She kpttbHf an.
Georoe B. Gooduahihr, Editor.
CLEARFIELD, P.
WI.DNKSDAV MPHN1NO.JAX. H, !?
nwdnr. If jou want to know what le I olng oe
athebueloeie world, juet reed our n.lvertllng
oolumaa, the Special eolnma In arlioolnr.
C0MM1TTKE MEETING.
Dmoihitio 8tat Cinimi or A, !
liiLauaianr:, Pa., Jan. 1, 1771. J
The member of the Democratic Stat Commit.
lee are rcqoeatcd to meet el Bcllio'i Hotol, Her
rlrtiarg, on Tharedsjl the 10lh dajr of Jauusrjr,
1S7, t twelve o'eloi-k, m., for lb purport of
flllng a Umo r'aoe fc' noMIng; Detnooritle
Ktate Convention, to ileot delecelee to tht Deal.
, ocretle National Convention, to nominate oandl
Utu for Preildent nd Vir Preeiilenl of Ihe
United Stalea.
Herniates B. Wbioiit, Chairman.
Editorial Meeting. The Pennsyl
vania editorial association will meet
for the transaction of business in the
Senate room, nt Harrisburg, on Wed.
nesdny, January 19, at lOo'olock, a. m.
As this will bo tho day following tho
governor's inauguration, and the day
before tho meeting of the Democratic
Sluto Central Committee, thero will
doubtless bo present a large represen
tation ot the journalists of the State.
Oliver II. Moore committed suicido
at Cincinnati, on tho Gib inst., by
taking poison. He shot a man by ac
cident a few days before.
Queer! A Chicago paper speaks
of Olivo Logan Sykcs as "Ol Sykes,"
nnd in another column mourns the de
generacy of tho American press.
Ex-Congressman A H. t'olTrolli, ol
Somerset, Pa., has purchaacd tho. Som
erset Democrat, and mounted llio edi
torial tripod with tho beginning of the
present year. "
'Tot per Way. Tho publio debt in
creased during tlio past month tel,f15,
062. Had there been some important
Sluto election at hand, tho tuno would
havo been sot to another key.
The State debt on tlio 1st duy ol
January, 1870, was twenty-threo mill
ions ono hundred and ninety-six thou
sand one hundred and eeventy-flve dol
lar nndf;rt.v-rivecoiit(:3,l0u175
Tho newly elected Sheriff of Alle
gheny county, who was inducted into
ofllca on Monday, the 3d inst., had to
perform tho duty of hanging two men
three days alter donning the official
robes, so to speak.
' County rings" disturb tio "reform
patriots" (?) exceedingly. Well, spend
less linio on tlio corners barking at
your neighbors, go to work with your
hands, nnd you will earn something
too, if you don't wiuundcrit for naught.
Last week's Issuo of Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Kncspajter was accompanied
by an excellent bird's-eye view of Phila
delphia, from a hypothetical point over
Camden. All tho principal buildings
nnd tho Centennial grounds are shown
In proper position.
Thanks. Wo uro indebted to Gov.
Ilurtranft for an odvaneo copy of his
mcssngo in pamphlet form, and to
Auditor General Temple for hit annual
report of tho finances of the Common
wealth. Superintendent Wickorsham
nlso has our tbnliks for school reports.
' In Congress, on Thursday laHt, Mr.
Ken, of Missouri, offered a resolution
declaring against a further contraction
of tho currency, and demanded the
previous question. Tho previous ques
tion was refused yeas 64, nays 122
and the resolution was referred to tho
committee ou wuys and means.
The IxArnt'RATlon. John F. Hart
ranft will bo duly inaugurated Gov
ernor of this iSlato, on Tuesday noxt.
tho 18th inst. Quito a number of
political oliio lrom riuindcipnia win
jiarticipate in the parade nnd cere
monies, and a large crowd of people
will undoubtedly be drawn to Harris
lun g on the occasion.
A Point on Tumi. Mr. Sumuol
liowlos, who says awlully cutting
things some I im os. doesn't think tho
clergy who criticize the press nro any
better than thut institution itself, and
puts it in thin wtiy :
W ith oil It! tmntrfcfttioni un IU bood, t)itr li
thil moo ot lent tube Mid for tho boneit Atntrl
ran newspaper, tlist It ia trriojti with tb btt
liKbti U bm, to do IIP duly, and that It la tecoa.
I'lifhitiK rolult. If it rcirarand eritkea oon im
prove oon ita m'tboda r iu work, tbe Aald ia
uupn ; and rumplo ia ftiwaj auira to tbt puiot
Jbun precept.
Hit them ugaiu, Bum !
It Don't Fit. Gov. Uurtranfl. Ben
tenliouslv observes in his messago :
That meohaniam la the beMrhteb oontelaa the
ii-woit parli. and Uorernmeota a Rot eienpt
root tbie law.
The politicul party of which Gov..
Ilaitrniift it a leader reverse this
simplo rulo mid nets as if government
could not be successful unless cumbered
with nil kinds of complicated machin
ery for tho control of Jlio citizen. Tho
Governor's recommendation of compnl
miy education, which would require
un army of Constable to carry it Into
viirorons onemtion, shown that his tire-
t ept is mnch better than his practice.
W r. i o ii t 1. a m r.HTATio n b. The
heavy (31(1 yiuiidsl editor of tho Indi
ana AJmmtjrr weeps for his country
in Ibis way :
Il'la not enlv a humllietinf thing, but a tbing
of dork foreboding l-r erer; palrlol, la glance at
tbe tniipoiitil ol tho preent llnuee ol Repre -
eenlativea. t'oiifcderata llwneroU, Cobmele, U,,o-
greeamerr, and ofllco bolderi now, when tbe avuod
..r . 1. - I ... hatill lki.il mmmw .nil
while ita memories ol blond and toil and Buffering
are yet rrerb, alt in etatc ana aictnio 10 rne loyei
people of the ooentry Ihe lewi which ihnll gorera
'"T.- .... :e .. l
, , ... , ... , '
'
have held seats in GntHt's cabinet, and
, UCiU UUI T ,U r...V ... of rn(1() Ja 4 wm
i,botGoiioralLongtropt,l olonolAck.K.. . ' . . . fv.
i...ti .i i.:..t.
HOW
crman, and Colonel Mushy f It ii con
fidentinlly stated that two-thirds of
Moshy' guerrilla now alive arc hold
ing office tinder Giant, But not a sin
gle Itadical howl has gono up on that
iiccottnt. Wc bono that tho soul of the
loyalist in quuslioii wjll nut suffer tor
ment fbtvlTJ on account ofthe.se rebel
Congressmen. "Bleed and toi" it
good from an exoiujit hero I
J77 GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Wo did not havo timet to peruto
Governor llurtranlt's message until
ItiHt Saturday. It Is tbo soundest dnon
meut that linn cm tinted from that
source for ten, years. It it scholarly,
and in tho main Democratic, to much
to that we eoueludtd to lay it in full
before our rcadem next week. Tlili
will mako It little lato, but It will be
good reading for three montbt after
this, except hit remarks on compulsory
education.
Hit Excellency, under the bead oi
education, says that 11 after mature mid
conscientious thought nnd tnveslign-
tion" ho nuikca tip hit mind that there!
' is uo way to get all tho children into j who want ofllce, but the votera in the
tho schools, except by a compulsory jcommnnilioii trutn which these reform
i Imv the arrest nnd tilling of parenta era hail havu no confidence in these
ioml riiiit-iliiiiiH. who refuse to send 1 rntiatcra to nut them iu position In tho
their children to m-IkhiI. Knch a sys-
tem can never be carried out in a lio
pulilie. It answers in Hussia or Prussia,
or in any other despotic Government,
where the Slate o.tns the citizen as
the furmer does his horse. Whenever
our ediioutnra succeed in having this
foreign anti-American feature linior.
pornlod Into our school system, then
farewell to liberty and personal free
dom. .
Tho Governor also wants tho law
repealed which Imposes a tnx on occu
pations, professions nnd trades, and a
uniform poll tax imposed oft every
oitir.on. As the law now stands, this
tax runs from ten cent to five dollart,
according to the occupation and the
ability of tho taxpayer. This is equity
and justice. A uniform tax on all
alike is just liko tho premium on a
wolf or fox scalp. Wo. are uware that
in all of tho adjoining Slates they as
sessa "poll tux." In some of tho States
it is jfrty centi, and in others as high as
one thllar. Wo hold that this system
is wrong in principlo and should not j
bo incorporated into our laws, which
are based on equity and common sense.
