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TUTT'S EXPECTORANT.! This unrivaled preparation has performed some of the most astonishing cures that are recorded in the annals of historv. Patient* sii'.l'ering for years from the various diseases of the Lungs, after Irving ditferent remedies, spending thoufcaiuU of dollars in traveling and doctor- | ut?, have, hy tlit use of a few bottles, entirely recovered their health. "WON'T GO TO FLORID!." New York, August .TO, 1872. D R. TUYT! Hear 8>r :-\Vha? In Aiken, last winter, I used your Rxpeetorant for my oough, nn t realize 1 rnoro li'noflt from it than anything I over took. 1 am bo woll that 1 will not go to Florida next wtntor an I Intended. Bend ma one doacn botlloa, by express, for aomo friends. ALFRED CUSHINO, 1H3 NVeat Thirty-first Btrest. Boston, January 11, 1874. Th'a certifies that I hsro recommended the use o< Dr. Tutt's Expectorant for diseases of the lunge for the paat two yours, and to my knowledge many bottlos have been uaad by my pattonta with tho happiest results. In two oases whero it tv.vt thought oontrmsd consumption had taken plaoo tho Expootorant effected a euro. U. II. BPIIAOUE, M.D. "We eou not apeak too highly of Dr. T Utt's Ex* peotorr.nt, and tor the sake of suffering humanity hopn it may become more generally known."?OltuotlAV Akvocatk ' hold by DrugKlatii Price 81.00 ThTlikewasI^^ arn 1 the 4irt<-liinrUI IVecUly Star, a fllto etgh| rage. forty-eight column p i|? r, tiiiltjirnd'iit in noliire. and hrim full of mod i r iding tnutter, for ^l .Ot> rrr yaur. It Is the laiy'il jmip>r in the United tatrs/#i th? money. Each sobaerilier will recidrn coot of ih" I tauliful engravhio.? *THE I'OIIK, THE roolt XIA.TVS FRIEND." flzo, rtxli 1 hcIkh ; a pu-tur* that wmun grnce anvarnunngroom tit the /una. ? e :?!ao (V'ml to each mhicrttirr A Copy of the S(<?r 111 ml rnlcil A Ironnar. tit XTa. extra nut t be tent fur pcirkinj ami moi'fiiw premium*. *? iinducements to agent*. To any person de?i> i?k t" r*pt " P a?tub, wo will e'lid n an m pie ropy of tho picture Ami ?f?nvs?n?r? outfit, on receipt of ISctK. Hpecimnn copy of the pa per .free. Ni ml lor otto Kef ire tntwrrlhlnn for mtj oilier. THM ftTAft, *.10 Walnut M.. Chiclntintl, O. FOUT2sa HOUSE AND CATTl" POWDERS, Will onrf ox prevent Oitoan*. ? trfcxnTss bvtuttd co srpjrrrricnf. ' CcUo^Tia* 3 11'? Ti* me. t* the ?pere?-*l of*v*?r Vlfler ? >t v\ i , M Pwa'.ie torn ii.it riven 1i a 1.1.1. At i 'ot: .Uiri* ? i p f ret ? C?u>:Te?? ailii-tnt In Mreorti, tnc-'u I tf ,M vti:int?.-? ?r k'l la Ibo m*rtct Wo?r?r"pir'l o tr* lo tt n.*rl?t |.':ee?. ( ole-t ^ I ^?r'J iviiri rctieeif'it'y i.'.UItc I. > , A. J. MI.LUS & CO., Pittsburgh, Pa. *' jjjr T Alno, tn'fra. A*M. Ptee't *i I Irom ef i 1 ' r.?j J tlx t bj aiici I > w.ti Colt n (>?. in, ? trtner*, Hull 1? ; 3l ..nrv. . tiovel , tab Y-na Cmtirt, Aj. A 0. f.'.rei l.^inrtl liT> i L?'^ to.-io tai t iiof ^ * 1 I Hill ^ b^,0! - ' 'zfl t\yii! f~ ?3 , r\?I " OC Seog.S S h-*\i| #/V3 *??? * ?? fe' _ <J ..-a - (/} O ??=3 sg. g|jj3gl 35 Spllsiil C=3 " 114 K.I.411 aaf ?| ; >. -nw,,, ^"oo jy9 izr; r~'T1- *" ?l I"" '-?-<?M ~ HK f" t*y*y. jgg >r*nr?y x,! -~n ?.^?jy A *?!?.?*>. . .,., . ..... . aUa, ? ,, ,, I r THE J I HORRY NEWS! T. W. BKATV, KdTtohT 8ATUIID W, .1 AN 'J7, 1877. The Plan of Counting I In* Vol* Agreed on J by tlio Joint Committee. The Senate and House Committee, of Congress, have agreed on a plan lor counting the Presidential volo, and have submitted their report, and a bill, to be passed by Congress and approved by the President, embodying their views agreed on. Senator Morton was the only dissenter. He reitiMed to sign the report. The Committee believe the bill submitted by them embodies the most practicable plan, in st riot accordance with justice ami the constitution, that eou d be arrived at, and they recmn mended its early passage by both Houses. Outside of the right and powers <?l sole arbiter, in the case, claimed by some ol the leading Republicans Cor the President of the Senate, the great diliie.nlty has been to agree on a plan ot del to mining which is the legitimate vote where more than one return has born sent up I com any one Slate, and that that decision so anivod at shall not do violence lo the constitution or the expressed will of a majority of the people of a State in their vote. To decide these questions, and determine whether any and what voles I rein any Stale sen ling up two sets ot returns ar?