The Somerset Herald r'wi vr'and sixtv thousand WEPKESDAT The widow ol ex-Governor Shun died near Uagerstown, Maryland rod S5 Tear Her remaina o- -- interred in Harrisbnrg. The Chairman of tbe Republican State Committee baa called a meeting j of the membera at tbe Locbiel ilotel, in Harrisbnrg, on Wednesday, March 27, at 12 M, to fix tbe time and place 0r holding tbe next Republican State Convention. The Committee investigating the crookedness of Doorkeeper Polk, las agreed to report bim lor dismissal, and presumably, not being able to find in the Democratic party a man fit for the office, wisely propose to abolish it The llouse has by a very close vote, 118 to 11C, extended tbe time that whiskey may remain in bond, to three years. The resolution will n.i.ir r.;i to n&ss the Senate. If it does not, we do not see where tbe 7IVWWJ I Treasury is to obtain its revenue tor the next three years. New Hampshire has gone Repub lican, notwithstanding tbe predictions confidently made for several weeks past, of a Democratic victory. The Republicans have elected their Gov ernor, and secured tbe Legislature by a large majority, thus insuring the selection of a United States Senator. The result is a gratifying triumph, and proves tbe vitality of tbe Repub lican party under tbe most adverse circumstances. While tbe religious world is dis cussing tbe doctrine of a material lire hereafter, Representative Spang has apparently made up his mind that there should be no voluntary applica tion of it to the body in this world. Accordingly be has introduced a bill iu the House to prevent tbe crema tion or burning of bodies after death. The undertakers will doubtless be in favor of tbe bill, tbey being tbe only persons directly interested in it passage. TiiEbilver men having insisted that tba new silver dollars should be on a nar with rold. the Secretary of tbe Treasury refuses to exchange them, or sell tbem for greenbacks. Consequently there was much dis appointment in Washington, when those w ho wanted to secure the "dol lar of tbe dads," bad first to purchase gold to exchange for them. A ninety two cent dollar, costing one hundred and one and a half cents, is not much of a speculation to the purchaser, is it! In a speech made in the lower House of Congress a few days since, by Mr. Hale of Ohio, he described Democratic ecouomy, in the following brief sentence. "It consists (be said) in reducing clerks, cramping consuls and trimming out ministers ; but when "Southern claims come up before these members, it is as inevitable as that water runs down bill that tbey all vote for tbem, and will advocate them, and if they do not do so, tbey will not dare to go ome and face tbeir constituents." The gratifying result of the New Hampshire election teaches a lesson that all the Republicans should lay to heart It was through unity they wrenched victory from the jaws of defeat The irritating question of sustaining or antagonizing the Na tional Administration and its meas ures was laid aside, and tbe great body of tbe Republicans worked heartily together for the sake of prin ciples which will outlive administra tions and the personal differences nd disappointments attending them. A similarly prudent course pursued in Pennsylvania will give us the State this fall br a sweeping msjor ftj A bill, has been favorably report fed in tbe House, declaring treating to intoxicating drinks a misdemeanor punishable with Cue and imprison ment ; and another to prevent tie furnishing of tobacco, by gift or oth wise, to minors under the age of (eighteen years. These be reforms, striking at the root of evils. Rut will Lbey become laws: is tbe ques tion. Tbe fellows who cannot abide tobacco will vote for tbe one, and those who despise the use of spirits will support the other; but will tbey strike hands and stand together? Not much! Each, like the red nosed sbephred, has his "particular vanity and when Buncome has been satis fied, the bill will sleep the sleep that knows no waking. The Committee on Education and Labor has instructed Mr. Goode, tbe chairman, to report the bill providing that the net proceeds of Bales of pub lic lands shall forever be cossecraud nd set apart for the education of the people. Tbe act is not to have any effect to repeal, impair or suspend ny law authorizing the pre-emption of public lands or tbe entry ot public lands for homesteads, nor as limiting in any manner the power of Congress to alter or extend the right of home stead upon such lands, nor shall it be held to limit or abridge tbe power of Congress over the publie domain or interfere with granting bounty lands. Tbe bill provides that three-fourths of the proceeds of sales of public lands for tba next ten years shall be devot ed to school purposes, add distributed mong the States on the basis of illit eracy, the remaining one-quarter W be devoted to agricultural and me-1 vhanical colleges. If tbe bill passes in this shape, it Vould be psying a premium on illit eracy, and give a large proportion of , the fund to tbe Southern States,' where ignorance is tbe rnle, and aot1 the exception. It is entirely proba ble that this was tbe main object of the bill. When Kobert W. Mackev, as i State Treasurer, lot oee hundred dollars of tbe the State every dollar of tbe loss, and banded over a clean balance sheet to Lis successor. ti. rtomnrrstic officials. r.. Mrr vm.rss. Secretary of In-; teroal Affairs, and Auditor General TEMrLE, having lost a comparatively small sum through tbe lai'.ure of Dolohektt Brothers, Harrisburg.are now before the Legislator praying to be released, and leave tbe State to shoulder thelos6; and we do not ob serve that tbe aforesaid Democratic journals are distressing themselves over tbe matter The most recent and satisfactory evidence of tbe progress of conciliation in the South, is furnished by the fol lowing Associated press dispatch rel ative to one Redmond, who beads a gang of illicit distillers 'n South ! Carolina i?tintwl ith thirtv men followed Captain Hoffman's force ofei?ht men, all day Tuesday. Being powerless to con tend with ltedraond s gang they retreated to Easier, waiting reinforcements, lied mond has -ordered the citizens, at their peril, not to furnibh food or shelter torcv enue officers. Warrants will be procured for tbe jail-breakers and other revenue culprits. They will either be captured or become fugitives. Regard for the Federal Govern ment is not to be expected on tbe part of the scoundrels