Sunbury American. (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, January 28, 1876, Image 2

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fUXBUUY, JANUARY 28, 187.
The Evangelists Moody and Saukey
hare closed their revival services in Phila
delphia. A collection of about one hun
dred thousand dollars was raised at the
....vw
ing, to enable I
Association of
last meeting as a thank-offerin
i he Young Men's Chris! kn
that city to Complete their new building in
lime for the CeBtermial celebration. The ;
expenses of .be revival services, amount-
ing to nearly thirty thousand dollars, were j
all met by voluntary contributions One
mother moved to gratitude for the happy I
conversion of a son through the labors of j
the evangelists, gave a diamoud ring as a
t hack offering. This riBg, turiched by the
circumstances we relate, was instantly I
purchased by a gentleman for oue thousand
dollars. Hare as was the gem thus offered
up by the e static mother upon the altar
'where
i her son was redeemed, how precious j
it be now because of its history ! Xo .
lUUBt
tuen are humbugs, no efforts are unworthy, J
which produces such results as these.
Mav the nraclical common seuse labors
of these good men go on, aud, for the 6ake
of Him in whoso service they strive, let us
nil cease sneering and lend aid, however
weak aud unworthy, to these noble
trkers.
j B
The New York TWs thinks that Mr.
Kerr's avowed hard money view, had much
to do with his unmiuation .or Speaker and
that the fact 'indicates that the largest sec
lion of the majority in the uext House
klands committed against the linaucial he
resies adopted by their party in Ohio, Penn
sylvania and elsewhere. The financial
views of the Speaker Lave a direct bearing
ujton the character of the legislation which
will vi promoted by the Democrats this
w inter. It may fairly he assumed that the
leading committee will be so constituted by j piactj m
Mr, Kerr that all projects for taking 'steps i y,,,. wn
t-ackwaiQ' tn tuc legislation providing tor
the icdcinptiou of the legal tender uotes
be quietly oppressed in the committee
room. This will uot only tend to give a
new sense of security to business men, but
K will be a isitive gain t'i the credit of the
nation.'
There seems to be a steady Seeline in the
Oruer of Patrousof Husbaudry, out West.
The rural members arc coming to the con
clusion that anvbere and somehow they
arc b..iug spouged to death. It has Jnst
come to light, in Iowa, that one man and
his wife hare been paid for pretended servi
ces, by the State national Granges, since
1S73, nearly 9,000, and that at the same
time he was drawing a regular salary in
otter business. If the order will weed out
the sidewalk farmers and bloodsuckers who
iufest it, aud confine itself to its legitimate
province, keeping out of the snares of
politicians, it will deserve to thrive. But
nwt else.
Nearly five hundred bills, representing
an aggregate of upwards of thirty million
dollars, have been introduced iu the pres
ent 2)emocraiic House of Representatives
to teimburse ex-rebels for their losses dur
ing the war. In view of this fact it is a
pertinent inquiry whether the greatest
stride towards retrenchment, and the pun
tication of our politics as well, at this junc
ture, would not be the adoption of a con
stitutional amendment forever prohibiting
the payment of another dollar ont of the
Trery upon any war claim whatsoever.
Carefcl inquiry has developed the fact
that in England und in this country, there
is a decrease in the deaths caused by drunk-
ounces, both by individual restraint and
an improvement of yeueial morality, owing
to the deeper impressions of the moral
obligations of temperance. There seems
to be a more general understanding of the
tttriious effect of stimulants upou the ner
o'ts system, even when inebriety stops
fchort oleafle.ire ud habitual drunkenness
Hence it would Appear that the best way
to overcome this evil is in this directiou.
rather than in appeals to the St
tioaal Government,
Hofore the war every Democratic assem
blage began its "series' of resolutions with
a reference to the "past history of the Dem
ocratic party" Hut it is not so any more.
Any reference now-a-days to the "past his
tory f the Democratic party" at once calls
forth very severe censure from Democratic
fympaihisers for receiving the "bloody
h'i" aud for pouring cold water ou that
1'rieudly grasp which is taking place
acro the bloody chasm.'
t 'oL McClore is loosing hope for Demo
cratic presidential success. Having been
nccuned T going to Washington to set up a
Drmcratic candidate, he frankly says, "if(
the conduct of the majority in Congrss, so j
ar, is to be accepted as the average capaci
ty of the party for the exercise of power,
we can't think of auy one against whom
we are sufficiently spiteful to want him on
tho Iemocrat:c ticket tor 1870."1
1 1 is slated that over 11,01 M tracts of bod
embracing 2,rjO0,K)0 acres, remain unpat
ented in Pennsylvania, upon which there
is due to the Commonwealth three quarters
!' million dollars. This means that the
vcupan's of said laud, who have a posses
sory title merely, have never taken out a
projwr title-paper from tlc Laud Oftice.
tioveruer Curtiu, D. C. Hush, Esq., and
other prominent men have about completed
nrrangements for the transfer of a knitting
machine compauy from Philadelphia to
Dellefoute, Ceuter couuty, Pa. The ma
chine will give steady employment to about
three hundred men.
At Lebauou, iu this slate, Eliza Kenson
has recovered damages to the amount of
"M,2."0 against the Reading Railroad Com
lany for taking her beyond the station to
which she desired to go. The company
Its taken steps to secure a uew trial.
One hundred ounce of gold, aud a lot
4 ore, from the famous Centennial tuiuc,
:a Wyoming Territory, was oeut to the
United States Mint at Denver, aud the
returns have just been received. The gold
assays nine hundred and three fine iu gold
tnd eighty-six in silver. The quartz essays
10,780 24 per ton in goid, and $271 4'l per
i-.il iu silver, showing a total of 47 0.-..-. ! !
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i-r ion ollwn thousand pounds. i
In an anrsy at thzabethville. Jauphin j
county, n the iiU f the lfHh inst., jn
l':er Lower was fatally stabbed by John j
1 keibler. Xo ai ret.
