Q
tows nom ALL NATION"
—Newport isknot expecting a bril
liint botel-seasom,,,,
—New disioveries of lead in-Jack
son county, MistoarL
— . -The "orthographic tournamong"
will be very exciting.
—One Scranton man sued another
fin 30 cents—the soiteoet over $26.
—Prince Edivard Island is one,
grand, gigantic, magnificent mow bank.
• •
—Forty thOunand houses in Phils2
delpnis are owned by their occupants."
—The editorial etcher of the Nor
ristown. Her4/d bas already begun to. talk about
,the Street sprinkler. -
—ln 1874 we had in these United
States 5,834 failures, "with liabilities t, $153,=
Z 9,000.
—The new edition of Eneyelorimditi
Brit/intim is ,set -up with ,type-composing
machines.
—The; man who spells Stale
"Straight" ought to take ' , -advantage of the
epeiling ar.hools in vogue.
,
-2-Trait growers in North-Carolina
ar c ' in good Write over the excellent prospects:
of a good crop.
—Brigham-Young's wives are-get
ting him into more trouble- than the mcithere
in-law of ordinary men.
.—One hundred Memphiana invest..
\,ea tl,OOO in the Lit:divine Libr ary Lottery,
,
' and got each one cent and n ine mills in
return. I
, =\-- 1 •'" - • .
--Six women are members of the
St. Louis TypographiCal Union, and 1 their re•
fining itifluende is felt even by nip, proof
readers. - I
!I
• A Chattanooga, Tennessee,
telegraph operator accideotaUly got an electric
blitick that took every hair from his head, the
other dsy.
—The anthograph of George
Waßliington now commands a higher price in
the market than that of any man save Spinner.
I —Richmond Enquirer. • .
—Cleveland claims the largest
depot for stolen goods in the country. As it
that is anything for decant people to be proud
'cit.
~
—An, ea;thqttake in _Mexico on the
7th ingt..,.shatoat entirely destroyed the town
of Sarteryitabel. Seventy persons were killed
and many injured.
•
—The government has institutea
moisures to prevent the invasion of the ISlacti-
Hill country so long as it . is re.,,ogntzed as in
Indian reservation, - - -;
—The Indfiats Legislature has ad
,
jonrned.,,and gone home, and the Chicago
I Idir-OcialB says that it was the first creditable.
act di the semen.
—One of the adjective ['lingers of
the New York press eaye Jananechek is `fa regal
queen? That is what might be called "a sups
erfluity of adjective and a redundancy of ex
pres'shin." • -
I'• •
—A. couple of German 'girls, who
were kidnapped by Indians last slimmer. have
been recaptured, and are now at the Wichita
Agency, in Kansas. They were subjected to
terrible outrages at the hands of their kidnap
pers.
• —A, youth with a foraineaslOr foie
jewelry ran out a jewelry store in Rare street:
Philadelphia, nn Tuesday, with a ring contain
ingd cluster of eight, diamonds, and valued at
on hundred dollars.
- '
7 1
-The Virginia' , ,Legislatnre,' has'
just relaxed to pass a joint resolution proposing
to send'Goverior Kemper to Euiope, an the
interest of immigration. The Governor
popular, evidently.
1
charm is to be found ih
March by transposing , the letters of its name."
.That may be,. , but it is 'the only charm connect
cthwith the month.- - ..Vor Haren Journal aiid
rimrier.
, •
. . ,
- - . —Daring a storm on Monday
forenoon the ' lightning demolished the
cupola of the Universalist Church at McCon
nehaville,.ohio. hurling belay timbers a distance
of two hundred feet. ' . -.. .
•
—The statue of William -Bing, on
atieh Simmons, the sculptor. is now employed
at Rome, i 2 not irehoner of Hon. Bill King, 'Ol
Minnesota._ hnt the first Governor of Maine,
who was his namesake. • ,
:=-31taberry orchards may be
found all over Guilford county, North Carolina,
where 'they were eVensively grown some year,.
ago. when - there' was codiiderable . interet
:manifested in the subject of silk.
—A man in _Rogheater, New York,
is said to have invented A miniature Undershot
wbjcb can be applied to sewing
machines, is ornamental and so constructed
thqt It can.be used in any room of a dwelling-
Louie.
—Two boys attempted to :rob ! a
corn crib near Independence, lowa, recently.
A hole was made, !through which one of the
the boys entered the crib,wben the grain cover
ed him, and he - died from suffocation before bis
companion could extricate him.
7nie New - York ~ Graphic, , in
• sneaking of the military pinwess of General
Tracy, of Beecher scandal notoriety, _stye :
I "After a big fight the General has often been
•seen sitting tinder a tree combing the cannon
balls oat of his. hair." A graphic picture,.
truly. -
—The London Standard says it i s
to the-eredirof American women that they do
not attend the Beecher trlaL The .dreadirin
wishes . that somebody would kindly settle nit.
'lux of dhe creatures who do attend In (feminine
k .
attire.
: • ‘
-
color ed at Atlanta, G 34.
publibbes a card, refusing to shave colored
men. He concludes with this impressive (; )
sentence : "I keep a!white mates barberdition,
and, so help me God, will accommodate - none
bnt white men." Contemptible fellow ! !
---"Nntabers is what does the
bnsiness," shouted a man who lives on Mechanic
street. ."When my wife is alone I can reason
with her and run things to suit myself, but
when her mother is around I Am not even
stockholder in the concern.
I.J
—There are in the Unite,d States
30 stove foundries. consuming . annually 5130,-
00 tone of irbn. In 1871 there were 275 foun
dries, which produced in 'hat year 2.200.000
stores. • The number of stoves produced in
3874 is estimated at 2,695;168, valued at 146;=
c 63,000. .
•
common in Milwaukee to
pee a street car tnadging along slowly; and it
is also common tD pees man come tumbling
out of the Back door over the railing and into
tbe mud, while the conductor stands on the
tlatform and ejoienlates, "Pay your fare with
horn buttons, will ye ?"
't
father in Avoca, litiunesots,
who hag six pretty daughters, carries In 4 limit
ed amount of wood for each store Sunday
*tar:hi, ard then locks t tp the wood-house. Tilt!
worthy Avocan says he'd have to adopt woodi
sairinc as an avocation if .he tried to keep np
those Sunday-night qres.• ;
-Two bold burglaries were corn
-
mitted in Petersburg. Lancaster county, on the
nth. The store and tobacco factory or Henry
H. Snarely and the Reading and Columbia
Railroad Company's office were both broken
into. At this rate old Lancaster • wjll soon lose
• its reptitatiOn as a law-abiding courtly.
i • too-trusting r young woman of
pixtv-three . apoeared before a Milwaukee police
mt ciao-ate the other day, in search of her
huaband, aced tirtr4seyen, who had run away
from her, takini. all her money with him. She
mairied him after leas that a; week's acqnam
tance. The race of fools will never die out.
•
—The American Charity , Society
of Paris has lately been sending home u
charity osmium' several poor fops, who at:
tempted to lire by thejr wits in that city. The
other applicants , are now on its books. two or
wham are woman. Very.)Lind of the Society;
but there are too many such people in America
'already. f
,
' t —A: firm in EfnnnibaL . ,lifissouri;
considered. themselves' lucky, a few days ago.;
in selling at a moderate price a very poor lot
of land, nesr the town, which has long been
for, sale. It soon came ont.tbat the purchaser
had beensprospecting before burin': .and had
found on this lot one of the richest reins of
coal in the State: Fancy the feelings of aidi
firm.
