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i' ? ' rjfv *. - ?,? . -i* .-,- ... ... ^CTAHUSHliD APG^^i^k ; . _ > jraB^gjiyE8r TA, ' "" ** * HH~ 'Itt i in 11 | , " ''" ' VOLUME XXXIII.?NUMBER 81. * mu mwitffimv "OOlcei ,<o?i83ftllJ W ifourt?funlhbtrij?U, Tt'iiKKYs of tJio vintage of 18JiZ jiro barred. To-moriiow wo hIvo thanks. And*/tomorrow wo die. JJki.va Luckwooi) received three votes in Pennsylvania. There's a growing party. Aw*! howiuany expectant Democrats will eat their Thanksgiving turkey tilled with promises?vain promises! Turn: Jjhi nuni/i'st desire !o inako or ; invent trouble between Cleveland, lien- I Jrieks and Keforui. Givo thcni time. / 1 \ ".I. S. M." .Mr. Maine's book, "Twenty yearn of Congress," is published by the ilt-nry Dili Publishing Company, ^o^viclj, Connootic-uC. ( Tins is the timo when tho fated fowl is < filled with dire forebodings, llis head is i worth ?o inuuhml pound.' His bdnes fer- i tilizetlie soil of his nativt; landl ' 1 " ' (iovKnsoit IIo.vdly is severely criticiscd for leaving out of his Thanksgiving proclamotion nil recognition of Divine Providence. Governor 1 loudly's views were , known before lie was elected; ' ' Dos'r leave Auditor Miller out of the reckoning. Joseph is keeping up and nd<ling to hi3 acquaintance with the vigor which characterizes all hi* ctiorts. lie will be present when the. crib door ia opened. Ir is very evident that if Cleveland will allow Hendricks* to htdlo out the jjap, Hendricks will doit. Hendricks lias his eye on the tin>t place,' forgetful that we are not in the habit of moving tlio Vice President up n lie* further. Senatoii I'bnwikto.v seeins to bo enpiged in explaining that lie believes in the theory uf Civil Service reform,-but not its v practice uv a jjcmoorauc auminnjtraunn. Perhaps his party will restore Senator g l'endleton to favor at tor this. DkcemukuI General Diaz is to take-his * seat as President of Mexico, if in the t meantime his country hasn't turyeil it- f self over. The indications arc thought to ? favor a revolution. It is eight years now t since Mexico indulged in the National Nt pastime. The "ring" which rules the I country and of which Diaz is.th<; head, lias :i got'rich by plunder, and bv the same process the people have got poorer. Dk-NorvinGhrkx', Prcsidentof the "West- J ern Union Telegraph Company, in his card ?j to the public shows a clean bill for his 1 company in the matter of the election re- J turns. Dr. Green's showing was not j necessary, fur only ignorant men and fools r believe that his comyany or' tho Associ- ated Press would be idiotic enough' to try J to elect a President by reports in the face , of the ballots. * However, it is -well enough that the re- J lations between tho Western Union and ( vmw .iMuvmvru x jcao suuum ue wuuo.uioio i clearly stated. The official count in New a York has shown tlio wonderfully prompt. c and ellioient service of the Western Union and Associated Press. It may he worth while to add that Dr. GreCn..is a Denio- I crat, and that the Associated Press is com- e posed of newspapers of all shades of opin- 1 ion. 'v } 21 Free trade must leave something to be ? desired in the British ship-building in- / dustrv at least, when the government,goes j Into the building of men-oi-war "to xomc- i dy the depression in the ship building > trade." It is not only protection tliat is 1 supposed to stand in the way ol shipbuilding in this country, but our "bar- I barous navigation laws" as well. English ! ships are more cheaply built and sailed j than we can build and sail them. ( Yet English ship3 by the hundreds are I tied up?rotting?for lack of business, and now the government comes to relieve ? the distress often thousand unemployed g men on the Mersey, the Tyne and the c Cljde. If our laws permitted it, the-ves- ^ fiels which do our costing busiuesa would be bought in England, and the little wo. have of ship-building industry would be \ wiped out. Practically without a navy, ' we should Ibid ourselves without a coin- t mereial marine or the means of acquiring t w..?,... uuiu ui uecu. - C WnKTiiF.it President Cleveland intends | . to satisfy the hunger of his pirty or liston , to the plaintive pleading of tlio Mug- j wumps; whether tho tariff is to l>e tackled' -s or ignored; whether the new administra- { tion is to have a foreign policy or no poli- i cy?all these things 'may be interesting as t mere speculations. The .real question is -v whether Mra. Hendricks is going to "lord c it"?if lord is the right word in this con- , nection?over Mrs. McDonald, or whether i Mrs. McDonald'is.going to boas Mrs. Hen- * drieks. This is what Washington society ^ wants to know, and it is impatient to be j informed. . / ' - ? It is taken for granted that McDonald will ho in the cabinet. The polar wave.of ' oloqueneo in which ho ongnlfed Hen- j dricks when ho placed .him "beforo the. ; Democratic Convention for the ilretpWo ( on the ticket gave Cleveland corapara- 1 lively caSy sailing. It \ia thought that Cleveland will remember and recompense his friends.'With h?r husband in the Cabinet and Mrs. Hendricks' liuaband merely the Vice President,1 Mrs. MeDonaldv-will < he a bigger ;voiftnu in official society than I Mrs. llemlrieksj to say nothing o? Mrs. 1 McDonald's alleged behuty and Mrs. lien- 1 dricks' lack of comeliness. The ohl feud i between the husbands is nursed with great I tenderness by the wives. They, are both . ambitious women; each has her partisans < in Washington; each has auaccomplished < two-edged sord. tongue which doesn't < spare the other side. ] Uemembering what a rackot tho "offi- j cial ladies" kicked up about President i Jackson's ears, the country will be uneasy ] until it knows what is to qomo out of this Hendricks-McDonald uftair. Having no wife of his own, and lacking experience in Washington life, President Cleveland may not understand how to steer between the Hendricks Scylla and tlio McDonald fharybdis, J3ut experience teacher i juli jiiuriu r ujl -yyUM I'linAVPIHjrniATIO.N.StOM.MITTl-E ; 'i ~ , I * Moot nt <lm Oniiltnl unit Map Out Some WorU-Silli-lllvl.lim ill tliu Cotnniltluo. AlliiriirjClimuml l!rmvatrr'? l(F|iorl. Siiimi Aliln HllKffBUlntu Millie. 1' i IJ" i Wmiiisotux, 1). C., Nov. 20.?Tho I louse Committee oil Appropriation!! met to-dny nt the;Capitol lo mop out their work fur tlici nu'xt wajlon. Chairman Randall rind ICllis*, Townshuiul, Kollct nnd Uyitn were present, arid'Kotfor, IToimnn ind Forney were represented by others. Intimates tor tho six annual bills, numbly, :hu PobtotHcc, Indian, Conaular nnd Diplomatic/ Ajniy nnd .Navy nnd Military iVcadeiny Were placed in the bands of ku!>ipnuultttoa' aiid it is expected one or more )t these* measures will bo in readiness for ?6nsi?ierV?tibii by the .