Ihmbnrg ,nuriran; H. B. MASSES., E. WILVERT. i U,ton' SUXBURY. AUGUST 27, 1S75. Kepnbilean State TIeket. FOR UOVEHNOB S GF.S. JOHN F. IURTRANFT, Of Montgomery County, roil STATE TUEASfRER : HON. HENRY KAWLE, Of Erie. KF.riBi.icAS Coiktt Convention. The Re publican voters of Northumberland comity ate requested to meet In each election district at the several place where delegate election' h:ive heretofore been held, on Saturday, the 4lh day of September nest, between the hour of 1 and o'clock p. m., for the purpose of decline dele gate! to the Republican County Convention to be held at the Court House, in the borough of Sunbury, on Mondny, Sept. Gth, 1875, at JO o'clock a. m., for the pnrpo&e of nominating a ticket to be presented to the voters of the county nt the ensuing election- Each district polling two htiudred Republican votes, or less at the last general election Tor State oflicers, will be cu titled to two delegates; each district polling over two hundred votes, and not exceeding three hundred, three delegates ; and each district poll ing over three hundred vote shall In; entitled to four delegate. Under the above rule the different districts will be entitled to the following representation In the Convention : Del. Del. Bunhury, E. W 3 Phamokiu twp 2 W. W SCoal 2 North'd - 3; Ml. Carmel tp 2 Milton, N. W 2 Snydertown 2 g W 2 Jackson 2 Watontown....: 2 Cameron 2 McEwenviiic 2 Jordan 2 Turbuiville ... 2 Upper Mahanoy 2 Tarbut 2: Wushlnston 2 Delaware ......... ... S Lower Manauoy. .. 2 Little Mahanoy.. 2 2 Zerbc - 2 .. 2 Riverside 3 .. lilt. Carmel bor 3 .. 2 Shatnokiu, E. W 4 2:8hamokin, W. W J Ieri , C'biilUquau.ue Point Upper Augusta.. lxwer Augufctd.. Bush.... Bt order of the Standing Committee. EM'L WILVERT, Chairman. M. B. Pkiotlt, &cc'j. TnE Democratic Nominees. The Democratic candidates put io nomination, ou Monday last, are the weakest thai could have been selected. The candidate for Sheriff, Mr. Strinc. is a good citizen, and excellent neighbor, but has had but little experience as a thorough business man, and is considered incompetent for the of fice he is seeking. His record as one of the roost encom promising Democrats during the war and since, gives him no claim on any Republican for support, and his late action with the crusaders has also added to bis unpopularity. It is presumed by Democrats, however, that he might have made a Sheriff if he had been elected when he first ofTereu himself as a candidate about twenty years ago. Mr. W timer, the candidate for Protbono tary, has had thirst foi office for a number of years, and repeatedly when defeated in conventions by his own party.he would look lo the Republicans for consolation and of late years, it was uncertain whether he would continue to be a Democrat, as he as sisted strongly in trying to defeat candid ales of that party. Many of the consistent Democrats have lost confidence in him, which will be hard for biui to restore. The Treasurer, Mr. Dissinger, hails from Lebanon county. Knowing that there was no chance tor office there, he came here to teach the old Democrats of Northumber land county what Democracy is.' He man aged to get into the Ring, and has been one of the main managers for several years past. As the office is one from which the Ring expect favors and support, a desper ate effort was made to cheat better men in the parly out of the nomination. lie ex pects to be elected by the volets of the Mahnnoys, because he can speak German. We expect our friends in the lower end will be much edified with his speeches, which be is exacted to deliver. No doubt he will U-ll them that there were no persons in that section of the couuty qualified to fill the office. For Commissioners the present incum bents, Rcitz and llcnrie received the nom ination. While the former is acknowledged by every one wbe has Itad business in the oflice to be incompetent for the position, he was selected to make up for the defeat of the Treasurer candidates from that section i f the county. Mr. Hem ic is somewhat of tin improvement ou the first, and would have been defeated had the Ring candid ate for SHeriiT succeeded. Tor Auditor, Capt. John McElice, a prominent Irish citizen from ML Carmel township, wait selected to ease off the friend of Mr. Graham, who was a prominent can didate for Sheriff. McElice will bo defeat ed by his preteuded Democratic friends. His colleague, Mr. Ilottcnstinc, is so well known as the "mule auditor" last spring that no one will dispute his election. lie U the right man for the Ring, if not for the iicopla, JoUa V. Taylor, for Coroner, will pro bably be elected, as be is a great expounder of the 'constitution, and what be don't know about that instrument would Gil a large book. lie knows all about Jackson's Democracy. He will be heard to advocate ail the Ring candidates as far as the hu piau voice can reach. Tl New York World, in its effort to compel tins Pennsylvania Democracy to march up Lo the hard money standard, is telling some very plain truths, in a decided ly cutting way. It says : 'The Democratic party is either a thing of shreds and patches, or it is a party with fixed principles and established traditions, which have ibe warrant of experience and the approval of reason and common sense.' This means that it must be a unit on all questions. It must either accept the Ohio doctrine en tire or repudiate it wholty. 'In 1872,' it sorrowfully says, 'we went into the contest for the Presidency with the best cause that ever a party bad, but with a candidate who represented nothing (apart from 'clasping hands across the bloody chasm'), except what was antagonistic and repulsive to De mocracy, and with a platform that resem bled the farrago of a beggar's basket. The natural, inevitable result was a defeat both crushing aud humiliating. We ate no end of dirt, and got nothing by it only kicks and contempt. We hurrahed for Greeley and elected Grant. We disgraced ourselves, and were trampled in the mire by the triumphal procession ot our adver saries. r' The example furnished is rather a bad one. The Democracy were sufficient ly united on the surf:e, but they were so palpably hypocritical that the country re fused to trust thetn. We have now a ques tion to ask, based ou the above: If they were untrustworthy in 1872, when they joiued hands with the Liberals, are they more trustworthy now, wheu they are for i Dilation and hard mouey both ? Tug fight among the Democracy, iu view of the approaching State Convention, is quite refreshing. It shows that the an cient spirit of the uulerrified still exists. Where their is a battle to be faught, wheth er ial lite common enemy, or among theiimjlve, their spirit rouses, and the aucicut lire revives. Wallace, for the j litue being, is the ruling spirit of the oc-' casion. but there is a kree rebellious tie- ment. Kast and West, and it is not so shure j that he will succeed in earring his mens- j urea entire. (Should he fail, his prestige ; . a i . ilf.. i. ' will be broken, ana tie win rant ai asu Ington as a Seualor of small account. Thus thr motive, and thus