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X TRAVEnsE Jt'ltOUS. 1 Samuel M'alick, Washington, 2 diaries Howetcr, Tpper Mahanoy, 8 HcnryIIartrunfi, McEwcnsvill, 4 Georgo Bordner, Lower Mahanoy, 5 Frederick Dipner, Coul, 6 George L. Riffle, Milton, 7 Seymoro Amnion, Delaware, 8 John A. Snyder, Lower Muhnnoy, 0 Charles Artman, Turbnt, 10 Charles Culp, Mt. Carmel, 11 John Vandevcnder, Point, 12 John Shuck, Lewis, 13 Peter Wampolc, Ujvper Agusta, 14 George Krick, Shatnokin, 15 Jacob Renn, Lower Agusta, 16 Sebastian Haupt, Sunbury' 17 David R. Malick, Upper Augusta, 18 John Pcnnsvl, Rush, 10 Samuel T. Brown, Milton, 20 George Fetterolf, Upper Mahanoy, 21 Emanuel Zimmerman, Coal, 22 Samuel Trego, Lower Mahanoy, 23 Wm. M. Autcn, Chihsquaijuc, 24 John Daniel, Jordan", 23 Darrah, Delaware, 20 Wm. A ilson, Jsortlmmbcriand, 17 Samuel Cox, " 28 John Albert, Jackson, 29 Wm. II. Knse, Rush, ' 30 James Aurthur, Lewis. 31 Michael Graham, Mt. Camel, 82 A. B. Artman, Delaware, 33 Jefferson Bear, Coal, 34 Bcnj. 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Th Sixth Volume eommeuee with January No. Ilavlna- ohtaiaed th service of eminent and prac tical Agriculturist, Horticulturists, Slock llroeder and Uee-Keewrs, w eon&dently offer the Current Voluin as aud of ti but ever MUed, for originality, practical thought and reliable iufiffmalioa. SEND FOR ASl'EClilt.X. January t3 mi. for th Fruit, Flower and Kitcbea Uardea. llt tiii; OABDENER'8 MOWTHLT. W. 0. V. BKINCKL0E, Publisher, OAoe t 23 North elxlb Street, Pbiladullila. TERUd II M A VEAR. Edited by Tuuait Maaaxa. Tb Monthly Cvuteal Ar t Hint Flower Uanlaa and PUasure-Oroaad ; fruit Uardea i Vegsiabl Uardea i V lodow Uardea) l CoatBattUaUona Kiubraalng tb Ua af lha Um anon tlutUeulluie, AlUxwullute, A Hut. A lair. . . Editorial (living th Editor' vlawl a Iba lav burtaal ItiXtleullalal lutprvveMaata! ata aad (Jawta w Fruil N.W plant Dusaealia aad Ftweia laUllig.B Fuaelga C'uf ra.iia'la llxUaaltaral Kollua. Willi eaati iHparUasal aaadauaiely lllustralad. These gaaaral fwturMwllI Wa reulaed, aad Iba Baklufcat pllgM biMMf thai M labur at paa kail a apatdd la read ae auaaaaduig Isatua al tb Maa:Ma ever was aw lay el tb Uu auk wattle) ha Mevlua eautU bate baaa apply laaaiiiad, rkhO rtt AKPtt-lMlt.X. Jeaear t TO CONSUMriVES, CoMaiaMM autarer will te4 aaMipUa) a fc t a i wms aiUua AMaMwa ttf-ackUM, IM all aaBd l.oaa' 4wUuM, (lieeef sbargaj bjtofcd' lo.U addtw ah lit $ A WILMtX. M Uliaatftwah. J., J, Mi -it la.fi , .a ait POLITICAL. IllTLEII HItd'N LU1TUH A FORi:nv. Wttal Wan to He Ualtard Hy li. COPPKEHEAD COMPLICITT. Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune Washington, Feb. 15, 1864. My attention was yesterday called to a letter published in the New York Dnily News of the 81st of December, purporting to have been written by T. Butler king, of Georgia, to Robert II. Whitfield, of Virginia. The letter is dated at Stamford, Ga., June 23, 1803, and purports to present tho views of Mr. King in in regard to tho war, and the terms upon which lie -would favor peace. The News, in introducing the letter, says "it is undoubtedly genuine ;" that "Mr. King is a practical man, and takes a practi cal view of things in view of the necessities of the South." Now, I desire to inform your readers, and the whole people of the North, that the let ter in question never was written by Mr. King ; that he docs not entertain the views or sentiments therein ascribed to him ; that the letter is a genuine Rebel humbug, and a genuine Peace party trick to deceive the unwary, and prepare the public mind for issues to be made in the next Presidential contest, and to win Congressional converts to Fernando Wood's pet scheme for sending Commissioner Sotith to propose to the Rebel authorities terms of peace. Here let me proceed with as much brevity as possible to state the facts and circum stances that warrant my making this broad assertion. The readers of my previous letters 'will remember that I was a Rebel conscript, who after being severely wounded, was detailed as Clerk in the Rebel War Department, in which capacity I served until the 10th