nnlntrg merittim (TV' H. B. NASSER, C. WILVERT. Editors. 5UNBUUY, APRIL 1G, 1875. OrE neighbor, of the independent Daily, clraiDB himself considerably to make politi cal capital out of th disturbances in the coal regions, but unfortunately fails to en list any of his Democratic friends to follow in bis course. lie appears to have a great aversion to soldiers who are called into service to maintain the peace ar.i dignity of the Corntnouweatb, and ies to imitate southern journals duriDv the late "onplea santness." To destroy and then ask to be let alone, appej;rt to be a favorite policy of his. II cvidcntly don't like Gov. Har tranft' COurse in suppressing rioting and lb destruction of property. He says, "Now, that troops are iu the Hazleton re gion, we can look for what Hartranft calls bloody work.' If there is no blood shed it will not be the fault of the misUVcn policy of the Governor." What our neighbor wants is what Jeff Davis asked for during the rebellion, "to be let alone," and let the riotous element of the strikers go on, and destroy life and property stop the wheels of progress let the country go to ruin, and then lay the blame to the Republican party. Fortunately, we have not beard a Mala reasonable Democrat denounce the oourae pursued by the Governor iu check';: the riotous conduct of those making distur bance in the coal regions. In fact all praise hitn for his (irruafcss iu maintaining the dignity of the Slate, and do not attempt to make political capital, as the editor of the independent Daily does. Th causes of the disturbances now exist ing, is a contest between capital and labor, and not of any political nature whatever. And anyone whose brain is shallow enough to presume that political capital can be made out of it, by either party, must certainly be approaching a crisis that would make him a subject for an insane asylum. To show what the condition of affairs are at Hazleton we copy the following from the Harrisburg Patrirt, (Democrat) of Monday last : THE COAL OPERATORS TRIUMPH AST THE TBOOrS NOT TO BE WITHDRAWN. "Under the direction of Gov. Hartranft, on Saturday Adjutant General Latta visit ed Luzerne county for the purpose of learn ing whether the reports of violence among the miners had any foundation. While at Hazleton and other mining regions he min gled freely with operators, miners and the military, and all but the operators express ed the opinion that the presence of the military was entirely unnecessary. He also attended the lodges of the several labor organizations and found them conducted in the most orderly manner. But notwith standing the quiet aspect of affairs the Ad jutant General thinks it advisable not to withdraw the troops at present, and the Governor has endorsed his views. Geueral Latta left for Philadelphia last night." The Democratic Standing Committee, of this county, met at this place, on Mon day last, and fixed the slate tor next fall election. The candidates for the different offices were selected, as well as the time fixed to hold their delegate electiou. which is to take place on the third Saturday of August, and the County convention is to be held on the Monday following. The delegate election and convention will -Je a matter of form to ratify the action of the committee. The selection of the can didates is a considerable improvement, as it relieves other aspirants from much an xiety, aud tav's them the time usually con sumed for electioneering. In order to car ry out their programme futly, the delegate system was adopted to nominate the can didates. Governor Uauiuanft has reflected honor on himself and the Slate, by his firm yetkiudiy U-arin. toward the troublesome iiuiK-ra in the Hazletou region. With the merits of the subject in controversy be bad nothing to do, aud did uot assume to inter fere. But when the peace of the region was threatened. at.d the civil officers were aptiarcntly powerless, he felt it his duty to Rhow that he could exert influence iu a Very decided 6ort of a way. When appeal ed to by the representatives of the miners to withdraw the soHliery, he very frankly gave them to know that so soon as the sheriff of the couuty was assured that peace would be maintained, he would do so ; hut not till then. In brief, he realizes it to be his duty to inforce law and order, against all persons whatsoever, and is determined to do it. He has no contest with the mi ners, as such, but with any and all law breakers, of whatever name or order, he, as Governor, must be in conflict. His firm beating assures peace. OCR neighbor of the Dtnuicral, in last week's issue, made a clean breast and ac knowledged his intended "rooster invest ment of 1872." We presume thata specimen of those roosters was exhibited in the head ing of the Connecticut election news last week,crowing lustily, not over a victory, but for joy that the State was not lost to the Democracy. There appeared to be consid erable uneasiness felt among the Democra cy that Connecticut would change to re publicanism, and when "the uews was carried to Jakey," that the State still re mained Democratic, the best rooster was brought forth, which, by its appearance, like its owner, attempts to create a great noise to attract attention without effect. Jake makes a great noise, generally, but when the sound of his crowing dies away, be is astonished to find his tremendous efforts, to make a great display, have proved a failure. The New License Law Signed. Governor Hartranft signed the bill regal ing the local option law and creating a new license law, on Monday last. The act had been in the bands of Attorney General Dimmick since the adjournment of the Legislature, who examined it with a view to ascertain whether it met the require . ments of the Constitution. On Sunday he returned from Wayne, county, where he had been for a week or two, and the bill was laid before the Governor, on Monday, for final consideration. OUB neighbor of the Daily swing to have a holy horror of soldiers, and denouuecs the Governor for the performance of a sworn duty. During the time of Gen. Jackson things were different He was a true De mocrat,the friend of the soldier, and threat ened to hang some of the Southern Demo crats for treasonable utterances. The bo pus democracy of the preseut day have sympathized with the same fellows ever since the late "on pleasantness," and de nounce our soldiers