* provided for by thn Constitution ol I In* United States, the hill provide* lor a couiuiUsion to cons'sl ol live iiit'iiiln is ol t.Ito House, five of the Senate and live ol the Judaea ol life Su. pieme Court ol the United Slates. Tiio composition ol the commission will he as Iree I rout |?.?r 13* Idas as could possibly bo ma le. Four ol the justices are named in the bill. They are selecled lroin different sections ol I he country. These lo%r justices are to ueel on the la-t Tuesday in this mouth and elect the tilth man from among the remaining justices ol the supreme bench. On the same day each House ol Congress will by viou voce vote up. point live ol its members to tin* com mission. Neither House will have any control over the commission when organized, and the commission k11:? i i i ik. u:\iiui iw>uj?ip to inino questions relating to tin* vole that now verus in Congress by Hit* Constitution mni law. In order to give ample time to got through the work helore the 4ih <?1 M irch the j int meeting to begin the count ol the vote will meet on the 1 hi of February iuNteud of thu 14th, an heretofore. The two Houses having met in joint session, and two tellers having been previously appointed by the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall he handed, as they ar?^ opened by the I'resnienL of the Senate, all ih? certificates and papers purporting to lie ceiliticates of the Electoral votes, which Cert ificates and papers shall be opened, presented and acted upon in the alphabetical order of thu Slates, beginning with the letter A, and said tellers, having read tlio same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they hluill aniii'.-:r Itn n l.lm w>i.l < i?i "I I "? ~ v/. . ? . and tho \ otes having b?en ascertained nnd counted, the result of the same shall he delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the stale ot the vote and the names ot the persons, it any, elected which announcement shall be deemed a sutlicient declaration of the persons elected President and Vice-President ot the United States, and together with a list of the votes, be entered on the journals of Iho two Houses. Upon such reading of any such certificate or i p iper, when there shall bo only one return from a State, the President ot tbe Senate shall call tor objections, it any. Every objection shall he made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall bo signed by ill least one senator and one member oi the limine ol Represent atives before ibe same shall l?o received. When all objection* ho made to iiny vole or paper lrora a State shall have been received and read, the Senuto shall thereupon withdraw and such objeclioiiH shall bo submitted to the Senate lor its decision; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall in like manner submit such objections to the House of Representatives lor its decision; and no Electoral vote or votes Irom any Statu troin which but one return hut been received shall bu ' i ORRY W rejected, exee^ by thw afli r vote of the two houses.? the two houses have voto<l^| pi' sh i 1 i irirmdiaivly again muei and the pro-tilling officer shall thou announce the decision vof the question submitted. When thero shall bo more than one certificate or paper, purpoling lobe the Kleotnrul vote of any one state, all such certificate* or papers arc to be opened by the President of the Senate, han-led to thu tel let's and read by iheni, and thereupon the President shall eall for objection, if any. Kvery objection shall ho made in writing, and sh ill state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one senator and one member ol the I louse of Kepresentatives before the same slnl I he received. When all such objections, mo made to any certificate, vote or paper from a State, shall have been received and read, all such certificates, votes and papers so objected t o, and all papers accompanying the same, together with such objections, shall be forthwith submitted to said commission, which shall proceed to consider the same, with the same [towers, if any, now possessed for th?t purpose by the two houses, acting separately or together, and by a majority of voles decide whether any and what votes iroin such mate aro the votes provided | for by the Const tuition ol the United \ States, and how ni:iny and what per- , sons were duly appointed Electors io nit eh State, and may therein tike into j view swell petitions, depositions and other papers, il any, ashy the Constitution and now existing law may he competent and pertinent in sech consideration, which decision shall he , made in writing, stating briefly the I ground thereof, and signed hy Re members of said commission agreeing therein. Whereupon thw two Houses! shall ig iitt meet, such decision shall : he read anil entered in the journal ol ! each House, and the counting of the votes shall proceed in conformity