The Beaver Argus.
J. WRYAND,
Beaver, Pa.. Aprll 30, 1873.
Grs. ..teist. B. McCoIIMIME, ex-
Congrasstnen froth the IVth Missou
ri District, has prEsented his bat-k
pay to Arcadia Co'lege in drat State.
The secret of this genprosity.is thus
given by The St. Louis De noerd:
"The joke of the whole thing is that
by 'donating' 0,000 to the college,
the worthy ex-Congressman collected
a debt which the institution owed
him, and which it is probable he
could not have ontained in any other
way."
THE Chainbersburg Paposilory
( Rep.) concludes an article• on the
doings of the last Legislature in these
words :
If the people have not become hope
le,-; and dismayed beyond recovery by
this betrayal of their interests they may
%till derive some benefit from the last
legislature. The remedy is in their
hands. The constitutional convention
is called to preventjust such evils as we
have depicted. It has exhibited the will
do it, and to submit to the people such
restrictions upon legislation as will, if
accepted, rescue us from the power of
i,orrupt rings. The striking example
ws.Jiave just had'ahould inspire the peo
ple with determination to ratify the
most stringent constitutional restric
tions to legislation that the convention
may submit. Corruption belongs to no
one party, but has invaded ell; and
should be met by the people regardless
of party but aroused for the safety of
their institutions.
CHAS. A. DANA, of tber.New York
Sua; has not a very exalted opinion
'of those Americana, wbo by hook or
crook, are going to the Vienna Ex
position. He says nearly all who
are steering in that direction from the
l'oited States are notorious "loafers,
bummers and dead beats!' If Dana
is right in his classiffeation of the
persons who are on the wing for the
Austrian cltpital, those who arc left
behind ought to be thankful that the
Exposition was conceived. It takes
an element from our country, for
four or five months at least, which
we can very well spare. If that ele
ment could only be induced to pro
long its stay from this country, we
have no doubt, butlhat, it would re
sult in the country's good.
THERE is no little inquiry just now
after the facth touching the way the
$6.000 item to defray the expenses of
the Comin issioners to Vienna, got
into the general appropriation bill.
A Pittsburg contemporary explains
the matter in this way :
It appears that Senators Wallace,
Ra
tan, and our own Graham. represented
the Senate in the Joint Conintittee of
Conference of the two Houses, which
met to settle conflicting views in refer
ence to the general appropriation- bill,
and while so acting introduced an en
rely new section appropriating $6,0410
pay the expenses of three tornmissiOn
ers to the Vienna Expcisition, to be ap
pointed by the Governor; and it further
appears that Governor liartranft in pur
suance of this section so improperly in
jected into the bill, and under. no other
authority, selected Senators Graham,
Ratan, and Davis to be the three forrm- .
nate commissioners.
Tifitouu lithe official catalogue of the
American Department of the Vim,.
na Exposition, it is seen that Penn.
Sylvania has forty contributors At thy-
Fair. A number of these reside in
western Pennsylvania, but the gieat
hulk of them belong to Philadelphia.
The Governor of this State has ap
pointed ten or twelve commission
ers to the ExtTsition, but all pay
their own expenses, save and except
Mes.u.s. Graham, Ratan, and Davis.
These gentlemen got up the law au
thorizing their own appointment,
and were sharp enough to so fix mat
ters that the State must provide
them with all the pin -money needed
during their absence. -That's an ad
vantagea law-maker has over, the
people. _Therefore, who wouldn't be
a law-maker.?
BRICELAND, the Allinghatn mur
derer, who escaped from the Wash
ingtonjail, a few evenings ago, was
rcmpttrred and brought back to his
old quarters on last Saturday morn
ing, having been caught in a hay.
mow near Colliers station in West
Va. lie is said to have suffered
greatly from cold and a want of food
(luring his absence, and really seem
ed rather pleased to get back to his
prison home again. Ever since his
trial grave doubts have been enter
tained concerning his guilt and much
syrnpathy has been expresssed for
him. Sineehis re-Capture, this sym
pathy has been•measurably increased,
and many- persons of prominence and
influence in that region are now in
teresting theinselves in his behalf,
and the probabilities are that he wilt
he pardoned by the Governor of the
State.
A LETTER from Congressman
Frye of Maine is published concern
ing the 'effects of the Maine Lignor
Law, and his statements are endors
el by the entire Congressional &ie.
within of that State - . The folloWing
ire its important portions: "I eatiand
do, from my own personal observa
tion, unhesitatingly affirm that the
consumption of intoxicating liquors
in Maine is not today one-fourth as
great as it was 20 years ago; that, in
the country, portions of the State, the
sale and use have almost entirely
c ea sed ; that the law of itself, under a
vigorous enforcement of its provi
sions, has created a temperano-, sen
timent which is marvelous, and to
which opposition is ,powerless.
my opinion our remarkable temper
ance reform of to-day 'is the legiti
mate child of the law."
I=3
E general indignation expressed
all over the State, by both press and
people in reference to the "Vienna
-teal," has induced the belief that
senator Graiaam at least, will decline
to draw the t 2,000 appropriated by
the Legislature to defray his extien
ses to Vienna and back. *0 little
appropriation, of which we haveany
knowledge, was ever looked upon
with such universal disgust as this
one. Men and women of all parties
and classes characterize it as the
meanest, pettiest robbing they ever
witnessed. If therefore in deference to
this public sentiment Mr. Graham
seeks to correct his mistake by re
fusing to pocket his share of the
spoils, that much will have been ac
complished at leak by a vigorous
protest from the newspapers and tax
payers of the State. Then let the
protestinggo on until Messrs Ratan
and Davis are likewise brought to a
realizing singe of the fitness of things,
and become so ashamed of their con
duct, that they too, will pay their
own expenses while seeking health
and pleasure abroad.
REV. T. K. CREE, the secretary of
the Board or Indian Commissioners
furnishes some interesting .facts
touching the strength of the Modoc
Indians with whom we are now at
"war," and the chanicter of the comp._
try which they inhabit. Mr. Cree,
who has been in - that vicinity says
th a t yoeyear ago, according tdectual
count, there were but 258 persons be
longing to the "tribe, men, warren
and children included. Of the place
of their retreat he says: `!The Lava
Beds, which are the home and coun-
try of the Modocs, is a - hundred
miles square, and 10,000 United
States troops could not surround it or
prevent the escape of thi seventy
warriors under Captain Jack, who is
acquainted with all the passes and
places of conce - alment., The Lava
Beds have never been explored. The
Modolm have traversed them thous•
ands of times and it is their country.
The Lava Beds are full of streams
choking with fish, and there are fine
graxiag tracts in which the Mildews
have concealed their beef cattle."
- Eprroa
Inasmuch as nothing I decisive hes
yet been accomplished by our troops
there, in the way of capturing the
savages or exterminating them, wo
are inclined to believe that 'Mr. Cree's
description of the country Is not over
drawn, and that- it will take time,
skill and treasure, to catch or kill the
murderers of General Canby, and
his companion:- -
A PUILADELPHLA OPINION OP
wiz oiscaliaLairvize.
~
Theevening 'Bu ll etin, w hich Is a
strict party disciplinarian, and fre
quently assumes to call others to ac
count for too closely criticising the
acts of official bodies controlled by
Republican majorities. thus speaks of
the last Legislature:
It is a deplorable commentary upon
Republican Institutions that the ad
journment of the Legislature should be
amaniallybafted by the people as an nu
speakable blessing. In theory, the Leg
islature consists of experienced aid hon
orable men selected by the community
to regulate the complicated public inter
ests of a vast and wealthy common
wealth, stlignified assemblage to ,which
are entrusted the weightiest concerns of
four millions of freemen. In practice,
it consists largely of men who neglect ,
the duties which they are sworn to dis
charge. busy themselves with pillaging,
under forms of law. the pockets of their
constituents. No right is so sacred. no
intermit so important, but that some of
these wretched and degraded men are
ready to sell it to the highest bidder.
Everything that we-have is at their
mercy, and when they Gave adjourned
we feel thankful that they have not
wrought us creator mischief; that it has
not occurred to some speculator to pur
chase from them more of ooralghts and
liberties. While theyare in session the
people feel as if under Atte heel of some
conquering army, issuing requisitions,
at its pleasure and plundering as the ca
price of the moment may dictate.
When they have tuljoureed we draw a
deep breath, and begin to look around
to see what has been stolen and what has
been left. although until the confused ,
legislation of the last week of the ses
sion is , ravelled out. no one can tell what
Interest may not have been assailed, or
whatright may not have been destroyed.
