BHUGERT A FOBSTER, Editors.
A VOL. I.
Hit flJtnfrr £twmL
Terms 51.50 per Annum, in Advance.
S. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER, Editor*.
Thursday Morning, February 6, 1879.
IT appears that Senator C'hristau'ey
was, ou the Ist iustanf, still undetcr- ;
mined as to his resignation to accept
the Peruvian Mission ollered him by-
Mr. Hayes. Zach. Chandler may
therefore still miss the Senatorial
prize. The Senate can spare him.
THE Williainsport lumbermen esti
mate that they will get one hundred
nnd seventy millions feet of logs into
the boom ut tlmt place this season.
Operations in the lumber regions have
been unusually active, nnd the supply
will be largely in excess of last year.
Ix the house of representatives ut
llarrisburg there was a long discus
sion, on Monday night, on a resolution
to instruct the Pennsylvania U. S.
♦Senators to support the Reagan anti
discrimination freight bill. It went
over, under a call for the orders of the
day, before a vote was reached, but
will come up ngnin on Fridny as un
finished business.
Cottkling can now hold "the greatest
effort of his life" in reserve for &mi
pt future occasion. It would have been
foolish to waste it in a bootless con
test over a few paltry custom house
appointments.
THE present daily uttcruuces of viu.
dictive and unreasonable malice, by
the New York Tribune, against the
people of the South, are in strange |
contrast with the forgiving kindnes '
and sincere patriotism that the col
umns of the same journal exhibited
after the close of the war and uutil the
end of the presidential campaign of
1872. Then, it nobly responded to
the beneficent inspirations of the
great-hearted Horace Greely; now,
it meanly cringes under the malign
influences of Jay Gould and the Un
ion Pacific railroad monopoly. The
difference is as great as the contrast.
That was a rare scene in the Senate
of the United States when C'otikling
produced a letter asking for the ap- j
pointmont of a Mr. Bradley to n place
in the New York Custom House for the
reason that lie was a son of Mr. Jus
tice Bradley of the Supreme Court:
"Son of whom?" shouted some Senator.
"Son of Justice Bradley," replied Mr.
Conkling in vert loud voice.
"What Justice Bradley is that?" asked
another Senator.
"Why, Justice Bradley, of the Electoral
Commission," said Mr. Conkllng, " and of
the Supreme Court of the United States.'
"Oh, ho!" shouted a third Senator,
"then they wanted to provide for htm, did
they T"
As all the rogues who aided in steal
ing the Presidency for Hayes have
been provide 1 with ftdtral offices,
4 why should not Bradley's son be taken
care of? The part the lather took in
the 8 by 7 commission certainly enti
tles the son to some consideration,
Bradley should have his reward as
well as the others.
TH* ARLINGTON ESTATE. The
heirs of Gen. Lee have obtained a de
cision of the United States Court
which places the celebrated Arlington
property, opposite Washington city,
in their possession. This beautiful
property, origioally the estate of O.
V W. Parks Custis, at the opening of the
war belonged to his daughter, Mrs.
Loe, wife of Gen. R. E. Lee of the
<*mfederate army, and up to that time
their family residence. It was seized
hy the Government and much of its
beauty despoiled by the war, and af
terward sold tor taxes and came into
the hands of different parties. The
decision of the Court restores it to the
heirs and ejectment* will now be is
sued against all in possession.
The soldiers' cemetery is located up
on this property, but the heirs prom
ise it shall be undisturbed and that a
clear title will be givon to the Gov
extu&cat fat the gr.uu.l encluttd.
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"EqtAL AKD EXACT JUSTICE TO AI.L IKX, or WII ATE VKB (ITATE OK PZUVAMIOV, jtKLHIIOI* OH rOMTICAL. "-Jrffrnoß
Arrogance Rebuked.
, Tito Senate of tlio United State*,
jon Mouduy la.-t, confirmed, the njr
|oiutiueut of (ion. Mcrritt for Col
lector of Custom* in New York nnd
Mr. Hurt for Naval officer. It will
IK- remembered that Senator Conk
ling in the l.t Congress had the Pres
ident's appointments to these offices re
jected by tlie Senate, and his sattol
ites, Arthur and Cornell, retained.
