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H. B. MASSER,
I. W1LVERT.
Kdltort.
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WNllUllY, FElUlUAUr 3, 1872.
Tub Gur.KtiNAToniAL Question Ft);
litieians are already anticipating tho action
of the next Republican State Convention.
A number of person have, been mentioned
as candidates for Governor, and there h
much speculation as to who is thu must
prominent before the people.. So far there
have been but about 20 delegates instruct
ed who nro divided between Hon. J. 13.
Packer, Col. Frank Jordan, Col. Ketchutri,
Gen. Hartranft and Senator Y.'hilo. Wo
find that all except the Hon. J. $. Fucker
nro eagerly seeking tho nomination: For
wir part wo believe mi the oflice seeking tho
man and not tho man tho offlcer" Our best
men at the head of the Government, cither
National or State, Selected from the ranks
of tho people, and who did not solicit the
position, havo proved the most beneficial
to tho country. Tho nanus .mentioned
above are nil men who havo been tried, and
there is no objection in supporting nny of j
them if nominated. Yet we believe that j
tho namo of Hon. J. 1. racket' would meet ;
with less opposition from tho rauks of the
people than any other. His persistent
course during his whole life in advancing
the improvements of his native State, and
Ids devotion to the laboring classes, close
ly watching their interests in public ns well
us in private life, has gained for him such
confidence among the masses, that few, if
any candidate", lea objectionable, could oo
named. His idcnlilication wilh the public
improvements, nnd the development of our
vat mineral resources, i well known,
and cannot bo questioned ; and there is
no one before the people more able and wil
ling to advance tho interests of the labor
ing men of tho country. The fact that his
name has been brought foiward by other
counties is significant, and shows tlmt his
course in public life meets the approbation
of the people, and that they are disposed to
place at the head of our Slate government
one who is not solicitous of the olllce, but
if placed there w ill render satisfaction to
nil, as has been dune by those seloctod in
former times it: the, same mantie-r. If thisl
mailer is rightly considered, which we be
lieve is being done, as there appears to be
no -disposition ou the part of the Uepubli-
!- ".iv instance to instruct their dcle
i gates, wo are couimcui umi. ...... .
Packer, of this county, will occupy the next
Gubernatorial chair.
This Coauiy Auditors now in session,
vill no doubt fiud that the, business of the
county has been done in a very loose man
ner. As the Coard of Auditors are busi-:j-ipb
men, they will find some queer busi
ness transactions committed by the County
Commissioners lor years past, which will
tot reflect much credit on these w ho pro
fess to bo business men. For instance, the
pre-signing of Orders, and allowing thu
Clerk to till Ihem out, and the drawing of
'.he money, in sonic instances, Ly the same
individual, and paying it ovu: to the parties
instead of giving the Orders. This has con
siderable of the Tammany flavor about it.
No competent business man would make it
a rule to pro-sign blank cheeks in his indi-
vidual aliUirs, and we don't know that pub
he business should go beyond this rule in
the pre-signing of Ordero upon the county
treasury. There is no doubt that there has
been much covered up, and if llie auditors
can manage to uncover it, there might be
some rich developments made. It is cer
tain that there is something wrong some
where, which may perhaps bo .kept in the
dark, unless the people iusint upon an in
vestigation of former accounts.
Tin: late PiAii.itoAD Aft i:i:.vr, We
give in another pari of this paper the full
particulars of the accident which occurred
uii Monday evening hist, on the I'uilaik 1
1 Ida & Liie liailroad. We arc glad to sec
that the officials of the road allowed the full
particulars of the accident to go before the
public. If this were done generally by
railroad companies, there would be fewer
vague rumors circulated in relation lo ac
lidciits, and liss ccr.sure credited ngauist
innocent parties. After this accident there
were many false rumors set afloat in re-'
tard lo heartless treatment of the unfortu- I
n ite passengers by the employees of lhe i
ti'ain, which had extended along the linens I
Ihrr.s Ilarrisburg, and there was muchspc-1
ctlialion among travellers on tin ir way over j
thu road. Wo iv fa to the fret for lire rva
Kju that raih'Jiui companies may seo the
importance of allowing lii.; full particulars
of accidents to go before the pn'Jie. Wc
are personally nejuaiu,tcd with many of lhe
employees at this end of the P. &. E. road,
aud were sutisilcd that there lire none who
would be guilty of uc'i conduct as niadamo
minor was biii-y in circulating. Mr. JIur
ris, ,t!i conductor ou the train, aud the
jneu under his charge, are gentlemen well
known here as men who would go ns far lo
riok their own Jives to relieve the diptiessed
lis uny other et of men that can be. found
.on nny railroad. Thoy are courteous nud
" accommodating on their trains, nnd in
eases similar to the above, they arc found
. ready for the emergency, nud at once ad
minister to the wants of thoso iu distress.
Thin we learn was tho case in the late ue
cidi nt, and we, are happy to bo ublo to give
a correct account of the affair, so that no
censure be unjustly attached to the officer s
and employees of the road. . j Kniohts or Fvj hjas. The Grand
r r-. I'dgc, Kuighta of pjthias, -net nt Phila-
Tnu Danm rat thinks fun. Sheridan' j "olohi.i last week. The busimss transacted
dWtry occupation ul Chicago was a great wns as full"" s : A special committee of
.outrage,,,, ,i,0 rjltg 0f tho jK-oplc. We I fivo wc,e appointed ou charty.. A roso-1,lil,k0cn-Shcridnn
has been very iinpru- I lutkm wm adopted leaving toe matter of
dent iuuol .,muiliuj, (lL. editor of that '''ct deputies to tho representatives for
paper on tho pi.u-it.ly uf J)U ncU 1;u 1 action. The committee on appeals and
this is uot lho (;eue,.,,s j,,. ucc. His I fc'ricvnnccs submitted a report, which was
unfeeling conduct iu X..m., Uj0 rcbel ()Ut , adopted. Every decision, us reported by
or tho Shenandoah valley, ?,a.ro t, wnJ i Oje committee, was sustained. The balance
comfortably quartered, will i4wJr L j-ol- of the session was taken up with lho Iran.
gotten. ' action of iifna outicd of private
' : character.