—A , xacithei-in-law has sent a
remmonleatinn to a - Milwaukee magazine.
aeootineitig "the vile rabbleot Imam, low-bred
innrrialista." who make paragraphs abont.men's
wives h s mothere. We'll bet that woman keeps
her eon-in-law within the treas. Perhare she
even Mood over - the poor devil and made hint
write her eommonleation for her.—Lotiisrifle
Ci.,:n'er,Thttrno?.
Talking of the tight skirts which
ire how the fashion, a lidy who was born in
the last century 'AM the outer day: "Ton call
those tight skirts ? Ton -should have seen
When. then, when she walked in the Talierlea
with a dress of an almost transparent tatters
worn over a pair of silk 04 eliV 43 Ton but 114
come to tthat l" , _
sinbUiVr
cameNiFfe we nit,/ eh I,!
fradiorditgorter
Tffliitada,l'huraday; March 25; 1875.
. r • ! EDITORS e
k '
K. O. 000DRIC I II. S. W. ALVORD
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
The Berthlimns of the State of Penneyirants are
hereby requested to assemble by their delegate. in
State Convention et man on WEDNESDAY. the
46th dayof NAY, 1 1575, in the Fulton Open Howe.
at the city of Le:cuter, for tbe purpose of norm
misting candidates for Gower= and State Tenn:inn
Each Espresentstire and Senalartsl Distrift mill ~e
entitled to the seine representation is it his under
the present apportionment for Senators arkdi Repre !
sentatires in the Lpgialsture.-
Eason Nosits, Itasszu. Stazeir.
Becrstui.
THE LEGISLATIVE RIOTERS DIS-
PERSED:
The comments of the Philadelphia
Press upon the Legislattre whiCh ad
journed on Thursday 'sit, are:so ap
propriate and deserved that we copy
them as our sentiments :
To-day the Legislature of 1575 ad
journs over, after a session marked
by more excess of ignorance in the
performance of duty andrecklessness
in the disregard of obligatioa than ,
have. been displayed by any similar
body that has assembled in the House
of Representatives for fifty years past.
In reviewing the seta of a majority
in legislation it is too frequently the
object of the organs of a minority to
ibdtdge in mere fault-finding for the
purpose of making political capital.
But in this instance the buiden of
complaint is made up of testimony
from friend and foe, and the acquies
erica in the verdict of condenination
iSalmoot unanimona. The failure of
the Democratic party to administer
the government was never more sig
nally manifested than in the acts of
the majority in theAssembly.i When
the Democracy made their nomina
tions last fall they seemed to allow
. the least-fitted men in almost lo
calities to seenre their' favors. In
isolated districts good and respecta•
ble men were elected by the Pemoc
racy ; bat when the majority, as a
whole, is weighed and estimated, the
ordinary observer of legislators
amazed and puzzled by the display of
inefficiency and total incapacity of
the men thus brought together. From
the hour that the House met there
was no- effort made to disguise the
fact that the Democracy met inerely
to do something for the Democratic
party. Before the election these bla
tant demagogues howled on the ne
cessity of reforming legislation, and
made noisy declarations of the reforms
they would institute if acconled the
control of legislation. That control
wits accorded them in the Popular
branch of the Legirlature, , arid now
• we have the result before as. When
the House was organized its subordi
nate force was to accommo
date the applicants for office. There
was no more 'necessity for this than
there would have been to elect two
Speakers, for the reason that there is
not enough work to keep one-third
of these employes engaged. But this
illustrates the practice of economy as
compared with Democratic profes
sions. Next comes the appropriation
bill, which was loaded (lowa in a
manner to call forth the most earnest
protestations of the State Tzeasurer,
who was compelled to confess that
the revenues ro"tild not be made to,
meet these extravagant demands. It
was a financial impossibility. Neverf
theless, with all their professiOns of
reform, a Democratic appropriation
committee and a Democratic gout
of. Representatives added item after
item of appropriation, proposing to
scatter' public money broad-cast over
the State, without providing a reve
...
nue from which to secure the funds
to do this. The extravagance and
ignOrance of this proceeding are un
paralleled in legislative history, and
had there been a Democratic Senate
to'concur' in this, Utopian scheme,
with a Democratic Governor to *
prove it, Pennsylvania, in Rix weeks
after the close of the session of the
Legislature, would have been com
oelled to elose - the doors of the State
Treasury and label them "bankrupt."
This single instance, if there were no
other evidences of like character, is
alone sufficient to convince the people
that the Democratic party is not fit
to govern the State. Those who. con
trol it have no correct ideas of'gov
eminent or law. They have no fixed
policy, save that of bitter hate for
the men who overthrew the institu
tion of slavery and defeated 'a rebel
lion to destroy the Union, and are as
much behind the spirit of the age, in
the establishment of equality and the
vindication of exact justice, as the
old. Bourbon is in his comprehension
of the rights of man. In no sense do
the Democratic leaders appreciate the
wants and necessities of the times ;-
in no degree do they understand the
great issues which involve the-inter
ests of business and the welfare of
the . State. They are without princi
ple,'; and without object ; they loiter
in the rear of all movements for, the
public good that they may stati in the
back those engaged in them, and they
haVe played the part of obstruction
,
ists in the great advance which the
nation and the State have made dar
ing the last fifteen years, and which
haysmade us respected and honored
among the governments of the earth.
It is not necessary to dwell at much
greater length on the acts of the De
mocracy in the Legislature. They
have shown themselves utterly in
capiable:of governing. Their extrav
agance, infattuttion, ignorance, and
reckless misapprehension-of the pub
lie interest, if unchecked, would ruin
the, State in two years, destroy its
financial credit, swamp its industrial
energy, and so deprecate its - basiness
ventures as to depreciate every in
vestment in trade and numtdacture.
The wont scinn Of all was the drunk
eu,revel of last Friday night, when
the.HoUse resolved itself into a mob,,
and passed bills without regard to
parliamentary order or patkonal de-
Comm. -11 behooves the Governor
narrowly to scan every bill thus
passed without calling the yeas and
nays, as 'the constitution provides,
and veto every one on which . the roll
was - net , It is 41 rebuke which
a drunken majority and a helpless
Speaker deserve at the bands of , a
firm and dignified Chief 3legistrate.
Toe relief of this adjournment is
above allestimation, and when anoth
er eleCtion occurs, by which the peo
ple can relieve themselves of this in
tolemile House, the result will prove
the popular disgust for Democratic
mal-legislation. But, in the mean
time, the rebuke can go on in all
rections. The ballot-box is the proper
place, and the day of election the
auspicious time, to stop such , work as
that perfortied at Harrisburg this
winter. Sixty days" of Democratic
control in one branch of the Legisla
ture is enough to convince:the people
of Pennsylvania of the risks ran in
delegating official power to men who
have no proper idea of government.
=TM
DEMOCIICTICyB- CARPET I* STEAL.:
ING :-The Democracy of Georgia,
who have complained so loudly of
carpet bag misrule in the South, are
now obliged I to confess that their own
officials are as deep in the mud as ,
the others are in the mire. A legis
lative committee has lately made a
report showing a large defalcatioi in
the Treasury of that State, and
advises that the Treasurer be request
ed to resign, which he flatly refuses
to do, giving Bahis'defence that what
he - had done, as complained of by
the committee, was by the direction
of the Governor. He charged with
having paid $151,000 in one lump on
bonds that had been previously paid;
and also $68,91G 53 in direct viola
. •
tion of law; with having claimed to
have paid $500,817 59 through a
bank in New 'York without any
evidence thereof, and with having
or claiming to have the State funds
all over the State, in various banks,
without anything to show the fact.
In fact the stater of affairs in the
office was such that the committee
could not ascertain the real condition
of the Treasury—how much. money
,it contained or where it was. Al]
this is reported Jay a Democratic
committee to a Democratic Legisla
ture, respecting a State Treasur • of
the acme policy, in 'a State where
the Republicans are disorganized
anifpowerless, and where the Demo
crats have everything their own way.
