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NOVEMBER 10,
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— Gov. Geary has appointed Capt. J. Weist, of York, Pa., to fill the vacancy in Associate Judgeship occasioned by the death of Hon. Peter Mclntyre.
—Secretary Boutwell has inaugurated a sinking fund for the payment of the national obligations, and there is al¬ ready ou deposit in the Treasury over eighteen millions to the credit of the sinking fund in gold in terest bonds and accrued interest thereon, waiting Con¬ gressional action.
COMMISSIONIEBS   OF   STATE   CHABI-
TIES.—Governor Geary haa appointed G. D. Coleman, of Lebanon; Hon. ¦Wilmer Worthington, of West Ches¬ ter; F. D. Penniman, of Pittsburg; John Welsh, esq., of Philadelphia, and Geueral Thomas L. Kane, of Mc¬ Kean couutj', as Commisiouers of State Charities, iu pursuance ofan act of As¬ sembly in April last.
—The Gettysburg iSar saj's: "The excavation for the foundation of the Kej'uolds bronze statue, in the Jfation- al Cemeterj' liere, lias been made. The statue, we are told, is to be raised to its place next summer. It 'will be placed near the entrance. Wo ahould have preferred to see it located on theground where General lleynolds fell, back of tlie Seminarj-, but tho First Corps have selected the Ifational Cemetery, and their decision is final."
THE lATK EI.ECrlOHa.
In Xew Yokk the Democratic State ticket is elected by from ten to fifteen thousaud inajority. Both branches of the Legislature are probablj' Demo¬ cratic.
ICew Jersey has renewed her adhe¬ sion to the idol of Democracy, as has JM.VKYLAND aiso to the " lost cause."
Illinois, Mixx'esota and Wiscox- siN have goue largely Republican, as bas Wi-aT Virginia.
AVith theexception ofthe lossof the New York Legislature to the Hepubli¬ eaus, tbere is no change in thesituation in any of the States from last year.
— The Intelligencer thinks we are a little "greedj'" in claiming, in this State, Jijtccn thousand colored voters, and is verj' confident that one thousand is too many for Laucaster county. We maj' be a few thousaud loo high in the one case and a hundred or two in the other, but whether or not, there are slill enough to call the attention of the " J'oung democracy" into tbe missiona- rj' field. In tbe 4th ward in Pbiladel¬ phia, " MuUj'" and his boj's are putting themselves on confldential terms with thecolored "gemmau," and liope lo save many of them from falling inlo the radical ranks. The j'Oung democ¬ racj' mnst uot hang back iu thc 7th ward, and Columbia may " go back" on tbem at next election. If they have retired from jiolitics, as some of them vowed they would, aud let the radicals liave it all their own waj', the old war- borses wili have to take the work iu hand, or all Is lost to them.
The Whole of it.—It has been as- eerlained, says the Washington corres¬ pondent of the Kew York Tribune, tbat thc only basis for the stories connecting the name of President Grant with the gold gamblers of New York, Is the fact that when he sold his house In Wash¬ ington to Gen. Sherman, he gave Mrs. Grant 512,000 of the proceeds. Corbin was Ih Washington at the time, ou his wedding trip, and Mrs. Grant placed the monej' in his hands, to be invested in building lots in the suburbs of New York city. This is the ouly money transaction that has transpired betweeu them sinco Presideut Grant was inaug¬ urated, and will probably be the last, as the President does not hesitate to de¬ clare that iu tbe future he will have no social communication with Corbin ivhatever. It is probable that Corbin used the mouey thns placed uuder his control to impress Fisk and Gould with the belief that ho was acting as Jlrs. Grant's broker—a belief which was suddenly dispelled when the order was issued to sell Government gold, and Corbin's transactions were discovered.
IHE SIBLE IN THE COHUON SCHOOLS.
The forbidding of the reading of the Bible in the Common Schools of Cin¬ cinnati has opened up a theme which manj' of our cotemporaries have found a perfect placer to get up sensational articles about. The religion, or want of religion of tbe Direetors are tele¬ graphed over the couutry and dnly com¬ mented on or mourned over, aecording to thc mode ofthe several writers.
Lancaster city paaaed through this aame excitement mauy j'ears ago, when the Bible was turued out of our schools. Whether for good or evil, we have uot liad decided for ua up to this time, hut we doubt if any harm has come of it to the cause of Moratlly or Chrlstianitj'. On tbe whole, we think there is an ad¬ vance iu the moral conduct of the child¬ ren who attend school from those wbo attended twenty years ago; but that the reading of the Bible or not reading it, has any thing to do with it, we do not believe. Churches and Sunday Schools, and correct conduct and ex¬ ample of pareuts, mean more than the mere reading ofthe Biblo at sehool, and ¦we do not despair of the youth of Cin¬ cinnati, or of their being any less mor.al or religious for the want of reading tbe Bible at school.
THE HIHIH CEKBUS.
" The next census is to be taken next year; and the facts with reference to the productions of the capital and labor of the country will be those of the current year 1869. All our citizens are inierestea in having the facts full and correct. Tho agri¬ culturist should make arecord of tbe qnan¬ lity of wbent, corn, oats, barley and buck¬ wheat produced, pounds of wool sheared, &c., of the number and weleht of his hogs fattened, ofhis beeves, fat sheep, chickens, &.C., in order that there shall be no difficulty in making a true report to the census col¬ lectors.
But not the farmers alone are concerned. AU our manufacturers, builders, &jc., have dulies in this regard. The conntry -will call for everything that is the product of labor, or labor uud capital, and the natnre of the report will greatly depend upon the citizens tliemselves.
The census will cover all moral, social, educationalandreliglous matters, and those concerned therein should make it a point to get out fnll statements."
We fiud tha above floating about in mauy of onr exchanges, and we com¬ mend it to the consideration of our read¬ ers, and particularly to the people of Lancaster county. While our grand old county, at the last census, was in the front rank of all tho productions that come strictly under the head of " farm productions," she will again hold her position, if competent officers are appointed to take the census, aud care and willingness is shown by the people to make complete returns of everything called for. Our progress, during tho past ten years, has been steady, but in many things thero is not much room for very great strides.— Newer countiea will ahow a larger per¬ centage of increase of farm products, just in the proportiou tliat they sliow an increase in the number ot acres of improved farming land. While there has beeu improvemeut, aud a bringing up to a higher state of cultivation the land heretofore improved, tbere bas scarcely been enough to make up for the new land brought uuder the plow in other and equally good farming dis¬ tricts, while a small portlou of the land which remained unimproved in ISOO, has heeu brought under cultivation.
The census of 1800 showed that ive had in the county 445,838 acres of im¬ proved farming land under cultivation, and that produced in 1859, 2,125,722 bushels of wheat; 97,001 bushels of rye; 2,048,398 bushels of corn; 1,922,- 922 bushels of oats; 2,001,547 pounds of tabacco; 1,948 bushels of heans and peas; 325,647 bushels of Irish potatoes; 30,089 bushels of Sweet potatoes; 32,932 bushels of barley; 13,835 bushels of buckweat; 110,059 ton of hay; 12,876 bushels of clover seed ; 3,867 bushels of other grass seed ; l,0SUp6und3 of hops; 1,847 pounds of flax f^H bushels of flax seed. The products of the orchard were valued at 569,705; 6,842 gallons of iviiie were made; the market gardeu pro¬ ducts were valued at 525,000; 2,550,887 pounds of butter were made; also, 49,- 355 pounds of cheese; and the animals slautered ¦were valued at §933,479; and 22,949 pounds of wool were clipped.
Bj' the same census returns, tbe cash value of the farms of the county was 552,599,461; and the farmiug imple¬ ments aud machinery were valued at 51,590,332.
There were also 22,983 horses; 1,328 mules ; 30,930 milch cows; 1,530 work¬ ing oxen ; 32,9,35 other cattle; 7,087 sheep, and 54,820 hogs. All this live stock was valued at 53,744,721.
This was the property aud accumula¬ ted production of the enterprise and patient industry of 110,314 human souls, the enlire population of Laucaster countj'.
Now the nations of the whole civili¬ zed world, aa by commou consent or agreement, make an enumeration of all the inhabitants of their several King¬ doms or States, at leaat oneo in ten years, and collect such other statistics and information aa will give a correct statement of the condition of the peo¬ ple. By June, 1870, thla work will again be commenced iu every district aud county in the United Statea. Let all classes of men in Laucaster county be prepared -with full and truthful statements, particularly our farmers and manufactures, so that wheu the grand totals aro made up we ahall appear then as now, almoat a nation within our¬ selves.
DEATH OF GEOHOE PE4B0DY, ESQ. The Atlantic Cable couvoj's the sad intelligence that George Peabody, the American Phllauthrophist, died at Lou¬ don, on Thursday, November 4, near midnight.   He was a native of Dan- vera, Mass.ichusetts, where he was born February 18, 17.95.   His parents wereso poor that he was denied all but the rudiments of education, and was early placed iu a grocery store.   He held the same position iu other New Eugland towns and in Georgetown, D. C, where be became a partner of Elisha Biggs in 1814.   Ill 1815 the house was removed to Baltimore, with branches in Phila¬ delphia and Kew York.   Mr. Peabody ¦visited Europe frequently until  1837, wben he took up his resideuce there, and in 1843 fouuded his own flrm.   Thia lie managed with conaummate akill, and rapidly amassed an enormous prop¬ erty.   He began  hia  benefactions  to thia country In 1852 with a gift of S20,- 000 to tbe town of Dauvers; aoon it in¬ creased to 570,000.   He gave $10,000 to the firat Griunell  expedition to  the North Pole, and in 1850-7 5300,000 to the city of Baltimore to found an insti¬ tute.   Duriug the rebellion in this couu¬ try hia gave a million or more to erect buildinga for the poor in London, un¬ der such restrictioua  and with  such qualifications that his generosity has been credited iu London as one of the greatest and one of the most judicioua in the anuais of the city.   He followed that by a donation for educational pur¬ poses in the South of more than equal amount, from whieh thehappieat results are expected.   He returned to England fhe current seaaon on purposes of busi. ness and for the sake of hia health, that Siad long been doubtful.   His life has terminated more suddenly tban was expected.
WASHINOIOH GOSSIP. HABITS OK SOME OP THE CABINET.
