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VOL. 48.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1873.
NO. 36.
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A Hundred Years.
BY   THK   BABD   OK   TlliC   MOUNTAIN.
When Guilford s feeble battle-cry
Pell on our nation's cars, And freedom bade. Oppression fly,
.Mars' hand inscribea "a liuudred ycar.t!"
When Hope's faint ray but dimly shone Where power now her standard rears.
His thunders awed the British throne, By echoing loud "a hundred years !"
Wheu patriots bathed our sacred soil With mingled streams of blood and tears,
Whilst Britain's vanquished hosts recoiled. Peace angels wrote "a hundred year.i 1''
Let despots shrink and staud aghast, As Freedom high her banner bears,
'Twas God the mighty fiat cast
That .spared her life a hnndred years.
In vain may tyrants strive to quench Her fires by widowed mothers' tears,
Or from fate's hand the stencil wrench That paints in blood "a hundred years !"
Thus gazing down Time's rapid stream. The bright Centennial dawn appears.
And 'neath its soft effulgent beam We .shout aloud "a huudred years !"'
Let patriotic bosoms swell,
Nor bide in shame the flowing tears, Thnt from life's mystic fountain well,
When history writes "a hundred years ! "
Let all the world assembled gate,
.Ka gratitude a column rears, Nor any wish to dim the blaze
That swept our shores a hundred years.
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A TALE OF THE REVOLUTION.
BY "MIAMI."
It was a bright June morning in 1777. A comfortable wagon was drawn up before the door of a farm house i.a the ea.st bank of the Hudson river. From thu happy oc¬ cupants, tbe peaceful hills with their weed¬ ed summits, the fair AdironJaeks veiled by a misty haze of blue, the fresh, green meadows, and bright June flowers, shut out the scenes of blood which had begun to stain our couutry. The majestic river rolled on as smoothly, the wild birds sjjng as sweetly as when the colonists were sub¬ jects of that king whoso thraldom they were uow determined to throw oft'.
A beautiful young lady, in a plain mus¬ lin dress and straw bonnet, stood waiting for some 'one iu the door of the farm house, alternately smelling the roses whieh she had in her hand und caressing the little children who with their mother stood beside her.
This lady was Jane McCrea, the orphan of a Scotch gentleman, and was for the present residing with her brother. A couple of the neighbois, who were going to do some trading, had promised to ac¬ company Mr. McCrea and his sister to Fort Edward, where the latter was going to visit her friend Mrs. O'Niel.
After an exhilerating drive they reach¬ ed Fort Edward, aud stopped in the village at tho house of Mrs. O'Niel, a widow and lady of high repute in the country. Her tasteful dress and cap became the dignified matronly hostess who welcomed her vistors into a .arlor, not only genteel, bul even luxurious for that day of primitive plain¬ ness.
The lady was expecting them evidently, for the table for dinner was set in the state dining room, and the meal was wait¬ ing. Elegant old silver bearing tbe family crest, costly china and cut gla.ss irom the M'Niel manor house in the old country, had been brought from the locker.s of the great side board for the occasion.
Her yonng visitor was a great favorite with the widow, who looked admiringly at the sunny-eyei, rosy-cheekcimaiden flirt¬ ing about the room, arranging her roses in a vase and patting back the stray curls the wind had di«placed in her drive. Tbe party chatted gaily, and enjoyed the pres¬ ent, though stern war had .«et his face meaningly toward them.
Late iu the evening her brother and friends look their leave, and Jane was left to her hostess alone. She g.ized once more upon the old family portraits, read over tht) old book!«, listened to the harp, or to the lazy humming of the spinning wheel which Dinah used so dexterously in the kitchen.
Days sped quickly Lj', each freighted with pleasant memories of friendly visits and familiar faces. AtYernoona the ladies spent in tho cool old parlor perfumed with wild roses and lilacs which shaded the windows. The young ladies of the village flitted in and out like butterflies on those delightful June days, chatting over their sewitg and knitting or talking of loved ones far away, who were perhaps even then lacing the deadly foe.
It was on a rainy day, when the two were alone, that the latter confided tho story of her attachment and betrothal to her friend. It was David Jones, a bril¬ liant, handsome young man, then a lieu¬ tenant in Fraser's division of Burgoync's army, who had won her heart. He had resided with his family at Ftnt Edward, but at the commencement of the Revolu¬ tion removed with them to Canada.
The Jones' were stauueh Royalists, while the McCrens' were as firm on thu Federal side.
But like a true woman. Jane luved, perhap.-? "not wisely, but too well," and though Lieutenant Jones wore the red coat and mirched beneath the hated Brit¬ ish standard, she remained true in the love and respect she bore him.
