rim rot ALL NATIONS.
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THE 'Archbi shop of Sevin°, . is
lead.
Aik; extensive revival is pregressb2g.at
Vassar'Colle,ge. .
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.--
THE Anglo-American cable - is again in
,Nvorking prier: ,
lionlerm SENNOVII and Ttoscoo - Conklin
are brothers7in-law.
PRESIDENT ' G RANT was fifty-four years
old on Friday last. .
- ComtturLsonY education is- pronounced
a failure;in England.
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'l`nt ice pack in Buffalo haihor extends
out fifteen miles from shore.
Tun New York Lotus Club banqueted
Offenbach Saturday evening.
Dcr.LiN University will send a crew to
the Centennial Rowing Match.
tan condition of Commodore Vander
hilt.is not so favorable as it was.
TTIE fire of Stonewall Jackson, is to be
published by J.)3. Lippincott &:Co.
Tun-? 6,000 hotel bill of King Nalakawa
is vet duo to a New York hotel keeper.
-Whisky makers are willing to pay.
atax of half a dollar a gallon, not more.
21 s.rntex jur):has-been secured in the
',";,000,00.0 suit against Peter B. Sweeney.
BISItOP SIMPSON -made the prayer, at
the opening of the CeLtennial Exhibition.
r_tuL Mourily has declined to play
chess at Philadelphia during the centen
• '.
Tim sale of cattle will bring into Texas
this year, ' four or fire millions of dol
lars.
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. TUE Russell Cutlery company, at T,ur
, ncr!'s Falls, Mass., are running on full
time. ' '.. .
, 1 ,
~. Tar, country about Quin4i 111., is
under wat er,` by an overflow of the Miss
- issippi. 1
A
-STRONG and flexible paper. is made
from rice grass which abounds in the
country. - • t •
TUE women of New York city have
raked $21,162.72 for tho Centennial
show. , ..
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Mn. Wrirr SykF.,: , F , , Olive Logan's hui
band, has been nominated Consul to
Florence. ' ,
. .
011{DINAL MITI.OSEEY is improving,
and expects to icsume clerical duties in a
week or so. •
, • Rvi..iNn's Trade Journal greatly la,.
m,Mts , off of orders to Enolane r
Manufactories. .
DrniNt; the month of February our
expiirtS exceeded 'our Imports by more
than $1::,000,0 0 4,
.
Mts. B.llEqEti WILLIAMS teas taken the
I;‘ss of her husband so nuich i to heart that
•
her, life is threatened. • ,
. ,
Titt: Spanish Cortez, ffi3 to" 12, has de
creed that dissenters shall enjoy tote same
civil rights as Catholics..
A 1 - 110r5ioNn- -- (Va.) lady 'bas - the re
mains of a bouquet of floWers sent to her
- by General Lafayette..
THE Philadelphians want the admis
sion fee to the Centennial reduced from
tiftY to twenty-live cents.
TrrE first propeller of the Season I - U
• readied the ice barrier which shuts out
Buffalo harbor from the lake.
;Dom Pr.rutoid Pittsburgh on Satur
. day. and thence journeyed to Oil City to
inspect the petroleum business.
TfiE Northwestern Lumberman, of
Chicago, is a large and. beautiful paper.
devoted to the lumber business.
.1. , "; California the grain crops never
looked better; and ininamse yields are ex
-pc eted. Fruits also -promise well.
MRzS BLANCHE TUCKER, an American,
he'r de but.recently,at Convent Gar
don, London, and . was well received.
• Titnr..x
.now accuses John, Kelley to
have tampered with the Canal It;ng, to
bring about his defeat at St. Louis.
,A MAssAritt - SErrs paper company, re
made.a sheet or roll of .paper four
4" miles long, which weighed half a ton.
I:N . 61,1;11 eUpitalists are said to have
Lost about $500,000,000 in twelve months
iu Ttirkili, Egyptian and Peruvian se-
curdles_
u....TErrEnsoN DAvIS arid her daught
er Lase left Memphis. for New Orleans.
aria r ilFsail
. with Mr Davis for Europe
in a few days. -
IT is reported that Russia, at the I3er
. • =lin cfmference of Powers, will propose to
make Bosnia and Jlerzeggrina Turkish
vassal States.
, t TlLE.incoxr,from the sale of business
privileges on the Centennial grounds ag•
gre. , itte three hundred and fifty-one
- . 7 l.ltonsand dollars.
TIIEEE is a fair pi:Ospect that the. En
glish Colleges will b . e represented at'Sar
' Cambria :op will certainly comp,
11111 Oxford probably.
SENATint Tnytmas keeps gaining del
egates to the '4-416 'Democratic state con
vention, and his chance of carrying the
state IS visibly improving.
I.AIV:E. lake. iecently 'discovered
fbolit forty miles from Laramie, W. T.,
Ines a thick deposit of sulphate of maple
; siain.almost a . pure state.
k`N a farm at th'e Gap. Lancaster coun
-tY. there are chestnut fence-rule, well
preserved, which were made in 1760--one
,butifircll and sixteen years ago!
A trieklayer recently died in London
Ica,ftind tiilrave the heaviest brain on
weighed • sixty-five ounces,
_ The man coubLiteither read or write.
Tkiu Tfit - mj: -is gleing to Texas to live,
meld the Chicago Pinot thinks that some
day we shall hear of Tom being waylaid
maid abducted by a Texas grasshopper.
TIIE heirs of the late George T. Cobb,
of New-lersey, have endowed the chair
of New Testament ExegeSis in the Drew
Theological Seminary by the gift of
Si-10,000, • - _
• tunnel is t(lbe constructed un
der the !Thames lliVer at Woolwich. It
is to cost sloo,ooo, will be for root pas
sengers only, and will be wide enough for
fiveto Walk abreast. • .
NI - 311;ER of the dry goods houses of
Boston have arranged with the different
railroad corporations to have parcels
chocked from the sfores to the depots for
•
out-of-town purchasers.
p oEsIDEN - i• B A T:NAii . o of Columbia Col-
le e has .accepted an invitation from the
facility of The Vanderbilt University in
Tenn., to deiiver an address at
the next 'Commencement.
Mr. will of tf:e late Edward. H. Per
or, Hartford.. Coini.. gives 57-1,000
each tfi - the American Home Missionary
Society and to . . the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
TnE new coach imported •by Mr. Ben-.
volt, of the .71er;i1d, cost $17.000, and is
the athninition of envious observers. It
is essentially English in make, is very
very-handsome and very showy. '
'NEW Yotu lady on a visit to Europe
has lift t*O - poodles in charge
,of a dog
(Viet cess; for the keeping of which she is
to pay iil,o yearly and provide a carriage
once a month in which the, pets are to be
•
air"...d. •
,Ttuf Indian, Commission of the Prates-
Episcopal Clllnrh has issued an an.;
Hal for funds. schools are full and
the religious services well attended. The
r.chotd at;, the :potted Tail Agency has
1704410;i. • _
Tut. story that Don Carlos and three
of his AeneraLs arrived in Halifax two
weeks on the steamer
,Ilibernian, , is
- cohtradieto by a gentlethan who was a
rossenger,by that vessel. and who is per-
S 4 ;pally :164n:tinted with Don Carlos.
A corY :)f the painting of the battle of
}',tanker Hill. Six. feet by nine, worked in
si3-thread on broadcloth, containing ,-
C4o,otiO Stitches, the work of forty-nine
wcekS, is to - be exhibited at Philadelphia
by ,the Wcied Sewino. Machine Comparo
1' of Hartford. ,
impils i of one of the public schools
. of Des - Moines. lowa. have written a book
a t;” n t scholars mid school iu 1S71;.