of November lost. During last Autumn mnny of the Rebel leaders became satisfied from their corres pondence with prominent Peace men in New York, Ohio, anil other States, and from the Jj-eporU of returned emissaries to the North, tnuc ii me reaco icauers were enauicu to show the Northern people a strong proba bility, or plausible reasons for the belief, the Seceded States would, upon fair terms return to tlie Union, the tPcuce member of tho next (present) Federal Congress could, with some prospect of success, offer resolu tions to send Commissioners Soutl to pro pose terms of peace; and in case the resolu tions were rejected, argue to tho people in tho next Presidential canvass that the war is not being prosecuted for the extirpation of Slavery that with this object it must be a war of years, and a failure at last and that the Union can and will be restored without further waste of blood and treasure if the Peace candidate is elevated to tho Presidential chair. In this connection I will make a short ex tract from tho written report of Col. Mar grave, the cool, cunning, calculating villain quoted by mo in my last letter, who, as a leading Rebel emissary, bos spent much time in the North.N In speaking of tho Peace party, he says : "Nearly all the leaders with whom I con versed agree that while a majority of the Northern people would favor carrying on the war for twenty years rather than submit to a division of the Union, yet they would prefer to restore tho Union by peaceful mea sures. 'If,' suid one of tho most prominent leaders, 'we could only satisfy tho people that the South would, upon reasonable terms, return to the Union, our party would soon be In tho ascendant, and quickly put an end to the war. Rut all the patters and public men of the South, in their writings aud speeches, insist on a recognition of the Confederacy as- the only terms of peace that will be listened to. These ttrticles and speeches are quoted by the AVar party to aliow that the only hope for tho Uuion is through a prosecution or tno war. How are to convince the people that the Union can le restored by peaeetul measures, wnen all tho leading men in the Sotith are continually declaring reconstruction impossible." Tins ana subsequent reports, logeiuer with letters of a similar tenor frouv Copper heads in the North, induced certain Rebel politicians to constitute themselves a Com mittee, to devise a scheme to assist the Peace party "to put down the War party and Abol itionist," The aelf-constitutcd Committee, contest ing of Gilmer, 11. B. Wellford, jr., G. W. La nier of Richmond, aud Henry . Marsh of Savannah, met several times for conference and deliberation in one of the rooms of the War Department, before settling upon any plan of procedure. On two of these occa sion was present with two or three others connected with the Department, and heard the views and policy of the respective mem bers. As some m these views may be in teresting, and will be requisite to a proper appreciation of the chicanery that the honor able men, the chivalry of the South, can lie led by traitorous exodiency to.tleacenu to, I ahull cive a brief epitome of then before exposing the miserable plana agreed upon, ot which the letter stgueu i. liutler King, published by 27 JVr, form a prominent part, Mr. Gilmore, a celebrated, or rather a no torious, lawyer iu Richmoud, of whom I shall have occasion to aiR-ak hereafter, said, "We have nothing to do with ethics tha science of moral must give way to the sci ence of war and politic we are figulidg for a principle we must beat the tueuiy, aud nu matter how we do it, the end will justify the mean. Our efforts a civilians politicians to overcome the YauWees deserve lo be called 'strategy' a much aa the ma uouvera of our generals Iu the field. Aud 11 we act boldly aud shrewdly weeau trick the enemy aud injure him more thau aoO.000 men with Gvu. Lea at their head 'could do," Hut to give the language of theao men rusptjcllvuiy woum occupy loo inucn space lu your colutuua. All agreed that ll the war coutluueu upon the aaiueacale aa before It wm only a queation ot tiuut w lira they