Jlmmau SMmitm. CARLISLE, P V THUSBDA.T, JANUARY 30, 1873, , SEWS IS BRIEF. Tiik Modoc War.— Captain Jack on the "Path." —A dispatch dated Ban Francisco, Jan. 21, says: ••The {lntelligence from tho seat of tho Modoc war is to tho eflect that Captain Jack Is evident* ly contemplating a raid upon tho white settle mont at Battle Greek, within forty miles ql Yreka. In tuo rcconlfight the Indians captured seven guns and a considerable quantity of am* munition Tho particulars about tho battle do not change tho results at first announced. An eye-witness says that tho troops fought with de termined bravery, but conld not see their foeft.. Once only during tho day did the Indians mani fest a willingness to light in the opon Hold. The Oregon volunteers, acting as tho rear guard, made a gallant light. —A new Lancaster Hotel coat SSO.OOO, - —Tallahassee’s Mayor refuses a salary. —A Missouri Justice granted hlmsell a divorce. —All gypsies are to bo expelled from Italy. —Wyoming Territory has eplzooty* . —Nevada Is short of fool—wood $2O per cord. —Vermont ladles smoke pipes while slclgh rldlng. . —About one cnlld In five goes to school in Ireland. —A Minnesota beau at u party lent his girl his false teeth to crack nuts. —The lost legacy from England Is £20.000 to a Kansas city confectioner. —••Four living children, all In good condi tion. I Mrs. J.Courier, Chllllcothe, Ohio/ —A Sunbury lady, aged 87, has 12 children— glrU. —Pittsburg’s oldest is 117 yours and 4 months. —Butler is the leading oil-producing district now. —A Lancaster lady In a veil dress imnowly es caped an angry row,« —Tho largest piece of steel forged in Pittsburg weighed 15 tons. —A Chief of. the Cln rokces la a graduate of Princeton College. —Mrs. Sherman, after leh murders, “feels re signed and contented.” —Edwin A. Stevens, Jr., of Hoboken, N. J., Is 17 years old and worth $40,000,000. —Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi, bus had 20 children and been twice married. -—l4O suicides reported in 1872 in New York; a good many more not reported. —A Brooklyn paper heads a Moblller article “Down Among the Dead Men.” . —England has planted 1,000,000 American oys ters. —A Kansas city man boiled a cancer out of his flesh. —Texas has sent an agent to Europe for emi- grants. —An Indianapolis Jury has decided that a blind man killed by street cars was worth SSOO, Gilt uniforms for Congressmen are proposed. Beautiful Idea. n —At Pekin, China, you get a shave and your hair cut for a cent. —Boston proposes to teach sewing in the pub lic schools. And sweeping 7 —A Lowell lotharlo is threatened with six simultaneous suits for breach of promise, —British engineers are at, work on a railway In China. —A La Crosse follow fell across a new Inven tion of perpetual motion lost week. —Peoria has a hermit who boards himself in a packing-box of 260 feet cubic capacity. Fashionable young gentlemen of Altoona use gorgeously-colored horse blankets as a ma terial for dress suits. A Kansas man having failed in his candida ture for the State Senate, reopened his gambling hell. —Memphis. Toun., has four colored Common Counclimen. —Talhaadge is to have a new earthly taberna cle, corrugated again. —“Aunt Flo,' old. “ colored, of Sunbury, Is 105 years —Michigan farmers drive Into town with red hot stoves In the rear end of their sleighs. —The Bible contains 3,'86,459 letters, 773,092 words, 31,173 verses, 1189 chapters and'66 books. —The convicts in the Joliet, 111., penitentiary make the hells worn'bj the Chicago police. —The largest taxpayer in Sau Francisco Is James Lick, who annually cashes clown 525.700, —Mrs. Harrison Grey OtW dleh Tuesday, aged —Coal gas, Monday night, killed two women aiid nearly killed four others, at Toledo, Ohio. —Several California cities have changed loca tions within the month on account of landslides —ln some parts of Lincoln county, Mo., far mers are hauling water and Ice ten miles for cooking and other purposes/ —The mortality lists of IS7J show that 40 Indl unlans wore chewed up by thrashing machines. —Salt Lake Is said to beseVcn feet higher than wizen the Mormon settlements were made, and la rising annually. —The balance of trade against the United States last year was,ln round numbers, $118,000,- 000. —One hundred and seventeen feel was the height of a snow drift four miles from Easton, —lndianapolis proudly sets forth the statisti cal fact that it had six and a quarter marriages to every divorce lost year. —A Petrolla doctor went to set a fractured leg, and found a broken doll. Ho sues the follow who sent for him.' —A mother In Harrisburg had her daughter, aged 13, committed as a vagabond because she couldn’t manage her. -Two-thirds of the bodies in the county bury- Ing-ground at Indianapolis are resurrected by body-snatchers. —At Chicago a lady at church leaned back against the seat, when an explosion occurred. Bho bad an air cushioned bustle. —The use of milk from cows suffering from the foot and mouth disease, is said to be fatal to Infants. —lt will cost 8119,600 to repair the damage done to the Strasbourg Cathedral by the Prus sian bombardment. / —Somers, a little Conncctlcnffown, has eleven couples ready for.thelr golden weddings. —Williamsport is well blessed with shaving facilities—eleven banks, eight lawyers and twenty-five barbershops. —Nearly 2,000 marriage licenses were issued in San Francisco last year, but only 1,625 marria ges resulted therefrom. ft —A Chinaman who had become snow-blind while working on »ne railroad recently applied to a Ban Francisco policeman to shoot him. —Five able bodied, men applied to a Buffalo police Justice for commitment to the peniten tiary. —Tht —on which has for some time past been ranaglng the country around Talcs, Mo., was killed by a banting party lost weak. Tt weigh ed ever 700 pounds. —Americans read more newspapers than any other people, but do not read more books. Probably 'because the average newspaper Is better than the average book. —A defective flue caused Ibo destruction of Edwin Forrest’s library and two defective flues were the causes of flre In two Presbyterian churches on Sunday last. —The Vermont Legislature did one good thing at their late session; they made It a mis* demeanor for any one to point a gun or pistol or any kind of firearms at another, even in sport. —NVe have recently heard of a now use for mloa, viz., for putting between the upper and lower solos of shoes to exclude dampness. It is also becoming much used for decorative pur* poses, transparent signs, etc., and for making smailz for painters’ use by grinding into small pieces. —The Neapolitan papers record the curious fact that the local authorities have grunted per mission to Madame Thalborg to preserve tne embalmed body of her husbarfd in a glass case, above ground, at the villa of her father, the cel ebrated Lablacbo. where she resides. —lt Is estimated that 280 to 800 persons perish ed in the recent great snow-storm In the North west, besides hundreds of horses and whole herds of