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A decision has juet been rendered by Judge Allison, of Philadelphia, which is likely to revolutionize a system which has long been practiced at election times, frequently to the detriment and defeat of honest measures and good candi dates. We allude to the custom of tin payment of taxes of individual voters on the suppo- t n that such vo ers will support the party presenting nun with a tax receipt, 'lite case which called fo>- Judge Allison's ruling was that on which a voter named Durst prosecuted William H. Shrouds for illegally reject ing his vote at the last election, while Acting as judge in the Eleventh division of the twelfth ward of Philadelphia. It tppeared that Durst went early to the polls to vote anerly chargeable with violating the Uw than by the act for which he waa indicted. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty and put tbe costs upon the pros ecutor. Retiring General McDowell. WAJHUTOTOK, March 24. —Home little excitement prevail* in army circle* here to-night over a report, said to emtnili from trustworthy source*. that the Presi dent hM practically determined to place Major General McDowll on the retire list and to promote Generals Pope and Mo- Kenzie. These change* are *aid to con stitute one ol the objects of General Orant'a present visit to Washington. General McKmsie is said to be one of General Grant's favorites, whose pro motion in the service has been unusually rtpid. His proposed advancement, is not generally approved by army officers Jtere, Longfellow Dead. SKETCH or TUECAKEkKOP TIIB EAMOUI AMER ICAN I'OET. BOSTON, March 24. Henry WadswoKli Longfellow, (ho poet, died at 3.15 i*. M. to-day, at iiia limine in Combridge, sur rounded by his tnmily. He hud been ailing lor some time |>unt, hut it wan only yesterday that sign* of immediate din nnlutinn manifested themselv*. Mr. Longfellow wan horn at i'ortlund, Me,, February 27, 1807, and at the ugc of 14, when he entered Bowdoin College, had already given evidences ol poetic taate and genius. After graduation lie essayed the study ol the law with bin lather, but hia tantea aoon led him to accept the teniier of the Professorship of Modern Languages in bin Alma Mater, and after fouryeatsof travel abroad—in 1830—he entered upon the duties of the position, which he faithfully and satis tactorily tilled until 1835, when he re signed to accept a similar professorship at Harvard, and then again spent two veara in foreign travel. Removing to Cambridge, Mass., Professor Longfellow devoted himself lor seventeen years to the Harvard prolesaorship, which ho re signed in 1854. Mr. L< tn gi el low's first volume of poems was published in 1833, ami thencelor word ins work improved and his name spread until his poems have been trans lated into almost every spoken lng uuge, and his name to day is u tannlinr one throughout the civilized world. Mr. Longfellow paid a third visit to Europe in 1868 69,0n which occasion he eceived the degree of D C. L. from the I'niversity of Oxford. He h o\ THE roi.iri" \i. SIT CATIO* AMI Tun I'Rosru T.s or Tiu nr.- M*; a ACT. The traveling correspondent of the Philadelphia I'reu, interviewed ex Sen tor Wallace on a rdlmad train the other nly to be turned aw -y to-come again. Rid nf tbe cares of public lite they can not ml themselves of the desire to pose slatueque|v belore the phuliC eye. flow ollcn have I seen bright men reach the level ot the lobby from the height of a seat in congress. They must be in Washington, and they take what offers. How olten rosy they be seen trading on tbe standing they gained as congress men an'i the privileges they have as ex members, plying their vocation of cor rupt manipulation as shamelessly as courtesans practice their art* under the glare of gas, l lnly the strong men resist. Only the rich and brave return to their homes content to enjoy their fortune* in the respected dignity of private life, or labor like other men to gain an honest living. Wallace left the senate with great influence in the councils of his party, but