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Burial.

The bones of Joseph Guibord
were yesterday laid to rest in Cote
des Nieges, the parish cemetery at
Montreal, in which he purchased a
lot during his lifetime, but from
which his body was debarred for six
years by an ecclesiastical decree,
which was finally annulled Dy the
Queens Privy Council. A brief re-
view of the incidents of this remar-
kable contest between the civil and
the ecclesiastical authority NAV not
be out of place. Joseph Guibord
was a French Canadian printer in
Montreal, whose fame aud promi-
nence have been entirely post-mor-
TEN, as be was in his life unknown
outside his own circle of friends
When the Institut Canadien, a free
reading room and library, was found
ed, be became o member. The In
siitut had upon its shelves certain
books that were interdicted by the
Papal Index, ana Bishop Bourget ex-
communicated its members. Guibord.
however, refused to sever his eonnec-
ton with the Institut. In 1869 he
died so suddenly that no priest could
be summoned, and. of course, with
out opportunity to confess, recaut
and receive the last sacramen of the
Church. On the 9Th OF November.
1869, his friends sought to bury his
remains, and were refused admission
to Cote des Neiges, the parish GENE
terry, as the Church authorities you'd
not permit an communicated per-
son to be buried in consecrated
ground. His wife, herself a true
daughter of the Church, besought
her Father Confessor to repent, and
finally, at the instiga.ion of her
late husbands friends, applied to a
Superior Court for an order to CON-
pei the Church to allow his burial in
the lot be had bought, and at the
time of his death owned, in the Gem
etery. She obtained the order, and
from a Roman Catholic Justice, but
the Church appealed. The widow
Guibord soon after died, and was
buried in the lot alluded to.
The lnsiitut Canadien appealed
the case to the highest tribunal, the
Queens Priyy Council, and on No.
vember %, 1874, that body granted
an order commanding the Church
authorities to receive the body of
Joseph Guibord for burial, with the
full rites of the Church, in the conse-
Grated ground of his own lot, a right
of which they declared his remains
individually possessed under theI old
French law. On receiving the Priry
Councils order last July, the Superb
or Court issued q mandamus COM
manding the Fabrique de Notre
Dame, who control the cemetery, to
bury the body with the usual rites.
This was served August Both, and
on September edthe remains were
taken from the tomb where they had
rested six years, and borne to Cote
des Neiges. The ignorant French
Canadian people of the parish flock
ed to the cemetery to the humber Of a
thousand or more, and violently re-
sisted the entrance Of the funeral
cortege, which was attended by
about three hundred Of the friends of
~
Guibord. NJ. Duutre, President of
the lnstitut, and counsel and leader
of the Guibord party, attempted to
address the mob, which so iniQriated
them that they attacked the hesrse
with stones, and compelled its driver
to seek safety in fight. The driver
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On Wednesday night of last VIZ

On Wednesday night of last week
d bold robbery at Greensburg, and
the burglars succeeded in getting
with goods to the value of 81,
500. The stores from which the ar
ticles were taken belongs to the firm
of Block & Co and yesterday morn
ing It was noticed that the wheel
marks of q wagon led from the door
of the building. By following up
the clue thus presented there was no
difficulty in tracing the vehicle to o
house some three miles distant,
ani situated near the main road
leading from town. The building
was surrounded, and some eight or
ten persons therein at the time were
captured. A search vas then insti-
tuted. which resulted in the hnding
of all the stolen property. Numer-
U robberies have been purpetrated
ia Westmoreland county recently,
and il is now thought that the gang
of desperadoes who were operating
in that vicinity have all been caPtur-
ed. At the next term Of Court in
that district the whole party will be
tried
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Death of L. \. Senator Ferry,of OR
nccticut.

