ATE 11 .73 ALL NATIONS.
• THE vac in spaln is approaching
crisis. -
A ars:c in Indiana is said to havo 17 -
WO oat akins for sale.
Nonrots,`Va.,
.fias contributed $1,209-
`B7 to. the Lee donument fund.
Six horse thieves were lynched at Sol
'ion Valley, Kansas a few -days ago.
. Lioins in. the .black belt of Alabama
• . have doubled-in price the List year.
Tim number.of Celestials who emigrat
ed to California last year wa5.18,144.
`FIFTY „MICR AIL'S. have been destroyed
. in South ramlina during the month. - ,
ONE btndred and forty thousand toils
of coal is the stock on the Port Richmond
piers.
• THE new axe factory at Huntingdon P .4
• have a capacity of three hundre:d
• flixeS a day. •
. I, ARA W.foming Territory; is deve l
l
• oping quite a gold mine, and puts a $2,000
brick la the Centennial.
•
A SAN FnAxcisco e Grand jury has rie
fused to.indict a - girlffor shooting the m n
Who disgraced her. .
How Is this forliotel business ? (her
• $22,000 were taken in one day at the Pal
ace Hotel, San Francisco.
'•lx anti-opium society his teen orga
nized in India, to discourage the propoga
tion and use of the ctrug.N.,) , `
PEOFESSOE John' Tyndall is soon to
- 't marry the daughter of Lord Claude
.ilten, an Euglish nobleman.
Iris 116 W asserted that Pr7n7,e Milan has
no intention pf withdrawing frome
direction of affairs ;n Servia.
A FORIILDAULE . emigration l movem nt
to Brazil or the. French-speaking peoPle
..of New York, is taking place.
Tug Pennsylvania Republican St to
- - Convention has been called to meet at
Harrisbum on the 29th of March. .
Tis non-taipayers of Mississippi al
. '•1 - eakly•represent nearly one-fon - Ali of all
the property in he State.
-
TUE Portugese Chainber of Peers lias
voted the abolition of slavery in St. Thom
as and Gulf of Guinea. I
A SPECIAL envoy from the Emir lof
Bokhara has arrived at Taslikend to ex
plain the recent armaments of Bokliain.
• :MANY Spanish families exposed to the
.. contest's between the Alfonsists and the
' Carlists are takingrefuge in France. ,
.THE Episcopalians of Philadelpia
a.
have began Movement in 'behalf of t a
system of free pews and free churches.'
PATH:y - 1i DONOHOE, pllb:itiller of t t lte
Boston Pilot, Ims 'suspended payments.
Liabilities, $31f 4 ,000; asslts, $21.6,4)00.
Tit ElTurkish .ironclad squadron has. -
ce lye& orders- toiciail itninediately to Crdte,
where disturbances are apprehended.
THE Republicans of Mttehigan ill
choose delegates -7 to the Cincinnati con
vention, on the 10th day ;of May, at
Grand Rapids.
THE Alderman - of Hartford, Conn..
have voted to expand $lO,OOO on the
streets' immediately.. to give employm Mt
to destitute daborerS. i • •
fitrE Boston Drily _fens has suspen cl
. ed publication: It' was once owned. by
,E. 1). .Winslow. About $!;i110 WO w
ire
sunk trying to get it started.
, THE inSHITCCti9II against the Russ!
.. hi TurkestaW laiS become more seriot
. • and Russian reinforcEments have 1.4
asked for. ;-.
Ox Sunday afternoon thieves •enter l
Christ Church, on Green,
street, Philadi
I phis, and tore up and carred off 50 ya. -
'of carpet. ' •-, . .
1 A. PROMINENT Hebrew rabbi of Ba
- more is suspected by his dock of being
heart a Christian, and lie is . likely to
pat on trial for the olicnse.
• 1
• .-A tiISTO: af'-yie late General. Meat:
• Who Cenumaroled at the battle of Gett
•
burg, has been appointed a cop, i -tj. in t
irtnisjoil office in WaShington.../ •
.1!i the workhouse at south Boston ,
Thurstlav, two convicts quarreled. and c
of them: struck the. other on :the hd
' Iwith a btritle killing : ,him.
. Tut , . Japan si:.• , -tommissioners to •t
ytentennia 11 - 1, e in number,? arrived
t
T.San Francisco on Monday. , They will
E main in !-tanranosco for a few days.
••• 1 Guf - ..vr prepaptions , are makino
•
_ liNdples for the carnival, ,which will ' l
.i - fcoin the 20th to the 2.Sth of February
~.,14e first sine the overthrow of the Bourboi
!: Ti:U Scuthern Life insurance Compa l
. . at Memphis, has gone into bankrupt ,
Something in the - neighborhood of sevt
teen,hundred thousand dollars will inst
' it creditors againAt loss..
.1 EasEr.
had
r sehool-,girlS'ehased s In
er who had iasulfed theM. on Wednesd
anti beat him With their satchels until'
eailed upon a policenian for proteetion.
• - :AN indictment has been found af.t,ai
:Winslow, ithe Boston forger, so that
may be arrested if he enters a count
• With which the United States have an e
tradition treaty.
- . THE Posen G'o'rier says • that Cart
nal Ked,WhOWSki li - ill be etterned at t
;fortress of Torgati, bee'auses he refus
430 obey the Government's order proldb
in him from residing in his diocese. -
• Sqlrii CAROLINI proposes to engage d
..
the cultivation of jute; tile coast iambi be
ing very favorable for it, while the plarit
era are becoming tired of raising sea is
land cotton and rice.
-PI:)NIItc.I.iNT Brooklyn lawyer is said
to have defrauded clients to the amoulit
- of nearly one hundred thousand] +414,
and the papers;in a civil suit against- him
' are being made out.
IiEVENTEE worth of dish .s
disappeared from the eyes of
.a ROnnorid
family,in three weeks, and the hired gill
could remember breaking "nothing but
the axe handle and the bays gate.
. WALNUT logs are in such dernarfd that
a man who recently purchased a 'farm 6f
250 aere, near New Albany, Ind., fdr
-,Atio.ono., received an offer of- .?.8,600 fir
I'o large walnut trees growing on the
• place. .
!Pt is estimated that over 500 tons (.If.
rock fell the- other day from the Milt
South of the Bridat Niagra
I The tremendonS shuck created quite
sensatiop - nmong those who happened to
tbe in the vicinity. -
'Arant - n P. DEVI.m an anti-Cathol
lecturer,. attempting to speak at Biddei
' ford, Me., on 31.ontlay night, wns' drivefi
I fro+ the platforin by a. mob, whickgaid-
IA possession of the hall.. He . hml tech
mobbed. Once. or twice before in Ne
Eng Land.
THOMAS . Braors, a Philadelphia rough,
'was shot in that eity_on Monday evening
and killed, by a tavern keeper named
. James Falhy, ]lrides had tired Several
times at FalbY.' ; with a pistol, withotlf
effect, when Falby l shot him dead with a
shot gun.
1T is rocposcd that the oldest surviving
-soldier of the war of 'l$P2 shall ring the
old State House lielton > he Fourth ofJuli.
1576, and that Mrs. Lucretia Mott be call
ed upon to raimf . the Anicrican flag on tli
dome of the Main- E4Osition building oil
Hie same day.
Tilt: Sheriff of King's county, New
1.
Ycirk: has just received an execution on 4
judgment for :156,00ii, rendered in fart+
or,the creditors of ex=Governor, Sprague:,
ofilthode Isinud. ..N . 6 property has
yet been found by the Sheriff:which could
be. attached,' •
A r6ArittE.EItEST is :reported bettiee
M. Ontray; a Freheli fitancial agent t}
• Egypt, and the Khedive,. who favors tilt
English capitalists in the matter of negof
• t iating ,for loans. The mission of M. Out
ray to; Egypt, which Was for the purpose
' of firstering French influences is regarde4l
as a failUre.
,Tdirß STELLIV.GON. the bankrupt
liulTalo,!. who suspended ou Monday, or
last week, drowned himself on - Saturday
night. His body . W,as nd in the . Erie
basin.. Partly out,ofMie water, and frozeil
and there was 'about '44000 in the pockets ?
