NtrAfarl tporter.
- EDITORS
E 0. GooDiticu.
Towanda, Ya., Tioatsday, Fab, 28, 1878.
•
THE New York Times: 'The Green-
Vack party has held its first. National•
Convention in Toledo, and after form
ulating\ a•platform 'vhich aims at in
'corporating all the doctrines of the
Inflationists, Labor Reformers . Gram
gers, and Silver fanatic announces
itself as the'" National Party" which
is to - reorganize society, reform . poli
•
tics, and give everybody a fair shire
of happlness,health and ready modey. ,
The programme of the party is found
ed on an American monetary syste m which labors.under the sliight
Vantage of being 'unintelligible, but
Wh f ose - adoption " will harmonize . all
ditterences in regard to •taritl and
Federal taxation, reduce and
equalize .the cost of transportion,.dis
ilibute equitably the joint earnings
of-c3:pital and labor," and, above, all,
proVide that "every man
an woman
may, by their 'wire efforts secure_ a
competence, , that overgrown for
tunes and extreme'poverty will. be
Neldoin found within the limits of the
Republic.' f After this who shall say
that history does not repeat itself,
and who will venture to doubt that
between - the dupes_ and the dema
• -
gogetes we shall ere long be treated to
some of I the wildestircaks of social
,
ism. •
W u ix the rebellion of the slavehold -
crfs was overthrown, the,first strong
position assumed by the Democracy,-
who had encouraged the Slave States
' to secede, claimed that there was 'no
rittainc~cr for rtFeasori, and the Con
federacy contained no provision tin
der which the lenders cif the
not even those,who held eivli or
inil
itary appointments under the Con
tederacy, could be prosecuted for
treason. But the moment the 'reha-
bilitated seceded States have again
•
passed into the control of ex-rebels
the prosecution of men ehargtid with
olfencesin those States is be
gun and carried on with unpitying
relentlessness. Every Union - man
who was in office in any of %these
States, within the last ten yeafi, is an
object against whom the most hein
onseharges of political - misdemeanor
are alleged, the purpose being, under
.cover of such trumped-up charges, to
:puniSli Southern men who were-faith
less to the confederacy, and convict
all'Union.men in the South; -of just
such offences , lis- ex 7 - rebels:choose : to
charge them will. Thus while trea
son cannot taint a man's blood, Union
fealty is . becO',me a crime punishable
in the South
As repudiation is unquestonably
the latent force which moves politat
action in theSoUth, says the Ilariis•
burg 1 degrapk, attention is being
directed in many-quarters to the fact
that there is nothing • in.-the Federal
, •
Constitution —which will' mmHg the
creditor of 'a State to force it by the
authority of the courts to . pay its
debti. , Cities can be; sued for dam-
ges of all kimi—they may be sum
monedintocOurt to answer a suit f 4
debt, and coin pelledhyprocess of law
to be faithful to their obligations.
But the .Cunititution *pie-supposes a
sovereign Rite to posseln a sense of
honor which Will Maintain its credit
and' fealty at :di times—: l / 2 . l , sens.e - - - of
integrity : whio rises above that of a
city; whit•h municipality is always
amenable to law. The experience of
the past, drenched in fraternal blood,
proves how little reliance can be
'placed on ar State forming a part of a
.great Union. Its cohesive lOyalV
can only be relied upon, when backed
by the strong arm of the law, The
'experience of the present proves that
the, integrity of a - State is of no 'more
'value than that'of a city, and must be
bound in the 'stern liandates of law
to render it: reliablre. In the mat
ter of debt, CoininoriSVealths ouglit to
be liable to the same legal 'prtioess
that applies to mniticipalities.
udiation'eo l mes . under the head pf
larceny, and why a State should ha%
a higher right to ,commit that crime'
than an individual cannot herifccoun
.ted for by any course of reasoning
whieh will satisfy just
,men. Au
amendment to the Constitution on
this subject ivould meet a kik public
. emergency in a very proper manner.
We have• elsewhere repeated 'what
have
-
have- frequently heretofore declared
that the lately revolted Stateare.ma
ttirintra general plan for a united
movement to ft pudsate their debts .
-To theni- this is the instphaseof State
rights,. which they' will exercise as
they did that .of,se - cession an: armed
rebellion. It is the duty of Congress ,
,to meet it promptly. No higher-prin
ciple of political or moral ethics can
he inealealed than that of integrity
in - indebtednessthe unfaltering res
olutioni to pay what is owed—and
prepare by every means to meet the
, debt. The day will come when "this
doctrine will constitute the - cardinal
frinciple' of : the .. strongtast political
otgnizatiOn that ever dominated in
.the United States. ,
TliE Clarion (nn.) =Republieon
says the Susquehanna Oil Company
is:bOring for petroleum 'ilLyery close
promoxity to the spot where — loW.l.ll
had planted, for a season, the
golden plates_ from which he translat:
ed the Mornion:Bible and in the Sime
township where the foundation was
laid , for the first ;Mormon temple.
However profitable the " find " of ~oii
the SusqUebanna Company niay,dis
cover it cannot probably equal the
value of -the Bible aforesaid. Jo
. Snitit had a bonanza there..
• •
- Tun-Siker bill has not yet been
vetoed.
MI
'TILE . Princeton student who after
one " hawing" guarded against anofh
er by providing himself with nrevOl
ver and a ferociOus bull-dog; found
the precaution suilleient,•and had - the.
