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New York gives a majority of about 13,
C()0 for this Democratic State ticket,
Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin have
gone largely Republican, as Las West Vir-K'Ilia-
. .
New Jersey has renewed her adhesion to
the idol of Democracy, ps has Maryland also
to the "lost cause."
Some of our Democratic exchanges have
been airing their roosters, iu htor-ef their
ejreat vuitwry in New York.
Since Asa Talker's defeat in the race for
Governor, the stock ol the Lehigh Valley
Railroad had declined to $52 per share.
Col. Tate, of the Lycoming Standard,
has sold his interest in that paper to his late
partner. Andrew Hopkins,by whom the pa
per will betwidacted in the future.
There are estimated to be in the United
States and Territories and the British pos
sessions in America, 454,355 Free and Ac
ccptcd Masons. In Pennsylvania there are
:w,sro.
The Ilarri.sburg Patrio talks on the pub
lic debt about in this wsy : "If you owe me
ten dollars, and pay me five, then you'll owe
me fifteen." Surely, that is very logical, if
not convincing.
Rota Republican and Democratic papers
throughout the State are advocating the re
pcal of the law authorizing borough and
township elections to be held iu the fall.
Spring elections are preferred.
Some of the small-fry Democratic papers
still talk of contesting Geary's election.
Poor fellows! It is really too bad that the
Registry Law prevented them from electing
Packer by fraud, as they did Shars wood two
years ago. .
- Mr. Mackey will probably be re-elected
State Treasurer without serious opposition,
lis has made an excellent officer, being an
experienced and pitted financier. He is also
a gentleman of pleasant address aud a first
rate Republican.
Col. Sam Youug, formerly editor of the
Clariou Banner, has just started a new pa
per at Fast Rrady, Clarion county, entitled
the "East Rrady Independent." It is a
cven column paper, well printed and ably
edited. Success to you, Sm.
Late intelligence from England indicates
that her Rritish majesty is favorable to tbc
reduction of postage for pre-paid letters to
six cents. There is little doubt of an early
,doitiun f tiia treasure of postal reform
on the part of Great Britain and the Uuited
Slates.
Clark Wilson, Esq., has started a new
paper at Lowrenceburg, opposite Parker's
Landing, called the "North western Inde
pendent" The paper is neatly printecLand
is devoted to the oil interests in anl around
Lawrenecburc We wish our old friend
Miecess in his present undertaking.
If die publie debt is increasing, as is al
leged by the Democratic arithmeticians, why
i. it that the premium on cold continues to
decline? There is no telling what Demo
cratic figures cannot do, aud next we may
expect to see them endeavoring to show an
increase in our State debt, under Republi
can rule.
The New York Herald thinks that Andy
Johnson's defeat for Senator in Tennessee
will be tb last of him, and that he will
probably retire on his laurels, make a new
suit of clothes for himself, and then write a
Jjook. The Jlcndd thinks he could get
twenty thousand dollars tor a book on the
upsand dowosJns audouts.tbe pipe laying
and dead duel, the kitchen cabinets, the
lobby and the mysteries and miseries of his
administration. '
The nobility of President Grant's charac
ter, says the Rufiido prr.,' wns never
more strikingly illustrated than in his dec
laration, in a letter to hit brother-in law,
Judge Deut, iu these inud words : "In
public matters persocal feelings will not in
fluence me." Nobler or braver words were
never uttered bv anv man in the high places
of the earth. They raise even the hero of
Appomatx ln ue regard and conuJeace ol
Lis .ever grateful countrymen.
Gov. Hoffman struck his first attitude as
a Presidential aspirant, in a speech at Al
bany, on Saturday last. He promises many
wonderful thing; the uiost strange thing
being that he is going to make the New
York Legislature perfectly honest in the
Lands of a Democratic majority in both
branches. He, however, made no promise
to rebriu the immense rascalities practiced
by his party friend? in New rk city,
where, perhaps, there is more room for re
form than in any other locality iu Christen
dom. it
The Secretary of the Commonwealth hav
ing been pestered with an extensive corre
spondence originating with justices of the
peace and aldermen throughout the State,
requests the peremptory statement that no
commissions will be sent to, or wade out,
for the newly elected aldermen or justices of
the peace prior to the time at which their
commissions were formerly issued. 'lhe
registry law only changed the time of eioc
tion, not the terms of the officers formerly
chosen at the spriug elections. Their com
missions will not be furthcoming lor some
ijx moaih?.
The Late Elections.
The Republican party says the I hila
dc.lrrhia Bulletin .w no cause to be disap
pointed with any of the results of Tuesday's
elections, eve y 1 e -e, Republicanism has a
goo I l.o'd upon the popular mind an 1 v. ill,
far deeper and more permanent than has
been imagined, even among many astute
politicians. They indicate that the cohe
sive power of the Republican party lies, not
in the violent excitements of such a great
convulsion as tlu late Rebellion, but in the
sober, educated sentiment of the respecta
ble and intelligent people of the United
States.
