mm The Somerset Herald WEBNtSUAT September J8, lsTl STATE TICKET OOVEUNOE: HENRY M. nOYT, tr Ll'ZERNE CWNTT. LI EUTEN ANT OUV ERNOR : CHARLES W STONE, OF WARREN Cut NT. KU'RETAEY UF iNTEENAL, Alt'AIRS: AARON K. PUNK EL, or rniLAPELrniA. JIIXJ EOF THE SUPREME COVKT: JAMES T. STERRETT, OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. COUNTY TICKET. COXGEESS: JACOB M. CAMPBELL, OF CAMBRIA COCXTY. BEX ATE: ENOCH D. YUTZr, Ev&jaFi to the decision of the Pletrlct dmfcrence, ASSEMBLY: ANDREW J. COLBORN. EDWARD M. SCH ROCK. FKOTUOXOTAKY : HENRY F. SCIIELL. SHERIFF : EDGAR KYLE. REi i LSTER AND KEOOlibEK: WILLIAM B. FREASE. TREAf VEEK : HENRY F. KNEPfER COMMISS1UXEES: DENNIS COOK. JACOB CRITCHFIELD. Iook in rsE Uiu eotok : GILLIAN KOONTZ. AtfclTOIiS : JACOB M. BAKER. HIRAM D. McCOY. llajtoa Flaaare. Profi ling to be an honest man, the ean tlidate tf an keM't organization, J furor honett money. The tolunte of Vt tvrreney eJtould he regulated by Ugitimatt demand, and wt by the requirements cf bankrupt and vild tpeeulatort. The eurrenry thonM he redeemable at early at the exiyeneiet oj the Horerninent vill'jiermU, in Vie eurrenry rceogniud by all eicilized nation. The eontraett of the Gore mine nl should be held at tarred at the eontraelt of in dividual, and the bond; tU evidence of it indchudnett, thovld be 'paid according to tht vnderttunding between the Corern menlar.dthe. Undir. Speech at Butler, Hopt. 2, Tub Democracy lost balf of its party vote in Maine, and yet its party organs are cackling over tbe result. The Greenbackers have about swallowed the Democratic party in Maine. They polled ten thousand more votes than the old originals. Wk call attention to the strong Fpcech on the finances, made by the President in Minnesota a Jew days since, which will be found on tbe first page of this issue. The unexampled decrease in the National debt, the immense saving in the rate of interest, the transfer of the bulk of our obligations from Europe to America, the restoration of our currency to a sound basis, and all fully dilated upon and coclusively proven to the satisfaction of all reasonable men. It was not a polit ical speech, and yet it contains more sound politics than can be found else where in any speeches of the poli ticians oi the dav. Wi received, on Saturday, the "WWlly lierlin liulletin," the new Greenback organ, whose birth has been for same time prognosticated. Its typography is creditable to the publisher; but the editor, whoever he be, is a turgid ass, incapable of writing or understanding plain Eag- I ish, as w itncis tht following, to be found in a travesty of the declaration of Independence, that is made to do daty for a salutatory: "That among the auxiliaries to "good government are politicol par- "ties or organizations having for "their object tbe representation and "presentation to the incumbent of "Seers, the wishes of tbe masses." Just what this lucid sentence weans, we think it would puzzle tbe author to explain ; but bere is anoth er equally transparent gem : "All experience has shown that "mankind is more disposed to suffer "insufferable evils than ta improve "their condition by relaxing their po litical prejudices." Exactly how men contrive to "suf fer insufferable evils" we cannot comprehend, nor have we time to in quire, and we close our present no tice of the new aspirant for public favor by copying the second clause of its indictment of the Republican rarty: "2 The civil war, which was ne "ees3ary to the establishment of Na "lional Authority, and the abolution "of slavery, created a number of of ' ficea, and leaving after the war a "hoard of Lungry officers out of cm "ployujcnt, to maintain whose favor "the party thought they must sup- "port, and hence new offices were "created in the civil department." We are sorry that intelligent men as we presume those are who have undertaken to establish a new party and party organ in our midst did Dot procure some one to manage the flatter who could write intelligible English. ,. . ' - ., "j ,r Thl.tf lh Orrct.fcsrtef awtr.ftobo that li Tie JuLnetOWII lri!tHC deVoteS j,h,,o,rvrrament(,allcriiiil isl or.i Lomltfl three entire, pages Friday Iw-t, to the jv public record of Hou. A. Jl. CcITroth as an Attorney at Law and Mombcr of Congress, lathis review, if it may so be called, the Trihune makes no assault on the personal charac ter or private actions of Mr. Coffroth, but confines itself strictly to bis pub lic and official career, which it has gathered frcm the records of the Courts and of Congress. The array of Lis tergiversations and offidal mis deeds is a most crushing and formi dable one, and shows : I. How Mr. Coffroth di?posed of a Naval Cadelship to parties that did not belong to his district. II. How Le became involved in an unsavory euit with an Attorney named Lilly, of Washington, D. C, which culminated in hid (Coffroth's) narrowly escaping being stricken from the roll ,of Attorneys at this bar. III. The curious and sinuous re cord made by him in Congress on tbe XUIth Amendment, whereby slavery was abolished. IV. How Le spoke against the XUIth Amendment ; bow bespoke for it, and voted for it; and then tbe next day wrote a letter to Jchn Pal mer of Bedford, (which we published last week) in which he proclaimed that the war would go on with more fierceness ; that subjugation was out of the question ; that we would ta forced to recognize tho South, cr give them explicit guarantees in the Con stitution ; that he teas ready to do no; that be would vote to-morrow (Feb ruary 5, 1SC5) for an amendment to the Constitution, recognizing slavery, and making it a capital offence, i. c , punishable with death, to inter f re with it. Y. How he fared when he sued two exempt conscripts for services rendered in getting them out of the draft ; in pursuing them too far he almost fell into the clutcbB of the law himself. YI. His successful effori U get aa increase of pay for the term he did not belong in Congress ; said increase of pay having been voted by Congress men to themselves after he was ous ted. YII. The servile manner in which he cringed at the heels of his South ern masters as shown by his votes on Southern questions. YIII. His record on the Tariff question. IX. His record, or rather lack of record on the currency question, showing that be successfully master ed the problem, ''How not to do it." X. How he missed the opportuni ty for "The