4 l)c tmc0, Kud Bloomftcli); JJa; ljc loomfifItr imfSe NEW BLOOMFIELI), TENN'A. Tuesday , January 6, 1874. Notice to Subscribers. Subscribers , to Tub Times wbo wish some other publication and chomo, can bave either of the following at the prico men tioned : Peterson' Magazine for 1874 and The Times, for .... $3.75. The People's Journal, with nn en graving 13 x 19 inches (see advertise ment mid The Times, for - - $2.00. Wood's Household Mngnr.inn ond the splendid chroma, YO SEMITE, nud The Times, for - - - 2.25. All the above Magazines are monthly pub icatiotis. The national indebtedness has been in creased during the month of December to the extent of $9,453,272,71, and since June 30, 1873, $11,490,012,69. Hon. Cali;ij Cusiiino has baon appoint ed minister to Spain, via Gen. Sickles, re signed. It is probable Micro is not a man in the country better able to deal with the questions now in disputo between that nation and the United States, than Mr. Cushing. The appointment gives general satisfaction. It has generally been customary with Judges to hear both sides, and take the tostimony offered by the defendant before deciding a case. In the case of the " Vir ginius," however,the Attorney General has decided that the rcgist er was fraudulent, without any testimony being taken on the bide of the defense. It would seem that hero was a case for the courts, as the ques tion is not so much a poiut of law as a da cision as to the facts in the case, and the roputed owner, Mr. Patterson claims bis right to establish the justness of his claim, before a jury. . . Some very remarkable accidents have 'happened in connection wiih the Spanish troubles. By a very curious coincidence a canal barge sunk just iu the right place and in tho nick of time to prevent the fipanish war steamer from going to sea while the question of war was unsettled. And now the "Virginius" has sunk while Wng brought to New York, which obvi ates the necessity of refusing to deliver her to Spain, that nation having claimed her as tho Attorney General has decided she had no right to carry the American flag. Of course both these incidents, were "acci dental," to be sure they were, but it is not often that such desirable accidents occur. The Third Assistant Postmaster-General has completed a systematic- and careful examination of the estimates recently sub mitted to Congress for appropriations es teemed necessary for the proper perform ance of the postal service for the next fiscal year, and the conclusion arrived at after such revision is that no reduction in the sums asked for can safely be made. Before these estimates were approved by the Postmaster-General, every item was rigidly scrutiu ized and brought down to the lowest possible figures. The salaries of the post masters amounting to about J 15, 500, 000, is fixed by law, and the estimate for the transportation of the inland mails, some (0,000,000, was placed at an amount only five per cent, greater than the amount re quired for this purpose during the current fiscal year, although the annual increase in the cost of this service to keep pace with . the growth and development of the country has for the past uvu or six years been not less on an average than nine per centum. These two items made up nearly the aggregate of all the appro priations asked for. The "VIrg!DWLo8s. Washington, December 80 Admiral Itowan telegraphs Secretary Robeson that the Virginius foundered and sunk off Cape Fear during a severe gale. Secretary Rob eson has telegraphed for full particulars. A Cabinet olllccr ays if no lives were lost, the total destruction of the vessel will be a great relief both to this government and that of Spain. It relieves both governments from a most embarrassing question. Secretary Robeson shortly after the receipt of Admiral Row. u's dispatch, proceeded to the Exeoutive mansion, to lay the news before the Pres ident and members of the Cabinet. - 1ST" In Baltimore a woman named Cbris- tiua Smith, about twenty-four years of age, gave birth to a male child, while the family were in the lower story of the house. The fact subsequently becoming known a phy sician was sent for, but the girl denied that tthe had had a child. The doctor asserted that she had, and proceeded to search the room, when the body of the child was found in a truuk with a string tied around its neck. Ta Contingent Funi It would be a saving to the nation to do away with the contingent fund, and from recent disclosures it is probable that when Congress