4 Stljc 6timc0, New Blornnfidb, Ja fht fjloomfitlb f hnts. NEW BLOOMF1EL1), PENN'A. IHiemlay, May 7, 1872. The U. 8. Senate on Tuesday last passed a bill making Tea and Coflbe froo. It provides that on nnd after tlio 1st of July, next, tea and collec shall be placed on the free lint, and no fnrtlior import duty sliall be collected from the Hairic, and all tea and eoflee which may lie in public stores or bonded warehoused, on Naid 1st of July sliall be subject to no duty upon the entry thereof for consumption, and all ten and coffee remaining in said stores, on said 1st of July, on which duties shall have been paid, shall he entitled to a refund of the duties paid. The day following, the House under a suspension of tho rules, concurred with tho Senate and tho President at oncn signed the bill. So free tea and eolTee is a fixed fact after the 1st of July next. Tho pres ent duty is three cents per pound on collec and fifteen cents on tea. The. Cincinnati Convention. The attendance upon the convention held by the Liberal Kepublicans at Cincinnati on the 4th inst., was very large. The convention was organized by tho election of Hon. Carl Solium as permanent president. Tho usual committee wcro ap pointed, who proceeded to perforin tho du ties assigned them. Tho committees on resolutions reported a platform which can not fail to commend itself to every one who reads it, and which was adopted unanimous ly. The convention then proceeded to bal lot for a candidate for the ofllce of President of the United States. The result of tho tlrst ballot was as follows: Adams 208 I Brown !i Trumbull 108 Curtin 83 Davis 92i 1 Chase Greeley 147 Sumner Before the voto was announced, Gratz llrown, by unanimous consent, took the stand and tbauked his friends for their sup port of him, but withdrew his name and asked his friends to support Ilorace Greeley. Five more ballots were then had. On the sixth ballot, Horace Greeley was decided the nominee. The convention then proceeded to ballot for a candidate for Vice President, and se lected fortius position Hon. 11. Gratz Brown. The ticket therefore which this party pre sent to the country is as follows: For President Horace Greeley of Now York. . For Vice President, 11. Gratz Brown of souri. The following are the resolutions adopted us Tilt PLAT OHM OF Tllli l'AKTV. First. Wo recognize tho equality of all men before the lavi , and hold that it is the duty of government in its dealings with the people to meet out equal and exact justice to all, whatever nativity, race, color or pei' suasion, religious or political. 2d. We pledge ourselves to maintain the union of the States, and not t reopen any of the questions settled by the l:)th, 14th, and loth amendments. 3d. We recommend the, immediate and absolute removal ot all obstacles which re sult from tho rebellion, and general amnesty for all. 4th. Local self-government, with impar tial suffrage, ficcdom of person, with the habeas corpus, and tho subordination of military to the civil authority. 5th. Tho civil service of the Government has become an instrument of party ambition and we regard a thorough reform of tho civil service as the duty oPtho hour. That remand tho subject of protection and free offices of tho government should cease to be objects of personal and party favor, and to this end no President should be a candidate for re-election. 0th. AVo demand a system of taxation which will not lxi burdensomo on t he Industry of the people, but shall be sufllcieut to pay the expenses of an econom ical administration of the Government. AVe trade to the poople of the Congressional districts, wholly free from executive influ ence. 7th. The public credit must be sacredly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in overy form. 8th. A speedy return to specie pay men Is is demanded by every consideration of na tional honor. IKh. We remember with gratitude the soldiers who fought for the country, 10th. Wo .ire opposed to overy grant of land to railroad or other corporation, and prefer preserving the same for actual net Ueii. 11th. Wo hold that the Geverunieut should endeavor to cultivate friendly for eign relation by a just policy. , 12Ui. To promote these principles and uive success to, the nominees upon thisplat- lorm, we wish and welcome the co-opera tion or all citizens without regard to jii'e- jious pohtio;;l prcfeience. The Polar Expedition. Letters have been received from the Polar expedition, which give a flattering account of the progress so far. The letter ays: On 'Christmas day the ship Polaris was hemmed in by heavy Held ice, but the weather was as pleasant as an Italian spring day. The Ksqulmaux and the dogs which Captain Hall procured at St. John's were brought into requisit ion,and a seal hunt was proposed as the objoct of tho day. The dogs were lowered to the ice in a boat from the davits, and were tackled to low sledges by the Ksquimaux. . Captain Hall says that the sagacity and tractableness of these ani mals was remarkable. After half an hour's sharp gallop over the heavy Ico, the pant ing dogs suddenly drew up and yelled and pawed tho surface. Ono of tho Ksquimaux the oldest of the lot at once interpreted the warning of tho dogs, and as quick as lightning he bounded from his seat and turned the dog's heads toward tho ship. In half the time it took to reach the dis tance they had traveled from tho Polaris, the eager dogs pulled up beside the hull. Arouud the horizon then there were murky clouds assembling, and the atmosphere felt misty and bleak. Within an hour after tho warning of the sagacious animals the ico had been broken up and the Polaris was separated from it by a stormy channel nearly half a mile in width. Had tlie seal- hunting party fulfilled their intention of urging on tho dogs and keeping up the sport until moonlight, few of them would have survived tho excursion. Upon an other occasion these valuable dogs acted as setters in scenting out a largo number seals which would have probably passed tho notice of Indians themselves. On that dav they shot over forty seals and brought back to tho shin the "flippers" or paws of several old harps, which were given to the cook's charge, and proved to be a rare anil palatable relish. The most important clue to the cxisteiico of a Polar passage is tho fact of the crew of the Polaris having seen, followed and killed a whalo having in one of its fins a harpoon similar to those used in the South Pacific; and this happened in a region where, as Captain Hall says, "tho sail of an Ameri can or European vessel had never bcem given to the wind before." In May Captain Hall hopes to mako a clear passage to the undiscovered Polo, and to learn all the necessary information concerning that region, about which so much has been con. jectured, and for which so many noblo lives has been sacriliced. A Town Held by Robbers. Early on the afternoon of the iJOth nil., fivo mounted men rode into tho towu of Columbia, Adair county, Ky., and having dismouted at the Deposit Bank, t wo of them with pistols iu their hand 4 held tho horses while tho other three with drawn revolvers entered the bank. One of the in truders demanded the keys of the safo Another attempted to shoot James Garnctt, a bank employee, but he struck up tho robber's weapon, although his hand was burned by the explosion. All tho bank ofliccrs escaped from the building except tho cashier, who, although under fearful threats, refused to unlock tho safe. He was shot dead, and the marauding party pillaged all tho valuables outside the safe, which they wore not able to unlock. While this was proceeding the parly out sido fired their pistols in all. diiections, driving every body off tho street. Tho town soemod panic stricken, until the rob bers mounted their horses and ' dashed oil'. The citizen organized and started in pur suit, and at the last accounts were gaining rapidly on the fugitives. The amount stolen was not large. If captured, the robbers will probably bo lynched. . . A Brave Iteed. On the 0th ult., a little child was seated upou the T. and C. railroad track, near Enterprise, unconsciously playing with the jvcbbles between tho ties, when an upward bound freight train came round a curve closo upon tho child, which did not realize its danger, and continued to play in the face of a horrible death. The engineer sounded his whistle, but with no effect; tho train was too near thu infant to be slopped be foro reaching it, and its death seemed in. evitablo. A moment more and tho laugh ing innocent would be a crushed mangled mass of inanimate clay I John M'Farland, the conductor, comprehended tho fearful situation, and with a heroic disregard of his own life risked it by running over the engine and down upon the pilot, whero ho clung with one hand and reached forward with the other to save the child. The mo ment came and with a quick motion he clutched the babe and threw it from the path of the locomotive, safe but brusied Its weight had been more tliuu ho extiected, and taxed his strength to such a degree that he almost lost his hold of the pilot ! lf"A Mr. Hart, living near Clmst worth. 