CINCINNATI, LJuly . 113. Through
Logan and Champlaign counties, the
path of the recent storm, ten miles
broad, is strewn with - wrecks of barns
and trees. °rowing crops were
prostrated.. The damage to oats,
corn and hay, is reported heavy, but
' few days of fair weather will repair
much of it. Complaints are heard
from Champlaign county of wheat
sprouting in the shock. Thousands
of acres in central Ohio are covered
with Water, or mud and sand left by
sudden torrents.
DETROIT, July 13 —The estimated
damage at the city of Port Huron
by4he recent storm is over $lOO,OOO.
Six persons were injured. The fair
grounds at Pontiac were damaged to
the *amount of $20,000. One man
was - killed at Thornton
_and one at
Emlay City. A, woman named
Worth, living near Thornton, had
the roof of her house blown off and
two of her children killed. She
escaped with a broken arm. Advices
from several other places report con
siderable damage.
• Nipped In the Bud.
CONCORD JUNCTION, Mass, July 11.
—A plot for the wholesale release of
prisoners has been frustrated at the
Massachusetts State Prison. Several
weeks ago, a letter from one con
vict to another was intercepted.
The letter disclosed a - plot to cap
ture certain officers, thus releasing
150 prisoners, and then to take
possession of a railroad train which
runs into the prison yard . nearly
every day, and with , the train as a
battering ram, batter down the
entrance to the prison, thus - opening
escape for several hundred- convicts.
To-day was- selected on account of
its being visiting day, when the
officers would have been engaged
with callers. Ilad the escape been
attempted many lives would no doubt
have been lost and the prison emptied
of nearly all its occupants. The de
tails of the plot were probably
arranged the,.Fourth. of July, when
the convicts were together in the
yard, as is the custom on. that '
holiday.
Taw Powers Partieee rwr i rAns Pewee
attuatirld—Post eat aro , pew taw.
The following sict, 7 Mg -for
gle enlargement of judadtcdon
.Joitlitesibrther In the WWII
Obmi" of u4s;9 llllo aweldth Was
pasta tty , the "ass itegislattire. It
levesithildiqtell in Weimer not ex
it
0444 Ati litladred 'dollar& The
full text' the act is stefollows :
,
Bumf It I.—Be it 'estacte&by the
Benatecand House of Representatives
of t)tit Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia in General Assembly met, and it
hi hereby enacted by the authority ,
of the same. That the aldermen,
magistratea,snd justices of the peace 1
la_this Commonwealth shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the
courts of common Omer all actions
arrising from contract, either ex
press or impliett, and of all actions
of trespass, and of trover and con
version, wherein the autn demanded
does not Sifted three, hundred dol
lars, except in case of real contract
where the title to lands or tenements
may :come in question,- or action
upon promise of marriage.
Bannon 2. In all actions brought
before any justice of the peace, mag
, latest° or alderman, on any contract
, for the payment of money, expressed
or implied, if the plaintiff shall - file
at any time before the issuing of the
summons in any such case an affida
vit statink the amount he verily be
lieves to be due : from the defendant,
together with a copy of the book
entries or instrument of writing upon ,
which the action is brought, or
where the claims = are not evidenced
by writing if the plaintiff shall file as
aforesaid an affidavit setting forth a
full and detailed statement, of the
same, it shall be , the duty of the
justice, alderman or magistrate to
make a copy of such affidavit, duly
certify the same and deliver it to the
constable to whom the summons is
issued, which certified copy, shall be
served at the time and in the manner
that service is made of the summons
in.the case, and the justice, magis
trate or al derman shall render judg
ment in favor of the plaintiff for the
amount of his claims, unless the de
fendant at or before the time at which
the summons is made returnable
shall have tiled with the justice,
magistrate or alderman an affidavit
of defense, setting forth fully the
nature and character of the same:
Provided, That the affidavit required
by this section may be 'made by the
azent of the party where such agent ,
is cognizant of the facts constituting
the cause of lotion, or defense, or
other matters set forth. And pro
vided further, That nothing con.
tained in this act shall be construed
to alter, impair or abridge the right
of any person to appeal from the
judgment of the justice of the peace,
magistrate, or alderman, or to cer
tiorari the proceedings to the court
of common pleas of the proper
county, as in other eases. And
provided further, That nothing con-
I tained in this act shall apply to mag
istrates in cities of ' the first-class.