President Grant's chief mode of re¬ creating wliile in Washington is along walk early in tho morniug aud a ride af ' -('uner. One day, for instance, the i '-nt starts out from the White - dd walks towards the Capitol along K street and back, and the next daj', bj' way of variety, takes his courae along Pennsylvania avenue towards Georgetown, lie may be seeu almost ttuj' moruing enjoying this exercise. He walks along very alowly, with one hand In his breeches pocket and the other eilher holding a cigar or thrown behind his back. A atrange little mau is draut in his walks. He never looks to the right or left, but straight before him, or towards the grouud, and seems not to notice any of the passers. His manner ia altogether that of a mau wrapped up in nis own thoughts and unconscious of what is happening about him. Many who know him pass Presi¬ dent Graut iu these walks, but few venture to join him.
BOUTWELL AS A BILLIAKDIST.
Boutwell is a good deal of a walker also, but his chief amusement Is of au¬ other kind. The financial bead of the couutry is an enthusiastic billiardiat. To him the cue and balls are a perfect delight. After a busy day spent in close attention to the dry work of his depart¬ ment, the elegant Governor, who, by the way. Is growing In hia manner very like unto Charles Sumner, repairs to a select billiard saloon on Pennsylvania avenue, and there spends two or three hours niaking his carroms. Boutwell is not a professor of tbe scientific game, but be la a very fair player and improves apace. He has a cue of hia own, which he brings with him to tbe billiard saloon and carries iiome 'with liim when lie flnlsheaplaj'Iug. GeorgeS. may beseen issuing from the saloon sometimes as late as midnight.
THE OTIIEU 5IIN1STERS.
Fish scarcely ever is seeu In tlie role of a jiedestriaii ou the streets. He rides lo aud fro from the State Department in a stylish liltle coupe, and after offi¬ cial hours generally passes his tirae at home in entertaining select parties at dinner.
Belknap and Robeson are great walk¬ lsts. The former is a splendid looking gentleman, the very picture of good bealth, with flue, clear, dark eyes, rud- dj' complexion and a well put together frame. He is not, as formerlj' described in some of the newspapers, " o big red faced fellow from Iowa." To sum Belknap up iu that style would be do¬ ing him great injuatlee. He haa quite an Intellectual face, and carries about him aself-reliant, independeut air, that stamps him as aman of decided char¬ acter. He has made a very good im¬ pression here already, and his friends predict he will prove one of the strong¬ est membera of the Cabinet.
Eobeson is popular here also. He has a pleasaut way about him, and ought to to take. He likes good dinners and gives them.
Cox aud Hoar are very reserved and quiet gentlemen. Hoar might seem to aome a little bit sour, which othera aay Is only hia way, and not at all a part of hisdieposltlon.
QITABTSELI.
The Davenport Qazetie (Iowa) has an accouut of that famous aud savage Mis¬ souri guerilla from the peu of a school¬ mate, whence we gather that he was reared and schooled, and probably born also, " in a little half-Moravian, half- " Quaker towu of the old Buckeye "State," where he developed no re¬ markable qualities, but was- rather popular with hia playmates, aud, when he last viaited them, after he had been some time absent in the wilder 'West, he was " a tall, well-formed youth of twenty or so, with a frauk, open face, a kindly smile, and easy ways that quickly won the heart, or at least the attention."   The writer continues:
" There must have been some weakness to have led him into and on the fearful career lhat he ran, and it hardly came from the thoughtful, decided father. Tho solt, yielding, womanly nature of tbo mother in the son could not say ' No' lo the ' Come -with us' of his comrades of the moment, and his heedlessness and recklessne.ss of the future did the rest. We give him credit for not one grain of Southern senlimenl. Had he been slain, hohitd filled no martyr's grave. Like the * Free Lnnce' of the mid¬ dle ages, ho simply threw his sword inlo lho scaleof prosnl inducement. He thought only of to-day; ho regarded not tliemorrow.
"Onco launched, the kuowledge that after all ho was a Yankee, born and bred, doubt¬ less led him to a display of zeul and daring, lo prove bis devotion, tbal speedily exeiled admiration and made him a leader among Ihem. We say leader designedly, for 'we doubt if he over ruled or commanded his meu. II was nol in him; and bad it been, he inight as 'well havo tried to I'otter thesea as bind lo law nnd obedience lho fierce, lawless, recliless desperadoes ivho formed his force. Border rulhans from Missouri, backwoodsmen from Arkansas, rangers from Texas—tbe scum of oven Ibo worst parls of tho South—aurely the sun never shone on a more abandoned sot of blood- thirst v wretches; and the sins, nud crimes, and villainies of each and every ono of these havo been heaped on this ono man's hend, lho nominal coniiiiander. Nu wonder tbal, Cain-like, he hides from lho faco of mini, if he still lives, or Unit his pnnisli- meiil bus proved loo torriblo to bo borne, if so bo that ho has perished. Dead or alivo, wo say that in llis ease, as in most of liko naturo, lho dovil has boon paiuted very much blacker than bo is."
—A question inttresting to wives and widows has just heen decided in tho Supreme.Court of Ohio. Mr. George Ripley died, leaviug a will bj' whieh he gave his wife, after his death, the use of all Ilia real and personal proper¬ ty so long as she remaiued bis widow. Ifslie re-married, the property was to go to his children. Sho did re-marry, and legal proceedings were taken to determiue the eflTect of tbe marriage.— The Court sustained the will, and gave the proporty to the children, lioldlng that the restriction against a second marriage was a valid one, and not, as was attempted to be maintained, con¬ trary to public policy. Judge Storer, wbo delivered tbe opinion, saj's :
"The husband has nu inierest in lho widow-hood of his who, which, il hasbeen well remarked, gives him tho moral right 10 annex limitation lo his bequests ivhen she is made lho recipient of his bounty. Ho nmy well bo supposed anxious for hei' happiness, und by placing a second mar¬ riage as a bar lo bis wife's subsequent en¬ joyment of lho eslalo devised, prevent an ill-sorted or unhappy union. Ho cannot be supposed willing to lavish bis generosity dn those ho never knew, und certainly bis cbiidren, who, during tboir mother's wid¬ owhood, bo might coufidently hopo would retain tbo memory of their father's coun¬ sels, ought uol lo be subjected lo the con¬ trol or oxample of one whose only motive in marriage maj' have beon to obtain con¬ trol of the testator's eslato. Moro than all, the propertj', ivhich wns the result ot his toil, ho may, witbont mn- reflection ou his conjugal duties, be unwilling should be appropriated lo Ibo children of a second murriuge. No obligation rests upon bis estalo lo maintain auj- other family than hia own."
Aud we may add, too, that uo obliga¬ tion rests on bis estate lo support au¬ other man's wife.
Peaceful End of a Tboueled Life. —The Ohio State Journal records the death iu that State of a man who uear¬ lj' forty years ago was connected with a tragedy which caused a great sensation in Massaehusetts, and excited deep in¬ terest throughout tho country. About the year 1833 tbe body of a j'ouug girl named Sarah A. Cornell of Fall Itiver was found by the side of a hay stack, in a field remote from the liighwaj', where it was apparent she had been murdered under atrocious circumstau¬ ces. Ephraim K. Averj', a popular Methodist minister, of whose church the girl was a member, ¦was arrested on suspicion of being the perpetrator of the terrible crime, aud tried therefor, both b.v ecclesiastical and civil conrta. The ecclesiastical court acquited him, with full conviclion of his innocence, aud the civil court failed to make a caae agaiuat him and diacliarged him. But that did not aeltle the queation of his Innnocence In the minda of the peo¬ ple, and although he contiuued to preach, continuing in the ministry iu that .State forseveral j'ears, he could nol outlive the suspicion created against him, aud he fluallj'rotl red from the min¬ istry aud removed to Ohio to seek the quiet and freedom from annoyance whieh he could not expect in Massa¬ chusetts. For tlie last twenty or thirlj' years Mr. Averj' has ied tbe life of an industrious and quiet farmer at Pitts- field, Ohio where he died ou the 23d ult., goiug to tbe grave wilhthe respect and regret of his neighbors and ac- (|uaiiilanccs. His age atdeath waa sev¬ enty years.
A Tempeuanci-; Ckampion'sIdeas.- Rev. Theodore X.'Cuyler, In a recent article in the Independent, makes the following earuest and axipropriate sug¬ gestions :
"Many of our zealous lem perance bretli¬ ron earnestly long for proliibitorj' legisla¬ tion, bul do almost uolhing lo croiito lho touiperaiico public sentiment. Thoy wunt prohibitory laws, but they do noihing lo matcc tite votes which iiiiiat enact lho laws. Thoy clamor for a poiitieal *teinporanco party,' but tliey forget that successful par¬ lies uro iniiilo lip of men converted to moral ideas. So, when you urgo tbem lo cull meetings, and lo organizo local societies, and lo circulate tracts, and procure total abstinence pledges, and lo spread abroad solid temperence Initli nnd lo educato tho children, and to open their pnrses and pay the bills for all these needful efl'orts, Ihej' snceringly reply : *Psliaiv! we got out of that slough of moral suasion ten j'eiii-s ago!' It suits lliese brolhren a good deal bettor to hold conventions, and to puss good, strong resolutions against rum shops, and lo organize new parties on paper. For a dozen years the Stale Temperance Conven¬ tion of New York have been passing reso¬ lutions for'total prohibilioil, and nothing less;' but wo are no nearer lo aivholesoine prohibitory law for all their paper manifes¬ toes. Brelhren ! 1, for one, am as heartily in favor of shutting up the rum dens hy law ns Neal Dow of Gerritt Smith citn be; yet I am convinced Ihul ive iiiu.sl chango our tactics, or ive shuU never secure pro¬ hibitory legislation, or enforce il."
Ax Adroit Fe.iiale Thiei-'.—Ou Mondaj' last, a j'Ouug woman dressed iu deep mourning and bearing au iufant In her arms, got on board a train at Valley Slream, on Loug Islaud, aud took a seat beside a young man, whom she informed sbe was on her way to Philadelphia, and would be joined at a certain station by her uncle. During the ride, she leaned over the young man several limes, apparently auxious to know how far she was from tbe station. Arriving at the station she pointed out her uucle, aud asked the young man to hold her sleepiug infant while she couducted him ou board tbe train, as he was old and feeble. The young luau conaeiited and took the child. T'lie train moved oft', but the womau did uot return, and the j'Oung man becoming suspicious, felt for his watch, but found it was missing, as waa also hia pocket book. He tben proceeded to uiicovertheiufant, and was astonish¬ ed on beholding nothing more than a large rubber model.