NoRwALK, CoNs, Nov. 2l.-Sen-
ator Orvis s. Ferry, whose health
has been failing for some months,
died this afternoon.
Senator Ferry was born at Bethel,
Conn, August 10, 1928; graduated
at Yale College; studied and prac-
ticed law; was appointed Judge of
Probate in l749; was n member of
the State Senate in 1855 and 1856;
was States Attorney from 1856 to
1859; was a member of the United
States House of Representatives in
the Thirty-sixth Congress; was a
Colonel and Brigadier General in the
Union army, serving with marked
distinction; was elected to the United
States Senate a. a Republican to sue
coed Lafayette S. Foster, Union Re-
publican, and took his seat on March
4, 1867; was reelected in 1872, and
his term of service would have ex-
pired in March, lS79.-PWSburgh
{ commercial.
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FRANK HUGHEs Of Po~ttsville, the
champion Of Pershing in the late
canvass, and the special advocate in
this State of imitation, evidently con
siders the Democratic party no longer
available as a political organization,
and therefore virtually abandons it.
He is out in a letter in favor of a new
party, based chiefly Of the doctrine Of
a legal-tender paper currency.
He asks the cooperation Of the
men of all parties who favor, first,
the immediate and unconditional re-
peal of the resumption act of the last
Congress; and second, Govern
ment legal-tender paper currency, re-
ceiyable for all debts, public ard
private, except where contracts re-
quire payment In coin, and made
convertible into Federal bonds, the
principal Of which shall be payable
in gold, and the interest on which
shall be fixed at such a rate as will
keep the bonds at par with gold I;
such issue to be limited only by the
wants of trade as determined by the
reconversion OF such legal tenders
into the bonds and back again.
This is the scheme of a mere
demagogue, by which it is hoped to
array the rag, tag, and bobtail Of the
population in q mass, against the re-
sumption of specie payments and an
honest currency. 1t has no political
significance, except hat it shows the
utter disintegraion of the once grea'
democratic party of Pennsylvania
by the fact that one of its adnitteC
leaders thus openly proposes to aban
don not only its organization, but al
its past traditions and principles, fol
the sake, as be hopes, Of overthrow
ing the party in power. 1t is, il
short, a proposition to base a party
on the single cry of anything Il
beat the Republicans"
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Railway Accident.

AUGUSTA, Nov. lS.-A frightful
accident took place last night on the
Charlotte, Columbus & Augusta
Railroad, hear Pine House, about
twenty-five miles from Augusta.
After the regular passenger train left
Columbia yesterday afternoon for
Augusta, it was followed by a train
of empty cars from Augusta. The
two trains rolled on at the rate of
twenty miles per hour, one following
close upon the other. The passenger
train had just reached the siding,
and was about to stop when the
second train came rushing along, and
and the engine telescoped the ladies'
passenger car, throwing it and the
smoking car from the track. A ter
rible scene followed. The ladies'
car was filed with passengers. Men,
women and children were jammed
together, wounded, crushed and
bleeding. After a few moments con
fusion the windows and doors were
broken open and the passengers a r
ried from the wreck. But one life
was lost, that of Charles Nightingale,
of Brunswick, Ga, and who seemed
to have been steamed TO death. The
son of Mr.. Hegesheimer, United
States Coast Surveyor, who was in
the smoking car, was seriously in
jured. Mr.. Deshman, of Baltimore,
commercial traveller, bled a great
deal and appeared badly wounded.
Governor Chamberlain, of South
Carolina, was among the passengers.
The outward train from Augusta,
being unable to pass the wreck, re-
turned with the wounded, some of
whom, however, proved to have but
slight injuries.
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THE result Of the late election in
Mississippi has added FIVE more to
the long list of ex.rebeIs and confed-
crate soldiers already elected to Con-
gress. Late advices from Washing
ton sa, that political circles are Deep
ly stirred with a umo started since
the elections are over, that the ex-
Confederates have organized with a
view of controlling the approaching
organization of the House. The pro-
gramme is said to be the election of
a Northern Democrat as Speaker, and
the apportionment of the other Off
GERS, such rs clerk, sergeant-at-arms,
aud d~oorkeeper among Southern
men. These three latter officers con-
troll all the subordinate appointments,
and of course they will be filed with
ex-rebels. Ofcourse, also, the Speaker,
whoever be may be, will owe bis
election to this combination Of South.
ern men. and they will dictate in ad-
vssce, the chsirmen of all the i'm
portantcemmittees. We shall there
fore. in all probability, witness the
amazing spectacle of Confederate
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was seriously injured, and numerous
wounds and bruises were Inflicted IN
the conflict of the day, but no lives
were lost. The body was returned to
the tomb, where it has since been
guarded by 40 armed force Bishop
Bonrget, evidently alarmed at the
serious results of bis intolerant
preaehiugs, at once published q letter
in which be deprecated the rioious
proceedings, and urged his people to
refrain from further violence, prom
Using an easier and more satisfactory
solution OF. the difficulty by curslng
the spot of Guibord's interment, thus
protecting the consecTated cemetery
from pollution. The next Sunday
Bishop Bourgeois decree eursing
GUbord's lot was read in the Church
of Notre Dame. Since then there
has been a great deal of talk over
the affair, andit was anticipated that
any attempt on the part of the friends
Of Ghibord to bury him in the eeme-
terry would be violently resisted by
the populace. Nevertheless, his re-
mains were yesterday laid beside his
u;fa
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Fires.

