0 -
F3Oll ALL ITATIOVS.
i - I.T.m.ts cars are being , introduced on
1:<;11
to be distanced by /toocly and Fan-
Lhe Jesuit fathers have begun a re
al at the - Church of St. Francis, in
ton.
. .
a're said to be seventy Catholic
;7_.es in the College of the Piopag-ation
'tome training for rubsionary 'work in
':!F: Episcopalians in and around BaM
.:: have formed themseWes into a "So
y fur the -Systematic Church Exten-
Colored People."
lir. town of Wales, 31e., by no means
-te from eiviliza ion, has managed to
.::ong for fifteen years without doctor,
vcr. minister, or pauper..
3.400 tons of wire for. the great
I.?.:zuleen New - York and Brooklyn
made from crucible steel, at Pitts
antl_vrill-cOst
Motettre D. Conway writes. from
;• , :i that the ,new Canon of Westmin
-. Fara 7. roar he looked upon as
Mi=
United States - war sip Plymouth,
rte-acolit for New .oi . leans, passed
.-zis the jett,y chantiel of the South
f the 31ississippitat low tide Friday,
'.1;4 . 10 . feet tk - inches. - c•-•
Friday' evening 'of last -week, Miss
Ritchey, daughter of Mr. Thomas
of Everett, a lady twenty-four
• of age, committed suicide by taking
: %um. Cause unknown..
Cie early pirt of the present century
ricli,•eccentric Englishman,
daughters as a legacy, their
one pound bank notes.. When
ca roe the eldest got-151,200,
1: Catholic Church at GirJrdville,
has been for some time embar
; by Ih/uncial troubles.
- which have
eftin the 'removal o Rev. Father
Tannqua and the stibstitu
f Father O'Connor in his place.
ilionsmul Russian 3lennonnites
- 4...tern/hied - to immigrate to the
. The .have the alternative
up arrils Or leaving tit Empire, -
±er to cio-s _the sea. Fourteen
1:;1 of there settle in Kansas
the
MESE
buildings v.-ere destroyi , d by the
Swanton. Vermont, Tb.usday
including flogle's block, ti largest
in the town - , The losses aggre
-,,t,0d, which range from 5i,1,g00 to
Tlik: insurance corers about
rds of the -
E vv. ;Professor E. J: pnn
.iiwatarainstitute. Jcal•=stnwn,,
'nty, has resigned
e Lutheran Chur.:ll,
be received 's a can
: in -the Protestant
I •
1 1•j •'I
~
riiiti
• " ,1 : 4
- 0 . ,a1 CI uren.- •
ed.snffi
ike
forms
and
~1 112, -,A TICINALTS"I
it: the South id+,
"• - :on.rerences.
The • Terale
Lt forni the Ceti 1- SoOTtet
• ,I , Lces. .„The-menthershil; -thr_ , !!•e
-'1,•••; gathered chiefly among the
- -interpst in. the Moody and 'Sankey
• i meet im,s at I3Uston i-t increasing.
temlance at all the meetings is very
majtrity of those prer-ent being
The sr ,r)c . in the iLquiry rooms
rly begirn.' . and.the greatest excite
nreva ifs in,-1110m.
: i.sv Trinity Episcopal Church at
which has gist been completed
c.mgreg - ation of ltev. Phillips
s. v:as consecrated recently. The
r r cost $7:10,000, and is- said to be
elaborate-church edifice in .New
01. It is free from.debt: •
:::(irrrinin minister at Washington
. I that 511 the (=email' lionoray con
:ac to be withdrawn from the United
-s, Only the inland honorary consul
----111 be UlAistisd, and they will be
~ •(-1 by_ two or three paid consuls; at
Chicago, and, probably,
while -all the - honorary. consulates
ports will remain. •
•
'..11.‘ S - C: Li verpool grain circular, in
the week's tr.ide, says coun
ie continues depressed, owing to
' ianp stale or most 'native wheats,
sorts supporting previous
in foreign has also ruled
a: lower tendency.
rl IIN and -Martin
:, both colored men, were hanged
at-Port Tobacco, Charles county,
1.1n.1,40r be - murder of John W.
tt. in July.. Simpson's neck
::fm - by--the fall and henry died by
4,000 pet sons,
Ivituessed the execution
•: )I,:rlonnites do not take kindly to
•, .:a illstittjtions. 'At the General
of the 3lennonnite- Chtircb,
at Elkliart; Ind., it was re
zill members- of tlilehureb
•td voted zit the late Presidential
. 1-liould be admonished,. and that
y Should try to induce his
.u:s to abstain from voting
!Lt. s:',4 to a friend 'tlic other
• ;•iii w:•rild sire hiq six years in
:aie foi: the oPportimity of making
speech before the Electoral
:ion. This was repeated to:,Sen
':-ertry,--when he said, lit his : dry
,•• Well, it is the first time -iir my
t I eve: heard of a man who wot?ld
hourto hear himself talk.''
RAM from France tot.Smith
histititte-annour.ces that Borelty,
.of the Stli instant, di,..overed
in right ascension 17 hours, 13
~ _hielensiim 1 degree. 37 minutes
(I:lily-Mtion plus 1 minor.•, 44 sec
light ascension, and plus :3 de
. -; minutes to. declination. The
i leas a. brilliant ronnifnuclea
:s. Sai.dapter, - the mother of Rufits
diLd in Cincinhati on - Tuesday
• • :.: . while- - inEnvoi e, she
c•,ncet tea to the Catholic f ano
that-time her whole life has been
. •t• .1. t•i - its propagatiotf. - She has
Philadelphia amt; Cincinnati
,•; than '2O - convents, and bestowed
1,11:1; of, her wealth urea charitable
- She crossed the ocean nine
• •• on special visits to the: Pope, and
.• :raveled the world o.ver.:
• if.
r: I c ide . nt has
.sent ,1., ;message tp
enclosing Imemoripl from many
rrt citizens of New York,
asking
. si4ht be given
• ,
•. stattie 'of "Liberty En
': ,•••• tile World," the generous gift
•Writ citizens. The President in
htin the memorial, says: "Very
; •is :14.,...0/of us to do, and I hope the'
• ••f tri.2 memorialists may receive
•'• vet c r..vorable consideration."
t: al of 3`,ollie jraf , ttires "now in
f.?re .fudge Elwell, of inotims
:.r. ,::•-o2.lopim_r, truth stranger than
eJr respondent reporting the
.11 Saturday says: Immediately
tile e , turt opened this morning Hon.
W. Ryon. upon the tart of the de
--lie a motion that Graham, the
ME
a, c , .. , •••:0ry of Ilestilr; .31e1Ingli and
.
•• Iy. slicrild be released from jail. Great
••-•e wns p4msed by Mr, Ityon's
lie took the ground that , the evi
;l,.7ainst Graham was not sufficient
et a conVietion, and that be had
• ". 1 ' 1 - cd in jail for several months.
that graham was entitled to a
. . - rttidet-t he two-terni imprisionment
.‘f -the State lads, as he -had
i •-• for -thatHinagth of time.
Elwell thereupon ordered the Sher
;: ant Graham his liberty. No ob
_
. . made upon the part of U e
• . - Mr. lon then resumed his so
iou of Kelly, "the
.•." ere:is-questioning by Mr.