Mrs. O'Niel was als.o a Royalist, and a friend of General Fraser. She shared her young guest's enthusiasm in her plans, and encouraged her to keep up her correspon¬ denee with the gallant young oflieer. Jjittle dreamed she that the name of Miss McCrea should prove a rallying word, to call gentlemen patriots and sturdy yeomen from mountain and glen, from east and west, to take up arms beneath the Ameri¬ can flag.
General Schuyler was stationed at Fort Edward with a division of the American army, while General Burgoyne was at Skenesborough awaiting his opportunity to advance toward the Hudson. Many were the courtesies extended to the brave volunteers by the kind peuplo of tbe vil¬ lage, \yho became attached to them as to sons and brothers. But, alas, the tocsin rung, the alarm spread lar aud wide.
In the latter part of July Burgoyne reached Fort Anne; General Schuyler moved his post down tho river toward Al¬ bany, and his place at Fort Edward or just beyond, was occupied by Fraser's di¬ vision. Miss McCrea was onee more near her lover, ''so near and yet so far."
The advance ofthe British army spread terror through the countiy, and tho inhab¬ itants made ready to fly from home and property.    Mr. McCrea determined to re¬
move with his family to Albany, as a large party of his friends were goiug there for safety, and sent a message to his sister to be prepared to accompany them. But the young girl failed to respond. Again and again he sent her urgent requests, but still she dallied. Fatal delay ! At length, when the villagers were about to quit the Fort, Jane prepared to leave tho vicinage of her lover.
Morning dawned, a lovely July morn¬ ing. The golden sunbeams played upon the walls of Mrs. O'Niel's quiet parlor, tbe soft air stirred the musliu curtains and the bees droned past the door where .Jane stood awaiting her brot!i«r. Mrs. O'Niel would remain, for tlie British were her friends. She stood cheering her young friend by voice and manner, striving to assure her that all would yet be well. But what of a sudden blanches the lady's cheek ? Why does the fair girl's blood grow cold ?
In terror they shut and bar the doors, then retire for safety to an inner room.— They pray one short, prayer, short, fur the doors are burst open and a party of Indi¬ ans in all their savage pomp enter tho house. Quicklj' these allies of Burgoyne did their work, plundered the honse and carried the two ladies ofl' prisoners. Miss McCrea, in her terrbr, besought the sava¬ ges to take her to the enemy's camp, where she felt she had one friend. She oft'itred a large reward and they promised. Thus she signed her death warrant. Mad, as we are told, with British rum, the chiefs began to quarrel and dispute it.s to whom the prize belonged. Tho leading chief, enraged beyond tho re.st, killed Miss Mc¬ Crea upon the 5pot. The beautiful victim was yet warm, with her rich young life blood flowing, when the savage scalped her and bore her bleeding scalp and s-ilken tresses as a ttopliy to the British camp.
The broken-hiiarted lover lost all inter¬ est in life, lio brooded in anguish over the sad but precious relic of his betrothed, and disgusled with the world, he threw up his commission and retired to Canada. Liviug single and alone jie became gloomy and silent, his heart was filled with mourn¬ ful picture.* of what might have been. Ho was called when a silvery-headed man to meet Jane in that far-oft" land where brides and bridegrooms are unknown.
A simple stjnc, with the name "Jane McCrea" cut upou it, marks her grave near the ruins of Fort Edward, and the tree is said to stand under which her life was taken.
The plan worked quite well till the uame of Mr. Speer was reported by the commit¬ teo on permanent organization, when sueh a howl of indignation went np from nine- tenths of the assembled Democracy that that gentleman was gald to withdraw his name from before the Convention. Hon. J. Lawrence Getz spoke in faror of Speer, and was hissed from the floor.
How are the mighty fallen '. The able and eloquent Speer, whose name wasatone time a synonym for all that is good and true in politics, ignominiousTy kicked ofl' the rostrum and not permitted to preside over the deliberations ofa petty Democrat¬ ic convention '. Truly will that gentleman commence to think that his "back pay grab" \rits about as judicious a speculation as was the acceptance by Judas Iscariot of the thirty pieces of silver.—Altoona Tri- hnne.
The Grabbers at Wilkesbarre.
