1 r ]v ir aceowitoMe. I in" thor .l cocvinr J. t lijii tlie d ploiabl' i.ov alii I to. ma.it have beeii j. '.-.it -J. by tuii" legislation. 1" i * vv >f i'■ most sci ntific is • the effect Lliat vaccinatum, i, <1; i mistered. is a sovereign a .ti lot . T ! !.ig'e?t on di-.d anthor • i.-mtqn ilifi <lly;' r ni sm 'il-jjox to In* 5; t 1 r■ v .-MHz <1 land; thai • <• e is no iff ' sity for its presence, iiid titfit 51 v v pei-'•! v.ere p operly Yacfooat'd vt-i .\ si'Vcn years, the diM'ase might b utterly * M"i minut* *l. Imb si ■ d 'f tie-" uie-sof this opinion bv . )' -onal ob'seivarious in the j rrny. both i Mexico and the United vv:t - after our camps were • u -d rqon Mexican soil, the disease ■ ~j< •! ai.*...•■•(• .'ti:.'UiK our troops, i**." :: i order frost Gtitffid Scott, the ar iiy was iuim iiately vaecin • 1. :u;d ?iic- sniali-jxix was at once <1; :• :i Mjii our ii: s. T. e same result folio vdt c a 'plication of the same •,i 1 v ii ta * army of Geneial Suer ma ' 1;: .r ids fanio - march' to the j sea." and. more i.tly. in our very mid v. h be*-u favored with an ilia- ati 1 equauv striking and con c! -Ae: Our schools ol sold huts 1 or p a: -. in which there are upwards of t. iitv-bvc hundred chiidren. being under the a'i -olutc •> ntrol of t' e State a it! oritiea, a nirulauon nf cng uni vi is.il vac •iJiati n. could !•'. and was. adopted. Ihe re.-ult is. that not a siuyi ■ case <y ri.a.ii-pox lias occurred in t!u 111. My i :j- ■ 1 in submitting these re marks to* you is not eo much for the •t- -' • icing you of the truth ' f •*. -ropo it j 1 which b: t few attempt ••>1: : ; -;'. ask the immediateen . u - ~r rem* dial measures. It re in...*.- the -fon . niy to consider lsow t , oh"; - c to )y s .ught may be most and e'Tf t ua'iy accomplished. Li reply t< tlii- question, I earnestly ]■'•'* -mine i the ; sag.- 'f an act pro .i . r for 'art vaccination, w ;<• should 1 ave such penalties an j..->'d us w aid insure its imdoubt*d enforcemt nt. I ;tl o ; i'cointn°rtl an enactment rs tr.l is: hi/ :• St 1* Board < f Health, vh" • • f'luietious shaill be discharged under the auspices <i the Legislature. Sich an •rgamz ition would be indis -1 n.: l.le '.o t'e vigorous and compre hensive execution of a law making vac ci' .u. <n .:ompi_.' lS( , ; -y. . id would beeini- I ' tiv --1 vi.-'. !•!* in enforcing such ot: r anitary regulations as might be d lie d <• 1.: i. 1 to the protection of the pr.l i against inall-p< x and other 'a miiih v-s. The State Board Ho : 1 t be COli liliitl d SollU'WllUt UJX)II t -e iiio 'u 1 ">1 tiic B-cnd of Public Cuar iii'-s. wit . the addition of local boards fos the count; s, cities and larger towns. Tlr- ex: use of such a system v iidd in t l>e vvol tli a thought, i.lm n Coin', an d .'.it!) the value of the lienelits to ,t would 1" eon fen ed 1 v it s operation. At all ev. nts. t would le far hss than the co-tin human livs annually sacri lieid by the ill scares it would Is- d'-- iond;o p: . at . ]t is not jKjssible to esiiuiate 00 < ctlv such \alues. But a t..e pin :10 of illustration, the cal culation op mi eminent physician may I--:' ; ted. I)r. Achland,of England, v-:- down rv'i \ cl< ath by a preventable diseji.v a - a 10--. in money ol £IOO, and cll lor los, of tint • and inaintenance during toe {H*rio<l of sickness. Accord in- to this stum! . d Pennsylvania lost during tin* last two years ly small-pox silt-i ■< more than So.OtKt.OCHt. J-hom a joint rejKut made to me ly tie ilt alt h Ollieer and Port Physician ' ' Pi ;! d iphia, f learn that the health t.f ■ a1 city and j>ort are in a very 1 n! -1 (1 1 d mis: t isfactory condition. 'I n. g-- th incii, in effect, s;,y that the tit ct'inpn leusivs health law was pa-ad in lsls; that continuous addi t'ous i. v< Ik .ii made since that time; t' at liile some of the laws have lieen i'gieali d. others have Jxrcome inopera tive and obsolete; that if certain of t ' -e were revived and enforced their (.