uiual give way to superior atrvtigth and num ber. . If they could put tha reiu of the Yauko Uovvrinueut lu the hand ot the Peace) party, they would b able to UU-tale) their own tcrui of peace, aud they had been aaauratl ovur aud over again, by Uuaiwortby fitaud in lha North, that party could tri umph if 'aaeUtvtl by the politklaM of tha Houth -ii th Northern iwopl couM b how) thai lhal aoiua proiuiuwil tWrnlhrrw UUitues) ware) ill favor reuutoa. NiW, it uuld be easy to erud Ihtlr OUutU iu the Nurth bvllef and paper, war the mum of UUliuguUhvd auvu, tplaealug a Utie to rvaUn the) I'uUm, aud it wuuld be) jul a cy, after allow lug tha Iviiu, du., Vo bat lb tUaiiod ttb-ci, Tor toe) atqMMs4 author ioiUy, aad. if aiaf , du ibur u-tUt-atutty. 'ht uiual Ulp Uutr JSoiiUia friends cither to run tho Abolitionists out of office, or set the smart Yankees to fighting tucmseives like Kilkenny cats, Such were tho ideas expressed by the miserable traitor I have named. For the purpose of promoting their unholy object. the letter published in Th A 'ir, purporting to have been written by T. Butler King, wns prcparea, ami, with other letters and papers, sent North. Not only did Mr. King not write the letter, but he never saw it, atid never heard of it until it had reached its destination. . One of tho Committee nt first doubted propriety sf taking such liberty with Mr. King's name without his consent. Another nid he knew King well, and that while he (Mr.- K.) would not, if requested, consent to Ins name being used in this wav, because if ho should do so he could not afterward fair ly repudiate the letter ho would neverthe less bo pleased when he learned that his friends had taken such liberty with his name for such purpose, without his knowledge. By this bit of sophistry the scruples of the fastidious members were overcome. This letter was not only designed for pub lication to deceive the masses, but also to mislead men in official position. It was there fore ncccssnry to give it tho appearance of an original anil genuine letter. According ly a Confederate envelope, embellished with a Jen. Davis postage stamp, Tros.scntto Stamlord. Ga.. to receive a post-mark cor responding with the date of the letter. The above place was selected because oncof the committee knew he could make a tool of the Postmaster, Although this was in October, tho Postmaster's slump was altered to the 26th of June. The letter, being now all ready, was handed to Co!. Margrave, who was again sent North in the early part of November, and is now, I believe, in Canada. It will be easy, I am aware, for Ihe Arm to denounce this statement as untrue ; but if the letter is gentuno beyond a doubt, as the editor declared in presenting it to is readers let linn otler tho evidence lie has ot its genu ineness. It he did not recive it trom or through Col. Margrave, or some other RcIk-1 how onl he obtain it f Let him call on Mr. King to declare that ho wrote the letter, or Mr. Whitfield a members of the Rebel Con gress from tho lid District of Virginia, to whom the letter purports to have been ad dressed, to declare that he received, or that he ever addressed King a letter to which tho ono iu question purports to bo a reply. The Xeiet is extensively read and copied in tho South, and if its editor will call on Mr. King or Mr. Whitfield, both honorable men to vouch for tho authenticity of tho letter, they will, if it is genuine, cheerfully say so through tho "Personal," or a card in "the Richmond papers, which the whole North ern press may copy. I know, and the editor of TheKettt '-now that the letter is a humbug designed for the imposition I have represented. As for Mr. King, he is one of the most bitter uncom promising Rebels in tho Confederacy ; and lie would sooner cut his right hand off thi;n acknowledge himself the author of such a letter. Kverybody in the Sotith knows this. The bogus letter makes him quote from an imaginary letter of Mr. Whitfield, that his nomination tor Congress "had called forth paragraphs in the Richmond papers to tho effect thut ho was a Reconstructionist." Now, I know that no such paragraph ever