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She fpuUlirait.
Ueoroi B. Goodlanki, Editor.
WEDNESDAY MOK.MNU, JAM. 31, 177.
In lb biulnatf. world. )utt rtad onr ndvnrtiilof
olnmni, lb .Vpl olamn in nnrllevlnr.
Tni Black Hii.m. Tho hazarda ot
thin new torritory are fully dencribed
on our Bret patfC, by a correnpondent
from Custer City.
Tu Ntw Maiiriaiix Law. There
ia a bill before our Statu Leginlalive
aolons, changing tbo ntylo o( getting
married very materially. As this bill
will effect "young folks" rather than
"old folks," we cull their attention, to
tho features ot this bill, w hich will be
found in lull on our first page.
"Louisiana Affair" and "A File foi
Sherman" to bite, as well as "Bob. In-
gcrnoll's War liecord," and a tabular
statement ol tho Assessors' work in
this county, will all bo found on oui
fourth page. Tbo letters found on thir
page must provo very interesting to
the reader, especially to tho llayesites.
A Pack or Standard IIistorv.
The result of tho action of tho joint
Committco of Congress, to which was
referred tho problem of settling the
Presidential count, will be found in lull
on our firBt page this week. Tho pro
gramme as laid down by the Commit
tee, was adopted in the Senate by a
voto of 47 to 17 and in the iioe b)
191 to 86. Tho vote is overwhelming,
and kills off a number ol extremists in
both parlies, who may as well get
ready for exile.
Getting. Heady. Tho new Con.
gressional Counting Board is partly
made up as wo go to press. Tho five
Seiiutora are, Kdmunds, of Vermont ;
Morton, of Indiana ; Frelinghtiysen,
ofXow Jersey ; Radicals. Thiirman, ol
Ohio, and Bayard, of Delaware ; Dem
ocrats. Tho fivo members of the
IIouso aro, Payne, ot Ohio; II union,
of Virginia ; Abbott, of Massachusetts ;
Democrats. Garfield, ol Ohio, and
Kasson, of Iowa; liadicals. Who of
the nine Judges will malec up tho other
fivo members of tho Board, is yet a
mystory. Tbo Board meets to-morrow,
February 1st.
Goorgo F. Hoar has been elected V.
S. Senator from Massachusetts to suc
ceed iloutwell.
lion. Alvin Suuudurs has boon elect
ed U. S. Senator from Nebraska, to
succeed Senator Ilitcbcock.
Antonio Blitz, better known as Sig
nor Blitz, tho magician, died in Phila
delphia on Sunday last, tho 2Sth inst.,
in the 07 lb year of his sgo.
UtAVY Loss. Scranlon, Luzorne
county, was visited by a serious fire
on tho 15th inst. Over one hundred
thousand dollars worth of houses, stores
and offices were consumed.
An exchange soys : "Senator C'hris
tiancy of Michigan has an infant snn
whoso father is sixty -four years old."
The editor should have added, the
mother is only twenty-three.
Two weddings aro announced us im
minent in tho Grant family. Mr.
Dent Sharpe, nephew ol the President,
is to marry Miss ilarrcll, of St. Louis,
and M r. t ly sscs 8. Grant, jr., is to
marry Miss Paul, of Philadelphia.
James Gordon Bennett has scut to
La Crosso, Wis., a check for f 300,
to bo used for tbo support and cduca-;
tion of two littlo girls, children of;
Mark II. Kollogg, the correspondent
of the JlenilJ, w ho was killed in the
Custer massacre.
- -
( Another Si dject for Parik,x.-U.
C. Bennett, the defaulting pension (
agent at San Francisco, was on Satur-1
duy sentenced in tho United States
District Court to a fine of 115,000 and
two years in jail. Bennett is no brother-in-law
to "tho government," but ho
is a third cousin.
OvE.iHOARD.-Tho defeat of twoiSamC' Brl obstructed, the President; , pi,,,,,,!,,, election, Zach Chand
siich Kadical bull-dozcrs as George S. ! mtf CmV m,l!".or 1,0 ,l,ndj lor, Chairman ol Iho Iladical National
Boutwell, of Massachusetts, and John naval f"'w'. S'alC"i Committee, and Secretary of the In-
A. Logan, of
' Illinois, shows that pub- j t0 .rTVe th ohim- 1 terior, telegraphed to the Iladical Gov
t is again drifting in tho ' ;' nhcro in tho I nion whcnlorno.( Stearns, nnd to tho Chairman
el. Except Z.o Chandler! 11,0 1 rC!i,ICnt" laBt A"g""'" W,M ol'lho liadionl State Commilteeof Flor-
lie sciitimen
right cnannci. i.xccpt .ae t Handler
no greater demagogues walked tbo
avenues of tho Capitol.
Grantism. Every whiskey ring
scoundrel except Joyce, sent to tho
several penitentiaries the pant year
for their "crooked" ways, havo been
pardoned by President Grant. Gen.
McDonald was pardoned last week and
wo presume Joyce will bosimilarly re
warded before another week passes
.way.
Bfit-DosiNO. President Grant has
vetoed the bill passed by Congress
abolishing tho Washington Board of
1 olice Commissioners, although the bill
passed both Honso nearly unanimously.
The Joke is tho bill legislated nearly a
regiment of Grant s gutter sniirs out
of office, lleneo tho voto. We have
wide-.-Wako "government!'"
A Naked Lie. The Tyrone Her.
aid says : "It is stated as an undeniable
fact, that Samuel J. Tildon has been
drunk most of tho time during tho last
two months." ell, tbo other fellow
has been so for eight years and you
never mentioned it. Il would be far
better to tell tbo truth about such
things than to libel a good man.
A Iir.rt RciiAsi. Tho House Com
mittoe on Indian Affairs havo agreed
to recommend M r. Seelye's bill to ratify
the arrangement made with the Sioux
for the surrender ofthe Black Hills.
This is business and we arc astonished
that the authorities did not adopt this
plan long ago, instead of trying to
bring on war with tbe Indians who
wore tlx Ira owners of the country.
Gti.i.T o.v sEXhixa moors
' j.ro the south.
Tlic X. Y. .Siii of n recent date, sny.
''Kurly in December lnt the Minimi uf
HcpI'lBC'lllatiVCS passed II ICSolUliOII
culling on Iho president foriniorinution
respecting Iho employ incut of the army
in Home of lliu Southern Slates since
tliu first uf Allui-t lust. The Presi
dent's answer uh nol iiiiiii until tliu
2'.M of this rr.rroiit month uf Jamiiiry.
Il in tlio mod contused and confusing
d.rumriii.:ha wrwhi) hwwthtr1
a mcssago prepared lor him to which
the people of tho country could look for
a clear exposition of his powers in the
employment of troops in time of peace,
so that it might appear whether their
employment in tho election of last fall
was or was not justifiable. We shall
not do what the ofilciul document bus
not done.
There are just three cases and only
three, in which, when there is no foreign
war, the President can employ the army
of tho United Slates within any Slate,
lor any purpose ol force, excepting to
execute judicial process of the United
States, when that process is obstructed.
It may be done, first, when the Legis
lature or Governor of a Stale applies
for tho aid of tho United States to sup
press an insurrection against tho State
Government. In such dues it was
provided by the laws of 1705 and 1H0",
now ro-cnactcd in section 8,207 of llio
Revision Statutes, that tho President
may, to suppress tho insurrection, call
forth the militia or employ tho land
and nnval forces. Xo such csso ex
isted anywhere in tho Union when tho
President, in last August, withdrew
the troops from vory distant posts and
sent them into the Southern States.
