VOLUME XXIV—IsO. 124. TItTEDDING OABDS, INVITATIONS VV for Parties, 4e. New styles. MASON *OO., 907 Oheatnut street. do3ofmwtfg * DIED. ,(JpWTON. r On the Ist Instant, Caroline N.Cowton, relict of tlio Into Edward L. Cnwton. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of Arthur Cow ton, Eko-., 1613 Chestnut street, on Suturday afternoon, at 2o'clock. * W AKTMANN.—On the morning of tholst Inst.,Mrs. Catharine Hartmann, relict of the Into Pnilip Hart* tnftnn, Eso,, in the BSth year of her age. Cue notice will ho given of the funeral. ** McKKNNA.—On the Jst Inst,, Anna Olmond, wife of Bernard McKenna, in the 4Td yeur of her ago. Her relatives and frionds are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her husband 7 * residence, rad South Fourth street, to-morrow (Saturday), at 7>a o’clock A. M. Solemn nigh Mobb at St. Joseph's. In terment at-Bt. Mary’s Cemetery. " . PEHKINS.—On the morning of the 2d inst., John M. j pen of W. tt.nnd Harriet Pcrkios. i. The male relath cb and friends, also the members of the Southwark Hoseand Bteum Fire Comp jny. are in- Tiied te nttend- his funeral, fronr the residence of libr father, Superintendent of the Philadelphia County Prison, on Monday, thefitb Inst., at 1 o’clock P. M. In terment a» South Laurel Hill. ** the Ist inifc., in Warminster,-Bucks county,Tiytfia, Infant daughter of BobortU. and Tacfo P. Willed*. . * . & LANDELL, Arc- supplying tlieir Customers with = BLACK UILKS At Gold Premium. LIVER Oil,, CITRATE L Magnegla.—JOinf C. BAKER & C0..713 Market Bt. SPECIAL NOTICES. Boys’ Saits. Boys’ Suits. Boys’ Soils. WAIVAIHAKER, Boys’ Suits. 818 & 820 Boys’ Suits. Chestnut St. Boys’ Suits. Boys’ Suits. IY-3» SM ITH’S'ISLAND. %Vt- up* f>lea«Ml Ut » ,: e that tho charge against Mr. FitANCIS RICH TEIi, of an alleged attempt- at high way roht«*rv, brought by JAMES W-. bJIJTiI. broth, r of Captain THOMAS SMITH, owner uf Ldaud, liJ'- prored entirely unfounded: hlnco the Inland h.ts be»’» under Mr. Richter** control Jt has becomo a • d-- : .li£blf.Ul.aTjiri<aT*?-insorr rifTTwrittie* and *doie. ios. i* fi detail of Special Oflk-ra on duly there, and the din- Jtirlmncerth.-it once characterized the Island .ixuw s-I -dom, if {•»'t*r > take phicw. .Mr. de nerve*# e;iicour ; ftgt-m* nt fr< m all good citizens in his effort* to keep the lideud aa an orderly uixj oul' t report. . i. JKS* HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1/118 iney and 1520 Lombard street, Diipenfwry Department. —Medical treatment nd medicine furnished gratuitously o iho poor . POLITICAL NOTICES, O* 1370. SMEBIFF. WltttAM R. LEEDS, jel6 tl oclSrpi - - ■- - - MISCELL ANEO U a. TREGO'S TEABERRY TOOTH WASH.- It is the most pleasant, cheapest aud bent dentifrice extant. Warranted free from injurious ingredient*. It Preserves and Whitens the Teeth! Invigorate* and Soothes the Gums I Purines and Perfumes the Breath ! Prevents Accumulation of 'Tartar ! Cleanses and Purifies Artificial Teeth I la a Superior Article for Children 1 Sold by ail Druggets. . A. M. WILSOJf-r Proprietor mhl \y rpj Ninth and Filbert streets, PhlUdelr Butter scales, te a. stoit e. Butchers’ and Housekeepers’ Scales, Weights, spring and patent Balances, for sale by TRUMAN & Bxl AW, No. (Eight Thirty-five) Market street, below Ninth. A BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR A LAD OR gentleman might be one of the several styles of Boxes or Chests of Tools for sale by TRUMAN & SIX AW, N 0.836 (Eight Thirty-five) Market street, below Ninth. CARPENTERS’ TOOLS AND BUILD* ing Hardware, for sale by TRUMAN A SHAW, No. 835 (Eight Thirty-five) Market street, bolow Ninth. £ll3, TIGHT JARS, JELLY TOMBLEES. r ff BUSINESS ESTABLISHED IB3O.—SCHUYLER & ARMSTRONG, Undertaken!, 1827 Germantown aventroand Fifth at. PH. SchittlBE, fapH-lrroSi 8.8. Aumbtro XTEADQUAETERB FOR EXTRACTING JuL TEETH WITH FRESH NITROUS OXIDE 6 A S, _ u ABSOLUTBLY NO PAIN,” _Dr. THOMAS, formerly operator at the Oolton Dental Rooms, devotes his entire practice to the painless extraction ot teeth. Ofllce, 911 Walnut at. mbS,lyrp§ For travelers .neat, small ALARMS ; will awaken at any hour ■ „ ' FARR A-BROTHER, Importers, js®-tfrp 324 Chestnut street, below 4th? Condensed mlEk;eagle brand- Twi*iiS e b o es ? article, for travelers, infanta, <fcc. Nestlo’a Milk BubBtltnto, Patent-Barley, Fresh Oat Meal, Benuuda ArroWroot, Ab, Liquid Rennet and Flavoring Bxfracts. Forfiale by JAMES T; SHINN p»w, comer Broad and Sprupo streets, K \ "i ' ' 3.. warburton-s xmproved, ven- Dress HatajjmtaniodHnall i,o^f5 prov * x **u kB y oi i 0 S f the season. Ouesrout street* next door to th-jPoBt-O ce. ;ocs-tfrp POWDER. THE BEBT andflaled Ware ( Jewelry ,eto., , ®ABB & BBOTHBB, «P4ohftrtnnt street, bolow Fourth' mhl tfrp —A story is told to the effect that Hawthorne was so bashful he couldn’t lay a piece of but ter on a lady’b plate without a trembling of the nana. We Mow a boarding-house where the rlB strong enough to hold a man’s hand I'Meinom^ 01 ' ow bashful' ho may'bo.