Sunburn American,
H. B. NASSER,
t. W1LVERT.
tutors.
StTNHUKY, JATCII 10, 1S72.
Ifeadqnarterft Kepnhllenn Ktnte
Central Coram ft lee of IVihiwj I vn
ntn. riirt.APKM'illA, Feb. Mil, 1S72.
In pursrcitiev of the resolution of the Kcpub',1
ean Stste Cent ml Committee, adopted nt llnrrls
bnrif, Jan. IS, lSil!, n Uei-im.icas Statu Con
viction, composed of Delegates from each Scnn
torlrtl and Heprecntiillve District, In tlic number
to which such Hist i let I entitled In the Legisla
ture, will meet In tlia II:t 11 of tlio Honwo of
Representatives, nt nunisbiirtr, nt 13 o'clmk,
noon, on Wednfshat, the 10 day of Amu., A.
1. 1S7-.4, to nomlunta cunilldntcs' for Governor,
JiidKS of the Supreme Court, Auditor General
(should tlio Lcgisliiturc provide for the eliolee of
one by the People), mid nn Electoral Ticket:
and nlso to elect Scnatotinl nnd Representative
llelecnte to represent this State In the Republi
can National Convention, to be held ut Fhlliidcl
phln, Jane 5, 1S7.J.
RUSSELL Er.UETT, Chairman.
V, . El.LtOTT,
Ti. F. JIoistox,
Ezim I.rKCXH,
T. M. Lyti.it.
Secretaries.
The Next Campaign. Tub Rui'uh-
LICAN CAN'DTK FOR GOVERNOR-. It
is more apparent every day that (he ie-no-niination
and re-election of President Grant
is a foregone conclusion. It cannot ho dis
guised, however, that the success of the Re
publican nominees for President and Vice
President next fall, will not bo accomplish,
cd without n severe nnd hard fought, strug
g'e. Numerous side factions of tho De
mocracy arc ...:u...u....s i..r uic , , ductivc of tlio perfumed enemy, whilst ,il0 members of the "ring" was called, to
nud however incongruous tho elements, I lymrd,-!! parts of Lower M.ilunoy, Jack- ' devise ways and means to avoid thu llnea
their ultimate nmalpiniation is altogether j sm, nnd .loi'dun townships from which sec- ! tencd exposure. Various plans were sug-
probaOie. in view oi tins i.icl it nccomes
1 he Republicans to prepare for the struggle,
us inactivity will he neither m.istcrly nor
wise. Iu the coining campaign, Pennsylva
nia will ho placed in thos.ime position that
Now York was iu 1SH. The result then
depended upon th:j electoral vote of that
great State. This was tli.ni generally ad
mitted, and hence the activity of politicians
was centred on that State.- A Governor
was nlso to bo elected, and in order to rcn
der tho Presidential election a successful is
sue, the Democracy placed Silas Wright in
tho Held, who w;s considered the strongest
namo in that State, nnd from that hour
New York was set down by common con
sent as sure for P !k & Dallas. Pennsyl
vania now stnuds in a similar position in
relation to the approaching Presid-'Utial
election. We have a Governor to elect, nnd
it is an old saying that "as goes Pennsyl
vania so goes the Union." It therefore be
hooves the Republican party to place in no
mination a strong and unexcptiotial can
didate for that olllec. There are many ox
-1
celleut names presented, but iu looking ov
er the list wo can come to no other conclu-
sion than that the State Convention cannot !
do a wiser or more popular act than lo con- j
fer tho Gubernatorial nomination on the
Hon. John 15. Packer, of Northumberland
county. Mr. Packer does not seek the posi
tion iu question, but as it is becoming a prin
ciple, and n good one too, to let the ollieo
seek the mau, as he is no nspirant for
the position his nominal! on on that princi
ple would be more acceptable to the public
genorally, and more satisfactory to all dis
satisllcd parties. We have not seen a.
name mentioned in connection with this of
fice which stands as favorably with the peo
ple throughout the State as does Mr. Pack
er'she having ha. I much experience in pub
lic life, tud beiu acknowledged one of ihc
ablest lawyers in the old Commonwealth.
In public as well as in private, life he has
prvon himself tho friend of the labor- ;
ing classes ; nnd by his persistent course in ;
. . . .
lutvocaung iue inicivsis oi ti.e meciianics i
nnd laboring nun, as well as those of his :
own State ho has placed himself so far ;
, . .i , e 1
above suspicion that the nnst tastidnms .
n 1. . l. ..1. ' . I ! ... It
"lieiormcr can :;i;u no lauu ui uim. Je- .
ing n gentleman of fio highest character
and an able debater competent to cope
w.tll too mo it gified ch imp! ni of the De
mocratic party lie may be said to be the
man for the times. During the late rebel
lion Mr. Packer was one. of the most r.oa
Ions supporters of the government, nnd
manifested tho sincerity of his professions
of fealty by giving most liberally from Lis ;
private fund as well as his time to sustain
the integrity of the nation. When his na- i
live Statu was invaded, he was one of th
first to shoulder his musket an 1 enter the j
tented field as a private soldier, ready tosa-
criflce his lifj and all if need bo for his I
country. j
Mr. Packer is a sou. id an 1 reliable Re-
publican, thoroughly imbued with the pro- ,
grcssivc principled of tin; titn h. And a I- j
thoiiiih hailing from a Democratic county, i
n nominated, be wauld carry it by a miijo-i
rity that h is never been reached before by
any candidate of either party. Hj is in a
word, a gentleman who would dijnify the
Executive chair of th's Commonwiiil h to
a degree that would till the hearts of all ho
nest men with a glow of pride.
