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ALLENTOWN, PA., FEB. 15, 1871
T let UATICI D STATES AND
ENGLAND.,
The troubles which have for some time ex
isted-between the United States and England
and the United States and Canada seem now
to be in a fair way for settlement. The plan
is to submit the several matters in dispute, ns
the Canadian Fisheries and the Alabama
Claims, to a High Commission- consisting of
gentlemen appointed by each ,Government,
and this Commission is to consider the ques
tions at issue and provide for their amicable
settlement. This plan of eettiement was first
suggested by the British Ggvernment, and on
the 2011 i of last month Sir Edward Thornton,
the British 'Minister at Washington, comm.
nicated the Idea t Secretary Fish, In accord.
mice with Instructions received from Earl
Granville. Earl Granville's plan contemplated
only the consideration of the Canadian Fishery•
troubles, - but President Grant at once sug
gested that the Alabama Claims be included
in the subjects to be settled by the Commis-
sloe. The British Government acceded to
this,on condition that all other claims, both of
British subjects and citizens of the United
States, arising out of acts committed during
the recent war of the rebellion benign referred
to the Commission. The President " accepted
the 'amendment," but stipulated that no claims
of any kind should be considered by the Corn.
miealou except those which are presented by
the Governments of the respective claimants,
and upon this midi rstancling the Queen and
the President have appointed the Commis.
sioners who arc to represent their respective
Governments. The Queen has appointed the
Earl de Grey, Prof. Montagu Bernard, Sir
Edward Thornton, Sir John A. Macdonald
and Sir John Pose, the two latter gentlemen
representing the Dominion of Canada. The
President has appointed Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State, General Robert C.
Schenck, United States Minister to England,
.Tustice Nelson of the United Stales Supreme
Court, E. li. Hoar, Ex-Attorney General, and
George B. 'Williams, United States Senator
from Oregon. - The Commisision is well made
up upon both sides, and the character of the
gentlemen who compose it insures a fair and
candid consideration of the questions which
WWI come before them, and holds out strong
hopes of an amicable settlement of all the dif
ferences which bevy arisen between the Bri
tish.and American Governments during she
past few years. If such c settlement shall be
secured it will he a great advantage to Loth
Governments, and we see no reason Why a
Commission organized et the joint suggestion
of the Queen and the President and made up,
of able and experienced men may not he able
to satisfactorily arrange and settle the clues
noes which have more then once during the
last ten years threatened to seriously disturb
the peaceful relations bet ween the United
States and Great Britain. The announcement
of the appointment of this commission explains
the delay In the departure of Minister Schenck,
and we trust that when he gees to London to
take charge of the American Embassy there
the question ()film Attila:me W ldch hes
Vroved Rich a stumbling Mock to recent
American Ministers is England will here
been finally settled.
NOLDIERS' ORPINANFi' ! , 04n4)011,t4.
The State Senate has passed the bill fir the
transfer of the Soldiers' Orphans' Schools Id
the Superintendent of Common Schools, noel
we suppose this to mean ties practical abolition
of the system of care and education for sol
diers' orphans which has been the boast and
glory of our State since the system was inau•
Dusted. We regret very much to see any
step taken which tends In destiny the individ
tlity or lessen the efficiency of Ibis system of
Slate education for these orphan children, for
it looks like recreancy to a sacred trust whiels
was voluntarily assumed by the C,lnnion
wealth. The citizens of no State In the Union
were more thoroughly loyal and patriotic dur
ing the war than those or tins State., and it is
yet fresh in the memory of all our readers
with NI lent alacrity regiment niter regiment
was tilled up to its maximum anti departed for
"the front." Something was certainly due
from the Slate to these men who so gallantly
defended the honor of Pennsylvania and gave
her so enviable a position among the States in
the number and (plant . ) of troops furnished,
and it was a happy thought which suggested
the idea of the State caring Sir the orphan
childten of those of her sons who gave thi it
lives in support of the ilollor of the Common
wealth ttnd in defence of the government of
the United States. The work was entered
upon cheerfully and with spirit, and the care
which Pennsylvania has taken of her soldiers'
orphans has been the pride oilier own citizens
and the envy and admiration of the people of
other communities. It looks now as though
the action taken by the Senate trees a step in
the wrong direction, although the Senators
who have favored the transfer of the depart
ment have declared that they meant no harm
to the system itself. It was not necessary,
however, to make so radical a change for the
sake of getting rid of Col. McFarland, whot
seems to have become very objectionable to
the Senators, and it will be the grossest injus
tice if the children in the Soldiers' Orphans'
Schools are obliged to suffer in consequence
of anything which Col. McFarland 'may or
may not have done. It is unworthy of Leg
islators to indulge in any such petty revenge
as this, and we hope that our Senators
. and
Representatives arc above any such action as
this. We have little faith, however; that the
change which Is proposed trill prove an ad
vantageous one, and We think that the best
thing which can be done with the Soldiers'
Orphans' Schools will be to continue them
under the system upon which they were stmt.
cd and by which they leave thus far been so
successfully carried on.
Tina bill incorporating the Philadelphia
and Liverpool Steamship Company has been
passed by Ina branches of our., Legislature
and signed by Governor Geary. The bill ns
passed, 'provides for the exemption from tax
ation of the bonds issued by the Company, the
House having receded from its amendment
providing for taxation. This steamship line
must be considered ns something or en caper
inurnt, but if it is successfully established it
will prove a great' advantage to the business
of this State. There is milker necessity nor
fitness in the foreign trade of the United States
being carried on in foreign vessels and through
the port of New York alienist exclusively.
But the business comniunity has been so long
accustomed to this condition of affairs that it
will require time sod perseverance to work a
change, and it is fitting that the State should
give all possible eneoui tegument to those who
are endeavoring to establish this steamship
line. We hope that their efforts will be
crowned with success, for the successful estab
lishment of a line of steamers between
Philadelph'a and Liverpool will be a preetical
and forcible illustration of the power of Penn
sylvania enterprise, rend will result in increns•
ing the dovelopment of our nuucrial Inter
ests and in greatly enlarging the scope of our
tnulc and business.
Puts house of Representatives at Maris
burg,lots instructed its Clerk to employ n nigl.t.
watchman at n salary not eicceeding seventy
five dollars per month. The principal reason
given for the employment of a watchman was
the statement by one of the members that
some one had stolen eight dollars worth et
postage stamps from his desk.
THE SITUATION IN FRANCE.
The feeling in France lifts quieted down
considerably within the past few days, and
the people generally are taking a sensible view
of the situation. It was not strange that the
announcement of the armistice should be fol
lowed by frantic declarations of " war to the
last," for it is no easy matter for n nation
which has so long occupied thoproud position
of the French nation to become convinced
that she Is at the mercy of the hated Germans.
When the armistice was announced, the first
thought of at least half of France was to re
pudiate and ignore It, and to turn the delay In
fighting against the Germans by making pre
parations for continued anti increased warlike
activity. This, however, has been followed
by a second anti wiser thought, and the pres
ent aspect of affairs is favorable to arrange
ments for a permanent peace at the conclusion
of the armistice. But there are those yet who
insist that it is treason to submit to terms pro
posed by the victors, and who are l'Oud in their
protestations as to what can yet be done by
Frenchmen in defence of France. These
boasts, however, are simply full of gasconade,
and the better classes of the people will take
them for just what they are worth. Only two
or three days before the armistice was an
nounced Gambetta protested that every day
the siege of Paris was prolonged weakened
the Germans and strengthened the French.
The French people have become used to this
kind of talk from a certain portion of their
would he leaders, and the consequence is that
these recklessly boasßui leaders have lost their
influence with the people as they deserved to
do. The war has been needles Sly prolonged,
more for the sake of gratifying the ambition
of certain men than from any patriotic devo
tion for France, and it is time now that the
people should tube the matter into their own
Minds and make the •best terms they can.
There can be no denial or evasion of the fact
that France has been hopelessly beaten in a
contest which site, through her Emperor,
forced upon Germany; and since the war has
thus resulted the victorious party naturally
has something to say about the terms of settle
men!. The elections now to be held for mem
berS of the National Assembly will be very
important ones,.for the question of pence or
Ivar and also the question as to the future
government of France arc to be acted upon by
this body. France needs now the counsel of
her best and most thoughtful men,.and we
hope that the very best men in the country
will be elected to the Assembly which is to
meet at Bordeaux. It is not the time for
boastful speeches, but for calm and dignified
action; for upon the decisions of the legisla•
live body shortly to be convened hang the
destinies of the France of the present and the
France or the future.
The war has caused untold suffering in
Fiance, and the people of that country de
serve the thoughtful consideration of the
friends of humanity everywhere. In many
cases the heaviest burdens and privations have
fallen upon those who have been the least re
sponsible for either the commencement of the
war or its continuance, and it is only human
that efforts should be made to feed the hungry
and clothe the naked. The merchants and
ople of New York and other places have al
ready commenced to make contributions of
money and article s equivalent to money to be
sent to France, and the United states •Senate
on Saturday passed a resolution requesting
the president to station at New York one or
more naval vessels to convey across the water
the contributions raised for the destitute and
suffering in France and Pruttnia. There is
lest ll IWO!) mid suffering in Prussia as well as
in France, for the prosecution of the whr to a
tmccessful issue 111113 inxe.l every energy of the
German Government, and has made extraor
dinary th viands upon the patriotism of the
people.
