- -
am, IT/.TIONS.
3 . - o;:ility cows-avera,ge $64 apiece.
4• are sixty-six counties in this
arc killing sheep in Cambria
• ,
tars front . Boston, last week SI,L
rs is largely engaged in
furnilied 3,'37,254 troops
HEE
The next Union Republican 'National Convention
for the nomination of candidates for . President and
Vine President of the United States, will he held ►n
the city of Cincinnati, on Wednesday, the 14th flay
of June, IS7d, at 1: o'cloeic noon, and will consl4 of
delegates Iran each State meal to twice the nom
her of ItsSenatorS and Representatives in Congrt.sa,
and of two Delegates. from each organized
TeFri
tory and the District of Columbia.
In calling the convention for the election of drde
ti-ite.. the committees of the .everal States are ire
f•tiannided to invite all Republican electors, slid all
clhei voters, without regard to past political diffee
en ces or previous party difficulties., who are : oppo!ied
to r'Nlring set:tint:al icsaeF,i'and desire to ; pmmote
frietpry feeling and permanent harmony throngh-
Oat the country Lv tnalntalning and enforrineall
the.const itat tonal rights ("revery citizen, including
th.. Pill and free exerd.e of the right of. sulTfage
u ithout Int ftnidat imrind without fraud: who are
in favor of the continued prosecution and punl‘li
in..'nt or all official dishonesty. and of an econon+
cal administration of the Government by honest,
faithful and ea/slide offic , ,rs. Who are do favor of
making surf: r,tortn , government as experiencr
may front time to tint , .s.ligl,v,jst who ,are cppoied
to impairing the credit of the nation hy deprcOnt
tag any of 1:4 and in fayr;rof sustaining
in evz.ry . ivuy the national faith and financial hotter,
common school system is -tile
nursery 'of Arnerlran liberty, and should be main
tained Asolutely fre, fn in sectarian control: iv! , )
for the promotion of these ends thi.dl
- of the Government 'should continue to irk
to.tho'se adhere to the principles di
1771, snpport th.•rn as incorporaird in the Constitti
iion and mho arc in favor of reeoguiz t !t
••reng7b,ning the fundamental principle' of
f,f,;!• , :131 unity to .this Centennial ARnlvenaryof
I . lle. Repuldte.
mi:eni Pacific P.. R.
, 7; A:neriret7l advocate.s
EiE
Ma
,:4 t ox died of hydra
4 :•Zi.: . o; lio.s nut yet resigned;
EMI
,n goods from New
y).
:., , TA)v. - n in the open
11 A rk.-
I!i'lling, immense revival
-.Taa * lt are exempted
`-1 - ' ' 1 " ge
i y:t , - eggs to the .value of
lini; removed P,-ans, the
irt P.I.
Rill :, „n . .
-•:-• tvonrF.lease Spain
1-4
~ ~I,„st inst. . • r
r e professional straw-
Ltiel piti a.
wtre surprised on Sunday:
storm
is House of Correc
,
is at- the 'lead of a
Texaß.
tree V Teias. gcnd,
.7 , •f interest in Kentucky
Fier cent
I , 2tts Pressi Association
.
✓,.. tilt. ,e,,ion
Phiia , l,lpliia will take
April 3d.
•:: 3 1anqo lx.s. (stab
r, by the Grangers. .•
~ S I.YO:- L C} )of city in
thecurrent month.
feW' thotismid of the
..:I`can rc. d and .write.
pf Not hold,a
th, 1: , :h of. June.
.
in to make one
. n'eat• - e for divorce.
:with tliioes.
i.e, gathered in .by
ft:ree i:: to be cut
per cent.—fruni twelve
pl.-nty in Puck.• coup
e fc-caiug. them to their
a ,, rieriltural fair will
h. lab. 14th and 15th
m.-:1 from Clearfield - Co..
-i: : .10 42114.-age, in agricul
ME
:ei'2ll • mails'from New
•,1 I
.31;;15 letters and
4 I •
La.; 'nominated Rev.
I•opalian), of Harrisburg
:3ryard Taylor has as.-
the editorial staff of
Tr
to the seizure cif
h,- tin: gold hunters, have
v...zr path. -
initiated into the
Ilnire are theref . ore
11,:tg lIONV
=SI
want.: subterranean tel-
with the unsightly
wices
rau• of the oldest type 7
(lied in l'hiladel-
=BEM
, r !As. -
11s.< Lean Ai:itched for
itt:..'.•illt to Philadel
'll-t I.rtnity-three days.
are so, 'II to be erect
i 'nl,e_e -grinirls • f i• the
eV t .the student' the
i has fin
,s to the
of Phil-
pre:siden,
• 1, .v.:11,4:. inachml
I:J.:lutal. the Lucifer of
to which another re
found a Lucifer
and William Kraus,
r,,i.icnt of a bank in To
_ after MarAt—Their
ca-liirr in a New Or
ca -to the Reading
ii,arrow. the other day,
tk.iN
rued tu•ing exhausted. in
.7.1),1s the c`r'•in of the
city. f,r the last two
year.
in. in N. lying condition
i. \cn• York, lati•h'
dru nine.
1:y a l,t,ticc:nau.
or iNoilaJra county.
de,troyed I fire.
11..,,,5e of schools w ere
$15,000
col, 'red. a former
. Lancaster• Co..
recently. his
to -bc worth about :_lOO,
Igricuanpl Soviet 7 will
fkir. tt Thunzday and
and 9111. It iA pt - 4)posecl
Lititin , rr 01 . lady equetrian-
t. ~ e- . Witsbiirton has sent a
t,) the Treasury Depart
,lA manvy: This is
.one:
T_'• the religious revival in
in Conni-etictits the Demo
, ;1 1 : ,1 ofator s are trying to
that Abraham Lin
:..lthor of the hOfrors of An-
'l..n^ of tzlass in the show
Broatiwa2,-, Noir
by the force of the
:I(itty,ntorning. Daznage
M•,.:KoN, of 0:son, Wis. ?
carpet in her house
.cu-taincd a compound
f and smious , injuries
Spaniard With ::,•,s2:l,oon:l e d
plivernan. is;. "found.
liukily at the Eastern
car, disap_
'oettl that the trustees of
...ry ennsiderubly increased
the superintendent, in
- thelse4s - ics of Mr. James
• F ,rn:1,::) . at St. Charles,
W:1 f: blown from astable,
• • and landed in a cellar,
a barrel . of apples 'and
1 Court 11ouse is too small
which it was original
hcnce the Coinniis.-,ion
d ,211 - an addition
: me:: :1 /Intl to make
: P. 4:: woman
throws it -ovrr
lit•r husbai:d if it
• the sale of intoxicat
.ll r, r miles of the- Cal
_:l by a San Fr n
tto pro:4. pedestria
'
IBM=
i neaiiy restored at the
x , ! . :4314... Home railway
Ft‘eadily improving
seeircitiesbave Levu
=1
• .1: 1 /;:e!te'x special from
linper:!al Pi;wers
t . i..tim'unication!,i with the
i ulhey imt of her finan
- mid designating'
rn stati.,tcan to take ; Tun llepublicans of Nen York
, Inan finances. --•
rceeivetrat Madrid. haye entered upon the Presidential
• !n• , -,e!...titinst the article off - cauttiit:!rn in a vigorous mariner, and
tint ional, sanetioninr , re- ;. 1 , 1
The protest declares!are adopted a platform which
ilulates the; rights of onodit to be endorsed by the people.
