The POTTER JOURNAL A> • NEWS ITEM. FA.. Dec. 24. 1573. / FOR twenty years Potter County has stood by the side of Allegheny, and Chester, aild Lancaster in main taining the most advanced positions in favor of freedom, justice and good government. \ 53 on Infer nal Revenue. This decrease iu the revenue is mainly due to the great reduction of taxation >n both of these, the main source. of national income, that wa.> made by the last Congre-s, which was demanded by the people, and has received their sanction and approval. Rut. unfortunately, it will also ap pear from further inspection thai the expenditures arc largely iu tx i-o.v of those fvr the preceding year. Thin increase of 'expenditure* u main ly due to the large approjrial rO/to made by the last { on pres.- in c.tctvs* l in as good financial condition as those who manufacture butter and cheese^ llay and oats can only be sold to advantage after sleighing, an 1 when ever conies a tightness in money matters they are the first of the farm products that become a drug in the market. For instance, oats cannot now—Ret;. 23—lie sold l'or more than thirty-five cents per bushel, which is fifteen cents a bushel less than the price a year ago, whereas butter and cheese has a ready sale at very near ly or quite last year's prices. One great advantage of a eheeae factory is that it brings together, at one all the products of a large liumlier of farms, which induces buy ers to come to that point and pur chase at a higher price than would be paid for small quantities. We are informed t hat ail the cheese of tin Gingham factory was sold at .New \-J k prices, k - the eosl of 1 transportation, to buyers who came ! t< the factory, and as frequently as the patrons cared to make sales, thus giving them the money for the pro ducts of their farms when it was need ed or desired. Contrasting this state of things with the situation in our part of the Couuty, we should think our farm ' ers would do well to try the Bingham plan. RLVISINU TIIE ESTIMATES —The Executive Department w ill next week begin the revision of estimates with the object of reducing public expend iturcs. It is believed estimates for public buildings can lie lowered three or four millions. Work on build ings in New fork iu process of erec tion will probably be continued, as a cessation would be injurious, and w ill require the appropriation ot about one million dollars. Estimates of the engineer of the bureau, amount ing to $21,000,000. for improvement of rivers and harbors, fortifications, etc., can also be reduced one-half, but Secretary Belknap declared the expenses of the War Department proper canuot be reduced without detriment to the service. There will probably bo a small reduction in es timates connected with Indian affairs. THIS Couuty gave OS majority against the new Constitution. We can remember when it did even worse than that. - WE HAVE received the Popular S'ience Monthly for January, which presents the following contents : Concerning Serpents, by Elias Lew is, Jr.. (illustrated); The Theory of Molecules, by Prof. Clerk Max well; Past and Future of a Constel lation, by Can.ille Flaimnarion. (illus trated}; Replies to Criticisms, by Herbert Spencer; Quicker than Lightning, (illustrated); The Emo tional Language of the Future: Gen esis. Geology, and Evolution, by Rev. George Hen slow; (row*th and 1 >ecay of Mind, by Richard A. Proc tor; An Episode on Huts, (illustra ted); The Primary Concepts of Mod • eni Physical Science (IV. inertia and Force), bjr J. lb Stalto; Sketch of Dr. J. \Y . Draper (portrait); Editor's Table; (Mill. Education and Science); Literary Notices: (Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio, Autobi . ography of John Stuart Mill.Clarke's Sex in Education, (j rattan's British . Marine Alga-,) and Miscellany: ( Physical Condition of Iniand Seas, . Unequal Power of the Eyes, Natural Grafting, '1 he Quinine Supply. The Caterpillar Nuisance in Philadelphia. i Eating Alcohol. The Giap.