SciUntoS in giving evidence of the joUy I , -
oflubor strikes, ns fcix of her leading lroU. Ikieknal revenue receipts on Saturday
Irnve jfono into bankruptcy, the rcsuW of , Wn j,3io. Keceipt for tbo month, 0,405 -tw
depression in trado paused by thy Into aon. tiruuU ujUI for Wtf Hscal year to date
- Jock-o'it of ttie untbntcito cfial miners. r $?7l,vS0,tn. . .... . '
FounTH Senatorial District, Tbo
result of tho election for Senator on Tues
day in tho "Fourth District, is a complete
victory for the regular Republican candi
date, Henry W. Gray, over his opponent,
f'nl Af'f'lnrn iUin.lM..i. .,r r..:.. r
w
eis" and their aiders nud abettors, tho De-
mocrals. The majority is not largo but
It Is sufficient. Wo reprint tho returns by
wards from the Prcs. The vote compared
with that cast last fall for Council nnd
Wartmnn, is quite light :
1S73. 1S7I.
Rrp. In. Hi-p. Ttcp. Hem.
. . Gr.j, M'Cliirr, Coiiiil-II, Wirtmin,
'''t'l .... 'J.-ill-t 1TM 4M0 I'.tU'J
f'K'.i fi.Vii) 14.-).T ur,:;.-. fsc
2 1st R!i(l 12-1 il lil'w.l t04
-d 17( 1-liHi eon 1410
1140 14(:t S;tt3 1453
-'Ith 1HI5 1400 Si;74 lW
-'"'til 1117 114 1.VJ6 17:!
2Tth C47 lli:i7 1 4-J1 !HJ?
Ul 703 G'Si lltiU Btrtl
1'3,873 11,488 SO.ltsn 13,018
11,480 . 13,M
MjJ 887 7138
The County Auditors need not bo sur
prised if they find charges mado by llie
j Court House King of some matters w hich
may appear strango to them, if the county
should bo compelled to pay. For instance,
when they como to the charge mado to the
Count' for subscription to tho Ilarrisburg
Patriot and Triuon, they should take into
consideration that some of tho "King"
have been veiy anxious to leani to read, and
as there wore but 313. working days in the
year, they ?ou!d not afford to pay the sub
scription out of wages for education thus
received from the paper mentioned. Such
little items have generally been placed un
der the head of ''miscellaneous items," but
whether ihey will be urged to place them
there now, or under the head of "merchan
dize," we arc not prepared to say.
Tun llepublican State Central Commit
tee met at Ilarrisburg on Thursday of hist
week, nnd passed resolutions directing the
chairman to issuo a Call, fixing Wednes
day, April 10, ns the day and Ilarrisburg
as the place for holding the next conven
tion of the party. Upon this convention
will devolve the responsible duty of no
minating candidates for Governor, Judge
of the Supreme Court, nrfil Auditor Gene
ral, should the Legislature authorize tho
election of a successor to Dr. Stanton. It
will also form an electoral ticket and ap
point delegates to the National Convention
in June.. The committee also adopted a
resolution thanking its chairman and sec
rclarics mi . , - ... r . ,
- i tui Mniiu's. and
one in lefercneo to the contest in tho Fourth
Senatorial district, urging the importance
of maintaining tho integrity of the llepub
lican organization, and calling upon all
members of the party to support the regu
lar nominee.
AYi'. notice ncvci.il uf thclowii paper.-, who
get the Sheriffs printing, are pulling up
Sheritr Heller, and stale that the oflice is
better conducted than heretofore. There
appears to be ft diven'ity of opinion be
tween these editor aud the lawyers of this
town in regard to this matter. We have
been reliably informed by tho latter, that
that oflice is worse conducted than over be
fore since Mr. Pur sol has left it, nnd that
scarcely a writ is properly executed by the
present officers. Judgiiigfroin the fact that
tho' panel of thu Grand Jurynt the last
Court was set aside on account of the neg
ligence of the Sheritr in the performance of
his duties, we nro inclined to believe '.hat I
the lawyers arc better booked than the cdi-
tors. !
l'l.-ll IX I'icn.nm i.vAMiA. -Kith Com
missioner Worrell just made his report in
reference to the inland fisheries of the Slate.
He considers Uio project as entirely
lcasi-
j bio, and states that wo have every reason
J to anticipate ultimate success. The first
i experiment tried was the erection of a fish
dam iu the Susquehanna river at Colum
bia. This was brought into operation in
1S07, and the very first year it was a suc
cess, the catch of shad being very respecta
ble. In lc7l the iinesl Columbia shad were
sold at considerable liss than a dollar a
pair, the catch for that year exceeding
100,000. The learned Commissioner enu
rncraks some thirty varieties of ti ,h iudigo
uous to Pennsylvania waters that are good
substantial food, mid which, in his opinion,
might he rendered plentiful in our rivers
by artificial proposition and judicious legal
proUetion.
Utah as a State. Tho Legislative
Assembly of Utah having passed au act as
sembling a Constitutional Convention, Go
vernor Wool, Saturday, vetoed it ou the
grounds that the lerntory had not sulli
cient population to constitute a Slate ; that
it was without Congressional warrant for
this action, and that, before seeking admis
sion to the Union, polygamy nnd ether acls,
conflicting with the government nnd laws
uftlic country should lie abolished. The
veto aroui.ed great indignation in tho As
sotul.ly, and made Mori.ionistn boil furious-
- -
The colored ijmmen nre the' cause of
much grief aud tribulation to our ueighbor
oT the Democrat, These fellows havo had
the assurance to get up petitions urging tho
passage of Mr. Sumner's Civil Itights Hill.
