' ' XL B. MA88KH, Editor A Preptietoe.
Kl'NIIURV, PA.
6ATURDAYV FEBRUARY 2, 1867.
THB- MIDDLB CZTBBK BAILBOAD
. Some o) our citizene wro called upon, t few
day ( aince, to subscribe to the stock of this
new railroad compnnv, by the committee ap
pointed for the purposo, at a late meeting
held la this place The call has been, thus
far, favorably responded to, and liberal sub
scriptions made, on condition that the Eas
tern terminus of the road shall bo fixed at
this place. If the Company should be
guided only by the natural advantges of
location, without reference to other controll
ing interests, there would be no difficulty in
deciding that point. Rut other places will
hold out strong inducements, which may
counteract tho natural advantages of rivals.
New railroad companies, however good end
promising, w ant means, and lit crul sub
scriptions to stuck are great aud important
inducements.
The importance of connecting tho great
Pennsylvania Railroad by a new and shorter
route, which this new enterprise will
accomplish, with tho Northern Central,
Philadelphia A Erie, and the Shamokin
Valley roads, all terminating at Sunbury, is,
of itself, nn almost overwhelming argument,
and will, no doubt, have its influence with
the Board. With a direct lino from this
place to New York, by way of Mt Carmel,
Quakake Junction and the Lehigh Valley
roads, Pittsburg and tho west will have one
of its shortest and best routes to the former
city.
We have already referred to the fact
that a new market for our anthracite coal
will be opened, in supplying the iron works
on tho Juniata, while the rich iron ore of
the region will be brought back by the re'
turning cars, thus establishing a reciprocal
trade, always the most profitable.
PEWNSYLVA-
COMMON SCHOOLS OF
NIA.
The Pennsylvania School Journal, for Jan
uary, contains the proceedings of tho Con
vention of County Superintendents, which
are of more than ordinary interest. A reso
lution was passed recommending to tho De.
partment and to the Legislature that the
School fund be raised by general and equal
taxation throughout the State. Also, that
the minimum timo of school term should be
extended to six months. These resolutions
were adopted on Mr. Ilaupt's (Superintend
ent of this county) motion. This we think
would be altogether just aud propcr,asitdoes
not increase the taxation in the poorer coun
ties, and would place on all an equalization
of taxes throughout the State, to defray the
expenses of keeping the schools in operation
for tho minimum terra of six months. The
amount of tax laid last year, iu the different
counties, ranges from, half mill to twenty
mills on the dollar. A fair estimate, based
upon data at hand shows, that by equalizing
taxation three mills would keep tho schools
open six months, instead of four months as
now, under the present system of taxation.
There is nothing more worthy of general
consideration than plans for the disscuiiua-
rution to whose care the public welfare must
goon bo committed. Upon their intellec
tual and moral development the future des
tiny of tho State and nation must depend,
and at this time our whole educational sys
tem deserves an unusual degree of attention
from all patriotic citizens.
The returns of the respective counties for
I860, disclose the fact that in only eighteen
counties outside of Philadelphia did the
average school term reach or exceed six
mouths. In twenty-nine counties it was
less than five months. These short terms
are injurious alike to pupils and to teachers.
Many children receive no other education
than that afforded by the common schools,
and when the term lasts only four months
a child, in the language of Mr. Coburn, "re
mains at home eight months, during which
time he forgets fully one-third of what he
learned in the four, so that, as far as pro
gress is concerned, he bit but about two and
two-thirds months' schooling in the year."
Such children say from the ages of six to
sixteen and it is estimated that thirty
months' tuition is all that can possibly be
obtained, on tho average, by pupils who rely
solely upon the common school of districts
which provide for only four months' tuition.
This is a very nieogre provision for the
education of tho children of Pennsylvania;
yet this is all required by her laws, and
very little more is granted by the action of
many districts. Short school terms are also
one cause of tho scarcity of competent
teachers. Their compensation is very small
the average salaries being $36,84 for male
and 120,31 for female teachers per month.
There is little inducement for any person to
obtain the proper qualifications when, even
at these low rates, only four months' em
ployment can bo secured.
; In school architecture, furniture, appara.
tut, and uniformity of text books, many im
provements have been made from time to
time, but the county superintendents report
that "the number of school-house in the
State unfit for use is 1,843 ; the number with
insufficient grounds, or grounds unsuitably
improved, 6,810 ; the number with injurious
furniture, 1,010; he number with insuffi
cient furniture, 8,072 ; the number wholly
without apparatus, 1,847 ; and the number
that have not adopted uniform text-books,
2,012." These statistics speak volumes in
regard to the actual condition of many of
the public schools of the interior, A school
"unfit for use," with "injurious furniture,"
"wholly without apparatus," without "uoi
form text books," and ''ungraded," with pu
pils of all ages and varied capacities, depen
dent upon a single teacher for instruction,
is likely to do moro injury to the body than
benefit to the miud, by the limited amount
or iustructioo it confers.
t if Horace Greeley has been to Washing
ton, and thinks the bankrupt bill will pass
before March ; that ft very fair tariff will
' pass ; that Colorado and Nebraska will pro,
bably both be admitted to the Union over
the veto ; that the impeachment of the
I'midtmt w ill assume no definite shape this
session.
