mMzzox A.z NATIOU.
—The financial cris is in Canada
ig ended
—Mathieu., the great French as
tronomer is slim&
Cuba, .the insurgents 4iB
enlisting the negroat.
, Texas, is to have *
"pas moidal" one rail '
.
State Senator of ruxinia, has
been sentenced to four 'moths' imprisonment
for petit larceny.,
;--51 - aa3fahon again talka
at' re
ai~niag the Presidency of the French Repub
lic. - •
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—Advices from Asia Minor ip
dimte that 20,000 people 'have died in that
council fiom famine.
--Mr. F. Alexander, President of
tl.e Pacific Mall Steamßhip Company has re
ergued that office.,
—Sir Arthur Helps;the well-knoin
Dtgliph author died Sunday last in, Londou,
a1;.,.e.14.i'S years. •
—Mr. F. Thomas; the Pletiipoten-,
tirry of the Unitett States to Pero, proposes 3o
164ve torthome iv thiOnonth.
- 2 —The Luzerne court has decided
that reprrvlatative Shonk can keep his teat;
and that M'earty can't come into the house.
los's*of Mr. Dubois, of Wily
I:Lnisr.ort hi the burning of hts lumber is Set
il-Jua e. SSO,OOO.
1
—Henry a well knoin
Ed deeming citizen of Lock Raven, died-ju
i,nt place last-week aged eiity-seven yeszi.
—Four . hundred and eighty-seven
u , vorces weie granted in Maine last year—
aiwut ba:f of theru for desertions.
—A $1,400,000 tract deed has just
Egon rut-on record in Denver. Rich meal:ice
to sttudc nrithmetic ont there
fequireb $BO,OOO less this
leer it.sn it Old last, to pay - the interests on the
tste debt. '
Senator Morton of Indiana, who
I:hs ber:u a cnpplo from paralysis for many
parr, le now Cfpelted to get well.
—Senator 'lsaac P. Christianey,
ile.:,nov Sotaatpr frcim Ali,higai, studied law
,tli:.Eiward M. Stanton.
—Tb'e attorneys of ex-Gov. Moses,
flf . S .,, uth Car - dine, havn Sled hie .petition! in
I .ta Lk; cy. Hia liabititio, amounts *92,451
511
-4 line of steamers has been
(-42.1.1.5ip0 to raulhetween Izabel and Beiizu.
t,, eont.eet with 'the Royal Mail ateamer4 to
Europe:
—A 'motion' will be made in the
ifon r :c of bnumorig, lir_hdoo, to adjourn drei
for the Exeter holidays from March 22 to Aprii
•
,--,Dispalches from Hicirtina an
t. knne., t<tin battles having tal;,en place between
he tivanibh trucps and the Cuban inertrgezits:
,
7 -11 y-way of Panama we learn tl o iati
- Dr' Piggott7e claims for dsmiaes for false ire'?
ri,t)eatent 'have, beeo 'referred to Dogotafor;
i•Cttlemerit.
• —The Government has received
thc. sum of f1G,310 from the people of Salvador
I:: skid or the ,•nfferets from the recent earth
ou3ke irrOnaternala. '
--A conflagration at .Gallo on the
13th iretant dehtrcicd the 6 torea of !O'Connor
Cn. arcl Bryei:. Grace .L• Co. The ,btal loss;
by the fire was $lBB,OOO. ,
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—3.Firch caucle .in like a whole
inctlazCrip pf how. Linlooa the lamb and lion
lobry ig ak in' Ntory, he will go out like a million
s!if. ep.
• ---=The French Minister of Justice
I :;,diacrn•ered, to hie diggngt, that a young
niisa rxicuted io•Paris thirty years ago raa
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*_ —According to recent statistics
b: the Lniard of Health .theca /ire in
23,533. people who have nut Veen
v.it•einp. t -
--:-. Ex Senatorßenjamin Wade; i
i:.,icid,ilvl:l probably be tbo Repnblican caOdi
i': .t, kr GiA•Crnu in Ohio.
.1• 1 .
—The South '.boston Chimiea.
17..: 1: ~ .h.wn e rl by Flodgp,College,Peckhun itCo'
wp 1, - ..r.a. , (11a6t WctlueKlay night, LTio, $.1.i.5,,
- .
—Onr exchanges are wqrrying
abcnt Kalakatta, and - worid6r,
I dorl,grq crite's cross-exatainatign:
IVliv nut vice versa.
—Owing tonsarcity of water, it
necessary in Newton, N.,11.. the
r :day, to put out a fire with several barrels
r dcNr, •
• .
--13 y the burning of the , Asylum
f,,r the Inpane, rear Quebee,orte of the violently
•.!zy lEcovered WA. rims* and is POW as ague
is PAlybcg3.y. - . r• -, .
Adc',cefi from nnenos Ayres state
that.tlie Utace of the Catholic Archbishop, in.
etc; was elelied, and the houses,of the ,
set•en fire.
- ---The number of -adult white men
in the 1.:,711:te I 5111 , ) , i vrn3 cannot road or wrlttr :
741.01): of womenin' the game
pcc 'wont. -1,150,000. _
•
—Tekas towns are pecaliar. An
EN.a.perated Dais piper asks : "li there 'no
onlmar:ee to prevent the _firing of pistols as
ulc,lus of alarni in discs or fire ?"
—Among the appropriations by,
$750.0n1 for the Philadelphian
Oft:ce'buildwg; and $200,000 for the erec- ,
cciif nen - works at League Island, rtaladel-:
ill,a
rovolntiOn in Bolivia is end
r v c.raiu g to the news from La Pa'z to the ,
;; h r , r Tannery lagt, the constitutional govern-.
:.t kinving gaited the victoit.. .
Messrs. Moody and Sankey
?
c.thitrtationg at Agrienltnral
t , gtnn. Zt is estimotte,l .that 18.000 persons'
m qt• a==emhled in and around the hall.
FrenPli Cabinet combinatiim.
tanoit rrxinly. to AL Bnffet'4 retneal to enter
pt'.lp4 , RPri Alinietry. Another eheme!to
I,rra a ministry led by WaUon hasalso
' —The Budget Committee of ate
AosiOan RfiehFrath hale 4inek out the oh
yroprrilion n! 575,000 to defray Um expensed of
11.0 ,rt presentation Of Austria at iho Philadel
utentlial.
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-,-Two.hofel keepers in Aleandra;
V.:rE.;:!..:!21.- and one in - Baltimore have closed
establishments because they feel that
tl:7vis3nn3t gnbmit to the provisions of the
. I
Cvl nights •
-The bankers have
r o , ento:l a petition to th Illinois Legislature,
a•Linf.re.thaV Ni'ashingten's birthday -ana etec.
tz , p (I,o:ysr. be declared legal holidays in that
state. • -
bright- lad, 8,
p ears of age;
r. , inea Clapp: died of brain fever recently at
B47lQicn: Pnd lhPdiease hi said to have been
too close application to stridiei,
•• . .k.mos 'Clark,- of Tennessee, - upon
ha -death bed expressed a "wish that twelre
stand atoned ha grave Ind
iday Dpg Tray." The widow Clark saw is
li o r.e. • r -
—AJah son Tenn:, man - has built
.
hrmqo 7 feet high and 10 feet by 20 teat area,
r.ncln a wagon. It has two rooms and rpilr
and actommodatea his wife and three
children. - :
• —A conglehvere married in a Rock
, I-1R nri train 1W it was nearing Avocs last week.