A Chinese MABEtAOB in San Fbanoisco.—A'' marriage iu high life " took place the other day says the Sau Francisco Bulletin, of October 26, in Chinatown, to which tbe upper teu of that locality were invited. Ah Tau, the groom is au old resident of Sau Francisco, but Sol Keou ia a receut im¬ portation. Ah Tau has had two wives who treated him badly, the one deser¬ ting him, and the other squandered his money. Hia last bride he purchased for S500 of her veuerol mother, who in¬ tends to return to her native land and live in ease and comfort all the reat of her days on the proceeds of her fortu¬ nate traffic. Warned by the infelicities of his former marriages. Ah Tau resol¬ ved this time to be bound by a double Knot, and accordingly tbe services of a justice of the peace were called iuto re¬ quisition. After being united aocording to the Amerloan law, the happy pair proceeded to the Joss Ilouse, ouDupont street, and there, before the idols, the Chinese marriage was celebrated. After burning a uumber of sacred sticks be¬ fore the ahrlne, the groom offered the bride meat, fruit, and vegetablea, lo signify that alie was dependent on him for support, aud that he bound himself to maiutain her. The guardian beasts w ho stand in efflgy by the shrl ne were then appeased by presents of meat, and this concluded the ceremony.
Murder at a Weddino.—At a wedding iu Texas, October 21, a man and a young womau were murdered. The story Is told by a local paper: "On Thursday night, while a party waa as¬ sembled at the residence of Mr. Har- greave, iu Reed's prairie. Grimes co., to allend the marriage of Mr. Har- grcave's daughter, and a few moments after the ceremony had been performed, a company of soldiers. In pursuit of some one aupposed to be there, sur¬ rounded the house and demanded its surrender. BIr. Hargreave ofl'ered to surrender the house and every one in it, and went out to the captain of the si|U.ad. The report ia that while Mr. Hargreave was out a pistol in the iiands of a young man in the bouse went olt' accidently. The soldiers in the house immediately opeued fire. Miss Russell had just stepped upon a gallery, when she was hit in the head with a minuie ball and in tlie leg with a buckshot, and instantly killed. A Mr. Fowler was also killed. Rolla Pearce and Mrs. Autery were wounded. "With the first shot the gentlemeu in the house called ou every one to lio down flat upou the floor. But for tliis many uiorc lives would bave heen lost. The groom and several others were arrested and car¬ ried off."
A Remarkable Colt.—Ou Wednes¬ daj', Mr. Robert Bonner made two performances on the Fashion Course, N. Y., with a five year old colt, recently added to his celebrated stud of horsea, uever before equalled by a horse of that age. After being driven over, to a road wagon, seven iniles to the Fashion Course, Mr. Bonner speeded arouud the course—tbe wagou and driver weighing 312 pounds—a half mile iu I.IU ; tbe second quarter mile of this half iu 34J seeonda, being a 2.18 gait to a road wagon! Then the colt waa harneased to a sulky, and John Murphy drove him a mile in 2.19J;,the flrst half of the mile in 1.10}, and the secoud iu 1.09}. The colt ia a grandson of Ham bletoulan, and is out of a high-bred Kentucky mare, whieh gives liim great endurance. He is a blood bay, about 15.} bands high, and with a majestic, strong way of goiug. The present Fashion Course Is a slow oue, and the colt's time was the fastest by three seconds ever made on it by any horse of any age. Mr. Bonner paid 510,000 for tbis prodigy.
Growth op States.—In 1850, Illi¬ noia bad a population of 851,000, Mia- aourl of 682,000, aud Iowa of 102,000. Teu yeais later the population of Illi¬ noia aud of Missouri had doubled, and that of Iowa had increased nearly fourfold. The railroad syatem had ef¬ fected these great changes. In 1870, Iowa will have a population of 1,200,000. Five railroads are being constructed eaat and weat across the State, and others are anticipated. The plan ia to have a latitude railroad in each tier of countiea, of which there are nine. The State is fertile beyond comparison. The crop of grain raised is immense. Out of 35,000,000 acres in the State, 3,500,000 were devoted to grain in 1867, and these produced 66,000,000 bushela of corn, 14,000,000 bushels of wheat, and 15,000,- 000 bushels of oats.
Dr. Livingstone.—Letters dated August 8, 1869, have been received bj' the British consul at Zanzibar from Dr. Livingstone, the explorer, iu which he states, among other thiugs, that he speut the j'ear previous exploring the country south of Taugamjaka lake which he found to contain many amall springs or Inner lake fountains, whicii he claims to be the true sourcea of the river Nile.   TheDr. was Ingood health.
The tariff men and free traders have already commenced interviewing tbe President, in order to obtain his views on the tariff. The President, it is be¬ lieved, will recommeud to Congress that the present tariff and revenue laws be allowed to remain without material alteratiou for another year.
— At the late municipal election in Baltimore the Democrats polled 12,000 votes, the Republicaus 0,120 aud the Working men's party 750. Last j'ear the Democratic vote was 12,466 and tbe I Republican 2,926.
PERSONAL AND HE'WS ITEMS.
On tlie cast bank of tbe Nortii river in Hampshire county. West Virginia is au ice mountaiu frora 401) to 500 feet high. The western side of this moun¬ tain Is covered with loose stones, of a light color, from base to summit. By removing stone, pure, solid, crj'stal ice cau be found in the warmest days of summer, and It has been found there aa late tus the middle of September. It maj' exiat throughout the entire year If the rocka were removed to a sufficint depth. What aeems strange is, that the side of the mountain wliere the ice is found is exposed to the sun through¬ out the daj', and it is said the sun does not have as mneh effect in melting the Ice as continuous rains.
A number of Jewish r.abbl3 from the principal cities of the Union were in conference in Philadelphia on the sub¬ ject of reform in tbe Jewish Church. They adopted resolutions aboliahing the use of prayers in the Hebrew tongue, as unintelligible to the masses ; disclaim¬ ing tbe doctrine of bodily resurrection or the removal of the Jewish state by a segregation from all other nations, aud declaring the Aaronic priesthood, and the Mosaic sacrificial worship to have been merely preparatory steps to Israel's national priesthood and tlierefore Ihings of the past, lo be mentloued in prayer onlj' in tbeir educational capacity and not to be practised.
A specimen of the wonderful plant "tbe flower of the Holj' Ghost," has been successfully raised in Norwich, Ct. Thc flower is a creamy white cup nearly as large as lialf an egg, aud ex- tremel.v beautiful, and its wonder as a natural floral growth is the fact that in this llower is a litllo pure white dove, with pink bill and eyes, and its head turned as if looking over its back. Its wings, feet, bill, ect., are aa absolutely perfect as those of the living dove, whose counterpart this wondorfnl mim¬ ic bird Is.
A letter litis been received In St. Louis frora Sam Hildebrand, tbe notorious outlaw, slating that he had come to the conclusion tbat ho could uo longer keep up a war against the whole coun¬ try, and begging to be"letaloue." He promises lhat lie will never more mo¬ lest anybody, and in liituro act like an honest and peaceable. The lelter ia In the hands of |his ex-rebel friends, who propose to raise a subscription and aet the out-law up in a new home. The villain ought to be caught and hung.
A curious case in Iowa htis just been terminated b.y death. A lady of Roches ter, in that State, while drinking tea five yeais ago, was caused to laugh by a remark made by lier father. She cho¬ ked so badly as to cause a strlcturo of the throat, whieb has gradually grown worse, until for the past three months she has been altogether unable to swal¬ low, and was sustained only lij- fluids injected into her stomach. Her death at last "was from starvation.
The Stevens' Batterj- is being vigor¬ ously pushed forward to completion under the management of Geu. George B. McClellan, assisted by Isaac Newtou Esq., late Chief Engineer of the U. S. Navy, but it will require over a year to comijlete it. Through Commodore Ste¬ vens, New Jersey will then be tbe first. State iu the Union to own a fullj' equijiped iron-clad battery. The ques¬ tion iiaturallj' ariaea. What will she do with it?
.\ litlie boj' six years of age and his two sisters, flve and three years old, respectively, cbildreu of Mrs. Lewis of New Orleans, wandered Into aawamp In the Second DIstrct, a few^days ago, and loat their way. When night came on the heroic little fellow stripped him¬ self of his own clothing and wrapped It around his sisters, and tliey all laid down on the grouud to spend the night. When fouud in the moruing, all wero insensible. The j'oungest has since died.
A family, of father, mother and two children, was caught by a fast train on the middle of a longand narrow bridge at Jackson, Michigan. The train could not be stopped iu time, and tbe father, catching up the children, told the wife to riin and jump. Sbe did so, falling in shallow water just In time lo escape death, while tbe mau lowered himself and children through the ties ou the beams beueath as the train passed over.
Bome scoundrels entered the Luther¬ an Sabbath school room in Sunburj', on Tuesday night last, and pilfered the funds that were In the missionary boxes. Tbe boxes havingbeen emptied a few weeks ago, they did not receive much for their trouble.
" If God ever made a nuisance," said Gencjal Butler the other day to a re¬ porter wbo had called to " interview" him, "the interviewing reporter Isoue, and J'OU can make a personal applica¬ tion of the atatement if you want to." The reporter " aloped" instanter.
In Washington, ou Friday night, the 5th inst., a riotoccurred, growing out of a disturbance at a revival meeting in the Colored Church Mission, aud seve¬ ral policemen were wounded, one so dangerously that he is not expected to recover. Pour of the rioters were ar¬ rested.
It would seem tbat Pendleton's claim to be Ohio's " favorite son" is uot well fouuded, for while Gov. Hayes has 7633 votes less thau he iiad two yeais ago, Pendleton falls 12,290 behind the Dem- ocratic.vote in the same election,.when Thurman received 24,622 votes.
PBBSOKAL ABB HEWS ITEMS.
The Third Annual Couneil of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is iu sea¬ son at Chicago.
The Government corral at Fort Har- ker was struck by lightuiug last Wed¬ nesday, and fifty mules were killed.
The Governor of Arizona has issued a proclamation, calling out the Territo¬ rial militia against the Indians.   ¦
Bear Admiral Charles Stewart died at Bordentown, N. J-i oh Saturday, in the 92d year of hia age.
Gen. O'Neill, President ofthe Fenian Brotherhood, is in Buffalo, and his presence there causes excitement in certain circles.
Four inches of snow have fallen at Covington, Vs., and Greensboro', N.C. The storm prevailed along the moun¬ tain range.
There Is an establishment In Eng¬ land where they manufacture sherry wine from the raw material in half au hour, without using a drop of sherry.