" • --I: s.:•ssiOns of the day, all
' , 7ft ten minutes in the afternoon,'
ion. F. W. Hughes commenced his
• •;. t:t-..ttnittatott qt. - While undergoing
Byrn, Kelly stated
IS GS he was engaged in
•
--.c.c.. ink; among the members of the
• .7•l.l.luires in the interest of the
- • • p„irty, under thedirection of
otter members, and was paid
. tiring the same year. Ile spent
time traveling about from
• • t plasie and beating men. He did
•
:he command of the pflicers.of the
' lie said that at, the meeting
the day before the murder,
greed - t_! at they would rib Rea
: Like his life; Afterward Hester
:5...::.i-rl.•gret that ilva had been
. the crty..43-examination Kelly
..oedged that he had committed a
.11mber of robberica - at Locust Gap,
WilL-s-Barre,., and other
. • : lie did r.lt commence blealin.
. =«r he joined - theMollie-Ma - guires,
•K ordttfd - to do so by its members.
A mint:lA:4l after Mr. Hughes opened
ct i xamination, court adjournep
Aonday morning.
ftadfota Ittporttt
- EDITORS t :-
E. 0. GOOMI6II. IL W. AILLVOZIL
Traranals,Pa.,llarsday, Pebnim 15,1677.
MEETING OP REPUBLICAN STAND.
INO COMMITTEE.
Thellepubßain Standing Committee of Brad
ford County met at the Grand Jury Boom on Tues
day, Feb. la. In the absence of the Chairman, E.
B. Datoxo was elected Millman pro few, and J.
B. SL' lllsrwats chosen Secretary. Sane discussion
arose as to how the Chairman should be elected,
which resulted in accepting Mr. CAIINOCUAX, who
had previously been appointed by the President of
the last Coftventim It was also decided t4submit
the question to the next County Convention for set
tlement.
It was recommended that the Chairman notify
each member of the Committee to send him names
of three suitable persons in each district to act as
Vigilance Comniittees for the current year.
The Committee adjourned to meet at the same
place Tuesday, March 13, at 2 o'clock where
it is hoped every member of the Committe will be
presont. .E. IL DELoatc, Chartman pro tem.
d. B. litsatax, Secretaiy.
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
LThe legislature is likely to pass a
bill seriously affecting Building Asso
ciations. If the proposed act be
comes a law the best thing holders
of free shares,can do will be to with
draw their money at once. The bill
now before the House 'provides that
the authority given clauses 1 and C
of section 37 of the building associa
tion act of 'April
. 29, 174, shall not
be construed to justify 'any excessive
rates of premium or assessments of
fines ; that in the sale of loans to
boreowers the premium bid_ shall not
exceed-one-third of the par or stock
value of 'the shares upon which said
loans are granted ; that assessments
for non-payment of stock dues shall
not exceel one per cent. pet' month ;
a further sum of two per cent. per
month may be assessed for non-pay
ment of interest dues. The assess-'
ment of fines shall cease after the
date of any forecloseure of the mort
gage or sale of other collateig secur-
ities, and the amount of loans, the
interest, dues in default and the fines
for . 'non-payment, together with. the
costs, shall; be charged against the
proceeds of such sale, znd stack
dues paid in shall pass Lo the credit
the defaulting loan holder, etc+.
- sections of the bill punish
Other • false entries or embezzle
officers- Col ' , orize the closing up
- 1, fittildin or loan
ment, and aut..
of any saving fun,... ration of any
association on applu.
one
thirty stockholders repres.. 'ntlng
third of the active shares f any
association.,
THE English are going wild over
American beef and mutton. Qf late
years theie items of the Briton's bill
of fare have been too expensive for
the majority of people ; and the ef
forts to import rabbit meat and beef
from Australia, - and castle and beef
from Brazil, have failed either to
bring . prices down or give satisfac
tion, in any form. American beef
and mutton exactly meet the need of
the hour in every way. They reach
England in splendid condition, and
sell for from 4d. a pound for bits to.i
9p. a paund for choice pieces; which:
is 2d. or 3d. less than the price of the
hOme article. Connoisseurs de
dare that ,American beecand mutton
bear evidence of being better :ed.
'The press is in rhapsodies,. and can
not mention the snbject,without Ciuo
tation from Virgiland ,bickens. The
trade is growing ).ery large, 700 tons
sometimes arriving at, Liverpool in
one day. It sells immediately, and
is now marketed in London, Liver
pool,' Manchester, Sheffield, Birming
-ham, Nottingham, and many other
towns.
FOR the benefit of the Standing
Committee and all others concerned
we reprint the following resolution
unanimously adopted by the . Repu
blican County Convention August 31,
1875. From a careful perusal of the
resolution it will be apparent to every
one that Mr.. COLIDE4O acted . strictly
in-conforniity to the spirit and letter
of the law in appointingaChairman
;of the County Committee:
Resolvel I, That the County Committee
lie 'composed of one person, from each elec
tion &strict, and that the delegates of
each district shall name id committee
man, and that the Chairman of the Con
vention name Chairman of Committee.
TUE Democrats : are worried about
the partisan Judges on the Commiss
ion and the impressiumt which their
conduct' will make abroad. Tlie
easiest, simplest, and straightest way
out of- this difficulty, which weighs
io heavily on the Democratic mind,
is for Judge CLIFFORD or Judge
FIELD to vote with the Republicans.
The Democrats claim that the injury
to the country from the presumption
that - the Supreme Court is partisan
is too great to be made up by` the
benefit, from any possible solution of.
- the Presidential question. If this is
true. they will be obliged to us for
pointing out so perfect. means of
avoiding that injury.
As important change has just °c
entred ,in; Pittsburgh journalism.
The proprietors of the Gazette have
purchased the Commercial with the
intention of merging the latter in
their, own establishmeptp The Com
mercial.. has long been an influential'
; advocate of Republican principles in
Western Pennsylvania,' and its fa
miliar face will be missed among our
exchanges. Hon. R. Y. MACKEY,
ex-State Treasurer, was the chief
stockholder. • -
AN unscrupulous law firm in Wash-
ington have brought a suit for breaeh
of promise against ' gen. CAIftRON at
the instance of a pirtially intfine wo
man, for the purpose of blackmailing
the Senator. The plot is decidedly
too thin. Whatever people may
think of .Gem CA-4EItON politically
not even his , mo#t bitter opponents
believe* guilty of^tho—charge
brought against him. He is a man
whose honoi in such matters is above
suspicion.
THE New York Times is a news
paper, of whih, in the past, we have
had occasion to say some not very
complimentary words.
played so much energy and ability
during the late•Presidentialietinvass,
and dealt its blows with so much di-
rectness and force in exposing the
pretensions of the Democracy, that
we are disposed to overlook the past
offences, and give it all the credit
which is justly its due. The Times
has a further claim upon the consid-
eration and gratitude of every Re
publican, by its able and thoipugh
exposures of the frauds and intimi
dation practiced by the "Democracy
in the Southern State', and by the
support it has given to the Republi
cans who were endeavoring to secure
a fair count, and honest return of
the votes of the disputed States.
In the issues of the past week, the
Times has been pointing out the
weakness of a portion of the leaders
of the Republican party; and giving
expression of the feeling of distrust
and dissatisfaction which is so gen
erally entertained by Republicans
throughout the country. A claims
that "they have good cause to corn
" plain of the feebleness and uncer
tainty in the councils of the party,
"and of vacillation, almost amount
" ing to cowardice, in the prosecution
"of its understood purposes." To
what degree the leading Republican
papers of the country are answerable
for this deplorable condition of
things, we will leave the Times to
answer. It has been too miich the
fashion for Republican journals of
prominence and influence to affect
an appearance of independence and
impartiality, by denouncing and tra
ducing the active and prOminent men
of the party. The blows which
should have been felt by the opposi
tion have been showered upon the
heads of men in our own ranks,
whose only offense was their fidelity
to the' party, and their strict regard
for its success and the Integrity of
the organization. There has been
altogether too much disposition to
re-echo the slanders and insinuations
of the indecent and partizan press,
whose stock in trade, is the belittling
and slandering of active and promi
nent_ Republicans. GRANT and CAn
ERON, MORTON and CHANDLER and
others, have in turn been the objects
of the vilest abuse from the Demo,
cratic papers, while too In—
ny of our
Republican journals, if they
•
slid not
actuall-Y„o-ive currency to the vile 5..”"
der, did riAr-'
thing to promote the truth,
or with " faint
p :aise" made a feeble'
attempt at defense. These jncesPant
and reiterated attacks upon the rep
utation ,of our best men - , have not
been without their effect upon the
timid or thoughtless, and fora time
cast a cloud upon the fortunes'
and
reputations of those who should be
honored and recogniZed as leaders
and worthy the confidence and -sup
port of every RepubliCan.
