ss penis iim ota ops ——
Fredricle Kurtz,
YUGGIES! BUGGIES! |
J. D. MURRAY, Centre Hall, Pa,
Manufacturer of all kinds of Buggies,
would respecifully inform the citizens of
Centre county, that he ha. “n hand
NEW BUGGIES,
with and without top, and which will be
sold at reduced prices for cash, also a rea-
sonable credit given. Two horse Wagons, |
Springwagons,” &c., made to order, and |
warranted to gi ¥ satisfaction in every re-
spect. All kirds of repairing done on short
notice. Call and see his stock of Buggies
before purchasing elsewhere. aplO ose
Science on the Advance.
C. H. Gutelius,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
who is permanently located in Aaronsburg |
in the office formerly occupied by Dr. Nett,
and who has been practicing with entire
success—having the experience of a number
of years in the profession, he would cordi-
ally invite all who have as yet not given
him a call, to do so, and test the truthfulness |
of this assertion. zeTeoth extracted
without pain. : may22 68tf
HENRY BROCKERHOFF, J D SHGERT.
President, Cashier.
ENTRE COUNTY BANKING CO.
(Late Milliken, Hoover & Co.)
RECEIVE DEPOSITS,
And Allow Interest,
Discount Notes,
Buy and Sell |
Government Securities, Geld and
aplO' 68 Coupons,
F. FORTNEY, Attorney at Law,
Le Bellefonde, Pa. Office over Iley-
nold’s bank. ° may 14'69tf
AN, MM ANUS, Attorney at Law,
® Bellefoute, promptly attends to all bu-
inoss entrusted to him. __jul3,68tt
I> D. NEFF, M. D.. Physician and Sur-
~ « goon, Centre Hall, Pa., offers his |
professional services to the citizens of Pot- |
ter und adjoining townships. Dr. Neff has
the experience of 23 years in the active
practice of medicine and surgery. apl0us
JAMES A. BEAYER,
Yi. N. M ALLISTER,
ANY ISTER ® IF 2AVER|
MCALLISTER & S2AYaR |
ATTORNEVS-AT-LAW,
Bellefonte, Centre Co., Penn’a.
Chas. H. Hale,
Attorney at Law, Bellefonte. dec25'00tt
Nf [LLER'S HOTEL, Woidward, ‘Pu. |
ak Stages arrive and depart daily.
Tis favorite hotel is now In every respect |
one of the most pleasant country hotels in |
central Pennsylvania. The traveling com- |
munity will always tind the best accommo- |
dation. Drovers can at all times be aceom- |
modated with stables and pasture tor any |
number of cattle or horses, i
julvd stl GEO. MILLER.
) ECK’S HOTEL, 312 & 314 Race streets |
J) a few doors above 3rd, Philadelphia.
Its central locality makes it desivable fi
all visiting the city on business or pleasure |
A. BECK, Proprietor.
(formerly of the States Union |
Te H XY STITZER,
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ap 3 ote)
WM. H. BLAIR,
3LAIR & STITZER,
Autorneys at Law, Bellefonte,
Odic », on the Diamond, next door to Gar-
man’s hotel. Censultations in German or
Engl sh. ! feb 14 60tf
CALES, at wholesale and retnil, cheap,
ly IRWIN & WILSON.
» 00TS, large stock, all styles, sizes and
Prices. for men and boys, iust arrived
at Wolf well known old Stand.
EATHER, of all descriptions, freoch
en f skin, spanish sole leather, moroc-
cok, sheep skins, linings. Everything
in the leather line warranted to give satis-
faction, at BURNSIDE & THOMAS.
INE TABLE CUTLERY, including
IK plated forks, “Role. Ke, at
apl0, 68 IRWIN & V ILSON.
BET ETE hermom
iN
3S and Thermometers, at
IRWIN & WILSONS.
NOFFIN TRIMMINGS, a large assort-
& ment at IR WIN & WILS( INS
AND BELLS and Door Bells, all si-
zes and kinds gf ;
aplQ’ IRwix & WiLsoxs
rEYoO Ys of all Kinds, at be
BURNSIDE. THOMAS
“SYRUP, the finest ever made, just re-
ceived, cheap at Wolf's old stand—try it.
Large Stock of Ladies Furs, horse
A Blankets, and Buffalo Rohes at
% BURNSIDE & THOMAS
UGGY—new trotting Buggy for sale
at a bargaiu, at Wolf's old Stand at
Centrehall.