It appears that York county also has its
Ring who managed the affairs of that coun
ty. The people became tired, however, ol
paying tho heavy taxes to line the pockets
of the Ring, applied to the Legislature and
had an Act passed to investigate the af-
faiis of tho county. No sooner was this ! And Jacob, surnamed EichholU, went
done than the vouchers were stolui, so tint ; into the mountain as a hewer of wood and
the evidence of the the ft cannot be dUcov- hunter of fx scalps, lo investigate tho
cred. Tho only way for the people to do, j financial affairs of our borough, nnd
to remedy these greut evils, is to make a j brought f a th a mouse. U'o t unto Jacob!
clean sweep of the rings wherever they
exist, we do not care, to what party th.-y A run-on G hxr.it a l. Gov. Geary, 011
may beloti" I 'I'u'-'sday last, sent to tho State Senate a
c -o- I message tiniiouucing that lie had appointed
TlIK Erie Railroad, which lias been un- , (j. iMgl,,,,,,, Ksq., editor of tho Pitts
dor the control of a Ring for some years ' burgh ( 'murriul. Auditor (ieiieral. vice
past, was rescued from a set of swindlers
on Monday last. Jay Gould, who was the
President, was removed from its control,
and it is hoped that the road will soon re
deem its reputation for good, honest man
agement. General J. A. "Uix was elected
iu place of Gould.
There is to bo two new saw mills, per
haps three, erected in town during tho
coming summer. So says tho Dtmocrat.
The bill prohibiting the salo and giving
way iutoxicatiug liquors ou election days,
was signed by Gov. Geary on Wedncsuay
Jrtdt and it wi a law.
TIIK UKI'AT I OX CHARE 1 1
$1,I00. Foxy Trnnnnetlons), nnd
HieTai rayern Nkunked.
Tlio year 1971 must liavo been one of tho
most prolific in tho production of foxes and
skunks ever noted in tlio history of
Northumberland county. This may bo Re
counted for by the fact that no moro Iron
bridges are being built, nnd tho price of
scalps have been raised in order to give em
ployment to somd of tho runners of tho
Ring. The premiums now range from SI
to fur fox scalps, according to size and
ngo.and the premium on skunks is SI a piece.
It is supposed that this special net was
passed in 1871, in anticipation of abandon
ing the building of iron bridges. The King
being disposed to keep up certain influen
ces, put tiietr menus on i no war pain
ngaitist old Reynard nud his nliies in ini
quity, the odorous skunk, and tho cost of
the campaign of 1S71, is reported nt about
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
ALL FOR SCALPS. As our neighbor
ing counties arc deficient in their scalping
accounts, Montour having paid but S1G.".30
and Dauphin but S138.50, it is strongly
suspected that the Ring caused tluir Hank
ers to sweep through these counties, and
surprise ami drive tlio enemy into -ortn
umherland county. The result is that the I
extended operations of the campaign have : tl " to Hie present time, be nppomt
swelled the cost of the war to the enormous j Cl T,w b. w(s ,, pr080UlC(1 lo
amount of Il'een Unwind Do.ltrs all for tho Legislature and, notwithstanding the
scalps. It is nuthorilalively reported that j opposition of certain parties, it was, owing
Lewis township, where one" or the County j in a creat degree to tho vigorous support of
,, . . ., ,, , i. ii ! the Htiittbiintn, passed by the Senate. 'Ibis
Commissioners rcs.JeS.h.is been highly pro- j n,iirluJ t))c "rh';;itcs," ,, a coae1avo of
Hon hails tli-j present President of tho lioard
ofCommis:-ioners.excetd:d in numbers any-
th'ng that lins been luard of for half n cn-
lurv. In fact the captured enemy were driv
en in droves from that section of the county,
into the Commissioners' cflico whore they
were slaughtered and SCALPED,a.s our nr
tist sels forth in the annexed illustration.
hi
.ti-, rJl,f : Ji
si'--. ri
Many scalps were produced the past year
of a manufactured character, which were
promptly, we understand, lejected by the
Coinmis. -
isioners. Hut whether many bogus
scalps were not. inadvertently paid I
cars or i
for, is a
.. ,, - . ... i
matter worthy of investigation,
The fact that the Commissioners n
jected i
forty dollars worth ollered by one man, and I
about twenty dollats wortli offered by ano
ther, all of which had been made, not "out ;
of the whole cloth" but out or the whole
skin, itself atloids strong evidence that the ,
whole business exhibits more fi!ncs and j
cunning than wisdom and good policy.
The wisdom that enacted this special law,
should not go unrewarded, and we would
advise lite admirers of our late Democratic
member of the Legislature, to present and
! crown him with a garland made cxclusive
: ly of genuine fox ears, interwoven with, and
surmounted by the biguest fox tail the couu- ,
try can scare up. We know our IVmocra- ;
, , . . . ;
uc u icuus me mooesi. in giving or icccn iul;
rewards, but this is the least they could of-
fer the author of this wise and foxy Ic-is!a-
it ,
tion
1 1,1s r.ii.i ii.iiii l.ii.,,I ill., ill r.n llm en .
ue, n ia s.uu, en mi- j
uo of their skins alone, and as fox-s, with '
live dollars premium added, arc worth ue.'.r-
ly twice as much, it may be questioned !
, .. ... J. . J, ,. , !
M it.nior til., 1 in,, , 1 1 n ,r ,,f fnv.'C uvitil.l l,,,t
pay better than that of minks. Who
knows but that some of the Ring Democra
cy have already turned their attention to
the breeding of foxes, nnd the lucrative era-
ploymei.l ol manufacturing scalps out of
the icWi thin at to per scalp. In that event
we may soon expect to sec tho organ of the
i' c . ,1 .11 r1
1 ing favoring a tar: 1 lor the protection of i
n a i
that branch of ind.ibtry
II.W TNKI! Con Vli.TKD. The case, of
Ein.iiniel S'..nll'ucr, for tho poisoning of his i
wife which commenced on Monday or lst i
week, at Hamburg, continuing 'iliron.h i
, , . ,
tbo week, and given to the jut y oa Monday ,
of this week, terminated on Tuesday by the j
rciulering a verdict of GUILTY .)F I
- ,,,.,., i.,,,,,,,,., I
.ui i i'i.h i., & ni. I,,, i j. i,i,uiii,ji.
i Tht ev u'en e was wholly circumstantial, j
out npp ais to have been so closely woven i
j a ouud (lie accused as to leave no doubt of
bis eiiilt in the minds of Ihe jurors.
