NEW.; FROM ALL NATIONS. A. : 17.1":011) College has'llo4 200,000 vol- E 3 OrrDA_" in Louise de La Rame. She much. iiE drouth.in South Australia is brok- 'olmv.onv Ins - nominateg as the ticket •„vy , 4 Eyarts and lies.• HE Rinderpest in England has already 4 , MC a very 'pestiferous plague. or steamer Britannia, just arrived at !cv York, brought 020,000, gold. mrovEyp.: a Florida presidential eloc , is 'o be made collector at Pensacola.. !•rPOETED Eater cards are in "mita :p of illuminated missals of the middle c::KET is as quiet as a nursery - ; anti refugees are afraid to return to Turk- 11 - Trill the 'resident is neither di nur. remotely connected with that •TY. what v will Chamberlain has the I.ity - which Americans most deify— ..inNoLn, is preparing a-l'ol ,11:-of his poems gnd essays for ttie t , “pular bon; with the ladf6" this w ill again be the long, flowing sic I,so:r. river navigation has fully re -I.o:te:i are now running to 17r; aud Troy. • !lII' Winchester. lk , fore reported .asliore ITt 7 :nry.'g_ot `off Saturday morning to Norfolk, T, , T 1 facroy Of Coiony & N. H.. Nva barned Friday e-timated at. sso?4juti. T KM' ill New York are feel tile turroi-s of Oa:: law. Thirty of ago re_!4,!ntir been arrer,teil. li9ok keeper of the Brooklyn ~m le about ii;lti:;,o9o but was arrest :in-I'i all.but *10;4104 recovered.• Yor.Nc, a Pennsylpnia Railroad oaim;toi: was o;rushod to death boetween . 00 ffjfziot cars in Jersey City, on rriday. . _ W 1!)E . IJ. pit roe assumes-a toPloftinest at would - Joe iinposing, perliajA,- if it . • loot - so supremely ludieroous. — - "lloot.n tloi office. for I ant eorninorz':r orlde over three hundred applicants for sit ;on by mail to - President Hayes daily. Tin diarno,nol market keeps &Ali which load for :;(s5l - times. or joorl for had nes, just as you :have a mind.to look at the Terre-11 - ante Erprest : " A ly - re-idin!.;ft!w•.in.iles west of the city •ni ry tmve bitth to three children, two and one bey."'" I G -was - fatally shot bY:Na .3O 1 (:ruinb.- ..chile breaking into the Nerth .`.3toniivrton, Ct., Sunday. • :.• s i lme•Lusiness is estimated to be . velit. better thmt a year ago, must floc fact , Tries ruunin, over time, and the hawk tintilug work. ' bast a doz.:lli ballet coripanies are in tlic Szatitt. find vet the peo •1,;e1 - 11,.:xliog• for the i'resilleut to ileirny the tr.ittres..' • 'I n I cFn. is the spn .T. )latliews,:. for a ling ~f nritlit.maties 31.ititai at tlsftnd. Ohio. , I It'd.l.TT,alle young latly Who has meet -stuffy practicing . law in Chico }r,, california. T. '('. 1)1:1‘ E of San. Francisco recently vt- .I:qr.turl the Palace Hotel r' , hiDlfincnrti tlr ll4ln. Hugh licCul- a literary de i c.-. the 11.4 - r.stjt of his granddaugh.. r, 31rs. She has writ ti a n rz el. to he iral...fisbett itt,a few days. I)P.. J i.t .t of the Austrian Legation; lio is - )vell know in tlig_litrira.ry eirejes of still leave - for Home, lie is also to act in a r ti eflicialeapaci- . Tin!: Jurnel ease, so lonfi; an eye sore to ! I , lli tliclim3eis,, 'has been decided in r o`-:;,t 11!tdaine. by the L. S. Su n., 1 5 rt•Iiiips we shall hear no "re ”r 1 1: 11:11 T;;; IVII , Wiig for a tifia.s4 with “1,1 John Brown Levu latoy_4stitoi g Th 4 =Ell t ~ v.: ~•.•in 7 , ~ . . . _. ' t .. sr ... f)filt:t• ~f. tity.:l, student's of the . - 1 .,.v 1 rii - . : er, - ity have signi:(l a cleclara.- n ;I : , th t .y (I, , :.ire :11r.- Glacktones eice t to tht , ..rectorsl . .ip. - . , I 11111111 W r nf Itt:slan: "Catholics n.l itely uttl tl 'alone; the line of the railroail, in the vicinity of .. i i IPPn .1,,;:r an employ-ee of the k Snail. company. Wilmingt* d Friday niornip-r. raught In the 111:tiI.1 shafting of .11,1!1. - fa , t freight train of twenty cars, tea and from San Fran :, )Ia Nil the Baltimore. and ,ine readied New York making-the p tivi day. iG•rnia operator, is ilit frten .sonu and proposes to IThroru. lii• is . said to have offered , V;;";.:lant. A. Hanlnwrid a large surnlo ~:n!p:lny.. him tratispire - s that the lady wlii, -- was hot at recently was i .I , y 'the hail striking . her corset steel. s.l)s filial a little Treasury,steel-in s 4 t its end now and theft :? Ni.ws. , has lievn rt.veivedin New-York loss or the British iliirtiett. near Mistaken Point, Ne*, mil. with all but two of 4-11eereti'r, , j ot; her voyage front Liverpool to . John's. r e 4,1 of titn dam on the Farm river, at Rainbow, Conn., gave n Wedm',day Three. paper ilsv‘cre in imminent danger from the 1, hut the Wit - 4'r was thially,:diverad ~u-ther.directi,,ru. The damage is esti- litji:iiet l / 4 says a !.iilN.a.lni e n fr4n that, negh ::- (;'n leave for wbere P c (ir,) ;if furnish ci - eirk: LLia • Each man . hires out ." ;:t a Landsome salary._ V •'%; , ,,.r1 f;; , . 7. - 11:! of- Berlin states tne 1;;;ypt Las sent two •n eat trid . ,, es to Turkey, and has scr.,l troop:. The Bey tof - font four c , lmplete mitrailleuse a large sum ot money. . Si:'l7ator I).tvid :Davis vra - nts ;:: - ,,f clothes, he semis a slito.friend al a•.:al -Tts the tailor': , terms?' Then re. Ars en the lame aria the tailor has contract ahead into utter b.inkruptcy., • il 1:1) I,a; just been pnblished 2,merican Palestine explorati , ,n C. v. .1 . 1 notable re,ult of - the latc..q :oration by Dr. Merrell is fixing the y 1 the:cities of the plain at the north of at the s,;uth end of the Dead I,een Iteteti)f6re held. Gteat Wes'tern Stove Company. made 14.000 stoves whit:h %cure distributed through -Ica[.ca~, Missouri. Nebraska r„,„„ - Th e company 'make seventy yarieti , n, of • stoves, and their have . -ca y to produce 20,000 .I,oNtfroN paper raysthat a I'resbyte .i ho was cea‘ing to bO a ".”r \Nat. Oirered i ,. ,;:;,004.) for his Mann serfnoyis. , The Carcliaser intended ia'.l them to 11:Misters: of the church NE f1:1;_!:,Iiid and Were long he i. , 14t-d to cut ..thcro in two, to suit the and vie . fus. The of was declined. Lc .advic ' es to, London from Ceylon • he. aspect of _affairs in ream to the yatunerr — Riarcity is becoming daily ,racy.. I;y tire eud of March '2s,tx;€l will be paid off from the coffee nild in a month . or tw will o-there , wi 000 toprov : idefor. Meantime starving.-men women and chil •, 4re comingOer from India. , ;Etvs has Veen received• by the Japrt' - -t! embassy at 'Washington that the :un , a iusun-ection has been suppressed the government forces.,?ghe telegram iveying the intelligence .it La sent from Sirtury morninar-ckby Ni'ay of nla, St. Petersburg, London and Nvw. and j*as received at i2l , p, 'die !e day at Wa'shingtom ; • ;isuop H AILE , of Niobrara - , states that 'ese.among the Indians there are coo regular communicants, between • ;Ind who_rezularly, attend the ic.,s of the Church on Sunda - y, and ihaps I, ,1)0 -13 a; 4 i•;e4lelilldien. Schools • established anti and rei:ts begin to feel a pridOn the prog -9f their children. AI '• pratfall 'oda. EDITORS; E. 0. GOODRICH, S. W. ►Loe=D. Towanda, Zs., Thnrsday, April 5. 1877. MEETING OF THE STANDING CON. SUTTEE. The Republican County Counnittee met pursuant to adjournment on Tuesday afternoon, March 13. After a full discusakin of the matter the following resolution was adoptall: - If-cared. That the Chairman call a Convention tolacet on the second Tue.sdaY in May for the put'. - Iwise of chaosing delegates toi the Republican Mate Convention. and nominating such candidates as are to be noted for at the election! in November. In pursuance of the fore . i,ing action I hereby give notice that a convention for the purposes set forth. in -the resolution will, be convened in the Court Reuse. Towanda, on ~Tl' EST/ AY, 312 y IS, at I o'clock', p. m., to be composed of two delegates from each election district. The Vigilance Committees will call the primary meetings oni...tunlay, May 6, at such hours as rriay, .be deemed best. Said call should set forth ape. citically the time the polls will be kept . cpen4s swell as the place of holding the caucus. TLe , analdatea to t,e n , rnivatod are Dist?let torurrand County Surveyor., • W., H. CARNOCHAN. Chairman. J. B. M. HINMAN, Secretary. The following named per, , ,ns hare l'een appoint ed vtgliatiee committees fnrThe'eurrent year. = boro—Dr (' Hooter,. d S Reynold.. Albany—Alex Engllsh, Boyd Wllleox, Ste ren,. Arulenla—nnser A,yluar—E H . Delong, Jo. A Hornet. E J A rrt , M Eiy, .mbu Carroll, if NI, A il•hs twi,--W A Plzmuvi:r, S Layton, John f - I:arlar , ' ' Wnriingtonl)om.,—r I,..Rice, W 11 II Green. N NV -::: 1 . Burllngtr.n tw7-11 C S_vn.rer, S ir - ,.. ttn.. Nv I. Lat I wet—Alfurd Sl.ll.laHard, N C .Caut , ,n tr.lro—Throd , ,re .I•l6ree, A M Ayres, Ezek Newinalt. cantn, Lindley. lehabod Chas:Tay:or c.lum bia—H I Furggeon.lf • E Madding. Pranklinterne M Kee, Bos. Vlionesti Win B Roi:Lmelt. 