the fight Tub Democratic County Conven tion. The Democratic Convention, on Monday last, was probably the most ex citable one ever held in this county. The struggle lietweeu the Ring and thoBe who were not acceptable, was the fiercest we have ever witnessed. There -j ere 14 can didates for Sheriff; 6 for Protbonotary ; 7 for Treasurer, aud 11 for Commissioner, to be disposed of, aud after an exciting pri mary election in the different districts, on Saturday, it was evident that no ordinary struggle to grasp the offices would ensue. The Ring which controls the Democracy of of this county, however, were prepared with their slate and had their plans well laid. The fact that the Democratic Coun ty Committee had selected the. candidates two months previous, and it became known that Wm. M. Weaver had been selected for Sheriff', David Dissinger for Treasurer, and J. J. Auten for Prothonotary, made the other aspirants work the harder to break the slate, and the contest was then between the candidates in the Ring, and j candidates who wished to get in. harly j on Monday morning our streets began to j present a lively appearance, and the candi- date corner, below our office, was chosen i as the spot to decide what should be done. J. E. Eichholtz, D. C. Dissinger and L. Shipman of the Ring, were on the ground and worked faithful in trying to convince the delegates that no pre-arrangemcnts had been made. We conversed with a number of delegates who were entirely ig norant of what the result was likely to be. Some of the delegates, however, soon learn ed that there were ways dark and deep, through which the naked eye was unable to pierce. Many of the districts having been advised not to instruct their delegates and await instructions when they arrived here to attend the convention, began to feel an uneasiness. On the arrival of the Shamokin train which brought the Ring leader, the pro gramme for ballotting was at once arrang ed, viz: that when the lowest candidates were dropped the delegates were at liberty to vote for their choice. A few, however, rebelled and declined such an arrangement which was tho signal for another struggle in the convention. When the convention was called to order by J. E. Eichholtz, boss of the county committee. Major W. L. Dewart was noticed to take a front seat aud occupied a conspicuous spot bo that Bome outsider might nominate him for chairman of the convention, and the Ring would not be blamed of having arranged it previously. This bad the desired effect aud the Major was nominated and elected. On takiug the chair he indulged in remarks which were altogether characteristic, ot his previous services in the Ring. He claimed that the Democratic party, as well as its members were all honest, and that the Republicans, without exception, were unscrupulous and dishonest. All who have heard the Major's speeches in the past will readily understand that he is not responsible when excited, and on reflection has, no doubt, already regretted it, as the general opinion among honest Democrats was that such language was uncalled for and unwarranted, and one prominent Democrat took occasion to call him "a d d fool.-' A recess was taken until after dinner, when they again met and at once pro ceeded to ballot for Sheriff. Several bal lots were taken without any change. The Major then annouueed that the rules of their party was to drop the candidate hav ing the lowest number of votes ou each ballot. Here was the signal for the dele gates to gradually fall iu for the Ring can didate. The delegates, however, refused and ballotting continued until the ninth ballot, when a break was made, and Wea ver began to increase his vote. The Ma hanoy delegates refused to be brought over and stood firm. Considerable excitement prevailed at this stage of the proceedings, although the Major, with gavel in hand, hammering on the desk vehemently de manded eilcuce. The Ring members look ed defiantly at the Mahanoy delegates. On the 12th ballot it became so glaring that there had beeu a pre-arrangement, that many became disgusted and one delegate ieft the convention. On the 13th ballot the list of candidates was cut dowu to two, the Ring candidate, and Mr. Strinc of Mil ton; the latter 'having the inside track. It was seen that unless a desperate effort could be made to change the Mahanoy delegates, the Ring candidate would be defeated. The Major arose and announced that no aj plauso would be allowed after a nomina tion was made. On the 14th ballot Mr. Strlne received a majority, and the mem bers of the Ring became nervous and some looked pale. The Major arose to announce the result but was unnerved and came near losing his balance, but recovered himself atid in a nervous tone announced that Mr. Strine was the nominee. The announcement struck terror into the Ring while a number of delegates made a hasty retreat out of the Court House. The Ring candidate for Treasurer, wanted to make the spectators believe that the delegates wanted to make the trains, got up and offered to 6end them home if they would only 6lay to vote for him. They did not return, however, and the nomina tion for Prothonotary was announced lo be in order. J. J. Auten, the Ring candidate and his brother, botu candidates, declined. Having previously offered to do so if the candidate for sheriff should fall oc that side of the river. The offer being made ou the expectation that the Ring slate could not be broken. Mr. Weimer was then selected over Mr. Reimensnydcr, which gave considerable dissatisfaction among the delegates from the lower end, on ac count of Mr. Weimer's proceedings two years ago in try ing to oust tlm Democratic candidate for Treasurer, and let a Repub lican in the office. Next came Treasurer, but the Ring bad already concentrated all their forces for their candidate. This was the most important office in their estima tion for certaiu purposes, The candidates presented from the lower end were doomed though acknowledged by everybody that either Mr. Wciser or Mr. Tresslcr were the best fitted and had the best claim. Mr. Dissinger was nominated, although com paratively a new comer iu the county, and the old members of the party were forced to stand back because he was better ac quainted and can be used to better advan tage by the Ring. After the nomination of Treasurer it was easier to nominate the Ring candidates for County Commission ers, as a number or delezates had left in disgusl. The present incumbents were renominated to the great surprise of every body, as it is well known that others were to take their places. To couclude the farce of forming a tick et, the "mule" auditor, Mr. Hottenstine, was hung on the tail end of the ticket for an other term, and to show that the Riug is not ungrateful towards the Irish, they put Capt. John McElice with the "mule" for County Auditor. A most worthy Irish gentleman, Mr. Graham, was presented for Hherift, but he stood nochance with the Ring, and iu order to heal the matter with the Irish the Captain was selected to as sist in bringing up the rear. Capt. McElice is a good