appeared iu the Richmoud paper. Cun the editor of the news produce ono J Let him request his Rebel cotemporories to republish such a paragraph, nnd see if they can tind one. But I inclose, herewith, nn article in re gard to Mr. King that did appear in the Richmond Enquirer, on the 11th of. July lant, having been copied from tho Savannah Republicuu. The letter flourished by Tho News as "a letter from the lion. T. Butler King" is from the pen of the otime gentleman who penned this article, and who was the leading mem ber of the Committee or cabal I have de scribed. Tho t-umpurison of a sitmle. sen- tcui-e occurring in both letter aud article, will furnish evidence enough to satisfy any reasonable man that my assertion is correct. In tho letter you will tind the mournful ex pression" "I have given to the field every male member of my family, and to the sol dier's grave two who were "most dear to me," and in the article you will find tho indenti cal language, with only.tho necessary change of the personal pronoun, thus : "Mr. King has triveti to the field cverv male member ii.s .amny, uuu to me soiuior grave ,!' . i . i . , . . But enough! Let tho exposure of tins King letter this vile, scurvy trick, cause Southern Rebels to remember, nnd Northern traitor to IicHl-vp. the verity of old nlnt'i "murder will out." "Tho following nppears in the Savannah Republican with regard to the Congression al contest in Georgia between tho Hon. T. Butler King and .Mr. Ilurtridgu: '"Can wo better our condition by the change proposed ! This is a question that naturally presents itself, and is followed by uuother still more to the o1nt: Who shall be selected to rill the place f Thtue are gen tlemen iu the Distrct who have served the people long ami faithfully, whose iniiiiU are stored with the history ot the country, and whoso experience in legislation, the affairs of the Government, the resource aud iuee-sitii-s of tho people, and our relation with foreign nations, eminently qualify them for the great rt-tponibilitic incident to the limes statesmen wlioaepasi aerv.ee luriusn umple sureety of their capacity, leal and fidelity, and whose energy and intellect are equui to the euicrgeiH-y that is umhi us. Among tho moat prominect of thiaclaaaof atateatiien and patriot atautla ine lion, j, Butler King, whose name, having already ticca ineutioued iu connection with the po sition, la fuirly prcacnted for tho considera tion hi the pcopiu. Mr. K'ng possetac in a high degree the qualllie iiuceaaary iroH-rly to reprt-M-ut Ihe r lrl Congreealoual Di.iru i in me national hglaluturo. Hi niunUl rudowoieiite none will queatimi, while he ha the experience of tha moat vm-rgi'tio luU.r of luiud aud body in a long riiU of public nervier. He l emphatically a working nmu, ami all know that, iu hi labor, he bring t Id aid rapid and profound thinking laeultlea, ami eucrgy aa woudvri'ul lu it enduranea a ill tMildlU action and uceeaful lu rvaull. litortfia, ami rt tally thi. the sea coast dlaUU l, IuhhU juat aucb t luau in Coiigrtaas, nor do 1 twliv-ve ilura U a uiau lo I luud o ueaily uiuxl lo tb UiuM, or who ran atv.4iiiiijli.lt tuora uo ii u 1 1' ad can Mr. King, ill eurvkf in th tld Culigtva lu PplUV.lou fur lUvaaaati and her harbor, ami aeiMvially Cbaiiutau of tha Couiunv to)tittial AUail, futul.Ua auipla Wail iHuny tf hi capably M awouipltsU kaliTr b uu.lcit4b.-a, while- his serin In Ktuui in Uhalf of lu I'uufwUraAy, tlutmg lha .pelim! of h I pailUllUoa, In 4o4ia" l-i vf 4 U 1 1 be U'liit'U llOwtl bpun tho altar of our liberties, should endear hitn to tho hearts of tho whole people. Such men ought not to 1ms left in idleness at a time like this: and although Mr. King "has give to the field every male member of his family, and to the soldier's grave two of tho noblest spirits of the revolution," he, too. should be called from his retirement and placed in a position where he can render tho grcntest good to his country. Let us put our States men in the Councils of the Nation, nnd with wise legislation to embrace and sustain our noble armies, we need have no apprehension of the result, ' 'With tho utmost