Patlford fgorttt
EDITORk;
E O. GOODRICH.
Tchurplay, Pet 21; 1878.
THE OLD ENEMY
•
During the exciting political strug
gles of the last fifteen eyears,,says a
fcoteniporary, the Democratic party •
has , managed to 'put forward at all .
times the issues about reconstruction
and - the enforcement of the incident=
al changes by . milits.ry' force. Dux . ,
ing- all this, time it ;has evaded the
• tariff issue; malting: any- profession
that might be found convenient to
secure success. While the Repulih
,
can; majorities in 1 - Congress -were
large and -decisive, tinny DemoCratic
members were 'found Serviceable to
• the cause of protection, but no goon
er does Congress become .Democratic
than that party is found to be prac
tically united for free-trade.
. All, forms of Liberal Republican.:
Civil Service Reform, ete, are
t found to work in the same way and
to . conceal the same purposes.' In
the' Liberal platforM of 1.72. the sub
ject was ingeniously dodged. But
all the remarkable reformers who
were; subsequently elected . ; to the
Senate .have turned out to be dis,
guised free-traders. The present is.
apparently deemed so promising. a
time for the betrayal of the cause of
domestic industry into the hands of
its ...enemies, under the pretext of
fai:oring Americari commerce, • that
the -Demobrats and , their' allies are
OWing off all restraints, and pro
pose.to g&to such extremes as were
never thought the old times
when the; long struggle raged be
tween piotection, awl free-trade .
Men in` position , seem to 'be willing
to concede any measure demanded on
' behalf of th^c foreign interests in ex
change for. some conspicidns offices
in which their own weaknesS and
Lase "ambition ' will consign, their
.
naintS to such obloquy as that Which
was, the doom Of li. - Kf.LAs,BILOANAN,
JonNsoN, FlLi.monE and TY.i.F.R.`
Northern statesmen 'Who'are no
longer able .to' sell themselves • to
shri:eholders for_the perpetuation and
ektension of slavery -are found seek-.
in; to.play similar trade with the
foreign enemies of, home production.
It is.not now-'a struggle against a
recision of the tariff, it has became
struggle to-prevent the value revenue
system . or 1 the Republic into a aiseriul-
iantion - in favor of the foreign manti
-2 factures and d foreign. produce, and
against home industry and home
produce. :Proteetion, has become a
condemned terin. 'Even free-trade
fails tb express 'the purpose of
tariff tinkd,v. A low tariff wlll uoG
serve the *I in view. It must be
the next thing to no tariff at all.
Wherevel• the ditties can hurt ; the
home/pkodueers they must be abher
ed to and insisted uoon, and is4er.
ever they can help them they must
be abolished. Revenue _is ; not- the
object but only - the incidental 'pun.
pose,' The, .ShibbOlettt is now .to fos
ter Amerman
.conimerce, meaning
thiit portioU r of our exchanges which
are ,n(5 4 C.: cimuestic in their origin.
This is a thing to be borne in mind
by the tax=payers.
- I{I'.TENuE• Vs. PltorE7 lON. The
tariff tinkers, at- Washington, will no
doubt have their? han - A- full" in 'con-
f4iileration of. the .innumerable pro
" testations of the people, in the vari
ous sections the country, as
against any hill .iwhich has .for l its
object the adm i ission.. of -foreign
manufactured goods, frpd of duty,
. while trade is prostrate:here.. As a
producing-State, Penns - ylvania is ut
terly epposed to using foreign wares
of inferior manufacture when -In3r
own willrksholis can turn out better,
and very reasota-bly Insists that no
discrimination shall be made against
.home labor. • :Hist now, when even °
England concedes our superiority in.
many qrticles of textile fabrice, as,
4of iron, steel, 'kc., is no time to try
d
- angerous experiments. We need
our `forges, manutactories and mills;
in "full and active operation. We ths.
''sire that the wandering' population
of "the country who tramp from one
State• to another in the effort to .ob
iain labor for . 'ilibsistence shall be
„employed and any.measnics of leki;-
.lation that have .either directly or in
divectly. .a tendency to discriminate
against us on the transparcrit plea of,
fr venue, are snicidal :in the extreme,
and oppOsed to the welfare o(. all.
During, the Sessicar.of Congress there
haVe been over three thous:l[4.l)Hk
introduced, and of these, ten -acts t
and resolutions; passed. That body
haVe .managed by their supineness,Ll
however. to unsettle values and ,pro=
• diice gencralcoilfusion. — Let us . hope
...._ •
• that. tliey•will not resume an offen-
V sii:e activity hy.the passage of the
• r
WOodTaritf which, in a - prpper
•serise, is_ .notariff at :liras f►r as pro
. • teetion is _concerned.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Adyerliser
appeals to, the Greenbackers not to
forsake the Democracy, and assures
them tliat \ there is nothing that they
desire that the Democratic party is
not *fling to afford them.
Tile Bellefonte Rept in a
eingtbr and able article, presents Gen.
BEAVER as a candidate for Governor.
Gen. B. was ajwave soldier, and is
one of, the ablest and purest men: in
the 'State..
THE Greenbackers were' defeated
at the election in, Williamsport on,
Tuesday._ The vote was quite evenly
divided between. the three candidates
for May - or, but the Democrat was
elected.. •
(3 . (q.1) closed iesteidity at $l.OB.
• IF ever there was a inky geyoted- -
to.intrif!ue and double
, dearing,- the
Democracy deserve to , be charac
terized as such. ; Abandoning princi
ple, and giVing uP honerabie contest
for men, they have sei'theiris — elves to
work to take advantage of every and
all- political situations out of which
to extract succss Hit is-possible to
do so. ' 'ln the spring election 'the
Democracy are particularly anxious'
to make as good a showing as can be
presented. Hence, they are ' work
ing to have the Labor Union and
Greenback 'panty to nominate Demo
crats for all important offices as can=
didates for that petty, and give the
unimib tant places to Republicans
who eau be:duped into this accep
tarToe. All this, mast be inilepubli
can strongholds, and when the Dem.:
ocrats thus put forward ere elected,
as they will be if the •Republiehns
who profess to be.Greenbackers stick .
to the chfrse, they ?rill instantly be
clizimi:d a. 4 rickwies for the democrat
ic party, and act in the interest' of
of that organization ,in the fall
elee
tion. There never was a more trans
parenttriek attempted by Democrat::
is intriguers..liepeblicans need only
examine the position of parties at
once to discover - it. and.having - ,done
this wecan scarcely" kelieve'they will
suffer themselves to be caught in so
weak a trap._
I. W. ALLVORD
THE liarriShurg correspondent of
if tlie Doylestown Litrilifri;ncer gives
his impression of the tailitical situa
tibti in this State:
• The Republica c n race for the head
of the ticket is far' more dotilitful
than it was a month ago. If . Quay
was to-'enter he list he would make
a strong candidate; but he is tired
oclfarrisburfr, and longs to mingle
ur Philadelphia politics—an oppor- ,
tunity which Will riot be denied him
when, the Rrcorder's_ act is. changed.
),poet, of Luzerne, is still strong with
all - who look to expediency.- 116 is
as silent as an oyster, has a large
personal - acquaintance, is strong with
the laboring men or latzerne and
Schuylkill, and is not publicly iden
tified -with tiny faction. But Grow.of
-Susquehanna and _Armstrong of Ly
coming are pressing his . lines. In
nrental ability the last named is the
strongest ; in 'qualities peculiar to
•the reformatory times Grow leads.