To assess all men alike, is justas sensi
ble ns when an Assessor rates all tho
horses in his township or borough at
$50 or at $100. Nobody believes him,
although he mado his return on oath.
Ho wants the $300 exemption law
changed, so that tho debtor cannot
give an exemption note to his creditor.
He wants a waiver forbidden. Well,
he might just as well ask tho legisla
ture to pass a law demanding that all
children born in this Commonwealth
after tho close of tho Centennial, must
bo endowed with industry, frugulity,
and temperate habits. Now, if the
legislature ran infuse something of that
kind into the citizen, wo need no ex
emption laws.
Tho Governor very appropriately
refers to the deaths of ex-Chief Justice
Woodward, Attorney General Dini
tniek,and tlu venerable Horace llinney.
Constitutional ISkunion. About
forty members of tho Pennsylvania
Constitutional Association, composed
of representatives to tho lute Constitu
tional Convention, met at the Girard
House, in Philadelphia, on the evening
of tho 21st ult., nnd re-elected the fol
lowing officer for tho ensuing year:
Prcsidont, ox-Gov. Wm. lligler; Hecre
tarv. R. A. Lamlierton, and Treasurer,
M. Hall Stanton. They then partook
of their second anniversary dinner.
Speeches wore mado by ox-Gov. Cur
tin, Frank H. Gowen, Wayne. Mao
Vcigh, Thqs. Btruthcrs, James Boyd,
aud Attornoy General Lcnr. An elo
quent eulogy was pronounced upon
tho eharactor of the members who havo
died since tho last meeting, vix: Judgo
Woodward, John H. Walkor and At
tornoy General Dimmick. A number
of letters wore read from those whol
could not bo prosont.
Still has Faith. If any ot our
readers have invested in Northern Pa
cific bonds, it may interest them to
learn that Mr. Jay Cooko hnsjust boon
heard from on the subject, and that ho
is as confident as ever of the success ot
the railroad which swallowed up his
great fortuno nnd brought him to bank
ruptcy, llo sayt it now occupies the
proudest position of any road in the
country, boing entirely free from debt,
and making on tho truftlo of Its two
completed ends $110,000 a month not
profit, llully for Jay. What a pity
it is that ho didn't declare a dividend
also, nnd pay off tho widows and or
phunt whom ho has defrauded nut ol
millions of dolluw, while ho earned on
his llclshazzar feasts during the war.
Ot Justification. Wo hnvo hcun-
tnforo stated in subttaneo that tho '76
scheme, which was started by good
men, with pure but mistaken motives,
was now controlled by a ring of politi
cal vagrants, or words to that effect,
this sontimont grated very heavily on
tho oars of tho jfgrcsaid impracticable
In justificrtion of what we intimated,
we now quolo from (ho organ (u ith n
tremendous naino) of the Junior ns
of 70. Tho editor, In defining tlio
policy of these REFORM PATRIOTS
(?), snys :
Tho Order la not, la tho full aenae, a political
raaniiatioa, tho main feature of ita prloeiplee
beins the exeliMteeot prarlioaj politialaoe.
That Is as true ns Holy Writ, The
; leaders III tills new political CrilTO'10
nro tho most impracticable men to bo
found in tho country. There is not a
PRACTICAL politician nmong them.
As tbo trorM hs$ nindo out our enso,
wo nood tint restate the fuot, tljtt tho
delegates from this county to tho
Tyrono affair were all "played out"
spongers. There was not a PRACTI
CAL POLITICIAN in the gang. The
exclusion was eoui,Uc, njd a success
oeyond cavil.
TliR Hkiiit I'l.Acg. lCll'oris are be
ing mndo at Washington lo havo both
tho National Ilcmw.alic und Republi
can Conventions to meet nt that citv
this Ccntcnuin! yenr. 1 1 is a good idea.
Thousands of persons could then mako
it suit to visit the CoiiUlOllilll grounds
1 ... . .,
'at Philadelphia, slip over and sue the
. National Capital nnd attend the re
i apCCtivO Convention! lj lt tllO same
.:,ne
j
T SliR Gor...-Tho Venango Kpec
i tator, of last week, snys : "There wot
i li.ioltl.1, nvr-il.tmntit in fliAnil mii-1nl
i j ...i -i
"S nrejonij I '"""is ..
I the corresponding day this year crude
brMigbt for immodiato shipment, on
cars, $1.80 to )C3.
An Kntovsiast. An oxclumgo say
"Senator Oglosby, of Illinois, bud hi
infaiet fon baptized last Raturday jn
watur which tbe Wajcr brought from
the Itivor Jurdun twonty yeajs n."
Why did be not take him to the river.
TU1 BOGUS REFORMERS,
A Miller and a Dunham sometime
ago announced n Stnto Convention ol
rog'ormcr at Tyrone, nnd further tinted
that Oon. John II. (iordon, of Georgia,
and lion. Wm. 1). Kolley, tit Philadel
phia, would be present to address the
multitude. The veracity of the afore
taiil may bo called in doubt about the
matter by the gentleman named above,
at they were never called upon to ad
drett "tho ineoting," much less eon
touted to oome.
Tho aforesaid assemblage wa mado
up of about twenty-five brokeu-down,
riiig-bonud and spavined, political hacka
from Centre nnd Clenrtield countloe
uhuuI way j hence, they get up local
meetings and orguuir.ntions, in tho bor
oughs especially, in this nnd Centre
county, and swear men to voto for
them and nobotly else, to that thoy
may succeed in being manufactured
into 'Squire, Constable, and other fut
offices, through a secret oath-bound
Ordor.
Freemen, tuoh' an organisation Is no
plaeo for you I filavory hat been abol
itbed, and small demagogues command
no higher price to-day than they have
in tho past.
Although tho meeting had energy
onough to announce to tbo world, by
a tologram, that thoro wero present
one hundrod and thirty-two dolegates
from this and other States, the
hotel registors at Tyrone bore the
names o only twenty-two "patriots,"
sixteen of whom were front Clearfield
and Centre counties.
'Header, just eoulemplato tho leaders
in tho Tyrone movement. What have
they dono for themselves, their neigh.
bora, or tho Rtnto ? Had the Creator
irrunted tho Inhering men tho same
privilego He has given to tho bees,
these dronet would long since have
boon tukon to tho mouth of tho hive
and pitched overboard. Hut it is other
wise. Tlio. industrious, laboring par
ties must still support them, although
they (tho "patriots") do not furnish
the hive with ono drop of honey.
A Stupendous K.mbe7.ii.kmknt. It
seems ns though the last fifteen years
hail produced the largest ntimbor of
first-cluss scoundrels to be found at any
period in our history. It seems that
the "crooked" whisky rings ia not all
that ails Chicago. A dispatch from
that city on ho Bth inst., sayt :
The iraad Jury la tla Called Slatee Dletrlot
Court lo daj found two Joint InilielmenU afalnat
J. Y. bYammon and Jeeapa 8. Hoed. Tha tret
Indictment eharfoa tbeai with tho aliapproprl
alion of SliiT.Mo of the Bono; of the MeobuiM'
National Hank while thee were reapeotlreljr preal
drnt nnd onahler of that liana, aa 1 with appl'leo
It u tbe uae of tbo Marino Couipaoj la Jaauar;,
1874. The areond ladltleaaat oh.r(i thera with
embotiliut; IT, from tho Mecbaaie'a National
Bank, and wilb eppleluf it lope; porioael debta
duo to the Metropolitan Bank of New York, with
Intent to defraud tbo Meeanatet' NetloaeJ Baab.
Twu erparale indict ineato wore alio found afaiaal
Read, the rrt eharaliie: bloa wilb baring lo.eed
to hiaineir t9,aul, and tbo aeooad oherjmj taal
ba made anUwfnl ae of $111,000 more. It ia
understood that Iba Indiotojeale were found at
Ihe iaiunce of a stockholder ia Ike Meeaaalce'
National Bank, who was dUaatlated with the
manner In which that Inatitutioa'a baalaeaa waa
art! led up.
