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THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COl NTY, PA.
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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