Tho Somerset Herald WEDNESDAY. ...Julv it, lure. Republican financiering Las aared the country eixty-Beven millians per annoni in theinteieston the National debt. With the announcement that Thur man is weakening mentallj, come dailj bulletins of the improved and now robust health ot Samuel J. Til den. The "old man of the mountain' ha his grip fairly around the neck of the Democracy, and the Boonar it re cognizes the fact that it is bound to rarrr bim the better it will fare. The public don't need to be in formed that the average Democratic politician i? a mighty mean coss, and therefore it will not be a matter of eurpriee to know that an attempt is now being made by the friends cf Tilden to kill off Senator Tburman by allegations that he is not only in bodily ill health, but that his mental faculties are dangerously impaired. CoLosel Bi ECH.the new Secretary of the Confederate Senate, has or dered the New York Tribune, Chi cago Jnter-Ocean, and other North ern papers, to be stricken from, tbe list of journals taken for the use of Senators, and Southern papers to be substituted in their stead. We pre sume this intelligent Bourbon expects to thus convert Republican Senators. We don't bear much ncw-a-days about the scarcity of currency, and there isn't much demand for the re peal of the resumption art, that was going to produce such an awful con traction. Nevertheless, we presume that, with the assembling cf the Greenback conventk)ae,we Ebsll hear the stereotyped cry for more money, although we now lave n actual ufc in the country more t jan eight hun dred millions f currency in geld, silver and paper.. The appearance of a few cases oi yellow fev er at Memphis bas created a perfe' t pttnic throughout tbe Souti. l 'r, to be hoped that the scar is f oundlese, and that tbe disease will not become epidemic. Good results may enEue from the present alarm if it induces sanitary measures to be enforced by tbe authorities, who.with the usual ehiftleseaess of the people of that eectioa, have been awaiting the advent of tbe scourge, instead of! taking precautionary action in ad-' vance. In Ohio tbe "Nationals" and Dem ocrats called their State conventions on tbe same day and at the same place, and a quasi amalgamation was formed, against wbicb however, a portion of tbe Greenbackeis revolted. Tbe sign, in this State point the same way, tbe Nationals meeting at Al toona on tbe 15th, the Democrats at Harrisburg on the following day. Doubtless this close assemblage, in point of time, of these two anti-lie-publican elements "means business," and the conjecture is strengthened by tbe awkward and laughable attempt of tbe Ilarrisburg Patriot to create the impression that Col. Quay, Chair man of the Republican State Com mittee, is manipulating the Green back convention in advance. Secret AH y Evabts sums up the pretensions and the outcomes of the extra session in tbe following laconic style: "Tbe Democratic revolution ists made a sorry fizzle of the high sounding programme with which they began tbe extra session. They began with a blare of trumpets, saying to the President, 'Sign our political measures or we will withhold $4C,- 000,000 of the appropriations for run nitijr the Government' 'That does not frighten me,' replied the Presi dent; 'I shall go ahead and do my duty just the same.' 'Very well,' said tbe Democrats, 'if that's your intention we will keep back $20,000,- 000.' Finding tbe President still un moved, they cried out: "If you don't back down we will refuse you $10, 000,000.' As this threat had no ef fect, they finally held back $000,000 and ran away. It was a remarkably well-developed case of tbe small end of the born." It is cow asserted that a private letter has been received in Washing ton, from General Grant, in which he says be shall defer his return to this country till alter the Republican nomination tor tbe 1 residency is made next year. He says that, though be bas been received everywhere w ith the greatest consideration, more than, as an ex-oQicial, be bad any right to expect, be is extremely anx ions to return borne as soon and as quietly as possible: but in view of the 8uperscrvicable zeal of some per sons, whose acquaintance does not justify tbeir officious intentions to re ceive bim on bis arrival, be bas de termined to sacrifice bis own wishes and remain abroad. lie expects that bis Australian tour, and possibly a voyage along the west coast of South America, tbe Isthmus and Mexico, will consume the time till the early part of June next, by which time be expects tbe question of a Republican candidate will be settled. A statement of the receipts and expenditures of tbe Government for the fiscal year ending Jane 30th, shows that the revenues have in crease o over tnose ol tne last year about sixteen and a quarter millions, and yet tbe net surplus, which last year was nearly $21,000,000, is this year not quite $S,000,000, which will go to the sinking fund. The falling off in tbe net surplus notwithstand ing tbe Increase of $1G,000,000 is due mainly to tbe action of the Demo- cratic Congress. There was an in crease in the ordinary expenditures of over $20,000,000. Of this amount $5,500,000 went to the Fisheries award. $1,800,000 to Capt. Ead's improvements at tbe mouth of the ;Mj""ip?i.nJs.5oo,ooo more to . , pay ice arrearages or pensions. Alter j deducting these reallr extraordinary expenses, we have left about $19,000,. 