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Special Notice# 25 per cent, above regular rates.
Tiik strong minded women nre again
haunting the halls of Congress crying
for suffrage, and the privilege to enter
the hustings and fight and scratch for
favorite candidates, like the otlur boyn.
Two fossil trcos arc now on their
way to Washington from the Western
part of New Mexico, designed to be
placed in front of the door to the new
National Museum. These sjiecimens
of the petrefactions which abound in
iu that country are said each to weigh
several tons.
EVERYBODY will be glad to learn
that Senator Lamar, Mississippi's no- j
hie statesman, is recovering from his
recent paralysis. The couutry could
not afford to lose the services of such
men as the Mississippi Senator, and
his restoration to health is most de
voutly desired.
Two hundred ladies and gentlemen
from New Hampshire arc on an ex- j
cursion to Washington city this week,
to quarter at the Ebbit and Arlington
Hotels. They will doubtless have a
good time, besides the wisdom they
draw from the nation's Solans now con- j
gregated at that interesting point.
GEN. GRANT is displaying his " in-, i
ceuse of royalty" in Cuba now. Next
he will carry it to Mexico. But in ,i
the meautiiue, his third-term boom
here is falling so flat that not even the
sprightly and vigilant Don Cameron
nor the magnificent Cockling will be
able to boost it up to a repcctable can- i
TRIM for a constable.
THE Democratic Legislatures of
Louisiana and Mississippi each elect- :
ed a Senator last week. In Lou
isiana, Gen. Randall L. Gibsou
was the fortunate man, and in
Mississippi, Judge John Z. George.
The fogmer will succeed the term of
Win. Pitt Kellogg, the last of the ear
pet-baggers in the Senate, and the lat
ter, the plaee of Mr. Ilruce, the last of
the colored race in the Senate. Both
the new Senators are suid to lie able 1
lawyers and eloquent debaters, with
much experience iu public affairs.
THE war between the Grant and
Blaine factions of the Republican party
in this State is assuming, says the Har
risburg Patriot, a rather lively aspect.
The heavy artillery is nearly all on
the side of Grant but lots of little poj>-
guns explodo here and there in the
Blaine line of battle. Much will de
pend on the Philadelphia Gas Trust.
It is reported that Don Cameron visit
ed Philadelphia the other day for tho
purpose of convincing M'Manes, the
delegate-at-largc for the Gas Trust, of
the propriety of giviug his sup|H>rt to
Gen. Grant. It is also reported that
theGasTrust representative was not im
pressed by Mr. Cameron's arguments.
Mr. M'Manes is said to l>e friendly to
Blaine, probably because Blaine is well
1 his ted on the subject of government
contracts. If it should turn out that
the Gas Trust is opftosed to Grant the
Htate convention will either be silent
on the Presidential question or will
instruct the delegation to Chicago to
vote for the hero ol the Mulligan let
ters. At any rate it is evident that
Mr. Cameron will have some trouble
to control the convention.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
From our regular Corrt*|M>ui)i)t.
WASIIINQTON, 1). C., .)sn, 2<, 1880.
The National Jlnnk reserve bill got its
quietus. Democrats, Greenbackers and
Republicans united in demolishing it,
and it is as dead us a door nail, in HO far
as the 45tli Congress is concerned.
Weaver, of lowa, paid his respects to
General Logan during the course of the
debate, in trying to get even with Lo
gan, for asserting that the proposition
of Weaver to'pay tho soldiers in gold,
was demagogical. If so much of these
personal attentions was not to le taken
in the Pickwickian sense, wo would say
that Mr. Weaver fairly skinned the
swarthy sharer in the salary grab steal.
The Senute still labors assiduously from
12 to 1.30 o'clock from Monday till
Thursday and then adjourns over to
Monday, while the House pegs along at
its "Revision of Rules;" hence legisla
tively speaking, all is quiet on the Po
tomac. Sam Cox fairly outdid himself
in real wit and humor in his recent re
ply to Mr. llorr, of Michigan, who as
sumes to he the Repuhliean jester, and
who, a few days since, attacked Mr.
C'ox with great sarcasm and ridicule
upon some trivial question. Nothing
equal lo it evfr before came from Sum,
and for an hour he kept the House in a
roar of laughter with his witticisms, di
rected at the ponderous gentleman
from Michigan, whom he compared to
I'ulstatr in safety from eternal punish
ment, whom as .Shakespeare said, the
devH would never have damned lest the
the oil in him in should set hell on lire.