on all occasions. Thc miners in the Lackawanna region by a vote of 1,500 to 400, have decided against a strike. They were invited by the Schuylkill miners to join their strike, aud have thus emphatically declined. They have shown remarkable good sense in doina so. The Governor has sinned the bill repeal ing Local Option. Much, interest was manifested in the fate f this bill, the pre vailing sentiment being in opposition to the bill. The Governor, however, is con trolled by a grtieral principle, as regards siguiu; and vetoing hills. .Unless any bill is at variauee with the Constitution, his rule very properly is, to put the rcsjwm 6ibility on the Legislature, and sign what ever it may enact. To favor or oppose on the mere store of policy, is to uncertain a lule to be followed ; hence he is compelled to adopt a general principle, which is to sign all laws passed by the Legislature that are not unconstitutional. lie has followed this rule in the present instance. The fault for whatever defects there may be in the bill is, therefore, with the Leis lalure. It assumed the entire responsibil ity, the House taking the lead. It is to it that the people must look who dislike the cxistiug order of things. Two members of thellousa of Represen tatives died ou Thursday last William T..,Ii.1tt l?rii1il:..ar if I ki. SeV'-lith llS- trict of Philadelphia and Chas. Willeti, j Ytl-f.rrl- tlll. kri !.ulltV. B. wero erviui their first term. 1 our lm'in bers of tho House died before they were j decrease in the supplyof authraeitcis J-,-qualiGed. viz. : Messrs. Hunter, of Arm- j 37o- stroasiBaldorf, of Berks; Wolf, of Centre j JJenjamin J,. Jessie was couvicted at m. and Farrer. of Washington ; and Fagau, Wayundotte, Ky., ou Friday of manslaugU or Philadelphia, died a few days after he ter in the first degree, for causing the death took bis seat. Thus -evcn members, elec- of an infant boy by leaving it out iu the ted in November last, have passed away The five vacancies made last winter were filled in February, and the two existing j vacancies w ill be filled iu November next. A Harrisburg special of the Philadelphia Press says : "It is now asserted here, in n,r .l Tt,.mnrr.iita eircles. that v cii-iuiui ....... , 1 Hon. Andrew II Di'l, Senator from the Union District, will decline being a cand date for Governor. No special reason is assigned for this action, but it is asserted that an older and stronger man is to be se- iontot tn cninf piilu r from the centre or I j the Western part of the State. There are those who believe that this declination is in l in favor ofex-(JoveruorCurtin, whose personal friends are workiug very hard to w m , put him on the track as a Liberal Republi can and Democratic candidate." A shocking tragedy occurred in Philadel phia, about ten o'clock ou Wednesday ....... i. . i T nint oi last weea. man uiuuku i nini oi iasi t It. Jjove. liviuii iu me oi.ii wmu, uuuic i : 7 ,-. -r T i a . lt,v,.t h,.r with with his wife Leah and attached her with a bread knife after she had jjone to bed. Iwt in thft breast anu ut her iiv a vt ,-. ..... t-;iv.n lpr nt. once: and thc-u cut ' I bis own throat so effectually that he died : f... i,r A a,m nfMrs Love, ancd .j -,., ,.,,.,,t n,t ttiinessed the U iS S v - w j i i crime, but escaped and gave the alarm to ' " - I the police. The murderer was a sober, industrious man, aud is supposed to have been inflamed by jealousy. His wife was a very beautiful woman. Thousands of Dollars Raised on Forged Papers by a Berks Countian. A gentleman whose father aud father-in-law are very wealthy has just fled from Berks county to Cauada to prevei.t his ar rest for forgery. He was engaged in a manufacturing business, became iuvolved, assignees were appoiuted, and the estab lishment was sold for the benefit of credi tors. It is stated that within the last three years he taised thousands of dollars on forged checks, deeds, bonds, promissory notes, &c. He forged the names of bis nearest relatives to raise money. Ou a forged boud he secured the loan of S'2o00 from a well known Penn street merchant, aud. on a forged check drew 1200 from one of the Reading banks. Letters were leceived yesterday from the accused, who acknowledges that he forced numerous doc uments iu order to raise sums of money, but promises to repay all. As no arrest has yet been made, the name of the person is with held. Ite idinj G'iztUe. It is bUted that au expedition to the Black Hills, to consist of one thousaud men from Kansas City, Mo., under Col. Car penter, the commander of the Jessie scouts duriug the war, expects to leave about the 2."th inst. They will o to Denver, Color ado, and thence to Cneyenne, Wyoming, where they will le joined by other parties swelling the whole number to ltW nien. They will Ik: fully armed a:ii able to cope with any body of Indians they may meet. Female Drkss Rivalry in High Life. To be eclipsed in dress is about as terrible a shock to the average female heart, we reckon, as was the battle of Waterloo to the great warrior who went from that gory field to a sad imprisonment on the bar reu of St. Helena. The Duchess of Edin burg wore at a recent "drawing room," held by Queen Victoria, a dress of rich blue velvet, garnished with Rusian sable and trimmed with diamonds iu bauds and in large tassels. Just think of4that for a moment, ye maids and matrons of the Great Republic. A costume which was one blaze of light, emitted by diamonds in clusters aud tassels. The Duchess won a triumph precious to the f.