cattle. —Lockwood, printer, who was shot by another printer, In New York, last week, and danger ously wounded, instill lying in a very precarl ons condition,‘the ball having lodged in one ol his kidneys. —The United Blates Supreme Court has deci ded that a deserter who had been returned to duty without trial, uud had made up byextn service the time of his absence, and bud thei been honorably discharged, was entitled p bounty as fully as If he bad never deserted at All. OOMPULSOEY VOTING. Among the new questions likely to come before the convention now in session to revise the Constitution of our State, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, is that of compulsory voting. Tho 'suggestion is quite original, and but few, qn hasty thought, will be likely to favor it; but under our institutions where the people simply by majorities,’ decide between candidates for oßice, and decide also what shall be and what shall not bo a law with the whole peo ple, there does attach to the individual voter grave responsibilities and duties, among which‘there must be that of an entire and faithful discharge of his whole political obligation. The trite maxim of “what is everybody’s busi ness is nobody’s business” does at times become exemplified in the failure to vote. The juror is a necessity to a full exe cution of tho law, and his peformamco of that duty is made compulsory. Tho soldier is a necessity to tho defense of the State, and the discharge of his duty is exacted. The Governor, the judge and the legislators are alike necessary to the machinery of good government, but their several duties are discharged voluntarily, because of the emoluments that inure and : the honor that tends upon the upright official. But let us not fail to recognize that, while at times we commit our greatest political privileges to those who, for the consideration mentioned, give service. We leave tho choosing to just such a majority as shall see fit to vote, or who may be convinced, by urgent partisan friends, that there is a necessity that they shall do so. Then, too, in the present optional form of voting, who shall toll what tho opinion of a ma jority means when it is ascertained that more voters were absent from the polls than would have changed the re sult?—tho political complexion of a whole State, possibly. And, seeing such a result, what guide has the law-, maker who desires earnestly to repre sent the majority as to the views and wishes of those absent. How often do we see, in times of doubtful contents, men of business hab its and men of culture, to some of whom at nil times politics seem distasteful, refusing to vote or absent from the polls, “As go Pennsylvania and Maine so goes the Union,” and voters in large numbers give over the contest and fail to record their political opinions. We are not disposed to enter into any argument on the subject, our purpose' being simpiy to present some of the considerations that may attach. If the duty is made compulsory it does not lollow that men are to be dragged to the polls to vote, for we ap prehend that there would be less drag' giug under this system than at present. The citizen’s duty would take prece dence of the politicians,and'that would he a consummation devoutly to be hoped for. And those who shirk shall pay to the Commonwealth a certain fine or penalty, which might properly be applied to the payment of the pub- lic debt. The board of eleotiou officers could be empowered to grant excuses to such as are physically unable to attend the polls, or such ns, from causes be yond their control, are prevented from voting. There is no doubt in every election precinct a considerable class who sel dom or ever go to the poll, and if these are made to pay by special tax, for the privilege of being governed without their care, the ever-faithful voter at primary, municipal and general elec- dons will,not take the matter amiss. Of one thing we may rest assured, that not until all the people shall, of one accord, consent to perform every political duty deemed essential or nec- essary for the welfare and well being of the whole, can we hope to solve truly this theory of self-government, which, s in the eyes of the whole world, we have undertaken to ’work out. Moke Murderers Pardoned.*-The very last ofliclul acts of Governor Geary, just as his term of office expl.ed, was the granting of a pardon to George Blakely who In January, 1871, killed Geo. Boehm at the Baldwin locomotive works. He had been sentenced for four and a halt years in the Penitentiary. Also a pardon to George Miller, who had killed u Mr. Torpey, Aug. 10, 1871, and sentenced to the Penitentiary for eight years, and to Sam’l B. Naukervis, under sentence of death for the murder of his “own off spring,’' In Pottsville. These murderer* are well-known Radical politicians,hence Geary’s affection for them. Georgia Senator.—The Legislature of Georgia, on the 22d inat., elected Gen. J. B. Gordon United States Senator, Gordon received 112 votes, Stephens 86 and Akerman 7. Necessary to a choice, 107. Gordon’s election ia received with popular favor. Mr. Stephens’ opposi tion to the Cincinnati movement is be lieved to have caused bis defeat. A move ment is on foot to send him to Congress from the Eighth District, made vacant by the death of Gen. Wright. All the candidates will come out in bis favor, so that Stephens will be eletUed without opposition. He will accept the nomina tion. Execution of Communists.~A tele gram dated Paris, Jan. 2£, says—Fenoul ly, Decamp and Beuot, the condemned Communists, were allot early this morn ing on Satory Plain. Fenoully died with out uttering a word. Deoamp's last words were—“X die assassinated ; down with false witnesses, lawyers and Thiers.” Benot died cheering the Republic, the Commune and the army. Only one vol ley was fired, us all died instantaneous ly. There were hut few spectators on thd ground to witness the execution. Fhankino Pkivxlkqk AnOLISIfKD.— The U. S, Senate, on the 22d inst., passed finally the House bill repealing the franking privilege, simply and plain ly, the laws granting it to expire July 1, and with this the House will concur as boou as they reach it, and let the various departments buy stamps to oarry on ttieir business with until next session. U- B. Senatou-— Ou Tuesday of lust week, the two Houses of our State Leg islature met iu the hull of the House of Representative for the purpose of elect ing u U. B. Bpuaior for a term of six years from th f 4th of March next. The v »le stood—Samoa Cameron 75, Wrn. A. Wallace 48 J and * scattering. Mr. Cameron wX declared elected, and his certificate J( election delivered to him the same dflernoun. SALAEIES-NOT FEES- For several years haok, “bills” have appeared regularly every winter, In the Slate Legislature, the object of which la to pay “salaries” to tho olfioials along tho “State House Row” in this eitj’, Instead of allowing those officials to appropriate fortunes to their own private pockets by the upes and abuses of the “tee” system. Some