The Huntingdon Journal,
J. R. DITRBORROW,
HUNTINGDON, PENN'A.
Wednesday Morning, January 25, 1871.
POLITICAL CORRUPTION,
The Republican Party, if it were now to
be utterly disrupted and obliterated, would
leave in the history of the country a record
such as no other party has produced since
the foundation of the government. Ques-.
Lions of finance, of tariff, of maritime rights, '
of war, of peace, of annexation, have made
important issues about which men have
honestly'cliffered and earnestly contended;
but the question of restricting the spread
of human slavery and the domineering ar
rogance of an oligharchy based upon that
accursed institution, compelled men, from
a conscientious conviction of duty, to or
ganize a party with a higher and nobler
object than any which preceded it. Step
by step, by the hand Of a special Provi
dence as manifest as that which conducted
the children of Israel through the Wilder
ness, the Republican Party was led on to
the emancipation of the slaves and to uni
versal manhood suffrage; and the popular
elections which have occurred since these
events, demonstrate that, howeverhere and
there a sympathizer with therebellion may
howl in ad agony of impotent rage against
emancipation and universal suffrage, an
overwhelming majority of the people, both
north and south, have settled in the opin
ion that these things ace accomplished
facts, and the country stands freed forever
from the foul blot of African Slavery, and
with the truth, to all appearances, firmly
established that the "government of the
people, by the people, for the people, shall
not perish from the earth."
And yet we are threatened with a great
danger to our national life from another
quarter. A flood of social and political
corruption has followed in the train of the
civil war. Honesty in the voter—that his
suffrage shall be the result of his unbought
judgment,—and honesty in the representa
tive that he shall fairly and truly reflect
the will of his constituents, uninfluenced
by - filthy lucre, are essential requisites to
the permenence of our Republic. It cannot
be denied that a great haste to be rich has
seized -upon the people. Men are not con
tent with the slow method of gain by hon.
tilt toil practiced by our forefathers.—
Schemes and.' contrivances and "rings" to
make money by appliances-and means of
very doubtful honesty, have grown much
more common than they used to be. And
especiallfis this the case with regard to
legislative action. Not onlyhas this charge
been made against the Legislatures of sev
eral of the States, but it has even been
intimated that the National Congress may
not remain pure and unsullied; that there
are men who go there to make money by
bartering legislative action, apd by acting
as agents and attorneys to procure the pay
ment from the national treasury of doubt
ful or dishonest claims.
• The necessity is urgent that great care
shall be exelcised by the people in the
plectipn pf legislatois of a high sense of
honor and of tried integrity:—of men who
tlo not go to Congress to make money for
themselves, and who have the courage to
detect and thwart all schemes to deplete
the treasury, no matter though they be
POncocted and carried on by members of
the Republican Party.
Doubtless there are many such men of
sterling honesty in the Republican Party,
but conspicuously prominent among them
stands Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts. As
a vigilant guardian of the public interest
Mr. Dawes has felt compelled to direct the
attention of Congress and the country to
a claim of George Chorpenning, of Somer
set, which has been engineered by Mr.
Cessna of Bedford. We quote from the
Congressional Globe of the 13th instant:
"Mr. Downs. Before moving that the house resolve
itself into committee of the whole on the state of the
Union, I desire to bring to their attention a specks/ mat
ter. Upon the last day of the last session, and appearing
in the book of United States laws as the last measure ap
proved by the President, a joint resolution was passed
authorizing the postmaster general to adjust the accounts
of Gsoaas CHORPENSING. It passed by unanimous con
sent in the hurry of the last days of the session. This was
the third, I think, of a serioe of bills of a like character
Which, since I have been here, have been passed in favor
of Mr. Cgoaszsgegi. This was stated to be merely for
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left out of his account. lam credibly informed—l say
credibly informed, although perhaps I ought to have
said it is almost incredible—that under that resolution
thus passed, and which, as I have said, was the third of a
series, and, as I supposed, would close the accounts of my
distinguished friend, Mr. CLIORPENNING, a warrant has
Leen Issued for the sum of $443,000, and le now before the
sixth auditor for settlement. Under the circumstances,
and with some knowledge which I have of the history of
this transaction, I feel compelled to ask the house to adopt
the resolution which I send to the clerk's desk. I may be
misinformed as to the facts, but I do not think I am.
The clerk read the resolution, aa follows :
. .
Resolved, That the Committee'on Appropriations be in
structed to inquire into the allowance and manner of al
lowance of the claim of GIORGE CEIORPENNING, approved
July 16,1670; and that the sixth auditor be requested
to delay the payment of any warrant therefor till re
port thereon, and that they have power to send for per—
sons and papers.
STAND BY THE PARTY.
The Republicans of Huntingdon county
are all anxious to leave by-gones be by
g..nes, and they unhesitatingly declare
their intention to support the nominees of
the party, in the future, be they who they
may. This thing of electing Democrats to
Office may be fun for the Democrats but it
is death to the Republican party, and the
genuine Republicans are sick of it. We
have met hundreds of Republicans, since
our connection with this paper, who have
told us that they had played into the hands
of the Democrats about long enough. This
is the proper light in which to view it.
But remember the Democrats will throw
every obstacle in your way; they have ev
ery thing to gain by your dissensions,
while you have every thing to lose.
Eft. Maj. Lawrence Taliaferro died, at
his residence, in Bedford, on Friday, the
20th inst., in the 77th year of his age.—
Some forty or fifty years of his life was
spent in the service of the United States.
He was Indian Agent at St. Paul, Minne
sota, for twenty-oua years, and was one of
the most popular agents ever employed by
the government. He was Military Store
Keeper at Pittsburgh at the breaking out
of the rebellion, but was soon afterretired,
by President Lincoln, on full pay. He
was followed to his last resting place by
almost the entire population of Bedford.—
The Masonic fraternity conducted the cer
emonies.
.The Kemble Coal and Iron Compa
ny hare introduced a machine with which
they wash their ore before shipping it to
the furnace. They also contemplate a ma
chine to wash the sulphur from the coal
before coking.