Scammon contributed $10,000 for
Grunt's re-election, so as to maintain
our currency system and to cause no
disturbance in business or financial
circles. He endowed a Young Mon't
Christian Association, gave largely to
tho building of churches, and to tho
spreading of tho Gospel among tho
heathen (?), and whatever Scam, did
Reed seconded the motion. Their
record it financially given to the world.
What an awful one it hi What stu
pendous thiovory, knavery, hypocrisy,
and loyalty (?) it here uneovorod,
Gbantism. When Bristow oncov-
ercd tho "crooked' whisky ring at
St. Louis, Grant telegraphed to the
prosecuting officer at that city these
innocent words: "Lot no guilty man
escape. This put toe aiorosaia omeor
on hit muscle, and he toon sent throe
of Grant's buttles to tho penitentiary
and tho grand jury found an indict
ment against Babcock, his private
secretary. Then "the Government"
sent the following tologram : "Bo care
ful 1 Seo that yon do not convict inno
cent persons I" How thoughtful I
Nobody has born convicted since, but
chief prosecuting officer bat boon re.
moved, and nnother appointed nnd
notified to bo very cnrelul and not
send innocent members of the Presi
dential family to tho penitentiary.
Tho baby act of tho President, In con
stituting a military court to try " Bab.,"
wns a damnable dpod, ant) tho court
of inquiry, in a mililaiy way, might
wall exclaim t
" If aa qoMlf I am dune d r,
What wae I begun for I M
Mokk Wiiiskt HiNti. The Cincin
nati Commercial, whoso editor never
favors tho Democrats, sayt this about
tho "ertmked" whisky business :
We have boon la oomo doubt, sot to eay trouble,
ta our reader ma aare noticed, about tho entj
eieney ot Ute tmMUtf iff Qn. Baboock ta permit
bia rapid eccomHlatios f fcl)carret aetata ia
Bom Shepherd a vlnerard, eoltago a tne aaa,
and all that I but wa lind a paragraph la tha Ur
bane t 'aloe Utmoermt Ibat aeema to remore all
mretery. Here It le I
" Babcock. me gay young wniray mm, warn (
ueu of a farorlto with Preildoal Oraal I Oh,
no not at all I He only held oommlteiona from
;be I'reeideat for Major of Kngineerf, regular
army tig f'f ; Military Secretary le Ulyeeee
big pay i CiiumUaloner of buoliit Buikliagl and
Oroumla llj yog Preeideal of tha Columala
Lying lo Aiylaui kif I Kagiaeor-is-Cblof
of tbe Waeliiniglon Aqueduct ilf pay end Arch
itect or the new Dtete ana war vopaneaeai ouiiu
ioga bigpny."
How is that for reformation these
nyal times ?
The Report of Audilnc 4 irliutkl Tyrn-
plo on the receipts and expenditure
of tho Slulo Government for tho year
1872 reached tho press in advance ot
i8 official delivery to the legislature
by Governor lliitui,l, Yur IbD last
fiscal year tbo revenues of the Com
monwealth from nil sources amounted
to $0,480,099. Tbo total receipts for
It'i wore $5,871,968 an increase of
$608,130. The i.iiuif of this increase
is derived from tho tax on corporation
stocks, from tho tnx on coal companies,
und Irojn tavern licenses.
MoRTiiN Bloody 8RT,r-J,c.re are
Morton't resolutions on the Mississippi
election boiled down :
WssaMt, thera ll Immlaeal danger of tha
eloattoa of a poinoeratls Senator la Iba ! af
U,..(.lnhl la the oral aeimlai of tbe Radical
body and the further pa,nfu rapidly eiecreai.
Ot the
ArooiW. That a eommlttee af lea ba appoint
ad forthwith, whoet duty It ahall be to derlae
waya and mease, ay tea aeael Bloody earn pra-
ool), for tne preeeeltaa 01 aa great a eaieaauy,
A SunsTANTiAL Placi. The pub
lisher of the Venango Spectator most
lie happy man (If ho it not In the list).
His puput (If columns of Sher
iff" a Mile, nearly three m WMf'b hp
long lo Geo. Ik. Anil.rson, who wot
pointed out to us in the State Senato
;hrofi years ago a millionaire now
'allgiirte,
JX 8EMI0X AOAIX.
Congress, after a fortnight' adjourn-1
inent, reassembled at the National
Capitol on the Blh inst., aud at once
prooeeded tobualnoss vlgorouly. How
t.. . i. : 11 1 ... . n)un,MJ fn
lung ia will iwi eiw am a.i.-jniv ...
tay at this time.
In the House tome good resolutions
were put on the boards and passed.
Among thorn was the following :
mtamWlTu
the again of the Freedmeu'e bariaga and Truat
Comnaay aad tto Several braoehea, the eaueee o( ' r . ' . 7 . .
Ita l.lnjre. tbe parllea rerpoaalbla Iberefura, etc , I OUS expectations of Collllant shipmeutt
wilb tbo namea and reeldeooea ol all lr.o debtolajof fresh beef from till OOUIltlT at an
aftbeeompauy. . i
That it good, nud if put in foreewill;
thow up the freedmen a bureau tbe.ves, buil(iin(r, Wl,,.u trwxwi in chlvigo iml
who have robbed tlio negroos of thou- ycur, inuking a Irtnrttige of over ten
sand aud the Govoi'iiment of millions indes.
of dollars under tbe guiso of philun-l Want to get rid of your real es
thropy. title? Homebody pronliesies tliitt a
Mr. Morritou, of Illinois,
resolution, which was adopted, direct.
ing the several committee having in ,
cbargo matter pertaining to Indian :
nffuirs, militury afl'uirs, naval ulfairs,
posiomces, puunu ninus, puuuo uunu-
ings anu grountis, oiaipis unu wt.r i
oluims to inquire into any abuso or
frauds In the administration and execu
tion of existing law affecting those
branches of public service, with
a view to ascertain what change and
reformations can bo made no at to pro
mote Integrity, economy and efficiency
also, Instructing tho committee on
expenditure In the several departments
to proceed at once, a required by the
rale of the House, to examine into the
stale of the accounts and expenditures
of the respective departments wheth
er all money have been disbursed in
conformity with Ihoupprnpriatinn Inws,
and what provisions are nocossury to
bo adopted to provide more perfectly
for tho propor.applicntion of tho pub
lio moneys and to secure tho Govern
ment against claims of an unjust char
acter too extravagant in amount.
A " Most RitiiiTEot't Ji'twiK." Wo
record with great pleasure, the gratify
ing fact, that on Saturday week, Judge
Sterret, of Pittsburgh, very sensibly
set asido tho exorbitant verdict ot
$10,000, rendered in June Inst, against
James P. itarr, et. ai, of tho Pittsburgh
Post, in the alleged libel case of ono
W. I). Moore, and granted tho editors
a new trial. The jury who awarded
that nujust judgment, if any of thera
are yet about, ought to hide their fitces
in ihame nnd quit business. The press
of tho country, nnd sensible people
everywhere, wiH bo pleased with J udgo
Sterret's righteous decision.
Vrnv Appropriate. One of tho
happiest Centennial thoughts it that
of the Irish Cutholio societies which
have determined to make uo parade on
St. Patrick's day (March 17th), resorv
ing thoir celebration for the fourth of
July. It is especially fitting that in
the coining year all differences of na
tionality should be forgotten in tho
rejoicings of a united people, and the
member ot these societies have done
well in giving this evideneo of their
patriotic feeling. It it not that they
love Ireland lest, but that they love
America more.
Till Campaiiin. Tbe political cam
paign of 1876 may be said to have
opened on Wednesday of last week, tbo
Sth Inst., when tbe Republicans of Now
Hampshire held their State Conven
tion and renominated Gov. ('honey.
New Hampshire loads off in tho spring
elections, and the usual Republican
majority it small enough to give the
contest tome interest. Tbo Democrats
of Texas also held ft State Convention
on the 5th Inst., but they have things
pretty much their own way, and are,
besides, so far off that tboir declarations
are not likely to convulse the country.
