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BYiTELEGRAPH, ifcti mil tke BEECHER ISOLDS FORTH 1 I istal Changes TREASURY STATEMENT Printing iu fc-vThe follow- n-MLln Pennsyl- wetfin appoln- K. Berkley, Somerset cotfhty; Mrs. Matilda Len- hfcrtf Westmoreland conn- high county; Allen Steven, Hubelavilie Mabanoy Plane, t5cbuylkill county; J. J. county; Aionzo" Raymond," 1 Siier'man," Slovens Lancaster county.

REMOVAL OF 1'OSTMASTEKS KOH 1K- I IV llKOU Ji-A-RrWK 9 A large riiunbei' of'pos'tmaaters have been remoiyed.byjthepoattnaster genera 1 dispoBition; of 'postage unjustly increasing their THE PBINTINO OP NATIOHAL BANK i I i decided, under a section contained in an act.making appropriations for the aun- ofr (i the government IndlugtTune 80,1876, and for other purposes.that the national baBfe notea shall hereafter be prlted on the destructive or.iapeejal paper which is now used for the printing of United laip-ttiaf tjie jroUqtfal bunk notes shaU'hereafter be executed with not less than three plate'prlnttngs, that no company thall exo- Printing upon the same note, the final printing be executed by tjie isurV 1 An'anjfomdiits treasury are being are neaily comple ted, to effect- 'ttils 'in accordance with the decision of the secretary, when orders wiHiafeonce be given for the printing of additional currency. STATEMENT. jrenue.veceipls to-day liBntbi for the fiscal year, Custom ve- for the'moHth for lie fiscal 'year; notea outstanding, $849,205,093, which $2,000,000 are na- tlon'algold bank notes. Bonds held by bank 1 cSrculatioh, for de- poaitSjOf public na- tipna) Jiiink, notes received for redemption during week ending to-day i fljo OHANJJB IV following dispatches have been veceiVfd at tne navy department: UNITED STATES STEAMER MOUTH, OFF JjRAZQSiSAfTJAQQf- July 2 would respect- Cof qalefe the river In aaily- A tigbt draft streamer Is UP vbe river and hp been due here for two days," There baslwennpindicatiPB of cattle raids, and the auDearance. of tbfl boata may Have IB iotiin the raid.

ers, Your Pbedieut servant JOHN JIDS9 Captain United States Navy Command- M. LEBANON, MONJUt EVENING, AUGUST 1876, PRICE TWO CENTS weather with ligb! raini, Soiith to sonthwirot winds and feWng hWQBjeter durlog the MM August river resj sboul of an inch Jn the pas wee A Itttilf ta TWIN MOUNTATN ItoUSB, AtlfiUst, One f.awi from Portbttifl, Maine, Plymouth, NeW Hampshire, StansteacJj Connecticut and Urn Faby- yan housej and one hundred and forty Vehicles from the neighboring cottages ahd tliis morning employ in foiir or five thousand camn to hear Mr. before, since the Mountain house Services were inaugurated, has so large a number assembled to ftl.feml them, Hundreds wore unable to got near enough to the speaker to hem bis voice, Every foot of apaceIri the largo in the corridors leading to it nd Pn'the occupied, there irovenielllh the accommodations for audience that may bore in the future. Mr Beecher intimated by some re- natks with lib prefaced bis sermon that a tent capabjo of urcornodat- iig would boprbcurod Bos. between r.t)iis.-and next Sunday.

Speaking of tiio'Sabb'ath 'services hero te said lie received a letter lust summer rom a.neighboring^clergyman, hero on, Sunday made Sabbfilh breaking pala- able und conscientious, and tiiut in ill tbe villages around about there was i largo class of restlerq pcoplo who vould not go to church at homo, but who availed themselves of the services and of'this day'to make a plcaeuro excursion to tho mountains. In a few larnest and forcible words Mr. Beecher defended himself and those who attend worship hero against tbe imputation lontained in complaint. Beside he sermon the devotional exercises consisted rfrnyers, one preceed- ng the dltoaunufand theiother foliow- ngitand the singing of three hymns. text of the sermon waa Homana The kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness and Ghost.i By arguments, i Ions explanations Mr.