Why should anybody liaic "civil rights''
that won't vote right, or support Tu in ma
il y politicians 'i Our neighbor has just
causa for his irreparable grif, nnd sore tri
bulation. '
'
Thb two Houses of tho legislature at
Ilarrisburg, met on Wednesday last, In
joint convention nnd counted tho returns
of the Into election for Auditor General and
Surveyor, and tho votes cast at tho same
for and against holding a convention to
reviso tho Constitution, Tito result as an
honnced is as follows ;
For Auditor General Stanton, 234,097;
McCnndless, 209,512 ; Spnnglcr, 3,132.
For Surveyor General Heath, 287,045 ;
Cooper, 200,735 ; Wheeler. 2,909. . ' 1
Constitution Convention For, 310,097;
ngainst,r.C9,715. "
Stanton's majority over McCnndless
(Deni.) was 14,585 ; over Spnnglcr (Temp.)
and McCandless (Dcm.), 11,453. Heath
had 20,310 majority over his Democratic
competitor, and 17,351 over Wheeler and
Cooper combined.
Tiik It.T.ixoin Liquoh.Law. Tho Illi
nois Liquor Law, by which the seller is
mado liablo for damages accruing to the
drinker nnd his family, we find has already
brought Chicago ingenuity to fix up a way
to help tho topers through their dilliculty
in obtaining their usual rations. A print
ing office is selling to them the following
blank form :
'Terinit. IVrmftMmi is hereby granted
by me, tho lawful wife of , and I de
clare and witness Dy my own signature,
that my husband has the perfect right ami
liberty to drink, and as often as ho chooses
to drink, and what ho chooses to drink,
and I hereby relinquish all claims arising
therefrom. . l. s.l"
A hill is now befuro'tho Legislature re
quiring all legal advertising to be published
in one paper of each party, at the. county
scat of each county in the State. It would
be hist and riuhl to havo the legal adver
tisements published in one paper of each
party, but beyond that we consider that
members of the Legislature had belter not
meddle with printer's ink.
SurtusTiTioN' in Susquehanna Coun
ty. A correspondent writes from Great
lfcnd to the Montrose l'tiub!irn, the fol
lowing account of a terrible ens; of super
stition nnd its results, gathered from eye-
vitncsscs of the a (fair :
A Mr. Eli Stowe and wife, living m
H:ndolph, some four miles from the lfcnd
(Nazarilcs), becoming possessed with the
idea that the devil had entered their child,
(a babe only eighteen moulhs old I, nnd that
the evil spirit must bo conquered by whip
ping and starving, are said to have tied the
helpless infant in a high chair for twenty
lb ret? hours, ever and anon spanking and
whipping it, until when discovered it was
said to be "b!n'k and blue" from its neck
to its heels, and its little uuivcriug flesh so
cut aim ii..li.i,. .... tJl!U lho i,k)(nl
actually uichicu uiun ti,0 chair to tho
lloor. The alarm was given iiy uiu i...
man, who hastened to lliotlfllds's grand
parent, a Mr. Kent, living near Windsor
village, who, on learning the facts,- hasten
ed hs fast as whip arid spur"coufel urge a
licet horse, and on reaching the bouse of
me lnl'ituatcil parents, actually found the
babe undergoing trucilixiioii in ttie hands
of the father and mother, as above stated.
A few hours longer must have ended its
sutlerincs, as the child seemed to be so ex
hausted ns to be nearly insensible. A
thrill of horror seemed to pervade that
cimmunity, and a universal murmur for
the law to have 'its weight." The parents
have heretofore been regarded as good citi
zens, nnd the cause of this, temporary re
ligious insanity.
The Tri'a?j Freo ltttitltK.
We arc indebted to tho Auditor General
for his ieport, showing the condition of
banks organized under tbn free banking
law, for tho year 1S71. The report con
eludes ns tnhows :
' The expenses of this oflice, on account of
banks organization under the gencrnbank
ing law, including, also, the banks receiv
ing circulating notes from this Department
UUjIer special acts, durim; the liscal year
ending Novi-mbcr !!tt, 171, were nothing.
J hfTunouut received during the samo
period was nothing,
At the close of the lineal ytar in 1SG0,
lUat being the first, year in which the sys
tem was in operation, the treasury was in
advance on account of expenses of free
banks, Ki, and in 1SY.1, 5318 OS) ; in lSi 2,
the excess of receipts overexpenditures was
sssa li'J ; in t2,4:W4l ; in lsui, ?r:5l2,
Uli, and iu lSij-", 1 17S 12 ; in 1S0O, the ex-
i cess of expenditures over receipts was
i ..iit) 1:1; in 1!7. 500 : in 108, 1 $$.) and
170, there was no expenses and no re
ceipts. It is thus seen that the actual balance iu
the treasury remaining to the credit of the
contingent fund of the Pauking Depart J
incut, on Hie UOtu day ot November,
was ?-2,,j74 70.
SouTiiKitN" Sentiment. Gen. .Tubal
Early has been repealing his South Caroli
na speech ill Virginia. On Gen. Lee's
bin hday Jubal addressed tho students of
the Washington and Ic I'uiversity, at
Ix'xinglon. Virginia, in a speech well cal
culated to revive old memories and "lire
the Southern heart." Tho following is a
fair cample of the advice he addressed to
ladies aud young men composing his audi
ence :
"They tell us to forget dead issues. Can
true issues ever be dead t We do believe
that a ivnplu who forget their traditions are
unworthy of the name of freemen. Ladies,
I have faith iu you to instill into Uiu rising
generation the memories of the past,
I' pon you, young friends, who nre hero in
these walls 't:;vpai lng for life, rests the hope
of your Country. Vou have the example
ff Lee and Jucksou more immediately be-
Iore you ; proiit uy tnem."
S ualor Cameron has bought the "Done
gal farm"' in Laucacler county, from Dr.