HONE PROTECTION.
The following unanswerable facts were
prepared by a Western contemporary, and
we present them to our readers because
they cover the whole ground so much bet
ter than anything we could•possibly pre
pare upon the subject. Read them closely
and you will be profited :
An agent of the Free Trade League,
preaching their style of revenue reforui,
said :
"On pig, bar and railroad iron the people last year paid
a tax, in the incroased price and tho duty, of over $45,000,-
000, of which Government got but $5,000,000, and $40,000,-
000 went into the pockets of the iron men."
The "Free Trader" parades the "Tax on
a man and his clothes," and the "Tax on a
farmer's bedroom" in the same style.
Like assertions are made touching "tax"
on lumber, woolens, etc. The aim of all
this is plainly to urge the British system
of levying tariffs on articles we do not and
cannot produce, and reducing or abolishing
the duties on articles we can manufacture
here. This scheme is of British origin, and
parent and child are alike.
An English writer well says of the effect
of the system there on the people : "It hits
them doubly, and they suffer both ways;
the value of their wages is lessened by the
duties charged on these necessaries of food
they consume, and their wages are reduced
by the free admission of foreign manufac
tures competing with those they produce."
If these assertions are true, a vital aspect
of the case is ignored, and it is but half
stated, such half statements being often
worse and more deceptive than falsehoods.
No allowance is made for difference in wa
ges, taxes or interest, or for the benefits
and necessity of a large home market. Give
our iron makers' workmen at British wages
(less than $1 there and more than $2 a day
in our mills), and they could defy England
the world over. The horrid $40,000,000,
if they get it, goes largely to their work
men, and the workmen pay three-fourths
of it to the farmers for food.
Let us give a few facts to show how base.
less these assertions are.
Tables have been repeatedly published to
show that woolens are lower than in 1860,
when the tariff was less. This is especially
true of staple cloths worn by the people.—
A farmer in Minnesota or Michigan can
buy his cloths of home make cheaper and
better than ten years ago. Edward Harris,
of Rhode Island, a large woolen inanufac_
tnrer, says he cannot make woolens as he
wishes, because woor is twice as high as in
Europe, and Gen. Brinkerhoff,• an Ohio
free trade revenue reformer, and an agent
of the League, says he cannot raise wool
because the price is lower than ever before,
and both charge these opposite results to
the tariff !
Mr. Harris wants free trade in wool, but
not in woolens; that is, protection for him
self and not for the wool-grower.
Magnanimous man ! Free trade in wool
ens would close his mills in a month, and
he can't stand that !
Cottons imported at fifty cents a yard,
have been exported of better quality, under
a high tariff, at 6 cents. Cotton hosiery,
from 1860 to 1868, was reduced nearly half
in price. Delaines, imported at 35c to 50c,
were made here in 1868 of equal quality
at 20c. By the official reports of the Lum
bermen's Exchange, in Chicago li the great
lumber market of the country, we find the
average of prices for lumber for the three
years, 1863, '64 and '65, with reciprocity
giving free trade in Canada lumber, were
$l4 63 per thousand; and in the four years
1866, '67, '6B, and '69, with a duty of
twenty per cent., the average was $l3 96,
Canada paying the duty and selling lower
to us.
Nails, axes, saws, tools, pins, etc., are
lower under protection than formerly. Cast
steel was reduced from 18®13c in 1861,
and sold in the war for 32c, while the En
glish, no better, was held at 45c, .saving
our Government some money as well as de
pendence on an unfriendly foreign power.
England raised the tariff on iron seven
teen times, beginning with $2 50, or 10
shillings sterling, in 1679, and going up'
to $35 a ton in 1819. Did the price rise,
as it should have done by the assertions of
these wise men Not at all ; pigs and bars
are stupid, and would go down ! In 1826,
England could undersell the world, and
offered her iron at less than $5O a ton, took
off the tariff, and cried, "Hurrah-for free
trade in iron !"
So of her woolens, through 400 years of
high tariffs they fell in price, as capital,
skill and competition at home increased,
and through protection she reached free
trade in woolens; but her suffering work
men beg her to turn back to-day.
Let us follow our imports and prices of
iron a little, as the simplest mode of details,
and as covering the like ground on other
articles. From 1839 to 1842, inclusive,
the duty on imported pig iron was from
$5 31 to $8 59 per ton, and the price from
$25 to $37. From 1843 to 1847, the duty
was nes' ed to $9; but the price ranged low
er, or from $25 to $3O.
In 1850 it fell to $2O 85, while the cost
in England was $l9 65, and the tariff3o
per cent. and English bar iron was sold
here at $4l 87, our British cousins being
engaged in selling at cost or less to close
up our mills, having paid large sums, in
1846, to spread free trade notions in this
country, lower our tariff, and get us in their
power. When this was done they pushed
up prices, and, in 1854, sold us 160,000
tons of pig iron at $37 16, costing in Eng
land but $l7, and with the tariff only 30
per cent., and 45,000 tons of bars at over
$7O, and railroad iron at heavy prices and
profits, all with a low tariff, and, in 1857,
we had a "crash," and labor went begging,
and farmers had their share of trouble.
With the tariff at $9, for four years,
from 1843 to 1846, pig iron ranged from
$l5 to $29, averaging $27 70.
With the tariff reduced to 30 per cent.
for four years, from 1853 to 1856, the range
was from $27 to $37, and the average was
$32, or over $4 higher than under a lower
tariff.
These figures we take from official re
ports of Government Revenue Commission
ers, and find great fluctuations in prices,
ruinous to us if not guarded against by a
tariff; the English producers paying the
tariff at times, and again the buyer here,
just as markets ranged, and, most notewor
thy of all, we see the English pushing down
our tariff, selling us iron low to break down
our mills, and then pushing up the price,
and reaping immense profits whilo our tar
iff was low.