- Afser exhibiting the volume atAbe Ceu
tenniartbey will base it carefully pre
. *4.n-ed.-that dt may tell the children of
1976 aboui . the children of to-day.
.
' AV TEL: company in Holyoke, :nags.,
has manufactured an immense ream of
.p:for the Centennial. The sheets are
by Is: feet, the ream weighs about atop,
the valtie of the •D•4l shuts is $1.7i110. and
: cut intOlo'rdinary sheets of note paper
they Wouhl make .7,00,000 sheets.
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, Tilu4.inisas Legislature' at its last ses
•
s ing anui.ticled the act relatino• ' to public
' bystriki ou t the work " white,"
thus virtually abolishing the colored
-• selmols 'mid making the public ,schoids
eq irrespeet ive 'of color. This
bats eatved somv (14turbance in Leaven-
mi,rtil
patina *pinta,
r - '7T'7ll
E. 0. GOODBICEI. 0. W. ALVOI.IO.
Towanda, Pa., Thursday, May 11. 1371 .
IILEPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONY N.
Tioat.
The next Union Republican NationaMonseatios
for the nomination of candidates for President and
Vice President of the United States, will beheld In
the city of Cincinnati, on Wednesday; the it 1114117
of June, 1376, at 13 o'clock noon, and will conslat of
delegates from each State equal to twice the bum
b,:r of Its Senators and RepresentaUres to Coneri.rit,
and of two Delegates from each 'organized Terri
tory and theDistrlet of Columbia.
In calling the convention for the election of
dele
egates, the committees of the several States Are.. Vi-
ommended to invite all Republican electors, and all
other voters, without regard tOpast political direr. I
vices or previous party difficiiities, who are %aliened
to reviving sectional Issues, and desire to proitiote
friendly feeling and permantMt harmony thivitigh
mit the country by maintaining and enforcing - all
emistitutlonal rights °revery citizen, Including
„the full and free exercise of the right of szrOige
without Intimidation and without fraud; whif ate
in favor of the continued prosecution and puhisb
mmt of all gt>icial dishonesty, and of an ecoaoml•
cal administration of the Government by JoiSiest
' faithful and capable officers, who are In faviw of
making end, reforms in government as experience
May from time toilme suggest; who are opPiteed
to Impairing the credit of the nation by depreniat-
Mg any of its obligations, and In favor of sustaining
In every way the national faith and financial hatter,
who hold that the common school system If -the
nurse' of American liberty, and . shonid be itaaln
tattled atorduteiy free from seetarlin eontroh, , yrho
helium that for the promotion of these ends this dl
recttoil of the Government should continue in be
confided to those who adhere to the prinClpii<of
1778, support tifent as Inetirporated In the eonifitn
tion and taws, and who are in favor of reeogniilng
and strengthening the fundamental prinelp/e of
national unity In this Centennial AnniVersa4 Of
the Republic.
EDWIN D. MORGAN
Chairman Republican National Committee.
WILLIAZr. CZIANDLTAM, Secretary.
DELEGATES TO THE CINCIN34II
CONTENTION. •
,
The followlugnamed gentletnedwere sclectet by
the Republican Convention to represent Pen'Wayl-
Tanta in the Cincinnati Cony - oral* with two Oter
,
uate3 from each District : • .
- ELECTORS-AT-LARGE. **-
Ilenj. 11. brewster, J. 11. Chalfant, AlPg'y
, • CONGRESSIONAL ELECTORS.
Diet. Dist
I. John Welsh. ' 15.-Mlles L. Tracy. F.-
2. Henry Dil:•'sion. 18. 1 8. W.Eitarkweathri.
:LT. S. Ito!ratan. 17. - -
4.,
• C',.haries T. Jones. Is. J. S. Lyons.
5. - rdwin If. Fitter. 19. Wm. Day. •,
i;. Benjamin Smith. - 20. Wm. Cameron. -,
7. .1• W. Bernard. 21..1. U. Donnelly. ~..
8..lacol) 'Knob!). 22. Dante' O'Neil. ! '
9. John B. Warfel. IL Wm. Neel). . .-
M. Jof•xpli Thomas. 24. Andrew B. Berger.
11. Arlo Pardee. 25. S. B. Jackson.
12. Lewis Pugh. 24. James Westerman.-
/3. E. S. Stillman. 27. W. W. Wilber. .:.
14. WM. Calder. ~
The alternates from this District are: A. STE
rticcsi, Sumuehanna county, and ROBERT SiutTil
Waynd, county. - • :',..
The Following named gentlemen were placed" ion
the electoral ticket :
ALTMNATES-AT-LATIGE.
Min Cameron, Henry M. Hoyt,-
Wm. H. Lee,ls, Hobert W. Mackey,
RE 1 . 11 ES EN TA TI E [I EL EG ATES
Dist.
1. Henry H. Bingham, 15. J. E. Carman,
t Wm..% Pollock. W. T. Davies.
"..'john 1.. 11111. 16. John R. Bowen,
Morton McMichael. L. Rogers.
3. Georre W. Falrman, . 17. John Cessna,
M. liall Stanton. . Edward Seoll.
4, Win. B. Mann, 18. J. 31. Stewart, -,,-
W. H. I:entitle. -John Winer,
3. .1. 31. Byram, i In. Charles H. Ifailin, - i
James Johnston. ' Eduard 31ePher84tt,
6. 11enryT.3tarlington, W. John B. Linn, •-.':,-;
Alan Wond, - jr. J. H. Murray. • , • ":,
7. (co. E. Darlington, 21. D. 8. Atkinson, 1 „,',
• g It. Donnelly. '..:..
. • .1. Smith Fathey.
...-.
A. W. S. McManus, 22. C. L. Magee.
F. E. (;r I c !... nte r . H. H. Hampton. ' •
9. O. J. Dickey. - = H. W. Oliver, Jr., ;
Henry S. F.berto. 7 .7. A. Chambers. • : .
10. IT. J. Reeder, 24. M. S. Quay,
,_
F. 11, young. ".V.
S. Moore.
11. ('barter Albright, - :3. R. Itulolison. ..
11. A: Berkley. Simon Trull.. :-.. •
12. F. N. Willard. , 211. 1.. G. Linn, ."...•
--. 11,•nry W. l'altner. 11. C. Illoss.
13. Lin ltartholotuew, 27. Thomas 31. WalkOi•
• Daniel F. 31dier. J. 11. Osman. . -.,;-
.
14. SUmnet F. Davis,
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J. W. Grovo. • ~
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ELMIRA had a $20,000 fire Sun
day morning last. The fire ri natal
in SPAULDING'S lumber l; near
the depoti The cars and track of t 4
L. V. it. it. Co. - were damaged. '''• .
„Wm the independent (?) press of
this county, who are just now manor.
festing, such a ihorror of the :‘ Bra 4,.
ford County Ring,” tell the publfe
when any "incompetent" or "knave''
has been foisted upon the party thrci . ,
the instrumentality of the " ring ?
110 w SUSCEI4IBLE some seemingly
sensible people are to the seductive
wiles of the " green-eyikl - monster.!
Our llarrisburgh correspondent ; a
feW weeks' since, indulged in a little .
pleasantry in regard to the Nev:
County Lill, and in his comment
perpetrated a pun on the name of
our, respected Senator; whereat.'
llooKEft snarles at the REPORTER.;
and charges us with "slurring"
reycted sister town, when the letter
bears no such construction.
