I THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COl NTY, PA. I Ifji? dnTuinfiifflr SB0CSWAY& EL77ELL, Editor:, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Fi'itlay, July 10, 18 77. Jt!M!K ItliAGK'S 11KVIKW. On the first nml fourth pages of this paper will be found the brilliant article of Judge J, S. Black on the Electoral Commission. We commend it to tho attention of nil our readers anil beg them not to be deterred from reading It by 111 length. It (s tho moat able n.vl exhaustive review ever given ol the carpet-baggers, the Returning Boards nud the Commission. In scathing language he depicts the robber of the South, prevent ing him In a clear light anil showing how lie managed not only to steal In the present but to mortgage the future. Step by step the whole rotten scheme of carpet-bag gov ernment l traced from the earliest advent of the plunderers to the crowning of their work at Washington, No where else can our readers get so complete and thorough a descriptinn ol the troubles of tho Southern States, auil from no other writer can they obtain so jjst n conception of what were tho neglected duties of the Electoral Commis sion. With the accuracy of a trained law yer and with tho ease and polished stylo of n ready writer, Judge Black points out nil the contradictory decisions, all the refusals to listen to reason, all the bald aud Inexcus able neglects of duty. After reading this review it is possible to. understand how, lost to nil sense of justice, of-right aud of truth were the eight mem bers of that infamous Commission. It is not probable that there will over bo pub lished any other account of the "Great Fraud of 18"t" which will be at once ho vi vid aud no truthful. No one should fail to perms the Judge.' words and lay "l the truths thereof in tho memory for future inc. JIIIKKJiASUALS IX THOIJItliK. J. Madison Wells, Thos. 0. Anderson,and tiieir two darkey associates ou the Louisiana Returning Bo.ird, have been indicted and arrested, and hold to bail iu the sum of $3,000, charged witli forgery. The indict ment reads that on the 4th of December, 1870, they "falsely nud feloniously altered, and published as true the altered, forged nnd counterfeited election returns from the mriah of Vernon at the election of Novem ber last, by adding 158 votes to each of Hayes' Electors, nnd deducting 39.5 from each of Tildeu's Electors." This will nrob- ably open the whole scoundrelly business of tneHeturnlngimrilandletintheligbtonall their dark transactions. Wells, of course, sent a letter to Hayes, informing him of the trouble aud asking for assistance. At a Cabinet meeting the matter was discussed". but it was agreed that there was no, way by which the General Government could inter- fere in tho. administration of Slate justice. Mr. Key was of the opinion that, the public sentiment of the South will disapprove 'of tho step, but Mr. Key has long since ceased to be a mouth piece for Southern sentiment if indeed he ever was. The importance of the trial of Wells and his fellows can hardly bo overestimated. If after tue most search- ing investigation in open Court it,is proved beyond a doubt that fraud, wilful and delib- crate, was perpetrated and that, therefore, Tilden was entitled to the Electors from Louisiana, what is Mr. Hayes going to do about it? There will not he au intelligent man Or woman in the United States who will not be convinced that Hayes is in no manner'entitled to sit in the chair of tho President. Will such a truly good, pious, reform-advocating Christian statesman con-' sent to hold an office when not only ho but every body else In the country knows that he retains It by fraud? Tue future may tell us how much of a hypocrite he is. The Itepubllcan states that the "utmost quiet In political circles" now existing Is that complete confidence is restored through a Republican ndministratiou ; and winds up thus : "If the Republican party can fight its country's battles in war and win its victories and then graudly conduct its affairs in peace, the honest sentiment of a nation will accord it a higher trust than ever." It cannot be possible that the Jiepublimn believe any MMy true; and Ma" McParlan iu Carroll's saloon as described such stuff.- Chamberlain and lllaine do not sons, too, who called themselves free Masons on page 403, and that he never was convict think so. for in their recent Woodstock and svho were united in the bands of a secret oil for hitim nil" n man's ear in Luzerne speeches they did nil in their power to create political excitemjnt; they arraigned the President iu tho severest terms, strongly in timating thnt he- is n traitor to his party, iu all of which they are backed up by tlie lead ing Republican politicians and journals, aud the editors of the Itepublican are ill full sympathy with them, if they had the cour age to say so. Does the Republican believe that the present administration is conduct ing public affairs grandly 1 Then why does St uot endorse the President 8 Southern pol icy 1 nnd why do leading Republican papers that are not hampered by post offices assert that Hayes has gone over to the enemy, and that by his civil service order he has struck a deadly blow at the party that counted him in? Which is rightjour cotemporaryor the leading-organs of its party? The Republican has repeated so often the story that no one fought to save the nation but its own partisans that it seems to believe it, and the next assertion will probably be that the senior editor was a Major General in the army instead of a home patriot call ing for a rope. But we have lost all hope of that jourual ever dealing with facts, and statements as absurd as the ones alluded to abovedn this period of our country's history, are hardly worth contradicting, as they are false on their very face, ltobcson. Grant'B Secretary of tho Navv. had a public dinner given to him in Treuton last week. This wasprobably to enhance the cnanccsol that distinguished naval gentlo- wan for election as United States Senator, Blaine, of Maine, was present and expressed himself as twrfeeilv uilisfinl nnt' m,lu !tl. Urlcr, a"a ,mlc" !u ,vl" necessarily ro liiuisut as perfectly atislicU not only with RU,t botl, t(, Rm, t0 tUe ,rutll ()f nU Robeson hut with Grants administration Uy setting up a claim to uny greater antinui- BEiKnuiy, ii u uciicvo no was siucero iu tins expression of feeling, llobesou aud Blaiuo havo many joints of clinracter in common. Both aro demagogues, both aro politically ills honest, both aro untruthful. The Maiuo inau's reputation is about ns i:ood as the Jcr bey fellow's, and both of them aro very vul nerablo. Ut course, Joo Bradley, the Su preiuo Court justice who figured to such fiue udvantago to his own character iu tho Elocto ral Commission fraud, had a good word tu lor ltobcson. Ho was not preseut but wrote a letter full of sweet bcutliueuts. He thinks llobson a etatetmau of tlie first class. Fraucit Curley, of Montgomery county, who was to have been hanged on the Uth August, uas been respited by the uovernor until Wepteuiuer Jlllli. Ml!. 1IIIWKX AMI HIS HtlKNUN. Mr. lloncn, of tho Independent, had n lit tle picnic at Woodstock, Coun., on the Fourlh of July. Mr. Bow en, it may bo re membered, is flip gentleman who came very near earning the gratitude of the community in the famous Beeeher trial- that Is to say if h had only told what