000 as tbe excess of expenditures orer those of last year, for which tbe last Democratic Congress is respon sible, notwithstanding its blatant pro fessions of economy and reform. Not an inconsiderable item in this exces sive expenditure of the peopled money are the expenses of the estrs session of Congress, made necessary by the tactics of the Democratic-Ma jority ia the preceding Ilooee 8 Re presentatives. It is a part f the price tbe country must pay Sod teach ing the Democracy a sever lesson as to what a party majority cannot be allowed to do in bulldozing the Presi dent and attempting te Etarvo th government into sabmiesiom The Democratic journals are all j laboring in tteir vocation, to make a I he appear the truth, by vigorously M" j serting that Congress passed an ap ipropriation bill for the pay of Marsh- i criminals- eseape unpox ished, tbe President is to blame. The Inter Ocean replies to these hisU .rical Mon- chausens as follows; "We infer from tbe lleginlvr thai CoDgref s loved the United States Marshals devotedly. It was just wild to pr y them, and the President was gailty cf a 'crime against honesty aad truth in not signing tbe bill. The Democratic Congress and .h Register reasoned a good deal lik t the first Democrat 'ia tbe wilderness.' lie said : 'Com mand that ,hese stones be made bread.' 'II e showed,' alao, 'the king doms of t'je world and the glory of them,' eni said: 'A 'I these things will I f ue thee if tbuu wilt fall down and w or ship me.' The devil was not half go anxious for bread as he was for as acknowledgment of bis power ar.d tbe advancement of bis king oai. The language of the Democ racy was even more plausible than that of his Satanic majesty: 'Just worship our doctrine of States' rights, and don't unfurl the flag of our na tion (with a little V) at our sacred voting places, and we will acknowl edge yon a great and good man.' The President, by bis veto, 6imply made the old response: 'Get thee be hind me, Satan,' and the loyal, freedom-loving people everywhere said "A Ken!" Adj't-Gen. Steele, of Texas, re ports that there are between 4,000 and 5,000 fugitives from justice from that State, of whom 851 are murder ers. A MONUMENT, tO COHt $5,000, is tO be erected over the grave of the late Governor Geary, in the Ilarrisburg cemetery. The Legislature appro priated tbe money to pay for it at the ast session, and the contract for its erection bas been awarded to a Scran ton firm. The Washington correspondent of tbe Philadelphia Prex reiterates tbe story, upon the authority of a Penn sylvania Democratic politician who arrived at the capital on Wednesday, that the war upon Senator Wallace is to be renewed, and that an inde pendent committee is to be organized in Philadelphia in tbe interests of Tilden arid Randall. The political campaign in Ohio will be opened on the 20th of August, to close in the second week of Octo ber. This has been arranged by the chairmen of the respective State committees. Tbe contest will be a severe one, but there is a substantial certainty that the Republicans will win. A special agent of the Post Offi ce Department bas just arrested a mail robber in New Mexico. Tbe Judge granted an order of removal to Texas for trial, but tbe United States Marshal had no money to pay the necessary expenses. lie telegraphed to the Marshal of Texas, but the lat ter was in tbe same condition. The post office agent thereupon started to Texas with the prisoner, tbe stage company carrying him on trust, and the agent providing provisions for the 800-mile journey, and guarding the desperado himself. The Des Moines Register is en thusiastic over the prospect in Iowa, and says: "There has not been so much enthusiasm in Republican meetings since the Grant campaign of 1S68 as there is this vear. The meetings are as largely attended, as much interest shown, and as much interest manifested as in the days following the war. What is true of Polk county is true of the whole State. The party is to day 30,000 voters strongerthan it was last year." TnK Tetersbarg (Ya.) Initx-Ap- peal says: "We do not believe Mr. Hendricks stands much chance of tbe Democratic nomination; but we are very sure that the Democrats and Conservatives of this part of the world would greatly prefer to see Mr. Hendricks chosen for the honor tban Mr. lilden. Causes that ope rated with effect three years ago may again make Mr. Tilden the candidate of the party, but be is not the choice of tbe people, as everybody ought to know, and it is even doubtful whether tbe masses can be got to rote for bim with anything like the solidity which distinguished tbe party front in the last election." St Bora t ! Draw Heel Mary, tbe ten-year old daughter of Joel D. Coggswell, of New Albany, Ind., went to the weli to get some water. She toppled over the curb and fell a distance of 35 feet to the bottom. In ber descent she ctoght bold of tbe rope of tbe windlass, hold ing on to it until she reached the water, which was five feet deep. She cluag to tbe rope, which had run out its full length from tbe windlass, and thus saved herself from drowning, and then, holding one hand to the rote, she commenced climbing np the stone curbing, reaching the top in safety, end with few braises. le f MUftUalpnt trm lb Harp ol OkolBK. From tbe Ofcok t (Mins. ) Slate; July , 1BT. O, the Fourth of July iy-iy-ir-iy- O, the f ourth of July lc lie. Since the ninrl.riox. piunleritw, Yankee hand. Swooped down like deinooa, witii thiileand brand. To ooiujaer M.1 eruib our lively laod. And throttle us nil with an lrun haiKi, And deny the gloriuun rlrht and grand To a Sovereliro StAte IU own command. While they ehouted toe Tory cry. Read cur paper this week, careful ly, pravertully aye, ewearfully, if you must out read it, Messrs. Yan kees, and see the sentiments with which we salute the Fourth of July since tbe American nag became a festering eye-eore, the American ea gle a carrion crow, and the American Union a lie t pe wed from the pits of perdition. We don't I lieve in the Fourth of July or any o ier kind of a hit We don't that. Captain. We have always thought, and we think yet, that if Lincoln had been taken "from the White House at tbe breaking out of the war, and bung in chains, it would have been the beav- .... that ever befell any country in any century. Yes, and