In this he was sustained by the votes
of some of the Democratic Senators.
I he President, after some time, again
nominated and sent in the names of
Gen. Merrill and Mr. Hurt, when the
lordly Ruacoe again attacked the ap
pointments and demanded the rejec
tion by the Senate. Although "the
best effort of his life" was made to
accomplish it, it seems he did not find
that body, ut least the Democratic
members, quite so complaisant, and
they have administered a well-dt -erved
rebuke to this arrogant and haughty
demagogue, and Messrs. Arthur ami
Cornell have leave to gratify Mr.
Hayes bv their rctninment.
Hayur.i on G emit ism.
In a recent interview with a corrt-.t*
polulcat of the St. Liui* I'oet, the dis
tingui.Jicil Delaware Senator express
ed the following views in relation to
the prop w <1 thir 1 term programme of
the stalwarts of the Republican party :
"The principle laid down by tbe foun
ders of this government claiming that
the people shall rule themselves, is to
be Bul stitut 1 by one new nnd foreign
to the genius of our institution*—that
the ruling power shall be from without
and not, a* was intended, from within
—that is, to substitute an involuntary
for a voluntary system. (irant's nomi
nation would only lie the signal for
reuewed confusion and trouble
throughout the country. In the South
the negroes alone would vote for him,
and tho people everywh -re know his
policy and idea* of administration, for
th y have tried him for two terms and
know to what desperate strait* he ha*
brought our affairs alrea ly. I believe
that there was more peace and har
mony throughout the country when
Andrew Johnson went out of olfice
than when General Grant retired
from the {'residential chair, and this
agitating of the question is only hnv
injf a tendency to un-ettle the business
of the country."
Circulate Democratic Newspaper*.
The Harrishurg Patriot make* mine
sound suggestion* feir Democrat* to
think about a* follow*: "The Demo
cratic campaign begins about three 1
months before the election ami close* 1
with the closing of tha poll*. The
Uepublirifti campaign is prosecuted,
through partisan publications, the
whole year muml. Almost every post
office ha* it* club of stihscriliers to
some city journal in addition to the
circulation of the local Republican
papers. In this wny the perversion of
popular opinion to the fallacies and
false pretense* of the Republican {tar
ty is constantly going on v On the
other hand the active workers in the
Democratic organization—that is those
who arc active in political campaign*
—do not seem to recognize the impor
tance of educating public sentiment
through the dissemination of Demo
cratic newspaper*. This is certainly a
singular contrast, but is nevertheless
a fact. Now, if the Democratic party
is to recover power in the Northern
States, it must meet U* adversary in
the field of newspaper literature.
Wherever the New York Tribune and
kindred sheet* sow the tares of politi
cal error and falsehood, there the seed
of Democratic truth must he more
thickly planted and more amiduoosly
cultivated, through the agency of the
Democratic press. Aud just here let
it I>e remarked that there never wa*
so propitort* a time for the circulation
of Democratic newspapers as now,
I when hundreds of thousands of voters
Te ftyriivi'u State, have i^lachtd
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BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY (I, IH7!).
themselves from the Republican frty
and ore doing their own thinking.
Now is the time to argue tle Demo
rrntic cause in this vnet audience,"
The French Presidency.
The venerable soldier President of
Franco, after filling the office fot five
year#, has handed in bis resignation,
ami is to-day a private citizen. He
never was a republican at heart, and
is not one to-day. He rose in the
array and received his baton of a
Marshal, as well the title "Duke of
Magenta" when the Imperialists held
control, and his feelings are of course
with that party. For this reason he
should not have been elevated to the
Chief Magistracy. Ho was, however,
placed there, and it is due to him to
say, he made a tolerably good execu
tive, notwithstanding his imperialistic
tendencies. ,
Some time since, the inapiritv in
the legislative body and the cabinet
bad a mutual understanding to re
ciprocate services. Each was to Mttp
port certain desired measures of the
other. Last week the legislature ac
cordingly requested of the cabinet the
removal of certain officials, civil and
military, the underlying reason for
which was that they were not of re
publican views and were of course
obnoxious. Among those whonc re
movals were suggested were the com
mandants of several of the military
divisions of the country. As then;
were hint* of a coup d'etat ou the part
of the President, ami as there com
mandants are all royalist* or impe
rialists, and could front their |Mitign*
lend him valuable aid in it* consum
mation, the republican element very
wisely wanted some of (Item deposed.