A general survey of Tuesday's battle Geld
shows that Republicanism his hell its own
most satisfactorily, while iu some places it
has gained important victories. Jn New
York city, for instance, the monstrous Dem
ocratic frauds of List year have been signal
ly rebuked, and the Republican gain there,
under the pressure of those unparalleled ras
calities, has gone far to counterbalance the
effect of that apathy in the interior which
eo often attends the minor elections in the
large States. New Jersey has d)ne better
than she did hut y -ar, inak'ng a gain in the
Republican vote of her Liiislature. Wis
consin comes up with her splendid majority,
and Minnesota stands true to her free prin
ciples. Massachusetts has indulge! in a
sort.of mixed fisrht, in which she has jum
bled Liquor questions, and Labor questions,
and Republicta questions with a free-and-easy
indifference to the benighted Democ
racy within her border, that can only be af
forded in such a staunchly Republican com
munity as that of the Ray State. In Illi
nois there was no State ticket to be elected,
and we have therefore no indications as to
the general results of the vote on the local
tickets. Maryland is joined to her rebel
ido's,and there she will probably remain long
after the country generally has risen to the
higher levels of a pure and eulighteued Re
publicanism. A Temporary Dissolution. A politi--cal
cotemporary says that the Richmond
Whig does not speak to the Northern Dem
ocrats in an over-encouraging way. It
thinks that one effect of the Ohio and Perm
sylvania elections will be the temporary dis
sdutionof "the Democratic party." How
many such "temporary dissolutions" the
party will be able to stand with the least
hope of subsequent recinsolidation, we do
not undertake to determine. It was "dis
solute" enough before, the Lord knows. If
a man wore sick unto death it would be rath
er cold comfort, if a friend should approach
his bedside and kindly whisper : "The soon
er you die the better for you. Don't be
frightened it's only 'temporary.' It's
'discouraging,' certainly, but the sooner you
go through with it the better. You have
no idea how fre-h and lively you will feel
after it. So jurt go ahead with your dying,
my good fellow, you will be a sound man to
morrow." Whether the H7i"7 will see in the
November elections any rensqn to recon
struct its rather mournful diagnosis of the
condition of the Democratic party and give
it a temporary respite from "temporary dis
solution," we know not yet. As, howsver,
the Democratic roosters were not sufficiently
exhilerated by the news from New York
and Maryland to come forth and flop their
wings as of yore.it is rather doubtful wheth
er the Whig will find much comfort in it.
New IT. 3. Senator. Gov. Chamber
lain. of Maine, has filled the vacancy in the
United States Senate occasioned by the
death of Mr. Fisscnden by the appointment
of Hon. Lot M. Morrill. Mr. M. is a gen
tleman of fine education and large legislative
experience. Ry profession a lawyer.having
been admitted to the bar in Io39. In 1S51
he was a member of the Maine House of
Representatives; in 1856 a member of the
Senate; in 858 Governor of the State, to
whidi office he was twice re-elected by the
Republican party. lie was chosen United
States Senator in ISol for the unexpired
term of Hannibal Hamlin, who had been e
lectcd Vice President of the United States,
and iu the same year he was a member of
the Peace Congress. In 18G3 he was re
elected to the United States Senate, end
was a candidate agaiu for the same office last
year, but was beaten by Hannibal Hamlin.
He will probably be elected for Mr. Fessen-
den's unexpired term by the Legislature,
which meets in Jaauary next, although he
will have formidable opponents iu the per
sons of Speaker Rlaine, General Sheply,
and, it is said, Governor Chamberlain.
Taxes Reduced. The most wonderful
feature of our national income i', that it is
so grcaJ as compared with the revenue o
last year. .During I860 a large amount of
tax has been rented, and yet the revenue
receipts thus far exceed that of last year
One year ago the tax on fli -.'illed spirits was
$2 00 per gallon. It has been decreased to
50 cents. When we estimate in our cwn
mind that this tax produced one year ago a
goo 1 bulk of our national income, it is a
matter of wonder that this alone did not
largely reduce our revenue this year. Be
sides this, a tax of 20 cents jer gallon on
refined coal oil was collected in IsfiS that is
not collected in ISC). The tax on manufac
tures is reduced from five per cent, in lsGS
to two per cent, iu 1SG1. Pianos in IStiS
paid each $.", in 1SC9 nothing. All carri
age worth 1-iOO paid a tax of $i, and of
200 a fix of $2. In 1S09 n carriage is
taxed unless worth $f(0. Thus it will be
seen that with t lie old administration in
power, there was a probability of our debt
showing an increase at this time, instead of
a decrease of over 03,000,000, wkhin tight
months under the new administration.
Tht. New Jehsky Election. Concern
ing the election in New Jersey, the Newark
Conriir pays: "We feel perfectly well
satisfied with the result in New Jersey, and
have not the slightest doubt of our being
able to return a Legislature next year that
will elect a Republican United States Sen
otor. We have gained !!! that could rea
sonably !e expected, and are really in a bet
ter position with the Executive and Senate
against us, than if we had a majority in the
l-jwer II'Miso.as we escape ail responsibility,
and yet are powerful enough to prevent hos
tile legislation uf a partisan character."
