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BLOOMSBUUa, PA.
Friday, July 8!), 1880.
Democratic National Ticket.
FOll PRESIDENT,
Gen. W. S. HANCOCK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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(JEORGE A. JENKS, Jefferson county.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
ROBERT P. DEOHERT, Philadelphia.
Delegate election will be held
on Saturday, August 7th between
the hours of three and seven
o'clock in the afternoon. Some
cards have been printed by mis
take announcing the 14th as the
day. Democrats will please take
notice that the 7th is the correct
time.
In (he selection of members of the stand
ing committee this year, it ia specially urged
upon the Democratic voters to select active
and energetic men. Thero will be plenty of
work and there must bo pouio one to do it.
In former campaigns it baa too often been
the case that when meetings were appointed
no arrangement had been made for them,
and the. speakers have been obliged to find
a hall and .hunt up an audience after their
arrival. Thero must bo no such negligence
this year.
COSailESSIONAIi coxratEEs.
The convention of coufereos for the elev
enth congressional district, in 1878 ended in
a split, and ic3ultcd in the nomination of
two candidates for congress, ono of whom
was elected by a very small majority over
the republican candidate- In a district that
can givo a majority of several thousand in
our favor, there ought not to bo a repetition
of what occurred in 1878, and in order to
prevent this thero are several matters that
should be looked after. One of these is,
what representation should be allowed each
county in tho conference? The split in 1878
was caused by the refusal of Columbia, Car
bon and Monroo counties to sdmit dele
gation of three members each from Luzerne
and Lackawanna. Montour and Pike
joined with Luzerne and Lackawanna and
formed a conference of their own, and
subsequently one .delegate from Columbia
went into that conference. Taking the past
as a guide, tlie4;parly Bhould adopt such
measures this year as will prevent the occur
rences of 1878.
Are Luzerne and Lackawanna each entl
tied to three conferees? Previous to the di
vision ot Luzerne that county was satisfied
with a representation equal to the other
counties in the district. When Lackawan
na was formed tho Democratic vote was not
increased, but the portions of the two coun
ties came knocking at the door of the confer
ence asking to be admitted with a delegation
double that of any other county having as
many democratic volts as both the Luzerne
and Lackawanna portions of the district.
This is no bold assei tion. It is based on fig
ures and hero they are. In 1878 the vote for
congress stood as follows:
Albright. Klotz. Brockway. Orvi
Columbia
1023
1083
1930
1277
Montour
Carbon
Slouroo
Piko
Luzerne
Lackawanna
784
2310
C05
183
1921
448
940
2051
2230
590
1293
18
433
131
237
CM
G18
431
4339
478
898
415
89
127
739
8110 8211
6193
Counting tho vote for Orvis as mostly
taken from the Democracy, we have
In Columbia county 4290 Democrats
" Montour 1651 "
" CaTboa " 30S0 "
' Monroe ' 2912 "
I'ike " 1241 "
" Luzerne &Lackawu'a 4309 "
Now, while that portion of the district
originally located in Luzerne has been Uivl
ded by tho erection of a new county, there
is no reason why its representation should
be doubled. The two parts together form
only one section ot the district and should
be so represented. This was the view taken
by the congressional delegation to the State
convention, which adopted tbo tollowlog:
n-., Tli.( en piimmAnit fttn firlnnttnn
of the following rule as the guide for the
present ami future conferences of this na
ture, to-wlt That the territory of Luzerne
county Jylng wltnin me inn insinvi "
lm all, m-ed one renrcvenlallvo from the 4th
Lfgislativr) district, and the '""'pry f
iaclcawanna mug wuuiu iv sumi u hh
ono. The said representatives to be chosen
by the delegations oi me counties respect'
ivoly, without regard to resideucein the di,
trict.
This cave the two sections three repre
sedatives to tho Btata convention. Why
should they have more in the congressional
Hancock's record proves him to be a pa
triot statesman, whllo Garfield's proves him
to bo only a bitter partisan.
General Hancock ought not to bo elected,
because he nothing but a soldier, so say
tho republican or(ran, and yet thco same
organ nml their parly elected Grant twlco
and ntletnptcd tn nninlnato Mm for a third
time, became ho wni n Kildler. It U a poor
rule that works only ono way.
Tho reunion of the Pennsylvania Reserve
Corps at Hairlaburg last week, was largely
attended. Thero was a banquet and speech
es ami a general good time. Ex-Gov. Cur
tin and General Robert Patterson were
among the prominent personages present.
General Arthur, the republican candidate,
for VIco Prcsldeut, has written n letter ac
cepting tho nom.iiir.tlon, Ho docs not think
muchoi Hayes civil service roform which
turned him out ofoffico became ho was un
fit for tho position,
In looking over tho fillo of this paper of
1878 wo notice that Mr. .1. SI. O. Rancb was
named at the Scranton Congressional con
lerence as a caudldate for Congress from
Laclmcanna county. Now he is a candidate
from Columbia. Where does Mr. Ranck
llvo any way ?
Mr, Garfield voted in Congress to repeal
tho duty on foreign coal j For which tho
coal miners will bo duly thankful, and for
which they will give their veto to General
Hancock. A British Free Trade Cobden
Clubist is not likely to bo a pet nmone the
coal miners. Most of them have had enough
of English government,
The acting President of the United States
is a Ohio man. About two thirds of the
people of Ohio hold office under him, and
now it is proposed by the republicans to elect
another Ohio man President. Isn't there
another state iu the Union competent to fur
nish a fit occupant for the White House?
Pennsylvania is, and the man she propt cs
to make President is named Hancock.
Dr. Tanner, a Minnesota physician, has
assumed the voluntary task of fasting forty
days in New York. He is now on his fourth
week without tasting food of any kind,
though ho drinks water freely. His strength
remains, but ho has lost eighteen or twenty
pounds in weight. A committee of doctors
are watching him day and night and it is
pretty certain there is no sham about it. Just
what ho expects to prove by this experimeut
does not seem quite clear.