greatest effjrt of his life" when he did not vote on the eight hour question. This prescntalioa of Mr. Coffroth's public record is a most damaging one, and as a candidate for public favor, he must face the music Silence will be taken as a confession, as an ad mission of the truth of the charges. So stand up General I and plead to the indictment. Guilty or not guilty f The returns from tho Maine elec tion election, held last week show that, although the Republicans are largely in the majority, they have probably lost their Governor, State officers, and two members of Con gress. According to the law of that State a majority of the whole number of votes cast is reqjired to elect, anr thus Connor, (Rep.) for Governor, who has over 58,000 votes is not elected, because Garcelon (Green back) polls 23,000, and Smith, (Dem.) 37,000. Another peculiarity of the law is, that where no election is made by the popular vote, or in other words, where no candidate has a clear majority of all the votes cast, the Legislature elects State officers by the joint ballot of both houses, but in the case cf Governor the lower House sends up to the Senate the names of two only cf tie candidates voted for by the people, and from those two the Senate mutt elect the Governor. In this case the coalition of Green backers and Democrats Las elected a majority to the House; of course i will send to the Republican Senate tbe names of the candidates of the two minority parties, and thus the Senate will be constrained to elect one of thcin Governor, although Connor (Rep.) comes within a few thousand votes of doubling their joint vote. It is probable that in this con tingency, the Senate will elect the Democrat because be is in favor of honest money, and thus for the first time in many years Maine will have a Democratic Governor. Tbe Republicans having a majority of 11 in the Senate, will probably have a majority on joint ballot when bith Houses assemble, and will thus be enabled to elect the other S'ate officers. Of the Congressmen, Reed (Rep.) is elected in the First District by 4,300 plurality ; Frye (Rep.) ia the Second, by 3,000; Lindsay in tbe Third, by 3,000; Ladd (Democrat Greenback) in the Fourth, by 2,500; while tbe Fifth district is still in doubt with the chances against Hale, (Rep). Thus ft will be seen that in Maine while the Greenbackers have captur ed and s allowed tbe Democracy, they have at the same time indicted a serious blow on tbe Republican party. In 1876 Hayes polled, in round numbers CC.000; Tilden 59,000; Cooper CC2 votes, and a comparison with the present vote shows the Re publicans to have lost 8,000, the Democrats 21,000 ; and the Green backers have gained over 36,000 plu rality from tbe Democratic party. Tbe days of tbe Democracy ore ar-p-irently numbered in Maine. The Evening Bulletin says : j r ta-i... 1fiiiililiiSflrtili.kJa;'ner.il'of th-m CI 1U ituuo ul I nn.1 tt,Ktr wnv, i.HUf!nw or other. Into ln ..l,i;.nn r-t thai I"'1- llewiu'ir.t.ml.ly be .IlKraHcd to fin.l UollCallOa CI lue ,,Mhewlll have to work txtr r money a linrd aa he don for Uio other kind, uuleM lie Is going to sU-l lL Ye?, and it might have added that there are canning knvcs, operating with, and claiming to be Greenback ers, who expect to unload their debts by paying dollars with half dollars, when greenbacks get cheap as they did during the war. These are tho fellows wild speculators and bank rupts that are blowing up tbe greenback inflation bubble, and who will be the Erst to forsake it when tbev Lave unloaded. Those dollars that go up and down, are what tbe speculators want. It was the "change of values," caused by the present amount of greenbacks being made equal with gold, that sent the specu lators into bankruptcy. That's why they howl against resumption of rpecie payments, American cheese is a great article of export Only a few years ago its exportation was begun, and now we are sending more than a hundred million Dounds a vear abroad. This has only become possible by improv iug the quality, so that it is even bet ter thao that which we used to import The dollar of tbe laborer is to-day worth ninety-nine and three-quarter cents io gold. In a few months, by the resumption policy if the Repub lican party, it will bo made worth one hundred cents. It is tho pur pose of the Democratic party, by the repeal of the Resumption law end the wildest inflation, to make the laborer take for bis wocca an lrre- deemRblj rag that will buy Ies3 than Cf;y cents worth cf flour or fuel. Si eer, the Chairman of the Demo cratic Committee in this btate is sloshing round generally, and making dirty little speeches wilheut much retard aa to whom he hits. In his anxiety to make a point against the extravagance of the last Legislature, he, ia a speech made at McConnelU burg a few days since declared among other things: "Tho bill is $25,350 for postago. This would pay the postage cn 845,000 letters, which would be an average of about o3GC letters to each member, as tho session continued 144 days (including ad journments, each member to use his j j , postage would have to write daily 232 letters." Now Mr. Dill was member of that Legislature, and we presume, since be not replied to the charge, that he cither wrote 33CC during the session, or pocketed bis hundred dollars fjr postage like a little man. If he did really write 23' letters per day for 141 consecu tive days, Le can reEt assured he will never be President, or even Gov ernor. It is not a little interesting to note how the Democrats and Greenback crs all over tho country are striking hands, and, like tho lion and the lamb, lying down together, the one inside the belly of the other. In Massachusetts the Greenbackers have nominated bold Ben Batler for Gov ernor, and the Democracy of Boston meekly accept the situation, and have instructed their delegates to the State Convention to vote for Beojamia as their choice. There eppeara to be but little doubt that he will be tbe nominee of both parties, aud thus as in Maine the Democracy will be swallowed op by the new party All over the country the Democracy is being captured by,the Greenback ers, and the latter promises to be the only formidable enemy cf the Re publicans in the next Presidential election. So thoroughly ha9 the Democratic party been drained, that it virtually confesses that its only hope consists in being able to make terms with the Grecnbackers. The