'mill 1 1 in
(1
THE COLUMBIAN
(C0tBMIllAIEOCIlAT,8TnOPTIIR NOIIT11 ANDCOU'M
CIANl()N8nl.llATP.I).)
t!ucd wcckli , every I'rlday lnornlnit, nt
At Twotwi.i.ius per enr, p.i nliio In ntfvnnce, or
iMrlmtMiP.ro.irt After tho t-xplratlon of,tn joar,
t.M will bo chanted. To subscribers out of the
founly the terms nMjipor t oar Ktrlcily in ndrntice
-h. ii inn ii.uii in n ' juuu nun jw.u'j h payment
bo derived he ondthc ,ir
. Nopiper Hi in' iH'iu I. "tcnpt nt thg option or the
iMiillsiicr. uni II nil urn-iraifes nn pndl, but long
cmtlnut'd crudlis utt'T the expiration of uiu llrsT
jenr will not, no glvi to
All papers sent nut of tlinH'n'e, or to distant post
nlilces, must bo pild for In nilvnnco, unions a rc-pnn.
slum person In t'olilinl)l:i county assumes lo pay tin;
subscription dun on demand.
PO! rAOH Ii no longer exacted from subscribers In
tho county.
job PLUsrariisra-.
Tho .lobbing Department of tho Cot.pvinns Ii vcrv
comple'e, nndo'ir.lnb Printing will uainpnia favor
nbly with Hint of ho largo cities. All work dono on
demand, npnily nntl u luodcintc prices.
Columbia County Official Directory
lVildcnt Judge William Dlvvelt.
Assocl ire .lUilrft-M Irnlii Derr, Isaac S. Monroe,
Prothonotnrv, AC II. I'runk y.nrr.
Jl 'glstt-r.v, Ueeorder Williamson It. .tncoby.
District Attorney John M. Clark.
Wiorlir-Mlcli.U'f (Inner.
Hirvo. or Isaac pewit t.
Tr-.lsiirer -John Hinder.
commissioners William T.iuvton, John Itornor,
UUItil J.lll.
Commissioners' Clerk Wllllun liilckhninn.
Auditors U. J.Cntnpbcp, H. II. smith, luvM Yost
Coroner Charles (I.. Munili v.
.7ury Commissioners .Jacob II. l'rltz, William II,
L'll.
Connti Superintendent Wi llam II. Snvder.
J'.looin Pour District Director! o. p. i:nt, Xcoit
win. jvr.tiiii'r,t inoo!iiotii-g unti l nomas reveling
iiuulii yj, i r.ui, 01.1.1 cull jf.
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
Dloomsburg Hanking Company Tolm'v.. t'unston,
President. II. II. (Iro Cashier.
Mrs Nn lonal Dank Charles it. Paxlon.cresldcnt
J. 1. Ttistln, Ciishler. ,
Cohinibla Count y Mipual Saving Fund and Loan
Association i.. 11. utile, president, c. w. sillier,
bcrt'tary.
llloomsburg Untitling nnd Savins fund Association
-vm. roacock, president, .1,11. liohison, Necrmnry.
Iiloomsbunr Mutual saving Fund Assocliu lon-J,
.i. mower, rrcsiiicni, u. o. iiarkiey, secrcinry,
CHURCH DIUKCTOKY.
IIAITIST CIIUKC1I. '
Iter. .T. P. TiHUn, (Supply.)
Kdnday HrUcfs-t ix u. m. nnJof p. in.
Suntlav School y n. in.
Prayer Mueilnsr Every Wetlncstlay evening nt Ox
soa.s free. TIio public aro InUled lo attend.
8T. MATTIIKW'S LCTIIEKlNCIIl'ItCII.
Miniver Itcv. J. McCron.
Suiitlay services 10j n. m. nnit c,tf p. in.
Sundae chnol on. in.
J'ra er Meeting Uvcry Wedncstl.iy evenlnff nt 6x
Seats tree. XopcwH rented. All are welcome.
niEsr.VTRiii ittnii'iicif.
Mlnls'cr l!ev. Stuart MH-slivll.
Sunday Services I tn a. in. iintl f.;f p. in.
sutidav School g n. in.
Prayer .Mec Ins livery Wednesday evening at t(
Seats Tree. Nopnwsrentcil. strangers welcome.
METIIODI'T UI'Ift'OPAI. ('11 l'ISC'1 1.
I'rcsMIng ni.ler ltev. N. s. lttieklnsham.
Mlnlsier Pev.J. II. Medal rah.
suiitlay Services la.v and m . in.
suntlav school p. nt.
lllble cla'is Hvcrv Mond.iv evening tit flvf o'clock.
Voting Men'.s Prtuer -Mccilng l.ery 'l'liisday
ovenliiif at o'clock.
ocnernl I'r.ijer .Meeting- livery Thursday evening
i oeiUCK.
iiEioiiMip ciirncii.
Comer of Third apd Iron streets.
Pastor liev. T. V. UnlTineler.
licslduuce K.isl street, hoar Porks Hotel.
Holiday Services lo5 n. in. and en p. in.
H'luday School 3 a. in.
Pfajcr Meeting satimlay, 7 p. in.
All aro Invited Thei o Is nlwnjs room.
Services every Sunday afternoon nt 2 o'clotk nt
ilcller's ehtueli, Madison township.
sr. I'.vvi.'.s ciiritcii.
Hector Hev. John Hewitt.
Sunday Sen Ices M', a. in., Cj; p. in.
Sunday School 9 a. m.
l'lrst Suntla.v in Iho month, Holy Communion.
Services preparatory to Communion on t'llday
evening before Iho st Sunday In each month.
Pows rentetl ; but everybody welcome.
persons desiring to euiHtill tho Keclor on religious
milterswlll nntl him at tho parsonage on liocl;
Mreet.
EVANflr.I.ICAI. C1IUKCII.
Prcslillng Klder-ltev. A. I,. Pceser.
JIliiKler Dev. .1. A. Irvine.
Sunday Service Sit. in., In Hie lion street Church.
l'rii er Meeting livery Sabbath at ! p. In.
All nro Inv lted. All uru welcome.
OATAWISSA.
sT..ioiiN".s(i:i'is(-op.r.)ciiuiicii.
Rector Iter. .lohu Hewitt.
Siiiiday Services 3 o'clock p. m. every Stimlay.
Sunday School l:3ti p. in.
Holy Communion tho second Sunday In the month.
" u.()OJ!snuioinr:CToiiYr
QCIIOOIt OUOIJIW, Iilanfc7iuft piinletl ami
3 neally bound lu small books, on hand nnd
for sale at tho Columiuan onice. Peb. 19, IsIS-II
TD LANK DKICIXS, nn I'arcltm jut nntl Linen
Ij Pniier, common nnd for Atlinlulst ratal's, Il'eccu-
tors nnd
trustees, for Halo cheap at tho Coi-cmiuan
Olllco.
l 3 nml for sale nt the columiuan oiilce. Minis-
-. . . . imj ,t.i pi iitttr
(ei i of the (losp"l anil Justices should supply them
selves with theso necessary articles.
USTICHS ami CoiiHlables' Kce-IHIU fur saTs
at iho Columiiivn oillt'c. They contain tbo cor
rected feesnsestabllsbeil by tbo last Act of tho Leg
1st. itmo upon tho subject. Dvery Jullce nntl Con
stable should have ono.
"IT'KN'niJK NOT US ,jtM iiiintcil ami for sale
1 ci
cheap nt the Coi.l'MU! vn ohlce.
CLOTHING, AC.
DAVID LOWHNUHKO, .Merchant Tailor
Mlilu St., above Central Hotel.
" BOOTS AND SHOLS.
TTHNHY
KLIMM. MnnnfacluiiT ami tlealer
LX I" "t
i limits unit (.lioi-s. groceries, etc.. Main bt..
I.aL Dloomsburg.
li M. KNOIMi, Dealer in lioots nntl Shoes,
l.i , latest and best s!les, corner Main and Maikct
btieets, III tho ohl post omce.
