M I F F LTV TO W N- " Wednesday Mornlnp, FeTnjarr 15, 1871. B. F. SCHWEIER, ri'iTon i;rnoi'Rir.Ttm.; GEO. P. ROVVtLL &C0.40 Park Ro, New Yprk AND , S. M. PETTENGJLL & CO., 37 Park Row, N. Y, Are our tali agents in ibat city, anil are'au tborizc.1 to coatraet for advrtirng at our lowest rate. Advertisers in tbut city are le jeftl to leave their favors with either of t above nou. . . ''. Headquarters l.'cpnblkun State Central Committee of I tnuslvania. No. 1105 Chbsnct Stkbh- Piiila 1i. i.i li I A , Jan. 23, 1871. In pursuance .f iLt resolution of tue Hi'uiblican State Central C.'mii.ittre. ad" td at "Aitoona. Atipu?t 16, 1S70, a State Cnveiition, composed1 of di-lrjralfi from each .fina tm nud llcpreetDtative district of tbe number to which each district is entitled in the L-giV!ature, will meet iu ihe Hall of the Ilou?eof Representative. atHar-rii-burp, at 12 o'cWk. noon, ou the 10th Any of March, a n , 1S71. to nominate candidates f.r Auditor General and Sur veyor General, and to take action upon ihe question of Constitutional Keform, and for the tranfaction of such other business as may be brought before it. , MAHLON H DICKIXSOV. Chairman Executive Committee " : State Central Committeo. " M. S.Qi'av. J amis V. M. Nt wu.v, . , Secretarius. AcknowledgeniDnts. '. Our thiii:ka are due and are hereby tendered to lion. J II. Tlatt, Jr., 51 C. nt;d Secretary" if the Union Republican Corgrt'"'oial Executive Committee, lor a pamphlet copy of the testimony sub mitted to the United States Senate by President Grant Jauaary 17, 181, in compliance with a resolution passed by that body on the 16tb of December, 1870, jequtsiing information: iu regard to. dis loyal organizititius in North Carolina. The pamphlet con.-irts of eworu deposi tions of citizens of the Stilt-, uik! official i eports of ai my officers stationed in the H-auie State The testimony conclusively hows that organizations of Ku Klux Klan exist in North Carolina. We are indebted to Adjutant General Russell fur the report of Lis departments for the year 1S70. Also to Seu:it')i!t Crawford and Bucka le and Representative Ruber, and As nslaiit Soi glut at-Aims Deitrick, for documents. . . 19 i m, The Local Option Bill.' This bill, now before the Legirlatureof Tent pj lvania. favors the restriction of the liijuor traffic by submitting' the ques tion to the people of the different towu thips, wards or boroughs of the Common wealth, at the regular election. The bal lot shall hare inscribed on it jlist as the voter chose?, ''for license.'' or "against license." And if after a count of the bal lots, it shall bo found that a tnnj rty of votes have been cast against license, then it shall not be lawful for any license- to be issued for tbe sale c.f spirituous liquors malt or other in toxical in liquors in the ward, borough or township where the majority agflinst the graining .f license prevailed, if, however, a majwiry of votes cast shall favor a license, then the existing license law in force at the' time Biutll remain iu force. By this bill the jtictiori of license or no license shall be submitted to the people every throe years, and however decided so it fiu.ll remain until tlm tima f,t ttmi aii'irnidlinn ti tliA . . , ,, i - i.i neojile atraiu eball have ainveil, at the expiration of three years. ... Penalties fw selling liquors without liceusc are provided by tbe bill. .;- Owners of iueyard are by its pro visions, allowed to sell wines of their own manufacture, "in not less quanti ties than a gallon, not to be drauk upon the premises." The Alabama Claims. Correspondence between the United Stat' S government and the government of England has resulted in an agieemeut to refer" the settlement of the Alabama Claims to a mixed or joint commission, which will meet at Washington. I). C. The following genllvmen" comprise the ico&missioa : United States Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State; General Robert C. Schenck. American Minister ' to Great liviwin ; Hon. Samuel Nelson, Associate iiuslice jJ the Supreme Court; Hon, Ebenezer R... Hoat, ex-Attoruey-General; Hon. George U. Williams. Great Britiau. Kail de Grey and Rip on, Professor Montague Bernard, Sir Ed ward Thorton, British M inister to the United States ; Sir John A Macdonald, Canadian Attoruey-Jeaera' ; Sir John Jloss. If the London Timet echoes the in structions given to the English commis sioners by the English governmeLt, the meeting of the commission will result in accomplishing nothing It says that al though tbe 'Alabama' question is seconai ry to that of the fisheries as the subject of consideration by the commission, yet there is no doubt as to which question will mainly engage its attention, but it is erroneous to suppose that it is the rjujr pose of the commission to find grounds for England to abandon her position or to concede tier liability upon the "Ala bama" question. The Dolags of the Ku-Klux-Klav . Without- comment we submit toy the readers of he SBNTHiEL for tifcir Bern gal the notjee wbtt wfc recent! "posted; on the door f tbe bearding house of Mr, Mattingly, editoV-of tbe; Southern Ojrir ion, at ITeajflpolisAJahama." ' i, '. " To Mattmgly and Burton. We would respectfully advise yon gentlemen, to leave Demopolis. A stitch in time save ulne. " .This is no idle threat, made simply to frighten you. ;.