, annuls the toneordat
tz.-etritor 6)NKLING is their choice for
that the :government itiu
,;etic reply. • o i the Presidency.
Vradfont Nrportrt
EDITORS:
E. 0. GOODRICH, S. W. ALVORIGO.
Towanda, Pa., Thurt.lay, larch 30, 1816;
RLPrBLICAN NATIONAL COVEN.
TION.
Enwis n. 310116.1. C:
•
Chairman ItepnL:iean National Committee
WILLIAM E. CHANI+I.4M S.cretary.
A SNAKE.
We notice that a, bill is under con
sideration in the Legislature requir,
nT the appointment of several Mine.
Inspectors for the bituminous coUier
ks of the State. The bill is so min
ifestly in the interestlof the men Who
have been living, for years at the. 6;x. - -
pen Se-of the miners that we hOpe',lt
will be ilefeated. It is simplY and
only a: scheme to make places for
some of the disreputablechara - eterg
who control the mining population
of the State, and who are responsible
fun the - - Strikes " and lawlessnCss
Which periodically reign in the,coal
regions. Well-infortned. disinterc's .
ed persons say there is no necessity
for the passafte of the law. It Will
,only add more salaries fur the ,ta
payers to pay lyithout proving of the
least advantage to that class in whOse
interest it is professedly urged.
WE . remember, some years since,
listening to a debate before a literary
society in this place. After the dis
putants' had opened the dkcus4on
with pretty clearly-defined arguments,
a colleague of the atiiimatiVe speaker
was called, and 'commenced his re=
marks with: M. President, I agree
perfectly with both the gentlemen
who have preceded me." This seems.
to bekvery much the posiition of file
Democracy in this district prre, , fard=to
their Congressman. Mr. Powm.r. ha
!voted with the ultra-Rebels on polit,
ical qut:stiOns and on linanCial issues
has Voted with the Republicans. and
et,.we find* the following Desolutiim
adopted by the delegates from this
.:district to the late Lancaster Ccin-
1 enti on
The Senatorial azal Rcpre,entative (lel
egatc,; to "the C4 - .111 - ctition fiorn the Fit
! reenth CongreF4 , ional 'District, .at th6ir
nweting• to selvet National ildegates, •
:blopttli the following resolution 'llllajjj ,
1110:1 , i :
red, That frrAn
FILI• en 11.4 --I-n:,! P. , :ri , •T er , nl,:tfly lij
pr.: or 111". r.•conl of Pon* ll in Con;
action.
SICKLY SENTIMENTALISM—Them
i 5 a strong tOnlency .on„ the part of
some well-meanio7 Republicans tb
wa over-indub , eneC in what might
justly be e lld sickly sentiment:d
istil.. The blatant tones of a defidilt
repel on the floors of Congress
mistaken by some for the hone 4
sentiments of retornin7 loyalty; while.
the manly protests of a loyal nuili
against the public laudation of that
arch traitor,JErTmtsox DAvis, are re-,
garded as exhibitions of bad ternlo.,
and the efforts of a selfish nature to
repress the. 'growth of Southel'il
Unionism. , Less of this sickly senti
mentalhemwOuld be more condueiVe!
toAitiblic ;virtue. and add considei
ably to public safety.
NOT STL : PID AS HE TOOK TIIENi
Br.—lt l TO has been the bimst of VIC
PIOLLET that the Grangers Were
norant .and easily " hoodwinke(o
but his exp4ience of late has satin:
lied him that they are not all "fools.''.
The committee appointed to superin',
tend his " little job ", on the Centen;-
niai grounds condemn a fair share.
of the worthle , is lumber, which he
expected to palm oil' upon his unsus
peeling. brahreirin the erection of
the Grange Ilotki; and now the Col ,
onel Will haye to devise, some . Other
plan
. for making- money out of the
•
Grange.
Tilti Democrats thought the TEL.,
KNAP (lisp - acc sufficient to cover all
the sins of their party, and .toOk
vantage of the. Secretary's disgrace
to foist several of its: roosters into
position again , at Lancaster. W. H.
DENtmooK„--one.of the delegates from
tias district to the National Con-ven
tion. was compelled only two yearn
since to resign his seat in the Legis-:
latufe for an attempt • to: bratlitnail
the hanks of the State, and was after-:
' , ward indicted by thct U. S. Court for
tie. Same otrense.
Pooß SPEER was ruthlesSly thrust
aside by the Ikmocracy at their COn-
vention two years ago becauSe
was a ''salary-grabber,': IMV3re LEI;
LAND:Who was in the same boat, has
now been placed :it the head jf, the
State Centrai,Committce. •
, SENATOR CA.MEROVS BIRTUDAY
.On the 17th orthe'paifitionth Gen.
CAMERON attained his seventy-eighth
birth day, and
. his 'colleagues in the
lower . House tendered him n public
banquets in honor.; of the, occasion.
While Senator _CAMERON gracefully
declined the intended honor, . the.
following correspondence on the sub
ject will be interesting to his warm
friends all over the commonwealth.
The people of Pennsylvania have
often pronounced the Welcome plaudit
"well clone" to-this faithful and dis
tinguished public servant, and his
services to the nation are held in the
highest esteem all over_ the civil
ized world.: ' There is no man in the
Councils of, the nation whose labors
have been more marked and unselfish
during a long and active public
career. We sineerelytone his health
and . faculties may long besreserved
in theii present sound condition, and.
that Pennsylvania and the nation
may not soon he deprived of his wise
and able counsels.
WASLIINGTON, D. C., March 'X, 15'0
lion. Simon Cameron
DI: AFt Sin: It is with feelingsof the moi . tsincere
and earnest chararter that •we, the undersigned,
on behalf and at the request of o u r Republican col
leagues of the State of Pennsy.ixanta in the Film--
Fourth Congress, extend to you their affectionate
congratulations upon your having entered, 'kith all
that vigor rer which your life has been so rein:aka
unitnpared, your seyerity4,l7,ll;h year. look
lug over the litany years that our gOod old
has had the advantage of your suie•rvhdon
anti direction In it: , affairs, we feel proud of
the record of the faithful zeal. the unerring wis
dom, and the comprehensive stat,manAilii which
have marked your course. Throughout your toil,
busy. and us-ful pubt lc career, no man haidesened
your friend,hip inA - Xiii:ind no man has ever found
is yon an undeserving foe. We desire to eapross
Scan appropriate manner.-our warm e s teem for
yotcas the le.yling public manor Pennsylvania, and
our affectionate regard for you as a friend. We
beg, therefore, that you will name t early day
v hieh with suit your conv•Veme to accept .21'111'11'
tlinnt:r firom us n•t. Representatives, and thretigh us
foot th e peopte of mir S:nte. We are. dear I.:encl. - al
C.vv:EttoN. very sincerely yours,
J.ott ,z W. WALLACE,
Soli F. , Ki ”..S,
CIIA I'M AX FRI:I:MAN, •
ALAS ,fie.,
Committee.
UNITED STATE. SEVATF. CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON, !larch ':, 1876
Gi.I:VLEME.Ni• I aeknawledg, the lavilatiou yon
send me to inert viii at a tal.flll..t na en. Ira day as
may tic Indicate!' hy Myself. and 1110 ternii 111w:deli
t hat initiation is eon% eyed, it 1111 'unfound plea s ure.