It is only when an emergency like
the present arises, that these men of
whom we speak are properly esti
mated by the country and the party.
When the Presidential complication
became manifest and a necessity arose
for wisdom and courage on the part
of those in power, and upon whom
devolved the high privilege of guard
ing the Republican party, to whom,
did the country turn instinctively
and with Tconfidence ? To whom,
but to the'very men, who had been
the recipients of the most Democrat
ic criticisms and abuse. GRANT, the
CAkERONS, MORTON, SHERMAN and
CHANDLER, were relied upon with
the utmost confidence, that the Re
publican.eandidate should not, be de
frauded of an honest election, and
the country cursed with four years
of Democratic misrule. - With them,
there were no signi;' of cowardice nor
vacillation. Cofident that HAYES
had secured a majority of -the elect
oral vote, they would have followed
the time-honored customs, and after
the Vice-President had opened and
counted The votes, inaugurated
lIATEs regardless of the independent
cairns and audacious threats of the
Democracy. The counsels of these
men was overruled, by the timidity
and cowardice of others, and the re
sult of the Presidential contest put
in doubt and jeopaYdy.r-f
The Tinies begins at last to realize
that the men who are , true to the Re
publican party are the true friends
of the 'country. It will be ready
soon to di; justice 'to men whose
names have never appeared in its col
umns, except by way of disparage
ment. It admits that "there are, in
truth, two 'classes of leaders; one in
tent upon upholding the integrity of
the party, giving effect to its princi
ples, and striving unselfishly for its,
success; the other, thinking only of
itself, and not unwilling that , the par
ty shall suffer, if private griefs can
be avenged: The consequences are
apparent. Division is followed by
disgust, and disgust by indifference.
The consolatoyy 'fact is that theSe
dissensions are concentrated in the
Senate Chamber, and that the party
out of doorsohas no sympathy with
the spirit which far the moment jeop
ardizes its cherished-interests."
ONE result of the boasted economy
which the Democratic House of Rep
resentatives exercised last winter,
was the closing of the Government
printing office last week, and the dis
charge of several hundred employes,
because the appropriation was ex
hausted.' As the Democrats had a
large amount of printing on hand
arising out of-the investigation of
Louisiana, politics, a bill was rushed
through to t supply the deficiency, and
the printers will 'go work again. When
the deficiency bill comes before the
House next session, it
, avlll be seen
that'Demoeratic economy was a mere
sham, " a tub to a whale," to - infin ,
ewe the Presidential electkM.
d o ( , ),f ?fi fN w j 1.1
Educational matters are receiving
a good deal of attention from the
present legislature. A bill has been
introduced to prohibit , s frequent
changes in text books. Last week a
bill was referred to the Educational
Committee which provides -for the
purchase of text books for use in the
public schools of their respective
districts, out of the school funds of
of their respective districts, to be
supplied free of cost to each pupil,
subject to the order of the directors
or controllers thereof, who aro to
provide for the safe keeping and care
of the books, which, shall be return-
But it dis,
ed by the pupils at the close of the
annual school term in each year. An
account of the moneys so expended
is to be kept and a report of the
same under. seperate items is to be
made in the annual accounts as au
thorized by law.
It further provides that, the boanl
of directors or controllers of every
district shall, after the close of the
current school year, and prior to the
begining of the next school term,
adopt a uniform series of school
books in all the studies pursued in
the schools, which books or series of
books shall be continued in use by
the board of directors or contorllers
for and during a term of five years,
and thereafter shall not be changed
in whole or in part maze than once
in five years.
Any school director, controller or
superintendent or board'of directors
or controllers who shall cause, a. more
frequent change in school books than
named in the act, or accept any com
pensation whatever, either . direct or
indirect, from. publishers of books or
their agents; or violate any of the
- i:rovisions of the act, shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof., shall be
sentenced by the 'court to-pay a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars
and be deprived of his office.
OPEN THE CHEESE FACTORIES,
MeSarS..REIODES & SERVER, 'Pro- •
duce Commission Merchants, 2G
Whitehall'St., New York, send us
the following: As they do a :very.
texensive business in buttermmd
cheese, and are thoroughly posted on
the - market and the future prospects,
we think dairymen will do well to
act promptly on the advice they give :
The low price of cheese during the
fall and the favorable prospects of batter
induceo many to take their milk from the
Factories and make it into butter. It was
-ripossible for any person at that time to
.
sss, ' , ze the full extent to which this was
earned on, and it is only now when
wo r n(' k lie crop of butter so very exces
sivo, and 'le crop of cheese short, that
is onite al si :t foolish move of the dairy
men of the corn,. try begins 'to be fully ap , '
is to be done to work
predated. What
stock butter ?We an
off this large just so soon as'
factoriesswer, open the factories
there are new milch cows t. 'lough to make
a cheese a day. Don't make a '
Pound of
old stock
batter for this market until the
will
is thoroughly exhausted. New the, wil
be in demand this spring at remuneC t ti v 9
prices. We therefore urgerfactorymezi to
open early. We learn that it is the 'uteri
tion of many to open by the first of March;
this ,is a good move; the earlier the better.
Keep 'good warm, tires in your enring
rooms, and market your cheese as fast as
you can.
"Dairymen, be as united'in this as yen
were in making butter} last fall, .and you
will help the commission merchants to
work MI the surplus butter, and will your
selves be benefitted by the paces you will
_receive for - your cheese. The first that
reaches the market will pay the largest
profit to the owners. Let us see ho will
be first." 4
WHETHER Demec E raci has really
made any thing by the election of
Judge DAVIS to the Senate, is now a
question. It appears frpm the ass2r.
tions of -his intimate friends that the
Judge is no the dyed-in-the-wool
Democrat OA the Illinois Democracy
thought him to be. EMERY A. STORRS,
of Chicago, an eminent and eloqUent
Republican speaker, who is well ac
quainted with Ju'dger DAVIS and
Judge LAWRENCE, his-fpponent , in
the Senatorial contest; says that for
a six years's stretch DAVIS was the
better Republican of the two, and
that he is well pleased with his
elec
tion. In the same connection the
Chicago Tribune says:
"Judge Davis would have voted for
Secretary Bristow if ho bad been nomi
nated for President. Whether he voted
for Hayes or Tilden is not clearly known;
but an intimate friend of his says that the
Judge never voted the Democratic ticket
in his life. Ho has often scratched his
ticket, "and struck off objectional Repub
lican names and put on their opponents ;
but,the ticket which he thus-"reformed,'
was the Republican ticket. The proba
bilities, then, are that he voted for Hayes.
There is little doubt that he supported
the Republican State Committee and the
Republican candidate for Congress, as well
as most of the local Republican ticket."