111., set lire to some prairie grass on last Wednesday, but tho Haines soon got be yond his control and burned his hay stacks and stable and seven horses. To add to his affliction, his little child, five years old, ran out of the house in search of its father and perished in tho flames. IWA fanner living two a-half mile from Bloomington, 111., took a load of po tatoes to that city on Sunday, rot knowing the day of the week. A Curious Statement. Judge Ball, who is collecting facts for a history of Hooslck Falls, furnishes the fol lowing: "In the year 170!) several cases of small-pox occurred in tho town, nnd a dwelling near the village of Hooslck Falls was used as a post-house. Seventy years af terwards the houso (having been occupied all that timo as a dwelling, with no ease of small-pox or other unusual sickness,) was repaired. One of tho workmen employed on the repairs was taken down with a dis easo which proved to bo malignant small pox, to which ho had been not otherwise exposed than by working on this old pest- house." If small-pox virus can bo retained for seventy years In tho walls, floors, ceil ing or furniture of a dwelling house, great er care and more stringent measures will bo necessary to insure protection from this loathsomo disease. Trot Preen. - m. . . Vaccination a Cure for Small-Poi. Mr. R. C. Furley, licentiate of tho Lon don Royal Collego of Surgeons, in a letter to the Scotiman, says he is able to prove that vaccination is not only a preventive of disease but a cure. He says ho can show from cases under his caro at tho present timo that "if you vaccinate during tlio feb- rilo stage the fever is slightly increased, but the eruption does not make its appear ance, and if you vaccinate during the crup tivo stage tho eruption is immediately arrested. The mature lymph overtakes the immature poison,and the disease terminates. If the eruption has gono the length of hav ing white tops, there is danger of infection: if not, it dies away as pimples." Mr. Furley " invites members of the medical profes sion to accompany him through the patients he has under hi care," and thus, ho says, possibly stamp out the epidemic in a few weeks. Bitten by a Mud nog. On Sunday last week, Mrs. Enily Smith, in Graham avenue. Brooklin, N. Y. while playing with a pet black and tan dog, was surprised to see the little animal suddenly cease his gambols, and begin growling and snarling in a very vicious manner. At the same time froth began to oozo from his mouth, and she opened the door and ordered him out. Instead of olcying, the dog turned nnd sprang on her bi-eastjind bit her twice severely, in the face, after which he ran into the street, and half nil hour later was shot by a policeman. Physicians were at once summoned, but despite their efforts the unfortunate woman was seized with spasms, and this morning is in a dying condition. - . Probable War with Spain. Tho Washington Itrpublican, makes tho following speciiio statement: That the adoption by the House of Rep resentatives of a resolution demanding tho unconditional release of Dr. Emilo Hounrd and tho restoration of his confiscated prop erty is const rued as requiring the Presi dent to exercise his authority iu presenting tho demand without delay. That Minister Sickles is, therefore, in. structed, on his arrival at Madrid, to de mand his passports and to notify the Span ish Government that until it is prepared strictly to rullfll all its obligations, friendly relations between the United States and Spain must cease. - - - Speedy Justice. W. S. Johnson, treasurer of a building association in Philadelphia, on the night of the 10th ult., attended a meeting of that association. When ho left he carried with him two thousand dollars. Near his home ho was attacked, knocked down, mid an at tentat mado to rob him, but his cries saved him. A policeman came to his rescue, and captured his assailant, Frank McFalls, who was afterwards recognized as a notorious character. McFalls was taken into court the next afternoon, tried, couvicled, and sentenced by Judge Allison to seventeen years' imprisonment in tho Eastern Pen), tentiary. A Mystery. In Pittsburg, Penn., Peter Weiss was recently arrested on u charge of having murdered his wife at East Liberty. When the woman was first discovered, with he throat cut, she wrote her husband' nanio us the person who had committed the deed, but afterward, being sworn, she mado a statement that