The Huntingdon Journal. J IL DUttliottltoW, lIUNTINGDON, PENN'A FRIDAY, JANUARY 2S, 1S &. Circulation LARGER than any other Paper in the Juniata Valley. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE 'JOURNAL.' Next year will be one of the most important in our Political History, and the JOURNAL should go into ev ery family. We will send it to new subscribers from now until the first of January, 1877, for TWO DOL— LARS, cash in advance. Everybody will be interested in the Presiden- tial campaign next year, and they should avail themselves of this offer at once. Address J. R. DURBORROW & CO., tf] Huntingdon, Pa THE Centennial Appropriation Bill has passed the Lower House of Congress. THE New Hampshire political pot is beginning to boil. She fires the first gun in the Centennial campaign. 1 .5 . 11. CHARLES O'CONOR on Saturday told an inquirer that he considered all danger past, and that he was improving rapidly. His recovery is a remarkable one. MESSRS. STENGER and Cochrane are getting thunder on all sides for their op positicn to the Centennial appropriation.— Some men cannot help committing political suicide. NEARLY 500 bills, representing an ag gregate of upwards of $30,000,000, have been introduced in the present Democratic House of Representatives,. to reimburse ex-Rebels for their losses during the war. HON. G. H. SPANG one of the hard est worked men in the present Legislature. He is in excellent health and giving evePy hour of his time to his constituents. He 13 an excellent lawyer, a, careful counsel and a true friend. Ex-Gov. FRANCIS THOMAS, of Mary land, late Minister to Peru, while walking on the track of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, near his home at Frankville, Garrett county, on Monday afternoon, was struck by a helper engine and instantly killed. THE Editorial Association, at its Annu al Meeting, on Wednesday, the 19th inst., re elected llon. B. F. Meyers President and R. A. Mennacuin Secretary for the ensuing year. The session was reasonably well attended and considerable business transacted HON. H. H. NATEER. and Hon. ►V. P. M'Nite, our Representatives, are both ready and willing to do anything that may be urged or desired, in the way of Legis- lation, by our citizens. They are atten tive t.► business and highly respected by their fellow members. THE Harrisburg Telegraph, of the 19th inbt., labors through a whole column to prove that there should be no Exemption of real or personal estate from levy and sale on execution It is rather late to undertake to counteract the humanity and charity of the nineteenth century, but we have no objection to the Telegraph doing its level best. COL. M. S. QUAY has been appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth by the Governor and promptly confirmed by the Senate. Col. Quay has made a popular Secretary. We are glad to know that he has consented to serve another term. Few men are. as familiar with the routine of State affairs as he is and few men could discharge them as satisfactorily. AN Act extending the exemption law to include a homestead of the value of $l,OOO, wearing apparel, furniture,- tools and implements, materials of trade, libra ries, and cemetery lots, was offered in the Senate last week. If the bill fails to be come a law, each politician in the legisla ture, should be allowed a cemetery lot free of charge.—lndustrial World. WE do wish some one would pour oil on the editors of the Monitor and 6oot h e them. A whole score of sore-headed bears couldn't make half the ado that they do over an insignificant libel prosecu tion. They are mad becouse we didn't knock down and drag out every person who spoke to us on the subject, and accuse us of connivance. It was none of our fu neral. When our opinion was asked we gave it unhesitatingly. THERE has been considerable flutter in the political circles, at Harrisburg, in re gard to the appointment of Hon. George Lear, to the position of Attorney General, and it is currently reported that combina nations have been formed, in the Senate, looking to his rejection. Several reasons are assigned fur this disposition of admin istrative Senators to kick up their heels, but none of which are of any weight, save with those who have some personal end to subserve. No oue questions Mr. Lear's ability, or his honesty, in fact it is strongly hinted that the latter is the cause of com plaint. He is a bold and fearless lawyer, and we honor the Governor for appointing him, and the Senate should not hesitate to confirm him. THE Huntingdon Congresssional dis trict is singularly unfortunate in its selec tion of Representatives. Speer • took the back pay and now Steuger has gone back on the Centennial. Here is what the Philadelphia City Item has to say about it : "A Poor Devil.""--There are several acci dental Congressmen from Pennsylvania. Mr. Stenger is one of them, and a poor devil is he. The Washington Republican says of him : "Mr. Stenger destroyed the effect of his constitu tional argument against the Centennial ap propriation yesterday by afterwards pleading the stingy act. lle thinks each three of his constituents are unwilling to pay a dime every hundred years of their lives for the celebra tion of the 'glorious Independence day.'