The Somerset Herald. HDWABD 8CULL. Editor and ProJirfeUw. WEDKESDAT............ Dnh . By concurrent action both Houses of Congress stand adjourned from December 23rd until January 5th; Governor Hoyt gives official no tice that $421,851,60 of our State debt was wiped out during the year issi. m Ex-Sexatob Timotiiy O. Howe, of Wisconsin, has been appointed Postmaster Genera! and will assume the duties of his office in the first week of January. The President hss appointed William Henry Trescott, of South Carolina, to be Special Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to Chili, Pern, and Bolivia. Hon. Jas. G, Blaine has been so licited by the Congresssional Com mittee to deliver the eulogy before Congress on the occasion of the memorial services in honor of the late President Garfield. Capt. M. R. Adams, of Garrett, this county, hns been appointed Record Clerk of the House of Rep resentatives at Washington. This is a well merited compliment to a gal lant soldier and most deserving gen tleman. The only law Congress has patted is that providing that all letters sent by or to Mrs. Garfield during the re mainder of her life shall be curried free of postage. This honor was never conferred upon but two women Mrs. President Madison and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. 1 L Ose of the most honored and able judges of New England, Chief Jus tice Gray, of the Massachusetts Su preme Court, has been selected by President Arthur to fill the vacancy in the United States Court, caused by the death of Justice Clifford. The President is making a magnificent record for himself by the sort of ap pointments he is making to impor tant public positions. Mr. Blaine has put all gossip about his future plans at rest by an nouncing that he intends to devote his attention to a West Virginia rail road enterprise in which he is inter ested with Senator Davis, of that State, and several other capitalist. Mr. Biaine will continue to reside in Washington and take a hand in so cial and political events whenever his disposition leads him. General Beaver an-distinctly nounces that unless he is the nomi nee for Governor of the masses of the Republican party he doesn't want it Of his fitness for the place no body says a word in denial, and the gallant service he did during the war makes him a man tha people like to honor. He doesn't want to run, however, as the bosses' candi date. All of President Arthur's Cabinet appointments, it will be noticed, arc old men. Folger is about C4, Fre linghoysen will be G5 next August, Brewster is C5, and Howe will be G6 in February. All of these are vet erans in the service of the party, and all men of large public experience. Of their predecessors, Blaine is 52, Windom 53, and James and Mac Veigh younger. Of the remaining Cabinet officers Kirkwood is 63. Lin coin about 40, and Hunt about GO. A Discussion is now going on in Europe over the abolition of the death penalty, and statistics which have been recently compiled show that the experiment, which has been thoroughly tried in Switzerland and elsewhere, has not demonstrated its success as a preventive of crime. Wherever the penalty of death has been abolished, or the pardon of capital crime frequent, murders have become more frequent and human life made insecure. The wife of Gov. Blackburn, of Kentucky, gave an old-fashioned quilting and candy-pulling party at the executive mansion in Frankfort, on Tuesday evening. The ladies who participated were clad in calico dresses, and the bill of fare for the supper included roast 'possum, ap ple toddy and other delicacies af the olden time. The venerable Dr. C. C. Orham, of Louisville, who is on the verge of one hundred years, took part in the Virginia reel. Tux selection of Gen. J. M. Camp bell aa Chairman of the Committee on Manufactures of the House is an honor worthily bestowed and well merited. It is one of the most im portant committees of the House the most important to this district and it is a source of gratification to us all that the chairmanship has been placed ia the hands of a gen tleman bo competent and conscien tious in the discharge of his duty. Hon. D. J. Morrell was chairman of this committee daring his second term in Congress. ; The final, official figures of the population of the United States at . the tenth census make the popula tion of tiwthirty-eightStates 49,371, 340, and of the ten Territories (not including Alaska or Indian Terri tory) 784,443. Total in the States and Territories, 50,155,783. Of the Inhabitants making up this total, 25,518,820 are males, and 24,C3C,9G3 (females ; 43,475,840 are native born, and 0,767,943 foreign , 43.402,977 are white, 6,580,793 eolored, 105,465 Chinese, 148 Japanese, and 66,407 Indians. 1 Mr. Brewster told the crowd of admirers of the Star f Oute crowd as scmbled in Court, this little story of an officer in the 1'ius'sian service who was short in his accounts : "He was ordered before a court martial His father was rich and powerful. Through his father's in fluence the proceeding of the court martial were stayed, and through his wealth money was supplied, flo that the loss to the Government was made up, the young man acquitted, and his record left free of any stain. After the proceedings were termina ted the father took his son to his room and said to him, as he handed him a loaded pistol: 'Your record now is officially untarnished. You know your duty.' The father left the room, and a moment afterward the disgraced young officer blew out his own brains." Mr. Brewster, fol lowing this effective story, drew an eloquent picture. One of the most honored and able judges of New England, Chief Jus tice Gray, of the Massachusetts Su preme Court, has been selected by President Arthur to fill the vacancy in the United States Court, caused by the death of Justice Clifford. The President is making a magnifi cent record for himself by the sort of appointments he is making to