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THE CONNECTICUT VICTORY.
The news from Connecticut. is good
beyond expectation. After the New
Hampshire ditigrace, almost every Re
publican iu the country would have con
sidered himself pretty well satisfied,' if
the Democrats had elected their Gover
nor at even the majority given for him'
t two_yoarkago. But instead of the de
feat which we were willing to concede,
we have, won a substantial victory.
English, the.strongest and best man the
Democrats had in their ranks, and who
wad elected by them twice in succession,
has been beaten, and' Marshall Jewell,
the candidatO, is Governor.
WerliabM — Carried" thirfut — of - the
four Congressmen.
This is glory enough for one day. Tho
Democracy will, for the present at least,
cease their shouting about the certain
downfall of radicalism, and our croaking
Republican friends will now admit that
all is not lost that they supposed was in
danger.:=Connecticut is — the hardest -
State in the whole North to carry for
the Republicans, if we except Now
York, and having carried it, With our
present troubles and dissensions, wo can
confidently hope ,to Carry all the rest.
Let us close up the ranks, and prepare
to repeat the Connecticut victory every
where,
Tau Legislature will, doubtless, have
before it during this week, a bill to- ree:
ompense the people of the border
counties, for the losses they sustained
from the rebel invasion. We hope this
matter may receive from the Legislature
that. careful attention, which its import
ance and justice deserves, and that the
nonsensical ridicule-of the _people of the
border, so much indulged in last winter,
may cease. The State Should pay these
claims, and the General Government
shOuld reimbutie it, as it would doubt
less do, if the demand were made by the
State, instead of individtlal- claimants.
Lot the Legislature do justice in this
matter.
HARRISBURG LETTER, '
1 HARRISBURG, April 4, 1871
What a lot of patriotic gentlemen
compose the Legislature of 1871. At
this day and
- hour, a year ago,"llie mem
bers and Senators were aliout packing
up their clothing to leave the scat of
Government. Now there has not even
been a bonafido Motion made for final
adjournment. These hard-working
legislators toil on, unmindful of their
business;' their families, and their health,
and from present indications, appear to
have manfully determined to stay here,
and guard the interests of the Common
wealth for many months to come.'
Laat week the Senate worked some
three_ days, and the House one day
longer. On Tuesdny mortifngY:flio -Jihif
ciary 'Committee made a preliminary
report on the coal troubles. On the
same evening, the border damage claim
was debated before the' comMittec hav
ing:it in charge, by Hon. J. S.. Black
and Hon. A. K. McClure. It is stated
that thil‘comniittee are favorably inclined
to theilliyment of the claims, and that
ln_rviery4fort4i me they- mill- xepor
bill providing for the payment.
On Wednesday afternoon and evening,
the hearing in the coal difficulties, was
closed by the arguments of counsel.
Messrs. Hall and Brockway, represent.
lug the miners, and Messrs. Gowen and
Lamberton the railroad interest.' The
gentlemen all made elaborate speeches,
which were attentively received by' the
committee and the audience. Mr.
Gowen, being the President of the great
railroad corpo — atien, and - the recipient
of an annual salary of $30,000, attracted
very considerable attention. Ile is
certainly a very accomplished gentleman,
and a very astute lawyer, and know's as
well how to throw responsibilities that
belong to himself, on the shoulders of
other peOple, as any other lawyer in the
State. The committee will, doubtless,
soon make their anal report on these
coal difficulties, though no one supposes
they will take any action whatever, that
will remedy the evils that now exist in
the anthracite; regions. The best and
the only purpose this tediona investiga
tion has served, is to the Democracy in
the Senate, a decent pretence of work,
for the menthil they have so criminally
wasted.
The. Dense has pa,styl the amended
apportionment bill, wbich will now go to
the Senate for coneurrencror rejection.
On this measure will come the tug of
war.. The Democracy have determined
so to gerrymander the State, that thdy
.gan control the Legislature at all times,
when the Republican majority is less
than fifteen thousand, and of course they
will stand up for their own swindle. It
is unnecessary to give the details of the
Republican apportionment, as they may
be very considerably changed, before
the bill becomes a law.
To-day the contract for the public
printing and binding for the State for
the next three years, was awarded to
nenjamin Singerly, he being the lowest
bidder for the same,, and oifering to do it
at forty:coot; and one-half per. cent less
than the rates allowed by the Act of
Assembly... This action is the winding
up of the troubles of the Legislature, on
this question for the next three years.
The present session should be credited
however, with passing . a law NV Weil will
Mve
put as far am proventicin is possible,
running in any fat „jobs on the State for
work, not 'specially covered by the con
tract. •
The news of the Connecticut election,'
gave the members a fine chance to'give
their old Stump speeches a fresh airing,
and very many of themlimproved. it.
The grand old Democratic party came
in for some very extravagant eulogies, at
the hands of Messes. Ellis, Skinner,
Woolgver, Chalfant, and Col. • Jack
Cummings, of Stiyder. It was a 'pretty
close question, as to which of theso
orators delivered himself of . the Meat
absurdities, but as Cummings is,sfor the
present, the butt of the Douse, be was
laughed at rather more than the 'others.
It is rare fun to witness some of the tilts,
in whichthe many Don "quixotes of the
lower. Donee,, engage to vindicate the
honpr of their dear old defunct Demo
cratic party, And it is perhaps as harm
less amusement as 'they can 'indulge in.
On the . whole, it would be .a good thing
to make stump speeches, a special order
for.eyery other day during the remainder
of the session, if it should be7of much
longer duyation. '
Tt!E' preliminary ekamination of John
BA. Blackburn, at• Chillicothe, Ohio;
charged with the murder of litary Kane
Lovell, a few days ago, was concluded on
Wednesday,' and the accused hold in
$lO,OOO bail to appear for 'trial - . It is
alleged that hitimind has boon unsound
- for innuo thus past. Ho Was committed
to prison in dofault of bail.
THE CONNEO2'IODN'ELECTION:
lieumFoin, April, 4-1 a. ni,—Von-'
necticut has `spoken, and her voice is for
the Republikan party We have had the
most , exciting canvass,' for years, and
have triumphed after/0A of ihe, hardest
fought battles ever waged in- pia:State:
Jewell and tile' whole Republican State
ticket aro elected by majorities ranging
from po to 1,000. The . greatest change
is in Now Haven county, whore we
gained nearly a thousand over last year.
Tho whole State shows gains, and we
have an increased majority in the Legis—
lature.
nicrunticAx Gems
.Nnw, HAvrar, April '3.—ln this city,
Jewell, (Rep.), for Governor, gaini
. 891
over the vote of last yehr. Twenty-one
towns in New Haien county show a gain
ofB3l-for-Jewoll over-last. year. Jewell_
'is elected.
-Kendrick, (I:lam), for Congress from
the Second district, is probably. elected
by a small majority. '
HARTFORD. April 3.—Twenty-ono
towns in Hartford county give Jewell,
for - Governor, 367 majority. The county
_went.Democratie last year,----------
STRONG ELECTED IN TITE FIRST DISTRICT.
HARTFORD,: .0111113rong (Rep.) is
elected to Congress in the First district.
JEWELLW.ELECTIOiI SORE.
NEW HAVEN, April B.—[Special Tele
graph to. the New York Times.]—
Enough returns have been received here
to insure the election of Jewell beyond
question. Also the return of Kellogg to
Congress from the Second district. The
Republicans gain in this city 436 over
last year.
