Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, February 14, 1878, Image 2

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NEWS nom ALL
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SzcnETAftv Ev.kui's vas sixty-years old
on Wednesday. -
• Tut: iTroy Timis office was destroyed
by tlic Sunday night.
A Nt - ml4 - .11. - 91 . Lehigh county-residents
are r,emoving to Delaware..
Tar, Altoona shops can turn out a loco.-
nuitivein a day. of ten hours.
cIirKTICR corintians are petitioning , the
Legislattire for a woman suffrage law.
Pon,'s original MS. of MS poem. "The
Bella" isnwried by a lady in Rowell. ,
LinAxo;si ho s y has been poisoned, by
eating pickles but Up in patent
A flour one fourth of the indebtedness
ofl'hester county's held by one family, -
v ]lnr. branch railroad from Birdsboro' to
Ittacling 'has been sold at auction for
qa;o ,, t)
Dn. Pcsr.vris not very ill, as has been
• - liated. Ile has simply suffered •a • little
(coin rheumatism.
A:: 11TV.It meeting of thel'ennsylvania
Edito ' I Association will be held at liar
risbui . ,- February ;21.. .
!LT the 'request of . nearly all Dias.
b‘urgh's physician, Bertha lon llillern
agre.” to walk in that place, . .
..Km.mmr, litonmslt... has
.been making
, callsiu Washington.. with Mrs. Eugene
Hale, and is much liked there.
THE drought: fn New South .Wales has
ended. There have been general rains
thronghcut the colony during, the week.
Tut: position of
. podrlionse farm physi=
cion iti Allegbetiypounty. pays SSOO per
annum. There are nine candidates so
far. , • ,
ATirooNA's outstanding indebtedness is
*311);:220,33,-against which there are un
colleetcd rereuttes amounting, to $55;637.-
Ma. llonni . ll. ITAirs'En, a feeder in,
the nail factory of thelPottstown Iron Co..
Cut 20 kegs of 400 - porifids each of twelve
penny nails-in one day. I • .
TUE county cOmmissioners 'arc going
to make a geological survey Or Clearfield
county, to test its riehinets in the way of
Acold; Won ore, the clay, etc.
TUE,late Mrs..}:*. F. Denny, of Pitts
burgh, gave away during her lifetinie
$1.000 ; 000 to charitable institutions. Per
estate i . ,;,:valued at over ~t3,oofiilooo."
IY.:nr." sheriff's sales are advertised to
take irlare in Pottsville between the
inst. acid March 2d. One half of Schtryl,-
kill county is said to be mortgaged.
41r- the Southern Sclators Gordon is
fik!St . ifil,e. , l as " cailivst ali rt, and high.
I,rowled.;" Lamar as looking " like a s i c k
as : 4 a blonde, strong fiaiou. +.
lax 1,,04tr . nn0 cigars were matkr at
Wrightsville, 1 . ,,rk county, last year.
The aniount paid by the manufactnrcs bf
: these cigar; for stamps along -was .25-
ssti
ON hiindred persons in lleading, who
• neglected to clean the snow . off the
• pavements according to the city
fiances, have been tined four dollars and
— costs.l-ach, 4
,'l`ttE Frencli Senate_ has fitrAllis failed to
;cleft,; life'Senator to till the !place of (len
era! Pitladinek4mo candidate
Laying received. the requisite majority of
the,senate, which is*
Tim next meeting of the . State Boa'rd
Agficulture will be held at Doylestrwn
Llticks county, on the last Wednesday in
These meetings are to be held in
rotation in different parts of the State.
rim creditors, at -t-hreic- first theetng.
hak laled. to make .elaliee of an . , as
signee, Judge Cathvaladiir has appointed
William A.'Arnold, of Reading, assignee
the estate, of the bankrupt Reading
Saving haiik.
A TEmsunxs( from Tiruoya states that
the Russians are receiving large reinforce-
'Petits. The ItusMan troops in Hotlinelia
have uren ordered to hold Aliernserves in
eadin6s to march at any mbnient's no
tice. - •
. P l ipe's deathig attributed by some
to.the closing Of the wound in his leg,
Nrhirli made the humors mount into the
and brain. tt her ace( units say the
cause of death wit's' the mounting of wa
ter to olb-heart. ,
13AYAun "TAYLott ify.. the possessor of
Schiller's Court Sword..
MOODY ANDS began their Tabors
at ;-pringtield, Mass., rstititlay.
THE t". , :hali of Persia .44- ill visit Europe
again, ihroy, in Apt
:TationonE Roost:A:LT (lied at his home
in New Y.,rli,Saturday evening.
. •
' ebunty furnished eleven prisoners
for thY western penitentiary last week;
TilE Clicca;ro Union League Club pro..
ajormal reception to Senator -Conk , :
11 cu. no'rn ttlbar - conist. of Cleve.:
land Ohio, hai.e assigned. Liabilities,
stl,t)4o,
TnE Ct.kiiiraiiy boring for Oil on Kt:We
Clinton ,contaty, Jias leitscd :f,;"ou
iicrt , s;.r land. •
A READiNG lady afflicted with 'dropsy
• has not., paitakn of any nourishment for
vighiecri dayei.
Toomp: SII : kNEIL, of Boyertorn Borks
coziwy, has rioeu alaz collector for forty
ni , cout ye years.
- tlEv. Ilse is NVAtto 13Etzetttut ter to
tally zi.gto•ed Gi be interviewed in Chicago
Saturday lest.
insl;ection of local -military stores
and warlike material is being Made at
u•bee, t - anada.
A -family_inciurn the
destlr of a' eat which had reached the ven
. erable age of "4:1 years.
• is scarcely any drilling being
- done in tbe . k,il regions air:C*ln in the caso
of wells i‘e-Srly C.,mnpleteti
tort , ENT for the defense in theciTil
den`lyr.inle 'nits, closed Saturday. 'The
1-ro-vention wind np next Saturday.
purEN, proprietor a the
•C.tlit v.13-circus and tneiagetie. has fail ;
1.14 - 011ite5..510...41011 ; assets
. Ex-St:ettEl daughtm
Mr s . Magruder, gave a . roception to Mod
' rt , -1-in the actres.s. ittiashington, art Fri
:- day.
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141 E. Ilartford KliTritri, Chief of Police
pays twenty'-tire cents feir every uninuzzled
deg inken to the station-house• in that
AN SO-pitlllti coltish has- been,ranglit
(4, Newport, It. 1., and Massacinisetts is
overwhelmed with aonfunion and frantic
With jealousy.
THE .".k•ew York Herald's obituary of
1 . -Te Pin:, IX was written live. years 'ago.
I y, Mime., :Mundt, bcctei known as Louisa
<Muhlbach. •
S KEY advises that when a church
gets so cold at: to freeze itVfaembers,
-there had better he a stampede t o a
wai filer eung reoti,
Ti'l: Kentucky lins° 'of Representa
tives. by . a vote of 63 to 211, has passeti
bin restoring the whipping , post as pun=
ishment for certain ottences. .
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A yor.N6 man in St. John who was bound
over to keep the peace toward a•personat
enemy, got hi* two sureties .to give the
latter a tremendons thrashing, and en:toy
ed it immensely.
A smxn 1 / 4 1. from Pert says that' the
tnssian 'gs9lerals have arrive4vto Ili' the
terms - of thy armistice. The lines ? of
Tebyktnedji have been evmmated by the
A. F.1.1 7 .1:7GA1t Itoni
. Rotne.,:mys the" as
pect of the is quiet to7hdiffereuee t
stlangeTy eon:tasting with ifi'appearabee
on the. claath of King Victor Emaira e l, a
month ago. °
Tfn:l}cypwlar feelig in England is in
tensely hostile. to Russia. The windows
of Mr. Gladstone's town-liou . se.iut of ttie
eff office were brok en by excit e d
crowds..
MkiirTrizisT, aged ninety-one
year',who was , he.7daughter of a revolu
ti,,nary .F , hlier and the widow of a soldier
oflt he war of 1812, died in Heading a few
: RI - f , NIN has pertnitted the whole
nP hi: 'ruiner Drawings and sketches to
ev,ldhited. The *proceeds of the exid
lotion art tube given to some object to
ho named by Mr. Ruskin. Orobably the
eztension of- his tibeftiehl Museuna.
A four-year-old
. F.on of Frederick droti.,
of yorkYgot up iu his sleep in a, set:yin' s
s'ort'i s oom, knocked 'out an Sx.lo pane of
delit through tliellperture and MI
ibe-yaid below. lie wast there picked'
my and sate-a few bruises, was unhurt.
A PritTsTOITY resident i••vested #2,.504)
in Paisima hats, but the steamship carry
thettiwhile going- dowtcfrhe Magda].
a _ri% or, en route for CI uapaquil, Ecua
dor, sank. at the hataiter rendered use
by the soaking they got.
Mill
piulfo,nl ..trpotter.
