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LUCILLE WESTERN the actress is dead..
Tr dam a ge to shipping by die ice
igorge at Cincinnati is estimated at $lOO,-
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A COLORED barber, at Tymme t r .eloped
acme days since with a marled white
woman. •
AIRANGE3MSTS are being made to put
down a test,petr3lerim well in Westmore 4.
.land county:
THE Uniontown -Genius ofl4lerty stqii
the snow is three feet, deep i n the woods.
Tlserd.ue drifts twenty feet high.
Tun committee haOng the matter in
charge :lave determined to rebuild the
Tuileries. • --
frifER.E are in pot • at Philadelphia 15
steamships, 19 ships,l. - 1 - 4 barks, 1 brigs
and '2? schooners. II
despatch from Paris cry s that : a rap
.
Acqient is growing between:Abe e
Dcaazzs and Lord Derby.
Tiu l inundations ran England: whicft
1)..v0 resulted in seriOns damage-tie•prop.-
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eri V in the interior, are ceasiEg.
11T the annual sale of
_pews hen in
Plymouth church-on Tuesday night,.*3
total amoant realizbd was $43,421,50._
COI.: SEELY._ the veteran editor of at,
Jersey Shore Herald, has been appointeL
mercantile appraiser for Lycoming county..
TILE stockholders of the Waileiburg
and Washington railroad have authorized!
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an issue of bonds to complete the road.
V-T.NANGO county has 12,000 school chil
dren . - and 250- - teachers, according to the
ropmit of the county superintendent of
niE IV illiamspbrt Banner says taxes in
time city have been, reduced one-third
owing to the prudent management of city
enuncils. •
TEE Dollar Savings bank of Pittsburg,
begin business in .18.55 With two-dollars.
If? deposits now 7e-ount upwards of five
E prisoners broke jail` at Franklin
last week fzoin,ffiont upward through the
ceiling of their-cells and the roof. Only
one was recaptured. -
• • T lit latest intelligence from the burning
cA.al mine in Lykens Valley, Pa, says that
tire is being gotten.under control. and
loss will not fall short of $600,000.
THE Welland Yale Manufacturing Corn-.
pally's works at Sr: Catherines, Ont.,
were jmrned Saturday morning. The . loss
is e...4iinated at $l-20,000.
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C . )51N1 ITT FY, of: civil engineers. from
varis pirts of the-country, are at work
voluntarily investigating the cause of the
Ashitubula disaster_
Ex.-Gov i:ErNOR IS EIAM hauls; was elect
cvl 5..";1 ttor on Tuesday by the Leg 7
iiilature of Tennessee, to Succeed lion:
Henry _'ooper. _ ,-•
T 42 number of wells completed in the
oil region last month was 309 ; the produe
- tiou was
°,360 barrels, or_art average of
about 7i . barrels a well.
A lire at Jacksonville, 111. on Tuesday
morning, cletroyed. several imildings, in
cluding a. grocery and hardware store,
cau,ing a loss cif about :?,70,000.
L3I!S , ST RA TTO" . , the revivalist,is bolding
serykes in thel North
_Salem, Mercer
county,- M. E. -Church, and is .meetirig
TriflA great success.. Aout 1'25 have been
Cniverted.
' TnE oil kings give princely gifts. -Wit
mss the $5,000 cheek sent by a Clarion
runty petroleum man to hig married
daughter as a Christmas remembrance.
--A the in Edinburg. Clarion county,
Pa.. p4aturday night, destroyed twenty
tWo buildings in the business part of the
town. The loss is estimated - at $lOO,OOO.
t”legi-aplr cable across ITampton
'Roads is broken .between the fort and the
An office has been opened on
the ltiptaps until the cable is repaired. •
Silty- banding bas been an important
mechanical industry in the State of Maine,
b.it it is rapidly passing away. Steamers
- are rapidly driving sailing vessqi; from the
seas. ,
Tat:lan - are, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad company iavemci pleted a
substantial iron bri, , re, at Nicholson, in
Vace of the wooden bridge burned a few
weeks since. .
THE . railroads are bating - avery disas-
trot's-effect . upon the „New York canals.
The toils realized from them in 1872
mounted to-$:1;075,411. During the last
yeitr $1,340.003.
— TnE new Mine irspector of the Luzern°
dis-met has been-making a thorough tour
of the mines in 'the district, and in many
of them finds that the faitilitieS for venti
lation are exceedingly poor. -
LAF , T year the Fish Commissioners'of
* Virginia hatched and distributed 150,000
•lnion, 4,0(10 landlocked sal
nion.from Maine. 1,200,000 shad and large
quantities of stnaller - tlsli. , I
0 V EIIINOR ll.klZl;moir, together-with
A-William Calder and Jacob Bomberger, of
Ilarrisburii, and - Maj. H. W. Shenk.
vl.:; . ited Williamsport on Monday. and were
, entertained at the Aeolic House.
RS. T. Ic.rree, and G. A. Hall,
nnder the • directi n of the International
foung Men's Christian Association - corn
mitte have begun a tour of visitation
-throug,li the Southein States.
..Ti: S!)11t11 street' Presbyterian Church
at Morristown, N. J., was destroyed by
lire on. Wednesday evening. The fire
calp_tht fronole j furnace pipe. Loss, $30,-
• 00:l : insurance, $25,000:
A DISPATCH. from Gloucester, Mass,
brings. the melancholy intelligence that
ten i-ellooners of the Gloucester fishing
feel are niisising, and arc doubtless lost,
ineolving,' a ltsss of fully 100 lives.
- A SPORTI E Irishman, at Centralia,
clipped' off the ear of a schoolmaster
name Lamed some days since., It was
- lucky for the schoolmas.er that in his fine
frenzy_the .IriSlinian did no clip
ofr his head.
Tin: old board of Directors of the New.
York, NeW'llaveii . and Hartford Railway
we e elected on Wednesday, with ex
ception that WM. 11. Vanderbilt takes the
place of Commodore Vanderbilt, deceased.
TILE following is the financial-exhibit
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of the Treasury at the close of business
• -Saturday : Currency, $7.539,346 ; special
deposit, ; coin, $86,t227,555 ;
certificates; $5:2,79,10 ; outstanding legal
• tenders, :3:16,0:55,550.
Russian fleet -which has' sailed for
AMerica, will probably - anchor at Port
loyal in a short - time. The Grand Duke
accimipaniei the fleet and will go
-- directly to •Wasliington, where he-expects
to remain for sometime.
THE- Metropolitan Bank of New York
cit 2, lets notitiecl.the Stock Exchange that
• ; - 4 they hi - re recluceil their capital stock from
);,:1,W0,000 to $4,0110,000. Tho Fourth
i National Bank har . c;, also _resolved to , . re
.auce their capital from ici,ooo,oot . to $3,-
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The annual meeting or the American
s.lcial science association - *as held 'in
Boston on Wednesday. David A. Wells
was chosen President. A paper. on gold
and silVer coinage by Thomas Bache, of
Philadelphia. was read and its proposi
tions disciissed. •
EDW,IRD K. HART, a clerk in the pcet
oilice,department, and a nephew of Sena
.; tor)Morton, was found dead in his bed, - in
Washington. Jan. 11. lle had been drink
': • excessively for some time, - and wound
up;by taking anZovcrdose of morphine, it
• is i.uppoed to inthice sleep.
Central hotel and several adjoining
bUildings at Long Branch were burned
Thursday morning. Loss $ 40,000. A fire.:
at } Swanton. Nit:, Thursday, destroyed a !
building occulted by the custom house
anilpost office. The custom house books
nd contents of the post office were con-
IT is now stated on authority that liar
vai d College w ill . hereafter receive women
as students. This question has been dis
; cused by the. Trustees for several years.
Tocy Bye at. last decided it as it should
Itr.re been decided when first agitated.
it is not I robable, however, that the
female applicants, for admission to this
institution will be very numerous.