Wi Don't Like It. W don't liko
Mr. Thomas K. Cree's Barnuin plan
of keeping Moody and Rankey in pub
lic print P. T. Barnum never bad a
more xealous clerk in his employ to
advertise hi hippodrome, than tho
aforesaid Thomas. We notico columns
of editorials in our exchanges lauding
Mossr. Moody and Sunkoy. All t host
puffs are written antl sent out to the
press by their Secretary, Cree, who it
a "smnrt as a whip." If this i true
Godliness, it 1 very strango that this
patent effort wa not discovered two
thousand years ngo.
I'NKIltn. General John A. Dix, ot
"Spotbim on the shoot" notoriety. and
lato Governor of Now York, made a
speech in that city on the 4th lust., on
"Some of the Political and Social Evils
of Our Tin)et." Ip did hit "the Gov
ernrpenf" jono nviM dig. Ho
wtnti the elective judiciary system
abollsliod,and tbe President elected for
but one tonn of six years. If General
Dix keeps on reforming his views, ho
will toon bo as Democratic ns he was
J boforo ho turned roncgado to get oflleo.
Thr Discount. Tho sale of
tbo
pewt in Beocber't church camo off tbo
other day. The oweh ivsujt wr)t about
$7,000 less than Inst year. Still tho
author of " Norwood " appears to bo as
happy as Mrs. Tilton. Clnfilin, who
wat Chairman of the first Committee,
and reported Henry all right, and who
it now inJjo.tid fu di)friiuiir,g tho Gov
ernment out of several hundred thou
sand dollars of revenue, took the front
pew at $645.00. '
A Modil Prrsipcnt. Daily devol-
qpmpnt- of fact to show thnt Gen,
Grant hits either, dusignodly or, lgnor:
antly loaned hit power and lufluuuoo
to a band of the most corrupt men for
tho past three year that now livo out-
aide of a penitentiary, and yot they
talk about a thud eiiir,. Ucitor Ini-
puneti him, mid tend hit band ui'tliuiout
to the penitentiary, and then we will
lave prosperity again.
Tho profit of Babbitt, tho great
soao liiaaitfiatlnriir, ninst hp enormous,
Tho discovery has just been ptado Hull
Chariot 11. Beekwlth, Babbitt' conn
dontia'. clork, cashier and book-keeper,
Ipie) FMbbct) )im of ovor half a million
dollar ly teiluf of fiautji eviui.ii.g
from 1868 to 1873, when lleckwijli
was discharged from tho soap king's
employ. o vsa imH on ho
charge q Ifuw orlf a (by daya slnco
and eoninilttiMi lo rieiuon.
BeMMM
The Board of Pardon, at a meeting!
ou Wednesday lust, recommended the! lished on the Cciltenninl grounde, tbo Mixxly and Snnkey are expected lo
pardon of the Hchuylkill County Com- service (o begin on the 1st of March i close their religions labor here next
mistionors, who wore Imprisoned for and end on tbe 1st of Novcmhor. Fivojwock. It Is wonderful how tho tn
malfeasance in office, the pardon to mail wagons will bo used, nnd they are i teivst ha maintained throui'lionj. 1
Inko effect at tho March meeting of tho lo bo nrepnred under tho direction of Wiwt lown ojc, cvenlry; Jipg 'hj
()ai- (tl r, tf "sniey sjeuup,
of ycoailiiB outlpfy, trlt!ieed ta ha
hanged, the Hoard recommended that
bis sentence be commuted to Imprison
roont for life. "
XKJl'ti ITEMS.
Richmond, Vu., with a population
of 80,000 ba SU,B:i4 church members.
Our Immigration last year wat
one - balf leas than during tbe year be-
Tho Ptclfle people are In a bad
way about their surplus of tllrer.
Send a car load of it to us.
- Calilornia is Lannv over twenty
Inches of rain, which Insurut a good
J '" for the Cci.ten.ual.
bmu . I.U!, r,.,.ol in -ni.
early date.
" .... ,
IfereU a1"" ' n.miilii- nm n li mm-
low up this countrv.
An Iob iiii naiiieil Twojroo.1 has
hoen tnaiTii1, ami now nil his diui1"" K"': "tvergiHga lima mi toe
married friends )iir..Ui him with, "Too
Dad, J wogoou.
Moo(v (0,a Mivw in , ,mirt.
gged gospel. He won t have any
thing to do with that" Chiungo church
nntil it t all paid for.
Hunt timos. Tho number of mar-
rTige fortlHcttes issued in Boston last
j ftS. V7.
Tho ngo of jockeyism. Lint year
the races run in I his country lor money
numbered 880, and the sums nt stake
amounted to $330,017
Chicairo wan never surpassed by
St, Louis if she could help it, and now
sho boast that her whisky ring is big
ger than that of tho latter.
It in pnrnused by railroad kings
to connect North Adams, Mass., with
the Pennsylvania coal fields by a direct
road through tholioosac tunnel.
A spocies of red granite has lately
been discovered in Minnesota, said by
competent judge to be-superior to the
unions rscoien granite oi Aourticcn.
The revival meetings odium
mond nnd llrntly ut ilarrisbttrg, buvu
resulted in the conversion of over five
hundred pomonsin lessthun two weeks.
- Miss .Viiggio 11. I In vis, daiighlor
of Jefferson Davis, ttml "J. Addison
Hayes, Cashier of the Stale National
Hunk at Memphis, were married on
Saturday, January 1st.
Somebody has discovered a chein-
icai process uy wu.cn woruiiess touncco
is transformed into fine-looking and,r
fair-tasting cigars, and now there will
he more pullery than ever.
Tbo identical stove at which Mar
tin Luther, on his return from the Diet
at Worms, warmed himself in the house
of bit friend I Inch on Hiitten, has
just been sold in Germany.
Over 4,000 cattle that have do
pended upon tho supply of ninsh from
tbo seized Chicago distilleries for their
daily food, will now ho compelled to
resort to a decent diet.
Tbo students of tho Art College,
t Syracuse, N. Y., have prepared and
framed ft wreath of finely tinted au
tumn leaves to be sent as a present to
the Crown 1'rinco ot l'russia.
A citizen of Lebanon boasts that
in the course ot tony years no nas
been arraitrnod before the courts of
justice twenty -ono times, and yet has'
never been found guilty,
Church singers won't permit any
interference witli the tenor of their
ways. A New Jersey choir has just
resigned because the minister rebuked
them in a prayer against frivolous
music.
When Georgia planters hnvo to
attach burglar alarms to each separate
chicken to prevent it from being tuken
off tho roost at midnight the poultry
must wonder. what this country is
coming to.
It is reported that an claborato
and artistio model of tho Suex Canal,
showing its toK)graphio features and
mechanical contrivances used in exca
vating and constructing the work, will
be displayed at the Centennial.
On and after February 1st, visi
tors will not be admitted to the Cen
tennial grounds without a pass. Lately
tho crowd of visitors has been so groat
that tho workmen have been very
much retarded and interfered with.
The Lancaster Exprexs copies from
an exchange the statement that tbo
State Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, James P. Wickorsham, ha been
tendored tho Chancellorship of tho
State University of Nebraska.
It is reported from Hurrisburg
that Prof. Brooks, of Millersville, Prot.
Allen, of Tioga, and Rev. Dr. Calloll,
of Lafayette, are all anxious to succeed
Superintendent ot Public instruction
Wickersham, whose term is about to
expire,
The Ipswich Chronicle say It is
easier to rniso n hundred dollar for
tho purchase of a gold watch to be
presented to somebody who does not
need it, than it is to collect the same
amount from tho same persons who i
owe tho money. I
-Kov. Wm. Gordon, pastor of the
Presbyterian church nf Pleasant Hil,
Mo was arrcacd at fit, Louis, on Uio
5th inst, charged with seducing ft
young
ig girl
irl, named llarmy, a member
of hit dis k. Gordon has a wife and
five children.
At Pcnnsville,
Fayette county,
last week, a store was robbed during i ()g robbed us of millions annually it
tho night or it entire stock of goods, j t10 (itih. knell of Mayer Stokley'
and a paper wafered to tho Imnt door poijti,.,! aspiration. It look as
bearing tho cheerful information Hint th0,rb, by thi revolution to nnex
"as soon ns you get a fresh stock of ppctt( t0 j9 pudurers, i,t least $10,
gocds wo will call fcnd clt.au you out , Iit,u.(tfi0' will bo tftvutl to the taxpayer
again.'
