Vatic tiakizte Xitypi#.
VOL. 70. NO. 43
HOW IS THIS " FOR HIGH."
The election is now over, but we want
to ask everybody, and particularly elec
tion officers, how they like the Fifteenth
Amendment? Did not the Judges, In
, specters, and Clerks all take an oath to
support the Constitution of this Coin
imonwealth? If so, Why did they allow
the negroes to vote? 'Does hot that same
Constitution say that none but free white
male citizens shall have the right to vote
at elections in this Commonwealth?
The negrees voted. Now what we
want,to know is, which is worthless, an
election officer's oath, or the Constitu
tion? Again : What kind of statesman
ship is it which compels citizens to per
jure themselves for any purpose ? As
such is the fact we want some 'Radical
defender to answer.' Neap° questions-upon
moral grounds.
We now make the charge that °rely
election board which allowed the negroes
to vote are guilty of
.moral, if not legal
perjury, and the political economist who
advocates and enacts such highly Wren
give laws, should be politically damned,
in a country inhabited by Christians.—
Valley Sentilel.
The Constitution of the 'United States,
formed September 17, 1787, by the Con.
vention over which George Washington
presided, declares in its sixth article,
that "this Constitution, and the laws
of the United States which shall be Made
In pursuance thereof, SHALL fIE THE
513.PIMMIS LAW OP LAND, and the
t-Judges in every State shall be bound
,'hereby, anything in the Constitution-or
laws of any State to the contrary nOtleith
.. standing." ' The Fifteenth Amendment
to that same Constitution declares that
"the right of citizens or the United
States to vote shall not be abridged- or
denied by the United Stateg, or by any
State, on account of race,,color, or pre
vious condition of servitude.° Under
these
,provisions all persons who were
otherwise qualified voted without regard
to color, or race. The provision in the
State Constitution restricting suffrage to
white men, became void whenever it
conflicted with the supreme law of the
land, There was no Moral or legal per
jury in the election officers taking the
votes of colored men. Them would have
' been both, and great folly in addition,
had - they refused them. We were under
the impression that this much informa
tion was possessed by all, withoutflis-
Unction of race'or color, who dtibbled in
politics, until we saw tho , last number of
the Sentinel. We have endeavored to
make the matter clear, even to our co
temporary.
-Tint Supreme Court of the State has
appointed Robert Snodgrass, esq., of
Harrisburg, Prothonotary, in place of
Wallace DeWitt. The appointment is a
good one—Mr. Snodgrass being a gentle
man of ability o.nd character, and a- coo
sistont Reynblicam J lllr. DeWitt, the
retiring Prothonotary, made for himself
, zln. honorable record during his official
'term. -
The Court, at the same time, re-ap
pointed JAMES Ross SNowpEN for the
Eastern District. "This is an appoint
ment against which we feel bound to
protest. Mr. ,Snowden is, doubtless, -an
estimable man in most respects, and a
capable s officer. Ifis connection with the,
wholesale naturalization fraud in 186 S
showed him a desperate partizan, who
would :.prostitute his position for MO
benefit of his party whenever the case
required it. That he should be retained
by a- Court, a majority or whose Judges
are Republicans, is amazing. It was,
doubtless, done for the purpose or con
ciliating the Chief Justice, who is a rela
tive ; but thiswasbeing much more amia
ble than tight. Mr. Snowden should have
been retired, and a competent person
from the Republican party put in his
place.
While on this subject we may say
further, that this tendency of Republican
officers to retain bitter and proscriptive
"Democratic politicians in office, because of
'seine imaginary fitness thakno other per
son possesses, is all wrong. There is ma
terial in the Republican pitrty from which
any office in the country may be filled
without detriMent to the public scirvice,
and generally with great benefit to it.
The assumption by the Democracy that
their ranks alone contain the talent, in
tegrity, patVotism, and respectability of
the county is impudent and prepos
terous. With a few honorable ex
ceptions the opposite statementils the
truth. No one et* heard of a Dem
ocratic bench retaining Republican
subordinates in any position, unless
they were willing to purchase the
:favor by the sacrifice of their .principles.
They carry out the idea to its ['idlest ex
tent that "to the Oidtors belong the"
spoil" when they distribute patronage,
but when that prerogative . belongs to
their opponents they are very anxious
that no political considerations ' should
secure the removal of some partizan of
theirs, who has.fer years drawn his liv
ing Wont the public crib. We are as
ready as any one to advocate personal fit
ness as the only qualification to lie con
sidered in making appointments, 'but
we want a guarantee in advance, that
this.principle shall not ii!ork for the ben
efit of the proscriptive pa rtizaus of the
Democracy, and fo the disadvantage of
those whim see fit to belong to another
patty.
Tar•. Democracy of the country may.
congratulate themselves on the West, he
cession to their active 'numbers. At
great meeting held in New York last
week, Col. James Fisk, jr., was one of
the speakers. He announced himself
henceforth "as a good Democrat," and
"that he would vOttAtis regular three'
times a day as well as anybody." This
isiterfectly right. Fisk owes the Demo
cratic party an ithinense debt of gratitude.
Through tho_courtepi or (ho Legislature
of New York and Govcruoi• Hoffintiti;
he has been enabled to control the Erie
railroad, steal all the profits, and have
A good thing of it ginterully. He can
only hope for such ravors _From , such a
jiarty. What fine follows. the Donnie
racy of New 'York have for Icadors,
Plloirman, BWeeney, Tweed, John ,Mor-,
risoy, James Fisk, Brick Pomeroy, at id
0271730 genes.
Tan Democrats 'have achieved a vic
tory in 'West Virginia, by the elec
tion of, their Candidate for Governor by
a majority of some three or r four thou
sand, gainiiig •two or perhaps 'threw
,members of CongresS, and a majority of
•the -- Legislature. West yirgiat Vas
Mono very- badly, but, it shonld be Yr.&
1 11 0tElF411 1 Athat liar yosition is a first
' class ciao
,for the colonization of those
Patriots who served their country in the
army of the late lamented Glom Lee, and
who aro now voting' ns, they fought.
GOLD ranges about 111, whichls neurly
down to the hTest point reached since
the war. 'A number of the Government
. securities are quoted at higher figures., It
seems. a
.short .way now to specie par
mentsand Mr. Boutviellwill, doubtless,
load us to it safely mad speedily(
METZ SURRENDERS
The victories which have crowned the
efforts of the Prussian soldjers; since
their invasion of France, still continue.
The Fortress of 111letz, which h 6. hold
140,00 df the belstot the French . army,
comnded by their ablest 'Marshall,
sure pdcred last week 6:the armies of
King William. Whether this was una
voidable, and forced by the necessities
of the garrison and the strength of the
besiegers, or whether it was by the
treachery of Bazaine, is a matter of but
little consequence so far as the effect .
On the struggle is concerned. The last
' hope of , kneeessful resistance to The•Grer
: Mans is gone, and the French people may
now make up their minds to accept such
terms of peace, as it may please King
William to dictate.
Mince the battle of Gil , elotte it must
have been evident to all tin France•ivas
unable to cope with Prussia. „No matter
what may he our sympathies, how lunch
we may deplore the erusfiing of a nation
to increase the power of it great and
somewhat despotic ruler, or how much,
we may be disappointed that the Prus
sian authorities will insist "on indemnity
for the past and security for the future"
(we believe this is not entirely a, German
idea), it is now patent to tho most super
ficial observer that France is broken and
conquered beyond all hope of recovery.