Beecher ideas of tba kingdom if God or religion and tho teachings of be New Testament concerning it, bowing that it consists not of outward orrns and ceremonies and organiza- ioua, but of an inward state or condign of mind which produces right'Hv- ng, joy and A prayer meeting was held as usual by Mr. Beecher in ono of tbe parlors of tbe house every norning of last week witli increasing audiences. Stall Agent Killed. CINCINNATI, August As the mail train on tbe Ohio and Mississippi was pulling into the switch at Lpogbpte, Indiana, yesterday, an iress train collided with the rear car and Mr. mail agent, was killed instantly in jumping tlio car, TKBBK UAUTB, August An extra freight train going west on the Indianapolis and 8t.

Louis railroad to- ight ran over a horse near Nukomus, ditching the engine aud several cars and killing engineer, Dennis O'Brien. Death of Four Inmates of uu In ST. Louis, August preat deal of excitement was occasioned fit tbe county insane asylum yesterday ovei the denth of four inmates from tbe administration of a sedative mixture to make them sleep. The names of the victims are Annie Newman, Christiana Koenig, Anna Peters and Jos. Bockford.

The inquest waa held this afternoon, at which a number of physicians testified aa to the nature and effect of the ture, but the verdict was deferred til an analysis, pf the aedative could be made IP determine whether any other medicines than those prescribed were put in the preparation. who Three SJI August Tiires men were weavers, were drowned at falH this morning by a boat up aetting. Their names were James Uro- Gan, WiUlam Barton and Henry Mar tin. Their bodies have not yet been re covered. CITY, August HftBMb Rogers.of wa 8 drowsed th at EUROPE, WRECK OP A STEAMSHIP The Catholic Clergy LOCAL-NEWS fact high Valley coat, (o bo shipped bjrraH dlt-ect front tho mines In Pennsylvania, to San Pmncisco, tons fixed at pcf Wrt August mall steamship Boyne, from Brazilian 'or Southampton, has been lost off iiost.

Her craw and. passengers were saved. ItTXCAN.fimWMAN on tho ttrexel, Harjoa hftvb redeemed 100,000 of Duncan, Sherman Cofs otters of credit. Those letters are ar- daily from all parts of the Tlift UISIIUN, tbe.OatbO' ic clergy holding' State PoaonJirtN'in Rutiitiitiad law." Itullroiiit Accident LANOASTKH, July nv, unmnrriod, Kid both his lejjs cutjnft wlirtlatlempt- ng to board a western bound lie was iHity hospital whero bo lies In a dying condition. I'uy Dny nuiong; I lie POTTSVILLK, August jeing a general pay day among the iql- lers in the northern' section 'of tbo re- since resumption thejimount of coal minedliffs ever mforo in tbe same space of Unie.fmadQ the amount paid out to the meu jihuau- illy large, arid )lently there were a number of mnces, of free fights, shootings aasaeai- by drunke "it I' A VUKB FiattT At Mabanoy City, at 11 last night, free fight occurred in saloQp 4 mates iuid "cofifenta" Three men engaged in.tbe rQWjWere shot and wound- id.