he has content ed himself Industriously practicing his profession and accumulating wealth in the coal fielda of the Clearfield region." In response to the sensational report of the *|>rcad of small-pox at South Bethlehem, A. 8. Goodwin, Chief Bur ges* of the town telegraphs under date of Sunday as follows: "The spread of •mall |>nx in South Hcthleheni appears to be considerably checked. Only three caaea were reported yealerday and three o far to-day. Six houses were relieved frnm quarantine today and several more are being fumigated. There are now exactly 100 houses under quaran tine, inanv of which we expect soon to relieve. Not a single case of small pox has occurred where there had been re cent successful vaccination. The mem bers of tbe Board of Health think that they have good reason to take a hopeful view of the situation. Homo*, Mich., Sept. 25, 1875. Sir* —l have been taking Hop Hitter* for inflamation of the kidneys and blad der. It has done for me what four doc tors tailed to do. The effect of Hop Bitters seemed like magic to me. W ,L. CASTS*. I HAD Neuralgia and Palpitation of the heart. PXRI'NA cured me. Aco. M Bi'ißaT, Pittsburg, Pa. The Fulling Rivera. ENCOt'HAIIINU NEWS I'RON EVERV (JL'AKTEII —AN ESTIMATE Of THE OVERFLOW. Vicksiicho, Mia., March 24. Fncournging news from every quarter regard nig the lulling river* continues to lie received. I.urge port ion* of tillable land in the Yazoo, Tallahatehiu and in the Deer Creek country are reported clear ot water, with a rapid fall in there streams, also above here on the Missis sippi river. Dry land is appearing in several places on the Mississippi side, and planters in that quarter are feeling encouraged accordingly. At Delta, La., the river has fallen two inches in the past twenty four hours, wiih a gradual decline above that point as far up us Henderson. It is believed that plant' ing operstions will be in progress on Deer creek in about ten days and on the Sunflower in about twenty. Steam boats still continue to bring large lots of cattle, people and plunder from the flooded districts to this point. New Ori.eanr, March 24.—A Delphi (La.) special says the Black and Tensas rivers and Bayou Macon are rising rapidly and tears were entertained that the slock scaffolded along these stream* would h drowned. The loss of stoek is now estimated ut jf.'KMKK) arid the loss in fences w 1 amount to SIOO 000. Fif ty-eight thousand people live along these streams and cultivate one hun dred thousand acres of land. The over flow hi Concordia parish extends from the Black to the Mississippi river, ailis lance of thirty five miles; in Tensas parish, Irom Tensas river to the Mis sissippi river, a distance of thirty miles; in Franklin parish, from Tensas west to Ouachita river,a distance of lew miles; Madison parish, from Hiyou Macon to the Misslssipi river, a distance ot thirty five imles; Fast Carroll, from Bayou Macon to the Mississippi river, 10 miles; in the upper portion of Frankiin par ish, west of the hills ol the Tensas, which skirt Bsyou Macon, the flood ex tends to t luirhita river, a distance of 15 nnles. '1 he Tensas river since Saturday has risen 5 feel and is still rising at the rate of 11 inches in 24 hours. Along the Tensas and Bayou Macon the water is 3 feel higher thsn in 1H74, and the unprecedented flow is accounted for by l-rcnk* in the levee* at Millikcn's bend and Goodrich's landing. The ra tion* which have been sent up in this section arc sufficient to supply the wants of destitute people tor some time, un less the fl *xt becomes still more disas trous. The people nre all in good health Slid say ll the water subsides by the middle ol May they will make a full crop. Attorney General llrewster make* some Truthful Remark*. Wasiiisgtox, March 23. Attorney General Brewster has written to Dallas Sander*. Bs*itant district attorney gen eral, who is now at Charleston, S. C., ! enclosing a copy of the proceedings, testimony and argument in the con tested election case of Smalt* and j Cabman in the House, calling Ins unortant person* '"concerned