man, aud would make an excel lent officer, but we doubt whether he will re ceive the support of the Ring. At the conclusion everything was con fusion aud curses loud and deep were heard on every side. Many of the proceedings that arc to be published were omitted in the convention. Any oue looking on in the convention could not help but conclude that the J)emocratic party in Northumber land county,conducted by its present lead ers was getting into a very demoralized Mate, A Great Hood iu and about Tama-qua- Thousands of Dollars worth of property detttroyeti. About four o'clock Wednesday morning a furious rain storm, which was also felt in this vicinity, burst upon Tamaqua and the country in the neighborhood. The Hem of last evening thus describes the storm : "For over an hour the rain descended in perfect torrents, and it is probable that the quantity of water which fell was never be fore equalled in the same length of time in this vicinity. In an incredibly short time the insignificant Wabash creek, was swol lcu to the proportions of a roaring torrent, and careered along, black, turbid and seeth iu, resistlessly carrying before it every obstacle, devastilating gardens, inunda ting cellars, aud causing very consid erable loss and damage. We might fill coluiii'is with the details of iudividual losses. The cellars of all the stores on tho north side of Broad street were iuundaled, aud all loss more or less in some cases very considerable by the daiuagiug of stocks of groceries, &c. Per haps the heaviest loser in this way is Mr. Louis K. Schwartz, whose store is at No. 23 West Broad street, corner of Berwick. We have beard his loss in sugars and other groceries, estimated as high as three hun dred dollars. All the underground restaurants ou the lower part of West Broad street, were com pletely submerged, and all the proprietors suffered more or less damage or loss. In Harry Ray's United States restaurant, which had just been remodelled, renova ted and tilted up in splendid style, there must have been at least five feet of water The billiard tables were lifted off their feet and floated, but fortunately sustained no serious damage. The Germauio, corner of Broad and Berwick, under Schwartz's store, the Grand Central, corner of Broad and the railroad, the Railroad restaurant, under the Columbia House, and others, were all drowned out and compelled to suspend busiuess. We cannot possibly fiud space lo record the losses in provisions, &c, suffered by private families, but scores of them lost the whole contents of their cellars, and were compelled to send out their market bask ets to procure the necessaries for a break fast. It has been commonly supposed that the dwellers upon hill-tops were secure from danger by flood ; but in this instance some of the greatest ravages of the storm were experienced on the high grounds about town. On Spruce street below the corner of Hunter there is abundant evidence that the water must have rushed down in a perfect deluge, At this point for a distance of perhaps fifty yards ou the South side of the street a gully has been washed out some five feet deep, and had the roaring torrent continued much longer it must have washed the foundation of the resi dence of Mr. G. W. Hadesty. Some of the high streets in the North ward also cougbt it severely--notably Pitt street. Here the cellars were inundated by the rush of water from the bill and streets above, and a resident informs us that his loss, which he says is a fair criterion of that of many of his neighbors, will reach fully fifty dollars, in provisions, etc. But by far thogreatcsl damage was suf fered on the Tamaqua branch of the Cen tral Railroad of New Jersey. For a dis tance of two or tluee miles between this city and Bull Run the road is almost de stroyedbridges swept away, culverts washed out, rails twisted aud bent, tracks washed away and covered with debris of every description. The officers of tbe Company express tho opinion that it will require at least three days time to put the toad in such a condition as to permit the running of trains." Miners Journal of 20. Bigoted Bkctes. On Wednesday morning. Lawrence Tierney aud his wife were brought before K. McMaluui, Esq., on a charge of cruelly bealiug their daughter Hargaret, a girl aged about fifteen )'ears. A large number of witnesses were examin ed and from their testimony it appears, that on Tuesday evening, Margaret was at tacked by her parents, (Tierney says by his wife, and Mrs. Tierney says by Law rence,) and most shamefully maltreated. Her wrist was dislocated and she was beat en about the body and stomach so badly that the Doctor pronounced her unable to appear before the Justice to give her testi mony. Neither Tierney nor his wife gave any reason for their cruel treatment of the girl, but she herself says it all arises from the fact that she associates with Protestant girls of her own age, her former school companions, aud they are afraid she will become a Protestant. The Justice held the pareuts iu two hundred dollars bail to an swer the charge at court. To those who are unfamiliar with the bigotry and intolerance of Catholicism, it seems almost incredible that parents could proceed to such leuslhs merely because their children associated with Protestant children. But the blind followers of the priest-ridden church of Rome, stop at noth ing when they see real or imaginary danger to the Holy Catholic Church. The ties of blood aud the claims of humanity are alike set at naught, and everything, however. atrocious, if done in the name of the church, is considered just and right, aud brings its own atonement and even reward. Aside from his bigotry, Tierney has ahvayB been considered a peaceable and law-abiding citizen. It is hoped that the law will administer a rebuke to him and his wife which will render them more obedient to the dictates of consanguinity and humanity and less subservient to the bigoted behests of their priest-ridden church. Miltonian of htxt tretk. The green corn season is at its height, and everybody is enjoying an abundance of this delicious vegetable. The sweet or sugar varieties are much the best, and large quantities of the latter are being gathered for drying for winter use. It is one of the best articles that can grace the table in the winter season, at a time wheu it is very difficult to command a great va riety of vegetables. On Tuesday of last week a dog belong ing to Wm. A. Iean, Esq., of Le wis town ship, Northumberland Co., attacked a three year old boy of Mr. Bctz, (Mr. Dean's farmer) and before he was taken oft' bad bitten the little fellow very badly. One ear was nearly torn off and the head was very much lacerated. Dr. Treon dressed the wounds and thinks the child ma' re cover. The dog was never regarded as vicious in the-least aud it is hard to assign a cause for the attack on the little child. W'atiotntoira Jkcord. Advices from thirteen couuties in differ ent parts of Wesconsin show that there was a frost on Sunday morning Rnd a heavy frost on Monday morning. Corn suffered great damage, and reports come