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ST Rt) UD S B U R G ; MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 21. 1876.
NO. 16.
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Published by Theodore Schoch.
Tk-bm-s Two dollar a year in advance and -if . not
j.jtl.i t. -f.irc the end of the year, two dollars and fifty
t.,.itt will ln charirifL
No p.iyi-r discontinued until all arrearages are
paid, exeept at the notion of the Editor.- -
Kff Advertisement of one square of (cipht lines) or
J.'s. "lie r three insertion. 1 ."h. Eaeli additional in
ort ion, .-i rents. Longer ones iu proportion.
jo is iriYTrixci
r- OF ATX KINDS, "".J
lucent itl in the highest style of the Art, and on the
ino.t reasonable term.
J.
II. SHU 1. 1,, III. I.
S.-e'ind dwr below Burnett IIou.e. ResiJene
Jnd d -r wft of llu kiite Quaker ("hiircli. Olhc
i.iir ! '. a. 1 to 3 k. m., 0 to 'J p. lu. '
M;iv J".. lSTllf.
D
IE. S. 31 1 E.I. Tit,
IMtysician ami Suicon,
STR6l;I)SKUHCr,:iA.',
7
o;Ti , f.irnnrly oc;upii4l hy Ir. Sip. lteddenre witU
.1. I!. Mill'T, ouii "I wr lid'w li. jetreroiilau OlSi-cs i
otii.M- li"ir, T to '.i, 12 to :; stud C to :. , ,
f.i li, !; .. if.
.V. I.. I'KCK," '
v Surgeon )cnlist.
:li in IMiiv'T's new linildin . ne:irlr opjuisitc
t In- ; riu'l!ii r-i i'.aiik. Ou nilinnisf i-rc.l for xt:ieting
wlii'ii d 'Mrt-d. . - .
Str.tid'ii:r', 1:. f.lan. ftjTft-f; -
PiiYsirnx. siTiCEnx and ArrorniErR.
;Vit-( in S:i'ii:i'l IIimmI's new liniMinj, nearly o
j. .it.- t'.i.- p-.-t .ilii;e. Jieid ;ilce on Surah Mreet,
a!, .v.- Vranklin.
7"si.s:. n:iR.si).,
V S1nry l"nlHr,
A k:i v.vl ,1
leitls ta'cesi ami all lmsi:i-. pertainiii.i; I
. i !i ' i-.ir.'fiii! v eXTtitftl.
IMDIIsi'N & TMOMl'SoN,
l!-:tl lvt:it Iiiiiiain-e Ajrent
K!t!""r' nw luiildiii-j m-nr tlir lK-p.it.
ll.i-l .-; !":.. J.iii. "J7, 17.1.
lyvisi
Aiioriicj'af I-aw,
OiH' 1 vr ahovc the ".Stron.lsbtirg House,"
StroinUli'irtr, I'a.
tVtlioctions jrotniitIr made.
O.-luWr '11, iSt 1
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms,
Timber Lands and Town
Lots
FOP SALE.
o;!u-c meirly opjio-itc American
an 1 lA (I r l.c!v iha Corner Stre.
M iri-li i, lS7:utf.
IIoucs
DR. J. LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
"ia hisnnlor- on Main Mreet-, in tliesei-ond itory
of I'r. S. '.ilt .:i'- l.rirl; l.tiiMit:?, nearly oj.ji-ite the
.S:r.i.rl-!ury ! I and hi? I'.uitTS hiiu-.-if that ).y eili-
t. r: v.-nrr. (.!i-!.i:it prjetirp and thi tnost -arn'St and
u a:icu:inH io all saatttTa p:riaiuiji'4 to hi.-pro-1
' i-iii. thi! h' fully avd-- to perform all "-nl in
i i i!n dental li:i- in the n.-t careful and skillful inaii-
S-'--ial a'tr-iitii n riven to sai in; th Xatural T-eth :
a!- . ! the iiiwriii'ii of Arlifieiai Teeth od liubN-r,
i Silv. r. or t'outiiiuous (lucis, ami perfect Ct Lu all
f ;iv.-s iij-iiin d. '
M'.-t jfrsf.ns knoT therreat f'.lij- anl d;inrr f r n
t ru-itiu t !fir w.ii k.Jo the i!i-xpvri.'i).-e!.or to thine 11 v
at a di-tam-e. " April t::, 1S71. tf.