The directory at ToutS mayi.-relieve their
mortification by frenzietl,4nf#sWhe
name of the republic, and Victor lingo
may rave about the possibilities of anni
hilating the Germans from the forts,
barricades, and sewers of Paris, but this
is all very poor evidence of strength. It
•has been demonstrated that the Prus
sians have been able to annihilate
the French army that opposed them,
to defeat the next that \vas organ
ized with great slaughter, • - to drive
the lately surrendered army of Ba-
Caine into the fortifications at Metz in
spite of its efforts to get toward Paris, to
capture MacMahon's army when it at
tempted the succor of Bazaine, to thiir
oughly invest the French capital with
their main armies while their rear guard
alone have been sufficient to make this
unheard of capture of 150,000 men. It
may be that the French, after having lost
at least 300,000 men since the beginning of
the war, with all their recognized military
chieftains prisoners of war, and thier espi
tal besieged by half a million of men, are
still in a condition to maintain their
rights and their territory, but it seems
to us that it is entirely too remote a pos
sibility to justify the killing of another
man in the struggle. If anything may
fairly be inferred from 'Bic-operations
thus far, it may be assumed as certain
that before the present year closes, Xing
William, Bismarck, Moltke, and Fritz
will sit conquerors in the Turneries.
We sympathize deeply with France in
her present condition. For twenty years
sliehaTheen plundered and demoralized
by Napoleon. Now her power is broken,
her territory invaded, and her armies
dispersed by a rival government. The
tendency of her peOple is tg Republican
ism, and -We hope that she may soon
realize and long enjoy the benefits of a
free government. But -her further re
sistance to
.Prussia will not hasten this
desirable result. Every day the present
contest continues adds to her calamities,
makes her condition more deplorable,
and renders her moroliablc to be preyed
upon by any reckless adventurer, who .
may seize her gove•nuient. - She needs
peace now, even on the terms that may
be dictated by he• conquerors.
Ix our list of the members of the-Leg
islature of 1871 published last week, we
inadvertently printed Thomas Howard
and George If. Anderson as the Senators
from Allegheny county'. This occurred
by taking the list friam a daily paper,
that should Itie known better, and fol
lowing copy. Mr. Howard is not a
member of the next Senate, behaving
been elected to till the unexpired term of
Mr. Russell Errett, which ended with
the la4t session. Mr. Howard was not
re-nominated. The Allegheny 'Senators
are Tames L. Graham and George 11.
Anderson.
HERE AND THERE
-=lllicultinN is rapidly increasing in
population. The present census returns
gives 1,191,461, :Ili increase of 142,848
since 1866.'
—ANOTHER Enropean fortuno is re
ported for American heirs. This time
rumor has it, that ?Ars, Itiorrinitin t , of
Beaver county, has jpherited $3OO/000
from the.cstate 9f 811riaiicis Drake, an
English nobleman, who hasiately,died.
Tins is a big fOrttino--,or a big lanard.
—Tin; Department of 'Agriculture in
forms the people that the corn crop of 1870
is a full one, and the best in the last ten
years. The total product is estimated,„
at two hundred and fifty millions bushels.
. 7 Tirm New Ydrk Herald says the re
sult of the late election is the popular
endorsement of Gen. Grpt's administrar
tion, and that it indicates his re-nomina
tion and re-election against fdi odds
whatever. The Herald is a shrewd ob
server or political events, and . has drawn
the correct inference this thine.
—CUM nit:l{l..6 p, Maryland, has had a
fearful tragedy. Some time since
Black, a citizen of that place, shot and
severely wounded Col.--McKaig,
that the Colonel had criMinal intimacy
with bin daughte . r. Last week a son of
Mr. Black net McKafg on the street,
opened on him reVolver, and con
tinued shooting him until McKaig..was
stone dead. Thin little - tragedy is the
legitimate fruit oh' tlie acquittal of men
and the pop u lar ap
roval•of such verdicts
--flAuntsuunu has now a now market
house; locattid on the corner of East
State and Fourth streets, and constructed
in the most approved manner: `rho.
price of stalls ranges from $27.50 to $28.-
50. It is. a private enterprise, and
promises to ho successful.- When will
Carlisle have something in the same line.
--SENATthc Vlciams, of Maryland,
made a deed, last spring, conveying one
squaro Toot of ground to 84 citizens of
Cbarlcstown,• Kent . county, Maryland,
with a view to enable 'the- grantees to
vo t e a t the local 'election, about to be
h'eld there. ' This gave each voter a HMO'
over one square, inch of real estate, yet
'gave him the hitiMit. of the StatC'law
with regard to freeholders. Alolored
Ilepublicaw. however, reaerted to the
same tactics among his own friends, and
defeated the ambitions scheme of the
Senator, the'colored vote gave the elec
tion to the Republicans. .
BUOICALEW attended the
meeting or the Social Science Association
last • week, in' Philadelphia , , .and spoke
earnestly in favor or liis theory of outuu
liativer:ioting, to secure' minority repro.
mutation. gr. Buokalmv deserves groat
credit for . the ability and fearleesness,
he presses his matter, and
as ho eomes . from a- stredg -Democratic
diStriet, the movement is against the im
mediate interests of his party.
7 WA sirlN TON C7YI9 improving Nvith .
a vengeance: PennsylVania . Avenuel is
to be re-Paved; the 'eapitel. Imilding to
yo' renovated - and Ventilated, and
Channel of the Potomac th straii
, iit
ened in frent,of the • city. Washington
needs improvement as much as any place
in the world.
—lx order. to defeat Gen. Schanck in
the Dayton District, it became necessary
to deprive the Union soldiers, who are.
supported at the National Military Asy
lum there, of the right to vote. This
was at the instance of the Democrats.
Have disabled wildiers in Ohioles.4 rights
than common paupers have here?
—THE Harrisburg Patriot has been
sadly victimized by the American Press
Association, in the way of election news.
Ono day last we „ the Harrisburg Tele
graph published an editorial or the Con
gressional vote, giving the figures from
the different districts and making a fair
Republican majority in the State. This
got into the Philadelphia Bulletin, prop
erly credited, and was there picked up by
.the Pres; Association agent and the article
transmitted to the Patriot as a dispatch.
The Patriot complains that this is' carry-.
Mg a joke somewhat too far.
-31ABSACMJBETTS has /had another
bank robbery of some magnitude. The
Grafton-National Bank has suffered to
the tune of three hundred thousand dol
lars. This will interfere soMeWhat with
We forthcoming dividends of that institu
tion
—AN English paper gives the follow
ing account of the result of the late elec
tion. It will be quite as much news to
us as it was to the English :. " The elec
tions in the United States yesterday
passed off quietly. The negroes voted.
The returns are meagre. A storm has in
jured the vines. The Republicans in
Pennsylvania have elected 10 'aid the
Democrats 80 members of Congress, this
being a Democratic gain of three."
—TirE following items, taken from the
recent report of the insurance commis-'
sioner of Massachusetts, are of interest
to insurers : The total amount of death
claims paid by the 03 life insurance com
pany's doing business in the State, dur
ing the last year, was $13,248,700.98.
The amount of claims resisted was only
$278,039, or about one-fifty-fifth of the
whole. Of this amount $lOO,OOO, was
resisted by a single company; $73,000
by two others ; $55,500 by five others ;
$40,000 by seven others, and the balance,
$9,039, by five others. It thus appears
thatthe whole business of-resisting claims
belongs to 0 companies; while 43 com
panies paid all their losses promptly, with
out resisting a single claim.