It is claimed that the quality of the to- !
bacco growu iu I -ucaster county last year j
is the best raised anywhere else in the
I ni ted Stales. Iu value is estimated at !
"'i,000,CKXl. ! in
Central 1'aciilc (rains are blocked iu snow '.
V Well statics, Utah. The Xortliern j
has also been blocked by snow siiiee j
t. ;
I In the continental countries of Europe,
J where tree trade hat been popular, it is
! said that there in growing faith in the vir
j tuc of protective laws. Germany, France,
i Ac, have experimented iu free trade, ami
find that it docs not promote their indus
trial interests. In this country, notwith
standing we have, over and over again, ex
perienced the crushing effect of free trade
on our industries, the tendency seems to be
J in that direction. The people have elected
ft free trade Congress, and to give voice to
ft iree uae " " l"
n,at election Congress has selected its must
pronounced free Iraders ti preside over it. ',
The lact that the working people ot this
country take so little interest in the only
policy that can give them remunerative
employment, may excite the observer's
special wonder ; but there the fact stands
out before the world pet sonified in the
popular branch of our national legislature,
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CIXCIXSTI, January 22. The UazHk' j
liarboursvillc, t est irginia. special says
a rounn man. named C F. Melinr. lias
mmging 8ome tirac SearcU wa8
maJe to. ana b(K, fund buried in
a stable with his throat cut. Meling'a wife
and a man named Williams, who had been
paying improper attentions, were arrested,
and Mrs. Meling confessed that she and
Williams killed him. Kxcitemeut is very
high, and it is feared the prisoners may l
lyuched to-uigbi.
Cixcixxati, January 23. The O'lf.ttWn
i special says : Edward Williams, who with,
I Mrs. Meling, was arrested for the inunler
! of the hitter's husband, was taken from jail
last night at, Barboursville, W Va., and
hanged by a mob. The parties were assur
ed by a minister that sufficient evidence of
their guilt had been obtained and that the
jail was surrounded by a mob of excited
people, but both denied any complicity in
the act, although the miuietci continued
praying with them and asking for a con
fessiou. The mob finally forced the keys
from the iailr. took Williams out and
ia under a tree in the Court House
here, with a rope around his neck,
standing ou a barrel, he made confession.
He expressed the hope that the crowd
might obtain (Jod's forgiveness for their
crime, as he had for his, and declared that
he was happily started ou his journey home
to Htaveu. He died after fifteen minutes
of terrible agony. Mrs. Meliug was then
brought out and, after placing her in front
of the dead murderer, the crowd called for
her confession. She said Williams had
been her parmour for three years ; that
she had been trying for the past throe
months to poison ber husband, without
success ;
thitt Williams struck Meling on
the head with an axe while he was asleep, j and pnciScatory as Christ's sermon on the
Wednesday night, aftewards cutting his ; mount, compared to those made last week
threat. She assisted in destroying the evi- j in the House of Delegates here on the Cen
dence of the murder and in burying Meling. j tennial appropriation bill. The air reeked
She accused herself of being the cause of i with treason and hate, and was filled with
the murder, but begged pitifully for life,
II hough theleehag was very strong against
her, aud the crowd voted unauimously for
her execution, no man could be found who
would put the rope around a womans neck,
and she was returned to the jail. Williams'
ki i... i ;i
the authorities this morning.
LanleiineM la LouiaiMua.
New Orleans, Jan. 25. The dead
lock in the Legislature was broken yester
day by the adoption iu the Senate of the
apportion nient bill reported by the
committee. The Senate will reinaiu as
apportioned in 1 De House will have
uierooers.
Report or lawlessness omc' in (
from West Felicana parish. Already some
100 negro lam lies have crossed the river
into Point Corfee. The regulators make
nightly raids, flogging, shooting and burn
ing. No sls have been taken to send
troops to the disturbed point, although
six companies are in Raton Rouge, 40
miles away.
Correspondence.
OI K IIKKISIllll; liKTTEIt.
II ARIUSWVMU, 1'A
i
jau. 2G, 1870
a-iie confusion, excitement aud incidents,
consequent upou any public occasion were
visibly noticable on inauguration day in
this city.
The Legislature lias made considerable
progress wiihiu the last ten days, quite a
number of bills having passed second read
ing, and a few third reading, among which
number is the oui relating to the State
Treasurer aud Commissioner of the Siuking
Fund, or more commonly known as the
"Tieasury Kill."
A bill eimiliar lo the present one had
passed two readings during the session of
167o, but like many more met its fate on
the final passage, aud the absurdity iu
not passing it caused an opening wide of
eyes among trm members when they came
to draw their saleries, and were informed'
"no funds."
The determination appears then to have
seized the maj ority of the members that
a like repetition should not occur, for short
ly after the present session had commenced,
a bill covering ail former blundering legis
latioa on the subject was introduced, and
.i. i! i r . i . i-ii
yusicruay ou me nnai parage oi inc uui, j
the vote was 145 yeas .o G nays, among
which latter number is the name of With
ington. The uame of Mr, Lear as Attor
ney General, has not yet been seut to the
Seuate for cou9rmatiou, aud considerable
iuteret is being manifested as to what will
be the result, should it be sent ia, quit a j composed of the Confederate Hag in the
disposition has sprung up among some of centre, with its staff pointing towards
the Republican Senators not to havu the j heaven, while on the right hung the por
appoiutment confirmed, owing 1 believe, to j trait of that great Virginian hero whose
the fact that some political trust ha not j image is enshrined ia every heart in the
been observed. Senator Yeikes, a demo
crat and near nc'ghbor of Mr. Lcitts, has
made a host of friends by hi action in the
matter, lie Uung a prominent mover to
j have the confirmation consumated, :is it
certainly should be.
Hon. Victor E. Piolett lectured ou Ag
riculture, in the Hall of the House of Rep
resentatives last eveniug. His audience
was rather small, but of an atteotive kind.