And provided further, That the fees
allowed to constables under this act
on all sales made, be as follows.:
For all sales amounting to less than
fifty dollars, three per cent., for all
sales amounting to less than one
hundred dollars, two per cent., for
all sales above one hundred dollars,
one per cent.
SECTION 3. All acts or parts of
acts inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.•
Trouble With the ladlaus.
BISMARCK, Dakota, July 14:—
Capt. Anderson, of the steamer Jos.
ephine, reports that when the Jose
phine was passing old Fort Claggett
on July q,ll large party of mounted
Crows was crossing from the north
side of the Missouri in great haste,
forcing their ponies into the
river and crossing • women and
children in bull-boats. The Crows
reported that they had had a battle
with the Sioux, and defeated them,
as an evidence of the fight the
captain saw three fresh scalps. The
tiostiles are not less than 800 lodges,
with 2,000 warriors. The Crows, re
ported that the Sioux bad captured
and rifled Belknap Agency, but no
murders had been committed. Gen.
Miles, with a force of 700 men, in
cluding 100 recruits, and 125 Crow
Indians and scouts, was at Fort
Peck. lie had placed all of the aide
bodied Indians at Poplar Creek-
Agency, on the south side of ,the
river, excepting the women, child
ren, and old men at the agency.
Gen. Miles had' also given notice to
the Yanktonians that he should de
mand their ponies and arms if they
gave any encouragement or aid to
the hostiles. The buffalo are moving
south' in largenumbers, an unusual
circumstance at this season of the
year.
The Heated Term.
ST. Loom, July 13.—Last evening
there was a, cool wind from the
northwest that lowered the mercury
from fifteen to twenty. degrees, and
effectually broke the heated term.
Rain fell afterwards. Less than a
half dozen prostrations by heat, and
none fatal.
CLIARLSATON, S. C., July 13.—A
thunder storm to-night lowered the
temperature over twenty degrees.
Ten white' and five colored persons
died of sunstroke yesterday. r
ATLANTA, July 13.—the thennoM
eter was higher yesterday than , in ten
Years, reaching 93. A fearful drought
prevails over two-thirds of . Georgia.-
Refugees from Memphis reach At ,
Tanta daily, and go into the moun
tains.
Peter Herdk.
HARRISBURG, July 15.—The Gov
ernor issued a warrant for the de
livery to the New York authorities
of Peter Herdic, of Williamsport,
charged with .having obtained $25,-
000 from an Elmira bank, in 1876,
by false representations. Argument
was made against honoring the re
quisition of the Governor Of New
York on the ground of, a defective
indictment, but, Governor Hoyt de
cided that as Governor Robinson
had passed on the paper it was his
duty to net lav6rably on it. Mr. Her
dic, several years ago, was reported
to im worth two million dollars, and
occupied a s:trominent -position in
Williamsport. Much interest is felt
in the present proceeding. Herdic
is now a bankrupt.
'levee "Mine la Vermont.
WELCH Iltvaa, Vt., July 14—A
tcrnblc hail storm and hurricane
passed over here this evening, last
ing 15 minutes, followed by, thun
der storm. Some hail stones were
two inches in diameter, t.
Crops and vegetables wercfdestroy.
ed and tom to shreds. A third of
the glass in the, place was broken,
large trees were torn up, fences ie.
stroyed, houses unroofed and Urns
blown over. It Is the most severe
storm ever known here. The people
were much alarmed.
A NW AeelWaft.
Wilke,.Ban* Record, Jaly Se.
A report resehe4 thkiltt,74lo*,.
day afternoon, that the - twoifttlel
sons Of Mr: Okarles.;' , .,Ciardnret 44,
been drowned. l , A leaArd repata;
went at oneelAo
house, where the pritienee ars natri'l
ber • of Meade •stitt- - Atum weeping
children gave- sorroWtbl eildenise
that the report was true. Upon
entering the house the bodies of the
two children met his view. They
'were - bright and handeome - boys,
John; the elder, being seven years of
age, and Charlie six years. , !