IMPORTANT BREACH OF PROMISE
SLIT.—The Washington correspon
dent of the New Yo:k Times, under
date of Feb. Bth, says:
"The political and, to some extent, the
social world of .Washington, was startled
to-day by the announcement that a well
known law firm, on behalf of Mary S.
Oliver, a lady employed in the Treasury
Department, had brought a suit against
the venerable Senator Simon Cameron
for breach of promise of marriage. The
plaintiff is said to be a person of good ap
pearance and address, and is between 35
and 40 years of age. She :'.sks for dam
ages, in the sum of $50,000. Senator
Cameron, as it is perhaps unnecessary to
state, is nearly. 80 years old. In her com
plaint the lady states that on the 7th day
of December, 1875, "in consideration
that the said plaintiff, who was then sole
and unmarried, at the special instance
and request of the said defendant, had
then agreed and undertaken to marry and
take the said defendset to husband, be,
the said defendant, then, to wit on the
day and year last aforesaid, undertook
and faithfully promised the said plaintiff
to marry and take her, the said plaintiff,
to wife in a reasonable tithe, then next
' following, and she avers that although a
reasonable time for that purpose hath
long since elapsed, and although she, 'the
said plaintiff, confiding in the said. last
mentioned promise, bath always been
ready •and willing to marry and take to
her husband him, the said defendant, yet
defendant bath not taken her to wife,
although often requested so to do." . Sen
ator Cameron's friends state that the snit
is brought for the purpose of levying
black mail. . - -
THE Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre
Coal Company have been compelled
to succumb to the general depression,
and a receiver has been appointed.
The Tribune says this cuts off the
hope of the New Jersey Central
raising' money to relieve their neces.
cities.
EARLY.
FLORIDA.
The Owashisian Decide that Haves aat IFbriar
Oanied the that*. '
WAsitnurrox,Feb. 9.—The Electo
ral Commission met at Id . o'clock
and went into closed session.
There are no indications as to
when a conclusion will be reached.
LATER.
The Electoral Commission kook a
recess from 1:45 to 2:15, and then re
sumed its secret ses4ion. A decision
is confidently expected this after
noon.
FLORIDA FOR HAYES AND WHEELER.
WASHINGTON, Feb..9.—The Electo
ral Commission this evening, by a
vote of 8 against 7, decided that the
four electoral votes of Florida should
be counted for Hayes atd Wheeler.
THE FORMAL REPORT
to take this effect was signed at 8:20
P. M, by Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds,
Frelinghuysen, Garfield, Hoar, Mil;
ler, Morton and Strong, and 'ill be
sent to the -President of the Senate
to-morrow morning.
PARTICULARS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The Electo
ral Commission were in secret ses
sion from 10 A. M., until 8:30 this
evening, continuously, with the ex
ception of two short recesges. Al
most the entire - timUuntil nearly the
close of the session was ocupied with
debate, in which every one of the
fifteen members of the Commission
by turns participated.
Two or three of the Justices and
several of the Senatorial members
read ,elaborately prepared opinions
upon the main points at issue,
and
the discussion is understood to have
been from its commencement to its
close of extraordinary power and
ability. _
The question of eligibility, of T. C.
Humphreys was not made subject of
much discussion, nor was any vote
taken concerning it. At one stage
of the proceedings however, 'Mr.
Thurman offered a resolution declar
ing, there was no sufficient evidences
offered to show , Humphreys was not
shipping commissioner the 7th of
November.
This resolution was criticised by
several Republican members on the
ground that it might carry the impli
cation that if _Humphreys had been
such commissioner on the 7th of No
vembdr, his vote would have been in
valid, and_ the resolution was not
urged, there seeming to be practi
cally unamity of opinion that Ht ni
phreys's resignation was legally ef
fectual, being tendered, and accepted
before the election.
About - six o'clock P. 3t., debate
ended, Mr. Edmunds submitted a
resolution declaring in subtance that
the four Republican electoral votes
of Florida should .be counted, and
embodying also various reasons for
such declaration.
Mr..Huntork ofiered_the following
as a substitute :
Resalred, That the electors named In certificate
No.:, to wit, Wilkinson-Call, J. E, 'Dingo, Robert
,13 111Iton, are the four persons duly appointed
electors by the State of Florida the Ytn of Novem
ber, and that their votes as centried by such certi
ficate are the votes provided fur by.the constitution
of the United States. •
Yeas—Abbott, Bayard, Clifford,
Field, Bunton, Payne and Thurman
CM
Nays Bradley, ' Edmunds, Fre.
-linghuysen, Garfield, .Hoar, .Miller,
Morton and Strong-8.
Mr. Edmunds then withdrew his
resolution, and .Mr. Garfield offered
the following, which was adopted by
the forogoing vote reversed : ° .
Retolved, That the four peeshys, to wit, Fred.
~.-tek C. Humphreys, Chas. W:Xeirce, Wm.
8 0 ;een and Thos. W. Long ward duly appointed
e l ( c t,..rs of President and Vice-President for the
grata o: Florida,. and that the votes cast by the
aforesaid tour persons are'-the votes provided for by
the Constitution ortbe Un lied States.
•
On motion, Mess.-8 1 Garfield, Ed
munds, Bradley and Miller were ap
pointed a committee to draft a report
of 'the - decision of the- commission
with a brief statement of the reasons
therefor, to be signed by the mem
bers agreeing thereon, and to be
transmitted. to the joint session of
the two houses as required by the
electoral act: -
THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION.
The following is the full decision
t•
of the Commission :
).
ELECTORAL CONNIIIISIONL
• Wasn't:it/Yost, D. C , Feb. 9. 1877.
To THE PRESIDENT OF 'TUE RENATE OF VIZ
UNITY.I) ETATM, presiding in the meeting of the
two houses of Congress under tho act of Congress
entitled "An act . to 'provide for and regulate the
_counting of the votes for President and Vtco-Pre*
Went and the decision of questions arising there
from for the terra ; commencing March 4, anew Lis.
inlet 1877"--1
'1 The Electoral Commission mentioned in said act
haying received certain certificates and papers
purporting to be certificates and papers accompany
tug the same of the electoral votes from the Stare
of Florida, and the objections thereto submitted to
It under said act, now report that it has duly con
sidered the same pursuant to said act and has de-'
cideti and hereby decides that the votes of Frede
rick C. Humphreys, Charles H. Pearce, William
IL Holden and Thomas W. Long. named in 'the
certiffcato submitted to .the commission as &fere
sald,and marked No.l by said commission and
herewith returned, are the votes movnied for by,
the constitution of the United Stat,s. and that the
same are lawfully to be counted as therein certifiers.
—namely, four votes for Rutherford B. Hayes, of
the Slate of Ohio, for President, and four votes for
William A' Wheeler. of the State of New York, for,
Vice-President. The commission also had decided.
and hereby decide and reports that the four per
sons first before nathed were duly appointed elec
tors'in and by said state of Florida. The ground.
of this decision stated briefly as required by said
act is as followsr—That it is not competent
under the constitution and the law as It.
existed at the date of the passage of said.
act to go Into evidence alinude the papers.
opened by the President of the Senate in the pres
ence of the two houses to prove that other persons.
than those.regularly certified to by the Governor of
the State of Florida In and according to the deter
mination and declaration of their appointment by
the Board of State Canvassers of said,State prior to
the time required for the performanab of their du
duties had been appointed electors, or by counter
proof show that they had not, and that all proceed
ings of the courts or acts of the Legislature or of
the Executive of Florida subsequent to the count
ing of the votes of the electors on the prescribed
day are Inadmissible for any such purpose. As to
the objectiotonade to the eligibility of Mr. Hum
phreys, the commission is of opinion that, without
reference to the question of the effect of the vote of
an Ineligible elector, the evidence dues not show
that he held the office of Shipping Commissioner
on the day when the electors were appointed. The
commizision has decided and does hereby decide
and report that; as s a consequence of the foregoing- .
and upon Ike groundsbefore stated neither of the
papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral
votes of said State of Florida, numbered 2 and 3 by
the commission and herewith returned are certifi
cates of'the votes provided for by the constitution
otthe United States, and that they ought not to be
counted as such.