I fear his contest for the office of Treasurer
last fall has somewhat added lo his age, as
he docs not seem to have the same life aud j
vivacity which he theu appeared to have j repressed by the Speaker."
enjoyed. " j There's (,'entenuial gush for you, upon
The Republican city convection to turn- j which no commeut is needed,
inate a Mayor and city Treasurer met last t To show you the Southern leaders have
evening in the Court House, and nomina- j two ways of sayin; things, one f-r the
ted the present popular mayor .T. I). Tat-j North and the other for the South, show
terson, aud Win. Sheesley for Treasurer, j ing t their own jwoplw (he hatred they
The f rst reception by the fiovernor this i
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' morrow (Thursday) evening, and promises i
J '
wnuer, win iiio i wo '"i'J' uct iu- .
!,. a iWt affair. The lovcr of dam - :
- were fi;yen an opportunity t-i' trip the j
i;ght fantastic toe" at a ball pven Inst even- j
i irfg in l'ranls Hall under the auspices -f j
the "CoiitiueutaK"'
The workwomen are holding meetings
nightly, aud the greatest interest i- bcit
manifested in them. What the object is
holding these Huntings no
one can le- i
Due.
We are having the best of weather, sun
shining au ! thermometer W decrees above
zero. II.
OI K WANlIIXdiTOX LETTER.
Washixotox, D. C.
January 2 ), 1h4i.
The debate ou Amnesty
and the Centennial appropriation brought
to light the true feelings of the Southern
Democracy, and shows that Stale rights
and strict construction of the Constitution,
as taught by John C. Calhoun, is the main
policy of the Democratic party. The six-
I ty-one rebel brigadier generals in the House
ty-one rebel br
of Kepresentai
O10ini,0rj f,f .
utives control the Democratic
onjucse, North nud West,
and they are so weak-backed that they do
their bidding as willingly as did their pre
decessors before the war. Hon. Itaudolph
Tucke
;er. of Virginia, in his speech against
the Centen
.-emenniai out, ttoiiuueu me m-j-uum.-, j .
and two Pennsylvania Democrats, Messrs.
Cochrane and Menger. took up the cry,and
in their chin music argued that it was un-
constitutional toruougieM i u.um.- -r
i IHUIHiaiittU 111 illU ' JUL VCIIlCUUIil
bration
Their whole cry uow is the Con-
btitution. and every one interprets that
wonderful liocumeul to niiit his own views.
Because the Constitution does not say in
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P.a.n wo.ua u irrs. lIil9 w.r
10 ai)Dioinac one munou live umiuitu
thousand dollars in aid of the Centennial,
it is unronxtiti'.tional ; but, on the other
side, if one of thuse fire-caters kill a m'j'jtv,
or wishes to deal iu and own slaves, it is
Cnstitntion il, for the Constitution makes
no tuenliou of these facts, therefore it is
the unwritten law, aud the Constitution
allows it. This argument reminds one of
a story told by Mr. Townsend, of New
York, iu debate last week. An Irishmau,
baviug made some money, concluded to
buy a horse. After the purchase a friend
said to him "Pat, has your horse got the
glanders ?M "The glanders," said Pat,
"what's that ?" The friend replied, "nev
er mind what it is, has he got the glan
ders ?" Pat, studying a short time, re
plied, "If the glanders will make the horse
any better, be sure he has them, but if it
makes him auy worse, he hasn:t got them
at all, at all." So it is with these fellows,
if it suits their purpose it is all eight, if
not, rice vcrsn.
With all their outward show of peace
,.1 IKaip npafanill ( imri t,t irftrwl Will "
and their nrelendcd desire for "good will," I
&c, intended to deceive our good people,
and to prove their falsity, I send you an
extract from a letter to a frieud iu Wash
ington from a geullemaa who listened to
' the Centennial debate in the Virginia legis
lature, which will give your readers a pret
ty good idea of the love the leaders feel for
Union :
"P.ut JJen. Hill's speech, whether the oue j
) printed for the eye of the North or the one
for bis Georgia constituency, is as mild
anathemas of Grant, Congress, the
y
i-e lne puldicai. aud of the Government,
, 0ne could imagino the ghost of the
j wl.nivwI, nvin ,.vr., v
! ' "
Ulki'"-' abroad aud enacting scenes and
uttering sentiments that seemed like the
! shadow of scenes, aud the echo of utter-
i a nee s made withiu those same walli by
j that Congress of traitors that sat there
j from 1801 until driven out by loyal bayo
nets iu April, 18C5 ; so many of whom
have changed their base to the Capitol at
Washington. These speeches, so intense
ly sectional, bitter, and disloyal, made
every lover of his vhole country sick at
heart. They have uot cccn published ; it
would never do for them to reach the
Northern-ear. W. W. IWi vi-
f.ft nt i . . i Irnlv lsivul natrin.
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tic ar
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Biec.. .u '"w -'jEppaHuutoa, a Virginia represenutire in
bill ; the only on,, 0f ttmt kind made by a
Democrat. . r . tiH,linga, a carpet-bagger
from Ohio, (nephew of tw noble old
yeoman, Joshua R. Giddings,) uiad a
splendid effort on the Republican side tI
the House.
The main and almost the only argu
ment made by Judge ('rump, who had the
bill in charge, aud other Democrats who
favored il, was the capitul to be made for
Democratic party iu the coming Presiden
tial campafgu. You have not space for
more than a few extracts. Judge Crump
said "the disgusting exhibition being
made in the halls of Congress, aud the
venomous speech of Rlainc has beeu for uo
other put pose than to tire the Northern
heart in order to foist upon the country
for a third term the man of a wooden
head, iron hand and marble heart, who
has so loug trampled upon the liberties of
the South." His peroration closed thus;
"Rekt assured, the day will come when
Constitutional principles, as our fathers
understood them, will triumph and prevail
throughout the laud."