'satisfaction of seeing his . tormentors
:sneak away. But it is evident that this
sort of thing cannot'always go on in
a college. How is a 3-ourfg man to ,
give his attention 'to Greek, Latin;
mathematics and 'thc physical scien
ces if most of his time must be spent
in self defence?' It is certainly quite
astonishing—the number of pistols
which recent events have shown to
be kept ready for use by the Students
of:Princeton College. A better arm
ed set of young , men it ivould lie
. hard to find.; but as a mere matter
of prudence will it not be . Ilse for
'the Faculty to do something toward
enfOrcing _tic. lawagainst carrying
concealed weawns? No student
needs a pistol aria no student
hepermittcd to own one. Young
gentlemen, when they behave • ilk - c
boys, must - be treated like boys.
S. W. ALVORD
THE ,, trade dollar" is now ySte
matically refused-thy, Many- of the
. merchants and hankers of the largest.
cities, except at its bullion value of
92 cents. The, trouble ts,'lliat the
coin is not a legal-tender for the-pay
ment of debts in any amount. It
was designed entirely for exportation
to, China and India, and was never
expected to circulate in this country.
Many of the - banks have now very
hirae quantitieS of silver . coin ou
hand, which. they have taken in but
cannot -pay Out in consequence of
the refusal of their customers to take
it. In - - Philadelphia, most .of the
small storekeepers: are obliged to sell
their. silver to the brokers at tv!dis
count, thus taking a- shake from their
already smalrprofits. :Some are al
ready charging higher • prices for
goods that arc to be pald for in sil
ver,
TiiE Boston' MI rel ler thinks that,
in ease of war between England and
therE' would be noplace in
the territory Of either where the other
could strike with effect . . But a War
would give RifAiria fine oportunity to
put 'out a few Alabarims to prey' qii
Engl'antl's„commer9p f , this means
Russia would- be 'ablto" do incalcu
lable injury to England, without be
coming liable' to...severe punishment.
Thinking Englishmen_ see this, : and
are not slow to-exlrreSsi - •the opinion
that an .etriglo-Rus‘Sian war, raid
destroy England's ocean:commerce,
to the building up of that of the
United States. And Anierica woule
not be slow to take advantage ti,
oppaturiity,both, for seven;
profit, a • war between Ras,
England would present
TliE Greenback National Conven ,
tion Met at Toledo, Ohio, Friday,
ant organized the Nation:lA party.
Twenty-eight States were 'represent
ed. .Jude FaA W. - II U(;ES was
chosdb Fresident, and, on taking the
chair, made a speech explaining the
purposes of the new tarty. The plat
form'adrocat:es a National currency
which sh-11 be a legal-tender for all
purposes, taxation of Government
honds.and money, and legislation in
„he interest of hily:!r, and Opposes .
land: grants to corporations, prison
contract labor, and Chinese inunigra.
Con. C. C. MowEa, of this place,
was a delegate to the Cons'ention.
Mit—WituAxt.l.t.tii,:tiff, of Philadel
phia, Who died recently,- had of late
years lieen accustomed on one Sufi.
dayin each month to. visit Girard
I College, Philadelphia. of: which- he
was president or the Hoard of Trus
rtees, and read tke services of the
Protestant .Episeapal Church and de
liver a sermon. All clergymen ar3
prohibited fr, Jm entering •Girard
College by the terms of the - trust,
but\thereisnothing to prevent any
j man 'nut a 'clergymen_ doing such
work.
non E. 3L.DAvIs, of Philadelphia
addressed a large And very respect
table meeting at the Court House ou•
Tuesday evellinfk, 'on the ; financial
question of the day. , 111). k
radical GreenhaCker and denounces
the Silver hill. II is r'etr&arks,
though couched ii eloquent limg - uage;
did not appear to be very conyinc
ibg. It is simple justice to
howeVer, to state that , he his thc
oughly in - earnest, - 4nd heartly be
lieves in the Greenbaek hersy.l
A ,1111.1. has. been presented to the
-Legislature which provides for the
pensioning_of J,ud'es of our Supreme
Court that have served two full terms.
It - has, since been amended to
Judges of the Cour)r Common_
Pleas above the age of : sixpy-fotir.
The question arises here r -- - are these
Judges paid sufficient sa c lary to etia
ble them•tolive comfortably anti ay
ifp something for a _,rainy day? If
they are, then the pension should not
be granted.
, •
TIIE Rev. C r tiA CES r t N SYSON
IT It NI.R, brother of the poet-laureate
is dangerously illin'Enghod ; After
succeeding to the handsome property
which came into the family through
his grand-mother, he' as - slimed the
name of TURN.F.R, and has for many
3-eirs been Vicar of Grassby, in Lin
. -
cohrshire.
, COL. HOBERT 0. INGERSOLL ht
offered for sale his (lwel:ing at Peoria,
•
EL, is worth some $60,000.
He hai gone ti) Washington, and ha
fornled a law partnership there with
his brother, E. - C. INiiEttsoLL. •
Ex-GoVERNoi CURTIN, of Pennsyl 7
vania, has received frop the Czsr a
lar& portrait of hits :'llajeity, pre
sented to hiin through -Prince Goii
scuAkom who sent l ivith it his plyn
• • • Jo
portrait. .
vox- ahrzatrox o THE anti*
When the silver bill Was sent from
the Senate to the House the other
day, Col..ovEavon , voted against lay
ing the bill on thetable and in doing
'so, briefly stated 'his reasons therefor.