— N. bon^netwD^t^’^ow^ Ooyery.:bffremar]£afile terest. -The borieffarlel to^otth^Vof -of oyer tforty feetr while indicated is about seven Test. ■ Tho ..still going.on and will continue untU tfh bit! ter end Is reached. The theory is that this may have been" the onginaV s°ernent whoso wily tongue brought death intotho world and all our woes. 01,0 P- Thougb Gormany has her hands prettv -lull at present, she has yet time to look ahead “1 such matters, for instance, as education All the universities being nearly closed now' professors -as -well-ae- students -havingigone ■ either to fight or bipd up wounds, the regular programmes for the . lectures" in. the forth coming winter term are issued and publishod as usual. . " —A n ? a ? a * Erie City, Pa., who had his arm can feel'the pain when any one .:..MUChes the handi which is.ih a doctor’s office; a block from the house. Onlyfor the' fact that this story is published in the newspapers, many people wouldn’t believe it.— Exchanye, Boys’ Suits. Boys’ Suits* •John Boys’ Suits. Boys’ Suits. Boys’ Suits. Boys’ Suits. Boys’ Suits. A CITIZEN 1870. OBIFF rT 4 PAGE. Arch street, THE WAR lUS EUROPE fßy Cablo.J ‘ KAIIWAY AND SIEUE OPEBATIONS. A L rr, \ x ? w ~ y * B,, ' u by »»>e Prussians to Avoid Metz—Frencli Uni 1 roads Keor- Kanized with (iernmu Employes— Enormous Preparations for Conveying Heavy Guns. London, Thursday, .Sept. 1, 1870.—The special correspondent of.the Tribune at Berlin ■writes on Monday (28th): “The- Prussians within afortniglitnaVe surveyed and built a new tramway irorn Remilly (a station about 14 miles southeast of Metz, on the railroad to Forbaoli) to includ ing at the latter place a bridge over the MoseTle, thus avoiding Metz and saving 20 miles. They have reorganized the whole eastern railway system, bringing Ger man engineers, statron-masters, signal-men and all other employes. The traffic is already ■enormous" and is increased by bringing siei'e guus and mortars to Strasbourg amf Mrftz ft‘o-‘>ifige:train?;.toJ>e sent from. •Magdeburg,- Spandauand -other distaht fortresses will, re quire a thousand special trains'of thirt y cam each,” , : J A XATAh ES6AUEHEAI! AT DANTZIC. A Prussian Corvette Surprises Three French Iron-clods by NT If ti I—m o Re ported Capture of n Prussian Corvette " vOtftlßi London, Thursday, Sent, i, 1870—Tlie spe cial correspondent of the Tribune at Hamburg reports, on Tuesday d3oth)“Three French iron-dads and a despatch boat were dis covered off Dantzic at noon on the 21st, re connoiteringthe defences, but keeping out of -range.;. At.uight they anchored fifteen miles out. About midnight the Prussian corvette N jmpbe (17guns, engines 200-horse powerjleft the harbor silently .with no lights, and reached unperct-ived a position within 1,200 yardsofthe French fleet. She stopped, delivered a port broadside, then a starboard, and had started to retire six minutes before the French an swered. They fired wide and began a chase but the Nymphe reached Saarburg safely. The damage to the enemy is unknown. Several shells exploded ou the decks of the iron-rlads One of the iron-clads was missing the next morning.. it is supposed that she-went- away for repairs, cu the same (lay the whole fleet loir. This affair will be probably the basis of a fresh story that Dantzic was bombarded and the German fleet destroyed. The entrance of the river Oder was finally closed ou the 25Ui.’ Ships are .sunk, as well as torpodos, along the coast. The Paris Consti h>ti«>i>iei says ‘ the.injury to the commerce of Germany by blockade amounts to a million of dollars a .day. Tho official paper, of North 1- to lii.tiiV. lie ZinfilTu/, replies:” 1 That |s just.so much, added indemnity winch France must pay." • The reported capture of the Herman cor- VHite , Bertha _ IKi guns, engines -400 horse p«>v. f*ri oli AliiXaiidtia is lulso. The Hcrtha is Jig Japan,' 5 ... - - IBy SfaiU The Great Sleeper. Almost ever?lxwly U familiar with tbifc ohl Gciman legend, according to winch old JEm peror Barbarossa is .sleeping a sleep of en .:l-:i,nUiient-in tlie-Kutfhausen Mountain, and will find no rest in the grave fill the unifica tion of Germany is completed. Some voung Germans have now hoisted the German flag on the old ruin crowning the top of the rnouu tain. The tower on which the immense Hag was hoisted is tottering, and the feat could be executed only at a great risk of life. This in cident illustrates the dreamy, almost religious enthusiasm now animating the German p;oi-:e. “Our Fritz.” j" The London Teh-iirnph, in an article upon the Crown Prince of Prussia, .says: Not ! only does his figure show in the focus of the i war, but the power and domination which j must he its fruits cannot but 'devolve itpon his brow at the date when the doughty old. , of the Germans is gathered to-his fathers! “ 1' ritz" must then become in his turn Kin^ ! of Germany—perchance even “ Emperor”— i another Charles the Fifth ; and, holding such ! a sceptre, it is tolerably safe to foresee that he i will be one of the greatest and strongest ■ among modern crowned heads. The Con , federation, whose armies seem to have Vic tory herself at their head, leading them from field to field, may then be the United States I of Europe—a monarchical Colossus, which j must at least have a vast share of influence in continental politics. Hence Europe is vastly interested just now in Fritz, for by the outlook of things he will some day present himself as the representative of the idea of kingly rule, add Ins character cannot fail to stamp itself upon the history of the remainder of this nineteenth century. The photographers—those masters of the ceremo nies who make us know everybody—have rendered bis outward and visible mien and features familiar enough, • and