\eeution would intlict tiositivc injury, and. in si ort, that, the whole system iui|H i,:ti\. ly requires a thorough re vision. ! have good reason to endorse t'e 11 Mtli of tin se statements, and I i lin stly reconnnend the whole subject to your eat ly and considerate action. ..ed t • ;st the amendments which you n.ay make for the better pi otection of tin heal' 1 and general well-being of Piiilad' h'hin Ik* extend d as far as r :i -t jf, itle to the w l.o]e State. • u'i ii. anti < aim roi. iiiiorxiis. The iiartuient in the (,'ajiitol liuild i ' faniiliarh. known as the *• Office of t'i - '.lie Historian,has Ixs-n taste f. ifitted np for the reception and di-'e of tli - huttle-t' igs can i< it by O'U ol'liei In the war of the rebellion, la a"eo.u.aii> •• with a resolution to that 1 Meet j ir.. -ad by the Legislature at its last Sfcl,Ml.ll. r>VKtr son's : \T. A TIT. As no t-.iaige of w-Ilishrn ss can, at li. ne'u.e ttae'i to |ne, I flaiiklv 1 fii'.nd >Oll that the conqiensation of t;. fiovcinoi !.< 1 nt,rely inadequate to 1 d.|e ! in to Ii ve in a style eorrespond i - ,i ' pie • in. null the icas'xiialile < / ■<-rations of t' jx-ople of so great a f,oif,nionwealth. The truth of th-se 1 itions is ot.vioiis tluit 110 argu ment is required f<a theii confniiia tlon. *t la- f ' 1.-' if ef i'.ri d-el ues In section \ r , of .oil le H, "Tl.e Governor shall, ' b<! tiirr s. receive for his HTViritl > uijrf i;:ition w : i'di shall U- neitiicr i' '-I nor <1 iniuMii d during the d foi whi Ii he shall have ln-en lit he f' 1 ' ire Concur w ilh b ■ "I-- ly - f ,ncieasing ti.e . < • ' ' ' die to ti :i 1 ;ei a rn in, t feeofn 'a ' (i 1 tmb • '. h i/i Jsf.uary, as 011 ihst iltiy Ho- Iteriisl foi which my Huccesierr Lav been elected will Ijcgiu. I> MB 40KTAM. It has liereiofore been my sad duty to chronicle tne departure ot distiiiguisned citizens fiotn spheres of usefuiiit&s to that realm of eternal silence, from w u.di no traveler returns. Among 1. eiu may lie enumerated three ex-Gov ernoiand now 1 am called up<m to announce the decease of another who lias occupiid the Executive chair. William P. Joiiiiston was born Nov. _!). lbo, at Greeiisburg. Westmoreland county, and died at Pittsburg. Oct. I't, I>"J. in the sixty-fourth year of his age. He was admittd to the bar in ISJ9. and was suliscsjuentiy a member of the House of Hepresmitatives. and of the S-nate. As sjx-akerof t!ie latter, he be camc- acting Governor ujioii the resig nation of Francis It. r-hunk. He was afterw;ud> nominated Ijv tlie Whigs and elected to the Chief Magistracy. He tilled the office witli honor and iiiatktd ability. After the expiration of histeitn iiedevotid his time to the eaottruetioß and managnneßt of rail . ->ads and the development of the re sources of the western jwrtion of tlie State. He was t-ndowetl with strong natural abilities, was genial 111 manners and faithful i:i friendship. His ser vices to the Common wealth will not von be forgotten. I trust the Legisla ture will do justice to his memory by ppropi iately noticing his death. I is with profound sorrow, also, that I announce to *vou, officially, tlie death of Major General George Gordon Meade. He died in Philadelphia, November 6. lb7L',in the fifty-sixth year of his age. It is impossible, within the brief jace allowed, to give an extendi d notice of the services of one so eminently distin guish d. lie was a giaduatc of the Military Academy at West Point; and s-ived with distinction in the Seuiinole and Mexican wars, and as a Topographi cal Engineer 111 time of peace. At the commenci ment of the recent Civil war, nis .services were tendered to and ac 'ciptid by the Government. From the rank of Brigadier General he row through the grades of Division and Corps Commander, and was on the 1 wviity -eighth day of June, 1863, with out solicitation, appoint! d, by President Lincoln, Command r-in-Cbief of tlie Army of the Potomac; and although ■ he 1< lives behind