The outrages committed by negroes
upon the persons ol our citizens continue
to a fearful extent. In our last we
chronicled the cold blooded murder of
Mr. Ilirth by four colored men. .Since
then a prominent lumber dealer, Mr.
Libby, was dangerously beaten while
attempting to save a policeman from
deadly assault. Another, a Mr. liar
man, was knocked senseless witli a
brick thrown by one of two negroes
who met him in one of our crowded
streets. A stranger was a'so severely
hurt while passing through Lincoln
Park ami it does seem that between of
fences against person and property Sam
bo is holding a carnival of crime in our
midst which unless checked may lead
to serious consequences, yet the radicals
are moving heaven and earth to secure
the right of suffrage for him in order
that Le may rule here again through
his votes. Pandora's box and negro
suffrage are kindred evils and lite Dis
trict would lie as prosperous under the
one as the other. We would as soon
entrust our interests to ghouls as to the
average colored voters who live and
swarm in our slums and hells.
The Grant boont is on the wane here.
The dead beats who have been out to.
grass, and have grown lean since 1>77
sent Grant out of the White House, are
losing their influence.
The Women's National Suffrage Con
vention has been in full blast hero since
the 21st, and presents a greater array
of feminine talent than any of its pre
decessors. Miss Susan H. Anthony is
the presiding officer, and she performs
her duty with the utmost self possession,
and apparent fullest knowledge of
parlimentary law and the re*|ton.-ibili
ties of her position. .She seems horn
to command and to preside. Every
angularity of her physiognomy, form
and character—and no single point
seems rounded with an atoin of the
line of beauty and symmetry—displays
that force and decision of mind requi
site to enable the control and direction
of others.'.while her tongue moves as
rapidly and incisively as that of Kathar
ina before Petruchio tamed her belliger
ency. Our Mrs. Sarah Spencer is the
secretary, and though she lacks Miss
Anthony's angularity, for ahe is hand
some and graceful, yet she has a vint
and iotcllect that fits her also for lead
ership, which she never hesitates to as
sumo whenever Congressional commit
tees are to be addressed, or bodies of
men harrangtted. Mesdames Gage,
-Stanton, and a score of other prominent
Huffrago advocates are among the dele
gates, and as Misses Phoebe Co Mens,
Devereux, and other talented spinters,
assist in tho jhiw wow, your readers can
readily apprcQinie that the wondrous
suffrage question is being ably and fully
handled. They promise us, as in the
past convention, the millenium when
ever granted the ballot through their
desired Constitutional amendment.
Not a speaker hut baa told us that given
the rigiit to vote, women would put
down the infamous national traffic in
whisky, and reform all the evils inci
dent to our |K>litical institutions. Ob
servation in Wyoming Territory, where
women vote unrestrictedly, has render
ed us perfectly skeptical upon all these
assumptions. Rut*tho fact remains that
no convention, of either sex, ever as
sembled in Washington which exhibit
ed more talent and general ability than
this one.
The inevitable Dr. Mary Walker, of
course, appears, hut on the background,
for her sisters will not admit her to full
equality, owing to her extreme radical
views upon dress and society usages.
Dr. Mary has assumed full male attire,
even to searing shortened hair, a natty
little cane and a gentleman's hat. Ho
yond all this eccentricity is the fact
that she, in contrast with Mrs. Stanton,
Miss Anthony, or our learned Mrs,
Judge Lockwood, is destitute of brains,
or even ordinary fentine wit or shrewd
ness ; hence it is not surprising that she
is elliowed to the rear, or, as fast year,
when she forced herself upon the Htage
among the delegates, is hustled off as
an unwarranted intruder. That these
persistent advocates of suffrage are
working successfully toward the ac
complishment of their aims, no observ
ing person can entertain a doubt. Mix
years ago slimly-attend meetings, and
the ridicule and sneer of roughs met
them here. Now Lino-ln Hall will not
hold the crowd of well-dressed and
mannered people that attempt to get
seats every session, morning, afternoon
and night, and who treat the speakers
with deep and respectful attention, no
matter what direction their remarks
may take. It does seem that optimists
like onrselves will soon have to accept
the situation, and fall back on OIK phil
osophy that "Whatever Is, is right.'