\vb(ttfT*, eommitteo ivhen the session begins on. Monlay. The sub-division of the com- 1 nittee as 'agreed upon ' to-ctyy \ sns. follow*: Legislative; Executive nrtd fuiUciid,billi llohnun, Hancock and Canion ; Sun'hy.'Civil, Hnitdull, Forney* and t llyan; Army, Forney, Townehenu and Iveifer; Navy, 'liutenins; liandall and Long; TownshenU,' Holman ; mil ilorr; .Indian, F.lli.s, Llolman and ityan;: Consular ttnd L>inlomritii.yl3Urnes, fownshciul. and 'Washburn; Military ; Uvulvmy, 1C ettur, Forney and HI lis; Din* riet of; Cohnnbia,. Fulleit, llntehinsand I Janu<n't; IMicfoncy, Uandall, Barnes and i -.or.g; Fortifications, llorr, ftllis and linn- 1 :ock. ; < jlr. Kahdnll will have a conference with ' hu fc'ecretary of trio Navy io-inOrrow on 1 he sui^M'tof tho Navy" appropriations < or the tinal six months ot the current \ lscal year. It is .thought. probable last i r.-arVappropriation will bo continued for I hat perioil as was done last session for i lixinpnths from July 1, nnd that thus tho t pitsvion of making appropriation for the iropowl cruisers on which the two 1 uiusua lyun? 10 a.uoau-iocK ifist session i vill bo left*for the next '-Congress. Mr. ' rian'lall, however, would noti'xpress an 1 pinion on this subject or as to any part >f thy policy of the; committee, stating i imply thai ho did not yet know, what t vould lie done. i ATTOi:\'l-:V-<i KN KHAL'SKlil'OUT. ' fume Yiilufihlo Su^se?tli?n?f_ Ollered?'II. e I'resent Jury System. Washington',) Nov. 25i?In his annual < vport Attorney-General Brewsiersuggpsls i hat all accounts of the Chief Supervisors < >f elections be taxed in open court under 1 inspection and examination of the Dis- , rict Attorney or his sworn assistant, and j hey must then be forwarded to the pro- .1 >er department for further examination { iml reduction if deemed advisable.' ' These election laws are of the highest < mportanee to the general welfare, and heir proper execution, is a matter of , ?rit?e necessity. Their abuse,* on the i ?therhand, is a great public wrong to be | tuarded against by appropriate legislation?- t L'he'^'Attorney General directs the atentlon ^of Congress to the want of friiper legislation for criminal -oases. In rnpuriu^ indictments, lit? says, foroffenses ! igamit the United States it is found ncces- t ary to follow the comr.on law forms. of | he last century, with all tlje technicalities, . erbosity of description, repetitions and a j decision of statements formerly required; ; vhereby that which should he a simple ( md.concise written accusation becomes a engthy and painfully coitfused mass of ' Inscriptions'and wholly unintelligible to ] he- defendknt' who' is called upon to mswer, or to the jury selected to try the csc* . | SIM I'LICITY IN I.AW. To reducefileadinirs to anlain ami mm- i >rehcnsivc statement of facts, would serve tqiinlly to the advantage' of the Governnont-.aiid the defendant. There-is no j eiison vvhy'mi indictincnioiight not to be. j idjudgctl suOicient and good i n la\v, which t hargts-the crime substantially in lan- < caaire"prohibiting crime "and prescribing muishment, or; so plainly that the liiture.of ttio offense charged may be asily understood'by the "'jury. When it t s'jiecee.inry^to describe or make an aver- , ncht of any matter or printed instrument >s the law now stands such instrument ^ mist be copied into the indictment with 11 iteral exactness equal to photographic re- I irodtiction. The omission of a word that * ippears almost indiscernablo among the ? int's and nourishes produced Uy a stilled 1 mgraver would be a fatal defect "that might \ et a guilty man escape punishment. 1 The Attorney General poinls out the ( ivils of omissions and the defects in the s resent law in cases of murder, manlaughter, larceny, demurrers, motions to inasn, chall(jnges1.eto., and submitsadraft ?f a bill designed to afl'ord a remedy. 1 "junv nxBRs'." ! In connection with tho subject of jury I hity ho says: "It is the belief and com- t non report that tho business of "jury fix- \ ug" flourishes to an alarming extent, in j he district. It is asserted that'men live , tnd support their families nnd even be- < o;ue rich in. the practice of this nefurious i >ro.fesyon>- As the jury system now exists, hat unscrupulous men should safely conliwf <i Inr-rntivn hniiinnaa in nries in the district should occasion no , nrpriso. . With but twentv-six> jtirora, such .asistially serve,, an active jury lixer would : jccoiue acquainted with at least two or * hhioof 'them- in a few hours,'Qnd-that ' vonld give him.a strong beginning fn his ' ifforts to thwart 'justice. With but twenty- \ liXv.jurors-fcic'rviug for three'months "it 1 vould not require -pm&hirrieof that time 1 or a cbiiibiiVcd force of'jury fixers to be- ( 'omo thoroughly" acquainted with the mbits, . iwsociations, -'character and iusiii'wi. of each -juror and? iniuchcs.s! if nny -.that could be c lacd to reach him and bring him within j heir,power. Then again, what is there j o j?reveilt one or more * well drestedsnnd ( tppareMlv. resectable - loi>"kijnc "rogues j Waving-I hum selves in thorny of the Alar-. s Uiai orJUiH>ih!{}Ut^X\o Wr.br^ught into '( :ourt as tiilesih ui^ahd.serying upon juries ? ontquit their .'friemls or co n lode rates'." ( 'rnr. m:cui' ducku. J riio "Sal ill."' Tohuiite* Claim lap Their Slinre u-.-'r ut ll|? Swilg. ' . ; Jackso.vviu.e^IWh, jS'ov.^.?.VMethoiist minister, who is the leading Prohibi- * ionifit' here, is said * to have approached * easing .Democrats, with, inquiries as to J iViicitit-T mc louii .nomocracy will .rccog- $ lizij a'claim upon the part ot tho Proliibi- r ;ion eldlneVit. to tho postinastership in j Jacksonville. Tho eiloct of tho running * >{a.Prohibition ticket, in this county and ntylias ahvays been claimed by Republics to bo an aid to tho Democracy, and ;his coniirmi tho supposition. Tho Pro- i liibition element in this immediate vicin- } ity seem determined to purstio as reckless , ind ill-considered a course as could be imagined; * havo a peculiar strength here, as this city and county are noted for ( a strong temperance sentiment, and a superabundance oi teachers and proachers bave agitated prohibition constuntly as a third-party measure. It will be remem- ' bered, moreover, that it was here that tho ^ remarkable "non-political prohibition ] camp meeting" was held this summer, at < which St. Jolmmade his scurrilous, par- i wjuui,uiin imiur unnui<juoon mer?aouaiu. At (ho November elei'tloji tho Prohibit tlonlala were enabled la east u voto of only UOO out of 7,2tX). It vob onouuh, how-j over, (o^lvo the county to the iFomocracy by n majority inoreiuwd by nearly 200.' Hepublienns nro flrmly convinced that not more than twenty of tho 200,who voted for prohibition were Democrat. It was a virtual loss of 200 in round numbers totlio Itcpublicans, and a gain in proportion lo the Democrats. Now tlie I'rohibitionislH are asserting that thoy will continuetlielr orpanlKtttjon and carry it Into the pprln^ d{tv election. Should they do so, tho probable result wouM be th"> defeat of tho Republican city ticket. .Jmltfin# froui their joy at tho result of tho National elrctlou, the municipal defeat would also j?ivo their leaders much tjratitlcatlon. Tim coah oil mown Meet 1n New York t?