-vim . Pdi Ait, Migrations of Insects, Ani . ncd-like Functions of Plants, Natural . Varieties, M d formations). THOSE electors who tiiink the for mation of a new county of more im portance than honest government, acted wisely in voting against the • new Constitution. O F ? J tN i v KRSAL arnnesty is ncarly eom : plate. Recommended by President - Grant iu his last message, Hon. Hor ace Maynard. of Tennessee, prompt- I ly icpo.ted a Will on Monday last. Venn the Committee on rules, remov ing all disabilities imposed and re maining on any person by the third section of the sixteenth article of the ' amendment to the < (institution, and C suhr-titnting for the iron-clad oath - Hie modified oath now administered , to pet sons from whom disabilities have been removed. The vote on tin pas-age of the bill was 'I t 1 to 29. The measure is now in the Senate, with every prospect of coucurrencc. I !ai - we note another promise of the . Republican party faithfudy fulfilled. I'he rebellion is so far forgiven, if not forgot ten. that all who partici pated in it can share the blessings of - the Government by a simple oiadi i nee to its obligation^.—Pro*. i HE Popular Science Monthly for December lias an unusually valuable L and interesting article on the "Co • relation of A* ital with Chemical and Physical Forces," by Professor Jo - -eph Le Contc. It is written in a plainer, more comprehensible style ■ than most scientific writers use, or else the subject itself is one we arc . so ready for that it is easily seized. It is certainly one that will interest any reader and make us more ready f to appreciate other scientific tiulhs. ■ We give a few words: "Force i> incapable of destruction, except by the same j>ower that crea ted it. The domain of Science lies within the limits of these changes— creation and annihilation lie outside of her domain.'' "Mars by the Latest Observations," taken from La Suture, describes that planet with so great a likeness to our own, in its motions, seasons, land, water and atmosphere—and even guessesut its animal life—that though nothing is said of human inhabitants, one cannot help thinking of our neighbors over there. A lighter but not less pleasing sub ject is "Tennyson and Botany," which points out many charming things iu Tennyson's poetry that one might hardly notice, but which could never again be overlooked. Among the^ people lo whom we must ever be grateful are, prominently, those who show us new beauties in familiar thaigs, ami* this writer, J. Hutchin son, in the Science Monthly , has done many of us a cheery service. We refer to the table of contents of the January number in the Jot k xal this week. The Popular Science Monthly is published by D. Appletou & < *o., New York. Price $5 per annmn. ♦♦ - THE OUTLOOK. In the series of pictures called "The Voyage of Life," we see man at four stages of existence. As infant, under the care of a bright-winged, smiling angel; as youth, starting on his career, buoyant and hopeful, springing eagerly forward and leav ing the angel behind looking after him with loving eyes, hopeful, too; as man, absorbed, anxious, worn and as though he had been, or might easily be guilty: too weary and care worn for peace, too resolute and dar ing to regard always the right, lie sees no angel—he has left her t ears ago, but we see her looking, through • a lift in the threatening clonus, at him lovingly still. The fourth pic ture is of old age, feeble, and with : bowed head again under the care of the angel. Perfectly correct are all these. • the great throb of pain at your heart tells you. But of the intermediate steps, of the years that change a mail from a joyous youth to a haggard toiler or him again to the time of old and introspection,you think and yon long for other pictures, or rather you make mental pictures and main branches to the artist's great idea. However it may lx* to one whose manhood was strong and reckless like this type, there i.