==== Non from vitiations. —Beaten has a 44 one cent store." —There were iii =lades in New York last yeiie., . - ...General Sherman Inn been inter viewed by a lunatic. Csineron is the oldest Brats, In Ob*rem. ' • • —Another 15etrified-Ont bas been found. 'This time intalitbrms. .: . . ... itt =Richm o nd, Tn., . duis n micie# called "Knights of the Bed 110g." . _ . . -A Laporte, Ind., doctor,has d4:s eu4ereil a remedy for opium habit. s . ,i.• ~ --Wisconsin absorbed nearly twen ty-throo tbanssad cmtmutts last yarty. Fianaisoo is to have s grand hotel, wltkiti Is to occupy two tall blocks. —Cincihnati has a prospective $29..000 breach of immais case. . —=Chicago granted five thousand it4trris'ge licenses bud year. —Toolo and Southern are coming to America. •—liva wad a blonde, accordiug to a French author. --Bombay is to have a theatre, to b.: built by & wealtby company. —The Mayor of Boston wants a ►ecret service fall for detoctiv4pOrposm. —Last year lowa had one hundred and fifty miles of railroad, whieh coat SHAW,- 000. —The wild turkdys in• Michigan weigh twenty-one pounds and upward. —A young son of Dir. Jay Cooke proto"mta to become a famous inagiciaa. —" Handy Andy," the gentleman ly Chicago burglar, hag been caught at last. —A. western giil. likes ,to make Lrtad because it cleans he hands sklbcantifdly. —The Queen of Madagascar has accepted Christianity and burned all her idols. —Eniienie gave - away over two hundred nngs, as souvenirs, during her East Indian tour. • •—Mr. Dihrueli's life-long mortit cat.ou is said to dm Lis ignorance of Ins bh th- Ow. —A lady has had a needle remov ed from her foot which had'been there ova eight yeas. —Duo - in - Great Britain are taxed fire shillings. Tln.!se not worth five shillings Are exemptecL —Mrs. Julia Ward Howe has been chosedixesident of the llostan Radical Club, la place Dr. Bartol, re6iped. --All the Boston wholesale brand" clothing houses. in Chicago have settled and closed up, with a singe exception. —A. young lady St. Louis has been awarded a $12,000 contract for lacing a stmt par...pent. —A female raediCal school has been stablsbed in Indio. Ttie studenta are said to be very apt in amidring med ical knowledge. —Ne* York has a "Bald' Headed' aemiciatimi. None but tratocthe pateseare ed mitted to membership. • , —Dtuing n. recent religions revival ut Equality, 11L, two liquortler.leru emptied thair trhilikey in the streets. —The ruiverse,forniei•ly published in Chicago, has romovcd to Broadway and 'flirty-second street, New York city. —A splended marble colossal Oat ., of Dicubmius was Mimi by a countryman in a at Pozzuoli. It belongs to the best whool of Roman art. —There were se‘enty-four /item boat diNahters on the western wattris last year, involving a 'ohs of over :4,000,000; • —A Cincinnati pork dealer couldn't %Laud the pressure of a crowd of g:rls who were begging for weaurch fair, so he gave them a drove of lino hogs. The guts drove them away iu high glee. —The shadow of an axe has ap peared on one of the walls of the Tower ofLon ,lon. The last appearance of this mysterious shade r irate in Is4B. --A traveller in Kansas had two N alnable horses killed by giving them oats with ground Oass mixed in. He thinks of sueim ihe hotel propricter. --A lady iu St. Paul has been j), a trance six weeks, and her husband reßescs to ...end for a physician, saving he inten sto en joy a finict time as 11 , 0851thlts. —Beecher says that al st "every scrap; into which he ever full, I ri been in at- I.Mtpting to befriend soine'im pular cause, or some nutirtnnste man." . —A. gentleman of 'liallowell, Me., has in his cellar a pork arrcl made of cedisr, that-has !wen in consta t use for 107 years, and is now as*good as whe new. • —The "lion mart" of King Rich ard the Frst of gland has 'just been removed from the tre (try of Rouen Cathedral, and placed in ane tomb in the choir. —Alia) tie City, lowa, has a secret sncity knoe-u as "Revellers." They don't do all the rive Rag themselves, 'but supply the poor with ti at to their bread and bread to their meat The statistics of the colored Wrist churches in Virginia show a member , :doll of 43.311, exclusive of those vet in cow / 1, mullion with the white churches. The negroes have 152 churches. ' . —A sawmill in -Gardiner, Me., the . proprietra of which were compelled last year to hire teams to cart off the sawdust made, has thhi year nceiverl 1.t..100 froth the ice companies for all the clitstMadc. —A fragment of about 800 lines of an early history of the Hely Grail, in alternative tert,C, has been disemerea in the Botlican-Li hrary. It will he innneditely published by the Early English. Test Society. —The 31innesetta Senate consists of twenty married 133011 Main%) baelillors. In the Ilona,. there aro forty-one ntarried men and mix bachelors. Majority of married men on a joint ballot fifty-three., The lives of seven hundred and eiglity-siztt• persons .w - cre saved by the lifeboats of the Ruyid 'National Lifeboat 'lnstitution in England last year.. Twenty=eight rotsels , were also saved drum destruction.- —A free soap-Louse its to be open_ rd in Albany, N. 1. Eleven flrnis in the pro vlsion business offer tb give the materials for "'up—meat, vegetables, he.—and a steamboat sbmard is to superintend the Idtehert. —Mits.