The second case in which it is law
ful to employ tho army in when by
reason of unlawful obstructions, com
binations or assemblages of persons, or
rebellion against tho authority of the
Government ol Iho United States, it
shall have become impracticable to en
force) the laws of the United States by
theordinaiy course of judicial proceed
ings. In such cases the President may
call forth the militia, or employ tho
land or naval forces of tho United
States, lo remove tho forcible opposi
tion or obstruction to tho execution of
tho laws of the United Slates. Xosuch
caso existed anywhere in tbo Union,
when the President, last August, with
drew troops from very distant posts
and sent them into the Southern States;
nor was thcro a moment in tho whole
autumn when the courts in the United
States were not open and unobstructed
in every Stute in tho Union, or when j
the laws of the United States could not
be executed by the ordinary course of
judicial proceedings, or when there was
any rebellion against tho Government
of tho United Slates. The law which
was intended to meet such cases was
passed in 1861, and was designed to
meet such a condition of things as ex
isted at the outbreak ol the great re
bellion. It was continued in section
5,208 of tho Revised Statutes.
The third casein which there is any
provision of law that affords any color
oven for employing tho army within
a State, when there is no foreign war,
is when, by reason of insurrection, do
mestio violenco, unlawful combinations
or conspiracies, in any State, the laws
of tlio State iind of the United Matei
aro so hindered or obstructed in their
execution as to deprive any portion or
tinna ol ill,.' i'i-oihu 01 m 111 iiiu ui mi UI
1 .' . . " 3 ,
Al.. ,.r 4l. -,.,...1 c - a,... j. ,.r
me i,K..in, ,.v m-go. ...u,uen "
protection named in tho Constitution!
; protection named in tho Constitutioi
and secured by tho laws, and tbo con-
stitutcd authorities ol tho Stato aro
unable to protect, or from any cause
fail or refuse to protect ; in such cases
it was provided by tho Enforcement
act of 1871 that tho facts should be
deemed a denial by the Stato of the
equal protection of the laws to which
they nro entitled under tho Constitu.
tion 0, ,,, rnitcd kMv. This law,
if lhen any f()r(.0 j tho Jc inions of
tho Supreme Court ofthe United States.
was unconstitutional ; but it stands as
section 6,299 of tho Revised Statutes,
which provides that in such cuses,
when tlio laws of tho United States, or
the due courso of justice nnder tbo
troops from very distant posts nnd
sent them into tho Southern Stales ;
nor was there a singlo Stato in tho
Union, during tho wholo autumn, in
which, upon any decent construction
of this statute, tho execution of the
laws ol tho United Slates, or the duo
courso of'justico under the same, could
bo said to bo obstructed.
Wo must now remind our readers of
the pretext under w hich the troops
were originally moved Into the South
ern States, nnd tho purposo for which,
it was pretended, they would bo need
ed. No ono can have forirntten thai
tho order of tho Secretary of War for
tho troops to march, nnd tho notorious1
cireulur of tho Attorney General, wore
simultaneous. That circular proceed
ed upon the assumption that the Mar
shals of the United States, at any clcc-
tion at which members of Congress und
Presidential Electors were to be chosen
could uso the armed forces of tho Uni
ted States in keeping the peaco at the
polls. It so claimed expressly, and it
instructed the Marshals to call upon
the officers ol the army, when they
noeded a military forco at tho polls ;
and it left tho employment of such
force to the discretion of each Marshal.
Now the law, embodied in tho Tillo of
Iiovisod Statutes relating to tho Elec
tive Franchise, which made it Iho du
ty ofthe Marshals to keep tho peace,
and protect tho Supervisors in the dis
charge of their duties at places of reg
istration and voting, did not authorize
them to use tbe army of the United
Sutes. They were only authorised,
when lorciMy rosistod in tbe execution
of their duties, to call on the hystand-
T i ii.nwA . - - - ., .y . . ,- ,i ' "i ' I no uoiiiiuitleu toen examines O. rreniilent, and tliu dei-inion of que- .,,i .:,t, ,.,, - , I
I It was to have been expli-l IhotJ Ktici, i. l.ol.i ... any Slate, unless it j were, respectively, General Martin.. Brewster, Haye. eltor. Brew- tim,. ari.mrireon. Ixau Jl.!a3:!,, 'glr T-' !-
in answer to ucb acalLnlVr ihosoej 1,0 "VlVy .tl ttffppr.aa iWt-aKv-.TItfV'iruVrf.jr' ua;.''t:!r!L!"
AtinZer luaniftiwvr' tn-,U ifcuiiw urr'rf-'''-''nT"',l of l.VlfeT'jr'n: nranffrlaiiCWutin?awlina'i tiJby ei.aeled "by the authority ol tbelof Bonds on hand. Legislature irjim Oucliita in IMbS. lie j tho Institutions ol the country froin L.01nl , m, el, .,, nl ,
the Cnited Stales respecti. em .fcv JJ -- The c; ndith,. C 0 OJiUnla, and S -C A X.w Dot.-A few short 'Z &
:r srrrtiS , rr a,,d br r s-aZsrir-rtho ryof'c;::::;-'
Pn-sident would have clearly and ex- '"''J "''" ! "ISZUv, "l sale on ,ZZZi4MrZtdi, , "'"? lB "'""' ","'K,a," T PI'!"ll'd "j?" ' iour 00l,ntr-' u,",,,r 11,0 utiluu.,i. j;
1H75 (but not chrohicled that year). I
phcitlv shown by what authority of! ' keeping ol the peace relers to Ji'",;""!'" V'-'" f'; approved April ninth, eighteen bun- u ro to"bavo women appointed Louismim, with a salary of l.'OO) a , ,t now is, a di-,.uto exist, with regard 1 , imUv W(.Rlurl, mMltn
Lw, and what lawful, Jur,'-, , I eon .ho necessity for securing tho ne,gh- 2"X tf L iT. died and to.ty -, andU.o supple- lM.n Inspectors. Why not trans- "a down tho Susquehanna 1U
1 7i, i l I f purp wi, l,..bja of votin., iilaees IVom dis- Z. c.nu... menu thereto, shall bo valid unless tbo mogrily these enterprising lemnlei into .f""1 '"" ,at'."n ',0 ma ln" of the nalion. It is under- ,nj,,, to tt Mjint hu, nii, rf
eentrated troops from distunl points "'i I ' J According to Zae. in fivo instances bond, note, bill, single or other inslru- Muj An,l Organuo tho long ',,ra n;r,th eltlo1n: Iho -tood that ..,, the disposition of d,s- lfcHJm ,nJ tll0 ;
into certain States on 'tho eve of an I'lrbunco by the enemy. It would be .... ment in wrilimr oomaiiiimnbo waivur . ,,"""r"' AIm oru , ?'"s R'feptanco was dated in Washington, pules touching tho electoral votes cast , uvi,.r(.,i un .i, ri..P . . '
election. This ho has failed To show. -Uango inconsistency, if, after having 'ZZ IZZvu '''"avo been kmSgedly thJ -d men ,n sewing societies. What November 4. IIo resigned as elector it tho lato election by ono or more of j
to a point ono mile went of C'onowiiii'o I
It is not a subject which he personally uVnonnwil -vere penalty against fl'pUlcKn..h toiSlnlohkol Ion !, JL.btor beioro a Judge or other oHIcer spily.U.i.1 son.ep.K.plocannotsubmH to the day the i College met, and was ro- the Statu, depends the quests., wheth- mllki' tolM, of 3ti mi,M eoiuplettj
understnds;Ltbeoulthttohave;d -yc-'ij r military oftlcerwhoshould of four m.le, toLink!
