ol sl Science on the Advance, C. H. Gutelius, who is permanently located in Aaronsburg in the office formerly occupied by Dr. Neff, and who has been practicing with entiwe success—having the experience of a numbor of years in the profession, he would cordi- ally invite all who have as yet not given him a eall, to do so, and test the truthfulness . ». . x . - I . of this assertion. st Teeth extracted without pain. : may 22 68tf HENRY BROCKERHOFF, J D SHGERT, President, Cashier, NENTRE COUNTY BANKING CO. (Late Milliken, Hoover & Co.) RECEIVE DEPOSITS, And Allow Interest, Discount Notes, Buy and Sel Government Securities, Gold and aplO 68ef Coupons. IY F. FORTNEY, Attorney at Law. ; e Bellefonte, Pa. Office over Rey- nold’'s bank. may 14'60tf AN. M'MANUS, Attorney at Law, Bellefonte, promptly attends to all bu- inwes entrusted to him. juld,o8ef J) D. NEFF, M. D., Physician and Sur- o geon, Centre Hall, Pa., offers hi professional services to the citizens of Pot- ter and adjoining townships, Dr. Neff has the experience of 23 years in the active practice of medicine and surgery. aplo'es ALLISTER, TIA MES A. BEAVER e H. N. M ALLISTER, MPALLISTER & BEAVER ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Yallefunte, Centre Co., Penna. apOstf Chas. H. Hale, Attorney at Law, Bellefonte. dec2y'60tf ILLER'S HOTEL, Woodward, Pa. A Stages arrive and depart daily. This favarite hotel is now in every respect one of the most pleasant country hotels in central Peansylvania. The traveling com- munity will always find the best accommo- dation. Drovers can at all times be accom- modated with Sialic: and pasture tor any number of cattle or horses. : ns aly Sst GEO. MILLER. TD ECK'S HOTEL, 312 & 311 Race street: B a few doors above 3rd, Philadelphia lis central locality makes it desirable for isiting the city on business or pleasure > A. BECK, Proprietor. Sats hot Pe ; " an’ B38 (formerly of the States Union hotely aly WM. BH BLAIR, H Y STITZER, 3LAIR & STITZER, Adornevs at Law, Bellefonte, Censultations in German or fehl aut mans hotel Enel sh oN vesale and retnil i] IRWIN GE MW ILSON. —— ™ - os Hn: Wi + Aeki 3 r men and boys, just arrived 1d Stand. a 31] known o a —— RATHER. of nll descriptions, w £skin, spanish sole leaner, cus, sheep skins, linings. in the lextirer Hine warranted t faction, at BURNSIDE kit {NE TABLE®UCILERY plated forks SPH, Xe, an . aplo is IRWIN & V 1LSON. »AROMETE 3S and Thermometers, at B IRWIN & WILSOXNS, NOFFIN TRIMMINGS, a large assort- C ment gf IRWIN & WILSONS E AND BELLS and Door Bells, all si- zes and kinds at ; apl0’ drwin a W ILSONS ¢) Bellefonte. Penn’a., will attend promp- Iv to all legal business entrusied to his care. —O fice with J&P, Potter, near the Court House. _~Génsultations in German or English. 16sep Oy 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 chargad on unsettled accounts after six months. 21jantf { E. CHANDLER, M. D,, C HOMEPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR- EON, Bellefonte, Penna. Office 2nd Flogr over Harper Bro's Store. Residence at the Office. References—Hon. C A Mayer. Pre<'t Judze, Lock Haven, Pa. Hon. L. A. Mackey, Pres't 1st National Bank, do; Harper Bros, Merchants, Bellefonte, Pa, and others. 19n0vGOtt OHN F. POTTER, Attorney it Law. Collections pro.uptly male ind special those having lands or property for sale. Will draw up and have acknowledged Deeds, Mortgages, &e. 0~ fice in the diamond, north side of the court house, Bellefonte, oct22 60tf CLOTHING—Overcoats, Pants, Vests, and Dress Coats, cheap, at Wolf's, R. J. THOMPSON BLACK, Physi- 1 cian and Surgeon, Potter Mills, Pa. offers his professional services to the citi- zens of Potter township. mr26,60,tf ~ THE BELLEFONTE Boot & Shoe Store! " Next door to Post ©3iliee. L 4 et attention given to We have always on hand. GENTS CALF AND KIP BOOTS A larger assortment of Ladies and Chil- dren's Shoes than any other plaee in town. Gum Shoes, every style, make and size. We ask an examination of our goods, before purchasing elsewhere. octitt. : GRAHAM & SON. ORSE COLLARS, if you don’t wha your horse’s shoulders galled and madesore, get good horse collars