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,EDITORS:
E 0.. GOODRIGIr.
Tow,slad.a, Pa., Thur:day, rob. 1578.
IhnioeitArs in both houses of Con
gress are ninth exercised over the
accounts received from various part -
of the couutry. which indicate mate
rially diminishing p - rosPects of their
success ih the coming political eitm-
•
paign.
The in'idads iyhieh they imagined
th 7,ere making iipon the Repub
lican strength 1)3. utilizing therresi
dent's chimerical pacification potions
in .t4ir'behalf are not as great as
they anticipated. There is noaloubt
but that the Republicans are strong
er • to-day than one year ago. The
cohesian of the • party has been
strengthened instead of disturbed
by the difference of views entertain
ed by the President on the one hand,
- and the Republican leaders in Con
gress-on the other—uP
lie priiici
.ples which should in `tire pre•
domimite in the party. \
Theelcme s nt of the party Which was
dissatisfiell with the aggressive \ policy
under the old regiine content them
st4v6s with the consorvative action
if the Prov,sident . to,vards the_ South,
Whilst the radical wing - maintain .a
solid column against the atteiiipted
aggresi;lops of -the Demovrats, who
feign .-7ca lons en-operation with the
President • in , thil .so-called civil ser
vice reCornis. Recent events in
-Louisiana. have unveiled the, decep
tion practiced upon the Presh - lent,
and the 'effect upon the Ityrublj
ca.n party in drawing itF : ranks_ more
• Jir'inly tegetikr is already - noticeable
even amongst -the Democrats. The
Iteptailican fenders under these
eircum , tanees : reeo4nize - the briport
auce .of iuinl jrctionnLle State and
Congressional nominations. .We
are confident with men oftiled integ
rity and independence of all sort f of
political-combinations, presented for
-the suffrages of the ile4iple; the parts =
can 'triumphantly clus:t its candidates
and', sufficiently re-establish 'its us
' cmlancy to make the ,campaign of
.10 equally certain for a Repubp-
I call victory.
them in'. age,
in the order of their
names as here &tun. Mrs. Grow
brought to/Susquehanna county only
her oldest son, the -youngest daugh
ter, awl Gainsha. She -bought the
farm ih Lenox formerly owned by
Solomon M'illord. A yoke of oxen
and one cow contituted the stkhk•on
the farm that year, and a field of oats
and a few acres of corn' were the re
sult of the: •united labors of Edwin
and the oxen driven by
The pigeonS that year iested on Elk
Hill, and .at-`••& destructive to the
farmer's oats a-e•4-rn. [The Vollin
/Per, publiShed at kontrose, at that
time said : " Nine -Miles
. in • length
and two •in Width—every foot of
which, and almost 'every tree
.and
branch of which, are occupied by
,pigeons.") As (lalusha was then too t
'young, to work, he was assigned
post upon the ridge of 'a barn, whiCh
then stood .between the cornfield and
the . oats, that he might with two
small sticks rattle upon the roof and
• , scare off the ingeons. - So -he spent
•
tIIE bill pending in the Legisia- the days, after.
for the pigeons to the corncame up till
tinsatPliarrisbtirg to establish a Statet it was too large
Banking Pepittorient.
. uno , er a Com- ' disturb. He was obliired to be up
• • •
early in the morning and to carry his
miskioaer, witli power to examine the dinner with - hint, as the pigeons were
condition of hanks coining under the I, so numerous they would destroy a
State laws, applies to this branch of
er of Congress perched on that barn wholes field 'in, a very short time.
business a plan that -has lone been io Imaginatrom sees the embryo'Speak
acitive use. in New. Vork State, adl roof no lesS, happy and no less dig,ni
under. which the State bankiwr tir" fled—since In's post was one of esseit
„
te.n of that Commonwealth became tial service—toad in the palmy days
the model for the new national sys- i when lie oecupi& - i
_ d ate thifd seat•in
tem.' Pehsvlvania, has never had the nation.
The-children
anything of tic kind, and hence the „
• among relatives after the death of
rigid supevi• •
sion. of the nationals was Glen- father until Mrs,,Grow's
a.great improrment; Fur a lung time
the in-ura.nee'bUsiness in
, this ;.ita.te
ivas manarred-with the same loose
ness and want of re,pons„ibility. untl
a goOd system of St:ilte supervision
was.estabcishell which has worked a
great change and put an end. to bo
f.-,rm± insuranee, eon o eorns. The same
thing ought to . be !lne for the 'bank
in, business to 'put an end to b o gus
banks. ' The abs:nee of this whole
some diseirne Ims caused th‘e_ most
lamentable mi-mnnagernent of banks
and terrible lussei to the pvr,ph,.. An
end was put t:ile new L'onstitution
to.tite ont of special char
ters.csiths‘a\mllmittql' provi-;ions amt.
no responi, imt , tmcier the
eorporati tPy sort of a
bank may be u . 2,:;nlz , Nu sonn , l
bank s,an he ininr.l bv the enforce
ment .of riri.l",.uperN wbik all
weak and nu-o..ilp.:tanl.ial concerns
vrill be srirt- anti expos
tire. delinin't , cnpifkl bi•eneour
a7.o.l to embark. in the hu•Aines.4
any stii.ii is proven lm 00r
.cxper•ience tho. ark
:11Lningruient
V 1 II ILE We 4re eompl', iui lig of hard
tirne.:in - ilik psiTt, of the •,•ori,i, we
should eotiasl Cur e• , ndition• with
that of the people in Northern China,
where p(rs,ins of all ag,,, a re d lag
oilaetual starvationliy thousands.
The Canine l extends' over a district
whirh inelnil, at lea , At 7000 villages
and-it is said that. At : 1, ast .500 (lie
daily. 110nL4, , , , am. lifiiii-,i (iota in
o:cry village tO sell the tiinhcr aria
in order to get ford. Thoqe who„enn
get hush, and dry li,•: ' ive -- -- - . - are•con. ,, id :
. ereil•well uir. • must si'l the prior gills
have been sold ; ohl IA inid,li : 3!7 , , ,,1
men, and young chid ' L indie d:Oly of
sheer starvation, and totqx,rs freeze.
The dead eimnot _et 1-Imrch,l. :• they
ai e;too many, amt hone can'\airord
ale' expcnse ; so t Lie V. are east il s lliry
.
in tOarge pits. 'The tieo'ple(.?f S hang
hai'are said to be li . ein! -, on the corpsi
of their fellow beings who die of star
cation. And' the strong are 'killing*
the weak for the sake of obtaining,
their flesh for food. 'Nine m;llitins of
.people ni - e re_ported as being desi:l- '
tnte. Children are daily sold in the
. r I
mirket for food. • . 1
..NorniNG Ivould suit the large cm
porations and importers to ter th'an
to hlve silver. made a legal tender.
The foriner could Inv it up in quan
tities at a diseouut and pay it out at
,par , to their l; horns, and toe latter
would add to i tllcir profits,. liy 4 pay i n g
duties. in a i'depreeiated etirruheyi
while the governmoit would s'uffel to
the une extent. For voting against
such a condition . of things, and to
compel capital to pay labor in honest
money, the A/70s assails Col, OvEit-
ToNt. His constrtuents, however, "will
say, well done, good and fti.thfulse,r
vent, The labOrinvpan has noi-bet
-
ter friend. in • Voneft-s than Col.
OvEitroNi- and those who take, ains
to inform thmn.sfAer;:npon tlie
fivan
cial question will recognize him as
Buell. • .
\- minrisaicAL. . . ! .
\
11T havp."‘bein nocumiiktini his,
.
tory ripidli t for the .09t ,t 100.7
fears 0 i many zrej proir : 4,100,
the deed sf those'' who-were proud=neat in ant ;bellum - dap. TiM Mont- ,
rose Republic 'reproduces ne of
the stirring eve i s in the lifenfliem'
-- :\
G. Ai Gimw, and they will ' be ret.l .
with pride by . those who have come \ 1
upon the.stage; of tie k?ti since. the, ) '
closing of the war, while..his old
.friends will . fin l * therrigelves esrried .
back to the days when the brilliant
young statesman represented this
district in Congress,and was idoliied -
by a constituency acknowYedge to be
the most intelligent of - any in the
.union. In the great struggle between
freedom and liberty' prior: to the re
bellion, the old YVILnor, district and'
its able' representative were always
found on the side o: Freedom, Equal
ity and Justice.
Mr. (Now is again prominent be
forethe People of his: State as a can
didate for Governor, and it is { fitting
that we refer to his past proud record :
N. W. A.LVOBD
" Galusha-A. Grow was horn in
Ashford, now Eastforil, Windham
county, Conn, and in . May 1634, at
the age of rf n years, came from Vol-
tuttown of - the saine county, to'Sui
quell:inn:l county, Pa. with his Wid
owed mother, Mrs: Elizabeth . Grow.