We find the prices gradually coming
down, both of foreign and domestic articles,
as compctitiop, skill, experience, fit machi
nery, and capital become invested in grow
ing industries,- starting under a protective
The ignoring of facts by these patent
reformers reminds one of a story of a fa
mous theorist in the Dark Ages in Europe,
who asked a candid friend's opinion of one
of his wonderful theories. His friend re
plied : "It looks fair, but facts do not sus
tain it." In high dudgeon the theorist
replied : "So much the worse for the
facts!"
Alexander Hamilton is supposed to have
had some statesmanship and sagacity (pro
bably not so much as these learned free
trade agents sent out by the New York im
porters to enlighten us,) and in his famed
report of 1791, as United States Secretary
of the Treasury, he said :
"But though it were true that the immediate and cer
tain effect of a tariff was an increase of price, it is univer
sally true that the contrary is the ultimate effect with ev
ery successful manufacturer. When a domestic manufac
ture has attained to perfection, and has engaged in the
prosecution of it a competent number of persons, it ow be
afforded, and accordingly seldom or never fails to be sold
cheaper, in process of time, than the foreign article for
which it is a substitute. The internal competition, which
takes place, soon does away with everything like monopo
ly and by degrees reduces the price of the article to the
minimum of a reasonable profit on the capital employed.
This accords with the reason of the thing and with experi
ence."
Our experience confirms the views and
illustrates the sagacity of Hamilton, and
surely these facts do not sustain the bare
assertions of revenue reformers.
If we follow their advice we carry our
grist to British mills and pay heavy tolls,
and road fees both ways. Better take our
grist to American mills and keep tolls and
fees at home, even if we build our mills in
the start.
FOR SALE.
The propietors of this paper have a Gor
don Cylinder Folio Post Press, bed 13x19,
in excellent condition, just new ; also a
Newbury Press, as good as new, both of
which they will sell on reasonable terms,
and at half the original cost. They have
also about 200 pounds of Primer and the
the same amount of Brevier type, in good
condition, for which they will take half
price. Address Joun.NAL, Huntingdon.
Pa. tf.
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tion, advertising or job work up to Jan. 1,
1871, are requested to settle up immediate
ly. Those who pay up before the first day
of February next will be charged only $2
a yeallor the paper. Those who fail to
do so will be charged three dollars and their
accounts collected by law. My books must
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be settled up.
Jan. 4, 1871.—tf.
lerOnly thirty-six working days remain
to this Congress, says a cotemporary, and
there are three hundred and twenty-five
bills and resolutions on the Senate calen.
der, while in the House there are twenty
one committee reports among the unfinish
ed business, and there are forty-seven bills
on the table which ask land grants for rail
roads.
Sar It is reported that the large hotel,
at Patterson, opposite Mifflin, was burned
, en Monday lasi. This makes the third or
fourth flre in that locality. The people
must be suffering in that neighborhood
for shelter. Steps should be taken to aid
them.
lerHon. Wm. M. Hall, Hon. Samuel
L. Russell, of Bedford, and Hon. Wm. H.
Koontz, of Somerset, are urged for the po
sition made vacant by the death of Hon.
Alexander King, in the XVlth Judicial
District.
vs, P. M. Lytle, of Huntingdon, and
W. W. Davis, of Juniata county, were
chosen Representative delegates to the
the next Republican State Convention.
Mir The Legislature adjourned over,
from Friday last until Tuesday morning of
this week, for want of something to do.
Ds, Some sixty persons were converted
and professed religion at a revival lately
held at Roaring Spring, Blair county.
Our Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 21, 1871
EDITOR OF HUNTINGDON JOURNAL :-
Now that the Commissioners appointed
c'to explore" the Dominican portion of the
Island of San Domingo have started on
their "voyage of discovery," anxiety is
stretched to its utmost tension fur the re
ception of the first dispatch giving a re
lation of at least their reception, and en
trance upon the work of their mission. It
is to be presumed that the information to
be furnished will be reliable, so far as it
may go; but if their sojourn on thelsland
is to be so brief as to enable them to re
turn and report to this Congress, it can
hardly be expected, that a very extended
knowledge of the country as to its produc
tions, the peculiarities of its inhabitants,
the character of its government, the real
sentiments of the .people in regard
"to selling out" to the United States,
and their fitness for being incorporated
with us as a part and parcel of our glori
ous Union,—and the many other items of
which information is dessirable can be
communicated in their report.
The bill ceding certain jurisdiction to
the State of Ohio, which has passed both
Houses of Congress, has 'reference to the
Soldiers' Home at Dayton. At the recent
Congressional election, the inmates of that
Asylum were denied the right to vote.
The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio
had so decided, on the ground that the ex
clusive jurisdiction over the territory em
braced was vested in the United States.
The result of this refusal of the right of
suffrage to a body of our disabled soldiers
was the election of Lewis D. Campbell
over Robert C. Schenck, the Republican
candidate. This bill now passed will ob
viate any future difficulty. Hereafter, our
war-worn veterans will have the privil-ge
of "voting as they fought." Its enact
ment may have an influence in determin
ing the contest of the seat of Campbell,
at the commencement of the 42nd Con
gress.
A bill has passed the House of Repre
sentatives to prevent cruelty to animals,
while in transit by railroad or other means
of transportation, within the United
States. By the provisions of this bill, (if
it become a law,) it is claimed, that the
vending of unwholesome meat of animals
in our large cities will, in a great measure,
be obviated. It provides, that the cattle
shall not ba confined more than twenty
eight consecutive hours without unloading
them for five consecutive hours for food
and rest. A violation of the provisions of
the bill is to be punished by the infliction
of proper penalties. This proposed law
seems to be in harmony with the humani
tarian spirit of the age.
After very considerable discussion, the
Senate adopted a Resolution offered by'
Senator Morton of Indiana, authorizing
the appointment of a special committee to
investigate the real condition of affairs in
the Southern States, in connection with
the charges of violence and resistance to
the laws. Senators Scott, Wilson, Chand
ler, Rice and Bayard have been appointed
said committee, to whom have been refer
red all papers relating to the subject.