from some places that three-quarters of it is killed. Tobacco, of which there is a large acreage in Keokuk, aud Jefferson counties, is total'.y destroyed. Hops, buckwheat, potatoes and all vines on low lands are badly injured. The weather was cold and the prospect good for another frost the following night. A BLOODY NIGHT NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN. It would be a task impossible even for the traveling correspondents of the sensa tional papers of New York city, to over draw the horrors which Saturday uight precipitated upon the people of the Maha noy Valley. It was indeed a horrible night when even a child might understand that the devil had business on his hands. Two dastardly assassinations aud one case of manslaughter, besides several cases of lesser crimes, were the devil's harvest. " At Girardville possibly the most heinous crime of the short, but bloody list, was com mitted. A good citizen and a mild, inof fensive man was murdered in the person of Thomas Gwytber, justice of the jwace. Saturday tbe men in the Mahanoy Valley received the first pay of any cousequetice since the strike, and the result was that Girardville in the evening was crowded with men in various stages of intoxication. The rougher element among them grew absolute ly rampant and defiant of lawful restraint. Gangs of them went about the streets, flourishing revolvers. Though there special policemen they were powerless and cowed. One of the gangs of roughs was led by a man named Hoary, who was heard to ex claim, as he flourished his revoler : "Give me a man to shoot. I'll kill the first man that iusults me." In their travels this gang went to Jacob Wendel's tavern, and jostled a number of men in the bar-room. Hoary struck a man named Slitzler(?). 'Squire Gwyther was sitting in the room at the time, and to him Hoary's victim ap plied for a warrant. Before matters could advance any further here, AVendel put Hoary and party out, and then let the 'Squire and the complainant out by the back way. They went to the 'Squire's office and he had begun to write out a war rant for Hoary's arrest., when that individ ual and his gang entered the office, threat ening to kill both the Justice and the plain tiff if the wanant should be issued. They were got out and the door locked. The warrant was properly made out, and the 'Squire stepped out to look for Hoary. He was standing near his own door at the corner, when he saw a man a few yards off with a levelled gun. His daughter also saw the man, and cried out, "For God's sake, don't shoot father !" Almost immediately the gun was fired, the contents taking effect in the breast of the Justice, and in a short while causing death. The assassin fled and escaped. A man named Thos. Love was arrested on suspicion, but he proved an alibi aud was released. Subse quently it was ascertained that the ass'issin was Wm. Love, who is missing. It is be lieved that he is concealed in the neighbor hood by his friends. Naturally so bold a defiance of law and so dastardly a murder created the most intense excitement in the borough and vicinity, where the victim was known aud esteemed. W. G. Gwyther offers a reward of $100 for the apprehension of Wm Love. The county authorities make the sum $G00. GOMER JAMES BUTCHERED. At Shenandoah a cold and premeditated murder was committed, if the information that we could gather by wire or by person al interview is correct. The motive of this assassination is to be sought in the events of the past. Ou Monday night, August 11th, 1873, a Welshman named Tom Jones was assaulted, knocked down and beaten by a man named Edward Cosgrave, in Shenandoah. Jones' friends ran to his rescue and among them was a young man named Gomer James, a Welsh miner. In the trouble which followed, Cosgrove was shot and killed, James was accused of his murder, arrested and tried. The testimony at the trial was not sufficient to convict him and he was acquitted. His escape incensed CoBgrove's friends, who believed him guilty and threats were made to take his life. Saturday the Rescue Hook and Ladder Company, of Shenandoah, held a picnic, which was well attended, and which was run far into the night. Gomer James somewhere about 11 o'clock was attending bar at this picnic, and a number of men came up. They asked for beer and while James was drawing it, he was shot and killed. In the darkness and confusion the assassin escaped. Of course this cowardly murder created a tremendous hubbub at the picnic aud spoiled its pleasures. A dispatch from Shenandoah, received Sunday evening, says : Gomer James was shot last evening, about 12 o'clock, at the picnic grounds at Hcckscher & Glover's Grove, the ball passing through his heart, embedding itself in his back near the skin. Dr. Quail, Coroner, assisted by Drs. Rea gan and Byers, held a post mortem exam ination. leputy Coroner Dengler cmpan nellcd the following jury : T. J. Foster, R. Stacker, Lyani Bloom, George A. Herring, A. H. Roades, and II. C. Boyer. LAWLESSNESS AT MAHANOY CITY. The usual results of a large pay were visible in Mahauoy, Saturday night. There were numbers of drunken men on the streets, and a lawless spirit seemed to ani mate sonic of them. There were several encouuters in a fight which cost the life of an innocent citizen. A disturbance arose at Philips' Pottsviile House, on Ceutrc street, between 'Bully Bill' or Wm. Thom as, and a man named James Dugan. Both men drew revolvers, and fired a number of shots at each other. Which fired the first shot we could not ascertain. Thomas was iu an intoxicated condition. He received a bullet in his left check, where it now is. A man whose name is given as ChristaiH Zimmerman or Christian Brctihower, who was standing across the street waiting for his wife to come out ot a store where she was shopping, received a bullet through his left lung. It was takeu out of his back. Sunday Dugan was arrested and held by 'Squire Comrey in B0O, for an aggravated assault and battery on William Thomas. Thomas was arrested and committed by 'Squire Groody in default of S1800 bail, for an aggravated assault and battery on Du gan. He was lodged in the county jail Sunday by Officer Gorman. So it appears no one has beeu arrested for the killing of the innocent man. A man whose name we did not learn re ceived a flesh wound in a leg during the ehootiog. A man named 'Carney' Shoe maker, while standing on his own door steps, was assaulted by a party of young men. He was struck ou the head with a billy, aud had au oyster knife stuck into his his back. His injuries are not serious. Pottsviile Miners1 Journal Awj. 20th. A Negro Insurrection. The tele graph which is run through the South iu the interest of the Democracy, was busy, last week, telling about a terrible negro plot that had been discovered in Georgia for the murder of all the whites. A letter or two had been fouud, which probably had been gotten up with a design to fur nish evideuce that such a plot existed, which fortold terrible th iugs about to occur To add probability lo the story, a number of arrests were made. It