-.x K.mgiits or tir Ulack Cross. P. S'Will ' give ybii "fifteeu days to pack Hp' your trap1 anHeave" J llundred of casesof 'murder and vio lence -committed by this organization that exists throughout the; South,, could be presented.. We preseut here a num bernot all that . were, committed . iu oue county aluite, Alamance county," in North Carolina, since the year 18C8 : .; t . i Wyatt Uutlaw,fa respectable- colored man, taken from his house in the town of Graham, (in presence of his aged rao therand three helpless little children,) at" 12 o'clock in the nisnt. br party : of from eeventy-five to' one hundred' per sons in disguise, and by them hong by the neck until be : was lead, from the limb of an elm tree, thirty yards from the court hou?e door in said town, where he was allowed to hang until 11 o'clock the next day." No offense waa alleged against him. " '" ':: " " ' t '" William Dnryear, a half staple color ed man. was taken from his family in the' night by eight or ten person's in disguise, and drowned in Wilson's mill-pond ; lie was murdered because be saw some of tbe parties who hung Outlaw on their way home, and it was ''feared it would lead to their detection. " ' '" '','. ' An infant child of Joseph ' Harvey (colored j was knocked from the arms of its mother by a party 'of disguised per sons who went to Hai vey's house for the purpose' of whipping him ; the child died shortly afterward from the effects of the fall. ' '- ' :' ' A party of fifteen or twenty disguised persons surround the house of Caswell Holt, (col.) broke down the door and fir ed iuto his house, one of the bullets tak ing effect in the lung and Itoulder:of Holt, from which he was confined for a long time, and his life was, for -a 'tffaile despaired of ' ' " Alonzo ' I? Coiliss, a northern man; who was teaching a colored fcliool at Company Shops, was di'agged from his bed by twelve or fifteen disguised men! amid the shrieks and cries of his distress- ed wife tarried a little distance into' the woods' and severely whipped, the hair and whiskers shaven from one side of his head and face, his head and face ' cut and disfiguied in a most cruel manner, after which he was painted black and left in this condition. ' Mr. Corliss had had been for seme time a cripple and' could not walk without crutches. Caswell Holt, (col.) taken from his house in the aight.'was whipped until the blood was streaming down bis back ; he was then made to, bend down, while one of the parlies tortured him by rub bing a rough slick up and down his back. ' Joseph Harvey,' (col.) taken by fifteen or twenty men in disguise, carried about. three-quarters of a mile from his house, dragged over fences, . rocks, through, briars, and about one hundred and fifty lashes laid upon his bare back. John Riugsiaff, a white boy about twenty years old, taken from Lis bed in presence of his mother and two sisters, and di gged to the woods and whipped - William Simpson, a respectable white man, taken from bis own house in the night, from the presence of his wife and. little children, aud tied to a tree, stripped.! and a most unmerciful scourging admiuis tered by men in disguise. Simpson has since been , forced leave to the country, with bis Tamily, for protection. Anthony Foster, (white,) aged about eighty years, taken from his bed, wliip- ped and kicked until life was nearly ex- f- ' tiuct. William Long, (col.) dragged from his bed and whipped. ,.. , Hamilton Brem. (col ) dragged from his bed and whipped... ., A Mrs. Foy and her daughter, (white,) thrown out of her, house, and both, of them badly beaten and maltreated. M , ., John Bason, (white,) taken .rom the piazza of tbe store at Hair River 'Cotton factory while on guard as watchman,. and badly whipped ; he was informed the reason that he bad failed to go to - the election. . ".' . , , ; Siddel, (white,) superintendent of Carolina cotton mills, taken from his house and badly whipped. .,,;; The same party , that bung . Outlaw went to the house of Henry Hall, (col.) for the purpose of hanging him, but not finding him at home, left word with his wife that they would be back at a certian time, and if Henry was found they would hang him. This same party rode by the residence of William R. Albright esq., disturbed