Two,gentlemen of Syracuse, were speed
ing their horses on Saturday afternoon,
going in opposite; directions, when they
came in collision. Both were going at
great speed,.and the two horses were in
-stantly killed, being pierced by each
others shafts. They - were both very vain
:.hkanitnals.
Tuy.: libel suit of Rev. €tuart Robinson,
o 7 Louis's:llle, against 3l`Kee, Fislitniek 4k
Itouse, proprietors of the old St. Louis
Democrat, ended by the defendants con
fesfingjudgment, in MOO% and ameing
to payall the costs-of the suit, including
the attorsaiteleill4 the rpleetilE±. The,
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Z. O. GOODRICH. D. W. ALVORID.
Itoirsad PL.; thnrsday, January 18,1817.
HOE. G. A) - GBOW ON THE ,
BITIIA
TION.
We print elsewhere in to-day's
- REPORTER a letter from' Hon. G. A.
GROW, relative to counting the elec
toral vote.' Mr. G.'s long experience,
conceded ability and impartiality as ,
parliatnentarian, justly lend great
weight to his opinions and his views
will undoubtedly be adopted by un
prejudiced men of all parties. It will
be" observed that Mr. GROW raises
the that the President ; of the
Senate, while counting the votes', is
not acting as President of either
House of Congress, but that he be
comes an independent officer of the
Government, designated by the Con
stitUtion to perform a certain specific
duty, and that in the absence of leg
islative or concurrent action, he
niust count the vote. We bespeak
for the letter , a careful perusal.
Ii is rumored from Washington
that the joint committees to 'prepare
a plan for counting the electoral
vote, have come to an agreement. If
the plan foreshadowed in the dis
patcheis the result of the commit
tees' labors, they will receive little
credit for wisdom and sagacity. If
the method proposed is to be adopted
all the trouble and anxiety over the
matter might have been avoided by
permitting HALES and TILDEN to
. elraw lots, for the scheme amounts to
that and nothing more. If the Re
publican leaders are convinced that
TILDEN has been elected, why not
say so frankly? and if they honestly
believe HAVEs has a fair majority of
the electors, they will -prove them
selves wanting in patriotikm and
moral courage if they do not insist
upon his inauguration. The loyal
people of the country are telling
these leaders plainly enough that
they want no weakening in the st: , nd
taken for the Constitution and the
forms of law. They demand that the
old - constitutional mode of counting
the electoral vote is the . only proper
one, and that there must be no acqui
esence in the conspiracy of ihe'Dern
ocrats to secure a coinpromise. The
people know their rights, and woe he
those who would betray them. 1.
TUE Tribune says a good illustra
tion of the semi-civilized way in
which too many Southerners persist
in_treating.political opponents, is to
be found 'in an incident reported' by
the Republican members of the house
Committee on Florida.- When it was
found that two of General SPINNER'S
sons-in-law, who had founded a nk
ing-house in thae 'State, had voted
for llAvzs,various ardent Democrats
busied themselves in_ going about
town and demanding that merchants
of their political faith should with
draw their deposits from the bank.
It . would have sorely puzzled these
people to explain how HAYES was to
be iOured or TILDEN helped by - tiiis
prol3ription of the bank after the
bankers' votes had . been, cast, and.
stall more to say how the interests of:
a State thirsting for immigration and
foreign capital were to be advanced
by-attempting to intimidate t
The men who-..are seeking to;
introduce into practical businesalife
the , - I i methods!of 'retaliation that pre-'
Vai i among children are ttie same,
Whp haVe been tbe.bane of tile 'South
thrbugh ; all its history. They should
be..prornptly taught, now that capital
won't submit to more than one bull 7
doiing.
pu-it Senator, W. T. DAllms,.Esq.,
haS been plaCed in &prominent posi
tion On the JUdiciarp. Committee,
and is also a member of-Ithecommit
tee on " New Counties," and " Cen
tennial Affairs." These- are all im
portant committees, and ,the. selection
„of Mr. DAvtEs-for the responsible po
sitions is a gratifying evidence to his
constituents that his , ability is rec
ognized and appreciated by the
Speaker of the Senate. That the high
estimate placed upon - him by that
- offleer will be more than realized, no
one acquainted with Mr. DAVIES will
.~ Aloubt. •
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"A SEcoND DANIEL, &c."—The
thin.. is Settled now-WALLAcEKINGS-
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nt7uv, distrusting his oivn judgriient,
has referred the matter to that :ficient
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relic of .Democracy, iqen: PATTON,
who in a letter printed ,in the last
-Argun makes it as " clear as mud "
that in case of a disagreement be,
tween the Senate and House, it .will
devolve upon the latter to elect a
President. Now, if NASBY would
unly draw mit one . of the Egyptian
Mummieson exhibition at the Cen
tennial, the question would be settled
beyond dispute:
SPEAKER MYER has completed his
list of Standing Committees. Mr.
GILLErr is on the committees on Vice
and Immorality, Mines and Mining,
Agriculture and Library. Mr. Fos-
TER is a member of the Committee on
New Counties, Corprations and
Railroads. We are pleased to notice
that our esteemed friend, Dr. E Limn;
of Tioga county, has been placed on
several important committees, among
tiOm of Education and Appropria
tions.
Tax American residents at Stutt
gart; Germany, presented the United
States Consul: for Wurtemberg, Hon.
J. S. PorrEaorith a flattering memo
rial on Christmas Day, in which they ,
express the very high regard in which
Mr. F.. is _held by his fellow-country:
man who have enjoyed his acquain
twee during his residence in Stint
gark- - 4 1 ti 32 .44 . the IMMO little:b e A to -
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KiFc 'r fir_ .....
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A .0011Pilio3I1 AIIiSIAT'
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The Independent press' teems with
proposition and suggestion of a com
promise settlement of the Presider
gal dispute; Ocessionidly timid
Republican ebpresses . similar de
sire. But when asked k what kind of
a compromise is desired, no one
seems to know, except the Indepen
dents, who are anxious for the suc
cess of Trums-, and they of course
tell us that Republicans should be
mag,naminons and yield to the de
mands of the Confederite Congress ;
in other words, tamely submit to the
inauguration of the man wl4) is not
elected as President Such a course
would justly subject the Republican
leaders - to the contempt, and scorn of
the whole world, and prove a base
surrender of the sacred trusts impos
ed in them by their constituents.
The following well-timed remarks
on the gnestinn, by the New York
Times, so fully coincide with our
' views that we transfer the article en
tire to our columns: _
" It would, perhaps, be asking too
much of them but it would certainly
be satisfactory to the country if the
people who are constantly urging a
" compromise regarding the Presi
dency would explain what they mean.
It is so extremely easy to use high
sounding mails,with an air. of ,im
partiality and even magnanimity
about them, that a great many per
sons are indulging in that practice
now, without knowing or trying to
know what they are talking about.
The Republicans, says one; should
be "conciliatory;" they should be .
ready to " make concessions." This
sounds well, and it costs nothing. If
any Republican_ should deny it, he
would be accused of being narrow
and'bitter and extreme. But if a re
queSt were made to define this lan
guage, and any one using it were
called upon to say distinctly how the
Republicans should shOw their con
ciliatory disposition, and precisely
what concessions they should' make,
it would be found either that - no
answer could be made, or else that
the answer practically amounts to
this : that • Mr. TILDEN should have"
the Presidency to which he. has not
been elected. This is so plain-, and
has been . shown so often, that it is
riot unfair to infer that those Who
now talk of compromise do .'so- only
in the interest of Mr. TILDEN.. alai
do not expect anything to come of it,
except 'Mr. TunEN's unqualitred, sue
cess.
As a matter of fact,- we arc not
aware oftanything which the respon
sible leaders and representatives of
the Repdblican party were fairly re
quired to do to prove their desire
for a just settlement of the Presiden
tial dispute, that they have - failed to
do. There was only one. question
actually involved from iliefirgt, and
that was which candidate had a ma
jority of the Electors chosen accord
ing to the laws of the several States.