The assets of this bank weresll,ooo its excess of the liabilities. - • were(
MeCtitn,r..tx some time ag4
. was tendered the4ositioirof Chief Engif
necr of the Brstakn Government, at,
saktry•of - - $20,000 r gold,-per year, and dcf
cliniwg it, recommended_ Colonel John
Meehan,--This assistant in' the New York'
Department of Docks, as the best mat I
for the work. Colonel Meehan .was aP-
..pointed. , •
Por.Eints and - Cardinal Antonelli a
both in a - precarious condition—lxith of
men—he first the oldest Pope that ever
• •i•locrupied theiehair of St. Peter; the feel. I
and the hardest worked man in Rome
and both soured and disappointed wit
the condition of 'civil affairs around them
If the men should die.at once, the Roman
Church would,be greatly embarrasaxi for I
• 1 •
padfora Ntlorta.
•
EDITORS; I
E. 0. GOODRICH. S. W. ILLVORD.
Towanda, Pa., Thurday, Feb. 10, 1876
MEETING OF THE REPKIILICENA
STATE CONVENTION. 777"
BEAM/CARTERS R6rt.DLICAN STATe COitairr-
TEE, ita.mnisuctr.G, Feb. 1,18711.—1 n pun:4l4o,ot
aresolution - 6r the Inpuhllcan State Committee,
adopted at a meeting bed In Harrisburg thla day.
a Republican Stale Convention, to be composed of
delegatcs from each Senatorial and Tivresentatir^
district to the number to which such district Is'en
itl-d In the Lt•gis!ature, is hereby 'called to
In the City or Harrisburg at 12 o'clock noire: on
Wednesday, MarCh nth; Ire, for the purposof
Nominating en Electoral Ticket and 'of electing
Senatorial and n,presentallee delegates to repre
sent the State In the Republican National Conven
tion to be held at Clnelunaki, Ohio, on the folar
teenth day of June, WO. Ry order of the COM.
HENRY M. 1101 - T, - Ctialroian.
A: WILSON NORRIS, Secretary. . .
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL MNTLN-
TION.
The next Union Republican National Convention
for the nomination of candidates for President and
Nice President of the United States, will beheld in
the city of Cincinnati, on Wednesday, the 14th day
of June. IFIT; at 12 o'clock noon, and will conslal of
delegates front each !tate equal to twice the num
ber of its Senators and Retiresenuttives In Congress,
and of two Ilelegates7 from each organized Terri
tory and the District of C'olumbia.
in calling the convention for the election of dele• .
gAte;‘, the committees of the several States are*.
ommeuded to IntiP all Ltep l abilcan electors, sill eti
other voter's, without rcgard to past polltlratcllffer
*pees or previous party difficulties. who are opposed
to reviving s;ctiCIII3IISSII,3, and desire to promote
friendiy feeling and permanent harmony through•
out the ea:miry by maintaining and enforcing all
the cons . tittitimll rights of every citizen, Including
th= full awl free etereise of the right of suffrage
NV I ; lilt 11111 , 13t . 1011 and without fraud; who are
In favor of the continued proserutlAn and punish.
nwilt of an offizial dishonesty, and of an econprni.
cal administration of the Government by 'honest,
faithful and capable officer•. *lw are In favor of
making stichfre forms in government as experience
may from time to time suggest; who are oppOsed
to impairing the credit of thc nation by depreelat-
Mg any of its obligation s„ and In favor of sustaining
in every tray the national faith and financial Minor;
who,hold that the common school systerd 141 the
nursery of American liberty, and should tur Main
tallied absolutely free from sectarian control; Nebo
believe that for the promotion of these ends Ap di
rection of the i Government should continue to..be
conelepl to these who adhere to the princlpl; of
MG, support them as Incorporated iu t
t ion and laws, siitni who are In favor of recognizing
and strengthening the fundamental 'Principle of
national unity in. this Centennial Annlversaiy of
the Republic. '•
EDWIN D. 3IOIMANi
Chairman Republican National Committre
WILL-lASI E. Cu.% NDLEI„, StVretary.
STANDING COMMITTEE.
In 'conformity with the resolution
of - the last Republican County Con
vention, the Chairman has named
the following Standing Cominittee
for the present year. The delegates
from 7 several districts ha - fail 4 to
send the 'native of a counnifteeman:
GEo. D. I .krOS+ANTE, Cliirman. • •
G. W. Kinney, .John F. Satterlee, Asa
Nichols, Judson Holcomb. Benjamin Kiar
rick, F. W..Keyes, Isaac'). Soper, Ffge
man Sweet, John 11. Grant; Alfred Blito
- Theodore Pierce. Ward Warren,
James Durst, A. I). Munn,• 11. L. Case,
L. D. Prince, W: S. Kinney, M. Traby,
P. J. Dean. John Gordan, C. IL Weller,
('harks Thompson, Win. N. Foster, ?R.
E. C. Myer, .John 11. Qrcut, 0. D. Kinney,
M. S. Culver, Wm.,11. Rockwell: R. W.
Darling,. George 11. Foy:, Georgb Webb,
('ha. L. Shepard, Wm; L. Scouten, 0.11.
Webh, Aaron Ely. Timothy Gnstin,:•ll.
11. Brown. Wm. Runyan, C'. T. Aide,
Lacy Stexens.
CHATIACTERISTIC.
One ofthe distinguishing features
of the Glean re is "reform," and, the
members as a rule are strivingto carry
this principle into operation. Jiulge
of their surprise, therefore, on reading
in the legislative proceedings that
PIOLL . ET had been in Harrisburg
boring the Legislature for an apPro
priation of $50,000 to aid in erecting
puildin g for the especial accommo
dation of Patrons (hiring the
tennial Exhibition. The grang9rS
1
believe in paying for what they get,_
and do not wish the State to furnish
.le them board and lodging should they
s .
t. visit Philadelphia during the _coming
Season. -PIOLLEVIS said to be quite
largely interested, pecuniarily, in the ,
"job" of putting uP the Grange'
building in Philadelphia, hence his
anxiety 'for State aid. The people
refused to-entrust thefinanees of Vie
Commonwealth to his keeping at the
last election, and their servants An
the Legislature will hardly comply
with his demand for a "loan" pf
000_ for his special benefit, although
Maj. Ttnitv tins introduced a hill far •
•
the purpose.
THE p 111:11c debt statements 'for
the month of January marks a de
crease of over a million and a halt.
In these times : of dull business and
otheiaL 'extravaranee it is no staall
,
thing -to reduce the' pdblic debt,;
month'after month, without distreSs-
ing taxpayers. With continued Re
publican ascendancy, increased tlw
ilance and -economical . management
the public debt Will rapidly diminish.
RILL, of Georgia, who has come '.k;
the front as the Dem6cratie Confe4- .
crate leader in Congress, is the saine
man who offered the following reio-
Intion in Confederate Congress
at.RicliMmul.
Rewired, That every person pretending
to be a soldier or officer in the United .
States, who-shall be captured on the soil
of the Confederate States after the Ist of
January, 1863. shall be presnined to haye
come here for the purpose of creating an
insurrection, and to abet murder, and that
unless satisfactory' proof be adduced. 'to•
the contrary 'before a military cloud, &-
fore which his trial shall be had, he shall
i•ittfier death. •
RECENTLY discovered importante:v
idence by the executors of OAKis,
AMES' estate is.said to show that e'.x-
Vice-President'CoLFAx received none
of the proceeds of the famousr S. C!".
Credit Mobiler'eheck given 'by the
former. What'a universal
swallois
log of nasty words will ensue try the
Deniodatic papers, in the event of
Ids vindication
TV ERE was just one Democrat In :
the United States Senate Whoyoted
hi favor of investigation the liqunr
triage. Any interferance with the
"cratimr7 receives encouragg l .
anent at the bands of the
,DemocroeY.
ANOTHER denial. President GRANT, _ _
authorizes a denial of the story that I SENATOR CHRISTIAI47,
of Michi
he has recently quarreled with See- i gan, was married Tuesday in Wash
rotary BRISTOW. The fact that the I ington, to Miss LILLiE
_LI3OENBEEL
New York Sun was among the first I lately a clerk in the Treasury pepart
journals, if not the first, to give the ment. Itis to be presumed from this
story publicity, rendered a denial of 1 that the Senator favored the 365 bond
4 W". l ,eoessarY , - - I bill ' 1 .
Ali 111111POSTANT 11111.1..- •
- I • .