important public positions. In se lecting material for the Supreme Bench of late, Mr. Arthur s prede cessors have picked out men better known as politicians than anything else. A finer appointment than that of Judge Gray has not been made in years. .Boutwell would have undoubtedly have pleased the politicians better, but the lawyers and the people wai.UJ a man chief ly distinguished for his judicial at tainments, and they have got such a man in Judge Gray. Speaker Keifer's committees will meet the approbation of the country and facilitate the work of the House. The chairmen have all served at least one term on the committees of which they have become the head, and as a rule are speakers, and are possessed of personal influence to impress the action of their respective committees upon the attention of the House. The Ways and Means is solidly protective, and at its head is Judge Kelly. Pennsylvania has no reason to complain of her treat ment In addition to Judge Kelly, Mr. Fisher becomes chairman of the Committee on Coinage; Mr. Shallen berger, of Public Buildings; Mr. Bingham, of Postoffices ; Mr. Camp bell, of Manufactures , Mr. Smith, of Mileage; Mr. Errett, of Expendi tures on Public Buildings, and Mr. Randall, of Expenditures of the House. Eight chairmanships se cured 6hows that Pennsylvania's im portance will be acknowledged in this Congress. Mr. Wolfe and his impracticable friends are bent on mischief. They must rule or ruin. It is one thing to protest against machine rule- and another to attempt the disinte gration and defeat of the Republi can party. Under the cloak of the former Mr. Wolfe is aiming a, the latter. In fact Mr. Wolfe aspires to be a political "boss" himself, and gives fair notice that if the Republi cans of the State do not nominate candidates for Governor and other State officers to his liking, he will again set up the standard of revolt Mr. McKee, the chairman of the Wolfe State Committee, has issued a call for a State Conference in Phil adelphia on the 12th of January, and invites a representation from every county, to consider the wisdom of nominating a full State ticket If Mr. Wolf expects to carry with him the 50,000 Republicans who voted for him last November, or any con siderable portion of them, in his fac- tious policy, he will find himself mistaken. That vote simply meant a protest against the mode in which Gen. Bailey's nomination had been manipulated, not personal adhesion to Wolfe bossim. They will be found in line next Fall supporting any reputable candidate whom a majority of the party in a fairly conducted State Convention may designate. Telegraph. TnAT Republics can be grateful was shown by the issuance, on Fri day, over Secretary Kirkwood's sig nature, of twenty-seven pieces of bounty land scrip to the heirs of John Paul Jones, a captain in the American navy, in appreciative ac knowledgment of brave and meri torious services in connection with the capture of certain British ves sels of war. The Cincinnati papers pitch into Keifer and say he allows Senator Cameron to run him, because he ap pointed a protectionist Ways and Means Committee. This is a com pliment to Cameron that cannot fail to have its effect in a strong in dustrial community. If he contin ues to make the influence of his State felt in tariff legislation at Washington, the workingmen of the State will assist in keeping him where he is. PUlAurgk Commercial New York may have the execu tive chair, but Pennsylvania is going to shape legislation at Washington this winter, owing to the deft, man agement of Senator Cameron and the Republican members from this State. Pennsylvania never wielded 6uch an influence in the lower branch before as she does now with seven committee chairmanships. ibid. - A Wremced Man Kerenge Dodge City, Kg., Dec 22. Bar ney Elliott, who a r.ight or two since personated K. F. Hardesty, his employer, and retired with Har dest? 'a wife, was last night shot six times by the wronged husband and instantly killed. Hardest is bound over .until January 3L, THE JEAHEOT FATE. A VESSEL CRUSHED IN THE ARCTIC ICE. Two Of Three Boats in "Which the Crew Escaped Heard 1-Vimh and the Men Kindly Cared Kor London, December 20. The fol lowing has been received from St Petersburg: "Lieutenant General Anoutchine, Governor General of East Siberia, who has just arrived here, brought news that a steamer of the North American Polar expe dition, which has been lost since 1879, has been discovered and as sistance rendered the crew." The dispatch add that the crew suffer ed no less. The discovery is believ ed to refer to the steamer Jeanettc. The announcement was made at a meeting of the Geographical Society to-day. The Timet understands the Brit ish Foreign Office telegraphed to St Petersburgh for confirmation of the news and for further details re garding the Jeanette. 1 he jsevct in a leading article, says : li any spur were needed to hasten an expedition to help Leigh Smith, it is provided in the news about the Jeanette. That sympathy with such ventures is widespread and deep is proved by the heartfelt relief experienced of the news that the major part of the crew of the Jean ette are alive." The Post says : "In every part of the globe the news that the brave sailors have reached a port of refuge will be received with heartlelt satis faction." The Standard says : "Though the Jeanette has suffered destruction the Americans have added addition al glory to that they have already won in frozen regions." It con cludes : "It is more than possible Lieutenant DeLong may be the herald of a new race of those who fcareth not the spirit which dwelleth in the land of ice and snow." LATER AND DEFINITE. Washington, December 20. Sec retary of State Frelinghuyscn re ceived to-day the following telegram from the Charge d'Affairs of the United States at St Petersburg : "Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.: The Jeanette was crushed in ice June 