another thing we want to whisper in your ear while bolding it: If President Davis wants to go to tbe United States Senate he will oo with a great bozzah that will ring over tbe continent like a regiment of thun derclaps. We want you and your Northern Democrats (of misbegotten political pedigree) to distinctly understand, now, and bere, once for all, that no Southern man will insult the memory of our immortal slain by flaunting the rag of the Republic over them. A rag which they bated with a heavenly batred ; A rag which they spilled the blood of life itself in fighting on sea and shore. A r ir filthy all over with the spots and blotches of Radical lepsosy ; A rag that has been a lie, a cheat and a mockery since 1SC1 ; A rag whose stars are darkened with disgrace and whose stripes are less honorable than a convict's uniform. It was royally right, we say, that the Stars and Bars should wave its bright and beautiful folds over "tbe dead who died for it." Its stars are as clear and luminous as the planets that shine in the crys tal vaults of Heaven. Its stripes are as spotless as tbe lillieB of our Southern savannas. It symbolizes the highest, tbe pur est, the holiest patriotism of tbe hu man heart, and it is therefore a fit type of the high, the pure, the holy patriotism cf the heroes who fought and fell for it. Keep your star-spangled swindle for your traitor dead who died while murdering our peoplo and stealing our property. Keep it for them, we say. We will have none of it. No! The Bonny Blue shall toss its spot less folds over the dust of our depart ed, whether you like it or not, and our Southern winds will flutter it, and our Southern sunbeams will kiss it, and our Southern hearts will love itforevermore. narrneU la : Sneaked Oat. One other thing the session which "petered out" on Tuesday bas ac complished which deserves recogni tion and record. It revealed tbe pov erty of tbe mother tongue. Lan guage fails to furnish any adequate description of the three months' per formance. It began with proclama tions of the most stirring and start ling character ; martial music that al most deafened the public ear; tbe waving of banners ; the howl of ora tors ; tbe peal of newspaper organs ; and the beavy tread of a bungry host with nose up and nostrils dila ted with tbe scent of plunder. It ta pered off to a sneaking lope after a graveyard whistle, and ended with a "Thank God, there's enough left of "us to adjourn." How grandly they entered on the scene ! Even before they entered, with what blare of trumpets and thundering of blank cartridges tbey heralded themselves, and Cong abroad, with tbeir sum mons to an unconditional surrender, the frightful catalogue of their deter mined purposes and dread alterna tives ! And how differently they went away ! When one considers the vast parade with which these drum-ma jor d drew up tbeir lines and let loose their bass-drums, and kettle-drums, and chins, and all tbeir wind instru ments, at the beginning ot the 6iege, three months ago, it is hard to be lieve that this fraction of a quorum which drizzled away on Tuesday to the tune, on a cracked fife, of Grand father's Clock "never to go again-" with the voice of the Executive whom they bad summoned to surrender, calling after them that they bad for gotten something, is the same proud array. Let ns see. They were going to have their own way, or stop tbe ma chinery of the Government They don't seem to have bad their own wey to any appreciable extent, and the machinery seems still to be run ning. They would compel the Pres ident to make formal admission that the States are sovereign and the Na tion subordinate tbe doctrine for which the Southern Democracy en tered into rebellion or they would withhold appropriations for tbe Army. But the Army is provided for, and the President, so far from making the concession demanded, uas reiterated with the most distinct and unmista kable emphasis bis adherence to the Republican doctrine, which was af firmed by the results of tbe war, of National supremacy and State sub ordination. They would abolish Federal supervision of Congressional elections, and have the doors thrown open for free fraud, or tbey would stop the business of the United States Courts by withholding the means for carrying them on. Upon this point they were absolutely determined. But tbe courts are provided for with tbe exception of $('00,000 for United States Marshals, which will, by-and-by, be taken care of in tbe Deficiency bill, with which tbe Dem ocratic majority usually supplements its measures of economy and the provisions of law which stand in tbe way of Democratic repeating and ballot-box stuffing are still in force. The ontcome of the whole business is that tbey spitefully refused to make tbe osual appropriation for the pay ment of Court officers, and sullenly sneaked off. And as if they feared the effect of this, we find them argu ing, as Senator Hereford of West Yirginia did, in tbe Senate on Tues day, that the refusal really amounts to nothing ; that the marshals will have their fees and can perform all their duties without any appropria tion. That is they have squeezed down their performance to the very last, and least, of the things threat ened, and now defend thatnpon tbe ground that it amounts to nothing, and is practically null The Mmm But it is said that they are Halisfi-j ed with themselves and their perform-j acces. Senator Tfccrman is reported to have said that be shall remember! the extra eessioa aa one of the nlaas-! antest things in his life. Well, there's During tbe extra session of Con no accounting for tate-. It will bj i 8rt!". wbicb terminated to tbe great remembered that the Chicag citiz?u ! t-utsfdetioa i f every one, 722 bills who returned from Odhk-h with a j Hud 43 i U'. " -- ere ictro- couple of ribs broken, uns eyej gouged out, bath ear3 "chawed up," j