l im an undying record of his brilliant and heroic deeds wher ; ever he was oalli d into action, his name w.il be, particularly and forever, asso dated v itli the glory of the great turn ing battle of the war—fought at Gettys buig. on the lirst. w-coinl and tliird days of July, 1863. General Meade remained in t!:o regu liranny until the time of his death, lie was au accomplislud gentleroau, 1 ; possessing a highly cultivated intellect, round judgment, and great integrity of : character. But it is to his distinguish* d services ujkin the soil of Pennsylvania, • which has so intimately identified iiis memory with tli*' defence of the nation, ' in the hour of its extreiwst i'ril. tliat I invoke your sjx-eiiii utt< ntiou. Pi-uu i sylvania cauoot, >ctll n>>t te ungrateful for such services, blu- w ill d -sire, with 1 j appropriate honors, to perjietuate the fame* of her deq arteel chieftain. I re- I commend an appropriation for the erec tion of a monument to his memory upon the battle-tie-ld of Gettysburg ; and such other legislation as will t>- alike suitable to the occasion and honorable to the | Commonwealth. . fAKIM"S, COMMUTATIONS AND EXE CUTIONS. No department of the State govern ment has imposed upon it such difficult ami embarrassing duties, or such weigh ty and disagre-eabie responsibilities, as the pardouing power devolves upon the " Executive. That a few pardons may have tieeu 1 unworthily granted, through the inis ' representations of relatives, ne-ighbors, or other inUrotfd parties, or even by 'tffid H-ii.s afterwards discovered to have liee-n designedly false, may be frankly eonettded; and that some who, pe-rhapis, were more deserving have Im-cu refused, l'roni want of jueqie-r re-pre-seotations of facts, may lie equally true; still, 1 feel assured that I have faithfully |>erforiii ■ ed inv duty in such cases, and have ex -1 ercised the prerogative only when the facts and circiunstances wenied to iru lie-rativi ly demand the inti rjKisition of Executive eli meney. In tliis I have endeavored to adopt and enforce the views entertained by the fat mere of our Const it nt ion, who never contemplated an indiscriminate use of the pardoning power, hut designed it for the eorrec- I tiou of errors and oppressions; cases of after-discovered evidence; inequalities of sentences for identical offences; the fuitlterance of justice by uncovering • crime, and other instances strongly ex ceptional in their character. Soon aft* r entering upon the duties of the Ex*cutive office I deemed it im portant that tin* public should lie more fully informed upon the subject of par -1 dons than they had previously been. I then introduced, for the first time in tins state, an annual pardou report, containing t he names of th** jietitiouers, and an epitome ol the reasons adduced for each case of relief from the sentence of the law. Since then, similar reports have lieen made in other states, and ti.e practice, divesting the exercise of the paiduiiing prerogative of all secrecy, w i-uis to have received very geueral aje probation. The applications for pardons dux ng the past ytai numbered 1137—about o for 1 very working day in the year. Of these lit) were granted—less than 5 per cent, of the number applied for. and averaging about Ito each county. Es t milling our population at B,6<mi,oou, the average is 1 pardon to every 42.300. The system of commutation, under tlie Act of May 21, ltW, continues to work well in all the prisons, and has i pnKluc**d a decidedly salutary effect '• upon the discipline of the prisons and character of the prisoners. Tlie iJ*-ath p*-ualty has been twice car ried into effect during the year, once m Cambria County and once in Cnesier. , OENEKAL KEMAKKB. In my official communications here '' tofore to the legislature, and in public a*ldi-esses to the people. I fiave witla'Ut hesitation declared my views iu favor of protection to our llome Industries, and in defence of