That Mr. HAYES haS a majority of
the Electors no one now seriously
disputes. It is objected, however, :
that in Louisiana, and possibly in
Florida, the Republican Electors
were not legally chosen. Each
branch of Congress is now investi
gating that 'subject. We do not know
that any man of sense objects to the
Senate's doing so. It could not very
well do ,otherwise. The !louse hur.;
vied off its committees without ask
ing the co-operation of the Senate,
and the Senate eopld not well con
sent to take the result of. the House
investigations alone. It was bound
do inform itself in the premises b
its own instrinnentalitiesand it is
doing so. Meanwhile a Republican
in the House proposed a committee
from each branch of Congress to
consider an agreement as to the mode
of counting the votes, and such com
mittees are now in session. What
more could the Republicans have
done? What more.ean they in de
censy be asked to do ? Nothing.
But it is objected that some profit-
ventlapublicans are " giving out"
that Mr. HAvEs is elected and will
be inaugurated " forcibly if need be."
Such utterances are not common
antongl Republicans, though they are
occasionally made. The most that
can be said against them is that they
are unnecessary. They are certain;
ly not unnatural, in View of the sys
tematic vaporing which some promi
nent Deniocrats think it becoming to
keep up.
As the Republicans have, np to the
present time, done everything, that
was'required of them by law or jus
tice, so they will continue to do.
They have entered with sincerity
upon an attempt to come to„an agree
ment with the Democrats as to the
part to be taken by the respective
houses in the counting of the Vote.
There is no doubt that if such an
agreement is arrived -at the whole
party will legally abide by it :what
ever :its consequences may .be. But
it, need not lie expected that if no
agreement is reached, the'llepubli
cans in. the Senate will incontinently
surrender all their rights, and ask
meekly to be led under the yoke by
by 'the Democrats. The Constitu:
tioteconfides to them certain duties.
What is the extent of :each they.will
inquire with candor and conclude
with fairness and moderation. But,
having come to l a couclusion,'they
will not hesitate to do whatever they
believe they are required by the
fundamental law to do. On the Sena
tors lies a peculiar, responsibility.
They are not, as the members of the
house are, the lingering representa
tives. of a phase of popular feeling
which has already. passed away.
They are not, as the Executive is, a
mere instrument for carrying out the
law as interpreted to them by others.
They are the chosen representatives
of the States, members -of a body
which does not lose its continuity,'
and which, by its tenure, by its num
bers., and by its; intimate -relations
with all departments.of the Govern
ment, is enabled and required to act
as a conservative force in out
life. It is peculiarly the business
of the Senate to see that the-precau
tion which the Constitution has pro
xided against any iconfusion in the
administration, any interruption of
the operation of the Government,
shall not fail of their purpose. And
this is not aimatter for trade and
dicker with pretenders to the Presi
dency, under however - specious a
guise it may be presented. It is a
a matter to be governed solely by
law, temperately and impartially in
terpreted, but firmly and energeti
cally executed,'
Paz Grand Duke Alrx is or Russia
is again paying a visit to this cou ntry.
T is
so tip clte d • his preserieer
vine — Aup-- -3ctiWZ,
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ThiDertioc,ratie
.14161A140 . of :Te&
nesse() has just
.Weted 15t1.0.1 G ILtat-_
RIB fi..SenatOr for sir years from
the 4th of March nett. Like Btrria,
of South Carolina, he was a most
cOnspictious rebel during the -- war,
and has ever since been Outspoken in
his opposition to. the: Union. As
Governor of Tennessee in 1861, he
was appeal:A to by Secretary CAm
.
EitON to furnish troops for defenSe of
the Union, and sent this insolent re
ply: ;" Tennessee will not . krnish a
single man for coercion, but fifty
thousand, if necessary, for the defense
of our rights and those of Our breth
ren !" Tennessee, by a majority of
nearly seventy thon - santl, -voted to
remain in the Union, but this info
-,
mouS . man, - as Governor, transferred
the State to the rebels. Ilis trench
,
. cry is thus referred. to by the histo
rian
" What should be the meed of
infamy to attach to a Governor who
bargained to deliver the State over
to the Confederate authorities in the
face of snch a vote as this? No pat
riot will care to bear the reputation
whieb will attach to the name 'of
Ismtm G. HAnnts.'? The compro
mise. (?) which Independent journals
are seeking to effect, would result in
Outing the Government in the_con
trot' ot" such men as HARRIS. The
Philadelphia Pr'fss, speaking _ upon
this subject,- well and forcibly says:
"We are constantly told by the
Independent press;that it is in-bad
taste, to *revive the story of the re
bellion, that there must be peace be
tween the two sections, and that the
Republicans are perpetually waving,
in the vulgar slang-of the hour, the
btOody shirt, but, like all other argu
ments from this source, it is not sin
cere. The Democratic party of to•
day is nothing without the authors
of the rebellion: It honors them
North and South. No man is chosen
fur Congress or placed in nomination
for higher offices who has not either
served in or sympathized with the
Confederate cause. love of that
cause and hatred of the Union. send
pent are undying Democratic in.
stincts. The case of Islam G. Har
ris' is not singular ;. it is the type of
all. The DemoOacy have so flir not
forgotten their devotion to the Con
federaey that they have repeated
their attachment to treason in )874
by their practices in 1876. The dif
ference between the two years is that
through Republican. mistakes and
generosity they contrived to carry
the 'lower house two years ago, and
they came within an ace of losing it,
and we think they have still lost it,
in the late - election, but' they never
loSt their preference for the authors
and sympathizers of the rebellion.
No single pronounced and consistent
friend of the Union in the'North has
had the slightest chance—all, with
few exceptions, have been brazen
sympathizers with secession, and no
man in the South, with
been
still more rare, has been chosen ei
ther to the Senate or the House who
was not a sworn officer of the rebel
army, or a sworn metnber of the rebel
Congress. Ishman 0. Harris is the
supreme ideal of these men. The
butcher Butler, of South Carolina, is
another, and these are the men who
chat7e the Republicans of the coun
try. with fraud, who .stand ready to
resist the inauguration of Rutherford
Hayes with the same force in 1.877
• they applied to Abraham Linboln in
1861-",
THE President has recognized the
PACKARD 'government in Louisiana,
and instruked Gen. Rtuna to sup
port PAeKARD with the trsops under
his command. correspbndent of
the Enolinfj Post writing from Wash
ington explains, the-matter: " . I.t has.
been knoWn here for some daYs that
the President has not :only been de
sirous but anxious :to extend recogni
tion to the P.A!citAun government and
11aS'ouly deifered so until he
had ,all the facts before him in an
oflfeial form. 'The data upon which
to i act reached here yesterday, and
without calling a'cabinet meeting the
President .sent the despatch to . New
Orleans which it is believed here will .
enabIe'NCKARD to .maintain himself
as the legal Governor' The Presi=
dent was induced to act thus prompt
ly, as your correspondent is advised,
under the belief thatmatters in New
Orleans were fast drifting into a state
Of anarchy, and that a few clay's de-,
lay would only add to the complica
tions and see 'lin irregular govei4i
meat installed aliparently in regular
form."
IT turns out that the duel supposed':
to have been fought between BENNETT
and MAY last• week Was - a bloodless
affair. BENNETT has tied the country,
to escape arrest, and MAI - is still con
cealed. l i t\is now positively asserted
that neither party received a scratch,
but the authorities of New York, are
endeavoring to maintain the majesty
of law, by itlvestigating tpe 'affair.
Mr..l3ENsErr's surgeon, Di. PuEr.Ps
was summoned 'l3efore the Grand
Jury and on refusing to answer cer
tain questions was imprisoned for
contempt. lle has since been rams-.
ed - ona, habea.Q corpftp:, BE..viErr will
probably remain out of the country
until the excitement Over. the atfaii
subsides, when he will return.
DEM6CRACY and disorder . will be
come synonymous terms if demon
strations like those made at New
Orleans by the p - artisans of - Ntditom.s,
and at Charleston by lammoN's rifle
clubs, are to _continue, iC the threats
to concentrate one hundred thousand
follOwers at the National Capital
when the Presidential vote is tb be
counted mean any thing, and if the
freedmen are to be teorrized in future
by arts like those- employed in the
Centennial year.
