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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11

peint permanent subsistence of the
ground has taken place, and the sea has
accordingly pcroached far into what
on Thursday afternoon was one of the
busiest parts of Mytelene. In fact to
sum up the disaster, more than half Of
our beautiful tOwn-the prettiest and
most lively, perhaps, ofall the Levant
is desert of ruins. The worst Of
the oalamiti es, of course, the loss Of
life. As yet We can only guess at the
extent ofthis but ii is thought that
from 800 to 1900 have porshed, while
as many more have. been manned and
wounded in every way, Up till to.
day 120 bodies have, l hear, been dug
out of the safer ruins hut how many
have been buried under the others
which are two dangerous to be APP
preached can only be surmised. Such
of tho houses as are still standing have
been abandoned, and the whole sur.
viving population is now scattered over
the h ill sides and among the gar
dens outside the town--a few under
such covers as they have been able tc
improvise; the rest bivouaciing With.
out shelter of any kind. Any attempt
to describe the scene would be useless
Heartrending grief pain and confu
Sien meet the eye on every side. AL.
ready the want ofprovisions is aggra.
vating the distress, and only a speedy
supply from Smyrna or the capital can
avert reat additional loss of life
One of the Austrian Lloyd's steamers
and French gunboat from Smyrna
have landed quantity of buiscuit ant
some other stores, but in all porhap;
not more than days food for the place
1t is earnestly to be hoped that the
Porte will at once send down tents
buisouits and whatever other stores
can be quickest got together. But no
the town of Mytelene alone has suffer
ed from this great calamity: it hai
Scatter'd ruin and death throughout tn,
whole northern part of the island. -
Hardly a village has escaped, and no
merely property put life has been dc
stroyed in nearly the whole. MohvC
}has been all but entirely demolished
and several hundreds Of its 5000 o
| 1000 inhabitants have, it is said, per
ished in the ruins. 1t is, in fact, n,
exaggeration to say that half tn
island has been laid waste, with sac
rifce of human life that may be rec
oned by thousands, No such disaste
has ever befallen Mytelene.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11
Anecdotes OF Sam Houston.

The Houston Telegraph tells an snec-
dote of Gen. Sam. Houston. On one
occasion, when he was expected to
make furious waE.speech to much
excited crowd eager to invade Mexico,
he gave, on the contrary, an agricul-
tural address, and ended by advising
them to ego home and raise corn -
Twas one of the wisest speaohes ever
made by the old worrior. In our hum
BILE way, we wouldlmitatehis example
and give the same wholesome advice.
II is idle to talk politics, tits side to dis
cuss the future Of the negro it is idle
to speculate as to whether he will
work or will perish, it is idle to lnquiro
who will be Chief Magistrate, the Pres
ident or Congress, All this availS
nothing. But we know that We scan
take off our coats and work ourselves
with or without the negro. And we
know, whoever may be ruler of the
United States, work is king of the
world. The great duty now is to lei
politics alone, lay aside foolish PRIDE
and raise corn,
When we livedih RoCkbridge Va, the
native country of Gen. Houston, we
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11
BOraX.

Tho washer-momen of Holland
and Belgium, who get up thsirlinen so
beautifully white, use refined borax as
washing powder, instead Of soda, in
the proportion Of one large handful OF
borax powder, to about ten gallons Of
boiling water. They thus save in
soap nearly half For laOes, cambrics,
&c, an extra quantity Of powder is
used Borax being nuetral salt does
not in the slightest degree injure tho
texture Of the linen. It's effect is to
soften the hardest water, and therefore
1t should be kept on every toilet table.
To the taste it is rather sweet; it il
used for cleaning the hair, and is an
excellent dentrifice. Coed tea cannot
be made with hard, but all water may
be make soft by adding a teaSpoOnful
of fborax powder to an Ordinary-SiEsd
kettle Of water, in which it should boil.
The saving inths quantity of tea used
will be at least one fifth.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11

Russian AmerICa-Its GeOgra-
ply and ResOurces-ImpOr
tance as a Possession.
The cession of Russian America TO
the United States will be considered by
all as a most important accession to
our territorial possessions. As, how
ever, in the study of our own States
and their geography, many have been
deferred from going so far Notrh as
New Archangle, few words on the
position, extent, value, &C., of this
newly acquired territory, will not be
amiss.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11