-miniue heart, by completely eclipsing her amiable and loving sister-iu-law. Princess Louise, wife of the Marquis of Loriv. The feeling between these two sisters-in-law, says the Harris burg Telegraph, is not of the warmest char acter, aud the dislike has leen intensified on the part of the Duchess fty the refusal of the Princess to yield precedence to h?r, the proud daughter of the Czar of all the Russias, aud on the part of the Princess by the arrogauce of the Duchess in presum ing to claim precedence over her, the daughter of the Queeu of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. As the con Sequences of this spirit of rivalry aud jeal ousy, these two woman (for royalty is only humanity, at that) take delight in humbling each other whenever opportunity offers. But although the Princess Louise has a !i,rl,t ml vmiln-e over the the Duchess bv right of precedence ou stat occasions, the latter more than comitc-usales for it by out dressini; her rival on all occasions, which she is able to do by reason of her longer j 1 purse. Auu, in tue estimation oi ine tern inine portion of the world, victory rests with the Duchess. , , mi T - i "i .. .. .1 A 20O Ileal oi iiuiierui" nils uei.u eausvu nv in jliio oy an ariicie in uu; v't'u'- kh- J arm,h in which it claimed that the Roman Catholic church and Dem ocracy were nat ural allies, and even the Cincinnati Euquif er, which is accustomed locating dirt of all kinds, scolds the organ fur its outspoken frankness iu classing the Church and the Democratic pirty as one, and the Cincin lA'UIWlilllt I'll I.J an ........... nati Cmifia declares that if Archbish- ox, Purcell'8 organ "must have, it that the Democratic, nartv is a nart of the machinery of the Church, the people have only to be convinced that the Telxgraj'h is spcakin by authority, to make and end of the party." n.. r .... -. . i : n IIIC Jjouisanua uousc ims prauntouj . ... ,u t. .i accepieu uie compromise, ai io iuuuuw . a its success was consumated yesterday. w Judge Pearson, of Dauphin county, de- clares unconstitutional the law imposing a tax of three cents per tou on the franchises in i:'ni milling w jiviiinviio. GEXKHAL, SEWS ITEMS. A fire at Milleretown, Ta., ou Sunday, destroyed property to the value of $100,- 000. Yii-e President Henry Wilson has left Washington for a trip through the South ern Stales. Fifteen thousand straw hats for Summer wear have been made in Nantucket. Mass. this winter. O. X. Wordoii, Esq., of New Milford, is preparing a history of the Baptist churches of Northern Pennsylvania. Mr. Wi-ten is well qualified for the task. For fifteen years he was editor of the Lew ishurg diro-niclc. They are overrun with Mexican Silver out in Arizona, aud the people want to exchange their coin for something more convenient to handle. No wonder that New York is such a wicked place. It has upward of four thousand lawyers. The Poltsville (Pa) Miners' Journal says the supply of coal sent from all the 1 eun- sylvauia regions so far this year is KiU tons, a decrease 01 iu,.k u iar..,l u-;tii in.. a-.imi. lvriod last vcar. The 1'"' ' ... I - tun: ii9 jjeriBu. iicomo v...-1-,.. - the oldest families, and his wife is worth fifty thousaud dollars. The child, which was frozeu to death, was his own, born him by hie sixteen year old daughter. The Williamspoi t. Pa., Gazttte says the lumber shipments irom mat poini ior xo.u t . ... amount to 22.1(41,050 feet, being a falling off as compared with liio same uinu i.isi year of 20,4011,149 feet. Sixty-five thousand persons have' regis tered themselves in the hotels of Florida siiu the first of October last; all of them from points north of Mason and Dixon's line. The Kev. Father O' Ilara. of Wilkes- A XKK, b has been civing bis flock 'Mid ad vice, with the rcsiect to the mining trou bles. He advised them to keep aloof from the instigators of the troubles, whom he denounced as men unworthy of confidence nr rosnf'ft. lh:it their Hast life Was of - , , , , , doubtful character, aud they only worked v. . . t -, . to tho detriment of those who tried to " 1 " .i r...;iiQ make nomes ior vuemseico uu .... by earning a livelihood through honest lit labr- .... . ..... 1 . . U ... . Vice I'rewuenl i uson, wno wm io saileo for I uropc on me iuii iusi., u - ... ..!. chaucdhis tniud. lie has conciuucu mai . .., .t..i.. . ...inklih tlin UO will uoi oe wio in oi. ." precedent of a Vice President leaviDg his country during the term of his office. Russia is going to build a government railroad, about a thousand miles long, into Siberia. A paper printed in New Hampshire re ports that a girl wh. was severely injured (it d'ies not say how) iu Stafford county, that State, eleven months ago, has lived for the past three months exclusively on pea-nuts. At first she could eat noth ing but pickles. Senator Gordon, of Geoigia, refuses to permit his name to be used as a Dcmocraic candidate for the Vice Presidency. He says "it is too ear'.y to put an ex-rebel soldier on the national ticket." Northern Bourbons are to be used to pull Southern chesuuts out of the lire for a brief space longer and then ? Illinois' railroads do uot make a fav orable showing for the Granger movement. According to a report of a railroad com mittee of the State legislature, there are in the hands of receivers thirteen roads, having a total length of 2,287 miles of track, with a total indebteness of sixty four and one half milliou of dollars. A million and a hair of this debt is in taxes, due. and unpaid to the Stale. The aver age debt is S2S.0UU h t mile, a very healthy sum lobe liquidated by future earnings. Decision Reversed. The noted deci sion of Judge El well, of Columbia county, involving the right of school directors to levy a tax in excess of 10 mills to the dollar was reversed by the Supreme Court last week. The opiniou f suable a jurist as Judge El well had caused directors in all parts of the Stale to keep their levy down to the 10 mills, to the detriment of the schools in uiauy instance s, but they can hereafter assess 1" mills. The mill corporations at Lowell, Mass., defy the muie spinners in there demands for an advance of wages, and refuse to treat with any secret societies. They claim that they can run from a third to a half of their machinery with "ring spinners" after the general strike to-morrow, and say they would prefer to shut down for three months rather than increase wages, as the rise in goods would more than compensate for the loss. A fire in Emporium on Tuesday night, burned a billiard saloon and dwelling. On Wednesday morning a fire at Drifwood, burned the Driftwood Hotel, a dwelling, a billiard saloon and a number of small out houses. Professor Donal !son contemplates a bal loon voyage from New York to London next autumn, the expenses to be paid by William K. Belknap, of Ciucinuati ; Geo. L. Bruce, of Philadelphia ; Nat. G. Hatha way, of London, and Narcisse Peletier, of Paris. These gentlemen are to provide 40,000 for excuses, and give Donaldson 20.000 if he makes the trip from New Yoik to London in forty-eight hours, or ?r0.000 if he takes seventy-two hours. Cardinal Manniu expresses a belief that the Roman Catholic Church is "ap proaching a crisis, the most serious for l.ree hundred years." This