he was supposed to know about lleechcr ho would have relieved tho mind of an nnxious and expectant pub lic. Tho great guns at Mr. Ilowen's picnic were Chamberlain, formerly of Bouth Caro I Inn, and lllaine of Maine. The little allhlr was probably gotten up for their joint bene fit and both came prepared with speeches. Chamberlain's addross was an eloquent but bitter denunciation of tho policy of Mr. Hayes. This was, of course, to have been expected. It was hardly within the limits of possibility that he could liavo looked with ovpii toleration on a policy which prac tically banished from the South himself nnd men of his kind, lie told many truths and said many thlugs In which veracity was not so apparent. Hi remarks, which were ex tended, nro hardly worth the printing. It is easy to imagine what were thoexpresslcus made use of by a deposed carpet-bagger. Mr. Blaine's speech was mainly prophetic. He drew a fearful picture of the eIIs which must ensue if Mr. Hayes persists In his de termination to put a stop to Mexican cattlo stealing on the Itio Grande. Tho Mexican question was, however, only a device for an arraignment of tho administration, lie never loses an opportunity to declaro himself still a waver of the bloody shirt and opposed to all reconciliation nnd good feoling. As a blatant demagogue he sinks the present and future prosperity of the country in order to further his designs upon the Presidency. Mr. lllaine will not suceoed In. his aspira tions, not even with the valuable aid nnd assistance of such pitriots as Chamberlain, ltobcson and Joe Bradley. His frantic ut terances will only result in his own over throw, and tho sooner this unscrupulous and dishonest partisan and intriguer is silenced the better for the country. A STRANGE STOItY. The Now York of Saturday, prints a mournful account of the last days of Hor ace Greeley, and states that it Is true in every respect. The story is as follows : On accepting the Democratic aud Liberal nomi nation for the Presidency. Mr. Greeley re signed his position as editor of the Tribune. After tho disastrous campaign which re- suited iu Ins defeat, tho gieat editor turned again to tlio duties ol Ins prolession ana puuiisncu a cam announcing ma resumption ol tue editorship ot lus paper, in ttie snmo number of the Tribune that contained his card tuere was puuiisueu.wiinout nis kuowi- edge or consent, an article entitled orumbs of Comfort, which was written m u bad veiu of insult to his political friends, and w"n caneu lortn mucu inner coiuiueiu. Mr. Greeley was justly indignant nud wrote brief statement denying his authorship of 'u'"c"i"' 'l"""1' "" '"'u,i nl"cu tue nan prints a jac-sunue was not printed ns Mr. Urecley directed nor was it ever allowed to seo tue ngnt, until Saturday " "en became apparent to .Mr. Urec- that he had been deposed and the great- est ot Amerlcan.editors retlred.heart-broken, to an insane asylum and died shortly af ter. With his withdrawal began the downfall of the Tribune and to-day the value of that journal is not one-half what it was. A debt of half or three quarters of a million hangs over the establishment and it looks much as if the time was close at hand when the Trib- "c "'ill bo added to tho long list of news paper failures. Jay Gould nnd his stock jobbing operations have proved too much br thu prosperity of what was ouce the greatest journal in the United States. It has been truly said of tho Tribune that it was 'founded by Horace Greeley and fouudered by Jay Gould." There will be few to drop a tear over tho grave. THE AGE OF FUKEJIASONHY. KoiTOBS OF Tim COMJMHIAX : In vour iue of June 2t)th, in an editorial under the is made out of the whole present number of Grand Crpsses is 18." Is the first part of this sentence true? Is there any authentic record of the existence ' , "f "UuufAVnyiMW Pinkerton. Kelly declares that not the first Grand Lodge of Pieemasonry ever instituted in tho world organized at the 1SSleBTtSSV,,,, CVent xreelmMonry may he a very good and praise- worthy institution, but the claim of great antiquity put forward for it by indiscreet '"?vlocateJ lslwit!ruUt.anr foundation In' uroiucrnoou. iiui mey were really mechan- ics, artUans, builders, nnd their organization was a species ot trade-union. This was a very different thine; from the nreseut svstem 01 symbolism caueu rreemasonry. The late uovernor UeWitt tJlmton, of New 'iork who was a I reemason of great renown in his day says: "Our fraternity has sullereor under the treatment ot well meaning friends, who have uudosicmedlv in Hided more iuiuries upon it than its most virulent enemies ine absurd accounts ot its origin and history iu most books that treat of it have proceeded from enthusiasm operating on credulity and the love of the !.?. 1.- 11.. .l marvelous. Exaggerated friendly accounts aud representations continually stare us in lace und mortify our intellectual discrimina tion bv ridiculous claims to an unlimited antiquity." Seo He Ireematon't Treasury, p. 33S. Dr. Oliver is probably the ablest as well the most voluminous writer on Freemasonry that Encland has ever produced. He says : "In every estimate that I have been able to torm 01 l-reemasonry ine jounaation on which 1 invariably build is the system as it was promulgated nt the revival in 1717. This Is a rock that win nrmiy sustain any euiuce that may be placed upon it, for it is tho only certain standard of truth established by au thority. Ao authentic records precede U." Seo his "Mirror or the Johanite Masons," pp. a, 1 do not overlook tho suggestive revirat In this quotation. It is inteuded to hint that this may not have been tho actual beginning of the Order. The word is deceptive, and is cieany contrauicted by the concluding sen tence' "Ao authentic recordi vrecede it." volumes 01 similar testimony might ue "Mdced from reliable Masonic authors. The ZndrldU Zl, Zr) ouZZ 1 vkak oi.dkhI Previous to June, 1717, it had no existence, either In Enislaud or any- where else. No real good can come to the ty lor ine insiiiuiion. Makkwulu In reply to our correspondent, we would - state that while a "Graud Lodge" met in Loudon in 1717 for orsranizatiou. Ancient - York Masonry was formally instituted at - the Citv of York. Enzland. A. D. D2ti. and - under that orcanlzitlou American and Enc lUh Lodcea now work. In the aires before - Christ, the order was constituted mainly say from "operative" masons and mechanics.but "speculative" masonry dates from the 10th century. The blither bodies, such as are called "Scottish Rites," "Knlithts Templar," &c, can show by lucoutestible authority their origin anterior to the Crusades. of We believe that the "antiquity" of Free Masonry does not add any merit to the Or- I ,er. C, B. B. "rillJ MIILLIH MAdUlKKS AND TUB HE- TIHimTS." "Uy Allen Tlnkfrton." It.LU3THATl-t). Through the kindness of tho author, and dipt, l.lnden of l'lnkcrtou's agency, copies of tho nbovo book havo been placed ill our hands, and, i presume, for review. The cover represents "an all seeing eye" with the legend "We never sleep." On tho initial pnge It purports to bo "Al len l'inkerton's Detective Stories." 