"..- ; ''" "'. - ma 1911 NEWS raiomAn ITATION&1 TIIERE are in Wisconsin 308,45 S h rtes. TriEne are - in Germany 331 Masonic lodges. - • IN . Paris, 1,860 persons live on their in comes. Ii 1847; 27,139 persons died in England of convulsions. ", - - . -Tuzpopulation of Spain aserages 1,350 °to thesquaremile. • • WYOMING Territory has doubled its _ pipulation in six years. - ACCORDING to the late census, the pop ulation of Peru is 2,703,075. Stu Titus Salt, founder of the alpaca ir.dustry.of England, is,dead. Fon the first time-in twenty years the Chickainauga River haS frozen. THE population of Africa is_three•times as dense as that of America. AN ocean sailing yacht club for Phil a.lelphia is about being organized. AiN offer of .f.:12,000 was recently refus ed for the. English horse Ilosicrucian. professional base ball club has been o:-Imnized at Lowell, Mass. —. I'm:Teo-AL possesses an area of 1,610 s‘itmre miles, with 527,517 inhabitants. I s - NovernberjaSt•J'hiladelpliii shipped $.,;.);00:1 worth of breadstuff to foreign ECM slit MICHAEL SHAW STEWART has been reappointed Grand Master of Malons of 6autland.-,4, To sUPPLY the ivory manufacture_ of England, 30,000 elephants are killed an .nualiv. " - MI,: number of deaths annually from impure water in England, is estimated at , - , I -ATTEMPTs are tieing made to raise the lit blockade at St. Louis by the use of ex plosives. - - Bunt) DonLE thinks California the lir,m climate in the world to winter% tioter. . JACOB . SCITAFFER • his challenged Ditin 4'6r a match at -'3tlt) a side. Cri.uttEs . Dß'r., a gall* soldier of the 31tixican. War, died in i Germantwon on liiffNDitlel:S, a brother of ex-Gov , irrior IleLdrick, of - Indiana, died on the rith Ohio. - A VIOLIN' bought in San Francisco toy s: 1 0 1 , viers from an inscription to be :256 years old. Or tire. ;TOMO workmen in, Paris,. GO per v. - ere l in repeipt of 'wages at the taking of thelliiA census. Ix fiermanY, a days work for_ women engaged in manfacture is 10 to . 12 hours, and never exceeds 13. . ' • Tut;. schooner .Toseph Wooly has sailed. from San_Fraueisco in search .of guano isiands.iu the South Pacific. `l. IT is said that, great destittition is pre vailing among the millers id - the viciuity _ of Scranton. . 1 . . . TOE Emperor of Russia has seta to the llikaili a-case four feet high, cut from a El/1,41e piece of agate. ' • ' Is the United States there are 14,007.52.2 children of school age, according to the latest school census. ' . , THERE: were :2.61' deaths in Philadelphia last week, 13 front diphtheria from ismailpox, .buiN S. Dit:Emsos, of the yacht Made has been elected Commodore of the r. 4 ok yri-Yaebt club. - - Hus'ian corvettes and gunboats haves arrived at the port of `4n Francis .co, and five mere are due. • 11Erwoirrn DIXoN has finished a novel, 'in which the scene is alternately laid in Eligiand - and America. . _ ~ A new American prima tkinna, 31js . s _ Alice .31a2,-,has Made a hit at the Gaiety in - an English version of the " Grmid Duch esie.•' - ET W LEN 15-14 , and 1!•71 the arerhge moiality in the -thevoit Hills, Scotland, was 15 per thousand, abut half the rate in this oft v. .'WORCESTER physiCian recently cut a man's. tongue completely - off, the member being diseased with cancer. ' The patient is thit g linely. - { I. I:EARY, the pedestrian, has been beaten in a walking match in London, owing to-illness. Weston's eip. riments have proved fuilurci- --I.GIII(I7I..TURAL HALL is to be shipped tq Spring Lake, N. 4 where it will furnish gla:is and limber for eight _cottages, a railroad depot :unlit hotel. Losvos hasla lwornen's book-binding society, with 860 members, whose object is -to take care of that class of artisans: are ill and out of employment. • svr-ttps in Lousiana, are so dry that a luau may ride on horseback or a wagon may be, driven through tractSof country =impassable within the memory of man. BRENT, the Louisville forger, surrend cd by the English governments under the re-t-nforeenient of the extradition treaty -arrived in New York on Saturday. . . 'Tile. late rainstorm and sudden thaw has done almost as much,lilainage to prop erty as the preceding violent snowstorm. Vic great WI! . igli t of the snow has broken down the roofs of many buildings. . Tat: tirst stone of a Natianal Museruu in which are-to be united the collections of 'lrippenhuis the Vander Hoof Museum :tit the-Stpiluitus,litts been laid in .Am stertlaul. At - At it's motiumeVr" 4 *ltich -Ima been cotelileted is a pyrainiA of black marble, bearing his mane, „the dates of his birth and death, and the titles to 4S of his grin- - Opal Works. THE next regatta of the American Col lege Ron ing Asso:iation will be held July li. `.!: 7, when Columbia, Cornell and Print ton will row a four-oared three-mile straight away race. IL‘Nssif, one of the three Esipiimaux br,uvlit, to this country by Dr: Hall, has died in Groton. Shit had learned to speak - tint' -. read - English fluently, and _was in tending ti.). unite with tiff! Baptist Church. with the has started a sub scf intior..to prdvide means to protec; the Stite from the ravages of the locusts. State Legislature asked to appro priate sucli`a sunias may be necessary to relieve the sufferers °tube frontier. zarec,ll" is a new projectile invented by altussian officer. It is an elongated • shell, with a sperical head. When it bursts, only the cylindrical part ',teaks antilli_head flies un totvaid the usually masked back of the artil: lery. T : Lire-in Tokio, Japan, which occur r..!d -Nov6lnber lasted eight hours. Five. 'thousand houses were. burned, fifty lives lost, and property worth $lO,OOO de st4ed. The residence of the Austrian minister was burned, and that of 'the U. S, minister narrowly escaped.- A YogonsmA -pa - Pei announces the eh.- riiit.of the World - by Jneans of correspond e•Jce in seventy-eight days. A letter dis patched-via -Aineriea to Ergland was an swered after a delav of three or four days, and the reply_sent to .Japan via the'itiez route, reaching ifs destination'th less than eighty days.i Tut:number of pei-sons slain in battle, r by-other concomitant of civilization sii.ee the world, began has been variously vst ituattsl at from :3(1,00),00 to (L5,560,- ( , N!,(:01); which shows hots extremely ac curate such_estirnates are. Consmaus re*,sEr, a telegraph mess enger boy at prunswiek, Georgia, during tht; yellow fever at;• that place, when thc• orators were - sick or dead, took chaige_olthe.ofice, stood to his post, and .s.cut and received messages correctly. lie Ni as only twelve years of age. There's the "making of a man" in that - lad. . " Sr_inof the - South;" which Rev. W. H. IL Murrhy. in his book, "The Perfect 7lorsii - f 2' so. enthusiastically talks about, dice-ii Boston last week, of acute pneu- TrMina, after a. 'sickness of - three days. This line animal was the property of Mr. James Q.. Smith,"of Richmond, Va., and has been North over three ye,arS. . IlintAiiss of an ancient' Indian village have been discagered at Paragoona, tnah. The houses, now covered with sage brush, were arranged in uniform rioirs and were eight by nine Tea in size. They were all , two story, of adobe, supported bypillars 1 of sandstone rock. Rude appliances for grinding corn were also found. 'TnE Largest establishinent in the World fc.r liateifing salmon eggs is that of the 'nited States G overnment on the 3legood river. Shasta county, Cal. It is under the S4l4e!intendenee of Livingston Stone cho distributes an- average of 7,000,00 . 6 T''nny, salmon each year to thel'ish Corn-1 . ;- •n 4tbe.6cveral Stuesitlivivirivas . - - • Imitable AirtbiirPiorme. - r-- floistelcniedlesteriv-au4'4.- - - EMS Vmdfoti Neporttt • 1 , EDITORS ft R. ) O. GOODRICH. IL W. A LVORD. TowaplB, Pa.; 1102.12817, Jirmary 11, 1877. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. - Vir";e last week laid before our read ers the annual message of Gov.HART RANFT. . The late date at which we received the document precluded the possibility of any- review of it in that issue. • . The message discusses in an able manner,all the various..questions con nected with State government, start ing with a Clear'and frank statement of the financial condition of the Com monwealth, he refers in, detail to all the interests of the State. His rec ommendation of a new loan at a - rate of interest; not exceeding five per . cent. to replace in part, if necessary, loans soon Coming due, is judicious and timely. 'He asks. a revision of the subject of mercantile and tavern licenses, to the end that unnecessary expense may be avoided in making assessment, collection, 'and publica tion. There is great room for reform here, and it ivill be a fortunate thing for the peop'e and respectable 'mews _ _, p*ers,;when a law exists which shall . put in operation a just sy;cm of \ad vertising legal or public acco ts. The Governor reheats his prey , us suggestions in relation to banks arid ;livings funds.. At is needless to say that theyare wise and practical. In referring to .the public school question. the statement is made that not one in a hundred of the poorer classes is to be found in these schools. " Thousands of children' throughout _the State-are driven lirematurelY I to work or wander in idleness." What I - better reason do we want than this for establishing a system of compul sory education ? The Governor very ;wisely warns. the friends of popular tuition against enlarging the system too far beyond the original bounda ries of, an elementary education. There have been eight thousand five hundred and eighty children admit-' ted to the Soldiers' Orphans' Schools 'since they into overlition. 'On the first of last' September the State had the care' of two thousand six dred and forty-one. - The matter of art education in our schools, the creating, musedins, art galleriet, etc., shiould receive in;!reas ed attention. His Excellency's ree ommcndations under this head are important and - well worthy the seri ous consideration of" our legislators. The Governor says that - out of a militia muster roll of 870 officers and ,5,996 enlisted men, 7;301 rank and file took part in the Centennial de monstration,. This "evinces both pa triotism and good' discipline and shows-what may be'expeeted of our volunteer soldiers in case of an emer gency. '" The frequent "use of troops haS ever )peen' dist4stefill to a free people," says the Governor, and he -Would suppress lawlessness through the agency of the sheriff, increasing the power of, the latter ) ofliCer. Our charitable instittitions, the question of insurance,' construction of public buildings,• thunicipal gov ernment, the commercial • depression, and other "equally important ques tions, are ably treated in the, mes sage. _lt is in short one of the most satisfactory. docuMents ever present ed icahe public, and our readers will not find it dUll work in perusing it from beginning to ending. HON. B. B. *ITER. The Philadelphia Press prints the following sketch, of Speaker MYER: " The- Speaker of the House enters on his duties auspiciously. Ile Is roan fully qualified far the plaeci - and is in fine contrast 'with the presiding - officer of the last_ House, with whom it is not intended tadraw any invid ious contrast, but then appearances and acts will tell. Mr.3lyer belongs-, to that element in the northern part of the which took early posi tion against slavery. He began his political career as - a devoted friend of the 'late Judge - Wilmot. starting his _ career with Judge Nercur, of, the Supreme Court, and - always main, taming a high Social and business position at home. In 1845, when lie was the candidate of the Whig party tor the Legislature, he. ran 'ahead of his ticket, but was defeated by the Ifemoeratie candidate. He was a delegate to the first Republican Na tional Conxlntion, at _Pittsburgh, in k 56, and in the same year was elect ed to the State Senate, wherein lie served until 1859, -his record being a thoroughly good one. lie was ap pointed by President Lincoln Sur veyor of the Port of Philadelphia, April 19, 1861; fi continuin g in that of ce throughout Mr. Lincoln's admin istration. President Johnson recom missioned him as Surveyor of Phila -delphia, and the duties -of the ,office were performed by him" until ,16;, when disapproving of the polies - ~ of the:President, he resigned. L 0872 -Myer. was elected to the lOwCr branch or the Legislature, and was re-elected in 1873, and again in veniber, 1876. He has never -made' politics a trade. While he has a_ strong desire to participate in public , affairs, he never loses his ,hold on business, but devotes his time aside froM any public responsibility in volved upon _him, to the conduct of private interests. Such men never fail in making .prictical legislators. I Indeed., the English people are more inclined to trust the making of laws tb business men than - to lawyers, and it is - becoming noticeable in State Legislatures that successful men oni the floors of such bodies are those who hrve the conduct of large pri -.ate,-practical enterprises." TUE Democracy still fret and -, fume over their,defeat, and threaten terri ble things- unless TtioEN is inaug, urated.: Such bumeombe frightens no one. and makes' the Democracy appear simply ludicrous. Gov. IL Ay Es has been fairly elected and will be • peaceably inaugurated. Don't forget it • -: . - STATE FIN NOES. The /alto r Genenrs Firms. The annual report of the Auditor General for the fiscal year . ending November 30, 1876, shows the fol lowing iiimmary of receipts and ex penditures : • Received from lands, t 1,038.47; anetion commis sions, *16,605.93; notary public commis:4oM , , 9;5; lax otibank 4iock. Pe'..,747.62: tax on corpora tion stocks, r.1.18.252.4n; tax on personal property. 0120,5cAt,3; tax on loans, ( 1 1(4,6.21.47; tax on het earnings or incomes, {.41,102.52; tax on gross re r-651.90; tax on logs, il1.0( 4 .; to a on ton nage, t 149.78: tax on coal companies, f.74.1,005-.72: commutation of tintnng.t tax, I 80.000; tax on writs, will', deeds, .tr., 147.444.7 4 : tax on certain ottic-s, nfit collateral . tax. 1 ,1190 ' 23 . 59 : tavern licenser, {.492.7...61;n.6t; retall-rs* }360,C14.65; theatre, circus and ritonagerle licences, Vt 7.65; billiard saloon. le want; sat and ten-pin alley licAttses,l•lo,773.6l; eating house, beer house and r.,stanmtit Ileensrti Ci 1,061.51; peddiers' licen ses, e1.3.3.:13; brokers' licenses, t1,0ti.3.09: patent medicine licenses. =9.52..3.;0; drovers' licenses, VA: millers' license!. !,47(1,77; .11s111ers' licenses. 10.152.72: foreign Insurance conipanies. f t 17.951.69; bonus on tdtarterp. 1135.132.14; pamphla laws, elat: e,cheats. *t,4• 0c; annuity for right of way. $lO.- WO; fees of the public offices, .121.111.21:; Alleghomy Railroad Companv. Intereit on bonds, t2.5•:..,- s Oot Allegheny Valley Itailroal bo n ds red,,emed. #100.000; P,mnsylvanla archives, f172:20: goolegical survey. t353:63; acr , rued Interest. *7„ . 711.07; tax on enrolment of laWs. f ID; Total, ftl.ll7s,telo.:C2. Paid for expmses of government, $1.:.:40.4357.47: Constitution4l Conventlu. 8173.1'2: riots in the an thracite soak regions, ii..).7.31.50; Sas:11011mm de pot riots. isi.tia; pension, am] gratnil charlts We Institutions. r/ 23 . 401 .rj: Or" Pir , t l Srbo. ,l . 317.63: t:orntn , :.sioners of Sink mg Fund, Common ii.desds, 11.111:- '9 3 6.i15; In terost 1.ean5...1.32.t.t High School or Penn ..ylvatila, i , 1i5.11 1 : ilarlor Mas trr. fa.11:1.99: Port Warden. Phlla dciphis. e 2.053.31; lit‘p-ctor of coal Mines. 