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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

All the lame ducks in and out of New-fork'
and thousands of their friends. join IN tho
same cry; and the outgvings from Washing
ton alarm us somewhat as TO the PRESIDENTS
alleged purposes in tho same direction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

The defalcation of the cashier of the Security
Bank of this city, elsewhere referred to, discour-
aging rs IL is from a moral point of view, is a
change in the general mOnotony OF defalca-
t;ons Heretofore the defaulters have only
borrowed" funds intrusted to them and nave
snecuIated with them to great disadvantage.
This man stole $4,000 outright and ran away
with a strange woman. How far this is an
Improvement OH the general tone OF default
crsi morals we cannot say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

The new Constitution for Pennsylvania is
threatened with another danger. SO long as
it had only o popular vote to encounter its
friends were satisfied but the Ring politicians
are moving heaven and earth to defeat it, and
it is reported that they propose to embarrass
matters by legal processes. 1t is now thought
that they have secured an advance opinion
from the Chief-Justice of the State, by which
they are emboldened in their open tactics
against the amended Constitution. We still
find it difficult TO believe that any judge
would be guilty of such a fragrant oifonso
against public morals; but our Philadelphia
dispatch is quite explicit in its statements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

The Republicans Of Massachusetts, seem to have
spent good deal of money during the recent can
vass and TO have got little enough for the expendi
ture. About $4,000 were raised IN the Custom
house, and of this 1856 Custom-house clerks gave 50
each. In the Post Office 17S clerks and carriers
gave 800. In the Pension Agency, sub-Treasury,
and Naval Office about 200 were collected. The
beauty of this sort of assessment is that nobody is
Obliged to give anything unless he pleases. Heaven
and the Administration both love cheerful givers.
Civil Service Reform, of course. cannot prevent
tidc-waiter OF letter carrier from putting little
money where it will do the most good That would
be an infringement of private right of which Col
lectors and Postmasters wouldn't for the world be
guilty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

All the signs point to heavy campaign on
Congress and in Congress for substantial
expansion Of the currency. In some quarters
at the West the manufacturers talk strongly
in favor Of immediate measures Tor specie
payments, no matter if the present pinch DC
little intensified thereby; but in many others
there ia a revival of the old gTeenback heresy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

To know how to spell correctly is good thing
unless you are an American humQrist. 1t is a thing
which might have saved a certain Irish gentleman
in London the slight unpleasantness into which
he recently plunged. This persons untamed in
tcllect needing recreation. he accordingly took
il to a Holbon theater. where in an opera
boulIe he listened to a chorus called the PAN
demonum Chorus" To the ordinary mind this
would seem an entirely natural adjunct of
an opera boufe, but this Irish gentleman
made the little mistake of thinking Pandemonium
spelt Paray.le-Monial, and being a Catholic, he
didn't like it, He instantly wrote to the manager to
say that if it were put the stage again. he aud
four or five hundred other Catholics would come to
the theater and break the peace. The manager nat
urally appealed to the police, and by this time the
excited Irshman probably knows that Pandemo-
mum doesn't mean the place to which numerous
British subjects lately made their pilgrimage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

Although there are no indications OF any
general suffering in the country this Winter
on account of the hard times, it is evident
there will be much distress in this city and
vicinity. The number Of persons ont of en-
ployment is very large; TO provide them
with labor is better than TO furnish
them with money. Brooklyn is con-
sidering various projects for the relief of
unemployed laborers, of which the most SEN
sible seems to be reinforcement of funds
available for the carrying on of needed public
works now in progress. This ia difficult to do
in city which has already had its treasury
raked 1t is also proposed to issue relief
bonds on pledge of the cify7 credit In
Newark, also, the pressure for relief OF some
sort is very great, as well as in other large
towns in New jersey. That something practical
and humane must be done in NewYOr is
every day becoming moro apparent. IL Is
here that the pressure is greatest and the
distress will be sharpest. Whatever may be
properly done by the city authorities land we
fear it is not much), the obvious duty of
every citizen is to order his manner OF living
so as to help the poor by all the various means
which considerable thoughtfulness may suggest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