his family, and threatened him, A coffin was made and placed at the door of Joseph McAdams, a highly res pectable citizens, iu order to frighten him from the country, because he waa obnox ious to some of the Ku-Klux. la all of these cases of. .whipping the programme was about the same : From eight to twenty persons in disguise would go to the house of the intended victim in the night and before any one was aware of their presence they would break . into tbe house, drag out tbe party to be pun ished. Iu the meantime they . would gag, and by other means stop any alarm liy the other inmates. . The raids were generally made from eleven to three o'clock-. . Only . one per son was allowed to speak on a raid, and thia waa either a atranger iBhe neighbor nood or one who could effectually change Bi y&c9. rieketa were.-ajway posted, Und tire'greattist percaution taken to pre vent detection . Nfc ..a--,.--::-' . . J - m ,. , I mm l , K r 'Ixtelw'CaiilhgniUwu On the morning' of FebtiTiw exten sive conflagration occiiTtel&l&a "Village of Tioga, Pa., 25 miles north of Coruing, on the Bloisburg Railroad, at an, ..early hour. - " ' -: The fire broke out belweentwJve and one o'clock, and spread very rapidly and with great fury until nearly the entire village ''was' destroyed." About " forty buildings were' buiri-d. in'clud ng ' one bank, two hotels and a lar?e number of stores and resi.lences. ' The loss is 'estimated 'at $150,000 ; insurance only $-50,000.' ' ". ' " An exchange says, the fire originated iu the following manner : " " 'A' row 'took place among some gam blers in a saloon known as "The Ho!o in the Wall," a kerosene lamp ' was; upset, which' set 'firito the' building', and -the flames rapidly communicated to the ad joining buildings, ' and the conflagration' soon became general."' Everything" per-1' ishable, save human beings,' fell beneath the resistless march of fire,' and nothing no remains la tbe buisness'- portion of the vill;ge'but ashes and blackened ' cel lar walls" "Only one' business house, 'that of Jacob'Shefflin.-Jfiw.is saved! -',';''' A Present to Kin? w 11 lam, and an " kuowlcdgement. ' Ac- ." Some time ago MY! Charles Slebert, of New York, shot a deer iu Minnesota. ' He packed the buck in ice anil sent it to. the head quarters of. King William, in France. . The King .acknowledges, through a eicrctary, the receipt of the deer, in the following letter : Office of the Royal Coiit Marshal. ' 7b Ckarlti Hitbert; Eij , -AVt York : Dear Six: His Majesty Jung..Wil? liani, acknowledges - the receipt of your lett-r of December : die 19tb, with the tine, buck you have sent him, and author ized me to write to you as soon as poi ble. i In these -days of ever memorable German patriptUm the King was greatly rejoiced ou receiving the gift you kindly sent him. li is attention was attracted at the large measurement of the buck.- He was this day inspected by the King and will be atrved up to-morrow on the King's table. . ,. ' . . i Very respectfully,. G A. Cl'IKLET. Tfksaili.es. Jan. 10, 1S71 . ' ' , " Cont.ef Fences ... .. . .. - The Harrisburg . Tl graph saysbere is a statement which we find iu an ex change, and which we suppose to be cor rect, although it. will astonish most of our readers: The fences of the United States are estimated to have cost more than the houses,, cities included ; more than the ships, vessels and boats of every descrip tion which sail on the ocean, lakes and rivers ; more than our manufactories,, with all their machinery, aud more titan auy lone - classa of property of real estate excepted.'' These are carious facts, but they are facts nevertheless The fences of New York are put down at $144 O0..V 0005 those of Ohio at SI 15,000,000. Pennsylvania at ISO C'000,000. Divid ed out at this - rate the money invested in fences alone is more than equal to the national debt.' As fences require to be renewed, on an average, once iu ten ysara, the annual cost of the country is not far short of f 'OO.OOO.OJO. : -' ' Aiib.KF Ikon. It is now quite mani fest that we are about eutcrinjr upon a new age of iron An iron ferry b at is buiMiug at Greenpoint, Long Isl ini. ; Iron barges are building at Pittsburg and Dubuque. Iron canal steamers have been built at Philadelphia. Iron sailing ships . have been built at Wilmington, Delaware. Iron steam collier have beeu built at Chester.. Iroa revenue cutters are being built at Camden and Buffalo.' Iron ocean steamers have been built nil along the Delaware. And no doubt we shall soon have iron canal boat.. Ten years hence iron; vessels '-will be in the majority on the Delaware and the -Mis-' sissipi and Ohio. The field is all before us, and we have only to apply ourselves tit it with the requisit energy and enter prise.