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-The pries di ' . 0 . 11 . '' i!lik;biiii3o.
Morning • oar loiiitdreiiibigi
t'oqtlis—ranch. •
wa n it7C—t Lopez, the Paragis' Lysol ,is
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— A Pralluul t° ja:o 3 atia. h,clFlo
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—The foundry for nalftaPif
is located in the ea 4 . .
Indian hes thirty-seven towns
rimed Jackooft.
—The cadetship 'market is quoted
kat now very AdL . „•-•
—Wall street to}tare another
female broken'!►rth.
' —People • are now crossing Lake
Champlain on the tee: •
S; C., is to manufacture
Iu own los this sawn.
—Washington, complains Of scar:-
c'.y of coed house minute.
—The book trade of Mew
mrl.rantit to $9000,010 • per.
—Early reAligies have made their
ppwnnu la Alto; Mauls.
—North Brookfield, ilaft. has a
t:•sby born-with oily ooti win -
—Oldstockings. are the favorite
1 'sag and pocket-boolcs in Canada. '
—A. paper in Canada very solemn
:, asks, " What does shoo fly mewls
—They are to hate what.they call
trligious plays" at the Prague Theatre.' •
--Dickens is to give readings in
Paris, now that his nay naval is Aida's&
—Bitimark is reduced to! economy
ualacky apseslatiaasia stocks. ' '
—A Methodist church has been
in Uinta* on*, lowa, is Slava days.
—A great German bank: is to be
established at Berlin. with 112000,090 capital
—Opera glasses can now be seen
i u , ome of the hshionable Sew York churches.
—Free' lunches are going out of
t.t,L•ion =tong the New 'fork saloon keepers.
—The grasshopper that was seen
n the fields two w...-ckt ago, is now stiff in the
—The price of a night's lodging at
The Cleveland Bethel is tea cents.
--So far from being in a dying
•utc, Senator Orisnes is said to Be improving in
twaltla.
—" Write me as one who loves his
rellow teen," u the estutibil said to themi u eep-
—The leaders of the 'Church in
Italy were came the chistsupporters of the stage.
—Washington is reported fall of
,Lby agents plying their vocation.-'
--Calumny is the homage which
.+gniatisni has CM' paid to eoudlencs.
-Richmond has a society Of color
-a women called "The Danghtora of Enoch."
-,--Fast young man, count the cost
cigars, mu, riot and min. litop and think!
. —Thackeray calls all journalists
• h , '....orporation of the' goose quill.'
—A German savant has succeeded
malting wine from the tea plant.
—Somebody wants to know whet h.
r s windlass can Le considered an airy nymph?
--The Boston Post thinks it very
nipitel eat in man to promise Lea doctor *legacy.
=The Emperor Coubtantine untr
.l-red hlp wire by pluzignig her in a boiling bath
Livingston's last death is
doubt, d. He is used to buityg Weil by sews
papet►
- -Hon. W. H. Seward is again
~itiging aro:Jul the circle" LI& this eortstry.
—Philadelphiuke cannot agree
atrio to locate their new public buildings.
--A whiskey man, on trial for de
rra ug th e Gov'tmust, in Philadelphia, plead
uirmnity.
--Tho ocean hteanier, City of Boa
. =lsaias. Fault it. yotertaia•d that she
—Buller of Tennessee, will proba
bly. be forced to resign. for selling a •tahip.
----A. strong effort is being made to
4.!.ittace thu pn,sittit Haperinteadent of the can•
%rte.
—Gold and United States bonds
ii,ar the Immo premium. This is pretty sear
payments.
--The Delaware & Hudson canal
,umpany have leased the Albany dc Suiquehast . •
Pe railroad.
- —The stutlemts of Bellevue lioapi
,al. New lost, amkept quiet by the preemies
.r
—The i'eported discovery of silver
iuit><e in li«iitneky, it caluang mach incitement
that State.
—Niue men were killed by.the ex
vlogion of a bested furnsco in a rota's; mill at
Scranton, on Monday.
Three men have been held to bail
ti) Eric, one charge of iationdiarisui. One has
Nme.h.: a coatessiork.
—The Recorder of Hudson city has
decided that a man is •ot obliged to .rapport all
his wife's relations.
—The • father of the late Anson
liatiLagame, new nearly 70 year., of are, k a
Termer near Denton, Itl,
—Michael Callahan, of New York,
aged 20 years, has boea arreeted for an attempt
1.3 murder his father.
—N. B. Greeley, the brothel. of
Home, is lumbering near Clymer, .1., end
ent 3,000 logs this winter. • 1,
—The bill constituting Crawford
rouat •n independent Judicial District kis been
.14rnea by the Governor.
—The New York World still hacks
stray st Tammatty ; the sachems of that tribe
are pulling each other's scalps.
—ln the tenth century, an Abbess
named Herswitbs, composed religious dramas
which were acted by ours.
—good news for the Undertakers
-1413 Doctors graduated from Bellevue Hospital
Medical College the other Lay.
Can. a black man hays a white
emu s ?. is a question now being' disci:used in
'II 0 of the medical schools.
—ln 1430 Jews were.admitted into
Florence, on condition that - they - should not
charge over 20 per cent usury formoney.
—A Cincinnati man mistook four
dullgrs in greenbacks for a lamp of
. and is surprised to And himself in Jail.
—The Supreme Court has decided
Cro purposes of litigation, the tear shall be
reel t i have clwod Aug. 30, 1866.
