' 11 tiruaali FRIDAY iteviNtito, ass. Is, 11571 D. A. BUEHLER, VIE and Bitsiness Agent. Advertisers and others interested will bear to mind that the regular circulation of tab "EPLut Atm, BurrnowL7 Is much larger tbagiiud of any other paper whittled in the County, being read weekly by not less than 11,00Opersom GOVERNOR'S NENSAGR. la. our last issue we gave a synopsis of the Governor'sliessage, and to-day give the Message itself, omitting a few paragraphs on minor local topics of no interest to the general reader, in order to bring it within it compass to be read vy otir subscribers generally. For once the Democratic leaders find some comfort in a message from Gov. Geary', and gloat over his thrust at the National Acobisinistratton in the mo of the employment of U. wow Lroope to ~ogress on election ye regretted that Gov. enforce the laws of days. It is tt+ Gear; ..' 4,iould, in an otherwise excellent message, have seen fit to travel outside of legitimate State topics, and unne cessarily assail the party which placed him in Executive position. The whole policy of Re-construction has been beset with difficulties, mainly by reason of the malignant Rebel sentiment which sought to thwart, aild`the persistent ef orts made North and South to nullify, plain proviskons of law and under cover of fraud and intimidation gain political power. Much of the legislation of*Con grass in this respfct, world have been as impolitic, as it would have been un necessary, in a normal condition of the Republic; but it was imperiously demanded by the necessities of the times. ; That a difference of opinion should exist as to the propriety of much of this legislation, is natural; but why Gov. Geamy should, at this late day, deem it his duty to put himself on the . record as antagonizing the policy of the National Administration, is hard even to guess, unless it be his purpose to break with the Repul4ican party—which we are loath to believe. TnE President, on Monday, com municated to Congress the correspond ence bearing on the recall of Mr. Mot ley, Minister at the English Court. It includes a lengthly letter from Mr. Mot ley in defence of his course at London and sharply arraigning the President for recalling hini under the circum stances; also an equally lengthy and sharp rejoinder from the Secretary of State, justifying the President's - action and assigning the reasons which led to Mr. Motley's removal It seems that Mr. Motley's action in the .Alabama negotiations was at variance with his in structions, and not in accordance with the President's views. As far back as last June, Secretary Fish required Mr. Motley to communicate to Lord Gran-' ville the fact that his views, as previ ously presented to Granville, did not meet the approbation of the President. So decided was the President's disap probation, that he ordered him to cease further negotiations on the Alabama question, and gave him to understand that hi.vresignation would be accepted. Mr. Motley declining to resign, unless the President specially set forth the reasons for his dissatisfaction, he was ordered in November to turn over the Mission to Mr. Moran, Secretary of Legation, until a successor could be ap pointed. IN the Douse of Representatives, on Monday, Mr. Orth moved' to take up the Senate Resolutions to appoint a Commission to examine into the condi tion of San Domingo, and report on the propriety of annexation. A two-third vote being requisite, the motion failed by one or two votes. Mr. Orth then re ported a similar resolution from the Committee on Foreign Affairs and sought to force a vote. The Demo crats, aided by a few Republicans hos tile to the proposition, commenced a series of dilatory motions; but after a little skirmishing it was agreed to take the Senate Resolutions from the Speaker's table, with the privilege of debate until 2 o'clock on Tuesday. Tile resolutions were adopted on. Tuesday by a vote of 123 to 63, with au amendment p3viding that the resolutions should not be construed as committing Congress in favor of annexation. But six Republi cans voted in the negative-I-Messrs. Beatty. Boyd, Finkelnburg, Hoar, Peters and Willard. The reaolutionago back to the Senate for concurrence in the amendment, which will of course be given. It is rumored that ex-Senator Wade will be one of the Commissioners. On Wednesday the Senate. unani mously adopted the House amendment, It was rumored at Washington that ex-Senator Wade, President White of Cornell University, and Bishop Simplon, will be appointed Commissioners. B. F. MEYERS seems disposed to try the merita of the contested elic`tion case, between himself and Mr. Cessna, before a popular tribunal instead of the regular CongressitMat- Committee. To this end he keeps lip,' through - his pa pers, the Bedford Gazette and Harris burg Patriot, persiat' ant and bitter at tacks on Mr. Cessna personally, and freely discusses the merits of the: oott test now in progress. Mr. Cessna is uow taking testimony in the Western counties of the district. Of the testi mony in Somerset county, Mr. Meyers writes to his papers that— "Cessna has uttterly failedlo make out a case in the districts of Addison, Loser and Upper Turkeyfoot, Milford and Mid diecreek * • • * In the fire above mentioned four illegal votes for Meyers were pioved, and eight for Cessna." On the other hand, Mr. Scull, of the Somerset Herald, says— " Our information is, that in these five townships Mr. Cessna attained the evi deuce to prove upwards of fifty illegal votes polled for ideposs. Doctors win differ." We understand that Mr. Meyers will take teatimOny in Gettysburg on tha Sd of February, and Mr. Cessna an tfie Bth.' THE Legislature re-convened on Thee day last. Speaker Wallace announced the Senate Committees, Mr, Bucksfew LlChairinium of the Committees on Con stitutional Reform and Federal Reki tion.s. Mr. Duncan has the Chairman ship ofiwo Committees, Private claims and Painting. Mr. Wallace starts fairinmaaifesting a purpoile to break up indiscriminate special legislation. He announces his intention not to entertain& bills cover ing objects which are wi the juris diction of Courts or within the scope of general eel* In the Houses protmctad sad Nana what-spicy debate took place over Both ermeirs tiettirsbum, involving tharlght of the artist to exhibit the painting. money, and its Ultimate clispoidtkiti; which ended in the adoption Of a kap lawn for the appointment of a joint Committee to take charged thir'se and reports' to the moat aViiiii - iisgew it Ay. THE POLITICAL TILITITim. ---teettilarkegnftgarric7Fresident Colfax and Senator Sumner have given to the public their views of.ths political condition and prospects ot,he country cr the opening of the newer, In Mr. eeley's address to this fkionblican ~neral Committee'of New York; be contents himself with a candid 'hulks tion of President' Grant's 'Adminiara tion, and a predict that he will be better qualified for the position in 1872 than he was-in 1888. We take it by this Mr. Greeley means that President . Grant will enter on his second term of office with the wisdom of eirperienee in 4dpilidataringlac fouryesau Ike daft. of his high office, added to the straight -1 forward honesty and determinatt i do his best for the good to the whole country which luta him. character. • Mr- " ....olLax comes, to the same con erasion regarding President Grant, but be reiterates his former declaration by leaving his own position to be filled in 1872 by "some one of the many uromi tient Republicans, East or South, whom all confide in," Ile tells truly the secret of the imperishableness of the Republi can party by showing that, haiing grown from the people, and not being crested by politicians, it cannot be destroyed by them. Senator Sumner's article urges what is still to be done. He finds terrible dis order and violence still prevailing in the South, sufficient to postpone all thoughts of amnesty.. He advises that complete political security must be obtained, and that with it we must have specie