The two boys, in company with
George McClure and George Lynch,
companions of their own - age, went'
to the Conyngliam shalt at about
four o'clock. A lot of clarhad been
taken out some time ago, leaving a
hole varying in depth from three to
nine feet. This bad filled with water.
On reaching this , place John Gardi;
ner said' he :Would go in swimming,'
suddenly disrobed and went into the
water. He at once sank.= and on
coming to the surface was spoken to
by his brother, but gave no answer.
Charles then went into -the pool to
save his brother, without removing
his clothes, sad he, t Jo, sank. The
other boys becoming alarmed ran
back to the hotelof William P:Gardi
ner and told him whathad happened.
He rushed to' the pond, which was
at least half a mile away, but was
too late, the !bodies having sunk 'be
neath the surface. Two men volun.
teered to go into the water and , soon
found the lifeless remains of the+un=
fortunate little fellows. _ It• was a
sad home to which the bodies were
taken ; the parents were nearly wild
with grief and could not be consoled
for the great loss they bad sustainedr.
Telegrams were sent, to Pottsville
and other - places where friends of the
family reside.. The double funeral
will Like place to-morrow afternoon
at two o'clock. The sympathy of
the entire community goes out to the
parents so suddenly and so terribly
bereaved. •
What Killed thief Jones.
The great interest centered in the
death of Chief-of-Police Kennard H.
Jones, of Philadelphia, led to' a post- 1
mortem eismination. being made by
Dr. F. B. Hazel, his attending phy
sician, for the purpose of ascertaining I
thi causes which led to the death of
the head of the Police Department.
The autopsy took place on Tuesday.
Several eminent medical men were
present, and the result achieved was
most important and may ldad to
considerable discussion in profession—
al circles. Among the doctors who
were invited were Professor W. H.
Pancoast, Drs. E. B. Bhapleigh,
Norris, T. Hampton, Ingham,
Hughes, Clark and Shoemaker.
The result of the examination, in
medical phraseology, showed, first,
the scalp to be very thick, much more
so than that •of ordinary persons.
The vessels of the periosteum were
engorged. The dura mater was
greatly congested, mid there ,were
adhesions of the araehnold mem
brane.. The pia; matter was also
congested. and the veins over the
surface of the brain were distended
with blood. There was marked
meningitis and effusion into the
ventricles and base of the brain.
The left corpora striatum was slight
ly softened.Tri the' centre of the
left optic thalnii a tumor an inch in
diameter was found. This was
hardigh- in coniistency and yellowish
in color.
Dr. Hazel gave it as his opinion
that the immediate cause of death
was thC mennigitis and effusion, but
that the primary cause was the
tumor. This was cut out of the
brain and sent to a microscopist for
further examination, to determine
just what it was and, if possible, to
afford a theory as to how it came
there. Tumors in the brain are very
rare, and the finding of this was the
cause of much surprise to the doc
tors. There was a slight disagreC
ment to the general opinion by - Dr.
Pancoast, who held that death re
sulted from softening of the brain.
While admitting, this in part to be .
the Tact, yet the majority of the phy
sicians insisted that the tumor was
the original cause which led' to ttie
softening. How this substance got
into the brain is not known as yet.
Had Chief Jones lived to be a
hundred years of age his mental con
dition would not have been im
proved, but would have become more
aggravated as the mischievous tumor
increased in size. From its size the
doctors believe that it had been more
than a year in growing.
The Eruption of Mount .Etnak.
Mr. Owen, United States Collie'
at Me . Esina, sends to the Department
of State an account of, the recent
'eruption of Mount ,Etna. It broke,
out on the 26th of May and ceased
the 11th of June. In Messina the
pavements and balconied' were
covered with black dust. The' vil
lages near the mountains were
shrouded in darkness and the 'nimbi.
tants fled in terror., The damages
are estimated at $200,000, tOwards
which the Italian Parliament has
contributed alarge sum. The Ring
gave personally' $l,OOO, thu city of
Catania $2,500 and the Archbishop
$4OO. On the 15 of June there was
a serious earthquake. The earth
opened and swallowed "up houses
and human beings. The -cause is
attributed to the undermining follow
ing the discharge of lava in .large
quantities.