-rlinsetts hits lost an island and aoinired a care. Chsppoquhl(iie has ceas ed to be an island, tho 633 having thrturnmp a heateis your feet high across AVaagna inletoshicia Las been open nearly (me hnndrod years. furnnco at Ironton, Wis., is full blast, with the heaviest stock of ore and charcoal that has ever been'accumulated there. The bla4 will hold for size months. The fur nace turns out seven tons of pig iron —At the inquest held upon tho. lr4v of a Hoboken man who died fromlockjaw,' resulting from injuries received at a railway', accident, the jnry found: 'Mat he died from* lockjaw, and the. conductor of the train waa to 'Amu or it." —Women, in China are .sabject to obedience at throe different stages of life: Be fure tuarria:e, to their parents; after marriage, to their husbands; after tho death of their hus bands, to their eldest ion. —Council Bluffs idrertises a ladies' Inrch room, where can be obtained lloman Muscatel wine, rut de vie de dans**, St. Croix rum, (Al Tuna Fin, Canadian and Dour- Leo whiskies. champ:agues, and nines of every description; fine old ales and porter. —Daring the past year there were erected in Boston forty stone buildings, at an aggregate cod of $2,321,000; of brick buildings 529, e("ting $7,067,300; and of wooden struc tnreS 742. costing 1t2,568,100. Total' nranber of Iraildniga 1.411, costing $11,250,400. • —A - man in Ohio, who recently as 'Alined another with beam hickory stick. tilting sharp stein points &iron near each "the; down about half its length, and a long .deel b!ade jn ,its end, was bound over in the 411111 o! 1300 . -for simple assault and battery. -- —The Standard,of London,ia pub. n series of lengthy articles to prove that the Peabi,dy charities • ate a failure, and the ledaing houses are in no respect aseemfortable AR those built with other 'funds. The traltees are eteOuntable for all failures. - • - —Chienqo is excited \ s orer the de but in Cm...by a Otero-home of young lady un der thii stage name of Kato Claxton, who *aid army daughter of a diatiugulabod general in the army, and the ' grand-daughter, of otte of the most emin en t of American public Men. —A funeral in Se Louis has been indefiniSely postponed because the deceased had a dream, no t long before, that hs was ill 1 trance state and buried %Use.- The Cody does not look as other dead bodies dEi, and there aro hopeds that the undertaker may yet be cheated. ===E=2IISMEI fradford Sept*. E. 0. GOODRICH Towanda, Thursday, Zan.. 21:,1187!4. 1 1 IA I Contrary to expectation; C!eu. Imam was elected StaterTo*ramn-ty-thrt LegisiAlrq - WP4ne1*.+.....0i Putt week. A caucus of the Republican• members had nominated/We. ALterriv, the presentable and eillaient incum bent, by- a kuve-majority,,,aini accor ding to usago.and by every fair. and honorable Consideration; he shordd have received the - support of the en tire Republican delegation; but enough professed Republicans were found willing to strike lauds, with the Copperheads to . dffeat him. Charges of: bribery and I corruption are Made, and a committee has been , appointed kfi; investigate the, matter. If money As used in securing the re sult,we trust the guilty parties may be brought- to justice. The fact that the Democratic members ?sere willing to unite on 'a bolting Republican should hayi been sufficient for every &Nth lican to stand by Mr. MACKEY, whose administration of the Treasury De partment, has been entirely satisfac tory to the people, and highly credit , . able to himeelf. , THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE. From the report of Mr. J. P. \Viet- EIISHAM. State Superintendent, we. learn that there are now 1,971 school districts in the State, and 13,936 schools, of which number 2,545 are graded. There are 17,142 teachers, and the average salaries, per month are—males,-$39 00; females, $3O 52. The average length of school term is six months. Whole number of pu-, pils 815,753. Average number of pu pils 548 075. The percentage of at tendance upon the whole number registered is 67. Average cost of tu ition for each pupil $97: Cost of tui tion for the year, $3,500,704 26. Cost of bailding, renting and purchasing school houses, $2,455,847 71. Cost of contingencies, $936,559 70—mak ing a total cost, including expendi tures of all kinds, of $6,986,148 95. The estimated value of school prop erty is $14,055,632 00. t irt The increase iu the most imp • ant items , as compared with last ( is.as follows' In number of • ", 52; in schools, 270; in teat. 1 in pupils, 15,238; in cost ' $227,433 83; in cost of • expenditures of an . k' i 9G, - The debt of the several districts of the-State is $47 ,911, 54. The value . of school pro rty in the State is es timated at 4.945,632, being an in crease of ,489,857 over 1868. of uj standing the school la* was 'Ode general in 1848, at the be gin' fug . of 1867 twenty-four districts if welve different counties, had stub , ornly refused to put schools in oper ation, thus losing their State appro priations and in a measure depriving 6,000 children of the - advantages of education. Under the operation's of the laws of 1867, fifteen of these dig tricts have adopted the system and recei - ved their eppropriations, and . four others have opened their schools and .will in due time receive their portion:l'of the- fund. The five re maining districts —Harmony. Beaver canuty; Little Mahony, Northumber land county; Conneaugh, Somerset county; and Overfield and Washing ton, Wyoming county—have not yet opened their schools, but all of them are expected to do so except Harmo ny district, Beaver county, under