LoUIsvILL, KY, Nov. 16.-Tbis
afternoon a fire was discovered in
the city hall, and the flames gained
such Roadway that it was thought
the whole building would be destroy
ed, but by the energetic efforts of the
fire department the FIRE vas confined
TO the tower of the building. Water
had to be thrown $50 feet high, COM
polling two engines to play into the
same hose. By means of long ropes
the hose were drawn TO the top OF
the hall and there used to great ad-
vantage. 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the pamage at present, but the
loss will fall below the insurance,
which is $45, 600.
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THAT sturdy Roman, Judge PERISH
ing, was during the late canvass,
lauded to the echo by his Democrat
ic supporters for doing his duty, by
sentencing to the ~penitentiary a cou-
pie of Democratic County Commits.
sioners for defrauding the county
treasury Of Schuylkill, they viii now
have another opportunity of bestow'
ing their planGits on another judge
for sending to the same prison The
Democratic Protbonotary and bis
clerk in Luzerne county for altering
the election returns. and thereby at.
tempting TO cheat the Republican
candidates out Of their election.
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the Mails.

CLEVELAND, o., November To-
Richard Doekstaded, a clerk in the
Postofice in this city for the past if-
teen years, was arrested last night on
the charge of robbing the mails.
On bis person were found eleven let
teT addressed to Cleveland parties.
Seven of these letters had been open
ed. A preliminary examination was
held this morning, and bail fixed at
5000, in default of which the priso-
ner was committed TO jail.
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In is eighteen years since a Demo-
crat presided over the House Of Rep
resentatives. The last Democratic
was Orr. OF South C%Orlina, whose
term expired March 4, 1859. He
was succeeded by Pennington, be by
Grow, be by Colfax, and be by
Blaine. The struggule between the
various Democratic aspirants for
this position bids fsi: to prove one Of
great bitterness. Nine candidates
have already been named: Keer and
Holman, of Indiana Coxand Wood,
Of New York; SaylOr and Payne, Of
Ohio; Randall, of this State; Lam
ar, of Mississippi, and Walker, Of
Virginia, not one of whom, except,
possibly, Kerr, is entitled to much
respect either for abilities or cbarac-
ter.-Pissburgh Commercial.
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Serious State Of AHair. on the Hexi.
can Border.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Nov. Is
The federal grand jury in their re-
port say that from Brownsville to
Pecos river, a distance of 600 miles
in length and 100 in width, 20 the
Neucus river, all the American
rancbers have been ordered to leave
their homes by Mexican raiders on
pain of death, and that 100, 900 head
of cattle are driven to Mexico annual
ly by Mexican msurauders a number
of federal officials have been assas
sinated, post Offices burned, custom
houses robbed and mail carriers and
inspectors of customs killed while in
the discharge OF their duties, and the
perpetrators of these crimes have
gone unpublished, and general inse-
eurity of life and property prevails
on the border. The jury found
eighty indictments and urgeI deci-
sive action on the part of the state
and general government to punish
criminals and and protect the inhab-
itants against Mexican banditti.
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Another Collision.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. lS.-At
10 O'Clock this morning a collision
occurred on the Pittsburgh, Cincin-
natl and st. Louis railroad between
a construction train and a West
bound freight train. near the Phila.
delphia Cross roads, a few miles
west Of Dennison, Ohio. Three en-
ployees Of the construction were kill
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The accident seems 10 have been
caused by the engineer of the freight
train disregarding the signals given
by the lagman of the construction
train.
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The Denver Murderers Arrested.