j therewith, unless upon objection made j thereto in wiiiing t?y at least five sen- j ators and live inemhers ol the House ot Representatives, the two Houses shall separately concur in ordering oincrwtse, in which easo such concurrent order shall govern. No votes or papers from any oilier State shall he acted upon until the objection previously ma le to tho voles or papers Irom any State shall have been finally disposed of. OUJt WASHINGTON L2TT3ZI. The Klcetornl C.itm!?Some of the Investigations?An Artixan man Is Astonished?Nov Senators?A fVit Words about Life Insurance?Senator Anthony's Health?The President's Orguu and Poverty In other Shapes. [Special Correspondence to the llomiY Nkws.] Washington, D. Cm January 22, 1*77. Telegrams and letters are coming here from ail tent tops in aunport of lite | Electoral hill. Every business center I which has so lar conununicated with its Representatives in Congress has urged the adoption id trie measure. The most radical ol Republicans only are opposing it. A lew are undecided. lint there is no prospect ot detenting the lull, unless the members ol the Court, as is unlikely, shall suggest object ions on i oust it tr.ional ground*. Democratic objections to the toil are disappearing. J mice Hoar attributed hi* election a* Senator trom MassaclmHt*ith to the active part lie took, an a member of the committee, in the preparation bill. The investigations here lor the last few days have not been an interesting as before. Mr. Murtagh, the President's Editor, under investigation for using the police of the city for improp er purposes, was on Saturday shown to have violated the confidence reposed in him by a brother Mason who was trying to serve him. Previous developenienis in the ease bad prepared the public to expect anything from Mortagh. J. Madison Wells, of the Louisiana Kotuining Board, was examined on | Saturday as to the number of votes j thrown out by the Board. He said he did not know whether a hundred or ( a thousand wore thrown out, ami did not know whether 1 he result was changed by throwing out votes. He i u in t Ku 11 ii tula /? ? " "*'* 4 ...... V..V. uauvm \/i n v*ri y t?"HJ I"* Mil III IV" tee hero, and his knowledge will increase before ho gets away. The people ot Arizona havo sent % gentleman hero "on a mission." He eamo f ho other day ami presented to the Attorney General letters from the j principal men ot the Territory asking | tor the removal ot a U. S. Judge out j there. The Attorney General said lie had some other papers in the case, nnd showed them to our friend. They turned out to be from the same men lor whom the missionary from Arizona was acting, b'lt they strangely enough urged that the judge be retained. The one set ot letters accused ike judge of 'v w"11' having a *i11ti< r in ol the Mississippi, oilier lot spoke ol liiin as an upright judge and an ornament to the Inmclt. The ambassador from Aria.# IIa w ill go back to his home a wiser and sadder man. It in not a pleasant thing to look lor ward to six years of Senator ll<?ar, of Massachusetts, tor in many tilings lie is a narrow man; hut he was, by all odds, i be best man who had any rliaili'M of election. lie is a strong friend of this District, ami his election therefore, gives pleasure to nil who are permanently located here. In many States, especially in New York, great interest is just now lelt in tlie subject of life insurance. This it caused in part by the latin re of several companies of reputed strength. One or two ot the strongest companies have requested men ot high stuiidiiur to ex amine into the assetts ol the companies slid their manner ol dowig bust, ness. Oilier companies will have to Pillow suit and wherever the result is favorable the companies will find their profit in such a course. A very strong company was organized here six or seven years ago, hut 'he lailuro of a single large business house coum-cled with it completely deprived it of business, though its assets were not albc1 '?M - ? it'ii. i nese t inngs seem K? show tluil sometliiiijf beside individual credit, or the f?ij^li standing of a company's oflicers, in necessary to make :i com- ' |>:iny succcdul. Now, what company will enrich itself and give standing to line enormous branch ol business, by adopting the plan ol investing a certain proportion ol its assets iti (iovern- 1 incut bonds, to he held bv t he Seentary of tlm Trea?ur) ? A lixed percentage ol lis rec? ipts could also be so in vested troiu year to y?';ir, and absolule sec-irity t) the policy holder insured. The necessary legislation to authorize the Secretary to receive such deposits would be rery simple and could he readily