;II yr husband Mr. Joseph GroW, had
slims some years previGus, leaving
her with• six ehildren4--the oldest a
daughter hut fourteen years old, and
the youngest a babe, alsoa-daughter ;
her four sons, Ediwn, Frederick,
Samuel, und Gidusiiii, were between
El
dente at Lenox ; but litre -they Were
all eventually gathered in"one
nil remained step for years, after at
taining their majority_ and engaging,
in business. The mother, -dio in
1564, and iS 4 '''reinernbered .by\her
neighbors as a woman of Uncouon
worth;and deserving of more Um\
ordinary tribute. •
"During the winter old and
that ui '37-'3B Galtrsha. was at-the
ilistrict'school.. There was then oeett:
sionady an old-fashioned spelliw•
s boo!--''choosing sideS between
The scholars and those-of the nest ,
district. Here too, when he was not
yet fourteen Years old. he to?k nn
active part in the Debating, Society.
which was held alternately in each o
those districts, for which he prepare(
himself on his walks twice a day to
and from foAdering cattle, about one
mile froth the house. • ' •
aks , istinp• his brother in the small
•
country store Originally established'
by Mrs. (;row's energy,. on the pros:
ent site of the lllenivood post-Mike,
and accompanying 'hina in the spring
in rafting lumber down the Susque
haiina to Port Deposit, Md., Oaluslia
Icua recupation, for seasons when
not in school until he entered Frank
lin A endemy at II:Iv - ford in the spring
• of 1 sfN. :Ile and l,is. younger Mister
rizabetk (a fierce:lrd the wife of Hon.
.1. Fv((rett Streeter) then haul rooms
a 110 - I.' from the academy at Mrs.
F:ii-rar's, where ' 4 OO - boarded them
selves; but the winter following, his
sister not being with him 11:6 roomed
in the Institpion, and hoarded as
irofie of a cruh, with Mrs. talker,
mother of the present Goternor of
PreSton Richardson waslhen-Prin
cilia!, but at his death, 'soon after,
the Rev. Willard Richardson succeed
ed him, and was Mr. Grow's teacher
until lie left,. in 15-40, for Amherst
('oily ge. - lii< first political speech
was' made in.his senior year at Am:
herst, in Ixll. av graduated as
stated in the "Men of Our Pay;"
high honors in _his class, and
• wit li.the reputation of .being a ready,
debator, and a fine extemporaneous
speaker:" He commenced studying
law with lion. F. 13. Streeter in the
' winter of and was admitted to
the, bar of Susquehanna. county April
Dlth. 1847
' lie was a law partner of Hon
David Wilmot at Towanda, 1848-49 ;
t his health then demanded -a re
-I\4l
sort:to out-door pursuits, he spent
smile time in survey peeling bark,
working on the farm, etc. In the
fall of\lsrin he received the:tin:Mb
Mons nOminatlon for, t:te State Leg
-Wature h the Democratic Conven
tion of tlitu county, whieli he declin
ed.
The same sason the lion. David
Wilmot withdreisw as a candidate for
Congress in the '1: - 2th District, with
the understanding that the free-soil
party would support\Mr. Grow, hith
erto unknown outside\of the county.
The result was the election of 131. r.
Grow, just one week after his nomi
nation, by a majority of \1244 over.l
the Whig candidate, John CO dams,
of Bradford. He took his seat De?
ember, ISSI, at the time I)* 27
years old4—the youngest menihe. of
Congress.,
In 155•2 his 'majority was 1500, at
the next election the vote of 11;s dish
trict was. unanimous, owing to his
opposition to the li - ansasi•Naraska
-"bill.
PrtlM the date of the repeal of 'the
Comprbmise, Mr. Grow
severeg.his , cenneetion with the Dem
ocrati party ; ; still he continued to
repregent the Wilmot District_ until
the 441 of MaitA 1863. His defeat
~ .i;. , . •.„ 0 ,,„,i •
at tl3.,eleetion'the:*us fall was,
,ditipt ,iohe C__?..Maionul appOint• -
:iiefitL'i!Oilch , ':•' Wlisik - Sisquelianna
• Ounty. itith L'itier4ani& ,giving a
tire)iptidettitOettptitle vote. . •
-11•1:: : : liikeviltig, stotdeiclitpeech" in
Conf./sets waiiiiiiioed akamonglhe
"ablest speeches in —hei*lf of the
I Homestead bill—a- measure, he per,
Histently-trroughtforwiatt
lgress . for ten yeart, when he had at
I last. t i lle satisfaction . of idgning . the
law qs - SPeaker of the House of Rep`-
- . .
resentatives: - -• - - '—
. 'His passage -at-arms with Keitt, of
South Car4;dinii.;.(.l4 yet - , 11 , Os1(411t11,6
mindS ( \ 4 : many,' as a.timely and tip
.propria answer,to fortuer,So \ uthoin
insolence. \
Ady •Ith, 1861, 16 was eleaed
Speaker of l tte House of Represe
tatives; and " lheolose of bisterin •
received a •ittan"mous tote of thanks,.
; which was thefira unanimous vote
that had been give by
by that, body to.
i,,
any Speaker in mail -ears."
He was drafted under the first
draft, and, although exe ( mpted by ,, ,
the board of examination\as unfit for
military difty, he still fui ished a
substitute. . . • .
In 1868 he was Chairman o the'
State Central Republican Comini tee,
during the campaign vehicle resul d
in the electkin o,c Gen.. Grwit.
No man of Susquehanna county
has ever been so widely known to
statesmen at home or abroad ;. nor is
it probable that, very soon, any com
bination of .circumstances will place
another of our citizens more proui
nently before the puhlic." j .
The author:of "Men of our Day,"
a book published just after Mr. Grow
left Congress sums up a. noti& of
him with thefollowing : "Mr. GrOw's
public career as.ivill he seeikhasliCen
prominently marked by bis'persistent
advOcacy of free homesteads. free
territou, human freedom, cheap poste
age,,and indeed, every measure by
which the people were to be made
iviser, better, and happier. It is a
record of . whieb any public Man
might well be proud ; a record pecu
liarly befitting ' one wile, brought
up a farmer's boy, has never foktot
ten or hesitated to acknowledge the
interests which. the , working
.men of
the republic have upon his success.
Though young in years, and far from
robust in health, and witli o no advan
tageous aid . from wealth .or family
in fl hence he has already : achieved a
national reputation." •_
His twelve years of Congressional
service, extended through a Most,im
portant period of the Republic.. The
repeal of the
. Missouri Comprimise,
election of Banks Speaker, the Kan
sas troubles, Lecompton Bill, the
Homestead Bill, the Pacific Railroad,
etc., as well as the Fremont and Lin ;
coin campaigns. Through it all he
opposed strongly and persistently
an`- and all disposition of the pubic
lands r except in homesteads. for the
actual settler.
In all the exciting, discussions of
public affairs since 050 he has taken
an active and influential part,' especi
ally in those relating to' the' exten
sion or perpetuity Orslavery. -%,
' In 1859, he was mainly instrumen
tal in defeating the attempt of the
Senate to'-increase the rates of post-,
age from three to five and ten cents
on letters and - double the old rates
on printed matter.
, 1 .
In 1,05 he spent six months in
Europe., and most of the summer of
18A7 in the Western Territories. Ile
was one of the victims of the Nation
al Hotel poisonine. in 1857, from,
which he never fully recovered;
.:.
• Mr. Grow leNCoegiress March 4th,.
.183, in feeble health, with a nervou s
syi,tem"nlmost prostrated 'from. the
severe labor and lone. strain of his
twelve years service in Congress do
, i-ing the most exciting and eventful
period in'the history of the conntry:
In \ order to gain health, and if possi
ble cure a disc:LA . 6' of the throat eon
tracte* in too much'thit door speak
ing at political meetings, Jaewent to
Texas in s- the fall of 1871 and staid .
-there as President of. t h e Interim
tional.and Great Northern Railway
.until the spriag of .1873. .
During the to`er years he was in
.Texas he neither voted nor took any
part inits u t on his return
. he entered actively into the canvass
'- for the election of Hartranft in the.
fall of 1875,
and for Hayes in filo
Presidential election of 5;',1876; not
ofd-- in this state bat pi \ ludianaj
\
Ohio, nail New "for ~.
In the languags of the. New York
TriPine in 1875, in conunenting\ on
the repfesentative men of the eohn
'try, " Mr. Grow represents a class of
public!.mien that has almost become'
extinct—nc of strong moral sense
and convictions, unselfish _ purposes',
lamf a patriotism which overrules all
eorisiderations - of personal interest sr
partizan, expediency. The long strug
gle between freedom • and slavery
naturally carried him to 'the front in
the Republican party. . And when
the war brought the controversy ton
close he withdrew from-'the arena of
active polities [with greatly impair
ed health],aud has ever since' (ley°.
ted'himselftio the care of his private
business." :
SILVER AND GRNEEDACKS.