Republican party came into power in this State in 1800, after a long reign of Democracy. Tbe State wa3 $10,000,000 ia debt; a terrible civil war hung over the nation, and burst in all its fury upon us in a fow month?, encouraged and precipitated bv the Democratic partv. For five years it raged, sweeping out cf ex istence thousands of our citizens and millions of money, and imposing milHous more iu burdens upon the people. Tee Republican party car ried the State and country through. The $10,000,000 Democratic legacy is reduced to $0,000,000. Tbe im mouse war claims and care of maim ed soldiers and destitute victims hare been or are still being paid. Tbe grand eld party baa done the work, and all the while developed the mineral, agricultural and other interests of the State more rapidly than ever before. The people of the State, we are sure, will trust the party to do more. The is a lively row among the Democrats of the Twenty-first Con gressional District over their Con gressiona! nomination. The Fayttte County conferees refused to go into convention on the ground that the nomination had been corruptly bar gained for and arranged beforehand, and it looks very much as if tholr al legation was well founded, as the con ferees of Westmoreland and Greene placed in nomination Morgan Wise, Esq , of the latter county, formerly a member of the Legislature, said to be a regularly corrupt roos'.er, who among other little eccentricities Bold a "Free Pass" given him as a mem ber over the Pennsylvania railroad. The Fayette County committee, by a vote of 15 to 5, have refused to be bound by such a nomination, and the Westmoreland Arqus the oldest and stauuehest Democratic paper cf that county also refuses to support such a candidate. There is music in the air, and an unhappy time gener ally, among our Democratic friends over tbe hilL : Wiiev the greenback was abso- liiU-lr nrceessary to f-ave the life cf the Republic, Democracy declared it a fraud, a printed lie an J a violation of the Constitution. When it bad furnished the means to conquer the rebellion, Democracy declared that it should be repudiated; that it was the tool of the monopolist and t p:ca- I&tor, thai it would go the way of the old Continental scrip, end would carry the fchinplaster party with it. When its redemption becomea neces sary, and a protection to the honor and plhrhted faith cf tho nation, Democracy declares it shall not bo redeemed ; that it is the best money on tbe globe ; that we mu3tbave more of it, and submit to its "absolute" rule ia'finaocial circles, without any guarantee of its value or redemption. When the greenback is made as good as gold, and circulates on a par with it, what will the Democracy do then ? Will they cry for the abolition of gold? The Hon. A. II. Coffroth, Demo cratic candidate for Congress in the Seventeenth Pennsylvania district, now represented by tho Hon. Jacob M. Campbell, bas bad a blister put upon him, within the last few days, which will not beat up during the present canvass. He was a mem ber of Congress ia 1SG5, and in or der to keep his seat, as against the rightful claimant, Gen. Koontz, vot ed for the Thirteenth Amendment. But when called to account by bis Copperhead constituents, he wrote a private letter under date cf Febru ary 4th, 1SC5, explaining his mo tives in voting as he did. Tnis let ter has been published, and it plac es Mr. Coffroth in a most pitiable condition belore the people of bis own district. We give a few ex tracts: "Time will justify me. In a short period thoso who now abuse will be loudest in their praise. To kill our opponents wo must remove the question of tlavery from the po litical crena. It is now out of the way as far a3 our State is concerned and next fail we will achieve a splendid victory. The wisdom cf my course ia already being seen. Old Abe has returued from Lis con ference without accomplishing any thing. They would not come back under the Constitution, but demand ed recognition cr further guarantees. The war will go on with more fierce nees than ever. Subjugation is out of the question. Tho South never can ba subjugated. We will be forced to recognize tbem or give them explicit guarantees in the Constitu tion. Our people will soon bo wil ling to give them such guarantees as they desire. I am ready now to do so, I would vote to-morrow for an amendment to tho Constitution recognizing slavery in tho Constitu tion, and making it a capital punish ment to interfere with it. This can not be dune until fanaticism is dead, and we once more get tho power. These ara viows but few agreo with at this time so keep thera to your self or such friends as you can trut." How any honest, sincere, conscien tious voter can support a man who thus puts upon record his own iuta my, is a question for the Democrats of that district to decide. We do not know how many letters Mr. Cof froth bas written, but certain it if be ba3 written one too many. rills burij Commercial. Tbe Peril. The rebel claims now before Con gress aggregate about $200,000,000. These are of a character not barred bv the Constitutional amendments, and are subject to the action of Con eress, without appeal to anv other tribunal. Tbe Inter Ocean ventures the pre diction that the advent of a Demo cratic majority in both houses of Congress will signalizj the openin of legislation which will result in tbe payment of these claims. And when once the gate is opened the amount named will prove but the beginning of the flood. Then will come the ag gregation for the payment of slaves, tbe pensioning of rtbel soldiers, etc., etc., until our own uebt will be lost sight of in the magnitude of this raid upon the public treasury. Do our readers appreciate the dan gers of this movement: It is nut a secret by any means, though frank avowals of the design are suppressed by the leaders of the Democratic par ty S3 far 83 possible. They camot prevent the less discreet members of their party from speaking out, how ever, and so we nave troni numerous Southern sources the open confession that this is to be the object tf their political ascendency, and that "con cihation can only come through tue rccornition of their claims by the North." We do not believe, bv any means, that every Democratic meinbsr of Congress will support such a raid Neither are wo sure that erery Re publican will stand firm ia the midst of temptation la opposition to sued