id a hor Sa
§f PUGGIRS!
BRAY, Centra Hall, Pa. |
all Kinds of Buggies,
inform the citizens of
| r, that he iw. “a sand
"NEW BUG LT r Ny
with had without amd which wi »
sold at red a also a one.
re no Twohomé Wagons
Bpri ns, &c., ‘made to order, and.
‘to give SNtiafuhiiuatin avery re-
spect. All kind of repairing done on short
notice, Call and see We stock of Buggids'
re purchasing elsewhere. aplo eset
cre nSevenee on the Add vance.
C.
whe is permanently located in Anronshurg.
inthe afice formerly occupied by Dr. Nef 4
ad whe has been practicing with entire
ecoss—having the experience of a number
years in the profession, he would cordi-
ally inzite all who have as yet ‘mot given
a esll, to do so, and test the truth fulness:
’ this assertion. 2 Teeth extracted
pain.
may 2X 68f
BROCERRWOFF,
—1 TID SHUGERT
GOUNTY BAX
QOashier.
ee KING QO.
(Late Milliken, Hoover & Co)
RECEIVE "DEPOSITS,
HT « sDiscount Notes,
Buy and Sell
tidies, Gold and neue
_ Coupona™®
A
Governmont Seti
aplOo'élef =
Bs FORTNEY, Attorney. at Lav.
y - Bellefonte; Pa. Office, over Roy-
ales hi 2% . 338 y
14 GOtf
ANUS, Attorney
—
at baw,
v attends to all bu-:
a ulB ASE |
iysician and Sur-
"Pu. offers hiv
peitizens of Pot-
aownships, Dr. Neff hus
f 23 vears in the active
and surgery. aplu'es
g bod AMES A BEAVER,
28 A Pin
' an'se oo wpOSL
ey st. Law, Bellefonte. dec 60tf
LLER'S HOTEL, Woodward, Pa.
¥1 Stages arrive und depart daily.
This favorite hotel is now in a on e=pert
one of the most pledsant country is in
ce) nav] vaniw. - Thetraveling com-
unity will adwiys fiidithe best aceommo-
on. times be accaont-
pasture for
ber of or horses. ;
os 3 oR FAT GEO! MILLER.
g { ITE] : a
a few doors above 3rd, Philadelphia.
of ocality makes it desirable for
‘visiting the city on business or pleasure
Pian Sah seen gp "BECK, Proprietor.
ap’88 (formerly of the Stutes nion hotel)
WAL Hl. BEAL ; HX STITZER,
+... tAstorneys at Law, Bellefonte,
Offic 3, onthe Diamond, next door te Gar-
man’s hotel. /Censaltations in German or
Eagl sh. . Fy (febIW GIT
CALES, at wholesale and retnil, cheap,
GJ hy . IRWIN & WILSON.
% PS large stogk. all styles, “sizes and
RS chand boys just arrived
well known old Stand.
R, of ‘all descriptions, french
-spanith sole: Teather, moroc-
ep skins] linings. ‘Everything
i to give satis-
ith & THOMAS.
WA
faction, at BURNSIDE AS.
N EC JERY, including
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CE
MINGS, a large assort-
IRWIN & WI1LSONS
1
1
F
“SYRUP, the finest ever
esived, cheap at Wolf's:
at
“CU Trwing WILSoN®
S01 Sia Lm———
Ladies Furs, horse
Rohes at
THOMAS
Bugs for sale
old Stand at
gies Gals mr
a liberal discount will be showed: a utet-
et © d on uns accounts after
pth oe amt |
B. CHANDLER, M.D; |
HOM@EPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND $UR-
Sofefonts, Penn’: Office 2nd Floor
var s Store. Residence at the
ve, Lock Haven, Pa. Hon. L.
fi Pron tin, ts, Bellefonte, Pa.,
ia
a
hd
i Durnsid
THE BELLE
—
ie rs | 3 . B., :
shall College, eames
gp Dr. Nevin, President
r of ten weeks $5 to $8.
shed rooms can be'had
sik
a
Editor.
THE DEXTER CLOTHES WASHER
THE BEST ‘WASHING MA-
hay
CO ) od
INA No HE MARKE
slo Ady Nd ; : ES» We .
Having purchased the exclusive vight'
hine
manufacture and sell this superior mac
within the goin igofc: re, Fluangdn.