* i>,|j^lMiitiKi?"-v-12x*3eiiHlur Diivl* Don't Wuitt Anything New .Your, Nov. -3\?Tho Coal Oil crowd luw formed n combination with tlie Gorinan-JJnmum crowil and .expect to make un entrance Into tlie Cabinetthrough William C. Whitney. There was a gathering at Mr. WhitneyV*house here last nighLat which ItermmT, Gorman, Stnator Cutnuon of Went Virginia, Daniel J,.opk; wood of Hitllalo and Hubert 0. Thompson were preHont. There Was a; long conferince over un invitation conveyed .by Gorman to Whitney for tint latter to'go up lo Albany and see'Governor Cleveland with reference to the Interior Department. Whitney has been generally bookedior the Attorney Generalship, 'flio frequently sxpresaed deaire of Imsincw men that tin* lYcasfirership should come to .New York, lias embarrassed Cleveland. lie oan iltid , mono for tliat bureau from New York ivill (ill the public or party idea, whom lie . an accept as his confidential iriend and idviser. Whitney would be-both, and as lie is barked by the powerful .Standard Oil jrowd, he is anxious to utilize him. KxSunatur. tienry li. David, ot Went Virginia, , a here,.but is understood to desire that liis name he not used in connection with my Cabinet ollice.. Stockton.would likit o bo Attorney, General; Kx-GovcrnoiKhglwli, of Connecticut.' who is very ivealtiiv. is UOW- fne'lhi* TWiti. lry. 3Lr. Whitney and Ch'aiririari Gorman ivill go np to Albany to-morrow to confer ivith Cleveland.' Mr.? Hendricks .to-day lehieil emphatically all stories ofdis?greeilont lwtween himself and Cleveland and hat the policy .and .appointment# of the. iew administration wvnmnly incidentally mentioned between them. ' Afrnlil ?>1 a jlecuuiiU . . Indianapolis, Ixn.j 2n'ov. 25.?A recount jf the vote on the otficcs of county treasury and county commissioner at the Jnle ilection, having been' demanded by the lufe&te'd Hepublicun candidate?, vhe commissioners met to-day to beginuork. They found on entering the room in the court house where the ballots are kept, that the joxes of three preeinctsjiad lieen carried jtfand the ballots in tke others emptied 511 the floor. In the Circuit Court this afternoon the :6unsel for the Democrats, made a motion to vacate the order for a recount. Jud;te \yery,after argument, denied the motion but gave counsel till 2 o'clock to-morrow :o file authorities iu support o? the mo;ion. ~ Now Jcr?ej'tt oittcial Voto. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 23?The State Board of Canvcsers completed the canvas? .his morning, the result showing CJeve- ! and's plurality to be.*-1,352, the total vote ;jeine Cleveland, 122,781; Blaine, 12*.t,132; at, John, 0,155; Butler. 11.55)1.' -The Deni-1 >crats elected , CJroen, Itedcock and Mc\(loo to Congress and the ltepuDlicfois ilected Hires, Buchanan, Phelps anil Lehlbick. OMciiil Vuto o( Virginia. IiicirMoxD, V\.;, Now 25.?The Stale Janvnssing Board completed its.work Ibis ifternoon,_,giving Cleveland, 1-15,197; Blaine, 139,350 votes. Senator 1'urIi ju'-cIccJicd. Montoo.msry, A jfov. -5.?Tho I.egslature to-dnv selected James L. PiigWo >o United States Senator. Ho -got the nianiiriotis vote of the notise and all but )ne in.th'e Senate. . Senator Anthonj'H;\Vino-ColIar. | Washington', Nov.' 25.-?It i3 said tb.it , he lale Senator Anthony's Wine-cellar in Providence avus found to contain over ,000 bottles of wine when it was opened ifter bis death. -Mr. Anthony was supposed to bo Wortb-SlOOjCOQ.or $200,000, but 1 jis fortune turned out to be $000,000. He I ecms to have been something of a miser n his way during his life,, although he vns very liberal : in remembering all.his riends after his" death; lie had great | iuantities, of wine given to him, and he eenis to have saved it nil up. Al'lila fur Jfercy. Qut.ukc, iSov. 2o.~-A number of leading adies including thcrwiveB of'Ex-J.udgo J. ' 3. Taschereau, of tlio Supremo Court, 1 :Ion. J. L. Angel, "Mayor of Quebec, Serntor Pellatrie,. Judge J* ^Caron .nnd othirs, signed a collective letted which was orwnrded to Lady I*arisdo\vue, .begging ler to intercede with tlie Governor Geniral for the commutation of the sentence >f death passed 011M ra. Boutel; who stands espited until Thursday next. A ltnfglnr Found Demi Drunk, New Yoiiic, Nov. 2o.?An unknown man ms found in the, streets of Brooklyn by ;he police this morning helplessly drunk uul almost frozen"witli cold. When searchid at the station house'Jt wua fuund .he vas fully icquipped a3 a l>urghir. The poice oiQcvr thought ho recognized tlnfttiiih 13 one of the Doblm brothers, concerncd* 1 n the Manhattan bank burglary, but ho , y fused to give his name, nncl alt etl'orts to .'stablish liis idonlity so far have failed. j llml to Tnke to thu l?oof. New* York, Nov. 25.?Fire broke out sarly this morning in an old house em- ' iracing three buildings, from HI!) to 32:>, towery. which did about thro thousand lollars damage to tho property. About i wuniv tr-r. . iieoj> ky theory of "Fire.!' Unable to ca- ? iape by the stairways they took themleiveato the roof whence they were rested by iiremen. Tlie poople. Filtered, : ,-ery much from exposure, the nigh being j rery cold. , A llivjtl to \V:i*lilnf;toii. * I Lancaster, J?a.,;2CoV; 25.'?Tho Lancas- ' er. Crematorium built by the,Lancaster J >eraation and Funeral Reform Society, | v'as dedicated this afternoon. .The body >? Mrs.Frederiea Besler, of Jersey City, i ome time dead, was then reduced io ishes in little over an hour. Anumbcrof i ipplieations for cremation have already \ )een received from different parts of the ' iQuiUry. I Xlemlrick* Ku ltuiito for Homo. j nor Yokk, Nov. .25.?Mr. Hendricks ) einained in Newark last night, after I laving delivered his speech in that city, ! [To mnio to .Tnrflov (*!itr thin mnmim vhcro he was joined by his wife, and the :ouple departed for their home. . 1 Crurtlicd l? D truth. , . ' Pittsburgh, Nov.-35.?J. J. Aldingen in employe of tho Allegheny city water ivorkS, fell between tho plungersbf the lumping engine this morning and was crushed to death under fifteen tons of niital, ?l f i ' ' .V IM WESTERN UMOiN. ! ( cirAi:oi:a mai>i: against jt 1 / _j?- ! llj L>ciituemt?, AIU-kImi; Tlint It. ?n* 1'iieil i for Putty All KmplmUt! Do. I itlul 1?y )'ri'?l<I?Mit Xorvln <lri'?*ii That 1 Oiijjht tu Svltlo All Cavil, j ??x:k, aov. rremuent ureon, '' of tin) Western Union Telegraph Company, issues tho following card; 1'!\i:cutivi: Officj: ] [ "We.sti:un Union Tklkohatu Co., > Nkw Yoiik, Nov. 