105:1; State Library, 1.i.5.:7,11; Thant of I'ar,i,,u4, A. ~son, of Bank SM:ks. Mercantile , Appralsem ,3.7 (I'k stationers'. fuel. etc.. 4429.907 54; Special Commissloticr,.. r , advertising for proprab,l,til.a+l.lo; e - sch-at 4, :..,i.- 946.16; Centennial Exposition. f.r:.9.61;..17: Penn svirtUda Board of Con tennial Managers, t.to.2stut; flonSes of It.rftig'. 1f17.1`..1 0 : penitentiaries, 171.- 330'.75; GefAttgii . 3l-s[lrvey, CO,(100: cnnuszl rocs and 110.1td of Puha , ' fit:trill:9. S7.SC6I: Pennsylvitia Agricultural Society.. 2,01.t1. inangural exp•tis:s. Pu Old I nut and grounds, ;7114.461.'2A; inisci.diane , uis, Lits4.2o; militia expen-es, ordinary. inbitary ex p.-r act of April 16, 63.2. 0 ; Center= ;dal military encampment, t 2 0.672.31, Total, 087,110.02. .. ,r:ivENUE vitom iiiiLADELPittA. . . The to:los:lug Ivere tic: revoipts,of the Slate tram Prdladelphia compared Wlt-li the !Par before. ' • 1875.- 1;4'8. . Auction Compal,inns :1;,.::6.00816.M0.00 TaX on f'oriairation tstmeßa,; It; nits • r 71 - ,u71.39 3.3i5.90 IMilroads having termini in 11(8 city 832.377.71) 8ia,022.12 I mammwe om panics 71.•••;7.23 73. r.p.setigt.r Railroad* .• n 1.137.11 Minc”llancona , 31691.42 117.( 9 1 . 1.42 Tax 911 personalprop9rty !‘39,.;;',2.90 Tax nu Loans: Tr..m.nrer of Pi - Wad:2llMM 104,957,67 • 46.531.93 Rallroadt 1,351.93 ltailroads having turtnini in the city 1,3:1.7•6 Tax on Net Earnim ,, I mourance Companres )liscvlianemts Tax on'gro,s receipts of nail roads haying termini in the city Tax on tollTlag , of railroads havihgt..rmini In the city 460.069.00 4+,19,09.79 T.,x on 1% rim.. wit :s and Tax WI city ogieei rux on collateral inherit anee 1.1.•en,5-: • Taverns Roailers Theatres_ IMLiartis l'etdka - s Brokers l'ai•mt medicines Re•qaurants Premiums On charters Accrued inter,t • f 2,441,21 , 1.3.7 De4l;tet revPnue lnom rail- • n.aihi ha% ing termini in 'cur Net revenue,' frf,nl city .1.21;.. 5 , 1 4 :1, cl.l, , TITE T.tYE, ox Thn m.-vtda! pa•,tdlgor railway 44anpan1,4, or the fx: y I .m lan,lne Slate Trew.ury to the l'‘.ll..vv lng ana•uw-, rot - I.m - 01,th swe•k-i:, wan., earning,. during the l,al year endir,, ,, 70. 1576 ; I.wnhard : }111:10,Irill3 and 111,r1,y. t:;!;1): Iron ;III,i rj'a- Ze,) , and I.:l•Yt.•ifili, (Marko , . : Frank foid awl S„ tth nar.: Fifth and :7•ixtlt. and G lay' , Ferry i! , prilee and l'lno ,dif 11 an"! Flf , tranwald:l r.••••..wal and Third 14 4 7; th`r111:11111,,n to and Eighth I" ni4q, 1:1,1•4 v t , —: 1711, 19;k: Mair.yank. :tad c"ache•a:: 11:4:1,:e.t.ath Tneat:e!i: Frankfnld and 11.4ne.•1,:ug ll.e total fiwal n :•••• 1 7,1:;1,51. • THE. '4.tx os a 54 I: in!.II,IADS. th. 2 ,:••;1111 termitl: 11, • 1:y Nva , a :onn: -i;: a:.l- !: , •2 N. w ILL:11 ,:v! • i n.1:1 a:..1 . 1:.11:1111. s, 1'.., -t 411..-11111 t Il iii 1:.1111". :41:d 1:::::t..:..1 'I I. I TAX ./N IN,UIII7s( E AND tat, , .r. th, TI.. awl [nl-I 4 • , 11); 1114. , city • %vet, ;I , 0i411. 1 14114$ :114 , :11114.1110N: / . 11 1 11.1)/ 4:1p4411 4 . , , 141,11011r, I . ltl iden) 1.1 f.• [me, 1.,r t;fantli.g 'fin-i 11 , 4 .1: 1..1:14.114y. Fir.% 01.'1. I': !Wl:or:tr.: 310tual z. 11,44/: Tru-t. .7;10;73: .111,1ratit••• C. un aI,V oC Ca. rd !V.V . /Van:a r I $ 1 .14•11.: Iii b1113:11.1e C1,1111,311y PENNSYLVANIA LE/S4TURE HOUSE OF REPUESENTATIVES AVEo& - EsoAv, Jauuary'a, 1577. The House met at 11 o'clock k Mayer by Chaplain. -- The Rev. J. C. Clarke, Or Ridge Avenue M. E. Church, ila i rrisburg, was then announced by the speaker as chaplain of the House: After reading of the Journal, the committee appointed to notify the Governor that tilt' Legislature was ready to proceed tol,fusiness,reportcd that they had fultil l ied their mission. Mr. Gemmill, of York, offered resolution that when the Rouse ad journed to day it adjourn to meet on Tuesday next at 7 o'clock r. A greed to. Mr. BillinfTi-.ley offered a resolution that the following 1)e appointed offi cers of. the Rouse of Representa tives: MessaffeClerk—Gibson Linn, But ler I 1 _ county. . Transcribing. Clerks—'3. L. Wilson. ! WAsniN'o•ros, January. 8.--F. S, Washington county; M. R. Adams,' Winslow, who was arrested - to-day Somerset 'cbunt v.; for the theft of the fund s _belowt•rints, , Sergeant-at-Arms—O. F. Gaines.' to the Illinois National 'hank,. has Lucerne county. - i !wen employed in the cash room of Assistant Ser:*eants,-at-Arms-Rob , ttlie treasury department only a sho'rt ert Adler, Mercer county; Thomas ; time. Ile appeared', at his desk as Riley. Philadelphia ; Charles Doug- ; usual this ; morning, and remarking lass, Philadelphia. - . ; ; fie was OA the detectives had sifted Doorkeeper—J. W. Aken, Law-1 the matter of the robbery, began his rence. • ! WOO: without delay. Ile .was notici:d' : Assistant Doorkeepers—Frank H. !to lie very reticent during =the day, Jones, Philadelphia; A. Mumma, Lan- ; tont gave no indications of any agita caster ;W. 11. Cawley, Schuylkill. i Lint whatever until abotit two o'clock Doorkeeper of ItotundaH ; John !in the afternoon, when_:be was arrest- W.. Whi t e. All e gh e ny. - ; .; 'ed by Messrs. Brooks and - Benson. Messenger—A. B. Vance, Phil:1(1cl- !Of the secret service division of tLe phia. ; Treasury Department. Winslow was Assistant Mcssengers- - -Jono. Mc- searched and two new $lOO bills w e r e Intire, Philadelphia ;W. 11. Jenkins, ; found Upon him. He merely said Indiana; Tos. 3l*Guwan.4.-aneitster. that he came by . them honestly and Superintendent of Folding Room- i made nu further'remark, as he was Benjamin Hunter, Eriec -- - - - - -;:---- ' informed that -whatever adtnissiOn ; Pastors and Folders—F. -11. Tar- he should make might be. used as ev, : gart, Chester; Thomas Shallenbcprer, idence against hini. Winslow was Snyder; Harvey Bucker,-Arnistrow*: not in the employ of the treasury at ROA. M!Connell, Philadelphia; P. _the time of the Hallook robbery, of 1 II: Pence, Huntingdon ; L. Mllnery, $4;,000, having been appointed since; Sus4lueliapna ;L. C. Baker.Wh - fren ; that occurence. The amount lately W. K. Hopkins, Blair; J. 31. 31*.Mul- stolen was sll,foo, nearly all of lin, Franklin; Jasper Ticknor. - Phila.- w hick was in $lOO bills, awl of this , delphia. ~- - . ----- amount $11,9.00, has been returntd. ' Postmaster—P. W. Raymond, Ye-, The authorities' are still disinclined , nan go. - ito give any information concerning Assistant , - Postmaster,--John W. ; the party who returned the money, Williams, Allegheny. - - ---; . • ; contenting themselves by say lug that Journal Clerk- 7 -J. E. Allen, bau- h the guilty , porson shall be brought to phin. , •••-,, ; the bar of public justice and the out-; Watchrnan-Sanwel Hairy, Mifflin.: rage upon the service Tully vindicat- Janitors (.: . oniittee Rooms—Ric - d7-oVinslow IS a man who was very and Thomas, Allegheny ; D. E. Itlivs>: highly respected in the offlee, his de- Allegheny. Janitor of Wash Room—Chas. - , (Lida and gentlemanly order. He Ilinchman, Philadelphia. ; ; had no confederate in the crime. The Fireman-Joseph Edwards, Sehuyl- ,' old clerks in the cash room, and par kill. . ' titularly those who have, on one or ;. Mr. Zern, of Allegheny, offered to two previous - Occasions, had the mis l'amend by substituting the following fortune to he under a cloud (luring names : Message Clerk, - George the investigations of the facts that Fisher ; Transcribing Clerk. George leave occurred are very much elated ; B. Yanks; Postmaster, J. R. Smith; , that; he general suspicion has been 'Serge ant-at-Arms, .W-nt. - M'Bevitt ; i removed and that'they the are, no_tunger - Tiystititant l i W nWlt,....trin e illibjectS of deeteet'cooliiikiw - liia : , ? .., 2 .3., : ri1,- , , T ,, :: -. ::: - . ,,_, L ... 1 ,..:' ...... ~ _ , w , k ,,, * . ;, - N ,, ,, ,,,, ,,5 , y _ : _ .