'As a"story" the book tuny succeed finan cially, becanso n certain class of pcoplo seek reading of that kind. True, as n species of "yellow-covered" literature It falls below "Jack (Shepherd." "Ciaude Duval" and' "Slxteen-Strlng Jack," nnd therefore de serves no notice j but importance is given to It by the assertion In the Preface that "lho governing idea in tho mind of the author, whllo preparing this volume for the press, has been to give details connected with the Mot.Ltr. MAUUtuns, and follow strictly tho truth concerning tho adventures of the de tectives during three years passed In their midst." The author of tho book in question pro poses, therftore, to abandon trio pciionai part of work, and enter upon the domain of facts. There we must tread cautiously. It is not n question us to tho guilt or Innocence of the parties convicted. Courts and Juries have passed upon lunr. Hut, if l'inkerton and his detectives have secured convictions upon evidence no mora reliable than that before us, reported as "official," It is our duty ns journalists to nee whether l'inkerton nnd his men have TOLD THE TRUTH I Does l'inkerton, in this book, relate re ported facts? If ho does not, did McPar lan, aliai McKenna, tell the truth? If the first did not state what is true, it follows that his book is untrue; nud if Mcl'arlau stated to his chief undeniable untruths, then ho is unworthy of credence. l'inkerton attempts to palm off his book upon the public as n "orrpct statement of facts. Hut if the chief is mistaken, rau the subordinate whom he selected and upon whom he relies ns nuthority be believed, if clearly wrong in important particulars? The first noticeable feature of tho work is. t ie illustrations. They are ns false iu repre aentation as the text, as any person familiar w;t, tua coai regi0UH Cau testify. Iu mak ,h the artiljt lia, jrawll wuony u )0n , t !,,:, on. Three instances will suf- ,, Onnosite naee G8. the idate represents iToator wimr shot Km. nml ninn nr-mnns witne9jjin the operation from behind a tree. N as a maUer of flict no tree 8tooJ at wateriue troueb. aud. under all the evi eyen that of tho Commonwealth, ,)ers0113 were ut present, nor did lies ... noiiatn ! the homicide. Asalii. on. paRe 54Ci lllcre i:) a rr,lire,eiitatimi of la court-seeno in the trial ot Hester, I'tiuy aj Jldlugh r ,ltl murder of A. W. Ilea, i'he portraits ol the principal characters are sr) incorrect as to be uurecognizible. Judge Eiweu lnav. trlnos he identified by his lo catiou, but the associate on his 'ight bears a coser resemblance to Marshal MacMahon than to Judge Krickbaum, and tho picture on the left represents any body rather than Jidge Suuninu. Tho three reporters sittinp in lront are not only mytbs but are repre sented as left handed men. The artist may have got tho idea from the fact that Pro thouotary Zarr is left handod having lost his right arm. The double breasted nud starry policemen shown iu tho picture are also fictitious. The gallant looking tipstave is only 11 poor picture of Capt, Linden with a polo in his hand. Tho Jury are supposed not to be present. .Again, the barbarous scene represented opposite page 23S nnd described in the text as an attempt by Kelly to roast an old wo man named Downey "on n red-hot cook stove, durum a spree, is utterly untrue. Even jf lru McParlan, if such a bruiser us ho reuresenta himself to be. could havo res- n... n, i.-ii '.!. n, ,tio, cloth ; and if his evidence is sufficient to convict three men of murder. It should bo sufficient to impeach tho veracity of Mc- that "he never belonged to McKenna's Di- vision," and that no woman named Downey ever keot a shebeen at Fowler's Patch, and for corroboration "few to Dr. Huttou, and Elijah "regory, mining boss, Having mentioned Kelly,it may bo proper to add that he pronounces the book "a lio from winning to end," that he never met couty. Frequent mention having been made of McParlnu's physical prowess, Kelly says the instances given are utterly untrue, and exist only iu the detective s imagina tion : thai McParlan "never licked a chick en." Iu fact his physical appearance would uot indicate thatheisaformidable man. fre quent reference is also made to tlie immeuso quantity of bad liquor drank by the detec tive aud it is admitted that he was frequent ly drunk. Kelly says ho was scarcely ever sober. If so, how coutd ho remember und ...... el ... ,1 .1. . ..... report alter the lapse of days all the uilnu tiui uf conversation, including questions and answers, not taken down at the time ? Another feature ot the book is the egotism of its alleged author. Iu every situation, even at tho expense of truth, Pinkerton makes himself the central figure, aud speaks constantly of "my agent," "my detective," "my representative," Ac. Some little credit is given .Mr. Gowen, and less to the Coal and Iron Police, who actually did the work for which Pinkerton claims credit, ilia ar rests wero made by them, and Boyle, McGe- ban, Roarlty, Carroll, Dully and Campbell were seized tho same day. It would add too much length to this no tice to give In detiil the many inaccuracies aud untruths in this volume which we have marked, but one additional fact should be referred to. The visit of Mcl'arlau to lies ter's, described on psgo 290, aud the scene pictured opposite, is pure fiction McPar lan did not court Miss Hester, nor did Hes ter "play cards with his oldest son," because he had no son. Wo are forced to the conclusion that tho whole work is sensational made to tell and that Pmkerton's Agency, which "never sleeps," is a humbug, if tho book in question is a test The wordy warfare between John D, Towuseud, counsel for William M. Tweed, Und Attorney General Charles S, Falrchild still continues. The matter us it stands at - present docs not look well lor i-aircniid. seems to bo proved, beyond doubt, that I violation of his promise he permitted var- 'ou perwns to see Tweed's confession, aud there is quite a general beiiet mat me con fesslon was not accepted and Tweed released because divers important personages were implicated in the city frauds, whose prose cution and conviction were not durable for Fairch'ild, who Is a candidate for reelection, It does not seem highly probable that Fair- child will he- hU own successor, TI1K WAIl. Tho ltusslatis havo met with serious re verses In Asia Minor, having been defeated in numerous engagements and compelled to raise the ulege of Kara. It is reported thnl tho Turks have driven their foes beyond the Husslnti frontier. Although no details of these battles are gl en It would seem lo bo true, boyond n doubt, that tho ltusslatis havo been badly demoralized. In Montenegro tho Turkish campaign was a failure nml their forces havo been forced to withdraw, nfter terrlblo loss. Tiio hardy mountaineers kept up incessant attacks from their almost lm- pregnablo rocky f.istncsscs, in comparative safety to themselves. A repurt from Con stantinople states that 1500 persons, fleeing from Adier to tho Turkish linos for fear of the Husslans, perished from hunger. The correspondent of the Manchester (England) Guardian says that lm understands that the Government hnvo information that the Hus- ians intend to occupy Constantinople at all risks unless the Turks anticipate that event by making pcacn on the Czar's terms. This It is thought wilt change tho feelings, to n great extent, of tho anti-wnr party iu Kng land, nnd mny lead to tho active participa tion of that country in the war. TIIH INDIAN TltOUDhKS. The latest advices from Idaho are far from favorable. The troops have had two fights with tho Indians, resulting in