;vr --, "; "nreAlTrird:`,' PA . TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20.1608. • La OA tabkivis. o '`fi TtillitifirVialifitigeln jegird to the etir'a:: ..t.;.. i ...IA "0i1 ,: ,.. . less nee nT, • li p toe eh.ape• of terrible" accidents, seem to be "entiiely disregarded by a ) oFif PNPMion of to, oc. people. .Though the newspapers teem with accounts of. deaths from the Olin 10411) 010 of . korosene, 'many persons pallid in filling (hair hinips' at night, ireg,uont ly ev white they are lighted, while othors r still in re care l ess, pour coal oil on slow fires, "to ke them burn taster ." Such actions are a t only careless, but actually criminal, as ever one who is guilty of such folly is not only ndangerhig hit or her own life l •but the lir and proporty . of others, and Should be hel amenablOOihe`laWs' for SO doing. • I Every intelllgnat,Pqrson ought to knoiv that an intlamme* gas.constantly exudes from coal oil, which Will frequently , convey tiro to the oil from a !/istance of .several foot. It is not neeemeary that the Santo end tho oil should he brought into contact to produce an explO• lion, • • as' ill "4 i tinirudent ' Pertione sappose—,- explosion! nearly ways result from the igut• Von 01 the w s at l 'a greater or less distance: This tacc,sl i tsig p i i h n , generally known, and, all eeneihte 'Tacos, ,should act "accordingly, by Mins their letnPs in the daylinto; and carefully keeping coal oil as far as possible from stoves or open flies. `'lt, Would .- h 0 well, 0.0, to r... 1 i; - . . • ,1 fleet that it is putting this lives and Property of stortvllfsers And their employees in 'danger to ask them ,to draw_and measure coal oil tit night. coal,oil !should always ho purchased in the daytime. ~By using proper precautions in the handling.ofthisdangerous dubatnneo, many disastrous fired hit& horrible deaths ' may rho " • " • prevented. , 1 1, ' CAPT. PHILIP FORNEY, a son of John W. Forney,' fought n duol in Washington lasiWeeb, with ita officer of the Twelfth U. S. Infaufryi on Recount of gratirel in front of Willard's 1i01444 Weapons, •• • pistols:—killed, none— woundedl, diti,o;'-seared, two, ono very badly. Young Forney • was formerly an ollieerin the regularomy t but ha is now ,tt clerk in the Ag: rioultrirni Department. It is rumored that his opponent ,wns slightly vim ded, and that tfor• neyleft has Washington. As the father's" two papeys i both daily," have alwnys (Might the .ydurig man that it is right tokill his enemies,' it is not to be VeOntlered . at dint ho should try his hand at duelling: The old gentleman • should Sot'a bettor example. ,111?*, 401 TILEI ItADAUAL VAMP. '`lie Dlapateh bitterly. assails Capt. Rauch ; ono of the editors of the Rao. Araians, because that paper has dm courage and candor to tell the truth about the thieving of the Radicals in the State LegislaturO. As the klither .Abrahant is said to ho backed by . loropy, and the Dispalch by Simon Cameron, the tight promises to bo a very interesting one, and the Democracy arc anticipating pleasant enteytainuopt t in watching the contest, caring little which whips, so long as Radical rascality is exposed, A Burnam% PitaironcxoN.