Sam Randall, as soon as he saw the way the current was running, had scn.=e enough to hold his peace at Wilkesbarre. Foster and McClelland did no* put in au appear¬ ance. Not so with R. Miltiin Speer and J. Lawrence Getz, Democratic Congress¬ men who part their names in the middle and pocketed the ' .swag." With their pockets filled with the pliiinler they voted themselves, they attempted to champion the grab—bieic pay and future pay—and wo are rejoiced there was sufficient manly self-assertion iu the delegates to hoot thciu dowu. The case uf Speer is one that de¬ serves special mention. Twice elected to Congress in a doubtful district because of Republicau division, ho imagines himself a coming sort of a man in Penns3'lvania politics, aud weat up to Wilkesbarre sev¬ eral days in advance of the meeting of the Convention to button-hole the delegates as they arrived, and secure a State endorse¬ ment of his personal and political fortunes, by his election as President of the Con¬ vention. The Committee was so constitu¬ ted as to report him for that position, "with a ponderous tale attached in the shape of forty or fifty Vice Presidents and Secre¬ taries. Happy man was Speer. If not at tho summit of manhood's expectations he was en route. His "able and eloquent speech on taking the chair," arraigning the Republicau party, was in the hands of the reporters and telegraph operatois, ready to be flashed tothe uttermost bounds ofthe continent. A radiant smile illu¬ mined his countenance as he prepared to ascend the rostrum, and show the assem- blpd Democracy what manner of man was their future leader. But at this critical moment a note of discord was sounded. "Back-pay grabber," wa^ thundered at John Milton Speer from scores of Demo¬ cratic throats, and the fanciful fabric ho had built, with him.self as the central fig¬ ure, tumbled to the ground. His zeal in packing the Organization Committee so as to get himself reported, only made his dis¬ grace and repudiation by his fellow parti¬ zans the more conspicuous. Ho dug the pit iuto which he foil. In vain did Speer urge his services and fealty to the Demo¬ cratic party ; he told a falsehood by stating he "had not sought the honor," when the telegraph for days reported him on the ground working for it; he plead that he should not be stabbed in the house of his friends, and begged pitoously for the en¬ dorsement. Well, he was not "stabbed," but was incontinently tumbled out of the house. Even Sam Josephs and McMullin turned their backs on him. The .Vssocia- tcd Press report says "the sense of the Convention was unanimously against Speer being permanent chairman," and Doctor Nebinger was substituted in the report of the Committee, and accepted by the Convention without a single regretful vote on behalf of Speer. If thi.s don't finish the mau, his assurance must be steel-clad. In our recollection of Pennsylvania poli¬ tics, we have not known so signal a re¬ buke.—Pittsburg Evening Telegraph.
Milton Speer Repudiated.
Hon. K. Milton Speer is the most abased man in Pennsylvania today. Possessed of a fair share of talent, and invested by his fellow citizens with their confidence and support, ho started out iu life with fairer skies than are accorded must men. Hi» reputation as a legislator grew day by day, and higher honors were popularly suppos¬ ed to wait llim. But all this is changed. A moment of weakness came, and by the commission of a single act he blighted and ruined all hia future prospects. The "sal¬ ary grab" presented its seductive front, and he fell! It is true Mr. Speor voted in Congress against the er.aetmeut of the bill granting the back pay ; but it is also true that he was .nothing loath to accept the $5,000 when the same was tendered hiin by the United States Treasurer.
Mr. Speer was sent to Wilkesbarre as a delegate to the State Convention. Him¬ self and Hon. Sam.Kaudall andother self- confessed treasury thieves determined that no vote of censure iu connection with (he "salary grab" question should be passed on them ; and in conformity with this deter¬ mination, it was arranged that Mr. Speer should be chosen permanent President of the body. It is one thing to propose, however, and ¦ another  thing   to dispose.
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The Centennial Exhibition.
The peoplo ofthis country hardly begin to tjike a general interest in the great Philadelphia Exhibition of 1870. But the plan is so judicious in itself, and the nation.il enthusiasm fur anytbina; fro broad and generous is so sure to quicken as the time for it draws near, that there need be no fear but that, when tho summer of 1876 has come, the whole nation will be .suffi¬ ciently roused to the grcitness and signifi¬ cance of the occasion.