11 - Ross., l ‘ollera Sb.-pherd. 11,1 , 0 - riek—W Nesbitt. Jnnois Neweil, Jos Lee. 'Leftaysville—J G Bcnnley, W B Payson, 3i S P5..11 I,r Hot - -1: S Palmer. Levi !i auford.l2 en ben Stone. !Melt E McKinney, Levi Morse, James St ravel. • - I Monroe Ie,YoM M , Coolhat gh, John Dougherty. ar!ri Mitma. i Monroe twp—T T Smiler ,Ell4lale, A L Reek. well. l'_Frkl 1.. A It Loring. D C Potter. r , vert.n—sta, Mulleneanx. p lrrtn E Beecher, M H i,;regory, E Ithlghury—J P Squlreg, * Owen, Eugene 'Thompson. I t Borne 1e..r0-0 Rlekey. 111 ; .owner. F Young. Berne, twp--4. I/ Prlur . e, (rhfas II Stephens. T B Banies. ' Szl,stn.4olmHW II II lorry .1 Thompson; 11 or are II“ron. , , Standing 4itnne—peter tatlnier, Henry C S'te%,3l.. II iron tiordtdl.- T T WcK.l, Carren , ! - v,w,rhts :!..pringflel4-lym'Trary, A Brr.wn, 0 P Hark- Creek-LSantuel- Tipipps-on, W H 31 oort.' ohn Ilr , an. • Sylvania—Tom Arnold,- Leroy Scoutln, Finly Finnan. ! 'rerry— Tr ,, y I,om--J 11 Grant, Gen L Pcctr., N M rora t :: my• troy•twp—Jolin F linne t Cliales INlaidy, M 0 Lonui _ 'r..cranda. ward-».Jud- , 41 11 ,- .lemnl, Ed Ira '2 , 1-war , !—lt A Merear..o 11 Lynn. D Pratt.L . a ard—D LSs eeny, l'ram ENiree, K V Hev er.r. T•Aranda twp—penFor,den Se.ville,tf M David run. _ - Towanda North—lS" IT SnOth, 1) 0 Iluflon, G . - li,s_ Tusear..ra—W Barrowclil, rat Mahoney, E L Taylor. j B Miner.. 7 ilosstr. Weles—fi'apt Judson. ISforils hard. -Wilmot - 11-arreit.--tyrgs 4 11 ,- ,u - Pn,!Geo Rr.lgerq.. Nathan Yomig. • I ml 'ram Ellshree, JaroL A Weiler. Iry.tiii-11);:—L 1) Ell). 5; 3T S:rpnen=,-r• I •;nnr. Wv , ol-IVni If Conklin, II II Shen,, .\ F Eddy DISTRICT ATTORNEY. E. Ctt tt,o.t:, ENg., of Troy, 1% n eandlOa.ti; for I 1 .trim Attorney, to he llOlnilinted hr lll...l:Repub. lican County Cenvention one the Stl! of 314 y. • Fon. more than tWeitty years the RF.rouTmOias endedvored. by ev(jry fair:mean:Vt.° uphold the Republican offfanization, 4 . 10 to promote' the . success measul:es calculated to -advance the cause of _human lights, and the material pTosperiey: of country. We havejaiined to award ".egtial and exactjtistice to all Melt," without fear, favor,,'affection 'or the hop of' reward. Above all have we sought, anxiously and sedulously to preserve the integrity of the party, to preventschism and discord; be lieving every Republican entitled to the same rightsand privileges as ev, ery other consistent- member of the . . party. With the petty squabbles :Old!' quarrels find jealousies which seem almdst inevitable to parties, we have had.no part nor sympathy en deavoring; far as Was in our pow-. ;• er t 5 promote harmony and good feelina that the Republican cause might be suceessful,aS the - means advancing the, general good. Such having been in the pi - st the motives which actuated us, we can not now be drawn into - any Contro- versy, which --originates in personal disappointment and ilbnatiired and unneighborly jealousy. If any one connected with the'llEroicrxa is the cause -of envious feelings with others, we regret it—but we don't exactly see how it is to be remedied. Mean while, instead of endeavoring to cre ate-trouble in the _Republican party, by indulging in personalities. and fo menting, discord and division, for im aginary personal grievances, we pro- - 0. - ;e•to devote our best energies to . the cause which for years has claimed' -our support. Others may consult their personal inclinations, and are at liberty to pursue the course which to them seems best, but if they ex pect us to engage in any controver sy which can only result in danger and disaster to the Republican cause, they will be mistaken. TILE following gentlemen have been selected by .the President as members of the Louisiana Commiss ion : Judge Cit As. B. LAWRESeE, of Illinois; 'Ex-Governor J. C., BnowN, of Tennessee General Jos. lIAwLEy." of annecticut; ,General NO. 3.1. HAR_ LAN. of Kentucky; and WAYNE Mc- VEAGu I of Pennsylvania. They will - proceed at onec to New Orle:ins, as a commission of investigation to ascer tain and report the faets to the Presi dent. There is a significance in the latest pnbl ishwl utterance of N icuot.s' 1" aclherents, that they apprehend' no troubles in holding their position againstrifAcissno, - as additional force from adjoining Stateslcan be procur ed if necessary. ..This explains the overpowering strength of the Dem ocracy in South CarOlina,• as well. The white Leagues of ."adjoining States" Can be relied Upon whenever want-61. .Tirktreops having been Withdrawn. from the - State liouse l at Columbus, -1 . S. C., Go;. UITARREI9AIN will aban don his efitim to thel Governorship. THE CONVEN tION. WE hope the fact that -only two candidates are to be -nominated by the Republican Convention which his been called to meet in this place on the Bth day of May, will - not de ter the Repuplicans of the several townships from sending as delegates their best men. Every district should be represented, and the question of candidates and the general policy of of the party fully discussed, so that the Convention may represent as nearly as possible the will of the people. The Se , leetion of delegates to the State Ccinvention 9 will also devolve upon the . Convention, and delegates should acquaint themselves with the desires of their constituents on this question. and come prepared to send men who will i s eliresent Us fairly in that, body. For the office - 6f District Attorney we lye heard several good names suggested. I. McPuEtti; oN, of this lloroulli is one of them. He is a young man of excellent abilities. and undoubted qualifications for the po sition. Thus..far he has been t i ..4e "architect of his 'own • fortnne," . having mainly through his own efforts secured a college education and profes - 4onal training. During the few years he has been a play- , ticioner he has gained a fair practice and is looked upon by his fellow membeis as a rising man. He has been an active worker in the Repub lican ranks for years. HARRY' STREETER is :also named for the position.. Mr. S. is one of our most successful lawyers, is an able, urbane gentleman, of excel lent business habits, and would dis charge-the duties .of the office with credit iklt fidelity. . '\V. E: CHIESON of Troy will also be presented to the Covefition by his - , section. where he is very popular, and enjoys the confidence of the conimu 'fSity, as an attorney and honorable business gentleman. The ,Republicans of Canton Lave _expressed a preferance 1 for W. 'STONE of that place. Mr. _STONE -is well and favorably known especially fn the south-western portion of the county where he has always resided, and biS claims will be modestly but earnestly yressed upon the conven tion. ; For the office of County. Surveyor we have heard no one mentioned 4 , Is IT :I. Mia.vmr.•?