—The New York Tribune says " the
moat widely opon far the eroplopru3nt, of
•r,nnen in tlit, ht *Ward Statos, is ruin sad star-
•—A Scotch chemist - discovered
a Way to proem-ire batch • ' .. eat fresh for
p-ar, ant in any climatal. It has bees fatly
mom(' in London.
—New York had eight business
is:larss daring list Week. ,
—Cotton stock on band at all ports
tha unitthi tgat., 556,879 bake.
—The. United States Hotel, at
w,sb:n g toa, suffered on Friday by fire to the
-otount of st,ooo.
—Fire houses had their upper sto
rad burned out in Wanhingten Friday morning.
Dataage $lO,OOO.
—Alfonso Chapin, father of the Rey.
Dr. K 11. Chapin, of New York, died on nun
.lay et ruing, at an adranced age.
—Gotham has had a " Fat Women's
1411," at which a maiden, "fair, fat and tarty,"
only 318 poonda, carried off tho palm.
—The steamer Druid has returned
trent Sable Island, where sho has been cruising
.earch or the City on:niacin, but has obtained
ieformatiou.of the missing steamer.
--President Grant has determined
1 , .) sustain General Boot, Collector of Laternal
tterenna for the Thirteenth district re cant rk,
and has withdrawn the narneof the norn
:Uell fur the place.
—The Kentucky State Senate las
' , sesta bills granting matters for the establish-
Jaunt of four Mate banks, it is believed, mainly
a the of testing the temper of the lie.
tionsl orernmpnt in resat to sash instins.
tiems,
fritifni Otp
EDITORS
$. O. 600DBION.
Towanda,nmiday,Maroh
GOVIMILIIINICIIT BONDI A'
Yesterday morning, says
Evening Part of the 24th idt., for the
first tune awes: tieieo~on uT,
the nationaliivirmirentitisifibitoii=
segment depression of the national
credit l 4 1 #l4l,4l44ll'Part of the ad
ministration of 'Maim Bccussas, the
fornaiiirdelit - 6r thirtraltediftfeff'
sold in open market at par -in go*:
Immediately after the Trot election
of Mr. Lareoza, in Ncritnaber, 186 . 0;
the United States had na high credit
in the markets of the world as any
nation. The five per oent. goldhon4l
ware at a 'premium of from two' to
three per cent, and five per cent. ,
was then a lower rate of interest in
New York than three per cent-in Pa
ris. It is not desirable that our gov
emment should borrow at the satin
rates as those of gn g land and France,
for a low rate of interest always
means a low•rate of profits on private
=pad. The actual measure of a
government's credit is to be found by
comparing the rate of interest at
which it can borro* with the rate
paid in its own maikets by private
borrowers on the best security.
The determination of the southern
democratic leaders to break up .the
Union if they could, was then as well
known as it afterwards became. But
the administration, the national gov
ernment itself, lost its moral strength,
and thus seriously impaired confi
dence in the future. Its manifest be
trayal of its high trust .was immedi
ately felt in the markets; our bonds
fell rapidly, and in February, 1861,
when the government was compelled
to borrow five millions of dollars for
immediate use, it could only obtain
the money at an average of 10: per
cent.; the highest rate of interest at
which any of the leading civilized
governments ever negotiated a loan.
This was the lowest point the cred
it of the United States reached, ex
cept for short periods during the
darkest hours of the war. Ar soon
as we again had a government which
represented the strength and patriot
ism of the nation, its credit rose; and
the Treasury was never compelled,
even in the midst of its struggle for
existence, and when its wants were
for hundreds of millions, to pay such
rates of interest as Mr. BUCHANAN
paid in a time of peace for the small
sum of five millions.
The year 18C4 was that in which
the war was practically decided. The
re-election of Mr. LINCOLN establish
ed the Union forever, and with it the
credit of the government. In the
summer of that year, while the polit
ical contest seemed doubtful, our
bonds reached their lowest point,
representing an average rate of in
terest of from twelve to fifteen per
cent. But from that time they have"
improved from year to year, with
only minor fluctuations. Our long
six-per-cent. bonds were worth, upon
the average, in gold, in 1864, less
than 50; in 1865, 67; in 1566, 78; in
1867, 79; in 1868, 81; in 1869, 88,
and already early in 1870, they are
worth 100.
History has no example of so stea
dy, rapid and final a recovery of cred
it from such a 'depression.. Nor is
the present standing of the nation as
a borrower fully 'represented by the
sales of these bonds of 1881. Being
limited to a definite period, and hav
ing now but eleven years to, run, they
are less desirable as a permanent in
vestment then longer bonds. The
five-per-cents., which though redeem
able after four years, are likely to
ran much longer, sold yesterday at
95 in gold; showing that, on a long
loan, the United States could borrow
at a small fraction above five per cent,
and probably at five, on a consolidat
ed bond redeemable at pleastile af
ter ten or twelve years.
There is but one obstacle to fund
ing the entire debt at a rare of inter
est not exceeding five per cent.—the
lowest rate at which our government,
even when its debt was smallest, was
ever able to negotiate a new loan.
That is the unsettled state of our cur
rency. Letthe government now de
vote its great resources to the speedy
restoration of our money to a specie
basis, and the five-twenties can be at
once redeemed with five per cents.,—
saving $17,000,000 every year in coin
for interest, and placing the entire
debt in a permanent and easily man
ageable form.
* There appears to ho a misap
prehension on the part of many of
the people of this county with refer
ence to the laws recently 'passed for
this county, respecting the holding
of courts and the appointment of an
additional law Judge. The truth is
9 ""
theTT*l3 are entirely disconnected.