Ttir„Neiv York Times is thus sar
castic : Every intelligent Democrat:
must see the folly of wasting time by;
accusing Cabinet officers and ex :
Governors of using the public funds
to suppress. illegal voting and to
Tgilip Federal soldiers, While the far
greater criminal, ULYSSES S. GRANT,
is not called upon to answer for his
outrages at Vicksburg. That GRANT
Was for years a zealous and'indefa
tifrable tool of ithe United States;
that he deliberately caused thousands
of men to be shot down at Vicks
burg and its vicinity, merely because
they ,ventured to oppose his will ;
and that in carrying out his appoint
ed task—which there is no• doubt
that he undertook with alacrity—he,
directly or indirectly, caused the Na
tional Treasury to be drained, no
Democrat who can read cherishes the
slighteSt doubt."
A Providence, Rhode Island, man
has just received information of a
child of his that .he didn't know he
had, and it opens up quite 1 roman
tic story. About twenty years ago,
he was divorced, and his wife shortly
gave birth to a daughter, without his
knowledge, she having kept her con
dition secret. She removed from the
city i and gave out that the child was
her sister, which was readily believ
ed, as she was quite young. Some
time after she became engaged to a
young clergyman, •but a report was
circulated that the little one was her
illegitimate child, and, as he was not
satisfied with herstatement that the
child was her sister, and she did not
dare to tell. hint the truth; she lost
him. When the little "}ister " had
grown up she married, .Gul her bus
bind learned the whole tru l th, which
he divulged to her: She has commu
nicated with her father, who is still
at Providence, andbe has started to
make ' , her a visit. Now to complete
the story, he should be reunited with
his foimer wife.
CLOSE OnTIBLE SESSION.
On Friday last, May 5, at twelve
o'clock, the Pennsylvania Legili a-
tare adjourned ., sine die. It is not
our ptupose at this time to er.ter Into
any extended review'of,the work of
the body. While much has been
done that would not bear the test of
dose public scrutiny, a large amount,,
of valuable work has s aceom
plished. A correspond:. tof the
Philadelphia Times furnishes the fol
lowing account of the closing scenes
and resume of the labors of the ses:.
61011:
"The Centennial Legislature, fp"
its members delight to style it, was
adjourned without day between 12
and 1 o'clock. The scenes were of
the usual cbaracter,except that` in the
Rouse the sense of the Speaker's un
fitness for his place and of wrongs
suffered by individual members drew
forth thirty-nine very emphatic nega
tive responses to Mr. Gunster"a reso
lution attesting his "ability and im
partiality,' about the most unfortu
nate choice of words that could have
been made. The vote was mostly
Republican, but associated with them
were Fincher, of Luzern, Pluntimer,
of Crawford, and some other Demo
crats. There were the usual presen
tations in the House,- but it was sig
nificant that the most costly and ele
gant of the gifts went to an over
worked and faithful subordinate at
the Clerk's desk, Mr.
.Herbeit, of
Mercer. The Senate, with great good
sense, abandoned the custom of pres
ent-making, and devoted its closing
hours to pleasant speeches and legis
lative reminiscences by Strang, Dill,
Jones, Lawrence, Davis, Wood and
the Lieutenant Governor. Senator
Strang, in speaking of the latter,
said his ' fairness, ability and a per
fect impartiality, challenged the ad
miration of every Senator on the
floor.' ' Newmeyer's brief speech was
rather in the nature of a valedictory
than a salutatory. The message of the
Governor, iwithholding his approval
of the appropriations to pay the ex
penses of certain investigating com
mittees, 'contracted without previous
authority of law,' was not unexpect
ed. It was received a few moments
before adjournment, read and laid on
the table without comment. ,
THE LEGISLATION OF TUE. SESSION.
The number of bills sent to the ex
ecutive for his approval was 233, -of
which 95 originated in the Senate
and 138 in the House. Nearly one
third of the whole number were ap
propriation or pension and private
,or local acts. The prOportion of laws
passed to the number of bills intro
duced is shown by the fact that of
595 House bills but 138 were carried
through both Houses, and of 303 Sen
ate bills, but 95'were sent to the Ex
ecutive. To get at the really import
ant work of this Legislature is not
an exhaustive labor by any means.
Many of its sins of omission and
commission will be condoned by the
people, on account of two laws that
have been placed on the statute-book.
First in importance is the revenue
bill, ".relating to the sinking fund,
and throwing such guards and publi
city about the treasury balances that
its use hereafter to promote schemes
of political management will be well
nigh impossible. The treasury ring
is cribbed; confined and " busted;" it
is a thing of the past. Next in im
portance is the law abolishing the
fees of county officers in Philadel
phia, Luzerne and Alegheny coun
ties, and substituting salaries. This
became a favorite idea in the Legisla
ture, and a bill extending the princi
ple to all the counties of the State,
only failed from want of time to act
lon it in the 'Senate after it had pass
ed the House. A. chattle mortgage
law, applyirier to lumber, iron and
petroleum in bulk, is regarded- as of
importance in the existing depressed
condition of these interests. The
stay law failed, although it was pass
ed as a universal panacea. General
insurance and banking laws were
passed which revise and codify exist
ing statutes,`witla such additions as
were deemed proper. A bill reported
as of the utmost iniportante in some
parts of the State is the one relative
to voluntary assignments, authorizing
assignees, for the benefit of creditors,
to make sales of real estate encum
bered by liens. There has been ex
traordinary demand for copies of
this law from all parts of the State.
It seems to have reached a sore spot.
The general corporation law of 1874
has been extended to include addi
tional branches of business and in
dustry. The law regulating appeals
, from sumary convictions by aldermen
and justices, was an urgent need in
cities of the State where committing
magistrates have been playing the
tyrant on a small scale. A bill to
encourage the erection of watering
troughs on the public roads, and the
." skunk-scalp" bill, created more dis
cussion than almost anything else,
.except the boom and new county
`bills. The former passed and the
Matter was " scalped." A general
Printing law, very lengthy and going
'into the most minute details, was
also passed. Just - what particular
:snake it contains has not been de
veloped. A general poor-house law,
&ming to cure some of the frightful
'Sbirses prevalent in these institutions,
and changing their names:to " Homes
for; thepestitute," was passed, and
is ri propbr and berteficient measure.
Among the b more importhnt bills de
feated, were the new county till and
the judicial salary bill. The framing
a laws on these subjects is made
Mandatory by the Constitution, but
it is doubtful if there will ever-lie an
agreement, interests and opinions are
so varied and conflicting. A, careful
revision of the tax laws, introducing
Many important reforms and modern
ideas, failed from want of time
HOW THE MONEY WAS yoTED.
Besides the general approPtiation
bill, for the ordinary expenses of the
government, there were some forty,
fiVe bills - making specific appropria
,tions. _Grouping the most important
piirposes, the following sums were
Voted: .
Educational st,sso,ooo
Interest on public debt 1,=,000
*Eiecutire. Legislative and Judicial 1,160,000
Prisons and Rerortnatorie* 296,175
I tii•ane licopitals .438,060
neat, dumb and blind 311.000
Public printtng and binding 97.500
Public building* and grounds 17.3541
:The Legislcdiee Record, so'skilfully
lids it been " p2dded," will probably-,
riin up to twenty-five hundred'pages,
costing the State upwards of $30,000
for something worse than waste pa
.pr.. , A .
et.upose the "ring " of. this
_c6uilty ? W ill those who are raising
such a hue and cry about the "ring ".
tubs us who are included in the cor-
relit organization ? We will cheer
fUlly give space in these eohimna for
the names, and for the enumeration
of any specific charges of guilt.
aa~sßsssl.
