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non! subscriber.. Let our - friends throughout the county
make known the fact to their neighbors..
Tim Reading Railroad Company publishes
their FnII Time Table In to-day's !vole. 11, will be
well for travelers to examine It.
Tun Excelsior Rifles will meet every Tues
day and Thursday evenings, at their armory, at
N o'clock for drill.
A THIRD REASON Wily T. C. Kernalien, of
the Allentown China, Glassware and Lamp Store
can sell cheaper than others, is because ho sells
more than any two in the county put together.
MARTEN'S MAGAZINE—for October is over
lowing; with good reading and it lsonly necessary
to tell the people that the October number Is out
to cause a rush for It.
WILL DE HlGUER.—Dealers in kid gloves
predict that the price of these indespcosable
arti
cles for the ladles will advance In price on account
of the wdr.
LARGE HElFER.—Messrs. Desli StraWM,
of Coopersburg, purchased a heifer in Pidladel-
Pbia,on Monday week,which weighs 1,650 pounds.
'PT owners claim that she is the largest animal of
the kind In this vicinity.
A TREMENDOUS BUSINESS.—Messrs. Ituhe
Bros., El;Mb street below Hamilton, sold nearly
two hundred thousand cigars last mouth. These
were shipped principally to the West. The su
periority of their cigars is making a constant and
rapid Increase In their business.
PII.IIBIIVTERY MEETI NO.—The new Presby
tery of Lehigh held Its first session in this elty
last week and the opening sermon was preached
by the Rev. Dr. Eckard, of Easton. The Presby
tery organized the Rev. Dr. Newlin being elected
Moderator and the Rev. D. M. James, Clerk.
DlED.—Henry Ohms, of Freernaneburg, for
merly a resident of Slatington, died at the Ilrbt
mentioned place Tuesday week, of congestion
of the brain, after an Illness of three days. Ile
was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity,
and at the time of his death was n Justice of the
pe.,ce in Freemansburg.
NEARLY AN ACCIDENT.—Tuesday a week
a one-arm man, under the 'athletic': of liquor, was
Grand lying on the track, of the Lehigh Valley
: . :altroad, near Roberts' Furnace. his perilous
situation was discovered by some of the workmen
at the Furnace and he was removed by them just
before the passage of an up-train.
A COLLIBION.—The Buffalo Express, on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, ran into a platform car
which was standing on the main track at the
Allentown Furnace, last week. The car was
smashed up and the• engine and smol r king car of
the Express were considerably damaged': No one
was hurt.
TILL TAPPINO.-A person was before
Mayor Good, last week, charged with abstract
ing mousy from the till of the Allen House res
t turaut. Ho was put under $BOO ball for his ap
pearance at Court. No cause or excuse Is gives
for this strange conduct of the person.
We refrain from publishing the name at his
urgent request.
FALL ON SCAFFOLDING.—Tuesday week,
shortly after three o'clock, a truss which was
being put up in Barnet's stable, in the rear of
618 Hamilton street, gave way and precipi
tated seven work Men n distance of ten feet
upon the rafters of the second floor. Fortu
nritely no one was hurt beyond receiving a
few scratches and bruises, but it was a re
markably narrow escape.
KILLED ON THE RA !LIMA D.—Joseph Light
ning, aged about eight years, was run over and
killed by ore cars which were being shifted on the
Lehigh Valley Railroad at the Roberts Iron Works
siding, r last week. The boy was picking coal
and did not observe the movements of the train.
It Is another warning to parents who compel their
children to engage in the reprehensible practice of
supplying the household with coal front the tracks
df railroads.' Coroner Bush held as Inquest am]
the jury rendered a verdict of accidental death.
OUR VOLUNTEER ARMY.—WO have heard
many disputes on the composition of our army
called out during the late unpleasantness, and for
se information of our renders, giveethe following
a:alai report coming from the Wnr Department
(Alec. The figures arc taken from the official doe,
nments in that office, and show the army to have
been composed as follows:—Native Americans,
1,533,300; Germans, 176,800; Irish, 144,100;
American, 53,500; English, 45,500 ; promis
cuous nationalities,4B,4oo ; nationalities unknown,
25,500. Total, 2,018,200.
REPORT Of coal transported over the Lehigh
Valley Railroad for the week ending Sept. 10
1870, compared with same time last pear:
For Work For Year.
IVyoming 9,254 01 456 203 17
Hazleton 44,440 01 1,52u,709 13
Upper Lehigh 301 10 10,570 07
Beaver Meadow 16,343 11 556,168 07
M ahauoy 7,404 03 180,030 04
Mauch Chunk 33 17 603 00
Total byStall C Cana1......77,875 12 2,752,274 08
Same time 181 W 45,336 10 1,823,177 12
Increase.
Decrease
THE Revenue Detective is busy is Wilkes
barre. All the liquor of Wursberger Bros.,
has been confiscated for a Violation of the
Revenue Laws, and several druggists, who
have been selling barrels to a dealer, the
stamps on which had not bee' cancelled,have
gotten themselves into difficulty. It is thought
that, as their offense was not with criminal
intent,but was committed through ignorance,
that they will be lot down lightly. There is
a very heavy penalty for this neglect, him
ever, and the greatest care should be taken to
abide by the requirements of the law. The
penalty is, we believe, not less than one nor
more than ten thousand dollars, and immix.
onment for not less than one year.
OUR COUNTY PutsON.—A visit to this place
warrants us in saying that it is one of the cleanest
and best regulated prisons in the State. We do
not refer to its Construction, for that has been
spoken of before, but to its internal arrangements ;
tho manlier in which the prisoners are cared for,
and apportioned off in accordance with their of
fences; how they are compelled to keep themseive,
and their apartments perfectly clean. The cells
would put to shame some of our modern house
keepers. The utmost precaution is observed for
the safety of the prisoners, the Warden permitting
no one togoinside without having the door securely
fastened on the outside. The food furnished Is
plain, but clean, fresh and of the wholesome kind.
The prisoners aro put to work weaving carpets,
Which they seem to take delight In. This admir
able condition of things is attributable to the per
sonal supervision of Warden Jacoby, who takes
great pains and pride in having everything about
him In apple-pie order.
BANKRUPTCY.—George N. Coe on, Esq. ,
Regleter of Bankruptcy for tills District, will lit
the city, on Thursday next, to at I cud to wit.it
ever buelnen may be brought before him.
PERsosia.,.-:-31orgrin 11. Wills, Esq., e(li
tor of the Norristown Daily and Weekly Herald
paid our sanctum a visit lust weeh. lin ma .
on his return from a trip through the Lehigl
Valley.
PERSONAL.—CIIpt. Jeremiah soiliodol, of
the Sixth Regular Infantry, who has been on duty
In the Indian Territory, returned to this city with
Ills bride, last Thursday. Tie will return to Ills
Regiment In about two mouths.
Tan Internal Revenue Bureau has reversed
its recent ruling respreting the sales of wholesale
dealers, and now held, that such sales are in
cluded among those exempted by section ii of the
act of July 14th, 1870, and that those made after
the 30th Instant are not to.he taxed.
Ti: Government In mniting, nrrangement
for printing a large number of legal tender note ,„
of tha smaller denominations to supply the
mand of merchants for the fall trade, and has al
ready been untitled that a great many will be re
quired, especially In the West. Allentown wants
a few, too.
ACCIDENT.—A Mall named John Molloy, a
puddler In the Bethlehem Iron Coinpany's worla,
While forming the boiling Iron In the furnace Into
a ball the Iron splashed out of the "stopper hole,"
and burned nut one of his eyes. Fortunately lw
was not otherwise lnjured. This man had the
same eya badly burned before, but could still use
CONORESS.—IIOII. L. D. Flioemolvo., of
Willtesbarre, has been nominated for Con
gress by the Rypublicnns of the Xllth (Lucerne
and Susquehanna) District, and will be elected if
the facts .whiell estal,ll,ll tile lm-Wily or his op
poncnt to Protection oftionielmiu.try are brought
IMMERM
ENTERED THE BONUS OP MATRIMONY.