OF the islands, which are numerous,
the principle are those forming the
Aleutian Archipelago. OF these, the
Tost important are Prince Of Wales Is.
land, BsranOv, or Sitka, Kociak, Uni
vac, Nuniak and st. Lawrence.
ITS POPULATION, PRODUCTIONS, EcT.
Its populations is estimated variously
at from $4,000 to $4,000 There are
little over 10000 whites, partly of Rus
sian or Siberian descent, and from
0,0OO to 10000 Indians. The climate
of the greater part of the country is
intensely cold and the soil sterile
This does not refer to the entire coun-
try, for in the South the valleys are
SAID to be productive, Most Of the
vegetation is Of an Alpine character,
though prncs attain @great elevation
on tho low hills, and the FIR and alder
are to be met with abundantly. The
coutry is mainly valuable for it's exton-
sive fisheries and furs. The latter
trade has heen up to the present con-
trolled by the Russian American Fur
Company, which was granted the land
from tho Emperor Paul in 1899. The
Company's charter was renewed in
1889, at which time II had SO hunting
and fishing stations. The annual ex-
port is estimated at 10000 seal skins,
1000 sea otter, 10000 beaver $4,000
land otter, fox and ma rtins skins, and
about 10000 sea-horse teeth. Not on
! ly the fur markets of Russia are sup
piled by the Company, but also those
of China, and considerable revenue
thus accrues to it. New Archangle,
tho principle town, is situated on the
island Of Baranov, or Sitka, in latitude
$3.50 degrees, longitude 1876 13 degrees.
IL was founded in 1905, and is q regu-
lar military station, with population
of some 1900 persons. The fort
mounts several guns, and the Cempa-
ny likewise employ. some twelve ves-
sells, of from 300 to 400 tons, mounting
each ten guns A Greek bishop and
Luthsri ian minister resides here, and
there are schools for the children OF
Europeans and half-breeds.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
As there have been negotiations en-
tered into with England for the pos
session Of British Columbia, few
words on its position and importance
may not be amiss This colony war
established in 1883 on the Pacific
coast, and comprises the districts hlth
erto known as New Columbia, New
Georgia, Norfolk and New Cornwall
and lies ,between the Rocky Noun
tains and the Pacific, and is bounded
south by the northern frotiSr of Wash
ington Territory, and north by Simp
sOn's river and the Finlay branch o
Pearl river. Its extent is about 200,-
600 square miles, The country il
wildly different from that described
above. The soil is in most places
good, and cereals of all kinds may b.
grown there successfully. The climat,
too, is unusually fine. The district II
under the control, so far as It's trade il
furs is concerned, of the Hudson's Bay
Company, and IT'S said to be one of. tn,
richest districts of that body, Goa
J is plenty here and can be found eth O
cropping out of the surface or immedi
ately below it. 1t was thought on th,
establishment of the colony that
large tide ofemigratlon would set IN
but these hopes have by no mean
met with any great realization.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11

oh Jerusalem
Nincteenth-They know they are
hOmely.
Twentieth-Thsy perspirs when the
Thermometer is at "a in the shade, and
wear gored waists.
Twenty -frst-Young gentlemen
don't squeeze them by the hand, and
they like peanuts.
Twenty-secOnd They sing "BSauti-
ful Dreamer" and use Sozodont.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11

RsS- The State Auditor, a day or
two since, gave to Thomas ?. CoPes,
of Accomac, Va, the Sum OfsbO0 IN
payment for his negro man Sam, oon-.
victed in the County Court of Ace, mac
in 1852, Of felony and ssa@ ,uced TO
transportation,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11


newly acquired territory, will not be
amiss.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION.
Russian America comprises that
portion of the American continent ly-
ing north of the latitude 81 degrees 40
minutes north, aud west of longitude
14l degrees west, with islands ada
cent, together with a narrow belt of
rocky coast and a number of islands
lying between latitude $40 and 60
north. The area of the entiro Is osti
mated at 81 ,875 square miles The
surface along the coast is rude and very
mountainous. Several of the peaks at
tain an altitude Of $4,000 to $4,000
feet. Many ofthem, too, are volcanic.
Northward of the sixteenth parallel of
latitude the mainland takes the form
Of vast peninsula, extending in a
west northwest direction towards the
Asiatic continent. Tho interior of the
district has been but impsrfectly ex-
plored, and little relia Bile is known
aboutit. The country is bristling with
mountains. About 200 or $50 miles
back from the coast there is long
range, continuation of tho Sierra Ne
vada, and another range extends from
Cape Llsburne, above Behring's
Straits. In the southern part there
are extensive sounds or friths lying
between the islands and the coast, and
navigable tor large vessels to consider
able distance in the interior. Ofriv-
ers there are four; the Kuskokoi IN
and Culkhoap, flowing both into the
Kamtschatka Sea; the Colville, which
flows into the Artic Ocean, aud the
Yukon, which, with several afl1uents,
emptiss itself into Behring's Straits
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-11
W. A. SILL
JAMES WATKINS,