Watson. It is said to be thu liuest farm
iu that county of splendid estates. It con
tains 400 acre, and is pcrfecUy square.
A Justice of the Peace in Mansfield,
Mass., has decided that it is a criminal of
fence to expectorate tobacco juieu upon the
lloor of a public hall. Sensible Justice!
There, is no nastier habit, and none iu
which tho American people are moro in
need of reform than this thing of squirting
tobacco spittle around in every direction.
A mau uncleanly enough to chew tobacco
should swallow its juice or go to some out-ol-ihe-way
place to relieve himself of the
offensive "production.
News comeu by cable of a frightTul cat
astrophe at sea. On the uignt of December
22, the steamship ,ltima was on her voy
age from Montevideo to Itio Janeiro, bnv:
inga full complement of pascngcrsou board!
wlieu she was discovered lo be on tire. Tht
flames spread with great rapidity aud thu
vessel was soon burned to the water's edge.
Eighty-seven of the pawongers lobt tbi '
lives by burning or drowning. 'V..i i
me originated, or -! -'";.-. '" 'f 'ul " ,h.
of lii .uiuij from inelheieiiey ot '.lie olli
rorti, or the speed with which the names ac
complished their fearful work, ilmcw i
information. cnaOJi''blbo foruiatiou bt au
opiuton. ," ' "
ttalY's complete census was taken, at
midnight of December 81.
KAII.KAI Alt'lDKitvi
A Ilrokcn Itull tho Cinie.
rl K ( A1IN HtltSfDD UP.
Tncntjr;lght Prrsoni Injured
From tho Lycoming Ueite and Bulletin, Tuc-
Ou Monday evening, shortly after 11
o'clock, a serious accident took place on
tbo Philadelphia and Frio railroad, about
three miles cast of Lock Haven, resulting
from a brokcu rail, by which four cars
were burned nod a large number of passen
gers more or less injured. Tho facts, as
carefully gathered from the railroad officials
and passengers ou tho train, are as follows:
HOW IT HAPPENED.
The Eric mail east left Lock Ilaveu on
Mondnv evening, January 29, at 10:10,
being 35 minutes late. The train had
pnssed lfald Eagle creek, and was proceed
ing at the rate of about 20 miles an hour.
It Intel reached a point about thrco miles
east of Lm-k Haven, when four of tho cars
were suddenly thrown from tho track by a
broken rail, precipitated down nn embank
ment of twenty feet to the water's edgo,
where they took tire and wcro entirely con
sumed. The precise nature of the break which
caused the accident has not been fully de
termined. Whether tho rail was brokcu
before the engine passed it or whethor it
was krokcu by the engine is a mooted ques
tion, although the latter theory is thought
to be the most reasonable, by railroad men,
from the fact that tho engine was not
thrown from lho track. Tim train was
drawn by engine No. 1014, and there were
about forty-live passengers in tho cars.
The first iutimaliou the passengers had ot
the accident, they fclt.fhe cars rolling down
the bank, and of course were badly tum
bled about by the violent movement.
THU DAMAGE.
Tho baggage car, two passenger conches
and the sleeper were sent crashing down
the embankment, and were quickly in
flames, lire having caught in the sleeping
car. The passengers of this enr succeeded
in effecting their escape through the rear
door, whilst those in the other cars kicked
out the windows, most of them getting out
by that means, and tho others by the doors,
all on Lonrd. it is quite certain, making
good their escape, though a great many of
them were injured by the fall, and a num- I
. ' f ' . . . . I
her burned more or less severely before get
ting out
t AIUNO FOU THE SUKFEKEUS.
A3 quickly as possible after the first thrill
of excitement hail subsided, the uninjured
begnn to exert themselves to provide for
the others. A number repaired to a shanty
near by, occupied by an Irish woman,
whom tliev induced, by making una nurso
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wounded. The worst injured were here
given all the attention possible during the
time they were waiting for relief. This was
not long in coining, as the Express west
arrived in a short time, and the passengers
of the wrecked train were taken on board.
''mmuxicaTION INTIUtltUrTEP.
lhe worst diincuuy riiwuu,u.. .......
lack of telegraphic communication, the
wins having been broken down. The engine
of the unfortunate Iraiu proceeded to Wil-
liamsporl hs rapidly as possible lflraid.and
rt .e. ,i: ... r u it
where the wreck car was gotten out nnd!
sent lo the scene of the accident. As soon I
ns the officials of the road in Williamsport J
were apprised of the occurrence, they oxer- !
ted themselves wilh all possible energy to ,
send relief. A physician was summoned I
nud various necessaries provided for tho ;
use ot t;ie sulierers. J car was soon on the
way containing olllciais and employees of
the road, lhe physician and all the articles
likely to he needed on lho occasion.
hei.ief AitnivES.
No time was lost in running up to the
scene of the accident, where they arrived
just after the passengers had all becu nick
ed up by the express west. The wreck car
from Lock Haven had arrived in the nean
time, nnd cleared the track of all obstruc
tions. The express then proceeded to Lock
Haven, wliete a number of the wounded
were left after having received careful medi
cal aid and every other attention possible.
A full Ik i of i ho in hired was taken, together
wilh the nature of their injuries aud their
placw (f residence. Physicians from
iihamsnort, Jersey Shore and Lock
1 Liven were present, and exerted themselves
quite faithfully to alleviate the sufferings
of the wounded.
ui.-rosrnoN vr this injuhed.
The Williamsport special car returned nt
au early hour iu too morning, bringing the
remainder of .lho -wounded, with tho ex
ception of one, who was left at Jersey
i. i' e-;ii;, ,,,.,..
i.-nuiii I'l'i'ii .uiu ill it, ill ill ii milium) mi
...i it II,.,,....
noma iiou aviuieii in uiu iiuu.i; akijusu
for the wounded, and every possible care
exercised lo rentier llicm comfortable.