CLOCKS. WATCHES 0.
C IC.SAVAOi:, Dealer
Dealer in Clocks, 'Watches
J. an
and Jewelry, .Main St., Just below the Central
Hotel.
MII.LIN'LUY A l'ANCY GOODS.
MISS M. DICIMMCKSON, Millinery ami
fancy Goods, Main st below Market.
M DUC1 1 ANTS ANDGHOCT.ltS.
HC. IIOWKI!, Hats nntl Cups, Hoots niul
. Shoes, Main slicet, above Couit llutitc.
a ii.
I, GootH, groceries, (pieenswaie,
sfioi s, notions, etc., .Main blrect.
Hour, salt
PHOKL'SSIONAL CAUDS.
c
1 Ci. IlAUKLIiY, Attorney-at-l.avv. Jiooms
4 nml o, rruwer s nuiuuug, su poor.
DIE. W.M. M. JMMiKlS.Siirpeim nml l'hysi
clan. Olllco B. D. corner Itocl; and. Maikct
biiccls. '
Til KVANS, M. D., Surgeon nml I'hysi'
. clan, not th bide of .Main btreet, abovoJ. K.
Ljei's.
!. MeKKLVY, M. D.,Surgion ami l'hy
slclan.iioi Hi bide Main street, below .Mnilat.
r
II. KOItlSOX, Attorncy-nt-I.avv. Oiliee
l) , In llaitman's building
vi.uu blieei.
tAJll'KL JACOliY, Maiblo nntl llrown
btone Works, Last niooniiiiurg, nervvicuroau.
KOSlvNSTOCK, J'liotograi.her, over
, Claikx Wolfs store, Malnstreet.
H
D
It. II. C. llOWKU, .Surgeon IKnlM, .vl.iin
bt., ubovo til court House,
T II MA1ZK. Maoimotli (irncerv. fine CJio-
tl . ccrles. l''rults.Nuts, Piovlaions, icMaiuand
centre sticets.
MISCULLANDOL'S.
I
H. 1CUIIN, dealer In Meet, Tallow, etc.,
c
JI. CIIIMSTMAN, Satlille, Trunk ami
, Harness maker, bhlvo's Dloek, Main Mreet,
T
MIOJIAS WKHIi. Confectionery and Ilikerv.
vvholesalo nnu retail, r-xciiango hiock.
G
( V. COIM'.LL, 1'iirniliire uoonis, turco-
btory bilck, .Main street, west oi Jiamev. si.
b.
V. ItOIUIlNS, Lltiuor dealer, sccontl door
from tho northwest coiner Main nnd Iron
OATAvVISSA.
AY
yjl. II. Al!I!OTr, Attorney-at-
l.avv, Jlaiu
birccu
1 DAI,LM AN, .Merchant Tailor, Sccontl
btieet, Dobbins' building.
U. W. ItUTTKIt,
physician & sunanoN,
omcc, ouMaliibtiei,
MaM7,'71-y Catawla, I'J.
WM. L. KYUIILY,
' attoundy-at-law,
Catawlsui, l'a.
ciiiieciimn tuoinntlv inado and remitted, onice.
oppo .lie Catuvv I sea Deposit Duuk, ''"J
YQLOAN IRON WOKU
DANVILLE. MONTOUH COUNTY', DA,
WILLIAM II. LAW, Manufacturer of
Wrought Iron Bridges, Boilers, tiusho t ler,
l'litoroof Dulldlngs, Wrouglitlron ltoollug, llpolllng
V..7.i..b...,l nnVs. Vuiin llutiix mid Feiic.
lifi,, alio wrought iron l'lnlng, blacks and all kinds
"li BLOltUWorkTio. ltepalrs promptly attoudud to.
Ni D. Drawings and ssiiinnios auppugu.
OCt,19T6-U
0, !'. ELWELL' E'5" Proprietors.
oitANGicviLi,i:i)ini:oroiiy.
AH. INIIUilNd, Carpenter nn.l luilltler,
.j Mntn street Is'Iow Pine.
71!. O. A
Surgeon,
MlXIAItdlvf,, lMivsician nntl
Main street, next door lo (lood's Ho-
I1UCIC IIOitN.
IJ . " " "in'i,ai-Aivi',u, Dealers in
Dry Goods, Groceries and General Merelmn-
disc.
IlUSINHfiS CAitns.
jyt. A. I,. TUJINKIt,
ltusiilcnco on Jlaikct Ptroct ono door licttw
1). .1. Waller's.
pnico over Klelm's Drug store, omcc hours from
1 lt 4 p. m. for treatment of diseases of the Dye, liar
nntl ' hroat.
All calls night or day promptly attended to.
Apr.2.r;5-tf
jQl'i.J. C. HUTTKH,
I'lIYSICIAN &SUItCIEOIf,
omce, North Market street,
Mar,87,74-y Bloomsburg, Pa.
J) H. II. V. GAItDXKl!,
1'IIYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
iiLooMsnuitn, pa.
Oniccabovo.l.Schuylori: Son's Hardwaro Store.
Apr.!3'75-tf
Q U. 11A1!KI,KY,
attoi:nky.at.i,aw,
onico Main street, Ilrovvcr's Building, Second story,
Dooms I nnd Oct. Uj,'75.
w n. iKiii,i:i:,
A TTO I ! N KY-A T-LAvv,
Oct s ,,,.,.,1'xc,'anSo Block, 2d Hoor, Bloomsburg, Pa.
VMUKJ, KNOIMt,
A T TOU N H Y-A T-L A AY,
Dt.OOMSBl'Ito, PA.
OfllCe. Hartlnan's ltlnck. cnrntT Mtiln niul "t.irl.-it
streets. Oct. s. '75
Q W'.mLU'M,
A i lOUNIiY-A T-LAW,
(mice In Ilrovvcr's building, sccontl llnor, room No.
Dloomsburg, Pa. Julyl,73-y
Q VLf W.J.llUCKAI.KW,
.ttoi;.ni;ys.at-i.av,
Dloomsburg, Pa.
oniceon Main Street, llrst door below Com t House.
.vl.ir.0,'74-y
2 v. t J. jr. claim:,
attoum;ys-at-law,
Dloomsburg, Pa.
April 10,'74-y
omcc In nut's Building.
. CltElT.UMI S1IIT1I.
HFllTEY EVVINQ SMITH.
CIMVELINO .S.MITII A SON,
Al lUK.MilS-A'I-l.AV,
Bloomsburg, Ta.
SAU business entrusted to our earn w III rcelcvo
prompt attention. Julyl,'73 y
II. I.ITTI.E.
ItOU'T. H. LITTLE.
"1 U.&lt. It. LITTLK,
ah uiiii i;ys-at-i.aw,
Dloomsburg, I'n.
V Duslncss beforo the U. S. Patent onico nf letnled
to. omce InthoColiimBlaii Dulldlug. lv 3d
TI!OCKVAY .t HIAVKLL.
X)
A 1 IU It N i; Y S-A T-L A W,
COLi'jiUHN Dull Pino, Dloomsburg, Pa.
A'tretn- lur CtiittlneitUil l.ifo Iiisuraneo comnanv of
New oik. Assets nenily $7.11110.1.110. 'Iho best In tho
cuuntiy. Send Iorileseilitlve pamphlet. tf
E7i:ruvl's
A I 1UU.SU1-A 1-I.AVV.
Will lifactleelnall tho' courts of Colombia. Sulli
van and Lvcomlug counties, in the Supremo coin t ot
Pi'itus.vlv aula, it tn 1 In lite circuit nnd Dlstilet coutts
of the I'hlted states held at Wllll.imsport, Pa
Will bo In Ids omcc lu I lie Columbian building,
room No. 1, Dloomsbtirg, on Ttiesil lys, Wednesitav's
and 1'hiirMl.tjsiif each week; nudlnDcntouou Mon
ti, iv s, l'ilila.vsnnil Saturdays, unless absent on pro
lesslonal business. Sept. ls.ists.