STARICIVEATUEE, ELECTED TO CONGRESS
NORWICH, April 3.—Starkweather,
(Republican) is elected to Congress in
the Third district by'l,soo majority over
Steadman.
The vote for Governor, as far as heard
fi•ons in New ondon and Windham
counties, is about the same as last year
when Jewell's majority was 1,995. -
Norwich gives Jewell 1,501, English,
1,2 , 11' Last . year Jewell had 1,317,
English, 1,089.
VIE SECOND DISTRICT ALI,RICIIIT
NEW . HAVER, April 3,—Figures in the
Palladium office gives Kellogg (Repub
lican,) for Congress in the Second dis
trict, about 75 majority.
JEWELL'S MAJORITY, 600.
Num H.L.vittt, April 3.—Returns to the
Palladiion' show Jewell's, election by
about 500 majority, and Kellogg's elec
tion to Congress by 0 majority.
MISCELLANEdUS RETURNS.
Naw HAvnn, April 3.—This city gives
Jewell 3,720 ;: Eziglish 5,267. Last year
the vote was 3,036 and 4,074 respect
ively.
Hartford gives Jewell 3,229; ling,lisli,
8,546.
OHIO
I=ll
- CLEVELAND, April 3.—The Republi
cans carried Wooster. Last fall the city
- went abont two - - hundred --- Derrrocrxtic
Youngstown went Democratic by a small
majority. The Republicans polled about
half their votes. The_Republicans car
ried Alliance by they average majority.
The whole Republican. ticket is elected
at Akron, except for marshal. The In
dependent Republican candidate was
elected to. that office. Canton went•
Hemocratic , br 62majority:' hlussilloii;
-
the usual Rei'Mblican majority. Bucyrus,
corporation' elections—Councilmen on
Temperance ticket, one on Reform. Bn
cyr:us township—Half Democratic and
half Reform ticket elected. Crestline— .
Entire People's Ticket elected with the
exception of one trustee_ and assessor.
Balein township elected two Republican
and one Democratic trustee. The balance
of the ticket Republican.
MEE=
N —The -ei ty- elec
tion returns are HO meagre yet that it is
impossible to more'tltan conjecture on
the majority for Davis (Rep,) for Mayor,
who is certainly elected over Harris,
(Dem.) by a decided majority.
CINCINNATI, Am B.—Davis (Rep.),
for Mayor, will have about 2,01.0 major
ity.
THE W OLE REITIII.I N TICKET
ME=
CINCINNATI, April S.—The Republi
cans claim that the whole Republican
ticket is elected, not excepting -Camp
bell, for prosecuting attorney, concern
ing whom there has been, in Republican
ranks, great fear.
=1
SANDUtIICY, April 13.—The electi6i; in
tliis city to-day turned cm
'lle Democratic candidate for Mayor fit
elected by G 3 majority. The , Uopubli
cans have, a majority of the City Connell,
the city marshal, and
_assessors. Judge
Fitch MIS behind his ticket largely.
I=l
CLEVELAND, April B.—The Republi
cans have carried , Cleveland , by a heavy
majority. Peton (Rep.), for Mayor, is,
elected by about 1,500 majority, a Dom
eratic loss from 1800 of over 4,000. The
Republicans gain two councilor n,
perhaps three.
TOLUDO, • April B—Toledo gives Senoy,
Democrat, for judge, 2,500 majority over
Fitch, Republican:,
.3f4RYI,AND
THE NIUNICIPAL ELECTION IN ANNAPOLIS
ANNAPOLIB, April 3.—At the munici
pal election to -day the Republican ticket
for Mayor, Alderman, etc., was elected
by_lo to 12 majority, with the exception
of .iudge Tuck, Delmer:die candidate.
for counsellor, and-Handy, Democrat,
for Alderman, who is elected by four ma
jority. Annapolis was „Republican last
fall by over 70 majority.
ICIIIOAN.
IlairEl
.11EmnotT,-April 3.—Very littlointdrest
was taken in the election to-day. The
Republican candidates on the State ticket
are elected, but the returns' are too
meagre to give any figures: . The Demo
crats have almut 150 majority in this
oitY'.' Mrs. N:l3. Gardner voted in the
Ninth ward of Detroit, and Mary 'Wilson
voted in Battle Crook.
INDIANA.
i,NAxsvILLE
EyArsviLLit, April I—Hon.. William
Baker was re-elected Mayor by the
Republicans, by about 800 majoilty,
together with the whole city ticket,, and
eight out of eleven Councilmen.
Tun Chicago Time., referring te .the
fact that Walllstreet gives $ 10 , 000 ; 000
annually to charity, cruelly adds that the
logitintatc business' of the country, could
Well afford to contribute Alva times that
amount to have Wall street brokerage ,
stopped.
As the oblation . in Erie is over and •as
Troth of the candidates • for the moor , -
alty'ivere, and are, in favor of a rail
road direct to the coal and oil regions;
and 'as- that seems be , The
brought up• in the ertest, it Is more than
probable the road 11l be built: ,
A sUCCESSFiTL
Ohen 'the• history:.ef - self-Maile
comes to be fully written, our oWn Ootut
trYwill occupy tar :_the; larger pcirtion
With its,rooord of those, who, hnving no
extraneous advantages, have, by innate
:ineritaione, advanced, froin'the
iniiuru
erablo'ranks of the, people to positions of
honor, wealth and power in, this great
Republic. It is the crowning glory of
republican institutions, that the highest
.placis,- not only in 'military- or .naval
ranks, requiring that' peculiar 'cliarac
.teristie knoin as brae courage, but ip
law, commerce.
,and the .secial
'seals, "aro equally known to all alike;
and while it was the boast of tho first
IsT oleon, that every private soldier hi
tito French army marched with the baton
of a marshal in his knapsack, it is our
_higher
.privilege to. know; that caste; '
long liqs . of ancestry, and the other iir
bitrati distincti .s known in monarchial.
countries are not requisite here to Secure
that position in public or private life
_which depends upon honorable trading, i
sound judgment,' moral excellente - and
decision of character. Evely,ionerican
..eitiZen-is—born, 7 or--eldowedi- With, the -
power and right of occupying the most
exalted position in the commonwealth,
'dependent alone upon the personal ef
forts he brings to bear upon the acquisi
tion of his hereditary privilege.
As a contribution to the hitherto un- - .
written history of the order of merit we
would give a slight.'Sketch of a Philadel
phian, who was, by unwearied, and un
swerving cobtinuatice in a pathway of
industry and rectitude, attached to a:
position, equally honorable, whether we
examine the mops by which attained,
the course marked out and followed, the
reputation secured among his fellow citi
zens, or the reward in worldly wealth,
which has been the result of a life spent
in. honorable tipplication‘ to the' ilrkt
sound principles of successful trade. It
is,pharles M. Evans; whom we would
triadic:lu as an example of what has been
and may be accomplished in a steady
continuance in the line already foreshad=
owed in this article. Born in the bity
of brotherly .love, son of a mechanic;
who was able merely to secure for his
child the rudiments of a common educa
tion, but formerly had given him what
is of much higher consequence, a sound
mind and a healthy bedy. He was es
sentially one of the masses, a poor boy,
with all the world before him, in which
either to make or var his fortune.
