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Vttlci with Srplth & ?liontatiye. • ' Enoi,ll.-75 E F. (OFF, • AribItTATE Y.:AT-LAW. gin Street (.I,loors north 'of Ward House). TO ' ian.la, ra. , f April 12. fen. ZI T • .1 1: :'jr:iiT: + %:!rs_os„iTTOftNEY 'huna - lot etgiii;tea:lt:Fa.,PaArt: { n Itrat~ford, tantrau auit Wyoming .CountieTs. Why:o with Fsq. Jnovi4:Nl. L ._. ELSI3IIEP.; .-- , - . ATTORN EY-AT-L.l\V, I 0.114-75. - • TOwAND3', Pk'. (1 L. LAMB, ,„ ATToItNEY-AT-LAW, W.rt,Ks.s-13.krtrtE,PA 4 :olleettuns promptly attended to. JOHN AV,. MIX, Arroits EY AT LAW, rs , U. S. C( l ll7.it ISSIoN En. • TowAxDA, PA. Oftlce—Norta Side rubllC & CARNOCIIAN, ATTOILNETS. , AT LAW, se - jr . Ti DICE OF W.KRI) Dee 23-7 K-, , . • ,TOWANDA, PA . .., IfPEET; ATTOItIsI itY-AT-LAW. • Is prepared to - practice all branches of his pr. b.5.10n., - . • I blare, MF.RCUR 111.1)0K.,:(entranae on south side) TOV,./..NLYA, PA. ' ' ' - E Jan 4-76. ~ pR.,.s, M . - INT00,11:BURN,- Physi cf,n and Surgeon.. (Mee :over 0. A. Black's . _ crockery store. Towanda, 'Hay- , , 1. 18721y*. I‘TADILL:V, , C:II. , I7, A„. j, ~,,,. • -I- • _. t. TOWANDA, L . 4. 0:11 , 4 , In Iron A's Blork,Arst dr r sou::i of ill,. titrs at-lonal bank, up•statr<. . NAIIILI.. rjanS-731y) S. _N. C'ALIFF ,-- - - tt, PAYNE; ITToRNEIS-AT-LAH Nu. I. TRACY BLOCK, MAIN STIIEk:T tO WA ND A, PA MEE =I AMES • -ATToIrSEi7-AT-LA N W, - TowADA, PA, MEM CHA.S.AL HALL, Attorney-at-Law and -Notary, Nl'lll el,. epr,fnliitiontioti to any usincon entrust ed 1,, him. 019., wlth I•4:fick & Foyle. (over Ofnct)', Towanda, PL x,.1111..711: -TWIN F. SA NDEIISON; N 'ATTO 51-AT-I.A\\ OFF/rE.—Mcans Building e.vi i r i'myeil i s Store) . Tow A 3n+. 1. W: & Wm. LITTLE, A TTOR . SE TS-A r-LATII-2:0 4vA2v.DA, PA Offlte flyer •ll;rier's Pr"vlslon Si e, M:4ltr Street, Ps:, April IS. ±7n. 1 It.'ORGE D. STiIpITI), • • ' A TTOR sE.,„r .r.vn co L , E LP 7.2 Tr urn- four door, „N ,olt,b, of Ward House Supre•toe Vrtin•ylvaskla and ( - !lited ' t • TOW A Ni) A, r,k :slaws ),• STREETER, LAW OFFICE, TOWANDA', PA = OVERT - ON k: mEncurt, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ToWANDA PA. "Office over fit entlinyes St.te -mayAn Ir A. OV ERTO!‘.r. ito6NF.ti AT TO 2%Wi-A T-17; AIF t;ri•tCY Ovan DAYTON'S STODE, TOWANDA, rA 1,"•76:•; • - 1) AT 11 • 1 G -. FOI LE, A I ry YS-.4 T-Llt Mexenr's A.?,DR - ENV" tr • .4 TTORNE r h••• COITX.ST.i.LOR-AT-LAT, St ,x log,rs north of Triwa , ola. l'a: May_ 100 consulted Geitnan. [April 12, '76.] • • I oPIIEIZSONi& RI..'NEY, „4,71QP3 - Ers-.4 T-LA II , rowDAriA. °Eke In.Trary Block. Towanda, Pa., Jan. in, 1. ' 76 . • tlvFxrox,k; ELSBREE , 101: Y 7qTY. ,. AT LAW, - TOWANDA, PA. Haring .11 1,-1 into vo-wirtliertirp, their profession , tor - Tiro+ 10 the pulilli.., I. , peelal attention gireti.t. inithe Orphan': and Itt , gitors Courts. F. 1)V (aprl 1-70) N. C. 1:11.SIIREE TT. c. WITIT.AKEII, , - • 7:00K L't,V.pHR: 1:e !WILD! a.Turx , nFLOOIt,TOWA7N DA S. Itt-':'SSELL'BI'- GES:kRAL 'N,svRANCE.AGENGI U fa} ^ ~-~ 111. •.~ INS tit.INC E. AGENCY. . Tho folloCtig it EL EA BI.F AND FIRE TRIED • Cdmpantes rrpr,estlitra: • (`,lll IiF.PH(ENIX.IIO3IE. : IIIEnf,IIANTS, 7.1 xrrtk PI, '74 0. 11-1.41. ACC. ME rp.i.WANDN INSIIRANpE ADEN( Main Strat opposite Oe.CotiT Houie W..s NINCENT, MANAGER R T. B. jOI.INSON, plrrsrerAy (ND SURGEON ()Mee Of er Dr. Porter & Son's Drug Store, Towanda. 1-7 it t. ... .. i-• . • • , M . D. L • i) ODSON, DENTIST. •- g A. 1.• Oa 3W:tatter Sept., 21, may be found . lll the '' ;;A.t new taore, ou 4 2.L01-ifloor of Dr. PrattO uew ... o:%te • bu'ritate !greet. Ititsluess autleltetL S , •pt. 3-`74tf. , . B. KELLY, DENTlST.—:—Otlice \ - a over M. E. Rosenfield's, Towanda, Pa. Teeth Inserted oh Gold, aflver, Rubber, and- Al titanium base. Teeth extracted without I Oct. a 442. p D. 'AY E, M. D., - . • • ,pll.t.s.w.r*,t, l ta-D sROE 0 N. over Montitrvem' Store. Ofelee hours from 10 to 11 . M, - atid from 2t04.P. a. Special . stlentitna given o dlresars of Eye and Ear.7oct.l9,ld•tf. Dia \II. W. ALVORD, Publisher. V \ OLIJNE XXXVI I. ASS I GNEFS SALE. The : verdict of the people is hat M.E. ROSENFIELD'S is the C•K EAPEST PLACE TO BUY CLOTHING: ME And now I 'am again before the people with tho BIGGEST INDUCEMENTS ARTItrIt HEAD That have ever been Offered to the . CITIZENS OF TOWItNDA. A lai'ge EA S TES N:CLOTHINO HOUSE being obliged to : MAKE 'AN,,ASSIGNMENT I ,- For tG benefit . qr - th fir cri;ditors, the assignee has sent to nie • .; July 27:76 sl . o l oofo:oroo WORTH OF 'READY-MADE :Jan. 1, 1875 TO BE SOLD WITHIN THE My positive instructions from the n_. , stgnee arelo sell these goons for eash, as soya as possible, WITHOUT REGSRD TO• WHAT GENTS' FURISIII:CG G001.)S; = • HATS; .CAS, &C. Come Early if You Want Barnalnn. •kloranda, Pee. 1, *7l EL•LING OUT I- I s selling out his entire stock of ° liM CI,,OTIIING AND. • . Until yo have examined his stnek - , Towanda, Pa. pyl7-73 BIGGEST BARGAINS EVER A q . 0 B S mmio -TO- ANDA, PA f• ' 4,,- Which has never been EQVLLED be fore in ,this market, eitlie for , - \ . I 1876 =I \ Ciothiagr .Anil Its surivandlrigiio: CLOTIIINg, NEXT TEN DAYS THEY COST We have also a large line of f M. E. ROSENFIELD J:- DAVIS OTHING REGARD "OF COST , Pon t buy yOo'r FURNI§IIING:\aOODS I= Every. body says hegives the OFFERED. IN - ' TOWANDA. Is .now receiving his iND WINTER STOCN. CL 0 T_II I N ! QuALITr -LOW PRICES. -If you doubt, call "Etid ezamSue Patton's Block Main 'Street. TpWanda; Sept. 4, New Advertlements. WANTED.-1,000 TONS PRIME TIYOTFIY HAY.' For price, L c.,. call on or aid rese G. S. ACKLEY, wholesale dearer In Baled A l lay and Straw, Spring 11U1,Ta. : Sept 13,17 emus. . . T HE COMPOUND OXYGEN TBEAtMENT.—This Is Ito system of medi cation confined in Its action tonarrow limits. Be ing OXYGEN MAGNETIZED, It Is the mast wonderful Vitalizerof the human laxly oter known. -Therefore It should core a greater variety of Ills and a larger proportion of patients than any:other agent. .Eight years of exwrlenceifullv confirms the expectation. The subscribers Unite their forces to make known and,avallable to the sick the wonderful virtues of the Ctupouitil Oxygen.