Not long ago died the Col. Russell known in the
Southwest as Owl RUSSELL" who was ouce Henry
Clay's private secretary. He was man Of intense
egotsm whose chef object in life was to be admired
and notorious Years and years ago, while in the
Missouri Legislature, he got the sogbrquet which
chung to him all the rest OF his life, and actually
carried him ont of his political career. 1t was
during n violent debate in which he had shown an
absurd pomposity that Of his political comrades
rose and quietly told little story lie said that one
night Russell while travelling through the woods,
lost his way and being stranger in that part OF the
country became rather nervous. While In tins
sorry plight he suddenly heard voice not far away,
calling sout, =" Who, who, who are your The an
swer was loud and prompt: 81 am Col. William IL.
Russell, for many years prominent member OF the
Kentucky Legislature, was School Commissioner for
the southern district of Kentucky am now the Rep
resentative of Galloway County in the Missouri
Legislature, am spoken Of as the Wbig candidate
for next Congress, and am lost Who are you
OF course the question repeated, and the answer
was again returned with all its linked dignity until
the audience screamed with laughter and greeted
poor Russell whenever he dared to rise with Who,
who. who are your Aud SO he got his name Of
Owl RUSSELL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

There has been a great improvement this year IN
the THANKSGIVING Procamations put out by the
Governors. Those which we have seen have been
commercially brief. In Massachusetts,, the State in
which Thanksgiving was discovered, the PToclama-
lions used to be a yard long, and when the parson
read the Official copy in church, one end OF 1t hung
down in the broad aisle before he had finished. III
told the people with great minuteness what they
were to be thankful for-crops, health, peace, &c'
&c. as if they didn't know without telling Ii adj
yised them to go to church. to say their prayers to
cat good dinner, and generally to unite plety and
iollity; and it always ended, God save the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts, an aspiration when
had great effect upon the small boys of the eongre-
cation partly from its impressiyeness ana partly
because they werc in hurry to get out OF church,
and were glad when the reading was over The
Governors nowadays do not make such great dis
play of their gon and it must be confessed that
IN the old times very queer names were sometimes
attached to the grateful and pious Pub. Doc. From
being a local, Thanksgiving has become national
holiday still the Massachusetts people are of opinion
that it cannot DO celebrated with proper spirit any
where outside their ancient borders. But it has
grown iollier as it has grown moro general. There
was once touch Of ascetcism mis- Observance, but
now 1t has monOpOlized a good deal Of the merTi-
ment which properly belongs to Christmas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

Until further details of the capture of the
Virginus are received, it will probably be i'm
possible for our Government TO settle upon
any definite line of policy. But already
disposition is apparent against which timely
warning should be given. Dispatches from
Washington show that the Secretary of State
desires to place prominently before the public
mind the very friendly relations subsisting be
tween our own Government and that of
Madrid. The circumstance is n fortunate one ;
but it should not be employed by the Secre-
tary of State--as il seems likely to be--as q
pretext for pursuing feeble course IN this
affair." The events which preceded the capture
of the Virginius and those attending the exc
cution of the prisoners at Santiago do Cuba
seem to indicate that it was intended to offer
an indignity to our national honor. When it
is ascertained what our rights are under the
law of nations nothing should be left uudonc
for the vindication of our dignity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

without repeating the ancient and sententious
observation concerning sraws and the course of the
wind, we note these small signs OF the times In ST.
Louis an eloquent clergyman lately preached on the
Christian life, and drew one of his most valuable
illustrations from the back pay episode, treating his
imaginary COngressmans yielding to temptation
somewhat after Mr. DeForest's fashion. At a Teach
ers Institute held in this State last month praeti
cal speaker, while suggesting to,teachers the moral
instructions they ought TO give, held up the men of
the Credit Mcbilier as o warning TO youth. When
political evil is actively and vigorously denounced
in pulpit and school the most melancholy Jacques
may hope in the republic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

The modern Miss Capulet apparently thinks there's
q good deal IN a name, for, while she dellghtedly
wears the diamonds of Golconda, she turns cold
gaze upon the diamonds of the Cape, because as we
are gravely told. their name doesn't sound as well
An authority announces that the value OF the dla-
monds lately found in the Cape fields is uore than
600; vet this large harvest has not reduced
their commercial value IL has, however worked
changes in the trade of diamond cutting, for the
cutters at Amsterdam since tho discoveries at the
Cape have earned from $50 to 800 a week. Form
erly theu weekly earnings were only about 30s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

There is reason to believe that an arrange
ment will be made, through the concessions Oh
some of the more conservative Republicans IN
the French Assembly, for the prolongation OF
President MacMahon's powers. Although the
state of affairs is more promising than
when the Assembly opened, the compromise
which is likely to bo mado is not without
some very decided evils. Even as President
of "Republic," the short period which Mac
Mabon has already served shows that the
country is not safe in his hands. The gross
partiality of his Ministers during the recess,
and his extraordinary demand for dictatorial
powers, clearly indicate that he may at amy
time betray the Republic to its enemies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-11

When the Rev. j. p. Newman, Chaplain of
the Senate, went off on a rowing commission
around the world, il-naturod people said that
his appointment was 81 job" and that he was
only Presidential favOrite on a cheap tour
This may now be set down as q weak inVen-
ton. Special Agent Newman has been heard
FROM He has made q report from Japan, in
which he magnifes his mission. Special Agent
Newman says that japanese cmiOsities are
very much undervalued by the exporters, az
these things, like cold masters" have no
fixed value. This is shocking information.
He also declares, according to our report. that
Japan, "with unparalleled progress, has passed
within few years from the civilization of
the middle ages to the civilization of the
"West" This is pleasant; but was it neces-
sary to send Special Agent Newman all the
way to Japan to tell us of i'll
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-01
LEGAL NONSENSE.