lat*or against foreign 1 competition. Coi tiuued observation aud exjierience have temled to confirm j mr as to the of tlie opinions ■ then expressed. I now reiterate them • with undiminished confidence; and teel ■ i>eculiar satisfaction in the W-lief that i ; Congress will maintain a policy that ■ has so vastly contributed to the pros jierity of the whole country. The inter-state courtesies heretofore exercised have been continued and fos tered by a system of mutual exchanges of the laws and other public documents, and in tlie enforcement of statutes a ithoriizng requisitions aud the rendi tion of fugitive criminals. During my administration there has not occurred a single circumstance to mar the harmony and friendship existing between the gov | eminent of Pennsylvania and that of any other state or of the nation. The obvi ous advantages arising from such a con-1 dition of our affairs must naturally tend to advance the best interests of the states 1 k aiid ci-meut the bonds of the National Union. The recent elections prove, by unpre j eedented majorities, that the country re ! jioses extraordinary corifulence in the ! juiti iotism. sagacity and integrity of the ■; Itepuhlican party. In response to this ' j sentiment that party should discharge I its sacred trust by a wis**, honest, eeo • : nomieal and patriotic a<!uiinistration of • ] tlie governm-nt; a thorough reform of tliecivilseivice; thecontinuationof such , dutii-a iqxiu foreign imports as will se -1 cure and enhance the prosperity of our ' | domestic manufactures; the reduction of tlie scale of internal taxes to the low -1 ; est degree that would b** adequate to the ' i maintenance *.f the public credit and ;the gradual extinction of the national I debt; the restoration of our foreign coni 1' meree; the extension of ample tinancinl I , facilities for the requiremits of busi t j nes>; tlie encouragement and regulation • j of immigration; increase of the means of • cheap land and water transportation, with a view <*o'* iixusi rap-, id development of the national resources; and such enforcement of the provisions ! of the amend* d Constitution as will pre-: : s'*rv ** jk'ucp iu tlie states and secure, Ik*- ■ yon*l the touch of injustice and oppres sion, the rights of all citizens. . All the circumstances considered. I • may. in this connection IK? excused for ' i the indulgence of some brief personal II allusions. In the administration of tlie • j Chief Magistracy. I have, with only ' i good intentions, and unconscious of in • ! tcntional error, to the Is-st of myability. ■ j endeavored to diseharge the various, (duties that have devolved upon me, in ' | such manner as to advance ttic public I 1 , welfare, by condemning waste and ex-! ' j travaganee, practicing economy, reduc "! ing taxation, paying the State debt, " promoting the public health, advancing I j the cause of general education, eultivat ' ing humanity and charity, tempering justice from the fountain of mercy. *■' maintaining the principles of the Con i stitution, and lef**n*ling the honor an*l - j sovereignty of the State, and the rights i and interests of her citizens. -1 During my administration the Legis : i lature has lieen in session three hundred -land eighty-stven days; in that time j < I nine thousand two hundred and forty ; I two hills, and one hundred and fourteen S resolutions, were passed, of which eight i 'thousand eight hundred and forty-two - hills, and one hundred and thirteen , : resolutions, received my approval; six beeanH* laws without my sanction, and • three hundred and ninety were vetoed. ' The vetoes average a little more than . on** ]**-r diem during tlie sessions, and , all of which, with the exception of four, f, were sustained bv the legislature. In II addition to my six annual messages, I - have also transmitted to the Legislature - 1 one hundred and five special communi ' j cations. The p< 1 io*l for disconnecting mv of- I fioial