of these “bills” have got as far as committee rooms, where they have been smothered to death, ami occasiouly one of them lias got through tho Senate with the known certainly that it would be killed in the House, whore tho "Row” officers always manage to have a suffi cient number of friends to do their work, just ns they have now. Tho introduc tion of these bills, and theiradvancemeut through a few of the preliminary stager of legislations, was to del tide the public in to the notion that an eflbrt was being made to carry out the popular wish in regard to the money wasted on the incumbents of “Row” offices, but witboutauy serious intent to make that eflort successful. A “Row otficeealary bill” ianguin before the Ijegitlature, and we have no doubt with the intention of flushing It vigor ously as far as it is possible to press it. It will probably get through tho Senate but there is very little ground for ex pectation that it will “pass” the house. If tho entire population of the city were to go to Harrisburg, and with one voice demand the passage of tho bill, their petition would have no effect, if two or three ol the Row officials should say no. Even a single one of those gentlemen would.have more persuasive power at Harrisburg than all the rest of the citi zens put together. By the most iniqui tous custom at Harrisburg, the “coun try members” of the Legislature pro fess to leave the perpetuation of these and all similar abuses in Philadelphia to the majority, of the “city delega tion,” and this majority, as now com posed, care nothing for the justice or public advantage of tho measure. All tliey have any care about is to make themselves certain by convincing proofs that tho men along the “Row” are op pos-d to the bill, and down it goes. 'I lie “hill” may then either be stolen from a committee room or he reported “negatively,” whether any committee meeting has ever been’ held upon il or not, and Unit is the end of it. Such are the modern lacilities of Harrisburg legislation.— 'Public Ledger: And the “ couni”y members” are right in refusing supp irt to bills for the regulation of matters pertaining ex clusively to the city, it is by no means “ iniquitous” for the country members to adopt this course. It the city mem bers fail to represent their constituents faithfully, if they are corrupt and in collusion with the “ Bow officers,” whose fult is it? Certainly it is no fault of the counties outside of the saintly city of Philadelphia. The city members are elected year in and year out by monstrous majorities. This delegation, as a whole, is always' cor rupt, venal, grasping. Of course they misrepresent the people of Philadel phia, but yet the people of Philadel phia return these same men to the seats they disgraced, by an emphaticen dorsement. The Radicals of Philadel phia are ruled by a “ ring,” and this “ ring” is constantly after the flesh pots.- No, no, Mr. Ledger,, it your members are too dishonest to repre sent you properly, you have no right to appeal to the “ country members” for assistance.' If the Radicals of Phila deiphia will continue to send rogues to represent them at Harrisburg, then let Philadelphia suffer. Tt is her busi ness, notours, and “country members” should keep hands off. AN AWFUL DISASTEB! Sinking of the Emigrant Ship “ Xorthjleef'- Ihree ■ Hundred JAves Inst—She in Jinn Jioien hy an Vn7:tnnrn Vessel—lnhumanity j”pon the Ocean — The Story of the Survivors. Dover, January 28.—A terrible disas ter, involving dreadful loss of life, oocur ed a few miles at sea, off this port, during last night. The emigrant ship Nortbfleet bound for New Zealand, was run into by an unknown steamer, and shortly after wards sunk. The Nortbfleet had a full passenger list, making, together with the officers and crew, a total of 415 souls. Out of the whole number only eighty five persons are known to have been sav ed. Immediately after the collision with the steamer the Captain of the North fleet, fearing the worst, ordered the boats to be lowered, but it ia believed the ves sel nettled so rapidly that there was not sufficient time to launch all the boats. The rescued, who have arrived hero, say the consternation and terror of the passengers on learning their danger were heartrending. Those who have escaped death have lost everything, all their pos sessions having gone down with the ves sel. THE NEWS IN LONDON. London, January 25.—The news re ceived this morning of the loss of the emigrant ship Nortbfleet, with nearly a! 1 on board, created a profound sensation in this city. A number of the emigrants belonged to the working classes of Lou don and vicinity. LATER Additional particulars of the terrible ma rine disaster off Dungieness Light house have been received. The Nortbfleet was lying at anchor at the time the col lision occurred. Her cargo consisted of railway iron. Three hundred and twenty-one per sons were drowned, including the cap tain of the ill-fated vessel. The name of the steamer which ran in to the ship has not yet been ascertained, but she Is believed to have been a Span ish vessel bound from Antwerp. The Board of Trade of this city have offered a reward of £lOO for her discov ery. A SPANISH VESSEL THE CAUSE. London, January 24. —Information has been received hero that the steamship which ran into and sank the emigrant ship Nortbfleet, off* Dungeness Light house, Wednesday night, was a Spanish vessel bound for Oatdz. She Is reported to have' put into the harbor of Havre with her bowe damaged. A large quantity of wrecked stuff from the Northfieet has come ashore on the Kentish coast, hut no bodies have yet been lecovered- A committee, headed by the Lord Mayor of the city, is being formed to receivesu hscriptlona for the rescued passengers, who are in a desti tute condition. London, January 2f\—The Northfieet disaster still continues to bo the leading topic of conversation here. Au investi gation into the circumstances attending the calamity has been instituted, aud It is now believed thac the vessel which collided with theNorthfleet iu the dark ness, was the Spanish steamer Murello. It is supposed the Murello sank in a few minutes after stilklug, as nothing was seen of her afterwards. As none of her crew reached laud, it is more than prob able that all have perished. The search for the bodies of the unfor tunate passengers of the Northfieet con tinues. A large quality ol property of various descriptions has been washed a shorefrom the wreck, and the beach near Dover is strewn with spars and debris. The llollidaysburg : ‘‘Local reporters are expected to pa tronize fairs, festivals, and bulls, pay ing their money just like ‘any other man,’ and then cudgel their brains for verbose’descriptions of said affairs,” all of which it very respectfully de clines to do. That editor's head is “level.” The man who put n lighted pipe in his coal tail pocket, and sat down on it, afterwards explained that ho thought tho weather was moderating very sud-1 How do your lq,w Yenr r °aolmloua donly, lsllok? (Frora'llu* Vork