Ijs7"A correspondent of the Democrat
complains that Republican papers aro bcttes
supported than professedly Democratic join.
nais, ana think j "no rdialU democrat"
should patroniz a- Republioan paper.. Tho
uca, that the fistrlt may be in, the paper and
not in the people, has, perhaps, never struck
this correspondent. Intelligent persons, of
all parties, in this freo country, generally do
as they think proper. But the reliable dem
ocrats referred to, w presume, arc those who
tarkthe pig by the tall, and go it blind, re
gardless of consequences.
fcp"HonAcn Greelet's p)an of granting
universal amnesty fn exchange for universal
suffrage lost him his election to the United
State Senate,. The scheme was so distaste
ful to the loyal men of New York that they
would not honor their best man if their in
fluence was to be given in that direction
It is now reported that tho President and
leading men of all party shades are about
concurring to accomplish reconstruction on
that basis. They -proposo, however, that
tho Federal Government shall grant the Am"
nesty and the respective States the Suffrage.
ti?"Twcnty thousand dollars have been
appropriated by the Baltimore Councils for
the education of the colored children ot thtvt
city.
- m m 9
IW Bills Bkcomino Laws. Tho bill
amending tho acts organizing tho several
Territories, conferring suffrage therein, with
out regard to race or color, and the bill re
pealing the amnesty and pardon authority
given to tho President, have become laws
without the President's approval. Thcv
were presented to him after their passage by
Congress, and as he did not return them
within the ten days allowed by tho Constl
tuuon, tuey became laws in like manner ag
if he had signed them.
tEifThe Chambcrsburg Jlepotilory urges
the amendment of the State Constitution, so
as to provide,
"1. That the Scnnte shall consist of one
hundred members, to bo chosen by single
districts.
"2. That the House of Representatives
shall consist of four hundred members, each
to be elected in a single district.
"3. That all legislation relating to corpo
ration interests shall bo by general laws, and
that no special charters or corporate privi
leges whatever shall bo graded but by the
courts.
"4. That there shall be no special appro
priation of money from the treasury to
claims except upon a judicial finding.
"5. That tho members of the legislature
shall be paid five dollars per day, for tho
period of sixty days; and bo prohibited
fioni appropriating to themselves any addi
tional sura for protracted sessions, or for
extra or adjourned sessions beyond sixty in
the year.
"6. That no subordinate officer shall be ap
pointed in either branch, or receive any
compensation for services, unless a bill shall
have been passed by both branches creating
the office aud defining its duties.
"7. That no bill of any kind shall pass
either branch without receiving a majority
of tho whole vote on a call of the yeas aud
(From tha Miners' Journal. 1
ANTHBACITH COAL TKADB OT THE
UNITED STATES. i
Our Annual Coal Statistical Tables will
be-found in this week's Journal The trade
opened under very favorable auspices in the
spsing, and Continued without interpretation
tor tue Want of Geroand up to ecptemoer,
when it commenced slacking off, and for the
balance of the vcar it was anvtliina but pros
perous to the operator, particularly in the
Schuylkill Coal Region, where the higher
rates of transportation bore heavily against
them in the Now York market, which has
become the great coal mart of tlio country
for the distribution of coal. This depression
was also increased by the auction sales of
coat, which fixed the prices in that city at
lower rates than coal could be produced and
sent to market. But notwithstanding these
drawbacks, causing a heavy falling off in the
supply the latter part of tho year, tho An
thracite trade shows an increase of 2,000,012
tons over the supply of 1805, and 2,401,724
over the supply of 1804. which was the
largest quantity ever sent to market in a
single year previously. Tho total produc
tion mined and sent to market during the
year was 12,890,747 tons, to which mav bo
added about 1,000,000 tons consumed in the
coal rccions. makintt the total auantitv
mined 13,890,747 tons.
During the year the mines of the Pennsyl
vania Coal Company stood idle for several
months on account of a difficulty in the
transportation department, and a turnout at
Broad Top for several months also checked
the trade to a considerable extent, diminish
ma the supply from both these points.
The great stimulus given to the trade by
tho high prices of coalduring the rebellion,
developed the cool regions to such an extra
ordinary xtcnt, that the increased supply
last year could have been run up to at least
8,500,00 tons if the market would have ta
ken it, without exhausting the colliery capa
city. Tho domestic Scmi-Anlhracito and Bitu
minous Coal Trade shows an increase this
year of 273,298 tons, while the importations
of foreign coal (if the figures received from
tho Treasury Department at Washington are
correct, which we uou:n,) snow a consider
able tailing oil since 1865.
By reference to the following table it will
be seen that the quantity of Anthracite sent
to market in 1806 was 12,890,747 tons.
Semi-Anthracite and Bitu
minous, including foreign 2,010 18S "
corsuitEssio.xAi,
In the Senate on Saturday, the bill to au
thorize the construction of a lateral branch
ot tho Potomac railroad into tho District of
Columbia was taken up and passed. The
joint resolution in relation to the tax on
alcoiioi, which Has already passed the House,
was agreed to by the Senate, and now goes
to the Vrcsidcnt. Air. Lane introduced a
bill amending tho act restricting tho juris
dcition of the Court of Claims : which was
referred to the Committee on Military Af
fairs. Mr. Wilson introduced an import
ant bill to increase aud equalize the pay of
army omcers, but it went over. The Senate
then resumed the consideration of the tariff
bill, which occupied its attention up to the
hour of adjournment.
The House on Saturday instructed the
Committee on the Post Office Department to
inquire into the expediency of establishing
a package post for the conveyance of parcels,
money, merchandise, &c. at such rates of
compensation and under such regulations as
mav be establiscd by law, air. Stevens re
construction bill was then taken up, and
another disreputable scene occurred in the
House, Mr. winticlti, ot XScw xorK, pro
nouncing words used by Mr. Ashley, of Ohio,
as untrue and slanderous, and Mr. Hunter, of
New York, still moro emphatic, declared
that what Mr. Ashley said was a "base lie ;"
whereupon Mr. Hill, of Indiana, offered a
resolution that Mr. Hunter be ceusured by
the Speaker for using tho words quoted above
which was agreed to by a vote oj yeas 84,
nays 84, and the Speaker at onco performed
the unpleasant duty, i ue Uousc men au.
journal.