the control of the 'Economite Society,' which will probably not adopt the system so long as the lintitty exists . under its presebt control. The Soci ety, however; it must be ouderstood, supports a good school. tte. The case of Dr. Taut Schteppe who is in 'prison in Pennsylvania, is attracting much interest and some sympathy in certain quarters. He had a patient, a Wealthy spinster, Miss Steinekle. A year ago, she sud ',denly died. So far, the circumstances are nut singular, for such things will happen to maiden ladies as well as to Doctors. But when the Doctor pro- duced A N%lll. of his patient making him tlie heir to her large property, it was naturally supposed that Nature was not entirely to blame for the death of the lady. ' The Doctor was arrested, tried and convicted on the charge of poisoning her. For some reason ,or other efforts have been made for his pardon or a commutation of his sentence. One of the Doctor's friends wrote to Berlin in regard to the matter, and now, it appears that a person of the same name was, six or seven years ago sentenced to the pen itentiary there for grand larceny and forgery. If this fact is frilly establish ed, the efforts for pardon or conunu tation will very likely not be success ful, for e‘en if the medical testimony upon which he was convicted was erroneous, his former reputation, will Operate against him in arguments made in his favor. re-The report of he Civil Code Comniissioners appointed by the last Legislature will be truly for early presentation to the Legislature.— These 'commissioners, Hon. DAVID DERILICKSOI4, H. McCi.sy HALL, of Bede ford county, and 'WAYNE HeVzion, of Chester county, liave now been at work for two years, and will, of course, have very important codifications to present for the consideration and adoption Of the Legislature, the re- Suit of which will be to put an end t o th e flood ,of private legislation which flows through the Senate and House at every session. At least two thirds of the work now performed by the' l Legislature could be more proper ly done by the courts, atlessexpense sand with more justice to the • PeoP e. a W. ALTOIIO. MDIT01121: 'ear, icts, I . s, 371; f tuition, [ding and ds, $795,610- ==lN3=23=M Caen.l arths manbors' ~ .* , ',.... .. ' 7:-. -':'•--.. A ~,,,,-, 1 'A. i ' ',.. - Alka.ft, , -- • -3 As giblie notia, was gran that . s course would be adopted by thank, it Lad . tberact tolead Wenn at is nationidsapital to do - the same thing The Viiihington Star in referring to this 'cironmatance, says: 1 The hidden thus est wait quits onerally followed. end the nesserues that, although the dur was wal observed. there sue asercely • sign of lipst. nem to theritrealy — Tlir reeettawatcammiOnew math arse *cme awl eigewahie Una whoa wade up ate useedg• wood libeugging the itareetype weisplbsente sit the sesson. There seems to be • quite rpraerablkposition to break reiewlesee Up. Ong.. The aindstere of Sew Tat end Brooklyn pesechat ento= d astenakyasalsuttherostues oes alli M a lreartiley endue lose I ttrab l edfe ll et was to " weishlwegarkedua the - asnown of Sew Tor's drunkeensee *those aka. • In the place Of spirituous liqtiors, hot coffee, and chixolate-vvas served to visitors: There is .'a growing pub lic sediment wind the use of in toxicating &Mks, and s single act, such as we quOte above, is worthdos ens.of the most eloquent lectures up nn the Subject of temperance ! • 42k0erner Wass% offirginia, set a good mainple for that state and the whole country on New Year's Day. Among.'those who came to his recep tion-on that day was a society of col ored people, engaged in celebrating the anniairsary of Mr. Lincoln's proclamation of emancipatim The Governor told them they were his peers before the law, and vested with the same rights and' privileges. He, as Governor, would - see that th rights and privileges were secure them—would stand by and p .stect them. He appealed to them s show by their action that they ap .reciated these rights ; and what been call ed an experiment, in •• to the colored people, won . prove most successful. The lat. rebel Gen. Im boden spoke to th = same effect. We trust this exam ! e may put to shame the spirit of . 3 which still so exten sively piev • ' • special attention of ' their assistants to tier from Hon. 'cost Office Depart red blank petitions, asking for the abolition of the Frank ing privilige, and we hope to see. them numerously signed in the coun ty. We have no doubt that this in cubus on the public Treasury will be removed, but we desire to• see a gen eral expression in favor of the reform, on the part of our citizens: Horn OP nXPIIEMITAIITES, WASIILVITOX, D. C., Jan. 10, 1870. Emma or ma illCPCHlTZL—Cksilenela :—This morning I twelve& and presented, a petition me mermay aimed by the citizens - of Burlington, sating that the ..Franking - Privilige" be 'Wished. I should be plemed to receive many more petitions of the like character. from the Mims .af our Dle trict Although .I am in favor of abolishing it. and thus cheapening the wefts of the people, yet the expression of a great number of our citizens will have an influence beyond our District remain Yours truly. • • In t rigue Ilaactm. ser THEO. L. Cenan writes new protestant church in New York has just been dedicated, and hundreds are flocking to gaze at its gorgeous gewgaws. The .expenditure of sacred money on this infirm of. cut stone, stained glass, and damask amounted