Cleartiéld, Uni nw und Clinton the proprie-
tors would call the attention of the public
and
ESPECIALLY HE LADIES.
0 its many. advantages, :
It bow Le dvr beltér rnkin b the
clothes & Bleached white, and if “at Feast
anc-fourth the time than can be done by
and : because steam and the rapid motion
of hot water through the clothes, with the
slight rubbing, arformsthe cleansing pro-
cess. which could not be ddan by ever so
much rubbing by hand on the common
washboard: 4 ;
It does not injure the eloth ; it saves it.
A child from 12 to 14 years can work it;
and operating it, is x healthful exercise for
the bo ly. Itis beyond a doubt, the most
complete labor saving: machine for the
household ever invented—simple and dw
rable, effective, cheap, and therefore ac-
gessible to avery fully a
And also SHERMANS PATENT
CLOTHES WRINGER, the bets in use.
These machines are manutactured at the
Bellefonte Planing Mill. and all’ inquiries
should be addressed to
IL, F. BARTLEY & Co.
Nov. 176m @ £ 22 "1 § Puoprictors
Rov. 1ximg £01 FE FP2
Philadelphia Store,
oft"t block, Bishop Street, at
Bellefonte, where $
In Brockerh
KBE LER & MUSSER,
ew = 3 8.4 ii & ds a
La ust of Cha Mah, cheapest, Tar 4
as well asthe best assorted stoek of Geod,
in Bellefonte, ns.
HERE LADIES,
Is the place to buy your Silks, Mohairs
Moz igi 4 Reps, Alpacas Daliiins,
Lans, Brilliants, Muslin, “Calicoes, Trek
ings, Flaneis, Opera Flanels, Ladies Coat
ing, Gents’ Cloths Ladic: Sagques, White
kay. linen Table Cloths, Counterpanes
Cob Comores Ww hite and Calore¢
Tarlton; Napkins, Insertings and Edgings,
White Lace Curtins, Zephyr & Zephyr Pat.
terns, Tidy Cotton, Shawls, Work Baskets
SUNDOWNS,
Notions of exery kind, White Goods of
avery description, Perfumery, Ribbons—_
Velvet, Tuffota and, Bonnet, Cords anc
Braid. Veils, Buttons, Trimmings, Ladies
and Misses Skirts, ‘
HOOP SKIRTS,
i
e d Hosiery, Fans, Beads, Sewing
LADIES AND MISSES SHOES
andin fact every thing that canbe thought
of desired or used in the
FANCY GOODS OR NOTION LINE
FOR GENTLEMEN,
they have black and blue eloths,, black ana
fancy enssimeres, sattinetts, tweeds, mel
ors, silk, satin and common vestings, in
short, every thing imaginable in the line ot
gentlemens wear.
Riddghinde Clothing of. Every: Dis:
scription, for Men and Boys.
Boots and Shoos, in endless variely
Huts and Caps, CARPETS, Oilcloth,
Rugs, Brown Muslins, Bleached Mus-
lins, Drillings, Sheetings, Tablecloths.
&c., eheaper than clsewhere: i
Their stock of QUEENS WARE & GRO
CERIES eannot be exceiled in quality or
TICE.
Call in"nt the Philad Aphi Store and con-
vinge yoursélves that KELLER & MUS-
siness on the principle of “Quick Sales and
Small Profits.” api, 69
GEALN AND PRODUCE ARE TAKEN
NEW FIRM: a
| Centre Hall. |
ALLEN EW,
New Store. qu
New Goods.
The undersigned 1 espectfully informs the
citizens of Uentre Hall and Potter town-
atthe well knowa stand fdrinerly oeeupi
by ©. F. Merlachier, whiré. he is nol
offerin :
aS Em
His stock is entirely new, and the publie
are respectfully invited to cll and exaxme
ine for themselves ; Goods will be offered
ab the lowest possible prices, and by a gen-
eral system of fair dealing they hope to
weerit a fur share of public patronage.
“NJ TROUBLE TO SHOW GOUDS,
22% Only Give us a Fair Trial. Lond
We hayes full and complete assortment
of the latest Styles.