Perhaps the worst aspect of the case
lies in the fact that the people have not
the consolation of , feeling that it bc
MA their own fault. Our institutions,
theoretically. are admirable; but they
have been allowed to become corrupt.
and to pass, to a great extent, into the
hands of the most reckless and the
vilest. Men whom no one would trust
wither five dollar note, are often voted
for and placed in positions where they
hold at their mercy the great city of
'Philadelphia, with its thousand millions
of accumulated wealth. That they shduld
succumb to this overpowering tempta
tion. la not their fault, for they act only
After their kind. It: is theirs, who, by
supineness and indifference, expose
them to it.
There is something terrible In a
confession like the above. It de
scribes a condition in public affairs
well calculated to nroUso tho appre
hension of the most indifferent; but
where can we find the remedy for the
evil, when those most ` honored are
they who are most guilty in these
acts of villainy ?
THE Nation, one of the ablest as
well as one of the most honest Re
publican papersof the country, "sees
something coming," and sounds its
note of warning in a long article, in
its issue oflast Friday. We clip as
follows :
One of the greatest dangers, in our
opinion, that threatens the Republican
party at the present time is the loss of its
newspapers. In whatever direction we
turn, we tind that the newspapers that
formerly stood by and sustained the
party have either assumed an attitude
of hostility or are cold and indifferent
toward it. The party could easily afford
to lose some of the journals above men
tioned. The Tribune is, to be sure, a se
vere loss to the party, one which thus
far has not been supplied, and is not
likely to be. The Times hatck the chance
to be all to the Republican party the
old Tribune was, but it missed the op
portunity. The success that attended it
in the late campaign was entirely for
tuitous.
The party can win against therse jour
nals in -future campaigns as it won in
the last one. But there is no use in deny-.
ing that other journals of lesser influ
ence and reputation are following their
example, and arraying themselves in
hostility against the party. We are no
adv:Ocates ofistrict party discipline,either
so far a 9 tbe public journals or party
nominations are concerned. On the
contrary, we believe in a very wide
latitude of opinion and of action ; but
the'newspaper symptoms at the present
time indicate something more than the
mere waywardness of individual caprice
and captiousness. It is plain to any one
who oven pays the slightest attention to
the subject that the Repuhlican party is_
losing its newspapers dab' by day, and
for the most obvious reasons in the
world. •
These comments suggest to the Nation
a problem and its solution :
The question is, how can the Republi
can citizens atop the maladministration
of Republican leaders without throwing
tbe Govern men t tnt<>moreunscrupuious
hands? Ofeonrse, no party can main
tain itself with the whole intelligent
press of the country for three years
arrayed against it: and when once the
press adopts a policy and meets with
opposition, it Is not apt to be over-mod
erate in its counsels. It Is not easy to
prediet what abape the movement will
assume, nor to foretell at what point it
will bit willing to halt . but if toe edito
rial statement we have quoted from au
Administration paper be true. then it is
certain that a movement has begun,
spontaneous, unforeseen, long before*
Presidential election, and on the heels
of a dlaastmus defeat, which to laying
the broadest and strongest foundation
fora future party, by drawing tcc itself
the sympathy. if not the support, of the
entire intelligence ofthepeople.
TUE report which has gone forth
that Senator Caldwell of Kansas was
received on his return borne with
expressions of undoubted faith 3n his
purity by the citizens of Leaven
worth excites the indignation of The
Leavemcorth runes, which declares
that the attempt "to repusait - that
our citizens turned out In large num
-hers. and cordially received a man
who had been chased out of the Uni
ted States Senate for known com
plicity in a score of disgraceful bri
bery transactions, is neither decent
nor just. The people of Leaven
worth are quite willing that Mr.
Caldwell 'should sink unharmed into
obscurity, but are unwilling to be
dragged into an Indorsement of his
gullt.V career. A public reception of
Mr. Caldwell would be received al ,
most as an open and outspoken in
dorsement of political corruption.
Leavenworth does not-desire, and
neither does she deserve, areputation
of that sort." All of which is ex
tremely creditable to Leavenworth.
DMUS AND THERE.
—There are now one hundred anti
twenty,five thousand utembersathe
order of Knights of Pythias.
—The San Francisco NIG is xe
sponsible for the story that a Neva
da lawyer had as a clienta man ems•
ed of murder, and that the principal
witness in his favor being his wife,
who wet inespaelated front giving
testimony by mason of her relation
to him, he got the murder trial post•
pond,, brought stilt Aiir - divorce in
her behalf and secured , it, and then
triumphantly placed: her on the
stand to secure the acquittal of her
—A St. Louis romance' Is in the
lives of a Mr. Hennessey and Charity
Prince, who fifty years ago and more,
whep both were young, loved each
°their-. -Rut Charites +charming
sla
ter Ome.between them, and; estran
ged trine 11fitati love, be married
Carrie.. Recently Carrie died, and
Mr: Henness4 , once more turned to
his first love, who,continually,during
all the long half century, bail -been
true to him. • A few dit,ya-tigo they
were married, and the bride -wept
fOrjoy . 0
whole day. He is eighty
and she seventy-eight.
—The. Cleveland Herald has a
frightfully disrespectful way of
speaking of Rev. Mr. Newman, late
Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, and
recently appointed "Inspector of
Consulates:" It says:
"I% luta Cut
...into -die fat :pretty
well.. Be has been-around Waahing.
toa se long that stealing has lost Its
tenon]. .Such proceedings are dis
mineral, and the cut or color of a
man's coat should not protect him
from being called by the right name—
Wilt kttl sucker."
—The Washington Chronicle sum
marily extinguishes a department
clerk who ccmplained that Congress
men increased their own pay and not
that of the department employees,
by reminding him that "if any clerk
or other employee of the Govern
ment regards his corunensation estop
small he has only to tender his res
ignation." Let's see how the rule
would work the other way. If any
member of Congress regards his com
pensation as too small he has only to
tender his resignation. How would
that do? There would be no lank of
aspirants for the viteancy.—Buffalo
Express.
—Brooklin gossips have a first-class
ease of scandal to talk about, involv
ing Thomas Kinsella, a member of
the last Congress and editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle, and the wife of
Thomas Fields, superintendent of
public schools for the city—a posi
tion which he secured through Kin
sella's The other afternoon,
Mr. Kinsella and Mrs. Fields met at
a hotel on the Coney Island road, but
they had not been long together be
fore Mrs. Kinsella appeared on the
scene, and made things so excee
ingly lively for the superintendent's
wife—both by tongue and fist— that
she was exceedingly glad to beat a
`retreat.
—ln the awful ,struggle for life on
the wrecked Atlantic, one lady, a
saloon passenger, was heard to
say to bee. husband, "Leave me and
save yourself. You can't save both."
But he refused, and they went down
together, clasped in' each other's
arms. And it •has since become a
flUbirts or amen remark that with
few exceptions, all married men per
ished. When they found It iropoml
bin to save their 'wives and little
ones, they preferred to die with
them to deserting them. Many in
stances are known where the men
could have escaped alone, but refused
to da so. Which leads one to take
new hope for the morals of our
times.
—Well, the Sultan Is a luxurious
Prince, and no mistake. Not satis
fied with his pipes and other com
forts, he indulges himself, it appears,
in a female physician— "Miss Mary
L. Wadsworth, daughter of Titus V.
Wadsworth, of Franklin, N. IL,"
who was graduated from Mt. Holy
oke Seminary, studied medicine in
Philadelphia, practiced her profes
sion four years in Springfield, Mass..
and went to Constantinople three
years ago to prescribe for the Turks
in general, and as it now appears,
for the Grand Turk, and his interes
ting family in particular. We should
be almost afraid to take the heroic
doses which such an astonishingly
energetic woman would be likely to
give; but we suppose that the Sul
tan submits to his fate with the res
ignation of a good child.
—We read of a marriage iu Toilet
son, Ind., which is utterly prudent
according to the French notions of
matrimony. six weeks ago Amuse
Tobbit (72 years old) and Jane
Griggs (80 years old) foundtlien3-
selves miserable and lonely. Moth
were too old to work and neither had
enough to live upon comfortably.
Together they poss e ssed about $4,000.
They pondered upon the best thing
to do, and concluded that it was for
them to get married, and married
they were. It was a plain business
transaction: there were no flames, no
raptures, no passionate declarations,
but they were married all the same.
One or the other of their , will prob
ably die in the course of yeaf or
iwo, and then the survivor will take
the property. A. very pretty ar
rangement indeed.
—Englishmen are certainly more
given to loving and leaving than
Americans:—for one breach of prom
ise case in oar courts there arelive
in English ones. The last is an ac
tion Against a young wine-merchant
named ISVOstrich. Not deterred by
this unreasonable name the fair
[ daughter of a hardware dealer fell :a
love Wlth its bearer, as he with her.