You arespleased to *fee to my rant life In words of
illq•P•Val and vouivinielit, and itielpress the hope
that aiy health and v may I in: lime. I thank
you very eineer,,y. My aim through /If, has been
Wan nly duty. and in I:9 it a, Ulin.lentalioubly as
- pccsildc. trirdWg to thnito settle the enntrolereirS
:Urn to arise con, ruing the methods , and motives
of any Man who feels stririgl3 , aeln vigorom,:y.
In this rename y,ar leper shows me that I have
been fortunate. After int,imqseyenty-nevea yearn
it/ the Stale that gave Inc Ural, and sixty years of
that t o g lifetime •aetive private. pursuits and
public thitie,Lit I.i I.eyend expres,ion pleasant to
hear the vole,. of the Representatives of Perne,yl
- tht-Ir sith , tactlon!and 'approval. And
this I; etionf„th. No entertaihnie s nt that could be
given. nentiment that tie added wMild Ike
eap:Mle of inere.rdid; the Joy year invitation has
rotifer:ed. While aiding my 'part In the Na.lonal
Councils I have al trays retnemhered witicaffeetlon
the great Commonwealth that has sp ofteil honor it
nit, and I ant tints ut. - nhseiouq of any
WC( mighty Intrt , ,tn, of ally Whew-thinness
hen her wellase i'era in question. More than
p tit-unship the good of Pentisylvatila has held
piaee In my heart. AS a DeILIOCVAL I 11r:1`, toreed to
oppose my party In the Interests of protection. As
a Republican I havewitight to combine I.loe brains
and masses of the great c::ganivation in asolid forte
for wL e policy. And I now look Lack vvi , ll ati ap
proving conscience on my cont.:it In both the great
politlical pat tie's of that period covered by my
political life. Therefore, It Is that your apptova:
of my coarse as a Pennsylvanian Ii fie gratifying to
me. But : gentlemen. a regard for the pleasanter
way of doing what is set before no without parade
Refuees me to hesitate in venting .'our Inv Ration.
tfn full reflection, I feel forced to it : and
tru•t the re:l.n, which tint rot me /11, , pe drr•L inn
will not only be an il b !, reclatev you. a the gentle
men you represent, but that they will not be denied
a measure of that approval wiitch you have so gen
erously and partially accorded to my past life. If.
on the conipintion of my present :senatorial term.
the ‘alne desire to approve a finisned course shall
eajst, I will then meet you with pleasure, and free
fr..ni any te.tralnti, for my writ k will have tern
done, and a ]niter estini,lite can thin Le made of
how it was done. '
I am, zent4mt-n. wits sentiments of ,gratitmle
aml e.t••••tm your I ri-ml. SI me.S CA.511-mw:.
lluu. dol. n 1,,V0t AVtl:iace. lion. e•ol.it-ski 1t,,,,,11013.
Cltaptnau Freinam Hon. AL.. W,, , 1, CutnimuLe.
DEMOCRATIC ASSURANCE
The ranting press and partisans
Who ha Vl,' taken up Clymer's cry,
2 . nizist the Itepul , lican party, — the:
crime of Gen. BELT NAP is without
pamllel.7. forget that Efott - sn lAN
nof.Pit was driven out of Washing
ton's cabinet, sta[Terino• under the
toad of well stlAta hied (11:1 rfies• of bri
bery ; that (ien. 13..tnitY,. Po-tmaster-
General under President ! lsciisoN.
trafficked most shamelessly in the
patronage of his department. and
was deposed in disgrace- and later.
iii , PO:O-rd that half of President
B x.‘ N's net turned. tra i tors
a's basely as 13ExEnrcT A nNoin ev . er .
rlirl—prostituting their offices to gain
money and means fur them-elves and
their friends. FLUID stole the Indian
bonds ; TourEY scattered our navy
all over creation ; another assented
to the stealing of the artillery Oiay
from Pitt4tirg ;: Twniiis gave ift)
whole army in Texas ; and 4)ost-
Masters and' other officers all Over
rebeldom, with one hand stole, 'and
with the other passed over to pe,Kjur
(cd rebels, all the money, all the build
ings, and all, the munitions of the
United States Army and Navy they
could—making' thousands of BENE
DICT A RNOLDS in the south.
1:o-day we find sixty-one of these
Southern men in Congress, clamor-
ing Oki loudest for BELKNAP . iidig
franchisement—even discussing the
investigation of the management of
the tii)verinent during the war,
while they were fighting for slavery
and disunion. And, at the same
time, we find these pardoned rebels
and their Democratic brethren of the
north clamoring for the amnesty and
enfranchisement of all Southern of
fenders, including .TISEERSON DAVIS,
An ex-Secretary of War, educated at.
West Point by the izovernment, who
lef,, a seat in the United States Sen
ate to.lead the rebellion.
Then, the recent researches of Con
gressional „committees have exhibit
ed several prominent Democratic
Presidential aspirants and officials,
in a. very unpleasant light, including
HENDRICKS and SAM.
1.“-NDALL, while Scut:MAKER, the
peistiresi brihetaker developed in the
Pacific Mail Subsidy investigation,
occupies his seat in Congress untried
and unmolested, working with
.his
fellow Democratic members to.ferret
out " corruptidn." PENDLETON con
fesses to having received a fee of
ti.4'.0.0(10 for doing what he was bound
to do without procuring the approval
of a doubtful claim by Secretary
KNAP. COngressman BountNS, too,
one of the most enthusiastic investi
gators. is proven to have been bribed
for $2O, while a member of the North
rarolina Legislattire: And CLYMER.
the immaculate, who. with such a
flourish of trumpets promised to an
nihilate GRANT and his cabinet, is
proved to have discharged the only
Witness who could convict BELKNAI',
either through ignorance, or undue
haste to Make party capital, to allow
Marsh; the witnes4; to escape to Can
ada, and thus save BELKNAP, who
was an intimate friend and college
mate Of CLYMER,
BELKNAP should be punishe4 for
his meat crime, notwithstanding, his
brilliant career as a Union soldier.
and his previous good name ; hut the
least modicum of modesty or consis
tency should dictate to many of the
Democratic cong,ressinen, the pro
priety of taking a• back seat in the
" investigation business.—Pitt,zion
Gazette.
PETER COOPER. says the estate of the
'late Mr. ASTOII is worth $21.101000,000.
THE LEGIBLATITIE.
Ifoth branches of 'the State Legis
lattire seem to be doing some work
novr.
The following bills wirolast week
pa4ed t rhy the
SENATE.
Art Oct to prohibit and prelent the having a
using of tie and, lights on board of veanels wbllst
lying at any marine wharf, on a lien which petro
leum Is stoted or kept for etport
Enlarging the powers or the Orphans. Court.
.Anthorizing the Government to appoint a cotn..
iniaNion to devise a plan, Or plans, 'for the govern
ment of the cities of the State.
Suplenient to an act to establish an Insurance
Department. approved April 4, A..D.,1873. Deleas
tug acting on the , mutual assessmcnt
principal froin the general law.
A Ilthorizidg ebattel.mortgages In this State upon
lumber, icon and coal s oil, to bulk, and open Iron
tanks, tank cars, Iron ors mined and prepared for
u.e, 'manufactured slate and canal boats.
'en amend an act anthoriling Town - Councils of
bomhgbs to levy and cancel a gas, kerosene oil and
water tax so that the nioniy so raised and collected
maybe expended in pcirdhaalng hose for lire com
panieli. 1-
Authorizing and empowering the Courts of
Quarter Sessions to reannx lauds or parts thereof
to the township or borough from which the lame
has been taken, foe:educational purposes.