Total
Last year
Total increase 2,850,812 "
Tho heaviest increase previous to 1S00
was in 1804, wuen tho mcrcaro in Anthra
cite over 1803 was 1,037,004 tons.
Semi-Anthracite and Bitu
minous, 475,580 "
Increase in 1804 over 1803,
The Wyoming Region furnished in '05,
oouuyiKiu
" Lehigh 11 " "
buamokin " " "
To which may be added consumption In
AVUglUUB,
Making tho quantity of Anthracite mined
10 160O. 10,0'J,14(
The following is the gain from the different re
gions on the supply of lbl5.
Wyoming Rcgicn, l,479,9.r)8
Schuylkill " 87,0S5
Lehigh A 4.(1 ,070
Shiuuokia " 9,U9
nays,
KK .MILLION 1,1 T JUS LOST,
Of the terrible famines in India it now ap
pears that half had not been told. The de
tails received were bad enough, but later
and moro complete accounts far surpass any
thing previously recorded. Tho Friend of
India, of November 29th, contains the fol
lowing; Mr. T. Ravecshaw, Commissioner of Orissa,
uas sent to the iseogal uovernmcnt a report
of the famine in that province. Never has
so heart rending a picture been drawn. An
official, whose basis, if it exists, must lead
him to tone down tho horrible facts, esti
mates the loss of life from want of food and
its consequences at from 500,000 to 600,000.
and at some places at three fourths of the
whole population. This is among the lour
and a half millions of Orissa alone, where
the ofticiul reports show the deaths to be
still going on at the rato of 150 a day. Tho
mortality was not less severe proportionally
in tho adjoining district of Midnnnoret with
its population of more than half a million.
in tho uanjum, witn nearly a million of peo
pie, the calamity was comparatively light.
uut laiuiue, ui sense uuu ucuiiity swept away
inousancis. i ue same is true ot Uhoto .Nag.
pore, we nave a reliable record of the
deaths of paupers from famine-stricken dis
tricts in Calcutta. Add to these the mor
tality in the other districts of Bengal, from
Snugor Island to Patna and the borders of
Nepaul, and we have a record of the loss of
lite which exceeds in horror and extent that
of any one of the bix great droughts of In
dm during the last century. Before the
destroying angle tukes its final flight tho
laie win nave mouiuea up ucyouu a million
known deaths. This is worse than in the
great famine which carried off 800,000 peo
pie lrom the KortUwestern Doab in 1838.
ue nave reason to ocneve that the most
tcrribleof all recorded afflictions of this kind,
that of 1770, was not more ruthless in its
murderous work than this which still de
mands its daily holocaust. For the greater
part oi mat million oi deaths has occurred,
not over a wide extent of territory, nor
among millions of people, but within an
area not larger than that of England and
Wales, and among a people who do not ex
ceed six minions in number. No plague, no
uiacit ticatu, no yeuow lever, no great pbvsi
cal convulsions like the most tremendous
earthquake on record, bos engulphcd so ma
ny victims. iuo last iunune, or which JJaird
Smith was tho alleviator and historian, car
ried off a half a million, or only one twenty
sixth of the thirteen millions affected, and
the starvation price of food was never higher
man i seers the rupee. This, ere it closes,
win nave swallowed up a sixth of the ueo
pie, among whom rice sometimes was not to
be bad at all, and for many a long month
not lower than 0 seers the rupee.
A Cheat Btoky. It will be seen by an
advertisement elsewhere that the Nat York
Weekly is publishing another new story from
tho pen of the renowned romancer, Lkoh
Lewis. The name of this new nrnrturtinn
is "THE WATER WOLK ; or, Tan Dkmom
or tub Bbhmcoas," aud it is beyond ques
tion the very best romance which its talented
autbor has yet given to the world. It ii
full of the most exciting scenes and incidents
and while reading it the world and its cares
are entirely forgotten, and the reader seems
to bo living among the characters of whom
be is reading, so great a hold does the story
take upon the imagination. Every lover of
romance should secure the opening cbaptars,
and our word for it, they will not be slow to
obtain wuat follows.
J. R. Floncigan, nominated as Naval Offl
cer of the Port of Philadelphia, for services
rendered in traducing the most eminent
men of the Republican party, has been re
jeciea py tue Beoate or the U nited States.
The Legislature of Kansas, baa re-elected
the Hon. bamual C. Ponwroy, United States
senator lor sis years trots tba 4tn of March
nesh
14,418 885
11,559,073
2,412 053
Tors.
4,73,fl16
4,833,47
2.472,483
557,161
inroitTAUT FRon eukopk
AU8TJIA IXPBOtB, WABI
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LtvBnrooi., Jan. 20, Noon Tho cotton
market opens firm ; prices unchanged. The
sales to-day will propably reach 80,000.
London, Jan. 80.. Austria is strongly in
creasing her forces on her turkish and Prus
sian frontiers, on apprehension of TTar.
Madrid, Jan. 20. Spain is about to reor
ganize hor army, which is to consist of 200,
000 men, excluding the reserves.
Pa mis, Jan. 20. Semi-official Journals
here deny that Maximilian will be a candi
date for the Presidency of Mexico, if the
Congress which he has proposed for that
country should declare a republican form of
government.
1'ebth, jnn. ao. a. lull ministry has been
formed in Hungary.
