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Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-11-02

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The Prussians Pursuing the
Routed French at Amiens.
The Entire French Army of the
North Retreating upon Lille.
The Army of the Loire Re-
treating Southwest.
PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, December Ia Versailles
telegram announces that the Prussians
were not deceived by the furious bonn
bardment of Saturday and Sunday from
the forts upon the south side Of Paris,
and that their lines upon the north side
were Immediately strengthened in sew
eral weak points. The wisdom Of these
precautions has been proven by the
events of the past few days. The weak
line thrown out by the Prussiaps on Mon
day toward Choissy, upon the southeast,
was easily drawn in, and diversions in
various other directions on Saturday
were defeated These were feints to
cover the main attack upon the besiegers.
The real sortie from Paris commenced
yesterday A formidable line of battle
was developed along the line between
the works on the north and northeast
sides Of Paris. The battle, which is now
in progress there, is directed against the
Prussian second army corps, the fourth
and thirteenth corps and the Royal
Guards, who occupy the line extending
from the northwest of St. Dennis to the
forest of Bondy upon the east.
A dispatch from Versailles states that
General ManteuiIel reports that he is
vigorously pursuing the disordered
French Army of the North, routed in
the engagement around Amiens. The
Prussian cavalry are picking up many
fugitives. The entire Army Of the North
is retreating upon Lille, and notattempt-
ing to defend Arras
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ILl,INOIS.

psoRia, December between 3 and
10 o'clock last night q terrible tragedy
occurred in pekin, man named Pat
Doyle beng shot and almost instantly
killed by Sam Caslctty, known as Mig
ger Bill. Doyle, who was low, worth
less character was drunk, and assaulted
his wife, beating and abusing her in a
mos, shocking and brutal manner. Cas-
lefty and others interfered, and the
negro told Doyle that II he did not let the
woman alone he would shoot him, and
Immediately anerward Doyle fell, dying
in few minutes. Casletty is under ar
rest. Tits said he was on terms of Grim
inal intimacy with Doyle's wife.
Quincy, December Chief of Po-
lice McGraw yesterday made raid on
the employees of Harris, Beebe a Co.'S
works, and captured at the homes OF a
number of them considerable quantities
Of tobacco, sugar and other materials
stolen from the factory. They will be
bound over to-day. e
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DR.. Jules Guerin recently laid before
the Academy of Sciences, at Paris, two
schemes for maintaining telegraphic
communication between Paris and the
provinces by means of balloons. The
first consists in sending up a captive
balloon, and paying out telegraph wire
from it by means of free balloon, until
the latter reaches the ground. The in
termediate portion of the wire would be
kept in the air, at the desired height, by
a series of small balloons, attached to 1t
at distance from each other. The sec
.ond plan is wire inclosed in tube.
The latter, having series Of intersec-
tons filed with gas, would constitute a
kind of tubular balloon, which would, as
in the former case, be paid out by cap
tive balloon, and would follow the free
balloon until the latter reached the de
sired destination.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

1t is proposed in North Carolina to
impeach Gov Holden and Chief Justice
Parsons. The Raleigh Sentinel APP
proves Of u
The Democrats will have a majority
of three or four in the Nevada Legsla-
ture. In the last Legislature the Radl-
calls had a very large majority.
The Tallahassee Floridian, Of the 22d
instant, figures up official and unofficial
returns showing a majority of 4O2 for
Bloxham, Conservative candidate for
Lieutenant-Goyernors and Of 81 for
Niblack, Conservative candidate for
Congress The official majorities will
not vary much from 500, and this in the
teeth of very general frauds throughout
the State.
Charles j. Faulkner has been urged in
some quarters as United States Senator
from Virginia; but he has written and
caused to be published letter, in which
he says that he is at this time wholly in
capacitated, under the Fourteenth
Amendment, from holding any Office,
either under the Federal or State Gov
eminent. Since the war he has been
quietly following his professional and
agricultural pursuits.
The next State Senate of Pennsylva-
MIA is equally divided between the Demo
Gratis and Republicans, as it now stands,
but there is a vacancy, caused by the
death of Hon William W. Watt in the
First Senatorial District. This district
comprises seven wards in Philadelphia,
and a special election has been ordered
for December 20. Mr. Watt was a Re-
publican, but the district which he repre-
scented is nearly equally divided in poll
tics. During the recent contest the
were split into two factions,
and the feeling between them was bitter
This division has not, as yet, ceased to
exist, and there are several candidates in
each faction anxious TO fill Mr.. Watts
place. The Democrats, accordingly,
seem to have the advantage, and may
obtain control Of the State Senate on
account of Republican dissensions.
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NEW YORK..