Christian Brenhower, while standing on the pavement looking on, was phot the bail coming out He will die. A late dispatch to-night states that Brenhower still living, and during tbediiy be made Ills will. Among the wounded was'a notorious character known as Bully Bijl, whose life baa- been attempted before, who waa brought to Pottsville by'a: Mahanoy'City constable and lodged In the county jail FATAL 8IIOOTIN0 At Girardsville lasti night two' men, John Stitsell and Thpbas Love, gbt, into an 5 Shortly after the quarrel Stitsell put in appearapcejat the ofliceoj Squire Gwyther, demanding) a warrant for tho arrest" of Lpve, and while tbo squirot lib s'ijujrb was in the act of preparing the issue of tbe warraht for tbo arrest of Love, Gwyther wps sbct and Instantly killed by some man shooting through a window. Love SHOT At Shoiiaudoali the firemen had; a which yras! kepi up until a late hour last Jamea, who beln'glaskedtosell l)epr to wliila waitingou them wfs shot by one of the njej.1 ap(J died imrae- dlatcly, This bad feeling which lias existed be'tween differant factions there since James killed a man in aelf. defense a year since, Prof.

Rudolph, bra lengthy paper on the sun, says: A or white hpt mass, 850,000 miles in diameter, equall- ing in bulk 1,860,000 worlds like our own, having a surrounding ocean of gas ou tire, 50,000 miles deep, tongues of flame darting upward more than 50,000 milpa volcanic forces that hurl into the solar atmosphere.luminous matter to tbe hajghfc of, 190,900 miles; drawing to self all the banging to our plan' ets, and holding them all In their prop, er place; attraptjng auperipr force the inilliona of solid and stray masses that are wandering JM tfee fathomless abyss that they rush helplessly toward him and fall into flery em brace. And thus iie cofltlflUKs his sub lime and resistless march pigbtv orbit, having a thau 28,000,000 of years. i burg O'JIara to to riioy were in the field at tho time. A grand pie-life wns linld in a grove Martin's flotcl, South of Hlmffera- owtt on Sathrday. A pic-nlc 'Was also held on 8aturday na grove near WolovefntnwhfBerka' io.unty.

crlrtMH. Mr. D.in.vQ* while engaged in wood on Friday noon, at his fathers reaiddnbe, cor h6Vbf Klnth and 'hostniit was ntruck by a piece of wood cutting an ugly Rush above tho right. Ayof. Aiinv'Ue 1 ninp wlicji rni) imtwcon Lobauoiii and Ann about -ido pcoplo to Tlio rain In tho nftortioon was int very Hovcrp and, lasted Works.

Th6 now'plan construction, designed by P. L. Welmer, Esq. of the AVoimer Machine Works, for tli North Jersey Iron Company, baa te'c engraved, and in, tho icon Aqc of Thursday, August 12, tho leading newspaper in the United States on the Iron trade, C'ouiicll A regular stated meellng of Council will be'beld thla oyenirig 'Court House; The members from tbo fourth wnrd should nttond to the pavements on Willow fl'treeii, leading to'Burrowes Building. Tho members, would immortalize themselves if tliey would abate Rooflnie Mr, Augustus B.owpiV; tho slater, is at presentengn'getl in "repairing tho roofs at the Welnii-r Machine 'Works.

He also bus thei'contract for roofing the new at PretJorjlQkSburg.tho grain b()uae of Messrs. WorjKii- Woias at Avon, buildings at IJIgljSpire, Middle- other places, l.lvuly Mr. Sqmwl of-Bethfl tpwnsliip, ithla county, stinted this morning, at sevetv o'clock, ub I'redbr- IclJHburg, mid ut half past oight o'clock reached traveled the entire distance often milos over umud dy road. Ills ago is seventy and is yet able to outwalk many young men, I'riNon Thirteen prisoners in jail. Sheriff Ebur lias discharged John M'Tague, his having expired.

H. Smith, commitieil for defraud lug C. Stump of a sliver watch, was discharged by Justice Henry Gulbacb, committed fpr as- sa'uHlng hla motlier, IH dlncbarged on bail. The Republican convention of Dau- piiiu county meet tomorrow risburg. JolinH.