bis nose broken, and countenance mashed generally, whsn inquired ol as to where be bad been, answered cheerfully, "Oh, only up to Oihkosb, "htLvintr a lirtlA ftm with t.ha hAva " Some folks have queer ideas about fun. The extra se3sion fiasco re minds one of the bullying tramp who demanded that the inmates of a country house should surrender it to bim, threatening, if they refused, to smash all the furniture in tbe house. Being firmly met, be gradually came down from threatening to destroy all tbe furniture to the declaration that be would certainly break a window if tbey did not do something for bim; and this not being regarded, he went out into the yard and kicked a cast iron dog. Senator Hereford excuses bis party's last performance on tbe ground that it does no barm. So, we presume, tbe tramp pleaded that be d'dn't hurt tbe dog. And so they are satieSed with the extra session 1 Well, then, everybody is. Republicans certainly are de lighted with it. It seems to bo very much such a case as that in tbe Down-East graveyard, where tbe Eextcn being inquired of as to the person whose grave he was merrily filling up, "Wbat complaint?" an swered promptly, "No complaint; "everybody's satisfied." N. Y. Trib une. A (My la Aoben. Losdon, July 8. A St. Peters burg dispatch to the Daily News 6ay8 : "The latest oflieial telegram states that tie houses of 14 out of 15 wards, forming the most important part of Irkutsk, Siberia, were destroyed by the fire of the 4th inst., and that many of the inhabitants are home less." The city cf Irkutsk is the capital of East Siberia and of tho Govern ment of tbe same name, and is situa I ted on the right bank of the Lower Angara River, about o0 miles from Lake Liaifcel, its source, lbe city lies on both sides of the month of a tributary of tbe Lower Angara, call ed tbe Usha-Kovka, and opposite the confluence of the lrkut with tho for mer river. It is well built, paved and lighted ; bas a population, ac cording to tbe latest information, of about 30,000, and an important trade is carried on by tie inhabitants. Among the principal public build' ings are the Exchange, the Admiral tv's offices, tho Governor-General's palace, and several Government foe lories, ia which convicts are employ eu. A handsome public square is tiluated in the centre of the city, and on this face tho houses of many of tbe officers and tho guard-bouse. Tbe city contains many public scnooid, a female orphan school, a bib school for navigation, a theatre, a school for medicine, and a gymnasium, besides a citadel and strong fortifications. There are also 15 churches and .sev eral convents and hospitals. Nearly all the houses are of wood, a fact which accounts for the extent of the conflagration. Irkutsk is tbe great commercial entreport between the Chinese Empire and European Rus sia, exporting to the latter tea, rhu barb, lruits, porcelain, paper and bilk, and importing in exchange furs, mot als, and general merchandise. Boiler Exploftlon In Baltimore. Baltimore, July 11. The boiler of the National steam packing box manufactory of Adams & faetzer, on Fourth street, exploded at G:40 this morning, killing and injuring a num ber of persons. The body,of August Setzer, one of the proprietors of the box factory, was recovered from the ruins at nine o'clock. Tbe features were unrecognizable and the body had a large beam resting across the breast At 10:30 the body of John Ulrich, engineer, was found in a pulp at tbe mouth of tbe boiler flue. Tbe head was off, nd one leg which had been blown off was found under the truck. A search was made for the head in tbe flue, but was afterwards discovered in the debris, close to where the rest of the remains were found. J. Cortell, George Lintz, and II. Ingersoll were injured and remov ed to the city hospital, as wa3 also W. Carle, a box maker, whose fore head was terribly lacerated and one of whose eyes was torn out Work men are now engaged looking for other bodies. Stevens' chair factory adjoining was badly shattered by the explosion. lctro('ltvc f ire at Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, July 8 At 1:20 this morning fire broke out in tbe upper story of Denham's planing mill, Scranton avenue, and spread rapidly, destroying tbe Yariety iron works, the Atlantic and Great Western freight depot, the two story building occupied by Rust, King & Clint, lum ber dealers and a large quantity of rough and finished lumber belonging to different yards. A brisk wind was blowing and only by great exertion was the fire gotten under control. At one lime it bid fair to burn both Bides of Scranton avenue from tbe liwing "dg5 to the Atlantic pas senger depot. Loss on Yariety iron works, $3.", 000 to $10,000, J. F. Denham's planing mill, loss $20,000. Wood, rerry & Co. 'a loss on lumber $15,000 to $20,000; fully insured. Lous of freight in Atlantic depot light. All the loaded cars were pulled out and $CO0 wiU cover the loss of small freight. The loss on the building is about $20,000. Yellow fever. Memphis, July 9. Frank Mul brandon, an Irishman, aged 41, a shoemaker by trade, was taken sick last Saturday afternoon and died to day. A post mortem examination, held by six of tbe leading physicians of tbe titr, including Dr. R. W. Mitchell, fate Medical Director cf the Howard Association, and at present a member of the National Board of Health, and Dr. G. 15. Thornton, President of tbe City Board of Health,, revealed the fact that the patient had died of yellow fever. Ail tbe physicians declare it is a sporad ic case. Considerable excitement prevails. A Kevere Slorm. Cincixkatt, Ohio, July 10 Dur ing a heavy thunder storm this after noon two countrymen, on their way to the city in a wagon loaded with green corn for market, took refuge under a bridge near California, Ohio. Lightning struck the bridge and kill ed both the men and tbeir four hor. pes. C