Tn S ance "A g @ n t.
Mr.. Watkins takes pleasure in Informing the
itzens Of this town and vicinity that he ls sole
agent for the LOrlllard Fire Insurance Company,
aud Ofthe Home Insurance Company.
OFFICE, Above the Book Store Of AdaIr Bros
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Hon. EDGAR CowAN.-Corrupt rs
are the Radical members Of the Rump
Senate they will scarcely attach much
weight to the ofiicous resolutions OF in.
structions in regard TO Mr. Cowan from
the majority OF Il Legislature venal en-.
ough to elect Simon Cameron as their
| pcer-a man over whose head vet hanos
the uHeXpurgcnt ccusnrc OF n previous
Congress. Mr.. Cowan possesses, at least,
the respect OF the Radicals Of the Sen.
ate. They know full well that he has
not violated hls faith to the Republican
party-haying faithfully stood by the
platform Of 1860, upon which he was
elected to the United States Senate,
whilst they yccrcd the party around
into pew channels and gave to it new
name ana measures never contemplated
by its founder Mr.. Sewarl, Or its BRO.
moter, MIR Doolii;le. Mr.. Cowan's char
ac'cr-personaIIy and politically--is
above reproach. lie is not Radical
nor Is he Democrat. lie is Repub.
lIcau, il anything, aud as near the Lin.
co.n model as any man now living.
Cameron has vcered with those who
cas-. principals aside and made power
ani p!unGcr their object. lie has been
"eycrytAng at times and nothing lona"
lie has passed through all the parties
and stages Of parties, and, in the Ian.
guagc Of William j. Kelly, Radical
member Of the present Rump House,
"hc has di>graccd them ALL" it is i'm
possible, therefore, that Sumner, Wade.
and their friends, will attach much i'm.
portarce to instructions in regard to their
duty comm" from a body under his con.
troI-a body whose corruption ana ve.
naiity are the talk ofevery man, woman
and child, and the subject Of Gcnuncia~
ton from every respectable journal OF
the itaI!cal party in Pennsylvania Mr..
Cowan should esteem it an honor to be
denounced by the maiori y that elected
Simon Cameron, but the Rump Senate
should consider it duty owing to de.
cency and honesty to reject the nstruc.
tons OF the creatures who violated
their pledges to their party in becoming
Cameron's tools.-Pabio! amt Cnion.
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SETTLE UP!

a LII persons knowing themselves in
IA dcblcd to Joseph WilhelE of St..
Mary's, are requested to call and settle
their accounts before the lst of Februa,
ry, or they will be put in the hands Of
proper persons for collection.
lie still carries on business at the old
stand where he will be happy to see all
his Old customers, aud as many new
ones as may favor hin.
JOS. WILHELM.
st. Alary's Jan. 10Th 1856.
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Misceiianrcus.
4 MTR1CAN ARTlSTs' UNION

A MIR1CAN ARTISTS UNION
The AMERICAN ARTISTS UN.
ION Established 1851 announce that
in order to extend the sale Of the fol.
lowing well known and highly popular.
S7EEL TLA TE ENGRA FINGS.
Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers for
America, 81 X 3G in
Landing Of the Pilgrim Faith.
ers, 27x36
Falstaff Mastering his Re-
cruits, 25 30
Shakespcar and his Friends, 7x31
Hottcr's Saturday Night % x2S
Village Blacksmith. p 80
Manifest Destiny, (Fortunc
Tolling) 21x28
The Massacre at Wyoming
in l776, % Y Sc
Mount Vernon in the olden
time, or, Washington at
30 ycars Of age, 2G X 81
The escape of Ahs;cr Nae
Donald from the Massacre
Of Glencoe, 2G 81
The Madonna, 2G 81
They have deemed cxpcdient to offer
to their friends and the public at one
dollar aud fifty cents each, the price
heretofore having been two dolIais each,
and for the purpoSc Of stimulating the
getting up Of Clubs, they have deter.
mined to award premiums To the gctters
up OF the Clubs, and in addition thereto
to distribute amongst the Subscribers
The sum OF $4,000 in money and paint
lngs, as soon as the sale shall have reach
cd 100000 engravings. As it is our
intention to advertise very extensively.
and as the pngravings are well known
throughout the Whole country, we have
no doubt that with the low price we
charge for them, and with the cxcrtion
which we put forth by our numerous
friends, the number will be reached in
short time. As soon as it is reached.
the subscribers, through their Ciub
Agents, will be notified by circular
letter from us, naming the time and
method Of distribution.
CLUE RATES.
Single Engraylngs 81 30 each,-by mail
free.
For SIS We will send 20 Eng. and . to
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by order Of the Committee.

