laws nox ALL NAT/011:.
BEET: drinkers take their beverage from
bane glasses.
A CiurrrA - fortune of ti 25,000,000 is
FOek ing_lawful heirs, -
CasitLEs aTos'os says ho has Summed
up his last case. _
Turns are now 714640 miles of railroad
iu 9.te United -States. -
N,t."Av 1 ork city's_ population is nearly
dotble that of Ranasr.
31coina says be don't believe there
a grammar in heaven.
13LrE lamp, chimneys for weak eyes.
1114 - have they been neglected?
- TT is proposed to form the BlaCk Hills
country into Lincoln Territ my. -
TrrimE are 2,103 scbOol districts in this
c. 11%4K schools, and 20,102 teachers.
Esc. 34....0.5.Ei.n COOK, of Boston, calls
Naebeth a sublime treatise on conscience.
TILE Skinetield - Repusticen seriously
Scars that Tilden will not "survive the
S::L.TAN IIA:MID is tired of reigning. He
rtay allow his brother Resehidto take his
, t
Tas report of the Bank of Italy shows
ti Pope to have ~.:32,(300,000 in that in
•
31inneiota Legislature thinks 12
,pcir cent. a sufficient rate of interest to
b.ili.q - Ni the law.
lIE Presbyterian church at Jamestown
burned yesterday. Lis $lO,OOO.
:Built in 18.35.
t' - m. E. 314)nntsoN, wanted in Troy, N
T.. fur a :,:it)o forgery, -was 'arrested a
'li , .s•,•on, Monday. -
Tun attempt to introduce the - fast mail
the bill in relation to post routes has
loven abandoned. •
F.,rmorrt, Jr., is Charlie Wal
competitor ft Superintendent o
Works of New York.' -
GOV. HATES will not re.ign until the
rr:iz,iility , -Otiicer_of the Senate announces
f,n,ifdecision.
l.tr.tr: Goy. Thomas A. Young, will
at Crovernor of" ()hip until October,
IN !ien a new one will be...elected.
AN inspection of history goes to show
t 1.1.-. Vanderbilt was literally richer than
by several millions of dollars.
Dt - ntNo the last eighteen years Eng
has spent nearly one tiumvelnd mil
-1;:.1,-of dollars on her navy. ...
papers are sold...in many
3.1a-_, in Paris and Berlin. New York
p...T, , :rsare in special demand in the.. for-
City
AT the funeral of J. Wiley - Edmunds
in worn,. 31ass1;rlast Saturday, the pall
1,..z.r..rs were six. of Mr. Edmunds's sons
AN exchange r4marks that when you
a cat put up tier back and snarl at, a
1; ;:e of sausages,iyou may know they are
. .
gt-il time. -
property owner in Mexico can go to
bed at night feeling, much easier than the
hinver who slent between two grizzly
1,..,: '..s.
IT is said that since T. Stewart's
death, other and wiser management has
In tnratl,2, ab l.lluo Use
j:.,tablishment.
coTiosEr.': , verdict in Arithnsas:l
" lind that he,,came - to his death from
- tryin4 to cut out -Joe Willit in courting
tSasie Jackson."
AltoNo the consumers of Ameri
cau fabrics are the Chinese, for whom
dl squares of carpet on Which to say
their prayers - are made.
Guit.tis block and Coddiug's_
in North Attleboro, 3fass., were burned
ettly .Sunday morning. - Loss, 425,000.
Louisa lir t.iocc, finished on Sat
urday a most Successful season of English
isaa at. tLe Academy of, Music in New
- .ll.p=s Adeliade' Neilson, actress, has
i• (. areil all absolute'clivoree from her
Philip IL Lee.,'
„
Tit is Nicaraguan Commission has aban
(l,l,l all hopes of successful consumma- -
1.,,a i,f t 4 .Inte.r-Oceanic canal treaty.
'fin; 11",;,•Zirs Albany special indicates
I,i4j,,ljun.,c,barles• C. 13. Walker will be
to •the continuance of Indian
;fit RODGERS,,, widow of
(~truthidore, and mother of•ltear Admiral
IL +tigers, died at Rock Island, 111.,
aged 'R. -
•
T people who invested , ' heavily in
Nov. nth, for the Tilden, mansion,
themselves out of eir. money and
and once besides. _;.
• ••
AN ( )maba paper employed an Indian
its local stall', and his first. day's work
to get thirty-sit red men into a free
for the sake of an item.
• inn .epitaph which a mutual friend
c'tit on a tombstone over a 'married
was vett simple, but sadly sug-
P —Their warfare is accomplished.'
1:U•onE Island is holding a poultry
lbe folks over in 3lassachusetts
that they can't sleep •ty' nights for
thy oroiving of Little Rhody's roosters.
1 1%1 k, the spiritualistic medium,
e.c.nvicted under the vagrant's et.
i ; " and it;nienced to three
2 ..•., tt imprisonment. -;
1 - .knE of patent right men who only
" ae, a matter of .form.
y are gnerally up to some rascality,
• : wise man will steer clear Of them:
•
tVon6EsTEn county, 3lass., clergy
..• :SCC111.111,; 1/0 1 / 3 . sir UCCIVIT, .1C
4,;isted• to, knOw Florida had
Theiciily revived him, . and he is
recovering.
"I'l E lirooki.yn Union and the Brooklyn
have - consolidated, and be
I . .t••wa as the, Union and Argus. ,Demas
lir.rms. of the Argus, retires.
AT Cincinnati, Saturday; Albert Roth
elnEd. a commercial . traveler, attempted
s- He murdered his mistress at
.i.!krsort, Texas, where he will be taken
I,r trial.
ME reason for. Antonio Leon's tnur
tlc7-(..assattit on Ifis daughter, in Brook
-111. he the fact that she had
"4 - --.l.l.fe!•sett to her . husband that she had
been dishonQred by her father.
PRoprs , on James Iltissell Lowell,-w,ho
_tying a series of lectures in BaltimOre
:.):•tize. and the Romanic language.a, is
a great deal of attention there.
.310. Wm.- B. ALLEGRE, the business
of the Richmond
.(Va.l Enquirer,.
the civil war postmaster of
-hm,•iid, died in that city last Tuesday..
sl' F.SSOIt NF.w•row, of tale College,
to prepare a paper on the great
n:rte6r •; . eeti in the west recently, and
observers to send him their accounts
t f it. .. :
ME
`;‘ITICF. is given that visitors at the
1V ',qt. house will not be received hereaf
-I,r in the afternoon, as the time of the
"r. ,:dent's family is occupied in prepara
t.orri for r.moial.
zi: “`l'ficlo Tom " of Mrs. Stowe's
r..inance !has been giving lectures
in London on "The Story of. Forty-two
Yea -Slave Life." lie is now in his
.:,ty-eiglith year. , -
, . -
AN East India - estate, valued' , . at #25,-
(...i,,,sa!, it is stated by a Bostoa dispatch,
1- t. , ip - .! divided amour Mrs. Mary Ann
. .H.*.:len - , - of that city, and other . relatives
~.-..- L.'has. R. O'Keefe, of Calcutta. -•-
is reported that* negotiations are
for the Settlemei t of the Tweed.
Tweed has written to O'Connor,
latter favOrs the city's accepting
t of the . stoleu property as restitu
,
Sn:c.vror: elect Plumb ; of Kansas, Ex
ti,, itor Ross, of the same State, and Rep-
::ice-elect Ewing, of Ohio, were
c_tively the colonel, major, and lieu
t• :I .n',-c.)lonel of the ElO - enth Kansas
during the war.
;WILLIE, FILANCL,, the little hero of
todsor, N.. S., is received a medal
Yi ,:n Lord Dufferirs, struck expressively
in tn.: boy's hono4 and containing, beside
tl.-t fOrnial inscription, the portraits in
b ' , relief of the Earl and his - - Countess.
. HINSDALE, Of Hobart Col
l(' nt Genera, N.' Y., has issued an sp.
p ?or that institution. He says that its
ri n:ial condition is sound, and its in
iitozEduess small, -but that it needs money
and new professorships.