who are defy ing the revenue laws. Bat the fact that a body of officers should' b; openly pursue! for an entire day by a murdering gang, and compelled to send for reinforcements, shows that tbe people are ia sympathy with the law breakers' instead of tbe Govern ment. The Democratic majority in the House at Washington will soon give tbis Congress such a reputation, that it will likely be banded down in his tory ae the "Robber Congress." Ever since it commenced, it Las been steadily engaged in stealing the seats of Republican members; tbe last effort now in progress of consum mation, being to steal bis seat from Robert Smalls, the colored member from South Carolina. Tolman, the contestant, who is a white man, claims that Smalls is not entitled to his seat, because of fraud, violence, and intimidation practiced by Republican negroes against while Democrats in EdgeGeld, Barnwell, Aiken, and Beaufort Counties. Edge field was tbe scene of tbe Ellenton massacre, and is the residence of Hamburg Butler. Aiken county was tbe scene of the Hamburg massacre, and in Barnwell and the other coun ties in Small's district other similar massacres of negroes took plara, al though not on so large & scale. No- wbere in tbe entire South did the rifle club terrorism exist so complete ly as in Small's district, uuder tbe leadership of the present Senator Butier, and yet the constant conies before tbe House and declares upon his oath that in the whole district there was wide-spread intimidation and terrorism among Democrats. He also charges that the Hamburg mas sacre and Ellenton riots were gotten np for the purpose of enabling Smalls to consolidate the negro vote and car ry Aiken county. Tbis extraordinary statement is sustained by evidence, but tbe facts are somewhat against it. It is also charged that the pres ence of troops at tbe polls and through out tbe country prevented Democrats from voting, yet it is shown that tbe Democrats cast over 13,000 votes( while in 1874, when no one claims that tbe Democrats were intimidated, they only cast 4,000 votes. In 1ST4 the Republicans cast 10,000 votes, and in 18 iG about the same number. Tbe total vote cast iu the district in 1S76 was over 38,000, while the pop ulation of the district by tie census of IStDwas only 31,000. Smalls shows that tbe great Democratic gain of about 12,000 was impossible to be secured legally, and, not A itbstauding the Hamburg and Ellenton massa cres, be succeeded ia getting out a full Republican vote. If tbe Com mittee on Elections follow the pre cedents they hate established in ev ery case so far this CoDress, they will recommend giving Toimaa the seat, evidence to the contrary not-' withstanding. There is every indication that the Republican voters of the County will not lack for candidates from whom to make a choice at the coming Primary election, and we most sincerely trust, that wttb nlentv of material from which to choose, the voters will ex eretse a sound discretion, and prove their determination to select cot only good, but thoroughly competent ao efficient men for tbe various offices. It should be remembered that no man is, as a matter of right, entitled to an office. The right to confir ibet offices is in the hands of the people, absolutely untrammeled, and as the powers aad duties pertaining to tbem, are but a portion of the rights of tbe people, delegated fo tU time being, to these employes or servants, great care should be ex- ercised in their selection. It is right as under our form of government, parties always will and must exist that the inquiry should be made, is tbe candidate a member of your political party But the fact that he is, and also, that he is honest, and 'generally a "good or clever fellow" does not embrace tbe be all, and end all, of an efficient sad con:. potent officer. In selecting an em ploye for the ihop, the Btore, tbe factory, the kiu or the farm, these would be held as secondary matters. Is he skilled in his trade, a good salesman, an efficient mechanic, a good miner, or laborer, who will care for my interests, earn the money I pay him, and discharge the duties required of him, acceptably. . would - State's money deposited with Cbas. tor, or in oiunr worus ui'ij"g -. ry during toe campaign, auu no i T. Yss, of Philadelphia. theDcm (public servant? To every official or Phen . ocraticiourn.l. raised . tremcnaeous.coobeo,4UB;u.cr j ;;oathe8 m, iropertiacnce of ad e'howl over it. but be made gooa iowu11uui..UJ...,f- - 1 . I vice as to our internal affairs coming at !bo the natural tbuugbt anu luumry. be tb G"rt "by rbouUI not tun toougnt ana inquiry ;sj u k wleets him as his representative in that sphere, and i accountable to the entire community 'or bis proper ex ercise of tbem. Why less care should be taken in selecting a public, than a private employe, is simethiag that "no fellow could ever find out." If we want a representative to make laws for us should we not hare a man able to frame a bill, sustain it by a'gument, know that it comprehends tbe object aimed at, aDd is requisite and necccssary, n j mere blind follow er of the blind ? In a Sheriff, a Frothonotary, a Register, we want men of executive ability, prudeDt, careful, apt, and competent to execute the laws, tie decrees of the courts tbe general busi ness of all the people, pertaining to their estate?, their moneys, their se curity, and tbeir general welfare. For Commissioners, Directors of the Poor, and for Auditors we should have men of well trained business habits, Urge administrative ability, thoroughly honest, economical but not to tbe verge of meanness nor in humanity and broad euougb in their views, the'r capacity and their intel 1 gence, to administer the affair? of the people of the entire county, and to account for them in a thoroughly business manner. The people of this county Lave heretofore been extremely fortunate in tbe selection of honest and careful officials, but is it not time tbe stand-1 ard was advanced ? We cannot af ford to stand still, while tbe rest of the world progresses. Tbo old rut: will wear too deep for us some day. , Cameron In the i'an. So clear has been the record of tbe Republican partv in contrast with tbe greed and corruption and igno rance of the Democracy, wherever of late they have entered, under false pretences, into power, that it cannot be suci-essiulfy itnpugnned or attack ed in tbe coming campaign. So satisfi jd of this are the cun ning leaders of tbe Opposition that