THFr jI6IERAT A D.
CAMSLE, PENN'A.
J..M. Weaktoy, J. M.'Wallgee
• EDITORS AND PRCT.DIlri'OlO3.'
Volume LIME
Tun Meohinicsburg Journal calla us
to account for not 'denouncing the ac-
tion of the llopublicf# r i county commit
tee in electing a deingate to the 'State
convention., instead , of calling a ,county
convention: 'W'e Trinturo to suggest that
theie is a considerable amount of matter
in the Journe a article which couldhave.
been omitted without
,injury to its own
aide. of the eause, and having said this
we will furnish the info4nafiOn it;' seems
to desire._
We are opposed to the action of the
.committee. We think it was Unaathor
ized and very unwise , v If the , delegate
elected and the interest he represents
was dominant ita the county, a conven4
tion would'have produced the result de
sired., lethe choice of the county lay
in a different direction, it will not be
contended that it was right or fair to
.stifle that, choice. Nobody pretends
that the convention authmrized the com
mittee to select a delegate. It was their
ovmaction.:.4bey are responsible fork,
and we presume before a convention
names them again for that position they.
will be careful to define their duties.
Then whidid we not denounce their
action?: For , several reasons. Last
yearAho same thing was dono by the
committee'. It was against oar advice
and remonstrance, but it was done by a
committee whose chairman was on© of
the proprietors
.of this journal. `With
a precedent just in this shape, there
was a. manifest propriety in keeping
Out of any discussion of the present
tuition.
Then we regard all agitation of the
question now as unwise and injurious.
The Journal insists •on a convention.
What authority is .there to call one ?
That is one of the functions of the morn
rnittee. determined, by an almost
threo-fourths vote, not to call a conven
tion. If one were called by any outside
authority, its regularity would be ques
tioned, and If it named another.delegate
_there would be two in attendance at the
State Convention, and we would have a
fight in our own organization, extending,
perhaps, though the whole coming cam
paign, With a moral cortaihty all the I
time that the delegate chosen by the
committee would be admitted. As
this is our deliberate judgment in
the matter, we do not propose to
. countenance anything - that will, look
lilgo raising a quarrel over what can
not bo undone, nor what, under the
circumstances, could not have been pre
vented. '
We have sio wish to advertise our
interestedness or our devotion to .our
party, now or at any Qth er time. We
will take this chance, however to say,
that to our limited ability we have ‘ tried
to do something towards its success: It
is not more than six months since it
was admitted all around that we wore
willing enough to go into a fight where
there was just a ghost of a chance to win.
And while we don't make a special vir
tue of our cantiousnesilove propose tb
submit our course to' the judgment of
our friends, without attempting to make
reputation through any_ Quixotic tilts
against the organization of ''the party,
because the persons represdnting that
organization for the time, have usurped
powers which did not belong to them
We have long Since learned that wha,
can't bo cured must be endured.
ON Saturday night, Frederick Douglass
delivered a lecture at this placq, on the
Subject of San Domingo. His coming
wasunespeeted and accidental. He had
lectigreil in Ohambersburg the evening
before, and at the request of some of his
people consented to deliver a lecture
hero on his return. Although there was
no' general notice of the lecture given,
there was's, fair audience in itttendance,
most of whom were doubtless attracted
by z a curiosity to see and hoar ono who
is considered justly the foremost man of
his race. •
It is needless to comment on his 'lee
..turo. ft demonstrated to every intern
, gent man who heard it, that the lecturer
was, a man of remarkable intellect, a
scholar of fine culture, a vigorods and
Independent thinker, and an orator if
very remarkable force and power. Ile
spoke fully two hours; and to n audi
-1(1.
°nee' not usually inclined to tole ate long
speeches, and yetthere were few present
who would-not willingly have hoard him
at greater length. 'Certainly it will not
'be disputed that hislecturo surpassed
any similar performance, 'with which,
we have boon favored during many
years:
Mr. Douglassis, perhaps, now the most
remarkable character in public life.
,Born a slave, and of a race which the
charlatans of our earlier politics, taught
us to believe were consigned to Slavery
by Divine command; he has, by his own
genius and force of character,, brought
himself to the notice and respectful con
eideratioa of the wisest and best mon of
this ciiuntry and of Europe. To most
mon, even with fair advantages of birth
'and education, the morn struggle for ox
istonee is sufficient eniploymoUt, and fo
obtain even local reputation Tor any sort
of superiority, unusual and eithausting
effort is necessary. The man who wins
in the race of life, even when he `'ltaris
in advance of hut fellows, and whercas=
slated by the. influence of others, Is con
ceded to have strength and merit. When
in view of this we see a •runaway slave .
transform himself into a man of 'refine
ment and culture, and who, by the sheer
force of his intellect becomes a power in ,
a nation, where ,his race, are serfs, we
may be sure that in him aro qualities of
a high order.
--- SICCIIRTLBY i3OIITWELL has again made
his Monthly statement of tho financial
-.condition of the, country, . and as this
completes the third year . of President
Grant's administration,. it is well to con,
sidcu• the 'facts ,it 'exhibits, * Miring the
month of February, the •- debt of Om
nation was reduced 1142,891,451.52, ,and
during the thine' last yil , as the redaction
has been in round numbers $300,060; doo.
Perhaps no country in' the world: has
over. witnessed .so rapid a dischargO of
Its indebtedness. . ' ' , ' '
• Our net indebtedness iti in,round
numbers $2,2 . 40,090,000:, Of ills amount
$413,001:1,900 boar no interest, leaving'
41;800,000,00. t . te, the debt , ' , wbich, we
really owe to creditors who demand ana
receive their interest regularly. .Of this
Vast amount, a sum equal Ito the .psie,„
sixth had- already" , boon Raid by a, lie
publican
\\
administration in the space ; of
three yea 13, thus demonstrating 'Usability,
-to wipe- o p the. - onfiro; debt ,in twenty
years, with 'uritnrosing imy unnsual!'or
burdensome - taxation'. The,nioral offset
H of thin almost i sterol/ado work .will Tie
, folCfor a.contury' henceforth, in main
'Veining the modit of Om : nation threugh
out the world; and assnting us the
certainty of ieeciving proinpt•assistanoe
and support from other nations, in any
financial Alifficulty, we ma V 'encounter.
Its more direct effect has been to save
a vast Itmonnt in our annual. Payment of
interest, to mato our currency nearly
worth its face in Old, and insure at no
'distant day a redo - dim of the rateof in
terest on. Ithe _nationip.' loan, which will
shortly be folloWed by a 'corresponding
decrease of rate in all, financial opera=.
No. 10
. .
Utile ilopublican party Was wholly with: r
out. former record; if it had not delivered
the ration from treason ; if it'cOuld not
boast of the abolition of Slavery and the
eufranchiseinent of an oppressed people;
tho financial success Of this singin. ad.
ministration should. , commend it to . the
favor of our people for all time'.
Dort PIATT, of the'Washingtori .Capi
tol, out of the most brilliant of Sunday
papers, bitterly hostile to President
Grant and to his re-nomination, makes
the following sensible comments upon
the useless Freneh arms discussion in
the Senate of the United States
At the same tiine,..as the calm chroni
clers of current events, wo are forced to
admit that these administration people
suffer more from the ability of their op
ponents than from the facts , proven.
Recognizing the melancholy truth that
the brain of the RePublican party has
boon alienated' from its councils,' and
holds an antagonistic position to its offl:
chit rulers, these people were thrown
into a panic over the prospect of a lose
of the German vote. This seemed to
paralyze them so that they could not
treat the charge of fraud with the in
differonbe it really deserved. For, after
sifting with care all the evidence "offered,-
we are forced to admit that not even a
prima facie case has been made out: At
the close of our late civil war, the Gov.
ernment found itself possessed of a vast
amount of material in the way of arms
of alliierts,.that were not only melees
but would not bear keeping, because of
the improvements continually demand
ing acceptance if we wish to keep pace
with our governments in . this respect.