- North Axteri an. s '- 5 Here are instances in which individu als have paid ir-.re income tax than States and territories ; A. , T. Stewart New york merchant, last year paid in come tax more than either one. of twenty seven States aud Territories, and more than Arizona, Colorado, Dakota, Florda, Washington, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho and Montana combined. .Mr.W. B ' As tor paid more than the whole Slate of Vermont Harris'wg Telegraph. - , .The Income Tax. : ,-We regret that our space will not al low, us to publish Hou John Scott's speech in favor of the repeal of the in come tax, delivered iu the United States S nate ou the 21 st of January last. The Senator considers the tax "unjust, unequal, inquis'.t.rial and unconstitution al." ' ; '..I i . . . ; Woman Suffrage. . -Last week the Pennsylvania Senate pass; ed a bill allowing women over tweuty one years -of age to be elected school directors, by a vote "of ID yeas to ,13 uays. ' ' ' . ' .' ' . An exchange sensibly remarks that a man . who will.- take a newspaper for a length of time and then send it back refu sed and unpaid for, would swallaw a blind dog's dinner, and then stone the dog fur being blind." " . '"', Thb North, American says the whole volume of the foreign commerce of New York does not equal in magnitude the busiuess of the productive industry of Philadelphia. - The State Agricultural Fair meets this year at Scranton. HorrituV Bailroad AeeldewL"- Pouo HitiufSiKvtFeb, 7tB .-Aiifcjpil train going south over jhs i Hudson .vrl BriraIjr.gQk ttaxje'-.tt' Wr3 The car with ihe brokeuxI..4rgr tUm ttrr.lr it IHMlV tlu ' OFT- its IrWkW piatL; j&$&Ykin buBi89 in Ci of the second Pacific ex mess. An at' tempt was a made to atop, the express train, but not in time, and it struck .the oil ear. aud fragment ptftbe rpil jcar were scattered m every direction, ana at once ignited, enveloping tue entire . e- ;-T-.. j,".r'.i'M,t' ' press tram lu names. ( , ,. The. express' train, was'conjpoeed flf a locomtflivevone'baggage car; one express car, "and 'five 'or 'six' sleeping cars. The locomotive was at once hurrelled into the river and the engineer killed, and" the baggage and express cars were piled on (op of tbe engine. 'At the same time the Chi cago sleeping car was one Bheet of flame,' ami though desperate attempts were made to rescue the passengers. It is said not one got out alive. Two of the other sleeping cars next to it were also wrapp ed in flames, bqt the, passengers hi them all grit -out- safely,- and then the bridge took fire. ' ' V'- J-' Iu less thai! ted minute's afterward the whole structure full, carrying with it the Chicago car. bnrying, it and 'itsinmales out of sight under, the water, and among the ruiiis uf the locomotive and express cars. .. . j ,) ,:i v , it i This terrible result settled 'all doubts as to the probability of rcscuipg'any one, dead br alive, aud there: was nothing1 to' do until daylight: " ' ' ' ",'1'l V- . ,'..". Charles Cossum,.the conductor of the train, stiites that there were sixty five sleeping-car. tickets,, and that fifty -two- of thorn have have found owners, indicating' that. but thirteen persons are missing T. The passengers ; say,: however,- that the Chicago car. contained twenty-five or thirty persons,- and not one got out alive All the trains are stopped at the break this morning, and the work of recovering dead bodies has commenced . As fast as tbe bodies are raited to the surface they are placed in a baggage car, where fire is kept going, so OS to thaw their clothing, in order that- search- may be made for anyihiug which may lead to identification. .' .. .su-.z'. - The following is 'as complete a list of the victims as can now be given : William F. Pease and wife, C. Beni dict, editor of the Cleveland llraltl; It. A" Gillett.br Buffalo; Re v'. Merrill Fow ler, wife and three children,. who wire en route to Salt Lake City ; Dr S. Nan creJe,or New York ; L. A. Root,. George F. Thompson, of No. 47 Wall street, New York ; James Stafiord, from New York; Pavid Simmons, engineer of the express train ; Lawranc.e Mooney. brake man, Peter Vosburg, conductor of Buff alo sleeping car ; James Vosburg, color ed porter of the sleeping car.J : ' " '"'' There are three bodies which remaiu unrecognized, and one of them canuot possibly be identified. The body of the engineer has not yet been fonud. : The friends of the victims are arriving from all quarters, and are conducted to the un dertaker's room on Main street, where the bodies are located. 