-It Is the safeSt, surest and cheapest remedy in the world.' Let all Consumptives. Dyspeptics, Para - lytics (recent). and all clam discourager send for our Brochure of 140 pages, which contains many wonderful but true statements, beet of, testi -4001113i5, • ariq our terms for Mime and office treat ment. It Will be tuatied.free of charge. O. E.TALEN. IL Pit., , M.1)., G. R„riTkitliEY. A. M.,.11. D., & PALEN, 111: Gtrard.Street. ME! ;luring the hard Times, L. B. POWELL • SECOND-HAND NM AB ME VERY LOW PRICES FOR CAUL ' 4.octays •Rosewood Melodeons 5-oetays Itcleirood MelodeAis 2 Pl °° b-Oetays E.olowood Mslodeoes.Plaiolfas. 35.00 MOet►ye Portable Org&as 6-Octaie Black-Walnut, Orr&ns,• 6 . 0.00 6-Oetan Rl►ct-Walnat, Double-R4O. Organs, 65.00 6.oe . .tani Docble-need Organs, 6 Stop& ie.oo 6-Octavo Malo6►iy Nampa.. 6(-Octave Rateu - ocd Plccos I= 7-Octive Roseirood Pianos, Crcd .: . ;',160.01) WAIIIIINTED ALL IN GOODAIIIIIER MO. PSIN'ELL IS THE GENERAL ASENT FOR THE -MrERING PIANOS MASON/66 HAMLIN I ORGANS, 1 vhieh arn t le ru...t reli.Ahh, Instrument, of their cl t.. made /and ,hl,ll al , ' 11. , , r.)14 at 1.&. - . , that 0.1(' t 112.11 w ifhiit the reach of all. A number ..1 each; t. itch halo been rent. tt, are offered at I at - - gains. Clue 11.,.1-w....01 Chichering Piano, 1M.,..11- CarVefl L'plttel lyre. One,iitto, extra c,tino;'. $l. - .4 . ). one No 4 , n S ll:unlit. Church- Oraati,- with three Han of n-el 4, slt,o, Pju,,,r3 and I Organ'. oa t i , .y m Itthlv 113111elltd Call on or 411xemi • HIGHEST :AWARDS! J. REYNOLDS & SON, TiII . tTMENTH ANI FILBERT STS.,TIILA WIIOUGHT-11;'ON All -TIGHT IIE,iTERS, With Shaking And Clinkr•r4;ringrug Grates for burning Anthraclie or Bituminous Coal.. WIWUGIIT-II:ON HEATERS. WROUGHT-fRON HEATERS, Cooking 'Ranges, Low-bown Grattq, Etc Descriptive circulars SENT FREE to ny address EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING lilladelphia., April 26,'77-!y. -REPUCED PRICES! The ujidersigueil In dolug PLA%ING•, MATCHING, ANH 'RE-SAWING, Aud all kluds of Planlng-tulll Work, AWAY -DOWN! DOWN!: DOWN!! I have al.o on hand A;larit. stock of I Which I ain sOliing F-nit the timex. Mlde prnmpi!y to order, at atow price, for CASH' IF YDIT - WANT TO LIFT Call and seo .tny Goods and Price"; T.umber brought here If - rhnilled. will be kept ulider ...ref' and perfectly dry until taken away. Good sheds for your horses: and a dry place to lhad. Tnwantla. Jan. 19, 1877 TfIE GREAT WEDI4NG:CARD DEPOT WEDDIN`G Prices lower than any Mane in the Country J. DAVIS PROMPTLY ATT.EII►E M IMMO \ p,w . , OF GROCERIES! 7 lectioas of FINE TEAS.A.:,") COFIEES • \ • . For sale cheap: MIII C,OUNT.RY P R:0 DAT E Towanda, April 5, 1577 MHE REPORTER OFFICE OF any establishment :In liort,berurtnnsTrimiti \ k,\, _ .. \ , gl: - ' `-\\. =I MOO!' 45.00.;! BEM - . L. B. POWELL, Ifs 'Wyoming Avenuo, Senantiin, Pa. 3',..rf to PI pAtierm Per;b!;.). CIiTANNIAI F.XIIII3ITION Northwest corner Manufacturers of paiented CENTENNIAL For Bitutriltions Coal KEYSTONE So fir you caul see IL I= W 4 N DONV:p L NI'S L. B. RODGEBS 'Thtl,k,st'styles In ORDERS_III" MAIL ,11%11 - . 7 . - ,L6 HOSKINS ETATIONER AND ENGRAVER, 913 - Arch Sucet, SIE Cash raid for all kinds of Avthe old stand of C. B. patch W. H. nr.csiit, Jt Does the BEST JOB PRINTING (iLt •\ \ TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY \ MOOING, JANUARY 24, 1878." Noekm , 13ACKWABDT FORWARD. B E.. NOIIIIA - N .1:180 X. _ . T,wetie strlkes.the clock._,The.)tesr has fled— The year With all its sweritiiiis—'„ Its voice of Joy,lts tear half shed, Its longing and completeness; Its woe for \ mo, Its Joy for Sou, _ Its hours rifpain and gladness ; And now Titrie ells the glass anew— God grantait I its no sadness: ' 4 ,For in the yearlbat \kirk has fled Some fond impel hato ‘ been lAnd some hare jolnecl \llent dead , War. In its dawn delight , 'Well, fill the cup and drlnt today • With mirthful speech andlaughter, • Anal cheer the hours welch Timis away— 'God'knows what cometh after, ' • . 'Tts well that be has kindly hid The future from our sedum And closed' beneath a shrouding lid Ititotirno from every being. Life's fleld - has roses for-the bee, It also has its stubble. And you and I, my friends, might sea. A future full of trouble. For what is hid we'll not repine; There Is no use In whining, For somewhere, with a light divine, The sun is always shining, And never was a night so dark Rut what thire came a morning, take courage, and 'wait the lark That loudest slugs at dawning. .16:00 If Time. the reaper,' seeks to mow mhl ~ur Weld and eh , ses, Ile shalt not hear the voice of woe— We'll dlm hlhscytl>e itith roses; We'll gather round the cheerful Onto MEI And fill mum Olif gfas , cs ' - And, should-11c sePk to find our pre, Wv . ll mock him Irhlte tl! And ihringh the days may bear. us on While 0:d and New Years atingle, Still other tones when we are gene a :alt raise-their happy jingle . . • What !natters Forever Young; While time sTweds on nor falters, We still •nhall hr, all'ltough the torgue Is silent t t our altars. • Although ih , • . ear that 'k•alti7lit each tone No na„re ir , rehaneepay hear as, And friends maylhurney ou alone Wno used to jou:tney near il4, Wo,pa,ss, we go, .we are no . ; dead— JAN once is life eternal And tears of grief or•friendblitpthed We s:..e to Oltues supernal. • We drink the present hears to-thy, ruhee,ling c f the morrow.. Although its onward path may lay. ThrOgh troubled fields of sorrow. !Ave while. we to fear, no slave; No thought for future taking ; • Like foam n - e•ll sparkle on life's ware, And vanish with Its breaking. . g:'orre.spandeitre. A . [ For the Itfiroutml.) . JAMES MONROE. . The etrospect,of half a century along the pages of our country:s history, carries us back to the .Presidential Administra tion of :Tames Monroe ; its double term extending from ' 1817 to 1825. In the cdmplexiou 'of the times,• the •charac ter of the leading men of'that period, and the important events then. transpiring, there is mach of interest: It is proptlied in this article to-recall, though necessari ly in an imperfect manner, some of the leading events in the.