Flux.
THE (TUT IN CONTEST.
Yocum's Friends Delaying; Action.
Til K RKI'ORT 18 TUP. CASK KXI'ECTKD TO
MORROW— A I'ROIIAJIIt.ITV THAT TIIK IS
SUE 11.1, IIE REM HIED TO TIIE
I'EOI'I.E TO DEI IDE —lIOW TIIE
RETURNS HEAD.
?*!•■•< iftl to the I'liiUdclpliia Tluim.
w ashin<;toß, .January 27.
The friends of Mr. Yocuin have ex
hausted their efforts to delay the action
of the election committee on the case.
One of the sub-committee to which the
case was referred is Weaver, Oreenback
member from lowa, and lie has warm
ly espoused the cause of Vocum. Al
though the testimony was printed be
fore the extra session closed, the minor
ity of the committee have delayed the
report a week already by a demand for
time to prepare a minority report, and
the courtesy has been extended to
them. Mr. Springer, chairman of the
general committee, and also chairman
of the sub-committee in the Curtin-
Yocum case, is unwilling to give his ac
tion the appearance of unfairness, and
Judge Sawyer, of "Missouri, who was
elected from the bench as an independ
ent Democrat, takes a strictly judicial
view of election contests, and lias been
disposed to strain the limits of courtesy
to enable the minority to present the
best case they can.
A REPORT I'KOIIAItI.E 11.8 TI ESDAV.
The general election committee will
hold its regular meeting on Tuesday
morning, when it is expected tliut both
majority and minority reports will l>e
ready, nnd they will be made to the
House. It is understood that the ma
jority report will remand the (,'urtin
: Yocum case back to the people, and
that the minority report, prepared by
: Weaver, Greenback, will declare Yocum
entitled to the seat. Both t'hairtnari
Springer and Judge Sawyer have made
a thorough examination ot the law and
testimony, and as both are good law
ycrs the majority report will be an able
i and conclusive review of the case. I'n
der the rules, the reports will be laid
over one day to be printed, and on
Wednesday the cane will probably be
called up and disposed of. It is a ques
tion of the highest privilege and its
consideration cannot be prevented by
the rules. A number of Republicans
will refuse to sustain Yocum in his
claim to the seat,- and the indications
are that the majority lejiorl will lie
adopted by n large vote.
HOW UOUXSRI. RESTATE TIIE RETURN-.
The case is one in whirl* the commit
tee would have been entirely justified
in declaring Curtin entitled to iiis seat ;
but equity as well as law favors a remis
sion ol the issue to the people where a
large illegal vote in excess of tho major
ity is left unexplained ami unclassified
j between the candidates, and the com
mittee will decide the esse just as an itu
| partial court would decide it. The fol
lowing is the vote of the district a* it*
would have to be restated by a court by
the classification of the proven illegal
votes—that is the illegal votes proven
in a legal manner by the voters them
selves s
j OA< ial rrttiro for Curtin
! Ibwlurt Illegal tu(*i I'fiteo '.J 12,321
i fltit *1 return for Y"cttfu. 12.434
Adtlclrrlui #rr <r in return ?
13.461
IWwfuct illegal Tot#aproTau 240~-11.22!
Curtin *• majority 9#
The counsel for Yocuin restates the
return from the evidence so a* to in
crease Yocum's majority to 379, as fol
lows ;
rMnm for Youm. 13.4 M
Add rUrlral 'nur.„ .... 7
13.461
t Illegal rutr* pfoTMi.... HM * •'- 1 —'13,41*2
"Hi. lal return for Curtin 1-3,3*1
ltesiurt votM 3A 13^053
| Torum'a majority..... 379
HOW VOCTH PROVE* II.LSOAL VOTE*.
All the illegal vote* charged to Curtin
beyond the 01 admitted in the restate
ment of the vote try his counsel, were
pretended to be proven as votes csst for
him without calling the voters to learn
from them how they had voted. In
some caaes local partisans were called
to testify that voter*, appearing to be
illegal by the record, had told the wit
nesses that they had voted for Curtin.
In other cases witnesses testified that
voters had stated before the election
that they intended to vote for Curtin,
and in other cases, when neither direct
nor hearsay evidence could be obtained
as to how illegal voters had voted, it
( was proven that the voters were Demo
crats and their ballots charged to Curtin.
