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NORTHERN SENTIMENT.
The Lemars Sentinel on ConkIlnu and
the Nation.

Lemars uOwS) Sentinel. Repl
The only way to make secession i'm
possible Is to wipe out State lines and
proclaim the nation.
Maine and California rolled up Re-
publican majorities the other day.
How do you like that, you rebel va
hoos?
The semi-savage Southerners ought
to be the serfs of the enlightened
North until they have learned the du-
ties of freemen.
Let the stalwarts now make their
grand attack on the United States
senate-which is the great bulwark of
State rights and State sovereignty.
The great plantations and estates of
Southern rebels ought to have been
distributed among the conquering
armies from the invincible Northland.
Having settled matters in Europe.
Asia and Africa, General Grant set
sail from Japan a few days ago to take
charge Of America. And it makes
the rebels wriggle.
The land pirates who inhabit the
States north of the gulf of Mexico
have no more idea of civil and religi-
GUS liberty, than had the water pirates
that formerly swarmed on the seas to
the south Of the same gulf
On what principle Of justice should
that little tater patch, Delaware, have
two United States senators, and the
great metropolitan, wealthy and popu
lous State of New York only have
two? 1t is impossible to have nation
worth talking about till that absurdity
is removed.
New York has told the Paul Prys
and Mrs. Grundys of America that it
is none Of their business how Conk-
ling, the stalwart, and Kate Sprague,
the pretty, swop sweetness, and her
broadshouldered Republican friends
have everlastingly indorsed him as a
stalwart and this republic as a nation.
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OBITUARY.

MADDEN-Last evening a solitary hearse
was seen vending its lonely way toward Cal
T-ry-the City of the Dead. An observer
NJ tuIally asked; "Who can it be that is
being taken to its last resting place ?" 1t was
Miss MARY ALTHA MADDEN, a young lady of
many good qualities Of heart and mind, who
ehdeared herself to those around her BY her
quiet and gentle manners. An orphan, but
not friendless child, for in her hour of need
Providence found for her a friend in that true
Christian lady, Miss Mary Solari, at whose
residence she was stricken with one of the
most severe cases Of fever Of this epidemic.
Miss Solari would not have her removed, but
cared for her with sisterly solicitude, and
spared no means for her recovery. But her
fever, or case, would not yield to treatment.
Not even the skillful and anxious efforts Of
DR.. Jones, and the untiring and careful at
tentions Of that excellent nurse, Mrs. N.
Courts, could ease or restore her. She found
relief ouly in the cold embrace Of death.
Mr.. Waring-HoWard visitor-left not a
stone unturned. He did his duty well-con-
slant in his services until she had no need
Of earthly friends. Mr.. Walsh-undertaksr
lis another generous person deserving of
praise for his liberality and prompt attention
to the dead. Shortly after being taken sick
Miss Madden requested to see the Rev. A,
Luiselli' to whom she expressed the desire of
becoming a Catholic, in which faith she han
PLY died. Mr.. L. Solari, who has remained
with us during several epidemies, quietly
working among the afflicted, attended to her
burial and saw her laid in her lone and silent
grave. Thus the Lord is gloriied here on
earth by the laborers in his vineyard.
No father or mother to care for the child.
No sister, no brother, whose love she could
own;
Left to struggle alone in this cold world for
awhile,
Until the good God of love called her for
His own.
10 strangers she went, and in them she found
That the world was not cold as of it had
been
The " cup of cold water in love did abound.
That was given to the orphan, as it had oft
been to the kin.
Now, dear Mollio " has gone to dwell with
the blest,
10 enjoy the good Shepherd of the one
true fold,"
He cared for the orphan and took her to rest.
Where the trials and suferings of earth are
unknown.
A FRIEND.
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NORTHERN CRIME.
A Young Girl Set Upon by a Crowd of
Ruffians and Outraged to Death.