— They will not thank him." "Sterger, we thought, would bean improve ment on Spear, but it appears that we were greatly mistaken. Excepting Cochrane, - of Allegheny, he is the meanest man in the State." THE ASSIGNEE BILL The EAlowiag bill, t , ) enable _; s ..; ;:ntes to sell eneumberoil real estate, iiiir,Llueed by Mr. Spang, of lledrord, has the House filially: WHEREAS, It frequently occurs in assign ments fur the benefit of creditors whera the assignor is the owner of a number of tracts of land encumbered to such an extent that it is imposAble to ascertain definitely whether a sullicientamount can be realized to discharge all the liens whereby the titles made by the assignees are regarded as doubtful and the assignees are thereby unable to make advan tageous sales of said real estate ; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That in all as si7nment for the benefit of creditors, it shall and may be lawful for the several courts of common pleas of this commonwealth, upon application of the assignees of insolvent debt ors, setting forth that their personal estate is insufficientfor the payment of the debts and real estate encumbered with liens to such an extent as to render it difficult to determine whether the same can be sold for enough to pay all the liens as aforesaid, to grant au or der, where the court shall deem it for the manifest interest of all parties authorizing and empowering the said assignees to make public sale of such real estate, or so much thereof as shall be deemed necessary at such place and upon such terms as the said court shall direct, of which sale notice shall he given twenty days prior thereto by handbills and publication in at least two newspapers in the county where saki lands arc situated, should two newspapers be published in said county, one of which shall be German, if such be published in the county, which sale or sales, after being confirmed by said court, shall discharge all liens against the real es tate so sold, excepting that where the lien of a mortgage upon real estate is or shall 'he prior to all other liens upon the same property except other mortgages, ground rents and the purchase money due the commonwealth, the lien of such mortgages should be destroyed or in any way effected by any sale made by virtue or authority of any sale made under the provisions of this act, and the proceeds arising therefrom shall be appropriated to liens extinguished by virtue of such sale ac cording to their priority ; Provided, Before said sale is authorized the assignee or asignees shall file a bond with two approved sureties in double the estimated value of said real es tate conditioned for a faithful appropriation of the proceeds thereof: And provided, further, That the court shall require such proof of notice of such intended application to have been given to the lien creditors or their at torneys as said court shall deem sufficient to give said lien creditors an opportunity to be beard touching said order of sale. SEC. 2. Whenever said court shall grant an order of sale as aforesaid said court may or der a stay of execution on all liens that may be divested by such sale by the assignee until said order shall be expended or revoked.— Provided, That it shall be lawful for said court to extend any order of sale granted as afore said or to award an alias or pluries order of sale. THOSE LITTLE LIE-BILLS. Both the Monitor and Mae intimate, very strongly, that we helped to instigate, or induce B. F. Douglass, esq., to prose, cute them for libel. The individual who says that we did so, is, in plain, unvar nished Anglo-Saxon, A LIAR. No one asked our opinion about it before it was decided to prosecute, nor did we know any thing about it until after attorneys were retained. We make it a rule never to in terfere with other people's business, having quite enough of our own. When courte ously asked for the use of our file-papers and precedents we gave them out of pro fessional courtesy, and no one but a heath en would deny us this privilege. So far so good. A few words fur Mr. Dougtass : He is a partisan of ours. Assisted our friends in the last campaign. It was not our bu siness to mould popular opinion against him. It would have been very ungrateful on our part to have 4one so, to say noth ing of' being unprofessional. Mr. Douglass may have been in error, and may have committed a worse error in bringing a prosecution. Be all this as it may, the Court settled it, and in favor of the de• fendants But does this justify both those papers in libeling and hounding this man now ? They appear to think that they can now pursue him without restraint.— They return to the charge with ten-fold fury. Da they suppose that the same cir cumstances exist now that did when they published their first libels? Be assured that there is quite another state of' affairs. We are amazed at the stupidity. IF any ambitious rural publisher wants to take a lively racket at journalisub let him buy into one of the Huntingdon papers. That county is a pandemonium of politics, and pours out enough editorial spleen in a week to go around the whole fraternity of the State for a month. The sheriff is the chief visitor of the Huntingdon editor. There is always one about to be sold out, and the others for tunate if they are in no worse condition than under bail for libel. It's due to the people of that belligerent county to say that they do all agree to bury a man when he is dead, and generally go to the funeral.—Philadelphia Timm Colonel, this is very unkind. You are well aware that Huntingdon editors are not the only quill-drivers that receive vis its from the man of writs, nor are they the only scribblers who pour out spleen. They are bad enough, the Lord knows, buc we cannot see that they deserve any special notoriety. There is something gay and lively in running a paper in Huntingdon ; it is true, indeed we often think we would die of ennui if we had to plod through the daily bum-drum of a Philadelphia editor. We get our inspiration at home, the Times is obliged to go to Washington. The United States and Cuba WASUINGTON, Jan. 25.