Juniata fittinel.
M I F F L I N T O W X
Wsanesday Morning, January IS, 1SJ1.
B. F. SCIIWEIER,
'.!ITOn FROI'RIETDR.
CEO. P. ROWELL & CO, 40 Park Row, New York
ATO
S. M. PETTENGILL 4 CO., 37 Park Row, N. Y,
Are our ! agents in that city. und are au
thorised to contract for aiivei lisinc; tt our
lawrst rales. Advertiser in that city are te
jasted to leave their favors with either of
a above bouses.
Three Mllen np the Old Hichways, Iron
Ore, Protection. Manufactories, Free
Trade and the liemocrurj.
Ttiree miles tin the river. tLrce miles
nn the nike. or. if the readi-r clioosa to
name the third and lust of the defunct
highway and My. three miles n; the
canal, we are satisfied. Over the first of
the three high ways, the natural highway,
the one the Indian used, the Tiver, the
one, too, over which our pioneer fore
fathers floated in flat-bnttumcd boats to
eaetern markets the limited produce of
euir valleys, and returned their biats lv
rlened with exchange poods over the
aaine course, by a jrocr of jwding,"
the magnitude of the labor f which we
rjtnnot romnrehend. though irn rr-eeive
.i , ri'hat has a peculiar brigandish dash to it,
an arrntint or the work Ir-,m t'i! litis of I r n
our grandfatneis. juo increased pros-j 11 (follows of the appearance ot the new
perity of the country laid the pike and j t0 W ni?H aU tl,e ft'mi"iae clemel"8 Spanish King. Amadens. when he step
ditched the canal, and the great wagons ! fey possessed by th.s fl''ng j d forward t0 be .worn in :
with their white covers, and stately j , firm-" But while the Iad.es who faTor Kcgent Serrano walkeJ to the lower
teams with their tm-lit.g b, IN. and the : woman "lffraS are WOrk'"S W"a aI1 i step of the royal dais and took np bit
staze-coach with it car and dhins j
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four, and tho whit,' am ith!y-g!idiig i
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packet with its green shutter and " b, i
windows" and broad frtidris, and the
erowded emigrant boat, were childhood!
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scenes of every day occurrence. I hese !
scenes are uot now witii.nscd. Tli old
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highways are defunct. I he railroad ad-!
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ministered a dose of competition that
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allied tnein.
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If the reader goes up three miles along
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the right side of these old travel and
freight courses, tu the farm known to our i
fathers as the Adam Hoffman farm, and j
to the community lat.triiv m the (Jeih
farm, which borders on the pike, and ex-
tend, northward to the Shad Mountain. !
he will have reached the tract t.f hind on
which it is said gnat veins of ore have
been loutid ana otieisen. c lo not
Wc
vouch for the truth of these re,rt. We
only say that it is e said ; but if we
dare suppose that every word be true, if
we dare suppose that the half has not
been told, and funher Mippnse that the
thickness of the veins and the richness
ni the ore equals that found.in the hills
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awout x..m..e. e Wria.uiy ua.e aK, IS
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,k noL o.gM.y prooa..i u.ai unuer a pro-
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lective tarin, w incu tosters m-mutact
that the prosperity which
attends Dan-!
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ville. in Montour county, aud Johnstown. !
in Cambria county, may some day altend ;
the district three miles above Mifflin I '
Protective tariffs build up manufactuiin
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cutabliehtnents, and mannfacturin.' estab-1
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lighments build np towns and cive era-
ployment to thousand,. llomove the ! Freuch GeneraI jjourbaki. it is reported. I
manufacturing establishments from Phil-:lias gliiue(1 Mme advantage over the
delphi, from Hamburg, from Johns-! Germans about Dijon, which is sitnated i
town, from Danville, or break them up bvibnut nno bH,pd A
free trade, and the present generation of;
those towns would experience as great a
change in the backward direction as that
experienced in the forward direction by
''Itip-Van-Winkel" after his twenty years
of sleep.
We trust that the reports concerning
ere on the Geib farm mav all nrove to be !
true reports, liut ot tins the community ' week than any other time since it open
can rest assured, that although the Geib j cd. Late dispatches give Paris news
farm constituted one inexhaustible bed of: pHper descriptions .of the bombardment,
iron ore. no prosperity can be derived They say -the bombardment continued
from it by either its owners or the com- j without interruption throughout tho day
munity, if the free trade principles of; and night, and was eo violent on the
the Democracy be adopted by the conn- j night 0f the Sth, between the church of
try. Free trade, if adopted, will destroy j St. Sulpice and the Museum, that shells
our manufacturing establishments, and J fVH every two minutes, Hospitals, am
prevent the further development of our j bulances. schools, public libraries, church
mineral resources. jeBOf St. Sulpice. Sorboune, and Val-de-
, " ' """ ! Grace, and many other private houses
The Democracy on Free Trade. j , , . 1 w , - .
i have been struck. omen were killed,
The Democracy denounce the Cooly hnth in .,1P Btrpefa ,n(3 ; ,hpW w.
trade, not became of its relationship to
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-.ac.j, uu. ucurc , meow wages
for which the Cooly works.