All such evidence would l>e inadmissi
ble before either a court or a legislative
com mil tee, a* it proves nothing and is a
Confession of'the inability of Yocum
to prove illegal votes for Curtin by eith
er competent or credible testimony.
But independent of the illegal votes
proven, or pretended to be proven,
there are, as shown by Yocum's own
presentation of bis oase, from five to
ten times more illegal votes unaccount
ed for than Yocum's returned majority,
and that brings the case clearly with
in the settled rule of law that, when
practicable, tbe contest must be sent
back to the people, and the case will
be disposed of in that way.
Old Hlrkorjr's Idcn of Stale Rights.
The Cincinnati (bminrrctal prints a
fsc simile of the handwriting of Andrew
Jackson, the original manuscript being
in tbe possession of the Historical Ho
oiety. it reads i "Nullification is revo
lution—and if a State attempts to nulli
fy the laws of the United States by
force, it is rebellion, nnd if abe posses
ses the physical power to resist success
fully, then she has the right to estab
lish her own government, and if the
balance of the StAtes have the physical
power, they have a ptrfect right under
this confederation of per|>e(usl k
perfect Union, to coerce her to obedi
ence. For a State to go out of the
Union peaceably she must obtain the
consent of that number of the Slate*
which the Constitution gives the power
to alter, k amend it. The people being
the fountain of all sovereign power have
a right to alter k change their govern
ment! and the confederated A perpet
ual union formed by themselves, upon
which tbe more perfect union, the Con
stitution of the united stales, h based,
provides bow it oan be altered or de
solved—any other mode to niter it, is,
revotutinn (• toir."
Then mill Now.
From the Union IwU-t.
The Republicans are just now wonder
fully in love with Supreme Court* This
nil cornea of the Maine business. When
the Hupretne (kiurt of the State of
Florida decided in 1877, practically,
that the vote of the State belonged to
Tildcn, and should be bo counted, State
Supreme Courts were rather Contempt
uous things in the esteem of the average
stulwart; hut since the Supreme Court
of the State of Maine has decided, prac
tically, that the Legislature of the State
belongs to the Republicans, notwith
standing a majority belonging to that
party were not elected according to the
iuiv as that same court had more than
once before interpreted it, Supreme
Court stock hns gone.away up above
par with them, and they seem never to
tire of singing the praises—at least of
that particular one. With a view to in
forming our renders just what sort of a
Supreme Court the Supreme (Yiurt in
question is, we append the following
decisions rendered by it at different
times and under different circum
stances, for comparison :
•'opinion." 1N77. I "opinionlsSn.
Il I. to I* rpicu-to-l Hint! TliPrr|,rMH>hUtl*c i. nt
j toi.-a.ro |,w| l„ (Uo hp K l|. („ u „| |,|. ,| K |,t
i hpih'p of lomi ..ffl. .-r, I.ui lai inof iiiuiil. i|ntl -ulHi or.
tin- ol'Vluua ri-iiimljr I. to Imvp nrgl.-. i.-.l ilu-lr .luty.
i i li.amp iii li u know lln-ir
iluly, sii.l knowing It will
|><-rlortii 11.
Jon* Appirron, ('Han. lunioiuii,
O. W. W tiros, Joan Apptsrow,
J. <J. tln-kMS,,*, Cut. w W.i.ton,
W 11. lUnnowa. W M. O. IliKkow.,
" Wist Vikain, Join A, hnu,
Jolin A Pr.tr.s, A KTPUI . I.i hb, i,
Aniim-i I.inanv. | Jo*. W.HtSonD*,
The opinion of date Dec. 22, 1877,
and the opinion of date, .Jan. 1880,
' are not in exact harmony, hut in ex
planation of that fact ii must beremi-m
--iiereil that the first decision was given
| when Democrat* plead not to be count
ed out because of faulty returns, while
the last one was evoked by the prayers
. of Republicans not to be ousted on sim
ilar deficiencies.
The New Senator from Mississippi.
I f -in the N. V. Tnl/un*.