This committee is one of the greatest im
portance. It is the duty of Congress to
obtain reliable information on this subject.
If outrages have been perpetrated by law
less bands of desperadoes, as is alleged;
the public safety calls loudly for protection:
There is very strong evidence, that the
spirit of rebellion is manifesting itself in
many sections, in the murdering of unof
fending Union citizens with entire im4un
ity, the destruction of the private property
of those accused of loyalty to the Govern
ment of the United Statgs, and, at elec
tions, the driving from the polls those
who are known to be favorable to the se
lection of Republican candidates. Is this,
or any part of this, true? If so, justice,
patriotism and self-preservation call for the
shielding of the innocent and the punish
ment of the guilty. It will be the 'pro
vince of this committee to thoroughly ex
amine as to the truth or falsity of the al
legations, and to suggest the required leg
islation.
In the organization of the committee,
Pennsylvania has been honored, by the
appointment of Hon. John Scott as its
chairman. gtis the batteries of the Secces
sionists of the South and of the seccession_
sympathizers in the . North will be opened
upon this committee, and its action pm--
judged, misrepresented, and grossly villi
fied, you may expect that your Senator
will have to pass thrcugh the I;rdeal to
which the loyal patriots ow.lho, signalized
themselves daring the war' of the rebel
lion were subjected. But he is the righ t man
in the right place. He will perform his
duty, fearlessly, and to the satisfaction of
his loyal fellow citizens.
The Senate has passed the House bill to
abolish the offices of Admiral and Vice
Admiral in the Navy, with an amendment
that the law shall not go into effect until
a vacancy shall have occurred. Of course,
the passage ofithis law does not oust the
present incumbents.
All the nominations, recently sent to
the Senate by the President, for certain
offices in the State of Missouri, have been
confirmed. The confirmation of these
nominations was warmly opposed by Sena
tor Schurz, and as ardently pressed by
Senator Jewett, the successor of Senator
Drake. It will be remembered that, prior
to the late election in Missouri, the Presi
dent, in accordance with his sense of duty
to the Republican party,,disfklaced certain
officers, for the reason that they were•using
the influence of their official positions in
opposition to the Republican candidates.
He was centured by some Republicans for
so doing, it being alleged that the officers re
moved were as good- Republicans as those
appointed. The result of the "split" in
the ranks of the Republican party in that
State was the election of a Legislature, in
which the "Revenue Reformers," or "Re
publican Bolters" hold the balance of
power. We now have, as a consequence,
the selection of Frank Blair to. the United
States Senate, as the successor of Senator
Drake. There could have been furnished
no stronger proof of the propriety of the
removals made by President Grant.
On Friday, Senator Scott asked unani
mous consent to make the fbr the re
peal of the Income Tax, the -.sp'ecial order
for Tuesday, the 24th inst. ' Senator
Howe, of Wisconsion, objecting; Settator
Scott said lie desired to havd . a test vote on
the question of repeal, and moved that the
bill be made the order, as he had indicated.
His motion prevailed by a two-thirds vote;
so we will have the bill before the Senate,,
on the day named.
In the House, on Fr,iday, the Senate
bill to provide a new form of Government
for the District of Columbia, was taken up.
While under consideration, an amendment
was offered, the effect of which, if it had
been adopted, would have been to confer
on the women of the District the right to
vote. Of course, the proposition created a
"flurry," as, on the call of the yeas and
nays, the grave law-makers had to toe the
mark. The result was that the amend
ment was defeated by a vote of 117 to 55.
But the end is not yet. MthoUgh defeated
in this first "square" . . vote ire. Congress, the
"strong-minded" are not "squelched."
They have resolved to make further effort.
Some time ago, the House, passed a bill
increasing the pensions of diiabled soldiers
and sailors. This bill has teen reported
in the Senate, in an amended'form. In its .
present shape, it increases the pensions of
disabled sQldiers and sailors, and their wid
ows and children, twenty, per centum,
which increase is to continue for five years
from the Ist day of March, 1871. It is to
be hoped this bill may become a law.
KzysTosz.
The murderer of Rogers, in N. Y., on,
the morning of December 31st, 1868, has
just been discovered,. in the 'person of a
convict in the Auburn State Prison, ',ta
med Francis E. Printow. The detection
is due to the shrewdness and vigilance of
the keeper, W. B. Hoffman,' Wyose atten
tion was first attracted to the murderer, by
his peculiar nervous appearance in the
workshop, where he had been employed—
The man is a transferred prisoner from
Sing Sing,.to which prison he was septet] ,
ced from New York, on the 3ti. of Februa
ry, 1869, on five years imprisonment for
grand larceny. He was transferred to Au
burn last spring. After noticing his pe
culiarities, Mr. Hoffman was struck by
some remarks made by him to a fellow
convict in relation to the Rogers affair—
Printow was afterward drawn out by the
comrade, at, Mr. Hoffinan's instance, and
made a clean breast of the circumstances
connected with the robbery and murder.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Speaking of the Pennsylvania railroad
company Leisure Hours for January edi
torially says :
"We have not the space to trace the
growth of this enormous corporation, but
we propose to let our readers know some
thing of its immensity.
"The cost of the main lisle, including the
Indiana and Hollidaysburgh branches,
with double track, was some twenty mil
lions of dollars. The Pennsylvania rail
road proper and its immediate branches
employ in round numbers five hundred lo
comotives. Its rolling stock numbers some
eleven thousand cars, freight, passenger
and maintenance. Its average number of
cars per day is six hundred. It employs
10,000 and odd men in the operative de
partment ; 2,436 in the transportation de
partment, engaged in 55 occupations; 4,-.
075 in the motive and machine department,
engaged in 67 occupations; 3,526 in the
maintenance of way department. The
pay roll in the department of M. P. & M.
shows the following aggregate of men and
wages per day. Altoona, 1,470 men, re
ceiving $2,774 19; West Philadelphia,
666, receiving $1,344 89; Columbia, 44,
receivino• a $B3 79; Harrisburg , 313, re
ceiving $589 50; Mifflin, 73, receiving
$145 15; Tyrone, 44, receiving $B7 89;
Conemaugh, 56, receiving $9B 46; Blairs-
Ville, 40, reciving $76 40 ; Pittsburg, 441,
receiving $919 70.