Yet in the 1
mttvt t,M.o.k ti .' ,1 ; , 1 .1 u r i
J - uiraiu luuiirtu, an ill HH'M JTre1
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trade, by opposing protection, or a pro-i
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tective tariff. 1 vee trade, if adopted, !
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will lower the wages of labor lower and '
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faster tban any other measure that the I
Government can adopt. Give the Dera- i
ocracy power, and Cooly emigration will
not be needed to reduce the wages of
labor. Their free trade principles will
do it effectually.
In the contested election of Robert
I'. Dechert, the committee appointed by
the Senate to report on the case submit
ted the following :
Itctdccd, That npon the facts shown
in the report of the committee, and in
accordance with the di-cisiou of the Sen
ate in 1844, in the Chapman ease, the
Senare will take no further action on the
netition irintoatinfr fbp plprtinn of Rnliprt
P. Dechert as Senator from the First dis- j
trict. j
L6T week Robert W. Mackey, Esq.,
tu elected State Treasnrer. By elect
ing him the Representatives have simply
done what the Republican party would
have done by a x majority if not
unanimously if hi had been directly
l-cfore it for electieu o the fame position
Woman Suffrage.
The ladies who are agitating the right
of woman inffrage, held a convention in
Washington City last week.. New and
powerful lady advocates of the cause ap
peared at the Capitol of the nation to
nee their influence to induce the House
Judicary Committee to report favorably
to woman suffrage. In the constellation,
brilliantly shining, the public see Mrs.
Woodbull and Jennie Claflin, of New
York, brokers, and editors of the Wood
hull it Clnfin' W'e-llj, to which we de
voted half a column some weeks ago.
Mrs. Woodbull submitted to the Com
mittee a memorial, praying that it report
a bill to Congress for the carrying out,
in full, of the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution of the
United States, which, if fullv done, she
claimed will put the ballot into the hands
of the gentler sex also. "Oliva,'' a racy
and elegant Washington correspond
ent of Forney's Press, describes the last
named lady as she appeared before the
Committee. She says : "Mrs. Woodbull
arose and stood before the tribunal.
She is a medium sized woman, with a
! 8arP
nose, and thin lips, which close
tightly over her white teeth. She apolo
gized for any hesitancy in her manner,
because it was the first time in her life
that she had attempted public speaking.
She then read her printed memorial."
Oliva thus describes the suits or dresses
worn by the ladies, Woodbull and Claf
lin. Their "costumes are, made of blue
naval cloth, skimp in the skirt. The
basque or jacket has a masculine coat
tail behind, but the steeple-crowned hats
are the towering triumph of this most
! picturesque outfit. The high sngar loaf
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woman sufTrage are working with all j
their power, a strong movemeut has I
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lac,r '"""' a r '5 "'rul
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oeeti luaiiEuraiea or i.niies at asuin-
of c
ton against the cause. A petition sgaiust
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woman suffiage, signed by a thousand
j ladies, has beeu handed in. Among the
i:Li:iep. mil, utru u luuuu in. .filming mr
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many prominent names on this petition the
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folIow,"& ones mav be read : j
Mrs. Senator Scott, Huntingdon, Pa.:
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i Jtrs jjamuei J . iiauuai, x uiiaueinnia, i a :
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Mrs. Senator Edmunds, Burlincton, Vt. ;
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Mrs. Senator Sherman, Mansfield, Ohio :
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Mrs. John A. Dablgreen, Mrs. Joseph
Henry, Mrs. Rev. Dr. Butler, Mrs.
JIugb McCullouS. of Washington,
Oliva save that the "first lady" in Wash-
i ington, and none of the ladies of the
Cabinet have affixed their signatures to
the petition.
The War in France,
General Trochn, between the dates of
the 10th and 13th iust, directed sorties
I from Paris, northward, southward, uorth
j eastward and southwestward, all ending
I alike, in the defeat of the Kieneli
On the 10th inst. the army 0f tne
I
Loi ndcr Gen Chanzv cc0ntpred
tll0 German nrmy un(!er p,.ince Frederic
1, n. .a nt . ! IPA ln u,f lullana a-lnnl,
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criti,-..s(., j;.,; fm.'p,;. ,
(lst,,nt fronl the ,atter cit 80 mit.9 by
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int rieucu. a ncv wen? nparpn i in
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the llth the battle was renewed, and re-
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distant by air line from Pari,, in a south-1
easterly direction. The French forces j
operating for the defence of Havre, a I
port onlhe coast ot the English Chan-!
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cuL'fuiiinru mc A Illollilia Ulla Uliy
last week, and as a matter of course
wtnp 1. j tie Domoarurnent ot I'arts !