tbey will not attack the party before the people this fall, but something vague and shadowy-something wcicn tbev do not reduce to a deunuion, and call it Cameronism. This is alreadv developed as the line of the campaign. I coy propose to coniuse Mr. Cameron and his immediate fol lowing w ith the Republican party, vilifying him with ?limv siauder esd abuse just as tbey did llartranft, and tten assume that everything which is charged against Cameron is prov ed against tbe Republican party. Tbic is a trick not an argument or waifare but our enemies have long since been reduced to tricks, and have c-Losen foxy ad venturers for their leaders in place of tbe old time lions of the Democracy of otb' er and better days. Let tbis be borne steadily in mind by tbe Republicans of Pennsylvania that tbey lie not divei'tad from the real issues, or kept defending tLem selves against the shadows and fraud ulent materialization of tbe Katie ting politicians. This whole boy ish hullabailco about Cameron being an overshadowing cn.i overmaster ing power in tbe Republican party is a puerile conception which conies down from older and less intelligent years. To-day the people are tbe body and power of any party. This idea that a Cameron, or a Curtin, or a Randall, or a Wallace, can make a plaything of a great Commonwealth, bargain and sell it out, set it up, and all that kind of trash, is simply child ish stuff. Titer was a time when such things were tbert is such a state of things now, perhaps, in Ken tucky or Nevada or South Carolina, States of general ignorance and low grade of population, but tLore is no such thing in Penusviraaia to-day, and cannot be. The common schools have made it impossible. Tbe fate of Curtin iu Pennsylvania and of Sumner in Massachusetts demon strates how weak and powerless are even the bast of men, with tbe strong est refutations and records, when tbey set tUcielres against tbe heart and brain of the people. Xp man at this day can lead the people of Penn sylvania from their own way into bis any more than an aaibiiious grasshopper can lead a locomotive off of its iron track. Without oubt Cameron is a strong and tuasteriy an, with tbe important following which iniviyu sl power and consistency of purpjsi always attract and organize. With out doubt be has uuborsed and laid out a number of weaker and less fur- 6ietted men who have contended with Liu; ia the political lists, but tbat was a question of personal force. He would have laid ttieiu ot equal ly dead selling muslin or discounuagjan.1 tjot one half of tbe crookedness . T . . t ' - M, . . notes. it was tne uinorence in will, power, and braiu which did It. Cameron is in tbe party, a leader and a power in it, acknowledged and honored by every National Admin istration from the time of Lincoln, and let us be glad we Lave bint. He never went out of it like a weak child wben disappointed in his hopes or irritated by temporary rererses. But he is not tbe party, and tbe party js not he, end any attempt to confuse their identilw is a fraud and a trick of the Ah Jiia order. JJe is not the automatic directory of the partv, nor is tbe party responsible for his as-, tionsor voice. fbi Jcud-moathed I charge that be is, is siupiy an josid- j uua aueujpv to inrow tne auii v.au eron element outside of tbe party, and add some more corofes to the gbaiUy wrecks tbat strew tbe tbore of recent Political history in Penn sylvania. And it is tbe same, noto rious wrecker tbat is at tie work, seeking with the false lights of pros tituted editorials sd debauched news columns, to abutb poiiucaj canards are sold for :ictuJ facts, to! lure fresh victims to destruction and ruia. Xo Bian is the party or can be. j Tbe party ia the uoooie. the men from ; tbe farms and mills, and shots, tsd school-rooms, and honest bouits of! Pennsylvania, men abletojadge and to act lor themselves, and wbo have done it decisively and promptly t or this partv. for tbeso recnle. The Pre speaks. It takes no Cam- j eron or anti-Cameron position, but stands on tbe higher plane of tbe pecple, the real power and bodv and sovtrcignty ai tie party. or is lucre any more reaeoa a-iy a -epub lican newspaper should, of neeesitr be a Cameron or an anti-Cameron journal, than why it should be a hy- gen or an oxygen journal on the ' uic qu-'on of coId w,,c.r. i.et n hr th!i disinrenaoas de- j r;ce crlne enemy steadily in memo all from the corrupt elements which we have stuffed off of the party, and next, let us remember that whatever mar be charged against him by de feated political foes, Cameron in tbe partv is something infinitely more trustworthy, manly, and honest than any disappointed adventurer or broken-down politician outside of the party, whether a deserter or put out No, we want no advice from outside tbe camp, and we lo-m our own lines and chose cur own lcaacrs, in our own wav and at our own time. 1'hili. Press. OrR IIAKBISBt'RU LETTER. Uabmsbvrg, Mar. 1C, 1878. The legislative mill has ground during tbe week some valuable grist Tbat it baa ground it "exceeding Gne," I dare not venture to assert, but it has beyond a donbt ground very slow. The most attractive points of the week's session have been the various legislative move ments upon the Philadelphia Recor der's bill The bill creating a S:ate banking department, tbe new county bill for Luzerne, and the new county bill f jT Crawford and smaller coun ties. The two last nicotic ned bills have not been alike happy in their for tunes. The last mentioned, met with defeat upon the samo day tbat tbe first was triumphantly passed through its second reading, to the unbounded delight of the large num ber of Scrantonitea wbo were pres ent iu its interests. After a safe but stormy passage through the House the, Philadelphia Recorder's bill seemed for a short while to be threatened with danger in the Senate. Tbo Philadelphia Councils stand ia its way. By a res olution uuauimously adopted by both branches of tbe Council of this city the legislature is urged not to pass tbe bill. In its preamble tbis reso lution recites that tbe Recorder's bill is a measure originated evidently for the benefit of the person who may be appointed, under its liberal provisions and such other persons as may en rich themselves from the pa'ronage which this bill will confer, and tbat tbe measure is distasteful to the peo ple of Philadelphia in every way, and for which tbev have not peti tioned and do not want for reason of tbe obnoxious