The combined capital of tho Roth
schilds is stilted by Kmile Burnoiif, tbo
well known publicist, to bavo attained
in tho present year to tho almost in
calculable sum of seventeen billions of
franca, Of $3,4,(0,OQO,oqO, about cqnr,!
to tho wholo' funded debt of Great
Britulp.
An apparatus has just been in
vented by which all the gas lamps in
cities can be lighted or extinguished
siinullnnoousb, simply by tho pressure
nf ,l.u tint iroii) lliu Ripply Junks.--The
instrument hat hoen thoroughly
tested, and Is pronounced by experts
a perfect success,
Tbo Kmperor and Knipress
Until will nrrivo in New York In
April. 'i'helt. inJoMioa li.t'-mt to
travel throughout tho 0 lilted Hiatus
Incog., nnd will give special attontlon
to the common school system, with a
viow of stirring np the Bratilinns in
an educational senso when they got
back homo.
r.rwigiiir(uiHa urn Hi pr,'.gi'uaa fui'
(he ninnufacliiiobf Onteiitilnl slumped
envelopes, to ba made and sold on the
Centennial grounds while the Kxhihf
bitlon is in progress. They will bo
mnnnfnetured of special paer, distinc
tively worked WI besrlng stamps of a
spoctnl design appropriate to the, oc
casion. .Tint Post Drtioe lli.tinrlment. htla
iithoriaed tU Doptinngloi.' at I'lail'i,-!
Mphintp Invite proposals for carrying
' hourlv mails between the PhilsdelnhiA
Post Dftloe and the ollicit to bo cstnb.
inm'tpnisH
flip i iiuuiicijiuin l osimiltic, yin itp
I scr! 'of tlio llepartiriuiil oi niiienViily
displayed upon tbom, Thoy will be
drawn by tine horses, and ho in ohargo
oi nnuormei drivers,
AS80CIA TED fUUSS LETT Ml
Piiii.auki.phia, Jan. 10, 1870.
1874 1876.
We gave a loud good-bye to the de
parting year, and we welcome hi suc
cessor ino,re heartily than ever beloreJ
The centre of attraction lit this ukyl
wtu at Independence Hall 4be cradle
of liberty. Oyer the doorway through
which Washington, Hancock and the
Siret to oltuu pasaed, wa a gigantio
oval banner, on which wa a beautiful
portrait of Washington in tbo act on
being crowned with a wreath ol ever
grocu by tbo Goddess f Liberty ;
stretching along on either side ot this
portrait, tho entire length of tho Hall,
were festoons id red, wljltti and blue,
and at ti h loop was plauml ft sturiller
circular kinncr nu whieh was the coat
of anus ol lit ulv of Lhuuritfiual Stale
six on fuch side of the portrait ofj
i usinngtiin while airevlly beneath it
wits the coat of arms of .Pennsylvania.
In the t-uiiiilii of Imleneiidenuii Hall
was a calcium liuht, and upon tho r-
P"sile snleol lyUusliiiit street were two
right and letV of thnt one over the HaJI,
so arranged that tlio marble ststue ol
Washington hooum the loon lor those
three lights, illuminating it with a halo
ot glory, grand, sublime and impressive
III the highest degree. , ;
Just ns tbe big clock over Independ
ence Hall wa iiuon the veriro of strik
ing the hour of midnight, tbo Mayor
oi tne city ran up an immense flag, a
lac simile ol the ono hoisted by Wash
ington, January 1st. 1770. at Cam
bridge. As tlio ensign reached the top
of the Hagslarf, the clock struck twolvo,
and 10,000 Amoricnns envueheerupon
cboor, as Americans only can cheer; the
Danas struck: np "Tbe Htar Hpnngled
Banner;" lockout burnt high in the air,
soldier began saluting the Now Year,
firing by tile nntil il.Ooy rounds were
fired ; ull over tho city bells wero rung,
and 2U.O00 ttcnm, whistle screeched
shrill sounds ot joy nt tho dawning of
the Centennial year. Christ church,
St. Peter's und St. Stephen' bolls
chimed their most joyous notes, and
nbnvo all, the mighty bell in tbo cupola
ol Independence itall rang clear and
loud its "glad tidini's of urent joy,"
that amidst iience anil prosperity tho
nation passed the epoch" of it first 100
years, und happy in our past history ;
haiitiy in our present prosperity; hap
py in our hopes lor the ttiture, and
hiippy in our common confidetico in
Divine protection began tho second
century of our national existence.
THF. I'RNTBNNIAL.
The Stale of Indiana liav'nir con
tributed to tho Centennial the sum of
.n00 ., . Mon,lim. in tllB lmrMm
,iu,,i
Campbell," nt a salary ot $6,000 per
annum, which tho Centennial Commis
sion uncomplainingly pays, a delega
tion ot one hundred prominent men
from that Stnto will rouch hero on tho
15th of this month, for the purpose of
personally ascertaining whether that
contribution of Indiana has been judi
ciously expended.
A pop corn man bus paid $3,000 for
tho exclusive privilego of Belling pop
corn at tho Exhibition. I would rather
pay $5,000 for tbo right to sell "hot
corn." Tho Art Gallery, Machinery Hall
and Horticultural Hull are all com
pleted, and ready to receive exhibits.
MISTKIXANZOl.
We had 699 fires in this city during
1875, involving a loss of $1,279,821.12,
tho insurance upon which wo $6,252,
ill'. ill.
Tlio net amount of revenue derived
by the State from Philadelphia during
1875 was $1.27,509.fs.
During 1875 tho deaths in this city
mummied to 18,909, of which number
9,715 weremulesnnd9,194 wure female;
8,639 were adults and 10,220 were
minors.
Thirteen women and three men died
lost week whoso ago ranged from 80
to 08 years.
Our jurymen are human, nud to
when on Friday afternoon a jury tit
ting upon a murder esse, were taken
to their room to bo locked np nntil
Monday, they modestly asked lor two
packs of cards to while away Saturday
and Sunday, it was more than liberal
in the Judge to grant their request ;
imagine the surprise of that jury when
an hour later they wero brought into
Court and tbo cants token away lrom
tbem, on the ground that the com
under consideration was too grave to
admit of such levity. If I were ft
member of Legislature I would pas ft
law requiring that whore jurymen are
locked up over night, tho judgo and
counsel in tho case should also be
placed in confinement, by this arrange
ment a caso occupying ft fortnight
might be put through .in ft couple of
days.
Vntlur the new Constitution of this
Stalo our members of City Councils
are elected in February, but do not
take their scats until tho tollowing
January. On tho 18th dny of March
last ft caucus wns held bv the licpob,
lican member and Mr- Itensicy was
ro-nominntoil. A Mr. Menseey and
bis committomen Increased tbo debtot
the city olniut six million dollart during
1875, and made up their mindt to
spend $26,000,000 during 1876, tbe
tnxpayort took alarm ; tbo pre of our
city took up tho fight in earnost and
nl the organization of Councils January
fu Ifonsxey, the caucus cahdidatfl
nr l'lvsident, had 28 vote and Mr;
f vc"- Indcpondenj epub.can and
honest man. received 32 votes, 13 Dem-
ocriU4 and 19 Republicans.
The Mayor of tho city, who ospiret
to bo Governor of IheStnlo, wa Hon
xey right baud man in tho content,
anil the defeat of tbo ring that ho so
during a single twelve-inopth, and for
which, there it nr) disguising the fact
thnt, tho result is largely due to Col.
AlcUluro, who masterly led in the
movement on tbe part of tho news
paper press against- tho bn) of twin
oiiiuaniii thieves h'Ih,s stealings foot
up muiiy millions uacli year. Of tho
15 Democratic counctlmen all but two
voted for Mr. Cavon, decent Reptibli
can ; nun of tbeso two was "Bill Mo
Miillln, of tho Fourth Wunl, who hat
since boon ro-iioniiimcj. Iry the roosiers
oi In party, only to be defeated by an
united' effort of all decent men in hit
ward to elect a rosiecUblo oitir.en.
