1 DURBORROIV, HUNTINGDON, PENN'A. Wednesday Morning, Feb. 28, 1872 , Republican State Convention IIEADQVAILTERS REPUBLICAN STATE CE , TRAL COMMITTEE OF PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5, 1872. In pursuance of tho resolution of the Republican State Central Committee, adopted at Ilarrisburg.January 18th, 1372, a Republican State Convention, composed of dele gates from each Sena' oriel and Representative district,in the number to which such district is entitled in the Leg islature, will meet in the Roll et the House of Represen tatives, at Ilarrisbnrg, at 1.: o'clock, noon, on Wednesday, the 10th day of April, A. D. 1872, to nominate candidates for Govetaor, Judge of the Supreme Court, Auditor Gen eral (should the Leealature provide for the choice of one by the people), and an Electoral Ticket; and also to elect -.Senatorial and Representative delegates to represent the State lathe Eepublican National Convention, to be hold at Philadelphia, JUDO 5, 1872. RUSSELL ERRETT, We,. Emorr, Chairman. D. F. liourrox, J S ecrclarlce. Emu Lusa., ' P. Al. Ltftn, sm. The Japanese are still snow-bound in Utah. Dili - Charles Munroe, the notorious em igrant swindler, of New York, has been. sent to the penitentiary for five years, Col. Thomas A. Scott bas been elected President of the Texas Pacific Rail road in place of Marshall 0. Roberts, re signed. 9*'' An election for Governor, mem bers of the Legislature, and other State officers, takes place in New Hampshire on the 12th proz. , Mir The Johnstown Tribune of last week hoists the names of Gee. U.S. Grant and Hon. John Scott as its choice for President and Vice President. Mir The Clearfield County Convention instructed its delegate to the Republican State Convention to vote for CoL Francis Jordan for Governor. The Jordan column is looming up. ,6 A fire at Selinsgrove, Pa., on the night of the 21st inst., destroyed thirteen dwellings, five stores, a Baptist church, and twelve stables and barns. Loss esti_ mated at $lOO,OOO, ay.. Dr. B. B. Hamlin, will deliver his popular Lecture, "Learning to Read," in the M. E. Church, of this place, on nest Tuesday evening. Persons desiring a rare treat will be on hand. le_ The Labor Reforiners met in Con• vention at Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday last, and nominated David Davis, of Il linois, for President, and John Russell, of Michigan, for Vice President. ts_ The Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate has issued his warrant for an elec tion in the Fifth Senatorial District, to be held on March 15th, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Evans. ser The Committee drawn in the Mc- Clure-Gray contest eonsists of Harry White, David Mumma, and L. T. Fitch, Republicans, and A. H. Dili, C. R. Buck slew, T. D. Davis and A. G. Broadhead, Democrats. Every broken down tirekster and political corrnptionist, in the country, is crying "Reform!" It is the old cry of "stop thief !" "Whon the devil was sick. The devil a monk would be, When the devil got well, The devil a monk was he." as_ The States of Indiana and Missou ri—the latter the home of Carl Schurz--. have declared in favor of Gen. Grant. The people are for Grant and have made up their minds that he shall be re-nominated, the whintng,s of disappointed soreheads to the contrary notwithstanding. We call attention to a synopis of the Report of the majority of the Commit tee "on the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary States," published on the outside of to-day's JOURNAL. It tells a tale of horror, deviltry and bloodshed, only equalled by the horrors of La Vendee. Give it a careful perusal. Dar The Pittsburgh Dispatch made its appearance, on Monday morning, the 19th inst., in a new snit. It is an excellent fit. The Dispatch is a wry good newspaper and is well patronized. The only objection we find to it, is, that the Commercial reaches here always six hours earlier. Why is this ? 20- The Venango Oitizen proposes Sen ator John Scott for Vice PreFident, as the most acceptable candidate to Pennsylvania that can be named. "A scholar and states man," says the Citizen, "of broad and lib• eral views, an undoubted Republican, and known for his honesty of purpose and in tegrity of character, nothing it seems to us could be done which would add more strength to the Republican party than for the National Convention to place hisname on the ticket for the Vice Presidency." The Republicans of Bradford county, among the most incorruptible and steadfast in the country, at• their late County Convention adopted the following resolutions : E.:volved, That we refer with pride and satisfac tion to the wise administration of National affairs by General Grant. Underbis guidance the mate rial prosperity of the country hag advanced; the national honor and credit have been maintained, the public debt has leen reduced, taxation lessen ed, and honesty in the collection of the revenue enforced. That his renomination is demanded by the people who recognize in him a President who has no policy except the good of his country. Resoftwd,, That our confidence in Governor Geary is unshaken, and that we cordially approve his ad ministration. Raolved, That our United States &misters, Gen eral Cameron and Ilan. John Scott, are entitled to the gratitude of the Republican party for the able manner in which they havedischarged their duties. as...lt will be necessary for the next general Conference, of the Methodist Epis copal Church, to elect a number of Bishops. "Death, which loves a shining mark, has been aiming a whole quiver of arrows" at them, and the whole number of available ones can be counted upon the digits of your right hand. This being the case more Bishops will have to be elected to meet the increased and constantly increasing labors. It is with no little pride and pleas um that we nominate our learned and dis tinguished townsman—Da. B. B. HAMLIN —for one of the vacancies. Da. HA.MLIN Qs eminently qualified, learned, able, in dustrious, liberal and judicious, and if elected would reflect great honor upon the Church. - Journal. THE MAGNITUDE AND MINUTI/E OF THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. EDITOR Thirt , thousand miles of railroad mail routes, twenty-one thousand miles of steamboat mail routes, one hundred and seventy thousand miles of other routes, on which the mails are required to-be etirried with "celerity, certainty and security," requir ing, altogether, an annual transportation of mails over one hundred and seven-and-a half millions of miles of mail routes, are facts which enable the mind