Ps,rAusgr, rector of the
of AthiJus, Greece, and an ac
t, in
_ tr.fber of The Greek 'Arehtelog,ical
S. i-ty, 71~ -researches were mainly
under his rliree.ion, died .early in
. -, •Eary..lie was a native of Crete, but
educated in Germany.
Nradford = I oxtet
EDITOII.IIt
Z. 0. 60011111Cle W. ALVOILIO.
Tovaai, Ps„ ThaErsday, l'ebraary 2L 1877:
nivirsuicAN_ miTALNDING courr-
• . •
In porsnavitkor reseintion.the Itepetbilein Stead
log Committee are requested to meet in the Grand
Jury Room, In Towanda, Tuesday, March 13, .1147,
at 2 fetlock x., for the purpose of taking salon
action In regard to selecting delegates to State Con
vention. 'The membe Ware also requested to come
prepared to furnish mimes few Vigilance Commit
tees. W. S. CAKNOCEIAN, Chairman.
nrCILLN, Secrets:T.
AT LAST I
After , resorting to all sorts of dil
atory motions, threats and bull
dozing, the Democrats find them
selves defeated at last. And still
they are not satisfied. By .the united
votes of the Democratic members of
Congress the Electoral Commission
bill was enacted ittWa law, quite
against the almost unanimous - voice
of Republicans; not because the lat
-ter feared the result of any honest
method of determining the matter,
hut simply because they could see
no reason for departing from the old
way. " Give us the Commission,"
said the Democrats, " and it shall
suffice. We will loyally abide by its
decision." No sooner was it devel
oped, however, that a majority of the
Commission belieVe from the evi
dence before them that HAYES had
been legally elected r than a great howl
went op. from 'Democratic throats
that the Commission was partizan,
and niany of the more hot-headed
among the opposition counseled re
sistance. To the honor and credit of
the Southern wing of the, party be
longs the credit of wiser counsels and
more discreet action, and from pres
ent indications no further opposition
to the will of the people will be of
fered by the Democratic party.
GORGEOUS HOTEL CA.RS.—The Rail
way World says : " The popularity
of hotel ears appears to be on the in
crease, and the Chicago and North
western railroad company. recogniz
ing this fact, 'having constructed
for its use by the Pullman company
four of these cars, which in conve
nience. and elegance are intended to
at lead equal any now in use. They
will be sixty feet long, ten feet wide
and_ tenile_et high, wjth twelve sec
tions, one drawing room with table
room for six persons, and one state
room, besides the kitchen, china
closet, dressing- room, etc. The in
terior will be- finished with black and
white wslnut,'mahogany, French ash
and curled maple, the place of the
usual head lining being filled in with
polished woods. The panels between
therwindows will_ be of California.
laurel and other California woods.
w . sgag,nliWastesVin%
persons comfortably, t but as a ride
TWO persons. .The glass and chins
ware are now being made at Dresden,
Germany, from patterns selected from
the' Royal Dresden exhibit that was
at the centennial exposition. Each
piece of silverware, - .
,glassware, and
chinaware, will have the monogram
of the Chicago and Northwestern
road marked thereon. The kitchens
will be so arranged that no fumes
from thel cooking yiancts can reach
the occupantiof the berths. On'each
car Will be."' - 's steward; two cooks,
three waiters,' and a chambermaid to
wait upon lady patrons.- The inten
tion is to. commence running these
cars about Ms,rch' 1 between Chicago
and Dmaha. -
.-MEP.E ; does not seem c be any
good Mason why our export trade
in fresh meats,_ now i n its infancy,
may nut- orrntnally,hp nu u lp nnp of
our most important and profitable
articles, of foreign traffic. During
the first week of January; this year,
no less than 7,000 tons of fresh meat
arrived at Liverpool from the 'United
States,- and every- ounce of it was
readily purchased for consumption,
the best going to London and the
other large towns, where
; it was re
tailed at prices very greatly under
those asked by the ordinary butchers.
Sot only is no complaint made of it,
but it is highly approved by good
judges.
YOUNG WELDEN who attempted to
assassinate Gov. - PACKARD last week
is the son of ,a Lutheran preacher in
Philadelphia. Ile went south , since
the election ostensibly'for the benefit
of his health, but it is now suspected
that it was for the purpose of carry
ing out the plot of-killing PACKAID.
HON. H. W. WILLIAMS, one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court of this
State, died on Monday last. Judge
W. had been unwell and unable to be
upon the bench for a year or more.
He 'was an able laWyer, and stood
high as an upright and wise Judge.
HOLDEns of Building Association
shares are becoming alarmed at the
proposed action of the Legislature in
reducing fines, and many of them are
'surrendering their - shares, which ap-:
pears to be the wiiest thing they can'
4145.
Taz stay law has,been defeated in
the House. This will be sorry intel
ligence to many- dobtors, who had
looked to the Legislature for some
relief in this time of almost general
bankruptcy.
REV. FATHER BERNARD KEENAN ,
said to be the oldest Catholic priest
in the United States, diedat Lancas
ter, Sunday, aged 98.
. Wz sax pleased to note that H6n.
JOSEPH POWELL voted against the
diliatory motion of the House on
Monday last
Tat count goes marching on.
Slowly, though:
NOW THE VIIMIDICT - 111 11,16CEIVZD.
The ileciiiont in the Loath= ease
virtually ends do presid•intlal con
test. The lestilni 143ppigiiou nett&
papers accept thd sltuictioaluice folly,
while the Itoptibliean papers -bail the
result with joy. :„ '
EPA= the NewXort ItanslNJ
The en& of the long uncertainty is
in sight Florida has already been
counted for Hayes. The •Electoral
Commission orders that Louisiana
shall be counted for Hayes. There'
remains only Oregon. Ther e never
wall_any real doubt as to the vote of
this State, .or .any but the flimsiest ,
technicality to hinder the count, and
we think it fair to say that "Globble" - i
has disposed of the technicality. We
are advised from Washington that
the Democrats ate so utterly demor
alized by the disgraceful exposure of
their candidate's effort at bribery in
Oregon that they will make no seri
ous contest, and may not even raise
.an issue at all. Whether they do or
not, the end is clear. In the face of
the Oregon dispatches it would be
impossible to • organise an honest
court of either party in Washington
that would not count the vote of the
State for Hayes. It ,may take Mr.
Tilden and his partisans some time
to find out. that they are dead, but
the remains must soon, be buried out
of our,sight. The Country will -ac
cept the Louisiana verdict and the
Oregon disclosures as the end of the
controversy.
We attach little impoitance to the
threats of resistance, or to the de
nunciations of the Commission.
The people regarded the dispute
much as busines4 men regard a law
suit that threatens to be endless.
They decided to cut loose from rou
tine and "leave it out " to a referee.
Both parties agreed to the referee.
To refuse to be bound to his decision
would send a business man to Coven
try, and would 'send Mr. Tilden's
party back to the sure defeat and
disgrace in' which they have spent
the greater' part of their time since
1860 There is absolutely no consid
erable body of respectable people in
the country who would tolerate any
resistance, to the decision of this
Commission by either- party. We
thought, and still think, the Commis
sion a mistake. ;The Country did not
think so, overr,bled such protests as
ours, and insisted on the reference.
We promptly acquiesced then, and
anybody who does not acquiesce now
will be run over as remorselessly as
we should haV t e been. The Country"
means that this settlement shall stand.
The Country is likely to believe,
too, that it is an honest settlement.
Few have any doubts as to Florida.
There is no longer a dispute as to.
South Carolina: It is clear that the
law is with the Republicans in Lou ?, ,
isiana. As to Oregon, people must
choose between the elector bought
with eight thousand dollars from 15
Gramercy I'ark, and the one who re
ceived an undisputed majority of the
Oregon votes. We would have been
glad if there had been a bigger ma
jority in Florida and a clearer case
according to Northernideas of equity
as well as law in Louisiana. But the
evidence warrants us in saying that,
whatever may seem to be the shadow
on the title of Gov. Hayes, it is as
nothing to the blackness of darkness
that has settled over the claim of
elected - ; and it is certain that Gov
Tilden has not been. The end is in
(From the New York Mies.)
The Democrats are in a quandary.