Wilkesbarro Pa Special to N. Y. Herald
An almost incredible story of moral
turpltude has been disclosed in con-
nectlon with the Dimmock eamn
meeting in Susquehanna county which
closed its sessions during the mast
week, a knowledge of which first
came to light last Tuesday evening A.
the death-bed of a Miss Waterman
who resided with her parents near
MOntrose. The deceased was aged
about nineteen, the daughter of
reputable family, very beautiful and
well educated, and much respected in
the better circles of society.
The story of the awful crime which
resulted in her death is briefly told as
follows: Miss Waterman. in companv
with sister, went to the camp meet
ing on Saturday, both intending to
remain over Sunday with friends ON
the ground. On Saturday evening the
sister Of the deceased accepted an in
vltation from a young man of the
nelghborhood to take a short carriage
drive. They drove toward the abode
of the Watermans, the young lady
placing confidence in the assurance Of
her escort that her sister expressed
her intention of returning that even.
ing with friend. Upon arriving at
her home she alighted and remained
there. The sequel affords strong cir
cumstantial evidence that If was
a deliberately concocted plan to
separate the sisters. Be this as it
may nothing was seen of the Miss
Waterman who remained on the
ground until late on Sunday night.
when carriage halted in front
OF her parents residence. aud
her PROSTATE form was carried by
two disguised persons from the We
hicle into the house, Che front door
yielding easily to the manipulations of
one OF the unknown men. The un-
conscious girl was laid upon the floor.
and the men hastily departed before
the inmates of the house could inter
cept them. When the parents came
to where their daughter lay they
found her a raving maniac, and from
her occasional remarks and the ap-
pearance Of her clothing and hair
they suspected what was but too well
verified since by medical examination.
that her condition was owing to Oft
repeated outrages inflicted upon her.
She fingered along until Tuesday
morning, when she expired. At no
time was she wholly conscious of her
surroundings, but from her incoherent
speeches 1t is believed that Mis-,
Waterman was deceived by false rep
resentation to take walk with a
young man with whom she had a
nelghborly acquaintance, ard when
in secluded spot previously agreed
upon she was set upon by number of
young men and the diabolical crime
consummated.
1t is stated that no less than four
teen infamous scOundrels were en-
gagged in this dastardly act, and sew
eral Of them have already fed. One
is known to have forged his grand
fathers name to a note to raise money
to get out of the country, and another
to have pillered his fathers pocket
book while the parent was asleep.
A coroners inquest was held and
the jury returned a verdict of death
by prostration. Warrants have been
issued for the apprehension of the
suspected, but at this writing no ar
rests have been reported.
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KOSsUTH AT sEVENTY-sEVEN.
A Visit to His Home Near Turin.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune says: A. friend who has late,
ly visited Louis KOssuth at his home
near Turin sends me some items which
seem sufficiently interesting to entitle
them to a small portion of your space.
hossuth Is now seventy-seven years OF
age, but many of your readers can
doubtless remember his visit to the
United States in the winter of 1851.
and the enthusiasm with which he
was welcomed, and accorded recep.
tlon second only to that of Lafayette.
He was the nations guest. and
brought to this country On the United
States ship Mississippi, and while
here sought to enlist our national sym.
pathy and interest in the cause oil
Hungarian freedom. In this. so far
as any practical results were concern
ed, he was unsuccessful, and the con-
tributions he did receive we're con
sumed in preparations for an uprising
which never took place. Since 1862
he has remained in voluntary exile at
Turin, only once attempting to rouse
the Hungarians to action lin 1861.
and occupied mainly in scientific
studies. One of his sons is an engin-
eer OF distinguished merit, and his
only living sister, after spending some
time with him, has returned to
America.
The letter | have referred to says Of
him:
Kossuth is now n, not feeble. his
voice strong, his mind clear. lie said
he wondered / did not visit Buda-
Pesth and see that beautiful country
| said | would go when could meet
him there. But he said he did not
expect to go. Afterward Nine.
Ruttkay (Kossuth's sister, told ne
that they knew the affection and en-
thusiasm OF the people to be so great
for him still, after nearly thirty years
OF absence, that there would be such
a demonstration in case of his return
that it might be looked upon with
suspicion, and injure his friends. who
are, many Of them, in government
offices, and so he resigns himself to
die without another glimpse of the
Hungary for whose freedom heand all
his family lost all,
He has a comfortable home. twenty
minutes by rail from Turin, with a
garden, where he cultivates flowers
and he seldom leaves his flowers, his
pet dogs and his books. He said he
should like SO much to take birds
eye view of America, and see the
changes since his visit q years aga
but he suffers too much from seasiek-
ness to undertake the voyage, even if
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st. Louis Republican,
i think" said he, that the nom.
ination of Governor Robinson is the
very best that the Democrats could
have made. 1t is time for the good
men of that party to break away from
Tammany control, and, in view of the
fact of the nomination of Cornell
being forced upon the Republicans by
that senatorial Don Juan, Roscoe
COnkling, | would not be at all sur
prised if thousands of Republicans
voted for Robinson"
You think it wise thing for the
Democracy"
F." Yes and it was manly thing for
Tilden to stand by Robinson, and will
dc more to help than to hurt him. A
fearless, honest, clear headed old
Democrat like Robinson recalls the
days of the great governors of New
York, Michael Hoffman, Brouck VIM
l.. Marcy and Martin Van Buren,"
And what about the Presidency in
1892" -
:" l am quite clear the Republicans
will take Grant in 1880 and the Demo-
Gratis will take Tilden."
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Senator NTcn0nnIh-

