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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
IN ENtraordlnary Marrlnge IncidcnI

Under date Of August Is, the Berlin cor
respondent of tho London Times writes:
"a bridal couple wcro standing before
the altar iu Berlin Ia be married. Uniur-
t%uuaicly for them, tho oniciated clergyman
had heard that the young people would in
a few weeks have Rglin TO repeat his soryi-
ccs nj the baptisml font. In the speech
with which, according 10 custom, he opened
the ceremony, lao allowed himself TO allude
10 the prospective event. Then becoming
heated with his theme, he took upon him
self 10 enact tho representative
OF nm ayenging Diety, reprimanded
the weeping bride, and wound mp by box
ing her enrs. Against this terrible Rflront
the bridegroom demonstrated with wonder
FIJI mceknesH. His ono object being 20 DO
married, and by marriage 10 repair the
past, he said II few words TO the %yitupera-
tive priest, and requested him 10 proceed.
Amid tho tears Of the ladies and the rage
Of the gentlemen present, the rite was ac-
complishod. On arriving ut homo the
bride became i'll, and the following day was
| delivered of n dead child. The thing got
wind and was discussed in the public press,
though of course those Immediately con
cened would have preferred to keep il Use
cret. Upon this, the pugi!istic clergyman at
once wrote 10 n Conservative paper, dcclar,
ing the whole story lie, and not even con-
descending to explain how it was that such
an extraordinary invention could have been
fabricated Mt his expense. At this j%uucturo
the young husband, q music master, find.
ing concealment out of the question, 70.
solved upon having the Only satisfaction
possible, and brought an action against the
self alleged innocent. At the hearing OF
the case eleven persons took their oath that
the blow had been given, Unheeding then
dispositions, the clergyman persisted in his
denial, and, as his sole defense, referred the
judges TO tho evidence Of his own consci.
ence and Gods knowledge of his inward
thoughts"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
pOttrD.
IN aUIET DAYS.


The dying year grows strangely mild
Now I'm the hazy autumn Weather
nv heart Ia like a happy child,
And life and I, friends recoucilcd,
90 over the hills together.
nv peaceful days run sweet and still
Al waters slipping over sand,
Seeking the shadows Of free viii
- 90 gather tenderer Lights than nu
Day-s over lavish hnnd.
The summer wood with music rings,
Z lT1ie SINCERE u . troubled breast;
ram no more tho bnd that sings,
Butth Which broodA with folded wihgs
Upon its quiet nest.
on. fairost month Of all the yeari
oh. sweetest days in lifel they melt:
Within, without, IL autumn cheer,
September there, Soptember here,
So tranquil and so sweet.
OF have l watched all night with gricf,
r an night with JOY, and which IL best
All, both were sharp, and both were hrtri'
MY heart was like a wind-blown Leaf,
give them both for rest.
Fair ouict, close 70 JOY ALI "a,
VutIoving ahadicr walks 10 kccpi
BY day IL ever at my side:
And all night long With me abide
f.I" peace Ait her sister Sleep.
-CARI. srEScErs ~ HarPq's AdgqsireJ for Sdt
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

P~HoToaRApmo SEALs.-A photographer
Freiberg has made seals and stamps with
the portraits of his customers. A thin layer
of gelatin, sensitized with bi-chromate OF
potash, is exposed to the action Of light I'M
der a photograph positive, by which the
parts acted on are rendered insoluble in
water. The gelatine film is immersed in
water, and the parts ot acted upon by light
swell up, and we obtain n picture in relief OF
which a plaster east can be taken. A gal
yanic plastic copy being taken of tho cast,
We have a metallic a c.simile of the photo
graph, which can be employed as n seal.
This process suggests a method of obtainine
perfect likenesses OF persons in metallic
checks, for the uso of the printer, and also
an admirable way.of illustrating scientific
books.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
4 Terrible Case Of IlydrOphobla.

The following paragraph appears in the
French papers:
Ga the 81 inst. ono Jean Lombard, Is
years of age, n farm laborer at Shampfor-
guiel, near Chalons, was attacked by hy-
drophobia, aud attempted 10 bite several
persons, and succeeded in biting a dog. lie
thon went home 10 his friends at Sassenay.
Information was given TO tho police. On
their arrival they found Lombard at the
door of his fathers house. He wns foaming
at the mouth, and inspired such
terror that no One dared go near
him. Tho presence OF the police
having roassured the father and a
few noighbors, they coaXed him into a
room, locked it, and carefully barred alltho
issues. Lombard, however, made no at
tempt 10 escape asked for some white vine,
which was lot down 10 him through the
root. One Of his friends having offered IA
60 and attend him, he replied, 'You had
better Aot; | shall bite you" lie died At
3 o'clock in tho morning, after a night Of
torture. Feeling ho was dying, no requos.
ted the cure 20 DO sent TO him. Tho cure
oAmo, and administered tho consolations Of
religion through n holo. in the window,
Lombard Ind boon bitten six months ago,
but had not had the wound cauterized.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
An Army of Priests.