Oue of Mr. Hayes' Secretary, Thompson
by name, went out to Indiana and made a
speech for Garfield in which he "Warned
the Democrats that the army and navy would
take a hand in this election and that Hayes
will be equal to any emergency." Thus the
fraudulent protector of thieves, forgers and
purjurers threatens the Democrats with the
army to carry the elections.
Democrats I Your fathers were known
as the "unterrified democracy" who seated
Gov. Parker in spite of the army and Ste
phen's Wiconisco bullies. Hancock will be
elected and seated.
Domocrats, don't forget that James A,
Garfield was a member of the Electoral Com
mission and voted with tho eight, ch atiog
Mr. Tilden out of the office of President to
which he had been legally elected. Of that
tact no .honest man now has a doubt. And
don't forget also that before he sat he took
and subscribed the following oath:
"I. JAMES A. GARFIELD DO SOL
EMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL IM
PARTIALLY EXAMINE AND CON3ID
ER ALL QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO
THE COMMISSION OF WHICH I AM
A MEMBER, AND A TRUE JUDG
MENT GIVE THEREON, AGREEABLY
TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THE
LAWS; SO HELP ME GOD."
And all the world now knows how that
oath was falsified. How he vi.tcd to sustain
what Judge Black calls "a shameless swin
dle; not merely a fraud, but a fraud detected
and exposed."
Hon. E. Joy Morris of Pniladelphla, a
lifelong Republican, an Ex-Congressmen
and U. S. Minister to Turkey ngrees with
our friend Forney about General Hancock,
and in a late Interview says : ,
"Of General Hancock's patriotism and
loyalty to the Union there can be as little
question of his civic abilities and his official
and private integrity. His honor is as un
assailable as his valor. If he should be
elected President I have no doubt he would
endeavor to promote the interests of the
country, to revive good feeling between the
North and South, and in every contingency
to uphold the dignity and rights of the re
public. His statesman record would bo as
honorable as his military career. I am a Re
publican but this is no rca'on why I should
refuse to recognize theillustrious service and
the well-earned fame of a rnau like General
Hancock.
What Justice Swayne bald about the DeGolycr
Matter.
Washlngton.July 18. A decision render
ed in 1875 by Justice Swayne, of the United
States Supreme court, has been called into
promlnenco by the fact that it settle,! the
question ot General Garfield's position in
tho DeGolyer matter beyond a doubt, and
exposes the weakness and absurdity of
the arguments employed by his adherents in
the vainhopoof purifying his record upon
the $5,000 fee matter. The case in which
this opinion of Justice Swayne wa render
ed was that of Chittendcu against McClellan
and others. It was tried in Cook county,Ill
in May, 1875, and was decided on appeal
in October, 1879, in the United States Su
preme Court. It may bo eaid that Justice
Swayne is a thorough republican and an
Ohi man. The Supreme court opinion was
delivered in the case of Burke against Child
the case of Chittenden against M'Clellan bo.
ing submitted on the arguments and briefs
filed in the former suit. Justice Swayne
says:
"The agreement Kith General Garfield, a
member of Congress, to pay him $5,000 as a
contingent fee for procuring a contract which
was itself made to deend upon a future ap
propriation by Congress which appropriation'
could only come from a committee of which he
was chairman was a sale of official influence
which no veil can cover, against the plainest
principles of publicpolicy. No counselor-at
law while holding office has a right lo put him
self in the way of temptation, and under a pre
tense of mating a legal argument exert his
official influence upon public officers dependent
upon his future action. Certainly the courts oj
Justice will never lend themselves to enforce
contracts obtained by such influence.,
The effect of this disclosure on the men
here who have endeavored In one form or
another to palliate General Garfield's of
fense cannot be over estimated. It is a shock
so severe that they areasyot unable to meet
it.
Right Rev. Ulshop O'Hara, of the Scran
ton diocese, and Father Coffee, of St. Vin
cent's Cathedral, will leave for Rome on
Uie Clh of aoxt month.
Washington i,i; ri Kii.
Wnslilngton, I), C. July ttUih, 18S0.
Some ouo has kindly sent to our corres
pondent, a Maine newspaper containing an
account of certain "bulldozing" operation
of a Democratic mob In Hyatlsvlllc, Mary
land, n village five milts from this city. If
It were not that "bulldozing" sUulcs will
form n great feiiltiro ol tho radical campaign
Hits tail, l would not mrnljon this one. 1 lie
truth Is thnt tho story of violence Is mndo
out of whole cloth, and lhat Hyattsvlllo and
all its people were ns calm as the day Itself
when the "bulldozing" is rcpurlcd to havo
taken placo. Your correspondent speaks
from personal knowledge, his residenco be
ing there and ho being present alt of the day
named in the Maids paper. It will bo well
to tnko all such stories with great allowance,
especially if told during n political campaign;
all may not be wholly false like this ono,
but I doubt not, moro aro pure inventions
than havo any foundation, and that all real
scenes of vlolcnco aro magnified for politic
al effect.
Some days since, stories were afloat hero
that there was a growing coolness between
Mr. Hayes and his Secretary of tho Treas
ury. They will bo revived now probably,
ns Mr. Hayes yesterday Kent a peremptory
order for tho Issuo of a commission to the
new Savannah collector, against an equally
peremptory order from Secrc tary Sherman
before going away on his pleasure trip, that
it should not lio issued until his return.
General Arthur .gets more credit on all
sides for frankness than General Garfield
did, in tho matter of their letters of accept
ance. The greatest merit of Arthur's letter is
ie manner in which tho sham reform sys
tem of the administration is alluded to. Ar
thur, whether guilty as indicted by Hayes
and Sherman, has felt the halter draw, and
does not hciitato to express his opinion free
ly. His own ideas on tho subject are sound.
We shall probably never know from expe
rience whether or not, those of Hayes and
Schtirz, would work well, for those Southern
men havo never put them in praetlcp, and
their successors will no doubt know better
than to attempt it.