The fearful number of 541 love let
ters passed between the pair—a list
which began in the most poetic and
lovely manner and tapered off into
respectful coolness on the parlor the
tingentle M'Ostrich. Be protested
in October that he "loved his darling
awfully," but the next May he pro
fessed itlinself very angry with - her
father because that venerable person
wanted to know when the Marriage
was te be. From "My darlingBa,
your true lover Jim," he returned to
"I remain yours very respectfully,
J. B. SPOstrich." On that hint she
spake—to a jury;--and the mutt of
$5,000 damages now gilds her grief.
The only excuse the miserable man
had to offer was that his feellnis bad
changed; but graceful as It was it did
not servo the fleet and deluding 51 2 -
Ostrich.
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About Noon troth of Dlonomputtion
core Ira.: BeaJanata F. Blit.er, 'Of
nanotehtutetts, and Other hum'
lb Benjamin F. Butter, of Aram::
Slit:-1.0 u recent number of the
Repuolican of this place there is pal
lis:b`edif letter. dated March Ist, from -
Moses Scott of our town, addressed
4
to you, and youtypty oi the :)) of
the same month. ,U* denonn be:
passage of aMU by the recent it
grettl lilePAising the.Pl, of Members
of Congress, and,yrits Rend it'in '
'so *Ong you assumetd ben judge of
the charade: of Mr. Scott from his
letteri*ben in- faitiOei.irreSpiniderit
from thti;liliee;lind !sin - 'enemy of
Ur. Scott,zave to you his version of
his character.' - You 'denounce Mr.
Scott .In terms most unjustifiable.
In tuns milting 4miunielf en instra•
meat by which the personal malice
of another might - he wreaked, you
hnvedesmnded to a , littleneps so ex
treme that 'jindleeto Mr. Scott de
minds a reply to -what you have
written and published. Your de=
fence, too, of a law so odious to every
honest citizen metre Imperatively , de
n:tends an examination 'of the rea-
Sons 'you have given in its justifica 7
tlon. To defend his character and to
reply to these reasons are the causes
Or my now addressing you. •
' Your reply commences with an al
lusion the composition and spelling
of his letter, indicating, you say,
that his early education had been
sadly neglected. Certainly Mr.
Scott makes no pretensions to schol
arship. He is one of that larger por-•
-Hon of our citizens who in early life
had no opoortunies of acquiring a
thorough education: his earlier and
later years had to be given to work,
but still be has a good, ordinary ed
ucation. • -
But his letter, as published, shows
on its face that in sending a 'copy or
it RI the 'editor of the Rept/Oilcan,
you have-grossly misrepresented its
orthography. At otteplace you rep
resent him at spelling the word their
than, when in the same line, and ev
eryphare else in his letter, it is eor
reedy spelled. • Thee and I may have
been close together,and you therefore,
nutdethem an a. Is not this a little
ness that is contemptible? In a like
manner you is written for your.
The hankwriting of Mr. Scott is fine,
and when this is the cage the ending
letter of words is often very small,
but this'does not authorize any per
son to assert that there is no such end
ing letter: The fact that all the more
difficult words* ate correctly spelled
by Mr. Scott is enough to show that
the extreme errobrin the more easy
and common words, as stated by you,
are an injustice to him, as they are a
discredit to you.
Passing from the spelling, you
criticise two words as used by him—
"mad"sand "eat". You quote him
assaying, "the people, without re
spect to party, air, are mad," and
your criticism is, "You probably
mean angry, not crazy."
The word mad is of Teutonic orig
in, and belongs to a class of words
which has given to our language so,
much simplicity and strength. One; I
of its ordinary meanings is, exasper-
ation or anger. "You make me mad
sometimes." says Addison. "Ainch
learning loth make thee mad," said
Festus to Paul. In these examples
we have its two ineaningsexpressecl,
bat your criticism leaVes us to infer
that you supposed it- had, properly,
but the latter meaning. Do you not
exhibit a greater ignorance of lan
guage than that ,you so diligently
seek to impute to Mr. Scott?
As to his improper use of the word
"eat," you remark that ho com
plains "that taxes are enormous on
everythiug that we eat and wear, and
this increase increases the burthen of
these texas, and that you are not
aware orany Wave/ Upon any article
that men' 4 eat' except. tobacco."
import about seventy-five millioina
dollars worth of sugar annually.
not that article both taxed and eatent
But the word "eat" has a more
comprehensive meaning than you
ascribe to it. When we say, "he is
eating his breakfast," do we not in
clude the coffee he is dein k lug as well
~„ ft ,. „,„.. t . h a {a s.....tiontintro
this sense the word means all that we
consume as food, whether it is chew
ed or drank. In this sense Mr. Scott
properly uses the wore; your criti
cism but shows your own ignorance.
These criticisms upon the language
of one who-never assumed to be a
scholar, provoke a still further ex
amination into your own use of
words, and, hence, I may be pardon
ed some additional criticisms sug
gested by the many errors' in your
letters.
Alluding to his objection against
an increase of the salary of Congress
men, you say to Mr. Scott: "You
object to this increase upon two
grounds—first, that the members
could not earn the amount at home,
and, secondly, that the taxes upon
what men eat and wear are so high,"
tte.
Now, sir, you do not seem to be as
e
well versed in seriptur I readings as
that other Butler w o property ap
preciated stated religious worship,
for the translators of the Bible give
examples of the proper use cf the
words, first, second, &c. "Tae first
foundation was jasper, the second
sapphire," &c. "First, General, is
an adjective, but secondly an adverb,.
These words should have been ac
cordant not only in sound. but in
their parts of speech. The transla
tors of the Bible knew this, but It
seems that you, though of Massachu
setts and of great critical acumen, did
not, for the error is more than once
reneated
In another part of your letter you
present us an incomplete sentence:
Thus: "But observing from the
composition and spelling that the
early education of the writer bad been
sadly neglected." Because the fol
lowing letter was a capital, that was
no reason why the pause before it
should be a period. From what
Massachusetts spelling book did you
learn to read ?
But passing from these lesser er
rors, allow me to eite a few of a high
er order—some that indicate your
learning in the rotes of grammatical
construction. You write V) Mr.
Scott as follows: "Your next com
plaint is that the salary is too high—
more than the Congressman can
earn. Very possibly that may be an
as to someof them. But I know but
few of them who are not - worth
more in their services to their coun
try than the salary they received,
even after the - increase; and they,
knowing their own worthlessness to
the eohntry, generally voted against
it." In the latter part of this quota
tion I have italicised the words
"they" and "it." Pronouns must
have antecedent nouns, for they take
their place. Will you oblige me by
hunting up thenouns to which these
pronouns refer? And whilst thus
engaged, do not overlook the ele
gance of the expression, "But I
know but," &e. Fewer buts, Gener
al, might indicate a betteredcustion
than Massachusetts seems to think it
worth while to give to its legishitors.
Following the above extract is this
sentences 'Now if there -are a few
men• sent - to Congress who, as you
say, cannot earn their salaries else
where, why should , the majority of
Congress stiffer and work fortes than
will sustain themselvesand faculties,
because in some sections where tho
people gr. 'mad' over small matters,
they do not send representatives of it ,
to do the work of a nation of forty
tnitlions of people; and no man who
cannot any where earn at least $7,-
500 is fit to do that work."
There is a sentence, sir, that might
be said of it, as has been said of some
men, • -
"Ooe of the few that" ems not born to die."
Itr 31asimlinsetti literature, it
should 'place you in !tont of the
Great Expounder ofthtteoestitution,
for in perspicuity it'excels alt that be
has written. 'WU% old age shall
haveloosened the 01,0114 sofa grate
ful people upon yollt Pohl:teal servi
ces. you should retlre to the' profes
sor:shill ofrhetorfatt Harvard.
Andthen the 'words - 1 have itall
kised—"of it"—what force and clear-
to the whole tier'.
ness r they I
tetee!
e. You dress t
oguage:
u have ability enougb,
oil were a leader'of a
your, neighborhood
obstractingthepub ,
• ate."
was that a pronoun in
mood should take the
the verb to .Which - ft
-a rule now prpper
ky many
guod Wri
ts*, greatly inaprov
raking it apply to all
Acme*, "The fiction
Only once
Scott In this
"Atmlo,lf
I 'should to
salon factim
who wren! •
lie Improve
Whe , old r
subjanet
- plural form
was nomina
is , disregard:l
ter& -But y
ed upon it, b
tiouas to the
who Were."
re important part of
our defence of the
e pay of Members of
I pass to a
your letter--t
act Increasing
Cngress. • • . . ,• - .
- o
1. -You , • t that an' individual
who cannot ywhere .carb - -$7,500 .
(per annum I .ppase you mean) is
not fit to be • 1, ember of Congress.