The law authorizing the sale is fillifi
ciehtly broad to allow a general sale of
all material. It reeds that the "Seem,
tau of War may sell at private or pub.
lie sale, as he may deem most advan•
tageoua to the public interest, the old
cannon, arms, and other ordnance stones
now in possession of the War Depart
ment, which are damaged or otherwise
unsuitable for the United State service. ' '
Now, w bother to securo ( an advantageous
sale the department could manufacture
ammunition to suit the arms, is ques
tionable. It is the only question in the
whole affair.
That the Secretary should seek use
the advantage given him by a great war
in Europe is right and proper. Ito is
bowl to know that the arms thus dis
posed of are to find that market, for he
is supposed to have common sense; but
ho is not prohibited from acting 'by such
knowledge. The doctrine of neutral
duties sought to ho established by Sena
tors Sumner and Schurz is the same re
cognized by the infamous Washington
Treaty that we have denounced as for
oigd to our practice in the , past, and
fatal to our future as a nation. It was
not pleasant td us during the late civil
war to have England folloiv our own
precedents,'and under that impulso our
representatives of the joint High Qom,
mission sought, to establish now rules.
The result is a retnedy when too late to
he of service, and' a recognition of inter,
national law that robs us of our strength
in the future.
Nor have we any respect for this con
test over the German vote. Wo.are sick
and tired of this humiliating submission
to a foreign element in our midst that
seeks to direct our sympathies and con
trol our conduct. We protest the Gm ,
man vote, the Irish vote, and the colored
vete, and think it about time to find, if
we ban, an American vote. Each in
turn save tbe,last has served demagogues
as a source of selfish elevation to power.
In thebeginning of the German-Froneh
war our sympathies were with Germany.
ruilen, however, an imperial despotism
tno conquest was developed on one
side, and a republic on the other, our
sympathies swung over to France, and
it was as much as one's, political ex
istence was worth to avow such a feel
ing. The offence of the administration
in this case, if any is proven,- seome to
be a kind feeling for the unhappy French
Republic and a very advantageous sale
of useless arms. We aro not disposed
to feel vindictive on that account.
THE FUBLIO DEBT STATEMENT
WASHINGTON, Mardi 1.
The following is a recapitulation of
the public debt statement :-• -
DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN COIN
0 per cont 110000
5 per cent Londe.
Prluc pal
luttorpe
DEIST REARING INTEREST IN LAWFUI
MEM
COrtifiCat. of filliCilto4ll.ll.at 4 par
Navy Panalon taint ttt,3 par cent
Certificates at 3 per Lout
Principal'
Intureat
•
DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST' ILLS CEASED
SINCE MATURITY
Principal
Interest.
DENT BEARING NO INTEREEIT
Ord dolnond and logs! topaer L1.3ten.....'535705g4.401
Fractional currouc) 41,491,390 43
M==l
1319
I=
To .1 debt
x......5'2,317 249,71 a 75
33,436,477
EMI
=
Cun.ncr
Total Z 121,864,746 8:
Dobt less cash In Treasury, March
1, Its 72 •
Dalt FINS .01 Irk Treasury, Pb.. ,
rg,,ry 1..18 1 1 • ' V 238,201,00 60
Decrease of debt dur eg the past '
rdenth
Decrease or debt Witco .111arch...1,
1871 $04,80.1,384 04
Decrease of dull[ from illarelt 1, 1880.
to ilarelt I t 1871 "
Donde clamed to Nato railroad
-- cempardin tbfen able in law.;
fin money, principal outstand.
Ind 1.110,235 00
Internet accrued nod not yet paid.. 1116,295 00
Interutt paid by the lluitedBtnt“...
D 4031,870 00
Interest repaid by transportation of .
to
,3,477,125 {al,
Balance of Interest paid by United
Statea ' 11,184.741 00
cold,nigl4 about Now, XOM, 'a'
cry of fire was raised in MoulA pethel, a
little town about seven miles from Plain.
field,..evei . the
,Springfleld mountain, in;
Somerset county,. Now, Jersey. 4 build
ing :over, a hundred years old was in
flames. , It was oecdpied by a, Gorman
farmer named .Boust. , , Ho missed one
of his daughters ,, and ran beedr,intO the
house to save . her. Ho had caught hin
in Iris : arms and was making his way to
'op door,, when the floor gave way nod both_were, intl. dd.to,•death. Sine* then
lm rains. of,,tho l house have bean re , '
'Moved. The mausfon was built in, the.
old-fit'shioned style, w(th,lrego,fireplac'eli ,
in two. of ,the,roems; thetshireneys slop.
; frig toward each other, end joining o lje- , ,
fore4eaohlag the, top. ,' ~ ,i -t ~',,,; , r
~':Paned in , the cavity sbetwecu.the! to
are places,. a human 'skeleton' in perfeet,'
Prefiarvalion: .Warl, discovered... An Girl'
Thet-leolc „musket stood :at its sidp i , as&
two r,usty.kaives , lay, at - ,its ~ feet. 0 OM;
musket' is of the oldHritieh,pattore.,.,. l .lt '
iii supposed that the remains am those'
or A to'ry soldier" whe .: met ;hie 'de:lth ,': "i 6
the. hands ,of the leolenists , duOng..tte
RevolutiOn i . ,The oldest inhabAtim4.s l 'I'L
unable to eir,Plain this horrible, mystoi ,y,..,1
The romaine of . the ather and daugbtei,'
were also found' ih the rutint:.--INtlancra"
Dispatch.'
CURRENT TOPICS. •
—ArrangementsNam being consum
mated forFthelepecidy.sponipleition' and,
,dedicationiof the national monument to,
' President Lincolnk at Wahhingten. Alb
that still remains JS to mie thO, f different,
Pieces of, iiitatuary in, phiee. It is said;
"thatllon, William Seward will' probably;
bo"selected as the orator 'to . pronounce'
the 'eulogy upon the becasion of Itlio'
dedication of.the monument.. - -
—Babes born on the twenty-ninth of
,February, the Philadelphia Malstin_
says, will be compelled to livo eighty
-four years before they - reach their'
twenty-first birthday, and be subjected
.to.the , inconvenience of not :being , able
- tcr tell, exactly,-dming_:three.,years..or
every teUr,,tipon what day to' celebrate
the annivergarY,.thirl Co' levy'npcini gen
erons parents and g'randParents:'
Of NeWlerSei, 'well
kilown as a,lawyer of decided,ability end
a gentleman of, culture and high stand
ing; came down very severely on Senator
Schurz, in - iitonday's ' debate - 9Vor -- tile
arms invoiti„,,,Lion, very 'Muck to- the
lattere discomfiture. Ile pointed out
tsat eyery.„particle of evidence robed
upon for the Mies investigation had
bead swept away before the committee
wail Yet appointed.
now comes-the story that the
Into Lieutenant. Governor ,Dunn and
Colonel Sames,Fisk were members of a
wonderful 01'dd—the Ordo Maltai
Ilierosolyrrunque," winch' consists Of
NG- members, only nineteen •of whom
are in America. The Duo: do Persigny
and Charles . Dickenswere • members.
Garibaldi, Blariqui, Duke do • Arenburg,
Monseigneur 'Aferodo, Prof. Morse and
Louis Napoleon are - also among the elect.
--- , Senators Pomeroy and Caldwell
have telegrams froth , members of the
Kansas Legislature, pronouncing the re
port 'sent East of corruption in their
Senatorial elections to bo garbled and
untrue im the main. 'The paper which
Mr. Pomeroy gave a note to was set
up to Suppcirt the Republicamparty, and
when its editor went over Andrew
Johnson,: Mr.' Pomeroy repudiated it,
and Mr: Johnson gave the editor the
office. Both Benators profess their abil
ity to show clean -records whenever the
time comae
—The White Lady of Hohenzollern
has appeared in the corridars and vatian t
apartments of the palace of Potsdam,
near Berlin, and her shadow, in passing,'
has left sickness in the royal family.