Opposition to Humbuggery!
Tli--u'id r-iM;' d h-ri-hr ainionnee. thnt li-h9i re-.-ihm'-.I
n, - ;:t tl.'- old taud, in-xt ri.Kir to KuMer's
i..:hiii' St..r
fiiiiy p.-.-parv
. Main tr. i t. trotiil-iur.'. I a.
to ;n-i-' njiiii. nlti' all iu want l
and i
BOOTS and SHOES,
tnn-l- in tho late-t and of -rood material.
lipair-
ri ' r.rM-nr.tlv atl-ut.:d lo. tuvc me a rail.
1
LKWIS KATEirS.
a.otiii:k trophy wox
liY THE
r,-,,, .--TiT-ii wo-T-T'In
uxvu
These superior flnd bpntitiftilly finished In
Mruinentri m far eclipsed their competitor in
volume, purity, sweetness and delicacy of (one,
as to cany oii'tlie first and only premium giv
to cxhiltitors of reed Organs at the Monroe
County Fnlr, held September lo, 1S74.
Uiiv onlv the ie.-t. For price list address
Oct l'-tf. ' J. Y. SlOAFirS, .
PAPER HANGER,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MONROE STREET, ''
Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith, Shop,
Strocosccro, Pa.
The undersigned would respectfully in
'orin the citizens of Stroudsburg and vicinity
""t he is now fully prepared to do all kinds
' Paper Hanging, Glazing and Painting,
promptly and at short notice, and that he
will keep constantly on hand a fine ttock ot
Paner 1 1..
lo
w
pricee. The patronage ot the public.
' earnestly golicted.
May 1G, 1872.
Dwelling House for Sale.
very dcsiraMe tun storv Dwcllii.fr Hou.-e, contain
ing tven rooms, one of whii.h is .suitable
for a Store Itooni, situate on Main ttreet,
in tlw JU.iimiijIi of S-troudburjr. Tli?
! hnildiu? is ni.urlr new. and 'verv lrt
'-Aofit iu nood tou'diliou. For term Ac,
1 a1' at this otr.ee. Illcc. 3. lST.T-lf.
(Jlcc. 9, 1ST:
DO'T you Know Uial j7 II.
3lcCartv A: Sons are the only Under
takers in Htroudsbun who understands
dsburff who underbtarvls thfiir
1'U.M
mess ? If not. attend a Funeral managed
".V any other Undertaker in town, nd you
Me the r.rnn"0f the fact.
JiJc 174-Li
TOBACCO.
The aim oftlie writer Is to' Jo aTilttfe i
the wav of cxDosinT n. mnnifit t41 nn,i r
in
aiding a much needed reform. Sevcr6 he
may be, when the exigeucies of his argu
ment demand it. "Hut severity mayftotTbc
unkiiidncss. . It may; be .the truetit jUnd
ncss. - Said the great apostle. "Am I be
come your enemy because I 'tell you the
truth r A friend of llobert - Halloo, fel
low minister once asked Iuui for' a gla.ss of
brandy and water (it was more ftshlytiTible,
fifty years ago, for 'clergymen to-indulge,
than it is rinw). .."Call things bjvheir
right names," said Hull, "and you tliall
have as mucli as yuii j.Iease.'V "Why' jfou't
I use the right name ? I ask for a glass
of brandy. uuj waicr." . -That," sard-jlall,
"is the current, jtt- itot the propcr'name.