orn orpossocouiilnliisof their districts. I
Although, under aonio circumstances, i
a militnvy fnrco may sometimes be'
used us part nl tliu posse eoniilatus, it'
is apparent that the army of tho L'ni
toil States runnot bo so used at dee
lions in time of peace. Tlio very first
wet ion of the Title F.loolivo Franchise,
section 2,0('i2, proliibitii any person in ;
tlio civil, military, or linvnl service ol,
the I 'niled Stilton from bringing, keep-1
ing, or having under his authority or
,',,',fL,'i''4',-lJ;,t.-?J2!r "'""
have troops at a voting place within a
Stale, Congress had authorized a gen
cral keeping of tho peace, when there
aro no armed enemies of tho United
Slates to bo repelled, to bo mado tho
excuse lor doing tho very tiling that
is prohibited. Congress has provided
other means lor keeping the peueo nt
elections in w hich Congress has any
thing to do with the peaco, namely, by
enijiou'criiig tho Murshul to call for the
aid of tho bystanders, or posso comita
tui of bis own district. The army of
tho United Slates is not and cannot bo
a part of the posso coinitatus of the
district of any Marshal. II a Marshal
has a process lo enforce, and is resist
ed, and it is necessary to tiso a mili
tary force of the United Slates to ex
ecute that process, it is to bo dono un
der another provision of law, with
which the peaco at elections has no
concern.
Wo have thus taken sonio pains to
slate tbo law as il is on this subject of
employing the army within tho Stales.
The excuses offered in tho President's
message still remain to bo examined."
Awful Indekd. Tho editors of the
Altoona WitimInd.?) have been bull
dozed into a fright and falsehoods by
the acre. Hero is a samplo of their
lamentation in last week's issue: "The
courso ot events in the IIouso of l!c
renenlatives sinco tho beginning of the
session, has tended to destroy laith in
the temper and objects of the Demo
cratic majority. On not a single occa-
- I , , 1 J' ... . ' w PV.v..V vtu ...l.u ,IINI-UV1,,
sion have t hoy shown a disposmon to. lhse who aro using him, do not likoSan.,ny J. Tihlen, keepin" up . deil ,
raiseabovolhelowartolprt,sansh,p,our gvBll,m) ICM .mi,,roto to U,i,,kii," anii luughingin his sleeve. t
J""" i'"""H vuiiiui.urai
nrespecine oi mo ucaring upon tuo
lorliincs ol Iheir candidate. It any
patriotism remains in their natures,
they havo striven effectually to con
ceal it. Instead of hsiking hopefully
to the action of the IIouso, asauxiliary
to the settlement of tho points in dis
pute in regard to tho Presidency, we
Bee nothing but a succession of at
tempts to crush tho rights of the Re
publican minority, to disregard the
powers ol tho Senate and its presiding
officer, and to minister to an outside
agitation of the most mischievous char
acter." Those "Christian Statesmen"
havo our sympathy. Wo now call tho
attention of Congressmen to this de
mand to raise above "the low arts of;
partisanship," and to not bull-dozo
thoso Allegheny Mountain rougues any
more.
Brazen Imk hence. Simon Cam
eron Si Son's Blavo, Col. John W. For
ney, in bis issuo of Cameron's lreti of
tho 2lUh, says: "Tho electoral bill,
which will undoubtedly beevmo a luw
in a day or two, under which the Pres
idential complication will be adjusted,
by tho consent of General Grant, is
now so fully understood by the Amcri- j
can people that they will feci rather
grateful that their long supeno is lo
bo relieved." Kvery intelligent human
1 1 ., . . . , ,
being knows thai Grant, Cameron and
KomUV did alt tln-V COuM tO defeat the
1 . . ... .. . ,. . . ...
uiu 111 iiuesiiuii , uui now, n uen ine
are an overwhelmingly defeated, these
model dull-dozers nssumo that they
permitted this bill to pass! For Im
pudence, this claim never was exceed
ed, except on tho occasion when tho
Devil offered to sell tho Saviour tho
wholo world, w hen he had no title to
foil of tho territory, llv the con
sent of General Grant, is rich in
dee. 1. Wo are astonished that the ed
itor did not suy Col. Forney! It
would huvo been so original! and pa
triotic too!! and would huvo been re
corded as the last "dead duck'' utter
ance. '1'llK ltl.'I.I.-lioFRS. Tho due nfler
ida, saying, "You must count Florida
for Hayes, or wo aro lost." Governor
Stearns telegraphed back to Zach, say
ing, "Wo cannot carry llio Stato for
Hayes tuilcss ire have troops and money
immediately." Is not this lovely in
a Iladical sense. Among tho telegrams
sent to New Orleans by Chandler, ad
dressed to tho liadical Chairman of
the Stato Committee of Louisiana, is
tho following emblem, worthy of any
"Christian Statesman," "We must have
Louisiana by fair means, or otherwise,"
Was ever a viler conspiracy coneoctcd
by a member of tho Cabinet, or any
body else, lo cheat tho voters of those
Stales out ot (heir elector, and tho
Union out of a Statesman for Presi
dent 1
Zai 11's bad Memory. Z. Chandler
says that his Florida dispatch, telling
Siearns to "hold tho Stato for Hayes
and Wheeler, money and troops will
bo sent you," is a "deliberate lorgcry."
But whon SC. is put upon tbe stand ho
always swears that ho "doesn't recol
lecl." lf be were now to make a clean
breast of it and tell what dispatch he
did send about troops, be might bo en
titled to consideration. A Secretary
who sends cipher telegrams lo a
usurper, upon tbo strength of which
that usurper acts, and being called
upon by Congress committees that
Secretary refuses to tell what bo sent
on account ol confidential relations
with (ho President, then that Secre
tary ought nottoUlk about deliberate
forgeries; for an enlightened public
believes that either this dispatch, or
ono exceedingly like it, was sent
Tiir. Heao Centre. Knr genuine
hull-doiing, Zee Chandler, liniiit'B
Socrolitry uf tin' Interior lind Chair -
mull ol llio liudicnl Xntioniil Commit-
too, certainly takes the hud. 1 ho
riding of two, throe or four horses nt
uno Onto, in considered by showmen,
qnito a frut, but Zao Chandler goes
uo better. Thcfollowiitgisu copy ofu
despatch Kent bv liim to five different
persons in in ninny tliiloiciil Shite tlio
day following the. November clot-t:i'ii
-'fK ''-i--lieV ii-ii"i..i.''.aylw.l:..-iJ
was not a democratic. Assessir,Co!loetor
Judge, Inspector, Clerk or Overseer In
cither Stale, and if any fraud was
committed il was douo by a Kudical.
There would be just as good son so "in
il," it Bishop Simpson, now bead of
tho Methodist Church was to telegraph
lo tbo members of tho Central Penn
sylvania Conference, which assembles
ill Williamsport, next Murch, lo "bo
ware of Presbyterians and Catholics.
Sco that they perpetrate no fraud dur
ing tho session of the Conference, or
otherwise impose upon tbo brethren of
Iho Conlerenco." Would this bo a re
flection on llio members of tho Con
lerenco, tho Bishop or tho denomina
tions indicated ? Who would be hit !
