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LgpRosY IN CALIFoRNIA.-It is said
that California is becoming alarmed by the
fact that tho lOathsomc disease of leprosy
is spreading from the Chinese to their
American neighbors. Chinese lepers have
several times been sent back to China, but
as the disease was thought to be peculiar to
Asiatics, no fear Of contagion was felt
But it is no longer q matter of doubt that
the shocking scourge has established itself
among the white population. One physi-
clan in San Fran ,isco reports that sixteen
white lepers of both sexes have within a
short time, applied to him for treatment, all
of them being incurabfe. The very pres
ence Of a leper il a source of danger owing
10 the invisible emanations from his skin.
The disease is hereditary, and marriage
should be strictly forbidden to all who have
the taint in their blood.
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BUTLER AND CONKLING.-Thc recent
address of Gen. Butler in the United States
Senate on the Census Frauds" and his
against Conkling, The Republican stump
orator from New York, is only a handsome
performance Of duty by valiant and able
public servant. Gen. Walker, the Supcrin-
tcndent of the Census, had already officially
exposed the slandcr that our census returns
had been fraudulcntly made for political
ends, and had shown that certain discrep.
encics were due to the returns of 1870,
taken under the Radical regime, rather
than to those Of last year. Yet Conkling
had never modified his inucndo Of the un.
fairness and fraudulencc Of the count
What had Butler to do but to show him
up? Or rather, what had he to do but let
the facts Of the case make their own show
ing? We would like to quote largely from
our poblc Senator'S able speech We can
only condense a few statements Of it to show
how unnecessary are the gratuitous charges
Of '.stagnation" and STEADY decline" il our
material interests Notwithstanding a
loss within the past two decades of $3.50,
000, 900 in actual cash values, and notwith.
standing when, four years ago the State
Government was rescued from the hand of
the spoliator, the credit of the State was a
by-word and reproach, yet to day her
securities are commanding from 6 to 10 per
cent. prumium on their par value. She
has increased the product of her principal
staple 130 per cent. in ten years, namely,
in 1870 sho made 22O, 900 bales of cotton
while the crcp of the past year is estimated
at SIG, 900 bales. Her manufactures have
within ten years more than doubled in ca
pacity. Read the following table
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AN EFFECrUAL BLOCKADE.

Milwaukee, Feb. 13.-The snow block
ado proves to be general throughout the
Northwest. There were no trains north or
west up to midnight. All the roads have
large forces Of men and snow.ploughs at
work. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul line, except the Northern Division,
will start trains in tbs morning. Thi, is
considered the most effectual blockade ever
known in Wisconsin.
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GsfHle ffespcrtdn gives an account of a E,ta
rencvnrter that reads like some of the bur
iesgues on life in Texas, where nciphbors
arc reprcscnted as shooting each other il
the mgst amiablc spirit. The IIcxpcriauu',
st1ff y only too true:
Ssck Kelly, who resides in the vicinity
oItYe oaoinal canon, near Warcsvillc. caue
,ntoA pvalde and surrendered TO. Sheriff
Pattsrson, stating that he had killed, in
seifdQfensc, the Rev. j. A. j. Smith, ON
W edaesday, the 10Th ult Mr.. Kelly mad.
.ae ti9'iowinS statement in regard to the
.r'ge "Snmc one must have been speak. :.
ing t2splr. Smth in regard to his hayiu,
grazSu sheep on Smiths land, and he knows
no.091er cause would have led to the affair,
Whe4 Kelly first saw Smith the latter WAS
10 h4 buggy fpllem;ne KAily'a sheep. This
-wss hosrs-sS0 p. .,-aud Smith had been
with them about two hours. Kelly then
went back to see if the sheep were going
in the right direction of his home. and
Smith was still with them. AS Kelly was
walking around the sheep Smith called TO
him to hold on" They were then obout
Que hundred yards apart Kelly then sat
down by small pecan tree and there waited
'or Smith. who drove up opposite within
about ten feet of Kelly, stopped his horses,
placed the rcins over the dash. board, saw.
ing: "Good evening, Mr.. Kelly" aud pick.
ing up his Winchester, which was at his
side on the buggy seat. At the same time
Kelly arose and replied Good morning
Parson Saith,' raising his Winchester.
winch had been lying across his lap. Smieh
then fired, and Kelly answered the fire.
there being very brief interval betwc, n
the shots of both parties Smith fired ono
shot from his Winchester, and jumped ou,
OF OF ms buggy, on the opposite side from
Nelly, and fred another shot aoroe. the
buggy, wlrich Kelly lodged by dropping
on his Snecs. Kelly fired two shots from
his Winchester. which got out of order at
the second shot, and he drew his six-shootcr
Smith then fired between tho spokes of the
hind wheels of tho buggy at Kelly, who
hrcd twice through the spokes of tho same
wheels at Smith. Both then stepped back
10 the rear of the buggy and met at point
blank range, when Kelly fred shot which
took effect in Smiths breast or stomach,
and as Smith stepped back several PAGES
Kelly fired his last shot as Smith fell, the
shot taking effect in Smiths head Both
parties to the untoward affair enioycd the
respect and esteem of the community, ard
have means. Had not the practice OF car
rying weapons been in vogue in thiss ection
his difficulty would have been averted, the
nfe, auu a KIuu uvurvcu uIn"; wno
never before had a difficulty in his life
would not have had to take that lifo.-Gal-
veston Nc,cs.
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THE MARITAL RELATIoNs.--The Geor.
gia Supreme Court is moved to say in re-
cent decision "ln taking wife a man
does not put himself under an overseer.-
A husband left free TO govern in his own
family is the most useful TO oil concerned.
A subjugated husband is less pleasing
aud less energetic momber Of society than
orc who keeps his true place, yet knows
how to temper authority with affection"
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HARD ON BAoHELoRs AND WIDowERs