ft WAMIISUTOX LETTEB. (Fran oar Kejrolar Correspondent. Washinutox. July 11, 179. aucu.'Va le be , --J. &u1 jist rasolutitiu .r introduced folio lug are among tho principal bills which wre passed and have be come laws : To prevent the introduc tion of contageous diseases ; to cou tract for the construction of a refrig erating tbip for tbe disinfection of vessels and cprgoee; to extend the time of postal service; bill relating to vinegar factories operated prior to March 1, 1879 ; extending the pen sion of General James Shield to hi3 widow and children, and granting a special pension to Colonel Fletcher Webster; exempting from registry, enrollment or license, vessels not propelled by sail or iaternal motive power of their own; joint resolution relating to the national board of health; the legislative, executive, and judicial, the army and the judic ial expenses bills; biils for tfce ex change of subsidiary coins for law ful money, &c. ; to provide for a Missis sippi river commission ; to authorize the District of Columbia to issae twenty year five per cent, bonds, supplementary postal appropriations; Baltimore post office site; to putj Quinine on tbe free liit ; completion of tLe foundation cf the Washington uiouum jnt : directing a monameut to be erected to mark tbe birth place of Washington. This last bill appropriates $3,000 for the purchase and erection of a suitable monument to mark the birth place of George Washington, the patriot, the General of lbe Continent al armiea, and the first President of the United States. Secretary Evarts bas tho money at his disposal for tbe purpose indicated, In order that tbe choice of design and the inscription may Lave the inspiration of the place to be commemorated, Mr. Evarts bas concluded to visit the spot in person, and it is quite probable, on account of the national character attached to tbe proceedings, that tho President himself will see fit to accompany Mr. Evarts. The contemporary historians lo cate tbo place cf tbe patriots birth at Bridge's creek, Westmoreland county, Yirginia. This name seems to have been lost in tbe progress of time, the present name of the nearest stream, being Pope's creek, oa th3 Yirginia side of the Potomac. The unpretend ing mansion stood one mile north of Pope's creek, and on a swell in the land overlooking tho broad bosom of the river. Tbe old family Bible not ing tbe birth soys, in tho handwrit ing of the father, "George Washing ton, son of Augustine and Mary, bis wife, was born tbe 1 1th day February, 1731, a; ten in the morning, aad was baptized the 3J of April foslowidg; Mr. Beverly Whitney and Captain Brooks god father, and Mrs. Mildred Gregory, god-mother." Tbe new style cf computation of lime adopted by Pope Gregory XIII and tho act of Parliament of 1752 had added eleven days, making tbe date wbicb is now recognized as the birth cf Washington, February 22nd. Independence day, as is usual when patriotism most delights to proclaim itself, was honored by .a universal observance and public re- joieing in tu;s city, me rrestaent and family left for a short trip to Fortress Monroe oa board a Govern ment steamer and directed tbe heads of Departments to give ail govern ment employees that could be ppared, two days off without loss - of : pay, which with Sunday, gave the clerks 3 Jays, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in wbicb to enjoy themselves as best they could. The day was a rarely pleasant one for midsummer. Tbero were few clouds to obscure the sua's rays, but there was a fresh breeze blowing which tempered tbe air so that the heat was not so oppressive as on previous Fourths. There were the usual salutes, morning, noon and night; the usual ringing of the chimes with patriotic airs ; the usual anniversary meeting of the oldest in habitants, and the usual noise and din created by the enthusiastic young sters with their fire-crackers and pis tols. Sonietbinz out of the usual run wa3 the mass-mecling heid by the Workingmen's assembly to urge the strict enforcement of the eight hour law. Speakers eulogized Grant amidst thundering applause as the only President that ever enforced the eisht hour law. Rarely in tbe .history of tbe city bus there been such a number of ex cursions by rail and boat as on Fri day. Most of them were cf an in expensive nature, so that on account of the warm weather they were all liberally patronized. . Hundreds of residents of the city anticipating a noisy l ourth, fled from the city to the country the previous evening, wnen tLe cars and boats de parting from the city were crowded with this class cf unssengt r-. I heir abssnce, with that of the thaujiJ away on excursions aud picnics, un doubtedly was the euuso of the Sua-day-like appearance of the streets. There was tbe usual amount of acci dents and fights but none of them were of a serious nature. Flags were displaved from nearly every house top, streets were decorated with ban ners and everything looked glorious and sublime to the highest degree. Washington is now appreciating to an extent quite unknown in former years tbe many advantages of its river tide situation. ...River excur sions which have been growing foss in cost and greater in cumber each succeeding year, have this season de veloped in cheapness and in number beyond all precedent. ', Round trips to Norfolk can be made as low as seventy-five cents. Tea cents wiil pay for a round trip excursion cf an hour and a half of a mother and child to Alexandria on the fony steamers New evening trips down ' the Potomac at Cfieen cent", leaving Washington at seven o'clock and re- turning at eleven o'clock have just i been inaugurated. The deepening of the Occuquan river under a Congres sional Appropriation, has opened the romantic 'foils of the Occuquan to steam navigation and given a new place cf resort to Washingtonions There arc trips at all rates, from