all the world has now heard of him as “ a warrior keen,who bath inmany battles beenfor, although he arrived a little late at Sadowa, he was, never theless, just in time. In this wonderful pre sent campaign it is Fritz whose sword, like the wand of a conqueror, has made the pres tige of Napoleou vanish. At AYissemboiirg.be-- leaped upon bis enemy like a Black Forest bear; atr Woerth lie came, he saw, he smote ‘ the flower of tlie-French army, Slid, --backed by his big and countless Germans, he has cer tainly won the garlands of the war thus far. , TlieFrince’s .Cliaracfer. It is impossible not to recognize in him the lineaments of a right noble and valiant gen tleman—lmpossible 'not to'feel" that such a” prince is worthy even of such a princess as the eldest daughter of the Queen or-England.. We should not, perhaps, be wrong in believing, that the transmitted yeiitilesse of the royalty which reigns here, has had itsinfiuenee upon the martial temperament of the Prussian Fritz, and helped to unite In him the qualities ol a peace-loving and amiable man to those of a thorough Soldier.. A, hundred' anecdotes might be cited by those who know the'liomely English manners and customs at Potsdam, to prpvethat the future German king is in truth, what hisjcbnvdrsafihn. pfdves himHone/who, thoroughly desiring quiet, intellectual, domes tic joys, would, as Shakespeare writes, “ be-: wape of entrance to-qparrel, ,butj being in, bear it that’ the opposer Should beware of him.” Paris Patplotl^in.j A Paris correspondent of" the Now Fork Post i says : I wish to give a trueistory illustrative of the’ -real value ot Parisian piAriotlsm. In the Fau bourg St. Honors lives a family whose head is an imperial senator,\yit)i some little Deputation -as a 1 political economist/'-A"•pTofessor.i.'of the . French Institute, a day or two ago, was giving a lessqn ingnciDpt.lustory tathp y.ouug ladies,' -apdin the course’of his lheturd adverted to the: ' admirable . patriotism of the- Carthagonian! ladies, who cut off their hair to serve as bow-' strings for the Punic.archers, :. i. , ; .-v.T)l9yfVpi'p-j very ystiipidr ; those Cartha genians, ’ at once remarked his' eldest' (pupil, ayoung persph oftv.elvo yearg .of-deep cqn-; demjpla&ig’hto ownigloSsy iobkSi, Svithevident; sa ' a Bfacti6if.- 11 1 should. haW kept mine 'to 1 charm tho Roman warriors with; there mast v< j- ?? good matches among themr I w l ona6r>if_thore are-nhy t)Ons:pm‘tia gmohg the ™ a ?nia?” The professor looked -J???: V lO ,mamma entered into her fln hnS™ ’ and * e Phed that she had no, - officemw™ W nf r ?^ any ,’^ ha< i’.tUsJPrusslan' 11111 aa ’ the - Ger '!- they came. “ Madame,’’ interrupted The i£ dignant professor, “ I am known to be a Re publican, heart and soul; but nothing willin duce me ever again to enter a house where such treason is not only tolerated, but en couraged. Good morning!” Expulsion of Germans from Paris. A letter from Paris in the N. V. Post con tains the following: The severe measure which has led to the expulsion of some twenty thousand German residents from France was, in reality, a con cession to the people, who had become so much exasperated against these luckless non combatants that it was feared that serious collisions might take place. The decree has met,, with universal reprobation' from the foreign press, yet it is difficult to see in the pre sent condition of the capital how it could- be avoided (besides it does not affect everyone indiscriminately ; for any and all persons who can obtain proper sponsors for their good be , havior are allowed to remain as usual in Paris. J n the provinces, however, they mast go, for the peasants would murder them, if for noth mg else, as a retaliation for the atrocities which/ according to popular tradition, were committed by the invaders in 171)2 and 181,5. Erckmann-Chatrian’s tales are told and read at every fireside, and the Lorraine peasant loves to narrate' the story of the, “ Woman of Stenay ,” who ofibred a barrel of wine to a detachment of Austrians, saying: “ lou are thirsty, friends, drink; you are wel come to all my store,” drinking, m she spoke, a cupful in their honor. The soldiers accepted with pleasure, and in a'few minutes four hun dred men were writhing on the ground in. agony. “Then the‘Woman of Stenay’rose, and with her dying gasp shrieking out, ‘You are all poisoned I Vive la France'.’ fell back a corpse. ’ This is the legend of Lorraine, and the-memory of its heroine'is “fevered rby "the' peasantry as highly as that of Charlotte Cor day. ■■• . ■ Prince Napoleon. A storm of indignation has been excited among all decent people by the appearance of Prince Napoleon at tlie theatre. The cynical Piou-PJon was in company with a woman, who, although still holding a certain position in society, has a more than doubtful reputa tion. PRUSSIA IN SOUTH AMERICA. Figrlit of die Germans In Maracaibo—-A Profluian Captain and a Prosoiau Con- Sul at Loggerheads—Muturiu Hacked— Great Battle at Coro. Cabacas, Aug. 12.—A few days ago I told vou ot the arbitrary action of Commander Kuorr, of his Prussian Majesty’s gunboat Meteor, in peremptorily ordering off the V fjnezuleari KTeainer Maporai, which has been specially ordered by Hernandez to maintain the bloc-kadtrrThe M cteor waxtyinglirtheliaf-” /or, and an interview was had by the. German Consul with Commander Ilnorr. He repre sented that the action of the Commander was resented by the. Germans generally at Mara caibo, and that it was in violation of the gen eral orders given to Commanders of Prussian vessels in foreign waters. It appeared that the officers of the Meteor had remonstrated against carrying out his orders, but of course they lad to obey. Commander lvnorr, on the .