Under Buir.ocz's administration rail
roads, mada great progress in the
State, and improvements generally
went ahead.' Bakunder the present
Democratic administration there is
nothing to show , for the missing
money.
WHEN our democratic friends get
to howling "usurpation, "tyranny ; "
&c., when referring to the course - of
the President in, Louisiana, they for
_get that Gen. Jackson, in the same
'city of New Orleans, in time of peace
arrested a Judge, took him forcibly
from the bench and escorted him
outside of the city. He was fined
and a democratic congress refunded
the money. No usurpation about.
that. Then again by order of that
bright and shining democratic light,
President Pierce, the regularly elect
ed Legislature of Kansas was dis
persed by a colnmn of U. S. troops,
and forhidden to again assemble.
No tyranny there, oh ! no. This
under democratic rule and of course
was right and piiiper. Now , when
the President, is called upon by the
Governor of = a State, in accordance
with the laws for aid to suppress in
.surrection,then we hear "usurpation,"
"tyranny," &c. Oh, consistency, &c.
THE South has ifs•eye steadily on a
sectional triumph and sectional su
premacy, even if it must be gained
by another war. This is evident from
he tone -of the most respectable of
the Southern press. The Louisville
Courier-Journal, one of the most in
flnential,Democratic papers in all the
, • _*
South, Says When it comes, as
coming it shall be civil war. The
Nprth must be the Scene of tb9. con
flict, not the South."' Intelligent, far
seeing men regard the country as be
ing in as imminent danger now as it
was in the darkest days of the re
bellion. The leniency—the almost
admiration—with which treason has
been treated, gives: it a moral power
which may make it irresistible. Peo
ple will not feel like going to the field
again to risk their lives in winning a
victory that shall be prostituted to
making treason respectable and loy
alty almost a reproach. •
WE ruvebeen: unable to procure
the proceedings (it the Senate on the
new county bill, but Senator itocx-
wzr.r. and his friends St Troy assure
us that the gentleman's course in the
matter was entirely honorable, and
not in the least favorable to the de
signs of Mr. Hiremc. We are only
too glad to do Mr. Rocswzt.r. the jus
tice to make the correction. As aeon
as
- the Leis/alive Record is received
we will publish the fall proceediigs,
which places the Senator just where
he belongs.
TEE terrible tyranny : of the Federal
Government to the Sonth has a fine
illustration in the River and Harbor
bill as it passed Congress. The ap- ,
propriations aggregate something
over $6,000,000, five millions of which
is for the Southern sea-coast and the
mouth of the Mississippi river. The
" iron heel of Federal despotisin "
has been shod with gold. But the
abuse of their country by rebels, and
the killing of Republicans will not
itOp.
TAE COZING CLUI!AION.
The political **oils ibis State
will be formally orittsted On &apart of
the ItepnWesunt, on the Sth Of May
next, at which -Unto Stite Con
vention meets Liniatiter for the
nomination of candidnboiltur Gover
nor nod State Treasurer. For the
'first plate on the ticket there will be
no contest ; by - unanimous consent
our presentable, honest-and fearless_
Chief Magikrate will be made the.
standard-bearer again. His adminis
tration has beet:tench as to challenge,
the admiration of his bitterest per
sonal and political enemies. Every
question presented for his considera
tion has been disposed; of without
fear or favor, and, " regitrdless of de
nunciation." His eminent fitness for
the position is itincede l d by all, and
with , the right man fFir 'the other
place on the ticket we shad go into
the contest with `certainty of success.
The man who is nominated for the
very resixonsible iposition of State
ressurer must be one 7 hose record
can bear the closest_ senitiny, 4 and
whose knowledgo of the, financial af-
Mu of the Stet! is snob as to gnar
-1 antee successful manageMent of the
•
department.
We are pleased to notice that the
leading men and papers of the party
in the State are discussing, with a
good- deal of favor, our own distin
gaishSd citizen, Hon. E Bra? Mrra,
in connection with the :State Treas.
uryship., It cannot be:, denied that
all the requisites for the position
woad find theiriLdfillment in' him.
He is well known all over the State,
and his name wordd add dignity and
strength to the ticket. Mr. M. aided
in the Organization of the Republican
party, and . in 1856 was elected
to the State Senate from the district
then composed of the counties of
Bradford, Susquehanna: and Wyo
ming ; a position, which he filled with
great acceptability to his contstitu
ents and with the highest honors to
himself. In 1861, after ;the election
of President Liricorsi, he was ten
dered the position of Surveyor of
Customs at the Port of Philadelphia,
an office whiCh he continued to hold
until the defection of ANDREW JOHN
sox, in 1866, when he resigned and
returned to his " home inn, this county.
The agitation of 'the queatiOn of the
division of the county in 1872, and
the imminent danger of the success
of the schemie of Parlor HERDIC, again
pointed to Mr. Myca as the man best
calculated to thwart the wicked de
signs of Mr. H. and preserve the in
tegrity of the county. In the House
he took a front rank and was looked
up to as a leader,,and won for himself
an enviable repitation as a discreet,
incorruptible legislator. As chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee
he disylayed marked ability, and hie
recominendatione always commanded
_the , attention and approyal of the
House. We believe his nomination
on the ticket with Goi, Hun .rnsrtrr
would be a wise and judicious move.
His public record is that of an up
right, faithful servant, ,and a sure
guarantee of fidelity inJ the future.
If the party iservise he will be the
nominee.
Tux extra session of the Senate has
been of that use that the nation has
been treated to the sentiments of the
new Senators on 'the Southern sitna-
tion.. The resolution, endorsing the
KELLOGG governmenkano the one on
the admission of Pinchbeck has
Placed Senator Christianey on record.
And on Saturday Senator &Tow
made his position so plain in favor of
the sovereignty of States, that , no
one can pretend to mistake his views
in future. For a pure, unadulterated
!copperhead he is an unique specimen.
Senator Rumex of New York bas
also taken the most advanced Dem
ocratic position, playing into the
hands of White Leagnesnnd "Home
Rulers" in his speech on'Lonisianna,
and next we are to have the labored
effort of Senator Jon - Rat:is, who will
doubtless take a big sweep around
the circle. As we have Said we are
glad to have all these gentlemen on
record. The sooner the people know
the colors of their new :representa
tives the better. If aught had been
set down in malice against the opin
ions of these gentlemen, they are
entitled to the correction, but we
opine that not one - half has been
conceived of the intensified bitter.
ness and Southern rebellions sym
pathy !animating these old Demo
cratic fossils. We repeat, let them
unburden their concentrated venom
against a free North; that, in a mo
ment of thoughtlessness; bas elevated
them to exalted positions. Let the
Worst come and the penile can decide
how well they like their new repre
mtatives.
THE Bloomsburg co/urnbian ( Dem. )
says it will be
_in Vain for the De
mocracy to enter the contest next fall
with a reasonable hope of snedess,
unless they can point at
_attempted
reforms by their Representatives in
the Legislature. A tremendous re
sponsibility rests upon ;them, and un
less they make proper efforts to dist
.charge their whole duty their party
mast suffer, and the members them
selves endure everlasling disgrace.
What effort has been made to reduce
the number of officers? What effort
to reduce the enormous salaries ?
What effort at any reform 7 The
Democratic members are warned by
the public voice and newspapers eve
rywhere. Are they too 'deaf to hear
or too blind to see? Or , is it true, as
Republicans assert, thatthey are in
competent ?" • , ,
Ou. was struck at a depth of six
hundred and fifty-four feet on a farm
at' Warren, Pa., on Saturday last.
The gas forced the petroleum above
the top of the derrick. The capacity
of the well is not yet ; determined.