APother ifolelde
The Susquehanna corresponthint
of the Binghamton' Republican, under
date of July oth, says:
On last Tuesday afternoon Dr.
Samuel Birdsall was summoned to
attend the wife of Wm. Ticknor, re
siding about four miles from this
place, who was in a dying condition
from taking a'-t quantity. of Paris
green, with suicidal intent. She has
been in ill health for some time past,
and subject to gloomy conditions of
wind. In one of these fits of
aberration, the act was done which
deprived her of her fife.. She had
manifested alarming symptoms
d7ing the day, and admitted toward
ev ning that she bad taken a table
spoonful of the poison in the morn
ing. Emetic was at once adminis
tered, and everything at hand that
might counteract its effects were
willingly accepted by the patient. A
messenger was• at once dispatched
for medical aid, but the system had
absorbed the poison,to - that extent,
that beyond alleviatig her sufferings.,
nothing could be done.. . She died '
during the night. -
irall7Deltvery.
,LANclkszza, Pa., July I.4.—Three
convicts, Charles Gibson, sentenced
to- ten years for horse stealing;
Alonzo liambright, to ten years for
robbery,, and Charles Goodman, to
five years for burglary; all desperate
characters, escaped the county prison
last night. ,
Pobwosedl by arcs .
As many parents are In the habit
01, sending children to gather greens
and are even careless themselves, the
Bowing which is clipped from the
Albany Journal shduld serve as a
'yarning, and may be 'the means of
ipreventing a similar accident in this .
locality.
The family of Mielutel McGarry,
consisting of his wife and two chil
dren, residing at -816 Third street,
had.a narrOW. ewne_ death by
lieinsloisoned yeaterilay. Mrs. Mc-
Gaily- had 'Firepaied°' ' fir diner 'a
quantity of greens, which she sup
posed td be milkweed greens, - gather
by.fier_in the nighborhood. The
family partook freely of them, and
about four o'clock they were found
by the.neighboia 'vomiting 'Violently
and in great distress. They grew rap
idly worse and it tris'feared that the
whole fainily were. dying. Some of
the neighbors ran for a physician and
Dra. Becket, Shanks and Keegan
were called. Antidotes were admin
istered and by midnight the suffering
fatally were pronounced out of don
ger. Mr. MeGrarry's condition is the
most serious, he being greatly pros
trated and at times delirious. In
vestigation-showed that a quantity r.f
stramonium, a very poisonpus weed,
had been gathered with the milkweed,
and had the condition of the family
not been discovered at the time it
was, it might have resulted fatally.
A Bail Explosion.
BALTIMORE, July 11.-;--A boiler in
Adim 4c; Setzer box factory ex
ploded this morning witli terrific
force, completely wrecking Ztlie boil
er house and s three-story ' brick
building adjoining. A, poition, of
the wall of the main actory build
ing, five stories high, was also blown
out and the •contents destroyed.• A
portion of the boiler was blown two
blocks, and all of the plate glass
windows within a• radius of two
blccks were , shattered. • August
Setzer, one of the proprietors,. and
Henry Ulrich, the engineer, were
killed. Six or eight were injured,
some dangerously. The number of
deaths may be found larger when the.
iireck is cleared away.
The damage by the explosion at
Adaths dr. Setzer'sfactory this morn
ing,'is estimated at: $20,000. No ad
ditional bodies were found. Seven
wounded were taken to the hospital,
one fatally injured.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.-4 Bodie.
diPpateh reports a terrible explosion'
of a powder magazine near the Old
Standard Incline Works. which were
blown to atoms, and everything near
them leveled to the ground. The
Summit works, a short distance'of4
were shattered to pieces, and, many
were killed. The number ' is not yet
known. About twenty wounded
men have been found thus far. It is
not known how many, if any, have
been injured in' the shaft and under
ground. The works on top of the
shilft in the old' incline arc now on
fire, but can surely be put out.' The
hills are black, with people.• The
fire department istloing good work.