At a meeting•of merchants held in
New York.. M orOay 31st, ult. a :very
important movement was made Which
proves that the law cannot force
the currency of coin any more than
of paper by:making it: legal-tender.
At.the meeting of merchants to me
morialize Congress on this subject,
a notice was read which had been is
sued by prominent wholesale groc
ery house, which tea. precisely how
the silver act would operate. It,was
as follow :.
• We are receiving mare s;lver" than we
can pay out, and must isell in the market
at a discount and - raitte• the. price of our
:Mods? to rorrettp;md, or We must limit the
amount to be received from any one per
son. For the present we have concluded
to adopt the latter plan, and hereafter,
until further notice, we cannot receive
more than VC from any one person at a
single - payment: ' . .
Thi. is the whole matter in a nut.
shell. The law cant compel a mu
to take pay for his goods in silver,
but it cannot prevent him from charg
ing enough More ; for his goods to
make up whatever dis nt may ex
ist. The, facts to which. ' have allud
ed are, as yet, comparatively unim- .
portant, but they are very siguific-ant. •
They Ably what we may - expect if
b
Conerri:ss inflicts a legal-tender silver .
Ndollar upon the country. The effect'
tipqn our national credit and our
for\ito comnierce is'a different mat:.
ter. \l'or the present it'ought to be
sufficient for the business men of
...\
-New lorkc to have got a glimpse of
what is before them in - their• own
immediate it
airs
,0,.....,
Tut I t omaput to ft , TtEet':r - - ,
Thfi
0 . '• 1- ... :'. \ : . i • ' : - 7-•
iiiitOok/ApOlia*TlOge,tinratiki
fitttimitini WWI air.:N-
]ii,ilikell* Ai . -,- I . .
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.i..' 14 . 001 ,, e i ~- --,,, i •.
,„• ..;, eta •
Iv u'llt . tio lib.
.14—Becrr7
Sheitrunifibei ni-isted if it, I , ,iiit: trn
that , he, Matthews, Garfield,'llale and
White, had united. in a dispatch to 1
Anderson . , .said it Was „true, ,and,as ,
Tfiiiila - elliartiii•iriiiiiite - publiCi lie
w,onld furnish a elpy of the dispatch,
and they meant all they said. . .-- -
Ile: regarded the . convic t i o n of
Anderson as an outrage, under color
otforms...of J a w. The grand jury
refiuiedi U.:indict Anderson. rroe
eeedings against hiM are 'Called in
f4matitn,'andis.expressly prohibit
, 4in case of felony by the.constitti
don of the :United , States, and of ,
int:Wu : of the States, but if providtid
or by the lais . cd Louisiana. •
.:17ho information' was signed and
ill by a man . who , was,an officer of
the White League. The "judge who
tried . the case is .apuldic defaulter
for over
.spoo,000: Anderson's ar
rest was wade while be was "in the
'sdiseliarge of :his duty at the custom
- house,' which stands, as. Sherman
thinks, .oa . grgund - under the
. sole
juri4ctiOn of •the. United... States by
sesaiorcfroin Leiti'siaria.
fie avialitrried'to. prison, •
and re-
spired to \ give excessive biii' ! , and
ailing in that, was kept is custody
I forced, to trial-,convicteil,and
no held for .Sentence, without the
hene 4,4 bail4lie jury waspack
-ed,to onnviet hint.• `.. , .
,All7.e,,inination iT'f the panel as
called, shaWed the deepest and strong,
est jirejudiee, against: be defendant,
ttnd in any tribunal, Sitrinan ' knew
nearly every. one would hive been
rirjectO, pa 1,14 oath, and yet,; though
challenged, they
. Were sworn hi, with
\_.
such jury.... . _ • .
I. am prepared to Pilie.re the story
• telegraph'ed . this inoridn.!, that the
two colored , Jurors were r icked int'o,
agreeing to this.verdict by\an eiupty
appeal for the mercy of thitourt.
\\
The cause .of this excl. einent
(T
aainst Anderson and tissocia. \i,' is
that ht. the performance of pu lie
duty in 'plain pursuance of law, and '
upon ample testiniony, lhey eliminat
ed from the election returns in Lour=
iinii,, results of violenee and iuthniciar'
Lion. Though this was,, not allerged
in the " information;" yet everybodk
knew that;, this was the gravamen of
their offence, anti withotit it, no man
on this jury would have convicted
Anderson. "It is this . that excited •
the populace, heated with passion ta.
the highest state of resentment, The
pretence set up for the prosecution
was that : Anderson had participated
in t 4 forgery ,or alteration of the-
Vernim returns, but there was not
one particle of evidence to 'convict
hira-with this act. The whole mat
ter:has been thoroughly examined
here by the committees of Congress,
and all the tecortis and 'returns, and.
even Littlefield, who made the alter
ation, had exculpated A nderson from
any knowledge of , it. The truth is,
the Vernon returns were opened 'by
the Returning lloard before hosts Of
:witnesses, on the ninth day (Attie ex
amination. They. wet.e; priiated,_pre
cisely as they:lyere in the daily papers
and in both houses . of Congress,
and.
subeqtientlfthe alteration by -Little
field of one copy, was done as a put
up job, or M. the interest oflocal can
didates, having 110 effect upon the
general ,reedit. There does not ;ap
pear a ,single scrap of testimony,
showing that Anderson participated,
1. here was no motive fur - Such alterl l
ation by Anderson. - •
The true returns being printed in
so many farms, it was absurd to think
lie would alter it. I still hope the ,
conviction will not be caracd into
execution; but if it is, as a Matter of
course, : the,deePest feeling of resent
ment and hostility will exist in the
!rands of the great was.; of ourpeo,•
ple, who believe these returning offi
cers did but their simple-duty. :Noth
ing has been done pea iding the trial,
to interfere in any w: 3 - 'with the
Course of juaical pro . eceding, but, it'
Anderson is impTis,oned, it, will be
mockery of publijustice, and will'
bring into contempt'all efforts at peace
anti conciliation.
• It is an unlooked for 4nd terrible
commentary upon the efforts of the
President to. quiet the turbulence,
and violence of Lionisiana
and seems to me ai ;wt., of folly :knit
-The following i 5 the (lig - patch (ti
terreci to: •
• NtiTttN", 11.
Gott Audfeaon.: "r, •
Tae nudersizited feel It, - due to you Wilder the
pravtnt riteuttaaaneee, .tniai.ure you' or our 111,
hesirrititig belief that iu the
atatul eharsced..iou are . .110 . • , 1..th , r goluN.s. of -ails.
offense against the law : that , ••••1 •i••
s
4:uvt malls 01% Iv p , ; that. tho itrpet , Al-
Ittfr agaiii9t yeh, though hill'[ t rio of Law, is. t Ft-
OttloWbstalticer.pflut.t.it , .. : that N , • fo-T..!.y to;. 1 , .r
one s rear2tt , tl , yttirathiesaiel A Itt , pte that ill , .
good SPUbe,Jusilne suit luw w p•. 3 'I • ILI. p, r.pb,
I.:instant'ltr:e. - eitt•yilu, 1:1141 ohl p••rlttit the
liztereetistuf thmaylmle`e.r:tintry dixturt , ed by a
revival otv,tetioual d1,45",;' , ,,tti,-,. IN auy .• , •411,
are enbrideut tit
thimtjer f\vatich pAiticray t•t• ttt.l: • a Vft.t
:•111 ItMA
ATTU FIWS,
1a1,13, •
EII:ENE II %tt,
lit lan WIRTE,
ITEM IL DEAD.
~_
- - Romt, .Tlitirsdlry,\.'eb. 7, 1,875.
The Pope died at 3 o'clock this after
noon:- The Pope'S legs were so much
better' yesterday,timt he \was able'to
walk a few steles. lt is believed that
this exertion was fatal. Ti.?,,elialif , e
for the worse occurred at:l 4 o'clo,:k
in the morning._. 11:11,eir at abput 1
o'clock this , ;fiernoon the . death
agony began, the \ Cardinals were as
sembled in council in ; the next room; \I
but all, together with the dignitaries 1
of the Papal Court, were at his bed-1
aide at thamoment of death. Cardi-
nal:Paffebianeo adminiAered the last I
P ~.
sacraments, • - - !
All the, Ambassadors accredited '
to the 'Vatican called • to make in
quiries during the -morning. King
Rumbert also constantly sent for in
formation. No one is now admitted
to the Vatican except the Pontifical
Chamberlains, who are charged with
the office of -guarding the corpse.
Monsignor. Simeoni, the Cardinal
Secretary of State, has ordered the
Osserraiory Romano; the daily organ
of. the Vatican, to suspend publica
tion until to-morrow. The* city, is
perfectly tviiiquil. The, authoriiies
have taken all the measuses they
deem necessary. The police and
municipal guar& 'prevent approach
to the Vatican.