-t rengi bof the protest of the Consul,promised to maintain a strictly neutral position, and merely to watch for the proper • .protection of Geimap property and interests. Maturiu, one.of the live eastern States, has .lust, been captured by the troops of Guzman. T his success gives the revolutionary party the live eastern States. The utmost license was given the soldiery on tlie taking of the town, and the scenes of pillage and wanton destruc tion were scandalous. The castle at Porto Oaballo was taken by Guzman’s forGes, through the sergeant of the guard having thrown open the doors for Pul sar’s escape. The forces of Romero, the gov ernor of the castle, were beaten after some 6evere fighting. Guzman Blan, since the success of his forces at Maturin, by the capture of which he has recovered the five eastern States,'is mov ing from the interior westward. intelligence has just reached here that a battle is being fought at Coro'between the forces of Guzman and those under Hernandez, but as yet no particulars have arrived.— World. WAR FEELING IN SPAIN. Sympathy with Prussia. The Madrid correspondent of the N. Y. Timex says: ■ ' ' - In Madrid there exists a strong feeling in favor of the Prussians. You will readily un derstand that the friends of General Prim, who greatly desired to seethe Prince of Ho henzollern on the throne of Spain, canuot easily forgive French diplomacy for having caused this candidature to' fail, as it would have secured to the General the direction of the■ political : affairs of the country. It is, therefore quite natural that they should wish for the success of the Prussians,- who -would help 'them to re move the embarrassments into which this unfortunate country is plunged. The Re publicans wish to see the reign of Napoleon come to an end, and France, which has for eighteen years endured all. the severities ot ono of the most arbritary despotisms, return to liberty ; but they take special care to declare that they do not confound the Empire with France. They ardently desire that the French Democracy may get the upper hand, and, as in the days of Moreau and Pichegru, make a mighty effort and drive the enemy from the soil of France. Every one is in expectation of important news. Tlie Throne of Spain. Gen.-Prim paid a visit to the French Am bassador as soon as lie learned the defeat of Marshal MacMahon. I know that after tnis visit he sent for M. Salazar, of Mazaredo, the agent who went to Berlin to negotiate the candidature of Prince Leopold of Hohenzol lern, and be ordered him to set out at once to bavo an interview with M. de Bismarck, for tho purpose of asking him whether the Spanish Government, in the event of Prussia beiDg victorious, could - depend upon her support and the Prince of Hohenzollern. On the other hand, the GeneraJ is carrying on, by means ,of M. Gasset-Artimoj another nego tiation with the ex-Queen Isabella-in order to induce her to allow the Prince of Bourbon to come to fjpain. He has given his word ofhonor that he will answer for him as for his own son, and that he will gethim crowned King if his mother and grandmother will consent to re main in France for two years longer. COIHIiItY EXPLOSION. Partlcnlars of ' -die Explosion of Fire Dnmp Near Wigan, Enicland, . . Il'roni.tlie'homlqn Post,'Aug 20. j One of the, .most violent explosions of tiro clamp which wo hhve had to record occurred on Friday, the, 19th inst., at.the Brynn Hall , Colliery/Ashtbh-ln-Makei'lield,a short distance from Wigan. Tim colliery is situated on Sir Robert Gerardk estate, v e About, half-past '.nine o’clock,in the morning the workers,on the surface and tlie residents for miles; around the colliery were made aware that a terrible catastrophe had occurred by a loud report frtfm the upcast shaft,and a fearful belching-forth of smoke and flame. By, this shaft coal has .not hitherto-been wound,and the mouth was covered by the “jiddy,” for mov able platform, used when sinking operations are going on. This was shivered and scattered in all directions over the adjacent lines of rail way, and the.wreok was suoh that it was dan gerous to approach the pit.’ In the downcast . the four-feet cage- was broken.- by... the concus sion, andfallingdown the shaft it smashed' tpe rpds and horse-trees, so as to render com munication with the lower seam (180 yards from tho surface) extremely dangerous and FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER •>, 187 a j difficult. The news of the explosion'spread, I and very shortly the managers and propries tor ? . * ; “ e adjacent collieries arrived to render assistance and advice. Many of these de scended the shaft with their underlookeis, w lute on the surface the surgeon promptly at tended to the injured. ■ ‘ The first business was to. brißg to bank the workmen, nearly one hundred in number, who were employed in the four-feet seam, and this/■ having been safely effected, exploring parties descended to the nine-feet, where there w'as fearful confusion. The mutilated bodies of men