Done at Washington, the day and year first above
written..
SAMUEL F. MILLER,
W. STRONG.
JOSEPH F. BRADLEY_
GEORGE F EIaMUNDS,3
• 0. P. MORTON,
FRED T. F ItELINGII4SEN,
JAMES - A. GARFIELD4' - i'''
GEORGE F. HOAR,
Commissioners.
The question being ou the adoption of the report
of the Commissioners, It was decided in the affirm
atlve—Yeas,B ; nays, 7.
[O:4 Saturday, when the two Houses
met to take action upon the report of
the Commission, the House, instead
of voting at once, took a recess until
Monday morning; the Senate, by a
strict party vow. adopted the report
of the Commission. The conduct of
the House caused considerable On
easines, but when' that body met
Monday morning, they at once pro
teeded to consider the report and
voted against approving; butihe pro-
visions of the. joint commission pro
,
vides that both Houses must agree
in order td4everse the decision, so
the votes were - counted for HAYES
and WuzzLza, and the count of
States was again proceeded with un
til Louisiana was reached, when ob
jections were raised and the Com
mission retired for consultation again.
A decision will probably be reached
this week.] •
TIRE AT WYOMING.
As Old Issadisszk of the Wywhig VOW I*
strayed-1u IlhOry sad its Datraotios.
Aka little alter 11 o'clock on Sat
urday night the old Laycock Hotel,
at Wyoming, a large 'frame building,
was discovered on lire, and before
the flames could be extinguished the
building with its entire contents was
consumed, the inmates barely escap
ing with what few articles of cloth
ing they could gather in their hasty
retreat. Fortunately for adjoining
property, :the light breeze which was
blowing at the time was in the diree..-,
tion of thcbroad street, upon which
the hotel was located, otherwise, ow
ing to the absence of any Are organ
ization or any fire apparatus, a most
disastrous conflagration would have
occurred. As it was, the flames were
confined to the hotel building, the
surrounding dwellings and business
places only being scorched by' the,
heat.
This hotel property, whichlormed
one of the old landmarks of the class
ic Wyoming, was owned by Mrs. C.
R. Laycock, and was insured for
$3,000, nearly its value. The pro
prietor of the Intel was. Mr. Jerry
Mooney, formerly of Kingston, who
had an insurance of $1,900 on his
furniture and fixtures, which amount
it is thought will cover his entire
loss. The fire originated in the bar-'
room, 4nd is supposed to have caught
from an overheated stove, other than
this nothing is kndwn of the cause'of
the fire.
. This old tavern stand was erected
in ye ancient village of Wyoming,
upon the old " Six Rod road," on
the turnpike which led from Wilkes-
Barre to Montrose, in the year 1815,
by Capt. Lot Breese, who opened it
and was its proprietor for one year
and a half, when ha sold it to Col.
Harris Jenkins. The property was
afterwards purchased and conducted
by Mr. James Jenkins, father of
Steliben Jenkins, Esq. of Wyoming,
whose deed for which is dated 1828.
In 4861 it. becaine the property, of
the Layeock estate., where it still re
mains, and by whom it will be re
built at.once, the_ plans and specifica
tions for which are already preirrcd.
In its day this hotel was considered
hostelry, at which the
people from tar and near used to, con
gregate on public occasions.„ The
Masoni6 fraternity of ' the valley met
there, as well as The military mag
nates of those early days, who - Made
it their headquarters: Connected
with it history are volum - es of Inter
esting incidents which endeared the
old yet comfortable, inn to the old
settlers - of the Wyoming and Lacka
wanna valleys.—Scranton Rep.
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS,
The PhiladelPhia plan of conduct-,
ing Building and Loan- A i ssociationC!
is similar to that in vogue in this
city. It has been frequently asked
whether these institutions have suc
ceeded during 'the hard times, in
which even savings banks and life in--
surance companies have cdllapsed ?
The answer comes in the, seventh an
nual report of onT , Building and
Loan Association f Philadelphia;
'which covers the operations of the
past year. It maYbe said, prelimi
nary to, the last report that, in the
seven years of its existence this com
pany has accumulated $215,000 in
bonds and mortgages,and that but six
members have lost their properties .
which, were partly paid for.. During
the past year this association has
done a business of $91,597, at an ex
pense of $846.34. They dis:thrsed‘
for loans on bonds and mortgages
08,800 -and made a-total gain in pre
miums of $12,581. There are,' 3,268
,shares in the company, and the large
number canceled or forfeited during
the year —642 shows how hard
pressed many of thei'membent were,
and they could not wait: for their
profits. , There are now, However, in
the various series, •149 shareholders,
and the aggregate property is valued
at $308,161. With all the difficul
ties of the 'year, the depreciation of
.real estate, thelack of business, and
the necessity for working men to
consume their savings, this Associa
tion was enabled to make an average
profit of 12 per cent.
The strength of such associations,
aside fr , qm the carein their manage
met, turns on two points-1. Econo
my of ma.nagemet. The one in Phil
adelphia cost $846 a year', Tor ex
penses. Look, in contrast, at the
savings banks of this city—apart
from the salaries and incidentals.
The magnificent and costly buildings
of tinny of them must be an enor
mous burden on the depositors. Such
palaces cannot be built without 'the
earnings being ;diminished, which
ought to come to the poor who are
stockholders. Then in the building
associations, money is turned over
and over, loaned and reloaned with
the best security, and to persons who
have' the strongest moral inducement
to_rePay. Then there is the weekly
payment of interest, which, where
large sums are handled, amounts to
a considerable sum. Add to this the
premium, and we have the final
Ifource of profit, exoept the surrender
shares - . The highest premium al
-1 wed by the charters of such Build
-1 .. g Loans as-we have is 30 per cent.
person borrows ss,ooo—the pre
nfinm taken off gives him but $3,500
dash. This leaves a Profit of 0,500
,to the association. 'This again sold
yields $4O 'further profit, and when
closed out practically yieldeover $2,-
000 to the association. Yet this is
not the burthen to the borrower, that
will, at first glance, be imagined. He
gets thereby ft hem and - saves rent.
He pays in interest $3OO a year on
his money. Were he to borrpw from
a savings bank, he would be required
to pay nine per cent. This extra
three per cent. vronld cost $l5O a
year, which in ten years would make
the amount of the premium. In, the
meantime, he will be paying in the
twenty-five shares necessary to this
loan, $6.25
.a, week,—or $3,125 for
the terifyears. — Or, if a basis of nine
years is taken, the general result will
be - a saving to the borrower of $2OO.
- The advantages of this plan are :
1. T-hit loan can be made on what is
ostensibly a, less security than the
savings banks demand. The stock
on which several payments have been
made counts for so much? 2. Habits
of saving are nstablished which in
time secure homes for the parties.
The idea of a $3,500 home would
seem appalling to a mechanic who
might be able to save .even $lO ,a
week; yet the actual saving of this
amount, through a series of years;
would establish him at once in such
a home, and after a time give him its
unembarrassed ownership. Thus
there are advantages in the saystem.
—Pittsburg Gazette. ,
GOLD still fluctuates between 5 and
ets. premium. After the inaugura
tion of HAYES it will , be down to par
with greenbacks.
