11 NEWS. FROM ALL NATIONS. rIIOFES-SOII SWING gathers in $2OOOOO yearly. s • TUE Yankees are sending collips . En'glatul. -* , WYOMING territory jurymen draw P 405' er day pay. A 311LF`inspecter is eontemplAed in 141assae1luF:etts, Tnrun is but one negro member in the Georgia bore. • Boorrr. of California is to more t 0 Indianapolis: L LAntEs' leather belts are studded' 'with • steel hail heads. 3,:. dEptANy - proposes'to take" part in the Paris exposition. = . Fir fy-youx railrofttls were soll tioll - er foreeclosure - In 1877 . '=. , .grCcn with sky Llua is the stylish combination of colors. • THE wid.oWs;ofl3rigliam Young are be -:inning t" tv-tharry. . . Ft.outp.vliotels are now serving. shad, Fr,Fen peas and totnatos. - . . .. .I.kokins Gonnos; BEN - N ETT is organizing an Arctic exploring expedition. • Ttir fifteen State Legislatures now in cult $33,000 a day: _ and Tennessee have tVinafe State librarians. A Ci.r.k ; mot - NT, four feet.in length; has been shot;:tt . .krsey Shore. • Tim City of Brtts . sels, from Nov York, !l itrrimi in Loudon. COU•NTEIZFEIT ten cent pieces have la+c- Iv been but in circulation. SENATon cleft, I'riday, of California, was forniely a dry goods clerk. - Foui • linpdred and ninety school houses *ere built in Ohio last year. A- Tit:ME months baby in one of the oil countirg only virnglni pounds. lill - F.om has two soCieties.fdr the pre vention of crnclty to children. - CENTRAL American neWs is - thfeateuing, but war, has not'yet been declared: ZAcii -Ow:lAm is going. to build a . block 'of store's iii Detroit this spring. , Ilr - r one passenger has left on .an Eu 7 rOpi - ,an steamer from Boston this year. FORTY thodsand tulip bells - ate, to . be plante4lby the Ddtch at the Tatfis , . :, , I.v 111:Y male citizen of . Atlanta Ca:, is taxed *;7i for : the maintenance' of the ~. _e. streets. --:. Ti,t , : ccill of:the late - .chief Jiistiee.Pear i,on, of o; . 1.1). Carolina, was written' in j,cul( 4 il • lellti=4., "beforethp.. Legislature of Yi-r -gipia pi. rides for a tax of one cent eaoll opal cigars. -Tut: color - Z(1 Baptists of Virginia have bpilt and pail for - 5O churches the past war. 7 • - -1 . l';rookville Jeirersoniia manes lion. George - A. - Jenks as its 'candidate Tor g.overnof. TII F.4E are tioxr 27 religioits periodicals puldi,hed to German for 'the German Lutheran, of this country. 11111.tvii - xEr: it; so healthy that one of her undertakers has been compelled to sell his stock of coffins at auction. Taimr. are only two codsccratcd ...0111:an Catholic Cliurehts in the Arelaliocee o 1101,ton, all the rei4r beiiig in debt. ' (I.9OBALm has written to 'King Humbert 1, begging him to follow his fat her't: foot , t eps. • , Pi :•• 4(11' ST E F:N ' presided at, the loea option meeting - in Philadelphia on Mon day evening. Ax Englishphysician revives tho faded i faith in blue glass 'iv ; declaring that it is almost a sure cure far insanity. iA BETIO F, who was sixty years old and resided near Allentown, conuuit ted suicide by cutting her throat. • I.T P I•YF.N.Nr.n, agtl over 100 years and a solider of the war of died a few days ago in Cambr,a county. • - A Diviiisos of the. Fren!ciMediterra, item squadron left Tdulon for the Levaiii, last Week. " • livthe explosion,of an oil tank Consta- Hook; N.. 1., Sunday, , one employee wits MStantly killed and several wounded. AT:\Vells, - :11e., Sunday night; a live Ytlar - old',Ltirl was fatally shot ,by, some party unkm.wn. The motive is a mys tery, . I); E M AN.. of the: Easton ,Cenfindl was cleetcd President of the Pennsylvania Editorial Association at the meeting in 1111. i-slung last week. i• • ME, total Itussian losses. during the - war, lip to the sth inst., aggregate eighty thousand four h4ndrect . and thirty-INe. men. .10iN 'Outran. says that one-third of all the-land “f the' United Kingdom, being 11 ,, 14's than,:23,000.000 acres, belongs to ii . i . 1114'11 ===l &well im dimes and half dimes' in ls:14, i but the eiridti,of stars did not appealf till 1.‘3 , :v.e. • - 11E1' 1! 1.1:11EM is $70,00 in debt, and asli,s the Legislature to take—away its p,"•wer_eplltet - a large portion of its water ta,i. • Tin: bus . iness of the Beaver Post-office Vis increased sufficiently to take it om. of the fouith eku=s and pit it among the third class piEN;t:ldlices, • A Il.kunistinto man, who has been elevon nears and has eleven child. rcu, invited his friends recently to 'his annual bawr" 'l . ll E'woric of .comnleting the extensiOn on the I.chirli and I...ackaWanna ,(Bath) frot; Bath to Stroudsburg, is being pu.hed vigoronsly forward. ' Tit 1: 'commissioners of Columbia county offer a r("Ward for the arrest and convic tion J murdere' of - John Van Liew near Illoomshurg last Septeinber. the Muney lid an unknown man was foin,4l hanging to the branch of a tree 'l.ooly. llis,dead body was discovered by . a rOn out hunting. IWDoNocult, the actor, aeci . treinally Id iot himself in the left breast, jus . 0 the heart, on Thursday. The Oil not strike any vigil point. (r SPOEHRLE, of Pottsville, was. to have been taken to` the Almhouse on harsdaY, - bat the old man died while .arming Linise prior to taking the trip. Centre eoNty reside a family naiii ed.rMusser wli c iOt weighs 11:35 pounds. That ligTheNt we4zbs:223 pounds and the beavest 23!:.. There are five of theta. clen4is has just been taken iii Spain., and for . the first time in the his : tory of the e .. odntthe question of relig '...,h4l connection has been asked, T'r is rumored :that a marriage will 'he arranged between his Royal-Highness the 'Duke of Connaught and the Princess fA , Mse. the daughter of Prince Frederick Charles, of plussid. A PILL has been introduced in the r l Pennsylrania Legislature to repeal the Stuiday law of.- 1790 -finder which two 'Seventh-day Baptists were fined last year :working on Smlay. -. ' orS i Turf Ames Methodist Church of New- Orleans, the only while English Northern ' Methodist chdreh in that city, fs tlu:eaten ed with a Sheriffs, sale unlells it 'raises soon the sunf of $:7,0001' .. . • IT is rePortea that - Germany has again. inforined Russia that she - must submit Lei Mins for peace to tho comgd.efatiou of the great powers.. . •' -- • . A SrEci4l,, Committee -of the British :War Office reports that the Mediterra nean store-,rons are filled to overflowing "with supplitls, sufficient for any . in-na:d ate naVal and•military requirement. - Pktv. Du. STEPHEN if.- TYING lms reigiked the rectorship of St. Georges pa'ri:4l, New Yolk ,after a pastorate of '.:3 years: . plc is n.‘w nearly tQ years Vii}; . but the vestry hAve 'cued him the use of the parsonage and 5000 per annum dur : ing his life. - - . . Tun . Portage iron works,. located at Duncansville, Blair county, together with the nail factory and two hundred and seventy acres of land, the, property of the late Henry Musselrpan, pf. Lancaster county; has been •sold by theczecutors Toy 44 o,boo to John Musselina4:-• AN 'SpValling iw —r raggintg throughout four provinces of North China. pitol4 are reported destitute. • Children are daily sold - in - the >for food.' The Foreign Relief Conimittee arreals to America and Englg,nd for. asist t -4 to that :pain will sign a treaty wick S:ono".DOntingo at' the-end - of this - month. assuming a protectorate over that island,•causes great excitement in Santo Domingo and Hayti, '•and serves to ,fur flier increase the. unpopularity of Presi dent Baez.. - Vradfool EDITORS:: ' 11. W. ALTORD t O. GOODRICH. Town:la, Pa.; Tharsaay, Jan. 31, • 137 t/ HARD 'TIMES ,AND TILE. REMEDY. A'remarkabl 3 l• plain and compre hensii-e‘ letter from llon. G. A. G now,' which we publish On littir first page, gives the cause of the.? ltartt times" now so prevalent, anit the answer to. the question, What :Makes so many tramps ? Mr. Gnow's - krures and facy arc worth a whole;'. Volume of tho . theories usually advanced by •t 1 ose who •have attempted to solve •tl-,e' embarrassing•and difknit ques tion above presented. 