HARD ON BACHELORS AND WIDowERs.
1t would save a great deal of embarrass-
meut, says Burdette, and perhaps add to
their emoluments, il clereymen generally
were to charge fixed rate for marrying
couples-say s5 for the first offense, SO
for the second, s20 for the third, aud so on.
They might ovep issue tickets as they do in
milk factories, with reduction to persons
taking quantity. In order to encourage
lawful wedlock, the job should be done very
oheaply to young couples, but the clergy
should take it out Of widowers and old bache'
lors.
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ICE.GORGES BREAKING

Binghampton. N. Y, Feb 13.-The ice.
gorge broke here yesterday carrying out
bridge across the Susquehauna, and dam
aging tho covered wagon bridge. Anoth.
er gorge is reported few miles above here
and moro damage is feared when it breaks
up. The water in the Susqnehanna is low
or, but there is much more ice to come. 1t
is cold and freezing tonight.
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town is under water. and Families have
been taken froul their homas in boats.
Warren, Ohio, and New Philadelphia,
ONO, arc under water, and the Tuscaravas
Valley,is ovcrAowed.
birmingham, Conn is flooded, and the
people have moved out
Many of the mills at Pittsburs arc flooded
aud work stopped. M
East and South Harrisburg. Pa., were
partially flooded by the overflow of Paxton
creeks yesterday. Many persons were
Obliged to move out, aud their houses could
only be reached by boats. The d,nger is
apparently over. So
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CITIES AND TOWNS FLOODED.

