v V .3 iunlmrp mixtm. H. B. IfAESER, E. WILVEBT. Editors. sJUXnUKY, AUGUST 7, 1ST4. Republican County Convention. The ili-i .il.'if:in voter l .oti:hi-im. -i . . ., r, nil,..! JO TOO'"! one!) election en;MU a.t i-i - .... , tU'llS have -r o -rH,,, held, on sturdy, the l Hh i"f ..,.t.-n.i..-rnt.l-tweor. the hour, nl 1 to to tl.c K.-j.ut)l.-.n County .invention, ,;b..i.,tnl .le,tll.." ln the f Ptinbnrr, on Tv-Uv, S i.tomlur lb. 4, , . t ll :,.rl; a. tv... for t:ie r;irpiv-e " """" t'.ol;"t ,r lii T1"' :-.t t..e octiiv!; -Plltl'd tO til. VOX IT ! l""Uir.j elect "u. I'-k-I' tlis-trirt polling two li.'r.;lnvl i; 'M.ti'ic;i;i vofs. or les, ai hip 1.i ''.-iirra! cU'. tinn fr State c '.i'.-'.-r--, u in i.'c t,i... m in. .!.-ii"':!t- : encu lP.''t tii:lilI .W.' l.'rorlrr l.tl.iee .U-'-tutcS 5 .till Oadl !Mriet iwlliu'I ov;r three l:u:i 1: ,!v.M.-,Fli:.'.l he. entitle,! lo -mr (I'V.'tes. Vv order of the committer. EM'L UlLVnUT, t li.u,n::o:. L. M. Mokivk, t-.eivt.wy. I:'iu1!Ecku ytatft'Mivcnlion. TV HepuMicai: of Pcniivlvuui.i will hoM a .stale ConveiitU Ti ill Ihuri..-,,,. i t noon, on V."i'1v-'iav. At:srnt K. IT4, Mr lie r"'?" ot Bonvrutim' cu:nu.;te Mr Lieutenant CJmenior, Auditor (ii'ii. ral, tvcr.-tary.f lueniul Afiair A Jo V'e f f tlte Miprwne Court. The rcprewnit.ition of the several rmitv in this Coiitenlioii l" based on the HVpoiutiiielit f K..,.fnra nn.l ItcrrcM-ntative road the pri-n-rt I.-ei?hiti.K-. nich Senatorial and Ucpre- Frntativci! strict Lcin-tntillu.J to ilel.-ptrs ciitial ia nun.lrltit r. prc-cn:at;.r ir. theLepsiaturc cnflcr:it-? awrt:.-wmct:t. "Kl'SSKLL r.r.r.KIT, rimirnuui. V.ZMk l.VKi vs, ( Secret. irir John jt Vfl l.oi :n. ) The most encouraging accounts are given everywhere of the ppi-cdy revival of the iron trad', while busiu'ts l as Leen greatly depressed, their is now an encourag ing outlook regarding other branches of in dustries. The. future certaiuly whereas a hopeful aspect. The crops just garnered is probably the largest on record. Prom care fully prepared statistics it has been ascer tained tbat, although the average of cotton is smaller than last year, and the crop necessarily smaller, there will be a good and profitable yield for the acreage.' As to rail road property, the ret profits have within a month or two shown a considerable, in crease. Por the expired part of 1S71 the leading roads have done less business, but having done it at less expense, show ma terially increased profits as compared with corresponding time in 1ST.'), during which year the receipts were the largest on, record, and, taking mileage intJ consideration, es pecially su. Siuce the panic the roads have been reducing their floating debt, and its volume, like that of private indebtedness, is now, as a rule, smaller tliau for years. We regret to announce the death on Wednesday hist, of Geo. Bergucr, J-sq., of Uarrisburg, editor and proprietor of the llarrioburg Tdi-jroi !,. Mr. Jlerguer had Ikcu confined to Us bed fur nearly four weeks from an attatk of congestion of the liver, of a typhoid lunn, from which his system weakiued and he sunk under the attack. lie Leld many positions duriug his life. a!' of which he filled with hoccr, and 1 his irreproachable- moral character, won tl.e V: m of the most prominent men ia c ur J:iy. PuT. of cm riry and perseverance lie vol kid his way upward from a poor b"V, a 'Mranger in .i strange land," until he at':.!!."."! wealth, station and hosts of fikmK In all his business relations he was just and liber. il. The family of tht deeeased have the sympathy ol the whole community, in tin; loss of a kind husband, at'd citizens aie d"prived of ore of its most energetic men. Til!" New York Olrvn; a religious jo'ira1 ( f v i'ie circulation and influence, commenting on the Pi-echer scandal, gives such sensible remarks that all will honor as a product: n h'ghlj worthy of reflec tion. The developments of the I'rooklyn talc of sin and sorrow arc directing public attention to the rpii-stioa of relation be tween the pastor and his female parishion er. The grave danger to the clergyman, and the tti'l graver danger to religion, which may follow indiscretion or want of acquaintance with human nature, mascu line or feminine, demand that this matter meet the serious consideration of the clergy and society. Any teaching, doctrine, or usage which allows pri-st or preacher, or anybody else, to step in between husband and wife, is wrong and dangerous to socie ty. It is based on social conditions, haj pi'y gone forever, and which the constitu tion of American social life and our ideas of self-respect and personal independence wj'.l Hover allow to come around again. The common custom, for instance, of the minister's taking the first kiss at a marriage, , is a pointed illustration. This usage dates hack to the tiace of feudal robbery of privi- leges cud private rights. It is indecorous now, and is prohablj' the shadow and relic of au observance more than indecorous. It is indulged in, of course, now without thought of any history iu the past or any ineauiug in the present, hut it is this very thing of thoughtlessness which we are con demning. l.t t the Olmrnr sjieiik, however : The establishment ofsuch relations be tween a pastor and his flocks as shall secure f r him that intimacy which ought to exist only in the domestic circle is aa evil of fearful tendency aud unspeakable danger. Ministers are censurable iu a high degree whoercourago their xop!e, men or women, to come to them with family matters or secret sores. S'mo men are themselves gossip, and delight to get and give all they can ot's ci.il new, and the more secret the richer the piizc. They encourage revela tions win !i their ears should be deaf to everything approaching to scandal. All j'liLe: .'lis pastors discourage familiarity on the ;.ait of their people, especially of the fereei'e. h nominations. For this way lies the danger. A silly women, pious perhaps, but very soft and si::.:! 