His remarks were plain and concise,
indicating that" he had thoroughly
investigated the subject. If the
views of such men .as COL OvEwroN
had been adopted, the bill would
.have been divested of oldections.
Make the silver dollar. worth itg much
as the gold dollar , and 'both will' cir
culate ; but under the BLAND bilt,
the silver dollar ...being Worth less
than a gold dollar, the latter will be
entirely supplanted by the . forrner, as'
a circu:ating medium, and , thus the
great mass of.comenity, the laboring
men will be compelled, to suffer Om
having to receive for their - servi*
depreciated currency. But the 4t#s
tion is fairly and' plainly stated *in
Col: OVERTON'S : remarks which we
cOpy=from the -Congre,ssional Record,
and we commend them to the careful
perusal of all our readers:
. 3tr, OVERTON. Mr. ftraker, t desire to say
tint a few wotds in regard to the bill now under
consideration.. I nut in favor of a law authorizing
the coinage of sliver slithout !butt, but had I bees
present when the, Bland "hill was introduced I
would have voted against It. BY the amendments
of the Senate stripped of many of Its (Alec
tmnattle features, and I shall thereforeg , ive the
amendments.my support:lint the fact that the bill
nist*rizss the coinage of the silver dollar of 412%
grains is fur me a sufficient reason why it might
not to !weenie a law. That. Congremi should, pro
vide for the coinage Of lattl4gold attyi silver and fix
their relati%e values I do Aint 'question. Huth of
these Coins are the money: or the Constitution.
Our country producing such vast amounts of gold
and silver, her Representatives in Congresq should
so legislate as not to lessen the value Of either;
neftlierishould they pass any law the tendency of
which woniii be to deprive the people of the benefit
of tint full circulation of both colas. Thus cheaper
coin always drives the other out of circulation. If
we make a silver (What which is of less value than
he gold Boiler we gtrill be deprived of the benefit
of the circulation of the latter, awl:this bill, In
stead of bring a moans of relief and causing an
wipauslan of the currency of the country, will be a
measure ot ; contraction and all) oxily aggravate the
evilsntuler which our people are new suffering.
It Is no doubt trite, sir, that the coinage of sliver
contemplated by the legislation ptoposed will ap
preciate the value of silver bullion, hut .1 cannot
conceive it possible that, with the United States
atone Inuring In this direction, the sliVer dollar
will be soap preciated asto heroine the equivalent
of the gold dollar." I would have the gold doll.tr,
he solver dollar, and the greenback dollar all In cir
culation and thelr-purchasing power kept as nearly
equal as may be, not. only within our own corder;;
M=MIZMI=MINiMMM
they are not so kept wo snarl find when the cheat
er becomes, ai• it most assuredly will. the exclusive
medium of exchange in our country' that he In
otiose Interest- we profes's to he• legislating trill
suffer mustlherehy, namely, the laborluotaWn '
t hat the gol.bspeenlators.wni have Inersased facili
ties for addl i ng to thelrill-got ten gains.
the waginaifiaboe, air, will probably remain
nominally the sarne,theritill In reality he lessened
as numb Jis the purchasing power of the silver
dollar Is les. than that of the gal dollar. The cer•
(sin remedy for these evils is to Increase the vain,'
of the sliver dollar, which can only he done by
adding to Its weight. For Orli reason I tr,
vote for an amendment to the bill which will give
ns a slit%tr dollar of at least 42'a grains. ' If those
who are opposed to the dollar of 4124 grains have
the numerleal strength to lay this Wirral Vie table
they have the power to adopt such an amendment,
To taMe Ii bin would deprive those - who think as
1 do of the privnego of voting for au honest dollar,
and put us 1117 position of liefng apparently op
posed to any !, lver Soil, moreover, ahead
this :411 he bead we, wonld have a continuance of
the agitation of this quest fin winch has been of
late to detrlta.rtal to the commercial and indus
trial interests A the country by leaving everybody
In doubt, and h the 'end prohably have Sn then of
the present hill legislation which would be more
pernicious. i shall, 'therefore, sir, vote against
laying this hill On the'tatile. • .
THE =BLOATED BONBOLDEBS.
There ? . a vast amount of ignor
...lnce' and misapprehension in regard
to thei I holders sof -Government
bonds, and articles like tlui following
from the liarrisburg .Patriot serve
correct many erroneous notions,
anilshould be wildly circulated:
As hose of the "bloated -bonhold-1
ers" co`nstitntes so large a .portion - Or I
the:munitlon in.the financial warfare
now raisin; -it is well etuugh to con
sider who al*the• holders-of. the se
curities of tlO!`rnited States at home,
and abroall4-21.nearly as has been j
ascertained fronf-011eial sources the
registereonfts tpf \ the government
',areistri tinted. al folb
Sveuritlea for Nations' milt 13 , 1
tws ter goverttnie it deposits.
(tent by , aaings banks :; 2.10,1 , 00.10)
Hold by trust romp:tides 30,000.CC0,
14Xtisted by guaranty; 49,000.600
Invested inoirance etinipanb:s assets
In private hands I it, .979, WO
Tritni t. 01.971 01.5 n
't he coupon bonds of',the Unite
States .are thus clistributdd :
11=
11 , ,7
,s
5-201 1665
pn cis '94
54.-r its 'Bl
4't Far rA
4 per Cll.