The- sturdy frame of Emperor William
is weakened with indisposition, and the
Queen Dowager Elizabeth, now seventy
one years old, is ,so ill that fears of; a
serious result are entertained. It Is
probable that the presence of the Warn
fog phantom of the Hobenzollerus is 'duo
to her condition, and unless the signs—
physical and ghostly—fail, the Black
Sergeant is coining to her relief.
—The following „statement of receipts
and' expenditures by warrants for the
quarter ending December 81, 1871, has
born issued from the Treasury Depart-
In t, Washington. Net recei pts—
Front customs, $4:1,322,013.17; internal
revcinue, $29,479,321.28 ; sales of public
lands, $616,050.14 ; miscellaneous
sources, $4,202,884.73 ; total net receipts, I
880,120,875.02. Net expenditures—For
civil and miscellaneous,' $10,837,930.50 ;
War Department, $7,385,800.29 ; Navy
Department, 85,507,800 75 ; Indians and
pen5i0n5,510,860,065.02 ; interest on
public ebt, $22,129,195 64; total net
expenditures, '802,280,904.2G.
—The State election in New 'Dam p.
shire wiU take placo (ht tho twolit
instant. A. Concord
. 1 :despatch says
" there is an army of speakers iu the;
field, and more coming." . The fi'cipub
beans express confidence in their ability
to retrieve their losses' last year, and
ehict, their caddidato for Governor, Mr.•
Straw,:aud a m.tjority of the Legislat9ro.
The Democrats express equal confidence
in their own success, and obum that
they can re-elect Governor Western ,y
the popular vote. The contest is nn-
usually spirited . , both parties being un
commonly 4etivo, and employing many
of their ablest speakers.
Boston Chief of Polio's, in his
anntial report, suggests that male
" night walkers" are just as much nui
sances a 5...;! night-walkers" of the other
ems. As for licensing the "social evil,"
he denounces the project as vigorously
as'he can. 'By a strict enforcement of
the law ho has diminished the number
of houses of ; but, on the other
hand, housos a assignation have in
creased " greatfully and fearfully." It
is rather astonishing ,to read in the re.
. -
port of a Chief of Police that the true
way to coml•at prostitution is,,!,`-to pay.
womeu the same wages as men when
they do a similar amountof work." The
same suggestion has been made before,
but it is rather a novelty to find a stony
hearted (thief Policeman informing his
superiors that if women still,' even in
moral Boston, follow this body and soul
killing calling, it is because they are
perpetually mndo the victim of 'fraud,
injustice and the rapacity- of trade.
..?"=The costly and beautiful collection
of fans belonging to the wife of Louis
N. Bonaparte is offered for sale in, Lon-
don, Many of them aro exquisitely
painted by 1111h -rate artists, and' aro
richly adorned i.with preciosis stones.
Their sale would seem to inchoate that
Louis is in need of money, and that
31.4 67,7.10,500' 00
'388309,700 00
.n,850 oto
aY 8110,2:5 88
these toys are to be devoted to their
legitimate purpose of raising the wind.
Su fade the glories of the lavish and
luxurious Empire—the Empire of osten
tation, sensuality, money-making and
prodigality! Dues hungry and naked
Franco look back with regret to those
days •of hollow and &coming prohperity,l
If so, what is to ho loped for in the
future ? How history repeats itself
Mad. Tussaud exhibited the -first Na-
$ IEI.OOO 00
14,1100,1 M 00
10,140,0 , 0 40
:19,818,000 01
An,416 S/
poleort's old coach in London, add now
an' auctioneer there is exhibiting the
"Etnpress" Eugenio's old fans !
—The New York Bein makes the fol
lowing romarks regarding the recent
burial of Gen. Robna Anderson : " The
si 67u1,..1
..,0,2.8 r,4
quiet manner• in which the remains of
Ilan. Robert Andereon have been re-
62,620 OUO Of
M 1,002,4.11 Os
. . ... .
ceivcd at 'Femoral Monroe suggests sev
eral striking contrasts. Ono of these is
the total absence of excitement that has
attended his obseqpies, as compared
with the national commotion :that
V 4,6 bb
marked' the. - goal-honors recently be
stoWed upon an upstart and unprinci
pled millionaire, Yet' the Woe is not
in the remote past when the uan:to of
Major Robert,Anderson was on every
body's lips, and when he wasthe recipi
ent of conspicuous honors at the hands
of . the National Congress. But as ho
was the first: hero of tho liar, so he , was
theAi.st , to be.foruotten,.with the tickle
s,/
Ile 0 that ,' tonally dietinguietios hero
w ship. :There is another noutpagt even
lo to the credit of • Obi natioo. ens.
et 1 Andersonwras a typo of the Amerii
. ci_ soldior_ottiu3 Loki-school, -and-his .
conduct at Port Sumter was that of a
brave officer and a noble patriot, .That
he did not'rendor eininent sorvicos sub
sequently''Was 'nd fault of his, as 'his
bodilyinfirmitios unfitted him for active)
$2 350,082,243 82
$110,405,310 12
14,41,3.426 83
2,1'25,813,497 48
612,391,46 t 67
5 . 09,040'702 01
A Km. passed the New York Assembly
Th'ursdaY, striking, out the word Vigbita"
from the military code. ;Ms will • allow
the formation. or negro militia, companies
and regiments.. .
Im is 'imported. that the ox-Prince
Imperial 'of 'France will vlsit the 'United'
States nett Simmer. Ile is now sixteen
years: of l ago, and is said to Speak
A ye
languages fluently.
Tun Duohdsse • do: Iffiyine,'Whe was
ruirevei and instantly killed by h private
carriage, • in .Parld, was a yeling and
beautiful andf 'bed - been- only
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•
EitENEZ Ep t bolat, 'Of XJ[1.61141(3, ,Cattidtt;
,Iptto,ci.
'dolroxi4ltat Ito 4304 d 640 tOtitilor
?till 'of'. alcohol, , ut ditiret.
gifti 4 ?F, 4,i9x o o o :Lcittlt , a+ l , l ` l6 %'•
oyloftrt, Watt, n, pritoOot, ~sgt,.i.p with' a
vivo" ~41Fg9 ''
.Pearls ; 4 4dr°
agd,thoxo„ inlaid ; pi4tlr, 8) - 4411, 411,ttnIquld,
ekkeft onuiettAy flstmelp.cl, iu, bbtok.,
•• • 4 , .t. - IP43l.larat; naittod' Will@
tollowiter
, gcluo Ibarry, n7ah :flannoilfllaydry,
ittid(itftek_outtlrigiter • alibt
nelgttvice: „ '
('.',lCounnunlcatoq.]'
MESSRS. MiSITORS :--On Tuesday last,.
'the
.meretrryl fell almost t 6 zero, not:
:withstanding; which a ; goodly 'tioncher of
WeMinn - I - 40 patrons of Contr . ° Seliool;,
fn • South iddleton township, ,Wero:
present on that day, at the occasion of
the examhintion of the school under the'
dlrcction of the efficient teaeher; l lifiss
"Bennie Goad: Your reporter was early .
on the „scone of .action; and was mom
than "repaid 'for the' - .lfibblivenieuce .
1 - attentlitig upon a long, `cold ride In the
fresh ill.; in a feast of reason and an
opportunity add)c., : l th'O' - aisembled
' anti lance 'on. thirsubJect - of education.
" 11/I.rn kNhl3 tastefully decorated
,
'with eVergree and the bright,• happy
faceSofth ,hil 'n and the proud talon
of thlrt'One r, parents :mil Mends be
spoke the r nfidence rmosed. 'by in
'the - prof. - oncy of . the former. The
school , 'rfthe mai n,_ composed — of
quite email childrbn, only a few young
ladies and gentlemen in thetr teens be.'
'ing on the, list of pupils.