—The Nevada Territorial Enterprise of Nov. 28th, says, l moot "insular phenomenon was witnessed frdm that city the preceding morning, at 4 o'clock, by miners and others who Woro astir at Ilia edit' !lode: The phenomenon was of n ales. tidy Ohatieterf and was connected with the ris lug of ;the. morning star: Some hundredi .of personssaw,the wonder and on in as tonishment during its duration. 'rho sky Avas perfectly clear in every direction, and the cas tern horizon was peculiarly blue and brigitt.,not the slightest sign of mist about.the ridges of t h e distant eastern ranges, yet the morning star rose of a blood-rod-tolor, 'and with a . bright white halo, apparently live or six feet in diem, ter, surFounding it. horn the lower part of thld haki r thero extended downward a tail op paretttly some eight feet long and two fectin width at the tipper:part. 'The tail was slightly curled, of:aaabre sliapo, bluntly rounded at the lower endow(' both it and the halo appear ed to be filled with thousands of small and ex,' ceedingly brilliant stars This strange sight; !noted 5 . 01110 fiftewor twenty minutes. .tisl Nation recently suggested for increasing theitiength of motet tubes subjected to great fOrees; as cannon,' Cylinders • of hydtablio presses, etc., consists in heating Oa cyjiudar and.coating,it with a layer of copper arid, Alp, ,or i . of pure, tin. )ly means of a rnaCliiito, 'strong iron or steel Wire, previously coaled With the same substance, is wound rohnd the cylinder in a continuous' spiral, the tarns id olOso contact, and several layers beitig n3e,de . one abovo the other, tho • cylinder. being kept hot all, the time, so that the 2viro remains in ,101e0det condition. Iron rings ina,y be tho"spiral wrspidngs aud oh t r g o idiiiry degree of strength imparted, so ns alatoti' to 'obviate the usual dangers conse• gaifbl 110 %Ming. • .• ' ,t 7 . iieriairmemagiaa'.+*•■.. l o%.•*o. • 'OI Wonland Ptorts,—The House Carpen tereVitteethrdithioni was 'organized in Eau Freotleo. about tit een menthe tto rot: the • purl:A:l46f Ifnildinrri ed-opetatiio mill. After litieffeiltrufgle to raiso tho 1110111511 tho mill wasi"bullt,' and in Juni last lho Union cont. mdgoe&to tbutraet tor tbo erection 'Of build lute 8114thaVIIIne fOntteeti houses; involv= lei sii•orlientliturtilof $65,000 1 'have been pnt lOW tete idle:turtle of comPletlon.. recent rigWti 'Of the 'Condition or tho AssOcintion ehkeillita thetnill'and real iodate owned by it are Iwpt h $ 1 10,00 0 4 encumbered with n debt of .81000. • ' • Nig ..., i Tattoo" Res , lo' rdvtion I .::, üba p sto bo ore so ' thm bir Ming- .7 . claw • . ;go, p, Mogi °Gas f. the r tho lo o . orei ~ . . , . among the baggele captured tionist& weraLiarsoistair" previously recoived by tho goiernment -401 • that tho strychnine was to be used to, pow Vie Spanish troops throughout tholsland. Tht official account of the battlo" Mates that 'IC go vernmentlicops •44t1;;;“;‘,up,With Abals4l tioniiits on the 18th inst., eighteen' miles from Puerto Principo. They stormA44lle/Areft4l4 cd camps of the enemy and attacked them whit' the bayonet. The latto were routed, losing many mete )4 Villitil t iiitt i i;•ounded. According to the official account tho loss of • the govern ment troops•iyas,.sliibt,, Ugly, 00' 1.1 , ,nmin was 'anfreigki revolutionists it ilot . gitiep s `4,§tikiill4#o l 6,ol• l , that 700 horses - wort eapyirtilki ItilYllo#ll,. account of tho affair' Stales 'ikatte l go ni oat troops lost keavily in kiped and wounded. ThoreyOlutio ni Ms also, d,finithei.M4iiiiiiMit that! the government troops captured all their arms and ammunition. • • Thoppeetta publishes a'''ciatente9 t that thl New York El'CrOnisiniSnolAtin"niinn of the goi'ernment of Cuba. This declaration is wade to defco4 the honor ,of fipaitt -and the dignity of thr.; Bpnoish ashidgtbd against the attacks ot%that paper. • (;et).