The following ia a full
LIST OK THE INJURED,
as kindly furnished us by the rdilroad ofli
cials :
James Lysaght, Williamsport, burned
about the limbs.
Charles llatterson, Troy, Pa., burned
badly about the face, feet nnd limbs.
J. P. Felt, Emporium, Pa., cut above
the eye and injured in hand.
Mrs. E. A. Griswold, Sterling, Pa.,
slightly bruised.
J'. if. Hauliu, Pittsburg, flesh wound in
brail.
Aaron Williams,' Uet'cfoule, flush wound,
iu side of head.
Daniel M'Ibide, IV.lcfoute, severe flcbh.
wound of the scalp. ,
William Steele, FhiUipsburg,! , slightly
bruised about chest. . ' ...
David Steele, Phillipsburg, Pa., slightly
bruised.
Peter Carroll, Benedetto, bruised about
the head.
Arthur Quiuu, Ibiffalo, New, York (a
blind man;, limbs bruised.
J. A. Dalo, Ttoucsta, Pa., lelt 'shoulder
bruised, and cut iu head.
Mr. Fiuuey and daughter, Clearfield,
Pa., slightly bruised.
C. F. It. instead, Williamsport, slightly
bruised.
Miss L. Cook, New York, left side bruis
ed. J. W. Lynch, Philadelphia, head and
limbs bruised nud slightly burued about
hands.
W. W. Mason, Tlonesta, Fa, bruised
ou arm aud side. His III tie daughter also
received a slight wound. r
James l-tusliiie.il, Titusvrlle, cut on the
lop of head.
M. li. EJsall, Camcltown, Steuben
couuty, N. Y.. limbs bruised.
Mrs. John T. Foster, Erie, cut about
face. . : ,
J. W. Phelps,' Emporium, Pa.. Iut
cut in head. -...auwpori, bruis-
. Charles F. Ruune" 1 '
eUvU !'rUl;-k-f.'l),t'1,Xl,rtlmmbelUlud. L
, "Ailil head.
p'Mr. Ileuder, sleepping car couductor,
hand burned, aud colored porter ou saiuo
car slightly injured.
I. G. Sproul, Pittsburg, elightly ' out In
head, nod It. C. G. Sproul, of same place,
JJavid Wopdside, brtkemau ou train,
shghlly injured.. . . , .t .'. ;
J HEMA11K9 A KB INCIDENTS. ' '
The above arc slightly injured, with the
eimtntufl nrjrrmetl LysngTrT, mark Bat-
teon and Daniel M'Jtndo. uniy ono or
tho last named Mr. Ifattcrson is con
sidered serious. IIo is the centlcmnn left
at Jersey Shore, and -who is in quite It cri
tical conditjpn.
Tbo pnssengnrs were all able to resume
their journey this Tuesday morning, with
tho exception of the gentleman referred to
above," and Mr. H. C. G. Sproul, William
sport, being his destination. Tho two Mr.
Sprouts named in litis article are sons of
Henry Sproul, Esq., of Witllamsport, and
wcro coming to tli city to attend the wed
ding of thoir sister, Miss Libbie Spt-oul, to
take place this evening.
- It is remarkably fortunate, under tho
eircumstanews, tlmt nff more disastrous re
sults attended thru accident. It was of such
a character that it could not havo' been
anticipated or avoided. Tho railroad com
pany nro in rjo way censurable, ns it was
owing to no neglect of theirs. As far ns
we could learn in conversing with tho pas
sengers, none of them reflected in the least
upon either the managers or employees of
the railroad company.
Tho Attorney of. tho road happened to
bo slopping at the Herdic House ou Mon
day night, and this (Tuesday) morning
niride satisfactory arrangement with the
greater number of those injured.' The
hotel, and other expenses of those detained,
wore also defrayed by the company.
Wo desire to express our obligations to
the otlleers of tho railroad" company for
cheerfully furnishing nil the information
in their power concerning the accident.
They are wise, we think, in consenting to
let tho full particulars of such accidents,
no matter what those particulars may be,
go before tliu public.
l'KOTI-X'TIOX FACTM AM) FI-
ricr.s.
At this time when tho free-traders arc
directing their efforts with great energy
against tho protective system, tho follow
ing article, which wo take from tho Wash
ington Xational Jicpvblkun, will bo' found
to be both interesting and instructive :
Statistics are valuable when not doctored
to suit the fancies of theorists. Dr. Elder,
in his '(Juestions of the Day,1 has some
facts and figures not unworthy of consider
ation nt this time. In 1750 England sought
to niako another Ireland of America by for
bidding the manufacture of anvartielo pro
duced in the old country. Iron iu the
rough might be golton out nnd sent 'home,' J
1 . .. . " ti - s -i i . -i
1 ns charcoal was well nigh exhausted in
l,-.w.l 1 I. .it .til .wOllt... .-.illfa 111! l.nmt,..fU I
nud establishments for the manufacture of -
stecl were specially forbidden. In the same
vearn great jn-iusli statesman oeeamo
alarmed, anil declared tho colonies should j
not bo permitted to make even a riail. lhe
navigation laws were also enacted to hold I
fl,i ..minlrv in r-olMlilrreml nod imlustrint I
vassalage to the mother country. During ;
revolutionary war
our manufactures, i
per force, were 'protected,' and nt its close j
we were found considerably advanced iu
! those skilled industries which make n conn- j
try self-supplying. From the success nt-1
tained, Alexander Hamilton, in his cele- ;
brated report upon manufactures in 1791,
argued the wisdom of protecting and en- .
cou raging our home industries. IIo enu-
-..-nd seventeen grand departments i
which wcro uicu mil ..i..i,i!ci,,., oS well '
in the Southern as in the lidoJlo anu ;
Northern States. Of textile brics lie re- !
ported that iu several kinds the domestic
I iiibeu-ntion who not only fcnHiou'nt for lionic ;
use, tail was exported to foreign countries. ;
After the treaty of peace in 180;!, during :
seven years our maiiutiielurers received a
check on account of want of power in the '
old confederation and there being no con- j
currenee of policy among the several States.