is not at all like ly that the negroes weie plotting at all ; but it is more than probable that it is a scheme to fritrbten the uegroes so as to mako them more submissive, whilo it may be calculated to help the Democrats u t heir campaign m Ohio, K. OF l ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND APPOINT MENT OF COMMITTEES. The following officers were elected by the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias at its session held in Easton, on Wednesday of last week : Grand Chancellor, E. Walter Scott, No 10 ; Grand Vice Chancellor, Henry M. Wadsworth, No. 33 ; Grand Prelate, Jos eph S. Waream, No. 2"5 ; Grand keeper of Records and Seal, George Ilawkes, No. 12D; Grand Master of Exchequer, William T. Rose. No. 37 ; Grand Master-at-arms, A. A. Duke, No. 70 ; Grand Inner Guard, John Ralston, No. 323; Grand Outer Guard, Henry Storckbine, No. 12 ; Rep resentives to the Supreme Lodge for Two Years, Daniel M. Blackburn, No. 01, John Stotzer, No. 77 ; Trustee, John W. Beebe, No. C. After the installation of the officers for the year 187.) 7ti, the Grand Chancellor announced his committees, as follows : Finauce and Mileage L. B. Justice, No. 28, chairman ; Charles N. Bobbins, No. 19; George W. Buckman, No. 7; D. W. Bussiugcr, No. 3S ; A. A. Witsil, No. GO. Laws aud Supervision John B, Merritt No. 25 ; E. Cornell Est en, No. 127 ; Charles Humphreys, No. Gl ; Henry B. Bains, No 17o ; Courad Pastre, No. 05. Appeals and Grievances Morris II. Gorham, No. 23 ; Thomas T. Clegg, No. 139 ; Smith D. Cozzeus, No. 0; Charles G. Hill, No. 47 ; II. C. Martin, No. 110, Returns and Credentials John I Wynn No. 17 ; Moses P. Hamburg, No. 17 ; Charles W. Willingmyre, No. 55. Superinteudance Wm. A. M. Love, No 22 ; Geo. W. Ward, No. 1 ; Austiu Long. No. 8 ; W. II. Hart, No. 40 ; Fred. Black burn, No. 123 ; Joseph F. Williams, No. 1GG; William Cooper, No. 62; William Smith, No. 350; W. B. Dixon, No. 01 i George W. Green, No. 129 ; W. II. Valen tine, No. 182 ; N. J. Siegfried, No. 34 ; Chas. II. Wills, No. 13. Printing Charles K. Neisser, No. 20 ; Fred. W. Fisk, No. 5; Christian Sharer, No. 24. Physicians are of tho opinion that the coming autumn will be particularly uu healthy, owing to the heavy and almost continuous rainfall, for weeks past. It will serve to cause an earlier decay of vege tation than i9 usual, and this will produce malaria. Unless we shall have better weather than can reasonably be expected, we will have severe fevers this autumu. Where persons are compelled to remain iu town, care should be taken that houses are dried by the use of fires, and flannel under garments should be freely used. Care should be taken as to diet, but here no general rule can be given, the personal tastes and habits of persons entering into the account. The Danville, Pa., American says : A rumor is in circulation that the PenusyH vania Iron Woik9 are about to pass out of the hands of Waterman & Beaver into the hands of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany. We do not know what foundation there is for the report, but such a change would be of incalculable benefit to the town Cash payments is the invariable rule of the Pennsylvania Company. The recent English failures have thrown no less than eight hundred clerks out of employment. At the best of times all such find terrible difficulty iu getting employment, if they arc once bo unfortu nate as to loose it. Correspondence. or it m:w yokk i.ktti.k. THE GREAT FAILURE MORRISSY POLI TICS AND BUSINESS HOSPITAL BAUOES HOME AGAIN-WOMEN'S DRESS TELE GRAPH MONOPOLY BC SINESS BEECHER-TILTON. NEW Yokk, A"cnst 17, 1875. the Great failure. One not in the secret of business arrange ments, and not entirely conversant with business morality, would really feel very sorry at the failure of a banker or merchant, particularly if the said banker or merchant had long enjoyed the confidence of his fel lows. In imagination we picture the man waking up some morning and finding him self unable to meet his engagements, and we fancy the anguish that tears him almost limb from limb. Then comes the sheriff, the eviction, the giving up of the grand mansion, the taking of humble rooms, the humiliatiug search for employment, and all that sort of thing. That used to be the pro gramme some years ago, but it isn't now. Duncan, Sherman & Co. failed a few weeks ago, but there wasu't any anguish about it. They proceeded deliberately to shove out all the letters of credit they could; they put acceptances on the market wher ever it was possible ; they gathered in all the deposits they could ; they turned over all their real estate to their fathers and wives, and then in the coolest and most dig nified manner possible they announced their "inability to meet their eugagenicuts,"and each member of the firm retired to his country seat. There are hundreds of ruined men who had their all in the hands of these sharks, but that doesn't disturb the serenity of Duncau, Sherman, or the Company. Mr. Duncan has the grandest palace on Stateu Island. His magniticeut mausion stands in the center of forty acres ; and within that mausion there is silver-plate and furniture enough to buy a county in the West. The richest conservatories, the most delightful grounds, an array of servants, horses and carriages without number, all these things Mr. Duncan has always enjoyed and always will. If you should suggest to him that this place ought to be turned over for the beue Gt of his creditors, Mr Duncau would laugh in your face. That isn't the way they do it. He has an income, fixed and secured, enough to keep up the establishment in the same hospitable manner that has always distinguished it. How did they fail ? Easy enough. Their own money safely put away, they took that of the other people who placed it in their hands and speculated with it. Their speculations resulted adversely, and they went under. And, would you believe it, there is but one newspaper in New York that has dared to characterize this thing as a villainy only one. On the contrary,they all expressed sympathy for the firm! There is little teraptatiou to an honest life when the rogue gets all the sympathy. If swin dled depositors would occasionally hang a scoundrells bauker, it would have an excel lent moral effect on the business. JOHN MORUISSY. The pugulist, gambler and leader of De mocracy, don't propose to be killed as easily as Kelly and the other Tammanyites would wish. The fact is, John is strouger than Tammany. He has an immense following of the lower classes of Irish and Americans, and he can coutrol more caucusses than any man in the city. With this strength at his back, John objects to being counted out as a man of no account. He wants his say in matters ; he wants his share of the offices ; be wants his dip Into the Treasury; in short the short haired John wants to be a leader of Democracy. So when Tammany struck him, he struck back, and Tammany was as tonished at the force of the blow. As the Democracy are very likely to split, there is a remote possibility that the Republicans may get control of the city