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Stato Democratic Convention.
The State l>emocratJc Coiifiitin will meet at liar
rishurg, on WKDNKSDAY, the 13th day of July, 1*:.
at n'sn, for the purpose of nontlnating a candidate
for State Treasurer, and trauau ting such other busi
ness as the Interests of the |*%rty way rejulff.
By order of the Bt*t< Committee.
K M (IPX6S, Chairman.
11. I*. DißrriMiicH.)
I*. J. Piiiet, Secretaries.
I*. C. lUxmcr, )
The llouso and tho Investigation.
A strange phase of the investiga
tion into the charges <>t corruption in
connection with the defeated bill for
the payment of the riot damages was
the somewhat exciting struggle in the
House, last Friday, over a resolution
to puhli-di in the Initiative Iteeonl
the evidence taken by the committee.
It is strange that there should have
been opposition to a resolution of that
kind. This opposition, though it
lwi ndled to exceedingly small num
bers when the vote was taken, was vet
extremely active and persistent in the
use of parliamentary dodges to bnHle
and defeat the purpose of the majority
to pass the resolution. Under the
leadership of Speaker Long, the fili
bustering of the minority was encour
aged with the hope that a vote could
lie prevented until the hour of ad
journment arrived, thus forcing tie res
olution over to this week, when the ses
sion would be too near its close for any
practical use to come of it. At last,
however, the power of the olwtrurtion
istx was exhausted, and with barely
two minutes to spare the vote was call
ed, resulting in yens 12<>, and nays 12.
This investigation has i t in the
light upon a number of dark places.
The evidence thus far taken implicates
no less than twenty-two persons, mem
bers mid lobbyists, in the attempt to
secure the passage of the bill in
a corrupt and unlawful manner —in
other words by bribery. Of course
these persons would greatly prefer to
have no record made against them to
be banded down to the future, even
should they manage to cscaj>e punish
ment iu this instance for the crime of
which they arc no doubt guilty. It is
no credit to the Speaker of the House
that he should have made himself a
party to this unsavory business. A
pure man in the same place would show
a higher regard for the good name of
the body over which lie presides. But
in addition to the Speaker, why should
any members, uncontaminated by
these abominable disclosures, have
placed themselves in line with him to
accomplish so questionable a design ?
One can hardly conceive their motives.
To the credit of the House it may, in
deed, lie said, they were few in num
bers who did so. But all of them
should be made to answer to their con
stituents ; and unless some measure of
condemnation is meted to tlicni, they
will not receive.what they have earned.
With this, howevft-, the work of
punishment should not stop. There
will still be something due to the peo
ple and to violated law. The un
wrupuU® agents, whoever they may
lie, in this now ojienly exposed effort
to {Killutc members of the Legislature,
should not tie permitted to escape the
penalty affixed hy law to the crime of
bribery. To our shame it is often said
that legislative corruption is an old aud
hateful sore in this Htate of ours, and
probably a lietter opportunity to effect
a cure than wo now have will never
present itself. The case is before us,
the law in ample, and the courts are
open. Let the guilty he brought to
justice as an example for all time to
come. Ixt it be understood that there |
is no longer impuuity for such offences. I
When this is once realized the scan- '
dais that disgrace our legislation will |
cease, and not until then.
Whii.E Congress is endeavoring to
protect the rights of the people, and >
the purity of the ballot from the en
croachments of the army, it would not
be much out of place to give some at
tention to the uses to which the army
has already been put. It should not
he forgotten that Lieut. General Sher- s
idan, only a few yenrs ngo, invaded
the Legislature of Louisiana and in
troduced the bayonet in the little
matter of overturning a Democratic
majority. It wax a lawless act, which
should have been punished, hut it
was not practicable under a lawless
administration, the head of which
could say unbluxhingly that he " had
no respect for the Constitution" he
was sworn to protect and defend. Nor
does any one forget how the State
House at Columbia, S. C\, was seized
by the army, after the election of lH7t>,
and members of the legislature were
compelled to pass through u line of
soldiers to the legislative hall, where a
corporal of the guard presumed to
pass ujKjn the rights of persons to seats
in the body. This wax also a lawless
outrage, hut under the Grant adminis
tration it met with no rebuke what
ever; in fact, it was committed with
tin? approbation of Grant ami his
cabinet.