True Beginning op the End. The edi
tor of the St, Mary's (i izrtte, the organ of
the Eik county Democracy, seems to have
become thoroughly disgusted with the man
agement and leaders of his party, la a re-
' csnt issue, the editor says:
"We will support neither men nor mea
sures simblv because thev bear the good old
Democratic name ; neither will we denounce
measures which emanate from the Republi
can side, simply because of their origin.
What we deem subversive of the interests
or' the people, we will emphatically denounce ;
whatever would redound to their benefit we
will heartily advocate. We admire and re
vere 7itre and real principles of Democracy,
but we assert that under the teachings of
the unscrupulous demagogues, led and ruled
by William A. Wallace and his elan, Penn
sylvanians have imbibed anything but De
mocracy, and so loug as a party permits
itself to be so ruled.it is worthy and deserv
ing of nothing but defeat ; and the Demo
cratic party has fontrht its last battle, unless
a change Le speedily effected. It will be
sufficient for us to know that when this great
brained, able demagogue advises ororiginates
any scheme, we wiii oppose it; fir we be
lieve that Wallace and political villainy arc
are synonomous terms. We will advocate a
protective tariff ; that home produtions and
native jkill may find a worthy and full re
muneration." Death of Rear Admiral Stewart.
The Secretary of the Navy has received in
telligence of the death of Rear Admiral
Chas. Stewart, of the Ironsides and Consti
tution frigate fame, which occurred at Bor
dentown, N. J., on Saturday, Nov. Cth, at
three o'clock. Admiral Stewart was ninety
two years of age, aud had served seventy
one years.having entered the navy as a lieu
tenant, on the 'Jib of March, 17'JS. Secre
tary Robeson will to-morrow issue an order
announcing his death and direct that the
flags at all the navy yards and stations, and
on all vessels in American waters, be placed
at half mast on the day of the funeral,
which will occur on Wednesday, the 10th
inst., at Philadelphia. Vessels on duty in
foreign waters will observe the order on the
day of its receipt.
"Extravagance." During the late po
litical campaign, the burden of the song of
the Democracy was, "Republican extrava
gance." To show the entire fallacy of their
charges, it is only necessary to say that, un
der the judicious management of our State
finances, the administration of Gov. Geary
is now enabled to anticipate the payment of
the loan which is due on July 1, 1870. Was
ever such recklessness heard of before?
Think of the miserable management that
accumulates a sinking fund faster than the
debts fall due, and then absurdly offers to
pay them to save the people a little interest I
This is truly unpardonable, and we shall ex
pect to hear much of it through the Demo
cratic press.
Accepts the Situation. The Memphis
Avalanche, which is a Southern paper of
the extreme ts'pe, but with consideiable
good sense, reads the meaning of the recent
election pretty clearly, and states il with
plainness. It says.
Notwithstanding the Radicals had to car
ry the odium and unpopularity of the Fif
teenth Amendment, they have still triumph
ed over the Democratic party, led by its
ablest champions. Everybody knows that
negro sufferage is unpopular in the North.
It was defeated iu Ohio two years ago by
50.000 majiirity: yet, mo dp routed is tlie
hatred the Northern ptojde towards the
Democratic party, that they have signified
their willingness to accept negro sultrage in
prelercuee to accepting Democracy.
"Percisei.t" So! The Wiiliauisport
Standard, having been ucd up politically
by the October election, now devotes a part
of its columns to assailing the pulpit. It
gives long prayers a sly hit, perpetrates a
joke on a clergyman, and accuses the clertty
generally of preaching the "Radical gos
pel." The devil and the Standard agree
with singular unanimity on the last point.
We next expect to bear of its rejection of
the Bible, on account of radical clauses.
Tbc editor can get all the arguments iu that
line he wants from Cincinnati, where his
Democratic friends aided by a few Republi
cans have abolished Taa Bjjk from the
publie eclools.
A "Victory," Eh? The Democratic
r arty has won a splendid victory in N. Y.
city. Their majority ol 75,000 for Hoff
man, lat year, now shrinks to but 4o,000
against Sigel, and only 39,000 against Gree
ley. This Democratic "victory" in New
York is about aa satisfactory and eneou ra
cing as their "victory" in Pennsylvania of
which they boast so much. They are wel
come to all such victories.
Repentant. The other day Commis
sioner Delano received a letter from Cincin
nati, enclosing a large amount of revenue
stamps, which read as follows. "Dear Vir:
Inclosed please find three handred and sixty
dollars worth of stauipSjWhich I stole. I've
reformed." The "conscience fund" now
reaches nearly 150,000. It will probably
soon be ucd in helping liquidate the na
tional debt.
On TnE Decline. The premium on gold
still declines, slowly but very steadily. It
is understood that the Treasury will put at
least $10,0U'), 000 more upon the market du
ring the month. Evidently, the supply is,
and will continue, in excess of the demand,
and lower rates are looked for. The gold
gamblers should set up another corner just
Mr. Greeley takes his defeat with char
acteristic imperturability. He says he did
not want the office, l-ttt that the office
sought him. Personally he is not sorry he
has been elected to stay at home. lie says
he can make more money in the Tribune
ofRee in one month than any honest man
eau earn in Albany in a year.