Di reading, the little children did well,
and in mentWl arithmetic their prompt
ness and tiocurtiCY were truly remark
able. About twenty of these little child
renteaelnieffilinteci a little selection from
seine favorite nursery' rhymes. My
Mother" l. Jack Frost," "I have alittlo
dolly," " IC ids's- and a number
Of:other
,pretty little pieces were well
rendered by these children. " Dry little
man" was declaimed by a little blue-eyed
boy of five-summers, in a manner which
"" brought down the house" • almost at
every life. Indeed, this feature of the
entertainment was the crowning act in
the proclaim= of the day.
In arithmetic, mental and written, the
larger „scholars 'displaied a proficiency
which surprised every one
.Present ; and
in geographYand-grammar, the; scholars
all attested the ability of their teacher
to impart instruction, as . their stock of
information was considerably greater
.than must children of their ago.
The examination of the larger scholars,
five in number, in all-but reading, cm.
finned us in the opinion that their
teacher's' hibors had not been in vain.
Tho exercises on the whole were highly
creditable to scholars, teacher, directors
and patrons, and we feel confident that
"Centre School" is not behind sity of
the far-famed schools of South Middleton.
township. '
The understanding existing between
teacher and scholars was the universal
subject of . Temaric, and it was manifest
that in Miss Annie Good for a teacher
the patrons have indeed a model in
struetor, nod that success abundant Svil
attend her efthrts, if tlui progress of the
pupils in the past be a guarantee for the
future.
Tile exercises were cut short, in order
that darkness might not overtake the
people before the usual, congratulatory
speeches d•ero made, and upon being
Called on Messrs. W. P. Stuart, E.
Shelly, 15r. Mower "anti others" ad:
dressed' the audience in short, but appro
priate and practical speeches, and all
retired to their homes weirSativfled that
we are living. in an age of progress.
Hifi n.
111...41... 1
7'ERRIR.LE CONFLAGRATION:
PAItTIAT, DESTRUCTION OF DR. JA.Y17F.78
I=
PrriLADI:LPITIA, March 4l.—Dr. Jayne's
geanito buildiy on Chestnut street, be
low Third, was discovered to he on tire
in rear of the fronting on Carter street,
shortfy after nine o'clock, and the flames
soon spread from the third to the eighth
story. The immense height of the build
ing renders steam "fire engines almost
useless in reaching the upper stories,
and the building will probably be de
stroyed.
Midniglib r -The tire in Jayne'B "build
ing is apparently checked at the sixth
story. Chestnut street front untouched,
and a large portion of the immense
building saved. Stock of teas and coffee
in Shannon's stilro, adjoining ,Tayne'
building, ruined by water.
LATEIL—The upper portion of the
Carter street front fell with It treniolidouS
crash shortly after midnight, 'but the
side walls Still remain as firni as ever,
and if they continuo so the Bank of
Commerce and various broker offices on .
Chestnut street will probably escape,
with the exception of damage from
water.
I A. 11.—The tire, which ~ %•its thought
to have been eheeke#,Jtas-rektehed thd
eighth story on Chestnut street, and the
ihunes have 'spread to tho circular 'win
dow at ihe cbrnor of tho building. A.
steady stream of water was . .dirocted to
this spot from an adjoining roofjuto the
side window and -checked the progress
of the fir° there, but soon it e3ctealed to
the.eupula, which -the water cliuld 'sot
reach, and it was soon in a blaze, pre,
smiting a magnificent spectacle from its
elevation, abort 120 feet tivin the pavel,
meat. -
2A. 11."!-1.30FlideS fillalll/011'5 tea store
in the main 'building, the following
firms occupied various stories : Loans,
Ward & Co., Boston agency, loss on
stock, $1'5,000, insured ; A. Fredman &
CM, ,sain ple stock, loss $10,000; Wern
way & Co., silks and woolens, loss $lO,-
000 ; Hart & Co., og New York, silks,
velvets and *miens, loss $71,000, Car
penter & TaMier, sgents for revenue
stamps. The fifth seventh and eighth
stories wore occupied by Dr. Jayne in
the preparation of medicines; the sixth
story was; occupied by Butler, Govern
ment Printer; the adjoining buildings.
pn thewhiebwere damaged with
waterayvere peropied,- by H. P.. &
Smith, commission Moryl!Ants And
facturers, whose stock is valued at .000,-
000 ; • Gardner, Brew & Cm; agents for a
Aieston housp . ;„ E. B. Hoovy, sowing
silks,, on east side ; Lelvis, Wharton &
CO., agents for Manchester, Bullock
Co, ; Q. .Butler, woolen and silks ;
Lewis 8r05 . :7,& C 0.,, imported goods.
I.t is oath:hated that not hiss than $l,-
00,0,00,
,wOrtit of goods have' boon dam
aged by.. water or destroyed by tire.
The cupola
,linrnedalmat tWenty,
utos when the whole foli back among the
The but has
not yet extended tolhe, lower floors:
LATER, 2.15 A. 74.—The firemen laVe
worked onhufully, arid ';ieselie great
praiie for thoir-Mreceas in preventing
thp' entiro destination of tips • bleak,
'Pliclfiro is now _smouldering_ on the
leightli floor; and appciars to be wider
control; It:, hes been - Confined td tho
poiti . buticilhg. The adjoining- wings,
bblonging to the_ same estste, are ini=
injured 'by tire, though the occupants
are soVere tutforers bywnter. • ,
, ,
• ,reo'rhp From* paintiirle said to be
ohiiriiaiterbatte' pihture of, a,'
mother and child; ivhicti lie is dfsploy 7 , ; .
Mg "his bost color Mul Most 'eloquent
sOntlinent." : " • t - 7 •
•': 'A XEEPEZZ 'ivho Wiis* taking two • eon:
viols totho.State. prison last week, when
thd train stopped at Bing ;.81ng, ' called
Out, " Stop out,• gentlemen,' ilftose years'
for refreshments." • -
PERSONAL
`Miss Otivn Lonnii is lontpring in Now
Orleans. . '. • '•
BLEB liorsatLANtr Ilicitannso is giv
ing'readingejn the . ,Western States.
. •GAN : ,I3umurt was intended by' his
parents fo'r a:clergyman.,
lives of Jaines-Fiek, Jr., - are al
ready issued; and more aro threatened.
Tap? RevOlican Says Chicago has
more sneak •thieves, robbers, and gar-;
rotors to-day than it over had.
• -TnERE is a,trup in Robertson county
Texas, who bps his eighth wife and forty
ono children to feed.
dx Olympia, Washington Territory,
lady is having a p,)bo made from the
skins of birds that cost $l,OOO
Mits.,,Woonrulta. impeacheioe clergy
of .the . l.Tnited States as dishonest and
hypocritical. When is the trial to smile
Mn.S FAIR 11113 beell allowed to walk
out of the San Francisco jail in. the cus
tody of the Sheriff to settle some family
affitirs. She seemed stout and well.
31. DE VELLEMESSANT, who is giving
his ' , recollections of Paris journalism,
says that Alexander DRUMS, who gained
millions of francs by his pen, died poor.
TILE superintendent of mounted re
cruits has been ordered to send all avail
able colored recruits to " Galveston,.
Texas, for assignment to the oth cavalry.,
COLONEL SIMEON JOHNSON, a promi
nent lawyer' of Washington, and years
ago editor of the Washington 'Union,
died suddenly Triday, of heart diSease. .
• A. /VFW ORLEANS" paper says that a
young widow in that city, who writes
well, "LS training herself for an editor."
Who is the editor she is training for?.
JOIIN JACOB ASTOR used to say that
ho Werheddiarder than any man in Now
Yak, and all he got fortt.was his board
and clothing.,
IN New York, Miss Nellie Browny an
octoroon, has made her appearance at
Steinway Hall, and produced a favorable
impression as a soprano songstress.
Jonts, on being asked by Mrs. S. why
ho didn't have h dumb-waiter in his
dining-room, immediately replied that
he had tried them, hut they didn't an-
SWOr.
