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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-28

The columns Of the European German
papers are filed with the particulars OF
the greatest disaster that ever deso.ated
any mining district
On the at OF July last, the wooden
framework Of 1900 feet deep pit Of a
coal mius in the neighborhood Of Lupan,
OF Sa1ony, gave way, blocking up, with
an imPene,rable mass Of timber and rock,
the pit At depth Of about 800 ellis from
the top. At the moment Of the disaster,
lo2 men. nearly all Of them the support.
era Of large families, were working in the
bottom Of tbs mine. Their provisions
were calculated for one dsy. On the 5rh
OF july, the date Of our latest news by
matt, the place where the fallen masses
had stopped the pit was such solid
structure that the water WAS standing on
it many feet high. From all sides, N @
most available help WAS offered, but the
conviction that nothing could be done
soon enough to save the unfortunate mi
ners weakeued As it seems, any enerpet.
ic efforts
The7 were doomed to die OF starvation
and want Of fresh air. On the 4th OF
July. all attempts to reach the bottom OF
the mine bv any quick process were aban.
doned. and SLOW but sure plan was ds
v'sed, by which. at least, the corpses Of
the persisted could be extracted. Iron
tubes OF about two feet in diameter were
to he sunk through the obs,ructions to
the bottom OF the pit. Among the dead
are forty four married men. one OF whom
had wife and nine living children. The
scenes At the entrance Of the pit are das'
crih.d H lamentahle without = parallel.
1877 children filed the air With their woe
fol cries, willis, the superintendent Of tho
mines. TO whose negligence the disaster
wa "scribed bv the people. could onlv be
saved from being moLbed BY his sudden
imprisonment.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-28
The GERMANS AGAINST TINE RAp,o.,,

THE GssnASs AGAINST the RADroALs.
There seems to be no doubt ,ha, the
Germans in the Wsrsrn States are ,ev
ering ,hs'f connection With the Radical
party, and various reasons induce the bs
lief that . similar step will he taken by
their brethren in tie East The Germans
we're po~s'iul supporters Of the North in
;as !=;s var They gave money frselv.
and thew gave men With equa! freedom
Nov they have attained tie frui,ion OF
their desi'es. and they viii not sacrifice
liber'y and security to any political patty.
The Ge'mans demand q White Repubii.
can party. ~ opposed to the Bisek Re
publicsn party. and they are de,errnis.d
30 op?o.e to the last any movsmsn, look
ing to Africsnisine the South, or convert,
ing the whole coun,rv into . huge can
trslized despotisr.-AsYesry
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-28

Orss Corros.-Tbs ooveitv. .ofa mum
her Of fairly msss-=A cpp.n hoIl. Of very
good co'toa. 10 on exhibition ., this Office.
The gentleman Who b'oueh, them 10 h.s
plenty moro Of ,as same .os,. and he as.
surss us thar the bearing of this cotton is
owing entirely to his mode Of cu'ti,s,irg
Il, ~h'eh is 10 eomm.ncs early 10 bedding
close TO, the plan, 10 order 10 keep the
~si"s swsv from Il snd have Il vemsin
40 d'v IS possible. -Dorliagton Southern
s,, dag. 10. " I" %!TII :
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-28
La. Jaoe 1907.

To MAKE CATsur.--Tsks one bushsl
OF tomatoes. and boil them until they are
soft; squeeze them through . 6ne wire
,e'vs, and add half . gallon Of vinegar,
one p'ns and bali Of salt, two ounces
o. cloves, quarter Of = pound Of Alhspice,
t~o ounces OF Cayeune pepper, three tea.
spoonfnls Of black pepper, Eve heads Of
garlic skinned and separated ; mix to.
gssher. and boil about three hours, or IN.
u ,'daesd to about one bali then bos.ls.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-28

ID. HoLnss Gays ,hs, sssy-csving wid.
o"' take ne" hssbsnds soonest; ,hs,.
!. nothing hike y" ws.,hsr for ,ran.plap
ting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
Terrible Tragedy and Lynching.
ST Paul. AIinn Dec