J. B. Kreider, M. D.
Office at Millheim, Centre county.
Offers his services to all needing medical
attendance. Calls promptly attended to.
Early settlement cordially requested, when
a liberal discount will be allowed. Inter-
est eharged on unsettled accounts after six
months. 21jantt
{. BE. CHANDLER, M. D.,
C HOM@EPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR-
aroy, Bellefonte, Penn’a. Office 2nd Floor
over Harper Bro's Store. Residence at the
Office. = References—Hon. CA. Mayer,
Pres't Judg e, Lock Haven, Pa. Hon. L.
A. Mackey, Pres't 1st National Bank, do.;
Harper Bros, Merchants, Bellefonte, Pa.,
and others. 19nov60tt
OHN F. POTTI at»
at Law.
Collections pron» « and special
attention given to "1 PERT laps or
property for sale. «W qp and Ye
acknowledged Deed:, Ar oazes, ve. =
fice in the diamond, north side Of the
court house, Bellefonte. oct22 69tf
OLOTHING—Overcoats, Pants, Vests,
and Dress Coats, cheap, at Wolf's. :
\R. J. THOMPSON BLACK. Physi-
cian and Surgeon, Potter Mills, Pa.,
offers his professional services Lo the citi-
zens of Potter township. m1206,69,tf
THE BELLEFONTE
Boot & Shoe Store
Next door to Post Office.
We have always on hand.
GENTS CALF AND KIP BOOTS
A larger assortment of Ladies and Chil-
dren's Shoes than any other place in town.
Gum Shoes, every style, make and size.
We ask an examination of our goods,
bef wrchasing elsewhere.
sore purcnasing © GRAHAM & SON.
ORSE COLLARS, if you don’t wha
your horse's shoulders galled and
madesore, get good herse collars at
ts BURNSIDE & THOMAS’.
fPYHE ANVIL STORE is now receiving
a large and well assorted Stock of
Hardware, Stoves, Nails, Horse Shoes, Sad-
dlery, Glass, Paints, Sheet, Bar and Hoop
Iron also Buggy and Wagon Stock of
every description.—Call and supply your-
selves atthe lowest possible rates at
aplo'68. RWIN & WILSON.
A Tremendous Stock of Goods
at Burnside & Thomas.
“Whitman's celebrated confections,
‘Whitman's celebrated chocolate,
Buker's che colate, Smith's chocolate,
China Ginger, English Pickes,
American Pickles, at wi :
BURNSIDE &« THOMAS
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Philadelphia Store,
In Brockerhoff”s block, Bishop Street,
Bellefonte, where
. ; * ul AE J Y 3»
KELLER & MUSSER,
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have just opened the best, cheapest, largest
as well us the best assorted stock of Good,
in Bellefonte,
‘ Y p "wy
HERE LADIES,
Is the placeto buy your Silks, Mohairs
Mozambigues, Reps, : Alpacas, Deluins,
Lans. Brilliants, Muslins, Calicoes, Pick
ines. Flanels, Opera Flanels, Ladies Coat
Linen Table Cloths, Counterpanes
Crib Counterpanes, White and_Colorec
Tarlton, Napkins, Insertings and Edginas
White Lace Curtins, Zephy r & Zephy r Pat
terns, Tidy Cotton, Shawls, Work Baskets
SUNDOWNS,
deseription, Perfumery, Ribbons-
and Bonnet, Cords ane
Reaid. Veils, Buttons, Trimmings, Ladiei
and Misses Skirts,
every
HOOP SKIRTS,
LADIES AND MISSES SHOES
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FANCY GOODS OR NOTION LINE
FOR GENTLEMEN,
oths,. black and
they have black and blue cl
mel-
short. every thing imaginable in the line ot
scription, for Men and Boys.
in endless variety,
lins, Drillings, Sheetings, Tablecloths,
Their stock of QUEENSW ARE & GR
CERIES cannot be exceiled in quality or
price. ;
Call in at the Philadelphia Store and con-
vince vourselves that KELLER & MUB-
SER Buve any thing you want, and do bu-
iness on the principle of “Quick Sales and
Small Profits.” api, uy
GRAIN AND PRODUCE ARE TAKEN
Centre Hall,
CTA B.NOLT.