at BURNSIDE & THOMAS’. rNHE 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 rot ossible rates at aplg' 68. RWIN & WILSON A Tremendous Stock of Goods at Burnside & Thomas. ‘Whitman's celebrated confections, Whitman's celebrated chocolate, Buker’s ehc colate, Smith's chocolate, China Ginger, English Pickes, American Pickles, at BURNSIDE &« THOMAS’ ~ Chas, H. Held, Clock, Watehmaker & Jewelers Millheim, Centre eo., Penna. Respectfully informs his friemds and the public in general, that he has just opened at his new establishment, above Alexan der’s Store, and Seep) constantly on hand all kinds of Clocks, Watches and Jewelr: of the latest styles, as also the Maranvillc Patent Calender Clocks, provided with r complete index of the month, and day oi the month and week on its face, which is warranted as a‘perfect time-keeper. Ym. Clocks, atches and Jewelry re- paired on short notice and warranted. NEW FIRM ai | Centre Hall. CL B.SOLY. | ALL NEW. New Store. New Goods. The undersigned yespectfully informs the citizens of Centre Hall and Potter town- ship, that he has opened a new store at the well known stand formerly occupied by C. WM he is now offering A Full and Complete Stock of SPRING & SUMMER GOODS cheap as anywhere, His stock is entirely new, and the publie are respectfully invited to eall and exame ine for themselves; Goods will be offered at the lowest possible prices, and by a gen- eral syste of fuir dealing they hopa to merit » fair share of public patronage Call and Examine our Stock NO TROUBLE TOSHOW GOODS, £2 Only Give us a Fair Trial. gu 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 anc Cloth, all kinds of Groceries, the finest Syrups, the best Coffee, Tobacco, Paints, Pyestuffs, Oils, Fish, Salt, Stationery, and everything else that is to be found ina 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 bare gnin. Call and see us. apliy J. B. SOLT. Furniture Rooms! J. 0. DEINIXGER, Herlacher, where respecttutly informs the citizens of Centre R > A1IS, SIN KN, W ASHST CIBNERO TABLES, XC. Ae E MADE CHAIRS ALWAYS ON HAMAD 1H Lv N P . Ss ANI UPBOARIR ) ¥ 2 12 oek of readv-made Furniture islarge and warranted of good workmanship and is hmade ander Lis ownimmediatosuperyi- sion, and is offered at rates us cheap aselse where. Thankful for past favors, he solic its a continunnce of the same, Call and 3 stock betore purchasing elsewhere. api os ly. 4 ISHING TACKLES, rodslines;, hook flies, sea hair baskets, ete. Rig you wut to cateh trout at : : BURNSIDE & THOMAS APAXNNED TOILET SETTS, AND other Japinned ware, at the Anvil Store. IrwiN & WILSON, a ee al e aplOr 6s, A NNED FRUITS, peaches, tom toes / pine apples, and peas in great varie RAY: BURNSIDE « THOMAS! OOKING-G LASS PLATES of allsizes A for sale by Irwix & WiLsox, apl(’' 68. TTNION PATENT CHURN, the best in useat Irwix & WiLsoN's. apl’68, Philadelphia Store, In Brockerhoff"s block, Bisho Bellefonte, where KELLER & MUSSER, p Street, have just opened the best, cheapest, larges as well as the best assorted stock of Geod in Bellefonte. HERE LADIES, Is the place to buy your Silks, Mohairs Mozambiques, Reps, Alpacas, Delains, Lans, Brilliants, Musling, Calicoes, Tick ings, Flanels, Opera Flanels, Ladies Coat- ing, Gents’ Cloths, Ladies Sacques, White Pekay. Linen Table Cloths, Counterpanes Crib Counterpanes, White and Colorec Tarlton, Napkins, Insertings and Edgings, White Lace Curting, Zephyr & Zophiy? Pat. terns, Tidy Cotton, Shawls, Work Basket SUNDOWNS, Notions of every kind, White Goods of every description, Perfumery, Ribbons— Velvet, Taffeta and Bonnet, Cords anc Braid, Veils, Buttons, Trimmings, Ladies and Misses Skirts, HOOP SKIRTS, Thread Hosiery, Fans, Beads, Sewing LADIES AND MISSES SHOEg and in fact every thing that can be thought of, desired or used in the FANCY GOODS OR NOTION LINE FOR GENTLEMEN, they have black and blue cloths,, black and fancy eassimeres, sattinetts, tweeds, mel- orns, silk, satin and common vestings, in short, every thing imaginable in the line ot gentlemens wear. Reedymade Clothing of Every Dis scription, for Men and Boys. Boots and Shoos, in endless variet, Hats and