• The following is a copy of a bill
which has passed th l e Senate and
been reported from committee in the
Honse. _lt will be seett that it opens
the way to largo bilis pr . cost to the
county, by allowing all petty cases
to be taken into Court instead of be.
ing determined, as at resent, by Mu
nicipal officers. Parties arrested for
drunkenness or disoiderly conduct
under the provisionsaf borough or
dinances, may appeal from the decis
ion of the burgess or polic e justice to
the Court of Quarter 'Sessions. We
believe the bill of doubtful expedien
cy, andhope the House will defeat it:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That
in all cases of summary conviction
in this Commonwealth, or. of judg
ment in suit for a penalty before a
magistrate or court 'not of record,
either party may appeal to the court
of quarter sessions ofd the c.ounty in
which the conviction cir suit may. be
had; and mayors, aldernien, justices
of the peace and borgeSses of the
respective cities, bOrc v riighs and coun
ties of this Common ealth shall fur
nish to the appellant or appellants'
a certified copy of transcript of the
proceedings which
. .shall 'contain an
intelligible synopsis Of the evidence
producee by the parties, or either or
any of them, and said appellant or
appellants hall preiient the same,
together with his or tleirpetititions,
setting forth the fact 4 relied upon, to
said court of quarter - sessions within
ten days from the da e of such con
•viction or suit, or at lie neat session
of mid court, and if auch transcript
and petition shall exhibit sufficient
grounds for a rehearing of the case or
complaint, the said a:MK' of quarter
sessions shall appoint a time for that
purpose, and the determination of
the said court shall be final and con
clusive; Provided, That the 'appel
lant or appellants ,in all such cases
shall have the right to enter bail in a
sum not exceeding one . thousand (101-
lars.and not less than one hundred
dollars, to be approved by the magis
trate, or the said court of quarter
sessions, conditioned for his or her
appearance at, the tithe fixed by the
court of quarter sessions for the re
hearing as aforesaid; And provided
further, That such appellant or ap
. pellants snail pay to Such magistrate
a fee of one dollar for the copy or
transcript of the proceeding as afore
said ; And providedjurther, That it
shall be competent for the said court
of quarter sessions to affirm, increase
or diminish the
. Sentence or judgment
of such magistrte, n i r discharge the
{le fentia nt or defendants according to
the justice of the case'
I .
A. DIGNIFIED JUDGE. i
,
The calibre of the men Luzerne
County democracy elevates to im
-1 •
portant positions, may be judged by
the following discrfption of Judge
I.Ltsmv's mode of conducting busi
ness while on the bench. The ac
count is copied from a, letter to the
Scranton Republican Llf the Ist inst :
1 •
Judge Handley presided over one
Of the courts at Wilkes-Barre last
week and a number of cases were
tried before him. I desire to call
your attention, and t iat of the pub
lic to two charges delivered to juries
by Judge Handley. j They deserve
to be published, and I will vouch for
their genuineness, haying taken them
down in my memorandum on the
spot. The first was i l in the. case of
Commonwealth vs. .: ndrew Schwan.
growing out of the obstruction of a
street in your city.' ,Considerable
evidence was taken both sides, in
eluding the testimony of .surveyors
1 and as to the proper lines, of surveys,
and altogether it was evidently a
case of some importance to the peo
ple of one section Of the city of
Scranton. And this was the "charge"
with which Judge II udley handed
the ease to the jury :
• Gentlemen of the Jo-y
-1f I were
the thirteenth man n the jury I
would not convict the ( (fendant. You
may do as you.please i If you con
vict you have nothing to say. about
costs. If you acquiyou may say
whether the prosecu or or the de
fendant shall pay the costs, or you .
i,
may put them upon the county,
Swear a constable.
This may have the appearance of a
.burlesque, but it is t 4 charge verba
tim. ' The other charge referred to
was in a perjury; ease and is even
more conspicuous than the above.
Here it is—also verbaiim: .
Gentlemen 'of the J e r ry —There. is
no perjury in this ca.ie. The good
Lord for reasons beat ! - nown to him
self has thought lit to I conceal from
the counsel on both sides what con
stitutes perjury. Th(parties in this
ease are but slightly hbore animals.
The best thing that c uld be done
would be to make ea .11 party pay
half the costs. It is a pity they can
.l
not both be sent to jail or three years.
Swear 'a constable.
' It is a wonder dia l people who
have important interests at issue in
our courts shrink-- rom trusting
them to trial before a 'judge who
makes,such an exhi bid tni.of,himself ?
Yours, I EXETER.
: THE Northern apologists for the
barbarity of Andersonville and other
1 prisons in the South, during the war,
generally attempt to 1 . ialiate the en
orinity of their cries
: practiced
there by asserting that the COnfeder
if
: ate authorities gave o the Union
soldiers all the sub l istanee they
could, that the peop e themselves
l
were actually starving .:nit that there
• was' little or nothing
left for the
i support
,of the non-combatants at
home.• ThiS statement; will not War
examination. l'ilEmos life of GRANT
states that during SHEHMAN'S march
to the sea, 13,000 read of cattle,
10,000,000 pounds of corn, 1,217,627
rations of meat, 918,100 of bread,
483,000 of coffee . 581,534 of sugar,
1,146,500, of soap, •137,000 of salt •
and 10 , 000 , 000 of todd le r Nrere taken.
1
This teeming abundance Wagt : found
in a countrir ;.where . thousands of
Northern Soldiers hat been deliber
ately put - to death by the lingering
I.
tortures ,of starvation, rebel officers
in some instances looking at the poO.
1
beings as they . aetuall gnawed ,the
flesh from their arms in their dying
agonies. •
. ,
CONPLINEXTAIIIr.
Hon. J. M. McGar.w,"who was last
ummer appointed Auditor of the
.Treasnq for tile Post Office Depart
ment; bas-beeh confirmed by the Sen
ate, notwithstanding the malicious
Opposition made by interested patties.
- lit. MetinEw bas for years been con- .
'netted with the Post Office Depait
went, and has always stood high as a
competent official, and hit promotion
to the responsible position of Audi
tor was -at the request of the Post
master-General and the Secretary of
the Treasury. The following resolu
,tions, adopted at a meeting of the
employes of his department, will il
lustrate the esteem in which the Au
ditor is held by his associates:,
WHEREAS, The Hon. J. M. McGrew,
after having had repeated charges made
upon his personal and official integrity, all
of w hi c h h a ve been shown by the most
tearehing investigatiffils AO ho utterly
groundless and malicious, was,
on the Ist
inst., confirmed by the Senate to be Audi
tor of the Treasury for the Post Office De
partment; and whereas, in our opinion, by
this action of the Senate, Mr. McGrew's
administration' of the affairs 'of .his office
has been indorsed as wise and lust, and
Lis personal and .official character com
pletely vindicated ; therefore, be it
RcAulreti, That as employes of the of
fice of Anditoy of the Treasury for the
Post .01fice Department, Nvhci have been
daily witnesses of the untiring zeal and
devotion to the interests of the Govern
ment, which has distinguiShed the official
career of Mr. "McGrew, we desire to ex
press our carnestand sincere gratification
upon the occasion of his confirmation by'
the Senate, and to announce our convic
tions that his elevation . to his present po-
Sition is but the just reward of his long
public services, his undoubted merit, in
flexible inte , rity, and rare ability. -
•Rnoirol, That we tender Mr. McGrew
our earnest congratulations, coupled with
-the hope that his health may be speedily
and fully restoresl, and that he may long
continue to occupy the position he fills so
iiifliciently and satisfactorily.
That.a copy of these resolu
tions, properly engrossed and signed by
the officers of this meeting, be presented
to Mr. McGrew.
THE ROBBERS' CAVE.
A dispatch from . Scranton brings
to light a singular mode of carrying
On the butchering business, witholit
capital. Two men, DA Lv and 11.mA so,
have for some time been suspected of
stealing cattle, but what •became :of
them has been a , mystery. The po
lice, however, at last succeeded
_in
discovering the headquarters of the
thieves, and describe their scene of
operations as follows:
}lt is situated at Peekville, a
spareely-populated suburb of the
city,' - where, several months ago, they
rented an old abandoned saw-mill,
beneath which they constructed a
hu!Te pit, where they have carried on
their butchering buSiness. To this
subterranean slaughter-House they
conveyed the. stolen cattle - and pre
pared them for the market. It offered
the very best advantages for the bus
iness, being completely hidden from
public gaze and never resorted to on
ly at the dead of night. It was dis
covered by Chief Boice at midnight
on Tuesday, when he was watching
in the neighbtirhood of ; Roland's
boarding-house for some of his - con
federates. Shortly after 13 o'clock
the officer saw a man with a lantern
emerge stealthily from the board
house and cross a piece of waste
ground. He followed at a safe dis
tance, and after going about a quar
ter of mile ws t s; astonished to see the
man with the light suddenly disap
pear into the earth. He! stood -in
cOmplete amazement for a time, and
finally concluded, to go to the spot
%Otere he saw the light vanish. On
drawing close to it a thint,'tlickering
light was emitted from what appear
ed to be a cave, and thS officer, guid
ed by it and drawing his revolver,
slowly descended a series, of steps,
rudely' made in the side of the pit.