For first-class specimen of legal non
sense, we can commend our readers to the
following extract from the dissenting opin-
ion of Justice Reed on the Constitutionality
of the Local Option Law:
"The question of license or no license is
to be submitted to the citizens of Philadel-
phia at the general election in October
next, and if the vote is against license,
then the city will be under prohibitory
law during the whole Centennial Celebra-
tion to which we had invited the whole
country On the 4th of July, 1776, every
patriot drank to the Independence of the
United States, and shall it be that on July
4th, 1876, all we can lawfully offer to our
guests on this our great anniversary, will
be glass of Schuylkill water seasoned with
lump of Knickerbocker ice "
We may conclude from this choice ex-
tract that every man who did not drink
something stronger than water on the 4th
of July, 1776, was no patriot, as he asserts
that every patriot drank, and that those
who indulge simply in ice water on the 4th
of July, 1876, will not show proper ap-
probation of the day we celebrate.
To call such stuff a legal argument, is
an insult to common sense.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-01
Gbe Giues, Mem Bloontftelo, 1]a.


The following circular relative to the
brigantine Mary Celeste, found derelect at
sea, has been issued from the Treasury De-
partment, directed to Collectors of Customs
and others:
"You are requested to furnish this De-
partment with any information which you
may be able to obtain, affording clue
which may lead to discovery of all the
facts concerning the desertion of vessel
found on the 18th of December last, in lati-
tude'29.20 north, and longitude 1851 west,
derelect at sea, and which was towed into
the harbor Of Gibralter by the British YES
sci Del Gratia, and there libeled by the
sailors. BY the log of the abandoned YES
sci, she is supposed to be the American
brigantine Mary Celeste, bound from New
York to Genoa, and it is supposed that she
sailed from New York, and that her mas
ter was named Briggs. The circumstances
of the caseitend to arouse grave suspicious
that the master, his wife and child, and
perhaps the chief mate, were murdered in
the fury of drunkenness by the crew, who
had evidently obtained access to the alco-
hol with which the vessel was in part la
ded
1t is thought that the vessel was aban-
doned by tie crew between the 25th day of
November, and the 9th day of December,
and that they either perished at sea, or
more likely escaped on board some vessel
bound for some North or South American
port or the West Indies. When discovered
the derelect vessel was thoroughly sound,
with the exception of the bows, which had
been injured by some sharp instrument.
She was well found and provsioned, and
no reason for her desertion was apparent.
A sword with the appearance of blood
thereon was on board, and marks of blood
were found upon the sails. The vessels
documents and chronometer have not been
found but almost the whole of the person.
al effects of the master, his wife and child
and of the crew were discovered in good
condition, and books, trinkets, gold lock-
cts and female wearing apparel of superior
quality were left untouched in the cabin.
The log was completed to noon of the Gath
of November. Many other details concern
ing the matter are in possession of this De-
partment, which will be furnished upon
application, if necessary.
(Signed) VIM. A. RICHARDSON.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-01
Altoona
A Church Difficulty.

A difficulty has occurred in Augusta twp,
Northumberland CO., where the Lutheran
and German Reformed denominations joint
ly own a church and worship in it. When
the church was constructed an agreement
was made between the two congregations
that nothing but divine service" should
be allowed therein. Subsequently Sunday
schools were held by the two denomina-
tions in school house in the vicinity. The
brethren did not dwell long together in
unity before irreconcilable differences
effected separation, and the Lutherans
appropriated the church for Sunday school
services Holding that Sunday schools did
not come under the classification of "di-
vine service' the Reformed denomination
prosecuted the Lutherans. The law suit
resulted in Judge Rockefeller sustaining
the defendants. The case was carried to
the Supreme Court, and that tribunal has
just reversed the decision of the court be-
low
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-01
The Anderson Suicide.