to $320,000! On some of the pew doors we saw the label, " rent $4OO a year." What chance has the' poor widow who has only two mites, to hear one of the excellent and evangel ical sermons of the rector of that church? And what right had that church to smother their , really able and-admirable minister under that load of gaudy gingerbread work Verily it is time that " judgement be., gin at the house of God." if there be any stop to the present reckless rage for extravagance. „ *IP A ate has just been decided by the Supreme ktourt of Alabama, which is regarded as settling, in prin ciple, that all this: marriages which took phial in that State during the war are null and void ) and that the issue of such marriages are illegiti mate. The law requires that licenses to marry shall be obtained from the Judge of Probate ; and as the persohs who undertook discharge that of fice by rebel authority were no Judges at all, their licenses, it is said, are of no value. It is probable ) , however, that the piihstipie wilt not be carried to its full extent, but that the doctrine of the courts of this State, that the living together of a man and woman as husband and wife constitnes t a sufficient marriage vri.ll be adopted instead. Mr- A bill for the admission of Virginia has been prepared by a meta her of the Reconstruction Committee ) which it is expected will meet the views of the majority of the. Commit tee, as it is a compromise between the two extremes. It provides that the Legislature shall meet and the mem bers take the test oath—or affirmation —of the XlVtb Amendment, not the " iron clad oath." Then the Legiala, tare shall, by solenin enactment, de clare that the present constitution shall not be changed-so as to deprive the colored people Of the right to vote, hold office, sit on juries, and have their share in the school .fund. On these fundamental conditions she shall be admitted to representation in Congress. Some years ago a homestead bill was - passed by congress, after a twenty years fight, on the part of its Mends' anti the friends of.the laboring men of the country. Since the pas sage of the law, millions of acres have been given away to enrich Railroad companies and pinta speculators, and much of it is yet held by the gov ernment at aprice. Whyis that land monopoly is not brongt-to a close, so far as our public demand is concerned? he design of making the public lands free to actual settlers is almost whol ly evaded by the land sharks in and out of emigres& It is time this state of things Was remedied. ' ~-:, T~ . --,—_, --- ____ _. _4le 1 ma thruig_iiitO .a_ are,... _.The,....eron4 I declared thaiheing a iod he would not burn— ) whe , someho, " " was very. booa 4> . sum* and then,: with no little 'paOnm,-1 An.people I. seeing 4ifikßP!'4,4_ l / 1 .4 1 ,.. t 4 )3YorPhi.P; eenkto the. Queen - to ask - w h at , -they 1 wore .'to worship fOrlhe future." , The I I foundition of their faith hid iMleed ' been greatly shaken: Ai& Queen-'is ' to send trocheni of Chrbithmity among , l ‘ !hen), and Madawiscir;. one, Of th I ?Air* places of . , Oe earth, " earth, " i' 3: ' ,i kA ' to.havo turned the last - page of, e , sangubnity reoords which hero , ith- erto formed s; large a part of hei 14stery;; j. , .11EsproT TO Tim • , . oar or Mn. Swermi.--The &pre . a Court of the United,States its , ~ ed its sasion on Monday. &torn , -General Hoar an nounced the d: ,th of Hon. E. M. Stanton, • , , ly confirmed Associate Intake, an , pronounced .a eulogy on the ch , . er of the deceased. He then presented the resolution I , Zdopted by ' a . Ear last week The Chief J , - ,ce remarked that the Bench eon ,.. • , full3r . in what had , 'been said a ncerning Mr. Stanton, and there fore • the Coort would adjourn till Tuesday. ' 3 - Dom. Prince Napoleon ;Bonaparte, cousin. of the Emperor; on Itldialay last shot, and instantly killed, Victor Noir, who was the bearer of a letter of a hostile '.'character' from Henri Richefort, editor of the " Harseillaise Words passed between Noir the I Prince, when th9 , former slapped the Prince i n 'the face; whereupon :the PrinCe drew a-revolver and shot antagonist dead. The funeral: of Noir was attended 4 30,009 , people. Bonaparte is under .4rtest. I r SW Mr. Gin has introdticed a bill to couple with the libolition of , the franking privilegeo iiro , yision allow ing all newspapeas' ukfrtita the of-.fice of publication, go_peatti g d .free t i to any point. At p rteUt they only, go free in the county] of publication; 'or within thirty inil4S.:', 'Mcording to . ~. Mr. eresswell's repOrt, . t his can be done without affecth4,the revenue. Mr. Getz going t 4 j . 5 - ress this .ni.cas ure, and is hopes to succeed.' , . • liar It is a very •good Sign when the Republican GovernMent . and 'the .Republican party apologize to the country for only redneing the debt 5,000,000 in one month. The De mocracy tiever4 4 even • apologized for increasing or creating :it. This fact illustrates signally the difference be tween the two parties. . MI6 The Cincinnati iglu/direr, a leading Democratic orga . n, declares it is not numbers the democracy needs in Congress so much as brain.. . This is really unkind, with such a talented, classical Democratic-Congressman as Morrissey ; steadfastly in his seat!