=-,:The• day of miraculous cures is generally 'sup posed to have passed away with the death of the apostles; lint the follow ing account of the wonderful recove ry of a young lady from •an almost incurable disease is published on the authority of the Harrisburg ,Petfriot which vouches for its Aruthfulnesi: I :Jennie Grissingei is the name of a young, Harrisburg lady who-reeently, experienced a remarkable change in her physical condition. .bout three Years - ago slid was afflicted with an affection of the spine, which gradual ly became worse, until slit was oblig ed to take her bed, from which she ,did not arise until a- -few days ago and then under peculiar circumstan ces. She had been attended by skill ful physicians, who refiorted to every known medical expedient to .relieve except the application to the spine of a red-hot iron. Two of them, held • a consultation recently at which it was determined to apply this terrible remedy if she consented to gothrough the ordeal. They communicated the yesult of their deliberations to her; but she protested against any further medical experiments and said qhe had made up her mimd to trust_ her ease to a supernatural ageney for cure and that soinethinr hail told her to rise frog) her lxiisg• confinement next day. She accordingly elevated her person and sat on a chair. The Hallowing day she walked across the, room, and since she has attended church, walking with perfect ease. Owing to the protraatcd confinement she is weak, lint•her spine, which was broken in three places, has been re stored to its original firmness. The physicians who had treated the lady were ( - galled in to see her after'; , shel 101 her bed, and expressed their, Sur prise at the marvellous changeqthat had Occiirred. Esi;rl her lun,gs.Ayhieli had been very seriously affected, were perfectly sound. Miss Grissin ger, who resides on Allison's Hill, attributes her cure to divine interpo sition in answer to prayer. • Slig , had particularly fixed her mind on cer tain passages of the Bible relating to promises. The yourig'lady is dai ly growing stronger, and she expects soon to be restoreitto perfect health. INGERsoLL'S OPINION OFSQrTII ER\ CoNine.ssmEN.--in. his rent lecture in New York Col. R. INoEn sol.i. made the following remarkable statement : Let me tell you something. If the High Joint Commission had failed; if the Vice President had never counted the vote; if the election had been thrown into: the House of Representatives,. Samuel J. Til den would not have been elected,but Ruth erford FL' Hayes would have been elected 'by SoUthern cotes. [Great applause.] I know What I am talking about. During the last Congress the S eithern metnbeis, ntit all of them, but er.ongli:of them, men who had fought .upon- the field of war against the life of our country, then held in their hands, so to speak, the destiny of the United States. With one word; : they.could have plunged us into the he 4 `of civil war. We were not savM'ity , tlit Northern Democrats; we were.not saved by the great ghost of honesty and reform. We were saved by those who once sought to destroy the nation, because they had had enttugh of war. [Applause]. They refused to act with the I.Lurbons of the North. They said: "We like this ti-ouri iry; we know what war is; our laud r was laid waste; our homes and townsaU) ies were reduced to ashes; there 4311 be no more war that we can pievetp,t t A President shall be chosen. ataljhat4',icsi dent shall be inaugurated." .Sler4; t say, who had fought upon the field or battle against our party, stood up in the cau cuses of the Democratic Party, and , used those very words. [Great applause.] To them we are indebted for the peaceful so lution of the question._ : They ireserved it, so to speak; and I am 'willing to unite with them to preserve that piicelcss rift forever. [Applause.] • ES-MAYOR OAKEY HALL, who so mysteriously disappeared froin New York two months since, has turned up in Europe under an assumed.name. THE President has deeidedtp with draw the troops from South Carolina. CIVIL szaviczletrosm. The abject of Civil Service Reform, (as . it is termed) is just now engag ing the attention of thC r 'Slitional Ad miniitration, as well as of the coun-- try. Like all measures of Reform,. a great deal is written and printed about it, which is very vague and in zdefinite, if not incorrect. The popu lar idea seems to be, that the Civil Service, is 'corrupt and ;inefficient lid needs a thorough : . and radical overhauling and change. ThiS idea is promulgated by the modern School of theorists and visionaries, who use the catch-Word "Reform," and apply it to all subjectS and all persons, on account of its supposed popularity. The Administration, on the contrary acting upon the more sensiiiie and • truthful idea, that the greatabajority of public servants are honest and ca pable men, has started out with the determination to keep 'valuable ,ofii ters. in the service, and by making their tenure of office secure to them, work out whatever of reform is needed. An experience ot several years in the public service has given us some idea of what is needed to reform the abuses which under our present sys tem nf.ycessarily prevail.. The man ner of making appointments, through Congressional influence has been se verely denounced, and has been. doubtless, carried to extremes.. Yet, while the offices should not be par celled out to either Senators or Rep resentatiVes, as their prerogative, a member of Congress shOuld be a safe and prudent adviser as to the char acter of applicants and the :wishes and wants of the people so far as his district is cOncerned. The 'appoint ing power is(not supposed to be ac quainted with the sometiines peculiar and antagonistic circumstances con- . fleeted with applications. for and the member of Congress is nat urally, and will be, usually, called upon for advice. With all the good which will un ,doulitedly some out•of this determi nation to perform , the civil service, there is an immense amount of twad dle and humbug indalged in Vihose who have no practical knowledge on the subject,' if in fact, they haNiiany practieal -ideas on any subject. Tliat. the mar-ale of the public servant is to be greatly elevated, or that any grand and ,sweeping reformatiOn , to he 'achieved, we 'do not believe to be poSsible. The public service of the country to-day compares ,TaVora bly with that pf any *-other."nation. llonesty . And efficiency in office is the rule and dishonesty and .worth lessness the exception. A holding to strict and rigid accountability= of those in 'office- is what needed • to .elevate the standard, a,nd to. secure - to the government a faithful per•l'ormi alive of the public trusts s;onlided to those in the service. Where Reform is most desirable, is in the tenure of office. Heretofore, those in subordinate places-holding their office, at the uncertain ~pleasure of political influence, have never been I able to fell -that, hoWever faithfully an , l conscientiously they might per form their allotted duties, they were secure in their positions.. The daily iltnger of di,Zplaeement stared them in the face. The uneasiness produced by this s 1; 1.,e of affaivo has been high ly detrimental.. If this is- changed, a' great advance Will! be made. If the principle could be established, that in„the lowe'r grades of Wiled.. there shouKbe no removals except for cause, civil service reform would have made - great progress,„ and most Pr the evils or abuses popularly sup fposed co be connected with the pres ent system, would be removed. The heads of departments, and the pt:in cipal offices throughout the country, could be easily regulated. s There is another class - of persons just now fondly- advocating Civil Service Reform, who are somewhat like the man who was in favor of the " - Maine law," but opposed to its en forcement. - Their ides of civil 'ser vice reform is to..reform everybody out of office, and reform them in ! These people have no idea of consis tency. except so Or as their personal aggrandizement