Dry Get
Groceries,
Gentlemen and Ladies furnishing Goods
Tiadigs Cloaks and Cireulars; in Silk an
Cloth, all Rind OF Grotesies, the finest
syrups, the best Coffee, Tobacco, Paints
a s, Fish, «It, Stationery, ny
everything else that is to befound in a
st country store. { dng
The highest market price paid-in
EE gore Goods for
... COUNTRY PRODUCE.
“Don't forget ‘the New Store, at Centre
goods are now offered ata bar-
id 8.
gee us J.B. SOLE
i Autre farm
ip, one mile west of
Powishurg & Bolle-
‘he same
‘Containing 102 Acres,
Sevenacres,of good white oak timber land,
fh irrn “BRICK ‘HOUSE, BANK
all BARN, all necessary outbuildings, a
“LARGE ORCHARDOF GRAFT BD
FRUIT: i
~ This is one of the best farms in the val-
ley, smooth land and in & high state of cul-
tivation. A well of excellent water, also'a
atge cistern at thé door.” Fer further par-
¥
i Lith Pean to
Millheim, close hah
Penn Hall.
JACOB KEEN,
juldtf near Millheim,
TERMS, «Tux Cenerr Hare Revers
TER is published weekly at $1,650 per year
in advance] and $2007 WHEN nor
advance, Reporter, 1 month 15 cents,
Advertisements are inserted at $1,060 per
square (10 lines) for 8 weeks, Advertise-
ments for a your, half year, or three month
at a less rate,
All Job-work, Cash, and neatly and éx-
paditiousyexecilited, at reasonable char.
gos,
A SS I
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sasssmm——— n———
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CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
0
Cextre Hany, Pa.
oo v———"
M Ax, 6th 18%.
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“Protection.”
The tariff question is exciting a great
deal. of attention all over the country
The Congressional lobby swarms wit
agents of the various interes king
“proteghi nd There isa ell crab
for the crumbs hich arate be distrib-
uted as per the next. tariff schedule.
Meanwhile the farmer population, and
the mechanic and day lahorar, the clas-
ses which must bear the brunt of tariff
taxation; are not wholly -unmindful of
the struggle in Congress between their
own representatives and thase of the
monopolists. JudgesMavshall, of THi-
nois, made a speech ip Cofigress, ‘a short
time sifice, on the subjéct of the tariff
in whichhe side: wiuentl
“PhefFrer’ starting «08 hisvieoik
has a shoe put'on His horse with nails
taxed 97 per cent., driven hy a ham.
mer taxed 54 per cent.; cuts a stick
with ‘a knife taxed: 50 per ‘cent ;
hitches his horse to’ a plough tax:
ed 50 per. eent.; with chains taxed 67
percent. He returns to his home at
night and lays his’ wearied' lintbs on a
sheet taxed 08 par cent, and covers
himself with a ianket that ‘has paid
250 per cent.~—He rises in: the morys
ing, puts on his humble flannel shirt
taxed SOupen conmtaxed 50
per cent., his shoes taxed 35 per cent.
and hat taxed 70 per cent., opens fitm-
ily worship by a chapter from his Bi-
hle taxed 25. per ceut, and. kneels to
his God on'an-humbleecarpet taxed 150
per cent. “He sits down to eat his
humble meat from a plate taxed 40
er cut, Iv DR and® ford 357 per
cantl; drinks” his ¢dp of ‘coffed taxed
47 per cent.; seasons his food with salt
taxed 100 per cent.; pepper 267 per
cent., ‘or; spice 379 per cent, He
looks around upea his wife and chil-
dren, all taxed in the same way ; takes
a chew of tobacco taxed 100 per cent.,
or lights a cigar taxed 120 per cent,,
and then thanks his stars that he lives
in the freest and best goverment under
heaven. If on the 4th of July he
wants to have the &tar spaggled ban-
ner on real bunting. he must pay the
American Bunting ompany of Mass.
achusetts 100 per eent. for this glori-
ous privilege. "No wonder, sir, that
the farmer is struggling with poverty,
and conscious of a wrong somewhere,
although he knows not whence the
blow eomes. that is chaining him to life
of endless toil and reducing his wife
and children to beggary.”
srt A fn Me
The White House in 1500 ys. 1870.
We noticed, the other day, a Jenk-
inson account of the he of the
White House undér the royal dynas-
ty of Grant, That house was first oc:
cupied as an executive mansion by
President John Adams, 1800. Mr.