— "Woodman spare that tree!" FROM HARRISBURG liAtattlntatu, au. 1,170, The present week has been an eventful and exciting oue at thelitate Capital. The almost unanimous endorsement of 3facasx by the Ilc 'publican eaucui, did not clear the political ho lism, across which clondswere constantly pass ing. _One hour gave birth to- rumor of "bolt ing," whielt the new hour.dissipated under the positive assurance that cvnr,vthiny was serere anti lovely, and that tte joint Convention would elect Myer.= by a united Republican vote. Tuesday night, howeTer,. witnessed — some strange scenes. 'There was lwarylog to and fro from the Inwrzi camp to the Demecretic Head quarters, and a satisfactory, arrangement seems to have been made, no the redoubtable ACE agreed to transfer the Democratic vote, on the se Lind or third ballot to Isms', provided t latter smild sektdo Ithpoldiecn voters sutlicient to elect him. The terms of the brit•ipin, I eitl leave others to state. The Legislature nut in joint Cuurention, Weduesdai noon, and proceeded to ballot for State Treastircr. On the first ballot ittAcr.r.y ecivud C 2 Motto, EMIR 16, 11;WI?: 11, Bishop SINP6OII 1, ltr.-101E1CD1aLSON 1 , nud S. 1). SnOk- MAKER 1. On the second ballot Jovni obtained 68 votes, '4lstkEt GI; it4:ch Silol3. Arllt General haw* notald hare teen eleeted on this ballot, had.not Messrs. BLANS and Baorsr in sisted upon voting for Mr. BASIL However, on the next ballot, these gentlemen concluded to vote for General Istris, and ho n - as declared elected by a majority of nine, !JACKET Teet - hing 61 votes, lawrs O. &meters Lower and Enna and Representatives Mire, DownAs, 70:V, Cella, enAttf, Debt-hALIE, titres', Ltanra Meatscame, MCCLEARY, Rancor.m.,- NVirm.l and Wnzr were the Ileptblican members who voted with' the Democracy. During the ballot for State,Treasurer a scene occurred which it was not intended should he on the programtnes The Democracy at their caucus had concluded to vote for Mr, flame on the first ballot, when, it it appeared that - Oen. law= had enough strength to elect him on the second ballot, they would vote for him. On that ballot, Messrs. Bases and Enonsr btiii voted for- Mr. BARIL Two of the Deinoeratic ntemb.,rs went to these gentlemen sad threatened that if they did the same thing on the third-ballot, they would be billed. Whether frcm fear or not, Mesirs. linsas and Moser voted for Thins on that ballot. The comse adopted by these two excited partisans was immediately eondenm. ed by their confreese Thursday, Itepresents,.. tire Climes:lmm offered a resolution direvting an Investigation; which was referreal to the Committee oil Vice and Immorality. . ' The House tensed to-day to concur in the 13nate resolution increasing the salary of the. Governor to $7OOO per annum. Another effort will be Made on Tuesday to reconeder the coo- tion on the part of the Mouse. The r>Bdd rote - east at the lest eketiou for &reenter was counted at noon, Thursday,. in .the presence of both llcnisei.;' Tliellg=ssit ed op as follows: For Governor Gem?, for Asa Packer, 28.%9i16;, giving the former a majority of finch The illaugurationeeremnies are fixed for Tuesday next, and it is expected they will be witnessed by several thousand peo ple. . . The Rwortt reporters have taken their depart tme from the capital, the &Mato having concur: red in the Row resolution rescinding - the con tract for its publication. A * pint iommitteewill reports plain by which an official copy of the proceedings of the Legislature may be publish ed in accordaniO with.* pfovision of the Consti- Intim - - . . . Tbe Standing Committees were announced on. Thursday. The following are the Chairmen: Ways and Means, Davis; i3anks, Welanjudi dairy, Local, McCreary; JudrCiary, &mein] Johnson, ci Crawford; Counties, Airnes;Tarsen ger BaLliram. dodi Ednesiion; 13pringtop, vice Chituber3en; ItVradl, .1.110 re; CorPotr thus; nt soldrk itintdPatOngla ticac' Otoka; ••• o ; sgal* boa • •••• T. •s, luttaf "; R 024 f.,4„ I • • • t ,;.. The „, ••, 2 , • .; ' - • re - • - the BURY THAT OLD HATOEC6I 9 Falk Le , The readers of the REPOIMEIt Are already 'lavabo& ,roceutly uladdi.fnam•-..cer tain quarters, upon our Union Sun day schools. Why this utikindiniess,• thould #b? Persisted ik seems" well nigh 'Attic countable:- 1 come to' the - defence; not for thareason that-I have a. weak cause that needs defence; but bectiuse Ifs not littlolialons of the flood na • e'of the. thottsands of children and • der persons, comprising more • -one hundred Union . Sunday "Imola in Bradford county who are most or all' affected by these false and unfounded assertions respecting them. - • IN etmeuiT. . . . We all believe,in Cliarch or denominational Sunday:sehools, - if believe in anything. I_lo us Waste no. More words on that subject. ' Second:. There are scores; nay, hurl, fire& of cornminiities, iu all' Sections 'of our counttY,'Whcre; at present, it is simplyAmpossible JO' sustain de nominational Sunday schools. Icau give the name:3'd places in our own county where it has been repeatedly tried. and 'invariably failed. . . Third. - - The niou Sabbath school is yet the only practical agenoy that Can carrythe influences of the Gtis per to vast inultitndes of . Persens,. young and old, who are living in new and remote settlements.. The few Christians of .any 'name _ whom we sotiretithefilind in, these communities rarely,' ifever, object to • the Union . basis; those whO are friendly to good morals readily' consent to it; butt the alicays rpposcd. Fonrlh, It : therefore follows that' those whn ftivor only sectarian Sun day schoolS find who use their influ ence anninst'•Union Sunday schools, would deprive multitudes of the most needy bud' neglected classes.76f the only meant; -they hate for public re ligions instruction On the Lord's Day; nay there; they ivotild shut . out from the the ..Enigdoni;,.of Heaven vast numberS of p . recieus youth who are. eager: 'to resell e :"the' truth as it is in Jesus,", brOuglit4O tlieni by means of the Vai nj Sabbath schbol: !! " ,' • • , ' •11. P.I twineeLitt. • • • , . i : • !