17UKAS 1!1!()VN'S INSUKANCIv AfMCN
X CY, Uxcbaiige Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pn.
Capital
.l'.lna, Ins Co., of Hartford; Connecticut...
, C,MKl,IKlO
i'0,tit !l,ll' II
13 fOl 1,01111
10,11011, (ill
, 3,lllt,0lill
, 1,10(1.0011
r 0,000
J.11,llllll
. 1,0011,0011
Liverpool, i,tiniiou anil tiiooo
llo.VJl of I.lvcipool
I.aiK'n iis-litri
Fire Association, Philadelphia ,
Aitieilcati of Philadelphia
Atlas or Hartford
Wyoming, ot Wilkes Harm
farmers Mutual ot Danville
Danvlllo Mutual
Home, New Yolk
"5,000
.. 6,tt,o,ooo
Itii ,'.irs,ii(iu
March 2C,'74-y
mrakr- , i i i i
jiisci:llani:ous.
c.
M, Bit OWN,
Dealer In
BOOTS AND SIIOIIS TovvAsnv Doors a specialty,
llep.ilrlng done tit short notice, f nder Drovvn's Ho
tel, Dloomsbuig. Oct. s,'70-ly
m:nti:al hotel,
A V I It S T-0 LASS HOUS K,
Oct. S,'75ly JOHN LAYCOCK, Prop'r.
Q JL DlliNKlil!, OU.Naml LOCKSMITH.
sewing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re
paired. Oram House Untitling, Dloomsburg, Pa.
Oct l.'Tt, ly
r. isr. TUBUS,
wuoi i sai i: iieu.ek in ,
IlDUNINfi AND'LUItKICATINO OILS.
oilko lu Make's Building, coiner Main and Cenliu
st let ts,
DI.OOMSBPltO, P1INNA.
Sfonlers sollcltetl and promptly lined.
Off. S,'76.J
--i:NTlbTUY.
11,0. IIOWDIt, DD N'T I ST,
Despectfully olfers Ids professional services to tho
ladles and gt nllemt'ii of Blooinsburg and vicinity.
Hcispicpaied to attend to all the rations oiierattous
In Hie Hue of bis pi oteslon, and Is provided with 1 lie
latest Improved Poiicklain Tklth, which will be In.
scried on gold plating, sliver and lubber base to
look as well us tho natural lectin Teeth etr.uled
by all the new nml most upproved methods, unit nil
operallonson tho teeth caicfully uudpiopcily at
tended to.
onico a few doors above tho Court House, samo
side. Oct. t
17 J. T1IOK.NTON
Pi. vvotilil nnuotiiico to tho cltlrcnsof Blooms-
but guild vicinity that hu lias Just received a full und
compicio asnoi iiiteuv. oi
WALL l'Al'EII, WINDOW SHADES,
mtuitKs, conns, tasseis,
and all other goods In his lino of business. All tho
lievvestnnil most approved patterns of tbo day aro
always tuba found In his establishment, Main btreet,
below -Market. oct. B,'75
IXCHANOE HOTEL,
OppiihKc lliu Coui t House,
BI.OOMPlll'Itn, PA.
Tho l.AitoEsraud Best In all icspects In tho county
W, D. KOONS.
Oct. 8,';i-ly Proprietor,
BROAVN'STIOTEJ,,
DLOOIYISBUIIO, M.,
B. STOHNER, Proprietor,
Accommodations Vlitt C'lass-ll.ss to l.to per day,
1U-STAU II ANT ATTACH Kl).
Largo, Airy Sarnplo Eooms on 1st Floor,
A good Hidilo In icar of Hotel.
Dloomsburg, Oct. e, lats tf.
CONFESSIONS
(W A ArICTlM.
published ns a vv umlng nud for t ho benefit of young
n!.i. iitiii others who bufltr from Nervous Ocbllltv,
loss of Womanhood, etc, giving his rules i or be t.
cure, nftir undirgo ng wucn buueruiB uuu eijruwj,
and led reo on itcclvlng a liost-pald d rcctcd
fSvcloiio: Address Nauakisi. Mavfaik, , l. o. Box
WEW GOODS t
A IlEAVV STOCK,
Glicapes? than Ever!
S. 11, MILLER & SON
Have Just Jlccoivcd
the largest nntl liest supply ol
CHEAP AHD FASHIONABLE
DRY GOODS,
They havo ever otlcred totlielr friends and cus
tomers, Cloths, Cassimore3, ami Satinotts
for JIKN'S WEAK,
Olotlis, Alapacas, Mcriuos,
for LADIES' WEAK,
CALICOES, JIUSLINS, UAJlllIMCS,
and every variety of Dry Goods desired.
STOCK OE
Carpets, Mats, Ottomans,
CLOSED OUT AT COST
FAM1XY GROCERIES,
including all flic varieties of
COl'TKKS, TEAS ami SUOAItS,
COUNTRY PKODUCK,
and a general supply of articles ireful for the
tabic always on hand,
CALL AND SEE,
Country produce of all kinds taken in ex
change fur goods at cah prices.
Oct. 30,'71-tf
BLOOMSBURG
MARBLE WORKS.
T. L. GUNTON, Proprietor,
MAIN STl'EET, BIXOW JIAltKP.T.
Manufacturer of and Ilcakr in all kinds of
MONUMENTAL MARBLE WOMS
Wo uso tbo best AMEltlCAN and ITALIAN Marble.
Ho has on hand and furnishes to order
MONUMENTS,
TOJIIIS,
HEADSTONES,
DUNS, VASES, &c.
A long pl-acllcalexperlehce and personal attention
to business makes the proprietor confident of giving
satisfaction. All ordeis bj mall promptly iitlendett
to. P. O. box !i'J7.
BkSf"A. Jl, II oil: ihliiercdjrec nf efiaric.TBa
Aug. 'Jl, 'Jt-ly. T. L. OUNTON, Proprietor.
"$S86opbr ToisrT"
REGISTERED TRADE-MARK,
sea fowl deposit iniioftcil exclusively by
uiii'sclvcs Iriini Smith Aniei'int.
SOLURliE
AnaUsIson (MCh bff nnd nu.ilttv crnar.mlpcd. Soo
baiJipli'stnmtcirL'Uhijv.un Uaini by dealeam generally.
JOSIAII .1. AliLKN'S SONS,
No-1 S. Dt lavvaro A venuo Plilladelnhlii.
aus. so-at '
The Great Cause of Hmiiaii Misery.
Just published in a tealtdcntchj'C. JiiecGcli,
sVr. A I.KC'I't'DDonthi) naturctrcntmcnt
;7JjA and Itatlleal Cure of seminal weakness,
,rvsnfjV !-ii't ii:itti i lnea, Intluctil by st It-abuse
MMcrt litvolitntao emissions, Impotenc.v, ner
vous debility ami Impediments lo mairlago gener
ally, consumption, epilepsy and nts; mental ami
pbysliul Incapacity, Ac, by UOllI.UT J. CULvKlt
WELL, M. I)., author of tho Green Book Ac.
1 ho woild-rcnovvnctl nulhor In this aduilrablo Lec
ture, cleaily proves (torn his own e.iperlcnco that
the aw ful consequences of self abuse may be effect
ually removed without medicine, and w ithout dan
gerous surgical operations, bougies, Instruments,
rings, or coidlals, pointing out a motlo of cuioat
nnco certain and dfettual, by which every suffeier,
no matter what his condition maybe, may euro him
self cheaply, plivately nntl radically.
This J.ectuee uill ruee a boon lo thousands
and thousand.
sent under seal, In a plain envelope, to any ntl-
di ess, on receipt of six cents or tvv o postage stamps.
Addresi tho Publishers,
CIIAS. J. C.KLINE A: CO.,
127 Bowery, New York, Post OfUco Box 4,550.
April 1, '75-y
PHOSPHO-FISH
Moisture, det. at loo c.