Our Navy. The U. S. navy is not so
diminutive or weak as some Spanish papers
would have the world suppose. There are
now in our navy four iron clads in commis
sion, and twenty nine more tb.t can be ready
for sea in two weeks. The number of sail
ing vessels of all kinds attached to the navy
is lift3
Ohio. Corrected official r eturns of the
vote of Ohio f.ir Governor give the follow
ing result : For Hays, 236,02 ; Pei.dle-
ton. 22. 5M , Ropublicau majority, 7,501.
News Epitome.
It is suggested, in view of the reported
probability that the legal tender act will
be declared unconstitutional, that banks,for
their own protection, should have a written
agreement with their customers that their
demands shall be liquidated in the Fame
kind of money that they deposit ; that is to
say, that greenback debts shall be paid in
greenbatks,and gold debts in gold. On the
other hand, borrowers should take care to
have the same agreement with those from
whom they borrow or with whom they make
contracts. A resumption of specie pay
ments may be so remote as to make the.-e
preparations unnecesary, but they can do
no harm even should the consummation te
as remote as the aduiirer3 of paper money
hope.
A Richmond correspondent of the Balti
more Sun writes that the movements of the
negroes to the far South, under the in
ducements of a more genial clime and high
wages, is assuming large proportions. The
colored labor of the country is gravitating
to the localities it is best adapted to, and
leaving a clear field for the northern and
European emigrants. The writer was told
by railroad men that the negroes are daily
leaving the Slate, under contracts, in par
ties varying from twenty five to one hundred
They do not all go direjtly to the cotton
field and sugar plantation five hunlred.for
instance, being called for, and rapidly re
sponding, to work on a Chattauooga rail .
road.
Mr. Vallandigham nominates Mr. Chase
for President. By pursuing "a liberal
policy towards'thosii not hiiherto acting with
us," says he, "which we arc sure the De
mocracy will pursue, all will yet end well.
The essential principles of the party mu.-t
be preserved, or all is lost. The Democrat
ic organization can be preserved, then, while
at the same time cutting itself loose from all
dead issues and obsolete questions." The
party must indeed be in a bad way when it
hopes to improve its condition by taking up
Mr. Chase.
The vote of Nebraska for the fiftaonth
amendment wiii be given the moment the
L'gis'atue, largely Republican, is in ses
sion. The next regular meeting is not to
the winter of 1870 71. Governor Butler is
urgently invoked by the Republican paj crs
of Nebraska to call a special session within
thirty days,and their wish is warmly second
el by many journals in other States. The
Governor would gratify bis friends and
help the good cause by accceding to this
fervent invocation.
It is estimated that by the end of the
year 1PG9 there will be laid in the United
Stall's, in round numbers, une hundred and
ten th'iand Ions of steel rail, equal to c
leveti hundred miles of steel read; and of
this amount thirty six thousand totis, equal
to three hundred aud sixty miles, will be
laid during toe present season. These rails
arc iu use on more than fi!iy different roads,
and are partly of American, principally of
Eng'i.-h,mid,'to a small extent, of Prussian
manufacture.
A letter from a prominent Government
official at New York eoutaius the informa
tion that Government secuities generally
have a downward, tendency, and foreshad
owing a crisis in Wall street, which, in its
results, will equal the fatal effects of the
late gold conspiracy. The same authority
predicts a resu uption of specie payment
within six uionthj if the present financial
policy of the Government is continued.
Agriculturists in California are turning
their attention to the raising of opium. Tin
poppy plant, it is found, will prow there al
most without cultivation, and the gathering
of the juice of heads, of which opium con
sists, is as simple an operation as the mak
ing of maple sugar. Raw opium is worth
about $20 a pound, and it will be seen that
the pecuniary inducements to embark iu the
business are very great.
The Reform Convention of Jewi.-h Rabbis,
in session at Philadelphia, Friday, adopted
resolutions favoring a change in the marital
laws, acknowledging the woman as the c
qual of the man, and providing for an ex
change of rings as a part of the ceremony,
and also abolishing divorces by the Church
and leaving the power of divorces entirely
to the judiciary of the States.
The West Visginia Legislature will stand
IS to 4 in the Senate and 32 to 24 in the
House, for the Republicans. In these fig
ures, the Wheeling Intelligencer concedes
the extreme opposition claims, in counties
not yet fuliy reported. About one-third of
the Republican members are favorable to
the abrogation of existing restrictions upon
the franchise.
In Cincinnati, recently, a majority of the
Board of Education decided to exclude the
Bible, as a reading book, from the common
schools. Upon application to the Courts,
an injunction was granted restraining the
majority of the Board from enforcing their
decision. There matters stand at present
What the final result will be, remaius to be
seen.