-> in ordinary lives | a time when one begins to withdraw ■from the bustle of worldly care, to sec tlie futility of one's anxious la bors, to know that re-suits !i<- in the far future, to look back over one's own life and abroad upon the tur moil that surrounds u>, with clearer eyes than before, with a better per -1 ception of the springs of action in the busy public, of successes, of fail ures, of the causes of both. 1 think this period is the harvest time of life, when growth has culmin ated and decline has not begun; and it is often indicated by a countenance u serene, a manner more genial, a lone of conversation more just and , charitable, though those words mean , '. ... VUCIII through their busier years. ; It is a great tiling to feel that this i time lias come, to be able lo relin quish naturally, not the activities of life but its hurry and worry, to feci that our experiences are no longer bundles of thorns that prick, but golden -heaves, I ••.nigh there may be some briers gathered with them. Then if we are wise, our storehouses i of thought and experience grow full er and richer and may be made to help many of our companions who are still rushing after some elusive good. Poor, very poor must he be. or she, to whom this period docs not come with the ripened years; who follows the toil and turmoil of life to the very end or until infancy again overtakes hiiu. He misses the gar nering—lie has no harvest-home. Rtakyuno Statistics. —The Day ton (Ohio) Journal has been getting up statistics about "the drains we drink" and "the bread we eat" in tin eitv of Dayton. Davton spends au lly for whiskey alone in bar rooms. 81,000.000; for Hour, $402,- 000. Dayton lias 590 bar-rooms, which consume daily ten barrels of whiskey. "Bar-keepers inform us," naively remarks the editor, "that i there are seventy drinks in a gallon. : Averaging the drinks at something; like ten cents, the total consumption reaches 10,000,000 drams per annum. The profit realized by the mixiolo gists on this guzzling is estimated at $945,000, or 700 per cent., which i beats banking out of sight. Of malt liquors, the Paytonians consume l$ 1,000,000 worth annually." The Journal sums lip as follows: "The grand total of whiskey, malt liquors, and tobacco, $2,300,000 per annum, 'and $402,000 for bread," which, for a city of 33.000 population, is not bad. IIENUY W. GENET, a prominent Democrat of New York Pity,elected to the Legislature by his party after he was indicted, has just been con-1 victed of fonjery in connection with the New Court-House Swindle. In view of this and other convic tions of leading New York Demo-j erats of swindling and stealing, wouldn't it is well to the Wellsville lice J'rces to give a little more at tention to the shortcomings of its associates before denouncing in such big words its opponents? Keform, as well as charity, should begin at home. The Great Contest. Onr satisfaction over the magnifi cent majority for the. .Nov Constitu tion is so great that we have no in clination to say anything to hurt the feelings of those who honestly thought the old Constitution on the whole, better thau the new; but in I justification of some pretty strong expressions in these columns, as to the motive that inspired opposition to the New- Constitution, we make the following extract from a paper outside of the state: The New Vork Evening J'ost is one of the very best papers published: candid, honest and intelligent, and here i> its view of • our late contest. "it has always been found in this country that w hen the community at large becomes thoroughly aroused ou any question of political rights or honesty, that which is morally right prevails. We do not expect that the honest men of Pennsylvania will show themselves to be exceptions to the rule. The strenuous and unscru pulous elfortsmade to defeat the New Constitution present a fair measure of its prospective utility as an aid to good government, and those who ; believe in and wish for good govern ment ought, therefore, to put forth unceasing efforts tor its adoption un til next Tuesday, the day of theelec ! tion, w hen we hope and believe they will find that they have wou a great ; victory." The Vote in the State. Below will be found a summary of the majorities in the different coun ties of the State, as far as received up to the hour of going to "preys: Attains Allegheny 10,"-00 ! Armstrong S') Heaver 1 ,"•*•) Bedford 1,-fKi B'-rk* Blair lie Bradford Buck-* 3,000 Butler 1,-JOO Cambria , Cameron Carbon 1,071 Outre 2,000 Chester 4,o ; Montour 1,000 No: tbampton 1,6W) ; Noi-lhuinberlaud 1,5u0 Berry r I'liil.