re-assembles, there will be an in vostigation into the chargos against At torney Genoral Williams' abuse of this fund. Members gonorally have expressed their surprise at the statements that the Attor ney General has provided himself with a handsome carriage and pair of horses out of the contingent fund of tho Department of Justice, and that his coachmen and ser vants were employes of the Government. The fact is, that these practices wore iu vogue long before Mr. Williams went into the Cabinet, and they have been repoatedly exposed iu the newspapers of the day. It is also well known that the expose of the transactions of Mr. Harlan, while Secretary of tho Interior under Lincoln, led to Har lan's defeat when seeking a re-election to the United States Senate. It appears that Mr. Harlan entered upon his duty as Sec retary of the Interior crj the 15th of May, 1805, and that ou August 15th of the same year, he appointed his son, a lad, as mes senger In his office at $840 a year the boy while drawing this pay attending a college in Georgotowu. Mr. Harlan being too aristocratic to ride in a one horse buggy, such as are furnished to Secretaries, accord ing to tho Cincinnati Gazette' t correspon dent "took two valuable and beautiful horses belonging to the Government away from, the Aqueduct, of which he had offi cial charge, turned thorn over to his family, and furnished a carriage to match. The coachman's namo was entered upon the pay roll of tho Department at $00 a month. A footman was also provided, and was paid on the roll. One dining-room servant re ceived his pay in like manner. The hors es were boarded at $00 a month, and the disbursing officer of the Department paid this littlo item regular with tho rest." These facts show that Attorney General Williams has at least had precedent for his use of the contingent fund, and he has certainly beon more modest in his demands upon it than was Secretary Harlan. The fact is that in every branch of the Govern ment these abuses, as they may bo called (to use the mildest possiblo term), have grown yoar by year.and have thus received the sanction of custom. Iu vain has the press called attention to them. It is not long since the most specifics charges were made against a prominent official (of the same nature as those which drove Mr. Harlan from tho United States Senate), but they passed unheeded. There is said, however, to bo a determination on the part of certain leading Congressmen to probo these scandals to the bottom, and thore can bo no doubt but that a- searching investi gation will reveal a misuse of the people's money to an extent of which few could have even dreamed. A good many rep utations will suffer in consequence-, and a good many dollars will be saved to tho Treasury. IlAitinsnona, Pa., Jan. 3, 1874. Dear Times: There is nothing transpir ing of spocial notice in political circles hero, although the politicians are haid at work to put up "a slate" for the organization of the House. Messrs. McCormick (Allegh eny), Myer (Bradford), Mylin (Lancaster) and Mitcholl (Tioga), are the aspirants for Speaker of the House, with about equal chances of success. Dr. Shurlock (Beaver) is at work to defeat Gen. Sulfridge for the Chief Clerkship of the House, while Messrs. Rogers (McKean) and McAffee (Westmor land) are striving for the desk of assistant clerk. Who will be the lucky one on Tues day next it is now impossible to predict. The Senate will have no diffiulty, as Mr. Strang has been elected Speaker, and Rus sell Errett will no doubt be tho Clerk. The message of the Governor will not be delivered to the Legislature until Wednes day afternoon, and few if any advance copies will leave this city. The message will be very brief, unless the Governor should elaborate on the New Constitution. The session of the Legislature will be a long one and the business will be of the most vital importance to the State. Let us see how well it will be atttended to. More again. HARRISON. Strange Affair on a Railroad. As the train on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway which left Cedar Rapids Friday morning at 6 o'clock was nearing Solon, la., a man was obseived Bitting near the track and giving signals for the train to stop, which was done, and be was taken on board. He proved to be a passenger who had fallen out of the sleeping ear on the express train going north during the night. He bad been dragged by tho rigging of the brake over a quarter of a mile, and after being released had managed to crawl to