This discovery indicates: the develop.
meat of an entirely new belt of , oil
tagritory.
soma. or LOCAL ofttolt,
No bill pecumted to the lad lieglife
laturuattreckd such universal
Lion as the cum. fee the *ea* the
local optical. The Muodiof tiniper
awe just* oisiaied : th e t -it wipe; 1,
violation "of faith '6ll`the ot the
legislature' to to 'peal the law so far as
counties which ipted spiel; license
were concerned, but the Democratic
'majority hithelfouse cared little for
the wishes Of :the , temperance potpie,
and seemed determined to make : the
traffic in whisky free, and would have
sue' eeeded bat id the Senate. hat
body adopted) the. following stringent
laW, which if enfoned will resat in
practical prohibition, and at the l last
moment the I:fonie through a cobras
enoe committee, assented to it :
SECTION 1. 'Be it enacted, etc., That
the act appioYed the 27th day of
March, A. D. 11872, entitled an 14 to
permit the voters of this Common
wealth 19 vote every three years on
the question of grantitailicenses, to
sell intoxicating liquors, be and the
same is hereby repealed.,, .
Sac.. 2. That ilicenseilfor sale of,
liquors, when not' °there*, provided
for by special, fase, may be granted by
the court of quarter sessions of the
proper county, at the first or second
sessions in each ;year, and shall be
for one year., The said court shall
fix by rule or standing order, a time
at which application for (sai d license
shall be heard, at which time all per.
sops applying, or making objections
to applications for licenses, may be
heard by evidence, petition, remora
strance or. counsel: P' tided, That
for the present year, lice ses as afore
said may be granted at bird, or any
ril
earlier session ~.1 said court.
SEC. 3. That ell. hotels, inns and
taverns may be plassified and rated
according to thelast annual return of
the mercantile appraiser) or assessors
of the proper city or county, as fol- . 1
lows to wit: All case" where the
estimated yearlyisales shall be $lO,-
000 or more, shall constitute the first
class, and pay, $700; where the classi-,
fication shall , be $B,OOO, and not more ,
than $lO.OOO, the second class and
shall pay $300; where the classifica
tion shall be $6,000, and not more
than $B,OOO, the third chisii-snd shall
pay $200; where the classification
shall be $4,000, and not more than
$6,000, the fourth class and shall pay
$100; where , the classitietion shall
be less than $4,000, the fifth class and
shall pay $5O: And prodded further,
That any partied licensed the present
or any portion of the year shall pay
a pro rata share Of the license fee, and
the authority granting I the license
shall designate the claseification for
that year: Audp?rvided further, That
no licenselor battlers shall be less
than $5O. i
-
Sec. 4. That any sale made of
vinous, spirituelle, milli, or brdwed
liquors, or any i admixtnre thereof,
contrary to the provisions of this
-law, shallbe taken to tle a misde
meanor, and, upon conviction of the
offense in the court of- l onerter ses
sions of the peace of any city or
county, .the person so offending shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less
than $2OO nor . more than $5OO, with
the costa of protiecution, and to stand
committed until the sentence of the
'court is complied with, not exceeding
ninety days, and upon l a second or
any subsequent conviction, the party ,
so offending Abell pay a flue of not
less than $5OO nor more than $l,OOO
and undergo en imprisonment in
the county jail of`: not lees than three
months nor more_than one year;. and
if licensed shall in lienlof imprison
ment, forfeit, hie bond end said li
cense and be incapacitated from re-'
ceiving any license aforesaid for the
period of five Years thereafter; and
any keeper of any drug or apothecary
store, confectioner or I mineral, or
other fountain, who shell' sell any
spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed
liquors; mixed or pure, to be used as
a beverage, shall be deerned guilty of
a misdemeanor and liable to the
same conviction) and putishment as
unlicensed offenders.
SEO. 5. That it shall be the duty
of court, mayor; aldermen or justice
of the peace, before whom any fine
or penalty shall be recovered, to
award said fine or penalties, as well
as proceeds of ell forfeited bonds to
the city - or county treiutiurer, as the
case may be. • I
- -
See. 6. That the constables of the
respective wards, Exi i rough and
townships shall make a return of re
tailers of liquors, and in addition
thereto it shall be the duty of every
such constable at each term of Raid
court of quarter sessions of their
respective counties to make return
on oath or affirmation whether with
in his knowledge there "is any un
licensed place within his bailiwick
kept and maintained in "violation of
this act, and it shall be the especial
duty of the judges of I all of said
courts to see that this return is faith
fully made, and if any pp' Prson shall
make known in Iwritine with his or
her name subscribed thereto, to each
constable, the name or names of any
one who shalkhave viulatui this act,
with'the names of the . witnesses who
can prove the fact, it shall be his
duty, to. make return thereof on oath
or agrmation to , the court, and upon
his willful failure to do au he shall he
deemed guilty of the crime of per
jury, and npoS indictment and con
viction shall be subjected to its pen
alties.
SEc. 7. The husband, wife, parent,
child, guardian, ;of any (person who
has or may hereafter have the habit
of drinking intoiicatingliquor to ex:
ems, may give notice in writing,
signed by him or her, to any person
not to . sell or 'deliver intoxicating
liquor to the person having such
habit; if the person ao notified at
any time within 'twelve rnonths after
such notice, sells or delivers any
such liquor to the person having such
habit, the person givini, the notice
may, in action of tort, recover of the
person notified any sum not less than
fifty nor more than five hundred-dol
lars, as way be assessedlby the court
or judge as damages.' A married
woman may bring such action in. her
own name, ndtwithstanding her co
verture, and all' damages recovered
by her shall go to her separate use.
In case of the death of either party the
action and the right of 'action given
by this section shall survive to or
against his executor or administrator
without limit as to damages.
SEC. 8. No ;person or persons, non•
residents of this Commonwealth,
shall engage ini selling, trading or
vending intoxicating liquor, and no
hawker, peddler or tralelling agent
shall engage in selling kir any person
or persons who are noa4esidents, or
in vending, trading or contracting in
any manner whatsoever;in intoxicat
ing liquor within the limits of this
Commonwealth. 1
Sue. 9. Any, bond, given by any
person wader the provisions of this
set,. may he icsnrelled after thirty
MM
days' notite in writing shall have
been
. given and received..lT-the- re
spectave parties thereto; Proftided,'
Thosnretist tcibe released frementgy
ar az ie lzi o. td,shall have no **is' k Vend -
In the event of: can-
Mg any bcitd and the remising of
theettrettei the pritieipat shall • pm
ifide iteciptsble substitutes if he de
sires to continue the bUsiness, other
wise his license shall immediately be
revoked.
Ste' 10. "That no liiitmee to sellin
toxicating drinks shall hereafter be
granted to any person untE he shall
have executed a bond to the Com
monwealth in the penal sum of $2,000,
with 'two ,suffieriant sureties, to be
approved-by the court- granting-li
cense, conditioned to pay all dama
ges, which may be recovered in • any
action which may be instituted
against him' under thO provisions of
this, act and all costs, fines and pen
alties whichmay be imposed upon
him in any indialment for violating
act or any other law of this
Commonwealth relating to selling or
furnishing intoxicating drinks, and
the said bond shall be filed 'in the
office of the clerk of.the said court
for the use and benefit,of all persOns
interested therein. -
SEC. 11. That it shall not be lawful
for any person, with or without li
cense, to sell to any person any in
toxicating drink on any day on which
elections are now or hereafter may
be required to be held, nor on Sun
day, nor at any time to a minor or to
a person visibly affected by intoxicat
ing drinks.
SEC. 12. That any license hereto- .
fore granted shall not be invalitlated,
and that none of the •provisions of
this act shall be held to authorize the
manufacture or sale of any intoxicat
ing liquors in any city, county, bo
rough or township having special
prohibitory laws.