They are oscillating between- acqui,
esende in the inevitable and. resistance
to what they will, after all, be unable
to withstand. The best men of the
party, the men who monopolize its
brains and give to it whatever weight
of personal character it possesses,
favor a prompt acceptance of the de
cision of the Commission, and a com
pletion . Of the count without much
ado. - They 4 dO not hide their disap
pointment, but, having gone into the
plan in good faith, they deprecate as
inexpedient and discreditable any fit
tempt to obstruct its work. The pet
tifoggers and reckless partizans, on
the contrary, indulge in wild talk,
and threaten in one way or another
to frustrate the judgment rendered
in the case of Louisiana. There was
a tough struggle between the oppos
ing forces in the caucus last night,
and '. - the result tardlS -, determines
whether the recognized leaders or the
prrtenders.ti► leadership control
the Congressional votes of the party
whose future is Involved in the re
sult. The influential Democratic
newspapers are tolerably unanimous
in support of the more prudent policy,
and we shall await better indicators
of party opinion than the men who
last night counseled the adoption of
revolutionary measures, before be-
Bering that the Democracy propose
to commit suicide-for the sake of Mr.
Tilden.
(From SfcClure's Philadelphia Timet.)
That the nation' will be shocked at
this decision is bUt the truth that
must more and more terribly impress
itself upon parties and upon adminis
trations, as the full measure of its
assault upon the very life of free in
stitutions becomes irrevocable his
tory. That the judgment was reach
ed without intentional perfidy to law
or justice by the judicial members of
the tribunal we do not question ; but
who can estimate the depth or breadth
of the wound that a government of
law receives by the appalling lesson
that it has no tribunal into which the
political spoiler cannot drag his pol
lution?. A State that voted by thou
sands for Mr. Tilden ; whose electo-
ral vote was' flaunted for barter on
the streets like the charms of her
whose steps lead unto death ; whose
laws were violated by revolution and
actual fraud in open day ; whose less
er usurpations in past contests have
been spurned from the Senate and
from the House and pronounced a
shame upon civilization ; whose offi
cials from whom the accepted returns
have come, must be strangers at the
door of the power to be created by
by their crimes, and henceforth wan
derers from the associations of men—
this State has been made to decide a
Presidential contest by a return that
no judge dared to even look upon,
and by a declared computation of-the
vote that even the return board con
ceals from the country at - the cost of
imprison:nent.
But it is final, and it is best that it
is so. The tribunal was born in the
sore travail of an imperiled Republic,
and though its offspring be deformed
and prove sharper than a serpent's
tooth to its parentage, it was the
accepted law of the nation, and its
judgment is the lawful judgment of
the sovereign powet of "the country.
Oregon justly belongs to Mr. Hayes,
and the only additional wound that
the shattered trust of the nation can
now` suffer, would befor,..a - partisan
vote to decide that State. If there
shall be ,seven votes against amt.
ing Oregon , for .thi eildidate for
whom, the people adclittedly voted,
It will. prove that: Mitt 'when the
grayest ptobblms °flaw and justice
were to be solved befbre the first Ju
die*. tribunal of free. government,
Hayes had a party and Tilden had a
Party, but the Republir bad none.
p. s A avyki:44.l:4
The Democratic press and politi
ciano talk- loudly and flippantly of
the manner in which the States of
Florida' and Louisiana have been
itolen by the Republicans,and speak
in the most complimentary eulogis
tic terms of the renegade Republi
cans who have lent their aid to the
dishonorable truth by which TILDEN
sought to gain the Presidency. -
The inconsistency and diihonesty
of these gentlemen was severely re
buked by Hon. Samuzi. SIIDLLABAR-
Grit; of Ohio, in his argument before
the Electoral Commission. Mr. S.
t
"I now conclude this argument by an
allusion to what has been the weight and
burden on the other side. It is in regard
to II& alleged outrage in -the -State of
Louisiana. Why, gentlerneni_ can you
shut your eyes to what ismow, if not the
saddest, certainly one of the saddest-chap
ters of American history ? By actual
count through the aid of General Sheri
dan, it is now set down as a part of your,
history that in this blighted and blasted
State of Lonisiaaaa,:_4,oooand odd citizens
have been murdered; murdered by plan,
murdered by system, by organization;
murdered for - the purpose of putting
down the right of the black man to vote
and that thing has been going on and on
through these dark and terrible years. It
was my misfortune, gentlemen, to goonce
myself, in 1866, to this State, sent by the
Congress of the United States; and I took
the testimony of hundreds of men, and
when I was taking it I literally sat with
my feet in human pools of blood, shed in
putting out the free Government of the
State of Louisiana, and, they did put it
out—oh, right well and effectually. Gen
tlemen of america, you have written in
the last fifteen years a grand - hiatory for
your country in its general aspects. John
Bright, of England, once said to me:
"Sir, I have been a part of the British
Government now for thirty years. In
that time we have conducted great affairs.
We have extended the right,of English
men to vote; we have abolishd the rotten
borough system; e have emancipated
the Jews; we have elevated our colonies;
we have extended the right of the chil
dren to be educated," and Babe went on
in a grand catalogue and concluded by
,saying, "Sir, notwithstanding what I
have said aboit, my country, I say to you
that yon have dwarfed "—and he brought
his hand down the table with startling
emphasis—"you have dwarfed all that
we have done in the life of the British na
tion by what you have enacted in the last
ten years of your life. You have saved
the life of the last, the one Republic of
the earth, and you have put out of your
Constitution, and thereby ultimately out
of the earth, the chattelizatiou of the hu
man soul." Was t not A grand tribute ?
Let me say to you now, if this career of:
yours as a nation, which began fifteen or
twenty years ago-in this direction by the
election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency,
then by the putting out of the ret.ellion,
then by the extinction of slavery, then by
your amendment making all men equal
before the law, then making all men vote
—if this procession of-yours as a nation,
which is indeed like the procession of the
gods, whose very foot-fall marks a con
stellation, and shakes from its sandals the
star dust of the heavens, is to end here
by your turning back and abandoning to
these murderer; this land already del
uged in blood for the purpose of disfran
chisement, then indeed this career of
yours will be like that French astrono—
mer's, described so magnificently by_one
of our most gifted ,men, : who...enasched.ra
until he found it, and then denied the ex
istence of the God that made it, and
U/S own- sintuow. F toed ebtcidifethi;
discussion by saying, gentlemen of Amer
ica—that is a higher designation than
gentlemen of the Commission—remember
that there is on trial here to-night the
question of whether those laws made in
Louisiana in pursuance of that one hun
dred and third article of her constitution, •
enjoining it on the Legislature, to make
laws - of protection of the right of the
freedmen to vote, are to be executed. If
you fail to execute these laws you will
hare stabbed your country in that place,
where we are taught froth ctildhood the
life of the country is to be found to reside
—to wit, in the freedom and purity of the
ballot-box.
=EI
-THE Independent, and as its name
implies, a non-partizan paper, pub
lished at Harrisburg ) ;thus character
izes the base attempt' made by Mrs.
OLIVER to blackmail the .veteran
Senator from this State.: •
"A statement comes to us from Wash-:
ington that 4 lady (?) in that city had
sued, pr intended to bring snit against,
our venerable fellow-citizen and distin
guished public 'servant, Gen. Cameron,
for breach of promise of marriage. WI at
ever effect such a story may have in other
quarters, bere it can only provoke mirth,
mingled with honest indignation. For
fifty years Geu. Cameron has lived, labor
ed and associated with the people of this
part of Pennsylvania. In that period he
has been a conspicuous man in many
fierce conflicts,• the bold leader of politi
cal agitation, the liberal promoter of bus
iness enterprises., the friend of social ele
vation, and the patron of art in its varied
efforts, and whatever antagonism he may
have provoked, resentments incurred,
justly or unjustly, he has never been as.
sociated in intrigues with women, never
questioned in - his devotion to his marital
vows, but maintained an unblemished
name in all his domestic relations. He
had but one love, whichtegan in his early
life and continued through a long series
of years. The object of that love now
sleeps in peace, in a grave honored by ev-
M3ll, woman and child in Ilartisburgh,
who repel with disgust every attempt to
compromise the venerable man who for
half a century devoted all the love of his
warm heart to her, and who tee all know
still cherishes her memory with an affec
tion ardent as the impulses of his younger
manhood."