His first start to the road to that .pr
lune—aiiii position, which he ultimately
secured, was as errand boy in a drug
store ; then a Practical initiation Into the
Mysteries of that trade as an assistant;
which by earnest, thorough sandy he
made his own, and which was doubtless
the grand - foundation upon which his fu
turn successes were reared, and which
fitted him for the battle of life in that
most speculative of all professions, the
proprietary medicine business. With
a sound, fundamental knowledge of
- drugs'and dorobinationsi - liewairitra po
sition to analyze .and determine practi
cally and personally the' merits of any
preparations which might come under
his notice. And after a careful and sci
entific investigation of the ingredients,
occult virtues and essentials necessary to
a wide spread popularity of Hoofland's,
German Bitters, he ten yearikagohesiamo.
Propridor. From that hour
their success was insured. Based, as
they were, upon true hygienic principles,
entirely free from that alcoholic base
which renders other tonics so injurious
physically, in inany cases a'nd morally
objectionable in others, they only re
quired a master band to make their vir
toes known, to compel a surrender on
the part of mankind. Up to. this time,
although the German Bitters had been
hi the world's market fur thirty years,
.they wore emnparatively..unknown....
saw rhat the only course was a thorough
systemized and profus'ely liberal plan of
bilvertising, and at ones became one of
the mammoth advertisers of the New
World. With consummate tact, and a
judgment almost intuitive, he managed
tie gigantic scheme of letting the world
know what he had gbt, and on 'becom
ing,.a few years later, the sole proprie
tor of the Bitters, lie was as well known
throughout the length and breadth of
the land as many proprietors of inferior
a. tidies which have existed for a century.
The rapidity with which lie gave them
their reputation, cost him an innumfse
sutmof money There Was- a certainty
and precision in all he undertookhi do,
which those slut-fold their hands and
wonder, called "a rare streak of luck ;"
hot lie was watching the resultti .and
reaping the hat vest of. an annual expen
diture of .$125,905 in the • public prints,
besides keeping fifteen gentlemanly
travelers always upon - the road, and a
large corps of assistants' besides. With 'au
eye ever ready to see and a courage ever
ready to take hold of a really meritorious
article, Ito became successfUlly the solo.
proprietor , of the " German Tonic," a
preparation of a milder form and adapted
to constitutions requiring light alcoholic
stimulus ; the " Podopbyllin Pill," a
valuable vegetable' substitute for the
deadly mineral preparations of mercury
common to the pharmacopieni. and the
" Greek Oil."
The man who lids done all this is now
the prime of life—one of the promi
nent leading men of his own city ; known.
for his unquestionable integrity, and no
bleness of heart ; he is 'sympathetic and
Unceasing in his apprication to business ;
ludding_t_sacial 'position ,of -which-he-
"may well be proud ; appreciating both
tho physical and mental luxuries which
his success enables him to gather about
him ;' and enjoying life ivith a Ninst:o
born only of industry, a 'his beautifl '
residence on" Spring Garden street, in •
the_ bosom of an interesting
Ilere, - Hien, is a self-made man; who,
without any advantages beyond those
possessed by the rest of mankind, has
proved himselrono of the very few'who
have by a successful course of, judicious
advertising, -secured princely wealth
and ennobling popularity. His "for
tune" was good judgment, his "luck"
indomitable perseVerance-4wo .quali
ties of more intrinsic valb-tban the
possession of thousands of Mitre. unless
accompanied by, the same mental attri
butes.—Davenport Donocral.,
3f. Tnrans 'refused to negotiate' a
treaty of commerce with dormailY,
bo
rauce 'said that France can only
,ii
covei'hor 'financial equilibrium .by a
tariff similar to that 'or the United
. Btittes:' '
.74. Aires carricatureg ought to, l o,good,
for they ire, certainly very ,expensive,
having recently canned t.3.llarpere
leas of $40,000 worth of , anrival ,P:atiFon
pge froui, the Nevi....York.sehools.
Jour; 'Donn, of Woodinir' county,
Arkansas; vrawshot and kilhid last Sun
day by three mon, 'named Rainey, Jack
smftind whO unit him in the woods
and shotbini: doWn.. They allege' that
Dodd had threatened their lives.'
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
BY sci(ttirrEn ctwava-cr LCe
.
Midivoy,aeroSti!tho continent
,----agtho
head:, Of twelVtaiundred miles of LakO,
ua'ffiation—a thiMeand miles from stuff'.
western terminus of the *,riel
Canali,and' asf.miar -to 'it . by wote:t its
Chidago—a hundred miles west of the
longitude of Elt. Lquis.or Galeuais the
young city of Dithith;,the initielpcdtit oi
' tSie Northern Nellie saliroaii. "Hitt
'great ;Work; - so magnifleentry - eridoWed'hi
the Goverinisent, is already being pushed.
rapidly "westward; 'eriergetie :
, cimtredlinS; and before the' Snow flies'
noxt Fall; it will bo coniPleted to the .
'western lino, 'of Minnesota, --- where'it
- presses the Red' River .of .the
northivard teit ake yinniPek.
and one-eighth of its distrMife td thO,Pa:
-oilie-Ocean will-have-been- - dceMnplished: -
Commencing, too,' ads 'iMason .on, its
weseern line, the workwill,be proseeided
'from both - direetions, and long before
the imtion-celebi:ateunits'.Centennial
'Ai&
niversary of Independence, the. Lakes
will be united by. iron bands with that'
Mediterranean of our Northwest, Pngot
Of the, auspicious influence of this en
terprise, which but a few years ago,
would have been considered so daring,
the most sanguine of its friends have
scarcely yet w full' realization: "'Even
taking Chibago as the starting point, it
will be (via St. Paul, where an arm of
the Northern Pacific Railroad is reached)
two hundred miles less distance to Puget
Sound than to San Francisel! - ; Besides
this, vessels' from the Golden GatO to
China sail' on what is called the grand
circle, instead of in a straight line ; and
any one testing this by a string oil a
globe will be surprised, at the' result, if
they have not previously studied, the ef
fect of filo rottindity . of the earth, and its'
diminished
.:_protaheraneeyoU T -go'•
northward towards the Pole: Hence,
when they hail() sailed 'eight hundred
miles from San Francisco, they are only
one hundred mills from the entrance to'
Puget Sound ; and this striking. fact
shows the advantages this route will
I have in commanding the through traffic
of Asia with our Atlantic States, or that
portion of it which will pass over the .
soil of this nation on its road to Europe.
Nor is this' all. Development is the
great duty of the Republic, after all its
recent trials. Resources are the gift of
the Creator. r Development then depends
on the work of man. Along, the line of
the Northern PacifiC Railroad, as it - fol_
lows up the water-courses, the MiSsouri
acid the Yellowstone ^on this side, and
descends by thC'valley of the Columbia on
the other, a vast body Of agricultural
land is waiting for the ~plotigh, with a
climate almost exactly the same as that
of New York, except that, with less
snow, cattle, in the larger portion of it,
can subsist on the open range in winter.
Here, if climate and fertility of soil pro
duce their natural result, when railroad
facilities open this now isolated region
to settlement, will . soon be seen waving
grainfields, and happy lionies, nn<7 grow
ing towns ; while ultimately a cordon of
I prosperous States, teeming_ ith popula
tion, and rich in industry and consequent
wealth, will occupy that now undevel
opod and almost inaccessible portion of
our continental area.