Ngw YoRS, December The new
Darieu Surveying expedition sails from
the Brooklyn navy yard this morning in
the ship Guard, proyisioned for twelve
months. Thos. 0. Selfridge commands
the expedition, and full corps of sur
ycyors, asironomists and scientific gen
tlemen accompany the party, The Sag.
NAV. and Nipsie are ordered to the
Pacific side Of the isthmus to cooperate
with the Geanl, ftiN fgt2gy'
Nc. Cyrus ", Field states that his dis
patches this morning from Hearts Con!
tent are very favorable, indicating SPLEEN
did weather and every preparation com
plete for the immediate repair Of the ca
bles, He is Of the opinion that the re-
pairs win be completed in q very short
time, possibly to-day. 4Ttd 8n
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REVELs.

Senator Revels knows that he will not
be curiosity long, as he will soon have
company in Washington, and will cease
to rank as niger Of Importance.
Hence, he makes hay while the sun
shines, and 8 showing himself through
the North wherever he can get a crowd.
A few little darkeys, few riekety old
fanatics, male and otherwise, and a few
political demagogues, attend his lectures.
His last exploit was to lecture in Chicago
on 1.-THE Press" The Radical papers
gave synopsis Of what he said, but ad-
mitted that his audience was not as large
as it might have been. Revels is doubt
less more at home'in Chicago than any
where in Mississippi, but wherever he is,
he is no disesedit to his Radical associ-
ates; for he is true to his own race, and
they are not The black Radicals of the
country, at least, can claim some consist
encV
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ALABAMA,

The situation in Alabama is interest
ing. The State went Democratic and
needs reconstruction. The Radicals at
Montgomery know this fact better than
anybody else. Hence the effort to keep
out Gov. Lindsey and the Treasurer
elect. 1t is very sad TO see the loyal
carpet-baggers going out Of power They
have been greatly imposed upon Of late.
They had to leave Tennessee long ago,
and now we see them crowded down to-
ward the sea board. The Democrats Of
Alabama gave them cruel and unex-
pected blow. The following is from
North Alabama, written by Avery,
the Southern correspondent of the Gin
cinnah Commercial
So far as can learn. the election il
this State was fair one. If the blood,
Africans run the rebels away from tn
polls in any precinct in Alabama, / hav
not heard Of It; and, on the other hand
il the Africans we're not allowed TO cas-
their intelligent ballots in any Of th
counties, that circumstance has not com
TO my ears. II seems TO have been
fair election, where everybody voted b
honest sentiments, and got back 70 h
own.lireside At night without having h
throat cut fr0Ei ear 10 ear, OF has hea
mashed into . perfect Jelly. In many
the precinis in the northern portion
the State. where there were a good mat
whites, and but few negroes, the negro
voted the Democratic ticket What VI
b. done with them on this aceonna
whether they will be returned % n
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LOUISVILLE no BE EpIFIEp.

Hon. DAVID A. Wells has accepted an
invitation to address the people Of Louis
vile at an early day on the revenue and
industrial systems of the country This
is in response to an invitation signed by
leading citizens entertaining variety
of opinions in regard to the tariff and
questions arising therefrom. Mr.. Wells
has still the privilege of selecting his
own time for filling the appointment
His views at this time will be received
with more than ordinary interest by the
public at large. irrespective Of party af-
fiations.
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AFFIRMATIVE DEMOCRACY.