"The locomotive shops at Altoona tarn
out four new locomotives per month, and
some ten old or repaired ones.
"The total weight in workino. a order of
the standard passenger engine of this com
pany is 72,000 lbs; of freight, 70,000 lbs.
Of this there is available for adhesion in
traction,
in the former, 46,000 lbs; in the
latter, 56,000. A pair of passenger wheels
and axles weigh 6,000 lbs.
"The tenders, eight wheeled, have tanks
holding 24,000 gallons of water, and carry
31 tons of coal; weight, empty, 19,750
lbs.; with water, 49,900 lbs.; with water
and coal, 46,750 lbs. The valves are set
(beyond the control of engineer) to maxi
mum of 125 lbs., the working power be
ing from one 115 to 120 lbs.
"The use of steel tires was begun in
1861 and in 1866 sixty-six sets were in
use under passenger and freight engines.
The first set used ran 103,370 (five years'
wear) without turning. In 1868 the num
'Ur used was 327, together with 160 chilled
and 15 iron tires, a decrease (217) over
1867, which, the report says speaks well
for the economy of the steel tires. It was
early noted that not only are they more
.durable and safe, but that their adhesive
power even on steel rails is superior to that
of iron tires.
"Steel axles were first introduced, 'to
secure additional safety,' in 1864; and at
the end of 1866, 1,807 were in use, 500
for passenger and 1,307 for
. freight cars.
Their exclusive use under passenger, bag
gage and express cars was adopted 1867.
The number of steel wheels and axle in use
during 1868 was 1,041, twenty-five in lo
comotive trucks; 153 under tenders, and
776 in the passenger, and eighty-eight in
the freight equipment. Two steel axles
out of every hundred are tested under a
drop weighing 1,640 pounds, the axle be
ing supported on bearings three feet apart.
Passenger axles are required to stand five
blows at thirty feet, the freight axles five
blows at twenty feet, the axles being turn
ed after each blow.
"In 1864 steel rails were first brought
to a practical test by the company, and in
1866, 270 tons of Bessemer rails were
laid. In 1868 about 12,000 tons had been
secured, enough for 120 miles, and at' the
present writing the number is nearly
doubled.
"Steel rails were first laid on steep
grades, at switches, water stations, and on
the main track in the yards. They have
proved a great saving on the old iron rails,
and are accounted much safer.
"The main shops of the company are
located at Altoona. They are of immense
capacity—too immense for detail here.
The company has in • addition auxiliary
shops in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, York,
Reading, Conemaugh and Pittsburg.
"These figures apply merely to the Penn
sylvania railroad proper, and are scarcely
a drop in the bucket compared with the
total statistics of the company. This
company owns and controls enough of
track to traverse and transverse the conti
nent, comprising the Pennsylvania railroad
and branches„ the Pittsburg, Forty Wayne
and Chicago, the Pittsburg, Columbus and
Cincinnati, the West Pennsylvania, the
Northern Central, the Philadelphia and
Erie, the Erie and Pittsburg railroads and
many minor lines and branches. It does
more business, employs more men and is
the most independent railroad company in
the world.
"This gigantic corporation, arter having
suceeded in securing an unbroken line of
travel from New York to Chicago, beating
the great railroad kings of the metropolis,
in the annihilation of time and the reduc
tion of fare, now proposes to start a line of
steamships between Philadelphia and Liv
erpool, something Philadelphia has long
needed, but lacked the enterprise or the
mind to direct the undertaking. With
the Pennsylvania railroad to determin, is
to accomplish, and hence 'twill be done."
ES - Feign News.
, LONDON, Jan. 21.—1 have received the
following dispatch from the New York
Herald correspondent at Versailles, dated
Jenuary 17. Your correspondent writes :
"With the exception of an occasional boom
from the guns in Fort Mont Valerian,
there has been complete silence along the
French lines during the past twenty-four
hours. The German batteries have also
slackened their fire. Various theories
have been advanced to account for this sin
gular cessation of the bombardment. Some
insist that negotiations are pending. A
flag of truce came out from Paris yesterday.
Its object is still a secret. An answer was
returned by it. Yesterday it was rumored
that the Germans had agreed to a four
days' armistice, and this seems the only
plausible accounting for the almost total
cessation of hostilities.
Counter rumors insist that the effect of
the fire had been unequal to the anticipa
tions of the Germans and that the batter
ies are being rearmed. A general attack,
it is said, has been organized and will be
made to-morrow. It will include St. Denis
and Fort Mont Valerien. Twenty-two
German batteries are now in position
aiailable for the bombardment.
It is said that General Trochu has de
cided to commence a series of sorties on
the 20th inst., which will be continued
-from day to day incessantly unless peace is
made. On the side of the French, Fort
Moutrouge was quite active on the 15th,
and there was great firing on the 16th from
the forts on the north side of Paris. Sev
eral minor sorties were made on the 15th.
Thirty unwounded Gardes Mobiles have
been found frozen to death in the woods in
front of Muzon. They had been cut off
from their regiment by the advance of the
Sixth German corps.
At this hour, seven o'clock, p. ni., I
have just learned that several arge guns
en route for the investing batteries, have
been stopped by the severity of the weath
er and some of them overturned. Some
very large ones, however, have certainly ar
rived.
Information just received makes it cer
tain that overtures of some nature have
been made by the French. I have good
reason to believe that they have been re
jected by the Germans and that the bom
bardment, with increased severity, will re
commence immediately.
THE CREDIT MODILIER CASE AND HON.