But this road is fortunatealsoin its
theliio ranges of moun
tains which tested 'so severely the Pacific
Railroads built on the central line, and
the overcoming of which reflected such
weliOeserved honor on their — Energetie
bffiltillers. At the Deer Lodge P 11911 ;.. in
Montana, where it crosses the Rocky
Mountains, its altitude above the ,sea is
' 5OO feet lens than the DIAZ' Pacific
Railroad at Sherman, which it said to be
the highest point at which a' locomotive
can be found in the world. And on the
Pacific side of the Continent it is even
more fortunate. From
the Arctic Circle the Columbia is the
! only river which has torn its way through
that mighty range, the Andes of North
America, which, in California, is known
iw the Sierras,' brit which in Oregon
changes its name to the Cascades. Na
, tura 'has thus provided a pathivay for the
Northern Pacific Road through thesn
mountains, the scaling of which, on the
I other line, at an elevation of over seven
thousand feet fa most , Wonderful triumph
of engineering), cost the Central, Pacific
company millions' 'of dollars, and' com
pelled them, Tor seventy miles, to
main
tain a grade of over one hundred feet to
the mile—twice the maximum of the
' Northern Pacific, at the most difficult
point on its entire route.
It is fortunate, also; in Its terminus on
the Patine coast. No one who has not
been there can reAlize the beauty of
Puget Sound and its surroundings. One
Inindred miles long, but so full of inlets
'and straits that its navigable shore-line
measures seventeen hundred and sixty
miles, dotted with levely islets, , with'
gigantiC trees almost to the water's edge,
with safe anchorage everywhere, and
stretching southward, without .Shoals or
bars, from the Straits of Fuca ,to the
capital and centre of Washington Terri.=
.tory; it will be ii magnificent entrepot for
the commerce of the grandest ocean of
the world,. the Pacific. * * The
Land - grant of the United States, exceed
ing Fifty Millions of sexes in the winter
wheat regiOn of our nation (ten limes as
large as the area of Massaehusetts), ,
doubtless sufficient for the completioupf,
the 'road ; but, besides this, millions of
pi:ivatii.ineans sire alreadyinvested
,In, it.,
The .liends based on the Land_ grant,
.111(1 a mortgage on the ,Road itself in,ad
alition, are being sold es rapidly as the,
Money n is needed ; and, asaan investment,
yielding about.eig : ht per oent per year in
currency, raids already with the hest,
class of railroad securities, And thus
the, good work will go on with un
checked step to ifs 'final
,conSunimation,,
carrying blessings of settlement,de ,
velopment, civilization, and Christianity
with it in its progress, and literally
causing the 'wilderness to blossom as the ;
rose.—New korkYodepiiident,,
Tni Texas Central. Railroad Company
is operating 240.thiles of its road, having
built .00 miles in MO, and hopes
,to . have
completed from 120.t0 140 miles by 1872.
Br unanimous decision' of the Cowl of
Appeals' (N.' Y'.,) Olio court • below was
yesterday ordered to rettass the sentence'
of hanging upon 'Runoff. ' '
TO time fOr no voter to be 'absent
frOm 'the Polls heti arrived.again itiCloy6-!
;
land, Where like' blo thane aro'in''pre
A Cialattim Meehan a in Ingolstadt
claims iOhavoinvented t,."printlng Moi,iS,
superior to the host, pow es presses novii
.rise . .. , . . „. . ...
, Ton ”Jit'oninle".,,9ollego,of,
Greenenetle, reeeiteffA ; bpqqpi3t, of
$20,000 front ,Jpint oftbat
Tax dollars is the 31einphiEr tatilf for
going into dliotiii; :drawing strovolter,
and offering to &very: wOnemio the'
bowie. •
ASE;SSED VALUE OPPROPERTY.
inong. the iiiiidCialtiapti'AO-Ot)39ii
friliiitions of thioJnited Ccneuß
Ofileie to the' arrent' statistics,
tabular ; statementi widely '''we append,.
EiliOt ` ind , qhe a'spUpsmelkt of property inF
thicktatiSiluni .territories , the imputation
and the per capita assessment. It is in
complete, New York and several other
iatates e being i itlissnt,;but,lt is still in
lerestind:. ( i a; e ,
-TOTAL rABBEBBED, -VAL11111"Or -REAL AND
' riEnsolut ESTATE,IB7O ~. °
~. • . . ,' . Ais6led.AV, ~ :.•
. ' P
Stater. 'opulatl,n o 1,1
. .
. . 'YAWL '^'' • • :,
Jp4W.r. ' $64,767.223: ]25,0155517
folds - 31,167,464 , 187,751 160
Geol•6ln . • ' ',.... 202 563.567 1;195,077'167
Illinois ' ' - • - 161,787,000 .2,630,638 301
Iridlnnil .. 063,455,054 1018,941 391
lowa . 300,08,105 1.101,720 258
623.776,090 1,321,001 320
260,688,610 - 720,027 346
202,090.310 626,463 373,
Kontook7
Lou Wand.
Maine ...
„ „84,160,308 436,511 10i3
-ffißßaec) ottnflot
o ...r
~C
~.,......„...
5110a1eulppl . '. '' 15.1, .
e 35, .
521 , 834:170 185
Meador] ' ' 652,738 032 1,717,258 321
Now 71antin.hlre .. 128.408,539 318 3005002
New Jersey 051,86804 905,794,000
North Carillon ' 132.040 391 1,071,137 123
Ohio 1 512,437,886 2,062,323 568.
Oregon ...... ....
_ . 3l 104 510 90,9'22 353
,_
1,651:10:630 3,51901 464
Xt P t n o u dl Y l l eit il d ' " " .•• • ..
219,680,492 217,356 985
Virginia . 350,244 825 1,224,047 291
• 1255.442 _442 082_28.1._
_ l V i ir t Ygi—
smsolliiirlii.-.41!.:: 4 5
:...• : .::-...-233:447,5613 -2 1,055,167 919
Territurioa. '
Arizona
-Colorado . 1,283,205 9,068 14222
.... 37,0,086 30,706'430
Columbia ."' 74 2 - 1 493 131,700,507
2,814,029 14.131 201
0c2.0'2„145 14.008 318
11021 350 - ' 20,608 010
17,704.
Dakota .
Idaho ...
Montana
MESE,
',014 01,1152 105
- - .
. • • ......
Waddington
13,109,830 80,766162
10,187,816 23,001 442
i youultig
5,510,748
In. this list Pennsylvania stands
highest , in .theL,.'aggregate valuation,
Ohio coming nett, then Massachusetts,
With Illinois and Indiana following.
This is trio usual order in which these
StateS stand, and yet - in the official
census of 1870 Illinois' - stands ahead of
Pennsylvania in the tine value of real
and personal estate, the figures standing
thus : Illinois $2,633 ; 7.11,070 ; Pennsyl;
vania• $2,610,500,070. The contrast is
-too-remarkable - to - berallewed to escape
comment. In the actual assessed valets
Illinois stands at only $704,787,000, so
that nearly one billion nine hundred
millions dollars of her prOperty must be
unassessed. In Pennsylvania the unas
sassed property is about. one billion.
This would be ituout the proportion
between the area of the two States,
'Pennsylvania having forty-six thousand
square miles and Illinois - fifty-five
thousand.
There can be little doubt that the
unassessud property is unimproved land.
If it be otherwise, it most be that the
Illinois farmers manage to escape assess
meat of their property to any considera
ble extent on the assessed valuation.
Pennsylvania has $464 per capita, and
IllinoiS $301.• Ohio ranks ahead of
both in the proportion of wealth, having
$5OB per capita. Igiode Island has the
highest proportion, 'is9B, ; Massachusetts
is the second ieortier, with $920 ; New-
Jersey third, with $690. Delaivare has
$157.
In the Southern States the assessments
are ridicalously low, and we ask atten
tion to them in view of the general out
cry there of the planters against their
titieS - There - iiniot --t it-single-Sonthern- -
State in which even the faintest approach
to a true-assessment appears to-be made.