The Confederate 'nudority in , the'
preunt Eonse of Representatives at
Washington" never lied ;any very
great adniiritio4for Gene* GRANT
*on& the day his military skill and
genius foreshadowed the doomof the
rebellion in which they had engaged
in order to ,overthrolr the Govern
ment. Ono !of the latest Indications
•
of their animos i ty was the adoption
of a resolution of inquiry as to his
absence occasionally from Washing
ton. The President promptly for
warded to the Ro use the following
.message in answer to the insolent
resolution, in:whicli he furnishes
precedents for his actions in this re
gard : .
To the House of Representatives :
• I have given very considerable and at
tentive consideration to die resolution,
passed by the House of Representatives,
on the third day of Aprii, requesting the .
President of the United States to inform,
Um House whether any executive offices,
acts, or duties, and if any, what have,
within a specified period, been yerfomied,'
at a distance from tho seat of Government ,
established by law,
I have never hsitated and shall not.
' hesitate to communicate to Congress and
to either branch thereof, all' information
which the constitution makes it the duty
of the President. to give, pr which my
judgment may suggest to me, or *request'
from either House may indicate to me•
which will be useful in the discharge of
the appropriate duties confided to them.
I fail, however, to find In the constitu-
tion of the United States authority given
to the House of Representatives to re
quire of the President such information.
The necessity of the performance of ex
ecutive acts by the President of the Unit
ed Statse exists, and is devolved upon
him wherever he may be within the Unit
ed States during his term of office, by
the constitution of the United States.
His civil powers are no more limited, or
capable of limitation to . a • place where
they shall be exercised than are those
which ho might be required to discharge
in hik capacity of commander-in-chief of
1 the army and navy, which latter powers,
it is evident, be might be called upon to
I exercise possibly, even i without the limits
of the United States.
Had the efforts of - those recently in re
billion against the government been anc
cesaful is driving a late President of the
United States from Washington; it is
manifest that he must have discharged
his functions both civil and military,,else
' where,than in the place named by law as
a seat of government. -No act of Con
gress can limit, *suspend, or confine this
constitutional duty.
I am not aware of the' existence of any
act of Congress which assumes thus to lim
it or restrict the exercise of the functions
of the executive. Wore there such acts,
I should nevertheless recognize the su
perior authority of the constitution, and
should exercise the power required Aare
by of the President.
The act to which reference is made in
the resolution of the House relates to the
establishment of a seat of 'government,
and the providing of suitable buildings
and the removal thereto of the offices at
tatched to the government, &c. It was
not understood at its date and by Gener
al Washington to confine the President in
the discharge of his duties andpOwers to
actual presence at the seat of government.
On the 30th of March, 1791, shortly af
ter the passage of the act referred to,.
General Washington issued an executive
proclamation, *bairn* reference to the
subject of this very act, from George
town, a place remote from Philadelphia,
which then was the scat of government,
where the act referred to directed that
all offices attached to the seat of govern
ment "should for the time remain. "
That none of his successors have enter
tained the idea that their executive offices
could be perforMed only at the Leas -or
government is evidenced by hundreds
upon hundreds of such lacts performed by
my predecessors in an Unbroken lino from
Nit ashington to Lincoln, a memorandum
of the general nature and character of
some of which acts is submitted herewith,
and no question has been raised as to the
validity of those acts, or to the right or
propriety of the executive to exercise the
powers of his office, u any part of the
United States. 1
' [Signed.] U. U. S. GRANT.
]MEMORANDA.
Accompanying the message is a memo-
randum of absences ofd Presidents of the
United States from the national capitol
during each of the several administra
tions, and of the public and executive
acts performed during the term of such
absences.
,
' Thisimemorandum contains the follow
ing information, and much more of some
general character. Only the most im
portant of the acts recited in the memo:
tandem below are mentioned in this ab
stract:
President Washington was frequently
absent from the capital. Ile appears to
have been thus absent at least 181 days
during his term. In. March, 1791, the
scat of government being then at Phila
delphia, ho issued a proclamation, dated
Georgetown, in reference to running a
boUndary . for the District of Columbia.
He signed at Mount Vernon an official
letter to tho z - Emperor of Morocco, and
from the same place issued the commis
sion of Oliver Wolcott as Comptroller of
tht Treasury, anti a proclamation respect
in the whisky insurrection in Pennsylva
nia ; also, a proclamation of the treaty of
1795 with Spain, and an exqcntive order
of August - 4th, 1792, relative to duties on
distilled spirits, ctn.
When at Germantown -he signed sun
dry commissions.' He proposed to have
Mr. Yrujo officially presented to him at
Mount Vernon, as Envoy Extraordinary.
and Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain,
and Mr. Yrujo went there for that pur
pose; but the ceremogy of presentation
was prevented by an accidental omission
orthe Minister to bring his credentials.
President John Adams was absent from
tl4 l capital during his term ol four years
on:various ixicaeions, 385 , days. -Tresi
dent Jefferson was absent from the seat
of government during his two terms of
office 796 days, or more
,than on&fourth
of the whole official .pi4riod. President.
Madison was absent CM days, and Presi
dent Monroe was abse4 708 days. '
Independent of the jeer 1824, and two
months of 1825, for which period no data
are found, the - latter transacted public
business wherever ho ~ happened to be,
and sometimes while traveling. Presi
dentlohn Quincy Adarria was absent dur
ing his single term 222 days.
President Jackson was absent from the
seat of government 502 days. Among
other important acs performed by him
when away from Washington was his
signing at Boston the famous order for
the removal of deposits from state banks.
The memorandum at this point, refers
to President Jackson's refusal in 1833 to
furnish the Senate a copy of a certain; pa
per alleged to have been read by hini to
the cabinet, and mentions that in Janua
ry, 1837, he refused to allow a committee
of the:House of Representatives to make
a general investigation of executive de
partments without tmeeific chargers on
the ground amongst others, that the , use
Of official books and records for such'pur
pose interfered with the discharge of pub
lic business.
*Other Presidents were absent from
Washington and performed numerous
official duties:vihile absent. Van Buren
131 days, Tyler 163 days, Polk 37 days,
Taylor 34 days, :Fillmore 60 days, Pierce
57 days, Buchanan 54 days. No mention
is made of the absences of President Lin
coln or Johnion.
MR. MORTON, in the Senate,disposed
of the last Democratic slander, which
arraigned him before the country for
the embezzlement of $250,000 of
public ,money, and very effectual
and confusing to the authors of the
libel was the disposition. The money
was borrowed from the General
Government to organize the military
of lodiami at a time when the Demo
crats who were in temporary ascend
ancy were attempting to tie his hands
as Governor and carry the state out
of the union. A subsequent investi
gation by this Democratic Legisla
ture showed that his accounts were
correct to a cent,
ikaifflOß ORTON.
The Charge of thrush* Against Bla inn On.
mot of tient Onfolootaily Expand.
Wasumaron, Kay B.—With re
gard to the , dumb brought, against,
Senator. Morton of having been-guil
ty of corruption` while 'Governor of
Indiana, that, gentleman made a short
but highly satisfactory explanation
in the Senate yesterday. He gave a
concise history of the organization.
of the Knights of the Golden Circle
and Sons of Liberty, and their at
tempts to get control of the State
Government in 1863, while he was
Governor, and how they aided the
rebellion and constantly interfered
with the State Government. The
Democratic Legislature appointed an
Auditing Commission to go over his
war accounts, and, after performing
their work thoroughly and finding
not a single erroror any misappro
priation of funds, the Democratic
members refused to make any report
to the Legislature, leaving that for
the. Republican minority to do.