sho had attempted suicide,' and she persisted iu tearing the bandage from her throat, which caused her death. It is believed that her first statement was correct, and that her husband by threats caused her to say she attempted suicide. IW A serious diMicully has occurred between New Jersey and Delaware fisher men. A tug with armed men arrested eleven Jearsymen on Thursday, near the Jearsy shore, opposite Penngrov,e and took them to Wilmington, Delaware, and lined them $21 each for fishing and Invading their rights. Tho Jerscyuien have tele graphed to Governor Parker, who sum moned his Attorney-General to meet him at Trenton to arrange some plan to protect the Jersy fishermen, Bcriout fights are ex pected at Pennsgroro aud other fishing points, unless the outboritics of the two States settle the - matter by prompt inter ference. RTA man was picked up near Jlns catine, Iowa, one day last week, floating down the Mississippi on. a trunk. His kkirl'hiid sunk, but his trunk Mtved hiui. Miscellaneous News Items. tSF" An unknown man was killed In Ber gen Tunnel on Saturday night a week. A handkerchief found in his pocket was mark ed '"C. W. Taylor." fW On the 20th ult., a lire broke out in a stable attached to the German! a Hotel in Warren, Pa., and spread so rapidly that nearly $30,000 worth of property was de stroyed before the fire was extinguished. t3JA well in Dccorah, Iowa, was 32 feet below the surfaco, the last seven feet through solid rock, when a body of water was struck that npparcntly has no bottom. tOn tho night of 30lh ult., the house of John Jennings in Brooklyn was burned, and his wife nnd threo children escaped by tying tho sheets together aud lowering themselves from tho third story window. IW At Columbia Pa., on tho night of Tuesday hist, the large woolen mill of William G. Case was entirely destroyed by fire. Loss about $30,000; insured for $12,000. Tho origin of tho fire is supposed to have been accidental. t2T Three men drove up to John M. Steam's silk factory, on east Forty-second street, on last Tuesday at an early hour, knocked down the porter, and robbed tho building of $"$,000 worth of silks. Tho robbers escaped with their booty. tW In Massachusetts, recently, was a wedding in which tho bridegroom, a wid ower of nearly seventy, married lady whom he aud his former wife had brought up from infancy, and who had lived in his family as a daughter for forty years. 13T" At Davenport, Iowa, tho wife of J. H. Malokan drowned her baby, fourteen mouths old, in a barrel of water, and then drowned herself. It is supposed that she was insane. The husband, on recovering the bodies, was seized with spasms and lies very low. CUT At Titusville Geo. W. X. Yost, con victed of perjury last week, was sentenced to a fine of $"5,000 and costs of prosec ution, and confinement two years, at hard labor, in thoWestern penitentiary. His perjury consisted in false affidavits in a patent suit. CSP The entire town of M'Clure in Sny der county was recently destroyed by fire. Tho statement is not very alarming when we state that the only building in the place was a saw mill used for a station by the railroad from Lcwistown to Sclins grove. tW At Buffalo, on the 1st inst., a daring attempt was mado by a gang of burglars to blow open tho safo of the New York ond Erio freight house, in which several thou sand dollars in currency were deposited. The burglars entered tho building and gagged the private watchman. They were in the net ef blowing open the safo when they were disturbed by the police, but mado good their escape. t" The notorious Jack Shipinau, itliut Gilbert Norton, a professional burglar, manufactured an instrument to pick locks from a tin cup, picked tho locks of the Carbon county jail, and escaped with two of his cronies last week. They wcro well provided with funds, and it is thought they have put many a league bet ween themselves and the sheriff. tST A remarkablo fleshy woman, Mrs. Daniel Bolich,died in East Brunswick twp., Schuylkill county, on tho 20th ult. In life and health Mrs. Bolich weighed about four bundled and liftcon pounds. Notwith standing the fact sho was sick for soma time, and fell away considerably, a coflin eight feet in circumference was required to contain her body. tl7David M. Book, a young man, whose father and family still reside in May town, Lancaster county, committed suicide iu Chicago recently. IIo blew his brains out with a pistol, at the hotel where ho was staying. 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