AL L NEW.
New Store.
New Goods.
"The undersigned 1espectfully informs the
citizens of Centre Hall and Potter town-
ship, that he has opened a new store
where he is now
by C. F. Herlacher,
offering %
A Full and Complete Stock of
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS
cheap as aniychere,
His stock is entirely new, and the publie
are respectfully invited to call and exame
ine for themsel res: Goods will be offered
at the lowest possible prices, and by a gen-
eral system of fair dealing they hope to
merit a fair share of public patronage.
Call and Examine our Stock
NO TROUBLE TOSHOW GOLDS,
z&€- Only Give us a Fair Trial. a2
We have a full and complete assortment
of the latest Styles.
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Queensware,
Gentlemen and Ladies furnishing Goods,
Ladies Cloaks and Circulars, in Silk and
Cloth, all kinds of Groceries, the finest
Syrups, the best Coffee, Tobacco, Paints,
Dyestuffs, Oils, Fish, Salt, Stationery, and
everything else that is to be found in a well
stocked country store.
The highest market price paid in
Store Goods for
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Don't forget the New Store, at Centre
Hall. where goods are now offered at a bar-
gain. Call and see us, i
ap23y J. B. SOLT.
Furniture Rooms!
respecttully informs the citizens of Centre
county, that he hasconstantly on hand, and
makes to order, all kinds of
BEDSTEADS,
BUREAUS,
SINKS,
WASHSTANDS,
CORNER CUPBOARI'S
TABLES, &ec., &c .
HoME MADE CHAIRS ALWAYS ON HA D
His stock of ready-made Furniture is large
and warranted of good workmanship and is
all made under his ownimmediatesupery i-
sion, and is offered at rates as cheap aselse
where. Thankful for past favors; he solic
its a continuance of the same.
Call and see his stock before purchasing
elsewhere. ap24 68,1y.
[SHING TACKLES, rods lines, hook
F flies, sea hair baskets, ete. Rig you
out atch trout at :
to cate] BURNSIDE & THOMAS
APANNED TOILET SETTS, AND
other Japanned ware, at the Anvil Store.
apl0 68. IRWIN & WILSON,
C= NED FRUITS, peaches, tomatoes
pine apples, and peas in great varie
ty, at Bi INSIDE &« THOMAS’
OOKING-GLASS PLATES ofallsizes
for sale by lrwin & WiLsox.
apl0 68.
yUXer PATENT CHURN, the bes
“in use at IRWIN & WILSON 8S.
_Aapl0'6s.
H ORN BLANKETS AND SLEIGH
BELLS, at low prices, at
_apl068. IRWIN & Winson’
OALTS for Buggies and Carriages all
sizes in use; Five Bolts, ditto, at
pli on IRWIN & WiLsoxw
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pray
TER is published weekly at $1,600 per year
inadvance: and $2.00 when not paid in
advance, Reporter, 1 month 15 cents,
Advertisements ave inserted at 81,50 per
square (10 lines) for 8 weeks, Advertise
ments for a your, half year, or three month
at a loss rate,
All Job-work, Cash, and neatly and ex
peditiousiy executed, at reasonable char-
Res,
ain
CENTRE HALL REPORTER.
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CenTrE HALL, PA. SgrreMBiER 2d, 1870.
A Fight With a Rattlesnake.
tacking a Rattlesnake Eight Feet
Long—A Desperate Fight— Death
of the Human Combatant,
[Cloptea Correspondence of the Eufula
News. ]
Last Saturday morning I was the
witness of such a scene as 1 pray God
I may never see again. I beheld a
combat between a young man and a
rattlesnake, in which the former was
bitten, and died in ten minutes there-
after, The particulars of the terrible
affair are as follows:
Graynor asked me to spend the night
| with him and go coon hunting with
him next morning, to which request 1
readily assented. We started out
about three o'clock in the morning,
trail in the swamp of Bear creck. Just
| after sunrise the deep bavings of the
| dogs informed us that the game had
taken a tree. We proceeded to make
our way throngh the bogs and tangled
| dogs, until we came to a small space of
| firm ground, which was covered with
| a low growth of oak bushes. Here we
halted a moment to listen for the
dogs.
