* re“ r —— & wv Fredrick Kurtz, sisi + Soichee on the Advance. C. H. Gutelius, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, who is pormancntly located in Aaronsburg in the office formetly vecupied by Dr. Neff, and who has been practicing with entire success—having the experience of a number of years iin the profession, he would cordi- ally invite all who have as yet not given him a eall, to-do so, and test the truthfulness of this assertion, Ao Teeth extracted without pain. may 22 68 HENRY BROCKERHOFPF, J DSHGERT. . President, Cashier, (CENTRE COUSTY BANKING CO. / (Late Milliken, Hoover & Co.) RECEIVE DEPOSITS, And Allow Interest, Discount Notes, Buy and Sel vat Bacurities, Gold and SO OE Coupons. F. FORTNEY, Attorney at Law, o Bellefonte, Pa. Office over Rey- nold’s bank. may 14’ 69t “MM MANUS, Attorney at Law, Bellefonte, promptly attends to all bu- iness entrusted to him, juls,esef ; FF. M. D., Physician and Sur- 2 NE Centre Hall, Pa, offers his professional services to the citizens of Pot- ter and adjoining townships. Dr. Neff has the experience of 23 years in the retive practicoof medicine and surgery. apo H. ¥. M ALLISTER, JAMMS A. BEAVER M*ALLISTER & BEAVER ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Ballefonte, Centre Co., Penn'a. apf Chas. H. Hale, a Attorney at Law, Bellefonte. decd’ sot TILLERS HOTEJ, Woodward, Pa. A Stages arrive and depart daily. now in every Fespest one of the most pleasant country hotels in contral Pennsylvania. The traveling com- munity will always find the best accommo- dation. Drovers can at all times be accom- modated with stables and pasture for any tle or horses, : m ttt : GEO. MILLER. This faverite hotel is BLAIR, H Y STITZER, | XIR & STITZER, Autorney= at Law, Bellefonte, Offic », on the Diamond, next door to Gar- man's hotel. : Censultations in German or Engl sh : feb19'69tf CA LBS, at wholesale and retail, cheap, CAM IIRWIN & WILSON. 0QTS, large stock, all styles, sines and Brn for men and boy= just amevec at Wolf well known old Stand. EATHER, of all descriptions, fre: ch | 40a fakin, spanish sole leather, moroc- cos, sheep skins, linings, Everything in the leather linc warranted to give sulis- faction, at BURNSIDE & THOM AS. INE TABLE CUTLERY, including plated forks, spoons, &e, at aplOf, « IRWIN & WILSON. 3A ROMETERS and Thermometers, at AR coe IRWIN & WILSONXNS. (OFPIN TRIMMINGS, a large nssort- x Rt at IRWIN & WILSOXNS "FY AND BELLS and Door Bells, all si- zes and kinds at : apl0’ “IrwiIN & WILSONS ACOB RHONE, Attorney at Law, Bellefonte, Penn’a, wil Send pron p- ly to all legal business effrusted to his ial fee with J. F. Potter, near the Court House. Consultations in German or English. 16sep70y J. B. Kreider, M. D. Office at Millheim, Cenlre county. Offers his services to all needing medieal attendance. Calls promptly attended to. Early settlement cordially requested, when a liberal discount will be allowed. Inter- eat charged on unsettled accounts after six months. 21jantf OHN F. POTTER, Attorney it Law. Collections proa:ptly made ind special attention given to those having lands or property for sale. Will draw up and have acknowledged Deed:, Mortgages, &e. O* 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- cian and Surgeon, Potter Mills, Pa. offers his professional services to the citi- zens of Potter township. mr26,69, tf WAL H. 3L 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, before purchasing elsewhere. octltt. GRAHAM & SON. ¥ RKRSE COLBARS, if you don’t wha I i your krseea shoulders galled and madesore, 5 oi sie collars at U ; NESE & THOMAS. IE ANVIL STG RE is now receiving a large and will assorted Stock of ardware, Stoves, Nl als, Horse Shoes, Sad- dlery, Glass, Paints. Sheet, Bar and Hoop Iron also Buggy and Wagon Stock of every description.—Call and supply your- gelver atthe lowest possible rates at aplg’6¢ RWIN & WILSON ‘A Tremendous Stock of Goods "at Burnside & Thomas. ‘Whitman's celebrated confections, Whitman's celebrated choeolate, Buker’s chccolate, Smith’s chocolate, China Gin ger, English Pickes, Ameriean Pickles, at BURNSIDE &« THOMAS’ Chas. H. Held, Clock, Watchmaker & Jeweles Millheim, Centre co., Penna. Respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has just opened at his new d@tablishment, above Alexan der’s Store, and keeps constantly on hand all kinds of Clocks, Watches and Jewelr: of the latest styles, as also the Maranville Patent Calender Clocks, provided with r complete index of the month, and day o. the month and week on its face, which is warranted as a Rerfect time-keeper. 3%. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry re- paired on short notice and warranted. : sepll’68;1y rPOYS of all kinds, at BURNSIDE & THOMAS SYRUP, the finest ever made, just re ceived, cheap at Wolf's old stand—try it. JNO. H. ORVIS, C. T. ALEXANDER ORVIS & ALEXANDER, Attorneys-at-law. e inConrad House, Bellefonte, Pa. J. P. GEPHART, with Orvis & Alexander, attends to collec- tions and piacsice in the Orphan’: Court. an'70tf 0 / Editar. “FIRM Centre Hall. J. B.SOLT. AL L NE W. New Store. New Goods. The undersigned yes prcttity informs the citizens of Centre Ha 1 and Potter town- ship, that he has opened —— at ) a new store at the well known stand formerly occupied bv C. F. Herlacher, where he 13 now offering : h w AJ A Full and Complete Stock of FALL AND WINTER 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 system of fair dealing they hope to merit » ‘air share of public patronage. Call and Examine our Stock | NO TROUBLE TOSHOW GOODS, g@~ Only Give us a Fair Trial. 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, Pyestufls, Oils, Fish, Salt, Stationery, and everything else that is to be found in a well | stocked country store. os 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- Call and see us. J. B. SOL ap23y Furniture Rooms! J. 0. DEININGER, respecttully informs the citizens of CePre county, that he hasconstantly on hand, and makes to order, all kinds ot BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SINKS, WASHSTANDS, CORNER CUPBOARI'S TABLES, &e., &c Home MADE CHAIRS ALWAYS ON HAND [is s'ock of ready-made Furniture is large and warranted of good workmanship aud 18 all made under his ownimmediuate supervi sion, and is offered at rates as cheap aselse- where. Thankful for past favors, he solic its a continuance of the same. Cull and see his stock before purchasing elsewhere, apd U8, ly. ISHING TACKLES, rods lines, hook 1 flies, sen hair baskets, ete. Rig you out to cateh trout at BURNSIDE & THOMAS APANNED TOILET SETTS, AND ¢) other Japanned ware, at the Anvil Store. apl0'6s. Irwin & WiLsox, ANNED FRUITS, peaches, tomatoes pine apples, and peas in great varie 3JURNSIDE « THOMAS’ ty, at 1 OOKING-GLASS PLATES ofallsizes 4 for sale by Irwin & WiLsox, apl0'68. a of | JNION PATENT CHURN, the best inuseat, - Irwin & WiLsox's. apl(’ 68, Philadelphia Store, In Brockerhoff"s block, Bishop Street, Bellefonte, where KELLER & MUSSER, have just opened the best, cheapest, largest as well as the best assorted stock of Goods 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 Saeques, White Pekay, Linen Table Cloths, Counterpanes Crib Counterpanes, White and Colorec Tarlton, Napkins, Insertings and Edgings, White Lace Curting, Zephyr & Zephyr Pat- terns, Tidy Cotton, Shawls, Work Bek to 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 canbe 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 Di - scription, for Men and Boys. Boots and Shoos, in endless variety, Hats and Caps, CARPETS, Oilcloth, Rugs, Brown Muslins, Bleached Mus- lins, Drillings, Sheetings, Tablecloths, &c., cheaper than elsewhere. Their stock of QUEENSW ARE & GRO CERIES cannot be exceiled in quality or price. Call in at the Philadelphia Store and con- vince yourselves that KELLER & MUS- SER have any thing you want, and do bu- giness on the principle of ‘Quick Sales and Small Profits:”’ ap30,69 GRAIN AND PRODUCE ARE TAKEN HA BUANKETS AND SLEIGH Ewe Ls at low prices, at OALTS for Buggies and Carriages all sizes in use; Fire Bolts, ditto, at plo 6s Inwix & Witsow’ Irwin & WiLson’ —————————— Centr TER is published weekly ut $1,060 per your inndvanee: and $200 when not paid in advance. Reportor, 1 month 16 cents, Advertisements are inserted at §1,60 per square (10 lines) for 8 weeks. Advertise ments for a your, hulf year, or three month at a less rate, All Job-work, Cash, and neatly and ex peditiousiy exceuted, at reasonable chars CENTRE HALL REPORTER. al} CENTRE Harr, Pa, NOVEMBER 18th, 1870 | — Obituary. John Crosthwaile was born in Potter twp, September, 1832; enlisted in the defence of his country in August 1861; was a member of company J, 49th Regt, Pa, | Vol., out the service at | 1864. During in mustered of acted the capacity of elerk and recruiting oflicer, as well as private soldier. He received a | slight wound in the head, at Coal Harbor, after which he was detailed as clerk in the | Quarter Masters Department. Soon after his discharge fromthe service, | { | 1 he engaged in bridge-building, for the Keystone Bridge Company, and followed that business until the time of his sudden death, which occurred on the 27th of Oc- tober, at Parkersburg, West Virginia, un- | der the following circumstances: They the i Ohio