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iufant9 ia their mthers' arms. Que mo-
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i Ik 1 1 ICU II1UI I.UI1U1CII (1,1,4 wuuuucit ii v c
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otnpra
TIiprA urn fl miltinn nf fjprmnn
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soldiers in France, if despatches declare
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tue truth. Gambetta has ordered the
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Orleans I'riuce De JoinviIIe to leave
France.
Thb Lower
House of Congress last
week passed the Senate joint resolution for j
appointing commissioners to visit
gan ;
Domingo, and report to the President
the result of their investigation. The
resolution as passed does not
commit
Congress to the policy of annexing S;
an
Domingo. The commissioners will serve
without compensation except the pay
ment of their expenses and the compen
sation of the Secretary, which shall be
determined by the Secretary of State,
with the approval of the President.
Hon. B. F. Wade, Professor White, of
Corne11 University, and Dr. S. S. Howe
are the commissioners, and Allen E. Bur
ton, Secretary.
The Democracy of New . Hampshire,
through a State Convention recently
held, decided in favor of free trade.
"William P. Wilson, Esq., of Belle
fonte, ii recommended for th" office) of
Surveiyer Geuml.
Death of Bon. Jolffi Covode.
lion. John Covode died at the United
States Hotel at Harrisborg, at 5 o'clock
on the morning of the llth inst. Mr
Covode and his wife arrived there on the
afternoon of the 10th, from West Ches
ter. 31 r. Covode lived in Westmoi eland
county, where he was bonbon the 17th
of March, 1S0S. His grandfather was a
Hollander. His mother was of Quaker
descent, being among Mr. 1'enn's collo
nists. Receiving little schooling, he
begun life as a farmer's boy, but being
an intelligent, industrious and thrifty
youth, he worked his way in various pur
suits with more and more success, first as
a blacksmith, then as a coal dealer, and
next as a manufacturer,' railroad contrac
tor, &c. until he attained to fortune and
! extended
influence." He served bis
country twelve years in Congress, and
declined a re nomination for another term.
He was filling his second term as chair
man of the Republican State Committee
lie has gone from this world to a better
one, we trust, where the true heart finds
its reward. He was buried in his native
county on last Saturday, the J 4 th iust.
Among those present were the members
of the Legislative committee and the Con
gressional committee, consisting of Sena
tors Scott and Cameron on the part of
the Senate, and Representatives Mercur,
Gilfillau, l'belps, Gctz. Axtell. Morrell,
Calkin. Van Horn, Roots, and Morphis,
of the House ; W. G. Brower, sergeant-at-arms,
was also present. The cortege
was large and imposing.
i SPAIN.
! Scene In the fortes Diirinir the Swearing iu
cf bin? Aniaueus.
A correspondent of the New York Her
ald, under date of the 3d in at., writes as
position on the left hand of the speaker.
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King Atr.adeus followed
lie came on
without making a single bow or glancing
one look of recognition in thank for the
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applause wi;n wnicti ne was greetea
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Awkwardly and slowly lie mounts the
steps of the temporary throne and stands
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on Zoriila s right.
The youthful King looked tall and
lanky, and as if be was '"put together"
after a very homely sort of fashion. He
has a rather resolute looking face. His
cheeks aud chin are coveied with a curly
stubble of beard of a very uncertain
brown color. Tho King was dressed in
the full uuiforn of Cuptaiu General of
Castile.
Having arrived at bis proper position
be stooj neTV0Sy agitated, looking to the
ground, and seemingly as if he had just
found out that his hand a, were by som
means or other, exactly in the way. lie
paused thus during a minute.
The correspondent speaks thus of the
King's visit to the widow of Gen. Prim.
To Gen. Prim, more than any man, is
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u.e iving tnneuteu tor ne crown mat
Bu,imj t, riar an nnalo. H tl ir nn l,,a
The King, who was accompanied by
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ete, entered tho office of tho Miuistry of
War and proceeded to Prim's late resi
deuce therein.
Prim's adjuUnU rece.ved h.m at the
1 entrance and conducted him at once to
the ronrns of the illustriou. lady.
Obierviog the King, Prim's widow,
tl,at m"1 "fortu,1te who P0S6es
herself as good and kind a heart as
V" Uat ,n WOma,, " bosom' ttPP'ar9j
to be struck speechless by her feel.ng of
emo,.i,m' . S''e 8at 8Ur.roun'lt!d by
her
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; Clitiiiicil, iiBicuuig iu lucir piuiui
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thinking commonplaced.
His Majesty the King spoke to her.
diSicultv of utterance.
At length he
held both his
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uanas 10,lu 10 lne ocnora
Prim, who
picssvu tuciu cuuvuiGivciy t w uiic uiteriug
deep sobs
King Amadeus was overcome by his
own feelings. Hh left the room hurriedly.