Mr. James 11. Roeder, the gentlemanly and ohlig
lug teller at the Stwond National Bank, has en
tered matrimony and gone nun bridal trip to NI
agora Falls, thence by way of Albany down the
Hudson to New York. Ile will be cone about n
week. We wish him a pljasant Journey and al
the imppine,s that belongs to the married Mate.
riIINAWAYS. A 1101'Se berlllll ,. 1114111( . 11c4 II
the in,t up train, at Sellersville, IVI daesday, and
ran away, traritur the hartie,i; to pieces and
breaking the wavon. The animal was considera
bly Injured by canine....
Wednesday Ephraim Sieger's learn ran away nt
the Iron Bridge. Ilk son, In endeavoring to stOi
the horses, was ran over and severely jidured
One of the horses, valued at had one 0
Ills legs broken and he was afterward killed.
CENtiUS lILTUILNti.—TIIC 10110WiIlg are . the
for the townships of Lynn ;11141
else:lb:lra :
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.Mrg. 0111, aged OS year, Is the oldest Inhabit:to
of Lynn. In IVelseithurtt the >lar•hal found
married couple, the ditferelkee In the ages of whou
teas 41 years, the husband being 65 and the wit
24 years.
Sennol, Ornmso.—The twentieth an nun
seFslon of "The 11111" histittito at. Pott,ttiwn
Rev. Geo. F. Miller, principal, began last week .
The It was filled to its full capacity las
Session, and the prospects for the present scsAot
are no less encouraging. The faculty are I'. 1.
Grohatn, of Prineethn, professor of thathetnuties
natural science, &c., J. M. Vouch, of Spencer'
Business Culle!ze, Washidutod, D.C., professor
English braiielies, phonography, &v.
and Miss E. A. Weeks, instructress iu music
drawing and painting, with two other assi,tant ,
The Classical Department will he under th
charge of the Principal.
ITS AN ILI, WIND, &C "
ment la being largely benefited by the u•nr by the
Increased demand for beer stamps, owing to the
recent augmented- consumption. The Printing
Bureau in devoting Its entire force to the printing
of beer stamps at the rate of two hundred thous
and quarter barrels daily. The Mar says:—We
hove not LIM returns from the new resells before
but we believe ibis Imlleates something le
than a quarter barrel to earl, German daily. A
military' gentleman suggests that this quantity
turned into the Seine would deluge P.iris and ren
der a siege unnecessary. We do not believe it,
and are not disposed to turn the lager from its
legitimate channels— down the throats of our
Teutonic brethren. Vice la Lager!
IMPORTANT DECISION OF 'FITE PENNSYLVA
NIA COURTS.—TIIC pmetlee of the Courts has here
tofore been, when an action for damages was
brought against 0 railroad company, that the de
fendantF. might claim that they used due di nurse
and care to avoid accident, and the plaintiff AV:I6
to prove there was neglect. The company
controlling the evidence to a great extent, it is
often next to Impossible for the complainants to
make out their case.' The Pennsylvania Courts
now decide that the accident itself evident, or
neglect. The company mast, if it can, prove the
contrary, whether the accident on-es from tickets
of engines, ears, or rails, or from the net of the
employees. The adoption of such a role generally
will he likely to lessen the humber or accidents by
making the bill for damage: muck larger.
.6comoTivE I.l•xcuv--.John Haddia, of
on, has devised a ciu• wheel, part which is
tic of rubber. The niceltaairm and rxperintents
• drserlbed as follows :—Tlte iv heel h cast. in
twee parts—the hub, the web, and a plate to which
the hub is [silted. Between the axle and huh in
tervenes a ring of solid rubb,r, about three inches
trice and one inch thick. The effect of a wheel
made In this manner is, that a ' , widen blow on the
web Is communicated tic the rubber, and thence to
the axle. It is claimed that this wheel is clicap.r,
safer, because less liable to brealf, and more com
fortable for the passenger. The new wlfrel re
duces the Jar ton mininintn,nmi awe can read with
out the leant danger to the eyes. Going around
curves, the oseillation is hardly •woticealrlc, and
the sound is dCadilllCd so that conversatiou cease•
to be an effort.
POLITICAL.—We give below the Ilepubli eon
mot jbonocratie county Baa is pl3ced in tumulus
Bon by the voters of Bucks county
Republican. CONGRE,S,
Alfred C. Banner .
James Gllkyson
Sextus C. Pursel
Capt, Win. IVyul.onp
Joint WlMinim
COUNTY CO3I1II$SIoN1:11.
JO \VIWahl S. Long
.39,33613 829,026 16
TREA9I'ItEIt
ewlatnln Cadwallader
Charles WIIII
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The Republican County Convention of Mont
gomery met at Norristown yesterday and !mud
united John 11. Oliver, Esq., of Allentown, for
Congress, and Wlltiann A. Yeahle, of White
marsh, for Senator. The time and plinee for
lug the Congressional conference has not yet been
decided upon. North Wales or Landsnisle,"we
suggest, ns being most conVenlent for both par
ties:
ANoTutift livrENtitolv.—lt. Is said, upon
authority, that Mr. Charles Sengreaves intends
ridding, another wing to the American Hotel, ex
tending It down to the present stables which arc
to be vacated iind rebuilt, the second story to he
built up of eufficlent capacity to he used as a hall
for lectures, concerts 11111 i theatrical pummel:.
This extension, with the alterations now in pro
gress, will matte the American one of the largeid
hotels lu the State, not counting those of Phila
delphia and Pittsburgh. Work ou the additional
stories to the main building le going* en rapidly,
and when finished will mid much to tile beauty of '
Hamilton street, besides giving the needed extra
rooms. Allentown, though well supplied with
good lintels, has long felt the necessity for much
larger buildings. We suppose the American Is
doing about, double Om business ever done there
before, while the didnand for permanent boarding
is greater than can be accommodated, and we are
glad to sec the enterprise which Mr. Seagreaves
exhibits as owner and wish him all the moat In
'return which his energy deserves. He evidently
appreciates n good tenant and showsby it assisting
Sheriff Newhard in Iris ellorts to entersuccessfully
for the public.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER, ALLENTOWN, WEDNESDAY; SEPTEMBER 21 lB7O.
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Jesse \V. Knight
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Samuel 1)3 nil
JCIIY COMMISSIONER.
Hobert James
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COUNTY TEACHERS INFITITUTE.—The Berke
Comity Teachers' Institute will be held In Read
bur, comment:leg on the '24th of October, and con
tinuing five days. A number of prominent, educa
tors will be present to deliver addresses, give in
struntion,detnonstrate class drill, Ate. An effort
will be made to make the gathering one of the
most instructive and profitable occasions of the
Mild ever held in the county.
THE \Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin
say : It seems to he pretty generally conceded by
candid and well Informed Democrats that Lyco
ming, county will be carried by the Republicans
at the election next month. The Democratic
party Is In a helpless and demoralized condition ;
it has no leaders, no organizations, and 1111 confi
dence ;11 reposed in the men who aspire to it.
They arc not Imbued with that spirit of patriotism
which should characterize the movements of those
who lore their country, Its laws and Institutions,
and can therefore Infuse no conthlenve Into the
people. The Republica n s, by still nattier Perfect
ing 'heir organization, can largely Increase their
majo•rity - . Let them aim to do this In ever) toa•n
.hip. It In their dray to do so. The old Demo
cratic party having nearly ceased to exist, let Its
last lingering traces he effectually wiped out at
the polls.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.-011 NVed
nesday, Mr. Tilghman Frederick, of the firm of
Frederick A: Co., car builders, at Cab's:mina,
came to this city to pay off a number of bills.