London journals speak regretfully of the
death of George Peabody. His philanthro
py and private virtues made him as con
spicuous in England as in America, and as
keeuly susceptible of appreciation by a peo
pie who-.c poor he cared for as children.
Gov. Geary has issued ih dath warrant
of John Fields, convicted of murder in Ly
coming county, and Zachary Taylor II ock
inberry, both of whom are ordered, to be ex
ecuted December 7th, the former at Wil
liamsport and the latter at Butler.
Spanish politics arc as uncertain and fic
kle as a day in April. The Duke of Genoa,
who some days ago, according to the cable,
was the coming man, is now ineetiug with
much oppostion. The Dons prefer to move
along without a royal head.
Joseph Barretta and wife, who were pass
engers on the ill-fated steamer Stonewall,
arrived in Memphis on the 1st instant.
They lost seven children in the flames, and
are now left eld, hopeless and childless.
The fight between the progressive and
old foiry factious of the Delaware Democra
cy still continues. One of the liberal papers
pronounces this week for negro suffrage.
Missouri fanners are feeding their wheat
to their cattle.
A Little of Everything.
Always tired a wagon wheel.
Fog signals eons'" and colds.
Comes on Saturday Christmas, this year.
They had good sleighing in Maine, last week.
Hasn't arriv yet that turkey, for thanksgiving.
Seventeen men are said to control 30,000 miners
in this Plate
To cure corns hold your feet to the fire nntij
the corns pop.
United States bonds were firm at SSi at Frank
fort, on Nov 3d.
Will nerer build a house a man who carries
bricks in his hat.
Peer roam at large in Pike county without any
molestation whatever.
lien, Itosecrans expects to net $5,000,000 in his
California speculation.
Marrying and settling down is now called co
operative house keeping.
Sev?n cents a day and bord is the wages of a
common laborer in Switzerland.
Ainrng the various stations in life the least de
sirable of all is the police station.
Lightning rod swindlers have been operating
in I'erks and other eastern counties.
The reunions of Confederate regiments are at
tended with pork and beans banquets
Easily produced a spring backwards, by pre
seating a red hot poker to a man's nose.
In Kentucky criminals are yet punished by the
lash. Democracy still rules in that State, eh ?
Josh Billings gets $50 per week for spelling
like an idiot, and otherwise being semi-humorous.
Gold atl2ti is an encouraging sign of the
times. A specie basis is gradually approaching.
It is true of many men that their memory is
nothing but a row of hooks to hang up grudges
on.
The three essentials for happiness something
to do, something to lure, aud something to lire
for.
A New York damsel has reoo,erci S2.000 dera
nges for eight teeth, kicked out by an intoxica
ted mm.
A errifh is predicted in Wall street, before the
holidays, tli.it will rival the effects of the late
gold conspiracy.
Tht material of the HarrisHnrg Stat Giiini
printing ofR'-.e was sold by the Sheriff, on Satur
day, October 30th.
Oot tbo oi! fever pome of the CloarOeldors.
We w isb them success iu their investments at
Parker's Landing.
Considering ex-President Johnson's plobian
proclivities, he m u.-1 have been pleased tu be de
fcated by a Cooper. ,
A moose weighing eleven hundred pounds, was
lately killed near Ottawa, Canada. He was a
moose as big as an ox.
Gen. Sherman said of Mother Eiekerdyke. the
hospital nurse. '-She outranks mo for her com
mission is from above."
The Tcori. Illinois. Alderman are paid ? 1 apiece
for each meeting. An alarming increase in' spe
cial meetings"' is reported.
George I). Preutico, of the Louisville Journal,
calls George Francis Train l-a cipher hunting a
figuro to pass fur something."
J o?h Billing fnys, ' It is a stat'stical fakt that
the wicked work harder tew reach hell than lhe
r'ghteous ito tew git to Heaven."
It is denied that Mr. St.ir;ton would accept a
seat on the Supremo lieneh. Ilis health ia too
precarious to admit of the thought.
A Rhode Island man, if feeling healthy, can
eat two bcsbels of clams at one -bake." beside
soveral potatoes, biscuit, liquor and nch.
Potatoes are so cheap in Iowa that many aere
ro left umlug. Pity thoy hadn't them in Cler.r
Ccld wne: c they'd sell for one dollar a bushel
A Texnn writes that beef sells there at two
coi.tsa pound, and butter and milk cost nothing
Wouldn't mind to have a little at that prise, just
now.
The sfane cntters employed on the Indiana
county Court House have ngain quit work, on a
strike Thoir wacs had been reduced from S4.5P
to S.t.50 per day.
Peter Cooper, whose check would buy all the
chariots and "four-in-hand" in Gotham, ridrs
down to his office every day in an old fashioned
'one hots shay."
The conundrum of the day : "flow was Packer
with his millions defeated ?"' By 4,585 P.epubli
can voters more than Democratic, is tho best an
swer we can afford.
The store of Laughlin A. Arnold, nt Leather
wood, Clarion county, was robhed of S9.100 on
the 23th October. Wonder if California Jack
was in thoie diggins?