Tii prbvide ler the seasonable payment of the aiw
propriation of 81,000,000 fur the erection of a per
manent Centennial Exhibition building, made by
the acts ol.slareh 27. A.D. 1571. and May 14.1574.
Mr. Yerkers wanted to know If the bill would not
ntertere with moneys In the Treasury, so as to cut
off O) charitable appropriations.
3lr. Do Is reptied in the negative that the finance
committe had criretnily tonsidnred the 1,111.
Messrs .tones,; and Stanton advocated the
passage of the hill, and It was passed finally by
yeas at. nays 1 (gr. flays, of Green County).-
Antitorizlng the Stipreute Court to change and
tran , fer any of -he counties of the State from any .
of the districts VI said courts.
rto,crioing the manact In which townships may
Ix illvido.l Into Cleciton districts, was also discuss,
ed a nd passed second 'reading
IN TUE ROUSE.
The fullowinff bills were discussed :
3t - king an-appropriation of .23,000 to the Wilices
liarre City 110. dial. This bin Was called up Ind
urged by Mr. Minor, and passed.'
That the °Metal acts - and exemplifications of for.
elicit:notaries public, In arcordanee with the.laws
of their respective counties,' shall be prima facie
evidence of the matters set forth. provided that
the Cuumel or Vice Counsel of the United States
at or near where such notary public may reside shall
certify-that such notaries are proper ottieers, etc.
Seruying to miners engaged ro mining anthracite
coal proper compensation for their labor. This
hIJ rmuires the owners of real mines to provide
scakt” , , and submit' to investigations on the part of
agents of the miners, etc. Passed.
Preventing fishing within half a mile of fishsvays
and shales in dams in streams in the State. Paned.
Providing for the equalization of taxes on ma
chinery, was defeated, bat on motion of me. Leach
was, reconsidered and tilscusstaL The hilt reads as
iontols: That the taxes on all machinery In this
Commonwealth used forlagriculturr, inattufacaur
mining and mechanical purposes shall be uni
fulfil, and shall be at tlni rate of one half mill for
every one lin oared dullard of the valuation of said •
machinery, made for county parposes, and tile said
tarshall be collected and paid to the proper school
district vilwre said machinery. ds situated,", This'
bill ssas urged byiMr. Talley, Who said that mann
faidurrrs viers, ex.-witted front taxes on machinery
n both Delauare and li;ew Jersey, and that Penn
sYlVaula. by her rontinco•ci inipositien of a tax of
tive nulls on the ilorar, was placed lit unfavorable
contrail'. Mears roster, Long, tipang and others
opf:osed the release, stating that it Wroullt deprive
the State of considerable revenue. Mr. Wolfe held
that the hill was. unconstitutional In so far as it
looked to exempting any property, front taiation. -
The bill Was finally postponed.
Fixing the rate or interest and prohibiting the
taking of usury was considered a.,'
Sic. 1. Be it enacted. that :the lawful sate
of interest for the loan or use of ur forbearance
to demand money, in a:1 cases where rio ex
press contract shall have been made turn less rate,
she!l lie, six per centurit per annum. Provided.
That the provisioM, Of this section shall not apply
to any person now. specially authotized by law to
rescue a higher rate than six per centunt per
annum..
Six. 2. When a rate of interest for loan or use of
of forbearance to demand money exceeding that
p5i:4,11.41:A by law shall hereafter be reined or
contracted for directly. or indirectly, Ma shall be
deemed and adjodged, a foreiture of the entire
amount of the t rinc.ple and interest of the debt or
sum loaned, as the case may be.
Six. 3. If any. person or persons or corporation
shall take, receive or reserve, directly or indirectly,
a rate of interest for the loan or use of or forbear
ance t" demand ninne2i exceeding that established
by law, Lite person or p, , rzams by whom it has beef,
pall, or his or their legal representatives, isay 'ra
cover back in an action of assumpsit, Demi the case
rotainenced In the Court of Comnion Pleas or the
proper county. the amount of the principal and
interest paid trolli the person or corporation takihg,
recalving, or reserving the satire, provided ouch
aetion,is commeneed within two years from the
tinn. of such taking, reserving or receiving.
.511% ItroWn 111,,Ved to strike out the words " pro
vid;,d that the provisions of this act shall not ap
ply ito any lwrsoll 11 ,, w 11 , ••laily authorized by law
to meets - a a higher rate than six per Mali= per
annum."
- , 4 rnate hill No. 21. An act to regulate the amount
of tun': nti other charges to la lain and collected
boom cot:wanks within this commonwealth.
IN . ficit the bill was read It became apparent that
thei proviso at the end of the first section bad
[won enonously printed by the Senate. It bad
le•en originally designed to make It read that the
se •• mouthl only apply to those boons companies In
eliartell the right to re•golate the toils had
exto,;ss!y reseried by the Legislature.' bitt
tf.•jer.ord ••chart,re:• was piloted b• charges, — and
In this shape It pa•siol the iicitate.
3t r. Ilulto male clirrts to remedy this defect,
3.1 . r. Wolfe and others opposed any change of
phrioeulogy for any put pose, mating that the object
14 Waking such altiellillocozh was ~itt,toy to retard
the !prugres, of the bill, requiring it tube sent hark
totlo. i,,nate for eon:linen, e. This object was.
:;:y Mr. 11111111. Tbv loot ion to
rehleds tli dere, f was lot by ayes to 104 tines.
Mr. Mai moied to 'ahead by allowli.g one
and twelve atol nn••••half i - eut• to lie chat
in,iead of ot,e, ttoltar. 111 male a speech,
o:lag:ng nut Ii lilea Chat the t i gli usl bill r uas a
••el tb ti. • 1,1 gistmere n ub the t.ligit of p•r
p,:uatmg a C , 113:11 I.4in company, and that many
01 th•• men thus to oppo t ., ills corpora/i
-11. a tin, leien at tl r,t sow and bad >old out
at i•ssi•ii hoielrl,l 1.•• r t lilt. profit.
Me. -r and Llrig..aril fa% 01,41 the p „,,,
L•f;! , •1 ill. aili. neo,ilug ibst ;he clialg • to tit,
inpatty wore ex , tli:L :MA! Its oinor3
hal t , deny,' large pri•fii,, the receipts ,bias lug
a',,Ta2 , ,1t".2 , ;:1,(cii per
!qr. If Woo doelareil th.tt the blifh:ot boon hrg.ol
I rola the c , .11.11/WilculllPtLt of tho session to the'preeent
11ctC :.r no:orlon. ant: explaiho I AL
tor.gt It that the 1.. onr had savott the !umber trade
or Ow So.-goeb.ulu:t to Peure•y:ruut, 100e.2,1 of
,1:11b1,11111,: a hi:g, thari.et /1.1‘1, -de
hale. If the wiri, at NViigatal,rt watr ttry,en
fahure or the 1.t.,1,1a., the State mould
unr lit.thilit,dthouslLll doiktir, I,rlaunuul
an exterl'A 4.l , Ate th^ motiOn Mr.
Mat4:ht-t1 Veal" 111,11i1,11 i a!, lo rr•thlre 'rat, of
oogimg, ou heuiloLl. to z.tve;.l) -ft% e runts per
L
for the right and to allow
111 twelve awl ut-ht!4, 10-he
rged nu mlivr loin! cr. It nun ttirn dvf,att4.l by
31: in/
fir•E stuns of the hill %vas pa , ,ed by 135
aye,lto 42 and Ow bill having
rea , 41‘.7,. was ;aid over for third read:fig.