♦
Tin: rapidity with which the four
jer ecrtt. refunding certificates nre
taken up in certain portions of the
South is significant of two iin|>ortniit
facts. It shows first,that there is faith
in the government, and second, that
there is now surplus capital for invest
ment. An cx]icriment of So.iKMl
worth of the certificates wax tried at
Atlanta Ga., ami they were ma only
immediately taken, but the |K>stmax
ter received in an incredibly xliort
time orders for S3'XJ,OOO more of them.
This indicates a growing state of pros
perity since the devastations of the
war, and as evidence of the feeling of
the people outweighs all the efforts of
the radical leaders in Congress to
prove that they are still hostile to the
government.
Tub will of the late Hon. Asa
Packer was read on Inst Thursdav,
and was found to contain a numl>er of
magnificent donations. To the jier
maneut endowment of Ixdiigh Univers
ity of Bethlehem, $1,'00,0<)0, ami for
a library for the same $500,000 ; to
St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, $300,.
000, and to St. Mark's Kpiscopnl
church, Mauch Chunk, $30,<)00. In
addition to these there arc nlso hand
some bequests to Muhlenberg College,
of Allentown, and to Washington and
Leo University, of Lexington, Ky.
The lowest estimated value of
the estate of Judge Packer is $20,.
000,000.
Mu. HAYES promises that while he
' continues to wield the Executive
, {lower of the government, he will not
manufacture majorities by the use of
troops at the polls. Perhaps he wont.
; But theu we cannot always believe
Mr. Hayes, and, as it is not a power
that he or any other man ought to pos
sess iu this free government, the Demo
crats will not be disposed to accept his
assurances on trust. The people de
mand " free elections." Nothing short
of it, and that fixed and determiner]
by statute, so plain that even a mean
er Fraud than Mr. Hayes would he*i
tatc to disobey its requirements.
MR. HAYEH wants the power to use
the military at elections in order to de
fend the public projierty—post-officiw,
custom houses, nod the like. At least
he says so in his veto message. This
may lie a powerful argument in favor
of military interference at the elec
tion {Kills of the country, but it will
puzzle the average intellect to get
down to the level of it.
Preparations arc already being
made for the Htate Fair to be held at
the IVrmaneut Exhibition buildings
in Philadelphia next fall. It will
proliahly lie the finest and most satis
factory exhibition yet held in the
Htate. Centre county will no doubt
be largely represented.
A Hid for flic Presidency.
REM.AEKAIII.E I.RTTBK THOU SECRETARY
Mil RUM AN.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASIIINUTON,
May 10, 1870. Hoar Sir: Your per
sonal letter of tho fitli is received. I
assure you that, though very much bur |
ried while I was in New York, 1 would !
have made an appointment of time and '
place to see you, but there was no ad
dress upon your card and I did not
know where to send you word. The
movement to start mo as a candidate for
Governor of Ohio is merely sensational,
and while it would hnvo boon very
heartily responded to in Ohio, and no
doubt wouhl he successful in the sense j
that 1 could he elected Governor, it >
would clearly he wrong for mo to en
tertain it. So many persons are inter- j
ested in the continued success of re
funding nnd resumption thut it would
soem like a desertion of a public duly,
ami I would never he forgiven if nuy
hindrance should occur in the way of
either. What I wouhl aspire to in case
public opinion should decide to (nuke
me a candidate for President would ho
to unite in co operation with tho Re
publican party all tho national elements
of the country that contributed to or
aided in any way in the successful vin
dication of national authority during
the war I would do this not for the
purpose of irritating the South or op
pressing them in any away, but to as
ert and maintain the supremacy of
national authority to the full extent of
all tho power* oonfeired by the Con
stitution. This, as t understand it, is
the Jucksonian aa well aa the Republi
ean view of national powers. . . .
You see, my general ideas would lead
me to lean greatly upon the war Demo
crats and soldiers in the service who
have been influenced by polite al events
since the war to withhold support from
the Republican parly.
I'be true i-ue for I.**i) is national su
premacy in national matters, honest
money and an honest dollar.
Very truly yours,
JOHN SHERMAN.
Free Flections.
SENATOR DAVID DAVIS DEIINES lII* POSI
TION ON TIIE I*sß or THE ARMV.
