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NEW BLOOMFIELD, PENN'A.
Tuesday, June 28, 1870.
Another Amnesty Bill has,lwn
reported in the House of Representatives
by General Butler. The bill however,
contains so large a list of exemptions that
it practically amounts to nothing, and
to inuke the bill entirely complete, he
wight add to the lust section the words,
"or any other man." This would make
tho bill easily understood, and prevent
any misconstruction until such time as
Congress could realize tho importance of
passing a bill which should deal with this
question, in a more liberal spirit.
" Bloated Bond Holder," is an ex
pression wo have. often seen used in cer
tain party papers, but always i'ailed to see
the propriety of applying the adjective
" bloated" to a man who invests his
money in United States Securities, any
more than to a man who invests bis means
in merchandise, or of calling a man who
owns and farms a larger number of acres
than some of his less fortunate neighbors,
" a bloated farmer." If there is anything
discreditable in loaning money to the
Uovoninicnt, the people ought to be made
aware of tho fact, but if thero is not, the
expression should not be used by U. S.
Sonators. In partisan papers, we cannot
always look for' the choicest of expres
sions, but in tho United States Senate, we
certainly have a right to expect argu
ments free from slang terms. In reading
over tho remarks of Senator Sherman iu
favor of retaining the incjiiio tux, we see
that ho makes use of this expression,
which at once furnishes evidence that
argument in favor of the law is scarce.-
inat tne senate was ot that opinion, is
proved by the fact that tho clause of the
tax bill retaining thatlaw was stricken out
by a vote of 34 to 23. According to Sen
ator Sherman this is a victory ot the
" lilotilvd Bondholders over the peoplo
but to tho view of many others it is a vie
tory of tho people over tho horde of
office-holders attached to the Internal
.Revenue Department, who, if the law had
been retained, would have received mure
titan two-thirds of all the money collected
from that source.
A Rascally Transaction.
A case was tried in Philadelphia last
week which brought to light some trans
actions which show that pensioners have
been subjected to some rascally swindles
at the hands of those whose duty it is to
protect them irota fraud.
. A young uamed Thatcher employed in
4he peusiou office under chargo of Colonel
.Forbes was indicted for abstracting three
hundred dollars of the Government
money.
In answer to this tho defense offered
lo prove that no money had been ab
stractcd by Thatcher, but tho inaccura
;ios ana contusion in too accounts were
occueioued by an excessivoly loose hubi
of business on tho party of Colonol For
pes, ot advancing money to pensioners
weeks and mouths before the regular pay,
day, taking duebills securing from fifty
to. a hundred per cent proht, in dircc
violation of the rule of the Treasury Be
partuient: for Mr. Thatcher hud charge
of the Government funds, and frequently
. in order to make up the amount ot ad
vances required, Colonol Forbes would
use thisUovemment money, and replace
it afterward by check upon Ins owu pri
vate account which made a mistake in
look.-keeping a probable thing. When
called to the witness stand by the defense
.Colonel Forbes stated voluntarily that
ho had qd some occasions made advances
to pensioners, taking due-bills for the
amount, with a reanoiuillf. iir!; but as
general thing he used his own private
money for this purpose However, if Ike
happened to have, not quite euough cash
Mt the ruorueut, he would authorize
Thatcher to draw upon the Govorninen
fund, mid lib would replenish it by check,
But lie ouphatically asserted that on
nono of the days mentioned in the in
dictment did he make such advances.
Further testimony was taken to show
that Colonel Forbes was in tho habit of
making advances to pensioners, a month
or so before the pnynient was due, and
charging the modest interest of nearly
three hundred per cent, per annum. If
this was what the Colonel culled a reason
able interest it would be highly gratify-
ng to know what rate he would cull
exorbitant.
When wo look into tho matter further
ana nnd tne admission that somcttnirs
this advance is made from Government
funds, the conclusion forced upon every
unprejudiced person is, that the Govern
ment ought to put the payment of these
pittances due invalid soldiers into the
hands of some person, who would not in
dulge in such outrageous transactions.
This is the man who endeavored to monop
olizethe whole business of paying pensions
throughout the State, refusing to recog
nise the agents who had been duly licens
ed by the U. S. Government, on the plea
that they were liable to overcharge for
collection. The above statement plainly
shows why he was anxious to get this
whole business in his own hands.
Should the Commissioner of Pensions
allow this valiant Colonel, who makes such
brave charges on the purses of the poor.
onger retain the position ho now oc
cupies, lie will liave no reason to com
plain should the people think that he is
financially interested in theso rascally
swindles.
Chinese Laborers.