It his Grow's picture which embel
kites the 14ainting 'of nnancipation
and his intimate and prominent con
nection with those trying times
Woulti_entiluse, -our colored brethren
and remind-them again that
His authorship Of the homestead act
endears him tctiworkitsff menjor that.
measure is above Inineonibe "and apti
peals to all alike. The element
strength is a little mixed and
somewhat damaging in,,a nominatinff
conventiort, but not injuriou , at the
polk. 11 Rasa . friend rof,. G reetey,
and would= have voted for him had he
not from in Texas., Unlike 'inost4
Greeley men, however, 11.6 was a sup
porter of flartranft, and squarely
opposed to the election of Buckmew
• II ERE is a practical dembnstration
•
of whatl - we bare all along contended
would be. the result of a "double
standard, - of varyingn - values in our
money. The - Philadelphia Presd of
11 iulat, contains-the
t'
"More effective than any argument, so
-far uttered against_the silver bill bv-our
Senators and Itepr•esentat - ives is the s.late
ment made in our ativertiAing colunne',' to
day by; .t . t leading dry-goods firm. There
in an experienced merchant suites/that
on the propos'ed act bottoming •ti law, dry
goods bought with gold and sold fur silver
trust Met itably advaliee in price .ceires
pundingly, and be sets his sails according
ly. Tilts must 'mold everywhere, and we
wait now_to see 1 Ike. in prices of etwy
thing sinniltaneously with. the deprecia
tion of the purchasing power of the cui
rency, and this 'rise cannot be an exact
one, but must depend on the judgement
or cupidity of the 'seller, so that the pur
chaser will suffer evyu beyond the actual
clippage of the coin.''
- For voting to protect the people
against, such a state or affairs, Cu!.
OVEATON should recede" the , unquall.
fled endorsement of every candid,
sober-minded man in the district.
Tire DAN) ELY . ERsTrit,
at .Marshfield,
,destroyed
hy tire, with its contents, early last
Monitay mornin - g. The large • barn,
and gut-houses were save. I. The origin
of the ire is unknown. The building
was owned by Mrs. FLETCII ER WEB
STER, who, with her son, wen! the
i sole cectipaots. They made great
'exertions to save the historical relics,
and succeeded in rescuing ;Iz:quantity
of silver plate, - pictures, and other
priceless mementoes of Mr:WEBSTER.
The library...was not deStroYed,•hav
-log been reMoved some time ago.
The latest account ruts.. the loss . ,at
-$4),000 ; insurance., $15,000.
Her.' TilomAi4 WAISE ED
#sltl”4. who recently died in :Eng
land, pulled stroke in die - first ei!rht
oared racti . ever rowed at Oxford.
lie was probably the oidesst free
holder in Enland, 'haVing held his
Testate for eightpOne p':ll's . anfi nine
months . : lle was a6orpne 1('. the
01de.4 beneficed eh:lin-men
r• ,
Eng
land. The . ,race in wpich lie papttei
pated as a student of Jesus Coll9ge
was rowed in 1,15:
IN our remarks introductory to the
historical sketch of 11013 G. A.
fast week, occurred one of thoseper
plexing bltuulersi which occasionally
occur : in the best regulated news
papers. We wrote, " freelom and
slavery," but the-types wade as say
" frecchen and, liberty."
.F •
Tiie Ilarrisbu'rg , Patriot
- Z s time.s to us in a "clean new dress . ,"
-which makes it look as bright as a
trade dollar. , The Pa' triot.6
." joined
to idols" polit'eally, but iS an excel
-lent newspatier.‘. — -
THE Republican candidate for Po
lice Commissioner' in: Philadelphia=
Ras elected by 3(V10.0' majority. The
Labor-Reform vote . 'was less than
twenty-four hundred.
TIRE Labor-Reform party seems-to
be in its decadence already, juding
from the result of the election ;n va
rioua places In thin State.
"John Itr(o.b'sl...:y
A-inouldeilng In the grave. ,
THE SILVER BILL PANED ET THE
or
THE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The Ben,
ate at five o'clock this morning, by a
vote of forty-eight yeas to twenty-one
nays, passed the bill to authorize the
edinage of the standard silver dollar,
and to restore its legal-tender charac
ter. The vote was as-follaws;
Yeas—Messrs. Allison, Armstrong
Pailey i Beck, Booth,Bruce, - Cameron,
of j!enn., Cameron,. Mich., Davis; of
Illinois, Davis, of :West V irgin a, Den
nis, Dorsev, ustis, Ferry, Garland;
Gordon, Grover, Hereford, HOwe, In-
JohnstotiolGries, of . Florida,
'Jones, of Nevada, Bello g, Kirkwood,.
McCreary,McDonald,
thews, Maxey, Merrinion, Morgan,
Oglesby, Paddock, Plumb, Saulsbury;
Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thurman,'
Voorhees, Wallace, Windotl2,. 'and
Withers—total. 48.
Nays—Messrs. Antllo4, &rnul,
Bayard, Blaine . , Burns► Cfiris
tianey, Conkling, Dawes.; -Edmunds,
Haiilin, lloar,l(trnan, Lamar, Me
l'itrson,-Mitehell, Morrill; Wand°lo,
Rollins, Sargent, ' Wad)eigil, and
Whyte—tOtali -
Mcssers.. Harris' of - Tennessee 4..1
Patterson of South Carolina, who
would have voted in the affirmative,
were paired with Hill of Georgia and
Butler of South Carolina, who would
have voted in the affirniative,• was
absent on account of sickness.
Of the twenty-one-Senators whose
votes are reoorded ,as against the bill
fourteen are Republicans and seven
- Democrats. •
Senator Eaton of Connecticut, was.
the only - New England. Senator \ who
did not:vote against". the. bill;'andle
did! not cast . any Setittnr
Cliristianey, of Miahigan, was the.
only western man, with the except
tion of ,two Pacific coast Senators
(Sargent, of California and Mitchell,
of Oregon,)who 'voted in the nega-.
tive. The opposition from the south
was quite strong.
Senator Cameron and . Wallace, o
the State of Pennsylvabia; both- cot
ed in the affirmative.
TEXT OF THE BILL
The following is the full text of
the bill as it passed.
"Be it enaeted t by the Senate and
lfousz of Representatives of the
United States of America,' in • Con.
nyess-assembled, that there shall be•
r.
coined at the several. mints of the.
United States, silver dollars of. , the
weight of four hundred and. twelve
and on'e-half grains,,,troy-, of stand
ard silver, as providjd in the act of
'danuary, 1tl,;1837, on which shall" be
the. devices and, supey,scriptions pro
vided by said act, which coins,. to-
;etherwith all silver dollars' hereto
find coined by the United States . of
-like weight and dueness, shall be a•
legal-tender at their nominal value
for all debts 'rand dues, public and
private, ex?efit where otherwise ex.:
presslv •stipulated In the contract,
.and tile , Seeretary of. the Treasury is
authoriZed and - directed_ to purchase,.
from time to time, silver bullion at
the marhet price Utereof, not less
than two million- dollars' worth per
month, nor more than four _million
dollars' worth per month, and cause I
the same to
. be coined monthly, as
fast as so purchased,., into such 1101-
1 Lars. And a sum suflicient.,to-carry•
out the foregoing-,provlsion of this
act is 'hertby appropriated
.out of
any money in the Treasury not other-
'wise appropriated. And any- grain •
or scigniorage arishyrfrom this coin-.
age shall be accounted fur and paid
into the Treasury as provided under
l'xisting laws relative to - subsidiary
coinage:, Provided,llat the amount
of money at any one time, invested
in such silver kullion, exclusive - of
of such resulting, coin, .slfall not ex
ceed five' million dollars; and gro
vidtil further, that nOthine in this
act shall be construed tia authorize
the payment in silver of certificates
of deposit ksu i ed under the provision
of section 25410' the ' Revised' 'Stat
utes:
- Section 2. All nets and parts of
acts inconsistent with the provisions:
-a this act areihereby repealed.