and horses were lying at short dis tances from the pit-eye. Some fifteen men were found alive, and they were at once sent above ground. Two or three had escaped al most seathiess, but over a dozen were burned more or less seriously. The pit was on fire, anaup to,.a late hour in the afternoc/n the course to he adopted had not been decided upon. it is believed there were about tliirty-six men in the nit ot the time of' the explbsion, and that at least twenty have been killed.. TRAGEDY AT WILLIAMSBURG, N. Y. A Mother and Her Little Daughter ' Burned to Death—Suspicions of Incen* diarlsni—The Total Inefficiency of the Eire Department. The New York Sun says: At half-past eleven o’clock on Wednesday night, hre was discovered in the three-story trame building on . the northeast corner of Graham avenue and McKibben street. The first floor was occupied by Joseph. Nelson as a lager beer saloon. The other stories were oc cupied by Mr. John Wiegand, the owner of the premises, and three other families. Tlbe firehadits origin in the rear room of Joseph Nelson s salooh. The flames quickly spread through the building, and before the fire de partment arrived, the interior of the house was enveloped. The lager beer saloon had 'been closed ear lier than usual, its occupants having gone to a picnic, leaving, as they say, the place without any fire. The family of Mr. Wiegand were the first awakened by the fire, and they hur ried from the doomed building, but The Family of Clement Gamhak were not so fortunate. They bad retired at . 10. o’c.lefik, and. were, sleeping soundly when the fire was driving out their co-tenants on the story beneath them. But the screams of the departing tenants and the suffocating smoke soon aroused the -head of the family, who rushed from window, to window before he realized the peril in which he and his young family were placed. In his desperation he took liis oldest child in his arms, awoke his wife and other children, and, telling them to follow bin), made his way from the burning “building by means of a: ffriTescTipeiiiThe rear." His wife and other children, however, evi dently appalled, failed to obey him, and be fore he could leturn they perished in the smoke and flame. It was full an hour after Mr. - Gamhak es caped before the firemen and policewere ena bled to enter his apartments. 1 When they reached the bedroom occupied by the family, they found Mrs. Gamhak and tlie two chil dren Presenting a Shacking Spectacle. The mothers body was badly burned, but whether before or after suffocation it is diffi cult to determine. The children evidently died fighting the flames, as their little arms were outstretched with their little hands be fore their faces: An eye witness says that when Mrs. Gamhak found escape by the staircases impossible, she appeared atrawindow and begged the throng below to save her and her children. They called upon her to leap from the window, as this was her only chance of escape, there being no ladder at hand. To do this she was unwilling, and turning back to her little ones "slie perished with"'them.' The children were aged respectively eight and three years. Officers Hamilton and .Wrihtnour, who were the first at the fire, say that they were Driven Buck by tbe Suioke, which poured from the rear room of tile saloon into the hall. The Stairs leading to the second floor were all on tire. The officers then en tered No. 128, and through the store windows entered the front room of the burning build ing, but they could discover no one. The of ficers then tried to enter the rear room, but were unable, so fierce were the flames. De scending to the street the officers heard the cries of Mrs. Gamhak calling for help. Going to the rear and getting on the roof of an ex tension, Officer Hamilton saw a man leaning out of the third Hoof window, about to Drop a Child on the Boot. He let the little one drop in Officer Hainii ton’s arms. The man then went from the win (low to get the others, but the flames drove him hack. The fire companies had then got well to work, and ladders were placed in po sition. Culnnbl Tardiness. A citizen saiu that had Truck No. 4 been at the conflagration in season the lives of these poor people might have been saved. No. 4’s driver is a new hand, the old ono, known as “ Apple Pete,” having been removed a short time ago by the lire ring. The loss will probably reach $15,000. John Wiegand estimates his : loss at $8,000; insured. The dry goods store, of Alexander Westheim, ad joining, was damaged in stock and building So,ooo/Insured. The loss to the families oc cupying/both buildings in personal effects will reach $2,000. . < , The police have suspicions of incendiarism. A DESPEHATE DEED. A Pittsburgh Man ■ Tries to Blow Ills Douse Up With a Cigar Box Full oftlan iion dcr—lie Falls In His Beslgns, but Succeeds in Calling out tbe Fire Do imrtinent. The Pittsburgh Commercial of last night says: A well-known and wealthy brick contrac tor, who residesin Mulberry alley, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, created quite a sensation in that vicinity last evening by a desperate attempt to blow up his domicil with a keg of powder. It appears that he came home about half past live o’clock in an intoxicated condition with a cigar-box full ot powder and a box of matches in his possession. His wife made some inquiries as to what he