L. W. HALL.—The Harrisburg corres
pondent of the Beaver Radical, in writing
to that paper of the late trial of the cele
brated case of the Commonwealth vs. the
Credit Mobilier of America, which trial
he witnessed, says at the closingargument
was made by Hon. L. W. Hall, of Harris
burg, who had the, conduct of the case
throughout. He says:
"In its trial, L. W. Hall, Esq., of Har
risburg, had sole charge of the ease. At
the first, as well as at the second trial, Mr.
Hall was conceded this position, and most
ably did he acquit himself. He won his
case first on its legal merits—and when the
Supreme Court decided that it must be
heard on the facts involved therein, Mr.
Hall again succeeded, but of course suc
cess each time was only achieved after a
contest with two of the ablest lawyers at
the Philadelphia bar, who were brought
here by the defendants to represent them."
And the correspondent might have ad
ded, what we happen to be cognizant of,
that to Mr. Hall, more than any other in
dividual, belongs the credit, not only of
carrying the case triumphantly through
the courts, but of its inception. Gov.
Geary, Auditor General Hartranft and
late State Treasurer Mackey, all did their
duty, and deserve due credit, but to Mr.
H. particularly are the taxpayers of the
Commonwealth indebted for the investiga
tion, pursuit and gaining of the case,
which secures for the Commonwealth a
verdict of over $600,000.—.A/toona Sun.
General News Summary.
The Senate has confirmed the nomina
tion of Admiral Porter.
The coal miners in the Lockawanna re
gion are on a general strike. •
General Powell Clayton has been chosen
U. S. Senator by the Legislature of Ar
kansas.
Gen. Logan has been elected U. S. Sen
ator by the Legislature of Illinois, to suc
ceed Senator Yates.
Green Lake county, Wisconsin, has just
built a jail, and the first inmate was a girl
of sixteen, who stole o horse.
Miss Kitty Wilson, of Lagrange county,
Indiana, cowhided a married man a few
days ago for writing her a tender epistle.
A fashionable lady in Peoria, 111., has
contracted for her coffin, and made elabo
rate arrangements for her funeral, by hav
ing tickets of invitation printed to be sent
to her friends.
A house and barn in Cromwell township,
Huntingdon county, was destroyed by fire
last week. The fire caught in the roof of
the house from the stovepipe and thence
to the barn. The contents of both house
and barn were consumed with the build
ings.
A citizen of Rochester, Capt Travers,
wagers $25 that he cau, at the distance of
36 feet, with a pistol shoot from the top
of a wine bottle a cork in which is placed
a bullet, dropping the bullet into the bot
tle and not breaking the bottle. He says
he can do this four times in twelve shots.
A bill has been introduced in the Ohio
Legislature making the seller of intoxicat
ing liquors responsible for the damage
done by intoxicated persons to whom li
quor was sold, and releasing the owner of
the premises on which the liquor was sold
for responsibility. .
Two citizens of Lancaster county, Pa.,
went to law about two bushels of lime,
valued at the time at :eleven cents per
bushel. :The case went through the lower
court, and was appealed to the Supreme
Court, where the costs were divided be
tween the parties. That lime cost them
$5OO each.
John Sullivan, of Cannaan, N. H., came
home a few nights since in bad temper
and flogged one of his sons. Shortly alter
his two sons, about eleven and fourteen
years of age, seized their father, bound
and gagged him, and taking him to the
barn, hanged him. He was discovered by
his wife in time to save his life.
Mrs. General Sherman and one thous
and other ladies have presented to the Sen
ate of the United States a memorial pro
testing against woman suffrage. As long
as the women of the country (almost to a
man) are opposed to the enfranchisement
of their sex, there is little hope of a suc
cessful accomplishment of :the great re
form.
The Old Year hat taken with it not a
few men of mark. Humanity has lost
Charles Dickens and George Peabody. In
this country have died such men as Geo.
D. Prentice, President Lord, Judge Grier,
Robert J. Walker, Amos Kendall, Anson
Burlingame, Albert Barnes and brave old
Admiral Farragut. Whom will the great
reaper choose for his next years, harvest?
New Advertisements,
ESTRAY NOTICE.—Came to the
premises of the subscriber, residing in War
rior's Mark township, Huntingdon county, Pa.,
about the first of November last, a red steer two
years old, and no mitrks. The owner is requested
to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and
take it away, otherwise it will be disposed of ac
cording to law.
jan.25,3t. GEORGE ROSS.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
(Estate of MAHLON STRYKER, deed.)
Letters of Administration having been granted
to the undersigned on the estate of Mahlon Stry
ker, late of West township, deceased, all persons
knowing themselves indebted are requested to
make immediate payment, and those havutg claims
to present them duly authenticated for settlement.
WM. W. STRYKER.
Petersburg, Jan. 25,-1871.-61.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF
PENNSYLVANIA.
This Institution will re-open for Spring Term,
1871, of twenty-four (24) weeks, on FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 10TH. For general circular cata
logue and other information, address
THOS. H. BURROWES, Pres't,
Agricultural College P. 0.,
jan2s. Centre Co., Pa.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
[Estate of William Wilson, deceased.]
Letters of Administration having been granted the
undersigned on the estate of William Wilson, late
of Jackson township, deceased, all persons know
ing themselves indebted to make immediate pay
ment, and those having claims to present them
duly authenticated for settlement.
ROBERT WILSON,
Administrator.
Jackson township, Jan. 18,
A UDITOR'S NOTICE.—The under
signed Auditor appointed by the Orphans'
Court of Huntingdon county, to hear the exceptions
to the account of J. IC. McCahan, Trustee 9f Thom
as S. Meehan, (now deceased,) under the will of
his father, John McCaban, late of Walker township,
deceased, and to make distribution, &c., hereby
gives notice that he will attend at his office, in
Huntingdon, on THURSDAY, the 16th day of Fen-
Runny, neat, at ten o'clock, a. m., for the purpose
of his appointment, when and where all person. in
terested may attend and be heard if they see prop
er to be present.
TIIEO. H. CREI
A d u ER,
Jan. 25,71. dito r . .
FURNITURE 1 FURNITURE 1!
SELLING OFF AT COST !