'W. Leers the stirring words of her eloquent pastor ; is roused, wanned, sooth el, c:c -lulled she thinks fl;'cd and straightway she believes him to be the man pent to do good. She goes to his study to leii bin 6o ; how much tujuyment she buds in his v. ordi ; or she writes him a letter and ; I'-rs out her little soul fall of twaddle about her gratitude for what h"r dear pas tor lias done lor her; how she "is lilted up" by his instructions ; how she loves him as a friend given to bo her guide and comfort, and soon, more and worse, run ning into a mawkish sentimentally, a sick ening man worship, disgusting to every 6ensiijlc person, but very nectar to a vain, worldly preacher, who seeks only to make his heaters "fee! good." Such people never go to their paster to ask "what they must do to be saved It is to tell him how pood they feel ; how he is "exalting" them, "lilling them with joy, peace, and love." We cannot go into particulars without of fending the tastes of every reader. We n.ake our meaning plain. We wish to be understood as saying that what worldly preachers and sentimental women call "communion ofgoul"and "kindred spirits," "mutual help" and "holy sympathy," and words in the same strain, is not religion it is not even leligious. It is of the earth, earthy. It is "carnal conceived in sin." It i simply the lower nature, the human passion of one creature toward another. God is rot in it. The Supreme Court of thin State has de cided that the public Bale of unclaimed packages by express companies, which are unopened, is a frauil upon the rights of the owner, and that the Company is liable for the value of the goods. This is a decision of considerable public importance. Tin: Liei:kj Cc'KTKintnox. The following from the Williameport Bulletin in regard to the action of the American Cl;r mists, at tl.e recent meeting at North uml'eibiid, will find a respouso in the bre;t of almost ever' citizen of this section of the country. AVe had previous to the meet in thought of snpgeatiii;: to that br-dy, the propriety of a subscription for a monument, not to Licbig, but to Priestley, whose great discoveries opened to the world the wonders of chemical ecieucc, and point ed the way fr such distinguished scientists as Li. big. I:ivy, Faraday, and others. Why they should neglect the remains of a man, whose distinguished services aud discover ies they assembled to commemorate, and at the same time contribute to rear a column to the memory of another who fol lowed him, is one of those mysterious acts that sometimes surprise us but are not j readily explained : j "On Saturday the American Chemists, j at Northumberland, closed their centennial j celebration of Dr. Joseph Priestly's dis covery ofoxyji'n. Tlie exercises were con ducted in a national spirit, but one act in the final drama was anytl ihg but appro priate the contribution of money for a Liebig memorial. It was a direct insult to the citizens of Northumberland, and espec ially to the d( tal ,;itfpoV(.,cl . bleu to pay li ially to the descendents of the great chemi- er. In that village they asseru- omage to Vr. Priestly, cxtoll- iu" his great, work in the field of chemistry, and orating over Lis remains for two days, llight well they knew that nothing but an ordinary slab marked the resting place of nc great discoverer. The decendauts of this noted man had opened wide their doors to the nation's scientists, and gener ously invited them to the hospitality of their roof. They had partaken of it, and just upon the eve of adjournment they contribute their hundreds of dollars to be invested in a foreign monument, and leave the remains of Ir. Priestly to rest upon the hillside above Northumberland, with noth ing hut au ordinary stone to indicate to the visitor where rests one of God's noblest specimens. It is a shame, and we arc hold to declare it especially w hen that body of educated men resolved upon a committee to invite foreign chemists to the nation's centennial, with the hope that they would visit the grave of Priestly. By all means, before the Fourth of July, 1S70, in North umberland cemetery, aud over the grave of Dr. Joseph Priestly, should be erected a 6lab reflecting honor upon American chem ists, and one worthy the great theologian and chemi.st that lies sleeping that sleep that knows no waking. Until then, invite no foreign chemists to the banks of the Susquehanna. Let the sentiment expressed uaring the Convention be carried out by a fitting memorial, aud then send money abroad to erect monuments for the dead. If the memory of Priestly is held so sacred, why shoald he le forgotten iu the closing hours of a Convention called to revere his name, and one who sleeps upon a foreign shore be brought up in preference ? There is something radically wrong about it. Had they proposed a Priestly monument $19,000 could have been raised, und the reliable farmers of JCorthumherland seated in that hall on Saturday last would have responded by donations of hundreds. But their mouths were closed they felt the wrong, and remained silent. There is but one way to amend and that is by a speedy contribution for a Priestly monument. Tbat .Vutioual Loan. After announcing the award of the United State live per cent, louu to the Messrs. Rothschilds aud associates, of 108,000,00 of the S17l, 000,000 offered the Elmira .11 vcrtistr says, this is au indisputable proof of the confidence of this celebrated house in our finances. They bid for the largost amount of all competitors offered best terms for the Treasury, and thus establish our public credit abroad. This will both hasten the redemption of all our G per cent. o-20s, and urge our currency nearer to par. The gold premium cannot fail to be cor respondingly affected. And when the marketing of the crops shall come in, an other clement will be ad Jed to strengthen our finances and the lowering of the pre mium to very lowest figures may be expect ed by November. Hut all this exalts the nation iu the political opiuion of the world. The confidence in our finance bulids up our government in power aud the trust in na tional faith. This loan will be negotiated by the etrongest financial house in Europe. The party of the opposition will be disarm ed of one of their most dangerous weapons for years to come. This loan has been an anxious issuc.ns affecting the decrease of the public debt and f urther removing the pos sibility or increased taxation. The bold repudiations of the Democracy are silenced, aud Republican sound financial manage ment exalted. The Rothschilds by name, alone, establish the success of the loan. Rut what is of greater significance, the Btanding of our bonds can no longer be doubtful in any European market. What they have accomplished for Russia and Prance, they will now use their immense influence to bring about in behalf of the United States, which are iudebted to the Messrs. Seligmans for planuiug such a com bination, having previously bid for if'iO, 001,0 t of the loan through their Frankfort house. The Rothschilds, once before, for half a century, manipulated a part of our public stock's, when they bore only : per cent, interest, and we were only ten mil lions iu number. They witnessed the crea tion aud redemption of this debt under (ten. Jackson. Although friendship caused the transfer of the accouuts of the State IK partmeut to the Ratings, during Webster's Secretaryship, no misunderstanding follow ed, aud the Rothschilds have never ceased to entertain kind feeling-, towards the United .States, The Rlouu Ci;i:e. It is said that "nearly two hundred people iu the city of New York