The ecclesiastical authorities OF Rome
have inst published n consus for the present
year. These statistics show that the regu-
lar clergy is composed Of 2 276 persons,
'thus divided Cardinals, %; Bishops, 26;
priests and clerks, 1896, and students at
the ecclesiastical colleges, Si1. Tho rcli-
gious communities count 6, 215 souls, 2,050
men and 2,25G women. The lay population
amounts to 1917, 1913; soldiers in garrison,
10. 2O7; prisoners under sentence, 32S; Pro-
testants, C37, and Jews, 2,GS2, making a
total Of 300, 532, or an increase Of 3,l5i
ovor the year 1868. Tho number of fami-
lies is ~, 5l5, or an averageof rather more
than five persons TO each. Males are more
numerous than females. Tho figures being
l1S, S73 and l0l. go respectively. Lon
gcvity is the greater among the later. Oh
persons who have attained the age of 10 Ia
So, the women count 1857, and the men
2,1it only; from so 10 30, b5G and i9j; and
botwcon 10 and 100, IS and
"a. The number of cardinals re.
siding in tho Eternal City has 70.
maine,l nearly the same during ton years,
never having been below 90 nor above as
NJ present IL Is ~. Tho same remark does
not apply 10 tho bishops, who have never
been 10 few In 1864 they counted 40; NJ
this moment there are no more than &c,
Priests and regular clerks have also dimin
ishcd during the last decennial period.
the number never being so low. IN 1864 il
was l,50i at present it is 1896. On III,
other hand, the members of religious rom
mnuitics have augmented; in 1860 Ia,
males were $3.50, and the females 2,02l
tho progression has hocr constant and tn,
figures now arc ., $50 and 2,256. This in
crease is naturally explained by the confis
cation Of the church property IN Italy, an,
the cXpulsisn of the monks and nuns from
their monastcries and converts, many a
thom having sought an asylum in the CAPT
! tl pf CLrigtpulOm.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
sIlrFOCATED nY CnARCOAL.
A strange and Melancholy Case az Ba-
tavia, N. Y.---TNyo Persons Found
bend I'm n Chamber.

A strange ana melanonoiy Onse et ~
Dead in n Chamber.
From tho Buffalo Express, 81.
a painful excitement was created In Ba-
tavin, "Wednesday morning by the discovery
Of n double visitation Of death in the house
of MIR. William Hatch, ON old and much
respected citizen of the village. Tho bod
les of Mr.. Hatch md his niece, n maiden
lady who resided with him, were found
together, Ia a room which was njled with
the fatal cnrbonic acid gas generated by
burning charcoal, life being entirely extinct
in both. An examination showed that the
charcoal had boon used in n small stove to
warm tho room during the night, which was
sharply cold, il will be remembered, and
that in some manner, by accident or neg
lect, the draught of the stove had been SO
INSTRUCTED hat the deadly gas escaped into
the closely shut chamber.
MIR. Hatch, who was q bachelor, well I'D.
vanced in years, hns been suffering OF late
from a distressing complaint. IL il sup.
posed that during the night he needed Mt.
tendance, and called up his nieco, who wat
found dressed aud lying on the sofa in the
room, MIR. Hatch himself sitting in a chair,
Both had probably fallen asleep, and were
/ overpowered in that insonsiblo state by the
suffocating vapor.
As Mr.. Hatch was q gentleman of supe
rior intelligence and well informed, Il Il
not to be supposed that ho was ignorant o
the precautions necessary in using char
coal. Some singular accident or inadvort
ance must have caused the dreadful result
although we have not learned that its ex
PLANTATION has been found The suspicion
of voluntary death is not entertained
moment by those knowing the gentleman
who is represented TO have been a man o
much cheerfulness of disposition, well-to
do in tho world, and Of undoubtedly soun'
mind. As we have said, he was highl.
esteemed in Batavia, rs was the unfortunat
lady who became his companion in death
and the melancholy strange affair has occa
stoned a deeply sad feeling in the village
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