CRAISLES JAM; llinneanson, the well
known . English- architeCt, is dead, He
was the author of a largo !cumber of il
lustrated works on architecture and
decorative ornament.
mquou dealer in Winona, Minn ,
offset a poor woman's lull for making
shirts by her husband's'. whiskey as
count. Ho is the champion mean man
in his line of business.
. At; Illinois paper, recently deceased,
had its last number dr'aped rn mourning
and ornamented with cuts -of coffins,
gravestones, and Other cheerful em
blems of mortality.
CARL and Madame Pampa Rosa cele
brated their Wooden wedding on Mon.
day, the twenty-sixth ultimo, by reteiving
their friends at the' Continental Hotel,
Philadelphia.
BRIEF ITEMS
A JEREMY girl died whilo jumping
rope.
ST Louis claims an ilicreano of 40,000
in population since the, last census.
Tun most popular spring costumes are
of foulard eilks, trimmed with vol-yet
and fringe. ,
Ix Southere,Texas they are planting
corn, and 111 soon be as far northers the
Indian Tofftet.y. -
URGE. coral beads worn the
neck, are said to be a preventive against
asthma, rhetunatisha and neuralgia.
A FOUNDLING left in a Boston stree
car has been appropriately named " Os
Mau.' than live hundred orphans aro
now provided for liberally•by the Girard
(Philadelphia) bequest.
A. YOUNG man of ilittineagne, Mass.,
w9-recently ridden on a rail, for the
offense'of thrashing his step•iather.
A. YOUNG student wants us to tell him
if W-o-r-c-e-s-t-e-r spells Wooster, why
8-o-c-h-e
-a4-e-r don't spell rooster.
NATCUEZ, Miss., is the only city in
this world which has nearly ten thousand
inhabitants, and not a single hotel.
IT is fashionable in New York for
young ladies
,to invite their gentlemen
friends to breakfast, instead of dinner
MEE
.11.31mucAN, oysters are selling in Lon
don for thirty-Mx cents a dozen. En
glish'• oysters cost serentY-two cents a
DEMI
A Piro: iii the auetioki rtiom of T. J.
Buffalo, destroyed $20,000 worth
of furniture and dry goods. The build-,
ing was badly damited.
Tull House of Representatives of
Maine has passed a permitting
women over twenty„ five years of ago to,
vote at Presidential eleetiims.
A wom.in in Salem, Indiana, is re
ported to have taken some percussion
caps, which caused 1191 to "Lo of " with
a man who was not her hushand....
THE Kansas Legislature 'has passed a
bill abolishing. the death.penaley iu that
Mato. Imprisonment for life is to bo
the sentence for murder hereafter.
AN enterprising North Carolina
man got married, separated from her
husband, and eloped with another man
in a week.
Cons is knee 'high- in sumo parts of
Texas ; All kinds of vegetables have
been planted, and there are indications
of an abundant crop,
'A BT. -Lotus h;olu ff yeti the
following different ways in which the
word "vaccinate')- was spelled by as
many parents in that city, in, recent
notes to school teachers; and .the were
sixty schools. still to hear from - Vac-
Znato, vexinated, vaxonated, tixnate,
waxnathxl, xaccenato, waxnatiVvrax- .
alto, vasennate,,, vexnate, vacinated,
faxenoted, vaxonated, vaxonaded, vax
nadon, waxonaded, vaoineatoing, yaelne
sting, wainated, waxinoinghen,
.wax
(mated, wascinnated, wasoinatia, • vex.
nated, watsionated, wakonated, vaX.:
ciliated; waxneighcfn. '
Home County Item%
TII.I3IIRDAi, 1.11.1tC11 ; 1871
PRIMARy MEETINGS
Tim voters of the rdspootjve borouhs
rani townsbipe are requested to meet at
the usual planes of boldlng eleetions;',.
Batnrday, March 0, to nominate • tbo
borough and toivoehfp officers.
Meetings in the . country to be hold' 1:)0,-
tweon the hours of 4 and 0, aCA
hthe,boroUghs between 0 and 8, p.
Lzieinlizy;
Chairman.
, .
liott..DANtra.. Dovotturvry, ot,Phila
dolplt a , wile the geese of /Br. a: B.
Bretton, during hie inlet stay:in this
boiough,' . • '
, ThE opirituallsts." aro . azqd to baja
oae
. 814oulda't mrdiF t r. ; !
Zan sale of Frannie Diller, Frau'lr
ford township, oh last Motulay,, amounted
to $1,260.,
REPUBLICAN WARD MEETING.
The RendblieMis of the West War d .d
are requested to moot at the , Mansion
House,' on Saturday evening nekt, March!
9, at 7i o'elosk,
_fioi the purpoie 'of mak
lug !.
arrangements. for the approimhip
Borough .
ifieetiOn, will
take pla'ee on •Frillay, 'the-'fifteenth. in
stant.
The Republicans of tlie Raat Ward
willmOo 'at;thoßOntZribu eßtthesame
hourand for the same purposs.
==l
"pun cOugregaatiOß of die First,Eyael
Lutberan -- ehurelrof thls-plane;
have unanimously 'extended a gall to Mr;
Charles S.. Albert,:asgaciate pastor,, of
pr. Greenawalt's charge at LanCaster,
Pa.
•
Tun 'Philharmonic Musical Associa
tion will give one of their grand concerta
in the Second Preshytorian church, on
Tuesday evening, the nineteenth instant.
Upon which "occasion the . now :and
splendid auditorium Will he handsomely
lighted up and thrown open to tho
public for the first time.
=lll
PitOßßEllol3B.—The Pittsburg Gazelle
recently donned an entire neur.dress, and
presents a very handsome appearance.
The Gazette is one of our best daily ex-.
chandes, its '6olumns tieing replete with
interesting tologriiphic and local news.
We are pleased to note this improvement
in its' outward appearance. I - •
W==
Orr Saturday last, Mr. D. Oarbaugh,
mot with an accident 'whilq carrying a
box of' . cheese into, the green grocery of
W. A. Hurnrich, on — the corner of
Hanover and Loather streets. We
aro able to state that the man did not
sustain serious injuries. If you wish to
obtain the , very best American and
Switzer "cheeses" go to Huinrich's.
MM=Vl=l
Tun ➢fessrs. Slidaffer, carlidiltors,
made an adaitional ilipro , ,errient to the
interior of the post office yeiterday. The
apartment is to be devoted exclusively to
the registering of letters and money
orders; the increasing business of the
tame necessitated the construction of
this apartment.
Tun Superintendents of the different
Sabbath Schools will hold a meeting in
the lecture - I - Immo( the Lutheran elfurch,
on Friday aening next, for the purpose
of frialting :Irv:ingenue/b.; for the child
lou's tones meeting to be held on Sab
bath afternoon, the seventeenth instant.
The choristers of the different shhools '
are also invited to he present on Friday
even:Mg.
Tun. 'lions° of Mt... Edwin Nooll, along
lino of the C. V. 11, R., about One
. -
Mile east of Shirsmanstown, with its
contents, was burned to the ground on
Wednesday afternoon. The tiro was
caused by a spark from a passing loco
motive. Mr. Noon is a poor man, and
this sudden lose of hi,i
,little home seta
.very-hard upon him.
EXTRNSITE' Cue sale of per
sonal property of Mr. Wm. P. Stuart, in
South Middleton township, on Thursday
last, was largely—attended, and high
prices were realized for holies and sheep.
Mr. William Ahl purchased one pair of
large, splendid mules, for which he paid
$473. Mr. Laughlin, Of Novoilla, paid
$333 for -a pair of mules. Pour young
tattles, between one and two years
brought $l5O each. Southdown ewe
brought from 's7 to $lO each. Mill'
cows from $25 to $4B each. The sale
amounted to $9,357.88. N. B. Moore
called the sale, and sustained his well.
earned reputation as an auctioneer.