The Senatorial Conferees to appoint n
delegate to the Republican State Convcn-
tioii for the district composed of the coun
; ties of Northumberland, LTnioii, Snyder
i and Perry, are request! d to meet at
Sun-1
, bury 011 Friday, March 'J2, at the Central j
Hotel.
lr. Stanton, deed. This appointment is
considered the best Gov. Geary has yet
made.
Tun editor of tho 1 teniae rat seems to be
quite familiar with tho habits aud opinions
of Kentucky jackasses, heuco ho so fre
quently refers to them. It is hard for one
to divest himself entirely of habits formed
by early associations.
Ova neighbor of tho Gazette still persists
in his propensity of judging others by him
self. We certaiuly would consider it a
I poor compliuicnt if we wtro to le judged
hy his mtasure.
ASToioint uoitnrnv.
LITTLE YORK vs. NEW YORK.
Tweed Nowhere.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OUT
FLANKED. Vouchers for the Past Six Years Stolen.
THIEVES IN THE ASCENDANT.
It is a well-known fact that York county
is cursed with a heavy debt amounting, ac
cording to tho last stntcment of tlio County
Commissioners, to tho immenso sum of
$310,000. How, when, or for what pur
poso this heavy debt wns contracted, is a
mystery. Time nnd again investigations
have been made, but the ovcr-burdrned
tax-payer received no satisfaction. That
one-half tho amount, 150,0(10, went into
tho pockets of private individuals, is tho
settled conviction of two-thirds of the citi
zens of York, and tho facts related below,
prove that this conviction is right. Tho
"ring'' of Little York rivalled tiic "ring"
of New York in stealing tho people's mo
ney, the difference being only iu the amount
stolen.
At a recent session of the. court, tho
Grand Jury recommended that a bill be
presented to the legislature, providing that
nn audit committee of three, consisting f
I 1 hos. L. Cochrane, C 1. allace and Col.
Levi Mmsli, to re-nudit anil examine into
the monetary affairs of tho comity, from
esteo, but the plan adopted was to flail i
iW,-,-' ofis" '' '"'.'tt''f'te th'it vonhl nid
i the Audit Coiniuitht, or iwtdjiuh fii.y liicm-
ber nj tut "nn;."
The plan was well laid, (copied from New J
York,) and fully canied out bet ween Snt
! tirdav evening and Tuesday morning. The '
t door of the Cbininissioners' ollieo is locked
I Willi an ordinary door lock, and live or six :
; pirties carry a key for the same. ,
i I'arly on Tuesday afternoon "Yours Tru- l
! ly" learned, how, when or where, is for us
i to know, that a desk in the Commissioners'
' ollieo had been biokeii open and the 'stubs'
of an important, blank book had been torn :
! out and destroyed. Eager to furnish tho ;
j public with till tlc'l was transpiring, we '
; made recipient iotpi'ii ies of parties supposed
( to belong to the Court IIoic-o clique, hut ;
: they wt re as silent as the columns in fen I
i of our eoin t nf, Justice. Finally, by pcrsis
I lent ell'oils, we karnid that the 'stubs'',
! torn out, wi'rc of no nn ount ; the book they ;
! belonged to was an old note hook ; the pen- j
! pic of York county would not lose any-1
! thing; the Couiinissione" had a full record ;
I of the lost document ; so bad the, Trcasu- i
1'i.r, ie. Willi this wi- had to be satisfied ;
i but why wire these "flubs"' torn out and j
i destroyed, if they were of no account V i
Here conns the sequel: On Wednesday;
the Clerk of the Commissioners was called ;
on for a certain voucher. Going to the clo-
; set where the vouchers were kept, he disco- j
' vered that all of these important papers. '
from the year ISOo down to date, in re to- j
V, c"urs(s.U WiU ''"Po'We "'V j
lie roiioerv c, u ii, : nn: niauer oecaine
i ., i i ' , to,,., ,;, ,k ,...k
UlUlllM lU'OUL, 41I1M 111 tk Dliviv lllliv. till; I'm-
!)ci v of the Court House was the town talk, i
Early on Thursday morning we "inter- ;
viewed" Clerk Zicgler. llo showed us thu I
desk and eNiilaiued how it was broken open; j
! sliowed ns n note book said to be similar to !
,. ,. f,-,)n, which tho "stubs" were torn, j
but did not show us the mutilated book. i
He also sliowed to the closet where the
vouchers iiitH ukh kepi, aim mere we saw i
a series of empty piguon holes. These pi-I
eon lioli.s, six m nimiher, are aooul ten :
inches square, and Mr. Z. assures us they
Wi re nV j'i'H t,f rnurhtr.. I
Now, why were these papers stolen ? Tho !
intrinsic value of t hem was nothing ; but
on their face they told a story of robbery j
and theft that would not bear the ordeal of:
an examination by
,m.l,l.''c', .
e lo not cliai gi
ill honest audit com- !
1 this robbery on the do-
nno(.nUiL. parly, but we do charge it upon!
j certain leaders of that party ; wc char-e it j
' upon men, who, like Tweed, Connolly, -t. j
j nl. of New York, run the machine in Little
And ilM.iigh they may stand on i
. . . - ..... -i
yw.r dignity and, m the language ot Mioss'
Twccdask in scornful accents. "Well,
what are you going todoabottt it i" ' they
' y rcbt assured that the hn-er of public
scorn wid point them out, nnd, in duo sea-
1 . ..
son, thev will be in the same predicament
as their fellow thieves in .New York.
Since tho above was written, wo have
been informed that Israel lleck. a lime-bur-ticr
at the kilns of Herman Ilokc, found on
Monday a lot of half-consumed paper in
one of the kil.is, supposed to have been Ihe I
remains of the stolen vouchers.