While the Woman Suffrage Associa
tion was iu session at Franklin Hall,
Bridgport, Conn , the other day, a mes
senger from the City Clerk's office made
his appearance, and calling for the Rev.
Miss. Brown, presented her a bill of six
dollars, that being the price of a license
for holding a ihnw. There was quite an
argument, and the clerk brought an arm
full of law books to prove his point, but
tLe Iadie8 triumPhed "nd tLere was no
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license paid
1 The Chinese custom of substitution in
death penalties, it is said, was employed
in the punishment of the Tien-Tsin as
sassins. The mandarins arrested a few
of the meaner criminals, carefully allow
ed all the rest to to escape, and filled
nP ,ne ,18t ol v'ims with substitutes
wl,( wne quite ready to suffer decapitation
m consideration or 500 taels apeice, paid
to their famillies,
A terrible fight occurred recently among
the French prisoners in the barracks at
Offenbach. They fought for four hours,
and many of them were killed. It re
quired the interferance of the German
gurads to quiet the infurated combatants,
and even those could restore order only
with the greatest difficulty.
Florida has experienced the coldest
weather ever felt iu that usually mild
climat. Vegetation has been thoroughly
killed, and the freeze was so severe that
ice was abundant from three to four
inches thich. The banana and orange
trees have been seriously damaged, and
perhaps killed
Four hundred of the late Rebel officers
are now holding commissions iu the
, armies of South America.
The Northern Pacific Railroad.
This second highway across the con
tinent is new in full process of construc
tion. . Last July contracts were let for
the building of the Eastern division,
reaching across the State of Minnesota
from Duluth. at the head of Lake . Su
perior, 240 miles to the crossing of the
Red River of tiie North. With several
thousand men employed, the grading on
this section is fast approaching comple
tion, and the iron is being laid at the
rate of one or two miles a day. In the
meantime engineers are locating the line
westward through central Pakota ; pre
parations are completed for the com
mencement of work at the Pacific end
next spring, and thereafter the work of
construction will be prosecuted from both
extremities toward the centre.
In addition to this, the Northern Pa
cific Company have recently purchased
and practically consolidated with their
own line the St. Paul and Pacific Rail
road, embracing some 300 miles of fin
ished road in Minnesota on which a pros'
perous business is already doing. This
purchase removes all rivalry between
conflicting interest, and practically
makes St. Paul one terminus of the great
Northern road. The Northern Pacific
Railroad system is certainly assuming a
business-like form, and comprehensive
proportion. Obviously its projectors do
uot iotend to build a simple trunk road
from East to West and then wait for a
profitable traffic to come to it. On the
contrary, they are at the outset securing
such connections and alliances with the
chief lines of water communication, and
with the railroad system of the Atla.itic
and Pacific States, as cannot fail to briug
to it, iu addition to its local business, a
large and increasing share of the carry
ing trade between ocean and ocean. At
Duluth otiu arm meets the commerce of
the Lakes aud the St. Lawrauce ; at St.
Paul the other eastern arm connects with
the commerce of the Mississipi river aud
its tributaries, and with the railroads of
the central and eastern States, concen
trating at Chicago. These two arms will
unite in Western Minnesota. From the
point of junction a third branch will ex
tend to Pembina on the British border,
and the trunk line will traverse central
Dakota, and follow the now famous Yel
lowstoue valley through Jloutaua. i
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win again urancn one arm iouowing
down the valley of the Columbia to tide
water at Portland, Oregon ; the other
striking directly across the Cascade
range to the main terminus on Puget
Sound. A North and South branch will
also connect the Puget Sound terminus
witb ,Lat at Portland. At the latte
point connection is made with the coast
lines of road now building southward
through Oregon and California. Roth at
Portland and Puget Sound the road will
tap the coastwise and foreign trade of
the Pacific Ocean.
Thprl,i..f advnntnn-pa necnlinr tn tho
lneciiKt advantages peculiar to tlieifi
istn iiiciii t nuiui; luuiu uic ut:icitru iu ue
tlirse 1. Tt reducea t!ie ni.stanc. bptappu
tiie Lakes aud the
Pacific
lessens
1
Ocean some
IGOO miles 2. It
tbo distance
between New York and the Pacific by
water and rail to the Bams extent. 3. It
lessens the distance between Loudon and
Chinese ports by the trans-continental
route at least 1400 miles. 4. It travels
a belt of States and Territories admira
bly adapted by fertility of soil, mildness
of temperature, and equal distribution of
moisture, and proftable agricultural
5. its elevation in the mountain region
is 3000 feet less than that of other lines,
resulting in a diminished snow-fall, a
mild climate, and far easier gradients.
6. At convenient intervals it intersects
numerous navigable streams such as the
Columbia, the Cowlitz, the Yellowstone,
the Missouri, the Red, and the Missis
sippi which drain a vast region, and
will serve as feeders to the road. 7. It
will partake of the character cf an in
ternational route, permanently controlling
the carrying trade of British America,
and rendering the important colonies
north of the boundary, and west of Lake
Superior, commercially tributary to our
Northwesttrn States.