FROM IOWA•
EILOVI Orrr. lows. Math 13, 1875
EDITOR REPorrEn : Thinking that
many of your readers have heard
something of , the Black Hills and
might like to bear a word from one
who is at headquarters and who has
no ax to grind, I will tell you the
present condition cf affairs and indi
cate B i ome future probabilities. Gor
don and Witcher, who with a number
of others went from here last fall to
the Black Hills, returned, as every
body 'knows, bringing some good
specimens of gold with them. They
had no opportunity to prospect for
gold thoroughly or to make more
than surface examinations, owing to
the lateness of the sewn when they
reached the Hills ; the ground, was
frozen) from 2 to 3 feet in depth, and
they were also obliged to set abut
constructing quarters and rode fortis
ficationa as a protection from the In
dians. No Indians, however, molest;
pd them, nnr do there appear to be
any . in the Ain& The ;surface pros
pects for gold in large quanties are
good. The specimens returned show
this, independent of the opinions of
those wle brought their. There are
expensive expeditions `and trains be
ing here fitted out and furnished for
the Hills. A number of our best citi
zens have organized themselvesinto
a transportation compOny, which is
now' actively procuring teams and
supplies. • Thpnsands of dollars have
been paid into; this company, and
bushels of letters are coming in from
all parts of the country, and hun
dreds, probably thousands, will go
out 'there this , summer.
There can be no question bat that
Sioux City is the proper and the best
place to start from. Those who go
can either procure their own outfits
or- this company will 'furnish them,
with everything necessary, for from
$5O to $lOO each. One will be able
to go through from here in a week or
ten days. The first train will start
from here on the sth` of April, and
others will follow in rapid succession.
The company has laid out a town
which it will locate in the Hills; or
if the government makes it too lively
for it, the town will be located in .Ne
braska, about 30 or 404ailes from the
Hills. This town, which has been
named Gordon City, will be'the basis
of supplies for those iin the Hills.
The government cannot interfere un
til they cross the Nebraska line, and
as the route and the town 'if necessa
ry, will be in Nebraska,' it men
to get within a few miles of the Hills
before they can• be molestsd by
troops, and once so near, all the sol
diers taken there cannot guard the
border. Even if driven oat of the
Hills they could be back again the
next morning from Gordon City, and
as they commit nothing bat a tres
pass (as no damages are done to any
one by it) there will be little appre- .
hension felt for the consequences.
There is probably little to•fiar either
from the government or the Indians,
A much more serious question arises
as to the prospect of j making any
thing by going; jading froin all other
mining experiences, one may say that
three out of four, and probably nine
teen out of twenty, will lose, money,
bat the hicky man will make, his
thousands ; and here is
,the fascina
tion that will allure men to their ruin.
Aside from its minerals, however, the
country is desirable for its timber and
vast agricultural resources, and those
who -look to these for their wealth
swill probably not repent their going.
One can but say, however, that there
is reason to believe the' Hills are rich
in gold and other minerals.
*Gordon and Witcher will both re- .
turn to the Hills in a few weeks.
Gordon is a practical miner, well
known here, and polisesses the entire
confidence - of those who know him.
There are other routes than this, to
the Hills, and there has been an effort
made in some quarters to produce the
impression that Sioux City has been
advertising this Black Hills scheme
more with a view to her own advant
age than 'to present the,subject on its
merits.-, That impression is errone
onirand should be effaced at once, as
it - does injustice to. Sioux City and
those engaged in the enterprise.
Yours truly,
Fiwcrer.
Tar Venango County Citizen thus
speaks of Senator Watson, of Stks
quehanna county:
"There are quite a number of new
Senators who have shown that they
possess fine dbility as legislators, and
as old members retire' the standard
of .intelligence and capability in that
body will not depreciate. Prominent
in this class is Hon. W. W. Watson,
of Susquehanna County. He is a
first rate lawyer, thoroughly posted
in the Constitutional law of the Com
monwealth, and capable of adapting
legislation in conformity therewith.
He is thoroughly devoted to the true
interests of ' the people;and in oppo
sition to monopoly of every charac
ter. He is therefore arfriend of every
Measure brought forward in the in
terest of the proddcing classes. He
was elected on a temperance platform.
and al the question of temperance
truly ;tit.3lsllliente his constituents.' • •
' arils Wooer or ism szastow.
The follOwin' g is a list of 4
sal laws passed-duriag the sesion,
with some explinatibm ci the scope.
ana purpose of the same, where it ie
not sitieiently expressed in the Ude ,
Bills marked with an isteViik (*)
have been approved by the tioier
nor :
efin act axing Ana Malting the UZI of al
'mambas of maw& and ell atty. nird,kkowith
and kertuddp atom excepting school directors
elected by the people. Mk act makes the kr/4W
ip Ait on a : t tUlr i st ae ld r onday ltrerr e a e rter electron.] :_
legislative es ord so molted of
the postal postsgs crthicrt
the United States.
.•An act repealing the proviso to the set of 180,
supplementary to the act for the education 'and
maintenance of the destitute orphans] of the lag.
altsts.ol alai ceentoomselth. [This ,aniendmonit
admits to the orphans'. echnola not to exoped &a of
the orphans of Pennsylvania soldiers who enlisted.
fa the regiments id Mgr Hides j •
,An act authorizing the tan cotmoilit 'bE.
gems of baraughs to levy ond collect s tar for
snd water purposes [This act gormits s special
for these purposes, suit to exceed eight mills on the
dollar 01 the assessed valuation.)
*Supplement' to an set regulathig the eleetton of
secretary of internal affairs. appfared Nir If. 1874,
relative to the management of said office:
•An act to provide for irregahrity In sealing dr'
Jury wheels. and the custody thereof. I [lt author
axes the judges, ff en tnegularity appears. coned- .
toting sufficient, cause of challenge, valetas an or.
dm to take from the wheel the names. ind make a
new selection] •
*An act relatiog to court*: [lt anicorizet the
PRISISS In districts where there IS more thin One
judge learned In the law. smarally to try causes on
the acne trial het and with the num panel of jurors
and to hold separate courts for the disposition of
causes in the common pleas, quarter sissionseoyer
and terminee. and in equity.)
*An act to , authorize the entry of Icompaleory
consults. [This authorizes the presiding jedge to
direct the entry of judgment of noostitt, if to his
opinion the plaintiff shall Maio produced no such
evidence as in law is sufficient to maietain. the so
tiec, with richt to appeal to court in' bane or au.
prime court.]
• An act to sushi:Me partnership amociations to
use s common seal in the the eremitism of deeds.
bonds and mortgages, and toschnowledge such in
@temente by their chairman and seeretary • •
*An act sathodziog the redartgof writs issued by
courts abolished orched by the constitution to
the court having jurisdiction at the'return day of
such writ:
*An act deg) • the crime of kid.
...Mining and punishing
napping and concealing children for the purpose of
eitation money. (This law imposes • penalty of
$5.000 floe and fifteen years imprisonment]
ttAn act authorizing the holding of orphans'
warts by other than the regularly ommissioned
judges, in eartain cases.
A supplement to an act to provide . for the des ,
traction and to prevent the spread ot Canada this.
ties, approved the 226 day of March. 1882; [Re.
(vim dye days' notice to parties marling land on
which Canada thistles are growing of commence'.
ment of legal proceedings against them,]
An act to provide for appeals in eases where the
county commie looers and auditors hive failed or
shall hereafter tal. to di the compensation of county
treavrers. [Only affects Franklin and ,Lawrince
counties.]