- 1 . , , I n iur, give the name of , one whe PhaS 'Et a/ thada-U.Se 'ef mine. In the firitatOirrnic fer.tlie new year, the ReV: . 'o7.' fl. Trinitine informs us that ‘f s, i,rntOu unifiay'SettootB l are failuivs." Wiii!ti . 4:), i l.. F r io assigns, the reason, and fitj ',8,. 4 , .f,;/',E4.j 4fir ;I,knOw, in this - lee.. tine .f n : : itnitr4t, • there is not . a ' 0 . 1 ', ii i:, i Suiniay- school alive and W F a • 11 I lq thetai winter Sab lw ‘ll bct, 1:1 E ! l i • L 11 , ,_ . -1 ' ' ~ .a.t l e very plain deelara- tioni 11 ~ ,Wli ', understood; and Mr. Twin U, -,„",, :J1 to know a great, deal. -1 , about. li i' Sunday schools. His argument, however, forms a 'weapon that cats both ways and on all sides against Itimsllf; and, since 4 has put the hatchet into niy hand, I propose to make'use of it; but only - just-a lit-, tle: 1. Only last Sabbath, within :four miles of his residence, I visited two Union Sunday schools, one of them, the Keystone. in Burlington TINT., has been sustained the past nine years. almost without intennisiiion.. 2. About three Miles further oril.is another Union Sunday school in a few .Sabbaths, will' observe its fourth anniversarv. Within five miles of this school; there are three Churches of his own denomination, with on ,S`Onday yeltoor of :Inv sort, "aline; these winter Sabbaths." "The Sunday school's a fail ure 1" The now obsolete church schools • are 'successes! Of course they are. But some one says„"l don't see it!" Then loOk in the Hire, • 3. In_ a straight line, 'across the river from his residence, another Union . Sunday school has just voted not to stop, but to go on through the winter. Within a radius of-five miles 'froni that point, there are, at least; three, more churches of his own or der againothat now hove no - Sunday school of any sort. "Union Smithy schools are failures,". Those church schools aro successes ! To be -sure they are. You will find them in the Hip ides. • The world and hosts of - good peo ple look on, ih utter amazement, at the statistical columns of collossal successes ! That is , eurerves in the figurP. , : (Interruption here.) 4. At my &Itit-7 who? Brother Jewell, Superintendent of the Sylva nia Union Snail:ly school. In Sylva nia, there is a sprinkling . ofsix differ ent denominationS, no one of which is sufficiently strong to keep up a Bi ble sChnol o itg own a singlo moLth. Four yedfs nsp, that snhool received a donation in books tliretigh the Bradford County ,qunday School Aszo elation. Now, its Superintendent, in mid-winter, comes back to us 'with thirty dollars in pocket for a new library. Another failure, a heavy one! fled grant that Ire may hare many'more :Writ falinres NoW take back that old -hatchet; there is no honor about it. Put it up and away. Bury it deep . in the earth where it belongs. HI. LN CONCLUSION. There is iti all parts of Bradford county no small "elinutof witnesses" who will cheerfully testify that, (hi ring the paSt - six years, the County Sunday School Associat on has gone forth bearing precious seed, and that by' the signal blessing of our Heaven ly Father, it has, again and again, returned with rejoicing over the sheaves gathered for the garner of the Lord. Within the first nine months of the year 1866,' welled- re 'ported toms more than eight hundred ' not. converts iu figures, but e:glit hundred living souls in the Sabb e h Schooli of-the C..miuty who had, (lu ring that "dine publicly professed their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Noiv, if these writers for the BEsonr-, Whilhave thus publiebr cspreised their repugnance to traiort Sunday schools, have not even molts of, en-- couingeniefit to . glee us in a work like, this Which has f or its object the spir itual care and nfirturo of the children, may I not recuiiitiabli ask:. them . item and forever to hold their peace. Ca.rrizicroN, Missionary of, the 'Brad. Co. S. Associationi • TOWANDA. Jan.lo, 1810. • flat Hication of the Fourteriettiand EU: • teenth Amendments b) - the, Legialn. lure of 2dississippjl. , • Sm....sox 15.—The I.Ogi%derai to-day ratified' the "Fourteenth.rind Fifeenth Amendments. The - election 'for United Stateg Sen atom will occpr on Monday. "-• • ' 7... ' ' lEST ! • - - - • : - .st all:tilatrd. TUI amp, nit*e : SUE orBo.'11. ; 03 33 Stave; or Hoe. 3 end 4: ... 35 $0 Chestnut; er N0."3 4$ 00 - . Tim folleiel33 60 0BlOittiiterges • l 3O made for aeuverbig Cool within the Borough omitsu; - _ ißer .r.D3l32.forieunits., : , flp s ;. AO ..• .. Qt. ai o OA •46 11. - ai .