-ulelplda 34,120 ! I'ike I'ottc-r 549 637 ! Susquehanna 2,500 ; Seliuylkiil s,u(x) 1 Snyder i 1 Somerset 300 Sullivan • Tioga 1 I'ni- n 1,360 \ Venango 4,000 Warren Washington 500 Wayne Westmoreland 2,500 Wyoming 654 Vork 1,500 Totai 130,.V> 3,000 3,(410 Majority 127,2 5 Harper's Ilrgazine. "Rambles in Martinique," opens the list of contents of Marjter''* Mag azine for .January. 1574. It is pro fusely illustrated and cannot fail to give its rentiers a pretty good idea of the flowery, beautiful island that , was the childhood's home of the Em -1 press Josephine. Here, is the de ; script ion of the approach to the city of St Pierre: Two miles north of Pearl Rock lies the little village of Preeheur, on a low point of land. Rounding this, the beautiful bay, harbor and city of St. Pierre burst upon the view—a splendid picture, with a wonderful background of mountain magnifi cence. Few cities in the world enjoy a more delightful situation. On ev ery side there is beauty. On one hand gentle slopes, covered with gar dens and plantations and dotted with villas, lead up to the lofty moun tain cliffs ; on the other the lovely bay, with its picturesque shipping, and its low headlands with fisher men's cottages and liamlets. The climate of St, Pierre is equally at tractive for eight months of the year —namely, from October to May— l the northeast trade-winds, blowing from the sea, give a delightful tem perature by day, while the land bieeze at night, laden with the fra grance of orange and lime blossoms, enchants the senses and makes sleep more luxurious than we can imagine in our Northern climate. j "South-Coast Saunterings in Eng land" is continued, afld those who have read it heretofore will turn to it with pleasure again. An account ' of the family of the Rothschilds, so ; long a name of wonder to all the growing part of humanity, hi civilized countries at least, is given in au arli ele,' The KnigUUofthe Red Shield," while "Washington News." with a picture of the reporter's gall ry and various other illustrations will give one an idea of where our news comes from, also how some ol it is made. As usual, the "Editor's Literary Record" is about the liest ot the number, which is one of the most ui teresting of this excellent magazine. GOVERNOR BOOTH lias been elected Senator by the California Legislature, after a sharp contest. Booth is an honest man and anti-railroad Repub lican. The Retrenchment Movement WASHINGTON, Dec. IS, 1873. Judge Durell, of New York,chair man of the Conimitte on Expendi tures and Public Buildings, will probably not begin his investigations into the affairs of liie Supervising Ar chitect of the Treasury Department for several days. At the Republican caucus, it was indicated that a dispo sition existed to retrench in the mat ter of public buildings, at least until the financial condition of the country shall be more hopeful. The points toward which the inquiry in this case will be directed uie as follows: F rst, Whether appropriations have been made for buildings not yet begun, which are not necessary or can be deferred; second, whether there are any constructions upon which work has !*een begun, that can be pvoperlv set aside or discontinued for the present; third, whether extravagant or unnecessary expenditures have been made or contemplated on build ings now being erected in various I}>aits of the country. Members of the committee say that no charges whatever have been made against Mr. Mullet, the Supervising Archi tect, but that it is the specified duty of the committee to examine the ' questions above referred. It is prob able that the committee will investi gate with reference to the building in Philadelphia, for which $ 3,000.000 will be necessary, and also the Cin cinnati building, for which the same amount will be required. Neither of these has been liegun. Mr. Mullet MIVS that neither the n w .Slate De partment, the Boston, the Chicago, the St. Louis, nor the New York buildings can be stopped without se rious loss.