The conclave will be convened
immediately. . An . order has been
giVen' to prevent any peison not
specially autborizedsfrom having-ac
cess to the Papal apartments. Egress
from the Vatican is also prohibit
ed. The foreign Cardinals barebeen
summoned. byltelegraph to Rome.
LATE VETAILS'ICAr , Tl.ll. FINAL SC EN E.,
4 Feb.. LONDON, Friday,' u 8, 1878,
There can be no donut of the, Pope's
death. The morning journals fully
confirm the :previous reports from
Rome. The .44rerti.qer'. special dis
patch front Rome states that! -the
news of the Pope's death has already
been otircially anriounCed, and gives
,the fodoviingpSitieulars: "The l'Ope,
go!elneh SVednesday night, felt
sudden suffocation: 110 rallied sev
iiox bdt. Said An 'his physi:
Reith:llo3, this time.' lle
*is sitCfnitelfhicid and Wpderbig.
His last moments were lueid..
Guard, the Church I loved so
will and sacredly.' The immediate
-caltse pi' death - wiS the closing of the,
woun in the kg which. made the
hutaofiOnount into the' lungs and
brain. -Cardinal; Manning and How
, ardind many others wore present at.
the death.
"The eoncl ve has 'commenced(?)
Sinu.kmi :has demanded
troops, and the go, vernthentl has ne
.coded to his. relpieSt.
.1 he ambassa
dors aceredited to ,the, Vatican have.
gone . In a body to view the corpse.
" The Italian Government insures
the, independence of the Conclave,
and °tiers any services - that 'ardinal
Simeoni may demand."
Other .aceotints. say the -eti.(e of
death was the inountPhg of water to
the heart. The Pope swooned and
was in ej:frentis at 3 ()Mock, but
death did not occur until somewhat
after the time announced in the first
dispatch from Rome yesterday:
The* Standard':; telegram from
Rome says the aspect of the, city is
quiet to indifference, strangely con.
trasting with its appearance on the
death of King Victor Emanuel a
month age,.
tiKETCII OF PIGS Me
. giovatnia :ktaria 31.astai-Ferretti
was born on the I:lth of:-May; 17'A,
at Sinigaglia, on -tit!! shore of the
Adriatic. Ile . was
. it younger son - op
Count Girolamo and the . Countessl
Catherine ' Solazzi. . Be began /his
studies at -Volterra, and made( fair I
progress in . them. Witen/F,loisel
Bal.:local. who then 'bore the title of
9,ueen _of „Etruria, visited' Volterni,
the little Celt .t was sel4ted, on ac
count of his rank ppybably as much
`its his merit, to deliver an addrtss in
Verse to the royaivisitor„ lie was.
lik many - men ii.lho have arrived at
grey age, of a/feeble physical eonsti=
ttaion •11 hi/youth, and being afflict-,
\
eo with I,jaated attatfks. of epilepsy
tvhen abot t Pe e years oldilhe was fore
«l to Olin( nsill the military career
his family 11:d chosen for Itim,..„and
adopted fOr w, at, promised to be a
shot t life the ece -siasticalprOfession
Ile received the\T•st . tonsure` from
Nbinsignore • Tecon ,ke,4lte
. Bishop of
Volierra, and went Innuediately to
-Rinne to complete (*studies. Ile
Eyed there under the protection of an
uncle, am officer - of the ealesiastical
establishment - of the Vatican When
iiisplelative retired from It . oitn the t i
troubled diiys whielt marke , l \ the
c10,.4: of Napoleon's reign, his nephew
went wilh him and femainel. for sc.\ - -
\
n
eral years o the paternal estates il \
Sinigaglia. 110'w:is there pttsented
to POpe • Pius VII: on the Pontifts
return to his 'capital after his long •
captivity in France; and VI
-....istai-Fer
rati soon followed hint to bun.
His health becoming less precarious
he Wet allowed to resume his - studies,
and , soon entered minor ortlerS, , At
the invitation of Cardinal Odesea l ehi
he took var . ,' in a mission •to his na
tlye province„ and when he returned
was made a deacon in, Deceit - diet,'
I slti. It is'relati.tl by Cathoile bloz
ruphers that at this lithe The Sollgiit
and• obtained a personal audit nee - dh,
vue
.., • rope to obtain a dispensation
which would allow him to be ordain
ed without delay to .the priesthood,
the - legend stating that his Holiness,
laying his hands on the a rdent young
aspiriant. gave him the favor requir
ed,with his blessing, and thus forever
cured - hirnol his epilepsy ! The new
priest celebrated Mass for the first
time on Easter of 1,419 in the.Clutich
tof St. Anne 'del I:align:mi. 'i -
THE EASTERN IMBROGLIO,
-- tire PETERsototo, Feb. - Ir.—The
Russianslelegraphic ATrency S . .ates
that the dispateh . of the British fleet
to the a Vosphorus„restores to Ku;sia,
liberty of action. If the ,otject is
to co-operate in the maintenaiae of
order and the attainment of a -ilura
able and' equitable solution of the
Eastern question, the fleet will be
welcomed as an auxdiary. At- hay
rate. Russia . will regulate her rittiude
by. that of England:
The latest , of:lei:II intelligence from
..Vrianople shuws that
. a - Complete
.unilemandin: - % has been arrived at,
between the It ossian lien I q 'mac rs
and the Turkish delreates:
The, ee ni nil Sews says a telegrath
leis : been, received by the Adiliar;ilts'
that neither Russia nor Turkey will'.
object to the Rritish fleet eroilig to
Constantinople.
The Ti ?al's approves the govern
: inent's action in send ior a portion of
the tic; tto Constantinople. It says:
-_ill danger of a renewal or the .war
between Turkey :Jed ll.ussia is now
over. ' The Russians are practicallr
masters of Constantinople. Nothing
remains for us Willie cotieerned•about
but the due settlement of the terms
of peace and the protection of our
immediate interests.
"Russia .is under an honorable
pledge not to advance further,
Strould she do so, under any pretext,
she would arouse the snspi'cion awl
excitement of this country, of which
the' last few'days :have afforded some
dangerously preMimitory symptoms;
but if she will loyally restrain her
forceS even withiji the limits fixed by
the armistice there is'no reason why
the c;nolition or :a, permanent peace
Should not be teMperatcly discussed
l \ and delberately determinedat a coo
-1 gress." . . ;
The News special from Berlin says;
Prinee tiortschakOlf has notified the
Powers that since the English Cabi
netliaresolved to send a .fleet to
Constankinople, ostensibly to protect
the Christians, Russia also' F-outem
plats. ocenpying Constantinople, from
land with the, same object. ,
The l'imoi'\St. Petersburg . corre. , :- .
ponden't•telegraixs as follows: Not-,
withstanding Lord Derby's explana,
Lion, the sending of the fleet to Con
stantinople, and the Parliamentary
vote of credit have-produced a pro:-
found impresSion here. Some think
that these acts constitute a breach 'or.
neutrality justifying immediate war:
Fortunately the government has'not
adopted this- view, but is sincerely
desirous of avoiding. further, eompli- -
.
cations. 4
It would be -dangerous; however,
to impose on this cenciliat.,ry \spirit..
With the general public war with
England would be very popular, and
in the small circle of those who in
fluence the foreign policy of Russia,.
several j orge stromd measures. The
' moment is critical..,.' Simple want of
tact on the part of. the British Cabi
net Might - have
,momentous conse-
Auerice. • 4 •
'-
It now charged thatl.initos, the
Northampton county Tall nierer fel 21 - 1 2
ed. insanity. Evidences recently.di,
coveted in the cell occupied by him
at Easton, indicate that their Was at•
least method hills madness.
wan oun coma smOONT:
LETTElllomisimplisu
H o 6,uutionnin4l, .•:
The - legishitivelrork-of tl i, •Wtielt - 11111,
c 9nime need by. sestsioug.:iii'votti , §onall
and House - i ou Monday evening. Thtiiiret
body occupied about an hour on
that occasion reading bills the first time,
- when the - following, among others wore
pnt tltri'Mgli - that
For the protection of religious "liberty
, —Seven I)3k 'Llaptist bill. -
For the ekei,tion of a banking .depart
ment.
For the appointment of three commis
sioners to the Paris expositicin. • • ,
the reNolution of Mr. QUigley,
adopted on - Friday - last, Speaker Myer,. on
Monday evening, appointed thin following
nii initttie to prepare
Sldiers! Orphan iiito industrial
schools, on alseltsupportlng system .
Messrs. Quigley, llutler,llapslier, Potts,
Larrabee, of Simpaobanna,
Gorman,: ltey
nor, Bell, .Snayely, Gillette Sheibley,.
son and Sherwood.
The report of the Sergeant-at-artns jtif
relation to the escape of Bullard was read
in the House. It states, that the•Sergeant
' at.-arins and his aSsistantensed every pre-
I caution to prevent an escape, anfithatev- ;
cry avifilabiemeans are being -made use
fifth re-capture)dm. . .