James Hickey, foreman of the mine,
is slightly hurt. No estimate can yet
be made of the number of Killed or
wounded,
' Poisoned by Government Stamps.
-The Binghamton Reim/Wenn.
mentions the following singular 'case .
of poisoning: Ex-Mayor Butler has
been sick for a week, and confined to
his house in consequence of being
seriously poisoned about his face and
hands ,by handling' government.
revenue star - tips used on cigar botes.
On Saturday, the 28th .of June, while
the weather was very hot., and he
was .perspiring freely, he stamped
and cancelled the
.stamPs On a large
number of cigar boxes. Green dust
Hew from the stamps and coveredbis
hands and wrists, and a handkerchief
used by him for wiping his face and .
neck also became filled with dust:
'The result was a tievere and deep
poisoning wherever the_diot touched.
He appeared tcobe better last evening
hut there was evidence of .poison
- breaking out on 'one, ankle, showing
that it was spreading through his
system. Other cases of poisoning s in
a similar Manner have been reported
in the public
,prints. Ex-Alderman
Jackson, of the revenue office,: in
Syracuse. city, has been _troubled foi
•about.a year with a skin disease re=
sembling closely the poisoned sur
face of Mr. Butler:. •
A Terrine Storm.
• HABBISti CRO, July 11.—This
afternoon a Etorm of unusual severity
Swept over With, / Janiata county:
The Presbyterian and Methodist.
churches were unroofed, the Lutheran
church damaged, a row of ten build
ings on Main street, occupied princi
pally as stores, unroofed, gable ends
blown in and the contents badly
damaged. The carriage factory of
Showers & School was badly dam
aged, and a number of carriages
destroyed. The roof of the publics
school building was blown. off and
nine other buildings more or less
damaged. The , loss is estimated at
$65 u00.,.' A lady named Creswell,
ageit 'lO, was instantly. killed by the
roof of the Presbyterian church,
crushing into her•residence.
At .Lewistofi; several • houses were
unroofed and some entirely :de
stroyed.
It is feared that great. destruction ,
to property occurrrd in other locali
ties in Jtiapita an Mitlin. counties.
BALTV4IO, July 11.—A fter . an
intensely - hot day,. the mercury
having reached • Ps°, a severe storm
this evening, accompanied:lT a high
wind and heavy rain, swept over the
city: Dense chin& of dust were
whirled through the streets, making
it impossible to see from one side
walk to another. Theserlocity of
the wind was thirty mi res , an hour.
Telegraph wires were blown down in
every direction. -,'
STATE NEWS.
THE production of oil in the Cole Creek
region is 1,800 barrels a"day.
WAsntwaToN county has within her
borders no less Wan five agricultural
societies each of which intend holding
"fairs this fall..
\Volum:iv ate busy at work at Potts
ville making preparations for the erection
of large car shops by the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad.
A PARTY of prominent gentlenien frdm
Philadelphia were, in Lancaster Wednes
day viewing the locomotive works there,
with a view to purthasing and starting
them up. .
THE liberty polo in . Pinchcrville, Lu
acme county, was sawed down on the
nighttof July 2, and the patriotic people
of that place offer a heavy reward for the
miscreant. -
Tuv. Pittsburg papers note a Mvival iu
tl.•e coke trade. Over four hundred addi
tional ovens are to be erected in the coke
producing region to meet the increased
demand.
NUMMI, of New York capitaliits aro
negotiating' for a largo tract of laud on
Cushion Mountaln, Berke county, on
which to erect a botel to be conducted as
a watering place.
CuatitisslAi•Ciattry the - Man - with five
vriveu; has Um put: under 0,000 hail in
It 'Maw* to appear,,at extort.
TRIG minim stßasier B. o At, Ebeirralo
ITarleigb 1 and. Andenried struck work
Thursday morning; for an advance of 20
proent. 'The Jeaneavillfr men stopped
work Saturday night. -
As elOteessmontha old. child of Mr.