Bkrlik, January 28. Tho South German
States have proposed a military union with
the Northern States.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 27. Advices re
ceived from Bchring's Straits.state the Amer
ican portion ot tue ltussian and American
telegraph has been completed, and that the
Straits have been surveyed for the purpose
of finding a suitable place for laying the
submarine cable. The Russian portion of
this great enterprise, it Is expected, will be
finished by next autumn.
Berne, Jan. 97.-The Government of Aus
tria has made overtures with a view to com
mencing negotiations for s commercial treaty
i . . . . - i c . i i -
"viwcvu ivueum auu owitzcnnna.
12,399,747
1,000,000
Gain of Anthracite in 1868, 2,909,21
In 1805 the loss on tho supply of 1804
was 509,488. lty deduoting this quantity
from the gain in 1800 it still leaves the guiu
2,401,724 tons over the heaviest shipment
made of Anthracite in a single year.
The supply ot coal from the commence
ment of the trade, embraced in our table,
was derived as follows :
From the Schuylkill Regions,
Wyomiong and Lackawana,
Lehigh,
buamokin,
TONS.
05,055,544
40,788,780
31,129,081
3,051,040
Domestic Semi-Anthracite aud Bi
tuminous,
Foreign imported,
140,024,457
10,287,533
8,300,421
Total, 171,272,411
The coal mined in Great Britain in 1800
is estimated at 100,000,000 tons. The whole
quantity mined in the United States in 18130
is estimated at 20,000,000, a little over one
fourth their annual quantity. Only protect
our industry and build up machinery, and
also keep the balauce of trade in our favor,
and it will take but a few years to outstrip
even Great Britain in tho domestic produc
tions of this Country.
Kliiimobln Coal Trade.
The quantity of coal carried over the Shamokin
Division of the Northern Central Railway during
1866, was 657,161
In the year 186, 457,162
Increase in 1866, 99,999
Amount of ooal shipped by each operator over the
Shamokin Division Northern Central llailway du
ring 1866 :
Names of Collieries anl Lessees.
Cameron John Haas A Co.
BurDsido 8. Uittenbender & Co.
Dear Val. Hhainokin A Bear Val. C. C.
Henry Clay John ii. Donty, Agent
Dig Mountain Bird Coal & Iron Co.
Buck Hidge May, Patterson A Bro.
Luke fuller Burnside Coal 4 Iron vo.
Lambert John 11. Dewees A Bro.
Laucaater Kuamnkin Coal Co.
Brady John B. Douty A Co.
Continental Tiley, Dure A Co.
Excelsior Excelsior Coal Co.
Enterprise R. A. A in merman, Agent.
Ureen Mountain 8. John A Sons,
Isaao Taylor Jloover 4 blarr.
Coal Mountain W. V. Patterson, Agent
Muartville win. JUontoliua.
81,448
84.671
49.9(16
43,417
50,662
69,167
12.221
12,829
42,764
24,764
907
34,910
SI ,819
14.840
1,291
11,22
31,020
7.B73
267
10,120
SrcsATB. A petition was received in the
Sonute on Monday from citizens of Ohio, set
ting forth reasons why tho Capital should
bo removed from Washington to the West.
It was referred to the Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia. The bill to prohibit
peonage in the United States was passed, as
was also the bill amendatory of the several
acts relating to copyrights. The latter bill
provides that every proprietor pf a copy
right, whether book, photograph, map or
chart, shall send a copy of tho same to the
Congressional Library. A resolution was
adopted to prevent Governors, Judges and
Secretaries of Territories from being absent
from their posts of duty. Mr. Poland gave
notice that when the joint resolution making
tho President ineligible for a second term
came up, he should move to extend the term
to six years. The bill amending the act
establishing judicial courts was so amended
that United States Courts shall have autho
rity only to issue writs of habeas corpus
within their respective jurisdictions, was
passed, as was also the bill providing severe
penalties fur counterfeiting the public se
curities, currency or postage stamps. The
tariff bill was then taken up and considered
until tho body adjourned.
House. In tho House on Monday the im-
Ecacbment resolution offered sometime ago
y Mr. Kelso was taken tip, and a long dis
cussion ensued as to whether it should be
referred to the Judiciary Committee or to a
pecinl committee of nvc. bevcral members
took occasion to ventilate their views in re
gard to the impeachment question, some
tavoncg nnd others disapproving ot tho
movement. The resolution finally went
over without action. Mr. Stevens' recon
struction bill was then taken up, and after
some discussion was reierred to the Com
mittee on Reconstruction, where it will pro
bably rest tor tho p ret cot. The House then
adjouruud.
Senate. On Tuesday tho President sent
in a rcsponso to the resolution of the Senate
culling for information with regard to the
resignation ot .Mr. Motley. Tho message
vetoing tho Colorado bill was taken up, but
was finally laid over and ordered to be prin
ted, iho tariff bill was then taken up, and
was debated until the adjournment.
House. On Tuesday tho Committee of
Elections were discharged from the consido
ration of the resolution for an investigation
into the recent Maryland election, the mat
tcr being investigated by another committee.
The bill to equalize the bounties of soldiers,
sailors, aud marines was reported and or
dered to be printed. The bill to regulate
the civil service was reported from tho Cum
mitteo on Retrenchment. A bill was report
ed restricting the Agricultural Department
to the purchase tor distribution only of such
seeds, plants, and flowers as are not common
in the United btntes, which was laid on the
tuble. The Secretary of the Iuterior was
requested to furnish informution relative to
the lata ma&sacre of United States troops at
t ort I'hil Kearney and tho causes that pro
duced the same, and what has led to the
present condition of our relut ions with the
Indiun tribes. The Senate bill providing
for an annual inspection into Indian affairs
was taken up aud debated until the close of
tho morning hour, when it was laid over.