Caps, CARPETS, Otlcloth, Rugs, Brown Mustins, Bleached Mus- lins, Drillings, Sheetings, Tablecloths, &ec., cheaper than elsewhere. Their stock of QUEENS W ARE & GRO CERIES eanuot be exceiled in quality er rice. Call in at the Philadelphia Store and con- vince yourselves that KELLER & MUS- SER have any thing you want, and de bu- siness on the principle of “Quick Sales and Small Profits.” ap30,69 GRAIN AND PRODUCE ARE TAKEN ORN BLANKETS AND SLEIGH BELLS, at low prices, at apl0’'68. IRWIN & WrLson’ OALTS for Buggies and Carriages all sizes in use; Fire Bolts, ditto, at sepll’68;1y pl0'68 Inwin & Wilson’ Centre 3 inadvance; and $2,00 when not paid in | advance, Reporter, 1 month 16 cents, Advertisements unre inserted at =1.50 per square (10 lines) for 8 weeks, Advertise- ments for w yoar, half year, or three month at n less rate, AIL Job-work, Cush, and neatly and ex peditiousiy executed, nt reasonable chwr- | CENTRE HALL REPORTER. —lfa Centre Hann, Pa, Ocrosek 21st, 1870 Letter From the Oil Regions. PerrorLrvm Centre, Oct, 11th ’70. Hon. Fred. Kurt: :—Having allow- ed myseif a holiday, as it is election day, and being tired of walking up and down the streets of our lively town, I concluded I would drop you a few lines. We had quite an excite- ment here on the night of the 7th inst., caused by the gas taking fire in a new well on the M'Cray farm. In a very short time the derrick, 70 feet high, was in flames; it was beautiful to lsok at, but expensive to the owners. The party owning the well had a new rig put up, and on the 10th commenced to pump, and produced from the start three andres wd four barrels ner day. It is the largest well in the oil regions, and I suppose in the United States. It is owned principally by persons from our county (Centre); Geo. M., Jas. M., and Mary A. Kepler, and General Watson, from Titusville, are the lucky persons. The same party have (wo other wells nearly completed, which are in the immediate neighborhood of the large well. It was named by the Messrs. Keplers, Gen. Jas. A. Beaver, he being held high in their estimation —which seems rather strange when 1 tell you that they are both very strong Democrats. Another large well, (190 bbls), close by the General Beaver, that was struck some time ago, and owned principally by some of the Keplers, is pointed out to you as the Gen. R. E. Lee, who, if my memory serves me right, had his hand in “the late unpleasantness.” I have as vet not struck ile, but ex- pect to ere long, as I am assisting in drilling a well, but unfortunately for me, it belongs to other parties. I ex- pect (0 hear a good report from old Centre of to-days doing’s. 1 expect we will have at least 600 majority. | must close ; will write soon again, | expect to be home in the winter. Car. * >> Cenlessing his Defaleation, The Navy Department has had, within a vear or two, no fewer than in amounts from $1,000 to $25.000., All the evidence necessary to prose- cute these dishonest officials has been for-muny months—in some cases for years—in the hands of the Solicitor of the Department, whose special duty it is to look after such cases; yet none of the delinquents have been prosecuted. The amount which the Government has thus lost by the negligence of the official reaches nearly one million dol- lars. The bondsman of the default- ing Paymasters are also not to be dis- turbed. — ae eines tf. sts Hf samba — How Banking Pays. Thr Age, of 11th inst., in its finan- cial article, says: We find in the Banker's Magazine a list of banks that made extraordinary profitsduring the past year, from which we extract those institutions located in this city. They are as follows: Capital. Projit. Philadelphia Nat. Bank......$1,500,000 ~ 56 First National Bank............ 1,000,000 56 Girard National Bank... ....... 1,000,000 58 Mechanics’ National Bank..... 800,000 49 Nat. Bank, North Liberties. 