There are few men in American
politics to-day who are clearer
headed than Senator Mcdonald. He
is generally right, and always knows
what he is talking about. This is
what he says of the New York nomi-
nations: II think Mr.. Tilden under
stands the politics of New York well
enough to convince any reasonable
Democrat that if he were not san
guine of Robinson's election he would
not have permitted his nomination. "
Speaking of the Kelly bolt. he said.
Il think it will do the Democratic
party good, for the reason that Tam
many had to be crushed, because il
had always been a source of trouble
and pickering" The senator said that
the fight between Tilden and Tam
many had to come, and that Tilden
preferred it now rather than to wait
for it to grow. Senator Mcdonald also
thinks that there are many business
and moneyed Republicans in New
York who prefer Robinson to Cornell.
and whose votes will go far to offset
the Tammany detection. OF Ohio
the senator is quite sanguine that
Ewing will be elected, and that the
legislature elected will be Democratic.
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THE little village of Westerville,
Ohio, a few miles north of Columbus,
had a frst-class sensat'on few nights
since. The zeal of some of its citi-
zens, who are determined to drive out
Of town a saloon-keeper, who stub
bornly refuses to be driven, prompted
them to explode a couple of kegs of
powder under his house, blowing it
into kindling wood, and wrecking a
good part Of the town besides. Some
four years ago a similar attempt was
made to drive out this same man, but
failed. If the temperance cause is to
be advanced by such means as this it
it will not be likely to gain many new
converts. A gunpowder campaign is
not going to gain them votes.
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Dancing.