The business in the courts of the
county has increased so rapidly of
late years, that it became impossible
for Judge sTax to transact it
and asp remedy the bar of the coun
ty almost unanimously petitioned the
Legislature to appoint an additional
Law Judge. The lair creating a new
judgeship was not passed for Cue
purpose of haring a judge appointed
to preside at the courts in Troy.
The new appointee, Judge Moasow
has equal jurisdiction with Judge
&Bursa, and will hold courts any
where in the district. The necessity
for another judge existed before the
law requiring courts to be held in
Troy was thought of.
PIIILADELHHIA owes a larger dch
by several millions than the State
The total debt of the city on the is
of January, 1870, was $42,401,932
This we think exceeds the highes
sum the debt of the State ever reach
133
President Grant.
—l iiieinqi - iiiiftif" r— galiite,%sia=
1y1412400,740. Of this $44,882.-
840 is the property of depositors;-gad
is represented by certificates payable
on. demand; $39,882,891 is represent
ird'fiftilifelraii+OYWeini Iseirrn`:
ad; so that only 410;784509 remains
for tie *o*e fund of the Treasuiy:
T.* is an PiereasetiA near. ,Pon
dollar a since
,FelumarY, ~ ,' ,.The
coarse of this relarve, sines Mr. llocr:
wu.z. began his Sales of gold and par
chases of bonds, has been follows
1. ' $41.911.511
Nov it ember 1 —311.211,111
Dermuteml.• ••• • .21.025.121
lamsery 'l. 1810
Tebrosry • 11.111,411
With 1 114110/
Of this stamittbetweeen fin 'ma
six millions are in bullion, leaving
but a little more than thirteen -mill:
ions in coin. This is all the gold
now in the Treasury which can fairly
be regarded as the , property of the
United States. •
In addition to the currency in' the
Treasury the United States has a
claim upon the Pacific Railro ad ni co
panics for $4,887,590 of inter est which
it has paid upon their bonds, and
which must, in some form, be refund
ed. Adding this to the balance in
hand, the total amount of the public
debt, principal and interest, above
the cash in the Treasury is now
somewhat less than $2,400,000,000.
Were the whole of this, including the
greenbacks, funded at five per cent.,
the annual interest -would be but
$12%000,000; a sum which would im
pose no serious burden on the Peo
ple even now, and which would be
felt less and less every year. The
administration of our finances for
the past year has conclusively prov
ed that if the affairs of the Govern
ment are continued in the -hands of
the Republialn party, but a few years
will be required to wipe out entirely
our national debt
A GnatviNG SENSE or JUSTIM—The
attentive observer of current events
cannot have failed to perceive of late
a very marked Change in public opin
ion in favor of the great Erie Railway,
as an avenue, of transit to and from
the Metropolis, and a very general
acknowledgement on the part of the
press and traveling public. Slander
at one time so widely circulated by
interested parties, to the, prejudice of
the line, are not only unfounded in
fact but calculated seriously to incon
venience travelers, by inducing them
to take more circilitous and less lux
urious modes of journeying. The
truth is, the public, never, as a body
far from right in its conclusions, has
come to look with mistrust upon the
oft-repeated assertions prejudicial to
this great route. They find that, not
withstanding all said to the vonirary
there is no line which in point of
comfort, punctuality and reliability.
offers such inducements as the broad
gunge Erie Railway, which delivers
its westward-bound passengers either
at Buffalo, Dpnkirk, Cleveland. or
Cincinnati, without change of cars,
and provides for their comfort and
accommodation, during the journey;
spacious and luxurious coaches, pro
vided with all the accessories of a
first class hotel parlor or bed-rOom,
and fitted up in a style which can on
ly be compared to the fabled glories
of the palace of Sardanapalus. Seeing
and appreciating all this, the Amer--
eau traveler unconsciously exclaims, .
" Can this be the road which has been
so persistently represented as unsafe,
irregular and inconvenient to travel
ers? If so, - (to use the words of a
recent correspondent of the Cincin
nati Enquirer.) all 'have to say is, I
wish all the roads in the country were
"badly managed too. It is without
exception the most comfortable line I
ever traveled over."
And this testimony is daily corro
borated by scores of people, who,
prompted by curiosity or by the advice
of those who have already traveled
over the line, give the Erie the prefer
ence, and before their journey is half
over are enthusiastic in their admira
tion of its merits. Every day this
reaction is more . apparent in the aug
mented demand at all the central of
fices for Through tickets, in the in
creased length of the passenger trains
leaving Jersey City every morning
and evening, and in the construction
of some elegant new Sleeping Coaches,
Which for beaujy and luxnry.of finish
mu 4 tie seen to be appreciated.
Phblic opinion, long misled by the
indOstriously circulated slanders of
rivals, is at last beciiming settled in
the conviction that there is but one
great National route between the
West and East, and that that is the
Broad Guage Erie Railway.
lokam LABoasas.--OLThe average
wages paid to farm laborers in 1869,
according to the report of the De
partment of Agriculture, was $25.13
witbbnt board,and $15.88 with board.
The average wages for the different
sections of the country in 1868 and
in 1869 were as follows : In 1868
Eastern Stake $33.30; Middle States,
$30.07 ; Western Stites, ;$28.91;
Southern States, $16.00 ; California,
$45.71. The rates of sagas is 1869
were as follows: Eastern States,s32.-
03 ; Middle 13tates, $29.15 ; Western
States, $27.01; Southern States, $61.-
81; California, $46.38.