The request wa communicated to
President Ma< Malum with whom rest
ed the power of appointment ami dis
placement. He refused to remove the
military official*, a* requested, for the
reason that they were faithful ami
patriotic soldier*, serving the country
under all its changes, nnd a* each wa
nppointed for three years and had
leen allowed to bold over, EOIDC for
five years, they should be permitted
to finish out the full second term, com
pleting six years. Again, all were his
enmrndre ami friends, ami he could
not lend himself a* an instrument to
effect their removal from commnnds,
and the result of it was that he sub
mitted his resignation.
Ilia military service in the past hx
proved him a brave and good soldier,
but this act prove* Itiin a weak execu
tive. If the RCDliment of the nation
railed for the removal of there officers,
and the proper authorities lawfully
requested it, as a civil head of the
government he wa* a failure if he did
uot sacrifice hi* personal feeling* to
the public demand. Altogether it
rectus aa though he waa actuated lv
sinister motive*, nnd that the rumored
coup d'etat wn. not a myth.
The immediate crisis incident to the
election of hi* successor has passed,
and Mr. Julca Grcvy in to-day the
President of France; and the change
ha* been effected without bloodshed or
diaturlmnee, which prove* the fact that
the prreent Republic doe* not cxlat in
that atmosphere which enveloped pro
ceeding ones, mad wjiich, highly charg
ed with electricity, supplied a goodly
amount of thunder when the storm
appeared. The outgoing of President
MarMahon and the ingoing of Prrei
dent Grevy were accompanied with
not even the rumbling of a light sum
mer shower. Whatever may be the
future, near or distant, of the French
Republic, certain it is Jules Grevy
will not dishonor it, or be one to clog
its advance to happiness and prosperi
ty! but, on the contrary, will be a
strong jiower, keeping it in the proper
channel, and pushing it onward to
meceiis. His abilities are wide, and
in opinion he is conservative, holding
the re#|M-et and confidence of all con
flicting elements. Therefore his eleva
tion to tlio Presidency at this time
cannot redound in other than good ol
tb country.
► I • i. t-
The Snt iinlny Club.
Tilt OteTINOI'I.UIXIM.IKItT* U <>M MR. CHIIJIK
KNTERTAIXCtI I. AST EVES ISO.
[from tlw HillUdelptitttT! DIM of Htiutas.]
The receptions of the .Saturday Club
always bring together H large cotnjmny
of prominent men, but seldom, even at
these entertainments, are to be met so
many dUliiigiiUhf-d guests from other
cities as were gathered at Mr. George
W. Child* bouse, at Twenty-second
and 'A ulnot streets, last evening. Be
side very many lead tag citizens of Phila
delphia, there were present Governor
Hoyt anl ex-Governor llartrunft, of
Pennsylvania; Governor Carroll, of
Maryland, and Governor Howard, of
Rhode lslnnd ; Postmuster General J>.
M. Key; United Stsirvs Senators J. I'.
Cameron, Ihtvid Davis, H. B. Anttwmy,
A. K. Burnside, M. C. Butler, John T.
Morgan, William A. Wallace, John P.
Jones and N. Booth ; Speaker Randall
and Messrs. S. B. Chittenden and Cfia*.
''Neil, of the House of Representative#;
'V. W. Callender. senior surgeon of St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, London; ex-
Governor A. H. Rice, of Massachusetts;
Thomas T. Kinney, of the Newark Ah-
VTtm-r ,- ex-Governor Joel Parker nod
Marcus L. Ward, of New Jersey, and A.