' Tin Kl'Boi'Ea.n Plan. ' This may
bo well enough for hotels; but when
it Comes down to tho school system,
wo denminco all such innovations, and
will allow ourself to bo employed to
kick the advocates of thin compul-
sory system into eternity. Wo notice
that a member of the Legislature,
.milieu i-iiiioii, irum iiminna couniy,
on tbo 18th, introduced a bill in the
House, enjoining compulsory educa
tion. Tho samo system they have in
vogno in Kurone. To compel parents
In nend 1 hnir rhililren M nn i!..mn.nn i
Schools," or fine and imprison thorn
lor not doing it, is a prematura move
ment, and if our leading educators per
sist in this "Ktiropcan plan," they will
break up the system and make fools
ol themselves. II Mr. r u ton. and
r.uropc anil enoy themselves
over I
there. But wo want none of the!
illltiertinelir'H mi lltin Cotilinnnl I
,
(jiEEa "Curistian Statesmen.'
Schuyler Collax and that class of liad
icals, denounce it as a lingo fraud for
tho Democrats to attempt to steal a
Tilden Elector, out in Oregon, but they
esteem it a virtue to steal all the Til
den Electors in South Carolina, Louis
iana and Florida. It is an awful sacred
duty to adhere to tho will of the ma
jority in Oregon, but its a humbug to
apply the same rule to tho three other
States. If history can furnish belter
examples of byocracy and refined
knavery than is to be found 11. "the life
and public services ot Coif jt, Hayes
Si Co., " wo have failed to notice the
names of the villains, if the have been
pointed out by the historian. Robe
spiero and his followers might bo cited
for their honious personal crimes but
they did not till their pockets wilh
Government and Railroad bonds.
A Bio Break. Two murderers,
three horse thieves and a party gniltyof,
grand larceny, mnde tbeire-cape, from
tho Jcff'orson City, Missouri, Prison on
tho night of tho lHth. They dug out
through a two and a half foot cement
ed stoiio wall and nobody interfered
with them. Tho watchman says ho
thought he heard scino noise occasion
ally, but did not rcnli.o what is was
until about seven o'clock tbo next
morning when ho happened to get his
eye on the bole in the wall. From tbo
surroundings it was evident that tbo
inmates had been furnished wilh lots
of fiiles, saws, cold chisels and cvcni,nrKe- Tho President, Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
crow-bars. How thoso tools got there
no one seems to know. Somebody no
doubt carried the crow-bar in his vest
pocket and smuggled it into the pris
oners. No lit i.i.-Do7.inci. The Philadelphia
Inquirer, 0110 of tho leading liadical or
gans of this State, in alluding to tbo
attempted million steal out of tho
Stuto Treasury, by Simon Cameron
Son, says: "It is rather uiilbrtiinato
that the gentlemen of Iho Legislature
who undertook lo bull dose tho Itepub
licnn majority into a unanimous sup
port of young Mr. Cameron's bill for
arming the National Guard of Penn
sylvania, and appropriating a solid
million of dollars lor that very revolu
tionary object, had not senso enough
among them all to kill it as dead as tho
proverbial door nail before the joint
committee of Congress killed it by
agreeing to a plan for the settlement
ol tho wholo Presidential question."
A Tri e Badical. Tho diameter of
Winslow, tho Clerk who is charged
with the recent robbery in tbo Treas
ury Department, is a beuutilul illustra
tion of the uso of executive patronage
oflii'piil'lioan Congressmen. Winslow's
right namo Is said to bo Golden. Ho
Bcrved five years in prison in Sweden
for forgery, and swindled this Govern
ment out of a largo sum whilo a con
tractor at Port Hudson. He set up a
Scandinavian Bank in Chicago, which
was a swindling concern, and yet after
this he was ablo lo scciiro a Govern
ment appointment, through tho influ
ence of Senator Logan and Ileprcsent
ativo FarWell.
The WarSecretart. An exchange
says : "Belknap has remained In Wash
ton sinco April last awaiting his trial.
Although nearly ton months have
elapsed sinco his indictment, tho trial
uppears to be as remote as ever. He
and his friends consider this dilatory
action as extremely unjust, and that
tlio case should bo promptly tried or
promptly dismissed. Mr. llelknsp asks
the prosocullng attorney for an inirao
diato trial of tho case." This model
lUdical War Minister had better retire
to the prairies of Iowa and keep quiet.
His days "like Belsbazzsrs's" havo been
numbered. His feats are over, unless
be get. them up on private account.
Three IIi niiukii Dollaii Law. !
j This acl, like tho Villianispoil boonr
! Mil, i lip lor inettliiitit every session
nt tliu Legislature, i 1 ho lullowing i l.unciiatcr, UIiio, unil oniimuul pur-
a oopyof the bill an: punned first read-1 mission to remain over night. Being
ing in the House on Iho ISth of Jun-j some distance from u hotel, anil a
uury: ; j sliungci' in that iieighhoruiHiil, ho was
A Hupjilement tu tboaeial General Asietui.lv n- j properly provided lor. However, diti.
tilled An net la eternal property lo tho value i ! , , , ...
,. thioe buedrrd ,iii4f. iroi I.. j ii.l ..i. ,.n j ing Iho night he chlorotormed tbo en-
,'"'" ni,.dl..re.sf.rriil. ,lf-..I A.rlli,.e f',lmjy n,,, anMtfkcd tllO llllU.H),
ninth, oue tnuu.Hod cif at huudrvd and fflv- ' . , ,
i.ma. nnd il n . . iaui k t ih.r.ti, f.t iiio pur- carrying off f'MK) In CUnll and f.'l5.0'J0
."!l'-."".;jr'.JJL,rT.V in i". ThoroblKT wan traced to
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whereof the said Juiluo or other officer
shall rend or otherwise make know n
tho full contents and effect of such
waiver, and certify to Iho samo under
his hand and seal.
Sep. 2. The Ice fur acknow ledgment
shall be ten cents.
Sec. 3. This aut shall not take effect
until the first day of October, Anno
Domini olio ihuitrnnd eight hundred
and seventy seven.
If tho author of this bill really in
tends it for the benflt of the poor cred
itor, he has mistaken his calling. The
amended bill ia no improvement.
The Lock IIavkn Postmahteukiiip.
Our down river neighbors are having
a good lime ove r tho Postmaslorship.
Nearly every everybody in that Queen Chandler, Cameron and tho Shermans
City is absorbed in Ibis question. Tbo! ''H " have friends enough left after
editor of the Dtmoemt last week said:! ibe 4lh of March, to give them a do
'Postmaster Harris returned Saturday n buriul, should either of them die
from a visit lo Washington, and the' prematurely. -
imnressiun prevails that ho succeeded
preventing action on the confirmation
Lf yir, ((,olp, ualll0, jjr. Harris" coin-1
mii0n runs till on or about tho 4th of i
March, iid bis friends feel confident i
lhut , .jn no,i ,, j
Us expiration,
and bo on baud for a vigorous contest i
. .
lor a new commission should Iheir
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ikoii. -ur. neeu s menus are sangnino ; K
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aspirants looking on and saying nolh-
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in tlio race, and I II just slide in be-
tween these fellows I' Outsidu oftbese ,
Ilia race, and 1
1 il,., ..i.i if v i...
tho i'ollv of this conlesl mid how 1
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.they'll all see it whon his P. M. G. gets
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land begins lo waits around among the j
Kadical P. M.'s in tho country.