13e acct she stood to the scale, and were made
cm , . in the roost natural manner by a reverend
1.1:ow-traveler. "Sweet vale of Avoca I"
—Four colored men were adroitt:
rt, s 4ests in the-dresv circle at the hew Mem-
Teatre. in - Memphis. The manager; of
the t heatre did not feel Inclined to contest their
rew_ly acquired privilege. the coasts. •
—Marv- Smith died it the Bottle
0, thv Littio qisters of the Poor. In Baltimore,
!Let Wednesday. at the are of 117. She sag
11 . nrn in Baltimnre county in 175& nra. 340 11k0
Car.% colored, died in Brltimore last Friday,.
sized 105. • ,
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—l3eown wberifi to be ban
gad'a t
riAtßrille on the 24th bat.; for the =reef
ct,the r,14 eonple. tinned Kramer, made a con
11tH gain, and statml that be bad no
ne-r n4l
:cr i n the, crime. •
•
•:—A. bride in , Indiana, after the
cr the Marriage ceremony stepped
rr•eefulic lorwira and reitinsfited the ciertrY-
Mar. en gieo cal the hymn "Thls is the Tamil
1, r.:1,17.4-,e fong
•
—lt is stated that a party of Unit=
State,: Seriattirs. incladiDg Senator Oatnerim,
1 1 .41 eitig• to %Seiko • ibortlT. WO/ Pr
r.) and 0/1
Uss silts? miss.
to ba 2
V 4- C 11134 0 / 1 1 1 v T.4 elf RAI *
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Oraginifipor4t
Towanda, Thursday, Nardi% 1575.
ZDXTORS
R. 6.1/00DIAICII.. I. W. *LVORD.
naPvimpcsai STATE CONVESTiON.
The Republicans at the State of Plionsykants are
limb? reauested,tasamemble try abets Adepts, in
Mete Conrad:lon as noon on WEDNESDAY. the
Seth day of WAY. Mt in the Talton Optics Rows,
at the city of Lactuatir, for the ptirpoile of nom
Catlin caniidatas for Governor and Stele Treasure .
Each Representative and itensiortal District will be
entitled to the same representation as it has under
the present apportionment for esnatore end Repro.
Mut:tires in the Legislature.
WmecutEloima. Emits. turn.
Ileczatary.
TUB SLEW corwrir HILL, -
' The bill providing for the forma
tion of new counties has passed both
hranches of the lAgislatnre and will:
'undoubtedly - ' receive the sanction of
the Governor, as it is a general law.
The new law provides that new
counties may he erected with ad area
of 400 square mil& and a popula
tion of 20,000. It is just what Mr.
HERDIC deaired; and will. result in
giving him his new county.: For
this state of affairs we are largely in
debted to Senator Rocuwer.r., who
strenuously opposed a provisitin re
quiring the petition fora snriey of a
new county to deSignato the. county
'seat. The Senator'e, action in the
matter gives ground for more than a
suspicion that Mr. Hume's public
declaration that Mr. RoCEWELL was
elected in his interest, was true. We
hope he may be able to satisfactorily
explain his position to his constitu
ents, but in the absence of good
:proof to the contrary we must be per
mated to believe that be lute basely
betrayed llot only the people of. Troy,
lint the whole county. 10ai readers
will remember that we charged, dui
ing the last canvass, that Hr. Bons-
WEIL was a candidate imthe interest
of HERDIC'S nd.irious schemes to dis
member the coney.
We have not the. fall Proceedings
on the bill befOre us, but hope that
:our members in the lower House
have preserved their integrity and
can show a clear record. •
THE VIEGIFIIII3 Ayntra---Thn follow
ing are the main points in agreement
made between our Govornment and
Spain in regard to the Virginias af
fair:
First-j-Tbe Spanish GovernMent
engage to deliver to that of the Unit
ed States , the sum of $80,000; in coin,
or 400,000 .pesetas, for the purpose
of- relief of the families or , persons of
the ships company and passengers
aboard of the steamer Virgil:ans.
;
Second—The Government of the
United States engages to accept the
sum mentioned - in satisfaction of
reclamations of any sort which, in
the sense of pecuniary indemsifica
lion in this behalf, might otherwise
be advanced against the Spanish
Government.
Third-r-When the sum referred to
in article 1 shall hare beep received,
the President of the United 'States
will proceed to diatrihntsk Eh& alma
among the families o persons inter
ested, in the form andinanner,which
he may judge most equ#able, with
'ont being - obliged to give an, account
'of this distribution ,to the ; Spanish
Government.
Fourth—The payment of (he $BO,-
000 or 400,000 pesetas, shall be ef
fected by the Spanish Government at
s.ladrid, in specie. and in three pen
ods of two months each—s3o,4loo or
1.50,000 pesetas for each of the first
:two instalments, and $20,000.. or
1 :1.00,000 pesetas in the last.
Fifth—The present agreement will
be ratified by both of the undersigned
es soon as his Excellency. the-Repre
itentative of the United States, shall
have presented his credential letters
which accredit him as Minister Plen
ipotentiary near His Majesty, the
King of Spain.
COL. MCCLURE'S new paper, the
Philadelphia Daily Times, made its
appearance on SatiOay• morning.
The limes- isle. large sheet of six wide
colums to each of its four pages,
is printed with clear new type on 'ex
cellent paper, and makes a fine typo
:graphical appear - alio& All its de
partmenta are well arrange& and
from the evidence of this initial num
ber are ably equipped. Its business
uanagement is under the control of
'Mr. FLANK 311,Avenus, who; - has ex
tensive experience as a printer. With
Col. McCurak's acknowledged ability
'as a political writer and experience
as an editor, the TimPs must prove a
success financially in such a field as
.Philadelphia , now presents for hie en
.terprise. However; Col. McCLuaa's
brilliant intellect will not avail him
in his effort' to destroy the Bepubli
can party, neither will he succeed in
:annihilating General Carom
ANDY Josasos is not yet quite ready
to acknowledge himself a Democrat,
nor to
-trust the Dernocratic party, as
appears Intim the following answer to
an invitation to stump New Hemp•
:shire for the Democracy, in the late
'campaign :
Dru SIB : _I am too busy, and your
weather is too lively for me:- to think
of going up to New Hampshire this
winter. All our troubles have arisen
from the Democratic attempt to
break up the Union and overthrow
:the Constitution in 11161-5. The only
;obstacle to peace now is the refusal
of the Democratic party to j concede
-equal rights to all men.. Wben•l say
that I am for equal rights, I mean it;
but when you say it, you don't mean
it. When the Democratic party gels
'right on this question then the Con
stitution will, be safe and you can
'command the services of .