Communications were received from the Sec
retary of State in reference to the attempted
compromise of curtain law-suits instituted
aguintt tho agents ot the rebel government
at Liverpool, England, aud another saying
that no official information had been receiv
ed in regard to the action of the Pupul Gov
ernment prohibiting the meeting of Protes
tants for religious purposes in Romo. The
President transmitted additional information
in regard to the New Orleans riot. The
committee of conference reported that they
had agreed on the pension sill, the bill
making appropriations for invalid pensions,
&c, was considered and passed. The amount
is f 33,380,000. 1 he consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill was discussed. A proviso
for the payment of the minister to Portugal
provoked considerable debate. An amend
ment was adopted prohibiting the payment
of money for the support of the American
legation at Rome. Adjourned.
IntcNt lrom 3Iextco.
New Orleans, Jan. 28. The French
Consul in Mexico has published a notice
advising all the residents in the country,
who wish to leave it with the expeditionary
torce, that tbey can nave passage borne ;
party of eight hundred accordingly left.
Maxmilian has permitted a kind of truce
of war trade between Jalapa and Vera Cruz.
The Liberals are tearing up tho Imperial
Mexican Railroad; but the movement of the
most importance is the defection of one Gen
Cnrvillo, who commands at Saltillo, and
who has issued tho following nd dress to his
soldiers: "lou have already seen the con
duct of your so-called Protector in Matamo
ras. You already know that the flag of the
stars has floated in that port, and that it
was occupied by the United forces, after
they had covered the roau with innumerable
corpses of our countrymen. They wish the
extinction of our race, to thereafter occupy
our country. I he North under some plausi
bio pretext desiro to penetrate into it, never
to abandon it."
Vera Cruz advices to the 22J state that
the French transport had left with a heavy
detachment of infuntry for France, and
others would immediately follow. The
whole French force in Mexico had arrived
at Vera Cruz en route for France. Addi
tional transports were daily expected.
l'UO.VI MEXICO,
447,161
447,162
Dan Webster Sutton A Henry.
Coal Ridge No. 1 James Kolley.
Coal Hidge No. 2 Coal Kidge Imp. Co.
Total tons,
In 1864,
Inorenae In 1808, 99,999
Tho following reported in the Bhamokin Coal
Trade, was sent south over the Mine Hill A Schuyl
kill Haven Kail Road :
Shamokin Coal Co., 40,493
Continental Coal Co., 38,739
May, rallenon at Co., 36,108
Bear Valley Coal Co., 34,432
J. B. Douty, Agont, 30,107
John Haas A Co., 28,241
Bird Coal A Iron Co., 27,143
8. Bittenbender A Co., 26,294
Excelsior Coal Co., 26.028
J. B. Douty A Co., 22,247
Win. MonUilius, 21,480
Enterprise Coal Co., , 14,406
R. A. Ammerinan, Agent, 11,999
8. John A Sons, 10,772
Uunulde Uoal Uo.. JO, 74.1
4. a. Dewees A Bro., 7,897
Coal Ridge Improvement Coal Co. i 6,917
Butter A Uenry, 4.111
sundries, 10,427
In 1884,
Increase In 106,
420,834
283,874
136,949
During the year the Lehigh and Mahanoy
Railroad has been extended to Mt. Carmel,
and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
are pushing the Koterprise road to Shamo-
aiu. iuo ivuuigu i;oi aou navigation com'
pany, will have their new Railroad comole
ted in a few months leading from Maucli
Chunk to Easton, where it will connect with
the Morris & Ksses Railroad load in or to
New York. This give three outlets for Le
high and Wyoming Coal via tba Lehigh
v aiiey 10 jxew jora.
THE PKKNOH EVACUATION
Execution of an American C'onnul
The Indiana Object to giving I'ree.
cloia to their Nlavesi.
New Orleans, Jan. 20. An official letter
from I lorida says the Indians of Everglades,
Florida, are determined to keep the negroes
in their tribe as slaves, denying that whito
men's laws are applicable to them on the
subject of slavery. The negroes claim their
liberty, and have appealed to the military
for assistance. It is feared there will be
troublo in Florida touching this matter.
It is officially reported that the frcedmen
throughout Florida are renewing contracts.
There was a large emigration from South
Carolina and Georgia, for the purpose of ob
taining work or colonizing on the St. John's
river, or south thereof.
Gen. Ely had arrived from South Carolina
with a colony of 800 treedmen. The coloni
zation agencies in the southern portion of
tne estate seemed to lie very popular.
A difficulty occurred iu Fernandina on
December 20, some citizens resisting the
seizure by the Sheriff of some property that
had been sold for taxes. The Sheriff was
driven off and appealed to Gov. Walker for
a military torce. Tue uovernor, Having no
men, asked the interference of the United
States troops. Col. Spragne, who had
charge of the latter, declined, and the Gov'
ernor has applied to the President. AU was
quiet aud the authorities were awaiting in
slruction from Washington.
New Orleans, Jan. 20. Vera Cruz dates
to tho 23d are received, per the French frig
ate Rocan, which left thence on tho 21st
with 1,200 Austrian infuntry.
The evacuation of tho city of Mexico will
be completed by the 28th instant.
Marshal liazaine had issued a proclama
tion tor two thousand troops per day. lia
zaiue had issued au order stating that he
had arranged transportation for all parties
to t ranee tree ot cost.
1 he L nited States gunboat Tauomi was
at Vera Cruz.
TUB AMERICAN CONSUL AT MAZATLAN EXE
CUTED BY THE MEXICAN ACTIIOIHTIES.
