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NEW BLOOMFIELD, PENN'A.
Tuesday, May 31, 1870.
Senator McIntire ha3 our thanks
for a copy of the general laws passed at
Inst session.
The law for the enforcement of the
Fifteenth Amendment has passed both
Houses of Congress, and will at once be
signed by the President, and telegraphed
to Oregon in time to be in force for the
State election which occurs there on the
Cth of June.
The question whether or not lay dela
gates shall be allowed a vote in confer
ence, has been virtually decided in the
affirmative. The last in this country to
be heard from was the Maine Conference,
and the vote in favor is now so largo tha
the vote in Germany cannot change the
final result. There can be no doubt that
this more liberal policy will be a benefit
to the Methodist church.
The best article in favor of a protective
tariff we have seen in a long time is the
following few lines, taken from the Daily
Telegraph, of Sheffield, England :
" If gold goes to par in tlio United States,
and the tariff of 1800 is re-enacted, there
are few manufacturing concerns in Amer
ica that can possibly avoid practically
breaking up."
Those who are anxious for the prosper
ity of our nation will not desire to see
such a state of things as the Telegraph
is anticipating, should the free trade pol
icy prevail. ,
Some of the financial doctors at Wash
ington who are unable to see how the na
tion can possibly stand the doing away
with the income tax and a reduction of
the tax on the manufacturing interests of
the country, have agreed to reduce the
tax on the receipts of the theaters from
three, to one per ceut. Senator Sherman
and General Schenck, both ardent ad
vocates of the income tax, arc in favor of
this reduction on theatrical receipts.
This is probably accounted for by the
fact that such a change would not in any
manner reduce the number of officials
for whom fat places must be provided, or
else they class theaters among the neces
saries of life, and consequently entitled
to extra protection.
The Fenians, during the past week,
have made another attempt to invade
Canada. On Tuesday last the President
issued a proclamation forbidding any
such raid, and warning tnose engaged in
it of the consequences, llcgardlcss of
this, several hundred men, well armed
and equipped, crossed tho line near
Franklin, Vt., where they were met by
Canadian volunteers who made an at
tack upon them, killing two of tho Feni
ans aud wounding several others. 1 he
Fenians then made a hasty retreat. At
this time Gen. McNeil was arrested by
tne u. a. juursnai, ana lodged in jail in
Burlington, charged with a breach of the
neutrality laws. So ended the scheme in
tlwt section. The day following, another
portion of the " reman army made an
attempt to cross the line from York State.
In this case the result was the same, ex
ccpt that in addition to the killing and
wounding of two men, another was taken
prisoner. In both cases the Canadians
claim, that on their side, none wero hurt
It is about time that this plotting of
mischief against our Canadian neighbors,
with the onensible purpose of liberating
Ireland, but with the real purpose of
putting money in the pockets of a few of
the leaders, was stopped by the strong
arm of the law. For years a few of
these fellows have been swindling the
Irish out of their earnings with the prom
ise ot aiding Ireland, but with no more
intention of so doing, than they had of
earning a dollar by honest employment as
long as they could find fools to furnish
them with money sufficient to enable
them to live on the fut of the land. If
they cun be reached in no other way.they
might at least, be arrested for obtaining
money under iulso pretense.
Bounty to Volunteers.
The secretary of War, in a communi
cation to the House says, on the 3d of
January, 1861," the President issued a
proclamation calling out a volunteer force
of 44,034 officers and men to serve three
years, unless sooner discharged, for the
suppression of the insurrection against
the .National authority, with a promise of
$100 at the close of service. The public
exigencies were, however, such as to lead
to the acceptance of double this number
of officers and men.
Under the recent decision of the Su
preme Court of the United States, each
volunteer who entered the servico under
the proclamation is entitled to an allow
ance or bounty of $100, irrespective of
of the fact that he might not have served
at least two years required by the act of
Congress of July 22, 18C1, nor have been
discharged on account of wounds, pro-
ided only that ho had been honorably
discharged.