Ont. year ago Mrs. BELKNAP ivas
the toast, says Mrs. CLEMMEIL " She
read so much abet the splendors of
her beauty and the wonders of her
toilet that she grew to belie:•e'her
self above anyof her earthly sisters.
In three years she was utterly trans
formOd in aspect from a modest, sub
dued-looking widow to an airy, su
-percillions women of fashion. When
Senator CIIRISTIANCY married a little
girl who counted scrip in the treas
ury, the Society' leaders' met and de=
bated whether they should receive
her or not. Nobody tabooed her so
positively and utterly as Mrs. BEL
KNAP. She the daughter of a country
doctor, was not wilting to receive on
equal terms the little " Countess of
Scrip," suddenly elevated to the dig
nity of a Senator's wife. But Mrs.
Fists went to see the little golden
haired woman, and treated her just
as kindly as she could any one—and
that is very kindly. Already we
have ceased
. altogether. to hear of
Mrs. BELKNAP'S magnificent dresses.
She lives at the Arlington, and. no
',doubt keeps still her near personal
friends; but she is no longer 'the
fash i lon. Nobody cares whether her
shoes are ones or tens."
GOLD closed yesterday at 104
MIT itoui
/*a" *goes
.4116.
Rtit to
= •
iCuslinioroll'ett I&.:lthe t •
fin...Aro:toes* visig tkpiristiotha
Colhiatittoh ' - temained in cOnnultk
Lion until near five o'clockl
MINUTES OE THE PROCEEDINGS.
Art. - - fire o'clock counsel wecosen
for and the following resolutions
acted on by the Conimisslon in secret
session were reported to counsel:
Mr. Hoar vibleitted the•following:
Ordered, Tt! eirl!leace bei2:ot iczi,ma. •
*Mr. Ahbott . o6red another anbati
tute:
issoleed, That .eeidente be received . 1W show
that so touch of the act of Louisiana establishing
the Reaming Board for the state is tincenstito
tined:, and the acts of mid Returning Beal* are
Told. •
Rejected by the' following vote:
YEAs—Mesirs. Abbott, Bayard,
Clif
ford, Fields, Bunton, Payne and
Thurman.-7. NAYS—Messrs. Brad
ley,- Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, 'Gar
field, Boar, Miller, Morton and
Strong—S. - • -
Mr: Abbott offered another substi
tute
leitcdeol, That evidence be reetived to show
that the Returning Board of Loalstana at the e*n
♦autng and compiling of the vote of the state at
the last election, was not legally constituted under
the laws establishing it thit it was compmrd of
four persons of oae political party, instead of five
peruses of different.parties.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr. Abbott offered another
•
Resoterd, That , the COmmission reeclre testi
mouy ou the subject of frauds as alleged In th , i spe
cification of counsel for the objectors to certificates
'one and three.
' Rejected by the same vote.
Mr. Abbott °tiered a fourth substi
Lute t
liescileett That testimony tending to show that
the so-called iteturntog Board or Loustans had no.
Jurisdiction to canvass the votes for electors, Is
admissible.
Rejected by the same vote
Mr. Abbott offered a fifth:
•
Resolved, That evidence is admissible 'that the
statements and efiliavits purporting to have been
made and forwarded to said Returning Board, In
pursuance of the provisions of seethes :6 of the
election law of 157.1, alleging riot. tumuli, intimi
dation and violence at or near eertshipols, and In
certain parishes were false and fabricated and
forged by certain disreputable persons under the
direction and knowledge of said Returning Board.
knowing said statements and afftdavits to be false
and forged, and that none of such statements and
adistavits warts - made lii the manner or form or
within the time required by law, slid knowingly,
wiffnly and frauduently fail and refuse to canvas
or compile more than 10,000 rubes east, its is shown
by the commissioners of election.
Rejected by the same vote.
Mr. Hunton offered a sixth substi
tute: • •
Reso/ca. That the evidence be received to prove
that the votes cast and given ,atth- election on the
7th of November, as shown - by the return made by
the commissioners of Election, hare - never been
complied or cans/ sued. and that the Returning
Board never even pretended to compile or canvass
the returns by the Commissioners of Election ; but
that the Returning Ward only pretended to can
vass the lawns made by the state supervisois of
registration. .•
•
Rejected 14 the same vote.
A seventh substitute was offered
by Mr. Bayard :
Resuirrti, That no person holding an office of
trust or profit under the United States Is eligible
to be &pi:winced an elector, and that thodeornutiss
lon will reeetve evidence tending TO prove said In
eligibility. al o!ered by counsel fur the objectors
to certificates No. 1 and 3.
Rejected by the same vote.
Justice Field offered an eight and
last substitute : -
Resowd. It the opinion of the Commission,
evidence I. a imis.ildiV up , ,n the several matt.irs
which counsel ter the objectors to numbers t and 3
offered to prove. -
Rejected by the same vote. .
The question ob the original :irder
of Mr. Hoag came up, " That evi
dence olrered be not received."
Mr. Payne moved to.strike otit the
word " not." • ,
Rejected by the same vote.
A vote on the original order was
`then taken and adopted.
Yaeakt-Messrs. Bradley, Edmunds,
Hoar, Mill-
NeessrAbbott. Bayard, Clifford,
, .3, B tinnton, Payne, Thurman-7.
Counsel being asked if they de
sired Further argument replied in the
negative. -
M. Morton' moved that three
members of the-Commission be -ap
pointed to prepare a report in the
Louisiana case.
Mr. Strong said the question that
hdd been passed upon was the ques
tion of admissibility of evidence,
and he thought they noW ought to
go into the merits of the case.
The Commission then went into
secret session for consultation.
Mr. Payne moved that one hour
be allowed each side in ,which'' to
make arguinents..
Discussion arose on this, it being
Mated that counsel had not asked for
further argument.
Mr. Everts said his side had argued
'the whole question fully, and covered
the whole merits of the case. They
had not reconsidered it during . the
time allbwed them.
The motion was withdrawn, and
the Commission went into secret
session for consultation on the main
question.
Immediately after the 400 rs Niere
closed Mr. Morton offered the follow
ing:
Raeolord. That the persons named as electors in
certificate No. 1 were,thc lawful elector,' of Louisi
ana, and that their Votes are the votes provided by
the United Btat s Constitution and should be
counted.
Adopted by the - same vote, S to 7.
Messrs. Miller Bradley and Hoar
were then.appointed to draft a report
of the decision. with a brief state
ment of the reason, therefor, to be
Mined by the mc:tilers agreeing
therein, and to be transmitted tilthe
joint session of the two Houses:
A recesss of an hour was taken to
afford time to draft the report which,
upon reasembling, was presented and
after being read was signed by
Messrs. Miles, Strong, Bradley, Ed
munds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, Gar
field and Hoar:
TILDEN'S ATTEMPTS AT BRIBERY
Yore Light on the Subject—Ypres? Correspondenoe
Between Oregon and Tilde's New York Manager.
WAsupurroN, Feb.l6.—The Senate
Committee investigating the Oiegon
Electoral affairs, of which Senator.
Mitchell is Chairman, continued the
translation of cipher telegrams to-day
as follows:
Nzw Toes... Dee. 6;976.
To Bow. James K. Kelly :
Is your matter certain There must be no rale.
tate. AU depend on you. Plate no reliance on any
favorable report from three southward Lounetter.
Answer qulvt. (No signature.]
.., Noy. :I, lEl—ln:4S A. 31.
to W. T. POlon, N 0.15 - Gramercy Park, N.
Will bottemless loose any Elector, In tenet:fel:mg
Democrats? State answer. P.
Nsw Tonic. Dee.:, Iris.
To Row. lames Jr. Zany:
Telegraphed P. last night and today. Hare no
reply. Ilan ttp left? Answer. c,) . ru signature.]
rOZTLAVD, Dee. 1,107 L
To IV. T. Taloa. N 0.15 Gramercy Part, S. Y.:
Not time to,conrene Legidature. Can manage
with lit.ooo at present: Must have it Monday, cer
tain. Have Chairs Dimond. No. 11l Liberty's:reek,
telegraph it to Bush. hanker. Salem. This will se
cure Democratic vote. All are at work here. Can't
fall. Can't do more; sail morning. Answer Kelly
In cipher. (No signature.?