Yqatv thay,
ANDREW Jomoa.
TT is well in passing to calleAten
!lon of oar merchents and manufac
turers and bnsiness men generally to
the fact that every Democratic Rep
resentative in' Congress card his vote
against the tariff and tax bill andi
opposed its passage to the end. And
yet there are , men • blind 4.151.0114 to
ARAI Ml' to
rrnl
.
The following discussion of the
new county bill took place in the
Senate on Fridarlaet •
The consideration Of - ' the b ill pro
viding for the establishment of new
(mantles jn this oointivaareitlth eine
upon second reeding,
On tnotionof ?tr. Cooper the name
of the goVernor was substituted for
that of, the auditor general whenever
the same appeared in the bill. f •
-Mr. - Cooper , moved to further
amend the bill by striking out from
the
_petitions for the erection 'of a
new c noty 'the name of the t,wn
ship, borough, or district where the
seat of justice shall he located." '
Mr. litlfallen said that -it - would
not snit Herdieler Titusville to have
the people vote on the location of the
county seat. Ri-members and others
were lobbying on the floor of the
senate for the passage of the bill and
he might be compelled to speak plain
er and call by name the parties thus
shameleindy engaged. Titusville was
sinking into , bankruptcy, and this
measures-as presented, was proposed
to save her sinki fortunes
Mr. Anderson denied the charge of
bankruptcy and claimed Titusville
was prosperous.
< After farther discussion by Messrs.
Rockwell, Rutan and Bechtel, 'the
'amendment was defeated—yeas 17,
nays 26.
Mr. McMullin moved to amend so
that the population of the old coun
ties should not be reduced below 40,-
000. It was not fair to allow old
counties to be - cat down to 20,000 'to
farther the schemes of some land
jobbers. • , •
Mr. Dill said he was not interested
in the question so far as his county
Was concerned. The legislature was
to pass a general law, and he desired
to call the attention of -the senate to
the fact that the constitutional con
vention, which fought to - be ,pre-
Burned to fairly represent the senti
ments of the people and had acted
with great care and deliberation, had
fixed the limit of new counties at
20,000. He thought 'it wise to se
qniesce in this.
Mr. Butan said he should vote
against the amendment. It looked
as though the senate was going to
pass a law to benefit two or three
ambiiirims places that want to be coun
ty seats. • .
The amendment was lost,—yeas 13,
nays 23.
Mr. M'Mnllin then moved to amend
by inserting 30,000 instead of 20,000.
Mr. Watson was anxious to vote
for a fair bill but could not vote to
cat old counties down to 20.000 in
habitants. He could not see the
force of the argureent that because
the constitutional convention fixed
the limit at 20;000 . the legislature
could not go higher. He was satis
fied that the larger and stronger the
counties the better for the people.
Mr. Dill thought that the legisla
tare had no right under , a fair con
struction of the constitution to in
terfere with the limit.
°bairn' tn.
Mr. M'Mullen inquired if it was
not well understood that Herdic
wouli not let the bill pass if it was
not cut down to 20,000.
Mr. Ratan had served in the senate
six years and had never heard such
language and would? move 'for the
expulsion of. any one repeating such
a remark.
Mr. Playford offered an • amend
ment that the location 'of the seat of
justice in the new county be , deter
mined by a majority of .the electors,
th,i time of the election to be fixed
by the parties authorized to. anoint
commissioners.; the election not to
take place until after the election for
the new county had been held.—
Adopted. Mr. Stanton moved to
amend by making a majority instead
of a two-thirds vote necessary in
the territory proposed to be erected
into a new county. Lost.
The, consideration of, the new county,
bill being resumed, Mr. Collahan
offered the following amendmenf:
"Provided that no township; boro.
or city lying on the boundary line of
any such proposed new county shall
be taken from the county of which it
pow forms a part, nor included with
in the limits of any proposed new
„county, unless a majority of all the
qualified voters thereof shall vote for
the new county. Provided that this
provision shall not take effect in any
county where the • whole territory
proposed to be erected into a new
county is to be' taken from said
county. Lost--yeas 15, nays 25.
Mr. Alexander offered the follow
iny amendment as a substitute- for
section 14, which was adopted:
"That, the property and the taxa
ble inhabitants of any portion of the
territory of the proposed new county
after its erection shall continue liable
for the payment of, any debt of the
county from which such poition of
the territory was taken existing at
the time of the erection of such new
county, which was incurred for im
provements made which are situate
within the territory of said new
county, arid the same shall be. ad,
jested by' the commissioners of the
counties affected, as soon after the
erection the new county as practi,
cable."
Mr. Newmyer moved a reconsider
ation of the vote by which the first
section was adopted. Not agreed , to
and the bill was ordered tran
scribed for third reading.-
THE NEW MINTY BILL.
" The new county bill passed the
"House on Tuesday, March 9th,
" amended 60 that none of the corm
" ties from which a new one is taken,
" can be reduced below 30,000 inhab
itants. A majority vote only is re
" quired. ReprAsentatives Tracy voted
"against thaltill."
The above is from the Northern Tier
Gazette. Bat if Mr. buoy was hon
estly opposed to a new county: why
did he vote for the amendment allow
ing old counties to be reduced from
40,000 to 30,000 inhabitants ? This
amendment was carried by a cloak,
vote, and with the law thit an old
county could not be reduced below
40,000, Tioga county could not have
been rednced.)and then no new coun
ty could be established, as contem
plated,
, out of Bradford and Mop.
Perhaps Mr. Taal- can explain this
very, important vote. Onsteavan.
Pm . arces, Pa.,March 16.—The flood
in the Busqtehanna carried away-the
magnificent railroad bridge at this
point to-night, ten minutes After a
passenger train had passed MIT._
Tax arrumon AT roar awns Carnakr.
Porr dram, N. Y., March 16.--:
&porta from the upper Delaware
are alarn!Wg. The river se rising rap.
idly foci -the ipe over the railroad,
If t e to-moyrow morniug is
any higher it is leal*d tha
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TM* tit 41.1.1
FRESHET;
EM:==Z==s2l
ISOM IVAI3IIIiIGTOIL
Gee Spring—The efelkieeneneeik=fbettes at the
Capitoi—The /earl hkbpilia cad - sump.
Üble thyreannser.—na Beniady Bra —lte•
arganhaticns'qf the rmatoint—Death qf the
' (XOl Setrioe-2Ai :Itaikuni liar—TAE
Iliteutkefehtk . .- . 2lte "Moses' and
the helywirake zoiksom dirsocicaton—Ru
morf of Othinek do** and the New
- Hampshire election.