DENVER, Col, Nov. 17.-Frank
Valindire, one of the party who MUIR
dered the four Italians in this city
several weeks ago has been captured,
and was to-day brought to this city.
He vas the only only one of the as
sassins at large. All are now Sc
cured and will be tried soon. Sew
eral of the band have confessed the
crime since their incarceration. and
it is believed that all Of them, seven
in number, will be hanged.
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New YORK, November -, 1875.
BERGH's GOOD WORK.

1CAtH
BERGH's GOOD WORK.
Henry BeYgh's new Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
is doing as good a work as his old
one for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. He has turned his atten-
ton to the thousand and one shows
in the city. At the Tivoli Gardens,
in sth street is a boy acrobat, adver-
tised under the name of prince Leo"
who nightly performs the most diff
cult feats on the tight-rope. He is a
little, wee child, not over six wears
of age, delicate and pretty as posi-
bic. A mar named Leonard, a brute
of a fellow, owns him, and has
taught him not only the common
fesis of tight.rope performers, but
many more startling and dangerous.
Leonard compelled him to walk the
tight-rope blindfolded, to ascend and
descend q rope fastened at an angle
of iorty-fve degrees, and a score
more of other feats which the Oldest
equihbrists decline to undertake, and
all without any netting underneath
TO ave him in the event of falling.
Bergh stationed q few officers in
the audience, and when Leonard and
the boy appeared they sprang upon
the stage and seized them both. At
the examination the next morning, it
was shown that the child was the
son of a drunken rag-picker in Phila-
delphia, that the father sold him to
Leonard, who has trained bin. Leon
ard has habitually beaten, starved
and abused him. When practicing,
if the child failed in the slightest
particular, the brute would kick and
bruise him, without mercy. He per-
forms none of the feats willingly; in
fact, there is terror in bis face from
the moment be is forced upon the
rope till be is through. He trembles
so with fear during his performance
that the chances of failure are large
ly increased, but be does it because
be knows that if be fails be takes the
chance Of being killed by the fall,
ana that if be escapes that, his brute
of a master will half-kill him with
beating. Think of putting a boy
seven years old, on q small rope
stretched from floor to ceiling, a dis
lance of sixty feet, at an angle Of
%iorty-fye degrees, and compelling
Am TO crawl up the terrible incline !
And then when at the top, sixty feet
from the stage. TO slide down the
steep descent With frightful velocity,
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Effects of the storm.

OMAHA, Nov. 15.-Reports re.
eeived tonight from west of Chey-
enDe report that trains gu the Union
Pacific railroad are blocked with
snow. The telegraph lines are now
down east of the men that were sent
out to repair the break Of yesterday,
but the main trouble is between
Green river and Granger-twenty.
one miles.
Unless the weather moderates con.
siderably it will probably be a day
or two before telegraphic commuuiea.
ton through to San Francisco can be
had. The Union Pacific are sending
ont snow trains from Cheyenne.
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A Spark I'm n KeE Of Powder and h
Result

P~oTTsvILLE, Nov. lS.-A terrible
accident occurred at the Potts col
liery, Locust Dale, this morning, and
was caused by the explosion of a key
of powder. 1t appeared that Alfred
Steeley, Mordecai Jones, Robert
Payne and John Durkin, and a boy,
aged about eighteen, were sitting on
q box which contained a keg of pow
der, when a spark from one of the
miners lamps dropped into the pow
der, and it ignited and exploded.
Every stitch of clothing was torn
from the bodies of Durkin and Payne,
except their shoes, and both are a
mass of raw flesh. Steeley is terri
bly, injured in sthe abdomen; his
groans and cries are fearful, and he
suffers d~readfully from the terrible
pains. Jones is also frightfnlly
burned. The men were removed TO
their homes and medical aid was
summoned at once.
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An Outbreak In the western Peniieu.
tiary.

PITTsBURGH, Nov. 16.-Five Of
the prisoners confined in the Western
Penitentisry, three colored and two
white, broke out in open mutiny this
afternoon. and with hstchets and
iron bars attacked Mr. Charles Weav-
er, the contractor under whose super
vision they were working.
Weaver, who was unarmed, was
driven into a corner and badly beat
en-, and would, undoubtedly, have
been killed, but for the opportune ar
rival of the deputy wardens, who
confronted the prisoners with revol-
vers aud forced them to relinquish
their victim. The five convicts were
secured and placed in dungeons.
The trouble occurred in the whip
factory, in which about ninety con-
victs are employed.