St. Paul, Minn. Dec 2s.
We learn of terrible tragedy at New
Ulm, on Christmas. Two men, named
Campbell and ii comb, had come in from
trapping expedition. During an alterca-
tion in saoon, one OF. them stabbed res
ident of New Jlm named john Jpipner,
seYering the main artery, causing his death.
The sheriff arrested I,coalb and Camp
bell, and while on their way to jail, hand.
cuffed, they were set upon by az lHiuriated.
drunken mob, beaten with stones and sticks
Of wood, am then rescued from the sheriff
and hung. Even while hanging, the inhu-
man mob could not be restrained, but cut
and hacked the iodies in shocking man
ner. The bodies were still hanging and
frozen stiff The next morning Campbell
and Liscomb served in company L, I'd
Maine regiment, and were men of good
character aud respectfully connected. New
Uln Is a troutier town, one hundred miles
from here, and was the scene of the afro
cious Indian massacre In 1862.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
hlARk

At the Catholic Church In Mani;owoc, by
Rev. James II. Stehlie, on the 2Jth of Heeem-
ber 1866, Mr.. DANIEL VAN BROCKLAND
to Miss ELIZABETH kR1USE, all Of Mani
towoc county.
at the same place, and by the same clergy
man, on December 30, 1866, Mr.. MICHAEL
TRENOR TO Miss MARY DUNN, all Of Mani
towoc.
We wish our friend TRENoR and his bride
long and happy lives, for in the day of their
happiness they forgot not the printer May
prosperity attend both in their journey through
life
at Berlin, Wis, December 25th. 1866, nc
the residence Of the brides parents. bv ths
Rev. J. P. Aplin, Capt. FIR D. W. BOR-
CHERDT, Of this place, and Miss S4iR4IIF.
KEGS.
On the 18th Of December, 1866, by tho Rev
T. b. Dooley, Ut the Light House, ia Manito-
voc, Mr.. JOHN BENSON to Miss JANE
FOX, both of Manitowoc.
On the lst of January, 1867 by the same.
at the National Hotel. SIR JOHN ACRE of
Neshoto, to Miss LIZZIE LICTTNE. of the
same place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
Great Snow Storm at the East.
Albany. n Y Ilec 2

AipEUy, N. ! - Lee <cs
lie storm during last night was one os
the most severe We have had IN this local
ity, since 1885. Snow fell to the depth OF
20 inches. and the wind blew gale all
night, creating drifts of snow in some places
eight and ten feet deep. The gale contin
ues this morning, Railroad communication
is entirely suspended The train due on
the Central Railroad at 4 90 yesterday af-
ternoon ran into a snow drift at West Al
bany and could not be extricuted. An un-
successful effort was made to reach the train
with six locomotives and two coaches. A.
large gang Of men are employed to shovel
the snow away Every effort has proved
futile. The worknien are completely COW
cred up in drifts.
During the night two other passenger
trains and four or Ave freight trains reached
west Albany, but could proceed no further
The snow Was piled UP higher than the To-
comoti7es.
Early this morning two locomotives ard
two coaches succeeded liz reaching the
trains and rescaing the passengers from cold
and hunger.
No trains are leaving on any of the rail
roads since last evening, nor have any
reached this city from any quarter.
Drifts OH the Boston road are said to be
enormous. Along the Hudson River Road
there are great embankments of snow and
several trains are showed under Nearly
all the telegraph wires between this city aud
Buffalo are down, and those tnds -.
withstood the storm work very hard Rail-
road communications will be suspended foE
some time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

A LION IN HIS OLD AGE-When a
young lion reaches the age of two years, he
is able to strangie and pull down an OK !;
and so he Continues to grow and increase In
strength till he reaches his eighth year, and
his taions, teeth and mind are perfect, and
he grows no more For twenty years after
he arrives at maturity, his fangs and talons
show no signs of decay; but after that he
gradually becomes feeble, bis teeth fail him
and he grows 'eubbish. He is 10 longer
a match fer the tremendous buffalo he is
overmatched then by the peaceful OK, so he
crauls around the cattle krawls, and snatch
es lamb or kid, just as he did when he
set cut With his parents, nearly thirty years
before. A woman or a child at night now
share the same fate. Hisstrength and sight
now decline more and more, till the mighty
lion grows lean and NANCY, and crawls
about from place to place. eating any offal
he can pick up, and despising not even SO
small an animal as the field mouse so he
staIves and dies, or is fallen On and slaugh-
tered by few cowardly hyenas or, discov-
cred unable to move beneath tree, and
knocked on the head by some wandering
hunter.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
Recovery Of Large Sum of Money
Through a Dream.
From the Detroit Free Press, Dec. 16.

