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Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

pIosion, bursting into the engine house. as the
engineer sworc. with the pun OF an explosion OF
loose powder This explosive character OF the name
II partly accounted tor by the strength Of the draf
the air shaft but the use OF the quantity of highly
innammable materials at the mouth OF the tunnel
would have tended to produce precisely the same
erect. What Is more easy than 10 enter the tunnel,
say at daybreak charge It's mouth and the brettice
opposite with q quantity OF kerosene or other IN
nammable material, lay slow fuse connecting with
1t, light the fuse. escape unnotced. and be miles
away before the catastrophe Gamer The fuse
and . magazine would be most efrectuay
concealed while the former was burning. II Ii q
dreadful thing TO feel compelled to advocate such q
theory but Is any other possible Can L be conceived
that such cOnfagration, II occurring from any
accidental cause or At the bottom Of the shaft.
down the shaft only fifteen minutes before the names
burst from Its m0uthY Was not the mouth OF the
c only RGh opposite the part Oh
nicatedY Was 1t not impossible for any 1re 10 accl-
dentay come from the tunneP In brief, ID not the
theory OF incendlarlsm possible and all others i'm
pOssibleS In reaching this conclusion We do not
take into account the reports about traces OF kero
sene at the mouth OF the tunnel. 1t will be time
enough to consider those when they have been
elected on oath in open court The evidences OF the
most Notwithstanding crime on record are far
stronger tnan we could desire them 10 be already.
The Miners Union Deny that Incendiarism


Fired the Shaft-The Charge u Subterfuso


Of the Company.


WHKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept. 1a. 1859.


The Miners Union desire that the following state
ment on their part be given to the public:-


The dispatches which are being constantly trans
mitted from Scranton in relation to the Avondale
disaster in many instances entirely unfOunded in
TACT. That the tre which occurred at the mine was
the work OF an incendiary one believes. 1t Is one
OF the subteruges res0rted to by the Delaware Lack
awana and Western Railroad Company to turn the
mind OF the public from the real responsibility rest
ing upon the company. The reporters who furnish
principally the particulars taken before the jury Of
inquest on Saturday last, have In many instances.
suppressed the testimony material to the miners and
published that favorable TO the company. The OBJ
ject can only be cOnjectured. The company is pow
erful; the muers are weak Simple justice II the de-
mand Of many citizens.
Year: 1869

working OF nine with but one opening and the
building OF the breaker over the mouth or the shaft
were generally condemned. All the witnesses
whose opinions on the point were OF any value were
unanimous IN considering the furnace entirely safe


The opinion that the fire was not caused by the fur.
In the Inlno is supported. not only by the ex.
perence and Judgment OF experts, but by positive
evidence OF wellnign conclusive character This
IL found IN the present condition or the bretce or
wooden partition which divided the shaft into a
hostingway and an airway ran upcast and down
cast THIS .bretce 10 discovered at the top not at
the bottom except a few which were ignited by the
burning debris and ashes which fell TO the bottom OF
the shaft when the breaker building was consumed


The brettice the only material which could have
carried the fire from tue bottom to the top OF the
shaft the FIRE had been communicated to the brat.
lice at the bottom, as ttlwoud have been had the
furnace communicated IT. IL is Impossible to
believe that portion Of the brettice beginning at a
point only twenty feet from the bottom and extend
ing thence upward for 13o feet could have remained


unburaed as " now remains What could have
tom and resindle them I30 or lao feet higher up,
The thing Is incOncoivable. Not one of the wit
nesses could assign for Iue origin OF the fire any
cause connected with the working OF the mine.
Most OF them th0nght u expedient not to attempt
any explanation at ALL and only one OF the hundreds
to give positive expression to the horrible suspcion
that evidently nrEed in the minds OF ALL one wit
on his oath said be believed the mine was intcn-
uonaiy fired. Let us not attempt further to excite
the horror which the mere suspicion OF such an
enormity al once arouses, but examine for a
moment the facilities for incendiarism afforded by