After attending to this business he went to the
store of Guth & Kern, about quarter alter seven
In the evening, to purchase a bill of goods, since
which time nothing has been heard of hint. It
was generally known that he carried considerable
ninety with him at limes, and suspicions are en
tertained that he has been foully dealt with. In
quiries have been mule wed a thorough search has
been Instituted, bat thus far without eliciting any
Information. His wile Is In the greatest distress,
and his friends are greatly alarmed nt 1116 disap
pearance. Ile was a young man, aged about
twenty-three, client tiro feel eight inches In height,
and wore a light suit when Met eeen.
This Is the second mysterious disappearance In
In this vicinity ‘rithin a very short time. No clue
has y, t bsen oluoiuc.l lathe fat( of Mrs. Williams,
,rho lift Slatitigton to visit this city about a month
ago.
WHEN AN OFFICER CAN MANE AN Alt
iti:sT.—A poly tried at the reeent Court in Mont
gomery County, for ass:tatting:in °Meer made the
point in his ileMnee that the layer, had no war
'rant for his arrest Whereupon the Court defined
the rights and duties of pollee officers as follows :
An onkel., as any private citizen, has the right
Joni it his duty to prevent a crime with or with
out a warrant : and where in breach of the peace
I. iudncal he ought to interfere anti arrest the
olhouler : and when he sees an assault committed
he oucht to make all arrest and follow* in pursuit,
with or without in ware:lnt. Whenever the officer
. has the offender within his view at the time of
committing the olfchce he has the right to make
the :meat with or without tt warrant. Ile has
the power when tit "M.., is committed In his
view, but when he acts on the information or
on, he most have the proper authority. In this
rare the officer saw the affray or light, which Was
stopped by his approach. Hr had n right to ar..
rm-t the offenders.
A DESTI:UTIVE FIRE IN CA•ct6AUQUA.
—About quarter of INe o'clock, this naming, lire
broke out in the foundry, helonging to the Lehigh
Crane Iron Company, involving its total destruc
tion. The lire was undoubtedly the work of an
lnesudl:u•y and. originated in a place where there
could have been no lire had it not been placed
there liy malicious bands. The building was
frame and the flames spread very rapidly. The
greater portion of the loss'is in the valuable pat
terns which were destrOyed. The machine shop,
being in dose proximitY, was at oils thee in great
danger, but the Phienix Fire . Company succeeded
In getting two streams upon the fire in abort ten
minutes after the alarm was given, au,: through
their prollliall ode and efficiency the machine shop
was saved. The loss, which cannot at present be
estimated, is very heavy, the insurance 1111011
which is lour thousand dollars. The Company is
making arrangements to construct a larger and
more substantial brick structure.
The whistles of the furnace sounded the :damn
and In a short time the town was thrown tato a
great state of eXeltelllellt and 111111drStiS of people
rushed to tine set ne of conflagration.
MILT.% in' Visirrotts. —The Smythe Zonaves,
of Wilmington, Del., numbering forty noikets,
commanded by Copt. J. L. Kilgore, and accom
panied by Ellinger's City Cornet Band, arrived in
Reading 'Thursday morning, at 10 , ..; o'clock, and
wore Met at the depot by a committee of the Young
Maentierehor, and escorted Oahe City Hall, where
a formal speech of welcome. was Made by Mayor
Hermon!, who was replied to by ex-Alderman
Francis VinCOnt, of IVilinington. They were then
escorted to Lauer's Garden, Third and Chestnut
streets, where sortie refreshments were partaken
of, and afterwards to the Herbs County House, the
headquarter, of the company during their short
stay in Reading. The company Is a very lbw
louhlug organizatinn, their 1111161E1n is exceedingly
; neat and-tasty, consisting of n blue jacket and red
pantaloons. They inane a very favorable Impres
sion mum our citizens by their good conduct and
soldierly deportment. "In the afternoon they were
taken to Laner's Park, where a general good time
was had. The music of the Band was very excel
lent, and attracted much attention. The company
41 for home on n special train last evening, and
t , N111,,k1 thenl,olVCBlll2llnbled with their vielt to
Reading.—Times..
"'Fart: WAR errwEEN THE STATES, ITS
CAUS , S, CHARACTER, CONDUCT AND ItESULTS,"—
liy lion. Alexander li. Stephens, is the title of a
Valuable Work Just issued by the National P0)-
16111111: Company, 01 Philitilefiphia.
Fire years hare elapsed since the chine of the
bloodiest and Chaotic War to Madera Ills
tort', anti in that interval men have had an op
portunity of lid illti lig over the events which.passed
',fore them in such quick succession that reflect
tion was ; ;Hid itS a natural consequence
each 'section has manifested it great desire to hear
what the other has to say or its illotiVe3 and eon
duct hi the great strilgtic. This has led •to tire
ieleleetiee of numerous histories and nitrriitl . ves
ou the Northern side, but until recently no anthen
tie or really meritorious history had appeared on
the slily of the South. The demand for such nis
work was licehly felt, and there was it very gene
ral feeling of satisfaction experienced throughout
the eatintry, when, three years ago, It was an
nouneed that the lion. A. 11. Stephens. the Vice-
Presideat of the late Southern Confel entry, was
about to issue a history of " The it Between the
States." The promise then made Is now ILllllled
in the second and conclittling volume of his great
history, which Iles before IN.
Mr. Stephen:: Was for many years a prominent
actor in the slaws of legislation, which immedi
ately' preceded the war, and knows marl, of the
secret history of those stirring events which pre
elpitat“l the great struggle upon us. The char-
icier of Ilk mind, Lie habits of thought, and splen
lid powers of analysis, bigether with great
honesty and truthfulness as a statesman, tender
ed him in the i'yes ofthe whole country the proper
historian of the events in which he acted so con
spicuous 0 part. The indomitable energy, which
In the inlilst of falling health, he brought to the
preparation of this work, was remarkable, and
has resulted In the proilnetion one of the best his
toric, of the war, and the only Southern history
of real merit that has yet appeared.
The history of the earlier days of the Confeder-
ale Got•crumo'.l, and particularly that portion of
Its existelleJ at Montgomery, us rt
Government," Is given to the world for the Hr.
thou lo thieve pages. Mr. Stephens tool: part I
the Provh•lonal 'Cohgress, as a delegate trot
Georgia, and was intrusted with many 111111°K:int
duties. Ills statements concerning the ritrirs are
of great value. Ills narrative of the Conference
between President Lincoln and the Confederate
Continis,loners at Ilantutan Roads, Is the falleht
and atost rata:olle yet given to the intlale. Mr.
Stephens was the principal negotiator on the
Southern side in these proceedings, In the history
of which the' people of the whole coimtry• are so
deeply interested. The vexed question °flint non
exchange of prlsonem of war is laid hare before
the rtaticy, and the peace' movements In the South
are thoroughly CN phi i ned.
The present Volllllle to n narration of the events
of the war, and is as graphic and entertaining as
a romance, while pogscsslng all the higher quali
ties of a veracious history. It will he certain to
hind Its way into the library of every man who de
sires to hear both sides of the question, and iuture
generations will regard it as the principal author
ity 9 , n the Southern side. It is for sale by sub
scription only, and Mr. W. 11. 'Yoder who is the
authorized agent fonthis section Is nowt canvass
ing for it.
TIIF, l'Amum.—The lollowiag is a list of
Aids and Division and Atisistaut Marshals (or the
parade next Thin slay :
Chief 7darshal.—Capt. B. C. ltql.h. '
Aids.—Geo. K. Reeder,Sr.,nnd J. It. Weland,Jr.
Division ittrt.lials—James lininersly, Sr., P. J.
Baker, Jr., Copt. Wm. 11. Kleckner, Sr., and
Wm. Kramer, Sr.