118. Among . the jurors drawn for
the March term the Albany county
(Wyoming)Court were eleven ladies,
some of them the wives of the most
prominent citizens. The excitement
caused by thiti proceeding is im
mcmse.
bean eiiinined 'Ana eicsii.aiiiiibOd
until the ednunittee can thinli'afici
more qiestionik to-ask. Mr. hum,
Mammy eleek t
cativeAlowever4-
able
th'n'Commillee
litive not been. to leani bozo him
Of the 'inkidein'whicit the at
le of !he 13 4!• 1 14e,enU ;
aged during .lun prelim's term :of;
'lt is generally tin&rstool here
that. the Isfrit 'mon - wt . 11:446, the,
bill noiilieforit.the L egislature,
ing the State the benefit of ixiterest
on' the 'aurphi funds - In the Tram*
Its passage world; interfere yttfe
With the prohts of 'the office.
The Senate bill .for. the protection
of coal mines has passed both' Hous
es andbeen signed by ,the thiveinor..
Operators are allowe d four months
to change their mines Li conform with
the law.
A bill exempting mortgages and
other money securities from tax
ation except for. State purposes, has
passed the Senate.
A bill authorizing the Goternor to
kin° commssions - to officers of the
late war, has , been, defeated.
The bill allowing husband and wife
to testify in divorce cases, passed.
A" bill has been reported in the
House absolutely prohibiting any
evasion of the three hundred dollar
exemption law.
Bradford has reason to be proud
of her representatives this winter.
They are alWays in their seats. and
are honored and respected by all the
members.
nos. suson CAM ROY
An instance -of Gen. CASIZRON'II
foresight and correctness in deducing
; results from causes in the political
world came out the other day, in the .
Senate, when the admission of the
colored Senator from Mississippi,
was under discussion. On that °ma:
sion, Mr. Caxralmt said: -
I remember very well, Mr., Presi
dent, that just before the southern
Senators left this Chamber, in 1861,
I had a conversation with Mr. Jeffer
son Davis, in which he complained
that the people of the north had in
terfered with the rights of the South,
especially in taking from them their
slaves. I remember that I said to
him, "You of Mississippi have no
right to complain; I do not think a
single slaveholder in the whole State
of Mississippi ever lost a slave in the
way you speak of; you are too remote
from the border to have been inter
fered with in that way." The con
versation continued some time. I
said to him, "Sir, let me tell you that
if you secede from here, the moment
a gun has been fired against the flag
of this country, slavery ceases; and
the logical conclusion after that will
be that the slave will be recognized
as a citizen; and he will come into
the Halls of Congress; and I believe,
in thejustice of God, that a negro
some day will come and occupy your
seat." [Laughter.] lam glad to be
lieve to-day that what I thought then
might happen in the future, has come
to pass.
ir, we ought to remember how
much these people have helped us in
saving the country. Ido not think
I should have attempted to say a
word if the honorable Senator from
Oregon had not got up to make an
argument that this man has more of
white than of black blood in his
veins. What do I care which pre
ponderates ! He is a man; and his
race, when the country Was in its per
il, came to the rescue. Mr. Stanton,
who is now, I trust, sainted above for
his virtues and services here, said to
me; "This whole contest would gone
against us if at the last moment 'we
had not got two *hundred thousand
negroes to come and join our armies
and turn the tide, of victory upon
our side."
I admit that it somewhat shocks
my old prejudices, as it probably
does the prejudices , of many more
here, that ono of the despised race
should come here to be my equal; but
I look upon it as the act of God. He
in his providence allowed the war to
take place; and it destroyed the only
blot upon the escutcheon of our
country, which was slavery; and the
logical conclusion now is that after
having freed the slave he becomes a
citizen, and when ho becomes a citi
zen, and when he becomes a - voter he
as naturally becomes the recipient of
office. In 1861, In a report wliich I
had the honor to make ' in which I
riromended the use of slaves in the
army, I said.the conclusion must be
that the moment the slave becomes a
soldier he becomes - a citizen. So it
has been. This is a great country of
ours; the negro did great service in
saving it; and I am glad this conclu
sion has come.
WHEN DOES Spam Draix?- -We
notice, says the Pittsburg Chronicle,
that all our exchanges speak of the
first flay of March ' f as the first day of
spring. This is au error, according
to the very hest a thority. Herschel
says that "for the Northern Ilemili
phere the astrauo iCal spring begins
at the time of the ernal equinox, or
on the 21st of h, and ends at the
time of the sun= solstice, or on
the,2lst of June, when the sun relh
es its highest position in the heavens
at mid-day." Accordill to Hersehel
theiefore, the ' spring season begins
March 21st, and ends June 21st; the
summer season begins June 21st and
ends September 21st; the fall season
begins. September 21st and ends. De
cember 21d, and the winter season
begins December 21st and ends
March 21st. Woroestei defines spring
to be the "season in which general
vegetation begins." Webster speaks
of it as the "season of the year when
plants begin to vegetate I , ll o,ffise." - •
The result of •ne year of Re
public= rule--March 4, 1869, gold
143; March 4, 1870, gold 113: Does
any sane man desire to see the De
mocracy again in power °
Boot,
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enure y only e b
einthrire ' - ........