Only ono member of the Cabinet is .here;
two are speaking for Garfield in tho west,
and tho others are on summer excursions to
various points. Mt. Hayes will go to Ohio,
early in August, and thence to the Pacific
coast. It is said since ho occupied tho
White House, Mr. Hayes has contributed
liberally of Mr. Tihlen's uimey, of cotirie
to the Republican campaign fund in his
own State.
He is the only office-holder in the Uuion
whohas not been asked V contribute two per
cent of their salary to the cause.
William E. Chandler who bossed tho col
lections one year was of too tender a con
science to ask Mr. Hayes to give away what
did not belong to him, and the example of
Chandler has been followed.
The National Board of Health yesterday
received despatches to tho effect that no case
of yellow fever had occurred this season at
Meuipbis. Strong hopes aro felt that the
South-west will escape the plague this
season.
Hilton.
OarfleM's ficcord.
HE IS QUIVOCAL, IF NOT HOSTILE J, AY. KIL
LINOKIt'S REAfcONS TOR VOTING. AGAINST
CUItriEM) HE NEVER STANDS SQUARELY
FOR PROTECTION CANNOT BE ACCEPTA
A RLE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
When the Republican congressional cau
cus in October, 1877, at the organization of
the called session, nominated Jamc 1 A. Gar
field for speaker a number of Pennsylvania
members of that laith refused to vote for
biui. Among the number were Judge Kel
ly, of Philadelphia; Ru. -ell Errett, of Pitts
burg; Thomas M. Bayno, of Allegheny and
John W. Killiuper, of Lebanon. We pro
duce his letter now for the information of
those who did not gat to see it at the time,
and that all may understand Mr. Garfield's
position on the important quest ion of protec
tion to American industry. The following
is the letter:
To the Editor of the Philadelphia Times-
In reply to tho inquiry, I will say that iu
the vote for speaker, we chose tho leaser of
the two evils. We could not elect the speak
er, aud the only significance our action had
was its indication or expression of confi
dence in the uominee on the great and vital
question of protection to our industries and
employment for our laborers. In my judg
ment all questions are subordinate to this.
When, therefore, the caucus determined
to compliment Mr. Garfiold in this way I
had to choose between sanctioning by my
vote such an action or to express my .dissent
by withholding it, Mr. Garfield's record one
this question is well known to the country,
and sone of it has come under my own ob
servation. I could not. therefore, pass it by
as insignificant or unimportant. Without
meaning any disrespect to him I am com
pelted to say that his status has been cquivo
cal, it not actually Hostile to the, opin
ions we lnld in Pennsylvania. I have
never found him to stand pquarely for protec
tion. Ho would not be accepted by the. Re
publicans of my district as an exponent of
their views, and I could not compliment him
wilh their vote for the speakership without
manifest inconsistency and doing violence
to all my convictions of duty and principle
No friend ot Ameriau system of revenue
and finance has ever becu complimented
with honorary membership in the British
freo trade leagues. The object of these
leagues are well known to be strengthening
of Briiish influence in foreign countries,
They aim to secure markets hero for British
manufactures, and to that end are hostile to
our home industries. In common with Wih
liam C. Bryant, Samuel S. Cox and D. A
Wells, notorious Iree traders, Mr. Garfield
stands in connection with such a league. S3
long as he retains such connection and does
not disavow Its pernicious bere?les, I do not
see how to acquit him of holding the opin
ions of his British co-laborers. It needed
some resolutions to express our dissent from
the conclusions reached by the caucus, The
republican organization should be maintain
ed by the party's repreEentatlvcs, especially
at this juncture, when we are threatened
with disintegration in high quarters. But
unless we can at the same time maintain
the principles n hlch gave value and vitality
to the organization, party ties will weaken
and our early dissolution is certain. So I
chose the lesser of the two evils in withhold
ing the vote of the 14th district from a nonv
ineo who falls to be iu accord with Its peo.
pie on the greatest question before the coun
try.
J. W. KlLLINOER.
Washington, October 17, 1877,
Hon. W. II. Barnum of Connecticut, has
boen reelected chairman of the Democratlo
National Committee, and F. O. Prince, o
Massachusetts, secretary. The chairman of
both parties are Connecticut raon, ex-Dover
nor Jewell being at the Lead of the Repub
licnu Committee,
SCIlllliZ'H Ht'KKClI.
Secretary Cart Schurz made a speech at
Indianapolis on tho 201ti. He is terribly
exercised lost tho democrats may ba success
ful and turn out nil tho republican office
holders. Ho says:
'Now let us sen what tho Democratic re
form in the civil service really means ami
what Its effect would be. L"ok at the present
condition of the service. 1 have already said
that the tcform of It has not gone so far as
Intended and was desirable, but I may say
also that more has been accomplished than
Is generally known and believed. Mr. Schtirz
went on to speak ol the fidelity with which
tho mibllo business has been conducted; how
efficlPiit clerks havo been left In their places
nnd how tho system ol examination may not
in all cases furnish an absolutely reliable
test, but It has proved to bo infinitely bet
ter than mere recommendation Irom politi
cal favor. Now substitute for this the Dem
ocratic reform, making a clean sweap ac
cording to the old spoils system, nnd what
will you have? Hundreds of thousands of
politicians, great and small, but all hungry,
rushing for seventy or eighty thousand pla
ccs,backed and pressed by every Democratic
Congressman and every Democratic com
mllteo In the" land. Thla Impetuous rush
must be satifiod as rapidly as possible, for
they want to mako tho best of their time, nnd
In HiIb case, as well as others limn is money.
They must be taken at random, for it is im-
fiossiblo to fill so large a number of places
u so short a time as the furiens demand will
permit in any other way. Neol 1 tell any
sensible man what the effect upon tho con
duct of public business will be? It will be
tho disorganization of tho whole nduiiuls
tra'lvo machinery at ouo fell blow.
The conclusion of this is that the republican
parly should be kept In power becauso it Is
in power. Following his reasoning n littlo
further the result is that there never ought
to b-i a change of administration lest it might
disarrange the civil seryice, and this doc
trine leads to a monarchy where the voice of
the people is hushed,
If Mr, Schurz is right then Garfield ought
not to make any changes in tho Cablnot in
the cao of his election as it might result In
'the disorganization of the whole admlnistra"
tlve machinery nt one fell blow."