Ask for a glasrt.oC7iruld fire andi'clisvlled
damnation, and jou shall have a gaHon."
i he lioor intm turned rule, and for tiho-
lor a'mi
lgeVVbi
menf secmca struggling with anger , but
kuowmg the Hall did not mean to- insult
him, he gave hi hand and said ; "Brother
Hall, 1 thank you from, tho 4Vttoin r. of my
heart." That , blunt kiudnea-v saved the
muuJ He ' drank no inoiv -ManT of the
writer's friends, and some ofliis near rela
tives, arc-victims ,ofa L.ul-.habit. One good
aiid -great nian-for'5 whoni his admiration
rises' to re teronce it is said uses the vile
weed. What then ? Must we be silent ?
"Plato is my friend, Soeratos is my friend,
but J ruth-is more mr friend." ' -Noble
sentiment, fit to be engraved on every heart.
"A FEW AUdl'MKNTS AdAINST TOBACCO.
It is hurtful to licalth. A book mnrht
be written on this jircgnant topic. Suffice
it to s:iy, there can be no doubt that many
are killed outright by tobacco. It is said
on good authority, that a large part of the
(mortality"' in Clermany where tobacco is
j universally used is due directly to it. The
j writer has no doubt two of his near rda
( tives sank under its baneful effect ; and he
I is not alone in that belief. And where
ueaia uoes not result, it pi ouuces a Host ot
discomforts, strange ailments and disorders
of vital functions. No intelligent person
will denv this. How could it .bo oilier wise?
j A deadly narcotic cannot be safely tampered
witn. it win, it must tell upon tnat .or
ganiz:tiou so delicate, so fearful, po wonder
ful, in which the human soul dwells.
It is nasty ciul fffentiw. This is not a
pleasant topic, but the truth must be told.
Tobacco lias come to be an intolerable nuis
ance in regard to these very points. - It as
sails one everywhere, like the frogs of
Kgypt. In the cars, what horrible puddles
of yellow slime you will see, from which
sickening odors exhale,' oisoning the air.
In all public places one meets the inevitable,
omnipresent pest. No matter whose sense
of decency is shocked, or whose unperverted
senses are disgusted, it is taken for granted
that tobacco is a "chartered libertine." Re
gardless of the sanctity of Clod's house, its
lloors must bear the stains of the abomin
able expectoration, and not seldom is the
nauseous quid itself deposited there. Need
one wonder that Mr. Moody said : "There
is but one text in the Bible in favor - of to
bacco "Let him that is filthy be filthy
still," or at the sharp, witty saying "1 hey
that expect to rate as gentlemen, must not
expectorate tobacco juice."
It is a dead iratfc. A book lias been
written inn Our ica'sfnl rctovrces" in re
lation to tlspior driidcinj. It i? well, let it
be scattered, and carefully stuided. By and
by tax payers will come to understand that
whisky rolls up taxes, and then the pocket
nerve will be touched, and that will arouse
them, perhaps, more than a regard to higher
considerations. Tohneco also, demands a
hook". What a'theme is offered by just
this phase jpf .tfia, subjectr-rits enormous
iruste. Many have not looked at this thing
at all. Consider a few facts. The Xorth,
Xiiuriran lleview for 1SG2. pp. 400, says:
1851 the city of-Ncw-York spent S3,
C54.(J(ifl for cigurmd only $3,102,500
for bread
Excess fur cigars, over halt a
million dollars." "It is perfectly safe to
say, saia tne AewiorK limes, -inafciucre
is more spent in New York for cigars than
for brt-ad." The cletir author of "Jofm
Halifax," in her capital book, "A Woman's
Thoughts about Women," at page 215, tells
of young men habitually spending thirty
guineas ($150) in cigars, who j'ctcouldl
not afford to get married. No wonder
There are clerks in the city of New York,
it is said, who ,speud for cigarfc three dob;
lars a day, some of whom have sisters who
can hardly afford themselves thq bare ne
cessaries of life. Take another case : In the
June number of the Xational Temperance
Advocate, page 81, is the following:- "A
pastor of a church of 2(7 members, relates
that 07. of them; rise tobacco,' rile asked
each one what it cost. ' The aggregate was
$S15. One of the number confessed be
spent for it 3145.' ? His contribution' to the
church was 00 cents. Another one spent
$01, who gave, to tho church 2. The whole
church, with the aid of outsiders,' gave for
all purposes $841, which Jacks $1 of what
the 07 wasted for rabaeco 1 In strongly
marked contrast with the above, take the
following, from the Illustrated Christian
Weelhf of Jan. . 1874: "The Rev. S,
II, Wilbur, who lias, for twelve years labored
among the Yokima Indians in Oregon,
statcsthat there are about 400 cpnverti'd
Indians under bis care, mid in every case
there has been a complete and voluntary
abandonment of the use of tobacco." What
an example for churches leyontl the pale of
that tribe !