Judge Cecil, of Tazewell county, said in
opposition to lit bill that we should have
nothing to do with it, "because the Con
federacy in uot free, and wc ate Grant's
slaves." Extra Kill Smith, who was a
prominent candidate lor the United States
Senate before the legislature, boasted that
lie "was an unreconstructed rebel," and
further said, "auy oue who abuses and
slauders Jeffersou Davis, abuses aud slan
ders me, and every other man who followed
the Confederate flag." This utterance was
greeted with the wilJest applause by the
galleries, and was with difficulty suppress
ed by the Speaker. Smith further said that
ho kept "a tableau over the mantle in his
PAItLOIt AT HOME
South, whose name will live iu history as
one of the grandest characters as long as
lime endures, the imtnorUl Robert E.
liW, (applause, while ou the left hung the
portrait of that other Christain warrior,
that brilliaut exemplar of every Christian
virtu, whose bronze statue now graces the
Capitol square- that grand hero who stood
like a stone wall iu defence of constitution
al liberty, hurling back with an irou hand
the ruthless iuvaders of the sacred soil of
his dear old mother, V'rgiuia Stonewall
Jackson! Immense applause, hardly to
bear to the (ioveriimetit, I scud you a few
.vtnu.ln 1't.tt t r-i.tn I 1 1 i I t'j rwirtt
"That dend scoundrel Stanton !" l,ulx-
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Anifh or. "Stanton, the bloodiest villain
in all the tide of time.'' Richmond 7;'.--
t,a0 U, ot Januaiy 12, 1S7. "11 us drive
every Radical into the Conservative party
or out of the Mate." iu(tx--l'faJ.
Itlaine. all we ask is lo be let alone. This
is the Centennial year do not mar its har
mony. You kuow better. Our every as-
i .....
Titration is lor peace and good leeiing, and
to elect a Democratic President. Wait un-
till the popular gush shall crystallize into
enduring changta of governmental policy
and Wislation, and the leward of the
faithful will be ascendency aud power."
Lidex-Apptal
" We keep that gloiious fl:g that slumbers
One day to avenge our dead.
We have furled it sadly, slowly,
Furled it gently (for 'tis holy)
Till that day ; yes, furled it sadly.
Then will unfurl it gladly.
Conquered banner, keep it still." XC3.
The poetry from the Aeirs refers to the
"bonnie blue flag;" not our own glorious
"stars and stripes."
Hon. Ken. Hill, of Georgia, and during
he late "unpleasantness" a Senntor in the
rebel Ciitess, made a iLuuitig hjm f i-h iu
unswer to Hon. James (I.
lliuinu on the
Aninsjiy of Jeff". Davis. It was full of
bitterness, aud not one sentence in it con-
fa innrl un y I it-i-shi :n of iv7ret for what
uJ the ne
! fuslifii.il thi lirntal tn-iitmi-nt Hvon t() OUT
J " . . Xn,invm,. nn,l insisted that
tie soldier of tin: Uuion were the fiends
of tho war. He made the assertion that
; ,he houtbeiu poo,,lc were inarlys, and, as
such, had uo forgiveness to ask from ty
rauts. He shook hi clcuched list at the
Republicans and called them murderers and
violators of the Constitution, and said that
the Southern people knew their frieuds
n0Wf uu vy iUd duliU(? the war, and would
, , . ,
only receive from them their rights, which
was justice, as they had dtue no wrong.
Mr. Hi'.! said that "the atrocities of An
tlersouvi'.le did not bein to compare with
the Btroniiie. of Elmira, of Fort Doug
lass, or of Fort. Delaware," ami that "of
all the atrocities, both at Andersonvillc
and Elmira, the confederate authorities
stand acquitted from all responsibility lovd
blame." The Democrats of the free States
had to acquiesce in thess statements for not
oue of thetn had the manhood to stand up
iu his place and deny these false accus.i-
tions
(1 to brand the author as a liar.
In years past fellows like Hill could bully
and bluster and frown down their oppo
nents in the couucils of the Nation, but
that day is past, and they have found it
out, for the last few days, or in fact this
session of ConrebS, has brought men to
to the surface that will "not down at their
bidding ;" nicu of bold hearts iu the Re
publican ranks that, with great skill and
minfimwilPlit :IV flllf.'il lllcm A'J the
j wa B,10W thdr j,, and
i
exposed to the full gaze of the country the
j real purposes of these bad men. Iebel
' lion, although not openly advocated, is as
j deep as it was before the war ; it is only
smothered, and all that keeps it from
breaking forth anew is the hopes of elect
ing a Democratic President in 1S7.
The Democrats, fearful of the bad effect
Hill's remarks would have upon the coun-
j trr' reTiseJ tliC t,Peech' ani1 il dot'!,J10t "f
near in the liccoci as delivered. The vile
1
assertions about the atrocities at Ander
souville are omitted, and in lieu thereof is
the following : "The mortality at Ander
sonvi'.le and other confederate prisons falls
short by more than three per cent, of the
j mortality iu icuciu imsuua.
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j nrougn me tiioris oi nonesi reporters,
1 the country ia already in possession of a
j report of what Mr. Hill did say, and the
j fact that he preferred to put on record a
garbled statement of his remarks, shows
conclusively that there were utterances of
! whic,, ,)e was ci.her ashamed or afraid to
iavu n
apjiear before the people,
Applicants for office under the Democra
tic Homo of Representatives are as numer
ous as when the session first began. A
few days ago a rough and ready appearing
fellow, dressed in butternut gray, wearing
a Iiht slouch iiat, aud carrying a formid
able looking luunkct. might have beeu seen
nud iu fact was auen, slowlj wei'i4 law
-y alou lYuusyivauia avenue towards
I th Ca.iiidl On his arrival at the latter
. . . . - . .
,,,, t. ;,.mliri'il tt-hprn. he could tinJ l!n
; I'"-" 1 '
Cougress. Thinkiug he meaut mischief
the persou addressed (an employee of the
House,) asked, "What do you want vith
Geueral H union ?" "What do 1 viant
with him, Suh ! Well, Sub, I am fsun
Botetourt county, Virginny, Suh, at
hearn that we uns, confed'rit soldiers, vas
gitteu' mot of tho places up yere, and to.