Assistants—Charles Kelm, Sr., C. M. Keck, Jr.,
Lewis Sr., Freeman Moyer, Jr.; Henry
W. Mohr, Sr., John Schmidt, Jr., W. Knauss, Sr.,
Henry Rau, Jr., M. 11. Mertz, Sr., Geo. 11m:worth,
Sr. J. D. Burger, Jr. and J. 11. Burger, Sr.
The Ball nt the Fountain House in the CVCIIIIIg,
will be under the management of George T. Glnk-
Inger, Master or Ceremonies, aided by his assist
ants, George T. Gross, A. V. ?dosser and A. P.
Steckel.
ROUTE OF THE MF.CITANICS' PARADE.—First
division form on North Eighth street right resting
on Hamilton ; second division form on South Sev
enth t.tteet right resting on Walnut; third divi
sion form on North Seventh street right re'sting, on
Hamilton ; fourth division form on South Sixth
street right resting on Walnut. Parade will form
1:: in. and move nt 1 p. m. The following Is
the route : Down Walnut to Sixth, down Sixth to
Union, down UlllOll to Second, up Second to Ham
ilton, up Hamilton to Fourth, not Fourth to Lin
den, up Linden to Fifth, out FM, to Chew, up
Chew to -Seventh, down Seventh to Turner, up
Turner to Eighth, down Eighth to Linden, up
Linden to Ninth, down Ninth to Walnut, down
Walnut to Union, down Union to Seventh, up Sev
enth to Walnut, down Walnut to Fifth, up Fifth
to Hamilton, up Hamilton to. Eleventh, counter
march to Centre Square and dismiss. The official
list of Marshals will he given in a few days.
INTERNAL REVENUE' DECISION.—Acting
Uotmnissloner Doughos bee been Informed that
some tobacco dealers In the varlotut large cities
are In the habit of Selling to their custumets small
quantities of carendish or ptug tobacco, and, liar-
ing received pay therefor, cutting It up with a hard
culling-machine, without paying the Lax of 33
cents per pound. and that other parties complain
of this practice as injurious to their trade and
daimtging to the revenue. Several dealers have
Inquired of the Commissimier if It le allowable to
cut tobacco In this manner, after Arlling it, with
out ttillsing the proper stumps. Commissioner
Douglass, In reply, says: That under the law
every kind of manlmilatlon of tobacco, whether of
the raw leaf. or manufactured, or partially man
ufactured tobacco, of scraps, waste drippings,
stems or deposits of tobacco, resulting from any
process of handling by which the character and
condition of the tobacco is changed, and the same
prepared for use or consumption, Is a process of
manufacture, and the person who makes a busi
ness of doing this Is declared lobe a manufacturer
of tobacco. The manufacturer can sell in original
stamped packages only. Ile must sell the article
Just as It la packed, worked, branded, labeled and
stamped, otherwise Ile dr .- limits a fraud. A retail
dealer Is allowed to break wooden packages and
retail therefrom, but he Is not allowed to change
the character or condition of the article by any
princess, or manipulation, by cutting, pressing,
grinding, crushing, rubbing, or otherwise prepar-
It, either before or after selling. Ile further
, the dealer in manufactured plug tobacco
cannot be allowed to cut hie plug chewing tobacco
Into smoking tobacco, nor the leaf dealer reduce
raw or leaf tobacco, etc., Into cut or granulated
smoking.-tobacco, without becoming liable vas
manufacturer: The purchaser or consumer nay
use a cutting-machine or other instrumMits for re
ducing his plug or other descriptions of tobacco
um a condition to be consumed, but a dealer can
ot Make a business of manufacturing manufac
red or unmanufactured tobacco, either before or
ter sale, without becoming liable.
MEM
Connell Proceedings
SELECT BRANCII—PreSCItt —MesSrg. K111111)111111,
Maxon, :11(.1s:tiny, Roth, Pielierrr, Sell non, Young,
and Hoffman, President.
A petition from property holders on Liberty
street praying that the pavements on said street
remain the width of ten feet. Received and on
motion laid over until next meeting.
A petition from citizens for a stone crossing
front the north-east earner of .Ridge Road smut
Chew streets to the north-west earner was read.
On motion received and the Mayor directed to
have said crorsing
The following resolutions were offered and
pas'ed : •
By Messrs. Roth end Kauffman, that the Street
Committee be and they ore hereby authorizfld to
open Turner t treet between 10th and 11"11 streets,
provided the out of the ground needed dues not
exceed $2OO, and that . the City Treasurer be au
thorized to pay said amount If constimated.
By Messrs. KallfrOMlT and Selman, that the
crossing over Union and Church street be raised.
By Messrs. Young and Schnon, that the City
Cornet Band tuld Lehigh Snengerhund Society be
permitted to use the third story of the America
Hose House until wanted by the city authorities,
providing they pay for the gas consumed by
them, and furnish a metre nt their own expense.
By Messrs. Roth and Kaulfmon, that the pro
posed plan by the engineer for changing the
grade on Chew street, between 9th and 10th
streets, be adopted.
The resignation of Mr. Vandyke as a member
of Select Conscil wits received and on motion of
Mr. Schtion, it was
Resolved, That the resignation of Henry L.
Vandyke, member of this body from First Ward
he accepted and that ,Cyrus Nasser of the same
ward be appointed to Oil the vacancy.
Tile following bills were reported correct by the
Committee off Clulms and ordered to be paid
Hersh, Itlmser & Co., $7815: Lehigh Valley
Freight Co., $6 60; Steitz & Heebner, s4l 40; E.
S. Shinier & Co., $9095; Aaron Keller, 0567 00;
S. D. Lehr, $283 17; Elias Fenstermaeher, $244- .
14; I'. 11. 81117, 002 62 ; Peter Storeh, $OO4 03; J.
L. Hoffman, 0220 08; KlLlllrolall & Keiser, $l5 00,
Lawall & Martin, $57 83; Brian O'Neil, $22 00 ;
Manasses Schwartz, $ll3 75; Ritter & Abbott,
02 03; Gideon Mach, $l4 25: S. Beitletnan, $1 75;
Robert Iredell, 0123 50; 13, F. Trexler, 046 25; H.
C. Honsberger, $5O 00 ; Wm. Tire, $5 00 ; Adam
Kuntz, 8263 84 ; Charles Young, $lBO 86 ; Girard
Tube and Iron Works, $l2 74; Andrew Braider,
0375 30; Walter Grim, $59 40; R. D. Wood & Co.,
0236. 32; John Hare, $3l 05; Solomon Becker,
$3 60; F.dward . Gough, $35 20; Albright, lire. &
Co., $8 35; Barber, Scherer & Co., 214 SO; Allen
Gas Co., 268 52; Nathan Snyder, $77 07.
COMMON BRANell—Present—Messrs. Blitz, Gal
lagher, Heebner, Kauffman, Quiet . , Rohs, Geo.
Roth, Rulie , Scholl, Steckel, .Trexler, Weiner,
Yoh!), and Grim, President.
The following resolutions were offered :
By Mr. Gallagher, that the Mayor he Instructed
to hove gutters made across Front and Tilghman
streets, and at Front and Allen streets. Passsed
By Mr. Steekel, that the Fire Committee he al
lowed to change the brakes on the Columbia and
Good Will Steamers. 'Passed.
By lit!. Heebner, that Court alley, between
Fourtlll Pith street 3, Law nlley between Ham
ilton and Linden streets, and Walnut street front
Second to Pretz's Mill be put on grade forthwith.
611212
By Mr. ilechner, that the Mayor he authorized
to construct a covered gutter across Fourth street
at Hamilton. Non-concurred In by Select Coun-
By Mr. Rube, that the sum of $2O be pald to
Spinner, for losses sustained during the
heavy rates In August. Passed.