is befiefitted, and their Reform does' not go.. beyond their individUal interests. Of course they are not always happy—but still , the world moves A MERITED TRIBUTE- In an artiele on the retirement of General CAMERox; the Tioga Mr intimated that the argument made by Mr. C. as Secretary of War in 1861 in favor of arming7the slaves, was supplied by Mr. Conn, a former editor of that; paper, and a gentleman of marked literary ability, the latter corrects the error in this neat and merited tribute to the late Senator: To tl.e Editor of the, Aggtator : I have Ast read your article upon the retirement Of Simon Cameron, and in cor t iffio n w ith hi'.; many friends can applaud your candor and fairness. But in assigning to the the credit for the argument in Secretary Cam eron's report urging the arming of freed slaves, yon unwittingly do both him and me an injustice. Iwas not only not the' author of that argument, but never, until' I saw the statement in your paper, knew that I was even suspected of having pre pared that portion of the report alluded to. I was not at that; time a member of Secretary Cameron's * eilicial family. hav ing resigned in September previous. I regret the publication the more for the reason that' there has been and still exists a disposition on the part rof some to de tract from the really great abilities of Si mon Cameron, and rub him. of laurels which be has fairly won and is entitled to wear witholit question from any living man. You never wrote a truer thing than when you say that, "while he has the faults of our common nature he has more than the usual amount of its vir tues." There remains but one thing more to be said of him, and that is that lie has always ranked far enough above the en tire leadership of the opposition, both in ability and in the virtues 'which secure a faithful following. May I ask you to publish: this note, in order that ,the false impressiom created by one passage in your.articlo may be fir- ever disposed of so far as I am , :oneerned? Respectftilly, M. 11. COBB. Philadelphia, March 21, 1877. TIM STAY LAW. The following is the - full text of the Inw pasied by the lasi Livia's ture, proitling for a etay bf -exectt . lion in certain eases: SECIIOar 1 That Mail eases *here larldt, Mite merits or hereditaments have bc.,sn or - hereafter shall be levied on by virtue of any:wilt of lied fa: clan, or other writ of execution. and an Inquest of six men summoned by the sheriff or coroner of any of the cities or counties agreeably to the existing: laws of ibis Cortfhiontreahli; - .Sabel - nod that the' rent=, Isemes and profits of such property are not saMalehl'heyotid ail reprises, within the space of seven ydars to satisfy the damages and costs, or the debt, interest and costs in seep writ as Mentitmed, it shall !settle (Inky of the sheriff. I o.iumtucm alt men of his bailiwick to go upon the prein!ses and antra*. the said property and in all eases where the defeudand or defendants shall consent to a ronitentnattors agreeably to an act entitled " An act relating toexesottions." passel the Mateenth (lay of Jane, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. and In any caw where an Innuisit lon a'ntl condemnation of such estate as aforesaid shall not bo deemed Deeer nary In law, it shall he the daft* of the sheriff' or coroner of .the proper'enunty to summon an Inquest of six ;Taxi and lawful freeholders of his bailiwick. ho-shall is• under outh . or aglrrnotion. and shall reeelve the sane• pay as jurors are eittitbol to In similar eases, to go upon the premises and value and appraise the some. at:a the sh.riff , or coroner shat make rrturuof such valuatlea or apprises.moot lilt the writ - aforesal I to the court from which the same issued, and whirlv.valtettir or ate. pral-emenrisbl'9 yet', all write and err Yet tin nr ScAiet ernpr.c•es I 6.!, iota ra,erf. in v future yte,.'ziiitgl which ni.4 le. lea led on the satire property. and In ells • an - y writ of yen:II:100 or Other wilt, shall, issue i'or the sale of each tenetneuts or hereditatuents, and the same 03011 1 (1 tar .•1 , 1 at p-tdle vfludite or niters , ' for two thirds or more of such 13113110 n appraisement„ that then 41941 In •:1 , :11 ca , e the sheriff or eont , r shall not make sale of the litelnises, but shall make return or the eatne p e e"tiljngly, to net (Wilt f/N/11l which the exmattion 1-su,d, and that the capon all further proeeedings fort ho sato of • sash teneutenls or hervilltantents, shall be stayed for one year freed snd after the return slay of the ven tilt tonal exponas. or other writ for the sale - of the Premises- Prornied. That :Its sheriff or coroner shall not be entitled to poundage , nnless in those cases where a sale of the property shall take plare. 2. That In all eases where lands,tettentents. or hereditatnents,llolo been heretofore fevisallgs , a and c o ndemned, or est , nded, or that liereaft; - r may be el bow! ft In virtu , of any writ of ti-r 1 faci a. and in at I C 1 4 ,0 where 31/7 lands. tenements. Or •I , O11:313 , Itt• 111 i o 1,0,111 , r Ileteeter shall 1, , ',oil ed or twried on, by attain• r f any writ of levarl fa rt" It slially I" Ile dote of the ~ I telitr or coroner, beforps eano4ing. 'to- said orotewty .kale. pur•nant to any av rit for thtt intrpoSe. 1,11..4 or In latrt4l4ll , e of corm o rot of tiler' fae.hts. It shall he the duty of or rorillor. loc:"Ort. •31.1 proisirty to sale, pursuant to ally writ for that pur pose Issued or in pursuance of such Writ of levat I smiunot, sic good and 13T1%11 111'.`11 tf bls I,ollu wlio,teOng fir -t , worn or atlirtutaf shall go opo , fiallases and milli.. trip- vnlna.lon or appraisellielit or nub proie.wly as directed by the fir-d-welion of this :wt. Sac. it. That in all cases where .estates for life. or for a term of years, In any lamb, tenement.. or .r.olitatnents. haw i n g 6, -n or . !ALI!! be 5(17 , 4 a n d lovlrd on by virtue of writ or execution. It shall be dutv'or the sheriff or coroner before he shall pus led to :01 vertly find sell lit., premises eon.- saSti to summon an inquest of slx good. and Lawful men of his bailiwick. wio. belng fltst dots' sworn ur allirmod shall go upon the pl/Cllllsl%l and make a tree valuation abliapprah , ;tient of the 50111 1 . if sit4.l. estate; for life Or a term of years as afore taltliafter being advertised and otTered for sale by numb , rondo,. or tottery aceortllng In law. I 01.1105 10. ' , ld for or nirirO t amount of the valuation and apt n 11,4.1110,1 to hr - made as a 10! ,, la!tt, Up' She Tiff r"r. r make rebut, ai•- `eordlngly and 111.'renr,11 311 further proceedings for the ,01- of 111 1-0111 pr.o,bl , shall be stay. *I for one year from tho flay Of ,3111 sod of exoetil Prorith'‘l, That the raid dd fewiant or tivfotolttotti shall ozototto :tot! &Ill', tli• Or r•aout r. as the rate fluty Is'. a judgment bend, with oio. more sullieleni 11l shail hr freelmide'rs and appr.4`;',./, by the crotrt. to br• t•nirted of r , •eord and shag be a atireal .1,0 , 1 tatifh.d. Ina p!Lally of 1 .a 1.1.• tto• v703t1.11 or apnr. 1 1.4• 1 n.•,,t. ett;Alti , qlo.l r.,ra1,.! I,4y mi•tit of ail nen*, debt. 1117..r.,t and 4. That In v.h , re 1,1 r; 'nal proper- FY talom ox(rwlon. by virtue of awy writ of tiorl f.lrlaF. I ••11 , :cl of x•y rwir of (.• I. p;, - .3s or :ilk cottmout,talt!.. Nirtutt of 1..n1 - emet !Mon 1y.,t401 by a ttottt , tt of the itt'actt. It ,tittit be tho duty Of rho oftl,tl,.to ‘,11..ht nett wlt .h tot tllm etettl rottwolit 0 , 5 r. twlt.tivit tatttil rt•- qa.-stotl I.y Ito tlettl.t.r, to ...mouton, tltt,to rtt.vo.ta -1 fr, , •nobt-r,. eitit.• to, t,rtt,o, tint deli' 'worn or a:Tin:lel Ity the •aitl olitter shah color attil appral, E.a.