7=rM':wneyls.f.l:l:
Oral rfro Mrs' SaturdayDrenba,g Lighten'
=on rest of Itaufsotu ed Lumber Destroyd
—Loss 1288,000, Issursioe $208,000.
WILLIA4SPOST, May 7,1876. --The '
Lumbermen ''of our city experienced
another disastrous fire last evening,
one which was more destructive than
that which occurred some eight days
ago. It commenced at haltpast eight
in the west portion of the lumber
yard, occupied by Barrows /it Co.
Coal oil was used to start the fire,
it having been spread profusely -in
that part of the yard• Hy ten o'clock
the fire had extended from the canal
to the river, and had spread westward
to Hebard & Smith's yard. At this
time it .was 'moving eastward and
westward. Two frame'itwellings on
the south side of the banal and Lo:
cust street soon went down :under
the flames.
At this time the heat became so
intense that the buildings on the
north side of the canal were greatly
endangered. By 10:30, the. flames
had assumed such gigantic propor
tions that Mayor Starkweather
promptly telegraphed to the neigh
boring towns for assistance.
Fire companies from Lock Haven,
Muncy, Watsontown and Milton were
soon on. the ground and rendered
valuable aid. .At midnight, there
was no perceptible diminution in the'
immense volume of flame. At one
o'eldek, when the lumber piles were
nearly all 'burned. the fire was got
under control. About twenty acres of
manufactured lumber, comprising
abOnt eighteen million feet, were
burncll.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
Ilebar .dr, Smith's loss about $65,-
000; insured $50,000. BurrowSk,
$125,000 ; insured $lOO,OOO. Beaver
Mills 'Lumber Co., about $B,OOO ; in.
sured $B,OOO. B. 11. Taylor $60,000 ;
insured $50,000. The Catawissa 1L
R. Co. loses about $lO,OOO.
TERRLFIO STORK AND TORNADO
Cutc Go, May 7.—A.bout '5 'o'cloek
this 'afternoon a terrific rain storm,
accompanied by a. rotating tornado,
visited this city and did great dam
age to property. The storm spent.
Itself chiefly on the north and south
sides; the west side escaped almost
uninjured. The wind seemed to come
from above, and dropped here and
there over the city, skipping some
portions which lay in its course.
Amongst the- casualties reported
are the following: The Michigan
Southern, depot was unroofed, and
six laborers working in the vicinity
were more or less hurt, one of them
seriously -,.• the - massive steeple of
Grace Church, 175 feet high, fell, and
crashing through the roof, penetrated
the aisle. The choir were practicing
in the church at the time, ' but were
not injured; the loss to the church,
exclusive of steeple, is
,estimated at
$7,000. The spire of the Wabash
Avenue Methodist 'Church also
broke off, and fell into it lot adjoin
ing; the upper portion of the roof of
the Old Country Hospital was . car
ried away ; the chimneys falling on
the lower portion caused much inju
ry to the building; the patients were
removed, but none were seriously
hurt. A three-story frame house was
r i
Id wn down, one boy killed, and sev
-1 of the tenants were injured; the
fo bell at the Crib, - together with
th newly-erected tower,
were swept
into the Lake and totally destroyed ;
the loss will probably be $5,000.
Trees, lamp posts and other debris
strew the streets. In some portions
Of the city sidewalks were turned
Over and jammed against houses,
breaking glass, etc. Hacks and car.
riages were wrecked in
. the streets
and abandoned. Nearly fifty vehicles
Were seen on the south side after the
•
toroado, turned over and some of
thein worthless !on
,account of - the
storm. Innumerable chimneys were
toppled over and signs hurled into
the streets. •
`On the lake the force of the storm
*as less, hut nearly every vessel ly
ing inside the harbor and in the river,
as well as those outside, lost sails or
masts, or portions of their ; rigging.
Lightning struck several-, times, but
in' only one case was a man injured,
and. he only slightly. The storm last
ed but a few minutes. Total damage - 1
about $250,000. There were no great-
basses but innumerable small ones.
KANSAS ALSO OETS A ViSITATION.
LEAVENWORTH', May 7.—At half
past
three o'clock yesterday morning H
this vicinity was visited by one of
the heaviest' and most destructive
wind storms ever known here. The
loss to the city and county cannot be !
less than $150,000, and may reach
$250,000. ; .
A DESPERADO'S ORIME&
George Kent, who was arrested
some three weeks ago and lodged . in
jail at Honesdale, Pa., on charge of
attempting to burn the village of
Forest Mills, is a .desperate criminal.
During the ' past ten years lie has
been a terror to that section. He was
first arrested for alleged murder of
his wife. He escaped punishment by
a mysterious disappearance of the re
mains of his wife, which had been-ex
humed for analysis.. All the parties
who were active in causing his arrest
for the murder afterward suffered by
theburning of their mills barns and
other buildings. Kent was afterward
arrested for the commission of sever
al high Way robberies and burglaries
in the western part of the county,
but escaped fro m his captors on the
way to the jail. For a year he chided
the officers and hovered about in the
Woods, burning saw mills, farm build •-•
ings, and other property. To escape
the consequences of his revenge, the
partici', seeking his punishment set
tied with him, and he again made 4:s
•appearance.
."
Shortly afterward he waylaid the
adopted daughter of a wealthy farm
er in the woods of Salem turnpike as
she was nittirnifig from school, and
assaulted. her. Complaint ivialaade,
against Kent; and he Wilietedi
Indicted, pd-admitted to hedl,f
, week before : : 11a tritd; S.
Spelling school in the distrio* aelfuol
houSe in: The ofititwitaoss
against. Kant was the girl he had
outraged. She. loft home ihiitit-dark
to attend the spelling ac*l. She.
'has never been seen or heard of since
Kent was arrested on charge:of kill
ing her, but - no evidence ;C ould be
brought warranting his detention.
Kent has since been in custody on
charge of rape, burglary, araon and
attempted murder, but • managed to
escape puntAment in everkcase. .
Ileorecently appeared in the manu
facturing village of Forest Mills,
near the Luzerne County line. In
cendiary fires have been prOalentin '
that section ever since, andf;although
Kent was believed to be the 'nem=
diary, the fear of him *as so great
that . no measures were taken by the
sufferers to have him pradahed, 'A
number of disastrous conflagrations
occurred in the city of Scranton dur
ing the past winter, abd 41 of. un
doubted incendiary origin, 'and since
the .arrest of Kent for tlfe Forest
Mills outrage, it is said the t . circum
stances pointing to him as UM incen
diary have been dise&vereC
Kent was discharged from the em
ploy of the Forest Milts Maufactur
ing Company, - some montheagO. The
dwellings of Certain empl4es were
burned soon after., Three weeks ago
a German living at the mill* revealed
to the superintendent late at night a
plot of Kent's for destroylOg the en
tire village. Investigatiori. , showed
that kerosene oil and othey,imilarn
mable stuff had been piaced*bout the
factories and many ofothe
and was ready for the toieb. The
doors of a house occupied by one
the:, oremen and his fitmily'llad been
fastened with chains, so 'thoy could
not be opened froM the inside.
Kent would have been lynched if
the incensed .operatives had found
him, but , he escaped to thei. woods.