We had scarcely paused, when we
were startled by a loud, strange, rat-
tling sound issuing from a low thick
bush within a few feet of us. Though |
I had never heard the peculiar noise
before, I knew instinctively that it was |
a rattlesnake, and I sprang back in
terror, remarking, “Graynor, let's
leave here.” :
“What, S——
afraid 7”
“Yes,” said I, “I am afraid.”
“Well, S——" he coolly remarked,
“I am gcing to kill the snake. It
be a pity to leave such a fine
,. said he, “are you
So. here goes,”
While Graynor was “speaking |
caught a glimpse of the snake, which,
as nearly asl could judge, appeared
to be about eight fegt in length, and
three inches in diameter in its larger
part. He was lying coiled up in per-
fect circles, with his head drawn back
in a terribly graceful curve, his small
eves sparkling, his slender forked
tongue darting swiftly back and forth,
and his brown neck swollen with fatal
wrath, while ever and anon he twirled |
the warning rattles in the air, with a
harsh. blood-curdling sound.
“For God’s sake let's go,”
shuddering at the terrible sight.
“Don’t gets seared,” said G., “just
climb a tree, and he won't bite you.
It ain’t every day that a fellow meets
with such a fine. large snake as this
and it wouldn't do to lose him.”
He picked up a small stick about a
yard long, and, while speaking, was
drawing back the bushes from above
the snake so as to get a sight of him.
He threw his foot around over the
bushes, and then tramped them down
in such a manner that the monster was
fairly exposed to view, but just as he
did so, and before he had time to strike,
the snake made a sudden spring at
him, and I turned away my face in
horror. The next instant Graynor ex-
claimed, “I've got him by George!”
I turned to look, and with his right
hand he was grasping the snake by the
neck in such a manner that, he could
not bite ; while the monster was gnash-
ing his teeth most furiously, and twist-
ing and writhing in huge folds around
Graynor’s arms, All of a sudden, in
some unaccountable manner, the snake
freed his head, and as quick as light
ning plunged his deadly fangs in G.’s
right cheek; when dropping on the
ground, he glided a few paces and
again coiled himself up, keeping his
head erect and ringing his fearful rat. |
tles. G. turned deathly pale, paused
a moment, and then with a little stick
advanced toward the snake. As he
did so the snake made a spring at him,
but G. struck him with the stick and
knocked him back. A second time
the snake sprang at him, and he again
knocked him off’ with the stick; but
before be could strike the third blow
the snake made another spring and in-
flicted another wound in Graynor’s
arm. This time Graynor again man-
aged to seize the monster by the neck,
ar d dropping the stick he drew forth
his knife with one hand and opened it
with his teeth, and then deliberately
cut off the snake's head. Blood spurt-
ed from the trunk, and G., still grasp-
ing the snake, whose huge folds flapped
and writhed around him, turned tow-
ards me staggered and fell. 1 rushed
up to him and asked him :
“What in the name of God can I do
for you ?” :
“Nothing,” said he calmly, “I am
dying. Tell them good ——,” and his
features became frightfully contorted,
his eyes rolled over aa if starting from
| their sockets, and his black, swollen
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piercing groan i n shiver passed over
his frame, and then all was still, T was
Marking the place as well as I could
[ hastened to a house we had passed
on the road, some half a mile distant
from the fatal tragedy. Runners were
sent through the neighborhood, and in
the course of two hours some twenty of
the neighbors had gathered. We pro-
ceeded to the place, which I found no
difficulty in pointing out.
Good heavens! what a sight met my
view. The face and body had turned
to a deep purple, and were swollen to
three times the natural size, presenting
the most horrible appearance I had
ever witnessed, The snake lav where
he had been thrown, and wasstill writh-
ing.
A litter of boughs was hastily cone
structed, and, with heavy hearts, we
took our way to the residence of his
parents. 1 will not attempt to deseribe
the henrtrending scene when they saw
the body. Cartel like theirs cannot be
portray cd.
Sh an
The Story of a Strike.
From the Journal of Commerce.
Persons who have had occasion to
visit the Schyulkill coal region at agy
time from May to August, saw all
about them the injurious affects of the
| nifhers’ strike. Tourists for pleasure,
| except a few hardy ones, shunned the |
region as pestilential. Trade having
| almost stopped, even the adventurous
| commercial traveller gave the dis- |
| turbed district the go by. Storekeep-
| ers did barely enough busines to live
lon. Hotel proprietors were in despair
ut losing the rich patrons who custom- |
i
arily came with every summer to the |
|
i
opulent old Philadelphians, their bux-
| ont wives and blithesome daughters, sul: |
| len miners are seated, aglow with firey |
their hostelries are situated.