Thore is much more reason lo fear that this general enthusiasm may be roused so late that tho fit preparations may not be made in time fur an exhibition which ought to be both an adcquiite and a c-im- prehensivo display of the results of a cen¬ tury of n.ational being. We have had in¬ stances enough of the sudden awakening of national enthusiasm to know that it may burn very hotly wheu there has been no suflicieut preparation fur action. There was enthusiasm enough fur orms iu the spring of 1801; but it pruved that there were uot fifly thousand men who euuld march seven miles a day to meet au euomy. Now, in 1876, thu countiy will bo very much annoyed, not to wy mortified, if its great exhibition is only half ready wheu the time comes. If deserts of sand and siuioous of dust surround tho building ; if the fresh paint offends nostrils and ruins tempers ; if the day of opening bo a "fe^ist of packing-cases," we shall then havo aeres of criticism, all very good but a'l too late. To reader such criticism unnecessary, thu precautions arc, in fact, to be taken in this very year
Strange as it may appear to a people who h.ave fiattered themselves into believing that a city cau be rebuilt in a twelve¬ month, as it cannot; ora Coli.seuui in three months, as it cannot; or a universi¬ ty created by an aet of Coiigrus.s, as it cannot,—strange as it may appear to such a people to bo taught that three years is a very short timo in which to arrange a comprehensive exhibition of the results of the industry ofthe world, the truth is that this is a slmrt time for so vast au under¬ taking. It has proved a vory short time in Austria, whieh is fortunately pluoed fbr such an enterprise. Between the half- known countries of tlte llast, and the great workshups of the world, A'^ieuna stood halfway. And indeed her relations with the countries around the Black Sea aud thu eastern Mediterranean gave 'ler peculiar facilities for that display of tho productsofWesten'Asia aud of Eastern Europe, which have given some of its re¬ markable attractions to thu exhibition of I this summer. But to interest any of tho nations of Europe even, and of their workmen, in an exhibition on the other side of tho Atlantic ; to persuade them to send valuable manufactures to a eountry | of which the existence teems to half of them almost a myth, and to arrange for the arrival here of those other collections moro precious aud more valuable than mere manufactures—collections whicii il¬ lustrate methods of education, steps in civilizatiou, or the prtjgresss of history— all this is far more difficult fur the Phila¬ delphia Commissiouers than could be any similar undertaking in any part of Eu¬ rope.
The spirit, aud in general the good sense, shown at the great dinner in which for the publie the Centennial exhibition was inaugurated at I'hiladelphia, speak well for the future. There was no inde¬ cent boasting, no discounting cf success, and there seems to have beea, side by side with determination, a roal understanding that there is hard work to bo done btf ire the "day of opening" comes. This is a good oiuen. Meanwhile, at Vienna itself tbe agents ofthe centenuial committee are making acquaintance with tin; practifal men who have had the most to do with the great display there; they meet there the exhibitors who have, each in his place, done most to secure the beauty and the variety of that exhibition ; tlicy see with their own eyes the detail and the result of methoJa of admiHistratiuu—and it must bo hoped that they will loarn much which will be of value in thu organizing ofthe Philadelphia exhibition. Since 1851 each oi" these "great games ofthe nations" has shown au advance, in some regards, ou its predecessors, and we shall make but a very poor display of our inventive or our or¬ ganizing ability, if iu sume way wu do nut make oue step forward, when the time shall Cume for ours.
First of all, we trust tho directors who have it iu charge may be early advised that tho Vienna Welt-Ausstellung is too large. Jjct it be remembered, from the beginning, that the o'ojeet is to display, in oue ceutre, the result of a hundre'd years of national governineut in America; and in the same place, in friendly rivalry, to di.splay the results of the present civiliza¬ tiou ofthe nst of tho world. Now this ought to bu so displayed that any con.sci- enciou.s or intelligent pursjn can seo, study and profit by the display. It is nut fitly arraiigud if only thu various articles be so brought together that in a month's time, by such hard work as the Emperor aud -Empress of Austria are at this moment giving to tho AVek Au.sstellung, we have some idea of it. A man who should spend a month in the eity of London, going from warehouse to warehouse, and exam¬ ining their contents, would obtain quite a good notion of the results of modern in¬ dustry. But we do uot call the city of London, "a world's exhibition," and it is not onc. We must have tho cyclopicdia of modern industry which is contemplated a small-enough cyclopicdia for reference. Nay, it must be so indexed and catalogued, it must be so arranged that the visitor can know what there is in it, and how to turn to every object in the shortest time. This is not possible af Vienna, because the ex¬ hibition there is too large.
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The prep.tration for  another feature in
the American part of the exhibition in¬ volves much more difficulty. Wc suppose it will be determined not to attempt any general displays in the line of natural his¬ tory, such as should exhibit the geological constitution of the eountry, or its laws of clim.ate, or of growth. These arc not matters which in strictness belong to the exhibition. It is, however, to be remem¬ bered that no complete illustration of some manufactures cau be made without illus¬ tration derived from physical science. The sets of silk, in every form of the raw ma¬ terial, whieh made a part of the exhibition of Italy at Vienna, were among the most interesting collections there. For the proper exhibition of the products of iron in America, there should be a full exhibi¬ tion of iron ores. For the proper illus¬ tration of cotton manufactures, the differ¬ ent stages and the different fibres of cotton should be exhibited. Now evidently it is too much to expect any manufacturer to go iuto this provision of objects in natural history. And it is very desirable that the duty should early be assianed to some sen¬ sible and intelligent person of making what we eall the scientific collections nec¬ essary for the proper illustration of the exhibition ofthe results of American in¬ dustry.