11th, latitude 77, longi tude 157. The crew embarked in three boats and were separated by wind and fog. dumber o, with eleven men, Engineer Melville com manding, reach the mouth of the Lena on September 19th. Subse quently dumber 1, with Captain DeLong Doctor Amber and twelve men reached Lena in a pitiful condi tion. Prompt assistance was sent dumber 2 not heard from. Hoffman, "St Petersburg." In response to the above the fol lowing was submitted : "Department of State, Washing ton. Dec. 20. Hoffman, Charge d Affaires, fct. Petersburgh: len der the hearty thanks of the Presi dent to all the authorities or per sons who have in anv wav been in strumental in assisting the unfor tunate survivors from the Jeanette or furnishing information to this Government. Frelinghcvsen, "Secretary of State." Fl'LLER PARTICULARS. St. Petersburg. December 20. A special supplement of the Official Gazette, issued this evening an nounces that all the telegrams from Engineer Melville, of the lost Arctic exploring (steamer Jeanette, will be forwarded to their destination as promptly as possible, and that the most energetic measures will be taken for the discovery of the re mainder of the crew of the Jeanette and those left on the ice at the mouth of the Lena river. News reached the Government at Jakuisk. eastern Siberia, that on the 14th of September three natives of Oulonsv, near Cape Bartrav, 140 versts north of Cape Bikoff, discovered a boat containing eleven men who stated thev belonged to the Jeanette and had undergone terrible sufferings. On hearing the news the district Deputy Governor with a doctor and medicines was immediately dis patched to help the shipwrecked sailors and was instructed to bring them to Jkutak. The Governor was also instructed to do every thing in his power to recover the remainder of the crew, 500 roublees being given him to defray the first expenses. Engineer Melville has telegraph ed the American Legation at St Pe tersburg that the Jeanette was sur rounded and crushed by ice on the 23 of June in latitude 77 north Ion gitude, 157 east The crew left the vessel in three boats. About fifty miles north of the Lena they were separated bv violent winds and thick fogs. Boat No. 3, command ed by Engineer Melville, arrived on the 29th of September at the eastern mouth of the river Lena, where it was stopped bv a block of ice near the village of Bolenenga, inhabited by idolaters. Boat No. 1 reached the same snot The occupants of these boats state that Lieutenant DeLong and Dr. Ambler, -with twelve others, landed at the northern mouth of the Lena, and that they are in a.fearful condition, suffering from frost bitten limbs. A party of inhabitants ot Uolenenga started lm- imedately for their assistance. Nothing is known of boat No. 2. Engineer Melville forwarded by natives long dispatches to Mr. Ben nett of the New York Herald. For want of funds they have been tor- warded by post addressed to General Ignauejx. ucioDcr zii, iswderman and Noras, seamen, who were in the boat, had now joined their comrades and stated that Lieutenant DeLong, Dr. Ambler and twelve other had reached the norther mouth of the Lena and were starving. An expe dition was at once sent out to rescue them. The survivors lost every thing. Engineer Melville says mon ey is urgently needed, and should be sent by telegraph to Jakutsk He has urgently requested that 6,00 roubles be transmitted imme diately to the Governor of Jakutek for the return and care of the ship wrecked men. WBERE THE JEANETTE WAS LOST. Wajmusgtos, Dec. 20. George Jvennan,t tms city, who some years ago traveled a thousand miles or more up the river Lena, at the mouth of which Lieutenant DeLong and the survivors of the crew of the Artie steamer Jeanette recently landed, says where the Jeanette was lost is 150 miles north-east of the Island of New Siberia. 300 miles from the nearest part of the Siberian mainland and a little more than 500 miles from the mouth of the Lena. It is probable that Lieutenant De Long, after abandoning his ship, made for the nearest point on the Siberian cost, passing to the east ward and southward of New Siberi an Island and striking the main had Mwecn the mouth of the In digirfci and the mouth of the Lena. If he reached the coast early enough in the summer he ought to have found the Russian and native fish ing sta'ions at the mouth of the Ya ra. Indisirka ami tlier stnalh-r stream which fall into the Atlantic ocean in that vicinity, and thus have obtained succor much nearer than the Iena. It is possible, how ever, he did not reach the mainland until after the fishing stations had all been abandoned and tho fisher men had retreated up the rivers to their winter villages, which, as a rule, are situated some distance in land. At the mouth of the Lena there is. I believe, a permanent set tlement, and this seems to have been appointed a rendezvous for all the boats. If the third boat failed to reach tho rendezvous agreed upon the conclusion by no means follows that it is lost The crew may have found an inhabited station nearer than the mouth of the Lena, or been picked up by a Russian or native fishing boat and carried or guided to some other place of safety. In such case they might not be heard from for a month or more after the arriv al of the other boats. The third boat's crew should not be given up as lost until we have heard from all the villages along the Yana and In digrika and from Nizhni Kolyma, which as a place of refuge was quite as near and quite as accessible as the mouth of the Lena. The retreat of these boats across the Arctic sea to the Siberian mainland is a re markable achievement, and one which is parrelleled in Arctic histo ry only by the retreat of Barents and his men from the northern ex tremity of Novova Zemblya, and of the crew of the legetthof lromr ranz Josef land. The fact that DeLong and his men were three months at sea and on ice in open boats before they reached the mouth of the Lena, is a tact whicn ol itselt tells a mournful story of hardship and suf fering, and one whieh more than ac counts for the "pitible condition" in which we are told DeLong's crew at last arrived. 