11.T7
orgaulo Matter, m.iS, capablo of producing
Ammonia,
3,18
Holunble and 1'roelpUntcd 1'hosphorlo Acid,
ISA
i:tual tu Pieclpltnted and Dono pnospnute,
UudecomiKJSi'd Dono Phosphate,
11.31
ir.so
I'UICE, l'EK TUN.
Packed In bags ot S'-O ns. each,
33A.TJai-I &c SONS,
sole Proprietors,
No. SO Boutli Delawiiio Avenue, Philadelphia,
And
No, 103 South btreet, Baltimore.
Hep. M-t.
Ol IllW.IHJU, V , JOIUUJ, (.,ii"v-, fv.,-vr. iu,vi' u,
ivitii rMii tiniilkT minis urn l.dd Ilk tllO v011ltllir
Uilti'ry. which Is t'tJiitlnctrU bvttworn commlsfclorn'ra
Heifiilur Uruw Iiikh 1Mb niuiat'lh vt t-ucb inoiiiuuurliitf
: . uini,i ii ..mil ok iir a ji fitoii.
lars with fuil Inturmutlun inullca tree.
All VW A' tUt . TQ VlKMAII MT.. VEW YhRlf.
i is t7
rflRTUWES
- 3T- , ; s
Uf n f it twit it m
W p I If HI p f ill
BLOOMSBUIlGr, PA., Fill.
NEW MUSIC STORK.
OPEEA HOUSi:, 3d ROOM,
:::.uo.iiiniiuf:, vx.
13. H. STJUOKLAND
Tlcspcctfully Informs tho public that ho lias opened
a New Music store. In the lllooinshiirt? Oitcrn House.
onCeiiticstriet,bclow.Maln,whero hokcepsa full
nssoitmcnt nf
PlANlH.
ODOANS.
MIMICAL INRTllt'MENTS,
hiii:i:t Mfsic,
Ml'SIO BOOKS, ft,
nlwnjs on hind and for snlo at tho lowest prices.
Ho Invites tho patrons of music to call nndcxnmlnu
his stock.
11EPAIMXG AND TUNING.
also attended to on demand. The public patronare
Is respectf uiu solicited.
Oct. 8, '75-ly
CARRIAGE
MANUEAOTO RY
BLOOMSDUrtU, PA.
C. SLOAN & imOTHEIl
M,
HAVE on hand and for sale nt the most
reasonable rates n splendid stock of
CAUKI.iCES, ICUGCIKS,
and every description of Wagons both PLAIN and
FANCY,
Warranted to be made of tho best nnd most durable
maeerlals, nnd by tho most experienced workmen.
All work sent out from the establishment will be
found to bo of tho highest class nnd sure to glvo per
fect satisfaction. They luvo also aline assortment of
SLEIGHS
of all the newest nnd most fashionable, stj les well
und carefully made and of the best material.
An Inspection of their work Is asked as It Is be
lieved that none superior can bo found In tho coun
try. Oct. S, lS75-tf.
mSTONFCABBIABE WORKS'
liLOOJISnUltG. TENN'A.
A S. CUOSSLEY has on hand and for sale
J.m cheaper than tbo cheapest, for cash, or will
exchange for old Wagons on reasonable terms,
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES,
AND
AVAGON8
of every description both plain and fancy.
Portablo Top Buggies, open Buggies, Plain nnd
Fancy Platform Spi lug Wagons all of tho latest st j lo
and mado ot good material and fully warranted.
oivo me a call lieforo purchasing elsew here, as I can
not bo undersold. I claim that I mako tho best wag
ons for tbo least money.
I also do painting.. J.diomJ"r..?V'A,.'Mfcfwtt!'
bio top buggy for any kind of lumber, such as hen
lock, pine, ush, Unn hickory und poplar tJ bedellvci
edatinyshop by tho lli'sl of February, 1S7.1. Iron
dalo orders taken and McKelvy, Neal A Co's for rc
palill ns cash. A. S. CltOSSLDY.
Oct. S, 1S75.
LIGHT STREET
BUGGY & CARRIAGE
TT V. OJIAN hereby informs the pu
JTJ. . that he has entered Into co-partnership
bis brother, O. L. Oman, and that the business
OJIAN hereby informs the pnhlis
ut'lMiip mm
business wUl
hereafter bo conducted under tho firm namo of
12. r. O.M t.Y ci KltOTIIUIl.
Tltey w ill havo on hand or manufacture to order
IJUGGIES,
cak1uages,
spuing wagons,
light wagons,
koad wagons,
nml every thing In their lino of business, of tho best
mniiilnl nml most complete workmanship, and nt
prices ;ej low ns can bo afforded.
fcif'-V ehure of J'ublie ilronare w respectfully
soitciico.
II. F. OMAN DltOTHEIt.
Aug.ll,'7t-1y.
A GREAT STRIDE!
l'l nml Over Old DIctlindM round
lo lie faulty, or olijccuoii
alile, ilihcardcil!
: o :
A NEvV AND VASTLY ADVANTAGEOUS
l'LAN HElliJltY ADOPTED UY
At their AVorhs in Blooirishurg,
rormerly Bloomsburg Iron and Slanufarturlng
coinpauy), whero will bo kept constantly on lunula
largo assortment ot
WIillo and Rrd Ash .intliracilc
Goal,
FOIl DOMESTIC FUUFOSLX, AND
CUPULO, 11LACKS.M1TH AND IilTUJIIN
OUS COAL,
ntpileesto sultllio tratln. All Coal specially pre
pared ucioiu leaving ino lura. Abu
Plows and Threshing Machines,
and all kinds of
Casting aiul.Machine Work.
Itni'AlIIINd promptly attended to. Thev'wonld
respectfully solicit tho patronage of tho Public.
tl, Jll. & J. 1. 1-Ul.IVAtlll,
Oct. 8, '7D-ly Bloomsburg, Pa.
"TTloomsihjkg tannery,
j. a. nr. u II IX G
1) ESPIXTIT'LLY iiniiouuccs to tho publio
, thuthohasieopeiied
SNYDER'S TANNERY,
(old bland) Dloomsburg, Pa., nttho
Forks of tho Dspv and Light Mreet
roatls, where nil descriptions of
leather will bo made In tho most
substantial and woikmnnllko manner, nnd sold nt
prices to suit tho times. 'Iho highest pilco lucusli
vv 111 at all times bo paid for
G H E E N
il I 1)KS
t f every description In tho country,
ronnge Is lespecl fully solicited.
Bloomsburg, Oct. I, 1 Sib
The public ret-
USl'Y STKAM FLOUMNH MILL,
131'V, DA.
STOUT & lJUEISCir, 1'ltOPlUETOllH.
noneral dealers In Flour, uraln, l'ecd, i.o. cus
tom done to order, bop.-!m
DA Y, OCTOBER 29.
SPEECH
CJIAIILES BMIOCKWAY,
l Dolivorod at OatawiBsa, Tuesday
Evening Octobor 19, 1875.
ffr. 0
ft .
ho re
Chairman, and Icllow citizens nf Cata-
ho reilt of the election in Ohio should
IlftTe no dccisivo cllcct on Hint peiiding
In thi- Ptnto. 77iprc both administrations
hrtl been honest nml economical, nnd
linltflitit nituched to nny of tho candidates.
Nor is thorn ntiy special cause lor lament
that the opposition hnvo retained ono of
thejr own Mutes by n reduced majority, not'
vvitlistniuluitf. tlio laho isues sprung iiioii
thotpconle there, tho frauds perpetrated up
on tho voters, nnd the lavish expenditure of
money uynlucc-noldcrsiimtiuioiuu Hanks.
Tho follovvimr tablo speaks fou ltelf. and
shoe's nn verngo Kepublican majority of
W.