the loss of thirteen soldiers nnd officers in each. This Indian outbreak bids fair to be far more serious than cither the Modoc or tho Sioux rebellions. Tlie Indians, it is said ,,umbcrS,000,ol0,000i warriors; thecoun- try is well adapted to their style of warfare j aud they are perfectly familiar with every foot of tho ground. The arms which they carry nro breech-loaders and repeaters of ap proved make, and the savages are experts In the use of them. Tlio plans of Gen. How- nrd havo thus fur been unsuccessful, owing to the vigilance nnd desperation of tho red skins, and now there is a loud cry for "moro troops." Tlie recent successes achieved by tho Indians hnvo not only emboldened those who took part in the fights, but have given courage to other bands of the disaffected aud non-treaty savages who are reported as join ing tlio forces of Joseph, the Chief In com mand. Evidently there must bo something decisis. e done aud done at once, or thero will be serious loss of life 011 tho part of the whites. Wc havo strange news from Liberia. Tlie colony 13 distracted by a proposed amendment to tho constitution, giving to white men tho right of franchise aid of holding property. The pcoplo of the United States of America I iti admitting the bucks to political rights, did what a majority of the people believed to bo rinht, especially so under tho circumstances. Hut they were in no great haste to do thoir duty in the premises and now a government wlicro the blacks are in power are turning tlio scales with a vengeance. A popular vote was rcccutly taken ou the amendment, and the Liberals were defeated by an overwhelming majority. The intelligent and liberal minded men of Liberia express their fears that unless white men are allowed political rights tho colony will relapse iuto barbarism. In fact it seems but a few degrees removed from it now. Tho populatiouis composed of colored emi grants from the United States and their de scendants, who arc tho ruling class, and the uncivilized native tribes. Tlio total popula tion is about "20,000. of whom 19,000 aro Americo-Liberians. The public revenue amounts to about $110,000 annually, mostly irom custom duties, the republic owes its origin tto the American colonization society, winch in 1822 sent out colonists. As the constitution was adopted in 1847 it will be seen that the republic is not progressing very rapidly. ua:elte v Mulietin. Tho above is u siugular admission, coming 113 it does from an influential Republican pa per. Jt tho teudeney ot tho black rule is as tatcd iu Liberia, the people of the north can un a detinito idea of the nilo of ex-slaves the Fouthern states under the lead of un scrupulous carpet-baggers. Happily their reigu of terror is over. Ever since Mr. Hiaine quitted tlio Speaker's chair of the House of Representatives he seems to have been deserted by tho sagacity, 10 self-command, the level judgment, that distinguished him iu that position. Imme diately after ho assumed the aggressive lead of ouo wing of his party on the floor he pro voked a counter attack which proved to be tho direful spring of woes unnumbered" to himself. Before the session was half over tho audacious and' defiant assailant was thrown upon the defensive and into a most humilia ting attitude. The foremost, strongest, most brilliaut, most promising candidate for his :irty nomination for the Presidency, his course and tho developments that it provoked forced tho friends of tlio other candidates to combine against him, to preserve tho party rom tho defeat they feared if he should bo made the candidate. The most data aging op ponent James G. lllaine had for tho Cincin nati nomination was James G. lllaine him self. Ho seems now to bo bent ou "fichtinK out ou that line," if it continues tlie re mainder of his natural life. He has tlie rop. utatiou ot striking hard blows in a contest- urn ne certainly did at ono time ,Kssess that )ower but whatever of tho gift is left to mm now ho is uiiug upon himself, for no ozon of his personal opponents could do a tithe of tho damage that James G. lilaino is now doing to James G. Blaine. Philadel phia Ledger, A Washington correspondent says that General Sherman is reported to have made lnirUi tudltlool ..nullMlnn linrnm 1 1 -".---- starting on his Western trip. He is snid to -. . . . ... have remarked that it was necessary after the Rebellion that tho greatest soldier of the war should becomo President ; it was in ac cordance with the philosophy of history that a person chiefly knowu as a civilian, who, however, had an honorable uositlou in the Union army, should bo tho next President ; and tho President who takes his seat in 1881 will be a man who fought upon tho Confed- erate slde,who was youug enough to seo that he was in error and acknowledged it. Can tho General mean Wade Hampton? Charles Frauds ir-U A,1nm n.ilv inaisia tint lus jiuauis jpuy insists mat whatever way be tho good be the good inteutionsoi tlio President, and however successfully lie may be able to carry theiu into effect, the peoplo must nover bo permitted to lose sight of tlio fact that it is vitally essential that immediate steps should bo taken to mako tho repetition of tho great wrong by which he was niado President impossible iu the future. He prop erly says . "It is not a party matter ; people of all parties must join in making thu de mand. It wdl not do to wait, as it will not bo safe to wait to make such a matter ot tho Presidential election as may necessary shortly before au election." A circular has been issued to the different building associations, by tho Stato Treasurer notifying them that a tux of ono quarter of one per cent, must be paid ou the capital stock, under the law of tho State taxing cor- poratious. Tho step is takeu by tho advice of Attorney General Lear, who holds that thu tax should bo collected on the entira amount of capital named in tho charter of incorpora tion. Many associations havo much larger Bums named iu their charters than the actual amount of capital owned by them, and they therefore feel disposed to resist tho payment of the tax. Tho Unnrittcn law: Scuator llayard sustained his reputation us a scholar nnd statesman in his roccnt oration, in which ho vindicated tho Democratic prin ciple of the lelations which govern our lia- tioiml life, mid the reparation of the powers of tin' National nnd Slate (IriU'inmentR. Ho illustrated n great truth in slating ''That liberty inu-t rest unon n moral rath er than n political basis, nnd does not consist in charters or statutes, but lias a inal security iu thd pcuro hud liapiiinesi, the independence and elevation of mind which it brinirs to such ns nio ivipablo of truly (compreliendiup and enjoying its delight.', which once tasted, cre ate a healthy thirst, which nothing but puro fountains can satisfy. The Senator docs not believe in n paternal government which maintains an open Treas ury, to he raided, under tho specious pica of local benefits, by importunate aud dar ing speculators. Ho believes iu "careful ly restricting Stato nnd Federal authority to their ruspectivo jurisdictions, nnd sustaining each in its sphere Never overlooking tho need of a spirit of hiruiony nnd co-operation between thu two. Ho administers n proper rebuke to Sher man, our Gcncrnl-iu-Chief, who recently an nounced "that without tho army, tho Ameri can people would bo u mob." To which Sen ator Hayard remarks ; "It would bo dilhcult in 1 10 samo comnass of words to confuse cause and eflcct moro completely, or to conceive n more thoroughly un-American condition or mind than such a rrrnrL- wnnld nnm tn iniliniln. Anurnii-. eminent that depends for its peace and order uj,1011 Handing uniiy is umvorlhv tho tiatno 'SSil iniiuuiiunis. ii is u uimiamcmni principio ill our system that tho military should bo nt nil . t. , ..1 .... , 1 times nnd strictly subordinate to tho civil au thority, and this has been so often annarcntlv overlooked or disregarded in tlio abnormal events of tlio lat ton years that we cannot be altogether surprised by the unconscious rev c -.1 .. 