"Section 3. :That immediately,
, after the passage of the Act the
President shall invite the 'govern
ments of the courtries composin g _
the Latin Union, so called, and of
suet' other' Europeah nations as he
may deon adds:ago, to . join lkse
United States in - a conference to
adopt a common ratio between gold
and . silver,. for thS purpose of estah
lishin,,,i, internationally the use of- bi
metallic Money, and
.s - ecuring fixity
of relative value between those met
als. Such r conferanee to be held at
such place in Eniope or in the United
States, at such time within six
months as may .be mutually agreed,
upon by the executive-of the goy ,
ern-rents so invited, or any three of
them. shall have signified their will.
bigness to unite in the same. The
President shall, by and with the ad
vice. and conslnt of the Senate, ap
podit three Commissioners,Nlo shall
attend such.conference on behalf of
the United States, and shall report
thedoings thereof to the President,
who shall transmit the sane to Con
gress. Said Commissioners shall
each: receive the sum of two thousand
five hundred dollars and their rea
sonabliT expenses, to be approved by
the Secretary .of
„Stlite, and the
amomit necessary to pay such com
pensation and expense is hereby ap-
Thropriatcd out of any money in the
.Treasury not otherwise• appropriat- .
ed
"Section 4. That any,holdef of the
coiti authorized by this act may. de
posit the-same with the Treasurer or.
any AssiStant Treauret of theVnited
States, in SinWs not lesS than ten dol
lars each, corresponding with the de
nominations of the United States
notes. The - coin .deposited for or
representing the Certificates - Shall be
retained in the Trersury for the pay-
Meta of the same on demand. Said
certificates shalt be receivabie for
customs, taxes and public tines, and
when so receryed may , he reissued."
SILVER MONEY.
Few people have an -idea. of the
glut of silver in this country-. The
metal is tot only plentiful here, but
the world over. The product of our
own mines little estimated. In
1876. Colorado furnished three and
one-quarter dollars. In
1875 the
_product wag reckoned .to
reach from four and a half to six mil
lions. Utah gave the quota, too, of
five millions or thereabouts ; Califor
nia followed suit, with another.. mil
lion ; Nevada piled up' : six .millions;
the rest of the States.andTerritories
Made up two and -a. half, 'millions,
summing up the annual silver pro
duction at forty millions in the
United States alone; With the aced - -
Initiations of previousiyears in Ilse to
be added'4o the - product. But silver
mining fellow's a singular law. " Tit
scarcely over givestiont. And the
1. new stimulus. given by silver olnagc
post: increase the prOdnet beyond
conception. ThtMexican mines dis
covered in the days of the - Isteces,
the Spanish Met worked before the
conquest -of- Hannibal, the . South
American bonanzas, !skiable for the
past' three hundred years, the Hunga
rian Silver product', old as the time
of the Saviour and the Romans, thoge
at Fleiliurg, Germany, earlier titan
the time of the goof Barbarossa, the
Norway, Sleden and ReiSian mines
have all proved . themselves inet
haustible. -In truth the yield, in
total, is greater than ever. Note the
.skatistics of the leading mines onthia
cdritinent': • " The Biscenna silver
mines have already produced over
$10,000,000; the Santa - Anna silver
mines nearly ,$22,000,000 ;. Itio
-Grande, $050,000,000; Sirre Madre,
$800,000,000 ; Madre, $336,000,-
000. The silvermines on the Corn:
stock lode paid their stock- holders
the enormous sum - of $20,000,000
dividends for one year alone.. The
Panilan silver mine produceds2o,ooo
per day for five y-earsochen it was
stopped by a flood Of water. After
being opened again it produced in
len years $10,000,000. It again lay
idle till 1871, when. work was once
more resulned, and an annual .yield
realized of $13,400,000. The - Potosi
mines -have produced over one thou
sand millions of dollars: All of these
mines are being worked to-day and
'producing as large a yield as ever.
Is it , to be supposed "that, with a lair
stimulus for speculation, the possibil
ity of these could not, or would not
be intensified an - hundred fold P' •
The Comstock lode has, recently,
shown- the richest developments in its
history. During the past- year a
gang of speculators who have capital,
writes a Colorado correspondent,
have got control of the 'principal ail
-yer mines in the State, and have been
working them largely, taking out
tons of silver ore and,running it into
bullion, and Ilve stored it aray,
waiting . to make a big sale When they,
can get one hundred cents in gold for
ninety-two cents -worth of silver.
The results thht at all the smelting
works at Central- City and Black
Hawk, Georgetown, Boulder, Canon
City, Lake City; Del. Norte and Sit
verton there are tons of silver bul
lion piled up like cord wi*Kl along a
railroad, waiting' •to be hauled to
market." The same writer adds that
his observations in Utati, Nevada,
and other silver producing districts,
bore out the- statement in each case,
and that every one who wasa\produ
cer Uf sliver, even to the smallest es-•
tent;was storing- his bullion aivay,
until there ,are• literally thousands
and thottsands of cords of silver
bricks hoarded up, under the impress
sion that if this bill passes, they can
get4l- in gold for ninety cents or
thereabouts in silver.
No, the result of the. Bland bill
will be to flood the country with sil
ver fstun all these sources. The far
famed mines of Potosi and the neigh—
boring deposits of the Peruvian
Andes range had just been re-opened,
after a silence of years, under the
pushing energies of Henry• Meigs,
the "millionaire .South American
speculator. Their products are ready
to be poured into the silver marts or
the -world. Meigs estimated that
these would produce as much! in
value as all the silver and gold mines
of the World., if the countt decides,
therefore, to have silver, it will have
it by the flOod. And what the effect
i of such a !Tint of the inferior metal
be it needs no prophet to tell.
It will be plenty' as lead. If that
condition of things restores
cied prosperity then political eeono
,
my .is a sell and a fraud.—Elmira
Adrertiser..
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Trilmne'e special says that
anxiety ls felt among silver inflation
ists. It is not' believed that two
thirds of the House will vote for the
bill in its origival form. A repre
sentative from Ohio who conversed
with the President yesttrday says he
will certainly .veto the bill on the
ground that it is an injury to the
public credit, a breach of public faith,
and unconstitutional, in that it in
terferes with 'vested rights, and is a
violation of contraets... z
The' Ohip 'Republican delegation
in the House, except Garfielo have
agreed to vote for, the silver bill with
the Senate amendments, and not.for
extreme niensures.
Mr. Briggs,of Wiscohsin,-introduc
ed a bill in We, House providing for
the disbandment of the army upon
the failure of Congress to. Provide an
appropriation Tor its support.
The Times speciakaays it is stated
that the Returning Hoard officers
will be pardoned On ctinditton that
they vacate Federal offices.
" Packard has been called home by
the death .of ,another child,"Anq in
tends to make no further effore in re;
gard to the New Orleans collector
ship. it is stated he would have
been nominated some time since but.
for Stanley Matthews
The Senate Judiciary. Committee
have decided Co recommend g . the j re
jection ot. Parsons, nominated for
the Alabama District. Attorneyship
and Northrup, nominated for the
South Carolina District Attorney
ship.