sincerity, Mr. Editor, I have penned this communication, antl with the sole motive of doing some good to the country, I beg you to give it a place in the Republican. Your, .dec, 1st District. " 'P. S. It lias been suggested that a Dis trict Convention be held at Blackshear some time in August, to concentrate public opin ion upon some one man. It has been cus tomary to hold theso Conventions earlier than August, and I respectfully suggest Thursday, 22d of July, and Blackshear the place, for holding such a Convention.' " MISCELLANEOUS. Si: VISUAL, I.1TTI.I: STORIES, My or About lrNldent Lincoln. It would be hardly necessary to inform the nation that our worthy President, in the midst of the anxieties of a state of. war that continually torture his mind, is wont to find occasional relief in an appropriate anecdoto or well-turned jest. No man, say Mrs. Stowc, has suffered more and deeper, albeit with a dry, weary, patient pain, that seemed to some like in sensibility, than President Lincoln. "Which ever way it ends," ho said to the writer, "I have the impression that I shan't last long after it is over." After tho dreadful repulse ot Fredericksburg he is reported to have suid: "If .there is a man- out of hell that sutlers . more than I do'l pity liitn." In those dakr days his heavy eyes and worn and weary air told how our reverses wore upon him, and yet there was a never-failing fund of patience at the bottom, that some times rose to the surface in some droll, quaint saying or story, that forced a laugh from himself. PRESIDENTIAL PUNS. Mr. Lincoln, in his happier moments, is not always reminded of a "little story," but often indulges in a veritable joke. One of the latest reported in his remark when he found himself attacked by the varioloid. Ho had been very much worried by people ask ing favors. "Well," said ho, when the con tagsous diseaso was coming upon him, "I've got something now that I can give to every body ." About tho time when there was considerable grumbling as to the delay in forwarding to the troops the money due them, a western paymaster, in full major's uttire, won one day "introduced af a public reception. "Being here, Mr. Lincoln," aaid he, "I thought 1 call and pay my respects." i "From the complaints of tho soldiers," re- sponuco the l'resuient, "1 guess that s about all any of you do pay." CONCERNING CONGRESSMEN. . It is stated that ho was much disgusted at the crowd of orlicers who sometime ago used to loiter about tho Washington hotels, and he is reported to have remarked to a member of Congress : "Theso fellows nnd Uio Congressmen do vex me sorely." Another member of Congaess was conver sing with tho President, and was somewhat annoyed by the President's propdnsity to ; divert attention from the serious subject ho had on his mind, by ludicrous allusions. ".nr. .Lincoln,' stud lie, "I think you would have your joke if you were within a mile of hell." "Y'es," said tho President, "that is about the distauce to the Capitol." N hen niiormcd that General Stoughton i hml been captured by tho rebels at Fairfax, the President is reported to have said that he did not mind the loss of a Brigadier as he did tho loss of the horses. "For," said lie, "I can make a much better Brigadier in five minutes, but the horses cost a hundred and twenty-five dollars a piece." INQUISITIYEXES3 NONPLUSSED. Mr. Lincoln has a very effective way some times of dealing with men who trouble him with questions. Somebody asked him how nmny lnea tue rebels had in the field. Ho replied very Seriously, "Twelve hundred ! tilousami .according to tho best authority." j Tho interrogator blanched in the lace, and t-iuculutcd. -Mv Godl" "Yes-sir. twelve hundred thousand uo doubt of it. You see all of our Generals, w heu they get whip- pud, say -the enemy outnumber them from three or five to one, and must believe them. We hare four hundred thousand men in the Held, and three times four make twelve. Don't you see it " The inquisitive man looked lor his hut soon after "seeing it." "Wheu the bhertuau expeditiou which captured Port Royal was fitting out, there was great cutioaiiy to learn w