PITTSBURfiII was visited by a most
disastrous ice freshet on Sunday last.
Two lives were lost, and a million
dollars worth of property, consisting
of buildings, boats, etc., destroyed.
It is estimated that three hundred
boats, many of themiaden t were
si=l
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g*".grA
intik VO*ti, ' ::- t
Lattor *MI Ex-fhiskir Orov—llo4ior Rosie
Huay Pair Over the.Vice-Prevideo4lli
Datles 3toso of a Lipechl Ofanor—bill Authodtv
Not lt:hitra:;
To the Editor of the Traune:
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Sin: With n ot a little hesitatioq
comply with requests for my vioWs
as to the power of the President ,of
the Senate, and, of - either or . both'
Houses of Congress on counting and
ascertaining the result of an election
for President of the United States.
I omit an} consideration of the ques
tion as to the power of Congress to
define and•flx the mode of counting
the.eleetoral votes after the returns
are opended by the President of the
Senate. For I take it, there can be
no question as to the power of the
two houses to legislate in aid of a
provisions of the Constitution. But
in .this case, should there be no leg
islation or concurrent action by the
two houses, whatls to be l done, and,
if anything, who ,is to
. do it ? Arti
cle 2, Section 1, and the Twelfth
Amendment of the, Constitution pro
vides. that:
PO) State shall appoint. In such manner as the
Legislot use thereof may direct, a number of elec
tors (spud to thewholo number of Senators and
Itepresentatives to which the State maybe entitled
In the Congress. • • • • • • • • • •
The elertorashal! meet In their respective StateS
and vote by ballot for President awl Vice-Presi
dent: • * • • • •
An . tl they make distinct lists of all persons
voted for as President and of all tiersons voted for
as ,Viee•Prothlent, awl of the number of votes
roe - each, shied lls!s they shall sign and ;certify
and transmit. sealed, to the seat of the Government
of the United States, directed to theTrestilent of
the Senate. The President of the Senam shall, In
he presence of the Senate and House of Itepresene
lives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall
then be counted ; the iserson havingdtio greatest
numleir of votes for President shall be the Pres! ,
dent, If such number be a utajot ity of ills_ whole
number of electors' appointed; ant If no person
have such a majority, that front the persons has.
, ng the highest number, not exceeding three sin, the
lisr of those voted' for as President, the House of
Itepresentativiis shall choose - Immediately by ballot
the President. • • • And if the Hauw of Rep
resentatives shall not choose a Presbbint whenever
the right of choice stein devolve upon them. before
the fourth day of March iteX t following, then the
Vies-Prt•sident shall alt as Presidout. as In the
case of the death of tither constitutlunal disability
of the President.
AN OFFICER FOR A :SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
Under this provision of the Con
stitution the power to ascertain who,
if any one, -has a majority of the
whole number of electors appointed,
evidently must be in either the Pres
dent of the 'Senate or in the two
Houses of Congress, or . both. FOr
the mandate of the Constitution is
imperative that, after the returns are
opened by the President of the Sen
ate, the votes shall then be counted,
and no person or body of men is
mentioned or referred to in that con
nection other than the President of
the Senate and the two houses . of
Congress. It is one of those provi
sions of the Constitution not sfiecifi
cally demanding legislation, yet put
in such phraseology as not to exclude
legislation in aid of iti So that
should the law-making power act in
aid and furtherance of the declared
object,rits acts would be of binding
force and effect.
But in case there is no action 'by
the law-making power, what is to be
done gilder this express and manda
tory provision of the Constitution?
The returns are to be opened in the
presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives; not in a joint con
vention of the , members of the Senate
and House having, coequal powers,
unleSs restricted by - constitutional
provision, can give effect to their
acts upon any 'subject • only in
joint resolution or positive-law. It,
therefore; they are to count the votes
and ascertain the result; it can be
aMe only by concurrent action. In
cage. there is na goneurment action
after the returns are opened A' pro
ivded, what is to be done?
The President of the Senate, as the
custodian of the returns and in the
receiving and opening (and in every
thing That he has to do with them)',
is an official created by the Constitu
tion itself for a specific duty, and in
its performance he is clearly not the
presiding officer (as such) of either
house or of the two houses so as to
be subject to their, directions in any
way, except under joint rule or posi
tive law. For he could perform the
duty thus assigned him,. just as well
at the eierk's desk as in the presid
ing officer's chair, The Senate, if the
abOve view isleorrect, cannot • by it
self give any specific direetionsOr in
structions to the person who receives
and opens the returns because it ,hap
pens to be their presiding ofli6er that
thu Constitution designates for that
duty. - Much less Can the House, by
itself, give any instructions, for the
person so designate has no connec
tion whatever with their body.
The President of the Senate then,
r when he comes with the returns to be
opened and the votes to he-counted,
etnes. not as a preSidino . officerover
either or both houses, b r nt'he comes
as an independent -officer of the
Government to perform a -duty fixed
and defined by the Constitution. In
I the absence of anylegislation or eon
current .action of the two houses,
wliat.is he to do?, , Under such cir
cumstance, would it be a discharge
of his duty to open all the certificates
and lay them on the desk in the pres
ence Of the tA houses and then de
part ? Certainly it would be if he is
only to place them in .the possession
of the two houses, andihen they are
to dispose of them by motion and
simple reso:utiOn. •
In the absence of any legislation
or concurrent' action of the two
houses, :how is the, mandate of • the
Constitution to count the votes -to be
executed unless it is done by the
person whom the Constitution has
selected to receives - and open them?—
esfiecially when no one else is specifi
cally directed to •do =it; and it is
neither perversion of language nor,
forced construction for him .to do it. -
The requirement that the certifica
tes shall be opened in the presence of
the Senate and House no more con
. fers the Bower to count the votes on
either house than does a law that re
quires an election board .to conduct
a precinct election in the preSence - of
supervisors appointed by the courts
• - to be presert confer power on said
supervisors to count the votesr and
declare the result. Yet the board
must perform that dutfiti the pres
ence of the supervisors, who, how
ever,had nothing to do with ascertain
ing and declaring the .vote.
POWER 01' TUE VICE-PRESIDENT NOT
ARBITRARY.
What votes under this constitution-,
al provision are to be counted? The
votes cast-by the electors duly auth
orized to cast the same by thelaws
of their respective States. if the
power to count rests in the President
of the Senate, in the absence pf legis-.
lation, how is he to ascotin who
'litre the- 'electors 'duly !author,
jzed under the-laws of the respective
States ? The same way that the
President of the United States would
ascertain who is the duly elected
Governor of a State in - granting the
military• aid that he is required to
furnish in certain cases on the appli
cation of the - Executive of a State.
It may, be said' that if the President
of the
_Soap Is'Lto, aseeTtain
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vije*:.ll.6ioe: 04 -IC:':"Olfticittietfliip .:
with
.the "with-. - -*Onkh - of *ln.' •
vested py.theiPpnatitution; And they '
are no. greater ; and no more . • ilisoltite
t* they would' be it yihoevet must
deterraine the result:* ;IThelPOwer - ia
joist as absolute if exereis&l by
,either .
honk( -of Congress,"and if Are is
danger that the result would be - con-
trolled by partisan Spirit of preju
(lice, there is the same danger in
either or both houses of Congress,
for each is composed and made up. of
individual , men with like passsions,
.prejudiees, and frailties with him
'whom . the Constitution has selected
for' a specific act. - • • . • •
All . controversies in well-Ordered
governments must have some final
arbiter. It is either in a court of
last resort, where one man or more
ends the controversy, and, right or
wrong, it is the exercise of arbitrary
ppwcr, and is and must be final in its
result, or there would be. no end
of controversy. Whatever arbiter,
therefore, is fixed by law, though the
final ' determination would be the
exercise of arbitrary power (as in all
cases where there is no further re
view), yet the i decision thus made'
must be acquiesced in, orthere would
be an end of peaceable and orderly
government. • W hatever powers
there:ore .the -•ConStitution confers
upon any man or set of men, to be
exercised by Lim or them, is no more
despotic and absolute than is the
exercise of any power ; by a party
whose action, is not subjct to review.