He was captured a 'few days after
ward by officers and lodgedln jail in
Honesdale, and. it was believed that
he was at last to meet. his'just de
serts. On Saturday evenibg last,
however, he escaped from the jail by
rushing suddenly by the Sheriff, who
had entered his cell with hi*rrations.
lie reached the street; and ;;; escaped
in the darkneis. lie was afterward
captured.
CONTROLLING THE NEGRO VOTERS
. The Democratic organs oft'en point
us to the fact that in-these SOtithern
States where their party has , gained.
'Complete control there is Jte-farther
trouble about the black vote:or vot
ers. The old Roman historian says :
' They make a solitude, and . call it
peace," and we imagine Oat.; if the
voice of the colored peoplo in the
States referred to, could he fully
heard,, we should 'get a similar idea
of - the quiet and satisfactioitisaid to'
be produced by the • Demociatic poli
cy. What we know is, whereVer that
policy prevails, the freedreen—no
matter what their strength:.= , at the
polls may have previously been—are
practically blotted out of the field of
politics. The vote that was given to
them by the nation as a weapon for
seat-protection, as a means for secur
ing their own advancement in all the
qualifications and privileges ';.of citi
zenship, as well as a testimonial of
their fidelity in the`, dark night of
their and the Union% trial, becomes
of little more value than if wit had
been formally - surrendered to their
old masters: It is true, the! brutal
iniquities of Ku-Kluxism are no
longer practiced systematicaliy, but
its objects arc too. widely attained
by means scarcely less reprehensible
and much morel, effectual in the pres
ent condition of the country. •
The Southera correspondeat of the
New York Timezi, whose citations
show him to be a careful and consci
entious observer, details the Methods
which have been resorted to in differ
ent States for controlling the: negro
vote: In North Carolina, for in
stance, separate ballot boxes are pro
vided for receiving the votetOf dif
ferent officers,qt being stipulated that
"all tickets deposited in wrong boxes
shall be thrown and not counted." It
is a very easy matter; therefore, for
the negro voters, malty of wlicisti can
not read, to deposit their ballots in
the wtong box—even' where they are
not misled to it by Democratic by
standers—iind thus they are disfran
chised on the spot. In Geiirgja the
chiefdevice for excluding negro votes
is the poll-tax law,which requires the
payment of $1 a year, in default of
which the right to vote is denied. It
Is a question whether this coMlition
does not apply 'wholly to thi year
in which the citizen offers ltisYote ;
but the Democratic officials haVe con
strued it to rbean that .a nianiltnust
pay all his back poll-taxes befiire)he
can vote. Records of 'all the negroes
are mostly poor or negligeht
in thfs matter—are carefully kept arid
used to exclude them by the whole
sale. To challenge a white Detniicrat,i
however, on this ground *Odd be
considered a gross insult, and would
not be safe in many precincts. •( . i
This is particularly the case in the
country districts where there are but
few white Republicans, and Where
violence •is still employed on :occa
sions by individuals whose crimes
are winked at. The correspondent
mentions counties where there are
thousands of black men, and not: one,
hundred Republican votes arc
He also saya: " lii Georgia nt least,'
ten
,thousand negro votesare betight
otf by the Democrats at each :elec
tion. The pricelpaid to each Man is ,
one silver To the credit, of
the. negroes it should be stated Oat',
this can only be done in those States
or localities, where they are deraiiral
ized by the impossibility of 'baying
their political rights recognized. Of
a similar nature is the threat of. being
thrown out of employinent, in lljus
tration of which it is stated thatin
Atlanta, Augusta, Macon and ColOm
bia there are thousand's of negroline
chanies, draymen and others #ho
never vote. They have wives, and •
children depemient upon them -for
support, and they knew that••they
would be obliged to leave their attn.
atiOns five minutes after they had:Ae
posited their ballots."
Such facts us these cannot be ikon
cealed or forgotten in the pending
Presidential campaign. ~.They serve
to show the foundations of the bOast
of a solid Democratic South in :the
November election. The voting of
these disfranchised Southern citizens
must be done for them by their
friends of. the North who gave
citizenship, and wil6 mean thu( it
shall tint be a mere empty name , and
lure to treachery and injustice. Other
isspeti are coming up and demanding
serious attention, but this can never
be forgotten so long as We remember
the bloody past or hope for the tutee
and securities of the futtire,—BOion
JOurnat:
mins nos on oonuttsolsto
OUR WASEDIOIOI LETTER•
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Wu d B Immo sal tirl,Dl*
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Spring with Its "etherlal mlldoesot la age
epos us; sad once wore the carol relator the molt
grinder sad the sweetlrolee of the shad-peddler are
heard In the land. "Tbo 'rioter of ourdbeontinfr
no longer exlsbq and very soon the earpet4tbresbOP.
the whitaireasier and the bop' hease.clesner vrttl
begin to shower blessings on happy homes. The
early violet , awl the datntest of chip helmets hair},
already pet la an appearance;. and -very soon the
season of plc-Hies, strawberry-festivals and de
plated pocket-books must follow. i; :
At the Capitol, in eapectatlon of an ali-annimiir
session; our legislative aoloni.;atiaties of departed
statesmen, forgive us I--appear to be tilting thlogi
easy, evincing In their legislative movemeats none
of that haste heretofore Widmann" upon the 4r
pniaeh of the hot season. One of the reasons for
this dallying with legislation and so prolonging the
session, is, Mit the Confederate Democracy, reeh
ing with the malaria of defamation, are anthills
for an - opportunity of putting the nominee of ti
Cincinnati Convention through one of their C
grvitslonal Inquisitions. /or the sole purpose
defaming and blackening the 'reputation of wile
Meer of the Government, If possible, the abutlet
countless Investigations are still busily going - on,
with no evidence that they are yet anywhere neer
to the close. do long as them hi money in the puli
Ile treasury which they an devote to this purposes,
the bind believer in Democracy who may wish fds
the enactment of some practical and needed tette.
baton may rest la the assurance trial the investign.
Lion business will be continued, even If they have,
top back to and beyond the time of , the flood 44
=Aerial. Ii will, , however, be altogether untie* ,
nary to assert that, long before they reach to Gni
time of the deluge, this slaughter-house of rept:*
- dons will find-more work on_their tuiuds than they
have had at any time yet 'The suppression and
concealment of the evidence of their own frauds
and rasealltles, practiced it a period,not so remote
all to lie forgotten, will be quite as much ay ; the*
pure-minded statesman will. be able to manager.
With closed doors and In the greatest secrecy theSe
committees are now, sitting; and aithougb theft*
investigations are ostensibly for the purpose
detecting and correcting abases, yet, In their tria
nlitulation`of the testimony elletted t every particle
of evidence reflecting discredit and"-dishonor bix#l.
"Molt own party Is most scrupulously suppressed
and withheld [ruin the public.