proguostica- lion points to the realization of Disraeli's lolitical prophecy of a great religious war n Europe. A combination of the Catho lic natious of EuroMs against Germany docs not, from present appearances, seem at all impossible Postmaster General Jewell is ferreting I out some rascalities that have been prac i . . . I .: .1 :.. I... .l..n rl iiimil in riMoltiirirv f.nn. i .. T I f ....In P,.r i.rirrcinn tllH mill H. C(IV. .TeWfll 11EVU III his UViin"vu. ... ,v.u ""V,CT 'J' . .... , i iioimrnua irniqi itmi i i. iiii suit vioiihiiik hiiii eeerves great credit for the vigilance and energy he shows in guarding the public inttrists. Senator Mort u passed through the South since the adjournment of Congress, and he says that in a ride of 210 miles through . . ...... i . tbe Stale of Mississippi he saw but one bite man at work. Clearly, our South cl n Anglo-Saxon brelhern don't like to hbor There are said to be dangerous counter feit national bank notes of the denomina ot tive dollars in circulation on the Trad- I er s National Bank, First National Bank, . , , , . . Third National Bank and Merchants' a . ... tional Bank, all of Chicago. Each of these h.iuu,i couuterieus ib Bam vi w uxuiuKij , The ,)Ubjc are advised to refuse all five dojiar I10tes 0rthe Traders' and First National Banks, of Chicago. Telegraphic News. I'KX X.N V I.V.4 Ml. Hazleton, April 0. I have positive information to-right that the labor unions in New York a :d Philadelphia are contri buting money to the treasury of the Miners Union, to aid in strengthening the Penn sylvania collier;; iu their battle with the operators. Tin- organization is stronger i:i this region than it was duriug the mem orable long strike of '70, and the prospects are that the movement will extend over months, or until the men are starved or operators pushed to the wall. the first iircsii. At an early hour this morning a party of Jcddo miuers fired into Company I, of the Frist Regimeut, doing guard duty at that point. Fire was returned, and a mem ber of the company was wounded, but not seriously. This skirmish is the first brush between the raillitary and the strikers. About nine o'clock A. M. Lieutenant Colonel Clark, in command at Jeddo, made a requisition on Geueral Osborne for more troops, and the Telford Zouaves were thrown into that couulry. More ammuni tion arrived to dav from Bridesbury Arsec sen, which shows that trouble is antici pated. Hou. J. C. Fincher, editor of the Ecening JVcics, feels very keenly the set back that Governor Hartranft gave him. It is thought that the bitter opposition made against the importation of troops, by citizens, has arisen partly in view of politi cal aspirations and fears of violeuce from the miners. INCENDIARY FIRE. At Woodside Colliery last night the ex tensive mule stables were burned by in cendiaries, and notices have been posted up iu that locality containing threats to destroy the mammoth breaker. THE TLANS OF THE STRIKERS A -e gra'dually unfolding, and it is supposed that as fast as disorders are quelled in one ph'.cc they will break out in another. As it is, if the strikers meant to come out bold ly and play their hand, they could manage the thing to suit themselves since it will be utterly impossible for the military to guard this entire territory. It is uot very geuerally anticipated that the miners will create much disturbance while the military occupy tho country or run up the black flag, but when the troops are ordered home then will the real trou ble begin. The strikers think they have some debts to pay wheu the bayonets are goue aud their disposition will lead them to pay with interest all that they owe. The day has been raw, and rain has fallen during the afternoon, so that the guards have an uuphasant task on picket and yearn for their homes. Mai'ch Chunk. April 13. It is now conceded on all sides, except by parties in Hazleton, that the troops now in the middle coal fields have become necessary, and will remain, not so much for fighting purposes, however, but to serve as a guard and keep in check any hostile demonstrations, which are certain to take place should the soldiers be with drawn before resumption of work takes place. Inspector General John D. Bertolette. accompanied by au orderly, paid a visit to his home at this place to-day. In conver sation he remarked that the troops would not be removed until work was resumed, that the reports about the troops behaving badly and getting intoxicated were untrue, aud were originated aud circulated, with out a doubt, by parties desirous of seeing their speedy removal. No immediate diffi culty between the troops and miuers was anticipated, aud. furthermore, that the best of feeliug existed between the soldiers' and the miners' fraternity. The general returned this afternoon to Hazleton. The benefits accruing by rea son of the occupaucy of the isolated miuing villages by the military are more apparent each day. Nothing is now heard of con templated raids, and the raiders, thus far, have been finely held in check by the uu bioken front presented by he military. Several men from this place who had been employed for the tight days at Tres cow. Carbon county, returned home to-day. These men and a large gang of resident laborers were engaged iu getting out aud loading coal in cars at Trescow for the use of the Central railroad company of New Jersey, ana secured enough to last for six weeks. The men boarded iu Audenreid, and while returning each eveniug for lodg iug they were fired at with pistols and vol leys of stones. The coal and iron police were on guard, aud, with a number of special police, succeeded in keeping the tur bulent miners from making a charge on the workers. Hazleton. April 139:40 p. i. The situation in the Iehigh region has assumed no new phase within the past twenty-four hours, aud dilligent inquiry fails to establish any new outrages. This state of affairs canuot, however, bo traced to any change in the disposition of the men, but rather to the salutary effect of the pre sence of the military. In fact, the pro tection of the troops is appreciatsd by some of the miners themselves, some of whom, at ouc colliery, have earnestly requested their superintendent to have the soldiers remain until the passions of the rioters have cooled sufficiently to warrant a resi dence in the region safe. It has been a subject of