EMI
• This makes a grandtotal of $ 1, , 727', •
000,000, of 'Which $40,000,000 are
held by foreign creditors of the gover
, rnent. At the begining of Grant's
administration it is estimated Viat
the amount held abroad was mope
than twice as- great. -Instead - ord,O,
ing held by. the great money lendeis
of Europe it is believed that a large
portion of it is in the hands of Atnall
capitalists who have sought it as a
safe investment of their - savings. I
They felt secure alike in the integrity(
of the Union and of lhe . willingness '
and ability of the people to - redeeni
their financial- promise. lip 'to this'
time they have l'iot been disappoint-.
edin their expectations. If the bonds,
bane . been returned I recently in con
siderable amounts it is due to the
fact that tl4 faith of foreign holftrs ,
has I,cen somewhat shaken by the ,
uncertainties of financial legislation
in congress.. The near future will
slioW . wether! the, fear in regal d .to . "
\ the silver letislation is groundless. -
Qf the debt held at home it is seen
that\nerirlY $350,000,000 . is .heid in
pledgY, by the government for the ,
redemption of national bank notes. '
in this security every man in . the
Country wk holds a not of a na
tional bank is \ interested. • It is the
anarantee - to that it will be- re
, • -\
deemed. All- the people who have
put their earnings\reat and small
into-the savingsbank,s are interested
in the $450,000,000 of , egistered' and
coupon . bonds that are held by:those
institutions. Most of the inrStments
e l
in -savings banks are of small earn
ings and the bonds_Are sectiNtat
they will be paid. - Another' Oa •of .
"'bloated -bondholders" consts of
the owners of life, fire, and Imariri
insurance policies for whose security
a hundred millions' more has been in-,'
vested in the debt of the government.
A hundred millions is invested by
guardians under-instructions of the
courts of the country for,minors and
wards. This leaves about `5300,000,,
000 is registered and coupon bonds
.that are held by individuals all over
the land. Those are -the "bloated
bondholders" and " coupon-clippers"
-who are the objects. of so much Idol-.
ish and absurd denunciation, - on -the.
part of-- demagogues. The amount
which they 'hold is inconsiderable
edinpared with the great bulk of - the
national debt. - They may be . made
to suffer by Anantial,legislation, but I
there is nothing whiclf•Cougress may
do to affect injuriously their interests
that will not recoil -with. greater
force - on those who hold no bonds at
all.:' I the good faith and credit
the country all have a concern,. This
•nors mere patriotic '
.nd sentimen
tal interest , but it is real an& practi..
'cal. The credit:of the country means
At 110010.
043.(n0.5i0
2,02 0 .000
11.111.800
39,9-(1.4(.0
A brni.l.
e40,N0 fin()
- 14 i) 11,,prio
10p Ki,onci
30.r00,000
t27.0.1x}0,e0u ;1712.18.1m)
:10,1)(1). (MO 22,0i0,550
142.te::.050
2,0,1.100.(10 61;52i, SOO
13,,,55.500
• 4115,0M:400D #712,A51,850.
i f- _
..
,
14ww - rates - of interesVand: the benefit
of this felt by evt . try citizen in dim
inished, taxation. Bad credit, no
matter by whatever cause produced,
means high rates of 'lnterest for gov
ernment as Well as far individuals
add heavy bitrdens ti tatation for
all. Under „the system of raising
revenues-there are none
cape their share of the burden.
POPE LEO THE TUISTEENTU.-
Contrary. to exicetation . a !acme
or to Pius IX was selected with
gr6at unaninatty, - anti ;without tielnyt
The following sketch of the new-
Pontiff is froiii the Philadelphia
Press:
There has been no ‘f long agony "
over the Papal election. It has been
accomplished in even less time that
of„Cardinal Mastai (Pius" IX.) in
June, 1846. The choice of the con
clave has- fallen upon Cardinal Gioa
chino Pecci, Archbishop Of Perugia,
who, forsome months,' had been. the
POntilical Vamerlerigo (or Chamber
lain),.and as . such, was. /weitnt• tenent
during the interregnum between .the
Pope's death, on, the ith inst ; and
the organization of the conclave
which has now terthinated in his.ortii
accession, after only two or three
ballots, to the high dignity of su
preme Pontiff. Ile has taken the
title of Leo- the Thirteenth, and; is
believed to entertain moderate opin
pinions. Leo XIII., born within
forty miles of Rome,• has. nearly
reached the age / of 69. While yet a
bishop he, was liighly regarded by
Gregory who appointed hint
to.scveral offices of trust .at home
and abroad,pronoting . him..to the
rank of archbishop; and sending him
as nuncio to. the Court .of Brussels.
Leopold of Belgium, the liberal Pro:
testant sovereign of a Catholic com
try, solicited the Pope to confer the
cardinal's hat on Archbishop Pecci,
and it is said, this world have been
done but for his own'death inkerven
' inm. • - Not until 1853,'owing to. the
°
antagonism of Cardinal Antnnelli.
Secretary of State, did Pins IX,
raise Archbishop Peeci to the dfg ,
ray of a cardinal priest, and last
-September he wai Pontifical Chain
berlain, which, it was then thought.
would disposie.of his pretensions to
the tiara. It was said that Cardinal
.
'Per:el required some solicitation on
the part of the Pope to accept this
position.