The New York World bows both Packer and
Tendleton off the next Presidential course. It
says: '-They have done well, but it is absurd for
them to aspire higher."
Alexandria. A'ir-jinia, is a modol city. It has
15.000 people and not a siagle billiard table, ten
pin aliry, roulette or gsmbling saloon. Can't say
that niu h for Clear&etd
A man named Death lost 550,000 by the burn
ing of his distillery at Warsaw, III , the other
day. It was the first time that death ever lost
anything by the whisky business.
Mark Twain says, "It ia a darling country to
live in, that Hayti. Board two hundred and elev
en thousand dollars a month in the best hotels.
and ice cream three hundred dollars a saucer."
The Scake plantation in Madison parish. La.,
containing 2 C90 acres, was a few days since sold
by the United States Marshal for$5.000ani there
were mortgages on it to the amount of 5230,000.
George II. Pendleton has accepted the Presi
dency of the Kentucky Central Railroad the t'est
thing in the Presidential line that George will
ever get. Confedrit X Roads is the principal sta
tion.
The city vouchers ofQuincy, Illinois, are worth
but fifteen cents on the dollar, and her day police
hare recently been d ischarged for reasons of econ
omy. Quincy has lung been under Democratic
rule.
Mr. Teak, acting Comptroller of the Currency,
notifies the holders of tfie circulating rotes of the
First National Jlank of Nevada. that they will be
paid on presentation ct the Treasury of the Uni
ted Stales.
A lady was reeomme idin to a gentleman a
medicine for the gout. "I know many who praiso
It to the skies," said she. "No doubt, madam,"
he replied, "for it has sent many to the skies to
praise it."
A writer in tho Providence J"-a, addressing
Senator Sprague, says, 'Governor, you havo no
idea how much money one able-bodied, industri
ous man can lend, in the couise of a day. if be is
so disposed."
Alfred B. Crewitt, a clerk in a hardware store
at Huntingdon, struck a young man named Miles
Hampson on the forehead with a hammer, a few
days since. liampson died four days after re
ceiving the blow.
One of the Harvard professors, who had taught
French for twenty years with great success, late
ly tried to converse with a Frenchman, and the
man had finally to inform the sage that it was no
nse he couldn't understand dutch.
A cynic by the name of Wright.in Wrightville,
Wright eonnty. out West, recently writing on wo
man's rights. said: '-That it is so seldom that
women do right that it is no more than right that
when they do what isrisht that it should h -;,-
j fully done." Now, if Mr. Wright is not right,
t then he had no right to write the above.
A Stracge Story.
The Altoona Tribune of November 3d, is
responsible for the following singular story
relative to a young man suddenly raised
from poverty to affluence. It says ;
"We have recently been made acquainted
with the facts in a case, which, in its sim
plicity of development and astounding se
quel, far surpasses the wildest fancy of the
wildest novelist, aud is somewhat as follows :
A youtig man giving his name as Harry
Stewart arrived in Altoona, not lng since,
in a state of complete dc-titution, and culled
upon ilev. Mr. Guyer, to whom be stated
that his parents had died in IJaho, leaving
him alone and penniless; that they had
come from England and moved to Idaho
when none but Indians inlested that ter
ritory, and that he had never enjoyed any
advantages of education save what his tn til
er had given biui. He had heard in Idaho
that in Pennsylvania orphans were given
educations lor nothing, and he desired to
reach Ilanit-burg to obtain ati entrance to
one of the State institutions of learning.
Tbe boy appeared ingenious.and greatly in
terested Mr. Guyer in his behalf, who took
him to Mr. John Shoemaker's office. Mr.
S hoemaker speedily obtained him a situa
tion in Black's plaining mill, but after work
ing three or four hours he came back and
stated that he wished to go on to Harris
burg. A pa-fs to that pla.to was procured
Sbr him, and ha was s;nt on his way, those
who had been willing to befriend him soon
forgetting il about him in the bmy care of
life.
While in conversation with Mr. Guyer,
the boy had stated that his mother had left
him some papers which she declared were
very valuable, but which he could not read.
When iu Harri.sburg a sudden thought
struck him, and lie entered the law ofli? of
Mr. 11. Miunich, to whom he thowel his
papers. A brief examination of tbe docu
ments showed the latter their true nature,
aud heat once telegraph d to tha British
Miuistcr at Washington who in turn tele
graphed to the American Minister at Ixn
don, and iu a short time answer was return
ed that young Stewart was heir to an en
tailed fortune amounting to $o3,OfK.MXH) in
gold, deposited in the Bank of Loudon, and
equal to about i77,OWi,W in Amcricau
currency. This lortune has been lying in
the Bank for some six generations and has
thusi increased to its present va:;t propor
tions.
l'ouiig Stewart's identity as the lec.ul
heir to this va.-t possession, has been !ix-d
beyond doubt, aud h will receive tboCr.st
instalment of about $.'5,0':)'J,0 )) during the
preseut month. What effect the sudden
possession ot immense wealtn wiii liave ut
on the mind and character of a young, uuud-
ucited aud inexperienced boy, remains to
be seen. Stewart appears to have a large
ehare of sturdy common sense, a well-Lid
aneed though uneducated mind, and con
iidorablo natural .'hiewduess, and il he is
fortunate enough to e.x;ape tbe wiles r.f the
human sharks that will be attracted by the
glitter of his gold, may soon learn to use it
for the benefit of his fellow man, an J the
still further enrichment of himself. Mr.