The war Department is now called upon
by the accounting officer of the Treasury
to designate the forty regiments as volun
teers who are to bo regarded as entering
the service under the President's procla
mation. Being unable to dctcrmino tho question
the Secretary, in advance of Executive
action, submits tho question of law and
justice involved to Congress, which alone
appears to be vested with the necessary
power to decide tho same to the satisfac
tion of all concerned.
He further says it would also appear to
be simple justice that all volunteers who
were enlisted at any time during the lle
bellion for three years or during the war
and who were discharged before they had
served out the last two years, unless dis
charged to receive promotion, should re
ceive the same bounty as those who en-
lsted under the proclamation ot JMay,
1801, if they have not already received
the allowance.
A Horrible Affair.
We are informed that a horrible crime
was commuted dv a negro man, tne
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victim being a white lady, named Mrs.
Newman, in the neighborhood of Green
ville, Kentucky, on last l'riday. In the
morning the lady told her husband that
she and her sou were going to the spend
day at a neighbor's house, and if they did
not return that mglit he need not tcel un-
easy, .Between ner own ana ner neign
bor's farm she was met by the negro, who
violated her person, aud then murdered
her and her son. Tho next morning the
husband started to his neighbor's farm
to escort his wife and sou home, and
found them on the roadside, brutally mur
dered. The news soon spread men col
lected investigated the matter, and soon
were satisfied as to who was the guilty
wretch, lie was arrested that day, and
made a full confession of his guilt.
Whilst in the hands of an officer he was
taken possession of by the excited popu
lace, who at once decided to smear him
with tar and burn him at the stake ; but
whilst the party appointed to procure the
tar was gone, the populace became nnpa
tient and hung tho negro to a tree until
he was dead. His head was then sever
ed from his body and posted in tho Pub
ic Square, ot Greenville, on a stake
set in the ground in front of the court
house, and no ono was allowed to remove
it. Russelville,hy, Star.
The Plebiscite Humorously Explained.
The New Orleans Star explains that
word in the following clear manner :
A ' Plebiscite is a thing only a few
1 fellers' can understand. You see when in
the course of human events, tho policy of
a government, in its trancendcntal rela
tions with the political economics of the
State, becomes imbued with the spectral
analysis of abnormal influences, infring
ing upon tho perpetuities ot institutions
at once detrimental and nugatory to the
abstruse interests ot theocracy, why
then, a decent respect for the opinions of
mankind requires the promulgation of a
popular analytical manifestation iu which
In short, plebiscite is 'plubiS'
'cite' ; or, in other words, it is French for
" Shoo fly, don t bodder me." There !
KV Af nlrtrl 11a ltiuf. uctnr n rn rt
man sued his father under the followin
state ot lucts: Hie piaintitt, while a
minor, went into the army as a substitute
with his father's consent. lie received
$800, which he left with his father to be
invested for plaintiff's benefit. Tho
father purchased land with the money,
and refused to deed the land to him, or
Dav him back the monev. claimin? it as
his own, and that he had hired oat his
son for a substitute. . The jury found for
the pluintitt fyyo and costs.
Subterranean Lake.
A correspondent of the Lancaster Ex-
prest furnishes the following account of
an underground lake in the southern part
of Lancaster county :
" About eight miles south ot Lancasfer
city, near Pequea twp., is a cave which
was formerly known by the name of
Hosiers Hole. 1 his place has been
frequently visited by persons who de
scribed it as one of great interest and
curiosity, not alono for its geological fea
tures, but also for a subterranean lake of
clear, sparkling water, having neither
inlet or outlet, imbedded in the solid lime
stone rock, which it was said to contain.
It was also said that in the lake were
fishes devoid of eyes, and that the depth
of this body of water had never been
fathomed, being beyond the reach of tho
so undingline. On Saturday hist a party
from Willow street, headed by M. W.
