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vsr TT N --! yUr I A1 pr aFamily 'Pap6r, Devoted -to -.clence, tr n 'y:(nd literature.[E$0erAma V IM VOL*~~f WINS''Q I]NGi~ JINE i-so'.C* WENSAVMRA SA IllFtI E 14 IIRA JI ID is PUaLI6l*D WX%KX.Y BY w I L L i A'A l S D.AV IS. 7:rm.-Tho &WtAi0 te published Week y in the Town of Winnsboro, at n variably in adeance. giV All translent advertlsetuents to be P' AID IN- A DVA NOR. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00' per i quare. rFrom the Edgufleld Advertisor.] Presentment 'f le Gfahj Illry of -Edge field County. Judge of the fifth Ciropit. The (raud Jury .at the Court of General Sessions for Edgefield Coun ty and the State' of South Carolina, at the Juno Terrn of said Court, re spectfully submit the following pro. fentoent : We have examined the offiae of the County Commissioners and .ind that the Books and papers are in exeellent order, with vouchers for all moneys upon which they have issued chooks; but a more reckless expenditure of public funds is not ordinarily met with in such an Investigation. The amouut of County Tax collected for current expenses is, $11,848 77 Licenso Tax, 876 00 Fis es from Clerk of Conrt., 200.00 Fines from Trial Justices, 16 05 Totl amounted collected, $11,92 .77 Total amount disbursed to the 151th of May, 9 01..9 Balance on hand for Ceunty purposes on the 15th of May, $2,919.08 We would espeoially call your louor's attention to the fact that the County Comaiissioners have already paid out during the present fiscal your for the Poor flouso, three thou. sa1nd and forty-one dollars and seventy cents, for the maintenance - and comfort of twenty4wo paupers. I They Ullege they have of that amount on hand about five hundred doliars in provisions -of the truth' of this as. t!ortion there is no proof or. evidence. If they' have consum., ed this amount in five months, the paupers will have to be supported by extraordinary means a I great part of the year. Thirty..three per cent. of the occupants of the Poor House are consumers of money. and supplies but are not paupers, and we respotfully submit that there is a needle.s and wasteful expenditure of public money at this in,titution. At the same ratio of expenditure of money for the support of the Poor House it would require three hundred dollars for the uaintenace of each pauper for twelve months. By the time the present Court adjourns there will possibly be not one dollar left in the Treasury for County pur. poses, nothing to feed the Coitity paupers, nothing to build bridges, nothing to pay the expenses of Octo ber Court, no- hing to pay the Trial Justices, nothing to pay the County oflicial.-. Hence will arise the neces sity of increased taxation for what will hereafter be called past in debtedness. All of which results from having men in'offlie who are totally devoid of business capacity,. utterly inompetent tind irresponsible Two of these officials can neither read nor write. The other officer is utter ly unfit to manage so important an oflico. It it useless to recur to the fact that these men were presented at the last Court for ineomi etenoy, and your\Honor informed -some of the me,nbers of the Grand Jur& that they could not be punished fo'r in. competency or be'removed ekoept by impoaohmont. We would respeotfit-ly suggest if it is (ho olily manner by whioh they can be removed, thiat they be impeaoned at the next session' of the logislattire. 