MIL BELICHAP DIMMED.
'WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—The
knap cave was finally disposed of in
the Criminal Court of the District of
Columbia to-day. The• ex-Secretary's
trial for bribery had been postponed
from time to time for nearly' a year,
until recently his counsel demanded
that the case should be called irnaie
diately. One or two definite post
ponements have lately been made,
but to-day the District-Attorney en
tered a nolle prosequi, saying that he
did so by direction of the, Attorney-
General. The Attorne34GeneraPs re
port, which was filed in the case, con
tained an endorsement by the Presi
dent approving this course, giving as
reasons the impracticability of a con
viction, the long suffering of the ex-
Secretary, and the great expense to
which he has been subjected. Since
this case has passed out of the public
mind many of ex-Secretary
Belknap's old friends hive felt a deep
sympathy for Lim, which they did
not manifest at the time of his im
peachment, and the dismissal of the
case today will be,pridoubtedly grat
ifying to many people, whatever their
judgment may be of the wisdom of
the proceeding. The popular belief
that a trial in the courts of this Dis
trict would undoubtedly result in a
disagreement of the jury, and that
under no c'rcumstances would a con
viction be probable, -whatever might
be the outcome of a trial, should
it take place elsewhere, gives some
force' to the President's suggestion,
that it is.hardly desirable tc subject
Gen. Belknap to further expense , ' in
connection with the affair.
inge*:(o):11101A*001:1;f1
CAMP RontiiElipt, Feb. 10, via
CUEYENNE, Wyoming Territory, Feb.
11.—Gen. Crook returned to-day
from Camp Sheridan; where ho has
been several days. Spotted-Tail,
chief of the Sioux, with a body -gnarl
of 200 chosen warriors, started to-day
on a self-imposed mission to obtain
an interview with the chiefs of the
hostiles, now reported to be massed
near the forks of Tongue River, and
counsel them to accept, while there is
yet time, the ':terms offered by the
Goveßnment, namely, surrender their
arms and ponies. Spotted-Tail ex
pect; to be absent more than a
month, but will communicate with-
Gen. Crook as soon as he reaches the
hostile camp of Indians. It is be
lieved there is a strong' probability
that this movement will be succvss
ful in terminating the war. Gen.
Crook and staff willi depart for Fort
Laramie on the 12th inst.
FORT LARAMIE, Feb. 11.—Yester
das , train found the body of
an unknown man in Cottonwood
Cannon, nine miles from here. He
is described as 35 years of age, dark
.moustache, five, feet six inches in
height. He had a handkerchief in
his pocket which was marked "E. D."
His head was cut open. The body
was found in the snow. The indica
tions are that he was killed a month
ago.
rmalgbito):44m:4ll.lll4
CINCINNATI, Feb. 9, 1877.—Eph
Holland, who fled ,to- New York to
escape trial for connection with the
Mctober election friiuds.in , ,this
find who was arrested in New York
last Wednesday, arrived here this
evenin g in charge of Deputy 'United
States Marshals Tenny and Johnson.
He says he could have given bail in
New York, but that he was hurried
away to prevent its acceptance His
partner in the frauds, ex-Detective
Jim White, was found guilty to-day
on five different counts of the indict
meats against?tin). Holland sayi
that it was, owing to - his efforts that
Henry B. Banning and Milton Say
were returned to Congress from
the First and Second district of this
State, and yet they did net do a
thing to help him in his trouble. His
counsel, Colonel T. C. Campbell, met
him at Morrow,
and will make a hard
fight for him, but it is thonghtt hat
he will be convicted and sent to the
Penitentiary. Holland was the referee
in, the Allen-Goss prize fight, and
was the leading gambler and sport
ing man in this city.
J: F. LITTELFI4D, Clerk of the
louisiana,Returning Board, and who
has been depended Upon by the
Democratic party; to destroy the
reputation of Gov. WETIA gives the
fallowing account of himself before
the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections :
Went back to New Orleans in 1871, not
being engaged in business for six or eight
months afterward, headquarters being
Spearings livery stable ; succeeded in get
ting on the roll of the Custom House,
with sB3lper month salary ; never did any
work ; was on the roll for five or six
months working for the party, . doing
nothing, like the rest, of them ; always
made Shearing's house his home '
• stayed
in the front of the stable ; helped him a
little, but paid nothing for, his board ;
was iu the Custom House until the elect
ion of 1872-; frequented bar-roomS, &c.,
but did pot spend the greaterliart of his
time there ; after, the election of 1872 was
'appointed Clerk of the Returning Board
°through Col. Johnson, who had him ap
pointed in the Custom House ; suortly
afterward served as Secretab; of the
board until the adjournment *o_ the Re
turning Board,
.about two weeks, was
then appointed bay inspector by Gov.
Kellogg ; served as such until the fall of
1875, about two yeArs and a half ; bad no
permanent occupation until he went on
the Wird on the oth of November ; spent
most or the time at Spearing's, stables ;
'had gam) led in his life, but very little in
the last year or two ; 'kept house during
the past year with a lady, Lut objected to
giving her name ; she was not his wife ;
she was an old acquaintance; witness
hired the house in which they lived ; paid
$7 or $8 per month rent ; had saved some
hundreds of dollars when he left office ;
had considerable jewelry • the relations
with the lady had not ceased when he left
New Orleans; she was not married; she
had friends in Now Orleans • witness pass
ed for her husband ; she bore his name
and she was .always recognized as his
wife ; had two children by her ; one was
dead ; the Bret one was born in 1872 ;
witness bad lived with the lady for five
years; they lived lately on Chestnut street,
in the. Sixth District; kept house in five
different houses, three in the Sixth Dis
trict ; served. on the Returning Board
from the oth of November to the 23d of
December last.
PIE growth of Catholicism in this
cantry is marvellously sgt forth in
lecture recently delivered at Coo
per Institute, New York, 'by Brevet
Bishop SPAUdiNG. According tothe
Bishop, in 1777 the Roman .Catholics
were but as one to one hundred in
our population. In 1875 they had
reached the proportion of one in six.
1777 they were penniless. In
1875 their church property was valu
ed at $60,000,000. A hundred years
had ago they not a single college or
school in the land. Now they have
6,526; churches, 63 colleges, 33 theo
logical seminaries,and 206 academies. '
mitt NP7IL
_ A irovzt. sleighing party started from
Scranton the other day. It was composed
of ladies who, in order to be eligible, had
to tip the beam at 200 pounds.
Firs buildings, including the store of
the Susquehanna coal Company, wore de
stroyed by fire at Nanticoke on the 'lth.
Loss $50,000; insurance $30,000. The
fire was caused by incendiaries who are
Supposed to be Molly Maguires.
. Amu, LOOAN & Co., Pittsburg, manu
facture* of picks, mattock& sledges, ham
mera, fire-shovels and garden-rakes, have
received a sample order , for a fine of their
goods from Tiflis, the capital_of Georgia,
in Asiatics Russia. Tiflis is situated at
the southwestern base of the Caucasus
Mountains, between the Black Sea and
Caspian Sea.
A PASTORAL letter from Bishop O'Hara
excommunicating the Ancient Order of
Hibernian and directing the clergy to
deny the members of that Order the sac,
raments, was read in all the Catholic
Churches of the Scranton diocese on Sun-
day last. The denunciation was unex
pected- and has produced a sensation
among the members, of the Order, who
for the past three years have been in fa
vor with the Church within the jurisdic-
tion. The Ancient Order has a large
membership in this diocese.