The following letter, written on the
ITlit inst., by Senator David Davis to
members of the Illinois llou-e of Rep
resentatives, has just been made public
in Washington :
Gentlemen I have had the honor b>
receive your letter of tho 3d lnt , cover
ing resolution* of a "Joint caucus of the
Dnin-* rath member* of the general **in
bly of the State of Illinois" It i* hardly
noccMaiy f.-r ill" to say that I am ill favor
of perfect freedom of elections from the
interference ->r the pre. n<-c <.f any part
of the army at tho |>il, because that
opinion was emphatically i (pressed on tin
floor of tho Senate. This ; a government
of legal authority, founded on the Consti
tution and tho law* rnado in pursuance
thereof. One of tho grievances of which
our forefathers complained was that the
king had quartered troop* on them, and
sought by military j>wer to oierc# thetn
into submission. It i little Ic** than a
public n ands! r a century of national
existence that any party could venture to
ask the people's approval of a specie* of
tyranny that D forbidden in England, and
wherever <-Ue the parliamentary principle
is respected. Very truly,
IlAvin DA\ l*.
•
The Chinese Uiieslion,
The bill introduced in the Senate hy
Senator Slater to TeyuUts intercourse
with citizens of the Chine**? empire visit
ing or residing in tho United State* pro
vide*. " that from and after Julv I. 1880.
they shall be prohibited from engaging
in industrial pursuit* of any description,
either a* artisan*, agriculturalist* or
laborer*, and fioni owning or holding
real estate except for reaidence* or com
rnercial purpose*" It also prohibit*
their employment.hy citizens or iucor
(•oration* in any rapacity except a* in
terpreter* and teacher* of Oitnce
language, and allows them to he em
> ployed otherwise only hy other subject*
of China traveling or residing in the
United State* for the purpose of curio*-
I ity or trade and commerce. I'enallies
of fine or imprisonment are prescribed
for violation* of the-e provisions The
bill is designed to restrict the Chinese
to the guarantees of the Hurlingame
treaty, which concede* to them while
visiting or residing in the United States
the right to enjoy the same privileges,
immunities and exemptions, "in re
spcct to travel or resilience," a* citizen*
of the most favored nation*.
THE most idiotic of all the inanities
with which tho leaders and organ* ot
the Radical party are now engaged in
attempting to 'fire the Northern heart.'
is that the secession feeling of 1801 is
'still alive in the South and i* daily
growing in strength.' We know that
the gullibility of the Republican ma**ea
is inordinate, but it :* not equal to this
demand. There is not a school boy
who does not know that the secession
movement had it* root, ita very life and
soul in slavery, and that when slavery
ceased to exist, the secession sentiment
died a* effectually a* a tree would die
if pulled out of the earth and suspend
ed permanently in mid air. The South
not only doe* not desire to leave the
Union, bat is determined to stay in tho
! Union and to share in ita benefits as
well a* it* burdens, all the effort* of the
, Radical parlv to the contrary notwith-
I standing. She knows that all her in
j terest* will tie best promoted by the
perpetuity of the Union. Having no
longer any 'peculiar institution' to be
menaced, she has parted with the only
cause of permanent disagreement, and
ha* come back, not merely to tay, but
to *tay on equal terms with the other
State*. Radical fanatica may howl at
her 'presumption,' but their wrath will
he unavailing. Kanh of the states of
i the defunct Southern confederacy it in
the Union, not at a supplicant, or a
guest, hut as one of the family. The
voting masses have sense enough to
know this and tho cry of secession will
not soare them. The North fought to
restore the Union. The people under
stand that the purpose of their struggle
is accompliaheu, the Union is re
stored and that ihw only cause of the
attempted separation is as dead aa Abel.
WatKington /to.
[(hnrludeil from •'!</ /mi/r ]
.ruts, were illegally deprived of tho
right of suffrage in H single oily ut tho
•lection. Wlmn these 8,000 men voted
the party of tho Executive had hut one
Representative on thin floor from thut
city, hut after they have been driven or
drugged away from the ballot-box it has
three. I make no further comment.
Hut, Mr. Chairman, when a law itself
is vicious or unoonstitutionnl, as I be
lieve these lawn are, the mere manner
of their administration is a matter of
secondary importance. No method of
admistralion can sanctify a had law or
reconcile its victims to its continued en
forcement. There is no remedy hut re
peal.