On going down he was startled by
the appearance as well as by the un
wholesome odor,of this underground
slaughter-house. An astonished rus
tic, with pitchfork in hand, stood
amid a heap of hides revealed in the
ditn'light of the lamp, and. regarded
the midnight intruder with wonder
and dismay. He was alone, and sur
rendered• very easily when told by
the officer that he was wanted as a
witness in an important case at Scran
ton. The weird scene that met the
officer's gaze in the robbers' cave. sur
passed anything he ever read of or
experienced before, he says,
and it
seemed like some charnel house ih
which the crime of murder', would as
'readily be committed as that of
litcherino• stolen cattle. The corn
infinity there ftlid a
g ood deal of re
lief in the fact that the robbers have
been caught."
WHEN JEFF DAvrs was President
oft the Southern Cenfederaey he
sued a proclamation from which the
followinfr, is an extract:.
I pronounce and declare Benja
min F. Butler to Lea felon deserving
capital punishment. Ido order that
he be no longer considered or treat
ed.as.a• public enemy of Confederate
States of America, but as an outlaw
And common enemy of mankind, and
that in the event- of his capture, the
officer in command of the capturing
force do cause him to be immediately
e.Cemeted by haeryipy 7 And Ido fur
ther order that no commanding offi
cer of the - United States taken cap
tiVe shall be paroled before-exchang
ed until the said Butler shall have
met with clue puniShment of his
crimes. That , all commanding . offi
cers in the command of said Butler
are declared not entitled to be con
sidered as soldiers engaged in honor-
able warfare, but as robbers and
criminals.deserving death, and •that
they and each Of them be, whenever
captured reserved for exectition."
And yet Mr. POWELL, with the
other democrats in the:Rouse, voted
to include Mr. DAVIS in the Amnesty
bill, in order to place him back in his
seat in the U. S. Senate, a, place va
cated by him in order to ;lead the
rebellion. •
Tun Dernocrats of the First Ward
are in trouble. The " ring," which
met last week and nominated ward
officers, were so unscrupulous in the
manner of conducting business, that
many- of the honest men of the party
openly declare . they will nor:support
the ticket. TuEolionE HEBERT haS
already announced himself as an
dependent candidate for-inspector,
and will undoubtedly be elected.
,THE - Coal Mines in the Lehigh
regions have all suspended operations
for four weeks, thus depriving 60,-
00 laborers of employtnent for that
time.
LETTER FBOX RAIRILDBURG.
'_ ! . /I AIIIIISBUI, reti.4tb,/.
1 _The w ork of the - session may OW' be
paid to bofairlyinder train . Abowy ci c
bills hi tt , ,B44l'introdneediffthe H
atid idiaflir is Many Id title, &hate; At
rate bills ate disposed'dfttkist it Will•take
at %Sit flik indnthis uti eltir thb eialortdar.
Thiiil far the kiedomilliie - Oily been tali%)
hours daily—fromll a. m.', to 1 p. ni., the
remainder of the time being devtited to
Considering bills in coniniittec.: Of Course,
ilftor a tibm, when most of the bills' si ll
have heen.reported, tfloeh flare time 11
lie devoted to sessions and work will pro-
great; much faster.
I . Since I wrote you laSt,' the bill of last
Session providing "for the erection of
.: n ,
Counties in this Commonwealth," has n
read in place in the !House and report, (P'
from Committee. Thishill will in all pro
t iv
ability be defeated, from the fact that it
Most be passed upon: by the same iskly
that defeated it last session. The 'bill on
ihe same subject_which ira4' read in plaeo
in the Senate some.tline ago, is stil in.
Committee, and will Lot be reported b 3
fore next week. The people of your cou ;
ty may rest reasonably certain that no b 11
it
Can be passed this seSltion liberal enou h
in its previsions to divide old Bradforti.l
I The "Wont Bill," that Nide of canton
tion in sessions past, is agaid on the tapi •
p;,.s
This time the Senators discuss its Merl
first, and have, I believe, passed it to se -
end reading, with an amendment fist g
the 'rate of boomago at one dollar r
thousand. There is said to be no dout
but that it will pass third reading in th s
Shape. The House will not be so tend r
With the Boom eompauies, but will pa 4
the bill as originally drawn, reducing t e
tolls to ninety cents per thousand. 1 p -
sume the bill will pass finally fixing the
rate at about ninety-live cents, which will
give the SugenCluanna Boom Company at
Williamsport a gross Memo of $'2,00,610.
00 per year, instead of $111:1,989.57, whi h
has been average annual inzotee fi e
the past nine years. That Such an into
r i
MS this at the expense of the ltunlxirtnqn
41 . the West Branch should have tiowdd
into the coffers of Iferdie St- Co. nine years
by authority of law, is a disgrace to past
Legislatures, ts well: as to sonic of the
present Senators.
I A bill providing_ for the . pay ment of
Costs When an appeal Is taken `from the
justice or.ilto peace, bast been defeated 'n '
the House. Another increasing the p. '
of Arbitrators to two dollars per, (lay h. s
also been defeated. . .
1
'Coll. Piollet and-otheris of "The Patrol s
(Clltiillniai i' , Encampment association; '
were, here a few days:ago asking an a
propriation of ti 30,000 in aid of their et -
terprise. 3ni. Terry haS since read ahi 1
in
',lice ' , lice which iniwillesthe appropriatio
Of this amount' The COloncil says the A -
s)eiation will pay every'eent of this mono
back to the State. ' I ant told that many
of the stockholders object to • this arrange-
Mean, and assign as a reason for this ob
jection that it is unfair-to the stockhold
ers, because an agreement to refund this
money makes the loan received from th!'
State preferred stock. and of course mink
bp paid before it diVidend can be declared.
A prominent Grangor from Chester cout
ti- is now here, liflio says his Granv li
voted a unanimous disapproval of such a i
appropriation;
he says a very large mi -
jority of the -hangers in his county ar. .
opposed to'asking for such a Dian. Tit
lawyers of the House, I am told. will OP
po-se; the bill onconstitutional grounds.
The Sinking Fund bill has passed -tli
Senate wiAt atnenWnents which the Dem
oeratie House refuse to concur in, so th
Members of both branches of the- Legislal-,
titre are doomed to carry empty purse*
until a committee of conference can ad'
just the matter. . .
IA bill was read in place to-day by Mr
Moscrip, prohibiting cattle and horse.
frpm running tit large in yonr county
There is a general bill now before th
House- on the same subject, which, if i
pksses, will render the passage of a loc.
bill unnecessary. .
IA resithition has Passed 1.)0 • th Houses to t
di, y providing for an adjournment on th
Ilth until Wednesday evening the 16th
this is to enable the members to atten
the municipal and township elections. , •
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
THE SCHOOL-BOOR QUESTION.
? In. anion.: With your permission 1
wlll answer, as brielly as possible, th
emu in n b ;cat ions in thelast two If Eroicipt.
sinned "T.'' lf "T" 'were the well-pail
tool of a New York 'publishing firm fo
the purpose of keeping the present seric
ofjtext-books in use in our county for an
other decade of years, he could not be
m re partizan in discussion, more unfaid
iii his treatment of the subject, or more
disrespectful to the nine tvaAlers compos t
iii . ; , the committee, or• to the Association
T
appointin,T them. We:e lie a demagogue
bidding fol• versatile votes or for popular
apPlause, it seems to me he could not
more wilfully mistate or more vehemently
nusrepreseut, this subject.
Ist. •"rtm change is uncalled for."
" There is no general dissatisfaction ex
pressed with thebooksnow in use." With
the Distory, which' is published in Pinta
delphfa, he.grants there is dissatisfaction.
has this learned malt mingled with teach
er.? Has he heard the exPressions of
teachers in:different parts of the county?
Dries he know that the work of change
had commenced already in our county ?
DOes he know that in two or three of the
largest graded sehools•the direetors';'at the
suggestions of teachers, had already
throwmout several of the text-books that
ten years since were recommended by the
Alsociation? Does he not know that the
Atoeiation was driven to this step to "Fur
su s uniformity, or rather, to secure it?