a
The leading Republican papers OF the
country admit that the extinction oil
slavery and the reconstruction OF all the
Southern States completes the mission
of the party and leaves them without any
distinctive party doctrine or rallying cry.
Ben Butler, in his furious Boston speech
the other night, artfully asserted that the
results of the war left both parties in the
same condition. All the Radical leaders
admit mat the party is no longer united,
and that their Shibboleth, if they have
one, is the preservation of the Republi-
can party" This, of course refers only
to the spoils Of Office The Radicals seek
to make the impression now that the Dem
oeratic party is united on no distinctive
measures or principles beyond the ele-
ments of mere opposition to the Admin
istration. The Chicago Tribune, the
leading Republican paper in the West,
argues from this position at length in
recent number, and makes the mistake
sometimes made by Old Line Wings Of
conforming the Democrats of the pre-
sent with the old party of that name
which existed before the war. The new
party has cut loose from all dead issues,
and goes forward, not backward. So far
the new organization has found enough
TO do as an opposition party without
specially advocating measures which
they were not in position to test or en-
force. But the official declarations OF
all tine national and State conventions
held since the war have been numerous
and positive enough to convince
the country that the Democratic
party has one affirmative policy on all
subjects affecting the industrial and po-
litical interests of the people, which will
be developed and put in operation just as
soon as the opposition becomes powerful
enough to cast aside the dominant faction.
As to that faction, II has Its positive char
acteristics, in love of power and the abuse
thereof for base party purposes, in vlo-
lations of the Constitution and disregard
of law, in tyrannical enactments, in
keeping standing armies quartered on
the people in times of peace, in keeping
hired spies to watch and numberless
marshals to Cypress the people and exact
the very pound of flesh. The Radical
party is not wanting in these destructive
traits and others that might be enumer-
ated. And when the. time comes the
Democracy Of the nation, young strong,
free from prejudices and corruption, will
make good all its professions Of reyer-
ence for the Constitution, and regard for
the enforcement of wholesome laws and
the rights of the human race.
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What People Find in This Country
tPresent-Things Going Wrong.

FROM tiit Nhbuhsl
People have recovered from the ex-
citement of the war against slavery. and
have begun TO look closely about them,
and the state of things which meet their
eyes is by no means satisfactory
They find themselves saddled with a
tariff Of Extraordinary completely, which
touches thousands of articles, and is full
Of snares and absurdities; they find
that, though its supporters declare it to
be the best tariff ever was, II is taken up
every winter regularly by these very per
sons, and overhauled from top TO bot
tom, tinkered and patched and modified,
under the instigation Of a powerful and
Unsuitable lobby, TO the great disturbance
Of business, and to the serious injury Of
the national industry.
They find the collection Of the national
revenue-that is, the transaction Of the
national business-committed TO a body
of men from whom not only no guaran-
/ tees as TO character OF capacity are ex-
acted, but who are furnished BY the very
nature Of the system under which they
are appointed with every conceivable
temptation to dishonesty aud idleness
and they are told BY competent OBJ
server that about a fourth Of the ma.
tional income is stolen OF lost in the pro.
cess Of collection.
: They find the State Legislatures, espe
eially in the East, becoming, oneby one
/ terribly corrupt, and passing rapid,
e under the control Of the great rings
e Of wealthy and INSCRIPTIONS jobbers
a whose combination are taking cOmplet
$ possession Of all the great Joint stool
i enterprises, the railroads. telegraphs
: expresses, and rising rapidly above III
Z jurisdiction Of the courts
4 They end the character Of the iudi
# ciary seriously deieriorstine in the YER
y regions in which Judicial integrity i &
: most consequently great CENTER .
Il wealth and population
l. They find the schools, the prisons III
e charities Of the country, gradually sir
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BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS. December The army OF
the North, under General Fayre, is fall
ing back upon Lille, having abandoned
Arras and Amiens to the Prussians.
The commandant at Lille is making Wig
orous measures 10 succor the defeated
French, and is determined TO conduct a
vigorous defense against Gen. Manteu-
ffel, who is pushing the French severely.
The troops at Lille, augmented by the
troops from Arras and Amiens, and re-
from the other interior towns,
can maintain their position securely be-
hind the impregnable works at Lille.
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Attachment Notice.
L. Newberger a Bro.