Harnish.Jr., left early iu the morning
for tho cave, taking with them torches,
tar poles, ropes, hatchets, &c., fully re
solved to make a thorough exploration
of the cave and a careful investigation
of its contents, which had not before been
accomplished. After opproaching the
place, the party examined the adjacent
grounds and the hill in which tho cavern
is situated, in order to hud a stream or
subterranean passage of water that might
possibly communicate with, or have ac
cess to the lake, existing within the cave.
After a prolonged and diligent search,
the party did not succeed in finding one.
They now went to the cave which opens
at the top of a hill, the hole being funnel
shaped, or similar to the crater of a volca
no. Ladders were suspended to the bot
tom by aid of ropes. The first distance
from the surface of the ground to where
the limestone rock commences is thirty
feet, where the cavity contracts and as
sumes the figure of a parallegram, being
about two feet wide and eight icct long.
From this point to the first offset iu the
cave is twenty feet more, or a perpendic
ular descent of fifty feet from the surface
of the first offset. From here to tho
surface of the water is twenty feet more,
in a gradual descent. Moving back
about twenty feet you come to the edge
of tho lake which is forty .feet wide and
sixty, to seventy feet in length. Material
was procured and a flat constructed in or
der to explore the the lake and sound its
great depth, which was thirty-five feet.
The water is cold, clear and sparkling, a
sample of which was taken to the city
lor analysis. 1 he water is perfectly qui
et, and has apparently no inlet or outlet.
There are some kinds ot hshes or ani
mals in the lake, but the party were not
prepared to secure any of them, and
hence were obliged to postpone it till
some future day. The cave is from sev
enty to seventy-five long, fifty or sixty
feet wide, and from iorty to htty in height.
There is a firm arch of solid limestone
overhead as well as on all sides, and it ap
pears as if it had been shaped and fash
ioned by some plastic hand."
A Large Roast.
The stock-pens of Gaff's distillery, in
Cincinnati, containing 4,200 hogs, were
recently burned. Three thousand hogs
being roasted to death. The scene was
said to have been as grand as it was hor
rible. Great columns of name, fed by
the living fuel, shot upwards thousands
of feet, and roiled off in dense masses of
black smoke. Tho outcry of the fright
ened animal, as they crowded oue above
the other into the corners of the pens
remotest from the fire, uutil its rapid ap
proach first scorched and then consumed
them, awed the spectators who stood look
ing helplessly on. Every effort was
made to save at least a portion of the
hogs, tho greater proportion being hope
lessly cut off. But a little over a thous
and ot the animals were gotten out iu all,
and the rest of tho 4,200 were literally
broiled alive. Tho odor of burned or
roast pork pervaded the city for many
blocks in all directions after the fire had
died out for want of fuel. The loss on
live stock alone is estimated at $00,000.
The loss on the building is estimated at
from 825,000 to $35,000.
fiJ- A man in Pottsvillo married
widow with'uino children. He had four of
his own: and &t a family worship tho
other night he prayed for " his'n," but
wouldn't offer a solitary petition for
" her'u." This made her downright mad,
and she rallied ob him with tho whole
of her off-spring : the . conflict was brief
but decisive. The husband retired in a
bald-headed manner, with the marks of a
skillet on his noble brow. The widow
prays for her own off-spring now, but the
man is browsing around for a divorce.
He says he don't care a cent for tho joys
of married lite, not a single cent.
Miscellaneous News Items.
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tW Quite R severe frost visited portions
of the New England States, on the night of
the 22d inst., doing much damage.
tW A family of five persons were mur
dered at Uxbridgc, near London, ou Mon
day night.
KW Seven men were struck by lightning
near Cairo, Illinois, on Monday. One was
instantly killed, and another it is thought
will die from his injuries.