POCKET DI{MON ART. —WC have re
ceived from the publishers a copy of
Webster's Pocket Dictionary, which is
a great improvement o'er all previous.
editions and all similar moths. In the
first place it is neatly printed, and boned
in morocco, with gilt edges. Then it
contains 200 pictorial illustrations, which
give a much clearer idea of the moaning
of many words than could' possibly be
conveyed by the usual definition. The
little volume, while being no larger than
an ordinary pocket book, embraces iu
its vocabulary a careful selection of over
18,000 of the most important words of
the language, with definitions sufficiently
clear, though necessarily brief, to . t
the ordinary wants of any one rutin i
its use. Prefixed to the monk ale tatlii,
of money, weight - and measure, abbtevia- .
tions, words and phrases from foleign
languages, rules for spelling, explana
tions, cl 6. It is in fact a most valuable
little book, and doubly wortli ilia plat.
it costs. The publishers, Ivion, 141a1:
man, Taylor vfs Co., Cid and 'llO GrSitil
street, New York, will forw:ud it by
mail on. I eCeipt of ono dollar, or it
be bought at almost any book store.
THE FIRE FIEND
TEIMIDLIZ CONFLAGRATION iVf ECICAN.
ICSIILTRO
About half-past 2 o'clpck ou Wedues
day afternoon, a telegram mis received
at this place, stating that . a large fire
was improgreas yyt•hlcchanicsburg." A
thrill ran through the public, and all the
-horrors -of Chicago- rapidly pictured
themselves in the excited . itnagination
of our people. Bover,ul hundred of. our
citizens took the three o'clock train for ,
the burning tAivn, to tender 'their assist
ance if doslred. A locomotivo was held.
in readiness to ship , tha steamers' of our
fire department to the scone of Confla
gration, should their servloos , bo deemed
necessary) Wo have been able to Ob
tainitho following pakioulars of the eon
flagration -. • .
The fire 'was cauSed by a-spark froin
tho locomotive of the hist freight . ; corn !
municating to. the roof of Stayman
Buoher's warehouse, in the western por-.
dim of the town, and on - the south side
of the • C. An , lees :than
,flio
minute's Mercator; it'was (Uncovered by
Mr. J. Illinoisan, and the alarm given.
The firemen' immediately 're'sp '
onded,
but considerable time elapsed Wort:JIM! .
engines. wore brought. into nctlobr 'and
dip warehouse; togother , with 200 barrels
of flour, and. 2,000 busholii of oath, was ;
burned tolliewround. insurance:
• The Pampa then joonnuiihreitted to the
large
,warehotiseliforiging to Messrs..
Btayman & Bucher, on the north sidd of
the railroad 'track, I tit( the flee weenie.,
tinguislipd` withoht Ai'ilous, loss.' The
frame . B table of- Ifr>Goorgo
the south of the •first-rin3htloped waFe
house was burral.• -This building was,
Instirod in the Allen antßast , Peintisboro!,
The building adjoining the yorohant'e
Itotel, wae ill different times. ,
Berardi other beildings" wero" n 4:
fire,- but fortunately the flames were .
oictingulehed.„ ,• , •
• A, terrible.' onniii}gretion viu,„„euly ,
averted 1)y rthp'unita t i efforts pS,q3ty
men, who „wprirecl,, !lady",
..Red 4c) the
exertions, et mou,, women, and , ChM
rou ircatnyiug the , 73usiuosswell ,
eptiroly, suspotukUl.', We, .imve%no Yet
learned the full eictoi4 lowls etia.
Tan equinoctial storm is set - down for
, Thursday, the twenty-first instant. ,
A sonAMBLEiI at Blair's for cheap warn.,
Go soon. Some things out already.
sale Of Judge Watts, . on - the
twenty-seventy ultimp, amounted to
1,5,000.
"Trac- , "6tultzfuss" or big Lancaster
county steer,-notice of which appeared
in our' columns last week, - weighed,
dressed, 2,875 pounds.
THERE was a full attendance 'of the
rnembera of the Cumberland bounty Ag.
:rieUltural Society{ M . the Arbitration
Chamber, on Tuesday , hmt.
• ' • Miss MANY E. LAIRD, of Mount Holly,
_diSd onlriday lnst, fiora lookjavr„ Our
itiforrnant did notgive'us any particulars
of the terrible death.
'bourn.--A fur muff was found on
Haricivcr street, on Battirdatlmorning
'The'owner can have the same by
'calling. at Tms OFFICE, proving prop
erty and paying for the notice. ' •
Twit play called "Lod-Loo," is in
dulged in by the Young America of our
borough daily. AS it is now indulged
in by the bhoys, it has been consider
ably amsnded since"" we were young."'.
A nonsr attached to a light vehicle,.
created considerapo , oseitement in the
vicinity of the market house, on Satur
day morning, by becoming frightened,
and starting down town at a rapid rate.
ON Tuesdaymorning a horse attached
to. a wrigon,•belonging to Mr. William
Noble, butcher, made "things lively"
for a short time in the neighbor- ,
hood of the square. The Wagon and
harness were completely demolished.
Nimr Sabbath one week will be " St.
Patrick's Day in the morning," The
admirers of St. Patrick, no • doubt, will
have their " sprig of evergreen" - ready
to wear on that memorable day.
Tin Keystone Cornet Band, of New-
Ville, will give another of their grand
entertainments - in Literary Hall, New , -
on Saturday evening, March 9.
Thb band will he assisted by Capt. C.
Householder, the renowned Hans Schultz-
Mickel, and Prof. John A. McKeehan.
Do not fail to attend.
REcovEatiNoThe numerous friends
of Hon. John Clendeuinene of the As
sociate Judges nf the courts of yumber
land county, will be gratified to learn
that lie is recovering from his recent
sickness. .
Altlt6STF.D.—On Monday last, Will
iam Young, 'of this place, was commit
tujail en a charge (Alarm:loy. The
offence having been CoMinitted itt
Churchtown. Ile will be hold over itn
til the April Quarter Sesgions.
LAILCIE t3ALE.---Tbo proceeds of the
sale of personal property on the farm of
Mr. Martin Alumina, in lifetime town
ship, and called by J. C. Reesoi, auc
tioneer, amounted to $2,100. This
. was
a largo sum when we talto into consider
ation the - fact that Mr. Reeseris a novice
in the businesis . of calling sales.
PROPOS/MB received February twenty,
ninth, 1872, for building th• bridge near
Ahre _paper mill, across Big Spring,
Nowville, Pa :
NAME I. TVS' HENCE. AMOUNT
?aim, Inter Now N Ille, $3,1340 00
863,011er, Homy • Newyille, 949 50
Lonatte•n A 115yor, Corll4lo, 1,370 00
olpo 11 11'. Hptingdlold, I,o' 0 00
Faber, Lewin CA•li4l-, I.' 00 0
n rt. ice , Jotn • ttid .1.. Spriog, 1 000 00
Quigley, 100 U. Upper :Helebore, As. 0 ,,
Wettgartl, A. It Upper St rAslurg LT .0 00
Itrinkm, A. II •MechatilareburK, 2,335 00
Owing to the absence of Mr, Henry
of long 10 bidder;
the contract was awarder: to Mr. Lewis
Faber, of this place, his bid being the
next lowest - persons .;who put. in
proposals for building the bridge were
requested to bo present.
SPRING EiAt.CTIONS —The Spring elec
tions having again been restored, the
qualified voters of this borough will held
an election at the Court House, on Zri -
day, Sl krch 11, between the hours of 7
a. in. awl 7 p m., fur th • purpose of
death' , tho Mowing (ACM'S : Chief
Burgess, Assistant 13urgess, Assessor,
Coutioitmen, Judges of Elections, Jns
bee of the Peace, Inspectors, School
Directors and Constables:
'Dm molars of the Good Will Fire
company have recently had their !IOW)
Carl lage overhauled, painted and striped
iri the mo,t adistic.style., It is now the
handsomest carriage in the town. The
other companies, we understand; intend
'il A King their carriages "overhauled."
itw Fints.—lt, is with pleasure that
ao announce that Messrs. James and
W. E. Green, will open out a largo and
full assortment of groceries, ...to., ht, W.