GREAT FIRE IN SOR.ANTON
ScRANTos, 23.—A very dis-
astrous lire broke nut in the cellar 'of
thel Boston store. directly under the
;feranton Opera house, at half past
one: this morning,. 'The flames spread,
with great rapidity and the Opera
'louse was soon in ruins, together
with the two line dry goods houses of
Lindsay & Liddle. At one time it
Was thought that all the upper por
tion of Lackawanna avenue, including
many of the finest business house
in the city, 'would', be swept away, and
the ;excitement was intense, The loss
wilt reach- !$135,000 4 and the Insur
ance ~.75,000.. The fire was the work
of lan incendiary. The stately
Second National hank building . wo
,als6 set on tiro : , but it was discovaed
and; extinguished before much dam
age was done. This evening another
diabolical attempt was made to burn
the eity The Post Office block, on
Wyoming avenue, was set on fire in
the cellar, and had it not been for
timely discovery a fine block of
buildings, including the Post Office
and possibly the !great Cathedral;
would now be in ruins. The Councils
convened in extra session this even
ing and authorized the Mayor to
offer; $5.000 for the .apprehension of
of the incendiaries. A feeling of
great uneasiness prevails through
out the city.
TUE PHadelphia refers to
Mr. Pow - :LL as the " Liberal Repub
lican:" member of Congress from this
district. It is true Mr. PowELL Was,
elected by Republican votes, but he
has been a little toO -liberal" in SUS;
ainiii.r the rebel element in Congrcs3
o stiit his Republican constituents
Tnr, I.4lnovratie ConveLtion
last year SAD! 11..i.s1'm.i. stole a march
on IyALLArr. but the wily Senator
recraided his lost positidn at Lancas
ter the other dad•.
"EFT no guilty man escape". is the
Repuhlican watchword. "Let no
guilty 1 )emortat be caught" is the
way i
,the. Democratic investigators
E
Yci+, New Damp , liire is still
4 1 1011btriii State." It, iw f ton) nil if
t ert4 has a Democratic Goveroor
MEI
THE. •Louisville egotrirr-Svir n o
(Dem:) admits that " us mritttrx stand
now P,ENIPLETo:: iM politicplly ruined."
sinus notovs CtigESPONDENTS.
OUR W/MICIIIGTOBILETTEL
°Tho Exalted Coafectorates—ftlymor sad the 'Wow
Zamahire Election--Corp E. - rotollettnr•
13am Rudall said the ApptoOatiot—Tho litfr
ductica of the Clarkal force—WW the Itopetilt.
can Patty Unload-111aosi Of W. W. Ketcham.
- yranfirrattlf. March 21, 1870.
Far, Famine,'
.Peitilence. and Death;
this since the tall or Seeretary , ,Belknap,
his been the portentious 'pry, that has ra.
sounded on every band. Let,us investi
gate," has hung upon the. lips :gal trem
bled on every tongue of the excited De
mocracy. With uplifted hands, and in
holy horror, the gray-beards and the hoary
beaded Veterans of Numeracy' have howl
ed themselves hoarse over; the enormous
Corruptions and profligacy of the Republi
can party; - while the lachrymose . brine
trickled most beautifully down their fur.
rowed cheeks.l The result of the New
Hampshire eleCtion, however, proved that
Belknap did nOt run worth a cent in, the
old granite-ribbed State; and conscßuent
ly, the copious4cars have dried at their
fountain, and the dark clouds of investi
gation have broken and drifted away.
The rushing ;winds of rumor have subsid
ed. The wild roar of pernocracy • has
dwindled into a mere, murmur; and, once
more, the white-robed 1 m .ssenger of
peace has spread ber wings over the tur
bulent eterncufs'of the Confedeate branch
of Congress, which had lashed , itself into
Such a, sea of fury, •
Sp far as bringing dishonor upon the
Republican party is concerned, the.
INVENTIGATION IrUstrlkSB
•
has proved a failure. llnstead of the
overwhelming disgrace it was expected to
bring upon Republicans, it has proved a
two edged sword that cuts both ways,'
and conseqtiently, our Democratic inves
tigators are by! no means iliappy over [ the
results. Over:thirty investigating com
mittees are in full blast, which, by a
careful estimate that has been made, will
cost the Government beftire their labors
are coneluded,i over a million of dollars.
'And nut of thiS wholesale expenditure of
the people's money, whatiare the results?
Republican official has been found
guilty of taking bribe*. _ Pot the sole pur
pose of magi acturing Political capital;
the wheels' of legislation are brought to a
stand still; and, at a fearful cost to the
people, every material Interest of the
country abandoned.
! • "Dr..io FOR A DUCAT, DEAD."
While the Honorable Mester Clymer,
the tearful friend of the. fallen Secretary,
wag, with maddening haste, rushing the
[wretched Marsh into the inhospitable eli
[mate, and the bleak north winds of Can
ada, where he might rest tieettre from
[further questioning, and from making
!further expiimres, such as : were not want
ed, the Hon. (ten. If. Pendleton, fresh
:from the sunny clime of Heorgia, appears'
[ll pon the scene. Fresh front the grand
!ovations of the South, with the laurels of
"seventy ovations entwined about his clas
'sic brow, the greenback ebeiftain and fos
ter parent of the inflation Policy sits down
iiii[the council room of our national Legis
filature to tell what he knows about him
sell and the transaetioii. I lie told it, and
now there is one name 'legs on the lists,
:and one star less in the galaxy of presi--
[dential aspirants.
[ If Belknap, as an official, has stained
[our nation's honor, Pendleton, as a busi
ness man and lawyer, haS, by his - own
confession, dishoneredhis'profeision, and
spread a pall of shame over the business
!world. As the story reluCtantly fell from
[his lips, it appears that, as administrator
of an estate of a widow and her infants,
he robbed them in a most outrageous man
,
[ tier. They were his friends, and had
,been his
,benefactors, he robs them
all Ow Sallie. Belknap toik money from
t man who was making nn immense profit,
and, before the eyes of_ the world he is
!lisgtaced. Pendleton robs a helpless
Widow and her Offspring of almost [their
entire fortune, violates his oath of admin
istrator, dishonors his profession, yet,
after confessing his infaMous crime, is
still clasped to the bosom of his Demo.
pratic colleagues. Witli sonic 00,000
Of •the widow's money securely in
[vested in the name of f'ieu H. Pendleton,
this paragon of honesty, is taken by the
[ hand by his lachfl‘mose friend, and is still
Warmly welcomed into the great Demo-
Cratic fold. We have no thought or wish
in palliate the crime of Belknap, or shield
him from it just condemnation; yet, when
his faults are pkived along with those of
l'endleton, for Meanness, avariciousness,
c‘inuption, and downright robbery, they
bear no COMpatisoll.
AN ANXIOUS I'iIOPLENVAITIkG.
The refusal of the Deniocratic investi
gation committee to, apPear before the
grand jury of the District Conm and give
t , ...hiitiouy in the prost , cotinn of !Belknap,
is living regarded by the [public with im
,bnall' :impel]; o . z.itspici”n : in the hasty
departinTt, of Marsh for Canada, there is a
mystery that ;is net at :ill satisfactory ;
land the questionable manUuveiing or the
honorable llil'sterthreugh[ all the 1 r4)ceed
'ings, has, not only led the people to be
lieve that there is soiliethin wrong, but
is has placed that ;4e:dicta:in in quite an
Unenviable position,
It is very generally 4dinitted that,
For ways that are dark [and tricks that
are vain,',' this lachryni,4 me m b er o r the
ifouse has few equals am e no suit
With bowed bead and fears trickling,
drop after dron from thel bridge of his
nose, he grinuital and seriowed fur 110-.