-,§nlitvo has fq,Sintiago wilbt tmopm,iti) tnlic coblnuttul bf the eastern depait , anent. ' The revolutionists have, destrord the light house nt Lucretia 1 3 4 hat, Odaegaring the na4l) nation of the lialninia channel.: The etatenients of the government in relation victories over, the insurimito Imp very mue4 exaggerated, and intuit tioltilcoil 'with grain of - allowance. The truth is that the re volutionists are giving tho government much troubly, i and it 11 , 041, not' ,bo surprising its 'they iih6uld succeed lit redeeming the island from Spanish rule. ~ .„IConuutitiioalktida Capital Priplishinent. Much has been said and written concerning eapital,punishment. , In -.apciont tithes it irM universal. Wise 'then dilrik it a'relic of bar barism, inexpedient and ;unnecessary in a ell,- ilized age. Theabolitipuiste pre ipereasing in niunhel., and we may ettfili expecte universal relleal at no distant dayo Some of the United States have repealed it, substituting in its Place , imprisonment for Jiro. • The titnto_ Maine,as Usual in sah'iniohle enterprises, took the leading step. In Maine, the criminal when convicted is to be imprisonc4 for one year ) arrl after that time 'until the 'governor and his council, upon a certified copy of the proceed• ings in the case; shall itstte,ati order under the great seal for, his exectitioir.• It is not made Obligatory on the clerk, however, to send any record of the proceedings, nor upon the gov ernor to issue any warrant thereupon and the Consequence is that no Criminal. has boon °n ettled in Maine •sinee 1835. The law is simi lar in Louslana, Ma”aehusettfi h‘,d Vermont, In the latter State no wieehtiOn ha's taken place for fifty-three years. In Rhode Island and Michigan, capital punishment has been re pealed. In the other , States Of the ls,still it i tlforce. In Belgium it 'is repealed. it has alwriYs been observed that when execu tions inmased, murders increased. This kind of - punishment is very Uncertain. The maxim ) "it is better that ten guilty men should go free, than that one innecent man,,,should' suffer ) " constitutes the prineili.al legal lore of a jury, and the uncertainty of tho charge often defeats the just 'Renee" . there danger thaC•criminals;l4' theiejinpnnity l 'ivill not only'be;etteouraged themseivecto in crime, but,will,ctiopurage . othelis'alo. l , death penalty. tleee,net:.conternplnto thelefor. , l 'nuttion of. the erimitnity:::ciiie,Of Ilia chief ;01~ jeets ni panisinnent. ;y Tho ri only l ,:thing -seems necessary t0 , ,b0 • done is te, expot the! criminal from thOivOrld, qt 3. s'otirt peti To every 'impartial and 'tinbireed, Tind, clear that imprisonment for lite i s, morn efreek tint exemplary punishident than eideuiloU:', PfteinesS,' tlt A M 111,Y851i4 . 18 have' peke, iitid have roast hoef .for bie faido,•intd day for his fire wars or rtihl. 9 o3 . 