"FRpsH Az A MAIDERs BLusH' IL tho pure
rpoaohy Complexion which follows tho us0 OF
lfasAa's Magnolia Balm. IL is tho True
Secret of Beauty. Fashionable Ladies in
Society uudorstand this.
Country Girl into u City Belle more rapidly
than any other ono thing.
liodnG3s, bmburn, Tan, Freckles, BlOtches
and ali effects Of tho summer Sun disappear
whore 1t IN used, and a genial, cultivated,
fresh expression il obtained which rivals tho
Bloom OF Youth. Beauty IL possible to MI
who will invest 10 cents at any respectable
store, and insist ON gottiug tho Magnolia
Balm.
Use nothing but Lyons Kaiharlon TO Drosf
the Hair.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

Effect or THE SALE II Property ~
IrALY. We hear accounts from Sicily of
tho former church property which wassold
by auction to private individuals. The
houses belonging TO the converts wore in
n dilapidntod state, but have now been
either thoroughly repaired or pulled down
and rebuilt. Tho tilling of the convent
farms wNs in n backward state, being car
ried on in the most primitive mannm and
with the rudest implements: but the new
owners arc doyoting their attention to inn
and in the communes of the province, sew
oral day and night schools nro open. The
latter arc well attended, and many Of the
children Of tho peasantry can now read and
write.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

WHILE a party Of workmon were engaged
in %exoayating o cellar at Thorn Grove, N.
j., vt tho depth of about five feet they
struck an iron vessel, which, upon examin.
ton, was found 10 contain n largo amount
Of specie. Tho laborer who first made the
discovery proceeded TO appropriate tho
proceeds, when others coming up, disputed
his right to do 10, and insisted on q diyi.
sion, %whereupon q fight onsuod. Two col
ored laborers were beaten 10 such nm ex-
tont that their recovery il considered very
doubtful. Tho money is anoiont coin, somC
pieces dating as far bach an l7lG."
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
Death of Sena1or Fessenden.

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. g. Senator FEES
sender died ut $3.50 this forenoon. He was
sensible until the hour of death, and had
passed n comfortable night until 3 o'clock.
Physicians were in attendance, and did ev-
erything 10 relieve his sufierings, which
otherwise would have been great Mt the
cloaa
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
burning OF the Propeller Roscobel.

From Tie Detroit FREQ Press. Int.
Tho news was received here by telegraph
early yesterday forenoon, that the fine pro-
pcller Roscohtl, belonging TO the Northern
Transportation Company, aud plying he.
tween Buffalo and Chicago, had been dc.
stroyed by fire on 81. Clair river, Mt n point
about three miles below the city of that
namo. Later particulars wero received
during the day, and some facts were also
cleaned from the Captain of the Canistco.
which boat arrived here OF 8 o'clock in the
afternoon,
Tho Boscobel passed this point on
Thursday night about ~ o'clock, taking on
neither freight nor passengers, and only
stopping long enough TO throw on n supply
Of wood Mt Bissolls dock. The vessel took
fire from her furnaces, and tho flames
caught quickly aud burned upward very
rapidly, NJ the engineer and fireman were
driven out Of tho hold with their clothes on
fire. In their torture they jumped over.
board, and during the excitement and sur.
prise, were left to drown. The second On.
gineer, George Ruchlc, who was on duty at
tho time, was n son of Alderman Ruehle,
Of this city, and the hther passed up on
the steamer Dove yesterday TO ascertain
further particulars, and to endeavor to re,
cure tho body.
The names Of the other men lost could
not he ascertained, though it is known tina
the fireman lost is p native of this city
while the assistant then on duty resided a
Buffalo. There were ten passengers OF
board, but the boat was headed for tn,
Canada shore, and ran TO the bank in tim,
to land them and tue balance of the crow
She was still burning at noon yesterday, ly
ing stern on TO the bank, and the propelle
Free State was anchored near by, to which
were being transferred the passen
gers and such OF the goods as hat
been saved. Most of the per
sonal effects were lost. Tho Boscobol wa
one of the staunchest boats on the line
very large and her loss at this season of tn
year will be severely felt by the company
She was loaded with eighty tons Of genera
merchandise, consigned almost wholly t.
Chicago merchants, not n pound of whicl
was saved She also had on board on
hundred and seventy tons of pig iron. Tn
boat lies so near the bank that the wrecker
can easily recover the iron, but the boa
itself il n total loss. She was commando,
by Capt. ]. p. Hodges, whose wife was
passenger on tho trip.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