The Secretary lets the cat out of the bag
by frankly admitting that all his party is
afraid of is the lo?s of their grip on the of
fices. Their fears will be fully realized.
Tho mermaid which served to help Bar
num on to fame and fortune as a showman,
about forty years ago, caused a great deal of
excitement at the time. Barnum now tells
the story,according to a correspondent of the
Indianapolis Journal, as follows: "Moses
Kimball came from Boston with what he
declared was a genuiuo mermaid. Tho low
er part was the tail of a shark or some large
fiab, but the upper part was not of woman's
form by any manner of moans. It was a
hideous head and shoulders apparently of
some sort of ape. Pretty soon a letter was
was written from Mobile to the Herald with
the announcement that a man had landed
there from the Siudwhlcu Islands, bringing
a genuine mermaid. It had not been seen
and would not be exhibited, for it was on
its way to the Londou Zoological Gardens.
This was copied all over the country. In
another week a letter announced that tho
wonder had arrived at Charleston, on its
way to New York, whence it would sail to
London. A moro detailed account of the
wonderful creature was given . This served
to swell the curiosity. From Baltimore came
still other letters; aud then I 6eut my man to
Philadelphia, carrying the mermaid in a
closed box. Ho put up at tho best hotel.and
cultivated the landlord. To him, just as he
was paying his bill and leaving, he confined
the secret that he was the Englishman who
caught the mermaid. 'Now, see here,' said
the landlord, 'yu mt let me see it.' After
much pursuasion the mermaid hunter yielded
then he said. 'See here you must let mo
show it to one or two reporters.' After much
importunity the weak Britisher yielded, and
a limited exhibition was permitted. Tho
Philadelphia papers blazed with it next
morning. The i ext day it was brought to
New York, the same performance was gono
through with at the Astor House, Tho pa
pers were full of it, aud the city was all
:ig',g. Thousands flickul to see it, but no
exhibition was allowed, except tn reporters.
Ijwas not known iu connection with it until
the proper lime.
A correspondent asks us why we have not
taken tho trouble to expose the "pitiful hy
pocrisy and sneaking self-stultification" of
Mr. Garfield's letter of acceptance,where he
treats of the tariff, the finances, Chineso im
migration and civil service reform.
There are at least three good reasons why
we haven't taken the trouble.
In the first nlace they expose themselves.
Secondly, our esteemed contemporaries.the
7Tifj, tho Evening Post, the Graphic, the
Springfield Republican, the Xation, aud other
influential republican newspapers, are ex
posing Mr. Garfield's weakness and inconsis
tency with a vigor and thoroughness that
would savo us the trouble,even if we thought
the work necessary.
in tue tm ni piace,it isot utile consequen
ce what Mr. Garfield may or may not think
at present about these subjects. The greater
question which .the people will have to con
aider is not whether they shall vote for a
man who trims on civil service reform nnd
tergiversates on the Chinese, but whether
they shall vote for a man who has been con
victed of bribe taking and perjury, aud de
nounced ns a bribe taker and perjurer by
the almost unanimous voice of his party,
Ar. V.Sun.
General Neal Dow,
HE ACCRPTU TIIE NOMINATION AND
alVESHIS VIEWS REGARDING PRO
HIBITION. Portland, Me., July 20. General Nea)
Dow has written a letter accepting the uom-
ination for the Presidency by the National
Prohibition party. .After commenting at
some length on the liquor tariff and the res
pectability of the prohibitory movement he
concludes as fallows : "I consider the ob
jects of the Prohibitionists of the country to
bs of supreme importance to the interests of
the nation and the peopl.. Aside from its
bearing upon the moral and religious wel
fare of tho people, I consider the suppress
ion of the traffic to be an object of far grea
ter political Importance tbau any other utw
claiming the attention of the country. My
life has been largely devoted to the accom
plishment of that purpose. Perhaps I may
live toj see my dearest hopes in relation to it
realized, at least in tbis,my owu state. But,
however that may be, in the future as in the
past I shall keep that object iu view. While
I sincerely wish that the choice of a candi
date of the Cleveland convention had fallen
upon some other than myself, I accept the
nomination willingly, being sure that it will
prove tobe the humble beginning of a tri
umphant end,"
J. O. Turne", the Greenback singer, is a
staunch Hancock man. He says he has been
a greenbacker as a matter of principle, and
Is heartily sick of republican victories. He
said if I vote for Weaver It will be aiding the
enemies of my country to rcinstato another
administration fof fraud to still beggar my
fellow laborers in tho cause of reform. Iam
a Hancock man because I havo faith In hit
ability as a statesman and with the reins of
government in bis hands he will conduct the
affairs of the nation with credit.
The hoad quarters of tho Democratic State
Committee havo been established at the
Glrard Hoiiso Philadelphia, for the present.
That Sherman Lctler.
When tho republican papers gavo with
great circumstantiality at account of a let
ter said to havo been 'tltten fo Gcnrral
Sherman by General Hancock in the spring
of 1877 wo hoped the letter would be made
public as the contents ns foreshadowed would
have clearly Increased h'n strength beforo
the people. No iv however, It Is pscertalned
that tho story is like nil others against him,
a puro fabrication. Tho New York World,
publishes the following fpecial from James
town, Dakota:
Jamestown, Dak., July 15. General
Sherman, who has just arrived hero from
Fort Totten, whero ho has been for sorao
days beyond tho reach of the telegraph, Is
n'excellent health. Ho declines to be in.
tervlewcd In regard to his correspondence at
nny tlmo with General Hancock, but stales
emphatically that ho lias no recollection of
over hearing anything from General Han
cock about taking orders from Mr. Tildcn,or
Indeed,anything at all like tho stories which
have been printed and published about this
correspondence with General Hancock. This
was not needed by nny one who knows Gen
eral Hancock or General Sherman ; hut It
may bo of use to tho gossips ami romancers
of tho press.