On Thursday afternoon a number of ci-
. r ....... i. e..i . i... i ..-. ll l... :
ll.Clls Hrscil oicil 111 iue- v win i jiimsu L'v ui-
.. .. ; Wi..: 11 1
vi hi inn nl I iiiiim sswin el St r u'klinimi-r Mini
Clerk Zeigh r. Philip A Small, Esq.. was
i-'illeil In tl.c cleiir. nnd tico. W. IIcO'Iicm
,,,..,. ,i Si.cret.ii-.-. Wt. y..iilcr inado
the following statement :
On Thursday afternoon, March r.th.
f'y. 1 "l V'llt thk ni which
the blank note book is contained, w at torct-
b!y ,,.H.,.,1 ul, tlle note book considerably
mutilated.-On the following, having occa-
siou to reler to a bill ot the year JSil, lor
the uuroose of imparting informatioti, I
.. . ......... ....
I'.,.,.,.', Il,-,l ll,., 1.I1I-: ..I' ll,,. t'.xira 1 si 1 1 i T.O
H.,l? ",70 a,;,i 7l wero missin;; from the
Coiiimissioiieih' ollice."
A resolution was passed justifying the
Commissioners in olllaing a reward of i10iX)
for the detection of the robbers. (All dust
in the eyes of the public.) Speeches were
made by a number of persons, among oth
ers John Gibson, Esq., counsel lor the Com
missioners, who said that "the abstraction
ol the. papers would not all'eet creditors of
county, or tho investigation of its in-
delileilnt ss. "
If Mr. Gibson is correct, the question
i arises, why was tho theft committed '
1 ho meeting adjourned to assemble at
the ringing of the Court Houso bell, when
it was expected that Mr. Reck would ap
pear and loll his little piece. Early in the
evening tho bell issued forth its tmmtiioiis ;
the public assembled and Mr. Reck said his
say in German. Tho substance of it was
that Thursday of last week, not last Mou
day, ho found a lot of charred piqicrs, iu
sizes biinil.u to tho stolen vouchers, in tho
lime-kiln bo was attending, but could not
tell what they Were.
Tho lMilii say; it appears tho pnpers
were iu the Cor uhbioners' ollieo last Sat
urday. There was nothing adduced to
provo. this statement. Mr. Zeigler. aud
0110 or two other Court House ollieials,
tliowht they saw theso voucheis on Satur
day, but they were not sure. 1 bus tlio
case stands. York county has been rob
bed of not less than 150,000, and the evi
dence of tho theft has been destroyed, lax
payers of York county, how much longer
will you stand this system of robbery aud
theft V York- Ueublkun, March 9.
O'Connor, tho assumed assassin of the
ijueen, has been examined aud prououueed
sane. His object in assailing tho tueeu,
ho says, was ouly to frightcu her iuto sign
ing an order for tho liberation of all the
rcniarjs koin prison, Ac
CongrrNNionnl Apportionment Hill.
An act to re-organize the Congressional
Districts of Pennsylvania, in accordance
with tho act of Congres, approved .Febru
ary 2, 1S72.
lie it enacted, fcc., That for the purpose of
electing representatives of the psoplo of
Pennsylvania to serve in the House of Re
presentatives in the Congress of tho United
States, this Stato shall bo divided into
twenty-six districts, as follows :
First Third. Fourth Fifth, Sixth, Elev
enth Twelfth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
wards of tho city of l'hilndelpbia.
Second First, Second, Seventh nnd
Twcnty-Bixth wards in the city of Philadel
phia. Third. Eighth, Ninth, Tonth, Thir
teenth, Fourteenth nnd Twentieth wards
of tho city of Philadelphia?
Fourth. Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh,
Fifteenth, Twenly-uinth, Twenty
eighth nnd Tweuty-llrst wnrds of tho city
of Philadelphia.
Fifth. Twenty-second, Twenty-third,
Twenty-fifth, Nineteenth nnd Eighteenth
wards of tho city of Philadelphia.
Sixth. Rucks and Montgomery coun
t ics.
Seventh. Rerks and Lehigh counties.
Eighth. Northampton, Carbon, Wayne,
Pike and Monroe counties.
Ninth. Chester nud Delaware counties.
Tenth. Luzerne county.
Eleventh. Rrndford, 'Wyoming, Sulli
van, Columbia and Susquehanna counties.
Twelfth. M'Kcnu, Potter Tioga, Cam
eron, nnd Lycoming counties.
Thirteenth. Dauphin, Northumberland,
iMonlour, Midler nnd Lmoii counties
Fourteenth" Lebano
lanou and Schuylkill,
counties.
Fifteenth. Lancaster county.
Sixteenth. York, Cutuberlad nnd Ad
ams counties.
Seventeenth. Redford, fulton, Franklin,
Perry and Juniata counties.
Eighteenth. Clearfield, Clinton, Centre,
Milliu and Elk counties.
-Nineteenth. Indiana, Armstrong, Jcf- i
fcrson and Clarion counties. j
Twentieth. Ulair, Cambria, Somerset and
Huntingdon counties.
Twcnly-lirst. Westmoreland, Fayette
nnd Greene counties.
Twenty-second First. Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh. Eighth,
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir
teenth and Fourteenth wards of the city of
Pittsburg and all that portion of the county !
lying south of Mouoiigahcla river. ;
' Twenty-third Fifteenth, Sixteenth,
Seventeenth Eighteenth, Nineteenth,
Twentieth, Twciity-lirst, Twenty-second, :
and Twenty-thirds wards of tho city of
I'ittsburg.nnd all that portion of the county
lying between the Mouoiigahcla and Alle
gheny rivet, willi the First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Seventh. Eighth, ami
Ninth wards of Allegheny city.aiidall that
portion of the county lying north of river.
Twenty-fourth. Reaver, Washington
and Duller counties.
Twuuty.iinh. Mercer, Crawford and
Lawrence counties.
Twenty-sixth. Venango, Forest, War
ren and Erie counties.
Tins Collision at Wi-itokt. On
Friday last, at the ollice of Alderman No
ble, a further hearing of witnesses was bad
in the case of Patrick McCormiek, engineer
on tho mail train which collided last An- '
gust with tho 1st Freight, near Westporl.
The Commonwealth was represented by
James Dcise, Esq., nnd Win. Parsons Esq.