Domocmtlc Press.] THE OEEDIT MOBH.IEB. 11 When thieves fall out, honest men come by their own.” The truth of this trite old adage la very likely to he veri fied In the exposure of the doings of the Credit Mobiller; a stupendous, mammoth banking and speculating organization, which has gathered to Itself millions from the public treasuries of land and money. The Grand ■ Mississippi -scheme of George Law, in 1720, rolled thousands of Mexican dollars and Spaulsh .doutt 1 - loons into the cotters of its stockholders, but it, was as nothing to what some of the stockholders of the Credit Mobiller have realized, as will bo learned from what follows : The Union'and Pacific Railroad Com panies were organized and incorporated under an act of Congress, to build.a rail road to the Pacific, which is an ac complished foot. With fhelr charter they got a grant of 84,000,000 acres ,ot public land, equal, nearly, to three times as much land as the whole of Pennsyl vania. ‘And Along with this Congress -assumed for them a debt of $60,000,000 by the’ indorsement of their • bonds to that amount, and became responsible for the semi-annual interest of over 3,600,000 dollars, which is paid every six mouths out of the United States treasury, and for which the people are taxed. These six ty millions is so much debt against die Untied States, but the U. S. Treasurer, in his monthly report of the financial condition of the country, never returns it as such, as should be done. It will thus bo understood, that the national debt is always $60,000,000 more than re ported. ' Eighty-four millions acres of land at the minimum g overnmeut price, per acre, amounts to the enormous sum of one hundred and five millions of dol lars, lo which add sixty millions guaran teed bonds, or one hundred and sixty live million dollars to build two thousand miles of road, while Oakes Ames, ous of the company, said in his testimony be fore the congressional Investigating com mittee, cost only slxiy millions, leaving a balance of oue hundred and five mil-. Hon dollars, clean profit, ovsr which the ra-cals are lighting, and from which cdito-s Uit-ir exposure. . Rut the gist of t,.e whole rascality lies In it.ls Sunn oi fhe sharpers In the Pa cific rat I load company saw a nine plum deep doiun in the padding. They orgun izcd company within the Pacific rail road company, under the name of the Credit Mobiller, assuming the name of iho villainous institution of Prance, that exploded and caused much ‘Buttering to its deluded creditors, a lew years ago. Thus ihu Credit Mobllier was a wheel within a wheel, or a m.tgbty tape-worm ■ within, devouring ail the nourishment, and leaving the body whittled down lo the anatomy of a Calvin Edson, ft kind of living skeleton. To secure a charter, the Credit Mobiller comes to Pennsyl vania, drops a few carrion crumbs to the hungry buzzards of its Legislature, and is Incorporated. It then applies, and gets the contract to build the road, at $56,000 per mile over an applicant at $32 000 per mile, making a dlflerence in favor of the Credit Mobllier of $lB,OOO per mile, or $36,000,000 clear money on the whole road. But some of the evidence think they cleared $70,000,000. Borne pf the blg.onakes in the company became so full, that the others are punching them to make them disgorge, and that is what is fetching out the truth, as they give it on oath before the Congressional com mittee now sitting on the case in Washr- Ington. Th,e Credit Mobllier, being a stock company, formed by the members of the Pacific railroad company, it as sumed for its capital all the laud, money and franchises granted by Congress to the railroad company, and being dubious about its action passing unchallenged by Congress, it sought to smooth Its way for any emergency that might arise, by mak ing for Itself as many irlends among the children of mammon in Congress as pos sible, by distributing as many sbarea ot Credit Mobilier stook as it could, among all such to whose fingers greenbacks cling as tenaciously as feathers do to tar. Buoh there was not much difficulty In finding, as the evidence names one who got 100 sh ires at a cost of $lO,OOO, which m dividends, &o„ in less than two years netted him $55,000, or $44,000 clear mon ey. Such profits surely would secure pood fiiends iu court in Lime of need. One of the witnesses—Durant, presi dent of the Company—said, he gave $lO - to secure the election of Harl in, of lowa, to the United States Senate, be cause he was a friend to the Company, after which this brazen laced hypocrite and sacerdotal robed* Senator comes out in an article, in the Washington Chroni cle, wllli that cool and deliberate citron* ■lery that characterizes the bandit and the thug, and-says : "It is not easy to see the pert inen.ee or public utility of such inquiry (as the committee are making,) atul that the public or the government wilt derive no benefit from the disclosure ot tnose who contributed their private means, to aid iu the election of General- Giant or Senator Harlan.” Exactly so, Preacher Harlan, but when a set ol scoundrels go to work and lleece the guv eminent, and use part ol Hie spoils lo send.you to the Senate, with tbeexpec taliou that *your poiideu ecclesiastical skirts will conceal their derelictions ; thou the public will be bouelitted in so much, that It will "know that Hie devil may sometimes appeal' as an angel o( iiglit, even iu the iurm of a United States Senator from lowa. You say the public would not b a benefited Hu. Secure in a power that is ever ready to shield its colleagues in guilt, you can- defiantly nurl such impudent declartiiioiis lulo the teeth of tnc public. On the 15tb mat., Henry G. Crane, another member of ibe Company, says iu his evidence : "The dividends on the Oakes Ames contract, lUat is the Credit Mobllier's contract, aggregate 547 per cent.” Cornelius C. Bushnell, of Hew Haven, Conn., said: •'He contributed $5,000 for the re-election ol S'ouator Thayer, of He braaka, to the U.