claims. But, as a rule, we can de- pend'upon the latter to vo'c steadily and persistently against tbe scheme, while, unfortunately, tho former, ow ing to party association and tue ne cessity of "harmony," can not ba counted on to resist the majority of their own party associates, ifae op ening will be insignificant; some min or claim will be denominated jut. the claimant loyal, and tho amount demanded will be small. Itiis sus cessful, the preaoiioijt established, and the work will begia in earnest. And t is not alono from party discipline that we may fear danger. Think of a $200,000,000 claim before Congress, and the opportunities given for cor runtion in the handling of such a stu pendous sum ! It is a scheme to be watched and euarded against on ve- rr side. We advise tbe people of e very Congressional district to put the question of supporting or opposing such claims Euarely to all of their candidates, and exact tbe most posi tive pledges from them on tfcjs very point: "Do you promise to aci arm vote throughout your torru against the payment of any Southern claim grow ing out of the war now barred by the laws?" This question, cr its sub:tance, should be addressed to every candi date of whatever party, and a positira answer reqabed. The South has everunmg to ugnt for io this Congressional contest Success means, at least, the tempora ry realization of ber peculiar notions about State sovereignty ; bertnumpn over the colored race, and tho sub stantial abrogation of the Constitu tional amendments; and, filially, berj enrichment at tbe expense ot trie North, whom she plots to divide by other issues that Ebe may tbe more easily exact tbe tribute she seeks. Tho North, confident, easy, prone to odependent thought, and, consequent ly, only united by immediate and ap- parent danger, goes idly on, seeing, yet seemingly iadiffercnt to, this echeme of tecuotial aggrandizement. luo inter Ocean warns Republic ans, and Northern Democrats as well, egainet a "united South;" and wheth er, ia tbe mad craz9 over other usues. this danger shall Lo overlooked or not, we shall have done our duty wbea we have pointed it out and sounded tho alarm. Inter Ocean. qr.iT osniixE. The Philadelphia Times of Satur day baa an interview with Col. laay, Secretary of tho Republican Ltate Executive Committee, on the "News from Maine." "Tho result in Maine," began Mr. Quay, "is a Democratic defeat We gain five thousand votes, and the Democrats lose twenty -four thousand. Any observant man who chooses to regard Maine as a political finger board must see, therefore, that it ia- di:atiB a plurality for Hcyt of atleait one nunarea tbcusand. It tbe Dem ocrats can get any comfort out of that, let them enjoy it. "You would know the cause of this revolution in the East? Tho overthrow of your opponents there is but a natural beginning of tbe winding-up chapter cf tho debauched career of Democracy, which began in 1S08, with Pendleton's theory that greenbacks were a legal tender for all oblige t:ons of tbe government to the paoplo and of the people to the Government. They started up on that theory and clung to it, finally adopting at Erie, ia 1875, a platform simiiar to that more recently built up by the National party. For years the tendency of the Democratic party has been toward the National goal and it's approaching it rapidly. "Concerning opinions that have been publicly expressed, with the re sult ia Maine as their basis, declaring that tbe Republican party is to be de stroyed, we are happy to say that we can profitably bear the brunt of all luat fcina ot destruction, ltiere is no law in Pennsylvania, as tbero is ia Maiae, to throw the duty of choos ing a Governor into the Legislature, when the leading candidate lacks a majority of ail the votes cast, which is the case with Connor. Therefore, even though this revolution should extend into Pennsylvania, and with the same force which it extended in to Maine, Uoyt would still be elect cd by tbe large plurality indicated by the Maine Gnger-board, as tbe law of Pennsylvania does not re quire a candidate to have a majority of the vote3 iu order to bo elected." 'With results here proportionate to tbosa in .Maine," ia.erposed Mr. Mackey, who sat clone by, "Mason would beat Dill, and Hoyt would be elected by ona hundred thousand plu rality." ' "Yes." added Mr. Quay, "and let me go further. Even with the ex isteuce ia this State of a law requir ing a majority of votes, and tbe ref erence cf a plurality case to the Leg islature, we would still be certain of Hoyt's election, because we are F.ure we will have a majority in both the llouso and the Senate. But I do not at all expect that the Greenback vote ia this Siata will be as propor tionately largd as it was ia Maine, where i amounted to about thirty- five thousand, or over one-fourth cf the aggregate vote, w hich was about one hundred and twenty thousand. Here the Nationals mav reach one- fifth of the total vote, but I don't thiuk that tbfy- will exceed thst fig ure. "It is a mistake to suppose that the character of the Maine election was totally uaforesec n. The Repub licans of that St a to knew that tbey must be affected somewhat by the crash w hich tbe Democracy bad been inviting to come upon itself, but tbey could not clearly foresee the extent cf the probable ii jury, because, not bavin&r access to the proper sources of information, they were not fallv able to judge aa to what might be tho nature of tbe National inroad in to tt8 ranks of tbe Democracy. To put the thine in a nut-sbell the Greenback movement is engaged ia the work of annihilating the Democ racy, and, at the present rate of working, will succeed, without seri ously injuring the pirtv that is devo ted to tbe best in'.ereJts of the whole people." A I'laaee Into a Cataract. Dingmas's Ferry, Pesxa., Sept. 10. Dusbkill, a popular summer re sort for New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Brooklyn people, is beau tifully situated on the Pennsylvania bank of the Delaware liver. Thir teen miles iroin ttiis place, witnin a circle of a few mill's, nro numerous watct falls and cataracts, tbe most prominent among them beiag the Big Bushkill Fall, situatji ia tho mountains, two miles northwest of the village, on the Bushkill creek. For this citaract, Mr. George Comp ton, proprietor of tbe maimer boarding-house uear the Delaware Water Gap, accompanied by Lta ife. daugh ter en J