WAsantaioir;Jrara . lb, leg&
Instead of gentle spring with its
blossoins and tiOliers and " etherial
mildness," together with the abed ,
peddlers and organ Onders that are
wont to usrol so sweetly in the warm
Sunshine, we aks, having ' a season of
rain, snow, slash' atid mud; but with
all the disagreeableaspects of the
weather and the unpleacan. condi
tion of the streets, the number of
visitors, in daily attendance at the
Capitol did not' seem; to be in any
way diminished. No matter .any
way
or unpropitious the weather,
the scenes incident to-,the
f:+ ''l
.
appear always td be of rufficient in
terest to fill the halls, lobbies and
galleries'of that], great building with
a certain class, wto seem to enjoy
the excitement and commotion of the
last h6nrs of a session. While there
are hundreds of this class of persons,
there is always another class, who
may always be fciund anxiously
watching for the kpassage of some bill,
which may or may not be reached,
and in which are centered the high
est of hopes I and expectations,
as well as the reward -of the anxious
lobbyist. As the long fingers of the
great •evoek cbahi that silently mark
'the departure of time draw slowly
-round to the hour of adjournment,
many an anxious form may be seen
watching, and hoping with, bated
breath,that among the rush of bills
that an excited body of • legislators
are recklessly Ipassing, seemingly
without , thought or ebnsideralion,
may be hie one for the passage of
which, they have , labored so long and
so earnestly.
THE GIMTLE LOBBYIST.
Crdwded into ,the lobbies of either
House, and atilt busily engaged amid
the confusion of ',the hour, may be
found the male and the female lobby
ist ; the one busily expostnlating
with some refractory member who
fails to see a certain legislative scheme
in just the proper light, while the
other is showering the sweetest and
blandest of smiles upon her , infatu
ated victim, with every evidence of a
better success. . In the deep recesses
of the Congressional reception rooms.
or in the niche of some window and
partially concealed by its flowing
drapery, may be seen the shadowy
form of some veteran legislator, a
willing listener to the honied words
that are poured into his elongated
ears by the • glorious and gorgeous
female standing so lovingly at his side.
Desirous of his influence in securing
a place in some of the Departments
for a needy and deserving widow of
some soldier—perhaps,—or a foreign
misssion for some bear and dear
friend, for which she is well paid, she
has assumed that engaging manner,
'so perfectly irresistable to many of
our legislative solons. And not the.
least in that great Congregation of
mixed humanity are the groups of
highly-painted and extravagantly
dressed -demimonde, who seem per
fectly at home as they pass and re
pass into the ladies galleries ' • or
sweep down through -the -long halls
and corridors that connect the two
legislative chanibers.
With all the harm hustle and con
fusion of the expiring session, the
array of beauty assembled in the gal
leries, is now and then furtively sur
veyed by some
VANITY 'STRICKEN
old'member, arrayed in bine coat and
brass buttons, who fondly imagines
that,, although the frosts of - many
winters have been gathered about his
brows and bleached into whiteneas
'the auburn locks of his youth, it is
still within his power to make an im
pression with the gentle sex. Nor
can the hallucination be broken or
the dream be dispelled in which be so
loves to linger until the patronage he
once yielded.slips away from his fin
gers, when he 'finds how deceptive;
were the•smiles and hollow were the
praises that once greeted his majes
tic step as he strode around the halls
of legislation, entertaining as high
an opinion of himself as if be were a
Socrates or a Ciesar. •
Descending tci , the labyrinth of
SALOONS A2iD RESTAURANTS
on the floor bsneath, may be fonrid a
corresponding some of confusion,
commotion. and excitement, but mime
what varied in character. Amid the
clatter of dishes, the popping of
champagne corks, the clinking of
glasses, and the rush of darkey wait
ers in white aprons, may be heard
the toasts and pledges of endearment
that are thought to be uttered, sub
row, by the groups of gay old legis
lative colons whose minds are sup
posed to be burdened with the cares
of State, but who are contentedly
sipping their wine, and fondly listen-
ing to the expressions of affection
that are so gently, whispered into
their ears by the beautiful syrens at
their sides, whose special business in
life is to "go " for susceptible con
gressmen. The wife-pf his bosom,
who at tome is dreamily pondering
over the proud imition of her hus
band, constituency, and' the little bill
over which our average congressman
is expecting to make his carefully
prepared speech—to' be distributed
at the proper time in his district,—
are all fcirgotten in • the excitement
and intoxication of his surroundings.
Such are the scenes and incidents
which are at all times connected
with the adjournment of Congress
and the ditpereicn of the assembled
wisdom of the nation.
BOUNTY.
Among the bills which failed to
become a law, through .some irregu
larity not discovered: in time to be
corrected, was the bill providing for
the equalization ,of bounties to sol
diers. The passing of this bill, it ap
pears, is calling forth the severest
censure and condemnation of several
of the leading jounials of the conn
try,"who do not seem, or perhaps do
not wank . to understand the subject.
There is certainly no good reason
why a soldier discharged from the
service by reason of disability inettr.r
red, should not roadie bounty as well
as the one discharged by reason of
wounds received. Nor is there , any
good reason why the heirs of soldiers
who were killed in the three, six, and
nine Months' service :should not be
paid bounty as well'is if the enlist- I
ment bad been fors lOnger period.
Until some such bill •is passed, the
payment of bounties will continue to
be as they always bava been—alto•
gether unfair an 4 ,:unequal. The
whole expenditure, it is estimated,
would not exceed twenty =intone,
which is oellitifdy wot w ver7 gmt
WR I t Ogg
properly . settle the question, which
has mulishly agitated every, session
of Congress since the , war. Among
those who were opposed to any far
ther leghtlaction upon the subject. it
is said, wig the into flpe of the
House. - Vitt his should hos
an himself in oppositi o n to ineli ael,
is %Lite ;inexplicable ies hiss been
some other of his recent movements.
TEE TREASURE DEPARTMENT.
Among the bills that did pass and
become a law, is one-which -provides
for the reorganization of the Treasury
Department;ln which, however; only
the heads of bureaus and , certain ones
depomipated Chief* of Divisions are
recoguited. The silaries of these
geitlemen_haveleenliu-gely inereas
,ed, IvAile, " hewer of wood and draw
er of water h isiorgotten, or deemed
not " worthy of -kis hire." The whole
thing may be ittribated to that
splendid system of Civil Service with
which the Republican party has been
recently burdened, and which a few
theoretical old fogies would have
liked to have run into an educational
aristocracy. • 1
" eon: warm TUE wooreinis retains."
Congress having failed tJo make an
appropriation for the odatinuance
and supply of the Civil Service Com
mission, an order has beext issued by
the President to the Heads of De
parfien nts, in which they are notified ,
thaVth rnlesi regulations, observa
tions ed, recommendadons of the
Civil ervice Reform Committee will,
henceforth and , forever after, : be
abandoned. The . Commission, ',or
rather the Inquisition, that have lux
urated so long in ease and elegance
in their handsomely-appointed rooms,
concocting schemes, at, a salary of
five thousand a year, through which
they might badger the ~..r devil of
a clerk, may now bid a " 1. . glareweli
to all their greatness."