-political career of President Miiroe. ' We find him at the age of eighteen leav 'lig college t 9, join the ranks of the army of the Revolut loa ; and' seven years gubse gitently amcinbet of the Old Congress, had Chairman of the Committee on whose recommendation the 'convention was call ed' that ft:fined the Constitution. In 1794' he NV:IS appoinSed b;,7. - Washington:to rep-, resent the Republic - at the Court of France - . He was however rea4led in -1796, for his delay as is suppOseilAin pre= seqting to the French Court, explanations' furnished him in defenci3 of .the commer cial treaty their recently executed with ‘ l.:rigland, in regard to the terms of which Fiance had 'taken umbrage; a delay at tributed to his reluctance to justify a meas nre which ho did not approve. The lie:. . • publicans of that day were strongly dis posed to atiiillitte with Fratice—some of them adopting to a considerable ettent, not only the ideasbut also the measures Al style of address of 'the & French Jaco- IMO Soon after his return, Monroe was elected. Governor of Virginia. Meanwhile .Napo- Icon Ilonaparte,'then First Consul of the French Republic, had conceived the pro ject of establishing a powerful military. colony in lonisiar.a, a territory Originally settled by France, ceded by her tb Spain, and again restored to the French by a se crer treaty in Octobef, 100. In was the known opinion of leading Frenchmen that Natuti.llMl marked a line of separation between . the people of the Americin States hieing upon the two sides of the range Hof mountains that, divided their, tei-- ritory, and that France, having tho con trot Of the mouth of:the Mississippi could also command thecommercie of the West. Not Without_good reason was it believed , to he' her design, in . outaining possession of L'otlisiana. ultimately to effect a union with these,States. • Here, .Napoleon's vet eran lc:ghatis, released from active, service at home - by • the short lived treaty of Anne9s; were to be planted—overawing and iventually dominating the American Republic. Such a policy now seems but th precussor and parallel of that of Lodis .Nap Aeon in mores•Tecent times, of - estab-: lishinhis,dorninionsin Mexican territory under ill-fated Maximilian. An elec tion feeling\was at once aroused through- Mit the State-Sand :the West., especiall;,- clamored fur w.ir In pursuance, howev er, of President Jefferson's plan fordeffect ing the purchase of\Lonishrua, .Mi." Liv ingston, the - 3linister Fmnce, had pre sented an able memorial j n. the. subjed, \ showing that such a trans Lk would in its results be no less' favorable to France than to the United States ; 'arid -further 'more, that'the proposed military occupa tion\r orthe mouth of the Mississippi, ould be the signal fur 'an• immediate. ontbrek \of hostilities, on the part both of the I.7nn, ted States and Great Britain.„ Aroposi- N• tion \had, in fact, already appeared in the Londorkjournals for raising T. 50,000 men to take New Qileans, while resolutions in tlie U. S. .late tended tothe same' Pur . ose. likt thrkjuncture, Mr. Monroe. was or, sent to Prance-, as Envoy Eitraor dimir, in ocder \ if possible to preserve and srkure to our czioimerce the iu of'the Mississippt \ The prospect of even this,howeier, seemed specially dark. and unfavorale. .. ' But God -dis eses while propOses. \ On the arrival of ?fir. Monroe at Paris, he , found the pelitical \ horizen of\Europe wholly - changed.- _The :schemes x the TO REGAitIiLESS OF , ENUNCIATION pito3l\4rY QUARTER. WesternSmpirn cherished by Ncpoleon had been Suddenly and entirely frustrat ed by the renewal of war, involving a stringent demand for all available -men and money at home. .. The ,Flint Consul's emphatic"' announ ce ment to his council \ that "France needed \ money and must lravar-it:th prelu4e to a . proposal soon made tiirOug \ 31. , lllarbois to the American Ambasadors for the - 'in of the whole territory for " *' lon,. for c francs ($20,000. , diate encouragement was giv 1.. oy `Mon roe and Livingston to this off , its being reduced to 00,000,000, be si, \ tleMent of 20,000,000 of American aims incuded, they resolved, although not M ed with fah' authority to accept the pro osition, and thus render their country ab solute and Undoubted mistress of the sit uation. The nigiAiations resulting in this important treaty occupied little more than a fortnight's time ; and 31r. Jeffer son prOposed subsequently au el)vet facto amendment of the Cohstitution, for its sanction. Spain, having been guaranteed under the treaty of 1800, the ptivilege of first purchaselii case France shoald again sell Louisiana, took offence at this sudden consummation of a transfer in which she T had not been consulted, and declined thoagh only ifor the space of a twelve 'months, to sanction'it: ' ' • ~ Although a subseirent'special mission of Mr. Monroe to Spain for the purchase of Florida did not result -in the /desired.: object, its consummation only was resen't ed to be brought about in ikp, under his auspices as-Presidentof the tUited . c . In regard.to.this important to our national domain, embi merely the region about the m( Mississippi, but- also, the great. Rocky Mountains .and the Pacific Coast . asTfar - south as the 42ti'degree of North LatitUde, it was well remarked . by 'John' Adams in 1',4.213, that more than -of airy other man living, this Was ,the work of Jameti Monroe. - "Andean there arise," he continues, "a historian of this Repub lican Empity,- who shall fail 0 perceive, or hesitate to acknowledge, that through. o' he long series of , these transactions, thick more4ban doubled the territories of the . Nortb American Colonies, the lead. ing mind of that great movement in. the annalS of thetworld, and thiis far in the march of human improvement ußon earth, *as James Mouroe2" The negotiations so ably condue ed by Mr, Monroe as .Minister to England, is the struggle 'oetween belligerent prcteu r sions on the 'part of Great Britain ; and the neutral rights of the United States; would perhaps have ,been successful, had 34. Fox, tire Ilritgh Minister, survived. It has, probably with justice been said, that fioin the year 1805 to "the peace of Ghent, the biography of Mr. Mon'roe is not only the hist'ory of. that .struggle, but also to a great degree the history of the Nation I n regaid to the War of 1812, (Rome les called the Second War of Indepen- dence.