Dnrini ' tho last two weeks ft man
! named Fletcher hu been on trial lor
' ; tho niimlur of George UnuleT, Tllft
miiisleivr hiid a KWdge ftguinst the
latter fop two year, and has threaten
ed a hundrod timo ta kill him. One
day last tkll they met and Fletcher
"made it nil up" with Uanfey, and
purled from him regretting their past
quarrel and vowing warm friendship
for tho future. That nii'h Flpjchar,
ejuili.d to o ilnnfny anUssbod him to
wiilk'w'Uh lii'm'l ' looked' aVm they
strirlod down the street, and wbon but
twenty paces away Fletcher drew
revolver and shot llaiiloy through th
heart, killing him iiituly. It in In
eytdiinco that flett hor. ivffl perfectly'
SolHir on tho'night he shot lluoley ; It
is strango to say, in evidence bv th
dcfcnt'o thut ?iU-hu took llfl drinks
wliisky that nay and was beastly
I "'" ' according to Philadelphia.
I murder,
n -t-iiw-t
Ijecr,, (inn (is I nuei (V mill vuilgre.
I gntion, numberiuc' 10.000 person, and
i heard them all unite In tinging praiso
to Almighty God and witnessed the
'entire ntcncs nt an sensationalism I
could not but think It Wat God's work
and that Moody and Haukey wore but
tbo servants of the Matter to do Hit
pleasure,
ILLEGAL FKkS.
The Inking ot illenl fee by tbo
County officers of Lancaster county,
ba become an abuae ol to nogmni a
uharaater as to bocome a stenob in tbe
noetrll of tbo good people of that oom-
munity, and wa made the tubjeut of
consideration at th annual meeting ofj
tbo members of the Lancaster Motility
Bar, held on the first inst, Tha abuse
complained of it to Cully tot forth in
tbe following preamble, adopted by the
association, that we publish it for tlio
beneft of one of our cotuhipurarlen who
is continually holding up the dominant
party of his unlive county, as the
model of perfection, and worthy of
emulation by ''outside barbarian:"
"Wusaaaa, the demaa-ltng ard roooreriag by
the poblto eueere af the eliy and eouaty of Las
oaalar, af foea aaoerraated by law, baa haooiae ao
frwqaeiil and tho AotupUiato ee laeoeeaal, that rt
a beeoeaot tbo date of tha Her, la laHioe e Iteolf
and to (ho paMie whoee guardlaa lw each mature
U ehoald b, at tbie time, oe each wow inowealiost
aaaumeo bia oaiae, to esert ite etrewgtb anpewfUo.
ly for tbo auppreackm oflhte paraioWaa proolle,
wbieb baa ao long floari.ha-l aa I etaadiiy la
aroaaed, aa It galaod rlreotb by auatlaue.1 eaatnm
aalii iba vartoua aota o aeeombly oa tha eulieet
baea Imaa a egcotually baoiebed from eaiat and
mewury aa If tbey had baea repealed."
The association alto adopted a series
of resolution looking to correction of
the evils complained or, one or which
was for the appointment of a Solicitor
"for the purpose of prosocutlng actions
to recover and enforce tbe penalties
fit-escribed for taking and charging II
egal fees, in all case which may be
brought to hi notice.
Other resolution equally strong
elaborating the mean to bo employed
by the association in tbe samediruction,
were discussed and unanimously adopt
ed by the association.
Alas lor old Mother Lancaster, that
it should bavecomo to this. Tbo model
to persistently held up before our eye
as the great political shibboleth, bos
been dashed to pieces and wo are left
to gropo in uarkness in the tcntonninl
year of our indenendence, unless our
...Ml .-1. . '.. .1 i-
iieipiuora uiku pity upon us ami tur
nisb u a guide in tbi our day of dire
aistres and bopclensnoss. lor frit
zette.
Apnea the Ladies. The Spring
fied Republican is after tho ladies in the
following stylo wo don t know wbeth
er he is a crusty old buchclor or not.
"Thero is a kind of assumption thut
woman it a neater, cleaner, more sen
sitivo and more refined creature tbun
a man. It muy bu so; but a lady will
do many thine which ft ecntlomau
could not bring himself to do. There
is no gentleman in Mpringtield, lor in
stance, who would Wulk through Main
street dragging a part of his raiment
on the ground alter him. Any gentle
man would consider himself defiled by
such a performance, nnd nrobubly
would toon find himself in tlio bunds
of tho police and arraigned before a
commission dr lunatico. No gentleman
would care to parade the streets in
itch attire that one band wa con
stantly occupied in reefing tbo slack
of his breeches, after tho manner of
holding up skirls, u, the present tune.
American gentlemen attach the char
acter of gambler to a man who wears
many jewels and rings, and recognize
a cognate vulgarity in tho lady who
similarly overloads herself on occasions
when personal adornment is not in
hooping. What wo moan ia that there
is a modesty and sobriety of attire aud
even of bearing among recogniced
gentlemen which the recognized lady
has not yet nttuinod " Wnat a vulgar
fellow that editor must be.
Why the Chinese Come Ovee.
Tbe masses of tbe ieoplu are very
poor, it is with theru a severe strug
gle for existence. The average wages
of mocbanica and common laborer for
a day' work of 12 to 14 hour I 10 to
20 cent, but Chinee mechanic skilled
in our trade are paid by foreigner
25 to 75 cent dny. Tho cost of
Kuroiiean or American living hero 1
one-third less than it i in tha United
States. Chinese living of the common
est tort, but the best that can be af
forded by the masses, doesn't exceed
on an average to 6 cent a day. A
woulthy Chinaman doesn't expend
more that $5 or $0 ft month for hi
food. Tbe result i ft great deal of
destitution and suffering among the
masse ; there it much begging in and
about the temple and in the street of
tne old oity; there is, too, notwith
standing the terriole cruelty of pun
ishment Inflicted for crime, much petty
pilfering and robbery from tbe person
and from house. There are many
rich Chinamen, but they are not in
clined to works of charily ; they hold
and hoard. There is no properly or-
ganixed system of charity ; relatives
and trionds are supposed to take care
of tbe sick and tbe unfortunate. It is
only in caso of dire necessity that
government agenoy affords relief, and
then It it only temporary. Tho found
ing hospital is a government enterprise,
antl that is its most conspicuous chari
ty. The Mosaic CoSmanp. After all,
the strongest argument in favor of cap
ital punishment is that which is im
planted in tho religious element of our
nature. Legislator who provide for
execution, nnd erect tho gniiow. con
sider that they are only carrying out
the iMvine will, a promulgated amid
thunders and lightnings from Mount
Hinai: Whosoever shoddelh man's blood,
by man shall hit blood be thed. Thit,
also, it the argumont of clergymen,
wbo prop np the gallows, and maintain
that one ot the most acceptable wayt
to do God service is to put out the
livo of bis guilty children. In answor
to this, it may be asked, if this furl of
tho ' Mosaic codo. U ia bo preserved,
why not also it kindred provision :
Kye fir eye, tooth for tooth T And it
may bo said If these are to be main
tained, then Christian eburebe may
aa well bo raxed to the earth, liecauso
they are wholly at variance with tbo
aentiment of ,'hrUtlantty,and with
ill piuoopt i Whosoever smite thee on
tho ono chock, turn to him tho other
also. It seems ft little strango, a little
inconsistent, that Christian minister
are usually found among tho strongest
advocate ot capital puiijsh.rou.l. vet
while they act upon aa oy lor an aye
an a tooth for ft tooth, and tho old
St mate codo, they preach to tho doom
ed victim awaiting execution th mild
and benignant doctrine of the fJow
Testament, foririvonoat pfenamtui and
good for evil I W b.l lutul he think of
t heir cwuiiinieacy V. K,
Tll Cuicaoo Hi no The Philadel
phia Timet remarks: In his move
ment against tha Chicago whisky ring
.Secretary Bristow Is pursuing tho snmo
taolio which worked so tuccimstully
at Ht. Louis. The corrupt t.ff.eiuU
who orjj!nj?C'l eonspjrncy ' nd
(nijjud lliti dwiiUcr Into it nuUns tw.'in,
ftro the etiiuf object ot attack. Tbo
distiller are encouraged to moke
clean breast oi everything, Ri;d, with
the aid of their revolution, an over
vj(lning afl-ay p evidence it, said to
iVw, tmou' mii,umuUltidg'aint Bona
Ucting,OX-lV)hceupnrtUluudent Huh in
nd evTrvatUrv-r Miller, w-hjro there
,in itgnlftcant alliuiuna to Congrwas
nian Farwell, District Attorney Heed,
and other hie! politicians, who rosy
wait p soma morning to And them-
kIvm Indiotod, Bribtow't mill, liko
that of the gods, I grinding exceeding
small, and thoro will bo little vitality
left in those Ww.um rlH vtlwthwi
...,!- .1 l i.l tl. . r
je,et HtlsiHIjn Tfnn anaity,
iBgl aSM-eanee- ,
taMitUtr Mortou't proposal to hunt
Ar th bloody shirt In Mississippi
teuma to have settled two thing the
lootion of Mr. Lamar to the yitod
Htatea Bemto and the Impeachment of
Ooy, A,mi nd tlwif. rtoT Davl.