Tin; defendant was represented by Chan.
McCormiek, Esq.
J. M. Johnson, messenger of the Union
Express Co. on the train, swore that "after
the collision, while their bodies were in the ,
wreck, be took orders from the pockets of
McCormiek and Ilym.in ; would recognize ;
the orders if seen." They were shown, ;
he said he got one of them trom Pat. Mc- !
Corniick's pocket ; this order was the only '
paper lie noticed in bis pocket ; handed it '
to Fireman of freight ; took McCormick's ;
watch and pocket-book at same time; took 1
everything out of his pockets ; it was in I
his tide vest pock-l ; took no other papers '
out of his pockets. McCormiek was con
scious ctioU'-ih to know him, and called him
by name. When the train left Retiovo it
was o't or lo minutes late. Ilymaii did ;
not appear to be iu a hurry when they left 1
Wcslport. Ho gave orders to go ahead.
He asked deponent if he was ready to go j
ahead, and when ho said ho was, tho mo- '
lion to go ahead was given.
J. F. Davis, Telegraph Traiii Runner, :
swore that he issued the orders to Hyman,
nud that the latter signed for them ; show-
id the record ol the order which he gave
to Hyman aim the hitter's signature ; order
was delivered nt 7.04, A. M,, Which was
behind time : McCormiek was not in ollice
when orders were delivered ;
uuln't know j
whether he heard them read.
Frank Clement, was tlagman on Express
freight morning of accident. Saw Hyman i
ai ltenovo -, neaiii some one iisk mm wnero
he was going for Empire freight ; said he
was going to Weatport for 1st and Clinton
for lid ; saw Hyman call McCormiek and
read the order to him ; order was not to
nass Wcstnort: Hvman read somthiii'' oil'
a niece ol tatcr not to nasi Weslnorl unti
1st section m ight pass 11 cstport nnu -d
passed Clinton ; then he handed a paper to
McCormiek. On cross-examination, said
ho couldn't say anything about Pat's hear
ing the order read ; Ilynun handed Pat
the order ; didn't know whether it was the
order or what it was ; saw him hand him
a piece of paper ; didn't notice .what Pat
did with the p-ipcr. On the redirect, saw
Hyman baud a piece of paper in bis hand,
and heard the words 1 spoke. (Order was
shown witness). These aio tho words ho
said; never saw tlio order before, but re
member the words spoken.
THE UKKKMK
called II. Freeburg, nn Engineer. Had
known McCormiek about two years; he
cannot read, and can only write his name;
he is not hard of hearing.
John Robbins saw the Conductor tivc
the Engineer the signal with his hand to
&
George Felton, a freight Conductor, saw
Hyman come out of diiiiu-rooui at Reuo
vo ; had something in his hand, and heard
Crawford ask him where he was going to
stop for Empire Freight, nud ho said nt
West port fur 1st and Clinton for 2d; did
not hear him call out tho order to McCor
miek ; if had been paying titlcutiou, could
not have helped hearing it if it had been
given.
Charles A. Sherwood lives at Westpirt ;
is a lumber dealer ; went to wreck ; found
piece of clothes McCormiek had laid ou ;
it was a vest ; some papers slicking in
pocket ; took them out ; one nns u train
order dated three or four days before ; also
a meal ticket, some papers, a live cent
piece aud a Catholic emblem ; saw train
leave depot, aud saw Conductor motion to
Engineer to go ou ; saw Johnson at wreck;
did uot see him at West port ; took paicrs
out of vest pocket two or three hours after
wreck had occured ; don't think McCor
mick's namo appeared 011 any of them ;
read the order touud ; gave it to a young
mau at Ecnovo that I did not know ; think
it had been Usucd August 24; vest was
checkered, torn open behind up to collar.
Johnson recalled did uot recollect color
oi vest out of which order was laked ; vest
was ou hU person then, but it was soon
taken oil by being torn up the back, and
supposed it was left lying there ; asked a
woman to look out for McCormiek ; took
out the order while sho was present ; she
read it in my bauds ; she used to be an
operator at Driftwood.
J. F. Davis, in rebuttal, swors that he
had seen McCormiek write his own namo ;
never saw him write any morer" Here the
evidence closed.
At the close of the hearing, Alderman
said thnt ho was satisfied from the evidences
that the public were entitled to know more
of this enso. and ho would therefore hold
the accused to answer at court. LocJk
Haven Hi publican March (ith.
NEW HA MPS II IKK.
THE GRANITE STATE REDEEMED
A Hurd-ronglit ltnlll nnd n Itrll
Hunt Triumph.
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED IN MANCHESTER
AND A GAIN OK SEVEN REPRESEN
TATIVES, Manchester. March 12. The total
vote for Governor iu this city is 4,0,'VI.
Straw receives 2,210 ; Weston, 1.7U0 ; nnd
Temperance and Labor Reformers, 3U.
Straw's majority, 447. Returns from the
State, ns far ns received, indicate tho elec
tion of Straw by about l,r00 ma jority.
The Republicans aro holding a congra
tulatory meeting nt the City Hall. The
Republicans have niado again of seven Re
presentatives in this city, ami hnve proba
bly secured a good working majority iu the
Legislature.
rORTSMOl'TH jmir.ANT OVER the RE
SULT. Portsmouth, March 12. The Repub
licans arc jubilant over tho result of the
election, parading the streets till a late hour
with a band of music. Marcy (Dem.) is
defiiated by Warren Rrown in this Sena
torial district by two hundred majority.
the rest vet.
Concord, March 1.11.30 A. M. One
hundred nndsevent v-fonr towns give Straw
32,:Wtl ; Weston, 2'.i,Sl . Rlackmer (Tem
perance), 338; Cnopcr(Lahor Reform), 2S1.
The Legislature stands ; Republicans, 107;
Democrats. 101 ; Labor Reform, 3; Tem
perance, 2.
At tho election for delegates to the Re
publican State convention, held iu Lancas
ter county on the !Hh inst., according to
the otlicial returns made, the total vote in
structing on the Gubernatorial question
was ,"i.7o0. of which
Col. Frank .Ionian had - - 3,470
Geu. John F. Hartranft " - - l.ijliO
The remaining vote being divided be
tween other candidates.