BAILBOAD WAR.
The war which has Vio l a. existing
for some time between thi President
of the Baltimore & Ohio and the
Pennsylvania Railroad, still contin
ues, and 'cousequently thef fare to any
part of the West has been 'reduced
to consider ably less thin one-half
the former rates. _ It, - would seem as
if,the entireliopulation Of Washing
ton was intending to "go West," as
everybody seems to be I purchasing
tiekuts. When the " hot season
arrives the exodus from the city of
those who seek to escape the hot
weather, will, without question, be
fully equal to any time of the past,
and will evidently_be in the direction
of the West.
THE BPEAHEBSHIP•
The Democratic Congressmen elect
from Pennsylvania to 'the,' Forty-
Fourth Congress, among whom. we
observed Mr. Powell of the Four
teenth District, held 4n informal
meeting at Willard's Hotel, on Wed
nesday evening of list, week, and
unanimously agreed upon Hon. Sam.
Randall, of Philadelphia,las the choice
for Speaker of the next House. It is
understood that if Mi.. Cox and
Wood of New York are both' candi
dates, as it now seems likely,' it will
be necessary to divide the Pennsyl
vania delegation, and thereby give
more strength to the og posing can
didatis, of whom Messrs. Randall
and Kerr seem to be the only ones.
It is further understood that, failing
himself to secure the nomination, Mr.
Wood will throw hie influence- in fa
vor of Mr. Randall. Should Mr. Cox
follow Ur. Wood's oystanplfe, Tar Ran
dall would likely carry off the prize ;
but if Mr. Cob's friends support Mr.
Kerr, the indications aie that the
struggle would be a close one.
THE ORATION THAT DID 11;T TAKE PLACE.
The preriarations which were so
quietly and steadily pushed forward
by the Democratic Jacloon 'Associa
tion for the welcoming of i tbe Tennes
see "Moses" to Washington in a.
proper and befitting stylel came sud
denly and unexpectedly toto a stand
still. The refusal of thelSenator to
'enter the Democratic creak or to
endorse its proceedings, I !fell like a
wet blanket on the ardor pf the pro
jectors,of the grand banquet, jollifica
tion and torch-light procession, which
had been held in contemplation and
in Which the entire Democratic ele
ment of the city was 'expected to
join. The shouts and the old famil
iar "yell " that so recently went up
with such fervor for "Old Andy,"
have become suddenly bushed. • The
burning words of Aoquence that Were
uttered in his praise, died npcin their
lips.' The resolutions expressing their
eternal friendship, and the preamble
of heartfelt congratulations, have
either been hidden away or cast to
the flames • while, sullenlykand sileit
ly, the old ' dispeptic, asthiimatic and
rheumatic members of the Democrat
ic Jackson Association have again
crawled into their holes. A spectacle
so unique has never been witnessed
in the country. Had there been a
little coyness, a little dignified co
quetry, a little allowance for old prej
udices, a decent respect for propriety
and the fitness of things, many re
ek e people might have been se
.duced in a belief that the millenni
um was n a myth or figment of
theology ; butto see men who have
been rolling in the dust and crying
out " Wonderful is Andy and we are
his prophets all at once turn so
short a corner, and turn it so sud
denly, cannot be viewed without some
feelings of amazement. Without
identifying himself with either party.
Mr. Johnson bas quietly taken his .
seat in the Senate. Evidently he has
familiarized himself with'the current
literature, supplied to England by
the evangelist 9f draw-poker, Minis
ter Schenck, as he has signitiedO his
friends that be will henceforthdis
card all partizan feeling, and that`up
,
on all questions of public policy he
will " go it tame."
DEPARTMENTAL BOMOYIS.
The rumeta of Cabinet i changes,
which always break out soon after
the adjournment of Congress, are
plentiful as usual. Up to the present
time, however, no'changes hive taken
place except a few in the diplomatic
service,and a few unimportant chang
es in some of the bureaus of the
Treasury. Efforts , for the removal of
Johnson, Commissioner of Cus
toms, have been strenuously made
by some Western parties, who desire
his place;; but so far without success.
Changes in the office of the First and
Second Comptroller, and in the office
of the Third Auditor, it is under
stood, will be made before the Senate
adjourns.
The result of the recent election in
Now Hampshire shows a
LAROZ REPUBLICAN GAIN
over that of last year and that, in
stead of the party going to thudevil
with as rapid strides as possible, the
way has.been opened and the paths
cleared for renewed swings. it-Is in
the nature of things, as it always has
been, and we suppose always wilt bA;
that when a party has had control of
the government for a long period of
ypani, jealowiies biokeriaga
9901 be develope4 en oeeennt et
the distribution of the patronage.
Disappointed office-seekers begin de-
Section to party p . rineiplei by spout-,
ing frothy denunciations of party °t
ildes, and as a consequence unthink
ing people swept these denunciations
as wridenbe- of the weeklies' of the
Party Wulf. Bivikiee, personal jeal-
Ptleies, - disappointed ambition - 1i and
`frustrated desires, all contribute to
the delusive clamor ; and then as a
result, a change of adriiinistratien is
demanded. -
Aq matters now stand there can be
but two great parties in the country
—one the repreentative of the achieve
ments, of the Union armies during
the war, and the consequent legisla
iton ;_ the other the representative of
the exploded fallacies of State Rights,
and the hatred which exists of the
legislation which OnSued es a natural
consequence of • the rebellion: One
the representative of progressive ideas
and - pledged to maintain the supre
macy of' personal freedom to every
citizen • the other hide - bound and
paralyzed, and alive only to murder
ousproscription and narrow - minded
prejudices. The result of the elec
tione, so far as they have taken place
during the rot few months, have
given the assura nce{ that the great
masses of the people are still with
the party that has ever been devoted
to the prosperity; advancement and
interests of the whole , country, and
to the maintenance of the rights,
privileges and liberties of its people.
M.
017 E PIigADELMIA LETTE.II.
.ftuAtausa.u. Match 17,187 x.
MYSTERIOUS.
About ten days ago, thousands of
our dwellings houses in this cityweite
marked during the previous night
with numbers, cabalistic signs, and
other devices. During the next two
or three, nights, almost every house
in the city was marked in like man •
ner, and since then - =the press and
people have been doing their • level
beat to find out what it means. The
police hive been•eagerly endeavoring
to detect the persons engaged in the
work, bat have been - singularly un
fortunate in their efforts to get any
clue, to tha mystery.'
All kinds of rumors attach to this
marvellous marking of habitationet
the meet wide-spread is that which
doomalhe cityl to a dreadful massa
cre by the Roilan Catholics. It is
alleged that thi3 marking is done in
three different characters, and nerv
ous old women tell us that this is
done to indicate houses wherein all
are Protestants, where all , are Catho
lies, and where Catholic servants are
employed in the household.