I*. Dennis, of Newark ; (General R. F.
Stockton, of Trenton ; J. H B. i.atrobe
anil Mayor I.alrobe, of Baltimore; John
W. Garrett, president of I In* Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad ; I). tVflmnn, presi
dent ut the Johns Hopkins University ;
Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore; Simon Cam
eron, Ao Packer, president of the Iw
bigh Valley Railroad ; Walt Whitman ;
John M. Fiirlt#, I'lmtlr< Inches anl W.
F. W.-ld. of Boston, and the following
troiu New York ; Rev. Wnt. Adams, D.
Lb, president of th<- Union Theological
Seminary; August Bltnnt, John Big
elow, Elliott C. Cowdin, \Vi, B. Dins
more. president of Adams Express Com
pany : Chief Justice I'atv. Wm. Henry
llrH>ert, e-litorof the IP rW; J. Henry
l!s.tpcr, of Har|>er Bros. ; ML X. Jessup,
the banker ; George Jones of the Timst ;
Benson J, 1/tssing. I.L. I.; Charles La
titer, of Winslow. Lsnier A Go.; J. P.er
repent Morgan,of Drexel, NLwgsn A ''a.;
I- P. Morton, of Morton, lilies A Co.;
Edwards Pi*rrjont, late Minister to
Knglnnd; Percy P. I'ync, of Moses,
Taylor A Co.; Colonel 11. <k Stebbins,
president ol the Central I'ark Commit-
Kll ; .Samuel Sloan, president of the
Ih-lawsre and Lackawanna lfoilrnad ;
4. Kearney Warren, Sydney VYeWler,
General A let. K. Wehh, Whitefsw Retd,
editor of the Tribune.- Dr. Wood, of
Bellevue Hospital ; Hugh J, Hastings,
editor of the li-mmrmaJ A<i*rrt*rr ; Cvrus
W. Field, Colonel Richard M. Hoe,
Chaunoey M. Depler, 11. 11. Alexander,
and N. W. ttuiionton.
A Democrat'* Datj.
Surjirire U often ex|>re*.*el at the
) ••*# with which Republican leaders or
i inline their party for a campaign.
' Mot frequently it i* aoiil>ed t< po*#ea
; *ion of public olfii-e*, but th main
j eaue i* fountl in the extensive eircu
-1 lation given to the party pre**. It it a
part ol their pobey to e-tire for their
|>a|M'r the w. le-t reading, and when
the campaign open# it is only necea
•*ry to raise the banner that the mas
se* have been educated to follo.v. I,at
winter Senator Cmucron, votel on all
] financial bills, the same as Senator Wl
--i lace, but at the oj>ening of the canvas*
'Juay, found hi# party not in accorl
with the organization. The change of
Iwe apparently was Grow'* Oil City
i speech, but the real change of base wan
when the workers commenced an active
' csnva** for #ub*erij>tion for the New
[-York Trt'onr. Never jwrhaps in news
: pajier history. w this work so tlior
' Highly done, and as a rreult this organ
| o' J. Gould, and (Vail street, wa* so
widely ctrculate<l and resd, that Repub
' liean# throughout tbe Stale, were con
vinced that John Sherman tt worthy
canonisation.
Democrat* mut learn from fhe ene
my to make the fight continuous and
t li'ia can ouly be done by securing for
our newsjmpera a wider circulation.
Every day and week, them battle* are
I being fought by men who receive no
, public patronsge, or corjoration aaaist
ance, they are a that too many
of our partisan* choose to ignore. At
thi* time the Reput-lican# arc begin
ning the campaign of iKftO in the new
pA|ier*, and it can tie met only in one
way and we therefore call upon Demo
crat* everywhere, to extend the influ
ence of such papers aa seem moat adapt
ed to the needa of the hour. It ia a
necessity that admit* neither of avoid
ance or delay.— Pilldetrgk Qrtfir.