Already it is stated that settlers are
rapidly crowding to the line of ttie
Nortern Pacific Koad in the Northwest,
and judging from what is known of the
plans adopted for promoting the settle
ment and developement, through emigra
tion and colonization, of the belt of
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ntates ana territories tributary to the
line there would seem to be no doubt
that the corporation upon which the
Government has conferred this great
trust, is determined to make the enter
prise not only financially sound, but
greatly and permanently beneficial to the
whole country. Wiih its munificent en
dowment of fertile lands, with the natur
al advantages this mute undoubtedly en
joys, and with the far-sighted policy al
ready inaugurated, a great commercial
project could hardly start under auspices
or with greater assurance of success.
A lady was fatally poisoned in Monut
Pleasent, Iowa, on the 7th. It is the
old story of carelessness. She was ill
and asked her son to hand her the medi
cine prescribed for her ; there were tvo
bottles, neither labeled, and the son hand
ed her the wrong bottle.
Cincinnati theives made a den of a
new sewer upon which the work of con
struction has been abandoned until spring
opens. They had supplied it with benches
and rude furniture when they were dis
covered. . The Canadian fisheries are estimated
at $50,000,000 a year, employing 80,000
men.
TIIE WAK L FKANCE.V
Two Days' righting of the Arm of the
Loife, Under eu. I haazy, Agninat
the German Army under Prince Fred
eric Charles, atXeiMans. on the 10th
and llth mat. A Complete lieleal of
the French. - . '
: London, Jan. 14 I have just receiv
ed the f dlowing letter from the New
York ILrafd correspondent with the
French Armey of the Loire, dated at Le
Mans at midnight on the 10th inst., giving
an account of the first day's battle with
Priuce 'Fredrick' Charles Armey. Your
correspondent writes :
The French Army of the Loire, the
last hope of France, has been defeated
to-day in a bloody battle fought within
seven miles of this city (Le Mans). We
heard the roar of cauuu:i all day, and
the population crowded to the honsetops
and suburbs and throughfares, watching
the progress of the fight. I have never
before witnessed such intense excitement,
although the French people have become
accustomed to the roar of caunon.
At nine o'clock this morning the right
wing of tho French army in. position
east of La Mans was suddenly attcked
by the vanguard of the German forces,
which, emurged from the wood on the
extreme right of the French, moved for
ward to attack. Upon the alarm being
given the advance posts of the French
infantry wheeled in line of battle and
the artillery was pushed forward on the
open ground between the severed ranks
of the various commands. The cavalry
took up an advautagcous position ou the
right aud left wings.
A more pet feet line of battle could not
have been formed by the finest army iu
Europe. The artillery was well supplied
with ammunition, and th:: infantry had
10,1 round to each man. In addition,
the supply trains were well posted' and
easy of access. .-
Real, bloody work sooa began. The
field of battle was in a valley, and the
two armies occupied heights opposite
each other, the French line forming a
semi-circle extending twelve miles, over
looking the valley, which was covered
with twelve inches of snow. On the op
posite heights the Prussians held a some
what similar position. ,
Shoitly after nine o'clock the Prusians
began a f minus cancouade from the wood
near the extreme left. They were flank
ed by an immense force of cavalry partly
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Their position
was where the German infantry massed
with the evident intention of
IIIO tnucui .i.:in.,i ,,i nil uni"
Chanzy "s right. The artillery fire on both
sides was continued without intermission
until the arainuniiion was nearly exhaust -
ed. It was a fierce, well-sustained duel,
the German and French artillerists dis-
playing marked vkill and courage.
At length the Prussian cjsitnandcra
gave the order for an advance, and the
Germau infantry moved forward. The !
French, equally rapid, advance along i
tueir whole hue, and the opposing armies
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Th mn.-kctrv fire, wax .,.!
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tik'ctive. 1 ue (jeruiau troops were cool
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I and collected, and the rrench imnetiimn
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l an J galhmt. IttdeeJ bolli aimicA btLuv-:
led with notsble bravery until near uoon,
j when the Gardes Mobiles began to wa
ver, and, ueitig uuaole tu bold their posi
tion, a retreat commenced. Meautime
the dead and wounded lay npon the bat-!
tleficld by thousands, and the suow fields
were red with btiniau blood. j
The carnage was fearful on both sides
Before five o'clock iu the evening 1.3,000
French soldieti had fallen, and at this
i hour the whole army started in full re
treat. The French and Germau forces
were about equally matched. I should
judge that they numbered 60,000 men
each.
srcoND day's fighti.no.
This the 1 1th has been one of the most
eventful days in the history of France
during the present war, and it is probable
that one of the most eventful battles
fought since the struggle began closed at
nightfall of this day.