According to a member of tho first Federal ;
Congress, we bought ns the modern then-
rials would now have us buy where wc
could purchase cheapest, and were soon
inundated with foreign commodities. Our
manufacturers were ruined ; our merchants ,
even those who had hoped to enrich them- j
selves by importation, becamo bankrupt, '
I nnd all these causes united had such an i
j ell'ecl upon agriculture that a general de- :
I preciation of real estate followed, and fail- j
; urea became general among land owners. ;
In 17Sti the scarcity of money was so great '
i that r iots and combinations took place to j
j resist the laws enforcing payment.
I Chief Justice Marshall, referring to !
i Shay's rebellion, gave the above reasons '
j for nil the troubles of tho lime s. This con
: dition of nfl'airs caused the States to adopt '
j a moro perfect system of government, and 1
i the confederacy gave way to the Union of
! tlie Stales, by which Congiess wasenipow
cred to establish an effective system of min-
j mercinl regulations for the nation. Suffer
ing had made our people of one opinion on
, the subject of protection. In hiattysyui
! palhy wilh this feeling, Washington wore
, a coat of domestic cloth at his inauguration.
! In 1781 two years after the adoption of
int.
the nrst protection act tlie I'rtsidcnt rv-
i a .i
! icireu to nie
happy effects of the action ul
tho General Government in promoting use- j
rn mniiir.i,iiM-,.(i ri I,., r-.t.u .a tifiir1
i fill manufactures. Tho rates of tariff
I adopted were too low to act unaided, but
I the wars iu Europe and our own embargo
and nou inlercourse acts of 1807 nnd lSu'J
gave an impulse to our infant industries.
I A Congressional report iu l81o places our
cotton and woolen manufactures at more
I than sixty million nor annum. After ihc
battle of Waterloo and the trenty of peace,
tho tariff of 1810 was found too inadequate
to keep out the Hood of importations, and
from 1810 to 182 1 general distress prevailed,
and the patriots of both parties-united lo
impose higher duties on imports. This wns
improved in 1S-J8, and lhe happiest results
followed. Iu 183! the duties were modified
and tea and coffee nud a uuiuber of articles
exempted which did not interfere with do
mestic production. 1 ho country was so
prosperous, and thu treasury so full, that
theorists began to teach five trade fallacies,
and the compromise act of 183 passed.
The Imports in tbo first three years aver
aged one hundred and twenty-two millions,
against nn average of seventy millions for
lho last live years of tho net of 1828. At
the end of ls-JG there wns a surplus in the
Treasury of forty-six and a half millions.
This was considered proof that lower duties
yield larger revenues J The fact is, that
forty-four and a half millions of this amount
came from the public lands, which never
before bud yielded more thau three millions
n nny one year, but tho destruction of
manufactures had driven so many west that
the land salts increased from five millions
iu 1834 to fifteen iu 163"), aud in 1830 nearly
twenty-live millions. Thu reveuuu was less
in everr one of these three years than it had
been siuce 18-H5. A movement, collateral
and concurrent, ran along wilh these con
ges in tlie industrial policy 'the Urst three
years of reduced duti. "lon imports. At
the beginning of tS-' year 183 1 there were
In circulation -the United States ninety
five no1 '''"" of bauk notes ; the loans and
i-.ouuts of the banks, aiuouuted to three
nundredand rwenty-t'our million ; at the
close of 1830 the bank circulation had swol
len to one hundred and forty-nine millions;
and the loans and discounts to above five
huudred niillious ; au increase iu each of
uiese iiarliculars of above fifty per cunt, iu
three years.
In May, 1637, the banks suspended spe
cie payments all over the country I If his
tory rightly rendered is phllssophy teach
ing by exerience. "the crash of 1837"
should havo taught us a lesson not neces
sary to repeat iu 1850, aud which would
have been followed by a general pxplosiou
iu lckil if our civil war had uot gi vou us
the Morrill tariff nd its ameudinenU,
raising rates upon duty.payiug imports to
nenrly the average of the tariff of J823 ;
tutts enabling" Gs lo'go Hirou' a "botTnTcCT
unexampled iu the history of men, nnd
comina out stronger and wealthier than at
the start.- let us not place ourselves In tlio
position of the slayer of tho bird giving
such golden eggs of increase Our pros
perity is real ; let us tustaiu it.
" ; ASIA. -
An Awful Calamity London, Jan.
29. Information has just been received iu
this city of a terrible calamity overtaking
the town of ScliRinachi, situated In Trans
Caucasia, a-territory of Asiatic ' llussia,
seventy miles west of Ifakoo, tbo capital.
Tho town wns visited by a series of violent
shocks of earthquakes following cuch other
in quick succession, causing the greatest
consternation among the inhabitants.
A panic seized the people, and a general
exodus commenced. Tho shocks contained
for some lime; culminating in a concussion
which shook tho earth for miles around, in
volving tho city in a muss of ruins. Scar
.'.!., l,;,,1,." l,,,;u;.-- ,..na in .
thousands are believed to havo perished.
Tho calamity causes a profound sensation
throughout Eastern Hussia.
"
m: nit a ska.
Novore Ntoriu lit Hie Northwest.
Sioux City, Jan. 29. Tho most terri
blo wind and snow storm ever experienced
iu tliis section of the Northwest r aged all
day night the tempest reached its full height :
nnd tor several hours r.ired wiLli such lurv .
that it was thought much damage must bo
-- --- ,-i j
done, but it did not result in any serious
loss. The tho thermometer, during tho
storm, ranged from 15 to 20 degrees nelow
zero.