pay ments and a sound currency. calm 'Envies Rareirm. Tan subject of "Civil Service Re form" is again being agitated, and its advocates are profuse in predictions of the good results that will follow its adoption. The "wild hunt for office," Will be summarily stopped; those who dispense or control patronage will get rid of an intolerable nuisance; public business be brought to a superlative state of perfection; and the National Capital tranaformed into an earthly par adise, instead of being a sink of corrup: tion. The first of these ends might pos sibly be attained, but we think there is not only a good deal of the impracti cable, but a large amount of humbug in the whole scheme. Persons holding civil offices for a protracted period of time do net always discharge their duties most efficiently and faithfully. The "service" has often been benefitted by pushing superannuated fogies _."off their stools," and putting new, live men in their places. There is also a vast deal of gammon in the notion that Sen ators and Representatives Are nearly "bored to death" by office-seekers; for it the President or a Cabinet officer sees fit to make an appointment without first consulting them, faultkinding and denunciation follow as a matter 01( eurse, by these same Senators and Representatives. Nor is it likely to put stop to the nepotism and favoritism, which is alleged to prevail. On the cod-. trary, if office tenures are made to con tinue for life, those who dispose of or control patronage will just as surely provide places for relatives and friends, and will be the more anxious to do so, in view of the life-tenure. But the most serious objection to the measure is its anti-democratic and anti-republican tendency. It would inevitably result in the formation of exclusive circles— an aristocracy of-position—similar to that now existing in the Army and Navy. It would be a retrograde move n'iwat—a step backward; for this "civil servfee" Idea Is mainly borrowed from England, where pomfortabla•places are thus provided for the younger sons of great families, whose chief merit lies, not in qualifications, but in the fact that they can command influence with the dispensers of royal patronage. The idea of competitive examinations would, in practice, prove a delusion—as these examining boards would, be subject to precisely the same influences which now control the appointing power, Public officers, assured of permanebt position, would grow supercilious, unaccommo dating, and neglectful of duty, unless, with the introduction of a life-tenure, a radical change can be wrought in human nature. There are unquestioned evils con nected with our American system of office-seeking and place-getting; but they cannot be cured by this much vaunted universal panacea of . "Civil Service Reform." At best; it would be but the substitution of another class of evils, foreign to our Republican ideas— an aping of debauched monarchical systems, where blood aristocracy and money command power and place. A better plan would be to diminish CIXOCU thre patronags by making Postmasters and other officials elective offices; Under proper restraints and conditions. Nepot ism would be broken up; 'and while at times incompetent men might be chosen, this class would not. be more numerous under an elective than under an ap pointive system, while direct responsi bility to the people would tend to secure courteous, faithful discharge of duty. TRENZ has been no essential change in the military status in France since our last issue. The Germans seem to have begun in earnest the reduction of Paris by bombardment and regular ap. preaches. In addition to Fort Anon, several French redoubts east of the ctty have fallen into the hands of the Ger mans. Several of the larger forts on the South and East have also been silenced by the German des. The re duction of the city seems to be only question of Ulna, German despatches contradict Gen. Paidherbe's claim of French successes in the North of France, while King William telegraphs that the Army of the Loire is again retreating before the victorious march of Prince Frederick Charles' army. Unless the . French armies outside of Paris' do something effectively for the relief pf the beleagur ed capital, and that epeedily, it must tall. The new Ring of Spain had been re ceived at Madrid with much enthind um, and had formed a Cabinet with Marshal Serano at Its head. The assas sination of Gen. Prim seems to have re sated against the Republicans and Latatudliad the popular feeling in favor of•the new monarchy. A caw., numenindy signed, has been issonefor a convention, to be held in Philadelphia on the 18th inst., to deviee means to secure the adoption of amend ments to the Conatitation4 the 'United States, distinctly recogtdsing God as the ruler of nations, and the divinity of 1 JANIS /ham, Preside:2W the State I reespssaisee Union, has in:zed a call , ktrO4Olos 31541141 of the triends of , PolionlOcfs akileffilifbost Olt We+ seiow sect,46. aitt iv'. Chinches, dandiargldhaall, ZOnetielikm,*hlns. ir dens, dre., are regesseeill -to _ Sam • _ ~- 4 STATE .11111ilieltt. 'We Lave received an advance copy of the annual report of General John F. Hartranft, Auditor General, on the finances of the §tata, for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1870. From this desument we take the t'ollaarhy ma. Marisa of the receipts and espenditums the tee:Mkt:wealth during the year: SUMMARY Or Tan RMOMDTIL -Undo . 81110.1141 50 Auction comazabodons KM 50 Auction duties 34,838 47 Tax on bank dividends • • 296 83 _ Tax on bank stocks. 284,922 49 Tax on corporation stocks 1,241,218 24 Tax on personal property. Tax on loans Tar . - 0 , ree d i s x lialll 41111 : °11136°816. . - ;1109 165 7 70 Tax on enrolment of laws. 21,288 00 Tax on tonnage ' 401,4* OS Tax on eoal • SLR* 32 Commutation of townie tax WOOS SO Tax on writs, wine, deeds, etc %SP OS Tax on certain dikes ' - 10,440 74 Collateral inheritance tax 341,4195 88 , 1 1 Tavern licensor 8110,143 se 4 ' Retailers' licenses 406,638 se Sample licenses 8,1011 00 Theatre, circus, and ineuagersP U. - Obllnegl • bowling-sniens. And ten-pin Alley !Iceman EaUn¢•bouse, beer-boase, and natant. rant licenses _53,431 66 Peddlers' Heenan.— ?An 78 Brokers' licenses. ' 6,033 49 Patent medietne licensee • 8,538 15 Distillery and brewery Remises. ' 4,534 63 Millers' licensee 3.357 42, Foreign insurance agencies. 273 578 89 _ , Premiums on charters 56,959 1! Pamphlet laws 47317 Liebman , 5,053 49 Pennsylvania, Railroad Company. bond No. 15, redeemed. 100,000 00 Cases of conscience 100 00 Annuity for right of way 10,000 00 Refunded each 3,944 99 Fines and penalties. 6,338 13 Fees of the publle omees. 9114 03 Commissioners of the Kuicing Fund.. ' 26,650 CC Accrued Interest 11,242 33 M 24 Balance in Treasury Noy. 30, isda .. L KU awn 9 97,7117,4115 73 SUICKAIa OF TKO PATICERIII. Rapenots of the Government_ ..... 88,013 25 38111tLa expenses, ordinary ' 7,787 42 Military expenses: Per act of April 18,1882. Per act of April 22, 1888. Per act of Apra 16,1888 . Per act of April 6,1f70. Per act of #prtl 8,1870, Pensions and gratuities. Charitable Inatitationa. Soldiers' orphans' school Pennsylvania State A grkultural So- ciety Common schools Commissioners of the Sinking Pond, Manx, etc., redeemed ....01,7Cf2,870 05 Other payments Interest on loans Damages and old claims Cumberlandi road Barber Master, . Port Warden, Philadelphia..... Inspectors of coal wines State Library. Public buildings and grounds.. Douse of Refuge Penitentiaries. Escheats Council fees and commissioners Mercantile appraisers Special commissioners Board of Public Charities. Eastern Experimental Farm .... Miscellaneous 16.43‘,622 61 Balance in Treasury Nov. A 1870... 