1 he Jeanette s crew at the mouth of the Lena would be well cared for. At any Russian settle ment on the whole Siberian coast thev would find warm earth, em banked "yourts," abundant clothing and food and sympathy, and the care of warm-hearted, hospitable people. As soon as the "winter road" was established and the crew were strong enough to travel, they would probably be brought up the Lena on dog sledges to Yakoustk, which is a large Russian town of 6,000 to 8,000 inhabitants. Here they would have all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life, and the Russian Governor of the sea-cost provirce would furnish them with transportation either across the Stananoi mountains in Okhotsk, where they could be called for by one of the vessels of our Pa cific squadron, or up the Lena to Irkoutsk and thence overland to St Petersburg. They will have no se rious difficulty in getting home from the mouth of the Lena. The jour ney up the river from the Arctic sea coast to Yakoutsh will be a hard one on account of the severity of the climate in that part of Siberia ; but it ought not to occupy more than a month or a month and a half, and is not attended with any dancer to men of fair powers of endurance. It is in some respects an easier jour- nev than from Nizhri Kolyma to Yakoutsk, which is performed by scores of Russian traders every win ter. The news received to-day was brought from the mouth of the Le- na by a special messenger up the river to Yakoutsk on dog sledges, thence by Cossack courier traveling day and night with relays ot horses to Irkoutsk, the capital of Eastern Siberia, and thence by telegraph to St. Petersburg. The news has been fully two months and perhaps more getting from the mouth of the Lena to Irkoutsk, and it is more than possible the next information we get will be that of the arrival of the shipwrecked crew at Yakoutsk. The Governor of the sea cost pro vince at Yakoutsk is a man of culti vation and enlightenmnt and if I mistake not a member of the Siberi an branch of the Imperial Geo graphical Society. NEWS FROM ONE OP THE SURVIVORS. Washington, Dec 21. Mr. W. W. Danenhaurer. of this city, re ceived to-night a telegram from bis son, Master John W. Danenhaurer, third officer of the wrecked Arctic exploring steamer Jeanette, an nouncing his safe arrival at the mouth of the Lena river in eastern Siberia. - The dispatch was proba bly H-nt up the Lena to Irkoutsk by the inessenger who brought the first news of the lots of the Jeanette, and has just been forwarded by the gov ernor general of Eastern Siberia to Master Danenhauer, as the Jean ette's third officer would naturally have command of boat No. 3, which was the first to reach the mouth ot theLana. Boat No. 1 was under command of Lieut De Long, and No. 2, which is the missing boat, was very likely commanded by the Jeanett's second officer, Lieut Chipp. Lieut Danenhauer's tele gram gives no particulars of the dis aster, but says that letters have been forwarded by St Petersburg. , THE CZAR'S GENEROSITY. New York, Dec. 21. The fol lowing special dispatch to the New York Herald is furnished by that paper : "Paris, Dec 21. Our St Peters burg correspondent telepraphs : The Governor General of Eastern Siberia who happens to be present in St Petersburg, having received infor mation of the Arrival of the ship wrecked crew of the Jeanette in the region under his command, imme diately proceeded to Gatsehina and saw the Emperor, who person ally ordered that all supplies that were necessary for food, clothing, money and transportation, should be placed at their disposal." PARTICULARS OF THE WRECK pF THE JEANETTE. The Herald has the following : London, Dec 223. . . The following telegram was received at the London Office at twenty min utes past two this morning : "Irkoutsk, Dec 21 2.-05 p. m. Jeanette was crushed by t-he ice' jn latitude 77. 15 degrees north longi tude, 157 degrees east, Boats and sleds made a good retreat to fifty miles northwest of the Lena river. where the three boats were separa ted in a gale, The whale boat, in charge of Chief . Engineer tyelviUe entered the east mouth of the vena river on September 17. We found a native village, and as soon as the river closed I put myself in commu nication with the commandant at Boloenga. On October 29. 1 heard that the first cutter ' containing Lieut De Long, Dr. Ambler and twelve others, had landed at the north mouth of the Lena. The commandant at Boloenga Bent in stant relief to the whale-boat party, who are all well, rwndernnn ana Noras arrived at Boloengo on Octo ber 20th for relief for the first cut ter, all of whom are in a sad condi tion end in iliin,' f ! starvation, and all badly frozt-i.. ..i oinniund- ant at i'oloenga bus mii', native scouts to look for them, and will urge vigorous and constant search until they are found. The second cutter has not been heard from Tel egraph money for instant use to Irkutsk and Jakutsk. I he list ot people in the boats is as follows : First cutter Lieut De Long, Dr. Ambler, Jerome J. Collins, Wm. Windeman, Ixmis Noras, Hans Erk- son, Henry Nack, Adolf Bressler, Larl Uortz, Walter Iee, J el Is Ivor- son, George Boyd, Alexia Ah Lorn. W naleboat kngmeer Melville, Lieut Danenhouer, Jack Cole, James Bartlett, Raymodd Newcomb, Her bert Iieach, George Laudentach, Henry WSlson Mason, Aniquin Long. The above are safe The second . cutter, which is still missing, contained the following : Lieutenant Chipp, Captain Dunbar, Alfred Swectman, Henry Waxen, Peter Johnson, Edward Star Sha- well, Albert Kathne' THE "HERALD" CORRESPODENT SAFE. The Herald has received news of the safety of Jerome J. Collins, the scientist and Herald correspondent, who is thought to have been in com mand of the missing second boat of the Jeanette. A Thief Killed ia the Act. Memphis, Tcnn., Dec. 22. Early this morning, while wathing his stable, which had been fired the night before by thieves and a large quantity of corn stolen, A. Harmon discovered a negro emerging from the building, and discharged a doub le barreled shot gun at the thief, who was instantly killed, the contents of both barrels completely riddling him. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. Mr. Riddleberger Formally Declared Elected Senator. Richmond. Va., December 21.- The General Assembly met in joint session at noon to-day. 1 he portion of yesterday's journal of each cham ber relating to the election of Uni ted States Senator was read, after which the president pro tem. of the Senate made a formal announce ment that Harrison H. Riddleber ger, of Shenandoah, had received a majority of votes cast in that elec tion, and declared him duly elected United States senator from Virginia for the term ot six years from the 4th of March, 1883. One Way to Quiet a "Witness. Charleston, Dec. 20. A special to the Newt and Courier reports that in Chesterfield county, on Saturday night Adam D. Wilson was shot and instantly killed while at supper, surrounded by his family. Wilson had recently been prosecuted for vi olating the Internal Revenue laws, and had been a witness for the Gov ernment in a similar case. He bad expressed the fear that he would not be alive when the court met before which he was to appear. Death ofa Veteran Official. Washington, Dec. 21. Mr. Lam bert Tree, of this city, died at his residence, on Monday, in theeighty third year of his age. Mr. Tree en tered the postal service under the administration of President Monroe, and remained continuously in the service until last March, when his growing infirmities compelled him to retire. The whole time of his public service covers a period of more than fifty-eight years, thirty years of which he held the position of assistant postmaster of Washing ton. He was born in Philadelphia in 1779. and came to Washington in 1820. He has been for some years one of the vice presidents of the Society of the Old Inhabitants. Terrible Explosion in an EngliHli Coal Mine ! London, Dec. 19, 1S81. An explosion occurred about noon in the Orrell pit belonging to the Abram MiningCompany. The pit was considered one of the safest in Lancashire, as neither gunpowder was used for blasting nor furnaces for ventilation, the wholt system of working tho mine being purely mechanical. The Arley pit adja cent is also terribly affected bv the explosion. OfoverBixty employes in the Arley pit only twenty-seven were brought to the surtace alive. It is feared the remainder perished. The supposition is that one hundred and eighty persons have been kill ed in the Orrell pit, as two hundred descended into the pit this morning. Ten injured persons so far have been recovered. The work of exploring the mine and rescuing tao victims continues. ' It is believed the explosion was caused by a fall of a portion of the the roof which Uberated a quantity of gas. later. It id now believed onlv forty per sons were killed. 1 be Urrell mine is one hundred and fifty yards above the Arley mine, and the ef feet of the explosion in the former imprisoned one hundred and fifty miners in the lower mine. These were subsequently rescued. Those rescued from the upper seam were seriously burned. LATEST. London. Dec. 20. There were thirty-six injured by the explosion in the coal mine at Bolton. The Cowboy's Flight. Hunnewell, Kansas, December 20. The desperadoes who "rounded up" Caldwell have - undoubtedly es caped. On Sunday night about eight o'clock they come upon some freighters and ' took hve horses. They also made them cook supper and feed their horses before they left They exchanged these horses for five others at a ranche below. They had a light last night at Lang- t 1- W- " I. iiwu b mimic, uu t uguu urce where they took some saddles. They travel only by night in the fight at pug Qut, JimTalbott had his forehnger shot on, and Dug llill was shot in the heel. They are evi dently ajming for Qld Mexico. Tal bptt la a noted desperado. He kill ed the Marshal ana a deputy at Fort Elliot, Texas, jn the spring of 11880, and twelve years ago kiHed two ne groes in the Creek Nation without cause. He was also one of "Billy the Kid's" gang of cutthroats. A messenger just in, says the Sheriff is in ho purstf1 an.d Bent Pack for a rein foremen of twenty picked men, to meet him at Cantonment, Indian Territory. OUIl WASHINGTON LETTER. oar !eclal correspondent. Washington, Dec 24, 1881. Congress has adjourned for the holidays, and we are in the midst of Christmas festivities, whirh are en joyed by youn; and old, in a mote whole-souled and thorough way than they have been enjoyed at any time since the great financial crash of 73. The young rejoice in a greater opulence of presents, and their parents are happier in their greater power to give. There are no lack of those who lament that Christ mas is no longer the series of happy festivals of by-gone years, but they belong to that class who describe a golden age which exits only in the imagination. It is difficult to be lieve, in the face of ocular demon stration, that there is any decline in the appetite of the children to-day; their laughter is as genuine, their happiness as simple and spontane ous as ever. Nor are the young folks, who are by this time too old to be called children, so artificial as some would have us believe. It is true that their tastes are in a certain sense more extravagant than were those of their fathers and mothers at the same age. The increase of national wealth has taught us all how many pleasant things money can get things not only pleasant in themselves, but positively harmless, excep where the expense they entail is selfish or unjustifiable. The girls know how pleasant it is to ride along a ringing frosty road on a well-trained