PICKINNS ANU HTEALJXUS
ABOUT THE OAl'llOL.
Washington, DEfEatBta27. In tbe
interval lsMiig between the adjourn
ment of Congress on the 4lb of March
last and th assembling ol the Forty,
fourth Congress, there soura lo havo
been a more general cleaning out than
ntutl of the furniture of the ooramittee
rooms. A clerk just appointed to one
ot the committee report that on tak
ing possession of hi committee room
lue Umtui that it bad been stripped ol
nearly everything portable ol value.
it has for many year bveu considered
perfectly legitimate foremployuaround
tbe House wing of tlio Capitol lo carry
olf at l lie end of a Congress anything
that Ipey can lay ineir uaiels uioit
To supply the low occasioned in th
manner over 'J,uu lias been expended the legihlaturo as one t be most oor
andor tbe head of liirniluis-Hd wa-nnpt und unscrupulous jobbers of that
puira tit the lasi live monlliv. lie-
twecu twenty-five und thirty thon-uii'l
dollars is thrown awny aumiiiily on
the cupltol police. -;!' - ;, ',
The Clerk nf the House psi 1 out
since tbe illltb of Junu . Iul up lo iJ.t
ceiuber 1, SI, '.'85 lor pm-ket-boolis and
card-cases, and $1,573 for lr-dil i.vie-
and pencils. Such a largo pitii-husu ol
these articles could only bvvu Ihyi
necessitated by the total uhatruciion ol
tbe old supply on hand. Between two
and three thousand dollart worth of
pocket-knivea were alto purchased for
the new moraben. If tbo Democratic
House it sincere in its desire fir econo
my it cannot do no bcltorthnn by begin
ning the work of retrenchment in its
own household. It would be diffloull
for any member to allege any reason,
except that of precedent, whyhosbould
be furnished at tbo public expense with
costly Itussia leather pocket-books,
gold punt and pocket-knives. 'or is
there any shudow of right in provid
ing members horse-car tickets at the
public expense. One of tho most cry
ing abuses under the House is the biro
of horses and carriages. This is a per
quisite enjoyed and very improperly,
loo, by woltlcers of tho body. Many
thousand dollars are annually paid on
this account, and in many iin'tauces
more being paid every month for the
use of a horse than bit entire value
I'ndertbelaw every member isallotved
$125 worth per annum of stationery
and newspapers, or his allowance in
money. At least nlno-tcnths of the
moinliers draw all tho stntioncry they
need, (n very comprehensive term,)
from tho general allowance, and then
the $125 in money. An end should
be put to all tbeso things, and to vari
ous other abuses which it is not neces
sary to specily. At least $100,000 per
annum can and ought to bo saved in
tho oxH'iises of the House ol licpro
scntalivcs. The Democratic majority
in that body cannot do a more popular
thing than by apphying tho much
talked of pruning knilo to the lopping
on" of its own useless and unjustiliuhle
extravagances. Jjauimorc iu.
THE CHICAGO WHISKY JilXQ.
If tho proportion of the Chicago
whisky ring are anything like they
are limned In an article in tho New
York Sun, It exposure will scarcely
be secondary in dramatic interests to
the development in the .St. l.ouisojMT
ations. Tho chief actor iu tho Chi
cago ring seem to bavo been of the
most notorious character, thieves and
gamblers If profession and, tbougl
occupy", g no social position, com
manded tho most extended political in
fluence. Hand in glove ie they wore
with tho associates ol tho President
and with his old friends about Galena,
upon whom ho showered his newly
acquired political Invors, they were
enabled to lorni together a combina
tion very influential in the politics of
the Northwest. They were able to
resist almost any ordinary attack upon
their nefarious operations and threw
insurmountable olxlaclcs in the way
of every effort to investigate their
"crooked " conduct. It ia believed that
sine thoy have come to recognize the
futility of such future efforts tbey have
succeeded in noeiroying many nook,
paper and other record which would
have thrown light ipon their past
fraud and disclosed their partners nt
V) Mbingtonanulbolocal governmental
service. In one ease the -notorious
"Jake" Rehm, being summoned to
produce the books ot one of his concerns,
wore that they had all been burnea
"for want of room to keep them."
Nevertheless there is still said to bo
forthcoming sufficient evidence lo lay
this gauge a low as their contempo
raries at SU Louis, and after Babcock'
taial, which will soon take place, pub
lio interest will center in tlio revela
tions at Chicago. Many reputations,
it is threatened, will bo destroyed in
that great city and tho exposure lo
come will bake the business circle to
tboir circumference. Lancaster Intelli
gencer.
A Contest. Tbe Clarion I -mernif
says: The answor of J. B. Gwinn
county treasurer elect, to tho petition
of Patrick Graham, contesting his eicc
tion, was presented to court on Tues
day ol last wocK. 1 he answor eon
sisU of charges of irregularities, frauds,
illegal votes, etc. it is very lung mm
charges something illegal ill about bull
tho district in tho county. After
overruling motions to quash made by
both side, tbe court appointed Se K..
Glarko, osq., commissioner to take tee
timony in the caso. Tbo contest will
oe conuuciea wiiu vigor on ooin siuos
the leading member of the bur be
ing engaged, r rom intimations given
by tho court, however, tho prosieet is
tho mattor will not bo permitted lo
last long, and a decision made n soon
as Ihe1 fact can be ascertained. Wc
hope this will bu dono, as neither the
parties uny tho county aiiould be put
to tho expense nl a prolonged cosiest
Farmf.r 1.ook to YofR TiTi.r,.
The first annual report of Geuoral Wil
liam McCandlusa, HcwolHry of Inter
nal Alttiirs, is mi Interesting document.
It contains the first comiileto list of
the officers of the Land Department
which has over been published, extend
ing back to the time of tho Preprio-
tariee, nearly two hundred year ago.
Tho reiMirt also enihntccet tabular state
ments showing tho price of land In
Ponnaylvaiiig, ut various iwriods, and
much other statistical matter wliith is
presumably Important to. somebody.
Tbo fact stated by la Secretary that
numerous livrue tracts ot land remain
unpatented and are btiina kraimferrod
to ptuchis.ers, wholly ignorant ol the
lien iwkl by th Plato against tnoiu
should be published as widely as pot-
siblo. ll ia not pleasant thinu to:
hny a farm at its value and lenrn nf-
allcrward that thoro ut an uusalisijcd
mortgage tion it. f I
Sir Anthony fthubikl ilied in Jnui
don 00 'Vnot'Liy, January 4 187oV 'Ho
was second son of Baron Nathan Myer
do Itothchild, tho founder of the, lloth
i hihl house in England, ftnd al all tinrcs
ono of its most iudu,U'uui tu.d useful
mentUMw. llo was made a. Baronet in
IrHa, hut haviug tvo. taste fur political
action, did put figure in that direction.
Somo of (ho Mltfv! operation of the
hcjiae went Arranged and carried out
by Mir Anthony, and hi judgment in
relation to financial matter ou an ex
tensive scale wo safe and reliable. Uo
was engaged In the late salo of Rue
Canal thuroa by tho Khodivc to F.niJ
lantl, acting as the agent of lWicr
Disraeli. Hi death wll ha ft, heavy
loss lo tho. Lmdon, liwi,' !Soctlrto
o,n vt b,a mn((e of his wealth, hut it
at eliOHuillVi
The city oounell of DalltinortVill
bo petitioned to pass an nfdoiance pro
viding that pnhfc ieciior.1 teacher who,
after a eontmuomt torvlee of thirty
yoftia, become unable to discharge the.tr
duty, may ba retired tipau a small pen
sion for life.