The national cost of tobacco must be
something fearful. That it amounts to as
much as the cost of alcohol is highly prob-
. If 1 ....tr..M ". , L WttVt
rjr" ail wO'J usj-Uiyu uj miv ""i
Ftvr cxreptfocB uee the foison tcted, and
many who use the weed do not use tho
drink. Now the cost of alcohol, as careful
statistics prove, is six hundred million dol
l(irs, enough to wipe ont our national debt
over which we groan in less than four
years: Add another $000,000,000 of waste
for tobacco, and what a frightful sum !
How long can the nation struggle tinder
such a burden? Need we wonder that
times are hard ? Since nations are but the
sum total of the individuals, that compose
them, it follows that what iniproyerishes in
dividuals impoverishes nations. ' Think of
the dead loss to the nation of tied cc hun
dred million dollars a year ! ; .Yes, a dead
loss, and tcorsc. Were the lirpuor and the
tobacco, costing the nation so man millions
enough together to pay' off our im
mense debt iu less than two years flung
into the ocean, it would be all the better
for the men and oil the worse for thcfishesJ
What a pity the people do "not study politi
cal economy a little. The elements, at least,
of that useful science, should be .taught iu
our common schools, so that the next
generation' may understand these matters
batter than the present one docs. During
this Centennial 3ear it would be well to
ponder this subject, aud ask ourselves which
the dead loss to the nation of tictlce hun
dred million dollars a year ! Yes, a dead
loss, and icorsr. . Were the liuor and the
tobacco, costing the nation so many mil
lions enough together to pay off our im
mense debt in less than two years flunjr
into the ocean, it would
be all the better
for the men and all the worse for the fishes.
What a pity the people do not study politi
cal economy a little. The elements,' at least,
of that useful science, should be taught in
our common schools, so that the next gen
eration may understand these matters bet
ter than the presant one does.. During this
Centennial year it would be well to ponder
this subject, ask oursclvos which many we
arc drifting. Shall we, as a free people,
celebrate a bi-ecntennial year, or shall we
go the way of nations long since wrecked
by their vices and luxuries ! Some may
smile at this serious way of putting things,
but no sober student of history will do so.
On the L'Gth of Nov., 1S7"), at theVrcs
byterian Mission House iu New York, said
one of the Secretaries of the Beard of
Foreign Missions, "If our enrolled members
would give a tithe of what their luxuries
cost thnt hurt them, there would be no lack
of funds to carry forward the great works
the church has iu hand." we can: believe
that He who sits over against the treasury,
beholding how his professed friends cast in
their gift, or otherwise, and who said on a
memorable occasion, "Gather up the frag
ments that nothing be lost" looks with
complacency on this iens(cof resources whom
vicious luxuries, while all great benevolent
schemes, adapted to meliorate and bless the
world, aud to glorify God,- are stinted for
funds. " - ' W. 1. V.
GREAT WORKS COMPLETED.
THE UEUGEX HILL TL'XXKL AND IIACKEX
. SACK BRIDUE. . , . .
Wc lcaru by inquiry of President Sloan,
of the Delaware. . Laekawanua . and Wes
tern Railroad, that the tunnel through
Bergen Hill, which cost about $1,000,000,
is now complete ; that workmen arc clean
ing out the debris and laying track through
the entire length, preparatory to the run
ning of trains. Within thirty days the road
will be in full operation on the new track.