Tho recent c%olliery explosion in Saxony
was accompanied by one of tho most terri
BILE inoideuts ever recorded in connection
with these fearful culamities. Tho miners
were not all killed instantly, 40 was at first
supposed, some of them being unframed
by the explosion and dying slowly by suf-
location. Some of these poor fellows oo-
cupied the last moments of their lives in
writing messages in their notebooks to
their wives and children, and these were
found when the bodies were diseoy-
cred. These men, in tho very pres
ence Of death, had thoughts for eyery
one of them, "take good care Of Mary; in
n book in the bedroom you will find a
thaler. Farewell, dear mother and sisters,
till We meet again. one by tho name OF
Schmidt had pinned n paper to tho breast
Of his blouse, IN which he had written the
following words: "hly dear relations,
while seeing death before ne, / remember
you. Farewell till we meet again in hap.
piness." A miner named Bahr wrote in
his notebook: ''lhis is tho last place
where we have taken rouge. / have given
mp all hope, because the ventilation
has been destroyed in three separate
places, May God take myself and my rel,
atiyes and dear friends who must die with
me, M well as our families, under His pro,
lection" Another had written: 'tJanetg
has died. Richter left his family to God,
Farewell, dear wife; Farewell, dear child
ron; may God keep you" Ono only ut
tered q complaint, and it was not n violent
one: farewell, dear wife aud children;
did not think il would ond 80. Oberman.
These brief messages, written in the actua'
presence of death while yet the writer,
were in the possession of full physica
health, are pathetic beyond description.
The cotton crop of 1869, it is assorted
ia so far advanced that it may be mfel,
estimated at three million bales half I
million more than last yoar. On the sup
position that this crop yields the planters
25 cents per pound, it will bring them il
legal tenders $500, 900, 900, which is NOR,
than they received for tho largest crop eve
grown, II is computed that formerly thoy
would have received less than 5000, 900, 0G
! for such a crop.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
How the TariT WORKS.

A correspondent of The Now York Times.
radical, describes what he saw between
Dumbston and Glasgow, on the River
Clyde, Scotland lilo Rays:
al counted sixty iron vessels within this
distance, thus in construction, nor was my
count complete, as | began sometime after
seeing the first, and ceased in wonder and
am0zcment before seeing the last. This
does notiucludo vessels oil tho ways and in
the water, of which there were tiers two and
three deep, swarming with workmen. along
the qnays. Expressing my astonishment to
my companion, n Glasgow merchant, he re-
marked that shipbuildiug was not very ac-
tive on tho .Olydojust ut that time. | was
ashamed TO say TO my friend, I'VE do not
build iron vessels in the United States
No, We do not build iron vessels in tho
United States, nor any other kind to any
extent. All the material entering into the
construction of vessels is 30 completely
protected" by radical laws, thatan invest
mont o capital in that direction is by no
means profitable. A few more years of
radical rule will protect our industrial in
forests entirely ont oftho country.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

PMNoE ALFRED of England rivals his
elder brother, tho Prince OF Wales, in de.
PRAYED tastes and low de%bauchery. The
latest folly reported of him took place n
Honolulu, where, at his particular request,
II disgraceful and obscene dance, called the
"hula-hula," was performed. To this nc
white people, aside from the officers Of the
Princes shin, but many halfcast ladies
married TO Europeans, without their hus-
bands, were invited. The English resi-
give expression TO their feelings. A little
more Of this sort of thing will eud in set
ting all the Princes Rdrift toshift for them
selves.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

A coon story is told in Paris of q SON of
NJ. Bixio. This eminent man was for u
short time incarcorated in the fortress of
Yincennes, after tho coup lieut.. His wife,
accompanied by one of her sons, went 10
zoe him. They dined together in his
chamber. The son was extremely sad and
tacitun during tho dinner, and Mt last at
tneted his fathers attention. "Why, my
dear boy, what is tho matter with you p
',Nothing, father" replied the lad Of II.
SNonsense; | can see something tx the
matter with you. Como, toll mo what il
H." The boy b|lubbered: "Why, pa, | am
10 disappointed. Imado sure of seeing
you in a dungeon, chained to tho wall, and
YOU amt"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17
Justice in New York.