"IT I* under#tood that Senator Wallace
D opjKOcJ to lh* union of the Democrat*
with the Groenbsckcr# snf disaffected Re
publican* in the election of A United
Steles Senator.— Warren IsHgcr.
Ths idea ha* lieen turned over and
over in certain Democratic circle* until
it i* threadbare. We have no informa
tion concerning tbe attitude of thi*
gentleman, in the matter of the Sena*
torship. But if he held that ths ')em
ocratio members had nothing w> gain
for the party, or the jwople. by voting
for Judge Agnew. be certainly waa on
the right track. Three waa at no tims
soy seri JU* intention on the part of ths
Republican#, to holt ths nomination of
Csmeron and ths vote# cast *ga>n*t
him, could only be effective so far a*
they testified to harmony of rentiment
between the members and their choice.
If then Senator Wallace, did advise
that Heister Ciymer mors folly repre
sented the views of Pennsylvania Dem
ocracy than Daniel Agnew, who will
gsinsay H,—Titu4mrgk trtdr,
FEBRUARY, 177 V.
[From tin- Tluwa.J
While fhe popular mind pursued for
i * lime so diligently and with a great
; degree of patriotic rest a* well as his
Utric profit the unfolding pages of the
contcriary period, it must fas confessed
that there has been a notable xubsi
, deuce qt attention to the subject. Since
the celebration of the Monmouth battle
at the em] of last June, we have heard
• itlle of centennial denxmstrations, and
, l ' , w study of the Itevolßtionury move
men; seems to have fallen into a Uu
gDor that, (Ximjartsi with ita ]>reviou
activity, is #|U ile to b® deplored. It
mot be remembered that the events of
lH by no means conclud-d the war;
they were but part of th long-mwin
j taioed struggle. Not until the 19th of
■ Geto>er, 17hI, did the British army
! n>ro)i oat from York town to stack its
arms in token of surrender, and it wa*
at the end of November, ITRtb—inore |
than a year Inter that ths treaty of
peace by which King George at lout
roissented to the imle|M-ndt-f><jc of Lis
revolting American cx>lonie was siemMi
at Pari*. 6
of I,,'i timt < orrv-)jid to those jiatt
past ami now passing, the Revolutiona
ry Struggle was maintained simply by '
the fortitude and persistence of a f.-w ,
leaders, with tUe support which lire!
armament* of iram* contributed. Is
| some respects the situation w* die- i
coumgingly fsd. The crclit of the af
tiliated colonies had gone down steadily
under the emissions of papei monev j
which pimple Iteliered could not ami
would not tie redeemed. The event*
of !'--rsmlrr and November, lTT.'t. had
called nut twenty millions more wf'Con- i
tim-ntal currency,'and the total <4 these j
unfortunate biiis now exceeded one
hundred and six millions of dollar*,
while their value hud gone down so
that a dollar of paper worth but
! live cents in silver. Officers of the
j American army, who depended upon
their jay for subsistence and tLo *uj.
j.ort of their families, could not stay in
the service, but <|uilted it by Mxirif j
from absolute poverty; the cniitted
men. though more fortunate a* to iu- ,
tual food, for this the commassart**
were obligrd by some means or other
to provide, were IrstUug daily over
ther art ears of pay. The British Lad
been recruiting loyalist troop*. Howe
h <d been able to raise a regiment in
Philadelphia, and lUwdon. laier, raise-1
•mother, which included nearly fire
hundred deserters from the American
' army. Clinton, at New York, pent up j
! and unatde to wage any active cam
j paign. was discouraged. i is true, but at
i the South there had been a chajiter of
I disaster* for the jiatriots and stsrereres
1 for the British arms. General Robert !
, Howe, the American commaader in j
[Georgia, had led an exjiediiion early in
December against St. August we and i
f silei] entirely; on the 291h of the !
month Lieutenant (Lionel < iamj t.eil.
with three thousand men from New
York, had taken Savannah, with nu
merous jwisoners and much spoils of
war. and during January the whole of
Georgia was restored to the control of
the King's arms.