.Mr. t'iinirtnan, passing from the con
sideration of the particular provisions
ol these laws utul from the methods
which have hoen adopted in their exe
cution, I propose to examine the con
stitutinnal authority to enact them. It
is admitted that tho several States pre
scribe the quailificationa ol voters; hut
if tho Federal authority shall under
take to inforco the right to vote and
and preserve tho purity of tho ballot
box It must of course, by some officer
or agent, either before or at tho time of
the election, decide who possesses those
qualification*—that is, it must |<y some
means of its own separate the spurious
from the genuine voters and admit the
one while it excludes the other. It
mutt inquire into the voter's nge, his
residence, his citizenship and his quali
fications as to education and property,
if such tests are prescribed by the con
stitution or laws of tho .Slate. Hut if
the I mted Slates must exercise all
these powers in the discharge of the
supposed duty to enforce and protect
the right of the citl/.en to vote for Rep
resentatives, so it must exercise the
same or simdiar powers in the discharge
of a like duty to enforce and protect
tiie right ol members of a State legis
lature to vole for Senators ami to pro
tect the Governor of a Slate m the ex
ercise of his constitutional right to till
vacancies by appointment; lor I sub
mit that if, under the first cUuo of the
second section, the United Stales bo*
accepted as its voters those persons in
the Mate who possess the qualification*
requisite for electors of the moat nuiii
< rous branch of the State Legislature,
and is therefore bound to protect them
m the exercise c.f the right of suffrage,
the first clause of the third section also
adopts the members of the Legislature
in electors of Senators, and lucre is the
•amo obligation precisely to protect
them against hiibery, intimidation and
oUier improper influences in casting
their votes. I submit also whether, in
the same seine, tho next clause re.vl
has not adopted the Governors of tin
various States as the ngi-nU or electors
of the United Slates to temporarily fill
vacancies in the Senate, and whether
exactly the same Federal duties do not
result in that case as in the otliers.
It follows, Mr. Chairman, frotn what
I have s,id that if tin- United States in
the discharge of this supposed duty
must not only place its officers at the
f>olU to decide upon the qualifications
of the citizen when he offers to vote for
a Representative, but it must, if riecc*
sary, place them in the halls of the
Stale legislatures to examine the ere
denliaU and determine the qualifica
tions of members who offer to vote for
Senators and to exclude those who are
adjudged not to |K>*e4M the fight. This
is the |Kiint to which upon the other
side argument logically leads. Is any
one prepared to maintain it ? Is any
one prepares! to assett that Congress
has authority, under these provisions of
the Constitution, to provide for the *u
pervision and control of every election
at which the | eople choose Representa
tives and the Legislature chooses Sena
tors ? It seems to me that the simple
statement of the proposition and its
logical consequences constitute its la st
refutation.
The Grunt Conspiracy,
V I.ITTI.K MORE TINS NEEDED nr TIIC
ass solas TO woax er TIIE ctru.
WftftMngUtf) C. ffe|s.Tt |M,( i 4 Tifllf*.
I understand that the managers of
Grant, who have thus far shown so
much skill in coaching him for the
Presidential race a year hence, have
found that they have made one great
mistake, and now they are setting
about 1o correct it. They have for
•Otne time been satisfied thut Grant was
coining borne to soon for the good of
his canvass. Now another change must
!>c made, and that if Grant comes hack
in August or September, as now ex
pecteu, the enthusiasm with which it is
proposed to receive him will die out t<e
fore the nominating convention can he
held, and that Grant's popularity will
t>egin to wane. They might be able to
keep up the hurrah for three or four
months, but they could hardly do it for
ten. Ho it is protmeed by some of his
friends to try ana keep him away for
four or five month* longer. Whether
they will succeed or not is another
thing. It is doubtful. Hut the plan is
to send hint from Yokohoma, when his
visit is over in China and Japan, to
the Sandwich Islands, for aa long a time
as possible, and then to Australia. Two
or three months could very easily he
taken up in such a trip, and by staying
in the hast a little longer than provided
! for now tho necessary time could be
consumed. Then the general could
land in Han Francisco and his triurn-
I phal march ho begun. There is no
question that the managers of Grant
will see that he has in every city he
go to —San Francisco, I>enver, St. Ixwiis,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Philadel
phia, New York, Boston and (he cities
South—the biggest demonstrations ever
given to any American. Then some
body will write him a letter regarding
his candidacy, and he will write, or
have written for him, a ringing answer
declining to be a candidate, the con
vention will be held and he will he
nominated hy acclamation. This is the
programme; hut there's many a slip,
don't you know f The Presidency is too
big a thing to he " set up," and when
the result is reached some unexpected
man, such as Lincoln and Hayes were,
(nay wake up and find himself the Re
publican candidate for the Presidency.