How Tom Oclilltrea Did Ills Duty.
Tom Ochiltree, of Texas, has pronounced
for Hancock. "Cameron eavo me a cer
tain section of tho South to look out for,"
Tom explains, "and every delgato in
that region I brought up to Chicago for
Grant. They were all for him when they
got thero and they remained true to him wllh
the exception of one nigger from Alabama,
Ho was bought up the third day after his
arrival for $1,000. As soon as I heard of
the transaction I went for that ni?ger and
managed finally to get him back into the
ranks, money and all. He stayed there un
til the call ot that thirty-sixth ballot
commenced. Alabama was the first on the
list and the nigger rose up and voted for
Garfield, I wanted Grant, but Hancock
is a good second choice and I nm going to
take the stump for.him. I shall travel all
over the country, and everywhere I speak I
propose to tell how the 'spontaneous' Gar
field managers bought out my Grant nigger
for 1,000." The republican party will have
to look out for Tom.
Wo hereby inform the republ ican party
lhat Chester A. Arthur late collector of
customs, has been nominated as their can
didate for Vice-President, aud has the' fol
lowing testimonial of character.
"You have mado the custom house a cen
tre of partisan political management." It,
J, llaycs to Collector Arthur, January 31,
1879.
"With a deep sense of my obligations un
der the constitution, I regard it as my plain
duty to suspend you, in order that the office
may bo honestly administered," 11, V
Hayes to Collector Arthur, January 3,
1S79.
"Gros3 abuses of administration have con
tinued and increased during your incumben
cy." John Sherman to Collector Arthur Jan
uary, 31 1879.
"Persons havo been regularly paid by you
who have rendered little or no service, that
the expenses of your office have increased
while its receipts have diminished, that
Bribes, or gratuities iu the shape of bribes
have been received by your subordinates in
several branches of the custom houso and
vou have in no caso supported the effort
to correct these abuses." Secretary Sherman
to Collector Arthur January, 31 1879.
MAHKETRELJORT&
BLOOMSBURQ -MARKET.
Wncat.ror bushel ct.oo
ma
Corn, "
Oats, " "
t. -UJ
flour per oarrei
CloverHeea ... .
Iluttcr
ElfSS
Tallow
Potatoes
Dried Armies ..
Hams 12Jv'
bides Shoulders mi
Chickens 07
Turkeys 09
Lard per pound OS
Hay per ton r. ls.oo
Ueeswox 25
QUOTATIONS FOR COAL.
No. 4 on Wharr t a.ro per Toe
No. 6 " " f 3.25
No. 6 " " I 1.75 "
BlaCKSmith'sLntupou wnarr I a.io
Bituminous
..( 4.50
PHILADELPHIA MAEKETS.
"PmiA., July 21. Tfcere is lessdolng In breadatuffs
autl wheat la lower, boeda Clover is lu better Uu
mand at W. for pood and choice. Flour and
Meal Flour Is less active but unchanged. Old wheat
families aro higher. Sales of lrooo U Including
Minnesota extras, at 1.21036.75 the latter; for
straight; rennsypanla at iV35 6'"; western Uo. do.
at f5.85fi, and patents at $0.50 37.76. ltje Hour sells
" 25
tiraln Wheat ts dull nnd c, lower. Sales ot
12,ww bushels including rejected at uouc41.08; steam
er at tl.i9 and choice red 1 ad amber at $1.1 1?4. ltye
!3 'nactlve. We quote old Pennsj lvanla at &00. (and
newat7oc. corn is In fair demand and steady.
bales ui v.uuu uusueis, iBi'iuuiag jeiiow atoii-; mix
ed at 4950c; steamer at 48 c. and rejected at 4-i(fc
vjc. urns are m inuuebt rcquesb ana sieauy, n.uus
of 12.000 bushels, lucludlnir rejected and mixed at
85aoct aud w bite at S;( 4 ic.
CANDIDATES.
Tho Hollowing versons UaTO bpen proposed for
nomination by tho no tt Democratlo county conven
tion to be held August loth, lsso. Candidates an
nounced in this list are pledged to abldo by tho de
cision of the coentlon,
FOll UEPnn.SENTA.TIVE,
A. L. FKITZ,
of llloomsburg,
DAVID S. IIIIOWN,
of Main,
JOHN F. DF.RP.,
Of Jaclson,
ISAAC A. DEWITT,
of Greenwood,
JOSEPH bTkNITTLE,
of Calawissa,
'. JEFF. VANDERSLICE,
of llloomsburg.
FOll BISTHIUT ATTOllNEV,
UOIIEIIT It. LITTLE,
of Hloonisburg,
FOlt STATE bENATOIt,
E. J, McHENUY,
of Fishingcreek.
V. J. 11UOKALEW,
of llloomsburg,
(HHbJect to the decision of tno Senatorial Confer
ence. Foil CONdltESS.
Db. O. A. MEGAHQEI.L,
of Orange,
OIIAItMS IJ. UKOOKWAY,
of llloomsburg,
J, II, oTltANCK,
of Lighlstreel,
(Subject tothodttlslonot the Congressional Con
ference of Uio clottnuiUiiirlct,!
WYOMING SEMINARY AND COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.
Tire wvmTTVn HF.MTNATlY TH A FIUST-OLASS HOARDING SCHOOL FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
It offers to Btudenls tho following Courses of Study: Common English, Normal Course,
College Preparatory Course, Course Iu Music, and Course In Alt. Students not desiring to
Inlr. nn.. t.,1.1-1. Il.n.. n r a ,anj..,l tn ntila. Vrti-oa tvlllitil tlm 1-PHell nf Jill.
lako any (luetics which llicy are prepared lo
. . .. ... ..
Tho Uominercial uollese elves instruction
Correspondence, Telegraphy, and Book-keeping as applied to business of all kinds. live
Fall term opens September 1st. Commercial students address llr.V. L. h, snCAUUH,
D, I)., Kingston, Luzerno county, Pa.
HOP BITTEES?
(A .Medicine, not a Drink.)
