I= r)iltlatslturgt.i&alt*, The Avondale Calamity. , The Scranton Republican comments pon the testimony taken at the coroner's .0). tquest as follows : The intense interest felt in the Avon ale disaster will not be lessened by read ig the reports of the evidence elicited store Coroner Wadham's jury at 'lymouth on Saturday. The theory of se fire, which has--gradually been re sived —namely, that 'the- work of the salt was ignited by the heat of the yen lating turnace--is scouted by every ex. erienced , miner who was examined. 'here was no difference of opinion on the mat, while the working Of a mine with ut one opening and the building of trie reaker over the mouth of tue shaft were enerally condemned. Aii , me witnesses whose opinions on be point were ot any value were unani lons in considering the -furnace entirely afe. The opinion that the fire was not aused by the farnace'in the mine is sup. orted not only by ' the experience and udgment of experts, but by positive evi ence or a well-nigh conclusive character. :Lib is found in Atte present condition of tie brettice, or wooden partition which ivied the' shaft to a hoisting-way and in air-way, or an upcast and downcast. ?his brettice is disco.ored at the top, and tot at the bottom, except a few feet which vas ignited by the burning debris and •shes which fell to the bottom of the haft when the breaker building was con umed. The brettice was the only material vhich could have carried the tire from the tottom tithe top of the shaft, if the fire 'tad been communicated to the brettice at he bottom, as it would have been had the • urnace communicated it. It is impossi 'iale to believe that a portion of the bret ice, beginning at a pant only twenty feet from the bottom, and extending :hence upward for, one hundred and thirty `set, could have remained unburned as it sow remains. What could have extin ;uished the flames twenty feet from the bottom and rekindled them one hundred ind thirty or one hundred and forty feet aigher up? The thing is inconceivable. Not one of the witnesses could assign as reason for the origin of the fire any cause onnected with the working of the mine. ' &lost of them thought it expedient not to .: - 7.ttempt any explanation at all, and only ~ane of the hundreds.to give positive ex ' l-'pression to the horrible suspicion that ."svidently lurked in the minds of all. l';'Pne witness on his oath said he believed • ' , Jae mine was intentionally fired. . ;. i I Let us not attempt further to excite the .• : -Aorr . or watch the mere ;suspicion of .• :.uca an enormity at once arouses, but bxamine for a moment the facilities for ... - .mcendiarism afforded by the . peculiar :situation. George Morgan swore that he .';believed the fire began at the mouth of the tunnel, or a little below it. The tun nel reterred to affords the-best possible toyer for incendiary operations. Begin. ming under the lower side of the breaker, it ran under that building and opened into :theihrifc at a point atienit forty feet below The surface. The part of the shaft ,into !which it opened was not the hoisting way, :which was continually traversed by the carriage, frequently with men aboard, - and in which any suspicions appearance . !would almost Certainly have been no ;deed. The tunnel opened into the air . shaft, or upcast, by a WoOden door. This Ipoint in the air shaft, forty feet beneath -the surface, was , perfectly screened from - .!observation. It was up cue air shaft that Atte fire came, and it camel with the speed ' .and force of an explosion, bursting into ;the engine house, as the engineer swore, - !with the puff of an explosion of loose powder. l - This_explosive character of the- flame "iis partly accounted for br the strength of :the draft in the air shaft; but the use of :the quantity of highly in . ammable mate ,rials at the mouth of •e tunnel would !have tended to produce p ecisely the same effect. What is more ea • than to enter the tunnel, say at dayb eak, charge its mouth and the brettice .pposite with a quantity of kerosene or .they inflamma ble material, lay a slow use connecting with it, lightine fuse, e cape unnoticed. ;and be Mies away befor: the catastrophe came? The fuse and a .. agazine would b most effectually con . ealed while the former was burning. is a dreadful 'thing to feel compelled t•', advocate such a theory; but is any othe 'possible? Can it be coneeived.that such a-conflagration, . 'if occurring , from any' : ccidental cause, or at the bottom of the 8 I aft, could have escaped the notice of me , passing up and down the shaft only fiftee . minutes before ' the flames burst from its .. outh? Was not ' theinonth of the tunnel the only- point opposite the burned part i f the brettice at '. .. which fire could have . -en communi ,: celled? Was it not impos ible for any fire to accidentally come from the tunnel? In '.. • _ brae; is, not the theory • f incendiarism possible, and all others im.ossible? In reaching this concl sion we need .. ' not take into account the reports about , - traces of 'kerosene at th - mouth of the tunner.' ' It`will be time e . ough to 'con sider -• ; these when they hay • been elicited • , on oath in open court. .f. evidences of ' . the most heart-sickening Tine on record are' fir `stronger dam we could desire them to be already. , _ _ I Tee Pernicious influence of Siren's Poetry. 