• Dee. 1, 111111.
To Dr. George L. Xiffer, *maArs, Yea.:
After piece simply. Can't few! tan do noltitng
more. Sall suanter Eider morntoz.
, . No signature.
New TOSS, Dec. I, OM.
Mon. lames K. Kelly. Port land, Oregon:
Telegraph Renisman P.'s direction of youreelf.
Poikrw sundae aeount. Can't change tt. needs.
man pareetel. Whoa will P. reach destination f An.
SWIM ' (No Agnaturo.)
THE Legislittare will iirobably ad•
jot= aboutithe middle of March.
A MM`OI:O2IINM
hi4—Tliti
iy/tamottix .
ott. , ',4o=tatfitiphild it', cantata.. yes
tiard4'and resolied tildeet with the
ItoM', Pik:Whale 01dietts;:irk. the
tweahii,;:lf,ThcaAtter met At hgt-Rest
seven; Ili. tlyiber
A resolution was offekell,ProPos
ing to abandon the Commission, but
eeeived-only-thirteen votes. -
Mr..goehrane; of Pennsylvania, of
fered a preamble and resolution sub
stantially as follows:
• lirtinsterae, 'The ItMetotal Commission was Cre
ated In good faith with a view to an examination
of ovidereee,andall qui:rakes which pertain. Sallie
disputed votes of Florida, Landaus, and Oregon;
and whams; said .conimbudon, fu disregard of
their oaths, fratuhdently refn.sed to obey' the law
and will of the people by defeating such molar
Lion, therefore, . . .
Itiaottid,'Phst It Is the duty'of ecmgiess,iWhiett
newest° the Democratic party and Anteriesm peo-
ple to defeat the fraudulent sets of add C0111131U
sit:ROI all ineans known to the Constitution and
laws, to the end that altposslble delay, may he in
terlx,i.ea. dilatory motions Made, and objections In.
terpesinVto the rote of every State yet to be count,
ed. with *view of multiplying the issues, thereby
defeating the inauguration of the usurper. •
Mr. Reagan, of Tesasi offered' the
following substitute
needled, 'That the count of the eledoral vote
proceed Without opposition to the orderly execution
of the act of Congress creating tbo VommLsetan.
*hose dectslone shall be received and-acted upon
In accordance with the provisions of said law.
• A long and animated debate en
sued. On one side it was conendted
that the conception- of the tribunal
to adjust the controverted questions
wits a sublime act of statesmanship,
freighted with the hopes and wishes
o: the nation; but the• result was a
disaPpointment mixed with grief and
mortification. It would, however,
be injurious to the Dethoeratie party,
who so strongly supported the eke
toral bill, if they did not now abide
the result in good faith.
On the other &de it was argued
hat it would be better to have an
interregunm and for the 'presiding
officer of the Senate to act as Presi
dent until there could be a new elec
tion, rather than submit .to fraud,
which Ei houl(1 be befeateti by- all
means known to the Constitution,
and rules of the House.
AmJna those who advocated Mr.
Cochrane's proposition were Messrs.
Thompson, Mass., Hurd, of Ohio,
Southard, of Ohio, and Lynde, of
Wifoonsin. Among the opponents
were Messrs. Brown, of Ky.. - Reagan,
of Texas, Singleton, of Mies. Ben
Hill, of Ga., and Senators iayard
and Kernan.
Mr. Bright' offered . the following
amendment to 31r.,Reagan's resolu
, tion:
.•
But'this restAutlon is 3Ceompante.d with the sot
emn aud elrTlefit protest of the Democratic party
a7gatipa, thc3 gro,ot and sttainclevt violations of law,
justice and truth rontaloed In the &chinos of the
majority who t Ivied the same In the cases of Mr - -
Ida and Louisiana. t
Mr. Reagan 's resolution asfamend
ed was then. adopted, 60 ta 40. •
Mr. Field offered _ a resolution for.
the appointMent of a' Committee
. of
five to inqiiire whether it would be
expedient to withhold the appropria
tions for the - support of the army.
Mr. Willis, of N. Y., moved to lay
the resolution on•the•table, saying to
withhold-such supplies,-would be to
alarm the country, and therefore he
should oppose any such legislation.
Mr. Field withdrew his resolution:
Messrs. Field and Tucker suggest-.
ed an adjourned -meeting of the cau
cus, but it was objected to and the,
caucus adjourned.. '
SHOOTING OF,GOVERNOR PACKARD.
NEW* OHLE.4.NS, FebuaryOut
noon to-day;in,an altercatiOu labia
office with a man who is unknown to
nolire on duty in the State
in the knee-cap.
The man who _did the shooting was
fired Upon by a bystander and wound
ed in the arm: • .
HOW IT OCTXRED-A NARROW rscArr.
".At half-past eleven o'clock this
morning the vicinity of the Govern
or's Room, in St. Louis Street State
house rang, with the sharp report of
two pistol shots, fired almost simul
taneonsly.
• " an instant there was intense
excitement abroad, and a • rapid
hurrying of a crowd towardi the
gubernatorial apartment. -
"'here it was found that fir. Pack=
arci,- while seated in his chair and
stirmindeci , by a half dozen calk*
tiO been - :suddelily eiSproached by
one of the parties, who, drawing,- a
pistol and levelling 7 it at Mr. Pack=
ard''S heart at • almost point blank
range; pulled the trigger. if
"At that very instant - 11 r. Pack
ard struck the weapon cloth), andlthe
exPloded,. and the shot struck Ali:
Packard in', the knee.
"At that instant Mr. Packard
closed with the man and ; threw him
to the floor. .
" Diligent inquiry. failed to di-.
vulge the name of the man, anything
about him or anything about the
the cause of the attack. •
"Report has it ;that he was a
or
respondent for a northern newspaper,
but now all inforthation is vague."
DON PLATT TO BE INDIOTED AND
PROSECUTED.
, -
W I ASITIN"GtON, Feb. 19.—An edito
rial in the Sunday Copitdsuggests
the assassination .of Hayes. An
effort will - be made to indict the
editor.
After an interview with the Presi
dent, Secretary of War and ;Secretary
of State, the Attorney General this
forenoon 'consulted the District At
torney concerning the incendiary
article in the Sunday Capital.
TO BE INDICTED.
It is stated upon the-highest offi
cial authority that the President has
determined upon the prosecution of
Don Platt, editor of the 'Capital, for
libel, and also for 'editions writing,
indictable under both common and
statutory law.
District Attorney , Wells was this
afternoon directed to take the neces
sary steps in the matter, and his
arrest will be made to-morrow.
1.11:104:VINVOS KOVV(0411;1114
CINCINATI, Feb. 16.—Eph Holland,
the principal tool of the October
election conspirators in this county,
completed his statement to-day. It
is a full and fairspnfession as to the
means employed tii pile up a fraudu
lent majority, but stops short of giv
ing the names of the Democrats in
East who supplied the money,' He
accounts directly for over.soo fradu
lent votes, enough to oust Banning
and nearly every Democrat inoffice
in the county. He testifies alit he
was engaged as a matter or business
by Banning, Wallace, and other
Democratic leaders to get votes by
whatever means were necessary, and
he got them. Thousands of dollars
werclurnished him, and he disbursed
the money among the repeaters from -
New-York, Chicago and Pittsburg.
His confession has made a startling,
sensation here, but there' is a feeling
of disappointment that he refuses to
give the names of the prine;pith.. It
shows' conclusively that Stanl4e
Mathew's legitimate' majority' Over
Banning was not lees than 500.
MOLLY MAME MURTIAS 11114!