Dancing is one of the Oldest of
receations. Homer speaks of a new
dance invented by D@dalus for Ari-
adne, Theseus was immoderatelv
fond of the reel or fandango, in which
the arms move with the legs. The
Normans revived rather than invented
round dances in the twelfth century:
the Bohemians invented the redowa;
the Poles the polka first danced IN
England in l840; the Hungarians. the
maSurka and galop. The cotiilion
owes its origin to the courtly Due de
Lanzun, who for his audacity in con.
tracing a clandeStine marriage with
the "Grande Mademoiselle" was i'm
prlsoned for ten years by Louis XIV.
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he had no other reasons. His son
Louis is an able engineer, director of
railway between Milan and Turin.
employed by the government. His
other son, f. i..ncis, has charge Of sui
phur mines at Coena. in Tuscany, and
has 25OO men under him, most of
them Internationalists, organized. 4.
e. KOssuth is not an emo
tlonal man, nor a man of profound
feeling, perhaps. He came into the
room, upright, looking younger than
his years. As he babe me farewell,
on our departure, he came to me,
took my hand in both his, and
thanked me for the kindness | had
shown his sister, while tears were in
his eyes, and he went out of the room
bent with emotion"
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IT is said in Berlin, where the most
minute details of the political move
ments of Russia are collected with a
diligence unknown even in London,
that the czar of Russia is seriously ill.
In fact, it is probablp the elimination
of the malady, half mental and hal t
physical, from which he has been suf-
fering since 1868. He was born in
April, 1918, and is the eldest son of the
Emperor Nicholas and Charlotte OF
Prussia, his wife.
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To this now popular and lOug-winded
dance many new figures were added
by Marie Antoinette, and some more
by the Empress Eugene. Under the
second empire the post of conductor
of cotillioDs at the Tuileries ball was
long held by one of the emperor's s
the Marquis de Caux.
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The new deal in the pretensions to
the throne of France has attached
enough consequence to Prince Jerome
Bonaparte to secure newspaper notice
OF his movements in places of public
resort. He is to spend the rest Of
this and part of next month at
Moncaleiri, near Turin, Italy.
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ciated in consequence of this escape,
and the political situation is rrare.

ciated in consequence of this escape,
and the political situation is grave.
HAVANA, September ia dis
patch from Santiago de Cuba an
nsunces that eighty insurgents be-
longing to party headed by a brother
of General Maceo have surrendered.
The governor of the province of San
tiago de Cuba has published a procla
nation offering pardon to all insur-
gents who surrender.
LONDON, September 15.-The ivory
tusk, seven feet long, sent by King
Cetewayo to Lord Chelmsford as a
pledge Of faith in negotiation and an
earnest of submission, has reached
London, and will be presented to the
queen.
LONDON, September 15.-Cotton
operatives on a strike at Ashton mum.
Der between 5000 and 1000. The
streets are crowded by unemployed,
and but little excitement is mani
tested. Serious complaints are arising
at Preston. Operatives in the mills
of Horrockses, Miller & Co. are ex-
pected to submit to a five per cent.
reduction of wages, but operatives in
the Sovereign mills have struck. The
Preston operative association has is
sued protest accusing some of the
masters of exceeding the reduction
mutually agreed upon, and recon
mending curtailment in the reduc-
ton.
Relative to the apprehended dis
tress among the working classes in
the thickly populated towns in the
northeast of England, it is estimated
that twenty thousand persons in the
district referred to have been thrown
out of work during the last three
years. There are thousands of empty
houses in Darlington. Stockton and
Newport are also seriously affected.
The climax of distress has been
reached at marlborough.
MADRID, September 15.-The re-
cent orders for eighteen thousand
men for Cuba have caused much agi
Sation throughout the Kingdom, and
the Basque Provinces are only re-
strained from insurrection by the
presence of large garrisons. Carlist
partisans have arrived in Guispuzcoa
and it is feared that any attempt tc
enforce the cOnscription will be a
signal for another rising.
The correspondent is assured that
all differences between the ministry
and Senior Canovas del CASTILLO have
disappeared, and that if the Cuban
difficulties increase it is almost certain
that General Martinez Campos will
return to Havana, and Senior Canovas
will become premier,
PARIS, September 15.-The object
of General Sickles' visit to Paris is
said to be the creation of a joint
Franco-American commission in
which the Presidency of General
Grant, to make definite choice be-
tween the Panama and the Nicaragua
routes for the proposed interoceanic
canal.
Leon Gambetta has left Paris on a
brief visit to London.
SIMLA, September 15.-It is now
believed by many well-informed per-
sons that the ameer's completely in
the massacre at Cabul is unquestion.
able. According to the latest infor-
nation orders have been given at
Cabul for the Stoppage of all direct
communication with the British. A
large hostile force of the Mohmund
tribe occupies Dakka. The approach
to Cabul is covered by large Afghan
army
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THE courtship between King Al
fonso and the Archduchess Maria has
got to the spooncy stage. The Ex-
queen Isabella has had an affection
ate interview with her prospective
daughter-in-law, aud the announce
ment is made that she approves the
match. Probably nobody cares par
ticularly about Isabella's approval or
disapproval, but she is a royal appen-
dage who has to be tolerated. Maria
is not to be congratulated on her
mother-in-law.
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PRESIDENT HAYES is through with
the social formalities of his visit to
Ohio. 1t is time for stump speech,
Heretofore the President has been in
the habit of introducing political
topics when officially swinging around
the circle. There is greater occasion
now than ever before for political
speeeh from him.
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Mr.. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
didn't know how to proceed against
Senator Conkling. Kid gloves and
picturesque English are not effective
in such obstinate cases. George
William should have made a fcint
with a shotgun.
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CARD.