4
The Lansing Democrat mentions some
circumstances of q most remarkable nature
in respect to the recovery of large sum of
money which had been lost FIVE years. The
strange and almost incredible story is told
as follows by the lucky finder, who passed
through this city for Montreal last week,
for the purpose of having the oils redeemed
at the bank:
On the 9th Of December, 1861, Mr.. s.,
who then lived on the Grand River road,
near this city, came to market with a load
OF wheat, accompanied by his son, the mar
rator OF these circumstances. The load of
wheat, with a span of horses, was sold for
the sum of $57o. 81, and the man returned
home, where, soon after their arrival, the
and died just at daylight next morning. Af-
ter his funeral, search was made for the
money-which Until then the fsnily had
been too sorely afflicted to think of-but to
thei! astonishment only $78 SO could be
found. What had become of the balance
was a question which could not be satisfac-
torily solved. The whole house was thor
oughly searched, and at length it was con-
cluded that the money must have been
lost on the way home yet after advertising
extensively through the columns of the
Free Press, and offering reward of $50 to
the finder for the recovery of the money, no
trace of it could he discovered, aud the
event gradually passed out of mind. But
now comes the sequel, unlocked for and sim
gular, In which the money is recovered
through dream. The young man, who,
with the family now resides in Ingham
county, has been recently suffering with a
painful felon, which tortured him so with
loss of sleep that, on Thursday night of the
week before last, he took dose of opium,
under the influence of which, after retiring
to bed, he fell into profound slumber. In
the midst Of this sleep he dreamed over the
trip made to this city with his father,
every circumstance Of which was repeated
minutely, with the incidents of time and
place of sale both of the wheat and horses,
the counting Of the money, ETC., in addition
to which he saw, In his dream, that the
two men were closely watching his father
while receiving the money; that they after
ward went away, when his father took eff
mis- hat and placed nearly AL the money in
side the lining of oil-skin; this dream, sew.
eral times repeated, finally awoke Mr. s.,
who related it to his wife, who had not yet
retired, when she went to an old chest,
long unused, and brought out the hat
which the old man had last worn. 1t was
old and moth-eaten, seemingly anything
but money bag, yet, on turning back the
lining, $500 in Canada bank bills we're
found in q ioieraoie good state OF preserva.
ton. This strange but 'ower true tale,
as well as the responsibility and trustwor-
thiness OF the relator are vouched for by
responsible parties, besides the pile the
most tangible and satisfactory results of the
vagaries Of the exhausted mind, working
upon the unreal stuff that dreams are
made off," remains to testify to the truth
of the unusual occurrence.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
Arrival of the Yachts in England.

London, Dec 25- The yacht Henrietta
arrived at Cowes at 5.45 this siternoon.
The trip was made in about Ia days.
London, Dec. 26.-The yacht Fleetwing
arrived at Cowes at clock this morning.
The Vesta arrived at 3: 80 this morning.
The best run that the Henrietta made in
any one day was $50 miles, and the least was
lis miles. She made the entire passage
across the ocean with but one tack and did
no; lose even q rope.
The Henrietta Is everywhere looked upon
as one of the best and fastest yachts that
ever sailed the ocean, anu Is greatly admir-
ed by everybody.
London, Dec 26. The yacht Fleetwing
lost four men and her jib-buom on the Goth
The yacht Vesta is all right, and would
have been In within two hours Of the win
ner, but for an error of her pilot
The London Times compliments tllt.
American yachtmen tor the fast time they
made with their crafts, and for the great
skill displayed in the management of them.
The yacht Henrietta made the trip, cal
culating the difference between London AMI
New York time, in thirteen days, twenty
three hours anu tifty-eig hit minutes, beating
the Fieetwing eight hours and fifteen min
utes, and the festa hire hours.
The members OF the Royal Yacht squad
ron will give the yachtmen u formal recep-
ton.
The race and its quick time is creating !.
great sensation In France and England
London, Dec. 29.-Queen Victoria ba4
extended an invitation to he owners atni
masters of the Henrietta, Nesta and Fleet
wing, to visit the Palace at Osborne, Isle Of
Wight.
CoWcs, Dec. 26.-The Henrietta, Yesta
and Fleetwing, the night after leaving New
York, kept in the regular steamers track,
the Fieetwing going north and Vesia
south. The Henrietta the sirst seven day,
had cold, rough weather. The Fleetwing
had rough passage; she lost overb oard
acting Captains Nichols and Wood, and
seamen Kelly and Nelson. The Vesta re-
ports that nothing occurred of Importance.
London, Dec 81
Benefits challenge to sail against any
yacht in England, has been accepted by the
Duke of Edinburgh with his yacht Vicking
They are to sail around the Isle of Wight
on the lst of August next. The Vicking is
said to be Que of the best Of the Royal
Yacht Club
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
Wreck of the Steamer Commodore.