Little by little, no the pub
lic will learn, as, injorther 2 instances,
theleadingincAdelitiiif the election
which has just closed. strictly speak
ing, it cannot be said that there were
any "candidates." Rtit•the names of
several cardinals -who had-a greater
probability than others of being elec
ted have been freely mentioned:
There were Cardinal Antonio . Pane
bianco; Grand Penitentiary, born in
1808, who received the hat in 1861 ;
Cardinal Giovanni Simeoni,
Secretary of State, - 1816-W5,.;
Cardinal Ilessandro Franchi, Arch
bishop of Thessalonica, I§l9-15 . 7.3;
Cardirial;Luigi Billio, Bishop of -Sa
bina, 182 G-1866; and Cardinal Ratte
le La Valletta Monaco born in 1827
and - made' cardinal in 1845. The
general opinion in 'Rome was that
the contest w9nlil be in the conclave
between Cardinals peeci and Franchi,
and that Cardinal Sitneoni, an able
Man, had lost his chance by succeed
ing Cardinal A ntonelli as Secretary
of State :—higt office generally
makes more foes than friends.
THE Philadelphia. Ti: ies prints
the folloWing extracts from a - private
letter4'pin
• Secretary . Su ERMA x :
4 - My ''.
oHie i al duty .has compelled
me to stand in the way ; of a multitude
of claim agents, Custom house brok
ers, extreme .. silver and inflation:
advocates, and a hostel men, who
crowd around the Treasury to obtain
money improperly. lam perfectly
ronscious of jhe Clinger of .the posi
tion, and haV(f:made up.my mind to
do my duty, regardless of results.
You are mistaken in one thing, that
is
\ I
that I ever wrote a letter to
Ancerson or ever did anything in
tonisina which e6illd even . be
itcon
strued 'lto wrong. I believe the el
ement in • ouisiana that is endeavor-
ing to stir t , p
these . prosecutions now
.acknowledge\hat . they cannot assail
me except by , \forgery and perjury.
• They sought to athis through . A
n-1
derson and Nirs..le ks, but this ut
terly failed, and I have now lettt:.rs
from each of them that no such
letter was received'or wa — ever writ
ten. 4 ! * *.I do not ft., r the in
yesiigation of uny act of mine con
nected with public office, and 'boldly
defy any inquiry or investigon
that may be made. I neither eial'
to. be any better than any other man;
.nor am I, .but in my public duty I
have never consciously done a single
act that I would not have spread be
fore the worldwithout aptlogy .or
. explanation." .
GOING PIECES.—The Washing
ton correspondent of the N. Y. Sim
—a paper whielrhas keen firmly on
the side of the fierce' democracy—
after picturing, the exciting debate in
Congre'ss on last Wednesday, says:
"SO the debate closed. The de
liberate judgement of impartial men,
who are not partisans,of either party,
is that the Democratic party is fast
;Ting pieeeps. To-day ' s exhibition
is one of - many instances that evi
dence the 'raga . demoralization and
disintegration of that party. The
greed of Southern Demperats, ; their
general bad behavior, their arrogance
toward Northern Dernoarats, = their
evident de!_ermination 'to :run the
party for their particular benefit, is
fast alienating Northern Democrats
who have, self-respect. A few
.more
displays like that of to-day and the
end will be plainly visible."
THE eastern -Democracy . are losing
national influence. Instead of direct
a
rectin as they did, they have to
tz,
render obedience.. aad suffer slings,
bot hot -Id cold, and arrows that i
are 'pnted and feathered;from their
westera \ and southern fellows. It is
since thistill- callow year began to
be that. Sontla Carolina and Louis
iana have denounced management
which costs, them \ everything. ,*ow,
unkindest cut of aII,f.EN DIT ON/B C
einnati Eragnirer stands up and alle
ges- that "the easticia Democracy,
with their ideas, ought to \ be tossed
overboard ; they are cumbeiers of
the Round; they belie the name of
D - emneracy." It is all true, but has
never' tefore been so frankly avowed
in and the party.
- Tut Princeton students have been
disgracing themselves by a' hazizg
serape, resulting in - serious
wounding of one et ' the Sophomores.
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#.taidisuatti tot‘12.18:11.
The : - •itrork orthe Legislature for ,thii
week was not tetilmenced until WedneS
day evening; 'whit& was in 'dteottlante
with the Joint resolntidn passed providing
for au...adjourn:amt. from irida3r.
until that time, on account of the election
on Tqesday. ' . !
Th'e Senate•met at 7:30 r. 3f.. on Vired- -
nesday, but there _being ..no quorum of..
Senators present, a recess of half an
hour was agreed upon by)priaulmous coq
, sew• At eight .o'clock Ithti• Senate: 'Wu,
again called; to order ,
but there still being'
only t%:opjar t ifty9,„ Senatotsjp Abeir, wet%
one -less th an a quorum, a . mOtion to ad
;loom . tutt,il Tlairsday. Morning Prevailed.
In. the lionso of 114rbo eckintlva. the ses
sion of Wednesday evening was devoted
to the consideration of bills on first read
ing, ono hundred and ten being thus disk
posed of. Among the most important of
these wore the folV/sin i
For the mote elFectual prfitecution of
mobs and riots, and to provide compen
sation to parties whose property - May be
destroyed in consequence of mob's and
riots. .
brotAlf:Hatks and hnii kliig Institu
tions from p:bying ititoreat ott`depersittl.
To provide for the compulsorreduca-
Lion of children.
tending protections to foreign and
domestic insurance companies from fraud
ulent agents.
Fixin,T, the salaries of Judges of- the
Supreme Court. -
Prohibiting erueliy to children. • .
'To prevent drunkenness. .
''`Tie compel the Northal schools to teach
-the metric system of * Weights and meas
ures.