The fact is that, the planteys having
ruled the roost before the war, made the
laws to suit themselves. They left the
governmental system a mere shadow,
,with no school, system carry,on.,•nt
to do ; no poor to maintain, na
public institutions to support. No
sooner is a different system established,
and taaationeadjusted to .suit it, than
they feel the
_ninisual pressure of the
screw, and - it as they are now
dhing by the. .ux banks.
That North Ana Should have only '
$123 per capita is utterly preposterous,
nor can any man of sense ho made to
believe that Mississippi has but - $lB5.
Turning to the census returns of these •
Southern States, we compare the real •
'with:the- assessed----valuery-and that_J,
theie is not much difference. So that, if
these are to be believed, these States
have nothing lint their lands, and that
even they aro not of much value. If
the figures be correct, the South is much
poorer than has been supposed. And
yet six good cotton, tobacco, rice and
sugar crops have been gathered and sold
side° the win., and have paid well, and
some of the. Southern papers` • have
boasted of receiving pay in gold. What
has become of the money;' The field
hands' have received little more than a
subsistence.
The' aggregate value of _ all kinds of
property he the country, as shown in the
census, develops only the ultimate re
sources, while these assessed valuations
for taxable purposes show the available
resources at any time, from which it
seems that the Republic still depends, as
it always has done upon NoW England,
the. Middle States, and Ohio,. Indiana
and Illinois. Mtssoui•i appears to be
coming next as one of this groat array,
but the rest are too poor to be of much
aid in a tug.—North American.
NEWS ITEMS
GALEsnuna, 111., owes $1,000,D00..
l'irEatrnis belles lead "potgoats by bbie
ribbons.
RERTs aro • fOliug rapidly „lil .Now
York. . .
A NNW , potato° is christened Von
Moltker.
TILE' ' Wisconsin lead mines promihe
groat things. • •
A eitimix4 lawyer in New York
boasts of $82,000 praetles por annum.
TriE Richmond. Legislature adjourned
aim We last Week.
TUE United States steamer cOngFOit
was at Samnna 9 March 23. ,
• A nosnn of trade ants , been organized,
*Austin, Minneipta.,, , ;
„ ;A LETTEn 'ivaajust fpur , years - - going
from Texas to Missouri and-book.
ONE foot of snow foil at Farmington,.
Maine, on Monday. ' • •
UNION courerT-hati'a balance of $783,.:
47 in the county treasury frOin tho Year
1870.' '
Tiii Boston Chorus Bociirtratlyertises,„
that • "Elijah: will be taken up" at the
next series of rehearsals.
LAST. Weak an American ship, svAtlt
cargo of ivory, and aloes, from Muscat s ,
Arabia, arrived in Boston., . ,
Tun Viaduct Railway bill, for Now
York city, has now passed both branches
of the Now : Yokk State Lekislattiro.
Meru- of . railroadii in Tennessee
,are ini liquidation on necount 'of debts'
dud the State, • _ l r
, ,„
Tux 'new steamer 4',3ocottnit,''which ar
ribed''nt Now hst' week, tttttiziti
' 'T
pni mime of tho ImpotialLitntyy
gctvis. ho,s, h,0tt.,04a4ge4:, , Zfatioum
Liiirary~the: ohando si!ico 4702:"
• 9ilofoa• oats . of boot' •.9!=lts ,at
Fort ffirAlla, Texas, and, n.1op,•ool?‘ aro
. laatic4 oot,for thorn board., ; , r: ,
SuIPmENTA -.tor , brendstnLis to I Point
Britinn.ans going forivanErapidly• nOw,
ovicootint of low oconn freights, -
WMUIDOTTE, Kansas, is to liavo a-Na
tional , panic, with .a papital of $OO,OOO,
with antliority"tO ineWiaso to $200,00.
. '-••
• PERSONAL '
NyholmA boon s -
iously;. ill, is somewhat better.
. MR. AND MRS. SCOTT SIDDONB= are
soon expected in Europe.-
t3ri.nAc(nr..: Hoirr's weddiiig
,presents are saifl to have exceeded $50,-
,
000 . in value. - •
MisS4-DANA; daughter. , Of .C. A.
Dana, writes most of the hook reyiews
for the-Sah.
WALT WHITMAN, tho poet, thinks the
repott of his death moot be a
Raistalce.
PO3;EROY BROTLIERS, of Troy, have
inadam.rirangpments to open a ban:filo
Blossburg, about tho twontioth of April.
A. ISEAUTIFUL woman. 1 01 Portland,
Oregon, has elopeqfV( China' with an
ahnon;eyed Pagan:,
Mao. Aminneoli; - aged thirty-eight,'
committed suicide in Now York last
weeki -- by. Ashooting - herself thrdngli
heart. '..
Tar. Secretary -of the Tredsury has
recommended to the Senate Committee
on Commerce that a port of entry be
created at Dalin, Minnesota. •
PoxsuOs, the celebrated English di
vine,o is now in Chicago, delighting the
people with his oratory.
Tun hqrs of Madame TO elibizarre, a
Creole lady of 1 , 715 w Orleans, are laying
claim to that portion 'of the city not
awarded to Mrs. Gaines.
Atonal , BECUER, One of the most
noted German editors in this country,
died in
,Ci ncinnati on Sunday. Be was .
feirmerly connected with the ' Nem
Yorker Demokrat:
9,118 313
- 31 ALcbrr, the author of "Little
Women," is .expected to; 'return home
shortly. „SlieJtas nearly completed her
new book, which will he published by
Roberts brothers.
ROBERT WALLACE, a fireman on the
English steamship Peruvian,' is under
arrest for smuggling. It is alleged that
several Portland merchants of- good
standing are implicated.
- .TAMES TiOORItS, of Boston, with the
weight of 104 years updn him, and the
reputation of the oldest man in Boston
to maintain, has applied for an 1912
pension.
STEWART 6z; C0.,0f South Easton, on
Thursday, .gave hituminons coal a trial
at one of their mills, and found "it to
work very s.atisfaetorily.
Da.‘KlnnElt, of Flordia, has found
quantities of pearls in the lake mussels,
and has saved over 8,000-of them. In
one shell he found 54.
MODERN ideas have spread in Turkey
to such nn extent that, a new weekly
paper for female readers has been started
in Constantinople. It is written in mod
ern Greek, and is Called Euridki.
IT is announced that Mrs. Elizabeth
Mdl - StaTitim, di'awn Gy ad; peciffer or
university y'rivileges to her 'daughters as
woll as to her sous, intends to take up
her 'residence in Ann Arbor.
OLIVE LOGAN'S present season is the
most successful she has ever known
She is Lack in New York State again,
= b - iildicits not eotno liMne till next month.
lii May she is off to • Europe. ;In Juno
she is to lecture in London.
Ilen LS .4bOld 11071?
TrILTIR , IDAY, APRIL, 0 1871.
pux Sheriff's sales will take place at
the Ciiart.llouse, on Friday next.
ll=
ApvANciNG.—The Time of eggs--
consequent upon the near approach of
'Easter, which comes on Sabbath next.
THE travelingeomMunityrby referring
to our new advertisements, will neti-e
several very -important changes in• tho
time table of the Philadelphia and .11ead
ing Railroad. .
A ItAn dog wan killed at the residence
of Mr. 3 he Oameron, one mile West or
Carlisle, on Sunday last. Fortnnately
lie was dispatched -before biting any
thing.