If tblaShiniiii - OrqUallileatkin was
- made is 'What tiOnal prteasfoff, few
honest men old ever enter Into
Congress. • centres of wealth
having such • as Gould and Fisk,
or like those 0 ousted Gould•from
the presidnec if the Erie Railroad,
could furnish en having your stan
darti of , ualificationfbtft they
would not be ch men as, in a pur
er age, gave Ii• to American state
manship. Y, r standard orfitness
dispenses wi the Artist's; COW
science and p , iotism are lost in a
scramble for eaith. Bold effront
ery, reckless , the general good, or
of right in 1 lividual transactions;
would ,cont entirely, as it does
now to a.. , :4 extent., -our politics.
Selfishness a corruption would jug-
tify every i , oad upon the public
treasury, and very means to attain
their,enda• grief statement of the ,
aition'otCon• • '...: in the passage Of
the act inerestigsg the pay of mem
bers of Con gs* and other officers
will serve to sltivlLthe truth of what
I have just said -
You Drepani, so the papers state,
a bill for the istrease of the salary of '
the President - Judges of the Supreme
Court, Heads bf Departments, and
Members of Congress in the early
part of the mint session. You were
the Chairmanof the Judiciary Com
mitttee, yet tle.hill was referred to
that committeS instead of to that on
Appropriatioq. You reported it
back with a I g report in behalf of
the bill. 'Phi took plow In the 7be
ginning of F aruary, when the bill
was recoinmlted to your committee.
A - few dayserwards you moved to
suspend the rules and, instruct the
Committee m Appropriations to
make your b? l a part of the miscella-
A .
neous appro cations ; but the motion
was lostby a ,'late of 81 to 119. This
majority of 3!_against your bill show
ed the more itsnest sentiment of the
House, and it should have ended
your efforts tc pass it. But you ap
parently lookid upon this vote with
a widely digerent purpose. You
had before you the tactics, of Oakes
Ames. If you had no ISlobilier stock
to give away, you could reach the
'treasury by-- au- meths:sent. ,- You
amended your', hill by extending the
increased pay to Members of the last
Congress, foe up to this time the bill
gave it to the coming and succeeding
Congresses onlY. When the House
was not full you hitched your bill to
an approPriation bill by a vote of 71
to 67. when it . was in Committee of
the Whole: But when the -commit
tee reported it, the House rejected it
by a vote of 69 to 121—a majority of
52 against it.
Mr. Sargentinoved to amend your
bill by fixing the pay of Members of
Congress at $6,500, with no allowance
for traveling,. .expezisee. . But 'fears
were entertained that the Senate
would change this amount, II your
biltwas wade a part of a general op
= prispriatian bill,ando liens , i by a close
vote only, of 100 to 97; Mr. Sargent's
amendment was adopted. The Sen
ate did change it to $7,500 and travel
ing expenses. The. ,House would
not cement; and - hence - the question
of the amount of pay went to a com
mittee of conference, composed, by
the actionof tit... Speaker of the House
grid. 0tt.t.,v,tami.:,1"....m...1.,_ M . , hisph
fitußry men.' :Tile conference com
mittee reported this high ~ .Salary; it
included the Members of the last
Congress; yet its injustice was so
flagrant that although the rejection
of the appropriation bill to which
yours was attached would have in
volve) au extra session, the report of
the committee on conference was
concurred in by the close vole of 102
to 96, and in the last hour of the
session.
The country may well pause and
scan these proceedings! By viola
tion of parliamentary usages, by de
ception, hs' the Speaker's appoint
ment of a high Wary committee
instead of one for the Sargent amend
ment, by bribery of members of the
last Congress whose term of service
had expired—these wrongs character
ized the entire proceedings. Is it
any wonder that a citizen should de
nounce to you these iniquities? Or
that the press, every where, should
speak of them as a cheat—a swindle—
a steal? Or that two of the most
intelligent of our Le,gislaturts —those
of`Meihigan and Ohio—shoulo de
nounce the law by joint resolution ?
The Pittsburgh Gazelle, hopes that
not a member of Congress who- voted
for its passage will be re-elected; and
of those who receive this Wrongful
spoil it thus speaks: "Thus far, sixty
United States Senators have taken
their share of the back salary steal.
They should rentember the old adage,
'The partaker is as bad as the thief.'
If they forget it, their constituents
will pot." You seek to justify this
•
wrdng by saying that Congress pos
sesses constitutional power to do
What it did. I deny this as to the
back pay. The salary was-fixed by
former legislation at $5,000 per an
num, and mileage and perquisites.
The Congressmen of the last Con
gress tusxpted these payments as a
compensation, and at the last hour
of the•last session added nearly 50
per cent. to it. The power to fix
the salary by law cannot embrace a
proceeding that violates a contract
that Is completed.
Some of the members who had
pocketed this plunder find that it is
weighing more heavily on the con
science than in the pocket, and seek
by a eharltableendowinent some pal
liation of their sin. No one, sir, will
suspect you of being one of these.
I have said that the press every
where condemns your bill. Perhaps
I ought to make an exception. From
the N. Y. Tribune 1 see that the Old
and New catdetns an article apolo
getic of the pariduct of OakeS Ames.
But a joUrnailfist. Maligned the hon
or, of •0 ,Brate - ty - atipersing sol
diery,-and withheldwparation byre
fuslug to publish an article exposing
the utitriithfulpestkortheaccuntions.
rnayvery ortsiatently find room in
Its columns for an apologist of official
corriditioti. ' Mit ii a Boston journal
refiftft•the virtnes'ofthose who rests
ted Valid: Angus; is tiekv York Art
Jotirtrat,theAktats; Is true to history
1411 4 P WIW Senate and the
Haase of ItepteSeMatiiies of the Uni
ted litideli-AltiOde ifilnetable body of
menVlitistinpld , fy ;earning con
'tedPi74:6l r ,)
utottr—bEetuir ) : - Ils I have said,
'UM shamelessness. rearms of the
-Putille-molineceyery inroad
ittpOn theittiblicktostiatttyd
2.Triftiveell to - exalt:line other
reasons Son assign in your reply to
Eienttjustifying-your bill.
YottlaYe - "ltlnat'seetri — strange
to you that no Congzetsunan can live
at Washlngton,as a gentleman ,rep
resenting a constituency of a hundred
andforft th~tl _people,. should
live==ainflumf. that lamely Cie still
more strange you-;on less than
15,000. a year. ~Then if he has his
family-of children to educate and a
house to keep at home for the time
he is to live in Washington," &c.
The pretenses In excuse for ex
habitant salaries are never wanting.-
and living as ' , gentleman in W
ington, repmenting a ennstituent
of one hundred and forty thousan
people, whi lst ; not entirely a n
pretence, is. revised end enlarged by
you.
Whether It is the dignity of so
many persons embodied in the per
son of their representative, or wheth
er it is the great amount of their bus
iness transactions with -the govern
ment, and what are their character—
whether of Credit Mobilier morality,
or higher , protective duties, that
prices may be lowered—all these
matters are left to be conjectured.
If to live as a- gentleman implies
such a, diligence in labor as to pre
clude the possibility of spending time
at levees" - • theatres,*operas and the
varieties, then an conomical salary
is sutßelent, and more in accordance
.with the simplicity of our republican
institutions.
. A parlor and sleeping room, well
furniSbed, are all that is necessary for
a CougreisiManond his wife, or for
any other gentleman. These rooms
and boirding cost from $lOO to $125
per month. 1:20f. the two years for
which a *presentative is elected, he
need not be more that ten months
at Washington. Ills boarding ex
penses, therefore, would not be more
than from $l,OOO to $1,250. His sala
ry, at - $5,000 per annum. without tak
ing into account mileage and per
quisites, would be $lO,OOO, leaving
from $8,750 to 9,001). Then he has
fourteen months to attend to private
affairs. It seems to me that the sala
ry of $5,000 leaves the Representa
tive in .a most comfortable pecuniary
condition, even if he has a family at
`home and children to educate.
I believe it is a rule in legal pro
ceedings that when a party claims a
judgment against another in cases of
debt the plaintiff must furnish 'a bill
of particulars whendemanded by the
defendant. i'rhe people, sir, demand
of you p bill of particulars-of the liv
ing at Washington—such living as a
gentleman representing one hundred
and forty thousand people ought to
have when at Washington. The peo
ple are not content with your gener
al declarations. They want this bill
of particulars. Perhaps if we had
an honest one rendered, the reason
might be seen why a President of
the United States remitted a fine of
$2,000 assessed by ono of the Courts
in the District.