at the next elec tion. I say remote, for somehow the many factions of the Democracy have a trick of coming together when the spoils are in danger. But let us hope that their angry passions may be aroused sufficiently to enable the decency of tbe city to have a show. POLITICS AND BUSINESS. The city takes a very lively interest in the Ohio election, because of the peculiar position of the parties. The stand the De mocracy have taken for inflation has awak ened a feeling here against the party that finds a very free expression. The best Democrats here pray for the defeat of Allen and his ragiuoney. New York is suffering more from the geueral depression in busi ness than any of the cities, and they all know that inflation would be a temporary relief, but they know also that settling day must come sooner or later, and as they are part way to it, they prefer to hold on till it is here. What they want is something settle1 anl Gxcd- TJie merchant now goes to wilh 8300,000 in goods-he wakes up to find the decline iu gold has knocked off 5 per cent., which of itself is a profit. m i t ii . a rue, a rise neipa tnem, uut as ne is a merchant and not a broker, he does not want his trade affected by causes which he neither understands or can in any way control. If the business men of New York had their way Allen would be beaten by 100,000 majority. the hospital barge of st. joiin's GUILD. Mention was made last year in these let ters of the excursions for sick children, sent out by the active and wise charity of this noble association. Thousands of ailing in fants and their mothers twice a week went out iu the bay in the steamer chartered by the Guild, and the days spent in cool pure air, away from the fetid, stifling dens they inhabit, were the only things that stood be tween these little lives and death. The statements of tbe health officers show that the decrease in infaut mortality among the poor is no imaginary result of senti mental charity. Probably twenty-five per cent of the sick childn reached by this aid owe their life ant7 altli to these hours of pure air. Thisy the Guild was able to own a barge, fitttJ up as a floating Hos pital with every convenience for the sick, and every pleasant day it carries out a load of patients away from the heat aud smells of the city into the blessed coolness and brightness of oceau. A better work, more truly becoming the name of Christian, was never doue in our cities. It is much the fashion to pity dwellers in large and crowd ed cities, but if interior towns would take the idea of similar sanitary measures, it would tell greatly ou the epidemics which are increasing weekly this fatal season. There is better chance, for the poor iu New York, Boston and Philadelphia to-day, with the close inspection of health officers aud sanitary rules, then in the und rained, untended outskirts of a manufacturing vil lage, in shanties sandwiched between the wash of a stream, which is the common sewer of the township, and littered streets, odorous with garbage and Jamestown weed. By the way it would have percep tible effect on the fever and ague aud the typhoid, that hold carnival this rainy year, if there were a general mowing of herbage, and clearing up of streets and waste places in rural towns. These things poison whole neighborhoods. HOME AGAIN. The railroads aro crowded wilh visitors to the summer resorts, driven home by the wet chilly weather. Tbeie is no fun sitting on wet verandahs in the evening with a blanket shawl aud overcoat, or shivering in vast damp drawing-rooms, and dressing by fires while the raiu pours against the win dows. Rheumatism is too dear at $4.50 a day. The great desideratum, as the school ma'ams off duty always say, is uot so much a cool place as a dry one, and a sunny one. The present is not a cheerful season, look ed at from any point. The cold spring killed the cherries and small fruits. It is hot and rainy iu town ; cold and rainy in the country. The news is business circles i3 of such a nature as to call for courage to open the eveniug paper, and tfie wildest prophet had rather bet on Tice's cold Christmas and October earthquake than venture to guess wheu trade will be better. WOMEN'S DRESS. The difference in women's dress is a striking comment on the hardness of the times. The trim figure in debege and plaid Oxford ginghams that fill the prome nade offer few of those gorgeous exceptions in lace and ruffled silk that used to make gay the pavement before the Fifth Avenue Hotel afternoons. Money buys three times as much as it used to. but where is the mouey ? Women look as pretty as they used to, even prettier. The subsidence of the late extravagant styles of hair dressing and paniers reveals the fact that they were originally made with some attention to the Hues of sracc. But the heavy silks and over-dress of lace, the costly bonnets of marabout and tulle, and wondoi full combi nations of traiu, overskirt, aud potif that struck wonder to the heart of bystanders, are known no more, .and as as a result dressmakers aie going out of business by the score. TELEGRAPH MONOPOLY. Jay 'Gould, having gobbled the Union Pacific Road and the Pacific Mail, has swallowed the Western Union Telegraph Company, aud is paving the way to take iu with it the Atlantic aud Pacific, its only rival. The times we shall have with our dispatches, when the only wires in the country are under the control of the most unscrupulous man iu the country ! Hea vens I how he will flay us ! Now, with the lines in active rivalry, telegraphing is to some points uot more thau four times what is should be, but when the oyposition is removed by consolidation, up to the rates to just whatever point will satisfy the cormoraut. There is but one remedy for this, and that is the placing of the tele graph in the hands of the Postal Depart ment, just as the transmission of letters is and always has been. When Mr. Gould's plans mature, and he puts the screws on'a little, possibly the poople will Bee it, and instruct their representatives so plainly to do it, ihat Gould and his ring will uot be able to buy them. There can be just as many reasons given why the Government should not carry letters as why it should uot send telegraphic dis patches. BUSINESS. is still wretchedly dull, and there are no slums of its being any better iu the fall. In fact, busiuess men have given up the idea of any decided change till next year, or at least till after the present crop is harvested and marketed. By that time they believe the stocks on hand will be exhausted and that exchanges must commence again. They are encouraged somewhat by the later reports from tho country. Despite the terrible rains, the average production j will be good, and there will be a fair Eu ropean demand for it. So buoyed up by hope they are all taking in sail by reducing their expenses and holding on till the good times, so long looked for come to them again, neaven send that they may not be too long in coming, for a most terrible experience the business of the country has gone through for three long, dreary years. THE