The governments of the various States may, if they choose, render very important assistance in the proper repre.sentation of the present aspecls of American lifo. They will choo.se, if they are properly addressed, and addressed in season. The government of the natioQ ako has many opportunities to do the same, which, as we hope, maybe fairly at d fully employed. The museum of weapons and other military resources at Fort Jlonroe, for instance, oneof the most interesting collections in the world, might be duplicated at Pliiladeliihia. The Indian department ought to be able to furnish an eshibitioii which would show the real con¬ dition of the aboriginal tribes, of their civilization and of their industry. The coast survey, tho patent office, the light¬ house bureau, West I'oint, the observatory, tho weather bureau, the copyright office, tho»mint, and those great founderics whioh arc almost national, ought all to make with system, their contributions. There will be no difficulty in including the several States to do their part, if it is indicated to them what the part is. The goverumeut of Italy exhibits at A^ienna the prnces.ses by whicii it perforated Mount Cenis. The State of Massachusetts, if it is a.skud, will show at Philadelphia how, before 1876, it tunneled the Hoosac mountain. Maine, if it is asked, will show the several stages of ship-building; California and Nevada the critical steps in metallurgy ; South Caro¬ lina and Georgia the various staples of cotton; I'ennsylvania the processes of iron ; Jliehigan the methods of reducing copper ; and so in every locality the local governments ought to be relied upou for tlio.se larger ranges of exhibitions for which individuals cau hardly be asked with pro¬ priety to make the full preparation.
Ofthe arrangements whieh would secure a proper exhibition of American fiue art, we caunot speak at this time. The sad failure at Vienna shows that we ean hardly rely here on the personal interest or evou the esprit du corps of the artists. It must be hoped that such institutions as our own Art club, the New York Acadetuy, the Academy in Philadelphhia,and the unions which have similar functions in Chicago and iu Cincinnati may see th.it the exhi¬ bition of pictures and statuary is not left to accident or to selfishness. Accident and selfishness at Vienna gave us, on the cata¬ logue of two or three thousand pictures and statues, twelve articles—most of them de.served no higher name. We will not leave the country's credit fur culture in fine art to such a display in Philadelphia.
Voices.
There is something peculiarly charming in a sweet voice, something which arrests the attentiou and makes one iuvoluntarily wish to hear it again. When the gentle intouations of a sweet voice fall, with their soothing influence, upon the ear, imagina¬ tion immediately pictures a form or face to correspond, -Who could ever imagine a loud, ooai'so voice to belong to a gentle re¬ tiring creature, or a weak feminine voice to a manly nature. Not only do liviug creatures have voices, but there are, voices to everything. You havo heard of the "voice of nature." Have you taken an early morniug walk into the smuinor woods and listened to that voice.
Nature spciks to us not with one voice only, but with a thousand. Voices in ti¬ ny brooks miirmur softly tr) the pretty flowers bending gracefully over their banks to drink of the refreshing cup held to their lips.
Voices from the myriad "busy bees, ' sipping the wild honey from every "pass¬ ing" fluwer, tell of the aotive, h ippy life they lead.
The birdlings tunc their voices and pour forth in one harmonious concerttheir daily praises to their Maker.
All nature is full of sweet, hidden voi¬ ces ; and if we but take the trouble to lis¬ ten, wo shall find them filled with en¬ chanting music ilolightiug and charming the car, making the heart light, happy, and full of thanksgiving that we are sur¬ rounded by a world of such beauty and harmony.
Agaiu, other voices abound in the world, which, to a certain class of people, aro very troublesome. They arc the voices of the heart! Aye, the heart of ovcry human be¬ iug is filled with secret voices continually whispering to iheir owners, directing the good   to be chosen rather than the evil.
Not only do voices full of music oceupy the heart, but oftentimes harsh and discor¬ dant onus, always tempting their owners to wrong or evil doing.
It is hard to drown the voices of the heart, or to shut our cars against them. Though deafness may deprive us of hear¬ ing every othor sound, yet we cannot be
deaf to the voice of conscience.
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Slander.
Yes. you pa.ss ib along whether you be¬ lieve it or nut; and that one-sided whisper against the character of a virtuou.s female or an honorable uiau, you don't believe it, but you wUl u.se your influence to bear up false report and pass it iulo the current. Strange creatures are men and women. How many reputations have been loKt by surmise. How many hearts have been bled by whispers. How many beuevolent deeds have been chilled by the shrug ofa shoulder. How many individuals have been shunned by a gentle mysterious hint. How many chaste bosoms have been wrung with grief by a single nod. How many graves havo been dug by false re ports. Yet you will keep it above water by the wag of yuur tongue, when you might sink it forever. Destroy the pjssion for telling. Lisp not a word that will in¬ jure tho charaeter of another, and as far as you are concerned, the slander will die.