Very incomplete as so hurried a!
sketch must Ire, this |ire>*cnt* some idea i
of the situation at the beginning of!
February a century ago. The Amert- |
can Congress was in session in rhiladeb j
plua, having come back front York the
preceding summer, when Clinton gsve i
up the city. The chic! American airay |
lay in winter ipiarters in New Jersey,
with the headquarters of its commander
at Middirhrook. The troops were hut
ted. as at Valley Forge, and while tbeir
food supjdy wss irregular and often in
sufficient, they were, thanks to the im- j
pollutions of clothing from France, de- :
eently and, jierhaps. com forts blv clad.
In this res|H-ct the sufferings of the
preceding winter were not rejwiated.
Washington, himself, at the beginning
of February, was just ready to return
to camp. He had spent more than a
month in this city consulting with Con
gross. Arriving here on the 22d of j
December, it was net until tha 'Jd of
February—one hundred year* ago to !
dav—that he mounted his horse and
rode otr by Bristol and Trenton toward
the littlw hamlet on the lUritan, where
his headquarters were establwhed, lie
had |s**ed the intervening time in anx
ious ell'urts to improve vbn financial
situation, to provide for his troops tuore
systematically and regululy, to make
such dispositions for the approaehmg
campaign aa would beat utilise the
French aid, but especially,and perhaps
aa tbe very beginning of all theao un
dertakings, be waa laboring to bring
about a greater unity and a more con
centrated effort on toe part of thirteen
alternately jealous atvd confiding associ
ates. In December, 1773, he had writ
ten tn the Speatter of the Virginia
House of Delegates that "the States
separately era too much engaged in
their own conoerna," and America, it
seemed to him. was on the Wink of
dwttuction. Mending then for the
"momentous concern of an empire," for
"the great buslneesof n nation," he was
engagwl ia great part daring the Jan
uary days that he spent in Philadel
phia, a century ago, in preparing the
way for that Union at whose formation,
eight yean later, he Ctly and grandly
presided. The nation, exalting in it*
strength and confident of its future,
may look, back to the period whore cen
tenary we observe to day m one when
the American nhicfUtn, "firrt in war"
then, fait presently to be "first in
peece," was laboring to lay its secure
and firm foundations.
TERM#: SLSO per Annum, in Advnnre.
The Kfgnul Service.
the luci or e*t.rim, ash
Any fx-mon do-iring to enter tbe
I Signal Service of the Knifed Httre
rnut enlixt a* a private soldier in the
' army, subject to army regulation*.
After enlistment he rceire, a prelimi
nary examination by a I Ward of Exam
iners in Washington GUjr. The course
of examination, which i* rigid, consist*
of—writing from dictation, spelling,
UK'iiLal aiai written arithmetic, up to
end through decimal fraction*, geogra
phy of the I'nited State*, o n patsiag
tbe examination ucce*fully the appli
cant it wm to Fort Whipple, near
| \\ anliington, and unsigned a* a private
noldx-r to the Signal corp*. ll- remaio*
at the fort under instruction, until
reported to the chief officer proficient
enough to be cent to a Signal station a*
an annuitant. While at the Fort military
duty 11 exacted, aside from the studio*.
til lei at antation, a* assistant, he con
tinue* hi* studies, and recites to the
observer in charge of station once every
week, remaining there one year. At
the end of thin time lie may apply,
j through the aecomtneadation of the
oUerver, for examination with a view
to pronaotion. If the application m
granted lie return* to Fort Whipple for
a further oour*e of studio*, re-,u:r ng
generally about four months. At the
end of lise term be i* examined by tbe
Plrofeaaora, and if hi* proficiency j, *atia
factory he goes before a Iv.xrd of Ream
iner* and here the examination i
extremely rigid and thorough, and, if
I soroswfut, he IB ordered to a Signal
j station a* observer in charge, with the
rank and pay of Sergeant oi Cavalry in
j tbe I'nited state* army.