William K. Chandler, however, says the
Republicans have learned wisdom by
the Hayes adversity, and will never
again nominate an uncertain or un
known man, but, on tho contrary, take
some Republican who has been tried
and never found wanting.
The Htgte Finances.
TKEASt'Ur.a NOVEs REINIRTM A DEFICIENCY
or OVER $2,000,000.
In response to a resolution of the
Senate asking for information from th'-
State Treasurer and Auditor General
on the finances of the State, Treasurer
Noye* submitted a report as follow*;
The annual report* of the State Trea
surer and Auditor General for the fiscal
year ending Novi-rnUr 30, 187*. set
forth the condition of tiie finance* at
that time.
The following i* a resume of those
statements, Willi such changes as are
necessary to bring the report up to the
present time:
D. licii in t 0.-r:,! fno'!, Itot Aluj,. |*:u, ft
IttltMlnl ,1,-Srll In ,| |
)<*, eliding Kill, RuVMaU-r, IST'.' ........ o*7/**J I*# I
A liul d. licit .'loiti Norniilnr, 1-7 J .11.10,1111 • j
Jt i* now certain that the estimated
revenues from tax on corporation stocks
for the present year of $1,200,000 is in
excess of the amount that will bo re
ceivedkfrotn that source by noma SIXIO,
000, which will reduce that item to
$1,000,000. Hy act ol 20th March, 1870,
there was diverted from the tax on cor
poration stock (which is a part of the
revenue# of the sinking fund) "one-hail
of all the taxes impoi-cd hy the third
section of an act to which tins is a sup
plernent, for the fiscal years of 1870 and
1880,'' the intention hi .ng to divert
one-half of the corpora'ion stock tax
from the sinking to the general fund.
During the month of December, and
prior to the passage of the abi.ve act.
und January and February, 187'J, there
wan received by the Treasury Depart
ment, and credited and applied to tin
sinking fund, from corporation stock
t*x, $554 .7lb. 45.
As heretofoie stated, tiie corporation
stock tax for the fiscal year ending No
vember 30, 1879, will bo SI. (MO, (KM),
und estimating the revenue* fioin that
source for the year !.**' at the tame
amount, we have the following result:
Aw-.uiit dli.tlM j.-., N-ti.m. '
-* *'■ •* - I4U.MS &•'*
Ala-lii.l di rod f- r ]•*! *i,dln* V.twu
!' id. I""-' too/in cr,
It is believed that the above is the
full amount that ran be expected from
tin* *< urce of revenue, and it a ill be
conceded there in reason for this con
elusion when we find that the tax on
corporation stock for 187' i AA I $J.l4*,-
252 to; for 1877, $2.0"<*,77f.23; for I*7*.
$1,104,25b.5.;, and for 187'.'. $1 1**1,(1110
tliu* showing a decrease of $1.14\2-52.4b
in four year*, or more than one half.
It is I elu-ved that the estimated rev
iiuc* from other sources, a* set forth in
schedule A, page eight. Slate Treasurer's
report, will bo realized.
* >n pago 9, schedule R, State Trevor
er report, will be found an estimate of
tli ordinary expense*. Those to be
paid from the general fund amount to
$1 092.001). and do not include other
than State institutions, and no estimate
is made for new building* of any kind.
<>r ap| ropnation* for any pur(-o*e other
than those under the immediate con
trol of the State.
To the estimates contained in ached
ule Hinust now he added (| t > following
Jt>o t|-nne of !)*• Is* *ii*t fa*
*'• ..!!<• .'<*♦
ti. -—-I j- ,im,*l. .-| ,n, t, I tie All
<<-a*ral i> >-mar, , IST*.