River, and while in the net of remov- ing a derrick, he stood on a plank which | proved to be unsafe, it broke under him, He fell | 135 feet and was instantly killed. is body | precipitating him into the river. was promptly and carefully sent home, in the care of Mr. Hult of Lewistown, from whom these facts are gathered. —He the principle suppert of his mother, to wis whom he madea monthly remittance, an honest and true man, greatly beloved by his fellow laborers, whose happiness he | strove to promote, and who say his place will be harc to fill, His remains reached the residence of his | aged and deeply afflicted mother, near Potter's Mills, on Saturday, P. M., 20h ult.. and were interred on Sabbath, in the | presence of u large assembly of symputhiz. ing friends and neighbors.— Republican, . ow Negroes and Carpet Ba The Radieal Ring in South Carolina— A Brief Account of Some of the Con- ZZers, gressmen Llect—Scene in the Senale € N 4 es ye TL ' 4 (vend ig Wo . cA fa STN Faron > 5 RTy 0 Wi L Ao §) a ys Ca HALL o_o. iv mnonths since past I rl rebuke in huve filed to gee no sin any out of the State, the without fostering a sould vy wluabile priv - Radi ul HUW pa pt ti or The Log islature State debt by millions, single improvement, Suing increased Hopes or poy onal considerations only ; compelled equality in the theatres and acadeniivs, st rooms and ladies’ cars; demanded i... ¢ pecuniarily for vot. ing to educate their own children; and scemed ready, as a fucetious friend said, “to take a red hot stove, provided they could obtain iron gloves to lift it with.” me———— wa i — It was not, he said, of old age or urdinary illness he died, but rather from corroding reflection, which Lee affected him deeply. Persons rid themselves of unhappy medi- tations by mingling freely in the giddy whirl of society, but Lee was a man apart from all other men. le permitted no e.- kept his sorrows to himself and finally succumbed to the OpPressi ¢ burden. ne - - Mr. General position twenty Creswell is the only member of Grant's cabinet Mr. months ago. the Southern States, He aided in raising troops for the Confederate army, He was a blatant secessionist until the tide turned the other i a Letter From Missouri. Oh ay MaryviLLE, Nodaway Co., Oct. last letter 1 promised the readers of So you can see at a glance that our county is The appearance of Pl very very often the case in soine of the coun ties east of us. The soil is a dark rich loam, varying from one to four feet in depth, and nowhere have I saw all N as here. odaway county has about Chamber— The Forty Thieves. Charleston, S. C., November 3. a business man in South Carolina nay be of interest to your readers and give them an insight into Radical Republican politi- cal virtue where that party is dominant. About midwinter the writer was in Co- lumbia. 8S. C, visit the Legislature then in session. went to the gallery of the House of Rep- resentatives, just as the Senate was enter- ing the Chamber to unite with the House in joint convention to elect a judge. The Speaker of the House, a Colonel Moses, (son of the Chief Justice of the State) in the act of vacating hi: seat to the Presi- dent of the Senate, the Hon. D. H. Corbin. A few minutes brought the joint conven- was the day was proceeded with, As the elec- tion was by viva voce it was apparent at the close of the call ef names that the favorite of the leading negro members failed to have a majority ef the entire vote. Just at the time the presiding officer ro-e to an- nounce the vote an uproar began that sur- passed any tumultin the long experience of the writer, A large burly, good-looking negro, with a bright red necktie (named R. B. Elliott, and since elected to Congress) commenced to eall “Mr, Speaker!” Down came the gavel. “Mr. Speaker!” he screamed again, aided by about fifty other voices; again the gavel fell, and for eighty-seven times more by actual count did this occur until the speaker’'sarm seem- ed tired. During this time a small mulatto member with a prominent nose (De Large since elected to Congress) was busily en- gaged on the floor, passing from member to member, and at times leaving the Cham- ber and returning with different parties. All the Senators and members—four-fifths of whom were colored—were fordly dis- cussing terme conditional to changesin the votes, some receiving what appeared to be money. I turned to ask an intelligent looking white m n near me whether the the delay was simply to give time to bribe refractory and cxacting members. He re- plied “Yes.” Pointing down to those near- ly under our section ofthe gallery, he said, ‘“Kvery man you see there