The adoption of the Silver bill in
the Senate by such an overwhdrning
majority, leaves no doubt.of the re
peal. of the resumption act.
The House Ctimmittee on Banking
and Currency yesterday authorized
.Chairman Buckner to report his bill,
which'.propoSed to substitute legal
tender notes for national banknotes.
They . previously in the• morning
heard Comptroller of the Currency
Knox against the bill. He contend-
ed that its enactment would be an
infringment of vested rights, and
that the government has no constit
utional power to take this action in
regard to national banks, while their
charters continue in existence.
. .
WE CAN see little in that feature of
journalism which, seizing hold of
some flying rumor, sees merely
enough corroboration to:give color to
the story and then launches it, some
times with and sometims without a
qualification *Well does not extract
the sting, to work its injury. Yes
terday worning the aCcusiation was
sown broadcast that, implied 'that
the well-known shipping-house of
Peter_Wright & Sons had been de
tected in frauds_ upon the govern-,
meat. Declining to give publicity to
,a suspicion which was felt to be
groundless] The' North American
fused its-knowledge of this Charge . to
:better purptse., To-day we feel that
the injustice_ done these -gentlemen
demands the strongest reprobation
for the false spirit of enterprise which
gave place to a slander upon evidence
unwor - thy_otcredence.. The firm as
sailed need no &fen& ; they have
Cominittedno crime, and arc inca
-iiible of any • but their accusers have
done a cowardly thipg.—Phil. North:
American. • -
TEELIAT WAR. ,
Bliaaapk•a - Masters la Um
Goes V far Craelllatlni=-7110
ea, of Peaeallsre Favorable , - -
Verraapoadeilee sad , na. ,
-user General.
MANCH/MEN Feb,lB,--A London
• orrespondent Bays: Few English
men care to trust the delicate pro
oiedings of .the congress to Lord
herby. . it is far more probable that .
Lord Salsisbury, - Or Lord Lyoim will
represent Englund.
• LONDON, Feb ; Is.—Conflicting ex
planations are given of. the German
intervention, whiCh . seems to have
tided over the recent trials. Friday's
North German • Gaz. tic of Berlin
stated that a request was received .
from St. Petersburg 'Thursday; Ali*
the .German influence would make it
self felt. _ That influence could not
but be peaceful, and that the relation
of the three Iniperial powers were a
sure guarantee - of pehce. . •
A St. Petersburg despatch o yes
terday. says there is the greatest dis
appointment there, because -the peo
ple expected 'the support of Germany
whereas, now they hear the Emperor
of Germany, in a speech, from the
throne, referred to the programme of
the Constantinople conference as a
basis for settlement.
A_ Paris dispatch says Russia has
eagerly accepted Bismarck's friendly
offices, and took an attitude which
would facilitate an early meeting of
the conference.. P-
A . Vienna correspondent asserts
that Russia eagerly deferred to Bis 4
marcks's view, when the latter in
timated to GOrtschakeitt that he was
straining the.situation beyond reason
able •bounds. The correspondent
adds: It suited Bismarck to a cer
tain extent,\that Austria and Rdssia
should be at variance, but it vas
altogether contrary to his calcula
tion that
_.Austria should form a sep
crate alliance with England. There
are still wide divergencies between
Russia and Austria. Bismarck will
compiete the reconciliation at the
congress.. 'There is nota statesman
the continent., outside 'of those
diiectry - concerned, that does not-ad
mit the chief object of the . triple al
liance,.is the, annihillit:ion of British
influence.
- A Berlin dispatch says : is
loubtful if Bismarck will make a
full expossition of the eastern policy
-as wain expeeted . in reply to the inter
pellation in the Reichstag of Tuesi
day.
A. Vienna.'eorrespondent says
Gen. Ignatietf proposes to Surver
Pasha that a million and a hal*os
selm'ari inhabitants of, fhilgaria be
withdraWn to some other part of
Turkey, I
in the house of Lords,. Lord Der,
by 'read a telegram from Mr. Layare.,
denying -the recent statement, that
Server:Pasha declared Turkey , :was
encouaaged to tight by a promise of
English support.
WHOLESOME Tat Til hi.
i C
IT - is • seldom that we find "mofe ,
__./
truth in a short . space.than is on-
d \.,
taine in the following \ extracrfrom
an artic in the North American, on
the recent disgrace:ul democratic
row in the House of Representatives.:
" Now, -neither Mr. Abram. S.
Hewitt nor any other person `will
ever be able to .convince any man\of
average intelligence that barefaced,
fraud upon' the- ballot revolts, the
average Democratic Soul. Nor will
he or any other per%on \ be able to
Convince anybody that any amount
of crookedness ,ever did orever can
'revolt the moral Sense of' those
southern gentlemen." Everybody
knows that- fraud upon- the hallo has
been the right- bower of the Deis o
cratic party for thirty years at leas.
and that its leaders have enjoyed
place and its
. emoluments quite as
often in 'spite of 'popular will as by
favor of it. And so far as the south
is concerned it has always borne
the palm for: forcing - the ballot, to
speiak precisely thelanguage.it pleas
ed., - There is no objection to urge in
bar of the revolt of the Democratic
party against anything or of the
south - in..the same respect, only neith
er shaltput the cause of revolt upon
moral grounds without at least one
vigorous protest. Morality has noth
ing whatever to do with all this
shrieking about, fraud. It. is the
baby cry of a lotOf individual frauds
and political hypocrites; and were
it in them to be ashamed of anything,
they ought to be ashamed. ' Mr..
Hewitt" has the repute of an honest
man, as honesty goes in politics, and
we will - assume that-he is entitled to
that .repute. - But he knows that
were all the elections in the smith to
be tried by the law the result would'
show that there Was no election iu
at least four of the States that cast
their Electoral vote for Tilden.. He
knows, and more than -all, those
southern gentlemen' know that not
.-only was M'r. -Tilden not elected, but
Olathe would have bear overwhelm
ingly defeated. had there been no ter
roriam in the south. When he and
they, say they know otherwise, he
and they say what they know to be
explicitly- false. .And-it is the duty
of the presS of 'the' couutrY to affirm
this fact and to stand by it. , To re
affirm it,.to \reiterate it, until it is
burned into pnblic'consciousness:
" But the public : ought to be glad
that this baby, cry- i ,of fraud leads to ,
such confidential dia'closnres.as that.
of
,Mr.- Hewitt. If tlie, south is to be
,fed on sugar-plums every time it gets
a - political
,stomach ache, • why the
I people ought •to know it and keep a
box of sugar-plums hfindy,for use
after every election:" ,For the next
election bids fair to give Mr. Hewitt,
and his nursery a billious colic' in
stead Of a mild fit of flatulence.. We
do not:believe that the people of five=:
eights of the Union intenitto'study
the pecnliar wishes of the. ther three.:
eighth when they perform their duties
as citizens, or that that
_portion of
the ' population to -which the -nation
owes its existence "intends to .'fetch
and carry for the gentlemen who
tried to destrOy the I.Tialori. We have
had enongh or forgiv6ess.of, sins
which figure as cardinal virtues in the
speeches of, southern gentlemen, and
a-little too much of conciliating The
north will have to: stop playing
,hOy
and play man; and if anybody cries
out that they cannot .stand man's.
play-so much the worse fo-itheni."