500,000 109 City National Bank .......... we 400,000 bH7 Consolidation Nat Bank...... 806,000 62 Kensington Nat. Bank...... ‘ 350,000 45 Southwark Nat. Bank. 250,000 83 Nat. Bank, Germantown 200,000 56 Tradesmen’s National Bank.. 200,000 213 There are some fifty five others on the list where the profits range from 17 to 39 per cent. If this is correct, and the Magazine claims to be accurate, it is evident that banking, on a paper currency, has, for the last few years, been a profitable business, and the eagerness manifested to inflate the cur- is easily accounted for. & ——@ Fearful Massacre. Libson, October 13.—The royal mail steamship from Rio Janeiro brings important intelligence of the insurrection of Chinese coolies, on the west coast of South America. The coolies who were employed upon nu-~ merous plantations in the Peruvian provinces, Barranes and Pataville, at a concerted signal, rose and murdered their overseers, and then combined their forees and massacred all the whites whom they encountered. : Parties of coolies, from various di- rections, swarmed into small villages, and attempted to sack several impor- tant towns, Citizens hurriedly ed, and forming defences, repulsed the Chinese, whom they pursued and shot, mercilessly. These two provinces were in a reign of terrov. & > eli er Among the Democratic nomina- tions for members of the Lower House of the Missouri, Legislature made on Tuesday night, was Ge: eral Frank P. Blair. Wo The Number Seven, [From Oliver Optic's Magazine.) Noone who reads the Seviptures ean of certain numbers: and in both the Old and New Testaments we find that unusual prominence is given to the numbers, The Old Testament opens with the creation of the world, which is said to have occupied six days, and the sév- enth was devoted to repose ; and among the Jews the seventh year is the year of jubilee, It would be almost impossible to but we will briefly notice a few of may be interested to search for them- selves for a number which figures 80 consricuously in the sacred writings, and to whose religions significance many scholarly heads have given much time and thought. In the Old Testament we have the seven days of the week ; we find also that in certain sacrifices the sprinkling of blood was repeated seven times; that a leaprous house was closed for seven days, and afterward sprinkled seven times; the consecration of the priests continued seven days; the feast of the tabernacle lasted seven days, and children were not circumeised un- til they had reached their seventh day. All are familiar with the story of Jacob, who served seven years each for Leah and Rachel. In Pharaoh's dreams, of which Joseph was the in- terpreter, the number of seven as ap- plied to the kine and the ears of corn, signified the seven vears of plenty and of famine that were to come upon the land of Egypt. Seven years was required to conquer Canaan, and the temple was seven years in building, Naaman was com- manded to wash seven times in Jor- dan, In compassing the city of Jeri pets of rams’ horns, preceded the ark; they thus marched about the city sev- times, As a magical charm, Sampson was bound with seven green withes, and hair were woven with the web. In the New Testament we have the In Mat thew xviii, 21, 22. we read: “Then Peter to him, and saad, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, 1 say not unto thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.” In the book of Revelation the nume- seven is used very frequently, here are seven churches of Asia: her : the book with seven seals; seven angels with trumphets; seven thunders: The witnesses prophesy in sackscloth the Fyrom sacred history we pass to pro- life (Shakespeare), and the seven wise men. In astronomy we have the sev- neck of the constellation Taurus. We read of the seven-fold shield of Ajax; “Of every beast, and bird, and insect small, Came sevens and pairs.” There is an ancient couplet by Thomas Heywood, who lived in the “Seven cities warred for Homer, being dead : Who, living, had no roof to shroud his head.” It has been frequently stated that seven is the number of hours that should be devoted to sleep. We re- member a little couplet on this point which amused us in childhood : ‘Nature requires five, custom takes seven, Laziness nine, and wickedness eleven,’ Sir William Jones gives the safest counsel in regard to this matter: “Seven hours to care, to soothing slumber seven: Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.'’ Seven is often used to indicate a great number; as, “seven times as many,” “Seven score,” and “doubled seven times;"” and, to refer to the Bible once mor@*we find in Proverbs this passage: “The sluggard is wiser in his own con- ceit than seven men that can render a reason,” Leaving the sober paths of sacred and profane history, we find that the number seven has also been popularly adapted in the field of witand humor; however we will give but one example, and that is an ancient riddle: “As I was going to St. Ives, I met seven wives; Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits, How many were going to St. ves 2” Beil reo The census of the city, just comple- ted, ranks St. Louis as the fourth city in the Union, counting Brooklyn sep- arate from New York. In 1860, the it decreased to 157,057. The present census shows that in six years St. Lou- is bas doubled its population. i | A South Carolina Election Ine | dent. The Charleston Courier has this: Judge Carpenter, reform candidate for governor, was alluding to the heavy increase of taxes, when Powell Smythe ! mterrupted him, saying: May I ask | you a question, judge? The Judge—Certainly, if you will | allow me afterward to ask you one. Smythe — What was the tax on | slaves in 18667 { i The Judge—There was not a slave | Smythe—I mean in 1865 The Judge— There were none then, Smythe—Well, I mean in 1864, The Judge—I don’t know; at the er side fighting in the Union army. And now for my question! Are you | the man who had a wife and six chil- dren in Clarenton, and went to Col | umbia, joined the Scott ring, got rich | by bribery, and married another vo-| man there ? | The crowd—Yes, that’s so; he's the | Smythe (sheepishly )—1I wasn’t mar ried to the first one. The Judge—The children were your own, Smythe—Yes but she was not my wife; I only lived with her. The Judge—You were in the Leg- islature two vears. Now I'll tell you a law that you don’t seem to know any thing about. That law makes man and woman, who have lived tos gether as you have in this case; man and wife ; and if you don’t mind you will go to the penitentiary as a bigam- ist instead of going to the State Sen- ate, This was too much. . The crowd, white and black, who knew of Smythe’s villainy, yelled, and the poor devil slunk away in the crowd. Why Lace is Costly. Many people wonder why what is termed real lace—as lace made by hand is called, to distinguish it from that made by machine, which is cal ed imitation—is so costly. The following paragraph from a foreign exchange explains the reason: The manufacture of lace is carried to its highest perfec- tion in Belgium. The finest specimen of Brussels lace is so complicated as to require the labor of seven persons on one piece, and each operative is em- ployed at distinet features of the work. The thread used is of exquisite fine- ness, which is spun in dark under- ground rooms, where it is sufficiently moist to prevent the thread from sep. arating, It is so delicate as scarcely to be seen, and the room is so arranged that all the light admitted shall fall upon the work. It is such material that renders the genuine Brussels ground so costly, On a piece of Valen- ciennes not two inches wide, from two to three hundred bobbins are sometimes used, and for the larger width as many as eight hundred on the same pillow. The most valuable Valenciennes is determined by the nmber of times the bobbins have been twisted in making the ground ; the more frequent the twists the cleaver and wore beautiful will be the lace. Belgium annually sells of this lace alone to the value of over four willion dollars. Chantilly lace is always black, and is used chief- ly for veils and flounces. It is very flue and is extensive ly worn. Meehk- lin iace is made at Mechlin, Antwerp, and other localities. Tt amin — Two Hundred Days on a Floating Ice Field. The crew of the little Hansa, the companion vessel of the Germania, the principal vessel of the second Geran North Polar expedition, have just re- turned to Germany, after the loss of their vessel, and passing extreme