.yet, whin lie stood I before the bar
of the Senate and cried aloud with his
eelleapies for impend:meth, he well knew
that the only evidence posSible to convict.
was safely tucked away in the pockets of
the Übiquitous Marsh, Who was then,.
With his fee in his hand, fleeing the coun
try at the rate of forty Miles an hour.
flepeachmek was not the object of the
i fentleman. To scandalize[and diifeat the'
Republican party at the New Ilanipshire
election was the one'thing above all of hers
the eager spirit of, the lachrymose
longed for, :Lad this was the scheme that
was to accomplish it. Brit, " The best
l l nd schemes o' mice and men, gang
agley, — the election iS over, and a
neist significant verthet , rendered; and
,w the , people are aux iouSly waiting to
know why the wandering [Marsh was so
hastily hurried out of the eimutry.
,
1 DENOCRATIC LEGIsI4ATIIIN.
lion. Stun Holdall einiirman of the
Cfinunittee on Appropriatiims, the great
.flive of Democracy and ;the champion
4niagogue of the llouse, alas finished his
r•hirt, and the same is ninv before the
House for its consideration! and approval.
Itl is now nearly four months since the
I)om:wrath: Ilintse assembled ; :rid, with
the exception of mousing, about the De
pArtments, am tinkering at the appro
piiiations.l tiler. has nothing been done
lint the presentation of bilk, three fourths
of which are ()ea private character, ask
ing.relief for loires claimed to have been
sustained by lit uthern Confederates dur
ing the war. i
The revival lof business 4nd the dawn
of a new prosperity, that Democratic
stump oratorS proclitime4l, would most
certainly follow as the result of a political
change, does not seem to' come. The
great unWashed majority of the House*
have not only signally failed to fulfil the
promises and Predictions of their orators
and leaders, brit have given!unmistakable
evidence of their want of Oility to pro-'
vide any meastlre looking toward the ben
efit or relief onthe businetsi interests of
the country, which are at present in such
a state of deprnssion, and which they . so
sirenuously ettleavored to; attribute to
the Republican party. ;
i
With all * t heir hue and cry about! fraud
and corruptiothl the stun total of all the
precaution and rascality that were to be
detected by RIO• investigatiog commit
tee, sll rar. a411.1111«i to
.i 11!... twt nty-four
thousand dollars that went into the pock
ets of the. Belk itips. The (ever-t brow of
the :•!ecretary ot! War, the appointinttut of
a host of ex-real .ls to office, 'lute! the pro
posed reduction of the pay mud the num
her of, the emp oyes in the !civil service
6fthe! GoVelllll cat, embrnee the entire
ill irk Of this gtleat party that promised
the people 2io tm i rli. The tblowing. i'mt
*of emPhiyment I of some tint or twelve
!hundred nioneyh•ss men and dependent
women, ata time When absolut e ly no em-,
ployment is ttelit t found, atal. ill teuching .
upon the meagni salary of the widows,atl -
daughters of-soli lefts in the ih•pai t meols
appears to be th ! utmost- extctit ,if 111,4
legislative abilo..
The reduct nit; iif'llie milidier (if . Dpi,,,i t
meat Clerks or their italaties!, thy public ,
raze nothing ;Outfit, loom 1114 , . AilliplO let,
that they do tort know Mid cannot be
trade to ondeisrind tin Ii ft iie situation.
IVhile the inspiii thin of 1 cotnntly is over_
shadowing the g eat onwv,llo . Majority,
they !impost , Via • saki , a I etillqthirl of ten
per cent, not OW pay of all the employes
o f Il an civil nervh!e, their own included.
Thin is what I lief call retrenchment, all 1
of which looks very well and; reasonably 1
1
7;
fair. They fail to remember,;.however,
that thl pa l of. the Clerk Is °seedy what
it iris to MI; while; aloCe that time,'
their own pay baa been increasedjust
silty per cent. If they will
.place their
pay back to what it wail at lest , time,
and then make the reduation at ten per
cent., the clerk will ckiubtlesii eadeavo7 to
stand it. But this seems to be matter
of no importance whatever to tbe commit
tee. No matter how much Individual
distress may be 'caused, Or how.inuch the
Public service may be crippled, in •.order
to deceive the publics with theirpretended
policy'cif reform.
TUE. CONFEDERATE misonrrt
are willing to turn homeless;, into the
streets, hundreds of woman whiigare their
husbands. and sons to the Gtrvernment
for its defense, many of them fivith help
less children on their hands, with ;to choice
left but to beg or starve. Enough desti
tution and misery may bo sort in the
streets 'it any tinge; but to multiply it for
no purpose other than' to - make political
capital, deserves the condemnitionwhich
we are glad to say it is at Um? hands of
the public receiving.
•
. • If we are not greatly tnist4tken, the
lublic will regard this scheme retrench 7
meat as an act of first class demagogue
ism on the:part of the Honorable Chair
man of the committee of. Apprfipriations,
who, it. will be remembered, inn only vot
ed for the famous salary grab, Ann pock
eted the back pay, and cried Oddly and
lustily formore.
WILL TUE' REPITLICAN rAnT:f CNLOAD.
And now that it is evident Matt the Ap
propriation Committee are determined
Upon making a wholesale sweep in the
civil service of the Government; • it would
be well fur the Republican - pa . to em
brace the opportunity presented, and
clear away the myriads of baacles with
rn
with which it is surrounded. It is a well
known fact that around the body of the.
Republican party there are 'Clinging a
horde of politcal parasites, whose influ
ence and sympathies are entirely of _a
Bourbonistic chara2tei, 14•Crywhe;re
they have crept into office;. and - like. so
many disguised spiesi , are giving the par
ty away to the enemy. Ma *NII was a
strong rebel sympathiser; Evans was an
ex.-Confederate suttler; Mrs. lalelknap's
affectionsLivere with the lost cause ; and
the fallen Minister of War was a' Demo-'
crat by education. If the ltepublican
party expect , ' to survive and Prosper as
great predominating element in the body
politic, it must unload the dangeroug Car
go with which it is burdened, rind now is
the time. Let the
.party
t embaree the oP
portuitity . prensented, and divest itself
of that element which is s foreign to its in
tirests, and depend'alone.upoOliose who
believe in and sustain its principles. 'An
examination of the Oepartmene :it Wash
ington would doubtless reveal the fact
that, in that diredlion, a good :htinnint of
Wholesome work might be accothplished.
The many friends of ! .
•
HON. W. W. KEW/117:$
will be glad to know that he ;n4 rapidly
recovering from the long and fillitgerons
illness with which he was prostrated, and
that ho is' again able to be abolo Ilia room.
Many fears were entertained by his fami
ly andlriende with regard to.hi4 recovery,
but wei are glad to say that his:Thysicians
have pronounced...him out of Manger.. Ile
iv expecting to resume his in the
House in a very short time. We know
of no one that would be fOre gladly
Welcomed by his fellow meMbets than
Mr. Ketchum, whit seems to pos
sess the happy faculty of always sur
rounding himself' with tlie l warmest
friends. .!