80
Judge Bowling, Of New York, loves n
before him, charged with whipping his
wife.
GLOW came he to beat you?" asked Judge
Bowling.
"Underneath where we live, at No. 40
Grand street, there is n dance house." ex-
planned the wife. 81 was told my husband
was there, and | took n Oma with me,
and we went and looked in"
WAS your husband thereS' pursued the
Judge.
"Yes, sir"
'Dancing Z"
eyes, sir"
"Did you go inside2"
"No, sir; but my husband saw mo, aud
soon came up TO our own room, when he
beat mo and smashed the furniture"
ut was not a proper place for her to co.
spoke up the husband.
at was n proper place for you, l sup.
pose 2"
"Any place is proper for men"
"Do you really think SOP
eyes, sir"
DWELL, then, I'll send you to tho Poni.
tertiary for three months"
GRASS PoR PAPER Large quantities oi
what is called Esparto grass tx being i'm,
ported into the United Statos for tho manu-
facture of paper. This grass grows luXu-
riantly in that country, and owing 10 its
toughness OF fibre il said 90 be tho best Of
all hbrous plants, excepting hOmp and cot.
ton, for paper. This grass il also sent in
large quantities to England and other Eu-
ropenn countries for paper. 1t costs, with
u duty Of So or 50 per ton in gold, Less
than three cents per pound, and is, there,
fore, q cheap article for paper stock. We
notice by the Rochester IN. " |iournall
that n quantity of this grass has been re,
ceiyed at that port by lake from Montreal,
to which place 1t was shipped from Europe.
The consignment was for the Niagara Fall
paper mills,
1t ii somewhat strange, however, thaI
while this Spanish product il thus coming
across tho Atlantic, and being conveyed
hundreds Of miles into the interior Of on
country, for the use of paper manufacture
era, parties inthe west arc engaged in pack
ing on prairie grass in bales TO be sont by
rail to the seaboard, and thence shipped L
England TO DO put into competition in tina
country with Esparto grass. Several hun
dred tons OF prairie grass are thus on thoi
way TO Europe as an experiment. II il
stated that our paper makers have tried Il
use this grass, but have heretofore failed h
make a m~erohantGblo article therefrom.
We will 500 what John Bun can do with IL
II no succeeds, whore wa failed, he will cor
tainly deserve c~ommendation.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

HEHE is n bit of French philosophy. II
IL set down 10 the credit of Alexander Du-
mas, Gls: -"Nalk two hours every day.
Sleep seven hours every night. Get upAs
soon M you wake. Speak only when nee
essary, and say only half what you think.
Don't write anything but what 20 can
sign. Think neither too much nor too lit
tie of money; it il n good servant but a
bad master. Beware of women before you
ara twenty. Avoid them after you are
forty"
Mrs, Edwin Booth has recovered from
her recent ~indiapCsition,
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

TIM DEAIocRAla carried the Legislative
elections in California, on Wednesday. Tie
vote vas light. This secures the defeat tf
the ratification of the Fifteenth Amend
ment to the National Constitution by thtt.
State
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

In nRIrr, Franco Is very tired Of Napolo-
on, but has not the concentration Of pwr.
pose 10 push him from thom. Therefore,
he sits there still, while everybody wishes
he would die. Perhaps he may. Thrent-
med men live long. "a watched pot new
or boils," says the homcly adngc. But this
man has given unmistaknble signs Of the
failure of that yigor of mind and character
which onco won him power. His irresolu-
ton aud inability TO Il ndle the roins ho
once graspcd 20 firmly, can no longer la
concealed. Friends begin to dread his
blundcrs, aud foes TO laugh ut his indeGi-
siyo mmbling Of affairs. Ho is q broken
man in mind assurcdly, and in mon Of his
stamp the mind alone keeps alive n body
worn out by excuses. II will not be very
strange, then, IL after several dispatches,
most positively assuring ms that 'tho En-.
peror IL in no danger" "iho Emperor has
fully recovered wo should one dry read
'tho Emperor is dead."-A Louis Demo.
crdt.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

a DOlI TNco LOT e!UU n bIuo, was foWed
10th OF DULY, between tho cutters of the
u. s.. steamer Iroquis and her Britannia
majesty's irigate Ocean. Tho latter beat
tho former in q five mile moe, four minutes
and twenty seconds. This result again
gives the boast 10 the Britishers in these
waters, which was won from them about q
year ago in a contest between the Ocean
and the Oneida.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-09-17

DEATH OF GEN. RAwmNs, Gen. Rawlins
died in Washington, ut d:l2 p. M, on the
9Th inst. In accordance with an order is,
sued by the State Department, all public
departments were closed on the 7th inst.