l.. Newberger a Bro.
VS..
It. G. Hoffman.
A TTACHMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUED
N by me in the above. entitled cause, on the
ground that the defendant is a nonresident
of the State of Tennessee, SO that the ordinary
process of law cannot be served upon
him, and the same having been re-
turned by the proper officer. executed, etc.,
the defendant will take notice that said cause
is set for trial on the 2Sth day Of December,
1870, at 10 o'clock am, before me, a
Justice Of the Peace for Shelby county, Ten
nessee, at my Office in the city ef Memphis,
when and where he must appear and defend
said suit, or the same will be proceeded with
notice be published onee week for four CON
secutive weeks in the Public Ledger, u news
paper published in the city of Memphis:
S. A. MOORE. j. p.
November %, 1870. 76-S2-Ss-9i
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

An Old Friend.-Ror many years the press
Of the country has chronieled the beneficial
effects Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Ed
itors. authors. physicians. merchants. officers
Of the army and navy. chemists, councillors,
ministers of the gospel. in short. great cloud
Of witnesses Of every profession. trade and
calling. have testified to its efficacy as tonic
and regulating medicine. The names and
statements Of these witnesses have been pub
lished in the public prints. Many Of them are
we'll known to The whole public. Their testi-
mony has never been challenged or impugned.
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TURKEY.

CoSsTAsTsoPLE, December l.-Gen-
eral lgnatiii, the Russian Ambassador
to the Turkish Court, in an interview
with the Grand Vizier yesterday, an
nounced that be was commissioned by
the Car to give to the Sublime Porte an
official denial Of the assertion that Rus
STA was arming. The Grand Vizier ae-
eepted his assurances Of the absence Of
any design upon the part Of Russia
against the sovereignty Of the Sultan.
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INDIANA.

INpnSArous, December lat the
bar meeting yesterday, in the Supreme
Court-rooms, it was resolved to memo
rialize the Legislature for change in
the laws to provide for another judge,
and to divide the State into five districts
instead Of four.
General Geo. II, Chapman will be APP
pointed receiver of the New Albany and
Salem railroad.
An effort will be made to abolish the
Office Of Agent of the State at New York.
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IRELAND.

DUBLIN. December IAN immense
mass meeting was held in this city last
evening FOR the purpose % declaring the
sympathy Of the Catholics Of Dublin
with the Holy Father. Bishop Cullen.
an lHshman, presided, and a liberal
gathering Of the clergy appeared on the
platform.
Resolutions we're adopted by tlie meet
ing denouncing Italy for her invasion Of
the POntificial Territory, and demand
ing the restoration Of the same II was
also resolved 20 embody these protests in
the appeal to the King Of Italy. ~
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Attachment Notice.

NJ. Leopold q Co.
VS..
Theodore G. Hoffman,
A PLACEMENT HAVING BEEN ISSUED
N by me in the above entitled cause, on the
ground that the defendant is a nonresident
of the State of Tennessee, so that the
ordinary process of law cannot be served
upon him, and having been returned
by the proper officer, executed, etc., the
defendant will take notice that the above
entitled cause is set for trial on the 18th day
of December. 1870, at 10 o'clock am, before
me, Justice of the Peace for Shelby
county. atmy Office in the city of Memphis,
where he must appear and defend said suit,
or the case will be proceeded with ex parte
and il is further ordered that this notice shall
be published once a week for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger, n newspaper pub
lshed in the city of Memphis.
S. A. MOORE, J. P.
Notember %, 1870. 76- S2-SS-9i
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KENTUCKY.

LOUISVILLE, December III. Nj. Pat
terson. civil engineer, who has been EN-
ployed on the canal, and who has been
missing since Tuesday night, was found
drowned this afternoon in the river at
the foot of Preston street His death is
supposed to be the result of an accident,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-01

L ECAL.
mo. 2SS, r. d.
mo. 1888, r. d.
Fg Bill for Divorce.
In the Second Circuit Court of
Shelby County.