REPAIIiED.—The "Robert MorriS,"
the engine , attached to the , Mail Train
on the C. V. R. R.; shines as lor iglotly
a bran new pin, looking, for all the wrote , ,
as if it hail came out of a bandbox
But then all the engines look nicely, and
are kept in fine condition by their engi
neers.' e
Tait April Court, will convene in.this
Place on Monday. next; the tent h it•saint.
A very good opportunity wilt ; thus be af
;forded a number of .our suburi beta who'
are still in arrears for subscription,' nd
voi•tising and job work, to drop in and
see-us. We are - always ready to greet
our friends, and extend a cordial wel
come to all to pay us a visit, whether ,in
attendance at Court or not.
Riatotous tjERVICEB.—The Sacrament
of the LoM's Simper will be adminis:
tend in the First English Luthetan
ohnrch, of this place, on Sabbath morn
ing next, by the' pastor, Rev: Joel
Swartz, D.D.. Prebaratory. services on
Saturday.
ELDEIt LONG, the newly appointed
'pastor for the Bethel church, of this
place, will deliVer his first sermon
'on
Babbath morning next, at 11 o'clock.
NEW Coteir.---Tlip—Alfsari. Sterner,
proprietors of the livery and sale stables
on lifulherry alley, immediately hi the
rear ~of the "Jkint2l4 [louse," 'received
from .Philadelphia,, Sfonday, last, a
handsome Germantown Coach, which for
. IsainitY„ and StYlO will equal any other
vehicle of the same hind in this borough.
This. recent:pn4haSe'of this Well known
Mid POlnilaillrin 'Speaks well for their
suctleis in the livery. hotline:9s. . : ,
F.INL CIIICIMIIB.—Wo visited the resi
dence of Mr. 0. Delancy,.on Iktorth East
:street, a few days Since, and were shown
; , the finest lot of chickens of the Light
:and Dark
.Brahaina and ; BAff Cochin
varieties, 'that aye suer. wan ] . We wore
partkularly plbased with the Buff
Cochin ohickon, of bright yelloW color,'
and,a. largo size. bir..,Dclancy has a
number of fins broods' of chickens run
.ning about his.yards, and pays eveo,
at
tontlon to raising them. • '
If you wian,to soo sonic fine chickona
,
mid and see INfr:.DeltineYs.
—P.xcin.,--Tho price 'of' butter iri ,our
markets ; readily, at 40 and 45
opn6 per pound. There appears to• be
a . groat. scarcity of •thisi • indispensable
article at the present 'tine, caused, no
doubt]-by,so'rnanrot !the 'countrryec= .
phrintiVing,' being` unable 'to
att . /dal iniiiket); and then, !tbo, the .'del
illEit4fiirdt.at.tticiii.reo4.tiii(i',
gront&-!: The -scarcity' „and high' price
will,•doubtless, continuo until after, the
cows arn:trrinedlixien the growiflg &au
•
crop.•
` PALM—The alarm of fire on Tudeday
lictsteenv 8 and .9 o'clock. Tho
engines were out with' atcani tip,"
ready fOr action:: ,
'ST. MAnK's Lutheran Chapel, at Me
'chanicsburg, will bo de'dicated. Sabbath
after -Easter, .(April 10,) Rev., Jos.' A.
Lass, D.D.,. : cif Philadelphia, will preach
the'- dedication sermon. Rev.
Schantz, of Myerstown, and others will
•
also be present.
SMASH UP.—An unpleasant little
episode occurred on the Noithern Central
Railway, on Wednesday evening last,
thitt resulted in the disabling of an engine,
and the deinolitipn of a caboose and
freight cars. It seems that in rounding
the curve just below tridgeport, the front
train.uncoupled, and the train following
was too close to be "checked up" in
time . to prevent a collision. Fortunately
no one was hurt and no one very much
frightened. In a few hours ;the debris
was cleared from : the track, apd trains
running as usual ; of course no blame
can be attached to any one,, there never
.can. be -in railroad-accidents:—
ACCIDENT.-04 Thursday last, as Mr.
Danner, in the employ of Frain & Tel
ler, at Barnitz's mill, was driving along
the York roadomar the Stone Tavern,
the holding back strap broke as •ho was
descending the hill, causing the horse to
run up on the bank, and upsetting:the
wagon on the man, knocking his left
arm out of joint, and bruising him pretty
badly. The wagon and harness were
considerably demoralized.
PLAYED Otir.—Nodoubt all of oureili
zens have heard the terrible screeching
noise produced by the boys, (lilting the
. past week, and have wondered what it
meant. The noise was. intended to rep
resent Ore crow of, the chantieleer, and
*as a most horrible nuisance. We
believe nearly every schoolboy had one
of these "roosters" in his possession,
_and made it crow as loudly as possible.
The contiivanco consisted of a narrow
tin box, with strings attached, and well
rosined 'to make it "crow.'' The
"rooster" lived but a very few days,
and then "played out" as quickly-ea it
had been popular, for the simple reason
that the youngsters nearly all got very
sore fingers pulling the rosined threads.
Deliver us from the crow of any more
"artificial roosters ;" we would lu'e
fer the iituingliae or old' domestic
barn-yard ft itcl.
ACCIDENT. —An accident occurred on
Monday morning last, on the South
Mountain Railroad, at the curve in the
road, a little above Mount Holly, which
might, have been attended with very
serious resnlts. A gentleman from Cen
tre Mills, Adams county, was driving
along the pike, at this point, and at the
same time the train tie bore at 11 a. In.
was coming down the road, when the
animal became frightened and ran into
the train. The train, was , suddenly
checked, but not before the horse and
'buggy were pretty :•,.riOnsly — damaged.
! The horse--sustained injuries, . - -r that, in
all events lie may have to be killed The
buggy was totally wrecked, and the
voung• gentleman, we, did not. learn his
name, received several bruises. This i-s
YMY.l.lllPgeTo_Us..ptge_of..road . , -, amtif „a_
team frightens at an approaching train,
it must either run into the train or go
into the rage.
ACCVDEKTS.. —quite a fanny, and what
tnight have proved a serious accident,
occurred on last Saturday s , between the
'tollgate and town, on the Balthabre turn
pike.
Mr. Chas. Mullin, of Myunt ftolly
Springs, and accompanied by Mr. S.
Fiske were coining into town, driving a
ofoung and spirited horse, which, after
passing the tollgate, becanio frightened
atytl runni 0,; on sidling round threw Mr.
Fiske nut bruising him considerably, but
not indicting any serious injury. Mr,
Mullin (Many stopped the horse, and Mr.
Fiske rc.eating himself in the vehicle,
they.agitin started.
A fnr . procceding a very short distance,
Lourver, the horse again started to ins,
and Oki, time Mr. Mullin fell out. Mr.
Fiske managed to get 'the lines and after
unite a spirited run got the animal under
control. They luckily got to town with
: out. any further mishap. -
L. Mu - I'AM Vs Co 1' 1.1.1, of South Middleton
tot iiship, while engaged at L fie occupation
(Carpentering), at the, residence of B:
Moore, at Mount I folly, 'cut himself on
the wrist, severing' thin sinews and malt-
Hog a very severe wound, It will take
considerable time for the hand to heal.
THE FinsT Annit,.—The expres
sion "came in like a lamb and went out
like a lion," applied with much force to
the past month.. The weather do Satur
day last, the first' instant, would have
done credit to January, as it snowed
without intermission the entire clay.
Many of our citizens- changed their
places of abode, the number being far
in excess of these of the previous year.