; In the Senate, , on Thursday, a. quorum
of Senators.' having put in appearance,
business was proceeded .With. Among
the billS reported favorably from comn.it.
tso were the following :
Appropriating $lO,OOO for the' purpose
of hatching useful tribes of food fishes,
etc., •
A concurrent resolution was also re
ported, fixing the time of final adjourn
neut on the 28th of March.
Mr. Herr reported the general apprO7
priation bill, whielf passed the' Pease
swit, days Elver, with aftictidtrents.'
Among; the bills introclnced Vas one to
authorize and permit the leg:it:v(4cm of
the state to elect and determine by ballot
the number of licenses that:may hereafter
be granted, to .sell intexicating liquors.
The followitia, among other bills paised .
the Senate finally, - on Monday.:
Autitoriang railroad companies to en
gem in the business of tekgraphing and
telephoning. . •
paid
the amount of: iontqf to be
paid by . companies reducing their capital
stock. ..
Applying the provisions the bitumi
nous ventilation law to all bituminous
mines.
EMS 03 second, reading being next in
order,' the act' to.
,permit defendants to
testify in criminal -eases carne up.
31r. avies. moved to. amend the bill -
by . mating it apply to !tonic/de as well as
other cases; and in support of the amend
ment made a -brie, but forcibly speech.
The following werellis remarkS
• Mn. Purist DT: k'now that nothingll mar say
on, tills question will clintige .11e vide of a single
.Senator. for it Is a mulijoet that all hare gliton wore
or less tionglit to, and hay? arrived at a conclusion
upon, tot I cannot forego the opportunity of tug-
Inc ntrylews in favor 'of the amendinent I hare
(acre.). •
• I undertake to say that Penitsylvanla Ismetter
ably consmitted to the policy of allowing defend
ants in erintinal eases, to a knitted'.-xtent to testi
fy. Slime the act was passed permitting them to
testify in minor offences, instead of repealing the
nets pat.soil, after a trial and experience of 'its
effect, the Legislattire has been year after year en
larging the tint of cases they can testify in,
awl now yon ere considering a hill permitting de
fendants to testify in aft es,.ses elotrgeci with crime,
except hontieldo. '
Experience, has no far tested the Wisdom of 11 , 11
Mgt:lath:a, that tot slay a hill to repeal generally all
laws allowing them to testify would have JIM few
advocates In MI, iietriate, composed of so many per
m:l:4 n'l3o are :tontine:thy atm.:toting it:cr.-sults, SO
that tar premises are correct, that our Common
wealth has an odahltshed policy to permit the lifts
that hare been passed to remain upon Our statnti.s,
have yet to leant that then! 1 .11V31 . been 'fewer
convictions of the guilty than Istfore, and we know
In nuntermis instances such laws have aided
elucidation of truth, have assts ed coarts aloft:tries
113 arriving at the real facts In the cases tried. amt.
have enabled davit:tants ‘,llll et 111333 to
such light. open theittatter:: charged against
111 , 114-n9 t".;13 . 33.111. 11113111 of nit C o l3ll l llnltY . fu the
chargts preferred, when but for the law they wonidt
grope in tiarkni,ss, doubt anti nucertnintsi;
• Now, - yon 13ropoSe, Ills 1•331,5•r0 of this set,
WllllOl3l. the emend ortwit I have of fered, to permit
all persons charged with crime, however helnett,
to testify—to permit the forget", llte Perlitref7 -I ' ,,
why/ burns your dwelling over your eilikimus•
.heads hi the dead of 111101., t- 1.,111y, except alone
persons charged with leimicitle. Now, why this
distinction ?
The prstr culprit' who goes ”itt aniPsfeals a
sheep worth- live dollars. whoa' arraigned•for the
oltunte. you allow to go up.-11 the stand • but
the Innocent man who by s.une unfortunate Or
cuinstanhehas bad'woven around hint a - net work
of etteutustantial evidence teutllmT, to convict hint
of a Crimel3l.llCllwltt cost him his life, and there
Is no human being save the defendant who alone can
plain, hits mouthls clotted. and that It It forever.
KM: 3:lr. Prityld,tut, I would-ask the
Senator if he has (nets that vt:tuid he necessary in
his ease, could he not bring theta out by his ,attor
? •
11.1V1 ES. I answer no, for there can le
Bulged` within the bre,,,tt of the doneidant theta
that are not known or within tht. IrlinWlNlge of any
other witness that the attorney can use.
A feiti yearst ago I b my own - co.anty, In a mining
dle.tilet therein, a grievous ert rnla was combatted
uj•ml a little girl, abolFt pars 4.f age. She
was entleml or dragged into the Woods near her
Immo, tvithlo a few roil.: of where s h e liven. and
. there brutally out raged and tout tiered. Within a
few days a Wan was arrested for vhe crime. Tl 3, re'
wore certato evidences that t.1,r1 strongly against
him upon the person. lie was arrested aril charg
ed with the fearful crime that gad been commit
ted 4,y some one. Tit, mad.. exclio,l papahtue...