relations with the General As s j srmbly having almost arrived, I may ' projierly avail myself of this opportunity to acknowledge the genenil courtesy I ' have receive*! from tlie successive Leg-1 I islatures with whom I have had the hoi or to hold official intercourse, and ; to express the profound sense of grati ' tilde I * ntertain toward the people of I ' my native State, for the many honors I they have conferred upon me, and still ■j more for the steadfast confidence with ! which they have supplied me, and 1 sustained my administration. To 11011. Francis Jordan, Secretary of | State; lion. Frederick Carroll Brews- , • ter. Attorney General; Hon. James P. Wiekersham.Superintendant of Schools; : and General Alexander Russell, Adju-1 taut General, I tender my warmest and special thanks, for their hearty accord J and energetic sup]ort. I owe them not ' only a debt of gratitude for their person-; al fidelity, but a sincere and heart-felt i commendation to the people, for the; able, efficient and eminently satisfactory ; manner in which they have perform**d all the duties that have lieen devolved ! upon them in their several departments. 1 Col. Benjamin F. Lee, iny private sec retary, and his assistant. Col. Win. C. j Armor, are deserving of honorable men- : tion, for their zealous and faithful exe cution of my orders. My thanks are alsodue.and they arc earnestly tendered, to the clerks and other npjiointies in the several departments, for their uniform ; courtesy, aud Urn zeal manifested by t them for the public good. | It MSordt uiv peculiar satisfaction to | feel tit iuvotlii i.il honors and respon-! Sibil ties arc shortly to lx? transferred ! into the hands of a gentleman, who will sacredly guard the om\ and faithfully ! JbcUargv tlte other. Major General ; i Joint F. Il.uUanft has signally lilusUa-, led h.s coumgv and |utriotfom on many tiervvli contested fields of battle; and 1 qualities that have made liis reputation as a soldier, lwve le-n no less conspicu ous in the pursuits of civil life, lie will bring to tlie discharge of his duties a ' ! large and valuable experience in the | management of public affairs; and all that is known of his antecedents may be regarded as a guaranty for that con-1 tklenee of the i>cople wlt have elevated him to the Gubernatorial Chair by so! | large a majority. I liespeak for him your hearty co-operation in guarding ! : and advancing the public interests; and I earnestly invoke Heaven's choicest : blessings urx.ui the i>eople of Pennsylva-; n a—that tlieir abundance may never l<e diminished —and that her honored name may shine in the galaxv of the American j • Uuion with increasing splendor forever, j J NO. W. GEARY. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, i Harriitbunj, Pit., Jan. 8. 1:73. f The Potter Journal AND NEW 3 ITEM. COUDERSFORT, PA., Jan. 24.1573 Encouraging-. One of the best indications of the : increase of temperance principles in ' ! our State is that the Democratic pa- j pers are so busy making it appear that Republicans are not sincere in j their advocacy of temperance. The Patriot has a long and very unhand some article on the success of the lo ! i cal option bill in Clearfield county. • full of accusations of falsehoods and i double-dealing against those mem- ! tiers of the Legislature who had sup r• , ; I ported it—and in general trying to . ' show that "Cudlin's the friend, not Short.*' ! and the Montrose Democrat follows! i suit. FLOODS. i mm- nignest water of last week, of which we had a slight indication on | Thursday and Friday, did great dam i age in many parts of the country.— ; "from New England to tlie Mississqi- I pi." The most serious disasters np -1 ' pear to have been in this state and New Jersey. In the Schuylkill there | was a jam of ice three miles long. On the Allegheny considerable damage • was done, and on the Susquehanna and its tributaries but the sudden fall-! nig of the water prevented many in-. juries that seemed imminent. r _ fOWaTITCTTON II AL L., 1 Philadelphia. Jaitu. 