'rho oflide -of the Judge of Probate' is in app arenL.good, order. , Ho re p orts tha the has funds on hand be longing to the Estate of Simeon Boothe, do'oeased, 'mnd istributed, to th amount of $828.75. The distributivo' share of the chit dren of Mrs. Margaret.01erl, in .the Estate of Josep h .1one, .deceased, $21.44. Showing the total arbount now in his offiee, $845.19. He' ~com plains that oxeoutors, addyiihti'at&ra, guardians and trustoos are n~ot.inak, iug their -r,tulrns aceidinga to lswr though regular notlob hasbedhbgi'von in the Count y' papdr.' There is no chiango,in the Sherjf's omoie since (lie Iast piesepient, Trhree of the members of tho t%dge.. field bar complain that therer is nQa way to get any money out of thei' Bhoriff's hands by coaxing, entrea;ty or otherwise,.as they h've 'tinr' and. again importuned him to pay gv9pr 'that which belbnged to~ t;hem' and' 'their chionta,'and ho has refused, and 'still.refuse,' to . do . , Upon. the, heels 'of this informatiob,,ho givde tis the following get p 'of the monies in lis o*Ifoo be h'ing to other parties, to wit :E. P.~ oleman for anotheor, vs, ., A. Sther, ..$5 '100. ~ Wet b'eg 14ave tio reper'tG the' ,jail ini good condition. It needs looks on thV06wer floor, alto a stovo to do06kL 'Ubr the 22 yrisonors now in jail, all 'G if!wh'oh we recommended in the last C .prehif'otit. d 83evbn Trial Justiode'of the fiftee'n p in the County presented their Books for the inspection of the Graud Jury. rO 1'rial Justios, Messw. A. Jones Li ..D..c. 'r Tmpkin, Tilltman Watsofi, It. 8 V. Cannon, R'. B. Forrest, J. L. Ald. b di4on-and %V.. NV.a14 . We wQuld respeeV(illy'bmttbatthe.. chir'gd C made Iy most of these Trial Jumictis Y U' are contrary to the decision of your Honbr, And are altogether uno easo. - able, aiidIf'fiotorrootod, .au addi. 61 tional taxIWill have to be levied to t pay.their indebtetlnes,. here are still twenty-two paupore 4a the Poor House, seven male and fifteen ferwale. They complain that 0I the di6o a ver7y..oro p &ey P1 are f'~~i'04d 1, oJ*t_in th we afi 'tat " thV'~ fiids ver.y, much out of re ifltwithstnding 0* the Commisi06rb' t 'id out ,of 8. the AountiY r4 .0 4170 'dbce the bpgindinget t1e lso i yea 'AY, o owapent. ,on:t.Ooti'-I diti66 of' gF'lis'-n k''F COUti .\d t respectfulHy, 'rbsent.- the foll,wing fuctSto thod,6 diQ'of r -'Ho''. r - 'At the lai6 4:t, tho OrAnd Jury d presented the heriff'nnalfeasance P in office ii .illegibly'withh'oid iigfunds t paid into his oflice when denmnded 8 by parties entitled to the same. Thit, th officer has not only not been punish- n ed -but has not been indicted. an There ought now to be in the W( Treasury Lear $15,000 00, tied down by an injunction from this Court, t which was deposited there more than ag a year ago for the bqnefit of the crodi- ' tors of the country, and which shoul ofl have been distributed iniediately. The parties to whom this money be longs have been deprived of the samue, as vd are informed,.for more than tc two years, and- the prospeot of their n ever obtaining it scons tO- have F grown more doubtful 'each day singe So ihe money was deposited in the treas ary. The C'rk's office to-diy from the of inconipetency and wilful neglect of he late.lerk of the Court, is in' & ivretched, condition. Hundreds of 1 r iltiable papers, for recording which w said Clerk had received the fees, are of still lying unrecordo4. The would- th be bonda of tihe offiCIaRis. for the last. h Few yoaiseaan aso'roly any of theik be found. Sono of them are record. * d in the proper books, sowo in books aP or recording liens and mortgages, in( Dthers not recorded at all. , pr The last County Commissioners uquandered the public funds iand ran the County in debt thousands of del tars. Here again the bonds are worthlesi and the people' must be the lo'bers. These official cri mos were many of then deteetod by the last Grand Jury, and the perpetrators of the same were indioted for the soveral a Dffences, but not one of them has yet lit been brought to trial or punished. ly - The lato Probate Judge was in. t1h dieted at the last term of Court for 4 w malfeasauco in; offied ig.'not turning h. over to tq% propoIr pirrtie. large of amounts.of roA1yj ggregatilngsever. o thousand i aollars, paid into his*oflie, t and alo5forintruning over'tb 'tie wh pr:exQu'1Wbedt1d. books dldb'tanal r moneg, fAlthough this anonY"p . the pt9gtrof -the' Midows ad 'or phan ihld r,balway~'iagarded t l' at special *ae of the '.Ceurt ials I official si has 01 said money. ~ en o ThO'Counj Sdho6l' Cdinmisalanor ti we pt1i patiIldi offi ,~ l,r, con rary.to la, iaIe sl'6e .for a several idnd1 dollars aet a tiwene wherithe.TrAsererPs reports idieos 'ted.thiat the~id a, nu mioney tn the j dord : g to t e outileif6higeii tendngA school lastI yoain ist'eitd'of~ appotionipg it ace9rding ~ti 4' nuth -. her attondang,this year.. 1n~00 oone.. q uapee of th1ese ~ra, a>me obo0l0a: di4riolts ha Veheied a ni 'ch larger por'tio'n of ti b'Sclldoll Ji'n d thin' d t.hy by were .eoii(ledto w'liW attbrra baee a not reed , .,'?pi up pl'opMrtlun10.-t~ a why(4 ltsma La k.n ,t:he .nwoney fropn. oulN'h di~it tr inigrimtiod it to t1se4b&Jeflt of: ed(h'er. fi I '3 ' Ei ~heoaty wJ'd polled etho1i sbtesU h pagh2M, of lite (eny f t tm;rubUri D h 9rdifdCupLy 4 tisurgy OiglWir safi' 3t po)LVeA 6lfhe&1. i e tutdid to We Soh dl U tmIaieideda ths:Treasure a yp,o4u.(m sa. [ &Li 'v'n are tti di a LJ9A r ,idd~ nodteki os pUV~on'5y 411 Ferry at Shawa .! ill;'pHI~6 r Creek. was _fol'ittlWhat na tth Ile' oitIzens id' that sootion ,of 'the ounty Icoumplain that the County onmmusioners fail to perform their ity in not hiring a min at the ex. otiso'of the publio to not as ferry an fot them at that point. . The a from Turkey Creek bridge Liberty lill is impassible by r'a in,of its being blooiaded' by trees own down by the late t1term. WeV, the Grand Jurors of Edgefteld Punty, respectfully beg leave to call Hr Honor's atteutioi to a f'ot that. ourre,4 in the Grand Jury room on e 15th, inft. There were three 1s bWfore the Grand Jury ag'ainet e County Coin uissioners for miesp ioution of public funds, all of whiol A been aoted itpon by the Grand try: The Solioitor appeared beforc ir body an4 spoke against the pro -'ety of' our finding true bills in cso cases, and insisted that it would no use,as they would not betried, stand the test in the court, upon the ound that was no crinual inten. ii on the part of the Coulity Com i sioners in phyiig out thij money. lie Orand Jury while they admit at. the counsel who were employed County Corta,issioniers should be Id for the services rendered, yet ny that such counsel fees i.hould ba id out of public funda, as it is non ury to statute or common law in our ate. After hearing the remark ol e Solicitor, the Grand Jury unani jugly voted for true Bills in each d every case. In conclusion we )uld present the Solicitor lat. For wilfully neglecting to give e Grand Jury a Bill of Indiotmen. ainst the present Sheriff for ille Ily witiboldiug MoUCy paid in his ice, when such Bill has repeat edly en demanded. 2d. For witfully neglecting (when ked) to furriiah a Bill of IndictUent ainst the School Commissioner for t properly apportioning the School and, and for improperly issuing hool cheeks. 3d. For wilfully neglecting to fur. ih Bills of Indictment against those ioers who accepted the present in ilicient official bonds ; also against o of the present County Commis mers for signing checks which they re unable to read,-the necessity which bills was made manifest by a last report of the Grand Jury to is Court. We, the Grand Juay, therefore -pectfully reoet- your Hlon6r to point a Slicitor pro tent. from the mbers of the Edgelield br to 3seute the present, Silioitor. All of which prosuntment is re.. atfully .submit,ted. JAS. A. DOZIER, Foreman. A brave Old len. At 6 o'clock Thursday morning, on o premises No. 139 ')ntario street lien, with a dependent I-rood of. te chicks, was searching dilligent for the proverbial worm. ' Under e sidewalk bkirting the house was ueanled a full-grown rat, who also is playing the earlyhird, and had eyes 'tent upon the movements the inlocnt baby hen and roos rs. One little chick was almost ithin his grasp, 'when the watchful other diaovered the danger. Quick lightnin'g she caught the rat with ir beak and tossed him upon the dlewalk,Mhore she furiously pecked his head. The cmmotion among