IrAn act to extend the time for the,completion of
railroads anthorized to be constructed by railroad or
railway corporatiMia: of this commonwealth under
any general bar. [lt extends the Urns dye Teary.
bat require railroads accepting the privilege-to here
after hold their charters' subject to the provhdons of
the constitution.)
SA supplement to the act authorizing the forma
tion amt regulation of 'rellraid corporations, ap
proved April 4, 1861. [This permits companies for
constructing railroads. having a gnage nut exceed
ing three feet, to place their capital stock at not legs
than $6 000 a mile; and file articl-s of association
when 83.000 of stock per mile shall have been sub
scribed and ten per cent. thereon paid.]
Stipplement to the act to consolidate the rev.
eral scfa relating to game and game ash. approved
Way 1,!1878. [lt prohibits the killing of elk or wild
deer. eicept between the find daref September Nod
the flrit day of Decemner.)
An act to provide for the election end appoint
meat of ;melees for the state normal schools and to
further, regulate their management [Requires thr
school to be mewed by eighteen trustees, twelve
elected by contributors and six appointed by super;
intendant of - public instruction. State approprta. ; .
Mons to saved/ to be distributed by • board con
sisting of governor. superintendent of public in
attraction and attorneykerteral. Certiflesles to grad.
nate, as practical teacher; must be signed by four
out of the five examiners ]
A supplement to so set relating to writs of quo
warrant°, approved June 14, 1830• and authorizing
writs of quo warrant° in certain cases. lit provides
such Writs may be issued by the attordey general,
or any one desiring to prosecute the game, by the
wart of common pleas of Dauphin county.]
An act relative to day of grace on negotiable
per. [lt makes statute law what is the universal
custom, sato the three'days of grace of negotiable
paper.]
gAn act requirfri2 recorders of deeds to prepare
and keep in their resirctive of general, direct
and adsoctum indexes or , deeds and mortgagee re
corded th rein. prescribing the doty of said record
ore and declaring that entries in said general Indexes .
shall be notice to all persona.
A supplement to an act 'relative to forfeiture of
charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges
of railroad- tun pike and plankroad corporations,
approved May 15. 1874. prescribing the manner in
which sell corporations shall consent to hold their
charters subject to the provisions of the coustim•
bon gilded December 16.'1873.
¶An act to punish persons for carrying concealed
weapons within this commonwealth.
An act to prevent the sale of lot xicatlng liquors
and for the preiervation of- order 'at soldiers! en
campments and reunions.
An set to provide for the etrchon of water tronthe
for the use of horses and rattle on the, public roads
of this commonw.aith,
¶An act, to amend an act entitled an act to author.
Ire married women owning loans of the common-
wealth or of the city of Philadelphia, or, capital
stock of any corporation of this commonwealth, to
sell and transfer the same, approved the lit day of
April. 19'x4, sant:idling the provision' of said act an
far as to Inc nde the loans as well as the capital
stock of IcOrporallOns of this commonwealth.
act to authorize the attcirney general. auditor_
general and State treasurer to settle all outstanding
clime due for work done and material furnished:
the conatitutioznal convention.
An act authorztng common carriers, factors,
comminion merchants ank other persons to sell
goods; ware., merchandise, baggage and other
property unclaimed or perishable upon which they
Dace a lien.
Joint resolution providing for a special commit.
tee to make an investigation into the affairs of the
Philadelphia and Beading coal and iron company.
An act to repeal an act to' permit the voters of the
commonwealth to vote every three years on the
question of granting licensee- to sell' intoxicating
hquOis and to regulate and restrain the sale of the
mime.
1170. supplement to an act entitled an act dividing
the cities of this state into three classes, regulating
the plumage_ of ordinsnces. providing for contracts
for gapes and work for sail cities, authorizing the
increase of indebtedness 'and the creation of a sink
ing fund to redeem the same, defining and punish
ing certain offensees in all of said cities and pro
viding .for the incorporation and government of
cities of the third class ; approved May 23. 1874.
[This is the bill that changes the mode of assess
ment of real estate and makes other alterations in
the •'Wallace law" of last year.]
A supplement to an act to regulate the manner of
increasing the indebtedness of menlefpalities, to
provide for the redemption of the same, and to im
pose penalties for the illegal increase thereof, ap
proved the 20th day lof April. 1864, amending the
sixth section thereof. [lt requires yearly polities-
Ron of Indebtedness. revenue, valuation, taxable
property and assets of corporations.]
"[Joint resolution providing for additional copies ,
of timull's legislative hand booli.‘;
Joint resolution providing far the printing of
5,000 additional copies of the epeeist reports of the
geological survey of Permeylvanii lon miner
ology and petroleum.
cr, An act to provide for the publication of 18,600
copies of the teeth volume of the transactions of,
the state agricultural society.
'AO act in relation to the, payment of the costs
and. expenses of the division of elect on districts
[Requires the cost to be paid from the treasury of
the (minty.]
A further supplement to an act to establish a sys
tem of free bankfng in -Pentisylvagia: and to secure
the public assintt loss from insolvent. bank'. ap
proved March 31. 1860. [IL requires publication of
intention to establish a bank or increase its capital
stuck under free banking law ]
An act authorizing and regulating the making of
local appropriations to schools commonly known as
homes for friendleas children. [lt authorizes courts
of common pleas on petition to order the payment
of money for the education and maintenance of
children in "bones." and also provides for the ad •
mission of friendlegs, destitute or vagrant children. 9
An aet to provide for the appointmlWat of a 'tate
board of five centennial managers for the Interns
tional exhibition ef.V , e, year 1874. [i he governor.
state treasurer and secretary of. Internal affairs,are
matte ex-officio member! of the board it is to, pro•
vide for a full representition of the itterests of the
state in the exhibition.]
An act to prov de for the temporary dosing of any
public street or public highway when ttlip same may
be needed for the use of any agricultural fair or any
exhibition of the products of the soil, or mine, or
of manufactures, machinery or works:of art.
TAU act relating to the terms of offices of judges
learned in the law, being a supplement to the act of
the 13th day of April, 1874, entitled an act fixing the
time ahen the term of 'off,ce of judges of the - su
preme !mart and other judges learned in the law
shall commence. [lt Axes the term of Judges to
commence on the Ist of; December after thetr•elec
boo.]
Sa suppleMent attlact entitled a n act for tho
tszatiou of corporations, approved April fit, 1874.
constr.ing the !Stet proyiso to the seventh section
01 said act to incl_gdocoal weed in the manufacture
of coke. {This bill exempts from 'taxation coal
used in In the manufacture of cote.]
TAn act authorizing an appropriation of money
for the propagation of fish. [Authorizes apprOpri
anon of 113.000.t0 cooperate with New Jersey lathe
propagation- of shad in the Delaware river.]
An act authorizing the commissioner ofpublic
buildings and secretary of internal affairs to make
additions to the building known, as the land de
partment-
TAn 'act to sntoonze the change of Tonne In trial
WM miss..
An act to validate cekain conveyance made bj
married woman. , . .
An act relating to and anthoriaing changes of
venue to civil cases.
,off %n act to authorize the outgoing sheriffs In all
counties where said alteriffs are paid by salary to
deliver to their successors all unfinished and nun
ecuted writs and popes of every description.
¶&n act relating to Enplane' courts. •
A supplement to en set entitled an act relative to
courts ci this commohwealth. approved May 4 1852.
to provide for the service of writs In certain eases; ,
to provide tor the service of writs on °gents, clerks,
attorneys in fact, or general agents of
non-resident defendants n certain rases.
Tin
A ct to authorize the 'event judges through
out the commonwealth to fix the number of the
regular terms of said several courts, and the time
for holding the same, the times for summoning the
grand jury end for the return or constables, alder
men andjuatices of the peace to th e same.- •
An sett° make legal and valid all bonds or aortal
estes of indebtedness heretofore issued by cities of
the third chum for building water works.