George Morgan swors that he believed the nre be-


gan at the mouth OF the tunnel or little below IL.
The tunnel referred to affords the best possible cover
lor incendlary operations. BEGINNING under the
lower side OF the breaker 1t ran under tna building
and opened into the shaft at point about forty feet
below the surface. The parts OF the SHAFT into which
IL opened was not the hosting way which was con-
tinuay traversed by tho carriage. frequently with
men aboard, and in which any suspisious appear
ance would almost certainly have been noticed The
tunnel opened into the air shaft, or upcast, by q
wooden door, This point in the air shalt. forty feet
beneath the surface was perfectly screened from


servaton. 1t was UP the shaft that the reramo,
and II came with the speed and force Of ~ ex-
Year: 1869

IN Act establishing the term of office of


the House of Representatives, and


Troviding for biennial sessions of the


legislative Assembly of the Territory


no Montana.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House
r Representatives. IF the United States
= lmeyicd ia Congress assembled. That
-ereaiter the members of the house of
representatives. of the Territory of Mon
ana shall be elected for the term of two
Years, and the stated sessions of the leg
he said legislative assembly. at it first
s7ssion after the passage OF this act, shall
Provide by law for carrying this act into
fleet.


Approved March l 1869.
Year: 1869

THE Montana delegation in the In
augural Procession numbered forty per-
sons, the largest from any of tie Terri
tories. Doubtless il was the only dele
CATION in the procession in which not a
single person aspired to office. They
represented the impulsive earnestness
and cordial sympathy OF the Republic
cans of Montana, and could look with
ineffsble contempt upon the many from
other commonwealths whose thoughts
were on loaves and fishes rather than
the glory of the Republic
Year: 1869

The regularity with which the "I.o,t
Tribes" are periodically found is mar.
alieled only by the persistency with
whicn the last surviving soldier of the
Revolution annually dies. To day the


lost tribes are discovered in the depths
of Central Africa, Yesterday they were
found on the steps of Tartary, and to-
morrow they will turn up in Alaska.
They are, however, an unsatisfactory
people, III the matter of staying found.
No sooner are they discovered in one
place than they Immediately disappear.
only to come up smiling in some other
unfrequented locality, to challenge once
more credulity, and then to vanish ut
terly until they are rediscovered some.
where else. This sort of thing is grow
ing very tiresome. If the lost tribes
will not consent to stay found, we perfer
not to find them at all. Where is tb.
advantage of finding Zebulon and Cad
and Asher and all the rest of them IN
Abyssinia, only to lose them again, and
to lose them too, with the knowledge
that within the next twelve months they
Will greet US with a cheerful "Here we
are again" in the valley of Thibet.
Finders of the lost tribes would do well
to take hint from the ancient recipe
for cooking hare, and should first lose
their tribes before attempting to find
them. The legend that ten of the Isra-
eIitish tribes have mysteriously disap-
peared, and that all the Jews now in
Chatham street and elsewhere are de-
scendants of the remaining two tribes
Is purely gratuitous and without a
shadow of evidence. Centuries ago
some unknown persons, doubtless an
editor Of the period in want of para
graph, started the story of the lost
trioes, and succeeding generations have
accepted the story without question:
whereas, in point OF fact, it rests upon
no better foundation than does the
equally probable legend OF the wander
ing Jew.
Year: 1869

THE INFLUENCE OF SLEEP.-In DR.. Bush
nelrs volume on "The Moral Influence of Dark
Things" we find this truthful and suggestive
passage:


After some years prcjudices begin TO become
tired of being slept over. JealOusies rankie as
long rs they stay, but they get tired of staying
when we dc not stay with them We can moi
hate an enemy, save intermittenty, but have
to begin again every morning, which we
have less and less appetite for, and finally
come to like that morning best that does not
begin at all. Were ii not for this arrangement
our malignlties might burn us up. But the
taking away of consciousness is Il kind of COM
pulsatOry Sabbath or truce of God. No hatred
burns in the unconscious man, no revenge or
Jealousy lowers on his face in that soft hour of
oblivion. If he went to bed heated by an ugly
conversation, ii he was severe and bitter in his
Judgment if all charities are Scorched away by
his fierce denunciations, he will rise in the
morning cool and sweet us the morning, and
the gentle cheer of his voice will show that he
is clear OF his bad mood and likes to have it
known. After his unconscious Sabbath he
begins another day and every day is Monday.
How beautifully thus are we drawn by this
kind economy of sleep to the exercise of all
good dispositions. The acrid and soured in
gradients of evil-the grudges, the wounds of
feeling, the hypOchrondriac susricions the
black torments of misanthropy, the morose
tanlt-hnding, are 50 far tempered and sweet
ened by Gods gentle discipline of sleep, that
we probably do not even conceive how demo-
niacly bitter they would be if no such kind
Interruptions broke their spell.
Year: 1869

Some men, like pictures, are filter for
corner than full light.