Colonel ( teorge came to Mississippi
1 from (ieorgia with his father when a
l>oy ten or twelve years old. Jits lath
•er settled in the county where my
grandfather was one of the earliest
pioneers. Hi* pc-pic were poor, and he
worked hard upon the farm summers
and drove cotton wagon* winters. Rut
he managed to get himself an educa
tion, and to become one of the best
read men in history and belles h tire*
in the South. When the Mexican war
broke out be was only nineteen year*
old. lie volunteered in Jeff I>avi*' r*g
:ment and made a gallant soldier. After
he was mustered out he married and be
gin to practice law and rear a family,
which increased rapidly until it num
bered live girls and four boys. Before
the late war he became known as one of
| tbe la st lawyers in the State, lie com
piled five volumes of our Slate rejairt-.
He cqhsled iu the Confederate service
soon after hostilities began and cotn
luundrwl * regiment of cavalry. While
cimpaigning in Tennessee he charged a
Federal redoubt at the head of bis men,
and riding his horse clean over the
breastworks fell into tbe hands of the
enemy and nu kept as a prisoner for a
long time. During the political cam
paigns of 1870 and 1870 he was a chair
man of our State committee, and when
j Bout well * committee came down to in
: vestigate us they got hold of his tele
grams. but found litem as clean as Sun
day-school letters. He was chosen to
the Supreme bench subsequently and
was elected Chief Justice by his associ
ates, although the youngest in service.
Itriilul Customs.
In Sweden a bride ha* her pocket
| filled with bread. It is sup|>oscHl that
| every piece she gives to the jmor on her
way to church averts some im*fortune.
In Norway the bride herself hands
around strong drink*, that all the com
pany may drink long life to her; the
wedding leasts last some days, and the
guests have no wish that their modera
tion be known. In Liberia it is the
custom for the bride to retire from tbe
table before the end of tbe dinner, and
to throw over the bridegroom's house a
hard cake made of coarse flour; the
; higher she throws it the happier will
1 she be. In Circassia there is always set
on tbe carpet in one of the rooms of tbe
| bridegroom's house a vessel of wine and
a plate of dough; and tbe first thing
the bride doe* on entering tbe room is
to kick over the wine and to scatter
the dough with her hands about the
room. In some parts of Russia, the
bride and bridegroom, during the ban
quet which always takes place on the
evening of the wedding day, are separat
ed by a curtain ; the parents of the
couple exchange rings, and n basket of
cheese and small leaves is blessed by the
priest.
•
It appears, by the annual circular of
Messrs. It. S. Dun A Co., that the num
ber of failures in business kept annually
increasing until from 4,0*79 in 1872 it
reached 10,478 in 1878. But now the
tide has turned. The number of fail
urea in 1879 was 3,820 less than during
the previous year, and the amount ot
liabilities involved declined from $234,-
383,132 to 108,149,0.72 —by far tbe small
est amount since 1870- In 1872—the
year before the crash—the total amount
of liabilities was #121,076.000. The cir
cular sneaks of the past year as "phen
omena!" both in the extent and rapidi
ty of its profits, resulting from the
advance in values and an increased vol
ume of trade, and in the decreasi# in
losses from bad debts. The statistics of
failures ifliow that in the Western States
only one trader in Vvory 179 failed, as
against one in every 100 in the Middle
States, one in 93 in the Southern States,
and one in 87 in the Kistern States,
while in the Pacific States the failures
have reached one in 47. The improve
ment is shown more clearly by recall
ing*lhat in 187rt every sixty-ninth man
succumbed; hi 1877 every seventy third;
in 1878 every sixty-fourth, while in 1879
it was only every one hundred and fifth
trader who surrendered to adverse fate.
There was a large demand for lum
l>er this year, the buildings already pro
jected in Philadelphia, as shown by the
permits issuer!, being nearly a half
more than the number at this lime last
GENERAL NEWS.
{■' rank 1/nnlie'n disinherited sons will
content their father's will.
The active capital in the iron trade is
three times larger now then ever in this
State.
North Carolina has funded between
S."t,(MX).(XX) and $6,000,000 of old bonds
in new -1 per cents, bearing interest
from July 1, 1880,
Congressman Joseph K. Johnston, of
Virginia, and General Sherman are like
J'arnon and I'ythias. Once in a while
they can be seen riding out together
airing themselves. A Washington cor
respondent says : They seem to have a
great admiration for each other, and
they compliment each other on the
musteriy (lodging each did in the Geor
gia campaigns.
The odd Fellows' Monumental So
ciety, of t'ineinnati, has awarded a con
tract for the erection of a monument
over the graves of the society's un
known dead at Spring Grove Ornetry.