'A vast thiong' is congregated in front of the " building, endeavoring to get a look inside... New Hamburg, near which the terri ble disaster here reported is said to have becured, is a post village of Dutchess county, New York, on the Hudson River Railroad, near the mouth of Wappingecs creek, sixty-six miles north of the city or New York, aud eight, miles south of Ponghkeepsie. , .The drawbridge, which was the scene of the disaster, was over the creek here mentioned, and in the im mediate vicinity of the town. Children Burned to Death. ' Shortly after midnight on the 10th inst a house in Northampton township, Bucks county, was discoverd on fire and all at tempts to check the progress of the flames proved fruitless.' The names of the occu pants are not known. The wife barely es caped with her life, so rapid was the'pro- gre.ss of the flames. She and her two cbil dren were in bed at the time. Bewildered and almost frantic,- she - rushed from the apartment only to encounter the flames which' were crackling' and belching forth in almost every part of the house. She ran down the flight of stairs through the flames, .not however, without sustaining serious injuries. Her two children perish ed in the flames, although every exertion was made to rescue them. - A mother iu Massachusetts had a school teacher arrested the other day for excessive punishment of her ten year old boy,-'. The poor little thing "had been struck about the face, she sail ' with - a ferule,' leaving ugly bruises, and there was the lad with two black and blue sears reaching far down on each cheek. The justice called the hoy to liim, and tender ly touched the scars to , see if the ' face was sore, when lo ! the marks came' off wherever the finger came iu contact with them. A bill has passed the Delaware Legis lature for the protection of oysters and oyster planters. i There are 60,000 acres of oyster lands in Delaware bay. lying east of Kent county, which this bill is intended to protect. It provides : for" a collector and revenue boat. The revenue to the State, it is supposed, will reach 10.000 peryear. 11 . " ' :-r ' . '. i 1 . ; ; , The Altoona TrV, une says the princi pal, actors in the. Starr-Fay tragedy, are exceedingly anxious to kiss and make friends, and that the judications are that the rich, rare and racy developements ex pected to be unearthed on the trial, of the case will not be brought to light. ' ' ' Jnst as We Found Them. k Kossuth is reported-to be hopelessly ill at Turin. f ) -A man in Ituniingdtm ciunty hunts with , J M C S t V jincinnatia. Senator Wilson, it is said, intends to replv to Mr. Black's article in the Feb ruary Galaxy '. -i Tennessee has in) posed a tax on dogs for' ihe "school fund Oue dog for each family is exempcd v , , Gov. Geary has appointed ; Han. W, M.' Hall Judge of the - Bedford district, in place of .Judge King, deceased. .-! v' A hotel ' at "Kenroeha, Wis,, '.was des troyed by fire, one. night last week. Three woman and four children perished in the flames. : - ; . A.Chicago woman asks for a divorce on the ground that her husband has nev er, in all 'their' seven years of. married life, kissed her once. - ' r- They had an original . snow squall in Vermont last week, which was accompani ed by thunder and lightning, a.horM be in struck; by the latter. A Canadian editor thinks it worth while-to explain that when he wrote ' The Ames Failure' the types made it read ' Tho Loves and Fishes."' -' ; ;; Hon. Thos. A. Scott is named in, con nection with the Presidency of the Union Pacific Itailroad, In that " position, be would be the right man in the right place. A western paper, describing the debut of a yquiig 'orator, says' '"He broke the ice felicitously with his opening, aud was almost immediately drowned with ap plause." The belles of Saratoga and Newport are outdone by the wife or Mehemet Ali, who required fivj hundred' camels to transport her baggage when' she went visiting. -'- - - One of "the "lost arts" has been found. It is believed that the priucipal preserva tive substance used in eubalming the mummies of Egypt was carbolic acid, in the crude state. ' Little Susan Amour, at Lebanon, N. 11' lapped the snow off an irou post, ana her tongue stuck to the frozen metal. Aftcr'much effort, she was seperated from the post in a bloody condition, and is now suffering from the occurrence. . ' ' J A comtni tee of one hundred aud fifty ladies of North Attleboro, Mass.. having tried in vain ti persuade the liquor deal ers of the place to abandon their business, now threaten to substitute violence for persuasion. Four years ago Mrs. Colled ic, of Cleveland, kindled a fire with kerosene, and was badly burned.. 