\ A special su.Shie f ti of the [louse was, on
Ukotion of Mr. Vtilton, of Indiana, fitted
.lohTuesdarevening, the 12th inst., to
Fon4hier the local optidn bill.
.8 itttt6 t , to take tip a resolution " re
quirinit\onr representatives .in Congress
to. use al • honorable means to bring about
the repeal if the resumption act, the re- .
N
wonetizatio ,Of silver and the substitu
thin of 160i tendi)rs for national bat*
\
notes," was lo.\
yeas all, nayS 87:
- 'The iiiiipresen ltires of the dear people
do tioyappear to in a hurry about de
claring thentselve upon the financial
%pies:ion.
/ Mr. Wise, of -Green , offered a nimbi
/thin; which was 'referreAto the commit
tee on- Federal Itelationii,Q Cquesting
,!..:on--
%
gres; to fix a national rail; 1. r interest. •
A rosifintion expelling -ullaßl froth
membership in the nonse and ordering a
new election to fill - the - vacano) was re
ferred to the ciinimittee on tilectii is.
The . resolution ofli*ed some weelcis .
.ieee, by Ar.,..T.t:nes, Peibocrat, of ..`t% nth
\
anlytfizi Ca., and which hiks been twit id
ered two or three times berom, providi g,
for the appointment of a comMittee. to in\
ve-a igate the alleged fratols hi the con
tested election easo of Anew vs. I lartell,
from loil.ii 1 county, again eanic. up on
!ilonday
.'everting, After a lengthy de
batc, and lotb, , J , down a mrition to post,.
pore; indefinitely, and to refer the subject
fo the. colmoit I ~..- .0i: elections, the origi r
nal , prop,,,,iti”n, with an ainentiment re=
ipliroe4 the c ommittee to report,-on or be
fore the 1-th of March next, was agreed
to, yeali4 lel, nays tte . .
Mr. • A Aview, the present .) Republican
setting. member, before the vote was
taken, requested his l litpublican friends
In N , 40 itianint.m . }tly in favor of the origi
nai remilution. - . .
In the -Senate; on Tuesday, the Mit"-
'.l.fig amcmg other bills was reported front
v.jeomittee, favorably :
' 11, ••0a;! prim it y iir trial .of all claims for
wages ,61 manual labor itt the courts of
thk.z....t.ite. •• • . • .
A:resolution was adopted providing for
1 gift, rno fin . m.ssions in the. senate on Wed
ncsJlay, and Thursdays, until otherwit-e
,on
The following bills passed the Senate
finally, ,in Tuesday :
rateNExtending the provisions•bf lin act re
:d
guing the rate of interest to all corpo-
Ins ftuthorizel I to "elan money and ix%
pealing all lass 1-.nsistcrit with.thc pro
vbiions\of the said act. ' •• '.
, the.,,lttlio dzing and einpJuver,ing, courts
i xt
of Coum, m Picas the clumge, alter and
direct. tae ~trot' of pr.:Taking and keep
ing indices itrthe several offices of •record
in said (-unities, and for preparing . , mak
ing and snbstitming new indices for old
inflces l e . pa l t. 5 th e , ,•e f.
In the !louse fill. Tuesday, Speaker
11 cr antu , nneed the fidlowitig committee
tA investigate the alleged frauds in the I
F1'4;...;', CLol lits eon tested elCCtion ease :
tic , 1..... Walker. Schaffer (Allegheny), '
L•uul.`•.• limner, rNake)h t;atfey anti Ettla.
In ti e Senate on Wednesday, Mr.
Grco j i oilOt•JI a e , bncurrent resolution,
v.1:1, li w..,Nuttanimuusl.7 adopted, t.i the
c lit t " I hat\on r . ..-.onators in c ongre ss be
illS4l nil oil .:4, 4,1 r; I:(•pre:44;•litatiti's he ti.'
t
quested to i vo:tfor t hci,assage of an aa
mit itied." "an Aft :o lirOVidt' lot equality
In :lie raft , . of frOglit upqn certain prop
erty c.inicd ••Al•loily \or partly by railroad
in ete , putere,• with \•cj:reign nations or
atrifilt!, , Ihi several Sia !.;.;ind Turitoris,
and to IJI event violent Inc injurious fluct
uation and 71.10114 discriniinations in such
commerce and co+ other purposes."
•Elli; Senate and I rouse hilve both agree d
to. adjourn Ti im Friday, the lath, to
Wf dilesday et ening the : loth lust., in
older to enahle :d1 hands to attend the
Ila li4
T;lo n‘wiinas.ion of • Rei...rlia•;, L. Eh
nentiehl, as, State Libarh , n, for three
Dais c,vininned by the `mate on
N,.:11A - the 11 - 11*(de two 'ses:doti of the
Ij , 11 , 0 oil Wednesday were occupied iii
in see'.nd, • An act
to d, tine the term and enlarge_ the duties
of n e , .: del s ~f eiti. .f. the --first ch,s. , -
'h its bill empowers the Goveribm to ap,
p.,int a ite, :nier for the. city of
phi who .Nbaii hold , the, o(ii , e for the
Iran of t,o,yvalsand hai. o pow• r to ap_
po;!a,ticc mere;oltil; afpaise; s for sail
c it ) to hold "Ince f;.r, the lerni of two
_ •
Lin v*.i2,,rousl 3 2 nlnn =r 11 bythe
11.•i,•crat':;• mei-chefs. lei] I,y Fanticc, of
bur :,11,i.cirlinictit ou
tificrintn, the t! , iril section
1 Clic 1.111 passeil. by a
risiiir,t vote, of tic 52. The lirst
1111 504 4 110128 W . 41.1 1 4 :1S10.1 at the 111411'11-
111 g seS,l4•ll
..
I n the S t ,nate: on •Tlmrsday, Mr. Viol-
ben, I ti:mocrat, of 1.01 : ;.. 2 ,-h, ofr v ria a r e s ._
rei:oe which v,,e z atityte:i, that the.tztriff I
h:;', 0 ,,v; linAurt:ole.itioraLion ata•W ;;, - ',liilei
to t: Nt itii the eomiaittee on way:. an d
niean , ', in .proposim , to levy duties upon
crini , r or raw mater al not produced in
this country, and; admitting free of Wuty•
art ieles s lim nu fact - Tired firan the saute, is a
flint blow to the InallnfaCfnlinLT ilidill'tiiCS
oft he • nation, and we thc‘refort: instruct
our senators and recommS•ntl our liepre
st :natives in Col gross t.i, put forth, every
power in il”liate and ballot to the end that
lb" , e objectionable features may he re
imo., il and prOld,..4itniii tillbstittned rot the
importation fro , of "duty of All crude. or
•
ran materials not produced here N ihi c h
enter into maimfaot tires, and for laying
upon tli."., imputation of articles made
ft in the ~ : aiiie - reasonable rate of d i,t iy,
such nioasnres beim , necessary to enable
oar M.lnnraytnrurs to et'anitetv with th,.iso
4.:11 .,, 1e1gil OW int iCS in the markets of the
w. 11,1..
The l',l~,arcing bills p.s.sett. finally . :
S,:ti.tb , 7;,i. 9. 'regulating the pr:icecil-
M2's tinder reituisition upon the Govel'hoi•
4, this: Commonwealth for the appreben-•
sion of fugitives from justice:
Senatt , N0..21, creating. t middle peni
tentiary district in Mil; State and provid,
ing for the erection of ;.'t State penitentiary
for the same for the counties of McKean,
Potter, Tiega, Ilradtbrd, Sullivan, 14--
c.miing, Nortlitiniberland, - Columbia,
3lonrour, Fulton, Cuinberland, Franklin;
Admni, Cameron, Somerset. - Blair. Cam
bria, liuntingdon, Union, Snyder, D•piph-.
in. Perry; Juniata. Mifil)n,_ Clearfield,
Clinton and Centre ; providing that the
C; (.) vvrilOV Shall appoint seven commission
er, ontshle of the district in which said
penitentiary - is.to be erected, who shall
select mid purchase a suitable site for said
twilit entiary and to agree upon plans and
I make all contracts ; the plan of building
shall he the same as that of the Eastern
Penitkutiary at Philadelphia and $lOO,lOO .
is appropti , r•ed for, the furtherance of the
object of this bill, the place for the ere&
thm of this penitentjary to be selected by
1 the commissioners appointed by the Gov-:
error. , . .
Mr. ireir, on motion to suspend -the
rules, called. up Senate bill No. trt . , c 'on .
second reatling creating a banking, do
prirt then t.
The bill was t ippusctl by Iyetriweratic
iAenators, bee:Oise it put the State to an
ailditninal, waits they alle . ged, unneces
sary expenst•; when' the Auditor General
otilihi detail a eompe rk who co u ld
make. all the . necesbai V examinations and
with 3.`. (MIA accutacy as it' a • separate
departnu id • Wtre established. . tn . course
I)emocr::;ic senatm s ar.nlil bo in favor or
an -Auditor .Gencral4 , r their own patty.
mal4rig the appointment.