Mayor Hall's Trial, in New York, is
still progicssing. The sudden and unex
pected appearance of Guryev, the Ring
plasterer, iu Court, who, it "is said, has
come to make a clean breast of it, startled
the Ring. He swears that one of his bills
for over rl'MKJO, v.-us wholly licUtious, and
that the Ring shared the proceeds. Con
Holly, as soon as be heard of the npppcar
aiice of ( iarvey, disappeared, and his where
nbottls are unknown. Most assuredly they
have n pretty kettle of lish in New-York.
A Scran'.on dispatch says that the public
schools at Hyde l'ark, Ridlevtie, and IV-,
teisburj. in this state, have been dosed on
account of the prevalence of what is called
black or spotted fever.
The New York Assembly has been re-
quested to appoint a committee to investi- .
gate the facts relative to the suits brought
against tlio Union Pacilie Railroad Com
pany by the laic .lames Fisk, Jr.
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment is, without
doubt, the safest, surest, and best remedy
that has ever been invented for internal
nnd external use. It is applicable to a
great variety of complaints, and is equally
beneficial for man or beast. 1
"H'e have seen it stated in various papers ;
throughout the country, that Agents for
the sale ol" Sheridan's Cavelry Condition
Powders were authorized to refund the
money to nny person who should use them
nnd not be satisfied with tho result. We;
doubted this at lirst, but tho proprietors '
authorize! us to say that it is true. j
The total amount of sixty-two bonds ro- 1
deemed by Secratary Rotiiwcll tinder the
three calls to date is follows : First call,
S,.'il,',iS7..')o0 ; second call, S V'V'oVioO: third .
call, 2,074,000.
Two young indies in Now York, who !
have been noted for their beauty and style,
have recently become quite paralyzed from
the use, the physicians affirm, of paint and ;
cosmetics of various kinds. i
American Oysters aro selling in London ;
for thirty-six cents a dozen. English oys- i
tcrs cost seventy-two cents a dozen. An- !
other cargo is now loading for England in '
Chesapeake bay. j
An old lady who lost he purse a short
lime since at New-Haven, declared, on its ;
being restored to her, that she would not I
attempt to interfere with the reward which ;
was stored up 111 heaven lor tho tinder by j
ring him money.
A Tiiituiiii.E Earthquake. On Janu-1
nry lUlh an earthquake destroyed tho city
of Scheinacha, in Russia. According tl j
the otlicial report 11S persons were killed
and fourly-four wounded, but all the in-
Habitants, were lett without shelter.
Sche-
uiaclia is, or rather was. a city of 2o,000
inhabitants, and lies on the road between
Tilis and Raku, at tho foot of the Cauca
sian mountains, about seventy-live miles
distant from the latter city. Scheiniieh.i
is 2,310 feet above the Caspian, and 2,300
feet above the Rlack seas, anil was form
erly the seat of government of the province,
which however.on account of tho frequent
earthquakes iu that region, was trans
ferred, about ten years ago. to Raku, on
the Caspian sea. The inhabitants of Scho
macha arc nearly nil Armenians.
Three Years Work. During the last
three years tho administration of President
Grant has accomplished the following ro-
J suits :
First. Reduced the public debt .?2lJ'.t,.
0 10,002 03.
Second. Reduced the burden oftaxaliou
SSO.000,000 per annum.
In the same three years there have been
collected ?f 1,200.000,000, and expended
S1.0O0,tK)0,lHK) making au aggregate, of two
thousand two hundred millions. Out
this vast sum l,2o0,0uu has been lost,
less than one litlecnlb ol one per cent.
The beauties of tho "civil service reform,"
with which some iunoccut individuals have
been enamored, says tho Lebanon ( oiciii
Were strikingly illustrated oil Monday when
Mr. Trumbull bad a bill passed appropriat
ing oO,000 to pay for giving tho "reform"
a start. That is a kind of reform in which
any nuinlx r can bo got to participate.
And yet Trumbull and other solemn vet
erans think tho people nro regarding this
humbug as reform. We are, and have
been for years, in favor of making tho old
Jellersoiitan standard of honesty and capa
city tho esseutials in applicants for otlice,
but the standard which Trumbull and oth
ers wish to set up is ami Republican and
uot be tolerated among a free people.
Serious apprehension aro felt at Wash
ington that a collision will take place be
tween Canadian and American tishermcn
during tho coining spring, and our govern
ment will dispatch a uaval force to the fish
ing grounds, with instructions to tho olli
ce rs to avoid all attempts to be drawu into
difficulty.
Iu tho Island of Java the deficiency in
tho coffee crop will this year be 23,000 tons;
the llrazil crop will fall short some 70,000
tons, aud the Ceylon will fall short nearly
10,000 tons. It Is thus estimated that the
coffee crop of the world will fall short of
last year full 100,000 tons.
CO ll llESPOK pence!
Our IMilladclplila torrcspoudent.
Philadelphia, March 11, 1872.