1803 Governor
lSfttPrcsident
1S0S Governor
iSGfiTSecretary of Stato
18()7iGovernor
1808I'rosident
lSO'JKIovcrnor
1870Secretary of Stato
187trG0 vernor
lS72jPresideiit
Jlep. M,y,
100,11117
C9,08(
42,000
2,083
-11,-128
7,518
13,831
10.0S I
31,208
In lv a lucky chance, William Al
len wpped into tho Governorship with a
majority of sl7, on n decreased vote, as
coniphredwith 1872, of 80,(!0S, suid with u
tenipfcnnce diversion in his favor of 10,277
vo'irfwiininlv cast by liepublicans.
TliSolinws tlint tbn "litlnl vvnvn"
Thisshovvs that tho "tidal wave" has not
idilieil? l
nor w" lilt until coiDplcto success is
aastirfl.
Let'mo call attention to another fact. In
1870 vfo had four Democratic Governors, and
four Democratic Legislatures; to-day we
havo twenty four. Then wo had 90 members
.
of the.llou-e of Representatives, now vvc
liavo 180,coiis itilinga Democratic uongres.
Then, if o had 12 L. S. Senators, now 28.
This certainly shows nn adeance nnd that the
peoplefllesiro a cliange. it is n revolt against
Grantiim. Liken ship in a storm, in dr
ier to feve tho crew and vessel the people
aro throwing overboard a quantity of cargo
mdbaUast.in the shape of rotten politicians.
It will not answer to attempt the revival
of war issues. Tho people rccognue the fact
that the rebellion is over and that other nnd
more vllnl qiic-tionsdeiiiand settlement. And
in answer to any attempt to stir up sectional
hatred, 'wo nave only to adit mat it was
Uranl who recommended Leo's pardon, who
appointed the rebel General Longstreet to a
IllCrnilVO onico in new vucjins, mm ivuus'
boon companion and adviser is Jlosby, the
famous guerilla chieftaii.
We oppose uranttsm because it nas in
augurated Nepotism ; that is, n system by
which his father, brothers, cousins, and his
wile's brothers, cousins and -second cousins
arc appointed to the most lucrative and re
sponsible positions without reference to their
qualifications or fitness.
1 ... i .!,. ;.. i l i
vveaiso oppose H,occausu u una iiiirouiiccu
into our. Government for the lirst timo the
practico of receiving gifts from existing or ex
pectant olTici-holders. We oppose it because
of its rottenness and corruption ns developed
by the Credit Jlobillicr, in which the nation
and people wero nilicially robbed. Wo op
pose tbo Salary Grabs, believing that Grant
is not worth twice as much as Jackson or
. - ... i mum innse ot (Jurtin. Wo also
oppose the oiganizcd attempt to break down
the coiiitilutiona1 doctrine of State Rights
to centralize Government, and by the use of
Federal soldiers usurp the right guarranteed
each State to rcgulato its domestic all'airs in
its own maimer.
Wo also absolutely condemn tho various
land steals which Congress has sanctioned.
Whv, Gentlemen, each ol you, however poor
vou mav be. is the owner in Ice simple in
common of thirty acres of land. It is public
property it is true, but you arc a part oi tne
public. This land was purchased with tho
common treasure, or conquered by the army
drawn from tho people. Already Congress
has donated to rail-roads over 200,000,000
of acres, or about four and a half acres
of your property, and bills are pending to
take -100,000,000 more. Tho amount already
given is seven times the size of Ohio, and if
as densely populated would contain 20,000,-
UUU ol people, i nerc nas oeen given in uiu
Pacini; inatls alono 121.000.000. Tho North
ern Pacific which so successfully swindled
the people through the persuasive arguments
of.1 ay Cooke, got 47.U0O.O0O of the best
land In America, about io,uuu square nines
an area larger than England and Wales
Thus you are robbed of your real estate, your
inheritance, which passes into tho hands of
speculators, and if you wish to "go est"
and erect n homo for yourself and family,
you must generally purchaso what was your
own property from some greedy specula
tor. Wo further cliargo upon tlie liepublicans
tho notorious frauds and corruption that
xist in tho administration ot public allairs,
and eyen tho President has been charged
with complicity in tlicm. itio detail vvoum
he instructive nnd startling, but I will not
enter into it for lack ol time, One case I
will mention which is u type for all, and I
refer to Hodge, tho defaulting pay-master.
This man an intimate friend ol Grant
stole $-100,000. Th's largo defalcation ran a
period of four ycais without discovery, and
Hodge's bond was only $10,(100.
Tho Moiety system was another outrageous
plan of robbery. It created a horde of spies
nnd Informer who lobbed both Government
ami individuals. The informer received ono
half, and by connivance with other officials
innnnL'ed to collect 8UI1I3 which should und
could have been easily paid lo the regular
nlllcials. In New uvk mono tnrniigii tins
rotten system thero was paid ollicial.s in
excess of their salaries $1,838,700,20, from
1802 to 187J.
This vot sum was distributed as follows
Collector of tho Port ? 107,2 1.1,97
Naval Officer :12 1,038,01
Kurvevor 391.213,01
Informers 910,218,01
Tho principal part of tho last itom went
to tlio notorious jayue.
Another forciblo illustration is tho celc
lir.itrd Sanborn contracts. This lobbyist by
reason of hU inlliienco with tho Secretary of
tho Treasury managed to get a contract to
collect tho claims of tho Government and
was also to receive ono half; and all the
other oll'iclals' were not on v to render him
such assistance as lio required, hut to give
him access to all books nntl official docu
ments. l(v this neat arrangement tlueo
agents in three years managed to pocket
tfouu.uuu apiece, uno caso win iiiusiraio
their plan of proceduio. Tho D. L. A W
R. R. Co..nvvcd the Government about $100.
000. There was feomo dUinito about n pop
Hon of tho claim, hut tho company averred
their willingness to pay tho amount when-
over tho proper Department decided how
much it should be. In timo tlio decision
was made, and tho amount promptly paid,
One of Sanborn's sides in tho Treasury
Department must luivo informed him of
this payment for lio nt onco telegraphed to
Washington, claiming n half of this sum,
which was promptly allowed him, although
he had nothing to do with its collection. In
fact none of tlio officers of the company ever
saw him, and did not know of his existence.
Tho reckless extravagaiico of Republican
rulers can bo further illustrated by a few
comparisons. Tho total expenditures from
March dth, 1789, when Washington was
inaugurated, to Juno 30h 1800 was but SI,'
700,000,000, which includes tbo cost of the
war of 1812 and that witli Mexico ; whilst
tho expenditure from Juno 30, 1805 to Juno
30, 1870 was SLSftf ,000.000. In other words
hvo vears of Radical rulo in a time of peace
cost $200,000,000 more than It did from the
timo of W iisliingtoii to that of Lincoln,
Lot us take another case. In I860 the ex
pctiscs of Government exclutlvo of Interest
t - An ft; f.rrv n t
aim rcnaions was t-jo.voo.iuii, m i or
1875.
elusive of those items it was $107,4 10,297,or
three times more under Grant than it was
t liner liuclianaii, And there has been
drained from the people by tho Internal
Itevcnuo system alono $1,917,000,000 from
September 4802 to this time, nn nmoiint al
most equal to our national debt, nnd thero is
uuo u oin iici.tuiting collectors yet 52,ri00,0(!0,
in uuuui one per cent oi mo amount col
lected,
The startling inctvaso of expenditures
can however best seen by the following facts.
jo j on inn internal liovcnuo iJcpartiiicnt
ctiiiecioti ciiiii.uuu.uuu, nt n cost ol 3 per
cent; in 1874 it only collected $103,000,000
tit a cost 01 per ccut,or nearly twicons much,
and this, too, in tho facooftho fact that tho
act of 1872 dispensed witli tho odieo of
nssessors.
Post Office Department.
1808 $22,730.92.
1874 33,929,912. Excess $11,199,320,
or over fifty per cent.
Navy
1S0S 10,000,000
1874 22,000,000 Increase 0,000,000
And yet we havo no navv. Our best
vessels nre used by such "land grabbers" as
urant, mncocK anil stclnbcrgcr In attempts
to unlawfully capture San Dimingo, or get
corner lots in the Sainaon Islands. A fi.vv
others nre employed in junketing parties for
uiiuib aim ins eiuiuis.