to grasp but faintly, the magnitude of the General Post Office Department of the United States. Then look at the rapid yearly increase of this Department : The new post routes by rail put in operation during 1869 embraced 3,519 miles; in 1870, the increase was 4,190 miles, and in 1871, it amounted to 6,107 miles, thus adding, in the aggregate 13,816 miles to the 36,018 miles in opera tion on the let of July, 1868. Here is an increase in three years of 38 per cent, and in the last year alone of 17 per cent. These arc significant evidences, first, of the mag nitude of the country, the general diffusion of intelligence, and the vastness of its in ternal commerce; and secondly, they af ford the very best proof of the amazingly rapid development of the country under our present judicious system of protection to all our home industries, and to the working classes. And while this remarkable progress is made in the postal extension and facilities within the Union, our foreign postal sys tem has undergone vast and most impor tant improvements during the last few years. Take for illustration the reductions made by recent postal conventions, in the rates of postage to foreign countries. Below we have the rates of the usual half-ounce letter between the States and the principal foreign countries, as charged December 31, 1867, April 1, 1869, and November 1, 1870, respectively, together with an addi tional column showing the reduction : COUNTRIES. Argentine Republic. Austria. Belgium Bolivia.. British Columbia. Buenos Ayres Canada, Dominion Chili China Denmark East Indies Eonauor ...... Eyt G g erm p an States, (direct) Greece j . Holland Italy Japan New Zealand Norway Paraguay Peru Portugal Russia Sandwich Islands Spain Sweeden Switzerland Turkey Great Britain Uruguay These are grand results ; and they are fraught with immense benefits not only to our commercial relations with the world, but to the millions of families already here and those coming to our shores, leaving relatives and friends beyond the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, with whom they are in regular correspondence. But we cannot dwell upon this noble achievement of cheap ocean postage, only to say that the day is not far distant when the ocean postage will be still furthpr reclnced to the uniform charge of two, qr at most three cents per half ounce. We shall now glance briefly at other branches of the General Post Office De partmput, and note the extent and pro gress made in each within a very brief period. THE POSTAL MONEY ORDER SYSTEM. The money-order system was unknown in the United Status op to the first of No vember, 1864. From that time to the end of the last fiscal year (June 30, 1871,) there ware 2,076 money-order offices put in oporztion. On the 31st July, 1871, there were 376 additional money-order of fices established, making together 2,452 of these business-facilitating offices now in operation. The immense benefits of this modern improvement may be gathered from the fact that the number of domestic money-orders issued and paid, during the last year, was 2,121,664, amounting in value to $41,705,667.03. Compared with the previous year the increase is a fraction over 23 per cent. Small as are the char ges for transmission of funds through this channel, the profits accruing to the De partment from this source from its incep tion down to the end of the last fiscal year were $337,419.86. INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER SYSTEM, A vigorous start has been made toward the completion of a comprehensive system of international postal money-orders. The first arrangement was made with Switzer land, and went into operation September 1, 1869. To the dose of the last fiscal year, a period of twenty-two months, the amount of orders issued by United States offices fns payment in Switzerland was $60,- 679.26, and the amount of orders paid on remittances from that country was $32,- 454.45. The next similar arrangement was made with Great Britain. and want into opera tion October 2, 1871. From that date to October 28, a period of four weeks, the value of the orders sent to that country was $63,061.13, and of those received the value was $14,684.19, showing moat con clusively the necessity, the convenience and th.: importance of this arrangement for the transmission of money in small sums and at a low cost for conveyance. A similar arrangement is now about comple ted with Germany, to go into operation October 1, 1872. And se the system will be eatended between the United States and all other nations with which we are con nected by commerce or immigration. THE FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM. This is another modern improvement, and its benefits are acknowledged wherever it has been introduced. Here aro some of the returns: During the last year the free delivery system has been in operation in fifty-two of the principal cities, viitla the following aggregate results : Number aflutter carriers, Mail letters delivered, Local letters delivered Newspapers delivered, Letters collected, Amount paid carriera, &c. Postage an Local Matter.. This is the result of last year's experi ence, and it indicates a large increase, over the previous year, showing conclusively that the new system is fully appreciated by the public. RAILWAY POST OFFICES. Here is another modern improvement in postal expedition, the importance of which cannot be over estimated. The cars appropriated for this service, are fitted up as traveling post offices, with everything complete to secure expedition in receiving, sorting, distributing, making-up and deliv ering mails alon t ., the routes. These post offices now travel over 27,596 miles daily, or 10,072,540 miles annually, by railway and steamboat routes. The number of clerks employed last year was 513, at a cost of $442,600. The system is now be ing extended. The total number of letters exchanged during the last year with foreign countries was 20,295,998, an increase of 1,936,620 over the number reported for 1870. Of this number 10,461,868 were sent from, and 9,834,130 were received in, the Uni ted States. The rate of increase in the total number of letters exchanged with foreign countries in 1871 over 1870, was 101 per cent., while the decrease in the amount of postages, owing to the reduced rates, was 11 2-3 per cent. This will be more than overcome this year by the great increase in the number of letters carried. The recent improvements in reference to the management of the dead letter office, have resulted in an earlier return of un called-for letters back to their writers.