M A HEPVHLW IS SOUTH
CAROLINA A FAILVHEt
Governor. ,. Clmniberlain, of , South
Carolina, scorns to bo doing what he
can lo make the government ot that
Stuleresiiuctable,buliu laboring against
tho black and tan Legislature ho en
counter fearful odds. In the election
of Mosus and Whipper as judge of tbe
Clreuit Court the Legislature baa fol
lowed It natural Inclination, but tha
ubolce It tucb at ta shock th ten of
decency of th bottor portion of the
people of South Carolina, aud create
In tho mind of many a terlou doubt
a lo a bulbar that State 1 ctnabla of
taking cure of itself, and whether It
should not, for time at least, have a
yfiiuriilnn to look after its interest.
"Moses n.udo himself notorious while in
very corrupt und unscrupulous sot of
men by courtesy tunned luw-mukor.
Whipper is described us a negro gam
bler, ignorant, cunning, und vicious.
Aaa member ol tbu LcginUiUro, be
was notoriously always in tho market.
I aud theru is nu reason to nupposo that
un uiu tii-iH-u no woiini be any better
than wheru be has been heretofore.
With tin so two lueii on the bench
South Curolinu will in ho n worse posi
tion tban wonld New York with Tweed
and Connolly a jodgat to control the
monies ana property or tbe aniens
of that city. The simple qucallon-for
th pooplo of boutli Carolina to con
sider is, whether they have under their
law and constitution any possible re
dress. We greatly fear tiiuv bavo not.
It is true thut Governor Chamberlain
has refused to commission thtse judge,
but this tun lie but temporary relief.
for tbo Legislature is the body that
elects, and the Issuing of the commis
sions when tbo forms of law have bocn
regularly complied Aritb, is n duty
which the tiovernor can hardly post
pone for any length of lime. .South
Carolina, under its present administra
tion, seems to be suffering Ihe worst
form ot communism. A herd of Igno
rant and irresponsible blacks find them
selves in the majority, while the wealth
is hi the hands ot the white minority.
In such ruse it is but the cropping out
of tho worst form of human nature
that lends tho powerful poor to prey
uimiii the helpless rich. It the property'
of tbo minority can, under the forms
oi law and legislature bo trunslerrcd
to the pockets of tho poor majority, it
will very likely be done, if such men
as Moses and Wbiiiper nro entrusted
with the power. Is there any way to
avoid such legalized robbery and pros
titution of power, without a radical
change of government? There migbt
bo if tbe power of tlio administration
were used in behalf of decent govern
ment, instead of bolstering up such
notorious swindle as tbo Moses ad
ministration, which Grant endorsed
and propped up with Federal bayonets.
Kron now, when the contest it so
openly and notoriously between tbo
good and the bad, the influence of
Grant is rather with Moses than with
Chantbcrlin, because the former is aa
unscrupulous partisan, whilo the other
is not. Free government at at prosont
administered in Honth Carolina, ia the
most powerful argument that can be
produced against the success of Ameri
can republics. Scranton Timet.
THE STA IEMACHIXER Y.
The Pennsylvania Legislature met
in adjourned annual session on Tues
day the 41 Ii. In the Kcnate twelve
now members were sworn m among
them Dr. Boycr. Mr. Davis wa elect
ed President pro fern, of the Senate,
and Kusscl rctt, clork.
The House wo called to order by
Speaker Patterson, and the Journal of
Thursday, March 18th, waa rood.
Three now members, to fill vacancies
by deaths, were tworu in.
Tho Governor' moaaago was re
ceived and read in both Houses, and
committees wore appointed to mako
tbe necessary arrangements for tho
inauguration of the Governor on tho
18th inst. T f- U :. n a !
On Wednesday, a resolution intro
duced in the House on Tuesday by
Mr. Lusk, "That, if the Senato concur,
tbe business, of the General Aseombly
remaining un finished at tbo adjourn
ment on March 18, 1875, be taken up
and disposed oi In regular order," wa
adopted by party vote tha Demo
crat voting aye and the Itepublicsns.
nay. . v .
Among the nominations confirmed
by tho Senato on Wednesday wns that
of Hon. Hiceter Clyraer to be Commis
sioner of Publio Charities for five years.
A committee of conference of tho
two Houset reported on Thnrsdty
resolution "That no bill, resolution er
other business pending at tha close of
the session of 1875 shall be considered
at this session unless again introduced."
Tho resolution was adopted by both
Houaea, after which both Houses ad
journed to meet on Tuesday tbo 11th.
A land case involving the title to
about O.Oiin.IKH) acre along the White
River iu Southwestern Missouri nnd
Southeastern Arkansas estimated to
bo worth f lS',buO,000, wns argued be
fore the. United States District Court
of Jefferson City on Monday, Jauuary
3d. Tlio phiimms seek a confirmation)
of certain land grants alleged to have
been given to Colonel Yalliur hy the.
Spanish Government for military ser--vico.
' A boot one-third of thecontestotl
property is o ned aa.1 occupied bar -persons
under grants from tho Cratvl
Stntes, and thero are towns, TDIago
and fartua upon It. Judgo Ktvhel will
render a decision in tho oaw about tho
first of next niuiith, ,
Bkeche Hvsr. H. W. Beechor, or
Plymouth Church notoriety certainly
has enough on his hands. A church,
council is to investigate and dceid
whether Mr. Moulton was justified In.
slaying away from Plyruontb church ;
Mr. Moultou has brough suit against
him for malicious, prosecution : and a
though thai wero not enough. Dr.
Salman XI; inner has sued hit Sir tho
price of a set of falsa teeth tiirnishetl
Mrs. Bovohor. Probably Mr. Boochcr
can successfully fight Mr. and Mr.
Moulton, Uit with a salmon-skinner
alter htm, his rmsti look rather doubt
ful. ...
' Masiiio in Haste. Gcorgt Scott
JolTory, telegraph operator at Wnyueav
burg, Greene county, this Statu, and
Miss Lydia Cailer, telegraph owmtor
at Jlrowntvjlla, Pa,, wero muted in
marriage) li? tatagraph on Tuu-iLvf,
1'eccinlier Jl) tu atrwaony coiatueoe-
ing nt It P. M. T hoofllciulinif cUrev-
man uj Way ncshurg read the ceremony
j to the groom, who tclcgrplKxt tho i
to the bride, who rcsponieed by wire.
All other bttsiitcs waft wsjsmdod in
tho two nfl'x'ts. during th ceromoii. j
One IIearo Kaon. This in what
tho Pittsburgh 7Vsyfrrmn thinks,
about It: ' Mf tho Iteuuhlicftn party,
undor tho leadership orTirant, or any
other man, prooos to enter a cam
paign on tbo plntform of taxing Chris
tian churches out nf existence, and
hentheniting our publio Rchooht, it will
bo buried under an avahu.cho hotter
and heavier than ever rolled into tbo
Alpine Vulloy Bishop, Haven will
ptfiiM mako V exit of that,
I?RAZIKR3 CKNTKNNIAL
... porttrramn.
A hooh aoalalalraaneerHiiae aaeaataM aHwa.
Irallone of RthUaUlo BaiMiagt, laareaMai:
Para, Inlrtaalem 1111 ia HI aavl IMS ,
Car)bar,e HaJi, Oirsnt Collea, Uaoonla Tom-.
ic, Calheoral, ana etjl tlie,laa) af toAorell ha
tho Cenleaoial City, w,it hUtorieal ehotshea of.'
eaeh. ana a eompoislwiiaaSall other iaformatloa
ahavealelj ieuey aaia. lor Ilea Oaateaaial VU
lev, Steroeia1 li Ual oaiaaalf I H-a-egMf
fataUiaa wlih ita eoniasl. bnfiro rlailiag the Ki
hibiiioa. Rent aaywhera; hy retnra af mall oaa
raaaiaiof a, am, Twaala seals. Aaeroaa eohw ,
fraalor, Na. Idll Nona lltlh atraet, Hallnnelphla .
Rlf Iraila Ilaaaawt to snawtry arafars. Janlt,'ie