power it Let tews, and tbat the public press of Philadelphia has echoed tbe voice of the people in denouncing the wholesale outrage that the act will inflict upon a de serving class of people merchant dealers and thop keepers, by impos ing oa them iuconveuiences and un warranted taxes ia the form of ftes. This resolution was read in the enjWi on T"eday, but seems to bave bad but iitlie effect upon tbat august body, as tbo bill was passed through first reading yesterday. Tbe bill creating a State banking department alter being kicked and cuffed around like an ill-conditioned cur, L'i at last betaken itself to the House with the liltje vitality which it gtill has left. It stood liuoq the Senate calendar of bills on final pas sage for a month or mora, and each time that it came to the surface of legislation, it was struck with an amendment, and like an apple afloat bobbed out of sight for tbe time be ing only to reappear again in readi ness for another attack. It was messaged irom tne senate to toe House yesterday. A bill of general interest now pending iu the House is tbe one pro hibiting shows ad exhibitions on Sunday in all cases where s lee is .'barged for admission. This measure was originally in troduced i T the pyroose of prevent ing tbe Zoological Gardens ia Phila delphia from opening on Sunday; but its appearance in the iiouse was fol lowed by petitions from on every band asking its passage. It has al rt&dy ciet with one defeat, but tbe vote by which it defeated has been reconsidered, and it now stands ready for another brush with the Philadelphia boys who are opposing its ptssagj. Among the new work intf oduced during tbe week, I note tbe following bills. Making it a misdemeanor punisba blo with bus and imprisonment to cremate or burn after death tbe body of any human being. This measure has passed tbe Committee and has been reported favorably: tbe proba bilities however are tbat tbe bill will be crcai&ted amongst other waste pa ler at the close of tbe sastioQ. An act declaring tho habit of trast ing to intoxicating drinks a misde meanor punishable with fine ana im prisonment. Tbis bill has also been fargral,ly reported. Mr. ipang h introduced an act to prevent tbe furnishing of tobacco, by gut, sua or otherwise to mjnors under the age of elghUioa years. Investigating Committees are be coming chronic around here lately. o less than three are iu existence, accounted for J be Pittsburg riot investigating fJomntice hare held two a6Sri0Rs during tbe week, a&d examine 1 tbe (Javrnor, the Attor ney General, the Adjutant Uengral and others. .No new facts connect gd with the riots were elicited. Tbe Corporation tax investigating Lommlttee adjourned last Saturday after taking a portion of the tegtimo: ny of Wm. J. Bayard, corporation cierk, in the Auditor General's office. Tbe Commktes held another session tbis afternoon, and Mr. Bayard con cluded his testimony. Chief Clerk jyardep, and Auditor General Tem- DU wiii ha examined to-oiirht Another Committee baa been ap- j pointed to investigate the House Ser- charged has lea gobbling illegal fees for witnesses and others. Tbe House talks of adjourning over tbe last week of March and the first week of April, but it is cot like ly Cf 1 80 unwise a proceeding wilt be indulged e. Mnaralair or poisoning-. Xoeth Adams, Mass., March li.- Mrs. Cynthia George, a stitcher at Millard k Whitman's shoe shop. died YT.ednfsday morning from rery sicguiar tasaof po;soning. Her work was stitching fancy shoetope, and the leather used was of bright rolors Th f!rt inrti,.tnn r rtin was a slight eruption about the face which in a few davs become terriblv swollen, growing worse rapidly nntil at tbe time of her death her features were fcarcely recognizable. A por ition of tbe leather waa sent to Prof. tlbadbouroe, of Williams College, for analysis, and cund to contain a large quantity of arsenic. ' BetrvlevHi satkj, I ram Iht .V. '. I'min) Mmil. Coxfedeit X Roads, ( Wich is iu tbe State of I Kentucky,) ' , March 6, 1878. J The Silver Bill is passed but the Corners hexan't, ex yet, experienced the relief that it expected. Bascoai sed promptly that be wuz a law abid in citizen, and shood take silrer. Uv course he'd watered his whisky to meet tbe depreshiatid currency he wuz to be paid in, but he felt tolerable well after all. Silver wuz better than nothin. aid he felt that times cood not hot help improve with silver made legle-tender. "Gentlemen," be eed, "silver is now money, and I shel take it Come up with your silver and wipe offyoor iadebtednis, tr yoa git ncthin more at tbis bar What wuz we to do ? We didn't none uv us hev auy 6ilver any more than we bed greenbax. We coodent inv or ns nar. and tbe people are murmerin. All that we bev get out uv it so fur. is a depre shiated article nr likker. wich. ef our promises IS good for anything, gives Bascom just that much more profit Tbe dettor class ain't profited at all, for it can't git no silver to pay with. Ef the governmeit hez any mercy onto us at all, it will procoor carloads ov silver to wunst, to ba distribbitid pro-rata among the citizens. That wood give us releef. Onless the gov ernment does tbis tbe silver b II is a mockery, a deloosicn acd a snare. Uv wat good is it to say to me, "You kin pay off your debts at a discount with silver !" when I hain't got no silver and can't git it ? Ef I had any sekoorities to put up, I cood pay my debts in paper money or gold ; for good collaterals I tin borry all I want now, To give us the releef we want, either the government bez got to sup ply us silver, or let me carry out my prcjeck uv munissipal hankin. Either will do. But to leave it where it is is holler mockery ; it's givin us a stun when we asked for bread. It's givin us hope ur sulbin wben tbe relizisbun uv it is ez fur from us ez ever. Wat good iz it to me to make silver Iegle tender, onless you provide me with silver to tender ? 1 ain'i got no sil ver, and can't see how I am to git any. I want either a car load uv silver distributed in tbe Corners, or I want onlimited munissipal ' bankin. One or tbe other Is necessary to meet the wants uv men like myself, for which all finanshel projecks are made. Men who bev tbe faculty uv workin, and to whom likker at stated and rapid intervals ain't a necessity, man age to git along without (jaaqsecria. Ef they are a goin to flnanseer for me, I want em to do suthin practicle. Petbolei m V. 