But with all their combined efforts to bring dlO
grace upon tho Republican party and upon Govern:-
Went oflicials, so tar no wonderful dishonesty Wu.
been brought to light, and none o[ those fearful
corruptions which wo were told weie about to Ip
unearthed have yet been disclosed. I Flee Ince/Gil
have now elapsed since Congress cinnmenced
present session, and the result of their deillieratioccil
has only proved that the charges which they no
boldly made were altogether unfounded, When
the unthinking public see so many serious accuser
Ross of ofthilal venality and rascality prove gtound7
less anditino way suieeptible of Trout, they will;
without question, billed to think thatthe smoko
has boon greatly In excess of the fire. The fact it
undeniable, that the liennOcracy,, shrewdly as they
made their calculations, have most signally
Trading on the credulity of the voters, they have
succeeded In again 'placing themselves in powet!
bnt how have they fulfilled the promises which *
they so freely made and with which they mailed
the people? Blinded with passion, prejudice ,and
hatred, and as eager for the overthrow of • the Re:
jislblican party as they once were for the destruc
tion of the Government, the Industries of the couni.:.,
try have been - allowed to languish, and the business'
men throughout the length and breadth of the land ,
have been allowed to cry In vain for relief. Instead
of attempting io do theft duty to the people, every?
thing bait been subordinated to the desire to prove,
the Republican party corrupt and dishonest. 114
they will find the masses of the People are altogetill,-,
er too Inteillglint to be led to believe that the Rer,
publican party is to be held responsible and unwoe'r
thy of confidence by te)(son of the crimes arid'
abuses of a few of its members. They will Midi
that the people have not 'yet forgotten that mai!:
feasance and corruptlon'were, Indulged In to th4l
fullest extent, that It wis the rule and tic* the emir-,
ception, when the Government - was in the bands of,
the Democracy. There Is not a Department of the . :
Government that does not cocitt the closest scruti4l
ny into all Its transactions. With no wish for on
effort at concealment, , the Congressional lorestiga4',
tors will at any time,» afforded every facility tq
investigate as long and as much as they desirej.
Will the Democratic party, with its blackened and
stained record of years of official turpitude, cortup.
thin and treasonable PlOttings, do the same
In the proceedings of the House of ffepresentt:'
tives4 with the exception of their investigations
there Is the usual lOck of Interest which has pre.il
vatted throughout the entire session. In the eir - ,;,
traysgant and reckless manner with which thei:
putllc money Is expended, the professions cif ecuti..'
omy and reform with which the House began thelrit
work are being daily falsified In thy most flagrant;
manner. Whenever It app'ars to be the interest:
of that party there Is no hesitancy evlnc,ol in pass..
Ing siproprlation bills, ho matter what may be;
their character. In evldence. of this the recent'
passage of a bill appropriating 'half a million of,
dollars for certain uncalled-for river and harbor.
Itupirvements In the west, Is anfilcient. ;This 1,111„
tinder various guises, has ht.ezt before the House .
every session for thO last dozen years. an& has
always been regardeftu'one:of the biggest kind of
steals. -
The'refusal of tho Senate, by a vote of .t. 10 to 4. to
pass'the Diplomatic Appropriation Bill as it came
front:the House, Is pretty giod evidence that the
Senate Is tot going to concur In all the unwise
movements and foolish ideas so largely indulged in
by the House. What may be the result of this
action of the Senate with regard to the blitcannot
yet be predicted. as no committee of conference
bra yet been asked for. Should the Senato.yemain
firm in the position It has taken against the whole
sale slashing inib appiopristious made by the
House, It is evident enough that the two branches
of legislation will come to a stand-still, o r , as It' is
termca, a dead-lock, That such a state of affairs
may happen. is thought by many as being not at all
Improbable; •but the fact Is doubtless overlook'ed'
that the Democratic majority of the House is large
ly made up of the hungry ex-Confederates of the
South, and that, sooner than have the ipproprlailon
hill which provides 'for -their •own pay fail, they
will gladly recede from the preposterons position
which they hare taken, and which they now de
clare they will uticempminislngly adhere to.
To reiterate, the present session of Congress has,
so far, been a most remarkable one, and will with
out question stand alone In the legislative history
of the country. Under the rule of the Democratic
majority, live entire months have been devoted
almost exclusively to no purpose other than
ening characters , and destroying reputations.
Trusting to the fidelity and patriotism of the South,
one branch of tho National Legislature was allowed
to pass Into their hsnds; but in what manner And_
In what, spirit lutsibis inagnanintity upon the part
of the people been treated! what r manner has
the South come back into the Union? ! For five
months their ex-Colonels and ex-Brigadier Gener
als have done nothingbut sit In judgment upon the
deeds of Union men. The “little brief authority"
which was so generously given them his been exer.;
clsed with a vengeance and vileness of purpose un
paralleled. Not a Union man from the highest to
the'. lowest Is •alloWed to escape their tanntiand
wicked spite. The blood-hounds of political' war
have been put upon the track of every one that
they could scent or follow, while the
and
land
has been filled with rumors, scandals, and rovaings
unknown In the history of nations.
Congress, it IS expected, SY OS adjourn from the
fifth to the thirteenth last, in order to allow Its
members to visit the opening of the Centennial Ex
position at Philadelphia. Darltm l that time the
mud-throwing committees of the ffonse, we sup
pose, will cease their operations, and the public will
consequently have the bCriefit of a i fevf days' rest
fur which they will doubtless be thankful.
OUR PRILADELMA LETTER.
PrimAi:maxim. April 2 WO.
TUV( ♦KD NOW
They who visit tho Centennial Exhibition will
ale for themselves what our city now is. What It
was 100 years ago cannot be fully comprehended
by the livilest Imagination. One hundred years ago
the central avenue of our city was called High
street. The erection - of eight or ten squares of
market houses, - directly la the centre of the open
street, was the cause for the change, the appropri
ateness of . which none questioned. 'Now that all
those market houses have been removed, another
change of urns would be ,very proper; either of
these three names would be more appropriate than
Market street, "Pennsylvania Avenue," "Lincoln
Avenue," or "Central Avenue."
The streets of the city of Philadelphia, running
parallel 'with Market :street, and north of it, were
named Mulberry, Sassafras, and Vine streets.
Those south of It were Chestnut, Walnut, Spruce,.
Pine and Cedar, and those eight squares , or blocks,
comprised the northern and 'so uthern limits of our
city 100 years'arAnow 60 streets are laid out and
built upon north of Market street, and almost an
equal number south of it. the, most of which are
lined with substantial brick edifices hum the DOt ,
ware to Inc Schuylkill.
Mulberry street was long ago ebangwd to Arrh
street, and I doubt if tlasmfras street, although 1.0
labelled upon the street •r enters. wai ever caned
anything else than Raps street. This name was
given to it becanSo of . the horse races constantly
tatting place on the street. For many years the
racing waste a straight Me, from below Fourth
street out to flreati, and as early as nx, the Grand
JIII7 to their presentment held 4, that since the city
has become so very populous; tbi usual custom of
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bone ruing at fan, In igassafnu street, is vert
dangerous to Ills; al l oy It le an emit that they whei
erliCSults booths, te l , la that Oleo!, it the fairs, di
NU 'inserts of Mu" ie. , ' l.-• ' • . . •
lb* wing appears to have been lopt , up until the
Misanimnoulient of. the revolutionary war. ".Ali
gilittoillildiess la those days were pacers; a trotting
bone intideented • base breed " soya T. Matlack,
Sk the Itithiir of Watson's Annals,
- Cock tlghtlag was exceedingly popular with ail
elasseirOich and poor, grave and gay, all joined ,in
the sport, and such a person as Dr. Wm. Shippen
one of the most eminent of rblhulelphht's first fam
ilies, was in the habit or taking his best lighting
cock under tips arm, would 'walk out to his friend
.Dr. Gardner, and these two estimable gentlemen—
reipeeted ta Wee and irtrate life and honored In
church circles—would enjoy an hour ar two in w kt
nearing the contest between their Pima Chickens;
Bali dogs, for the ptpose of . bull-bal GOV. Were •
bred by the most taint able or our gentry during
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the period Weeding the first war. •
This amusement was brought to a sadden close
by Squire Wharton, who went to witness the sport,
seemingly as 'a friendly observer. When all was
prepared, and boll .and dogs were about to be let
loose , for the enjoyment of the young bloods and
butchers—the ladtintrwas:mostly maintained by the
latter—the spunky Squire stepped suddenly into
the ring and said ha- would, at the risk; of. his life,
seise and commit.the. first man who should begin:
then advancing to the bull, he unloosed hire from
the stake, at the same time declaring he would
never desist from bringing to condign penishMent
future abetters of such exercises. That stopped
the game forever after. ,
The early Quaker boys of our goodly Quaker city
were shout as mlschievous as other boys elsewhere.