\ DANGEROUS CoUNTERFEIr NoTE.
A new twenty dollar counterfeit note
Fourth National Bank Of Philadcl,
phi"-was captured in Washington on
Wednesday. The engraving and paper
are good. The note is well calculated
to deceive. National bank notes of all
denominations Should be carefully ez.
omined, as there appears to be a pIonti.
iui supply Of the spuriou, trash, The
above specified note viii probably be
p's,oi in almost every part Of the coun.
Try. excepting in Philadelphia.
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GoffcshcnNtnce Of ihe ANtccaie.

Dear Sir In reply to a, RS. cor
rospondeucc noticed in the last AdD,cat",
l give tie following answers to his two
examples. To the first, the numbers
arc 7G, GS and 50. Second, A. b. and
G. have respectively $G2G,lG7, 3710,
G25 and $715.70l. WILL.
RIDGwAY, Jan. 10, 1867.
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AHGE CAPACITY. GREAT S,rorntb
I 4 and uncqualled srccI s;n,n1ic;,,, orJ
completeness Of operation. are onoIi,ios mo- no
culiar to the
chi7N'- -'h~'
II is = soroo,ino. ,,,o,,i'.
stric,lr ,raoi,on;II l"!ciiine constructed on
percncc derived from v' vaP Pys, yc,rs anu ,nC G%
use in fcmilios, hotels and public insliIut 'ons
proves it to be Of lasting value to the nur.
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Ihe Elk GoNNiN Nltoeate.


Eighth sheet hand bin, 30 copies or less
$50
Quarter sheet land.bill, so copies or less
s.. 10
Half sheet haud-hill, 30 copies or less
&i.O0
Full sheet hanl-bll. 30 copies or less
$500
BLANKS.
Tor airy quantity under five Quircs. ST.
80 nor cuirc : on all amounts ovcc that n
reasonable reduction will he made.
TERMS OF PAPER.
l.5O per year in advanco---S2,Oo u PAID
within the year. and s., 50 ifnot paid with
in that time.
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The View York Tribune says it is the
general talk Of Radical Congressman
that s"asoaable period viii be given to
the Southern States to adopt the Con-
s''tuti,ual Amendment, when, if they
ia', 10 90 So they will be legislated Tor
as Territories.
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OS9TGHCicY .EiSCcsEul.co9ls.

| was employed by gentleman to
take the dimensions OF certain ci5tern.
When | commenced the job, (t being
in the aftcrnoon) the time past from
noon was equal to Gyo.thirtccnth's of the
time to midnight; aud when had fn,
ishcd the job the time past from noon
was equal to scvcu. @ evcnths Of the time
to midnight. ! found the cistcrn to be
in the following proportion, a dagonai
line drawn fiom the bottom on one side
TO the top on the other, bore such pro-
portion in inches to the time l had been
employed in minutes, as the slaves bore
to The top, diameter the TOP, diameter
was twice the length OF the bottom, and
:ho slaves the length Of both diameters
I demand the perpendicular height of
the cistorn, the time OF day / commcnc.
cd The job, and how long | had been
employed. OSTRANDOR.
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CoLoRADo-Followi the protest of
the Colorado House of Representatives,
against forcing a State government upon
the people Of that Territory against their
will, comes dispatch from "thc colorcd
people Of Colorado ["W. j. Ucarlen L.
II. Douglass, lFred's son, and two hun.
dFGd other colored citizens ] to sumner
ana Ashley, OF course, asking he Bump
congress to make Colorado n State with
negro suffrage. Judging from the uni.
form disregard Of the popular desire and
vii! displayed hy the Rump, the demand
OF the darkeys will be hearkcncd to aud
the voice of the people (popuIarly sup
POSED to be the voice Of God) will be
treated with the same contempt as it was
IN the PASSAGE Of the District Of Colu mbia
negro suffrage bill.
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n WAC has truly said that if Some
men could come ont of their cofIins ana
read the Inscriptions ON their tomL,
Stone they would think they lad got
into the wong grave.
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BLANKS.
CIR zimse cg E2ic3gsray.
y OF ! G. T. .