1.302.942 12 OVZ COMMON SCHOOL.. THE Annual Report of Hon. J. P. WICKERSHAM, Superintendent of Com mon SchooLt- is an interesting docu ment, abounding with interesting sta tistics and valuabte,suggestions in con nection with our educational system. Besides the data 1- furnished by the Reports of County Superintendents, Mr. Wickersham gives a number of tables, shoWing the progress, cost, &c., of the Common Sobool system since its intro duction into Pe esof the several ` counties in the State—and a comparative view of the work and condition of the Collegiate and Acade mical institutions in the State. The following table presents a gratifying ex hibit of the strength of the Common School system in the State: Number of school districts In the State Number of schools. Number of graded schools Number of school directors.. Number of superintended' Number bi Stiobirs. Average Warta et male teachers per month vie 66 Average salaries of female teachers pet month 832 36 Average length of school teas 606 Number ofit4dis, 1138,8111 Average umber Of pupga 655,641 Percentage of attendance upon the whole number registered • .64 Average cost of tuition per month for each pupa. .16 Cost of tuition for the year 13,146,415 81 Cost of building, purchasing and renting school houses. 2,165,644 96 Cost of contingencies 1.160=6 00 Total cost for tuition, building, ge.„ and contingencies Total cost, including expenditures of all kinds 7,171,76 l 20 EsUmated value of school property. 11,537,183 ce Mr. Wickersham urges an increase of the State appropriation for the coining school year, and makes sundry sugges tions as to school policy, which should command the attention of the Legisla ture. In regard to the reading of the Bible he says: TEE Bible, too, which is the basis of our civilization, as well as of our Christi anity, is read, but without comment, in 11,- 898 oat of 14, 812 of our schools. Children learn, at least, from this practice that the Bible is a sacred book, and to respect it as such. They learn more, for no one can doubt its lessons are seeds that arruiticit,, ly fall upon the good ground of young hearts open to receive them. Bat we have no law to enforce the reading of the Bible in our public schools, and want none. It has thus fir worked its own way, and, with patience, its further progress is assured. Neither doiproad-minded school officers in insisting upon the reading of the Bible In the sahooli they control and it necessary to violate the rights of con science of any good oitixem. The children of such a parent can readily be excused from the religious exercises of school with out disturbing its order. Thus, such school officers secure the reading of God's Word, preserve the, rights of conscience, and treat their fella-num asthey maid like to be treated by them. In saying this much on this subject, it may be well to say twothings more:Arst, that all religions instruction .of a sectari an character should be strictly 'excluded from our public schools. There is eestain. ly a brood basis in every wheel for renseo tarian moral instruction. It is not sec tarian to train a child to be polite, kind, honest, or truthful; and 14,9wh0r who cam not do this without introducing some dis puted religious dogma or doctrine, is un fit to teach at all. Such teaching does not neopsiarlly involve sectarianism any more than the teaching of grammar, Phil osophy, or histosy. dal, mooed, that the beet mond and religious instruction and training that can be given in a publiO school will idave the thild with an incomplete moral and religious culture. A public school fi a se cular school, and what It doss to midis the young better needs to be supplemen. tied by the more special mond and,selig iDus instruction rail training &the home, the Bablailvochool, and the ohm*. Vilma*? comas hos Loodosi that filo stows of lance Is worsi this ber oulitsayaitoattoo. islatire heki their caucus ou 'Tuesday night for S Tanasurex, and upon the first balkiresult was as follows: it. W. /foetu s . Allegheny 52; G. D. Cottnana, 41191X.0n, 9; (3c., F. Houghli; XH. Tollgr.trt 1. TN, nom ination was made Illraninionel. On WolnesdaY tb e Senate and in met in joint convwdtion to elect aßktli Treasurer. ' Mr, - Mackey was elected en the that balk*, receiving 70 votes to 60 for D. Q. Barr. The latter was. the Demoviatic nominee. Mt. Mackey was the Republican cau cr•.a nominee last year, but was defeated firtircoratilnation of bolting Republicans and the Democrats, who voted for and elected Gen. Irwin. The latter now gives way to his competitor of last year. A Tra.zwurmc despatch from Har risburg announces the sudden death, in that place on Wedesday morning, of Ron. John Covade, Member of Congress from the Irestmorelaial and Indiana district. 2,826 73 Mr. Corode reached Harkisburg on Wednesday evening, on his way to Washington. He retired at 11 o'clock in usual health. During the night he complained of pain in the region of his heart, and a physician was called in. He died about 5 o'clock Thursday morn- 4.116 MI By the official list of taxable citizens t furnished by the several counties of the State, as the basis for apportioning Sen atorial and Legislative districts, it ap pears that the aggregate of taxable; in the State is 811,961. Adams county re turns 8,029, Franklin 10,230, Bedford 6,624, Fulton 2,312, Somerset 5,915, Cumberland 12,174, York 18,331, Dau phin 12,699, Berks 22,915, and Lancas ter 31,003. THE Huntingdon "Journal and Amer ican" and the "Republican" have been consolidated, and will hereafter be issued under the title of the "Hunting don Journal," hy Messrs. Durboraw & Nub. , The first No. comes to us en larged and improved in appearance. The consolidation will doubtless inure to the benefit of Republicanism in Huntingdon, which has been distracted by4actions representing rival journals of the same party. %MIS e➢ 24.2:15 77 2A2 OA 483 30 259 20 92,561 99 396,06 09 509.245 23 2,000 00 601,059 S 4 Gioi, J. R. W-EST has been elected U S. Senator from Louisiana, Gov. Clay ton from Arkansas, and Hon. T. W Ferry from Michigan—all Republicans Ex-Senator F. F. Frelingbuysen wil probably be elected from New Jersey. 116,673 sp .1,789,552 55 '1,664,811 77 . 7,129 15 . 1,513 00 . 2.708 30 • 2,499 99 5.382 01 • 5,150 00 . 30,338 42 . 761E0 00 . 104,538 93 • 3.615 00 . 2,456 62 . 1,825 77 • 6,197 56 3,757 37 3,000 00 71.318 53 IT is 4'ol rmaored from Washington that Secnstaryirish is about to resign. HEavr reinforcements have recently ar rived in Frame from Germany - . TEE Board of Health of New Orleans has ordered the vaccination of all the chil dren attending the school of that city. Ma. MORSEL', member of the English Parliament from Limerick, has offered the Pope a residence on his estate in Ireland. Tax Supreme Court of Virginia has de cided that imprisonment for debt is con stitutional in that State. A mass meeting was held at Greenwich, near London, on Snnday night, at which Gladstone's removal from the English Ministry was demanded. Oua Southern exchanges my that Su r ratt cannot obtain an audience to listen to his "lecture," and that he has retired from the exhibition business. Gas. Canzaos west to Georgia, last week, to be you ion days. He is largely interested in the late purchase of the Georgia State Earned. Ovza ten and a bar million dollars worth of arms and military stores have al ready been shipped from this country to France. $7.737,4 73 A Gamma', strike in Schuylkill and Lackawanna mining regions M expected to take place this week in order to limit the supply and raise the price of coal. THE trustees of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, have renewed their request to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher to accept $20,- 000 salary for the ensuing year. A Wmi3ir lady in Boston, named Mary Ann Clinch, residing at No 220 Lancaster street, was burned to death last week by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. A Coax. oil accident mewed at Indian apolis on Friday, whereby five members Of a family named Jones were burned, Mrs. Jones and an infant child fatally. Ox Monday night the through train from New -York for Washington, which left Baltimore at halfpast eight, was board ed by robbers, who rifled the baggage car. 2,002 14.222 2,892 12,100 17= 7.605,206 20 Tax Roman Catholic Church of Bt. John ' th►e Evangelist, located . on Fifth street, near Fourth avenue, Het► York city, was totally destroyed by fire Tues day evening. TIM reception given by Mrs. Grant, Tuesday afternoon, is reported u being one of the most brilliant affairs of the kind that over took place at the Executive Nan. don.