At Toledo, Ohio, the middle gronud is
under water. The water is three feet deep
in the Island Houso Hotel and Union do
pot, cutting of communication with Summit
street.
At Fredericksburg. Va, tho wharves
overAowed, and ali communication with
Alexandria Is cut of.
At Ottawa, H., tho lower portion Of tho
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Mrs. Lieermore is lecturing on "How
Shall We Reach the Boys?" This ques-
ton can never be satisfactorily answered
until every saloon has telephone.
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BLooKADED TRAINs-A COAL FAMINE.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 13.-The Sc.
we're snow storm of Friday and Saturday
has completely isolated this city from the
outside world, no trains having arrived or
departed since Friday night, and all rail-
road travel has been abandoned. Trains
which left here Friday night were snow
bound all day yesterday at a distance of
from 100 to 200 miles from the city. The
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road at
tempted to start train for Chicago last
night with gang of fifty men to shovel
the snow. None of tho delayed trains were
expected until this after noon or Monday.
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League 10 Dublin to day letter f;om Mr..
Parncll was read in which he says: "Af.
ter full consideration and consultation I
have decided it to bo my duty to remain in
Parliament and in Ireland during the pres.
ent crisis. If We arc worthy of the occa-
sion here the American people and tho
Irish nation in America will givo US pro-
portionatc sympathy and practical help,
while the slightest finchins or reaction in
Ireland will produce disastrous results in
America Tho expelled Irish mombcrs
have almost unanimously decided 20 remain
in their places in Parliament and offer every
resistance that the forms Of the House will
permit to the coercion and arms bills, hence
the coup detdt of the passage Of the gag
sing resolutions is most encouraging. can
also be Of some use during the passage Of
the Land bill in pointing out in what res.
pcct it may fall short Of final settlement.
Two courses were given to the Irish party,
either to retire in body from the House
and announce to their constituents that
nothing remained but sullen acquiesoencc
or an appeal to force in opposition to that
force which is used against us, or else
s,eadfast attempt to deepen and widen tho
agitation by appealing to the great masses
of England and Scotland against the terri.
torialism and shopocracy which dominate
Parliament The last alternative has many
elements of hope. There is nothing in the
Coercion bill to compel the Irish to modify
their attitude OF open organization and
passive resistance. The government doubt
less relies much on the intimidation produced
by the first arrests, which would probably
be widely scattered, but not numerous
The future of Ireland probably for genera.
tions depends upon the tenant farmers re-
mainiDg 6rm in tteir refusal to pay unjust
rents and to take cvictcd farms. If they
waver they will provo that they arc only ft
for slavery"
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TYBEE SEEN WHEN FoHTY MILES At
SEA.-Onc Of our river pilots, who arrived
from below last night, reports that yestcr.
day while of Tybee, twenty miles from shore,
from the deck of his vessel he could see the
Ocean House and all the buildings on the
sea front as distinctly as though he was
only half mile off the beach He thinks
the houses could be seen with the same dis
tinctncss forty miles of shore. This opti.
cal delusion is very frequent ON this coast.
Mirage can often be seen by those visiting
Tyboc IN summer, the lighthouse and other
prominent objects on the island looming far
above the horizon as the steamer rounds the
point of Elba Island Savannah Ne,os.
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The REPUBLICANS AND TIE SoUru-
MIR. Aiken, of South Carolina, spoke words
of soberness and truth when, after turning
a point neatly upon the Republicans, he
said the South would never again submit to
such governments rs came near DESTROYING
their Interests in 1872. Republicans will
lind it hard to answer his charge that the
white vote was as much suppressed in 1872,
as the negro vote appeared to be after that
time. But tho most important statement
made was when he said the Northern Re-
publicans might again embroil the South,
but whatever fate befcll, however hard the
burden to bear, however long the contest,
however painful and destructive, the stron.
scr would come out of it in the end sue.
seesssatlSslI and ttA r"" rnS American people
leave their race problem nhero it is, to tho
people it most concerns. to those who best
understand it, the two races will slowly
work it out, and tho result will be right,
and the result just. We arc glad Mr..
Aiken made these remarks, because
they are strictly the truth, and it is now
time that wo have no such prudence as re.
quires suppression of the truth or silence
concerning great interests. We have for
some time argued, as Mr.. Aiken argued
that the South can and will take care Of it.
self, and in doing so the South will be guard.
ing the best interests Of the whole country.
1t will wage no war, engage in no secession,
seek no forcble settlement, but it will 20
straightforward on the path of lawful resis-
tancc, growing in wealth, in population
finding daily new allies among the capital
lists aud business classes of the world, in.
structing the Northern people in their OWE
interests and saving them, from their own
ignorance of this issue-a learned ignorance
more dangerous and destructive than all the
illiteracy of the South. In this way, EN-
broi the South as they viii, they will only
clog, while they will not with all their clog.
gng retard tn, wheels of material, intel
lectual aud moral progress in the South
NashpiNe american.
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SWEPT AWAY.

s~udred fast-, ,oa-.@s=-sss,i -,rsffuy
Railroad track, above Glendon, Pa.
The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge a,
Toledo.
The Canadian Southern Railroad BRIDGE
at Monroe, Mich.
Three bridges over the West river, Con-
nectlcut also one at Union City.
The flood of the past few days has been
the most disastrous that ever visited the
Juniata Valley, the loss in bridges to Hun.
tIngdon county alone being about $50 900.
Two spans of the bridge ut Alexandra,
Deihl d Co.'S boom at the mouth of Pays.
town Branch, four road bridges over the
branch, and tho bridge at Ncwt,wn and
Hamilton have been carried away, and the
bridge at McVcytown partially DESTROYED.
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aeoed serqaue horticulture nomesie Gspa~ ae 5ta. pe ,nd

nandred Feet wide. How long the food
VIII stay no one can tell, but that it is here
anu 'ikely to rcmain for several days no one
can doubt
THE FLOOD AT OTHER POINTS.
st Paul, Mimi, Feb. 13.-Sioux Ci,y
road Is open to ST. James, but closed at tho
western end. The other roads in southern
minnesota arc reported as still choked with
immense drifts. Many towns are isolated
and there is some fear of the exhaustion of
the supplies of food.
SCENE ON THE DELAwALE.
Bordentown. N. j., Feb. 13.-The rail-
road tracks between Trenton and Burling.
ton City are under water. Canal boats are
lying On the tracks on the Trenton road.
= al4As-s..ssisssssas .fssu Dcfrwurr
and Raritan Canal locks are partly under
water. The old Camden and Amboy shops
are inundated. The steam forge of Mes>rs.
MACPHERSON, Willard & Co., near here, has
had its fires put out by the food. AS far
ms the eye can reach the Pennsy lvania shore
Is Inundated. There is not much ice. but
a heavy body of water is running. Since
midnight the water has been on the rail.
road bridge on the main line between here
and New York, and 'he bridge is in peril
Gus position. Twenty-sevcn cars, contain.
ing eight tons each, have been placed on it
to hold it in position. The water is at the
axles of the wheels.
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given the superior race an influence
which no carpet-bagger could have
supplanted at least, it could have
been won to the extent of dividing the
colored vote and securing very large
portion of it on the Democratic side,
and on some accounts such result
would be desirable. Solidity in po-
itical matters is not necessarily re-
suit of intelligence or education.
Educated men are not the men who
always think alike. Indeed, it is
rather the opposite class, SO far as
they may be said to think at all Ig-
norant and unreasoning men take
their cue from men above them, and
can be herded in parties like cattle
but intelligent masses differ, and
therein is hopefulness.
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THE INDICATED POLITICAL RE-
ADJUSTMENT IN THE SOUTH.