„,r , 5 ,„, ,r(y..,;: , , ..,, xt.471 , ,.e., .." - -='-' ' •,--- ---q : :-.1f,4- , '- - -94' - , .. , ,, , ,- , -,--7. , -A 4OO *-.' --.,--k-,>, ~;•:•,.; P. Kening ;. Third: A,tisistant; Henry Sittering ; Fourth: Aishstant, Peter. Groff; Messenger, T. Snyder; Assist ant Messengers; V. A. Smarsh, D. Wasson and it. APKniglft; Door keeper, Eph. Jones ; Assistants, J. AL" Grogan, J. Ward and P. Wolf: The Secretary of the Common wealth was announced, and present ed to the HouSe the annual message of the GovernOr to the Legislature, which was ordered to be, read: After the reading of the message and accompanying .documents the cleric of the Senate appeared and . presented to the House an extract from the' Journal of the Senate, which was read, as follows: R; , eo/rot (if the House of Repre sentatives concur), That until other wise ordered the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives in force at the last session .of the Legislature, be adopted for the gov ernment of the Senate and Ilouse of Representatives during the present session. Upon motion, the House concurred with the above. .)Ir. Long Movede'that the message of the Governor be referred to the ApprOpriate Committees when ap i; pointed. Agreed to. Mr. Jackson. of Mercer; offered the following : I Resolved, That .the members of the - House, without respect . to:. party ' affiliations, tender to the retiring Resident Clerk, Maj. Elbridge .NUConkey, their testimony of high `regard for the faithful, efficient at-A impartial manlier in which he has discharged the duties of his position luring the4ast two years, and for the unitOrm kindness and courtesev I which he has responded to the limner ! eiirble calls made upon himond for the ability displayed in the performance of the varied and exacting duties of Lids office. 'And we hereby declare that he carries with him in hisTetire- I meat (made- necessary by the muta tions ,of time and exents), our best wishes for his welfare. Unanimons ly adopted. Morgan, of Lawrence. offered the following : /?e.-,shed, That the members of this House bear testimony to the ability and uniform courtesy with which the retiring' Chief Clerk, lion. Adam Woolever, and Reading Clerk, Gen. D. 1 lerbert, have discharged the duties of their , positions during the sessions of 875 and 1576, and that we tender them our best wishes for their future welfare. - Unanimously adopted. Adjourned until Tuesday •next at 7:30 P. M. MEM '_.174.( 4 _.•n.10 40,%47.71; 11,174.t0 2. 7 . g. 13'1.69 1:0i2,):3,,,,37 141. 7 4 3.'2.9 '231.79:1.73 1146.1 13=121 t;!+.1.6() I_ ISfO nom din 5 .126.. vi 5,161.00 los ixf) 2..751.00 ;1,•275.67 t;.tt..7.00 703' _.llll i_.oo MEE THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK I= ENV Vonk. Jan, 3.—This - after noon, as Mr. James Gordon Bennett was coming out of the Union Club rooms. he was - met on the sidewalk by Mr. Fredrick May,' brother of Miss Caroline May' who was to have been married th-day, but whose rln: - ga , ,renrent was hroken 'O3l Mr. May had been waiting fur. Mr. Bennett for some time. lie and his .brother Will iam .lac - , had watched 'the steam'-l:;1: Bussi?i i ;in which it was said 31r. Ben nettjtas to sail. ;When Bennett con fronted Mr. ,- May, he drew baek, and takin , ,_ , a whip tram under his coat. with much force and rapidity lie struck Mr. Bennett across the face Offer titne. Blood streamed from the gashes uncle r his evis and a frightful cut on' his nose. lie stagger '( -d for a moment and then threw-him self upon Mr. May. They clitiche.l, but Mr. May, bein:r the more power ful of the two, forced liiinselr front Mr. Bennett's grasp. and at this the hitter made Another Ituwe at . Mr. May. - who struck . at him from the shoulder, an4'Mr. Bennett fell-at full len: , th on Il.sidewalk. Blood stain ed the snow from the sidewalk to the gutter. A ttachees of the club house and pedestrians ran to Mr. Bennett's ass's:mice. No one Attempted to stop Ali. May, who ,with his hands in his pockets, walkeel leisurely towards Fifth aVC MR?. • I twas said by some perSbns in the club rooms and in the botch in the nei!rliborbood that -Mr. Bennett wrested the whip from Mr. May and threw him, but those who were near est to the scene say that such was not the case. - Mr. Bennett was carried . immediately to his home. Police officers near the club house sail that they knew nothing of the fight,.althouLrh -five minutes idler it happenuil it was the chief topic in all the neighboring hotels. William May, Freilrick's brother; - in the club house: this evening. said : '• We were look ing for Mr. Bennett all day, but he was in hiding. Ile ought to have been cowhided long ago." The cause of the - assault is said to be because o stories circulated by Mr. Bennett among chib men. THE TREASURY ROBBERY FASTEN= ED UPON AN EMPLOYE., arty.. l~ t ~:? r:~ " HERALD " 'CHASTISED ?5.-,1:43 - ; - ;n 7 Nk. .; y 44 , • t 01010DORE VMriM4LT, PescefniDeith of the crest Mlionaira: NEW TOILE, January 4.—Fof the last few days Commodore Vander bilt's physicians have. been hourly ex pecting his death. He died almost without a struggle. A change for the worse took place in his condition about four o'clock this morning, and he expressed a desire to see the Rev., Dr. Deems, his spiritual adviser.: Dr. Deems prayed, and the mem bers of the family, who were prbsent, sang a hymn. his physicians were at the dying man's bedside, and did a'! that medical aid'could :suggest to make his last moments peaceful. His funeral Will take place on Sun day morning at 10:30 o'clock. ITS EFFECT ON TUE. STOCK MARKET The. Pax!, ih its financial article, says: When business opened at the stock exchange there were rumors that Commodore Vanderbilt was dying. These .were not confirmed until nearly noon, and then. there were many persons who, haVing been so many times deceived by like rumors, donbted the truth. When at last the rumors were eoufirnid . they had comparatiVely little effect on the market, his death having been so long expected. The decline in stocks (it ranging from occur ed early in the day, and a part of it has been recovered since noon. The three stona with whieliVan derbilt was identified were the • New York-,Central and Hudson, Harlem and Lake Shore. The first 'named cloSed yesterday at 101, opened to day at 1001 fell to 100.1 advanced to 101, and is mow again 101. Lake Shore opened as it closed yesterday, at 5.:;.1, fell to and has since re turned. to sq. Harlem. of which there were •no sales yesterday, was voted yesterday at 1:3516,13,1 and to-day has soh{ (100 shares) at 1.30. It is estimated by those in position to judge that Vanderbilt was the owner of securities having a present market value - of about $55,000,000, and that of this total fully $55,000,- 000 consisted of the stork and bonds of the New York Central and Hud son. It is understood that the bulk of this vast property is to be kept together, and that provrqon has been Made for reinvestin:r accruing inter .est on it in his flfvorite.securities. MS CAREER Cornelius Vanderbilt was born at LStapleton; Staten Island, on May 1:94. The house in which ! lie was born is still standing, and islpart of his estate. At the 'age of nineteen ;!lie married Sophia Johnson, his scond cousin, who Was just a: year I younger, and who has been dead eight ycLars. She was a business :woman, lima was well adapted to as sist the caret.r of a money maker. ! They 'lived . cconomicAlly. and were old-fashioned as to have a family of thirteen children, nine daughters four Sons, nearly all Of whom are still hying. A tVw . vOars ago, at the celebration of his golden wedding, : over of his descendants and rela ' fives assembled to congratulate him. :* Vrtntiabilt; began his career as capt . ain of a sail boat which used to run t'rom the beaeh at Whitehall