Minich has furnished young Stewirt with a
traveling companion, a shrewd and talented
young railroad engineer named Johii.-tou.
whose knowledge of the wayi of the world
will be a safeguard against the tempta' ions
of desi. ning persons.
Evangelical Union. Our reader are
aware that a project is on foot for a "World's
Conference of Protectant Churches." A
preliminary meeting was held in New York
City on Thurday, November 4. Ilev. Dr.
Philip Schaffjwho was sent -out by the Evan
gelical Alliance in Europe to consult with
them respecting aGaneral Conference of all
the branches to be held in the City of New
York in the fall of 187,ii!ade a report. Hi
efforts were attended with sticees- in Eng
land, Scotland, France, Holland, Switz-r
aui and Germany. Theie was a strong dis
position everywhere manifest to co-operate
in the movement. He haw tbe Prussian
Minister of Public Instruction, and also tbe
King of Wurtemburg, who, on his repic
sentation, gave permission to those nfes
sors in the national institutions of thoM
countries who wished to attend the confer
etiC3 to be absent three months for that
pu.pose. The wives of many of the
clergy objected to their going away on
what they regarded as a hazardous voyage.
Finally, however, all these difficulties were
settled and promises of attendance were re
ceived from many of the mos-t- eminent di
vines in Germany. He then went to Paris,
to see the French branch of the Evangelical
Alliance, in June. It was attended by the
most distinguished clergymeu and laymen,
and they pledged themselves to co operate
fully in the movement.
Death of Gkouge Peaipidv. Tl.i
eminent citizen and gneat philanthropist,
who earned his wealth by his honest in
dustry and strict attention to business, died
in London on Thursday evening, November
4th. The Philadelphia I'rexs, jn alluion to
this event, says : "Two great nations will
hear with sorrow of his death. More than
ths da3's of the yearsof man had been meas
ured to htm, and he weut to rest a witness of
more of his own precious monuments than
is usu.il with the mist favored." He was
born iu Danvers, Massachusetts, February
IS, l7'Jo, and, consequently, in the 75th
year of his age.
Woutii Remembering. The first clear
half year of Grant's Administration shows
an aggregate of increase in the revenues, and
of decrease in the expenditure, of $56,461,
J 57, vG, as compared with the same period of
'OS. That increase was over $19,000,000,
aud the decrease was over $6,000,000, the
latter boing mainly in the army expenses,
which have been reduced from $01,000,000,
dowu to $20,000,000. Among other savings,
is that of 15J per cent, in the cost of col
lection of tho Internal Revenue. The facts
which substantiate these figures are a splen
did vindication of the justice of Republican
expectations.
A nine year old boy was recently 'shipped'
by expressfrom Jackson. Mich.. for Park ers
hurg.Wcst Va. .having the usual express di
rection fasteticd in a button hole of bis coat ;
chains $15, aud co,t of board.
rjUir g(UTt-ti$rmcatg.
PTTTJ ' illustrated ronjc r
X U i 3 months f.e.. Ad-lres. s.''i,"
Louisville, Ke&tutk v. !8l'i.
FOU SALE. The undriK-,..i , FW. r
!? of '7 '. COIX.Ut's ''
NACKS neartv new Iw,.
NovJUr j s DWG h A n . j.
yOll SALE at the " Keystone s'.w7
X two SlNGEUSEWlNii M kUUkI
Cheap lor cash. Cull and see beta 1,5
Nov. 10. lboJ. T (1 vivii..
-i
utioD. All persons arebfireV ,....;
n,l -r;n Tl..: t ir ? .'"t l;-
or other articles, on my acconnt. with'ooi ,, :
der from me. ALK ti,.J,..i,r'
i!"lii,iil' oT0.1Sft9 lhi:i
fj A UTIO --All IK..rn,ar7hTi.7eT;
, ""eJ against purclwsing or ia ,B. ,
meddling wua a set of liarness for Tw "I
Four She-p and Three Hogs, now in polL';""'
Andrew Jiolt, of Fergnsoi tuwn,biP 7u '
beiong to me and are only left wuh said 'I "
loan, sul.ject to my order. "
.nl'??riitP: TEKAH BAKfcK
S
MALL PROFITS and QUICK .VI.vs
HAKTSWIOK i IUYVix
are constantly replenishing their st. ck uf I;rj.
Medicines. Ac. School boukj and sut:.,n.r-
including the Osgood and National Mri"
of re.-.ders. Also Tobacco and C--grs,
.f the best quality, and at
tbe lowest rices. Call and fee.