— Formerly letters not called for did not get back to the writers earlier than from three to six months after they were written and mailed. Now they are usually returned in from thirty to forty days. The number of dead letters received at the dead letter office in Washington, du ring the last year, was as follows : Ordinary letters 2,931,224 Drop 492,300 Unmailable 373,363 Hotel 26,732 Fictitious 66,264 Registered 6,162 Returned from foreign countries 77,010 Foreign letters *21,673 Of these 18,577 contained money in sums of $l.OO and upwards, amounting in the aggregate. to $78,812.98; of which 17,082 letters, containing $74,420,90 were delivered to the writers or persons address ed. The number enclosing less than $l.OO was 14,956, containing $3,808.92, of which $12,413, containing 23,04,90 were deliv ered to the writers, and 2,543 letters, con taining $714.02 were filed for reclamation. The number of dead letters containing bank checks, drafts, deeds, &c., was 19,193, of the nominal value of $3,075,869.23; of which 17,905 of the nominal value of $2,- 855,030.31 wero delivered to the owners, and 1,288, of the noplitpl value of $220,- 838.92, were outstanding or filed for re clamation. The number of packages and letters con taining jewelry, books, and other proper ty was 6,498, of which 4,298 were deliv ered, and 2,200 were filed for reclamation. The number containing photographs was 42,119, of which 36,544 found owners, and 5,575 were filed, Of the unavailable letters 301,472 were detained for postage, not being pre-paid, as required by law, They were either wholly unpaid, were not pre-paid one full rate, or were stamped with illegal or reve. nue stamps; 68,373 were misdirected, the post office, State, or some necessary part of the address being omitted; and 3,518 had no address whatever. We have ever been opposed to the law that compels a postmaster to retain and return to the dead letter office, any letter or mail matter, because of a deficiency in, or the entire absence of pre-payment. Se rious and most aggravating consequences have resulted from this practice. It would be much more reasonable to allow the let ter, or paper, or package to go forward to its destination, under a charge of double rates to be paid by the recipient. The in consistency of the law may be inferred from the fact that all unpaid letters for Canada are passed on without any deten tion; while unpaid letters mailed for any part of our own country, are sent to the dead letter office ! PROSPECTIVE PROGRESS. Efforts will be continued for a reduction of postage between France and the United States, and for greater reductions of post age on letters to and from Russia, Den mark, Sweden and Norway, and for a penny postage system with Great Britain. The penny postal card, now in use in England, is also under consideration. 13y this system a card containing a message, or other information written on one side, and the address of the party for whom it is in tended, inscinted upon the other side, will be carried from one part of any city to another, by the letter carriers, or from one part of city or country to another, through the mails, for one cent. Another, and by far the most important improvement under contemplation, is to make the telegraph a part of the postal system. England and ether European countries, aro ahead of us in this matter; but there is good reason to believe that the telegraphs of this country will, ere long , be so controlled by the General Post Office Department, us to secure to the public the transmission of correspondence by telegraph, at about one-fourth of the rates now charged by independent corpora tions. Post Office Saving Banks are contempla ted. The system was introduced into England in 1861 and has so far proved to be a great success, the Government having now on deposit, as the saving of the.people, $80,000,000, for which depositors receive 21 per cent interest, per annum. In the United States 4 per cent could be allowed to depositors. All deposits received at the post offices are to be forwarded to the U. S. Treasury, and by that department in vested in U. S. seenrities. The system has safety and economy to recommend it to the people, and if introduced it could not fail to become universally popular. We have thro7n together, in brief coin:. 1,419 $112,612,693 27,045,760 32,810,353 113.287,602 $1,353,923.23 $758,120.78 FOREIGN MAILS, TIIE DEAD LETTER OFFICE. .4,194,748 TIIB P. M. GENERAL. pass, a mass of information upon the mag nitude and operations of the General Post Office Department, which gives employ ment to 43,954 persons, including clerks, carriers, contractors, postmasters, messen gers and mail agents. The whole system is controlled by one central head, the Hon. JOHN A. J. CRESWELL, to ‘71101:h the public are mainly indebted for the greater portion of the improvements indicated above, and introduced or extended during his administration, us well as those, in prospect, referred to as now under consid eration, and only awaiting the action' of Congress for authority to put them' in operation. In conclusion, while the State and Treas ury departments have accomplished great results, during the last three years, the post office department has achieved a suc cess equal to either, and far beyond that of any former period in its history. - OUR i.VASH!NGTON LETTER The 'Tariff in the Senate and in the (louse —Probable action of the Pennsylvania Delegation on the proposed reduction el Duty on Iron, Steel and Metals—The Income Tax to be Continued—The Irmo Xssistant Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Feb. 26, 1872. THE SENATE TARIFF BILL. The substitute for the House bill of last session, repealing the duties on coal and salt, which was reported from the Senate Finance Committee on the 16th of Janu ary last, and re-committed, was again re ported on Wednesday last, with the fol lowing amendments, making additional changes in the tariff: Slack or culm coal, or such as will pass through of an inch screen, 25 cents per ton. Minerals or bituminous substances in a crude state, 10 per cent. ad valorem. Cleaned rico 1 j cents per pound. Uncleaned rice,l cent per pound. Paddy rice, f a cent. Potatoes, 10 cents per bushel. Hides and skins, not otherwise provided for, 5 per cept..a . .l valorem._ _ Laths 15 cents, and shingles 33 cents per thous• and. Empty casks and barrels, sugar box s ooks and wooden packing boxes, 30 per cent. ad valorem. Fruit and ornamental trees, plants, shrubs and flower and garden seeds, 20 per cent. Pig and bar lead 13 cent per pound; lead dross and ore 1 oent