The great iron drawbridge across the
Hackensack river (connecting with the tun
nel) is also complete, so that trains could
be run over it now; if necessary, i This
bridge is a fine structure, built after sur
mounting' great natural obstacles 'in the
yielding nature of the soil beneath,' and is
among those -' mechanical .triumphs which
may well be pointed at pride. Its cost was
estimated at $75,000, but 'it is ;' probable
these figures are exceeded on account of
difficulties not anticipate. C-1-'" '
The tunnel is '4270 feet in length in
cluding the approaches, which arc 30 feet
Jong at cither end. Six shafts have been
sunk down to the tunnel, i order to keep
it from smoke and grass. The largest of
these is situated near the centre of the hill,
and has a width equal to that of the tun
nel. , The remaining shafts, which are situa
ted, nearer to the entrances of the tuunel,
arc of smaller dimensions. : They vary in
depth from 75 to DO feet, measuring from
the surface of the ground to the bottom of
the tunnel. , , . JJ ,
! The company has graded about a mile
and a-half of road .at the west end of the
tunnel where the track crosses the Yaq rail
way, twenty feet above it, and thirty-seven
feet above tide-water. About two miles of
the line extending from the eastern end of
the tunnel to the Ilobokcu tlepot is. also
graded. ' j t. 4 . - ?;r I i.
About one and one-half miles of the com
pany's track at the west end of the Erie
touuel will be abandoned and deeded to the
Eric Bail way.. Company, for. which consi
deration the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western trains' will be allowed to ' cross at
grade certain of tho Eric' Bail way tracks
without stopping. ; ' , .- ,'
The company will us its track at the
east end of the Erie tunnel to tako its coal
trains over to the Long Dock, where, it
owns a large frontage, and has facilities for
reshipping coal.' The building '. pow occu
pied by the officers of the company at
Hobokcn will be taken down to make room
for the new track. The passenger trains
will run into the same depot as at present.
UV". K Commercial Advertiser. . ,,,
The State of New York will soon be de
nuded of its forests. Five thousand acres
of tinabfcr land have just been burned' over
cn Long Inland, which cannot be replaced.
"PENNSYLVANIA'S DAY."
PROCLAMATION BY OOVERXOtt II ART
RAN FT A PUDLIC 'HOLIDAY' RECOM
MENDED. IIarrisburo, September 12. The fol
lowing proclamation was issued by Gover
nor Hartranft to-day :
In the name and by the authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I John
F. Hartranft, governor of said Common
wealth.' r ' A PROCLAMATION. . v
Wherea, The Unite! ' States Centen
nial commission has invited the several
states to assist in celebrating the Inter
national exposition held iu honor of the
oue-hundredth auniversary of. the inde
pendence of the Uuitcd States by setting
apart a sutiable day for the delivery of ad
dresses illustrative of the growth and pro
gress of the. original colonies since 177Gand
of their aister states since their foundation,
to the iuteut that the evidence of, the pro
gress of each state may be placed upon
record in tho beginning of the second
century of the republic ;' now, therefore I,
John F. Hartranft, governor of Penn
sylvania, having set apart Thursday, the
2Sth day of September, 1870, being the
one hundreth anniversary of the adoption
m convention of the first constitution of
the state of Pennsylvania, do hereby recom
mend to the citizens aud authorities of the
counties, boroughs and towns of the Com
monwealth that the said 2Sth day of
September, 1S7C, be held and observed as
a state holiday, and that the muncicipal and
county authorities take action for the pub
lic observance of the day by inviting their
people, by proclamation of otherwise, as to
them shall seem most proper, to assemble
in Philadelphia to take part in the cer
emonies of the day, and I do hereby invite
all the citizeus of Pennsylvania and their
descendants residing in other section of the
United States, and the citizens of other
states now visiting or residing in the state,
to be present and assist in making the day
a memorable one in the annals ot the Com
monwealth. Given under my hand and the grcst seal
of the state, at Ilarrisburg, the 12th day
of September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six
and of. the commonwealth the
one hundred and first.
By the Governor, J. F. Hartranft. .
M. F. Quay, Scc'y of the Commonwealth.
A Mall Package Cast on the Waters Four
Years Ago.
