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.11 khrt A. Parsons, Jr., . - Editor.
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THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1871.
Republican Majorities.
In Pennsylvania, as io wort other
States, the distribution of Republican
majorities it much more uniform than
is the distribution of Democratio ones.
.Like the plague and most other infec
tions, tho domination of the latter party
is always confined to certain districts,
where it has full supremacy. In this
State the heaviest Democratio counties
ore generally those with the smallest
population, and which undor an appor
tionment bill must necessarily have a
.small representation. On tho other
hand, the Republican majority is dis
tributed over a large number of coun
-ties and embraces a much greater area
f territory. This fact is shown in the
city of Philadelphia, where only nine of
tthe twenty-nine wards, on a fair division,
can be carried by the Democrats. It is
exactly tho same all over the State. No
apportionment can be devised to give
the Democracy the representation they
claim without emasculating the State
rand splitting its map into hopeless di
visions. .There is a natural dispropor
tion between tbe vote of the two parties,
'which can be overcome only by a sys
tem of cumulative voting. Forney's
iPscss.
NEWS.
DOMESTIC.
Gold closed in New York, last Mon
day, at 111 J.
Richmond, Virginia, has sixty-three
tobacco factories.
Tho total population of the United
;States is 38,547,534.
Horses are sellinpr at S13 a head in
Los Angelos County, Cal.
Several earthquakes have recently
Ttaken place on the South Pacific Coast,
A clergyman in Connecticut boasts
-the title of the Rev. Hczekiah Fiddle,
D. D.
The heathen Chinee 'are making
whisky in California by lcrmeuting old
rice and rubber shoes.
Two mail coaches were recently de
stroyed by Indians in Arizona, and
several persons murdered.
Hon. Humphry Maishall, of Ken
tucky, now weighs 400 pounds, is about.
'75 years old, enjoys good health, aud
works hard every day.
General Spinner, during the ten
;years he has been the Treasurer of the
United States, has handled the large
:sum of $50,000,000,000.
In Michigan the House of Represen
tatives has passed a bill compelling the
:attcndance at school of children between
the ages of eight and fourteen yrars.
Postage stamps of the denomination
of seven cents have been issued by the
(rovernmcnt. They are de-igned espe
cially to pre-pay letters to Germany.
Jasper Morgan, of Middletown Conn.,
never called in a doctor until he wus in
' his eighty-eighth year. Then he culled
one, and is now gathered to his fathers.
Mobile is becoming an important
.waikct lor importations from the West
Indies. Of coffee alone, the imports
this year will probably reach some 70,
000 bags.
Me-no-sce-how, an Indian woman,
:nged one hundred and eleven year,
"iiied in Eldridgo township, Oceana Co.,
Midi. She, with three sons, was ut the
fumous battle of Tippecanoe.
Samuel Thatoher, born at Cambridge,
Mass., July 1, 1776, at present rcsidiug
in Maine, is said to bo the oldest sur
viving graduate of Harvard college,
; and tbo oldest ex-mcmber of Congress
mow living.
Louisiana sugar planters are disap
pointed at the price of sugar, and have
wisely determined on an entire change
in the system of planting. They will
herealter raise their own provisions and
go to as little expense as possible in
producing sugar for market.
Governor Scott, of South Carolina,
pays that the entiro bonded debt of
South Curolioa, is less that 58,000,000,
with about $1,000,000 floating debt,
which last will be paid immediately
iwith funds now in the Treasury, and
-with the incoming taxes.
Stephen Girard has an imitator in
'the late Robert Barnes, of Evaosville.
Indiana, who left 500,000 to build
;and endow a college of that State, en
joining that no missionary of any sect
whatsoever shall ever hold office in the
institution, or even be allowed to visit
ihe premises.
Mrs. Sarah Hand, whose death at
tthe advanced age of 03 at Cape May
was recorded in the obituary column of
:the Philadelphia Ledger last week, was
(the last survivor of the company of
young ladies who strewed flowers in
Washington's path during his triumphal
passage through 1 renton in 178 'J.
New Orleans, April 28. The City
Surveyor reports the river falling and
the levees all safe along the front of the
.itv. Bonnet Carre Crevasse ia now
1.200 feet wide. Otherwise there is no
-material change in the situation there
'The water is within half a mile north
of Kennerville. It has also made its
appearance on the low ground east and
foutb.
ran rraucisco, Anil !:'.). Advices
from Tucson, Arizona, April'19, state
that Capt. Moore, with a detachment of
troops, killed 84 Indians in two engage
ments. The troops have "corralled"
150 Apnchcs in tbe Dragoon Moun
tains, and have hopes of killing the en
tire band. The valley, for 30 miles, is
nearly depopulated, the settlers fleeing
to Tucson to avoid the Apaches.