intended to do with'the powder, when lie struok her in the face,'put her out of the house, locked all the doors and passed up stairs. The next heard from him the people residing in the vicinity were startled by a loud explosion, aud a large quantity of smoke was seen pouring out of the upper windows. A crowd of between one and two hundred persons soon gathered about the building, and'ah admittance was gained by passing through the collar. The upper room of the building was liiled with a dense smoke,and the carpet, v;as on. lire, while the man who had ~ undertaken the desperate deed: of destroying his home, was lying on tlie floor partially suffocated. He recovered in a few minutes sufficiently to be'ablo to. walk down stairs, when he immediately resumedliis des perate conversation; add wanted to • kuow : what the deuce the crowd was doing down there, and swore that he wbuld blow the whole, establishment up. Soon after the Independ ence steamer arrived, hut the crowd had suc ceeded in.extinguishing tho flamesi The house where he. lives is situated in ahlock of build ings liable to take fire, and had he .succeeded in his designs a disastrous conflagration would probably have ensued. .The people In the vicinity were much alarmed last evening, and there were rumorsthat he intended to make another-attempt,some-evening, and- that, ha had a large supply of powder in liis possession.' The police were notified of the matter but de clined to make an arrest until an information was made. ' A SESSATIOH SPOILED. T s® S l ® o - 000 Robeery at the Methodist B< ££i* < X C ® r ?J5 :B, £ bl,Bhmout “ Canard R t(i(i o.l*i' r 1J 1 8 „ N,or y Contradicted— the Affair U,e A,mmut "' ,,,e Facts in The N. Y. Standard says : A report gained currency yesterday of a large robbery having taken place at the office of the Methodist Concern, at No. 80S Broad way, and a reporter of the Standard started upon a tour of investigation. The story, as published in the Herald, was to the ef fect that over $1.50,000 had been sto , two great safes in the Board ot Missions’ room at the offices of the com pauy, the safes having been opened with keys without being forced. The time of the wSilT 8 UH Btat « d to be Tuesday night. When the oflicers of the concern presented themselves on "Wednesday morning, as the story stated, a scene of confusion met their eyes which caused, both astonishment and alarm. .Bill-books and papers were scattered .about the floor in confusion,: cash-boxes hid been over-turned,drawers taken from the safes were emptied,lying on the floor, and it was at once seen that a robbery had taken place, the extent of which proved to be; upon investiga- Another story was to the effect that the rob bery only amounted to $15,000, and that it was not committed during Tuesday night, but on » ednesday morning. Our reporter first visited Police Headquart ers, where one portion of the story was con clusively shown to be false, namely: that the robbery was reported to the Central Office detectives on Wednesday morning and that they were diligently at work investigating the casefeAn.,interyietv-/ with ; Gantaiu Kelsor Chief ot the Detective Squad, resulted in the information that no notice whatever of the burglary had been received at his office, and that in no way had such an occurrence come to his knowledge, ex ceptthrough tbe medium of the public print which published the story yesterday morning. Being satisfied that one portion ot the rumor, at lease, was without, foundation, the reporter next visited Police Captain .Hedden, the urbano commanding officer of the Fifteenth Precinct Police He at once assured the reporter that there was scarcely.any foundation for the story as pub lished, and that it had been greatly exag gerated. He referred the reporter, however, to-Detective Reilly, who had charge of the case. Ibis gentleman gave our representa tive a complete history .of the case in brief The true story is as follows : The Mountain and the Molehill. Sometime during Tuesday night the safe in the Mission Rooms, at the office of the Gon- " cern, was opened and a quantity_of bonds, ■money.silverware and, jeweirv taken out. The bonds w ere to the amount ot sls,ooo,and were Jersey City Water Works securities. They were tho property of the Rev. Mr. Durbin, one of the officers, and as they were regis tered, are valueless to the thief and no loss to tlie owner. The Rev. W. D. O. Crawford lost $l5O m money and $.50 worth of jewelry, and about $l5O worth of silverware* the property ot the Rev. Dr. W. L. Harris, was aU that was taken. The safe is a very large one; It is in a front room on the second tioor of the building at the. corner of Broadway and Eleventh street, and is the only safe in the rooms of the Concern. Beside a large amount of papers and valuable property belonging to the company that was in tho safe, the Rev. Mr. Harris had S5OO in money and jewels, which was not touched, and Mr. Durbin had .