M '■! .-< r< it'-**osi.is
. ir one) suit K.t lb, lu-l'-l 111 r..f
iar estimate. f.ll.'eo
From the foregoing statement the fo •
lowing i* deduced;
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A4.1 Ivnaml • ,-t in In 1.-1 In
s. H nvw (HI
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silfSiii* In Hi. n.f (I tun I 1-4 I**-Jot 00
A'tosl 4*<lt X,nl*r ZO, lASti fl.7lV.nl* M
•if the shove amount there are war
rant* in tho hand* of the oflim-r* of
several of the jen*l institutions of the
State amounting to $172.(M1, UK-II as
collateral security. U|HID which money
i borrowed to defrsy the necessary ex
perises of such institutions. This was
found necesssry, a* the individual re
• |ion*ihility of the officers was hecoiti
ing burdensome to tbem. The paasage
of appropriation* now Iwforethe House
and not included in schedule H will in
crease the expenditure* in an amount
equal to the expose* of an extra ses
sion. Therefore, no deduction from
the aliove deficit i msde, as we believe
the yearjKSl will find that amount un
paid unless provided for at the present
session. Especially will tht he true if
the present revenue hill a it passed
the House become* a law, for litis will
increae the present revenue.
The question as to how this deficit
occurred is not one for
tion, but with your permis-ion we will
suggest that the appropriation* for the
( years 187f-7-fl were not so much in excess
1 a* those of former years, and for which
the revenue* of those year* were found
sufficient. An examination of the rev
-1 enue* from 1875 up to and including
the estimated revenue* for 1879 show
that there has been a continued de
crease.
la I*7* Ili nu-nn, -** Rft.4nfl!S 02
1 la IA7V lb* -.ni1,.1.-1 r-<-i>n- Is ...„ on
I>**■'-•* la l.air yw* nf tt.Un.IMV 01
To Ibis a<M Ihs -sirs..nilnr, -spt n- of
Hcil M 1*77 of not lass Ibaa IMSI,OOO '•
ti.v-m.M7 <u
And you have a sum more than llik
amount of the preaent deficit.
It may be stated, in conclusion, that
these figures in no material way differ
from those contained in the message of
Governor Harlranft and reports ol the
State Treasurer and Auditor General
laid before your honorable Wodv at the
beginning of the present Resston. As
to the conclusions that have brum drawn
from the foregoing facta and figures,
the Treasurer very much regrets that
he cannot see that there is no need of
providing for any additional revenue.
Hut the ugly fact stares him in the face
that there is a deficit of over $2,000.00!t,
and that the appropriation* are likely
to absorb all the revenues that can be
received under the existing law* for the
next two year* without reducing the
amount of the present deficit.
To him this is not a pleasant picture,
' but he deems that his duty is done in
stating the fact*, n'l docs not presume
to suggest reined lea, A* long, however,
aa tin* lack of funds in the Treasury
continuea he will fe-l it to he his duty
to urs what cornea into his hand* a* far
as possible to pay the oldest appropria
tions.
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The Odd Fellows.
AXXt'AL XKETINU OV THr. WORTIir r.KANIr
I.OIXif. IX lIA It l< IHO L HO.
The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of
the Independent Order of Oddfellow*
closed their annual session in Harris
burg on Wednesday. There were 665
lodges reijionded to the call as being
present. The following summary of the
Grand Secretary's re|>ori will show the
condition and work of the order for the
past year :
M X irsm or HEMES KEIHRT.
Number of members relieved, 10,870;
number of widowed families relieved,
1,528 ; paid for the relief of members,
*203,696.61 ; paid for the relief of wid
owed families, *12,550.04 ; paid for tie*
education of the orphans, *349.23 ; paid
for burying the dead, *67,708.70; total
amount paid for relief, *343,724.58; de
creased amount of relief from preced
ing year, $21,841.17.
Total amount of the receipts of the
subordinate lodges, *663,761.06; de
creased Hiuouuf of receipts from the
preceding year, *47,447.99; tolal
amount of asecl* deposited t>y subordi
nate lodges, *2,494,353.20; decrease of
assets since the last annual report, *lO,-
209,62.
During the past ton years there has
been disbursed by the lodges of this
jurisdiction for the relief of distress the
sum of *3,441,274.04.
STATISTICS!. EBTOBT.
Number of members as per last an
nual rejmrt, 85,341 ; number of initia
tions during the yesr, .3,852; number
admitted by card, 533 ; number rein
stated to membership, 732.. Total. 90,-
478.
Number deceased, 803; number with
drawn by card, 721 ; nurnl>er suspended,
8,694; number expelled, 82. Total, 10,-
350.
Tipsent number of mem4ers t 80,118 ;
net los- in niemV>whip, 5,243 ; number
rejected, 276 ; number of l'ast (irands,
17.889.
Number of working lodges rejmr'.ed
last year, 890; since defunct, 0. Total
893. Revived, 4 : instituted, K. Ties
••nt numlx-r of working lodges, 903; net
increase duitng the >c-.ir, 6.