'Asmr, Finanseer. Fire Ihe Michigan Nonthera Hoitd. Tbe morning express from the East over the Lake Shore Road ar rived at 10:30 A m. yesterday, or two hours late, and minus tbe joint mail and baggage car, which was left in half burned debris and ahps oat oa tbe road. Tbe Ore was dis covered about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and wben tbe train was stopped a few minutes later tbe flames were in complete possession ot (be car. As quickly as possible it was uncoupled from tbo rear coaches, in time to savo tbem, although tbeir occupants were badly scared, and then tbe engineer put on full steam and made for tbe water tank at Ed- garton, two miles distant, in order to drown out tbe fire. Just before ar riving, however, be found it would be necessary to run past a long sbed full of wood, aud so tbe fire, which bad already consumed tbe contents of the car. was left to do its worst There was destroyed about 8,000 pounds of mail, principally for Chicago, and thirty pieces of baggage, in charge of S. II. Perkins, baggage-master, who went on duty on the car at Toledo, and who first discovered tbe names, but only after hs bad been badly siujed, as he lay sleeping in the front end ol tbe car. it is supposed dj Perkins tbat a candle which be bad seen burning in tbe front, or postal end, of tbe car was overturned in some way, probably by a sudden jar of tbe tar. Jne only articles saved were a sailor's hammock, filled with clothing, and tbe remnants of some actor's wardrobe. Tbe presenpe of two Babcock ex tinguisbers on the car was probably forgotten in tbe confusion. Among those who lost considerable was Mr. J. II. Drake, prominently known on tbe Board of Trade of Chicago, and Air. DaTid Pows, of Xew York. W. and Mr. M. Scott and daughter, of Erie, lost about $5,000 in diamonds wardrobe packed in trunks. George Cromwell, a cotton merchant cf Xew York City, and en route for Colorado with an invalid daughter, lost all tbe baggage be bad with bim $1,000 worth. THE DESTROYED MAIL It is learned at tbe Post office that the mail consumed in tbe burnt pos tal car on the Lake Shore Road con sisted of newspaper matter and a (juantiiy of stamped envejopes. des, tined for Iowa, Indiana, and tbe Ter ritories. One of tbe postal clerks stated tbat tbey bad got through their work in tbat car an hour before the fire and bad gone to tbe rear of the train. A burning candle was left in the 'ftistributng department, wbjcb was nqt to be visited agaja till tbe fcrival of the train in tbis city at 8:30 o'clock. A baggage: master oc cupied one end of tbe car, but, unob served by him, the candle was un doubtedly overturned. It is probable an ioy&stigaiuo will bp made to Bud out whether or Dot the ore resulted from carelessness. In any event, the Lake Shore officers will ia the future prohibit tbe use of candles in postal cars on tbeir line. - Biaaaaa SUipldl rilliaa: t'p. Ti?eka, March 14 Immigration to exansas stijl continues unabated, and various land" ofices are overflow ing with homestead and preeaUob entries. Twelve thousand acres were taken at tbe Larned Land Office la one day last week, and yesterday sales of tbe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company reached settlers. Four onsisting of analog i.fcbi, people, passed over the road t6 Sbu'th' west Kansas yeoteriay, Bale. Bosyoy, March 15 State detec tives made a raid yesterday on the town of Shubesbury, thtSBtaiA, ylor? they arreatsd a number of in en wbo are charged with living in open po lygamy. Tbey were held ia bonds for trial in tbe superior criminal court for Franklin county. It iu alleged that many others will be arrested for the same offense, an attempt evident ly having been made to establish a Mormon settlement at Tewksbury. fl,iC2 all to actual full passenger train; f thirty coaches and ?ont Tfce Sm Mlerot. Shermas, W. T., March 13 On j Thursday about midnight a storm of snow and w ind set ia, covering the entire country from Green river, W. T. to Xorth Platte, Nebraska, a dis tance of 500 miles. It has prove! by far tbe severest storm known since the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. Tbe storm con tinued without abatement until Sun day morning, making it impossible tor a person to go out without almost certain death. . since tbe storm suo sided tbe bodies of a number of per sons have been found who died from exposure. Two soldiers perished be tween Fort Russell and Cheyenne, a distance of three miles. Four men with ox teams were caught fifteen miles northwest of Chevenue. Three of tbem reached the railroad Sunday, terribly frozen, and will probably lose tbeir feet Tbe fourth man and cattle perished. Three ranchmen were found dead a short distance from Xorth Cooper Lake. It Is prob able tbis is only a small part of those tbat have died from the effects ot tbe storm. One ranchman lost 10,000 sheep near Egbert station. Many other cases are reported of loss of stock. Tbe enow is drifted in im mense piles wherever there ia any place to form a drift. Every cut ia tbe railroad track was filled with snow, and the sheds were also full. The Railroad Company bad tbeir forces out before the storm subsided on Sunday, and bave bcoa constant ly at work with four snow plows at different points, with all the men tbey could work. Three different forces met at tbis point last nigbt at nine o'clock, having cleared five hundred and fifty miles in less than three days. All trains will be immediate ly started, and no further detention is anticipated. The passengers were all located where they could be well fed and taken care of. Later. All the railroads to this placa are now open, excepting the Colorado Central, which has still about eight miles of hard packed snow to clear. The Denver Pacific train reacted here at cooa to-day. Trains froat tbe West oa tbe Union Pacific came through this morning. Coaches on the Black Hills stage line depart daily, but will doubtless be much delaved goinir through. Loss cf lift) from the storm will be cousid erable. Oa Thursday last a party of live men, Joe Connery, II. J. Mc Cann, Cbas. Wilson, and Messrs, Card and Kuntz, hh Laramie City for a hunt and were caught in tbe storm. Ihe bodies of tbe last three named were found yesterday at Cooper's Lake, twenty miles west o Laramie. Connery 's fcodf and the bodies of two horse3 were found this evening, -ucuann is mil missing Tbe stock men here anticipate only a small loss In cattle, probably two per cent, and in sbeep hve per cent The weather here to-day is