hard- ships. The two vessels went out from Bremerhaven in June, 1869, the steam- er Germania under the comand of Captian Koldeway, and the sailing ship Hansa under the command of Captain Hagemann. The following telegram was received in Bremen, da- ted, Copenhagen, September 1 : “The Hansa wus crushed by ice on the 19th of October, 1869 ; on the east coast of Greenland, in 71 degrees north latitude, The crew are saved and in good health, in Copenhagen. HaGeEMANN” The crew arrived by the ship Con- stance, thirteen persons in all. They give the following account of their voy- age and perils: ‘The Hansa was fast in the ice on the 6th of September, 1869, (in seventy-four degrees north latitude, and seventeen degrees west longitude), she was left by the crew, who took refuge with their boat on an immense ice field. They spent two hundred days upon this foie mass, partly in a house built of coal, partly in a small boat, and during this time was driven two hundred and fifty geo- graphical miles southward. The ice field was at first seven (geographical or German) miles in circumferance, but decreased day by day until at last it had a circumferance of only two hundred yards. They finally got into the boats in the sixty first degree, and after a seven days voyage they arrived on the 13th day of June at the settle- ment of Frederichsthal, from whence to Copenhagen they came in the ship Constance. The scientists, Drs. Zuabe and Bachoiz, are well, and now in Hamburg.” tlie dp A 5 > The trial of Adolph Kroeger ac- cused of forging the mame of Emile Sugiski, the late defaulting city treas- urer of St, Louis, for six thousand dollars commenced on Tuesday. The Franco Prussian War, The condition of affairs in and interesting and critical. The Prus- sians are closing in upon the city b slow but regular approaches. Hither- to, ordinary guns only have heen used upon the French forts and defences, But dming the week heavy siege picees will be mounted, and then the fire will be opened in earnest. [It is said by military men that no works constructed of stone can stand against Krappes cannon at the range at recent advances, ean place them. The accuracy of this al will be tested in a short time. The works of Paris are not wholly of stone how- ever. They are supportad by earth in cliss of defences was snfhiciently de monstrated at Sevastopol. Rumor fixes the beginning of the bombard. ment of Paris an the early part of the coming week, This will be preceeded by a formal demand for a surrender of the place. This will be refused and then the iron rain will commence to full. For the defense of Paris there are gathered within irs walls 350,000 National Guards—350,000 regulars of the line and 200,000 Garde Mobile. These regiments and battalions are drilled incessantly, and have reached a high state of discipline. The guns of the various forts are manned by experienced gunners tuken from the fleet, and the guns will be wsed with skill and effect on the Prussian forts and %atteries. Thirty-eight hundred French guns are ready to defend Par ix, and they wiil form a cordon of fire, death and destruction not easily en- countered or pierced, The artillery duel will be frightful, and no assault can be thought of by the Prussians until most of the leading French forts are rendered useless. The whole Ger- man forces now occupying the lines before Paris consist of seven army which will probably bring the total up to three hundred and thirty or men, and the result of their operations thus far in frout of the city is sum marized in a special dispatch from Versailles, which announces there has been no important progress made in the siege up to the 1st of October, and it is evident that the French in Paris have fully availed themselves of the long delay wm the German advance up- on the capital. While Paris is thus preparing for the bloody contest, the French people in all parts of the Re public are rushing to arms in order to expel the invaders. The particulars of the battle before Metz which occurred on Friday last have just been received, The French made a sortie in force, and after a bat- tle were driven back with