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NEW IJLOOMFIELI), PEXX'A.
Tuesday, August 2, 1S70.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmBm
floiJ) closed lust Saturday ut 12Ui .
The 1'kkin iMassache af'ter.all turns
out to have actually liuputicd,uiid French
(Juii 13outs are ordered to visit Chinese
waters and demand .satisfaction.
CNG kkssio nat, EbKCTioN. -I5y alaw
passed ut tlie last session of Congress, the
Tuesday following tho first Monday in
Js'oveiiiber, is fixed as the day Jor all
tSiates to elect members of Congress.
The heat of the Summer has been most
destructive to human life. n New York
city alone, over six hundred cases of sun
stroke, have occurred, and in all parts of
the country, an unusual number of such
accidents have been reported.
Gknuiak SiihiUDAN and General For-f-yllie,
a member of his stall", sailed from
JN'ew York last Wednesday, for Europe to
visit the camp of the French and Prus
sian armies. General Sheridan is granted
furlough for the purpose of this visit,
lut pays his own expenses.
The Hack between the English Yacht
Cambria, and the American Yacht Daunt
less, resulted in the defeat of the Amer
ican vessel. I he Cambria arriving nrvm
It miniicK in advance of the lhiuntless.
hi a race from Kuropc to New York .such
a little difference is to say the least, re
markable, and shows that tho vessels are
well-matched.
The Old Gkxti.kmax who is unfortu
nate enough to be called the l'ope, is
likely to have more trouble in his old age.
Tire French troops have been called away,
and revolt already shows itself in the
"Eternal City." Without the French
bayonets it is very probable that the l'ope
will set on u very uncertain throne.
Intkkkstiso to Soldi kiis. Soldiers
who lost limb;', during the Jiebelliun, will
be glad to know that a law was passed,
giving to each soldier so maimed, an arti
ficial limb, or to those who have had one
furnished-, a renewal every five years. If.
however, he so desires, he can, instead of
the limb, receive money at the following
rate. For a leg $7o, arm $50, i'eet $"U.
Apparatus for resection 330. Those whn
have lost limbs, but from tho nature ol
the case cannot use aa artificial one, can
take tho money.
A law was also passed making pensions
payable quarterly, instead of semi-annually
as heretofore.
A Wondkukul Dkcisiox has recently
been rendered by ono of the officials of
the Internal llevenue Department, in
proof of which wo refer our readers to
the following letter:
OIIIcb Treasury Department, )
Washington, July 8, 1N70. S
Sir : J. Bustress, Cashier First National
Bank, of York, Pa., writes under data of the
seventh Instant, to this ollicc, enquiring if the
clause "without defalcation" inserted in a
promissory note, subjects such note touu addi
tional tt..nip.
llu lias been referred to yiu, nnd you aro
therefore advised that such notes should, in ad
dition to the stamp required upon thein,is ?,
be stamped agreements,- with respect to the
clause or words quoted. Respectfully,
J. W Poitgi.ass,
Deputy Commissioner.
3. W. Patton, Esq., Collector, Calisle, Pa.
AVe always suppo.-ed a note una an
agreement inils' lj- an agreement to pay u
certain uuiount at a specified time.
That the words ' without defalcation,'
which hae btea ri ited as u n. utter if
form, into iieailyull blank notes for years,
should 'change the character of the agree
ment so as ui require an additional stamp,
is an idea that could only originate in the
mind of a lievcuue official. Ordinary
minds fail to comprehend, the justice of
such a decision.
V'hy not with -tho fame propriety add
still another Mump if the note contains
the words, "with interest?" us those
words, with more show of reason do add
au urccuieiit.
The Needle Gun.
At the present time, a description of
tho needle gun. upon which weapon the
Prussians depend, may bo interesting
to our readers.
1 his celebrated gun is a brcech-lond-ing,
single barrelled, non-revolving rifle.
With a movement of nn apparent trig
ger, a section of the top of the barrel
slides back far enough to ad. nit the cart
ridge to be placed in tho cavity of the
barrel, which is done by tho gunner, with
his left hand, without removing the piece
from his shoulder, or, necessarily, losing
his nim. Another movement restores
the section of the top of the barrel to its
place, and firmly fastens it. ready st the
instant for firing. It can be fired, there
lore, twelve times in a minute, until the
barrel is too hot to admit of the introduc
tion of the cartridge, and this is not easily
done, as the cartridge ignites by friction
only, and not by Micro heat, and the
time it remains in tho chamber before
being fired is but an instant. Behind
the cartridge, us it lies when the f:un is
loaded, is the air-chamber, about two
and half inches in length, through which
the needle darts forward to pierce the
charge. The cartridge is made up with
the ball resting directly against the pow
der, without wadding and in the rear
of the powder is a percussion substance
which is ignited by the piercing of the
needle, wheu the trigger is pulled.