The Illinois Central train, duo here nt
noon on Saturday, has not yet arrived, nnd
probably will not reach hero beforo to-morrow
night. The telegraph lines arc pros
trated in every direction, and travel is at a
complete stand-still. The storm has been
general throughout the whole Northwest,
and exceeds in severity anything ever
known before.
. The Persian famine is worse- thau ever.
A it it'll gold mine has been found at
Itacine.
The Calforuia Legislature is asked to aid
the culture of silk in that 'State.
Nine long of bullion silver in bars passed
over the Chicago, Burlington and Quiucy
l..:i- I . w.., 1... I.... l..
llailroadn W ednesday last,
ALL the Moscow students who signed
the address iu favor of liberty of tho press
jliave been banished to Siberia.
-n,,, ,.i,i i. . ,,t in ttnW il.io nriniw
tlmt Ulere h.l8 been skating at Florence and I
Naples, for the first time in many years. !
. . .
IU'1- l'ALO 15l I.L has received !l mnglllll-
cem uuiuiuiiu nrcnsiMii iio;u ie.is, uno
at last accounts was negotiating for u
shirt. . I
Cincinnati iB said to be more densely
populated than any other city in the coun
try. The population is about 30,000 to the
snuaie mile. New York, the uext most
populous city, has 23,000 to the square mile.
Cincinnati has about lilly-eighl buildings
to the square ncre. London has forty, and
Doublin thirty-two.
-A. i-iors but uneducated judge closed a
sentence with tho following touching re
proach: "Prisoner at the bar, nature h.ts
endowed you with a good education and
respectable .family connections, Mislead of
which you go prowling around the country
stealing ducks."
A little twelve year old boy iu Wis
consin was permitted loplay with the fanii-
' ly gun the other day. Inasmuch as lla
boy's eldest sister now sleeps in tho vilage
graveyard in consequence of his antics, the
; parents have concluded toked lho gun out
of his reach for a few years yet. ; ,
The announcement that the Kentucky
Senate had passed the Southreil railroad
bill on Saturday was received in Cincinnati
with great satisfaction. Tlio despatches
from central Kentucky reported great re
joicing. The town of Danville was ildiini-
nated and the citizens are firing, cannon
and having a general jollification'.
Stokes tho debaueher and murderer,
lives luxuriously in the tooinbs, his ee'il
adorned wilh laoe-eurtnins and rich car
pets, his bed of soft-down, and his atmos
phere rekolelil with the pcrfiuuc of exotic
boquets placed there every morning. It is
a s irt of heroism to be a murderer iu New
Vol!:.
Tin: stockholders of the Erie rai'r. ad are
beseeching lho New York Legislature to
give them power to elect n Hoard of Direc
tors of their own choi"e. Fisk and Gou'd.
wilh tht! aid of Boss Tweed, hid cheated
thein out of that right.
William Tuomkm-in, formerly an adju
tant under General Jackson, aud onco ilk.'
wealthiest banker in New Orleans, was
Sunday night sick and destitute, and nearly
-: . . . .. '. .. . .
picked up in the streeis i ew l oik on
starved, lie was taken to the hospital by
tho police. He is 80 years old. j
M. M. PomeRoy. yclept 1'rick, was sued !
for $J. 1,000 damages lor breach ot promise
of marriage, Saturday, by Sallie Wilkinson,
of New Haven, having promised to marry
her in ISoO.
The Treasurer of tho United States has
ruled that the Department will pay express
charges only on such mutilated currency
as is forwarded directly to the Treasurer
under the government contract with the
Adams Express Company. -
Ix Germany the coinage of gold pieces,
according to the new law, will be apport
ioned to the various minting establishments
iu tlio following manner: l'xuliu to turnout
a million pjuces per mouth, Hanover 300,
000, and Frankfort "0,00o," tlie 15a varian
mint, 200. OoO, the Saxon 140,000. the Wur
temberg 100,000, the Iindcncse o0,000, and
the lleseiau -40,000 pieous. l , ,
IT '
Many people, particularly children, suffer
with the ear ache ; nud for the benefit of
such we fcjve a sure but simplo remedy.
Put iu two or three drops of Johnson's
Auodyne Liuimeut, stop the ear wilh un
dressed wool, bathe thu feet in warm water
before going to bed, and keep lho head
warm at uight.
Capt. Charles Sager, who keeps a superb
stock of livery horses in Portland, Me., in
formed u4 recently that ho uses Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders regularly in
his stable', nutl that the expense is more
than osct by the diminished amount of
pruiu necessary to keep his horses always
iu good order.
There is a possibility that Congress may
yet reduce the ratio of representation, in
which ease Pennsylvania may secure three
additional members of the House As the ,
matter jujw stand wo are ouiriled to two
now members, and th ditneuity or re-ar-rnngin"
the di'''ts may result in a Inw
authorizing 'be election of the uewmein
bers "at large." ......
The Philai)et.i'hia Mint. IIou. It.
W. Taylor, First Comptroller of tho Trea
sury who wns appointed to investigate
certain complain! agaitist the officers of
the rniut for mismanagement, reports
that, ''after listcuing to the Ustlmoqy I,
find tUat there is nothiu in tho evidence
which in the slightest degree Impeaches
tho character of Governor Pollook, the DN
reotor, or of Mr. Suowdeu, the Chief Coin
er, in iersoual houor or otliciul integrity."
The Ix'cifelatura of Utah hua rasied the
bill providing for a convention to frame a
&laU Cpnbtiiututfi. It provides for the sub
mission of the Constitution to the people.
Ttt fiewsTrohi Mexico Is again favor
ftblo to the government, giving accounts of
tno aeieats ot the revolutionists between
Camargo and Micr. The leader of tho
rebels, General 1'ena, was killed. General
Cortina asserts his determination to sup
port tho government, and telegraphs to the
comfnandcr nt Malamoras that he expected
td be besieged yesterday, but was confident
of his ability to resist successfully. Martial
law has been declared in San Luis. Tho
liegislature protested nnd dissolved. Ad
ditional disaster to General Forfirio Diaz's
army is reported from government sources.
