TEM OF MSLMATION;
/argot serthing In all ogee exclusive of subscrip
tions to the paper.
.5 Vl' el A!. NOT le Eglnserted at PtIPTI2II CINTS
per line, for the first Insertion, and rtvz Cant%
pei line for subsequent Insertions. • -
1,.4 - • AL NOT ICES, 'same style as reading mat
ter, 1-,wr.ivrt Cgruilt • Linn.
Al) V EIiTIS Elf EN TS will be Inserted neeording
t) the tottowlng table of rates:
Jm
'Time ... Ilwltwll2m I gm I \ .
Nu-h.. .. .. X 91.50 I
_3.00 5.00 5.00 I 11001 vs.oo
I zoo [A t m 5..00 I 19.001 15:00120.00
A inchs 2.30 I 7.00 I_lo.oo I 13.00 I 20.00130.00
I Iflehet y
..:.I 3.00 I LSO I 1:4.r I 18.33125.00 33:00
Coillinn pb.oo 1 12.00
. 1 lA# 122.00 1 30.001 45.06
'column.. I 10.00120,00 3 . 0.00 40.051
. .
so.p_oj 4 0.00 80,00 fla. 130.
.%IHINISTRATOICS and Executor's Notice%
Auditors notices. Ag.FA ; Business Cards, tiae
(per year) 0.00, additional lines. 1.00 each.
II:ARIA?' Advertisements are entitled to quar-•
e rla changes.
TRANSIENT advertisements :must be paid tor
IS' ADVANCE. •
AIL Resolutions of Associations., Communica- .
;I,.es of limited or individual interest, and notices
o I Marriages and Deaths. exceeding Ave lines, are
10-z.•4 TEN CENTI PEE. LINE.
3nlt IPRINTING,of every kind, in , plain and
fancy Folors. done with neatness and dispatch.
andhills, 'Manta, Cards, pamphiern s itinf ies d,
stacomtno, ac, of every variety and style', printed
s; the shortest notice. - Tug RILPOETEn .einCe
wen supplted with power presees, a good, assort
mrot of new type, and everything In the Printing
lin , can be executed In the most artistic manner
and.it the lowest rates.
TERMS INVARIABLY CASH
Professional - and 'Snead:3 Cards.
ANGLE,
•• • AV TO R YS-4 IS
oFFlCE.—Formerlyoccupted by Wm. Watkins,
11. N. WIL'LI A 5 ,19. (oct;i7, '77) Z. 4. AN,111.2.
AS .
AT O
11*
.4 TV)Rskrs-4 r.i.4 W ..',,
TD d 3, Pa. Orce occr 'Bartlett & Tracy, ift.itn-et,
IMO
0 - .1".31A50s
r. L
4. i ATTO_ONp.Y4T-T4i
TowAirim, PA.
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
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MEN
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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=
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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&lts 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
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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.:
\
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\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. '
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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.,