secured. The assets ol a sin Ifle company are reported to he as much as #so,000,000, and others have amounts not much less. Whenever one ol these larger companies shall adopt this olan. Other coiiin-inii'S will * ' 1 ~ " " " " liud it itiy to follow suit, No business requires security so much a* thi?; no security would be ho ^oikI aw lit u proposi'd. ' DeHpitu report* to the contrary, there in reason to believe that Senator Anthony, ol Hhodc Island, is threaten cd wiih dangerous sicklies*. He if i very I'vehle. lie has served longer than any other man now in the Senate ami has the respect ol eveiy man, Democrats and Republicans in either I loose. He cannot well he spared Iroin the New England delegation,' which is not now "what it has been. Over one thonsamt htmilies are being led, clothed, and supplied with fuel bv charity, at this time, in Washing ton. 1'he otter prostration of all else see and the prolonged cold weather accounts lor this. A bill has b.-en in I rod nerd in the House mauling money lor the temporary relict ol tin* very poor. IVlvaie charity is not. *ullieient. The National Republican, the 1'icsi.letit's oilman, hpp?ais this morning reduced in size hut otherwise improved. It is not a prolitahle paper and it is not a good paper, hut i' has been poorer and nearer woithlers than it t? now. N K MO. The Situation in Columbia. The patient work ol the Democratic leaders has nowhere been more fruitful than in the proceedings hctore Referee Wilkes, in Columbia. Kvery precinct return in the entire State has been critically examined and compared 1 with the statements ol the County v^nnvnwiN, in? clerical errors have ' been noted, and tlie statement of the tint ire vote put in kiicIi a sh?pe as t<? enable the Supreme Court to make an i intelligent decision tipon the questi-m* 1 submitted to it. These proceeding* by mandamus, a-* to the State officer*, i began nnntediately alter the election, 1 Inn lay in abeyance until the question* connected with the Klec.toral ( vote and the vote for members of the 1 Legislature could he settled. The prayer of the mandamus was, that the i Hoard of Stale Canvassers be required to compare t he returns of the precinct < managers with the statements of the County Canv??sers, which they had failed to do. This, by order ol the 1 Court, has been done before Referee Wilkes, wliOhO report will be ready shortly. ( The general result, of the reference, wl en the lirst scrutiny ended, was the i election of the Democrat in candidate* 1 for Attorney-General and Treasurer, > and the defeat of the Democratic candidates for Secretary ol Slate, Adjutant General and Superintendent of Education. This was obtained by correcting an error of 1*7 votes at McMillan's, in Marion, and of 223 votes lit Graham, in llarnwcll, where these votes tor tlie Democratic cundi- ' Mate for Attorney-General were countid for the Democratic candidato for Comptroller, and the same number of votes counted for Attorney-General that should have been counted tor Comptroller. The Itollins ho* is not taken into account; nor is the disputed Abbeville box. The exclusion of this last named box, which gave the Republicans about 400 majority, Jh confi dently expected, and will elect, all the Democratic candidates. Without this exclusion only the Democratic candidates lor Attorney General and Treasurer were shown to be elected. A second examination of the returns was made which brought to light the 1-7, 187'7. ta t thai there was a difference ol liny votes b-tweet) the t??tal vote cant lor Comptroller General, as reported by the County Canvasser ol Horry, and the total vote shown by the return* ol the Precinct Manager*. It was ascertainetl dial these tilly volea were accounted for by an apparent alteration ol the ti ?i?re* in t he returns trout Simpson's Creek and Dogwood Neck. The Precinct Managers were sent lor, and these made affidavit that the figures had been altered; the vote lor Dunn, the Republican candidate tor Coinpt roller, ha.ing been changed in | t he Simpson't Creek return Iroin 2 to j 32, ami at Dogwood Neck from 10 to 80. \ The original ret urns were at once called lor, but they were missing; and it is a nnlew'othy coincidence thai these same returns were not to lie lound when the Congressional Committee called lor them. They were lost and were lound, and are lost j again. Fortunately, t heir places can! be supplied. Mr, Dunn will not gain anything should they never he ivcov. ered The Secretary ol Slate is their custodian, Slid it lie does not tind I hem suspicions will tall upon him. Meanlime the change of lilty Vole? gives (fen. I lagood, I lie Democratic candidate lor Comptroller, forty nine majority. The Iraud in thellorry returns was artistic. Dunn ran, lor insiuncc, at Simpson's Creek, ju>t 80 vole* b? hi ui the oilier Republican candidale.