• pot ,004! proporty afort•;,3l „ widch v.1111:,11on or appral—men! dgy,ed_hy the an. prat-orA toge!hcr \stilt !,•!to.ltile of 111, prop. NV In execution ,ha't he annexed to the ref lira oa •31.1 s\ !it, and ,•:14 ,r,e11,r. - 44Al.prot,,•rte, any proptrty ...Id for I Wo-t I s of the amount t.f rattirtt to.) .r alipral,•tnent vetolue,' - f the sU.Or. Or givon t!, the I,:alordT, or ida!itt lO N her. or t. Hol togent; or attorney, agr,irddy 'to tli thoo, of the fird ,eat lot, of this act, that then rh! , .ale of stndt 1,, - operty for a. term "r. tw.tive toortflo , t front that date', That th , Orh.ttitlititt (tele'. "4Eldt rzrrt:l•• .011 , I , llVt . r to th.,.herlff. corottPr, or eolettede. as, the ea.tt mat' lot.ra !tot:0, , •n•• or In , s: - .. , 11131C1,kit-i..- , nr1t1..,, to I. entet and be a nen of ~:11.1 period of time th6:ol,,tult of the causation ii apprai,Pintdd, coLd!tiOned for no. f:dt Hui forthe,aning and delivery of at! and every par: of the !•alit persona! prverty. un.uf titr (.411;i r .1- Z1 ,, 1t of Ito. ...314, ~ it'cro'illott Ilto Inoper •heri tr. e"rortero:#,:oottstahle, In or. lot go.od ord,r and c ondition a.„ Nli i, !lir •arii Y,11••• art.:1. 1 ,11.4 ..71 . 1101 :yr !...;th4, or ttth,r rtinal In value awl lit ql (Sider to Iry 11:4::11:1/11"2. , 1 In 1111 . 111:11111Cr afort4al.l. or In , 1..fa0;,,1b , •r00f for Ito 1. tyin of tft. of tht. Itrpt?aao•tto , nr or villa:own with L:h•rc.t and or the .:11aonot of the Ihtort ,, ,t potof, tor w -kilt.• iwry tva4 1131.., and upon t Ito eteeto ..h4l rry 4 S7l nac h 1,00 the .alit pror , “l bc r, thrloot anti rt...eilvored tool Ow ye..4r.-•jit'tt- of for said defendant yr &fowl:tot:. Pr,ry bo T ifd 0,. hat watur- tti vxt A:t!.l li. •oloarn.ol prevont any !•.r or erraitYts from hactog the property of .1 0. •1 1 .1' 01'11 0 1r1or,. Np 0 0 • 11 10 :114' at any rort' alto th , y may think af :rr it utat hat,. ono— 1,441 1 io cA: a, ;if.. 11'1. be all uld,.. ar..ript 13 . . •,110, 1 ,••• • 4-Nl•eat rt••'•tin:c• ‘lll,ll t. •' r, a! ,,, r4/1114 1. , 111t . this 1 . 0.! 011!: WALD(' t h•• prn( d••• ,, f qal, a. iti Irt r coc.•a. - ;,.•`-r•• ,10.1! w i alUelj t.ra' or ev'eli!l , •ia 0 r,:d h.. •h•• •••. 11•1•• 74,11,6! i:I• '1.:•••• Vi.jr •11- t!r•rooth'irn I tl'41:0 - ir.! r-ut tot,: nontletint eh:l;g. •• tel.-at:wit:l;y ;h.• t . w.ttlttittnte.- or tie' , :ty tle• lien:. or ohnizo , on , T; , l Tt• tf I - - ,:I , IC rEtrg, grtetr:•l-tent... 1'rov1•1,1 t tit 1:14! .ttitt,'y t , t •Itty, ft , r t:ineeth e it sentl-attttitatiyt/1110,4,- , ••• .111- e , ate. tt - du, ”r NO ,tfit. are hoio'y nothoritod to to• in,ti nito,LoOr rtalitrs lair Prot I , lott. that tlos ta..t t..!nrtin Ili fore- for a loitger pt , t!u , t thttn eighteen ttunt tt,tc - - DEMOCRATIC' YI ISSTATE ENTS -So much has betin printtgl in the DetnO'cratic newspar ersjn regard . to the manner in which th 6 bill prohib iting the„appointment by the Sheriff of - Philadelphia ut' numerous (im• ties to attend elections, that many lionelst-reiderA have come to the con clusion that a f.T.;ross outrage was per petrated, by the Minsk", and that Speaker MrEn should be ensured for - calling to the Chair - Mr. IlunN, while the bill was under cons;dera- tion. The following candhl state ment' of the whole affair, we copy from the Pre.;s of the il7th ult. t careful perusal of this statement will satisfy the unprejudiced, - that the disgraceful scenes witnessed on this occasion. are chargeable to the Pem ocrats, and not to_Speaker.MvEß or the Republican majority: Sit:: A, then• h,4 been such perst,tent mkeep. re•-ntntl , n of oluring thes. •hn: Mce lay rvenhiz, 'nth 111'4—In the be the 1) , / , '.0- eratie pre., the f 4.14, , ,, trig eel eet staleineta djr the el, I. Ittli• 1:t•,111- I lON. , It. 'IIIZ It. ortkr. it r. 1:11113,1, De;:twar.., of fered the celinwint: That 'l'.l:•n thi , 11 , 41 , 0 aolJouros eveoloir. It -adjourn. to nio , t to t,la mlr,urt Iht•re t..r (or Me parro.• ei.11,1.1e1114: ifoo3o Hill No. on 0.111'4 r,:ling , and 11!..tl-pr.,..ago. The me•aker pro te,a,.. 31r. Huhn, put the Ties thai : •• %Vint order whl take on the res ohvion 7**a:id the ta•ply emu°, •• not reading:* The reolution was again read, :and the rine , d dl..:lnetly put br Speaker pr o tem.: e wpi t h e 110a , e agree to the re.edutien?" At this stage. of the proeeedlng.. edth..ta the le:iNt •daa , ''' Mes-rF. Se and ntsvtie:•, with other I/1-11101.r3:s • lift their %eats and eatne to the area lii front of in uktk'i desk, wittily ,gesticullthig rind shot Ing their dots at the 1-.peaker rd the Tit... Speaker pro tern. g,...1.1.ann.r -edly reminded the gontionen that ttu y were pat of outer and inu.d" return to th,ir seat.. They re flp,ed to do and !In. Sortten..t-at-at wai ditto ed to 1...a.t the gottlernon In 14 their , rat. and pre,..rve %%Mit Lr pmeet..l6l. tndu. The di..turhahee f ill.. Democratic side ..f the 'louse. the 111 , 1.111.11enn, rtioty,reniairlin;, , In thoir and the Spra',..,:r pro lon:acting ‘Attimitt tho len‘t -evitement Iu e - etd or manner, Kpeaklng klnd,y I,ed enforcluz the rule% of the 110.1 s eer ith .11gmly Dongta•s„ Had, IV ziker. m!nlitr. iJ.cr anx. Mer.ltny. time,plo v : llltr!n It, a!),ll;iill.tt .1 t114,t1 thr prt . ri•olj , sp-nLvr pro pat. a. fol!cw, -Shalt lir Itutin no..v put :'• 31r. 54.1,113u,i1y th-ri pt tp.t r.or, r4l I,y the Spv-aloy pro tem..to to r , and tank at 11 . : 1:4 tea tniuutc, 1,, as That Ittde rrnalte.; that Ow 1r0n...• shall ad journ at or berm , : Io r. m, on Monday. and a to., o- In:Ion fixing a tp , cial for the , all.l. - 9 , 1r , - , tw, , dltirds tot”. 4-0. an.... R u t,. 27 y r , I,l r , That any-ino.!on to alter the !tilea of the 11(41,1 :41:tii jle ort , r ono 11.rr. Tb- Sp..ak,r pro't . eal.APetitt`it the point of order hot well for tin' r. ilt.tt it wa. , romp.- tr•nt Pt - the llou,e to fix a ,os , lon of th, any time It ,aw proper. out,lcleof the r,gularhot:ri. of :he t:e , ” , .r.n, and It V. as no violation of any ris!i. for n .` , don to I, fl %" ,1 IT the noose, and that It did not ropitre two-thin', to pa, ',aid r,,olutt an t•titirrty. ticr.h.lon of speaker Str.r,g, Jonrh.it 11. 1t..1570. page '2II. Stnal.'s t, yfeia:ty 1576; raze An appeal aa4 then taten b y Fannee and Seliattl`rlY. wide!) at pe,t Ir 3, laid ?wait the tatle by 111 to 6t; m•y•. and the Or the Speaker tea...sustained by the House. The question reearrinq. "t‘hall the main quer lion HOW I,) t,qt r . it W;IN determined In alarm ative, and on the question, 6 . Will the H o t:, az t e, to the resolution. offered by the gentleman !rum rtelaware?" Ilte_yea% and nays were required by Messrs. Crawford and I; rut n; r. awl the 70.0101{10n was agreed toi—yeas 112, tutrs 57. Su the question Wa -4 detertnined In the allrinattce. ' The allegations that Democrats mere not reeog. nlzed 15 false In every particular. as will app , ar front the foregoing record. Mr. Ertmatterly was recognized on his point of order. The Itouso pa tiently 551'1941 for its reduction to writing, and the yeas and nays were tied t y Mcssrs.Craw ford and Gentrier, and the appeal of Messrs. Sehatterly and Faunce respectfully received and considered. Harrisburg, March 24, 1877. urrzns PROM on murasPaspais, ' wmanN &tar. ustee ;A 1877 .'Sib the clove _. of Congress, Washing ton has taken i rest; that- IN as to gayety, and politteid differeucis, Yet, though the ebb and flow arthe tide maynotaPparently m bear and away—so manystirrffigevents and brilliant beetles from the Capital to 'the woe(' at large, the under current here is Steady awl !grow'', arVfife' Moves on. since the. formation-of the n w Cabinet the 4 civil`service" -- and :its r!arm," till cc. a column or so of the daily pa rs, and if anything is reliable of whiclr-we read, the new Secretaries, mean business. Many of these hightofticials express a desire to return to the plan of '• competitive exam ination," as to the qualitieations. Yet many think this plan would be a failure, as throe undeserving would thereby be taken in, and those of perhaps more real ability be