here it had gone. A person visiting the Chief Magis trate ut the White House importuned him I to disclose the destination to him. "Will you keep it entirely secret ("asked Hie Presi dent. "Oh, vc4,u pon uiy houor. "Well," said the President, "I'll il-tl you." Assum ing an air of great mystery, aud drawing the man close to him, he kept him a moment awaiting the revelation with an open mouth aud great anxiety, "Well," said he iu a loud whisper tvhich heard all over the room, "the expedition ha gone to sea !" Wheu Gen. Bank wa fitting out hi ex pedition to New Orlean it will be rnuiuiu Lered that he umm! to aniwer to answer all question a to it destination with great truiikuv by saying that it wa going south. A BTOMY tlH MS. tUTa. One day when Mr. Bate wa rctuonslra tinir with Mr. Lincoln auuliisl the apiHiiul- uh lit ol torn indifferent lawyer In a place of Judicial importance, the President inter poaed w ilh, "Come, now, llutc, he' not half mi bad a you think. IWtidea that 1 niuat ted you, he did men good tut a long ago. Wheu 1 took to lha law, I wa going to court on rtiorulng, with tout leu or Uelve mile of bl road before me, and 1 had nn borae. Th Judge overtook ma In hi wa gun. 'Hollo, Lincoln, ar you ttoi going to tha court houMi t Com lu, aud Ml yiv you rat.' Will, got lu, aud th jufg nvul on rrwlin'jf h' pr. Pieiit!y th wa gon Mrm'k slump on on able of th rad; then U hpp4 oil so lit Other. 1 looked out, aoil aaw th driver jolting Hout abt lo aid U hi eal, o, aay I. 'Jode, I lh ink your eoacliiuau ha Uw lakiug a lit II lt.p loo uiut.li llil luoraiutf.' 'Well, 1 dm tare. IJnculu.' aai.l uo. 'I .Uoul.l t U wuaihNF if o ar iBhl, for he haa ntaily ai.at.4 ball a oV n Iiwm ' uitio1,.' utuu4 h ll wul tl lh M t. shouted, 'Why, you infernal scoundrel, you are drunk!' Upon which, pulling up his horses, and turning round with great gravi ty, the coachman said : 'By gorra I that tl n first rightful decision you have given for tho last twelvemonth I' " CONCF.ItMNO TUB PRESIDENT PERSONALLY. Some one was smoking in the presence of tho President nnd complimented him on having no vices, neither drinking nor smo king. "That is a doubtful compliment," answerer! tho President j "I recollect onro being outside a stage in Illinois nnd a man sitting by me offered me a segar, I told him I had no vices. He said nothing, smoked for some time, nnd then grunted out, 'It's my experience that folks who no vices havo planned few virtues.'" The President is rather vain of his height, but one day a young man called on him who was certainly three inches taller than tho former ; ho was like the mathematical defi nition of tho straight line length without breadth. "Really," said Mr. Lincoln, "I must look up to yon ; if you ever get in a deep place you ought to bo able to wadn out." That reminds us of tho story told of Mr. Lincoln somewhere when a crowd called him out. Ho came out on the balcony with his wife (who somowhat below medium" height,) and made, the following "brief re marks : "Here I am, and here is Mrs. Lin coln. That's the long and short of it." AN INSTANCE WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS SOT REMINDED OK A BTOKV. Tlie President is naturally enough a good deal bantered about his habit of story-iell-ing. Dr. Hovcy, of Dansville, N. Y., called at the White House and found the occupant on horse-back, ready for a ride. He ap proached and said: "President Lincoln, I thought I would call and see yo'i beforo leaving the city, and hear you tell a story." Tho President greeted him pleasantly, and asked where he was from. Tho reply was: "From Western New York." "Well, that's a good enough country without stories," re plied the President, and off he rode. Terrible "itol lor UxploHion. A BOILER PASSES THROUGH ELEVEN BUILD INGS. The Troy (N. Y.) Times has the following in reference to an cxplosition at a paper mill in Schujicrville, Saratoga county, lust "This explosion -proves to be ono of the most destructive boiler accidents that ever occurred in this vicinity. Indeed, .we doubt if a parallel can be found to the eccentric and fearful course which the mass of iron, live