—and known during the long sub sequent term of .peace, as the "late war,"),with its cost to the nation Of thin- ty thousand lives, and'one hundred mill- lions of dollars, the :attendant loss of com merce and private property together with the depravation of public morals as an unavoidable: s eonsepient—it probably , would have , been avoided could Os unbiased counsels of older statesmen such as Jefferson, ;Madison,. Gallatin and others have prevailo. But in the so-call ed "War Congress," convened byspecial call of November, 1811, there was an un usual. proportion o( younger ambitious and irrepressible, (among whom were Henry Clay, Speaker of the House, and John C. Calhoun,, at thb head of the Committee on Foreign Relations), who were determined upon an aggressive policy to 'which, more pacific and conservative views were, forced to. give way. . While we must consent in the idea:that the most important result the. war' was its vindi cation of the rights of the Republic! and achieving for her an honorable poSition among the nations,it is to be retnalited, that in the!Settleinent of the articles of peace, not one'of th 6 declared objects of, the war formed an essential-topic of disr cussion i and that they weie on both sides' virtually ignored in the treaty of Ghent. In 1811, Monroe became Secretary of State under Presidenti Madison; and • in 1814 was "appointed Secretary of War. The conduct of this department had play- cd-a failure on the p.ht of his immediate predecessors, but; under his control, con• fid,ence unity and vigor , were at- once dif flitted through the Military affairs of the nation. The credit of the Republic had sunk so low that be could. only obtain the fuyids indispensable to the defe \ nse of New. Orleans by pledging his own personal crc dit and individual means; which course Withput hesita4len he adopted. The con clusion furthermore was forced upon his mind that a draft was the Ultimate but neces.ssary means for filling up the ,army and.lte.li - oldlY recommended so unpopular a measure 4t:the risk of sacrificing there by his own popularity on the - eve of a Presidential 'election; in which he was a leading candidate. I necessary, howev er, to carry, his nieasu e, 'and if the .7war Continued he resolve I to withdraw : his name fliom . the canv. s, _ The vindication of Iris country's lionoi l l and the .success of her army were thus more dear to hien thau a transient personal Property or even the highest dignities indlionotsthat country could bestow. The news of peace, how: ever, in the beginning of the year 1815, removed all these embarrassments. While,the electoral votes 0-al to Jas. Monroe and_ Daniel D. Tompkins in 1.816,- as candidates for President and Vice Pres ident, Constituted an unprecedented - ma- , jority, being to each 183 votes out of the whole number of 221, yet at their second election in 1820, we find that out of a whole number - of 232, 3lonioe ; received 231, and Tompkins '2lB votes; the solitary vote which 31onine failed . to receive, being cost for John Quincy Adams— \This 4dministration.seems well to haye deserved the namirhy which it, has often been \ known as the - `era'of good feeling;" 1 and waiikt fact an extraor Mary lull du the tempest of party strife: . • The-leaders of what haetreerithe opposite,. 'or Feder alist party, vi . illy gave up the contest land few seemed willing to assume the name Jeffersonian publicans.. , ',Soon sif ter his iiaauguaration, he President made a tour througu the ' tern States, and thence as far west as Det tit, partly for the purpose of inspecting the frontier for tifications. In all grunters. ,• • from all parties, • he met with the most co , ial, anti k I I 1 ,1 MEN 1111 . . . enthusiastic reception—while in New Eni- land even these who had been the leaders of the opposition now vied with Reubli 7 - El cans in doing him honor.. ' .: - • Tho Presidential costume at / t, e time on 'public occasions, was-charCterized by the three-coniered \ hat and searlet7border ed blue'coat of a "CcOnel in the Continen tal army ; such haVingAietin the rank con-. ferred on him by Washington\ after. the battle of Trenton, inAvbicirhe was severe ly wounded. The/remernibinoce of his military services, thus recalled to the pub lid mind, added / much to the pOpplarity of his presence—especially when cOtribin ed with sincerity of purpose and dient) , Of demean Or. • The condition of political affairs seem certainly to Omit of the application of the mostliberal . principles in the distri 7 but of Patronage; 'yet the newly elected Presi ent deemed It ..expeclient to select._ the hied berite‘,of office .oalti_ost wholly from 'his ~i wn • party. From the highly Conciliatory ne of cis inaugural addiess it'was certain] 'nferred by' some, thatle would make little if anY,,discriminaticra. " Discord," says- lie, \ t decSot belong. to our system. Union i reco ended as well by the free and be ' n pri mm nciples of our government; extendiu ita blessings to every individual, as by th ether'ceur rent advantages attending it." \ If ~ w e take into view that the , 'Mini tration of Gen. Jackson is held res usi ble for the principle that. " tothe vie 'rs \ .., \ r\ , belong the'sPoils of office," and also fo its 'practiCal application to an extent b& fore , unknown in our political histoTy, it may he regarded' as' somewhat remarkable that the hero of New-Orleans should have strenuously recommended to President MOnrOe a course directly . the opposite of his own subsequent practiCe; Immediately after the election and before the counting of the electoral' votes,. Jackson in a-letter to Monroe expresses his views thus -: "In every selection, party and party views should be avoided. Now is the time to extirpate the monster called party spirit. ' By selecting characters k, ,most coil, spicuous for their probity, virtue, capaci ty and firmness, without any regard to party, .you will go far to, if not entirely, eradicate those feelings which on former occasions threw so many obstacles in: the way of