CONTAINS
iinrsi nrciiUf .iianpuakk,
AMr.I,10Nt
And tor rrnsftT Ar Hrrr Moment Quali
ties of all oriiEnitirrsita.
THEY GUI 13
All nippnf'Piiot thcEto'iriRrh. Hovels, Flnou,
Liver, Uliltipye.and I'l-IimrrOnrrum, Ner
i ciniilo Com plaint a.
SIOOO IN COLD.
Will he raid for ft eupe they will nnt enro or
HCip,or lor nil) mi UK iiiumiu ui iujunwu.
fournl lu Unlit.
Akyoiir dmpplst for Hop Kitten nntt try
them before jos sleep. Tulto nu oilier.
1 1, C, In an absolute find Irresistible rtiro for
UrUQKCuueBB, UbV UI njlJUUJ, UUU
nnrcuuiH.
SSJTD FUR ClBCrLAK. I
Mop Bitten Mft O,, Kocheiter, N. V A Toronto, On I.
All kbor inU l.V JrurcUU.
M'HANTON, l'a., JIy SUtll, ISA).
Dr. A- E HtTRH:
I took your Neuralgia and Sick Headache nils tor
Chronic Headache ivlth Dyspepsia, and thoy acti d
like a charm. 1 would not bo Ithout Ihcm ror any
amount of money.
Mu Wiuum Urock,
Scrnuton, l'a.
IP YOU HAVE HEADACHE.
IP YOU HAVE NEUItAUltA,
IP YOU I'AVE DYSPEPSIA,
IP YOU II WE CONSTIPATION,
IP YOU HAVE 1ND1C1ESTION,
IP YOU HAVE NEIIVOUS CHILIS,
IP YOU lHAVE AGUE CHILLS,
IP YOU HAVE PALPITATION OP TIIE HEAItT
IF YOU HAVE FARALYSIS,
IP YOU HAVE TOOTHACHE,
IP YOU AP.E NEIIVOUS,
TAKE DR. A. E. PURR'S
IVciii-nliit &sic!t Ilcailaclic l'llls.
They will cm esou. There Is nothing In this world
lkc them. Easy to take, they dissolve In the mouth.
The rhyslctans generally recommend them.
For Sale by C. A. Klolm, Blcornsburg drngght.
juno is, 'so-tt
NEW FIRM!
Tho well known c. n. WHITE, Proprietor of tho
OKANOEVILLE AllltlCULTUltAL WOHKS,
has sold a hair Interest In tho samo to J. V. Conner.
The comnany havo renalred the works, ana aro tn g.
nared lo accommodate all who want an thlmr lu tho
huo of Arlcultural Implements. Thoy havo Just
uuuipteiuu a uew icii, nauu line pio,wnciiit pos
sible, will beat tho right hand. Also surface plows
or joiuLcrs lur uio same, a new uiresueranauican
er with centre thnke of rlddlo shoe, called the
Wliltc Thresher ami Cleaner,
with both lever nnd railway powers on a greatly
Improved plan. Wo manufacture LAND HOi.l.EIIS
with cast Iron heads, corn Plows, doublo and single
Cultivators, sldo hill Plows. Mill Castings. Turnlnir
of every description done with promptness. We
keo constantly on hand a large nssoi tment of Plow
Shares for our own and many other plows that aro
used In tho country. Wo will not bo undersold In
work or material of the same quality. All our work
Is warranted togWo satisfaction, or tho money ro-
tne public In geneial are requested to call and ex-
uuiinu uciuru puicnasing fisewnere.
WHITE & CONNER,
jan. 10, '60-ly OUANQEVILLE, PA.
Rowell &. Co'a. Advi's.
ArOBoldbyallllardwareandllarneis Dealern. Thera
li no one ownlna a horse or mala but n hat will find In
this line of poods, eomethlnt? of great Miiue.ande
roclally adapted to tbelr wants. COVERT 41'PO CO.,
T0TTEOYNt Y., Sole Manufacturer!,
July 18, 'S0-4W r
MOSQUITO CATCHER ,TAM
your room In n few minutes without smoke, sou or
grease, itico iu cents, hena postal ror illustrated
lrcular. Agents Wanted, (lood terms. L. T, JUNES
IM Light St., Baltimore, Md.
July 10, 'stMw
$777
A YEAH ana expenses to agents,
ou flt Free. Address P. O. VICKEKY,
Augusta, Maine. r uly6 4w
A DVERT1ERS, send for our sleet list of
spi uco st. N. Y, r July 10, 'wmw
BEST!
business now before thn nubile
You can make money faster at
wotK for U3 thau at anything
else. Canltal not renulrert- Wei
will start you. $t2 a day and upwards made at
home by tle Industilous. Men, womeo, bojs nnd
elrls wanted evt-ry whero to work for us. Now Is the
lime. You can devoto your whole tlmo to thewok
oronly jourppaie moments. No other buslneis
win pay you neany as wen. rio one wining to worK
can fall to make enormous nay br enL'atrlii"' at
once, costly out tit nnd teims free, a great opportu
nity lor nuklntr money easy and honorably. Addre33
uhuk to., Augusta, -Maine, - my 10, to-ti
PUBLIC SALE
OP VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE !
fly vlrtuo ot authority contained In tho last will
and testament ot Henry Kingsbury, late of lientun
township, Columbia county, deceased, the under
signed will exposo to public sale on the premises in
lienton on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7lU 1SS0,
at ten o'clock In tho forenoon, all that certain lot or
piece ot laud, situate, ljlng and being in lienton vil
lage, In tbo township of lienton, and county of Co
lumbia aforesaid, being lot number tx (No. 6) on the
plan ot that part ot tho village which was laid out
by ParTln Masters, bounded and described as fol
lows, to-wlt i liegtnnlng at a po3t by tho Fishing,
creek rbad, thence by land ot Alexander Colley, (lot
io. o) norm sixty-two and a halt degrees west thir
teen perches and one-Uilrdto a post, thence by an
alley north twenty-seun and a half degrees east
three perches to a post, thenco by landot Samuel
llhone, Esq. (lot No. T);south sixty-two and a halt de
grees cast thirteen perches and one-third to a post
by tho road up Plslilngcreck, thenco by said road
south:; and a half degrees west three perches
to tho placo ot beginning, containing forty square
perches, ONK-FOUKI'II OP AN ACHE op land.