The undersigned now offers to the public his en
tire stock of Plain and Fancy Furniture, consist.
ing of
BUREAUS, BEDSTEADS,
WASII AND CANDLE STANDS,
CHAIRS, MATTRESSES,
Spring Bed Bottoms, and a great variety of
PARLOR & KITCHEN FURNITURE,
and Chamber suits of every prioe and description.
llome-made work of the best workmanship offered
at city prices. Several different kinds of Spring
lied bottoms constantly on hand. Bargains are of
fered to all who need furniture, as he is closing
out at cost. _
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Work and sale rooms on Hill street, opposite the
Monitor office. JAMES HIGGINS.
jan.25,71.
New .Advertisements
ORPHANS' VOURT SALE!
Estate of JOHN PEIGIITAL, deceased.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of
Huntingdon county, the undersigned will expose
to public sale, on the premises, in Penn township,
in said county, on
FRIDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY. '7l,
at 10 o'clock, a. m., all the following described real
estate of John Peightal, late of said township, de
ceased, to wit:
ONE HUNDRED and THIRTY ACRES
of land, more or less; eighty acres of which are
cleared, in a good state of cultivation, and having
thereon erected a large log
DWELLING HOUSE,
barn and other improvements. The above tract of
land will he sold as a whole or in parts to suit pur
chasers. It is situated on the line of the Hunting
don and Broad Top Railroad; is in a pleasant com
munity, convenient to market, and in every way
desirable for agricultural purposes.
TERMS OF SALE :
One-third of the purchase money to be paid on
confirmation of sale, and the residue in two equal
annual payments to be secured by bonds and mort
gages of purchasers.
SAMUEL PEIGETAL,
JAMES WARD,
Administrators of John Peightal, deceased.
M'Connellstown, Pa., January 25—ts.
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!
In pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Huntingdon county, I will expose to public sale,
on the premises, in Henderson township, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, '7l,
at 2 o'clock, p. m., the following property
1. All that certain messuage tract of land situate
in Henderson township, aforesaid, hounded as fol
lows : Beginning at a chestnut oak, thence south
thirty degrees, west ono hundred perches to a
white oak, thence south sixty-seven degrees, east
eighty perches to a post, thence north thirty de
grees, east one hundred perches to lands owned by
Maria Corbin, thence by the line of the said Maria
Corbin, north sixty degrees, west eighty perches to
the platte of beginning, containing
FORTY-SIX ACRES
and one hundred and thirty p erches, more or less,
and having thereon erected a LOG DWELLING
HOUSE, log stable and other out-buildings.
About twenty acres of this land ate cleared and
under cultivation ; there or four acres of good mead
ow, and the remainder well timbered with
WHITE OAK,& C.
The farm is situate on the line of a public road
leading from the Union School Rouse to Warm
Springs, and about four and a half miles from
Ifuntmgdon.
TERMS:—One-half of the purchase money to be
paid on confirmation of the sale, and the balance
In one year thereafter, with interest, to be secured
by the bonds and mortgages of the purchaser.
.
Further credits of ;are will be utade known on
day of sale, by JOHN WARFEL,
Administrator of Catharine Duncan, &dd.
jan2s--M.
ORPHANS COURT SALE OF VAL
UABLE REAL ESTATE!
Estate of ARMSTRONG WILLOUGHBY, dee'd.
By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of
Huntingdon county, the undersigned will expose to
sale, on the premises, on
SATURDAY, 11th day of FEBRUARY,
next, at one o'clock, p. m., of said day, the follow
ing described real estate, Into of Armstrong Wil
loughby, deceased, to wit:
I.—A house and part of a lot of ground fronting
twenty-one feet and two inches on the south side of
Hill street, and extending in depth, one hundred
feet, to lot now owned by Adam Schmiennan, ad
joining lot of F. B. Wallace, Esq., on the west, and
lot of John Read, on the east, being part of lot No.
G 7 in the plan of said borough of Huntingdon, and
having thereon erected a
' LOG DWELLING HOUSE,
woatherboarded, now in the occupancy of Dr. R. It.
Wiestling.
2.—Also, a lot of ground, in said borough, east
of the Cemetery, bounded on the north and west by
lands of J. S. Stewart, Esq., en the east by lot of
Wm. Morningstar and others, and on the south by
Moore street, which is not opened, but so located
as to separate the Catholic Cemetery from the
above described lot, containing two acres more or
less.
TERMS :—One third of pnrohase money to be
paid on confirmation of sale, one-third in one year
thereafter with interest, and the other one-third at
.the death of the widow of said Armstrong Willough
by, deceased, with interest, payable regularly and
annually to said widow during her natural life.
Said deferred payments to be secured by bondsand
mortgages of the purchasers.
DAVID BLACK, Trustee.
January n -t..
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!
In pUrsuance of all order of the Orphans' Court
of Huntingdon county, the undersigned will expose
to sale, on the premises in Cass township, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1871,
the following described properties :
I.—A tract of land situate in said township,
bounded north by lands of George Wilson, cast by
lands of David Hamilton and C. Miller's heirs,
south by other lands of C. Miller's heirs, and west
by lands of George Wilson, aforesaid, containing
FIFTY-EIGHT ACRES
and ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE PERCHES,
more or less, with a two-story LOG DWELLING
HOUSE. and a fine spring of water thereon.
2.—Also, a tract of land situate in said township,
bounded north by lands of Jos. M. Wilson, east by
lands of A. Henderson, south by lands of John
Spangler, and west by lands of C. Miller's heirs,
containing
TWENTY-FOUR ACRES
and One hundred and twenty-one Perches, more or
less.
The first tract above described is situate on the
line of the public road leading from Cassville to
Paradise Furnace, about two miles from the former
place; and also on the line of the public road lead
ing to Huntingdon and Mill Creek. Twenty-five
acres or more of this tract are cleared and under
good cultivation and the balance is well timbered.
The smaller tract is located near the public roads
above described, is well watered, and is covered
with a very fine growth of
WHITE PINE TIMBER,
as good as can be found in the county.