BwoMsfilines l7—.ll l,s. Ati47 , 4 11.0 th•
er peacefutflay.zight ne settled
down on that quiet country tori, and
the courthoutie whlalichful been the:
theatre of tlitt sprrhig 4.91,tk which
three men are interested for lifififif
death, is once more silent in antici
pation of the silent Sabbath. It has
been an exciting-week.. - The Zetaiis
of the murder of Alexander Rea - have
been main and again !recalled, and
the old story of man's inhumanity to
man demonstrated by Many a cold
4blo_odektale of treachery. The cli
max of th e great Molly Maguire
drama Is, evidently dra,ivink near. As
it ripproaches_the" public interest in
the proceedings grows greater,' and
the efforts •of the counsel on both
sides of this great criminal trial seem
to be ,redoubled, so" that
. they are
fighting the case inch by inch with
all the ability and stritegy, which
they Can command. The prisoners
look very much fdtigued from the
fierce ordeal through which they have
been passing. Hester seems jaded
and ill at case. 'The stock of good
humor that was his at the opening
has evidently abandoned him, and
his eye wanders furtively from the
witnesses to the bench- and lingers
there, as if he would read his fate in
the frank, honest fate of the white
baired judge, whose prompt decisions
on - every knotty point has thus far
been given with remarkable readi
ness and supported by ample author-
ity,
It is a matter generally commented
upon, by those in attendance that the
prisoners McHugh and Tully are en
tirely lost sight of by the counsel fur
the defence, and that, their sole efforts
are concentrated in'behalf of Patrick
Hester. This is_ accounted for by the
fact that Hester is charged with'orig
inating the plot, and it is .believed
that his fate will determine that of,
his fellow prisOners also.
The character of "Kelly the Bum"'
formed' the target against which the
testimony of a host of witnesses for
the defence was levelled this morning.
A witness named Dennis MeLolvh
'lin swore that he would not believe
Kelly .under oath. Peter Luby and
several other Witnesses• affirmed that
Kelly's general character was of the
worst kind. John Cannon swore that
j Kelly once asked him if he. would
take; a false oath to save a man from
being hanged, and upon the witness
answering he would not, Kelly said
he " would swear any damn thing to
clear a man," anti aaJumber of others .
SWOre, to similar statements. ~„.
Helen Hester,- daughter of the,
prominent prisoner, , Seetns a modest,
. agreeable girl, and appeared to ap
proaeh the witness stand with fear
anti trembling.' She swore that her
father was :at home on the Friday
before Rea *as murdered, and de
tailed his movements. Another
. daughter of the prisoner corrobtlrated
her sister's statement. •
J.lke Riehardson was called to
prove that late on the evening of the
16th of October, 186 S, the night wben.
• it was said the robbery anti murder
I were planned, Hester was in Ashland,
drinking with a number of friends.
'Patrick Fahey, of Big - Mine , Ran];
• also swore to meeting Hester in' Ash
'land late on the night preceding the
Monier, and that he was asleep in a
chair at Captain McLoughlin's saloon
• ,
as late as eleven o'clock.. This wit
ness was suljected to a Cross-exami
nation, but so far his story remains
PRESIDENT GRANT'S 'UTURE
:WASHINGTON, Feb.,lB.—The Pres
ident will leave the Executive Man
sion on Saturday, March 3, and, with
Mrs. Grant, will be the guest of Sec
retary Fish until their - departure for
Europe, which will be early in April.
Mr. , and Mrs. Sartoris will take up
their residence this week with Mrs.
• Lewis Dent,ln this city, and will re
main until -May, when they will also
sail for Europe. Ulyssess Grant, Jr.,
the .President's secretary, will leave.
for New York on March 4, to begin
the - practice of law-with the firm of
Which he is a member. .Col. Grant,"
who has been in Washington-for two
winters past engaged in making cop
ies of the recorus of Gen. Sheridan
destroyed in ihe
.Chica,,,no.fire, will
return to the headquWrters of the
Lieutenant General at once, The
:data which he has, been accumulating
since here embraces not only l the of
ficial records of heodouaiters; but
also Official material for a full' history
of Sheridan's. connection - with the
war. The President, will 'give no
. levees nor dinners. — The statement
that he would give a farewell dinner
to his Cabinet w entirely unatithor
ized. As the absence .of the, usual
i Presidential levees this winter has
.been the sultiect"comrnent, it can be
stated that they were abandoned en
seedunt, of the excited state of feel
ing incident. to the political contest
between the friends of the candidates
for the succession, and that under the
! circumstanees it was thought best not
to hold these levees. The President
has no intention at present-of taking
up his permanent residence in this;
city. The house which he owns here. '
was taken by him only to relieve'pari
ties who had . purchased the ground
from him which his own house partly
occupied. Before departing for In
rope the President will-:visit the
West. When he leaves the Executive
Mansion the public property will; as
usual, be placed in the custody of the
steward of the household. It is pre
sumed that Mr. Hayes =will arrive
Jiere. shortly after the fhrmal declara
tion- of his election: After his inaug
uration he will be formally welcomed
to possessiim or the Executive Man
sion by the President and his outgo-.
ing'eabinet. _ ,
THE Times reports that CORNECI CS
J. VANVERBILT., upon the advice of a
friend, .a. companion named TAII.IiY,
who lives in Toledo, has taken steps
to oppose the settlement of the VAN
DEitill LT property. CORNELIGS is
debtor to a consikerable amount to
TEURT.
TAE Meatier:Lotus, which sailed
from New Haven, January 23d.,
with .a cargo olarms and ammunition
for tie T.urkiih - Governinent valued
at $1,700,000, arrived at Constantino
ple with boats and deck house damag
ed.
" The cargo is alsd reported dam
aged.
BUT little progress . was made
in counting the electoral vote yester
day owing to the action of the House
in again taking a• recess. But s the
end approaches.
A_ BILL" has been introduced in the
Legislature looking to a material re=
duction of the fees o".'county officers.
The measure will be supported by
our Senator and .Meinbera
lamas nu NB mu=
lilaantaisulto, Feb. le, ICI.
The session of the T eglalstare up to the present
time, bail been void of any valuable nsualts. A few
pieltical squabbles created - an awakening among
members far absitif time. and the, usual too'
'notony followeo.lkei a new school, It was desira
ble to measure strength in some manner, so they
mounted Me old hobby, bad a tow sharp contests,
burnished up r the broken armor and subsided Mil
the next occasion, which is not far off. Itesoluilons
ateongratiffOons to the country will ply:sflo rot+
low the inalleration.lC not the sward of the Com
-mission; and on the heels Of these wilt follow. the
rebel yell of dedanee which has been iterated and
re-iterated for the past' fifteen years. Perhaps di&
cretion may be deemed the t otter pkrt of valor on
both ables..for there is art much to blast of on
side except magnanimity. and that seems to be
feebly apegeelated by -the - retlplents. There are
some Democrats, however, who do' not hesitate:l.*
seirnowie4mrit theonly right way. A': delegate In
the House from Jefferson eetnity; said a day or two
slue. thit "no other view could In fairness be
taken by that Commlsslon.. Had tbererOnt, behind
tb.tketkm of the atates, , ther would have been In-'
volved In an inextricable labyrinth, and "tea instl.:
toilets scrionsly_endangered If not disintegrated.
Ifi was still a states rtghts man. and their errors
were not in the purview of that Commission. We
must do the best we can with this flearbought ex
perience." .
Mr. roster: of Bradford, read In place on Thurs
day last. a bill entitled, an act to require. the con
struction of boundary -fences, and provides that
railway compudes bolding charters under the laws
- .
of tills Commonwealth, shall conjointly - with own
ers otriy)d along the various railroads themigb all
the open farming lands and even unimproved lands
where cattle and other domestic animals are likely
to stray or be 'pastured, to construct boundary
fences of not less than four and a half feet in
height, the bottom rails to be not less than one foot
Mtn the ground,"and to keep the Same in ropalr so
long as used for railway purposes. - The constant
danger to passengers end the destruction of prop.
erty, are quoted as requiring the passage of such
an ace.
Messrs. Myer, Foster. and Gillett have presented
numerous petitions from citizens of isradford fa
voring a law fixing the rate of interest and prohib
iting usury.
Mussrs. Young and Elliott, of Vega . ; several pe
titions to the mum purport from citizens of Etk
land, Knoxville, Ceviugtea, Westfield and West
field borough. -
The above petitions from both counties were wel
tilled with leading citizens.
Jackson, of Mercer,.and Jackson of 'Wyoming,
bave L presented quite a number, the former num
bering C signatures. They, am appearing tram
every-part of the State, and people appear anxious
that Seine legislation stinnid be had, - If ifosslble,
making rates more fixed and ntable.