There is no question but the mark
!ng of so many houses has created a
most profound sensation, and I know
of many men who are not at all timid,
generally speaking, that, in anticipa
tion of trouble on St. Patrick's Day,
have loaded up their old army mus
kets, examined their revolvers, and
have prepared to do and die in de
fence of their altars and their fires.
I give no theory of my own re
garding- this all-absorbing mystery. .
I simply mention the fact of such a
strange occurrence having taken
place ; that the attention of the
Mayor of the city has been called to
it, of the inability of the authorities )
to detect those engaged in the nefa
rious work, and of column after col
umn in the daily papers, endeavoring
to explain all about it. My own
izottoo bao boon nutaborea, awl if I
should suddenly cease to be your cur- .
respondent please bear in mind that
at midnight on the 10th of March, I
was doomed.
ICE GOEGES.
About a week was spent in fatile
efforte r by our city authorities to blow
up the ice in the Schuylkill river, In
order to save the bridges from des
truction. A great many pounds of
powder were exploded in this way to
the delight ,of the urchins whose
taste for squibs, and crackers, and
powder, seems never to be appeased.
The ice gorge in our river is above
Fairmount dam. This dam is at the
head of tide water in the Schuylkill,
and, was built for the purpose of sup-,
plying our city- with water. Com
menciag at the dam' on either aide of
the river, Fairmount Park extends
upwards for several miles. The Park
is managed by a commission of aris
tocratic non-entitioe, who, in what
they regarded as an act of superla
tive wisdom, prohibited our ice com
panies from butting any ice in the
river fronting the Park Grounds.
I differ with the Park Commission
ers, and regaid their " superlative
wisdom" the most arrogant nonsense,
It prevented the employment of
from 300 to 400 _laborers cutting ice
!for a month or more, and it forces
Idle purchase of $500,000 worth of
ice from New England.. If the May
.or had pat a pound of powder in the ,
empty cavities of the' heads of the
Park Commissioners, where brains
ought to he, and ad fire to it, he
would have done a much wiser thing
than attempting to: blow np an ice
gorge with porter bottles filled with
blasting powder. By doing so, he
- mould rid our city of a set of old fos
silized antediluvians, the city would
save her halt million dollars for Yan
kee ice, and the ice gorge would be
nicely stored away for use next sum-,
mer.
CIVIL BIGHTS
The question of civil rights, prom
ions to become violent wrongs, and if
those whom the rights were intended
to benefit, fail, to act civilly under
them, violence and wrong will cer
tainly follow. Thus far,mobody has
been seriously harmeil in this city,
although a few darkies have, at the
instigation of shyster lawyers in
search of a case permitted themselves
attorneys:
become the dupes of these seedy
attorneys: One of , the colored men,
sckinfluenced, went , into the besCbar
ber'shop in this city, the proprietor
Of which is a handsome yellow fel
low, nearly!the l color of clay, and said
to be a riar relative of one of our
most eminent statesmen, now deceas
ed. He app)ied for a shave, and was
refused upon the ground that "com
mon white folks`ean't get shaved in
this emporium of Art; and low niggers
can't come in no-ho' a" -
The colored applicant for a shave,
was not a gentleman likely to favora
bly impress the tonsorial\ artist, and
4 e.
he was therefore requeited to leave.
"I prosecute you for dams - a," said
the aggrieved; hastily haudi g him
a 25 cent note, (the price of a shave
in that establishmeq) the clay-eoler
ed fellow remarked. "You are ne
damaged to a greater extent than the
price of a shave, and here is the
money." The sum enabled the
"damaged dark" to purchase 8 whis
kies "straight" and a nickle left over
for a sandwich for lunch; in his exu
berance he forgot to reprt to his ad
riser, the lawyer, and his attorney,
had his little disappointment for his
trouble.
At the hotels ; the subject will be
qui91441,004 inkthie way: the
_,!gr , ID* Dig big
patromkto the lodging rooms be, the
proprietor, selecta; at the dining
rooms it has always been the custom
for waiters to seat travelers just whole
it snits the waiter to place thent.
Colored people will be so plaepd as
notio interfere with thee sendbilities
of the most fastidious, and as for
places of amusements, they are simp
ly luinries that we are not forced to
enjoy either in the company of re
spectable blacks, or whites of , disra
putable character. --
HON. JIMES G. BLAIN&
The. distinguithedi statesman who
has just stepped doirn and out from
Speakership of the National House of
Representatives, has been here, the
guest of- one of our. citizens. The
.Ex-Speaker is not at. all reticent re
garding political matters. The result
in New Hampshire was exceedingly.
gratifying to % WM; that contest was
fought squarely against the third
term nonsense—the Republican Con
wintion which niade tha State ticket,
hiving directly declared its hostility
to Grant as a third-term candidate—
and it shows how rank stronger the
pasty is than Grant. '
Mr. Blaine believes the only issue
before the country to-day is "whether
loyal men, or those lately in arms
against the nation, shall control its
political affairs." He looks upon
General Gordon j of Georgia, and
Lamar of Mississippi as the ablest of
the 120 ex-officers of tho confeder
ate government now in Congress; e
the most conservative members ''of
Congress from the South', and as the
most brilliant and effective public
speakers on the Democratic side 'in
either House of Congress, and their
failure to direct the popular senti
ment in favor of Democracy in New
Hampshire, after their having made
an exhaustive canvass of the State is
conclusive evidence to Mr. Blaine that
the country is not yet ready to pass
over into Democratic bands the ad
ministration of the' government:
Mr. Blaine is entirely satisfied that
the paramount question on which the
contest of 1876 will be fought is
simply "whether loyal men or ex-con
federates and their sympathizers shall
be trusted with the administration of
public affairs."
As far as the Democnitic candi
dates for the Presidency are concern
ed, Mr. Blaine believes that the nom.
inaiion lies between Hon. S. J. Ran
dall of Pennsylvania, Senator Thur
man of Ohio, and Governor Tilden
of New York, with Gen. Gordon as
the most probable candidate for Vice
President. , J. W. F.
FROM HARFLISBORG.
HtIIIIIBBI7I/0, 51arch 13, 1875
ED. REPOETER : As the time draws
nigh for the legislature to adjourn,
both Houses are petting themselves
to work in real earnest. The inde
cent baste in which bills are rushed
through is a disgrace to the State
and a burlesque upon what delibera
tive bodies, should be.
The House met last evening at 7
o'clock and did not adjourn until 7i
o'clock this morning. The bill for the
reduction of boomage tolls was the
subject of most interest. For some
mysterious reason the Philadelphia
delegation have • taken it upon them
selves to oppose this bill ; they, how
ever, found themselves outnumbered,
for upon the final passage of the bill
the yeas were 11.3 and the nays 48.