BEECHER-TILTON CASE. remains in statu quo. Tilton is going for Beecher once more, but the announcement makes no sensation. The public here have lost all interest iu the sorrows of Theodore, and I doubt if anything can galvanize the corpse into life. Whenever the name of either of the parties is mentioned, people simply hold their noses and don't stop to discuss. Consequently if the trial ever takes place it will be of very short dura tion. It was the interest the public took in it that prolonged it so before. Let us hope we have heard tho last of it. pietro. RENTS AND INCOMES FRUITS THE NEW POST-OFFICE INFLATION TnE CITY IN SUMMER FUN AND MONOPOLIES THE WEATHER. New York, August 24, 1875. RENTS. The position of New York on the cur rency question is generous, to say the least, for there is no city in this country that is so smitten wilh hard times, or that is suffering so terribly therefrom. In nothing is this more manifest than in the matter of rents. A store on Broadway that, three years ago, would command $12, 000 por annum, and be sought for at that, can now be had for 0,000, and the owner thinks himself or herself, as the case, may be, very lucky to get that- There are thousands of stores in the city empty, and holding up rents is simply impossible. And the same is true of dwellings. In Brooklyn there are six thousand dwellings empty, and how many thousands in New York cannot be computed. The effect of this upon the retired classes who have been, and still desire to live upon their accumulations, is fearful. Madam Blank, we will say, has a husband who made his million, invested it iu real estate, and retired from business, happy in the consciousness of a certaiu income of, we will say, 70,000 per annum, which, as it was all in Broadway stores and eligible dwellings, could not be lessened or dimin ished. Madam, her daughters, and her sons all got a fixed habit of living at the rate of 70,000 per year. She had car riages and jewels and dresses as her pro portion of that sum, aud Maria, Jane, Arabella, Tom, Alexis, and Ulysses have always had iheij expenditures pitched to the same key. Now imagine the agony of these seven people when the head of the family announces that rents have so gone down that expenditures must be cut down a half that such a carriage must be given up that such and such servants must be dismissed, and that pocket and pin money must be reduced. Madam groans, tbe girls pout and wonder, and the young gen tlemen swear great oaths. But they have to come down all the same, for the money is not. The effect of the hard times upon the va rious classes is something peculiar. The spruce young man who was wont to buy his clothes at the fashionable establish ments on Broadway, at a cost of 125 to S200 a suit, is perfectly willing to slide around into the Bowery and get the same things for 00. True, he says he gets them on Broadway all the same, but occasion ally two of them meet in a cheap shop and the cat get3 out of the bag. Madam ou the avenue is seen iu Bowery shops, aud Sixth avenue is getting to be good enough to trade in, particularly as goods average about thirty per cent, less than on Broadway. The consumption of liquors at the clubs has largely decreased, particularly of fine liquors. The swell who once prided him self npon fifty-cent brandy, is now willing enough to iuspire his shringing soul with ten-cent whisky, and the foaming lager at fifteen cents the bottle very largely takes the place of champagne at 84.50. Like wise cigars at three for twenty-five cents, are fouud to agree very well with those who were wont to turn up their noses at anything less than fifty cents. The hard times are ripping into extravagance, and in this regard good 13 being accomplished. L.el us nope tnat the lesson we are now learning may stay with us. FRUITS. One of the phenomena of New York just now is the abuudance and cheapness of fruit. Peaches arc a positive drug in the market. They are arriving by the hun dred cars each day, the supply being very far beyond the power of the people to con sume. More peaches are carted off spoiled each day than are sold ; and the supply does not diminish, but is rather on the iu crease. From Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dehv ware, and Maryland the luscious fruit comes pouring in endless, never-failing streams, and the people revel in it. There are so many thousands of bushels arriving daily more than are required, that it seems a pity that some of them could not be taken farther North, where the peo ple would be glad to get them at any price. And as it is with peaches, so it is with melons, and iu fact, everything good to eat. The City is filled with fruits and vegetables, at very low prices. Consequently only the best is used, and the children of the poor are happy and healthy. Were it only a little less hot, New York would be a de lightful place to live iu just now. Certain ly one can get anything one wants to eat very easily and cheaply. THE NEW POST-OFFICE, The new post-office, which has been un der way for several years, is now almost finished, so nearly that it will be occupied for postal busiuess the 2Sih of this mouth. It is probably the finest building for the purpose in the world, and has been built at less cost to the Government. It is sit uated at the junction of Park Row aud Broadway, in the very heart of the busi ness of the city, a position at ouce strong and convenient. The packing of the books and papers for the removal has already been commenced. The work will bo com menced on a Saturday night, and it is cal culated that the trausfer will all be made before Monday morning. The efficiency of the service in the City will be greatly increased. The old Post-Office was for merly a church, altered for the purpose, and a more dingv, inconvenient labor making place could not be conceived. Now, every possible facility for quick, thorough, and effective work Will be had, and the postmaster and his employees will he happy. INFLATION. As I said last week, the business roeu of the City are greatly exercised about the Ohio election. They are opposed, without distinction of party, to inflation, and there fore they most earnestly desire the defeat of Allen, the Democratic inflation candi date. The various commercial bodies of the City will, before the election, issue an appeal to the citizens of Ohio, to kill infla tion by their votes, that the country may ret into a fettled financial condition as soon as possible. Wm. Allen, running in the State of New York, would be beaten 300,000 majority. Tbe feeling of the Dem ocracy against him is intense. THE CITY IN SUMMER. The terrible heals of July over, this city is far from being tbe most intolerable place to be condemned to for summer. One appreciates it after coming back from the hard beds, scant blueberries, and num erous extortions of country hotels and boarding-houses, to tbe comforts and peach baskets of this reviled island. There is a time when the spirit of the old Man hattancse returns to bis ancient smoking grounds when the flight of fashion and frivolity leaves