After the defeat of yesterday (January
10) General Chanzy. displaying much
energy rallied his broken columns, and,
having received reinforcements, determin
ed to strike another blow to retrieve his
fuitiines, knowing that the whole hope of
France centred upon the ability of his
army to break through the strong oppo
sition of the Red Prince and advance to
the relief of Paris After a night of un
easing labor and anxiety dayl ght found
the Freuch forces prepared for the con
flict. Their army consisted of three
corps, the 16th, 17th, and 21st, respec
tively, under the command of Admiral
Jourequiberry and Gcnearls Colonib
and Jouffioy. These corps averaged
50,000 men each, making an effective
force of 150 000 men, the whole under
the supreme control of General Chanzy.
By ten o'clock in the morning Jourequi
berry's corps had taken up a position on
the right bank of the river Huisue, Gen.
Colomb's on the plateau of Auvours, and
General Jouffroy'a on the right, covering
the village of Brette.
The Prusians advanced along three
roads, and are said to have been under the
c6mmand of Prince Fredrick Charles
himself. They were apnarentlr 100.000
strong , Soon after 10 o'clock bharp fir
ing was opened by the Prusians from
well-located batteries on the left of the
French. It was replied to with spirit.
Very soou a large force of German in
fancy, flanked by cavalry, advanced un
der cover of a heavy artillery fire, strik
ing the right of Admiral Jourequiberry 's
position. The assaulting column was
met by a fierce artillery fiie from many
guns, including a number of mitrailleuses
of the new pattern. The struggle now
became exceedingly severe, and was well
contested. But although the
suffered heavy loss they finally succeed
ed in driving hack the French-.' capturing
early two guns and taking-and holding
the important positon frear the river.
General Chanzy, preceiving the dan
ger which threatened his position, moved
forward his reserves of artillerV to the
support of Admiral Jouiequi berry.
These opened a terrific fire, which check
ed for a while the further advance of the
Germans, in that direction.
Two or . three severe, assaults; were
made by the G ermans 'to secure further
advantages, the object" being to take the
position held by the French at La Till
cre. The French, however, were strong
ly posted, and fought with great courage
and determination. Ka'ch as suit was re
pulsed with serious loss to" tire Germans,
the French also losing heavily;. : '
Meantime an equally fierce attack; was
made on the French line covering tiie
railroad to Chartrcs and Paris. After
two hours desperate fighting tho French
centre was driven" back, It retreated,
however, slowly and iu good order, for
a short distance only, to a position in
rear of that first occupied, and where the
riising ground afforded good facilities for
the artillery. -Here a heavy force of
guns was parked, which, manned by the
marines, opened a severe and well-directed"
fire upon the advancing enemy. This
not only checked the Germans, btit tom
pelltd them to fall back in turn, A
heavy counter fire toon opened from the
German batteries, which, during tL en
gagement, had advanced to a command
ing position on the leu of the ril oad.
. The supeiiority of the German, guns
in firing soou became apparent. After
an nnequal duel the French fire slacken
ed, the Germans causing great loss to the
French lines. S;ill the French infantry
maintained their position heroically, and
another attempt to dislodge them signally
failed. : , ' ' '4
. For some time ; the e ngagctneut had
the character cf an artillery duel ;' but
when the German lines had taken the
positions assigned them a more active at
tack commenced evidently with a desire
on the part of the Germans to rapture the
position ou the right bank of the llui.-ne,
in order to execute a flanking movement,
with the object .of cutting between the
army and Le Mans, and capturing a &rge
number of prisoners.
.-At 4 o'clock the Germans advanced by
columns, covered by artillery, against
Chateau du Charters, a pretty country
, ,, :u.n. unil OrClinH-(l MB lie:u:fl Iinrlf r
j Urrc for the first timejthe French battery,
j bitberlo in reserve, opened fire, apparent
1 y taking the Geruiaus by suprise.'and
j can.ing the advance to waver, but only
j momentarilv. With tha usual G.-iinan
obetinacy the Germans again pressed for-
ward and attacked the French infantry'
v. Licit occupied a terraced road, Lcl tw the
.MI M.;;,,n
D r
It soon bfCame evident, tiie French
i were" nimble to withstand the hcavv
, , , ;
umgw wc curUi,,.IU v u uucii
.1 1..- t.. 1 1 j
1 1 uc iirut-'i 1,11 urt civ wui u JUdv cult 16 w as
,
1 o-u-cu'
Is'
I he Germans apparently 111 con -
: . . ,.t .t.,.:. . .i-
i triiM't, i luvn m.'ii iii 0iict;i(e ercui uts
. ' . ' .
inclined to pursue tue advantage.
General Chanzy actively superintend
ed the retreat, which was never disorderly.
Indeed, the French still held the strong
est position, aud I believe that the re
sults of the day were irrevocably lost to
them ....
I have reason to know that General
Chanzy hoped tu renew the iiht under
better auspices to moirow, but later in
' the evening an event occured which made
a change in his prospects. After dark a
strong force of Germans renewed the
fi;ht, making for the right of La Tuil
erie, the moit importaut French position.