Friend Wiltekt : After the bitter
cold of the past fow weeks, with their high
Winds, and attendant discomforts, the stea
dy gentle rain of yesterday, although a
dampner upon tho vast numbers of "Fair
wenther Christians," was a pleasant
change ; csnueinlly ns its need was so keen
ly folt, less however in the city than in the
country, unless it be to lay the dust which
of late the high winds havo been sending
into our eyes and lungs much to our dis
comfort and disgust. The rain we feel cer
tain announced the approach lo spring,
which we hnve had little of, although the
first month of that plCasant season is near
ly half gone. The frost coming ouof the
ground, and the fall of rain combined ren
der pedestrinnism rather unpleasant. Ne
ver has our city been iu such a fearfully
dirty condition, nnd justly docs it create
tho fear of epidemic, as it is well known
that dread enemy of mankind, tho Asiatic
Cholera, is always preceded by that more
loathsome one of small-pox although less
fatal which our city, as is well-known, nud
our sister cities nnd towns havo been hav
ing tho past winter. Knowing all this, is
it any wonder our people are alarmed, and
that thev call upon tho authorities that be,
; as far as in their power, lo protect them by
! prompt and efficient sauitary measures V
. Time was when our city was kuown for its
' cleanliness, now none aro much tilthier 1
Some time ngo our Stato Jx-gtstaiure
j (thank God they adjourn soon after which
! tho city and Stale can breathe freer and bo
I safe,) passed an net creating the City Lev
j erage Utilization Company with extraordi
'; nary powers, and which were to keep all
streets nnd alleys Well cleaned aud broom
ed, and tilth removed for a certain consid
1 oration, doing away entirely with the old
wiv , and were to use tho deposit so obtain
ed as manure and top-Boil. All looking
Very nice on paper, but it seems to havo
cost them al their available funds to get
' their cliarter,and 8i January and February
pass, and no cll'ort made to comply with
tho requirements of their contract, until
the last named month had nearly expired,
when tlie force of public opinion and the
wide-spread dissatisfaction compelled them
to make an attempt upon some few spots
iu a few of the streets in the cetitro of the
business part of the city. As a consc-'
quence, as 1 said before, we've bad fi'thti '
:- mud and been compelled to breath tilth '
and sec our way through flying clouds of,
it. They were not so slow in another part j
of the contract, for hardly had the month
of March been udiered in," be lore they were !
on hand with a nice little item of a bill,
amounting to about ?13,b0i, for cleaning !
11 bout live miles of streets and not touching 1
the many hundreds in the rest of the city. :
It is estimated that according to the pres- '
cut rate of cleaning, they will reach Frank
ford or the suburbs about tho time of Ihe
Cent-iihial Celebration, and the crossings
1 at the centre of tho city will have to bo
budded for the occasion. They met a
riiiuiua from Controller Hancock, who re
fused to sign Miuir vmmlu r, nnd so pro- ,
vented the fraud, saying he thought a cm- ,
; tra'-t required fulfillment in all its parts,
and was not w illing to pay for work not
. done. ;
Tho past week has been one of especial !
interest to us us a City, as a State, and ns '
a Nation. The lirst decided st-ps have
be n taken hero within the past four days
towards the great Centennial Celebration !
of ihe Decimation of our National hide-:
pendenco. by tho meeting of the Commis- j
sinners appointed by the dillerrut Slates, '
' charged with the preparations for that
j gnat event. It is mete and rL'ht that j
'. Philadelphia should 1 e chcM ii as ihe place ;
to hold our great exposition. As General ;
Parsons, of Texas said ut the Park, to a 1
speech, "Huston boasted of the cradle of
liberty Philadelphia holds tho maiv.'er. '
; This is tho Rcihlchcm of Freedom. Here j
j where the spiiit of liberty was born it h
j proper that we should erect her temple." ,
j Another speaking for Pennsylvania, said, i
"In Philadelphia l'eiiu's treaty with the .
Indians was made ; it was bun; that tlio
First Congress met ; that tl.c Declaration ,
; of Indc pendency was drafted; that tlio.
great Sanitary Fair was held and that nu
merous other great enterprises were itiaug-
crated.-' The jealousy created in our sis
ter cities by the'ehoiee having fallen to our j
lot is rapidly subsiding, nnd everything !
promises fair to the success of the greatest j
celebration of tho greatest nation in tho :
world 1 I mil not boasting. No tru- ;
American can help feeling proud when he ;
reviews in his mind the cleat change tho
past century has made see us then weak !
nud struggling, throwing oil the bonds ofi
our foreign bondage ! Now sco us a
mighty nation to whom all others are wil- ,
ling to pay court I The proudest boast of j
my life, when 1 think thereon, is "I am nn
American 1"' and Iain constrained to ex-;
claim "(rod bless my own my native
land !" i
The site chosen nt Fairaiount Park, j
which, by the by, is tho finest natural ,
park iu tho country, is all that could bo
desired. I doubt very much whether,
within such accessible reach, the cities who
havo been so jealous of our good fortune
could have found room to entertain the na- 1
lion upon that eventful day. When tho
Commissioners met but two States had j
failed to appoint Commissioners one of I
them, the great State of Illinois, has done
so since. leaving only Missouri, whien lat
ter, we hope, may soon follow the good ex
ample set her by Illinois.
ily space warns mo to close, or 1 would
like to speak of the line appcaranco of tho 1
Commission as a body of ineu, as I saw
then 011 their way to select tho site at the j
park, and also many other things connected I
therewith. I
liy way of conclusion, or lastly, ns tho
clergy say, I must speak of thu destructive
lire we had upon the evening of tho 4ih
inst. One of the finest granite structures
of tho city, the building of Dr. Jayne's,
Chestnut abovo 2nd, was destroyed. To
look at it 0110 would almost involuntarily
exclaim, "how could that bum I" Mill it
did. aitlimi-li provided with every facility,
u iil.ii, ito.'it- l,,r vliii-nishln.r lire. 'Flip
' I ruins were visited by tens of thousands. It
I .-.i4 ,1 vcev i'i.h) n i-, lit nnd tlio vif v remind
ed 0110 of tlinst; of Niagara in winter, and
of tho curious formations of ico in nnd
about the White. Mountains, ns tho water
riiniiin i otl'of and oul of the building froze
in such bciuttil'i-l and strange forinatiotis.
Here we had another evidence ot the great
biiiiertority ot tho paid over the voluntary
lire department. Although less than a
mile fro'111 it, we knew uolhiui; of it until
niormtii;, when wo saw it in tho papers.
Under thu old system tho city, to its ut
most borders, would have been roused by
the clan'iiii; bells and useless and equally
senseless bli'outini; of rival organizations,
Hulking night hideous. Once more, adieu,
Oil' asionai..
ftcto bbfrtlscmcnts.
T. II. It. K ASK,
VTTORNEY, CONSELLOR, 4c. Office ta
tbo ('lenient Builuiiifs, second floor. Eu
truuee ou Market street, Kunhury, Pa.