several rjestB, started, on Sat urday morning aat. Reaching the Bushkill, the party set out on foot for a tour of iustit';ioa. Having vis ited all the smaller places of iaterest, the BusLkill Falls were sought Arriving at the cataract, the par ty separated, some giio further tip lta itream. .Mr. (jaipt'io, wile and daughter-,the Utter a beautiful and accomplished vounsr lady and one other gentleman stopped near the bead of the falls to rest. While rest ing Miss Compton careleJelv pro ceeded to tbe edge of tbe rocks and peered down into the seething wa ters one hundred and twenty feet be low. 4 &be leaned ovpr hhp lost her balance, and uttering a piercing scream lor nelp, see plunged head long into tbe rocky abyss. Her mother, nlmout wild with grief, wrung her hand4, and was ouly pre vented from jumpioz into the cata ract after her daughter by the terri fied father and tht gentleman who accompanied them. While tbe lat ter held the aaroniud mother, Mr. pompton hastened to tbe foot of tbe falls, to find his unfortunate child feebly combatin? with the rouzh bil lows aaU struggling to reach tbe shore. Without a moment's hesita tion he jumped into the stream, and after a desperate stirjjgle succeeded ia rescuing her. A physician was immediately summoned, woo pro ncunced her injuries of a fatal na ture, Tbe girl by tbji tioje was ua conacious, and her body was bruised and mangled from bead to foot. Sbe wan taken to ber home, and at accounts was slowly sinking, no possible chance of recovery. last with Tight with JlMusbiaera. Atlanta, Ga, September II. A specikl dispatch to tbe Constitution says a deputy United States Marshal and posse attempted to arre&t two young men of Baldwin county, named Enis, for illicit distilling. A desper ate fight ensued, in which one of tbe posse was mortally and one severely wounded. THE FEVER. The Weather Much Cool er and the Pestilence Less Active. RECOVERY OF ELDER. 1US1IOP TEH F2732 S5ASS 1ST CHIO. Thirteen Cases at Gallipolis. Memphis, September 13. All the undertakers but ooo reported to-night, ibo total deaths being ninety-three, of which forty-four were colored per sons. Resident physicians report .29 new cases to the Board of Health. Tho report cf tho medical corps of tbe Howard Association will cot be made op until midnight. Yesterday tho Howard physicians reported 203 new cases. The disease is assuming a milder form, and yields more readily to treatment, which is attributed to the recent cool weather. Four more Howard physicians have taken the fever. A meeting of members f the Citi zens' Relief Committee and the How ard Association was held at the Pea body this afternoon, which was presi ded over by J. M. Keating, of the Aniieal, at which it was resolved to issue no more rations to well persons except those in camp, with a view to corontl people to leavo the city. It was also resolved to telegraph to New Orleans for forty young, active, acclimated busmess men to assist toe Howards, as tbe clerical force has been much leduced by fever. C. P. Huctiugton, President of the South ern Pacific, has sent, through tbe Hon. II. Casey Young, a personal do cation cf $1,000, for tbe relief cf toe sick and needy. Browsville to-day reports 4 deaths and 15 new cases. Twenty-five phy sicians of the Howard medical corps report two hundred and sixty-two new cases to-day. The drug stores being all closed except two. Dr. Mit chell, Medical Director, bas ordered necessary drugs from St. Lou:s, and will open a dispensary. The weather is cool. THE MORTALITY DECREASING. New Oreeaxs, September 13 Weather clear and cool. Mercury last night, Cl. New cases, 223; deaths, 53. From noon to G p. m. 23 deaths were reported. Among the 223 new cases reported up to noon to day were SO dating from the 25th of August to tbe 9th instant, besides 2o reported by one pbysiciaa who gives no dates. C. W. Carr, operator, who went to Yicktborg from St. Louis, died this morning of fever. Bishop Eider is reported out of daegcr. Shrcveport has contributed $4,000, tbirty-five nurt-es, one physician, and one minister to tbe yellow fever suf ferers. New Orleans, September 13. Mrs. Isaac N. Stouiemejer, of the Ti nea, who has been down with the fever several davs, is recovering. Mfjor Henry M. Fowler, Superinten dent tf the Chalruette National Cem etery, a native of New York, aged thirty two, late Captain of Company A. Fifteenth New Jersey Yolunteers, died at Cbalrnetto to-day of yellow fever, and will be buried" to-morrow by the Grand Army of the Republic. Rev. Marx Moses, formerly of the Jackson S.reet Hebrew Congregation, now at Providence, Rhode Island, has lost almost Lis whole family, re siding here. Mrs. Moses was buried Saturday, Samuel Moses on Sunday, and Matilda Moses on Thursday. Ouly one child is lift, which is now convalescent. Dr. Cbappin and other wbll-known physicians express tbe opinion that alter this week there will be a grad ual decline io tbe death rate from Tel- low lever. reports from cther points Henrietta Toby died at Chicago yesterday from what her physicians say wag yellow lever, modified by climatic influences. She was f rm- eily from Main, bat Ciuio here from Memphis, where her husband died recently. For the past 21 hours fifty or bixty new cases were reported at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and of deaths 3. Father Laval, a Catbolio priest, and Philip Machef, Esq , Vice Consul from France, are down sick, both having boen stricken at their post of duty among tne sick. At Canton, Mississippi, the cjl.l winds and heavy atmosphere of tbe past two days have bad a most dis astrous effect. The new cases for the past twenty-four hours nnmber 3G, and of deaths there wera four. Our doctors Semme?, Ca-o end Priestly, assisted by l. Lyons, of New Urleaaa .are hurrying from bouse to house, and the nurs.s (over sixty in number) have .inre than tney can manage. No new cases of yellow fever were reported by the phveiqaas at Cairo pcstcrday. In the infeotcd district at GalliDO- lis, Ohio, there are now 13 cases. tb ree bein? reported convalescent to- day. Two cases, Wm. Walker and bis son, Laing Walker, aro bad. The balance are improving. There havo boen no new cases reported ia tbe last two days and no deaths. Rain continued until midnight, and to day has been cloudy, with, tbe Urcgme. ter at 6Q T&e panio is entirely al layed ia the city, and the prudence of tbe scourge would hardly be