11i4 figures show that contraction' of the curren- • ty had nothing to dowith producing . I the revulsion eDinmeneing in 1873, as the 'volume of cui - r:ency in 1873, 18I:, - 4 and 1875 was larger =than in the two years preceding, and the highest amount' of currency afloat wag`itt-1874. A few words of commonsense front' a Practical . man' like Mr. Gnow is of •more \ nine than all the fine-spun' essays of dreamers and theorists as a Cure fur the disease from :which the country, is suffering. , The guise of the present depresilion in business,' , with its attendant fitiancial distress,. is concisely glyeirhy him when' he says that the stoppage In. railroad, . building from exhaustion, the paraly sis in all businescaused part by, that, and by production, beyond the ".: capacity , 61'. consumption, filled' the land With' miemployed labor ; while extravagance unprecedented, lit creat ing indelitedliess, crippled all individ mil and public- enterprises. The stagnation in business thus causeyl has forced honest and willing lnb6r to beg its bread. The first .renAdy Or the , existing state of thi ?Cgs i s fillvlity to public, and private trusts, thus restoring confidence, ay d• secur ing a faithful. collection . id -honest disbursement of public : nd private ' tevenues, and next ar . g,id economy in public antl 'privy expenditures. For as lie.justly bb er. .., "Human ingenuity - : has - nev r yet bt., ,, n ark to devise a scheme N )y. which an 'ndivid ual or associ tion of indinals whose expem dares exceed then come, if co Ahmed, could, be save 1 from final ankruptcy and ruin." THF , Orgif. of last week contains two :Anonymous communications in ree-i f rd to the balance clue from Wm. 43 / t N N, late Treasurer of this 5./ounty: They -facts in the case are' laid before our. readers in another column by a gentleman whose char-; aCter for, strict integrity and un; j Iliching hopesty has never lecn ques tioned, and who is fully conversant with the subject, and his statements May be implicitly relied !upon. The bi,rl int.rodueed by ,Senstor DAviEs. i 3 in compli - anee .with a pe titi6n numerofely signed by-men of all political parties, asking the legis -I,ation in the name of iustice. • The effort of a few leaders of the 'flemou - eratie party to maktiTolitieal capital .will not be endorsed by conscientious men Of. either 'part:y. 'The relief asked tor •by Mr:' fItiNIAN is reason able' and «ill not result in loss to the county; . • For the information of the „ilr!ius correspondent we will . say that the Reporte'r has 'lever been ,'aakedl to print anything - on the subject, either pro or 0 ; 0 , but Ve..VikC! this "occasion to :Nay that we 'are clecit.lely in favor of the bill, intro4lticed in the Senate for , the relief of Mr. 8.-- A (;:kIN:T the.lanfaromide ,of loose talkers as VoonnEEs common sense protects that I%bor prospers hdstwlwn paid in the best money ; that any dt.gradation in theciirren strikes first :uul• heaviest at wages; amf that confidence in the future, which is essential to the revival of industry and .trade., requires ft ielity - to the National faith and aeceptanee of. the *bigbest standard of mont•i recognized among c ommercial Da _ tiong. , If Congress were '4o-propose 14e law to retinue the wages :of every Workingman 8 per cent, the popular 'response would be loud and plain, and if it were to enact that business shall be so disturbed that no man can tell the iinancial 'ground upon whit:ll.lle stands, indignation would , find strong modes of expressiim. Both of these things the lilandSil ver Bill embollief;, and the _country is 'only beginning to condi:pm it,and to insist that itintat not , • become a law.---I tira IL rrilrl. ' • Gytit writes to the Cincinnati Ga zelle about the- inistres oflhe Wli!te notise in this manner : "Washington has only one woman to about this winter s.— Mrs.. HAYEs. tihe is every womans envy. - Even t ~e;reacl ion or undc:rtow of sentirtient carries 'off all va`unted Wa6ington ladies has exceptsd her The sheerness of her laugh if put in, to the*lllaml bill, might popularize; the cartwheel dollar. Her st`•le of wearing her .licit ha's -already re, viecd the.comli trinle and the tor toise shell interest., . IT is not the " bloated bonithold ers"lvhp are depoAters in the savings bankS \ of the country. - The $l,llOO.- 90Q,000 \(.lepositeo in these institu: tioi)s belOilgs mainly to thrifty work ; women. _lf the silver. law 04 less of these \not .be less than of the "bloat- ing men and \ bill becomes a\ depositors will - 100,000"0: Zia• 0 bondlioldeas" who 'Of . the sayings-bank fu t. . i profitby- the losse,4 whiC , tors in - thoSe • institutions is made a legal tendc-r o. • amounts- • . . Ito 'OLuit • papers. announce. the'LTT= FBOX CUE POBRESPOITIHEITTS. • \ deatl in' December of WILLIAM V. - Rt4o - 1,t4, Gbverbor of the leper Seitktment On.the Island of Molokai, SandWich ISlunds. " Dim. linos \ S, - 1. DALE. LI, ...e• was popularly known, \ was - a Haw;ilan by -, birth, his mother '7 , , \haling been 'a, "native and his father .akAnaericitne . Was a .Jawyer, speaking English \as fluently as Ha \• waiiam and the. most, noted orator . ' of s. the \ Hawaiian,' Kingdom. The. manner lii''vlich RAosuE diScovcr ed that he hathe leprosy, as told by himself, is into i estinm.- He resid ed' e . for a - numbeix)f years oii , , the Island of Hawaii, attl had an Office at Hilo, the, capital - of the island. One night he was studying up . a law ensegn . which he was deepliterest cd, when the chiinney from his lamp fell on Aim table. ' Although • the chimney was hot as fire, " Bill," •'n his excitement, picked it up and set\ it'in its , place without experiencinr . insonvenience, such as would hatt •-• ally result to a really.'sound per on handing , az- hot lamp:aim - 4. He / reflected fur a moment, looker. at his hand, but could not discover he least sign'. that; it' had been• bu ned. He then took off and put on i theehimney repeatedly, and with t,13.e sanip result. This',experienee con: need him that le was among the /afflicted, and he conimfluicating -with . - AnAlg,•amination . nedical authoritie t Was,atiiieted with lei)- ; koliCe did not arrest him, / • lug to his, exalted •posi, L. was common .With those suspec ed . of being dePers, so he V,Ol - unta ly delivered himself up as a vie'" in of the terrible disease. He - w s then sent to' Molokai' and in tuited as Governor - of the Leper ::;ettlement, - which position he held up to. the time of hiS death. During, his:administration of affairs lie Was as successful as lie ...was popular. There - were and are about 800 lepers oil the settlement, but by his tact and kindheartedneSs ItOsnALE made the most extraordinary and saddest 'community , on the face of the earth. ascheCrful and happy as the inifor tunates-vould be: Ily his - advice the Government mlde many reforMs and tire lepers recognized him a a father lost no time in the authotitie was map, and, Glared that It The lON\ CVO' SEIM Tim MArnEwsvl:silver \resolution, which passed the Senatel:On Friday list by - a vote of 43 to :2;2,ye s ilds as ;101Ws • 'llesolv.ed • - the Senate (the taiVe' . of representatives concurring therei 7) That all the bonds of the United :kites issued, or anthorized to be d under the said acts.of COng,ress li , reinbefore recited, are payable, prii •ipal and interest, at. the option oft ,government of the United States, i silver dollars of the coinage of the ca ., "noted Statffc eon t_nining 41;21 grains _ach of standard sliver, and that to restire.to its coin age•rp such silver coin as 1 legal-tend er in- payment of said' .bods, princi pal and interest, is not in iolation' of the public flith, nor in der ration of the rights Of the public ere( 't.."-` EN4IR ('A tool, of this St. te, Votedin'favor of the resolution. On - Monday the bill passed th'e (louse by more thin -a` two-thirds vote: .Col. OVERTON, we-are Pleases] to notice, *voted atrainst the bill. TtrE memberg of the pre ^ sent Legis lature ..are classified .as , follows : Ot the Senator:, 21 are lawyers, 7 rihysil cians, G merchants, 5 fanners, 3 jour- flutists, 2 manufacturers, 2 contract ors, 2 Politicians, 1 teacher and 1 oil producer. The oldest Senator is 11. G. BussEr, of York, born - in 181“, and the youngest is C. NIMMY.f.It, of Allegheny, ;corn in 1848. Of the Representati, 52 arc merchants,. 