per pound; lend sheets, pipes or shot, 2i cents per pound; molten lead, cent per pound; old lead, fit only for manufacture, 1 cent per pound. Ginger 3 cents per pound; preserved or pickled ginger, and essence of ginger, 35 per cent. Hemp, flax or jute twine, 25 per cent.; hemp yarn, 4 cents per pound. Cotton or 11;tx slots, fishing, dip or scoop, 33 per cent. Seines of any kind. 4& cents per pound. Prepared or manufactured cocoa, 8 cents per Mind. Iron wire, cloth and netting, duty equal to duty on same gauge wire, with 15 per cent. in additicn; and if painted, japanned or otherwise coated, -25 per cent. In the second Section, making a reduc tion of 10 per cent. from the present rate on certain articles after the first of July next, the following articles and no others are enumerated : Manufactures of cotton or of which cotton is the component or chief value; all wools, hair of the al paca goat arid °Oarlike animals, and manufactures wholly or in pakt of the same; all manufactures of silk which are not subject to 60 per cent duty; all iron and steel and manufactures thereof of which either is the component part or chief value, except pig iron and steel rails; all metals not otherwise pro vided for, and :ill manufactures of metals; earth enware, glass and glassware; unwrought pipe clay, fine clay, kaolin and fullers' earth; all leather, all manufactures of skins, bone, ivory, horn and leath er, and of which either iscomponcnt or chief value: all manufactures of India rubber, gutta percha or straw ; and oilcloths of all descriptions. The third section is entirely new, and provides that the sixth section of the tar iff act of March 3, 1865, shall not apply to the articles mentioned in the wool-tariff bill of March 2, 1867. The fourth section places the following articles on the free list, in addition to those already specified in the bill prior to its re, committal, and heretofore published Adiantum, alabaster and spar; aluminum or al uminium; gum, or grains of amoniae; American manufactures, the following, to wit, casks, barrels, or carboys, and other vessels and grainbags, man ufactured in the United States, if expom d, con taining American produce, and declaration be made of intention to return the same empty ; anelineoil; animals brought into the United States temporari ly, and for a period not exceeditig six months, for exhibition or competition, and animals specially imported for breeding purposes; annatto, and all extracts thereof; annatto seed ; antimony ore and made sulphuret; arsenic in all forms ; assafoatida, balm of (Mead, all crude medicinal balsams; bam boo reeds, if no further manufactured than cut into lengths for canes and umbrellas; bamboos unman ufactured ; barley, pearl or hulled ; bed feathers and downs; hoes in swarms or plain hives; black tares; bones not manufactured; boors burnt, calcined, ground or steamed ; books, which shall have been printed and manufactured more than twenty years at date of importation; Brazil paste; cameos, not set ; crude camphor ; castor or castoream; catgut etrings for musical instruments ; China rout, cry solite, cinnabar, native 'or artificial; clippings and waste of brass, bronze or Dutch metal, if only for remanufanture; ore of cobalt.; medicinal cocoa wine; old copper taken from the bottom of American ves sels compelled to repair iu foreign ports; cowling° down; crocus coleothar ; curling stones or quoits; dyeing; all barks, berries, flowers, nuts, plants, woods, and substances of all kinds used exclusively for dyeing; emery ; ore or rock ; feldspar, felting stones; febritie in all forms; living fish; flints, and ground flint-stone; fossils; living fowls; unman ufactured furs of till kinds ; fur waste; garanciue; gelatine. prepared exclusively for culinary poi. poses; grease not otherwise provided for; gunny bags and gunny cloth, old or refuse, lit only for re manufacture ; gut and worm-gut for whip and oth er cords; salted guts; hair of horse, cattle and hogs, cleaned or undefined, drawn or uadrawn, but un maufactured bide cuttings, raw, for glue stock hide rope ; hones and whetstones; Indian hemp ; India or Malacca joints; jute buts ; jalap, crude jalap resin; unmanufaetured kites; all leaves oth erwise unprovided fur; loadstoncs; to-wood and crude deeontiens; tuner ; . 113i10 ; moles, madder and mungelet; magnets ; crude marrow; all medi cinal barks, flowers, &a., not otherwise named; murlate of tin and tin crystals; mustard seed; nux vomica and its crude resin; cocoa and Brazil nuts; green or preserved olives, orphiment ; paints— Berlin blue, Chinese blue, Dutch pink, ivory black, woodlake; (all the others specified in bill as last reported are retained in the free list except miner al kermes;) paper stock of every description, per see, potters' composition, unmanufactured rattans and reeds, resinus substances for like uses, with gum-copal, not otherwise provided far; root flour, saffron and safflower and their extracts ; crude sage; salep, shale, shark skins, snails, St. John's beans, crude tamarinds, Barbadoes tart tar and pitch from the pine; pig, bar, block, and grain tin; tin liquor and all salts of tin not otherwise provided for; umbrella sticks in the rough ; va nella beans or plants; game and game 'netts of all kinds, raw or salted; wafers, shoemakers, Brazil ian bay, or myrtle and Chinese wax; willows pre pared for basket-makers' use; yarns. zinc, old and only to be remanufactured. The following articles were on tile free list of the bill, as previously reported, but they are omitted in the bill as amended : Bay or laurel oil, putty, all forums of potash, Rocheilo •alts, snakeroot. sulphate of magnesia, and tin crystals, The reader will observe that the Fi nance Committee adheres to its former ac tion in retaining a part of the duties on tea and coffee, coal and salt, and all the present duties on pig iron and steel rails. The reduction oflo per cent. of the duties on other kinds of iron, steel and metal, will be opposed by Senator Scott and oth er members of the Pennsylvania delega tion, who will have a very large support from the members from all parts of, the country. The proposed reduction will, it is believed, be abandoned. And as an offset to the retention of all of the present , duty on these articles, Senator Scott and many of those who are opposed to a re duction of the duty on iron, steel and met als, will introduce and support an amend ment transferring tea and coffee to the free list, a change which all but free traders and revenue reformers desire to see made. On Monday, two weeks from to-day, the bill will be taken up and considered. TEE TARIFF IN THE HOUSE. The Committee or Ways and Means have not yet made their report on the tariff; but a member of the House last week introduced a resolution to place tea and coffee on the free list, which was done by a large vote. A similar motion was made in reference to coal and salt, but the vote was in favor of continuing the duties as at present imposed. THE INCOME TAX The Committee of Ways and Means have decided to recommend to the House to continue the Income taxfor another year. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, Charles Hale, of Boston, Mass., having satisfied the Senate that the charges made against him, of a dereliction of duty while Consul in Egypt, were without foundation, he was confirmed last week, as Assistant Secretary of State, and has received his commission. N. H. P. Romeo in a Rage Terrible Scene in a llenagcric--The Ele phant Romeo Attacks Ire Keeper—An. Exciting and Perilous Situation—The Mau Finally Rescued and the Brute Subdued--dnother Incident of Life at Forepaugh's.llfcnagerie. Out at Twenty-second and Bolton streets yesterday transpired another terrible com bat with an infuriated beast in which a human life was nearly sacrificed. At this place, as our readers know from the ac count in Wednesday's Press, arc located the winter quarters of Adam Forepaugh's menagerie, an establishment containing every variety of bird and beast. ROMEO MAD, Yesterday morning Mr. George Fore paugh, keeper of the celebrated elephant Romeo, who is known to be the most vicious animal ever publicly exhibited, and whose ti tle among showmen is the "champion man killer," entered the building as usual to at tend to the wants of big huge pet. The brute was apparently in the best of moods, and Mr. Forepaugh apprehended no dan ger. However this fancied security, while peering through an aperture at the per formance of some members of the troupe who were exercising in the ring attached to the building Mr. Forepaugh was re minded of Romeo's presence and danger ous instincts by suddenly finding himself encircled in the coils of THE TRUNK. of the animal. In an instant the unlucky man was hurled through the air with tre mendous force, in his ascent reaching the roof of the stable. Fortunately he fell on a pile of blankets. But he was now in more imminent danger than ever—direct ly under the feet and completely in the power of the infuriated beast. A single tramp, one blow from the terrible trunk, and he was a dead man. In this perilous situation, with the weapon of the treacher ouvinimal raised to deliver the blow, re lief came from Mr. Charles Forepangh, who was in the rear part of the stable. A COURAGEOJS MAN With rare presence of mind and unusu al courage this man seized an immense pitchfork, with which Romeo is occasion ally tamed into submission, and dealt the mad monster thrust after thrust. Writh ing with pain the brute turned upon his as sailant, but his chains prevented him from reaching him. Howling with rage he es sayed to deal the new-comer a deadly blow, but, alert and active, this gentleman con tinued his merciless thrusts until the flanks of the beast streamed with blood. All the time Mr. George Forepaugh was crawling further and further away from his position. He was painfully bruised, and moved slow ly and cautiously away, but finallysucceed ed in reaching the middle of the floor and a place of safety. Other assistance then came, and additional chains were thrown around the feet of Romeo, and he was made periectly secure, but ho continued to Fhow signs of rage for some time, and his keeper says the fit may last on him for several days. THE DEN OF THE ANIMAL, Romeo is kept chained by the logs in a stable adjoining the department appropri ated to the cages that contain the lions, tigers, panthers, &0., and in ono portion of this stable the performing horses have their stalls. This stable is divided from what is called the performing or practice ring by a wooden partition, and the elephant is con fined in a corner or angle of the stable in such a manner that he faces the partition that separates the ring from the stable. ROMEO'S RECORD, The Press has more than once recouuted the bloody deeds of this animal when in censed, Not a year ago, in a country vil lage in Ohio, he killed a man and destroyed a house or two. A few years back, when the establishment at Tenth and Callowhill was used as a circus, he demolished one of the walls and assaulted some half dozen peo ple. Two years ago, while quartered for the winter near Germantown, he got into one of his sulky moods, and when approached by his keeper he seized the unfortunate man with his trunk, tossed him into the air, and then placing the lifeless body un der his hoot; trampled it into a shapeless mass. After overturning a few cages he was finally brought under subjection when briskly plied with thrusts from a harpoon pr other sharp instrument.. Be is a dan gerous animal, and it is about time he was Press 34th inst. a, State after State is declaring for the renomination of President Grant, Maine and Ohio having just spoken unan imously. The earnest discussion of his character and his policy seems more fully to vindioate the one and to strengthen the other. The last attempt in the Senate to involve the Secretary of War in the sale of tho French arms is so transparent a failure that it can only react in favor of that accomplished officer, and add a new element of power to the resistless move ment in favor of his chief. It would be a happy termination of an unhappy demon stration if the eminent Republican Sena tors who started it would frankly admit the mistake they have made, and so open the door for that reconciliation which only requires to be commenced to secure com plete harmony and assure victory. There is no virtue more befitting an exalted lead er than Magnanimity, and he who is first to show it will be longest remembered. Twenty-six years ago Senator Benton, of Missouri, rose in his place and moved the indefinite postponement of one of his favor ite measures. Mr. Clay taunted him with having killed his own offspring. "Yes, sir," said Denton; "I have killed it; I have killed it dead, sir; dead as a door nail. I am always ready to sacrifice myself for my country." President Grant showed the same spirit when he gave up Santo Do mingo. Sumner shows it when be reso lutely perils his chances for national hon ors by advocating the cause of the perse cuted freedman. The people are weary of the personalities between their „leaders, and deserve and demand some sacrifice of punctilio and individual resentment for the sake of the common cause. Who will be the first to set the good example ?