Eve cents op, but the highest price charg ed for tbe lonpet trip, even to the capes, now seldom exceeds ooo dollar, where live and six dollars were once paid. The palace tteamer, Frances, of New Vk ha3 arrived here and will make excursions to Long Branch, Cape May and Coney Ialand. Fare to ew lorfc six dollars, round trip ucKet; gooa tor tnu-ty days, 10. ; state rooms, $2. It is the opening of a new line of ocean steamers between Washington and New York. This new palace steamer was built, ex pressly for the coast trade and is fit ted up in sumptuous style with rich appointments and excellent accommo- d ilions for a thousand jia-M-u r'-rs. These ocean trips promise to be fimona- tbe leadic" featurci f the ica-ore :i i commit seasiiri because eltv. chefltmess and luarifuid adra tagea. Tbey oflur a go:l pp.riuai.y , for a n.iff if ti e health -Idder.t d and j iu v ratirg br zr-a f tb cefao, j acd give paei.g'Ti a cm:c for j shot. rfuV :. thrt t:e principal' sea-iida toris af ice cjuii'.ry, take aj dip in the surf, then see theK'gbt .f ; New Ycrk ; The summer luovenirntR -f ! President and Cubiuetare no pretty well underslool. Tbe Pfeoideut wiil occapy a cottage at the Soldiers' Home with perhaps aa occasional ab sence not to last more than a few days. lie bas given up his trip to the Pacific coast until sometime next foil. Secretary cf State Evarts will snoi mer at his country residence in Yer ciont. Secretary Sherman, Loso family is now in Europe, will speud most of bis time here, with perhaps a short ran to the seashore and a lo.'k cr two over Ohio. ' Secretary McCrary, has taken a cottage at the Soldiers' Heme and will likely ha there with his family ail the warm season.- Secretary Thompson, willtaksa rest on Lis farm near luoiaiapjiis, surrounded by his family including his "sister?, cousins and auats." Secretary Schurz bus secured bis quarters at Deer Park oa the Aiie- ghanies above Cumberland, acd wiil spend most of his leisure there. Postmaster Gsacral Key vvivh Lis family will recreate auiocg ;Le moun tains cf Tennessee. Attorney General Dovcns will put in bis vacation at Berkshire, Mass. The tpjcial stamps forpastage due which went into practical operation the first of this month, wero issued Giiriog June, aou sen: to postmasters Accompanied by a circular which charged thtra with nil the emphasis of ittilies, "to distinctly understand that these stamps are not to bs used until July 1st, 1S79." Nevertheless between 000 end 700 of the smaller p.:stofficea did use them before that date, not ia the manner intended, but as ordinary or official stamps. . This disobedience cf instructions caused great annoyance at tbo Post Oiliee department, end a "blowing up" let tcr was addressed to the ernng post masters. The explanations iu most of the cases have now beca received. The excuses are varied. A few acknowl edge the corn, acd hopo that, the 'mistake' or "over.-ight" will be over, locked this time. Some make scape goats of their wicked partners, the deputies for whose carelessness acd ignorance they decline to be held re sponsible. Oo Postmaster credits his ruijtake to tbe fact that he cas sore eyes. Another was flurried and didn't know what ho was doing, be Ciuso a train had run e ver a inaa iu sight of the cHlce. A large majority foiled to rea 1 the circular, mistook the postage due stamps for official or "artiQciiil stamps'' !s one Geor gian postmaster explained it. Rut this postmaster deserves at least to have ono sentence cf his explanation quoted literally. He says : "I had eaw a sircular that tha was go.ving to bo some Artificial posiidg stamps and bad not notist any such stamps as tbe postidg due stamps." Ono of the "blow up" letters went to Somerset county but I promised not to give the country store-keeper away, so I can't give his name. Secretary Sbrrmaa is going to take the bull by the horns as be should have dene long ago and put Union soldiers in cilice when there is a choice to be made betweea candidates of equal merit. Ia a circular to col lectors cf customs and Internal Reve nue he says : "Hereafter when submitting nomi nations for appointments to subordi nate positions under your direction you will state, in addition to the oth er information now required, the ser vice of tho nominee ia the Army cr Navy during tbe rebellion." The turnicg out of office at the Capitol of so many disabled Union sol Jier3 by the Democratic Congress, and the substitution of graybacks ia their stead is tbe prinio cause of this movement by Secretary Sherman. He is determined as far as he can that the foct of being a Union, ."ohlicr shall be aa honor instead of a dis grace. In the last hours of the late Con gress, when everybody was feeling good at the prospect of getting home and when bills were being pushed through nnder a suspension of the rules, "Our Alec" tried to make a strike in the peasioa business, but failed. He resurrected the old bill granting pensions to all the survivors ot the Mexican war which caused so much disturbance ia the Democratic ranks in the previous Congress, the Northern dourh-faees knowing well i that the peoplo did not propose to support such an arch traitor as Jeffer son Davis as this bill provided. "Alec"' tbe f cientific politician trim med the bill down aad tried to make it palatable to bis brothers by putting in a proviso excepting from its pro visions thoso who have not bad their disabilities removed on account of tbeir participation ia the rebellion, which would, of course, exclude old Jeff. This wouldn't go worth a cent, somebody objected, (blame it on a Republican anjhow,) and upset tbe game of the profpective Governor of Pdiinsjlvaaia with the pension com mittee "attached. P. S. This is no Democratic back down. Picket Imliitn i'oimiill .Satrtilr. :PEADW(or, D. T., July 8. A low months ago three Indians were tried and convicted of the murder