If extravagant expenditure is a
feature of the society at Washington,
it but indicates that our government
is departing from that simplicity of
manners which characterized the
earlier years of our national existence
—a period when statesmen did not
acquire riches from office, but that
high honor with a purer people ac
corded to pure and illustrious official
services. Your plea for exhorbitant
pay may find approval in the follies
and vices of Washington society; It
wid meet the universal condetnna
tion of those whose gains aro earned
by honest and useful labor, and pre
served by economical expenditures.
But your standard of official fit
ness—namely, the ability to cam $7, -
500 annually—is inconsistent with th
high salary of your bill. The pos
sessors of such a gift could "any
where" accumulate riehes So rapidly
that these must be the Members of
Congress, who you say "could afford
to live without any salary
.at all, and
would be glad to go to Congress if
there should be none." Then the less
the salary of Congressmen the more
certainty the country would have in
obtaining for the office they fill that
standard of fitness that you have laid
down. By your own argument you
show that those who voted for your
bill were either below that standard
In fitness. or are so profligate in
their expenditures as to make it ap
parent that their timeis inure given
to discreditable pleasures than to the
business of the country.
Iluvingattempted to justify the in
crease salaries,you proceed to a person
al notice of Mr. Scott. You say to him,
"from the contents of your mite, I
havt: been lead (more of Massachu
setts grammar) to attempt, in part,
to Imagine of what manner of man
you may be," &c.
This is disingenuous. You would
have the public believe that you de
rived a knowlege of his character, as
you present it, from his letter; when
the fact is that you obtained It from
his personal enemy.
ratina that the a n tumuli usx oc
casioned by the increased salary to
members of the 42d Congref.s to he
Jut three cents to each inhabitant of
the United States, you remark to
Mr. Scott:
"Peeling keenly how much you
are oppressed by this burthen, I en
close herewith a three cent postage
stamp, which will make you good,
and relieve all complaint on your
part personally in that behalf."
The last subterfuge of those en
gaged in reckless expenditures is to
show how very small is the sum that
each idhabitant will have to pay.
But It is the number of these
small increases of taxation that makes
the profligacy of public expenditures.
At the session Just closed the ap
propriations exceeded by many mil
lions the estimates of the Executive
Departments. It is in this way the
Republican party, to which I belong,
has been made to violate its pledge
to the people in the recent Presiden
tial canvass, that it would be a party
of economy, retrenchment, and re
form.
But no matter how small or how
great the tax may be to each inhabi
tant, the question to be considered Is,
is it a just tax ? Though it he but
for the ono hundreth part of a cent to
each person, yet wrong in principle,
tlten resistance to It is demanded by
every consideration of public good.
The tea tax upon our revolutionary
sires was but three cents eer pound,
but it violated a great principle, and
hence }he war of Independence.
Coatinuing to assail Mr. Scott,
you remark that from the internal
evidence of his letter you conclude
ho is a bachelor, because a wife and
children would have liberalized his
mind,
He ba.4 a wife, but no children. If
he had been a father, his children
would_ have inherited from him
moral qualities and received a train
ing that \vculd have made them re
spectablecitizens. Can this be said
of all the children born and nurtured
here?
You also sr* that Mr. Scott is
probably a member of some religious
society, because his evident thrift
would lead him to get something for
nothing,: and therefore he probably
got his religion for nothing, but that
hischurch 19 not much richer for his
membership..
He isa Presbyterian, and the con
gregation to which heibelongs has re
cently erected a fineenurch building.
He contributed to it about $750; an
amount, in proportion to his wealth,
as large as any donation given to it.
He is always prompt in paying and
liberal.in all other objects presented
to the congregation. I make these
statements on the authority of
William Alexander, prominent both
as a tnember of the church and as a
citizen.
You my to Mr. Scott : "Again, if
you have ability enough, I should
my you were a leader of a small
faction in• your neighborhood who
were (more Massachusetts grammar)
"always obstructing the public im
provements."
Mr. Scott has erected one of the
finest dwelling houses of our town,
and as to the Improvements of the
streets, he Is
Not
where all of our
citizens arc. Not one of them in the
last fifty years has paved or MeAd
airdzed the street before his lots.
Certain "representative" men, I
suppose, two years ago sought to
make - such improvements on the
street before their property, at the
cononon expense of our borough, in
defiance of the plain provision of the
law. But they succeeded in having
the cost of them defrayed at their
own expense. We have many ilia
provement men in onr midst, so far
as words are concerned.
You accuse Mr. Scott of being an
habitual fault-finder. •
If he is an honest Man he must ne
cessarily be so here, where rings and
cliques seek to control all affairs that
belong to all citizens equally, and
where some representative men con
,ccal their honesty under a half bush
el.
You accuse Mr. Scott of being a
very hard man in his dealings, and
woll i d extort the utmost penny from
his eighbor in a bargain. •
I is enemies may so• write to you
ahont him.: An Italian assassin al
waya strikes in the dark. But such
is not his character as I Understand
it. 1 admit that I cannot retortupon
you theirproach. for you are most
liberal—w na i h the public money.
7 d
Your ae ' ment to your own b il l,
fioas to inc ude the members of the
42d Congress, proclaims your way
of making bargains, Mr. Scott, sir,
is no hyena; he does not disinter the
hones of the dead that he may gnaw
them.
Lastly you intimate that Mr. Scott
may have.invested money in United
States bonds to escape taxation.
The blow you aimed at him has,
struck elswhere. You, as a legisla
tor, it is evident enough, are much
more concerned how to get money
out of the public treasury than to
study the ways by which it comes
into it. If you had given , your at- .
tention to the tax system of Penn
sylvania you would have ascertained
that capital invested in merchandise
pays no county, road, school or bor
ough taxes,
only a small license tax
to the State. You would have as
certained also the reason why money
at interest here is not given in to the
assessor and therefore not taxed at all.
If evasion of that complete equality
which should ever exist between cit
izens In the burdens of government
is any offence, then others here are
far more amenable to your censure
than Mr. Scott. It it is a moral
crime to invest in United States'
bonds, the people of Massachusetts
as much as any other, may receive
your condemnation. Charity chin
mences at home, it Is said. But we
are also told that charity thinketh
no evil.
A personal attack such as you
have made wottid be creditable to no
one; in you it is much worse than
discreditable, for as a national legisla
tor your acts were proper subjects of
criticism by every citizen. You
could pass it by unnoticed, or if re
plied to, it should have been in a
way that would have preserved to
you the respect of others anti your
own self-respect.
LEwn Bo r.i.Nt AN.
Monongahela City, Pa.
-
—A correspondent of the Tribune
suggests that the sum stolen and
pocketed by Congressmen under the
head of increased salaries does - bot at
all represent the real aggregate of
that robbery. The next Congress,
its numbers being increased by the
new apportionment, will draw $l,-
800,000 extra, and so of its successors.
The act of increase entails a perpet
ual annual charge of $900,000 on the
Treasury. This• is exactly five, per
cent. on $18,000,000, and that is the
rate at which the Government is now
borrowing money. The effect is
therefore precisely the same as i f Con
gress had issued $18,000,000 bonds,
stolen the proceeds and left the peo
ple to pay the interest on them.
This may seem a strained view of
the case, hut it is perfectly plain that
the *OOO,OOO extra cost that has been
added to the annual sittings of Con
gress would pay the interest on $lB,-
000,000 of the consolidated debt.
The annual addition to the Presi
dent's salary would pay the interest
on a half million of that debt.
New Advertisements.
Geo. lieideger & Co.,
9 & 11 West Ohio Street,
ALLEGHENY CITY, PA.
lISPOLITERS Arp) WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
WHISKIES, BRANDIES, WINES,
SCOTCH ALES, HOLLAND --
GINS, &c.,
apeoti
10,000 GIFTS,
000,00
On TUESDAY. JULY, Sib. 18:3, the Third
Grand Gift j toneeri, under the m l anagernent
or Ex-tiocerlaorTnoft. L. oraunette, Alt author
ized by special act of the Legislature, for the ben
efit of the Public Library 01 Kentucky, positively
and unequivocally e.rues off in Public Library
Hall, at Louisville. Ky., whdri 10.000 Gifts, all
cash, amounting to t.50U,000, will be distributed
by lot among the ticket holders, The money to
pay all these gluts In 101 l is already in bank and
set aside for that purpose, as the f Blowing cer
ti death shown :
OFFICE OF FAILXFIVe ANI) DitrIVEIVe PINK, I
Lt. IIisVILLE, Kr , Apra 7. 1:473.
Thla is to certify that there is In the Farmers"
and Drovers' Bank, to the credit of . the
Third Grand Gift concert for the benefit of the
Public Library of Ky.. Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars, which bar been set apart
by the !daunt:cm to pay the Oita in full, and will
he held by the Rank and paid out for this put
pose, and this purpose only.
(S. !VIC]. ) B. S. VENCII, Cashier.