Co, 'MIRA' EDUCATION
The question of compulsory education is
one of the live topics of the time, and it is
every tiny attracting more and more attention.
Social Science organizations and boards of
School Direcfors in different localities have or
sonic time been discussing it, and in some
commueities the Matter has already been thor
oughly canvassed and considered. 'A. hill for
putting this principle into effect has been for
some time pending in Congress, and we notice
that a similar bill has been introduced in our
Legislature ai llarrisbfwg. The provisions of
the latter mentioned bill provide that all chil
dren between the ages of six and eleven years,
"of sound body and mind," shall attend school
at least three months each year, and parents
and guardians who prevent their children from
such attendance are to be punished by tine
and imprisonment. School boards are to for
nish school books grattiltously to those who
are unable to purchase them, and the monies
received from lines inflicted under the act are
to lie implied to educational purposes. The
bill should go a step further and make it oblig.
atory upon every community to furnish school
acoommodations corresponding to the number
of children of school age in those communit
ties, for it is useless to require children to at
tend school unless there is it place provided
for than to attend. There are probably few
cites or towns In this State which" have suffi
cient school loom accommodations for all the
children within their limits, and in some places
we know that it in difficult for those who wish
to ntlend the public schools to do so. • The
State should furnish school houses for all its
children, and all the children should be re•
(mired to 'wail themselves or the privileges
afforded. There is no other so great evil and
danger in n republic as Ignorance, and one of
the greatest dangers to the future of this coun
try lies in popular ignorance. Our population
is every year growing more heterogeneous ,and
nothing else Call Litre such power and !Oft
enee in making this population homogeneons
as the universal application of the public school
system. Neither the Natibn nor the Stith!
Cllll afford to have the children of to-day grow
up in ignorance, for the children of to-day
will be the voters who will determine the
elections and choose the rulers in a few years.
With intelligence on the part of those who
exercise the suffrage,the idea of popular gov
ernment which the people of the United States
are working out has nothing to fear; and it is
certainly important that ell', elite measures
should be taken to secure to all citizens the
benefits of at least a common education.
Ignorance is one or the most powerful allies
of clime and vice of every description, and
the right of a State or Nation to compel its I
citizens to avail themselvo, s of •its educationid
facilities which are freely provided is as plain
and unquestioned as the right to pass laws
punishing crime nod restraining vice. Edu
cation is a vital necessity in a country where .
the pen'ple are the source of polificiil power,
and one of the best possible means of prevent
ing the purchase of Votes and the gross alnise
of the elective franchise is to extend the influ- •
ence and power of the printer and the spelling
heolc.
St.cukTniti Ilotrintdd. gives notice that
books will lie opened both in this country and
in Europe on the oth of March next for suit.
setiptinns for the new Government loan for
refunding the national debt. The loan corn.
prises three classes of bonds, $500,000,000
Leaving five per cent interest and payable after
ten years, $300,000,000 at four and a half per
cent. anti payable after liftCen years,
and $700,000,000 of four per cent payable
after twenty years. The interest upon
. each class of bonds is to be paid m co'n
quarterly, anti suascribtlons' will be re.
ceived in coin or In five twenty Landsat their
par value. The coin which is received In
subscribtions will be applied to the redemp
tion of five twenty bonds, and the bonds are to
be exempted from all national state and local
taxation;
THE LEHIGH REGISTER, ALLENTOWN, WEDNESDAY,
SPEED VERSUS SAFETY
It is one of the boasts of our modern
civili
zation that we have almost annihilated die
thrice by our Improvements In the modes of
public travel, and we point proudly to our
" fast lines" and " lightning expresses" ns a
practical proof of what lots been done in this
direction. We have, indeed, done much to
facilitate intercourse between remote points,
and we wonder now how it was possible for ,
people to get along as our fathers did. Now
and then, however, something happens to re
mind us that we have not yet reached perfect
Lion, and the weak points of our American
railroad system are occasionally brought out
in bold relief by some serious mind fatal is
fi,ster. The recent frightful calamity on the
Hudson River Railroad is a case in point, and
shows that everything, even:safety of life, has
been hazarded for the sake or securing speed.
The disaster which occurred on Monday night
was a fearful one, and the circumstances under
which it occurred are worth considering. An
oil train had broken down on a draw-bridge,
an'l part of the disabled cars had been thrown
across the other track. A passenger express
train from New York for Buffalo came thun
dering along at the rate of thirty miles no
hour and ran into the oil cars ns a matter of
course, and the result wits an explosion, the
burning of several cars, the fall of the draw
bridge and its burden of locomotives and cars
into the Hudson river, and the death.by burn
ing or drowning of some twenty persons. In
Connecticut and Massachusetts,railroad trains
ate obliged to come' to a full stop before enter
ing upon a draw•bridge, andothbough the pas
tengers very often growl at the loss of a Tew
seconds, or possibly minutes, by such stops, it
is certainly better to be delayed a little than
to rush into death and destruction at lightning
speed. In the Instance which we have cited
the stopping of the passenger train before
crossing the drawbridge would have averted
the calamity, and the averting of one such
disaster as that would certainly have com
pensated far ten thousnnd stops which did
not prove lo be necessary. Speed is of course
desirable In nmving. bit wee') distant points.
but safely is no less desirable,and In all their
efforts to increase their 'rate of speed and di
minish the dine consumed In transit the rail
road managers should be mindful of the safety
of those whom they carry ns passengers. If
the two—speed and safety—cannot be corn
blued, let us have the latter; for It Is better to
be an hour longer iu going from New York
to Buffalo than to gain n little time at the ex•
pense of the combined horrors of collision
and death by burning and drowning.
"CNEABY rests the head that wears a crown"
has a forcible application in the case of (lie
persons who are from time to time appointed
to the Collectorship of the Port of New York.
Time would fail us in telling'hoW ninny men
have held that place within the last half dozen
years, for no sooner is a man appointed than
hosts of the disappointed begin to use their
best endeavors to get hint removed. A short
time ago Moses 11. Grinnell was removed to
make room for plumes Murphy, Jr., and now
the Washington correspondents begin to talk
of 31r. 31srphy's removal as something not
very distant. It is reported that there is talk
of calling home Gen. Sickles, who is at pres
ent United Stall s Minister to Spain, for the
purpose of n ot hing hint' Collector. One ob
jection urged against Mr. 3lurphy is that lie is
"Goulding man;" and another that he is a
Catholic. Phivided lie makes an dlicient
Collector we do not see that it makes much
difference whether lie prefers Senator Conk
ling or Senator Fenton, or whether lie is a
Catholic or Protestant. :ecretary floutwell
is reported ns giving Mr. Murphy credit for an
unusually illicit it administration of ids de
partment of i the public service, and if that is
the case the President is not likely to remove
him to please the New . York politicians.
" lint for ways that are dark and for tricks
that are vain," these same New York politi
cians have'al ways been notorions,and they are
likely to keep up the reputation they have
gained hi the past.
A 1.1.:w days ago the Washington correspon
dents announced that : ex• Governor Morgan
of New York would prObably soon be ap
pointed to a position in the Cabinet, inasmuch
as he had an interview with the President
and was in fact a guest nt the Executive
Mansion. It now turns out, however, that
sonic time ago the President invited ex-Goy
emu'. Morgan, Governor Jewell of Connecti
cut and some other gentlemen whose hospital
ity he had often enjoyed to spend a few days
with him at Washington some time during
the present winter, and the appearance of
Governor Morgan was mit therefore users.
sarily connected witli anything of n political
character. It is possible for a President to
invite an ex:Governor to dinner, or even to
stay over night without intending to offer
him a place in the Cabinet, although it did
not occur to the Washington news gatherers
that such might be the case until they had
electrified the country with rumors ofa prob
able speedy reconstruction of the President's
board of advisers.
Puts busine s s interests Which are most di
rectly unfavorably affected by the suspension
Of labor in the coal regions are beginning to
think that it is time to consider the feasibility
of some ellietive remedy. The Beading
Board of 7 rude has taken the initiative in the
matter, and has appointed a committee of ten
to confer with other similar committees ns to
what can he done in the premises. ' These
committees are to call a State Convention if
they diem it expedient, and are to lay before
such a convention plans for the suppression of
the existing system of periodical suspensions.
Just how to suppress these suspensions is not
an easy question to settle, and if the commit
tee appointed at Heading and other similar cam
nitteea shall he able to devise any satisfactory
and efficient plan they w ill do a good work.
One great trouble in the case Is the fact that the
men who enter into these suspensions are so
entirely unreasonable that they are unwilling
to be governed by the same laws which are
recognized in all ordinary departments of
trade and business.
LION. ISAAC E. llittsrim, a prominent lawyer
and politician, died at Lancaster on the Oth.
lie was stricken with paralysis a week before
his death. Mr. Mester was the son of lion.
William Mester, and was born at New Hol
land, Lancaster county, in 18'21. lie gradnn•
ted at Yale College in 16.12, and was admitted
to the Lancaster bar in 1045. In 18.52 ):.0. was
elected to Congress by the Democrats, but he
failed to secure a reelection. lie was a man
of large wealth, and enjoyed the respect and
confidence orall classes of people by whom he
was known.