demands his pay for every vote of importance he gives, K11i8% and DeLarge are fomenting disor. der to gain time; they are the intriguers of the House, and they well understand that they must arrange to secure, by pur- chase, enough votes to make a majority. So notorious is the fact that part of the House is known as “The Forty Thieves,””’ In the sume bedy I saw ‘“‘Rainey,” a bright handsome mulatto, since elected to Congress from the Georgetown district. He seemed fully aware of the corruption, but took no part in it. Ransier was also there, since elected lieutenant-governor, and busily helping Elliott and DeLarge. My gallery informant said, ‘each of those men, DeLarge, Elliott, Moses, ete., came here poor; their pay is $6 per day; they now own and drive teams alone that cost double their pay for an entire session, and their living is consistently extravagant, Some stylish women (colored) were on the floor. Who are they? I asked, ‘‘Noted and influential courtezans and lobby mem- bers,” was his reply.” “Their political fa- vor must be bought to secure the passage of any important bill.” This was the Legis lature of a proud old commonwealth (with only five or six exeeptions) entirely of Republicans. The corruption was unblush- ing, indecent, acknowledged and undenia- one acre of timber to every ten prairie land, yet so evenly is this divi- sufficient for fuel, rivers running through our county, Platte and Nodaway rivers, and sever al smaller streams. On each of these streams are heavy elm and cottonwood, and in connection eral conl mines in the county, and all we want to make them a success now call to work them. I will beautifully located on about two thousand, and is at present the terminus of the Missouri Valley railroad, the destination of the road being Des Moines, Iowa. I will ‘now enumerate the various trade and business carried on in Mary- ville. First comes the stores; 5 dry good stores, 2 clothing stores, 1 boot and shoe store, 8 groceries, 3 furniture stores, 3 hardware stores, 2 book stores, 2 drug stores, 1 tobacco store, 2 con fectionaries, 1 restaurant, 3 bakeries, 3 hotels, 5 churches, 1 extensive school house, 1 merchant tailoring establish- ment, 1 steam flouring mill, 2 photo- graph cars, 2 lumber yards, § carpen- ter shops, 4 blacksmith shops, 2 wagon maker shops, 2 harness shops, 4 shoe- maker shops, 2 breweries, and 5 sa loons. A word to the ladies right here, to such as may chance to ‘read this, do not give up the idea of coming west because your line of trade is not enumerated in this; to all such I will say that we have three millinery stores in full blast, where you can get any- thing from a silk dress down to a ten pound waterfall. Journalism is also well represented here, there being no less than three newspapers. First comes the Maryville Journal, radical in politics; next comes the Maryville Republican, as its name indicates it is of the more liberal party, and last but not .east comes the Nodaway Demo- crat, a live and wide awake Democrat- ic paper, fully awake to the best inter- ests of the demoeratic party of north- west Missouri, and*as this is the first paper of the kind in the county it is doing a great good although it is in the first year of its existence, Long may it wave, More anon, Gn re ep The Hon. Horace Greeley runs be- hind his ticket in the Tenth Congres. sional district of New York. The pol- icy of protection which he so ably de~ fends has few supporters in the metrop olis. 0 rnd rssm— A Detroit editor describes a rat of that city who was vigorous and plueky enough to fight one hour and a quarter for his life, and get away with it at that. He first vanquished a terrier, dog. His final trial was to escape blows aimed at him with a broomstick in the hands of the owner of the de~ feated animals. These bloas he dodged and made his escape. #* no NITRO-CLYCERINE N1ON, XPLO port Cll —=towr Men Blunwen Liter ally to Atowms—T ritble Effects of U, Frplosivan Their Foundations and Nearly De. molishe ol . Wineows Brook it Miles Distunt. a The most appalling accident that Lever ocenrred in Northern Ohio, = Lys wus the explosion of eight tons of nitro elveerine, il Fairport, on Tues day evening, THE EXPLOSION, Suddenly, at a quarter before five o'clock, the people in that vicinity, | were startled by a fearful report, as if | a score of cannon had been discharged simultaneously, and, at the same in i fell to pieces, (everbody in Fairport knew what it was and the terrified people rushed from their houses into the streets ap palled with fear, Immediately following the explo- sion an immense mass of sand and the | debris of jars, cans