$20,000 in State bonds and $15,000 in United States bonds, which re mained secure. This is the mysterious part of the affair. From information received from tbs de tective which had not been published, it is probable that the perpetrator will be dis covered. Only four persons possess the key to the combination, which is composed of a certain form of numerals. One of those aware of the taJismanie word is the janitor of the building, a young man who is Implicitly trusted by his employers. It is said that the'oilicers of the comnany have not been as careful as they should be in their care of the safe, and that the strong-box has often been left unlocked, witji no one to pay proper attention to it. CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE. He Is Stricken with Parakßls. The following is from the N. Y. \n>i. We give it without any Knowledge of itk truth or falsehood: ' j "Wei have jfist learned with deep regret that Chief Justice sCbase has for some time past been suffering from a paralytic stroke, which, without entirely destroying the use of his limbs, incapacitates him for walking without ■help, and seriously affects his mind. His re covery is desired rather than confidently ex pected; indeed, it is considered doubtful whether he will again be able to resume the arduous labors of the bench, although it will be remembered that Judge Grier remained on the bench for several years after he became partially paralyzed. The Chief Justice is now at the country seat of Senator Sprague, his sou-in-iaw, on iSarragausett Bay,where he has the best medical attendance that the country can afford, This intelligence will be received with great distress by the whole country. The Chief .1 nxtice is one of our greatest public men ; anil citizens of all parties will deplore tlio probabil ity that we may be deprived of abilities so eminent, r These also who have believed that be would be.elected President in 1872 will now lookpibout with more anxiety than hope to find>>Rothex man. to'.whpni they. may. give the same confidence which they have learned to give Judge Chase. • CHINESE LABOR. TUe Question Practically Solved. The Chicago Tribune says that “ a Portland (Oregon) paper relates a little incident which recently occurred in that vicinity, and is a fair praotical illustration of the question of cheap Chinese labor, worth a dozen chapters of ab stract political economy. A certain Judge and ardent Democratic politician of Portland, had dumped at his door a loatl of wood, when immediately a Chinese woodsawyer asked for the job of sawing it up. ‘How muehee?’ asked the Judge. “Hap dollar,” replied John. A bargain was about to be struck, when an Xrish-American citizen, of the blue blood, demanded the job. ‘ How much ?’ again asked the Judge. ‘ A dollar , and a half,’ replied the American citizen. The Judge de murred, replying that the Chinaman had just offered to do the same work for a half-dollar. ‘ However,’ hosaid, * as X’prefer. to encourage white American labor, I will pay you a dollar and a half,.’ whereupon the white constituent prepared for the work, and Jplin turned away disappointed. Ilut the Judge returned'some hours afterward, and, to his surprise, found the Chinaman, and hot the white man, at work upon his wood pile). ‘ How’s this, how’s this said His H oiior, < who told you to saw my woodV’ i'fMelican man,’said John, ‘-How muehee he. pay?’ queried the judge, ‘flap dollar,’sajjjfjohm -Th,e judge accepted this lesson on cheap Asiatic labor, and under stands now that his fellow-democrat was wiser than he in giving; up-labor with his own hands; and in.rising. at'once to the’ dignity of an employer by buying labor at fifty cents, and selling it again at two huudrod per cent, advance. Shoemakors, anil other strikers, in Massachusetts anil elsewhere, would do well to ‘ read and circulate.’ ” .■-H —The Turkish Government has.ordered two hundred mitrailleurs on the Gatlin American 'principle, to bo made and delivered,with all .speed. That’s just what Gatlin claims, the speed with which his gun delivers itself. PRICE THREE CENTS FACTS AND FANCIES. Ci-j%stal Bprings, Miss., has a dentistry til® name of “ Tnrnipseed.” —Revels has been made a> D. D. H*wi« that for Hiram? " r “ —A Cincinnati paper is publishing' a Ger man translation of Lothair. • —The heirs of Anneke Jans Eire spring jug up in southern Michigan. ■ .? - —r cache i-_“ T-h-a-t spells what ?” Bright Scholar “ Does it? I thought it spelt that ! ” . ~A“f. ricu ?> Georgia, has gtone wi’ld'over air * *'£ l £ blD e tour pounds and., .three-- quarters. V hat a merry cuss he must be. - sn7ak h 5? a P e , rB ’ - whe “ the F have to • ft ot of S‘rls in swimming, call it Natation, they are so proper. stamJ)°'lH h tL ta,ll i C i 0f ge6tins up a new-postago stamp, as the old ones are over four?Weoka census-taker in .A'dams oountv Ohio* reports : Grant tamer”” 0t age ’ datI B htor of Alfred'Hoflihani in that WOman woula bo'aftaudtf —William Row&was arrested in a western' town the other day for beating.his wife with-a hoe-as if a man hadn’t aright to hoehiaowm , for soimd andTkind^ 3 biff onl^ the prophecy of Isaiah ■ In that day seven women shall lay hold of one man accurate statistics showing that place to contain a proportion of seven females to one man. “The Sheriff of Alton, 111., is the champion castor oil man. He has within a week, taken two barrels of castor oil, and still lives. He took it on a chattel mortgage, and not on his stomach. of i? 1 ' 0 country papers, in speaking Sltn e ?J ra !- Hotel > Set it thirteen »i° ri i? s htgh. By the time the story appears in the baratoman lt will be at least twenty storieSr as that editor never lets any other country paper get over him.—A'.