41 are tradesmen and. clerks, 31 are farmers, 24 arc lawyers, li - i•P;)re physi cians, Itl . are manufacturers, 8 are teacticrs, 0 are oil producers, :1 are editors. ..2 bankers. 9 railroad con due tors and I hotel-keeper. lIENItY Z: 4 rAitßoltouGH, of Berks, born` .1800, is • the oldest . Representatiye, and SAMcEI, S. JiINES7Of Imzerne, born in 1850, is tlk youngest. . TUE eOmmissioner of Agriculture has made, his annual repolt. -The losses frOm \1: inter-killing ; the' fly, t& - t" chin* bug' grasshoppers, yust, smut. tize., have this season been far less ; than usual. Th heaviest pro ducticM is in the sectio of the light est yield last n rthwesterii Spring wheat states, - whos product fell off . `3000,000. bushels.: The aggregatk‘..in Wisporisin, Minnt. lowa, and Ne‘braalta is double t'ha of last - year . and nearly bnshels greater than that-of,' 5. The entire crop promises to eNcede• that of litSt year by, :70,600,000 bnshels, leavin , = 100,000,00 bushels for ex pfsrtation, With surplus . - rermanig aboile.tlie actual .1 . oluirment of con .sumptiou. (Mei' crops have generally been good. - • - How „mum WAS PA - 11).- During 1877 there were in: round numbers 7,000,000 of the national debt . paid off or nearly 'four millions per mont - h. _Still we lie the Democratic cry .of extravagance and fraud.- When the Democrats were in poWer their frauds and extravagances took -an -entirely different shape. The public lebt, then inceeased "from year to year and the money drawn from taxpayers went into-41e pockets of 'Democratic office holders instead of going to .reduce the debt. • • COL OVERT( ix voted on Monday against grapting, subsides ,of any kiti'd to corporations, • The district never had a representative miitt-Vig ilaut and' watchful.' of tlte..public iur terests than the Ctilonel. ire borrowers . , las wii; really i. the ticpw;i \stista;u if A T-lI,FATY of peace has been eon, summated between Russia and_TUr key, and the RuS i sian army is to he withdlawn.krotn , the domains ' -of the Porte. . - • . . or In;ge =I MM=SE=E:=I . amg ....ml). ,ni.theery day tne should be passed`aod signed by she Pres . - idtha. When that lay arrives the riddle is al . i'etly read. W Itjt greenbacks worth six cents on the dollar tore than silver, very fe . W•vonld beawesentcd at the Treas uri' for redeMption. • Only foolOvould be likely to change dollars worth Ik3 cc - its for thokonly worth 9,2, but should they all be preset ted,-there would be tio dillieuty in getting-the sillier to pay them.' If Flood and O'Britaf and the .:"e,v,tula Senators could not furnish enough, ample supplies could be Obtained from Londtt,i, and Berlin at Much less than the price of', greenbacks. We may safelY \ say that D 9 reenbacks would be .presented at the reasury, and no matter how \ grearthe desire Secretary Sherman might"bave to destroy - them, his alestructive feelings. would not be gratified, for lie would \ not be able to see one twice a year tutless\he saw it in a Itioker's show-window, 'et bought it at a premium. Thai- internals revenue would all be Collected and the government officers might be obliged to receive their salaries in silver or do without them. . We are not in favor of the silver bill as it passed the House, we believe that a sitri ver . dollar should contain-a dollar's wortk.. of - - We ,are endeavoring -to shoW that if the silvel- bill Should become a law, there would net be the slightest obstacle to immediate restunkaion' in silver; that resamption woldd not only be perfectly but. profitable to the government, that if the silver Covressmen are honest. , sietve and patriotic in their elnats to re monetize an-inferior coin in-Order to make money cheap, they are inconsistent,'.un wise, and short=sighted in repealing the resumption act at the very time they shall have madesit (by the passaLT of the silver bill) safe, practicable and profitable, for the government to reiTamie. The three hundred and fifty;-one millions of dolla - rs in gteinbacks :could be redeemed in :41- ver and twenty-one milliu s of dollars - saved -by the operation. If Justice and Equity will sanction tile, payment of the bonds in silver,lthey would certainly, just fy the payment of the greenbacks in the same coin. Why then would they repeal 'the resumption act ? They :11'e trying to arise to'n maxlerlfctlie men who desire pa per inflation, and the producers Of silver whim desire it market fur their product.. The grecnbackers will not alley: a note to 'be canceled, and the silver produeea. will . not consent to a•dollar that is worth, one hundred cents. Both are agreed that . Inflation 'shall taki - e place ; and both liar-' tiA are deter:l - titled to avoid even the ap pearance of Contraction and so resolved to repeal the resumption act. We believe that many, if not a majority of the Con gressmen, who threaten an insurrection in case their bills are vetoed in the Sem: ate or at tjie white noose, do not care a cent whatThecomes of them so that they succeed, iii ' making political capital for themselves: It. is • not improbable that they could prefer to have tuem fail, be cause if their bills were passed, of iii4l Lot afford the relief whit li they had prom i:ed, the ileople tla , ir occupati , ni would be gone, they could obtain leave of. alwence, and as first class demagogu - es take their places on the retired list. They ,101)1,v there is a tilde-spread feeling of themes- . siun and discontent in .the minds of the peOple opting to the bard times, the en-' Forced coll&oion of debts, s,hrinkage in le value iff property, the reau t ction of '' C ti, the alarming number of bar:kill/pt.- the breaking of savings banks and hile companies,. and they are en ' ig to use flit se troubles and ex . their own personal advan- Mrc charging all the- blame me - s on the party vZhich lies they are making irieW--.pti - fanning the flames of `:tent, "hoping thereby `”aion and continuance mim I= MERE MEM ld fail and the re 'l resumption take stood Secretary `l, it any albli h. no diflieul ') inted, and s it has Jan ‘: as 'or the hat(. )(ull HI power is - sties aliN disorder and disc, to :-ecure their te-e, ill Pill( e If the silver bill shot., .suniption act stand, will place in - It i:2;undr, thinks thatjwithh, tional legi.latiou there will bl oty in resuming at the time app should golil continue to decline for six months paq, greenhaeliti tix par Si WI gold hug before the first ii nary nexi, and I.e . ;•itunpti , ni will conli'!, aroily and quit-tly as the sun rises.. Ma\ persons honestly helieve . what they have been told by designing men, that the gov ernment has destroyed more than - tine() hundred millitms - of the greenhaek money in circulation at the close of-,the war, and that the withdrawal or.s.. large a sum from the channels of businet , s is what caused tha money panic,ond hi - ought On the hard timss. This i. uot . a correct pre sentation of the facts. The - compound in terest note: , and a few per cent. notes ' 'together am.eu to tv.o hundred and fitly millions Of dollars, and ValiCIL had hover been it, generabeirculat ion as mon ey at all, an , bbad never been intended to cir, -7 , - .llceause .the currency ,wall al ready :4, DIM that.;.4-he issue of another of ordinary greenbacks would haye produced financial ruin, were after lheiclo , e of the war called in .and canceled. Public necessity demanded their is;uo, - and_good policy rpluired their paymplit as sum as possible, lux:also of , the excessive interest they - bor f. Their with.drawat did not contract the currency Tiny more than the withdrawal of govern ment bonds, for beim; !mire-valuable, they had been held Tien greaten tenacity than . boni.' l / 4 4.. -There is an almndatme of money , in the country, and has been all the time; but want of confidence preventg its em- Pl"Pnent, and the repeal of the resump tion act is calculated to increase gcnerill t3istrustocinuneyed men - and keep their I- .. 1 pitar idk. 