coals, hot water and steam pursued on this occasion. Usually the explosive force is expended in an upward direction. This paper- mill boiler moved horizontally, with fearful velocity, passing like an iron-clad ram, or a combination of two hundred pound shot, through eleven buildings, wrecking Miem as completely as if an earthquake had toppled them. over. Ihe calamity took pluce at two o'clock on Saturday morning, when many of the structures were filled with slunibcriug occupants, all unconscious of danger ; aim it is really wonderful that scores of people were not killed and wounded. Thus far, only two of the victims have died, but several others were injured. "There were two large boilers in flic paper mill. A fireman, residing in Victory, took charge of the steam apparatus at midnight, receiving direction to allow the pressure to run down from one hundred andtwenty-fivo to one hundred and ten pounds. At two o'clock, just as he had passed the mouth of tho cast boiler to attend to tho other, tho former exploded, knockiug him down -the steam pouring across the spot where ho had been standing a few moments before. Tho boiler, with a terntic report, started trom it place in the mill, taking a northerly course, and passing through tho following buildings all of which, except the last, wero demol ished ; Buchanan & Bullard's paper-mill, a shed attached to it, Mr. Dawyer's shoe store, Dawyer' house, Lane's saloon, Farley' tail or shop, the Union btore, J. Henry's harness shop, the postotfice, Smith's Jewelry store, and Mrs. Merriman's house. The boiler halted within a few feet of the bed where Mrs. Merriman was lying. "As tho village was shaken by the explo sion, intense excitement ensued. .Whilo much was done to rescue sufferers, several residents went back to bed, saying that 'only tho packing of the boiler had blown out, and there wus nobody hurt.' Mr. J. Farrell, of this city, who was in the house opposite tho scene, "describes it as terrific. Awaken ed by tho deafening noise, looking from tho window and seeing an entire block of btiikl ings, as tar as he could gaze, in ruins, ho thought the end of tho world had surely come. But, with others, he hastened to am tho sufferers taking them from the ruin and removing them to Mr. J. Farley' house which was made into a hospital. Mr. Daw- yer was killed in bed. Mr. Dawyer, lying oy her side, was so badly injured that ho died in half an hour, at Potter Hotel. Mrs. Lane wo badly injured and is not expected to live. Her child had a limb broken. The pecuniary damage by the calamity cauuot be lea thau 1 00,0lia m A Lkiiai. Knot Rather a nice legal question has been raised in the land of tho Canuck. The owner of a boat on the Nia gru river tied up hi vessel along shore with a hay rope. A bull belonging to nu ueign tar jumped alioard the boat and proceded to aaiialy hi appetite trom the bay ; eating off the rope, bull and boat went adrift. Be ing captian and all hand, aud poor sailor at that, U wa unable to manage the lub berly craft, and away they weul ell null down the rapid aud over the fall. The owner ol the bull hu brought a silt against the owner of the boat for carrying off hi bull; while tho owner of the boat ha hedg ed by bringing an action against the uwutr of the tauriue for unmooring hi craft. . ,MII There are it bouc In a human frame. 14 in ihe face, DJ tetth, Ii make tip tho rib, 14 iu the wrist, UH lu Ihe liamla, U iu I hu ankle, ii lu the bt.1, and III real are distributed In olhur part of th body, . Ml! ' - 1 llury in lu lh uuliin,H were th last old nf An'hbLhop I lug ho. - - A thick headiMl (quint beiug woratwl by lh Itov, bldury Hmiiu in auaruun'iit, look hi ivteng by eaclaiiuiiig -, "If I hftl a n who wee an ldul, I would uiak Lima paraon," "very probably,- aald rtjtUiey, 'l.ul I at your latlter I Lad a tliOirvdt opiu- ion." . 1 mm. !. A Cut AU III lb Sti'KI.-.1 Long U laud Mr alt that Mr. T. I. OteUi'iav, a4 voulilbUled a hi ihwatluu to lb tUuV tar r air a voting luiihaut lull, eltMl al fUU. lh mutual L"4 Ilu4 i-riui all, twli) I i bio' . ',id II itJ
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