Ckar5eld. Nov 10, LSf J
kainrss two u.iik cows, two J rear old ht;f s .
three spring calves, one set btaclcuiiiu
chains, gras. one cook stove, bv.fdin; i
fixings, and or.e Ure balance-whee! cu-ii.. t ,
Sale to commence ut 10 o'clock. A. M , ol ,
day. Terms of ale: All sums of S:ii ur
rwli ; and on sums over that amount six uut
erdit wirb appioved security
- BE.M. PMSl.
UllOrXI) THE WOKI.b"
THE SEW YORK OKKRVoR
Is now publishing a series of Letters from th, r.-r
i'r. K U. ii. i'riiiic.wlio isuiti:i lhe tnar .(,
World, by way of Catifntnia-lapau, t'hiiu.ln.;.t.
tg.vi't- Ac ' t,,olhrr hub varivus oincr cartt
j. omleiice. all ilie Wt.s LotijEU.iit uu.t .-co.,.,
and a ires vnriety o,' the besi kradii-. ;,.'.
"! seleced Now i the im lo s-.ur
ul lc.-t and PEST t'A.UILY N KWSi'AHWn wa
nirfke :he fj!Ht::- liberal ofie-a for i.w -uhc:i.
bers. We will .ena lhe New Yorli (j;tfVr Lr
one year to
One new subscriber and one uld. for .
Two new aabcrihr8. for
Two i.ew aubscrlln-r: and oto o'.it, for
Tbreo new suLsciioors. f,r
TUice new Mibenbrs mid or.e tM. for
Four new yutn liliors. fr
Four r.w Mibscribcrs and one old, fur
Five now ubcribrs. for
45. u
r
II
II a
lltt
s-:i new sub-crthtr.i. tor
And to a:iy lurjp-r number at thssiwe r:
s-atnntc coibs frea tttrmi.S l.i0 :ir ar.um ;a
a lvaa- e. r-'ead tj c!i-k uratt, pj.,': ufict w,
or rcginered lettsr Addrs'i
SYIt.SfcY U MKltSK J II A CO .
Nov lO.'r 3-.it 37 Park New Y-.-.-t '
SOLD!
CLOSING OUT AT COST
AT THE
KEYSTONE STOV.E!
The uade-s'gr.c J, intending tj r:ire fraa
niercifciti'e business is n' c!ji:f ot
tire stock of gs3ls at sol hsl-j c;,
comj'i Uit
SILKS,
MEHINOS.
ruriJNS,
ALPACAS,
EMPREvS CLOTH.
WOijL DELAINE?,
MEN'S A XH BOYS'
C A S S 1 M E K ES,
CLOTHS, SATTIXKTTa, KENTUCKY JIA
VEXISS, LA DIES' CLOaKIXw. CoAi;,
SHAWLS. Ac
A full line of Domestic tioods.
DELAISES,
SHEETING?,
GINGHAMS,
FLANNELS,
COTTON FLANNELS.
&c, &.c., ic.
LADIES' & CHILDREN'S SIloES,
GU.M & ARCTIC OVIXiil'-'-HATS
AND CAI'3,
Table and Floor Oil Cloths. Carrcts-:l iJtt.
Window Shadwand Wall l'er,
AVD
A groat variety of Ttoiery , Notions and Tri'
inings of every description, La-Jisa' Tr ir
H:U.Vel vets. Kibbous, Balmoral aJ !'': k,r'i'
Linen and VVojI Table Oavors, Xspsia- To
Counterpanes, a large assortment of L'l'w
Childrou'a Wooi Hoods, Xabias, Shawl,
Persons in want of anything in l! 1,;"'9
of tioods are invited to give me ca!I.',a
goods at wholesale prices. ,..,,.:
D. (i. M Li-'-
Grain and country produce taksn In ex:k-f
for Goods. Xov io
QTRAY. Came trespassine on tfcf Pp'
0 ises of the subscriber, in l'jke "
about the first of September last, a r"
spotted BULL, with the end of h, '". ".ib.
posed to be sbout lw. jears old, er Urge s
The owner is requested to come '"Jt, or ts
property. pav charres and take bim i.
will be dispo'sed of as lhe law directs ,Ta
Nov. 3--V JollNJ---
PROVISIONS. Just received at J-
1 Krntzer's-White Wheat iJiCx
wheat Flour. Sifted Corn -Vol Cranberri - f
Potatoes. Lima Beans. I'ricd Peas. Bu e r f
Pugat-cured Hams. Pried Leef. Lrd " Kli.
JJir.ee Meat. Mess Pork. Oat '-.1'"!Verries.
sins. Citron. Pried Aprl. 1
Prunes. Durrants. Ficktes. Ketch op. '
Peaches Strawberries. Gaffe'- 1 ';' r, j r,--Corn
Asparagus 5ucwta-h Uorey
ters, Tomatoce, CraoKers. Ac
i.A !)l h. I he tin h-isignt-l wl!! , 3t
public outcry, at his re.i ,;n,,.j j,,
f"" town-hip. on f'ED Vi.SM J". ,v;i '
11 1. till. IfeS'j lhe following prs..r.j t
to wit : I'onr horses and hamui. t-. ...r '.