C3? Mrs. Stewart, residing in Rochester,
N. Y., was fatally burned on tho morning
of the 21st inst., by an explosion of coal
gas from a cooking stove.
tW Charles Daflehlcchcr, a well-known
builder, of Bergen, N. J., and who was
supposed to have been murdered on Tues
day last, proves to be a defaulter and sui
cide. ItST At Dover, N. II., on May 31st, a
promising lad, named Gardner Brown,
aged 15 years, a pupil at the High School,
was killed whilo playing base ball, by tho
ball striking his head.
tW The ship Mariane was sighted in
distress on May 7, in the Indian Ocean, and
on boarding her it was found that twenty
one of the crew had died from starvation,
and that the remainder were iu a dying
condition.
t3T Tho loss by the great fire last week
at Quebec foots up half a million dollars
half of which is covered by insurance.
Four hundred and nineteen houses a foun
dry, potash factory, two ships and a largo
quantity of lumber wero destroyed.
K3T Quite a number of deaths from
lightning have occurred this season. A few
days since at Scranton, a man sitting at an
open window by the side of his wile, was
instantly killed, whilo she was uninjured.
About the same time in the same town, a
man walking on the street was struck, liv
ing only two hours afterwards.
t3?"A Minnesota farmer, a Bohemian,
while plowing out corn last fall finding that
one ox stepped on the corn, took out the ox
and put in his wife, sho knowing enough
to steD over tho hills. Somo of the time
sho carried the yoke in her arms or on her
shoulder, but most of the time sho put her
head through the bow like an ox, whilo
the stout, burly fanner held tho plow.
tW A sick man in Michigan was found
in tho morning with his throat cut from ear
to car. Ho had once had a brother buncu
alive, and his wife explained that tho last
renuest or tho uvmg man was, mat sue
should, immediately after his death, cut his
throat to make sure of his decease. The
neighbors accepted the story, and attempt
ed no investigation.
tSTMrs. Nancy Latouretto, aged 88, a
native of New Jersey, who resided at JNo.
44 Christonher street, was taken to Belle-
vuo a few davs since by her husband, who
stated that sho had attempted to kill herself
by swallowing Pans green. Mho proper
remedies were applied by tho medical at
tendants, but they proved ineffectual, and
tho woman died shortly after being ad
mitted.
CS1" An accident occurred on the Penn
sylvania Central Railroad, on the 24th inst.,
about forty miles from Philadelphia by
which tho brakesman of the train, Thomas
Swayno, was killed, while a passenger had
his leer broken. Dr. Crane of Meadvillo,
who was in the train, attended to the woun
ded man, and a subscription of a $175 was
raised for the widow ot tho brakesman, Dy
tho cllbrts of Rev. M. B. Sloan and Hon.
II. White.
tWA. New Hamshire man, who has a
nice sort of a wife to have about the prcmi,
es,was rudely made aware the other mom
intr of an attemut bv her to strangle him.
She had tied ono end oi tno rope, mauo oi
twisted cotton cloth, around the bed-post,
and by putting the other around his neck
cot a irood "hold." This rough treatment,
liowevor. awoke him, and the wife insists
that she was fast asleep all the time.
ran In Philudelnhia a chan claiming the
name of Isaac Rood, patterning after Dick
Turuin. undertook to waylay a gentleman
at Second and Race streets, on Sunday eve
ning. The assailed party had no idea of
parting with his watch or his pocket book
at the mere suggestion of his assailant, and
being endowed with both musdo and cour
age, retained his valuables intact, and had
the scamp secured and landed in quod,
where ho can meditate upon the vicissitudes
of waking up tho wrong customer at the
wrong hour of the night.
C3f A young man who carried a collec
tion plate in service, before starting took
from his pocket a live-cent piece, as ho sup
posed, put it on the plate, and then passed
it around among the congregation, which
included many young girls. Tho girls, as
they looked at the plate, all seemed aston-
touished and amused ; and the young man,
taking a glance at tho plate, found that,
instead of a nickel live-cent piece, lie had
put a conversation-lozonger on tho plate,
with these words. " Will you marry mo V"
in red letters, staring every body right in
the face.
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