.1 new. , ere sVe*A 1
,09. the
th 4 ef
that ft was set inthe caipentee's sliep,
an iti ii sio,thit; thiPetigintieti heard
Brim portion' vrt plftee, laid tilt:
soon I.fterthb , fire broke nut;
anothert'iirthat ittook. the
engine ''room - and 'thence apread
thOngtklut and igatn
we heir,that thifirenrigmatrithillie
kiteheiiind emninuniceted -to the
carpenter's fhb* `!- •
trporkthe alarnottlre.;thepatiente,
the_.`of,•Dr. - Driy;;- and - the' eer
Tante Of the" institution' turned ' , out
and removed a greet dial:of thele&
•: , hunk*, froinlbe occupied
. ;s a rif theAayhtin upon the lawn
in front of the blinding, - supposing
that the fire would succeed in getting
into the main buddin' g and gut the
&nth wing, destroying the entire' id- ,
ilia, brit the him doors between 'the '
two portions proied to 1* a sure pre '
ventive, and though getting red hot,
kept the fire out and saved the prin
cipal portion intact end free from the
threatened: conflagration.
We !ma that's great deid of
faring and stealing took 'piece of "the
bedding, coverlets, and other articles
which were removed'ontside for-safe
' ty, which is much to be.regretted, as
itch a spirit of vandalism and rapine
is evidence that our Lefty, is infested
with characters that deserve a , resi
dence at Auburn. -
The loss we hear variously estimated
at from $50,000 to $lOO,OOO, while it
is probabld that it is about $75;000.
and, we learn that on the part of the
building consnmed there is only, an
insurance of $25,000, which will leave
the loss something about '550,000.
Binghamton Demerol. 1
THE LEHIGH VALLIHY RAILBOAD.—Tho
vast importance of this Railway con
nection. with Elmira is beginning to
attract some degree of the attention
which it so richly merits. Beyond
all doubt. it is of more consequence to
this city than. all other projects
named together. There should be a
public meeting called by our leading
citizens and capitalists at once to
arouse increased interest in the mat
ter, to gather statistics, to appoint
committees to canvass for subscrip
tions, and to decide upon plans for
the vigorous and successful prosecu
tion of the work. If capitalists here
will only take a reasonable share of
the sum required, there are gentlemen
of wealth elsewhere who stand ready
to assume the balance. If Gen. Dzvuu,
who is about returning among' us,
with hi? great railroad knowledge
and experience, 'could be induced to
take hold of the work, and our lead
,ing capitalists would also give it their
aid and encouragement, the success
of the eterprise wonld be assured.—
We urge upon the
.public both the
propriety and necessity of action in
this matter. Who will lead off with
a call for a meeting ?—Ebnira ildr.
U. S. COLTOV Bourn,.—Too great
caution cannot be used byt he holders
of coupon bonds of the United States.
They ate Nirtually bank notes, and if
lost cannot be stopped. Treasurer
Spinner has recently been applied to
to know whether he would cancel
certain Five-twenty bonds stolen and
issue new ones in their stead. His
answer states the law on this point
so clearly that we give it editorial
prominence this, week, and' invite
attention ; to its ,well-wpighed word
: "The law has MAI conferred
upon the department any authority
to grant relief in such cases. The
bonds art coupons both Ur'
ble to bearer, and tray
bona jide'Oelivery to an
chaser, payment of ori;
let Tally be stopped or
though Congress sho
the issue of new hi
steat 3 / 4 . -
ffi
POTotowv.—Unitea States Asses
sor Taggart, of Salt Lake, thinkst p at
the Almighty,fts provided for ex
tinguishing ygamy among the
Mormons.
,fle says : "I base the
opinion on the fact that out of every
hundred children born in pologarny,
seventy-five are males. I have the
statistics of two hundred and , fifty
seven families' names, just picked up
here and there, not selected with
any reference to this question and in
those two hundred and fifty-seven
families eighty-three out of each hun
dred of the children are males. The
day before I left, David Candland,
chief clerk of the Zion's CO-operative
Mercantile Institution, told me that
he, had fifteen little boys under eleven
years of age and six daughters."
WHILE in this latitude we are h4v-
ing a remarkably mild and open win
ter, in northern Dakota and in the
Northwestern British Possessions on
this continent, 'the winter has , for
several weeks Past been intensely
cold, and the snow unusually deep ;
and advises frthn Russia state that
" never before, ii the niemory of man" ,
hask i such cold wcather been , experi
enced in that part of the world as
during the present winter.. \
Ocif• New York has the gratification
of having put her spite against nui
renal liberty on record, to no pur
pose. She would undoubtedly, have
been compelled to standby her origi
iml ratification of the Fifteenth
Amendment, had her aid been nee
cessary. As it is, she takes nothing
by her factious motion, but the &-
credit of being left,out in the cold,in
company With New Jersey, Delaware, ,
and two Or three other small allies of .
Slavery. , •
ft.. The 4iUnge of Addison, N. Y.,i
was visited by quite a disastrous fire,
on Sunday morning last. The fire'
ori4inated in a Ball Alley. The loss
in much greater than insrirancP.
..v, _ was ane and owing
it's) idea,_aa well as the sulk.
aegnAO of my tiiiirbf five nionthi
Itrforialig part4l4, Illefy preliminary
arraiignmeilti been wholly with
. 11t4r4MtpIldtr‘
ticaik baring contributedto. its
suryn tenth of thetJusszonnt-cfuned.
for thefentiro.. paesagei try !raja- Ise
outing aatate?room.,_ But arriving.
_in•NeW York a couple 01.14aykbefore
the , timeiAtf. sailing—rafer ,ey!krileing
thexessel'efacoon unodatienn fink* refte-.
tending r pleat/mt.- Wahl]; the ,
proposed ,passenpra
.-4 1 1- ,
Bench's ui Brooklyn, .1 inaolred wPow
mature.eonsiderationlp abandon
project ;arid if -I, should goabroad,
havomymovenientai ewe, ea- .far.
as possible, under tay.own control.