e chickens and thie futile squealing the rat brought the family, who ore se.ated at bre4crast, to the door. he head of the house grasped a ick and rushed to the assiistnce ol io valiant hen, who was still stik g incessant add deadly blows, and 0 mian found it was inmpossible to d her withiout danger to herself. less than, a inute the -brave old >n had succeeded -in "iputtling a 3ad" of such extraoifdinary dimien ons on the rat that he(ooulId not rals rover, and with a modest but .tisf'actorlly '"chiok', clc, the ath'red heroiee gathaerd hero t'ami about her anrd s'tartcd again in arsuit of the worm. The delight d( adiniration of the owner was >ne the less remarkablo, and an ob rver fully ooncurrod in hisi exola ation), "In' the bist hin in the city Chicurgo." A SImart Boy. Once In a while the' world finds its roeli out. Jlast fall a boy discover 1 ob'sti.uctions on the rais read line a w miles west of Cedar. Rlapids, in wa, aml although the youth was lint and footsore with walking, he ~hed back'to the town and succed I In stopping 'and saving a passenger ain which was just rushing ont to :eet,destrution. The heroic youth pe rwrded.by the railroad oor any anid hi :b. anmo printed. In ap,g Tho, qt er day' the same py wairestod, near De 86oto, :f'or ~bbing~ an express dfifo, andhoben usred that he *was eoncerned ot ily' in the theft, buti that he himself adi plated: th'e obstruottes 'on the, tek bear Uddat 'kapids .thre year 'ofore, and he had notified the traino The free baths opened:sfelw :days gn in New York are well natronisod. The Heeley motor. lOW TIM PUBLIC MAY BE- GULLED-. OWNERO OP. STEAM KNOINES AND COAL MINES CdlIPLETELY RE-As BURED. We have giv the Iatest acoound of this latest attempt to impoi upon the credulity of the Oublic, as writ. ten by tle parties thinsolvos,' and 6acked by their willing assistants. The deception of the whole seoemoe t so transparent that it'hardly seeins' credible that persons of sano minds can be found who aro willing to in. vest, Novertholess, we hear from a reliable'source that quite a number of well known business men have in. vested money in the sohefio, and in 0e instance we were 'told so by thA party himself. He had piid $5,000 down; and fully believed the thing to be a great discovery, and fully ex pected to realize a large fortune fro-a his investment. On all othdr' sub. jects this gentleman was rational and inteljigent, but in respeot to tho Keeley motor be was badl Vhalluol0an led. Ile was present ft the trial above referred to, saw 2,000 ponnd& on the gauge, and came away per. feetly satisfied. The question i.t asked : How could so great. a prQi sure as 2,000 or 10,000 pounds per square inch be produced, allowirig tWt it really was exhibfitd as stated. We think that any ingenious meohan. io by moans of a hydraulio jick and L sUJal pipe could readily produce and exhibit such a pressure, and by turning a faucet drive a whirligig for the space of six:.y second,s or from 9:08 p. M., to 9:09 p. ml., as the loarned'eousel g ravely reports. Keeley taks about his studies re garding the force of columns of water, and describes the use of water pres. sure in his "genorato,,' 6iultiplica. tor," "receiver," etc. Well, now, Keeley might, if he wanted to, get up an honest show of air pressure by ar ranging a series of short water tubes so as to eonecntrato the combined weight of their water against air con lined in a euitable chamber. Allow ing, for example, that he had ten 3ommunicating water tubes, each holding a cubic foot or 62 pounds of water, ie might, by turning a faucet, RIlI the tubes from the hyaravt, and ooncentrato 620,lbs. weight onl the 3onfinod air, which, if cuiducted to a gaug',' would indicato 620 pound,' pressire ; this air' might drive a 4mall wheel from 9:08 p. mb. to 9:09 p. im. ; it would moreover be a cold vapor, without suell or t;seL ; it would blow out a caudle, but nut burn ; there would be no noise except that of running