A Sample Praveii. As the
payers of this Commonwealth
tnx" I
ie:
coniielled to pay for a Chaplain who
opens tho proceedings of tho Legisla
ture, we deem II our duty as a journ
alist to givo a sample of the Chaplain's
utterances. On Friday, January the
19ih, the Chaplain (the IttcoRD dovs
not state who h-is) opened tho pro
ceedings as follows :
Inconceivable Creator and Parent of
the universe, again to Thee wo litl our
souls in prayer and praise; glory be
to Thee lrom all Thy works ; submiss
ion, obedienco anil thanks be lo Thee
from all Thy creatures ; may Thy will
bo thronod in our will ; may Thy lovo
purity and ballow our affections, so
that whatever we do our actions may
bu w holesome and benignant for the
society iu which wo live and for the
country lo which we belone ; to Thy
servant, tho new Speukcr pro-torn, of
mis Jiouse 01 Jtepresenlatives, Impart
largely of '.ho wisdom that Cometh
from on high, that is Cist pure, then
peaceable, that ho may fallhliilly, suc
cessfully and well discharge the duties
lhut devolvo' upon him ; wo Implore
Thee to hear graciously and to answer
our prayers, for tho mercy sako.
Amen.
Wo may in tbo future give a few
more of tho samo kind at tho mto of
10(l per month.
Jenkins on; the ItEcEi-TinN. Tho
nt tendance at tho reception at the
I Wbito IIouso on Friilay afternoon was
Fred. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris receiv
ed the guests. Tho Introductions were
mado by Mr. Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.
Mre. Grunt wore black silk, tbo front
and sides of which were trimmed wilh
knilo pleating of pale lemon color.
Mrs. Sartoris, over pale liliic silk, trim
mod with white lace, wore a pale blue
matelastc polonaise. .Mrs. Fred. Grunt's
toilet was faintly tinted white silk, be
m.nlk n mil,, xaian fif ll.n anmA lint iCi
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HijC'lillv nrnnmnll Biindrh ilianotnild
set in onyx-
No Assessor to he Klecteu is Km
kuart. Under the decision ol the
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
that the Assessors elected nt tho spring
election in I87C, in llio various town
ships, wards and boroughs throughout
tho Slnto, continue in office till tho first
Monday in April, 1878 there will be
no Assessors chosen at tho February
election this year. In 1878 Assessors
will be chosen whoso terms of office
will commenco on the first Monday In
April of that year and expire on the
first Monday in April, 187!, and each
year thereafter the election of Assess
ors will tako place and expire in this
way.
Political Waves. The bold dash
of Illaino brought thousands ol en
thusiasts to his support, whoso zeal
wasted as calm reflection supervened.
Conkling is now on tho wavo of popu
larity, and promises to remain at the
head of his party. Those littlo freaks
are as controllable in polities as they
aro upon tho ocean. Blaino slock was
at a high premium a short time ago
and Conkling stock wss at a heavy
discount. To day tho former is at a
heavy discount and Iho latter at a
high premium. So wo go.
Tue Capitol Bummers. Tho lobby
has a bill beloro our Legislature sub
mitting the removal of the Slate Cap.
ilol from llarrisburg to Philadelphia,
lo a voto of the people. This looks
alt very plsusiblc ut first sight, but
when wo reflect a littlo ovor matters,
wo find that Philadelphia cm turn an
election in any direction. To overcome
fromlcn tofifteen thousand mnjority is S
very simple job with our city repeaters,
bellot-boi Bluffers and moral outlaws.
There is no use for us country folk to
engage in any such game.
A New Departure. On Friday
evening lust n peddler culled at the
Itirin house of Mr. S. S. Chulfunl, near
lo
r I."..'-,
mg
thoiinhiidn who huvo undertaken this
job none have succeeded. Andwhatas
tonishes un at this day is that there are
so many fouls who still persist in prowl
ing this degrading question.
Cheap Votes. Of tho 17 Senators
who voted against tho compromise
measure, seven lire carpet-baggers and
scalawags, lour of whom have already
been voted out of ollleo and tho other
three will get a similar fitto alter the
4th of Murch. Morton, Cameron and
Chandler and tho seven other UDdefll
ed Radicals, will, wo presume, "hold
tho fort," and die in tho last ditch.
What wasted talent I Grant, Morton,
Kxceeiiimily Thi.i. Seventeen
members ol the United Slates Senate
believe that the Vico President pro
tern, has tho right to open and count the
vote east lor Pronidoutand declare who
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Senate and ol the House shall be mere
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idle spectators. However, tho balance
of tho sevouty six moiuber. of
the
in that way.
Morton, Cameron, and Sherman
are
the ablest demagogues that have been
, , ,,
shelved for many years.
A CnEMT MnntUKK Relic Blsinc's
outside friends announced while bu was
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Ul IIIH H V IOIUI JQllllC, lll U HIH1IU
favor the Dresidonlial count bill after
ho would ake his seat. But when
Itin nimtih, Hlt Attmi iitrh,.,! m. In '
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Washington) Master. Morton, Camer-
'1.,. a 1 ... . ... .1. 1.
and ho did it just as nimbly as hu did
at Cincinnati lust June, although he
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carries two Senatorial certificates 111
his pocket, und should ucl Ibe part of
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"Another Ciineedehatc to the
Front." James K. Bailey, elected V.
S. Senator from Tennessee is, what
troubles the patriot of the Philadelphia
Prm, Poor jforney 1 under tho lash of
bis personal and political enemy, Simon
Camoron, bo yelps, howls and raves
liko a mad man. But who cares. Ho
is only a "dead duck," at heel. Even
Judgo Kelley bull-dozes him. . His
manhood has lakon wings, and he will
soon bo transformed into n buzzard, of
the lowest type at that.
Cl.EARINIl Oft THE (iRA.TT STABLE.
Tho election of John. IT. Meriierson,
Democratic United Sutos Senator from
Now Jersey, to succeed Freiinghuyscn,
Radical, and the victory in Illinois, of
Judge Davis, over Gen. John A. Logan,
are victories that makes every patriot
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rejoice.
B
till .tho
United Slates Senate w ith a
U uitl, .
majority of patriots and statesmen as
in tho clnys prior to 1SG0. Tho rule of
demagogues is about over.
A II iu. Kmiir Side Ur. Tho cleo
tion of Hon "Bon," H. Hill, United
Slates Senator, by tho Georgia Lcgis
lature, is pleasant news to us. Mr.
Hill is one of the ablest men residing
in Iho South,' Our readers will no
doubt remember tho ablo speech ho
mado about a year ago, which wo pub
lished in full at the time. The exchange
ot Logan, Boutwell, etc., for Hill,
Davis, etc., adds greatly to tho honor
ol the Senate and tho country.'.
If Jiussia insist upon war, we shall
probably bo kept moderately busy
while tho struggle lasts. It is stated
that agents for extensive land-owners
in Southern Russia havo lately bought
ilurgo quantities of agricultural ma-
1 r . n
chinery for shipment to Odessa. Most
of it oomes from estorn manufact
urers, and It' is intimated that the
Iiiissiau Government will make similar
purchases in order to iinprovo the cul
tivation of Government lands.
Tho will ol 1'. P. Bliss has been filed
in Chicago. Ho first bequeaths 1200
nn mini ly to his mother, to bo paid
send annnully. Tho remainder is de
vised lo his wife, and in caso of her
death, lo bis two sons, Goorgo C.and
Philip Bliss, lo be given them at tho
ago of 20. James II. Moore, of Chicago
is named as executor. The estate is
valued at $!.", 000, and tho will bears
the date ol January 20, 1874. . ,
Brighatn Young does not appear to
have much confidence in some of his
brethren. "Shuw some cd Iho Klders
in Israel," ho says, "according to their
present conduct, a dollar on ono sido
and eternal life on the other, and I
fear they would choose tho dollar."