In Daobury, Conn., apples sell at 51 per bushel, potatoes at 62 cents, wal¬ nuts at 51 50, butternuts at 7.". centa and ehestunts at 51 SO per bushel.
Mrs. Solomon and her sou wero murdered near Charlottesville, Va., on Friday night. The bodies were found on Saturday mornlne. The murderer has not heen arrested.
In Boston, ou Frid.iy night, eigbt or ten lager beer saloons were visited by State constables, and their contenta seized. Thia sudden enforcement of the iirohibitory law, after an election adverse to it, bewilders tlieBostoniuns.
A special despatch to the New York Herald saj'S lhat e.x-Secretary Seward haa becoine III from change of climate, and is not expected to reacli the cily of JMexico uutil the latter part of this mouth.
At Stephenson, near Troj', N. Y., on Friday, a man, named Crissy, went to the house of Mrs. Dodge, and attempted to feloniouslj' assault her, when she split his head open with an axe, killing him inslautlj'.
The people of Europo paj' aunually fifty million dollara for the support of royal families. Tho Sultan aloue exacts eight millions. The Pope is the cheap¬ est ofall the sovereigns, and gets only 250,000, without Including Peter's pence.
The Lake Natiouai Bank, at Wolfs- boro', N. H., was robbed on Fridaj' night, tho 5lh Inst., ofall ita funda and private deposits. The bank was orga¬ nized with 575,000 capital, and had a considerable surplus. The private de¬ positors lose largelj'.
Goveruor Hoffman, of New York, in a speech, at Albany, on Friday night, said the successful party " proposed to abolish such laws as infringe upon the rights of localities," adding that he believed the Legislature would act with wisdom, discretion and modero- tion.
Tbe brakesmen on the Eastern Divi¬ sion of the Erie Railroad are on a strike, and freight business is suspended ou the road. Among the grievances of tbe strikers are tiie discharge of men who took part iu a strike a few months since, and the employment of men at 51 75 per day.
The whole ainount of pensions of all classes paid during.the last fiscal year was 528,822,884.68, an excess over the amount of tbe previous vear of 5-1,411,- 9112.09. Daniel A. Baker, tbe only Rev¬ olutionary soldier on the rolls at the date of the last aunual report, died on the 5th of April. The whole number of widows of Revolutionarj' soldiers surviving Is SS7.
The immense businesa done by Rock¬ hill & Wilson, enables theiu to say to gentlemen who live out of town, as well as those resident In the citv, that they eau sell clothes cheaper and better than anj'other Iiouse. Clothes for everj' occasion, of every material, made In the choicest styles, and at the lowest prioes, at the Great Brown Hall of Rockhill & Wilson, 603 aud 005 Chestuut Street, Philapelphia. scp22 3ni
A Sau Francisco paper deacribes the music iu u Chinese theatre ua follows; " Imogine j'ourself in a boiler manufac¬ tory when 400 men are putting in rivets, a mammoth tin shop next door ou one side, and a forty-stamp quartz mill on the other, with adrunkeu chivalry party with 000 instruments In front, and 4000 enraged cats ou tho roof, and a faint Idea will be conveyed of the perform¬ ance of a first-class Chiuese band of music."
Rev. H. W. Beecher, during a recent talk at bis Fridaj'eveniug prayer meet¬ ing, compared the conventional relig¬ ious phrases used bj' aome people tothe keys and pennies and silver pieces—in tbe daj'H of specie paj'meuts—that he had heard well-to-do business iiioii rattle complacentlj' in tbeir pockets. -43 a boj', he used to uiliiiliu sueh men; but, asa man, when it comes lo rattling the round .shot of pious, trite .saj'ings, like " How Is it with j'our soul to-dav'.'" lie is disgusted.   And well he may lie.
Seven hoys, belween .si.x and twelve years of age; ran away from llieir homes iu Wellsboro one daj' last week, and camped iu the woods thc Iirst night. They were on their way lo New York via Pino Creek, dowu whieii thej' were to float on rafts, Thej' expected thus to reacli New Y'ork, and the oldest boy had agreed to rob a bank of liftj' thou¬ sand dollars, and thus set them up in funds. The precious scamps were caught before getting a dozeii miles from home.
The following is a vcrlmtiin rejiort of a conversation lietween two j'oiiiig la¬ dles who had just liuished their edu¬ cation at a classical school: " Were yon at the picnic''" "Yes, and we had a high old timo of it." " I want¬ ed to go so bud, but niotber wasso hard pushed I couldn't get oil'." " I wius rigged, but I couldn't corner you any¬ where In the woods. We hail a bully time: and you kuow I proini.sed iiij- gallant that heshould have a sight at you." " Well, I'm sorry; hut you bet I'll put iu my big licks at the fair."
Col. E. L. Drake, the original discov¬ erer of pelroleum, died last week In a Conuecticut poor house! The Titusville Herald saj's: "About a mile below Ti¬ tusville tbe first oil well derrick that was ever built, Iu this or anj' other countrj', is still to be aeen. It is sad to reflect that tbe man who flrst bored for oil, and by bis pluck and perseverence, not only Hooded a community with sudden riches, but Iucreased the wealth of the world, died as a common pauper." A proposition has been made to raise a monument to his memory, hut the Herald tliinks the moat suitable monu¬ ment would be a homeslcad for his bereaved fumllj'.
A new thing in the slreel-pavlng bu¬ siness is ou trial in New York. Itlsa liquid chemical compound, to be used in sprinkliug, and is said lo unite with and .solidify the dust, adding greatly to the durability ofall pavements, aud ea- pecally Ihoseof wood. If theadvantages claimed for thia Invention are realized it will be of immense value. The pro- ceaa of street cleaning by the broom, at present, gradually removes the aand from between tbe blocks or boulders of the pavement, and they are consequent¬ ly loosened or displaced. luslead of this, tbe new compound, it is claimed forms a concrete surface, keeping down dust as effeotualy as ordiuarj'sprinkling and maintains the roadway In good or¬ der. ¦ The compound is applied ouce a day.
A portion of Brigham Young's armj', comprising cavalry, Infanlrj', and ar¬ tillery, have been tn camp near Salt Lake City, and made a flne appearance. The Deserct News saj's: " 'The order, sobriety, good feeling, and innocent mirth that reigned everywhere through the encampment may possibly be equalled, but never excelled, outside of Utah, 'ihe troops from the youngest drummer-boy to the commanding gen¬ eral, manifested that tbey belonged to a race whom a bigh religious feeling and devotiou to trulh aud liberty ena¬ bled at all times and in all circumstan¬ ces to maintaiu their dignity and act as gentlemen."
A vory sad and unfortunate occurr¬ ence took place in Huntingdon, Pa., lost week, resulting In the death of a young mau named Miles Hampson, from a blow received at the bands of a j'Ouug named Howard Crewitt. Tbe two young men had, Itseems, disagreed a short time ago, and on the evening of the occurrence, Hampaon called at the hardware store of Whartonit McGuire, wbere Crewitt wa'i eugaged as clerk, and the quarrel was renewed. After some wrangling tbe two agreed to go out to the yard and fight It out. Hamp¬ son then started out followed by Crew¬ itt, and bolb shortly afterwards return¬ ed, Hampaon's head being aeverely cut, as he alleged by a blow received by some instrument. His wound was dreased, and no inconvenience waa experienced from it for a day or two, wben infiam¬ mation of the brain set in, terminating in his death on Thursday uight last. Crewtt waa  arrested.
KABBY.
AS-AFFE0TINOni0n>BNT AT VIOKSBUIia— TUK DIFFERENOB BETWEEN 1850 AND 1S6U—UNTIMELY DEATH OP COIi LEONI- DAS SLASHER.
ViOKsnuRQ {wioh is In tho Stato of Mis- siasipi), Ootober 12lh, 18<i9.—Ona of the most ull'ecling insident wich ever como un¬ dor my nolis transpired at tbe Southeru Crosa Holel, in this city, to-day. I hev wept oshen uv tears In my day, and hev seen all sorts uv horrible deaths, but naver one wich touched my heart as the untimely decease uv Colonel Leonldas Slasher, uv the interior, wioh took place yesterday.
I regretted the Kernel's death for many reasous. I hed only made his acquaint¬ ance five days (he hed bin to town that lime), aud conssquently only succeeded in borrorln $13 uv lum; three at one time and five at other times. He hed money and was flush with it. and I had confidently counted on aubsleten on falm for at least four weeks. 'Troo hia death settles wat I borrowed uv him, but that's no consola- ahon. Ez aoon ez he'd got well acquainted wilh me, he'd a never thought uv askia me fer il anyhow. In .addiahen lo his greef, wich is personal to myself, the Colo¬ nel wuz a chivalrous Soulerner of the old skool. He wuz'nt in tho Confedrit servis himself, but sich waa his dovoshcn lo lho coz that ho forced inlo the field nil the poor wliites in his vioinlly, and hunted sich es wouldn't go oul of the country with dorgs. Ho wuz a true gentleraan. Ho wore ruf¬ fled shirta, look tbo National Intelligencer and drank his brandy-and-wuter without water.
Tiie Kernel showed that the war wns over —Hint llio south had been sujugutod, and reconstriicled, but hedn't any idee uv lho chiingis wioh bed luken place. Ho hed lived on his pluiilation out of lho roach uv lho world all this limo. Ho sposed lliat re- cunslruclion meant simply that if he shood bo elected lo Congris, ho wood hev lo go to Washinglon to sit insted nv Richmond, wieh ho expected to do next year.
Tho Kernel end I wuz in tlie ortis uv lho holel, when his beamin eye happenin lo rest onto the Keglsler, if Ughted onto this name: " Wendall Phiilips—Boston, Mus- sachuKoUs."
The Kernel staggered oz lho he hed bin struck in tho face. "Wondull Phillips ill Vixbiirg! Uood Heavens! where is he?"
Captain M'Vay, ivhich was selliu by, pinlod to a tall, gaunt man, in a stovepipe hut, wieh wuz sottln by lho stovo i-edin lbe Noo York Herald, and remarked, "that must be lilm."
Tho Kernel g:rUted his toeth, and an ex- presshen uv intenae pleasure rested onto his coutenanco. " Captin, got a rope. Ma¬ jor, see ef that himpost is high onough to siring this Yankee up to, and General, git aomo of lho boys together immeEelly. I'll hang one more Yankee afore Idloanyhow. And lho impetuous Kornal made for lho s]ioaedPhilips. He alapt him in tho face, at wbich the Yankee riz and floored lho Ker¬ nel, and at il Ihey wont, tooth and loo-nail— tbo wuat amoU light I over aaw. They waa finally dragged apart by tho clerk of the hotol and by the by-slanders—lho two wuz arrested by a policeman handy by, and dragged of lo tho Magistrate's ofiia, wheu, upou a bearin uv lhe kase, lho Kernel was lined 820 and costs.