The contract j.rice is $20,000. The
monument is to he thirty three feet
high, of bronze and American gray
granite, and is to be completed in two
years.
M. House, who arrived at Utile Trav
erse, Mich., on Friday, tells ot the loss
of Charles Odell, his wife and two chil
dren, in the ice in the neighborhood of
Waugoshauce Light, Lake Michigan.
I'hey started in a boat with hitn from
Beaver Island to Little Traverse, on the
l.'ith instant, but were caught between
i two bodies of ice. He was separated
from them ami he believes they per
ished.
At an early hour on Saturday morn
ing an explosion occurred in New York,
on board the National line steamship
Greece, which hud just arrived from
London, by which two 'longshoremen,
!| i<-oige Walsh and l'utrick l'unn, were
killed and three others, an unknown
Hungarian and John Walsh and Thom
a* Kusscl. were probably fatally injured.
! Captain Bracket!, of the Custom House
service, ens badly burned, and may lose
both eyes. The explosion was caused
by an uncovered light igniting coal gas,
which escaped from the lower hold.
Slight injuries were sustained by other
employes on the vessel.
Ihe Senate committee on the negro
exodus on last Friday examined K. '►.
Mara, a prominent Republican of ifali
lx county. North Carolina, who is in
Washington contesting a seat in. Con
gress. In ti,e course of his testimony
lie expressed the.opinion that the in
teiligent negro of the South has more
fear from white Republicans in the
South than froin I'einocrats. He ex
plained this on the gronnd that the
white Republicans want all of the offi
ces to themselves, and if the colored
men claim a division they combine
against the negro. In this way, he said,
he hud been counted out from his elec
tion as 'ongre-man, because he had
opposed a white Republican's candi
dacy for nomination as sheriff.
Hon. John Welsh, ex minister to
England, ha* written a letter express
ing regret at his inability to accept the
invitation to dine with a number of
leading business men of New York re
cently tendered him. He returns
thanks for the expression of approval
of his course conveyed to him by the
! New York gentlemen. Mr. Welsh says
■as his manner of life in London w-as
marked by the simplicity of an Ameri
can citizen, and his duties were dis
charged with a consciousness of the
: dignity of the office he filled and of
the honor due to the country he repre
sented. he ha* gained what were highe*t
aims—the commendation of the I'resi
j dent, the approbation of his country
men and the respect of the nation to
which he KM accredited.
Telegraphic comunication with Port
land, t iregon. which has been interrupt
ed for a week, was restored Wednesday
of last week. Hespatches state that on
tbe 'Jth instant Portland was visited by
the not severe storm ever known since
tbe settlement of the country. The di
rection of tbe wind at the commence
ment of the storm was southwest, but lat
er it veered to south. But little rain
accompanied the storm, though heavy
clouds pa**<i overhead during its con
tinuance. The damage to property in
tho city will not fall short of $7. r j,ooo.
The steeple of the First Presbyterian
Church was prostrated, seven small
houses blown -town and many roofs rip
ped off, including the roof of the court
house and a portion of the New Market
theatre. Signs and awnings were blown
broadcast.
Shocks of earthquake were experienc
ed a> Havana on last Thursday night.
Accounts from Vuelte Abajo, Cuba, in
dicate that the earthauake was severely
felt there, and much damage was done
to buildings, especially at San Cristo
bal. The shocks were oscillating from
east to west. It is supposed that there
bos been a heavy earthquake somewhere
in Central America. tH>n. Grant and
party paaaed a comfortable night in
Havana, notwithstanding the shaking
up by the earthquake. Ycalerday, he
ing the King's saint day, there was a
grand official reception at the* palace.
Vice Governor-General Callejas receiv
ing the distinguished visitors in tbe
throne rootn. i'he ladies of the veil
ing party witnessed the reception from
an adjoining saloon, no ladies being ad
mitted to such official performances.
Last night there was a grand banquet
to the whole party.
There has been organized in New
York within a few days a body called
the "Independent Republican Associa
tion of the City of New York," who
will begin an immediate campaign
against the Grant movement. It is
partly the outgrowth of the "Young
Ncralchers," movement that opposed
Cornell in the fall campaign. They
will work against Grant's nomination
and against him at the polla if nomi
nated. They are not alone in this
fight. While Secretary Shern at was In
New York during the holidays he uiel
thirty influential Republicans, who ar
ranged to open a headquarters here
and begin a vigorous campaign against
Grant. Money of considerable sums
ha* been contributed sinoe and docu
ments have been printed to be scatter
ed all over the hsat. It is to be an
open fight and in a headquarters to
which any one may run. A systematic
campaign is to be begun, of oourse in
Sherman's interest.