—The following message was transmitted to the house to day by the President: In answer to the resolution Gf the house of representatives of the 22d of January, I hereby transmit a report from the secre tary of state. [Signed] U. S. GRANT, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHING TON, Jan. 25, 1576: The secretary .of state to whom was referred the resolution of the house of representatives, of the 22d inst., that the Presid6nt be requested, if not incompatible with the public interests, to communicate to the house of represent atives any correspondence which may have occurred during the past year between the government of the United States and any of the European governments, besides Spain, in regard to the island of Cuba, has the honor to report that no correspondence has taken place during the past year with any European government other than Spain in regard to the island of Cuba. Instruc tion No. 266, dated November sth last, ad dressed to Mr Cushing, the minister of the United States, at Madrid, and which was upon the 21st inst., laid before the house of representatives in answer to the resolu tion, of that honorable body of the 17th inst., was orally communicated to several European governments by reading the same, or by a statement to the purport thereof by the representatives of the Uni ted States to the minister of foreign affairs of those governments, pursuant to instruct ions from his department which instruct ions accompany the report heretofore made and were in like manner communicated to the House of Representatives upon the 21st inst. No correspondence has, how ever, taken place upon the subject with these governments. Respectfully submit ted, CA for the National Republican Con- vention The next Union Republican National Convention 14 the nomination or candi dates for President and Vice• President of the United States will be held in the city of Cincinnati, on Wednesday, the four teenth day of June, 1876, at noon, and will consist of delegates from each State equal to twice the number of its Senators and Representotivcs in Congress, and of two delegates from each organized Territory and the District of Columbia. In calling the conventions for the election ofdele ; rates, the committees of the several States are recommended to invite all Republican electors and all other voters, without re• Bard to past political differences or pre vious party difficulties, who are opposed to reviving sectional issues and desire to pro mote friendly feeling and pertnament har mony throughout thee ointry by maintain ing and enforcing all the constitutional rights of every citizen, includin ,, the full aad free exercise of the right of suffrage without intimidation And without fraud ; who are in favor of the continued prosecu tion and punishment of all official dishon esty, and of an economical admistration of the Gayer/nent by honest, faithful and capable officers; who are iu favor of mak ing such reforms in governmeni as exper ience may, from time to time, suggest ; who are opposed to impairing the credit of the nation by depreciating any of its obli gations, and in favor of sustaining in every way the national faith and financial honor; who hold that the common school system -is the nursery of Americ in liberty and should be maintained absolutely free from sectarian control; who believe that for the promotion of these ends the direction of the Government should continue to be con fided to those who adhere to the principles of 1776, support them as incorporated in the Constitution and laws and who are in favor of recognizing and strengthening the fundamental principles of national unity in this Centennial anniversary of the birth of the republic. E. D 1‘1011(IAN, Chairman Republican National committee, Wm. E. Chandler Secretary. Our New York Letter. Beecher—Moody and Sankey—Daer and McCau ley—Business Outlook—The Express Monopo -Iy—Servant Girls—The Centennial. NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 1873. BIRECHF.R ToP;C. The motions of Plymouth Church may be called erratic, if nothing harsher. Its last performance, after snubbing the idea of a mutual council, W4B to summon Mr. Bowen, editor of the Independent, to a church meeting to hear grievan,es against h tn. Ills two sons were allowed with him, on tutieravce, hut the stenographer he brought was promptly turned out. But the ieporter made good use of his time while he did stay, and took down the debate word for word, and quietly took satisfaction in putting the report itito next morn ing's papers, were it didn't read creditable to the fairness or order of private Plymouth Church pro ceedings. After all, the charge against Mr. Bow en was that when a church demanded that he should ten all be knew anout the Beecher matter, he refused to say anything good or bat about it. The shrewd, long witted Bowen knew what would exasperate the swivel-tongued hretlierti, and did it, by keeping his mouth Ant. turned the ta bles on the meeting la"t night by taking ground that the church summoned him to hear charges and receive advice not to answer, and the Bowen mouth closed mike adamant again. xi:cut is the strongest in the quarrel. MeODY AND NANKKV Barnum's Iliptiodroura, where Jersey and Vcr m6nt girls rode human chariot races last Winter, and Oihnore's Brass Band made everybody thirsty enough to drink oceans of beer, last summer, is now converted into a tabernacle for Moody and Sankey's great meetings in February. Seats for 7,000 cover the saw-dust, and a choir of 700 from different church choirs will lead the singing. The vast building has been divided up into rooms for various purposes. Besides thevast auditorium for the regular meetings, there are f .ar very large rooms for