Adams, in a letter to a friend in New
England, mentioned the fact that. al-
though there was nothing but woeds
from Washington to Baltimore, yet it
could not be obtained for hse because
there was no wgaed-choppers. uhe
jo
“We are how indebted toa Pennysl-
vania wagsoner to bring us, through
the First Clerk in the Treasury Office,
a cord aud a half of wood, which is all
we have for this house, where twelve
fires are dohetably fdquifad,’ and we
are told that the roads will bé soon so
bad that it cannot be drawn. Brisloe
procured two hundred bushels of coal
or we must have sufféfed. © The public
officers have sent to Philadeiphia for
wood cutters and wagons. The vessel
which has mv clothes and other mat-
ters has not arrived. The ladies are
impatient for a drawing-room. I have
no looking glasses but dwarfs in this
house. Not a twentieth part of lamps
enough to light it. My tea China is
more than missing. We have not the
least fence, yard or other convenience
without, and the great, unfinished au-
dience room I make a drying room of
to dry the clothes in. Six chambers
are made comfortable. Two are occu-
pied by thePresident and Mr. Shaw ;
two lower rooms are for a common
parlor, and one for a levee room. U.
stairs there is’ the odd room, which is
designed for the drawing-room, and has
the crimson furniture to it”
Such was, the. humble grigin of the
American palace at the seat of govern-
ment, ,~ Housekeeping . was certainly
commenced there under difficulties.
Even-as late as Monroe's time the East
Room was unfinished, and was the
lay room of the President’s daughters.
The streets were so bad that wagons
wete constantly stalled in front of the
house. Om receptions the house was
lighted by wax lights, which eost the
prodigious sum. of $100, The silver
plate used was Mr. Monroe’s private
property. It was afterward purchas
ed by the government, and was kept
there for years after. Public ostenta
a
rule in this eountry. Washington had
been fixed as the seat of government
in 1790, and yet ten years afterithe
White House was in condition that
Mrs. Adams described it.— Cincinnaty
Enquirer.
oo
AAD IA SNM
Crossing the Gilded Threshold of a
New York Hell,
———————
Fashionable . Ruin in ats most Gor-
geous : Garb—The. Pandemonium
of Poker~The Maelstrom of
Many New Yorkers' For
tunes— The Coit
liest Gaming
Houses.
-~
Some years ago a gentleman of
wealth, residing in Albany, hecame in.
volved in domestic difficulties which
culminated in a separation, Broken
hearted, wretched and reckless, Gen,
Ransom came to New York, purchas.
ed an elegant brown stone mansion
adjoining an Episcopal church in one
of the fashionable streets up town, and
opened a first class gambling establish.
ment, ‘The elegance and liberality of
the house led many to predict that its
grandeur cou’d be but temporary—
that no faro bank could sustain any
such palace. All predictions proved
false, and to day Gen. Ransom’s gam-
bling house, not a thousand miles from
Chamberlain's establishment in Twen*
tuos_and most extensively patronized’
of any Tn the United States.
THE BEWILDERING DISPLAY;
The house is 50x150, four stories
high, brown stone front, high stoop;
and furvichéd throughout luxuriously.
At ‘the ringing of the bell the immense
plate glass doors are opened, and a
young colored boy appears and ushers
yout ‘into thie drawing room. = A stran-
gér is'nt once struck with the magwifi-
cenee of the “apartment. The muin
parlor is a long room, artistieall y fires:
coed and elaborately furnished, and
carpeted with a velvet medalion. Be-
tween the front windows is a long
French mirror stfetehing from ceiling
to floongandonits ides bang heavy
blue satin. curtains. over white lace.
Mirrors are hung over the two mantle:
sieces, which are of solid black walnut
ung ‘with blae and gold, and a mirror
isinkaidin the back of every door in
the entire house.
TUE BANQUET.
In the centre of the room is a long
black walnut table, where every night
ateleven o'clock supper is served--
suppers that cannot be bought—sup-
vers that woul | delight the palate of
ipicurus. The stewart of the estab
lishment does not hesitate to boast that
no other man in the United States can
serve the suppers he does, and cerwnin-
ly he should be permitted to indulge
in a little evotism. Everybody is wel-
come, is pressed, to sit down and eat
us much ws he will, free of all expense
whether inclined to gamble or not.