— Pre**. A LARGE meeting was held to-day in Lincoln Hall, under the auspices of the Congressional Temperance So cietv. Dr. ('bickering reported the ' . irrt? 01 men 111 mgti positions res pecting the present convivial customs ou Christmas and New Year's days. Senator Tipton, Representatives Al briglit and Burrows, Bishop Simp son and others sjKike against the practice. A resolution was adopted, calling upon the heads of families throughout the United States to dis card all intoxicating liquors from en tertainments during the coming hol idays.— Washington Ihspati h. I HARII TIMES are giving away be fore the industry, and pluck, and pa , tierce of the people. The indica tions all around u and at home are I encouraging. Farm produce is bringing fair pri ces, and there is no exeu for gruui bling, or for not met ting engage ments to pay, at least in part. THE st amor Edgar Stt. wart, which has alrea.lv landed five cargoes ol men and arms on the Cuban coast, is being prepared for another trip to Cuban waters. It is supposed she will sail about January I.— Exchange. Should a Spanish man-of-war seize this steamer, so loaded, are we to have another cry for war with Spain in consequence? With our poor un derstanding of justice and fair (hal ing, we should say Spain has more cause to complain of us thau we of Spain. "PEOPLE need to rise early to see the sun in all his splendor, for his brightness seldom lasts the day through." llenc* the common say ing, "the morning's too fine to last." A Washington dispatch says: The official opinion of Attorney General Williams as to the status of the steamer Virginia*, dated the 17th inst., is just furnished for publication. He recites the terms of the protocol, j and then refers to the provisions of the act of 1702, which details the le gal qualifications necessary to give j the protection of the United States to vessels. The fourth section of that act provides that the owner of a vessel, before obtaining registry therefor, must take the oath that no foreigner is interested, directly or in directly, in her or her profits. The Attorney General therefore holds that if the registry was obtained by false oath she cannot be entitled to the benefits of United States vessels. He then recites the fact that the registry of the vessel was obtained at New York by Paterson in 1870 for certain Cubans in New York, and Capt. Shepard, who left New York as Her commander at that time, tes tifies to having been employed by Quesada and other Cubans. Testi mony is given showing conclusive- I lv that the Virginia* was bought by j money raised by the Cubans, with the understanding that l'aleison shouiii appear as the nominal owner. j Numbers of the crew employed alter i'atcrson boughl the vessel testify to iljuesada eommandbig and treating them as if the vessel belonged to him. in addition to these facts lv> bond was ever given by Patersun or ('apt. Shepard, as required by law. She was not injured even. We have been so fortunate as to see some timnlters of the Penna. School Journal,nm\ find in it so much thai is goou and instructive that we wonder how we did without it so long. In the December No. there is : an article by J. H. Bhuniaker on the "Inner Life of .Schools,'' which, if followed in all 'cspeets would be a wonderful blessing to the rising gen eration. A list of the questions propounded at an examination of teacher-, in Ohio which in addition to the usual branches of learning taught in com mon schools includes Physics, Botany j and Drawing. These examination 1 questions stir one up, enliven u?-;, and j make us feel that teaching in school ' is the la st business. The Kditoi ial j department is very full and tiie al vcrtiscinents of just the things j>oo-; ; |>le want, would alone make it valu able. Lastly there is a description of the Scioptlcon which will interest all the young people. Sj vex hundred Norwegians, with half a million capital, Lutheran.-* in creed, teetotalers in practice, aid . one-half young married people, sail the second week in January lions Gothenburg for the vicinage of \ ine land, New Jersey. Ti c company are equal if not superior to any from Norway in com position, and their in telligence is testified in the fact that a newspaper will be issued w iile the trunks are being unpacked. i .I i ■■■■■. .. - - SATIOSAL Line of SiefflsMjs.' I STEAMERS SAIL WEEKLY TO AN!) PRO.V .NEW YORK, 01'KENSlOWS AND LIVERPOOL, ; ' And Every Fortnight to and from New You; j AND Lo ,'DON. 1 j <-/>' <■— •**■ • < -"•** j •, rirst-Class. ■ ' J New Iron Steamships. 