sus pected but for the almost total sus pension of business, owing to quar antine agaiast us by all Leighboriug towns ou the river and a self-imposed one by tbe country people. Ow ing to the vigilance of our heakh offi cers, not a case has appeared io the town. The fevir bas appeared C- li'loxi, Miss. Tho deaths yesterday were Diruitry Limbrick, Mrs. Murphy and Miss Dunn Three new caes re ported to day. The lTor ia Qhla. CjJiouuiAT!, September 13 W. IJ. Bleit?, of Memphis, who was tak en to tee hospital on Sunday with the yellow fever, died last evening. It is stated that a very malignant type of fever has broken out at New Richmond, Ohio, a small place, twen ty miles from this city, op tbe river. Of six or seven pcraons attacked up to this time five have died. The wife cf Rtv. Dr. L?wis and a sorvant girl i or tbeir next door neiKbbor died on Tuesday, aad shortly after the wife and sister of Mike McGlone, where the servant died, were attacked and died. A daughter cf Dr. KincaisJ was attacked, bat recovered." The patients torn yellow, and before death present the peculiar eymtom tbe black vomit. The physicians, how ever, pronounce the distasi u. lions fever X arrow Knp From Fire. Grenada, September 12 Four teen new ra.-is aud two deaths lo-day. Dr. Yeasy, who rofle oa a locomotive last uiht t GarnerV, twlve miles north, to vis:t a tick ur.aa, on his re turn discovered Cre in a lot of straw i-j the pubFc room of the Chamber lain lie exiiRgui-hed it be fore any dannii:) occurred. Had it not Iweu lor hi.s timtly arrival, the hotel, with iu twenty odd patients, would Lave been entirely destroyed. The fire was caused by tbe explosion of a coal oil lamp L. T. Lebmar and M. Applegate will probably die to-night. They are both entirely un conscious. F. S. Law, of Mobile, and Mrs. Cole died Inst night The end has not come yet. beports rnoM otiieb points. There is no abatement ia the scourge at Canton, Miss. New cases for the past twenty-four hours twenty, deaths two. Tbe weather is cold and windy. At Ocean Sprioga there are tea cases of fever; ull doing well. At Baton Rouge New cases dur ing the past twenty-four hour3 35, deaths none. NufTrrJiigral lllebmau, lieatnrky. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 13. A special from Hickman, Ky., t the Courier Journal says : "Our situation is more dep!orablo than evr. Dr. Blanton is dead, Dr. Catlett no better, aud only to resi dent physicians are able for duty. Dr. James W. Parrs is hero from Missouri, and is doiog all he can. Dr. Blackbura is stiil here, going d y aud night." A despatch from St Luis an nounces that quarantine there aguius' up-river freights has b.ea removed, ia response to suggestions made ia communications published iu the papers. As a means of purifying the atmosphere aud destrojiog Milia ria, Pros werj generally lighted in the streets throughout the Jci'y ibis eveuiag. The Young Men's Chri.iiiaa Asso ciation reports 90 new cases. Heavy Fractal St, lAnt. Sr. Lous, Sept. 12 (June a heavy frost occurred here and ia this vicinity last night, and tbe tempera ture is now favorable fur a still heav ier one to-nigbt. Whatever nppro hensious may have prevailed any where s to tbe yellow fever being or coming here may now be dismissed with absolute confidence, for the re cent remarkable cold change in the weather bas rendered it utterly im possible for the diseaso to exist in this city. Returning 1 banks. New Orleans, Sept. 13 The Howard Association ot tbis city tender their most grateful thacks for the noble response to their call for aid and request no further colleciions be made, as those received and uow coming forward will be ample t) meet all the wants of their associa tion. Killing ola HOHhklarr. In response to a telegram from Deputy Collector George 1). Suiitb, cf Marion, Special Deputy Marsbal McLavy left Wytheviile ou Tuesday eveaicg last to join Mr. Suiiih and his posse on a raid upoa some illicit distillers in tbe Piper's Gap regioa, Carroll county. About da break ou Thursday morning the party ca ne upon a large distillery ia one of tbe mountain gorges. Tney foaad two large stills set up aai ia operation, about two huudred gallons of newly make whisky aad over one thousand gallons of beer on the premises. Ia tbe yard were two wagons, evident ly wai.ing to carry off tbe whisky. Three mea were found ia the still bouse, and were taken into custody. Mr. McLavy then went to a house near by occupied by one Harrold, who was reported to be chief owner of tho dittillery and arrested bim. The guards having Harrold in charge, accompanied by Collector Smith, started to go back to the distillery where tbe other prisoners were beiag guarded, when, ia passing near a thicket of brush and undergrowth, Harrold broke away aud ran iut the thicket. The guards pursued aad halted him several times but without effect, when one of them fired upon him with a carbine, tho bill s: rising bim under tbe shoulder bladi and passing through bis body, killiag bim iastantly. Harrjld was au old iffeadir, aad was cousidercd a dangerous uud des perate character, aad was a terror to bis neighborhood. T'iH pari-', one of the party paptqred IU tbe distil iery, was a noted aioonabiaer and bad heea successfully defying capt 8re fjt several years. The prison ers were takea to Abiaadja. These pirticulars we derive froai the ytbevtlle JLnlerpri.-e Lynchhurti V try in tan ot,ittrj ol Mail t'aarlio. Hot Cuef.k., Wvomiug, S.-pt. 10. Both coaches weru stepped at about 12 o'clock last nibt between Li'irbi- niDg Creek and Chevenoe River bv three armed men. The up coach contained two pa-sengers and had one messenger aloug with it. The robbers Srst baited the down cjacb, robbed all the passengers, asJ were ecgajred iq robbing iLe mail sseks when the uorth b.juud c ach arrived, which tbey a'so fcti-ppud, aud after robbing the two pa3.