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
It is generally conceded by ii'apers pro
fessing to_ be independent orneutral in
politics, that if the - Republlcan party
makes a wise and proper nonfinatipn it
will elect the next President. ! The chief
difficulty lies in making a; good nomina
tion. Where there are so many Men whp
desire thelionOr, and it is toAie feared
will persist in pressing their Oainis and
keeping their names before tljis conven
tion, a spirit of enmity will be engendered
between them and the interests which
they arc supposed to represent;,!, that will
destroy the harmony in the pa'yty always
desirable, and at the present time indis
ponsably necessary to success.
After a.conventlon has lollotted a long
time without result, the enminim expedi
ent is to take up i new man-untrammeled
by a Public record or personal pledges and
unknown to the body of the people. This,
in our opinion. is not adrisible if it can be
possibly avoided. Polk :old Pii!rce were
noniinated by the .Democrats gilder such
cireumstances, and were electetl but their
party is so. well drilled and disciplined
that they will vote the regular ticket right
or wrong,. so long as, Deneicratsare nomi
nated. The Republican party his no such
discipline or cohesive power,atid we are
glad-of it. To succeed next falhour Pl'es
ideilli:ll candidate must. be hairiest and
capable, with well-known opiniens on the
lmhlie questions uf the day, and well
known to the people. It may not be pos
sible to suit evert Republican Miter, but
there is no use in trying to foohjiny.
Thole was a time when Piesident Grant
was made to believe icy his otlhas holders
and persimal friends that the interests of
the eiluntry, and especially of 1:40 . Zelltib
heanFatty, demanded that he should sae:
rilice his persm.al comfort for 'the ',Eddie
ginsl and be a candidate for a third term.
That time has past, and he has:undoubt
- edly made the discovery-that thiki friends
'and flatterers acted front interested m
tives, and just so soon as they discovered
the people's repugnance to a tipr a l term,
they deserted their first love and are now
paying c ourt to Conkling, Mortuil,_Bristow
or Maim. Gt'n. Grant may heconsiler
ed as entirely out of the field.
Briscoe Conkling, of New YOrk, is an
able man, a gaud lawyer, and a staunch
defender of ;Republican principles and
measures, -but, unfortunately, Ile has a
temperament ; and a bearing which has
made him unpopular in his native State
and initits him for the high pOsition to
which be aspires. lie had hardly taken
his seat in the United - States ttOnate be
fore liequarraled with his colleague, Reu
ben Fenton, about the bestowlil of the
government patronage and the disposal of
I the offices in the-gift of the PrOident in
the State of New York.- Eacledesireti the
lion's share -for his own personal friends,
and both were as unyielding a's Death.
The result has been, these two—who
should have stood shoulder to shoiddcr in
the Senate, like Cameron and Seott—be
came bitter enemies, and by their dissen
sions have divided the RepubWan party
in that State and given it over .to the
Democrats. We do mot know of
the two %vas most to fie bliuned4it is like
ly enoagh that Fenton was the greater
sinner, but, a man who will quarrel at all
on suchl a stiliject, is not fit to be President
of the United States. Mr, Conkling may
'succeed-by great efforts in controllfng the
de.immtion from his own State; but he
could not hope, if nominated, tO obtain
its electoral - vote; nor do 'we believe he
would run as well there as any Other can
didate whost name has been mentioned
in connection with the office. "d
Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana, is a`man
of great. mind, and great experience in
public affairs. His character is good and
I his Republicanism unquestionable, but his
health is Poor, and his views on the finan
cial question are not quitted at pa among
the lords of,-the money bags in Nall-St.;
nevertheless, we believe-his vicyo accord
with a large majority of the PetiPle, and_
'that if he is nominated he will 1.K. -2 ,elected.
It is not stirprisiug that Secretary Bris
tow should be spoken of as a candidate.
There is a sense of justice and propriety
in promoting an officer who has::inlfilled
satisfactorily his duties to a hightir office.
All We know of Mr. Bristow is firvorable
to his character, but we really know but
very little about hint. Ile is a ti'vir man
and would not, be likely to satisfy:the peter
pie, who bare been betrayed by:the Ty
lets and Johnsons whom they voted for
and of whom they knew nothinZl except
that they had been regularly nominated
by their party. In collecting the reve-
MIPS find proseenting the distiNrs who
had cheated
has performed his whole - fluty, buf he has
done tiothieg more, and we cars hardly
a m o d to maho trees man President who
simply does his ditty. Mr. Bristmf cannot
-bc considered ads .an ni - fibilite candidate,
because ha has incurred the hitter-lostili
ty of the liquor interest without hating se
cureal any compensating benefit inibbta n
ing the support of the Paohibitionii46.`:
, As Pennsylvanians we feel greatpleas
me in hearing our excellent Odrernor
John. Ilartranft spoken of as a; candi
date for the Presidency. Ilis warreeord
and his civil record are both good and his
private character above reproach, 'but we
could not possibly spare him front the
helm of this State just. now. Pennsylva
nia needs him more than the- . :*United
States. The people, after a severe fiontest
last fall; elected him to a long t'Crm of
tour Years, which they qxpected,- and
which he gave them reason to expect, he,
would Serve Out if life and
ted. They had no idea, and it is not likely
that he had any idea, of making the Gov.
ernorship a stepping-stone to the ProO•
deny, and leaving the Gubernateriat
chair to be filled by the Democratic Lien;
tenant-Governor, Governor Ilartrault iii
young, and zm afford to 'wait until the
next time for the Presidency.
GO. Hayes, of Ohio, -has many warm
friends'and admirers ' , but his case is like
Ilartranft's. Ile has a good position tilp
servo the people in now, which was only
obtained after a desperate struggle with
the Democratic party, and has but, juit
entered upon his term of o ffi ce. il ia qualr
illeations are not superior to others, and
there is no reason to believe that he (lonia
carry Ohio better than any . promineut Ro."
publican.
James O. Blaine is A native of Pennsyl
vania, but has served for many years in
Congress as a Representative from Maine,
his adopted State. lie has been Speaker
of the Floum,i and was.a Very ready, jinn
and ininartial ?presiding officer. In decid
ing points or order, he was never charged
with allowing political considerations to
bias his judgment and control his condii4
In debate he is unequaled, standing head
and shoulders above all !competitors. its
the Republican leader in a Democratic
House, he is like Sampson among the
Philistines, and has slaughtered the apel
°gists of AndersonvillS and unrepentenf
rebels without mercy. If he is feared aril
hated by the Confederate Generals in
Congress, ,it is because their deeds are
evil and their sins unrepented of. lie Is
gentle as the Man of Galilee to those wile
aro ashamed of their misdeeds, 'but terri
ble as Sinai to those who tried to destroy
the nation and who still glory in their
shame. Ile is not haughty and imperious
in his marmers, like Conklintt, but social,
genial, affable, pleasant and kind. If he
strikes heavy blows in debate; it is because
Truth and Justice demand it. Ile is nOt
quarrelsome, vindictive or revengeful.
Little Sammy Cox dared to - call him tin)
"hyena from Maine ", because knew
him to be a good-natured man, who never
used his liSt for an argument. Mr. Plaine
can defy all the investigating committeo
of the Democratic lionse, and beard their
lions the den, for his hands have never
been &tiled with public plunder.. lie is
one of the'ablest acrd purest men'spokeri
of for the Presidency, the ablest known to
the people, the must available candidate,
and in case he is nominated by the Cin
cinnati Convention ho will be triumphant
ly elected. CASTELAIL
NO HOME* 124 THE OLD GRANIAE STATr.