11, 17.T < DEAR JOURNAL : The time of the | Convention lias been mostly taken up ; with 6nbmitting propositions of amendment to the Constitution which ■ are all referred to appropriate com mittees. .Mr. Mann, on Friday last, subuiit ; ted a proposed amendment which is of considerable interest to his con stituents, and is as follows: j That Section 4th of Article Ist of j the Constitution Is* so amended as to ; read: 4 " Representatives shall lie dis '4 tributed throughout the State as "follows: the qualified electors of , " each county shall elect one addition- | 44 al ineinlier for each 35,000 inhabi j 44 tants, as determined by the preced " ing census of the United States; and 44 in counties entitled to three or more , " members each voter may cast as ina " ny votes for each candidate as there ! " are representatives to l)e elected, or 44 may distribute the same among tlie : i 44 candidates as he shall see fit, and ! i 44 the candidates receiving a majority 44 of said vote shall be declared elect -44 ed. Referred to tlie Committee on 1 44 Elections, Suffrage, etc." I have prepared the following table 1 to show how the Representatives would lie distributed should this pro position be adopted. It will Is? seen that until the next census the House : of Representatives would contain 137 1 members, and until there is a change ! in the political sentiment of the people 1 of the State would give the Republi cans 10 to 15 majority. Population Meiutw-rs ' Adams, 30,315 1 ' Allegheny, 262.204 8 i A mist rung, 53.382 2 i Beaver, 36,148 2 , Bedford, 29,635 1 ] Berks, 106,701 4 ; Blair, 38,051 2 1 Bradford, 53,2<>4 2 | Bucks, 61,336 2 < Butler, 36,510 2 j Cambria, 36,569 2 1 ( Cameron, 4.273 1 |. Carbon, 28.141 1 i Centre. 34,418 1 1 Chester, 77,805 S ' Clarion, 26.537 1 I Clearfield, 25,741 1 J, Clinton, 23.211 1 I Columbia, 28,766 1 j Crawford, 63,832 2 j' j Cumberland, 43,912 2 j 1 Dauphin. 60,740 2 Delaware, 39,403 2 Elk, 8,433 1 Erie, 65,973 2 Fayette, 43.234 2 F ;rest, 4,010 1 Franklin, 45.365 2 Fulton. 9.360 1 Greene. So.ssT 1 Huntingdon, 31.251 1 Indiana, 36,13a 1 , Jeffersou, 21,656 1 Juniata, 17,390 1 Lancaster, 121,340 4 Lawrence, 27,_9S 1 Lei Anon, 34,096 1 Lehigh, 56.796 2 LuZv-me, 160,755 5 Lyjuruiug, 47,626 2 Mc Kean, b,vJj 1 Mercer, 49,977 2 Miffl.n, 17,508 1 Monroe, 1b,362 1 Montgomery, 81.612 3 Montour, 15,344 1 Northampton, 61,432 2 Northumberland, 41,444 2 Ferry, 25,441 1 Fuiladelphia, 674,022 20 Fike, 8,436 1 Potter. 11.265 1 SScuuyikill, 116.423 4 Suyder, 15.6 c 6 1 Somerset, 28,226 1 i bull, van, 6.191 1 i Sust plena una, 37.523 2 Tioga, 3-5,097 2 Union, 15,vG5 1 \ enaugo, o i,925 Warren, 23,897 1 I WcLSiiington, 4a,483 2 | Wayne, 33.183 1 Westmoreland, 50,719 2 Wyomuig, 14.585 1 | Yolk, 76.134 3 137 PuiLAUtvLruiA, Jan. 15. is:;,. DEAR JOURNAL: The proceeding-> ; of the Constitutional Convention be ing rather dull just at present, and 1 ! having a complimentary ticket to at : tend tlie annual reception of Ainericu- Club, at the Academy of Music, on Monday evening. Jan. 13, 1 thought lit might possibly !>e worth while to to see what kind of an elephant would ! be exhibited. '1 he tluors were opened at 7 o'clock. ; At 8, when your correspondent enter ; ~,i i.. auout a thousand (•eople, pre ty evenly divided between the sexes, had already assembled.