-F. Dem. * is said that on the day of his arrival, in Chicago, General Grant reoeived letters from three hundred aiid ninety-seven, shysters of’ ' that city,each offeringto procure luma divorce and take it out in executive patronage.— . Loumutte Vouvier-Journal. * ■ ■ ■ ■ i.~i-The imprisonment of General O.’NeiJl and his fellowsoldiersFir -Vermontns^nid^tdTie’a’ tarce. It seems that they are . under no—re-. straint, that they eat with their keepers, smoke, drink and do everything they please, short of leaving t-lie prison. ' , —Some sharp Yankee has recently been ■swindling the innocent farmers of Vermont selling them policies of the “Canadian Cightmng-rod Insurance Company,” an insti tution which, it is needless to say, has no exis tence. - ' " The people of Athens, Me., live together in such a state of harmony and good will that they all attend the same church. There are four sects in the village, and the edifice is oc cupied by each every lourth Sabbath. They have separate Sunday schools. —A man has been arrested at Terre Haute, Indiana, tor decoying young girls into a cer tain ice cream saloon,. treating_thoin with ice cream saturated with laudanum, and then cut ting off their hair whilst they were in an un conscious condition. ] —Fanny Lewalil, a German girl, writes to her countrywomen, through the Cologne Gazette, in this warlike style: “ Will you while your sons stand before the French cannon, and thousands among themslied-their noble young hearts’ blood for the independence of Germany, will ybu still run about wearing towering, insane-looking French chignons, and will you still allow your clothes to be made according to hold French fashions ?” —The yohngest elopoment on record took place at Hudson. Michigan, a few days a<u>. Master Frederick Tubbs, of that town, aged hve years, took Miss Schermerliorn, aged three years, combed her htur, put the doll’s things in a box, and proceeded with her to the depot, where they got on the rear platform of the western-bound train without being.noticed, till the conductor received a, despatch for them. They were put oft' at Osseo and re turned on the next train, well pleased'with their trip. —The Paris FU/aro proposes a national sub scription to purchase a sword for Marshal MacMahon, in acknowledgment of his recent eminent uiilijary services. This reminds the Full Mall Gazette of the English captain who was knighted for the exceedingly gallant but unsuccessful defence 'of Ms vessel against a Yankee frigate.' Paul Jones, when he heard of tho honors conferred on his late antagonist, declared that the next time ho met hiM ho would make a peer of him. —A few days ago K Now Bedford lady, who lives near a church in that city, was sitting by the window listening to the crickets, which were loudly, chirping, tho music from tho choir rehearsal being faintly audible, when a gentleman dropped in familiarly, who bad just passed tho church and bad the "musio full in his mind. “What a noise they are*-making to-night!” said he. “ Yes,*' replied the lady, “anil it is said they do it with their hindlegs!” —Oilicial reppris reiluee the., reported, da-, affection of aii entire Prussian regiment by tho peasantry of an Alsatian village to the follow ing allair: A hussar was sent off as a courier, anil had to pass through a village iu tho rear oft lie I’russian ranks. When he was in tho streets of the village his horse was suddenly shot from a'window, and fell, partly on his leg. Immediately a vast crowif rushed upon him with scythes, flails and spades, and, tho poor fellow, although he attempted to defend himself with his sword and pistols, killing and wounding three of the murderers, was cut to pieces by the insane rabble. The perpetrators. ■ of this dastardly outrage have been arrested, by the Prussians. . • —Considering the violont abuse so often levelled at smokers by thoso who dislike —■- tobacco, and the terrible warnings conveyed to .them by candid friends of a short career of disease to be terminated by death iu an agbnt izing form, it is only right to call attention to any remarks mado by scientific men calculated to relievo them from the load of anxiety under which they must be suffering. The Pad Malt. Gazette says that at a late meeting of tho British Medical Association at Newcastle, Dr. John Murray presented a paper, on “Sndff taking, anil Its utility in preventing bronchitis and consumption,” in which he remarkstliafc an habitual smoker seldom or ever died of consumption, and that the progress of con sumption is frequently arrested r bv practising tho habit of snuff-taking.. , Snuff-taking,, it seems, is not only, of great ‘use iii curing catarrh, but is an admirable expedient fof pre venting it altogether. If, “ when on a journey you experience a sudeessibn of chills, in diio timo'youinUy expect an attackjifjironohitis, _ an- infiltration''ofTpneUmbnio .or tuberbular' plasma, or illness in.-some other form, each tending to reduce tho powers of life, and, .con sequently, liable to set up consumption in those' predisposed.” Tinder these, circum stances, Dr.'Murray strongly recommends snuff to be taken in liberal pinches. Tobacco, in fact, is ' now strongly. suspected by tho .medical, profession to liavo been unjustly... Abused. ■ The majority of doctors, Drc Murray •States, “ when, recovering ‘ from a common - cold, will take snuff themselves to hasten they: recovery.” ' "
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