THE New York Sun rarely gives
any thing editorially that is sound,
eithtichunorals or politics, but here'
is au exception:
4? "The only destiny we can see for
Bob Ingersoll is that of a man who
suddenly shoots lip like a rocket and
comes down like its stick. Our, ad
vice to hini is to devote his attention
rnither'to the defective processes of
earthly justice, and not try to im
peach that awful,Tribtinal which ex
ecutas judgment beyond the grave."
. ,
Wort(' dispatch, trout. Waihlng
toU•say.: "li‘ranein Murphy, the tern-.
pereuce apOstle, hag beenJahating
hers.for two weeks pat. Some time
ago Pelson Newman and some. of
the . Yong 11012 9 13 Christian 'Associa
tion conceived: the idetti of having
Murphy here for and wrote
to him On' the
. .subjecO : Murphy re
plied that his heart warmed toward
Washington, but be etuld, not come
for less' thin taco per week - and his
expenses paid at • the best hotel in
the city. A contract Was-:plosed, and
Murphy invited to came on ; but be
fore he ,arrived, after., tyiberation,
the association conclAded it would
be best . to annul the • contract, and
was about to inform Murphy of this
determination when, he arrived - in the
city. It was then decided to allow
matters to go on according to the
contract, and certain meetings. were
I set apart When an admission fee was
. •
to be charged. Business was not
prosperons, boirever. The meetings
Isere not -largely attended, and at
Murphy's suggestion the pay nights
were abolished and Other Means to
raise money were to be underttiken.
/Last night Murphy announced his
determination t;'6 return to New York.
His bills at the hotel were $4O for .
bodrd, $lB for incidentals, and $53 .
for the board of Mr. and : Mrs) Wil
son,wlth were broughtPon from New
Yak to take .charge ofthe music at
the meetings. The association also
paid. $4O for Mrs. Wilson's services.
Murphy. was given $lOl for his 'ser
vices. --He said that during his stay
in the city he had given $l2 to the
poor. which he demanded should be
repaid. his request was complied
with, and then he wanted turned over
to him the proeeeds,of a collection
taken up for the poor at • one of his
'meetings.. At this request the asso
ciation rebelled.. To night a meeting
was held by the citizens tO invite him
to return, but the Yong Men's Chris
tian association people say they will
publicly-repudiate him if he ever sets
foot in Washington again." .
ALBANY correspondent of the AOr
York Times : tl;he paymasler's car
of the New York Central Road piss
ed through this city loaded with-sil
ver, with which •innetal the company
is paying its employes, The saving.
is very.large. There are thousands
of men to be paid, and every man
who receives 00 per month, receives
to-day only $36.60. The Delevan
House paid off a large proportion of
its colored help in Mexican ' silver
dollars. Not wishing to carry so in
convenient a weight of, metal, some of
the men men , went to get the dollars
changed, but the banks refused to
take them - for more than 92 cents.
The State has many, :hundred work
men in its employ here, and by pay-.
ing them in silver it could save about
sl,ooo a week. AnothersaVng could
be'made by paying menThers of the
,Legislature in silver, or at last those
Members who have distinguished
the selves as advocates of silver,
mpseprominent among whom .are the
workingMen'S representitives. Con
troller 04.COTT, in the course of con
versation On s the silver swindle, re
lated his exPetience With a man to
whom the Stab owes a large sum of
falling dine,
, neit .July. The
knowingthis, and having
1- in . the Treasury, offered to
at once, principal and inter-
debt in full, if\he would
take it in silver. Had this offer been •
accepted the State would have made
great saving, but bough the Silver
advocate was quite ready to pay . his
debts. to others in that metal, he ein : =\
phatically ranks to allow the State
to pay its debts to him - in it.
TIIEIiE are now lying;_idle in the
Clyde river,ln 'England, a large num
ber of half morn out vessels, with an
aggregate tonnage 0f . .:M0,060 tons.
These vessels are - dead stock on the
hands of their 'owners, because the'
decline of British commerce has
left nothing'for them to do. The Eng
lish owners'are . now moving , heaven
and,earth to secure such legislation'
from 'Congress as will enable them to
unload this stock. of file ships upon
Arnerica,,to the closing of our im_
mense ship yards and the throwing
out of • employment of thousands of
American workingmen'. • Under our
existing navigation laws, no foreign
built:vessel can be provided' with an
American register nor sail under the
American, flag. English ship build
ers.and owners:are anxious that these
proper ; measures of .eotection : to
American ship builders workmen
shall,be removed, to the distruction
of that branch ; of our home industry
and the benefit 'of - the foreign ship
builder and his half-paid workmen.
A "TRAVEL-CONTRACTOR" proposes
to wry a• company of \2OO 'persons
from Omaha to see the Ptris Exhibi
tion, and to make a European tour.
They will go to Newyork in\a,spec
train ; thence to 'London,'to 'stay
five days ; to Paris, remaining thre
Weeks;, to Liaise, on the Rhine ;•t&,.1
Geneva, to Lyons,, Marseilles, Mu
d°, Rome, Algid's, and Gibralter.
From the latter to New York, and
home. For the round trip for a mar
ried couple, he asks $6OO in gold ; for
a single person, $350. Passages arcs
to be, first class, as well as board and.
lodging. The trip will take about
ten weeks. •
Tuz library of Mr:. HENay D.
Grum, once Attorney-General of, the
United States, - has just been :solcrif .
,
Philadelphia. Among the books was.
one containing letters on agricultural
topics tipm President Washington to
Sir Joi3n - Sinclair, with an original
letter to Judge Bushrod Washington
at Richmond,V,a.,and dated at Mount
Vernon oa: the 29th of December,
178'1, and referring to the , ejection of
people from the writer's lands.
THAT OUR COBBEVONDENTIL MUTE
LETTER #11.61 Rthilithirie. •
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Itialusinnii, Tab, 16, 1676.
Wile legislation work of thid week Was
commenced by sessions. of both Senate
and House on MOnday evening, that in
"the former body being devoted to reailing.
bills the first time, about thirty of which
'were thus' ispOsed of.' .
in the House the session of MozidaY
evening was devoted to considering upon
second reading, the Senate bill making an
appropriation to pay the military expenses
of the late riots.. A. number of different
amendments were- offered and debated
for over two hours, the session, all except
a few moments being thus occupied.
Among the amendments which were
agreed to, was one increasing the amount
to each enlisted man for computation for
blankets and uniforms from $2, to: $lO.
The discussion on the various propositions
to inercaso!the pay of officers, ete., was
rather lively, but- the bill passed second
reading, increasing. the whole amount ap
propriated by the Senate bill, about $lOO,-
A resolution was adopted provjding for
afternoon sessions of the Houss ,on•Tues=
days, IVednesdys and Thursdays, and
'dispensing. with the evening . session on
'Thursdays. Provisions were added .to
the resolution that the morning sessions
should begin at. 11 o'clock, - and that tote
speeches of members shall be limited to
Live Minutes: -
. .
In the §entite, on Tuesday morning;
Mr. Newinyer introduced a series of ,re;
solutions, in favor of protec ve tariff,
protesting..against the reducti s contem
plated by, the :Wood tariff ill, and in
structing
,our Senators and liesting our
Representatives in Congress to vote
against it. The resolutions embody the
principles and ideas cOntained in 'those
adopted a few days ago, at thC great.
tariff demaCstration in Pittsburg. The
,yeas and nays being called, the Nolu-
Lions were adopted, yeas2s, nays 1. The
yeas were all Republicans except Mr.