'here are F,zttl:l,ooo iti the sinking fund of I . misylvania for tIM payment of State bonds over due. on which the interest has been strupped after notice given to thc. bondholt .is. more. han three_months ago, but, the bo ids have not bum presented at i i. the Treasu4 \ nor 'flp money called .for, probably becabse the owners have no use for it-and don't\know what to doith it. There has not yen contraction of the currency enough ' hurt anybody, the trouble all came Lou attempting too , much from over tradi , t our capital, or trading without any cap - tal at all, buying heavy stocks of goods to s .11 on a - falling market, contracting big de is when pro— perty, was dear to be paid wll property became cheap; boriowithq money to build railroads and borrowing none} to - pay_ the interest,ind also the dividem ... ' These, to say nothin g of,' the ex lava,- -1. - rance in living which imt many indu .ed, reckless speculations; bubbles, and . it castles erected which blew awaY at th. • first breath of the storm were enojagh t. make hard titres, and the wonder Is that they are DO'W -- Orse. . . , What we need is not more money, bn more economy in its expenditure, mor . saving habits, and-greater caution in con tracting debts. Instead -of more silver, gold, paper or nickel, we need industry, patience. fortitude, cheerfulness. The - in -good time win' beget ',;ontideuee th, gon of the business world; and conti:lene, Will soon unlock the hoarded capital an restore the lost prosperity. - _ _ ._ LETTER FROM HARRISBURG II !I G. Jan. I.T; than The ".lock" in regard to the order of business having ht last been, broken, leg islation has been progressing somewhat more lively timing the last ten or ,twelve days than formerly. rei;oltition, catered by Mr. Wise, of Greene county, was passed in tbe:llouse,. • centlY, which indicates a fee, body against the charging of idle est. The following hi the reFoluti llettolred, That the judiciary innanltteft be and are hereby Instrocted to Inquire antit), to the house whether under the constitution_ laws of Ma commonwealth the tithing of usurlol_, rates of intereAt for the loan of money by any Jo. Metal °trot or thus awe In Huth a violation of law as to Justify Intpeachmentlual retnotal from office ; U it is Wrong for tlielaymatror Common tiWeit to lend his tnohey ahtl tahb ustiri•-s ous interest, it is certainly a greater crime for a :fudge to thus violate the law and there might to be sonic way to properly punish him. • The report of the Committee of Confer- ence en the order,of business, referred to iii a l foi fifer letter, as having passed the Senate, `was voted down in the Ilimse by a very decided vote when it. jraS reached, but, at the next session, on Tues day, the 15th Inst.: after a protracted dis cusri„.,n, in whio, a .- , ood deal of feeling was displayed; the pawed tile same resolution op the subject that was adopt cd in the Senate, on the-first day - of the session. Thus busineSs w; sinanguraled, and bills from Committees -were prompt ly reported. • • Among the more important bills which have been reported from committees :if- . tirmatively,.are the following!' _ _ Providing fur the re-enactment of the local option law. • An act to remedy the evil arising from charging more than the le g al rate, of in terest. The' bill provides for the forfeit ure of eight times the amount of Interest illegally charged otitaken. Au act to establish new countie - , .C 111» monwealth : " \,. TO provide for the. division of counties of this,Commonwealth, and the. erection oC nvw counties therefrom. • The following• resolution was reported afirmatiti•ely-from Committee on-Federal Relations : iteantrold, That It Is the sense of the House that ho hill to repeal the resumption act now pending n Cengress.olight to become a law. The "first new county bill indicated is "ft: general application, while the Second -is•to suit the 1116 C of Laverne County. : l'ke general appropriation bill has been repurtcd front committee. favorably. Tiac sums altpropriated to- most or the items are chani.,ed front last year, lint the lig grigate aMn \int will be about the same as then. The ollowing 'are the proposed f\ \ appropriations Interest on public debt, $.1,250,019 ; cunt ion schools, $l, ll t l P,O O 7o President and AXsociate Judges, $480,_ 000Xlegislative exinses, -$40.1.()(10 ; sot diers',4,7phans' schools $^,5,1,00(1; t . m . ean tive 'departments, -;; ; 10;900 ; printing and binding, \ ::••••,,,29,00 ; publ•gluund:c :::10,_ 000 ; miseeklancons, : . •:•0201 1 ); Li.rihda,tir,. /knurl, aPoq $25,laH f.• • The, appl leaf ions fur appropriations for State and other in stitutions - foot \4IP 0ver1.,:30,9t9, of which not more than ::, , •;90,nu0 w ill b e a l. loWed. ' \ Bills providing for \ stay Of executi‘op fur two‘years I; proiding bte l manner in whidi ' the courts inay divide. boroughs and wards, and to provide follitlards t.if ail& (,ration between employers and employes, have also been. reported -favoi'ably. The action of the House, indefinitely postponingo the resolution to appoint a committee to invpstigate the rioth •of last Fummer,,was rce.M. 7 :itle-ed on Wedr.l.ty, the li;t k inst. ' Tne motion to reennsuit•r was made by .11,.k. Hulot,' of Philadelphia, and was carried, yeas•lol2, nays 09, . . \ • Among the bills report -d 'fitful-ably in :tlte Simtte, on the I;th inst., Were the Ifollowing • . . senate 'bill No. ..!'.:', with a long title, meaping,a five pipe 1:0e. Etnebling mechanics to amend their lieng. • ' Enlarg.ing the jurisdiCtion of the con of enponon pleas relative to grantim charters of incorporakions to mutual i-av ings fund, land, hian and building aSS . II6- atious and confirming charters heretofore granted. . •„ Pe; mitting defendants testify in criminal - ea: 2 es. Permitting surving - partners to testify to matters having occurred between the surviving,p;mtners, plaintiff.; and defend ants. s. (I.Providing for the bringing of- actions against married women when the husband shall have deSerted or separated ti self from her':iud iS,absent from and living out of the c.ntntY , ,in whiCh she resides. Exempt in7;-drug -•„ists and - their clerks from serving as jurors. ('crating a Middle penitentiary district -and providing for the et\ction of a •pc ni tent iary. • , Authimizing the state treasurer to pay the necesFary Cxpen . ses incident to the'; chlling out of the Nations; '6 ti - ard'to sup press the riots in July an August. The Jon has bean 'amended to 'provide,for an expenditure-of 7z61p,00n, instead„utcs6o,- The bill providing for the bohtingorall Ate sessions of the supreme court-at Hai..., risburg 'was reported negatively. Among those reported favorably, in the House, on the -same day, were the follow ing Prohibiting banks niul inst itu tiom from charginfz intcref.t on dep :sets. Authorizing boroughs -where • rat...s, fipr yr,ater are fixed by law to elmngo the same.. To provide for the .compulF.ory educa tion of children. For the more .c i ireetual. preventionof mobs and' riot s—Makina each enmity liable for losses sustained -therein from Mobs. Autborizinphoroughs containing 2,000 inhabitants and upwards to levy and vOl leet.taxes for road, bridge and poise 'posek4. Fixing Salaries of judges—AlhiPhenY and l'hiladelphia•courts, $7,000 ; i n( 1 1. :. : „ s of Second judicial district, $5,500 ; Twelfth judicial district, $5,90 . 0; Twenty '..urtli districts, *',.4.000 and of 'the Third., "rentli, Fifteenth, Twenty-first and v-third: districts, i' , .. - -.;000 Gael). - .all • :-:,:1,000,. exc:le : - e-..oei itc judges, Nilio sli li receive i..:15 per diem. ' . -Well pas , ed the Brume tiwilly. in , , -t, "to make the inisstate- Isinc:--s or a flaics ofil corp., Ili Mors, inana*: or 'old cc,'llas s sdce been \\lre called i'riMi the In , use. 1;:he penalty pro 'vided, in the, bill. i. a fine or not Inbre. than q . ..t0,()110, -and : i r imprinonment . of not less than thyee.mo 01:s or more than •• jail. Scnatois Intl should be "Iniii.;.sible, it 12(1(if_iii(li Ala a law I . A 1 1' I ' N't •!. I. - 1‘ 1 A h I t\' I d . . . S ' . 1.1. ) iii. EMI A bill en the 171. i rncnt of the ration by its =ZEE th in $1(v41o, t.