- WirtIeS4OTINNTIO44 - I:l37:allei)filee.f m et , cur's New Block, next door to El. B. Wood's Fruit Store g4-o'r4erti =jet. in'.o case* l ie aceomj.enlcd be vcrwunii, .tai: 32, A870.' - GOLD:BIII,Ii.rbOMING•DOW•k ! meat TEIVIn • , • GROVERY,4t,PRO.4SION; LINE, arenQw being 'off,,tred : CO W.E.LL.iriE R'S • • , atprteea that rittittrit fallto • aititify all Coat tlitiy ere determined not to be ninleraold by-any ate.. They have enlarged their Store 'by bitilding so that they now have room for tho frith lapplies that are dally received. by them. filmy have connected:with their ;atsr.a a klarbitwhene, they now ke - ep fresh nueatslo Nell by the quarterneniece, and a hull aniutlY of Oro eeries-and Provisions, to which they.would call ttle , attention ofall cash buyers. Pomo - and 0111111111 C ottr Goods and Ptiese. before purchasing , -and inlay yotu•seives. We tmartudee all goods to lave euttro satisfaction. • We 41 . 2 thankful to Stir trostom;:irs for their past liberal patronage and solicit a continuance of tho same., CpVTELL 31Y ER. lice.w.lBao. - • GREA.T _BARGtIINS BOOTS & SITOMS !MEM X.Eir BOOT AND South cud* 'Ward Howe The. miderargr.ed are re , ...leraig a large and well se kited ateekof 100 TI AND RIIO E Suitable fai the SI:I3MM AND FALL • TRADE, Which taro offer low for Cash. COR..hthlg of GENTS, LADIES, MISS v ) 4ND CHILDREN'S - WEAWi, 7 ci S-E 11 ED ..IND MADE To ODDER. PEPATILING NEATLY DONE t AND ItEADY MIEN PIIOSIISKIL Eakfollor put favors, wa aolJoit a contai:m.lAß of. the sotit:. 143 f WOODEpnD cit.nimr X. cLanic. Tounturs; April 5. 1809. NEW HARDWARE AND STOVE sToHE A\: l TIN SHOP HTALUSIN(O R. F . 8- IT L. ZE I? , Tins just received a full supply of COAL AND WOOD COORING STOVI, COAL AND WOOD HEATING .1 - rovi`ti ELLMATED OVEN% BASE ISMINEII9,itc. IXOP.SE SIIUE,, NAIL RODS. litritsE SIIOE InON, 110.:10.1 NAIL& COIIN - AllpigPaxrcr; ke. . 1 .11 ,t..izta of :Nana and norm Trimming Gri,o4s. , REP I 11:1 NG AND JOIJIJI VfJ or:ILL of the moat approved styles, done at Atartilotiee. All kiada of t..7lttlery, lichrsora. Itabelra, CSiienkra. laxotstaitha, cull Wagon Sinkers' Toola. Cilium, Scoopto, &c. Giro me a call, - I will nil as cheap as the cheapest. Wrdmang. Nov. a.'69. It. F. St7LZEIt. TOWANDA MEAT MARKET ! OT.STEKS, FISH A-1 - 1? CLAIM, Each iu their e•easan The intbseribcrs will kerp conqaully on Laud 41 full Awl: of OYSTERS, FISII AND 'PLA3tS, at is ba,',:aala aad ratall tvilere all parties call b a au lolled at reamotalla rstfm. Alan a full stork I",f Meats conslating of BEM', PORK St LAUDS, fara.Sol%. frEADCHFINV, DOLOG".i.t, 4:At.r.ow, LARD, Sc Market first tamer south of Ward Rouse, Main-st. TowaIRIA. 5k.‘1,21,(19-8J PHAW, tRAeND k co Tivr..yrn CELII - 111.1.TED / d a r i 0 w 4 if A. CREMNer TOBACCO FINE CUT E 1 4 U) ;24 put up lu all atylas 5 g < 4 • Li • 5 r-1 A 14 r .9. _ • 1 0 - • O 0 0 U~ Thc - Ntry best qunlitto.i3 of BLACK, BROWN, & SCOTCH SNUFFS. A I.7cat variety of *the inthst papi lar lnant of FANCY SMOKING TOBACCO PTI'E - S.' of •almoet every descriprmi from GESCINT: Kkiltb(T.Ul3l COMMOt CLAY. P.trilenLir att.:talon , givea to stip. iylslng the 'amnia of c calm In thii and adjoining co•itito3 at W.HOLES!A.LE Towanda, Dae. 18C9 "VALI:FABLE FARM FOR SALE. . . . The subscribers oVer for tube their Farm, situated In ghoshequin township. aliont mile Mon Palle} ,11.ouse. and about one mile from tie Depot of tin & Co. at Ulster. • Containinglls acres. MS scree Improved,- with, one largtidwelling boost and one tenant house. large barn %UN) feet -witi good stable and 'cellar tinder the whole of it. tram. cm-hones and granary; ..together with a thrift young'orchard of choke fruit .trees in good boar* thereon; ' Plenty of good spring water at both hone-. and barn. The lumens Is well adapted for either grain raising or for, dairy plumate. It is in a good stab of impresernent and will be sold on reasonable terms. For further particulars enquire of the: sub scriber (tithe remises: • ' • CLENTON and DANIEL (SORE. Sheshminln i Pa, Oct. 13th. 1819—If 'VALUABLE DAIRY. -FARM rual,sum.,—The entwedbcra offer for solo 'their tine batty ffarzu, alluded. two miles Coat of Green. wood, McHenry Co.. Whole. tied' farm Contains three htandial and twenty saes choice, land, desertb ed as follows : lee acres chola. timbered. 100 acres" meadow, and GI acres muderthe plow. Good dwel limitouseend.outbundiage. large rattle hamlesal, and good horse into, The finest ,liting goings, to the Camay, sismiiim thanalt consmodinaspring• home; Is capable of keeping, 75 cows, and is only miles from Abbott's Cheese Faittiry. Tunnel:me /half melt; Islanca Messy prongs gen per cent. is. Wrest. Eiteretwea=ll. M. Gestmbl; It. B. McHenry, GreentiootkafeEfenzy CM, .111, 0r,3'.11. Ayer. Shesba. May 8. IN9-4t. AIL THEABOVE GOODS 'WILL be sold to the trade exceeding dose. July I. laceASZ k ~,,- :I! Jury aUGURP.f,,, - - JEWELLER - Q R IV :- , Fgat 7 K 4 WAV-i l Arcx..XCUEaXadff PA` UNA just received from ;few Itark a new. iums:tmetlt LADIES' W.AS,, A4411.49,,tai, WATCEEES 8, it. wi*Ei, • of al; deserii;tionA... >Algot selected usortoraeot of GOLD CRAMS, FM G 91,116 J - EWIIR7, CLOCKS OF ALL STELES .1 1101 i. THE CHEAP. GOLD, SILVER 'AND STEEL-SPECTACLES LID EYE•OLASSES to Qt all does of fdtpalrod -ale* 117,W l'.l TENT aCCOMODATING SPECiA CLISS. lip this witeht I mit enabled to exclutaaa Glasses at any ti34c without eatralcharge. Call and aae. : CLoclis t ViATeIirS,AND JEWIt.7,4Y Towautla. Lee, 16:180 .., . :—. . . . g c.: . • ;41 l' 0 El W ;) . 1:7., 0 PZI , ...) i Z ..C) '- • F • ''' ''' 1 .0-• • . • 1-2 ....;•• .c 4 2 . . 4: z Q .....4 t.) p ;..4 •-, Fl• .-I Q .... .e... e Zr 5: 1 , = - 4s— '%:. .... r•-:: 4 . ~ .. t .. 7; - 1'44 z. .....+ 0.. i it ......... ).—o''' 0: 7, '• . - :"..) , . t'l ; F SOUTH SIDE OF AIERCUR'S N'Ew RLOCK ! CLONNEY & AUSBRy, PSSTIIONABLE HATTEIiS ! LADIES" AN!) GENTS' FURS, BUFFALO .InD FANCY ROHM,. SALA HATS ISGFECTLI".. Early:en= AMI%RICAN, HAT CONFORMER Ter.