inquirers, rooms fur classes, and rooms for every purpose. The money for all this has been furnished by wealthy religious people in the city, who are determined to make some head against the depravity that rules the city, and is ruining it. Ono liquor seller, who has one of the most popular bars in the city, subscribed, and actually paid $l,OOO to the fund for the Moody meetings. When asked why he paid his money to a cause that was in direct conflict with his busi ness, he answered that he had real estate, the in come from which was greater than the profits from his bar. That the demoralization of the city, the vise and crime that made New York an undesira ble plaoe to live in, was hurting his largest inter ests. "I them howlers kin stop that kind of a thing," said he, "they are•doing me the hest turn they kin !" Not a very Christian reason, but an exceedingly practical one. But when you come to revivalists, there are two in the city who deserve more encouragement than they are getting; DWYER AND MCCAULEY Are two brands snatched from the burning, that is, one was a miserable drunkard and the other was a prize-fighter. They were converted, and both felt called upon to do something for the peo ple they had formerly known So they take lofts or cellars, just as they can, down in Water and \Tandem streets, and they hold services among the lowest and most wretched people in the city. They are mobbed, and hustled, and despitefullynsed in all sorts of ways, but they stick to it with the zeal of martyrs, and are actually accomplishing some thing. They have got together small congrega tions in both those streets, and have. actually in duced a large number of men and women to try a better life. They work without pay. or hope of pay, happy when the well-inclined give enough to get kerosene to light up their rooms. Men willing to labor for humanity where they do, deser e bet ter encour .gement than they have reocivea or are likely to. TUB BUSINIIB3 OUT-LOOK Is just as bad as ever. Last week there were for ty-six failures, some of them very large. One jewelery house went up with • liabilities to the amount of $400,000, with over $700,000 worth of goods in their store—that is goods that had oost them that amount. This $700,000 worth of goods cannot be sold to-day for one-fourth their cost, for the reason that only very few are buying jew elry, and that few can buy the best in the world, of individuals, at half the prices they eau of deal ers. A diamond never gets to be second handed, and the people who have them are willing enough to realize on them, in tips hope of holding on till the better times come. If any of your readers want a $20,000 cashmere shawl, or a $lO,OOO dia mond, they will do well to strike in now. I would buy a dozen or two myself, but for reasons. I have no sympathy for tboso who fail because of fast living, or extravagance, but that is not the class that is going under at this time. The fail ures of to-day are caused by the fearful deprecia tion of goods, and the terrible dullness of trade. It is horrible for a man who has worked hard all his life, and is getting in positioa to retire on a decent competency, to have all swept out from up der him. The sufferers of to-day are mostly of this class, and they are to be pitied. Tut EXPRESS MONOPOLY• Everybody except the Express Companies and their sudsidized Agents, ought to hope for the sue ce<sful repeal of the postage law which increased the rates on all third class matter. This amend ment has been favorably reported to Congress by the appropriate committee. The Express Com pantja are straining every nerve to defeat it, but we shall see whether Government exists for the good of the people, or intends the people shall ex ist for the good of monopolies. The Companies in New York haves large lobby in Washington, and are epending and lending money wkdely to intluenee the matter. Any Con gressman who finds his expenses runping high with the enormous board bills of the Capitol, knows that he has no safer or surer place to apply for a "temporary accommodation" than to one of the express lobby. There never was a measure more directly for the good of every voter who has ten dollars a year to spend to please himself or his family, than the law which sent packages by mail for a cent an ounce. It brought books and half the facilities of the city, for getting better goods and lower prices to the door of the loneliest farm er in the northwest, living miles from any village, but visited by the mail rider once a week. The Express Companies have had the field long enough to make gigantic fortunes for every one of them, but with their usual dog-in-the-manger spirit, they don't want poor people to have their little parcels sent at the only rates they can afford to pay. There will always bo business enough for the Express people in taking boxes, and articles too large fur the mail, but with unparalleled greed they even grudge the sending of books at the reasonable and habitual rates of mail. The oppression of the new postage law in operation the last year, has pearly killed the profits of the large newpapera, Some had increased their size by a column or two to give their readers the benefit of more reading, but the increased weight of a. half ounce doubled the postage, and nearly ruined the proprietors. I know of one of the largest and most popular news papers in the country, whose increase of postage by this infamous bill was $20,000, are plenty more to tell a similar story. If any one labors under the delusion that the express companies need the protection of high postage, let them come to New York and see the magnificent buildings they do business in, the palatial houses they live in, and the enormous sal aries the officials vote themselves. Let it be un derstood that the profits of these monopolies do not show in their statements. It was urged in Washington that they were making only a moder ate profit on their capital, bat they did not not ex plain that they were using up their profits in $5O - salaries, and that every stock-holder quarter- ed on the e9ml..iny ev&ry relative he had'in the • i 4; !i:LF4 In this city it t•. c happvii, that th, i•••cr- VaillS Slit' Iht it tor wag-s. It is a thing they .fly snlsll gr1•1....:(7 to pay off, th , v t.the tho tiny: tvu , a un , st inconven ient to at,•l if it is 104 f,,rth_ coniin4 :tt ..ti 14. i IC, • 'lli !!;•• st , eing a delicate to to a hideous sort 3.,r1 r(-;s7,', it., 'the laet e.as, is that 111 -• • ! • ••tt• • ,:ed a girl for iv•r ! :••,, • o• • ; i••.