Over four )cavs ago a package valued at
$50 was mailed at Lindenvillc to a post
office in Pennsylvania, and as a means of
security had it registered ; but somewhere
on its passage it disappeared and could not
be fouud. The case was investigated by
special officers, and everything possible
done to find the last package, . but without
avail. Lindenville is a country postolEce,
and from there the mail is carried to
Williamsfield, a railroad station, by a route
agent, and in all cases registered mail mat
ter has to be receipted for before he takes
it away. In this case the Lindenville post
master had a receipt from the agent, but
as the agent had none from the Williams
field postmaster the package could be traced
no further. After a vigilant search the
package was given up for lost, and the
route agent Was compelled to pay the loss.
The matter was almost forgotten, until a
few days ago the package turned up, and
it had been all those years lying within an
arm's' length of the Williamsfield postmas
ter's desk. " It had been received from the
rout agent in a smaH pouch,' together with
about forty letters, and" as the pouch 'was
an extra one, only occasionally used, it was
by mistake hung upon on a hook near the
desk, and there having been no use for it
since, it. had been there all these years.
One day last ; week the pouch was taken
down for use, and its contents fouud
intact. -Cleveland UcraUl.
Wheat sells for forty-five cents a bushel
at Dallas' Tcxa.
The Erie Railway. will save $350,000
and the New York Central $750,000 a
year by the decline in coal.
An Oregon paper tells of rye stalks
grown in that State this year that arc ten
feet high, and of wheat and oats in propor
tion. ' J -
There arc estimated to be in operation
on the entire planet 200,000 steam engines,
with an aggregate of twelve million horse
power, equivalent to the strength of one
hundred million men.
Is perjury also a product of Mormonism ?
A Salt Lake grand jury reports that the
law of Congress against polygamy cannot
be enforced owing to the difficnlty of pro
curing proof of polygamous marriages.
. Alexj Coker, a Texas herder, was run
ning cattle recently when his horse fell and
the long lariat that hangs at the saddle-bow
became entangled around tho herders leg.
The horse rose quickly and ran, dragging
Coker across the plains, but had proceeded
but a little way when Coker managed to
draw his pistol and shot the animal dead.
A romantic story is reported from Jersey
City., John Hubert, who has a wife and
seven children, was ejected from his house,
a few day ago, for non-nayment of rent and
his furniture remained on the sidewalk
from Thursday tiutil Sunday night, because
he ftad no place to go. On Monday he re
ceived a letter from England informing
him of the death of a relative, aaJ incloir
ing a draft for f 25,000.
Political olt s.
It is claimed for Governor Tildeii that
he has reduced the taxes in New York.
The claim' is not a good one, as the reduc
tion was made by a Republican Legislature;
but he can most certainly claim to be an
adept at reducing his own taxes.
Before Governor Tilderi asks a single
workingman to vote for him for President,
he should go straight to one of his barrels
of money and make restitution to those
Michigau iron workers that he so outrage
ously wronged.
; While Governor Tilden was a rftember of
assembly in 1S72, the Toll was called 1.503
times and the governor answered 10? times.
But on pay day he answered to his name
every time. Most reformers of his stamp
do so. Albany Journal.
The Louisville (Ky.) Commerical per
tinently asks the Democrats how much their
party has improved since the time when
John J. Crittenden exclaimed indigantly
that out of a total of sixty-five Democratic
land office agents sixty-three were' thieves.
General Boynton telegraphs to the
Cincinnati Gazette that, with all its show
of indignant virtue, the Democratic com
mittee on the Freed man's bank, when it
found ex-Representative Pierce, of Geor
gia, a Democrat, as badly involved as any
bod', hushed the matter up, and omitted
him altogether from its report.
The Tilden campaign grows active in
Mississippi. A Republican club was or
ganized last Tuesdcy night at Jacksoii and,
ex-Senator Peass, while attempting to
speak from a balcony, was pelted with eggs.
That is the method of securing a "united
South," and the loyal people" will hold
responsible the party whose strength
consists in such disgraceful conduct.