Ihe annual report of the Grand
Ireasurer as submitted, makes the fol
lowing exhibit : Balance May 10, 1878',
*lO 91,6 89 ; loan made by Orphan Asy
lum 1 uiid, **55.73 ; receipt during the
fi-cal y ear, * 1 *.616.84. Total, *30,439.4'.
Tho payments during the same tss
rii.d amounted to *20,425.73. leaving a
balance on May 111, 1*79. of *l-1.013.73,
which sum will be absorbed by mileage,
to be paid to the representatives, at the
oloae of ilmmhlo* TliTriiium ii
reported that thet'rphan Asylum Fund
has accumulated to *14.2*5.10, of
w bit )i sum *12,421.54 has been loaned
to the genetal fund of the Grand Lodge,
*l.lll invested in f'ily sixes, and the
halano- m cash, *752.56, remaining in
that officer's hands.
Ihe Finance Committee, through it*
chairman, presented the rejorl of their
transaction* for the | ast fiscal year, and
submitted the figure* of estimated re
ceipt* and ea|>enditurea for the ensuing
year, the former aggregating the sum of
*1 h,and that ot expenditures *19,-
530 30. The asset* of the Grand Lodge,
on May 10, 1*79. amounted to *15,-
848.1 J, and the liabilities *12,421.54,
making the net aieeU *3.426 57.
Ihe teller* appointed to ojwn snd
count the returns of the annual elec
tron, rer-ort the following as the result :
M. \N . Grand Master, .lohn A. My ler,
of Allegheny City.
R. W. Deputy Grand Master. Alfred
R. Totter, of Philadelphia.
R. W. G. Warden, ItoU-rt F. Wright,
•lr., of Allenlown.
R. W. Grand Secretary, Jtiue* it.
Nicholson, of Thiiadciphia.
R. W. Grand Treasurer, M. Richard
Muokle.of i'bilsdelphia.
R. W. G. It. to <l. L L". 8., Isaac A.
Sheppsrd, of Tbiladelphia.
M. W. Grand Master John A. Myler
announced the following appointment*.
M. W. G. Chaplain—Rev. J. J. M -
Illyer of No. 475.
Grand Marshall—Henry Stemning
well, of So. 241.
0. C.—F. M. Kea, of No. 89.
Grand Guardian—Rev. K. McCabe.
tirand Herald—Leonard F. Bailer, of
No. 23.
Philadelphia Market*.
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Fu-t* i*i> Mini —Ft wI, quiet and mlj ; *a),e
4 IJl'i 1*111S; in lading Miunswia ,nr* fnmllt,
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liter.
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•i 1 id d.issi l.irsbeje. I winding at til®;
l'. i.n)l,inii and a utbein red. at II Id; du.de.. ant
ler. at |l liwal 16'.*. and Jin- 2. red, eles *1..,. *t ft IS;
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neOern and I'enn*) 1 > mi*
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' *!-<r s-r <h.H.e m leaned 111,, II ) las n.d ~Rer
i '• an.l aas quoted nominally al |1 Ale,l.hi.
Bellefonte Markets.
Ma) 2, t*T.
QrOTATIOK*.
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Rye, per l.Ush* I ... Hi
, Com. rid, 4.,
Onrw. shelled , Hi
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: Flour, wholesale | ,u
HAT A Jit* STRAW
Har. rbrdre tlmotbr, per ben J$ pi on
Has. wilted.per lew s 10
led,* rye slraa. handled. per In* • Hi
, *bnrt straw, pet tow J MM M
PI.ABTKR.
Caynn, vrmirvd. per bw „ | On
; Rosa Rnedin, cruand, per ten I® IM
Pmhlsft Maarkot-
Oorvered weekly by Harper Rrtdher*.
- Apple*. dHod. per S—< ...■ were,■ *
ITierrlea. dried, far fawnd, eeetled I®
Heans per qwart . I®
Treeh batter per pnwnd... tl
•"hiekens per premd •
Cbeewe per ptwwd II
iVwntry hares per ponnd I®
llsms, saffar eared If
Iwtd per Iwwnd
Kc*e per Aw 10
T<dwi.ee per >nihil mt
i Deled k*at,. I*
j 'Waned Iwwlne, per AMI .|®k*lk
] Lsrwow* per dee n
1 Dried *sreet cum per ponnd I