Ex-Senator Jas. M. Mason, whose
capture by Comrnodoro Wilkes during
his voyage on a rebel embassy to Eng
land, in November, 1801, threatened to
embroil this country in a war with Eng.
land, died at his residence near Alexan
dria, Va., on Friday night, in the 78d
year of his age. Mr. Mason has been
in aiiling health for a long time, and has
lived in retirement sinoe the close of
the rebellion, of which he was one of
the prominent promoters.
The Internal Revenue Supervisor for
the District of Georgia and Florida re
ports tho total destruction of property
in his raids on illicit distilleries in that
district, up to April 1, 1871, as follows
Eighty-three still-worms, complete and
in position; 122,240 gallons of beer
mash, 1,794 gallons low wines, 390 gal
lons corn whisky, UU gallons peach
and apple brandy, 595 bushels corn
meal, 879 bushels of malt, also, GO
illicit distilleries suppressed; a large
number of mules, horses, and wagons
were seized, and 01; distillcres arrested
and turned over to the Deputy United
States, Marshals.
foreign.
London, April 23, 1871. The spec
ial correspondent of tbe Tribune at
Versailles telegraphed yesterday even
ins as follows:
Thiers interrupted the debate in the
Assembly to-day by the announcement
that the troops had occupied the roost
advantageous strategical positions; that
these happy successes assured the speedy
termination of the civil war. Both the
regular army and the insurgents havo
suffered heavy losses. He was moved
to tears, and declared that he was greatly
disposed to clemency, except to the
murderers of Gens. Thomas and Le-
compte. He expressed unbounded
confidence in Marshal MacMahon. The
capture of Les Moulineaux is of great
mpottance to the uovernment, as the
musketry reaches from there to the cen
ter of Foit D'Issy.
The Prussians have summoned the
insurgents to abandon St. Ouen. Bor
done has been arrested at Marseilles.
Paris, April 30 Evening. There
was a sharp engagement on Saturday
night at LesMouIiueaux, in which the
Vcrstiil'ists were jepulsed with a loss of
i'J men made prisoners. But in the
mean while a column of the euemy ad
vanced on the Clamart Railway station,
aud occupied the houses 200 yards from
the Hitrcnchments of Issy. Ihe fort
was a wreck; the casements broken in,
the embrasures demolished, 30 of its 60
i;uus are dismounted, and tbe ammuni-
lon lor tho mitrailleuse exhausted.
The garrison became panic-stricken, the
gunners mutinied, and spiked half their
remaining guns; and this morning, be
fore an) light, the entire garrison aban-
loned the fort. Its commandant, Gen.
Xegey, has arrived in the city.
uen. IJluseret, who went to the front
ut tbe first news of the rout of the
roops, returned at noon to-day, having
tailed to stop the panic. He has sent
mt fresh troops, among them the
'Avengers of Paris," to re-occupy the
works; and u despera'e fight is now in
progress in that quarter. At tho Mail-
ut uato uud around Asnicrcs all is
ijuiet.
Chines Calculation.
A correspondent of tho London
Anthenaum says: The inference of
Professor de Morgan to the employment
of the fingers for the purpose of nots.
tion induces me to speak of the very in
genious application, in China, of this
living abacus to arithmetical calculation,
of tho faculty it gives for the settlement
of accounts, and the easy solution of all
sums, whether of addition, substraction,
multiplication, division, from one to a
hundred thousand. Every finger on
the left band represents nine figures,
the little finger the units, the ring
finger the tens, the middle finger the
hundreds, the forefinger tho thousands,
the thumb the tens of thousands. Tbe
three inner joints represent from 1 to
3, tho three outer 4 to 6, the right side
to 9. Ihe forefinger on the right
hand is employed for pointing to tho
figure to be called into use; thus, 1,234
would at once be denoted by just touch
ing the inside of the upper joint of the
forefinger, representing 1,000; then the
inside ot the second, or niiddlo joint of
tho middlo finger, representing 200;
thirdly, the ioside of the lower joint ot
the ring finger, representing 30, and
lastly, the upper joint of the little fin
ger touched ou the outside, represent
ing 4. Or, again, 9,999 would be rep
resented by touching the side of the
lower joint of tho thumb (9,000), and
the lower side of the joint of the fore,
middle; and the little fingers, represent
ing respectively 9,000, 900, 90, 9. The
universal correctness of the accountancy
of China, where there is no purpose of
fraud, and the rapidity with which all
trading ana commercial accounts are
calculated, are acts of notoriety to all
who have any acquaintance with pur
chases or sales made in that country.