Immense masses af infantry and a large
force of cavalry advau cud rapidly, scat
tering the French, who did notauticpate
the attack. The Mobiles from Brittany
fled in disorder, and the whole French
force on the right bank of tho Iluisne
were compelled to make a rapid retreat
upon Le Mans. This unforeseen disas
ter niny compel the evacuttioa of Le
Mans, if not break up Chanzy 'a army.
A council of war was in session. If the
second Army of the Loire is lost all hope
for France is gone.
AChesterfield, Mass., man, who mar
ried a wife several weeks ngo, recently
deserted her on the flimsy pretext that
she wasn't stylish enough for him. He
touk every article of furniture from the
house and left her sitting on the floor.
The Chesterfield youngsters rallied to
to ride him out of town on a rail ; but he
made quick his escape the mob, though
tney discovered the ruse and made hot
pursuit. ,
The other day the front door of the
New York Tribune office had to be clos
ed for some purpose. So Mr. Greeley
wrote on a piece of paper, "enterance on
Spruce street," and sent it down to the
man who does the printing of the bnlle-
tines, to be copied. , The man studied
over Greeley's tracks all the forenoon,
and finally iu despair, wrote, "Editors on
a spree !" and posted it up.
Last Thursday evening, at half-past
six o'clock, Harry G. Bremner shot him
self at his hotel in Lancaster. He was
to have been married at half-past seven
the same evening to a young woman,
who, at the time f the Buicide, had just
entered his room with a cup of tea, he
having complained of a headache.
Pittsburg has thirty-two iron, nine
steel and two ccipper ' 'mills,',' The daily
consumption of the iron mills . is 1200
tons, and their annual production in $23
OOO.OO'o. There are forty-eight foundries,
employing two thousand men iu all, and
adding $5,000,000 per year to the' wealth
of onr country. -.-- j -.
""-financial;
NEW 7-30 GOLD LOAN
j ; or rat i
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
Secured by First Morgie on Railroad ajid
- c: Land virant. ' .- - -
SAFE I FR0FITABLE !. PERMANENT!
JAY COOJtii & CO. .t
Offer for sale at par and accrued interest tfis
First Mortgage Land Grant Gold Bonds of the
Northern Pacifie Railroad Company. They are
free from United States Tax, and are issued of
the following" dencfnlnatioM: Coupons $100,
$5C0, and $1,000; Registered $100, $500,
$1,CC0f $5,000 and $-10,000. ' J
With tbaaiua entira coaSiljnu with which
we cooiucudfl Government bonds to Capital
iois and people,' we now, aitir the fullest in
Tettigation. rtcommeLd these Northern Pa
cific Kaiimad bonds to our friends and th
groerul public.
GOLD PAYMENT. Both principal and
interest are payable in American gold oin,
at the office of Jr Cooke Co., Sew Tork
(jit y-tho priacipal at the end of 3o jean,
and the interest (at the rate of'seTen and
three-tenths per t. per annum) half-Tear!
first of January and July.
PERFECT SAFETY. The bonds we art
noir sellinj, are seenred by a first and on?y
mortigape on all the property and rights, cf
the Northern Pacific Kailrd Couipaay,
which will embrace on the completion of tha
Work : J '
1. Over Two Thousand Miles of Road, with
rolling fctock, buildings, and all other equip
ments. '
2. Over Tweniy-two Thousand Actm of
Land to every mile of finished road. This
agricultural, timbered and mineral, amount
ing in ail to more than Fifty Million Acres,
consists of alternate seotioas, reavhing twen
ty to forty miles cn each ide ot the trstk.
and extending in a broad fertile belt frgm
Wisconsin through the richest portion of
Minnesota, Montana, Idaho. Oregon and
Washington, to Puget Sound.'
While the Government does not directly
guarantee the bonds of the Road, it thus am
ply provides for their full and prompt py
incut. by- an uurerved grant of laud, tiie
most valuable ever conferred upon a gnat
national improvement. . . .. .
THK MORTGAGE. The Trus.eej uuder
lb Monnge, are Mesre. .lay Cooke of 1'hil
adelph'ii. and J- Eile-ir Thi.uisoa. Previdunt
of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Com
pany. They will directly and permanently
represent too interest! of. the Kirs .Mortgage
bond holders, and are required to i:e that
the jruc?r'iit of laud ult are use,! in pnrrh.it
iny and rim;Vij the hint!; tif the Company if
they c::t;Jlje bought btfufe maturity at not
u.nre than 1 per cent, premium: Olherwino
the Trus:e,! r to invest tba proceeds of
land rales in United Sa'f lVio ls or Kml
Kstate Mortafres f r the further security of
' Northern Pacific bsnilioMcir's. Also, that
j they have at a.l timjis itt their conti'ol.'aS ite-
carity. at lent auu ere of average land to .
every $1,0W) of ouis'nuJiug first mortgage
bonds, besides She ruilroad itself and ail its
equipments and franchise. .