All sorts of tactics were resorted to
to defeat the bill. At about 10 p. in,
Mr. Crawford of Phila. being in the
Chair, Mr. Huhn made a motion to
adjourn, which , was duly submitted
to the House and, as j was apparent
to all, lost. The Chair, however, de
cided it carried, and amid calls for
"division ' and "yeas and nays,"'
declared thp House adjourned and
stepped down from the Chair • all
the members, excelA a few from
Philadelphia, protested against this
action.
Amid great *fusion Speaker Pat
terson resumed! the Ohair and called.
the House to order, claiming he had
a right to submit the motion to ad
journ again to the House, there-being
a dispute about this matter. In this
he was fully sustained, for on a call
of the yeas and nays only five mem
bers voted " aye." Had the House
adjourned at this time it would have
resulted in the defeat of the " Boom
bill," for the reason that it could not
pass to third reading in the Senate
before the final adjournment.
At about 4 o'clock, a. m., the gai
was suddenly turned off, for the pur
pose, - no doubt, of bringing about an
adjournment. The hall was in total
darkness. for some minutes, during
which the "'roosters" made many
motions to adjourn, , bat the Speaker
(be it said to his credit) refused to
entertain any motion until the House
was in order Amid the confusion
Dir. Wolfe was heard to say, " Stand
to your guns. boys, and keep your
seats ; " another member said, 'd
like to know what the officers of this
Democratic House are about that the
gas is not turned on." At last the
gas was again burning, and at about
5, o'clock . House bill No: 81 (the
Boom Bill) was reached. Some one
moved that the House go into Com
mittee of the Whole - for general
amendment ; not agreed to. A'. vote
wai then ha d upon the final pasican ° c
of the bill, resulting as before stated.
After this the . House was simply . a
mob until adjournment. The mem
bers went from their seats down into
the open spies around the clerk's
desk, and clamored for recognition
from the Speaker. Whenever a 'mem
ber obtained the floor he moved a
suspension of the rules for the pur
pose of taking up his favorite bill,
which motion prevailed in nearly ev
ery instance ; and thus bills were
rushed through second reading with
out the consideration they merited,
until 7 o'clock, when the mob was
dispersed by a motion to adjourn. It
must have been apparent to all that
there were less than a quorum of
members present for at least an hour
land a:half immediately preceding ad
.
ournment.
The New County bill has been
amended in the Senate, so that it is
not materially different from the bill
as first reported to the House. Mr.
Rockwell, of your' county, made an
effort to so -amend that the , people
should vote for the location of the Co.
seat at the time they voted
for the new comity. His amendment
was not to the mind of St. Peter, for
it is weltknown that Minnequa would
nit be the county seat by the choice
of , the people ; he therefore set him
self- to work to dafeat it, and did,_
I have just learned that the Judi
ciary General Committee of the San
; to have decided to report the bill for
tt o t i reduction. of "boomage with a
n recommendation, on. the
groun4 of its unconstitutionality.
Mr. ng, who is chairman of that
committee, v wfil find the opinion -of
Wayne Mc iagh—who says the bill
t :
is constitutio al—will have weight
with the peop •
The Local Op\
ion law is not likely
to he repealed by the Senate without
opp@mlieg tiltret9 a Wingert limi
law. To-day when the; subject was
under discussion, Senator Rockwell
declared himself opposed to naked
repeal, bat Would vote for it if the
limns° law was attached. He is the
only Democrat who takes this posi
tion:
W. T. Davies, W. H. Carnochan,
and H. N. Williams were here this
week 1
Mr. Myer; of your county, was
here some weeks ago, and was kindly
greeted, by many friends. It ,ie
thought he will be a prominent can
didate for State Treasurer. 'Should
either , of the candidates from your
section of the. State be successful, I
believe Mr. Myer will be the man.
The other gentleman has had too,
much to do , with Strangling the
Boom and Pipe Line Dills.
HAMPiOIIIE.
There is nothing partieularly enj
conraging in the result of the New,
Hampshire election 10 the gentlemen
who have for the last dix months been
engaged in writing obituary noticet
of the Republican Party. Although
the temperature on Tuesday was too
low, in the New - England States to be
pleasant, and a. deepFsnow covered
the ground, the rural IRepnblicans of
New Hampshire turned out with
rather more enthusiatim,than is gen
erally exhibited by the adherents of
a moribund Party. Ip fact, Republi
canism in New Hampshire -has not
shown such signs of T igoeona life Lir
some years as Are-seen in the result
of Tuesday's voting.i In 1872 the
Republican candidate for Governor
received-38,752 votes; in 1873 the
Repnblicans only cast 81,043 votes.
and in 1874 about one hundred votes
more. At this -writing the Republi
can vote on Tuesday has reached
40,000. with some twenty towns to
'hear from.
It must be remembered that ;the
adroinistration of thet State Govern
ment is in the hands of the Demo
crats, which gave them a great 'ad
vantagnin the cativaie. 'The Legis
lature redistricted the State,in such
a way Is to secure a majority in both
Houses, under *almost, any conting
ency. A poliee *ann.! in (Manchester
was invested with authority to natu
ralize aliens, for the pOrpoee of mak
ing the process as expeditionia as
possible. l Political parties are so
evenly balanced in New Hampshire .
that the importation! of a few men
just before the elect*, and convert-,.
ing them into voters through the
agency of an easy-going naturaliza
tion court, has a most important
bearing on the result; 'There can be
no doubt but the party having con
trol of the courts and the local gov
ernments availed tnemselves or all
the appliances for • increasing their
vote that the law put in their hands,
to say nothing of theeharges of fraud
which were freely triad° before the
election.
There can be no denial of thelaet
that the Democrats put forth a great
effort. The shrewd party lEaders
appreciated the necessity of maintain
ing the prestige gained last NoVem
ber, and they knew - very well that any
check in the onward movement of
the "tidal wave" would seriously
compromise, their prOspects for a; vic
tory in 1876. For this reason the
contestin New Hampshire assumed
an importance fee beyond that
which ordinarily
,attaches to a State
election. 'National issues entered
largely into the canv,ass, and two dis
tinguished I Socitherr! orators—Sena
tor Gordon and - Mr. Lamar—were
sent into the State to implore the
people to give an emphatic rebuke
to the President for his course in sna
.
taining Kellogg in Louisiana and
Ames in, MissiSsipFii; We can see
nothing in' the election returns to
show that majority-of the people r of
the State meant to Condemn the Re
publican party, althOngh the Repub
lican- State Convention resolved
against "a, third term" with great
emphasis. i 1'
It is quite apparent that there are
as many, Republicansm Now Hamp
shire as there ever were, and that if
it were not for the-ebastaut influx of
foreigners •, to the manufactering
towns of New Hampshire, and, the
organized“boltsorganizedthe temperance
people, 'the iDemocrats could have no
possible hope of carriog New Hamp
shire in 1876, or at env other time.