Those districts adjacent to the above
schools were making like changes. Which
is Ithe better—to remain with the text
horts we now have and have one series
he e and another there, .or for the Asso
ciation to reeionunerid a series of buo'as,,
so that when' localities desire to change
there may be a uniformity in the matter?
Ilad it nut 'been that in some localities
Reiaders had already been changed and
that change was contemplated in other
phieeii, the committee would have, re
mained silent on the subject of Readers.
Tlie uniformity inithe county was becom
ing merely nominal. • "T" dues not desire
uniformity more earnestly tliaii the nine
teachers—"those uneasy spirits,'' "those
would-be leaders"—appointed by the As
si-iation. •
"If any one Will take the trouble
to compare the,books recommended with
those now in use, either as to their con
tents, quality of make-up, or price per
page, he will find there is whiting to be
by a change in any of these partic
uhirs.' Expense first. Thu present se
ries of Geographies, not including the
Physical, contains — three books, the aggre- 1
gate cost of which is $3.10 ; the commit- 1
tee recommended a series containing, two
books, the aggrvate retail cost of which
is 152:25. It ,needs only to be said in re
gard to . the !Geographies asl to quality,
that they are edited by Arnold Guyot, the
greatest
_geonapher in America, and
probably in the world ; that thole books
ha'e received the emphatic endorsement
of nearly all the .scieritilic men of the
country, and that the series is used in eve
rymormal school in this State, either • in
part or whole. The binding is in no way
iufarior to that of 3litcliel - s. NeXt, Read
eni.' The aggregate costkif Sander's series
is •;$6.38 • of the Edwards & Webb's An
alytical Series, ,; , 5.15. Sanders' series is
such an excellent series (?) that the pub
lishers (Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor*Co.,)
have recently published a series of readers
called the "Graded Series." t Why they
slibuld publish a new series Iwheu they
haVealreadylmblished Sanderis Series for
years, the public eau easily surmise: The
series recommended are not alO6 tllimper,
but they are equally as well bound Mull
gotten up in every way. They contain!
analyses of pieces, and they are the ac
knowledged leading series as cregards the
word method, which every teacher knows
Is receiving a remarkable degree of atten
tion throughout the country. The length
of lour article preclude 4 a further discus
sion under this heading; We7only wish to
slit* how accurate in stateme it, 'deep in
research and candid in statvnient; oar,
friend "T" has been.)l;
341. The "compact which 1, 8 entered 1 1
into sonic time ago by the leading educa
tors of this_ district," ate, What educators
made this "compact," and when? I am
afraid "echo" will !nivel() answer. Cau
our accurate friend mention one book that "
is 'Used uniformly this Normal school
district, or in which there is anything ap
pr4aching uniformity?
. 4th. "Advantages of Mansfield grad
uates." Our Superintendent tells us that .
they (the graduates) do not equal two per
cent, of our teachers. Of course, conform
the educational interests of this county to
meet the needs of this two. per .cont.,
even if you have to adopt some of the
• 1,
books recommended by the cube fat
accommodate them, y 1114104 tier *eats
sary, 6200 I am told that OM* of -the
books rocommetidtxt VA. einfanittee are
used, altibiNortnitiehool„ '
• - stib, Zatlehilet` TheftolThu Will in
most, east* be a- *Jae
.* t to the
ildople: littee; ittstanee t
tittydt's glenheitary 'Oeogrlipby retail
:prits3; 15 coal lesssO% cubit" =-37it ASS
10%, if the '
exchange is mule otreet with
publishert-4 cents. time reany . parents
will-be the lasers If tint vvoiii;lhapidatod
Geography hi exchanged fee 'a no* one
by the pa,ynietit of 34 cenbp--40.hit
are able to pay the 34 cents, ; if not the
Arm cannot collect when there is nothing
to collect? Suppose the child has no Ge.
ography ; the parent buys a pew one for
75 cents 1e55331%-:-.2101e5510% if the ex
change is direct = *its. Libor° aro
the same introduction 'rater - on all the
books; the above is selectet only as an
illustrati }very seder! of *mks recom
mended is cheaper than the one n.tvr in
use, except Grammar, which *the same.
The saving in the price of the hooks rec
ommended anti in getting them at intro
duction rates, will balance the entire ex ,
penso Of-change in two years, to say noth
ing of the advantage of substituting new
books iri the places of old, w(); rt-out books.
6th: Butler'S GrAriniar. fiT? in his
second effneiod tries to mike a-terrine on
slaught.ou the Grammar recornmended by
the committee. Neither time nor the
space allotted this article, nor the patience
of the reader, allows us to tally answer
this second article. Butler's; Grammar
does differ in some partioidars from the
grammars that wo have been using.
These changes, in the opinion of the com
mittee, will aid oar students in getting a
true, accurate and practical ',knowledge
of our language. "T" complains that 23
pages are taken up with prefacer, orthoepy,
orthography, and other worthless stuff."
Mr. Ned takes 74 pages for stuff equally
as worthleSs.
Now as to the "miserable 'rehash of rhe.
toric, punctuation, " & c. Mr.',Xerl takes
about 56 pages or the fIATTI4 and the
opinion which I have heard from teachers
who have examined Butler's grammar is,
that that "Miserable stuff" min Butler's
is far superior to that in Kerr* Ido not
think "1"' can find a first-cltniii grammar
without one or both of these: miserable
"rehash'," it cannot find that elegant
word in the dictionary, sd do.:inat know
whither I span the plural- correctly -Or
not). My own opinion is, that any gram
mar would be Ineomplete without defini
tions of these much-used terin Compar
atively few students study rhetoric in our
common schools; where, thentre they to
learn them? Bow are they, without this
knowledge, gding to study or_ :parse intel
ligcntly any English Classic ? !,Can read"
was answered 1n last week's 10-14 r ;we
cannot take Gm to re-discuss*. " One-
Intlfithe examples and quotatiOus * *
could;be omitted and the book would be
the better for it, l "T" should keep in
mind that the usage of our best authors
is law in grammar, and tbat;,the sooner
students soareh Englishi for author
ity-in grammar s c#r roc better under
. Standing of our mother tofigue,ilic •better,
The attack on the definitions of pronouns,,
pronouns,
&nom; &c.; we !Piave for fur !ter discus,
sion, as the length eh' this &Aide lireeludes
a further drain upoti.the patieffee of reit&
ers. ONE of itin COM.
CHANGE OF TEXT BOOKS.
Mn. EDITOR: I notice in your paper
some discussion on the, reOnnueuded
change of some of the books liow in use
in the schools of Bradford connty. The
change has long been desireOn the part
of teachers, nor are they in advance of
various boards of education in Ole county,
as they have already made-,elianges for
the very same hoOks now recommended.
Why ? The books now in use from which
a change is asked; tidier did give any de
sired results, nor has a ten years' am of
the same only been consithited in the
light of so many.very poor : Substitutes;
and. in many cases teaching positiVe errors.
The wonder is not why a change is asked
for, but why the books have rlfmained in
use so long, nor would they, only the de
'sire for uniformity (a good thing, but not
the best,) and that is now almost entirely
broken outside , rural districtsv,j Snell be
ing the case, a •committee wa.4 - Oppointed,
consisting,of nine of the Oldest•and ablest
teachers ("miming the best places in the
county, to select and rectimmerid suitable
books to take the place Of tWobjection
able ones, and report at some public asso-.
ciation. Said committee have after care
ful inspection of all the prominent books
of standing, and much and lalibrions in
vestigation of the results obtained in
schools where said books are used, recom
mended a list, retaining all thel3ooki now
iir use from which any satisfoctOry results
have been obtained,.and agreed upon cer
tain other bookSto take the place of un
satisfactory ones. It is easy tO find fault
with What is done, but cats any other nine.
agree upon any,books besidef:these ?
repeat no booklis recommended to be
changed only those that have, , !4tter long
trial been 'generally condenmild, and in
most graded schools long sinceliscarded,
and their place taken by bookS match in
advance.. In tact, the books in use have
been discarded by the publishing house
publishino them, and new' books being
now recommended by them in their place.
It is poor economy to use a 00 book at
a:I, and especially when much better ones
can be obtained at much cheaper rates.
JACQUES
EDITOR REPORTER : 511C5114.1113 is not
as yet without its troubles and perplexi
- ties, a seeming inevitable contrast to her
smiling landscape. Our Conitnissioners
complain of the town's poor nn longer as
a minority, but as a majority. ; iThe diffi
culties which arise in suclf a caSe are not
a little perpiciing.to our sage'Overseers.