Weiss, formerly of tills county, is elected ft delegate of the Harrisburg. Mr Carmany, of at oiie time a resident of tiila county, has four del. egutes from hie town and tbree froir LonflQflderry IP for liiji Tjils oqunty is at present eritirely at tlio roercy of thieving tramps, who in feat every nook and corner of it, roam ing around nWti, stealing whatever tiiey can find. armew espfcialjy port constant raids upon llmir corn jieldfl, henneries, spring liouues, bams and otlier property, Tlio latest ing brought to our notice was a due IP pf chickens of Mr. ing in Nprtii questfon what is to ho done with tram pa.

la one wblcli will to brought to tbe np ticeof epurts and 89 action by tbe pepple wiw em be saved from tbeir depredatioua willbiY tp be taken. tilth tiinti Mr, ftotett i'ickefj of Iton. Asa be inArriedtO ftdaugh- ef of Itotf, Victor riotet, 6f Bmdfottl bounty, 6ft the 8d ti! The peddlfttf will IftltS place I the brldea parent and will ftgmnd Mesari, Wcfnef Ut Wetss, grain mnls, at Aton StaUffit, intehd to ttrgo their grain ware house by the nd- dltlon of another story, and the placing of elevators, Thww Hnprovomenta are made to accommodate their largo und glowing bus I ness. Mr. Joseph Light, grain merchant, Iso contemplates enlarging bis grain louse and adding another story to It, The work wliUMi The carap meeting of the ttvfttrgellcn 1 Association commcnbed to-day lit Yea- kei'a woods, near Hosonsack 'ord township, Berks county, A cftinp mooting of f.ho United commonbed today iiiMorvlne'fl woods, near iControiiortilJorkacbitnty.

To-morrow camp meeting of tho Jnlted Brethrbn church will commence Dbngior's wobdl, cost of Bonding' About twenty touts Will bo Presiding JJlder Hunk, of town It in charge, The Porn at Pbttavlllo, mid Activca of Head ing, played a game In Heading this aftorhdpii, Tho Actives of Jlteadlng, and the Quicksteps of Wilmington, will plfty a return game on the 24 th 1 nst, To-hiorrow the J2xj)ert8 of Ifarrls- burg, play tho Hwana of Baltimore, The Exports of llarrisburg, on Bat' urday, defeated the PhUadelphlaa by a score, of. 6 to 4. Preacott baa twelve lioiisea.one store, one school house and one grain warehouse, Mr, Uriah Baltzer baa erected a new stand, and baa just ye turned from tb6 city 'with h'tfnb stock 'of goods and groceries! JTo is doing a grtod business, Mr. Henry Haak is doing an slvo business in the grain trade. Prescott 1ms 101 Inhabitants.

il iron The Tamaqua rolling mill baa puroliaBed byjMoBHrs, Carter of Philadelphia, for $17,000. Thero IB aonio talk of building a blast furnace near tho Cnesler rolling mlllH, Thei West illimbunr Iron Works urg i llnTh, now partly In operation. A new Btoel mill will bo ready In Scranton for operation on September .1. It Is rumored that tho Thomas Iron Company, of llddonduuqun, will blow In two of their furnaces I'dllUoal Brick Ppmeroy is lecturing in Jtflchl- Annie Dickinson, la now at £bi- cago, Nosv the campaign haa opened inlhle county, Uobort Dale Owen'w general healt Js Improving, All Hepublican wwro In town to-day, To keep pointed In political for the Nwwa, Mrs, JSli'abeth It.Tjlton is at at Vety Wftttn' TJain relgfiS suprcnie, Wild cherries Albtutto registration, Tho dog rtafs hnve ended, Another shower lait night, tiattlon vcgt'tablea are plenty. Three weeks mote of summer, the Fourth liegtment is niled.