As there is no provision in Consti
tution or law for a cottested election
in the case. of the Presidency, wheth
er the votes be counted and result
declared by the President of the Sen
ate or by 'Congress, the" determina
tion is equally final, and just as much
the exercise of absolute and, if you
please, despotic "power, in the one
case as the other. The arbiter in
each case is responsible to 'the same
source of power and is under the
same obligations of ollicial duty, sub
ject alike to the sane passions, the
same prejudicesond the same con..
trolling inlitiences.,, Unless the Pres
ident
, of the Senate (in the absence
of any law) is authorized to ascer
tain, after he has opened the certill
cates,, whether any one hat 4 a majority
of votes, an interregnum in the Pres
idency might bccur, even though
there had been "an election by the
people. For the House has no pow
er to elect a President except in the
failure of any person to receive a ma
•oritv of the whole mmiber of elec-
tors.' If any one alias received a ma
jority,.a failure to ascertain and ..de
clare it does not invest. the House
with . power to elect.
NO F.111.1:P.E TO ELECT
, Ho 7 is it possible that there can
be a failure to elect, when, as in the
'present case, all the States appointed
electors, for there is no claim that
there . was a tie vote in any State, and
there is an odd number of electors,
and but two candidates voted, for in
the Electoral College. One or the
other must of necessity have a ma
jority.- A failure to declare which
of then does not change the fact that
there has been an election 1w the
States, and -if there has the Douse
.
has no power to elect: v
And certainly it will not be claim
ed on any principle of constitutional
right the House may assume the
power to reject the vote of a State
entitled to representation in the
Electoral College so as thereby to in
vest itself with the power to elect
President. If -so, then in any elec
tion where the majority of the House
were of different political sentiment
from" the candidate elected by the
States, they would only have to ex
clude of the votes returned enough so
that the successful candidate would
not have a - majority of the whole
number of electors; and then . the
House could elect - the minority can
didate. The dangers apprehended
from an exercise of the power .to
count and" declare the rpeult' by the
President of the
• Senate; even if fullY
realized, could not be greater than
would be this perversion of power.
Yours truly, &e.,
GALusn.a. A:`VIROW.
iliiii
PENNSYLVANIA SPEAKS.
The Republican-members of the
Legislature met in caucus last week
and unanimously arced upon a 'se
ries of resolutions to be adopted ex ,
pressive of-their views on the Presi
dential question. The •resolutions•
were offered in the Senate on Friday
and adopted by a vote of ?f► yeasjo
1 nay. The yeas were all Republi
cans-4 save Bess
_and thtMENTOUT.
It will, lie difficult for loyal Demo
crats to understand what olijetions
their Senators could raise to 'tne
,resolutions.
WnettEAs, The tranquility of pur
country has been disturbed and itA busi
ness prosperity imperiled by the extraor,
dinary difficulty of ascertaining in tile
nearly balanced vote what has been the
result of the late election for electors of
President and Vice-Presiden : and where
as, to allay an excitement that may en
danger the public peace and precipitate
upon the people the calamity of civil war,
from which they. have been lately deliver
ed, it
,Seems fit And proper that the Legis
lat..ra of this' State, whose prerogatives
and vital interests are involved in the is
sue, - should declare and emphasize those
principles embodied in the National Con
stitution, by which the decision of the
pending question can alone be safely and
lawfully reached ; therefore,
by the Senate (the House of
Representatives concurring), That the
will •4 the people in electing a President
and Vice-President of the United sates
can only be expressed in the mannti' . pre
scribed by the Constitution, and the per
sons having the majority of votes of the
electors appojnteeby the States of the
Union, in- the manner prescribed by-the
Legislatures thereof, must be by force of
Constitution and laws declared President
and Vice-President respectively, and must
Won the 4th Of March, inaugurated,.atat
thereafter duly respected as such.
Second, That all factious opposition
and all threats of vblence, designed or in
tended to prevent or imperil the declara
tion and confirmation of the constitution
al election of a the President and Vice
President, are, 'unpatriotic in spirit,,dan
gerous and revolutionaay in tendency, and
merit and should receive the condemna
tion of an outraged and indignant people.
Third, That the lists which the duly
appointed electors Of the States respect
; i %ely are required by the Constitution of
the United States to make of the persons
voted fol. as President and Vice President,
atid'the number of votes for each, and
which are to be by - the electors certified
and transmitted by them sealed to the
President of - the Senate, and which cer
tificates are to be opened by him in 'the
presence of the tiro Houses or Cehgress
and counted, are the constitutional- evi
det.ce of the votes cast for President and
Vice Prcgident.
Fourth, That under the
_Constitution
the persons having the majority of the
votes actually cast by the duly appointed
electors of the States respectively are, by
force of the ,Constitution and laws, the
President and Vice President from and af
ter the beginning of their term of office,
and any attempt to defeat .the election of
a President by either House of Congress
arm the preteskthat certain perinui du.;
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I
lain the result, ..or for strYl.:Other .- eausn
'than that provided for in the Constitution '
when no person has a .majority of votes
of thwelectore duly -appointed, - will - be a
proceeding fraught with - danger to: the
public peace, perikius tri.lhe:, stability' of
our Government,:and exposing our nation
to cmternpt in. the general. , opinion of
itnankind. ; • • -
Resolved, That our Senators in Con-,
gresSbe instructed; and our. Representa
tives be requested, to let their action on
this queationconforni to tho spirit of this
declaration.
Resolved, That ,the novernor, be re
quested to have a copy of this preamble
and resolutions forwarded .to each of our
Senators and.Represknfatives in Congress
as early as convenient. -
, •
LETTER MK HARBIBBIIIIO.
TEE STATE LEGISLATIIEE •
(Prom Our Special, Correspondent.; -
llAnntssunii, Jan:ls, 1877.
Legislation has only fairly comthenced..
Bills read In place last Monday, and' re
ferred to 'their appropriate committees,
will now be reported for. cosideration in
the two bodies,-and then business will be
come interesting. Several bills of im
portance to the people have been intro
dUced, but how they may be r ceived by
the masses can be - best made known
through petitions and remonstrances, as
they may favor or oppose the views set
forth. A bill read'in place by Mt. Jack
son, of Mercer,—who, by the way, is one
Of the leading Republicans of the House
—touching the usury questior4 cannot
fail to command the most profound atten
tion of the laboring elements of the Com
monwealth. 4,s lis said to be the same
as offered by him last winter, and which
passed the house by a 'small majority] I
copy it fur the information of those inter
este&
SEC. 1. 'Be it enacted, etc., That .lie
lawful rate of interest for the loan, Or-use
of, or forbearance to demand money, in
all cases where no express :contract shid
have been made for a less rate,shall be six
per emitum per annum; Provided, That
the provisions of this section shall not ap
ply to any person now specially author
ized by law to receive a higher rate than
six per centum per annum..
j SEC. 2. When a rate of interest for the
loan or use of. or forbearance to demand
money exceeding that established by law,
shall hereafter be reserved or contracted
for; directly or indirectly, • this shall be
deemed and adjudged a forfeiture of the
entire amount of the principal and inter
est of the debt' or sum loaned, as the case
may Le.
•
Six: 3. If any person orpersons, or any
corporation, shall take,, receive, or re
serve, directly or indirectly, a rate of in
terest for the loan - or use of, or a forbear
ance to demand money exceeding that es
tablished by law, the person or persons
by. whom it has been paid, or his or her
-legal representatives may recover back,
in an action of sssumpsit, or on the case
commenced in the court of common pleas
of the proper county, the amount of the
principal and interest paid from the per
son or corporation, taking, receiving, .or
reserving the same; Provided, Such ac
tion is commenced within two years from
the time of such taking, res4rving, or re
ceiving.