remark in town to-day that the list of signatures appended to the guarantee submitted to the sheriff last night did not contain a single repre sentative from the Eckleyand Buck Moun tain Brauches, the localities most affected duriug the late disturbances aud tho start ing point for most of the raids. Considerable feeliug has been engendered in town in consequence of the prominence of the editor of the Daily News in his ef forts for the withdrawal of the military. A storm of rain began here last night, which afterward turned to snow, and it has been suowing hard all day. I have just learned that at Yorktowu, where the work of putting in coal for the boilers has been done by the superintendent and bis clerks since the raids began, the men have come forward and expressed themselves williug to do this work. At Buck Mountain the firemeu, feeling them selves protected by the military, to-day of fered to resume their positions. These facts indicate the disposition of some of the meu to prevent the flooding of the mines so long us protection is guaranteed, and prove as well that the miners are not ail disor derly, but have licen controlled by a faction. WlLKESKERRE, April 13. Since the miners of the Lackawanna region decided, by a secret ballot, not to strike, the citizens of the Wyoming section have been in hopes that, if the same plan should be tried, the miners would vote to resume work. Charles Parrish, President of tho Le high and Wilkesberre coal company, con sulted with Win. II. Carroll, President of District No. 12 M. N. A., upon the sub ject, aud the result was the posting of hand bills at the different mines annoucing that an election would be held on the 14th inst.. at which a vote ou the qucsliou of imme diate resumption of work upon the terms proposed by the company would be t;ikeu. This action did not meet with the ap proval of all, and this forenoon a secret meeting of miners was held in this city. The excitement ran high, and Mr. Carroll was denouueed for the part he had taken. Threats ot various kinds were made against him unless he should revoke his action, and this afternoon Mr. Pairish announced that by Mr. Carroll's request the proposition of holding and electiou was withdrawn. It is thought that a majority would vote to go to work if allowed a secret ballot. A number of the leading spirits fear this, aud mean to prevent such a vote being taken. Sheriff Kirkendall returned from Hazleton to-day, where he had been since Saturday. The 1th ode Islam! Slate Election Providence. April 7. Returns from the entire State except Rock Island, gives Iliizzml, 8(W; ; Lippitt 628G and Cutler 5133. The majority for the Republican candidates for Secretary of Stale, Attorney Geueral and Treasurer is betweeu 11,000 and 12.000. The vote is the largest ever cast in this ! State, with one exception. Hazard hasthe plurality iu the city and county of Provi dence and the counties of Newport and Washington. Cutler has the plurality in Kent and Bristol counties. There are twenty vacancies iu the Gen eral Assembly, aud the election of Gover nor depends upou the party successful in filling the vacancies. At the next trial the choice is by law between Hazard and Lip pitt. The friends of the latter claim a ma jority of the members so far elected. Forty Building It u rued at Millers town. Titusville, April 11. A fire at Millers town, Pennsylvania, this morning, broke out iu Bluestiue's confectionary aud faro bank, which, in two hours, destroyed forty buildings. It is impossible at preseut to give the losses, but they wi'.I not be less than 100,000. The most important losses were McKinuey Bros. & Giley's building, the Oil Producers' and German National Banks, S. McBride's drug store, A. Tol man's paint store and the Hogan Opera House. The other buildings were mostly saloons and small tenements. The insur aucc is small. Correspondence. OI K SEW YORK LETTER. TO THE YOUNG MEN FROM THE COUN TRY BERGH IN A NEW ROLE BEECUER MODERN CON V ENIENC'ES EtT- IN ESS. From Our New York Correspondent. New York, April 12. 1875. a short but true statement to young men from the country. The ambition of half the young men from the country is to get to some large city, New York being, of course, the first choice. The young man who has to arise at four and go out into the rain or snow, as the case may be, and do the chores on, a farm, before the regular day's work begins, very naturally desires some life less exacting and less laborious. He takes a trip to the uear est city, and sees ihe spruce young men with their hair parted in the middle stand ing in graceful attitudes behind coun ters, " and he so envies them the plea sant, elegant life they lead, that he makes up his mind to get there himself, and if he has netve enough, he does it. Let us see whether he has made a chauge for the bet ter or not. A. T. Stewart & Co., the largest dry goods dealers in the United States, employ in their uptown store about seven hundred salesmen of all grades. These men are ruled by a decipline as rigid as that of a Prussian army. They are required to be on hand at seven in the morning, to answer to their names at roll-call, and take their places. If they are behind a minute, that minute is charged to them and deducted from their salaries. Sickness makes no difference. They are required to be at their posts from 7 A. M. till 71 P. M. If one is absent he has to say why. If it should be sickness or any other good cause, he is not discharged, but his time is de ducted, and there is no appeal allowed. The great merchant knows nothing of the circumstances of his men. nor does he want to know. He wants work for his mo ney if he gets the work you get your mo ney, all he agrees to pay aud that is all there is of it. Your mother may die or your child you pay for the time to attend the funeral. Of course work bo exacting is well paid for. Is it ? Let usee. The lowest salary paid to regular salesmen in this establish ment is seven dollars per week, and the highest twenty ! the majority of them receiv ing from twelve to fifteen dollais per week. Out of this twelve dollars the salesman has to pay first, seven dollars per week for board and such board ! For that sum he gets a room eight by ten feet, in an Rttic, and two meals per day of the cheapest and meanest fod that the cheapest and mean est markets afford, cooked iu the vilest and most