August tit the month for ditching, Hen turkles have the whitest feet, Tlio corn la now getting on Its ear, Tim walnut crop Is being gathered in- We wlUhavnavWIgreeH Autumn. ThlB WM nred letter day for A brisk showelf fell ywterdftt afternoon, Partrldgpfl are reported to be num. erous, LnnPrtater cHmlfial court commenced to-day, Pnrrnom nra making the second crop of ihay4 1 i ftbmo lik'lha Vrnlca' la irritant IxjlBon, Knoll nian nil men mortal but himself, Trotting at Utloa coramenoes to. Bomo country schools opened this I'alatlnato bollogo, Myoretown open- od to-day, fi! QualUro reported plenty In certain lOClUttlCB. Tho Jfewltl has It "grate" of poaohoa, Tho trail of tho tramp can bo wen everywhere, Dont wear a sloping boot in the peach skin season, You hot tboro will lm fun at the roka plc-nle, Floods on some of our streets has be- como common, "Sir John Barleycorn" ia a very pop.

ular Individual, Prof. Donaldson's children, in Reading are In want. The sale of umbrellas now is still considered good. Peaches, watermelons and cantaloupes are plenty. Wo aro all going to the Kureka piQ- nlc, Ain't you Womolndorf la overciowded wlfcb anrnmoi' boarders.

The most cutting remarks, aro made by tlio bluntest men, Tho West Chester Jfewa "MyerB- town Berks county." You'don't see boys of 19 wearing roundabouts any more, Give a helping hand to the Eureka boya, They deserve it, Wlian you can potatoes beware of, preserving potato bugs. Next Buaday Haturn will only be inllea from Tbo hospital of Uie 'Coutl- nenlal army was at Bethlehem, Thero "aro flvo Sundays, five Mondayi and ilvn TuoHdays In this month, The trains thla morning worecrowded with paBBongors attending cOnrt, Tho Pennsylvania Uailroad Company uow controls 2,807 miles of track. Tlio Ktovordulo camp meeting was attended by thousands yesterday. 1 Mr, Trufford, of Marysvllle reports fishing excellent at that point, I what colors should babies be dressed Why, In fancy colors of, Masons and bridge builders read the newspaper llppds with great placidity of mind. Tlio dura Welgblejr's MJ.1 in Hei- dflll township, was drawn pfjf pn Mrs, Andrew Johnson, Is rocovefrlug from the shock produced, by her us? band's President Grant ba tlio guest of Qeneral' Wurnside, at JJrlBtol, ItbfMjp Island, to-morrow.

M. McC'jurB, forMjerly of remavoa to Allentown, ills family on JPrWay. The existence ol a NBW8 tbat tftJM out Is noy auoe to extreme party Kir Charles Dllko will sail for this country on the HUi of next jnQntli, Judge PJenepont dectoes tho dent is not a candidate for Mr. Israel iteinbart, brotber Of Mr an- Odd Follows of DauplUn lUlwld a union at on Thursday, Examine the registry Hat to see if your uro after Bepteinber 22d 1C The Norrlstown Daily a colored geutlouiau of that place Hi by 4J inches, What la the of tiieui Heading editors will somo, Mr, SmltU, saddler, NP, 761 Cumberland street, IMW at present on exhibitipu at Ills, efltftbitebmejit, oue ot (he finest double sets of harness that ban ever teen owr pleasure to am if io, It la lutoudod for a druggist at Altooua, where it will bo shipped lu the course days. The worJf Ji and of excellent finish.

wlilte celluJoid, With' gold lining, and makes a splendid appearance. Tboso who desire to aiuineitcaii do so by calling at tbs saddlery. Joseph rrr at BJrdsborro, last Jtftd, of V. I QBNT'S LIST. jienspn, In 1S63, Cajrmany, John; JJenjnger, Donuberger, Kauiuel; Gaaaert, fited, Gingrich, kuwer, Oftrtatto Manly, MuUeu, are In of Jjew York, Won, Holrnafl, ol Jtenft.

Ham Kftltey. V. pf tho of Jwvipg served Hoe, Wood, of Hew York, JJon. J. of Fewnsyl- vawta.and J.

GarfleliJ.of Ohio, have served twelve years. M133 Mary, Beibert, Miry, 1 9 Rebecca 5.

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