If you want your neighbors to know
all about you, give party and don't in
vite the people who live next door.


A wag has truly said that if some men
could come out of their cofiins and read
the inscriptions Oh their tombstones they
would think they had got into the wrong
grave.


Columbus famous trick of making an
egg stand on end turns out not TO have
been original with him, but was per-
formed by the Florentine architect, Bru-
nelleschi, long before the great navigator
was born.


1t is glory to man not to surrender to
evil; but to the truth he can not surren-
der too soon or too unreservedly. There
is no credit in adhering to falsehood or
wrong, to maintain consistency. That is
the policy OF men and devils.
Year: 1869

1t wonderous advantage to a man.


in every pursuit or vocation, to secure


an adviser in a sensible woman. In a


woman there is at once a subtle delica-
cy OF tact and plain soundness of


Judgment which are rarely combined


in equal degree in man. A woman, if


she be really your friend, will have a


sensitive regard for your character,


honor, repute. She will seldom coun-


sci you to do shabby things, for wo-


man friend always desires to be proud


of you. At the same time her consti-
tutional timidity makes her more eau
tlous than your male friend. She
therefore seldom counsels you to do an
imprudent thing. A mans best female
friend is wife of good sense and heart,
whom he loves, and who loves him.
But, srppOslng the man to be without
such helpmate, female friendship he
must still have, or his intellect will be
without garden, and there will be
many an urheeded gap even in the
strongest fence. Better and safest of
course, are such friendships where dis
parity of years or circumstances puts
the idea of love out of the question:
Middle life has rarely this advantage;
J outh and old age have. We may have
female friendships with those much old
er and those mnch younger than our
selves. Female friendship is to a man
the bulwark, sweetness, ornament of
his existence.
Year: 1869

EB@ Everything that astronomers


can't understand is ascribed to the in


fiuence of the moon. When we have
two moons, as an astute German pre-
diets will soon be the case. it is to be


hoped that the action of one NAV be
counteracted by the other, and the star
gazers will then have peace, An ex-
change says "a very extraordinary
fact is that observed by Mr.. Stene, OF
the Greenwich Observatory, who tells
US there is strong ground for believing
that the moon has sufficient influence
on the earth 10 cause change in the
latitude of Greenwich. He attributes
this strange result to one of two causes.
The first Is the yielding of the earth S
crust under the moons action, thus
producing vertable distortion of the
globe. The second is the effect of the
moon upon the atmosphere, whereby
the heavenly bodies are more or less
elevated lin appearance) by reflection,
and thus the latitude is caused TO
change in appearance, though not in
reality.
Year: 1869

fE5e 81 shall tell how it was. put
mine hand on mIne head and there was
Won pain. Then / put my hand on nv
body, and.there vas an odor. These
vas very much pains in all mine body.
Then put mine hand in mine pocket
and there was nothing. Sol LINED mid
de temperance. Now there is no more
pain in mine head, the pain in mine
body vas allgone away, put my hand
IN mine pocket, and there vas twenty
dollars. So stay mid de temperance.
Year: 1869

ELECTRIC CLoCKs.--Electric clocks are
now made. They are driven by the current
of an earth battery, and require no winding
up or attention for long periods, varying
with circumstances. The pendulum rods
are made of rosewood saturated with ,psrae-
fine, and do not affect the regularity Of the
clock by contraction or expansion. The
battery is composed Of zinc and gas carbon,
which are buried in the earth, and generate
the electric current regularly and steadily
for long time, the moisture Of the earth
being sufficient to produce the action needed
without the use Of acids. The wheelwork
is of the simplest construction, and when
once adjusted, needs no more attention ex-
cept occasional oiling. The ewhole appsra-
tus is enclosed to prevent injury from dust,
and is elegant and reliable.
Year: 1869

WOOD D1sTRIBUT1oN.-By reference to
advertisement in another column it will be
seen that, under on appropriation of the
City Council, wood will be distributed to
the poor Of the city during the present
winter. It will be necessary for those who
wish to get this wood to present the certif-
cate of the visitor of the district in which
he or she may reside. Visitors who may
not be able to attend to the duties are re-
quested to notify Mr.. G. K. Crutchfeld at
once, go that some one else may be named
in their places. They are requested to
visit their districts Immediately, 80 as to
see into the condition of all INDECENT per-
SONS therein.