clear and warm, and tbo snow 13 rapidly disap pearing. Tornado at Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga, March 10 Tbe city cf Atlanta experienced to-day thp eevereet wnjd storm or raioless tornado ever known here. The storm burst suddenly about eleven o'clock A. M , and when, all tho churches were filled with worshippers, and lasted, without rain, wub a 8'cady and tremendous force, fur about two hours. Tbe Episcopal Church, like tbe others, was filled at the hour for the commencement of divine service, and no thought of danger was entertained by the congregation. But during tbe early part of tbe service tbe wind suddenly rose and shook the whole building to its foundations. Ibe emulating minister reala ul at once tbat a tornado bad struck the building, and knowing tbat it was merely a question of miuutes to se cure the safety cf the people, cried cut to them to throw themselves un der the seats. This advioe tbe con gregation at once followed, and not 1 moment too soop. itb a lew tearful creaks aud jars of its roof and walls tbe w bole bu:Id ing crumbled into a i-bepeless ruin burying Ihe congregation uuderr the debris. Luckily tbe febeker afforded by tbe seats protected tbe gieat mass of the congregation, but eighteen were more or less seriously wounded by the filing timbers. Xcne of these, bowpvpr, jave died from tbeir injur ies. Tbe church is an utter wreck, and the escape of tbe congregation must be regarded as miraculous, consider ing tbe awful force and suddenness of the storm. Many porsoos not other wise injured suffer from the effects cf inbaliog tbe dust caused by tbe crush ing in of the walls and roof. Several other churches in Atlanta have been seriously injured, their walls shaken and roofs partly strip ped. The City Hall has been entire ly unroofed aud the car sheds of tie railroad depto unsettled. Great dam age, an estimate of which cannot yet be determined, was dono to private residences and stores throughout the city. Gold Required for Kilter. Washington. March 14. There has been sonie disappointment mani fisted by persons who have attempt ed to get silver dollars at the lreas ury and to pay for them in greenbacks. Several members of Congress sent small sums of currency to the Treas ury to-day to exchange for silver dol lars, (Jift discovered tbat tbey must get gold bcfqre thpr can pro.;,qr 'he silrer. Many other persons' preseut: ad greenbacks, and were compelled to go away without making an cx- cbauge. An interesting point is thus met by Secretary Sherman, and, of course, decided in accordance with law. To pav out silfer dollars for currency would be to resume specie payments in silver alone; but the principal objection to making such payments arises front tbe fact that the value of tbe bilver dollar wou'd be reduced at ouoe to par In currec cy. Being receivable fr Customs duties, tbe immediate effect would be tbe payment of such duties at curren- py rates. , PuiLADEU'UU, March 14 Tberp was a steady flow of visitors to tbe Mint to-day. Tbe office cf the Cash ier was weil patronized, and $7,030 were handed over tbe counter In ex c''jse or E0'- Tbis will ba con tinued until ii'i.W), lei Fide . for that purpose, ' bas been exhausted. The ?I00,00(j coined on Wednesday bs beeii ac&t to (he Sub Treasury in Xew York. ' Forry. Nasviii, k'arcb f Miss Ma ry" IJampton, a prominent school teacher in the pubjic schools of this city, waa dijpovered to day to be a forger, she having forged tba names of Superintendent Leath and other prominent persona to note?, on which she got from banks and private par ities $3,500. Forcible Imch f IlilrM DUtlllrr. Washington, March 13 Tbe Ccnioiissiouer of Internal Revenue last nigbt received the following telegram from Collector Brytoa at Columbia, S. C. : "Infjrmatioa W just received from Special Dcputv Collector Hoffman ' that on the 9th ins'., the three ' illicit distillers arrested by his force and committed t jit at Pickens Court House by Commissioner Thornby, were released by an armed mob, sup posed to be led by the outlaw Red mond. Tbe Sheriff, who surrender ed tbe keys to save bis life, refused to aid in recapturing the prisoners ; Deputy Collector Jillsoa, at Green-' ville, telegraphs tbat he bas advices j tbat an armed crowd last nigbt sur-j rounded th bouse of Mr. Gary, who aided the revenue cflieers in arrest ing the relea33d distillers, for tbe pur pose of banging him. Wben satisfied that he was absent with tbe cflieers tbe mob started in pursuit, threaten ing to capture Gary and drive tbe officers from tbat section. The dan ger of the officers being overpowered is imminent Redmond's gang is organized aud desperate." The Commissioner telegraphed Collector Bray ton as follows : "You are authorized to employ one hundred men, if necetsiry, to aid as a posse in enforcing the law acd making arrests. Call upoa the -Marshals and Deputy Marshals to net at once. Leave nothiug undone to vindicate tbe majesty of the law. Telegraph your actioa to-morrow. ' Green B Ralm, Commissioner." Washington, March 14. The following telegram was received to day : Greenville, S. C . March I I To Hon. Green Il.huum, (7mi:.'s sioner of Internal jfci-ekttt, Wash ington ; I bave organized at Spar tansburg and here a force of thirty brave, faithful, discreet men, who arc uow on their way to Pickens coiiaty. Redmond, with thirty men, fjiio vtd the track of Captain Happnitin's force of eight mou all day Tuesday. Two more illicit distilleries were destroyed. The force being power less to contend with Redmond's gang has retreated to Easley waiting re inforcements. Redmond bas ordered citizens at their peril not to furnish food or shelter to revenue officials. Tbe present force cannot be over powered. Warrants of arrest w ill Le procured for the jail breakers and and other revetue culprits. Tbey will either .be captured tr become fugitives. I leave at QQ;e (cr Kaley, where d:spatcCS will reach me. K. M. ItHAYTON, Collector. Kxiiolu. Soutu Acton, Mass, Marh 12. At nine o'clock tbis morning a heavy shock was felt bere, followed by two successive onos, wbicb were beard at a distance cf twenty-five miles. It was ascertained that tbe press, sin gle and double wheel mills of the American Powder Company bad blown up, and that nearly every thing was demolished. Two men, new hands, irom Xew York, Lowell Foster, aud Mr. Turpener, both un married and about thirty years of age, working in the press mill, were instantly killed, their