atrocious style possible. His wash ing costs him not less than oue dollar per week for cleanliness is required which leaves him but four dollars. Tlien he pays at Teast one dollar per week for car fare, postage stamps, and other incidentals, leaving him three dollars to go ou for clothes aud such novelties. He gets sick occasionally, and losing an hour now and then is unavoidable, all of which makes large holes in his small salary. To sum it all up, he works like a galley slave three hundred and twelve days in the year, twelve ano" a half hours per day, and gets a most stinted living, and nothing more. Many a good-looking clerk in Stewart's this day would expose naked feet if he took his boots off, for going without stockings saves the cost of buying and the cost of washing. And the wearing of black scarfs to cover the shirt front is not geuer ally a matter of taste. The shirt costs three dollars anil the washing costs twelve and a half cents every time. A black scarf and a collar is made to duty for a shirt. And these poor fellows dare not strike for better pay, or complain in any way. .Should one intimate a desire for more, off goes his head, and a hundred stand eager aud ready to take his place. And what is the ultimate reward for this ? Promotion comes in time to those who have especial fitness and more than superhuman industry and enemy. In such an establishment, if you live long enough, work hard enough, you can get up to the magnificent salary of twenty-four dollars per week ! Young man, if you don't like your farm learn a trade, but avoid the counter. A good mechanic can always get woik at some price, and when business is good at eood prices, but the counter-jumper. Heaven help him, is as complete a slave as a South Carolina negro before the war. What liecomes of them when they get old the Lord only knows. Probably they never get old. It is likely that boarding-house hash aud steak does its perfect work on them before they reach thirty, and that they go, if they were pious and good, where j they will bo in no danger of meeting any ot ! their greedy employers. How sweet it must be for one of Stewart's twelve dollar clerks to die ! Don't, I beg you, ever think of clerking in any of its forms. Don't lie a salesman, a book-keeper, a anything about the great mercantile concerns. There are prizes to be drawn, but the Kentucky Library was a certainty iu comparison. Where one gets a prize ten thousand draw blanks, and a blank in this line of life is the blankest thing in the world. WHAT KERCH IS DOING. Henry Bergh, who is hated by every two-legged brute in New York, has enlarg ed his sphere of operations. He has surviv ed all the sneers and jibes at his Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and has got the brute truckmen and car-drivers dowu to a very decent point. Now he has organized a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He proposes to stand between helpless children and cruel guar dians, and more than that, to take the thousands upon thousands of homeless children of the city under his charge. He will take them out of the street, place thera where they will be cared for, have them educated nnd taujhl useful employment.and make of the street Arabs good and useful men and women. There is no wider field of philantbrophy or one iu which more good can be done. The drunken father or mo- tbei will not be allowed to beat a helpless child at will if such a parent keeps control of its child, it will not be Bergh's fault The Italiau padrone who imports young children, nnd trains them as street begiiais. and the whole race of thieves and niendi cants who use children to get money for themselves, will Cud Bergh in their way, and so clothed with authority as to make his interposition effective. All honor to Henry Bergh, the practical philanthropist r.EEcnEi:. Beccher has been on the stand for six days, but has developed nothing new. His time has been taken up iu explanations, all of which are satisfactory to his friends and entirely unsatisfactory to those opposed to him. It is a pity that a man should have done so many thiug3 that require such ela borate explanation. And likewise is it curious that Mr. Bcecher's denials are taken as truth without question by so many people who refuse to believe a word of Til ton, Moulton, rtt .Mrs. Moulton. Beecher denies point-blank the truth of every allegation, and professes to be able to accouut for every letter or document pro duced ngainst him in a way that will es tablish his innocence to the satisfaction of the world. I earnestly hope he may, but I am bound to say he has not done it yet, To-day he stands precisely where he did six months ago, except that his statements have now the strength that au oath fn a court gives. He has not accounted for the letters, or the money, or anything else con nected with the matter in any way conclu sive. Iu chort, to the ordinary intellect, his statements are too thin for credence. If he is innoceut of the crime charged, he is, aud has been, the most simple-minded, idiot old innocent that ever lived, and his friends who wonld be justified in asking for a guardian. If he was inuocent, one straight statement, one sincle, manly blow from the shoulder would have scattered the conspiracy and fixed him firmer than ever in the affections of his people. Had he been innocent be could have de fied the alleged combination, aud could have made Brooklyn too hot to have held them, in two hour's time. If Mr. Beecher is innocent, he is not the shrewd man the world has given him the credit of being. There is fuu in this tragedy: however. Tiie idea of three bearded men one accus ed of seducing the wife of another all agreeing to forgive each other, and sealing it with a kiss. . Bah ! The idea but I can't dwell on this. Beecher swears vigor ously, dramatically and forcibly. His story- is iugenious and symmetrical, and having effect. Poor Tilton ! Poor Beecher 1 MODERN CONVENIENCES. This phrase, hackneyed as it is, growa every year fuller of meaning. Life in a city is not the same thing as it was ten years ago, before elevators, electric bells, and generous plumbing had brought the ele ments into thorough service for merchants aud manufacturers, business and every body's homes. The luxury of living is at tained iu a first-rale New York hotel. The visitor alights from a carriage at the pri vate