When the Democrats cf the South cease
with tho lash and bullet to make bloody
shirts, the loyal people of the North will
cease speaking of them. When all those
that were engaged during the late war try
ing to destroy this great government are'
anxious to have Tilden president, I think
all loyal men should try and prevent it;
A Soldier.
The Hon. Frank W. Hughes, of Potts
villc, a venerable "war horse" of Democ
racy, has concluded to nibble his oats no
longer at the ancient crib. He has with
drawn from the ' Tilden Demiocracy,- and
has accepted the position of elector at large'
on the Cooper and Carey ticket. He gives
as the reason for the change, the fact that
"the Sk Louis platform, especially as
regards the finances, is a trick and a fraud,
and that no good Democrat can support
cither tlic platform of its nominees"
Governor Tilden runs a political shop at
59 Liberty street, New York, which is
managed by a relative, greatly to the dis
gust of the politicians, who think they
should have a finger in the pie. Any one
wanting a photograph of Uncle Samuel, a
smaple of his handwriting, or a lock of his
hair, can obtain it by addressing a note to
No. 51). Everything can be had there, in
fact, relating to Mr. Tilden, but a fac simile
of his inconia return after the year 1S02.-
Cincinnati Chntmerctal.
Tilden's defense against the charge of
perjury is that an income tax is not a tax
on income, but a tax on earnings-. . For in
stance, if Governor Tilderi received $20,000
ill 1S02 for work performed during several
years, the whole $20,000 would not be
subject ' to tax on income. This is con
trary to all legal decisions on the subjec't,:
and if Mr. Tilden cannot get up a better
defense than that he had better withdraw.
Judge Benedict, of New York, decided not
very long ago that the tax was a tax on in
come received during the year and not upon
the caruings of the year. So that defense,
is swept away.
The San Francisco Post prints the follow
ing extract from a letter received by a gen
tleman in that city from the Eist: "You
know I am a director in the St. Louis, Al
ton" and Terre Haute Railroad Corapan',
and one of the committee following up
Sammy Tilden in its suit against him. We
have always becu good friends until this
suit, and now wc don't speak. Whatever
he may say about it, or the Democratic
papers say for him, it was a rascally piece
of business, of which Tweed would have
been ashamed. He had no more right to
that $650,000 of securities than you had ;
but he is sharp and devilish sly, and he
may succeed iu worming out of it by some
technical defense. He will never face it
on the merits."
The New York Herald notes the f.ct
that six or seven savings banks hate brok
en up in that city since last year, and that
in several instances the grossest of frauds
were practiced. The Bauk Superintend
ent, it seems, neglects his duty, and the
poor depositors arc swindled. Tho Herald
says'.
Wc have been waiting to hear from
Governor Tilden on this subject. He is
the Chief Executive of the State. The
Bank Superintendent is his subordinate.
The Governor is responsible that his sub
ordinates do their duties faithfully. But the
Governor is busy with politics, lie does
not seem to care about the poor depositors.
At least there is no evidence in any act of
his that he either knows or cares about
their moneys. There is so much talk about
reform in these days that we wonder some
of the reformers do not, for sweet consis
tency's 6ake, look a little after the hard
savings of the working men and women of
Ner York and seo to it that the savbgj
bauk3 tre bentstly conducted.
"Where does the money-go" asks a
Democratic paper. The Albany Journal
answers : " A barrel of it went to St. Louis,
aud Bates & Locke got another."
The Attorney General has definitely de
cided not to recommend the pardon of any
of the convicted and sentenced whisk)- con
spirators. This will be sorry news to the
Democracy.
John Morrisscy told T'ihten to tils face ;
" 1 cut loose from Tweed in 1868, before it
was known that he had done anything
wrong, but yon stuck to him until
And Mr. Tilden had no word of reply.
Which is the more corsistent reformer of
these two worthies ?