Each pauper is desirous of narning'his fu
ture doom and bill of fare;-'-which of
course becomes a ruling necessity under
L the circumstances, or else the%!Justice of
the Peace is sought for in cOnsiderable
I haste. To add a strange weirdness to the
scene, one pauper has come tn'light who
was supposed to 'be dead (figuratively
.:ipcaking)! four years ago, With a bill
against the town of about thrive hundred
dollars.
Politically, we have but little to boast
of. We are going to elect a Justice of the
Peace soon; candidates are ninnelous as
ever, regardless of the trials and restless
nights of their predecessors. Uur Demo::
cratie friends appear soinewhatjuneasy in
regard to the ;approadhing Presidential
campaign. When one speaksifo them in
•
relation to their ex-Confederate Cabinet
in Congress assembled, they twist their
heads and reply, " We are having exceed
ingly fine weather for winter, but the
clouds appear to be' gathering fer a storm
of some kind." One would naturally sup
pose - .that their political sky would be ever
so clear at, the present moment, since
they have nearly the ex-Confederate Cab
inet in Congress to guide theiokniocrat
ic ship of State. We notice 41exander
Lll. Stephens occupies a position on the
important committee of Weights and
Measures. This is the man Who in 1860
pronounced the U. S. Goverunient as be
ing "the best Government unearth, and
ought to be sustained ;" and; iii 1801 he
turned right about and exerted all his
great mental powers to sustain. ?said Gov . -
ernment. In 1803 Mr. Stephens:denounced
the emancipation prochunationAs "a most
palpable or flagrant usurpation 6f poWer."
In a speech .delivered in CraWfordville,
Ga., Mr: Stephens said : " At:the begin
ning of the war the enemy 'lnul all the
army, all the navy, all thcW,, revenue,
all the credit, as well as the prestige of
the name of the old' oOvernment, on their
side. We were few in nnmberiCompared
with them ; without a reginienVor a ship,
without a dollar and without eredit, ex
cept as the righteousnesS of oir imuse In
spired ,in the breast&-'of . people • ,
se
cured." This great statesmairmust have
shut his eyes when Howell ,POlth,' a slave
holder frimi Mr. Stephens' native State,
stole nearly 'six millions of dollars Wein
the G. S. Treasury, which wad: probably
converted to the use of the) ProvisionalGovvernment. GoVe' rement. Mr. Stephens niust liaVe
been asleep when John 13. Ployed, Secre
tary of War, scattered the army in re
mote fortresses in the West,' leaving the
forts in the slave-holding Mates defense
less, thereby placing twelve hundred can
non hi the hands of the rebels.. Mr. Ste
pliens must have been in a -Ste-Sover
eignty swoon when the same !':!Secretary
Floyd caused ono hundred and fifteen
' thousand arms of the most apprpved pat
tern to be transferred from Springfield,
Mass., and from Watervliet, T. Y., ' to.
arsenals in the Slave States.l'3iMr. Ste
phens know all about the transaction at
the time. Mark the deceit Which this
aristocratic personage' exhibited' to these
poor, ignorant, but brave me n -of the
&nth who fought the battles ifor these
modern Tories. TWA is the olaaa of men
whom the Democratic party take pride in
elevating to power as lit imbjectiS togu Met
the ship which they solong 'ht to sink.
We ate ainiost, persuaded 14 • as
remark which Hr. 84phens =We in 1870,
viz.: "That the Confedoriii*Vtillbohdo:.
ored as self4sterilicingtotriohl, ale Ur
heroes andlnartyrs in history will
places hy the side of Washington, ltOr
den, and Sydney.". :Probably Booth and
Warts are
,* the princl - martyntivhom lie
had reference to. Ail that is - 11401g for
the furtherance of Mit programme is the
promotion of the Democratic party to 01).
solute Control of the Government, then
the paynient of the rebel ;debt and , the
Peasioniag of ribil soldiers will he inevi
table. Ilut we have the same faith ip the
interposition of Divine Providence as we
had during the darkest boors of our na'-'
tional OCCASIONAL:'
Sheshequin, 'Feb. 5, 1870.
mw;nwwm:ol
The Verdict "Not Nulty of Murder in the rtist '
Degrz, in Oonseottence of Insanity." 5.
=
Tiatnorro7 l - N. J., Feb, .6.—Tbe
excitement in the Landis trial Ott-
Unties unabated. Yesterday it Wns
greater than ever/ 'ln the morning
the jury came into Cciort for the sec ,
and time since they . have. had tire
matter under consultation, and :lik
ed for furtheri. instruction, which
Judge Reed gave.
After which, Mr. Proud ; the fore- .
man, said there was no posSibility.ig
en agreement, and asked ; to be dis
charged. He further stated-that the
jury was divided on the last count
in the indictment; manslaughter, they
having already acquitted him of the
charge of murder in the first and sec
ond degrees.
The judge refused .to - discharie
them, andthe jury 'retired to their
deliberations.'
-- - .
They have been out ever sump,
andrthere seems to be but little holks
of their being able to agree. - 'lie
latest rumor says that Landis is quite
ill, "and, is suffering - severely froin
mental dpression.
A VERDICT AT LASTS
At ten o'clock laA night the Cotirt
House bell rang out the notilicatiOn
to , all Bridgeton, that the jury in the
Landis ease .had agreed upon a N7,or
diet, and in a moment: an immefiSe
throng besieged the building within
and without. .
Judge Reed inn short time arriy
ed, and sat upon the bench. The
prisoner was brought into Court by
6heriir HamptOn; he looked pale
and anxious. The jury, 'a moment
later, Bled into Court and took thelr
seats.
In reply to the usual queAtion, the
foreman, Mr. - Proud, said; "We
tlnd the .defendant not guilty, on the
ground of insanity." •
The effect of the verdict upon the
audience Was_, overwhelming. . Ap
plause and sheet 8 were heard from
all parts of the court room and the
greatest satisfaction was .shown.
- Landis was tr weak and excited
to say anything: The news was it
onee.earried all over town, and . ).'t
was afterJuidnight before, anything
like quiet was restored.
MOST DESTRUOTIVE FIRE FOB;
.~~: ;;
Net' York Injured About a =ion and a Hall 4
NEW Yovii4 4 Pei). B:—A fire broke
out at 6:30 this evening - at 125 Graiid
street, which proved -the most de kJ
truetive for years. The fire btirht
through the entire block bounded
Grand, Howard, Broadway and C ro-s
-by streets, altogether 'rbout thirty
buildings. Total lose is estimated*
•i 4-1,500 000. ) •
One firm, Cashin, Brunderett Sz
lace dealers, estimate their loss att'a
million and a half.
Five buildings on Broadway weoe
saved and all on Grand street, except
125, where the fire broke out.
Two firemen, David elute, foremati.,
and John 11. Bush, assistant, were
killed, and severals other injured bX•
falling walls.
At oile thne it Ivas feared that the
heart of the city would Ulm. Greit
crowds
_congregated and much ek
citemenr, prevailed. The fire
complet4y under control at half pa - St
ten. • .
Disu T Ell.—The N. Y. Tribu e
is already badly disgusted With the,
conduct of its Democratic sillies m
Congress. Instead of going hi Or
" civil service reform," they are fill
ing every place at • their disposal:,
siball as well as large, with ignorant
partizans--the more rebel the better.
At this sickening spectacle the Tr
bunt' is for6ed to utter its lament
tions in this way :
' The "clean sweep" makes progresS.
The library has been reformed. Tlie
Congressional restaurant.revolution
ized and one'by one the. old clerks
:ire shoved aside to make roorn
ignoramuses whose qualifications are
summed' up in the statement that
they are " good Democrats ;" and
perhaps it is quite as well that the,
country should take one good loOk .
at this party Itlrving a taste Of powejr.
There they are,
with their noses in
the trough. We have seen sonic)
pretty thud exhibitions at Wattling-.
ton, but nothing so bad as this. May
the good Lord deliver us froth atiy •
such spectacle on a larger scale.
THE democracy' find little comfoit
any where. ijal:per's
.Weekly, duririg,
;the past year has. frequently Unitiid
;with the opponents of the Republi
can party in finding fault with
GRANT, but a recent issue of tl4t
paper, gies its estimate of the Peril
ocratic party in the following terse
. .
paragraph :
"Nothirg should: cause any rutin
to forget that the
has
party
is now what it has been for many
years—the political Organization , of
those who aimed to destroy the Nit
tional , Union and Government for
the basest and most revolting of pni
poses, and who still deelare that their
vieWs, except as to the practicabilitY
of secession, remain unchanged."