room for his peaceful ,hade it delights to return and under benignant August suns, wander through the haunts where it first held claim where the great Central depot stands and the iron street bridges span tbe railway, once where groves sacred to squirrel-stoning and breeding of quail. Farther down, where the gray of rust aud dust begins to show on the mod ern iron building, once where peach orch ards and honey hives, and buckwheat fields white with blossom. Oce may fancy the kindly shade hovering, well pleased, over the Crolou market peach baskets filled with ruddy luscious cheeks set off with green leaves, or smiling approval on the clear blue waters of the ample reservior that gives such unimaginable comfort to the dwellers in the city. This year there are none of the significant appeals from the Reservoir Commissioners to be more spar ing of the water in the time when it is needed most. A city a family for the matter does not only want water to use but to waste, so that it may be used in the freest, most generous manner, sluicing pavements and gutters, sprinkling streets and grassplots, keeping every corner pure and sweet, and holding disease at bay by the bright two-edged sword of cleanliness. FUN AND MONOPOLIES. If there is to be very little trade next autumn, as shrewd ones prophecy, there will be plenty of fun, according to the promises held out. The best singers and actors are announced for the coming sea son, and it is more than probable that the managers will have to follow the examples of railroads, and give the public the bene fit of there arrangements at reduced rates. It is true that railways and telegraph lines are making a desperate fight to heep prices up, but any return to the old rates must be only contemporary. Tb r".ay is past for monopolies to have more than the briefest success, for the simple reason that their isn't money enough in people's pock ets lo pay for them. If there were, the average American citizen would pay in creased rales, and grumble to be shure, but pay while he grumbled. Not finding the odd quarters wherewith to pay the lit tle excesses demanded, naturally he strikes out for new lines that can afford to be of some use to people. The kindest thing the existing companies can do is to put up their prices as high as possible,, and be quick about i t, for there would follow a revolt which would for the future make high prices impossible. The blessed time is not far off, let us hope, when the dime will once more be a signifi cant part of American currency. The day when a hotel servant will give a respectful "thank you" for a ten cent fee, will not be the least prosperous in the countrie'9 his tory, and perhaps people can afford to go to consert and opera as it is. THE WEATHER is fearfully muggy, but there are symp toms of a change. It can't come to soon. Pietro. What I Know About Vegetlne. South Boston, May 9, 1870. H. R. Steviss, Esq. : Dear Sir I bare had considerable experience with the Vegetine. For dyepepsia. general de bility and impure blood, tbe Veoetine is superior to anything which I bare ever used. I com menced taking Vegetine about the middle of last winter, and, after using a few bottles, it en tirely cured me of dyspepsia, and my blood never was in to srxx! condition as at the present time. It will afford me pleasure to five any further particulars relative to what I know about this good medicine to any one who will calT or address ine at mj residence, 3S0 Athens street. Verv respectfully, MONROE PARKER, 389 Athens street. Dyspepsia. SYMTOMS Want of appetite, rising of food and wind from the stomach, acidity of the stom ach, heartburn, dryness and whiteness of the tongue in the morning, sense of distension in the stomach and bowels, sometimes rumbling and pain ; costincss, which is occasionally interrupt ed by diarrhoea ; paleness of the nrine. Tbe mouth is clammy, or has a soar or bitter taste. Other frequent symptoms are waterbrasb, pal pitation ef the heart, headache, and disordered of the senses, as seeing double, etc. There Is general debility, languor and aversion to motion; dejection of the spirits, disturbed sleep, and frightful dreams. Gained Fifteen Pounds of Flesh. SorTH Berwick, Me., Jan. 17, 1972. R. II. Stevens, Esq.. Dear Sir I Lave bad dyspepsia in. its worst form for the lact ten years, aud have taken hun dreds of dollars' worth of medicine without ob taining any relief. Ia September last I com menced taking the Vegetine, since which time my health has steadily Improved. My food di gests well, and I have gained fifteen pounds of flush. There are several others ia this place tak ing the VE0ET13E, all have obtained relief. Tours, trulr, THOMAS E. MOORE. Overseer of card room, Portsmouth Co's Mills. All Diseases of the Blood. If Vegetine will relieve pain, cleanse, purify and cure sacb diseases, restoring the patient to per fect health after trying different physicians, many remedies, suffering for years, Is it not con clusive proof, if you are a sufferer, you caa be cured I Why is this medicine pertorming socn great cures? It works in the blood, in the eir--rulation fluid. It can truly be called the GveKi Blood Twrifitr. The great source of disease originates lu the blood ; ana no medicine trial does not act directly npon it, to purify and reno vate, has any just claim npon public attention. GOOD EVIDENCE. Cincinnati, Nov. 20, 1372. j!r. Stevens : Dear Sir The two bottles of Vegetin furn- taucd me by your agent my wife has used wilh great benelit. For a long time she has been troubled with dizziness and costiveness ; these troubles are now entirely removed by tbe used ot Vegetine. She was also troubled with dyspepsia and gen eral debility, and has been greatly benefited. THOMAS GILMORE, a-'i Walnut Street. RELIABLE EVIDENCE. Mr. H. R. Stevens: Dear Sir I will most cheerfully add my testi mony to the great number you have already re- ccived iu favor of your great and good mediciue. Vegbtine, for I do not think enough can be said iu it praise, for I was Cutarrh, and had such bud coughing spells that it would seem as though . I could never breath any more, and Vegetine has cured me ; aud I do feel to thank God all tbe lime that there is so good a medicine as Vege tine, and 1 also think it one of tbe best oiedi- ' cincs for coughs and weak siukiug feelings at tbe stomacb, and advise every tnxiy to take tbe s Vegetine, for i can assure them it is one of the best medicines that ever was. MRS. L. GORE, Corner Magazine and Walnut streets, Cam bridge, Mass. APPRECIATION. Charlestows, Mass., March 19, l&fiSt. s H. R. Stevens : This is to certify that I have used yonr "Blood Preparation" f Vegetine) in my family for sever al years, and think that, for scrofula or Canker ous Humors or Rheumatic affections, It caoBot be excelled ; and as a blood purifier and spring medicine it is the best thing I ever used and 1 have nsed almost everything. 1 can eneerfuiiy . recommend it to any one In need of sneh a medi- I cine. Yonrs respectfully, MRS. A. A. DINSMORE. 19 Russell street,. Vegetine Is Sold by All Draglstau. An?.20,lm.