F. Sadler's new building, tat present in
the ecoupaney of L. Faber), on Monday
next. The tiew firm hope by a strict at
tention to business to obtain a share of
public patronage.
FINN CATTLE - -NICS4I'IL Amos and
William
Swigert, butchi3rs, purchased
two fine steers from Mr. Henry Snyder,
steward at the County Poor' House, on
Monday last. The pair of cattle weighed
3,94 g Its, on the scales at tho Cumber-
land.and Perry Exchange 'Hotel. These
. getlemen intend slaughtering .these
fine animals foi the
. Cztrlisle market.
If yon.,wish to obtain some, splendid
meat patronize them.
CRLEDRATION ON Tag LORD'S &wan.
,--The Communion services in the See-'
ond Presbyterian church, which were
deferred on account of the Pastor's ill
ness, will be observed` tb. v.) on next
Sabbath. Tho Rev. Stuart Mitchell, of
Altoona, will ifiaelY: . ''Priparatory Bor.
Ville/4 AS iisnal. Preaching on Irriday
evening at 7} o'cloolc, and on Saturday
morntng at..il o'clook, in Good Will
Hall. . ' .
• 'Tura Young Mon's 'Christian Associa
tion wlll - give a grand oyster supper in
Itheoin't Hall; on Thursday evening, the
fthiricentli instant.' As this Association'
has in Cotitoroph7.tion the purchase of the
ohureh in this plsoo,' - the pro.
'coeds of the slipper are to be appropri.
atedto ilefraYing the )debt incurred
in; ita pnrchase. iE323he of the
prominent ladies ort its place - being mom_
hers thir , eominitt4le of arrangements, „
(their names appeared in our last isepe,)
the l project cannot fail,- .but be
a StMeedslin every rospeet., , The pric'e of
tickets has been thed.at fifty cents each,
being vr,ithin the reach of all to take.
'Part : on this occasion.
A v'xiiitst; has' suggegted the propriety
of the:" pviers.thatbe, 'makiiig an im.
mediate examination of the Aro plugs.
True, they Were' all thawed
.aPt a few
weiSks Siniia, but this recent aold snap
has '6iirtalulyt
.. froon',, them 'up again.
Protection against the ravages of Piro
that''this' inattor should be
'Pionilitliatienderl to daily.
~,,Imrowrt 4 4l.-L-tho, a tterition, youpg
PoraTlß, t!Mt poteuiplgg9inii tOhoVet-
Yi 3 o . lAug,this .4ireetiid to the
advertisement of Mr. Saniuel U. blautlY
which appears In anpther. column. • Ho
has a large • and.. splendid asiortmonf 'of
staves of eyory, Also,a duo I
lot pf,tinware.constautlyOn ,han.d. , Stove'.
ropairing prOmptly
~,,etten! J d . to. On
Church' alloy, in feer
Tan Carlisle Shieilii'ne tOilii;
blast," We undonitand that it is the
intention of the "company to turn out
1,000 pairs of shoes per week.
MR. Gnonon LE&E; a friend from the
country, and constant reader of TUE
HEITAiD, has placed us anderobligations
for a bountiful supply of largo and rosy
ebeeked apples received on last Satur
day.
• Soma of our exchanges have been
noticing the advent of blue birds, robins
and other members of the feather 7 tribe.
We -would here remark that the . past
two or three days have been " healthy"
for young birds.
TILE Company, warehouse, at Ship
ponsburg, in the Occupancy of Messrs.
Harsh h Long, caved in on- Saturday
last, owing to the large amount of grain
stored in it, there being upwards of
18,000 bushels on storage. The clerk
escaPtlthout serious injury.- We
have not card the amount of the loss
sustained.
- *Ancm—Stormy, blustery March is
upon 'us. It came in on Friday '‘ like a
lamb," but oriSarurday treated us to a
regular, old-fashioned snowy -blowy day.
Since which time it has been suddenly
growing colder, and the mercury in the;
thermometer has gone away down below
frezo and almost to zero. This „would
be pleasant weather 4 for "digging '6rricir
and out-door exercis, generally; alst
-fine weather to raise " peepies" and
other feathered birds.
ECM
FEAST. —The Thirteenth Annual
Symposium of the Pennsylvania Zeta
of the Phi Kappa Psi Xraternity of
Dickinson Collage, will be celebrated in
grand. style, by the members, at the
" Bentz House," in this place, on Fri
day evening, March 22. The Anniver
sary oration will be delivered by Mr. T.
M ChaneY, well-known to many of our
readers as a member of the dais of
1862. The Anniversary Poem will be
recited by Mr. J. L. Shelley, of the class
of 1871. Thii; promises to be a grand
affair, as the committee having it in
charge are working - assiduously.
.c:e:
REAL ESTATE SALES.—On Friday last,
the following properties were disposed
of at public sale at the Court House, in
this borough.
No. I.—A lot of ground satuatl;(l 011
the corne r of North and Pitt streets,
by 112 fdet, having thereon erected a
two-story frame carpenter shop, to p:110,1
Eckels, for
No. 2,—A lot of ground on North
street, adjoining No. 1, 20 by 112 feet,
and laavitig theroon erected a two-story
frame house, to Joinph Noely. esoi , for
$1,005.
No. 3.-3 bit of ground on North
street, adjoining No. 2, 25 by 112 feet,
and having thereon erected-a two-story
frame house to C. P EhomricL, 1,4., for
Mr. Jesse P. Zeigler. $1,005 being paid
for the same.
INTEREBTING LECTURR.—Many of our
citizens, no doubt, have heard and road
much relative to the "Memorial Window
Fund" of thi; new M. E. church, in Get
tysburg. The Rev. Jesse B. Young
proposes thilivering a lecturo 'in the
Emory M. E. church,'of thi■ place, on
Tuesday evening next, - March 12, , for
the benellt of this fund. Mr. Young
served-as au offmr - in the battle of Get
tysburg, and is at the present time a
pastor in that town. The lecture is
highly spoken of as being both enter
taining-and instructive, and 'vividly de
scribes the-march into the North, the
concentration at Gettysburg, the decis
ive battle, and many hitherto unre
corded incidents
,of the work among the
wounded. These "'Memorial Windows"
are intended to commemorate the spot
where the great victor} was won; the
services of the women of the North in
behalf of the soldiers during the war.
Admission 33 cents. Tickets to be ob
tained at Piper's and Neff 's• stores.
fonrs open at 7, o'clock, lecture com
mences at 8.
, Cl 9,
LECTITIM.-A large and fashionable
audience assembled in Itbeem's Hall, on
Thursday evening last, to listen to a
lecture by the Rqv. G. F Stelling, pastor
of the Lutheran church at Harrisburg.
From the tone of the ITarrisburg papers
we had anticipated a great deal, but
were happily disappointed.
Last_ Fall the lecturer made an
crrelland trip to " ttregon and Back
Again ;" and this was thii subject of his
discourse• The speaker took his audi
ence on a long jemmy in, a short time,
re-producing his original impressions in
a Manner highly interesting to all. His
pleasant address,•plaiu, unaffected style,
and above all his charming descriptions
of the scenes, and incidents along the
liOe of the Pacific railway, of the motley
crowds of Indians that gathered at the
stations, his visit, to Salt Lake City, and
interview with Brigham Young, together
with his long and perilous journey in
the stage coach through the Wilds of
Oregon, wore all so strikingly presented
that the audience could almost imagine
that the trip to •"Oegon and Back
Again," was a real and not an imaginary'
one. •.
The lecture was under the liuspiOes of
the Carlisle Brass Band, for peir bone
fit. It is the earnest dosirii of many'of
our citizens that the gentleman • ho. re-
quested to repeat his lecture in tliis
place at au early day.. .