There is no obligation—the courteous
and handsome proprietor seeming
pleased that you enjoy the repast. Two
colored servants noiselessly move about
with silver trays, and it is a rule of
the house that they néver accept a fee,
compensation for their services. Two
great sideboards, loaded with fruits and
wine, stand in the room close to the
wall... Any one is free to call for liquors
and cigars and to offer money in pay-
ment is an insult,
THE GLITTER OF THE BANQUET HALL.
The walls of this banquet hall are
frescoed in blue and gold ; all the fur-
niture corresponds’; the chandeliers are
of gold, mounting a dozen globes each,
flooding the room with gas’ light; and
thé oil paintings of the wall are val-
aable. In the parlor there is no evi-
dence of ganmbling—no tables, fixtures
nor apparatus of any description. The
men sit around in easy chairs, read,
smoke and talk. No singing, whistling
or disorderly conduct is allowed, and
at all times the profoundest quiet pre-
vails, Adjoining the parlor is the
FARO BANK.
You enter beneath a beautifully
fréscoed arch into a large circular room
with an umbrella ceiling, surmounted
by a cupola. The ‘walls and ceiling
are painted, in dark green and gold,
the carpet is of green velvet with gold
figures, and the furniture is of black
walnut and green. reps, and a gorgeous
chandelier is . suspended with gold
chains from above, A cosy soft, coal
fire throws a glare of scarlet light up
on the rich carpet, and .the mantle is
ornamented by a large mirror and a
handsome bronze: clock. Af the
head of the room is a Jong table, around
which are alway seated a number. of
men engaged in the game of favo.
THE DEALER.
A fine looking man, known south as
“Major,” sits behind the “green cloth,”
frequently from eight in the evening
until five the next morning. The cards
are al) of the ‘best material, and in the
faro dealing they are enclosed ina case
of solid silver, pushed out one by one
by the dealer.
the room stands the roulette table, ele-
gantly mounted in silver. Opposite is
the whist, poker and. euchre table,
around which throngs continually
gather to play ox te.watch the progress
of the various games, The “chips,”
“counters,” etc., are all the best that
moncy can buy, and new packs of
cards are called into requisition night-
y,
FHE-PLAYING.
is, in gamblers” terms, “on the square,”
the proprietor priding himself up-
oni his honorable and. conscientious
dealings at all times. Large suras of
Bt Bs 5 GE
J SRE
$500,000 is the reputed “strength” of
the bank. The habifues of the elegant
establishment are men of all classes,
Pant merchants, lawyers, artists,
gener and young men about town
are frequenters of this palace of the
gamesters.. Even the reverend clergy
have been known to gamble here, and
a once prominent general of the Union
army is a constant visitor and deter-
mined gambler, Many of the stylish
ly dressed men who congregate in front
of the Hoffman House during the af
ternoon, or at Ford's famous bar, un-
der the St. James, are the “friends” of
the house.
DURING THE DAY
it is verv quiet in and outside the
place. The shades are all pulled
down, no one gees in or out, and one
at first regards the place as the private
residence of some retired merchant.
Gen. Ransom is very popular, dresses
in good taste, wears no diamonds or
jewelry, and is on good terins with his
brother professsonals and associates. —
N.Y. Bun.
Sel Lu
WHITTEMORE ON THESTUMP.
How Ho Géts Worried ny a Chest:
nit Bur—“A High OI Time.”
A letter from Camden, South Caro,
lina, gives the following account of one
of the carpet bag cadetship peddler
Whittemore's meetings at that place :
After the "erowd + had sufficiently
gathered within the:walls of the snered
edifice ‘Mr. Whittemore mounted the
stand amid some cheering and said :
“Fellow Citizens :—A duty I owe to
myself, and a duty 1 owe to you all
has brought me bere to speak to you
to-night. A report has’ been: circula:
ted upand down this country that I
have ‘sold out’ the rights of the peo
le”
“And can you deny it?” said Chest
nut, from out of the erowd.
Whittemore—*“f ean.”
Chestnut-*=“Bat you did sell-out the
rights of the people.”