easy-going pony; to drive a faultless horse in a pretty phaeton; to have a sleigh ride should an exceptional fall of snow give oportunity for it; and to be able to gratify that most harmless of all tastes, the love of what is pretty in itself, in new dress upon appro priate occasions. The boys, too, know the delight of shouldering a gun, of bestriding a bycicle, and of indulging in other manly pursuits, the only drawback to which is that they cost money. But because we have learned to appreciate the al mighty dollar, we have not on that account, become slaves to it, and we may safely believe that the hearts of our young folks are as true as ever, their instinct as generous, their appreciation of what is straight-forward, simple and loyal, as keen as it ever was. And Christmas, now more than ever, is the time to restsuch feelings. It is the time when from every side appeals are made to us ; the time when we can all, each in his own way, do something at any rate to make others happier. Even those who cannot give in substance can spare their time and trouble ; and there are kindly words, and deeds, and thoughts, more precious than gifts, and equally pleasant both to thoso who give and those who take. Day by day, as the dear old festi val draws nearer, memories and as sociations cluster round us. We are a year older then we were, and, thouzh a vear is but a short time in itself, yet but a few years go to the making ofa life. We are a precept- lble step further removed trom our youth, with its many sided pleas ures and its restless vitility ; a step nearer to the last rest of all, which those need least dread whose life has been haDDV because thev have made happy and bright the lives of others. Christmas may change its customs and habits, and Christmas in Washington this year of grace lXbl is strangely unhkn Christmas as it was enjoyed in the davs of the first President and his immedi ate successors, but the human side of the festival, its interest and its sympathies, remain unchanged. Our hearts do not change with our fash ions, anc with the return of Christ mas have again returned all that in our younger davs made Christmas githe rings occasions to be long an ticipated and affectionately reniem bered. An Engine Takes a Plunge. Chicago, Dec 22. As an engine and pa car of the Northwestern Railroad were nearing the bridge across the north branch of the Chi cago river near Fullerton avenue, about noon yesterday, the bridge swung open suddenly, and before the engine could be stopped it plunged with its tender into the wa ter, the pay car barely escaping by striking the bridge which had be gun to swing back. The bridge was badly wrecked. J. M. Leavitt, the hreman, jumped trom the engine and swam out Engineer V . B. Wilcox was pulled out with his left leg cut off below the knee. The conductor was crushed to death be tween the engine and tender, and his body is still under water. The accident was caused by misunder standing of signals. Twenty-flve Years for a Brutal Mur der. New York, Dec. 22. Frederick Lotthamer aged 27, who, on the eve ning of November 23, visited the residence of his father-in-law, Henry Muller, in West Thirtv-ninth Btreet, and mortally wounded Mr. Muller and seriously injuring his wife, Pauline, by shootingthem, and who was indicted for murder in the first degree, was arraigned in the General Sessions Court to-day. He put in a plea of manslaughter in the first de gree, and Judge Gilversleeve sen tenced him to the state prison for twenty-five years. At the time of the shooting Ixrtthamer fired unsuc cessfully at his little daughter, and attempted his own life. A City Auditor Confesses an Embes- zlcment of $125,000. Newark, N. J., Dec 21. Freder ick A. Palmer, Auditor of City Ac counts of Newark, surrendered him self to-day and was imprisoned on his confession that he has embezzled about $125,000 of the city funds during the past three years and lost it in Wall speculations. He asserts that no one is implicated with him, and manifests deep humiliation and and resignation in consequence of his act Palmer has lived quietly' in Newark, and had a house at Qccan Beach: He is 35 years old, and has a w;fb and, child. l e had ben Auditor for five years'.' Train Robbers Thrown Into a Ditch. St. Louis, Dec 19. A special to the Post Dispatch from Kansas City says : ' Two men boarded a Hanni bal and St Joseph train at Chili cothe last night, when near Utica, drew revolvers and demanded the passengers' money. The passengers hid their valuables under the seats and the would-be robbers got noth ing. Conductor Bushnell, with the train crew, collared the ruffians and threw them off the train into a ditch. At Utica Bushnell sent back a party to arrest the men." Out ottHhmttot. iw. 22 Thin mora- ingat half-past eleven o'clock, as the driver of Schmertz & Co.'s wagon was coming over from the I eniien tiary with a load of boxes filled with boots and shoes, a little fellow rush ed up to him on the corner of Penn. avenue and Sixth street, and told him that "a man jumped out of or the boxes, and ran up the street fust as he coula go." i ne unyer h.'iKtilv made an examination of his cargo, and found that the top of one of his boxes had Deen unocneu uu as the boy had said, and that a pair of pants of the peculiar fashion worn bv convicts was lying in ic bottom! Word was at once tele phoned to the prison authorities to lxk if a prisoner had escaped, and a search at that place showed that the prisoner known an number 6,816 was missing. A fuller exami- natian led to the louowing oibciw Qiirps ; ine anver emDioveu to-aj by Schmertz & Co : for delivery of their load of boots and shoes at the store in town was new one, and as several convicts kindly volunteered their assistance in helping him to lrnl. The offer was accepted, and it is altogether likely that some of the convicts belped the prisoner into the box, and then gave him an ad vantageous position in the wagon The prisoner must have had sorte outside assistance, as he could not have nailed himself in such a man ner that the box looked as innocent as it is posible for a box of any de scription to do. When tho wag. on reached the corner of Sixth and Penn streets, the prisoner, who had meantime thrown the neither gar ments that indicated his position, struck out vigorously with his legs and soon released himself from his hampered position, and darted away without attracting much attention. The box was about five feet long, a foot and a half wide and two feet high. The name of the escaped prisoner ia James W. Miller. He is describ ed as a man about five feet seven inches in height and weighed 135 pounds. Miller is one of the noted Catfish robbers, who last March rob bed an old man by the name of Connors and his wi'fe at Catfi.