to Staten island, carrying - passengers at cents each. In 1817 M r , Vernier- Lilt abandoned sailing vessels and began steamboating " In I`k,29i.at the , age of thirty-live...he was'avorth 4:;n,outi. The first steamboat he ever built was the Ctiroline, which finally went over Niagaia Falls. In thitse'days the business of steamboat ; ing was in the hands of Men of we::1-th and powerful companies. Vander with comparatively slender means, found it tip-'hill •work but single-handed he successfully over came all cpposition,,and gradually made liis way ; to the control of , the steamboat interest; In 151 he es tablished a line to California via Nica ragua. In 1.662 he presented a new steamer of :,,000 :tens, co-ting, 5.400,000---:t lie Vandt , rbilt—to the United States, for which Congress passed a resolution of thanks. At the time she was canting hint $2,000 a day. ' Gradually )vithdraWing from steam boats he invested in railroads, and hevame the largest 14Ier of railroad stocks and bonds in this country, if not in the world. Ile bought almost the whole stock of the Harlem road at nqminal prices, inut:lt to the sur prise- of the knowing ones. on the street., When he and his • friends went over to New Jersey. and bought the New Jersey railroad it was com paratively worthless; it has Since be come one of the most valuable stocks on the list. Mr. Yanderhilt likewise acquired the control of the Lake Shore and .Michigan SOutlnirn rail road in July. and became its president. :Under his management the New York Central railroad com pany and the New York and Hudson ItiNer railroad company were con bv an act passed May 20, . One of the.most magnificent enter prises in connection with the roads managed by him was l the tunneling of Fourth avenue, New York, from the ,Forty-second Street, depot to the Ilarlem river. This tine piece of en gin.eeting_ was originated in consti - quence of the great number of acci dents which occured while tLe road ran at a level with the ;street. The ,work is a complicated Series orde .pres:-„ions, arches tunnels and ducts of the most curious andinter esting character. It is four and a half miles•lon!, and cost $i;,r.)00,000. -As to the actual amount of the enormous wealth acquired by him ! , conjecture alone is available. In I X 1,4, be reported his income to the United States internal revenue com a) iSSiOnerStat very nearly three-quart ers of a million. In i isl;s his fortune was estimated` at i. 40,000,000.. At present, those' who are most familiar with his affairs rate' him at from :0,000,000 to sso,iiiin,ooo, while many others believe that it reaches a full S10 ; 1100,000. Possessed of such a princely . for tune, Mr. Vandei hilt's generosity was frequently exercised on al -lung- nificent Scale. Ile paid for the time., tion ofithe Church of the Strangers, in New York; of which -Rev. Dr. Deems is the pastor, alai supported the Moraviau: church at NeW,Dorp, Staten Island, near -which he had ereeted a mausoleum for his own final resting place. lie also endow ed a school for girls on the grounds of that church, to be built on the seminary at Relic:hem, in this state, which he • also liberally endowed. But his greatest benefaction was to the new educational enterprise at Nashville, Tennessee, under the con trol of the .Methodist Episcopal -Church South, of -which his second wife had been a member. This insti-1 tution, named Vanderbilt University in his honor, has received from hint at one . time and another ';,.1,000,000. Ofja his first wife", :mho Aiett in 1,868:10 are nor IMrio - :400;1 1 0,-,* lietusujOi , • ;A.,- f:••,., .- ' •• • '• • .• • - - lotitnees.:Cilovfoid; . *Mg t ., - whO: was 45 years his junior. Mx.. Vanderbilt, it is understood, made his will about twenty years ago, but has been in the habit of amending and revising it- by the ad dition or - codicils regularly once a year. It is expected, of course, that the bulk of his enormous fortune goes to his eldest. sons Having been noted all his life for his. caution, it is said that for years past he had kept •all lisigreat business interests so arranged that.hiS death would trot seriously afflict, their con-. tinned working. Notwithstanding his great influence in the railroad business of the country, his death, it: is believed, will have little permanent 'effect on the stock market. • The stock which, he held in the New York Central and the Harlem rail roads will not, it, is said, be thrown on the market witiiin one year after his death, if at all. Although Mr. Vanderbilt had reached such an advanced age, he was still one the handsomest men of his time. Before he was confined to his house by illness, he stood erect and commanded respect by his im posing presence alone. Every after noon he drove through Central Park behind a pair of fast horses, handling the ribbons himself as gracefully as a much younger man could have done. Ile was little given to con versation, being a listener rattle' than a talker, and throughout his lung business career always slisplay cd- a power of will and determination that bore down all the obstacles ris ing in his - path. Ile r was confined to his room about . the beginning of July last, and for two months his death was almost momentarily ex pected. Shied then lie has been in a somewhat improved condition, and but a few days ago it wds thought by his physicians that he would live through the- winter. -414111.1. -0- - BURNING COAL MINE. LI'KENS, Pa, Jan. s.—The Short Mountain and Lykens Valley mines, which produce 150,0u0 tons of coal a year, havoibeen on fire since Mon day afternoon, and the Lykens Val ley coal company,which opeyates the collieries, has already suffered a loss cf severallfundred thousand dollars which ':promises to he largely -aug mented. Several men who have been. driven from the mines 'thy -the fire, are engaged day and night in efforts to stop the work of destrue. Lion, but the difficulty of reaching it has rendered their labors only par tially suceessful. The first four days they made no impression on the fire- Appearances to-day indicate that their work is having a beneficial ef (let; but the temporary cheek has not relieved the people here of . the fear that all, the Collieries in this eMinty May Ire visited by the tire. They are connected by subterranean passages, had should an'finfaVorahle (trait ensue they would all be in dan ger of destruction. The principal efforts of the mintirs are directed to ward placing obstruetions to the sweep of the fire eastv,ard, where tire 11ig: Lick and Williamstown colieries are located. threi; nrnl live miles above this town. About thirty miners are constantly stationed in the Lc- Valley slope, to properiy han rdle the hose throiol which water is being conducted. The smoke is •sO dense in the locality that they are. oceasionally prostrated by its elfeets and drawn in cars to the sun fact he relieved by others. Two small streams Ifave been diverted from their original channels and the ma tCr coin:acted into the burning mines, several lines of wooden troughs . car rying it to points where it is sup posed to be most needed. At the mouth of cacti mine is it large slope house, into. which cars loaded with coal are ordinarily hoisted. These. structures have been disconnected iyith the slopes to save Om from destriiction. (A similar precaution would have prevented. tire burning of a large engine house and great dam age to. the machinei•y, which, cost about i , 30,000. Iletween'ei!ditYmd ninety mules in-the mines are sup posed to have been s'intocated, all way of egress !nixing, been cut off by the fire. That no human lives have been lost is in a- great measure at tributable to the fret that the fire•oc curred on a holiday when the mines were almost entirely deserted. There is a difference