Suh I hoofed it all the way yere (couldi't
afford to ride in tho kyars) to sec my dd
commander. Gen. Eppa Huuton. I fat
uuder Gen. Huuton, by , Suh, all Hid'
tho wah, and if the confed'rits is a gitlii'
places, (ten. Huuton must git me one"
"But what are you doiug with that gun?'
queried the party addressed. "Tha;,
Suh,'t replied the gentleman from Eot
tourt, "is the musket I carried all thvougi
the wah. I jest brought it along to shov
Gen. Huuton, and by , Suh, ht's g.t
to git me a git sue a good place." Je h
left his gun iu charge of the other arty,
aud went lo find Gtu. II union. Tb re
sult of his interview hits uot transjred.
This is uo fancy sketch, but an u;il
occurrence.
A late issue, of the Sunbury lhdhj 0n
tained the following :
"J. C. Rarr, of Philadelphia, lias b;n
appointed index cierk of the House of .
preseiitatives instead f Harry Whartj
of Sunburv."
Iu several particulars it is incorrect. .
C. Rarr, of Pittsburg, relieved the iude
clerk of the House. Juuion Ilolcomb, LSq.,llmt U)e cIa8Slllat is UB(I;r iit
of Towauda, IVnn'a. our correspon- ,; time. The failures of to-dav are caused
dent was uot indox cisrk, but a clerk in the
enrolling room, aud was succeeded by W.
II. lleadle, of Indiana. Each Clerk on
being asnigued a desk has to take the oath
of ollice, either the Iron-clad or modified.
When Mr. lieadle was sworn in, he he."i
tatcd about taking the irou-c!ad oath, say
ing that ' during the war lie was a peace
Democrat : had published a paper in In
diana dating the whole rebellion, -nud in
his paper had advocated the cause of the
South." However, ho bid conscience
down, and swore that he "never gave aid
or comfort to the enemy."
Hou. Kdward Mcl'hereou held the oflice
Clerk of the House of Representatives dur
ing twelve years, and iu that timo disburs
ed over six millions of dollars. He had a
final settlement with the Treasury Depart
ment a few days ago, and, on full settle
ment, there remained to his credit one dol
lar end stctnly-fix ctnts. A faithful officer,
au honest man, a zealous Republican, and
a corteous geutlemau ; he retires from of
fico with ciedit to himself, and carries with
him the esteem of both political parlies.
To day the House passed the Ceutenuial
appropriation bill by a vote of 140 yeas to j
1:J0 nays. The New Kngland States gave
22 votes for il aud ot'ly 5 against it. The
Middle States record 49 yeas aud 12 nays ;
The Southern States 38 yeas aud 04 nays,
the Western States '61 yeas and ."0 ways,
aud the Pacific Stales 7 yeas and uo nays.
The West and South furnish 114 of the
. . "V . T t 1 .... .1
t negative vote. The New England and
Middle Stales record 71 yeas, and iho est
em, Southern and Pacific, 75. Pennsyl
vania produced five honurabh Democratic
gentlemen, who were so completely whip
ped into the doctriues of State rights and
strict construction that they lost both State
aud National pride, and voted ngaiiut the
bill, viz. Messrs, Cochrane, Collins, Sheak
ley, Stenger, aud Furney.
Hon. John B. Packer was a warm frieud
of the measure, but business of importance
I calling bim to Philadelphia, he could not
be present when the vote was taken. 15e
fore leaving for that city, however, he took
the precausion to pair with a gentleman
who was opposed to the appropriation,
consequently his vole is' represented in the
affirmative, although it docs not appear
among tho yeas and uays.
Yours, fraternallv,
II. D. W.
OIK NEW YORK LETTER.
THE WEATHER liEKCHEIt MOODY AND
SAKKEY DYKIt AXD MC'CAUI.EY IrI
XES OUTLOOK THE KXI'KKSS MOXOI'O-I.Y-SKRVANT
GIRLS' THE CENTKXXIAL.
Nevt York, Jan. 25, i37o.
THE WKAT1IEK.
The city is thankful for the cool change
that came this week. Fog, rain, and fever-breeding
weather were just mak
ing ready for a host of small epidemics.
The ice meu were sick with hope deferred
for there were no signs favorable for their
annual ice-crop, and o.OOO men were wail
iug for work to begin at the great icc-hoitscs
up river. There- was little need of inva
lids going to Florida. Hut tho north-west
wind brought clear and bracing weather
that makes life a luxury. While the warm
unfavorable weeks, the season is far from
being an unhealthy one, the death rate for
the week being considerable isss thau the
corresponding oue las?t wiuti r. After the
j weather, the
UEECtlEi: Toric.
The motions of Plymouth Church may be
called eratic, if uothing harsher, Its lat
performance, after snubbing the idea of a
mutual council, was lo summon Mr. Bow
cu, editor of the hulfixmhrit, V a Church
meeting to hear grivances agaiust him.
His two sons were allowed with him, on
sutlerancc, but the su-nographer he brought
was promptly turned out. But the repor
ter made good use of his time while he
did stay, aud took down the debate word
for word, and quietly took satisfaction
in putting the report into next morning's
papers, where it didn't read creditably lo
the fairness or older of private Plymouth
Church proceedings. After all, the charge
against Mr. Koweu was that when a church
demanded that he should tell nil that he
knew about the Reecher matter, he refused
lo say any thiug good or bad about it. The
shrewd, long-witted Bowen knew what
would exasperate the swivel tongued breth
ern, and did it, by keeping his mouth shut
He turned the tables ou the meeting last
night by taking ground thatthe church
summoned him to hear charges and receive
advice, not to answer, aud tho Bowen
mouth closed like adament agaia. The
silent is the strongest in the quarrel.
MOODY AND SAX KEY
Barnum'a Hippodrome, where Jersey
and Vermont girls rode Roman chariot
races last winter, and Gihnore's Brass
Band made everybody thirsty enough to
drink oceaus of beer, last summer, is now
converted into a tabernacle for Moody and
Sankeyr great meetings iu February.