4st , ev A rB:l7ot•ciry, ; ly i ' i ly II lOy, his ticighborand th e w'ulf 5 ihe:„ ` 104 4 4444 AO! leopard wlll: 'donrilii wioV i 'ol9 skid and "the calf and the yating,lion•attd, failing; ,•iogothii; afidi he whitq tshinq'ot . l.l6ol.6l with the celoO'd Dinah-=duda'l 4 ittro lead theirt-4—nn4 iherO nOYl . Odiger iteciessitY, tif' l "lliat.4 irbmcs;" AOl,, ,egc##;,r, in hard o ny —Sal sit cr— era Aalfonnl;t; TELEGRAPITIO4L 010 ,•. % ' et L, . 1, t 1 .404 1 41A, 441 1 4 44,7 • „. A conoutititi.dr.c4 l o'to4",f4t4i,i'ilffie ; `'O' 4 .lo:: Pittsburg Yostieday, , which ;lirtattiddkithr Moralizing the Legislaturetoilhooofrpnchisi}: 'tient o f Afe:,e 6 l4o.i4eO . i .i . ; The citizens of 4tiihkeYivilu,etYpiAliciallikeite' 'said to bOilooing Hf,rom the 'rpiliti~vitihq gone ilt,c;r'e; d tt , , en.'gt`O dischargoillq,Jilk:{it t ifTlATgiii/W tiet4c*llo incustodjt. • t t.`av,l , .• .• ig Bear Adiu9.l, Apkf i ctk 4 i l ; l l4 l ,,tfas'e. P9T,FeAttd the Furopeati:oilei4b::-fleitt•M'Otalli'ana!rini be AsueccOlestitt,','Cfmoo,koltti#:,?.-:"!titstliillBl,6,* Navy Yiir ear Atnifal ,r99r 1 0 4 t, ; ~ f r.l73;i/Ma Gilley rind despatch isaYa . that'thi on thi",), ) ,lOW:hogichkt(4l_ , lt„itt'Viiiiiillaiiit' mules within a few .31P)14, 'a`r ”: •, „,, ti“ . 1 tsAi Gen: Grant Philadelphia. L(5 , ,,,A; : A. tA A 4 . 9 rcriA • I li p lu The preseut , !easitivhau:ppr,:feli.kastripia to the heigi'giidt'li t ,'Or,*4ponl4lol44lll`itie r t them will lietit i. efotgilOtithitiV lAtialtiethigit crops. • r; . . •1 4f. ") 4 A 141 i wholpg prcparca • presentoom* : ,the 9 1 tio,,,I4e0,0[It j uFe 114 4 10" •W ir ' l Y.' 4 " 4 "; miles to tholiity cmcitimtlte-q v!L tse,,lll • , tt. • Boston will-h ave matt dt4ll' nropc li y thciehiMid 0 eoige 114(149 I ,XF,4,4lent tik; * tati' Vennetsca - blatieW hatt,foo:',#ettiftid( in Memphis ea:the charge of cmf)ezzlirlsBooi'• 000 of the State Selie'6l.l4MO: t 4 ; • 7 ; 1 0 '1 . , EMI =NM •4,14,04.00 t i l o lo42l2lorraa (dark. Five persons were , injured and nine iere.arrested.. , . The Rev, Dr. llogem,Jvito has kept the Episcopal diocese of Tennessee in hot water for the last few .months, .bas finally been re. ;aired into the ()hutch of Rome, and r ontly xiiiitillirAnattilialtitintittifi USW Ale veilfitillikl, `thifßlW NIS of ri3 I Mr. William Kincade, a well-known circus performer, died of. disease of the heart, in 3altimore ) on Sunl i t. Ile was in the thirty. g l it h year id/41AV ; . 11t,•Crt,IPI JAI. .1; i Brevet Major General Alfred Gibbs, former• li ailistinguished cavalry officer in Mexico and i' tho Array of tho Potomac, died on Saturday, til -,0:•, j • , i . - , 'pt.,. l aT li ni ID t 11 41 4 11 I . 1 i tone . meeting on Sunday evening, duringwhich t • • 1 , a man wait stabbed. . • The Board of .Managers of the Soldiers' kl . ation* comptery,,,at getlyibtirl I , itivo- i do elded id druieeititb the 'nfenuntent On 'the, lst July ~., a July next. • • Mr. McKee, `p a . Mteshialppi Congressman eon, was raulted'on ~it',Missitisippi steam host on Saturday and ,slightly wounded. Ho iNured hp iiisigie.l n t',• il A ~,?:,.:Z3, Faun MAsows.—lt is estimated that tho Ma genie order, at preseat, cc:attains: about 1,2500 000 . inbriberti.'