Fall of a SIctror.
A letter from Freedom, Missouri,
gives an account of a recent fall of a me
teor near that place. The substance of
the letter is that on (he "lli of July, the
family of Joseph Yoiinge were startle.!
by tho appearance of a column of flame
in the air, which extended many hundred
feet upward to a point, and rapidly ap
proaching the earth. It was attended
with a rushing noise which became al
most deafening as it drew near, and en
ded with a report like the loudest thun
der. From the commencement of the
light until the report, was scarcely more
than a second. Soon after the occurrence
at a distance of some two hundred yards
from .Mr. Younge's house, was found a
body, of n.etalie characteristics and ir
regular form. From its position and the
appearance of the ground it must have
fallen from the touth. Its weight is
about as much as a man can readily lift.
Its color is dark brown, almost black,
and in ono spot it shows a inctalic tint.
When struck with a hammer it gives a
sonorous ring and indicates a good de
gree of elasticity. It also bears evidence
of having been subjected to intense heat
This strange visitor from the regions ol
the air is attracting much attention in
the neighborhood.
JB-Qf There is a new use for petroleum.
One Samuel Uiyaut, of Carrolton, .Mis
sissippi, has discovered that it will make
the hair grow. The way bo found out
this new property of coal oil was simply
this: He had a large boil on the bald
place on his head, which gave him much
pain, nod in the absence of anything else
lie rubbed coal oil on it. He says it re
lieved the pain almost instantly, so ho
continued to rub on the oil until the
boil was entirely well, when to his sur
prise, he found a thin, coating of hair
coming out over tho bald place, lie
contiuued the use of the oil for a mouth
or two, and uow has a heavy coat of hair
oq his head.
AVar News.
At tho seat? of war, affair. still remain
in about the same condition as at our last
report. There have been .several slight
skirmishes, but nothing of importance has
yet taken place. Until parties a re getting
ready for the conflict by massi ag troops
and collecting materials, and when the
shock does come, (which may not be for
some days) it will undoubtedly be oue of
the greatest battles of this century. So
far, both Franco and 1'russia are acting
on the defensive, as neither natiou is alto
gether prepared.
Fatal Accident.
An nccident happened at Profit Island
about four miles below Port Hudson
on the Mississippi, last week. There are
on the island quite a number of those
deadly missiles which were known during
the war as lamp-posts, und which were
probably thrown there from the gun-boats.
One of them a 150-pound shell, a number
of men and boys took it into their heads
to investigate, drilling at tho vent with a
steel hatchet and chisel. The result was
that the shell exploded, killingoutright two
men and two boys, and wounding another
boy. Tho four persons killed were lit
torully torn to utoins, being nn uudis-tiugui.-:hable
mass of human flesh.
A Singular Case.
Tho lliclimund correspondent of the
Petersburg CtmrtW writes : The chief
topic of the town now is the out raucous
treatment ot their neicc, Miss Mollie Ste
vens, by Mr. Liva l.aloiid nnd his wife.
The accused have been arrested on a
charge of gross cruelty toward tho un
fortunate young lady whom they had in
their power. The matter has been much
talked of for several weeks in that part
of the city where Lafond lives. The
neighbors have obsorved how Miss Ste
vens was beaten, starved, imprisoned and
otherwise infamously dealt with She
has had no sufficient or decent clothing
and she has been kept in a most tilth,
condition, so as to deter her from ventur
ing abroad should she get out of her lock
room. At the windows of this room she has
often stood, pitcoiisly begging every one
who came in hearing for bread.
. On Sunday last, her cries becoming
heart-rending, the neighbors again in
vaded the premises, and caught Laibud
himself, armed with a paddle bored full
of holes, und beating her pitilessly.
She is a skeleton, bruised and scarred
from head to foot, scarcely able to walk
alone, and almost air idiot from her
sufferings. Clothes had to be given her
to cover her before she could be brought
into the police court. The examination
d' Eal'oud and his wife is postponed, and
Miss Stevens has been placed in charge
of a family that will take good care ol
her. Her guardian and brother, who
live in an adjoining county, have been
sent for. All the parties are said to be
respectable and of good family, and the
guardian of Miss Stevens pays Lafond
a liberal monthly allowance for her board
and clothing.
A Curious Accident.