- ; Joan Eitirrat has become thoroughly disgusted with the lecture btusinem the people of the South, from whom be expec ted much, not rendering him enough to pay ball rent. 4. LADY in Bath, Me., has just had re turned to her by the Post Office Depart miiitit letter which she mailed eight years and six months ago. It was covered with postmarks. COXIMMONZIII PlNlSSittcp has issued an order forbiding revenue Oaken to leave their districts withcmt permission from the Department, and invoking all permits now ontstarnling. Tux refusal of 'France to eater under the present circumstances into the . Confer ence on the Eastern question embanks's* the other PoSwees, and the Csnefereace has been postponed. England has premised Turkey to sustain the terms of tie treaty 0f1&56, cadiaoriranhation of the army is announced. On the 18th, day of November last there Wm emoted In the Pacific °mews tarsi tragody—the dmanatiou otaoool/0 ship by fire. The captain *ad rem man aged to awe thamenivee; and are hundred and twelve of the unfortunate Chinese were picked upbra passing vessel, but four huadred and twenty , tbre of the pear 'creatures perished in the thane. A. Dettanwrias from New anifordafese., ammemtme shismemems mid austere who were lasers by the piracies of the Alabama; visited Wsehington an Saturday, sad ed spas the State Department the prompt payment of their defies far dimmeee - by the43overament. They found that in for White Home and on Covemuman there Was a general ellepostmon tooomply with their request. . The Cumberland Talky Railroad has been`eompleted to Walbumwort, hid., so se to soonest with the Chesapeake and Obio Canal, and work is now programing ce the iewly.ehartered railroad boa the Potomac river to Wincheiter, Vs., a dia.. dame tit thirtzr-one adios, known as the Merableas ti and Poems, ihdbeall, of auarkw.l. Ittelknw la Presk- egosissAL NEWT. Mil — trbfeieltsiaiitlietitfrer t ARDENT OMITS. From an Essay on this subject written by Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the weeds as s copied: Is Wetly ',MUM., not less thin 4000 people die Maly from the use of Ardent Writs, the United States.— Shodd thy" °outline tositert this deadly intlitencnupon ourpopriMtion, where will their evils terminate? This question may be answered by asking where are all the Indian tribes whose numbers and arms formerly spread terror among their civil ized neighbors? I answer in the words of the famous Mingo Chief, "the blood of many of them flows not in the veins of any human fireature." They have perish ed, not by pestilence nor war, but by a greater foe to human life than either of them—Ardent Spirits." The loss of 4000 American citizens, by the yellow fever, in a siVe year, awaken ed general sympathy and terror, and cal led forth all the strength and ingenuity . of laws to prevent its recurrenee. Why is not the same seal manifested in protecting our citizens from the more general and consuming ravages of distilled spirits? Should the castans of civilized life pre serve our nation from extinction, and even from an increase of mortality, by those liquors, they cannot prevent our country being governed by men chosen by intern =and corrupted voters. From such the Republic would soon be in (17 3r.' W the sober ballot-holders of our country give due heed to the warning words of this distinguished Patriot? Will they lab° be diligent to apply the ballot-remedy before it shall be forever too late? A. VOTER. Mamas. Enrrons:-1 desire, 'through the oolumus of your paper, to tender my sincere thanks to the brethren and sisters of Flobr's Church, for the agreeable sur prise they gave the parsonage in Arendts villa, on the 7th ult., and the abundance of good things for the Pastor and family which they brought with them; also, to the brethren of the Arepdtsville Church for their kindness in hauling my winter's wood. May God prosper and bless them all. M. SNYDER. Anwstrrsvms, Pa. POST Or CONTICSTED BEATS IN THE Lao rauvunz.—Among the revelations made by the report of the auditor general, just received, are the items of oost in the con tested election' cases of last winter, As these cases afford fair samples of what such contests usually cost the public, we will reproduce the items of expense in two of them?' In the Scull-Findley case, Mr. Findley's witness fees were $382.07; the pay of the committe was $2,100; of the clerk to the eommitte $800; Mr. SculFg expenses were $600; the sergeant-at-arms, for serving subpomses, received $718.49; total $4,895.. 49. In the Watt Diamond ease, the expens es were very considerably greater; the coMmitee received $4,200, the sergeant-at arms $874, Mr. Diamond $l,OOO, and the clerk, A. M. Martin, $1,200; total $7,274. . The total expense to the state of these two eases wa5g11,089.28. The Grab:Po-Mooney case in the house cost $4,4 1 .10", and the Geise-Forsyth ease P,300. The four eases foot up $19,419.98. Mn. M. D. CONWAY, in a London letter to the Cincinnati Commereial, gives an account of the appearence of a full-blooded American negro, named Chester, at the Old Bailey, as counsel in an important criminal case. Mr. Chester, whd former ly lived in Philadelphia, and is very black, created a sensation when ho took his place, arrayed in his white wig and his black gown, among the eminent banisters, who treated him with the utmost consideration. A young Scotchman, named Mutter, was associated with Mr. Chester as junior coun sel. The case was that of a shoemaker named Leary who was charged with mur mrcritrlVl in the same shop with him, and was regarded as so clear against the prisoner that the Judge did not take pains to conceal the black cap, worn while pronouncing sentence of death, which he brought with him when he took his seat. Yet the negro lawyer, by sharp cross-examination, managed to so shake the evidence regarding malice and deliberation as to save his client from the gallows. Leary was convicted of man slaughter only, and got off with ten years' penal servitude. Tin comparative statistics by the Bu reau of Education, of the several States and sections of the Union, present a re markable contrast, and show what an in fluence education has upon the politics of the country. Thus we find in New England —Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, with an area of 02,668 square miles and a population in 1860 of 3,135,228, that the number of persona over twenty years of age able to read and write is 1,709,411, and that the number of persons of the same age who cannot read and write is 83,847. In six Southern States—South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Leiria iszia—with . an area four times as large as that of New England, and a population one-third greater, there are only 858,243 persons over twenty years of age able to read and write, and 1;125,269 enable. Figures like these carry with them a lesson. ' Tits HEALTH or EX-SEC/WART SSW AHD. -Ez-Postm,sster General Randall, who has just returned from Japan, whither he accompanied the Hon. Wm. H. : Seward, , says that the, venerable statesman is suf fering from a complete paralysis of, both arms, so that he is deprived of the use of them in performing the most ordinary offices of nature. With this exception his health seems to be unimpaired. He eats and deeps well, bag good digestion, and his mental faculties are u clear, Strong and active as ever. Re keeps a diary of passing events and of his journey, which be dictates every day to Miss Risley, who is travelling with him, and who, in a great measure, takes the place of a daughter. Govsaxon Sinvinteow, of Kentucky, seems to_ be an honest man, one who will not degrade his' high office to low par than purpose& In his message just sent to the Legislature he denounces the Su- Klux -Klan in severe terms, and asks for additional power to enable him to 'crush that nefarious organization. And yet writers and speakers of Governor Berms. aon's political party hoist that the Kull= and their crimes are figments of Radical imaginations. ,It will bit interesting to see how the Legislature of Kentucky will taw, the Governor's fienwnfiations of the assassins that disgrace their State. Tim Attorney General has recently ren dered decisions in two cases of ommidare ble interest to internal revenue cams who Webs ineerig. The first decision is that detectives appointed under the inter nal revenue laws are entitled to informers' shares of penalties; a/so, that internal revenue amemors, oven, where they obtain informwthow by Mention of books F, which they have been ordered to ins are entitled to informers' shame, w ' in either case, is one-half the penal This affectetwo_ or three hundred miss tat hare been pending. 