— Phila. Press. - I The court attire of the King of Bonny is a plug hat and a pair of pumps, in ad dition to his usual costume—a pair of spectacles. The Ku-Klux Report.' The Committee of Congress, appointed to investigate the Ku-Klux outrages in the South have prepared their final report, an abstract of which has been published. It will furnish the future historian with the material for the darkest chapter of our history. Such a reva.ation of man's inhu manity to man, of devilish conspiracy and black crime, was never made before. Such an insight into the principles, motives, and policy of the rebel Democratic party will never be had again. When before, in a civilized and Christian country, have men deliberately organized assasination and struck for power through the persecution of a whole race ? Christian men and wo men, read the report ! What the report shows can be summed up in a paragraph: That in the States re cently in rebellion there aro secret bands of disloyal men organized to prevent the execution of laws relating to reconstruc tion ; that the organization embraces about forty thousand men in one State, and probably not less than two hundred thous and in all the States ; that they are bound by oaths to executesuch orders as may be de cided upon in secret sessions; that in obedi ence to these decrees, and in accordance to their oaths, they burn and destroy the property of peaceable citizens; they seize, bind, scourge, shoot, and hang innocent men; that these hellish outrages are com mitted only against the poor timid blacks and white Republicans; that for such deeds of violence and blood no conviction has been had and no punishment inflicted, save in the United States conrtsand under martial law. It also shows another fact, and that is the need this country has of the Repub can party and of having its affairs admin istered by Republicans. That party is an organization of the best elements of this nation. It abolished slavery and preserv ed the Union, it restored peace and gave the negro the ballot, and it has promised that peace shall not be disturbed tier the ballot invaded; and whatever irrelevant topic may show discord and widen breach es In the ranks, upon this.it is resolved— the rebellion shall not be revived nor the negro stripped of citizenship. And so this unholy alliance of the rebel Democrats must dissolve and its barb.atitiot cease.— Phiktdc/p/du Poss, glartingo. SAYLOR—NORRIS.—On the 6th inst., by Rev. J. W. Plannett, Mr. James Saylor to Miss Rachael Norris, both of this county. NOEL—FRIEDLEY.--On the 16th inst., by the same, Mr. Wm. Noel to Miss Margaret Friedley, both of Huntingdon. New Advertisements D ISSOLUTION.- The partnership existing between M. W. ileuton an i 0. B. Cram, doing business as Heaton & Crum, in the mercantile business, in Marbles burg, has been, this day, February 11, 1572, die_ solved by mutual consent, and the accounts of the firm will be settled by 0. B. Crum. Business will be continued at the old stand by 111. W. Beaton. M. W. HEATON. feb2S. O. B. CRUM. 25 THE LARGEST METAL PRICE Current in the World is the Iron World' and Monufaclurar. Accurate quotations and re ports of sales of Hardware and Metals in Pitts burgh, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincin nati, St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore and Chicago. Foreign metal markets reported. Acknowledged standard jonrnil of themetal trades. Only $4,00 per year. No hardware dealer can afford to do without it. Every machinist and metal worker should take it. (lives more illustrations of new machinery than the Scientific Aineriaap. Sent four weeks on trial for 25 cents, postage paid, ad dress IRON woftus PUBLISHING CO., Iron World Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb.2B,'72—tf, 25 SENT ON TRIAL FOR THREE months for 25 cents. The American Work iv People is one of the finest publications in the world. Contains 16 pages, or 64 °pinnine of read ing matter, designed to interest, instruct and a:- canoe the beet Interests of workingmen. Illuntra- Hong of prominent workingmen In each issue. Numbers its thousands of subscribers. Only $1,50 per year, or on trial three months for 25 cents. Write your name, Town, County and State plain ly, enclose the money, and address IRON WORLD PUBLISHING CO., Iron World Building, Pittatwg4, ita. 346•• Agents wanted on Salary (le commission. Feb.2B,'72—tf. DEPOSITE INSURANCE Is anew form of LIFE L SURAXCE, originated and just introduced by the old and popular CHARTER OAK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. OF .HARTFORD, CONN. ORGAYIZED 1850 6i0,000,000 a SSE TS. It is confidently recommended as for superior in all respects to any Tontine or other plan upon which payment of profits is deferred. Insurance on all the usual plans is offered by this company at far Lower Rates than are charged by other mu tual companies. ALEXANDER ELLIOTT, Agent at Huntingdon, Feb.21,181'24m. PUBLIC SALE, 2756 ACRES OF VALUABLE TIAIBEIi. LANDS.—The un dersigned will sell at public: sale, at the Court House, in the borough of Huntingdon, at 10 o'clock a. in., on Wednesday, March 13th 1872, ten tracts of patented timber land, as follows Six Tracts, situated in Lincoln and Hopewell townships, Hun tingdon county, to wit: No. 1. Peter Wilson tract, part, warrant dated March 31, 1704, containing 223 acres. No. 2, Isaac Wamplo tract, pert, war rant dated March 31, 1704, dental:sing 174 acres. No. 3, Benj. Shoemaker tract, part, warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 202 acres. No. 4, Leonard 'Mochmble tract, part, warrant dated hlareh 31, 1794, containing 180 acres. No. 5, Samuel Davis tract, part, warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 220 acres. No. 8, Conrad Beaten tract, part, warrant dated March 31, 1704, con taining 200 acres. Total 1199 acres. These tracts lie in one body, on the western side of Terrace mountain, extending southward from Tatman's gap, and aro adjoined on the went by the Rays town Branch of the Juniata River, lands of Adam Speak, jnekson Enyeart and others. They con tain a large amount of valuable chestnut-oak, white oak, poplar, chestnut, yellow pine and eth er timber. The distance to the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad at Coffee Run or Rough and Ready Stations is from three to six suites. The timber on these tracts can be floated down the Raystown Branch to the Penna. railroad and canal, 3 miles below Huntingdon. Four Tracts, situated in Tod township, Huntingdon