STATE NEWS.
Washington county has no lie,.-,,
liquor place in its borders.
Arrangement* indicate that eve
county in the State will hold an agrit-m
tural fair this year.
The Philadelphia and Reading j,
road Company is constructing a num
her of engines capable of making seven'
ty-five miles per hour.
William Lrrnentrout, of Readim,
father of State Senator Lrmentrom'
died on last I hursday, aged 81 ji'
was popular, and had held num'erom
positions of trust.
It is rumored in Oil City that Jam,,
Keene, of New Wk, and Franklin J
Gowen, of Philadelphia, have purchase !
a controlling interest in the Tidewater
pipe line, and an- now girding up th •
loin* and preparing to enter the
and do battle with the united lines.
On Thursday afternoon of last wee*
a serious wreck occurred on the I'hil
delphin and Krie Road, near C'atni-ro,"
The engines of an express freight w,.-
and an extra east collided with terrible
I effect. Both engine* were demolish! •
and many cars totally wrecked. (/
ward Nixon, of Renovo, fireman of th*
express freight, was almost instant'/
killed, and Christian Lean, the e lv !' !
jeer, was so badly injured that he ,- 4 '!
hardly recover. The engineer and fir*
I man of the extra were aLo injured.
Judge McKennon, in the t'nitH
States t'-ourl at Philadelphia, or, ■
: Friday, decided, in the test ess* of ,l o ',
iS. Hail vs. the Pennsylvania Jta-Jroaj
j Co., to fix the responsibility fr.r u
i the Pittsburg riot, that the loa,
j caused hy fire while plaintiff",- g/yyj.
: were in transit hy defendants w,u •
the meaning of the exception of th*
I bill of lading; that defendant i- r,
shown to have been guilty of negliger! >
, by which the efficiency of the ex, ..-
ion is impaired, and henceforth tn*
Claintif! is not entitled to recover. Tl,.
ill of lading contained a clause ej
cepting the liabildy of the ra.iroa.
company for freight lost by fire.
Thoma* Addis Kmntet, a grandee
phew of the famous Robert Frum
who was tried for high treason again-- j
the English Government and j jjt 'to '
death, died in Curmel, New York, la!
week. Mr. Kmmet was a prominent c.i
engineer and had charge of mn>
| porlanl Stale surveys. H- a.
cially proud of one relic of the l.mru*;
family—a large emerald ring whic/, wu
used as a seal bv the I'niled Instinct,
in 1728. At one time the I.ngiid, Got
ernnn-nt otlered a reward of t 'SMforni
possession—hut tiiey failed to obtsit
even s clue to its owner.
Judge J. George, Mn:te-i ,*titt*
, Senator-elect for Mississippi, -. bf-tt
fifty-eigiit year* of age, and in thefui.
vigor of health and manhood. He bu
for years stood among tbe ' rem .
lawyers of his State, and in I*7* he u
I chosen Chief Justice of the >upren,t
; '"ourt in Mississippi. 11* j. . iiservt
( live in his political idea*, and on que
| tions of national import agrees win
Senator Lamar. For sonic vear* before
the war he was reporter of the Supn-m*
j Court, and he ha* written several la*
book* that are of standard authority ;n
hi* and adjoi|jng State*.
MARRIAGES.
j KTKPIf EN>—MELCIIPR —R* R. . i V sui
In* ♦ in . T •.*
itixUtit. Mr P. f*t i ria mid M L:y*
i lutfi if Nt ti • st|
! VKAOOKB—LItAS—Oa January ) !*•* at o
j rwrittpnr* if tin- t ride- • m filn r. .n Cur. i. i< • ftstu?
l.ir J MKMff, Km Mr J 4.ii Y \>+tf>r ,
Mm Marv K, U'*
MKTLIXTOCK—IIOY —Oft Hi# Ith |f*uf * •;
of 0* Itl*ie • (Marwnt* It K< Y -i
llartfll, Mr A f INnur
niatxsti omnt} art 1 Mi- M . - lit?
| of M Ait lift tmlii|t, tine omul'
JO!ISMOKBAtH-llOitf-At !-
|(J the* K* V J W Klhk JttiutM r.