Now that President Garfield has
announced his intention to uphold
General Malone by giving him the
control of the Federal patronage in
Virginia, all the indications point to
political re-adjustment in the South.
There is no excuse for the Bourbon
ism of the Solid South no excuse
for its fraud and force no excuse for
its crimes against constitutional gov
eminent, its almost total disfranchise-
ment of nearly one-half of its legally
qualified voters. Speaking of this
subject, the Philadelphia Press, one
of the fairest journals in the country,
says:
"The Bourbons complain of the
negroes because of their ignorance.
This is an admitted evil, but less
serious than the remedy they have
invoked. There are two better rene
dies; one to educate them at the
earliest moment, the other to make
them their friends, and to prove to
them that they are real and deserving
friends. Had they done this at the
outset the work would have been
comparatively easy. Kindness to the
freedman on the part of the late mas
ter would have won his heart and
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ANOTHER ENocH ARDEN Cash.
1876, man named Gaines enjoyed a
prosperous business as an employ
ment agent, in Plainfeld, New Jersey,
which he left to engage in some enter
prise at the Centennial Exhibition
In October of that year, an accident
occurred to a Reading railroad train
in which he was going to some point
in northern Pennsylvania, and he was
Gas was then beieved) killed. His
body was taken to Montrose, Pa, to
which place his wife had removed,
and there buried. His wife donned
the habiliments of mourning, and re-
manned a widow until the early part
of last year, when she married again,
and is now living happily with her
second husband at Montrose, Pa.
And now for the strange part of the
story. The writer, to whom Gaines
was well known. yesterday received
the following letter
NEW YORK, April 18th, 1881.
r. HENRI HERBERT, ESQ.
Dear Su-Hearing that you were
publishing a newspaper in Trenton,
and not forgetting your kindness
when our offices adioined each other
in Plainfeld, I thought I would write
to you to let you know that [ am well
and living in n. Y, and as | have not
heard from you for some time, I would
like you to answer this letter imme-
diately, and in return l will write you
more fully. Yours truly,
SAMUEL G. GAINES.
P. S. Direct to S. G. Gaines, cal e
of J. A. Granger, No. ia West 23d
ST., n. Y.
Within three hours we were ringing
the bell at the residence of Mr..
Granger, at la West 23d ST., New
York. 1t was answered by Gaines
himself. There could be no mistake
we had known him for years, and he
had not changed particle. When
asked for an explanation of how he
came to be alive and we'll after having
OuCo DStu UuIlttt, ue Sdlu tHdt Lie udU
nothing to say, except that he had
never been buried. When asked why
he had allowed his wife to think that
the corpse which she had buried was
his own, and why he had not returned
to her, he said that he had nothing to
say about it, but that he would not
disturb her happiness now. And
nothing more could be got out of
him.
Who it was that was buried for
Gaines, and who resembled him so
closely that his wife and relatives
didn't know the difference, will, doubt
less, forever remain mystery. His
own history since 1876, and the
reasons for his abandonment of his
wife will also, in all probability, never
be known. One thing, however, is
certain-Samuel G. Gaines is now
living at No. ia West 23d ST., New
York city.
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New Cry AND COUNTY DIRECTORY.
A canvass of the city and suburbs is
now beng made for the names of in
habitants for the regular annual edi-
tlon OF the Trenton and Mercer County
Directory. A new illustrated map of
Trenton, Chambersburg and AIillham
will be attached to this edition, and
the price of the Directory is only 50.
For further information apply to the
publisher.
I. f. FITZGERALD,
t. .. Box 337, or any of the Canvas
sers.
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Hon. j. MILTON TURNER will shortly
issue daily edition of the st. Louis
National Tribune. It will be the first
daily paper issued by colored men in
this country.
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CoNKL1NG says "The President
has placed me in position where I
must commit suicide or murder, and
I have chosen murder Jim Blaine,
however, has now decided to take an
active hand in the row, and it looks
very much as if Conkling will play
corpse instead of Garfield.