Only a few ticket* remain unaold,.and they
wit! be furnished to the tirt , t appllcants at the
following : NV hole ticket.., $10; halves ;
gunmen,. $2.50; Ii whole.. for $100: :Ai for twit;
113 for (41.000, and Yr:, for $5,1:00. For ttvketN and
lull information, apply to
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1 ou 6% tile, Ky
or TILOS. H. IIA VS Ac. CO.,
gift Broadwny, New York
NOTICE.
Sealed proposals Will 1n received until May lilth
for the building of a Methodist Episcopal Chureh 4
in the borough of Giaseim, fictive, county, Pa
Mans and opeCirfrillitlllß tall he seen at .lames
Littles, In said borough.
JAS. LITTLE,
'SM BMA/. - Building Coln
THU:4.W SON
upr..3
DISSOLUTION
The partnership heretofor•• i xlstinz betwepti
A. ‘Vilson and Robert McLane, doino bus
iness under the arm name of A. Wilson S.; Co . In
Freedom. Pa., was dissolved by mutual
on thr Ist of April, 1ti173. The accounts of the firm
will be settled by A. Wllsoo. who will continue
the business at the old stand.
HOBERT McLAN
A. WILSON,
aprltl4w
NOTlCK—Rotate
I . smith, deceased—Letters testame t tary spun
the above estate having been duly grunted to the
tandetsigned, all persons indebted to said cetive
are requested to make payment, and those having
claims to present the same without delny to
.1. M. SMI'l IL
Beaver C. or
JAMES; CllitlsTy
Sitipplngport. I's.
Executors
1:1221133
The Confession of an Invalid.
. .
pcRED A wanstria and for the beoent of
Young Men and others who suffer from NERV
OUS - COMPLAINTS. DEBILITY. LOSS OF
MANHOOD etc., aupplying the meana of I,4f
cure. Written by one who cured Itintt,elr after
undergoing, considerable quackery, and scut free
on receiving a post-paid dircdted envelope.
bearers are invited to addeess the author. .
N &TRAMIEL MAYFAIR,
marll.-6m liox 154, Broolilytt. Co.. N.
A. 3IFL W.
Fox 187:;
We are now offering,and will continue
to offer through the year, the
FINEST STYLES OF CARPETS
the market will produce, at prices as at
tractive as the goods. Our stork will be
larger and choicer this year that ever be
fore. All needing
CARPETS, OIL (LOTUS, SHADES
TTI N S tc:
will be well suitetl ut
BOVARD, ROSE & CO'S,
21 Fifth= Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA
marl2-31a;c4:(3 cep -31 n
In the Orphans' Court of Beaver Co.:
In the matter of the 'final account. of Chrlf topher
o'Rourke,,Admintstrator of the estate of Ann
Kelly, deceased, flied by Emma °Rourke and
James Edgar, Adirdnlstrators of the estate of
said Christopher O'Rourke, deceased.
And now to wit: March :nth. IV.I. the Court
appoint K. D. Daugherty. esq., an Auditor to re
port distrlbutkm of the balance in said account to
and among the parties legally entitled thereto.
From the record.
Attest:— JOHN C. HART, Clerk.
The Auditor above named will meet, for the
=e kin appointment, at the Ct a House,
a art House,
on Thurrday. Bth day of May, 1873, at
one o'clock. P. M., at which time and place par
ties to Interest may attend If they PCB proper.
E. B. DAUGMERTY, Auditor.
4.11,11 w
LEWIS , McM.ULLEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lot rirru AVENUE, PITT:43I=A PA.
(Opposite OstlearaL)
101rEzareinatoo of Cities, Collection of Claims
and all other Leal Business entrusted to my care
will receive prompt attention. 413 fat
New Adv.ertisentents
Mercantile Anraisement List
Of Waders offfereb anew, tu theCuun
‘ ty al Heaver Tor the Year In:.
Beaver Borough. ' t lila :It 11 SOridk y Titp
John Purvis 14 L.:atis
Simon Soliger .k Cc 14 1' 11 Ileckert li
A Wynn 11,James rarl: 13
Orr Jr Cooper 11,' Hobert Snead 14
J 0 Clark ' 14 North Sewickley Twp
James Allison 14 A M Meeklem 14
Robert Talton 14
_Nero Brighlan 80r0...
iliTKIISnIi
James Moore 141Joho Gibson' 14
Trios Allison & Son 13 , 0 g taelmon H
Henry Merz . 14 Robert Houston 14
Small .8 Atkins 14 11 Steinfeld 14.
John - Border 11 M Schill ' 13
J EleCreery 13 W II Ise Donald 11
Mrs JM. Bailee , - 14 Evan Pugh 13
James Mho 14 S &J Snelienburg It,
O t Atkins & Co • 14 II 11 Mills 11
Borough, Twp. E Roberts • . 11
William Harrah 14 J F 51itche 11 ' 11
Raker Reed 14 Michael MeGlanghlin 14
Thomas Wagoner 14 'Thomas Morgan 14
• lirldgeteattr Horn iT M Smith 14
James Barbour 14 1 Philip 31artsOf 13
James U Doherty, 14 , ,C F Hunter 11
A C Hurst 121 Frank Longenecker 14
A Brehm 141 C If Myers 14
Harvey Drown 131 A 111 Gilleland &Co 11
A S Harvey 13,'J 8 Huger la
II 8 Banger 12'J II Anderson 13
IS nalheim 141 A Hanauer :4
Stiles & Javens , 13 S Merrick & Son 14
BA7 Bracer Twp. Charles Coale 14
JII Witherspoon 141 J S Winans 13
Scott & Co - 12 1 W1Illana Kennedy 9
Hudson & Patterson 14 Agnew Duff 11
Bearer Falls Boro , L S Ripper 1t
F It Robrcast 13, Boots & Swiek 14
J 0 Hunter 131.111 Mann 12
0 W Smith 14;A liestwlek 14
John Tighe& ' i4lWm 11 Cowl 14
Mrs E King 3415 N l'arit . 14
L II Chidsey 1411) Cpdegrapli 11
Ward & Cleland 14IJ W Nippert 14
R 8 Newton 14 1 111 ram Reed 11
David McClurg 14rd P Edgar &Co . 14
Mrs It B Clark 1.4 -,lamei. Honey 14
Samuel Musser 141 J F Carey 14
Charles Levi 14i3 U Andrew s Ii
Robert Duncan 13!W E Walsh 14
William Reed 14; Herzog & Beam 11
R A Craighead 141 A Bert 14
A`FleMing 4411V A Dinsmore 14
U Ramsey 14 . Ethan Thomas 14
I.IF Cowling 341 Sew Galilee Born.
IV WDanclo Isl. F Reid 11
D Stewart &Son 14'J 11 Johnson 11
Brace & Brie/Icy 12111..1 Simeon 1..1
M A Townsend & Son :4(11 Porter 11
C C Whieler 14 1 Ohio To if , ,,,,hie.
Joseph Deemer 141Joho A Co4+1;•:, 13
Jahn Sterling 14?1) NI Irwin 11
I & T Ransom 141 M Cr; , 1; 1;
HC& 8 It Patters( n Ili. 1 11 li,op f -dy 14
John F Cowling 11 .1 11 Warrick 14
J Kennedy & Co 14 Thomas 41 Li., e.I I I
Patrick Regan II A/3,r & li,-,1 11
II 8 Ewing 14 T 11 Boyd 11
11 C Purvlitnee 14 'rboin.e., Wa'a , on 11
Ah Pay (China Firm) 14 S( Clair Boro
Jas IrICAnII,I 14' A Craig, 14
Mrs S J Watson 14 ;
John Ebner 14 (' Bin di.• H
"' F ThAvl.4 I I Davitl Smith 13
Wll limit. 1 i stp,th tr,orer NT
W R Nair 11 Samuel •,raylor . 11
.loeeph Carney 14 Industry T•rp
Ira B Ponca,/ 41 Mrs John .lacknimi 11
Az:trial, lunnni 11 .1 N t 4) E Aber !I
Darlington Boro a: Two darner R0. , ,c1. II
Freeman Butte Ii •lame.. Allen II
.1 C Buff 11 Pitilliped.ury Moro
R G Cook 11 1. L., Goa!, a 14
MTh .1 B Kerr 14 L lilcipper 1-I
Curry a thither 14 , ' I' K..ri - ti ,, c 14
Moody a co :I W .1 l'otior 14
S A' Bricker 11 llor;n,aler Dorn
. .