But then it had to be - attended too, and
every person appeared to take it good
naturedly, despite the fact that Nature
was covd . ring the outside world with a
mantle of snow. Ouy town presented
an unusually animated appearance, and
the hotels did a "rushing business."
The first of April is general pay day 'in
this section of the country, 9.nd every
one-tries to come "square on't that day,
in order to make a new start, The banks
amouut_of_business,...being.
thronged with persons until late, in the
Afternoon:
=I
Now that , the first, with all its anxie
ties and: troubles is past, let us hope
that business may speedily revive, and
that financial affairs may become easy, so
that one and all niay ,be.en aided to A' live
and lot live."
P.ll=--liptween 12 and 1 o'clock on
Thursday Morning last, a fire broke .out
in a shed attached to Henry Wolf's
wagoninaker shoji, on East South street.
The shed and the shop wore consumed,
together with all the contents, consist
ing of several spring wagons, due nar
row tread wagon, (all new worlc, nearly
completed,) togother• with all the pat
terns, tools &e. g Mr. Wolf's loss -is
about WO, partly insured in the Cum
berland Valley Media Protection Com
pany of this place. The fire then com
municated to, Ge'orge Lindeinoode's
blacksmith shop adjoining ; but the
flames -were speedily extinguished, not;
however, until the rear part-of the roof
was burned oil; together withza bellows
and some other articles bolonging-tdHur
shop. Mr. Linclemeocle . loses ~ a bont,
$lOO by the conflagration. •
There are - yarious rumors afloat
.
regard
ing the origin of tiro fire lint it is very'
'generally believed to have bOen. , flie work
the incendiary, and susploion strongly
rests on a couple of individuals who'
fte4d,"i';l
.a Very mysterlotts manner: on
Hui night of But we 'Suppose it
will end here,',nedno farther efforts. hoz
'put forth to bring-those indiiiduals to
Jutico, •• • ,
=
IM=7=
menc:3
Norron'To TAx-PAYEns.---41 order to
give everybody a , chanee to eave'Alony,
Cheap John - will sell itt tr.uctio'n,.gis - en
tire stock Of elothi4p, boots, shoes, hats,
'notions, &c., to make room for it Spring
:Stock. Goods under the hammer vvill
positively be sold, and at 5uch..10.7
Mew as will „Make
,your . hair stand
straight up. Remember it commences
on Monday evening, April 10, at Cheap
John's, Franklin House, Bossoy Wetzel.
Tun young folks of the Second Pres
byterian congregation gave an -interest
ing tableaux performance' last Friday
evening, assisted by-some kind friends.
ThorepreSentations were classical, social,
and comical, and elicited the warm ad
miration-
of tiroSe present' for the taste
displayed in the costumes, and the skill
in the arrangement of the various scenes,
The young peoplo entered into the ex
hibition with a 'Zeal and earnestness
that argues 'Success in their undertak
ing. The money thus raised is to he
applied towards the purchas6 of an or
gan for the-new church, now building.
So well pleased were tho audience, that
it is propoSed to repeat the tableaux,
some evening of the coining week, in
Rheom's Hall. Should this be deided .
- upon, due and timely notice --will be
given. Those who took part, profess
themselves gratified at the kind encour
agement given tp their efforts. This is
tho way to Make the - youth interested in,
and attached to the Church ;let them feel
that they are of some consequence and
can be of use; and rest assured the rising
generation will follow steadily in the
way of their elders, and not wander
away and apostatize.
SAD Caste OF DROWNING.—It has set-_I
dom been our duty to chronicle a more
melancholy accident than occurred at
New Cumberland, on the afternoon of
ti o Eivoiity-ntntli ultimo.llLr, Bowman,
residing' on the farm of 3frs. Ross ad
joining that town, permitted his little
son, a very interesting little boy, of some
eight summers to accompany him to the
fields when be went to his afternoon's
work. The field in which they were en
gaged at plowing is bounded on one side
by - the Yellow Breeches Creek, and on
the other by the race that feeds the large
flouring mill of Mrs. Ross. The little
fellow was suffered to remain on the side
bordering on the race, and allowed to
amuse himself with 'childish sports, while
his father was busy at his' plbw. To
ward the middle of the afternoon Mr.
Bowman missed the merry prattle, of his
child, and on looking around could
cover hint nowhere, he ealled 2 ;,but nu
replied. Becoming alarmed, and
thinking that the little fellow. „might
have ventured to return lo the ause
alone, the iinxious father turned his steps .
homeward, in search of him ; but to his
dismay no one about the house had seen
the child since the dinner hour. A
search around the'lleld was at once coin
meneed, alarmed and syrd - Pathizilig
neighbors coining to the assistance of
the 'sorrow stricken father. Following
the prints of his little feet, that showed
he-had wondered-up along the race, the
startling thoughttlashed upon -the minds
of all, that he had probably ventured to
cross, the channel at the "Hood gate,"
and the hubsequent discovery of his hat
floating on the surface of the water con
_fumed._ the,__itopression-4hat , lie —was
drowned. The race was immediately
made:the subject of a thorough search,
and at about eleven o'clock at night Mr.
0. D. Voglesong found the body in close
proximity to the spot at which it mitst
have fallen into the channel. „Here, then,
was agaiti witnessed the unfeeling act of
compelling a father to stand by mid see
the object of his care and solicitude lie on
the margin of the stream, till the ridicu
lous fierce of holding an inquest, that
would reveal just what those present al
ready knew, was gone through with.
This deeply afflicted faintly, that, but a
short time since, lost two others from the
ravages of disease, have,, iii theirbereave
ment, the warm sympathies of the entire,
community in which they reside.
INTEIRESTINO LETTER.—The folloWill
iettOr from a native of this place, LIOW 0
a visit to Italy, will be perused with in
terest by many of out:. reaklerg, :
~, Naples, Italy,
United States Steamer Juniata,-
March 11, 1871.
Di .ut PA rues believe that I. an
swered your last letter some weeks ago,
since then, received a copy of TlLE CAsusts, llEum,n, with which I was
much interested. We ttrri red here about
two weeks ago. This place, you know,
is the great resort of travelers, owing to
the beautiful bay, healthy climate, the
disinterred City of Pompeii; and the
never dying fires in Vesuvius. We ra'y
at anchor at tlp Navy Yard, °Vise to the
city. Across the hay, or about five
miles distant, is the burning mountain,
constantly sending up clouds of smoke
and overflowing with lava. At night it
presents a grand scene, as the .flames of
fire and streams of lava pour down the
side. There has not been an eruption,
to cause any general alarm, since 18117,
yet the people, expect one daily, as it
continues to burn fiercer every clay.
The'scone, when witnessed at night, is
truly sublime. At intervals you call see
large masses of 'Mono raise up from:the
crater, and then sink again. Last night
there was all imprudent traveler lost his
life by venturing too near, and falling
into tho bed of lava, tlio guide, who ac
companied bile, succeeded in recovering
him, but not until be•'was burned so
severely-that-he- died—within 24--hourti
thereafter.
During my short stay hero I have
visited' the Real Museum, which contains
many valuable works .of art, as well as
many things that'are novel and interest
ing. There are many statues in this
-Museum 3,000 yeaN old, from the Valais
of the old Grecian
. sculptcfrs, mutilated
by time, but restored by other artists.
Among - others, I noticed ono of Hercules,
by the Grecian sculptor Praxetyles, which
is said to have been executed about 1,200
years before Christ. Tho Museum, also;
contains many valuable paintings by the
old Masters ; one-large room is dovetail
toßaphaols ; another to Michael Angelo
Corre gee and many others.