*S, Senate, because be was* friend to the Company.” Also, that he signed a paper authorizing Ames to deliver 200 shares of Credit Mobllier stook to* certain members ol Congress, and that Ames informed him that bo did,so. • ... The whole Credit Mobiller nllalr was so well muaageu, and lie tracks so well covered, that if the rogues hud not foil out, and made a noise, like voracious wolves over the carcass of a bullalo, lii the division of iheir plunder, the coun- try would ha uoue the wiser of their ras cality. Thus It will he seen that the charges made last fall, just before the election, by Democratic papers, and which were stigma.izsd by Republican papers at the time, as Democratic slanders ami lits, were true, ami are now bclore the laves ligating committee of Congress, being proven as such, on- the oaths of the cul prits themselves. On whose brow does lime nail the he now ? Will the Radical papers refuse .to believe the oaths ol their own witnesses? Would their witnesses swear dishonor and the risk of criminal prosecution against themselves? Now. let us ask what must be the char acter of the legislators who could thus be bought by such a combination of specu lators aud tbleves, and especially of U. H. Senator Hariau ? This man, once an'it inerant preacher, who traveled his lonely rounds over the prairies of the West, dis pensing to famishing souls the bread uf iiie, smelt the savory fumes that ruse from the llesh-pula of the political cookery, and at ouee made for the kitchen, and right well did he handle his chop slicks, for to him it has been like that willed the gods granted to Midas. We have uo objeelluus to his 111-gotten money, but to his auda cious ellruuiery, Judas Iscariot, driven by the puuctures of his conscience, threw the thirty pieces of silver at the loot of the high priest, aud hanged himself. Monlelth, the betrayer of William Wal lace, pined away in the secluded gleu amid the Uootenngs of owls aud ohatter iugs of bale. Arnold, the traitor, stuug by remorse, roamed like a troubled spirit Bucking test aud tludiug none, and glad ly welcomed the sliug ol death as tar less poignant than the pangs ol tala guilty conscience, hut Harlan gloats in his ve nality, and glories in his shame. Ho is a pieucher, aud a Uullod Slates Senator— two oi the highest positions on earth. Wiii-u such a man puhllcally extenuates what ihc law calls crime then Quit help me pour and ignorant. INAUGURATION. Gen. Hartrnnft Inaugurated as Governor, Harrisburg, Jan. 21. Inauguration day opened with a drizzling rain. All night long delega tions from various* parts of the Stats, accompanied by bands of music kept the ukually quiet city of Harrisburg in a commotion of excitement. But little sleep was’ had In any of the hotels from the noise of arriving delegations. The Court House and Capitol buildings were filled with people who were com pelled to sleep on the floor. At eight o’clock the various military organizations began to form, all under command of Colonel Provost, of Phila delphia. The affair opened late, At twelve o’clock the committee from the House, consisting of Messrs. Lawson, of Clarion, and Nowrayer, of Allegheny, escorted Speaker Anderson to the main stand in front of the Capitol, it was one o’clock before “Hail to the Chief” from the Marine Band of Washington, .announced the approach of- the escort. GOVERNOR FOR ONE HOUR. Speaker Anderson was thus during that hour the Governor of Pennsylva nia. Upon reaching the Capitol ex- Governor Geary walked arm in arm witiTGovernorElect Hartranft, flanked, by Senator Elisha W. Davis and Geo. Handy Smith, of Philadelphia, with Col. Noyes, of Clinton, and Wain wright, of Allegheny. Upon reaching the ■ main street, Senator Davis an nounced the orders. Rev. Charles A. Holmes, of Allegheny City, then offer ed a prayer for all the authorities, beg ging blessings on all nations, that all men’s good might be each man’s rule. The Secretary of the Senate, Russel Errett, then stepped forward and read the following certificate of election : “ We, the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth ot Penn sylvania, do certify that the Speaker of the Senate did, on the sixteenth day of January, 1873, in the hall of the House of Representatives, in the seat of the Capitol, open the returns for the elec tion for Governor of this Common wealth, and publish the same, in the presence of both Houses of the Legisla ture, conformably to the Constitution of said Commonwealth ; and that upon counting the votes by a teller appointed on the part of each House, it appeared that John P. Hartranft had the highest number of votes, whereupon the said John F. Hartranft was declared to have been duly elected Governor, of the Commonwealth. “In testimony whereof we havehere unto set our, hands and seals, the day and year above written. ”Qeo. H. Anderson, . “Speaker ot the Senate. “William Elliott, “Speaker of the House of Represen tatives. “Miles S. Humphreys. “Teller on the part of the Senate.” Speaker Anderson then same for ward with a small Bible, and placed the same in the hands of the Governor elect and recited the official oath. This being over, the crowd cheered for Governor Hartranft, who then com menced his inaugural address as fol lows: THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Mepresenlalives and Fellow- Ci izens: Permit me, through you, to lender my heartfelt thanks to the people of this Commonwealth for their partiality in selecting me as the chief magistrate. In obedience to law X have appeared before you to pledge my fidelity to the Constitution. Its obligations and the reapoesibilities it imposes are 1 hope fully realized. In the administration Of public affairs it is my earnest prayer that X may be guided by Divine wis dom, and that ail my actions may re flect on the people’s will. My predecessor presented in his an nual message his recommendations and much valuable information so fully and so well, lhat it appears unnecessary to enter into, details. My views are In accord with the general policy of the State Administration fur the past few years, although some changes might he lor the public good, and to these 1 shall briefly allude. Having been closely connected with the finances of the Slate since 1860, I speak knowingly when 1 say the revenues have been faithfully cullected; extravagant ap propriations have been avoided ; taxa-' lion has been equalized by the repeal: of the must burueusume taxes; and by strict economy and good management tlie public debt has been largely reduc ed. The policy of paying oil the en tire Indebtedness of tlie Male is, 1 be lieve, fully endorsed by tlie tax-payers, and it shall be my atm lo adhere to that policy. The public debt, however, decreasing while the revenues ate in creasing, it occurs to me that a further reu uction of the latter should be made during the current session. The in crease iu the value of our real estate and the product of our manufacturers, aud the steady develupomeut of our resources, mid the expansion of OUR RAILWAY SYSTEM is rapidly encircling our people. If we measure the aggregate of our wealth and its growth, upon tbo basis uf our lute census, we can readily understand how a lighter tax imposed upon our present taxed property will meet all oiir necessities in the lulure, provide an ample sum fur the liquidation uf our debt, aud give a decided impulse to the useful enterprises thus relie.ed. 1 sin cerely trust, however, that in any at tempt to lessen the burden of taxation, the legislature will exercise a wise dis cretion aud proper discrimination in lavor of our industrial interests. In every part of this commonwealth are found rich deposits of minerals. To make them available aud productive should he our earnest aim, aud shall receive a large share of my attention. It can alone be done by the intelli gent employment of labor aud capital. This is a subject uf immense interest, and can best he served by llrst provid ing the highest possible knowledge of tlie character and locution of the must valuable