_
Sic. 4. Repeals all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with the foregoing enact
ment:
Thus it will be seen that the change or
reform. as the people may; adjudge, ef
fectually revolutionizes all IreviotanS cus
toms and sharp practices, at least during
the past century, to extort unreason
able compensation-for the-use of money.
Its' deli:oval's effects are visible in the in
41cNtrial forces; it paralyzes all kinds of
enterprises that are inaugur.:ted by the
use of tummy; and they in turn give de
lerity to_iramps, the great family of Tice's
and to crime itself. It is not proposed to
argue the case, but to arouse the people
to some action through general petitions
or rethonstrances, to guide their Repre
sentatives ia the performance of their du
ties. Such . an enactment would not of
course be a cure all to poverty, for "the
poor we will have with us always:" but it
may tend to alleviate the indebted class,
'and preserve an equilibrium fora longer
period of time between the exceedingly
rich and the indigent poor., When we
witness Some live hundred sheriff sales of
real estate in ode shirt year in a Single
County, the future outlook becomes sad
dening. In the course of fifty. years—
which is but the turning of an hour-glass
in the life time of nattons-L-yve might see
the real estate of the . ieountry in the pos
session of the aristocratic few, and if we
were not 31exicanized in' the sequel, we
I- would at least have the shamrock and the
thistle to indicate'that Ireland,. with its
systein of landloids • and tenantry, had
emigrated in a body to this boasted .land
of freedom. G..W.
CTILE LIC1: :ESTATE.—The contest
)etween the trustees of the Lick
estate and their- heirs is finally ami
cably arranged. John IL , a natural
on of James Lick, receives $533,:809
from which he pays $72,000 to other .
heirs, in C'al'lous ainountS. This
I leaveS the trustees in a position to
carry out the conditions of the trust
Ideed, , and gives clear title to all real
lestrite included in the trust,- which,
i on , hie tes:imony of experts, has in 7
lereased in market value 50 per cent,
by clearing away the clouds on the
'title caused by the_ recent contest.
The value of the - Troperty involved
is estimated
..$3,300,000. = 5an
;Francisco Rlefiram..
.A ronnoN of the glass roof of the
Grand Central Depot in New York
t c;live way under the weight of snow
and ice accumulated upon it, last
Friday. NO .one was injured. A train
was just due at, the time of the acci
dent; but fortunately had not 'entered
the building.
TEN millionh of the five-twenty
bonds of May and November; 1865,
are called in by the Secretary .Of the
Treasury, and will be payable, prin
cipal and accrued interest, on the 10th
of April nest, from which dat6'_inter
est will cease.
IT Is reported that Senatoi, FERRY
contemplates resigning as President
of the Senate about the first Of Feb-
ruary
A Wonderful DlNeovery.—Our numerous
exchanges are tilled with accounts of most wonder.
fut cures ; effected by Dr. Gavit's "311r.n . teai.
Wuxi,En." - It Irsaid to ho the greatest vitalizer
yet discovered, giving buoyancy to the spirits, elas
ticity to the step, and making the invalid hearty,
courageous and strong. It Mires all diseases of the
Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and spine; Scrofula and
all Blood Diseases: cures Nervous Prostration and
Weakness of either bee, restoring Tone awl Vigor
to the whole system. Read the following cures:
Prof.ll. A. flitsos, Saratoga, N. T„ widely
known al Principal of one of our leading Institu
tions of ijarning, says that his -wife has need the
`•Medical Wonder' for a complication of diseases
with the most happy effect. No other remedy ever
touched the ease like it.
Dr. A. DALTox, dforrtsville, N.Y.: sister in bed
tiro years with female and nervous diseases; cured.
A.I.BEnT TRUESPALE, Tuncook, N. IL, loath
some. scrofula; supposed to . be In constitution;
cured.
GF.O. Ititststs, Onettla,-curednt terrible catarrh.
ELlZAtirrit WoOD, Sheds Corners, N. Y., ovarian
tumor and dropsy. reduced 15 inches :trowel body.
Nolt M 5 - 111:Nr, Sheds Cornerk N. Y., wnwler
ful cure of dyspepsia awl heart disease..
Mrs. 1. S. Arrt.ETON, Ilitisbero, N. 11., spinal
disease-
Stn. Z. A. White{ Ends Corners, K. Y., terrible
SerotiPa and Kidney I)Lgease; gained 40 round%
t. 11.11.swiLEs„ Sarati!ga; says that "Medical
Wonder "tgave him health, strength and appe::tlte.
krs. C.P. Concerti, N. H., confined
to bell with female, nud kidney disease; cured.
No spneefor 4 . 000 other cures.
,A:skyourprogglrt for "Medical Wondor.".alyt
:bc
iil,Xo;iol4';:ti4****o44P,!"4-6-11-04**1
777,..jc , - - "::,,;.. - .. . - :,,, , :-,. , .:,; * -. : :- 1 - , ; , ,,-si- , ,.,-,,z 1 :,.
iolv•i-iotlt#l3*"=:-',',!:;-!',-,,--/
114BPOTer OF TirEtOrbiTiori
of the First National flank at Tanansia,ln the
State of Pennsylvania, at the close et busineav,
Peeembez V, : -
RESOL'ItCLS.
USW and diaconate.. "A $373,e8 83
Overdrafts 4,370 OS
U. S. Bonds to secure circulatiou • " ‘ 85.000 08
tr. S. Bonds on hand - 3,600 00
Due from approved reserve agents 35.881 86
Due from other National Banks 3,381 02
Due from State Batiks and Bankers. ! ... 3,028 88
Beat estate, furniture and tixtures...i .... =4OO 00
Current expenses and taxes paid ' 0,973 24
Premiums paid 343 00
Pl:lecke and other cash Items 4,192 GO
Bills of other National Banks 3,397 00
Fractional currency (Including nickels). 833 84
Specie (Including gold Treasury notes).. 2.490 44
I.egal-tendernotes - * 20.817 00
Redemption fond with D. S. Treasurer), 2,473 00
QM
=2l
Capital stock paid lu. #125,000 00
Surplus fnud 60,000 00
Other undivided profits ' 14.940 19
National Bank notes outstanding. 49,500 00
Individual deposits subject to check.... 208,230 34
Tinto certificates of 41epailt,... 61,060 62
Due to other Nations i - Banks , - ' 0,409 vs
Duo to State Banks sod bankers....::.. 75 cp
Total.. PF,..17.2 69
State of Pennsylvania, County of Bradford, ss:
N. N.-BETTS, Jr., Casbier of the above named
hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement
Is true to the best of my knowledge amtbeilef.
N. N. BETTS, dr., Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before Inc this lath day
of January,- 1877.
W. B. DODGE, Notary Public.
CO.BUECT—At test •
WTI La, )
GEO. STEVENS, '
,- Directors.
If. L. SCOTT,
Towanda, Jan. 18. 1877.
T 4 0W RENTS To OORR,ESPOND
WITII THE HAW,/ TI3IEIB.—A number of
desirable dwelling houses for rent. located on Main
street, near the business centre of the Eoroegh. •
Also. several dwellings suitable for mechanics
and laborers.
Prices reduced to correspond with tho hard limes.
Apply to J. AN DREW WILT. Ocoee over
Bross" Book Store. Patton's Block. • r. dant 8.
FARM AT PRIVATE SALE--;
A Farm of 100 acres within:;,miles of To
wanda Borough, on a good leWri road leading from
TOwanda to Moneocton, with plenty of g.'od Fruit .
—apples, pears, w.aches, plumbs, cherries, grapes,
.Ite.-2 apple and 1 peach orchard. A good frame
dwelling hone, with 11 rooms and 4 cellars, with
water itethe house brought from a valuable sprint...
through pomp logs, also running water In the
'barn yard the year round supplied from the sante
spring. Ono good underground' stone basement
stable. for horses or eattle;alsci 2 horse barns—one
good corn house—poultry yard and underground
chiekery and other out buildings. 75 acres im
proved the balance in woods. The land Is well wa
tered, and lies to the oast, and under a good stare
of cultivation, and within 20 minutes ride of the
villagc. It Is owned by a gentleman residing in
Towanda, who on account of advanced years, de
sires to gn hutof the farming - business. It can be
bought any time between : this and April next for
PO per ore. Possession given April Ist Ati
dres J. Audrew Wid, Attorney-at-Law, ,Towanda.,
Pa. ; Janll.•
SOMETHING NEW!