one side of the road, whore he remained until taken up. The man lived at Quinoy, 111., and was on his way to Minnesota. lie could give no account of bow he came to fall out of the car, but it is supposed he got out of his berth while asleep and wandered out f tho door. lie only had on his uight clothes when taken up, and of course must have suffered considerably during the night. Hl feet were badly frozen, and he was so much chilled that be could give but little account of himself, lie was put under the charge of a physician at Solon. HEW LEGISLATIVE APPOBTIONHENT. ' The following table gives the population of each county in the State and the repre sentation which tho new Constitution en titles each county to in the lower House : Population. No. of Hop's. Adams 30,315 2 Allegheny 2(2,204 14 Armstrong 43,381 2 Beaver 30,148 2 Bedford 29,035 2 Berks 10(i,701 0 Blair 38,0.11 2 Bradford 63,204 3 Bucks 04, 30 4 Butler 30,(110 2 Cambria 30,609 2 Cameron... 4,273 1 Carbon 28,144 2 Centre 34,418 2 Chester 77,805 4 Clarion 20,637 2 Clearfield 25,741 1 Clinton 23,211 1 Columbia 28,700 2 Crawford 03,832 4 Ctimbenland 4.1,012 2 Dauphin 00,740 3 Delaware 3!,4)3 2 Klk 8,488 1 ' Erie 65,973 4 Fayette 43,284 2 Forest 4,010 1 Franklin 45,305 3 Fulton 9,300 1 Greene 25,887 1 Huntingdon 31,251 2 Indiana 30,138 2 Jefferson 21,030 1 Juninta 17,390 1 Lancaster 121,340 (I Lawrence 27,108 2 Lebanon 34,090 2 Lehigh 50,790 3 Luzerne 100,755 9 Lycoming 47,620 3 McKean 8,025 1 Mercer 49,977 3 Mifflin 17,508 1 Monroe 18,303 1 Montgomery 81,612 5 Montour 15,344 1 Northampton 61,452 8 Northumberland 41,444 -. 2 Perry 25,447 ' 1 Philadelphia 674,023 38 Pike 8,407 1 Potter 11,205 1 Schuylkill 116,428 0 Snyder 15,606 1 Somerset 28,220 3 Sullivan 6,191 1 Susquehanna 37,523 2 Tioga 35,097 3 Union 15,565 1 Venango 47,925 3 Warren 23,897 1 Waohington 48,483 3 Wayne 33,188 2 Westmoreland 58,719 3 Wyoming 14,585 1 York 70,134 4 A Whirl wiiid. A gentleman was walking down Virginia Canon the other day. There was no per ceptible breeze at the time. . Suddenly he was surprised by a roaring noise behind him a noiso like that of an express train when crossing a bridge, or passing a rocky wall. Stopping a moment to listen, a whirlwind, apparently not more than a yard in diameter, and traveling no faster than a spirited walk, picked him up, as it were, and waltzed off down the road with him. Its vertical force was sufficient to iuvort the tails of .his coat above his head, not withstanding the pockets wero loaded with specimens of silver ore, and at the same time he was carried along for a hundred feet or more like a feather, with both feet occasionally off the ground, while under him was a noise like that of an empty cart bouncing over a stony street. t3f It is asserted on high official author ity that President Castelar has decided to press tho claim of Spain for the restitution by the United States of the steamer Vir ginius, and also to claim the payment of indemnity by tho Unitod States to Spain for permitting the Virginius to be fitted out In an American port and sent on a fil ibustering expedition against a Spanish colony. This course of action, it is under stood, has been decided upon after an ex haustive consideration of the whole case by the Cabinet. It is believed now that this new phase of the difficulty will reopen the whole question for fresh and probably lengthy negotiations between'tbe two Gov ernients before It is finally settled. tW The following material for a mira cle is furnished by. a New Hampshire papei : A man being very sick, the physi cian recommended a partridge for his food, and his son went out to shoot one. A long hunt proved unsuccessful, and be returned to the house empty banded. Jui.t then a hawk was seen flying over with something struggling in his claws, and that something proved to be a nice fat pat ridge, wounded but not dead, which, while over the door yard of the sick man's house, got free of the hawk's claws, and came tumbling down at the very door where it was needed. ' ISP A man in Orange county, Vermont, warns the public against harboring or trusting his wife on what we should think were good and suOiolent grounds. The preamble to bis warning is worded thus : " Whereas, the Old Woman known as my Wife, in Consequence of attending the Powwows of the Jumpers and Howlers and the Cat Burners has become entirely Sense less Crazzy and Reckless and does no thing but run up and down the road and Circulate the Most Infamous Lies Con cerning myself and