Wreck of the Steamer Commodore.
The steamer Commodore of the Stoning-
ton line was wrecked off Greenport, Long
Island, on the 9th. The particulars of the
affair are thus narrated:
Those on board made very narrow es-
capes. Shortly after the commencement oi
the gale, which was terrific. she broached
to-that is to say the wind came so heavily
that she refused to obey her helm, and
could lot be kept on her course-at this
time her bulwarks were stove In, the for
ward work washed, and her smokestacks
fell The excitement now became intense,
aud all attempted to become resigned to
their fate, but every face depicted utter de-
spair Many were engaged in prayer, and
few tossed themselves into the ocean.-
There was an alarm of fire, bat the flames
were extinguished. At 10 clock the fires
were all pat out, and the danger from that
source was avoided. After two hours
the vessel drifted at the mercy Of the
waves, the captain and the pilot being sue
cessful only in keeping her headed very
nearly south, the food tide setting her to-
wards the Long Island sEcre. At 2 A. NJ,
Horizons Point was made, tie gale still
continuing without abating. She gradually
drifted into little bay about two miles west
of Horizons Point light. Anchors were
dropped in about two fathoms of water
Part of the cargo had been thrown over
board. The pumps were kept constantly at
work, while two lines of bailers were form
ed who did admirable service. In this con-
dition was the boat at daylight, and the
water gained SO rapidly that it was decided
to beach the vessel, which was done most
successfully. The gale became still more
furious, if such were possible. The life
boats were lowered and one was finally
landed in the breakers, and soon line was
got ashore. The boats were manned and
controlled until several boat loads of passen-
gers, comprising the whole, We're safely
landed. The vessel afterwards broke to
pieces.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
Horrible Massacre near Fort Kearney.
L sl Oc.l


the following additional particulars Of a
massacre BY the Indians on the Plains:
information has been received at General
Ceekes headquarters, that desperate
fight occurred on the route to Montana,
between detachment Of troops from the
post, consisting of "a men and three Off
GERS, and large number of hostile Indians
The detachment was attacked about five
aliles from the fort by about 5000 Indians,
and after contest of unprecedented feroc-
ity and desperation, were killed to a man.
The loss of the Indians is reported to have
greatly exceeded the number of whites
engaged, as it must have been from the
acf..,e..sto e's.as-.zo.as = .ssss Dse.cs
Lieutenant Colonel w. j. Fetterman, who
commanded the detachment, and Capt.
f. e. Brown and Lieutenant &. w. Gram
mond, all of the 18th T. S. infantry, were
the officers killed. Sufficient reinforce
meats have gone forward from Fort Lara
mie to assure the safety of the military
pests along that line.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
Rebellion in Rock County.
From the Milwaukee News.

The people Of the state will be startled to
learn that the passlonstely loyal county of
Rock has actually inaugurated a rebellion
AGAINST the state government, by absolutely
refusing to pay into the treasury the amount
of taxes apportloned to that county last
year by the proper state board The James
vile Gazette gives this reason for it: -.
1t Is. true our county did refuse to levy
the tul tax last year, and set forth their
reasons fully fox so doing. Those reasons
may not have much weight with residents
of those counties, like Columbia for instance.
that have been fairly dealt by, but they are
quite satisfactory to the tax payers of Rock.
When the state board make an equalization
which its individual members privately con-
cede to be wrong, but officially insist upon,
there rs no other ocdy .fOr tie dgGraereti par
ty but to refsse to pay 1t. =
This Is rebellion, rank, unequivocal and
.undisguised. There is no law or ether au-
thorlty m this State by which any county
may lawfully revise the proceedings of State
boards OF equalization, and refuse to bear
It's lawfully determined proportion of State
burdens. Inasmuch as Rock county has
done lis full share in creating the State debt
and levylng taxes upon the people, we suc-
gest that she be treated as she proposes to
treat other communities under like circum-
stances: First, thrash and deyastate her
then increase her taxes and deny her rep
resentation then overturn her local gov
ernmcnt, hang her rebellious leaders, es-
tablish freedman's bureau over her, and
finally reduce her to territorial condition,
with the understanding that the privileges
of the constitution shall be extended to her
again, provided she will give guarantees for
future loyalty by cheerfully consentinv to
the permanent disfranchisement of all her
prin ipal citizens. If this don't succeed,
the law giving power" of Wisconsin knows
full we'll where its bayonets are stored, and
the GAINESVILLE q tzette has taught it how to
further use them in such cases.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