and magazines as- | cended in the air to the hight of two lor three hundred feet, accompanied by a dense cloud of smoke, burning glycerine, presenting the appearance cof a bright orange color, Witnesses | say that the sight was fearfully grand. The explosion of the second mag first, was so nearly simultaneous that many persons aver there was but one report. Others are positive they | heard two distinet reports, with but a | second or two intervening. BLOWN TO ATOMS. It was known that four men were at work near the magazines, and the | thought of thems sent a thrill of horror through every breast. Anxious eyes | peered eagerly through the smoke and | dust, as they were gradually dispelled, vainly trying to catch a glimpse of the men, Not the slightest sign of them was discernable. In a short fime, when the terror of the citizens had somewhat abated, the small boats were filled with people and rowed | rapidly across the river, to the scene | of the disaster, With cautious steps ‘as if fearing another upheaval, they | searched for traces of the dead. Here and there were found small fragments | of flesh and bones, scarred and black- | ened, and these only were left to tell | the fearful tale of death. The effcot upon these men was one | expiosion, They where not merely killed, they were literally blown to | atoms! g ' ness but a mere handful of these frag. ments could be found the largest be- ing a piece of rib, three or four inches Lin length. \ the search was renewed, and within a | radius of five hundred feet from the haps, to a half bushel measure, and this was all that was left of those four men. It is rare, indeed, that such utter and complete annihilation of hu- an eye, occurs, During Wednesday these remains | lay in three or four liftle heaps, as they were collected—a spectacle that made the flesh creep with sickening horror. Most of them were shapeless bits of flesh or bone, it being impossis ble to even tell to what part of the body they originally belonged. There were a few pieces of scalps with most of the hair burned off, and the fragment of a chin, with gray whisk. ers attached The latter alone, was identified as being a part of the elder Malone. There was the joint of what seemed to be a knee, with a shattered bone a few inches in length, and ghast- ly shreds of flesh clinging thereto; and the complete sole of a foot, even to toes, all except the thick skin upon the bottom being absent. The largest piece found at all was what was sup- posed to be part of a thigh, weighing eight or ten pounds, which was picked up on the opposite side of the river, fully one thousand feet from the mag azines, It would seem as if the remaining portions of the bodies must have been instantly burned up and destroyed in that fierce flame, or else they were blown into such minute fragments that they mingled with the sand and debris, and could not be found, It is suppos- ed that many fragments were blown into the river, which is quite probably the case. Scarcely a vestage of the clothing worn by the men could he foond. A few half-burned shreds and crisped remnants of boots were picked up, but nothing as large even as a man’s hand. The elder Malone had been in the employ of the company but a few days. His son Nelson Malone, leaves a wife and six children in very desti tute circumstances. Scribner had re cently returned from the west, where his wife died, and leaves four orphan children. Duncan was a young man, recently married. All the families live in Fairport; and there is sad wail- ing for the dead. EFFECT OF THE EXPLOSION. " The effect’ upon the magazine was wonderful. Of the frame structures only a handful of splinters were any- where to be seen. It seems if the wood must have been eonsumed, or the pieces blown so far that no one has yet tound them. The force of the ex- | plosion penetrated deep into the earth, | heaving out immense quantities of A Ti, i I'lie hole, which must have been blown out to the depth of | fifiy or sixty feet soon filled with wa. Fler ap to the level of the lake, I, 1 is es blue (ill. tae top, and seen like the crater of extinet voleanoes, Two or three sye | more trees which stood near the mag zine were scattered and rent, limbs were wrenched off, wud all eoveres | with sand and blackened as by un fis ry tornado i Lex plosion, td tl A lmast 16 place Wis window in utterly demolished, even we ssh in NHLY CHses being broken an 1 shattered. Doors were blown off their hinges, chimneys were thrown down, and houses were shinken as if by the hand ofa gitnt. Several roofs were crashed and tumbled in, plastering every dropped from walle and ceilings, and