-W. W..KrLmmel, living at Mexico, jun i .
ate- musty, - escaped from home- host
Thuraday'and sat on the railroad track to
play— Soon afterwards an engine came
Along at a rapid rate of speed and the••
isody.of the little we was cut in twain.
Ors Thursday afternoon Mr. Samuel
I Best, an old, titizeri of Meadville, was
thrown out of his buggy and dragged a
long distance hr's runaway horse. one
of the unfortunate man's feet was pulled
off, his right leg broken and his body
badly cut. lie died won afterward. -
Iftes. Lean Unan, aged eighty-three, „
living near Fleetwood, Berke cmuityi fell t
from a tree, -a distance of 'twenty feet,
while pickingcherriw, Tuesday afternoon
and was killed. She was found lying
dead upon the ground under the tree by
her daughter.
On Thursday morning last, says Al e
Cbambersburg Repository, a blowing
viper measuring a bou t two feet and six
inches. was killed at the residence of Mr.
I. M, Lesher, on north Main street. It
had crawled up - to the kitchen door, and
is supposed to have come frOm a largo
stone pile near the Offline,.
Twit' JohnstoWn• Tribune says: " Not
very long ago a young .gentleman of this
place was married by prosy to a young -
lady Europe, a sort of power of
attorney having been conferred on a
frimid of the grooms who. lived' in the
bride's native town. The lady has since
joined her husband. and been wedded to
him direct. -
AT Pottsville, in the afternoon of the
Fourth of July, a little boy named Har
ry Swaying threw a lighted firecracker
at the foot of Catharine Backer. sixteen
years' of age. The clothing of the unfort
unate young girl took fire, and before she
conid be rehe*ed her body bad been so
badly burned that she died. that evening
in the most l intense agony. At New"
Castle, Lawrence county, a young lady
named Kent; eighteen years of:age, bad
her clothing apt . on !Iris in the same way
andr,was so b.yaly burned that she is nut
expected to Bile. • "
OITERAI• trzws.
Tn &Wel Assayer of -Maine reports
that be has discovered a gold-bearing vein
of quartz in the western part of Penobscot
county. t
'TIrE latest reports of the powder explo
sion at Bodie, Cal., say that at. least .S
persons were killed and 40 injured. Many
- of the latter will probably die.
Trr trial of A. F. Gibson, at Macon,
Ga., 'for the murder of a New Yorker
named D. W. Coleman, resulted Friday
in his acquittal. The jnrywere out nine
teen hours. -
Two countrymen driving into Cincin
nati iwith a load of green corn Friday last
took shelter from a violent thunder storm
rimier a_ bridge. 'Lightning struck the
bridge and ,killed both men_ and their
horses. • •
• ITEZEMAII DYER, a farm laborer, of
leonardstown, Md.,- was found dead by
the roadside on Thursday night, with his
skull crushed 'in. It is supposed he was
killed. in a eprirrel: with his• brother, who
has disappeared.
IN an affray at Lake PrOvidence, La.,
Friday, Postmister . Austin was killed by
Squire Lusk, and .L. Austin, Jr., - the
Parish Judge, was mortally wounded. A.
colored man named smith was killed by
a stray bullet while,prossing the street.
• WRI aE
, five men of Battery 13,, U.
Artillery, at Fort Ilainilton, N. Y.., were
excavating a banknear the fort Thursday,
it fell upon them, 'killing Private 'James
Callagan, fatally injuring Private Thomp-
FOlll, and severely-injuring Corporal Jolla
bon.
IN Hartford, Cohn., Friday
John-Herr, a_haker being jealous, stabbed
Henry. Meister vni then plunged a.
butcher knife into, his wife's body fifteen
timer. Hefts bell o await the result of
their injuries; but it .hougbt they nay
recover. • .
.'EDWARD ii.kmdtiv; the champion oars
man of the world, arrived in New York
Friday on the steanmhip City of Chester.
A reception was gi.Ven him in Madison
Square Garden last evening, and be mule
a briefl•speech
,expressing gratitude for
the kind and cordial wekoMe given
and saying that. while in
_England he en
deavthed to uphold the honor of America.