bodies being thrown ab.iut three hundred yards from the mill. Turpener's head was found quite a distance fruiu other portions cf bis hody, and only about baif of the remains bave liL-ea fcuud. Hoih bodies were terribly mutilated, and !a fragmeats. They weie picked up at different points. Foster's body wa9 completely cut to pieces, and some portions of the bodies were found a quarter of a mile from the mills. The bodies are recognizable only on account of the fact tbat their s'z? was known by their comrades. The cause of tbe explosion is cot kaown definitelyj but Kioiund Hooper, foreman on the line, says when near tbe press-mill, where Fot-ter nd Turpener were working, he heard a piece of machinery break, and know ing there would be trouble, sprang behind a tree and raa for the woods outside tho groqnds. The explosion followed immediately. Several other eniplovees were slightly in jured, but none seriously. Ihe otliee of the company, situated some COO from the press-mill, was demolished. Tbe doors were tra to pieces, clapboards were thrown off and windows smashed into thousands of pieces, covering tbe desk and fl or and other furniture. Ibe keg shop near by was battered and demolished. Dot a wbole window reraaiuiu. All about tbe grounds and over an area of several acres are strewn dubris. Nothing remains of the exploded mills but tbe iron machinery and tbe heavy framing timbers. The shack was distinctly felt at Wakbam, some twelve miles distant. Ibe.Mortu a Datug. Cincinnati, March H Advices from the Interior of the State iudicute thfittheatorraofthepist few days na3 been one of great severity. A great amount of damage was done to property generally, especially rail road property. A lanje portion cf the lower part cf .Mau.-Gt ld, Ohio, is covered hr water to the depth of tbrcp fret, covering the first fljors of mauy dwellings. A number ot bams were swept away. A number of bridges upon the Fort Wayne road have been irjured. Oao was carried completely away At Zanesville, tbe street car fctables and a two fctory frama bouse wire demolished. Tbe roof of the I'reibylerian (Jburcb, and tbat ol a number xT dwellings, were parried away. A freight train ran into a culvert, wrecking the train and killing tbe engineer. old. Phii.aieu'Uia, March 13 The eiicbangiug of the new bilver dollar for gold p immenccd at the mint at uine o'clock tbis morning, and ft) about three hours $1,000 worth bad been disbursed. Later in the dav the sales were incrca.-td bv the, re- ipt tf a number of orders from brokers. To-mcrrow one hundred thousand of the new dollars will be gent to New York and ten thousand to WatAJngtoq, anl tbe coinage thereafter will bo at tbe fate ;f forty thousand dollars per day, according to tbo Instructions received. Tbe sale at the ruial will cjQtiaue onlv for a day or two, and after tbat tbo dollars will bo served out hv the Snb- I'reaenrjr;. HI. A pemfterairc I'ovtnMtte. Wnis.iTON, March t Tbe Senate in e ieoutive sfcon, to-day, Fpent some time in debate on the nomination of Drid G. Potts, tc ba pqstrnasfer at Petersburg, Va. '1 he nomination yas opposed by Senator Hamlin, of Maine, on party ground;, Mr. Potts being a Democrat. Senator Withers, of Virginia, spoke in favor of Mr. I'otts's confirmation. At the conclusion of tbe discussion be was confirmed by six majority. j XL' W A D VL'Ii TISEMEX TH. A' W A D VER TISEUX TS. PHILADELPHIA. MARCH 1st. IM7S. STll AWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER ARE DAILY urEMXa NEW ; BEAUTIFUL FABRICS THE PE'jPI'CTS OF THE BEST MAKEES or FRANCE, ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. A irtir siipplif, Fon-Un unj I m.M:i. rvme (mermeiiiatn pril la pay, aal we are, then-fur jjf.wxi re oia njr me c to. We are now ufOting m sajnrb ptr-k tf Parisian NoYelties T'K) numerous t te?ii'v. lut wht!t ermmrN L n lm '.luring the (raentoa?tj i. Tlusc ymU vs been 5ulect.l tnr uurwlves. penni.iiiy, in tiie ran market. We aUo have rective-1 by t itc v.eamer, an ! put "i--oeil, our fiwt invoice of French Im aal Orp, JacMs, ToEe ilta, etc.. etc., Which weciiMitin-l ti the early Rttfntl.a ol all whoiicslre to Inspect fntl lines of ill the choice aud Utctft des Urns In thce jomkIp. OUK IJLACK GOODS STOCK Hn. :ilS4i receive.! them.rft direful attention, an.l wears ilii-pliiylii an onii-xml assortuK-tit ol 11LA.CK FRENCH CASHMERES IN' FORTY DIFFERENT QUALITIES AND WIDTHS. FROM 47 CENTS VER YARD, UPWARD, Kvery qn.illty iru:irjiit..l to ht ma le of FIVE Wwl. Th (rooJt w fell arvnuue hy the ( ui.iimlnturur in t'nnw, io I are brlicrnl to t untuallcit In everj reietl. la BLACK HERNANIES AND GEENADINES V Ph:ill 9u!mit tlie finest .rtm nt pvt h.iwn In PIil.reh.M i. Id (JOTTUX AMI Wool. ALL. WOOL. WOOL AM) SILK, aud ALL-SILK it! Through fur MYIT ORDER DEPARTMENT 4iliMier urer the Iilrp'l S'ties are emMe I to eaj-iy ever Ir.m.'A'Jthat prjua reetfeur lu Pii,.i.tti"!jitl 1 in slnjping per- m:illy at nr counter. KeUfts fr SA3IPLES Prmnpily attend I to, nn 1 all IIRHKRS cvw uie.1 with i-nre an.t the turn wt iMelitr to the lutf c!s four lutnwu. A'.tenti.m ia invite 1 1 Ihe l.i-i tint a!I letter are anwerl ami orJer nlle-l l.j return ln.ul. STKAWIiMDGE & CLOTHIER, N.W. COR. EIGHTH AND MARKET STS., . PHILADELPHIA. Knox Fruit Farm and Nurseries, Vol the GREATEST CFF2SS OF EVE REAUE. 'March!!? n'1 "" f reat "'erS frSe' StI'' r"r " C R W E S C RROW, FU:bitrKh, Pa. A National Hrnndnl. Washington, Mirch 1.1 The babitnil drunkenness of certain Dem ocratic nierutrs cl the II u-e of Keureseaiatires is awuiuiup ibe pro portions of a national scandal. One member unpeared ici h'u place to-diy in eucb a btate cf intoxication as to be wholly unable to conduct Liinstif like a irentleman. The presiding if Ccer, Mr. Cox, af.tr raiuljr attempt ing to oring liini to orcer ny a vior ous use ot the gavel, was o!wd to, order the Serjeant nt-wius to la tr- fere; snd it was ouly when a number of Democratic meuibers r atbered around and succeeded ia drawing their associate iuto the cloak room, that it was pn.-niblo for tbe buincES cf tbe House to proceed. Itlsolrnua Storm. Wiieki.inii, W. Va., March 13 Tbe most frightful storm of hail and rain ever known in that viciuity vis ited Jtfferson county, W. Va.,- on Tuesday. Thousands of acres of wheat and other grain were destroy ed, houses unroofed, buildings blown down and cattle killed. The loss throughout the county will amount to at leat $!."0,000 The fresliets in the neighboihood of Wheeling have leen very destruct ive. No through trains have arrived over the' Caiiimore and Ohio Hail road for forty-eight hours, owing to slides aad thi track Ujin' wa-ibed away. The riiil.