Resolution that Union street between Jortialt
Bridge and Front street, be put on a proper grade
and width. Non-concurred is by Select Council.
A petition from citizens residing on Seventh .st.,
between Turner and Chew, to have said street
sprinkled was read and granted.
By Mr. Heebner, that the Mayor be authorized
to lay a walk across Fifth street at Turner.
By Mr. Steckel, that the City Engineer Is here
by instructed to measure Seventh street, between
Turner and Chew, and If the majority of signers
are for having said street sprinkled it shall be
granted. Passed.
By Mr. Steckel that the Mayor he directed to
have the culvert over Gordon street, at Front re
paired. Passed,
By Mr. Trineler, that the Street Committee be
and is hereby instructed to open and put on grade
Eleventh-street, between Hamilton and Linden
Streets. Non-concurred In by Select Council.
By Mr. Trexier, tint the committee on Lights
and Loupe be directed to place a lamppost at the
south east corner of Walnut and Law streets.
Passed. •
A resolution was passed (bat an order be granted
to the City Treadtirer for $2209.32U being for
amount paid P... 4: J. Good on account of macada-
Tutting.
Au ordinance was parsed that Pine Alley fro
Filth to Law street be opened to the width of 14
feet.
LAIIOE llmm.—Last week a party of sports
men on the Lehigh Mountain caught a large num
ber of wild pigeons—enough to all a wagon body,
It is said. '
IRON ORE.—Mr. E. Moss, of this city, has
found Iron ore In large quantities on his farm In
Bucks county. The ore Is from three to eight feet
thick, and It Is thought will yield n liberal per
centage of Iron.
Nenv ENoiNe:e. —The Lehigh Valley , 'Rail
road Company has placed upon their road two
new engines built by Music, at South Easton.
They have four drivers, five feet In diameter, and
are named Glendon and South Easton. •
NARROW ESCAPE.—Friday evening as the
down passenger train on the L. V. R. R., wan
coining into Allentown a team attempted to cross
the truck at Colt's lumber ya-d. The engineer
blew down brakes and succeeded In slackening
his train In time to save a smash-up.
Fink.—The barn or Jesse Grim, Fsq., at
is corner of Bth and Allen streets, was destroyed
• tire Friday evening about 11 o'clock. A quantity
f grain and a few fanning utensils were also de
royed. The fire was evidently the work of an
teendiary.
SUICIDE. —Wm. Moyer, a married man,
boarding at the hotel at Topton, committed
suicide last Monday about ten o'clock, by
taking poison. We are unable to.learn par
ticulars, but domestic Infelicity is said to have
been the cause.
ATM. ACCIDENT.—Friday evening about 6
o'clock, Andrew Rible, aged eboht 55 years, and
a resident of Freemansburg, fell than a boat at
Sigman's wharf on the Lehigh and
was almost Instantly killed. The deceased was
unmarried. Au inquest was held on the body to-
day by Deputy P. F. Stier, when a verdict was
rendered In accordance with the above faco.
Free Press.
IMPORTANT TO VOTRRH.—Many peisons
are under the' impression that voters who were
registered last year need not be registered again.
This is a mistake. Yearly registration Is re
quired, and persons who have not yet been regis
tered this year should have their names placed on
the list at once, an failure to attend to this im
portant matter may result In the loss of a vote on
the part of the careless.
LECTUREA.—Our renders will be gralifii•d
to learn that we are to have a number of distin
guished lecturers here during the coming season.
The season will be opened by Miss Anna .Dichen
son, at the Court House, on the 14th of October.
She will be followed, during the Winter, by De
Cordova, one of the finest lecturers of *the age ;
Mr. and Mrs. E. 1.. Davenport, the eminent actors;
and Hon. Charles Stunner, the lending mind of the
United Slates Senate.
NunnEns.—Complaint having been made
that the time allotted for numbering the houses
of Allentown was too short, the Mayor has given
notice that the penalty for not conforming with
the Ordinance will not be enforced until after the
first of October. We hope oar citizens will all
have their stores and houses numbered before that
time. The new'system of numbering Is the best
that has been devised, and the Ordinance should
be enforced.
A COLORED Baptist clergyman preached in
a certain church In Montgomery county hist Sun
day, said church being without a regular minister.
After service, one of the officers came up and
handed him it fee of ten dollars. The minister
looked at it, turned it over two or three times,
cleared his throat, hesitated, and at last said :
" This is all right a 3 far as It goes, brethren ; it is
just right for the preachl4 In the church ; but pis
I had some conversation with an impenitent sin
ner on the froat'stcps, I thought fifty cents more
would be the correct thing." That is the story as
we heard It, and It was asserted that one of the
deacons grumbled as he paid the half-dollar be
cause, he said, prices ought to come down now
that the war was over.
STATF. FAIR AT SCRANTON.—The 'UMW
exhibition of the Pennsylvania State _Agricultural
Society a9ll be held at Serahlon 1111 the 27th, 23111,
20lh, and 30th of title month. From all the infor
motion we hove received, thie exhibition promise 4
to eclipse all othersglven by that society. The
number of entries made up to this time far exceed
any previous year. There will be a Sue display
In every department, also some splendid trot
ting, as the premiems offered is tilaL class are
much larger than lust year. We would advise
our citizens to visit the State Fair If they desire
to seen line exhibition. 'rho railroad companies
have reduced thick rates, and will run accommo
dation trains.
S BALLOONING A BREAM OF NEUTRALITY?
Mr. Wells, the aeronaut, wlm has for some weeks
ast bees making balloon ascents front the Gm-
'lam and Po«•dcrhall Running Grounda, Edin-
burgh, Las been in communication with the Pros
sine Government In regari to the employment of
his balloon for military purposes. His proposals
having been entertained, Mr. Wells, In obedierol
to a telegraphic enormous Irmo a Prussian atice . t ,
has left for London, with the intention of proceed
ing forthwith to the seat of war. The wronaut
reckons that, with the balloon recently constructed
by himsel the ciymnashon. he can maize cap-
live ascents to the height of :Omni two miles,thus
obtaining position from which Me.ervations may
be made its 01 military movements over a wide ex
tent of country. This hour be all very well for
Mr. Wells' fame, but the irnza I aspect of his as
sbtanee may involve us Ina breach of neutrality.
TAKE CARE or YOUR ilEALTlL—Withill
thirty (lily's from to-day there %vitt he many deaths
which might be prevented by warmer clothing.
Many a fatal case of disease Is caused by the want
of a woolen undershitt or an extra blanket a
gut. The sudden changes of the temperature
villeh occur at this season of the year are very
rying to the constitution. People with weak
wigs quickly' feel the effect of them. Frequently
the thermometer falls many degrees within a few
hours. Not only the feeble, but robust and strong
persons sulfur front such great varlatluns of tem
perature: When the weather grows cold rapidly
the p”res of the skin are suddenly closed, and th
result frequently in a bad cold, which may hold o
all whiter and iermhwte In consumption ,or a flan
lack of dysentery, or that dreadful disease th
typhoid fever. If the day seeinli ever en war'
and bright, It Is ranch safer, to wear plenty of m
derelothlng at this season.
LIMO at Marion, Smythe county, Virgin in,
Is a gentleman named Elmadoras Sprinkle, the
happy father of eight Interesting 'children, six
girls and two boys, who hear the following names:
'Memphis Tappin Sprinkle.
Empress Vandalin Sprinkle.
Tatula 'lain Sprinkle. •
Myrtle Ellmore Sprinkle, (boy.)
()keno Moletto Sprinkle.
•
Og Wilt Sprinkle.
Wintosse Enonah Sprinkle.
Onyx Curwen Sprinkle (boy.)
The cause assigned for giving such singular,
names, Is that Smythe county is sprinkled all over
with the Sprinkle family, and when their names
are mentioned, It Is "John Sprinkle, son of old
Jesse Sprinkle," and our particular Sprinkle Is
determined that when any one of his children Is
spoken of, the public shell know which particular
Sprinkle it is without referring to the paternal an
cestor.