— The number rapidly increased, and for an hour and a half the increasing rush of jieople was simply tremen dous. At half past nine good judges es timated there were six thousmd peo ple present. It was a grand sight— fine not easily forgotten. At half past eight a full Land of twenty in struments tilled the entire building wit h music. A second band of equal ' number relieved the first at the prop ; er time, and all the people sat in tlieir seats until half past nine, when the Grand March was played, at the first note of which tiie leader of the March with his partner descended the steps at the south end of the dancing lb.or and inarched straight ac ross to the no th end—a distance of about two hundred feet. This couple was followed closely by (thers, so that before the head of the co uir.n turned to the left one hundred and fixe couples had passed down the steps—five in number. These steps were covered by an arch-way of lb overs, and columns of flowers, relieved by evt r jrec-n wreaths, protected the south end of the floor b i that nothing else was seen, and the inarching column seemed to come out of a paradise of flowers. When the first couple had returned to the entrance, the leafier, still keep ing time to the music, shortened his steps and formed a column lour a-breast, which marched straight across the floor as the first had done. These turned to the left, and when tlie entrance was again reached, the • stop was again shortened and the; people who still came inarching down there under the arch in couples were formed with perfect order into a col umn sixtn nal roast. When this had reached the centre of the floor the sight was one of the finest I ever wit nessed. Even the city audience was stirred to enthusiasm and cheeied as, though their hearts were in it. Like the others, this column went straight across the floor, but it took a long time, and when it reached the ! nortli end the music c -ased. The en tire crowd, sixteen hundred at least,! forme 1 into co -i n sets, the band re sumed and a out a hundred thousand yards of tulle went through the giddy mazes of the fiance Most of the ladies were richly and elegantly dressed; they danced grace-; fully; and as there was every shade of color from purest white to deepest black, the more brilliant hues predom inating, the sight was indescribably j beautiful as well as fascinating. I met, in the course of the evening, as spectators of the scene, members of Congress, members of both branch es of the Legislature, members of the Constitutional Convention, Judges of. the Courts, and various other digni-1 tarieß. * By half past eleven I had heani and seen ali that I was capable of en- j joying, and retired to dream of flounces, flowers, angels and angelic I music. . " . iVu and jrtisscrs. ! TIIK total number <>f emigrants that left Liverpool during the year of li7_ | for America was ItH.OCO. ; THINK littlef yourself, and you will ! wtt l<e injtiml when others think little ; of you. MADRID. Jan. 12.—A great popular! demonstration was made in this city i yesterday in favor of the projiostd pnlit ieal reforms in Porto Rico of the almlj. tion of slavery. A long procession with three liands and twenty banners passed through the prineijKtl streets. Conspic ' nous in line were the Turtnlia and Pro gressists elul>s and the society for al - lition of slavery. The ranks were fill* d with Radicals and Republicans and a ! considerable'nunilier of negroes t< ok part in the demonstration. Carlist troubles in the North con tinue. but a patriotic spirit has been (raised among t!ie~jieople. Volunteer bar ds are mgauizMig for service against , the insurgents, and inhabitants of vil i luges of their own accord assume a firm j and hostile attitude. I IT IS understood that the >enate CVm 'mitteeon Privileges and Elections, ata meeting !:eld late this afternoon, deter miiied not to send (Vm:n : s.sionio-s to • Louisiana to take testimony regarding the politic. 