-h on the Allegheny Valley Railroad, oi" $8,000 or 89,000 in bonds, and about the same amount of money. Miller was captured in July at the lied Lion Hotel in this city. He was tried and sentenced to a term in Penitentiary, and on the 31st of last August commenced upon the new confining life for which his ac of to-day shows he had so much aversion. Miller was a quiet, some what sullen man, but has the repu tation of being a very smart one.' Just who were his confederaUs in the scheme cannot bo known, but it is probable he had assistance both without and within the walls of the Penitentiary. Warden Wright visited the May or's office in this city this afternoon, and in a short time the entire avail able force was working up the mat ter. The Balloon Trip to the Xorih Pole Commander Cheyne has started for Montreal by invitation of Sir John McDonald and Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, to interest the Can adian public in his scheme for reaching the North Pole by a bal loon expedition. The Commander says that the expedition is to be fit- ted out by popular subscription. It that because election officers acqui will cost $80,000, and $10,000 is to Lgce jn others touching or altering be raised in each country. The three balloons, which will cost $20, 000, will be made in England and shipped to this country. New York will be the starting point, and June next the time. 1 he expedition will go to St Patrick's Bay, 49(5 miles from the pole, and when the right wind comes along it is expected to reach the pole inside of twenty-four hours. Each balloon will be pro vided .with a sledge-boat and pro visions for fifty-one days, and will reel out telegraph wire as it travels, keeping in communication with the main station. The Commander an ticipates no difficulty from the cold. Orders have already been sent to Greenland directing the authorities there to aid the expedition in every way possible. IHuthed from a High Bridge. Elmira, N. Y., December 23. Last night a party of five left this city to drive to Kidgebury, Pa., to attend a party. The night was dark and stormy, and at Wellsburg, six miles from tlmira, the double wa gon containing the party was thrown from a high bridge, and the entire party hurled sixteen feet into the bed of the creek. The names of the persons and their injuries are as fol lows: Leroy Horton, internally in jured ; Edward Smith, tongue bit ten in two; Miss Nora Desmond, thigh broken ; Miss Nellie Howard, sunn fractured ; Miss Way Dacey, back hip injured. Benjamin Harris Brewstor. Washington, December 16. The President nominated Benjamin Har ris iirewster to be Attorney General of the United States. The Senate in executive session referred the the nomination of Mr. Brewster as Attorney General to the judicial committee. Mr. Brewster's nomi nation was not unexpected, and gives general satisfaction to all out side the Star route circles. His nomination is taken as an indica tion that President Arthur wishes these prosecutions to be pursued with vigor Aa Expedition In Search of Treasure. KisosTon, Jamaica. Dec. 6 An expedition has iust sailed from this port, convoyed by a British vessel of war, in search of concealed treas. ure on one of the islands near the coast of the Isthmus of Panama. where it is stated the spoils of Buc caneer Morgan have been discover ed by- Mr. Carrie, a native of Nassau, N. . Considerabl interest is felt in the result of this expedition, which has the sanction of the Colombian Goverment -.-JifatK H'tSJaflt! hn th mure harsa than K Dor untried experiment that may do fmrn".' rt'rrfwlirld SSSjtJ th t-t.y but H relieve pain almost Inu..,!, JummIv J' '" onlT r !rn.m-nr cun.' tte bawls of the no liiexpri.iftJd T" ' "Ht icdhIi)-. it is xiic in The record of cure by lb us of PA IV iriv " ,'.'.' " "' extract, from fetter, received .W SSJVShS Mj, Th? "lnK Ei5lSSSt; t am n sueli f I l a a, w (tsr-c, a mjmrw juur rAlm a II.I till All drttgrist. keep Wr. X,UXK It. nri. I. 1 " DAVO ,CJ, Freprt-tor., Frortdenee, ft. I. A Family Blown to Atom. Harrisrurh, December 19. A special to the Indejendent from Mount Union, Huntington county, say: This borough is in a ferment of excitement to-day over a terrible dynamite explosion which occurred just as John A. Ingram, a miner. wat making n preparation to iave home for hid usual lattont. Find ing, ujwn waking up at six o'clock, that the can tf dynamite used at the mines was frozen, he adapted the usual m ans of drying it out by laying the package in the cook stove. The fire nad just been built up anew, and was lor mat reason uc usually forward. Mr. Ingram had barely turned his back from the 8'ove when the package became ig nited, and in an instant, bursting into a peculiar yellow and blue gas flame, exploded with dreadful force The effect was fearfuL The build ing heaved to and fro as if a strong wind had taken it in its terrific force, and then pieces flew in every direction. The shock to the towns people was like that of an earth quake short, sharp and accompa nied with a loud report. Mr. Ingram was blown to pieces, and his remains were gathered in a basket