-eo.gers it .con tained, proceeded to cut open ao ! rob the mails. They br ke opi-n. the treasure boxes and took iLei contents, but, it is though', they gut less lhaa lu3 ia niouey from the passengers, from whom they took jrwelrv aad watches. Tbey also took a wcb from the driver of th co&'i and one from the sojsfager, Samh. wbo re mained ia the coach aCicr the passea gers got out, intending 0 vaae a stand agaiant tle roVutjra. tloaof the thieves plaotd a pisseoger ia front of him and marched up to the coaob, comptlliag Smi.h to gir up or kill tho pEg-ciijftr. They ako tJok away Smith's arms. Tne robbers tied ibe passengers' wr.is bohiad their bctr Oae ot iLo rubbers, who was not masked, was reogaiz'd as James E JohnsonTand commonly kacwo as "Lengthy." Yoa ( aa He Happy If you will stop all your extravagant and wrong notions ia doctoringyour self and families with expensive doc tors or humbug cure alls, that do barm always, and use ouly uature's simple remedies for all your tilrr)?nu you will be wise, wel and happy, and save jrest expense. The great est remedy for this, the great, wie and good will tell you, is Hop Hit ters believe it See "Proverba" in another column. A COIL FIT ON FIRE Between Two and Three Ilan dred Persons Believed to Havo Perished. A I ?! - Lono-.v, September 11 r1' i.' at Abcrcarne near Newport, ia Moi- monthshirc. 1 here were o71 in n io f..l.li;. 4 ... the pit. SO of whom have been res- cued. H ! reared that no others i have survived, as the pit is lov oi fire. London, September II. Ten mure uieu bavn bee a takea out aiivo from the colliery at Abcrcirac, but they were much burned, and '.be dead body of cao boy ha been recovered. The fate cf tho rcmaioder may be judged from tho fact that tbe explorers found fourteen horses dead only a few yards from the foot if the shaft. The air in the mine was found to bo very im pure. London, Septerobr 12 Tue loss of life by the colliery disaster at Aber carce is uapreceden-.cd ia South Wales Tbe number of the dead is estimated at two hundred and eighty. Two of iLo.'e rescued have sinca died frcm their burn?. Others are ia a precarious condition. There is not rescuing any th slightest hope of more alive, as the workings are very intricate and extend ever three miles. So far only about seven corpses havo beeo recovered. The explosion oc curred soca after nooa Those on the back knew it by a rumbling noiso and tbe ascent of a douse volume of smcki. All the people ia the distiict rushed to tho pit mouth in consterna tion. The scenes cf distress are inde scribable. According to tho latest advices the pit is still buruiog, and the maau-ers are diseussiog tbe propriety of flood ing it, as h seems certain all the men are ti-.hcr burued to death cr suffoca ted. Tte floating mill probably be briefly delayed until tbe last h 'pe that uuv are alive U extiujjuished. Fnr Men Iastantly Killrcl Near Brad ford. On. Citv, September 13 At noou to day a magazine at Bradfjrd, con taining 50 pound.- of nitro-glycerino aud 15 of dynamite, exploded with terrific force, completely demolishing everything ia the vicini: v aad instant ly ki'lliuj A. P. Higgias", J. B. Bork holder, N. B. Pulver and C S. Pago Oaly a small portion of their mangled remains was fooad. The cause of the explosion is unkaowa. It m sup posed th? men were trying to ualock a safe which burglars bad p-.eviously ineffectually tried to bio open with dynamite, leaving the explosive ia the io'ek. ANOTHER ACVOINT. Bradford, Pa , September 15 Shortly sf;er ncoa to day a f.igbtful explosiou of tiitrc-glycenne occurred about a a, lie and a balf south of bf-rc, by which four men N. B. Pulver, Caarles Page, Andrew P. Iiijrgias and J. B. Burkholder Lst their lives. They were working at tb? 1 ck cf o:e of the safes which had been tam pered witb, when the txplosica took place. Their bodies were liter oily torn to pieces and scattered ever l he neighboring groutid and amoi.g it.e tree. There was at the time of ibe exjilosioa about SO pounds tf ra.ri glvcerine and 50 pounds cf dynamite ia tbe safe, and was tho property of tte Mclutyre Torpedo Coiapaoy. Iniliaa Tronblea. Bismarck, D. T., Sept. 12 The rumor that Miles hud a fight wiib the Baaaocks a. Yelio jrstonsj Park is generally credited here. It is known tbat af;er leaving Fort Ke ogii wkn bis p;rty they struck a uew trail, aad apprehending danger, the ladies of ihe pirty were feat to Fort Ellis, wtide ite commanJ went in pjr&uii ot ibu ladiaas. A brother of Seaatr Djrscy, wbo left for Keogh oa the a.h iast , says tho report that Miles bad a Ggnt in which twenty seven tf his escort were killed and the rera.iiader surrounded had reach ed there, a-id that two companies cf mourned iafi-jtry from Fori Custer and a bin 1 of Chc-yoaao Iadiias from Keogh had gone to tbeir ataist- aace. The mail .vas held at Keogh a day and a half for par.ieuhrs, aad left withjut any. Tbe steamer Bich elor, which Uft Keogh tweaty-four hours later, bas uotbiug additional. A repoit has jus-, reached bere that over 1,000 tortile Sioux are oa San dy creek, near Fort Cu-:ter. Aa offi cer tf the mounted polite, arrived hero t i-day from Fort Bjatoa, says Sittiujr B ill aad his entire fjrou ar ou tbis sidd tf tbe liu, splendidly armed aad equipped ?".Tilo :ie ar Krprftataiv. Pout land, Me, Sep;. 13 Tbe Houso tf Represeatatives (complete) will cooMst of C5 Republicans, - Dem ocrats elected by Repubiicaus, 31 Democrats, aud 57 tirccn'oackers Thirteen out of the 3"? Dt-m-tratie R.jreseata'.i'.-s were chosea ou tho rra;yht Democratic ticket, over bo h Republican aad Greenback caudi da'es, atid will holJ the baltaeo of poer ia tbe II ;use. Tbo other 1 1 were cboxea by Greenback aid. Defrat af the Banaoek. Bozeman, Moa , Sept. iO, via Hel ena, Sept. 12 By aa ext. ccrier from Captain Browniug we lesra that Sunday ha: Genera! Miles bad a battle with tbe Baau cks cn Sda Butte Cretk, near Clark's Forks Thirteen Indians were killed, aad the rest of the pirty, 37 ia n'.t were captured. Miles' loss was Cuntain Andrew S. BiQU&li killed and one soldier mof tally wouoded. Mile's fori Quuibt-Ted -21 mea aud a fov scout. Dnrl at Clone tnart. San FcAStdsitXi Healember 14 Tis morning Johu Riley and a mao unKnowu f ,ugbt a lu-l with revolvers in the Catholic cemetery. They be gan 8ooting a, ten pices, and ad vacced firing till tbey closed, when the unknown placed bispi-t A agiiost Riley's bidy inflicting n dingerous wouad. Riiey wa takea to tbe City Hospital f jt ruedioul treatment, lie refu-es to divulge tho nanis tf his an tagonist or seconds io the affair. Tbe man who brought him iuto t)wa ia a carriage disappeared afer leaticg the wouiided mai withjume friends, who removed bim ta tbe hospital. The other principal in tbe doe) ia believed I) have beeu wounded. A )I tonnhiae Marderer Arrdatdtl. Washington, September 21 Col lector Cooper, at Knoxville, Tennes see, telegraphs to Commissioner Raqm thai Al Wilson, one of the murderers of John Cooper, has been arrested aad is eonQned ia Grasoa county, North C&roiiaa, jail. Lr the arrest of this uun the Government offered & reward of $500, State of Tennessee $500 and Collector Cooper $100. r.., Meaivim.e. IV, September 13 Tt: tor;n did threat damai. The Cttk ruDoirjr thn.