0;i Monday lust she repeated the experiment, and this time, killed herself, besides badly buru ing her daughter. The present severe winter in England has caused several independent gentle men to appear ou the streets of Loudon in great coats extending from the l e-k to the ankle. They prefer comfort to i'aah; ion. ' . The Superintendent of the Census now declares his inability to furnish a com pendium of his report before the 4th ; of March. The troublesome Stales appear to be South Carolina and Texas, from which not over half the counties hav been reported. A Washington correspondent relates that prominent at the last. President's re ception was a burly citizen of Croydon, N. If., who resolutely kept his hat on, telling the ushers that he had heard bow fellows at Washington stole strangers' hats, aud he didu't mean to have his stolen. There is a great deal of courage some times iu small boys. A lad in Bridgport had three.fingers of his right hand taken off a few days since by a drop press in a brass shop. : Looking upon his bleed ing hand, the brave little fellow exclaim ed : "I'll bet mother will cry when she sees that." '' ' ' ",' .' ; A ..orrible tragedy occurred at Egg Harbor, N. J , on Thursday, the 2d inst A Mrs. Michel, while laboring under temporary insanity,' ' killed two' of her children, both very young, by throwing them into a well, and then committed suicide by jumping in herself. She. also attempted to drown another of her chil dren, a boy ten years old, but he manag ed to escape from her : Azariah Moses, of Mercer county. made the journey from Connecticut via Harrisburg and Pittsburg, to his preseut place of residence, in 1798, with an ox team, being 42 days; 'oil ;the-route. .At that time New Castle contained: six or sevea log houses, and Sharon was in habited only, by Indians. - The first white settler of the latter place was a man named Jones. ' Mr. Moses is a hale and aud hearty batchelor of 80 years, and considers himself good for several years or life. A Gkeat Offer. On receipt of 81, "Old and New'' will be sent to any new subscriber iu the United States for four months, on a Trial Subscription. Terms ( Payable in advance), $4.00 per annum; 82.00 for six months ; single numbers, 35 cents (mailed post-paid,) Specimen number mail id post-paid on receipt of two 3 cent stamps. Club Rates. Three copies, $10,00 ; Five copies, 815.00 ; Ten cophtr. 30 00: and eac.lj additional .copy $3.00. - For every club of Ten Subscribers, an extra copy will be furnished gratis. . ' ',. ' JQi-Subaci iptiona should be addressed to- George A. Coolidgei care of ' Robbrts Brothers, Publishers, " 143 Washington St., Boston. pambetta'f Succes9-h Elections. pbit Kiticmal Ttiiaatlast act ii uftth iecisJoji i-k ecreepublished aW oStfbtl tui"ftb..wTppt M. Emanuel Arago( Minister of ?the In- M Lemrdfrrnbetta. It w f j is not known whether Gambetta resigned or was "removed. His, retirement, bow? oiror mi fa an end to the programme -of mrmjmf " 1 J the extermists, and removes tbe'political disqualifications. put Jipoa the, Orleans and Bonaparte princes and the. Imperial its ofEce-hoio'ers. . , .. BofiDBAujc, Feb. 9. In the elections for. the Assembly, the Republicans have carried Paiia," Pepiguan, and. Orient, in the Departments of the Ardeche, Marne-et-Lohe. Arago, Indre and . Herault, Conservative candidates, have been elect ed from Poictiers and Mont Anban, and in the Departments of Tarn and Gar onne. ' i ' "' r ' The candidates of the Liberal party are generally elected throughout France wherever they have been put in nomin tion. The Republican majority in Bor deaux is large. -. LiLLiE.'Feb. 9. Cbargarnies and all the clerical candidates are elected. . M. Thiers is elected ,o the Assembly by an overwhelming majority. His suc cess exceeds all expectations. It is believed that the monarchical parly" will' have a majority in the. Assem bly to convene on the 18th.' ANONTHER TROUBLb'.-. '.,. ''-. Brest. Feb. 10. The veritable plague has appeared among the immense, droves of cattle intended for the relief ot Paris, and a sanitary cordon has been establish ed around the animals infected. -The deaths are' so numerous that it is imposs ible to bury tho carcasses, and, therefore, they are being loaded ob condemed war ships, which are towed to sea and sunk Pcateful Phase of the Eastern Question. St. Pktersburo,- Feb S. Sir An drew Buchanan, the British minister at the Court of St. Petersburg, leaves his post on Saturday' on a prolonged leave of absence. This- fact is considered a symp tom that the Eastern Question has enter ed upon a peaceful phase, and that there is scarcely 'a possibility of trouble in that quarter. .... 2! fir ?.ilrfr.tisfnifnt5. " Fcr .Sale .or Rent, BEAUTIFUL EIGHT-ROOMED COT JL TAGE and outbuilding?, at Acidemia, V:i. To a person debiting lo" edoeate hie children, ttiis ;4 a rare opportunity, being situated fo near t:o Aca Jismy and teaiinary at Hint place, rerun easy. For terms, Se , address D. D STONE. Feb 15, ISTl-St Acidemia, Pa, Fire Assessment Notice." VTOTICB is hereby fir.