314...55rg. Butterfield and other
.'enotois faverad the pass4fge or the WI,
assigning its reasons that tho otlice-td,be
created involyol the discharge of impel - -
lant ditties. It was highly proper that
there shduld be a responsible head, and
one who is familiar with motley!., btucks,
~ .
sitentities and tad estate, etc., - and - to
,
stand examination of a bank to a clerk
mould not embrace' purposes intended by
is bill. Without taking any definite
,
Lion, the Senate adjourned until 3 r. M.,
. At the a ft ernoon session
k.
the considera
tion
'Mon a the bank department was resum
ed. The bill authorizes a bank commis.'
sioneeto be appointed by the Governor,
with the consent of OM Senate, for four
,
Z4nt...i,LoskirAt.Jini, at, a salary. , of
/41,500, aria' requinng—bOadii-bilk -Ave
iii the sum of f'24,000. - The Commission
er shall not- be interested in- any bank.
Ile may appoint a-depnty and clerks, and
require every bankinwinstitatiop tottake
Pluartely reports of its business under
oath. He may - also, visit and examine
the books and papers of 'any institution
and compel answers.a Parties refusing to
.znower....afll ba....ficamod guilty of a mis
demeanor. He may 'also -nOtify-gariti
stitutions be believes are being frandu-,
lentlY condneted to discoutinuo business,
and obtain the assistance of the Attorney
General to enforce the order.
Mr: Herr moved to amend byoth.L
' g
the term of office live.. years instea. 1 of
four, and to bring partnership associatio. 9B.
under' the provisions of thie bill, whim.'
was agreed to. 11
Mr. Fisher moved •to amend by 'repea I
bar
_ —... ..„
ing.thejaw appointing asiesaors of • Anh
stock and regniring.the CornMit*uer to
perform their duties, agreed to. .
~
The bill as thus amended then passed
secou4 reading by a vita tote vote ;
In theliOteleoti Thum :lay. the general
approprlatiort- bill Was. oti motion cif 3 1 r.
Long, taken tol, considered on third read
ing, ad. • passed Enal?7,,:by a Tote of 166
leas t o 1 nay.; This is twoYwieks earlier
...,
than usual. • 0
The consideration_ of they.i,iiladelphia
ftecordeilllll waitagain testirned, and
after - sev6ml 4imendme,nta were voted
down; the House passed it,• im second
reading, by a party vote of 99 to 69 (ex
.cept Shonk, RepubliCan of Luzerrie, who
voted nay). . , . -
, At , the. a ft ernoon iassion of the House
on Thursday, Senate bill' No;, 20, provid
ing for the payment of the State militia
for services last July, was read the first'
time. , ... . , '- -
A number of local bills were considered
on Accond reading.. ' "• • -
No business of general_ or special im
portance was transacted in either branch
of . the Legislature to-day. On Fridays
bolli Houses adjourn at 19 &Melt 110,011,
thus making the sessiim short. '
Iti the Senate to-day, owing to the
slim attendance of Senators, bills on third
i ruli ng were passed over., Among the .
hi, s which passed second reading was
one o give .the .benefit of the pension Lica
\
of tht\State to every soldier of the war - of
• I sl2,- and: his widow, notyritlititanding any
provisiA, which Congress has made ,or
shall inake, for them, and to repeal laws:
'ipeonsint.mi\therewith. 7 .
\The session in the Rouse Was_ Piinei
pally occupied \ to-day in diszussing and
adopting an arnernlinent to the rules, de
signed ;.ti preventite . votes .of members
=being recorded yvvbeot in their seats, or
in the Hall, by tithe members answering
to the,irnatnli when iallechi - This pt c
tiee`ll3s I..*Ome tOo, co it%trn 'Of : latei Sad
it is L'opeil Niill pow be c eeked:,.., • -
' \ , • .. C-frstscp.
THE SPIRIT OF TR GREDAiikoltS AND
BILVIdt R ORMERE. • • - '
civocate
notes,
7r\n
-I ir
I
Greenbackers'aro thogo who ao
the withdrawal of all national bank
and the issue by the governtmen -of gt,
backs to till their places, and make thk
bylaw a legal tender-for the\payment l
all debts Public , ' and private. \The
_silvek
men are those. who are endea\oring to
make silver; which is worth six cents on
ti e dollar less. than greenbaeks, 3 \ legal .
tender in nnliMited amounts without, in
creasing the amount of silver in. the Idol
lar. Very generally the advocates, of both ri
that nieasureS ire, the smite -meat, arid I
seem. to have joined hands.ln the forma-`
tion of a perntanent coalition. We have•
noticed with surprise that the Congress
men, public speakers, and. newspapers;
who ar:: leading in these two measures,
are using language- not usually
employcny those who feel. confident in
the justice of their cause uth -which
seems to be purposely interdetto secure
their object by searing fintid. p ace loiing
people and bullying, iand bull-dozing tre -. .1
ri t :ll. We believe that their language and
argil leiltP, whether they intend Wm not,
are 6 Adulated to exone the, passions and
preji dices of the poor, the unfortunate,
tilt gnorant and vicious cla! ses of society
agar. list the wealthy and against law 'and
- order, and if continued wilt result in law
less acts of violence and .bloodshed. 3lr.
13hitt4, : a Congreitnuan from gissouriohd
anthik of the silver bill, in - a cArefully
prepared letter which he had published
in the New York, hidependent, used the
. following language :
~
. ." The air is redolent with the oxygepro
those who pritclaim gold for the rich, and
bread and water for the tax-payers., Let.
those heartless Shylocks,• their agents - , al
lies, and soulless soul-savers - beware t• Tv
demontuize silver }tow and ' require tie
_debts of the world to be paid iu gold,.
would be the greatest crime against Man
kind since the fall of A:dam. , B 'NV - not
Lc i7wie without a rerauti , m that trz,7
=IIIA
EMI
and eireliek the t aril
Ir loctnan - Wood: The Atnerimn people
in the future; as in the past, will stand
hirtlie right, and light hereupon our Own
soil the battle for' the 'oppressed cv'ery
..
where."' •
Senator Voorhees'elosed hiti"first speech
he Senate as follows : •
"'Sir, I haveino wqrd of menace to utter
on this floor, but of every labor
er and every owner of .the soil whom I
represent, I warn all sacli as value their
investmentsrthat N% hen qese doctrines of
despotism, [the resumption at and' the,
ait demonetizing silver, ] are sought to tit
ea.treed, this fair land will be.again/con - -
vidsed in agony, and the, flies of litierty.
will blaze itirth again- as - they did lOU
years in defence of the rights of
As thet,tires of - liberty. Which blazed,
forth iOn years ago gofvuised the eountry_,
in: Agony and .War foi":lnOre than se-..'en..
years, Mr. Vii'Orhees,'although he had no.
word of "menace," proceeded to hmlie a
pretty kg threat. At the 'close . 0! lati.ar,.
' tide ;On the Pittsburgh riots, the editor of
a greenback paper said :
The Wall Street , syndialle, the na
tional bankers, the government at Wash
ington, and a subsidized cress Should takii
warning of Pittsburgh:" "
Dr. E.'l'. Miller, a conspicuous green
back leader of New York, in a written re
view of Cong,ressmate Hewitt's Speech,
said •
"The great danger to the country now.
is, that wen like Mr. lloWitt will not
change their policy until too late. A bus:
Mess. collapse may create a !evolution
that will let loose Millions of maddened,
famished workingmen, who will, in a sin
gle hour,- not only rob every bank, - but
slaughter the bankers and their hard
money confederates as they would a pack .
of mad dogs.' There is danger of st hun
dred Pittsburgh riots being crowded into
one, and the one - tve have had should not
he too soon forgotten. ,ShOuld PresiOittit,
Hayes veto the silver bill, and the bill to
repeal . the resumption act, there is danger
of his not only being driven out of the
White Tio”sts, but out of the country, "-
John Sherman keeps on destroying
peOple's lawful tnoney, there is danger
thy eople wiltdestioy him. If the New
Turk City.presa do not hanl 'down! their
specie resumption flag- and Voist the
greenback harmer, there is, danger the
people Will haul down theity.estallish
meets and hoist their editors on their'!rn-
ins. ' Pittsburgh made the first protest of
the people against the enforcement of the
resumption act:" . •
Such language as the above is not nsu,
ally retorted: to by thoSe who
,feel eon&
dent in the jM4ice of -their-eause, and the
trength of their argitments; but by those
• ho, having but 'Wk . :faith in their own
Fogic, are desirous- of' - gaining their pur--
pose by excitinate fears of. the weak, the.
peaceable, and the timid.. Such \ language
violates the spirit if not the letter of the
law, and is particularly objectionable cow
.
ing from an educated mau who lthowii
better. than to use it, but we surmise that
the Doctor, instead of being sent 'to - jail
for inciting a riot, expects to be sent to
Congret;s by the greenbackers and labor
reformers as a ieward for his services in
their cause.