ruled out, it is scarcely neces4 sary to subject a lady applicant for posi tion as.copyist to thu-same rigid examina tion in mathematics, which would qualify her to tie chief of a burein, upon 'A sal ary of sixteen hundred dollari per annum , yet it. is, moreover, to be desired that merit should decide in these eases, and . ' not political influence. Before coming to Yastrin4on I had received the impres sion, only because; I was told so, that the clerks in the ditfenint departments hail "little to do," and not "much of that." How often do we hear the expression, 't living upon Uncle Sam," whereas; re search teaches one that Uncle Sam can't. "plav a lone hand." I have been through the Treasury for instance, and hard wit missed the ,coitus operare/i of the whole business. it is "all work and no play," . and that after the most rigid arid perfect riles, from the highest officials' down ta the fleet footed "messengers" who "do the running..", - The lady clerks are ex pected to do their wank promptly, and without error, and mans of the gdntle men spend their evenings -atter office. hours, pouring over dull scores of figures, loans, and ho,-114. Col: Sellers' expres sion, "There's millions in it,".would ap ply to the care and labor cif the Treasury, as well as to its iron vaults. SOUle one remarked the other'day.,that Assistant Socreta-y Cfmant "bad talked so mach to the hundreds who beseige his situctum, that his voice had nearly failed him.'' Notwithstanding the effort made by a New York hand organ to grind Mr. Con ant out of office, he is firmly established in • his posithm, and the confidence of the people. 31r. Conant is a tine looking gcn, thonan of dignified presence, and bah himself and his lovely and iuteresti.lg wife arc very popular in society here; It is of coarse the trite test of WOrth—this' " home appreFiation "—when men tire Watched day by day by the same eyes, maintain their position or g . fihil name intact.. "the press" loses its "liimer" to harm. I may remark 0, 11,1,4,1 tat., that it was with sin cere satisfaction that I wad of E.O. Good- Tieb's re-appointment as Surveyor of that I'irt of Philadelphia. Also. that the r_;-ay . yOung in istocrat of the•_Voi'l, '.,, we r,, , , f , -•ohjects. - ::t.• lie is .surpried to kli• , , * that Ili:1,11'0rd Comity is a phlee wortky of his "regrets"—attel it's notice. I have no doubt this s,.:ion of the McMichael' s. would inturro4.itt: Mr. Croodtzi , li as to the s, , i•i'il ;:t !whip: of his ..zreat-leatr;tratni fat bin., "Brad-ford ,(einiti• 'Mal cd," sii muses the e , ritor who ply.' a `• itlootled jell, :mil to cuter,, , x1p,•11 - 3(;W:-1 , .lik . " 0 lien wcathl rtlnire more reil-tap , , etc., than to gel - an a tip , tintinnt as minister to t :le "heathen ti ni;leo." 'l . ).9,n't hint : rine, how ever, that I have evi'' aspirod to Oeribitle for the ... - Vio•tir A ilo.r I:•,t.y , but. I happen to - 12,n'e heard "the :tu4:ject dis.tussiii. It is truly a Ira (.liing wayNvilich some city people have. This p , rtt,t,, , ':;//. , / "the -country" when, upop the Vallivar,, all 01111i:hr people knoW that; from; thence , c,Anez: the brain, net v'', and slut' of the Nation. The same spirit of impertinence inTer,;cwed " your mo s t obedient'' one (lay List 'auttonnovheti a presuntimz New York . girl feint Tiled me that .'• count ry, ',:iris could alit .lA, intelligent, as in the lid plane they Ilad to spend, ; their tithe F...lnking, or in'the dairy,. tmii. 4-f e ,lw:e r:;nhl not obtlitt:. the 1.1.4,1: - i; fo real " " Shacks of I- omerl."_ YOU :nay 610 pynd upon it, I did my level IP 't to-'r to If ilte spirit 'of Irving, Dielien,i, ...litilles ttmli. and other.strotn , felh;•;vs 1.4 Lip TIM . pit. Ali:is:N - 4:w Yorl: on a lame rock on' ~ ninhattan, and,--sneenctieti. Lot. now I. must Last:. -.t to 101 you of thos3 fort noate. tcom,•u 111 r "1,111:1(A.TVIVI: . 6 or \V:l , l;in!.:tun. L—t evening, at 'an alt' rece tYy Passett. t Lk! lovt•',y ar ii . 1 oc-this city. % . al,ll I,lieonvo , 6 :1.,0tit in a I;indery, " . Miller a passin olanea.. t leni:ner W.t, eliattin;; NVith ex-Senator was favoitql Ivith an int rodiwti•qi. S!;e is a line hpdzinn,r-wonnm, ,vvitii hia.l :lad , i3.;‘1,:(1 by laf..iv;„' k hair, and .. well in rieil di - tss Of black Stilk,. - ii - 11;1. Ntrtito ebilk ;tll,l ;Ind 111.1.1111P1 NV Ls 111, , 01:0 :•1:', 4 1 . 11111L4 than slii. win . .. • TI;(;:e . is ci, nitit it ;4.6:11101v feelit4 ill Ilir C 0 ..., and it Tv as ‘ith silo a ple!sant. iir,tt she toll n:e,ol . •- la'r 1 .Ne I,tt and how theY 14re wally blust 101.1 CI l ' iununer is a I. c.ILI rers:.4l, to say thejeast ; Lee I•dent it is max et'',Sar.Y i;raeo I'rreenw.,l,sl v.oro a oal k Cardinal silk, with gray faripgs, sthich was very bccollling to her coiniilex ion and nail . . liee f.:eg is very inleri st ing, and yet thrnili!larh 11,41 , ,WS , INisich t11 , 11:41a. honing bamo taken her . beauty, and. left lier i emus. lier reeihtion was not :Wove', taitivisni ; in thesedays, when to bo a deinant l s perfect, enutici.il hulls. and a voice as beautiful in its modulations as the cadences (ir a vocalist. lit Cl! Greenwood speaks. WO feel the tnagmetism which pervades all that sike-d bays ;nut does. that s,'.inething—w - liieriL'l ileaven only gives, and'whirli fate cannot destroy. .loaquiti Miller did ti9t app,..ar at this i'eeept ion in his Usual baek woods e•e4ttime." but was "clothed :did in his i ; ;lit niiial" in a suit'i'ir:filaek, and wore an immense upon out...hand, ;Ind upon the other :1 white kid glve. There is surely nothiiry, poetical in his taffy eil ortal hair worn ailseetedly low:, Int there is sufficient lati..sia . ,, e in his restiez:s bite eyes. llis figure is rather st?opcd sloudi . ing, and :Itogetlier " keen." r s per, ,,, ,,?1 , e.f e.)niparald, with ninny of los verSes. I Ivoultl like to • , ive you a prof*. ;t2 P. LI Iv ler . ; .rate. v,.ho has drainaiized Ila ne'seaultit Letter, and Who is a gracious podiltss crowned with si eeess.• More anon'. Fi.r.misi TILE fullowin , * repOrt on the tem perance questiOn from committee, to the M. E. Conference recently in se--:ion in 'Williamsport, Was unani mously adopted by 'We eotninend it to other denominations: IVnEn.F.A.-, The manufacture — and sale of all alcoholic drinks is the fluitful source of crime, poverty and misery. de stioying the happiness of thousands of f: inilics. produeing unutterable sofferir., 4 , Idling our prisons witlt criminals, our penitentiaries with e“Oicts. and 1:c11 , wit the souls 4,1 ruined fellow creatuies; and • . IVitmit:As, 'rho Church of christ is ap pointed by our Lord as the light of the world, the Salt Of the (3111) and (1w great avent fur the salvation of our race: there foie, Re. ,,, lced, That we accept it as our 5 ,, 1- cum duty to exerteour utmost etrorts for the prohibition of this wicked flank, and earnestly recomnreihil all our people to n~e•every means in their p , iwer to arrest Elie progress of this..l,•rrihle evil, and se cure as early as 110.*iii0e the Ve-Clilla+4- 111.. at of Me local optiim law or its equiv alent. • _, llek,li-efl, That we eaT:U'e , tly appeal to an Inn' pePple to he comdstent in their proreFsitlfis and conduct iii regard to this import:int sulticet—thitt they vote it; they pray—mai ned - ,pray on Sabbath r.r the cause of temperance and then at the nex election vote for those hom they knots' : to he favoyable to the license law. .17,epi1e , ,W, 1 That we racommedthe organ izatiop 4 4 1 juyenile temperance. societies in all our Sabbath Sehoo,s.:,.and -that all our children and ymmg pc 7 ople be mg,al to discountenance the us.c of alcohol aid' all intoxicants, and enlist now i . while young, in the sacred cause of' tutai-absti nOnce. • /?