water ; there would be no residuim save air and water ; no heat, electricity, or oheinical action would be involved. A ourious arrangement of water and air tubes, in whichl, by turning fau cets, tho water weights are concen trated, producing pressure, was illus trated and de.oribed in the Scientific American of April 4, 1868, p,go 212. It was- patented by James It. Cole, of Tenuegbce, December 10, 1867, as a water elevator. It, might be bad for Ketley if he Thould prove to be an inlflinger of this patelit There is also a 'yatented arrango ment of tmereurial tubes for concein trating the weight of mercury anud air co'umns in tin analageus manner. We allude to Quinu's patent steani gange, 1860. It is possiblo that Prof. Rand, Pt of IIaswoll, Chief Engi neer Rutherford, United States Navy, Chief Engineer Wood, United Status Navy, anid other~ advocAts of the Keoley motor, are not acquainted with these devices. One of the strangest developments connect'ed with the Keelcy motor is -he implhcit faith which many getntle men.in this -coimmuni'ty, of tried ex p nticnce and business capability, have given to the enterprise. They have yielded not .only faith but their money. We can account for this only by supposing that they mistake mere pressur. for motive power. But mere .prca1ure is not motive poe it is.simply a resultant of motive power. A very slight mot ive power, if suffi ciently long .continued and properly ayiphied, may produce the greatest pressure. A weIght of only a single pound, hung upon the extremity of a suitable lever, is suflicient to pro. duce a pressure at the opposite end of the lever of 100,000 pounds more to the square Innh. To persons not familiar with,. thte- laws of n eolbanies (and this, we thinkris probably the situation of most of the Keeley invest. tors) the exhibition of a gauge show ing 10,000 pounds pressute might readily be regarided. as proof positive of an enormous power boehind the gauge:: -whereas the actual power conoealed from view might be only a weight of one pound. In oases of this kind, when a body Is lifted or a pressure produoed, th6 i jquirer should take pains to ascer t4in what the' extent of thre origineal evi~ng powet' or wteight Is.. If this gr*faution bYe taken, the falsity of 4otbra like'KCeeley's tmay be at onee dteoted.o In.shq -examplbe of Keely, :th oertlfloate'ef 'Uollier shows thate a hydrant cforo6 of 264 pounds to the inah Ia always required to run the (Dachine. Thib force, if applied to a opmrton wheel or engine, would pro. duve a considerablo amount of con etat mechanical power. But the inoving force is nearly all wasted in Koule'a device, for he is only able to drive a toy engine for a minute or two at a tia o. This does not look e uoh like driving a train of cars from Philadelpl-ia to New York,or crossing the odean without the consumption of ooal.--Scientijic Amierican. A Wooden land Growing out or a grave. On Monday our city was unusual ly exited by the exhibition in the Courier.Herald oflico of a hand of wood which grow out of a gravo bear Yorkville, in Gibson county. It was brought into our office by Capt. G. 8. Androws of that county who gives ts its history. William R-rron was out walking with his w fe one Sunday evening not long 0g%-, ad in p 4asing an old, neglet. O graveyard near the publio road e saw a gum buiti with a bunsh of m1itAtoe on its top, and requested her husband to get it for her. lie out the top (fJ the bush, and coim wencoed broaking off the mistletoe, when, to his surprise and terror, he discovered that the wo(.d underneath presented the perfect form of a human hand. Capt. Andrews hour. iug of the wonderful discovery, went to the houso of Mr. lerron, who, fooling rather unaomfortable over the thought that lie out it from a grave, and perhaps having some theory as to its supor-natural signifi ance, very willingly lot Capt. Al-i drews have it. The bush from which it was out was six reet high, and the hand was on