Tay next census will contain the re
makable announcement, that during the
present decade an elephant was 'born in
the United States. The event happened.
at Germantown on Tuesday. The moth
er Is the well known elephant of Fore
paugh's menagerie now in winter
tors. The ycrunster ' , was able to walk
about a few hours after ho was born, and
is said to be in a tionrisng condition. He
Is the first of his race ever born under the
protection of the Star Spangled
.Banner.
THE only phase of recent interest is the
case of N. L. Lenheim, the defaulting
cashier of the First National Bank of
Montrose, is that he has :been held to bail
in the sum of $lO,OOO dollars to answer
certain charges preferred against him by
the officers of the Montrose bank. He
. - - -
waived an examination and in default of
bail remains in the Tombs, at New York.
His father, L. S. Lenheim, was arrested
one day last week, at the instance of the
Park Bank, New York, to answer a
charge of endorsing a forged note for $9;-
500, and he too has been incarcerated in
the same_cell with his erring son.
AmoNa the memorable events of the
Revolution on the soil of our Etate was
the "Massacre at Paoli." 01! the night
of the,2oth of September, 1777, a little
band of American troops, commanded by
General Wayne, were surprised by the
British, under General Grey, and slaugh
tered without mercy. No more cowardly
affair stained the English arms during
that protracted struggle. The first me
morial in honor of the martyrs Who per
ished there was erected in 1817 ; it was
renewed in 18.12, and is again to be re
dedicated on September 2.0, 1877, the cen
tennial anniversary of the massacre. The
new monument is to be of granite, and in
inscriptions will do honor also to the sol
diers of 1812, and the heroes of the late
Rebellion. The committee are now soli-
citing plans and proposals for the Patriot
ic work. Paoli ; the scene of the massacre
and the site of the monument, is in Ches-
- ter county, and not far from the Pennsyl
vania• Railroad
. LANCASTER farmers are rapidly becom.
ing rich on their tobacco farms. The
present moist weather finds them all at
work stripping. Sales have not, however,
been numerous. Not more than 6,000 of
the crop of 40,000 cases have as yet
changed hands. Many New York buyers
are prowling about the county, and pro
fess to be willing to pay high prices for a
first-class article, but they declare that a
large portion of the crop is inferior, and
they will not touch it except ,at 'low fig
ures. A Lumber of sales of choice tobac
co were effected early in the season at
from 20 to 30 cents round. "Pennsylva
nia tobacco of 1875 crop continues to
hold 'the position of the creme of seed-leaf
in the market. Tbis.,position it deserves,
not because it *suction excellent article,
but among the massof poor stock of oth
er crops, it is superior in many respects,
thoughnot excellent by any means. Of
Pennsylvania tobacco sold in New York
last week,-there - were - 232 cases 1875, 15
@2sc. ' 194 cases 1874, 14@ 1 5c; 120 cases
.1872, 12c. •
THE Harrisburg Patriot of the 7th says:
An alarm of fire was sounded about half
past twelve o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
from box 21, corner of Fourth and Ham
ilton streets, to which nearly the entire
department responded. When the fire
men reached the upper section , of the city
they discovered the planing mill of Mr.
A. L. Thomas, (formerly Schuddemage
& Thomas), corner of Keller street- and
Manada avenue, to be entirely enveloped
ihflames, and over half consumed. Soon
as possible the differedt steamers were
I put into service but the building and con
tants being of ahighly combustible ma
terial, were entirely destroyed before the
fiameswere got under: , The fire origi
nated on the second floor in the north
end of the - building, but from what cause
the employes,
eight or nine in number,
are unable to say—all bands having gone
to dinner. Some allege that it may have
caught from the heat. of the boiler, while
others aver it was the work or an incen
diary.
There was a large amount of worked
out material—doors, window sash, blinds,
shutters, etc.—contracted for, and which
probably amounted to $BOO or $9OO, to
gether with .tools, machinery,' etc., de
stroyed. The , building and lumber sur
rounding it vJas insure in the St. Paul,
Minnesota, company recently by Mr. S.
Flickinger the agent for• this city, for
$4,000. lir. Thomas'loss is about ,s2 '
-
000: A large quantity of lumber outside
of the building, which was included iu
the insurance, was saved. The blow falls
heavily upon Mr. Thomas, at this tiLle, as
he had entered into contract with parties
for furnishing material for eight or nine
new buildings In buiy times the mill
generally employed from 20 to 25 hands.
A CRAWFORD county letter gives the
particulars of a shocking tragedy, which
recently occurred near Meadville. The
circomstances are as follows :
A'ividow named Turner owns a large
farm in Sorrel Hill, but her only, son be
ing mentally deranged and incapable •of
'managing her affairs, she rented the place,
'to a farmer named Milton Anderson, who
occupied the farmhouse with his family.
Among the members 'of his family was a
daughter sixteen years of age, and for
her, within the past three months, Harri
son Turner, the demented Son oT the
owner of the farm, expressed a violent
passion. He became so obtrusive and
persistent in thrusting his presence upon
the girl, that she grew alarmed and rare
ly ventured out. Finally it hecame neces
sary for Mr. Anderson' to use force in
ejecting the lunatic from, his houses, and
premises. This was two weeks ago, and,
since -then young Turner was only once or
twice seen lurking about the fields. He
had always been looked upon as entirely
harmless, and that sual a thi f pg as revenge
found an abiding place in his mind was
far from the thought of any one.
On Tuesday last Mr. Anderson and a
hired man started for a piece of woods,
about a mile away from the house. When
near the edge. Of the Weeds they were met
lfy Harrison Turner.• He was curying°
an army musket, and when Anderson and
his companion came to within a few feet
of him he covered the former with his
gun and cried ou:— .
" Halt!" . •
. ,
The men stopped, supposing the con
duct of the lunatic, to hi, prompted only
by one of his well known whims. He
held his gun on Anderson, however, and
said:--
"Milt, you are cutout fora devil, and
I'm going to send you to hell, where you
belong."
He fired immediately:
The- charge, which was subsetluently
found to have been bucishot, passed clear
through Anderson, killing him instantly.;
Turner coolly began the reloading of his
gun. The hired man fled in terror from
the spot and hurried with the terrible.
news to - Anderson's house. The alarm
was also given to a neighboring- farmer,
and they armed themselves and.hastened
back to the scene of the murder, with the
intention of securing the murderer. Upon
reaching the spot the men found Turner
lying dead on the ground near the body
of his victim. He had shot himself, blow
ing away his face and half of his bead,
and presented a horrible sight. Ander
son was shot through the left lung, the
charge coming out beneath the shoulder
blade opposite. The news of the affair
spread rapidly through the neighborhood
and, created intense excitement - The in.
sane murderer and suicide was. twenty
two years old, his victim about forty..
LZTTEIMOX
. -HAMM=Ati, Feb: 12, 11177.
The disposition of the Legislature to pass no se 0 •
of doubtful utility, will be appreciated by , a large
class of Mittens who believe the world Is governed
too much. The only question may be, What is prac
tical, This decision is left by the people to those •
sent here to act In their stead, reserving hoWever, •
the right of appeal. The indications thus far are
that that this body is so practical, and, the large
number of bills neprived In the Committees prone
their uunillinguesil to - preseni'much questionable
matter, for the consideration of the whole. If real;
ly meritorious bills hive received the seal of con•
damnation by those Committees, a very little SSW
factory argument will place them on the calendar.
There would seem to be a demand' for relief to the '
indebted class, and a bill In their behalf has passed
second reading. There is evidently a dispositien •
to afford ail reasonable WHIMS for lifting On
" sick man " from hieprostration. Just' bow to dci" •
It Is the question with many, and bow not to do It ,
with many others. There are those here believing
•
in the Old Jackson axiom, that ',men doing bust!.