county, to wit : No. 7, Owen Jones tract, warranted dated March 31, 179.1, ecntaining 438 acres, 51 perches. No. 8, Jonathan Janes tract; warrant dated Match 31, 1794, containing 433 acres, 53 perches. No. 9, Robert Erwin tract, warrant dated March, 31, 1791, containing 3:7 aarc4, 115 perches. No. 10, Philip Wager tract, warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 333 acres. Total 1557 acres, 101 perches. These tracts lie together in one body in the Broad Top Coal Region from ono to three miles north of the lands of the Powelton Collieries and are adjoined on the conch by lands of John Waist, W. T. PlaugherWs heirs and others and on west by faros tre,ets of Little Valley. Besides being covered with a growth of excellent timber, these tracts are supposed to contain de posits of Iran ore and coal. The distance from the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad at Powelton is from 11 to 3 miles. Terms c—One-half of the purchase money to be paid en the execution of the deed on or before the first day of April next, and the balance in one or two annual payments with interest. Further information may be obtained by addressing JOHN S. MILLER, R. BRUCE PETRIKEN, J. SIMPSON AFRICA, Feb.21,1872-3t.1 Iluntingdon, Pa. FOR ALL KINDS OF PRINTING GO TO Ttfl!: "JOURNAL BUILPING." Nets Advertisements -A- WO HOUSES AND LOTS FOR sale in Mill Creek, on reasonable terms. If not sold soon ' they will be for rent. For particu lars apply to George Eby, Mill Creek, or to JONATHAN DETWILER, Allenrille, Mifflin county, Pa. f,:b.',2l;72tfj ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned, living in Cass town ship, on the est:tte of Philip Taylor, late of said township, deceased, all persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate, arc requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them duly anthenticated for settlement. ANDREW TAYLOR, Feb.21,1872-6t.] Administrator. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that tbe undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of Hun tingdon county, to distribute the balance in the hands of Benjamin F. Patton, Executor of the last will and testament of James Ganoe, late of War riorsmark township, deed., hereby gives notice that he will attend, ht the office of Simpson .E Ar mitage, in Huntingdon, on Thursday, the 21st of March, 1872, at 10 o'clock, A. m., when and where all persons interested shall present their claims or be debarred from coming in fora share of said fund. J. A. SIMPSON, Feb. 21,72.—1 t Auditor. ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. [Estate of David G. Corbin, Sr., dee'd.] Letters of Administration having been granted to the undersigned, on the estate of David G. Corbin, Sr., late of Huntingdon borough, deceased, all persons knowing themselves indebted to said es tate are hereby requested to make payment, and those hoeing claims, to present them properly authenticated for settlement. AVM. E. CORBIN, ADAM RUPERT, Administrators. Jan.24,1872-8q SAMUEL RUPERT, Suozessor to B. L. SILRNITTER, Mfaler in MILLINERY AND LADIES' FANCY TRIMMING GOODS, No. 313 Dill street, HUNTINGDON, Pa. KATE SILKNITTER, Feb. 14, 1372.-6 m. Agent NEW HARDWARE STORE, J. N. (MKS & CO., Have just opened out in their new roam. in PE TERSBURG, a new and complete stock of Hard ware, Iron, Nails, Horse-shoes, Cutlery, House Trimmings, Carriage Makers' Goode, Glass, Oils, Paints, &c., ho., and in fact everything in this line of business. Also dealers in Coal and Coak, Stoves of all kinds. Our goods arc first-class, and our PRICES AS LOW AS TEE LOWEST. Call and see no. Orders by mail promptly attend. ed to. Builders and Wagon-makers orders solidi• ted and filled at wholesale rates. J. M. OAKS & CO, Feb.14,1872-10mo. VSTATE OF PHILIP TAYLOR, DE CEASED.—Notice to Rose Ann, intermarried with Jesse Rancor, that the said Rose Ant. and her said husband ere both deceased, leaving two chil dren to survive them, namely, William Rouser, who resides near Bloody Run, Bedford county, in this State, and Lucinda, intermarried with Alex ander Finley, who resides in the State of Kansas, and whose postoffioe address is Cottonwood Fall ; Mary raider and Joseph Taylor, who reside in Clay township, Huntingdon county, Samuel Tay lor, who resides in Jo Davies county, in tho State of Illinois, and whose postoffice is Galena; Andrew Taylor, the petitioner; Sarah, intermarried with James McNeil, who resides in Tod township ; Ephraim Taylor, who resides in Altoona, Blair county; Amos Taylor who resides in Clay town ship aforesaid; Elizabeth, intermarried with Fred erick Fast., and whose postoffiee address is Yellow Springs; and Eliza S. Taylor, who also resides in Clay township aforesaid. Take notice that an In quest will ho held at the dwelling house of Philip Taylor, deceased, in the township of Tod, in the county of Huntingdon, on the 12th day of March, A. D., 1872, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of making partition of the real estate of said deceased to anti among the children and legal representatives, if the name can be done without pre.udico to or spoiling of the whole, otheTwigalo value and appraise the same according to law—at which time and place you may attend If you think proper. AMON 1101JeK, Sheriff. Feb. 14,1872. 1872, CARPETS!! CARPETS !! CARPETS!! SPRING STOCK. AT LOWEST PRICES! JAMES A. BROWN Is constantly receiving ,a his new CARPET STORE, HUNTINGDON, PA., 525 k Hill Street. Beautiful Patterns of Carpets, fresh from the corns of the manufacturers. Ms stock comprises INGRAINS, BRUSSELS, WOOL DUTCH; HEMP; VENITIAN, COTTAGE, LIST and RAG CARPETS . CARPET CRAIN, COCOA AND CANTON MATTINGS, FLOOR, STAIR AND TABLE OIL CLOTHS, and a largo stock of PAPER, Window Shades and Fixtures, Drugget, Velvet Rugs, Door Mats, Extra Carpet Thread and Bind ing. I make a specialty of furnishing Churches and Lodges at City Prices, and invite Furnishing Committees to call and see goods made expressly for their purposes. Buyers will save money and tra better suited by going to the regular Carpet and Oil Cloth Store, for any of the above goods. I defy competition in prices and variety of beautiful patterns. I have also the Agency for the Orignal lIOWE SEWING MACHINE, IMPROVED, so well known as the best Family Machine in the world Call at the CARPET STORE and see them. JAMES A. DROWN, Feb:14,1872. FENTON, THO 617 CHESTN Have now in store, and oponi mainly direct, from . HOME AND Foreign an DRESS FABRICS, SILKS, SHAWLS, EMBROIDERIE Embracinr , all the Novelties of the Seas Package at the lowest market price. Feb'.' 21, 1872.