Here a negro, endeavoring to-stop
| Chestnut: from further’ speech; was
| seized upon by another negro, ‘which
| lemonstration was soon followed: by
dozens on both sides scrambling and
fighting in a general row, es the
greatest excitement followed. The
| quiet and serene crowd of a few mo-
ments before was converted into a sur:
ging, excited mass of black humanity,
swaying backward and forward, crush-
ing everything before it as the crashing
and smashing of benches indicated.
Men were completely lifted up ‘and
| pitched out of the windows, while
| he erowd ' jwhich = rushed "for the
doors went tumbling head over heéls
down the high stairwwy leading to the
entrance.
The mass insidéheing considerably
thinned out by the exit at the dours
and windows, began to quiet down; and
order being restored, Mr. Whittemore
again commenced with nearly a repe:
tition of his first words: and ntimated
that if Chestnut would favor himowith
silence he ( Whitemore) would try to
prove his innocence of the chargesmade
against him; but this only incited
Chestnut to another interruption, and
the former scene wus re:enacted ‘with
renewed vigor on the part of Chestnut
and his partisans, and the roar of
many voices soon hindered the speak-
er from being heard. His voice grad-
ually died away as louder and louder
the tumult arose. Above the din of
confusion, however, could be heard the
curses of the men, and one fellow, ina
loud tone of voice, cried out “Shoot,”
which was rather an unfavorable an
nouncement for thie women, and a gen-
eral anxiety to get away ensued. The
women, who had not yet made their
exit, were screaming, impatient to get
out of the building. The poor darkeys
seemed troubled about the matter, and
one old fellow indignantly remarked,
“Pat it was not right to hab such din
in de church; it hab deluged the ie
tuary.” This order of things closed
the proceedings, and Mr. Whittemore
gave up in dispair.
ae =r
A NEW BIT OF HISTORY.
Mr. Judkins, the librarian of the
Massachusetts Historieal Society, in
overhauling a chest of “old papers de-
posited ity che archivesiof that body by
the late Robert Greenleaf, of Maldén,
has recéntly made a ‘curious discovery
which has especial interest for the peo:
ple of Pennsylvania, Among these
papers was one of aucient date which
bore this endorsement: “Ye scheme to
bagge Penne.” This curious title at-
tracted the attention of Mr. Judkins,
and he examined the contents of the
document with more than common in-
terest. It is in the familiar and quaint
hand writing of the Reverend Cotton
Mather, and is addressed to “Ye aged
and beloved Mr, Jon Higgioson.” It
bears date, “September ye 15th, 1682,’
and reads thus, the odd spelling of the
original being followed to the let
ter: ,
“There bee now at sea a shippe (for
our friend Mr. Esaias‘Holeroft of Lon-
don did advise me by the last packet
that it wolde sail some timein August
called ye Welcome, R. ‘Greenaway,
master, which has aboard an hundred
or more of ye heretics and malignants
called Quakers with W Penne wlio is
ye Chief Scamp at ye hedde of them.
Ye General Court has accordimggely
iven secret orders to Master Malachi"
{uxett of ye brig Porposse to waylaye
ye said Welcome slylie as near Je
coast of Codde as may be and make
captive ye said Penne and his ungodlie
crewe so that ye Lord may be glorified
and not mocked on ye soit*of this new
countrie with ye heathen worshippe
made by selling yo whole lotte to Bar-
badoes where slaves fetch goode prices
in rumme and sugar and we shall not
only do ye Lord great service hy pun-
ishing ye wicked but we +hall make
great gayne for his ministers and peo-
le. Master Huxett feels hopefull and
will set down ye newes Fe brings
when his shippe comes buck,
Yours in ye howells of Christ
Corton MATHER.
Master Huxett missed his reckoning,
and Peun mailed secure within the
Capes of the De'awarve, Dut it is eu-
rious to reflect on the narrow chance
by which the founder of this Common
wealth afd the fate of many of his
religious brethern who were cast
ashore on the relentless const of Mass
achusetts. It is strange to fancy the
wise lawgiver, endeared to the hearts
of a great people und their posterity
by his wisdom, sagaeity and heneve-
lence, hoeing sugar in Barbudoes und
the lash of a ho overseer, or
crushing cane inte rum. to thaw the
granite gizzards which Mather and his
theological brethern carried about in-
4 ll
i A—— OR
e11y somebody fron the futal apart:
mea: a en 2
er
A
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED, |
Fifity eight persons were killed gad
one tre Sooutau were ditled und
The scene. which ved. is Giller
+ beyo d description. . Between the
two bodies 0 the floor and ¢ was
the mass of people, the force b
er of the latter, with the gallery 5
upon them, forever. =
cries for help. - I¢ was a scene of hor
ror never tov he oy by those who '
witnessed it. owiehe he :
about, and who ventured to fn
into the vacant space of .