Tun Senate Foreign Relations Committee
has reported favorably on the proposition to
raise the salaries of the United States Minis
tersnt Berlin and St. Petersburg from $12,000
to $17,000. The President recently suggested
to Congress the propriety of raising the salary
of the Minister at Berlin, so as to correspond
with that of the Ministers at London and Paris,
and if the importance of the mission is to be
determined by the amount of salary paid evi
dently, the German and Russian missions
should rank as high as the French mission.
THE cable reports an appalling marine
disaster as having lately occured.in the Eng.
Deb Channel, a few miles from Cape La Hogue
in Normandy, France. A French transport
with 1250 troops on hoard was wrecked on
the rocks,•and all on board perished. Such
disasters as this are appalling in their character,
and cast a gloom over the hearts of all who
have any sympathy with the sorrows and the
sufferingsbf humanity.
THE NEW HARIBURGH DISASTER.
The recent terrible disaster upon the Hud
son River Railroad is attracting wide attention
and general comment, and while the criticisms
which may be made upon the apparent neglect
of the railroad oflleills to properly provide
against the' possibility of this and similar dis
asters cannot help the unfortunate victims of
the disaster we hope that they may result in
Increased precautions for the future. As we
have previously remarked our American rail
road system is yet far from perfect, and our
railroad managers have much yet to learn. If
they will only profit by experience and do
the best that can be done to insure the safety
of their passengers the people will be satisfied,
but they nicest understand that it is as much a
part of their business to see that their trains
run safely as that they run swiftly. .Speed is
desirable in traveling, but not when obtained
at the risk of life and limb, and when passen
! ger trains go driving through the night at the
rate of thirty miles an hour there must be a
full quota of flag and signal men provided,
and any neglect in this respect is simply a
failure to discharge the duty owed to the pill,-
lec by the carrying company. The New 'l'ork
Tribune has pretty carefully and thoroughly
investigated the causes of the recent disaster
at New Ilamburgh, and the facts which its
investigation has elicited are so suggestive
tent we give below an extract from an article
published In that paper on Saturday. It
says: '
A startling fact has come to light with re
gard to the Hudson River disaster. The ex
press train was lured to destrucfion by a false
signal.for which the parsimony °Rho company
MIS directly responsible. The signal post
upon which the lights were hung at night
stood at the draw, and until this Winter a man
has always been on duty at that point, with in=
streections to mind the bridge and signal the
trains. Two months ago, for the sake of
economy, this watch was removed, and the
care of the bridge was added to the duties of a
man stationed at a water tank, nearly aquarter
of a mire below. The trains were to be flag
ged from the tank instead of the bridge; and
at night the white light,inclicating "all right,"
was left permanently hanging at the post,—
seventy rods from the nearest watchman.
The road curves somewhat at Wappinger's
Creek, but for nearly two miles south of the
bridge there is nothing to obstruct the view
of the signal-post. The express seems, from
the most careful accounts we can gather, to
leave been about a mile and a half distant when
the oil car fell across the track, and if the
danger signal hartbeen displayed Instantly the
train could easily leave been stopped. It was
almost directly under the white light that the
accident happened. If the signal man had
been within reach of his signal, where he
ought to have been, lee could probably have
shown the red light in time to avert the dis.
aster. Possibly even then It was too late ; but
we do not think so. The accounts of witnesses
are of course somewhat confused ; but we have
testimony enough to be satisfied that It Was nt
least three minutes after the fall of the nil car
before the express struck it. The operation
of changing signals is very simple and expe
ditious. The man, supposir g him to be on the
spot, lead only to pull a cord, and allowing
him a little time to collect his senses, he could
certainly leave done that in less than a minute.
Besides, if he had been at the draw he would
have seen the freight train breaking up, and
thus warned of deinger, before the broken car
actually came abreast of him. Being nt the
tank, however, lee was out of the reach of his
signed, and probably ignorant of what had
happened.
The freight conductor testifies teat the
brakeman who tried to carry a danger light
forward from the caboose was unable to
make his. way over the obstructed trestle-work
and a mean from the engine consequently got
down upon the ice and hurried toward the
I lank. How many precious seconds were lost
in this scrambling back and forth is not cer
min ; .but ice all probability enough to make
the difference between life and death. The
plain fleet is that at anon , nt of danger, when
elle fraction of a minute was precious beyond
calculation, the false beacon indicated safety,
and the guard whose duty it was to change it
was placed so far away that lee could not
reach it.
Now comes the tug of war upon the income
tax. The Senate has passed the bill
for the repeal, and the House Ways and
Means Committee hes voted by one majority
in favor of repeal. The members of the Com
mittee who voted favorably to repeal were,
Messrs. Hooper of Massachusetts, Brooks and
McCarthy of New York, Kelley of Pennsyl
vania and Orth of Indiana, and the negative
votes were cast by Messrs. Maynard of Ten
nessee, Allison of lowa, Marshall of Illinois
and Blair of Michigan. The members of this
Conimittee are all Republicans except Messrs.
Brooks and Marshall, one of whom voted
each way. The matter will cause a sharp and
earnest debate in the House, and it will be
some time before the question will be finally
decided.
THE Ways and Means Committee of the
house of Representatives has not yet report
ed in regard lo the abolition of the income
lax, hut it is expected that there will be a
small Majority in favor of repeal. Secretary
Boutwell has written another letter to the
Committee, taking strong ground against the
repeal. Ile thinks that the tax will net the
Government about *12,000,000 per annum at
the present rate, and he considers it unwise
to make any further reduction in taxation et
present. The reductions of taxed made at the
last session of Congress were estimated to be
about twenty per cent, of the whole revenue
of the country, and until experience has shown
the full effect of these reductions he deems It
inexpedient and unwise to make other reduc
tions.
Tut: Mine Inspector for Schuylkill county
reports the death by casualties of various
kinds of 112 persons employed in the coal
'nines in that county. In Northumberland
county fourteen persons were killed, In Co
lumbia county two persons, and in, Dauphin
county one person. The Inspector for the
Lehigh region did not enter upon his duties
until August, and he reports seven persons
killed in that region during the remainder of
the year. The death roll for Schuylkill county
is a long and a sad one, and shows something
of the risk and danger which are attendant
upon the working - of the mines in that part of
the anthracite coal field.
Tn Commissioners who have been ap
pointed by the United States and Great Bri
tain to adjust the claims and differences which
have arisen between the two Governments,
will meet at Washington and commence its
!short about the first of March. The mem
bers of the Commission at Washington are
repo, led as saying that they do not expect to
pass upon individual cases, but to meet and
establish some general principles to be used in
the settletnent of the various claims. The
Commission will probably be in session sev
eral weeks.
OLD AND NEW for February has au excel.
lent and attractive table of contents, including
a continuation of • Mrs. Stowe's " Pink and
While Tyranny," Charles D. Warner's
" Sorrento Papers," C. H. Brigham upon
" Practical Atheism," " A Lady's Journey
in Syria," and many other articles of timely
and permanent , interest and value. This
magazine has won a good reputation for itself
in the brief time since it was started, and the
present publisbers,Roberts Brothers of Boston,
are evidently determined that it shall Improve
with age.
Sous of the Members of Congress think
that the Government ought to sell all its navy
yards and arsenals, and a bill for the sale of
the navy yard at Brooklyn hag been reported
favorably upon by the House Naval Commit
tee. The,ground upon which the sale of this
and other navy yards and arsenals Is recom
mended Is that a considerable saving to the
Government would be made by having the
work which is now done at navy yards and
nMenals done by private enterprise.
" CURLEY HARRIS."
A Fearful Leap in the nark from an Express
Train—The Prisoner' Makes Ills Byrom
from our Chief of Police aunt his
Assistants.
From The Philadelphia Frees of Ws morning.
A day or two since, as was chronicled In all
our city newspapers, a notice, rather a tele
gram, was received at the Mayor's office, giv
ing the information that " Curley Harris,"
the desperado who participated in the deadly
assault on Mr. Hughey Dougherty, and the
shooting of Officer Murphy some time an,
and then made his escape, had been arrested
in Pittsburg, and requesting that some person
authorized should hurry on at once and make
the legal charges against him, else he might'
be released on a habeas corpus writ, which he
had already taken out.
In pursuance of this Information, ns was
also mentioned in The Press: Chief of Police
St. Clair A. Mulholland and Detective Gor
don rushed to the Iron City in a specially
chartered locomotive, and when arrived In Its
depot drove in hot haste to the court just in
time to defeat the stratagem by which Mr.
Harris sought his liberty. When in the cus
tody of the Chief, Detective Gordon, High
Constable Nutt, and Special Officer McCarty,
-"Curdy" was hurried to an Eastern-bound
express train due In this city at 8,10 o'clock
yesterday morning, which came rushing here
at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
To prevent his escape, knowing him -cepa
' ble of any desperate resort, the officers took
turns in guarding him.
On the route from Harrisburg to this city,
Detective Gordon had him in charge, and for
the purpose of placing his escape beyond n per.
adventure, put rine of the steel bracelets upon
his left wrist and the other upon his own (his
right wrist). When about twenty-five miles
from this city Gordon was relieved by McCar
ty, who was instructed to use the handcuff,'
In like manner, lint, probably de'eming this
a useless precaution, since the train was fly
ing at a terrific speed, lie placed the handcuffs
on both the wrists of " Curley."