-n to the Policy Holders in the Lohanon Fire Insurance Company of Jonestown, Pa . thit tbe Bard of Dirwtcrs he ordered an BMJesment tf Four Ihillur on tbe Thousand inmreJ on a!l policies ill force up to .Sepieuiber 1. lt70. John Swun. the ou hnrizod agent, will be the' following nmi-d places on the days name-l, tnirwe the sime, when a'.! policy ho! I its wi'l receive a full and detailed state ment of tire ldps sustained hv ihe Co;npa ny since Asesmeut Xo. 0, which was laid February. 170 : .Milllintown. at tue house of Jobn Etka on Mmcu 21. IH70. - ' Pxirt Royal, at tbe Tattcrson House, March 22nd. Port Royal, at the House of John McMan- igal. March 2:ird. JACOB G. HElLMA!f, Sec'y. Feb 14, 1S71 it Hurrali I Hurrah ! Great Excitement at the Mifflin Chair Works I Tl'HY is it that everybody goe to WM. F. SNYDER when they are in need of any kind of Chairs ? . BECAUSE be keeps tbe Bet and Finest Assortment of all Linda of Chairs that was ever offered lo the eyes of the public. Reader, if you are in want of Chairs of any kind, you will do well la call on the un dersigned and examine his fine stock of Cane Scat and Windsor fliaira, ' of all descriptions, before purchasing else where. Having lately started ia business, he is determined lo do the very best he can as regards durability and cheapness, and iror rantu all work manufactured ly him. tl?" Remember the Sign of the illd IiU CIIA.III on Ihe pole on tbe corner of Main and (,'nerry streets, when you want to buy good chairs. .WM. F. SNTDER. Mifflintown, Feb 8, 1871. . . - Notice of Appeals. The County Commissioners will bold their triennial appsal for tbe year 187 1 as follows: Monday, February 13. for Turbett twp in the forenoon, and for Perrysville in the after, noon of the time day at Mc.Vlanigal's hotel in I'errysvilie. Tuesday, February 1 1th, for Spruce Hill at Spruce Hill sehool house. Wednesday, Feb. loth, for Tuscarora at Wm Hackett's, M Coyaville. lhursdny, February loth, for Lack at Peru Mills Friday, February 17th, for Beale at Halde man's hotel, Johnstown. Saturday, February 18th.. for Milford in the forenoon, and for Patterson in the after, noon of same day, at Parker's hotel, Patter son. . . Monday, February 20th, for Walker, at F lleid's -hotel, Mexico.. Tuesday, February 21st., for Delaware in the forenoon and lor Thompsontown in the aftorooon of Ihe same day, at Snyder's hotel in Thompsontown. Wednesday, February 22d, for Greenwood, at Tbos Cox's hotel Thursday, February 23d. for Susouehanna at liarner's hotel. - Friday," February 21th, for Monroe, at Landia' hot 1, Richfield. Saturday, February 25th. for Fared. .1 Norlh'a hotel, M'Aligiersville. Monday. February 27tb. for Fermanagh in the forenoon and Mifflin in the afternoon of the same day in Commi'sioners' Office. All persona feeling themselves aggrieved by the late assessment may attend if they think prnpei'. By order of the Board. ' J. MIDDAGH, Clerk. Dec 27, 1870. A Large assortment of Queensware, China ware, Glassware. Crockervw&i (Vrl.-. wre, 4c, for sale cheap by , .MARTIN 4 WALTERS. WITH- BEAUTmrt IWG A VINO, 13 X IT in. On year for iOrent. AJdrttl, ECHO, rrt Rtyal, Pa. ".Sew gidur 5tuw ..is.- TO THB WORKINA CLASS. W ,r,Bow prepare to furnish alt olasscs with eonsimi employment at home, the whole of the tio( or for the apre f moments. 'Business ne light and profitable. Persons of either sex easilv earn from 6i c. to So per eTeoing, aI11j A proportional iutn by devoting their whole time, to the , business. Bays and girls eaia nearly as much as men. That alt who , this notice msy .'end ihjir aiUreu. anj t--tbe ausiness, we make tbe unparalleled offer; To"iicli as. are not well satisfied, we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing Fait particulars, a valuable sample waicb will do to commence work. o. and a copy 0f The People' Literary Companion one of ih largest and b9t family uew.tpapereTer puo lishcd 11 tent free ' by mail. - Reader,, if yon want permanrbi. pru&table work, addrtn . ... : .. K. C. AUK )., - Aogueta. Main. . S. t'lt'CU'3 family rbvsioi.n . 90 pages ; nl by mail free. Teachra how to cure all diseases of the person ; skin, hair, eyes, complexion. Write to 7H Broad way, !iw Torlt. PPVrj FOR OUR PAMPHLET TO AD-Uj-iiM VERTISERS. Price 25 cts. Gso. P. Rowkli. Co., 40 Park Row, New York. BRIGGS & BRO'S Ulnstrateil " mi ' DescriptiTe " Calaloins OF FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS, AND SUMMER FLO WEEING BULBS, FOK 1871. Will be ready "for mailing by the mijJle of January, notwithstanding our great lor, of type, paper, engravings, Ac, by fire, which destroyed the Job Priming Office of lheR.cu esier Democrat and Chronicle, 25th December, 1870. It will be printed ou a most elegant new tinted paper, and illustrated with nearly rise Bandred Original Engravingn. And twS finely executed Colored Plate specinirng for all of which were grown by ourselves the ptt season from our own stock of