government, and perhaps have the pleasure and limier of uniting a people heretofore practieidly divided. The Chief Magistrate of a great and powerful nation should never indulge in party feelings. Itis conduct should oe•liberal and disin terested, .always bearing. in mind that ho acts for the whole and not for a part of the , community. by this course you will exalt the national character . and acquire for yourself a name as imperishable as monumental marble,...) Vonsult no party in year choice ; pursue the dictates of that ;Aliening _judgment which has so long and so -often benetitted'eur . country and ren dered conspicuous. itS : rulers, These are the sentiments of* friend ; . they are the feelings, if, I know my own heart, of an undissembled patriot.' . The famouS" Monrve doctrine," admit ting of 'no interference by any-European power in the political affairs of the West- ern Ccuitinent, and precluding all entang lingalliances on the part of. the United Stittes with - foreign governments, has been, though- improperly, attributed to John Quincy Adams, his Secretary of State. There is, on_the other hand, little doubt but that we must look for its-origin to kite statesman from whom it derived -its name, whose ability had beeia tested and his experience matured in dui inost important Trans-Atlantic 'negotiations. Fortignrelations had been the .specialty of Mr. Monroe, and in these he had teen regarded as a chief counsellor by such men as Washington, Jefferson and Madi- . set: The sound and independent policy of the. Monroe doctrine was wholly ill ac cordance with the : views of 'the Father of 'his Country, j a.s enunciated in -his Fare well Address. ' Of. James Monroe it Was said by Thomas Jefferson, that were his soul turned, inside out, not a spot would be found 'upon it y `Far from :becoming enriched by his long and distinguished cdeer of public service, 31oniVe . 's, pecuniary affairs atr the close of his. second' Presidential term on .the sth of March, 1825 ; were much. eta-, barrossed. No ineuMbent of the Preside& tiichair has ever retired frem it in such limited ciremusfances : and there are few stronger instances of the proverbial in gratitude of republics than the fact that the -property of ex-President Monroe, in cluding 'his home and plantation in , Vir ginia, were sold during his life to satisfy 1 the claims of creditors. _ In4his latter years, however, be found a home in New Ycrk with his daughter,. the wife of W. Govoerneur, Postmaster of 'the city, and :it was here be closed his useful acid honorable life, at :the age of ori the anniversary of. American Inde pendence, A. D., 'O3l. Some twenty-five years later his remains were removed from New York_ to their 'final resting place beneath the soil of his native.Statii. the Old Dominion, Mother of Presidents. C.C. LETTER FROM HARRISBURG sioup - 4; Jan. 14, 11171.. The second weekl4 the legislative ses sion has come and gon , and the "lock '!, between the two howl s has not yet been broken. , • . The labors of the .past week wore com menced in the popidar branch on Monday evening last, when a large number of,n,ew bills, as well as.several from the calendar of : last session, were read in place. Mr. Gillett, of Bradford,. introduced n bill to prevent deception in the sale of butter. Night Sessionsbave long been regarded as part icularoccasionsfor suddenly spring ing subjects, andA4Va.ther,out of the usual order of thinOpme one„does ndt come to' the front With a - little 'bill tit -mg elution which causes alnomentnry The, meeting of the House on Monday evening last,,then, found no exception to this general rule. Mr. BillingsleY, Re publican of WaShingion county, de'siring, doultles.s, to relieve the' monotony cif reading bills in place, over sixty of which bad been read, 'offered a resolution in fa vor of the Bland silver bill, and declaring that. the "dollar of the daddies" should a legal-tender for any amount-and all purposes." This proposition took the llpuse by surprise, .but after a few mo ments delay it was referred to the com mittee on Federal Relations : yeas 106, nays 38. • Mr. Richardson. Democrat of Mon:- gomery county, likewise desired to im press his views upon his fellow members, and offered a resoliition declaring ?that it is - the sense of the Rottuithat the bill to repeal the third section.of the resump tion act how pending in: Congress ought to becinne a law, and that duties on im= i .. \ i\) , H \\ P, )\ ' . , WM . ports\nght to be payable in greenbacks." . ThisWascalso referred to the committee. on Federal \ Relations, though by a less decided vote, yeas being 88, nays 58.., These votes art\not regarded as test votes upon the questibris to which • they,refer, but as indicating t - iat the members were not p repared at preset to vote upon them, and desired time to 4onsider. Messrs. Foster and Gillett are re co rded as voting .. . in the affirmative-in both\cases, while • Speaker Myer, who was •riecssaiily ab sent, did not vote. - \ • , In - the Senate on'Tuesday the tWnst., Mr. Dunkei,• - of Philadelphia, introdnped •a • bill.authorizing the State Treasurer ti: pay the • necessary expenses incident to' the calling out of the National Guard to Inrid, the civil authorities in suppressing the \ ti<s in Allegheney, Luzern and oth er, coun t ies in • July and August, 1877. Tire hill approirriates $615,00,0290,006 I for tlie,payf troops; . .and -- $328,000 'for trausp,ortatio”tul all other'eXPenses. , Another inipoqant bill, which ought to pass "by a large trajority," was' read'•in place by Mr. llellierof Lehigh, providing ftir - the punishment of officers of 'banks and banking :institutions for receiving money or othet valtiable \ things on 4e fiosit, and for the creation, ofNikny indebt edness after they shall hare- knoW,ledge of the insolveneyor Tailing circumstances of such bank or bankirig institutiiin \The' Senate standing committees \ being j announced by PreSident pro tem Cooper, the cal . iicity and industry of. the Senator om Bradford seem to have been proper; , ly ecogni7d. He is chairman: of• the corm ittee on New Counties and County Seats, . member Of' the .Tnificiary •Gen eral and f tare C entennial Affairs com mittees. 