As they were rounding a curve, a few miles
west of Paoli, " Curley" arose and went tow
ard the closet, without arousing any suspi
cion. At that moment the swaying of the
conch threw open the door, and without a mo
ment's hesitation the prisoner rushed out upon
the platform and jumped from the train.
At this desperate mancenvre, the officers for
a moment got stupefied. McCarty broke the
silence by hurrying out upon the platform.
He looked back, but looked Into an inky stark
ness, and ejaculated, "He is gone !" The
train was stopped as quickley as possible, but
not until it had gone more than a mile from
the spot where " Curley" had made his ter
rific leap.
The discomfited officers hurried back in the
darkness, casting on either aide of the track
eager, searching glnnces to discover, as they
more than expected, the mangled body of the
Flaring fugitive.
They hunted long but found no "Curley,"
and finally the Chief had to leave his three
assistants to continue the search, while lie
went to the nearest telegraph station and sent
out messages to have all the roads guarded, nod
extra precautionX taken, and then took the
first train to the city.
When be arrived at the West Philadelphia
depot, he found Detective Haggerty in charge
of a posse of Reserve officers, who had by the
Mayor been detailed to receive the criminal.
Of course, the story of the escape was soon
told. No news of "Curley's" re-arrest has not
yet been received. "There's many a slip
'Mixt' the cup and the lip."
THE RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Further Particulars of the Iludeon
River Railroad Accident—Coro
!teem inquest Examination
of Witnesses.
Youonaaarma, Feb. B.—The con:flees
inquest in case of the recent railroad accident
was commenced here to-day, before Coroner
Andrus, upon the body of James Stafford.
Tristram Coffin, Esq. district attorney, ap-
peared for the people, and cOnducted the pro
ceedings.
Conducior Cossum sworn—l was sitting in
the rear end of the second sleeping car, with
Mr. Scott,conductor ; he heard the first whistle
that was blown ; i heard the second whistle
and went out on the platform and commenced
putting on the brakes ; Scott followed me out
and put on the brake on the other car ; as I
got my brake on and turned to take hold of
the other I felt the engineer reverse his en
gine ; in a short time—two or three seconds
—I felt a shock, and the car then went on fif
teen or twenty feet and then came to a dee'd
stand; there were but two sensations ; I saw
a glare of light, and looking out saw a mass
of flames ; I was on the river side ; the instant
the train stopped the light flashed like gun
powder ; there was no fire till the engine
struck from the..oil-car then entered the
firebox of the engine and became ignited ; the
fire sprang up like a wall of llaine ; the fore
part of my car was then in the fire ; I heard no
explosion ; you could see nothing because of
the fire ; Scott and myself then got all the
passengers out of the car; the car was then
all on fire, it was the second sleephig-car :
there was only one in front, of it ; the train
consisted of the locomotive, express-car, bag
gage-car, five sleeping-cars, and one coach;
when we went out of the second car I thought
the flames would follow buck ; all the passen•
gers were then out of the third car, and • that
part of the train was uncoupled and shoved
back ; when I got to the third car the for
ward platform was on fire; that was the
car Scott had put the brake inn ; I then found
we had saved all we could, that three sleep
ing-cars bad gone ; I then went forward to
see what was the matter; I could sae nothing
all the way up to the bridge for the flames,
which seemed to rise solidly 25 or 30 feet ; 1
know nothing more about the accident, ex•
cent that I did the necessary telegraphing: I
have no absolute knowledge as to the first car
going off the the track, only conjecture : the
first and second sleepers were on the bridge
and the flames were burning under the bridge
on the ice ; I heard no 'sinus(' of anything but,
the roar of the flames; Peter Vosburgh was
conductor of the first sleeping car; I do not
know whether patent brakes were used ; I ass
certain no lines were behind the first sleeping
car ; if the ropes had been pulled any brake
would not have beets affected after I had put
it on ; the engine was reversed after we had
run about ten rods ; we were not trying to
make up time ; the engineer was considered
a good man ; there Is a flagman at the draw ;
the engineer said he had told him to put out a
a red light as he passed ; the first signal we
got was forty yards from the bridge ; the en
gineer of the oil train bad jumped off to give
the signal ; I think the cars on the oil train
which ran off were rather back of the center
of the train ; as a rule we, are on time ; if we
had not been behind time the accident would
not have occurred ; the night was perfectly
clear ; the curve south of the bridge would
prevent the engineer from seeing a car off the
track on the bridge ; I had taken up all the
tickets in the sleeping-car ; you, could put 30
passengers In a sleeping-car, but 12 could oc
cupy the whole ; there were two state-rooms
in the first sleeping-car, but only one was oc
cupied ; I should judge there were 16 or 17in
the first sleeping-car l• I • made a statement,
which appeared In thp Poughkeepsie Eagle,
relative to having 65 sleeping-car tickets ; I
found ono or two more persons who
said. they were In the first sleeper,
but when I came to sift therwdown they could
not tell ; I had In my car 47 passengers, who
told me they were In the sleeper there wore
three persons whcr•wcnt to bed at New ham
burg, that made thirteen missing; there was
FEBRUARY 15, 1871.
one child somewhere in the sleeping-car that
I got a half ticket from ; I got no tickets from
two small children ; found no one to respond
to a half ticket ; there were three brakemen
OH the train.
Here the wit ness described the patent brakes,
but could not say whether they were applied;
they might have been anti he not know it ;
trains run at full speed over all bridges.
During the afternoon session James D. Scott,
conductor of the sleeping car, testified to the
positive knowlege of the fact that the passen
gers of 101 the cars except the first sleeping
Car were saved, and that the train was run
ning about thirty miles an hour.
Hammond V. Grout, muoluctor , of sleeping
car, testified that directly after the first shock
he saw the first sleeping-car lying on its side,
inclining to the east, and parallel with the
track. It was in flames, and no help could be
given those inside.
Edgar Underwood, conductor of the 'oil
train, says the accident was caused by a
broken axle on an oil car. It broke on the
switch at New Hamburg station, and as the
caboose passed some one at the station Id
icated. Every thing was done that was pos
sible to stop the train. Ile saw the oil car
run on the bridge anti saw it about to cross
on the up track. The train was then nearly
stopped. When he got off On the up track
and his brother on the down track, both look
ing for the up train, his brother immediately
shouted. "There comes the train !" Every
effort was made to stop it, but it looked as it
no power On earth could do it. Ile saw the
locomotive strike the car, when tliimes burst
out in every direeiion.
1 1 1 T_TORSEMEN, ATTENTION I
READ THE FOLLOWING !
• Thconl/..2.3e1 Wort/. Philp.
WELI,B-IJRAII Six: I 11.1.V0 used Dr. Felix 11.
3lntseltko's Trunnion loithinent on ir inure or mine, which
had a bed causing la memo., I used one bottle
with entire totocuss, coring her completely.
• April , JONA. P. lIIEDELL.
lIIVILIIIIIbb` 1.1111111,a In MOM by Drugglstp And
Stnreke , iporo, Wlioleiniln by JAMES O. WELLS, N. E.
Nubor nth and Spring Gordon Phllailnlphlit. For
, In Allentown by 1.. SCHMIDT & CO., Enid Ilarnllinn
Street, lir. W. E. BARNES & SON, LAWALL & MAR
TIN out JOHN B. MOSER.
sllcrial. NottCCs
GETTING MARRIED.—ESSAYS FOR
Yonna Moti. on arras SUfil Al. EVILS and MIIIaES
winch 111101 1.,. with MAIO:LUIS—WiIIi Porn 11/011,1/1
roliot fur that Erritiv and Ilittortounit., illot.a•ed and dubll
liateli. !lOW %ED ASSOCLVELON, Nu. 2 South
Ninth /dr, et, lihtladriphitt, Pa.
ERRORS OF YOUTH.—A gentleman who
lt,Y suffered for year. from Nervon. Debtlay, Premo
lar° Decay and all the offects of youthful Indlneretlon,
will, for Ow nuke Or sufforina mead free le all
who neod it, the recipo tool direction for making the Orn•
ple runty by wlOrh he tn. cored. Sufferer. winking to
profit by the oilverliser'. oxperle ore can do NO I. ad
dres.lng In perfect coundonee, JOHN 13 OD DR:%,
No. 42 Cedar St. New York.
EZry TO CO N SUM PTIVES. —The advertiser
hay inv. been restored to health in lift, works, by a
very simple remiiii y. after having suffered several years
with a severe hang affection, and that dread disease, Con
suniptin. Is anxious to make known to hie fellow sufferers
the of care. To all whodes ire It, he will send a copy
of the pi...scrip:bin tarot (free of charge), with the illrec•
Lionsfor prefiaring and using the sme, which they will
lid a sure ure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis. &a
Tao' only c
41 . iao ad ~ r tise in sending the Prescrip•
Lion is 10 1.1.'14 the afflicted, r
and spread information
wlelcli iIVI,III • ViVe/4 to he invaluable; and he !pipes every
sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing
and may prove a I.lessing.