Tit-Bits Taken on the Fly.
Brownlow talks of editing the Knox- ville Whig again.
The Fayette county jail contains eight prisoners, one of them being charged with murder.
It is with our judgments as with our watches, noue go just alike, yet each be¬ lieves his own.
Trust not him with your secrets who, when left alone iu your room, turns over your papers.
John Pioberts, a minor at No. 4 slope, Pittston, was instantly killed by a fall of top roof on Tuesday.
A bore is a man who spends so much time talking abont hia.seif that you can't talk about yourself.
A li,t of game cocks, imported from Kentucky, sold iu Virginia City, Nev., for twenty dollars each.
A Lancaster farmer is exhibiting a corn stalk of this year's growth that uioasures seventeen I'eet in length.
A young man named Alexauder Gray, was run over and instantly killed at Uar- bor Creek, on Tuesday week.
Hoisa-thievcs are worrying the farmers in Jeffersju county, where that class of rascals are unusually plenty.
By a recent order Turkish ladies in Constantinople are nut allowed lo enter the stores for the puroha.se of goods.
Berks county holds ils annual fair on Tuesday, ^Vedncsday, 'Thureday and Fri- duy, Sept. IGth, I7th, 18th and 19th.
Ttio flax crop this year in Oregon will bo n>uch larger tiiaii ever befure. The oil mills at Salem will startup this week and probably ruu night and day.
The new directory just issued fur Wilkesbarre puts the population of that city at 18,876 souls; au increase siiioothe census of 1870 of 0,802,
Freeport is troubled with young u.en who stare ladies out of counteuance when coming out of church on Sundays. The ICra wants this thing stopped.
The contract for building the Juniita county court house in Mifflintown has been awarded to Messrs. Hetrick & Fleish¬ er, of Newport, Perry county, for §48,000.
A horse-thief uamed Harry Osborn, who stole a horse from Mr. Isaac Simpson, of Somerset, was arrested near Altoona on Monday. He was taken to jail at Somer¬ set f'or a hearing.
The resideuce of Hon. Samuol Page, at Brownsville, was damaged tn the extent cf S2,000 on Tuesday last. His exten.sive library and furniture weru saved. The house was not insured.
A John Deever, a lad, was seriously in¬ jured ou Wednesd.iy, nt the cork factory iu Lancaster, by being caught in the shafting and being whirled around at a terrible rate. Ho will recover.
tjomer .James, who murdered Edward Coagrove in Shenandoah City on the night oftho llth. has been an-ested and held on charge. The testimony is very strong against him.
ThcLancaster Expres.t says: Peter C. Hen- sel, residing on East King Street, Lancas¬ ter, has a fig tree in full bearing, with fully one thousand figs upon it, and this consti¬ tutes the third crop ofthe season.
An infant child of Mrs. Sarah Kline, residing near Pottsville, met a very sing¬ ular death on Wedusday night. The child fell between the foot-board of the bed and the wall and was choked to death.
A man named Corcoran was killed in the Reliance Colliery, Mount Carmel, Thurs¬ day, by a fall of coal. He leaves a wife and family. His "butty" whose name is not knowUj was severely injured also.
Tobias Kreider, an old and respect&d cit¬ izen of Fermanagh, was washed away with a bridge at that point, one day last weak, during the prevalence of the freshet in Ilorming's Run. He was seventy years of age.
The puddlers connected with the Phoe¬ nixville Iron Works, who struck for higher wages over two months ago, have returned to work at the old wages, after submitting to the condition that they should withdraw from the Puddlers' Union.
A boy named William Reiggles was kil¬ led at Lochiel Furnace, near Harrisbnrg, on Mond.iy night, by falling off a ladder a distance of nearly sixty feot, His back, .arms and ono leg were broken, aud Ills body was terribly mutilatod besides.
This is the way the Bwston Globe talks about Saratoga : "D^zliug, bewildering, intoxicating life, crowning all tha summer .glories, a*ad only suggesting, by its per¬ fection, the dark contriisting picture where woe and misery abide and sunshine is only a mockery."
There is a town not a thousand miles from Reading that has a sewing society composed of tbirty-three widows, and the sound of a pair of masculine boots going past the house when thoy moot is said to be enough to stop every one of the thirty- three needles,
'' On Thursday evening. Deputy Sheriff Coun lodged the thieves, three in number, in the Butler jail. They gave their names as George Wilsou, Pat Casey, and James McQuire. They are charged with robbing boarders at the Stewart [louse, in Greece City.