THE \VAIt IN THE UNITED STATES—THE
CESSi'S VICTORIOUS—GREAT DESTRUCTION OF HU
MAN Lire. —The horrible war of the French Em
pire upon Germany has sa abbOrbed the attention
of the people that they have passed over in appa ,
rent Indifference the great de.druction of popula
tion which Is going on In the cities and towns In
the United States'ln the war waged by the Census
Marshal. We have lost fearfully In Eastoo,
Reading, Bethlehem, Scranton, Williamsport and
even in Allentown, but In the new Western towns
they have suffered most., as a few instances will
show :
Omaha, before the census
Omaha, after the census...
Killed, wounded and unletsing
Connell Bluffs, before the census
Council Bluffe, after the cepeus
Lost In netlon
St. Joseph, before the census.
81,. Joseph, after the census..
Not accounted for
Leavenworth, before the ceases
Leavenworth, after the census.
Gone to Congress
Kamilla City, before tho census...
Kamm City, after the census....
Killed, wounded and deserted
LARGE stock of sheet music, instructors,
blank books, music paper and cards at C.F. Herr
mann's Music Store, Allentown. —Adv.
. Tu;r•, best of Italian violin strings, violins,
guitars, flutes, etc., or any other article belonging
to musical instruments, can be bought cheaper
than anywhere else, at C. F. Herrmann's Music
Store, Allentown, Pa.—Adu.
ALLENTOWN Lae an extenalve china and
glassware establishment where as Ere it a variety
and as low prices can be found as In the larger
cities. We refer to the new store of Richard
Walker, No. 4U West Hamilton street.—Adv.
CHEAP PAULOR OlRlANS.—A ' single reed 5
octave organ at $9O. A doable reed organ with 5
stops, at $l3O. A powerful organ with 7 stops •at
$lBO, at C. F. Herrmann's, corner of'7lll and Wal
aut.—Aar;
AN EXCELLENT REASON WHY T. C. Kerlin,
hen, of the old Allentown China, Glassware and
Lamp Store, can sell cheaper than others, is that
he buys and sells exclusively for Cash, thus gain
ng all the advantage of cash payments and losing
nothing by credit sales.
A SPLENoin PlANO:—Linderman & Son's
Gold Medal Cycloid and SquarePlanos rank among
the finest Instruments In the country. Their bril
liancy and fullness of tone is not surpassed bye con
certgr and piano at double the price. More instru
ments of this celebrated make have been sold In
Allentown, Lehigh and adjoining counticithan of
any other manufacture. They can he used many
years and not become airy, as limit other pianos
do, In only a few years. Come and examine them
at C. F. Herrmann's Store, Seventh and Wallin
streets.—Ada.
OUR (lOUNTY FAIR. —Next week the annual
exhibition of the Lehigh County Agricultural
Society commences in this city. There is no
reason to believe that the attendance will ho
any smaller than In former years. The State
Fair will not interfere with it. On the con
trary it twill probably bring more strangers
here. Parties going to Scranton front New
York or Philadelphia, knowing the reputation
of our exhibition, will probably stop here to
make a comparison between ours and the State
exhibition.
We hope the people of Lehigh county are
eady for it. Preparations are being made to
ccommodate the rash of visitors and we trust
the character of the displays in the different
Departments will he fully up tai expectations.
The Fair must be kept up. For years it has
enjoyed the 'reputation of being the best in
the State. Let every one contribute their
share and keep up its goml name forever.
FAMILY DIFFERENCES.-
whole we have more cause to wonder at the in
requency of conspicuous family disunion than at
is existence In the degree which experience shows
is. Nothing so convinces us of the strenth of the
do of consanguinity as the I.lm, we see It bear.
We are oftener surprised at what people will put
up with from one and another under the bond of
relationship, how they will bear with the unbeara
ble, how the black sheep holds his ground, than
ikt breaches and scandals when they do occur.
We constantly see persons endured by their fami
lies who are endurable to everybody else, and
who certainly do not secure this toleration by any
pains on their part, by being ally pleasanter at
home than they are abroad. A bad temper ex
pands, grows; expatiates in the family circle, and
all bow to It. A brutal brother lords it over the
women of the house. An odious woman embit
ters the life oilier parents and spoils the prospects
of her ulmable sisters. Self conceit puffs and
swells In an Inverse ratio to success and desert ;
selfishness In its lowest and nmst offensive form IS
submitted to, and by submission fostered, which,
Indulged elsewhere, would condemn a num to ab
solute Isolation.
MEETING OF REPUBLICAN CONFEREES.—
On Saturday, nt 12 o'clock, a meeting of the Con
gres-lonal NOmlnating Conferees of Montgomery
and Lehigh counties was he'd at the Bingham
House, Philadelphia, George N. Corson, Esq.,
called to the chair, when John H. Oliver, Esq.,
was nominated by a unanimous vote.
Mr. Oliver, being informed of the result, was
brought before the conferees-and thanked them in
a short speech. lie mentioned the relations of
himself and party In the district. He thought
that a systematic effort, and particularlY the keep-
tr of the lard( questliin before the constituents,
would db much. In carrying, the district, and
especially Montznmery county. The county
should be one In favor of the tariff.
Mr. Oliver was replied to by several members
of the Conference, who thought that the pros
pects were very favorable. The Democratic ma-
Jolay had been coming down steadily at every
election. The Ristriet was lieh ,in mineral re
sources. A protectionist only could he favored.
ThlyObairman announced that the Democratic
„nbmince had a strong free trade record
kIMPORTANT NEWSPAPER CRANGE. The
erth qua Hew, a finely illustrated family
earnal of a high elm rater, hitherto issued by
Messrs. Pettngill, Bates Co., has been par
chased by :Messrs. Orange Judd A: Co., of 245
Broadway, Now York, the well-known publishers
of the American Agriculturalist. Messy+. S. M.
Pettingill A; Co., whose great Advertising Agency,'
established In 1840. is one of the largest and most
reputable la the world, find that their extensive
business requires their exclusive attention, and
they therefore transfer Hearth and Home to he new
publishers, whose long experience and stimulant
facilities will enable them not only to maintain the
part high character of the paper, but to add ma
, terially to Its value. The new publishers also an
' noyance me redaction of the terms to $3 per year.
The change will not at all affect the American
Agriculturalist. which will continue on independ
ently as heretofore. The illustrations and read
ing matter of the two Journals will be entirely difs
remit. Either of the Journals, will he furnished
from now to the roll of 1871 (15 months), at the
yearly sub,erlptlou rate, viz: the weekly Hearth
and Home. at $3 ; the monthly American Agricad
ltreand, $1.50; or the two for $4.
NEW BOOKS 1.'1)11 AOENTS. —Dr. W .T.
Romig, No. 521 Ilantliton stieet, Ims accented the
distributing agency for the publications of S. M.
Betts & Comp, tiy, of Hartford, Conn. Agents to
canvass for these works fire wanted in every town
tutu township. Agents must make application to
Dr. Rottlig, who will furnish them with the books.
Ile has received the following for distribution and
those desiring to eanvasg for them should apply
neon:—
The Kew World Compared frith the Old in It de
scription of the American Government, Institu
tions and Enterprise, and those of ourgreat rivals
nt the present time, particularly England and
France, bound In one elegant octavo volume, il
lustrated with eighty engravings and Is from the
pen of that brilliant writer, George Alfred Town
send. It is Intended to diffuse cosmopolitan politi
cal Information In us picturesque fashion as the
subject will permit, or the author can present it.