THAT would ben rather neat-res&-
i lution to put in :the National DeniO
cratie platforn-- that sentence. Of
HILL'S. It would appear in thiS
Wise: •
• Resolved, That the atroeites of Ander
soitville do not begin to compare with the
atrocites of Elmira, of Camp Douglak,
.4af Fort' Delaware. Of all the atrimiteti,
both at t Andersonville and Elmira, the
Confederate Government stands acquitted
from all responsibility and blante.
A sLIGUT exposure in bad - weathei,
when the system is out of order, often
brings on a stubborn cold; the attending
cough irritates the lungs, and if not prop.:
erly treated, frequently develops a ten
dency to a tuberculous condition. To*
4void this danger, those troubled with
colds should resort at' once to Dr..Jayne!s
Expectorant, • which soon bosons null
,eradicates•cougba, .soothes and heals in=
flamed parts, and removes all anxiety by
setting the patient on the loony to , geed
health once -wore.
-;A NNITAVREPORT OF THE SECEIVALS AND XXPENDITUItEEf
za,.. or BRADIFOUD COUNTY VR JADIVAFT 1410 DeClOlDltgaitisig,.
. .
..Atiditors .
/•../..,ii I 140 00
' Auditors for Protbonota-rs and Iteilsters
'-' ogled ' 110 AO
Bridge contracts and repairs..., . ' ',, 30f17 10
Bridge.slews I. r , , 20 40
Bradford County Agricultural Society.... - 1,100 CO
Constables making returns- and attending - -
court - ' 1,651 13
_Agawam!, r .. 1 2.210 2 , 1
eat to coili6onwealth =du . -tad 44
fatZ4llll wits , i
,i - ...• ..., 0 1 Oo
111 efladnal salts ' • • 4.'... 'ii- • 00
(Vksel to constnlsodoners ' , 50 00
et of ("Writ r'• • ' •• tt • ' 1111 00
Distrietattorney...../• • ••:1.!1:11..:Iiip: ,' ~• 355 00
Election expenses. ' ' , if/ /..ti1l 1,1 6 V 70
Fuel and Lights • ' 1 1l IAI
41rand jurors - -- ' ~c - • 119, 6 . 1
Traverse jurors ' 1 7,5%1 0 1
Insurance an public bulldlisp.,.... ....i..; 239 50
Justice's inquisitions .. - I 141 25
Jury commissioners and clerk ', ! 2411 14
°Mee book' and stationery, - ' ' I , 140 14
Public printing, barrios for 187413 and 74. ~ 3 549 00
•• *". s. 1675 ... " 1 .. 566 50
. ---- 7 - - 1 ---
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Account with the several collectorit of count
• r year,lB7s a
. • .. , - • ' - i - • ' ',," EXonerce
pirp6 and borti's: [ Collectors.' i.. Year . .Charged. !Received. P - 1 Dne,
• 1 5 ; 1.
.. r• e nt.
•
'Wyeoz '1 D. 31..Eartipbear l 1872 1 9:34 40 I
Leßoy ' • ~.... G i l!. Wilcox . ' .
I T!.
.. 5 111 . •95 31 ..,'i
Towanda beiro . I.lll'. H. Hylirsßall ~ 'I =9 59 S)9 69 ..,, , ' 4
1 • -
Armenia ' • - Ctmries Rid; . ,•.! 1874 ' .67 92 -59 75 , 01.05 07-10 '
Asylum "-
' 11. Ltanght ....',.... 1874 i 49 52 .., 17 31.. ', 380 :8 4t '
Alba hero • .1, S. , ynolds..; • 1874 '.' .40 78 1•74 44 '''!• 162 , 4 7'5 ' - -
.... ,
Burlington boro • 11. R. 11111,.." ~ . ~, ..., 16,4 lOO 96 59 32: 1 . - 41 64
Canton twp Louis Wheat..., ; 1814 ; 12; Ur 70 44 il '.• - - 49 11 I .
Columbia L. H. BMith'....l .... I 1 11 /4 1] 11 le 14 13'1 ...,' 506 12 01 ! .
.
Franklin • Reed McKee ..., ' ..
' len 1 1 ale 61 651 85, '
.•. 119 - 18 83 1...,
Leßoy • • 4I 4 4 U.N. W11(933 ! 1874 I 5 249 41 240 87', . '') 005 '2820 1 •24 62
Litchfield - • 'foil( )111ann.:: .rd '.... l• 1874 1 . 1 1119 glf 410I* I. ,- le 51 34 43 1..;
Monroe taro.., - M. 31. Coolhattgli 1874 r:„ 27 90 i 33 NI .1 ',
I! NI 3 SS '.. • '
Orwell 11. L. Came .:..,-,,!: ... ... 1474 I'', 347 40 397 Et r- • • 2 261 1 37'92 1..,.
Pike John 8. W00d ..,.,... . 1874 .324 61 01.= I .• 6 86 - 1. .4044 •
South Creek 8. L. Thom I' peon 197.4 11 72 14 i. • 41 55 i . 7=l 23 34 1 •
Sylvania 11:B. Petk, .',.., . '..... 1874 :J 32 24 I 27 55 . •1 ' 443
„ i
sheshe q uip W. 11. !french r 1874 1. 439 98 . 4:EI 98 f ; r,
Towanda boro -.. George V. Myer 1874 ." 1,465 /I 1430 If I- I"71 17 ! 157 67 .
T,owanda north E. It: Belong '' • 1874 li , . 321 90 800 65 ;731i • 16 141 . '
Tuscarora , Hiram Shutianay , I • I -
1874 1 149 tit 132 80 - ;.... .- 27 51 -'
Warren ; • ~... A. A. Abell' ; 1874: , .3103 93 ' 260 37 ! ," 'SS4 ', 42 68 1..... .... -.. .
Windham . 11.8, Elsbree ' 1874 - 236 07 249 79 ' 156 I •'.3.4 7: . ..../...
1 '. '
Wysos . A. H. mincm.., , , .1874 I" '63-5 91 576 12 ''lB 82 • 40 97 1.:.. ,
Armenli I Charles 11017 . ': 1875 1,, 346 11 115 Co.l 3 mil • 711 . .3) 12
Athens twp • J. A. Weller ' 1875 , C 1,719 26 1,403 74 ;-, 30 49 .. .63 03'
Athens born • it. C. Spalding 1813 ;'i, . 665 06 368 00. . J _ l ' 30t0 06
Asylum - Benjamin Kerrich 1875 562 15 520 on '. ,•.
C Li
Albany l Warren Ayer ', 1875 il 350 76 934 43 I 411 1 37 49
Alba b0r0... J. S. Reynolds 1875 ri - 11.3 23 I 81 67 ..I.• .. ..... 1....., ..... .5 S 0
Barclay, 11. W. McCraney, 18.3. 1 731 1411 000 09 ~j. . . , IN 44
Burlington twp 3.11. Barra - . • 1875 "• 526 GI 491 95 •
, 240 1 26 = .. . ... iir . isi
Burlington boro 'J. V. Rice " '1875 l' 106 89 41 00 '.'i ' I '
Burlington west • -Warren Case ..-. 1873 p 451 39 436 49 .- Ina 1 2: 96 ,
Cantou twp ' G. I). Manley., 1875. 987 24 936 12 , 1 7 , 1 A 1 49 34 ;....
Canton boro C. L. Farnsworth 1187.5 , 448 40 421 38 ', 334 I - =43 j
Columbia Nelson Wolf r 1873 1 .1,049 83 991 94 ! 5 1 574 ' 97. 32
Franklin David Smiley . ... .... 1875 'l. 373 94 351 66 , 3 71: IS 97 i
Granville 10. N. Fu11er....1 1975 i; •656 27 . 622 20 I. 133 •32 74.
H I errick James )lE43ler:ion ' 1875 1., 433 62 WO 00 1 290 •22 68
Leßoy ...,. ~...: ..... L. k.. Wooster. j 1875 I' 611 IS 576 07 1.4 93 30 as .-..,
Litchfield 1 11. S. Munn__ ; 1 1875 11 • 698 64 .100 00 ..-.. ,- ... ' •
Leltaysville ' G. 11. Ilumphri - 1873 IA 162 43 • 100 00 ' 1 , 22 ,8 10
Monrue twp , I). S. Mingo' , 11875 I' 618. 46 583 42 I• 4 10 3 0 88 1.•
- ,
Silonroc boro: J. 11. Overton.. 18.5 ~i 116 '23 109 48 'I- . 95 580 ..