The Serantoii Jtrjiiiburun is responsi
ble for the following:
An accident of a curious character
occurred to an old gentleman named Pet
feboue, who carries the mail between
Wilkesbarre and hake post-ofiiee, on
Thursday last. About four miles from
Wilkesbarre, on the road to Harvey's
liakc, Mr. Pettebone attempted to pass
one of the wagons of the G. A. 11. Ex
cursion, and the road being very narrow,
he drove horse, wagon and ail oer an
embankment into a ravine of stumps,
rocks, and brush. The members of the
Grand Army immediately rushed to the
rescue, and i:i a few minutes had raised
the wagon and horse, to neither of which
any damage wis perceptible. The old
man was more unfortunate, and was bleed
ing profusely from tho face. Two medi
cal gentlemen in the party made an ex
amination, ana found-that tho only injury
he had received was on the nose.. It ap
pears that Mr. Pettebone was alilicted
with cancer on the nose, and on falling
struck his nasal organ in such a manner
as to cut the cancer clean oil'. The nose
was put into us good shape as possible by
the two doctors, and if tho cancer does
not again make its appearance the ncci
dent will prove to have beeu a blessing in
disguise.
Desperate Attempt at Bobbery.
A desperate attempt to rob Mr. Brown
ing, Teller ol' the First National Hank of
Fishkill village, was made at Cold spring
N. Y., rn last Wednesday. Mr. 11 own
ing was standing in front of a store, near
the depot, waiting for the up train, and
had in his hand a carpet bag containing
several thousand dillnrs. collected for de
posit in his hank. Suddenly a man walk
ed up to him, and, throwing a handful of
rod pepper in his eyes, seized the satchel
and run into Mr. Munsell's grounds, near
tho depot, where Mr. Miiuscll's coachman
seized him and threw him to the ground
and recaptured the satchel.
The thief then drew a revolver and
fired three shots at tho coachman, one of
which took effect in tho luttcrs abdomen
mortally wounding him. Citizens at
once seized the thief anil handed him
over to the sheriff, who took him to Car-,
mel jail. Tho thief gives his iiaino as
John Smith, and says lie resides in New
York. Mr. Frowning,' eyes v.ero badly
injured by the pepper.
All severe harrassing Coughs are
cured in less than one-half the time
necessary to cure them with anything
else by using J)r. Pierce's Alternative
Extract or Golden Medical Discovery the
chief ingredient of which is extracted
from a modest little plant found growing
by the roadside. It is warranted to nr
re; t and euro constitution iu its early
stages. Sold by druggists, or get . three
bottles for three and a quarter dollars,
free of express charges, by enclosing the
money to Ur. It. V. Pierce, l'uffalo,N. Y.
Horrible Siurder.
Shortly after midnight, on Thursday
Mr. Benjamin Nathan, a banker residing
at No, 12 W. Twenty-third street, New
York, was murdered in his sleeping
cha i. her. by robbers. An evening pa
per of that city says :
As the details of tho crime became
known, it is apparent that for atrocity the
murder is unparalleled in this city. Since
the murder of Helen Jewctt, and later,
that of Dr. Burdell and old Mr. Bogers
in Twelfth street, no crime of a similar
nature has been committed in the ciiy
that presents so many revolting features.
23 A frightful crime has come to
light iu the West. Some speculators
liavo been buying infeeti d buffalo robes
from the Indians of the plains who are
are afllicted Willi small-pox, and have
transporicd theiii Kat ami resold them
so that the loathsome d.sease has been
scattered brwaucust in tiie States. '1 he
facts have only recently been discovered,
(hie 'housaud three hundred robes have
been sei.ed by the government at Mi"ta
station. 'I he managers of the Pacific liail
lload are using every effort, to revent
the passage ot any more of the death
spreading merchandise over their line.
Miscellaneous News Items.
jt"A correspondent puts the French
foiee now on the frontier down at bU0,li00.
O?" Nearly all the business part of Con
cord, N. 11., wan recently destroyed by the.
Casf Nineteen persons were killed and
many injured by an explosion in a Welsh
colliery on Tuesday last.
IQi'-No purchases iu this country of ves
sels or war niaiei ials, by Franco or Prussia,
will bo permitted by tlio Government.
C2"Six hundred Chicago Germans have
sigiuiii.il to the German Consul their readi
ness to enlist immediately in the Prussian
army.
E2T England has passed a law abolishing
all the toil-gates on all the turnpikes in the
realm, which goes into elloct on the 1st of
October next.
OTTlirco human skeletons, of very un
usual proportions, Were unearthed in the
piocuss of digging a well in Union county,
Ind., a few days since.