On Friday licar McCliutockville, ou the A y. R. R. a man had hi.s scalp torn nearly off whilo jumping off'a train while it was iu motion. He fell between the cars in a peculiar position, sj that the wheels cut his hair aud partly turned fhe scalp. He had a narrow escape for his life.
On Tuesday evening last, during the prevalence of a storm, the barn of Mr. Tucker, in Schellsburg, Bedford county, was struck by lightning and consumed by fire. Had it uot been for the heavy rain which fell in torrents at the time, the whole village of Schellsburg might have been de¬ stroyed.
The Charles Evaus Cemetery, the beau¬ tiful "City of the Dead" of Readiug con¬ tains one hundred acres of ground. The total number of internient.3 withiu its pre¬ cincts last year was 483; for the months of January, February, Murch, April, May, June, and July of this year tho number was 267.
A few days ago on the farm of of Win. Seidel, iu "Ureonv.iuh township, Berks couuty, a crow ventured near a stream of water wheru he was caught and killed by a snapping turtle. The cries of the crow were heard by a number of laborers in a field, who hastened to the spot and observed the unusual occurrence.
Our Book Table.
LlTEiiAKY Notices.—Tlie Internationtil
Revieu:.—We have received from A. 3. Bsrnes k Co., Ill and 113 William Street, N«w York City, a prospectus for a new magazine, ,10 be entitled, "Thi Isteesatiosal IJiviit, a Mag¬ azine for the Times." Prof. John M. Levitt, is announced as its editor. Tbe following are the principal objects to which it will be devoted, viz:
I. The chief object of this Review will b« the sifting and telling treatment of great questions of our age and country above mere sect or party; literary, scientific, social, aa- tional, religious.
II. It shall bring to its pages tbe best talent of Europe and America, and seek to be a me¬ dium of communication for representative tbinkors ofthe age.
III. While fearless and progressive, aimiag to lead the times by .idvancing every healthful reform, it shall never assail the divine author¬ ity ofthe Scriptures, or the supremacy of our Constitution over a united Repuhlic.
IV. Seeking always to elevate style, and to secure the very best writers in the world, it shall not, like most Quarterlies, address mere¬ ly scholars and divines, but furnish guidance and information in pleasing and popular forms lo practical men ia business and the professions.
V. To the solidity of a Quarterly it will strive to unite the sprightliness of the month¬ ly, avoiding extremes of heaviness and super¬ ficiality.
VI. Very especial attention will bo given to the notices of books in nil departments of att, science, and literature.
VII. The success ofthe International Revietc will be made to depeud on its comprehensive plan, solid merit, and adaptation in style and subject^to the times.
Vill.'As our Republic sprang from the whole p.ist ofthe historic nations of tho other conti¬ nent, and as we are now so closely connected with all countries, in aceordance with th ori¬ gin of our people nnd the breadth of our%ge, shall this Hevieie be a representative of the Old World and tho Xo\:—to the maturity of the former uniting the energy ofthe latter.
.Many of the ablest writers of Europe and America have been secured to contribute to its pages. Subscription price, $5 for one year. To be issued January l^t., 1871.
Lippineolt's Magazine for September will be a strikingly attractive number. It will con- lain an nnnsnally entertaining article on "English (;onrt Festivities," by » writer who had the entree to the "diplomatic circle" aud and who has given tt graphic description not only ofthe levees and drawing rooms held by the Queen and the Price of Wales, with the ceremonials and etiquette at such receptions, but also of the entertainments, balls, concerts, etc., nt the royal palaces. -V short article will be presented on "The Patrons of the Husban¬ dry," whose numbers are growing with prodi¬ gious rapidity, eiciting general interest and a desire for information as to tbe aims of the order, the constitution ofthe "Grangers," etc. 'The New H)-periou" is continued within- creasing interest, which is not a little enhane- ed by the characteristic illustration? of Gus- tave Dore. The number will contain tho con¬ cluding papers ou "Fruits and Flowers of the Topics," giving a striking and accurate de¬ scription ofthe marvelous vtgetation of Ori¬ ental countries; also a "Sketch of Eastern Travel," treating of China, with illustrattens of the chief points of interest. Under the title of ".i Lotos ufthe Niloa will appear a tragical love story by Christain Koid, the popular au¬ thor of "Valerie Aylmer." Another part ol Mrs. Ilallowell's pleasing uoTelctte, "Ou tho Chnrch Steps," which, by the way, is delight¬ ful summer reading, the scene being laid at Lenox, carries the reader further into a most interesting storv.