'Jo, 1S.S-I. j c 7'o the j'ubiic:?Now, since the Presi- I denlial election J? settled anil the exeitc- 1 mcnt incident to a close political conteBt c has abated, it is proper to say that wo are t prepared to show moat conclusively the s utter groundlessness of all charges against d tho Western Union Telegraph Company ll of partiality in reporting or withholding tho election' returns of tho State of Now I1 York. '' 1 deny in tho most omphalic manner that ^ the Western^^ Union^^Compuny do- ? turns of this State, or any other State, or tampered with them in any way. 4 It had " nothingtodo with tboreturnsoftho.Stateof jj New York except to transmit them over its lines us prepared by tho agents of the !l Associated Press. AH the returns of the State were collected by tho Associated e) Press; all' the compiling was done in its olllees by itH own agents, and all bulletins wore prepared by it and copies were simply delivered to Mr. Somerville, Superintendmit of our newspaper service, n for general distribution to the public. u had nothing to do with uuilktins, p ,,This company had nothing to do with jr mahnig up the bulletins, nor did any ofii- w cer, or agent, or any other person connect- j-'j ed with or interested in this. company, ex- /, cept the operators who transmitted the retarns', lnueWi'e&s tu or sec any 6t Litem vv until tho bulletins had been made up ,r) therefrom in the Associated i'resa olliee and handed to iu for public distribution, s. uml I have no reason to believe that tin* ^ agents of the Associated' Press acted otherwise than ^ in an impartial manner. Ordinarily many of our oflices tire not kept open for business after 8 o'clock p.m. To assist Us P in mining tho oxtra'?nlimlry exn^nse of 44 the extra employment cf several thousaud tl night operators" we have had for many jr years arrangements with tho Press As- . sociations giving us the privilege 6f selling bulletins to political antisocial clubs iui?l h r*th?*rTtbintf ens-tomers. Ityvxihndy s< took the Associated Press bulletins as that P association had made them up .hud de- 11 livered them as heretofore to customers e< wlio had subscribed for them; nothing r? more. r< did xot withhold lteturn's. . The charge that returns were purposely withheld or that there was unusual delay s< ijireporting thetn is entirely false. In- h stead ot su?-h delay there was extraordi- u nary promptness., >*cver before have re- n ports from so many election districts been ti received within bo thoit a time.. Within ,.} 48 hours after the countof'the ballots be- , gari returns were received from 9S percent. ?f the'3,000 election districts in tlie State. Although tho night" of election was H stormy, and there was some trouble in ^ working the wires, no delay occurred ,c. in any reports handed to our ?. ofliciM outsijle the city of !Xew .' Yor.c. Within tbe city the tulegraph . HI'rviCR V.-na nonr1i.nni-l?o? no ? ..v... t ,.w? ?w?- iu rviia .jiussiblti to make it, and the only trouble was with some of the short wires hastily erect- n cd ior temporary use.' It is hereto he a: not: d that heretofore the majorities re- -1(1 ported .from the most populous and there- , lore the most accessible counties have ; bean so decisive.thr.ttho popular interest ^ lias been set at rest respecting the result of fc elections on the firet night, and there be- ir ing no hope or fear of a change in the b; general result subsequent returns more w or less tardy have stragirled'in unheeded, w In two instances in.this State I have been' informed that the county commissioners who met one .week after the election this year had to adjourn over because D 'h? counh' el'-rlis-had up to that time" j] been unable to.gw't in the vote of their .. counties. as to ism an-a r.e runxs, ^ The only other returns complained of ivero those of Indiana/Avhere at the re- 0, luest of the pnlitieal committees and the ri press in the absence of. any agent of the AstociatcJ I'reRS,thorepprts cr.nie through w ind were sent out by our Superintendent, . Mr. J. 1\ Walli^, who insists that lie used ?yerVetlbrt to obtain all the returns as _ ?penli)y ns po?^5l7le. I 'consider theVie- *c runnd for an investigation of thatscrvico cc inado by the Indianapolis-Sentinel and also of bv Mr. Wullick himself reasonable and 0j proper, and I have asked the Chairman of 1 the Indiana Democratic State Committee l)! to take part in the investiuation", or to 1,1 name a representative to do so. (1! .The management of this company in its W business relation* ?o the public is strictly 111 non-political anil non-partisan. Thecal- Gy ployea represent every a hade of political opinion anil are in the company's service solely .by virtue of their proiiciencv as tel^iinipliers. What their .individual po- ar litical opinions are has never been in any Sc rase called into question, nor liavo their ... votes ever been canvassed or ascer- ?ni tained.- But with thoso with whom i [ personally come in contact 1 ,t know that there are quite as many Democrats as Ilcpublicans. It is thercforo manifestly abaurd to charge that the service of the company could be converted into a pVrtynmolilne or could in any way distort Pl Lrtvtf ifte the facts, when such an attempted M conspiracy could only have been made by pi Lite aid of a larjro number of the members sj ?f the political party which it was designed i? to injure. ' Noiivik tiitKKX, President. It "WIVES WAN'Tlil) IN* AltlZONA. \ Society rit Young aiun'Seml Deputies linut to l'lrul Suitable Spouse*. Pl PiiiLADKiauuA,;No\v 25.-?A sleek, quiet p< young man, who wore a blue necktie and pi i paiufullyncw suit of black broadcloth", tli stood under a white sombrero in thelobbv ?.1 Df the Continental Hotel this morning Struggling with a tight pair of yellow kid a 'loves. Ho was going out calling, and on lacli of a dozen visiting cards ho had written in a prim business-like hand: "Frank Lr. Green, St. John, Trenton county, Aritona." "My business in Philadelphia," w! aid Mr. Green, "is rather peculiar. In in fact, I am almost nt a loss how to proceed. ? < Vou see," said the young man, coloring \v nightly, "there ist a scarcity of voune t'i ivomen in Trenton county, and a* lot of iJ respectable young men called a meeting it fit. John on October 15, and deputies were selected to noma East to secure wives for the subscribers to the association. I . have tho photographs of the members. r" :hirty-ono.m all, unci I also have letters of r? ccoramendatioii from the township of- Tl leers. All I want now is to sccuro the P:1 t'onng ladies. Their expenses to Arizona ''' ivill lie paid b.v the association immediately, or, it they prefer, they will be given the addresses of the members whom they prefer, and a correspondence can be open- tl cd. How to begin this undertaking is tl puzzling. I ain afraid to advertise for ci fear I will not receive replies from the kind of young women that would suit. I have letters to people in lioston nnd New Haven, where wo hone to find voung m women willing logo West anil marry. X 01 stopped over in Philadelphia to look a around ft hit and see friends. The society Ih composed of ranchmen, farmers, mlnera, iivll and