tremendous losses. The Prussians took a great number of prisomers. The eattle in and around Metz are dying by bun dreds from the rinderpest. Their bodies cannot be buried quick enough to prevent the ephlemic spreading, and notwithstanding hard frosts have occurved there, the disease iz spread ing rapidly. The Freeh fire from Metz continues incessant. From German accounts it is learned that on Thursday the French army of the Loire were driven out of the city of Orleans and beyond the river Loire after an engagement whieh lasted nine hours. The eity of Orleans was storm: ed by the Prussians, and one thousand prisoners have been captured. . Cyclopean Towns, In Italy, Greece and Asia Minor, there are the remains of a class of towns called Cyclopean walled towns, About 400 of them have ben figured and described. They are pre-historie. When they were built is not known. They were in the same condition when Herdotus, the father of profame histo- ry, wrote, 450 years before Christ, that they are to-day, and they knew in the time of Herdotus as little of their origin ns we do. M. Petit-Ra- del, a learned French savant, member of the Institute of France, spent forty years to ascertain, if possible, when they were constructed, and he came to the conclusion that they were built prior to Abraham. It is possible that some, at least, were built before the Deluge. They are that class of towns spoken of in the old Testament Serip- They are built of huge blocks of stone put together without cement. Norba, Signin, Ferentino, Alatrium and Arr- of the finest in Italy. Lycosura, Lie- ux, Mycenae, Delphi and Gortys, are some of the best in Greece. Any one of the above named towns is worthy a voyage across the Atlan: tic to see. They were constructed at a time when the whole family of man had to live crowded in walled towns when they could not live scattered over the laud as our farming popula- tion do. They were in general use when that prophecy was wtered, which was the most imorobable of all the prophecies, that *‘the time should come when every man should sit un- der his own’ vine and tig tree, no one to molest or make afraid.” The peo- ple of that period could net conceive how this could ever be. Now what has wrought this ehange in the world? There can be but one answer. It has been the Bible. And we have seen a more complete fullilment of the proph- ecy in this country than has been known anywhere on earth. What is curious is, that in the see- tion of Italy where the remains of these towns exist, the people still live | as formerly, erowded in the towns & dare not live scattered on farms, as our rural popplation do. The have never had the Bible, a | cannot live isolated in th ntry. They have never bad the bine of its | Jumasiging influence. The the. 4 unquestisnably the cause to which we are indebted for our good order stable institutions, Our crimes are committed by those who despise the Bible, care not for God, nor regard mai.— Cor. of Albany Journal. — Bett Ag Why Did Booth Kill Lincoln? Under the caption of “Unveiling the Statute,” Brick Pomeroy, in his New York Democrat, publishes some important Mié- torical facts never made public befofb; which gives this theory great plausibility. It will be reme:nbered by those who are familiar with the history of that period, that J. Y, Beall, captain in the Confede- rate States army, was charged by the.Con- federnte nuthorities with the doy of fli tring the United States steamer Michigan,’ and rescuing the prisoners, over 12,000 of them on Johnson's Island, in Like Brie Beall was enptured, afier making sn ih successful attempr, and not being recogni- zed us a soldier, was tried and sentenced. to be hung. J. Wilkes Booth for many years had been the firm fast friend of John Y. Beall, Lei “They had drunk from the same cup— slept inthesame bed—spent eonvival nights together, and so run their social lives ifito each, that like Damon and Pythias, they, were more than brothers.” Booth resolved to suave the life of his friend, and to keep hope alive, communicated this to him in his cell, : . The plan was this: Booth was theaceep-. ted lover and expected to be