Whereon is erected a dwelling house and out-butld-tags.
Terras mado known on day of sale.
(JEOIHIE A.POTY,
, , Administrator do bonis nou,
Julp 9, 16SO-4W Town mil, l'a.
ONI.V SS0
For this style Sinner
trt lu. nvnmlnr,, l.r.-n . .
for It. II lllsrotasreprcscnle'l
..tu, u i.uiiu'u ui uur ex
r;re. hend a postal card for I'.
lustratod circular. C, A. w ood
H. w,, ., ... .C..U. EL,. 1 llllU,,(a
jmytf, 'bu-sm w&co
7JM I.1"!? outfit to agents o.'8doz.lastNlltngar,
-I'M ljlJ felts, sent to every perscn answtiln?
this adv . uLdenclostnir 4 B-ci. slamnsto nnvrwiut
age and packing, Thtsls lioiesu e refer the pub-
iij w pvsiuiu&ier, ur uuj uuBiuces luun in mis piaco,
July , "so-sra wico Franklin city, Mass.
T17 ANTED-WIDE AWAKE AGENTS.
T 1 In all parts of the State to hell Itussel'a new
&elegant MAI OF PENNSYLVANIA. Kverycltlzen
should have It. Nothing has succeeded like It slnoe
war tlm 6. Useful, ornamental and cheap. A gold
on opportunity for e nergetlo canvassers, bampie for
QUAKER ClTYl'IIBLISIIINO HOUSE,
Julys, 'eo-im wtco Ta Hansom St.. I'hllada.
1)1?TIAWQ Kery soldier disabled In
I XllVi Ol UJM p Uno of duty, by wound,
disease or Injury, is entitled to pennon. Pensions
data back to ;ttme of dlschargo or death of soldier.
Claims of all description prostcuted. Copies ot loot
discharges obtained. Claims riled by attorneys who
avo slnco clod, or from otiier causes h.ve ceased
to practice, finished without delay. Add revs with
ei&iup, ii. o- ui.hl.i lxj . Attorneys,
f-sm wio l, u, llox m Washington, 1), o.
li.
J..
enter, rrices wuuiu uio reacn oi mi.
. . . . T.- T..1!.!-l
in penmansnip, uommerciai naw, lunucni
TBic Old "EstsiBiBisBaeai I&B8ag- Stow,
Corner Main and Market Streets
BLOOMS.BQ.RG, PA.
Tho undersigned likvlng been In the WIIOI.INAI.I! IMttHl business for the past cloven j ears would
call tno atwi'tlon T ot tho public generally, and cpUNIHY DKALHUS lu particular, to
their large and vailed slock.
M cqbsJsM Qf
Psassa, 3$fllta, 4nlsss, .PaiMy, Psriciil
Ibe Setaf
BROWER'S BLOCK.
Cannot be siirniasscl anywhere.
IN IT MAY BE FOUND A LARGE STOCK OF
M'ONHES.
CHAMOIS, COLOGNES,
I'EltFUMEItY,
FANCY AUTICLES
TOO lit
iIAIIl IltttlSIIES,
and in fact every thing that should be kept in a complete and well
regulated Drug Btore.
They are tho sole Manufactures of the Celebrated
OIL OF GLADNESS.
ALSO THE MANUAFOTUUEUS AND SOLE l'ROPUIKTORS OF
W. fyl. BtClCLEY'S CELBBEtVpSD mid
INVALUABLE' PBEPAIIATIONS.
0L MPOUND AllOMATIC A VINE OF GENTIAN
AND IKON, IMPROVED CREAM CAM PHOR,
worm: KILLING AGENT, ROSE PECTORAL
X " -I 1 lVylJ.lVU.lUU 4-IJ.tAV-lVyi
Highly Recommended by Physicians.
Blooinsbura:. Pa.
Oct. 17 '70.-ly
CAMPAIGN
1IADGES.
FLAGS, &C,
licautltul Campaign liadfes of tho republican and
Democratic candidates
UAUF1EL1) HANCOCK
and OK and
AltTIlUIt ENUUSII
Contalnlne Hfc-llko I'liotographs of the Candi
dates; encased In Mintaturo Ulit Frames, with pin
for attaching to coat or vest. Active agents can
rnako tioaday selling the-n, nnd city nnd country
merchants can mako a ha'idsoruo rrollt. l'ltce 10
cents each;! for 15 cents; 10 for 5.1 cents or loo tor
13.50. 1 holographs snme prli-o sb badges. ( rayon
portraits on tinted plato paper, llerclo felzo i!2 by
H for 25 cents.
kinds and prices.
us. rius Ull Mrs null
Now Is the harvest tlmo for
agents and dealers, fcend for samples and particu
lars to
U. S. MANUFACTUItINO CO.,
110 Smltnned stieei, Pittsburg, l'a.
July 9, '0-3m waco
PENSIONS
procured for all soldiers disabled
In tho U. S. service from any cause, also 'or heirs of
deceased solders. Tho slightest dlsiblllty entitles
to pension, l'enslons Increased. Tho laws being?
more liberal now. thousands aio entitled to higher
rates. Dounty and new d'srharges riocured, Thoso
v. ho are In doubt asito whether entlt'ed to anjtUInt!
should send two 3 cent stomps for oj-"Cljcularof
Information."
Address, with stamp, Roddait Co.. Solicitors of
claims and t'atents. lioom 8, bt. Cloud llulldlng,
Washington, 1), O,
July o, 'S0-3U1 WiCO STODDAIiT & CO.
CONSUMPTION CUltKI)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PILLS,
Gnlucil !2!) IbN. weight in M month
rowiumx, c. u vo., Arm, issa.