the top, pointing up ward, presenting the position of the minister's hand when pronionicing a benediotion. It is about the size of a six-year-old ohild's hand, with long slender fingers like those of a porsou very nuuch emaciated by sickness. The wood has enlarged for'mations onl ech finger and the thumb, repre sonting and corresponding with the joints of the human hasid. The mest remarkable feature about it is the natural appearai%o of the nails. They bad a kind of fle.h color, and the rest of the hand, where the bark had been entirely removed, looks ghastly white. Mr. Andrews says the grave from it was out it is sup.. posed to be the grave of a very devout Methodist minister by the name of Ilutolor, who was burried there many years jigo.-Jackson (111iss) Uourier-Ilerald. An Eccentric RIussin Cont. (Paris Letter to the Pittsberg Chroniclo.'1 It may be perhape new to many to loarn that the lato Camte Paul Domidoff, whose wealth was immense passed for a\savago at St. Peters. burg. ile lived quite alone. He nevel alloned hii servants to handle anything intended for him unless they wer.t gloved, and his valets had to wour gloves when dressing him. le even washed the bank-notes in a golden vase, and hung them up to dry oi a line as would a laundry. taid her linen beforn puttir:g them into hlis pocket-book, An attache of thle Frenchl Embassy on one occasion dineod with the Comate, and whlen tea was served in the salon, he was so occupied in a discussion on mlagnlet ism1, thast 1he unconsciously placed hlis hand in the siugarbowl when hatndl ed to him by the servant, and tooik a m,o'selof sugar; the .Comte called tile servant anld ordered him0 to throw the bowl and its contents cut of tile window ; the attnche was the least disconcerted among the constened company, and when tile discussion was over he quietly finish. od his tea, and, approaching tile window, slowly threw cup, saucer and spoon out, apologizing to the Comte that he was not aware such was theO custom of the hlouse. Tlhat attache Is no0w the new ombassador to England. The total amount which the Frema' BanIk stole from the darkies is at Inst determinsd at $2,876,O03h, says an exchange. TIhus at one swoop wore the earnings cf the black people of the Southl for eight years swept into the pockets of the WVashlingtonl ring of Radicals. In this ring was a builder named lIeming, who has recently failed, and in hlis papers it was diucoverud that he got *2 1,000 of the mloney. Atn extract from the Baltimoro Sun, putblished this mornFfing, raplabins ho0W it was done. We are curious to know WIlen d1e the first "dividend" will be paid up by 'the commission ers. Grant and Bunker Hill. 8ome of the papeis are poking fun at thle President for preferring Long liranch to Bunker Hill1. We don't blame him.-After the vulgar treat ment be reooived as the Lexington (Joooord centennial, he no doubt ghad his dome of Mapsachutsetts 4thospitali. ty."' Better thte sea breeze, Baker'. >18?7 whi6skey, , otees and bull pups .Lha Puriftan splen"tant a Praise.-God Barahanes Inqnistion. A grand Southern Exposition. The directors of the Moohanic and Agricultural Fair Asooiation o Now Orleano, La., have, resolved t hold a Southern States Agrioultura and Mechanical Exposition in ths city, which will bo open to the world commenoing February 26, 1876, ani continuing ten days, covering th Mardi Gras festivities and tho fire men's anniversary. It will be unde the auspices of the association and i board of ,special commissioners, oom posed of the Governors of the South eru States, the President of. lekioo the executive officers of the Centra American States, the United State linisters to Mexico and Centra America, the masters of the Stat Oranges of the Patrons -of Husband ry, and a commissioner at large fron each Soutlierd State. The work o preparation is to commonoe at once and a bureau of information is to b4 opened on the 1st of July. The ex. onses are to be met by