e@ The following, duly signed, wa:
lately contained in western paper:
Whereas, at particular times mar i'm.
perfume my friends aud others to let me
have liquor, which Is hurtful to me and de.
trimental to society this is, therefore, to
forbid any person selling me liquYr, OF let.
ting me have it on any account, for if they
DO will positively prosecute them, not
wlthstanding any pron,sse may make to
the contrary al the time they iras let nc
have il.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

HEAVY DEBT.-The people of Sheboy
gan have held meeting to devise some
means to ultimately liquidate the debt
hanging over their city-nearly $500, 900.
1t was proposed to offer the bondholders rs
cents on the dollar and that new bonds be
Issued Tor that purpose payable in twenty
i've years at 4 per cent. per annum. A
unanimous vote was given on the PROPOSE
ton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

~ The President has announced that
hereafter all vessels belonging to Americans,
viii, by order of the Emperor, be admitted
to the ports of France, subject to the same
duties as French vessels also that French
vessels will be admitted to American ports
on the paynen; OF the same duties as
American vessels.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

er Carrier Boy desires us to thank
y friends who patronized him on
s. The amount received by him
vicinity of thirty-dollars, which
ell for the iiberality Of our large
people-mea and women.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

be- 1t is said that these are fifteen thou
sand workmen idle in New York, most of
them ship-carpenters, ship -ioiners. riggers,
sail-makers, &c. Besides these there is
large number of common laborers in want of
employment.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

bsT We learn from the Grant County
Witaess that the first term of the Platte
vile Normal school closed on the 2lst inst, !,
with very creditable examination. The
term is said to have proved very satisfac-
tory one to all concerned. The next term
will commence on the 7th of January next
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

1g- The steamer Fashion was burned on
the 9th about twelve miles from Vicks-
burg. Fifty lives were lost. The officers
were saved. The cargo, consisting of 23O
bales of cotton, was lost.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

rea- Since Congress has voted to allow
colored people the right of suffrage. great
interest is felt in the result of the election
IL Georgetown, which is to take place on
the fourth Monday Of February next, for a
mayor and eleven members of the board of
common council. If the suffrage bill
passed by congress becomes law, the
colored citizens will have considerable in
fuence in choosing those municipal officers.
Alfred Lee, eolored, is named for mayor by
the radicals.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

A SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT. The sue
cessful merchant is always the one who
keeps the best class of goods of all kinds,
and sells full weight goods, and as many of
them are aware of the fact they keep d. B.
De Land & Co. Best Chemical Saleratus.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

nsa- A Washington dispatch says that
there is little doubt but that the Supreme
Court will decide the test oath to be uncon-
stitutional; and it is further said by some
knowing ones, that decision to that effect
has been prepared, which is so sweeping
that it will cause the entire abandoning of
the oath in future.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04
~ The son Of the Emperor Of Fr.r

~ The son Of the Emperor Of France,
though only IL years old, is an expert
compositor and printer The sons Of the
royal family Of England are ~ taught
trades, and some Of the Princes understand
enough about carpenters work to d.rrace
. young man in New York. Mary noble
mems sons are taught Some trade, that
they may Re, 10 a measure. independent
Of the freaks Of fortune,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

ed The weather throughout the North.
west is reported as cold and dry. The
mercury at St, Paul on Friday stood at s
degrees below zero: at Omaha, on the
same day, it stood at Is below.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-01-04

CHURCH PLUNDEREp. We learn that
the German Catholic church at Kenosh,
was burg)ariously entered on Christmas
morning and some of the valuable proper
ty Of the church stolen. The officers are
said TO be on the track of the guilty party.