The North Adams, Mass., correspon
dent of a Boston journal gives the follow-
ng account of a party of Chinese shoe
makers recently brought to that pluce:
J he seventy-five Chinese laborers who
came here under contract to Mr. Calvan
T. Sampson, to make shoes, arrived
on the ltith inst. For several days the
railroad station had been crowded on the
arrival of the Western train by indignant
Crispins, waiting to see the new comers
and yesterday tho crowd was very dense
being augmented by many peacablc' towns
people, drawn out by curiosity only. As
soon as the blue skirts, long cues and
queer faces were seen, the uir was filled
with hoots and all kinds ot taunting
shouts. The Chinese were impertur ble,
and did not even mind the appellations
of wrath yelled into their ears from the
wayside. An ample police force was
in attendance, and the company marched
in column slowly through the streets to
Mr. Sampson s shop. There was the
greatest deliberation ot movement, so
that ample opportunity lor attack was
given, but though tho wildest threats
of vengcanco were shouted no general at
tack was maae. borne stones were
thrown, several chinaman were hustled
and one was struck. Two leading offen
ders were arrested, promptly arraigned
before a justice and fined. Alter an ex-
rig scene of threatened riot, lusting
nearly half an hour, tho new workmen
were safely housed in Mr. Sampson's
shop, doubly guarded to prevent at
tempts of blowing up, ot which threats
were freely made.
The curious crockery and cooking uten
sills, counting machines, chopsticks and
other baggage which the strangers have
brought with them and their novel cos
tunics are scrutinized with much interest
but the new comers themselves are treat
ed with perfect respect, and have sue
kind treatment as probably no Chinaman
ever received on American soil beloro
By tomorrow they will have their cook
ing and other living arrangements in run
nine order and will goto work in the
shop in earnest.
Tho white shoemakers of the town are
in high state of wrath, but see no way
of venting it effectually. J he Crispin
Association is very strong here, there
being four or five other largo shops, mid
have hithorto had everything their own
way and curried matters with a higl
hand. A prominent leader of tho order
from Boston, is here, and tho Crispins
are holding a secret meeting to-night, but
it is not thought probable anything sen
ous will be done to disturb Mr. Sampson'
arrangement, as tho, sentiments ot th
community at large are so strofv- with
him. The threat which ore inUprom
lse the enormites ot Miclhcld, nut courage
to carry them out i probably, lacking.
Egr Two women were picking' strawbor
ries in a field in Cobdcu, 111.,, a few days
ago, and betwen them arose a. discussion
about politics, and the strawberry field be
came the field of dbath,; for ouo of them,
stabbed tbe other fatally.
CSTIu a drunken row at Windsor, Illi,.
last week, a barkeepor named Mast struck
a farmer named Irwin, on the head with a
club, from the effects of which Irwin died.
Extensive Swindle.
Among the passengers on a train re
cently going west was a man named B. O.
Hall, who with his family were, goinir to
Colorado to take up their residence. Mr.
flail had in his possession the sum of
$1,400 in cash, the accumulation of many
years of lubor and saving. With this
sum and his industry he designed ma
king his fortune in the far west.
At Susquehanna a gentlemanly appeari
ng person took his seat beside him. and
entered into conversation informing Mr.
Hall that he was a merchant doing busi
ness in Denver, Colorado, and that he
was very glad to full in with a passen
ger going that distance, lie gave Jlr.
II. much information in regard to the
western country, and state! that he hail
on board the train a large stock of gdods
for his store.
They rode together until after passing
Oswego, when another person, having an
expressman's badge upon his hat, accotte 1
this pretended merchant, informing bun
that he had just received instructions to
collect the charges on his goods before
clung JOlmira or to leave the goods
at that station. The charges on the
goods wero $1,8 GO.
The merchant expostulated, saying that
he had not the money, but he had a
$2,800 draft on Buffalo, and he would
pay the charges wheu he reached that
city. Ihe expressman stated that it
would not do, and he must have the
charges in cash. lie woull, however,
consent to receive the draft in payment,
and would forward the difference between
its amount and the charges to the mer
chant by express from Buffalo, knowing
as he did, that the draft was all right
The merchant did not like to do that
and finally proposed to Mr. Hall that he
take the $2,800 draft as security, and
loan him $1,5300 on it to pav these charges.
Mr. Hall readily assented and counted out
the stumps.
The merchant and the expressman
then weut forward to ux receipts, reques
ting Mr. Hall to remain in his scat until
the merchant's return when they would
iutroduce their families to each other
and einoy themselves hugely during the
balance ot their long journey.
The balance of the story can be imag
ined. Ihc merchant never returned to
Mr. Hall, who had given away to two
villiuns $1,300 of his hard earnings.