an assess mont on the stook of the members ol the association, and an appeal to th< mercantile oo'mniunity for an ap ro. pfiation of $25,000. The Washington correspondent of the Springfield Republican gossips na follows : "Senator Morton's friende imi.st that lie will make the beat rut for the Presidency next year, and that as he is sure to carry his own State, it will be politic to take him up. They assort that he will run as well in Ohio as any Republican who haa beon namod, and far better than the most of them ; but the fact that, during the whole of the last Congress, lie favored the most extreme measures for the South, would loso him thous ands of votes. He justifies all that Sheridan did at Now Orloans, and is still in favor of admitting Pinohback as senator. If he were elected Presi. dent lie would outdo Grant in his Radicalism, and the more shrewd Republicans, even of Washington, admit that it is too late to go back to the extremo measures which were popular five or six years ago. The President is not heartily in favor of Morton as suocessor ; indeed, I doubt it he has fully made up his mind on the subject. If the thing could be imade to work lie would like to see Sheridan nominated, but the same influences which will prevent his own nmulination will be apt to destroy the chances of any military candidate. Briatow, prooably, would be the strongest man, as the case looks now, but lie is not the President's candi data. Morton comes nearor to it. ,probably we shall know all'.about it during the coming winter, for Gen. Grant, I think moans to see I lie hasn't power enough to name the candidate." The Indictments again't Tweed. Of the large number of indict. inents which havo been found agains Tweed, many of which were quashed or disposed of under the trial of the famous omnibus indietmont, ther( remain in full force, it is officially stated, sixteen indictments for felony, seven indict..ents for misdemeanor and one new indictment for conspira cy. Iiithisinow indictment he i jointly hagdwith Peter Ii. Swee neoy with cnspiring to defraud the city of Now York. This makei twenty-four criminal indictments exclusive of civil suits. On these indictments, time District Attorney will probably issue bench warranti for each. Thme offenses with which T weed is charged are forgery, lareonj by triok and device, (under the mocl auction Act,) getting possion of mone3 or other property of value by oh tainiing an official signature under false pretences, negligence of efflii duty, and conspiracy to defraud. TwIce lianrled anld Yet Not a Wife. In 1866, Mrs. Eather A madell, wif4 of George 1, Amedell, of Albany obtained an absolute deree of divoro. from him, and on the 3rd of June 1874, she was remnarried to him b: R1ev. Dr. Bridgmnan, and now, ac cording to a complaint filed in th< county clerk's office, it appears that, although twice rmarried Mrs. A. ii not legally a wife. The ;eoinplaini alleges that, after the ocond mar riage, she was persuaded by Amadell to surrender him certain valuable papers #,ioh put him in possession el piroperty, and that she Is advised b.j counsel that the second marriagohis null and void, as the decree of di vorce prohibited Amnadeli from mar. r,ying (luring the life of his wife, ani ahe, therefore, prays the court t4 issue issue an order to restore her thn papers granted her b.y the decree o divorce, aMd surrendered by her t< Amsdll iter the aedond marrinago Maud) Oswald had to stand bo bind a counter in . 