1 -----,—............---- 'Wan are you disturbing the whole house with your yells in this way for?' demanded a Swifts landlordbis guest whom hefted tete at nig* WWOrdWgir in licelvnereult of **ibis foes, and Pahl( et .ureic, gelds nice. "I'm shoutieg Ihe hallbsew of Ileadmeir answered the ga i stv 4111161 eutt shied nth /de seerch ellitjeni. " . • 1671"57.. ,/I—„us • , UNITIES. CARROA.L.—The Iron Bridge over Dou ble Pipe Creek, at Cover's Mill, will be finished by the 24th instant.—The follow ing gentlemen were elected, *Clink s *era Ott% Carron eon* Agricyjimal . IlitaietytJ Presid ant, Anipmtne. Eariveri woe PrOtbnit, Jeremiah. aleehart; 800- War d. Mitlienly; Threengsgpagli,, , , , /Id MiiidneDinftora, D. H. Byers, George W. Matws, Da vid Fowble, Josephus IL H oppe.—The family of Mr. J. H. Babylon, near Fria zelburg, has been seriously afflicted by Diptheria having lost three children re cently; on the Nth of December, Jesse Stiller, age 8 years; on the 25tb, May, aged about 8 years, and Harry M. in the Bth year of his age.—The barn of Josepbue Powell was destroyed by fire on Sunday the Ist inst., with a horse, heifer, several sheep, a baggy and some grain; no insur ance.—Samuel Lilly, of Manchester, mail contractor, was thrown from his coach on the 14th ult., near Hampstead, breaking his arm. FaZDERICK.—Gov. Bowie. has signed the death warkaid of John Martin, color ed, convicted et rape, to be hung on the 10th of Febuary. FRANXLIN.-8. L. McGowan, formerly of Chambersburg, committed suicide at one of the hotels in Baltimore, one night last week, by taking laudinum.—Tbe National • Link of Chambersburg have declared a dividend of six per cent out of the profits of the last six months. —Judge King, of the Franklin Judicial district, died at his residence in Bedford on Tuesday.—Last week, Mrs. Eyster, wife of George Eyster, Assistant Treasur er of the U. States at Philadelphia, while on a visit to her brother, David Craig, near State Line, was thrown from a buggy with her two children, by the horse run ning off; the children escapcd,but Mrs. Eyster was dragged some distance, sus taining a fracture of the collar bone and other serious injuries.—A man named . Bowermaster was arrested in Strasburg and committed to jail, on the charge of stealing a horse from a Mr. Hoover, of Cumberland eounty.—On last Friday two old ladles, sisters, Mrs. Magdalena Etter, living at New Guilford, and Mrs. Christ iana Horn, living near Fayetteville, died within a few minutes of the same time. They were sisters of Mr. Samuel Rhine hart, near Waynesboro.—A young man, named John Herman, residing in Mifflin township, went out gunning on Wednes day of last week. Later in the day he was found lying dead in a field, appear ances indicating that the gun he carried was accidentally discharged and its con tents lodged in his breast. Yong•—On Thursday evening a sorrel mare, worth VW, was stolen from Alex ander Underwood, in Dillsburg.—lsaac Henry, of Springfield township, a short time ago lost a valuable horse from hydro phobia; he had been bitten by a rabid dog about 18 months ago.—On last Thursday week a case of pc isoning occurred at New Cumberland, caused by arsenic,, which is supposed to have been dragged in to a cis tern by a rat which was found in the wa ter. Two families had been using some of the water, and were all slightly affected by the poison, but Mr. Henry Retman suffered most severely, and at one time his recovery was doubtful.—LaSt week, a man named Winfield Cade, was arrested in Harrisburg charged with firing the York county alms house barn.—The resi dence of D. H. Barnitz, near Hanover, was entered by burglars on Thursday night; a dozen silver spoons and an over coat were =Tried off.—Seven persons, convicted of various crimes at the recent York Court, were sent to the Peniten tiary.—John Baughman, aged 84 years, Was found dead at his residence in Hano ,..r, on Monday morning; ho lived alone and did his owr. cooking.—Charles E. Kuhn has sold his residence, on Carlisle street, Hanover, to N. H. Martin, for ;1,805. LEGISLA TIVE EXPENBES.—The auditor General's report shows the expenses of the last legislature to have been in the senate $92,260.35, and in the house $183,388.36. Total, $277,643.71. Add to this the bill for public printing, $137,706.79, and we have $415, 330.50. A small portion of the printing bill was for the years 1870 and 1889; but we presume such back claims are presented and paid every year. Among the more remarkable items that go to make up this large sum may be men tioned that of $lO,OOO for postage for mem bers of the house. In the senate the pos tage item was $3,000. Total for postage, $lB,OOO. Besides, there was paid to the "resident clerk," Mr. Smull, "for pay er:4W of postage, labor, express charges," etc., staring the recess, $750, but how much of this went for postage is not sta ted. Mr. Small ought to itemize his bills. kfr...Dergner's bill for Pardon's Digest, and Ziegler); Manual, sums up $1,690. Thole books have been voted by the mem bers to themselves this session, and are every session. The item of $8,159.50 paid to "pastors and folders," indicate that a somewhat extensive book and publishing business is carried on by the legislature; tmt this part of the legislative expenditure, we believe, has been reduced considerably within a few years. Ox Tne;iday, the lower House of Con gress passed, by a decided vote, Mr. Mor rell's bill to provide for a national celebra tion of the one hundredth anniversary of American Independence, by holding an international exhibition of arts and man tifactume in Ihiladelphia on July 4, 1876. RVIICEXCLT cold WIYAW prevailed in the New England States Tuesday morn ing, the thermometer being many degrees below IMO. At Lancaster, N. H., it stood at SP balm; at Norwich, Conn., 19 0 ; at Concord So; at Littleton 94P. Aiaauricaar Odd Fellowship has been ex tended to Germany. The hit Lodge was instituted at Stuttgart, on the sth of De cember, by Prof. J. F. Norse, under spec ial authority from the Grand Lodge of the 11. States. Coarse!—Whe has not suffered from Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, Chil blains, Temler Part Ac., &c.? Briggs' Alleviator and Curative is a certain reme dy. Sold by Druggists. gent by mail 60 eta. D. J. Brume & Co. Newark, N. J. CArsanitl—What dimase can be more disagreethis or disgusting than Catarrh? Briggs' Alievantor is - a pleasant, cheap and positive remedy. Bold by druggists. Prual--Brdfer not with Internal Bleed ing or Itching Piles. A ours has been elimovered! Briggs' Pile - Reasedlee are eafe and atm. Bold by druggists - --Cozily/Erma I--With the hollow, soul eough, weakened hinge, profuse expeeteentles, tine ilebilitimut, night sweats; „end all other symptoms of this &MI malady, are subdued, by the use of lkiggs' Throat and Lung Healer, the most appropriately named malady yet discov ered for Throat and Lung Himmel. Bold by A. D. Buehler, J. X. Huber and CoalmanY• tf Pm= Oiarmaa.