articles of @rockery were hurled from shelves to the floog I'he effect of the explosion extended a very great distance, although, singu. lar to relate, almost exclusively in the | southerly and easterly directicns. A was experience at | preceptible shock Buflalo, one hundred and sixty miles distant. It was supposed there to be an earthquake, and six minutes after the exposion a telegram was reecived at Painsville, from Buitulo, asking if the shock was in the vicinity. At | | i i | all places in that direction, the shock quake. Whether the shock of the ex- | plosion did extend so far or whather they had a genuine * | there it is of course impossible to de- | cide, but there is certainly strong reas- Lon for the belief that wmitro glycerine | was responsible for the whole. At | less remote points, such as Geneva, Madison, Leroy, ete, bfildings were shaken, in some cases windows were broken, and the peace of mind of the | people generally greatly disturbed. |" The cause of the explosion will doubtless never be known, as | know'edge upon this point perished | with the unfortunate victims. It is thought by some that it may have been caused by the accidental striking to- gether of two of the stone jars which the men were engaged in handling. What ever it may have been, the oc- currence affords a fearful illustration of the tremendous power of this sub- stance. a ————— lp tf Mp i co — : 1 Standing Treat. The Chicago Post says: No Ameri- can custom causes more genuine sur- prise and amusement among traveling our szloons as “treating,” consisting in the entertainment of two or more with refreshments for which one volunteers topay. It is a pure Americanism; | and all over the republic it is as com- | mon as in Farope it is unknown. | There is probably no minute in any i | zling something stronger than water at | somebody else’s expense, | The casual meeting of two men who | have never exchanged a word together Lis a signal for both to instantly ex | elaim, “Come, let's have something!” and for both to dive down into the nearest subterranean cavity below the sidewalk. The one who spoke first usually insists upon “paying the shot,” the word “shot” being a metaphorical reference to the dendly character of the contents usually taken into the stomach, If two old friends meet, the | regular thing to say first is, “Let's drink to old times;”’ and the resident must invariably treat the stranger. IF a man be well acquainted, it is consid- ered the generous and princely thing often as possible, take them to a saloon and give them a complicated stand up drink at the bar. If there is anything more absurd than this habit, we are unable to put our finger upon it. Men do notalways “treat” one another to car tickets be- -ause they happen to meet on the same seat. We never saw a man take out his pocket book, on encountering am acquaintance, and say, “Ah, George! Delighted to see you! Do takea few postage stamps! Its my treat!” Do men have a mania for paying each other's board bills! And is drinking together more “social” than eating to- gether or sleeping together? A traveler may go all over the con tinent of Europe, of Asia, and Africa without seeing any man, except a Yan- kee, offer to “treat ;” and the Frenech- men are quite sociable enough, but when they turn into a cafe to sip their wine or brandied coffee together, each wan pays for his own. When two Germans, long separated, meet, they will be very likely to embrace, and then turn into an adjacent beer cellar, sit down and drink lager and eat pres- ' zels and chat, bet when they part agin each mn settles his own score indes cy» 1 nm pendently. So inltaly. I'he Italians are proverbially merry and generous, hut every man pays for his own wine, maearoni, and cigars. They never into each other's pocket books on t the sacred name of friendship. They would as soom think of transferring to cach other their washerwoman's bills, | The preposterous fashion of treating is responsible for the terrible drunken- ness in America. There would be as little need of temperance socicties and as little work for Good Templars as there is in Germany, France and Italy, if this pernicious and insidious habit was abelished. It is, take itm all, the laid its fyrannios al hands on civilized hanan being? mn came ff, tf The Fiji ¢annibals. A ———— War and Man FE. ting— Great assacre Mutiny and Murder by a crew. The Fifi times of July 23d this de- scribes the outbreak of waé on the northwest coast, which was attended Particulars of also given We have jost heard fearfol news from Ba, on the northwest éoast of Ti- ti Leven, For some time past the Ba people have