*; ami the change Irotn 2 to 32 had a very natural appeaiance, as it put Dunn on the same footing as his associates. Only the fact that the apparent alterations accounted lor the exact difference between the Precinct reluiusand the County statement put thn Demo, j it at io counsel on the trail. Not a word was said until the evidence was forthcoming to establish the fact that the returns had been doctored. Then lilt* >1 II niniiir I.nmu (-hief .1 nstice Moses will probably be able to resume I.in seat on tin- bench it; about ten days, ati<l before the lull bet i ll the report ot the Rcleree in the mnmhimiiilease will be heard. We have every reason to believe, ho ?lrong is the Detnoeralio ease, that the decision of the Court will give the Democrats the offices they claim. There have been no noisy demonstrations, Mil the goo.| woik gct'8 bravely on. ?-Aretcs ""(I ('otirier. 01 It NEW YORK LETTER. m'Rio.mriRs or HARD TIMKS ? DRAWINO TIIK VHII. FROM MKW YORK LIFK ? 'i iik i'lsTol. TIIAT RKNNKIT IHK.n't t'SK ?1NSUKANCK AO MN- - Til R TWO "CONTIN KNTALs"?IIKAVY K.'IIOKHY OS A NKW YolMC COMPANY?ALMOST A CATAsTltOPtl R. [From Oar Own Correspondent.] N itw York Jan. 2 2. 1877. New York always lias a good m?ny queer t hings and queer people in i?. The flush d*ys of the w.ir had their uiunacteristleu of shoddy and general extravagance which were the themes ot endles* comment and fun, and now, in eireitmstances tlie very reverse ot those, the city comes np smiling with its quota ot incidents and characters I suitm<( to t he hard tirnea. 'The very rteh elans are always rich and keep up their show through thick and thin; so one would har.llv think i>! looking among them tt?r signs u! the limes. hui it in a somewhat fin pillar lad ilia', while 111 i>* upper cruet goes into as much expense lor iise'l ami its pleasures as ever, ju?t ihe moment its members arc dunned lor the cash they are very apt to tall back oti the '"universal stringency." 1 have the authority oi one o! our Sunday papers lor some striking examples. A case was recently known where, in lite same day a young Ciqosuh gave ihe order lor n supper parly which would cost one thousand dollars, and . yet dispntud a household account of six months standing, amounting to only twenty live dollars, and finally Intved Ho poor creditor to take about two-thirds o| 'he bill, on the ground o! the "hardness of the times." One bachelor on Filth avenue, w hose in come is about five hundred thousand dollars a year, ar.d whose yearly ex* penses do not exceed half that sum, is said not to have paid a bill in three months, unblnshingly pleading '"the I'ondii on ol the count ry" as an excuse. And litis is carried on into the very last details of domestic economy. One butcher in a fashionable neigh* borhood hits eight customers, all ap* patently well-to-do, who owe him over $'.J00 apiece. One high stepping Fifth Avenoodle, who drives his hand* some team ami wears a crest on his carriage door, pleads poverty each time that this same butcher presents a bill of nearly $700. There is one phase of human nature which these days hting into clear relief ami that is the tenacity with which hoc i ft I standing is clung to ami appearances kepi up until the Iphi possible moment. Thia cIhsh of the "rich in pride ami poor in pocket" in a large one though 1 don't imagine that all it s members won hi he willing to go to the length* occasionally reported. At leant two instanced are known where ladies who have seen belter days, but are now left to depend upon themselves w ith only the very scantiest resource*, rather than descend from their social plane devote the last attainable cent to the payment ot rent ami a servant, and then, under cover ol a disguise, and on an assumed name, go around icliel societies and tradesmen to beg provisions and coal. It has been preliv generally supposed that "Fifteenth Amendment" troubles were over in this latitude at least, Inn h vim just brought against Anlor 11 on se serin* to indicate the 1 contrary. The plaintiff in the rac? in J. Milton Turner, "Consul General i and Minister Resident to the Republic I of Liberia," an he modestly signs himself, and his grievance is thai hs was refused accommodations ret"the Amor House sum* time lam Fall on account ot his color, which is so^e two shades darker than the blackest midnight The hotel keepers on the I contrary contend thai the only reason ft tor the lion reception ot the represeu* taiive of the stars and stripes on Africa's shores was