(ei , ./red; That we call especial atten tion to -that chapter in the discipline, (page :In), which relates to this 'subject, and that we enjoin upon all our stewards to.previdc the pure, unfermented juice of the vine for saprameutal purposes, as the discipline requires. • . • IT cost /New York over $123,000 to pros'ecute the•ring thcives. - A good thing fol. the lawyers. STATE If PM. ai.TDDiraT has been appointed Commissioners Clerk- of Sut:queban. County. Bemis the Easton Express,' six daily paPers have :beim started in Easton; and .thaEaston daily Free • Press is the only one that continues. Therefore, the Ex piess ►nplies, there is room in Easton for two daily papers and no more. _J-3L W. GEIST, who has just retired from the editorship of the Lancaster?Er ,a►niner and E.cprcas, in connection with Hun. John B. Warfel, is about tuptat t new daily paper in Lancaster, to be - callod The New. •Era►. It will be indcpendcr.►t Republican.. . - THE . mere:Tr:tile appraiserS list of Clin ton county, already published, contains 177 names. Last year it contained 192, a falling . off of 15. SEintETAIIV QUAY havingi!een surxested as a candidate f,or Governor in P•7B, an., nomice.s that Jul is not a candidate; but desires to retire from public life on ac count of ill health. THE . ..Williamsport Ga:ette says: "Ben-• . nett's branch will send down at least forty millions of feet. of lumber in the log this spring. -Laurel run, a - tributary, will con tribute twenty-three millions. The logs have been on the bulks between two and three weeks, and the landings, ,in general, arc broke. HEr. E. J. GRAY, President of Dickin son Seminary reported to the•late seseion of the M. E. Confrence at Williaifirport. that the total amount expended by that institution on account of the Preachcrx' aid society for the education of preachers, childrca-agaregrites thus far, ft 45,539,43. The society still has a credit. on the semi nary linoks of $31X1,27, making their total credit $5,92.7,70. TuF. - Williamsport Gazette thinks the next house of representatives could not do a more graceful act than to elect. Hon. Edward McPherson its chief clerk. So do we. JossGrnss•os, an nand citizen of Welk boro, died of diptheria, on 'Saturday, the '?.-Itsmlt. Mr. G. was one of twelve ail dr,.n of "Wm. 'Gibson a Revolutionary soldier, and was born in 1804. Tug first conflaizration whieh has ever visited LaPorte, Sullivan county, was ex perienced on Saturday evenine- of last week, when the residence of Mr. John Tinklepaugh on Main street was burned.. T E dirOtors' cit the Lehigh. Valley 'Road _ Com pany have announced a quarterly dividend of seventy-five cents per share equal to six per'''cent„ per an num. payable on Monday; the leptlk;day of April to all stock holders, and to women only on Saturday the £l4lll. Tin: Union . Hose Ciampany of Lancas ter :ire - said to have killed in their hose house, the other day,.tifteen rats average in'z overt-two pountlß a-piece. ' Alst.;ohl man engaged in hauling coal in i Ashland Al heir to 'slll,ooo some time a:; , ), - and i n : - .iaturday last he tiled, leaving tie , forth c to ah only son. A 505. ,. .0f editor Day of the lTunlitin noek Deiio-,rat was one of the studebts promoted fur proficiency is compositbm. a't the reeem. conies cement exercises of Keystone Academy, Factoryville, Pa. ; WirATEvEn may 1 e On:night •of the times manypf the Pit tsbnht. manufactur ers arts-mimingto their full.capacity, and some of them are unable to keep up with their orders. - Double turn is the word in the rolling mills, while many of the idle s s works are starting up. .and the ma . chine .hops, tell of marlied improvetpent rn orders. ; " Thu eemperince revival in Pittsburg contimies. The number of card pledges up to this time reaches :194,000. 1 IT is said that there ;t i re more'llaPtist clanehes :old members - .in Philadelphia than in ;my other city of the world; save London: • G. B. P.t.rinr.ii for a long term of years Pn.thoutary of Susquehanna County livis lw;.1) cluctrd Cashier of Pirst National of Montrose. Mr. E. is - one of.the nio>i - coinpetent men in the state. and is beside pos,esed of other reouNite to the new position hers been called to. ; -A Wonderful Distovery.-OGr , 0/1 . :1 -4 t•r efr,eted by Dr. 4 . ;.%(71.'S " 311:111 , AL It I- .10d to, .to tI gr,3l,t Al o. bEI 41i 7 .•:.vered. 01114 unnyaNt - :i t , C 1 :1!.4 1.1.7:171;, ~r:7••.ue• and ,troc,g. It cures c!.l: , l3 . sca,es of tia LI, mei a%kl a!! and au,l Vig“r In ii.. Thut , l tjt , ture•t ' N't.it'4.-.N tit' t'onv. , r,, Y..won,i,r 7 .11 ..un• Mr-. Z. Shi4l, t',lu..r , , N. Y.. I , :rcil,`.< aril K gliwy 11,., p k. wt. sny , tt.:o \l - ... •:•r " g Ukuf inutlt It. ru,o, app.r A Lut.nT Tut 1 .4toA T.4-.01:. N. li r . 14,1tItt :411.1x4,:41,..01 1,7 1 , 1 I ii.• P: o.. 11; A. lit Saraiog 1, N. Y. tt id kn a-FriTicip.t! of la. Lit a t f.hirnia!4'. sr:, that 'n ife ha, tt,ol tint \Votol. , l” f;';': a complication of ‘11 , , , a,,s With :lar ino,t happy elita.t. (.tt F ta.mody - e‘ or :ou. 11,1 thy tilt,• it. t.E. , . (1:1 . k.,1 of t...?•irl'lt.ealarrh. ('fitnqr:, N. y., t i(;;:111` , arrtllllll - 31 r ,. I. S. ATI'LI:ToN, 11111shero. N., IL, spiral ; d 1:„,-.1,14... • . , j Dr. A. DAL - roN,_?lctrei,ville, N.Y.; st,ter In bed It wo y,ar , With r..thal..:,fid 1,,r,:tp.un,,,,,: 4`III ed. MN. C. P. 0111.%'.\.Y. Concord. N. IT., confined to bod w1:11 ((Ina!, and kidney di rase: cured. 1 No ~paref”r LOW other cures. - :3'- A,•`..: your Druggl-g. f.•r •••:11,•dical W,n,1.1 - ," and ;'.,e eur,A. Pepared by Dr. CAJ,E & Co., Sarati•ga. N. Y. . For ! , :tlt. lit Towanda D . r. If. r. Ibuirtn ItI . ,IIEN CUltlt.t N & N. V. ITc77 Atlverti:enlett: ATIZIX'S NOTICE ;TIN a that slt pol , llfiS 11.•;• , 1'4 :0 till . kol hr. It. r. rirter. MIT= MINE inu,t inuat,ll.lte pavawat L. the anth.r,lizia.d. awl all por..wis harlatr azala , t I.,uare :East' 1110111 ' , 11111 y ;L:1111 , 1.11C11:e.1. 1. r •t•tlleuk,at. . ELIZA r: Art 1q77,v3„ 01 - S'rElt BAY ANT) •-1;t11 or 1 II RoUrli • I•y thr 11.1 y or wt t-k on ivrto W:11111 111.:11,, , :nt,i'a: all 10•..1r.. 0 . ,,,t..ts at viz_lo,le,alt• and trtall. r us WA" 1:o It SI'E.ING St:ITS M.Hiu to ~nl,r AND WAIIit,iNTED TO FIT ! J. L. McIVIA;ION, CII A T 'T A R orrot , lTE: COri:T not E: SQr.II:I M 39 Just r.! , ,- . .re,1 a NEw AND cmtI'LETE , TOCK 01 CLOTHS, G ENTsf I , TENI6IIING COOPS, lIA'I S, .&.c, &c., &c IT , .pri•pare.l li furn!, order, math! to 111.•too:!te, SPRING A: 11_ STITS, BEST QUALITY & LATEST STYLES, At prli'es the nin,ol p•asonaide of any establUth tnent in Towanda. Call aild nn' :dock. • J. f.. MuMAIIII.I4:. Towanda, I'a., Al4ll 5, ' IM7 TYIANOIS AND:ORGANS.-W. F. NIXON will sell any rla no or Organ made In .tats country a.t panic prices.. I pay no rent, and hire no clerks, and buysall In. struments at bottom cash prices, .and ,Soli ss low as any other man. Parties wishing to purchase will please send for Catalogues and prices hefore buying elsewh ere. Addtuss W. H. NIXON. ' marl= Einar, N. T. LIST OF LETTERS remaining in Post Oeice at Towanda, Bradlord C 0.,• La.„ fur the week end log April 4, 1877: , ~ Allen. A R. Braga; Jobli, , Barnard. Henry, , Itatley,'Mary .1, .., BoWninn. 81 L, ~ • Brown, Chas C, Bartea, B. F. (7) Bowman. Mrs. W.' B. Brown Lamont, C [awry, Haggle Campbell, J. F. Debility, Henry . ~....,„ Flnerty, Owen .. 43 lirJun. "lane If amestmon. 'Wm. liotratt, James ' Kelley. Rose C. Madden, Jas Sweaney, Maggie • Th fil&Y, 31114 Nellie Titus., D. S. jr. Why Block Hattie N. . reruns calling for any et he above, will please say •• advertised," giving date of IBC S. W. AL V,OIID,'P. At. RICHARDS It, CHASE. SPRING OP,ENINGIAR. 28;29, 30, 31. At which tin.m. we will all9w an entirely new stock MILLINERY GOODS, LADIES' SPRING SOTS., LADIEW DOLMAN CLOAKS, LADIES' I'oCBLE TAPE 'HOOP SKIRTS, 4c., Jihr Our stock being entirely news-wi l t I fresh, we shall take pleasure Its showing l it to our many friends and to the public generally. CHAS. E. Ric fiARDs.. CIZASI. Elailra \. T., March ..n.17. NrAy , coo ns WE ARE NOW READY WITH A FULV:STOCK. Q.F,• FURNI- TURE AT- THE TIMES, 'Or 'OT:H.