of opinion as to how the lire origiLaterl. One theory is that a spark from a ininer* . s lamp started it, while another is that the heat from one of tire pumping en.: gives in the' mine was the cause. The fire spread with remark: l ll4e ra pidity, asc o endinn• to the top of the Short Mountain slope, nearly five hundred ydrds from the supposed pant of origin., in six or seven hours. In addition to the large quantity of coal and timber ciinsumed; much damage must necessarily haYe been done to the machinery in the mines both by tire and water.! -Should the fire be brought under ; control. which it, by nO means certain, it would be impossible tO repair tlie damage and resume mining operations during the winter. About . nine hundred men were employed in the burning mines. There are fouranthraeite coal mines in Dauphin county. which employ between 2,5011 and 3,000 men. The Williamstown colliery, five miles: above this place, is the-•largest in the' world. and produced about 240,000 tons last year, and- tire year before 301,000 tons. .The total shipments froin the four mines hist year , were . -It'i'D,oo.o tons; a decrease of 1320)00, as compared with the previous 3 - Car When the mines are kept in steady operation the ~lnisiness bf this coal region amounts to froth $1,500,00 to :::,2,000,000, annually), In this town from $35.00 to :, , : . 40,0ti0 Are paid to Miners monthly. . t:lrday saw the last of ctifth so far as washe conceinql. lie was tnitied from the church which he gave - Dr. Deems sortie ycals,ago.more quietly mid unosten tath,usly•than any of his rich compeers who have gone before. 'I lie casket was said to hav e cost aml was made by the Itay mond Manutaetm ing Company. IV; metalic Surface was entirely concealed by the' V el,vet covering. • The insole was lined .by pearl-coNercd satin, and a pillow of the same held the ret.erend head of the deceased octogenarian. The ornaments were elf solid silver, as were the handles. There were no NH-bearers, for those se lected years ago by the Commodore were nearly ail de:td, and it Was his own wish that there should be none. Aftec , the sim ple service the remains were' taken to the Staten Liana Feriy, where two bicits were iii readiness to convey the fi lends to the Island, where, at New Dorp, the -re trains - were placed iii the faMily tomb. Mrs. Vanderbilt is ab ut forty years old, and is a very handsome and well-preServed woman. '• Alt isn't she to be envied?'' said a young and pretty matron to me the other day ; and I am afraid that is very muftis the' opinion of many others. Busi ness, the club, and other outside attrac tions let'ave so many women practically widows, without the freedom of the real estate, that there are many `ho do not feel it such a terrible change, 6 when the dread . ev'ent occurs, that makes them in fact that Which - they might as well have been. Whatever may have been said to the contrary, the Brooklyn horror has left its. traces behind in the meagre . audiences that attend our theatres. "lint they look full," says oi:tine:Vice, who is not initiated in the mysteries of paper. When 1,200 doctor 3 and 1,800 dentists attended one of IV: Is rquirted that I.SVCCETT and these- resorts of last weelt,• the *use looked full bat did not alt. 'dile* ay. MAT - Tought:*:bloodlgktilliel P • ulpcicadefkie, the over 40914411.9114apf , , , :. , Immt:firloitmelleo* Idingcoo4 • ~. - e TIIE coroner's * inquest IS still en (*.i(Yed on the Ashiabula disaster. It seems pretty ivell settled that the had been considered unsafe fur a long time. Ora 'Legislature convened again on Tuesday evening. The commit tees will now be - announce4l. and work commenced in earnest. GOLD reached the lowest point since 1861 on Tuesday, when it was quOted at 1.05"1. Commouonz VANDEIiBILT left none of his huniense .wealth to charitable institutions.. THE snow storm of • Sunday And Monday *vas very general, extending all over the country. ROBE= JILEDELL has been appoint ed Postmast'er at Allentown:- zarrhs nou oh COMIEBMWTB, LETTER FROM BABBISBDBG• 'First Week of the Smalon—Legialatnra Otgardied-- Bradford County Honored—Appointment of Chap lains—The, itinuequa Project, cta, etc.- nAIIIIIIIIICRG, JIM ! . 5, 1877 The first Week of the Legislative re- Union of the present year, convened on Wednesday at 1 o'clock, both Houses hav ing adjourned until Tuesday next, at half past seven o'clock. This adjournment will strike the uniniciated. in Legislative matters as an unnecessary waste of time, but it is claimed that the Speakers of the Senate. and House of 'Representatives, (especially the latte), need tha time be tween the date of adjournment and that of reassembling to arrange . the standing committees, while the newly elected offi cers will thuS.be afforded an opportunity to get things in their several departments in working order. It has' been the cus tom for many years to adjourn op Wed nesday or Thursday of the lirSt week un til the beginnirg of the next, for the rea son indicated, and as it 'is required that all bills-nmst be referred to committees .before being acted upon, in either Clouse, there would seem to be reasonable ground for adhering.tu the established .usage at the present time. At noon, on Tuesday, the hour fixed by the constitution for the 'as.;eirdiling of the General Assembly, there was a. quo rum in the Mouse of Repreaentatives and the Senate,'l and the work of organization was cominaced. The caucuses . of the IZepti‘.liean majority on both sides of the Capitol had arranged everything, and the election partook rather of the nature of a formality. Although four candidates for the Speaker of the house were talked of, viz: E. Heed Myer, of Bradford; Harry Huhn, of Philadelphia:, Henry .M..1.0ng, of Allegheny, and E. S. N. Morgan, of Lawrence, only the two first name came 'before the caucus held on Monday eve ning. , Huhn :and his friends were very confident, but when ghe ballot was taken they had to come down, and did so rather gracefully.. The vote being announced, seventy-nine for Myer, to thirty-nine for I lul:, pro Jed conclusively that those who had been engineer ing the contest for the gentleman from' Bradford, understood their business. Dr. W. C. Sherlock, bf Beaver, John A. Smell, of Dauphin; and Dr. Bradley, of Montour, were then nom inated for Chief, Resident; and Beading. Clerks, respectively. On Tuesday. the, I louse was called to order by the Clerk .of fast session ' Mr. Wooleler, when the roll Lt called. members sworn, etc., the election of Speaker was Proceeded with. Mr, Long, of Allegheny, presented the name of lion. E. !iced Myer, of Bradford; Mr. Zeal:, of Allegheny ; ,pre.ented the name of lion. John E. Faunce, of Phila delphia. Mr. Myer received 11. t votes; Mr. Fauece received 73 votes. The Sat 'ter elect was then conducted to the Chair by MuseS. Fanneli and Huhn. The nominees of the Ilepublican caucus for the Clerkships and other sub4dinate positions, were subsequently ; elected, but your tounty was considerceb sufficient ly honored in getting the Speaker, she got. none of the other places, hence a' list those who did suet:cud is not consider ed of efficient local interest to be hert'l h insetted. The'Senate was called to order by Lieu tenant.Governor'Latta, and after the usu al preliminarieS., lfon. C. New myc of Al le.. heny, was elected President, icedving thirty votes, to nine teen c.ist f..r larman Terkel, of - Bucks. The Senatins were all present except Mr. Soynamr; of Tioga, who is detained at home by sickness. Thos. It. Cochran, of Lancaster, was unanimously elected Chief Clerk; Lucius Itodgers-, of McKean, H e adi n!. .... (1,0, : , a nd E. \V. Nnilcy, el Vcnango, .linirnal 1 husc three gentlemen are all old hews; p4per tnen, and of eourse will make ex iiiiLers. The other subordinate places were all filit by good-Populilicans,„ "I he ilhritnal.welfare: of the Legisl.tture Will be in charge of elergAnen of the N. chinvii. titaakcr Nyt.r ;Lp t )oint,- eil as Ch.iplain of the I f“tise, 11... iv. James E. (lark, of the Ridge avenue M. E. C lunch, Ns bile 31r. Newmyer has reelected for the same position in the :Senate, ,Ree. Cleuics Holmes, D. 1)., of Grace M. E. t. hutch. of this city. Irutto:4 the Frincipal tau which iii;vl:,"Collie is that of the eriction of new et .nnt:its, att.i your correspondeht has Ia cu infortnettl that an agent of Mr. Her dic is already on hand _to look after the ltrttjuct. , OUR NEW-YORK LETTER NEW-YORK. Jan. 10. 