The clouds surrounding the cause of the
suicide of 7. f. Anderson, at Franklin, have
been effectually dispelled by the investiga-
tion and verdict of the coroner's jury. The
jury called to sit upon the case was some of
the best citizens of the town, men who had
known the unfortunate gentleman init
mately and well and who after weighing
all the facts and evidence brought before
them, were unanimously of opinion that
the act was committed while laboring
under fit of insanity, and that he had been
in that condition for some time previous to
the tragedy. This fact was strengthened
by the investigation of the affairs of the
bank, which showed that his accounts were
strictly correct, and that there was no de-
falcation, and no outside accommodation to
friends, and hence that the expression in
dicating such state of facts in his CONVEX
sation and letters written previous to his
death, out of which so many painful rumors
were manufactured, were but the fancies of
of disordered brain. We have but to add
that the verdict gi yes universal satisfaction
to Franklin, as the facts developed show no
stain on the unfortunate mans character
IitusDilie Courier.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-01
A CONGRESSIONAL swINpLE.

To call the action of Congress in repeal
ing the Franking Privilege step to-
wards retrenchment, would be ridiculous.
To have simply repealed that law, would
have been such step, but when we consid-
er that an addition was made to the salary
of each member, to cover expenses of post
age, and that large appropriation was
made to each department for the purchase
of postage stamps, the action is proved to
be only dodge to obtain notoriety for
reform while they are actually picking the
National pocket.
An enormous number of stamps must be
manufactured to meet the daily demands Of
Government machinery all over the land.
The manufacture of these stamps cost mon
ey, and Uncle Sam must pay it. The
Treasury, the Post-office, and the depart
ment using the stamps must have clerks to
keep watch of the money and the stamps;
and Uncle Sam must pay their bills, also.
For instance, the Treasury furnishes to
the Patent Office sum of money for post
age. The Patent Office goes over to the
Post Office and spends that money for
stamps, and the Post Office turns the
money over to the Treasury, as part Of
it's earnings, while the Treasuryhas to hire
a clerk to keep the account with the Patent
Office, and the Patent Office has to hire a
clerk to keep its accounts with the Treas
ury.
SO the money goes round and round, like
the white horse in the circus, and every
time the errand boy licks a stamp the pub
lie treasury is depleted by just the cost
thereof. If the law required an officer to
throw three cents from the public funds
into the river every time he writes an OFF,
cial letter, and then send the letter free, the
Government would save money.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-01
A Kentucky TragedY.

A terrible tragedy occurred near Bards-
town on last Saturday week. G.. w.
Holtzhouser one of the oldest and most
esteemed citizens was sitting in his office
at about half past seven o'clock, p. m,
with his unmarried son ID. w. Holtzhouser,
when his married son ]. Holtzhouser,
entered and without speaking pulled out
navy revolver and shot his brother, the ball
entering his left breast and lodging under
the shoulder blade. The wounded young
man rose from his chair and as he did so
received another shot, entering near his
shoulder, when he fell forward, receiving
the third shot on the crown of the head the
ball lodging under the right eye. The
fratricide Immediately left the premises
and has not been heard of since. The
cause of the murder is supposed to be a
feud Of several months standing. All the
parties were held in high esteem and
great excitement has been caused in the
community by the tragic affair.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-01
HRnfaI0 BILL

"Buffalo Bill'' was at Hartford, Conn,
the other day, and while visiting Colts
Armory, the large number of spectators
who had assembled to see the famous
scout, desired him to favor them with an
exhibition of his skill as marxsman. Bill
gave the chew of tobacco in his mouth TO a
small boy to keep warm; small piece of
white paper was put up on a barn door,
fifty rods distant; B. William seized fine
new rifle, spit on his hands, and in the
manner so often described by Ned Bunt-
line. raised the weapon until his nose rested
on the stock, fired, and picket was knock
ed off from a fence ten feet to the left of
the barn. "This rifle barrel is crooked, )"
said Bill; so saying he hit it over stone to
straighten it, then shot again, this time
barking the shin of an old pie woman on
the right flank. A third trial and he hit
the barn fair in the centre, and the shout
that arose from the assemblage attested
the joy of the spectators at his success.
Bill is just as good an actor as he is marks
man, which is very remarkable in these
days of corruption and bribery.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-04-01
Three Little Children Perish.

A dispatch from Detroit says the house
of Henry Peters, at Grass Point, six miles
from that city, was burned last night while
Peters and his wife were absent. Four
children were in the house. The Oldest,
aged fourteen, escaped, but ran back to
the burning house to rescue her younger
sisters. She seized them and attempted to
carry them out, but was overcome by the
fire and smoke, and was only saved by the
efforts Of neighbors who were called to the
spot by her screams. All the children but
the oldest perished, and the latter is badly
burned. The fire is supposed to have been
caused by the bursting of kerosene lamp.