rise at daybreak for the purpose of repairing it the slaughter-houses and drinking the warm blood of animals. At first the taste is repulsive, but in a short time the desire for the ensauguined drink becomes iutense. Comsutnptives driuk the warm blod hs a means of prolonging their lives, and some testily that their existence has been prolonged Tor many years by par taking of it regularly, and that it has be come a positive luxury." Rah! Even if we could believe that relief was to be obtained frotn the use of this repulsive medicine, it strikes us forcibly that we should prefer death, which sooner or later will come, than swallow the nauseous stuff. The idea of swallowing a pint or so of blood spouting warm from the heart of a dying bullock every morning until from frequent use it becomes a "positive luxury," is simple dis gusting. In his lecture on "Dr. Priestly 's Dis covery of Oxygen Gas,' iu the I'ii),uhi.r Si ii mx 3)tih, Professor Draper says: 'What can Ijc more touching, or even more beautiful, than the last scene of Fricstly's life ? When his little grandchildren were brought to his bedside to bid him good night, he tittered his last words : 'I go to sleep like you, but we shall wake together, and I hope to eternal happiness.' From the Pittsburg Commercial of Friday. THE CHEAT CALAMITY. The horror which Sunday night brought to this community, has been even yet only partially dispelled. Each day additional human bodies are found, and thoso thus far recovered give the terrible total, 102; and there are many yet missing. The con dition of the survivors, now that we can look upon it with a little more calmness is seen in its dreadful reality, tiot only in the sense of fearful bereavement, but in the sense of hard material want. To meet this great want, our citizens, and even those of distant cities, are coming forward with noble aud gcuerous promptitude. Ixss important than these considerations, but important enough to command universal attention, if these did not exist, are the property losses, and these, too, are now being footed up. THE WOItK OF KEXOV.'TIOX. The work of cleauing away the wreck left by the Hood, was prosecuted with vigor aud effect yecrday. Captain Tyson had seveniy-five laborers aud twenty carts em ployed in the Butcher's Run district, dur ing the foteuoon, and the force was con siderably increased during the afternoon. As the result of the work done, Center street is nearly clear, and is passable for wagons and pedestrians, the laborers being engaged in clearing away the lower strata of mud on the cobblestones. The princi pal obstructions are off O'llara street, and teams pass freely. Madison avenue, from O'llara street to the junction of East street, is free for the passage of teams, but none save the laborers' carls are allowed to pass, unless it is the conveyances of those living in the country beyond Spring Garden ave nue is open, but is deep with mud. No teams but thoso on duty are permitted to pass through, however. Health Officer Hoch has been doing duty along Butcher's Run. The ruins of the tanneries, glue factories and soap institutions were being plentifully supplied with carbolic acid. The militaty will not be on duty to-day, their services being no longer needed. Street Commissioner Ilauua is busy about Wood's Run in getting matters righted there. The bridge at llartnian's has been repaired, also the one on Preble avenue. The one across Wilkins street is being repaired as sireedily as possible. At Sawmill Run, also, the work of reno vation is being carried forward vigorously, and the ruins left by the Hood are being rapidly cleared away, and the same is true of the other stifi'ering localities. DISPENSING KEI.IEF. The Relief Com mi tie has thus far done noble work, although their labors have grown so arduous that thev were near sur rendering yesterday, and an increased force is greatly needed. The headquarters of ihi! organization i- at Ruiz's saloon, corner oi O'lTan- md Chestnut strolls. The strictest inquiry is made as to the worthi ness of Ihe applicant, and when the de cision is favorable, an order is given on Mr. My lor, who proceeds to issue a check on Mr. Dean, Treasurer, at the Real Estate Rank, Federal street, Allegheny. To obtain clothing, Sc, it is ucccssary that the applicant must bring :i voucher from some member of the committee, or sonic other known and reliable citizen. The committee affairs are ably managed by Ormsby Phillips, Esq. THE DAMAGES BY THE FLOOD. There can be no approximate estimate made as to the amount of damages done to public and private property in the two cities. With the reports of the Street Com missioners published below, we are given an idea of the amount of the public loss in rittsburg. It cannot fall short of S100, 000. In Allegheny there have been no official reports as yet. Iu both cities the total loss of property, public aud private, will likely reach half a million dollars. Wild IIo;s. A few mouths ago Mr. Anthony Fuhrmau, of Tyrone township Perry county, bought three half grown hogs from Mr. Morrow, of the same township. The hogs had been ranging on the moun tains last fall aud were wild as deer. The Bloomtleld Advocate says, Mr. Fuhr man took the animals home aud secured them in a pen. Some weeks ago they broke out of the pen and started for the mountains, followed by several persons with dogs. The hogs, in crossing Sher man's creek, were followed iu a boat by one of the party, whn one of the animals jump ed into the boat and drove the person out into the water. The hogs gave battle to the dogs, and threw oue of them several yards. One of the hogs was finally killed, one secured after running under a bridge and standing at bay ready to attack loth men and dogs, and the third escaped to the mountain and has not been seen since. 'I Sic rot f h il! Democratic 'oiigrt. sional 'o:iv'iitioii. PoTTSVII.LE, AugUSt 15. The Ifemocratic Nominating Conven tion met here to-day, with a full represen tation of de-legates from the district James B. Reilly, of Pottsville, was nominated for Congress, George R. Kaereher for district attorney, and J. Seitziuger for Sheriff. Resolutions were adopted, approving the recommendation of the Iemocratic county meeting, held hen: in June last, favoring General W. S. Hancock or George II. Pen- I dleton as the next nominee of the Demo cratic party for the Presidency, and Hon. itoorge m. iaiias, oi rintaueipiiia, was re commended to the coming lH.