Corbett, of Clarion, while the solitary
nay, the : Democratic. Senator from
Greene, Mr. HayS, all the other: Demo
cratic Senators refusing to vote. The
course . of the gentlemen, in thus : sit
ting in their seats and declining to re-
cord their vetcs on .so important a clues
looks'a little queer, to_ say the least
Of . it.
• • The senator from the vicin ty Of the
Virginia line, War, the only Democrat who
seemed to have sufficient sand to face the
music and record himself itillivor of the
old free trade doctrine 'of his . party.
Among the bills Paskd finny, in the
Senate, on Tuesday, were the following :
An act to provide for the mannerof de
creasing the capital stock of corporations.
To give- the benefit of the pension laws
of thismmonwealth to every.soldier of
the wa r'f 1812
,and his widow, notwith
standing any , provisibns which- Congress
has made or shall make for them, and to
repeal laws inconsistent therewith.
To provide -for the adjudication -of
claims against the. commonwealth by
counties, on account of - tax on personal
property. . .
Supplement to an act authorizihg ap
peals from assessments in this Common
wealth tii the Cotirts of Common Pleas. •
•
Au act to provide . fur the arrest and
punishment of persons carrying danger
-014 substances upon public conveyances.
'Among the bills- introduce.: -in the
ilotise on Thesdav, wiis one .making an
appropriation of it 5,1100 for the erection
of a mom ment over the' grave of Gov..
Ghat y ; aiSo, one fixing the compensation
of directms and- overseers of the poor
at xi per day for the time actually, eth:
ployetl.
•The Philadelphia Recorder bill, with an
amendment empowering the Recorder to
appoint three mercantile appraisers and '
the State Treasurer tip o, every two years,
in ease of death, resignation or other
cause of any of the appraisers . ; the suc
cessor to be of the shmo political faith as
their predecessors, was passed third read
ing and laid over for final passage. The
motion. to gu into committee of the whole,
to make this ameudfneut, was made by a
Democrat front Philadelphia; which
would indicate that a eomproise had
been effected. '•
The bill to secure to operatives and
laborers engaged in And -about 2 uthracite
coal mines the paynielif of their wages fp
the lawful - money of the United -States
was considered on second reading, Mr.
Schnatterly offered.a long substitute mak
ing the bill general, and extending its
provisions 'untoall persons engaged in
mining and manufacturing.- The amend
ment also provides for the payment of
wages in negotiable store, orders, bearing
six per cent interest and nerotiabie,in
thirty days in lawful money, allows
,em
ployees to deduct the value of mining
'supplieslind house rent and prevertestore
keepers from delivering goods - to em-
Voyees on any ()the' orders except those.
indicated. Mr. Sehnattcrly explained the
elfect and purposes - of Lis substitute;
when, after more further discussion, it
• was agreed to, and the bill laid over for
fatal passage.' : •
• The bill appropriating $:19,000 for the
paynient of transportation, sikbsislence,
etc., passed the House finally Iy°a vote of
164 to '2.
-
The afternoon session of the House on
Tuasday was concluded by reading a
number of bills the thst time.
, T.uesday evening having been set apart
specially, for the consideration on second
reading, of thelocal option bill, the gal
leries 'and other available space in the
Douse were crowded i.vith spectators.
After more than two hour's were ocenfiled •
by the . friends Of the re-enactirerit of the
law :Mtimitting the question of granting
licenses \ hi a vote of the people, ico elo
quently advocating, the passage of the
bill. withent reaching a vote the House..
adjourned. - •
The. AlloWirig bills, passed the Senate
finally, on Wednesday:
. Authorizing ffie \ assignment and ratifi
cation of
. record and validating former
ratifications ofrecord of married women
of mortgages-belonging to them. ,
Permitther surVm
ivg partners to testity
to matters Flaring occurred between the
surviving partners, plainti 's and defend
ants: -
Providing for the settlement, Of...certain
military claims on file in the taco of the
Au_ si itor (icon:rah. • ' -
.10 enlarge the jurisdiction of the courts
of - common pleas, relative to gninting:
charters of incorporation, to mutual )4av
ings fund, land,' loan and building asti
'Mations and confirming charters' hereto
fore granted.
Increasing the amount to be paid to
soldiers of the war of- 1812, or their wid
ows as pensions, gratuities or annuities
1 on account of services rendered by such
soldiers.
I The balance of the morning session of
' the Senate, and all Of ;lie afternoon ses ,
1 h
:Sion, was occupied in discussing the joint
I resolution proposing amendments- to the
constitution, redueing - •the number of
Senators atidßepresentatives iu the Leg-
islature. On the vote being taken, pre
vious to adjournment, . Wednesday ;
evening, the . yeti were 24, nays 19. Less
than a majsyity of all the Senators having
voted " aye " as required by the consti
tution, the question was decided in the
negative.. Mr. Davies,voted in the affirma
.
:• tire.
Among the bills reported. favorably
from committee in the iloirsc, on Wed
' nestlay, was one providing.. fur the taia
thin of crude petroleum, imposing a -tax
i of a quarter of a cent on each gallon pro. ,
duced, or ten cents a barrel.
' The estimated revenue from'thissource
lis put at $1,200,000. Also a bill provid
-1 ing for the creation of .a middle peniten
ktiary district and the erection of a peni
, tentiary.
I
'A goodly portion of the morning sea
-1 sion, as well as that of the afternoon in.
, the House, s.as taken up, in codside,ring,
on second reading, a` bill - fixing the Zorn-
I pensation, of county superintendent of
I common schools. The bill as it passed
1 second reading; provides that superinteri.- •
dents of all the counties except 'Philadel-
Vida shall receive $2 for every school and
175 cents for every square mile in their
county. If the amount rdo not reach
$BOO they shall receive that amount. In
every county haling lir schools, and over
the salary shall be at 9
least $1 000 and not,
exceeding - $.2,000.
The local option bill next„Coming up. on
second reading, an amendment exempt
ing native Wines and malt litinors from
the-operations of the. bill, reimbursing
I , :awners of distilleries, etc., together with
i a-motion to postpone indetiniteliovere
, vet t ed down, when a = vote was taken
I squarely, on the first section, which •• re
isulted\ yeas 75, hays- 77, which kills 'the
I measures for this session. • - _ • N ,
i Speaker, Myer, and'Messra. Foster and 1
1 Gillett voted in the affirmative. -- -.-
In the St>nate. on Thursday morning,
I
the vote ,by 'which the joint. reisolution,
pfbviding amendments to the COXistittil
Lieu was defeated;, was . rqpmaide . red .by/4-
Note of 26 to 14. The'resolfition was then
recommitted to the committee on consti
tutionat reform. •
• The following among other bills passed
tbe'Senate finally :
Prescribing the proceedings and-penal.
ties in cases of failure to keep turnpike
and plank roads in repair. • • •
To.provide for a change of revetue in
actions for ..the recovery of purchase
money of real estate-in certain cases.
Helatinglo conintitments:by the Cour ts
-of Quarter Session to county workhonses.
To provide for an appeal to the Su.
preen° court in . contended elections of
Judgsii of Courts Of record wherein con
stitutional questions are involved. .
To•authonze the courts to correct do
fective certificates of acknowledgment in
certain cases.
4.t the afternoon session of the Senate,
an act to - create a Banking department,
slightly amended, was Passed third•read
ing and laid Over for final passage.