Judiciary,
1808. $700,000
1873. 3.800.UOO
Increase, $3,100,OCO
Surveying Lands.
18G8. $373,000
1873. 1.12S.O0O
Increase, $755,000
Coast isurvcy.
1803. $ 100,0(11
1S73. S0O.O0O
Increase, $-100,000
Surveyor General's OJice.
ISflS. $95,000
1873. 414,000
Increase, $319,000
Sub Treasury.
108. $200,000
1875. 500,000
Increase, $300,000
Miscellaneous.
1S08. $53,000,000
1873. 73,000,000
Increase, $20,000,000
Tlio aggregate of employees in ail tho De
partments in 1S.)9 was 13,000 ; in 1873
they numbered S7.000 a forco as large ns
that with which Sherman marched to tho
sea, and larget than is employed by France.
Englaud.aud Germany combined.aad mainly
Useful to draw salaries that can bo taxed for
party purposes and help renominate Grant
for a third term. The increase in three De
partments alone will illustrate all.
Employees.
1S59. " 1S73.
Treasury Dept., 37S2 11,430
war ' U-lli l.lioij
Navy " 92 8,211
The expense of the Executive Mansion in
cluding the President's salary has grown to
magnificent sum of $124,000.
All this combined fraud, corruption and
extravagance has done more to bring the
evils upon our peoplo under which they now
sillier than any other cause. Tho expenses
of the lato war, enormous as they were.could
easily hnvo been met by a growing,prosperous
country like ours.vvith a proper management
pf nnr finances, and economy in adniinistra-
inimensn ,,. ,.,,.,.-:.;"?-;"
people, and her loans were mado at a low
rato of interest. Rut our people little un
derstand the magnitude of their obligations,
ami orators speak llippantly of hundreds of
millions of dollars. Assuming our national
indebtedness to bo $2,100,000,000, and that
is a low estimate how far would it reach?
You will bo surprised to learn that if our
dollar greenbacks were laid in a continuous
line they would extend beyond the boundaries
of your State beyond the Mississippi and
over tlio Rocky inoiintains-across tho Pacific
and in fact around this world of 24,000 milesof
circumference to Catawissa.and then around
again and again until over ten circuit Had
been made ; and if piled up would extend
one hundred and fifty miles into the air I
What is the remedy? shall we borrow
Ocrtaiuly not. tlio interest wo aro
now paying is a fearful drain upon our peo
ple. Shall wo resort to increased taxation?
I'.inphatically no. uur peoplo aro overuur
lened now, and already pay more taxes than
inv other civilized nation. Nor is it fair
that the people of this generation who havo
carried on a gigantic war, and freely given
their lives ami substance to preserve the
Union, should be taxed to death to pay debts
not yet due. Let peace first bo fully estab
lished, trado and coiumeico revive, and with
our growing industries tlio load can more ea
sily be borne.
I next come, Mr. Chairman, to the much
vexed currency question. It can no more
ho called a party isuo than that of the
TuriH'. Leading Republicans favor "more
mniiAv " titid liuilni" Democrats oiidosp it.
Stato conventions havo taken widely differ
ent views on the subject, but tho only au
thoritative ueclaTatioti wo navo is mat
of our national convention at Balti
more in 1S72, which distinctly resolved in
favor of a return to specio payments. A-ia
liai ty wo nave always beiievcu in tuo uoc
triuo that gold and silver is the only consti
tutional currency, and wo belicvo so to-day.
W icu Uluc Justice uiiasc.iuo Minor oi our
currency system, delivered tho decision of
tlio supremo uourt, mat tuo issuo ot green
backs was unconstitutional, wo applauded
his opinion, and justly condemned tlio tiick
of Hacking tho Court by appointing llradley
ami Strong tor tho express purpose ot revers
ing that decision, liciiig a national ques
tion and one with which neither our (lover
nor nor State Treasurer can havo any con
nection, it mav properly bo left to the Donv
ocratic Congress which will assemble in De
cember next. Rut as the Eric anil Lancas
ter platforms have both made derlnratmnt
on tins subject, it may ue proper ioue un
it few moments to them.
As I havo hinted, opinions diner on the
subject. Thad. Stcveiia openly advocated
tho payment of our bonds in given-backs.
Senator Morton did tho same. To-day Rut
ler, Kelley, Wendell Phillips, and other
leading Republicans aro expansionists. The
Lancaster plationn says :
"Free banking, a sale and uniform national
currency, adjusted lo the growing wants of the
business interests of the country, and a steady
reduction ot tho national debt.
Hero aro two important declaiations.
First, it demands a continuance of our pres
ent banking system, and secondly, it de
mands inllatlon, uccauso "business wants '
will constantly grow, and according to tlio
platform mjlation must ncivssarity ensue.
Now what was said nt Erie?
"Wo demand that the volume of currency
bo mado ami kept equal to tho wants of
trade, leaving tho restoration of legal tender
to gold to ho brought about by promoting
tlio industries oi mo country ami noi uy ue
stroving them." In other words, it is n pro
test nguinst forced resumption, nnd at a timo
when all our Interests uro paralyzed ; when
labor is unemployed or if employed illy paid:
when commctco languishes, and our marU
of trado nro silent. Nothing ii prosperous
hut capital, nud our banks nro hoarding
uieir rcaervcs.ur ii nicy iu;ui,mi;j vumpv. in
incuts rales of Interest. Whilst other bran
dies of trade languish, corporations declare
inert asc-d dividends, ,McUinoiigii,iiicn?-eC'
retaiv of the Treasury, in his report to Coip
gre-siu Dee., 1800, said that specie payments
could safely bo resumed July Ut, 1808. Wo
were not nblo to rcsuino then, nor can wo do
so now, without inlluito distress. Its Im
practicability is shown by tho fact that in n
few years $1,000,000,000 of bullion has left
tills country, and largely to pay the interest
nil inn uuiius mm iimi'iui, ii v vajivi, iiuh
fCO.000.000 more tlum wo receive, nud forty-
two per cent of tbo product of our mines
goes lo i'Airopo in nars. unueritio opcrib
lions of tho resumption act distress is uvery
Till': COI.UMIIIA.V, VOL. IX, NO.
COI.U.MIIIA DCMOCHAT, VOL. XI,, NO, 3T
whero prevalent, and yet wo nro in its first
stages. Mierlll s and constables cues nre
numerous now, but if specie is to bo paid lu
mr.i on nil me debls, ruin will strike broad
cast over tho land. And it Is hardly jut
that contracts which wero based upon our
existing currency averaging m value nut 7
cent, should bo paid in coin which is now
worth $1.10, and which will bo much higher
wucn tuo demand lor It arlcs. Again,
I would ask how wo can resttmo specie
payment! with $180,000,000, of specio
nnu jsuiuNXMiuu oi currency I it is
simply impossible. Resumption should bo
our otyectivo point, but in sticn a manner
and at such a timo as will not ruin the
country. Cassius M. Clay said ho would
not have turned Tory during the Revolution
ary war becnuso a Continental Congress
issued rnz money, nud I would not turn Re
publican to-day because some of their lead
ers are endeavoring to bastardize their own
i.sue. If,as 1ms been said, "the greenbacks
aro tho Issue of Abraham and know not
their redeemer." wo cannot be held to nc-
count because wo had no hand in making
iiicin.
Ourposition may be compared to that of the
a captain of a sailing vessel, who some years
.11, II .IS UUlllltl 1U 11 Lt.1 Willi pillt ill IUU lUUtll
eas, Ho discovered one morning directly
in his courso a volcanic island which hat!
recendy been thrown up, nnd was not laid
down on his chart!. To go straight ahead
would have been destruction to his vessel
and crew. lie therefore tacked about, stood
oil some instance, and reached hisdestina
tion by a dill'erent and longer route. So in
regard lo our return to specie payments, it
is our haven, but cannot bo reached di
rectly.