Vziltious continue to faior 'tile re-enactment of a
local option law, and quite a respectable number
Well filled remunstrattng against the l passage of
such an act. It would Tie very difficult.' at present
to foreshadow the fate of a prohibitory law. A
number of members would support a l atate Jaw, that
'feel reluctant under the constitution to bicallae It.
Others again lootillpon . any legislation as
clone. They believe It to be one of those evils that
can he the most safely and certainly eradicated Ly
a thorough oducatlon of th'i people through those
Irresi , tlble agents. the press r and the pulpit, and
clainiing that these elements of power are relieved
somewhat from its care, because it Is in the bands
+.4 spetal committee. •Tbey believe a reform.
such as Is now insugurated In- Allegheny County
anditsewr.cre; to he constitutional and right, need
ing no leglststlon to give scop:t. and power 'to the
movement. It Is one of those Issues. however, that
enll+ts a great amount of zeal, and HS '. actors seem
to thiitk it should be forced out exl;tenee In the
next 21 hours. If It could be, few would withhold
an amen.
A large number otthe Indebted etas.% wilt feel
as if neglected by a failure here to afford. some leg
!!'Vire relief of a stay law. But there seems to be.
little disposition In this body to furnish - aid In that
direction. The stay bill now before the Rouse will
be likely to meet the same fate as the other. The
fable of•the dairy maid, who became suddeuly rich,
_prospecilvely, upon the Itaie of butter and eggs not
yet Ln hind, was suddenly made aware of the insta
htittyelf human calculations by the fall of her relit.
The consolation that " there was no use crying for.
spilt milk." was most ungracious. but skows that
we are obliged to submit to the Inevitable. The
imaginary happiness 'to realizeff. ifrom legishr
.• Is 1310. i i, always sometimes" very eiknesceiSt.
The interest bill Is not yet reached.. .linlegs call
•ed up by common consent, it Will not ho upon the
calendar (or this week. , ' •
Judge Williacna, and lion. Mitchell are Melly
tarrying at _the Lac:lied.' Theili• are looking serene.
as though erarythlug • seas transpiring arti r und us
was by dichiB apirir.tment, , and for once they are
pruhablY tlgut. Time has d./hit'tcludiy with both.
Mr. Mitchell retains the . vigor-of early manhoosi
the right as of yore,. - though Ina more adinneecl
IBMS
MALTA. Dr:SALL& Co., 111,-Feb. 19, 77
Mr. Rtrivoir In:these exciting Gm.* perhaps
you will not object to : receiving a few lines from an
humble individual like Myself, especially as my.
life has always been spmt 'in Bradford County till
within the lastlfire years.
Well, then, my first point is, that Congress,
.In,
passing that infaineus Count hilt, exceeded thepow,
ers granted them by the Constitirtion;, fur it Kays
plainly, "The President of the Senate shall, in
pre.Sence of the Senate and House of Representa
tives, 'open all the certificates, and the-, votes shall
then be counted;" - The question, then,. is, By
whom? Why, certainly, the President of the Sen
ate, unless he delegfites thatjsower to some other
man or lita.n. Then, lia4re is :another ciath4e that
st*ares the advocates of this bill in the facer—Article
If See. 6 (latter " No Senstor or Represen
tistive shall, daring: thu time for which he 1733
eJected, ha appointed to any civil atlice under the
authority of the united States . Which shall have
been created. or the emoluments whereof Shit! have
bees inere.iied ;luring such time ; and no person
1141dIng any citlce under the United ) Ststes shall be
a member of either House daring nis'eoatinnance
in °M0.... , But what do we see? - Nothihg more
=sir less than a Canvassing Board created, with fir
teen civil officers as that. Board. to count' the Elec
tors; vote. Well, they must either say this Tribu
nal is no: an ofil-e, Or admit It to he-Int ohtraven -
Hon of the clause Just quoted. This bill, I conceive,
strilre.s at the main pillar of out Liberti, and the
lesser pillars will soon crumble under such outrage
ous legLsiatien. It would have been much more
honest and safe if the It,Tublicatt;partYhad let It
went to the House, even if. Mr. Tilden had been
elected. Then the ConstitutiOn would have been
saved even if eon:talon followed: but now the ship
of State is cast upon an unknown sea' where rocks
and shoals are readY to dash her into a thousand
pieces. Whoever may be couated-in now,/ ill be an
illegal Pfesldent, because he will be counted An by
an lllegai Board. Welh'l nm thinkidi we have one
Cain at liast in the Senate of the United States,
arid that man is Mr. 7.4lerton ; but. one Cato round
not save Rome, and orre riatinot same 'the thited
States. Such a gigantic usnrpation in yree America
is hardly enderat,:e. What Was the'Credit Mobiller
or the Salary Grab la comparison to this outrage :
thy irefraudeit the Government out of a few mill
ions, but this isstriltiug oaf of exlsietsce all the
landmarks of the Constitution.
We now see the evil eZects of some: of the Con
greaslonal acts slime the war, By remuring the
disabilities of,traltors, we have about seventy rebel
Congrzss, whose object Is to rule or tuln ;
th ,, tat7 3 , ssey have doughfacee at the North (Demo
and Republicans) to help them carry their
messures. This bill diaers only In quantity front
the doings of the Jacoblus - otTrance In 1713. They
swept away everything- at one fell anroop.- and cur
Congress Is removing the landmarks of the
one at a time: It teems to me to be a time
for the people to my aloud and spare'not. Now the
leaders of this Infamous bill know-it Is not consti
tutional. , Whom-they say It Is, they lie; they: know
they Ile, and the peopi.e . : know they lie. This is the
erect of taking traitors Into the bosom of We Guy
erument and theme cherish theta, to receive a stab
under the fifth rib. -• al. B. F. B.
EDITOR EzrOatEit, Should I point out some of
the faults of Pennsylvania legislation, the citizens.
of this Commonwealth. who possess a good deal of
local pride !n the reputation of the State, would not
feel intensely flattered.
For some years past, the writer of this communi
cation has tried to get our members from this section
to remedy some of the glaring defects in the laws.
but all effort In this direc.lon has been in vain.
Perhaps the better Way Is, after all, to bring the
matter before them in a incu4 public manna, or in
other words, to bring them "face to face" with the
public. In cases of tr3sPa,s, 'the aUttiorirds
eapia• to be issued against the wrong doer.
The . defendant, if the claim does not exeeeed 1100.
is ustaily brnight before a magist rate, If a con
tinuance is granted, 101 l is exacted for the appear
ance of the defendant at the time fixed. If the
plalntitiff obtains judgment, the defeudant can ap
peal by giving. bail for costs only. -
This curious condition of the, law Is practically
as follows: A stranger In the Commonwealth In
jures one of our citizens by tresspass to the amount
of il. Ills body is taken upon the Preliminary
Jroeess of the court.. Ile desires to get out of the
urisdiction of the State; with as little loss as possi
ble. Ile confesses Judgment to the amount of 'plain
tiff's claim, then deposits a few dollars with some
Individual to go his bail for cubit and appeals. The
appeal Is not tiled in court, the bail pays the costs'
and the plaintiff receives nothing.
Thu{ It will be We'll...that so long as the plaintiff's
claim remains undecided, the body of a trespasser ,
may be held; but just as soon as it Is made certain '
by judgment, security for a few dollars costs . oper
ate. to release Lim. '
This whole illicraccrul ••botch work " could be
rcmc•lied In much less time than It taken one In
cipient .oation.n to make an ordinary spe;ceb-
alaw ho passed r..ptirlog that dotelviatitts in.
',eating from a judginewt In t.rt. shall gate boll
oiLollthwed for thn payment of the heart/newt as
well as cue*, that riLly be recovered' agains; Cho
appellant and the difficulty vanishes.
• OTASX SEW
,Zama' D. Foss ; freiteastle; -Law
renw county, cOnunitted suicide: on the
tad inst. He was cashier of 'the Beaver
Falls cuttlery woriut.`
THE Altomm Globs says mines of lead
and zinc Orel in Sinking .Valley, near Ty
tone, are now being worked by eastern
eapitalists..