"Wat is this? " he asked. "Pino me for lickin a Yankee which wo wuz nbout to hang? " Why, 'Squire, do you know who I am, and who ho ia ? "
"Sh! Sh!" sed the Keiiel's frionds wich hed just rushed in. "Pay yor flue—it woodont do for us to have yoo lot olf for lickeii all Ablishiliat. Tho nigger woodoul liko 11, aud it wood loso us their vote. Pay, and SUJ' nothin."
" Wal!" replied the Kernel, lurnin pale. Thoj' said noihing but paid the fiuo for him and hurried him uway.
'i'rie Kernal wont to his room in a most fearful alato u v miud, multorin ez he walk¬ ed. " Cau't lick an Ahlishnist in Vicks¬ burg! Fine mo for licking Ablishnists lo pleaso a sol of niggers! Cau't lick an Ah- lislinisls—wat—."
AVhen he got to his room ho alt down and dniwed a long sigh. Burin his face inlo his hands, ho .wopt a half hour, and then lell fuinliu from his chair. I picked the old man up and pul him lo bod, ofter which I chafed his limbs with whiakv and put a bottle of it lo his lips and miner Jfio showed some signs of life, and in perhaps an hour sood utter words In a faint and feeblo way.
"I—can't—hang a Ab—lishnist any morel Oh!"
And lbe poor old mau rolnpst. I strug¬ gled with bim for flfteen minils, wheu ho ugiiln opened his eyes. This limo he wuz culm, Ihough he apoke wilh an evident ollbrt.
. " Nasby," aed ho, in a hoarse whisper, "it's timo I wuz gone. It's lime lhat the old stock either died peacefly or commited sooicied. Thore ain't no more room for them. I never thot ten years ago that lhe lime would over como when I coodent hang a nigger or a Ahlishnist iu Missiaaippi; but it hez corao and I am a cucumber of tbe ground. First, my niggers ia aot free; next, thej'vole; then I'm fined for lickoii Abliahniat, andfinally I'mloldthat I must not hang one of tbem. Wat is thero left to live for ? Here take this rope, lake these pistols, and this bowio knife, and hang ' *em up in remembrance uv mo. I die sad and glad. Sad, lo think Ibings ia ez they is—glad to go, ez I eau't betler them."
Al this pint I fetl him a little whisky oul uv a spoon.
" Hold nij' bond steddy," sed he, "whilo I writo a nolo given j'OU these keepsakes, that no ono muy question j'oor rile to 'cm.'' Ho wrote Ibis timo on a leaf uv hia ineni- oi-andum book, und iiiukcn a uioshen ez lho he wnz tj'eii a knot under somo one's ear, died. Ills last words wuz: "Spades is Irniiips; black's the winnin spot."
I ivepl a tear or two and composed his liiiihs. .\ud hiivin arranged the liody do- centlj', I allered his will iu whicii he be- queaihed ino bis rope, pistol and kiiil'e, ao ez lo ini.-hide his trunks nnd contenta, nnd lakin ids jiockil book ont of bis breoelies, I bustid inlo a piiro.tj'sm of grief, in which
I was found when lhu iimiules uv Lhulioii.se arrived.
The sons uv the deceaaed came to Vix- biirg tho noxt day and took the old gentle¬ man's rouiaina uwny, piiyin all his billa, inclndiii $29 to which 1 had Iont him the daj- before his death. Tho pistol, knifo and his trunks, with the contents, I aold—the rope which I coodent aell I shel alluz keep ill all'ectionalo reinombraeo uv thegood old lllllil.
Thus died Kernel Leonldas Slasher. II wuz impossible for him to survive sieli a completo reversal uv everything, nud it wuz perhaps as well tlutt ho died ez be did. Pence lo his lushes ! .His death ia ono moro reason for my hutiu Ablishllisiii, ef ouy other reason was needed.
I diskivered atlerwiird that Wendell Phillips wuzn't in Vixburg at all. The regialerin uv hia name wuz a.miserable .joko 11V a j'omig Iawj'er in lho cily and tho Jierson pinlcd ont az the great fanetic wuz
II traveler for a conaervatlvo dry goods houso ill >foo York. It wuz a serious joko for all eoneorned.
Pi-rraor.EUBt V, Nahdy, Wich wuz Postniaater.
The Leiand Brothers, of the Metro¬ politan Hotel inNewYork, are putting up a mammoth hotel building at Sara¬ toga. It will have a frontage of one thousand aud flfty feet, fivestorleshigh. It ia to bc built of brick, and divided into uinc compartments, almost fire proof. When completed. It will bo the largest hotel in the world.
BEOIBTEB OE SALES.
The lollowlng Is & list of the sales of real es¬ tate to be held on the respective dates quoted, as advertised in thc ExAaiii4£B, and for wblcli bills have been printed at tbla office:
PUBLIO SALES. Nov. 10, Orpliana' Court sole of a farm of 97 ocrss and IOS perches, with Improve¬ ments, togetlier wltb 2 wood lots ot about 11 acres, Iu Strasburg towu¬ Bblp, rroperty of Davis Gyger,dec'd.
" 10, Four lots ofsuperior Cheatnut timber land, in Martlc twp., property of H. MlUer.
" 10. Form of 33 acres, with improvements, lU' Monor townsbip, property of J. F. Frey.
" II, Twelve acres and "Opercbes of cbe-st- nut sprout land, lu Frovidenco twp., property of Ab'm Leaman.
" 11, Tract of 18 acre's and 117 perches, with saw mill and other Improvements. In West Lampeter lownshlp, by David Landls, guardian.
" 13, Two tracta of wood land, containing 21 acres, and about 00 acres of farm laud, near the borough of Mnnhelm, property of Ellas Beecher and Elias Stauirer. 13, Farm of 29 acres, witli Improvements, in Manheini lownsiiip, property of Henry Uilton.
" 13, Furm of 29 acres and iJU perclies, with Improvenients, in Leucoclt towu¬ siiip. property of.'Sarali J. Eckert.
" 18, Assignees' sale of a farm of 153 acre.s, with ImprovemenU), in Hli;hland twp., Chester couuty, property of -William S. TIiorapHou and wife.
" is. Farm of 127acres, wltb Improvement, in Chesler county, property of Jus. Lyncii, Jr., and P. C. Lynch. ' " 18, Large lol OfChcstnut, Oalc and otber tiniber. In Providence twp., proper¬ ty ofjohn Houser.
'* 18, Large steam power distillery, dwell¬ ings and other real estate. In tlie borough of Mount Joy, property of Jacob Hamulcer.
" 20, Assignees' sale of a farm of 81 acres with Improvenicnis, properly of Michael Montgomery.
" 20, Tavern and stoi-c stand, and 32 acres of laud. In West Earl twp., propeny of u. h. Forney, deceased.
•• 20, Aaslgneea' sale of o valuable farm of SO acres, and a deslrablo inlll prop¬ erty, in East Earl twp., property of Joiin JV" cover und w-lfe
" 23, Lot ofone acre and ten pei-ches, with dwellinghouse tliereon, in the vil¬ lage of Now liolloiid, properly of .S. Nelman, dec'd,
" 23, A Farm of 1'2U acres, with iinprove¬ ments, in Drumore lwp., property OfH. J. Iddlugs.
" 23, Extensive lot of spoke.l. felioe.s, hubs and oiber carriage materials, aud lot of agricultural implements, by Keeler & Shueft'er, Lancaster city.
" 24, A valuablo city property, at the cor¬ nerof liuke and Orange sts.; also, about au acreof grouud iu ttie cily of Laneusler, property of Jac. Long, sr., dec-il.
" 25, Oi-pbons' Court salo of three valualile nacts ofland. In Bart twp.. property of Gcorgo H. Plckel, dec'd.
" 20, Two small tracts of land, ivllli„Iin- provemeuta lu Manor lwp., pi-op- erty of Bartholomew Garber, dec'd.
'* 30, Assignee's aale of two tracts of land, witb Improveraeuls, in Warwicic twp., propertyof Josepli Bonder aud wile.
" 30, Nine acres of land wltb Improve¬ ments, In lbe village of Souders¬ burg, property of Johu Ciulgley.dec. Dec. 4, Orphans' Court sale of a valuable farm of 101 acres, with ImprovemeuLs. In Franklin county, propertyof Ah'm Barr, dec'd,
— Bfils for tbe following sales havo beeu printed ot this olllce:
Nov. 12, House oud lotof grouud in Easl Lam- peter twp., by Heury Stelnman.
" 12, Personal property of Mary Locke, In Providence lwp.
" 13, Dwelling liouse in Petersburg, by Ill- ram K. Miller.
" 13, House aud lot In Petersburg,by Mary Bostic.
" 13, Flvo acres of laud in Quarryville, with Improvements, by W. J. Heas.
** 13, Personal property of Borboro Resh, in Leacock lownshlp.
*' 13, personal property In Warwick lwp., by Washington Poke.
'• lli. Lot of ground and dwelling house, in New Danville, by Jacob I). Landls.
'* 23, House and lot of grouud In Petera¬ vllle, by John W. slauU'er,
"    25, House and lot in Columbia, property of Michael Dellam. Dec.  i, Personal properly in Pequea twp., by George Boi-eman.
PRIVATE SALES.
" Glenn Hope Mills." and two lorge farms In Chester county.
Notional Hotel property. In lho village of Bainbridge.
Grazing farm of 112 acres. In Cliester couuty.
Farm of 108 aores. In Little Britain twp.
A farm of 12:1 acres. In Cecil county, Md., with Improvements.
Mill or warehouse stand in Illinois.
A fruit and dairy farm of « acres. In Bart lwp., by Henry H. Hersbey.
—The posmillco at Mct»ll's Ferry, York county, has been discontinued,
—The number of pupils in the public schools of this city 18 2171.
—B. Reynolds, of FhUadelpbia, bas been ap¬ pointed Freight Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, In tbis city, vice A. F. Slaymaker.
—Johu 'W. Beor, kuown as the Buckeye Blacksmith, has beeu oppolnted a Upeciol Agent of the Treasury Department, and sta¬ tioned at BalUmore.