in these attempts to defeat honest elections by fraUdu lent or forcible mean*. The prosecu j lion of a few insignificant and obscure persons, he says, he "will not consider a* being tiioso that justice recpnres to be instituted and pursued." Contin uing, he says, '"You are a Democrat, and I very property sympathize with your pirty, and I talk to you with a little more vigor because you are a Democrat, and also l*>cau*e we enjoy such close personal and friendly rela (ions. I wish to express my Republi rn conviction* upon the subject, but of my Republican convic Hons I intend more emphatically to in dicate how important all of this is to tinth sides, that there should l-e fur play—fair play all around. 'I here i* no just judgment of popular will in any .election (hat i* controlled or biased by ' force or fraud, and I do insist that faith Democrats and Republicans should have their fsce* set as fiinl against any abuse* against the free and fair ue ol the ballot lox." Mr. Sander* in reply says the rase* selected for trial are, ex cept in one or two counties, the m*ri | ager* of election* and the board of ! county canvasser*. The I'wlrM Republican llonac. W MhlrifUU iHiftfttfti t* tb iWvetr-tt The majority of the house is so weak ■ami no without a leadership that it i drifting. It ia daily brooming more riiilrnt that it ia the weakest majority the house m had. Reed cannot take rnmmand because be ia the moat thor oughly hated man in tha house. He cannot got up tha Geneva award bill, and it ia unfortunate that that measure should ba ontruatrd to him. because the longer action shall be delayed the more certain it ia that the government will retain the money, tin the whole, it ia aale to say that that aeema likely to he the result. Kaoon reveala an amount of nervous dread of taking reafionaibili ty not suspected of htm. and he wants the friendship of other ambitious men to aid him in his future aspirations. Iliscock ia thick headed, Robeson has no skill and ia not really reapected. Haskell ia wax rtpro*trra nihil, anil above all sita the stupid, ill mannered Keifer. Any one of a dosen members of the mi nority can floor the majority and their speaker at a moment's warning. The bankruptcy bill is not talked about, the civil service reform committees are both asleep, nothing is being done or con templated that is not in answer to some popular demand. Polygamy and the Chinese mut be liecause the pressure against them was too great to resist. As for the rest the majority of the house has not capacity enough to put through any important piece of legislation. Ir the mother is feeble It is impoesi hie that her children should be strong. I.ydta K. Pinkham's Vegetable com pound is a perfect specific in all chronic diseases of the sexual system of women. Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 223 Western Avenue, Lynn Mast., for pam phlets. Nsxt to an effeminate man there ia nolhiog so disagreeable as a manish woman. STATE NEWS. Hollidayzhurg wants u new school house. Burglar* are at work around Lewis town. Bradford is already forming a base hall club. Wayne county is accredited with sev enty six lakes. The wife of Congressman Beltzhoover, of IV, is reported critically ill, FH'ort* are being made to organize u street railway coinpuny in Johnstown. | Twelve thousand heads of cabbage j are sold yearly in the Philadelphia market. Joseph Blackburn was killed on the i Cambria Iron's Company Ksilroad, at | John-town, Thursday. Hcv. Dr. .Spalding, of St. John's 1\ K. church, York, has accepted a call to lirace church, Jersey City. The Franklin County Fair Grounds, divided into 93 lots, were sold at Cham ber-tburg, ThursiJuy, lor $14,73b. Mrs. Mary Bradley, a resident of Dor rv township, Westmoreland county, is one hundred and one years of Hge. A five year old child of Thomas Col litis, ol Dunoinre, last week while play- ! Ing near the stove, was burned to death. Scarlet fever is raging to such an ex- j lent hi Montgomery county that in con sequence a number of schools have been closed. The organization of the t.