Hereafter the Post Office will be
closed every evening at 8 o'clock. On
Sunday it will be kept open from s to
10 o'clock A. n. Mail Closed at c
p. ". L. LUTHER, P. NJ.
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u Al! persons to whom Licenses to
sell iiQror were granted at the late term
Of Court are required by law to lift their
licenses within fifteen days from the
time at which they were granted.
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The Maryland Legislature had a
joint ballot for U. :, Senator yes terday,
but without any result. This is the third
ballot.
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l'O llU q Hunting Lever.
The Club packages will be very Sc
curcly packed and forwarded by Express
ny lU:'n nj! st y tll> and
forward the amount either by Express,
Sight Draft, Post Office Order or in a
registered letter, and in all eases the
Engravings will be Immediately sent,
and for each engraving a"mjcrcd cir.
uJjcote aud receipt will be enclosed in
a package.
4. 0. d. ORDERS.-Pcrsops wish
ing to send for Ergravings and pay the
Express Co. when they are received,
will be required to send with their order
81 to s., according to its amount, and
this will be credited on their bill.
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ORPHANS COURT SALE

Dy virtue of an order of the Orphan s
I'D Court Of Elk county, Pa. will sell
At the Court House in Ridgway, Pa, on
Thursday, the 7th day Of February. A. d.
1861, at two and one-half o'clock, p. NJ,
that certain tract of land in Jay township,
in said Fix county, containing 80 acres.
more or less, being the one-half part of
tract No. 5, as desgnted in Adam oilers
subdivision plan of land in said County.
Terms cash, on confirmation of sale.
MARY McKEREEY,
Admx. OF estate Of p. McKeIney, decd.
L. j, Blakely, Atty. lst N. 18th dot
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N0STAR'S CELEBRATED
Puckthora SaIye

For Cuts, Burns, Bruises. wounds. Hoi's.
Cancers, broken Breasts, Sore Nirnlcs.
Bleeding. Blind and Painful Plies S,.rof,,-
lous, Tutrid and i'll conditioned Srca; III.
GERS. Gandnlar SwHll!n%' Eruption. Cute.
neous Affections, IinGworm, Itch. Bites Of
Spiders, Insects. Animals. sc.
Boxes, % cents, 80 cents and 81 sizes.
Sold by all Druggists. everywhere aud by
HENRY Il. COSTAh.
Depot iSj, broadway, y. Y.
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PUNcH offers as sentiment MAY
the tear Of sensibjIity be wiped by the
handkerchief of common sense.
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EiSE cE EHrcn,i,s.ns

Ono hundred elegant Oh Paint.
ings, richly famed, Lands
r. capcs, at 500 each, 10000 |
Two hundred elegant OIL Paint.
ings, richly framed, Interior
Views, at $50 each, 10000
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SyS1 " v
The AMERICAN ATISTS' UN.
ION would add that these premiums
are to be considered only in the ieht
Of free gift to their patrons, as the
Lngravln@s are furnished them Ge1ov
their market value, and as the cost of
cngravines, after the plates are procur
cd, Is very triiling, they can easily afford
to make the distribution as large as it is.
We trust that our numerous friends
throughout the country and Canadas
VIII use their utmost cxertions. so that
1t possible, the distribution may be
made soon, and it can be done if they
are at all active. Ladies have often
mace excellent Club Agents, for us.
and we solicit their kind efforts, which
will not 60 unrewardeG' Let one or
more energetic persons ia every town or
village in the country commence as soon
as they see this, and get up as large a
Club as possible, BY so Goins they
viii he the means Of Introducing ele
giant cngraviugs into families. and thus
AID in cultivating a taste for the beauti.
full and refined. Address Ordcrs
Sec. AMERICAN ARTISTS UNION.
Nov. s, loG6-3m. % Pine St. Ny.