F. H. LEWIS, V. S.,
flat opened a hospital for Sick and Diseased Horsey
at Towanda, Pa. Horses received for treatment
fof the following disea ;es; Poll evil fistula. all
pipe and cancerous sores, warts anti tumors of all
descriptions, diseased eves, wind puffs. spavinn of
all kinds, ring hones; lameness cured (bunch not
rcmoved); scratches or greese. heel ; shoulder
strains or fotindLT; contracted feet, and all disea.ses
except contagions; cutting at bishoping old horses
t ee th—au ots,ratton that &nerves the attention and
approbation of! all horsemen—an operation which
intpmves the age and condition. adding years to
their lives; docking, pricking and straightening of
tails; castration of all horses and colts (none ex
cepted). For a stable of this kind he has all the
conveniences; There will he on exhibition at his
office , the old/Complete anatomy of -th e horsy i)t
America (containing all of the '247 bones), and
many rare sweimens of surgery perforimd by hint.
Having secured the services of J. S. LEwis, V. S..
and by gentlemanly deport lent and. Strict atten
tion to bosine,s., I hope lo merit the esteem and
approbation of ling public, and eolith a liberal share
of their patronage.
Special :Meet loin Oxen to diseases of Horn Cattle.
Dr. Ltwle will visit patterns at any distance for
reasonable 4my. Examtuations . anti consultations
tree.
Office at KING siwe.Y'S LIVEIIY 5T.1111.7.
Towanda, Dee. 21, 1576
G REATLY REDUCED PRICES
The undersigned Is doing
PLANING, 3IAT,CIIING, AND ICE-SAWING,
tnd all klrrli of Planing-mill
AWAY DOWN I IJOWN I! MIN ! !
So far you cant. see It
I have also On liainl a large St ock of _
SASH AND DOODit, I. •
•
Which I am selling at price's to suit the 'times
•
WINDOW—BLI).:DS
Made promptly to order, at a low price, for t.'ASII
IF TOU WANT TO GET.ItIOI'QUICK,
Call and see my flood, and Prices
Lumber brought here to be will be kept'
under corer and perfectly dry until taken away.
Gold sheds fur your horses, and a dry place to load.
Towanda. Jan. 18, 1877
• * Zent,
THE LATEST NEWS !
KENT & BLISS
Have just opened anot lies large stoFk of
DRY GOODS
AND NOT/a:VS!
Cons!sting of
FANCY GOODS
FOR THE 110LID.AXS!
READY-MADE SACQUES,
FULL. LINE OF FURS,
SEAWLS,
SKIRTS,.
HOSIERY,
1 GLOVES;
CORSETS,
ZtPITYBS,
CARD-BOARD MOTTOES,
CANVASS,
&c., Sce., Sze
EVERY DEPARTMENT IS FULL !
Call and be Convineed'that we Sell as
Cheap as the . Cheapest?
KENT Sr, BLISS.
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EGISTEII , S N I sElCE.,.;=Notlee.
xv - ts hereby gtvert that there have been, filed Sn
the office of Register Of WillsOnand forthei Conn.
ty of Bradford. accounts of, adnainistmlion Upon
the following estates. vie: ' ,
Partial acc't of I/ U Burnhant, Guardian of - F. r va_
Baynor,mlnor child of Wm Hitainor,lateorMidg:
intry„'deed.
Final acetorD If Burnham, Guardian of TFueet
ta iSaynor. minor child of Wm, It Gaynor; Late of
III•tglkory, deed.
Final acc't of Jesse, orconk and n Meeks,
miners of Jacob Norco N nt. late of 'WI hoot, deed.
„Final acct of Irony Dixon. guardian of Julia A.
Sinclair, minor child of F 31 Brook!, late of Ulster '
deed,
Final acct of Silas P Shiner, miner of Michael •
Mitchell. dee'd. •
Final ace'! of Daniel Chase, adm't of Joseph
Chasa, late of South Creek. dee'd. •
Partial ace'! of We' S Jayne, ex'r of Harriet Gil
more. late of Canton. deed. •
Partial arc't of Wm S Jayne, Itestamentary trus
tee of Pinion Gilmore. late rid Canton, deed.'
, Final arc't of Geo W McKee , ez , rof Seneca Ken
dall'. late,Of Canton,
Final,acer of .11, C • ex - r "Arahella .1
of Orwell, deed. •
Float arerof R Bramhall, guardian of Percilta
311ddaagh, minor child of Isaac Middaugh', deed.
Final :wet of Elizabeth Lockwood, surviving
ntim`r of ItirarmLockwitild. late of Alta, deed.
Final acet of henry Morgan, adtu'r of Samuel
Simpkinr, deed.
Ace't of .James ex'r of Mrs Eliza.
Overton. late of Towanda. dee'd... • •
' Final acct of James Cununiskey. "guardian of
eathetine Trainer, miner, minor child ,of Michael
Traleer, late (Irani-any, deed. •
• Final acet of Moses A Ladd, guardian 'oiFmniet
Davis, minor child of Grabriel Davis, late of Al
bany. deed' •
• Partial atic't of B A Pratt and .11 U Phelps, errs
of Perry.llrratt. late of West Burlington, dee'd:
.'Final ace't of J T hall, nailer of Win T Ball, late
of Ridgebury, dee'd.
Partial act or Elleb Ti Tuttle. guardian or .Intin
11 and Mary E Tuttle. minor childrzn of John Tut
tle. late of Wyi.x. deed.
Final acct of F S Ayrest, guardian of Emmet C
Tuttle, minor child B Tuttle, late of Ulster,
der•d:
Final aee't of Ellen Tt Tuttle,ex*rx of. John TUt-
tle. late of Wysox, deed.
And also the appraisement of property set otrby
ex'rs and twitters to widows and children of the ftd- .
Jowing . deretlonfs. vir t t
Estate. of Thomas "right.
Wm ,•
•• " John Watkins. --!
" 1 •• George McCabe.
" Epralm Cast,. . ,
Aud the mane will be presented to the Orphan's
coot! of Bradford ('ontily. February Sth. 1577, at, t
o'clock P. M., for confirmation anti allowance.
Oil.= 69
C. E. ANDRUS,
• Towarah. .Tan. 10,
TRIAL LIST FOR FEBRUARY
1 4 ,E11:11, tx77
-Minns W41011,.ei at vs)! W Wln•nlock 'issue
Cook':‘ is , e vs Elizabeth
C W Clapp vs I) It AV.siknr • ‘l , _:tst
Justus..ll Ilaywa's use vs W .1 Fuller issue
A E C‘dust..l.: cs E B 1 sul (lob:
Wns l'nsvers vs .I , ,hn et/IV•en lssutupt.
Abrrm Waltuinu vs Win S Pettq . litinsinger...tres
Abratu Walt luau vs 'Rufus Potter trespass
Abrams' Wait mass vs Justus. I,,ewts, 2tl tn.:lms%
Jelns - sonCarley s 3 Prit.r COSPliant
S Haupt( vs I: W 11.,t1ff
Thisbie Kinney vs Cri,.s W 'Kinney
A I. McKean vs Wm Blies
Wntlllll.vs N N Parks
.1 It Cowell vs rivvrt•eers Poor Asylum
.1 t I Frost vs G Apttirlis, et al "
S 13 loss vs Cornell tic: llonslrker - sel fa
Gov Tozer vs Ainaztah KIIMPV 4 11.. r.