-,v , ) yea the ou roliection thought tlii ami•ndcd, as it would b was agricd 1..) get the proper to act am bank dirpctors, with ire the sttltuf.eltoi,:,:s Tire care of 0. F. : Minxa, a *:nen.b, - 4- o f, the 1 . .g - islature from Del, - , , ware co nty, who - it :tillbe remembered I NATIS awes a few days previous to the mcetin of t; oeneial - Assembly, on a charge of'cinbez :dement, and confined in the jail of Dela ware county, has been before the House twict-.during the last few days. When arrested he claimed that a. member of the Legislature was not sect to arrest un der the eonstitntinn, but the Jun e thought he was, andjih defaurC,of bail etimmitled him, refusing to permit (Ito piisorer to appear. before the judiciary committee to argue his ease as r e ,p ir st,A, the House then passed - a re•ml t u rec ti: g the Spealt - er to i,-ue a warrant. commanding the See;' ant-at-arms to. bring \ Dullard before the committee. This was dOne, and the gentleman made his argumeht„.,bitt the committee has nor e ported and thus the case stands,- -;dr. L. is a Republican, and the Democrats, of course,.think\he ongllt. to be promptly re turned to jail, chile the Republicans scent to think the the point at issue should tii-st be settled. , - I n the .Seitat ! , on I 'm 18th inst., a bill was passed tinnily, rkquirjug "the pro- thonotaties of the serer l',eourts of Com mon Pleas to keep a s.,•parate index dock- et, in which shall be entered in alp!,abeti cal order, the namesOf all persons .who may he found to beffunaties or habitual li drunkards,, and alsoi it names of all per sons or-parties'agains whom injunctions have been granted restraining them from selling or in any way encumbering real state, and the names of . all parties • iust whoni diterees in divorce haYe granted . .!', • • is•an important measure, and as it ably pass the house, parties in an Make a note of it, At the n of the Senate,-while-"au act e pay of Co. Commissioners,'.' ussed, Senator Davies pat reply to an intern gato \tor Verkes, . (in which imated• that some of rd County were " re nnder. the -fee sys ., brief bid point- bee Tfi nillpr tereAed, sameisessi to regulate was%being (111 ticipated—and ry made by Sen)d that gentleman iii the officers in Ilradf ceiving $:30,000 a yeat tem,") made the ffillowl edremarlo CASTELAR. .Iti it.' I) AV I its :—.llr, President, an opportunity."( answering that n congder it properly prerented her \ hear no complaints tifont the t)eople th count of thy conduct of Its "flti.ers. and to Say•that Brad ford County ha. never h eer that has realizcd any such Hun as . that ed by the. Senator's ijuestion, nor ont-tl.lrd ~ aniount. The county has been singularly bit with good, palus4aklng,. obliging, hard-work and honest. otlicera. Under Abo fee, hill, as tt to exists, otie or two receive a greater compenas lion than they should. For that reason I have in tnidtteeil a is now before the Commit tee on Constitutional Reform, reducing the fees about thirty-tbnae.and'une-third per cent. I Via- altnv.the same old county,. whose Countyl homadallouerri a few years ago, constructed and built a Jan at an' expense of some seventy-thousa nd dollars•!•onci of the hest Intlidlngs In the Common- ' wealth.. It was built under their suporrlstor, and' tin.' • "job' , in It -- -,troche from ng in Out inter- total nt HI ...slander. •, , - This b:llprovides that from and, after the apprtlal and passage of. this act, in all proScBations for libel under the crimi nal. is — sof this Commonwealth, it shall. : be competent for the accused to produce in his own behalf and defense. testimony in support of the truthrolness of the alleg ed libel orsland r, and that the publica tion bf the same was •not prompted by malice, but was for and in behalf of the 'Public benefit. That in all actions noir pending or hereafter to be prosecuted for the recovery of damages sustained -by c libehins publications or slanderous utter ancesi•the defendant iii the action shall have. LIM right to giye evidence of the truth of the publication or utterance upon which sai&-action is based,3lnd that it was'not primipted by malice, Which facts 'when proven shall go to the jury in abate ment or instigation of damages, which may be returned by the jury as nominal, exemplary or vindictive, as the nature of .. thexase may warrant, Neither convic tion tinder the triminal x statfites nor a ver dict for damages in it civil action shall follow when the alleged slandar or libel !•shall be, proven to be justifiable or made from properrinOtivcs fur the public good, ar for the purpose of warning the public( agaiml. improper practices or evitelispos ed persons , or lawless characters. - The free piPe Jine bill was on the'..cal endax for firSt reading in the Senate, on. Monday night, but its friends did not call it up, evidently fetrim, to meet the issue. nit Tuesday; howco.air, Mr. Lamon, ef Philadelphia. who is opposed to the bill, and desired to have it in its phiee on the e.tlendar of bills tel second toadin for Wedneselay„had it read the first time. Before reaching the calendaron th at day. Mr. Corbett, of- Clarion, who introduced the bill a nd has it in charge, moved to postpone fulfil February 1:2111. `typon this proposition there Wits quite a dNeussion, the friends of the. bin app.:- rentlY , desiring time to gain strength for it. white, the opponents Of tliC measure seenMd eta O l in:: they were sttamg enough t hill it thcn, after a lengthy debate Mr, Corbett swan petmitted_to withdraw his Jemdution, Stone moved to. re itonimit the bill tithe commit tee ell the Jitdicia.ry Genera l \ as he said with a view to "emending it, ‘ , ,,se as •to meet the view St. of gentleini!M \ opposing it. This lookedNa litter " ga4y," liut on the groMel (4, courtesy an. to avoid any hp, pearance id; haste. the St4tte, agreed to the ,inotivti\-to recommit, vote of yeas 21, tiati - 5‘ , .20. Sknaters Who are ItnoWn to "opposed to lids bill, so well calculated t4i.destrey the ti-a s de in oil refining, and othei'branehes of manulac tneing connected therewith, throughout the State the\ailh ineti ye on\this consequa L inly thmi! action shohl not l.e mismiderncied: There in no prob. \ ability of the bill passim; th,t , .: Senate this session, let the 'lobby" y,iirzis long and. .as strong as it v.lll. , The bill appropriating money to pay the military Gar services in quelling the riots of I,:st summer, which ti-as dii4m.sed in the Senate on Wednesday, again Caine up on Thmsd."-y. Tim question Nyitti .11wajnondIncrnt of 7.1 r: I/onkel. increasims the amount from to lel , nnn , so as•to allow eonoqissioned otheers cull pay for frac9oas of month?, .m the same basis. as hail l'i'en allowed forth.? priv:;tes. The . (h bah, wlas warm and son*!what hit ercnt in,g. 'tic. Pill took the oound that the proldhiti'on .was utmmstikational, or un law as the amonnt of the pay of the oflieers was already- fixed by law. The eammittee in considering the bill, :11 , 11 ye perting it in the shape it now appeAred, meant to cast no reflection upon the offi cers, in conseqUence of their conduct. al thotteh they hall thrown themselves open to, censure. Mr. Yerkes took a 'jibe view, and quoted from the 111SratelleS Oi that' _istiet-al Lataa, dated at lkaver, in proof :of the allegation that the officers had deserted filcir posts during the crisis Pittsburg.ai A pa per,.signed liy a nitnt . ber of the 0 .. 0,1.s of the National Guard. at • Philidelplda, was read, protesting against. the proposed discriminatiiin mitt regarding it as ad insult. Mr. lied made a vigeorous and \ch,quent addres, in . which he Fvathini-Ir stigniatized the offi cers for their eonductadesoribing thetwas fleeing from the place , ,of danger, strip ping themselves of their tary shaving off their mustaehes and in °they ways disgrneing and • diS.,ubing them seU Vs. Other Senators ebulliently de fended the from these aspersions, but withou: awail, as thvvote -upon tiw amendment ittdicatt , haviti,g , been lost by the decided v( of thirty-!three to eight. The hill again came bp yesterday. day) art. - 1 by unaifintons consent. was' amend. 'I to pay the Imit efficer:4., Captains. and First and serondlieutenants, the pay for fraction!, of montliS, which had been .refused lA, the Field and st ollicers. misshape-the bill.V - 7,4l:nlordercii to be pre parAd fir a third reailliug, -and will pass the Senate finally. Several billS, none WILMI are (,fspe cial interest to your 'section,-were coat qed in the Senate on first, -rnil second .reading, on Friday, after' which it ad journed until Tue-Pdayevenine„ In•the Ilouse on Friday, on 'motion of Mr. Long, it was agreed to talaa up the resolution to appoint a committee _to in- - vcstigate the cause and icsultof the. rail road riots.' 