jumping at' the iimeinsion. from evidence found
upom his perst,u,'ltelleWAl he was lite guilty - one,
cad they forcibly took timdeferallatit from the Ma
yer,. charged will' Ills Ma ping..draged hint Into
the woods, when he was told Ito mast tile. Near the
spot where the little glr's bodyfrias found- they
bent • a sapling, attached a top . 'to it, placed a -
Maek . eap over the defendant's fare, and the rope
tied tut the bent sapling was adjusted arointcl his ,
leek, .and the defendant thus squinted, with no
ft lend near him, was told there' was but one step
between Ilion and eternity, was asked ,o vontelpt
hi 4, guilt and they would save Mtn. He resolutely
anti with great courage denied Ills guilt. A man
In tile crowd, by his timely MierferenCe at the
critical moment; waved his life_ and be WAS after
wards removed to prlFOil. 81111 111. ti for the murder
of that little girl. The defendant itontly averred
his inutteense,. and by Ills bearing and demean or
Way aide to convince most vrsors Who would talk
with him. ot . his innocence. Witch his trial came
on there was au linpf..rtant link In Ills defense that
\ could not in. proved by any thnuan Awing except the
d ~,,,ta iit alo ft , ; ha t his mouth: was closed.- For
tun tely. for hint there - was enough In thu case.
with Apt the proof that Cculd hot be wade to id
unt pliantly acquit him. And yet ;mold _it have
been iiiin t che would have been able to have con
vinced th Jury The court and the World of his en
-1\
tiro- inflect wo• of the great ellarge - prefern!iL
against him •As it is, wen way have gone from
the crowded • _. 6
wrt boom , . With teclitigs.of'dould s as
to the correctness of the veralet, leaving a stain
upon his - eharacter \ that ittay.never ItZ removed, 1,),6-
rause hie :gory Was s ttot . told upon ihe.stand. 1 cart
conceive of nunly vases that . 1 / 1 3y arise la the trial
of a man (Or his life, when, if he was allowed to
fest Sty' In Me own behalf, he would. convince the
world of ids Innocence, and yet be convicted with
but snrh epportnulty7 Then if that Ic the case,*it
better no foltow tho oid proverb, that tho ninety
and nine shall escape without conviction, oven .
Munch guilty, rather than tba'l ono shall auger In.
nocently. Adopt this amendment, place upon
your statute hallo; this hilt which is now the law. in
so many of our sister States, Ind permit to man
when on trial for his lite to go on the stand find
there testify In his own behalf, if lie so desires,
The truth hi, It you call before a court and jury
one. who Is guilty, when be goes upon the stand
to testify, in tittle - rases out of ten, the Jury will de
tort whether he Ie toltlf}log truthfully or not.
HI mannerof giving Ids mtvinoily. His `I O OIES. his
acta yIII he almost a certain test. God , Almighty
In his wisdom has stamped upon the humab brow
an Index from'which you can read the heart.
Light upon the transaction Is what Is wanted. ',ln
my humble Judgment the passage,of the law as
•mended will In the great generally of eases work
beneficially and alit rattler tfutu hinder the jury In
arriving at the truth. '
The Amendment was adopted by a vote ,
of 17 to 16.
An additional section (2) was then
offered by Mr. Corbett, nhich *as ;Wont
ed.
The bill as passed secoild reading l is as
follows : •
An Act to permit defendants and their
wives and proselmtors to testify in arinai- .
C nal eases.
SECTION 1..8e. it enacted, &c., That,
in the trial of all indictments complainti
and other proceedings against persons
charged with the eommiSsion of crimes or
offenses, in soy court of criminal jurii
:Action, the. person so charged sball at his
own request, but not otherwise, be deem.
ed a competent witness, .but his or ' her
neglept,. omission or refusal, to' testify
shall not create any, prestimption against
him or her,• nor shall any reference be
made to nor shall any be made.
upon snclrneglect, orris-ion or refusal liy•
counsel hi the case, luring thetrial of the
MUM._ , •
SECTION . 2. That in' prosecutions tor
forcible entry and detainer, 'the proeectit.
or shall be competent witness for all pur
poses, and in all cases where a htoband
may "testify iu bis own - favor, bis wife
shall be dontpetent fur ti:Name purpose. ,
The act providing for the_ retirement
under pay of judges of the Supreme Court
was next - considered on second reading:.
Mr. Herr submitted an amendment pro
viding for the retirement of common pleas'
judges s who have ,served two terms and
have reached the age of sixty-Ave years.
be bill as amended was Passed.. •
he bill provides that :Judges of thee
6,u nie court who haie reached the'age
of si ty-five yeark and filled one entire
term-i said office shall be retired op half
the pay received while 9n duty.
AL 2:0 .4f-the Situate
Theiadai, Alef,iket tiVordeed'imald Con
-401h11441he several acts ielathv to game
isiurgaMe4fsh, and the-la:providing for
the - Ajotheelthp.at
. thaileohdoes er the
elignrni Court" 'sod for the appointment
of a stale reporter, were passed second
reading. —'
An ametldment made to dialtri named
bill protrldes that the.deer bunting season
101 teriniaafe on the 11/th - of 17ceeiffi ef.":
. A.. goodly portion of the morning session
"of the House on Thursday was occupied
in_ "presenting petitions and introducing
biller: — After these - 'orders **era gone
through with, the House proceeded to the
Milsideintlon;.ori second reading,: of an
to *vide, for the purchase of school
books out of the district school funds, and,
1217-"pfdhlblt — fre.gnent• changes - thereof.;
The bill provides that school directors
shall Purr:ha3e rill the books for Pupils in
the public schools.