Next comes the nucition in regard to the
National Ranks. They number about 2000
and tncir currency amounts to about $304,
000,000. This circulation is secured byabout
$391,000,000 of bonds. If tbeGoveriimciit is
going to lurnisli a currency it should be a
uniform one. Aoio tbo Government not
only lends its credit to these corporations
but guarantees their circulation. The bonds
were mainly bought in greenbacks when
tiiev wero worth but GO cents on the dollar
and yet principal and interest arc to bo paid
in gold. Tho bank places $100,000. in tho
Treasury on which they draw about six
per cent, interest in gold equal to nine
per cent, in currency every six month.
and get $90,000 currency which they
loan for at least eight per cent, making a
total profit of seventeen percent I And, be
sides, they pay no county, poor, road, fchool,
or town taxes on their bonds, so that this
vast amount of capital escapes taxation, and
its burdens necessarily fall on the laboring,
farming, and mnnulacturing classes. Rank
officers swear to the Department that they
cliargo no more than six per centintercst,but
every borrower knows better. Nor is this
currency equitably distributed. New Eng
land has per capita $31.10. The Middlo
States have but $11. SO, and the Western and
Southern States much less. This is very un
fair for another reason. The State tax is 2
per cent, and ns New Englnnd has $S0,000,-
000, she reaps the benefit of this taxation.
There is another and a conclusivo reason
why the national bank notes should bo re
tired nnd greenbacks substituted, nnd that
is because ot meircost to tne people, mis
amounts to about $24,000,000 per year or
six per cent; and since the close of tho war
has cost in over $180,000,000. This is
simply robbery of the people, and they
should demand a uniform and a cheap
.currency, until its place can be supplied
with specie If the Government cannot
loan its credit to tho farmer, m&'hanic, or
when they do como the banku,.turlhb" con
tract, and tho people get no relief. In Eng
land on the contrary in times of financial
trouble, the banks extend their loans.
And now let us turn to more laminar
questions involved in our State campaign.
Ami lust as to our candidates. Jtuigo 1'er
shiiig is so well known to you, by reputation
at least, that I scarcely need state that ho is
a man of unusual ability, of good character,
and well lilted for the duties of the position
to which he has been nominated. He is not
the creature ol any corporation or rinjr It
elected, he would honestly and faithfully
perforin the duties of his office, and neither
the Camerons, nor Mackcys, nor Pilgrims,
nor Evans's bo permitted to plunder the
Stato as lias been done.
Col. Piolett you all know. A man of
energy, integrity, and experience, whose
ambition it is to reform the abuses in our
Stato Treasury.
In Stato as well as national affairs wo
claim that our opponents have been crimi
nally reckless and extravagant, n i can
prove it, should they be retained in power ?
,et us examine mo evidence:
Cost of State Government.
ISOO. Packer
$401,803
010,023
1,127,5-18
1,300,000
1800. Ctirtiu
1871. llartranft '
1870. do Mackey's Est.
Increase
900,000
Argument can add no force to theso figures
Rut let us take another view ot the case.
I hold in my hand tho annual report of the
notorious Kemblc, Stato Treasurer in 1S00. 1
say "notorious" because lie is ono of the
men who m conjunction Willi iiarirauil
speculated in stocks with the State money,
ami with him participated in the Evan-,
swindle, by which the Stato lost $000,000 j
tlio very man who lo-e.ny nas ueiiositeu in
his bank $372,000 of tlio Stato bounds as
liovvn by Alackey s report ol July 1st.
Kemblc says "The ordinary expenses foi
tho year aro ii 1,097,0 13,42. This is an amount
of expenditure truly alarming, and your im
mediate attention siinuiu no directed to tuo
reduction of our annual expenscsjo a nearer
approach to what they wero previous to the
war. when our ordinary expenditures were
$2,902 018,29." If tho "virluou," Kemblo
was alarmed nt UHHJ.UIKI hi ISliU, wliat
must be thought of liartranfi's adniinistra
which expended last year $7,097,119,01, or
twice as much I In tlio very same report ho
mi vomica Iho repeal ot tlio law taxing tirolc
er-t ins own class and mo ono uel quali
lied to bear it.
Ills report also developes another singulat
1'nct. This samo olliml document, prepared
by an active llt-publican, is aio a slron;
witness against tne present treasury man
cment. On pages R mil . ho nukes a
careful statement of the amount in the Sink
ing Fund, and a tabular statement of the
amount of loans that can ho redeemed anuu
ally, lie puts down tho amount to bo re
deemed in 1S71 at i,TU(i,sijs.b,'i. Tlio
amount last year actually redeemed wai but
!sl,23(l,l6b.&7, or over (( ii million less Until
Kemblc, Mackcy s lnend, taut coutu be re
deemed that year. 'Why was it not done?
imply becauso Mackcv. llartranft and oth
ers needed tho money lur political purposes,
and not only failed to reduce tho debt accord
ing to tlio treasurer s statement ol ISGO.but
as tuo oilicinl reports tliow, in a lew years
navo inverted over s,uuu,uuu iroiu it.
In fact Mackey admitted last year beforo a
nouse uommitieo oi wincii i was a member,
that he had taken from tho Sinking Fund
$3,490,000. and attempted to iul IV it. nl
though tuo net was lu violation ot Ills duties
utirf Am oath,
As another illustration of Republican
sharp practice, let mo call your attention to
another fact. Tho samo year ho recommend
ed tho funding of the Stalo loans, about
f,uuu,ouu uearing -ij ami u per cent in
teresi. .illicit oi it was not iiuo.nor was nav
ment demanded by tho holders. It was done
Ho and his fellow sharks funded tho amount
at 0 per cent after quietly buying up most of
tho bonds, and tho Stato now loses annually
tho sum of $230,000 by way of interest on
tins uuie transaction.
Hut this man Kemble. and a Pack of shal
low orators and editors say "wo repealed tlio
tax on real estate. uiu your i.ot us bcc,
True, an act wa passed oxeinpttng real cs
tato from taxation for State purposes in 1805,
I ask any land-owner within tho sound of
my voice it ho does not pay more taxea to
day than over before, nnd threo tlmea
much as ho did then, only now it is collected
UMB of advertising.
One!msii,(twelrol!iif(ii.rHriPnulviilcnt inNotipa
c"Jl"j'"'"i i" iiirrniuiif fijbu) lillfu iudCI
IU, M. CM. fM ly
onclncli JJBO js.eo f4.o- lo.co lio.o
Two Ihf lies O.ui f,.0O 1.10 O.otl u.co
Tlirprlnrlni f..on t.rn s.im is.uo ls.io
rotirlnrbes ;.ik) it.tjn n.Ki U.to o.oo
tjunr i rcclnuiu Ic.ou lv.to U.iu to.ni so.oo
llnlf column IMo ln.co to.i so.io m.oo
on column ,oo Bti.oo 40.00 co.to Ho.oo
Yearly advert l."ftn( nts pavnbloiiimrterly. Trnn'
stelitnilverllcii mis must bu paid beforo lnecrtcd
except where tinrilt h hnvoncrouijis.
lALrnlnttvertw tm ttn tvvnittillArR tier Inch for lltrf n
lnseillotis.nndnttlintriito fornddltlonnl Inseftlons
wiiuoui reicrenceio icngm.
Kvectltor's. AtlmltilHitntfir'H nml Alnttlnr'n Vntlrfn
three dollars.
Tmnstoiit or fxtcnt tiollces. twcnlv cents ft llnp.
rcgiilsrndverllscments half rnlcs.
Cards In tho ''imliiits Dlrcciory" column, ono
dollnrperycnrforencli line.
through our county official!. Lest this may
be deemed mero assertion, I quoto from tbo
second niinual report of Thomas J, lilghntn,
Chief of tlicl!urcau of Statistic.!, under liar; -rault,
and whoso statements nro official. I
quote (rout page 4 s
"I estimate the taxation of Pennsylvania
as follows:
County Tx, ni per returns
school Tax, omtltlng Pldla
Itoad Tnx, "
Door lax, " "
city nml Doro', extra, "
HUto Tnx
.tlo.soi.san.oi
7.WK1.0 0.1X1
, n.iyxi.ouiMi
, S.O 0 (tlN).(K)
, B,OIH),0 (UK)
, ,rs (t,(iO(i,ii )
$43.5(M,53I.W!