4i-. Kline 1110 - AT(I strike out the weds "as well as the result of the same," and insert "and by what authority the troop.-''of the State were 'called out—for what Turtrose, and the service 'anti con flict of OM same:" .AgreCd t 0.," Summerville moved to amend, as aws,; I'r•mide4/, The cost of said emu , shall not . exeve(rit'2.lalo, and that bet of said shall! be all \croft' a county' sustaining loss. fol p 1.414( no Me • pointed 7 Agreed to. The origt ti rewl-ution was themagreed o, as amends, I, by a rira rote vi,to. Mr. Walker, if Allegheny, offei,ed the following: tildlE.tt s..Cortala arge% have limn piatlil rt ttn.tlrg fere se7erely n; n the :tette') of the sem. 'lnt , ,leurd 4111rers of the . - arional Guards Itte hite riots, at.d more pal icularly at the city of Pittsburg ; And tritrren,r. Proof to tha ntrary.is challem= •eti, anti the holler of nU111 ,,,, t1A of thls,Com ' nnarweattlr.ts at static the It. /rid, -That the Military roi titter of this thew,, be and they are hereby ant. ortzed to In, stitute an Investigation of the afore,a, t charge; . Fatmee -raised the point c order, that the House had ho right -to .111 in question I:ml:tuage used by a Senator. Mr. Walker amended WS resolution so as tifeome within the rules, and it wLs then referred to the committee appointee to investigate the.railmid riots; _ _ Mr. Wearer, of Alle_gheny, offered the Alowing .71,,,0/re,f. That In the -opinion of this lions° no change should he snade by Congress In that lurid' laws that would Interfere with or have a tendency to cripple the tnauttfgdurlnc and labor Interests of thP-eountry.' - -Pending consideration of the above, the HonSe'adjourned until Monday ei-eniA at 71 o'clock. Cuss ;nv-.to, o iETTEEt FROM THE Mn. S. W. At.vonw—Sin long since ceased to be surpri r communication that may he r the Argus ' I should. have o reading the recent article trying to prejudice the ti plc against the - effort. e' late Treasiirer of tf Act passed subrog rights of said 111 . .. v of- U. F. Miso of some ho managemen especially .if' E. P. tr mg the F . infor Ac ^ am glad to have qr,fion, and I 3-0 a wimbl ;_rtll on art oudertako t au Oil- Lfttllemt ,that /signiture.to be geimiae„atul being fieci at the time that he thOught the 'a matter of justice to Mr. BUNYAN. i tid I not /ed at any puldisited in /ought, (after in that paper, Uinds of the peo /of Wm. BuNYAN, .'County, to-get an Ang the County to the :Y.05 against the estate ) that there was a :want artant ingredient in the . of • that paper, 'and inore after having seen the Warne of tsoss to the petition, and know- But let no briefly state the' faits . id LA p 1 case, and upon the facts Mr. Busoll perfectly willing to rest his ease.:.. • -L.Tanuary, 10, 1872, he entered upon the duties of Twasurer,. and at that Aim°. there waa:Settled against the former Treasurer the sum of $19,820.11 ; of this sum $18,634.90 was deposited in the vari ous banks and- passed to:-Mr. credit without one dollar in money-being Paid at the time, anti the balance, $1,185.- 15, was, paid to him. in money. ' Of the tutu deposited, $8,200 was in the banking.. house of O. F. Male: Co.'s and the firms of LAYourf:, M-Asosz & Co. and G. F. M.tsoN 47, Co. had:been a place of de= posit since 1850, and hot one farthing had been lost by them, and G. Y. MAsos had been-Ame of the bondsmen -of the differ ent - TreasnA•ers for qnore than twenty 'years' ' and was by the CommissiOnerwap proved as one - of said bail, and at the time of -Mr. BusvAN'S entering upon the dutiek of his- (Alice, he was required to rive bad in the sum of, 00,090, and . O. F. MAsos's name is upon , the bail, 'and was considered good' by the Comtufission ers, as hiso the bond to dui timmnowealth, ;Approved by • the Hun. F," 11 . TIiEKTER and Judges 6t the Court. Mr. Bus vAN began immediately With drawing the funds, of the, County from bank as the business required, and in his gheev-' The answer is simply this: Mr. Bt.:NY - is is a man seventy-four years of age, and has worked niany•Years - to procure him a home upon which he might make himself comfortable in his advaneed'age, and to issue an executton nista hint must force hi!hi to dis - pose of'a part or all of that home 1.4. - , has been so long procuring. Would t be justin the .Connty; or its officers, to take a 'technical advantage Ihecattse she had the power so to) of an individuaband thus deprive . him • of his Imilterti; when by smiting a short time at mOst, the debt must be nearly or Salty paidy t ). . By this - subrogation it is only a change of security, and as I believe, without any loss . to the Contity and a re lief - to Mr. IleNv.ts fruni-an unpleasant atm wanee. • Respectfully yol rs, To wANi)A, Jan:`49, 1878 DEMOCRATIO RETRENCHMENT. cOn!rrsess has once more made up its mind that the State of 'the country dennoids economy ; that all useless expenditures must cease and, a new eta of thrift be 'irettiguyated. To, give‘affect to this oPinion, and! fut. ther the ends of good housekeeping, the Hon. Fernando' Wood . has sue-, ceded-, by:dint of perseverance and unlimitedtalking., in, having no less than'eighteen new investigation com mittee appointed; of eleven numbers each, with the usual power. of send-• Mg for persons and papers. This is . carrying economy to a poiut where 'sib - nice coneerni,m , it ceases to be a virtue. We had' an experience of thi:::\kind liefore. , Mr. C I lymet "got up lits,conunitteii a year ormore ago, I and we all know that hundred?,---.of r nds thousa of dollars • were uselessly spent. j Uhl, then there was, work cut \M. W out for'the '3l3nier committee, while rood, as\yet, -has no th ing -- "6; ~ Id:: \ to .10. 'C44are first to ftnel out whether there is anythin(F to' inve:sti= gate. -\ \ . , ‘ 4 - . Such\xperimentse coqlf.:Wi.t nesses are \ brought froth \ every -4 quart,' or and thei\time and tf7 . ices must he pald for; and irsonnAhtng requir ing, inVestigatm should turn \ tip 'in Alaska, why tlic\i"nvestigation.;-com mittee hawing, tlitl latter under,con- i n•( -sideration would there . and \ find out all 'about it on 111. SpOt. llii'w profitable such things \ nre to the Oovernimint each one can - -estimate for himself. The FielknalOmpeaeli: ment trial cost till,:S:S + of \ which amount a son of . the Sergeant—at Arms received $756 as a clerk - ii:i, his. father. Senator .tone's silver "COm- mission , spent i 41.0,1100. The,. 'e m \ mittee on privileges and Elections spent 5..f5.21:2., which inehaes the ex - - pense of the Electoral court. - :Witht out any crime or wrong . doing hay ing been alleged, these•eig,hteen co-m-. mittee re - la Intact' upon the country and requested to do *thcir utmost to find out whether anybody ever did •anythin , r. The whole thing froth tir-.4, to last is a political scheme, in stituted to advance certain political end R, without, any regard. whatever for„thelinterests 6f the country. No nutty, bt.lieves these eighteen coin 'inittees arc called for, either upon the score of expediency or the wel fare of the:country. he•, arc merely a brilliant instance of the I )emoeratic style of.dypleting the treasury under the pretence of putting something' into it.—L ttotea.A•r New Era. 1727 r Atircrt!ior.ent: OP. lON N EY,: , • . • . . . - ' ' . • ..4170.n5t.: 1 - ... 4 7- L A Tr. • Office—ErCTllS formerlroecupied by Y. 3!. ( . A. Heading Them,. ' [Jan.3l - bn _I 111.IOUGII • a TILE 11`000 TON lnetst. of Hay called for In to,t ady•Trtke S . V Ica- oeen secor-d, I still C1410111:1' tl/ pay' .CASII for il AY and STRAW. i,;. S. Aclil.CY. i•pring liill Jan. 33. 1374-lt. , - •_, .. • -TtIT.A N'rED. --• Between . this . and :4.1:1v iht. 1,76. 106,000 white pine shaved sldr,g,lrs 26 ins. long, 6 ins. wide, to average 3 k i , at' butt:., free from sap, knots and Wlnd- shalt es; (16,111' ft. NO. I Hooting; 19,523 ft weatherbarding. 7... 