Visitors will be supplied with tickets by
calling at this Office on Monday next. 1t is
hoped that no gentleman who has been
named as visitor will decline to serve, but
that he will act promptly, in order to al
leviate the suffering which is already ex-
listing amongst the poor of the city. The
wood will be ready for delivery during the
coming week. Due notice will be given OF
the day.
Year: 1869

uNE Of the best proofs that ours is
the best Government ever devised" is
the fact that under il the widow is not
allowed TO garland the grave of her
rebel husband, and the mother is forbid.
den to cast a token of her love upon the
turf that covers the ashes of her Dixie
boy. Let us annex to Austria and have
GRANT for our HAYNAv.
Year: 1869

The New York Commercial 4drcrtissr
saws that If the mass of his countrymen
could have their way, General Butler
would kc condemned to the fate of
PRoMETuEUS, though it might be diff
hcnlt TO find the yuIture hungryenosgh
TO take a hack at his liver"
Year: 1869

Sir John Mcdonald said recently III a
debate on the salary of the Governor
I General of Canada, that in the United
States low salaries have been found, IN
the long run TO be the highest


This is a polite way of saying that
what our officials lack in lawful wages,
they make up in stealage.
Year: 1869

WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies. They win cure every case of MA.
RASMUS, without fail.


Thousands Of certificates have accumulated
in the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow Of the publication Of but a few. Those.
it will be observed, are men of note, and of such
standing that they must be believed
Year: 1869

PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily
upon them, with all its attendant ills will find
in the use of this BITTERS or the TONIC, an
elixir that will nsJIl new life into their veins,
restore In measure the energy and ardOr Of
more youthful days build mp their shrunken
forms, and give health and Happiness in their
remaining years.
Year: 1869

1t is well established fact that fully one.
half of the female portion of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, to
use their own expression, never feel we'll "
They are languid devoid of all energy, extreme.
ly nervous, and have no appetite.


To this class of persons the BITTERS, OF the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

MR.. EDITOR.-I have been a care
full reader of what has been written on
this subject, and will, with your con-
sent add a few words.


First, The State proposes a system
of Education. OF this system the
State University, the Normal School,
and every district school should con-
stitGte part.


Second, In order to carry out any
system it is necessary that the text
books used should conform to the sys-
tenn.


Third, To produce the uniformity
which is here implied, there must be
some authority to define the text books
used, and to designate the system.


BY our School law it has been
made the duty, not of Boards of Edu-
cation, County Sup'ts, Teachers, Par
ents or Pupils to define these Books,
but of the State Superintendent.


The real question of issue is, shall
we recognize the authorities of law or
not? If we reject the recommendation
of the State Sup't we have no other
authority, and any pupil may take any
book he pleases, and School Director
or Teacher is powerless to forbid its
use.


The rejection of the list, it seems to
me, establishes bad precedent. The
plea for its rejection is that Mr.. Beals
is an appointee. He is the only real
authority. An elected officer could
be invested with no higher power in
this respect than he, and the teacher
who pleads for the violation of the
law, is not the person to whom ought
to be entrusted the Education of the
children of the commonwealth.


4 r
Year: 1869

THE NINE WARDS BILL, recently de-
clared to be good law by three oi our most
eminent lawyers-two OF them Republicans
provides for the election OF the Mayor for
term Of three years. The election di the
President of Tie City Council for one year
by general ticket in all the wards in the
same manner as the City Treasurer is elect
ed. Tie adjustment Of The Office Of Alder
man, and the division of the city into nine
wards, each ward TO choose two members
Of Council for two years. Upon the assem-
bling Of The new Council at lis first meeting
the members will draw lots for the long and
short terms of one and two years respective
ly. Those having the short term-beinl
equal to one half OF the entire body-will re
tire in one year, and thereafter one half 0
the Council Will be elected annually lor
term Of two years. The first election unde
the new law will take place on the 9Th da.
of September next. No prepayment of cit
taxes Is necessary to constitute voter.
Year: 1869

Our neighbor Of the Journal is jubilant
over his new signs and extensive printing
establishment adjoining the City Hall. lie
may well be proud OF them, as they are really
superb and justly worthy of admiration.
We congratulate him on his taste and enter.
prise.-Repu5tcaa.