—B. B Mianigkaiak** it a past to mime up the Mow Rim Oysters tbat eaa be seemed to the Balti more market. Hs Ma twig Soooteestde *Ka Dm iodise aid Beatieseal, Sad 0110 shimc la Pr,i sa oak& OStwo weed up te every *ON M Mit the most 4 1.04911 2 . lind Me for Mahe& (From the Toledo Blade. j ?E MANNY LEIMMI. , Mr. Nasby Disgusted wigh LWOW. tempts Suicide, , but ' falls—Nre Leaves New 'Verb Fereveso t Noo YorucDec. 12, 1870 - .•,:-The H uv Erin 8' Or no mime! 'the fire L it its harth tea ' ' e (t —tie is lui there now—th p *lit nix..m! in the place u* lite re 1 ~5 , t v e 3... .'s. The bails closed, and the chee gargle uv ;he bottles Abel be heerd no more forever. The owner uv the bildin, Mr. Patrick Donahue, in which the Harp uv Erin lagoon wnr. located, .virus a. candiA"iks. Skool Eggsaminer, and he expected to git the poeishen confidently. He hed bin in this country three years last Jam, and hed prospered. The eggstraordinary of votin twelve times the first eleckshun he participated in brought him into no tice, and gave him a contract for fittin up an armory, on which he made snuff to purchis this bundles. To widen his politi kle iuflooence and to sekoor a place as Skool Eggasminer, Mr. Donahue fitted up the room in which I started the Harp uv Erin, and leased it to me, reservin to him self the direekshnn and control nv the. voters wich the bar controlled, and also the privilege nv his own likker at cost.— So long ez his prospects wuz brite he did not ask me for rent, but after the late eleckshun there wuz a change. Tweed give the place he wanted to another citi zen who bed adopted this. country isence, who controlled two corner s'loons and consekently bed more inflooence, and the enraged Mr. Donahue came down on• me for rent immejitly. 1 coodeut pay. Ow ing to the fact that the tyrannicle Feder al Government prevented repeetin at the last eleckahun by broot force, there wnz absolootly no money among my people, not a dolls, They bed all depended on reserving their yoosual pay for their fall's work, but their hopes wuz blastid. When I shoved my bills at em, they Taft me to skorn. "Present it to the tyrant Grant wich prevented me from earnin any money on last eleekshun day!" wuz the invariable reply. Then I flew to my books to see wat prominent workin Democrats owed me be sides those wich I bed seen. I took my memorandum and called of the names, and my assistant, wich knows everybody, informed me uv their whereabouts, as fol lows: "Patsey McGrath?" "In the State Prison." '•Dinnis McFaddins?" "He's in the State Prison." "Peter McGinnis 1 , " "In. the State Prison." "Timmy McShane r" "In the State Prison." "Torn Baker?" "Bein tried for a State Prison offense.- And so on through the entire list. The half uv these men were seryin out their time for various offenses, rich az house-breakin and highway robbery, and tother half, I assertained, for violashens uy eleckahun laws. That last fact decid ed me that Noo. York wuz no place for , me and that there wuz nothing worth liv in for. When Tammany can't or want perfect its friends, I hey no heart to stay and work for her. While in this deprest condishun Dona- hue come in again "Pay your rent!" sed he. "Base is the slave with pays!" I re torted. "Too have the rent wich is doo me ready by to-morrow momin, or I'll bundle yoo out uv this, neck and crop," be re turned, Hingin himself out uv the room in rage. "Ha! ha?" I laffed sardonically , Wily yoo bundle me out—will yoo. This prop erty is yoors—this bar and these fixtures. Ha! ha. Yoo come to-morrer mornin, and see wat yr will see." My mil was very promptly made up. I determined to make a holacost uv my self—to commit sooicide—and to do it in sick a way ez to make my endin more glorious than my life had been. I deter mined to burn the bildin and expire in the flames. Calmly and deliber ately I perceded to construct my funeral pile. The counter and shelves I tore down and broke them up ez fine ez I cood, and piled the fragments into the middle pv the floor. I took from the wall my litbograf fed portrajts uv Andrew Jackson, J. Dav is, Salmon P. Chase and George H. Pen dleton, and remorselessly mashed them over the pile. The five glasses belongin to the establishment follotied soot, and the three decanters and the box nv pipes were involved in-the general room. The stove I upset and broke, and the pipe I mashed ez flat ez I cood with, my heels.— To complete the pyramid, I rolled out the red-headed barrel from under the bar, and up-ended that upon the top nv the pile uv rooms, my interushun bein to seat myself on the top uv the barrel, and, settin the pile on fire, go up amid appropriate sur roundings, like Sardonapulus, who died amid the blaze uv the emblem uv his last Empire. Ez I rolled the barrel, I heard a gentle awash inside. Thank heaven? there wuz still likker inside nv it! Cood I lose that ? No, indeed! I drawd it off into a bottle; there wuz jest a quart and a half nv it. I mountid the barrel, sung two verses uv the last campane song es my dyin dirge, and puttin the bottle to my lips swallowed the contents, intendin to touch off the pile with a match. It wuz fortunate far the insurance com panies that the bottle oontaind jest a quart and a half. That quantity is jest a pint ever my load, sat to that fact the buildin owes its safety. I tried to strike a match, but failed miserably. I lost con trol nv my muscles. My brain reeled, my unsteddy hand grew powerless, and I sank back over the mina insensible. I was awakened in the, mornin, by a series nv violets, vigorous ancl well-dfree tad kicks. Mr. Donohue stood over me administerin uv etn,Viiith a will and a unckshnn that was wonderful in one so aged. He had suspected that =thing was wrong, hod bustid in the door and had found me on top nv his wreckt property. I suspected his greef and left his premisee without reproaohin uv him—l did not even resent the last kick wish he gave me to assist me off the door-step. I simply picked myself up out ov the gutter and Walked slOwly and with dignity away. I step work my way back to Kentucky; indeed I never 'hood hev left there. I abet throw mjeelf on the tender mercies Of Deacon Pograin and Baum, and if they refoose to take me to ther bussams I abet find me another Cross Roads where I sbel set up my taberniele. Rf I.• kin git a strata Diraocratio oongressidiers to preach to, I dial do it, - for; I prefer the-, clerical pirliedunt; if not I shat start a pottery in some 'trickly Dtknottratks community, where the wills strong and rich du& to purdoose gOod scope without any work but plautin, with the win& can do. I leave Noo York forever. I bid Tweed and his Nerds adoo: Iso never to return no more. PSTROLZing V. NAM, (which ems Postmaster.) "Titrearanßam Smith, a State Swear at Florida, fell in the streets of New Yolk, exhausted from the effect of consamptioir, on Thursdey, and being ocnreyed to the Uevu. iklaPiiali - diod there a short idme SaltrWarde. _ spricial l'oOtts. 4 ,. WM. 81.A12 & BON nehnowlettle their Indebtedness to a generous .pullthafor their patronage. Their large and emi tu ntantlY easing business enables them to offer at as time& ding to our very large stock, from everything that particular living lre. We have something cheap and 111. The whole line of our goods is down Try our best Browned Coffee. Try our We ,time Tea. Try our Buckwheat Flour. Try everything In our Hue that you may wish, and you will be pleased. WILLIAM BLAU/ & SON, "Guth kid," Carlisle, Pa. Dec. 16, 1870. -41111MOMPINIIIIKISCIRDICRIS AND CATARRH treated with the utmost success, by J. Dukes. M. D., and trafeiisor of Diseases cer the Eye and Ear, (his apecialty)in the Medical allege y Penny!• yenta, LE yoarseaperience, (formerly of Leyden, tfolland,l.No.e(6 Arch street, Phila. Testimoni als can be seen at his otter- The medical faculty are Invited to acconuniny their patients. as be has bo secrets in his practice. Artificial eyes insertvi without pain. No charge for ex amination. [March IS, Is7n—ly WIRE RAILING, WIRE GUARDS For Store Fronts, Asylums, Sc. ; Iron Bedsteads, Wire Webbing' for Sheep and Foulto Yards; Brass and Iron Wire Cloth, Sieves, Fenders, Screens for Coal,Ores, Sand, Sc., Heavy Crimped Cloth for Spark Arresters; Landscape Wires for Windows, &e. ;raper makers' Wires, Ornament al Wire Work, &c, Every InfonnaUon by ad dressing the manufacturers. M. WALK Ell ems, N 6.11 North Sixth st., Feb: 11,1870.