Davy Crockett used to tell how he
was once treed by a herd of prarie
wolves, and how he rid himself ot their
unwelcome company: "I shot away all
my ammunition, and threw away my
gun and knife among them, but it was
no use. Finally, I thought I would try
the effoct of music, and began to sing
'Old Uundred.' Before I finished the
first verso, every wolf put his fore paws
to nis ears ana gauopea ou.
Black silk hose are said to be fash
ionable for ladies, Firemen still use
leather,
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DRIED APPLES,
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PHUAS LPHIA & EBTB BAILROAJV
WINTER TIME TABLE.
ON andafter MONDAY, DEC. 5th, 1870.
the trains on the Philadelphia &
Erie Railroad will run as follows:
WESTWARD.
Mail Train leaves Philadelphia. 9.40 p. m.
" Ridgway 1.5(5 p. m.
" " arrive at Erie..... 7.40 p. m.
Erie Exp leaves rhilndclphia... 12.20 p. in
" " " RidRway 2.L'0 a. m.
' " arrive sit Kiio... 7.40 a. m.
Accomodation, leaves Kcnova,...0.C5 a. ni.
" nidgway,..5.01 p. m.
" urr at Kane 8.00 p.m.,
KA9TWARU.
MU Train leaves Krie. .......... 9.00 a. m.
" " " Ridgway.... 3.00 p. nu
' " arrive at l'Mlnd'a... 15.50 a. m.
Erie Express leaves Erie 9.00 p. ni.
" " Pidgway. 2,20 n. in.
" " rat Philadelphia. 5.80 p. m.
Accomodation, leaves Knne 7,30 a.m.
" " nidgwy...l0.49 a. m.
nrr at St. Marys 12.00 in.
" leaves St. Marys 7.15 a: m.
" ' Emporium 9.33 am.
" arr at Itonovo 8.00p.m.
Express, Mail and Accommodation, east
and west, connect at Corry and all west
bound tiaius mid Mail accommodation enut
nt Irvmton rrith Ihe Oil Creek and Alle
gheny River Rail Rood.
WM. A. BALDWIN.
Genl Sup't.
NEW TIME TABLE.
Commencing Deeember 5th. 1870.
ALLEGHENY VALLEYR.lt.
NEW LINE TO BUFFALO THROUGH
TIIE OIL REGIONS.
GOING SOUTH.
Day Express leaves Oil City at
Arrives at Pittsburgh
Night Express leaves Oil City
Arrives at Pittsburgh
2 30 pm
9 00 p na
9 10 p nt
5 25 a n
9 05 a mi
6 50 p in
Mail leaves Oil City
Arrives at Pittsburgh
OOINd north.
Day Express leaves Tiltsburg at 7 20 a nv
Arrives at Uil vity at 2 Oa p m
Night Express leaves Pittsburgh 8 40 p m
Arrives at Oil City . 6 15am
Way Passenger leaves Pittsburgh 9 8t a m,
Aarrives at Oil City 6 85 p nt
l'assengers travelling by this Route will
find better acetmmodations and make
better time thaa by any other toad from
tho Oil Regions to Pittsburgh.
Pullman Pallnse Drawing Room Sleep,
irig Cars on Night Express Trains between
Pittsburgh and Corry. Through Coaches
attached to Day Express Trains between
I'lttstmrgn ana Brockton without change.
Baggage checked and tickets sold to all
important points.
J. J. LAWRENCE. Gen. Sunt.
Jas. II. Bbat, Ticket Agent.
DR. G. WHIPPLI,
Dental Sargeon.
Ollice in Walker's Building. All kinds of
dentistry done in the best style, and all
work warranted. He will visit Kane on
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11th, and 12th; St. Mary's on the 21st.
22J, and 23d of each month. At all other
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who may avorhira with their sitstem.
MARTIN SOWEUS, proprietor
HALL. & BRO.
Attorneys at Law
ST. MARY'S,
ILS COUNTY riTNSYlYANU.
JOit O. HALl.... ....JAS. K. V. KALI