1- elation of military misapprehension to which I havo lvjencd. It is, however, ono of the niaiks of the times and should bo noted, for it betrays n want of comprehension of tlio true principles upon which our Government is es tablished, and uudcr which alono it can bo successfully maintained. Let it never be for gotten that ours is wholly a voluntary system; that its true strength comes from the people, whose control is solf-gcncrated and is from within, and that for the use of mere coercive iiowci, which governs us from without, we have no machinery of government whatever." There exists unfortunately in this country a largo number of people, whoso eyes arc yet filled with the glitter of the sword, and more attracted to the soldier than the statesman wll0 wouM rather 'p,, General Sherman r. .1 1 1 . -i n- t.i 11. fu,r 1,10 ,"llCst m" omce a"''"S betraying a wallt comprehension of tlie truo princi- pies upon which our government is establish- ed, and under which alono, it Can be succes- fully maintained," than tho most thorough statesman of tho country. The declaration of General Sherman iu a season of repose, must bo credited to a military training and tolerated 111 a victorious Gpueral ; but it can- uot bo forgotten or excused, should gratitude towards this military chieftain take the shape of a tender of tho control of the civil govern ment. Senator Bayard has tersely but clearly stated the difference aud the danger, even if the American people were not successfully im- pressed with the fact by the experience of the eight years of Grant. Pittsburg Post. The searching inquiry now being made by Morton's Senate committee into the al leged corrupt influences employed in the election of Senator Grover, of Oregou, will give general-satisfaction to tho country, and if the far-off Senator shall be couvicted of bribery or fraud, it will bo a most fortunate day for tho Seuate when chairman Morton shall rise nnd move Growr's expulsion from that honorable body. It wouldn't nmount to much politically in Grovcr's case, though a Republican might be elected to succeed him, but it would amount to a great deal when Morton comes to foot up the aggregate profit and loss of the operation. Grover wouldn't be lonely iu his departure from the Senate, for Mortou would next have to move the expulsion of his pet Spencer, ol Alabama ; of his friend Dorsey, of Arkan sas; ot his bloody-shirt coadjutor oargent, of California; of his faithful follower Chaf fee, of Colorado ; of his devoted admirer Conovcr, of Florida ; of his nest-egg carpet bagger Kellogg, of Louisiana ; of his sable man and brother Bruce, of Mississippi ; of his lovely and sympathetic twins Jones and Sharon, of Nevada; of Grover's colleague Mitchell, of Oregon ; of his model of Re publican virtue Patterson,of South Carolina, und it's even possible that he would have to end the grand campaign of regeneration by moving his own expulsion. Let the ba nd play I Phila. Times. Thnt Deculiar trecius. Georee "Alfred Townsend. who writes for various papers rwpr thn signature of "Gath thus sketches Mullican's man from Maine : Blaine is a rouuht-rkindofSchuvlerCo fax. abotlleof the samo Kinger pop. better bottled and bet- ter husbanded. Most of what Blaiue knows was caves-dropped and picked up on the lly. He is a powerful man to save cheese par ings. Nature bore him iu Pennsylvania, but fitted him out with a Yankee mind and a peddler's pack. Ho could'eat apple-sass as If he loved it, smack his lips over wagon grease butter, and sit in a Btraight pew as if he loved the very knob under his under-pin ning. He is a voluptuous rascal, like tho sous of Eli, who made a lodging house of the vestibule of the temple. Yet he was I over temnorfltfi. and eschewed tobacco 1 IUO ---- . . 1 1 .1 , , . 1 uevu was msiuo nnu not supcrnciui iucic, When I think how Blnino played that un suspecting Yankeo race, and is hardly found out yet, I smile as if I saw Falstafl' himself winking at youug Harry. He played tho State of Maine, the church, tho Southerners and the carpet-baggers. Ho played Un gress, aud ho nearly played the uinciunau convention, But there is one old fellow he will nov er play-the same who skipped, ac I cidently. ,as it were, down tho back stairs of heaven. ..... Mr. George Washington Cbilds, A. M., says in his paper, tho Philadelphia Ledger, protest" the case came oeiore me supreme .,,. ' ' , ,,.,, ,.nM,.t Tl, trlhnnal In n brief ooinlou of """B" "'' " "6--i ...hn .n.l.n.l a. 1. n tnnnui' a tPiWla tn lift nn, san of what America means." We trust ...i....... i. .... .i i. t.n i. uot, auu wuav is mutu no iwuiram a. Grant is a fair sample of a Republican but not of the bettor kind of American citizen. w- ui..,.i,i i,. .,,,,, in,l,l tn Vn .hat lm ,, u nUvu.u uj ...... was accepteu as a representative American, , i i, . I The average citizen of this country is a law- respecting, honest, reputable man reputa h 'a chango iu tho ble In himself and In his surrouudings. The mand and giving notice of its result to re election as may bo remembrance of Grant's whisky-ring friends main, would scarcely be thought of by bust- at the White House and elsewhere is too fresh iu the minds of the people to be dis pelled by Mr. Cbilds' assertion. "America means'' to do away with the evil effects of Grant's administration as soon as may be, aud all the toadying of Cbilds, A. M., and his cllnue will not long retard the comiue a better day for this nation, Tl-r l.nvi, l,wn im lpua than fortv.eiirht executions for murder in the United States -- - a- r.,.m i.nnnr. i.i 1 R77 tn Tiinn "iu, 1877 same way. President Hayes knew ne was a Irom January 1st, IB, to Juue .lsi.lou, , . ' ' , . , , .. . Tkkms or Sim, Ten per cent, of the amount to and there aro several meu now lying under political tramp, without a local habitation, be pall t the striking down of the property one sentence of death. Fourteen men have been when ho selected him as a member of his half less the urn per cent, when possesatonu given, hangeJ in this State during the time specl li w. A Desperado's Death. JjuFALA, Indian icrrllbry, Juno Hi. Last week Wll l'osey, au escaped convict from tlio icxas I'enltentlary, nnd one of tlie most noiotimn ami rccmcss uespcrauoc.s nnu urse thieves thnt ever Infested this country, nas stmt nnd killed about lilly miles Irnui this place while resisting nrrest. Posey was n bpanlsu Mexican, ami lor several years no had been ft member of tho gang in Icxas. No less than tiventy-nlno criminal Indict- ments hnd been found ngalnst him In varl- ous counties in Texas, the charges ranging from potty larceny to highway robbery, nnd fromnssault nnd battery to tho hanging of his brother-in-law