door, enters a high vestibule through which the breeze s weeps freshly, warm in Wiuter, cool in Summer, from curious ven tilatiug works in the basement. The mar ble or tiled floor, the wainscoting of rich woods, the friseoed ceiliug, the stairs softly carpeted in warm colors, please the eye wherever it turns. A word to a servant. aud a luxurious upholstered elevator bears one to his room, which may be on the first floor or the sixth ; all are alike handsome and convenient in fitting up. It is quite the choice of many persona to lake the up per rooms for their greater quiet, airiness, and the view, which from the top of a tall hotel, spanning from the green Jersey shores to the built up Heights of Brooklyn, taking in the clustering pinnacles and tow ers of the city tiU the Harlem blocks are wrapped iu mist, is by no meaus a dispirit ing sight to greet one by morning. There is little fear of fire. The stairwavs are of stone, and the partitions filled with fire brick, while the great ho6e lie coiled on every floor, to spring on the first symptoms of fire iu the rooms. The bath, the hair dresser, the news stand, the restaurant, and the physician are iu the house. A seamstress is in call for tho ladies who want hastv service on their dresses. To obtaiu a carriage, theatre tickets and sleep berth, one has but to touch the magic but ton which touches the electric wire in every room, and a civil servant is ready to pro cure whatever is wanted. THE OREATEST LUXURY. The New York hotels hardly compare, in convenience, with the great Chicago hotels, the like of which will hardly be fouud in the woild. The prices here are 6tetper, and the pretensions greater, but even in suites renting for one hundre dol lars a week, one does not find the baize writing table furnished with stationery, the arsand burner to be raised or lowered at pleasure from the gassolicr.the ample truuk closets aud dressing-rooms, with private bath, or the same taste and care in fur nishing, which one finds to the very roof of the Palmer House, aud which abound in the Sherman or the Grand Pacific. As a rule, the New York landlord is less attentive and conciliating than the Chicago one. Outside of bare routine, the traveler iu New York need expect neither care or notice. He pays bis money and he takes his chance. If a trunk fails to come to time, a languid baggage man will keep a languid watch for it, uuless he forgets. Iu starting on a journey, one must keep a sharp lookout not to be left. There is none of the quiet surrender of these common cares to experienced and trusty hands, which is the best return a man gets for his five dollars a day. And it is a very good investment for a host or clerk to make his personal oversight and good will felt by trifles. A courteous "Come and see us again, Mr," when a customer pays his bill. has its influence cn the richest as well as the poorest guest. Business is improving every day, and matters look brighter. There is going t be a good, healthy Spring Trade, after all. PlETRO. I.oeal Correspondence. Tikbotvii-LE, Pa., April 13lh, 1875. Mr. Editor : Dreadfnlly winterish to-day. Health very good at present. Matters quiet as usual. Seldom even a dog Qs;Iit to break the mon otony. Ejrgs and butter are getting plenty. John McFarhmd, Sr., is able to be around ii gain. George Raup says he can sell sewing u:achiue at grange prices. D. of K. Jr.," who write for the Sunbury Democrat, is a sarcastical cuss. It will be some time before the farmers can do any farming. A first-class tailor is wanted in TurDotvillc. A certain fellow in town wear his pants so Imi!! that they come clear down to bis boot tops. lev. II r. Myers preached a very able sermon to a large audience last Sunday night, tint 'he good effect it tniuhl of had was lost after service by a lot of boys and yonng men crowding in the doorway and thus preventing old people from passing out. We think it wonld be well for yonng men to learn to have some manners at church, if they don't have any at other times. It would be an easy job to prove, by an up town lady, that the sidewalks of Turootville are not just what they should be. Her foot was caught nnder a loose board in one of the walks, a few evrnings since, which threw her flat down, causing her to hastily part company with a con pie of pitchers which s'je was carrying. For some time past our community baa suffer d almost past endurance from the depredations of a set of miserable sneak thieves. Noah Web ster, in his palmiest (".ays, when his brain was most fertile, would have utterly failed in any at tempt to do justice to these midnight prowler with no other weapon than words. Our Anglo Saxon is too tame to grapple with such intensi fied meanness , the vocubulary too limited to frame any true description of them. Too cow. ardly for anything bold, they go ekulking about ready to rob either a cow of her milk, a coal house, a wood pile or a hen roost, and engage in countless other acts of petty thievery, revolting to decent humanity on account of their extreme littleness. Ton are safe only when you keep your property beyond their reach. Such small crimes usually go unpunished on accouut of their petty nature. This is all wrong, as it only en courages the thief to bolder operations. Our friend, Alfred Montgomery, is canvassing this vicinity for the "Bible looking glass," an elegant combination. It is something new and attractive. It innst be seen to be appreciated It ought to have a ready, wide sale. Mr. Wetsol. the gentlemanly proprietor of the Union Hotel, is always ready to furnish enter tainment for man and beast. Thetraveling pub lic who wish to stop at Turbotville will find at Mr. Wetsel's a pleasant home, furnished with all that is needful to supply their wants. The people in this vicinity are fully np to the average iu point of geueral intelligence and go-a- headitiveness, and, as a consequence, they pa tronize, to thu ueua! extent, that very useful in stitution, the village post office. They fully re cognize and appreciate the sacred trust and great responsibility imposed r.pon the keeper of said office. Scribbler. Uta btrtiscnunts BOOK BINDING of all klu'ds neatly and substantially done by JOIl. COLLIXS, Third St., opposite the Clement Ilonse SCN BUKY, FA. Prices of BINDING: o-i 3- Qit SIZE or WORK. s 3 Eg l 5i 2 m - m v O STzebT liiiu'voiri CO j 75 p'uo ri30"T"50 Harper's