Opportunity will be given purchasers to buy
either or both tracts. Sale to commence at one
o'clock, p. m., of said day.
Tenon or SALE:—One-third of the purchase
money to be paid on confirmation of the sale, and
the balance in two equal annual payments thereaf
ter, with interest, to be secured by the bonds and
mortgages of the purchasers.
Further conditions of sale made known on day of
sale, by D. CLARKSON,
N. A. MILLER,
Administrators of Christian Miller, deceased.
jan2sts.
THE STATE JOURNAL.
THE WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL
Was established at Harrisburg to supply a want
long felt in all parts of the State. No effort will be
spared to make it an acceptable weekly visitor to
the intelligent families of Pennsylvania. It will
be devoted to Independent Journalism, will defend
and advocate the rights and interests of the people
and will assist every effort to advance the religious
educational, moral and social condition of humani
ty. Se long as the Republican party continues to
be. as it now is, more than any other political or
ganisation, the enactor and defender of liberal and
impartial laws, the protector of American Labor,
the promoter of American Manufactures, and the
leader in all great reforms, the Journal will advo
cate its principles and defend its policies.
The mining and manufacturing interests of the
State, and the rights of the laboring men employed
therein, shall always find favor in these columns.
National and State measures proposed and enacted
for the protection of American industry will ever
be urged, advocated, and defended. The latest
news, political, commercial, agricultural and social
from all parts of the world, will be published
weekly.
The proceedings of the Legislature throughout
the session will be reported fully and promptly, so
that the readers of the Journal may know what is
transpiring at the State Capital. The Weekly
Journal, like the Daily, is a first-class newspaper,
thoroughly sound in politics, education, temperance
and religion. It is a good agricultural paper, a
good educational paper, a good temperance paper,
a good religious paper, a good family newspaper.
The Journal is published by the "Ilarrisborg
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ple means, whose sole purpose is to publish a first
class newspaper for Pennsylvania. The best talent
and the ablest writers have been employed to con
duct the affairs, and contribute to the columns of
The Journal.
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may secure the paper at the smallest possible cost.
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Address all communication to
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Ilarrirburg, Pa.
Miscellaneous,
GLAZIER & BRO.
DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCIIANDL
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
HATS,
&c. S
SMITH Street, between Washington and Milt
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
QUEENSWAI
WASHINGTON Street, near Smith-
Jan. 18, '7l.
B RIDGFS TO BUILD.
The Commissonera of Huntingdon coal
will receive proposals for building a bridge ac
Trough Creek, near Cooke mill, in Tod towns
on Monday. the 6th day of February 1871, up t
o'clock. Height of abutments 7 feet above
water mark.
Also, They will receive proposals to the e
time and place, fur building a bridge across Tro
Creek, near the late residenoe of Christian Dfi
in Cass township. Height of abutments 8
above low water mark.
Both bridges to be open canal trim bridges
feet long. Plan and specifications in the 0/11111
goner.' office.
By order of the Commissioner,
HENRY W. MILLER.
Cler:
Jan. la, '7l
APPEALS.
The Commissioners of Huntingdon county,
hold their Appeals at the following times
places, between the hours of 9 and o'clock.
Henderson township, at Union School House
Tuesday, the 7th day of February.
Brady township, at the house of Thomas MI
vey, on Wednesday, the Bth day of February.
Union township and Mapleton borough, at
house of J. S. Pheasant, on Thursday, the 9th
of February.
Mount Union borough, at the house of J. Co
on Friday, the 10th day of February.
Shirley township and Shirleysburg borough,.
house of E. Eyler, on Saturday, the 11th da
February.
Cromwell township and Orbisonia borougl
the house of A. Carothers, on Monday, the
day of February.
Tell township, at Nossville, at the public se
house, on Tuesday the 14th day of Ftibruary.
Dublin township, at Shade Gap, at the hoot
W. M'llowan, on Wednesday, the 15th de
February.
Springfield township. at Meadow nap, at
public school house, on Thursday, the 16th
of February.
Clay township and Three Springs Lorougl
the house of D. G. Hudson, on Friday, the
day of February.
Cass township and Cassville borough, at
public school house, in Cassville, on Saturday,
18th day of February.
.
Tod 'township, at Green's School Mon.
Monday, the 20th day of February.
Carbon township and Broad To City born
at the house of 14. T. Pearson, on Tutsday
21st day of February.
Coalniont borough, at the house of A. Ilyke2
Wednesday, the 22d day of February.
Hopewell township, - at the school house
Rough and Ready, on Thursday, the 23d de
February. .
Lincoln township, at Coffee Run Station, at
house of - Brumbaugh, on Friday, the
day of February. _ . .. . .
Penn township, at the house of A. Zeigle
Marklesburg, on Saturday, the 25th day of Pe
Warriorsmark township and Birnaiig
borough, at the house of James Chambei lsic
Warriorsmark, on Tuesday, the 29th day of
ruary.
Franklin township, at the putille school bt
in Franklinville, on Weilooesilay, the 1 tit de
March.
Morris towax.)4, in Waterstreet, at the bun
W. A. Black, on Thursday, the 2d day of Marc
Porter township and Alexandria borough, al
hon,se of James Maull, in Alexandria, on Fri
the, 3d day of March.
West township and Petersburg borough, at
40,W50 of A. blrainus, in Peterburg, on Satur
the 4th day of March.
' " "
Barren township, at the house of Jacob Halls
in Saulsburg, on Monday, the 6th day of Marc
sinnUMN. toWnslAiP, the bOuse of Jacob L
in M'Alevy's rctrt, ea Tuesday, the 7th da
Maroh.
Oneida township, at the Public House, e
Warm Springs, un Wednesday, the Sth of ;lan
Walker township, at the house of W. Lan,
Dl'Connellstown, on Thursday, the 9th da
March.
Huntingdon borough, M the Commissioners
See, on Friday, the 10th day of March.
Juniata township, at Hawn's School Must
Saturday, the 11th day of March.
Jan. 18, 11.
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