.' Of thit number", 160,090 are in England, 'lOO,OOO in Be:Minna; 'and 60,006 Ireland. Thorn are about 000,000 on the con• tinent of Europe i ,o99o illthoUpyus:lfitlktep t and 40,000 in Otlv4 iiiks of the woria l . In Englopcl•theftre , tw, t4ree thousand per ions initiated' etteii year, the Masonic body said to be overYwhere increasing. , . . ~ —Great d,isys existt.kn.i,p,PS the e.4.he (itiver4,l4,4 pqo persoh's' toinporarily residing i# , Thilildtkand numbers Of them have. beep t At their own•request,' committed,te ,the ,iiiiik ,, .hOuse as vagrants, , , ..,,,, ~ , ';" ''''''''' I.A.t AD ----- pale ERTISENENTS. q2ICNTLEMEN WISIJINO A I'ItAASANT Titi vate Boardlngpo u sei t ,o' aocomuiodatod 23 South Fifth WM. !germs moderato. '446. OB BENT, at No. 421„ North, Eighth ' Arent; three convenient room ifil tbi 4V family having 'oil Child or none. P 0880691011 given on the Ibt oy4ga f .Tinhary, des "' 4 1 1 , - )11:118111'411P;VIIANEIN. !PROF. FRANK 13TotICH would hereby retard lira West, g Wenn thatiks . his of OW Olaskat Awf,ror,thq beaqtlfut gOl4-401004101+1)0 111,Ix *Molt thiSy Uhtisticaas, H ' ve, e shall evpuregaritn moeit fiattbrleg ken tot thithcappre6littbri or' Services; Inseltortatc?ploaften!LetefeelinbtsiftedisilletoisJ;) 41 1 0SZO r . - Attc•',• I k „ OTlCB.;—ldutual fire Insure nCIV-COMp`any of Sinking Spring, Berke county. Notice to the members of said Company is hereby given, that an Assessment is levied of ONE. DOLLAR. on every thousand dollars Insured, (which is As. SeSsment N 0.16). The following places are ap• ppinted whore one of the Directors will be to re. °sive said Assessment I Wor the townships of . Iduhlenherg, Alsace, , Ex. .oter, and OlW'of Beadilrlt t Pii,te can be made tb Weilldgt6n Vali Hoed, 415'Vela YMA illitreet. !By order of the Board. 'deo 29-Iwdl ' ounntEs KESSLER, Soct'y. 4 1 t • , TtO I ,LET.-THE STABLING IN THE rear of the, Dehoonlgo restaural has boon p in flrst.elkett ordeeattil is iniw t lot. For Suttonlard apply to V. 0. MALTZBEI(IER, idea 28-4td) 639 Point street. TAKE NOTICE.--TIIE STOCK ...IL holder'' , !of t.lfOrtifue; tukpotqg lost 4311vIngst •MsoolatiOft;aro'hereby notified to Vag Iliefr in. 'staltnent foe and the dues for their shares, on or before the second Friday in January 14;9, (the Bth day) at the grocery store of J. ( J. Thomas, ;oorner of Fifth and Court streets, . ;Notice is also given that any ono who desires 10 becieuld a 1110(Ilber Ilan 'lo4o.by ogilliiist‘oWthe soune oftlerr,'vfnete'd rev,' tilAres are" on )ipl. ' eN. 11.—The first regular monthly ' meting' will be held oir irrldf i r on' the evening o the Bth day of January, 186 - at 0.7% o'atele i ati 1.19. 28 north 141(streAt, 8., .corber of ift and.oourt 'streets,lit J.V: t , 8., store. ' y rder•bf the President. ' ItOBEIIT WAGNER, 'deo 28-td ~B ocrotarypro tem. L.L...._ . , -. 7777 - Iplt. JOIIN ST:EPIIEX, FORMERLY Of Worneladorf, tenders hid professional stir : ces to tli Mtizenyl . 4 . • d/efg. ti sbnlleop i r ,liorth 41 t ktreet. 11 i , consul Ali 0 o,ty *pat thb Mono Ou i. . ' VI e w•-8 dd: 4 30AltD10*IVAITTED, AT 620 :FRANKLIN STREtT. Doo 4,4 f • tfIFOIIUTIftONfSv v.'l 3 / / 1. WE.HAVE IN STORE " ENDLESS*" VARIETt or 3:111 ;',1t;11-114 TaXiYi V 15e . . , :,; Livo "Ti`iS, ls of J • ti`:J:F - *3. ` , O - 111Pit !:,• Fsl4oBll4CUltillylNLlAtii;! , .: ;try', t 4ti • 4 . . 0..9: ,; r r•uo' .•:1; .) )• t APAWIt, ViSiD#ELlAtit. 1 1 , . • .1 0 - • , )LADIMTANCI OLUYEa: • : If) , t •'i mac, ausavi4rxramik.-1..,),1 A' .2‘' Ift 11" NU/ :4 ' r 't• I .A.“POELIN•4IO4IOII ) ,4 t AVgiOrgit ff f • 'f.lt 10, f lii*tioMfoivikktfottlitrieitiii a t *me, •,,,, . t t}. 1 4 r!AiDIVE „P x Frit .;81 1 1 , , , ? 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