-1 y MANY EMINENT MEN Have candidly asserted thelr ei.inb tI. ,: tiu•m is no remedy equalto MISHLEIrs HEIM TEES, for that class of diseases peculiar to peo ple of sedentary habits. It is a preparation of wonderful virtue in all caws of this kind, never having failed in effecting a cure, and it still con tinues on its trinmphant career. For all forms of diseases arising from impurity of the blood, or derangement of the digestive organs, including General Debility, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Sick Headache, Constipation, and similar ail ments, it is a certain remedy. Leading physi cians everywhere prescribe it for their patients, and have given the proprietors of the Bitters many testimonials of their aonfldence In the efft ea,cy of the preparation as a remedy. Sold in square glass bottles only, by all respectable drug gists and storekeepers. Price one dollar per bottle. Jan. 5, 18 I.—lm Plat 40tiCt, \TOTICE.—The first account of WILLIAM A ll Duncan, Assignee of Gnomic A. CODOILI and Wife, of the Borough of Gettysburg, Adams county, has been Mel in the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County, and will be confirmed by said Court on the 3d day of February next, unless cause be sbown to the contrary. JACOB MELLIORN, Proth'y. Jan. 6, 1671.—td JURORS FOR JANUARA GRAND JURY Handltouban—Zacharfah Myers, Foreman. Freedom—John Cunningham. Mountplensant—Michael Levinstine, J o Stallsmith, Plus S. Smith. Pnion—Wiltlam A. Young, Joseph Keller. Berwick twp.—Samuel A. Wertz. Menallen—henry Beamer, Jonas Orner, Fra ets Cole. Butler—John Lauver, Samuel lleitriek. Cumberland—Joseph Bayly, William G. Black Conowago-- Jesse D. Keller. Franklin--Samuel Bich°llz, Jacob F. Lower ,lomon Hartman. Straban—John Spangler. Liberty—Blasius KeblL Latlmore—Andrew L. Coulson Gettysburg Lob Troxel, John le.C1,••• r) GENERAL JURY FIRST WEER. Tyrone—Charles Veatts. Conow•ago--Jeremiah Aulabaugh, Levi Kin(lig. ohn Raba, Win. H. Brogunler. Reading—Oliver F. Neely. Butler—John Eleholtz, David Bricker, Jesse .Duck. Franklin—Jacob Itaffensperger, Peter Shol .Peter Adams, George Bushey, Joseph Reber Paul Sowers. Oxford—William King, John C. Zouek. Aletan der L Hitnes, Silas Fiats, George ',ouch. Liberty—John Ntusemaker. Joseph P. McDivit Unloo—M. H. Kitzrniller, Henry Felty, Jr. Washington King, William A. Sell. Menallen—John D. Wright. Elkins Penrose Zaeharish Oyler. Hamlltonban—Jaeob L Firor. Charles F Hinkle, John MeGintv. James B. ?dyers. Dante Sullivan. J. Stewart Witherow. Cumberland—Henry Butt, E. D. Keller. Straban—Peter Stallsmith, Henry Thomas. Gettysburg—S. B. Row, Andrew lietneli, Dart, littimiller, John L Holtzworth. Monntloy—Henry Benner, Philip Daugherty James 11, Collins. James Beaver. Huntington--eiebastian Flekes, Henry Wier man. John Knaub. Germany—David Linn, Samuel Brady. Freedom—Joshua Brown. Mountpleasant—J. A. C. Blndlanb, A. H. the rich, Joseph Sheely, John Kerrigan. faeond—Harld bitewart. re—liaae D. Worley. Littlestown—Alexander Short,. 8300titi MM. Gettysburg—John H. Zinn. George Geyer, Ilugh Ilnenny, Henry Rupp, William Ruff. Caton—George B. Basehoar. Monntpleasma—John L Jenkins, George A. ne, J. E. Tawney, James A. Mehl. M ay Vt ountloy—Newwartz.ton Homer, Henry Snyder, m . Sch Hamiltoriban—lsaac Hamer, Joseph W. Kit . ger. (;timberland—lsaac DIeW, Raphael Sherfy, Thomas T. Norris, Marks }Name'', Jr., George reed, Lafayette Rrenlzer. Oxford—Daniel Heltzel, Solomon Brown, Wm. R. &Idler. - . —John Bowerman, Michael ilarbo ld .tie! Taughinbangh. Huntington—Eli Hochenour, Jacob B. Chroul , 4 , Jonathan Miller. Franklin—Samuel McHenrick, E. W. Stable ohn P. Butt, Levi Gilbert, Henry L. Bream. Germany—Win. McSherry, Levi Murrell. Straban—Jacob Xing. Butler—W. IL llie - trrch. Liberty--Sames Corry. Highland—Jose_pis Hershey. Tyrone—Silas Dean. Hamilton—John Patterson, .Jacob Baker. Menailen—Noah D. Snyder, Benjamin Wier Latinsoro—Charles W. Griest. York Springs—T• D. Reed. Dec. 30, 1870.—te REPORT OF the coadlUon of "THE FIRST NATION. , AL BARR OF GETTYSBURG," In Gettys burg, In the State of Pentutylranla, at the close of bbsinees on the B3th day of December. Dr7o : RESOURCM Loans and Discounts. .. S. Bonds to secure Cir culation Othero7Stocks, Bonds, and Worth) (as per sched- e Due from Redeeming and Re serve Agents (as per sched- Due ule from other National Banks (as per schedule) Due from State Banks and Bankers (as per schedule).. Furniture and Fixtures Current Expenses Checks and other Cash Items (as per schedule) Bills of other National Banks. Fractional Currency (includ caNiekels) • Legal Tender Notes LIABILITIES. Caw s nill Stock Paid in Tuatind Interest Pronto and Loss National Bank circulation outatandOnt Dividends Unpaid Individual Deposits Due k Nsßcult Bent! (as seJaedule Due per to State ) Banks and Bankers Casper schedule) .. I, GZOMGZ MuloLD, 0110 / 11 er of "The First Na" Goma Bank. of Gettysburg," do solemnly swear that the above statement Ls true, to the beat of my knowledge and belled. GRONGE ABNOI.,D, ()Wier. Sate of Pennsylvania.Cloanty of dams, Sworn Wind subscribed before. - rne this &d day of Janury, C A. J. OVE3, r. Coster--Attest JILL t151;;;)*1 OF the condition of tha GETTYSBURG kJNA TIONAL BANE, at the close of business. December 28,1870: Loans and Diseoun ßESO ta. ~ URCTS. 1191,039 59 V. IL Bards tO secure. drimiation.. —. 160,000 00 U. EC Bonds and Securities on hand,.. 30, ,800 00 000 00 Other Stocks, Bonds and Mortgages.. 21 Due from Redeeming and Reserve _ Agents 22, 36 Due trona other tit u ' ii i(Laal Banks 1,106 683 03 Doe from other and Bankers.. 439 02 Liankinmse 5.000 00 " . . 165 !_._ 7.- • • Current Cash items analudlng me of other NithonW Fr e actional Currency thiaMoir lar, LepiTender Atm. 2266 29,501 00 L1A81L1T1E5.9449.756 10 Capital Stock paid In 9145,150 00 Burping fund • 22,700 Diaeount - - 4,854 100 Profit and lass 5,097 39 National Bank Chroulation outstand- Edt=ksfte /29,710 00nemila$115141131" ° 7B ) Duo to National Banka 4,419 36 Due to unclairm other Banks and Bankers Ma 01 3 Taxes i 209 84 Wanda imabdiled 1,456 50 • 4..3.46a:ay lam Cashier of the Gettysburg Bank. do solemnly swear that the shove ham, to the best et iny knowledge son XXOXY 2 ArD ' flewmthed and rto 1m5.." .. `' .. . C414Ai11t " jiinalit;. rk oy . (4 .. _ a:au:sung t - - Goia=d, Da swo m 1 VD. Norte dm. 6,167 L —36 -- - - OTloE.—Letters of Adnilnistagion on the 11 estate of Gums Parrasaox,deceased, late of Cumberland township, Adana, county, Pa., having bee:Lauded to the undersigned, reskUng In sald to wnship, he hereby gives notice to all persons hide to said estate to make imme diate payment, and those having claims against the same to present them properly authenticated for 'settlement. JAMES THOMPSON, Dec. 30, 1/1711.-6f Administrator. °TlCE—Letters Testamentary oh the - estate IN of Jona, Suerrz, sea, late of Gettysburg, deceased, basing been granted to the undersign. ed, residing in sakt.place. they hereby give notice to. all persons indebted anted said estate to make Immediate payment, those haste' claims against tha for sesam e ttlem to present them properly au thd Dec. 16.-4 t (YrlCE.—Letters of Administration on the _II estate of H MUT Eirgureros, deceased, late of Cumberland township Adams county, having been granted to the undersigned, reskling in Get, tysburg, he hereby gives nudes to all persons in- debted to said estate to make Immediate pay. rnent, and those having claims to present them properly authenticated for settlement. SAMUEL HERBST, Adm'r. Dec. 16.