"Our Home in the Tyrol," Miss Hewitt's graphi* description of life and scenes in the picturesque region of tho Tyrol, is continued with illustrations, nnd "How they Keep a Ho¬ tel iu Turkey," by Edwin de Leon, gives a very entertaining picturo of life and manners in the East, as observed in the native khans as well as at the great hotel in Constantinople and Cairo.
Several short Poems aud a budget of pi¬ quant "Gossip" will complete a really inter¬ esting and attractive number of this popular Magazino.    Yearly subscription, $4.00
Nothing finer has yet been produued in this country in the form of a magazim than the Aldine for September. Europe and Ameriea have been laid under contribution to furnish the marvellously biantiful pictures which the best artists can produce. Mr. A. P. Bunaer has a series of three magnificent views in the Rocky Mountains, made expressly for the Aldine. In these days of Yellowstone expe¬ ditions and excursions to this famous region, these pictures possess unusual interest. A full-page view of Clear Creek Canon, Rocky .Mountains, opens up the wonderful grandeur of those hidden solitudes in a way to make them seem real; a large picture of the Snowy Range of the Sierra Madre is wild, gloomy and grand, while a sketch of tbe interior of the Rocky Mountains, gives one the impression that all the world is i^ade of mountains, A charming fnll-page picture after Legeaue, a. French artist, called, "The Blue Bird," shows a bewitching young woman confined in a strong tower to keep her from her lover. -Mr, John Hows, a New York airtist, has « fuU-pago study of "Brookside Willows," remarkable for its faithful interpretatioD of nature and minute detail.    A finer picture is seldom seen.    Mary
A. Hallock gives a society sketch called, "Wbo Is It ?" of two ladies peeping down stairs to catch a glimpse of the man at the hall door. Dore, the great French artist, fur¬ nishes two large pictures illustrating th» fairy tale of the "Sleeping Beauty." One of tbese shows the wonderful "Sfteping Palace," with the huntsmen in profound slumber; the other mirrors the "Sleeping Beautj" in her vine- covered balcony in the goldeu sualight. These two pictures are magical in their effect, and full of the subtle genius of Dore. Peter .Moran has a carefully drawn picture called an "American Farm Scene," which is truth¬ ful and characteristic. There is also a fine picture of "Emperor Charles V. and Titian," ofter Becker, wbich illustrates a well-known historical event. ".\ Skye Terrier," closes the grand list of illustrations for September. The prose contributions are all eicellent. "On The Trap"   is au exciting love story by
B. B. Leonard. James Jacksou Jarves, the well-known writer ou art, ¦ contributes a very interesting account of "Mrs. Browning's En¬ glish Home." The departments of.Mnsie, Art, and Literature, are eacli well filled with good solid reading matter, fully maintainiug the hi^h reputation The Aldine has loug sincu earned. Subscription price $5.00, including Chromos, "Village Belle" aud "Crossing the Moor.* James Sutton & Co., publishers, 58 Maiden Lane, X. Y.
Scrihnrr's for September has a fair propor¬ tion of light and summary, and solid and sub- •stantial fare. Bret Harte's new story, "An Episode of Fiddletown," is coutinued, with his usual strength ; a profusely pictured and very suggestive arti«ie on tho New York "Central Park; " a curious study of Japanese Fans, bv Noah Brooks; Whitlaw Reid's Com- raencera'cDt Address on "The Saholar in Poli¬ tics ;" a reply to tbe recent article on "The Liberty of Protestantism ;" a portrait and bi¬ ography of Edward Egglcston, author of the "Hoosier Schoolmaster;" and the usual vari¬ ety of poetry. Dr. Holland, tbe editor, gives us auother instalment of "Arthur Bonicastle's and tho following "Topics of the Timo:" The Outlook, The New York Board of Education, Ow'iership iu Women, and the Liberty of Protestantism. Tho Old Cabinet talks about the People who get under other People's Um¬ brellas, ©tc. "Home and Society," "Culture and Progress," "Nature and Saience," and Etchings nre as usual diversified and iater- esting. Scribner's Monthly has increased ten thousand in circulation during the past year.
The first number of Scribner's Child's Mag¬ azine, of which the uame has not yet been an- nouuced, will appear in the fail.
The Republic, for September, it upon our ta¬ ble. It is the only political monthly iu thtt United States. Among the contents of the present number are the following artieles, viz; The Living Political Issues of the Day ; The Salary Question; A Leaf from History; The (;heap Transportation Question; Beojamiu Franklin Wade; The Penal System of Michi¬ gan : The Future ofthe Blind ; Abraham Lin¬ coln and JefTerson Davis; Ciesarism ; The Electric Telegraph; Our North Pacific States ;^ The Farmers and Protection, &c. Two Dol¬ lars per annum. Published hy the Republic Publi-liing Company, Washington, 0. C,