of Pri vate Leo Dader, Second cavalry, and sentenced to be hanged at Miles City, Aloataoa, July 7. Ua that day two of them committed suicide by hanging ia their cells. The third was pardoned by tbe Governor. About a month ago another Indian was tried and convicted of the mur der of a ranchman at Terry's Land ing, ana sentenced to be hanged ati lit thf s.imn fimp anH ftml ntai'A aa iIia! V n " , r , was found tj hive alsj cjmoiit'.eJ cide by banging. su I'.iMlV.Jc'lljr Work Toni pitted. quired by the Jetty at the mouth aad also at the bead of South Pass have been secured, and tho fact was thisj day certified to tho Secretary of War j by Captain M. R. Brown, United I States Engineer, Inspector of the work. This virtually completes the woik st mouth of tho Mississiooi. The'jstty channel is over 30 fee Vr,.. Diiti.iv., T T in .. ! J. 11 Eads, ia a telegraoh from Port ! f-eeded tbe ,!aa,d tJ hi " s ! ads to tho airentof the Associated ! XlDXe. n ?n? -ard wished Press to dav. savs: "The greatest ! SeV. 0a'JK' but SDe aU'aJs ref,J .loit.K ,.,i .,;,),i, ,.f .!. ..1,.. i -ana tne matter was cause for JefD aadaeood naviibU rhnnnfl jttfj. aJUU,JOU navigacie COanuei of 2o feet, measured at the lowest . . .i . . , , stage of the river, exists at tho head of the passes. Yrlliw Jurk. iu.a i,.... ; -verv one n to leave the citv before fevtr ppreud-. Tha pbyfieians are Lopifulai to the future, hot the f j upt-de t,f iD" cirzu'is ban almost 'is.-uuied pf' i: f rra. 'fcere will uot bj cars oti'uu t i-uiv;h; to carry iLe pj'.-pie a ay. Busiuess is progrei-s- ;.'' usual bus i.i a limited iti&ucer. Ti;e b'lard i h-ai;ti ibis tr.oruicg ifaued tbe folij'iu crder: To the ytoiile of the Ci'y of Jletn lhi3 : We would say, quietly rtmove your fomlics tc a place of safety until we can at least see whether the few cas s of ytllow fever will as-ame aa epi demic form. To the people along the lines of the different routes of travel we say there can ba no possible danger of infection for niasy days to come. Five cew cases were reported this mor&in? and one death, aa infaot cf Judge J. E. R. Bay, of the criminal court, wh , together with another son, is rostrated with tbo disea-e A p.-. icct stacapede of citizans is ia progress, trains bein unable to car ry away hundreds who are ready to leave. IylropIibl.-i. Cleveland, July 9 About threo months ago George Gfidbaw, two years and a half old, son of J. II. Gadba.v, shoe fitter, living at 551 Su perior street, this city, was severely bitten by a coach dog, while crossing the street. As toon as the warm weather set ia the child became rest less and subject to fits of melancholy. A few dajs ago Lis condition was such tL.it a physician was called, who expressed fears that it was a case ef hydrophobia. The child grew worse, aud yesterday forenoon the most seriouj fears were realiz-td, the sufferer's condition being such tbero was no longer any doubt that it was a case of hydrophobia. At tbe sight cf water or any smooth surface he shudders with convulsions. During his paroxysni3 ho snaps aud snarls ia tbe fiercest manner, foaming at the mouth, and fastening his tee: b in everything be can reach. His eje bails turn ia their sockets, and his contortions cf faco and body aromost frightful. During the relapses, which ore growing cf shorter duration, he sinks into an exhausted stupor. Doc tors say he can live a day or so at most. MiurKlujc Dt-iklti. Leah Herb, aged 83, met with a singular death oa Tuesday, near her home, about a tnile south of Fleet wood, ia Berks county Pa. Contrary to the advice of ler children, she as cended a cherry tree to pick the cher ries, and was found lying dead be neath it. The tbory of her death is, that after having filled her basket with cherries she commenced de scending the tree, aad happened to lay hold on a partly decayed limb of the tree, it broke, precipitating her a distance of about 20 feet to the ground. In foiling she struck a stone wall, causing fota'. injuries. After folliag she endeavored to crawl home, but had only moved about six yards, when death overtook her. Mine i:tilmiwn. San Francisco, July 10 A de spatch from IJodiejust received says a terrible explosion of a powder mag azine occurred near tbe Old Stand ord Incline Works, which were blown to atoms, and everything near them leveled to the ground. The Summit Works, a short distance off, were shattered to pieces. Many were kill ed; number not known at this writ ing. About 20 wounded men have been found thus for. It is not known how many, if any, have been injured ia the shaft and underground works TLe top of the shaft in the old incliae is now oa fire, hot caa surely be put out. The hills are black with peo ple. The Cre department is doin? good work. James Ilickev, foreman of the mine, is slightly hurt. At this time no estimate cu be made of the number of killed or wounded. Vbma laundstrtl. Lafayette, Ind , July 10. The hard rains of Monday, yesterday and last night have swollen the Wabash until it is out of its banks, and tbe water is still rising. Thousands of bhocks of wheat have been washed dowa the river, and the loss from this alone is considerable. Tbe log rafts of Abernathy & Carnahau were swept away, entailing a loss of $10, 000. Tbey were walnut mostly, and there were nearly 300 logs. Tbe Tippecanoe river, tributary t the Wabash, has become a rushing flood, and the crops upon its bottoms are destroyed. This sudden rise is un precedented. The great freshets of June, 1S5S, aad Angus:, 1375, were not so sudden ia rising as this. It is estimated that tho entire crops of the Wabash are swept awy, and a loss of great msirnitude is tbe result. A Jlu With Flv Wlvra. ILvRaisnuRii, July 3 There was committed to the Dauphin county jail to-day Charles A. Carl, wuo is known to have five wives, one ia Indiana, one iu Ohio, one ia Miry'and. oae in Pennsylvania and one in