-anda. Pa.. O. 13. 181 P. ATTEN TION CREDITORS. —The undersigned - gives notien thlit all book account/ troakt be settled before the first day of Feb...next, or they will be left for collection. Abo - that my bud. nes/ will be conducted under the firm name of Mica. went & Co. after January brat.lB7o. Jotei pow CO. HAVE. NOW OPEN THEM- . • .WINTER STOCK OF LADIES',ILESSES' & CHILDREN'S FURS _ THEY °Fru.: AT' A • GREAT REDUCTION molt PORXER PRICIX . .4Lqo A FEW ELEG.LVT - AS.THICAN SA.CQUES. Per. 9. • POWI.II. k CO. FINE SHAWLS Just no:l%yd from a lei Importers' Ssle, a few coo BUOCHE & PAISLEY SHAWLS, ba t tle vcry Latest colorings and designt, at very low prices. Pee. VOW). - POWELL & W: CONSU4LTS OF Min CONFECTIONERY! COME, LET US REASON TOGETHER! lams can any person mannhictore Confectionery, and midi it at 15 cents a ponrid.'.when sugar iiwortb 10 cents at tlic llclinery. (mikes it is terribly adul• tersteit? Itotr citu any, dealer - retail such a ails comyoyrd to his customers aud - hare a conscience void of offence • How nu' any consumer expect to purchase pure Ccitfectionary at tweetydire and thirty cent, per pound when a pure article cannot he manufactured less than thirty to forty cents per pound. coludstbap of cassia buds, burnt almonds, and such class of _loodst Within a fest days we have been offered malt bri4, etc., for Aileen cents per pound. and Choco. lite Creams at twenty cents, and the *gent achnow tedited that they were adulterated ten per and, with Tern Alba ; and it is fact that tons of this cheap Confindionery are made. and sold in this comby every d yea y r. it. and_the consumers are the only persons Injure b . - Noityfor (he bene fi t of those who wish a Pere article of con ectimiery, we will warrant every article of our_ mane adore Mildly Pure and free from every dire. dient eleteter!ovz to health.. A. HART, Store formerly ocapied by John Cannati.lfain Street. Towanda, Odobcr 21,1869. - CENTRAL EXPRESS, • We nave extended our limn through to Waverly s.y.. and are now prepared to_ receive and fornzd 'money kod . iikorFhandige, and tolled note., drags, ke.. with desnetith 'and at low rates. ' We run - careful . & Rd experienced' nummerogero liratvi. between Pidiadelphia sad-New:risk and We. catty daily, eicept Sundaya, insuring quick tinkesod pioiant &Exert'. *II,EPECIAL 'EAT* will lie ayknoidnip4ite ship pees. rof putter awl Eggs, and particular attention , . {liven their JO;nopf trig in Pigladelphia and New York. E.l). W. E. YAKS, Ambt, Sagt.- Y General Mica-420 CLestnnt 23:A . 866., . ,• . - , 1301 VANDA BRIDGE COMPANY , . . The aroma' ittectlndof the Stockholders of the T.. Wanda Bridge Compaq for the election of a Brad, *et. Tresaara and tax truinagen to serve the ewe. lag year, Arilibe held at the First liatiptud Bank at Towanda; on Wedneedsy, January A MB, between the hotel; of one and three. P. IL_ - N. N. Berri Jr., twee— tory. PoE'BEST -SYRUPS .IN TOWN n diungtt COWS: & 111TERIL COFFEE rfASii:PATD; . FOR HIDES AND PELTS tit COWELL k Imam F. B. AVS, 1.8.'l XIILL.I3TOO4. OF WOODEDi ware, — Cr A t#1!C1111: - ERG MM= 06, door worth of SWISS. WATCHES; all new. ter to THE nut AN'D IVA2LBAIITXD sIGN OF THE DIG•II.AT Aud dealers in GLUTEEt„,IIXBpnx,L9, he t'L.IItK'S New - NV FiLi. 4k- CO, OA • • • - ME t all attentidia to a likge invoice' .of i - c:-' .. ,'' ~, -'• - - . .1:::` -; 7, ..,.4 ...e ',. , -.1. , ~,,- . ~,..; ~.. 1., ~.'L Y... ~~ • Pm" NW, . -- - ~-_ .. . ~r~-~. • ALPACAS BLACK : . From a Msnkrupl hapc t ?s B.le. Which they now offer at HALF 'THEIR VALUE' 'These goods aro both sntshini and brilliant : ui = nppearnnce , end`, are considered far stiperiorto any other make NfAlpacas,in the . market. 'January, 3, 187.0 . • WIEKEIE TO OET THEM !.. . • . . • • . ion Son ;moo, num, " Go to MEHIDIL7IIB - His • SUGARS, , . . TEAS, : • • - COFFEES, .SPICES, • . SYMMS, Am Cannot be needled. • . Para vary choice Miele of DREWAST TEA, • • Go to 3111:11ID . 311:11L . For COi3KING EXTRACTS. . . DRUID IBIIITO. • FINE MEESE. SOAPS. all hinds. ONIONS, POTATCHE. MANZ; And in fact every thing in the Ureter! _ Ho to ..,,w;clan.-- Yon can always Seel • choke article of ' • FAMILY 'L'OUR, • CHOP. MAN, -• and cons =A. - At the onocsar AND PEOVIIIIOI irons, of • • J. KILEIDETH, • Der„. 20; '69.—tt • . Hain•ot.. Tolima% Pa. ' NNW GOODS I NTW GOODS AT THE groin OT TRACY A. MOORE. Raw eM beautiful styles of FALL AND =MD DRESS GOODS, Jw.it reeekred TRACY & MCIORE'& Sp!endid new MI CLOTHS, CARPETi, DOOR MATS, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE, HATS & CAPS, BOOTS A 1414; BEOEB', Jut rocs:redid TRACY & MOCIM HOOP SKIRTS, BiLMO7O=, HOSIERY, YANKEE NOTIO • 8, - And enneything in the Ens. Just opened, • AT TEZ won iir TRACT. i mom.," Tossatia. Sept Mk 110. • AIITION.—Notiee is hereby given C . to perecma Mat to temottate tor Wo Notes tea by meat the Ord day at December. lete, to •• • K. Cough one foe $lO due nezt - Aiel. mad • other tor 'Wee yam. le caw year. Aa I bare eat reached tell dw tbereem I MU Dot my tbe acme anima compelled bylaw. • tattle, D. .lUIRDOVIL trlder. Pa.. Dee. 9,1860.. x! QTATE'NORMAL SCHOOL A." Eladonliohossol WWI& asY SP A. Wu for Stogloolo. Apply to CHAL a. minx. ' Dec. 111. iltiti.-41e NO JOKE ABOUT THIS ! • . OTICE Is bereby to ,eromy - num. Masa! mi N pers In mes of ons, dsbkd to us. tbst settlement KURT n MADE es a