The Pres suggests that now that Tweed
and Tammany have gono down together in
New York, there will ho fair electious and
uniformly llepublican victories in Connecti
cut. We think it is very probable.
Tho Republican Slate Convention of Con
necticut met on Wednesday last, and nomi
nated a State ticket. The election docs not
take plaeo until April.
A Few Old Hooks. Our cstcomcd
citizen, John 11. Hall, has several copies of
books, venerable for their age nnd their
contents. A copy of Hutherford's letters,
printed in 1037, is in it very good state of
preservation. The Law I n veiled, nn Ex
position of the Ten Commandments, by
James Dunham, wns printed in 17.15. A
volume of 'Sermons on the Chief End of
Mau,' wns printed in Philadelphia 1723,
and a copy of Uoston's .'Four Fold Slate,'
printed nt i'nrrstown, (now Iewisburg,),
1,1 thiii 8tate. 111 178. WiUiam'orl (In-
n
I Hev. E. W. KiniiY was tried on a charge
I of adultery, before the Franklin county
j court, nt Chanibcrsburg, last week. Tho
! verdict of the jury was 'guilty,' and tho
i Judge 'sentenced the prisoner to thirty
days' imprisonment, two hundred dollars
fine and to pay the costs of prosecution,
j The post olfieo nt Scranton, Ph., was
I damaged by fire on Monday uijt,ht, four
, small frame houses adjoining it being con
i sumed. No injury resulted to the mails.
! In the United Stales Senate, Tuesday,
lho French Spoliation bill was reported by
Mr. Cameron, providing for a commission
' of three, to be appointed by thu President
and confirmed by the Senate, to cxaminu
and audit such claims, and order their pay
I miLt to the extent of 55,000,000.
A new disense has appeared among tho
j cattle of Texas. Cattle affected by the dis
order run in a line, froth at the mouth, look
redeyud, ami have the general appearance
of madness produced by hydrophobia.
The Legislature of Wisconsin has passed
a bill providing for a loan of $20,000 toen-
able the sufferers bv the late nrairio tires to
i"1"-""01- " "'T
Tho fate of the tariff bill now before tho
United States Congress pro;ising the re
duction of the duty on coal to fifty cents
per ton causes great anxiety among Nova
Scotia dealers.
The weather all over the country is in
tensely cold. At Poiigbket psie, Wedmsdny
morning, tho Ihermoiiietor stood ten de
grees below zero, and in West Virginia the
Kanawha river is frovcu over-, and all .the.
mails are delayed.
They have discovered a process in
Franco by which the same quantity, ot
grain will yield thirty percent, more bread
than by lho old process, but it takes lit'ty
per cent, moro time lo make bread. As
labor is dearer than grain iu that country,
the ideli is not feasible.
!cU fcbcriiscmcius.
t." x r"
Up 15(3 Graff's
IMIKMAUY,
SUNEUllY, PENN'A.
jlili.S i i: t i t nt i.m now p'ii for tin-ivccj t'mn
el I'aluiiH lor tin; treiilnieut or Uiienst ut
ia
KVK
i:au,
Til I ; 'AT,
IA'NtiS,
CAT Air
Ml,
tVu
an.l oM'iai;un.-i i.i ( iF.N KRAI, M IKiK'dY.
co'.U-efioa ir INfc'fT.l'M KNTS is vt-iy Luge,
I'liiiing ull the hdeft IH'Kov:m!:s i:-, ciialu
to meet
sritr.F.itv
(;u-
Celll-
in all ferni. I'livoUi.uis on; Inviteil to arcoia-
1 1 1 y IV.litnts to inn- IiiT-UtiilUm for oivrutiii'.
Ily u.-!tit'st of many Citizens we will ulten l t
ralU in UENKK.U. I'UACTK K.
Iiiif 1'iiiary, t lenit-aCs lSuililing,
COJiNEU TillllU AM) MAKKET BTS..
SUNIH IIV, PA.
(. i:.ii' Diuatur,
riiyslclau and Surgcoii.
Simbuiy, Feb. 3, lST'.'.-tf.
" FOE SALE.
400 Acres of Timber Land
a ni!o nnni t lit; t-iiiiluu-y it l.cwislou n K. .
lOOiu-riiol whit-li l line Wliittt Oak, lialain e
Hixk Oak. This is one ul tlie I l fl, ee ut tim
hoi on tin' line "of tliin Railroad. I'riec fr
A're, For particular Iunuire ut tiiin
Otllt'rt.
Feb. a, fnrJ.-t.
A. M. MEIXELL,
liLAl.lai IN
American ami Kuropt-Hii
FINK JEWELltY and SILVIlVAKE!
i. v .'
l'or!Vft'rt 'SioclaeIft ami Kj
GOLD HEADED CANES.
Watches autl Jewelry neatly repaired nuJ w ar
rjuted. Starkct Stpiare, SCxilVKV, Ta.
. Feb. S, 1870.-41".
Agents, Read This !
950 to HOOO per luoulli made by AgcuU ollinf;
The Home of Washington.
ou, Mockt Verhon m irg AksocIations, by
Ik-neon J. I.oajIii;,'. 1.10 IlliiRtration, tinted a.
vr, buntlstiniely bound. Only book tin Ibe tub
jeot, Kvery family wants a copy. Universally
connideri-ct (bo rromnlug eiuct of I.ofsIu'k
life, 'i'lie fiamlHoriinst pojiular book of I lie year,
nud Ibt) ino-l liberul Urnis. Bend for uur oainplo
vlrculur, (Mliilratet1j, cte., and Jndije for your
eir. Al'i'uI already at work hi doing apieudid.
ly. Atltlri-Mt,-
' VIRTUE A YOftSTON,
Fptillshera, 10 and l'i IVv ftrtet: ow York
'fob. S, fsTJ.-'.'t. ' ! '
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