SDI; no has at last received the
census- of its inhabitants. The total
piaputzlion_is.2ll,o9..l,..sbowing.4n-Increase.
of 531 per cent on the population of 1860,
which numbered 15,012, number of
dwellings, 4060 ; of fatnilie - m, 4,527 ;
white females, 111,731 ; white males,
40,074 ; colored ,males, 1,040 ; colored
females, 1;'227:
—GERRIT SNUTH is 0111 3 ill au appeal
to the colored people -advising thorn to
vote and act with the anti-dram .shop
party. 'One of the reasons he gives is
that the prohibition of liquor selling
will he the death of the Democratic
party. That is certainly a most potent
argument in favor of prohibition.
=CONNECTICUT does a lively business,
in the way of divorces, 'for a small State.
Last year 491 unhappy matrimonial
units were madur,twain by duo process
of law. The. causes for these , divorces
were as follows : Adultery, 137 ; Cruelty,
134 ;- deserticin, 303 ; fraudulent con-
tract, a ; intemperance, 159 ; miscon
duct, 2.49 ; of course many single cases
include a number of these charges..
110 W METZ FELL! .
THE STORY OF THE SURRENDER!
A r rangi ntp the Ter7ll3—Surrender Or the
Army —Basal no' s Intrigues—Cause of
High Prices—The Death I ! ist:— Oppo
sition to the Cap it u t ion— Basa ne
Mobbed by Women.
Fro. Mu Now York Triboor of mo„,loy
London, October 80, 1870.
The special correspondent of The
Tribune Wore Metz telegraphs this day :
On the evening of the twenty-fifth inst.
the Clerman Chief of Staff had left Fras
cati about five miles south-west of Metz
very much discouraged, scarcely hoping
for any agreement, as the., French ap
peared to be intractable and obstinate.
Nevertheless I knew from private sources
that Metz could not hold out, and I 'ex
pected the capitulation. .
I=
At noon Bazaine sent the Prince an
autograph letter asking another con
orence ; and accordingly the Germans
sent.Gom Stiehl°, Chief of Stall of the
Second Army, and Count Wartenslolien :
Chief of Staff of the Virst Army, to Pius
esti once more. , Tho interview lasted
three hours of the afternoon: At first it
was stormy on tho part of the Froncti
commissioners; but it resulted -in their
conversion to the Main points of the Ger
num terms. The first difficulty was con
cerning officers keeping their side-arms,
on which Bazaino insisted. The point
was finally referred to the King, and
conceded by him in a dispatch received
at-3-o'clock-in the - morning of the twen
ty-seventh,
I=
4 By agreement the conference was re
sumed early the same morning, and lasted
till 8 p. m., when the capitulation was
signed for the absolute rendition of 3.1.0 z
and all its fortifications, armaments,
stores, and munitions ; and for the u -
muter on the conditions of the capitu
lation of Sedall, of all the garrison, and•
all Bazaine's army, comprising 3Marsh
als of France; GO Generals 6,000 officers
and 178,000 troops. The Germans are
astounded at MILS result—an army and
fortress capitulation_ to an investing army ,
only it fraction larger than itself. ,
The Frey°lt commissioners wore Ba
zaine's Chief Of Btaif, Gen. Jarnaß, •Gol.
Pay and Maj. Samuel°, .on the part of
the cominandorof tho fortress. On tho
28th, Maj. Landkuhl, - Chiefof Engineers
()film Second Corps, wail to enter by
stipulation . 4 10 o'clock to withdraw the
Mines from under the Torts, preparatory
to the safe entry of the Seventh Cerpi
Who will remain to guard the city. and
Prisoners, while. the _ rest of. the First
;Army departs immediately for raris and
for the Hood), where the :headquarters
ofyrinco Froderiok Charlos will be at
Lyons. At 1 o'clock the Fronoh' army
were tO lay down. their arm, Ad this.
has. beds postponed 24 hours, in eon
-sequence of a want of readiness on the
part of the French authorities' owineto
internal disordors.--:
Tun AMY LAYS DOWN ITS AIMS.
On the 28th the forts were takeir- pos- sesslOn of by the - artillery of the Seventh
Corps. At 1 o'clock the Third Division
'(which will4lepart :toward the South.
WOO and the Fourth - Division were ro
vSosyad in splenilirt i liiigenrit by the Prince,
on the Istancy-Wot4 ,road, near Tour-la
.l3rede. ThereuWeP. the (French) Irn
port4Gunrds nitiiihed out of Metz, bear,
ing 'arnis . 11$;.iacli they subsequently'.
laid down" at FriOati, and passed in
re
view before the piince. This honor vas'
accorded to then( alone. All the :rest
laid &Ain their - rdinS in tll4fetz arsenals,
and then marched - to their cantonment
outside the town, to await transportation.
The Imperial o:lards: wqi tqCoiVAll.
the Prussian troops with respect ; not a
jeering syllable watt heard; nor
properly exultant look scan. Previously,
at the Prince's' re vie:.V the (lernuui
troOpr. the cheering was loud and—long. I
continued.
iit 4 p. n , . Frondh emnpanies that
wore still biota t inq gifard at the ious
gates of tlpt oily and at depots and arse
nals were relieve) by Prussians. two
regiments of inntetry and one of cavalry
having entered the town. The appointed
military Governor-Goileral, Von Zastrow,
tho Commander of the Seventh Corps;
took possession and control of tlio city
and fortress, where, he tells me, he ex
pects tolled the portrait of 'ono of his
ancestors who was at sohlo early period
also a military Governor of Metz:
lIAZAINE'S
Tke eragedy d completed, but there
'is another side to !the. story which still
remains to be reviewed. ° According to
this statement of Gen. Von Zastrow, who
hold the woods of Vaux on the morning
of August 19 (after the battle of Grave
lottee), Bazaine could have avoided being
inclosed in Metz. After ho was thus in
closed, hp could have, according to Metz
ion statement, made a sortie - and joined
MacMahon more easily by far than Mac
. Mahon could reach him. After most of
Bazaine's cavalry and ' artillery horses
had been eaten, this proceeding was of
course more difficult i still his movements
are said to have lacked determination,
Sind, in the last two sorties, to have been
oven frivolous. This is charged. to a
plot in behalf of the Regency by which
this army was to try to remain in gaits
quo until the conclusion of the war in
Western Fiance, and. then was to-be
t
come availab s, with Prussian consent,
for Bonapart; -t, purposes. Bazaine him
self expected in that case to be the Gov
ornor of the Prince Imperial and the y
virtual,Regent.
Nearly all tho., Metzians seem to be
lieve this ; and --their most influential
people have avowed such belief to me.
Since the time of the investment, Bazaine.
has never been seen in the camps except
on extraordinary occasions ; never at all
in the ambulances which aro in part con
structed in numerous railway box-wagons
on the Place Royale. Equally seldom
has lie been seen in the city. The civil
authorities had to find him at the Barrier
-St. Martin ; he did not appear at the City
Rail once. Re rarely, if ever, said a
'irarilr - 15 — € Tirciiiiii Tir.5T1706517 Can
reboil, sometimes cheered their hardships
a little, and then thoy-would cry' " Vise
Canrobedq ! A bas Bazaine!"