-mocratic Con ven lion for J udge of the Supreme Cou rt, instructing the delegates from Schuylkill county in the convention to support him. Kcuf itcli.v Election. Ci ixnati, Ohio, August I. In Covington, Ky., Jones, Democratic candidate for Clerk of the Court of Appeals, received 1,mmJ majority over Cochran, in dccndciil. In Newport Cochran received oO majority. I n Owensboro Jo.ies received '.KjO majority. The whole Democratic tick et was elected in Fayette, county by from 2i0 to 4Jt i majority. In Ix-xington city the Republicans have a majority of about 4SH, ngaiust 800 last year. In Jessamine county the Democratic ticket is elected by a majority of (S. At Nieholasville the Republican candidates for sheriff, county clerk and jailor were elected. All the other. Democratic nomi nees were elected by from GO to 200 major ity. Iu Paris the Republicans elected the sheriff by -h! majority, a Republican loss of 217 over the last election for sheriff. Reports from other points of the State indicate that the Democrats have carried the State for clerk of the court of appeals. The other noluinecs were elected according to local feeling. Party lines in most places were not strictly drawn. The ma jority for Jones in Franklin county is over P.iiO. Local option seems to have been de feated at all points. The Democracy can swallow repudiation as easily as one can swallow fat pork. Al most everywhere the organs of that party insist that greenbacks are good enough to pay back the creditors of the government, and look upon the Indiana proposition as rather honorable than otherwise. TIic Indian Trouble. A SUCCESSFUL RATTLE. Washington, Aug. 1 The War Department has received a re port of the expedition under the command of Captain A. E. Bates, which left Camp Brown, Wyoming Territory, July 1, for the purpose of punishing the Indians who had been committing depredations in that and the neighboring valleys. After several days marching he reached the Indian vil lage of Owl Creek Mountain, winch consist ed of 112 lodges placed in a deep ravine. The Indians opened a sharp lire Mi the troops as they approached, but without damage, and the troops quickly drove them through a gully, where they were tmvded so closely together near the lower end, that the troops had a splendid chance at them, and counted after the fight seventeen dead bodies almost in cue heap. In about twenty minutes, or half an hour at furthest, there was not an Indian in the village, ex cepting the dead and numbers of children who were U ft iu the lodges. The Indians who escaped had reached the rocks above, where they opened a very telling fire on the troops, killing two men and wounding three in a very few minutes. The result of the fight was twenty-five In diaus known to be killed, and with the usu al proportion of four wounded to one killed, seventeen were counted in front of the vil lage. The others were left, part in the vil lage, and part on the side of the bluff. Had the Shoshones who accompanied the expedition kept quiet in the first instance, and given the commander an opportunity to reconnoitre the ground thoroughly, so as to take possession of the commanding points, or had they followed Lieut. Young, who received the orders correctly, and at tempted to lead them to the attack, Cap tain Bates would have been able to report the most complete victory Captain B, Se cond Cavalry, ever achieved, for tUc cap tain thinks not half a dozen would have es caped. But owing to the bad conduct of his Indian allies first, aud cowardice after ward, he thinks the troops achieved only about half as much as was intended. To sum up the action of these Shoshone In dians, they betrayed the troops first and deserted them in the fight. Some of them, however, behaved well. MOVEMENTS of COMMANDS. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 1. Company I, Third cavalry, under Lieut. King, has been ordered from Fort M'Pher son to join (Jen. Pope's command ia Kan sas, and will march to Grinnell Station, on the Pacific railroad, wjiich is now menaced by roving bauds of hostile Southern In dians, ('apt. AVessel's command has come into Fort Steele, after an unsuccessful pursuit of the Indians who attacked the Seminole runners, about twenty mtles down the Sweetwater. KILLED J!Y INDIAN'S. Salt Lake, Aug. 2 Report from Ilawiins, W. T., state that a party of Indians attacked Hatches' hay party of four men, yesterday, at Pine Grove Meadow, and killed oue man, a Swede, named Johnson, aud ran oil' their herd of loose stock. Johnson's body was brought in hist night. Captain We.ssel and a com pany of cavalry left here this morning to look after the Indiaus. .1 KIVr.lt IHSAMI.lt. FAUTIi 'l'LAitS OK THE DISASTER. Cincinnati, August 5. The steamer Vat JCoijirx was burned this morning, one mille below Aurora, Indiana. A later despatch s.tys : It appears that several bales of cotton, which formed part of the cargo, caught fire about live o'clock this morning it is supposed from sparks from the chimney, and the boat was burned to the water's edge. Both the boat and cargo, the latter consisting of cattle, sheep aud hogs, besides cotton, are a total loss. The passenger register and all the books were destroyed. The boat was valued at cco.ooo, insured iu Cincinnati for 32,000, and in Louisville for $5000. The value of the cargo has not been ascertained. The names of the lost so far ascertained are : J. II. Stuart and Mrs. Smith, of Madison, lud. ; W. C Brown, of Cincin nati, son of II. W Brown, of the Union Line Transportation Company ; Charles A. Dittman pilot, and Shirley Snyder and Jacob Light, of the crew. The following named persons arc also missing and are supposed to have been drowned : Charles Rcswigcr, stoker ; Minor Muntz, barber, and several lady passengers whose names are unknown. Mrs. Tuttle aud child, of Harrison, Ohio, were drowned. STATEMENT OF THE ENOINEEU. Mr. Holmes the engineer of the steamer rat Rogers, which was burned at Aurora, arrived in Cincinnati on the noon train, and was interviewed by a reporter of the Cin cinnati Times. He gives the following ac count of the buruiug : It was about six o'clock when the steam er was opposite Loughery creek, that flows into the Ohio river, two miles below Au rora, that I noticed a bright light among some bales of cotton in the after part of the boat. I hastened to the spot, and found the cotton burning rapidly, and beyond any possibility of being extinguished. I hurried on deck and gave Hie alarm to the pilot, aud told him to run the boat onshore when she became unmanageable. The pilot' slates that he could turn the wheel, but the steamer would not answer to her helm. He thinks the tiller rope had been cut. From this fact it is thought that the fire was the work of an incendiary. Another theory is, that one of the deck passengers, while smoking, dropped a spark from liis pipe into the cotton. KAI'ID srnF.ADI.NO OF THE FLAMES. When the boat became unmanageable she drifted on to the sand bar and there grounded. The flames, instead of spread ing along the lower deck, at once shot up to the cabin and pilot