1 troubles ti. re. but to sum mon all the need- d witnesses to come to Washington and give their testimony (here: and it is also understood that a ' Ik-puty Seigant-at-arms was dis (•, tehed to Xew (Orleans this evening; ; for that purpose. IT i- the man who determines t 1 e i dignity of the occupation, not i!u occu pation which measures the dignity of I the man. THE educated live longer than t'ie ;• illiterate; the rich, longer than the ;wKir ; the good longer than the kid. THE franking privilege has leen so shamefully abused of Lite years that the <1 maud for its alrolition has grown jto lie universal in the country. The : President has urged this reform in his messages, the Postniaster-fieneral has pressed it time and again in the interest i {of the Postal Department on which ti.e frnrking privilegf has liecome an intol erable burden. and the Horse has pas-' <1 1 a bill providing for the aliol'thni <>f the ■ nnietict on the Ist of July, 1573. *MI Friday the bill was called up for im ■ ined..Le cuL.siler:t >• tiw ate, I '.iril wh.o should iuter|s .si an obi cti >n . but Senator Viekers, D inncrat. late of 1 ; the grand coalition rcf- in party! So the bill goes on to the c il -mlar to wait : for its t urn in the future, ft is a sham jto |s>stiMine action on thi- question a ; singl day. and it will not !*• forgot ton who was responsible for the delay this time. J'ntr t <, K ■ .rexx. ■ ! "lle i IED in Honor." is the eulogy of the Loudon 'jhit' on Horace (tre< - ! ley. Mcs. I'A-ikow. known bv the rm . • jhii. ?ir of "Aunt Fanny." resides in , Xew ork- — . , . John V. Brown, : riftrnil.Ton OF FIX In OF STA< '• FS Br.Twrr.N Coud Disport & Wellsvills (T'/u 05WM }*o, PA.) Person* goiii" to OSTVATO I'- stage, ruvl de*|> jug ID retir 11 SIIIUF day, will Is l accommodated i at stage rales. ravvnu"* wi-liiiv to rea -li nnv of t);" 11 ighbo r injr r! win wi'l he conveyed by Livery at reason ib> ra'es. I A good l ivery • 1■ !;e;.t constantly on hail'! for passengers by t lie stage. OSWAYO HOUSE, (Jou* V. Bicowy, Propr. % ) OSAVAYO, PA.. 114 tf OYSTERS. ' A. H. PEIRCE, Wholesale and Itclail OYSTER DEALER, COUDEF.SPORT, PA. ' Oysters by the Can. Quart. Gallon. Hundred and Thousand received dally. I Fanii ies, Tallies and Festivals supplied on short notice. The Trade furnished at reasonable rates. i Give me a trial and I can suit you. 3*-22t A. H. PEIRCE. i I 1 - D. B. NEEFE, CARRIAGE and WAGON MAKER, ( or. EAST and HOBCESTEB Sts., C I |*m carry oa lbe t.. of bcauefts; Wagon Shop. i here w;t; b- liii'Je in order and fcej.t on hand !! kfi. •- of L'uub' r W n-roils, with Bo lie-, vl hST flrtrv *, \c k-jmles are. E.i >pr.;.g Seats; Platform a: E .1-1" lytic Spring Wag'.:,,; >f le,or< "Wnr!, K !;.•.■ Spring Top areMrpen tv.itrjri— • N .'vies; On -horse Wagon*. . o.v and Hoc* •. *n<--. Sciit' aid Cutters w;j i* milt to r ler on -morC notice. of :if' kiwis of oM work done with rn-at u-s* mud durability. IILACKSMITH SHOP. ,rs? sn-i o.v *-'ire_-i!nr; lrontnjr of all kindsof Wagons, di-iuiis and Cutters. Ticks, < devises, Chai lloDks, Drag-teeth. Hinges. It-.lts for Carriajrer, Plows. re., and repairing of all kinds of Mill Irou.- and Farming implements. PAINT SHOP. i Tainting of a!! ltl--!; of ne-v Wagons, <'arriag-s. Sl-igiis and Cuft-'.-s. -nil sne.-lil a"e'itlDii pal 1 to the cleaning and pal it I tig of old -.vo'-k. I <ig- ui<i o..iam ::ita; Tainting dime to order with neatness and dsspat- li. arimmiiKj All kinds of Carriage, stage and Coaeh Tops, Cushion.', Kalis, Da-hes, Lazy-Baet.s, Slir.f*, Trimming, and ali work In tht UneolTrin.* it.ins doue lu gcxl Style. w Votive 1; given that I have change.! (U j place of business from Brookland, Ta„ to this place and have built a new Factory—3o v ft .. —!:i whi h the four brahches ot business w ill bo carried on, and will be (ileese l to receive the custom of inv old [latrons. t he b- -t of I.omber. Iron and Trimming staterla! ttiat can le procured will be used, oil the j work. ■ Driers by man will be promptly attended to. D. D, XEFFT. | O I. H. GOOLSELL, ■ { Carpenter and Joiner, SOUTH SIDE of the RIVER, j (above EAST Street,) C<>u<lcrj)or(, Pa. ■ I CONT It ACTS taken and materials furnished I"<* all kinds of BCILIMNO PLANISO and MATCHISO done.— MOCLKIXO of ail descriptions. SASH, BLINDS and DtiOBS on hand or manu factured to order. CASH paid for Fine I.umber. ' i Your pauooage Is solicited. W. H. GOODSEUe
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