• in the c,iuntry. • • she was ttn•l.rr • •• ••• s ,:ri ~ 1..1,•,"1,:d. tctt before ii e!. • b• e.• , „ p.i.y Ile woiibl • i • ,•.. •••• i; -t • I his ile fen, i•••i • it cost to 4 (4 , N,-AV York, and bo . rr , ti,:r ,•h: it a hotel, intelli gent!, fees. j:7,170y I. • oegir;s home in Con necticiit, be fare out and ba,k. which amounted to nearly $4O 00, which the court refused to con sider as anything but a joke, though the employ ers who have the same frequent trouble to get a servant and have her leave when she is fairly of use to them, arc not inclined to so take the deci sion. Thi3 case will probably have an effect in decidedly abating the servant-girl 7 nisauce, by the ventilation which it will cause to the employ ee's sideuf thesubject, for many who hire servants will not be slow to make the master's ease their own in this instance. THE CENTENNIAL A . re you all com:ng to the Centennial ? The railroads running into New York have decided reduce the fare so that the people may come to New York first, ant see the metropolis as well as the great show at Phiimtelphia. The hotel keepers hold a meeting next week, but whether it is to reduce the rates or decido how much additional skinning the people will stand, I don't know. Probably the latter. For a hotel keeper in this city never had a conscience, and very little bu,i -116.4 sense. Pteruo. Our Harrisburg Letter. The Democracy Succumb on the Sinking Fund Question—Doubts as to the Confirmation of the Neu; Attorney General—The Boom Bill is Reached on First i?eading —A Compromise Probable—Senatorial Wit—The Question of Adjournment Defeated. IlArtiosguao, Jan. 22, 1876. Your readers no doubt have been wade acquain ted with all the facts :Mending the inauguration ceremonies ere this, and that it was the grandest occasion of the kind ever witnessed. Theqnestion has alieady arisen as to who pays for all the wine and cigars, and the local option men want item ized bills. The name of M.S. Quay, e,(1., of Beaver county, to he Secretary of Commonwealth, was vent to the Senate for confirmation. Mr. Quay has been a faithful ofli ,er, and is one of the greate-t poli ticians of the State, beading what is known as the Beaver county ring at the capital, of which he al so carries the greater part of the bittimt. ne was confirmed unanimously. The new Attorney General, Mr. Lear, has so far proved to be a faithful officer though his confirma tion meets with opposition from the Philadelphia ring, he having come in conflict, on the part of the State, with some Centennial Grab of the ring sters of that city, and without looking at the jus tice of the ease the Philadelphia Senators present a solid front against Lear. Pittsburgh was dis satisfied that Shiras was n Pt appointed, and the two can possibly control enough votes to prevent Lear from getting the constitutional two-thirds of the senators. It is a great pity that Po frequently the interests of the rural section which may :,ot exactly accord with those of Philadelphia and Pittsburg must suffer in consequence. As is nearly always the care, to vote with them is victory, and against them (lac., t. On last Thuradsy evening the Centennial Com mittees, of the Howie and Senate, met the Cen tennial Commission of the State of Pennsylvania, in the Senate Chamber. Merton McMichael, esq., toads an elaborate argument and produced plans and specifications for a buildin_l for State pur poses on the Centennial Grounds, to cost $20,000, and asked for an appropriation of $50,000 to meet all expenses of the Commission, none of th, sum being paid as personal or other expense of the commissioners. Gov. Curtin followed with an eloquent appeal to the patriotism of Pennsylvania, who he said must beer the brunt of all the ex penses of the nations celebration of the 100th an ni, ersary of our liberties. The wheels that grind out the laws for the peo ple of Pennsylvania move slowly but very satis factorily. From present appearances the laws of 1870 will be properly digested and meet the im mediate wants of the people of thi. State. . . The now addition to what was known as the "Land Department" and now as the Department of Internal Affairs is almost completed. It is a necessary addition and provides a suitable room for the Supreme Court when it meets in the mid dle District. The building will be occupi , d in March. SENATE PROCV.EDINGN. One of the most important bills under consid eration in this body, is an act providing that ap peals way be taken in cases of assessments by county commissioners, to the Court of Common Pleas. The bill was referred to a committee to devise the most perfect means to Fevent the sec tional favoritism wh:ch is so I equently dis played by commissioners both politically and in localities. An act to protect the children of the Common wealth in their rights to acquire useful trades passed the Senate