On Tuesday oveniug of last week a serions accident happened lo Jacob B. Kreybill, esq. OfEast Donegal lownshlp. llr.Kreyliill win) driving In o buggy in the vicinity of Sporting HUl, leading a young mare. Tho strap by whicii ho held lho animal liad a sharp hook at tbe end, which s!ie,iu pulling, drew Into ills hand, inaicllug o very ugly and dangerous wound, the point of tiio book passing entirely through tbe hond, so that It was Willi dimcnily tliat he released himself from It.
Sadden Death.—Mrs. Rowe, mother of ei- Sherlff Kowe, died suddenly on Friday ofter- noon, the 5tb inst. She was attending the funeral of Mrs. Treoger, at Smlthvllle, when she was taken ill, from the effects ofwhich sho expired almost instantly. She had for some time previous been in bad health. It ia sup¬ posed that the immediate cau-se of ber deotii waa apoplexy.
Fine Fruit.—This your bas been proliflc of flne fruit lu Lancaster county, and we have already noticed aeveral Hue specimena, which It seemed ** hard lo beat." However, Mr. Geo. Evans, of Drumore township, has left at our offlce several specimena of the pound npple ond belle-flor, wbich .surpass nnytiilng of tho kind for sizo and beauty that wo have seen this year. They were uol selected from man.v bushels, but arc simply a sample uf au abun¬ dant yield.
Canning Eggs.-Tiio proces-s of "canning" eggs In their own sliells is sometliing new. It was explained al a late meeting of liie New Yoric Fanner!,' Clnb. When two or three dozen egsa are obtained from the neats, place lliem In a dish and pour scalding water over Ihem, and immediately turn it oir. Tills pro¬ cess Is repeated three limes, by whicli means tho albumen Is flxed or coagulated, tile pores of the shells closed, and the egg, as It were, canned In ILs own covering. Tlic eggs thus prepared are tiicn paclced in salt, Willi the apex downward, and tiicy are aaid to keep perfectly fresh for many montlis.
Important lo Tobacco Eaiaera.-Wo liave been informed that iu .some parts of our coun¬ ty, tiie formars oi-elstrlpping llieir tobacco. Tlie only way lo keep u]i the reputation ofour Pennsrlvoula tobacco. Is lo prevent early stripping. For the iust two years, Penn.sylva¬ nia tobacco commandeil high prices, bnt the merchauLs suU'ered a loss from IhocU'ocLsof early stripping. This does not Iiappcn in lho Southeru Slates, where the tobacco is only stripped after tiie main stock has become per¬ fectly dry. It is liie farmer's lulerest, as well as the buyer's, that toliacco is not slrilipod loo soon. 	
Harris Dental Association.—Tiiis A.ssocia- lion hehl a meeting at the ollice of Dr. I. s- SiuItb,inCnllimbioon tliollb inst. Dr.S. At¬ lee Bockius, of Columbia, rend a very inlere.s- lliig ea.say on lho lilling of teelli. Dr. Samuel Welchaus, of Louc-ister, also read an able es¬ say on the same subject, contlned principally lo tile capping and treatment of e.xpoaed nerves prior lo filling. Tlie next meeting will be held at Dr. Webb's olflce in tills cily, nt which llr. Jno. McCalla will read an e.s.say on o.-ctracling teeth.
Hantlng Party.—Ou the morning of liio 2d lust., the niembers of the Mount Joy band, aud several othera, In all umnbcring about fllteen persons, started out fora day's shoot¬ ing aniong the hills along the Lcbouuu and Lancaster county ilne. They bagged Iwenty- Ihree rabbits .and severol pheasants.
—On Saturday eveniug last, .1.11. Aniwake, esq., and Messrs. Jos. and Franie Sleinliauser, returnedfrom Epiirata township, whero tliey spent the day hunting, bringing with them twenty-seven rabbits, leu partridges and two opossums nsllic resultof tlieir day's work. Tills Is the most successful day's hunt we hove beord of Ihisseoson. Ciaine In llie northern townships Is said to be unusually pleuty.
Ordination of a Priest.-Ou Saliirdny morn¬ iug a candidate for tiio priestiiood named Froucis X. Bostiblo was ordained In .Saint Patrick's churcii iu Harrisburg. The services were conducted by Blsiiop Siianabali, a-ssisted by Kev. B. Keenan, of Lancaster, Rev. A. .1. McConomy, Rev. it. F. JIartin, Rev. F. P. O'Nlell oud Rev. J. W. Siiauahau, of Philadel¬ phia, Uev. Jomes J. llussell, of Columbia, ond Rev. V. L. Neufeld, of Lancaster. Father Biin-y, Chancellor of the churcb, wns master of ceremonies. Tlie siugltig of the choir was very flue. After tiie ordination serves. Bishop Shanalian delivered on addrc-sa to tiie congregation, iu which he referred to ills in¬ tended visit to Rome, onil bade thein farewell. Tbo church was densely ci-iiwdcil witli mem¬ bers of the congregation and others.
stlll'bctt''er^^"''° ^^'^°'"'"' ""* P"*='" wlllido A graded school hns just been erected In .1IaulicilnatacostofSI2,0ixi, which everything consirtereil. Is not surpassed by any In tiio connly. It Is two stories in height Sas boou supplied with Uhlinger's furnitSro hro'oiTl and Ibe play ground attached Is afull acre n extent. Tlil.s, for au enrlnineMl of 2|-. niinlli In all the dc|iarlmenla, would bo hichiv ivlii liable to lowns of greater prelcnslons Ihan Manheim.
Superintendent -Wickersbam liosdemanded tiint the County Commissioners of each coun¬ ty In the Stole furnish on offlce at the County Scot for tlie accomodation of the Coanty Su¬ perintendent of the Pnbllc Schoola. Superin¬ tendent'Wickersham says lhat the Commis¬ sioners '* bave full power to do ao, does not admit of a doubt, and the spirit oflhe statne concerning Ihelr dnty to provide rooms for oilier omeers would, at lea.st, lustlfy tbem. If Its force Ig not more binding. In provldlngone for the County Superintendent.
nn .i,« „,,I^=AMsTowN, November 4th, 18C9. *,. H, "** above date, at a rcKUlar meetluir of
M. S. Kllliim and w; V. Wickel    "        *    ^'
The paper wua then read by the editor which contained a considerable amonnt of interest- inp and amusing matter. The foilowinK reso¬ lution was Ihen discussed:
Resolved. That more Information Is gained from Keailing than TravellnK.
Disnuiants on the affirmative, J, G, Garman and \V'. W. WIckel; on the ncKatlve, U. B, Kline and J. S.Noldo. Decision In fuvor of thoafllrraatlve. In general debate, tlie negative Wits well argued by J. R. Boyer. 9. S. Frj-, U. B. Kline, and fastly, as a rarity, tlio aged Aaron Carpenter, as a debater of almost revolution¬ ary notority, entered Into the discussion with tliat earnestness tliat always cliaracterlzea his argument, and afier a loug, sound, logical, pointfil and grammatical speecli, succeeded In procuring the decision ofthe house in favor oriiie neKalive, Kesolutlon for next meeting:
Jiciolced, Tliat tho abolition of Cupllal Pun¬ lsliinent will diminish Crimo.
Bkcrktaby
BUSINESS KOTICES.
IlAM,*s Vegetable Sicilian Ilair Rcncwcris
becoinlu'; a universal favorite for restoring
gray liair to Its origiual color, and malcing
hair fjfow out thick.
I'lKB "Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware, &c., snltal>le lor liolidaj* and bridal presents. Ad¬ vertisement in this issue by U. Harper, 52u Arch street, Philadelpliia, A rellablo liouse. Oive him a call.
Tun[.HKD with silk or with velvet; quilled or plain; ornamented wlllt elaborated seamed stitching, or otherwise, there are no outer gar¬ ments so neat and so aatlsfactory, as the ele¬ gant overcoats of
UOCKHILL A WILSON, Great Browu Hall, (HVl nud C05 Chestnui street, sep'-^-i :im Philadelphia.
Yob- say tbat" it would como hard on you to pay tho]iromlumsonapo1lcy oflifu Insurance even Ixx thc "ASfERICAN OP PHILADEL¬ PHIA," ^hose rates are so low"—but remem¬ ber how liard It would ))e on yoar family tobe left without your aid or any provlson for tho future. That is tlie stand from wlilch lo look nt lifo insurance.
No Huantuc—We do uot wish to Inform you reader that Dr. Wonderful, or any other man, has discovered a remedy that cnres all diseas¬ es of mind, body or estate, and Is dcslugned to make onr sublunary sphere abllssful paradise to whlcii henvenitselfsliall ho hut a sideshow, but ice do wi.-th lo inform you thai Docior Sage's Catarrh Remedy has cured thoxisands of cases of catan-h in its xcorsl fonns and stages, and the pro¬ prietor will pav £500 for a case of this loath¬ some disease that he cannot cure. It may be procured by mall for sixty cenls, by addressing R. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffulo. N. Y. For salo by most ilrugglslB everywhere.
—The body of Mr. Adam Warfel, of Safe Har¬ bor, who was supposed to have beeu drowned inlheSusquehannaou the 24th ult., has not been fouud yet.
—An Inventory of llartmau'a "extensivo" Bitters establishmenl reveals the fact that the whole thing Is covered by 54,ti00. Verily we Uve in age of" humbug."
A few days ago ft child of William Ressler. ofUpper Leacock twp., wus so severely burned by Its clothes takinf; Uro, that It died In the course ofu few tiours,
-Four adults, three women aud one man were admitted Into fellowship with the Church of God, on Saturday last, by baptism. Tho ceremony was performed In the Concstoga, near tho Cily MIU.
— Abraham Roop, proprietor of tho Octarora Hotel, at Andrew's bridge. Colerain township, recently killed a calf seven weeks and two dayji old, which welglied when dre?jied two hundred aud eighty pounds.
Teachers* Institute.—The annual meetingof the teachers of Lancaster cily and eounty commenced at Fultou Hall on Monday. Thc attendance was largo and tho proccedlugsUuw far.havobeenorthemostlnterestlngcharacter.
—We are glad to hear that Harry Young, of Safe Harbor, this couuty, whose leg was am¬ putated a short timeago by Drs. J. C. Gatchell and P. S. Clinger, is now able to bo about, and will linally recover.
—Andrew Armstrong has broughtsuitaglnst the publishers of Fttther Abraham, of Lancaa¬ ter, for libel. Tho alleged Hbel. wa helieve, consists In cliarging Mr. A. with receiving SflO mileage, when he was a member of the Legis¬ lature, wiiereas he wus entitled loonlySS.