Magu- zine - 1 00 1 23 1 50 1 75 2 25 Peterson'sMaga zine,Godcy's La- dys' Book 1 25 1 10 I 70 2 00 2 50 Ladies' Reposi- tory 1 30 1 50 1 75 2 50 3 60 Appleton's Jour- nal 150 1 75 2 00 3 00 4 50 Htstoiy 01 Un'a I States, Warof the Union, National I Portrait Gallery. I 1 80 2 25 3 50 4 75 Sheet Music" i SO 2 00 2 50 I Harper's Week-1 ly, Fr'k Leslies', nnd Scientific j American 2 00 2 50 3 00 Picturesque Am- erica 3 25 4 00 7 00 La ore Family Bibles and illustrated work done in the best manner and at raonablt roiet . EEspecial attention is called to our HALF BINDING WORK. Sunbury, April 1C, 1S75- if. WHAT IS VEGETINE I It is a compound extracted from barks, roots aud herbs. It is Nature's remedy. It is perfectly hannles from any bad effect upon the system. It Is nourishing aud strengthening. It acts directly upon the blood. It quiets the uervons system It irives good sweet sleep at uight. It is a pana cea for your aged fathers and mothers, lor it gives tbcm strengtb, quiets tneir nerves, ana irlves them Nature's sweet sleep as nas oeeu proved by many an aged person. It is the great Blood Purifier. It is a soothing remedy for our children. It has relctved and cured thousands. It is very pleasant to take ; eveiy child likes it. It reieives and cures all diseases originating from impure blood. Try the VEGETINE. Give it a Tair trial Tor your complaints 5 then you will say to your friend, neighbor and acquaintance, "'Try it ; it has cured mc ItKLIABLE EVIDENCE. The following unsolicited testimonial from Rev. O. T. Walker, formerly pastur of Bowdoiu Sou a re Church, Boston, and at present si-ltleil in Providence, R. I., must be deemed as reliable evidence. No one should tail to observe mat this testimonial is the result of two years' experi ence with the use of VEiiETINE in the Rev. Mr. Walker's family, who now pronounce it invalu able : Providence. R. I., 104 Transit Strkbt. II. R. STEVENS, Elo..: I feel bonnd to express with my signature the high value I plare upon your v luciol. aiy family have used it loy the last two years. Iu nervous debility it is valuable, and I recommend it to all who may need an invigorator, renovating lO0iC- O.T.WALKER, Formerly Pastor of Bowdoin Square Ctiurch.Bos. TIIE BEST EVIDENCE. The followiug letter from Rev. E. S. Beet, Pastor of the M. E. Church, Natick, Mass., will bo read with interest by many physiciaus ; also those sufferiug from the same disease us afflicted the son of the Rev. E. S. Best. No person can doubt this testimony, as there is 30 doubt about the curative power of VEGETINE. Natick, Mass., Jas. 1st, 1873. MR- U. R. STEVENS: Dear Sir We have kooI reasons for regard ius: VEGETINE a medicine of the greatest value. We leel assured that it has been the means of saveiug our son's life. He is now seventeen years of age ; for the last two years be has suf fered from necrosis of his leg, caused by scrnful ous affection, and was so far reduced that nearly all who saw him thought his recovery Impossible. A council or able physicians could give us but the fainiest hope of his ever rallying ; two of the number declaring that he was beyond the reach of human remedies, that even amputation could not save him, as be had not viger enough to en dure the operation. Just then we commenced iriving him VEGETINE and from that time to tlie present he has beeu continuously improving. He has lately resumed studies, thrown away his crutches nnd cane, nnd walks about cheerfully and strong. Though there is still s me discharge from the opeuing where his limb was lanced, we have the fullest confidence that in a little time he will be perfectly cured. He has taken about three dozen bottles of VEGETINE, but lately use but little, as he de clares he is too well to be taking medicine. Respectfully yours, E. S. BEST, Mrs. L. C F. BEST. Prepared by II. K. NTEYEXS, Boston, VE GETINE 13 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS EVERYWHERE. March 26, 1S75. lm. ileto Sobcrtissntiiis. mil's ROTABY-IIOOK LOCK-STITCH Sewing Machines. 1 000,000 OE THEIR Family Machines IN USE. A QUARTER of a CENTURY'S trial has de monstrated their superiority. "TTREELER ft WILSON'S NEW No. 6 T T MACHINE mnst eventually supersede all others now run with which it comes in com petition. W recommend for It the hlehest award which it is In the power of the Institute to bestow," From the unanimous Report of the five Judges of the American Institute, New York, 1874. The Board of Manager unamimously approv ed the report, and recommend for this machine the Gold Medal of the Institute. The Board of Direction unanimously approved this recommendation, and awarded the Gold Medal to Wheeler & Wilson, the only fold medal awarded for a Sewing Machine by the American Institute for many years. The Austrian Official Report of the Vienna Exposition, pronounced It "the marvel of the Exposition," and added, "this universal machine sews the heaviest leather harness and the finest gauze with a trnly pearl stitch." The Grand Medal of Progress was awarded for it. What the Leading Manufactures of Boots and shoes say of WHEELER fc WILSONS SEWING MACHINE. We, manufacturers of boots and shoes, are us ing Wheelor St Wilson' New No. 6 Sewing Ma chine In all kinds of stitching on onr work, and confidently believe that it will supersede all others in this branch of manufactures, for the following reasons : 1. The work done by this machine is superior to that of any other in variety, amount, excel lence and beauty. 2. This machine is more durable than any other of its class, requiring much less outlay for' repairs and renewal of parts. 3. It does the cording or staying of button holes in a most elegant and substantial manner,, without the expense of royalty. In short, because by the nse of this machine we can turn out superior work at leu cost tham with any other. Signtd by many. tFIt Is-fast superseding all other machine for leather work. WHEELER & WILSON'S UNTEW UNTO. 7 MACHINE, now for the first introduced to the public, tanks in excellence with their famous No. 6 Machine, but has some modifications adapting it to special classes of work. The Tailor will find it as well suited to his work as is No. 6 to leather work. It might be properly termed the Tailor's Ma chine. Send for Circular to Wer&WilsoiiMiiifacliiriiiCo, 44 14th St., New York. April 1,'75. 2t.
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