Georgia. Carl published a directory iu this city a lew years ago, and while bere mar ried his fourth wife and obtained sev eral watches from Ilarrisburg jewel ers by representing that he had con siderable sums of money in bank. 11c subsequently turned up ia Geor gia, where he married a lady who owned a valuable plantation was brought to this citv on a He w ar rant from the Governor of Goo'gia, and to-day was committed to pris u in default of $3,000 bail ou two charg es of false pretense and one of biga my, the latter preferred by bis risburg wife. Unrilrr anil Nnivlile. il ar- Pittsburc, July 7 Joseph Aik ias, a frnit gardener, living a few miles from Greensburg. Westmoreland ccuDty, shot and instantly killed bis wife yesterday afternoon, and after ... .. tilling nis nearest neighbor that he had killed 'the old woman,' placed the muzzle of the gun under his chin and fired, killing himself. The trouble is lelieved to have arisen from a .quarrel about a little piece of proper ly wuere iuey uvea. Aikma hart me to sed, fre- " and b'3 Wlfe 3 Aikins was 71 years of age. A'i,' IV AD VJulUSb'ML'NTS - T7XECUT0R'S NOTICE Li;eor Philip shaver, Jr., late i,f S nnorwt Twp., deceased. Leltt'rJ testamentary-on th oN.ve estate bav in teen irranted to tlio un.lorsiicne.1, nutl-e Is Uere'iy srlven tu tuuse indctned to it to make 1m- ii?. 'tc Wuient.andiUoseluvlnitelaiuisnKuinrt j it to present them duly authenticated fr nettle- I mnt at hut im mutenea ia .am township, n ' Saturday, Anoint s, S7. j dk. kohekt h.pattekson JuIy 2-usiah shaver. gTKAWBKIUUt Now Invite IDIRESS GOODS STOC? Af representing Foreign and Domestic Fabrics, Never iKliire shown In f lillnlcljihli. win ate orte PIKI.'KS M'lTIKHS AT ISc, Comprising MOM A IKS, DIAOOALS. CASHX "OVELTILS, BEIGES, ETC W BAT! OVIB ooo: PIECES SCITIN'OS A V 20, Coroprifln ".irr. ES, UE1GKS, XOHAIKS. BOl'K ETTES, STRIFES, PLAIDS, ETC. W HATK OVKB ai; 1 00( ) PIECES SCITINOS AT Comprising .25. MOAIIE CLOTHS, CASHMERES, SILK MIX PI SUITINGS, ALL-WOOL. CHECKS, PUKE MOHAIKS. SOFT-WOOL. liElOES, CAMELS HAIR, STKIPES, PLAIDS, ETC,, ETC. WI OAVC OVKB 301 ) PCS. ALL-WUOI, BEHisAT 1IOT1I TWILLED AM) PLAIN. "WE ALSO HAVE BLACK HERNANIES & GRENADINES At prices from 20 eefits to $2,f0 per yard, aod in assortment of styles tp Pi.easengte: Weempfov no agents. Send direct to tU t, pies of whatever ju may need, and s TBAWBBIDfiE N. W. COR. EIGHTHMMARKET STS., Apr) VT C. K X. Mammi-tii Blixk, OARBiLIK. HOP BITTERS. con livek oir Arm st huvkr UCLL'S I'OI'mi SYK1I', ST. JAi'OH St.II,, HAMIil R.lKR TEA. OAKOLIN.r OILu HALL'S HAII! KEN EWER, A V EU MASK BILLS. TISHIMrTAPKLE. OAKIE.SKKI)S. PtHJKLTB'Mik.s FINE STATU CVKRY, PEN'S PENHOLDERS, CLOTH HRl-SHEs, TOOTH BIOS jits. ToILfcrOooDS, SACHET POUlTt.K. LUNDUOKIi S PEKEC.MERY, FINE CHJAKS PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS AND HOME RECEIPTS SPECIALTY. ICE COLD SODA WATER. C. N. BOYD, SUCCESSOR TO G. W. SPURS laiiimolli IS lock THE CHEAPEST -WKST ALLEGHENY BY EES & SUCCESSORS TO JOHN F. B'.YMYER.l . SOMERSET, PA, We take pleasure in announcing to the public that wc h.w JUMT RECEIVED a large and complete slock of Hani ware, which we intend to sell at PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES ! Our stock is complete in all respects, and comprises every article usually kept in Hardware Stores, Blacksmiths' tools and supplies, such as Iron, Norway Nail rod Iron, Vulcan Horse-nails, Taper Taps, Horse Shoes', Fine Sleigh-shoes and Cast Steel, A ful line of Best Norway Iron, Carriage and Tire Bolts, and Axle Clips, complete stuck of Malleable Iron, Burrs, &c., Sec. BUILDERS' HARDWARE, comprising a full line of Ftim and Mortise Locks, (Vt and Wrought Butts, acorned and plain, a complete stock of Nails always on hand, also a full assortment of Glass, CARPENTERS' TOOLS. We have always on hand a complete stock cf Saws both Hand and Cross-cut, Axes, Hatchets, Hammers Steel and Try Squares, Compasses, Bench and Fancy Planes etc., etc. :0: "We always keep a full line of Revolvers, Pistols, Shot-guns Powder-flasks, Shot-pouches, Cartridges, Caps, Wads, Kitfe ami Shot-gun Powder, also a full line of Gun Repairs. We have a complete line of Lamps, Lanterns, and si'jdii' A full line of Saddlery Hardware, comprising Saddle-tree Buckles, Rings, Harness-pads, Ornaments, etc., etc. In the Agricultural Department we have a full stock of Forks, Shovels, Rope, Chains, Mane and Curry-Combs, lbre brushes, etc., etc. -:0: Wc make a specialty ofPockct and Tabic Cutlery. Also Silver Plated Table Ware, Plated and Britannia Spoons. We also make a specialty of Paints, Oils, and Varnishes a"" also Painters' Tools, etc. .:0: We keep constantly on hand the Celebrated Cucumber Pump, (porcelain lined) and a cheaper quality that arc not lined. This Pump has taken the lead of all o'thcrs wherever introduced. All goods warranted to be a3 are Fair Dealing, Quick Sales, and Small Profits We challenge competition. Call and examine goods, and ccrtain prices before purchasing elsewhere. SATISFACTION UA A XT JSK ! BYERS & BARNETT. Dec. 4, CL0THEP oipecUl attention to the an aMortmeut of W HATK..VKJ i l( i .r ...T.77 : r37i NOVELTIES, MOM1ECU.THS.C,,. -NO t'LOTHs p, ,:.A-44! HA1K, MONO i'LtPTH-j STKIPES. ETC W HATK OTSg 30( IHTtXTt-iK ; Cum.rt.iu ' SILK MIXED,PEKINs,i H v CAM EL S HAIR, FOl LI v 4:', SrnwU t i u . - .... w il.,1t. j,- '!. AnJnpwanis. w, tl, THOUSAilS cf FIEC? a Compriflrir HEIUES 33.Mdl.lBrfheiwM CASHMERES, Paris v..,.ml CASHMF.RK ! ivj.i.-o' ..' il IERE!.KSlM,tSs h,'; Y HUNTINGS, n ' EVRONS, KTC. ri,1 FANC1 4 -1J Wl lte MtraoorT secure iLe advantages t f, urlu u.-efu & CL0TI1I, BOYD'S ItosCHKESCKIiMWsvp ... INK' MUM.! ML' S HAIU VIOOH, KOI KU'Lli LINUUV T'HLET J.JAPs EE' MI. HLANKS. SCHOOL K.pt,K NU1. Clil NHo. Ho rsj oLi.,NL SonicrM't, Pa. HARDWARE STORE Ob' THE- MOUNTAINS. BAENETT, :o: represented. Our prineql