1 We like the tone of this extract from's I recent,letter by James ) Par 'xi defending lira; H. B. Stowe. He sa s with great force : Norio it tru as e have fie , quently been informed of , te, that By Et influence in the world is a thing of the past, 'lMlcept Shakespe re,' no poet who is not living Bella so ' y copies per annum in" the United Shit s as Byron. Sbaliespeaxe, Byron. and Scot are chief , among the 'staple'? poets o the book 'trade. But Byron is morethan poet to the young men of this generatio —he is au influence.A. His po er to do evil is such that, any _ wie w o can--justly and !Iproperiplicainistrhii: re stage renders a service VI morality. .i.e..t alibiing this;. vi 'w of the subject t i home to:ourselves: , A veteran journalist lof ake..city of New Yo k is accustomed ter.sity .that he Calif co - t twentv-three young men connected With the Press or with litetatdie; the thret.cities of New York, Boston and ailadelphia, who, du.- rink the'liat fifteen yeaii, have destroy ed themselves by the nasty vices, I mightetay; tribe .;:kir realm - vices.. l From the many I myself have known of, I shotild suppose that is within the truth ity`putting the number of these lamentable suicides at twenty.three. These young men, gifted, promising, many of them capable of great and beneficial careers, have all ignotfiy perished in the prime of their youth in; consequence of an error. They thought pretty verses and striking artibles and excuse for vicious excess. Of ties sect, Byron is the apostle. He fur nished these unhappy : men with an ex ample and excuse; at' they thought they cOuld do with impunity, or with the ap. planse of the World, what Byron did, effect ing to despise those who warned them of the consequences of their as" By ' affected to despise the decent p ortion of the literary class of his tima- I. supp ose that no man ever lived who had so much power to make vice seem becoming and graceful; because his genius was essen tially histrionic, and he had such fearful reasons for assuming a mask. We meet his baleful influe.ice wheraver we min igle with educated youth. Professors in colleges,conductors of newspapers, col onels o regiments and many others know how general is the feeling among young men, that to comply with the fun damental conditions of human welfare, is to act the part of a fogy, and that to trample upon these conditions or set them at naught, is to be a dashing, metropolitan sort of person. By- Ton may b called the founder ,of - the school, both 'of literature and journalism, the main end and aim of which is to make vice attractive and vir tue ridiculous. We cannot be grateful enough to Mrs. Stowe for tearing off the mask from the most histrionic of writers— the writer of all others who had most need to be histrionic, became he had the most to hide. Not hat incest, - was the worst of his offences. Moore relates worse things of Byron than Mrs. Stowe has re vealed. Compared with his beastly life in Venice, where he spent his wife's for tune upon the lower grades of harlots, his incest soars to the rank of a virtuous at tachment. The value of Mrs. Stowe's ar ticle chiefly consists in the insight it af fords into the infinite difference between Byron on exhibition, and Byron as he was. lam glad to havetone more rea son for detesting him. CeTfain as I ever was that Byron's poetry was pervaded 'with the spirit of affectation, I am glad to have such indubitable assurance of the fact, and to know the precise virtue of the truth which it was the business of his life to conceal. It has been said that Mrs. Stowe should have withheld this revelation out of regard to the descen dants of the guilty parties. Then we should forbear to discourse upon the faults of George 111. because Queen Vic toria is his granddaughter, and never say anything about Lora Bacon's corruptions lest we may wound the feelings of some members of his family who may still sur vive. Benedict Arnold has highly res pectable descendants, but historians tell the tale o'f his treason still. We are not responsible for the sins of our grand fathers, nor can we be really dishonored by them. If this objection were sound, there could be no biography. OIL REGION ITEXS. Mrs. Purcell, one of the sufferers by the kerosene explosion at Titusville, last week, is not dead, - 144eported, but is in a fair way of recovery. A NEW ten-barrel well was struck on the Hart tract, Cherrytree run, last week. Mr. James Perkins is the owner. Also one in Wild Cat Hollow, near Petroleum Center, by Mr. H. Derouse. ARICOLD & PEtrikam's new well on Kane run was to be tested on Wednes day. This well, extending but a few feet in the oil