Mr. Townsend has traveled three years In Europe
and has bad free fleeces to the flue Library of Cor
green, which has aided him to write intelligently
upon ins subject. It Is throughout a work of great
value and will undoubtedly, from the author's
reputation and popularity as a writer, command
ns great a salons Marl:TP.lllos innocents Abroad,
and should undoubtedly be Its C011111:1111011 on the
book shelf.
E'udoent blues of the Age would be an excellent
work for some Of our Indies to take hold of. It Is
made up of sketches of the lives and deeds of the
most prominent women of the present generation
written by James Parton, Horace Greeley, T. W.
iligginson, J. S. C. Abbott, Prof. James M: Hop
phi, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Fanny
Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, etc.,
and Is richly Illustrated with four - teen 'steel en
gravings. Its title represents Its object and this
work will 1111 a void in our literature. There is a
demand for this very book and will be found a
{mailable one to agents. It Is biund In the vont-
Qub styles and the gre:en and gold edition would
make a handsome ornament for the centre table
or an elegant and appropriate gift toe lady friend,
Lost Abroad,' Is the experience of Applegate.
Shrink In a voyage across the Atlantic and In
travelling through Europe. It Is written by Geo.
Alfred Townsend and is dedicated to Young
America.
The Phifosophy of Housekeeping, by Josehp B.
and Laura E. Lynutti, should he in every house
hold. It is a scientific and practical Manual for
ascertaining the analysis and comparative value
of all kinds of food, its preparation for the table,
the best mode of preserving articles of diet, the
proper care of health, remedies In sickness, and
the intelligent and skillful performances of every
household Mike, with an appendix of recipes.
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CIIANUM—ThO terminus of the Morris
Essex Railroad has been changed from Hoboken
to Jersey City.
THE largest assortment of ribbons over on
see the new styles of sash and bow ribbons. Aleo,
band at one time is now at Mrs. Guldin's: Call and
the many new styles of ladles' neckties. ils•9W
FATAL ATTACK. —Adnln Herserly, game
keeper of Packer's Park, about three miles
south of Mauch Chunk, was attacked and
killed, about eight o'clock Monday; morning,
by one of the elk which are kept there.
Good Will Fire Company meets tomight.
In the. convention of railway master mechanics,
held In Philadelphia last week. Mitchell and
sic, of the Lehigh Valley Roads, figured conspicu
ously.
The work of raising nn naditional story on the
honsen below the American hotel was cotnmeneed
this morning.
Three councils of Mechanics from Norristown
will be In the parade on Thursday. Philadelphia
will send about a thousand men.
Mr. Frederick Spung, formerly of Norristown,
Inter of Rending and lust of San Francisco, has
returned east and will probably again locate• in
Rending.
11-a-n,t-z is the last way for spelling lions.
Four boys were In the rear part of one of nor
schools, each with a flutter on the desk in close
proximity to one another. The teacher called
them up for reproval and a•ked : "John, what
were you boys doing 7" "We were hotline our
fingers on the " But," said the teacher,
" you were talking. What did you - soy " I
said Pete has it," was the laconic reply.
what?" "The dirtiest Anger." The tea, her
subsided.
Hon. Washington Townsend line been re-ninni-
Tinted for Congress by the Republicans of Che-ter
rind Delaware. ,
D. E. Schoedier, principd teacher In Third
Ward School Douse, South Bethlehem, has 'te
signed and Win. T. Boone has been oppoluted in
his place. ' Miss Jennie W. Henry has been ap
pointed in place of Miss Ellie Lerch, re,..lumed, :11111
M Inn 1,i7.7.10 TIMSNILt to Ilil the vac :nu caused by
the resh4nation of Miss Murtha White:cll. School
houses Nos. 1 and 2 will 6e sold at public sale on
Saturday, September 24th, at 2 o'clock, p. m.
The old Moutzomery County Society will hold
Its exhibition at Sprhmtown, D.; miles from Nor
riwown, oil the 21st, and 23d of September.
Kramer's Canter Store Is filled up with cools
for the Full and Winter trade.
A gentleman of Wllkesbarre called twice on
lady of that borough and did not get his name In
the papers.
Nfore musk for the mllliou be the hand organ
to-da•.
—Perhaps on the
" Sir," said an astonished landlady to a boarder,
last evenine, who hail Just , ellt his cup forward
for the seventh time, " you must be very fond of
coffee." "Yes, madam, I ant,• , he replied, "or
I should never have drank so much water to eel
a little."
The question of the day— are you regklere.l.
It Is Mini the Democratic. Congressional nomi
nation In this District is the weakest In the State,
lOC far no ability goes. We haven't thc...leacd doubt
of it.
Some classes of dry goods hare riotni lu !wive.
Poor people will soon lind the Weintimer ( . 1111112r
than rich relations.
Colds In the hem! are becoming fashlonnb!e
Don. Charles O'Neill has been declared the
regular Republican 110111filee fu the Lid District,
and the State Committee will make every exer
tion to secure Ins election.
Flue Bartlett pears sell In Reading at
MOM
A number of new dwellings are being erected to
the vicialty of Fifth and Gordon streets..
The cool atmosphere of the mornings makes the
coal dealers and stove men look happy.
The streets tiot visited by the sprinklers are
Very dusty.
Everybody Is making preparations to attend the
coming Fair.
The Bethlehem Times' newsboy pursues his vo
cation very quietly In Allentown.
The city railway ears are pretty well filled.
Ilnwlltou street is being cleared of the loose
stones and rubbish.
The Columbia hose carriage is being re-built,
and promises to be a very• handsome affair when
completed.
Thu Mechanics' parade on the twenty-t-econfl fir
this month will be a splendid affair, front present
Heatlons.
The Allentown Rolling NIIII Company have
aced at new englac nu the track, and have named
" Vulcan."
The new City hail is nearly ready for the roof.
The formal opening will take plarc on the 15th
IMIIESE
Reed, at the American Hotel, keeps a good ci-
Campbell's perfumes arc for sale at Barnes
Son's drag store.
Shinier A; Co.'s mammoth dry goods store Is
prepared for the Fair and fall trade.
In New Hanover township, Moutizomery county,
they have fourteen persons between SO and 00
years of age.
The Pottstown Ledger has illi4overeil that Dr.
Acker poisesses conslierable talent is a writer
and Is; a soinal thinker.
The Lancaster &p.m says a grocer In that city
has a store hung around with shingles and tires•
of barrel-heads, Inscribed with Inmt•hlack, as
follows: " Sir-rtip Meless's," "Irish Pertaters,”
"Corn Wel," " Nice Mackayll," " Flowsr, -
" Fine Rut 3 halry," all irtlitis of Kount ry Pro
those" "Rakes Ka:idles for sail Ilia r." Ile
says: "Tltur ain't no suns In not:spatter advert k
ing so long as a man is S111:111 ennlY to tend to his
own biznlz, and kin stand at the dose anti Iloilo
the fellers in.
The Elininoxial occurs this Wed ms lay, when
we may reasonably expect the dust to be laid by
copious ruins. ' This period was invented Co that
vicitors to the Lehigh County Fair need not lie
compelled to Collle here through clouds of dust.
it is a Whet provision.
Grasshoppers are reported to be making depre
dations upon the puncture fields of Bucks comity.
!louse cleaning in again hemming fasinion.nble.
Fall female hats, It Is authoritatively asset ted,are
be funnel shaped machines.
' It Is related of General Trucial that a few years
ago his brother died, leaviog no fortune but nine
children. The General adopted them, and refi,ll
'n1111:flit otrers of marriage In or.ler Chit he might
protect nod coca :or the children of his brother.
A wine old darkey In the southern part of Ken
tucky came to his old master the other day before
the election, and said lie: " Mars. John, I wants
to vote the Democratic ticket. The Inc' 6 , , I thfuk
de niggers ought to'split up anyhow. If we goes
an' votes Democrat, the Radicals say we is un
grateful, au" then the League filler; us live dollars
an' warn us. If we vte es Radical, delis-Klux 'II
git us shore. I wants to divide like, sous to make
It de Intrust of Mll parties to treat us kin' an'
friendly." That darkey Is a statesman and a
philosopher.