In the front yard of his residence, In tho prcsonco of his ngonlzcd ninny, oo luruiuent was no mai wuiio an inmate 01 the rcnltentiary ho was n terror to tlio prison omciais. uucKtng, gagging, flogging, nor showering failed to subdue uim, nnuuowns pui m me cuain-gaug aim put to work on the streets in charge of guards. While working ono day with 11 twelve pound ball attached to his leg ho watched his chance, struck down ono of the guards with n Btouo, snatched his gun nnd "stood off" four of tho guard, lie called on the prison authorities with oaths to come aud rearrest him. Holding all tho officers nt bay, he slowly retreated toward some horses. uemng me norso ueiween uimseu anil 1110 guard, he coolly picked up tho ball, slung It 0Ver the horse, mounted and rode off In safe- , , , , ty to Ills fathers llOUSe, where llO Secured his own gun, revolver and a good horso and again crossed tlie line iuto the Indian Terri- rT ted States Marshals attempted his arrest. To this ho assented, and asked them into the house to dinner before leaving for Fort Smith. With four revolvers pointing at his head, he coolly walked Into tho house with them, placed chairs, and ordered dinner quick for three. Suddenly he reached under his low couch, brought out his six shooter, sent one ball through the thigh of ono dep uty and another through the eye of the oth er and drove them from tho house. He or dered them to throw up their hands nud down their arm1!, and compelled the outwit ted officers to go in nnd partake of the meal prepared forthem, He vowed never to bo ta ken alive. Many attempts, were made to arrest him, but ho defied every officer in the county, and often recklessly took his seat in a church on Sunday, going armed, and tv king care to keep tho congregation always to the front. A few weeks since the Governor of Texas made n requisition .L -. l .. .. . , the Creek nation through tin on tlie chief of e United States Indian Agent for his-arrest and return to tlio Texas officials. Chief Coachman placed the necessary papers at once in tho hands of Captain Sun-thlar-pee, with orders to bring in "Bill Posey, alive or dead." Tho cap tain followed him, accompanied by two picked Indians, tor threo days, and enmo upon liim as ho was engaged in stealing hoi scs. A desperate fight ensuod, during which Posey had both his arms shattered by rifle balls, and his noso was shot awny before being killed by a ball through his brain. Posey wounded all threo of his opponents, .No prolesslonal or olticial men in tho world havo so easy a timo of it as tho Irish Judges. The Lord Chancellor gets S40.000 a year, and a retiring pension, no matter how brief a time he serves, of $20,000. Tho Chief Justice of Ireland has $25,000 salary, and $17,500 retiring pension, after fifteen year's service. The Chief Justice of tho Common Pleas has $23,000 a year.and Chief Baron tho same. Their retiring pensions are $12,500. Tho fivo puisne judges have over $17,500 a year, and retiring pensions on tho like liberal scale. All the other judges of inferior courts are liberallyjpaid, and though the salaries aro some thirty per cent, lower than similar functionaries receive 111 Eng land, this is amply compensated by the dif ference in the cost of living. A house which would cost $3,000 a year in London can be had for $1,000 in Dublin, and wages and ex penses are more than thirty per cent less in most respects. The Irish judges have, too, at least one-third less to do than their British brethren, who are very heavily tasked, ow ing to the immense pressure of business iu tho London courts. An Irish judge gets at least four months' leisuro in tho year. Tho Irish bench is invariably filled by men of first-rate ability, aud it is raro to see its judgments reversed in the House of Lords. Tho average newspaper reader has little or uo conception of tho vast amount of mon ey that is needed to keep up a first-class dal ly journal. Tho following item may help to enlighten him: "The Chicago Inter-Ocean publishes its nnanciat experience n was established In March, lau, and during me resi oi me year u lost ,un.io. in io j lost $34,817 ; In 1874 thero was a balance of fu,-jy on tne wrong sioe. in uciuucr, 1875, it was sold to a now company, but not until it had lost in less than ten months the sura of $71,1110, aud In the rest of tho year it added $14,005, making $85,122 for the whole year. In 1870 the whole loss was $59,313. This makes a total loss in less thau five years of $302,705, in which is uot included the loss by deterioration of machin ery aud fixtures." The Inter-Oocan, accord ing to Rowell's directory of 1870, has a cir culation of 10,000 daily and 38,000 weekly, and yet is a first-class sinking fund. Its proprietors must nave a goouuea. o. ,.,u 1 -uu - omci uuuo "-" "1 unlimited credit with au abiding hope in a future reward. A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in tho case of Huckcnstein vs. Hermann, is of interest to the business com munity. Suit was brought upon a note, and the dtfence was that, although thero bad been a waiver of protest before tho maturity f the paper, there had been no waiver of ' "" jailer leiiuireuicius iuw ihuimm" t rnmnlv with. Unon the (lUestion. there- I " : , , e 11 1 r I fore, of the actual meauing of waiverot .,' ,...' J( I lia lull liOtll-ll llMlll-1 II1H-. 11 WMIVf-T Ul III U LCD , 4 ,, . before maturity is a waiver of all the steps leading to It. and includes demand and no- .... -r "s.!a , t)l. .npri iraui UUh-..,iiu I understanding in the business world. The I decision goes on to say s "the very purpose nf tho walvr is tn Mioersede the ordinary .... . , , - i 1 i.i .nh a anil arn.nu) 1 i steps auu avuiu uum "M-si v"" - and hence lo waive tne mere actoi me uuiu TV and vet to suffer the UUly OI malting ue . . . - , How They Love Each Other. Schurz has lived on the bounty of office holders for nearly twenty years. He has had no other visiblo means of support. II of has failed in everything practicable In civil or political lite, ilo lias only succeeueu an Impostor, we concede ue nas genius, ei I oquence and culture, mere are a great I - , ifi.j !.. ,L. many christians in me country gmeu in tue - l Cablnet.-AVw York Commercial Advertiser, I Fancy (Irnnjcrs. ti has been of lato mm.osed to raise bv ublifl 6Ubtcrintion euouch to en&bla Mr. HV!,rU (o 10,1 tM0 ofnco ,,f Secretnry ofStnto vilIioitt damage to his urivnlo interests. () nf .m 11PS, fen I urns in nnv such mens- uri! 011a )l0 tn auo)j,), tl,0 Vermont fiirui, wi.!ci. t, lo c.lmust the best nart of his jni3oiuc. Ho has 70 head of cattlo, 200 sheep, lo horses, nnd 25 swino., The extent ol land a 80o acres. Last year 200 tons of hay were cut) i, t10 ,,roprietor not much moro ln(m ti10 nar.el Moro ,i,all o 000 unsi.el, nrea,n rn:SP,i ttt ,, C8li. lnatp,i i099 ncr.o cent, n bushel, nnd. there- rnT. nll.i,, , i, ,i ni:,,. mi. lmrt i. c4tj,uated at SO cents a pound, nnd chickens aj 53 a pajri lJCC(:her last year raised about 15,000 bush cla of onioua iw (amii Tll0y c03t him $li50 BUaliel accorJinK ,0 estimate, , j M . . war,., , c tv was si. anv one can seo how much ho made. Ueechor can send beef to New York market at 50 edits u pound, anil can raiso oats at ns low a mark as $2 n bushel. His butter is reckoned nt ?1.25 a pound, nud his eggs nt 75 cents n dozen. Ho cleared $40,000 by lecturing last winter, nud if