3 ... - Daviekis a solid man, both mentally - and hysic. ly; is popular with: his brother. Senaors and,wields a decided influence among t iecrn. Ike is . regarded. \ t \l by all who have the deastnn of his ac quaintance as a - ,4strictly ionesOutelligent and agreeable i,44einan. \' • • The Senate . uon-concurn in tb reso - lutiOn of the House ; in refe -rice to lie• order of busines's , - and Twin a con, truttee of conference, which met a 'milar committee from - the House subseque tfly, where a,report - was agreed upon which wa. . reported in both Houses on Thurs.\ I- day. The report declares;" that in view 1-of . the precedent established' in this Mat tter in 181:11, and to preclude any doubt as to the constitutionality of any laws which may be passed at this Session, 'it is the opinion of the committee that. this .ad 7 joartied ' annnal session sh - onld not 'be deemed / rind considered as a coutittuation Of the session-of 1577, ~,... that all busi ness should be cOmmentied anew'. Burt . with the desire to fayitate bitsinesS, econ-: omize time and harmonize the existing differences, the committee advise and rec ommend 'that neither House should re- quire the adsertising of local bills which weTh advertised according to the provi -Sions of the constitution and read in.plaee at the 'ses'sion of .1877." This compro mise proposition was adOptediafter a brief debate in the Senate, but on !coming up in the House disciission on it was inter rupted by the entrance of the Senate to meet the - House in joint session to'open and'count the returns of the late'ele'ctieti for Auditor General and State Tre a surer. After this, without reaching a vote; the House - adjourned, and the , queStion has not since been reached, and probably will not be before to-morow. • .. .Resolutions, offered' in the Senate on Wednesday. last by "Sir. Hays, Democratic Senator from Greene county, favoring the remonetizing of silver, repeal of the re -sumption act, etc., were promptly referred to the, committee on. Federal Relations.. The disposition, of Senators.. as well as -members of the House, scams to be averse to acting hurriedly on the subject of the, great financial problein. • In the Senate on Friday the billlto es tablish uniform feo , bills for the different county officers in' the several counties with a population not exceed;ng 150J1100, passed first reading and ww,then referred to the committee •on Constitutional Re form. The responsibility for the riots last sum mer; their cost and varionk other ques tions relating thereto will necessarily claim and no doubt receive pi-6 - per atteu tion froin the ygislaiure.' • The subject cane up in the Utilise on Friday last; Mr. Long, of 'Allegheny, offming a 'preamble with a resolution attached ; as follows : Rotorred (if the Senate' concur), "That a committee, consisting ,of five members of the House and three Senators, be ap pointed, whose duty it shall be to exam ine into all the circumstances attending the'late disturbances. of the peace ii cer-, tain parts of the Commonwealth, cont= monly known as the railroad riots, and endeavor, if possible, to ascertain the cause as well as the t resnit of the same, and said committee hall hays power hi pursuing theirdi*esttgations to send for persons and, papers,l examine witnesses, under oath or affirmation, administer -oaths, and employ A competent phono grapher to take down all proceedings..ex.- muses attending such!investigation to be paid by the State Treitsurer upon ordet* drawn ,upon hiM.by the chairman'of• the joint'. committee, verified by. affidavit. The committee'shall make report in full in, writing to the . .Senate and ; House of Representatives. /, • •31r. Surnmenitte moved au' amendment that no member of said committee shall e from a county sustaining less. . - ‘‘ Mr..-Graham offered a subt!titute that the. committee should 'contain one swill member. f , The resebttiim and athendmenta wer discussed at lergth, when, upon motion of litir:'.Donnel.li (Westm \ orelaod),- the whole Matter wa s indefinitely . 'postponeo yeas 86, nays 74. Messrs. Foster and G illett;Of Bradford, it is fair, to presdme, do not require any inforniiition upon the subject referred to in the reSolution, as. they voted in the affirmative. f Speaker Myer, 14ot being so fortunate. but willing to.be enlightened, voted 'ag.i hist the indefinite postponement :of -the reSolution. The hasty andincoiasiderate action of Friday on , this-really grave question, it is generally supposed, will be reconsidered when the Bonk. meets this evening,- when; the . _ resolution will most This is .by no-means a local question af fecting merely Allegheny, Luzerne or any other county, but it is one which deeply interests the people of the Whole State. They not only deire information .as to the responsibility, cost. and -,everything else pertaining to the late riots, :but they want theidifferent relations of capital and. labels tt all their various positions and coMbimitionsmo.st thoroughly, calmly and dispassionately-;investigate%to 'the end SE El ■ $2 per Annum In Advance. M N CHER .34. that;such.l-gislation may be perfected as .will prevent i the fiiiurethe lawlessness, riot and bloods 14 which have in the past so frequently outraged the feelings of all law-al?idiug people, as Well as - brought want, desolation and death to thouiands Of innocent dependene people.. .Botfi . the Senate and !tense adjourned on Frida-y at noOn,the former until Tuea. da4evening and the latter Until Monday evening. It is then'to lioned=some or der of. business will bo agreed upon, and that work' will be commenced in earnest., REMINISCENCES AND REFLECTIONS OF IVE VALLEY or THE WYSOryDREEX. , . Iffn.--Enta•on :--t.We pass now froni the John Parks' louse, referred to in my. last article, down through the narrows or dug road to4 - nctt's bridge,. and - , try - to :see how thingslooked there about fifty years . ago. And,,textliti way, this dug road is . quite safe for seber men to travel, in the daytime,lut if itriari has been to." town"- and a "- and drank pretty freely,.and then stopped at Myersburgb and tOoka fittle,more, -let tail be careful Novi he attempts to go . np those mountainsin the dak.. A. word 6 „... . the wise is su ffi cient, - - ,\” . '.. This bridge-is across the main .branch of the Wyiox Creek tra for tlieenetit of those who live on the cast brani of the creek'. ' - ' 4 :A.feW rods below this:bridge' there stood a large two-story house—in.