Capt. Duncan; the commander of
the expedition, was _an active -and
prominent.member of the:,:lyttiotith
Church - of BroOklim,, Ilairing been
recently somewhat unfortunate in Pe - -
cuniary ma Wm, .14e exeursion I
gotlip principally with a,v ientO
benefit.. Had the number 'of .passen
gers been as . great as anticipated—.
(the vessel being, -calculated to .ac
(*nonwhite about 25)—it would of
course have been a much bettelpay- •
ing affair than with only . 74, the num
her, actually accompanyuig the voy
age... The deficit in the calculation
of receipts must Imve stood, as the
mathematical reader will Observe,
aboutthas: sl,2soxsl.s7,soo,green
back currency ; from which may be
subtracted certain unreclaimed de
posits in: advance.
It is stated, however, in the annals
of the voyage, that t here were still
passengers-enough . " to create a fain-
Me and a sensation; wherever.
_they
went."
In resigning my chances on board
the - Quaker was, certainly nut
without " illustrious company." Gen.
Sherman, mentioned in. the pro
gramtaena certain to be - one .of the
party, weut in quite an . opposite di
rection, on - a profetisional visit to the
Indians 4:1 the Plains ' • Henry Ward
Beecher, - also at one time proposed
as a passenger, found it necessary to
tarry at home to 'complete a tale for
the " Ledger." The Drummer Boy
of the Potomac, still `tuother, in -a
very unprincipled mariner got mar
ried and ran away—and so on.
oue of the "lesser lights" of the Pil
grimage (or so intended), I can only
say, that there seemed to my percep
tions a certain delicate but =mis
takable odor of humbug pervading
the whole thing. And it seems prob
able that Napoleon's remark on re
turning from his famous Russian Ex
pedition—(" It is but a step from the
sublime to the ridiculous ")—may
serve as apropermotto for all "Grand
Excursions." '
With the-history and mei* of this
" extraordinary voyage," the public
aie sufficiently acquainted - through,
certain letters published in the jour.!
nals of the day, and still more fully
from the pages of "Thu .liinouents
Abroad."! .I will merely add, - that the
mysterious letters " Q. 9." sn joined
to my address on my t-bag,
served co stimulate many 'a curious
enquiry abroad.* For, it known
(mid I.had frequent oc ion to con : -
gratulate myself upon/he fact), that
though depositing one trunk in New
York, another in i tiverpool, and a
third in Paris, I was, during most of
my travels, literally and .simply a
." Carpet-bagger —on the principle
(which, whoever may .. try : it will find
a correct mie, especially • upon the
" Continent ") that much baggage is
a continual weariness.
It is a / matter of some curiosity to
notiee/ihe various causes that may be
;lasi -, aied for a trip abroad. While
so e asserted, in my case, that it was
the improvement of health, others
?,
maintained that I had gone for the
improvement of myfortune, and that
my errand was to establish a claim
to that not tuakequently to ile heard
of thing, a property in the " Old
Country "—anywhere from 10 to 40
millions—anxious for heirs. Some,
hearing that I was bound for the
civilized, halt-civilized or barbarous
regions of the far - Orient, did ine the
honor to suggest. that I had gone on
a " Missibn."
Just as if ono might nut travel,
like Dr. Syntax, merely "iu search
of the picturesque," or like , Lord
Lovel,
.1
One friend greeted me on my return
with the remark; " Well, I am glad
to see you safe home I again.. But I
hear it was a very narrow escape you
had !'# "How so?" "Why, I was
told that the ship on which you sail
ed was lost at sea—only yourself and
one other person, of all on board, es
eapinq with your lives.'" .
—But I find I am not yet afloat.
The same morning on which, before
rising, I had fully and'finally decided
to abandon my brilliant chances in
the "Excursion," I proceeded to Pier
45, North River, where lay the " City
of London," belonging to the Inman
line of steamers, and to leave . port
next day fdr Liverpool—large, com
modious and *ell-fitted. Two hun
dred dollars in gold paid for a ticket
of passage—not to Palestine, but to
Paris—by _way of Queenstown, Liv
erpool and London, and return ; good
for one year, with privilege of tarry
ing as ono might choose along the
way. Positively na adjournment on
account of the weather, as we steam
ed away from the wharf in a rising
storm at noon on Saturday, - Bth June,
and had passed out into the open sea
from Sandy Hook, before night came
on. Meanwhile our friends, the Pil
grims, sullied forth the same after
' noon, but finally concluded-to remain
in porta day or two, to await the re
-1 turn of more favorable weather.
"I undertoak a full explanation in each case--
under tbe apprehension that otberartie the Un
enlightened-Foreigner might consider them as
denoting a membership in some such Order as
that of " Queer Critters."
Common'. statistics show that the
balance of trade against this country
for the closing ralf of 1868 was $24,-
120,049, in a total exportation of
$153.865,980. The balance foi the
corresponding period of the current
fiscal year is only $1,978,264, in as
exportation of $199,224,111. The
specie balance against the country
also shows an iniprovernent of $6,-
874,607. The ;trade: carried on in
American, ships in the former torn'
coveredmerchandise valued at $125,-
756,903, and in the latter $156,235,-
216, n gainlof ¢ 10,498,313.
"Far ttauntries fur to v.:c
C. C. P
ER
OLORII
El!
Owneur
drew
election.
Porn
for Gor
Repnbtx., a preeem
bent; John Bedell,Democrat; Samuel
PlOrioaligrA**ll.4 l 4ll44 , 44,lW.