1577. The, gossip of club, saloon, hotel" and private house, at pfesent, all concentrates upon the whereabouts of Mr..llennkt and 31r. 3loy, and the:lPMbable manner in which they will end the nu:11TO coin ineuctd. It is generally admitted that a duel must be the result, mid that t 6 find a desirable spot for such a' contest, is what they both have gone in sea'iclion - There are so many opinion's iii the matter, as the. ale -people to discuss it, and the one who knows the least, about it is the one -who talks with the most -pronounced as surance. Some are warm on the side of Bennett; others on that of Mr. Mat,: and thr.nigh the whole discussion; the Her:ald says not a word pro or con. One . ean hardly help considering it the best t;,ste, fur uric could not innui!ine what it could say. but it is altogethir:at vari ance with the policy that governed that poper under Ow elder Bennett's adminis: tration. Any ene that could make such a Aiaint•aum , ancement as he did concern ing his approa- - .ihing marriage, could not have let this chance go by to publish news and bring hiinself pi eminently before the 14. MliSr takes the matter very much at he:tit, and looks pale and worried. Miss May secs no person except her own family, and is said to be eenally diNided between anxiety for her late ' lover and her brother. If either falls there ends all hope i of her niarriage. It is said that Ben nett had spoken slightingly of her when under the influence of liquor, and that it was on this account that young Nay as saulted him. At all events, society is anxiously awaiting the result, for Miss ' , lay is a great favorite here, and anythin g that causes her anxiety or that should end in serious trouble to her, would be deeply regretted by those who know her. Fir weeks and mouths every pal er has had - a Apo' ter in the vicinity of 'Vander •bilt's house, who occasionally madjiThight hideous and disturbed the neighborhood, but generally went and m•ked 1N hoover 'was on duty - what-the condition of ,the railway king was, and then retirc-1 tat the nearet:t beer shop or the 10.,114. enga!4cd for them in the University building near by. This is all over, 'an w eve r, and the history of the C irnmod9re from the time he was a poor. uneducated boy until the date of his death, when tar If 1 - af: it -rich, kilieducated man, has, in connection tt ith the Bennett trouble, tined the news tapers. . "'t 47 t4„- - 3 ' - • • • snit bas bee n that New-York Utiles bate worn more genuine 'winter wraps than ever before. With snowbanks, piled up six feet' high and mud and slimb in the streets; they have been obliged to lay aside their handsome silk and ve lvet pet tictiats, and wear them of heavy camel's hair. • • FUrs are Universal,:beth trimmings and for entire garments. Tho boa is fas 7. tened behind, and the muff is so !mall that it is difficult to get both hands in 'at the same time. The fasbiOnable - bnttine for the present season is made very high, and finished with fur. A thin 'fining Of cork or of waterproof cloth is added to. prevent the feet from being frozen from the salt that is sometimes used in the streets. It is prohibited on the car tracks except in certain places, but there it is used so profusely as to make it exceed ingly dangerous ; hence the new and ex cellent walking boot.. • A Wonderful BlueOvery.—our numerous exchanges are filled With accounts of twist wonder ful cores effected by Dr. GAta:'s "MEDICAL WONnnit.” It Is said to be the greatest vitalizer yet discovered, glylng buoyancy to the spirits, elas ticity to the step, and snaking the invalid hearty, courageous and strong. It cures all diseases of the Liver, Stoinach, Kidneys and t!i.pine; Scrofula and all Moos' Diseases: cures Nervous Prostration and Weakness of either sex, restoring T . hise and Vigor to the whole system. Read time following cures: Prof. II: A. Ilmscss, Saratisga, N. Y„ widely known as Principal of one of our trading institu tions of learning, saya, apt his wife: has used the " Medical Wonder" for a complication of diseases wills the most happy effect. No other remedy ever touched the'mse like it. Dat.Tox, 31orrisville, N.Y.: Sister in bed two years with female arid nervous disca;ies; eur.rd. ALBERT TRUE:4I)AL; Tuncook, N . , 11., loath some scrofula; supposed to be In . constitution CD= 4. E 0; HAINES, Oneida.:cured of terrible catarrh. F.LIZ ABET!! WOOL, Stle,tbi Corners, N. V., ovarian tumor alai dropsy. reduced 15 inches around NIMM ANIII7 NT, Sheds* Corners, N. V., wonder ful et:re of dyspepsia . and heart dlscaw. 31r.. I. S. A PrLEToN,.llllletioro, N. 11., spinal disc:see- Mrs. Z. A. White. Sheds Corner's, N. V., terrible Scrurulitatitni Idney I)l4ease; 4f:4111[ -fl 40 prainds. A. H. HAWLEC. Saratoga, says that "Medical Woin,ler " gave Wm health, strength and appittlte. :Mrs. (.. P. OnDwAY. Concord, N. 11., ruldlned to bed with felnAtr and kOney dlt,ease; can t. No .spaee for 1,000 other cure. Ask your Druggist for Peal Wonder," and repared by Dr. D:.u;N ,t.Co., Saratoga, N: Y. For sale In Towanda by Dr. H. C. l'ohmit wholesale, by CUIMAN"St Co.. N. V. New Acliertisemett:. • • VOTICE—PUBLIC SALE.—By virftw of an order of the Board of .I)lreetors of the Mutual Building and Saving Fond ion of the Borough of Towanda, trade at the regu lar a:eking hehl.De. 'nth. Ba7G, thefe will be ex posed to piddle Ktle - to the hlgla,t bidder, for eash. at the q. % rand Jury Ibpotn at the turf Hotly, in wand. nor.uttM4.iNDA Y. J:ibuary lath. at M.,. Ten Shares of Stock of the A. , sociation, transfert , d ty Mary S. 31 ors to the A s,oelatb.li in accord:um:. with the e‘dvtitution and by-laws. N: N. BEITs. W. G. titlftl)l)N, Fee , y,-(1fet , 20.) . . FOR t SALE.—A. Palm of 34 acres, • on Itnn,,n lin!. In Monroe tu - 1;., nll Improved goo.llCous.• and Barn, and - tad,. young tdrilard thorn u. ‘ritli stone and stuntio' 4 . For particulars, enquire of Peter Vangord.•r, on the prvlrthe, jan4-tf. 11 • . No. 729 NOIZTII SECOND STREET. 19111.*.k, Manufacttirer aniltleakr In FRENCH PLATE _URI:ORS ANT) LOOKING GLASSES of•every tl stription. WiNnOW COUNIC :ti, St - yAHE ANI? OVAL FIL }OR' PORTRAITS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OIL PAINTINGS ; FLOWER FRAMES, Etc., Etc. Nor. ::11-31s. CROCKERY STARE AT COST! FULL STOCK-GOOD GOODS- MUST BE .SOLD CROCKERY; CHINA, GLASSWARE, BABY 'WAGONS, %IC,AMPI4, &c., sic., &c., a At the old stand of 0. A. BLACK T. , wrinda„'inzu,t EIIIGII. VALLEY AND PA. At N. Y. RAIL ROA DS.—Arraticeineur or Pay Srng••r Trains, to take efi,•ct .Eutilary EASTW Ain() lIMBEIBEI N lavra Butnilo ...... ll , .rhester Auttnrn :en evi filial a ()wog° Sayre Milan ..... .. Towanda.. . .... lal Tim iii rB lii Frettill I or.l LareyvPle.... . hincr's EQ 1 ' AleslliTpun • , Isl,•hespally TI:111:11A11:10Ck ;fang .. Falk L I; .... Wllker-Itarro Mauch ('hunk...... !fent own t • Eroton...". ...... Now Y0rk...... :... 29 9 co 2 17,10 52 1. • 605 9,31 3 2 , J 11:29 • • ... 11 14 9 44 3 3t. I I :;;r • ' 20 95n 3:9;11 3. • •-6 1 4611 11 • t; 12 • 6 55 1025 4 15152(' .• • • -1 2 , r12 4 4212 40 ,••. 