0rwe11...., C.O. Yanidnkie 1.875 li 770 08 725 00 . ' ' 1 ' 45 08
Overton - • ••• lobn Mathews , 187.5 171 - 230 36 202 93 i 16 72 10 71 1 .
Mei .E. C. AbbOtt i 1475 .. 9= OS 878 66 I I 4
Rldgbury John" Stirton. Jr 1876 11 756 03 - 714 73 ; 3 64 00 1 37 66
Howe twp 1 'J. 11. lowlier 1 ; 1875 11 .620 8.5 344 60 p; ' 1 2.4 3O 97 I
Rome boro 4 Geollo VlVl•teitlet .....: 1879 I"i 88 54 183 58 I I 58 • •4 42'
•
Smithfield IE. V. Nichols , . 1675 r 1,178 95 1,114 90 11-. 3ls MI 87 ,
_
.
Springfield 11. P. Stacy ' ; ! 1873 I', '983 44 1 931 92.11
~ 2 46 49 10_
Creek • .
South Cek David chase ' ' 1875 ji 444 93 457 2 . 4 1I• 3 50 24 19
Sylvaiith peter 310nr0,,,,,1... . 1975 ',.i 91 13 96 35 , 1 , 24 I , .4 56 ' • 1
Sheshequin George Childs 1075 I. 1,037 93 983 e 6 ' I 211 51 89
Standing Stone George Sage i- 1875 : 514 SS 1 486 =ll 7. 35 25 73 ; • •
Terry Studien. Bowman 1875 11. 366 05 34.9 31 I 541 18 =• •
Towanda twp .. James W. McGill i 1373 Ii 570 - 537 00 31 39 65
To n anda bore ,
1 / 4 . W. Itixlgeri.i.,. ..... 1875 :1„3,27.4 79 2 , 750' 00 I' 117 87 i 136 90 : =0 02
Towanda north E. It. Delon .. 1875 p al4 00 ' 304 73 1 , 394 le 11 :
Troy twp ' 11. N. Fish - ' 1875 , 'I 1,01.2 44. 1.083-.03 II • 656 -4 92 45 '
Troy boro 11. 31. Spalding ' 1875 k 791 45 741 77 , 730 .39 39 •
Tuscarora .W. 1. Barroncliff • 1875 632 82 519 17 ,6 24 27 41 . '
80wen.,.......:
~
luster I
S. (!. Ilovey . 1875 I ---5.96 18 5.5.3 7.9 ', 158 29 31 I
Warren • C. F. Bowen . 1875 863 72 - 814 35 li 3 46. ,1:91 !, '
Windhain H. S. Elabrce. 1875 !
.709 sl 450 00 I• ' 256 83
Wyaluslng 0. W. Corbin. 1875 • n 67 62 813 46 :i - 10 43 43 33 -
Wysot • ; E.,C: Drake. • • 1875 I 837 49 774 11 .' 19 26 ; 81 12
Wells. .I George 11 , J , Kuipp 1475 . 753 54 , 709 fr) ,1 . 620 37 45 ! _
Wilmot ' John Schock'. J • 1875 , 1 511 24 477. 73 11 13'3: '44, 19 1
_ . -1 Reassessments! 1475 ~.!„ 242 63 10: 49 P.. GO ' ' .139 14
~
I , . I _ -.,--..„....._-_______ • . -__
Total ' ' • • 1
I '57,849 21 33,292 47 !! 446 04 1,967 54 " 2,142 19
I • I; . ' '' •
Wirer, Tria,turer, in account with the county of Bradford
. I
Hiram E
. • • I 41
Due upon duplicates of 1671 and previous (6.463 r:. Returned uncollected for 1875 and previous • _
Duplicates or 1875 . s' • , ' 31.262 76 i ; years 1 1 2.141 191
Rank tax. i 4 654 18 , kxonerated to collectors ~ ' '— • • 446 o.li
, -
Incidental recelvals • 491.57 1 Pereentegelo collectors 1,667;51.;
Reassessments - 121 76 • Paid State Treasurer ,. 2,960 69
In Treasury January 1, 1875 . r 6,362 71 i Paid State Treasurer bank tax 664 IR
Onlers.pald .
• 33482 17
Two per cent. commtralori 0n436.242 45... 724 85
rOne,per cent. commission on f 34,451 r. .. . : 341 51
' In treasury January 1, 1876 2,R37 .53
Total
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, .
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5 j
Couidy orders iii artounit with the county of Bs ad for .1875.
Orders katted....
BRAD - roan COI.I..S:TY es :
! , .
We, the undersigned Commissioners of said county, do hereby certify that the above Is a true and
correct statement of the reeelvais and - expenditures of said county from !be first day of Jaunaxy to the.
31st day' of I/et-0110-er, iluelinlve.).A. 1.),. 1875. i
Witness our hands and sear of .villee at Towanda thiS 13th day of Jannaty. A. D. 187 e. -•
G, W. 1:11.31ER, .•
MORRIS J. COOLBA UGH,.
JOIN BALDWIN, •
Commissioners.-
lEE3
, 1
Attest—WILMAII LEWIS, Clerk:
fiItAIiFORD COUNTY Ks:
We, the undersigned Anditors dt said county, do hereby certify that trii.haire examined tie foregoing
statement anti the vouchers for tbe tame and Ilnit It to be correct. t t
Commissioners cffice January 13, 476
Taylor & Co.
TAYLOR' At . C
BEAUTIFUL
ASSORTAI T
OF ,
ItOLI DAI GOADS,
ti
lUi3
TAYLOR & CO's
THIS,WEEK..
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Towanda; Dec. 14 II: •
I geOL
IreIIaiDITUASS. -
. •
,
Primers su p port randy jell ' Mr VD
.4
4 1coonsylosprtrossrs totoothou la irary 7IX OP
Prothonotary sod riot q !A 0n0...,... '' . 410 Xr •
'Repairs on public build .. !A Xi :
Hoot of room for worst ??toy ' .10 M.
rise of twenty superintendent's °Mee .... . 23.61) :
Heat of roomy surveyors *llk* ts oil
phut!' totollmoonlog jurors • i 241 ON
Shed/ for re:nosing eolniirs • S sot
State Lunette Asylum, .•.. , , *l3 79+'
Mahler duplicates Oki regusors - 60 ow
fittoograpebr sod coarterporter I * 252 73. ,
Expenses treating Troy coons ' . 43 on '
leachers Institute, let of 1867 14:t 93 .
Tax refunded ? -' 311
Township-Ind school tsz .. '-,,.., 120 93 ~
tor livery i ; • . ,
9 00
..Wilifoiliteeflllkates ' . I ' 600 •
Zenist/Mit Murivesehill,'roonsobolotier Ms 00 .
Abram Snell, rotinahis , _ .lonet. ... ........ 624 Ore ,
Morris Shepard, contioiritioser ~ 434 00.
E. B. Coolbsugh, elan of eidursissiouers . 140: 1 0 7
.1
l• Sam total '
lazes 1 ,
prat°
■
.. .. 43,369 70 1 Total
43.1,28 . 2 17 Ordeis paid
IOWELL 4 Co.
•
pusto_mers, and the Public generally
that they are ittb-w.settleditt
with increaSed facilities for doilia
business, and haying aelded
ti
i
to each of theh• several departments,
El
Stock ever exhibited by them.
EU
•
•
They will 60r their good at the
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Mil
PLEASE CAp., AND SEE THEM,
P
Opposit4i . theii.4te,,platee of businesi.
ill
HE
Jim. 12' 870.
U4= 17
- -
r the coitnly of Bradford for' the
D. BOURNE.
i. DUASTED,
L; LANTZ,
Awlltors.
Plwell it Ca.
Would respectfully inform their
NEW;
N E GOODS,
have now, the mast
I
EXTENSIVE
.
IMI
EXIII
ATVRACTIV I E
, l o
0
same
GREAT REDUCTION IN
MEM
To elate 'the 'Winter Stork
I -
-r-s-s
In their
'',', T:• '
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LARGE 'DOUBLE STORE,
EN
=
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POWELL & CO.
ra 41, '
EEM
1128 04
6911 66 •
53141
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