Partici wishing the prescription will please address,
it,. lIW AHD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg Kings Co. N. Y.
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unor.
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THE (;1? EA 7' FAA!. IL _ll ED le
'I'AIEN , INTEIINA V.
It rore..l.loon ('until-, \v.. ;1.1 WeNk Slomarl
(Avner.' Debility. Nur•lng C.t0k..4% I.tv
I , y•l'op.itt or I.lili.e.tion. Cl:mi. or fain
the ;:i.onli.•ll, C01.1.1.,1nt. I . .tottt.C.l Colic, .t.t.tt
Etairt.fea .k,41
!WPM t..X.TERNALLY,
Cures Feloas, Bolls. and Sure, Burns, Scalds
Fut, ltrukeg Scram, "welling uf the Joluta, Mug
Worm I.li
t • etter, 1i,141 . 11 It. east, Frosted Feet .tid Chit
haulm,.Tothh, Pala In the Face. Neuralgia and Rhea
tuati.tn It is a sure ruturily fm• Ague, Chills awl Fero.
PAIN KILL ER
Talton Internally. slintild i,o ailitltorated w th nillk o
web r, or made into n .y.rup with triola,l Fora Cong
a few .0 or , 4 roger, eaten, will be more effective the
anything el.°.
,e.• prince direction., ‘vhicti accompany each boi:le.
kohl by all Mogi:hi,
WALL'S
6M,
VEGETABLE SICILIAN
4 , FIAT R .
• RENEWER .
DISEASES OF THE SCALP
PRODUCE GRAY HAIR .1.N.1) BALDNESS
GIME
lIALL'S VEGETAIILE
SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER
will restore It to Its natural color and pro tnoto an growl
Our Treati.o. tho Oak ., ,'tree by of 1.
It. P. HALL at CO., Nashua Y. 11., Prop.,.
SCIIF,NCK ADVISES CONSUMP
'VIVRA I') GO To F 1.011,1 DA IN WINTER
Having for the last thirty-live yearn devoted or whole
sad atteothin to the stoily 01 lung diseases and coo.
sointiion. I feel that 11111de...tend folly the courtn that
ought to be purmeiil to restore a tolerably bad el14001dIn•
0.. 0 .1 lungs to 'smithy mina it 0044. TIIO ling/tint 10051 Int.
portant stet is for the patient tonvoid takltig cold, mud
the best 01 all places 00 Lliicl emit:nest for ibis purpose to
winter, is Florida, well down lit the State, whine the
temperature ...pular. and cot soiriect to such aerialist.'
in mo. Northern latitudes. Palatka Id a point I eau
tat.re A good hotel I/ kept Inure by Petermau
Law. winter I mite oevernl persons there whuso lungs trust
w o lly dfa i m,e L d but who. mob, the healing itititteuce
of tlio climate and my iiiediciumi, acre golfing well.
fine !writhed miles fluffier doter. Ito, river In a lio nt
wli ell 1 would pref. tu Palatka, as the temperature is
111010 area and the air dry and bracing. Imo
buterprl , o ore located the.. 1 should gives decided
lake,
to ville. It Is two miles from river or
lake, aud it Seen. 1,111041. lln 1104.1 bl,, to take cold there.
The tables In Florid. might be better, sod patients curs.
slain t time., but tin, in It good sign, us it indicates it re
turn of a lifielite, and when this Is tiro cane they generally
laiere,t4o lea 11,1, 411 d lbell Its Wogs roust 10.0.
.1 icksouvide, Illbernla. Green Cove, lull many other
lilac. in vat-lona 1,14 of Florldit, can , bo !Lily
sa y.rococ
lmewled to consumptives in winter. My reaped for .
ag no Oro that pelmets stn le. liable to take cold (bore
boil Where menu In a loss eves temperature, did It Id out
seemoiary to say that w hero ousuniptivepeisoueaposes
Inoillent colds he, In die shortly.
Therefore my advice to. go well ilowu Into the State out
the reach of prey Mimic en,t winds und fug, Jackson.
rills or almost n,l)' other of the localdles I have panted,
will lieuellt those who itre troubled with a torpid liver,
disordered stomach, chummed bowels, more throat or
eOll.ll, but for those 10.0 lungs ere diseased a more
400 horn point Is earnestly recommended.
For lifinen years prior to IS Ai, I was professionally In
New York. thistori, Baltimore and Philadelphia every
week, where saw and exaiiiiheil ou nu average aye
leandred pawn. a week. it practice so exteusivo. ern•
bracng Livery plias° of lung dlsea .e, bus
mut ton
ins
1,1 erdlatiol tile. 11,011',, folly, and heneo nay aton
In regird to taking odd. A peraeta lady take vast 4011.11
1it.04 "Si:bunt:en Pulnionic Syrup, Seaweed Tunic and
Mcludrake l'al v," and yet die II he Lluos out uvula tuklua
cold.
lin Florida, pearly everybody Is using Schenck's Mat,
drake for the ,'Moats is more likely to produce
min habit, rhos mule northern latitudes. It la ato oil et,
tutilished fact 111,111,tiv el 01 Florida rarely die of Con•
especially thoso of Oro southeru part. tic the
II .11.1. lit Now Ell .lallll. ono 111 id, ut least. 111 thr
Sitoo die of this slut I 1 his dine..., to Ibu Midule
ite It does not prevail st.gel)', still thoro urn inuoy
t 10 , 11.11.1 , of camoi there. Whet a V pereimtago or .11,.
...kJ In , saved if c •unriittvecl were an L io.for a l ar s s m
111 r,•Katl to tab hug fresh cold as they ure ob.. scant)
lover, maid pox, A,. But they are not. They take what
they term o little cold, which they ale credulou• °sough
to bolnive will wear oil 111 it o,i) s. They Oily 110 at.
la it. an 1 II hip , the lountliitloll ror
still, 0011 i 0 lung, are duwased beyond all
bop. for rule
sllgu• si lo,c o ai persons whose lungs are affected eves
ly 1 to lay .11 itmolt, of sin ...tick's Pulls,. Sy
rup. SLlLeurk , ...aweed T.l 11 10 arid schenck aa,tli Ake
Pill , acid o 0 to Ft'
el l. retro...lood these particular
meilimoos I Ma 1,1,11 i.lll 1 p 1,0 with thou
mbt, I know that where 1 Itop 1100 Wool iu dl,ict mount.
Idler' Wall my dtreetio. they w 111 do Oro work that ro•
quired. Tilts accomplished. witure will du btu trat. The
pli yslclati w ho prose lb. ior cold, cough or ulght•.weuts,
ud then advises the patient to walk or ride out every
day. will b. mire to bare a CUlpse 00 Ol d h o ed, b a r,,,,
Lusa.
My plan le to give ivy throe medicine/, in accordance
with the pi Piled directions, except Immo cam, where at
freer one Of 00 ~.ke Pub , tuice , sary. My übjeel
in 10 111, 1 to M a tol4 . rte get tip it 00,111 xl,OlllO.
It is always a good slgu when a fallout bear., to ur „ w
hungry: have hopc,of such. 'Willi a relish fur food
and the grittier:dam 111 that relish ciunen 4L1.01 blood, nod
with II more tie-11 1 wltteli closely hilloWed 1, 11 !wallet
me lungs Theo dm conga and abides. the
creeplog 011 11 Is itaii 01 a 111 MP 01411 sWeats p ros .
trate nail 0110.1 Y. ei tho patient gots well. pruvided he
avoids taking cold er
N ow are many consumptive. 11110 burr not file
1114..4 10 80111 Flat 01a. The itestloll may be ranked, is
there 110 101 110 for such l Pertaiult there Ls. lily advice to
such Is. and over ha, been, toots)' au a warm ro 11l der.
lug the whiter, wl,la I teintieratuie of shoot s os e ut, do .
gees., which ho kept regalurly nl that puha, by
inosns of a thermometer. Let. such .1 palled take IL.
04;441:140 Will 1 lit the 1 111 Ito 01 1110 room L)' Walklila Op dal
down as mach as iris strenclth will Portal', lit order to ke e p
op a healthy circulation of the blood, I have cured thous
Isby title systetn. nod eau do mu agate. Comituatitiuu
is as easily cured us auy other d 140.00 If It Is taboo iu
L u na . as d the proper ktod Lit m.llllOOl tl plagued. l'he
tart stands midis:ruled,. record that richeueles Pulutbnie
syrup Mattilrake Pills and Seaweed 'route have cured
very moo . of wh it sr:Pilled hopole•ii 0.14 of cuumunp•
i t„„ . ff s 50 1, 0 1 1 . you war. who ill Iron
most certain tu
tud mime poor imusunipt.ve hos keen (0451.10,1 Irum
the very Jatve 4.1 0041 IL by their lave.
So far at the Mandrake Pills arc concerued, everybody
sGould g ee , s supply of 11101,1 ill 111401,. They act so the
liver better that! 0.1 ' MIMI, and 110, h 0 Cl 114 hurtful
effects behind. In ruct they are excelleut all eases
regutred.rr h you have par•
taken too treely 11l fruit did diaunt ensues, dote of
the alandrakes will cure you. It you are subject to sick
headache, take a done O 1 010 Maud, aka.. uud they will
relieve you lit 1440 blurt. If you would üblrlde the elfoot
of a change of water, or the too free Indulgence 11l troll,
take ono of tho Mandrake.
waterigh ur every othor
debt. and you may Omit drink nett - oat Watermel.