•
flea on borrowed capital ought to _ fall." Strictly
interpreted, on that theory little business would be
done. This cramp cholic r which seems to be a pe
riodical epidemic In the business world, has mulls=
ed the attention of the beat doctors the State could
afford; and Instead offerritlng out its causes and
applying remedies on hygienic principles, and edu
cating people to Observe and adhere to those sani
tary regulations for the future, they all resort, at
laitt, to "speedy ' relief." Anything to. bring 'the
patient again on his feet. If his recuperative pow
ers are strong, he may never need a repetition of h.
the dose. While hundteda may recover from these -
periodical shocks, other hundreds, like poorly fed
stock, may need lifting through life. From time
IMmentorial, almost, Stay and exemption laws, and - • .
Various ether devices; have been resorted to lln aid
otunskillesi labor, and injuditious enterprise?,
such conditions will continue while men ant' gov
eruments exist, and such appliances and remedies
will be needed from time to time to save good men
and others from financial destruction. l So we have
the •procedents before us, and the present Legisia.. -
true, It Is belie - veld, may Interpose some barrier to
the indiscriminate collection of debts on execution.
The Marge towns sad cities having, as they believe,
touched the bottom of this financial malestrom, _
are quite Indifferent, if not repugnant, to the en
actment of a stay law, operating alike through the -
Commonwealth. -Its passage through the House
on second reading, by s-respectable majority, is in
dicative of its final passage through that body,
wouldnot be surprised if It were limited in its op.
orations to one year instead of two. Its passage
throeghTthe Senate in its present shape is only
reekoned among the possibilities.
There are several other bins pe s nding,ion second
reading' In the House, and also in 'the 'Senate, pos
sessing their share of Importance In business Or,
cies, and among them House Bill No. les,prdvides
that in lieu of the properly now exempt by law
from levy and sale ou executions issued upon any
judgment obtained upon contract and distress fcr
rent, property tqi the value of IMO, exclusive of
wearing apparel, bibles and school books (exempt
ed as heretofore) and no more, shall be exempted,
and no waiver 9f the benefit of such, exemption
hereafter made shall be valid except wal4rs of the
-benefit of exemption In cases of contract for the
payment of rent. •
House Bill No. 16 says that in any county form...
lug a separate judicial district with but one judge,
be may do any act which heretofore two or more
judges have been authorized to l doca
House Bill No. 121, entitled afurther supplement
to the act regulating electioe4 in this Common
wealtb, approved the 2d day of July, 1839, provides
that It shall be-the duty of the constable or other
officer in attendance, as provided by the act to
which this is a sapplemement, at any election to be
held In any of the wards, t orougle or townships of
this Commonwealth. when more than one perion
approaches the polls at the same time, ~cause them
to fall in line or single file, the last arriving alwsys
falling-in the rear, and In such manner approach -
the poll* and nuobstructedly depcisit his pallet.
Officers neglecting or refusing to perform this du-,
ty, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
liable to a fine of not less than twenty nor more .
than oi.e hundred dollars to be applied to the com
mon school fund.
Very t few bills have passed. third reading ; but it
does nut f ow?that the businees of the session is
not well In hand and Is much,in advance in that re
spect this time last year. Qulle a list of bills al
ready appear upon the files; in the popular branch
200 or more, and half as many in the Senate. or
course, when the .axe falls at the adjournment.
possibly one-half will be severed, and left over.
AT present every mill in Fall River "
is running on full time. There id
said to be no accumulation el. goods,
and had such been the case in the
past, there would have been .no
trouble with thehelp on account of
the enormous production, and the
consequent reduction of prices for
print goods, and the wages' as well.
There is not likely' to be any over
production for a long time, as mom -
than one half of all the production
of the print cloth mills is sold up' to
April at prices , which insure a hand
some profit to the mills.. Better
times will dawn very soon as indica
ted from every standpoint. A dis
patch from Manchester, dated Feb
,uary 6th, states that at the meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce' the
president states that the exports of
Manchester goods to the ; United.
States, which formerly offered an ex
cellent market, were now nil and.,
that there was considerable market
in that city for American fabrics,
The recent material diminution .of
our foreign debt; the progressing
decrease in the rate
anti
interest on
national' obligations and consequent;
decrease in taxation required to ,
meet it; the vast increase in onr
crops and manufactures, joined.with f
the enormous increase in the pro
duction of the precious metals no
doubt are paving the way for a sea
son of unusual activity.
_ -
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House coq►mittee on appro
priations has reported the general
appropriation bill, applailriating the
following sums for State, purposes
for the present year :_
, •
For state officers, dept. an incidentals..... 4175,000
Support of common schools ' 1,000;000
Public Printing, foldingiand stationery... . 90.000
Legislative Record, per page R.I. 10,40
Public buildings and `rounds , 13,150
Water for public buildings . 900
Harrisburg fire companies 700
Salaries for law Judges and milege 400,000.
Legislative expenses 403,000
Interest on Public debt ' 1.315,000
Expenses of issuing new loan
Ex'os of resident clerks of senatekhouse.
Senate librarian
Extra clerical 'services of legislature
Publication Pennsylvania archives
Legislative stationery (as contract)..
Attorney general's fees, eta I 44000
State librarian—new catalogue LOCO
Expenses of board of pardons ~ 500
Expenses of board of public charlttes....". 6,000
A Wonderftl Diseovery.—Our numerous
exchanges are filled with accounts of most wonder
ful cures effected by Dr.. GAGE'S "MEDICAL
WoxDin." It is said to be the greatest vitalizer
yet discovered, giving buoyancy to the spirits, elas
ticity to the step; and making th e invalid hearty,
coumgeonsand strong. It cures all diseases of the
Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and 'Opine; Scrofula and
all Blood Diseasei; cures Nervous Prostration:and
IVeakness of either sex, restoring Tone and. Vigor
to the whole system. Read the following cures:
Prof. If. A. Ilusex, Saratoga, *N. Ir„ widely
known as Principal of one of our leading Institu
tions of learning, says that his wife has used the
"Medical Wonder" for a complication of diseases
with the mostthappy effect. No other remedy ever
- touched the case like It.
Dr. A. Davrow, Morrisville, N.Y.: sister In bed
two years with female and nervous diseases; cured.
ALBEIT TIIVISDALE, TtifiCoOk, N. H., Icath
some scrofula;: supposed to be in constitution;
cured.
Mrs. I. S. AITLFIVN, Hillsboro; N. H., spinal
disease-
GEo'..llAtNite, Oneida, cured of terrible catarrh.
iLIZABETII WOOD, Sheds Corner's, N. Y., ovarian'
tumor and dropsy. reduced 15 Inches around body.
NORMAN HL7.I4T, Sheds Corners, N. Y. wonder
ful cure of dySpepela and heart dlscante, ,
Mrs. Z. 4. White, Sheds Corners, N. Y., terrible=
Scrofula and kidney Disease; pined 40 pounds. •
A. 11. liAwt.sx, Saratoga, says, that' "MediCid
Wonder " ta4e him health, strength and appetite.
Mrs. C. P. ORDWAY, Concord, -N. 11., confined
to bed with female and kidney disease; cured.
Zo spicefor 1,000 other cures.
- Asit your "imagist for "Medics" Wonder,” and
be cured. P l epared by Dr. GAOL 41 CO., Saratoga,
N.Y.
FOr sale l 0 Towandaby Dr. IL C. Pontius
wholesale, Ojr Ssxa= COIf t RAZI i Co., N. T.
2,500
2.700
1,200
1,500
6,000
f3 t 61.2,650