the crowded con* dition ot i heir house at the lime. The case went before n relerr^| and Turner, who although born of a slave mother and himself reared a slave, is a pretty sharp lawyer, conducted hit own case. It had but little to rest on and I believe he gets $2.00 damages. A case ??t richly mounted duelling pistol* in a Broadway window btars this disappointment placard: "Pistola not used by Bennett and Mav." Just where the pair that tcere used on thia memorable occasion is still a myatsry. But upon one point gossip is for once correct. Mr. Bennett has gone to Europe alter lying concealed on the New Jersey side tor a week alter bis duel with May. He was accompanied by anVMi-u I Inan.l j * ?/! - * u icnun > << |>i n (o make % considerable stay, prohaW till h? thinki* llif affair has blown ver sufficiently to warrant his return. Hut society must have i's little sensation an long as it can possibly be kept alive: "so, Mr. Bennett being temporally disposed ol, attention is directed to liif* opponent, who ii* still "nowhere" ami with regard to whom the story it started that he ii* hiding hie head o* account of his cowardly behavior at the duel itself, where he is said to have to-cured his own safety by firing before the word wan given. Ilia pistol minced tire, it is said, and then Bennett, who, if this is true, would have been almost justified in shooting him dow n, tired in t lie air and left ihe place. This storxpsoumis rather thin, but then people t havs something to talk about besides hard tiuies and politics. In view of the recent lamentable failure of the Continental Life Insurance Company, and the shock give* iherehy to insurers everywhere, special care should i?? taken by the public to avoid confounding the defunct corporation with the original Continental Life of Man ford, whose strength and standing have nev?r been in the least impaired, but which on the contrary have grown steadily through good times and hard times. The Company has recently originated several entirely new systems ot insurance, in which not only is insurance given for a definite period, but there is also guaranteed an annual income thereafter often amounting to more than hall the annual premium previously paid. The introduction by a conservative company of plans so plainly advantageous to its patron* shows its strong vitality. One of our prominent New York companies init week had been made the victim ol an annoying swindle. Somebody with more 'cutcnens then honesty in lound to have lorged the signature of the officer* of thia com. pa?y to a check for $04,000, and to jutttn done his* work ho well an to have got. tlvo oheek certified and cashed, ami tw? weeks the marl of hie pursuer*. The Ions will fall on the bank whose cjlifciicr'a eyes were not *h*rp ; enough to detect the forgery, bnt who allowed the cluck to fee certified and made the institution responsible. The matter in being quietly but vigorously worked up by detectives. An <rjfd accident watt that a few days ?igt> when the enow suddenly slipped Ironi one side of llie roof ol the Grand Central L)?pol and tell in one thick tfryel, twenty by four hundred lie* In size upon the arched glass roof below, crushing through the hall inch panes an though they had been eggn shells, and tilling one side of the big building will) a confused mass ol glass and enow, which cams down will) a crash and h roarAxm a line ol horse cars drawn up^Tnnide, waiting lor the arrival of a train. .Mont lortuiiatcly the accident occurred while all employes were at dinner, and that portion of the depot was empty. Hull a minute later iii? mnnt ---- would have hern crowded with the passenger* ut the train mentioned, the engineer of which k.?w the sliding ' snow just in time to stop hi* train outride and ave^l a genuine catastrophe. Ah it war, the tors was merely one ot money value to the extent of not over $:t,000 illicit those who have seen the old Commodore's will think that Win 11. Vanderlnlt, who as president of the New York ^mtral e.oiitiols the building, will he mle te stand without hurting hiinseM'mu^h. 1# intr Citizens ot Sayhrook, ill., mobbed a inuii win? intended to open a drinking itluoii. A Baptist Preacher Testifies. I)K. Tutt: Dear Sir:?Ilarlng used in my family for six years your Kxpectoraut, I deem it due to yourself and the public to elate that I h*v? uniformly found it efficient in relieving and curing pulmonary diseases. I am stiictly opposed to quackery, but touching this very excellent medicine * 1 have testified tha^Hkhich I do know and that which 1 have ePpeti" cnced." Respect fully yours, J. C. Ha BO ROT *4, raster Baptist Church, Clmire, N. T. March 19, 1814.