NOTICES OF BOOKS. &C.
IJRAiNAHns' Musical Wokld for Novem¬ ber Is oncur table, and Is'a most attractive nuniber, filled with beautiful new mnsic and Interesting reading. Tiio Musical Worldisthe bestand most popular musical magazine In tlie country. £ach number contains twenty pages of now and valuablo reading. Owing to Its immense circulation (over 20,000 copies.) It isfurnishrd at tho low price of SLOO a year. Klegnnt premiums are given for clubs, consis¬ ting of pianos, organs, sewing machine, writ¬ ing desks,ludies' work-boxes, chromoa, books, inusie, ^c. We advise all our readers to send ten cents to the publishers, S. Brainard A Hniis, Cleveland, 0., and they will receive spec¬ imen copies, with a large amouni; of choice music, uew premluu list, «Sc., by return mail,
Thk Ovekland Monthly for November reaches us ratlier lato, but is none tho lesa wel¬ come. Tho number Is unusually good, thore being nol oue article In it whicli is not at least readable, while most of them are very Inter¬ esting. Tho contents compriso "FurSeals," an Inittrnctlve paper; "A Viewof the Nation¬ al Capltjil," "Tho Chinese Labor Question," "Ungathered," a poem; "The Ico Caves of Washington Territory." "Are our Public Schools a Failure? No. 3; "Under Flre." " Early Ijiterature of Tobacco," " The Fortune in the Daisy," "Ceylon'' "How I Converted my (Cannibal," "Dead Broke," "The Search for Feturn Anln," "The Monntain Heart's Kase," etc, and "Current Literature."
AN Entire New Edition of the Cosiplbtte WoHKS ofMrs. Caroline LebHkntz.—Those who admire prose fiction of a high order, will recleve with sallslaction the announcement UiatT. B. Peterson A Brothers, Philadelphia, arenow publishlnga new and complete edition of all Ihe novels and writings of tne late Mni. Caroline Lee Hentz. Unforiunaleiy, this lady, whose uatural Intelligence and talents had been Improved by the highest culture, and who inoved In the first circles ofsoclety.nrstln her nallvo Massachusetts and flnally In the South, died in the maturity of her powera—her wri¬ tings remaining as a monument to her worth. Into some of her novels she introduced Inci¬ dents of her own childhood and womanhood. The wholeof ber works will bo isaued complete in twelve large duodecimo volumes. Two volumes will be published each month until the series is complete, one volume on the first, and another on the fifteeixth ot the month. They will be printed on the flnest paper and bound In tlie most beautiful manner. In flno Morocco cloth, with anew, full gilt back, and sold at the low price of SI.T5 each, in morocco cloth- orin paper at 81.50 each. '
Tho lirsl volume is now issned, entitled " Linda; or, Tho Young Pilot of the Belle Cre¬ ole," and It contains a full and complete Blog- :apby of the lale Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz wlilch has never before been published. The second volumo will bo issued on Nov'r 15ih ISO!), and it will he " Robert Gi-aham," aSequel to "Lindii; or. The Young Pilot of the Belle Creole." These will be followed,onaon the first, undone on the fifteenth of eachmonih, hy '• Ernesi Liiiwood ; or, The Inner Life of the Author " "Tne Planter's Northern Urlde; or. Scenes In Mrs. Hcniz'sChlldhood." ¦*Marcus Warland¦ or, Thc Loog Moss Spring." " Helen and Ar¬ thur; or, Mias Thusa'a Spinning Wheel." "Courtship and Marriage; or, The Joys and Sorrows nf Araerican Life." "Eollne; or. Magnolia Vale; or,Tne Heireas of Glenmore." " Rena; or. The Snow Bird," a Tale of Real Life. " The Lost Daughter, and other Storiea." "The Banished Son, and other Stories of the Heart." " Ijove after Marriage, and other Stories." This series will no doubt prove to be the most popular series of Novels ever Issued Inthe country. They will be for sale by all Booksellers, or copies will be sent per mall, post-paid, by the publishers, on receiptor price,—Sl,75 per volume.
Surrendered.—Dr. Hartmau, proprietor of Mlshler's Bitters, was surrendered by his ball, on Thursday, lo tho Uuited States authorities He Is uow In custody of the U. S- Marshal He Is charged with dofraudlui; tho Bevenue Department.
— Jlr. Benjamin Good, of Conestoga twp.^ this county, has a turkey tliat has laid during tho present year 1C2 eggs. Sho commenced laying early last ^Spring and has kept on laying to the present time without wanting to set.
Singular Incident.—Tho Reading Jounxal says that a party ofsome halfa dozeii gentle¬ men from theneighborhood of Reinholdsvllle, Lancasterco., paid a visit lo the Blue Moun¬ tain on the border of Bethel township, Borks and Schuylkill county, a few days ago, for the purpose of gathering what Is known as " Blue Mountain tea." One of the parly, nained Cy¬ rus Materucs, when on the lop of the moun¬ tain, encountered a rattlesnake, wlilch he camo near treading upon. The snake coiled himself for a spring, when Mr. Maternes step¬ ped back and discharged the contents of a gun which he carried. Into the snake, blowing itlo pieces. At liie same instant a hawk, nut olj- served beforo, came swooping down from the sky, aiming directly for the spot occupiod by the snake. Mr. M. discharged the second bar¬ rel Into the hawk, ending his career. The question is, whal wero the intentions of his hawkship? Did he see the snake hefore the gun was Ilred, aud was he about to make nn atlaclc upon him, ami was it too late lo recover himself after tlie gun M'as discharged? Do hawks flght rattlesnakes? We leavo It to some stndent of natural history lo answer.
Sales of Real Estate.-S. F. Eagle A Son have sold tlieU-property, knownas the Eagle Fur¬ nace Properly, above Columbia, lo Col. E. Bnrd Grubb, of Burlington, N. J., for the sum ofone huudrod thonsand dollars. Possession was taken on the Ist inst., by the new proprietor.
Tho two-.story and altlc briclc dwelling house, and lot ofground, siiualod on the north sido of East Lemon street, thiscily, belonging to the eslale of Kllsha Geiger, deceased, was .Hold at public sale to Moses Geisenberger. for 8:i,C(W.
Farmof William .Sllow.^lle^, coniaining IOU •icres, sold to Henry l-:shleman for SSi'l'e>*"ei'e.
Farm belonging lo (lie estule nf W. .S. Long_ deceased, containing i».'i a<;rcs, l«» Wni, JJnyd for SKli) per acre.
Mill and :V> acres belonging to Uenry and W. S. Long to Natiianiel Mayer for5o,<l!t-j; also two wood lots, ono containing 4 acres to Samuel Boyd for STO peracre.and Lliei)tlier coniaining 20 aeres to Cliarles Acheson for S40 per acre.
The farm belonging to llie ostaie of Jolm A. Boyd, containing l:>.'» aeres, lo.Iohii JIyers for ST-)M ]>er acre.
All the foregoing properties ure situaied in Drumore townsliip.
Tho farm of .Tosopli Sincdly, In Fullon town¬ slilp, conlnlning 1115 acres, lo James Collins and Isaac Wood for S-"iO per acre.
Brick DwelUng and 4 acres near quarryville, belonging to Rev. J. V. Eckert, to Christian Geiger for 62,200.
Tlie liouseof A. E, Carpenter, on Soutli Duke street, sold at S5 500, Mr. Frey. purchaser.
STATE LOAN. Treasury Department, Haubisuuro, Xovember 1, 1869. 'J.'q thc Holders of the Pennsylvania five per
cent. Slate Loan, issued niulei' tht Act of
June lllh, 1S40, and nialurivg Jult/ 1, 1S70 ;
Gentlemen: The Commissioner of Llio Sinking Fund hnvo authorized me to givu notice to all holders of the five percent. Stato Loan, due July 1,1870, tlmt all auch bonds will bo redeemed by this department in full, with accrued interest lo date of pre- senlalion*
You -will, therefore, notify mo (at tbis ofiice) of the amount of bonds you hold and desire redeemed, and I wltl direct the Far¬ mers' aud Mechanics' XatlonaL Bank, of Philadelphia, to accept your transfers and pay tho amount of your'bonds, with inter¬ est to date of transfer.
These payments will be made on the first and third Saturdays of ever}' month. Yours, respectfully, R, W. Mackey, State Treasurer.
V. H.—Tha interest ou theso bonds wilt cease July 3,1S70.
favim 0f MmM$,
Settled—Tlie case of Rev. AV. F. P. Nobles vs. A. W. Russel and Edwin and James M. Clnrk, known as tho " Flour and MUl Case," which was tried In our Court, aud a verdict of SIS.¬ OOO rendered In favor of tho plalntUT.In whicli anew trial was afterward granted, haa been amicably settled, the defendants paying €3,000.
— Dr. Hartman. the "Bitters man" la in a "peckof trouble." In addition to his little alTair with the U. S, Government, a Sherlfl* from the |Stato of Indiana, is anxiously awaiting his lolKnre,to carry him to that Stata to answer sundry cliargesof fraud, ic. "Hon¬ esty Is the best policy I
A barn belonging to Ephraim Hershey, near Columbia, was set on flre about 12 o'clock, on Saturday night, and entirely consumed. A valuable horse, harness, rockaway, hay, grain and other properly contained lu the barn and belonging U) Christian Hershey, sr., were also consumed. _^^_
—The shivering evenings of our changeable climate remind folks that they need some¬ thing comforlable to wear. For comfort, ele- gance.durablUly, economy, thero is nothiug to wear liko the flne, substantial garments of Rockhlll A 'WUson. COJ aud 005 Chestnut Street, PhUadelphia, [sep*22 3m
Will Case Decided.—Tho case of Hildebrand against Eckman's involving the validity of the Will of Danli'l Eckman, dec'd, which oc¬ cupied the Common Pleas Court for several days last week, was decided bythe jury after a few minutes deliberation, bringing In a ver¬ dict for plalntlfl^, thus confirming the will Somo twenty thousand dollars were Involved in the suit.
Death from Burning.—A few days ago, a child nbout four years old, son of William Res¬ sler, of Upper Leacock township, wan so se¬ verely burned that, notwithsUvndiug medical atlentii-n was rendered, it died in the after¬ noon. It M-'i-ius that while uone of tho house¬ hold were for lho moment observing tho ac¬ tions of tbo L-hlld, It playfully Ignited a paper, and In this manner conveyed the devouring element to Us dreas.