-3 m. SPRING AN 1872, HOOD, BON ARE NOW OFFE Nos. 811, 813, 815 M Nos. 806, 808, 810, 812 A magnificent S Complete in all Silk and Dress Goods, Prints, Ginghams Men's and Boys' Wear, White Furnishing Goods, Notions, &c., Bleached Also just opened an extensive CAR To all of which, incliiding many choice If4DD GOODS, they respectfully in Jan.10,72-3m. New Advertisement, WAR NING. xs MEET 31.1:ir CrrusNs this ,uunty who, had been persuaded to buy other kinds of Sewing Machines, which seemed at Jim to work well on a tolerable .range of work, have expressed to me their regrets that the genuine original Elias Howe Sewing Ma chine—the best in the world—had not been brought to their notice before purchasing. And judging from the number of offers I have, to trade Howe machines for all other kinds, I estimate that the people of this county have lost snore than Ic2o.tlCo by failing to get, at the first, the genuine Howe Machine. It is made on sound mechanical prin ciples, avoids rickety cog-wheels, and is PO con structed as to have perfect control by adjustment. and provision made to restore lost motion when it wears, thereby securing extraordinary durability, and adaptation to the greatest range of work. Now as my traveling agents mey not be able to visit every person in time, and ns many inferior ma , chines of different kinds arc still being urged on. the public I hereby GIVE NOTICE, that before you speudyour time or money on any other ma chine, the safest plan is, either to wile to me di. reel, or inquire of agents for the famous Zicies Hour, machine, from Brown's Carpet dory Linn tingdun, Pa., and take no agent. word, for it, that the machine is genuine, unless it has the medal lion at the head of this article, ital.edded in the bed plate of every machine. JAS. A. BROWN, Huntingdon, Pa., Gun. Agent for Hunt. Co. Feb.14,1872-6mos. HALM, I A. 6SATNZ.DT. I J. MARC. I DAVID 11.0... BARTOL, KENNEDY & CO. [Lately Franklin Mannfacturing Company.] Manufactures Flavin,. Sid,. g., tatidin - g, le;c11 Work, Counter.. Shelving, Wood Turnings, Bubb., Bp°lies, Bent Work, Forks, Rakes, Brooms, Pick, and Hammer Handles, all kinds of Furniture, he. Our Machinery the very best quality and giving our entire being.; attention to the business we are able to manufacture all of the :shoved named articles, as ran as many others, in the best style and always promptly. All orders addressed to BARTOL, KENNEDY Sr. CO., Huntingdon, Pa., will receive our immediate attention. Prism list furnished when desired. Lumber taken in exchan, , ,,, for all kinds of work Jan. 31. 1871. BEE HIVE GROCERY, Aro. 111, 4th stt'et, Huntingdon, Pa "QUWK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS. — B. CORBIN Ras just received a varied assortment of articles usuelly found in a first-class GROCERY. BAKERY. I still continuo to carry on my Bakery, and am at all times prepared to supply BREAD, CAKES AND PIES_ at reasonable price: CANDY MANUFACTORY. In connection with my other busineta I have commenced the manufacture of Candice, and am prepared to supply country dealers with both. FANCY and COMMON at as low rates as they can be purchased outside of the Eastern Citric, If you want to save money, Make your porelowe• at this establishment. TOYS! TOYS!: TOYS!!! TOYS!!!! This department is complete and embraces every thing in the Toy line from a Jnarping Jack to as Elephant. Jan. 17,1872. A FARM FOIE SALE.—A tract of farm and timber land, in Oneida and Hen derson townships, miles from the borough of; Huntingdon, is offered for sale, on reasonable terms,. containing about ONE HUNDRED ACRF.S. be tween 50 and 60 acres of which are cleared and: under cultivation. The up land is of a fair grain. raising quality with some fifteen acres of fine , meadow bottom, and the balance is principally covered with a good quality of timber, mostly white pine and hemlock, with a good raw mill seat, as 1 never failing water power thereon. The improvements are a neat two-story frame house and frame stable, with other outbuilding and conveniences, and a young thriving orchard of choice fruit trees. For further partioulars, and terms of sale, in quire of the undersigned, at Ifuntingdon, or on the premises. nov2o-tf. G RAND EXHIBITION! 1872 SOMETHING NEW IN HUNTINGDON! A FIRST CLASS LADIES' SHOE STORE! D. HERTZLER k BRO., N 0.403 Allegheny St.,. opposite Broad Top Depot, have just arrived from the East with a large and well selected stook of Ladies', Misses', and Children's Dress Boots, Gaiters, &c., comprising all the latest styles of the day and acknowledged to be the best selected stock of hand-made work ever brought to Huntingdon. Since we make ladies' wear a specialty, we can not fail to please the most fastidious. For Style.. Quality and Price we defy competition. We also manufacture to order all kinds of Ladies' and Gents' Boots,. Shoes, Gaiters, &c., of the best material the market produces, and at the shortest possible notice. Persons from the country can be , accommodated with our own manufacturing by giving a few hours notion. All kindsof repairing neatly done. In a morn mature age we hope to retain the friends who favored us in our infancy. For post favors accept our sincere thanks. D. HERTZLER & BRO., ' 403 Allegheny St.,. Opposite B. T. Depot until- Huntingdon, Pe, A H. FRANCISCUS d CO., A 513 MARKET STREET.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. We have opened for the SPRLNG TRADE, the largest and best assorted Stock of Philadelphia Carpets, Table, Stair and Floor Oil Cloth., Window Shades and Paper, Carpet C3aiwe, Colton, Yarn, Baiting, Wadding, Twines, Fancy Baskets, Broome, Basket*, Rockets, Braaten, Clothe. Wringer., Wood en and Willow Ware is the United State.. Our large increase of business triaLics as to silt at low prices and furnish the best quality cf gootis. EOLE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED AMERICAN WASLIER, Price $5.50. Over 13,000 sal in six months. Terms: Carpets, 00 days. All other goods, 20 days, Ne t. Feh.14,1812.-2m. ELP.FHA PHILAD G, 1872. SPRIN MPSON & CO., UT STREET, agdaily, a largo stock. bought Manufacturers at - ABROAD OF d Domestic SCARFS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS, S AND LACES, on, offered to the Trade by the Piece or NOUNCEMENT. BRIGHT & CO. RING AT THEIR TORE, NEW S XRICET STREET, FILBERT 'STREET. ELPHIA. PHILAD tock of Seasonable ODDS, DRY G its departments of and De!sines, Goods, Linens and Flannels, and Brown Shirtings. Sheeting, &e., Ste. PET and OIL CLOTH DEPARTMENT. Special Brands of PHILARFLPIII4 vite tin attention of the Trade. it. McDIVITT. 1872.