mining cn^ncuru, a hotul clerk, a druggist and a lawyer. I am a civil engineer, and I- haverelativea living in l'hllaiclpliiit, and although I am goin^ 'to call in noma of them to-day, I don't vrntit ;liem lo know why I caiho East. I'm iffaid tlibyNl think I was kind of soft to :omo ou tsuch a mission." Tin: XAMKIillfc-H 1?J?AUUK I'hntU Devnntntinj; tl?? Counties oT Soutliwest Virginli?. Lvsaiuuna, Ya,, Nov. 25,?Tho followng Is from a well known proachcr in Southwt'ht Virginia: "Tho latest advices oncerning tho epidemic in Wise, I,ec, Jicklnson and 13uchaiian counties arc ieartren<ling. On (Jucsta river, Wine , ounty, within a radius of four mileg, are ' hirty cases of the disease. In one in- ' lance tlio father, mother ami wlx children ,j lied. Many persons die for -want ofat; > en'danee. Business is suspended, all lie- : ngconccrned with tho sick and dying. Six ersons were buried in one gravoyardiji neday. The disease is assuming a inildor } jrm in aomo localities. Not less than 175 s f tho In'Rt citi'/.ens ot' Wise county alone* h jwl. During thu last few days tho disease | art made its appearance in Lee county ' mlseveral deaths have ?occurred. A 1 loro worthy people never called more mdly for relief than these. They need arses, medicines, aud a committee of 'iii- i dligent physician* to diagnose tho dis- | aso and stop its terrible march," I j a Swludlur'n J kw York, Nov. '25 ?-Thomas ll.Kcefe, 0 wpector of Customs at Chicago,' this i torning, in company with special ,Treas- ' rv Agents Gray and , liraekett, of this ? nrt, seized all goods iu thu possession (f f dtaird Morris, alias Thomas, of Vienna, r ho has recently boon nn*iion.l r liugaiu] swindling the Chicago jewelers. i he valmi of uoods seized ig about fifteen V lousand dollars. ICeefc says Morris' pic- \ ire is in the rogui-6' gallery'at Vienna, o here ho was known as n burglar. The '[ iotls seized to-day are forfeited to the % oyermnent and nr?? in the Hands of In- r, jector Lymes, chief of thoXcw York de- t sctivo service. . . > i > -????t Out- of .Mullmltoii** Huh. j Lonsvii.i.K, Kv.i Nov. i!5.~The .Tim s s ublishes an interview with a friend of ,c Joe" Jlulliatton'a this afternoon saving { mb the reported dread scourge in Vi'r- r inia and Kentucky, emanates from Mul- ( atl-dn, As 110 ia now in tlio South. Mul- 1 atton is said to have ^ spoken of the r iheme before he left Louisville. Several j coplehave died in Kastern Kentucky oni some species of dysentery, but the- 1 )untv papers and correspondents do not . jcopI nnv.dl8.eu80 of the character of the sporteil scourge. Tlio rimmiy touncll.' 1 Baltimore, Nov. 2o.?The regular daily ;cret session of the Plenary Council watrid to-day willi a full attendance ol ;! letnbcrs. Reports of committees are caily all in, arid the remainder of the 1me appointed for the sitting of the Coun-, !; 1 will be occupied in the tiiseu3sion ol Jj screes. As the .business draws towards close there is even greater reticence on r i-i part of the members. The meeting ol [shops and theologians was held' this at- ? irnoon. . To-night Ilishop Keane, of .* i'chinoml, preached at the Cathedral on tUathclic Societies." j A Defaulting Ciihlilvr iti'Cuiuuii a Target. Cutc.vco, Now 20.?The Journal's lionlouth, ails., special says: This morning t i Li. T. 0. Hubbard, the defaulting cash- V r ot tliti 1-irst National bank, wnslcavii g r le court house, II. II. Thompson, from v I'xns, Avho sustained h?avy' losses by b tasoiU'f'he failure, stepped from an adjoin^ t ig building and tired live shots at Hub- i ml iroin ?t uS calibre revolver,- none of ( hich, however, took ell'ect. Thompson c sis arrested and lodged in jail. t ?; l Invtiluntuiy Cannibal*. . . ( London, N'ov.-o.?1Tho ease of Captain n udlcy and the mate of the wrecked yacht ? ignonette, who wero" tried for murder n ovember (5th, for having killed the boy nrker to keep themselves alive,' and ;ainst - whom a verdict in accordance j, lth these facts was found, will be held 1 an appeal by Lord Chief Justice Cole- j, dge uiid three other judges December t h.' The question as to Avhether mu der ? lis committed will then be determined. - c Out Willi thu ICnitiv 15f.hi.in, Nov. 25.?The Forth German Ga- 1 'tewiysthe Duke of Cumberland will p mtinuo to be the determined adversary >i the Dmperor and tlio Empire,. In view \\ his intimate relations with the Centro ^ trty the Government cannot consent io t! ako the house'of Brunswick the head- t? mrtersof a Guelptipolicy; or sacrifice the aee of forty-five millions of people to 0 1'e particular interest of any house how- h er ancient or clistinguisheil. ' ,j ? '{\ In UtcSuudnti. ^ Do.vcoi.a, Nov. 25.?-The liritish troops [ e moving ofi to HandouJc, twenty miles fi titli of here, to avoid the small pox I1 hieh prevails hero among the natives. 0 iiero ?ro rumors that an epidemic of lolera in prevailing among the troops of ie Jlnhdi in Kordofan. ' n ? I A3li?Kliij;SkUr. i Lkwes, Del., Nov. 25.?a skiff from tlio 11 lot boatTurky, containing the pilot, * arshall Bertram!,- and two Bailors, after ^ lttinij the pilot 011 the steamship IVnn- ii lvania yesterday,'put about for the Tur- ' y.MTh'J skiff' has not since boon seen] * is feared the three men have been lost. ? CoUu Syndicate TilroatuiiH OuUIdorR. P I'msnunon, Pa., Nov. 2f>.?The Coke ^ rodueers' Syndicate met to day and ap- 0 >inted a committeo to see the outside ? oduceTS and endeavor to get them iiito ^ e Association. The Syndicate claims the J iteiders are reaping the benefits of the >ol and threaten if tlip.y do apt join the V Rsoeiation the pool will be dissolved and general cut in rates inaugurated."4 AccupttUl Uim Uecluntlon. " Trkston, Mass., Nov. 2o.?The, report t( at the weavers in tlio Wliittfnton mills, c lio left work on account of a reduction of T percent in their wages, would return to P ark because a restoration of tlie old rates " id been promised, is entirely .incorrect. c< io weavers went to work this ' morning, s' Rcriuclng the Working Time. :\ Woossockkt, K.'T;, Nov. Uo.-rThe. liar- n j "Woolen Corniiany'd niUl conimenccd e ,nnin^ on three quarter timo yesterday. a :ie North BilHnghtfiu, C'aryville and Naa- v u woolen mills will go on three quarter ine on December 1. . * J. ? , v PuddlHltlin to c Eahtos,Pa.,Nov. 25.?The puddle mill of c le Dethlehem Iron Company, idle since r te early part o? the summer, reaumua De- r uuber 1. , - , ( . . : , t ltolllti? At III Suspend*. g Reading,, Pa., Nov; 25?The rolling lill at JUandon, this county, suspended y peration to-day, throwing one hundred't iid tifty wen out of WQrk, j THE USUAL RACKET ; IlJ.j THE " CO UNCIiV LAST .MlillT. 1 Sflvornl Important Matter* Coimlclered-A. f l'ro|io?lllun f(ir t Iim 11. X O.'i h'ow Lino , lu CroM Mork.t fltruot at UrnUe. J Clmujea lu City liddneaa aisthudi. 1 . 