Fit zerald, 11:4 .5; CO o ; llutiln,r.S: 1iewe3p5 , ,,,,,1,
M i: 3lerviir vs .lottn Rato , on : `....issueAnd rewitally vs Mlclt:4el Lynch i ~.arpeal
It I' Lockwood vs Sanluel Grey a..,. • (1-I,t
MI-chat:l Coleman vs John .1 Tltompsou...:.tresposs
Henry, lie, man vs Tim arida (om co
Samuel 13 Smith v' Levi
T1111:1) WEFK.
John F Satter vs Mosey I) IlesVitt. adin'r...lsstte
. 31khaelyyn• VS North Itrlt Mer Ins Co.l debt
Fro t. al vs,l I.),3iontaov - e. Jr., et al.. sclja
Latfrrty & Landon ',vs Lyman Matson • appal
Lydia. Il.trdingr. et al vs Watson Freeman eject
August!). I.t.wls vs II Iran If orlon's as'nee.assomp.
..lael.s,n Lewis vi O E Pickett debt
Martin Tompkins vs Wallace Miller • tre,spzoi
Arthur Yates,vs Michael Coleman, et al— tfe,pass
artier .z Park vs Peter Berate assumpt
II W Patrick vs 6enj4nlin Northrop- •- eject
Wm May vs L T Roy• - e • I trespass -
Susan ;,
Cm
arer; et at vs C W' Doane C jeet
Ja.ites Gill vs Levi Wells , delii
Joint Tilt/moon V. MieltaolCuieman eject
R a Bakes vs Jiiro•ph Seriven..• .
A Waltman vs Warmt Ayer . appeal
Mlehiel Dickey i r 's Thomas Welsh.. 3 1 tresprlNS
B W Lane vs John .1 Griffith, et al_ covenant .
John Eas•ett VA E T Park, Pt al . eject
Win M Cox vs N J Layton, et al 1.1 - ella-SS.
IV Barrowcutf v§ \) S FOT(1 tenser
,
Dr Wm M Cereney vs Mark Mint" appral
- Michael McDonnell V. 4 A A: T Walt,timu...cortigmt
Seatus It Ross as .John M Pike, et al sell fa
Nathaniel Davi , on vs J Leßoy Cortin.....assumpt
ttlThomas :id Week returnable Mnday, Fell. 12,"77.
•• 3,1 tt• .-
BENJ. M. PECK, PrJhonotary.
Tolvalda, JatAiry S. Pin.
AUDITQR'S NOTICE—In the
orphan'A Ctitirt, In and for the County of
ltra , lford• Au the matter of the estate of Silas IL
role, late of Rome Township. deceased.
;.. The Auditor, appointed by the' Court to make t
'dist! I 'notion of the folid in the halals of Loyal F. .
Itu , sell, adm'nistrator upon th:!Lsald estate, will at
tend to the Jut les of his.appoinement On Thur,day.
F. H. LEWIS. V. S
the 11th day . of Fel.rnary. A. I) '1577. at to o'cloi:k
.1.: M. ' at hk oftit-0 31MR Street. In 1110 Borough
of TOvvancla, I doors north 4Sf the Wald .
when an persons having claims Alpon raid fund
tnm4 present them or he forever debarred trent
the same. GEORGE I) t•STrtiol'i).
Jan 1 S- 1 Nv. Auditor.
,EW YORK PRICES Cuirent
I X T I for Country Pro•i=e, for the week ending
.I,in. 1 1:i77. Reported expresly for the BRA D.
iult IrKronrim, Ity 11. K. & F.ll.
C“., We,t Itroadway, Meade and Iltu6on mreets,
New
RUTTY:R.—Receipts for the week 17,930 packages.
The market Ls very much depre, , ed. nothingthut.
tinebt qualith.s of late made butter haling-any pur
cha,er for Chi . , grade; about former rates are anlted
while for other CIJIICC,b,IO:IS of 2. to is yet remain.';
L. D ItpDGERS
!pinte:—
State I)alrios,..errtire n-zfra
.‘ firltlns
fair to good
" bat f firkin
" 4 fair to t rp!ocl
VOI h tub., extra. fall
" • " !entire dalriec
ereltnery goo,l to fine
Palls. Mate and Penn.. eliolee
air
We.fern 1.it1) , , fine tA,ler - fetl
fair to
WeMern early made: .... . .
••• Mir to g4wycl . v . •
••
Vitdern roll I.llt , er, fine .......y....
•-• poor to g00d...
F.GGS. = l:ocelids for the ueek 1.941
It.o.eipt:; arc light awl high: prlce3 hay, I . heTke , l
coniqmption to zoich ai extoi.t. that the Nupply is
:11 . 11ply fur the tlenteml.
Stztt trawl I'l.•nn
Wesfern tho; fresh.
' •• fali to good
Soult:rri,
FLOUICANI)
- Fleur quiet and fini :111:.a.1 lower una.klull
Superfine
SprLur, wheat. extra,.
et. e'xtra..
•• . fancy..
Corn meal, yellow
white
Wheal; dun but firm. Earley fair &wand and
Ry• - ?..very gal(quiet prKes and
firm. C"rn quit: and ati 111.: under.'
Spring,.No. 1....
• " , Chicago,
" Milwaukee, No. q .
" 'Vett winter
" l nther.
, ",
Ilar
1t ye
()at,. inix•M
whlte
Core. western 'nixed
.• yellow •
PEA Xs.
are a trithi easier: other kinds are in fair
r..iiiiest and steady at quota:inns
Pea. fair nrgend
Medium
M irroir
IV hite Kidney
Red Kidney
110 PS
It . port (lonian(' V. loj active, and . ls conlino.l
to the fanoy and medium grades
Crop `76, State, g.,od to prime
n'7.l 'Wis. fair to print?
Crop 75. poor to good
SEEDS.
'Clover quiet and steady; Timothy Idt 11; Flax
scarce.
Clover Ira
Flax. western rough .
Timothy. per bushel
DRIED
We:d. and Sta , c apples are- In modonte request
for export. Meal traite is very quiet. rare,) and
having very little demand, quotat tom: bei n g iitt.e ,
better than nominal: pnche, are exarce. a7l 4 0111-
M:111(i out Aide figure!: raspberries and other F111:111
fruits in (air Ile.nand at quotations,
Apitles, State, sliced
• " quarters
Western, sliced
" quarters
mtbein, sliced
" - quarters
Peaches, peeled, fancy
Late to good
unpeeled, rushes •
quarters. ......
Blaekberris. per lb • % , ..(a, 9
,
Cherries. pitted. per lb tee. s
Plums, par. •• • . I
Raspberries '
11. K. & F. B. THURBER St CO_ -
Importers, Wholesale Grocers Si Com:Merchant
- West Broadway. Reade S Hudson Y
'., Produce Commis:dim Department in charge of .1
8. Gate::. receive and sell on 'Centilii,,sln alt
kinds or Country Produce; make cash :Myatt( es ell
consignments and furnish stencil plate s' aura mar
ket quotations when desired. Correspondence
netted.
QI7OTATION OF WITITE,POW
ELL & CO.,llankirts and 'Brokers, O. I.
South Third str4q, flatadclhia; Jan. nth, 1:77
BID. ,t , h2-1 , .
1 U.S. 1841, e . , - I::!, In
S-20 -, '65, •••• .4. l ot,ii 9 ,
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411 44. 44 .6s , 44 44 ! ! KO, Ili;
" 10-le, chupen. 113 . ,. 11. V,
‘ Pacific G's, ry 17.2.,
New s's, Beg. 145 t . ' 11l Il''
" "•• e. ISSIin, tr.:
Gold .1 loco, 1e..%
Sitre'r lOU - , kh ,
Pennsylvania47,l i 41",
Reading ~ Is , , . 1 , -•
Philadelphia & Erie - 12 , 4 11 ~.
Lehigh Navigation 21P1, • 24 •
Valley, Ex: lily 1e,., 49'
United R. U. 01' N. 4 Ito l IP.
011 (reek' - si, ' .'•
Nortbem Cuntr3t t :30.6 : 27
Central Transporttition ' 39 41
N e er". _...._ iwn l2l B. ' , .........'. .. ... . ..... 52 32`i
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