room, nothing was visible
of thick dust, through which
tic cries of the victinrs yet alive
he heard vainly appesling - for
The crash was felt in every
the building, even to the
of which the officers ran in
, and soon the al
he was pealed through
Hs of the surrounding chu
sound had” the effees of
»
‘
Cotton must have mourned for the
marketable Quakers and the refreshing.
“ Toy a : .i
rumme” which éame not, It is de-
lightful fo think how he never got a bit
of the “spoyle” which his doh
soul held in_delicious anticipation—
how brother Higginson watched fondly
for his _hogshead, and dreamed of
swallowing his halfscore of heretics in
pious. punches, They would have
made “a rum cretur” of the Great
Founder, in a literal sense, if they had
got him, but, thawks to the good steer-
ing of “RB Greenaway, master,” they
didn’t get him.—Easton Argus,
TERRIBLE CRASIL,
A Floor in the Capitol Busldiny of
Virginia Gives. Way—A Large
Number of I'ersons Killed and Lijur
I.
Ricamoxn, Va, April 27.—A terri-
ble calamity occured here this morn-
ing. Thefloor of the court of appeals,
in the State capitol, gave way and pre.
cipitated hundreds, gathered therein
10 hear the decision in mayoralty case
of Ellison vs. Calboun, upon the con-
servative cauehs then sitting in the
hallsef the House of Delegates below.
It is impossible to ascertain the extem
of the injuries at this hour.
Aniong tie killed are P. H, Aylett
a distinguished lawer ; Dr. J. B. Brock,
reporter on the Enquirer and Kxamin-
er ; Samuel Eaton, clerk to Mayor Ca- |
hoon ; Captain W. A. Charters, chief
of fire department; N, I; Howard, law-
ver; Ash Levy, a Richmond merchant ;
Charles Watson, of the Danville rail
road ; Hugh Hutchison and N. Webb,
of this city ; Mr. Sehofield, a brother
of General Schofield; FP. H.. Murry,
Jr., Senator Bland {eolored), and Pow-
hatten Roberts. It is supposed that
twenty members of the legislature are
killed and. wounded. The judges of
the court.of appeals all escaped suhurt.
Ex-Governor Wells was badly injur-
ed. Ja M. Chaadler, counsel fur the
Cahoun mayoralty case was injured,
James. Mabon and Judge Meredith
were also badly hart, About two
hundeed persons were hurt by the ac-
cident, The greatest excitement pre-
vails. Hundreds of persons are om
capitol square, weeping and wailing as
the dead aud dying are brought from
the building. Gov. Walker eseaped
unhurt, although on the court floor at
the time.
THE ACCIDENT.
Suddenly, aud while awaiting the
port us ofa smothered gun wnler the
floor was heard, followed imine liately
by another similar report, and every-
body started from their seats amd nb
ed towards the centre of the room, from
whence these ominous sounds seemed to
issue. People there stoodup and look-
ed themselves for an explanation of
this strange and mysterious noise.
But they had not long to wait. There
came a crackling sownd, as of small
timbers breaking, and then the floor
was felt giving ray in the centre of
the room... Simultanevusly, eve: ybo ly
jumped to their. fect, forall ult that,
danger was imminent, aud .self-preser-
vation is the first Jaw of patere:. But:
it. was too late. ‘Dewu went. the floor
with aiterrific crash, with its living,
breathing... and frightened human
freight, dragging with it.the gablery
and its living mass, and down they
wént a- distance of veurly dweuty five
feet: to the floor of the House of Dele
gates. Then, with the. descending
mass; the ceiling above; which Avas
somehow attached to the gallery alse,
cante down-with anvtber fearful crash,
smothering ahd crushing the: divuig
and struggling mass cof Victings bes
neath.