• Mf. June* J<(|irtt<>iil>ftt)F . <■! v'•!■ C'l *•;*
and Mi§ Alf<* Utn nt, Ofttr* rvbttt,'
XOLAV—MKTLLOt-iill—o® Juivitr? 14 I** t
lka (lalbaintl at Pittniarc, ft .Y f Xh> Br' htOirt
K*-at<k*ri Mr. Thoniv R Nolan, o? V4nhitt|Vt
I). C, and Mi<a Aiintw M ci ullouk-L. of l'lftatiif. P
IIA HTM AX—BROWK—Oft Ith - F.
Tontltnowrt. Mr U iUUn. M H taint at 4 Mil
hoim. and Mim \ t4a Hiu n. of Ainl tf
M Al.ldiß Y —la Alß—Oil Uto Uth nC Jaitaw IW. •
fcot M H. MotfVf. Mr .O. MaU>ry aitJ Mi Am
t-otli of Rrlwsral.tifij
NOLL—HALL—In tho <hnrrtb.at
l*a . Do**tiilav 21. \K9 % l.j Rr* 11. < I~m
Ooorgo M Noll, of l')o*a*Dl Oat* and Mm Id* L
Ilatl, of Mtloatmrc-
VANYALIX-MfOOY*—At Fthnvflh th* Tth "
| H+\ J R HiMir. Mr. J Yanxatu. t J-'
i K. MfO), tx4)i uf I'bkitt'ill*, Pa
I POX - KARKKT -On tlo inet., at th*
Jarktnvilir, |,y Ret tlva, |' llartn
Mr ThiWnaa J. Pol, of * -t mf 4"lint -r <
Mr* Rarah A. Narrrt. <4 Raid it|h V.ahf O*
ton rmmtj, Pa.
DEATHS.
Bl< Rl.a— (H the 11 tx lastsst, In lladt-nl-w* V*
Manbsli Hl* kls, at the isitnaUs a/* -*f S *** c 1
in .nlh. and -g d,s.
TEST —kt lbs r*sidcnc*- of hi* hrothn, IX Phlli!**""*
on Tiewdat all.nH.a Jannarv 13. IS*P. S "
aameUon. John M tan. atro.l >
VONh ADA. —On tho ITth tnst. la Man
Mr* Anna Mar; Tooaarf*. *ll* ..f San,ml V
•ttod 1.1 j ran |o Btontha and IS dais
PKRIU K —ln grunor |na aahl|>., R*tordar.(W< .'f
Instant, Mr* Kllaal-oth Pordnr, aao! ** tsar* so
S da? a.
Philadelphia Markets-
Phii i,M rms. Jaansrj XT. I** ■
flour .lull an I trmpaa , npHiiK. ft va. •; - vtn
.S,uVT:,; ton-, and la-laaaa family. WTM/T I'" 1
aalsaaia family,Sft IsaS TS: It. Units family,ST"tT ®
Hlnasanta haliy.ti.2i(W.ii. patoat and htgl, *r*s
fltffSMi.
Whoat tinasttlnl and dnlt: Mo i srratara rod il •'
Panuavlraoia rad. Vial*; aaiU-i,|l>.
Bellefoßte Markets.
Bsuscuvth, January , IS*l
-
Whlto whoat, jmr hwshol b f
Mod whoat '
i Byr, prr hwahal
Cora, cob —JU J"
Cora. aholM
flour, retail. (r t-atr4i., • *j
flour, wholaaalo ' '*
nAT AMD fTBAW.
Hay, rholro timothy, f-r* ton s 1* <*
Ma;, niimod, |*of hi—— - —— *. '
U>H( rro Straw, buadlad, y-rr toe * *
Short slraw, pet ton -S W *
Provision Market.
Corncted wrokly by llarpot Brothers
Apple*, drio.l, prr pr-uad —— *
caarrloa. drlrd. for pnuad. sordrd— • '®
Hraoa prr await...... —— *
ft-aah huttrr par poaw it...... '
ChlrSrns prr pound
Chorao par pound miSn J"
Oountry haaia |r J®
Hams, suttar cwrad '•
w* *na II- - - '
Inrd par pound.... - —* J;
Ml' f*r
Potatura par hutksl f,
Dried baaf. "