11118‘ for
Connussi 4 151
std X.Danshoe, Gee. Roberta and.ll.
0. Pierce.
The returtufup to nine o'clock are
in one hundred and fifteen tawny
;Rfiriratiow a - *Abbe=erg ci
nearly - eiationi&o4._
Stearne r :il
'ell4; but
hie majority not:a:peed five hun
dred,
restat is looked uponasdunbt-
Inl. About one-half otthe Abate has
been heard:anti - over _haWthe votes.
Coscosto, March 8-10.80 P.114-Re
turns have - been , reeeived from one
hundred and forty-seven towns, over
:twoithirds of the State, which gives
Stearns 20,554,. /7.881, Flint
4,877, Parrows 88L
Stearns' loss from list year is over
,1,600. His majority last year was
3,781. Stearnes, is probably elected
by 1000 to 1500 tmOority.,
The !Jegislature is Republican with
- the majority- .redueed from last year.
Oar Cammander Williams, of the
United Stites - . gunboat wbo
heroically shared the fate of his Tea
sel'When she sank - in :the Japan St;a,
-was an officer who wou distinction
in the war of the rebellion. He was
on board one •of the monitors Which
made the celebrated night assault .
on Vort Sumter, and commanded the
party which landed on that occasion.
He was then captured and taken to
Columbia, where he was chained to
a fellow officer, as was stated, in, re
taliation for an attempt to treat cer
tain confid4ato sailors: aa pirates.•
He remained in chains in' a loath=
some dungeOn for six months. Be
fare he left the United States for the
lust time he lost his wife by death,
and he placed his, only child, a son
of six years old, with some relatives
living in Kane county, Illinois.
Awe Ambassador Burlingi,Me hav
ing been removed by untnnely fate,
his grand work, incomplete, now is
Minister Curtin's great opportunity
to undertake the guardianship of the
Chinese orphans and / assume the pro
tectorate of an 'eMpire. On the
spot with the embiissy, andih p
_e re
resentative 'of thi country of Burlin
game, he willbe naturally looked up
to by the berofed Mongolians as their
next friend, / and it will be his own
fault if he does not' accept the posi
tion andgiasp its magnificent respell
sibilitied.-1-1,re.5.4.
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irmsl" Gvld sold in New York on.
T ursday at 111. Many business
. throughout the ' country
l
hive resumed 'specie payment. We
understand that one of- our mer
chants will commence paying out
specie next week,
igm.. The election which took place
in New Hampshire on Tuesday, re
sulted in a complete Republican-tri
umph. There were three candidates
for governor.
Now Advertisments
TOWANDA MARBETS !
J.. WOLE.I.I LE PRIOES.
Corrected every Wednesday by D. B. PATCH, sub
ject to changes daily :
Wheat, bush 31 15 q„„
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Rye. 14 bush
Buckwheat, bush
Corn, It bush
Oats, r bush!
Beaus, tr. bush.... .
Butter trolls)'-1T.. .
do (dairy, ll lh..
Eggs "ft dos
Potatoes. 1$ bush
Flour, 11 barrel 000 i 800
RIM 'el fi 16 20
Onnios 'lll busy • 61 00
Wxuarrs or GlUM.—Wheat 60 lb. : Darn 156' lbs..
Rye 50 lbs.; Osts 32 lbs.; Barley 46 lbs.; Buckwheat
48 lbs.: Beans 62 lbs.;
Bran 20 lbs.: Clover geed 60
lbs. ; Timothy Seed 44 lbs. ; Dried Peaches 33 lbs.;
Dried Apples 22 lbs.. Flax Seed 56 lbs.
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po~tleVeil in t!W
WHOLIN A.T,E . pßicEs . " annZNT, MAI= MT, AND PLASTI
Cwiding, Russell, 4 Co
Toirauda, Dec. 2, 1%9,
We finite attention Pot*ltte
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saythipg,of before ogenat
It Kr cousin osiiWiiiiii.l4le4
turimTiiti of the
knife. Will cat '-tong or short-slid
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ti;IASIIOWE/EitWING
After having Sold and tested these
m - achines for the past year, they feel
: -
justified -in elahning for them - a
•• . , •
degree / of perfection' ki; not
excelled if even equaled by any other
known machine. Mr. J.' P; Culver
will put these inachinea for a
reasonableliial at any • point Where
parties wish to purchase.
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MILL, CIRCULAR, AND
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Daitir be .ftripmfard ea a Iwo or • m oa nbort Rota, et, -
stand, Crarrs.. *wpm .31opyouds El a k door nor th or Dr. !triers. • • '`
COM" 2211.1111. IttLIXIL
Tea. Nvu.ora. I
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GROCERY"' ANI 'PROVISIO‘i
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FAMIL-Y GROCERIES
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P.R o 1.8 .o S,
11121,Cru. S NEW IILOGIC. 'RWANDA. I,A
We do not deem' ueeeaugwy to etralateste
diluent artielf.e we keep. • Onr awsortownwe
ALWAYS COMPLETE.
We sea Whiz( but
FIRS &. CLA_SS:GOODS.
Cull paid 4a. Parma:as produce
March 1, MO
THE OTTOMAN MECHAM:BRE!
A tit* ABT/CLE. OF FCENFI nth
CONVhNIENT TO EVERY ONE
`DIDISPENSII3LE FOR
INVALIDS
AND CHILDREN
Avoiding the unidahtitnees and aupyreeona iG
offensive odors of the Inch foam and Nomer,-. at
cnaoto metal and ornamental. It ai mere w e f t )
than any article of Purnitare of the same coo_
Per sale b 7 all principal . Furniture Dealer'.