1 j H)K LIVERPOOL, ! C.A.Y.Afi.A , GEEECE, . j EG r/'T, SE.AJA% JTHL T, 1 EEA.VCE. j FOR LONDON, rroLLzi.xf), 2)AWJf.AKE, THEQC'EE.V, EHr.Y, HEE EE TEA. I A.* ' . (•: 1- r, Oi IVB.Jil'.'Ki A\'l I; ; KN-.| •'.) •"> Li 1 \M>' r NINE J.w S. he . ...y Ssro *Atta reoetrtlj to tbeti ,ii. I ' • ' "I- . <1- ' >l/ .■■.H-.Vr.f;, Whi'L .-•'.sM;. Ift .t. A .■•! \.,v - ... o* ? ' to t nmo j tliM . . It! ttl. *•■ .'!, • .t.t illiODHl st. dfllCi *■ o- . *SH - Hi-i aasniriuMii :tff.i j* ■ i ' filter Ti;, u! i firt-l'eoof Omr • jMtrtiif tux, dm oiitJUtite* *._! se iritj; sad j ice tlttet *i;i oi every respect with all the riwdern ' improrrmaU* t ?■ thecnfrt..•o:.Yi,len.v i ! i*a! -itet,. <•; . * ali in good trea'- | 1 mant H' • itii-il atti-:.'i*n i- ulwav.- eWmi. Per- • Is eaTlsttliuf theOEt Country, oz sendfjif fm their I . - ••• "*a. aval* tlu motive* of t, Great Reuuctioa of Passage. To Fro a To or from Qm-ensto'.vn, l;rr; o I, Lon don, Cardiff, Bristol, ci v or Londonderry $-J9 s3l TE:— These rates of passage are mueh ■ cheaper than any other J-irst-Ciass Line I crossing the Atlantic. i Steerage passengers will be supplies 1 with as I much provisions and water as the* mav wi be the hsnH*.!®..., .Votfor Halt in 1 1 THE ALDISE. whiV i ® illarlty, lias n hc of •> . ter*si fliara-t;Kti, ,',f Is an elegant mi-,..^ fui literature: and a rarest s)r.eime U s „f hiu>. Although .-a,..',' | tie and beautv of r ' . eiated after if has bee,', K ,'; ,'vfllß the year. Whi'e other n ■ H superb* eheamies,. as e.'r simitar class, rt AW, h > conception—alone and Ulu , aJB |?S ly without commit,,,, r ! .tfl The possessor of a e„ m| ,; el . •; pUeate the quantity of r„. />■ in any other shape 01 um . !X" only nee. ss. >■. 3 • to the people of ahv jof the nr. Hl actions of gre.c ■ 1 In addition to designs I i National Academy. and <* I j artists. The Aldine will K -,. 1 ' the bed foreign masters, s ;he highest artistic su •<•. - „ H interest, rhus the suit. . ihert j at a trilling cost. njuv , ares and 'efinlui;infh:tti.e< l ,f, n 1 ■ The Ij.i irteily in B ; Titos. Moian and .1, I>. V. B Toe t'h: istnuts i-. • B a : designs ;;pprnp;iaii' .I;i,. B artists, and win surpass in ~ti:a-1 1 predecessors. Premium for 8;p I ■ iSTi wl'l leceive a p.:t f climax S I pictures yyeiv painted iu ui 1.,,-ivjß Ti. Ali'm", by Tin mas Menu. orado picture was purchased i,f, thou stud dollars. *f !.e , ( |' , ~,8 I ■ e I'ie. gives tin ' ' H c i.trds ano .u. • B tat ions by" meehanieal paintings. Very res|ieetfuUy. (Signed) ' TOkB These ehromos are in even wi Tliey are by an original Atwiira 1 material of'Ainei n an iiiani:':. ( 'of Ameileau scenery o an \i • and presented to MiWriU-rs ■ 1 ; fui American Art Jon*nai. llw ■ of all this, they will eerniniy p-s-., 1 n<> foreign prixim-timi ean lie;, ; j ate 'ltey any the worse if ! t • i facilities of production tlieyHtst .? i only a tritle. wiiiiee.pial in r\ n: : ehromos that are sold angle f. n script ion price of Tin .k ■lint. !•> will pri e these pietnr. s . -1 tin firiee tlri.y did or did ma ■ ni.-.a eiate tile enterprise that reiidrrv j lion possible. If any suhscvilsT shouhl inii• ,;-i f ". r j}Jwr,, ; ! ;;; i"' 1 ; 1 ;;; ni<>, M x "J 1 inches, repvrsumf^. •-xiie whose sjteaking eyes hetray a las heart. TERMS. |>crannuni, in advance, with iA>r titty rents extra,!' m<•nut'd, tsmiini p t vnsser, with ml responsibi its' ' t 1 except in cases where the ferti' ■ > bearing the facsimile signature N j TON " j I St., WUUanisburgh, N. V. WE ASK FOR QM bTE ' We have lieen almost giving s *'' J ET ON THE IIKAKTH" -t months J for SB eents), ami if has pa.'' l uk 4 renew for a year. We tlterefef , j will send It TO ALL 3 M<>NT" S ; d This gives you over spletal! '■ s J fdettM.aketchea >f Jdstm . Could wit be hNght i. &:J .' Vf# l SEN i) *5 y'EN PS A 1 OS< '- |J te.t Story and Kaiuilj l'sl* r - , ~ f a ft oil chnrruo free. S!| ,i ''' ltn i"j SEND A QT'AKTKB at ouee ami J Coo.l agents can have . ash *•' -J mlasiona. Jones A Iladley, PuPii,"' war, New Vcri