Sharo of this paid by berjonal
property tB,B'4 snn.os
State Tax ,-, o.ikw.iiu
,K)J,StO.!H
Deal Kstnto pays sl.soo o o.oo"
In tho face nf this statement can nnv man
affirm that real estate pays no taxes? Why,
gentlemen, our County has paid into tlio
Stato Treasury $10,448 elnco tho passage of
that act exclusive of licenses, Ac.
And now another point, un tlie ;sd ol
Feb'y, 1873, Mr. Mackey appeared beforo an
open meeting nf the Committee of Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives, nntl
proposed that wo should pass a bill repeal
ing some of tho taxes. n the Slate had it ur-
plus revenue. I havo his statement mado
at tlie tunc. Ills report snowed that on Iho
iOlh of Nuvembcr. tho c bse of the- fiscal
year, lib had a bahuico on hand of $1 .825.-
000 : and he has had an averago balance of
$2,200,000 lying in tlio Treasury ostensibly,
but really scattered amongst banks nnd in
dividuals of the State, from which lie receiv
ed about $80,000 a year interest, besides po
litical support from tho borrowers. In short
it was a general corruption fund, which, had
it been applied to its legitimate object,would
have saved tho Slate $120,000 a vcar. Somo
1300,000 of this money was and is in tlie Al
legheny National Rank, of which be is cash
ier. A larger amount is in Kemble's bank.
Some $11,000 was in the broken banks of
Venango and Erie, $5,000 with a broken
Tuwand.i linn, and $30,000 with tlio impe
cunious Ridgway. AVell,thc bill was drawn,
and the preamble set forth thaf'thc lovenue
raised by taxing tlio capital or tho industry
of tlio State ought not to exceed the amount
necessary lo meet tho ordinary nxnonses nf
government and reduce the dent at a reason
able rate."
Tlie measure passed and repealed tho
tax on gross receipts, amounting to $800,000,
...i.:..i. f:.-.i i .... t .i t .i . . . '
iiiii:ii n.iu uccu paiu uy curpuruiiuii. iii
other section repealed the.tax on net earn
ings, amounting fo $500,000, which had nl-o
been paid by corporations. 1 then insisted
that this simply rcliovcd capital, and that
tbo tax on horses, mules and caltlo should
be repealed, which amounted to $200,000.
llns was unwillingly assented to.
Tho following year, to my surprise. Mr.
Mackey came before tlio Couimitto nud de
manded additional taxation although lie then
had a surplus of $1,500,000 in tlio Treasury.
An obedient Legislature Republican, of
course, hastened to pass the bill which put a
tax on stocks of $S50,000, and on coal of
$500,000. Hut tlie same bill relieved cor
porations bv taking the tux oil' on loans,
$038,000. aiid tonnage. $385.000. a total of
$1,073,001). Uy this means, whilst railroad!
ind other corporations have been relieved.
tlio people pay the Slate $500,000 on their
coal, or three cents per ton. As coal is as
much a necessity as wlicat or corn, it would
have been entirely ns jtiat to have taxed tho
latter.
And now another point as to the lnanaire-
incnt of our Treasury, and to show how peo
ple and legislators are hoodwinked. Kcinlilo
in his report for 1S0O truly said "The rovo
fliat A very close cstimalc can bo iniwlc of
from sources that aro growlng.and must con
tinue to increase so long as the Stale in
creases in population and general produc
tions." Now, the revenuo being certain
and increasing, how has Mackey mado his
estimates? 1 assert that they have been
purposely underestimated for the double
purpose ol l ii 11 ue net n lt legislation, ami to
enable him to keep a large balance in tho
reasury. For instance on Feb. 3. 1874 ho
estimated the rovcuuo at $5,000,000. The
aiiuul revenue for 1874, according to his own
leport was $,i,b 1,000. n in this case ho
made an underestimate ol $S71,O0O. At the
uno time lie (stimateil tlio expenditures at
0,000.000. and by his own report tlicv
.dually were $ii,042,000, or $012,000 more
titan his estimate, the two errors together
making One and a h i' million of dollars I
The lollovving table will show further how
the thing is, and I take it from his own re
port :
Jucctvea in ibiii. Estimate
Lauds. 53,000 25.000
Corpn., Stocks, 1,100,000 1,300,000
l ax on writs, IILUWD DU.000
Personal Property, 010,00 500,000
Rank Stocks, 232,000 250,00(1
Col. Inher. 328,000 300,000
Rctailer'Hl.iceiiscs,410,U00 350,000
Rroker's " 11,000 0,000
llceciced in 1S74. Under estimate
mils 32,700 7,700
irpn., Stocks, 1,400.000 100,000
ax on writs, 129,000 39,000
ersonal Property,.") 15,000 40.000
Rank Stocks, 301,000 01,000
Col Inher. 379,000 80,000
Retailer's Licenscs,-127,0OO 77,000
lirokers lii,.iiw 7,000
Tlio abiiii'tlity of these estimates can bo
seen at a glance. Although corporation
locks are constantly increasing, vet ho esti
mates Iho revenue on them yl00,000 less
than was actually received. Writs, as many
of you know to your sorrow, aro constantly
increasing, yet the receipts Irom that i-ourcn
were underestimated $38,000. Rank stock
increases and is a suro rcvcnuo,yct he niakca
them slit ink $51,000, Collateral inheritaiico
ax cannot decrease, because as inanv peoplo
lie without direct Ustic now as foriuerlv.and
yet it is until I'M.itcd by tbll.OOl), Eicenses,
although the local option bill has been re
pealed, is put at 527,000 less than 1871.
And so on to the end of tho list.
Ono other point, trentleinen. and I am
done. In 1S73 a ctniiniilteo of three Repub
licans and two Democrats was appointed bv
the Legislature to asceitain tlio indebted
ness of coiporations to iho State on uccount
of taxes. 1 was made Chairman of tho com
mittee. Wo were hindered in our investiga
tion but unanimoifly reported that llartranft,
then Auditor General, had tailed to collect
ovt t $3,000,11 )0 due the Slate. Due compa
ny paid over at oncj $32,000, and gavo as an
excuse for not having dono o sooner, th it
they had reported the anioiiut to the Audi
tor General and asked for tho ordinary
blanks, but no attention hail ever been paiil
to their report,
And now, (Untlo-.non, 1 have done. Tlio
facts and figuU'S 1 havo given you nro from
tho official reeoids, nud accessiblo to all. At
the coming election you must decide whether
this extrav.igauco and corruption shall con
tiutte, or whether by the election of our
candidates a genuine reform shall bo insti
tuted, witui'oii l leave tuo question.
A French butcher, on hiu deatli-be.l. mid
to his wife: "If 1 die, l'r.iucliette, you must
marry our loreinau. no is a good young
man, nud tlio blisliiCNS cannot bo carried on
wlthoiaa man." "Truo, my dear," nald the
alleclionato wife," und Pvo been thinking
about that til ready."
Miisliroousatid toadstool! nroverv confus.
lug objects in woods and fields. It is im
portant to know tho illll'er'enco between them,
but it takes years to find out, and autliorl-
tiesdiller. Ihu only sliro test is to eat one.
If you live, it is a mushroom. If you die,
it is a toadstool. '
A Minnesota paper made a young poetess)
say, "Oh, for a heart full of sweet yearlings!"
Tlie poetess wioto to tho editor, declarini;
that she wroto "yearnings." and that Iho
piinter who sst it up "yearlings" was u calf
A I.lttlo three-year old wokoup, tho oth
er morning, and seeing tho full moon from
the window, innocently remarked: "I Bhotild
thiulc it was abcut time for Dod to take that
moon in,"