Democrats complain because Republicans
arc turning over the books of the administra
tions of Polk, Pierce and Buchanan, and
discussing swindles amounting to $3,001
000 in Indian appropriations. It is rather'
ancient, that's a fact ; but as it is the last
time that those eminent thimbleriggers had
Control of the governmont it is the bst we
can do. Xew York Graphic 1
The Albany Times, one of the foremost
Democratic papers in New York, insists
upon the immediate withdrawal of Gov
ernor Tilden from the Democratic ticket,
and the New Haven (Conn.) Union, an
other influential organ of the Dernocracj;
says :
The duty cf the Western Democracy U
plain. Tilden might as well be given the
go-by, and a grand stand taken for Peter
Cooper.- At any rate, if the Democrats of
the West and South arc to fight a hopeless
battle, thc3r should prefer defeat in a con
test for principle to defeat in a scramble
for spoils. We are prepared to witness a
grand skedaddle from the Tilden ranks iu
the next five weeks.
The funding of $300,000,000 of the 5-
20's, bearing six per cent, interest into
$300,000,000 of four and a half per cent.?.,
which has just been accomplished by Secre
tary Morrill, wili save to the Government
$3,500,000 a. year by reducing the interest
on the debt to that amount. This is a prac
tical way of doing things, aiut is a complete
answer to Tilden's complaint that there was
nothing done or doing in this direction.
While he was busy in scolding and com
plaining, the Republican administration wa.4
busy in negotiating successfully the 'fund
ing of this large amount of ?ix per cents.
Tlie difference in the credit of the Gov
ernment when under Democratic rule and
when under Republican rule is shown by
the fact that in 1S5S, Mr. Buchanan's Sec
retary of the Treasury, Howell Cobb, wa
unable to place a six per' cent.- gold loan of
only $20,000,000. The Government then
had no national debt. All of its outstand
ing bonds had been redeemed ; but th
Democratic administration of Buchanan was
so wasteful and extravagant that it was uu
able to meet its daily obligations; Its re
venues fell short of its expenditures; and Mr,
Cobb was compelled to go upon the market
as a borrower. But there were no lenders.
The monied men would not take the loan,
and Mr. Cobb was a beggar as well as a
borrower. Yet under a Republican ad
ministration, encumbered with a heavy war
debt, the Government finds no trouble in
negotiating an exchange of $300,000,000
of six per ceuts. for an equal amount of
four and a half per cents. The bankers
and the moneyed men no longer lack con
fidence iu the Government, but wrangle
with each other who shall be foremost in
getting a share of the new loan.
The conclusion is that if the credit of
the Government is to be maintained, the:
the Republican party must be kept hi
feharge of it. The surest way to destroy
the credit of the Government is to put the
Democratic party in power.
Who go forTildea.
The following arc the names of a fotf
"honorable" gentlemen whose explotis are
well kortwii throughout the land :
Jeff Davis, ex-President of the Southern
Confederacy. Took an oath m the United
Suites Seuate to support the Constitution
and the laws; violated every obligation.
He is for Tilden.
Alexander II. Stephens, ex-Yiee Presi
dent of the Southern Confederacy. Took
an oath similar to the above, and broke it.
He is for Tilderi.
Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, cx-Major
General of Confederate forces. Received
his education at the hands of that govern
ment which he afterwards tried to over
throw. He is for Tilden.
Col. Zebulon Vance, cx-reKl, who was
in favor of shooting all Yankee prisoners.
He is for Tilden.
Gen. Wade Hampton, cx-rebel raider.
He is for Tilden.
R. M. T. Hunter is for Tilden.
Gen. Jos. Johnston is for Tilden.
Besides we have the genial Boss Tweed.
He is for Tilden.
Then come John Morrissey, ex-priz'j
fighter, and general bully and pick-pocket.
He is for Tilden.
The county treasurer of Luzerne, who
recently returned $20,000 which he had
stolen from the State. He is lor Tilden.
And will any honost Democrat tell us
why these public thieves, cut-throats and
assassins, red-handed rebels and vile mur
derers are helping the cause of Samuel J.
Tildeu ? It is because they know that if
he should be made President the work
accomplished by the four years of war
would be all undone, and they would again
be iu a position to attack the vitals of tl e
country. Think of this, ye who are halt
ing between two opinions. Loc k Ii&xst
R-Vu'Jican.