A gentleman who narrowly eseaped
with his life, desevibing the sceme, says:
I was sented ‘at ove: of the tables
with the reporters when the floor cav+
ed in, and the ermshing of ceiling,
floors and timber followed. My chair
thus half fell and §k wems over de
ledge, but happily; grasped ‘the floor
and was for a ie suspended. I in
voluntarily prayed, and heard = eling-
ing companion say, “Lord have mercy
wpom me, [ ‘um gone?” 18 was a ‘ter-
rible moment, whieh I shall never for-
t.
Ihe crashing of the floor, the shrieks
of the mass who went down in their
death slaughter, and the frantic efforts
cf some to escape, with my own slight
chances of life, werc all fearfully pre-
sented in a single instance, When
L
-
*
work of extricating the , the maa-
gled, SR ommied. and dhe dying was.
commence . if ' buggy 10)
TILE CARITOL BUILDING |
Legvenworth, April 20/—The' invistign-
tion into the alfairs of Joli Spear, ex-Col -
lector of Luternwd Revenue for the Districtef,
Kansas, is now going on here. From evi-
dence collected, it appears that he is &' de
fauiter to the awewit of $1000 The
| ntterf iis, Being. aventhed By Supervisor
Marve; aiid being prosecuted By Collector
| Anthony, in whose hands this old claim Rad
‘been placed for collection, while on the
other hand, great efforts are being made by
Spear’s bundsmen here, ind at Washing-
tony, to huv « the proceedings stopped, Th
facts transpired! fron the large numBer. o
revenue tex for 1989, they having beew
reporter? by way of ex plaation: om he Cel
| leetor's hooks as dead). alsccnded! ete: Fa
every ens resvipts from: Spear or His depuv
ty, or otfler evidence sliowing the payment
of tawes lind Been produced. HW Toi
The New Forth swindlers Huse adopted
o ew diode tor cheat the sastepeeting den
zene ot tho ravat distrinte: They ave food’
joy thy country with elrculars sddressed:
to those who' were soldiers in' the U 3
ary. Fhe document announces at
Asehwried soldiers are'entitled to 160 acres
of Tam, assigned'to thvmfor services during
the war, sud thut to obtain this bounty.
frony the Government it is only necessas
to forward ger the’ undl r sighed" a power
of storey, accompanied By «fee of $30
for professional services, Wé understand
that several persons in; this section bave
been duped by the ao saglid! shnrpery,. ov
we deefit necessiry to: ventilate sud de.
nounce the chest.” Soldiers should not pay
| the slightest attention to such swindling
propositions, nor submit their claims
the Government to any but well known
‘and reliable legal gentlemen... :
Tho Clinton; TL, Public of the 14th inst,
ers: “Last week, Tuesday evening, Me.
Joowes Berry of Sunbury, went inte: His
stale with a lighted pipe, which gotihnvek-
ed gut of his mouth by onwof the Romer.
Sooreafter, he dacovered thestabletobe on
fire, and rar tor get bis horses out. Afler
getting ome out, and frying for get another
untied, Be wav trampled unelor fook by the:
excited sninmnl and held there until he was
so Badly burned that He: died during the:
night, They boreps were consutued in the
?
fire."
day wh work, By civ
sigly emseonsed' in Her clignon: Tf mus
have gone to roost tliere the night betore
wid hud kept iquist, through: Hight of some”
other cause; but when it dd'beginto kick”
the ARanerous eo ypanions of the fon 16
clerk were made pware of the fact by her
screams. The addonda to the young lady's’
caput was instantly removed; mouse
$8 sigpihe:
9
Phifolphin, April 27.—Two men ham
ed Hugh Murthough and James Welch
were shot di by. off May lastnight
Hie yi BT con
ard thé otlter uttempted to rescue the p
oner. Bhi lets } Seid i 1,
Toldh, April 27. — Andrew J, Bander,
clerk in the Cleveland &: Pittsburg Railroad
office, at Cleveland, shot and killed his wife
in this city this aftesnoon,. . Infidelity on
the park of his wife & allege as the cause.
Bumsler surrendered himself. =
burned this morning: Onemam, who' was |
imprisoned:in-the station house in the same’
building’ was burned! tora crisp. The fire |
;8 supposed to bethe work of an incendiary.
Very Partieul y are Beng tapes,
particular down in: Chilwushua, Megiee,
where's gentleman wim fatofy refiwed ad
mission to's bul
pantaloons..