minerals. Labor can be made inviting by making it remunerative. Its remuneration must depend largely uppu the means of prelection accorded byCougress to our home industries, a question which may safely be commit ted to our representatives in the Na tional Legislature. Capital is tne wa ter lor the wheel, and should be abun dant, and the rales of interest easy for active and wholesome enterprise, and whatever legislation will best servo this end should receive general support. Money will always seek the highest rates, the security being the same, aud for that reason it now gravitates to neighboring States, where the legal rates are higher than our own. If wo cannot remove the restriction and make money as iree as any other commodity, at .east let us permit the same rate as allowed by other States, aud thereby retain it within our own borders. THIS SCHOOL HVSTBM, H will be m y pleasure, as It is my duly, to have a waachful care over tlie sliool system of our State. No part of our governmental policy should com mand the employment of more wisdom than that which is to promote the in struction of our youth. It is a source of pride and satisfaction that our peo ple contribute so freely to an object so worthy as our schools. And the report of the superintendent of common schools must convince every reader of the happy result accruing from the Ju dicious management of our educational system. But while the doors of our schools are opened wide to every one, it is sad to think there are 76,000 chil dren who do not, or are not permitted by the necessities of their parents or otherwise, to attend and receive the blessed privileges of these schools.— Tills la a matter of grave import and exacts of us all, people and legislature alike, earnest and tbougbttul consid eration. SOLDIERS’ ORPHANS. In this connection, let me say a word in regard to a subject that lias often engaged my thoughts, and to which I invoke the attention of our law-mak ers. No part of our system of educa tion has received so universal com mendation as (hat which is embraced in tlie circle of instruction of those who were orphaned by the casualities of war. The* helpless condition of these little ones touchingly appealed to Iho hearts of our peoplp, and the response was the establishment of the orphan schools that are noyv the pride ot our State. Bui in rescuing these children from destruction and, providing for their education until they have attained the ago of sixteen years; have we filled the measure of our duty toward them ? Thrown out into the world to do Oattle with life’s trials at an age peculiarly dangerous to youth, does not common humanity require that the State should maintain its guardianship to these children until thsif habits are some what settled, and they have acquired the means to earn , their own liveli hood ? The establishment of industri al schools wherein useful trades may ha taught, seems to promise the best and'easiest solution of this problem. THE MILITIA. It is highly important that in times ofinsurrection and riot there shouid-be at command a good and sufficient force of militia to assist the civil powers to protect property and. maintain its au thority. To create such a force it seems absolutely necessary that the State must extend its aid in a more substan tial way to those who eniis't in her ser vice. The fines for the non-perform ance of militia duty are obnoxious to many of our best citizi ns, and yield at best but a slender revenue, and that, too, on a wrought basis, for property, and not the individual,should oe taxed. The military should be well distributed throughout the Stale, and the number of companies limited, and withip the limit, to make them efficient, every company accepted, when found to be up to the proper standard ot numbers, drill and discipline, should receive di rect Irom the Public Treasury at least $3OO per annum. INSURANCE. The fire and life insurance companies are trying to secure uniform legislation in all the States, and the States having a large home interest in insurance have been the first to adopt that prin ciple. To impose heavy fees aod taxes upon insurance companies incorporated In other States' and doing business in this, reacts upon the home companies by reason of the reciprocal laws of those States. If it is deemed desirable to protect and. foster tho homo insurance interests, already too long neglected, let uniform laws be enacted. To me it. seems this interest is of sufficient im portance to warrant the temporary loss of a portion of , the revenue now re ceived from the foreign companies. The revenue from our own cbm panics will increase by reason of their en larged business, and we will thus bo compensated for such loss. THE CENTENNIAL, The necessity for immediate action on the part of. our people to insure the success of the Centennial Exhibition must be realized by every thinking man. Its- failure will be our lasting shame; its success must redound to ttie honor and permanent benefit of ' the Commonwealth. Located in our me tropolis, which is fast moving to the front of the manufacturing cities of the world, affording an opportunity to dis play the products and resources of 1 our atate and opening to foreigners new channels of information as to our char acter and enterprise, it' certainly is the imperative duty of every citizen who loves his State to lend his countenance and support this great exhibition. The dignity aiid good name of the com monwealth are at stake. Let us not forget these by a lack of publio spirit or by mistaken economy. Any popu lar place the legislature may see fit to adopt to aid this national undertaking shall receive the hearty concurrence 01 the executive. CONSTITUTION A L REFOrSI The subject of constitutional reform is now occupying a large space of pub lic atttention; opinions are various as to its propriety or necessit. - ; as the views of men are conservative or pro gressive. There is now however, in session, .at'Philadelphia a convention of respectable and honorable gentlemen, authorized by the people to revise the, constitution. To these gentlemen we can confidentially refer the question of constitutional reform, in tho belief that out of their combined integrity and wisdom will spring such measures ns will best conduce to the salety, happi ness and prosperity of our people. SPECIAL LEGISLATION, There is one foremost and growing evil, However tb which by my oiith as your executive, anti my sense of duty as a citizen, I am constrained to ask your special attention. 