K E w Orleans, Jan. 28. Vera Cruz cor
respondent of the 23d says : A bulletin ap
1 .1 M 1 - -Hi f -
peareu in iuo r renen newspaper omces l
the City of Mexico a tew days ago, stating
that Mr. Carmnc, the American vice Consul
at Muzatlan, became involved in a dirllculty
with a Mr. lsroman, when the Mexican au
thorities interfered.
Mr. Carman shut himself up in the house,
but was attacked, and during the fight killed
two Mexicans. He was then imprisoned
and summarily executed. Norville, com
manding the United States gunboat off the
town, demanded the punishment of the
Mexican officers who bad taken part in the
execution ot Carman, but on the refusal of
the authorities he bombarded the town for
eight hours.
Kkw Orleans, Jan. 28. Vera Cruz cor
respondence of the 24th says that prominent
and influential parties conuccted with the
Maximilian Government are entertaining the
idea of combining all available parties on
Ortega, in case it is impossible to sustain
Maximilian.
Ortega was captured by Wasia, at Zacate-
cus, and taken to Juarez, at Durango, by an
escort under Varrios.
Marshal Bazaine will give up tho City of
Mexico to Portirio Dcz upon leaving, which
will be about the 5th of February. Diez is
now marching upon the capital with infan
try, cavalry and artillery.
The French evacuation continued, and the
last of the army will leave the City of Mexi
co on the Cth of February.
f ive million of silver dollars nave been
sent to France during the last eight days.
Forced loans weie being made by Maxi
milian in all the large cities, Mexico, Puubla,
San Luis Potosi, Orizaba and Cordova.
In a recent meeting of tho Junta or Coun
cil, Marchal Bazaine voted against Maximi
lian remaiuing. The family of the Marshal
intends to leave Vera Crux for France, on a
French steamer, about the 13th of February.
The Archbishop has finally declared for
Juarez; so says the latest dispatch from
Mexico.
Pazo del Macho correspondence says the
rear guard will set out for Vera Cruz on the
25th. The railroad company agrees to carry
10,000 troops daily after February 13 to
Vera Cruz.
On the 13th, 14th and 15th Max held a
stormy conference with Bazaine and Castle
nau. On the 16tb Bazaine informed Portirio
Diaz if be would come up with a respecta
ble force he would surrender the Capital.
A Parisian writer on fashions reports that
very few flowers are used in headdresses this
season, and bandelets nave entirely disap
pearea. Many young ladies only wear a
very handsome comb, with either a silver or
gold top and if a flower is added, it is a
very tiny ooa indeed. Wattean wreaths are
occasionally to ba seen, but tbey art- com
posed of Liliputian roses, pinks, tc
The New Orlctan allot.
The President, in compliance with a reso
lution of the House, transmitted to-day
voluminous documents on the subject of the
New Orleans riots of July last. These in
clude about 400 foolscap pages of testimony,
taken before the military board, convened
at tho Instance of General Baird, and con
sisting of Generals Mower, Quincy, Gregg,
and Baldey, together with their report, iu
which tbey condemn tne conduct ot Mayor
Monroe, and say that but for the declaration
of martial law by General Baird, and the
presence of the troops, fire and bloodshed
would have raged through the night in all
tne negro quarters or tho city, and tne lives
and property of Unionists and Northern men
would have been at the mercy of the mob.
The conservators of the peace being for
tho time the instieators of violence, nothinp:
would have remained but an arming for self
defence, and a scene might have ensued un
paralleled w the history of tba age.
lorrtbl 'I'mjfedy.
Camden, Jan. 89. A man named David
Taylor, residing three miles from here, last
nisht murdered his mother, his wife and
eiizbt children, composintr his entire family.
Taylor was intoxicated, and coming home at
a lata hour, found his viotims asleep, when
ha cut their throats with a razor.. The mur-
deter has not vet been captured.
ynch lisw In Montana Cold
Mine IHiu-ovcrrd.
SiLouis, "Jan. M 4dvics from Mon
tana state the tclcsperaiiots In that territory
have again bctome so ftolcf as to call out
lrom tne old compoo of "Besulator'a notice
that the reorganization of the company has
necome necessary, and that bercatter all ot
fenders will be summarily dealt with.
The Salt Lake YUlctte contradicts the re
port of the murder by Indians of a party of
New Mexican miners, who were out pros
pecting. The missing party have returned
to tne settlement to report rich deposits of
gold as having been discovered by them. .
The Oohdt Lottery End of the
, ' Aflalr. ' 1 .
CittCAno. Jan. 27. A. II. Lee. the winner
of tho Opera House, arrived, at this city yes
terday, and' sold' the Opera House to Mr.
Crosby for $200,000. The following is an
exact statement of Mr. Crosby's balance Bheet:
V. 11. uroeoy, creditor by 210,000 tickets, at
$5, $1,050,000 ; to advertising, f 150,000 ; to
paintings, $73,000; to engravings, $100,000;
to commission, $43,000 ; to printing and
traveling, $30,000. ' Value of Opera House,
$330,000.
A young married ladv in Ohio Lanced
herself recently because her husband scolded
her for giving $10 in chanty.
A French clcrtrvman declares that men
who do not intend to marry have no right
to go into society. Neither have some who
do.
Rev. Joel Lindsley. tho preacher who
whipped his child to death in Orleans coun
ty, iNew aork, last summer has been con
victed of manslaughter in the second degree.
Mr. Wm. Everett, son of the late Hon.
Edward Everett, has entered tho lecture
field as an expounder of "Some Parts in the
Character of St. Paul."
the Phiiadcipblans are mourning over
the deterioration of the Schuylkill water. It
is now tit tor hardly anything except to
water corporation stock.