J2; Mr. Geo. C. Franciscus, General
Agent of the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany at Philadelphia, 'died suddenly at
Crcsson Sprinys, on Friday, the U2ud inst.
CS!A quarrel between tho Georgia House
of Keprescniatives and a member of that
body, both colored, resulted in the former
shooting and killing the latter.
An analyzing dame reports that she
heard of but one old woman who kissed
her cow, but she knows of many thousands
of young ones who have kissed very great
calves.
CST It is staled that recently on opening,
at Windsor, Canada, a box car loaded with
ono hundred and twenty-live lambs, intend
ed to lie conveyed to tho Boston market,
only four were alive.
CI?" At a recent railway accident in Eng
land the dead and wounded were plundeied
indiscriminately. The templing display of
rings, watches, &c, overcame all humanity,
and even policeman lent the wreckers their
aid in di spoiling tho corpses.
C2f A few nights since, in New Castle,
Pa., a four nionlJis' old child was so badly
bitten by a rat, while in bed with ils pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. JJelle, that it died a
few days after from poisonous ell'ects of
the bite. Uno of tho child's lingers had
been entirely bitten through.
ESP On Tuesday evening last, the Penn
sylvania Steam Sugar Kelinery, a very large
building situated on Crown and llaeo sts.,
was totally destroyed, with all its contents
and machinery, in Philadelphia. The building-
was seven stories high, and was well
stocked with raw and retinod sugars. The
loss will probably be a million of dollars.
At West Lebanon o.i tho 27th ult.,
Conductors Sliattuek and llarnes, and En
gineer Grant were arraigned for manslaugh
ter in the second degree, ly causing tho
late collision on tho Northern ltailroad.
They pleaded not guilty, and were held in
HUObO each, to appear before the Supremo
Judicial Court next week.
CT A recent writer says that in. passing
through Salt Lako City ho saw people at
work in the gardens, attached to nearly ev
ery homestead, driving the grasshoppers in
swarms out of tho enclosures, usiur green
boughs to whip them with, and Smudges'
to discourage them from coming back. A
person walking along the street would have
a cloud rising before him at every step.
UTS'" A cat belonging to a lady at Halifax
Court House, Virginia, a few weeks ago
discharged from its stomach a lnoeiiasin
snado 2'J inches long. The suako was alive
and killed by persons present. From its
appearance, being thoroughly bleached, it
is supposed that when qui to young and
small it was swallowed by the cat, and had
grown and been nourished for a long time
within tho stomach. Tho owner of the cat
had noticed for somo time its voracious ap
petite, which it was almost impossible to
satisfy. The snake accounts for it.
The " Pain-Killer."
The foreign anil domestic demand for Perry Pa
vis & Son's great inediclne tlie l'uln Killer was
never before so large at it lias been of late ; and w e
think the time lias arrived when the declaration
may be made, without the possibility of refutation,
that the city of Providence, In the State of lihodo
Island, of the United States of America, ha's fur
nished the habitable globe with a medicine, which,
in point of universality of demand, extent of use
fulness, complete elllcienry for all the purposes for
which it Is designed nnd wide-spread, enduring
popularity, lias never been equalled by nny medi
cine In Kurope or America.
The un.rcnnlity if the ilemnnd for the Tain
Killer, Is a novel, interesting, and surprising fea
ture in the history of tliismedicine. Its "fame lias
gone out," into every quarter of the habitable
globe. The Pain Killer is now regularly sold in
large and tteiulily IncriniHinn quant Mm, not only
to general agents in every State and Territory of
the Union, and every I'rouineeof liiitish America,
but to Huenos Ayies, 111 uzil, Uruguay, Peru, Chill
and other South American States to the Sandw ich
Islands; to l'.nglnnd and Cunlinental Kuropc; to
Mozambique. Madagascar, Zanzibar and other
African lauds; to Austialiaand Calcutta, ltangoon
i. ud other places in India. It lias also been sent to
China, and we doubt if there, is any foreign port or
inland city in Africa ot Asia, which Is frequented
by American and Kuropean missionaries, travellers
or traders, into which the Pain Killer has not been
Introduced and been sought after.