Kvcn Brlgham himself bas been sus
pected of a strong love for tho dollar,
w hy should his F.lder.) bo required to
lie better than ho ? .
More Impidenue. The Morion.
Cameron-Chandler-bull-dozing gang of
political desjieradoes announce in flam
ing bend lines that "Gen. Grant will
sign tho bill," when they see that the
voto is so largo that a voto would not
amount to anything. Whal brave pa
triots thoso modern "Christian states
men" aro ! They arc simply slaves and
knaves j nnJ the people so look upon
them today. i ;
- "Tililen's Lieutenant' Howitl an
noys the "dead ducks" nnd all the
Winnebago outlaws exceedingly, But,
then, it cannot bo helped. Ilowitl is
live congressman, and always turns
right side up, and there is no use in
growling about ft. .-..;
"them fifty fffiWsA'Xiyooc:
1.AKS.
Wo huvo heanl through Kudical
pa pern tbiilonoO. II. II rewnter, claim
ing In be a Hayon elwlor in Louisiana,
waa offoriid 150,000 to cant bin voto in
ihnJllcctorulCollogoforTilden. Brew
nlur wa bcliirv iheCongroiwiot.al Com
mitteo at Now Orleann on Friday ol hint
week, and hud an opportunity of tell
i't all about llio matter. Tlio ful-
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I mi uoiiiiuitleu toen vxainiiiod U.
slipped ft pioco of paper ovor to Mr.
lownsenil, who was questioning him.
Mr. .looks detected the movement, and
asked Mr. 'i'ownsend what tbo paper
contained. Mr. Townsend, turning lo
Urowster, read from it, "Were vou off
ered any money to voto for "filden ?"
Jlrewatur quickly answered, "Yes."
Mr. Morrison asked, "Who offered you
this money Brewster refused to
answer.
Jlr. Morrison insisted on an
'anwer, Brawnier begged Ui have his
'"""'mm1 tasen on mo reeora, and me
question suggested Dy luinsell ignored.
Mr. Townsend asked that this be done.
Mr. Morrison flatly refused, and re
pealed his demand as to who offered
him the money. Brewster, declining
itly
bole
and reported lo the whole committee,
with a resolution recommending it to
ask Congress to conicl llrcwstcr to
answer.
A Radical Returninm Board.
Constitution declares that "tbo United
Slates shall guarantee to every Stule
in this Union a republican form ot
government." Is that a republican
tiirm ot government, according to the
Aincrcan notion of republicanism and
tho intent of tho Constitution, under
which four men are clothed with pow
er to decide how three-quarters of a
million of people ought to have voted T
Wish Colnsei.li hs. Tbo delibera
tions of tho tribunal lor determining
disputes arising out of the electoral
count it is thought will bo held in the
Supremo Court itoom in tho Capitol
at Washington. It
is also reported
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that Lyman Trumbull, Jeremiah 8. i ing to tho Constitution and the law as
Black and Matt Carpenter have been 'tho guide in ascertaining rights pro
retained as counsel lor tho Democrats, I Tj.d? means of lccilinjr questions
and W. M. Kv.ru and Stanley Mat-
thews for the Reliuhlicann.
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Grunt will let him out beloro the 4lh
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.ui -unii:ii, no an an uipuiaii nis menus
! on an equal fooling. The (tovornment
spent thousands of dollars, to arrest
and convict these scoundrels, but now
they are turned out, and will of course
follow tbo same business rob the
Treasury of millions of its revenues.
; What Follt. Those who aro over
twenty-one years of age, and claim that
the VicoProsident,profrm, atthat, has
the right to open and count the votes
cast for President, while the Senators
and members of Congress are to sit
and look on, only, must bo tools them
selves, or enpposo that all others are
their kindred. Tbo Czar of Itussla
claims no higher prerogative
"A Modei. Goverxhknt." It was
expected by evory body in Washing
ton that President Grant would sign
tho Klectoral Bill on Saturday, but on
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(butties, went to Baltimore on a spree
lanrl n .1 KrfuHiini. Mnlil M.,nu n.
"
ing the bill went over, and waited on
'tho Government."
Get Alonci. Wo are indebted to
Senator l'eale for twenty odd pages of
tbo legislative Bccord containing the
yeas and nays on tbe confirmation of
a regiment of Notaries TubBc. All
right, the market will soon be over
stocked with Notaries, after which the
ivooord will 00 doubt contain something
elso.
Forney Hill-Dozed. Tho voto of
Judgo Kelly, of Philadelphia Forney '
idol) and that of Townsend, of the
Chester-Delaware district, on the count
hill rvin,1.,l1u hull ,l.,.l Ih. ..llln. nl'
lh. p..,.., Cllmurmi 1, ,.... ,,, ,,
on tbe bare hack ot the Col. but he
does not yelp, or protest for his master.
Glorious Work. The Legislatures
in a number of Slates have elected a
dozen of United Slates Senator, killing
off such demagogues as Iloutwell and
Logan, and choosing Democrats In Ill
inois and New Jersey lo succeed Bad
icals of the blackest type. All's well
for the Democracy and tho country.
And so Mizzor Chandler did send
dispatches lo Florida, Louisiana and
South Carolina telling tho managers
thoro to "Hold your State for Hayes,
money and troops will bo Itirniihed.'
Tho House is opening upon the con
spirators, and something Interesting
will be disclosed.
Tho Boards uf Trado in nearly all
the principal cities of the country have
passed resolutions approving the plan
proposed for counting tho electoral
vole. As a disgusting dissenting po
litical paper says : "Tbe politicians op
poso it ; tbo business men favor it."
It is understood that tbe evidence of
tho returns on the face of tbe docu
ments from Florida befoio tbe Senate
Coramitteo show that, according to
the ftcpublican count, Tilden bad 130
majority, and on tbe Democratic count
tho majority was 1,250.
II. W. Mac key testified before tbe
Congressional Committee that, whilo
in Florida, bo gave tho Republicans
13,000 to aid in counting tbe electoral
vote. Of courso he placed it where il
would do the most good.
Tho members of our Slate legisla
ture seem to be doing but littlo in the
way of legislation. A largo majority
of tho members being new comers
they must oxponment awhile before
tbo harness will It.
The telegraph operator are again
engaged on the death oi Alexander II.
Stephens, for about the twentieth time.
lie Utinkt be will die this time, bal hie
physicians disagree with him.
Tlio following ia tho text of the
I'ronidonl'i monnago on tho Klectoral
Hill, which bo nigned on Monday iant.
It Morton, Chandler and tho Camer
on ran aland all that, llicy may yot
bo trannfnrmed Into patriot, inntcad
of living aa connpiratora:
"To tho Senatoot tho t'nilod. Stales:
I follow th example beretolnra ocea-
ioiially pri-nented of communicating ; tain i.roj.-t ban been nieanural.lv i
, in tin. mode my aoproyal f tbo act to, ivi,J ., t!e WE,fk k U: -r.
, prr,lJt. fer ,,, ri..r,n roonti,,,;
1 1'reniilcnt, and tho dei-inion of
magisira o. ine imponanco 01 nav-
ing clearly ascertained by a procedure
regulated by law which of1 Iho two
citizens has been elected un.l of having
the right lo this high office recognized
and chocrtully agreed in by all the
people of Ibe republic, cannot lie over-
osti muted, and leads me to express to
longress and to the nation my great
satisfaction at tho adoption of a meas
ure that affords an orderly means of
decision of a gravely exciting question.