1 1 refer to special legislation, or the abuse of legislative power to further particular aud local private ends to the exclusion ol public business. I cannot condemn this evil in language too strong, and it seems but tho part of common sense that some positive restriction lie put upon legislation that will confine it to public objects and make its enactments uniform and general. THE PARDONING POWER There is another subject to which I may be permitted to advert, because it concerns one of my most important functions. I refer to the pardoning power. The exercise of rests exclusively within the discretion and the conscience of the executive, and when we consider the importunities of the friends of a condemned man, and their natural inclination to use every influence to obtain a pardon, it must he conceded that this power is a trying and dangerous one with which to invest any one man. Any provision that would relieve the conscience and di vide the responsibility of the exercise of this power must surely commend itself to the good seuse of our people. SINKING FUND. Thera is a popular demand, too, that the sinking fund, containing bonds that represent the proceeds of the sale of public works, and which are appli cable alone to the payment of the pub lic debt, shall be kept sacred for the purpose to which it is dedicated, and that the safeguards of this fund be made so strong ,as to protect it from every encroachment, however ingenu ously planned or powerfully supported. To this demand the Constitutional Convention will doubtless respond, and, for myself, I may be permitted to say that no legislation impairing the security of this fund' or changing its character shall receive my sanction as your executive. Jn view of the prospect that the Leg islature will, after this session, be di vested of Its power to legislate for special objects, a popular apprehension Is prevailing that interested parties will push theirschemes at tbisjunciure, and make extraordinary efforts to con trol legislation. 1 deem it my duty to impress upon the Legislature the necessity of examining with more than ordinary care every measure submitted for their consideration. IIOAUD OF PUBLIC IJIIARTKIIH. Too much credit cannot bo accorded to the honorable and humane gentle men who constitute the board of public charters for their valuable services, gratuitously bestowed, in supervising toe manifold and important public trusts the State has confided to their care. I take groat pleasure in inviting the at'ontlou of the legislature to the suggestions and work of lids excullent board, and shall unite in any plan that will help these gentlemen to accom plish their boacflclent designs. CONCLUSION. We have great cause for thankfulness my fellow-citizens, when we contem plate the happy and prosperous condi tion of our country. Recuperating rapidly from the ravage and. waste of our great civil war, she is moving for ward, to a new era of progress and de veiopement; and in this march to a higher destiny, in which all the states are Pennsylvania should have a place in the van" a position to which she 1? entitled by the intelligence and character of her citizens, the magnitude of her resources, and the extent of her industrial interest and grand record of her patriotism. To maintain this po» sition for our proud old commonwealth will be the constant endeavor of your executive; and to strengthen his arm and enlarge his understanding he asks the support and counsel of all good citizens; and humbly implores the aid and guidance of Him who is the Su preme Ruler. Election Days Fixed.— ln the Con stitutional Convention, a.few days since, the article reported by the Committee on Suffrage, passed finally—yeas 84, nays 24. It fixes the general election on the Tuesday following the first Monday in .November; and elections'for city, county and township officers on the third Tues day of February. "“Hatt. Quay, the notorious lobbyist, is Gov. Hartrauft’s Secretary of the Com monwealth. With Quay as Secretary, Harrison Allen as Auditor General, and Bob Mackey ns State Treasurer, the funds of the treasury won’t be allowed to ac cumulate very fast. Poor plucked Penn sylvania ! LOCAL ITEMS . DEATH OF JAMES HAMILTON, ESQ. Our universally respected citizen, James Hamilton, Esq., died suddenly at his residence, West High street, on Thursday night of last week. Mr. H. had not. been very well for so|ie days, but his death was hastened, it was sup* posed, by fright. About 5} o’clock in the oveningsomething went wrong With the gas, and for an hour or so the town Was in darkness. Mr. Hamilton, in making an examination of' his cbande* Her, unintentionally unscrewed the main stop-cook or nut, when a largo body of gas escaped, and immediately ignited, filling tbe parlor with, flame. Of .course he was' much alarmed. He ran to the kitchen for water and wet towels, and returning, succeeded in extinguishing tbe fire. But he immediately took sick, and when his physician arrived, at 10} o’clock, he was dying. At about eleven o’clock he slept, and it was the sleep of death. James Hamilton was n© more I Mr. Hamilton was among our.oldest as he was one of our best and most use ful citizens. As a School a teacher in the Babbath School and Trus tee in the Second Presbyterian church, he was wise, discreet and always cordial. To the poor and to ail good and beuevo ieufobjects he dispensed bis wealtb'witb a liberal, hand. In tbe death of Mr. Hamilton the poor of our town have lost their best and most considerate friend; the church , its main pillar, and our School Board tbe man whose opinions were most sought. . Mr. Hamilton graduated at Dickinson College in'lBl3, and for many years was a Trustee in that institution. He was admitted to practice as an Attorney at La\y at tbe Carlisle Bar on the Ist of April, 1816, and followed his profession diligently for eight or ten years. He read law with Isaac B. Parker, Esq. His Committee of Examination consist ed of Tbos. Duncan, Andrew Carothera and George Metzgar, Esquires, who re ported to Court that he was “ well quali fied to. practice,” &o. Hla father, Hon. James Hamilton, was then President- Judge, and James Armstrong and Jacob Hendel Associate Judges. Mr. Hamilton was one of tbe original members of the Second Presbyterian Church, which was organized forty years ago this month, and he served as a Trustee during all tills time. He was a member of tbe Building Committee that erected the old church building, re cently torn down. He served as a School Director from the day the Public Schools were organized to the day of his death. v.-- • >; -• ‘ ■ On Monday afternoon at 3J o’clock, the body of the deceased was conveyed to tbe church he loved bo well, and placed In front of the pulpit, the Board of School Directors acting as pall-bear ere. Previous to being. removed from bis own residence, however, the. follow ing exercises were had—Singing by the Church choir, “ Rise my soul and stretch tby wings." Tills hymn was sung at his own re quest, left in writing. The Rev. Mr. Norcrosa then read the flOth Psalm, after which a fervent prayer was offered to Almighty God by the venerable Dr. Wing, of the First Presbyterian church. The remains were then placed in the hearse by the pall-bearers and taken to the church, where a large concourse of sorrowing citizens had assembled. At the church the exercises were as follows,* as*near as we can recollect—Singing by the choir, “ Hark to the-solemn bell." The pastor, Mr. Noroross, then read selections from the Scriptures and of fered prayer; then singing by the choir and congregation, I would not live alwaya.” A/ter the Binging, Mr. Norcross, deep ly effected, delivered a moat appropriate and feeling address or sermon, taking for his text the 37tb verse of the 37th Psalm, which reads; "Mark the perfect man, and behold the up right, lor the end of that man Is peace.” This was a most appropriate text for the solemn occasion, for certainly Mr. Hamilton was the “ perfect man,” The Ilev. Mr. Murray followed Mr.