The wives of these idles
{o
New York for a living. As the strike
were
from the savings bauks, the peril of
actual starvation set in; and all]
through the richer adjacent country |
these women begged for money and
food to keep the souls and bodies of |
their houscholds together. I the vis- |
itor, tired of contemplating all this
squalor and wretchedness, turnad for |
relief to the local newspapers that he
found lying about his inn, he there
discovered a new cause of dcpression
in grandiloquent appeals of editors—
column after column—to the miners
not to give an inch, but to fight out
their battle to the last man and the
last dollar. The same wmock-heroie
sentiments were enforced in strings of
doggerel from strikers “with the gift.”
The rest of these inflammatory jour-
nals was mainly occupied with high-
flown accounts of the monster recep-
tions according to this or that well-fed
and comfortable president of some la-
bor union who had been up to see the
miners, and conjured them by all that
was sacred to starve 1ather than yield,
And they took these apostles of liber-
ty and equal rights at their word, and
did strave—until early this month,
when they made a clean back-down
from their ultimatum, and were glad
to accept the terms that the mining
operators or owners gave them. The
collapse was complete, as we will
show. The miners struck early in the
year for the following reason: Du-
ring 1869 they had worked upon a
basis of coal at $3 a ton at Port Car-
bon, the recognizied shipping point of
the Schuylkill region. If the price
of coal went above that figure they
were to receive a’ proportionate in-
crease of price, both for day work and
on contract—but if it went below,
there was no corresponding reduction
of wages, &c. This was favorable to
the miners. Towards the close of the
year coal at Port Carbon had declined,
and stood at $2 50 to $3 a ton. The
arrangement for 1869 terminated De.
cember 31st of that year. The miners
wished to continue it—as if coal were
still at 83 a ton. But the operators,
being free to make a new basis, fixed
it at 82 50, which was all that coal
seemed to be worth in 1870. The min-
ers were obstinate and the operators
not 168s so, for the latter had a large
stock and could afford to stop work,
with a view to getting higher prices
for the coal on hand. To the miners
came all the suffering, and the opera-
tors a goodly line of profits out of the
strike. Still the operators would not
have objected to continue mining if a
fair compromise could have been
made; but, under the demagogic di-
rection and advice of trade-unions in
different parts of the country, the
striker declined any practicable ad-
justment of the difficulties, and went
on starving. Finally, early in the
present month, this senseless trouble
ended just as every sagacious observer
said that it would end. The opera-
tors proposed, and the strikers accep-
ted, a sliding scale of wages based on
the actual price of coal at Port Car-
bon, The prices enumerated at which
the increase or decrease of wages shall
take place range all the way from $2
to $4. At present the price is be
tween $2 50 and $3, with a prospect
withdrawn, dollar by dollar, |
' tongue protruded frome« his mouth,
of going to the first named figure.
have been forced to back eut from
their scale of 1869, which they endeav-
ored to foree upon the operators for
1870, by aceeptin@prices. based upon
coal at less than £3, and a natural law
has won the victory, as it ever will in
hs long run against all odds. Work
has generally been resumed in the
Schuylkill region, except among the
¢ ntact laborers, and they will prob-
ably give in to the operators’ terms al-
so. The losses sustained by the strike
a long time to rcenccumulate the small
store of earnings which he has wasted
in this desperate war fare not merely
against the operators but against na-
ture and the common sense 6f man-
kind.
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A NEGRO RISING
Threatened Insurrection of the
Colored People in Tennessee--
Women and Children Flying for
Safety.
The Memphis Avalunche has the
following in its issue of the 16th inst:
There is trouble at the “Point.”
The Point is situated some five or six
and Hatchie rivers. The colored pop-
Some time
air, Seutries were ‘placed at
proper distances beyond the precinets
What transpired at the
meeting was held secret until a Dr.
one of the colored
a confession from
him. The colored man said that
“Uncle Smif was a talking to 'em up-
on warious toothpicks, an’ things in
general,” among which was the start.
ling announcement that the “kulled
pussun’’ would pass away like the In-
the time to make a stand, now the
Their enthfistasm and their ire and
their indignation were at once raised;
even the sentries that perambulated
outside the church became affected
The
news spread abroad among the neigh-
bers that the colored men intended to
stand up for their rights, and that he
Y €8-
The female portion of the
community became imbued that they
stand it. They took the
and rushed into the city quite numer-
ously.