While the history of ourcountry in its
earliest periods show that tho Presi
dent of the Kenato has counted tbo
votes and declared their standing, our
whole history shows that in no instanco
of doubt or dispute has he exercised
tho power of deciding, and that tho
two Houses of Congress have disposed
of all such doubts and disputes, al
though in no instanco hitherto have
moy neon alien mat their decision
The 1 I',''1 tT'l 'U I .1- attlu'1! 11,0 re-
,.'iiSUlL ortl,ofirs time hen, the gov -
crnmonioi mo 1. nwa nuites is now
brought to meet tho qooslion as one .
vital to the result, and this under con-!
dil.ons not tho best em ulated ,0 pro- j
duce an agreement or induce ca m eel-1
ing in tho several branches of the gov-,
ernment, or among tho oeople of the j
country In the case where, as 1 now,
the rosu Us in doubt, it is the highest
dn y ol the law-making power to pro-
vide in.dvancoacons.i.ution.l order-
ly and just method of executing tbu!
constitution in the most interesting:
ami (.-ruieui ui IUI provisions.
"Tho doing so, far from being acorn
promise of right, is an enforcement of
right and an execution of powers con
ferred by the Constitution in Congresn.
1 111111K mat tins orderly method has
h.,,,., ,pr..,l hi. 1 l,..l.;il u-i.;..i. ...1
7JU"1" ;
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..''-I "-- 1 vvui un j iri i.iiimiin iTiqui ry 1
Iwboso decisions stand unless belli
bouses ol Lonirress shn council! in il. I
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ybnito dixpoftiuoii of all question ol ,
dispute in whatever UMpCCL tliOV may!
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urine. w in or wiinrini. tin air oin
. ... raim,,ura, iniiiuiuo:
voto is impossible, it must bo that one
, of tho two candidates has been elected,!
iu a would bo deplorable to witness!
an irregular controversy as lo which
Of the two should reciv or which
should continue to hold tho office."
Practicing Kconomv. The nrorcss
, . I, .
of economy id Ibe United Slates is
shown in the diminished importation
ot dry goods, lo I8GC the value of
dry goods imiKirtod into New York
city was 1126.222,855. In 1871 it rose
to 1132,180,777, and iu 1872 it reached
$136,831,612. Then came the first
loach ot hard times, followed by the
panic, anl in 1874 tbe importations
fell to f 106,520, 153. But this was
only the beginning. People begun to
res n to tbo necessity ol saving, and
loreign dry goods was one of the ar
;,.I..I u .k ,i
uciuaj on w men iney couitl economize
With tb leftKt inoOllVCtlivm'O. Jtl 1875
Ihe iiniiorutiniiH ilnmiwd to tUilSW.-l
ft" sa..1 i iu?' u .. ii . aj.,
?::." .. J 70 tH Mi " ,8"7,7.'l
iu.i. i ma mi "nnni savin;? in ir,o
singlo article of dry goods of ll!).0!9,-
862 in a singlo year, and of 156.114
449 in 1876 as compared with 1872,
snows a most oncnurflintor nm.rwaa in
tl Hirww.linn nf nD. ; .!....??.. .1 !
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and self support. And it also accounts
tor the full in tho market iirice of mild.
which now is nearly down to six per
cent.
The Division anpSilence Fellows.
Bob Mac key and that set of liadical
King politicians are to be handled by
a Congrcseional Committee. A dis
patch from Washington says that il is
expected that some startling develop
ments will be mado in regard to the
conspiracy, which was hatched in Phil
adelphia a few days after the NoK-m-bcr
election. l)on Cameron, Bob
Mackcy, M. 8. yuay, Jim liuta.i, Col.
Uoyt, Bill Kemlde, and tho wholeVang
of Cameron politicians were in Phila
delphia at that time, and sufficient
fauls have been given tiie committee
lo satisfy them tbal tho plot to count
in Hayes was concocted at tbe Conti
nental Hotel. Grant was also in Phil
adclphia at that time. It was from
there he sent bis instructions to Gen.
Sherman about tho troop in tho South
ern States, as well as his invitation to
John Sherman and others to go to
Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina
to watch tho count. Cameron, Quay,
Itutun, Uoyt, and KouiUo havo been
summoned. Clinton Drmocrat.
' Secretary of Suite Kilscy, of New
Jersey, reHrts that tho New Jersey
Life Insurance Company is over Hon, -000
short, and has applied to Chancel
lor ltunyaii to close up arid appoint a
receiver. Tho caso is to bo argued on
Tuesday next. Secretury Kilscy does
not roeogniacv, tho trnnslor to the Na
tional Capital Life lnsuranance Com
pany which is not recognised in Now
Jersey, and will proceed nnder Stale
laws the same as if tbo transfer had
nol been made.
Another Shelved. Tho defeat of
that notorious demagogue, and crook
ed whiskey dealer, General John A.
I-ogan, for United States Senator from
Illinois, by Judgo Davis, shelves ono
ol tbe cheapest demagogues that over
held a seat in that body, and literally
banishes bim from all decent society.
Good for tho country. 1Ognn is dead,
politically.
Paoosts. The Democrats have
gained a Unitod Stales Senator in Now
Jersey and Illinois, and helped lo elect
Uoar over Boutwell, and Ben. Butler
in Massachusetts. Tbo defeat ol two
such notorious demagogues, at the
base of Plymouth Hock, is a victory for
all w ho desire statesmen to bold teats
in tho body indicated.
A company of practical men has se
cured the sito at Buffalo for a rcBnerv
of ten thousand barrels daily rapacity
no the strength of such supplios as il
can obtain by rail, and Ibe somowhat
ovemanguine Advrrtiter of that citv
thinks that Buffalo ran easily secure
the leading position among tbe oil
marls ol tue country.
In ourneit issue we hope to snneonee
lbs result or the Eleotoral count.
IS L IL T l. 1S7G.
ICIillIT BAII.aOAtlll C'olirLKTIU oa IX.
Ta.iiir.u-oneaoAti i sum way i0
murk lALkin or.
Tbo tiniinul record ol new railway
eounlriictioii in I'ennnylvaiiia lurin
tho pant year nhownoommetnluMepru.
Urm denpilo tbo Hnanriul deiri-n,(,n.
Four now roadn have twin coiiipliiftj
and tour extended. The South Mi
t bui)l t)ljn year 4 miles are in
Uryand
lUt blin Ilmch.Tnxek is hJ
oll 3 miU-t. of this road between l!,,
j Hi , K)wt Ik-rlin, Ia., tlio wl,.,u
lun ,,, M)Vt, mjl whi(;ll
ttbolU roai )i(r , rais
Knst Urunituirine ami Waynfibvra
An extension known as the New llo.
lund extension has boon completed from
Honeylirook, ra., westward 1 1 milea
to Now Holland, in the Conestoi;i
valley. It is worked with the old line
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. Emlentun anl Khipienrillc.'rhii is a
road of 3 II. gauge completed late in
the year from a junction wilh the Alle
gheny vulley ut Kmlenton, Pa., north
westward H miles to Kdenburg, in the
Clarion oil region.