New-llanipshire is a very temper:4,
State, add candKtemperance men do nOt
see as much leg,islation.is needed, at prc4-
ent, until moral education has created at.
Conviction not• yet teached. Meanwhilii;
both parties arc willing and anxious tin
pasi; any laws deemed to he wits and es
- to lesson an admitted evil.
That does not suit a few who have beet)
running a "Prohibition" party, I • knois
not how many years past. Their great.*
vote was in Is 7-1, when2,o 4 4 "se:Uterine
votes (principally Prohibition) threw,' the
State into Democratic control. The neXt
(last) year, "scattering!' came down to
77:3. and the Republicans came in aglin.
This year, "scattering"' is next, to
thing—was less than the voteof last yeas,
it would seem, and the Republican inajot
ity is the largest it has been for years.
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One point in the canvass is worthy rif
notice. A. U. S. Senator is to be el io ,ob
by the legislature just elected. The Herd
odats had agreed upon a rich liquor nian
for the office, whose money and who.4e
liquor were to be omnipotent. -Tile seri+
ble temperance men concluded the must
practical course was ep "vote and prayV
in opposition to what H. G. ahvays said
(and I agree with him) was, the most of
the two, the liquor party.
Count New-Hampshire out of-the schenie
to elect a Democratic President by run
ning Prohibition tickets in closely-contest
ed States. That State will not be fooled
Or betrayed in that way.
EVERYBODY should be careful to
prompt attention and rational treatment
to a severe cold—or a racklin". (ough—:
these are commonly the Slid* primary
symptoms of a disordered State of the
Lungs, involving a tendency to develop
ibto a settled Consumption.
,Persons of
a delicate constitution,
weak or unsound Lungs, - should be espe
cially solicitous to treat the earliest symp
toms of a cold, in order to head.off more
danger o u s - eoinplaints ; prudently keti)
bby you, therefore, 1)1.. N E xpeao-
DUB, tliatyou may administer at - once, 4
judiciouscurative (luring the first stags
of an Throat or Lure disorders: for not
mily'are special symptoms of these cotti
plainkue tractable and easily controlb
theni bat the general strength and tone
of the system has ntd had time tb
he seriously affected, and is therefel
more amenable, to the recuperative and
healing properties of the Expechirant.
little mention to what may seem a trilling
ri4d, may sav e you limn die fate (if i t
litigcring Consumptive.
Miscellaneous A37ertisements.
EO. L. ROSS,
SUCCE:S:,OI: TO M. IL SCOTT,
T II I It I) W
' ePPOSITE EPISCOPAL. CHURCH,
TOWANDA, l'A.,
Henpectfully Invltrs tlne I.N.ple of Towanda, and
otlict, to hlv stock of
onocEraEs &, PROVISIONS.
FLOUR,
MEAL,
eANNED FRUIT,
OYSTERS. &6;
tiOoDS WILL HI: SoLl) LO\V nuct,
UCT HIGH QUALITI
AND STRICTLY FOR CA Sll,
Cash paid for Butter and EggSri
ur i taken In exclixiv., Cur goi ‘ll. at:c3 , 4l. prices.
Pw Third *ar.l. oppo,lte lipiscopal Church
T tnranda. March 22, 1h76.—10•
-,%00 MEN. WANTED!
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To Guy a largo stock of
HARDWARE, TINWARE, STOVES, &c.,
REDIT6ED
Iligheq price in trade paid for Rags, old Brass: .
Copper , and Lead.;
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IlaNware, Tin and eoppern•arr, Table, Tea and - ,
Basting
Thiware at wholesale awl retail
Espocial attention given to all kIt:(1A of Jolt vc(Nrii.
NO. 5, BRIDGE stitEET. -, I
tnar...i.76; V. It. i- , M A ELEV. ij
1\ r 0: MOODY . , BLAcKsmiTn. ,':'.l
x. Do es all kinds of work li. Lis line. ,
,i
HORSE-SHOEING A. SPECIALTY.
' Diseased feet treated. Manufactures ti eele
',rated
CALIFORNIA PICK'
slinp nn tile riallk• liOall, lellll L. 11. I{,,,lgen,' - J
Planing Mnii. (i.tt,q-7qztr.
0 , 1
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Tui
1.1711. F. 5Ti..1:1.: 'IN .1:NI) Tie r CIA:NI`I
'ls the best plats: la Towatala to buy, goal
CIGARS _AND TOBACCO,
at low rates. Remember
MERCITIVS BLOCK. oppo,ite CoURT HOUSE
thon or lIIE ••1N DIAN
mipr2.l-75.
TNSUR.ANCE AGENCY.
The fol!rmhi
RELIABLE AND FIRE TRIED
Companie3 rr•pi• , ,cn.ed
LANCSITI RE.
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PIPE NI.N.
HOM E,
111 ERCH ANTS. •
0. A. BT. A 11 11"
3farehD-74t
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FOR SALE.-_A valuable farm in
Athen3 twp., lacing ndles front Athens
Dorn, and 3 miles front Waved.. Contains 156
aereA, Of whleh 125 are In grass aria grain. A dairy
of ttv cows ha 3 been kept On it, and there Is ba,e
mem Ambling for that taitnt.er. Ir ha: a gentle In
clination to the smith, and Is liana, !.t tong land.
It will be sold low - anal pte.,es3lun given
Address _
E. 1). 1)11EW, N. V.
• I). F. PARR,
J. 1` [LEW. on WO farm.
novl6 71/t
1776. {gl3l
Centennial Year—Centennial Goczdti
Invite attention .to. their Now and Well-Sel Jested
FOREIGN AND DbAlEkle
COLORED DRESS, GOODS,
Which they offer at extremely low prices
OFFER THIS WEEK ONE CASE CENTEN-
LADIES.TIES,
LOON Eh -ON. '4.
Towanda. Pa.. March 23, 1/75
=MI
A R 130'
CARPETS
EVANS S 11. IL I) Pt . E. T
hdve opened an entire- New and
large' Stock of
CARPETS,
GEO. L.E.0:•..F.
OIL cLoTlls,
To which they' invite the atte'n-'
tion 'of Customers at their
Store,
Mardi 16, 1510
trot k 311 n.
KENT £ BUSS
Stock of -
DRY. GOODS,
conststlng of
BLACK. GOODS,
BLACK SILKS,
And a full line of,
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KENT & BLISS
.k)NI t4kDRESS GOODS,
In all the new Shades-atl•Styles,
Also', a full line of
NOTIONS,
GLOVES,
HOSIERY,
FANCY GOODS,
ttc, l &e.
KENT R .BLISS
Eva= 4: Ml:lre:h.
CAIIPETS !
MATTING S,
MITTS,
R UG G S,
&C., &C., &C
MAIN STREET. i
Tow:or:6A, VA
=EI
1 Pow All Co.
C P
187 i
MEE
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We have nog?, feceiv
Stock of
SPRING' CA
BODY , BBI7.ISELS,
I'l-MEE P.11,1",-
INGR4i,
ENGLIBII I'AIESTR
TAPESTRY iNGRA
SLIPERFINE,
i/OUBLE, COTT
HEMPi COTTAGE A
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CANTON
(White nr..l`
FLOOR OIL CI
RUGS. MATS. &c
All of - wliiell will lie sold a
We Inive also Opened o
Stock of
IVA L PA.I'EIt
March 22, 1876,
II
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El
ED
EXTRA SCE"
TENprIANS,
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Also, Fall Stoc
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W.u,Npow
P..O)VELL