4 5912 .17 ro 12 57 7, 12 1 ... .. 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Milan 11 - l0 5 21' 7 33 Athens{ 42:11 22 . 5 20, SOS ~ ' Sayre ..... ... 44s 11 - 33 531 0 10 Wavorty ` ~.. • 1{ 53 II 43 , 5 4 , 5 : S 20 Elmira .... 5 1,1:1 30 6 15- 0 10 Owego 6 24 • G 30 0 55 Ithaca.- ............... . i'. 650 • 7 31 . Geneva - .! S {0.....: 9.25* Auburn - 1 a 33 II 30' 4 .40 Eochesterllo 50'.....'11 20i 6 53 • ltuitalo Niagara Fails Trains Sand-16 roil through. daily to Ithnotl4l. Phis and Dew York irit,kont choose, with I:1141MA OlooplOg !Aug 4ttached. . ellptithliCASlOlty"; THE NEW YORK TIMES. DEVOTED TO REPUBLICAN: PIZINCIPLEg- AND TO lIFOIIII IN MITNIOIPALMTATI:, AND GENERAL, GOVE.TINSIENt. The coitrge of the T131F.4 during the Presidential campaign haszteenred for Its hosts of new friends, and has placed beyond controversy 'lts position as alter foremost Republican Journal in the United States: r, klr/ng 1 he political struggle preceding the eicettim the fulitte?s, accuracy, and fairness of Its newt; repro tit were as obvious a.; its vigor and bi•cadth of view as all organ of public oplohni. The Critical situation In which the country is placed by .the disputed result of • the election, has been promptly recognized by the T Duo% but' It has found tie reason to mcdify the claim which it urged, mono, among its roteruporarles, that the rote of the 7th of November seettred a majority of Electoral votes for ilayea. and IV , •celer. Readers off the Ttstts sot Abe day follow - fog th•• election .Were pi:wed-in possession of returns which were sitttply the limit complete and triettworttly published In any part of the Union. The more thoroughly the fans of the electicn arr.'. disentangled from the mass of Dentorratle falsehood and pretense which has beemthrown around therm the more Clearly Is the justice revealed of the claims made by the Tpt ES the int - intim - rafter elettion....li... , No tbu n the eleetio of Hayes and Wherf4r la • 'Pereeived by impartial observers of both partlhs to be a certainty, the Tlmns recognizes the fresh re• sponsibllllies, which this renewal of a great public ain't imise-es upon the Itimiglcan Party. The Tt 31E1 was among the foremost dr!feritlers of thy principles or purification and reform within the party which triumphed in the nomination of Ruth erford!lt , Hayes al Cincinnati. It will be as prom t,rut and as inicomprotnidng in Its demand for the eiehodiment of three prinelpies Inadministrative i st, anti h'gt , laiive action. The elect! , has given rise to constitutional controversies, w • discussion may last for months to come, sod w tir/e settlement may tax all the gt-se I ~, lls4 ! . forbearance, and law •aldding iMditicts of the people at, large. , It will' be our constant entleivt r to correct iaciteil feeling by , dl-passionate argument, b. urge the 'supreme neees- • sity of moderation anti fair deantig. and to place . the reismsibility for stirriog . up strife'where it !le., longs. lint we pail do tot wi tit abating one jot , of thii limit demands of a party which ,s;inossecure iy ott - lbe right, anti of a people the integrity of 'Wiese: I est - Rations depetob; on a scrupulous obedi ence,to the demands of !awl In ilm agitatfon of the cOnidtfutitinal questions •s-hietr have been forced upon public attention by the cosenc,o, of tbe late election. the rtmrs will not • -cease to im•ist mem the h-e,, , lty of home approach' to utiirtemlty of toes hot In the 'protseedi,..go 'taken It State and local boards to ascertain the vote le gally cast ft.r Presid• rdlal Elector+ and members of .Coneres:. • It will defenit the right onindiVidtial Statts. ft, have the declaration of their will' by the recognized authorities of such :"Ltates protected by all the , afcguar,ll, which have been thrown' around it by the 1 0 1 t e r o f ow c. - inititittion, and the usage , Onelloael by its author+. lint It will none the less 1 nsist on the tint:, of Congress to devise Iltls, by colo:lintional a n'tfanlait•ht. or W.-hell:ls , ', where ,by ~,, , , : zii, .• thc ~ Unit,,l-!..q.ates may he protected agali:-t net eat distraaehisentent throng!' Iniper lceth tel - i n the ineelianks . nt pros hied by any ma. for ~,Nuring it tif.flo•r retell - ti their cute:_. White e3i-thily. w•oniing all that may te.nildo,W y...ctltmal at:lnn...4ly ann,figmilr p •oph*. the 'nuns will urge, with the tattiii,r. decision, the national dot y.of plotel ting til...fivcdmen and the North.. rn immigrants fit the South. In Ow p•'-s+essb,fi of tights guar:deed them by the Von:dim:lon. tt v, 1:1 do alt in its power to pl,,motc the policy or ject , e. and con ciliation between N,,r.li and Soalli, lad will not 1,,, , ..,Ight of the fact that 'Northern Confidence and -amnesty littinTL fin , / 11,-.lr return In the enforcement of e,et,handed justice and ~.rtipulous rfgard for the Muer and spirit Ot the law on the ..p.i:t. of the south.' Its influence a. Ituu f•xpotlent of polltlfnl oploMo 1% ill I, by all that lo needful to 4•hhanc, lha'vain, TIME- as a dally record of in; eXeellehoo of Its cor r. si , mulmo, I, p•lrgraph from all parts of the world. wit; ne fnll !I:Am.:Med. In the sphere of lrmrary awl artistic cril( isim of Si lentitlr„ and g,•l‘..rrai rn it Will address • Inoretnlnre, to tie appr [ frlatlon of Wu vtlueAtert of l i t A L.crican poople. It v. - 111 n - plso.tli:g,mmtlonal. aggrcssl6 in'll,,Z at all lino, It will scrke to It f,';:rft-s su. , l imlelsuuhult ill the championsltlp of the I !Olt. Nu Liu suhvt.rsiv.2 of thy oti 1(111..11 of tamlly Ales awl the ex i,Mneu of v•cl y all k•.l rupcse elil he prninulgated In It 4./.lnuo.s. The 1l r;:- re;.-et , all adverlis..mii•Tits of lotti - Ties. of glit.rti4 and tr.t.flioat protrtn,i-nc.and of aa other *a hie!: iil,l4llfols...polsoff Of vi.•fe li ,l)ss,tninato4l throo,t4ht,ol so,lf-ty. II will i n tine (mar, a. a a ow, , papi:r specially adapt f‘ir f:oti:;y ksA,i .r y as' It floes, !to . toli tta . l.,:, I.otOes ~r 1•3:1 , .n3 . ', and wmer.i. thrte•,:noo. .th.• alny 3', 3 .. • .•11,111:31 - y ..f pont ant ryr,,gn 11.1. it all rt..olf•rs. IN a rttwr ail ialra hty fincil Ti sirs L.-I,l'y Itt•rl ion ttle aros. N•f It-TWA:I,m I(l,,,Tip.er It Ia NU' ii r) I.l' :11112 ~r t.• c% cry 11, w , •11- e.alool.sujos,illacy. loft to 'italic ifs toot,' ,Ict•1:1,1, I ,, pt , •i•ni , l I , v on nil nt 1,1 i-ti! , ,A.:ll , t•rs In Mu MIME= T m I:vr at:111:th. I:.l.lthlit:^. th . rho ;Fr4l,. p th.• 11) p•-r 2 101 p.-:- 3 1 It • 1 117. i 1,. p•-i• :!!.:,1111 I 2.4 of thirty 0 1 . 1 , I`;‘ , 1,1111. li••• , ;11*.• 113 V .• ph. :sgo 1"..1 k or 17,4. - yan , ! h: -y I. • v .,;_7 NE 1 . 1)li K K .1 -.TIER A D JAMES- ti ,, 1:1) ,, .N BENNET„T, PRornlEToic Lo \ 1 , 4. 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TILE - SCIENI'IFIC A-.IIERIC 1N • wni,h ha, atoll v."E`O,ll, the layt thi•ty-ono d 0 , ,, this. to an ext..nt 1,-yon.l that Of any ation; in fact the only !,pir pohli•nt , tl h 1 1:1 ,, State,, 41evoltul to NelY in tht• Art , at.o, SoiPn , e , . • tip: t v otuc.l.:•rl, pr..fa, , •ry Wu.thated. and Ito la:k.-4 and lit lat,re,tiag iti:ormath-n p•rtaining to th- Y•;t7 of t ,ttr AV.ortil : NVIIII of I inpictik and lin a:rkindi 17 , efiii'Notes. ling4, ,, thols and by Praettol Vint - er., for ‘Vori.l . ll , ll and Einp:oyon.., all the vacions art., forwitc: otliplete For: 1107 y of 111Vell• tiot.s and 1)1',,,v,ri.,; containing a werMy record, not "lay of tit- pn.gr..,s of tin. liidn,trJal Arts in or,ir round but aku of ail New rois.eoverles and Itr,,nth.ns in e"...l'' branch of Engineering, 31,1r:wk.. !..4.10111•0 :0•1•4:atl. 30 2 39 Pracdcal 11cclo , s are 'well worth ten times the Nub, rlloloa prlrr, mol for the 'Mly+ and Ileum> airy s.t% , many Merchant , . 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