hu maintains such nn income he will bn able to continuo farming. Qough lectures five times a week, his feo i. onn n.i... r. ;., uv.i ,.:i, ," ,:, l,,!,i nrntl tu t c Wldron bu Z sT are boa! no eulldrcn but Ins expenses are heavy, .1 ,n l,.;n ,,,!., cl,,, 1, .nl,l a iart oF his land, and reduced the farm to 105 acro, i ; as extensive ns his incomo XXhl was n Yankee girl, undertook to raUe fancy fowls, which some say aro very profitable. She got up a very nice variety, and at a rath er reasonable expense, for Shanghais did not cost more than $75 a pair. Tlio Cochin Chin as were a little cheaper nnd bantams could bo lat'ed at fVum $2.'ifn$IO'. After stocking the place with these rare birds, Guugli, it is said, found that if they were tn bo kept up ho would "be obliged" to lecture on Sundjys as well as on week days to make a living. When it costs $12 to winter 11 chicken :i man needs a good income. Tlio system was, therefore, chanced ; the fowls were abolished, and regular crops wore tried with decided sui'ce.ss,c;As long ns Cough's ryo does not cost moro than ?. a Imshel, and tlio other crops are kupt at an equally reduced rate, his pres ent income will enable hint to livo in a very decent manner Tlieio is nothing like a farm iuglifu f'oi men who have plenty of money. Rochester j)cinocmt and Chronicle. Evasion uf the Iteveniie Laws. Iu spite of the supposed vigilance of the Custom authorities, smuggling still appears to flourish, one of tho latest phases of tlio business being the introduction of fashions bio and expensive wearing apparel, through tho connivance of the subordinates connect cd with some ol tlio foreign steam lines ut this port. Smuggling on a larger scale is also said to be successfully carried on lit points in the Sjuth. Not only do tho smug glers realize large profits under tho well-or ganized system which is believed to exist at various points along our coast line, but tho elevation of this species of fraud to the standing of a regular occupation is a serious injury to legitimate trade in certain articles of high cost. When an annual business of millions can be carried ou Illegally a period of years.without detection, under the eyes of an army of officials, it is safe to conclude that something is wrong with thp system rather than with its administration, however faulty that may be. The error Is not far to -eek. With a tariffthat assures a fortune to the smuggler who can successfully evade its impositions, the temptation is constant nud great ; and when to this is added a code of customs laws which none but a specialist can master, whose provisions and interpre tutions are constantly changing, and whose requirements nro so exacting nml confusing. it becomes only a question nf individual morality whether one honestly attempts to observe tholnw nt the constant risk nf trip ping on somi! technical point, or boldly ills regards all .regulations of thu linvcrununt nnd takes his chauco of detiction. TV. Shipping J.M. Sir Edward Thornton, the British niiuie ter at Washington, will shortly forward to the Queen of England an extraordinary present. It is eutitled ' lho Administration of tho United States Government nt the Beginning of tlio Second Century." It !10 by 50 inches, surrounded by an emblorn atic border, and upon Its face contains the names of thu executive, judicial and legisla tive officers of tho government, in all num bering 401. The instrument is of the date of July 4, 1870. Candidates. (All names Inserted In this column as candidates fornomtuatlon at tho Democratic county conten tion must bo paid for 111 advance. And It Is lu-rehy agreed that all perilous whoso names appear nero will bo goerned by the rules and regulations or tue Democratic purty of Columbia county.) DlsTltlCT ATTORNEY. V. P. BILLMEYER, of llloomsburg. ROBERT R. LITTLE, of llloomsburg. E. E. ORVIS, of llloomsburg. JUULIC SALE or Valuable Eeal Estate I M The subscriber will otr.r for sale nt his residence In imin township on SATURDAY', AUGUST 11, 1877 all o'clock p. m., tho following real estato to-wlt t AU that piece or parcel or grouna situate in au- Wntownshln. bounded and d escribed as follows ! Bc- gmningnt a stone corner of landet Christian Lutz, Uience ulong line of sold land uorth7il 7-8 degroos east 147 rrches to stane.thence by land ot Peter lieu I. I. - I ler north u 5-s negreeg west s e-io pcrcnes to a stone I thenco by land of same south 77 degrees west c and s-lo perches to a stone, thencanorUi 17 degrees west 14-10 perches to a stone, thence north B7V degrees we8t w g.ioperches ton stone.tnenoe by land of 8amuel scumoyer isvdegrees eostM 8-ioperches to a stone, uu piaco of beginning, containing 3 ACHKS and 54 perches strict measure, on which Is erected a New Plank House. There twoaro eood ' uprlngsof water on tho premises. - 1 Also, ono other tract in same township bounded - auu ut-atriocuivsiouunoi u-ck-iuaiuig o. a oiuuecor- ner of land ot John Wolf thence north ft) 5-s degrees east 14 4-10 perches to a chestnut oak, thence north f 3 degrees east (7 S40 degrees to a stone, thenco by land of l'hlltp Heller and Stephen HoUer south U'i degrees east 171 perches to a stone, thenco by land of (leorgo Hwank. sou t li 7 degrees west 1 s-10 perch- es toa stone, thenco north 1S degrees west to perches to a stone, thence south 7 degrees west !ii)pcr:bestoa stone, thence by landot John Mow. rer north isjf degrees west 41 perches to a stone, atone, thence by land of Peter HeUcr north ude thence south ,70 degrees west 80 7-10 perches ton as grees west 114 s-iopercneatoastone.tnopiaceot be - - - .ionse. blro out-buUdlnirs. There U a irood well of - . .. avmouoor, rowaion given mine rail or p - ono , ear rrom pru j, I juiyn, 'n-: NEW ADV ER.TISE.MENTS OTICIi. t hnohy notify oil rewonr. tliMtho tollswlnc it ot rroportv sold by tho HhorlHot Columbia cniinry. Jnno Bo. is;t, as tho inoperty ot Di-nnls II. WelinJr lias been purchased by me, nnd Is left on ttierrem Iseslntho enroot my iluuKhtor Annte who of tlie wild Dennis n. wmilver, the property still txlne inlnot Awntron and hot, saddle 11 grain cradles, grind stone, hnv rnl,e, sow nnd pigs, sow, 3 shoals, sleigh, ladder, sleil, 1 culllvaiors, r. plows, ilraK hnr ro w, old wagon, clovrr huller, f annlnit mill, f cms nnd rakes, cultlnei bo(ssof, work harness, ilnelo liar ness, 2 sets uy- nets, maro and colt, sorrel mare, stal lion colt, red cow, spotted cow, brlndlo heifer, s-3of isucrosot wheat in (jround, s-sot 4 acres of ryo In the uround, s-sof 10 acres of oats In uround, 1 acrpot ixitatoes In tlio ((round s-8ot IS acres of com In grounj.onocooksuno, beds and beddlni;, UHtltSTOrilElt KUS1KH. July 10, 18tT-3w PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ! There will be exposed to publto sale, pursuant to nn order ot the United states District Court by the undersigned Assignees of Kchemlah Iteece, Bank rupt, on tlio premises at uuckhorn on SATURDAY, AUHUST 1, 1S77, at 2 o'clock p. in., tuo following valuable real estate, tO-Ut ! til that messuage, tenement and Uaclot land situate In Hemlock township, Columbia county cnnsjivania, bounded ana described as follows! Beginning at a plno knot, corner of 1'. Appleman's lands thence by same north 8i degrees west S3 -.10 perches to a post, thenco by lands ot the holrs ot anlah Itoeco north 87 cs degrees west 511 4.10 perches to a post, ttience by town lots of