111. n act Jiving a common basis from which to cal
culate the earnings of miners or persons working In
cost mines:
An act to amend an act concerning the sale of
railroads, lianas, turnpikes, bridges and plank
road., approved the Bth day of April, 1881, and to
ertend the provisions thereof to all corporations.
An act to regulate the practice of
,metticlne, surge.
ry and obstetrics In the commonwealth of PePtim 1.
tame.
APPIOPIIIATION lIIISJ.
¶An act to provide for the ordinary expenses of
the executive, legislative and judicial departments of
this commonwealth. interest on the public debt and
for common schools for the year. It 'moires all
balances not &sena after the end of three mon ha
after (he close of the fiscal year to revert to the
treasury and to be Atily coveredinto Ms woe. The
tollorirg is *le 'Mint of nib iilipftriefleas made
=l* this Wit
21lutes state {Cam etwelut sad ampler/. : •
Mk sad laeldtsttsl oneness mouths
: - diaestlennt. ' $ 176.000
Blipped (Oman sebtrls. .- ‘ 1,000.000
Pets i sad 60.000
vs record ( ). I 25,000
baUdlnp and grounds, ' 1 o,ooo'
WOO supply public buildings. ; - 500
*fro nempunise,, Harriabury, , _ ' 400
Indlkdal satarlas. . .1 • eutem
Iseerees on !turfed debt. . 2,140,0 W
Climnbersbursl loan oestificatse; • " / 5.000
POStsge sad Wog, office eleeks,fioass and
lenge, • -,* 1,60 d
George H. Cutler end 11. It. Ill'Corinick,
snows:* warding contracts, Jdne,
' 1874, -
Inoesugjournals, - ' 500
BtatZ..sll4ooll..paP fuel. * maim
r bsaion of Prim end reports in so.
' -
cordance with contracts, &book 40.000
Adintantgensrara atm; Ma, ', "f- - 1.61 T
Steal plate and engravings, state capitol
end In spendenoa ball, .. - ,
Commission to correct arms Mate 300
Total
ZCIAL APPILOPiIIATIONIL .
The following "
statementMims the amounts' ap-;
propriated by the sirloin; special appropriation bills
that passed the legislature: . . .
.
Sob:Hers' orphans' schools, ' ; $409,003 1
I Psnsuiybrania reforni school. ' , 16.500,
'own of foings. Philadelpbbi, 35 MO
Pennsylvania institution destand dumb 39 000
IDansille insane hospital. ; 62 000
1 Harrisburg inane hospital, • 52.000,
Disinont insane hospital, , 45 000
,
Eastern penitentiary, - . 33.600
lwestern penitentiary. • 215.000
!Titans training school,; 23 qv
ey
IPennbranis bistitate for the blind, 39.000
4 1Ponsions sad grahilttes; - , 30,000
IBoard of publk cholla , . . 7,700
Serving wits of elecHon, . ; ' 116
THE ICE FLOOD AT PITTSTON, PA;
The Greatest Flood of the Century-
Vivid deviant AM' It* Doings at Pitts-1,
. ton, Ps.; • , 1
The Pittston Gazelle gives the fol
lowing vivid account of the. doings of
the great ice ,flood there last weep
Tuesday. . t t .
tAt eight o'clock a crash was heard
upthe river. There Was but one
Supposition in reg ard So it, and that
was that the" L . &B.R. R. bridge
had,given !pray. 1
A few Moments witnessed two of
its spans dashing intp" the old river
bridge, creating a 'flash of fire whicU
lit .up the point of concussion for an
instant, then crashed under the old
,bridge on the east 'side, and wound
themselves around the; piers of the
new bridge, having done but slight
damage to the old. The up train on
the L. &B. road had crossed th 6
bridge but abont twenty minutes be;
fore it) fell.
• Three of the ice , breakers of the,
new bridge , gave . way ; shortly after
the ice began ',to Move, the . police
were, stationed! at 'the entrance to
prevent the crowd from; passing upon
the bridge. '.3f,ost who crossed to
West Pittston took the old bridge, as
it was yet unbiirdened - by the wreck
of , the railroad' bridge and was es.i
teemed' safest. .Crossing continued
Upon the old bridge till twelve o'clock
and after.. '
At nine o'clock the ice:had ceased
to move and River. street "West Pitts-1
ton, was rapidly filling up. with water
and floating ice. This was the signal
of • general alarm. Women and
'Children in many cases were conveyed
to places -;promising more safety!
while the work of removing goods
from cellars and live stock from sta4
bles was commenced with all the as
sistance obtainable, and completed
before the water intruded. In many
cases carpets were also removed from
.the first floors, but so far as we havii ; ,
learned no house on River street had
any water 'on The, first floor except
that of Mr. El.: Daman, who had
not removed his carpets, Mr. Brune's
building and Kyte's store at the lower
end of -Exeter street had several feet
of water on the first floor.,
The waters began to' recede rzipi,ll
and by-- morning : pedestrians 'e'oi.i.l(l
bass down River street as far as Ltt.
zerile avenue, but all the streets trat",
ersed by the flood were strewed with
boulders of ice from three to four
feet thick and weifilino• from two to
three tons. :-
The maehinety and stock in the.
knitting mill was damaged consnleral
- by the water—we' are informed
to the amount of $1,500.
We trust the worst has been seen
but the vast quantity of ice r .yet gorg . ,
ed about'a - mile above Cotton, upoi l
the anchor ice,*hich is piled up ,t 6
a depth of twenty to twenty-five feetL
the entire width of the river and O Vei•
the roads, jeans many to, lo . pk for
further damage. The
. ice, however:
appears to be , raised, allowing the
water to. have : free course under it.
Below here, too, the Mass is fearfully
jammed, in the neighbOthood „of - the
island, within 'sight of towii, while
further down the stream great mas!-
Ses of ice have accumulated, whirl
are at least very threatening.
The train from Elmira due here at
eight o'clock. cOnducted by Pete Hart
mon,arrived here safely ,about eleven
Supt. R. A. Packer vas on boarch
and as There Was no chance to stop
or possibility of returning, he diree r
ted the engineo to go forward, and
they ran most of the way down the
narrows and across the flats fzoin
Cotton with water 'three feet' on the
track. The greatest anxiety was felt
by the passengera, - who, we are iii
formed, inaugurated' a prayer meet;
ing, singing hyrans' and praying du;
ring the perilous voyage: •
AT,. CUSTOS
The- scene at this Place is, almost
indescribable.: : 1 From the ' depot,
across the flats to the Lackawanna, a
;distance -of one-half a mile, the ice
laYs in huge cakes, front four to eight
feet deep. AbOut five hundred ears
which stood upon the Sidim.r, most of
which'were loaded,, are smashed and
manylburied ()tit Of sight. The en:
gine houses were badly damaged bY ,
floating cakes 'of ice. and when the
flood I was ,at its height the Rater:
stoodeighteen inches on the floor Of
the depot:- Their books and papers
were considerably injured by water.
Superintendent Packer is upon- the
. .!1
geound, and is : ushing matters as
energetically as ipossible to resume
the operations O 'the road. Above
Coxton ; about a hundred men are at
work plearinet the ice from the rail
road track Clearing.
the narrows,
wher it lies from, four to ten feet
deep, ,obStrucing the highway along
the river-as well. On the west side
the Exeter road is also blockaded
quite ;an effectually.
AT -711.EFS-BAnAE.
The ice break,evei have been torn
from the - Wilkes...l3'll're bridge, but
the structure L still stands. The
entirel ; channel-et the river is gorged
at that place,, but the water finds an
outlet across . -Kingston• flats, which
relieves the pressure upon the bridge.