finally. This law can only b , ; intended as an ornament of legislation on the statute books, as when the children want to they can acquire trades without the assistance of laws, . . A joint resolution to appoint a commission to asoertain the beet mode of settlement of dieioulties between employer and employee was reported fa vorably. This act has particular application to the coal fields and troubles therein. The special committee on the vagrant law met the directors of the poor of the State in conven tion, at Altoona, but so far have made no report as to the nature of the means to be used to prevent this evil. Much of the week has been occupied by the legal luminaries of the Senate, in ventillating their special ideas on the bills of t , eir brethren of the body, which usually have application to the practice of the courts, and which are drawn to meet some special case of theirs. The boom bill passed at first reading, in the Senate, yesterday. It is stated that the Boom Company propose a compromise by reducing their rates which may possibly coneillige the lumber interests. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS, The most important measure in the House is the act directing one-third of the tax on corpora tions, amounting to about $7,000,000, to the gen eral fund, this year, making it two-thirds, about $1,400,000, to make up the deficiency of last year, also requiring the State Treasurer to make month ly reports of the moneys of the fund, when they are invested, what security is held by the State, and the interest paid on the funds. After some little discussion the bill passed second reading without a dissenting vote. The resolution relative to adjournment sine die on March 30th, which was introduced a few days ago was called up, for consideration, and defeated. The House does not, evidently, want to be at the mercy of the Senate this session. A joint resolution providing for the purchase of copies of Purdon's pigest, for botb bodies, passed the House on second reading. This act if passed in the Senate will entail an unnecessary expense of about :'3,500 on the State. and comes within the provision of the New Constitution 'that no law shall be passed increasing the enwinments, etc., of members." . . The, udges salary bill was amended so as to have the salaries remain as at present. It pro posed to inerea4e them $l,OOO a year. Efforts will be made to defeat the bill so as to leave it an open question to some more liberal legislature meeting in better times. BE,NATORIAL WIT. Senator Wood offered the following resolution, as a senatorial pleasantry on the weather Where as, the ground hog has been making and superin tending the weather ever since the discovery of America, and there has never been accorded him any appropriation for his services, Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate be tendered him and that he be requested to forecaste the weather until Old Probabilities can afford to dispense with his services. Resolved, That Ground Hog Day be declared as a legal holiday. B. Miscellaneous News Items Prince 13i§aiarck is sick with the neu ralgia. Nilson's husband, Mr. Roseand, iA dan gerously ill. Rubinstien, the pianist, is threatened with total blindness. "Mother" Stewart has made her first appearance in London. A Baptist preacher leaves a cleveland church because of to close communion. • The total number of bogs killed in Cin cinnati to date, is 480,433 ; for the satne time last year, 451,207. A bill is before the Legislature of Georgia to exempt from taxation persons who have lost a leg or an arm. The case of Dr. Helmbold was decided in Philadelphia Saturday morning, Judge Briggs remanding him to the Insane Asy lum. The officers of the Direct United States Cable Company announce that their cable broke again Saturday about 140 miles west of Torbay, Nova Scotia. At the Republican Convention of Bea ver county Pa., Col. M. S. Quay was unan imously elected delegate to the National Convention, without instruction. A fire at 13ellair, Ohio, Sunday evening, destroyed the building occupied b 7 the. Alarietta Chair Cowpony as a furaiture :,ter., and a small tal , )ria: , abutit 53.7_;.01)i); chtircly .-.N ., •1*, 1 Fraud has been disv.vered in the c.. n . tracts fn. mail routes in Louisiana, x:t- and Arkansas. The money lbr two qu:u•t ers has been paid on these contracts, which are signed with fraudulent countersigna tures of the First and Second Assistant Postmasters General. A Boston bookkeeper is discovered to have been making false entries in hi, books for several years, and in consequence of the default the house has suspended.— The defaulter having previously sent bis wife and family to California, has ab sconded in company with another woman. A triple collision occurred on the Great Northern Railway, near Huntingdon, En gland. The Scotch express collided with a mineral train, and the express from Lon• don ran into the debris of the first two The total number of killed was thirteen. Among the dead is a son of Dion Bouci cault. Th,unis, Toniasseo, widow (1 the dynamite assassin, and her children left Hamburg on Wednesday - for New York. She lms [eon uriversally consoled. The Americans in Dresden subscribed and prented her 81.500. She resoinicly re fused to period the iiloption of hes-children hy Guinan ootahilities. Rev. Dr Newman was examin-nl Satur day by the House Conitoitte,oo Expndi tures in the State Dept taient, t , uching the Cf.nsukr system of the United Slates. The questions asked him were answered in a very satisfactory manner, convincing the Committee that the Doctor had thor oughly posted himself during his tour among the consuls. Mrs. Ann L. N.