At Victim' it manufacturer has carried out the
happy idea of printing. pocket-handkerchiefs with
[pap of the theatre of war. They have been a
great success; everybody, as the saying Is, " wish
ing to poke his nose into Alsace and Lorraine
without risk."
Eight cows have died at Scranton from the ef
fects of eating grass upon which rotten fish had
been emptied.
Dan Rice Is making his annual grand farewell
tour for the last time.
$21,000,000 are annually Itivested In beer In the
United States.
The Court House will be t , ed as a place of wor
ship by the congregation of St. John's Lutheran
Church until the repairs being made In their build- ,
lug are completed.
We hear no complainst of dust to-day:
The new show windows of Nfr. Wolferte, oppo . -
site our office; look well.
Mendes Cohen, of Mauch Chunk, Is appointed
one of the executors of the estate of Benjamin
Nathan, who was murdered In New York a few •
weeks since.
Cellars are being dug fora number of new houses
on Penn street above Linden.
' Don't fail to have your how•es numbered before
the Ist of October.
The different freight lines of our city appear to
do a thriving business.
The Allen House coach Is a stylish Making a Intr.
Peterson's Magazine for October Is out and the
contents, as usual, are first-class. •
Germantown will send two societies to partici.
pate In the Mechanics' parade next Thursday.
The Sunday School room of the German Luthe
ran Church, on Bth streBt, Is undergoing repairs,
and when finished will be one of the handsomest.
Sunday School rooms In the State.
Litconlem
The census rooted ont Jane Johnson, of Adams,
Ohio, aged 123.
Our exchanges almost universally complain of
the &mall. The Schuylkill is reported as drying
up.
COMMUNICATIONS
In. do not hold °unwires ro.•pnnrilio fer the opin
ion:l entertained by our Corroxpondents
•
WHO snAir, DE °int Gaya vssm.lN?
NORRISTOWN, September 14,1870.
Mr. Editors—ThePottstown Ledger of this week,
In giving a sketch of Pr. E. L. Acker, the Demo
cratic nominee for Cotigress, says the District be
ing Democratic his election is reasonably certain.
Tl.at Is the only reason why he can or ought to
be elected. I propose to show several excellent
reasons why he ought to be defeated. I belong to
that portion of the Democratic party who are
termed progressive Democrats, who believe in dis
carding dead issues and fighting the battle of the
party on the issues which are before the country
now. My reasons are as follows:
Pr. Acker favors the restoration of slavery.
However much we may have opposed the
schemes of the ultra abolitionists, we submit to
the decree of the war. Wu have experienced the
difficulty of the great step from slavery to freedom,
the upsetting of the old labor system of the South
and the substitution of the new. The larger por
tion of Southerners are satisfied with the , present
order of things, and, laying aside the considera
tion of Justice, we do not believe it policy to take
a step baCkward, io bring disorder again In the
transition to slavery, and to drive out from the
Son!: the free labor of the North which has set
tled there to work and develop the immense hid
den wealth of the Southern part of our •country.
In short, we believe slavery to be a dead issue. •
Dr. Acker• is opposed to Me present monetary sys
tem of the country.
We all of us have felt the effects of a disarrange
ment in our National finances front a change of
policy produced by a change in the administration
of our government. We know the effect of the un
settled policy of Secretary McCullough. While
we must acknowledge the financial ability and '
p: driotism of the Secretary, we cannot shut our
eyes of the fact that his frequent change of tac
tics crippled the business interests of the country.
is purposi'l is not to discuss the merits of this or
that policy, hut to urge the importance of adher
ing to one system, and it is therefore the interest
of every easiness man to support it, whether the
head of the Treasury be the most radical Repub-
Bean or the most ardent Democrat. The upset
[big of the National Bank System, the withdrawal
of erccubnck., or their over Issue In sufficient
mourns is pay off the bonded Indebtedness of the
country would bringabout the most terrible finan
cial revulsion, such ns the world has never seen.
Dr. Acker is an old, consistent and Winching
Free Trader.
Oar industrial interests have been suffering for
a long lime from the fall In gold and the reduction
of the Tariff MI goods manufactured in this coun
try resulting from that decline. The laboring
man has felt It most severely In a reduction of
wages or the discontinuance of his pay caused by
t la , inability of the Works to compete with foreign
manufactures, and an the farmers, business men
anal professional men depend directly and hall
etly upon this class for their support, the loss
has fallen on them as well. The Tariff question Is
(4w of vital interest to the people of Pennsylvania.
It effects them directly more than any other (but
I , now before the ebuntry and hope that the
people of Pennsylvania will rise up In a body and
defeat every Free Trader Oust is nominated for
Congress, whether he be Democrat or Republican.
Let Pennsylvania take care of Pennsylvania's In
telcsm and send a solid delegation to the next
Congress pledged to the Protection to Home In
dn• try.
Beside, these vital points, there arc other cons
siderat lonA which will take Democratic votes away
from pr. Acker in this county, which may not be
fully appreciated in your county. The contest for
Congre,s was a light mf the progressive and intel
ligent Deinocrocy against the old fogies of the
party. It cannot be disguised that we have been
rapidly losing ground during the past ten yearn.
The figures show It and every one can see for
themselves. Under the entire control of ouch men
as Hon. 3. Markley Boyer, we could have held
our own, hut we have hail to shoulder the diaboli
cal war record of Dr. Acker, whose paper was
made np of extracts from the rebel Journals, who
was hung in effigy for disloyalty, a n d who refused
to Illuminate when peace was declared. His un
popularity is shown in the successful establish
ment of the Nlstion& Afender, the rival of the
N,wrisl on•n Register.
Ills nomination, It Is bet ie vvll svtß procure
through fraud. In the Lower Ward of Norristown
Col. Edward Sellall, one of the most popular men
In the !enough, and other Boyer delegates, were
defeated by fraudulent voters. The some disre
gard of principle was practiced In other wards.
The Convention was appealed to, but the Acker
nun being In the ascendency and having the pres
sure of the outside mob to back them, refused too
do Justice and they must take the consequences.
A TARIFF DEMOCRAT..
PHI G. 1.11311 DELTA SOCIETY.
tae is scarcely ever allowed to go unrecog
nized by the world. Few men except those of a
distorted vision, eau fall to distinguish with any
degree of ileel,racy the distinguishing marks by
which a tree baud of brothers may be recognized.
We had the pleasure of attending the symposium
of the Phi Iffitnnut Delta fraternity last week,
and were greatly pleased with the proceedings.
'The eceasion of' the banquet was the presence of
Mr. Newman, of U. Chapter, who by ' . his
pleasant and instructive remarks added greatly to
the gratification of the evening. A spirit of har
mony reigned, a spirit than which no liner One can
he reeogniz,l, and If those who cavil at fraterni
ties would seek after a litile of their harmonious
spirit, the world would fidjudge then; better men.
The tables, as is usual on such occasions, groaned
with the weight of the viands, though strange to
say, they never seemed to grow lighter. The
spirits of the fraternity were not on II par, with
the spirits discussed, for 'from the first course of
the banquet to the final song, nothing but wit and
jollity reigned slillrelllC. Even young Cupid WllB
deserted for a more fun-loving god, for no mem
bers of the " Sorosis" were allowed to enter this
chamber, sacred for the time being. We newer
act such it fine lot of young men before, and. it is
certain they will reflect no discredit on the institu
tion to which they belong. The kindness shown
one by the fraternity was so marked that I cannot
refrain from expressing my cordial thanks and
best wishes to each and every one of those who
were present lost evening, and hoping welfare and
prosperity will await you all,
I remain, yours truly,
'AblurtiscincutO.
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