JohnXe- etus, John Klstlcr, C'nas. Neyhanl, John Slerklc, M. Shoemaker and U. Weai er south IT degrees, east is 10 perches to a point on the east side of .Main street tn tho village of lluck Horn thenco along west sldo ot said street south 84 degrees east 2C perches to a post, thence by land ot 11 Appleraan outh 67 s-s degrees east 19J s-lo perches to tho place of beginning containing EIGHTY-TWO ACRES, and eighty perches, strict measure, and also a Pieco of Lund adjoining tho above described tract, and described 09 follous: Uuglnntng at a corner ot Bamo thenco y samo south 60 5-8 degrees cast 131 1-10 perches tu it stone In road, thenco by lands of H. K. Evans norlh degrees west 21 45-100 perches to n stone In road, thence north S7 6-9 degrees west 131 8-10 perches to astono In lino of lands of John Klstlcr, thenco by lands ot I.o. KubsoII south ",'4- degrees cast 21 4M0) perches to a stone,tho place of beginning, containing SEVKNTKIZN ACKK3 & EIGHTY-SEVEN 1'EItCHK.S strict measure. Both of said tracts, containing ONE HUNDRED ACRES and 7 perches, being occupeld as ono farm and to bo sold as such, whereon are i-rccteda Itrlck mrclllui; IIounc, largo HANK WAKN, and sheds and out-butldlngs- nn EXCELLENT OHCHA11D, Ac all In good condi lion being Ono of tho Best Farms in tho County. Also, at tho samo tlmo and placo an undivided one- fourth ot a tract ot land In Greenwood township, Columbia county, Pennsylvania, adjoining lands of John btaley and others, said to contain about eighty a?res. TEltMS : Ono quarter of purchase money cash on day of sale, ono quarter In blx, ono quarter In twel 0 and ouo quarter In elghtccn'tnonths thereafter. Sold amounts unpaid to bear Interest from the date of sale at tho rateof sccn per cent, per annum, and to 110 bcurudby, proper mortgage or hen upon the property sold. CHAM.KS O. BAFtKLEV, SAMUEL ENUltlt, July 13, '77-ts Assignees. ASSIGNEE'S SALE REAL ESTATE ! By virtue of an order Issued outot the Court ot Common Pleas of Columbia county, the undersigned Assignee for the benullt ot tho creditors of Abraham MlUer will cxposo to public solo at tho "WILLIAMS HOTEL" In the Borough ot Berwick, Columbia county, on the 15th day of August. 1877, at two o'clock p. m., the following described plecos or parcels ot land with tho appurtenances, situate In s dd Boroujh ot Berwick, Pa. bounded and described as follows, to-wlt: All thn piece or parcel ot land situate on Oak street, bounded on the east by lot ot Arthur Oliver, north by an alley, west by land ot M. W. Jackson and on tho south by Oak street, contain ing ono lnlot. Also, one other piece ot land situate on Second street In said borough.bounded and described as follows, to-wlt: Beginning at tho corner of lot num ber ono hundred anl one, thence by tho same oai hundred and olghtr-one and a halt feet to Third street, thenco by tho sami forty-nlno and a half feet to lot of Alexander Thompson, thenco by the same one hundred and elghty-on i and a half fool to sec ond street aforos ild, thenco forty-nine and a hilt feel to tho place of beginning, being lot number nlnoty-four," In plan ot said town, on which is erected a FRAME HOUSE, Also, one other pleco or parcel ot land fit u a to In said lioroujn, beginning at a corner or lot number twenty-one on tne soatu siuo oi i- ront bireo;. ineace by Front street rorty-nino ana n nair reel it. loi - number twenty-live, thenco by lot number twenty fl ve ono hundred and sixty feet, thence by a Hue par allel with front street forty-nlno and ahalffcetta lot number twenty.ono, thenco by lot number tweu- ty-ono ono hundred and sixty toet to the placo ot beginning, being lot number twenty-two (Water lot) as marked and numbered In plan of said town, on which is erected a two-story DOUBLE FRAME HOUSE. One other piece or parcel of land in said Borough on Front street between Market and Mulberry street beginning on Front street at lino ot said Miller thence along Front street ten feet to Una ot II. M. Hockman, thenco along sold Hockman's lino eighty feet, thenco to lino of said Miller ten feet, thenco along lino of sold Miller eighty foot to Front street. Also all that lot of ground situate on Front street being contiguous In-Iots marked and numbered In the plan ot tho said town numbers "Fifteen and six teen;" lot No. is beginning at tho corner of lot num ber Flvo on Front street thenco mong tho samo forty-nine and u half feet to corner of ln-lot No. lo.thcnce along tho sam9 ono hundred and eighty -ono and a halt tect to tho corner on second Btreet, thenco by tho samo forty-nine and a half feet to tho corner ot lot No. S, thence by the same ono hundred eighty-one and a half rout to Uio place ot beginning, lat No. is beginning at the corner of lot No. 15 aforesaid on Front street, thence along tho same forty-ntuo and a half feet to corner of lot number seventeen, thenco by tho same ono hundred eighty-one and a half feet to second Btreet, thenco along Second street forty nlno and a half feet to the corner ot lot No. 15, ntore sald, thence along the samo ono hundred eighty-one and a half feet to the place of beginning, together containing slxty-stx perches ot ground on which are erected a Brick Dwelling IIousejBrick Store, Brick Drug Store, Frame Ware House, Frame stable and other out-bulldlngs ; and also al1 that piece or parcel of land on Front street afore said on souih-west tide of lot ot II. M. Hockman thenco along Front street twenty-two feet to lino ot lot ot A. B. Wilson's heirs, thence by tho same sixty feet, thenco to lot of II, M, Hockman on a line parallel with Front street twenty-two feel, thence by the sametdxty-stx feet to the place ot beginning: on which Is erected a BH1CK DWELLING HOUSE and out-bulldlngs (the list pleco otland herein de scribed 13 llncumbored with a mortgage In ravor ot E. w.M. Low In tho sum of ono thousand dollars.) TeasisiND Conditions or Sits is Follows i Ten per cent, of the one-fourth of tho purchase money to bo paid at tne striking down ot tho propel ty, una one-fourth le&s the ten per cent, at the confuruatlon of sole, and the remaining throo-f ourths In on year thereafter with Interest from continuation nUl. De ferred payments to be socured by bond and mort gage on the premises. The last described piece to ba sold subject to the mortgage of K. w. M, Low and the Interest due on thj same. J. W. EVANS, M. E. jicison ti box, Assignee. Attorneys. Berwick, Pa., July isth, 1877, UDITOR'8 NOTICE. E3T1H OF 1IAKV IPKOIR, BEO'D, Tim undersigned Auditor appointed to mako dls rlbutlon of ths balance of funds in the hands of the 1 Administrator, to and among the parties entitled thereto, will atund to lbs duties of his appointment at the office of Freeze Kyerly In uioomsbunr ou the nth day ot Aiigust,is77, at lo o'nlock a. m vt hen and where all persons baling claims aro requested to present the same berore theAudltor or bo debarr ed Irom coming In for a shoro of sold fund. WM. L. EVJCBLY, July ia,H77-iw Auditor. TUOTICE. 7 anted-one male and threo female teachers for the public schools ot I'eulrolla Borough for lho ei su Ingiear. Au examination of applicants will beheld at the publlo school house In Ccntiaila July tub, commencing at iu o'clock a, in. By order ot tho Board, a ti. Muitpitv, July 6, 11 n Hecretnry. BLANK NOTES.with orwlthoutxttuiitloi. NrufekttutxtaiUAXorttOB. 1
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