Behont Sr. Ink 11 Wll larn A SMNI 14
Freedom Boro 1.41:o - p S:, Iloilo.= 10
S Morgan 1.1 , Wiltsler& Llnuenbrint 14
NI I) Flehnr 14 .1 (1 McCuicheun II
J B Chen e y • 12 II S Illbbard 14
B E Lowry ig Ililifloger .5.; Co It
A Wilson 11 ; 4 S Winins ,S; Co II
•
Robert If Mee .key 14 John S Veder 14
Economy Tarp I William Carey 14
Henry Gross 14 S .1 Cr.,,g 9
‘leConuel dz McKee 14 Mcnr.Y 1 - 1 1 3 4) 14
. . . . _
Frank/in Ttrp J N il.ukins - iii
E An iimreith 14, Coe it. Darmil I I
Greene Ttrp W li: Johnson 14
charles es;honn It cliarles lath 11
JII Delhi &Co 1:3 Ahnilrim Silverman 14
Trimble Ai Co 13 , Andrew Dais 1•2
J R Todd 121 W D Johnson 14
of ph McFerran 14 Benjamin Pfeiffer 1 1
David Ramsey 13 ; John Linnenbnnk 14
William Elliott m.Speyerer I Sone 9
Branton I Hall 14'James Alexander 14
John R Corrine , 11' George Streit 1 i
Harmony Tap Hobert Mears 13
Ilenrlcl Sc., Lentz 14 Campbells I Ruth 14
'Amore? Tap and Bop , " The no. Reed II
W ii Frazier 13 John F Smith 1 i
J Morrison I Son 1:1 John I) 'iMiti . 11
NI L Armstrong 14 ' Raccoon Try.
Hoperrelt Ttrp ,Lanes Scott
Calvert I Patron 14 lil Springer II
Independence Tap 11 ILO I I
W Leech 14 J B Chri.,ty 1.:
Toddy Enle.l
Compounders of irledlelues
Ifrarer Bon) Ildoman Craig
Joirn Moore 3'W Gilliland
Lingo Andresen 3 ii Steinfeid
Gridgezvater Boro Greene Toni)
G McCook Smith 3 Thomas Swearingen
Bearer Falls Bora Boaester Born
.0 8 Todd 8 H S Hibbard
II 8 McGann 3,S C Mallen
Ur E Kendrick Co T Kennedy Lt, Co
Ohio 7'up A 'r Shailenberger
J A Cog.ley 4;Jubn D Coffin
11371211
. .. .
.1 LI Warrick 41Charles S Dun lap
W Drina 4 . 1 / 4 1 /'lair 8.,r0
portintiton Boro S A cry::
Beithat .t ink 4 P',a,../.6.•-/ /;,,,,,
21i,P BrigAton Bora .1 .M.trri,,,n ,t: '!•• .11
11 Li lienah :
Billiard i'i
,Vrtr Brighton Born
.bou, iLut.
Jamer , tl-fmni
Brewers and DnaMena.
Jkar.r Falls Darn j Drlilgerrlfrr Big.°
V oil: Falk Cgta.l , V , •i+ghlwr
Jame+ A nd , rEon:••• Free dam Euro
nortirottr. Y'rrp P MT:'!er
Imt!eilf f••
The cuori ut .;,por.C.lvul , 1 • 11••'•t at ii 1•• Cl/TII
r.' (HUN, r, IUI :".•Tt'ltitAY, THE
ithlt DAT OF M AT. '.•72 1:• , 1 LiCt• gr.,. to Im
paid the Comity .01 or he tore dri.v
IST,
State and C'ouni v xt.s.
l'otutty
:rea-arer •t•llti
toss n , tlita4 anti 1 , 01 ,,, P.zh. I.•tWr'M 9 a. la. anti
5 p . • for the ptirpth.ee or re , ,... VinL7 tar Z-tate an
Coutlty Tanen for the yoar tw; t. at !he pla , , and
times de.ignated bolow.
Pr daelnu , er hora. ALly 1",:, a. u 1 , 'l,n/ ituu-t•
Frcettom " I!. p. to . K..rr S Mr.
Roche t, L )ro, " 110tisw.
Hoch e.,..trr township. I'l dt, to
finder) born, " 11.7. m 111,1(1 4.'4 Story
t.:armony tOn'llP " 1.1. 11. In.. PO9I 011170
horn 1•111 rode...
Fa!le t 1 - mr(). •• Toll 11,)•1)).
N. Bri,t,Thlmi.),..Plllz)ski " IU, Huron Flom,.
NiaLmw'); ilm••1
l'Atter•mi S Itmomr
Faro+
11 & 2t. Dr E. liendrirk
Drne' Store.
Georzetown boro, ri tn.. I 'alhoon'ii Store
Glantaiow hot o, " 12:1 II m., .I.,se Smith' s .
Marion townellin. liartzero
Franklin township, " -.17 A itterrelth . r. Store.
North Sewickley tp, '2".. Nathan Ilazen'o.
Economy towntddp. " Mr, Nerdey's
New Sewickley twp, " Shead'r. ' , ore
Intingtry twp, June
South Denver .t Ohio •• 1, Mc,
Ohio townviitp, Vetql Alwr . tt Sion'
[144. Deaver
Wood
Mar Deaver and New
= 17 Fillon Hotel
to p. tt' out, ito,tiuon
rholinv . ton tp .otoro •• In, •1n.20 ,
South Deaver, n o, , o-apli ialwrenre'e
'looks town lioro alto
Greene township.
do do
!,;.. o n-lon Ilortev
•!..; 04 7ticFerr,n•.
ttiA
Frankfort finro
ILnover
.1 'MI. , I 2 0 , 4 . ta Store
\I r, `o,ovote•on'ta
27. M
Arm+trolw"s
!Store.
.1 if uhrlsty . , Stora: r
John Holmes'.
Raccoon I tvp.
Independeuce twp
Inl--pfm,dence and
Hopewell •• 9 Todd A:Brat-v.'s Store
Hopewell " ht. It. IV Scot Ye.
Mo townltilp., ''ll. Jame-. Prentice's.
Payillonts can be n,94 , In 11414;111in:4 town
ship. l', , ,zet , paid her.n. A nza.t h. p;.r
cent off. On and after Svplernher l+t i per Cent.
wlil bo added.
Afl are duo briv .in':' nut
paid at that dim will be ei,le-ii•d with
P. W t I.LACE.
r
1:-.7
ovpll at mse (1)c, it et
Es',/ale (I.loseph Dre'd
by virtue of tin order o f the I irptwn.' Coital of
the county of Iteaver. the.uuder,i;:ned, Adrnint.,
tralor of the e&tnte of Joseph ftradon, dec'd, will
expose to Pale by public vendor• Or outcry, on the
premises, on
SATUIWAY, the 17111 DAY of m
A. D., IS . ; t, at 10 o'clock. a. . that ccrtant
l.iece-of and. late the est Ate of "-aid decodent.
natty In Ihz , litig•um totru-Inu. taitt conaty,
hounded north by laud of John McCantrldry„
rapt by laud orJa.S. Patterson. nod Ronal by laud
of Nathan Cory., contatmuct 1 acre. , more or let-e,
all under fence. well watered. ball acre In n1.111161'
and balance cleared awl improved, and having on
it a log honce and orchard. Term, made known,
on day of Nile.
Ay n at same time and ',Lee. the Admit:ll.4ra
tor will eel! the household gnoris and personal
rlooperty of the dreecl.mt. 1714' Of b()U24l_ ,
111 and kitchen furniture, gram , ete , etc.
.I,AvOil NICELY, Adult%
Durlinzton , April 17. 157.1
Click) Farms for Salo Near Chicalo,
Av hy GO TO KANSAS Mt NEBRASKA.
1 V when you can buy a, fine (Arming land* as
the sou ever .hono on, impro; ed amd unimprov
ed, at from to 40 dolicro an acre, ran , ,Tito; from
40 to I.:10 acres, within front 30 to 50 mtiei from
Chicago. in one of the anent dairyina. countries
in America? Five raliroacia now running thronah
the country, and 4 or 5 more being corwtrneted.
Have rvverat good improved farms for sale cheap.
For part:calm v address
ALLM.%N
nprii-iw Crown Point, 141:o County. Indian
SEEDS, SEEDS,
PL.INTS,' PLANTS,
TRE.E.S, TR...ES.
Early Peas, Beans, Corn, Tomatoes,Onion Sets.
Potatoes. and all other ceeds for market garden
ers. familie4t, &c. A hoz of twenty vartetles or
flower Seeds for one dollar,
Send :or Bennett's Calaltnr,ne, free. A ddresB
JAS. DENNErT, S ,, edgman,
npratiw 13 - 3 Smit field St.. Pittp.burgh
Knabe & Co.'s Pianos,
HAINES BROS.' PIANOS, an,'
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO.'S ORGANS,
The three best and most popular Inatruments
now in the market. Calalozue and Price
containing full particuiare msiled to any address
CHARLOTTE BLUME,
19 Sixth Avenue. PittAburgh, Pa.
SOLE AGENT.
apell Gin
12E- NC)SISI,
PHOTOGRAPHER
novntf
Rowell :& Co.'s Advertisements.