Joseph Baumann)
VS..
Marie Baumann.)
A BILL FOR DIVORCE HAVING BEEN
N filed in this case. and it appearing from
affidavit that the defendant, Marie Baumann,
is a nonresident Of the State of Tennessee;
il is therefore ordered that she make her APP
pearance herein, at the Courthouse in the City
of Memphis, Tenn, on or before the third
Monday in January, 1871, and plead,
answer or demur to compliments bill,
or the same will be taken for con-
fessed as to her and set for hearing exparte !;
and that a copy of this order be published
once week, for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
Done ut Office. this 2sth day Of November,
1870. p. ID. BOYLE, Clerk.
By W. LEWIS WHARTON, Deputy Clerk.
Bullock x Lee, Solicitors for Complainant.
1I-H2. .9hR
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OLD FRIEND

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ing equal TO the enjoyment experienced by
the afflicted when using this valuable specific.
In mild tone. its sure and vigorous action
upon disordered stomach, and the cleansing
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the whole community as RELIABLE
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FRANCE.

Tours, December LA dispatch re-
ceived by the CommitleeOf Defense from
General de Palladines announces that
the Army of the loire ia nearly intact
but is retreating southwest.
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1t is said that the largest room in the
world is in a cotton mill down in little
Rhode Island. II is $50 feet long by 76
vide. The building, which is not com
pleted, is POO feet long, 76 feet wide and
four stories high
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-01

Josh Billings says; 81 don't believe
in bad luck being set for a man like a
trap; but | have known lots of folks
who, If there was any first-rate bad luck
lying around loose, would be sure to get
one foot into il anyhow!
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OHIO.

ALLIANCE, December L. Nixon d
Co.'S large manufacturing house made
an assignment last night causing Feetorr
& Son, bankers, to suspend payment
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-01

LONDON, December THE Morning
Post says the Suez Canal Company has
become an English joint stock company.
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No Cure, No Pay. = FoEEEsr's JuErrER
TAR-For Coughs. Group. Whooping Cough.
Asthma. Bronchitis. Sore Throat. SPLITTING OF
Blood and Lung Diseases. Immediate relief
and positive cure. OF price refunded. % oents'
N. B.-The genuine article has yellow labels
Nth white, imprinted wrapper.
ant GOODYEAR A HILLS.
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ping away from the hands Of the men
who make these things the object of hui
name and scientific pursuit and passing
more and more into the hands OF political
charlatans, TO whom school, or prison,
or workhouse, Is only interesting as
place in which they can lind places Tor
a certain number OF party hacks.
They find, too. that in these rs we'll
as in the posioflice and various other
important branches Of administration,
the separation between the intellect of
the nation and the practice of the art OF
government is growing yearly wider, aud
that i'm many of them Europe, which
once copied us, has far SURPASSED as,
The condition of the prison at sing,
Sing would Gil any European jailcr with
horror Our, postoilice is a medieval
continuance compared TO the British, and
our schools fall far below THOSE Of Ger
many in the quality OF the instruction
and in the proportion Of the national
children which they lay hold OF and
train.
The institutions which are rapidly
gaining, not in wealth only, but in power
and efficiency, are the universities, hut
this is unanimously ascrihed to the provi-
Dental arrangement which has deprived
the Government of control over them.
gen. Grants Troops Ina Maryland.
From the Eastern Shoreman.l
As the eleven United States soldiers
were returning from Princess Anne, the
cars stopped at Seaford, Delaware, and
the United States marshal, Houston, of
that place, entered the car and asked the
captain how tae election passed OIL
"0h, fine, very fine, said the captain.
Marshal--Wss there quiet electionl
Captain-Perfectly sir; no disturbance.
Marshal-And the Radicals all voted :
Captain-l guess so. Ga q tHr
MarShal-Well, how is the election
gomez Fl AL.
Captain Every Id Radical is
cleaned up; never will be heard of any
more down there; dead, sir. dead as a
herring; gone up Salt river in a leaky
craft.
Marshal-Whatl didn't you go down
to protect the Radicals
Captain--Not id bit Of Il Tn
n Democrat, and every man under me is
a Democrat, and in two years we intend
to clean up that id rascal, old
Granny Grant
The Marshal fled in dismay.