-vlrlplun Hoy .larderer. I'liii.AHKLi-iii.v, .March H In the case of Charles Welsh, a boy twelve vests old, charged with shooting and kiilinir Uobrn McAdam, a playmate of.tbe same ago, the Cor.u;r's jury to-day rendered a verdict that the thooiing was accidental, tbe foreman txplaiuiog tbat tbe jury thought the boy was not a.vare of the dangerous character of the weapon, and tbat tht re was no evidence of inteut to dixiniit murder. The boy was e. a; liberty. I'rep.irlngc lor the Dajr ot Judgment From tlifl Triirg C-uunty Dnnurfrot. The wildest excitement prevails auioDg some of the citiz?ns of Trigg county, Kentucky, living near the Tennessee river, over tbe apprehen sion of tbe immediate ominir of the day tf Goal judgment. Many of tbem have abandoned all business, buve turned tbeir stock loose to range through the woods, and cutting themselves Iooi-e from tbe contem plation of alt earthly afTiirs, they go from boiie to house t-iuging and praying f jr the eventful day. ' Another Molll Mnvnire B iased. Pottsvili.e, Pa., March I" Mar. tin Birgiu, a Mollie Maguire, and one el the alleged murderers of P rick Buras, arrived here this moip iag from Canada a chargs of piuk erton's detective. Burns, ho was a mining cieik, was shot and instant ly killed at Tuscarora in this county, on the morning of April 15, H70 lie bad in some way gained tbe ill will of tbe M illies, aDd they c re spired to put hi id out of the way Pension Agentu to be Ilsprnel Willi Washington. D. C, March 15 Hon A. Ilerr Smith, of. Lancaster, and cf the Committee on Appropria tions, bas completed a bill for tbe re modeling of tbe method cf paying tensions, wbicb abolishes all agencies -r, .t, : ...):.. t r .iT ti f " 7 ""T'' '" ' containing a man and woman drove the Treasury, aav n:r yearlr three i . "V, ... k i i .l j . m . i up to tbe Cambridge street entrance, hundred thousand dollars. The bill nT . , . I j i . tT o . t .u Tbe man entered and requested Hall Is approved by tbe Secrstary of the the door to see -he ladv Interior, acd will doubtless become a I Tf l. . . r 10 8fe l! aj.' I ' j who desired to tranfact sob busi- aw" jness. Hall walked to tbe aidewalk. The Tlrtory In Xew Hanapxhlre. j 'oe mat accompanying bim. . . ' . ! The woman said sle desired to CoN(ORu,)Mareh-14 Gne hundred: p'ebase o draff btr ' Providence eighty four towns give Present, ' Be-1 btiuk, a9d began In a' delipfc'rata tua publican. 35,f9 i ; Mc&eau, perto-1 ner to Won't a rojl-of money." Hall C, and scattering, 3'Jl All said be culd oof wait while sbo but eighteen towns have ttfjo heard j coqnteej the cionej, and returning to from. These Jabt year gave Brescott! bis' room sat dn. to wajt. a a 1,045 ; Marcy lST ; scattering 5 few minutes he heard the boggy Should the vote lie the same as last drive hurriedly off. Suddenly sua. year Prescott wi 11 basa a nluralitr t pecting something ?rong, be made ove m U.ean of I,oo6, aud a majjri ty of 1,017. Tbe list of Representa tives ia as follows : Republicans, 2 02; Democrats, 141. .lirwt from the mnaf&(HiirY t . Oir aide M. 00- tma (Mttern a low a the nuue in Dress Fabrics. th rfc.ii.' tvl- that win ti ih.n in u.i ... IJ I)OOI. SSE2S. .'LA2ITS. AND FLOWESS Kairlbqnitke la Tennessee. New Vobk, March 13. A special from Nashville, Tena., saja : A ter rific earthquake hock was felt at Columbus, Kj., at four o'clock Moo day morning. It awoke the resident of the town and created considerable consternation. Ilcd-ueadd were roll ed acro.-3 the floors cf rooms, and bu reaus aud presses were throw a down and broken. A portion of tbe MU- ;i-ipi river bank cared in near tbe town. leavinar one house banitinir j over tbe bluff. Tbe movement was Jg0 violent as to ring bella on tbe ' locomotives standinar ia tbe sheds at the depots. Tbe rumbling only last ed a few seconds. The Prllral Think Ihe Slew Hump, shire Kleellsn Wan all t ar H la .lry. Wasiiinoton, D. C, March 14 The President thinks the New Hamp shire election is an endorsement of his policy. The Republican leaders, however, claim that it shows the party cannot and will not be defeated by dissensions inspired by the Pres ident's intrigues with Democrats. Tbe Republican leaders will make common cause against Democrats and tbeir measures wherever and whenever they get opportunity. Kaleiuen flcMIng Over a l'ntiiitr. St. Lovis. March 14 Paul Book er and Kobert C. Cunningham, sales men for different wholesale boot and shoe booses, became involved in a qnarrel yesterday afternoon about a customer to whom both wereendeav. oring to sell goods. Cunninzbam stabbed Booker ia the left side, and also cut bis face and neck. Booker shot Cunningham in tbe bip, caus ing a serious wound. Booker's con dition is considered dangerous. Ueeapitatea' dj n aaar. BEAI.I.SVII.I.E, Pa, March 14 A voung man, nameJ Tinny Kinder, while working in a saw mill, was instantly killed this afternoon by falling in front of tbe saw. He was standing on the carriage, trying to loosen a bolt, wben bis foot slipped, and he went down. Tbe bead was completely severed from the body, and the body was thrown about twenty yards. Doorkeeper folk' Affair. Washington, March 13 The committee on reforms in the civil service having completed tbe inves tigation iuto the affairs of Doorkeeper Polk arc now engaged in the prepar ation cf their Teport It is under stood tbat the committee ' will ' be nearly unanimous ia recommending that the office of doorkeeper be abol ished and its duties placed under tbe sergeant-at-arms of tbe house. A Kail road Itrltlce Main in loar llaya. Xesv BuisswitiH, N. J , March II. Thd qaw wootjen bridge across tbe Uaritan river at tbis poiui was com pleted by the Pennsvlvauia railroad ouipaav late last night, and tbe first through train hince Saturday's fire pas?td over the river this morning. Tbe new structure is !00 feel long, cost $20,000, and was put up by 500 men in a little over four days. DarlnK Bank Kebkcrv. Boston, March lG. A heavy rob try was committed tbis afternoon in the Lecbmere National Batik in East Cambridge. About two o'clock Pres ident L"i is Hall was sitting in tbe f' v iuo uu, -ucu a rugj a burned eamioation, ana ioudu that a small trunk which a moment before had contained $3,000 had been rifled. . . . r J A
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