-ugh the Uart cf t ie city overflow d its bar.ks, fl ,odicg tie principal street and damaging property to tht- aruuuot uf tlOO.O'jl). (Several lives are reported lost. A if-eight train on the A. and O. W. : ?ai(a,r n .,,t 'n- .....Is .k ..: - J -""u 'JllJt; i,horl d;tauce west ..f Meadviile j T1 0 ecg;crer fifer!(an ,, n ,,MkP!inil ',... . i,.,, j mi- ii. j.iiii ii avow I irrsntR.j, IV , titpternbvr 1: Toe severe trq'iiuo:lial storm wLith b;is lTovailed ia this vicinity f,r three. days, reached its full fury last n'ght, wbea the rail fell ia torrent, aud wa3 accompanied by a tremendous gale cf wind. No damage of any consequence is reported ia the city yet, but the rural districts report great destruction, especially of rail road property. Travel oa Western railroad lines has generally been sus pended, heavy washouts having cc curred on tbe Pan Handle, Fort Wayne and Cleveland roads, aad al-o on the Erie branch. Th new Wbeeliiig branch cf the Paa Handle line is also obstructed. Large forces cf trackmen are at work, and travel will probably reopen West to-mcr-row. Tho telegraph liaes suffered severely. Tho camea of thoso who I-jet their lives last night in the flood were en gineer George Brown, fireman George Hoffmaa and brakeraaa Mike Cabiii.. These mea were all drowned ia Wat son rua culvert, on the Allauiic (luij Great Western Railway, three nvles southwest of the city. Tbe locomo tive and rive cars are under water. About t o'clock this mcrning Sar.-.iie-C. Devrickson went t tbe coraer of Park avenue where his father had a residence, and while eagagvd ia pull ing drif. wood that was blocking the channel, fell iuto tbo stream, aud was carried ia a moment under the beg bridge. A gentlemaa who saw the accilent tu ried to the other end ti- receive him, but was too late. only ifeat-t.i? g it ia lime to see his b.idv whiil pat ii the rushiog torrent. At Gouiowo, five miles north of Coaoeauivilie, the house of ilium Lawrenco was swept from its found ations early this morning and borne down tbe b'.reata ome distance, with the fain'ly ia it. The entire vd:ey at that place is a petfect sea of wa acd fears are entertaiaed for tb safe ty of lives. Parlies from Cutiumut ville, armed with many rop-s, are ndtavoring to onchor the bou Aa accident occurred this rnoruiug at ShenaDgo. The train preceedicg. down the Erie nl Pittsburg P,.il road, just below Sheaacgo, ran into a Uiatiag culvert aud weLt down, killiag ihe engineer and fireman, Bud injuriug the lirt brakemaa so badly that his recovery ia impossible. The bodies bad not been recovered up to 4 P M At Geccva, IV , just west of b re, high water did much damage A man, said to have been ialoxicited, fell tff thebiidge whiia looking at iho high water, and was drowDfd. A despatch from Geaeva says a by, Dan e uot stated, was also drowned. This makes tbe lint iu this viciui'y reacb a total cf nice. Trains on ihe Atlantic and Great Western Railway bavo been abandoned ia all directi us today. Owia to seveial washouts acd wrecks West traias may aot be expected to get through for several dajs. The loss ia tbe cuy will reach $100,000. Havoc la Sort a Carolina. GoLDSIIOUo', N. C, Sept. 12 A mr.st destructive cjclone passed with in three miles cf tais city about 7 A m. to-day, from northeast to south west. Its path was one huadretl yards aide, and it demolished evrry house, fcalltriag timbers, bedilia and t-:riog apparel for balf a luilo or rti ' !-. A regro woman was mor tally wuuoded, aad a negro mau kill ed aud blown some distance. Four white people were seriously hurt, and aot expected to live. Their legs were broken and they were internally injured. A number of hoes, cattle and horses were killed. Barns, out houses and dwellings shared alike. Cotton stalks were stripped naked. Tbe loss is very considerable, and falls heavily n the victims. The length tt tbe tornado is not known, acd we bear if disasters in Pender ai;d New Hanover counties. over Mb Manured BsU London, September 10 Over fix hundred bidies have bren recovered of persons drowned by a disaster to the excursion steamer Princess Alice, which was rua down and satik oa ike evening tf the 3 J instant by th sjrew. Collier By well Castle on the Thames. A Urge m:tjtity tf tbe Ljii;e iiave-bi-en recoguiz id. Eigbty-tt rt-e bodies that could not be idtfutifted were bur ied at Woolicb yesterday. Hank fcanpenitlaa. Rah WAT, September U The L'u i ri National ISaak of this city closeil its d ors vesterday afteraoou. aad its affairs have beea placed in tho Lands, of R ,bert Brewster for the her&t of deposit ra and directors Tbe sus peusioa was caused by aeiinkage ia values and deprec-iatioo in real estate. 1(9 capital was $100,000, and it is. thought laat all the creditors will be paid dollar for dollar. Killed and Injured. altooxa, IV, September IS. While a party of railroad men were tcstiujr the track ia tb yard here this aftf ro'Ria tbeir engine r to a nuni'ier of cars, and caas-J a e Jiuplete wreck. Joseph Jjha'ii, abr&kemaa, was killed. Tb soperiuteadunt of the jard, Charles McCuiley, bad both feet cut iff; the chief despitcher, Jo aeph Siads, had an inn broken and was otherwise iLjured, and Conductor Ja nes Ui: d, Ksiriceer Jackson, two b:akt iufa ai.d the firemaa were all lip fitly red. A Si are I Faaera!. Dayton, Sept. 12. Tl variou- gypy c.'un tb'cughooi lK rwuntry a-e asFcmh!ir u lara luiit! ers Lere to at'erd i ha f.icernl -f tte late (J ien M Kil'la Siauley next Sunday at Wa.ii'i( cemetery. The (Jueen ditJ it Viik.-burg, Miss, several m ntbs ao. Ilrr body was removed t Dattoj, nod the various .clans were crdered to altea-l the fuoeral at that place. It is expeuted th.it tV exercises will be very interesting. t'augreslaaal Xamiaatlaaa. Philadelphia, Sept. 11 TI 9 follow iog Congressional nomination: were nude by tbe RepuUicaas to day : First District, General II. II. Rineham; Second District, Cba.It'S OWriil ; Third Distrif, John Sped deu, who was )ctterday oomiut.d by ihe Na.i Di!s; Fourth District. Wm. D. Kellty ; Fif.h District, Al fred C. Harmer. O'Neill, Kelley and Haraer are renominations. l
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