JAMES SAMPSON and William Myers,
both colored, fought a duel in Baltimore
county, Md., on Thursday. At -the first
shot Sampson was slightly wounded in
the face. .Before a second. could be tired
the belligerents were arrested, 'taken-be
fore a magistrate 'and committed to jail.
Both loved the same damsel, hence their
mutual thirst for gore...
.41g . old building on Chester street Bos
ton, tumbled down while in course of de
molition Friday, burying in its ruins sev
eral chihireriovh6 were gathering timber.
Only two of them sustained serious in
juries.- It is believed the children pulled
down the building on themselves, by un
dermining its,supporting timbers.
IN the SupreMe Court at Trenton,
Friday, ludge-finipp rendered his deci
sion in the Smith-Bennett case,' Ile las
ed upon thirty-one assignments of error,
deciding that they were not supported,
and affirmed the judgment of the loWer
Court. The'case willnotv go to the Court
of Errors and Appeals, where it will prob
ably be hard on Wednesday next.
IN Buffalo _Thursday morning, Louis
Seblater, a butcher, being provoked by
Peter Miller, aged 19 years, threw a large
butch knife at,' the hider. The knife
struck the boy in 'the leg lbelov,v the knee,
making a wound from which lie bled to
death before assistance could be given.
Schlacter fled. but soon -returned, and
gave Himself up. - . .• • •
FRANK MVIDSON, convicted of the
murder of William Haggerty, in Septem
ber I.lst, was hanged Thursday at War
reusburg,Me., in presence of 10,000 spec
tators.. A few hours before his execution
he'was baptized by an elder of the Chris
tian Church. lie made no speech on the
gallows, but after prayer and speeches by
the elder and a minister; ho simply - bade
"farewell to all."
No new cases of yellow 'fever were
Ire
ported in Memphis, Fri ay, and the panic
has measurably subside 4 . Many who in
tended leaving the city ' have decided to
remain and "await further develop.
meets." . One.death 'from yellow fever at
Water Valley, Miss., has .been reported
to the Aatidnal Board of Health. New
Orleans, Montgomery, Galveston, Vicks
burg Little Bock, Pine 'Bluffs, -Oxford,
Norfolk and Holly Sgriugs have gnat:lt:-
tined against Memphis.
.Ftvx additional cases of yellow fever
were reported in Memphis Thursday
morning, and the Board Of, Health issnA
an address advising families to leave the
city. The.cont.equence is a!" stampede "
of all wh6 can get away trom the piaci.
Thursday 'flight, three of the cases of
fever reported, in tie morning were pro.
nounced' to be. something else, but this
still leaves three acknowledged cases of
yellow fever and:tno deaths from the dis
ease.
CAPTAIN Ilnowx, of the t: S. Engi
neers, Thursday cej titled to the SccruktvY
of War that the greatestdepth and idth
of the channel _required by Jet • act
at the mouth of the 3lissi ppi an t the
head of the South Pass, has been secured
by Captain .Eads,,thus "virtually complet
ing the work at the mouth of that - river.
"The, jetty, eh:molls over thirty feet
deep, and a good navigable channel, of
feet, measured at the lowest stage of the
river, exists at the bead of the Passes."
Aicoruaa plot for a wholesale release
of prisonert(from the Massachusetts Pen
itentiary at Concord Junction has
. just
been discoVered and` frustrated. It was
planned by the convicts to overcome the
watchman iu 'the shops, - seize• - their ie
volversoand_ thus free the . 150 convicts in
their charge, and then capture a railroad
train_ which runs through the prison yard,
and, naingitas a ram to batter down the'
entiance.gates of the. prison; let out scv.
eral• hundred convicts. Friday was set
for.the attempt—haft it been made, sev
eral lives would probably have been lost.
A kingsiVrE.lirittsr..The Hop !lit:
tors - lklanufactuting Company is ..one of
Rochester's greatest businer t s cnterprises.
Their Hop llitters have reaeltell a sale be.:
yond all precedent; having from their in.
trinsic value found their way into almost
every household in the land.—Graphic.