11.17.A1NP; PEAKED MEN.,
Toward the last he (hired not show
himself to his Own men for fear of assas
sination, and' the terribly' relaxed disci
pline is assuredly the cause of the hasty
capitulation, when a week's rations for
all were on hand. On tho morning of
the twenty-ninth five soldiers lay dead of
starvation at Montigny, while the staff
still indulged in luxurious meals.
~Four
days' rations were given to the entire
army that morning. (twenty-ninth,) but
for two days previous they had received
none. No beef nor pork had been ob
tainable at any price for a week ; but on
that morning, before anything had arz
rived in town, the shops had plenty
thereof, which goes to prcve the charges
current in the town that speculators had
seized a quantity of food ; and that a ra
tional system of apportionment, such as
existed during the last ten days, if intro
duced at that, and combined with requi
sitions, would have prevented much
waste, and enabled the fortress to hold
out a month longer.
MOIL PRICE Oh' PROVIKONS
The Staff used at first to feed their
horses on bread. Recently, prices had
reached the following maximum : Sugar,
$0 a pound ; salt, $1 a pound ; one ham,
$9O ; one potato, 0 cents ;• cone onion, 12
cents. A little pig, caught near Gray
(dotter sold for $l5O, During live weeks,
amputations have been performed with
out chloroforni or . ether, and wounds
dressed without carbolic acid.
DISEASE AND DEATH,
There aro more than 19,000, sick and
wounded. -During the siege 85,000 per
sons have died in the town alunO, the
greater part from lack of proper, care.
The prevailing diseases are varioloid,
spotted typhus, and dysentery. Scurvy
has not,prevaped,,thongh even tlie sick
have, for ovektireoweeks, received their
'horse steaks and horse broth without
salt. The reported discovery of a saline
spring at St. Julien was a hoax, con
trived by putting salt into the spring to
encourage the arniy. •
El=
EEO
When the capitulation became known,
the people were furious. The National
Guards refused to lay down their arms,
•On the afternoon of the '2Bth inst., a
Captain of Dragoons appeared at the
head of a body of troops who swore that
they would sooner die than yield. A lbert
Collignoni - theedltor of an tiltra-Pinite.-
cratie daily newspapei., the Journal de
Metz, rode about on a white horse firing
a pistol and exhorting them to sally forth
and seek - victory-or death' to - escape - lin:
pending shame. He was followed by a
lady singing the Marseillaise. This pro
duced terrible excitement. The doors of
the Cathedral were burst open • and the
tocsin was sounded and the bell rung
nearly all . night: , • - •
When. Con. Coffinieres appeared to
pacify them, three pistol-shop were fired
at him. Finally; by the, aidCof two regi
ments of the lino, ho quietly' dispersed
the meb ; gut all night the sounds-of
grief, indignatiOn, and terror continued.
ResPeetable women ran about the streets
tearing thekhair and dinging their bon
nets and laces finder- their,fgebL,seeking
their friends, and asking wildly,'" What
will becOme of our children 2'_'x6oldiers,
drunk' and sober, tumble hither and
thither ilk irregular groups, with their
caps oil and their sabres broken, sob
bing iuid weeping lil o children, and cry
ing," 016 pluvre Metz I Oh pauvre Matz I
Tcnit cat paretic 7"- Yesterday I was closet
ed with the Mayor and the City Council
"during two 'gears, while they ,detained
me as .tho first strangei that had entered
the toWny to ask all manner of questions
some childish in their uncertainty and
torror = " as to what the Priissitins would
do ; how they would do it, and how they
must be. met. It was •as if they had,
'Myer scion or known a Prussian. They
demanded to know whether theirniready
destitute larders' must still supply the
troops, and-whether they would be per
sonally maltreatedif unable to. Airrtish
what was required. , They were relleVed
by hearing that a thbui3attdvagons worn
ready at Conroelles to
. bring provisions
hither, and also that tliere are funds in
London ready to be applied to their re.
reiponso, to the appeal' of
MaArs of Brios and other c . c:464*s.
published in Englishand Anteriean your
n ale,l sayiu g. cc] c d qUickly."
OnIkSIAN SOLDIERS 61V13 'TIMM RATIONS,
=
The entire besieging army voluntarily
gave up their bread rations yesterday to
feed their French captive's, This 'deeply
touched the Mefzians, Mid did much to
'rive their fears. At' noon, a FruS elan
raj vay inspector -made the trip by rail
from Ars to Union Station, situated a
mile south of Metz, and to=day perfect
cohnnunication by railvicists • between
. Saarbruck, Metz and Nancy. The road
was little injured.
But few German prisoners were found
in Metz ; the French had not kept thoSe•
they had taken when they were in a con
ditionto be returned. On leaving Metz,
last night, I noticed on the faces of all
the German soldiers a look of quiet satis
faction—nothing more. Not ono of th,
French on - leers and soldiers who swarmed
all about, even when intoxicated—which
was surprisingly unfrequent—wore any
other expression than a look 'of sadness
.r defiance, the latter not being common
and occurring chiefly among the younger
-officers.
DEMORALIZATION
I am informed that the Fronds loss in
killed in the various affairs since August
18, added to thii.deaths from sickness in
the town, wore'42,ooo. Bazaino himself
declined the Prince's generous proposal
to let all the troops lay down their arms
Outside of the works in vies of their
conquerors, instead of laying them down
in the arsenal, saying that he could not
guarantee their behavior. The Imperial
Guards alone had preserved discipline
sufficiently ta be trusted to.passina.rmed
review. The inhabitants had never
ceased to hope for the appearance of
Bourbaki's army from Lille, or of the
Army of the Loire, or of some other re
lieving, force ; but the troops themselves
during the last few weeks could no longer
be deceived, as they got better iii-forma
tion-tbrnugli the German outposts.
Their demoralization, due largely to
hunger, was bitterly and openly com
plained of - by their officers. At 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon Bazaine passed
throw Ars, on his way to Wilhelinsho
he, closed carriage marked with his
name, escorted by several officers of his
stall' en horseback. •
=I
The women of the village had heard of
his coining, and awaited him with cries
of "Traitor !" "Thief!" " Coward I"
" Loafer !" "Brigand 1" " Where are
our husbands whom you have betrayed !"
"Give us back our children whom you
have sold !" They attacked the carriage,
and broke the windows, and would have
into r we n-
tion of Prussian gendarmes. Three days
ago, when I sent the first news of the
'capitulation,A to everybody on my way
of the astounding reality, faint, rumors
of which they had heard during so many ,
weeks past. The German officers at
detached outposts hugged me bodily,_
much-against-my
- will, as I was in hastel
while the French people, uttered male
dictions on "those brigands." Many
still refuse to believe in the surrender,
being convinced that Metz had 10, 15, to
20 years' pr6visions yet. The civilians'
rations in Metz --whichwere too ample,
as many proved by what they had
loft—
were 13 ounces of bread daily. The
troops had, half as much bread, and at
first 24 ounce* sf korsoil °sib
The Fran Sh. clerk Iwo that now France
has no hope _but Paris, and their faith
in Paris is loss than it was in Metz. But .
there aro earnest people who say that
the war will oldir4igin with the4all of
Paris.
EFFECT OP THE RIMS IN TOURS-A. CIR
CULAR FROM GAMBETTA-A FEARFUL
RUMOR.
Tomb, October 30, 1870,
profound impression was produced
here by the news of Bazaine's capitula
tion.' The majority deem it a political .
move, and express intense indignation.