ADJOURNED ComIT.,-An Adjourned
Court of Caminon Pleas convened in
this place on Monday morning last, at
10 o'clock. 'His Honor B. P. Junkin,
President Judge, and Hon. Robert
Montgomery, Associate Judge, being in
attendunee. Tho Hon. John Clendenin
being detained by sickness. Twenty
cases had ''b" on placed upon the list for
trial, but a number of them were
settled or otherwise disposed of. Owing
to, the absence of several very important
witnesses in the case
. .of Leidik vs.
B Mom—No. 239 November, Terro t l.B69
Slander—it was postponed.
On. Tuesday morning the case of
Leidig vs. William P:Eoltels and Robert
A.
,Buolier, No. 40 Sanuary.Tertn, 1870,
libel—was taken up, and ajury called.
Several very important witnesses having
failed to "put iu an - appearance," the
'Court adjourned from i 0 a. m., until 3.
,m. ,to give the Sheriff ample time ,
bring the absenting parties into Gonna,
0. E.' 'gaglaughlin, esq., opened the
case on Tuesday afternoon. The evi
dence for the plaintiff closed on Wed
nesday afternoon, when the defence was
opened by F. F,..Beltaboove, esg. This
ease, has oreateda good deal of sensation
throughout, the eounty,` : but more espec
ially in Sitter 'Spring township,where
tho parties rdside ; and„ in conseqtence,
tho Coint room is thronged !meats,
tors during the
,prOgress of the trial.
The following members of the legal
profession have been* employed in the
snit nosy pending, aiz : Messrs. Hendee
eon St flays; Penrose, and
'M. C. Herman, for the plaintiff. Massie.
Sharp., Todd and Boltatioorer
1.5 - tlya • defendants. •
•
O'nos-ssm, of -this place, is pre
pared to mil sales at short notice and on.
reasonable terms To those of our citi
zens who intend disposing of their house
hold goods, we woad recommend that
you secure his services. .
31s. *SORGE Lforwm[ex took age of
Wolf's grocery store, on EaSt Pomfret
street, on the first instant
' MIL C. L' ors tale - sae grocery store
now owned by Mr. Derinney, on West
Main street, on the East of Appl. Mr.
John Good, one of Ids dents,Will ho
plaeedln charge of the establidarnent. • '
R ELlGlOLS. — Dr.liarreau„ of Dickinson
college, will preach in Oro Lutheran
church next Sabbath mowduog-
THE lariOn Prager Meeting' services
will. be held in the Lutheran church
next Sabbath aftenewur at half-past
three. •A eowlial invitation is extended
by the Association to all , to attend these,
meetings.
Isazasn. Oa
FaMolay evening last,
while Charles F sad Tear B. Shower,
were engaged in a friendly altercation;
Thomas made a pass at Charles with a
large butcher knife, . and oat Charlie
severely in the left ma: We are pleased
to state that the injured. gentleman is
rapidly corrialman,g.
Tam Carlisle, bras; band played soy
,qral•splendid pieces of music both before
and after the lectr.re oa Falk Thursday
evening. 'This band is making rapid
progress, and will soon compare favora
bly crab any mnskal organization in
tho Valley_ We Trould' nicn - rest that as
soon as the weather becOmes' nice, they
make street parades for the 'benefit of
our music-lovingciti>.-,
TO THE FaiEtil; OP EDI:CATION.
Mr. 'William Harder, of Ibis place, will
deliver a lecture in the Court House, on
Saturdy el - ening next, the ninth instant.
Subject—" The education of the blind."
As this is his first appeal to the citizens
of this place, it is desired that he be
greeted with a Large audience. Lecture
commences at half-past, seven o'clock.
Tickets for sale at all the stores.
Gn.X.ND CONCEZT--The Mire Steiety
and Sabbath School vyr.r.ected with the
First Methodist Episcopal church, to
gether wifli 113, choir, contemplatti
giring a grand cli-fahhiteed Methodist
Hal% on Thursday
evening, March 2L Ti_- entertainment
will eon,. of thoEcr Serit.tural selec
tion, diaiogc,-, necitzlivra-s and melo
dies. Tickets, 125 cents : children under
15 years of age, 15 cents.
tw_ —Early on Ttie-Aday morning last,.
eldmt chid of Robert and Mary
C. .11cCartney. died after a very brief ill-
The little fellow had been in good
health until Saturday evening when
be complained of fee:Mg unwell ; fie
subsequently took convulsions, and
died as above stated. The deceased was
an unusually bright ,and interesting
child. and bin loss will be deeply felt by
the sorrAw-strielen parents in this sud
den visitation of Providence. - The pro
found sympathies of the community are
with the bereaved family.
Hiss°l.r - cm:v.—By reference to the
new ads. it will be seen that Messrs..
Bosh d: Bretz, have dissolved the part
nership heretofore existing between them
in the livery haiinft.. - s and that here
after it will be carried on by Mr. William
H. Bretz.. The new proprietor has dis
posed of all the animals unfit for the
livery business, and intends replenishing .
his stock of Lcusetle;l l immediately.
Ile also intends adding a number of
new vehicles 44311;s establishment during
the Spring. We bespeak for him a
share of public patronage.
Ontru.stv.—lt is with feelings of sad
regret, that we are called upon to-day
to chronicle the death of Mr. Richard
Woods, an estimable and highly re
spected citizen of Dickinson township,
this county. Squire Woods was favor
ably known throughout the county, and
departed this life en Friday morning
last, after a lingering illness. • The de
ceased was well advanced in life, having
attained his sixty:eighth year, and dur
ing his lifetime had been a man of active
disposition, respeeted by all who knew
him. The remains were interred in the
Dickinson graveyard, on Monday morn
ing last, accompanied to their silent
resting, place by a vast concourse of
relatives and sympathizing , friends.
Peace to his ashes
I=2:=CEI
"OilsTortr.r —The lecture' by Ron.
Daniel Dongherty, of Philadelphia, in
Itheem's Hall, on TucZay evening, was
one,orunusual interest .The audience
was large, but would have been much
larger.bad it not been foe:the extreme
cold weather, many' persons . beim: loath
to venture out on such a stormy even.
It was with 'pleasure and satisfaction
that we listened to the eloquent dis
couri. After a necessarily brief exposi
tion of the philosophy of his subject; he
tkited of the power of oratory in ciiil
government, in Morals and in religion
in a very forcible manner, giying exam
ples of a variety 'of the meet distin
guished orators' of the ancient and
modern world, quoting from Demos
therm; Cicero, and others of the ancient
school—the entire 'lecture .being 'an
admirable exemplification of its subject,
and affording unmistakable .evidence
that the orator tad studieil Quintillion
not in vain, and added metre to those
gifts which nature has heitowed upon
him. , The r lecture will command the re
spect of any audience that maybe 'rro
foitunate as to hear it.
Fnow the Newark Doily
.Journal, of
the eighth of February, we chi, the fol
lowing notice of the death of Mr. Michael
finer, son of the late Rs-Governor Jo
seph Ritner, j of this county. Ritner
was born in Washington county, this
State, and some years since, resided
with his father at Mount Rock, in this
county : - •
"A GOOD Matt
.Goss.—ln Brooklyn,
Wednesday evening, , of . - consumption,
died' Mr. Michael Miner, ith the shy
eighth year of his ages Mr. Ritner was
a son of Ex-Governor Joseph Rimer, of
Pennsylvania; by profession, a civil on-
,
gineer, and for fire years acting as chief
engineer of
‘ the - Monris and Essex rail
'Oa& Professionally,:he had no srineri- •
ors, and but few equals, Ile 'Vas coar
aidered ' ono of the. hest "ln,atieg"
railroad engineers in the eoustiy: - Not
elaborate raloginin is necessary-, lh
speaking of his life. Bpi fidelity ‘t9l
principle was the one remarkable featurvi
in his character .' Simple in his habits, 1 ,,
abioltitely- free from any urea from his
youth up, he ever won, the "white
flower of a blameless ;!ways show
ing consideration for the t atin, of oth
ers, sad following out , the I,;inction
"Road will towards . .made
hosts of friends, and died ieznAted. by'
, a large taunter outside etbis immediate
family. . t"