house, and then 6wept across the hurricane deck. The passengers were all aroused aud the boats lowered, and many were carried ashore, but others in their fright jumped into the water, and those who were not drowned reached a safe landing place after drifting a long time in the current. There were nearly one hundred people on board, but what proportion of this uumber is actually lost is not known at this time, as many of those reported missing were seen on shore after the disaster. The New Box d. The Treasury De partment has concluded negotiations for the remainder of the. funded loan with Au gust Belmont & Co., on behalf of N. II. Rothschild & Sons, of London, and J. & W. Seligman & Co., for themselves and their associates. They subscribe for s4o, 000,000 of the loan at par, with the option of taking the remainder at any time within six months, and receive S of 1 per ccut. commission, these parties to pay all ex pense in making the transfer, &c. When all the new loan shall be completed it will save to the Government some five million of dollars annually. The Philadelphia Loljir states that none of the iron to be used in the Ccutennial buildings is to be obtained from Europe, but that a contract for furnishing the iron for the building has been closed with the Peneovd Iron Works, near Mnnayunk. ENF.K.I, XEWN ITEMS. Democratic conventions arc showing their consistency just now by denouncing "the salary grab" and renominating the men who voted f r and took it. The mother of Uddcrzook is circulating a petition for a commutation of his sen tence. The Union county poisoning case is end ed. No poison was fo.md in the stomach of William Kline. Advices from Alabama indicate that the political campaign now opening will be the warmest that has been had in the State since the war. Bismarck is still prevented from writing by the injury his arm received from the shot of his would-be assassin. But he is a great dictator. Interest in the Centennial Exhibition is steadily growing iu foreign countries, al though the principal support must be fur nished b- our own people. Gratz Brown recently fell and broke his leg. It occurred in the very first week of the watermelon season. A Chicago man boasts of having lived ten years with one wife without "a harsh word or a l'at-iron passing between them." Of seventy-nine cities and towns iu Cali- fernia in which the question of license or no license for the sale of intoxicating drinks has been submitted to the voters, fifty-nine have given a majority for no license. Mai. J. M- Pomeroy, has purchased the IYanklin llcjiositor;, of Charabersburg, and will assume the editorial management of it August 15th. Adam G. Rose, conductor of a freight train on the Lebanon Valley railroad, was killed on Saturday afternoon, while shifting cars, at Sinking Springs, about six miles from Reading. The Toledo liV.vh says that the rolling mills and furnaces in the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, are starting up, some of them having more orders than they can fill. This is another straw showing the general current towards a renewal of business prosperity. Mr. Butler, who died in New York, a few weeks ago, from hydrophobia, was a well-known dealer in dogs, and owned some of the most valuable stock in this country. A publie sale was of his uog3 took place on Thursday, and they averaged about .?.'!0each. footing up about 1,200. The bir:h-place of Mrs, Tilton wa3 at North Salem, Mass., her maiden name being Richards, her father, was a tenor singer in the old North Church. Gen. Custer, at the head of a military force, is .u the Black Hills, exploring the country and looking after hostile Indians at the same time. The pirate Semmes, whose disability was removed gress, is now Congress, in at the last session of Con a Democratic candidate for Alabama. A certain publisher announces for imme diate issue the 'Beecher-Tilton Scandal' in in hook-form. Of course he lives in Chi cago. The exports of gold and silver for last week were 1,218,215, making, with S32, Sl'J.lS'J previously reported, 31,007,423 since January 1. The rains that deluged the couutry with such disastrous results last Sunday extin guished all the tires that were devastating the Western forests. A lady ia Syracuse was quite severely poisoned recently by a bite from a currant worm. It is rumored that Attorney General Williams, of President Grant's cabinet, is to go as Minister to Russia, aud that Gen. Bristow, now Secretary of the Treasury, is to be Attorney General. A tight OCCUricd ii U,rast.in, F.i . rvt Thursday night, and a policeman named Ilelzel, in attempting to arrest the ring leaders, was sevcrciy beaten. He called for help, and was answered by Select Coun cilman Gillespie and others. Pistol shots were then exchanged, and ;i young man named Thomas Duggan was mortally wouuded. Gillespie was arrested for the shooting, and held on Friday in .3,000 bail. The Williams-port (lazrtic uwl Jiallitin thus sums up the lumber business of that place duriug the year to date : Thus far the shipments of the year show a total of 140, 150,750 feet, an iucrcase over the opera tions of the same period in 1873 of 111,509. 921 feet. Of this amount the Catawissa branch of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad has forwarded C3,3C2,1S0 feet, re quiring the services of 6,631 cars ; the Phil adelphia and Erie 40, 177,001 feet, requiring 4,840 cars, and the canal 2,2Sl,50H feet, requiring 427 boats. A change in the design and style of the postal cards is contemplated. The new card will be lighter in color, and the en graving will be narrower and neater. A Lebanon county boy set lire to a hen's nest iu a barn to kill some lice. lie forgot to take the barn away, and it fell a victim to his fertility of expedients. On Wednesday last we saw a cow killed bv P. A: E. Engine. No. 1010. It was half a mile above town on a straight track, and only one passenger car besides the engine, yet the engineer put on more steam and without blowing his whistle, sailed into the poor animal as if it was rare sport. It was as clear a case of deliberate malice as we ever saw. He could have slowed his en gine the least bit and avoided theaccideut. Thus somebody is out of pocket for the engineers deviltry. MilljnMa. The Scientific Amcrknn states that a motor power to run sewing machines has bceu invented. The power used is clock work, and may lie attached to any ma chiue. The mayor of Philadelphia offers a re ward of 25,000 for the recovery of little Charles Brewster Ross, and foj the arrest and conviction of his kidnappers. This ought to bring the best detective, talent of the country into the work. The kidnapped little boy, Charley Ross, has not yet been recovered, and the detec tives seem unable to get on a promising