- \ nocent of any paiut.inside or out. From \ the best I can learn, itwas -. built by Silas ~.,\ xioT , - Ts' or 80 years age: It was I dingy - looking house over 50 •This - litr, Gore was a black . _ „iave.licard it' said , that for -ii while he all'e run a still, but I do not re,. ! .member Of ev. , r - seeing . any remaiiis of it, ITe left atullett.was living in the house ;,s far back as I can remember. lje was succeeded br,:ero . rl.7e Spaulding, but he long since left. The house is also ,gone, and the place , ,Where it. stood is. used . -Across a garden.. \ I -Acrossthe creek some 70 r ' s and just belo*', stood a somewhat Sirnficlooking house, and a man by the nairie of\Tracy lived in it. - But he and his wifelonksince 'lmve passed away, and .the house; thehst \‘ - time I remember seeing it was in a•tint, ble-ddwn condition. .• • ' W \ e nnw pass 'down about a half a mile \ be oiv Oillett's . .hridge to where ".Old Mrit \ pt4elier ".liVed. IThe house stood on the ink of ,the creek justbelowWhere Oney :'0 .n now\tives. There was her - lit= tie oiehar\ler 'gardenand' tIM door,. 'yard where lict ehildn' played, but trie W,ysnx creek' las " reMoved her land mark." The. plat! Wherber.lionse stood and for quite a die tai Aiiatind. it, lc - age became the 'bed Emery for a while l' .where this house sto. smith .shop. , We now'pass up a —cross a little bridg the old house of .1N stood: This house w; built in the valley. 1i and some of their down into the vall4.- of the shadow of death. The house is gone, but a tree stands near byte guard the place where so many hopes were. cherished And so many vows Were - made. Another . house was built as a Bubstilute for this, a few reds liack frOm the, road;, but being never painted it looks as if it was built •in the days . of the fa.thrs. About a half a milebeloW, - 51,oses Wood bUrn lived; Ills hehse must have been built between 50 and 60 . years ago. But it has been • " remoVed like a shepard's tent." ',Near by, iq the field, is a, Small familY burying ground, and by its appear anee the last ofiFthateared J'or-it,..4s dead or gone to diStaiit • lands. A neglected burying ground makes death look doiably gloomy. •, , . - We now . paSs •en about half a- mile,. through. Pr- Barstoar's "upper farm," iteend a little hill, and off at - the right fro i m the ,main road, about 40 rods lied old .M.r. Whitney-2-41e lived to a good:Old age and died, was- supposed what mighi 1)e strictly . 'called a izaturad death, although not one in a thousand it: iS safe to.say. does die -a natural death = they die:eitrer by - accident; or vicilenceer sickness. But wheU a , person .dies a wral death, life goes out like alamp when all of the oil is consumed. This old man, , quietly, while .sitting in his Chair, closed his eyes in death, like a child going to sleep in its mother7 . i:. lap. Whe.-..e .all the forces of nature are spent,, death comes, in as a natural con Sequence. Tiro of. his seas built at an early .day on the main road. . , About a balfa mile still farther )(town Dave Funk'? (alias David Fiudle). Dave had -a great Weakness—whenever invited to take a drink he would do sn— out of respect of course.; He was a great talker and sometimes ;.could get a litthl , Dritlie•and t e house in which he lived are amitig. the things which are not. • The Utilise stood either, exactly or about there the hops©. of. Mrs. George Fox now stituds We now come to one of the finest and one of the most- valuable" farrixf establish: ments that.there Was in Bradford County 5!) years agO;viz: S.T. 13arstow's, The flats where his hamlet was built widens out and forms a kind of ampitheater. The situal is exceedingly healthful. It was in a still later period .the place of " rensfer's castle German hermit: The Or. and his wife ,iN;ei - e both, I think. [loin 'New England, full-blooded, live Yankees: . They_Were intelligent; econoni', ical and exceedingly industrious. • .flisliiiildings•were numerous, and • oc cupied both` sides of the .road. Eery thing was heat and in the. most perfec't order. It seemed like 'an earthly ‘ ,para4 disc,. He owned two farms, 'be.side.s r the one where his handet 4 stood. , —iiit>' "upper farm,' and one On the "State - read % ;" the: • former being about a mile and a -half 'up the zreek, -Heswas a modal . farrier. On his base he,would pass from one Tarm to the other to see thateverything was Mov ing satisfactorily. He seemed . to be al most omnipresent, . Tbev had lice children—three daugh ters and two sons... But Heleli;their beau; tiful 4nd accomplished Helen, died when quite young. . • The fastf,,piand I think purchased in Bradford County, was, bought for this. daughter. Mr. -Editor; will some of piny . re*lers I')14so inform us 'w I ether. this; is the fact, and alsoinform us 'what has he- Come of that piano? A few.years sincej saw at Washington's . Headquarters; Newburgh, the first 'piano brought to America,.andl should like to see the first ime , litonghtiiito Bradford County. ". A short distance below Dr. Barstow's, lived Esquire Bennett. He was an old grey-lleaded man 50 years ago, Ile and his wife have beep dead many years. The old house in which they lived was stand ing, ,but a short time since . presenting a dilapidated and forlorn appearanc e. Just' below on the copier where the ' State Read branches off a store was built about 50 .yes ago 'but it has long been I used for-a dwelling.: \ • .\\ \Vi[ti pass on to dilyersburgh. It was a beatitiful thriving place - in the diys of my . • childhood. - Wm. Myers, Esq., like Hr. Barstow \ \ \was a man of great force of character. le . einPloyed a great many hands - -ta •iii6Caiaplish *his various enter- prises. In . additon to his other business -, • , affairs Ito run , a still, - but in those days a still was thought be just as necessary • - as a grist-mill, and a\ barrelof whisky in . a family of children meietinportant than . • a farrow .cow. At what perod• his grist • . mill, carding machine,. cloUrdressing and • Mill were built I am not certain, s - but I think they were all in ope \ ration be- , - .