1 r Tho regular m't'otin# of Council hold q Inst evening was very well ottejided by ? the Second Hruticli members, but in the c First tb6ro was n bare quorum. In the i< SceOnd, President llildreth presided, and 1 the absentees were Messrs. Dickinon, llu- ^ burllold, McGinley, Pickett, Jtoseiiburg ^ md Portor Smith. In tho First, Mayor Miller presided'tor a tiine and then left to fc tft'eiid'the Democratic love fcuston tho island, and Mr. -Wilson Wok the chair. Jj! riio'v other' membora'present were Messrs. h Boring, lirock, Caldwell, Donaldson, FrlU, full, UoHmann, Uetand Myles. In both vi >ranehqf the reading of .tho minutes of . moral previous meetings consumed con- st ulerablo time. Thi}_ most important mat- ni considered was the following, offered tl >y Mr. Alfred Culdwcll \ in tho First cc Iranch: n , i. TO LASriiNU TUB CITY CIIAUTKIt. JJj Hcnrtwl, that the' Kpcciui Committee on n, Aigitfationbe. and it is hereby directed, to mpiire'fato the expediency of ronuestihg he Legislature to amend tho charter ol It, he ciiv ns follows: making it a raisde- ' * Manor for the Clerk ol tlio city to draw an irtler upon the Receiver, when thero arc in fundd in bunk to tho.. credit of tlio city 11 roperly applicable to the pAyment. of uch order;...prohibiting..'the Council in hj in* ycaT from authorizing any contract to ?u t-i|tered into or nieuri in^any indebted* bi) less on behalf of the city, in excess of the nceiptfl of thoeitv (nr n'm-li v/wr 0h?1!m y" "I'l'4" ". CU ile to the payment of such contract or in- ajj rubtedtVebB"j?iulHttiiforcirig" eiicii: prohibi- . , ion by requiring the ayes and noes in v. acli branch, to be taken up on every pro- U losition embracing' an- appropriation of ' nojley, and recorded m the jourlal, and by mnkinjr all the m?in- ^ iers of Council voting Tor such contractor pr ndebtedness jointly and severally liable in or thb payment thereof and liable to any odietmentand line; placing similar re- dr trictiona upon the members of the sev- tai :ral hoards enforced in the same manner; cu impelling all money collected and disjursed by by the several boards to be de- ro ^ite-l in a riiv depository desiirnflt^d by tjj Council and paid out as the. funds dis- m jinked l?v twu. Uoaid oi public Works are iow pai?r"out; requiring all money of the , :ily to bo paid into such depository and : o be only drawn'out of same l>y the j ' heck of the Receiver to the nerson enti- . led to receive such money. Thecoinmito.i fihail report such hills as they deem uitablo1 for accomplishing such of said jaendmehts as they deem desirable, to tw iuve enacted by the "Legislature. LOOSE BUSINESS ilETUODS.' K; This wph adopted by the 'branch'after . spirited little talk by* Mr. Caldwell in its ... avor, and short, adiscussion between that ontlemnn and Mr Mvl? su eviewed very 4brit fly and concisely the , ci'ose inanner in which ,tho city's money ias been handled for years. He did not leaire.td cast any inijmtaiiqn qn any of the p itv's present officials; he believed that 10 city was ever' blessed with more liondt or competent men, but such might not "c hvays be the case. What lie aimed at in lis resolution was to prevent any more dr rightful overdrafts, 8tichras have in the di tuat andjit present confrontAnd Vriibarass Bi he city; he desirpd to have a suro and dc afe way of handling money; a ByBtem pi uch" as was In vogue in nearly all ho cities of ttie Union; a system such as hj ras employed for the.State funds. In his tie esolutiori reference is made''.to the mode ad f paying out money used by the 13. P. W. th liiicn 1.1 us follows: The cleric of the yd ioard draws his warrant on the clerk of pi he.city. This warrant is signed also by wo members of the Board. The City ^ Jlerk in turn issues his order on the lie- {|? civer, who accepts it and issues a check |n o the payqe, Thus a. perfect check ays- 0?( em is employed preventing fraud. Mr. Jaddwell wants this used in all depart- jn uents, and ho further wants a depository -j, stablished where all the various depart- 8 afent'a revenues shall be placed. < , OTHER CHANGES NEEDED. Ac Mr. Hall favored this and suggested that .change b<v also made in the City Colactor's ollice. ' At present ho takes the mi iKM?ssor's books and makes up his own ed DOtings and bills. Mr. Hall's idea was, ah hat these bills should bo made up in fal oine oilier manner and^then issued and barged up .to the Keceiver. . 'Mr. Cald- qll ;ell-huuI ho had neglected to incorporate qj hut in his resolution.Mr. Mvles thought, 1o use an old ex- ^ ression, a standard expresitm?there Mas ^ good deal of Poppy-cock about the rcsoition. The city bad gotten along Tinder .* ho old style pretty well: why. had not ?. Ir. Caldwell bad this measure put through P5* he Legislature when he moved things so J" Dget tne Board of Public Works formed? In answer to th if, Mr. Caldwell made ne. of the most spirited speeches ever , card, in the building.. The . dressing own he gave the old Committee on Streets, ? lIIovs and Grades, and tlie members who \ hvays charg6 whenever the Board of 'ubhcjWorks is mentioned, was truly re- o* vshing.' Mr. Myles replied, defending ?r is own actions as a member of that oid oiumittee. - * ; . TIIK IJ. A 0. ORDINANCE AUMK. Jjjj In the Second Branch the I most import- su nt .paper was a petition signed bv .Met an iinley &.XaughlinVlferij:.Fisher-k^Son, ar, ieltz \&'Flading, Jlednian & Co., Bodley W( tro"., Trimble & Lutz, Centre Foundryy Jir, waslcy &.Brook?, Dr. J. W.^r6nis,-A. T; jjiing, W. M.BoUford, and othersj ask- wc ng that the' brdrniincc recently granted r,. he B. A O. for connecting1 thomain line ^ith'the llompfield branch bo so amendd as to reciuire it to cross Market street at raite instead of undergrade.- The petiioners recited various^objections: to pass- lej lg under grade, which were th?. saino Ki s those urged at the time tho. ordinance , ] fa few months sinco was adopted which 03 done afterj tlfw obiections had lw?i?n i >und to bo less.Uuiu those connected with jjy crossing at grade. During the past week li the members of Council received print-". d conies of-this-petition. \ it is von? ^ irefuliy; worded and. pictnres everything tjj amparatively lovely with the' Toad at for raile, but. quito dans;erous..uuder tlie -} ridge. *- pi M r. Schultzc moved to refer the petition f,n j'the Kailroad Committee.Mr. liarrell, {j0l ?r. Jepsonniul Mr. Petorpon onposed this. a f, hoy referred to the trouble that "was ex- *] erienced in;passing the ordinance that '^j] je Baltimore &. Ohio had accepted; the vaj ammittee at that time had thoroughly Va :udied the situation and had had the tto distance o( engineers; there was nothing ^ ) be learned or gained by a reference. . consideration ot the petition would do othing but take up the Councils time, 1 to- -T Mr. Whittaker characterized this talk as Pa n effort to enforce the gan-liivr and . he thi fas opposed to it. Citizens had a right to id( ,MU5?n tlw.;, 1- ? onsidored; nothing could bo done, unless Aa pith the consent of