The discourse of the patriotic Smith
occurrred some five or six weeks ago.
~ince then the negroes, making crops
on shares, haye been growing discon
tented and careless daily, abandoning
their crops in some cases. Smith 1s
reported to have advised them to rise
at once or the whites would soon be
too numerous for them. When asked
what about their crops Smith's reply
was that their were nothing
compared to their lives and liberties.
Now was the time to vindicate them-
selves or not at all. A patrol of citi-
zens were organized and word was sent
to Sherif’ Wright, coupled with a re-
quest for aid. Farther details are
awaited with anxiety.
Crops
iy
Hoss axp Rarrrnesyakes.—The
Columbus (Ohie) News says that a
farmer near there, recently in walking
about his place, discovered a nest of
rattle snakes in an old log about
which several large pieces of rock lay
scattered. He had heard that hogs
were death on snakes of all Sorts, and
not caring to attack the nest himself,
he thought he would try the experi-
ment and see a fight. He drove sev-
eral hogs in the vicinity to the nest,
and watched the result. The hogs
soon seemed to scent the snakes, and
commenced rooting eagerly about the
spot. In an instant half a dozen of
the serpents. emerged {rom their hid
ing places to attack the intruders, who
manifested a zealous disposition to go
in. A snake would rear himself to
the hight of the back of a hog, shake
his rattles, and plunge his fings into
the animal with lightning like celer:-
ty, and then dart away, pursued by
the grunter, who dexterously received
the sting upon the fleshy part of the
Time and again this would be
repeated, untii the hog got his fore
foot upon the snake, when he would
deliberately rip the snake in twain,
and then dovour him, . This slaughter
continued until all the snakes were
disposed of, when the hogs granted
contentedly, and without any signs of
being disturbed, waddled off in search
of another provender. The eye wit:
ness to this singular contest, which
was not without its exciting features,
declares himself convinced that a pig
is impervious to the poisonous bite of
any kind of serpent.
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The reports for July from Lienten-
ant Davidson, Indian agent at the
Banrock and Shoshone agency, Idaho,
says that grist mills have been erec-
ted, but the grasshoppers have des
troyed most of the grain crop and veg-
etables, which will lead to much suf-
fering this winter.
op pmo = es ptf ff emer
The Greceian bend is to be superse-
ded by the Boston dip, a sort of limp
with one foot.
Massacre in Japan.
A Inte letter tothe N.Y. Trilune,
from Yokohama, giving some details
of the recent nmssacre in Japan, speaks
| of carlier persecutions, which will en
( able our people to form some opinion
| of the treacherous nature of those we
| are now inviting to our midst, The
correspondent 1 Yas
I should first state that there are
two established religions-Sintoism and
Budhism ; the formera primitive be.
lief recognizing a Supreme Being, and
the latter allied to thé Buhdistic faith
of China. A third creed, called Soo-
too, resembles Confucianism, and is a
purely autheistic creed, The Mikado
has, as is well known, been for ages
considered to be the sacred representa-
tive of the first named, deriving his
descont from the Sun goddess, and re
¢ iving the worship of his subjects. It
was just thie: ‘hundred years ago |
whewthe Datel and™sther nations had !
obtained a satisfactory footing for com. |
mercial and other purposes within the
Ewpire, that certain migsioharies from
the East made theit appearane in Ja
pan, St. Franeis Xavier being their
leader. Fired with Zeal for the con-
version of a people that even in these
days, evinced a civilization and desire
for progress which struck their visitors
with sstonishment, they set eagerly to
work, and withijr # tery short period
had obtained sb mény converts that
they eenstitirted a furmidable class, and
became so bold #nd even imprudent
in their demeanor that Tyco-sama, the
first Shiogoon (or Tycoon, as we erro-
neously say now s.days), determined
on their extirpation. Tycosama was
a man of humble origin, who had'gain-
ed his vast power by his unrivalled
ability and determinution, and he was
not one to pause in the means he had
adopted for gaining his objects. By
his orders secret instructions were for-
warded to the Daimios of every Prov-
ince, commanding them on # given
day to massacre every Christian, for-
eign or native, found within their
jurisdiction. The savage mandate was |
literally obeyed. The visitor to Nag-
asaki will, as he enters the harbor, be
struck by the picturesque appearance
of a small island which rises in mid
channel, its lofty top crested with fine
trees, guns peeping here and there f om
the brushwood which clothes its s des
in all the brilliant tints of Japanese
verdure, and with a percipitons cliff on
one side of some hundreds of feet, go-
ing sheer down to the water's edge.