His diitie* at a station are to record
the reading* of tbe varioua instrument*
in the office, and rsput tlie uuus t tin
chief S.gnaf oflirer al Washington Otv
. three time* every twenty-four I tour*, by
' telegraph. !te;.V these thr~ tel.*
graphic, there ar<- four additi mal oWr
; vat ion* daily, which are recorded and
writ by rami Weekly to chief Signal
1 officer.
Reports of the varioua instrument*
from all slatioas j n J„a district are
received by him three time* every
twenty fone |iai% ly telegraph. whieh
be m ike* ut in bulletin form and |*u
m tbe most public pi ice* in tlie cny mm
oon a* retuiml. ,le i* mju ml u.
ko;t danger or caution* signal* when
cr-tered l, ohtcf officer. Tory anmesx
of a red 'fog by day an d a red hgbt at
night. These cautionary signal* must
IV hoisted so I hey can He weo by rajs
lain* of vessel* at *ea or on Ike Jakes.
The inovromenu required *t all ata
thin* are: Two mercurial barometer*.
t*o Stamford thermometers, mo by
geometer*. two maximum mer-miry ther
mometer*,. two maxirsum spirit ther
woneter*, m self regjeiering • lectnr.
inmnm*Vr t to measure tbe velocity of
the wind, one anemeacopo. to gtee di
rection of vhe wind, wad one lam guage.
Standard authorities used by Signal
service, aad always furnished -acl •la
lion : !efi' Mrteraniogv. I'sthnglan'*
Horn Hock, Myers' 3Cr>u-l of Signals,
Pope's T'h-grapby and buyof* Meuvw
ologicai Tilde*.
The 01-oerver at a station i* reaponri
ble for instruments, book* and other
property belonging to the service, and
i* subject to military order*, and may
be removed to a diffi-renl station at any
j moment.
-a . .
A Scotchman's lvt Rood.
Ttir nrwark.wii.s treat cowt.-rao wrm
$-',COU truant r ixiran stars* aa- '
r'.xiriE*.
A special dispatch to the Xew T&k
Timet Jrom Washington aaysn
''A novel and in lore* ting eaae fan
been presented to First Controller Ifor
ler for decisitet. A wealthy Scotch
gentleman, while travelling by rail in
bi* native oouMry.in lKTfklnai bfopnta-.
tnaatoau, containing t.V* *juo in k*d*
of various nation*. among which were.
£•'>.9oo in I 'tvlod States f.per oeL ouu
pon 1 >ond<-. Some time ago the pot**. -
of Scotland arrested two men and mm
woman u|o*. suspicion of having mntan
the portmanteau. I'|k o hemg arraign
d they confessed theft, and related*
singular story about the dispoettsnn ef
tbe property. They explained Uutfo.
not being able to read, Uiey were ana
aware or the value of tbe papers, and.
fearing te retain them, they were bum
nd. A relative of the Scotchman sw
siding in Una country now nnir— for
ward nub an applanation for tbe iaaam
of duplicate* for the bonds stolen n
full description of which is given. Sim
ilar applications to European Miwa
menta whose bonds ware uxw| Unas
alleged to have been burned laps been
granted. A transcript from Use canoed*
or tbe Scotch oouru ecu forth thmas
facto and atteabi the rvwpaaUbiUfo wf
the gentleman who lost Una hstoa
The Firet Controller intimated todhg
that if, upon a thorough mini sua.
the facta are found to he na met art, he
will approve application. "'-Txti the
duplicates ha iseued they wiU Ifoee te
be deposited in trust with the tshal
States Treasurer in order to eeeemthe
Oovernmrnt against haw, Wbee theea
particular bond* are called for redemp
tion tbe amount will he paid thx
and in the meantime be can ngdnh
draw the interest." '
A CiiMiini ten Jtt*n.— Thn hmifl
profe**Kin of the counties of FianHm.
Cumberland, Adams and Fuhen bene
united in presenting to the htofow
the name of Hon. John Stewart, of tto-
Chambcuwburg bar, who wae a tnemmrr
of thn Constitutional ton tee lien, for
tbe bench of the United States **tTrm
Court at Philadelphia.
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