The English papers are filled with ac
counts from all parts of the country of storms
and Ooods and shipwrecks and deaths lrom
cold and starvation.
The President has approved of tho bill for
tho meeting of Congress on the fourth of
March.
Gen. John M. Palmer is likely to be the
Radicul candidate for Governor of Illinois.
A dinner was given near Paris the other
day, of which the principal dishes were dog,
shark", horse and rat.
Mrs. Henry Johnson, late Miss Harriet
Lane, is now tho happy mother of a boun
cing boy who rejoices in the name of James
lSuchanan Johnson.
The deaths of seventeen infants, nil "acci
dentally suffocated in bed," were registered
in London in one week recently.
A Memphis paper Bays that some of the
Southern born people arc sending their
daughters to tho North "to be polished."
On Tuesday of last week there were sixty
five cars snow-bound neur Pittsfield, Mass.,
haviug on board seven hundred cattle.
Where a month ago there was nothing at
a point on the Union Pacific Railroad, there
is now a settlement of over five bunted
persons. -
Those States which sent out the largest
number of able bodied men to the field du-
riug the war, exhibit the largest increase of
production.
A new sensation comes from St. Louis.
The wife of a well known criminal lawyer
named Mitchell sues her husbuud Tor a in
voice ou tlie ground of adultery. The fair
creature who is ullcgcd to have seduced tho
unfuithful husband, is no other person than
Ella Ellwood, a poetess of consiuerable fame
and abiUty, und one who has written some
intensely moral lines. Tho case attracts
considerable attention, and public opinion
is in favor of the injured wile. As the pur
ties all move in the first circle of society the
cusc will call muny ot the leading citizens
of St. Louis into court as witnesses.
"Some" Postacie Stamts. It will scarce
ly be credited, at first thought, that twenty
tons of postage stamps have been used du
ring the year. Such, however, is the fuct,
and by artificial measurement they would
cover an area of forty-eight and a half
square miles, or, as a curious calculator says,
enough to roof a large township, with all
its houses, barns, churehes, gardens, forests
and farms ; or, if you choose to make a rib
bon of them, enough to reach nearly from
the equator to either pole, or twice the
length of tho Mississippi river. So that if
everybody would bo obliging enough to use
the Government stamp on the envelope it
self, the mora omission ef thete little extra
bits ot papers would lighten tho mail-bugs
by more than forty thousand pounds, aud
save in paper hi teen or tweuty thousand
d o 1 lars. J'h ihtdelph ia 1'ress.
Alabama has just taken a State Census,
and reports a total population of 045,244,
whereof 442,443 are Blacks. In 1800, she
had 004,206, of whom 435,133 were slaves.
It is evident that her Black inhabitants are
just about as numerous as in 18(10, while her
Whites arc but 2U,uuu lewcr. we inter lrom
this that the Southern States have generally
nearly if uot quite as many inhabitants now
as in 1800, und will have more in 1870. The
btorics that the Blacks are "dying out" seem
to be utterly baseless. A good many of
them have migrated northward or been
taken to Texas ; but they will number at
least 4,000,000 in 1870.
Cold-Blooded Assassination of a Ten
nessee State Senator. The Nashvillo
Press and Times, of the 17th inst. says : We
were overwhelmed with grief lost evening
on hearing intelligence of tho brutal assas
sination of Dr. Almon Case, Union State
Senator from Obion county, West Tennessee,
who was shot dead at his residence, a few
evenings siuce by an assassin. Our present
information is as follows : Late in the eve
ning a man rode up to his residence and
called for lilm to come out. Mrs. Case went
to the door, and in answer to the man's in
quiry, replied that he had gone to town.
The man rode off in the direction indicated,
and met Senator Case on bis return, with
whom be rode back. On approaching the
house tha assassin pretended to depart, but
immediately after wheeled and shot his un
suspecting victim dead, and made his es
cape. Senator Case ws a good, brave and
faithful man, an advocate of progress and an
enlightened public office. He was an early
friend of colored enfranchisement, and it is
worthy of particular nota that he was in
favor of uuiversal amnesty, and allowing all
citizens to vote, irrespective ot their political
antecedents of color. But bis liberal views
made him no less obnoxious to Rebel male
volence. Ha baa fallen by tha hands of one
of the very men whom he was ready to par
don and restore. - Only a few days prior to
tha beginning of tha present session bis son,
an excellent lad of sixteen, was shot dead
while the family were returning from church,
whore the young man had just made a pro
fession of religion. The father was wearing
crape for his murdered son at the time of
hit own assassination.
The WetUrm Mirrer, published at Cam
bridge City, Indiana, contains the follow
ing "Died. Davis Harris was foond dead
near hit reaiuenor on Wednesday evening,
January 16, 1867. An inquest was held,
which revealed no marks of violence ; it was
therefore supposed that he died a natural
but sudden death. When found, ho was
near his horses i (A metJ tndeatoring U
load lag on hit trvrsoa, on portion of hi
body in Wayat and tfo other in henry county."
Mr. Jana M. Sweet, of ITnaabunk, Me.,
has been indicted for tha murder. of her. hus
band, Dr. Nathaniel Swectjast fall, by poi
soning him with strychnine. She (ays that
she only put it in his whisky to cure his
lovo for liquor, and that aha-accidentally
gave him an overdose.
Farmers should not neglect to give their
horses proper exercise. Do not suffer tho
horses to stand the whole week in tba stable,
but givo, at least, ono hour's exercise daily.
Give sloppy food at least twice a week, and
throw a lump of rock salt in the manger.