'rho joint committee appointed to exr l
amine into the ,cause and circumstances
of the riots at Pittsburg and other points,
submitted a report to both Houses/on
Thursday, in which it is . set forth that',
the investigation cannot be thoroughly
made unless more time-. be allowed to
prosecute it.. It is stated in the-report
that the examination of witnesses was
conducted - in the following order : First,
railroad officers ; second, railroad em
ployees, including - strikers4. third, city
officials ;. fourth,.coufity o ffi cials •, fifth,'
citizens .in general. The coMmitt l e x ii de;
sire to accumulate testimony in' o er to.
enable them to- get at the 'true state of,
affairs. 'Aireinpanying the report is a
resolutipn asking thqygislatnre - to giant
an extension of time, Which was adopted.
The committee are of, opinion that the
investigation will not , be' , completed in .
'less than a month. The testimtimy, al 7
aeady taken will make about 4000 pages
of foolscap. • • '
The appropriation providing for the. ex
penses of the committee will be increased
froth 62,000 to-4,000. • •
Differences existing betwesn Tile Senate
.and House on the military expense bill,
providing for the.payment of the soldiers
for services in the late riots, etc.,. com
mittees of conference were appointed yes
terday , to arrange the points in 'dispute,
The report of the committee, which ap
propriates the sum of 6713,000 for the
payment of these expenses •:was - adopted
in the House yesterday. afternoon and in
the -Senate this morning. The bill' now
goes to the. Governor, who will untloubt
edly sign it, _when . the " bould roger
boys" get their pay.
In the Senate this morning, on motion
of Senator Davies,
.Senate bill, No. 70.
"An act to provide for the adjudication
of claims igainst -the commonwealth by
counties thereof on account of tax'.on per
sonal property," which passed the Semite
finally, en the.l'-itli inst., mad was sent
the House, was recalled from the latter
body.. This bill passed without OpposiL
tion, no one thinking it contained any.
thing' wrong, but upon_ closer 'examina 7
• tion. I Senator DaNies - Was convinced that
under its provisions 'difpredations upon
the State Treasury-to a large amount were
pimilible, if not probable, and he 11.141 the
'bill repealed reconsidered and recommit
ted to the committee.on Finance, When it
can be amended or smothered.
The following bills passed the Senate
tinnily, thiS morning :
6n act to authorize the investment of
money paid into court pendente lite.
, An actlelative to the dividends and
profits of fire and marine insurance corn.
panics organized under. the the - provishlns
of the act of Assembly approved April 2;
1856.
An act authorizing the - Governer to/ap
point three commissioners to the Inter
national Industrial Exptisipon to be .held.
in Paris. in . 1878.,
The name of. Frank 11. - liarrif; Esq., of
Athens, Bradford Counry; Was'sent to the
Senate this morning,4s' t Notarr Public.
The appointment willio'confirmed-next
week.,
A number, of bills were also- passed to
day the Senate second reading.
Among these was . one called up by Mr.
Eat* is, to preVent,t / repassing upon.' rail
road cars is the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania.
In the Hopse of Representatives thifi
morning, - a gOodly portion of, the session
was taken pp discussing the report and a
'resolution attached, in reference to the
ventilatiOn of the Hall. The - resolution,
authorjr.ing the Chief Clerk to make cer
tain iniprovenlents, and limiting the cost
to : 4, ;i50,00 was finally adopted. •
The resolutions 'passed in thee: Senate,
introduced -there- by Mr. Newmyer, on
- Tne'sday last, in favor of A protective
tariff, the vote on which the .Democratic
Senators, with one exception, .dodged,
this -morning passed the Iht& without
division.
• Resolutions in opposition to discrimina
tions by railroad companies in carrying
freight, were also passed.
Lieut. Governor Latta, President Of the
Senate, and Speaker Myer, signedhe bill
ay agreed upon by the Conference com
mittee, providing'for the payment of the
soldiers for services in the late riots,
this morning. -
Speaker Myer did all he could to then
tate the passage of this bill, and to him
more than any other man connected With
the Legislature, are the private_ soldiers
and others interested in its passage indebt
ed, for getting their " ducats' even as
early as they did.
in accordance with the resolution pass
ed last week, both Houses to-day, ad
journed to Wednesday evening, the 20th
inst.. CI:SSEWAGO.
LETTER PROM WASHINGTON:
wAspiNGTON, D.C., Feb. 11, 1878
ED. ItEroirrm: :—The prostration lof
business throughout the •country has
caused wide-spread distress and pem4
among-the laboring- clasSes. The wail of
distress goes up from many a household
that' never before knew want.. The coun
try is overrun -with trapips'and people out
of employment, - and so much - destitution
and idleness was never before knoWn
within our borders. "Hard times" haVe
closed up our factories and workshops,
.and where thrift and industry once ruled
- ghostly want now. presides. There is . a.
wail of distress that goes up from the laud
and the prayers 'of the unemployed mil
lions ascend to heaven for bread. This
is, indeed, a sad picture . for. a country
whose natural resources are. far 'superior
to that-of any country on the face-of the
earth, yet such is the true state of affairs
yin this country at. this time.
\The -oppressed people looked' to Con
gress for'a remedy, and thus Jar have
imiko in vain. The extra session passed
and nothing-was done to revive the 'pros.'
trated 'business of the country, ; %early
two and half months of the regular ses
sion have gone and nothing has yet
been accomphslied to 'Vesture confidence
and give an' impettis, to business.- The
silver bill now pending was brought forth
ostensibly for that purpose and'
,many
members have bct4i \ deluded into. sup
port. Instead ,Of relief it must bring wide
spread. destruction tohe country; if, it be
comes a law. It is load of infamy and
, a fraud upon the .people. \lt is a metallic ,
imposter and bears a lie upon itsface,- and ,
is a legalized robber of tbelabprer. -While
it.professeh to be a dollar it fails tar short
of it, and the laborer must needs lose'the
discount in receiving it for his services..
The trade-dollar authorized by Congress
for commercial'transactions with •China,
contains 420 grains of silVer, while "the
bill now pending in Congress provides for
only 412 i grains, which is IT grains short\
of the trade-dollar, and about 12f grains/
short of a genuine dollar of gold valpe.
Now, why this discrepancy? Are not our
I own, people as fully entitled to real money
as the 'heathen Chine° ?" Is not blood
• and sin e ew; which is the real capita
'of ev
ery nation, entitled to be paid in goOd - 1
money as that of the•trade and ffic of a
panan,nation? Cannot the g atest Re
public-on the face of the ea qii afford to
l• put the intrinsic value in the coin which
stamp's as money, or must/ it legalize a
fraud upon the the peope: - which °must .
brisig the government into contempt with
all foreign .nations? This 'bill .proposes
to give • short „weight • and adulterated
goods,' which, in private individuals, is an
indictable offense. / . • •
Now, what we/ontetid' for is a silver
dollar equal in every particular to a gold
dollar.; A silver dollar, that . is worth a
dollar in all places-and under all circUm
•'stancea and/the people 'Will. be: satisfied
With no other when they come to under- .
stand:theiniatter. Senator Blaine's great
speech throws much light upon the ques
tion, and it should o read by every -citi
zen of-the country. I hope you will pub
lish/it. -
1\ Colonel Overton; the Member from your
' district, recorded his vote in favor of bon
-ist,money, and in opposition to this
'"bob-tail " fraud which is about to be
fastenettiipon the 'people. :The Colonel
is an indefatigable:worker, and pcpssOse4
•
of sound sense, and hemsty of. purpose,
the interests of the laboring port ion'of his
constituency 11111 not suffer-in his bands.