LANTZ, who killed !finery, near Altoo
na, some mend* ago; has been tried, con. ,
victed and sent to - the-penitentiary for 25
months.
THE Clinton Democrat says that search
es made in Porter townsbip 'after coal are ,
creating a strange mieletion in' that "kin.
ity that a fine vein' of nickel is to be the
upshot of this matter. - ,
THE petroletni refinery at '
port has been purchased by practical re
finprs and again•put in operation. It has
a capacity of about 50 barrels - per day.
AT a late sale of -timber lands by the
sheriff of Clinton dainty 4,300 acres were
sold for $4,700. The timber tracts bad
been cleared of pine trees..
• TitwlSunbury Gazette says a•movetnent
is being made among the Methodists of .
Sunbury to secure the session of
- the Penn.:,
sylvania Conference of lon to be held in
that place. .
Tner.F. are in Pennsylvania twenty
three incorporated cities es follows :.Phil
adelphia, littsbuig, Scrantm, -
Reading. Harrisburg, Lancastci, Erie,
Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Allentown, ..
Altoona, Chester, Tituaville, Meadville,
Lock Haven,' Carry, Carbondale New
Castle, Oil City, Franklin, Parker ai.d
Monongahela City, •
.Tne'Easton Ezpresa says: What is be -
lieved to have been the 'biggest yield of,
iron ever taken from one furnace was
made in furnace N 0.4, of the Cramiiison
company, at Catasauqua, last week. Two
yeara, . ago, 273 tons were taken for a
week's work from a furnace of this same
compauy, but 43340ns for the same space
of time eclipses , that record.
THE Berks county prisoners made • 134
pairs of boots and shoes, 2,072 yards of
carpet, 100 yards of.inaterhal for pants
last year. - The average number -or pris
oners nine months of 1576,.0ver
7S; aver
age cost to keep, 27 cents per day. - Dur
ing that time made 025 yards ingrain and
13,579 yards rag earpeCt- IKtO grain bagS',.
203: yards panting, 1.i•4 yards- shirting,
1,233 pairs of boots and shoes.
IT is rumored at Wilkes-Barre that :
work will be immediately resumed by tl e'
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre coal company.
Doubtless this rumor is.c&rect. When a
corporation gets into the hands of a re
ceiver it escapes the terrible 'drag of debts
due and falling due aud feelfi 'like the Is
raelites in Canaan aftei forty years of •
wandering. - The Lehigh and WilkesL
Barre company can put anthracite in the
market now that has not been mortgaged.
\ before it was mined and the proceeds of
which will be available to pay for the la,- -
bor of putting it in market. But alas for
Its stockholders
A FEW days ago, while travelling a foot
through the woods in one of the thinly
settled portions of Clintion county, Rev.
Mr. Crittenden stopped at a lonely dwel
ling to leave some Sunday scol t ibal papers
and tracts. A long-haired desperate look
ing man opened the door and took the pa
pers without saying anything like thank'
you sir. As things looked Mr. C, thou? tit
it best to travel. on. He hail gone about
thirty rods to a turn in the roadwhen he
heard ringing out, "Say, old chap, come
back here and get these papers
_:'or I'll
have you • 'rested." Missionary looked .
around as if he did not quite hear or un
derstaud and moved on at double 'quick,
travelling five Miles 'to, 'wrist?
, w
next 'wri,
M
where he was glad to id some genuine,
generous-hearted and sober lumbermen.
the wrathy woodsman was evidently
under the influence of strong drink, Mr.
Crittenden will nut at present state where
- the inciant occurred. 'He
give the full particulars
_when' he is
"'rested."
A. Dox.stosos, commission clerk iu
the State Department under the Secreta
ry of the COmmonwealth during a portion
of Gov. Geary's Administration, was .on
Friday afternoon arrested, charged-'with
issuing, a note for , $3OO, payable in ten
days-after elate, drawn to the order'ef.St
mon'Caineron and pnrpor,tirig to be en
dorsed by him to Jae6b Tausig, a pawn- . ,.
' "A.CccA reelViEig
the note, Mr. Tausig had his suspicions
aroused as to its (genuineness, and upon
inquiring at the First National - Bank
where it *as made payable,. discovered
that it was a forgery, and making infor
mation, had the defendant arrested. Pon
aldsoli had been out of employment' for
'some time, anti :having had an invalid
wife and a familY to support, it is. sup : ::
posed he re.sortsd to this plan to procure'
means of living, lie now standScommit
ted to answer 'the elytrim'at the next term
of•eourt in Thruphin. l ,,county, whi:di will
:be held in April, in default of 101 bail.
•
A Sr TT is being tried' in • the Philadel
phia.courts in which Mr.:Greurge .1. Bel:
ton. of the Washington,liotel, is' the ,de
fendatit, and Jaeot Bros. the plaintiffs. -
An agent of the plaintiff alleges •that
while, stopping at the Washington Irons°
he loSt several watches. -. Judge Eleock
chargedd, the jury that if the agent of the
plaintiffs did not take care of tht watches,
Which one baying such valuable property'
ir. his posscsSion should have done, tie
fendaut was.not responsible-for the loss
of the,pfbperty, noonatter what the neg
ligence on his part may have been. Nor
was the defendant responsible if th•tre
was posted upon the door of the room 1.
.notice that a safe was t previded by' de
fendanc for the keepingi;!f valuables, etc.,
and if he bad a safe sufficiently large to
contain tlie watches. for it was the duty
of the plaintiffs ,agent to ,unload the
wafehes from the valise, for the defend
ant was not bound to find room for the
valise, too, in the safe. He also instruct
ed the jury that, before fiodin,g . a verdict
for the plaintiffs, they must be satisfied
that the robbery was committed in the
hotel.
JOHN HARTLAND, a very prominent cit
izen of Wilkes-Barre, and a man vniver4 . •
sally loved and respected, met with a;
horrible? death 'on Wednesday - morning
last in the Diamond shaft of the Lehigh
and Wilkes-Barre coal company's mines,
located in the suburbi 'of Wilkes-Barre.
Mr.•llariland was the foreman 4 4tlie ma
sonry work for the company, and had re
cently been superintending the construc
tion of a foundation for an engine in the
Diamond mine. This morn ing.as he was at
the top of the shaft waiting to desend, ha
heard the engineer's hell ring, which is
the u. - ual warning given before the car
riage descended into the mine below. ' Ile
at once stepped out to go dcorn with the
carriage. aome mysteritnis, manner,
'and with none to see him, he missed his'
footing at the moth!) of the pit, and fall
ing between the carriage and the Shaft,
he was hurled downward a distance of
over 450 feet to the bottom. A. miner
crossing the foot of the shaft a short time
afterward discovered the remains of Mr.
Hartland and gave the alarm. • The body
was triangleitinto a horrible mass, and
was, subsequently, taken in -charge and
conveyed to his residence. He leaves a
wife and one child.
Tau. 19, 1977
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all Blood Diseases: cures Nervous Pcostratitm and,
Weakness of either 5e7.4 restoring Tone and,
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Prof. It. A. ilitsos:. Saratoga, N. Y., vciitely
knowit Mt Principal of . one of our leading institu
tions of learning,. says that his wife has used the
"31edical Wonder" for a complication of diseases,
with the must happy effect. No other remedy ever'
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I.lr. A. DaLTON,3l4:Yrrisillle, N. Y.: ststvr In bed
to o se:tr3 with female and nervous tilimseN; e erect.
ALBERT TIZVXSDALF., Tuncook, N. IL. loath
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Mrs. 1. S. APARTON, 11111sborolk.N. ff.. sithtal
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NOICSIAN Ily:vr, Shells Corners, S. Y., wonder.
fulenre of dyspepsia amllleart disease.
!iris. Z. A. White, Sheds eornec , , N.Y..' terrildo
Seraluta and Kidney ll:sense; gained 40 pounds.
A. 11. liAlvt.Ex,, Saratoga, eayk!that ".11esileal
Wonder gave him health, strength nod appetite.
Mrs. onnurvv, coneunl,' confined
tohed with female and 'kidney disease; curnd.
Nu smeetor 1,000 ether cures.
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