'II. 11.1. - k, piowed on,lenit edges No. 2; 23,60 s ft. tin- Mug naea•mr..) roof:lig lath I In, I , :y 3 - Ins.; 6.t.‘t ft. of wintv ,, ,pine fettellig bpards 16 ft. long; 37 ft. of white pine - fenelng - boarils It: ft. long; 6' 9 ft. of AV/It to pine tenelng•board.; 10 ft long. Address. ' , • JOHN 01 ,- .3 1 1 YER, jattl74lw. Harr slng, l'a. . . .1 . : 4 1N GINE $ FOR SA. , i - . 1 • , . . One litdmrso Far e Engine one 22-bersc * Portable. twit tn.ltorse Station:tried , 36-Inch Grist 31111 aid rifrtable Bolt. lot Saw 31 II If ead-olnelcs. All new, 'AM] cheap. Oiders to cited for Engines and 31111 Nachin L iy of all kin, .. T. I,.('LARK, • Jan,tl4-41. • • Sit. Vernon, O. - • • ' T;1 1 0 Ti!E 'OO ft. !---DA BEV ILLE LL —Forty 1 is for sale 04" bilk from the town '(mtre) at iii low price of. Twenty-fiveltollars per lot (?;:5). I •atlon henlthy : two miles front the lead mine '.raill work plenty : digzlng in the-mines,' cutting •. 116. wood; &c., or fartnlng • provisions: : : cheap. Otio•quarter of an acre In each ' im. Terms, one-h .1 down, balance In slz months. Editor-of this laper agent; Tor further particularsadtlress 31115. C. A. 3111.4. ER. Dadcrllle 1..0., Jan. 24.76. Dade Co., no. . ._ ..___ N i.:lV . STOCK OF GROCERIES! Choice select ions of FINE TEAS AND COFFEES For sale cheap Cash 1131,l far ail kinds of COUNTRY PRODIUCE At the oh! btan‘Pof C. B. Patch 'Towanda, Apr 114,1877; Aii3XLAXEIa ELOPCIrt . AJ TUE t_ • RECEIPTS AND 'EXPENDITINE.q OF BRADFORD COUNTY , _ JAN. IST TO DEC. 1877. To amount- paldrAtiilltors • 5 1 113 06' I'rothonotary,ind Register . . Dridgn Contracts 14=0 62 ‘• Whigs repairs' ~ 1.367. 87 Viewers ' • . 80 74 11fsdford County Agricultural Society:. . - • Ipo 00 Constables making returns to Court ' 993 78 • AsseSstirt 3,009 00 - Costs In Commonwestith snits - 31,1128 79 Counsel In criminal shits - 60 00 CfilltlßCi to - ComruisSioners ...• 50 00,, (rier and tlir4daves of Court ' 1 137 34 .1, ii. Wei..., Ilist.-xtry from 1.71 to '74 1 5814)0 ' 'flistriet-Attorney for 1677 - •. 57.0 00 • Election expenses - . • 1,762 54 , Fuel and lights ' - 884.07 Grand Juror S...., • 1,049 58 ,- Traverse Jurort4 ' ' 0,543 88 rliistixance on public buildings • • 2E14 00 Coroner and Jos? iceS' loquiSilions 191 25, V. E. Ferguson, late Jury ("munnissioner - 33 14 Jury 470mmIssioncr8 and Clerk for 1877. 183 34 1 Vince !rooks 971 12. Account With the lieseral Collectors of tonsils . Tax for 1577 and .Previous •• • - • 1 ' ' • .. , I• A iir - iitl A trenrl4 net 1 4fm'nf .17,,:nt TWI I S, AND BONDS. ':••F AMES or com.kcroits. -,..rr ch . r9 , 4 . Rea . d. - Ex , d ;1 ., r tf. jp ,,,. - , . • - 1 . ' . I' • ' ,• _ Wysoz • Riirlingtoh Leßoy Armenia Athens Bor9l Asylain Atha Dom' :Barclay - 11tarlingtim 80r0'... 'Canton Born , • Herrick ..• . Lelialysville Orweit TOwanda Towanda Bore' Windham Armenia Any lnm Barclay Borlingten : Monroe Twp mrcirell • Rome Twp Smithfield. South Creek ..... Troy rwp.... , Towanda Twp Tnaanda North..:. T 1( I Sylvania Bon) 'forward. Tgwarida North Towanda BOW. TrCky.Twp Troy Rot o' ' Terry ' Tosearnra t-t or 4. Wya tedng - Wlndloott W ysnx: Welts W rrep • • • .11nmv s s‘C. Robinson, Treasurer,' lit Account With tne".oo • . - Mit= I}tapll..:itcs of 1677.. Wank Ws rrc_4rals ME! ptt 'l'n.a.nry Jan. 174.'1:477. • '1.1a4 Lt.att,.! from Citizens: Nat. Bank : .12,174 , . . . . ' 1111ADFORD COUNTY. 3S: . ' - • . , We. the, undersigned. Conimis.doterc of seibt County, do hereby eertlfy that 1.111,4 Is a true and eorrt , 3 statement of the recut vals and ezPetlattures cd' said County front the Ist day s of .lanUary to the 31st day of 111.erniher, iIIeIIISIVI% A. IL lifff. • ~. ' . . . . . - Wtfuess our hands and seal of °Mee at TOl7andil. this 17th day of January, A. IL. h7g.' ATTEST—IOWAN LEWIS, clerk BRA Droftp COUNTY. - .gS: " ' . . . . .. . . , . \ VA., the tintlvrsrgn,l„%tiAtitor% of said Cotmtv. do horpl.y el - 111'y that we have exams rod the foregethg Vatetnent and the vouchers tor .the halite. anti bud It to let correct. . . . . . .. - . _ • , . D. 1101 7 1:NE.' , ) - - . . ' .; • •-- Av. 1 . .. 1.. *,'T z. . , Auititors.. . - - -,.e. b. SliEpAl:l), - . . 01E7, .73n. 17, IS7B • ..-iISTER'S NOTICE. • -. hereby given that there has been , In the \ olliee'of the Register of:Wills in and Gar the cootify of Brad ford aeriiants of addinisiTli item tir , +II the fcllowiag estates. vb.'. . , . .. . .. Final mmmilf'of D. C. New. , ll, gttArrllati of Alko \A.. Gvorg. , . Pranic, A.. lila M. add .lenn! , ?. case, Mlaml,rllll,lrea.of Ephrlam and Harriet It. Casa` ilarflal ael,.:lllt of .1. F. Wheaton, ex.'r of D: C. flamphrey, late of Warren; dei'd. - ' ' :Fioal ar,maat of Eri;' , ..k B. Lather and A nn. Eliza :...MatraY,mlln'rsof Ambrose'Morray, late 'of 'Troy - , Iced. Fir '^'‘i.'• E:s. anal :Ozrontii• of Win. r...parton. ex" - r of G. A. Frown, la[` of SIIYII.II f1e).1.'1U4:4. _._ Fin:ft 11 , 11)1.1ili of IL Marro; .10in •Neslilt, eiCrs of It , lit."ldorrovr. late. of \\\rahndng, iler'd. Pam tint arenant of AT. I:. Morztiik, wirier of Wm. II Morgan, tato Of T,awanda liorinigkdeirit. Flr-r, partial 'ar,‘coalit of I hnvltt Volt, ex'r. of St mom West. lateid ‘ rolinntita. dee t6,\ Final account of A - f.a Dunham, autiW of Levi lintibaip. late of Ware . .ni, dre'il. \ - , i rtnai arroind of I'. I.:.‘Woodroft, ad in'r of Oliver lOandltig. 1:0 o'of Or, cll. ilke'il.,, \ : • Final ari=ouni of L.- Nl.\•Rundell and "Aiislre•n . ( :ilnp;irll. e).'r: of Atndin hdudell. lat..? of Bann t :CI. fi1,..4, \ , : Partial account of L. :if. 'Partridge, ex.'r 1)f Partridgo. late of Fister...ke'd. Partial account of E. G: Vandyke, surviving ex*r Of Davis Vapolyko♦ late of Leroy, dceM. Final account of a d'usieilguardlau of llmies Vanderpool, minor child of Stilton Final accottat of Truman Fassett and P. Fa, ett. ox•rs of the - ostate of-P . IIIM Fa , settYdoe'd. Final aermint of Jas. t Parks, guardian orWm: 11. Dairies. I , al - - rinal aeccmpt of J. F.:Chamberlain and' ex'rs brilohn li.hlrt, Ire'l. Final n. .count cif .I,Mn M. Pike. ni'enf Fredricks It. Pike, late,of .Ithens It rough, Final account of Geo. C. West. guardian of..thn estate of Arthur Itolit. Gretinaere. of Sutton; Nor foh. England, a chiliCof ifnbt . Greenaere and an 'heir of..Ainos Corneby. late of 'Athens, dee it. MEI ... . . Mid also the appralseinent of prop'orty ski otf h . ; errs and whirrs to widows and children of the fol lowing decedents, 1 - 1/ : Estate of Edwin R. Beckwith, . ' • " .L tes 3le3lorran - , . - -. I aae Huff 7 . 1.1. Yin. Walking. • . • * ' " 3licajah Slocum, .. " Asa Mattocks, . • • " Elisha H. liarreltv . . .fohn P. 1171,11. ' ' t , ' - " leltabod Sellard, - • ''' lqlando .1 Park, . . . " I. N. Fanning. " ' .. . ' .laB. A. Bites. . - " Jaime's Warren, : .. . . " Levi Pre.tort, . .-' . " L. 11. Sherman, • ' . " ' th.o. Billings. . . . " : Nelson Reynolds, . .' " . It. IL Itrodelek. ' . -. . • . And the seine will be presented In the Prp,tians' Court of Eirtul ford county February 7. Is7S. at 2 o'clock p. in., for confirtnallen and ail/lWallet`.. C. E. .I.N DRUS, Register. ' - - I,erfister's office, Towanda, Pa., J:tn. 4, 1878, i' . ....,' . - i T 4 ICENSES. N,otice.= is hereby . , given that the following applications ,for ..L1- •eenn,g. for taverns and- ni•rchaot dealers has t• been nu m! In this otlice. and that Ho: woe, wall he pre, - seated-to the Court of Quarter.Sesstons on Manday. I'ehruary t, "IS7S, for the consideration of said court:_s . . • IDTEL"EF.PERS. FbX, CaMOD Bow, '1) 3I Sir:•••abaugh, A N •heus Boro. . - W Wilcox. All•any twp. S It lirlgr,s, Sayre, Athens twp. . George Soften. South Creek twp. carnal Kellogg, Monroe, Bbro. Joseph Cawser..lr, Springfield twp. ' M A Forrest; CI .ter twp. .1 Vance, Towanda . lloro, 2•I Ward. Duncan S Kennedy, Wyktx twp, • C. E. Bartlett, W3sor Twp, • • .11ERCITANT DEALER. ' RN/111011(1 Caton. Towanda Bose . , lot Ward. rothenotary Totrand:t,Jan. - 15, 1870. • I\TOTICE.—In :the: matter of the ki Insolvency of A. F. Peterton. In the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County, No : On the 3 , 1 of December. 