bearing sand rock, bas flowed so strongly at times as to compel the drillers to cease work, and the engine house has been burned twice by the oil taking fire. Considerable interest is manifested in this well, as the result will have an important bearing on the value of the territory north of present prods cinglarms. Tun Titusville Register gives the fol : lowing estimate of the production of West Virginia, furnished' by an operator who re:ently visited the district: • ~.. DD S. Daily yield n;110i1 Bock snot Burning . .. So , I. gs 00 Daily yield St Wlpto Onk,tand CI 111 ion .1 (las Scoring Jinn 365 ' . The yield at Cow Run, Onio is reported at 250 usrrels, and that at Smith's Ferry, a like amount, which would make the daily yield in both States,: about 1,145 barrels. There ere now twelve wells drilling in West Virginia, . several of which are old wells being drilled to deeper sand rocks. A new one - hundred barrel well was struck at White Oak, a few days ago. 11 Last Momeitts or secretary Ra 5911126 Shortly before his death, the Secretary opened his eyes and noticing Pos. Mas ter General Creswell at his bedside, sig nified a wish to speak to him. The latter drew closer and asked : "General, have you anything you wish to say to me ?" Making a feeble effort to raise himself, he replied, "Yea, I have something to say to you. I have not long to live. My days are fast passing away, but ratty God spare me to see the President. Give my love to the President. Tell him how I wished to see'him. tI have always tried to serve him faithfully. Tell him to go on in the adminiitration as he has begun. Give my love to the Ministers of the Cab inet. Tell each of them how I love them for their integrity, for their virtue, for their earnestness in their duty. Tell them how I honor them all." Here General Raw lins made some effort to change hts po sition. Mr. Creswell said: "General, do you feel easy ? " General Rawlins—l am comfortable, but something troubles me. Mr. Creswell—ls it the future .com fort and protection of your family ? • General Rawlins—Yes, that grives me. I ant poor in the world's' goods. I have nothing to leave them to guard them atainst wart. Could I survive, 'I could take care of them, but who will take bare of them when I am gone ? Mr. Creswell—Do not grieve yourself about your family. They will be kindly cared for. They will be cared for by the nation. Tux Pioneer Asseciation, numbering one hundred and sixty of the early set. tiers of California, intend paying a visit to the east shortly. coming over the Pa cific railroad and via. Chicago. Pitts burgh and Philadelphia. The. Perinsyl. vanta Ralroad company will send an agent to Council Bin& to meet the party. MR. VARLEY Is .8t Brest making ex periments, with a view, to improving the condition-of the Freneh cable, Insula tion is imperfect abont' I,ooo' mileetrOrn the French coast, where the cable was cut in a storm and afteiwards spliced. Unless insulation improves the cable will probably be under run next year. PITTSBURGH GAZETTE.; SEPTEMBER 16, 1869. SCHE.NCRPS PULAIIONIC SYR!, P, SEAWEED ' TONIC .AND MANDRAKE PILLS , will cure Consumption, Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia, if taken accord lug to directions. They are all three to be taken at the sometime. They cleanse the stomach, re lax tne llvor and put irto work; then the appetite becomes good; the fond digests and makes good blood; the patient begins to grow in flesh; the diseased matter ripens into the lungs, and the patient outgrows the disease and gets well. This is the only way to cure consumption. To these three medicines Dr. J. H.Schendk, of Philadelphia, owes his unrivaled success In the treatment of pulmonary Consumption. The Pul moult Syrup ripens the morbid matter in the lungs, nature throws It off by an easy expectora tion, for when the phlegm or matter is ripe a slight cough will throw it off, and the patient has rest and the lungs begin to heal. T • do this, the Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills must be irrely n.ed to cleanse tke stomach and liver4,4o that the Pulmunic Syrup and the food will m ale good blood. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act upon the liver, removing all obstructions, relax the dusts of the gall bladder, the bile starts freely. and the liver is soon relieved; the stools will show what the Pills can do,• nothing has ever been invented ex cept calomel (a deadly po'son welch Is very dan gerous to use uroess with great care,) that will unlock the gall bladder and start the secretions of the liver like Schenck's Mandrake. Pins. flr Liver Complaint is one of the moat prominent 'Zonses of Consumption. Schenck's Seaweed Tonic Is a gentle stimulant and alterative. and the alkali In the Seaweed, which this preparation is made ot, assists the stomach to turow ow the gastric juice to dissolve Int e ogood w b l o o d wit h out n fer m y ent p t iaonnd It is made or souring In the stomach. 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