tho B. ?fc 0. The aceptanco of the present ordinance had ompleted a contract and the city could lot change it. It would do no lmrm to at efor the petition and allow the commit- th ee to confer with the B. it 0. and some Bi iliange might then bo agreed upon to pre- H< cnt to Council for its consideration. The paper was referred. It is the imiression of a large number of the members, hat tho Baltimore Ohio is back of this gp letitionj thAt haying made its auryeya Ej mil esffnintcs It has fonndtlio under grailo outotoooKiHmnive. Xlio roml tliiriiiu tliu "Mt month lias had a force of engineers ii work nl.ntt tho soutb bank of the crock. HN.VM.I.U. A Ml OTIIr.lt MATTCIM, The joint stnndhi|> Committee on Vilance reported that li lutil examined tliu eport of tilu Trustor* of tho Comproniiflt. oan ("raily ami Wilkinson), had found lie MIDI) correct and had cam* led tliu edeomed bonds. This settlement was at lied mid approved. Tim Trustees wero irdcrod pld $11 (17, lioluit J of 1 percent oinniissiou on fll),i!ll 50 disbursed. If. vilkinnoll was ordered paid S7."i forcleri?l work, correspondence, etc. Of (his Jan .H2.:t percent bonds are outstanding, no balance In Sow Vork as per the rtllifniiu' n.u.r...., i !.. ^'.'n - ...,wvn Hiuuiillt IB Bills to the amount o( $27.43 presented y tho cominftteo on l'oiice, wero ordered aid. A bill of S&S.fiO from Taney UroH. >r printing was also ordered paid.' Joy it Murrin and I). G. Morgan were ranted licenses to keep col lee houses, nd Aug. Ilanke was allowed a rebate on is license. Various petitions nakin/; for rebates on filiations were granted. Tho Committee on Roal Ivjtato was inrueted to employ n suitablo person to akean estimate of the cost of putting ' io State House in good, thorough and 1 implete repair. Tho Gorman Uiflo Club was granted tho }o of tho Second ward market hull for 1 ill and practice at tho stimo rato given o M. L G. A 2* EAT NAIL KXIIUUT r the ltcUnln* Mill?Vnrhuw llollnlre 3iew? Hem*. The Belkiire Nail Works will notstop for . mnksgiving day. Mrs. A. Blum drew tho horso rallied ofl* , F. AlUioir, tho baker. ; Thn u>/i?l>o !.> 1.- ,.i i.- 1 uimui; uaiwiu UOUSO i lilt just fioiith of the power house.. A. W. Maxwell had his right hand badly I t at the blacksmith'# lathe at the Bull- t re nail works yesterday. < The School Board has decided to have; 1 o schools take Christmas holidays froxn 1 jcember l!) to January r>i,; 5 The Joseph Walton and Samuel Miller, 4 ivboats, are lying below* the li. & 0. idee, anil a grout many barges arc also , harbor there. In ono. ol the windows ofl'ohinson's ujjstyrearoa number of glass jars con* t intng horned touds, linards and some rious reptiles, in.aleohol. A choir haa been* organized for to-morvv'a services at the First Presbyterian ureh. ttev. Dr. Wilbur..?, of the First . IS. church, will preach the eennon. This evening the drawing will take e aco at A. Kaupel'a siioe store for the t mo and other prizes for 'which a great . nuy.tiekets are held in town and conn- * James Murray yesterday went to St. 1 airsville, where "he will live a year or 1 o, according to tho time his men will be * gaged in cutting stone for the new court mse. The'position of L. li. MertZj of the liigli hodl, haa-liad to lie declared vacant by . e Board. Mr. Mertz ia stilllow with con- , mption and hemorrhage and will prob- , ly go South to spend the. winter. ^ The Bellaire nail works will be repre- ( uted at the New Orleans Exposition, any kegR of the various naila made will sent, the kegs being made with staves various colored woo\l> bound with brass i?ps. The cold weather bids fair to make eRfled poultry nlenty for Thanksgiving 1 oners. To-uay s tnoriiimr trains on the i , Z. &G. and B. &0. railroads will no < tubt bring in a great ninnv country peo- ? e with produce. , " " \ A sudden stoppage'of the water in the 1 rtiranfs Monday, evening caused a good 1 alof consternation 'and hurried a brij:- ' le of buckets and. tubs to the river; but 1 e water was .s*oon on a pain. It wnscausi by one of the plumbers shutting otT a pe while doing s6me v.ork. Some of the pass'ensara on the Elaine ; at went on up from here by rail yester- ! y evening were not inwove with river t ivelin-r. They had left St. Mary's at !> . dock the day before. Tiie saine . boat | id aboard some largo lot3 of live poultry a hurry to get to tlio Pittsburgh Thankaying market. I. THltOUGII T1IK STATE. J :clcient? mul Incident* in West Virginia . mul'Vicinity. George Carter and lien Cox, two colored n\ of Little Washington, got into a heat- ] altercation. Cox drew a revolver and A ot Carter about the groin, making a ml wound. Cox was arrested. ' Bears and panthers are reported to lie . .ite numerous in the mountain counties this .State, and the farmers of the in- 1 ited regions are 'sustaining many losses >m the depredations of these denizens of b mountains. A number of Charleston gentlemen have inded the ltiverside Driving Park Comny and leased twenty-two acres in the r hurbs. -They will construct a half mile * ick and bv' spring have a very nice place ' drive their speeders The company is mposed of Noy? s .S. Burlew, E. S. lrwi n, t Dana, "Ed. Poggs. llobort It. Skoes, C'apt. \ ackmore, Gen. C. 0. Watts and II. J). S i finer. The Parksburg Stole. JournnJ, speaking ( the - State ticket headed by j)avid Mi> ( egor that was voted liy a large number s voters at the November election; says: Without presuming at this point to pass ^ on the constitutionality of such anelec- c n, wo are free to say that this ticket is r perior to tho one elected in October, c d, if it should turn out that the above ^ 3 the constitutionally elected oHicers, it c ?uld Imj a good thing for the State.. We , i advised that a contest will he made. 1 e shall'bo clad to see' itsncrr?i>d.' \v<. mid like for one tiling to see ji. L. it* her again State Superintendent of the ] hooto.'* ^ * Ohio Count)* .Vote*. V \Y,.F. "SVhittanij-Ke(|.,-. living near Yal- f r Groviv i? on a prospecting tour in 1 ihaas and Nebraska. t Professor Eurke, a teacher of vocal and ? itruineiital. music, is teaching a vocal 11 jjs here.' The Dallas band was instructed Jam.. , ' &r fashionable oyster supper will b? ren this.week-utr the residence of one of 3 ) prominent citizens of Valley Grove, v e T. Mr Todd band lias been engaged C 1 the occasion. y Mr. Giddings, of thd firm of Giddinga it lly, exten8tvp*Hlieep breeders in Sene- o rj?, 0., w?a inspecting the fine merino s< hks ot Col. T. ;y1 Hcrvcy,in this county, s! awdjivsisirice^ "'V - ^ Hie liberty Central Republican club P I shorth- reorganize in a more conserlive and permanent organization at a; lley Grove. New features will be in'flilPP.il to rnnt*o H V>awiw?J?11? ?? ' "UIIICIIVU 2 the young men. ASerlou* Charge. 