PltOFlTAIiLENESS. Of course nothiug
can, be safer thn the bonis of the . L'niuJ
Stales, but as th Government is do longer a
borrower, and as the Naiion's present work is
cut that of preserviBp its existence, but that
of nBi.Htir veosrtx-r'sTT w remind these
ho desire to increase thair income and ob
tain a more permnnjoet investment, while
still having a pel feci ly rclit.b!a security,
that :
United St r,ies i-20' at tlair avetage pre
mium it'. i the present purchaser lex thaa
o. per cent, gold interest. Should they Le
redeemed in fiva rears, and specie payment
be resumed, thtv Would pay oulr ii Vtr cent
or if in three yours only Z per cvj:
the
present premium would meaDwLile U
currency yield the invostor 7 3-10 rer. cent.
olJ i"'-ere" hfolu:e!y for thirty yeari.ree
trcm ail Liiittd bratf lirx it.ll0 curreucv
nwita nov in liiuM Milts a-.'D'i nU
Lcrar i ol.. :. no st it,-
i ' T r - ' . . .
'yield put year in poid, , ;fl.Mlcrw ia ,
I Uil.'ereuoe in nnnu,tl in&imt of nearly one tfitrJ.
ijesnties a ai'tereetic ot t to 10 pr cvnt, m
prinriplcM, when ,tuU Classes of bonds are
rdeemed.
THK ROAD NOW BUILDING. Work ws
begun in Joy la.-i on tl.e erst era portion f
the line, and the money provied. by the a!e
to t-khoMer of some nix millions f m
Compnay'i honds. to Inild and eqnip lb
roal from Lale. Superior acroe Aliaueoia
to tho Red R:vr of tiie North 23 miles.
The grading on "his division is no well ad
vanced, the irjii ia rapidly laid ; several thou
and man are at wrk on th line, and ahout
the first of A:iut next this import nt xec
tion of the road will b in full opraiion.
In th meauiitr.a arders havt been ent to tho
Pacific coast fur the cwniuenceraeat of tha
woik oa th weirn and in early Spring, and
thereafter the work will be pnsheo'.tJWu aau
ward and wntward,' with aa much speed a
may bo eonaisuut with solidity Ed a wit
conoiny. ...
H Kl'fcilVAELE rOS LANDS. Thebonda
will be at all times, hefor maturity, receiva
ble, at 1.10, in payment for tha company's
land, at their lowest ca-h price.
HON i5 XOI A NO E ABLE. Th register
ed bonds can be exchanged at any Urn -for
coupons, the coupons for registered, and both
these eno be exchanged for others, payable,
pricipal and interest, at any of th principal
financial centres ol turope. in the coin of
lb various Kurop-an countries.
HOW TO OKI THEM. Your nearest Bank
or tanker will supply these bonds in any de
sired amount, and of any' needed denomina
tion. Persons whishing to exchange stocks
or other bonds for thcte, can 1 so with any
of o tr agents, wh will allow the highe!
current price for all marketable securit:.
Thse living in localities remote from
banks, may send money, or other, bonds, di
rectly to us by express, and we wil atnd
back Northern Pacific bonds at our own rik.
and without east to. tb investor.. For fur
tier information, pamphlets, t naps, at.,
call oa or nddress .tbo un iorsigned, or any of
the Banks or Bankers e?,pJoyd -to sell this
loan. '
FOR BALK BT .. ' j
WJff. PAIHTER & CO., Banters, '
phi la del rut a,
Agentt for Saittm Pennsylvania, , ,
AID . .,; .
DOTY, PAEKEE ,& CO.,
' ' . ' AXD ' ,
JTJNIATA VALLEY BA5K
1 -MIFILIXTOWX.PJ. ' i
The Place for Good Grape-Tines
IS AT THE .
f uniafit iWq i3iiuprbs,
AXD G2APE-T1NE SURSERT.
rpHE undersigned wonld respectfully in--L
form the public that be has started a
Grape-vine Nurscrv about one mllo -,!,....
of Miaiintowu, where he has been resting a
Urge number of the different virietite of
Grapes ; and having been ia tbo business for
seven years, he is new prepare to furnish--.
VINES OF ALL Till LEADING
VARIETIES'," AND OP TIIE
, ; , MOST ..PROMISING' ,
" ' KINDS, AT1 '
IOW KATES..V..,
by the single vine, doaen bnndrej or thou
sand. , AH persons wishing food and thrift
vines will do well to call and se for them
selves. .
tkiT Good and responsible Agents wanted.
Address,
,., JONAS OBERHOLTZER.
, . - Mifflintown, Juniata Co., Pav
Feb- 14, 187U-1 j
AU KISDS OF BLANK WOKK, 4c., done
at this Office ia the neatest manner ad
at low prices.