- OWN -MANT:FACTIZEE, WHICH - WE INVITE YOITO CALL AND EXAMINE IMI=II9 WE KEEP ,LARatsT : , r 'rocK OF GOODS OF A.Ny ONE IN THIS PART . OF THE STATE.:%:ND OUR oPRICES ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST R 1 * 1" WHEN WANT OF ANY THING IN OUR LINE, GIVE LAS A CALL.__.,. ItENTEMBER THE PLACE,: _IT THE OLD STAND OF MAIN STREET. Towai.la, Pa.. Aprtis:l77. REMOVED! REMOVED! THE BOSTON BOOT '',C; SHOE NO. 3 PATTON'S BLOCK, MAIN-ST., FIRST-CLASS BOOTS SHOES, wlll sell at CAPS, .'. ASTONISHING LOW PRICES !. j 7 AIL koods, warranted al represented OUR, MOTTO:-WF.. STUDY To PLEASE' ,A.lll goods warranted front ittyplng. Towanda, Cs., AI (I 5, Now Advertisements. • 31ISSF.S SUITS , - DOTS' SUITS, FOR THE SPRFNG,TRADE!, PRICES .TO SUIT{ Y NO CNDERTAKING AMIE J. •O. FROST'S SONS. STORK, • Ha.; removed to Two doors abQvy 'Steven, & Long we have hand IVliir t le stc...ek OI Conn. and see and h. cons In ca folly yotir9, "tk siaTTEL New Advertisements. , TVISSOVErTION.--The, coplrtner . ,A r ship heretofore exlstlng between B, F. li'at kton and ittramq Watkins ls,tld-lay. ' ty niuthal eintseat, dissolved. All notes and bunk acsolnts belonging to am late Item must be yabt• to Rink , - ; Watkins, and he, the sakt/Itkrthey Watdlnq, k to pay all Ilabilitle4 of 4.3.14 firror It. F. WATKINS. • IaRDSEY WATKINS. Eneshequln, Apri!.s4o. VOTICE.—The undersigned haw jAiging closed lila business at Wysauking, Pa.,. will proceed immediately to the settlement of his Crooke, which will he left at the store for'the n e xt thirty days, lit charge of N. L. Park, who I, It thortzed. ha serlie all accounts contained therein. It is turd that all, persons haring, unsetttol z..• - counts w h me Wlll accept 01 this , laritation and call and ettle, and therefore aitriti any unpleasant ness t might arts , front the necessity of rescr c _ t ,n, tot er means for collection. April ss, ta77. •,, GEORGE SMITH. - - ~ •-- • + . p ITSINESS CHANGE AT NV Y-... ii SAUKING.—The 3.ferchandise and General Produce Business formerly carried on Lyißf..Mosge Smith. will hereafter he confirmed at the ..a,.• place hy George Smith and N. L. Park. under 3311 M of Stith h & Park. ' Thanking our nornerems friends for past faros , . We cordially Invite all mi extend the same I -.0 patronage to the new firm. Iraqi Will he pad f , r atl -kinds of 'Farm Produce •34 heretofore. l , .te: Goods sofa as low as a! any store in North"rtt Pet.c sylvanla. GEolttlE t , 3111 It, I Wysaukinz, Apr, 5-41 c. 2:. L. PARE. . , . NEw STOCK O . F GROCERIIES! ES selelt lons of, FINE TEAS AND ,, COFFEES ! For s,ale.cheap Caq, raid frn - all ?awls of COUNTRY ,'PRODUCE' At the old staLd of C. B. Patch Towanda. April 5, 1577 puilLie NOTICE.. -I. JOHN If.kNNAS, Lellit: Blari:stuitlx by trade. MO t•ttert - frit O.- tof s.r.er meat,: berehy I . - .111,1 . soften 13on at the 'fi , rtre. .!.o that I e,tlitl.work :th at a bettor advaht.4.•: Itehtee.l IL , It, make Iny exporl!Nobts with illtrerilir the best prospects of ,ere• It. waz Lb 6:te , ,1* these to . ca:Atql.i thai I disolxerecl THE woNDERFrL EFFECTS OF ELECTRO SILICON UTON 111 E lIUMAN SYSTEM, I had a def,,t. la tlin=f• ,-,r fingers, whiff!l bt•lit Or up In my 1.a.t.,1 -neti litanner the ~ ontrat tl-ti 4.1 Inc cwils. that r1.1:,.y v.cre to - tn, , , in n:. 4.111 y avotal! . Jn. , I t ~, t, no; 1:1:141:, my tool- at. I - otn-n thnnglic that I 17(rtild •-lit /AT 0::1 - of my way. 11,3:1 ,: ~ any hope of Litt all to Wrll. I xvorkiiig with a w l cryj'A 1::. withlny • Lt; ttot.t", elfer - t St tilt:11 tlAy ll,' a 11 , 1v3" 11 :ttra=tt'r, r.t.t...1 It xvlth taw •t 1 to -,..trprp, fifitt,t itty ~ atift I rtittei ttit•to I rwittl lianNy myyyo.. 1 hawl to try :.wa w.w::y. awl a g,t,..rt.! tiro t•••t,'t. Th , rhat hxl t• 1 etft ,, •:% ;wt. r .t f: a i•,.r.1.; atol 1 :LZ :ar-E :Ey 11,'.1,.1. that 1 f,:r.-r.. LECT lt Ms tlrxt str,p t v,a - , to thh, rtv,tr s tatt ! y W1 . 114.:111 e 1.111,0114., witil•;.-rf ;.• c 011 1 ,: r.-rough y htttti.t that I thttut;ht wou,tl thrt ,-ri m .tt! ill,:. I ft,tattl t - ,vt,) t hy t it, I . Tr, v.a t—rt..t - tttiv att.: L li.akt• a ek I* ,tc.❑i.elt.l". nt•l 1•1 ilti• - rif , r•V or "II 0:I:VT,. 11 . :01 :!..•1;410..1 . at,,,tit a mit • p ; la: 1 ;W I.Y • ••:•I• t hiar•t i a : - J .. LLNI)IEN T. a:.11 .1 11:1:111 it tit..r.•;lz H., 'ld a t ,d tn....., t ..1 1:1.,111., ,iy. a-t:,I ' •.t, tt, u: ,Ity t i, a, itartattty a, It a. y • PREID I - CIS() .1 PERFECT'u.r I :; - avi.• it to iiitier 4.f,mv .:•‘‘.-r-: fTt•,:t SIk7EF:LEt.)' 1;I :`,fl):-!.,, it H.LI-AFA-ris-.1.4, STLFF JOINTS • lc: If I ruii ;1"r A N IMIMEMI i I 11 AI \ ! ;..: - sn d n:;.:. tr It lu_ Ti::. k I • r. =TM II I . , '11.• Qtf,'o, 76 NV!:,l:onzi,..-z, .N . t.v. Y. SoLL) BY ALL ril!t-iii;I:•17, GMEIIIMIII New Yorl: ! , A pn! 5 ME AriAT I KNOW A. 801.71 VEGETIN'E! S(.l'7lll3oiT , _oN, 1.;) B. f tit with ' , ht. V }. , ;.1.1"1,r. Ft,r• iality, and i int ,1:*•• wii..ll , ` 1., an? tLin;:r , 1114,; . . I r u , ,nl. Irraf.t • 211.111:: VI.GF T :11" 'ith - of r. and. '..tf:.•r fr,V I t m• il: • r,•IY an , / her,r in a , ,nt ii4;l'": v, hum L kn.•,, 00 .‘ 11, 1:I .'"•; • Vcl re,', .• :16 , Nlt4 , t:TAltliir7ll. :;...t1 .Ith. h- ttro:t PISPENLI 44 1(Nri t ToN! . .z.—\!6"ah! r., tht• hcarttrrn„ a:1,1,10.:,no--, tho thothihg •n.. , . tli•ton , i,•;l in tho tit , •nus.,, 1:- onhk• P.7',1".-. The intrtl:ll.: or f.t:t r •;" fr• ar t• v.ateri , rl,ll. p.1110.441t.1..r. of • T 1; • 1 , ...1.1,'1.1r. - 41:4 ,!,•r t:f s to LL'j :La! ri P.l, I r tt!..l I i• GAINED 15 'POUNDS OF 11, 11 .1 . 11 T!1 Buovich. *Z.tu. 17. 1-72. 11. R. ..Fl , :r , 4.r, - have had dysp.p.ili i n I:, fn!ntfo.r7ll.. y 4.114 :13i:C` , of 111;TT:tr,,''N1-.1t1; '.:•: I:.g roIl.l. Si‘prerah4 . l . l'la:a 114- )e tiii,t• Ili I , n, ed. My fo. :1• , "s v 11:tVe I , OLII 1,1 , of 11 0 .1 h, vrti ihu as I all d Tilibil,t!.; :1)1 , 2ri,0,r of Card Roos]. Por.,•lli , u:ti )1.4 FEEI :111 7 Si: I, A'\ A N N .Jun: t, 1.:72. Mr. il. R- Star, rt—Thr,onzh 111 , s aaviee and rarer.: suasion nr tn- •v. `,T. n' a.• ht fal..Ctig v. ter have %mi . ,: v.I ter veal-. I hAve z od .eity to tho, anti alroaly Da..f. eAItTE!' '' 4 GOOD EVIDENC''E CINt \ Mr 11 R St=r,lB t\6) totZIV , f•.. , - 11i-h , 41 voqr r. iie ha. 11, .1 wiz:, b,.nont. zollo 11 . 1.1 , 0 a, tr W1 1 11417%1115 , , al , sl,o‘tiv,h vm ar , 1:,43; enttn•ly - p,‘Nk.',:‘,l th,• ;tr. was ;:i ; g"neral RELII PiLE EVIIrI::,,t,NCE *fr. 7 '' Sr , 1.• n 8 : \it SI 1:—I .%% meo: xiticrftaiiy :041 tiic t4 4-44:i -ntot4y.. to the ttr...it 44 . 444 t 0.1 in fav or , ` 4l\ :.'l.l 422 , 4 , 11 f. 41 . 1 dt, (11.1 1.(11..b. :1 .11,1 , 1 CO (:( (4 4 r Ma\ ut:11 - iireatlftti 14. t 1 . 4...-41 44 ).: "ii• itqz ftat Nvolilti it 4 1.444z . ii I 4•4'.4:4 .I.•\ 11( . 1 - 1 . 1i.L. ally taut. a:44 t. : AIM 1 let•I to ;hail. (;; 4 4:1 4 4•: . i tt4-1 - 4 , tit 444.4 it 04.1 ;: II \ 1:. 3 . !.1 0111 . of tit, i.'>l for 4 iot for:ins,;,.: i .; to; a kt . 1.1:1-:TrN E. 1-r Vat; ;INNI , I t. till` 1.. t.;( C'ortnir %), ;:lit A PPR ECrA 'NON ( . 11 A1t1.13,T0 31a:dr 1.9, 1;9;9.:1 it. TI• Merelot ; . 1 - Fllls-k to ' , certify th:tt I hlre a,eii your •• RI ~ 1 l'ivisat:9l.ll" ( VI-A:1cl t :.: l'.) 'at my 'amily for FUN 0:31 v.'31,. 'llllll I.IAIII /1 that`.' f..r Scrofula or raukeroo;.. 'llini;rm or Rheumatic. atfeetton. , . It cannot he ex eolied% nip.),..wCa. Wood porltierawl spriliq no:divine, It IR the herd 11‘91,,, ,- • 1 have ever it,,,1 : 31111 1 113N0 11 41:11 ammaNi cverylitlig. I ( 4- all ch-erfully recotit !two,' It to :4hVaie in 111,1`11, of such a hic.11,..4,11% 1 Yours respeet fully, . . . : 311 Cs, A. A. I) I N SAIOIIE, 19 Ilassell Street. VEGETINE iS SOLD BY And. DRUtitiISTS IV. 11...DE . cliElt, Jt - SU, I CON NEERAI4 - ,“A . I 4 c:y I .;T I'f:Ti E\ C~ ut paid: rrup:: •I 1.:: BM MIME REM