Barely a mile in circumferance, this
island was one of the seenes of the
Nagasaki massacre. All the Christians
native and foreign, of the neighbor-!
hood, were suddenly seized and con-
veved to this spot, and there, amid na- |
ture’s loveliest scenery, between 30,000 |
| and 40,000 men, women and children, |
| including beautiful girls and infants |
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just able to walk, were driven at the |
pike’s point over the awful precipice,
to be drowned or dashed to pieces on
the rocks beneath, History records
few instances of greater heroism than
the refusal of these martyr; to trample
on the figure of the cross, which was
the alternative of escaping death. No |
Christian foot is, even at the present
day, allowed to tread the shores of an |
island covsecrated by the blood thus
shed in witness of the faith.
Distant but a few miles from Nagas:
aki proper lies Simabarra, thescenc o
another and similar ma$acre at the
same date, [tis a quiet looking town,
backed up by a huge mountain, whence
hideous volcanic fires vomit a never
ceasing stream of smoke, faintly visible
in the cloudless atmosphere around it.
It bears a sad history in many ways,
for it has been the scene of desolating
earthquakes, where thousands have
fallen victims to the convulsions of
nature. But is is, of course, as the
scene of the extirpation of Christianity
in Japan-—the massacre at Pappen. erg |
was consumated before that at Sima-
bana begun—that is of present inter
est. In this ease the town was sur-
rounded by troops, who prevented all
egress on the part of its inhabitants,
and deliberateiy burned and batrered
to pieces every house, patting to the
sword every soul, without distinction
of age or sex, who sought to escape.
Its defenders however, fought brave:
lv, though unavailingly ; and when all
was over, and the reeking ruins re.
mained, 37,000 Christians lay dead
upon the ground.
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A New Naven editor recently
wrote an elaborate article about his
“Alma Mater.” and waz astounded to
find it appear in the paper as “Alum
water.”
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The li 8: sustained by the destruc
tion of the, Pearl Flour Mills by five,
in Allegheny city, is near $200,000.
Insurance about $80,000,
A Michigan boarding house keeper
calls up his servants of a moruing
with “Get up, you lazy jades, break-
fast has got to be got, and somebo ly
has got to get up and get it.”
A new well was struck on Thurs
day of last week upon the M'Cray
fram, near Petroleum Centre, owned
by Hart and others, and is now pump-
ing at the rate of 250 barrels per day.
A four foot vein of coal has been
struck near Orangville, Mercer county,
by Messrs. Brown and Fell, at a depth
of seventy feet.
The present long continued dry
weather recalls a story, a true one, of
a minister of New Hampshire who
prayed for rain in this fashion, “O
Lord, we pray for rain! Not a tearin’
drivin’ rain, such as harrers up the face
of natar, but a drizzlin’, sozzlin’ rain,
as lasts all day and pretty much all
night!”
Vol. 3.—No. 19.
- BISMARCK.
The “Man of Iron and Blood” in
the North German Parliamet—
His Caustic Severity on the Al
leged « auses of the War.
The weeting of the German Federal
Parliament in Berlin has given occasion to
many scenes of profound interest. In the
session of the second day Count Bismarck
presentéd a summiry view ofthe situation,
comnienting with caustic severity on the
alleged enuses of the war. and exposing the
d seit nl preten ion ofthe Imreria’ govern~
ment. A spectator uf the proceedings of
the occasion gives a drumnatic sketch of
Bismark in a letter to a Vienna jourusl:
“The president had already closed the
session, and the members were abo t leav-
ing the hall, wheu hie rose, and requested
then to again take their seats, as the
Chancellor of the Ccnfederatfon had a
commugieation ¢) make to the Hous, A
generyl murmur was heard, and the crowd
pressed into the galleries, in order to ged
a better sight. Bismarek then made his
uppearance, his cheeks pale and deep fur-
rows under hig eyes. A broadshouldered.
strong boned figure, in the uniform of
cavalry colonel, dark blue with yellow
The yellow ofthis uniform collar contrasted:
strangely with the deadly paleness of his
face He took Lis place to the left of the
president. Near him lay a black leather
portfolio, In this was concésled the fate
of two nations. Hesearched for the key
and opencd the litile brass lock. Then He
drew out a few sheet of paper —dheets in
which Iny the dreddful war that was to dbs
stroy fo many tYolsand livesand bring fo
mauy families to ruin. He gave a hasty
glapce at the first, and then beganto speak.