Suubury, Mun blfl, leTO.-ly.
Stallion for Sale.
Will l6 sold at private sale by tbe nn-
demipied, the Youni; Btulllon, well
kuown as the JlenKenirer llorste.'
Tuit celebrated horse le 7 years oid, a dark Buy,
and 1 of pure Virginia stock- Apply to
I. IL KEbbLER,
Georgetown, Norlh'd Co., Pa.
March , IS7
tbbrrtiscmcttts
t'stftte ofUcorg Ieeaed.
NOTICE Is hrcby gtrcn, thnt lettsrs UtU
tnentsrj tmrs ben gmuUd to the tindar
iKuea, on the citato of deores Unu, Into of the
borough of Sunbnry, Northumberland county,
Pa., decrnacd. All persons knowing themselves
Indebted to taid entate are reqnetted to make Im
mediate payment, and those hnrlng claims to
present them duly authenticated for cltlcineut
P. M. SII1NDEL, Exorutor.
Bnnbnry, March 6, 1872.-fll.
NtorkliohlcrM Meeting.
NOTICE Is hereby given, that an election for
officers of the Fort Augusta Itu'lding and
Loan Association of Sunbury, will be held St
their room on Thursday evening, March 28, 1872,
t serve for the ensuing year. The Htockholders
arc requested to attend. L. T. HOlllillACH,
Attcxt, l'reskleut.
Jacob SmrMAW, Secretary.
March 2, 187'.i.-4t;
A. It. FRANC1SCUS & CO.,
SIS Market Mtreet, Philadelphia.
Wc have opened for the SPRING TRADE, tbo
largest and beflt assorted stock of
PHILADELPHIA CARPET3,
Table, Btalr and Floor Oil Cloths, Window
Shades and Paper, Carpet Chain, Cotton,
Yarn, Battinc, Wadding, Twines,
Fancy Baskets, Brooms,
Baskets, Buckets,
Brushes,
Clothes Wrlngcis, Wooden and Willow Wars Id
the United States.
Our large increase In business enables us to
sell nt low prices and furnish the best quality of
Goods.
BOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Celebrated American 1VaUr,
Frice 5.50.
Orer 13,000 Soli In Six Monlhi-
Ti rms : Carpets, 00 days.
All other goods, SO days, Net.
February 17, lS'a.-oin.
a ini t mtk vi oics .notice.
F.Mtute of Henry Hopper, Deceased,
Notice Is hereby given that letters of Adminis
tration have been grunted to the liudcralgned,
on t lis cftate of Henry Hopper, late of the Bo
roiurh of biintniry, Northumberland county, Pa.
deceased. All persons indebted to said estate art
requeued to make immediate paj inent, and thoss
haTiuir claims to present them duly authenticated
for settlement.
V. H.
MOOTIE, Administrator.
Punbiirv
Feb. tM,
ISTU.-oi.
No. 002 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
PHILADELPHIA.
Mrsr-Iir-. CALDWELL it CO.. DEfllP.E TO
CALL ESPEC IAL ATTENTION TOTIIEIlt DS
PAUTM EN T OF SOLID SILVER WATCHES.
P( sM'.sMN(i fcCPKISlOR FACILITIES THEY
WILL UK ENABLED TO PLACE BEFORE
Ct MOMEKS. IN ADVANCE OF THE GENK
KW. MARKET. ALL THE NOVELTIES AND
IMPROVEMENTS IN SILVER GOODS AS RA
PIDLY AS I'liOl il'l ED. VERY PARTICULAR
ATTENTION BEING GIVEN TO THE BPR
f IATIES OF I'.RiDAL AND OTHER PRESEN
TATION GIFTS.
1 HE STANDARD OF SILVER LONG SINCE
ADOPTED BY I DEM IS THAT OF ENGLISH
STERLING, (e.'.Vl"(i"n:f FINE, THE QUALITY
OF EVERY ARTICLE bOLD BEING STRICT
LY GUARANTEED.
ATTENTION IS RESPECTFULLY DIRECT
ED 'I'o TIIK UNVARYING BUSINESS POLICY
OF THIS HOUSE IN REG ARD TO THE FIRM
LY ESTABLISHED SYSTEM OF FIXED
PRICES, WHICH WILL BE RIGIDLY AD
HERED TO IN ALL CASES. SECURING TO
lTR' i! SERS, FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY
IN EVERY TRANSACTION.
POLITE ATTENTION MAY BE EXPECTED
BY ALL WHO FAVOR THEM WITH A VISIT.
ORDERS AND INQUIRIES BY MAIL,
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
J. I". AI.DWEI.I, V CO.
Feb. 10. 1S7J.
A. M. MEIXELL,
USALKR IK
Anicrlrnii nud F.nropean
WATCH KM.
FIXE JEWELRY nnd SILVERWARE!
rVrfecteU Kpertoele and V.yo
GOLD HEADED CAXKtS.
Watches aud Jewelry ueatiy repjIroH and war
raiittd. Market Sguaro, BUN BURT, Pa.
j Feb. 3. IsV-tr.
iE-STE ETt
' INFIRMARY,
S U X H U li V, P ESN1 A.
rrMUS Institution is now open for the rcrepttoa
JL of Patients fur the treatiutut of DiitiH of
tbo
EYE,
EAR,
THROAT,
LUNGS,
CATARRH,
Ac, Ac, Ac,
1
1 and operations In GENERAL BURGERT. Onr
i collection of INSTRUMENTS is very large, com
prising all the lutet Impuovemektu, euanltug a
to meet
SURGERY
In all forms. Physicians are Invited to accom
pany Patients to our lustiluilnu for operations.
Bv reiiueM of nmiiv ( ilizens, we alll attend to
calls la OKNtKAL PR AC net.
Infiriuar, Cleraeut'a Building.
CORNER THIRD AND MARKET BTS.,
SUNBURY, TA.
C. t. I P DF. G1I.4FF,
Phvticlan aud Surgeon.
Bunbnry, Feb. 8, 187'.. -if.
AGENTS WANTED.
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