as soon as the residents and nieghbors realized the extent of the disaster. His four children, leej tnsr in the room overhead, were kill ed outright, their bodies being pick ed up in the ruins of their late home. The mother shared the same fate as the father and husband, little remaining of them that could be recognized. But one child escap ed the ravages and blasting effect of the explosion. Mount Union has never experi enced such a terrible shock. There are about 1000 people here, mostly engaged in mining and lumbering, and Mr. Ingram had risen early to meet the gang with which he worked at the company's works. The force of the explosion was felt from one end of the town to the other. Noth ing remains of the house, and hardly enough ot the fi mily over which to hold an inquest. The little cne who escaped is being properly cared for. David Mouat I'.eadu Guilty. Philadelphia, Dec. 21. David Mouat, whose trial for election ir regularities was interrupted on Mon day by the discovery that one of the jurors was merely personating the regularly subptenaed juryman, pleaded guilty to-day, and was ! sentenced to two years' impriaon- ment, the cost of court and a fine of CJ.UUU. Jiouat, wno naa ueen a ! member of the City Councils, plead ed hard for mercy. He had served in the army, had been a prisoner of war, and had never before been charged with any offense. He broke down completely, but recovered somewhat as his counsel made another appeal to the Court. Judge Biddle remarked that he supposed every American citizen understood the ballot box and jury box are at the foundation of our Government One of the most beautiful traits of our people is the fact that after a contest, no matter how bitter it may be. all acquiesce to the decision of the ballot box, because they believe it to be correct. Destroy that be lief and we become like theSouth American republics. The mct melancholy feature is, that men otherwise upright, and of good character, think it natural to cheat in favor of their party, and the idea papers, it does not constitute an of fense, though it is a misdemeanor in themselves to touch them before being sworn, is one of which the minds of these men must be dis abused. He sympathizes with the defendent but was in no position to give effect to that sympathy. Summary Punishment of Despera does. Denver, Col., Dec. 18. A special from Leadville to the Tribune days : The Independence mining camp, 20 miles west of here, has for a long time been overrun with desperate characters, who kept it in a perpetu al state of turmoil. Often several of these would band together and vir tually take possession of the camp, shootinz men down in the streets. and making it necessary for the citi zens to close their stores and suspend business for several hours. Shortly after dark last night Patton and Mai- loy, two desperadoes having the rep utation of killing a number of men, became intoxicated and began firing revolvers promiscuously. General indignation ensued, and the people turned out en masse and pursued the desperadoes," who were finally brought to bay and literally riddled with bullets. They returned the fire of the mob, but without effect A lit tle later a vigilance committee was formed for the purpose of hanging some of the worst blacklegs, but all of that class left town immediately after the shooting of Patton and Malloy. And This in Indiana. Cqryoox, Ind December 16. A body of masked men, calling them selves ''regulators," or "Knights of the Switch," have been going about al night switching sued persons as they deemed, deserving of correction. They have operated in Harrison Co. A few nights ago they whipped se verely a Mr. Borden, and on the fol towing night returned to his house and took out hU step-daughter. : . .ti uuieircu jreara oia. rutting a rope around her neck they led her to a tree and demanded that she should reveal certain secrets which thev de clared she knew. She refused, and they hanged her by the neck twice until she was nearly dead. Not suc ceeding in getting a confession, they rode away and left her. The out rage excites deep indignation. Mr. Blaine Saya Yes. WASHIXOTon. Dec 21. ScreLirv Blaine has agreed to deliver the eu logistic address at the Garfield me morial services of the House. Subtcribe for the Herald. dtaen,: hot ih. ... , ?, ... QUWrt T.n.arrt rhun awew.l tu i i ' . . r-Ttal 3lartFT Xewaiik,X.j n fore six o'cliv , : named Eddie i.v ugen fixty-an:,.. L iamtiiirhti.r f, Killed llHf.'l.... ., 1 V K.t a lamp thi,"1'' Graves came np jH " drawing a revolver, -hit " tho left shouM.-r u, :'rn 1 cornpietelythrourl.i.r,'1:' I that "his S;- V He fell into the rnrwri.00 V exrM!umiri 4.1,1. . . ' ihigst. send for a doc tor " ' u ' m ' into a neighboring flru, physicians w,re surn.j once pronounced hi. wo,,,;, An ambulance was rr ' rr- was convey,! ' : "-UIV1 --j-m ,U3 nome on r father, mother and r been informed of th ,7t" died in one hour after'u w!, After firing the fatal ?h. V turned and ran alm.t , .1 : fnr. . , B' -.r before Justice Iiieord at r.' amination, it was found Vmr had lodged in the game h." the Lodens occupied, in 0,1 street, until a month ago WV removed to Market str t' t!" of the murder. There v some difficulty between hi-' Ixlen family some vears aV" years since he wis arri'w threatening toshoot tl,f. iu.V and bound over to kef d C ''. c-ucnatu JVirK !0!ii2 on He admitted that he" had' boy, but said that h omy oi murder in the Hcor. gree. THE New M "The Leadirg Ari: Darin th jer lwi The Te:- . aibkiT wltb tncnuinir mm ... . meilHid which bare w..n k,r U , i,., " ul pupnlmr apprurmL It h1!uti i5' oer lo iuw ine tiius sunni .Z. win imod it by It touiWer, u U-i-jT Uun aiuuDii tb beat peple. s, urjl . 1 and one u wI.Mt Jninr,n:-l rttory of th Ntioo iuiatrn b'-n'. J -1 v -1 ' .uc i. ai:e,: -2 ecept tiU fart a tb ttv'.wi ,1 rt people npuo tbe eondort anj t hr -J' TaiBtSK. 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