Mr. Hall retained his scat und
his
faith in the merchant until- after he
had
passed llornellsville, when he mentioned
the transaction to the conductor, who ut
once iulbrined him that he had been swin
died. .
lie took the next train back, and on
reaching the city put the matter in the
hands ot Detective (Jllicor John Knapp
but us yet no clue has becu obtained to
the swindlers or the money Elmiru
Advertiser.
A New York Conrt Scene.
At a session of the police court last
week in New York, there was quite a sen
sation created among the usual motley
audience by the sudden onslaught ot
man named John lleddy,not the "Black
smith," upon Thos. Wilson, a sailor, who
had just made an affidavit charging John
Quiun, of Cherry street, with the theft of
$i2 troui In in on the previous night.
Keddy did his utmost to induce Wilson
not to prosecute his friend, and when li
declined to be coerced into tho adoption
of such a course, lieddy jumped at bin
caught him by tho throat with one hau
and struck him in the face with the other
knocking him on the floor. Tho sixtl
Warders in Court dashed out of the
scats and seemed about to engage in
free fight, when tho policeman present
succeeded in makinga clearance, lieddy
was immediately taken into custody, and
held for trial m default ot 81000 to an
swer at the General session.
JSF The Port Jervis Oazettt says
Not long since as an old man was ridin
along the road loading from Centreville
to the Brick Ilouso, N. J., his horse
frighteued- at a hord of oattlo ucar by
and snriiicring suddenly, to one side
threw him violently from the wagon
and strikiug upon his head and shoulders
rendered bun insensible A young man
from Port Jervis happening to be a short
distance behind him, ran to his assistance
and after considerable trouble, brought
him to consciousness. But singular as it
may appear he had lost all recollection
of whero he was going, what his business
was, theyoor-, the moptk, the day of the
waek ; aud even his own name.. He was
placed under the care of a physician and
at last accounts was slowly recovering.
.Three Children Killed by Lightning:
The Mantervilleo Minn Espies of
recent date says t
Of all the accounts of the loss of life by
ceident, nono seems more sad and touch-
ng than that which happened in our own
county on Saturday. The circumstances
of the casualty, were given us by a
friend who lives not far from the place,
and were substantially as fullows: The
hree young boys retired early that even-
ng, and were all occuping ono bed tem
porary arranged on the floor of a room
adjoining that in which the parents were
still sitting up and alone, occupied in con
versation in relation to their children.
ut a few moments after the storm came,
ud almost the first thunder that was
card, and the first bolt that fell in the
icinity, struck the chimney of Mr. Sent's
house, and the currents of the powerful
ds royer weie flashed all over the lu ll-
Mr. Sent sprang from his seat
innicdiately, with tho sad exclamation
My children arc all dead 1 Indeed it
was tearlully true 1 1 lie two younger
hildren were killed instantly. The old
est boy showed little signs of life when
the parents reached the bedside but one
gasp, and he, too, was lifeless. The bed
nught fiie, and the children one by one
were removed before the flames could b
e:.ti iguished.
None other of the family were injured
physically. The damages to tho house are
ud to be slight and unimportant. The
concussion of the stroke was so great as
o stop the clock, and when noticed the
lands still pointid out the minute 8
o'clock und 2llminutes when the three
children expired a solemn record of
most solemn event.
An Extraordinary Sale.
Before a court in the province of I'csth
Hungary, says the Jewish J mirx, a suit
was pending, in which an aged Jew was
to make a statement under oath. He was
ready to take tho oath, when another
Jew arose and protested against it :
" this man dare not take an oath.
" Why not asked the judge.
11 There exists a Hebrew prayer whiel
contains the sentence, that every Jew
has a share in the life to come.' It
now about twenty years ago, while I was
present, when the man who is now about
to take an oath sold bis 'share in the life
to come.' guaranteed to him in the prayer
to another Jew, a Mr. Y., who paid him
i certain amount ot money ior it. As he
therefore cannot count any longer on i
future existance, he has nothing to lea
or hope for iu the life to couie : it must
be eertaiuly indifferent to him whether to
swear to a truth or falsehood.
The matter was examined into, and as
the strange transaction was found to have
taken pluco in reulity, the Court granted
the request of the old man, and the party
who sold his " share in the lile to come
was declared incapable of taking an oath
fi- Arrest that terrible Catarrh, and
thus avoid a consumptive'sgrave by using
Dr. Sage s Catarrh Remedy. It s nm
warranted, to cure Consumption when the
lungs are half consumed, nor to mak
men live forever, nor to make this earth
a blissful Paradise to which heaven shall
bo but a side-show, but the proprietor
will pay $500 reward for a case of Catarrh
which he cannot cure, bold by dru
gists, or send GO cts. to Dr. K. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y., and receive it by mail.