On one occasion some of the boys at the Quaker
school, In Fourth street, went into the second story
of the building, and boring a hole through the
board floor,, they lowered a pin -book,. attached to a
cord, and when the teacher, Robert Proud, took his
afternoon doze, ,the hook was fastened Into his
bushy wig, and when be awakened and leaned for
ward his wig avenge!! his beed,and Woe raised yap
idly towards the ceiling by a boy drawing the cord;
of course teacher Proud, after he recovered from
his astonishment; went up stairs for the-boy, but as
the boy had taken the precaution to, throw the cord
from the second story window Into the yard, where
from the window directly in the rear of the teach
er, where he could see all thatwas going on, the
lad had the good sense, to eater the schoul4Oom and
take his accustomed seat.`just as Friend Proud
I mounted the upper story. -
It was with dilllctilty than staid . young Quaker
bays and girls cOutd maintain their usual sobriety
as their teacher entered the 'school room and looked
at his big red wig suspended_by a cord above his
reach.
The work of royal hands-will bo quite largely ex
hibited at ,our great exhioitiOu. A. c umber -of
samples of embroidery.. executed by the "Royal
School of Art of Needlework," under the auspices
'of Queen victoria, I.rinceiss Christian and other
distinguished ladles'of Engiand, - haS.now reached
here, -a description ofwkleh will doubtless Interest
the lady readers of your paper-,
One of them Is an ezqpisite design 14 the simple,.
severe, classic etyle,intended for the end of a room.
The wall hangings are Worked In arabempes of
green4talgolti,andthe portiere curtains, valance,
frieze and pilasters upon white cotton staff. The
hangings covering the doer Itself, aro embroidered
an either side with, two feMalc figures, '.holding
aloft serallsupon: which are the Wcirds, "Salve,"
and " Vale 7 --" Welcome 7 and "Farewell': to the
coming and parting guests. Oa the balance of the
door are the three fates—CMl6o, .I.„aeltesis and
Atrepes—busy With the - thread of life. The-frieze
Is embroidered with a most beautiful and 'graceful
pattern, and over It are, worked the Words, " Ars
longs, vita brevls "—Art Is loogi life Is stmt.':
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Another design:ls a:mantel valance, of soft blueish
green material; embroidered with pale primrosefq
the effect of the whole' Irina , particularly delicate.,
BM' 'undoubtedly, the best of these productions;
and. lndcel, the gem of the entire exhibition, is.a
four pannelled screen, upon tstilch the needle has
skillfully por.rayed the fable at; the , Jackdaws and
the pcacock. Art and taste can surely' go po fur
ther than in the conception and dxccotion 'of .this
design.
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Mr. Morris, the eminent designer;: is in 'great
force with a dade, which displaye his characteris
tics in a re Markable manner.- - It'consists of golden
cries, on a peculiar green, sr'lth peacocks at Inter
val-4; also, - wall hangings in eticato and flowing
arabotpiZ.,, so cunningly, blended and harmonized
that at a distance the parts become lunited in one
indefinable tint. • • • - .
Mr. Pollen has a portiere of crimson velvet, very
magnificently .Iworked gold and colors. This
truly regal plece of work , would be out of 'place in
anythidig.but a palace, sp massively gorgeous is it.
The Princess Christian exhibits a screen of dark
green satin, ulx,n which, In applique - work and ens
brol4ery intermingied, are foliage and buds.
Princess Louise has embroide red for her nuOthe r's
palacia of Windsor, curtain borders, showing illicS
on a background of deep red select. The lion.
3lrs. Percy Wyndham, Shows a beautiful portiere
- covered with sunflowers, the harnionlzing of colors
being In the most perfect taste.
Miss • Gemmed has four velvet plumes; each em
broidered with a boldly designed flower, the poppy
and the;fo:Cgluve being especially remarkable. .
A quilt embroidered in gold from an ancient
pattern, 1n the posicssionof Countess Lhownlow, is
one of he most Milking objects of the exhibition.
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The Ere:tang Star or this city is willing to take
silver In tiny for accoulth, of long n - nil quesilunable
standing..
We are now in the very 'heighth oflifie season
when passenger car tr.erefer'Et - are regaled - with the
rich fragrance emitted by tender yonng onions,'
liberally scented with the ettrly morning drink of
Crooked Whisky and imported Connecticut Ilaran,
na Cigars.
A few days 'Ago an expert pickpocket was seat up
'to Cherry 11111 Prison, until after the 'Centennial
iShall come and gone. The young gentlentah'being,
;In delicate health, was allowed to exercise In the
: Prison yard; on Monday as the bakerswagon was'
:abotit teaving the premises, the deliciiite youth
hastened himself.ty the bottom of the besly or that
;hread wagon With a clutch remarkablyrlgorirus in
- 4 sickly young man, and without the knotriedge'or
consent of the. Warden was ridden to. Freedom.
,That same afternoon, while the, young man. was
-promenading Chestnut street, in the most - fasblnba
hie attire, he saw an elegantly dressed lady with a
:Mont pneketxbook temptingly protrudineroin her
hip pocket,' , and the felfow being-In- want of
;funds to attend the opening of the Exhibition nu
)fay 10th. dextrously:removed that well tilled purse 4
A policeman saw him, and now he has live years'
. more added to his first siintence, and Is 'extremely ,
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desirous that another baker will give 11 another
tree ride.
A %AMA) SIiENtS A SMALL AFFAin.—Most
people neglect it. Who minds it? Yet
a cold may,, turn to Consumption, and
then followslalmost certain death. Take
i'COld in tithe, then.: that is, taka,l)r. 'D.
.rayne's Expectorant, the well known'
Standard remedy for Coughs,- Coils, Con-,
siimption, Asthma, Bronchitis, and all
Pulmonary Complaints, !and your Cold
will disappear, as well as all apprehension
or danger.
Coal and Land.
( 'lO AL,
COAL,
We keep on liatuLat our.yard all Rlzes of Pittston
and Wilkes Barre coal, and Loyal Sock rim!. from
tliiiSoinlvan County Mines. Also, Barclay Lump
and Smith.
. *e keep the 'hest quality ofllme. 1101 r 'anti Ce
meht, Brick and or which we will sell
at bottom prices. -
PIERCE Sc SCOTT.
Towanda May Ist, 07C
LAND FOR SALE.
ITTIREE HUNDRED ACRES,
, Of beautiful
LAND FOR SALE.
3 miles from Towanda. Will be sold for easlk.or
ON TIME,
Tb suit purchasers
100 ACRES IMPROVED;
With house and barn thereon;.balackee
WELL TIMBERED,
Aiid easily cleared: Whole farm well,caler4l
Will be .341111 in luty of 50 or 100 acre::, or morn, ail
puripAsers shall
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11. C. LOCKWOQI),--
Wellmburg. nr or
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or JAMES WOOD,
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