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New York Politics.

SARATOGA, N. Y, September 12.--
Ex- Governor Hoffman resigns his
Office of saehem of the Tammany
Society in letter addressed to Au-
gustus Schell, grand sachem, in which
he says; " 1t is my purpose to support
the Democratic State ticket headed
by Governor Lucius Robinson
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Tho Kemper County Ruslness.

Tho Kemper County Business.
The widow Of the late Judge CHS
olm, of Kemper county, Miss, passed
through Knoxville last Saturday and
was interviewed by General G. P. NJ.
Turner, of this city, he being native
of Kemper. Mrs. Chisolm was much
agitated and her manner indicated
great nervous prostration. General
Turner expressed sympathy for Mrs.
Chisolm and to him she said:
One of the murderers of my darling
daughter has been acquitted. You
know me, and know that | am no poll
tician, and Cornelia was not a poll
tician. have no desire that the re-
suit of this trial should exercise any
influence upon politics. But it ap-
pears hard, that in this age of civiliza-
tion, under the boasted government of
free America, the murderers of my
husband, who was for years sheriff of
the county in which he lived, and
then probate judge, the legal protector
Of the estates Of widows and orphans,
an honest and upright man, should be
regarded as heroes in Kemper county.
My husband and my children were
murdered because of his politics, and
everybody knows it.
Mrs. Chisolm stopped day or two
with a gentleman near Knoxville, and
is likely to let him adopt one Of her
sons, with a view of giving him an ed
ucation, he having ample means, and
having been a friend to her late hus-
band. The Knoxville Chronicle con
tains the account from which the fore
going has been condensed.
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SUBSCRIBERS who wish TO re-
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SECRETARY SHERMAN has been
pleased to say that he has very poor
opinion Of the New York Democratic
convention. If Mr., Sherman should
unbosom himself fully it would be
found that he hasn't much better
opinion of the New York Republican
convention. How does John Kelly
suit Mr.. Sherman?
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The Republican journals Of Gin
cinnati do not hesitate to admit that
they rely upon Ohio hatred of the
South for the victory they hope for in
the coming election.
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The Democrats of Wisconsin nom
mated a man who was travelling in
Europe for governor, and put him to
the expense of a cable dispatch to de-
cline. The Republicans of Indiana
set an example of nominating man
outside our borders that ought to
have been a solemn warning.
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There are more cures made with
Hop Bitters than all other medicines.
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A young lady writes to an exchange.
" For my part |. prefer an evening
passed at home with a pleasant book
to attending balls, parties and thea
ters. o, certainly. When a young
lady hasn t a beau, nor a new bonnet,
nor a new walking costume, she gen.
orally prefers to pass the evening at
home with a book-which she is too
mad to read.- [Norristown Herald,
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The subscription price Of the DAILY
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WEEKLY LEDGER Is 81 per annum-
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Persons leaving the city for the summer
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month in advance, with the privilege of
changing postofice.
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Notice to Germans.

VIE Ieutonic Camp will be closed on Sat
selves Of its benefits must be healthy and an
Ply to 25l Second street, between a m snd
L IN. :. - JOHN L.. EICHBERG, Sec'y.