Miscellaneous News Items.
ITS" A young nrim named Buck, commit
ted suicide at his own housoHin Rochester,
N. Y., on Friday. ,
tW An insane gentleman in Chicago,
went gunning the other day, his game be
ing street-car horses, and was arrested.'
tW A Southern Governor is credited with
vetoing a bill passod by the Legislature
"for bad spelling and nonsense generally."
tW A railroad conductor in Maino has
been on tho road twenty years, has traveled
700,000 miles and has never met with an
accident.
t3T An Indian near Fort Scott, Kansas,
recently traded two mules for a set of false
teeth, and proudly wore them, necklace
fashion.
tW A French paper in New Orleans calls
Chailcs Dickens "the great American ro
mancerthe Walter Scott of America."
What is fame?
tW New Uamshir had a Congressman
who used to open his speeches with, " Fel
low citizens, I .was bom in Portsmouth
I was always born in Portsmouth."
tW A wedding in Bridgeport, Conn., was
interrupted' for a moment, the other day,
by an a,ppai-Hty sane gentleman, whostep
ped up to tbu bridegroom at the altar, tap
ped him on the shoulder, and said in an au
dible whisper : " Before this little affair
goes any further I would like to know ono
thing who will build the fires
1f A pnrt of the money recently stolen
from the Treasury Department, was paid
into tho New York Sub Treasury last week,
but it is not known by whom.
2T At N. O., on the 21st hist., Judge
John A. Campbell and J. D. A. Fallons
were fined $100 each, for contempt of the
Eighth District Court, in ottering to filo
petition declaring that their clients could
not get justice therein.
t3?"A young man named Nathaniel
Ilazcn was found dead in bed at Columbus
Ohio shot through the head. He was prom-
nently connected with the Capital City
Brush Company, and moved in the first
classes of society.
tW Molly Kay, a young girl confined in
the Baltimore jail, committed suicide by
umping from the second tier of cells to
the stone floor, a distance of twenty-five
feet, aud was instantly killed. She was la
boring under a fit of temporary insanity.
tW A man in Indiana, last week, lost
his wifo and family physician on the same
day. lie is now searching for their re
mains with a double-barreled shot gun,
with tho intention of hurrying them both in
the saino grave.
E2InSan Francisco the board of Su-
pcrvisors authorized the Mayor to offer are
ward of $r000 for the apprehension of the
parties who tampered with the ballots in
tho First ward, at tho recent election. 1 lie
Railroad Company declines to avail itself of
the fraud.
H30""On tho 20th inst., a terrible accident
occurred on tho great Northern Railroad,
in England a large excursion train was run
into by a freight tram, aim several cars
thrown off the track and tlnee demolished.
Thirteen persons were killed, and thirty to
forty wounded, some latally.
I3T Mrs. William Smith, a mild-temper
ed lady in Newark, N. J., who was "put
out ' by an unpleasant lemaik Horn ner
husband, threw a lighted kerosene lamp at
his head, and hit it, breaking the lamp, and
setting the masculine tfmith on lire. It
was with dilliculty he was "put out," af
ter being badly burned. No insurance.
UF Tho elevated railroad in New York
docs not seem to work well and another
accident happened upon it again last week.
It appears that one car was lett standing on
tho track near Thirtieth street. Tho car
was full of passengers approaching at full
speed. The braUeman tried to stop the car
but tho breaks did not work, and the result
was a severe collision, knocking the cars
across the track, but not into tho street.
Several were severely bruised, and the pas
sengers were removed by means of ladders.
An old lady was lowered in a carpet to an
awning, and finally readied tenia tiima.
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AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The undersigned,!
Auditor appointed by the Oi plains' Court of
Perry county, lo make distribution ol Hie balanco
In the hands of Dairus J. Long, l'.xecutor of the
last will. &c., of Geortie Long, hue of Juniata
township, deceased, among the cicditors and oth
ers enlitl4 to receive Hib mine, lieii'Vy gives no
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when and uhere all luteiested, may attend, if they1
see proper so to do. .
CHAS. A. BAKNETT,
June 7, 187a Auditor.
A DMINISTKA'i'Oirn NQTICK.Notlcf
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tion have been granted by the ltrcister of Perry
county, on the estate of Maifaiet H. Jacobs, late
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his Jacobs, residing In luscaioia township, PerryR
county. Pa. "
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NICHOLAS JACOB8, Administrator.
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