SeeJs. In the originality, execution and extent of the engrSTings it is unlike and ern inettty 8operior--to- any- other Catalogue or 'Floral Guiue'' extant, .. ; . - The Catalogue will consist 'of 112 Papei, and as oon rs pnbIUhd will be tent free lo all who ordered Seeds fron. ns the lust sea son, lo others a charge of 43 cents per co py Will be made, which is not the t1u of tbe Colored Plates. We assure our trieDda that the inducements we offer tj parch.iarra of See . af to quality and ex-nt of Stock. Uieconnts and Premium, are un-jsurpn.i. J. Pleat saud order fur Catalogues without delay. Our Colored Chremo for 1S7I Will be ready to aeud out in January, The Chiomo will represent Forty-two Vaieiie of showy and popular Flowers of natural size and color. We design to make it the best Platd of Flowers ever issued. &ze 19x24 inches. Tbe retail value would be at leat Two Dollars; we shall, however, lur nisb it to customers at 75 cents per copy, and offer it as a premium upon orders tiir Seeds. See I'ntalopn when out DRIGGSi BROTHER. Rochester, X. T. 1826, Us3 the Vegetabh 1kTH PULMONARY BALSAM u The oil Btanimd remedy for Coughs, CoTds, Consumption. ".VoAmo- letter." Ct'Tiia Briis. & C , ro-ton. UPUAM'S .LEPIf.ATORV POWER. Re moves snpe-r Buoiii Lair in Hie minute. without injury to the skin. &ut by uui! f..r $1,25. ' ; IFHAS'S ASTE.HA CURE Relieves mt violent paroxysn in ,' mm. utrr ind effects a spetdj car. . l'r'ce 52 by mail. THE JAPANESE HAIR STAIN Color, the whiskers anl hair a be-n.tiful black or bmwu. It consists cf only ont pieparaiion. 75 cents ty mail. Address ?. C. UPUAM. No. 751 Jayne Street, Philadel phia, Pa. Circulars cnt free. Sold by all l'ru(tgisis. who enlace in our new business make fioio $i ta $10 per day in Iheir own localities, i till particulars and instiuo'ions sent by mail. Those in need of permanent, profit able work, should address at once, GEU1.3E ST1NSON & CO., Portland, Maiua. Employment for AIL Cl A SALARY PER WEEK, and expense. paid Agenta, to sell our new and useful dincoveries. Addieea li. SWEET & CO., Marshall. Micb. jUents! Bead This! WE WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY of $30 per week and exDensea. n- allow m. large commission, to sell our new and won derful invention Address M. WAGNER 4 CO., Marshall, Mich. PSYCHOMANCY. Any lady or gentleman cia mhke $1,000 a month, secure their on happiness aud independence, by obtain ing Voychomunoy. Fascination or Soul Char ming. 40O pages ; cloth. Full instruction to use this power over men eranimala at will. now to .tlesmerixe, become Trance or Writing Mediuma, Divination. Spiritualism, Alchemy, Philosophy of (hnens and Dreams, Brigham Young's Harem, Guide to Marriaee. Ao.. all contained in this book ? 10V.0U0 sold ; price by mail, in cloth $1,25, paper covers $1. NoTi.-e. Any person willing to net as agent will receive a sample copy of the work free. As no capital is required, all desirous of gen teel employment should lend for the book, enclosing 1 0 ct s. for postage, to T. W. EVANi A CO., 41 South 8th St., Philadelphia. CURIOUS, HOW STANCE I The MarrieJ l.adttt 1'ritate Comnan inn enn- tains the desired, informal ion. Sent free for two stamps. Address Mas. H. METZGER. Hanover, Pa. Grocery arid Provision Store. o . ' - Main Street, Mifflintown, Pa. THE undersigned, having removed his store from East Point lo tbe buil. line- recently occupied by Enos Bergy as a flour and feed store, on Main street, opposite the Post Office, wnnld hereby announce to tha citizens of VifSintown and surronm'ing coun try that he hos on hand a full and well nest ed assortment of Groceries and Motions, As follows . Syrups, Teas, Coffees, Flour ani reeu, .uackeral. Salt, Coal Oil, Buckets, Brooms, Fancy and Common Soaps, Spices, Rice, Crackers. Coffee Essence, Starch, Corn Starch, Vinegar, Washing Soda, Baking Soda, Lamp Floes, Lamp Wicks. lu. inuigo, lonios. Hair Oil, Per fumery. Gloves and Hosiery, Sus penders. Thread. Riiltnna Notions and Stationery, and in fact a eooJ assortment of everything usuMy kept in a country Grocery and Notion Store. Also, a large stock of BOOTS, and a Complete Assortment af Ladles' and Chil dren's Shoes and Brogans. 35 Tbe highest rales allowed i n exr.hancS for Butter and Egga.-fgj Prompt payers, thirty days. "".) c. BARTLY. Executor's Notice. Eetate of Siizabtth Bell, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that Letters Testa mentary on the estate of Elizabeth Bell, late of Fayette township, dee'd., have been, granted to tbe underiigned, residing in Walker township. All persona indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims will please present them properly authenticated for set tlement. . JOHN K. MOORE, Executor. 187l-6t Jn 2"
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