-Noroross In a few interesting remarks, and the exercises were then brought to a close with prayer by Rev. Dr. Wing. The body was again placed in the hearse and conveyed to the grave, where it was bu ried from the sight of man forever.* The Rev. Dr. Leverett, of the .Episcopal church, pronounced the benediction at the gravo The following bodies or organizations attend*d the exercises at the Church— the Clergy, members of the Bar, mera beiH of the Church Session, the Board of Trustees, the Faculty of Dickiuson Col lege, Uio members of the Union Philo sophical Society, (of which Mr. Hamil ton wits u member,) a delegation of btuduiiU, the Hamilton Alumni, the Bdiool Board, the Teachers of the Pub lic Schools, the Bible Class of the Sab bath School (of which he bad been the instructor for many years,) and the Church Choir. The ohuich was well filled, and the exorcises lutorestlng and solemn. Mr. Hamilton’s age was 73. Thb Conodoguinet is atlli|f roMn Thb btiramer brigade was ou , i force on Tuesday. Iri Many of our soft young men contin,, to get the “ sip.”. . , lin,le Our citizens were without ga. „ „ tiou of Thursday night Inst. Por ' Oub outside, this week, 1 8 unnan>l . interesting. Read it. Usll >’ A number- of jour printers tinm Harrisburg, went sleighing to B„n ’ on Sunday last. ' tfais vicinity was visited with other old-fashioned snow storm Monday last. on Colobkd Sale Bills continue toh the bills this season.. We have print s a number of them. Those who con template having sales should call ana examine specimens, .. 3 Gho. Gouchbb, whom we mentioned Inst week as being v?ry illi, i, rec u ing, and will soon be ableio attend in business. j Th# trains on the Cumberland Val ley B.R. weredelayed for a considerable length of time on Monday, in cons, quenco of the snow. Wk are informed that a stag dance took place not one hundred miles from this office on Saturday night lash prinoip il participants were 0. S., IV. S., S. 3., A. G., W. S,, I, P, and others The dancing was good, considering. ’ Ouu Representative In the State Legia lature, Mr. Williams, voted against the proposition to increase the Governor’s salery to $lO,OOO. We give him credit for that vote. The Partridges —We again remimi bur agricultural friends of the necessity of looking after tbe wants of the pnr. tridges. Give Bob White breakfast anti supper each day: We regret exceedingly to announce the death of Johnny Cole, well known by many of our citizens. He was killed in the recent engagement between the United States troops and tho Modoc Indians, near California. School House Burned.— The school house, (not in use at present,) in Dickinson township, was destroyed hi fi re on Wednesday moruingcf last »et-k. The work of an incendiary.it a »up posed. .Dead. —In our last we noticed die seii cus Illness of Mr. Jacob Marlin, baker, of this place. Before our paper bad been distributed to its subscribers be was no more. Mr. M. was a much-respected and useful citizen, and his death is lamented by a large cirble of acquaintances ami friends. Sudden Death.— The wife of our es teemed citizen. Dr. Stevenson, West High street, was found dead In her bed on Sunday morning. Mrs. 8. bad been an invalid for some years, but tbe inline* diate cause of her death, it is supposed, was heart disease. Lecture at Dickinson Church.- The second lecture of tbe Course, altbe Dickinson church, w\U be delivered by William H." Miller, Esq., of Carlisle, on the evening of Thursday, February 6. VocaUmißio by the Carlisle Quartette Association. Mr, Miller’s subject on this occasion will- be—“ Salt. Lake City, tbe Big Trees and Yo Semite.” TicANKS.~We return our thanks to our friend, William M. Watts, Jr., Esq., of the Department of Agriculture, Wash ington, for a package of vegetable seeds (forty varieties,) also flower seeds. We appreciate such attention highly, for ffo have now not only plenty of seeds for ourself, but can distribute some to friends. Barge Calf.— A week or two sines, Mr. William Hotter, butcher, killed a twenty-month old calf that dressed 73) pounds. It was purchased from Mr. A. Lindsey, of South Middleton township- The meat presented a flue appearance when offered for sale, and was truty de licious, as can be attested by all 'who were fortunate (o purchase of It. Mr. Hotter is one of our best butchers, ami always makes it a point to slaughter good stock. Died From His Injuries.— Mr. Robt. M. Graham, Sr., of West Pennsborougb township, died.at his residence, after se vere suffering, op Friday last, tbe S4tb Inst. On tbe Tuesday evening previous, when engaged in watering hie horses, one of them kicked him severely. His skull was fractured, one ear cut off and, bis windpipe lacerated. These injuries caused his death. Mr. G. was an exetn* plary and much-respected citizen, and his untimely death is lamented by a large circle of relatives, friends and ac quaintances. Mr. G. was 73 years o age. Cumberland Valley Railroad.— We learn from good authority that a change in the officers and manogomen of this road will take place at an ear> day. On this subject the Chambersburg Repository says: . “The Pennsylvania Railroad, wine corporation has for a long time own majority of the stock of theCurabe Valley rail-road, contemplates more immediate control and taa > 8 ment of said road than it here exercised. Beveral propositions ar der consideration, but that one likely to be adopted Is to ab.orb tM Cumberland Valley Into the F*““ 9 jL n . nia road, and run it under the sam apement. This policy would do away with the Board of Directors, offlcw« President, Treasurer, &0., of Yj® ro ba berland Valley road, and w S?nnliov to bly inaugurate a more Ilberul p |?l re . wards the public than the road ha tofore exhibited. n Election op Officers.— At a re ®“" lar meeting of the Cumberland re ' ' held In their hall, on Saturday evenly the 18lh lust., the following officers elected to serve for the ensuing y° President— M. C. Herman. /secretary —E. E* Quigley. Treasurer— Peter £pa br ; , g eoo ml. First Director—Soho Arney , John Peters; Third James A.Green Engineer—Joba B. ( joM Charles J. Arney ; second assistant. Fireman— Ben,). Buggies man, William Oobhurt; third n Jesse Snyder. follow- The president then made the .log appointments: John Fipcsmcn John Corho , J JV orlj , tt. (iebhurt, sr., Hurry Orovo, iphouip- Fiuysmcn-Vim. Bm b , Jas. son. Ered’k Hays, John Egoir, j ■ Dt & of Accounts—Abram Dohuff. K jwil(or— Soloinon Btoufler.
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