track. A man was arrested in Philadel phia, on Saturday, on suspicion of being one of the men who stole the boy. It is most singular the principle in hu man nature by which had men are so swift to attribute their own vices to others. Ohio seems willing to take the contract to furnish all the Presidental candidates that will be needed by the next Democratic National Convention. Will she like the job of burying them V Advertising has created many a new business, enlarged many an old business, revived many a dull business, rescued many a failing business, and preserved many a large business, and it insures suc cess iu any business. Jacob Bryan employed as a bark grinder at the Bald Eagle Tannery, near Tyroue, met with a horrible death on Thursday last. His clothing were caught by a re volving shaft, and his body torn to pieces and scattered in every direction. Two Russian civil engineers have just concluded a visit to the Lehigh Valley, Mauch ChunK in particular. They were Joseph Kulakoosi and Thomas Krejeryski, and their business was the inspection of American railroad locomotives, with a vicar to their further introduction on Russian railways. Rev. Mr. Van Pelt has resigned the pastoral charge of the Grove Presbyterian church, of Danville, and accepted a call to Mercer. The amount of hanking capital operating in New York city is in round numbers 75,000,000, being a decline, nearly 3, 000,000 since last year. A gent'etnan who writes the prefix 'Rev.' before the name of G. W. Frishee predicts that Titusville will, on the 10th of August, be swallowed up as were Sodom aud Go morrah. It is true in Mr. Frisbce's case, as in that of other prophets, that he has not been honored in his own country where irreverent people call him a 'fraud.' The sons of Stephen A. Douglass have finally won their long pending suit for Ids Chicago property, and are 250,000 richer than they were last week. It is rumored that an eminent English physiologist and paleontologist, lifts been induced to accept the chair made vacant by the death of Professor AgassLz at Harvard University. Fifteen cargoes of California new wheat are now afloat for Great Britain, against ten cargoes during the month of July last year. A child three years of age was carried off, in New York, on Sunday. It was found on Monday, in the possession of a beggar woman. Some of the J udges of Louisiana, if what is said of them be true, arc not exemplary temperance men. John II. Stone, of Clin ton, that State, writes to a northern paper, that 'I have seen a Judge Bit in judgment for five long weeks, determining causes of millions of dollars, and for five long, tedi ous weeks never draw a sober breath, with a bottle of whisky sitting by his side not slightly iutoxicated, but too drunk to arti culate.' The Public Debt. The public debt statement shows a reduction during July of 1,282,866. The reason why the reduc tion is not greater is the falling off of cus toms duties and the internal revenue, ow ing to the depression of business. A Minnesota preacher who has been re ceiving spring chickens by the dozen, and and thanking Providence for the liberal hearts of his parishoners, was astonished to hear the other day that a terrible epi demic, was raging among the fowls. Gold fell on Monday to 109, the lowest point touched since it went up with the fall of the nation's hopes and credit during the war. Whether the placing of the new five per cent., the improving tone of busi ness, or the recent financial legislation, is the cause of the gradual decline of the last few weeks, we will not say, but one fact ought to be noted ; viz., that act of the last Congress, which was to all intents and pur poses an 'inflation' measure, has not in creased the premium. Mr. Wm. Kupp, Union township, Berks county, who is but twenty-four years of age, weighs four hundred pounds. What is 6'ingular, up to within two years he was an ordinary sized man, and has attained this extraordinary weight since that time, and is increasing. It now takes five yards of cloth to make him a pair of pants. The largest oil still in the world i9 in the refinery of Porter, lloreland & Co., at Ti tusville. It is forty-five feet in diameter, nine feet deep, and holds thirty-five hun dred barrels of oil. The Odd Fellows of Marietta, Lancaster county, will dedicate their hall on the 11th or August. TKc conmnnipg will be con ducted by the Grand Master and the offi cers of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. The Lebanon Aeics tells the story of an attempted abduction of a beautiful child whose parents reside on England street, Lebanon, but gives no names. The sup posed abductor is described as "well dress ed aud of fine appearance." The fish commissioners not having filed a certain certificate on or before the 1st day of June, that in their opinion the fishery at Columbia was a success, the fishways to-be constructed in the Clark's Ferry dam, Shamokrn dam, and in the first dam in the Juniata, will not be commenced this year. For the purpose of building these fishways 22,000 were appropriated by the last Legislature. A want has been felt and expressed by physicians for a safe and reliable purga tive. Such a want is now supplied in Par sons' Purgative Pills. Henry K. Bond, of Jefferson, Maine, was cured of spitting blood, soreness and weak ness of the stomach, by the use of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment internally. Correspondence. Ol It XF.H YOKK LETTER. beecheit and tilton. New York, -Ik. 4, 1874. Beecher, Beecher, Beecher. Tilton, Til ton, Tilton. We are having a surfeit of Beecher and rather too much of Tilton. None of your senses can escape either Beecher or Tilton. As you walk the streets the newsboys howl "All about the Beecher scandal-1-1 !" You look over the dead walls, and portraits of Beecher and Tilton, in advertisements of sensation papers, stare you out of countenance. Sit down at ta ble, aud your next neighbor will, a thou saud to one, ask you, "What is the latest regarding the Beecher scandal ?" and in sist upon discussing the entire case, com mencing with the marriage of Tilton, down to the absorbing conundrum, "What will Moulton testify to V" And by the way the whole thing just now, simmers down upon this one man, Moulton. The fate of Henry Ward Beech er is in the hands of Moulton. While Tilton has been gaining friends every day and Beecher losing ground with equal ra pidity, after all Tilton's unsupported state ment will never drive Beecher out of his place. For while Tilton afllrms, Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton deny, and Theo dore has not kept his hands sufficiently clean in the matter of miscellaneous love making to be accepted as a competent wit ness, no matter how strong his statement. No one