The lower part - of the; city has been
flooded, many Cellars filled, and the
gas works civerfloWed, 'which leaves
the city .in darknesS. The people
there are in grefit suspense, and
hardly hope to; save their bridge.
It is.reported that the. water has
been font- fedi l, -deep in Forty Fort
cemetery: . . . -
Tha river was clear of ice at thia
\ la
place last night, for two miles up and
a'mile do n the river, from which
point the i hi said to be jammed
down to Plymotith Junction ; two
miles below Wilkes-Barre. Froth
there it is c)eaf for a couple of miles,
when it is again' gorged below Ply
mouth, andislhen free 'to the head
of the dam. t-
The . - rumor . that Tankhaunoc]r
bridge Was taken away is' not-true.
It still stands and is ont of dangeT,
as the /
ice ia entirely gone from the
river there and above.
/The latest intelligPrw.a from Manch
thank, and along the Lehigh, report
no floods or prospective danger in
any direction.
In bridged clone Pittston s loss is
estirnited sl2o,ooo—Satirnatiori
the dflinage to the railroad !bridge at
$50,000, the oht bridge at 4 s3o 000,
and the depot bridge at $40,000.
Mach of the prosperity_of Pittston
and= West Pittston has been dirPetly
the result of the easy and! pleasant
comtnuniestion between ,the twO
tovrns.
$3,237,112
GREAT FLOOD 9. ; I
•
The two" , heaviestwithin the
recollection of our of izens occurred
in O4tober, 1847. and in March.
1865. j The flood of 1847,
• Was
entirely from rain. .and the water
rose to - the • height of -25 feet.
The great floods of 1865 have hereto
fore been regarded the heaviest -of
the centnrv- The sleighing, was good
up toithe 12th 'of March. For two
or three days Wore the hood the
mercury stood at summer beat, in
consecinence , the banks of
the river ',.*ere Ovemi n with imi?v,_
water, the' ice became blocked np,
andgreatdanger was, apprehended,
but the ice broke a_'ay and passed
off without damage.- Theri followed
a terrific rain storm for twelve hours
which melted the great plant - Pies of
•snow; and swelled all , the etreems to
overflowing. The water attained its.
I greateit height on March 17th. We
learn that; a mark was made upon
the pine tree on the bluff above the
old bridge, when the water eras at its
highest Mark, in 1565, and it was
observed,' on -WednesdaY Morning
last that the flood was fifteen inches
abor , that mark. In many places
''
throngh the borough, the' rivet wls
over the bank : of the canal, and the
latter was titled with water: 'Of
course this is attribntablV , - to the
gorging of the ice: Had it not been_
for the water would i have rro
bably all, passed off without env
damage, as in April, 1854, wh..n it
comer?ecced snowing on the the 14th
of April and snowed--heavily until
'the I.Sth. On the morning of ! the
18°h the snow w•is not le , :sthanothree
6-et, and yet this va.st, body of,:)inow
dissolved by the warm snn of Aprii
with Out any high flood, although the
water kePt up to a good height for
many days.
31144 Anxiety is (it for 'the safety
of life and propPrty, when, the water
agairi rises,as the river rere-ains‘gorg
ed fcr several mile 3 ribc,Ve
-
Barr
Npc.c.3l C - I.rcs.p.;r,dtnce'of
ZEVIEW OF THE SESSION.
11.s,,Ral,pcari, March 17.--We are on
the eve of the clo.ie of the first ses
sion f tt. - A e Legislature, of 1875, after
a contintions series of 'blunders and
cOnfttsions such ; as has not di:ig,raced
the cap* of Pennsylvania since the
celebrated litickshOt war,' :rhea the
branch Of the government
was .4 mob, and the civil power r , l the
State wain the hands of - men. who
had no lOre•rer , ard for light thin
they ;had' a knowledge of law. From
*be 'day'. the House was organized
idoWn tci this hour its proctee,ri•ini.
haveibeen conducted with a vitiv to
ii.7.,notte and repiLliqe everythicr , like
fair dealiy.r. It cannot dens
*that it is'the practice of all kiolitical
majoritie f s to uSe the poWer, which
they posfiess - 04ratify their political
desires, and seture - their personal
ends, but it- must also be admitted
that IE4. has 'neretofore,be.en. done
with ; sore regard for the rights of
minOrities, and some respect for the
force of ;facts. There has not been
a Legislature since '18(tO When the
It•linbliefan party has so far forg•itteu•
what is tine to reigaities as to seek
to-exl .
• - •rctse - its wishes matters per.-
•
raining tip general or locallegislation.
But let tiny one take up the proceed
ings of the presetit Honk: The first
'ellortis of Speaker Pa terson tended
to apprio the minority that they had
; respect,
righti which thelmafority would
«
;espect, (Ltd had. it riot been for such
,! - Men as of Tinge, Wolfe of
L pion. ti Ylin of Lancaster, Smith of
; Chester, find a number of other de :
`termined; spirits, the presiding officer
of the Eonse would have converted
it into st Democratic mob, such
.as
nsuallypeaCeable voters from
the poll's:, er, in the times of war,
,hoot drv4 United States c•flicers in
the ptabb : c highways while in the per
formance ol their. duty. `l:nere has
.
scarcely lbeen a day passed - without
- •
a direct!, violation, in one or more
forms, of the rnles , lof the House, and
j there; has not been a moment when
the Holfse was in• session that its
businessThas not been more or less
mpededi by the ,petulance or per
;versify Of its presiding. officer-% I
new merely to_ desribe f lets
hs they Occurred, and are farhiliar to
all obse.rters. The dailY . inciden Is . of
rile sessiOn - abortt to close:are onlY.so
Many eltfar evidence. c.f.:the ntttr
Competency of th represenniti••-e
Men of tile D, - Anceralic party to
laws or rixecnto them so long as tie
are ariniated by their present feel
in;-s.'; Thu cannot disguise the f•ict
tit t the 4.• men seek power to piiiish
thc•ir: rOlitical opponents, and the
ofl.)mocratic parry is made up
Of • fn fies, 'hates, and resentments
- - i•very man who
;Ws• ••• • '•ilinted to Reptiblicantsuc‘-
-
: ey are of 'the pure Nunn
bon typo resolved. never .to change,
not even the color: of' -their' flag.; re
senting progress of. every degree, and
hating equality and, justieei becluse
they are inimical to the; wrong to
; Which -t are wed'd« d.
For foiCrtl en days the entire object
of tilt House Las been to linipede
bilsincs-si'and insult the Itcpnblieln
decency €'f the:Sttite. c eP.I-
y care:fil not to be sweerung in
thes4• • /_elarations, anti:confine m-yself
therefore' far, within, instead- of the
leastwithout, the range of the troth
•••••
m, my allusions. The scenes Iyhich
daily occinr almost baffle 'description,
and the 'wen who tyke part in them
are c l f Ev'class who should never be
enti steii with official power of any
desel iptiOn. At least two-thirds of
the 4.)etnOcrats 'elected to the: Honse
wt r notiunated int the expectation
that they would be defeated. .The
managers. of the Denaneratic, party:
never dreamed that they would site-
Oeedl at :the last election or they
repute . hale nominated - a different
nlass of candidates; but their blnu-,
airs in nominating! conventions hare
so fully exposed the animus and the
objects of the party that they N 6 / 1
not be able for a long time to Lio't.
good men for the reason that this
winter's ,exbibition has sealed - the
f ate l 'of the party in Pennsylvaiiii for
years to come by greatly .aiLling to
the. Odium by which it covered
• in years past.
The.struggle.between the financi•tl
Oillepr9 of the State and the House is
:one bf btincomba - SO far as the House
IA a°"eriled, snoil 077 a, ei
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