Seats for 7.U0U cover the saw-dust, and a
choir of 700 from difierent church choirs
will lead the siuging. The vast building
has been divided up into rooms for various
purposes. Besides the vast autorium for
the regular meetings, there are four very
large rooms for inquirers, rooms for preach
ers' meetings, rooms for classes, and rooms
for classes, and rooms lor every purpose.
The money for all this has been furnished
by wealthy religious people in the city,
who are determined to make soma head
against the depravity that rules the city,
aud is running it. One liquor seller, who
has one of the most popular bars in the
city, subscribed, and actually paid 1,000
to ths fund for the Moody meeting!. When
asked why he paid hi" money to a cause
that was iu direst coutlict with his business
he answered that he had real estate, the
income from which was greater than the
profits from his bar. That the demorali
zation of the city, the vice aud crime that
made New York an undesirable plaeo to
live in, was hurting his laigest interests.
"If theic howlers kin stop that kind of a
thiug." said he, "they are doing me
the best turn thsy kin !" Not a very
Christian reason but an exceedingly prac
tical one. But when you come to revival
ists, there are two in the city who deserve
toore encouragement than they are sretlini;
f mVYEIl AXD MC'CALLEY
Arc two brands suatched from the burning
that is, oue' was a miserable drunkard
md the other was a prize-fighter. They
ere converted, aud both felt called up'u
to do something for the people they had
formerly knowu. So they take lofts or eel
la-s, just as they can, down in Water and
Viindam streets, and tbey hold set vices
among the lowest and most wretched peo
ple in the city. They are mobbed, and
huitled, and despitefully used iu all sort
of ways, but they stick to it with the zeal
jf martyrs, and are actually accomplishing
something. They have not together small
ougregations in both those streets, aud
davc actually induced a larjre number of
men and women to tiy a better life. They
work without pay, happy when the well
incliued givo them enoujh to get kerosene
to light up their rooms. Men willing to
labor for humauity where they do, deserve
better cucouragement than they have re
ceived or are likely to.
THE Bt feIXES OUT-I.OOK
Is just as bad as ever. Last week there
were forty-six failures, sonic of them very
large. One jewelry house went up with li
abilities to the amonnt of f-JOO.UOO, with
over $700,000 worth of goods iu there store
j that is goods that had cost them that
amount. Ihis ?fiHJ,tH.Hj worth of goods
cannot be sold to day for one-fourtli ihuir
cost, for the reason that ouly very few are
buying jewelry, and that few can buy the
best in the world, of individuals, at half the
prices they can of dealers. A diamoud
never gets to be second-handed, aud the
people who huv them arc all willing enough
to realize ou them, in the hope of holding
ou till the belter times come. If any of
your readers want SJ.000 cashmere shawl
or a 210,000 diamond, they will do well to
strike in now. 1 would buy a duzen or
two myself, but for reasons.
1 have no sympathy for those who fail
ytheteaiful depreciation of goods, aud
e terrible dullness of trade. It is horri
e for a man who has worked hard all his
le, and is getting in position to retire on a
;cent comieteucy, to have it all swept out
bui under him. The sufferers of to-day
a mostly of this class, aud they are t bt;
Pied.
the express monopoly.
veryoouy except the txpress Compa-
and their subsidized Agents, ought to
'ui for th successful repeal of the postage
lawvhich increased the rates on all third
olasijiatter. This amendment has been
favonjiy reported to Congress by the ap
propre committee. The Express Com
panies re ftminiug e very nerve to defeat
it, butt shall see wheti er Government
exists for jjc good of the people, or intends
the pepli!hi,u t.xi.t for the good of mon
opolies. TheCompnies in New York have a large
lobby in Wellington, and are spending
and Indiug nmey widely to influence the
matt r. AudCougressman who finds his
expeifes runnijg high, with the enormous
boarlWJs ,,f He Capitol, knows that he
has to sakf or surer place to apply for a
lcinPoraiJaeeommodation' than to one
of txpre pby. There never was a
measiiie uiorOjrettly for ugood cf everv
voter who .has dollars a year to spend
to please himse.vj. his fa,iiyt than the
law which send p.klig(.8 Dy Q,aii fr a ceut
an ounce. It broi x.ks and half the
facilities of the cityr getting belter goods
and lower prices to t. (K,r o ll)e ()ncit.sl
farmer m the north-w ,ivj from
any village, but visited Vm mai, rider
oi.i.e a wetk. 1 he irtyi Companies
have had the field long eu,,, l(, makf.
gantic fortunes for every ofuf lllen
with thi-ir usual dog-iu-the-u, er it
lliey dont want poor people x ,,ive tMeir
little parcels sent at tho ouly l'jgy c;,n
afford to pay. There will alwa, ou'sl.
ness enough for the Express peo ;' ,i.
' it... I.ivnu uml u r-f ii-luu fw. In nr.
i m i.Ai-r, hiiu c " tor tue
mail, but with unparalleled greed tiy CT"e)
grudge the sending of books at the lson.
ableBnd habitual rates of mail. Tt
pression of the new postage law in o
tion tfie last year, has nearly, killed ,e
profits of the large newspapers. Home lh
increased their size by a column or two L
pirn taeir readers the benefit of more read-25
ing, but the increased weight of a halff""- JS7Vick's Flower A Vegetable Garden!
ounce douoleil tue postage, and nearly
...... . I
ruined the proprietors. I know of oue of
the largest and most popular newspapers
in the country, whose increase of postage
by this infamous bill was ?20,00(, and
there are plenty more to tell a similar
story.
If auy one labors under the delun'on that
the the express companies need the protec
tion of high postage, let them come to New
YorK and see tho magnificent buildings
they do business in, the palatial houses
they live in, and the enormous salaries
the officials vote themselves. Let it-
be understood the profits of these monopo-
lies do not show in their statements. It
was ursed iu Washington that they wera
cfi u'.at thcVdld
oiits iu -ijO.wu sal -
ita but they did not ex
aries, and thai every stock-holcJer quarter-
wer liiiiiT un imir uruuis U'Mv.wj bi-
ed on the company every relative Ins had
m the world. T GIRLS
In thiE city it frequently happens that
servants sue their employers for wages.