• . :fore the Year 1810. - The water poWar here ' • is of great. value, as it is =the outle ,of Pond Ilill - popd, and never fails. He lonk . since left the busy Scenes of earth, to* join his associates "beyond the river." • - The nee..:ed blacksmith, old - Mr. Hay-. wood, lived a short distance below. long \''\ since lie.ceased to' beat the anvil. His' - house and -the old shop have also .passecl • \ away. - _ CUkESEWAGO. Just beldw on the left,. for a long while stood the school house, the only one 31ajor - Elliott's here. •About 40 years ago -it was moved a short distance above Where 'it now stands.. Just' , below this school houke on the right hand side of the' road, stcwkrthe little yellow store, of Cap ' tain 9lie. This 4 the first store I have any remembrance of going . into. How nice . and Wilting the things looke4. The. Captain lived just across the way. - Old CaPtain Martin lived a few , rods be low on the same side of the road, nearly opposite'where the dwelling of the: late . Jos. Conklin now stands,- NO trace Where the house stood is left. ;Tat below, ou the corner, Samuel- Coolbaugh 'and Lerou- Streeter built a store-ahout 50 years ago.- 'A. few, stones mark the place . Where at stood,t and the , men who owned - it are number&l amo ng. them 'who have .beeti and are ',not., Loftenyvisited this' store with. - my lather„and there was one person I used to see in aummenaround the little r pond just below the store that , attract' d . , :. my attention in a wonderful manner: I - had never i scen any like her before. Thif3y„ , _. called her!" crazy Jule." `,. Whose daugh ter she was I do riot know, \or by what . terrible calamity she lost her 'reason I do .. not know, but she awakened - ali'the's+- - . •pathies of my young. heart. Donnetless . . and shoeless she wandered abOut, some times muttering or talking -to herself ;or to a Pebble or ,withered stalk she -held in ter hawk I wished to speak to her, but chi. no t {` She looked upon me Withesuch . -.. `stra -e ,andoiy.z3terions looking eyes. A. ' - .. smile'. WOuld sometimes play. over her • countene, and a terrible frOwn 'would ' ' folloW: \ Bupoor "crazy Jule ""hargiine ' --lins,gone - wtiere there is no irriore pain J sorrow ordYin_ for .the former things hive pusednwa> . ._ . -A ° few other fa Hies lived between - where this store st• and the month: of - .• the creek of whoa. I but little knowl edge, and (will therefor '- not speak .of tpem. Not one of the - pion rs . mention ed in this article is now livin .. Many. of the builclirip " which they - er&ted and, trees which they planted - are here, but . . I - they are riot. They labOred and. others " ' \ have entered into.thoir labors, :Thus one - generation; passeth away and another ometll. I knew every pioneer in my ' Yckuth, from the "Four Mile' Woods". to tlimouth of the Wysox creek, but hoW \.: . sad and instructive the thought that of these mien and women' who thielt- among us, only three of tbent .remain. Soon the last link will be severed which binds us to that, noble dais oistnetiand women we „ callthe pionefrsOf the" valley of the :Wy , Isox Creek. .\ C. E..TAvLoit. Whitney's Point, Dec. 26;\1877.: - EDTTOR REPORTER : By 'request otlifi. Chamberlin, of Wyalcsing, 1 send this : for publication in your columns. I .left, Lacoyville Nov. Vith with my family for N 'Javan Colony, 'Texas ; joined E. K. Stir= decant at Towanda - and several other parr ties - at Elmira ;we made our way to Tex as ; had a successful journey of five days ; reached Sequin at midnight . ; rested our selves, over Sunday ; , found that - Ilavaa Colony was not so well known in Texas •as in Pennsylvania, so the most us rented land and went to work ; since that time Ilavark Colony has .failed to make their paymenty., and the.. land has gone back-to its - former owners ; since my arri -val here I hale plowed theground and sowed twenty-two acres Of wheat and six of oats . ; September \ and October are the best months for people to come here from LETTZE FROM TEXAS: Stqc !lc, e_c..l7th. 1178. e North if they intend to rent farms,. as Taiill is.•rentwd heroin the fall instead of Spring, as in Pennsylvania; there is•plen- ty ('.of land here for.rent ; the owners tind . everatkiny, and the crap is divided equal-. ly ; they let their horses and cattle graze • the year rontid ;- :hogs stay in the woods, also, and keep fak on acorns-and other'. huts. I Would not advise people to - come here. for any other purpose -than farming, - as other work is i,carCe and wages horses. are Worth from 115 t 0450, cows .. $.13 to s`2o, "wheat sl.so.pet bushel; corn 35 cts., oats 40 cti.; improved laud can: -be bought frOM 0:to $l5 - per- aere ; the sell is black and- In some Places ten feet thick; should advise farmers -to.eotrie here, .although they will haie to endure hardshipS ; : some of our party have gone, back ; others would go if they, could ; but tie country is 50 per cent. better than I bad expected ; old , farmers with goOd homes had better stay where, they are, but young ones that want homes had bet ter.comc to texas ;- all . kinds of. farming implements. can be bought here as cheap as 4 in the . North, but not as good ; the cli mate' s - very line, and, we are now ready to ploWour' corn 'ground. .L, aaoy and family airived. here 'a few days ago ; they are going to deal in stock. Respectfully Yours, SiURDEVANT. -- [ . He w ho . toasfs oft - a — multitude of friends hath none. ' • The eyes o 6 other wide are the eyes • •.• that Ttin us. - Ideas are oft times s y of tho . closi fur rdtuile of words. There is nothing more frightful Ur n -- bustling ignorance. . lie irlip• gives a trifle meanly Is' far meanevtban the trifle. • . Friendship, like iron, if harn thin: Diamonds are not only durh)r, • but worn by slays Quarrels would never Last long if the fault were on one side. only. . Men are like words; whennot properly placed, they lase their value.,
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