The extent of itn HwtOiesx is another great fea
ture of this remarkable medicine. It is not only
the best thing ever know n, as evervbody w ill con
fess, for bruises, cuts, burns, &c. but for dysen
tery or cholera, o'r any sort of bowel 'complaint it
is a remedy unsurpassed for etliciency and rapidi
ty of action. In the great cities of liiitish India,
and In t lie West India Islands and oilier hot cli
mates it lias become the uluwUtM rueHeine for all
fuoIi complaints, as well as for dyspepsia, liver
complaints and other kindled disoiders. l'or
coughs and colds, canker, asthma and rheumatic
dillicult.es, it has been proved by the most abund
ant and convincing trials and test.inony, to be aa
Invaluable medicine. The proprietors aie in pos
session of Idlers from persons of the highest char
acter and responsibility, testifying, iu unequivocal
terms, to the cures eliected and the satisfactory
results produced, iu an almost endless variety of
cases, by tho use of tiiis gicat medicine. U'rov.
Atlrertisi'i'. Soi.u iiy
Druggists and Dealers in Family Medicines, and
Dr. hlrickler, .cw Uiooiniield.I'a. July L(l lm
Eight Per Ct. in Gold.
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF TIIK ISSUE OF
81,500,000,
15Y T1IK
St. Jcsepli and Denver City
RAILROAD COMPANY,
In denominations of Sl.OOO and S'.'jOO. coupon
or registered, with interest at l-. glit. per cent, per
annum, payable lf.th Feluuaiy and August. In
(.()). J) lice from United hlaies taxes, in New
York or Kurope. The bonds have llin'.v years to
run, payable in New York in (.OLl. 'Trustee!).
1 ariiicis' Loan and Trust Ccmpuuv of New Yolk.
The moi tgage which secures these bonds is at tho
rate of si:1. .rsi per mile: ei.vers a eoinp'eled road
for every bond Issued, and Is a tir-.t and ONLY
mortgage. This line, eonnei I .eg M. Joseph with
Fort Kearney, will make a short and through route
to Cali loi n ia.
The Company have a Cap'tal Stock of 510,000,000
And a giant, of Kami fn.iu Cnni'icss,
of l.i'ii m.ci.11 Acies, valued at t;,e low
est estimate, at 4.000,000
First Mortgage llonds, l.f.ou.U)U
Total Slii.uu,iiCO
Tolal length of road, 2? I mi "s; d'stance in
cluded in this Jlorljiare. Ill mlies; price, i-'i
and accrued Interest, in i; i;. l.SC l'. can
be obta'ned from the unilei-'igjied. AWo. puni
nli'ets. mM anil informal .on jclaling thereto.
'these bonds, be ng so well secured and Yielding a
large Income, aw desh able to pal lies seeking sale
and lucrative investments. Ae recommend tiicni
with entile cuiiildeiice.
W. P. CONVERSE & CO.,
COMMERCIAL. AGENTS,
JVb. t,i Fine Street, Kew York:
TAKKER i CO.,
FISCAL AGENTS,
Ko. i'J Wnll Mml, Ifcnv Tori.-.
4 S Sin r.
Notice in Ksnilvrujitcy.
District Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of I'cniisjlvan'a.
IN TDK M ATT1IH OF 1-dwin Hiumnn, Pank
rupt l asterii District of I'enn'viviura, h'S :
A waiant In Uankruptcy has been Issued bv
said Court against the estate of F.ilw'ii Shum.m. (if
the County of Terry, and Slate of Pennsylvania,
iu sa'il District, who lias teen adjudged a bank
rupt upon pctiCnii of his creditors, and I lie pay
ment of any debts and the dcliveiy of any prox-r-ty
belonging to said I'ankrupt to him or to his
use, and the tianslcr of liny piopeity l y li'in are
forbidden by law. A meel;iig of ll'e CiedltoiH of
said liankiiipi in prove their debts and choose one
or more Assignees of his estate, will I e he'd at a
Coiutof Hanki uprey to le ho'den al Newllloom
lield, in said D. si net, on I he Tenth dav of August,
A. D., 1S1H, at 10 o'clock A. IU., at the ofliee of
Cn uu.i-s A. IUknktt. K"q.. one of the Kcgisters
iu liunkiuptcy of said District.
M. M. CKTC-CKY.
2t U. S. Marshal lor said District.
Stage Lino Bet wren Newport and New
(Jcrimuitowii.
STACKS leave New Ceiniantown dailv nt four
o'clock a. iu. Kundisbin g al 7. SO a. m. Urcen
park at K a. in. INew llloomlield at OK n. m.
Arriving ut Newport to connect with the Ac
commodation train last.
Keluruiiig leaves Newport nn Hie arrival of the
Mail Train from Philadelphia, at 2M p. in.
4 Z. KICK, Vrojtrietot:
Dried IVacIics. Another si -laid id lot of
Dried Peaches, at l'-H cents per pound, for
sale by 1''. Mortimer !i Co., Bloomlield.