Price $3.00. f,bl7
T - T
A large block of nett crop Ztte. e4o.4sztly •
YOUNG HYSON,.
OLD RISON:
IMPERIAL. • .
. • GUNPOWDER,
OOLONG,
-JAPAN AND
ENGLISH BREAK FAST
TEAS s
! .
Juil reeeived which we are? try : ll4!. pormd, caddy at
cleat, ves7 crimp, and warranted to gtv. elifwfw.
lion. •
.Tbis moans afe.*iese.- Call and OOP.
LUNA, k 'KEELEY.
Also • ran assortment cif -
SUGARS, COFFEES,
SPVIP-S. DRIED & CANNED
FRUITS, CRACKERS.
FLOUR, FEED,
MEAL. &C.,
Whicli at. win sell at prices to suit the tarp..
Fob. 3, 1871E-2to LONG it FEELER.
CONSU3IERS OF • '
CONFECTIONERY!
LET LS . -REASON TOGETHER:
Hew ran an person manufaiture Confet.6enery.
and mall it at 15 cents a paled, when au t ,mr to wrrin
16 cents - at the Seinen% (unkers It I. terntdy adul
terated)?
How ran any Healey ri ail such a zile uorg.pourd
his cnatomera and ban) a coneclence void of ntent,d'
. .
How can any consumer expect to purchase purr
Cenfectionery at twenty.flve and thirty cente per
pound when a pure article cannot be manufactured
leas than thirty to forty cent. per pound, eonsihung
of MAW, buds. burnA althonde. and each class of
goods?
Within a few days we have been offend ciaana
buds. etc., for fifteen • cents per pound, and Cliocc. -
late Creases at twenty cents. and the ascent 'anew.
ledged that they were adulterated ten per cent, with
Teri* Alba ; and It is fact that tons of this chief,
Confectionery are mad& and old In this country
every year. and the consumers are the only parsons.
Injured by it:
2.r010 i .A/Ske betwfa of those stk. wi th a Purr artier
of Coo loamy, we will warrant nay artick oar
num allure Strictly Pare and free - hum etcrY jolino•
client deleterious to health.
A. HART.
Store formerly worded by John Oarman,Maln Strad
Towanda, October 21. 1869.
CENTRAL EXPRESS,
We navr i eibinded our RUCS through vx
. CVai
r
N.Y.. and are nprepared to renegre and Ye and
money and ateiratallse, nal collect notes, dralts.
checks, kc., with despatch and at low rates.
Wo, run car nlaud expertinoed toemengors
throstql betweende.rphlit sod :":evr York and Ws
-•erlJ daily, eV. Sundays. tneurhag quirk exn...lzl
prompt drlivery
*3—SPECIAL ILtrEs naLl be allowc.dr..rular
peril of Butter sod Egg•, and pari:rular attention
given tkeirProoept drh rrry Philadelpbis and N'oe
York. •
EDis'. E. TARE, Aslit.,Supi
General Office —320 Cticstunt St. PhiladelyCla,
Sept. 23, 1339
ROUTE TO PHILADEL
NORTH PENNSYLVANIA LAII.ImAp.
shortest end moil direct Eno to thitedelpnie,
913110219. Washington. and the *nth.
Passengers by thni , •route take Pointytrams
•New York Itailrowl train. passing Towanda rd 9 5,6
make dose conbection aktlethielniu FA'
Pions train of North Penn4P.Padmull, and ernvern
Philadelphia at 813 P. M.. in time to tale tort'
timing either for the South or West. /
Citrpueoniter ors are at the Depot On arrival et
all trains to money. r
to. the vapon. Den"
stidto al/ parts of
aritrzinx..),
Leirie North Penn's Railroad Deped. comer Duke
and Atherbaz sheets. Philadelphia. et SAX) A. 31-
&Minn at .Tcnizzida 6:311 P. If.. um^ evening*
Bagepwirspeess_ collects and ill:liven. We'
Ma. cacs Ne. 103 Bon* nth sheet. Ptulad . elphia
m:uw: acoointoroarznxe.
Freight received at Prontand Noble stretti, P6:1..
&dais. and forwarded br Daily Fast Freight trwins
to Towanda. and all points In' Sni mbannal
with quick dlsigadah. ' ELLIS CEA EKE.
item AA. N. P. P. L Front and Willow Rea.
Jan. 17.1!70. • PulladOphia.
TOWANpA 3LEAT. MARKET . ?
brkrwa. ;fISII A:VD CLAMS.
L
Lich in their season.
The subserfberi wilt keep constantly on Land s
fall stock of •
OYSTERS, Fisu .0i1) CI JJl)i
at whoksale and retail where all parties am be enp.
plied at - reasonable Atm also s full stock of Masts
Consisting of
- BEEF, PORK MUTTON, LAMM 911.14A6E.
MEADCHEESE. BOLOON.‘. TALLOW. LAE% hc
- -
Market first Caller 60110111 f. Ward jioaso. Hain-at.
Towanda. Pa. •
av91.69-3m 1111AVND & CO
A. - PULL STOCK OF WOODEN
iramat C. B. PATCH'S. .*
Way 20.
MACKEREL, TROUT, WHITE
Fish. Codfish m.l Herring.
reCABE
:RUTTER TUBS AND FIREPA
ifor, ready lit of April.
t Feb. 24. • McCABE & NTT
ME
JA3IIII X.c.till.
HAUNT Mli.
12=3
81111.1 E. Je.. Supt