The same may be seid of all the New
England States. The people have
certain fixed views cencerning"States
'rights,” political rights, civil rights
and human rights which are not-.;in
accord with' the doctrines laid down
in the Democratic ; platforms, and
although they may find. fault -with
particular acts of . the President,
whenever there is a squat) issue 'be
tween the two parties they will, al
ways be found on the side of-RePub
licanism. '
The unexpeated result of the elec
tion in New HampslAre has created
_an extraokdinary flatter among the
newspapers' that hive for the, last
year been contemplating a democrat:
is victory in 1876, and have been set
ting their sails aceordiogly. l :The
'Tribune and &reit took in canvas
with remarkable celerity. The !Llera/d_l
is used to that kind_ of work, and' con
fronted the einergeney with its , cus
tomary assurance..
."It is a pooi, role
that will not work both wa} s," ' says
this sagacious weathercock, "and',
the vote of 1874 indicated a change
in political opinion then, we may.
fairly assume that the vote of 1875 has
quite as much signifletince;" and then
it pertinently asks, i"if the\ prohibi
tion voters'of New !Hampshire, who
cherish their partr, organization so
dearly, chose to .abandon it rather.
than see Democratic:rule perpetrated:
may not similar action be expected
from thousands of Republicans in
New York, Ohio and other States
who last fall refused to go the to
polls ?"—Baltimore :47nerican.
THE BLAOK HILtB ELDORADO.
01Ern.-nr., W. T., tiarch 14.—Four
more of the Black Hills miners ar
rived at Foart,Laratnie to-dAy,' l they,
have walked from the stockade, light
miles from Harneyq - Peak. in • seven
days. They bring fine specimens of
gold dust with theM. Warrml has
some ' that he washed out of.; two
pins of dirt lifted just below the; sur
face anong which there were grass
roots.l He says they only dug down,
to a bed of-rock. 14 one place Water
was so plentiful that part 'of the
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tithe they worked waist deep in t.,
He thinks that with water pumps
and hydraulic machinery one hun
dred dollars per .day to each 'man
could he made.. He;tilso brings with'
him specimens of silver which' old
miners state will yield $2,000 to the
ton, and say it is the purest they .
evetsaw. He will bring here these
specimens nf silver l to be assayed.
He has also with him flue specinaLsus
of pinmbago, lead. and copper, and
says there is More -'gypsum. in, the
Black' Hills, than ten railroads could
haul away in fifty years. He efairua
pia Piftt th,rt PPM QM°.
The party leaves for Cheyenne to- .
morrow ; their abject being t o get
provisions, machinery and tools and
recruit their number by as Many as
possible; after which they will return
from heie, the route from this , place
being, they say, the only practical
one and much nearer than from.
SiOnx City, with the additional
adyantages of good roads. They
'report no trouble in crossing t he
streams,-or,in ending good water and.
catoPingtground every , night. ilk ul
Bay the distance can be walkediessily
in:[five days. Mile railroad& have
reduced the i tal.° one-third from
Chicago to Chevenne to parties going.
to the Black Hills. -
ManTetrangers are now here who
it is supposed. are bound for the new
Eldorado.: notwithstandirig the .
orders from the government pro.
hibitingparties from going. Person
just arrived from the Indian agency
state that the . Indiana are anxious to
sell to. the governtnent :their right to
the Black Hills country, but do not
proposelo .give it up witliiont being
paid for it.
JACQUES ',
Fuom the editorial correspondence
of ,the Albany Journal, 0 recent date,
we copy; the following paragraph :
!` Senator Dor.sey, of Arkansas, said
tons . have nbt . had .a light ,in my
house for 'three years';* and' that state.
ment is tine of _every Republican in
Arkainitis who has dsred to express
his political sentiments;' Senator
Dorsey went to. Arkansas engaged
not in •politics. Abut in railroad enter
prinee, and did a vast deal for the de
velopment. of the State.; After thus
serving the interests of the communi
ty, .he had the andacitito'be 'elected
a Republivin United States Senator,
and immediately his pruseriptipn and
persecution began. ,The windows,
doors and` walls- of his houSe are
shattered *ith*ballets frOm sisassins
whO fired in the Aark, r atid for this
reason, as already stated{ he lies not
had a light in his home for three
,
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Prof. J. 3. HOSTIIMEIt handed us
the following letter which we are
permitted '!.o publish, as it is s r matter
of generatinterest
ROOMS Op KtiNl3lls CETIRAL spiny COMICITTEE, I
, TCiPEXA. Feb. 6th. 1575.
Mn IfosfrytEa-‘Dear Sir': your letter of Feb.
3d has been receiwed, and in reply 1 wl.ll say thst
the railroad's charge fall freizht on corn and grain
of ,all kinds. Provigons and clothing will come thro'
free if ehipped; directed to E.. 8 Btprer, and marked
scab the name of -the party for whom it fa
intended. , ttn4ll goods will - be • promptly forwarded
by,ua to their destination'. The partyl ebippit4
ebould not* ne when the good!, are chipped. and
for wiv - rn they, are !Wended. 19 - order to prevent
confusion.i' ltespectfully.
BENZIN Enco, Secretary.
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SCHQ)IACKEE,'PIA
We were again awarded the Vg)iest pre
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March. 1.75
HOUSES k FARMS FOII
\, A liortse and lot itt:T-owalitia bGro l i
Situhte ou State street. lioule -16 by SQ. with wirg
1:1 by 20: :di tso stories high '(IS feet posts) Lit
about 50 -by ',lOO feet. Good well and cistern. 1
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occupie,l ‘by Geo. P. Cash'. The boast: is 40 by 40
feet, Wall 1041 r part 30 by 223- Lot 150 by 172 -4:
Bowie has totaenlargii rooms. three halls, and ninl
closets, warp,. So.:. Well in the house. Fifty host
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Farm No. 1,n3 Asylum, containing ' 1
one hundred and three and elialf scree, about SS
acres iinproyed, with ,tratnet2 house ani barn, and '
over ono hundred apple trees thereon.' ' T
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F • rin No. 2, in Asylum, Containin7,
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603; ~...r es, 'about 30 acres improved, ; with n
"fral ,, , , house thereon. - The Lot contains one of;
fou st 4rlings of water in the county. • • 1
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Fartn,No. 3. in Asylum,containing •
103 scree, about 20 seren,improved. .d.taianwc 1 4.
Umber, which has been sold. :1:lo buildings.
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99 nacrelt, .j . :which has been sold." •
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2G acres, half river O&M. A fiend framed dweilmgi
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1. .E:t5T !FEN. 11S -4A ilLitri of AS geres, - abettt!
half ,
bAtouo.4 timber; now house,
luito front collier of TOurAttits Ooro.
Aaso. 211 rat ,;14ba reableutms in tha most decirablel
portibu of Towanda 8070. A four cheep tioqt , ei sod!
ltte.'af.td a large :limber of vtivent late ctosp.
spell paluaeute on !Qui! tuigt,
Entrilla sat: W. V, VOIIGANAS CO., •
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