001. peal , . app Co. plums, peachev, corn, without the
risk' f being made sick by them. 'lllOl temp:v.ool those
whoi t y,lti damp situations agalust culls and tevel a .
Try 01..111. p 1,0 perlectiy hareileti, they eau de
yen good only.
I have abandoned my Prufeasional viklts In Llontou Aral
New bill COllOOllO to nOO 1,1..1,4 at nip oUleo. Nu.
SIN I f street. I[l,l ladelphia, Liver y Smuttier, trout
9A. 11. in aI . 31. Thoou who Wish s thOrulloll
oxamma
lluu 44 ith the it.piromster will be charged five dollars,
The Rospirmneter declares the 00001 coliditlult uf the
lu n g s t il patients Call readily led. Whotifor thee OM
Clifiable argot. rat I dem., it eustoud that
OP %glee of my twidlcluesdepouds euilroly upuu their be
ing bitten Itlictly I....ming to direction,
Iniooloinsion, I in id say that whoa perilets Igke
medicine, and their systems are bruflaht Ittle a healthy
condition thereby. they pre 001 su liable to Tke cold, Oct
on 0110 WWI di...eat I 110§10 ego bear n sad chuuas of
istnaisphore wilboat the Itubillty of greater or le. treats.
lin.
Full dlroctiona in elllnegualit'a
im medi
ino, so explicit owl ideur [bat any e coo vise them
without ounculting me, and can be bought trout any drug.
J. 11. SCIIENCIC, M. D.,
No. 13N. SIXTH Fitrect, Philadelphia
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PIIILADELI•IIIA Rev
piTENT
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NVarranted to stand In tune longer than situ:W.or Men' ,
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Great reduction made for caliti. Send for a Price List.lri
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There Instrument, linen been before the public fer
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inimal a nurtymrel" , ..(l pre-eminence, which uranium:on
theta unequalled. Their
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fou,,d In ao many phone,
liv" WORKMANSHIP
they artinnequalleil,nmlng nonnlint thn•erylinatarasono/
thn Lugo eupintl rinplovnil In our boalni•mi. a
mbling us to knot. continually an lumen. atonic of loin.
her.. Arc.. on blind.
,
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STAII oar Sooner Plano, hove our Nei,/ Improved
OVI:118TRVNI/ , CAI.R and the Agenfre Treble.
.11d-W, w.k014 null i.perial Rtto.tion to nor late Interuvii.
mentu lu 0P.4,11) PI 4 NOS boil SQ b e.I HE 011.4 N DS,
PAYKSITHD Ann. 14, ISO% which bring tho Plano nearer
perfection than hae pet been attained.
Every Piano Fully Warranted for a Yearg
We have ten& arronstemen 1% for the Sole 117trderete
A O.OO'Y fur the tenet rele.brittrsl P.l/21,011 OR 17 A NS 'lnd
.11i'1,011KONS. which we offer Wholtwale end Retail, at
Leweet Factory Price..
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R'hnh•xolc Depot, 2,9 & 231 South Lth St., Phila., Po
p 14.thst
Silber 11,ateb "C_lare
S:tIIUL•'L K. SMYTH,
79.1 CHESTNUT STREET,
Ts
'PRACTICAL MANUFACTURER OF FINE
SILVER PLATED WARE,
(Baco.) FLOOR)
would feerectfolly announce to blo patrons that ha has
a fall kitock of the latent my In of
DOUBLE AND TREBLE
ELECTRO-PLATED WARE)
=
Plated on Nickel nod While Melols, suitable for fatally
or city trade.
Au the quality of plating ran only be known to the pbit•
er, the pert: hue, most rely on the mannfactureris ewe
meta ; there being NI, much worth len. ware In the market,
all rept mooted as treble plate, ut prices luipousible to he
ninon extern&
All his goods are marked "9. K. SMYTH."
Cull and examine the goods before tore
where.
FOLD WARE REPLATED..m
may :A-lp
AN IMMENSE STOCK
OF NEW AND CHOICE
Hamburg Edgings and Insertings
•
NEW NOTTINGHAM LACES for CURTAINS by the
nr by the polo.
A Job tot tutus's.] Ity cheap.
FUEACII AIUSLINn, 2 'lads; wide, the bent sunken at
50e ,use nod up.
NEsv SWISS .II UST,I NH In All to:asless.
TARLATANS! TA RLA l'ANh!! TARLATANS!!!
TUCKED MUSLINss, all over tszeksl, new and very de
sirable. Ain.), MIMI NA INhoOK for Masa weer.
A spientlld line or LADIES', ISIISSEs' and
BOYS' HAN DICSITCHISI ,
Oar awn niske of SHIR r FRONTS, Warranted to Give
Sabra lion.
PLAID •sud STRIPED MoSLI NS, PLAIN NAINsOOKS
and FRENCII NAINSOOGS.
CHEAP—Joh los of VICTORIA LAWNS.
Every style geode suited for putty dress or Infunt wear.
LoMAISTRE & ROSS,
212 NORTH I4Tit STREET, PHILADELPHIA
lel, 1
11111EILS' UNION MUTUAL, FIRE
F
INSVILANCE COL ANY at Trexlerlown, Pa.
WIIOLE AMOUNT INSURED, 56,500,000
At an :tonna] election of tho members of Pahl Company.
on the day of 11..eonloir. 1570, 01 the public how.° of
Oldeon Y oder, In Trex lertown. lho following pi rtinhe
worn duly elected filreciore for the enoulog year:—U. 11.
lie ritn u, Joneph fl .to pier. Leal Llrlitonweilner, (loorge
Roth, floorgo Ludwig. Ilennevlllo Yoder, F. P. gllck le),
fliephen. Reuben flockenbneh. William Mluk.
golnuel J. fil,iler; ti.flonfon Kline (miller). Joni, 11.
schniogrr.
On the 10:11 of December, the Boort! of Directors elected
n. it. tinntlan Vt....lama, Levi LI Itteuwoluer 'rromuter,
ttennevlLe Viler, Secretary. Agents, Reuben Silt to.,
Now Tripoli; Henry littutz. Slatlngton; Leon 1..
Snyder. J1111i.O.V111..; L S. I,lthlentrolner. Trott lei town ;
Samuel Letcli, Kreintosvllle; Reuben It. Kline, K utz
town ; Charles Kline, Salisbury.
Tim rt-enunt 01 Levi tirlitPnwalner. Trea.ttrer m l the
Faritlerx . Uwe° Mutual Fire Insurance Conspatly of Pa;
• 1)1t.
1871. Jon. 2 Balance In hand of loot ..... 1114(bil
• I niere.it received during the year... 72 it
" 2 Premium '" ... 4.9
M!EMEIMI!!!!!!!!ffilli
Aug. 7 7 , ! f ,‘ ,T7l , f Ilr;31:1;111;lizen
Ovt, 9 WIIII.III
1.1. c. 14. 11 , 411 n, Wcnvcr, "
10, 1 1 ,1 ins Link, ' 112 241
"
17 ) , 1 } .1 , n pin, 11e44, •• 1.30
19 ,n
3: 11 . 13:1i . ulth ' o n t l i7;n S'i l 's'
Ki"l'r
42 in
.: 1',.:. 1111111.1. St Ruhe, '1'1.‘10.111'14eg""" 470
2.1 74
" 10: T. ' l l ! . ' iii i n i ..4 /14, 14 s 7
• •
1 0. I,l4enring 24 Co " 11, s 7
..
~ I , Illre . ctor herr Ices . IS 3
177 31
'' ' I; ' . .11:•1!„'n'!4",4i'.'''''Inn.e04 .9 c4l
.
• • 11, Sp, on.• la/G U I:II ' U iIL . • 31 4o
" 11, Treu.orcr's .4,•rvice ..""
'''''''''''
''-' la
''')
11, 1'..-,0410ut nlgning Poln' '•'
. 11, 81411ouec7
.. 11, 00.111o1n Coen for two ye .r. 4
.
' 11, Balance In the hau24 of 11•Dstslicor
Ilennevllle Yoder, Ferrel/try, In account with tho Far
!nen,' Union Nlatual Ezra lunar:lace Uou ur of Yen..
!loco lv - n1 frma J.tta 1, 1570 to Jan 1, 1571, av
intim 0u nohow+
Dre 31. l'ald to Treasurer doling thn Tciir 64'913
We, dig nuilerAigued Andliur- rod tiro na
e ahoy° aerouts
' (I
correct.Eli ur.
, Ito
F. P. MICK', EY,
SOLOSIO liArN 'r. tinnier.)
jau IS 3t • • Auditors.
pANCOAST od: MAULE,
THIRD AND PEAR STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA,
PLAIN AND GALVANIZ;;;D
VROUGHT IBC)N TUBES,
Lap-welded. Boiler Tubes,
Brass and 4,1 1270 re, and Corks: rifling, for Mn. Steam
and Wsker; Rough sod rod.hed Dross Work
• • this and Menlo Flitsrs' Tools, etc.