Pompciiwas destroyed, in the year 70
after Christ, and it was not until 1750
that it was excavated. Workmen am
constantly at. work on the ruins, but
thorels still a large portion of the city
to excavate yet. •
• 'I have, arse visited the King's Palace.
It is open to visitors, with the exception
of certain.chambers.. Spabo, prevents inc
from going into a detail of the.grandOur
andmagnippence which meet the 'eye on
every hand, .far surpassing anything 1 .
had ever before witnessed. At night I
visited the Opera house, this is an int
mo'nse building, capable of holding about
90,000 persons; and. said to , be the largest
structure of thekind in the world. The
4ntOrtninniont, was given in Italian, and,
.therefore, did not intereat me.any.
Next 'week wo go to 01140. Vecchia
the mbarost port•to'lonao;_pairl from thevo
I will IvOto you again, Yours, &a.
• &Luny Lobbox,
WILLIAM FRIDLEY, at his now stove
and tinware depot, on North littover
street, adjoining Karns' hotel, would be
pleased to have his numerous 'friends
a nd'eustorners pay him a - •
===l2lll
[For , tho CAIII.IB6E iIYRALIed
OUR FACE DEPARTMEIVI%—CarIisIe
may Well be- proud of her present fire
organization. It must have been very
gratifyi)ag, and assuring to all of our citi
zens 44 wore present: at the fire on .
South street, last week, as it -was to the
undersigned, to see how promptly, each
organization appeared, and • fell into
their proper work. Then how quietly
and expeditiously the work was .done,
convincing all present of the vitality of
our steam fire engines, and of the admir
able discipline of,-our fire„ companies.
Then Again; tiro good feeling tbaCViaB
manifested ,lietween the several compa;
nies present. With what a nidd sense
of propriety the command was given,
" Come round to this side with that
pipe, and be careful not to throw water
on the other company."
- Assuredly the citizens of our borough
will second the efforts made to secure, for
our Fire Department, such an increased
annual, appropriation from the borough
treasury, as will assure each of the com
panies of the early liquidation of their
debt.
Wu. BLAin,
JOIIN GUTEIRAL/
April 4, 1871
ICommuttkutad.l
BARRIKG OUT THE TEACHER
=GM
In the early history of our common
chools a custom extensively prevailed,
sanctioned by young and old, during the
holidays to bar out the teacher. ,
— clad, it wasthe only animal sport coun
try school boys had, and Alley' - i-rehly
enjoyed it; provided they were successful
in their demands, namely : By keeping,
the teacher Out of the school house,
until he signed a written agreement to
treat them, and to give them one week's
play aChis expense ; the articles for the
"feast of good things" were usually
enumerated therein. Variouli means
were resorted to in the "barring out' ,
process. The knowing ones, I meanr
those who were .in - the -- Knefer - or the .
conterppated "barring," for, some were
timid, others nut trustworthy, would as
semble early and cliMb in aCthe 'win
dows, for they were seldom fastened,
and provided with' nails, would fasten
them down, then barricade the door wi
desks and benches, or set a prop se
curely against it.
Ihirdpg the holidays of IS-10, the writer
aught. school at Papertown, Cu.%her-
land county, The school was composed
of pupils from the village and from-the ,
country adjoining TIM larger pupils
conceived "barring out" the nevi...teacher
would bring good .cheer, and hence, on
Monday morning after Christmas, ongo
ing to ivy,school room at the usual liour,
found the key hole plugged, • and could
gain -n& entranee-no- -whorci-tile-slutttars__
also fastened inside, a nail driven above
each hook. The party inside kept
quiet; no others came to school that
morning, which showed plainly the
whole school knew it. How to get in'
;Was' thettieStieff,njilid•the - piestlon with •
all shnilarly situated. , First, I con
ceived this plan, to smoke' Mona out, the
old-fashioned large wood stoves in use, I
procured a plank, set it up to the roof, and
with a board in hand, to 'put on the chim
ney top, was nearly up when I heard voices .
exclaim, "put out the fire," and water
was dashed in the stove, as Ho volume•of
ascen din g smoke indicated. Again,
some grown up *St - finders, I knew by
their mirthful looks, intended, as soon
as the plank was cleared, to remove it,
and leave me on. the roof, a target for,
and at the mercy of snow-balls from in-
I side,. so I came down in time to prevent
it.
Failing to smoke them out, I went
home and remained until night-fall, tax
ing my wits what to do next to gain an
entrance. The boys carried in wood,
and had provisions for a stay and a
seige. I . dressed as disguisedly as I pos
sibly could, blackened dny face and
hands, and afterdlight went up the road
and stopped opposite the school house.
There I stood in the snow and cold wait
ing for some one to come out ; the door
was opened, as soon as I espied ono of
the boys, IMterrogated him thus : (writ
ing wholly from memory,' " Who lives
there?" Answer, "This is a school
house." " Who lives in that house, is
it a tavern ?" "It is a church."
" What, the name of 'this town"'
"Papertown." "flow far is it to a
twiern?" "Only about a quarter of a
mile.' " Which is the way to it," and
he pointed the way. I then said, "I am
very"cold, can't you let mo go in to warm
myself?" By this time all eyes worn
looking, and oars listening to our
ooilo
guy. They consulted; and the spokes
man said, "we can't let you in, yo'it must
go to the tavern."
now proposed to entertain them With
songs and dancing, if they would let mo
in. The boy at the• open door, said,
" Well you'cau come in." I started to
wards tho house, some l fifty feyt from .
the road, rejoiced* nib prospect of get
ting in, but before I reached the house,
the door was closed and fastened, and.
they would not admit me.' Prom the
in
side, one whogo voice I knew, inquired,
" What can you sing ?" I replied,
"Jim Crow,--Qum ho -Chaff -and---Long-
Tailed Blue, and can dance, too."
" Well," said sing ou, wo can hear.
you here." I can't sing out in the cold,"
nor dance out here, "let me go :Mi,'
Answer ".There board out Ode,
dance on it." - They - Nfenld. not and did
not, admit•-me, although, besides my dis
guised dress,..blackened face and hands,
I changed my voice in imitation of the
real negro, but all was of no (whit. .
Doubtless, some of them instinctively
suNpepted my guise - Was: all a trick ;
with this improssion . I walked home-.
Ward. 'Soon the door was opened, the
boys all came out and inn body after Me:
I ran; and.thoy too, but Whig too fleet
for them, outran thorn and got. home,
changed my clothingovashed my face
and -hands of the; black deeply imbedded.
9.nd hard, very hard to get cleaned, I
concluded to give Up, the contest. Them
they rernainedyictors that day and night,
the succeeding day - and night,'atid on "
Wednesday morning ,one of- the', Sub-
Committee ' of the, school, with- ram ,in
hand acco mpanied. r and- 'with ono.
stroke, knocked in a' full nniinci Ofithe
Floor. •. A - window was. hoisted ;and out.-
they came, reminding me of- p..T' ; "diaper-
Sioll oelkilkonnY Cats,'antlfell
out poll
moll Bead-ovor-heels, and Sequipored off.
At one.ofeldck - VlM,'ilell'Oel 'was taken
in, r ! liAtho m ost proinitiont - Of thmaggros
sore was soundly' whipped, as' that was
the punishment
,inilipted,;"proVided . the
belligerents wero.,noti successful., in the
f‘ barring out,-' and bringiugtiM teacher.
to their terms „ - Mi.
WillimppOrt -