others thus accomplish ing my Ruin." tSTMagee, a cloth tnercbaut, at 81 N. Third street, who was to have been mar ried on Christmas day to an estimable young lady, has disappeared leaving debts amounting to $18,000, $3,000 of which was to Bunting, Durborow & Co., aud the bal ance borrowed money. , Miscellaneous News Items. t3T The Whitewater, MichT girls" have signed an agreement not to trade at any store that keeps open later than eight o'clock in the evening. The girls are friendly to the clerks. tST The jury in the oase of Maggie Jordan, charged with assisting in the es cape of Sharkey, the convicted murderer, from tho Tombs, failed to agree, and were discharged. , tSTRoboit Collyer, of Chicago, has moved his pulpit twenty-eight feet forward right amongst his people. Dr. Harper, of Philadelphia, has advanced hi about six feet. Thore is evidently a forward move ment on the part of the shepherds. C3T At Now York, on the 81st ult., V. Robinson was arrestod on tho charge of using the mails iu swindling the public by circulars, purporting to bo from 'the firm of J. Wiight & Co., agents for four dollar Geneva Watches. , EST A newspaper in Southern California advises greater cultivation of I ho fig tree bocause the fruit is so good for hog feed. An acre of figs will fatten more hogs than an acre of corn. All that is necessary is to stick a fig cutting in the ground, and in three or five months the plants will bear fruit-three crops a ycar-and in three years the trco attains the sizo of a twelve-year old npple tree. 3S" One day last week a little child of Mr. Daniel Smith, who lives at Appletown on tho Harper's Ferry road, accidentally fell into a well about 65 feet deep, with 40 feet of water. Fortunately the accident was discovered at once, and Mr. James Summers descended into the well and res cued tho little one from a watery grave. When reached, the child was floating on top of tho water. t At a fire iu Elizaboth one man step pod in front of the stream, of water thrown by an engine, it strikiug him full in the left eye, and felling him to the ground. lie was picked up and carried to his homo and physicians called. It was feared that be would lose his eye, but tho physicians think that thore is hopes that he may ultimately recover the Bight of it. The blow must have been a fearful one, as the victim has been dclirous ever since. tST The Empress of Germany is one of the most simply dressed of women, except on occasions of ceremony. Her dry goods bills are said to be loss than the wives of any of the merchants. She drives out in a calico dress. And the Princes Bismarck, fresh and comely, though past sixty, su perintends her farm work, goes about the house with a groat bunch of keys at her girdle, and her house is filled with knitted quilts and such, the evidence of her skill and industry. In Philadelphia, on Wednesday morning a baker named Kuhnie was mur dored by a German, in his employ. After committing the murder tho assassin stran gled Mrs. Eubnle, until sho was unable longer to offor resistance and then searched the premises for money. Having secured about $55, he made his escape from tho bouse but was shortly after arrested by the police and committed for trial. He acknowledges the deed. ISP Tbe house of J. P. Emmot, at Pel ham, Westchester county, New York, was entered at 2:30 A. M., on the 23rd inst., by a number of masked men, who awoke Mr. Emrr at, and handcuffed him. They then went through the bouse and led his nephew, sister and servants to his room, handcuffing the nephew and enjoining si lence on tbe others. The house was then searched for the key of a safe which was in the front room, but it was not found, and after trying in vain to break and blow the safe open, the robbers collected about $750 worth of watches, jewelry, money and clothing, and left. t2T They have a champion office-holder in Florida. lie is thus described by a local paper : When the lion. G. Dennis loft us for his Northern trip, to be absent several months, we lost in him our Senator, county Commissioner, Board of Instruction, Deputy Marsha, Deputy Sheriff, Deputy County Clerk, Treasurer of School Funds, Custo dian of County Treasurer's books, Senior Counoillman and acting Mayor. Nearly all publio business was suspended until his return. " , tW At about 9 o'clock last Monday night twelve masked men entered the bouse of William K. Sautter, at West Brighton, Staten Island, securing three servants, one man and two females, wbo were the only occupants of the