°, widow of James If. Noe, the muriered brush manufacturer. of New York, has presented to Mrs. Catha rine L. Harris, the lady who so nobly Call:lit to Mrs. Noe's assistance after his fatal en counter with the burglar, a gold watch and chain, a cameo breastpin and a por trait of Mr. Noe, as a token of her appre elation of the kindly services so timely rendered. The awards on the plays on the subject of the American Revolution submitted to M. Michaelis have been partially announc ed. The jury was composed of Messrs. Victor Hugo, Legouve. Augier, Grenville. Murray and Perrin. The first prize sv:s undecided. The second WISI divided be tween two pieces respectively entitled The New World" and "A Great ('itirm." The authors were awarded two thousand francs cad,. The Play "Free America" to.)k the third prizo, one thousand francs. State News. An occasional otter iy still caught in Berks county. All but eight pupils or a Barks county school arc down with the scarlet fever. A Northumberland c 'linty thief stole a grindstone front a farmer the other day. Mr. X. N. Beek, a well known merchant of Williamsport, died suddenly on the 221 iust., of lung disease. Typhoid, scarlet and intermittent revers and diptheria are helping to raise the mortality list in Johnstown. John Wynseker, aged sixty five years. was found dead in his bed in Cambria bor ough, on Sunday morning. Edward Mullen, an a:red ni in, Bird sud denly in Pottsville, on Sanday, from the effects of habitual intoxication. Ingenious Allentown thieves bait fish books with corn and cause mysterious dis appearances amen.; the chickens. James Smith. a miller at Leonaril'e New Hanover, Montgomery county, hung himself on Thursday. His mind was dis ordered. Most of the silver stolen from General Davis, of the Doylestown Democrat, has been found secreted along the line of the North Penn. Railroad. Charles Quinn, a colored tronp, was ••un over by a freight train near Johns town, on Monday, and had his right foot so badly crushed as to require its duipnta tion. If Mrs. Julia Roberts, residing on Washington avenue, between Main and Gay streets, Phoenixville, lives until the 29th inst., she will be one hundred years old. Several Williamsporters, who attended the inauguration ceremonies at Harrisburg, and changed their beverage to water while at the State capital, are now lying ill at home. The family of Harrison Weber, in New berry, near Williamsport, has suffered ter ribly from scarlet fever. Of seven chil dren, four were buried within one week, and two others are hopelessly sick. D av id It. Shannon, aged seventeen years, of Oxford Furnace, Warren county, while engaged in greasing some machinery in the rolling mill had his coat sleeve caught in a coupling, and in an instant was drawn in the rollers and crushed to death. The wife of Michael Kearny, an aged and estimable lady, fell dead at, her home in Franklin borough. Cambria county, on Monday morning:. She was the mother of .Ir. Daniel Kearney, a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad. W. A. Humrich, York County, the own er of the Seitz steer '•Romeo," has been of. fered $5,000 for the animal, but has re• fused to accept the offer. Mr. Seitz intends to feed a steer to larger proportions than Romeo, New Advertisements. ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. [Estate of ABRAHAM ELIAS, dec'd.) Letters of Administration, on the estate of Abra ham Elias, late of Tod township, Huntingdon county, dcc'd., having been granted to the un dersigned, all persons indebted to the estate will make immediate payment, and those havingelaims will present them dulj authenticated for settle ment. W I GBOll ELIAS, WM. W. FRENCH, Adm'rp, janl4] VLUAB A LE TANNERY pusSALE. The Mapleton Tannery, containing One Hundred and Twelve Vats, and ample shedding for storing bark, is offered at private sale. Also, a number of good DWELLING HOUSES in Mapleton borough, and Twelve Hundred Acres of Mountain Land, situate in Union township, Huntingdon county, Pa. Fur further information address or call on W. 11. REX, One of the Ex're of J. Bowman, decd., janl4-3m] Mapleton, HUntingdon co.,•Pa, NOTICE Is hereby given that application will be made to the present Legislature to modify the Sixth Section of an Act, approved the Bth day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An Act for the protec tion of wild turkeys and squirrels, and for other purposes, in the county of Huntingdon," so as to reduce the premiums on foxes, wild oats, pole cats, hawks and owls to one-half the amount allowed in said Sixth Section, and to repeal all other Acts relating to the county of Huntingdon, inconsis tent therewith. THOS. D. NEWELL, janl4-4t; Commissioners' Clerk. D ISSOLUTI O N OF PARTNER The partnership heretofore existing between L. W. Flanagan and R. 11. t'rum, doing business under the tirm name of Flanagan & Crum, at Coalmont, Huntingdon county, has thi4 day (Jan. let, 1576) been dissolved by mutual consent. The books of the late firm will he settled by Mr. IL H. Crum, to whom all concerned, as debtors or cred itors, will apply fur an adjustment of their ac counts. L. W. FLANAGAN, jan7-3!,*] R. 11. CRUM. .k(lvertisL•no r Ii iI Acaarnv- cral. 1.... r , pal, juin P. sTrrz t. Misisg.; AND amine.: 7 . ti•l y p..rtier4, lerni •1., = , The and Wa , .l - a;n4 • sti:wrinten I tl3e Minot. BOOK.13INIIEN:: The r. - .•.- - Book-Biodery, an will tr.. I t.. bunkp, magi pAper. , . pr retian the w..r% rirat;y. 5.111 , ...1.1Lt;itty ch.! 'ply .11.ne. I; .1 IVS M. BKUM Ir.; _t Washiattt..n A•.-re'. , te , !. 2 I,* - t 1.1 are the beg , the world produerx. They are :darr ed by a miilion prop!, in Arn.riei. 'he beautiful Fb.w. , r , • 4. 