I)K, M. JllLTOK;
Hear Mr After having been sick twclvo months
and tried Iho best phjslilansof the country with
out doing mo tho least cood, 1 1 tied jourl'ltl'DK
I'KTliOLKUMIl'ILt.S. lieu I commenced taking
them I coujhed almost Incessantly, had hemorr
hage, night sweats, etc. 1 weighed 114 lbs. After
taking the pills two moDlhs the cough nnd nlgut
sweaui teased and had nu hemorrhage and weighed
113 pounds,
Yours, respectfully,
FRED, C, DUNN,
Thousands of casestlke tho above.
The pills are also a positive cure for chronlo bron
chitis. Asthma, Catairh, and all Throat and Lung
Troubles.
Trial boies 85 cents. Large boxes (130 pills) 1,
Sent by mall on receipt of price, wtla directions.
Address
DIt. M. MILTON,
July 9, "SO-Sm wtco Irving, N, V,
DJIINlSTnATOtt'S NOTICE
1JSTATE Or OLIVER Wins, DECEASED,
Letters of administration on the estate of Oliver
Watts, late ot the township of Centre, Columbia co.
deceased, have been granhd by the ItegUter of said
county to the ui,derhtgned Administrator. All per
sons having claims against the estate are requested
to prcRcnt thciii tor settlement and those Indebted
to make payment without delay,
KDWAUD WAGNER,
. . . Administrator,
July i, 'so-ew' '
Literature and Science, Classical Con rue,
take any ono or the Courses of Study maj
t.- n...ntni A .1,1. ...-,! 11.. 1
rauumiy, im "',u""l"ci ""Sincis
teleptaph offices, two Uanke, Vc.
A. M,, aim an otners jir.v. v. uui'Fj.ANl),
''y lG-fiw
. , CltlAUS,
TOILET SOAl'S,
MtUSHES,!
LAMPS,
(1LOP.KS
7"ATEU NOTICE.
V,,ttrt ta ltorohv rrlvf-n tlnt In mirsiinnM Of a IC3
olutlonof the Hoard ot Directors, a gcn?ial uieetlns
or tho stockholders ot tho HlooiiHOurg ater
compmy will bo held at the omco of I ran k
I". lilllinejtr, hecretary, In Hloomsburi', on Wednes
day, September lam, iSMi,at two o'clock In the alter
noou for the rpeclalpi-'poso ot taking action on ia
deDtednoas and Issuing bonds to securo the ivme.
FRANK V. HILLMEYEH,
secretary otli'iai-u.
Btoorasburg, July U, 's!)-tf
VTOTICE OF APPLICATION FOB
J CHAltTElt Notice Is hereby given that ap
pllcatlou will bo mado on Satuiday, the 14th day ui
August, A. D., imu, before tho Honorable Milium
Klucll, President Judge of the Court ot Common
I'leas of Columbia county tor a charier for a 'l us
Company" for tho control of nro in -ttio Tow n or
Uloombburg.
L.H. WlNTEKSTEEN,"
EEN,")
)CSB, I
C1US. W0011UOCS
W. 11. AU.EN.
Committee,
FlUNK D. DKNTI.EK, I
KUWillll 11. C'LAHk, J
July 10, 'eO-lw
N1
OTICK IN PARTITION,
IN TUE ESTATE OF WIUUM B. EVANS, TECEASED.
To Mary L. Miller, Sarah A. Miller, now residing In
Washington, D. C; Mary ! I'fouts, of White Ha
ven, l'a., Dr. II. L. Fleas, of Ilerwlck, l'a., guardian
ot Charles H. Dodson ind Ljdla Dodsou, mln ir
children of Julia Dodson, deceased, m d Julia Ma"
daughter of Susan Smith, deo'd.,ot l'hlladeli'hU, 1 a.
Youaio heieby notltled that In accordance with a
.writ Issued out of Ihe Orphans' court ol Columbia
county and to mo directed, I will hold an inquest on
certain lands situate In Berwick, l'a., described la
said writ to mako partition of tho said pifiiit'' to,
and among the panics Inteiested, It such paitltw"
can be made without prejudice to or spoiling ti'U
whole, and It such pirlltlou cahnnt bo mado tl"'
value and appraise tho 6amo. Said Inquest wllliw
held at liern low, l'a .on
BITUMIAY. AUOUST Till, 1SS0,
at 1 o'clock, p, m.
Kherlff's onice, U, II. ENT.
Julylutti,l8o,-tf bhcrltl.
jDMINISTKATOIl'S NOTICE. "
ESTATE OF UANNA1I LAM0N, DECEASED.
Letters of administration on tho estate Of Hannah
lAinon, late cf llrlai creek township, Columbia to.,
Feun'a., deceased, havo been granted by tho Regis
ter of said county to 0. 11. Jacksou, adinr., 1,
wlck, l'a All persons UavlDgcIalnis against Ihe i
tateof the decedent are requested to present tium
fur settlement and thoso Indented lo tho estate to
make payment to the undersigned Administrator
without delay,
C. 11. JACKSON,
Administrator,
June is, 'eo-tiw Hemic", '
IRE INSURANCE.
CHRISTIAN F. KNAFJ1. BLOOMSBUItn, I'A.
UniTISI! AMKHICA AS3UHANCR COMPANY.
(1KIIM AN F1RBINSUHANCF. COMPANY.
NATIONAL F1IIK INSURANCES COM FAN Y.
UNION INSURANCE COMFANY. Jt
1 heo old coal-on ations are well beasoncd by "
and hue tested and havo never yet had a loss set
tled by any court ot law. Tbetr assets are all lincstj
ed In solid siccKiTiKsand aro llubloto the uazaru
of hue only. . . .,.
Losses l uoyiTLY and honestly adjusted and paw
as soon as determined by Chkistian F, KNArr, n et-
Al. AGIST AND ADJCSTEH llLOOUSSl'VO, I'A.
Tho people ot Columbia otunty should pnlr00;?!
the agei,cy where losses llany are settled ana paw
Dyoneortnetroun citizens.
1'UOMrTNESS, KUITY Wilt PKAUNQ
NOT, t, 60,
Ifllfll!
confcreaew