'fanoy-store a Troy, N. V., twolve hetra a day She asked permission to alt down anid, being refused, resigned lher -$ a-week salary, and applie4 to Bar num for a situation. She now drive the most gorgeous ch arIot, does a bar back aot, and on a rahary of $75 week, comifortably suppiora I Poitia Notes. Evidence has been adduced to show f that Spencer, the radioal. Senator 0 from Alabama was guilty of bribery, I and corruption to gain hig seat. t The Libbtal reptiblicans of N6W York are mlting aiway. Some have joined the dqmqdraoy, while others B have rotqrnsd to the republioa. fold, r The centennial oelebrations N I knocking the hopos of radicals of the Morton and Beast Butler tripe ii the .bead. By these celebratio4s the North and the South are boning i unite%.,, 8 Bristow, Wilson, Blaine and Po" 1 ton are looming up as republican 3 Presidential candidates since Pen. sylvania, O4iol aid Calforn(a p,a. counood against a third term. Itiden f Thurman, Alled and Hendrix ate mentioned by t,he defboerats. 11arranft has rn renominated for Governor by the' republicans of Pennsylvania. The teetatailere have nominated Hon. U. A. Brown. The democrats have made no nominations. The Maine republicans have 'nomina. ted Gon. Belden Conw for Gov b:nor. Senator MoCreery (dew), and Gon. Harlan, (rep) . are opposing can didatos for Governor of Kentuaky, In Ohio Gov. Allen has been renomi. nated by the democrats, and is opposed by ex-Goveraor Hay, The demoorate favor Inatioa and oppose national. banks. The renubliouns are non-committal. The California republiaess have nomina ted Phel 'for Governor. They pro. nounce tho third term gesip a slander on the President, and denounce the Ceatral Paolge railraed. The Dma'ld for Work in rew York. The various labor bureas In Now York -are oveTUn with applications for work, with an urgency rarely it ever known before, and noe onl2 from oe oles of persims, but from aR trados and all industries. - 11s . de. oline 1.n foreign immigration t4r the time being is a positive bessing - otherwise the vil would have been immensely aggravated. The iaus"s of this state of blto are weIl unt dorstood, ana have tair prper -ae pUnatilon in the etagnat condition of commerce, tradeand manuftctures, which still prevatis. As offort will be made to forward to the West and North-west as iny able-bodied laborers as -at ocompetent to perform farm work and to assist In gathering in the coming harvest. 1 Burled City Ia Snsky. The Ivankfort, Keatucky, Yeoman says : "Mr. Green Botts is the own. or of a -farm at Peeled Oak, on State street, a noted seotion of Bath County, and this qpgn, in plowing up about ity aeres of level land, he discover ed the ruins of a city-a city of regue lar streets, ourbed with stone and evinoing a higher order of archieotu. ral knowledge and a greater civilisa. tion than atky other prehistorio re. mains yet found In this country. Many earsago a faint trace of a, simiar itywasnoticed in Mont goutery county, near Mount Sterling; but the owner of' Ieho land having little tas6e for backward researohese almost or 'entirely obliterated the evidenoo to make tools for oore grov. U lnstamped fank Cheeks. The Treasury Department has de ciofded to compromise the oases against the National banks. on secount of the failure to stamp their checks. The I reports thus far received from the Bank Examiners show that more tlian two hundred banks are open to proseotion on this aecoubi. The, basis of compnromise adopted in this:a Whore the number of uestasped o heeks is Aye or less, t6ese Is no penalty. Where the ub6ee of sheoks range from Eve to Efty, the penalty is fifty dollar.. Where -fromn ffty to one hundred, the pen alty Is one hundred dollars. This Is a penalty at tiq rate of oat dellar Ifor each eheekb The 3osquilte. The New Orleans finre hafi un earthed the following opibttn of mods quitocs agonistogly drawn frote one 'of the disooverers of Lsottsana : By -continaily $lapping of wyngeg he maketh noyse in the ayre as I though he burred A 4 and -groueth > lepyege .n- wItb noy.e and with bytynge, and vraketh theym of theyr t' reste, and *eeth about nioost. by > yghte, and pereeth and' byteti4 nrembres upon which he sitteth. That's a pleasatt bi of reediug.. I! updrwa,net. . loody, the revivalst, is aid to. ,hve remarkable facult 'fo sek ~ I g tamatical tuistakes:and Illitoeales -aM "Them Jews,"m"Tho'- Spitit de up,4 "Hie came to, hind ' &o. But