George Francis Train is hoe- generally
recognized as :a prophet . iu ' , lsrael,: -but
some octhe greenback papers say that all
his predictions have heretofore comp to
pass, and that the following which is the
last one made, will surely be verified
'"lfe prophesies that if the re+trimption
act is not repeal,xl that it-will cause a re
pudiation not only of the national debt,
but Of all State, city, county, and town,
debts, produce the, failure of all' tanks,.
life, and tiro inAurance companies, the
cancellation of all mortgages, on real es
tate, the wiping , eut of private debts,
• . .
the plundering of.. every bank and\the
hanging of every banker iu IN all 5 &rem,
by the.internationall,• social - Denis - se - rats,
and working men. All the daily n'elspa..\„
per esitablishdients . in the. city will be N
butted, and - their editors taken into
Tompkins. Square and shoq • and Hayes;
Sherman, and every, member 'Of. Compels
.016 have voted for the specie resumption
act; will, have to flee the countiy Or lose
their eyes. After this a reorganization
iflOCietrxedlinke - place;' - and - the masts;
laces be rebuilt through the aid of green
gadct
Yii . '2 ' iii r ' il l ilintrer c: ii;; 414,i ' lliti t miii •
•inadersuch prophecy, but that any paper
cliiiiiiig - fespeecabillty should pubish and •
endorse it'.. 'i -- - •
.. ,
-The editor et* - ,ilitrocata,,- the paper
alluded to, 'china - net inly to bivagreen,
backer, - but a 'Free 3lason, a Granger and
a - C/istaree: — After tellitiThifiesniere h ow
many greenbacks Secretary Sherman hail .
• destroyed disfint-the met& of December,-
Troceeded to say, :
" Wahl not a brigand, • a burglar,. a
horse thief, a highway robber, a . pick,
pocket, or a thief •Who would . : take one. .
' 'halt that amount of;moriey (rem the pen
.: ple-deserve to be imprisoned fur life, M.
. hung-by a mob to' a lamp Ptist, or- taken
k ; to a public sqh,tro and Mint ?:"Yet these
k ,— liz-public! robbers arc robbing the
tp. .in .
e0p ,,1. thus way every , month., in the_
year ir :tbont . anybody:to molest or make
.them aft.: ! (/ '' .4 . • . , .
He is a.l.
inuys,..Quaker. A. correspond. -
ent ettio 4, 7 rorizte frorfolississipp.i , who •
Signs himself •" Tramp," ClOses'llis letter
air follows :
!, c.
.. don e t i me f or . compromise will s)oe
pass, and hope will die .out. Then loel c
to YOur money frags;' ...1. 14 Yndicate, and
trandle titem.MT to monk' la nd where the'
Goddess ofliberty dove n... t reign. Th.;
right to silo lighting ~,, , o nvi t , AeUsken away
- from Us, alai you Oral) not nds. ' this wilt"'
with money." '.. , - - the
Much more could be given fr.. '''' ~
same soarcescin the'same straimbut .'":'':,
extracts are' e - hough to show that the cs. '4"
leaders of the gree l baok and) abyrivfm-a '
party are not goOdlaiv. abitlinit orderlev
ing citizens, who love their 'country :-aril
their fellow men, andrare desiring to pro,. '
inOte peace and prosperity, but are selfish;
unprincipleirmen, intent only oaptishinef.
their ol rivate.interests, - and obtalninr, •
vx
power at ie.eipensf2., of the natiorial wel
fare," and the risk of' inciting insurrec
tion and bloodshed. In the great cm trp
versy, between the American colonies and.
thimnotber country preceding the feVidu- -
tiOnary war, no threatonitiglanguage Was
mtedby the colonies-that has come down
bi!us, on the contrary, ifll : the petitions,
memorial; and remonstrance's gient ti.l.by
King . and' 'Parliament -of Great Britain
were clothed in mild courteous language,
•The arguments of our forefathers w‘, l 4, .
strong and imanswerable, but their words
were gentle and respectful. ' In the -long
anti-slavery discussioh, previous to the
.rebellion, no abolitionist except old .14 - ylin -
Brown, everlhreatened or attempted to '
incite insurrection ok_free the . slaves by. '
-force of arms. If the greenbackeni - liate•,
a-strong . eanse, can they not
.rest it -en .
strong arguments withouthaving- to back
it up with threatening language like the
old.chatepiona of slavery.. .„
It is a.satisfactioh to know that these
lenders Who. an., sowing to the wind will,.
if the sqed should germinate, have to reap
what - they tIOVV, and that should they sae,
ceed in raising an .insurrection they are
just as likely to stiffer =from its cense-.
(1,4'6 - lees-as others:- 13amsoe ; in his wrath.
piilled tictivn the tenrii4e 'aloe Philistines
on his own herati• and periiihed With, the '
rest, The liiiimln tigers wi') were let
loose at the beginning of the . French Rev
olution by Robespierre, -flanton and 'lin- .
\
rat, after a time.. turned upon :the- men
Wo had Unchained them or pressed them
'oh, lnd•licktd up their blood with aikeem
s l:\
I. .an appetite as they had previously drank'
the blhod of the unfortunate King, Queen,.
•and nobility nf France. . CMFTEL.4II. -,
• \ yk
•
\. ONE o ''\ tf he-nosteloquent explana
tikris-o.f tikgreni, loss of life in the
wrtc: of the \ Metropolis is con'tainc(l
- thebrief sentence : the life sav
ing
~
st-4ionwas. closeill at G'urrit9ck"
-,,,
(the seen of the 'l.inster). Tiirs con,
dition of a fairs is attributell . to Dein
oeratie• eeon)amy, w
• hieli.so reduced
..:
the:force - tha t
it Was impii;•-•sible to
keep, watch at rilliarirs, which Shoul'
\ -
ho done by all menris.' .The fatal cf
feet of 4 ihis eeonintil\wis.stea.gren in
the exhaustion,..whichNoritrtoolit the
members of the force at thre stntiou,
the paucity of number :4 tbirYwing All
the work on n few. to their. trittr ex
haustion
,long - before the sti,-Ttvoz, - -.
.
were rescued. or mre.d for. .
ocate
'aoten,
'PSI-
'To-Ann to. the horrors of war in.
Turkey, a-general farriine begins- ti
lOok- the pecople in the face.
ities began early enough iri,the • yeri;.
to prevent the . usual harvest of whe.it
in Bulg,aria,yrhiels is often called tit l e
.granary of the Otornan Empire. The
capital. is threat ne tl-. with..a fnuine,
and, in the provinces the lociirivitnin
istrators fearfnl of co pink famine
are seizinft efirloads of Wheat des
tined for Conitantinople.
R_
SunEwn'ealiitalistS Ought-to see,
that uow is the time to build.ll;xery.
building erected this sift - miler. With
Material *and labor as low la.:price :;.t‘.
they will` be'again in , clic:next tranty
years, will double itS,,/value iii fiVo
years, as real estate; IICCOP(1illiT to
every judieation in :all the eiiies,t
sure to advance. . Hence c . peopie'wite.
have money to invest can do no bet
ter than, put hi* . buildings. of the
prom class.: •
'IT is reported that HEinicK;
Esq., of Athens, has- been appOinted
to 11 clerkship in 'the Treasury De
partment by State
Mir. it. is an ihtelli
tleman, and nn dcti
Lis selection sppea .
int to his party,_ ln
thereceninendativi
in the county.
WIVA".6t WELSII, one of the most
promirint , nlen in rhilailelpina,
favoiably?known all over the rand
as a steadiast 'friend. Of.- the Indians,
° died verysuddenly on-Monday atl;•r
-nOon of heart. disease. The' dee'vas
ed was a conspieions member of the
Episcopal,churcl►. . Ile was 7_l years
oJit;
THE average tales - paid' by the
National Dunks Uf, the eniintry zs
per cent <on their capital. I;liere
any other business which pays a
er proportiou? And Yet the public
are continually_ told.. by greenbaoi
labor-refoliners the national
bankS p; y na taieS. •
R°ll.l
. 4 ati° N ELLS, seeret:kry
or the I..4tvy 4 inkier • rreshient
cot,N, di(' at Ids reSiitene'ela
ford Ctl, on, Monday evening. lic
•
was 2 years old.
. .TIIE gre . enbackei . s 'elected' tticit
*hole ticket iii;Eltniro.;on It4.:s.day
by majorities averaging about 75.
Tim republicans were - sucgsftil
at the election in Binghamton OR.
Tuestlay.
(iota) closed at sl.l►l ,yesterday,
0
rtr
orthv ak'a-
MEE
)t 1 ista..Le-
position
the icailet,