house. They ransacked tbe premises, carrying off silver and other property valued at about $5,000. Most of tbe silver was stored ia the safe, which the robbers blew open. ' Washington, December 29. To-night three roughs entered the restaurant of Mr. Hill, a German, on Delaware avenue, be tween I and II northeast, and asked for drinks. Being refused they assaulted and beat the wife of Hill, and be in response to her cry for help entered the bar-room with a double barreled shot-gun, one load of which be discharged. The contents struck his wife in the back of the head, instantly killing her. Tbe roughs then fled, he pur suing and fired the otner load, wounding one of them iu the shoulder, Hill went to the Station and gave himself up and the assailants were arrested. i tW Two accidents are reported, the odd ness of which deserves notice. The first was in a Philadelphia slaughter-house. William Kelly, the owner, was standing with a sharp slaughter knife in his hand, near Thomas McCurty an employe. Mc Carty being spoken to turned suddenly and ran tbo knife up to its hilt in his breast penetrating tbe heart. The second was equally strange and accidental. A reverend gentleman out hunting near Port Clinton, Pa., ran a rabbit into a hollow tree. He began to shake the tree when it suddenly split into three pieces, ono of which fell on his head, killing him almost instantly. A companion saw the accident. t3T" Recently two young men living in Detroit, anxious to exhibit their nerve, laid a wager with a third person, which resulted in some rifle shooting extraor dinary. A dozen apples wnre procured, and one gentleman otood 40 feet distant from the other, who shot with a rifle each of the dozen apples from his friend's head, after the maiutor of tho late William Tell. Not satisfied with that, the apple holder produced a common pasteboard match box cover and held it close to his head, betweon his finger and thumb, aud in that position permitted his friend to Are three shots at it, each going plumb to the centre. London, December 20. At five o'clock this morning the steamer Gypsy Queen, be longing to the Rivor Tyne Improvement Commissioners, struck the wreck of a sunken lighter in that stream and went to the bottom in five minutes. There were between fifty and sixty workmen on board the boat at the time of the disaster. Twenty of thent were rescued but the re mainder, thirty or forty men, were drowned. Wilmington, N. C, Decembor 26. Tho storm last uight was fearful. A number of small houses were blown down, trees up rooted and fonces prostrated. The bark Maria Needham dragged her anchor and went ashore on the middle ground, between the main bar and Rip. A steam tug which went to her assistance failed to pull her off. Dayton, Ohio, Decembor 20. At a shoot ing match yesterday, at Rige, a village near here two brothers, John and Henry Stowe, quarreled about loading a rifle, and John called Henry a liar, when Henry drew a revolver and shot John, killing him instantly. The spectators, being much excited, caught and hung Henry to a limb of a tree, aud when taken down, Ufa was extinct. Too much whiskey caused the mischief. Buffalo, December 20. The second floor of a house in this city gave away last night precipitating the inmates to the basement. A girl named Jennie Griffin, was killed and several other injured. The Great Wedding Card Depot ! THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN WEDDING CARDS! LOWEST PRICES. A Larg assortment o Stationery of every Description. INITIAL PAPER ALWAYS ON HANI) ready stamped. Dollar box containing (our quires French paper and two packs Envelopes with the Initials. Kent by mall for 11.25 by WM. II. HOSKINS, STATIONEK, ENGRAVER, AND STEAM POWER PRINTER. l8B6m - 913 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Chartered March 11, 1870. XT . 33 Mutual Aid Society OF PENNSYLVANIA, HOMB OFFICII: f LEBANON, Lebanon county, Penn'a. President, tiecrttary, Treasurer, Hon. J. II. KinpObts. Geo. A. Mahk. On) kon Lkiut. Tula Society la baaed on the aaaeaaineut plau Aiwets subject to Assessment, SB, OOO.OOO.OO. Death losses paid to date, $(30,000.00. This Society lnaurcii for SIX DOLLARS per thonund for the Unit year; KIVK IMIIXAHH annually, per tuou uud, for the Mr it rol'U yiuua, TWO IMilJ.AItH r tliouHaud annually durlnK the remainder or natural lire, and pro-rata mortality aneeiiment as eaoh death oiay occur, which for the Firat (Jlaaa la aa f ohowa : Aire Am. 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