There was the stillness of death, Coun
Bismarck is fo orator, .n the usual sense oft
the tern. He speaks without fluency, and
with little pathos. He has nothing less at
h art than this. His words come out in a
broken forn, He expresses what hie has to
say in short sentences. He often hesitates
He ma es pauses, and then hesitates aguin.
His lungunge never flows ina living stream.
His speeches, which read as if they came
from u single gush, are always fragment-
ary when they full from his lips. You see
that he labors as he speaks. One who
believe that the burden of the feelings
away his Lredth, that every word waa
wrung out from the depths of his inner
wen, Yet he always speaks in this way.
While he expres:cs himself with the ut-
most facility in private conversation, his
Innruagé becowes-low and difficult as soon
us he addresses a public assembly. What
he suid to the excited and eager members
of the House is already kuown to every one
that reads the newspapers. It was the
keenest und most subtle criticism of the
pretenses on which the French govern-
went had goneto wur. A slight vein of
effect of which on the hearer was heightened
by the subdued tone of its delivery. Not
a line in the conntensgtice of the Chancellor
was altered as he took up one sheet after
another and declared its contents. No
mocking cont=action ot the mouth accom-
panied the points which he made against
the cabinet of Napoleon. No trace of &p-
declaration or war ‘the anly official commu-
nication which he had received irom the
Linperial government in the who'e affuir;”
analyzed the private nogotiations which
hud been entertained between the Mianis-
try aud the French Ambassador; charac-
terized the interview at Emig; and fipally,
veferred to the nusoaccesful attempt ab
wediation by Englund. The last sheet was
the French original of the declaration of
war—sa piec + of paper like all the rest—
distinguish~d by no special mark=as Bis-
marck there took it in his hands—not even
by the slightest change in his features, or
the least wavering of his tone; he coldly
remarked that the test of the declaration
of war was already known in the German
translation, and asked the Parliamént td
excuse him for the unfinished sketch of a
circular to the foreign ministers. THis was
the last word of Bismarck at the session; at
which no oneconld have been present Witte
out being pencirated with the power and
wide bearing of acts which it took but
twenty of thirty minutes and six or seven
who have hitherto become acquainted with
historical documents ouly after they have
grown mouldy in the archives, here had
the n before us in their fresh odor and their
modern aspect. There is nothing there to
be seen of sentiment or enthusiasm ; all this
comes afterward —after the flow of tears and
blood. And of these we shall this time
have yo lack.”
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William H. Gordon, proprietor of a soda
water stand on East Broadway, dissatisfied
with the pretence of a woman named
Catherine M’ Connell living with his wife
whont the latter obdurately refused to ex-
pel in complian.e with the demand of Gor+
don, went to his house on Gouvernier
stroot and renewed His demands for the
expulsion of the woman M: Connell. High
words insued, upon which Gordon drew a
revolver and shot lis wife in the temple,
inflicting & murderous wound. Gordon
then attempted to shoot the woman M’'Con-
nell, hitting her on the elbow. Then
quickly recocking his weapon, he sent a
ball ut his little son, cutting a piece off the
nose of the bry. Having satisfied himself
from the exclamations of his victims that
the bullets had taken effect, and supposing
he had crnnleted his work effectually, he
presented the revolver to his own breast.
and fired, the ball lodging above his heart
inflicting a severe but not dangeroi..
wound. He then fled from the house, but
was captured by the police. Mrs. Gordon
will probably die. The cause of this des-
perate crime is ascribed to the presence of
the woman M Connell in the house, to
which Gordon strenuously objected.
A duel took place at Savannah, yester-
day morning, between Richard Aiken and
Ludlow Cohn, two well known citizens.
They exchanged five rounds, when the lat-
ter was morta L/ wounded. Aiken was
unhurt.