We thank our good.natuied friend, tue
editor of the Republican, for his pleasant
words, and kind wishes. Having himself
but recently emerged from the difficulty and
perplexiiy OF removing a Printing Office and
fitting up an extensive building oil his cwn
he can fully nppre ciate tile labor and ankle
ty attending so huge an undertaking. Hene'
he knows the value and advantages of jus
such improvemenlsras we have been max
Year: 1869

THE AFRICAN RAcE.-The New York
Tribune has some interesting speculations
upon the colored population. 1t says:


The inevitable ineriority of negro to a
white man is pointedly illustrated by one or
two facts in letter from North Carolina.
About half the colored children in the schools
of that S.ate-children born, Of course, dur
ing the existence Of the patriarchal system
are so nearly white that Nobody can tell to
which race they approach the closer; but
since the war has given the freedmen the con-
troll of their own families. amalgamation has
almost wholly ceased, proving that it was the
whites, not the blacks, W 10 were responsible
for it of old. The colored people are going to
school with great assiduity, and are supposed
to have contributed more money for educa-
tion in 1868 than the whites. About 10000
of them in North Carolina have learned to
read since the close of the war, and probably
not 10000 whites in the same State have ac-
quired that much education during the same
period. of course it must be evident from
this that the social and political elevation of
the freedmen is a sin against God and nature,
not to say moral impossibility.


AS further illustration of the effect Of the
Curse of Canaan in keeping white people up
on higher plane than the rest of mankind,
we may add that the Northern gentlemen
and ladies who have sacrificed home comforts
for the purpose of teaching these poor colored
people are sometimes treated with every kind
Of indiguity by the high-toned white native.
Year: 1869

LOSING AN OFFIcE.-The New York
World is in pain because Hospital Steward
Torny is discharged from the service Of the
United States for marrying the daughter of
Mrs. Surratt. The order for the discharge
has recently been issued from the War De-
partment. Now Torny had right to marry
this daughter if he chose to do so. And If
she was pretty and well behaved we don't
blame him. The cause of his removal proba-
bly, lies deeper than his marriage We should
not wonder if there was little of the virus
Of copperhead left in his heart along with
the love be cherished-for Miss Surratt. Now
this virus has done great deal OF mischief in
our country, and we fear it still rankles in
many bosoms. If one is iunoculated with
this poison and has it bal, we think he is
hardly fit to hold an Office Of profit and trust
in our government. We want men in Office
who are honest and patriotic and not those
who still feel occasionally pangs Of grief thai
the great rebellion didn't succeed.
Year: 1869

THE COMMERCIAL EXCURSION PARTY AND BRIG
HAN YoUSG.-From Salt Lake we have news OF
an interview on the 10th instant between Brig
ham Young, and Judge Trumbull and the Chi
cago coWmercial party. During the conversa-
ton Young told Trumbull that he would prob
ably hear soon of some federal officials being ez-
PEELED from Utah. Trumbuli advised him, be-
fore taking such step, to make know his griev-
ances to President Grant, who will not permit a
violation of the law to 60 uupunished. Young
said that Grant had removed only Mormon Of
hcers in Utah. and for no reason except that
they were Mormons. He further said that the
Mormons would not obey law of Congress
against polygamy, because Congress had no
right to interfere in that matter. Trumbull
gave him to understand that the law must be
obeyed and the parties separated mutually dis
satisfied with each other.
Year: 1869

The New York Erening Post, in speaking of
the Republican party, answering question of
its own, says the organization must advance.
Wherever there is q wrong to be addressed,
there is its line cf march it is, and if it is to
live, 1T must be, the enemy of all privilege, of
of every form Of slavery. 1t is the enemy of all
favoritsm, of every species of special legislation
and special privilege; it has upheld, and must
the law.