2,000,000
The chcalten Land In Market for kale
Union Pacific Railroad Company
In the Great Platte, Valley
3,000,600 Acres In Ceti.ral Nebraska
Now fur sale In tracts of forty acres and aim..,
on live and six years' credit at ppr
No advance intereet required.
bind and healthful climate, fertile 011, tln
dance of good water.
TUE BEST MARKET IN TIIE: WEST
great Mining regions of Wyu,ali,
,_ „
Nan and Nevada being stipplled h7t,
in the Platte . .
Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead of IGO
TUE BEIN LOCATION fOR COLONIES
FREE 11051 Es FOtt A 1.1.! ~P
of Choke l,overarat tit Landg fip,e )
der the lionteAtead Law, r.ear t h. ,
NV WI g00(i markets aud all the c0uv,.1,1, 1 ,, ~,„
out settled cOnntry
Freu pzum A to p are tl.l,erri 1ta,,,„„. I
SUCtillTl3oilll)., et! 'MC/114 It, l.t,nt
enitt u n of De.enplive l'euipabl 1 1 , itli
Mailed Free •ervwflere
Addre..4
spr234w „
FOR ONE DOLLAR
We Will .end FREE by mall. or. n ••' .r. •
27) p.lair.'rt:zers of
our catalogue, contalt.in4 up .card, of ! 1 4
ith tall rirrectrone To: I. ,„
tinniri in like Untied Date
.•
DEE: Seedmeu Lind Flu- - •
57 Trrinont
WE NVANT AN AGENT
In II it. t , ,:-`: , L1V.1.,•11 , ./:' :L.. ,
t h), Er ( .11%
The Science of a New Life.
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otn 1.1:0) „ 4 “.1 .
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ONLY lU CENT
\N Ii 1) ()WN PAlNTr_it
Or, PAINTS - HOW TO SELECT AND USE TICE«
i] :1 cutitaininz `a-Mf , •"
rifflvrcla a.h..ldern .
11,11'11{1101p, Ind interior !lotto, 1)
nittott
Mr coploc, boifiol in cloth, for *5, tounio,
le paper otiVial, malted, V 141.141, to aura :.:r•
uu receipt of 10 cents, by thn
IIIMICA". C.UHLEY
Itor Li - !S Post.ooice, Philadelphia.
. •r fir, rf! , racr.f.fr,ria pro.,
- A v. r, wad he One
1 , , Vlllll nllotliti tall ru reel IL -.N. Y.
• •
' NV,. ,tht not wnow eu much CttlAhl
thn +nh).-ct of painting Lt hoa.n Ulan pr
txrell,lll book of Air. 1141:11'n. - - .V. Y
...\ e,nit lout: Itlt at hitt .rlpti!..•l,. • ,
1er1,14.
NOT a i.•iy a 1!V io IL,
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am - mig Rr Iri,t)(l,.
therem. Ott could make •
- 1u publi,alug Oil* I i . M. r.
real Set - Vie , ' to the COI:1111111W , ,
-We hove the pubit.4hrr
uf [tile huul: dur tug •73.
-We have jut
the author, 4 .Ld , thgrdTu,,•
dwelling in Mir Delgh!rrt. , ..
I I
lu tArbtlluz,
mu‘t fe, I certain LI) 1.-1
gill f"How.'•—Froht*
••W:e in ,w the town and
recomuo•nood, and Call
I c-ad. PAiiq
ONLY 10 CENTS,
THE
-5.4 Aftallgig" it ikUN '
114, r ,
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S , 'Nvin 7 2:
Is the BUST IN TUE vioal.i)
AGENT:: wAyrril, , : ‘. •
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p!,11. e • 4:.ln • d.
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12 WELCH
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; tr . I'no• alid circular. '••
(.7.1 Euston, Ttaus, and Detroil..7/1:11.
Shot i;•• - (; , , 111-
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(y.ll Mt“ , • rl:3l. "1:“1., • .
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fur ••
C. I. b to be •,, ,
Kitchen Crystal
3110, metalr
and pre,er.ll‘ , 4 p.i.nt, for removing
I tear or. for ivaemitiilninds. and for in
e•ulwrior to any
other .oap equ...l, it. It:•• r, s
lOf cni•apliv- • EaSy to Car and pore ;
awl p.r.r-ant A ii . ;,!: - OCer'S
N tt. BI:' >UK. I.;:
, 11 0 1, Ipt. Ili
lI'I'IC%T4 4)EtTAINC:i).
No fee. I•nceo—ful .• • • .•
for itr...fltni.wy • t -arch t•••
cular- I ON:SULLY
. P 3., and tiOs
ALLi p ic r•
1:1 bniiy puull•Lo.l In 11.1b5. A •rut -
curiotte•povrn now rvady.
NTIQUAILIAN PUT) 6:11 .
AGENTS ! A RARE CHANCE'
,111 pay a;1 '" 1 -4..1 per ss
ail I engal:re ,lzh un AT uNi E '
arn;s..e.,l and expel's..., 1,3'0 - Athlrt•s
-01'1 L r .5; CO,
$5 to $2O
or old. ntulie more money M work. Im •.-
spare moment, or all the' tnnel than r•
Particular. free. Athlretta 1•.
Portland, Maine.
WORKING CLASS *",;;V . „" „ jr)."
Ite,pectable ett ploy tneflt at !maw,
trvz ii .•npital required; Intl intitrn, ry:
e:Lu:L7II, I ,. L.l;p•Ott gttude seat free by ;n
(I c , •n: re fall stamp. U \lt 3
.
It; 1',.:tt:,11.11. Nn Y.
KATLYSINE WATER,
o. iha near‘•gt approach to a tpvcillc evyr
red fur NeoraL:ht,itheofll3llHlP.
LtiaLet lit(lo.:y and t rinary 1),•
1 , 1 !I- ( y
~rai Iv It r.- F .ror e .., s.`nr„cslar power to f), I
ahr•c It care. I ,rer Conipla'nr,
r, C. , nrrtpation, Artinns, Cararru
HI (inch) Os. the Skin, General 11. '
ty and lh.o.rtruN.m fr u si Mental
cal It is the greatest
v,r Elif til;t ur Drink
pronlf•t, llizeptiOil.
I ,•• h„„..
1.10 vtlitto,c
F. ill, hv
ForgiT Fora I.l.*tori of tOc Sloinue, for metit.
reports el the power of the tuter o , ter e 1.., -
for tuarvettou.t cure,t, anti for teetimoriint ,
Ui-tiount•hcrt men, t‘et.d for patuptaletr.
littcS , Geperal Agent., !:•..7 S ,
Frunt Street, l'llikttlellttalt,
Gin - TV.ltt•ltti Slit S.. 0),
$1,00(1).. REWARD
For any caw of
-Itchlntr. or kiretated M 1, ,, •
DE BING'S Bendy falls to cure IT •
pno-ti . ttYpre, , ody to cure the rttea. and te.'t
TO BOOK CA Nv dSti l':
THENEW
SUBSCRIPTION BOOK
cAN TituusAs Ds
PLAIN 110 mE
1' plain talk abont the body .14li i'n 1)11. ,
FOCI -1 needs. Dr. ft. B. FooTE, author or "
cal Common Sense," of No. 13U Levingtot ,
N who untertains everybocy with
and cures everybody" by his It, I
1.7/ its thousand pages It linSWer.. a 1111 . 4,5r1.,
tlo CN yon don't want 1 , , ;To to your lot 1'
abont, IC 1 SlVllpfd upon r• '•'••,
book for private and colloitiertgis rrad.r,,
$:1 f:n. aid) pent, poNtwzo propaol.,
Contellti tabld rrial4.o. fr,o• .I,4eht+
hemu ilu I cr ginni et. row°, mounted • 1,(1[ ,,
Pity 1e TO T111; — b011,3,.. WOrlil $lll, gcxe- , '!1
1100 k. No chromo without the bot+ '' •
wllhoilt the chromo. A tin rues 31 r V
1111 AL Pr: hiishing Compuo N 1.-11 -' -
Saco. New Vor:i. I -
Luther S. Kuban.
Stag aril Nolo 80,
.11; SMITHFIELD STREEI
ORDERS SOLICITED POO TOE
PURCHASE AND SALE Or
STOCKS, BONDS
febl9 tru
ACRES
Cheap Farms
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Land I :c»latiid.lo f,r h
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Sold by rill dreizrzilibi. Price. Zl.o{l
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