Ili* efforts to secure the passage of a-law
which gives to-the country a silver dollar
worth its face, certainlyplaoeahimusgnare
on the record as a man of sound . financial
views. His colleagrie . ,'Hen..7. Mitch
ell, of the Tioga dist rict, is also an "hon.
eat "silver dollar" man, and , his vote,
with that of Col. Overton's, was recorded
- against - the Bland 'swindle. As Tioga was
a part of the Olcll l 7ilmot District, I sup.
pose Bradford still keeps st_ parental eye
on its member. Mr. Mitchell, like Col.
Overton, will bear scrutiny, and the eon
stituency-of both may, well be proud of
their Members. . L.
GLEANINGS.
Trofrrthrrtzs bavo been - renewed in
Tbessaly.
• CoNsitrzasni.E . Russian ri3inforc.anenta
aro arriving 'at Jassy.
THE reported wreck of the Italian frig
ate Terrible is untrue. '
FLORIDA ha wild .jeasamine anal Tag-
Jab peasla blotim. at pkeaiseiat. •
THE Sun's Neiv Orleans special believes
that Anderson will be pardoned.. •
1108Ty.ITIES hive been suspended. in
Cuba pending negotiations for peace. "
Tim Erie Railway Company has paid
4400,006 to lawyers within three years.
Tue. argument in the Tilden iitenme tax
suit ended Saturday ; declaim' reserved.
THE Czarowitz is expected at Bouchar
est shortly on his way .to St. Petersburg,
THE average salary of Boston's teachers
is Males, $l5O 21 a month ; letriales, $64-
THE Black Sea blockade has been rais
ed. Many ships aio going there fur
IM
A. 250 0 pound jyrty - ,recently sat• on a
case in Virginia. The indictment. *ask
quashed.
THE Moody and SankOy Ituilding about
to do erected at New 'Haven, will hold!
5000 sinners. *
SOUTH CIatOLINA is to have a new ssireolt
iystem, with a State Board of Examiners..
for its centre,
WALLACE ROSS agreesto, row Hanlon
on the Kenuehecasis river at st., Johu
June 25th.
;Las year two cows in Lawrence county
yieldbirtlicir owner $131.80 in butter
-4i6 poungs.
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• Rcisyst. , service betvteett • Ruseia and
Turkey, by the tray 011Odesisa,-will short
ly be resumed. •
RmrEiton„Williairt; of Germany, has
subscribes) $2,000 to 'the International
Refugec.Fund.
. . .
ROU.ltAigiA' , ol taking measures for ma
bllizing all her nble-bcxlied men 4gainst
Contingencies. ?
Tn.f: steamer Gen. Whitney, ,overdue,
from this . port to New OrleanS, has ar
rivecl,there safely.' •
Maxr petitions againat the retrocession
of Bessarabia Russia kr a reaching the
'Roumanian Government.
TnE Central road of New Jepey denies
that it has ordered its engineers to leave
the Locomotive Brotherhood.
S.w.p.i.iroX and fever, are Increasing
among the Turkish Refugees at Ciistst . .aa•
tinople. The distress is very great.
ThE Biebmond; which sailed for Brazil
on TharSday from Ilhiladelphia,
.has 40
cabin passengers and 500 laburews.. '
ANASIIVILLE lady -deposited $lOO in a
Philadelphia bank twenty-seven yea ago
and this:week received therefrom :Pr. -
Tim Times reports that a private dis:
patch says the Cuban Insurgents won a
decided yictory recently near Cientnegas.
THE coasting steamer C. 31: Palmer
has been sunk in a coll,ison neir.l.larwhich
England. Fourteen persons were drown
ed. ;
JAcksoNviami Florida, 3.drices - stab)
that John Morrissey is troubled with
organisAiseas.e of the heart 4nd kidneys,
which incurable..
314 1 11111,1 AN W_Qtx, a teacher commit
ted suicile Saturday at Newark with a
pistol.' He had complained than life was
kburden to hirh.
.
SATOWAY Frank WeGovern,.'a noted
desperado of Dead Wood, in an altervttiorr .
with a merchant named Jos..Lndwigvat.
fatally . kiliot.
PATItIcK, NORTON, who committed. an• yo outrage', on a two year and a. half old in
fant in :,Luzerne county, has been arrest-'
ed for-the-terrible crime. , • •
AT a greenback meeting at Lock Haven •
$. Woods Caldwell,'of that City, wairimn
ed fOr secretary of internal affairs and
lion. J. Quigley for Cougre,ss.
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PuotiEsson RILEY, Chairnian of the
Grasshopper 'Commission, reports that
there will be no devastation from grass
hoppers during the -preseut•year. I I
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THE Island Ledger -lions° at, -Well's '4
Beach, :Me., one of the finest on the coast,;
was . burned last week. Loss, $40,000 ;'
fully insured. Probably incendiary.
Witrt.E sitt:ng in front of a Wood fire
in Washington county the clothing .of
Miss Rebecca M;Conibs was Wrapped in
flames, and was fatally burned. :'
MASKED men tired .the .cabin of some
negroes near Jy., Friday and
killed . 'Reuben Dennis, the lair,- inmate
'Who escaped. _Dennis bore a bad . name.
AT ',Kennedy, N. Y., Andrews Gogto
fauson,. unable . to- obtain employment,
coolly folded his :tress plaCed his. neck on
a rail and was instantly killed bY a train:
• SENATOR BARNUM- has- postponed the
meeting of the.NationalDemgeraie Coni
mittne until the. 22d `of May. Dues lie
think• that his chairmanship-will be better
secured by that time.
$.• W. ADAMS .. tki Co; heavy lumber
dealers of New - York, .have become in
volved by-the failure of a Philadalphia
and Williamsport bauki, Efforts to save
the tirm'are lieingMado. •
THE Orleanists of France finding it im
possible to sleet- Duke DeGazes lite sena
tor, have surrendered their Right tb the
Legitithists-who have nominated M. Ca
frayou Latour. Election Saturday.
THE body of Mrs. Sophia Brantley, was
discovered part* , ..eaten by rats in her
house at Jellem - onvilleilnd., on Thursday.
It is,supposed she was so reduced from
starvation aiito be imaide to fight off the
'rodents. 7 -
AN Erie stockholder has` begun a suit
in Orange county for the removal — of Be
ceiver/Jewett, and to compel ,Jay, Gould
to substitute cash for nine millions of se-_
curities which he gave to the road in
settlement of affairs.
.Tottri great nephews of. George Wash
ington have . asked Congress to 'purchase
‘fril them, for the government, a large
number of relics of our first. President.
They \ ask $12,000. Professor , Henery
Commends the purchase.•
.
Jews \S. MORTON , ex-president, and
Samuel I\ Huhu, cx-treasurer of the,
Philadelphikpassenger railway company,,
both pleaded'guilty to the crime of -over
issuing the Market street passenger rail
way stock, and both are in jail,
Titn decision of\the Commissoner of
the General Land Office in the" matter of
contested applications \ (or patent on loca
tion, of valentine strip matters of the con
teat in South Chicago will establish im
portant precedents unless oVe\rthrvwn:
AT. a conferance of the Chamber. o
Commerce and other committees at the
New York Grand Central Depot Saturday
morning, regarding freight discrimimition
President Yancliirrbilt, promised ho would
do all in his power to.remedy the er . sils
cornplianed of. • -
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Tux, Sun says the Venezuelan Commis
sion frauds exposure came about througit
a death-bed confession of Colonel Nobles,
(one .of the persons; interested i the
fratidelent claims) to his brother, Rev! J.
Nobles, of Newark, The dying man en
joined upon his brother that rekit!nution
nit Yc mule.
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