been at war with the mountaineers, and a few have been killed on both sides, bit a Jeffer justin from the native minister informs us of a fearful massuere. The mountaineers from Nuvesa came down to Nalotu, an inland district hitherto subject to Ba, and the advanced foy{ress of Bri- ni-mua of the Ba people, They put | np a war fence, and then Wawabalavu, the Navosa called out and said : “You “Nalotn people, I am Wawabalava., I it was who ate Mr. Baker, and the Bauman. De you trust to the Lasa- kau people? Don’t; their trade is fish- ing. You offer peace offering or make submission that you may live.” The Nalotu people were: filied with fear and presented peace offerings. The movntaineers then entered their towns and remained for a few days in ap parent friendliness, but their number | was being continually increased by new arrivals from the hills. They then turned round suddenly apon the Na- | lotu people and slaughtered three hun- hundred and seventy of them. That so many have been killed is beyond doubt. Silas, the »ative minister, who lives at Ba, writes: “The Navnuiviisi town, 171 killed ; Dranta- ui, 114; Korikewsn, 58; Nasaga, 26— altogether 3%0. That this number was clubbed is clear, but there are many stif} missing who are hiding in the jungle or have been taken prison- ers of war to Navosa. Perhaps they are killed, but their bodies have not et been found. Only one hundred and four have escaped alive to Ba.” The heathens say that the next town they will attack will be Sagunu, the chief town of the Ba distriet. Itis thought thats Nabeka, a noted cannibal Ba chief, who ® snvivas of Tai Ba, is one with Wawabalava in this treach- ery. The same tribe and from the same town, murdered the unfortunate missionary, Mr. Baker, iw 1867, in his attempt to pass through their country on an exploring tour. The Ba coast has no white settlers upon i*, but at- tention was being drawn to the Ba riv- er, and land was being bought upon it for cotton-growinmg when the writer was in Fiji three months ago. Captain Field, of the Mary Ann Ch: istina, informs us that en board the Colleen Bawn, at Tanna, he met with Jimmy Lasulasw, who has long since been reckoned with the dead. | Our readers will remember that a boat which left Levuka for Nasavusavu abous twelve months ago, with sevens teen New Hebrides laborers, their em- ployer, Mr. Norman, late of Sandhurst, near Melbourne, and the aforesaid J imme, never reached. -» lp. The Trap Gun Case. In reference to the recent case of the killing of’ a burglar by means of a gun so arranged to discharge its contents into the person of the thief, the New York Herald remarks as follows on the pro 4 before the Records. The coroner’s jury had censured the chief keeper who had ar- ranged the gan that did the fatal work, but the Recorder takes a differ- ent view of the matter, and throws all the blame on the unfortamate barglar himself ;— “The Recorder’s decision has put this case in its proper light. In ignor- ing the verdiet of the curoner’s jury which censured Mr. Agostino, and thereby releasing that gentleman from custody, Recorder Hackett pronounc- ed the law in the case, which, we sume, every sensible citizen will adn to be correct, to be that & man has « richt to protect his pre against f-lonious attacks, whether be deed it by the use of a gun in his own hands if’ he happens to be on the premises when the burglar attempts to force an entramce, or whether he places an in- strument of destruction in such a 14an- ner that it shall aet, in his absence, as a guardian to bis premises The faets in this case show that this latter was the mode adopted. That i a fatal effect is, as the Recorder properly says, the result of the burg- Irr's felonious act. He meant to rob the gunsmith’s shop—that is evident ; : but he met his death in the felonious intent Fhe Recorder's judgement, therefore, must be sustained. It is wise and just. It is only to be ted that more such traps are not lai for burglars. There is nothing so ter rifying to a cowardly eriminal—and all burglars are cowards —as a myste- rious and unseen danger. The ecir- camstance of the sudden death of this burglar will probably have more effect in deterring that dangerous fraternity from the practice of their profession ‘than all the viglanee of the police. Seott Miles, of Port Matilda, Centre county, met with a sad accident on Tuesday, which resulted in mangling one of his legs in a horrible manner, The accident was caused by a board pile falling upon him. satin adit most ridiculous, and the most pestilent Yale €ollegé has entered its one.
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