I'arker and harm City. This 311
-....I .UU HlnH.I...! L
City southwentward 17 miles lo Butler,
1 in lwt mKllt.tjv.0 p,.lI.o0ura'
jjati-j,. -This makes the road 27 miles
, from Variar .ri)C
y nmki ,,, .,,( w aH ,
'K Jm Cil Bu .lk.,, ,b,
Nlno ,amigcrfi-, tll0 Purkl,r Bu)
KBr8 (;tv
Vai.( ,",w)l.Tht) W(M)t(.rn division
wa, extended eastward4 miles to Dell,,
,. w-li h is 35 miles east bv south
from Y()rk ttnd ol ir mm
lm,,k o ,,, Susquehanna, leavis
r but lw0 7thl1a mill.e
,w0 divWon,.
I'htladt lihia, XnftoH and Xi w York.
Completed from Kriravenuo, Philadel
phia, north by cast C miles to Fox
('base.
Suulhirert Pennsylvania. This brumh
of tho Pennsylvania railroad was ex
tended from Walt, Pa., south by west
12 miles to Uniontown, muking tho
whole branch 33 miles long, from its
junction with the main lino at Green,
burg.
Stir flrtrtistmruts.
C-KI.KCTIIt;ll(Mll...
Th. n.J..ai....t .III
1-1
kj "I'm pniir to 001 m msj iyoarj nana-
iD Wtv,., iu., on or .bo.t tb Ut tf
April, IS77, toeontina? Ifrni week. Instruction
snntfalasJ lh.u,.li T ...... . l.l
.r..
B.C. VOINUMAS
, A. M.
Cltnrit.1.1, Pn Jnn. 17. '77-iai,
. ' 1 - - ---. rr -
IJ"lHr i"nn-TiiN.
wa, Hon. 0. A. MATER, Prunes!
1 ,M,ns i on 01 risi 01
I !!" T-.i-tj-Oflh J.4M.I Di.iriel, ot
tb rountiai of Clrfltld, t'antr son Clinton
too Hon. AsniH Ooors nnd Hon. Viscbst R.
Holt. Aiuit JvdjrM of Clonrfiold conDtv
5'J""".1' '5,'lr P";r'' f
, bilaio of s Citnrl of Cannoi P m, Orv
I lWi, Court .( gu.n s...i.., Conn of
rnr lh
Ortibftni'
OI
sua icratnor, tod lourl ol unrnl Jsll olir
ly.nttnt Court HouioilCUsraold.lnana forth
eouaty at ClenrBfld. ooomcnctQit on lb third
Mnuday. the IIMk day of March. 1H71.
and to eonOjnu tao wavki.
NOTICE IS, Ibtnfora, bant f ivas, to lb
Coroner, JaMiowi of tb Pvaea, and Conitablai,
in nnd for aaid aount of Clearfield, to appear la
tbetr pruiier pereonf, nitb tbelr Reeorda, Koli.
Inquleiiionl, Eiaaiaalione, nnd atbar Kamem
braacea, la do thoe thinra wbicb lo tbetr ofioot,
and In their behalf, pertain to be dona.
By an Aet of AeiirmblT, paaaed the 8th d.iy of
Mar, A. 1). il ll Made tho duty of tbe Jul-
tieee ol tho Peaee of the eeri-ral eountiee of thie
cumonweiiu, to return a the Ulerk or the
court of Quarter Keiioae uf the
I muni., H the moRninncM Mlertxl iblu befr
them Ty or 5WW" or V' brtl with ih.
tjoiiiiiiiUioo of kbv criaix. except tucb Mr! at
y IkI ....ran j, ,11,. if tb. Pear., an-
dar x Ullbg lawe. al ieaet ten uaye el..re tfio
eommeneeBent of the eoeiina of the Court to
wbieb lhry are made returoablerectirely,and
lo all eee where any reeogniiaaree are entered
Into leu Ibao ten day! before Ibeeemaaooeeuienl
of tbe eeeeioa lo abieb they are made returna-
i "la, the laid Ju.lieee ate t retain the
the name manner ne If uid aet had not been
1 pa.
IVK under my Sand nl ClearReld, thil Jin
day of January, ia Ibe year ot onr Lonl, one
tboaeand eight hundred and eeveuty-eeTen.
Jan ll-la ANDREW PKNTZ.jr, Sa.rit.
Ut.POHT of Ihe eonJttion of the COI NTV
.NATIONAL HANK of I'learield, al Clear
held, in tbe State ar P,.nniylranta, at tba oloaf
of bueianii on January til, IS7:
staockCRB.
Loana and dikAoehU M.SAS,A7S IS
Oeerdraila 4 yi
0. . bond to iieeure eireuUtii.n
tlther eloekr, bund, and mnrlfrarra...
Duo from approved reeerre aecnu.....
Hu from other National Banke
Hue frun Ptate nnke and Hankers...
7i.o..O to
4.I.U0 no
Is.lM er
1.701
.1,170 PS
I.3HS IS
i:r s
llio '
00
J Jt it
7,lf.i Oil
Real e.late, furniture aud Riturre.....
Current eipeneve and taxei jaiil......
Cheek and oilier oanb itrme.
Bill! of other Bauke
Emotional eurrrnnj.ineluding nickel.
Legal -leader antra H
Redemption fund with IT. 8. Treas
urer ( per oi-nl of circulation)
Due fr..m I'. Treaurer, other than
a far oent redvutp'ton (und H.
l.ili Ot
too SU
Total.
,...,: Ii
LunttiTita.
Cepital stork paid in tlna.aoo 00
Surplus fund ll.fHiS l0
O'hrr undivided pmSls..
National hsnk notes mit.ianding 117, ..do tio
Individual deposits eubjeet lo rhrek.. 4i..141 71
Time evrtinii.tee af drfm.it IS.ISU TI
Due lo other National Hanks.. IS! II
Total..
$IS.7t l
.We e rraa.errani'a, CWsVfat Oeaa'n, ,V.V .
I, W. M. Mhasr, Cashier oi tbe County Nations!
Bank of ClearSild. do solrmulv swear that the
above etatemenl is true to Ihe bi-it of mv knnal
edge nnd boiler. W. M. SHAW, Cashier.
HuWeeribed and sworn tu belore me this '.'0th day
of January, A. II. IS77.
JOHN W. WRIGLKY, S. P.
Correet Allesli JAS. b. URAIIAM.
JAMES T. LEONARD,
0. L. HEEU.
Jan. 31, 1S77. Dlrrrtors.
II. A. KIIATZER,
(irccutoi. TP)
KRATZER& LYT1E,
SBALBS IS
DRY OOOUP,
K0II0S9,
BOOTS,
(HOES,
carpets
OIL CDlHA,
WALL rAF.lt,
WWDOW SnADFfL
ET0
Market llmt, tlrarflelel. Pa.
Jan. I, iaTT.tr
JOHN H. FU LFORD,
OlSSRAL IXSl fiAXCE AOKXT,
Clearfield, Tena'a,
Represents all the leading Eire Inenrunee
Companies af the oeuatry i
f Itl.nne.r.taj
S.OOB.SSV
..... t.l.M.Ilt
I,.lt.f
,)0S,BsS
.... I.Bit.lBl
..... I, !;.
I..'"i
M.SII
is.oas
Royal Canadian H...
Home, New York
Lreomine;, Money, pn ,
Frank Mn, pbilad a..
Pbusuii, Hertford
Ileaaeer, New York
Home, Ool , 0.......
Alias, HarUord
Provide aoa, Wasklngtan
Fereeas about effeellnt an Insaranat on prop
erty af nay kind, should aaU al my eOVee, aa
Market alraat, appaalsa tba Ooarl Hoaae, and eat
mv list af eaaspnSMB Bad rales hefora Insariaf .
JOHN U. f I'LFOHD,
Cleart.ld, Pa, Oe. ',tl 1