<-w fire de i part men I ol Lancaster ha* been nearly I completed, ami it will go into operation Thursday. The body of an unknown man wa recently found iii theSebuylkill river. I he body had been in the water two or three weeks. Decently a Chinese laundry man in Brad ord attempted to commit suicide i ta*cause a coloted girl did not requite his nflection. ihe advisability and advantage of a city charter tor Fusion and surround j nigs are being considered by the people of that town. Ibe H*rrihiirg Copper Mining and Smelling Company ha* struck a rich j vein of copper ore near Waynesboro, Franklin county. Rev. John Foster Halsey. D. D, pa*" tor cineruu* of the First Paethyterian church of Xmristowii, nearly h'J years of age, died on Friday, John T. Lruhig-r, a furniture dealer of ITirrist.urg. fell through an elevator on Thursday distune,- of fifty feet, and received fatal injuries. Ihe body of Mr. Abraham Good, wi.o died in < burchtotrn, Lancaster county, recently, was borne to tfie grave by Isdy pall bearer*. 11. B. Iliilmnn one of the pioneer cal operator* and an ex member ol the legislature do-d, in Wdkesbarre, on Saturday, a god seventy two years. A vein of iron ore estimated lo l> thirty fi-et in thickness liai been disci v ered on the farm of Henrv F. Diet*. in Spring Garden township, York county. A cbil'i of Samuel King, living in l.tcking frrck township, Fulton county, died few day* since Imm the effe in of being |ioiM.iic pan-lias la s Itaa; than, a north 18 da t iaaa. raal 2J paraha. In a lad tab , thani-a earth 27 aaat parr baa la a mspla; ihanr-a math Ts -ttarm. anal 7S |aft*ta la > pal . Ihanra aoalh 111 da(raaa, aaal |ii paathaa la lha placa of Winning—t-na talnlng Fifty-Six Acres, more or less. Tbara-a atartod a tary lltir Kl. Ilaial Slalda. Bank Rank. IHatilbry and uibar oallwildluga All la good nedaa and aoadlitaa. No. 2. Also nil that certain men ansga, laoamant and Irani of land Stasia in said laaaabln. lying n, *r or adjrdntn, lha nU.*a trarl: BnanSos by lands nf Ilia 11,1-1 Kagla Paranaa can,any and tdbara Snn( lha aaaia ,-f a.nlaaa shell Thornaa MaOiy, High ShatlS at Ontra c-aaty. I.y daad datad Knaaaibar M, ISIWi, la Jufca i .|onbavav— •saMrtag 147 ACRES, more or less. Tbarana aaaalad TWO OWKLUXO tIOISKe. Bams and oihat nattxaiMlagi No. 3. All that certaio messuage, taaaiaaat and Iran ..(land sonata la Taylor loanabla akinaald. and j.doing laada of l.yna. Short. A On. ma •ba ninth and Ml, aad tdhaa lands nan at Oaotga J. Hand ns lha north and aaal—containing 130 ACRES, more or less. Thnraon arertad a good DW KM.INO HOI SK. Barn and t'Uiav anlhnildlngs The above properties were purchased at shsrtf ante as lha prnpaeiy of Joha Onpaahannr by BaarfS L sad, of Claarftold. Pa Tha aans- still ha sold as a what* m smwaialy. la aall pan-haawa. This properly Is la good tvndtOoa. and II la vary da slaahla as a Hotel |W-npaaty. or s IHatalle y, at ifia. Trrair will ha tt.edi la salt parrhnwrs. partly cash and pailly Ml llnte laaaira of OBoBOR I. BKRIi or lha I I.BARriaU) • hereby given, that the ~.. 1.," 1 "' l ,'* , "r J I"'*"" ••• ll—J Iholr i^li ..... .yt-ik..,,, j,:zi v.'u.v til MI'I ft, Xf.t.l ||„ 0„„,.,i, 11,||.i„,, u C. (. M.M111,. . , .. r Krik X UtiMD. 4., W H T*ll I, T I" Jubn Ai..i.f M.b ii„ ~,, „ er—) Plftilb, ,|„ . " 4 * UftftftA j&ESfc : n T mtt ir T J •'>., 2 • *'• c .iMM „ Tfttrrftt* M ' A„„ •! ~. J"' Tlt-ma* P M -V Mwwe ( o , i il'ft ~ k *' 1 ' S 1 i '""'I-' 1,,;. • •MMH Mi. t. : „ i.*", ' , i. l ri ; J ' llAhl'l K lltrk, ( IOI'KT I* HOC LA M A TIO X Ji-! j K a, ~ ''r>i,'r'iT.- o ;r''• 1 mi,. i ar <1 *l. ii . I" *!*' ' J 1 ' '*' 1 1,1 *•' * Cwtifl i f £?£ %: A't.'t 11 - . 1 ' ' ll't, Jl 'it,, | v ., . SL°SS"S , *1 -I. - U.IA*. .... 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Mining and tlanotartorlag ui|aiij ( * M * dmrr of uiaat.iu ti"n. hi 1" all fxTKin* whom it mar mtimrn flo ut. K b.rl ■} aoam Ih.t ih. C*-mi h Common rim* ■lid. r* Ih. Itlb .tat at Mairti I*2 grant a ml- to -bow raau hp lb- IM.Ii. Milling and Man a fit or ng i on. pa ni' alo.uld not l du-n-d and It. .han.r .