The Army of the Loire, which had been
largOly increased, Was ready to attack
the Prussian forces, and much was ex
pected from it toward the deliverance of
Paris. The sctrrender of Metz cheeks
its efforts.
When the surrender of Metz was ru
mored, ,Minister Gambetta issued a cir
cular to P,refucts, saying : "I have re
ceived from all sides gi:ave reports, the
veracity of which, in spite of all efforts.
I cannot establish officially. It is said
that Metz has capitulated. If so, it is
wpll that you have the opinion of the
Government on the matter. Suffi an
event could but be the result of a crime,
the authors of ty i ldelt should be outlawed.
Be convinced that, whatever may arise,
nothing can abato our courage in this
epoch of rascally capitulations. Titer
ekists one thing , which neither .can tnor
will . capitulate,' hat is tho ,French Ho-
VIE EMPEROR RECEIVES NEWS
PURTIIER DETAILS OF TRE SURRENDER.
London, October 30, 1870.
The news of the capitulation of note
was conimunicated to theEmporor Na
poleon to Willielmsliohe on Friday.
The Einporor's household is in groat sus
ponse and consternation..
The rrcrtch_ troops _Surreiuldred aE
-
Metz havo been disarmed. The Prus- -
Wails refused to parol the officers because
of Gen. Onorot's 911.14i010 of his obliga
tions. , .
It is said that 40,000,000 franos and
3,000 guns fell into tho Jiands cr r tha Ger
mans by tho capitulation,. Provisions
aiTivein largo quantities.
The Widnes has a telegram describing
to scones around Mote at the time of
thO surrender. A. Vightful storm had
raged for several days all over the north
of France. Tho entire 'country was un
der water, and everything' was literally
drMvned oat. The telegraph lines worn
prostrated in all directions. ,
PERSONAL,
EDWIN FORREST IS playing ill Wilming
ton, North Carolina,
`HON. JOHN COVODE is of for a trip to
the Pacific.
VON MOLTKE celebrated his seven
teenth birthday on the Awenty.sixth Pbf
October. -
GEEENE CLAY Sulam, a former mem
ber of Congress from Kentucky, has, be.
come a Baptist preacher., . •
BEcinh , Aine Borrrw,ELL has issued
Morders to commence tho payment . of the
miember interest to-day. . ,
. .
•thutOrNAL ANg'OI4EI;LI recently pre
sented a costly gold chain and medallion
to Viimielicam, the American soulptreSs,
. Junau Fierrun,.Commissioner of Pat.
outs,' it is said will resign and return :to
his practice at the Cincinnati bar, when
Secretary Cox retires.
EDWiN BOOTIVS Shafti in tho receipts
for the five nights of his engagement at
Do DSOs Opera House, Bt. 'Louis; last
week, was .Itamo
.GEoitau Fuotorti TRAIN' has reached
Ifarsoilies. and in consequence, as Ynight
have booli expected,.tho Germans akin
full retreat rout the
MRELITILIA. WARD HOWE says that as
the votes of the bloody hands have boon
counted for contarios, it is time those of
the blooding hearts shonid be counted,
,
ORARLES HENRY GREENERT, of Jeffer
son township, Butler county, committed
suicide osthe 10th insti', while laboring
under tiirnporary,inental.,!lerangeatent.
is very prohable that General G. W.
'Cattle Lee, ntikY a proffisser in the
ginia Military Institute, will be elected
to succeed his father as president of
Washington College.
HORADD BDSNEY; of Philadelphia .and
Samuel Dunn Parker, of Boston, are
among 'the oldest living graduates of
Harvard University. The first' named
was in the class of 1707,. and Mr. Parlcer
belonged to the class of 1700.
lirLssoN is to occupy the splendsd suit
of roans' at the Revere House, Boston,_
first used "by Jenny Lind,. and' since
known by her name,-although Presidents
and princes have often been charmed by
their convenience and elegance.
PROFESSOR S. P. 'LANGLEY,' of the
Western University and Allegheny Ob
servatory, has been appointed by the
Government to represent American sci
ence in the intonational party. of astro
nomers about to take observations of
the approaching eclipse.
• GENERAL HASBROUCK DAVIS, of Chi
cago, who was lost in the Cambria, was
a son of Governor and Senator "Honest"
John Davis. Ile was born in Worcester,
Mass., in 1827, graduated at William-
College in 1845, was a Unitarian clergy
man for several years, and 'in 1854 went
to Chicago and ,practiced law. . Ho was
a prominent and bravo cavalry officer
in the late war ; was an editor after the
war, and also pity attornoy.of Chicago.
He was a iiffirn of high scholarship and
fine character.
ArAJOR POWELL'S GOVdrllMellt survey
ing party, who have made a survey of
Elkhorn river and the valley fora dis
tance of ltiO miles, have returned to
'Omaha,- and report a fine country for the
whole distance. They came across sev
eral bands of Indians, but had no trouble
from them.
SUPERINTENDENT SANNEY has re
turned from distributing annuities to tile
Omaha and Winnebago Indians. Ho
reports that everything is satisfactOry.
The Indians are snaking brick, hauling
log'; to saw mills, and performing other
labor under the guidance of competent
men.
Murrui PuncELL T who shot and killed
James Kane in a drunken row, at Wiest's
tavern, on the Broad Mountain, in the
west of Schuylkill county, mn the nine
teenth of September last, has been con
victed of murder in the second degree,
with recommendation to the mercy of the
court. ,
111118. ELIZABETD CADY STANTON de
clines a nomination for Congress from
Brooklyn, on the ground that she is un
willing "to leave her charming hope on
the blue hills of Jersey and become a
denizen of that dirty town, as, accord
ieg'.'to the strict letter of article l, she
should ,he compelled to do to become
eligible." -
BEItTIIA ' JOIIANNSEI!7, the well-known
prinia donna, has taken up her residence
in Boston. She is the best representative
of Beethoven's "Fidolio" we have had
in thiicountry. Madame Johannsen has
entered the ranks of the musical profes
sion in Boston. In that city her fine
musical taste, cultured in the best Ger
man school, will be highly appreciated.
---ANDREYI---J-AtliAON defrneStb.o
spirit world as shaped like a large lemon,
and peoples it with.spirtual ambulances
and Itosplfilli, — Weßi the mortal wrapper
is peeled off thus leaving the spirits less•
than human size, but otherwise like mor , .
'tals. "All spirits aro perfect in form,
for deformities such as humpback, bro
ken limbs and soon, are peeled, off with
mortal - wrapper," which is pleasing.
'Whether there be spiritual tanneries to
- utilize these mortal wrap - pelt-lie beg- .
lects to state.
NEWS ITEMS.
- TAICING the. census will st the gov
ernment -$1,730,000.
A 1,17),1P of pure coppe , weighing 311
pounds, has been found in the earth near
Minneapolis.
THE. tobacco crop of North Carolina is
universally Pronounced the best, both_ in
quantity and quality, that our planters
have beeq favored with for years.
COTTON raising in California has proved
a profitable speculation. Ono planter
who experimented on 200 acres, calcu
lates the total prOceeds $13,500, the
total expenses at - $6,700, and the net
profits at $7,925.