— Rev. E. W. Rutter, formerly editor of the Intelligencer, and well known tomany ofour citizens, preached his nlne-teenth anniversary sermon as pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, in Philadelphia, on the 10th ult. Dur¬ ing these years he has received Into the church 608 mombers, officiated at 369 fUnerala, and married 381 couples. Several mission schools were estabUshed, from wbich cbnrcbea have originated.
The Tax on Farmers.-The Departmeul at Washington in reply to an Inquiry as lo the liability of farmers lo ho ta.\cd for selling their produce from a shop or sland, gives tho following:-
"Aperson who sells his own farm produce from a wagon, driving from house to house. Is e.xempt by law from paying special ia.x as Peddler; buta person selUng his own farm
Eroduce from a sliop or sta nil is not so exempt y law. He is liable to a special tax of SIO as KotaU Dealer If his aunuul sales u.vceed $1000 and do not exceed S^i.OOU, hut if oxeeedlug tlic latier sum he is considered a Wiiolesale Deal¬ er. Dealers who sell less than SloOO per annuni aro not liable to pny special tnx ns such.
"You will perceive that a farmer selling his owu farm produce from a slaud in markei Is liable to a special lax ius dealer, if his aunuul sales exceed SIOOO.
" On the 25lh ull., the Commissioner decided as follows, as reported Iu Int.Uev. Record, vol. 10, pagotiti:
"'Aperson who sells fruil-s and vegetables from a slore or stand Is liable us a (trudiiee broker (providing he has uoi already paid si»c- cial tax as a dealer) eveu though his unnuai sales, Ineludiug salesof all other mereliaudise, do uol exceed SIOOO, and without regard as lo Whether the fruits aud vegetables arc oJ his own raising or uot.'
"If. therefore, a farmer selling his own furm produce from a stand should uul bo liable tu Special tax as Dealer (his aunual sales bolng less than SIOOO), he would be liable to a tax a-s Produce Broker, The dellnition of a produce broker In tho law is as follows: ' Every person other than ono having paid tho speciul lax im a commercial broker, or cattle broker, or wholesalo or retail dealer or peddler, whose oceupalion it Is to buy or soil agricultural or farm products, and whose annual sales do not exceed SIO.OOO, shall be regarded as a Protluce Broker, (If tho unnuai sjvles exceeil S10,0i)ii ho Is considered a Commereiul Broker, Ac.)*''
tiTOCU. MARKETS.
PHTLADELPniA. NOV. 5.
United States Cs, LSfil U7Jiall7%
5-2US. im-l llSKaUSVi
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"  lSC7,July nc  alieji
" ISOS iisjjaiw!-;;
" 5's-10-40's I07Kal07?i
'• " 30-year 6 per cent.. IffZJ^jilOTJi
Compound interest notes  19
Gold „ la^alST
r.AXCASTKU   IIOUSEUOrH   MABKET.
L^VNCASTER, NoV. C.
Butler, per lb       45c
Lard, per lb ISaSOc
Eggs, per ilo7.cn 25a28c
Chickens, (live,) per pair ........ . „ 65a70
do.      (cleaned) per pair 90al 00
Turkeys, live ISrflSO
Ducks, dressed 50.a60c
Lamb, per lb « 15aISc
Sausages, perlb       25c
Potatoes, per bushel '. 50a75c
Potatoes, per >.; peck        lOc
Turnips ;         GOi-
Onions, per 'sJ pock       ISJc
Applos, per J.< peck- „ 15a^*
New Coru per bushel.- yOcal.OO
Oats, per bag of 'J bus.-.       1.75
Cider, per barrel        Cf""*
FI.<»IIie. fJKAI.V A WIIINKT MARKET.
PHILADELFItlA, NoV. 8.
Fi.oL're—The dullness recorded luthemarket atlhe closo of lho week still contiuues, and tho lendency of prices Is downward, there be¬ ing iittle or uo Inquiry for shlpmenls,and the homo trade purchasing cautiously. About PJOO barrels changed hands, Including superUue at MaSllj; extras ut8537Jia550; lowa Wisconsin nnd MInuesola extra family at SS^^OOO; Pennsylvania do at SUaO 60; southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio do do at £l*. i'laf. 7'., and fancy ioisatSTaS.   Kyo Flour sells In l(.^^ul ;(j.
GI^At^•—Thero is rather morw liniuiry for Wheat, but prices ure unsettled auddrooping; 3000 bushels Peuusylvania aud SOOO bushels western red sold on private terms, and 1500 bushels western and Pennsylvania rod at Sl 'M al :J5. Rye is sleady, with sales of western at Sl OJal m. Corn Is quiet but flrm; sales of 500 Pennsylvania yellow at $1 03, newdoalS8a90i'; western do at SCftSl, and SOOO bushols western mixed at yia9Sc. Oals are unchanged; sales oi 5000 busheLs western and Pennsylvania at 50* 59c, and Delaware at tiic per bushel. Bariey is quiet; 5000 bushels two-rowed Ncw York sold on privale terma; 400 do choice four-rowed do at £130; 1500 do four-rowed at SIM, aud 11,000 do four-rowed Canada at Sl 40. The recolpW to-day nro as follows: 1SS7 barrels flour, lO.-lOO bushels wheat, T700 do corn, and S900 do oats. New York, November «.
Thc market for western and Stato Flour ia more uclive but irregular; tho low gradea are more activo and aro steadier at tho close; the medium and betler grades aro Irregular and geuerally lower. The sales aro 16,800 barrels atS5l'0:u'>40 for .superflno Slale; S5 00a5 90 for extra .Slalo; Sikifi.'tO for funcy Stato; 8540a5T5 for the low grades of western extra; S5 80aG 10 forgooti to choice sprlug wheat extras; S5S0tt 7i> for Minnesota and Iowa extras; S5 85aCS0 for city shipping Oxtras; S5 7uaC 10 for shipping Ohio, round hoop; SO lOiiti i'> for trade brands. California and Oregon Flour is scarce and pri¬ ces uneerlain.
CHICAGO, November S.
Flour (lUict at S125a5 50 for spring extras. Wiieal dull and weak nnd lower; No. 191ayJc ; No. 11 Syj^duSr:;^; mufternoonduUatSTJ^cseller, aud S9c do December, for No. 2. Corn quiet at twJiJaOTc for No. 2; In ufternoou dull at 07c bid for Xo. 2. Ouls dull at '.ii%a40a for No. 3. Rye Urmer and moderately activo at 71c for No. 1 und CSc for Nu. 2. Barley quiet at II7c for No. 1. Baltimohk, November 8,
Flour Jllll and weak; Howard street super- Hue SJ2iioiiO; do extra S5 75a6S0; do family Sti 75us; iTliy mlUs superflne 25 25ati 25; do extra SfiaT; do fumily S7a9 50; western superflne £5 25njo0; do extra S5 75aG25; do family S675a 7 25. Wlieat flrmer; red S135al40. Corn- white Slal 05; uew S5a90c. Oats 55u5Se. Rye y-JcaSl.
Cincinnati, November S.
Flour dull; family So 25a5 50. Wheat dull flt Sl lOftl 11 forNo. I wiuter red. Corn In good demand at SiaS5c. Rye dull; No. 1 90c. Barley dull; No. 1 fall 5150.
Milwaukee, November 8.
Flourdull and unchanged. Wheat flrm at 92c for No. 1. Oats steaily and unchanged. Corn sleady and unchanged, Ryo ond Barley nominal.
A'EW YOUK CATTI-E 9IARKET.
Monday Nov. S. The ofl'erings for tho week comprised 71i» beeves. 110 cows aud calves, 1697 veals, 38.10.': sheep and lambs, and 21,050 swine. Beeves have been dull and depressed duringthe week chiefly owing to the over supply. At the close to-day, however, there was a rather flrmer feeling. Poorto medium, 10al2c; medium ta fair. 12;^aI3J.^c, good steers ond fat oxen, 14a 14Mc; prime* to extra, 15al£^c; choice, lH^ialGc. MUch cows dull, at S60aS0 for good, frlOaOO for common to medium, and 590allO for ex tra.— Veals flrm and a shade higher. Primo 12J^ 1"J^. good 10al2>-$, common 4a6 cents. Sheep and lambs very'duU, with prices tending to lower points; common to fair aheep 3a4c. good
Public School Committees.—Wm. P. Brintou^ esq., Presideut of tho School Board, has ap¬ pointed the following Committees:
Superintending Committee—V!illii\n\ R. WU¬ son S. H. Reynolds.'Lulher Richards, Georgo Nauman, H.S. Gara. „       „ ,, ^ ^,,
Finance Commdlee—R. A. Evans, H. E. blay- maker. Dr. Johu Levergood.
ComTnillee on School Jiroperty—"Dr. John Lcv¬ ergood, Dr. H. Carpenter, Anthony E. Roberts, Christian Zecher, H. E. Slaymaker.
Sook CbwiTni«cc—Simon P. Eby, Ilenry W. Harberfser, D. G. Baker.
Oommittee on Sotdicri' Oiithans—Dr. Samuel Welchaus, W. A. Jlorton, (.». F. Hreunemuu. ViaiTINO CuaiMITTEta,
jyorthea.st nivition—'Dr. .lohn Levergood, M, J. Weaver, Dr. S. Welchens, J. J. Cochran, D, Hartmau.
Soulheast jyivision—H. A. Rockafleld, Wm. A. Morton, John I. Hariman, C.G. Beale, W. L. Benr, George Wall.
Southxvest i)ii?wio»—Alexander Harris, Wm. McComsey, Jlichael McCullon, J, W, Johnson, Dr. M. L. Herr.
Northxvest Division—ll. A. Evans,|Dr. Ilenry Carpenter. J. B. Warfel, H. W. Harbereer. Wni. B. WUey. S. P. Eby. *"    '
Committee onJViyhtSchools—WlUlattx .ArcC'om- sey. Christian Zecher, Johu W. Jackson.
Educational.—We flnd the following items of local interest in the I'enn'a School Journal:
Lancaster couuty is losing many of Us best teachers every year, on account of Its busiuess not affording them a proper support.
Noue of tho School Directors elected at the last (October) election con tako their seats be¬ fore the time flxed by law for'the reorganlza- Uon of Boards, viz: the flrst Monday of June, IttJO.
The Normal School at MUleravUle has reop- ^'^'-''-iTJil^^^TtTttSl.llTSileStfoi   toprlic.|!<;,.i5ic,«<ra.lK.S;<(c:Lamb»Sa7>ic
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seemed to have carried the enroUment to Ita
Hogs hea^T and drooping.