-6 t OTlCE—Letters of Administration on the estate of SARAH M. HAGERMAN. deceased, late of Straban township, Adams county, having been granted to the subscriber, reotAding In Ty rune township, he hereby gives notice to all persons indebted k) said estate to make Immedi ate payment, and those having claims against the same to present them properly authenticated fur settlement. SOLOMON ROUTZAIIN, Adm'r. Dec. 9. 1370.—tit OTlCE—Lettent of Adnslatlakratkok on the '• Estate of JO= SParrot-in., late of *at Ber lin. Hamilton township. deceased, having been, granted to the undersigned, residing in same township, he hereby gives notice to all persons Indebted to said estate to call and make Imme diste settlement, and those having claims against the same will please present them properly au thentivated for settlement. MMMIC= uricE.—The first and final account, Of Sir / ART W, flOramm, assignee of FRARKLIN D. 1 / 1 1.1101iN and wife of the Borough of Gettysburg, Adams county, has been fl In the Court of Common Pleas of Mains county, and Will be confirmed by said court on the 3d day of &b -ruary, A. D., 1871, unless cause be shown to the rontrary. JACOB MELHORN, Frothy. Jan. 6, 1971.—td NtOTlCE.—Letters Testamentary on the estate of Rev. CHARM/11J. EIIRELIKT, late of Gettys burg, deceased, having been granted to the un dersigned, they hereby give notice to all persons indebted to said estate to make immediate pay ment. and those having claimsagainst the same to present them properly authenticated for settle ment. GEORGE EHREHART, DR- J. W. EICHELBERGER, Rev. PETER BORN, Execu SE-The first named Executor resides in S tory. tra township; the second in Enimittsburg, bid., and the last named in Selinsgrove, Pa. Dec. 16.-fd AUDITOR'S NOTICE The undersigned, Auditor appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county, to make distribution of the money in the hands of WM. J. Primus, Assignee of JAMES H. Wayrrat and wife, to and among creditors legally entitled thereto, will attend to the duties of said appoint. ment at the °Mee of McClean 6i Woods, in Get tyslmrit, on FRIDAY the ilf,tth day of JANU ARY. IS7I, of which ail persons In Interest will take notice and present their claims. 11. 11. WOODS, Auditor. II ENSE. .4 Jan. 6. 1571.-3 t The following applications to keep a Tavern and Restaurant, has been tiled in my office, with the requisite number of signers. and will be pro, sorted at the Court of Quarter SfildlOMS, on the 4th MONDAY of JANUARY, 1671: Win. E. Myers, Borough of Gettysburg. Jacob Stock, Henry Peters. Franklin township. Abner S. Hildebrand, Hamilton township. Adam HartLaub, Jr., Mountpleasant township Henry Bollinger. William Noel, Reading township. WMiani Sadler, Tyrone township. A. K. Stoner, Hamilton tovrnship. Jan. t;, 1471. t H. O. \ Clerk Register ; sNotices. OTICE is hereby given Wall Legatees and I'l other persons concerned. that the Adminis tration Accounts hereafter mentioned will be presented at the Orphans' Court of Adams coun ty for confirmation and allowance, on MONDAY, the .30th day of JANUARY, 1871, at 10 o'clock. A. M. vti: 77. The first account of Samuel and Wm, Shull. Executors of the Will of John Shull, late of Stro. ban township. deceased. 7s- The first account of John SOwers, trator of Jacob Sowers, deceased. • • 7). The fir:t :itToulit of Ephraim Howard, Ex, i;utor Him:mi. deceased. SAMUEL A. SWOPE, Register. Jan. 6, li","l.—td `F[ETUFF'S SALES In pursuance of sundry writs of Venditioni Erponas, issuing out of the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county, and to ma directed, will be exposed to Public sale, on Saturday, the 14th day of January, FM, al 1 o'clock, P. IL, at the Court-House In Gettysburg, the following Hal Estate, viz: A TRACT OF LAND, situate in Butler township, Adams county, Pa., adjoining lands of Jacob Trostle, Jacob Gardner, Jesse Houck and others, containing 100 ACltk. more or less, im proved with a twu-story LDG DWELLING, with a one-story Brick Kitchen attached, Bank Barn, with two Wagon Sheds and Corn-cribs attached, Brick Smoke House, Log Shop, Hog Pen, Spring House, with a never.falling Spring of Water. 12 Acres of Woodland, a due proportion of Meadow, an Apple Orchard of good fruit, a well of Water with pump in at the Barn. Seized and taken into execution as the Real Estate of Gsonaz W. Res. The undivided Interest In a part of a Lot of Ground, Otuated In the Borough of Gettysburg, fronting 30 feet by 150 feet deep, on the West side of the Emmittsburg road, adjoining lot of John Rupp on the South and lot of Eden Devan on the North, Improved with a one-story LOG HOUSE. Seized and taken Into execution as the Real Estate of GPO. E. Batauxxx, and to be sold by me JACOB KLUNK, Sheriff. Dec. 30, 1670.—td Ten per cent. of the purchase money upon all sales by the Sheriff must be paid over imme diately after the property is struck down or upon failure to comply therewith, the property will be again put up again for sale. Valuation & Assessment, FOR 1871. Nyursuance of an Act of Assembly pa‘ved the 1 I,th day of July, 1942, the following Statement is hereby published by the Commissioners of Adams county, which exhibits the amount, de• seription and value of the Real and Personal Property, Trades, Occupatio nd Prolesslow, made taxable by She several A ct s of Assembly of this Commonwealth: 9L20,009 09 100,000 00 24,736 21 h, : 1 9 K IV Ip, .21 - 4, k rag E . "— u• c,O ri BOROUGHS AND I gv lelmrs TOWNSHIPS eoss g la, Mt rd V?.g I cigg 4 " 0 1.,T g 4 n ' w I ac.l - ca an. -- -- ---•- 1 Gettysburg , I 300981 mae 9730 Noes Cumberland 271414 MOO 131001 9285 Germany 22318 64125 4555 Oxford 211776 217811 84160 14550 Huntington 215013 40350 87219 12450 Latlmore 177344 28570 17054 6880 Hamllkmban 28{.705711 19930 14090 Straban 279174 52 276 4H41 MO 7310 Franklin 2gesse 4952 7 32017 131r0 Menallen 218388 308711 19725 ucco Reading nem 3.41111 1 M5lO OW Hamilton.; ma WM 402311 1045 Monntplegnaut 275014 CM =5O 9135 Union 233120 21098 37576 5675 Tyrone 1.587 2 6.1900 111110 OM Cono 209761 19029 as 5590 Butle wago r I 174 2752 w 9 3787 8040 Fre Moutddoy 1 233182 Ma IMO 5045 e 124 14120 5640 MOS 1481 Liberty dom 149914 81 21= 16327 Berwick 103637 12830 5240 sago Berwick bor., ; 53310 =4905 10650 5160 Uniontown bor. 88921 6630 18624 14815 Highland I 97919 15085 16749 2335 York Springs bor 1 43384 4850 6=5 4635 liiea74l6WolsitiTii2,474.so 1.-11. 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TOWNSHIPS 'o ' o ..T.,:s 2 - li ri at li E il ' i • v . q g g —.— --- Gettysburg 10501 700 1150 siag moo Cumberland kr79 2 CO, Germs", 8870 200, Oxford f 4052 45.00 Huntington , 6335 100 LaUmore 3525 400 Hamiltonban 4845 6 (131 Straban 7555 4 50 , Franklin 4 7115 2.00 Menallen boa Reading 5203 Hamilton 5= 100 Mountpleaaant . g 4518 , Union 1 3685 Tyrone 3640 Conowago 3035 5,50 Butler 4959 zoo I Mountjoy om .r 458 0 1 Fre ed 1150 Liberty .... . . 2 450 1 2.50 Berwick 1.3 R) 1800 Berwick bor„ / 441,1 6010w11 8111 r , .. 3441 1 &00 land 50 High York Springs bor 1 /73° 7.50 1 1050 7001 11.50 07577120150 = 1,302 19 3,344 10 TOO 0(1 101 09 108 98 300 w 400 76 90 50 24,062 00 276,766 34 6100,000 00 6,1 , 15 3) 51 30 me 11 4,650 56 • 88,800 00 225 00 73,865 85 1,927 87 EMI 8276,766 34 THRONE, Roam, Ituissuium, Directors. 220 78 538 44 401 00 We, the undersigned, Commissioners of Adams county, do certify that the above valuation of the different Boroughs and Townshipsl of the said county, is correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. M. HARTMAN ' EMANUEL NRI'DICII, FRANCIS WILL, Attest—J. dm. Maas, Clerk.Ceaunissioners. Dec. ?3,1870.-4t. , THE GREAT MAGICAL 3449,706 10 HAIR-FORCER. THIS prinalon Is warranted to produce a beauUM set of whiskers or musta . F . : In from two to throe months from the Ant tlon on any face that has flue hair. It Is ope . Uy . the skin. harmless and will not In any way stato or Were Price SO cents a bottle. Sent by mail, postage tree, en receipt of price. Address W. G. WAll2l= blummasburg, Adams county, pa. AIL 611.191.--em • %Alit marts. JOEL B. pANNER, JACOB ELENTZ, Executors. MEE =OE!
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