Tull McCrary farm, in the oil region
of Pennsylvania, ie said to have been
sold for sl,ooomo. •The average daily
yield (uring the month of August was
1,659 barrels. ,
IT appears from the inessago of the
Governor of Vermont that. $141f,000 of
the temporary and pernfanepi debt of
the State has' been paid off during the
present year. The total debt at present
is 411,00',800.
A BELGIAN paper avers that an Amer
ican speculator has run the blockade of
Paris, and introduced supplies of food
and ammunition to the tune of 1,500,(n0
francs, Ile has made such a good thing
of it that he proposes at once to re-coin
meuce operations.
NEW 0111.17. ANS papers say that yellow
fever is abating very rapidly in that city,
as a result of the cold weather, and that
the confidence created by the announce
ment of the fact hiS already made itself
appm•ent iu business circles.
TUE most ludicrous itibident related id
connection with the earthquake occurred
at Beverly, Mass., whole a pupil of one
of the silhools was in the act of sitfing
down when the shock occurred. The
teacher attributed the shaking of the
building to the abrupt manner in which
the lad took his seat, and punished him
for the offence by requiring him to stand
three-quarters of an hour.
TUE steeple of the grand cathedral at
Frankfort, burnt clown a few years ago,
and now being built, is to be , tliree hun
dred• and thirty-three feet high. `'lts
former height was two hundred and
twenty-six feet.' The cost of repairing
the cathedral will amount to 925,00
florins. The Dombauverein furnishes
200;000 florins, the King of Prussia do
nates the same sum, and the insurance
on the building was about 105,0.)0 florins.
Tun Lake Superior and,--Mississippi
Railroad Company, of Minnesota, have
received from the Governor two deeds,
one of 119,471.85 acres of' swamp lands,
and another of 182,387.80 acres of the
Congressional land grant to that com
pany; the two - deeds tiggrogatitig 504 - -
wan acres. The company can got no
more lands until a survey has been made.
Tim Indiana Mineral. Railway Corn-
parryseem to be operating on a largo.
scale, having, as it is said, -leased 40,000
acres of land in Dubois county, 25,000 in
Spencer,' and 9,000. in Daviess, and are
now exploring' the western portion of
Perry county, and a route near Ander
son river. It is. also reported That this
eompauy has already expended in their
surveys, &e., over $5,000.
IN Winneshelk county, lowa, he Day
Brothers-have 1,810 acVes'of land under
Cultivation, • It is said that this qui
they will have front 14.000 . vt0, 13, OA,
bushels of wheat ; 6, 0 0 0 to'o, o 0
bushels of oats; and fronl toithip to-'O,-
0091 o u t pois of barley. They had 1,1;09.
acres of wheat and oats to .harvest this'
year, and have growing 600 bushels of
corn. •
Oir the drought in that region of th , b
State tho Scranton (Pa.) .Republican Says :
"The scaraity of water was never known
to bo do great in onivvalley since its Prat
settleMent by the whites, a hundred years
ago, as now. Streams aro almost every
where dried up, meadow ,land and pas
ture lota parched, and wells as dry as
'the remaining bisouit after a' sea voy
ago.' "
The damage done to the 'Cuban suga;
crop alone byAle recent hurricanes will
have an effect, reachiug to every con
sumer of that commodity. The four
districts that wore devastated by the.
storm produced 810,000 tons of sugar in
1800, and their production for the present
season wts"estimated at 400,000_ tons.
As these districts riro in a narrovesootion
of the island it is feared that their entiro
orop has been destroyed, which will not
only tend to rise the price of . sugar, but
will, diminish' 13pIrVo rovolMos from
THANKSGIVING- PROCLAMATION
In continuance of an honored State
and National custom, and-in &Vont ac
knowledgment human dependence
upon Almighty favor, I do hereby mint
TAtirsday, Me tteenty-fourtliVay of
November next, as a day of general
Thanksgiving and praise, being the same
day, and for the same ends and uses, sot
forth by , His Excellency, the President of
the United States, in his prochimation of
the twenty-first instant.
Pennsylvania, unsurpassed iu blessings,
should not be surpassed by any in ac
knowledging her graitude t o o, God. Let
us, then, as citizens of the Common
wealth, abstain, as'far as possible, from
our usual avocations on that day, and
assemble at our respective places of,
worship, and let us there, and in the fes
tivities of our assembled families at our
cherished homes, rept& in the, goodness
of God, and render thanks to Him for
His loving kindness and His abundant
mercy toward us. Lot our thanksgiving
and praise,find expression in. dedicating
the day to deeds of benevolence and
charity, and in ministering to, and al
leviating the wants of the poor, the
needy, and the suffering ; so that all may
" rejoice and be exceeding glad." "To
do good and to distribute, forget not ; for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased."
Let us invoke Divine favor upon our
beloved State and Nation, and pray that
all who are Called to administer their
governments may be actuated by the
" spirit.of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit
of knowledge and the fear of the Lord."
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this
twenty-eighth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, and of the Commonwealth
the ninety-fifth.
-" JOHN W. GEARY
By the Governor.
F. JORDAN,
Secretary of the Commonivealth.
Eanzii - Noe an expenses of the Union
Pacific It R. Co.—May to September,
1869-1870 :
1810. &ruing.. Expenoles, Met Lwow ,
Mu). 892,518 09 478,681./ 61 322,913 48
June 141,450 01 419,151 81 327,298 20
July 041,158 44 389,360 38 204,785 00
Angina 004,050 83 549,320 53 314,7'31) U 0
80pten5ber,,..728,120 93 286 158 10 442,303 77
T0tad....53,51i4,666 'JO $1,92 . 1 2 630 8J $1,1 , 03 r f145s 41
1869.
May - 97,948 49 512,276 39 285.672 10
June— 706,002 61 534,672 72 171,028 97
July 9'3,559 96 508,421 511 115,134 40
Aulout, 617,585 38 465,413 26 162,142 12
8f•1ueinbur...,758,468 1.10 425,646 61 332,028 29
Tutu' ...,.$3,604,163 4'2 $2,44 , ;,763 5 ; 1 $1.057,360 h 8
Total Net Income for 1870.
Total Net Inronte for 1t9;9
Ln reuse 1 m receipt t 3 ,4 $ Sio,sn2. A
Decree's° In Expenses, 524,132 53
Not increase of Profile in fire months, 501,635 53
Items - ;,lbout Home
7111.1RSDA MORNING, NO )7:Will:II ,S, 187(
The partnership heretofore existing
between Walker & Mandy has been dis
solved by mutual ,consent; Mr.Walkdi
retiri)
g from the firm.
imr------
--,
THREE. young ladies were grossly in
sulted, orione of our prominent thorough
fares,, at an early hour on Monday -eve
ning last, by a would be respectable
young gentleman.
LOST
About throo weeks ago between
"Happy. Retreat," and the Court House,
a Brass Safe Key. If the finder will
kayo it at Tins OF ICE, lie will bo suit
ably rewarded.
CM
HALLO W*ll' EN.—Monday evening-last
was Hallow Evo, and we believe it was
more generally observed by this com
munity than for several years past.
Many pranks were Payed on our unsus
pecting 4and innocent citizens. Wo
noticed on one gentleman's door the fol.,
lowing card : "No person admitted
during working hours." On another
residence was the following : "Oysters,
fresh, fried, roasted, or stewed at the
shortest notice.'' signs were taken from
their fastenings, and hung in various
places. 'Some person or persons tolled
the College boll at midnight. In addi
tion to these jokes, the juveniles enjoyed
themselves in the early part of the even
ing by throwing corn against the win
dows, thumping on the doors with
cabbage heads, fastening strings to door
bells, Mid playing mischievous pranks
generally.