1 London,-Nov. 25.?The Right Hon. Lord Cl inry TJiynne, Conservative, member of rliamentfor South wills, openly charges ri 5 Right Elon. Joseph Chamberlain, Prea- a .'ntoftlio Board of Trade, with having id affidavits in Parliament regarding the f, iton riots which he know to be false. t, The Prliico CoiuultH Stanley. Berlin, 2fov. 2o.~0n Saturday evening the Imperial Palace, after tho dinner to 1 e Congo delegation was over, Prince smarck had a long conversation with 1 snry M/Stanley in regard to tho Congo. * Shu Will Sail. London, Nov. 25.?'The court refused to C ant an injunction to restrain the Great c intern irotn wiling for ^'ovf Orleans, ?j HOW HE WAS HIKED. IIOSCOE CONKMNil'8 CONN'KCTIOX With tho Cnnvtm of iho Vote of J(?*v YorU I Slut o ?Tho Corrtiopinitlviicd lletuc?? IIIut nml tli?) Chtilriunn of tho Democratic K*f cut I ve CoumiUtio. Xk\v York, Nov. US.-Tho following in tho letter of tho Democratic National Committee to Kx-Unltetl States Senator wvimuug uflMug iiih services aa counsel during tho canvass of tho votes oi tho recent election: 2TK\v Youk, Nov. 8,18S1. My DeauSiu:?There seems to 1)?, reft? son to apprehend a design to involve in litigation and uncertainty the Proaidontial election in this State and perhupB elsewhere. Tho Democratic committee have no doubt of tho result of the'election, and wish to establish the exact truth in tho mode prescribed by law/ At . tho some time the wish is strong to spare the country a period of agitation nnu excitement. AVe nak you as counsel to give such advice and suggestions as will nld in tho prompt and lawful ascertainment of tho truth. Thin is all we menu ourselves, and all we shall expect of you. Your truly, W. K. Smith, Chairman of Executive Committee. Ifnn itMIIi* /'....J-/;-, ;ii?. - ricitt street t New York City. Mr. CoukJin# replied as follows: New Vouk, Nov. 10,1S84. My Deau Sin:?-Your letter of tliii day lieforo yesterday has been carefully eoniidered. I am in full accord with tho purposes' you declare. Nothing could he, more plainly hurtful to the State of "New Vork and'county than a successful at:emnt to coufuse and enanare tho result of he late Presidential election. - Tho modi a jf the law quietly anil honestly obterved will quickly reveal aud estabish the actual trutiC? To assist in lEsuring this is a clear duty resting on {very citizen regardless of his party attach-, nents. I am at the service of your eoinuittce for all in my power in this behalf, md for all I can do to prevent and oppose my effort to dispute by technicalities tho ;erdict which has been rendered, or hinler or delay its acceptance. Your obedient servant, koscoe coxklino. To IP. E. Smith, etc. Toti?iiiinQuetti(ni Ucopeneil. Loxno.v, Nov. 25.?The Twits Shanghai >pecial savs: The action of th?Trench has Iriven China to reopen the Tonquin ques,ion, and it is asserted that she will ask or English mediation. Tho Secret arys'of L'rincc Li, assert they saw Captain Fouruer, who negotiated the Tien Tsin treaty 'or France, niako. pmmm>o Pekin. -2s'ov.2o.?A correspondent ot the Times telegraphs that the British Minister :o China is inactive and that the breach is widening between China, nml Trance. L'aung Li Yaiuen is calmly conlldont of China's powers and has decided to reject ,'aptain Fournier's convention as a Laws or negotiations. It will reopen the whole jucstion. "" England'* Mi-mi Chief Jimtlco. London, ICov. 25.?The World, Kdmund Y'ates' paper, severely attacks Lord Chief fustice Coleridge in connection with the recent litigation. It says: "The] only motherless daughter of an upright tfnd jjloqnent judge, to whose lips the holiest, entiments nprin^TrOuirn'guileless and iliivnlroii'r heart, was on hoard wages at tier father's house on the same footing as i scullery wench." The II'orW tells;a digressing tale of parsimony, meanness and jruelty in the Judy's household. ?Tlio Mnh<!l'* Forcu, Donga la', 2fov. 25.?Spies report the forces of the Malidi encamped around Khartoum number between 15,000 and !0,000 men. Cattle and native- nmrfnnn ire. still-procurable for a long distance ;onth of Donfroln. Gen. Wolseley made in inspection of Col; Sir Herbert Stewart's' nounted infantry previous to their admnce to Ifandnk, and expressed himself nueli pleased with their excellent appear; mee. >'ot Merely Old Iron. Vienna, Nov. 25.?An iron safe in tho a^e Duke of Brunswick's villa, at lleitzing, vhich was bequeathed to the Duke of Cumberland, was supposed to be empty. Investigation, however, revealed that far rom beini: empty it contained coin and >aper money to the value of $700,000. 1uvjsk nkws. dovc-niciiln of Itoiitn mid the Stngo of Water llore mid Klseu-horc. The river at this point is about station- . iry, with a depth of 2 feet >9 niches in the channel. Dusiness is very dull along the evee. A circus company is negotiating with he owners of the steamer General Dawes, it Marietta, to have the steamer take it tanth til to U'ltdnr On the first or December Lieutenant Commander Thomas Perry will succeed Jomwander Kellogg as Lighthouse In-. pector for the Fourteenth district. The Monitor Towboat Company pctiioned Council last night to he allowed to stablishcity scales on its coal flat, nt tho lorth end of the wharf. A largeamount if eoal is received by river there, and to veigh it drivers have to go a long distance rntof their wav to reach city scales. The etition was referred to the Committee on. icalea with powtY to act. Capt. W.'ll. Cecil, of jNIouhdsvillc. who , vas found dead in his room afeW'dhys' in'ee, ,wns formerly a steamboat captain, ois an accomplished civil engineer, and ros a man ol warm and gonerous iiii- , lulses. JIo was^aged about 5S years. 'roiri testimony adduced it was evident hat the death had been from congestion f tlie heart caused by excessive use of inoxicating liquors.. Numerous applications nave been made or rooms on the Andes for the excursion i> the New Orleans Exposition' in anuary.and a lareo number oi inquiries ave been received asking for particulars. Inly 100 passengers will bo taken', and hey must all be secured by December 2'.).' . 'ho fare for the round trip is only $50, lie-half of which must be paid when" pasingera book. Seven days at least Avill be -?cxt at New Orleans. Capt. Charlie luhleman and Clerk Noll will spare no ains to make the trip enjoyable. On, City, Pa.; Nov. 25.?Itiver 10 inches nd stationary; cloudy and cold. giieksknoroj Pa., Nov. 25.?River 12 feet inches and rising slowly; clear. Paukehs, Pa., Nov. 15.-?River 1 foot inch and risingslowly; wt^Lher clear and old. PiTTsnur.Gii,l,A..Nov.*25.--^lonongahelft iver 1 foot and on a stand; clcarand " old. Rick's Landing, Pa., Nov. 25.?Itiver 4 eetOinchesandrising;cloudy;therinome- .. 2r 44?. Bnow.vsvn.i.r.. Pa., Nov. 25.?River -1 feet ???u oh ii autuu; lair; thormomeer 119?. Moiigantown, W. Va;, Nov. 25.?lUver foot 8 inches on account of letting the. filter out; weather rainy; thermometer 3?. . Locisvili.e, Kv., Nov. 2o.?Uiver rising; ' lepth in the canal 3 feet Sinehos; weather loudy and moderatating; indications, ain,