11w 'said Peterson hied his petition In said Cogrt, together With •a: statement of - all his properties. his indebtedness Ir: eluding the names• of all his creditors, and the eause of all his losses, whereupon the Court (the said Peterson boding given hoed as required by law.) fixed on MONPAY, the 4th day of FEB RUARY, for thelhearing. All creditors are Inter,. by not Bled of the- - bearing. the time and place of the swim, where. they can atten4.l( they choose. OVERTON dC mnscrin, Attorneys. Ti 4 XECUT6It'S NOTI C E.—Notice • Is hereby given that all-•persons Indebted. to the estate or Ira Ileeman,• late ur Plke trip, ceased, are requested to make Immediate payment; and all persons having elalms against said 'estate must present them duly authenticated for settle ment. I'. le.• WOO DlttlY F, • H. DECtiElt, Jn / - Cangity'rinan.eff. D. M. bamphea - r - • • - • M. IF. W. Wilcog, Chas. KM' 'E. C. Spalding IFenj. - Herrick • •d. Y, Ri.y121,1,111 W. Mcc .... ..F. V. Rice C. S. Farnsworth .31cPtiersoia ..... S. Sl4nn (F. 11. Humphrey.— e t 0. Vanwlokle • as,W. McGill .. H. S. Ejaliree W. 11. !Seeker Frisido .... John ... Mc-IL • ~,N. C. AT Ingos.lYri .... . : C. 0. V,:inwink!e.... *orris Vonght..:v... ..L. V. Nichols :David Chase Tim Leonard Leonard Vanhorn, W. Magill.... E. It. DeLong. E. W. liishop. - IL - ...;James F. Bristol W. Dimock.. IL De1.05q,... N. Fish • • 11. M. Spalding ,• S.l.l(!svntan • • • John Clapywr • .tarries .O.IV. Corkin.... :.. • Elmer Nea1.......... :K. R. Bishop v . Geo, 11. Knapp !Janies !Thomas E. Quick lite-Assessments.. ,1 ITotal - • BM Legal Notices. Der.l2-3w E. L. CALBRItiOVN. Exceutors. dec2o.6w . . Postage, anttstationery 'to 73 • Publkpriuting.4 Prisoners' support In Jail . 2.279 tr . 7.astern Penitentiary, - 1.614 :is, Conveying privoners,to Penitentiary.... 01 ho trot's andiCleik - Quart:r Seasitrus• f,•es.. - 420 sti _ Repairs on public onildlngs , ' 672 93 Repairs and rent or room for Troy Court .172 ii, If berltr foranunnoning Juror* ' • 2sr, 2.e Sheriff for fees In Commonwealth sults. -2.11'.:,,,, Wild eareertineates , ... 6 11 Musing duplicates, he . oin Treasurer for &Randle* Troy Court . fin Copying and comparing TreaS 2. .'s sates— sr. OO Cash rtinded ' 'XI 33 . ..., F. E. per, stenographer of -Criurt.... . is r.o - iliounty or the return of stolen homes.. • Ito V) O.•NV. Kilmer. County Commissioner.... 610 no M. J. Cponenigh, County Centinissioner. • riiis ii; John Ballwin. County Commissioner.:. a:,O ci, William Lewis, Clerk - Leto in BIM 1-- • 1/172 22 fr - 23 501.. 1874 170 86 .95 13, . ....; " 21)32'. 24 52' • ..!16731 20 124 20 121 •• 668 sf . ,; . 62 , (j01 6 91} V. or " 862 151 . 5.41 01'. 4 1-. 3 191 . 38 03 -93 2.3; . s 7 671 02: 464 ; 731 841 681 : 03; 14 84! 3.553 . 1 " • 30 8 : 4 4. 101 09' 151 i 3 3' ..; 4 4 25' .... ....1 " 128 04; 128....... • „...:j 698 66" 654 ,27.. 9 42; 31 " 53 14: 53 .14'. •• / ...- .! • 770' 09 f 727 (it , 4 671! 'VI .33 b 76 65'.+539 05; 44 Bs. .244 "- '•-• 320 021 320 (2; I• 709 83' G 441 97 ) 12 89, 34 97.' 125,,..53 25 53, ' • ," 564 4 20' 333 ,2 Gr4i _24 07 ....; ..720 IS,' 673 33 , 11.27 i •35 5.4_, ." 1 1 46 45 - • 18 140 • I ....;."., 24 12' 12; , " 630 24' 599 4 1 3 91' 31 39„ 71,6 53' 713 471-45 37!, 37 13 , , 646 20' . 563 1121 ?94 4 4,, 30 70... ..- ;; a ; 11714 90 1115 24' 4 00. 54 76 .. "467 2. 439 OS" , 5 10; 23 •a 514 19' 544 " 191 77-; 191 ; 502 77 .724 1 13 40 . 22 ' 27 7 2;-. " 321 32: 305 22 ; 16 - 11 9 ...11, 552 1.2 755 54' 20 82 41 .54. 723 29: - '673 92. " 7 40 : 35 51 .. 342.70: . 95 (9. .-... 4t" 980 74, 7 4 26;34 4 11 60; 48 75 „,.., ' 151 (Cl. 042 451 ; 4 02 , 7 5(.. ....1 1565 61 : 14711 93. 10 1 4• 1! -.7)4 07 . 3447 39; 3136.71 1144 165 to ; 6%" 20' 576 0; 9 77,. 30 65' 1011803 51: 17 30 42 20 " 153 46. 145 09 - 69' 7 11 4 44143 56 : 4441 7 3: - 4 45' 44 59 .• 780 33' - 705 00; " ; 6 0 3 13' 754 05 • " 1730 52' • 800 .C44' •• '15:6 47 5709 77 6 61- 00 Cr : " 610 41. 556'01 3.5 00 29 4 ) • 10.0 63 4623 64 - '9 53 54 41 .4 4+133 16 720 of • • 1602 53 1( 1 423.5 720 5'2 •t . 315 - 561 297 102 15 76 " 1137 49 1935 - 50 . 47 09 54 1.4... 219 02 • 207 00 102 10 91' 1050 20 ...430 00 ....... ' 50' 123 74 21 22 .66 54' " 391 43 353 07,020 20 14 601 " 1636 .23 1537 42; 11 71 81 10 •`0'42.72, 1063 00 " 1 5 2.1. 144 86 266 749 .;.`• 1210 94 }PA 9: "10 ;11 , . 61 00 ..... " 1716 36 4265 00 13 2.1 85 31' 352 . 1 9 1 Seli SI 560 ..r • 2.1 .1 1. 1667 (142 1679 97 450 83 25 si t 52 704 .1 1 ' 6 30 0 " - - 2130 05 2013 19 14 106 Ti I " 1 3 4 ~ 73 ... : ... 4 1 1 15 022 19 84s 10 74 11 • !. 645 89 501 99 117-43 26 46 j " 404,8 26'45_9 34120 01 236 91. 11.71 20 1773,33 443 93 44, 1252 714 1)711 57 14 16 4:2 75, " ;' , • 630 75 • 9459 94 14 57 31 20 . " 142603 8607„ ls 94t 3.7' 112.6 73-A9OB 15 - n 92 ' 42 Col 1315 . 43 0232 71 -20 70 05 00. 1134 01 10.,611!'11 16 . 50. 44' 43 1 7 1 3 2 9 52 74 (.2 00 07' 9,5 92 0,.5 OP II! ;0/. 63 74, • 03 1393 ns 11 94 73 51, ,46- 84.4 27 17 08 43 11. • ,1 • 194.74 1520 En IMIE . . . . • . ._. . Cr. . . . , . . 17neo11Petod :rota 1..t77 and prevl ti.:1,2,1 1 22 Cl•t .. Exonerated 06 rot', tier,. ....... ~ , . 1,0 , 51 . 40 I'er:tentage .to . - Colloctur , ,' . ..."1 . . 2,t , .!'.3 7,3 . Tail State Trea , ar^- . - ' ' 2.923 0 3 Ittink ...al.. -' • - . . . .. . 1.4.11 ¶0 Ordvr.palrl 53.'244 02 _ Tcaehen' Institare for 1%2%..1"1 11 • ' Teach...r-; Ina:Pate for . 1 ,7 7 !te, ttri • Twi - ,Ter et , nl. e:mini/ssiffit MI t 7,10.07 In; I. " ,, •21 fleepor rent. eeittalisslot no 1111,11 , 11 1 141. 5 1 a+ . . In Trea.ttry dall..lst., - 157.1 , • 4..t.h fl, • , - - . - r . . Total - ."1.191 71 _ \ 5.3414 34 1,147 JO t :09'9} ESSE fl.li 4 74 . G. W. KILMER. .. : . N. J. COOLIIAI'4III, C•lntalsgloperc JOHN VALDWIN I, ' t ' . IN lIANkRITPTCY.--Ifi the -Dk 7 . triet Court of the United St4tes for the Weg ern District of l'ennsy!Nuni-o4 . Jllllll . ll W. T;IV:01' a nd Mahlon M. .SpaletiDg, on-partner , as l'hylor of Towanda. Bnnimo Bankrupts under art of Congress of March !it). tea:. haring applied fnr .I , llschargt!trum . a ll their dehrs. and ether riot too prcraldn tattler rahiart: I.y crier .of thc:Conrt. Notice is hereby given toatl who hive proved their dolfks, 50 per.nn= tr. rod t 41, to 111rwr.e.i.n the !rid day a FF. it It A RY, 1573.-3 t to wc:ock• A. at., I,l:forn R. A. Morcor, E-q., Registordn Ban kitiptcy, at his Oben, Towand to show caube,if any' they Save, who a di— charge should tiot tr grAnt..l to the sail rupt4. 31cCANDLE , S. , Jap:3l-7.w. . • • _ ~• • Clerk. . .• AUDIT011:8 NOTICE-L(4corge C. twotsres. L. A. Iti . dziear; 1.. A. way. V. E. IthigAvay,.and Mr, M. A..irratt.'...T.. In the Court of Common I:leac'et,ltradfurd t'nute.. ty. .Nri,'L'P, Fob. 'feint, 1:177: Tho inolerstirne.t.'no A , otiter - apTiolnte.l he Au' Court to dlstrthuie nioney In the :sheriff's haleh. arts;ng front, sa:e of defendants' real estate. n ill attend to tile -f Ite.ltpieduttnenrat,hts..co , In Toicnada Ilefough. Pa.. on FIN AV. At A RCM Ist. - J.37,5. at to 0'e!..5 , 1; A. 1.. 1.11,11 and n het , an 1 11. r .4 41 , barillt:r;1111 Said Nutt tuto:t - present them or he: foreyeetiehnucll tram conking uvon the same.* ' ' ' Tovrandg o naltor. A ui)proil , s , N(rrier..._lll riiltiA Slates • Syr 1;.•• We..R•ru 131,t11 ,6,f t'enu , il'A•an7a Nu. F • 111% in Bankruptcy. lii F•raukliu IL 1.., The reitilitors.v.lll take notice that the tiriikr signed, a Register In Multi riintey In satd Dist ri..t. 'VIII sit y , an Aitilitor.co.lt)Nll.l . y, JANUARY. A. I), I17S: at it Troy Minn , . to the Borough of Troy. to d hom•has lieettreferr•il the pet It in:: Of • M,,nroe sluff!, alai N . , Agnees of Frank Iln II Rer•on. and 'xvili 4 tak" proof r f all atilt singittar the 'ntal tot contaliAttirri4n. :unto! altsnelt matters as /nay b.: p.rtlitent thereto. It. A. 11E1:r Itit. , • - • iort • A u , Sniili and I. liV:-.1111). No. ;ititi„ Septi T. r:io ; 11.71;: . • The undersigned, an Auditor appointed IT 'COurt to tlistritinte (mug:id:deg from the- t•lfiiitiVt , l Kite of defeiolatiN. real attctul..tothe duties of his appointment of the wilco of fivurt.tt St - Mere:li, In the It tu,itigh of. T..nitiola, 0u.g..‘7- 1-Zitl)AY, the ledh day of FE it.(t VARY. Is7s, 41 Itl eeIOCR . A': M „ tvbref and here datum again,:t said . f.n.d tutted , rAk , etat them; or be for