Mn. MILLER'S LECTURE.—WiIIiam
Miller, esq., delivered a lecture in
liheem's hall, on Thursday night last, on
"his recent trip to the Pacific coast, for
the benefit of the Soldiers' moiminent
fund. The audience was very large, and
composed of the best people of our bor
ou,li and surrounding neighborhood,
who wore delighted with the graphic and
interesting description of that portion of
the National - territory lying Meng the
route of the Pacific road, ocast of Salt
Lake city. Mr. 31iller niity, certainly,
congratulate himself, not only •on the
large and respectable audience with
which he was greeted, but also on the en
tire satisfaction expressed by all who
heard his lecture. - - -
The lyjual fault with traveled lecturers
is their tendency to display themselVes,
instead of their subject ;, to parade their
impressions, theories and
. exploits,
instead of giving the audience .ft just
bloc-of the appearance and condition of
the country they have explored. Mr.
Miller's audience was subject to no such
annoyance. Beginning ht Omaha, the
lecturer gave a minute description of the
appearance of the plains, the ascent of
the Rocky Mountains, and of the ravines,
canons, table rocks, and other features
which make the route through the
shountaius at once interesting and won
der-fut.: The -entrance to the Salt Lake
Vulloy,its soil, mountain streams, and
d the great city of. the Latter Day Saints
: wore all-described with great minuteness,
and Man easy, conversational Manner;
the whole, being: pleasantly varied -and
enlivened by anecdotes and incidents de
scriptive of border life, and of the faith
and prOtice of the devotees OfMormon
ism.
The field was - entirely too ,wido to bo
covcired by a single , lecture, and .11r.
Miller concluded 'ii%ith his description of
the Morinons, much to the disappoint
ment of the audience, who would have
willingly remained much longer, to hear
of the wonders of the Yo Semite,
and the Pacific dead. But they
remembered . that, a spealcor has
rights - even if he has been to the
Pacific, and that Spanking for an hour and .
a-half is sufflelent tax on the powers .
of any one. Wo understand Ain
will give a second lecture shortly, which
will be announced in due time, and we
predict that there will non be present is
largor audience than that:Nihioh was 89
Wollontor*locl 9ri W4rticikr night. ,
Wt would call attention to the two
valuable limestone farmti' offered at Pri
vate sale by Samuel_ M. Sharp. j See
advertisement. •
. .
AN berommnamn
riding of, velocipedes in the room df
ri4ly pun •ovirror,, t,W,e- sincerely
hope it may speedily "play out," never
again to be resurrected in this hall while
we are the ocdupauts.
TnE singing school under the leader
ship of Prof. Lilt; will be perManently
organized on Monday evening next.' A
largo number of persons „have already
signified their intention of joining this
musical organization. '
FRED. A. IlAnnxs, Auctioneer, will
sell at public sale on next Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, at No 6 North Hanovei*
street, a large lot of household and kitchen
furniture, consisting of carpets, soffm,
chairs &c., &c.
FRESH' BEEr.—See the advertisement
of Lieut. Frank Madden, stationed at
Carlisle Barracks, containing proposals
for supplying the Post with fresh beef
for six months from and after December
1, 1870.
REV. J. EYERIBT CATIIEI.I., has been
appointed Assistant Rector to Rev. Dr.
Newthn, Church of the Epiphady, in
Philadelphia. This is one of the finest
congregations in the city, and - our rev
erend friend is fortunate in getting
a good position Ao soon, he having only
becn ordained in October. We• predict
for him ahrilliant and,useful future.
Vrt regret to announce the death of
C. Fred. Shrom, which took place on
Sabbath last, after a short illness. Mr.
S. was universally esteemed for hismany
amiable qualities, and' his death is mour
ned by a large number of warm personal
friends.
MIS funeral, on Tuesday, was largely
attended, and the ceremonies performed
by the Masons, IC of P's. and Brother
hood of the Union, of which orders he
was a member.
PRoposias.-4tr. John d. Comfort,
of Shiremanstown, this county; has been
awarded the contract for the building 6f
the church for the Second Presbyterian
ccweo . tion of pda,place: His bid was
$27,40U. Tliere'.were, six proposals in
all, among which were some from gentle
men of this place. With the exception
of getting out the necessary material,•
&c., the: erection of this church edifice
will not be commenced before next npri
fl 82.035 41
1,057,363 88
DANOE/201T5.---The game of "spinney"
is now indulged lii by the juvenile por
tion of the community. We have no
objections to the youths of our town en
joying themselves hi innocent fluidic
ments, but they shehld - not be indulged
in, or practiced at the risk of passers by.
A young man of our acquaintance nar
rowly escaped being ,struck by .one of
these flying wooden balls driven by the
stick of the " shinneyist." Boys, don't
play "spinney" on the pavements.
SEVERE.' FALL.—On Saturday after
noon last, about four o'clock, William
Parks, a lad aged about eight years, fell
flour a willow tree on the corner of Lib
erty alley and Bedford street. It ap
pears that the boy was at a height of
about 15 feet when he missed his hola
and fell ai the pavement below, bruising
his boad•and inflieting a severe gash in
his lip, besides, being injured internally.
Ho was picked up by Squire Keepers who
was passing at the time, and conveyed
to his home, when medical aid was ins
mediately summoned. We understand
he is lying in a very critical condition at
the present time.
BENEFIT OF TILE CUMBERLAND FIRE
COMPANIr.-TllO Garrison Amateur Mins
trels will give one of their inimitable
entertainments in Rheein's aall, to-mor
row (Friday) - ovening, for the benefit of
the Cumberland Fire Company of this
borough. This company has incurred a
heavy debt in the purchase of their new
steamer, and in order 'to liquidate it,
they have determined to give, a series of
varied entertainments during the com
ing winter months, mid by tills plan ac
complish their own ends, and nt the same
time extend a treat to our amusement
going citizens. Doors open at 04 ; per
formance to commence at 71. Price of
admission, 35 cents ; reserved seats 50
cents.
AnniSTED•—On Friday last Chief Bur
gess Low received a telegraphic dispatch
from Harrisburg, authorizing him to ar
rest a young man, that had been tried,
and convicted at a late term of the QUar
tor Sessions iu that, city,' but who escaped
while ho was out on "bail." From the
information contained in the dispatch,
the Captaiii, Icnow - his man, and in a very
short time after tho receipt thereof he
succeeded in "pulling him,". while visit
ing a house in Swamp-poodle.
-On Saturday morning Chief of Police
Beyer arrived from Harrisburg in quest
of the fugitii , e from justice, and escorted
him to that city in the' 11 a. m. train,
when ha wits, no , doubt, safely confined
in prison, where he will have leisure
time, sufnciefitly, to. reflect over the
pleasant little trip up the Cumberland
Valley.
Tun MONUMILNT LEcrunp.—The offi
cers of the Soldiers' Monument Associa
tion feel that their warmest Acknowledge
ments are duo to the community in view
of the brilliant success of-the :opening of
their Course of Lectures: , The opening
leature on Thursday evening last, by our
townsman, William H. Miller, esq.rat
traded," large, intelligent, and fashiona- .
blenudielleo. A trip to.. California .hy
the new Pacific Railroad'is still a novelty
to the great mass of our people, and . the
lecturer, who has but vicently returned
. from such a trip, gave, in a familiar,talk
of an hour and :a-half, a most graphic
and . interesting sli g tch, of the sublimb,
siartling, and picturesque scenery of the
great Rocky mountain country, as seen
- by 'the, traveller front the windowi of his
palace car. A vivid description was also
given of Galt Lake City and its beautiful
onvirmiS;" with an iriteresting report of
the lecturer's conversations with promi. 7
nent 'saints of tho Mormon scot, touching
their peculiar institutions and doctrines.