II is a tlnug tney are ronu oi, it tney nave
any siimu gruuge u u, nicj mivc
time when most inc mvenient lo demand
the money, and if it is not forth c iming at
tt ... 1 . 1 !..-.. 1-ihu
once, to enter suit for tho sake of seeing a i
delicate mistress obliged to go to a hedious
police court, amousf vagrants aud repro
bates. The last case 13 that- of a millionair
11. I C . I
WUO was sueu yy a gin ior ner wages. a
0,.rt nt hu tnii. in th. .,.nmrv il,-
put in the very just defense that she was j they have already been marked at close prices,) we shall make no change,
under contract to stay a certain time, but ;
left before it was up ; hence, he refused to ', 'e desire to announce that this is
pa' her. He would have had justice, had j
te-r?h. FINAL ana ONLY MARK DOWN TII1S SEASON,
including fire to New York, and board for i .
himself and wife at a hotel, intelligence So that none need wait for lower Prices. The step we take will wonder
oilice fees, journey to thelitis home in Con- j fully aid those who feel like economizing,
necticut, her fair out and back, which :
amounted to nearly siO.OO. which the j THE TERMS OF THE SALE ARE THE USUAL TERMS OF OUR
court stupidly refused to consider as uny- j TIOUSF
thing but a joke, though the employers who : "
have the same frequent trouble to get sL N, , ,A , T, . , T- .
eervaut aud have her leave when she is 1 1. No second or altered I rice One Fixed Price.
. . - . .. . . . ,. , . .- rv,l r M 4 i T -. t
lltiriy i id mum, ;m; urn, muiiueu i u
tako'ihe decision. This case will probably
have an effect in decidedly abating the ser-
it will cause to iho employee's side of the
subject, for many who hire servants wili
not be slow to make the master's case their
own in this instance.
THE CENTEX XI AL.
Are you all coming to tho Centennial ?
The railroads running into New York have
decided to rediiee the fare so that the peo
ple may come to New York first, and sen
the metropolis as well as the great show at
Philadelphia. The hotel keepers hold a
meeting next week, but whether it is to re
duce the rales or decide how much addi
tion skinuing the people will stand. I don't
know.- Probably the latter. For a hotel
keeper in this city never had a conscience,
and very little business sense.
PlETKO.
Dr. Pirr.
From the TtftJo Jihih:.
"success is never achieved without merit.
A man may make a poor Tticle and sell it
once, and "there being 4i),000,0()O in the
United States, the sale to each one would
be enough to make a decent fortune. But
an article that holds the tield year after
year, and tho sales of which increase reiru
larly and rapidly, must have absolute
merit.
Dr. R. V. Pierc; of Buffalo. N. Y., oc
cupies our entire eighth pae to day with
his various articles. We admit it, because
we know the Ioctr, aud know of Ins arti
cles. We kcow him to be a regular educat
ed physician, whose diploma hangs ou the
wall of his office, and we kuow that he has
associated with him several of the most
eminent practitioners in the country. We
know that parties consult him, by mail and
iu person from all the States in the Union
everv day, and that they are fairly dealt
with.
This grand result has been accomplished
by two agencies Oou, reliable articles
articles which, onve introduced, work easily
their own way and splendid business
management. They have succeeded be
cause they ought to have Kucceeded."
If you would patronizi! Medicines, sci
entifically prepared by a skilled Physician
and Chemist, use Dr. Pierce's Family Medi
cines. Golden Medical Discovery is nutri
tious, tonic, alterative. ant bi.wl-chTui.iing,
and an unequaled Cough Remedy ; Pleas
ant Purgative Relets, scarcely larger than
mustard seeds, constructive an agreeable
and reliable physic ; Favorite Prescription,
a remedy for debilitated females; Extract f
Smart Weed, a magical remedy for Piiiu,
Bowel Cemplaints. and an uuequaled Dini
met for both human and horse rJesh ; while
his Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known
the world over as the great specific for
ZZV Sir ft? tiraf ' when yo can t just what you want with a vcr,
20 years x scfekek. cubed by THE ,1,ttlc moeyr iIats CaP of every description, all of which is of the
OOLDEN MEDICAL BISOVERY.
Dr. U. V. Pierce:
Ik'ti Zjr, Twenty year ago I was shin
wrecked on the Atlanttc Ocean, and the
coia and exposure caused
a lare abscess
to form on each leg, which kept continually
discharging. I was attended by doctors in
Liverpool, Havre New Orleans. New
York, and at the hospital on Staten Island
(where the doctors wanted to take one leg
ion;. 1 iually, after spending hundreds of
j dollars, I was persuaded to try your "(Jol-
ien -Medical JJicovery," and now, iu less
than three months after taking the first
bottle, 1 am thaukful lo say I am complete
ly cured, and lor the nrst time in ten years
cau put my left leg on the ground. I am at
home nearly ever evening aud shall be glad
to satisfy any person of the truth of this in
formation. I am, sir, yours respectfully,
WILLIAM RVDEK.
S7 Jeffersou .Street, IJufialo X. V.
" """" i
iltto Sbbcrlbcmenls.
Dissolution oTI'art nor ship.
"V'OTICE i hereby uiven that the co -partner.
M rhip between Win. S. Khomls and John
P. Haa... irndiug under the firm name of W. 8
Khouds & Co., and Haa V Ithoada in the whole
sole and rrtaiimc of coal, was dissolved ou the
Una day of Janu'irv, 1ST6, bv mutual Consent.
WM. 8. KIIOADS,
JOHN P. HAAS.
i
Sur.bnry, Jan. 21, '70. :;t. i
PUBLilC SALE.
Wi!! he nolij by Public Vendue, in Point town
ship, Northumberland t.Vnnty. throe miles uorth
of Norlhiiinbierhuid,
On Thurftdaj, Febuary 17. 176,
The following personal properly, to wit :
FOUR GOOD FARM HORSES,
Borne of which arc good sinjlo drivers, 1 three
yearling
6 Cows, 3 with Culvcs by their side ; 4 Heifers,
Sofwhich are springing ; 2 young Steers, 1 Tount
Bull, 1 tull bred
Aldepney Bui 1,
3 rears old, 2 bredinc Sown with Pi 1 sow
and nine fits five weeks old on dav of sale.