Nth Tubs and Sinks. Bath lloilem Ensrnsllsd Work
litsods, air., Coils of Tale; Strom Koillen
and Traps.
Pipe of all Sizes fitted b Sketch.
Suereciara to MORRIS. TARIM &
CONTRACTORS
For tlie h i l l o r i atMo r r . 1 , 1 3 ?1 , 1 1 1 . 1 , 1;21f4 , : , 1
r e o l v a:l7 . :Z4tonni or
Estimates Furnished Gratis.
febi•ly
VV Ur EVERETT 46 NEW PATENT
.
SCAPULAR SHOULDER BRACE AND
STRAP SUPPORTER
No atrapa ar..ler Um arms. Perfectly comfortable, lina
,piloallY toads, and highly Lensed...l. 10 tiortli 7lh Si..
Anis arch. T ..... Sapporters Elastic
°actual. Crutches. &c., lowest prleos la the city. Lady
°ottani. sop ly
ACCORDEONS, CON C E RTIN AN
Jewe therm Violin 6trlngs of the beet quality 10
betted at C. F. Wolferti . uStore, No. 654 Ilatallton-It,
Nria) cathcrt CSCIIICIIIS
1 p ~, , s , pppp ,p pp;pp i 3 r, t;
Ifni TilF, WM?, Isn C —W., 111, t1.1,r pt . ern.reil to
fr.h sr conn.rant HI home.
the ~ 0.• 111.011ne or Inornonix. 111000rax
light 00.1 l'e•rn,,u4 of either kl`X co•nly
nAr I.• iOl , l pro.po: (1..001 Finn
ete ,. ..01.10 OM 1111.1111. , , 1103 x nnd
vorn no, ly 1 1 ..0,11 .t. Time :01 011.4
111:ly ih.•lr 1...1 th. yro
rr 10' al.' 110P:11111h 1 0 4 ~1 1.. r: To xnrh a. urn nut ‘rell
1.11,1. WO ‘,lll New! yI to 1 , 0,. her 01.. troo1.1. • 1.1 1,01. g.
I.oolco lIOK, n v010..b,. ...0010n ‘,lO
emnrnntol. work on. ” , 1.1 or i'er,;.l. • , Literary
Ira 1.• n
Ow 1,010,1m01 II) 0,0 ‘ , 1m•
1 , 111111•111 , 11. - 1111 .10 m:.,1. 110.01 yr, If
)•,,0 w.OO pr.. 11101.1.• work,
E. C. A1.1.1 . .S f;O,, AI•111,,i,
ril I Iti TV 11(4)It IIA -litt 03i.—
I TIM rn M - 11,N or WIT ITE SI'PREMA.'Y
A , ; 11 • olt1.1 , . A I.lloo' CI.AnS
1/010 , 1:.V1 . 11; it' ELK 1.1". 151.)
pvt. v.•, ;; , 41 foi r sme•
tt liddr,• • • 1).11'.1:4i40fi, Neu.
s.
r DO pH I.y 111101 ripe.
cm. , nil di., 1i•,....t p Cyr , .
\VI it.• 1., 7 , 1111,,,,.1‘..iy .New Vto k.
N\ 4 'l! .- 11 .,l i t sr. i .i . 14 t
L. , 4 Valk low,
- 13CIRGIUM 11.3tO'N
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue
DE FLOWED AND VEGETABLE SEEDS
AND SU lINER FLOWERING BULBS
POlt IM7I.
Will to really for moiling' 11. Ow r 01. 1 ,10 of January, not
our .1,01 10-o of tyre. popor, rourovllM".
ke.l
by which ilo•tvoy• .1 Joh l'rioilou lion or
tho 1torio.•lor fli.owt , tl and Chronirl, 2.1111
ho prollo.l 000.1 elogont ul rr 11/.. , l
null 1111 wanly
Five Hundred Original Engravingx,
Anil Iwo 11 rely executed Celero4l Plate•—speehroles for
nII of noblrb were rown by uurt.elye. tin. pert .P . ,1111/
o
from our own Mock of ,•oln. in 0, 601,
iinid omen! of tl o r turrovlngs It to uullbe end rap.
uoutlY .110 , 10 r i 0 buY °flu , Cabl.ogue ur Floral Outdo"
00.1.
.
'rho ("ordain «11l eroldrit of 112 Prig., and nn .non nx
pribii-heil trill be food flee to rill %kill, 1 1 1,11 , 11'11 See. from
by marl Iloilo.. TO Other% I% c1...1,Z0 a 15 Cento
pr r ropy. to br not die valor or tho Platt,
oar trir•orbr thot In. imltlerholitl , t too otter to
piirobrororir rrf Soo.. EU quality and lint. ..1 Stock,
1 . 1 , 111h111, 1111.11111.1,1 d. /least , send
01,1,1+ lliihoot delay.
Our Colored rhrooto for 1871
Will 1...r00.1y to scud out In y. The Cll. °um will
Forv.t,veot sholr, ottd
Pony,- of vatural mlze otol col 'r. NVe de,.luu tO mike It
Ole le.•1 II of Flower.. over, t.e.00,1. Sao.. 19x24 hither
rho voloo would Imo' L.nnl Two
It %re shitll,
itti ..
onl, to cot- 0.1 , r• , 7.1 em and
per copy.
••11. r 1 , 114 II 1101111 nm spot, orders For Seeds. Seo
1 ,, g110 when ..11i.
• ()GS LC: BIWTHEI?, Nocllesler, N. Y
M "I 87 0
Lll'll.l3ll'N DEPI LATOIt 11.0W
lemove+ mayerlluoua hair In minute,,
tv 10:out injury to the n4iu. rnl Ly mall for $1.91.
UPHAM'S ASTHMA CURE
vhplom 111 fire min Ili"' Alla
cuie. Pr iv. , I.y
THE JAPANESE HAIR STAIN
a a , it hale . ii 1,111E1(111 llt.Arrs or snow":
r 7 r . , 1 1::4 ,. . „
ph 10, Cirvalara Sollt tree. :laidaid ,
by all Drugglatiii
!..0, TO SI() PFR DAV.-51e12.1V0e/
e/ nion II yns (110.4 who, ,tnzn co In onr n.or
hn.ln.do , from y Ii th,r torn Ira I•
t Fnll t or Ornlo and in,rtirt •Olit fr., by tnall.
Th.— , IN .•1 berinnnenl. pr•Aitub. sh-nld
nt I.'. -.JANSON S.: l'ortla nil, Maine,
F 111 P 1.01.* ',ll FAT FOR A L. - 830
Ond oNpvn , r, paid vpute. rivll
•oit anti .Is.covvrio.. Adws• H. SWEET St
Mar.l.s.l. 31,1 t.
A 41:11.ATS ! TII is !—IVe 11'111
Azeo ts II .:111, v of CW per week pool rxpetp , ps,
or 11.1 W f /11 . g.1 . 01/ , 1111K141111, .I• 11.1, new and wonder
!oi to v , utupn. .I.lllrrs 31. %V AG S Eli & C 17., Marxhall.
nSVC111()111 %UV.- or gett
11.•tEtAti tk .1. 1 141: , 111410111. 1., le their oirp
11 41 , 141144'..1 losleposob nes.. by obtsslbing I'-Yell , ).
)IA V :1,4'1 NATION. or 51 , 1'1,-. lIA 101 INU. 400
; elosh. Fab ni.trurtleue In Ilnn 1111. power over
stwo os 1111 • 411. 11• will. bow Co 31. , sborsz.o. hreon. Trance
or sting M& e um.. t Spirits; Alconsiny,
l'bslss.oplis N 10141 Ilrosis-, Ilrielvini Young's;
Hare, 11.11.1.• to 51urrowo, all C 4 ii , a , 11.41 In 1111“
Is sok ; I. ism .111.1; lois.. by well. In dolls, 41.:'.i, 'super
15 1. you-sot Willis,: so t to, neent
wLII v. iv,. I, ,:.11110.• tbe us.; Is Ire.. Dove/till.
t.tl all dories's, of Vl4lllOOll itii , 1"3 , ..44
b., she boob, ouelo.wg 1 . 404 im.ige, NV.
INA :V (U)., II South S
01171C1111N, 114)1V STICANGES—The
Privelto on. , pinion cot ta , hr thr
Ira: Srut frt. two hump+. Aida..
Mr.. 11. 311;TZtiElt, Ilithoyer,
JYor Zak' anti To Ert
9cl Br. it I AI. LOTS FOR SA LE.--
v., The otokr.inud offer for 501e4 . 20 lir« l'elne•
Ivry lot” inmethatoly loljoining the el.llollComethry. on
Tooth .trom.
The lot. will lie by vnleirrlptlon. and Initneillntely
after s l,,•vc nele number of they will I,r award
Ul by lot in th....inie manner In the ganization or 010
nion An.oriation. Plato or into el the o premium. con be
1,4,10110iir Waco. 1113 12 01 , 011 & 11 , 11 E
To LET.—A REASONABLE LE LSE
will by given iin t bo Eton Shiro quarry, aitutileil In
PlainYoh! Nomliiimptiinnei
St:nil:mm.lmi. It of number one Ilia-vela, blu• •
never-C.lllm "lair, folly °goal I. the well•known Chun.
man slyly, Willer POW , t' :M a lull rigging of
solinpiny 11111 i l'ernortp. clekiroun of an
opimetuolly I, mil will plenee examine for them.
r01v....4.10,1101r1y lo Itentheo Koch. S.nekertown I'. 0.
mart '69 11. Peenblenl.