Kansas CoAt Fields. The Osage Chro
nicle urges the development of the rich coal -fields
in Kansas, which underlie, as is claim-,
ed, ono third of tho country at a depth of '
but a few feet from the surface. It considers
that if a railroad ever goes through there,,
the chief source of wealth will be their coal. "
The weight of the flour in a barrel is sup-,
posed to be one hundred and ninety-sir
pounds. The Buffalo Board of Trade has.
adopted a resolution requiring two hundredr
pounds in each barrel, to conform with the
contal system of weights and measures.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF
lufttfcc of the Peace,
P. M. SHIN DEL,
OFFERS himsolf u a candidate for th abora,
office at the oominir SpriDg. Election..
Fohruary 3, 1867.
books, stationery:
and
VARIETIES,
Always on band a large and eomplots stoek of'
ALBUMS, Juvenile, Blank, School, Ilyma ant
Prayer BOOKS.
!N'ole, Liettcr, lgal and Cnp Paper.
GOLD PENS AND HOLDERS.
Pens, Inks, Pencils, Port-Folios, Pictures, Picture
Frainos, Musical Instruments, Strings, Musio, Lamps
Shades, Uloboa, Ac.
Soaps, Chains. Sleds, Canes, Games, Brushes, Port-
monaics, and Fancy Articles of all kinds.
Wall Paper, llorder nnd Window.
Shade. Agent for "La Rose's Hair Restorative,' '
and 'Enamel of America."
Drafts on Europe and Tickets for Steam Vessels
QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS the
motto at
LIOUTNER'S Book Store and News Depot,
Fob. 2, 1867. Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
ELEVENTH A MARKET STS., PHILADEL'A.
THIS new and elegant House ia now open for the
reception of guests. It has been fitted up in a
manner equal to any in the country. The location
beiug central makes it a very desirable stopping
place, both fur Merchants and parties visiting the
city. The parlors are spacious, and elegantly furn
ished. The tables will be supplied with all the deli
cacies the market will afford, and it is the intention
of the Proprietor to keep in every respeot a First
Class Hotel.
Terms $3 00 per day.
CCRLIS DAVIS, Proprietor.
February 2, 1S67 6m
The Urcutcait Story of tlic Age.
In kerping with the promiso whioh we made some
time back, to keep
THE NEW YOKIC WEEKLY
in the front rank of literary journalism, and tomaiu'
tain its claim to Ihe position wbicu it undoubtedly
holds that ot being the leading story and i ketch
paper of the United States, if not of the world we
are now gratified to be able to announce that we
have coinmcnoed the publication of
ANOTHER GREAT STORY.
It is from tho pen of that world renowned romancer
LEON LEWIS.
Author of "The Silver Ship," "Syria thejewess,'
"The Step-Daughter's Portion," etc., etc.
It is entitled
THE) 'WATER WOLF,
On TBI Demon or mi Bbrmi ius.
The mere announcement of a story by a writer i
extensively and favorably known as Leon Lewi
would perhaps be enough to cause everybody to res
it, but
"THE WATER WOLF"
appr
somewhat different from anything else which i
gitted !author has thus far given to the worl
As its title implies, it is a story of the Bermudas, a
partakes largely of the wild, the weird, and t
grand. The heroine ia a moat glorious crealion
croaturo all beauty and sunshine, tender, impulsit
generous and courageous who is cast away up
one of the Bermuda Islands, and falls into the hai
of a desperate villain, who U a deadly enemy to 1
father. While here, she encounters the dread scout
of the islands, the frightful
WATER WOLF
the simple description of which fearful monster e
sea the Hush to creep with horror. The story is I
of action at the very start, and the reader finds
attention enchained before he has road a doten t
tenoea. It ia full of the most thrilling situations,
possesses a plot of the greatest intricacy and of
most ingenious oharacter.
TH WATER WOLF will unquestionably
greatly to the already great reputation of Leon L
and will undoubtedly be extensively read.
Recollect that
Till: UATKK tVOLl'i
Or, The Demon of the Burmudas,
BT LBOX LIWIJ,
Is now ready, and for sale everywhere.
OTJR TERM8.
The New York Weeklt is sold by all J
Agents throughout the United States. The pri
Six Cents, but in cases where Agents have u
extra freight, a highor prioe is charged. When
is a News Agent in the town, we desire our fr
to get the Weekly through him. We do not w
mail the paper except in places where there
other means of getting it. When sent by mail , i
copies, f3 per annum ; four copies, $10, wh
tl 50 a copy ; eight copies $20. The party
ends us $20 for a club of eight eopies, (all s
one time,) will be entitled to a copy free, l'ot
ters and others who get up clubs, in their resp.
towns, can afterward add single eopies at $2 i
ineaew lor X weekly and the Illustrated
rary Album will both be sent for $6 per annuo
Specimen Conies sent Free.
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11 Frankfort st , New V
February S, 1M67. 8t
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ALL kinds, Coinio and Sentimental. P(
Satckeli and Love Cards,
FANCY ENVELOPES.
A fine line of Uoodi for the season, now on
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January 24. 181. at
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MEN'S GUM BOOTS,
LADIES' GUM BOOTS,
MISSES' GUM BOOTS,
v at TUACli
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NOTICE ia hereby given that letters of ad
tration having been granted to the audi
4 on the estate of John Fagely, late of Sha
township, Northumberland eouuly. Pa., dee
AU persons indebted to aaid estate are toque
make Immediate payment, and those having
to present Iheio for settlement.
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MT. CABMBL, Northumberland Oc
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This large eoma odious Hotel ia located I
depots of the tSnamokin Valley and the Qui
New York Railroads. Trains arrive and depa
This kutwe is located ia lb centre of the '
gioa and affords the beet aaooouuedations to I
and permanent e-jitouiers.
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