who knows the parties doubts Mr. Beecher's guilt, but the people get very ju dicial in such cases, and insist upon the charges being proved judicially. Now, Mr. Frank Moulton was with Tilton when Tilton charged Beecher with the crime, and it has been stated over and over again that Beecher confessed to adultery with Mrs. Tilton in the presence of Moulton. The great moral, or rather immoral ques tion is, will Moulton swear to this ? If so, it settles the entire question and makes a funeral of Mr. Beecher. If not, while the people at large, will believe all that Tilton has charged, Plymouth Church will affect to disbelieve it, and hold its paBtor. Why should not Moulton testify to what he knows, he being afraid of Tilton ? Be cause it is no small thing to incur the en mity of so strong and powerful body as Plymouth Church, and whoever assaults Beecher does just that. To Plymouth Church' Beecher is more than a man, he is a demi-god. They believe in him, in a wild way, as the sum total of everything that is good and great, and no matter what the proof may be they propose to take him through. If Moulton 'sides with Tilton to the ex tent of supporting him by testimony, ials of wrath, equal in quantity and quality to those uncorked upon Tilton, will be poured over his devoted head, and that Mr. Moul ton cannot afford. It remains to be seen whether he will have the nerve to do this. Now that Tilton has been arrested for libel and the matter has got into the Courts, it is possible that Moulton may be compell ed to swear. If so, look out for broken crockery. By the way, IT IS A MISTAKE to put Tilton down as a blatherskite, or as an utterly unreliable man. He is a man of great genius, a good and true friend and in most things steady and level-headed. He has notions that take him out of the channels in which men float, and ht3 cross' country expeditions have been frequent, and to him most disastrous. His opera tion with the Woodhull hurt him, though 1 doubt if there was anything more in it than what he stated. She is a wonderfully attractive woman wonderful in intellect ual force, wonderful in conversation, and with a peculiar wierd way about her that could not but catch and hold a dreamy poet such as Tilton 13 at times. Then they held views to some extent in common on the questions of love and marriage, and there was just enough of danger in sup porting her to make it fascinating to him. Besides all these there was a business con sideration involved which Tilton in his circumstances could not overlook. Alto gcthecr Theodore is a good fellow, ne has his faults he is indiscreet and impul sive, but who of us is perfect I I presume I am not, at least I am not going to hurl the first rock at Tilton. I predict that Mrs. Tilton will come back to him, and that despite all that has happened he will take her back. For he loves her and pities her. She is the mother of his children, and Theodore Tilton can no more live separated from her than fly, When this wretched business is over they will be re-united, and possibly a change will be wrought in both of them that will make their lives happier. BOSS TWEED has well-nigh gone out of public sight It is astonishing how soon a man is forgotten in New York politics, when be has nothing to give. He might as well be dead. It is true he has influence enough to get better treatment than other convicts, but that is about the extent of it. The old man went over to the Island, and that day his star set. Other aspirants for power administer ed upon his estate at once. The veteran old villain's political prop erty was divided just as soon as it was tolerably certain that he could not get out for a year. Morrissey grabbed a portion and the other gin-mill politicians took the balance, and were Tweed out to-day he could hardly reinstate himself; for the men who have usurped his place will hold what they have, and the old man, having no places to dispose of, could not organize a new party to stand at his back. They like him as well as they ever did that is those who liked him at all but personal liking has little to do with such matters. The politician anywhere is selfiBh the New York politician is particularly and essentially so. He commands respect pre ciselv in proportion to his power once dead, always dead. But I am happy to be able to say that the old rings will never again have the power once wielded. Tweed held it all in Lis nanus ana used it to tne advantage of himself and his friends unquestioned and unchecked. He was the source of power and the fountain of wealth. "Who ever was useful to him was rewarded mag nificently, and whoever was opposed to him was mercilessly killed. But uow that power is divided. There are a dozen able and unscrupulous men aspiring to be Tweeds, and as they are wavering with each other it is not impossible for the de cent elements of the city to wrest the pow er from them and reform and purify the government It is fortunate that each of the aspirant leaders had rather see the power go into the hands of the opposition than let it be grasped by a rival. Let us hope that these rogues will continue to fall out, till honest men come to their own. CHILD STEALING. The kidnapping of children, inaugurated in Philadelphia, has broken out in New York, which might have been expected for I know of no soil in which villaiuly thrives so well as here. A child of about five years of age was stolen from 3oth street, nearly a week ago,and the only clue the parents could get to it was by adver tising in the Herald. The answer came promptly the child had been stolen and was being held for a ransom. In th:3 case. however, the cold-blooded villains made mistake, for the parents of the child have no means and cannot possibly raise a tcuth part of the sum demanded. The fact that they lived in a good house in a fashionable quarter of the town, and rode in a carriage and dressed in purple and fine linen de ceived the operators. They did not know that the house was mortgaged, that the carriages were hired, and that the daily profits of the head of the house was ab sorbed in keeping up the stylo that indica ted wealth. Hereafter the kidnapping fraternity will probably employ a lawyer to search the records, that they may be certain of striking fat game. It must be provoking to steal a child and turn out that its parents cannot pay a dollar for its return. Negotiations are going on with the thieves direct, the detectives being un able to get any clue to its whereabouts. BEROII AND BARXV.M. Bergh is after Barnuni. Bergh says the hurdle-racing in Barnum's Hippodrome is cruel and dangerous, aud he sites the fol lowing facts: The performances at the Hippodrome commenced on the 17th of April, and up to the 17th ult., the follow ing casualties have occurred : Miss Hess, arm broken by being thrown from her horse ; at the same time two other ladies were thrown, but not fcurt. Miss Lewis, hurt by beiug struck with the pole of a chariot. Miss Alice Costcueigra, hurt by being thrown from the racer Castro, and having a horse jump on hre ; Castro was instantly killed, but the lady has since re ported for duty. Frank Dooley, leg bro ken while riding an elephant race, and death ensued. Mrs. Anna Davis, collar bone broken by the horse Spot falling with her over a hurdle, and dead. But just as Bergh got ready to move on the great showman, the entire concern was moved to Boston, where, there being no Bergh, horses may fall with men and wo men as much and as often as they choose. I rather believe that Barnuni started the report as an advertisement. People will go a long way to see a horse fall on its rider. Pietto. Candidates Cards. To the Republican Voter or Kor- timmberland County. Sir: I respectfully announce myself as candidate for Legislature, subject to tae deci sion or the Republican County Convention of Northnmberland county. McEwensville, Ang. 7, 1874. Mr. Editor : Please annonnee the name of Amos Vastine.of Shamokia township, as a candidate for County Commissioner, through yonr valuable paper, subject to the decision of the next Republican County Convention. VOTERS OF TURBUT. Tnrbut twp., July 30, 1874. cm bbcrfisHTCirts. Merrill Linn. An-'-rew H. Dill. Frank. 8. Marr. LIXX, DILI. & MARR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, In Tlaupt's Building, Market Street, SUN-BCRY, au?;.7,lS74. Northumberland Co., Pa. Administrator's Xotice. "VT OTICE is hereby given, that letters of ad iN ministration having been granted to tbe undersigned on the estate of Josiah W. Borel, late of Lower Mahauoy township, Northumber land connty, ra., deceased. Aa persons indebt ed to said estate are requested to make immedi ate payment, and those having claims will pre sent them duly authenticated for. settlement. d. M. BLBB, Administrator. Lower Mahanoy twp., Aug. 7, lS74.-Ct. CAUTIOX. NOTICE is hereby given to all persors not to harbor or trust my wife, Henrietta Bechtel. on my account, as I will not pay any debts of her contracting unless compelled to by law. PHILIP BECHTEL. Jackson twp., Aug. 7, lS74.-4t. Sugar, Coffee, . Syrups, Soices, Canned Goods, Queens, Willow and Cedar Ware. I Ed O c H u is -e a, sis co g l , i I I 7. co - B eS .J" i fcJ3 I i s H Sr g. as -s i -1 t i s t i o 5?: '1c o 2. "5 ft. 50 o - : m w si 5 2 u w O o s a -3 I I Cement, Salt, Fish, 1 Phosphate, 1 Land Plaster, Harristrarg Cider Mills. For COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, AND ALL THROAT DISEASES, TTso WELLS' CARBOLIC TABLETS. PUT VP ONLY IN BLUE BOXES. A TRIED AND SURE REMEDY. Sold by Druggist. 7 4w. EVERYBODY'S OWJf PHYSICIAN. By C. W. GLEASON, M. D. A magnificent Totame. Orer 380 Engraving. Low price. One agent took 100 orders in one week. Agents wanted. Ctrcnlsra free. H. X. McKJ.SNEY h Co.. 725 Saneom gt., Phile. 7.4w AGENTS WANTED! Diploma Awarded for Holman-b new Pictorial Blblea, 1309 Illne- KlO Arch St., Phlla. a7,4w. LIVINGSTONE IS DEAD. For 30 years million! nave intently watched tbe peril ous straggles and grand achievements oX this world renowned hero, and eagerly deaire the complette life niatory which unfolds also the wealth and curiosities of a wild and wonderful country. It ia now ready and selling to beat everything. Mora agents wanted st once. Address, HUBBARD BHOS Publishers, 7XJ Sumo St., Phil., Pa. a7,4w. Kchool Teachers Wanted. FIVE SCHOOL TEACHERS, Two male tcachers.oue for High School, and three female teachers are wanted to teach in the Jit. Carmel borough school district, during the next school session. Application mast be made to the president and secretary of the Board. Bj order of tbe Board. JOHN LAZARUS, Presid't. Thomas Scott, Secretary. Mt. Carmel borough, July 17, 1874. t. Ia Crcme le la Creme.No.4.Pnct,M cts. ' Contains On the Sea, Barcarolie, by Kuhe ; The Break of Day, Reverie, by Anliti ; La Ballerina, Polka, by Lichner ; When the Swal lows Homeward Fly, by Oesten ; Eapieglenes, Caprice, by Egghard. 5 pieces for Wets. La crcme ct la Creme. TVo. S Contains TJ'Tp A X m uiic : ;0cts. Mountain Stream, Caprice, by S. Smith ; Count on Me, Oalop, by Jacoby; Oraziosa, Hom-ticr, by Thalberg; Dancing Leaves, Inst., by Mattei; May Breezes, Inst., by Iinpe. 5 pieces for So its. L.a Creme do la Crcme, Wo. 1 iSKMUSioii; tniuic: . - -0 cts. C li .mt du Bivour-c, Transcription, by Kettrr er; Thine Owa, M:lod:e, by Lsix; Dou PtfiUle, Scr-n..ilr, by Tu:ilrg ; Tbe A:; gel's Dreum, ReverK', by La::g': Tiie ViiUl Rose, Romance, bv Knrg. 5 pieces for cts. Peters' Iuslcal JM out lily. TV SmV.hVM. a i 1 e cULV- ins music tcive 50 ctn. TnoeoDffs by iiiivH, two by Piuikn, one by MaywtxH.. a 'Sacred Quartet by Thomas, a FourbanD Piece, a Ouickstf, nu e?r Mnrcb. and a beautiful j-auUe, by Kiutei. 11) pieces for 30 e8. Peters' 3rus.1Ml ronthly, !IVo tains the POST - PAID, foilow- iup music Price 30 cts. Two new Songs by Hays, oue by Pratt, one by Leslie, one by Stewart, a Trio for Female Voices by Abt ; a Sacred Quartette by Dauk, two Polkas, a part Waltz, and a March. 11 pieces for 3" cts. On Receipt of the narked II rice. Address, J. L. PETEIIS, P. O. Box. 5429. 509 Broadway, New York, opp. Metropulitan HsteL WIII8KY & 3rlTIC;llT Send stamp. W. EVAXS ft CO., Hart's Falls, if. Y. J2Mw. Pocket Book Lost. LOST on the public road leading frotn Ilern don to Sunbury, on Tuesday morning kut, a POCKET BOOK containing sixty dollars in money. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving the same with the owner, or with the Postmaster at Herndon. CHARLES H. WOLTERTON. nerndon, N'orth'd CO., Pa. J. Yonngman's Improved Wide Valve Tor Stationary and Loeomo tive Engines. HAVIX6 within the last few years completed the invention of a Steam Slide Vale design ed for the purposed of removing the pressure from the valve as it exists at pesent, we will warrant for six months and place one in any Lo comotive, any Ocean Steamer, any Inland Stea mer or any other stationary engine. It is simple, cheap, effective and indestrnctable ; and saves fuel and machinery. It moves its weight only. No alteration in any part of the machinery is re quired to apply it, and the time occupied in sub stituting it for the ordinary 'LV valve need not be over half an hour. 3?It is indispensable at the mines where hoist ing is done. With this valve the engine can be reversed without shutting off the steam, thus saving time and avoiding labor. This valve can be moved easily with one hand when surrounded by any amount of pressure. Address J. YOUNGMaN fc CO.. Snnburv, Pa. 8nnbnrv. .Tntie 1?, 1874.
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