1 heftier White Konr,
13 Pheep, good stock, 1 Buck and 13 ewes ; 1
four horse broad wheel Wilson and Bos, J
(rood Pprinsr Wairon with pole and shafts, Hav
I.adde-s, Hay Knk, (irain Fan, Corn Slie!!.-r.
Hav Cutter. Hav Hook. IJope anil Puliies, J.and
Holler,
A Good Reaper and Mower,
5 Plows, 1 Patent Com Cultivator, larire Cultiva
tor, 4 Shovel Harrows. 3 Spike Harrows, 2 lonir
tsleds, Log Sled, Grlnd-toiie, Emery Grind
Stone, (irain Cradles, Mowina Scythes, "DitreinK
Iron, Uruhing Hoe, Pirk, Shovels, 3 Ox Yokes,
XO feet of heather Belt nearly new, lurge Manure
Fork, 2 pair of Spreaders, 4 Plow Double trees,
lot of Single trees. Log Chains. Fifty Chain, Cow
Chains, Brest Chains, Butt Chains,
"HNKTKOF GOOD HARM:,
Collar, liridlt s, Lines, Halters, Wagon Saddle,
(Jrain Bags, Forks, rakes, and a rarietv of ar
ticles too numerous to mention.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. A credit or
it;hf. mouth will be eiven.
THOS. BAUMOARDNER.
Isaac S. Lonoacre, Actioneer.
Point twp. Jan. 21, 1870.
This is a beautiful Quarterly Journal, tluely
illustrated, and contaiuiug ati elegant colored
Froutispicce with the Urst number. Price only
cents for the vear. The first No. fr 1S76 lust
. nan t . M-'t V. . Ath ft
cents : with cloth covers 6a cents.
' Address. JAMES VICK, RocheBter, .
24. 1875. at.
This will Notify the Public
of our intention to j ut new and Iotver Tikes on much oi our Stock.
week-dnv moniingind CONTINUE UNTIL OUR FALL and WINTEr
STOCK'IS .SOLD. '"
THE FACT IS:
i -
, V.'e have made up too many" overcoats anil suits forthis vcar, and to
transfer our Stuck into Cash needed
! certain sacrifices which will be apparent on and after WEDNESDAY,
1 DECEM IJEll FIRST, when we shall have gone through our Salesrooms
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j and cut off Profits, and even a part
prices.
To be very exact in stating this matter, as we do not intend that auy
advertisement or custom of our house shall mislead the public in the lea3t
. particular, we -think it proper to say, that this Mark Down, whilst it ap-
,j1C3 to
&
A THOUSAND AND MORE OVERCOATS,
A THOUSAND AND MORE BUSINESS COATS,
HUNDREDS OF DRESS COATS,
SEVERAL THOUSAND VESTS,
SEVERAL THOUSAND PAIRS OF PANTS,
, , .. , . ,
and cxtoiuU throughout oar house,
wtinii uuui iui, iu iimittut jiun jl imj.
;. The contract on our part, to return money, ia a part of the bargain in
j c;icll (provided cood are returned unworn.)
i 4 A lul1 Guarantee tor each garment.
The Stock we offer is all new, and
hut our own
Careiullv Made Clothing.
It will ho reineinbcivd that our stock always embraces the choicest
styles of substantial goods, and that every size and shape is provided for
both Men and Bys. It will also be borne in mind that there is but one
OAK HALL, and that is at the corner of
SIXTH SIXTH-SIXTH-SIXTH SIXTH
au.l MARKET Streets. -
j Hoping for a visit from each reader, aud that our friends will pass this
announcements to all their friends in the country,
We are Very Truly,
' WANAMAKER & BROWN,
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WfflB
Hats, Caps & Gents' Fcrivishlyg Goods.
:(o)-:
Has just returned from the eastern
Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnishing
at the lowest hard-time prices.
Clothing of every Description.
Overcoats in endless variety, from
-
MIENS' SUITS
Ot every styles and quality to suit the times, and at such low prices that
every body can afford to go well clothed with very little money.
CLOTHING FOE MEN YOUTHS' BOYS' AND CHILDREN.
nuesc styles and at prices that can not be undersold.
Gents' Furnishing Goods.
Und
Clothing in abuudance
?
From the finest white Shirt made to
Kinas
Gloves of all
Kit!, Buckskin, Driving, Sheepskin, "Woolen and Mittens of all kinds and
prices to suit all. Socks, Suspenders, Collars, Xeckties, Bows, Jewelry,
Ac, &c., and anything to be found in a first-cla furnishing good store.
A specialty in Clothing, Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnishing Goods, all of
which we defy competition both in quality and in price. trouble to
show goods.
ISAAC FURMAM,
9L Market St..
fur. bury, Nov.
When you visit Philadelphia, call and see
WITH
Til
GO
O
WHO SELLS
SOLID WALNUT MARBLE TOP CHAMBER- SUITS fOR $55.00
Parlar Suits in Hair Cloth or Fancy Reps from $50 up.
Parlor Slits ii Plisli fri $90
Walnut Dressing Case Suits, $68.00.
Best Wire Wove Spring Mattress.
A IJ. OTHER GOODS EQUALLY LOW.
Feathers in Pillows or by the Pound,
In Large iuutif ies and of the finest Qnalll?.
! GIVE HIM
I Sent. 17. 175. ly.
for preparation for 1876,we will make
of the cost, from many of our present
... ... , . ,
vet there are some lots in which (as
13 not ''bought" or "wholesale" stock,
Philadelphia.
OF
city with the largest stock of Clothing,
Goods ever brought to this place, and
the cheapest in prices to the very best
t t--
of every quality, styles and price.
CLOIE,
SHIRTS 1 SHIRTS !
the cheapest.
Woolen Shirts of all
ana prices.
Description.
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