But a lecture of ono hour and a-half left
the .speaker :scarcely half through his
great journmand Mr." Miller closed by
expressing his willingness to deliver a
Second lecture at a future period. To
this ~ annOuncement, : his audience re
sponded with-warmest applause. .;
The second lecture 'of the course will
be• delivered In itheem's Hall, on Thurs
day evening; the seventeenth orlievem
ber; by the: Rev. H. N. Harman, Pro,
fessor of Languages'in Dickinsdn College,
Sir: Harman, a year or two since, made
a tour of Palestine or the 11piy Land,
and will _make that 'the subjoot of, his
lecture. The pait and prount appear
ance of that groat scored historic land, we
may .be, cell/Went, will- be - vividly por
trayed,. ' •
WALNUTS are plenty in our •iidikets
at 20 and 25 cents per peek—
MEE
SCARLET FEVER is said to be .raging
very badly in the neighborhood of Mount
Rock.
THE revival in the.West . street Bethel
church; of which we made mention in
ouritist issue, is still in progress.
Oun physicians report a great deal of
sickness, notwithstanding the favorable
and healthy breezes 'we' are enjoying 'at
this time:
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THE buckwheat crop is a very light
ono, so say persons from Perry county
-attending market. We are inclined to
the samo oppinion, judging from the
high price at which it is sold. Sisventy
five cents and one dollar per peck being
demanded for the floury article.
MIMI
WE invite inspection of the handsome
colored posters for public sales that we.
have put out the present season. Any
of our readers desiring anything in this
line, will please bear in mind that we in
sure satisfaction. .We are also prepared
to print constitution and by-laws for Or
ganizations, pamphlets, reports of soci
eties, and fine jobbing of every descrip
tion, at the shortest possible notice, and
on terms to suit the times. Give us a
call.
COLLISION.—Captain John Low'g two
horse\witgon collided with the awning in
front of Cheap John's Clothing Emporium
on Friday afternoon last, causing a 'se-
LrioA.!-; detention to the
'less which was being transacted at
the time. The 'entire frame on which
the awning rests was rendered a total
, wreck. Nereral gentlemen standing,
der the awning at the time, narrowly
; escaped being injured when the structure
fell.
ELDERSIIIP.—TiIe East pennsylvaniar
Eldership meets in
„ShipPegsburg, on
Wednesday, theminth . instant. It is ex
pected that a large number of "ministers,
delegates and friends of this 'religious
denomination -generally, will be preseilt
on the occasion. The Eldership will re
main in session six or eight days. The
Bethel church. at that piace, which has
just been completed, will be dedicated
with appropriate ceremony, on Sunday,
the thirteenth instant.
DISASTROUS Pine..—On Thursday eve
ning last, between six and seven o'clock,
the large bank balm of Mr. Henry Keller,
iu Hookersville, about one-half mile west
of Centreville, was destroyed by tire.
The live stock was removed, in safety.
A small stack of grain near by was total
ly constuned. The tire was undoubtedly
the work of an incendiary, as there had
been no occasion fpr any_or the family to
have m light near the barn. It is sup
posed that the, loss is nearly, if not altc
gether covered . by. insurance.
PEi'l:l" Tam..N.—Some person confis
cated an overcoat hiilonging to Mr. Casper
Earle, residing on Pomfret street, on
Monday evening last. Officer Sanno
recovered the overcoat on Tuesday.
It appears that it bad been stolen by a
bummer, and pawned for one dollar.
As-evil disposed person broke open
the trunk of Samuel Broheinan, hostler
at the Cumberland Valley Hotel, on Fri
day evening last,. and stole three dollars
therefrom. No clue to the thieves. .
THE kitchen attached to the residence.
of Samuel Hepburn, jr., was entered on
Friday night last, and a can of lard, roast.
of beef, some beefsteak, and several
dozen of eggs carried off. The thieves
are unkthiwn.
POLICE NEWS.-011UrSdlIF aVeLlt'ng
last Officer Sanua-arrested Nrs. Neil;
resident of the "other end" of town, for
the larceny of
,a small sum of money, and
on being taken before Squire Holcomb
was committed to prison. Bail having
since been obtained, she was set at liberty
until the November court.
Two bummers were arrested on Fri
day, evening, by the same officer, for
creating a disturbance on East Main
iitreet. They were imjwisoned for 24
hoiirs.
Tile, same ofileer arrested Johnnie
alias "Ragball Johnnie," on the
same evening, for maltreating one of the
advocates of woman's rights. The ac
cused was placed in Port Thompson ;
but the difference of opinions having
since been amicably adjusted, Johnhie
is•oace more at liberty.
OFFICER BROWN arrested a bummer
on East Main street on Monday night
last for drunkenness and disorderly con- .
duct. He was placed in the " brciWn
stone."
Rem, ESTAT.B SALES. The following
saps of valuable real estate situated in
thilu borough, have been made during
the past week :
Tire residence of the late Chief Jus
tice Gibson, 'situated on East' Main
street, opposite the "Bentz House,"
WitS sold at public safe" on the twenty
sixth of October & to Mr. L. T. Green
field, dry goods merchant.. Seven:thou
sand dollars was the price realized for
this valuable property, which is -very
generally' admitted to have been quite
it reasonable sum, as it is a very desir
able property, either for a dwelling
bourse or business stand. We under
stand that it is the intention of kr.
Greenfield to. fit himself up a store room
suitable for his extensive_dry goods busi-.
ness, and a building, which, in overy
way, will compare favorably, with any
other property in our borough.
Mr. Greenfield's preluent place of busi=-
ness being too small, it becamd ncit--
esary to mak?) -this purchase in or
der to accommodate the large and rap
idlygrowing dry goods tradeho •
•
ing -up.
' Mu. JASON W. EBY, SObtat private
sale, the house and lot, formerly the prop
erty of M: Jackson's heirs, situated on:
the #outheast 'corner of South Hanover
street and Chapel alloy; to Mr. Rich
ard Owous, for $1,625. . -
n property Of- Henry 'Snyder, on
Wesi, Main street,' was Piirchased by . J.
C. Stock, for $4,100.
Wu would direst attention to the tract
of la : lid situated in Dickinson' township,
about three, miles we of barlisle„which
is offered at public sale, This tract con
tains about 185' acres,, has all the ncas
,sary buildings erected thereon, and is in
.a high state of cultivation. The salo
will take Placo ,on Tuesday, November
22, when terms will he made known. by
John S. Munro,' assignee of Thonnts_and
Houry Leo; '. '•
Seaton W..kAIILY offers at public sale,
on' Tuesday, Novembor 25, that valu
able hotel property eituated_ on South .
.Hanover street, now in the occupKey of
N. W. Wodds. This is one of the most=
desirable hotel prOportioa in Ihis n place,.
and oujoys a. very lucrative business.. ;
For' Ruttier Information address C. P.
RaDuiChi pump, "
Si the Sheriff's sales in another col-
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