the affianced husband of the beautiful daughter ot John I’. Hale, the distinguished Republican Senator frory New Hampshier. This fact put him oud Mr. Hale, on terms of inti- macy, 5h 12, “One night in Washington," says tha narrative, after Beall was doomed, J. W. Booth, and John P. Hale, called on G. WwW. McLean, of the Cinciunati Eviguirer, who, was then in Washington. They wanted McLean to go with them to find Colonel J. W. Forney, and with him in company call’ upon Linevin. McLean was unususlly intimate with Lincoln and had more in. fluence with him than any other Western Democrat. McLean was to vouch for Booth, with Hale and Forney to join in asking executive clemency for Beall” The party at 2 o'clock in the morping. were driven to the White House, admitte past the guards, and conducted to Mr. Lincoln's private room. Booth and Hale explained the object of the visit, to have the President pardom Beall and save his life, . Senator Hale asked the pardon of Beall as a favor to himself and family. Fomney asked for it on reason then and theregiven,’ as did McLean. Booth told the President of their long established friendship—of his iove for the brave, adventurous spirit—of his love for the young man who was deing for his people of the South, just what & pat- riot in the North would have done for the cause and the people dear to him, Presi- dent Lincoln was greatly moved, and gave Booth bis word of honor as a wan that Beall should be pardoned. But the President, overawed hy Seward and others in the cabinet under the plea of military neeessity, broke his word of . honor and faith pade in the presence Booth, Hale, Forney, and Wash McLean, three of whom are living witnesses and kmow whether this statement is true or false. He withheld the promised pardon and Beall was executed on the gallows, Thereupon Booth vowed to avenge the death of his friend, and the sequel is part and parcel of the history of the times. If this theory of the ease is substantiated by facts— if President Lincoln agreed to pardon Beall and then refused to stretch out the hand of merey—this my safely be, accepted as the true motive which inspired the assassination. And if this be proven, Lincoln was the victim of his own plighted but broken faith, and J. Wilkes Booth, instead of being a Junius, was the avenger of a private friend and a common mur- dorer. i —— a The War in Europe. Ome of the gunners on the Paris fortifi- entions Fras particularly distinguished hing- self by the great accuracy with which he points his guns. He has thus far frustra- ted all the efforts of the Prussians to cone struct offensive works within the range of his guns. He is an Alsatian, named Christain. The authority reporting this mentions that the Prussians have not yet been able to plant a single battery mear enough to disturb any part of Paris. London, October 14. —[Special tothe New York Herald.]—A diepatch has been re- ceived from Tours, dated to day, by the | provisional government’ via carrier pigeon, in which it is stated that the Prussians are in full votreat from Paris. Ne partiewlars 2s to the cause of this action had arrived when the dispatch left. A telegram has been received from Paris by another source | stating that the enthusiasm in Paris in con- sequence of this unexpected event is inde- scribable. Tours, October 14.—The following bal- 1yon dispatch has been received: Paris, October 12.—The Prussians, com- pelled to remain on the defensive, have evacuated the outer works and retreated to the plateau Saint Cloud. Mont valerian commands the German works. We have driven the Prussians to Renile. Bongeval has been dislodged from Clamart Bas Men don. The French have ietaken the village of Cachan. The Prussians upon our eas have been driven to Bondy and have evacuated CERT: Their ciscle is enlarging instead of narrowing. | A topateh from Epinal, dated yesterday afternoon, announces that the Prussians have entered that place. The citizens made a stout defense, but were not able to resi. t the artillery of the enémy. The josen, was considerably damaged by the cannonade.’
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