41175 E FOR TINE SUR
,rriller. offers fer sale his lonise and let riltnatedi
en SIXTH street, between EH and CII Into
the City of Allotttown. The Inntse Is coniiiiste with I. '
all the modern TI
and Is Intnileeniely hollered
threadingu.. The grounds are taidefully not aunt are
rell.tel • hed with trtilt trees. As the farniture teas taught
twessly for this dwelling the subscriber svehlrl prefer
sel or ling It with the bense. For farther information. terms
era view of the house call en the subset liter .in the ',rem
b,es, het peen the hours OP A. M. and 31'. 7il.
A. li, 1111"1.31AN,
.V 0 7'. , 1 P. P PtrfiLle :I ND CIVIL ENO /NEL it
'F. 13. LEISENRINGi.
iNsyn.,:rt: AGENT, mu:, LIFE, AND LIVE STOCK
LEISENRING
iteni Estate Agents and Scriveners . .
PARTIES diadrlna unythlna In onr line 'trill do Well In
0,0 o.aeu 11. Wt. illlVOUpiloottrbookot a litit or the limps
I,.,.inddd ' , taper". In 111 city which nil] he 80111 nt low
Arum , 1111111. IVIIIIII.O
No. 7, A two ',try brick dwelling lumge IS fret In Incl.
rood, $lllll /lit 1.1 groom! IS feet ID Inelte. front by lftldeep„
Lot in tine order, on Not th 11th .I•eet. west sldu.•Cheap,
No. It!, Two.t.tory Irani. dwelling bott.e, went eido of
tit .ttret, obove tiordon. Lot 15 by 12.1 beet.
No. 13, Two. Story flume boo.° with roma, on wont
ride of New .Inert.
No. 1.1, The yr...port y on the norlheaet corn, ufsll.nd
ruiner ...tree,. tbreo•ntori, 11) by with belch
litchon oltool»).1. throughout, In good Drat.
,1 1.11 by 110 1t...1, b.r lb.inoss
No. 13. Fro ale J,rel lino '. , .dory, ad by 20 rm. 5 rooms
e 11111 , 1•111,•11I. 101 l .10 by 20 foot
Vac int I», of gr.... , ih,
Sixth ...et, own, ofil h oud Allot) street,: west bill.)
of bolitgli V 1111.•)'4'23 nor fool,
t0r») . ...») , Y : 4; loin on 10E11 )111 voiy ehoop onJ form. es).y
N0.:2 — ) l'w.o.tory bnrb,l 1,,.1ing lin», will) onvoiluty
kitellon 411111.0 011 the 00,1 bide of Fourth )(Inlet,
(No. IA). 1».1 by .20 feet.
N. :3 —Two 'dory lo telt dwelling lion)), 22 feet fret)!
by 3: Orel). With tui»..tory ktionen, 11 by 211. feet,
allot:hod, oust viii Nord) Noull (meet, between 'eurner
.oul Chew mast,. (No. )259), lent lit feet front by 110 feet
d». ti. A ni.tenititiont
•
21-I'brcc.ktory brick 100 , e,trilli Itro-.10r7 hitch.
nt .1001, 0.1 ground 17 heel from by 110 feel. deep;
10 north Ogle of I Ulher nireet (so. E.011.41/10
10r 1000.0. g h
5... 21 story Inlck th,llllm, with two-Atm"'
r...• 11. 1111.1 k 1101 1 .111111.101011; 111110 root.. Lot 23
rt...nt.loy 2 0 1.•1•1 deep. ,otttli corner or Eighth
..t/tl'llllll,r sir. et.. A r.tin chuuc. , to procure n hOl.llO.
MEE
Notico.
li 10
S
I 0 II
7 -4 X Ell •vroirs N4Erici , ..—NIITICE Is
lIEEEIIY tit VI..N that letter+ tenlntrentary Intvlng
1.000 ta 0.10.1 1. , the Ilnder• coe d In the eatnte 01 ELIZA
BE 111 31 ATI; lIET decoatcd, Into of t'atit.anutt
nigh colinty. e1..r0 all penning %rho know thotn.
00,0. n. indohte.l to ',oil etti.to aro nal to tunko
roaliont within atx week, frotu the gni° loneof. nod thane
114 v t theta Inly nialtenticnttal for
Ranonnt within the ahoy.. •pectlle.l time.
to 21 Inv SAMUEL THOMAS, Executor.
IFXECIUTOIt'S
A ‘. icir,u that ' , Urn; 04i...tit:try
vltic el , 111,1 to ut.lonolgti...l lu tht, Doll In of
AMANDA ~.1:11W A I:1 Z, Jncrn., d, lam of the City of
C.itisl. of 1,1,11 th, Prn.> iv Hula ; therefar. ,
tit p,,,a11,. who lit,. 111..111,01V0's ilitiol.l.4l 10 lisid
.lit• 1,1111,1• 4i lo make meat it' mix Sreekli
rrotli date livaotr, itutl .ch Who 11.1 VIS 111111 y logul
w‘ll t itullouticated,
for n• ttletneLt wsthill the Lull .v.• 11.41 tilt.,
El/ WARD Execntor.
.11.1.rsrowx, 331111:11y Jolt 2341 w
58U
/11•
MEI
,t 11)311N1S'I'lt,t11'111tS` NOTICE.
LI.. Nonce givi'll th i n letter- or. odmiullitrotinp
has, loven mrnnteti to tio• molerslunt..l In iho to of U r
%I . dlhion d, eva.,ll. late of Whitehull,
l... 11111) ; ihr,ore. p0r.0.4 knowing thoinbel•
aro roquextod to up.. nto In
ohm +lx sveekeriont •• pa
Pieht
toy I.tal claim, gaunt the 00.,6, hohsve
WO; 111i0/ICRIOI fOr • p,oont
them
tvd time. tildo nhuvo
A !SHED KOHLER,
J 011.4 LAII lIACII, Jit
Ad niluistratutor:
IME
IMO
ANoTEcE.
. the Orpho tour! of Lchigh r u r u dg
to Ili° m .it, .4 I o uccorut ut SA511'1:1. J. Is isTr.EN.
Exec.. of Joltn ,a, r, lot" of Iletio:lwrd tow.hir.
1.4.1.11
And 0.. w. Jaml' y 13.11, IS7I. ti,, n PP." , E. J.
Esq.. Auditor. lo WC/11111111, 10•01110 a:1,110,10W .141
ace.tut mud soak.
MET=
The Auditor nbnve nntn-t1 trill elle, 11 to the ,!ntlev or
ommlittrnee, Tituit•ziAy, tho six I'EIVN ditv Or
FKIIII.VA It teeo. nt lt "'deco. A. 31.. nt
who. whet, all paw,: attr..d.
fob 1.3 w E. J. t()It.E. Auditor.
x rArirroir's NitYr occ.—NoTicE
11EltY111" 11IVEN tint lotero 1,1/.1101111"T lintrlng
0. 0 mOl,-10.0110 do, .0.t.t.0 to FERDI
NAND lIALTrat. doco,ool, Imo or 11,0 City of Alloutowt,
I.olokh cmity; 11.00(.r0 111`r.n. know thrto-
Nolvea to Inn Inotloo.l to the 0.1410 nr,
mnke on> 1110111 withill Mix ,rink front thedololo,oo, nod
[1,0.0 having 0101. i will 1,0.00 t tloort dilly authenticated
for 110,000 within the pv0.111..11.110.
101, 1 liar . ROSIN A DAUER. Executrix.
A ItNllllVisTit.treaus NoTIcE.
NoT;c1; Is HIV (I'VE:it !hut lettoru of admin.
tetrutton lit,. be Ai chanted to the itieier.lened to the cil
iate of niil.lll Roth.l.lo of Ito City of Allentown. I.e.
high conntr,leetioetol ; theroforo uII per.oos k bowing
heinioilve. to hp Indebted to the emlil e.tnto 111, requested
to in t" , payment withle 515 %reeks front the ditto hereof.
tho.e vlitg elation swill preiiiiiit them iluty nolltenti
nctted for uuttlentent within the shove upeelitlint 111110
DAVID 7.17111:11. to , oonititrittor t
or to OAAll'El. A. BUTZ. Attorney
MIS
1r7".,- . ,-• DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS AND CA
kr,:f TAIL 111 treate,l with the ntioust sclerosis, by J.
ISAACS, II• ii..and lirofessor of 111..issem of the Eye and
Ear. (I.lffl !IP/ ri11111)ill lA, N. afoot Collo go of I'•on.
*jib nu in. 13,,ir., t xperir race.l formerly of Leyden. no
law . I No. sod Arc), sttect, Phila. Testimonials coo bo
•re at his A1t0,,.. Tho D 1.11.110001) aro Invited to no.
co puny their patients, as be bas nu secrets 111 his prat ,
i
tiro. Artificial eyes Inserted without pain. No ebstigo
for eitnntination. fnar23-ly
. . ..
W. II VDSCIN,
North Gth etreet, ttbovo Turner