1 Priced Catalogue s,n: Enr.a to all who ineoie tire pooage—a 2 cent Atairp. rrk'. Fl.red r;“;./.. tjoart , rly, A p r 1 . ; , ,1C . • Pnlrep• •"..1 r Ai- a:, o• ish cb.th .i. 1111 1 ,4 Vl.' I:, Jan. 7,1 4 7 g Nn.:: . . 4 -- GORDON'S' root) Foit HORSES AND CATTLE. Economical and Effective. PI it, use 271•:.4.1!? Ito in •ii. r and thrir perfer% rhis.4 mak •ng giving a tort- ,!eao. r Err!., 9:rung win.l, gTrar-r th.in fed under the nl i Farmers and , I:•iry - 71 , n sr , parti-ri.tr!y to try this valustiie both.imprnver the qi - .4llity art incr.aArq ti:•inair tity of the milk. IA compouvi whoi'y and in I Get iA t:en PIMP 3A gram,. _47-Or Sctri for .ICAl:rilitive pateiiht.t to Si ENWF A CO., Forwanling C , unmio.ion Merrharalt. Huntingdon. Pa_ General Axen , ror County. For mirth!: Fr; (Dee. 21. 1•17i-3uo. FAIRBANKS & EWING. 715 CHESTNUT ST PHILADELPHIA. December D. S BLACK. DE %L P. IN RAGS anil I ) 1 ) 1 41 J Rl!' GIANT TOWNS MILKS ! Ifl NTIN! :1)0 N. PA mussEuKAN& co• No. 111. NVa,hingtoti, bf.treer, Ilighe9t e3sh price pii4l T 1..;•, r.sper. anl oil Books, with' the curers :•tet.:: 4-3 m. FRENCH& HOTEL, ON VIE itv - rwrg rs.‘• Oppo,ite City Hall, Park, t trt Post-offize, NEW YORK. All 31o , lern Improvements. in. FA,. Rooms per day and upward•. T. J. FRENCH BROS, l'r ,, prietors. July2B.lyr Winter Dress Goods, Housefurnishing Gods. SHAWL AND CLOAK DEPARTMENT. We are closing out thi roods at The attention of Ifotei ant! very low prices to make room for a keepvrs 1,4 e-Teciallv large Spring stud: Linen Goods. Ladies , coati, We otter many lots at ,greatsac liuslins and Sheetings. rifices on cost of importation, and Blankets and Quilts. &c., &c. lower than they are likely to be sold at any time in the future. OUR STOCK OF Black and Colored Silks supply tlse*• zr.041:4 in l itanntv. are now• very large. and i$ l►eing :old from a Angle arti"k to ti►.• e,mir'. cp at the lowest possible prices. furuishing of the iarze.t Hotel. at lowe4t ristsible CT-XYTIECEEM, N. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARU MEETS. PHILADELPHIA. f t it V- , 4 t • r"4 VI - . ,' sl111•11 id P!!. wrai *tam lormotts, 1.174. W//ERA' .v f) w .. ;.*,-,; !rris - tiNt:NYN. PA . T. X ICH Iti.tN. /ow of • Is.. f ,rsnu...s. t ~,,Issaig Ilassiarttaret 4 Wholesale Grocery aml hesltlsi St..ttes • • fri/.1 T i'i), 7 ! .' 31111‘1111111T/IL Ullllllllll A N D T., hay a F.IRIII eat a f !b• .. i :".--.••••, 1 ratinillt, owe*. sorb • Farm AMU. Muni. wim., IV wpm. too COIIIIISSIONJIEIICILINTS ONE MILLION ACRES . . ~.. , .'*. E O,IIPD. Plum 111 9,•.....4.-.0. Itt• . 4 P.m... ass. f. 0:11 AT•I'T See „f fins FARMING Made !wr eski•ht f,P, .111. CID i i ...i.„ ra,i,,,,..„, 4.yripe, 41b.".. i•-. llavarinr WIER II %PUP+ A INDIAN l R. R. Mentessall pritimser ...t Om* amll areatirsaisal :trims nnt.s. I:sra.iy Nlaritee.. Sure Cr", ...v....1 .. . .. .. Ss:lV...la. R. R. tans thrmsght ...atm at vast. PIIILADELPHIA, 5 et ;,.,,,,,,,„ t ,, 2 1i i ii.,g. Alt 11,..1• ••( Tr•••••,• ••••• ..ii:•P'Xne'-•CL ...r e alr•Xl s•CP ..110..17., ed I'n-ftty ..f wars. t:ta"...r sat "smi'..t‘a: T,...... .... . Offer for sale a large and well selected stock of ' risk. Pr,. front $1 to 31" p..e ....... . -,.. •...-..- • : - , ak.'.. ..s. T arm 4—es.s. LA.. ore INA:. st,. -. tiroceries, TEAS, SPICES, Att.. de. We make a specialty of COFFEE and SIR Ll'. t!tir t'i....e ' l `'" • " I '''' . "" ' ''''' i-- a !w 4.1 (we' rfornirook T MILAN D a*. 741 - ..- ndi 1., Mastro, Ipc ti: , i'..r.„ fail :: :•.-• • . ,)NT,. 1. ...w ar , 4,m/ant Irsodirmi Ihme44 . ..... DRIPS are hears( 'WRY, FINK rL. tvot:11, LIG n r is COLOR AN!) rrtra rnos Arms. We sp...i,ilry ~,,i,- , .,, 2 n 4 li g:nr , •. us.l ••• moms tte— I. 1,14... an biter& se W. A. 11.-1, VAD. t . -a , MAIL ORDERS and fill tht•tn with as mach rare t• , old RAI, , an., at as low priees as if parties were present to I'. R. E. PEI :WE. 4. •*:: Lart.i '..•,. make their own selections. We solicit CONS I G NMENTS . 1 - pE G IG•cE . Jan. 11, I-74. 1 ...tte... our facilities for disposing of which enables as to - - obtain the very highest market prices. 14 1 01 T. 111 )i:41.: 4 0i...30-Iyr. • ju CARD! XIRJE, BATT & BERWIND. 130 NI , DTII 3D STRFET sioress. Lows. card Coartarry tS L 4. IRO )11 rn.o X& 201'T IL 4 -dr Pastors.. seeSpor Rem or earmok .m.. , . • fire. awl ninewerlltale awl Illisameause emissoassoe FOR R EV? 4 .L%:_. arpisestssak isos:s Wtn. Msrcii t..or COLORED PRINTING DONE AT rent or sal, nor , • most sad sousiortai4o §araerimin ITOR Till[ .1“1 1. VIAL cue Journal Office at Philadelphia prides. .itbers frame. Terms e-ry j 1 s .7: 0, - 7 .3402? "Lee a year : t; t 11; ) 1 U; r~~ ,~ ,r 1 inl. i) M.' ALL K GREAT IzEI)1 - 1 irf ,N. whir' :rtrpris-e the -r SUCiA COFFETZ.S, TEAS, SYRUPS, . • itLDI ~ Y. 'r wfIF , ii- • ; Ntanufaettircr.: kiadA 'IIEWINI go. Ts ,s p;tirse.s..ch se R ♦ lir Joel t J Ati 111 ih.p . T . J . lg. 4., e • C 9.1! J.sitise. Kw , ' 1 elev. r. a en.. 4 f Ifisisssi PsstsfseJl aps. Dallisayer, *L. ail *M..? T so 5... tock I t .1t Nint r , rtatioft. .‘14.1., a tarr.. h:ivi• mail'. I'.%I:4LET pr¶tinn4 few th , coritinef enj INI ki .1 : 4 i I_` 1.:4 , IniAine, , ,s, In.l are fully prtlihar : 1 1 .7 ri 11 r L ~. i:IL jI „ AWL f-)LAN Til N • 1 \' 1 • ~ .1 `i ~ i "it9. - Zief ilj:^•e• D•••••• . • ..)7,AVIE.R3 CHEAP. arro , its rriers - ir - 4* - • .••••-.- tw- issor 16.0 TIIN I Louisville, Ky., GIANT: I ND IRONSIDE .NiV I. New Adverthsements. • )ll , • L . I - -=- 4 .,,J12 • . ~; 4 .• COVERLET:;, 1 . r ••1 I rFr: 04 4 111. t':i F'':111 W - • •t& nn .1 !arr,►• ne• .4 I MITATIf oN iN Pi .% . I:i..%NKET 411.1Wf..- GENT. 7 4 " 7111AW1.:74. up. t; 'H. pi , so -.011, r. .• r?' T' . ;Asa ap see ovihr-eaR, f *he ~ .o t , f ins- P
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