Mr. -lacksoP, of Mercer, submitted an
amendinent p ihat the books be, furnished
only to those whose parents have not the
means t4purchase them. A discussion
I arose on the-amendment, which lasted un
til the hour ot'agreement - without ac
tion. Doting the debate Mr. Earley
stated that it.no* Costs $3,000,000 to
supply the schtiols with books,. us- Wad
been remarked, and it would cost $10 ; -
000,000 under the provisions of the bill.
The afternoon session of- the House on
Thursday; was devoted exclusively to the
Consideration of local and 'Special bills, in
none.of which the good people of Brad
ford county are supposed to be interested.
In the Senate this morning quite a
number of Senators being absent, bills on
third reading were passed over. The
consideration of bills on second reading
was then proceeded with, when thirty-two
were thus ilispo.sed,of, the Senators Dames
ring called in alphabetical order, when
.each gentleman indicated the hill on the
calender he desired to haire considered.
Senator Davies called up and bad pass.
ed a supplement to an act entitled "an
act to enable citizens to bold title which
h:is been held by aliens bud corporations,"
approved January Otb, 1871. - A majority
of the ether bills acted upon. were of a
local or special character:"
_ln the House this morning a 'motion
was made to reconsider the vote by which
the local option bill was defeated on-sec
ond reading, which was not received with
much favor. 04.4 e yeas and pays being
called the motion Was negatived,seas
nays 105..
:k resolution prohibiting the reading of
bills M place after Friday, March 1, w 0
defeated.
Mr. HubnAlfered a resolution; passed
in the LegiAature of New Jersey, urging
Congress to make an , . appropriation to rt.
iniburse the centennial _authorities in the
sum of c1 . ,000,000, and to - .bus require the
General Government to bear its share of
the eicpcuses of the Centennial. Mr. Huhn,
urged that the Legislature concur in the
request trA.Congress, which was agrcefl to.
The concurrent resolution passed in the
Senate to, provide for fi nal adjournment
on the 2S i tt of March, was 'referred to the
Committee of 14 aye 11,11 d Meansi-
The bill providing for an additional law
judge in Northumberland "county was re
turned without the Govntnor's signature.
The veto wa.. read. [The bill Vetoed is
the fi rst one passed by the present Legis
lature. 3 ; 4
SCit 4f :010,01 titre
:11r. chafer, of offered a
concurrent resolltitin, which Was agreed
to, request ing • Pennsylvania Congressmen
to vote for the bill to give soldiel+..of the
Mexican war a pension.
Mr. Brooks bilered a resolution provid
ing for the appointment Of a commission
of thirteen to examine, into the liquor
license system, and the (*cis s,f strong
drink on those who indulge in it; Mull,.
- report to the nest Legislature the result
of their investigation. Referred. o the
Committee on Vice and Immorality where
it will 'in pll probability take a sleep.
At R° o'clock to-day both 'Houses ad
journed Until Monday 'evening. ,
Cus:•EWAGO,
•
LETTERS PEOli 7. 1 " a. PEOPLE.
Enrron BEroirrEn ;—As the RreonTkir
seems to lie open for all, the thought has
occurred to us . that perhaps you might
find spac a
e fer short communicatiottfrOm.
ti:distriet . school teacher. We have 'read
a great deakthat las peen .written on ed
ucational topics by dry 'speculative theo
rists, that has never done us any good ;
IMwever,. we have received some good
hints on matters pertaining to school
teaching from the Itcrottrtm, especially
the Edueationahlleparttnent. But, tliffre
is still one. point on which we:need Pifor
nuttion, and if any ono can enlighten -Os
we shall ho very thankful.
Our experiencein district school teach
ing .luts not been7yery: , exteruled, but we
know something of its pleasures and diS
appointments,and we confess that we find
it utterly impossible t) satisfy all•the par
ents-whose children we hal:%, taught, and
what we waht to find out is, how to do it.
Irut, Mr. Editor, perhaps you have nev
er taught .school in the country,.and hence
know butt little of the difficulties which
the eommonsehool tea: her has. to encoon
ter. For instance,. suppose some Dutch
man should send his children to your
school, and affer sevetal weeks, he gout;
and enters complaint!to the directors that
his children "don't learn* anydings only
a leedles spellings and readiness, vets he
• vants dem lard ciperin and rifmetie, and
dey doesn't larn a . son single bit,. •De
- school- teacher is good for noddings." The ,
Laforesaid Dutchman getsbighly indignant
as he retails his story, 'but forgets to men
tion 'the fact that he has not • supplied his
1 children with an arithmetic of any kind,
islatenor, pencil. In such a case what .is
}to be done in order to stop the Dutch-
man's yawp ? We know of no other way
than to buy .the necessary .books for his
i children when he would probably becoMe
good,natured,ngain, but that would hard
ly pay, since'. to purchase 'three or four
I school books:; wmild pretty well exhaust
a common school teacher's 'no - 3th' s wages.
Then somebody else's children come home
from'school with snow in their boots, and
i the inevitable conclusion is again reached
that the "school teacher is good for inel
dings." Millis latter case we consdle
lourselves with the thought that we never
put snow in anybody's boots, and there-
P fore do not hold that we are responsible
• for the "small boy's" wet feet. But the
parents hold otherwise, . and if • there is
any ecuse by which we ,can prevent the
snow, wheu.it covers, the ground at an av
erage depth of twenty inches, front get
ting into "Young America's : " boots, we
should like to be informed of the remedy,
anti we promise to put it into operation.
But these are only small difficulties. In
order to g've entire satisfaction the teach
er must Ix able to take children. ranging
in age, all t m way from ten to twenty,
whose parents have taught theni neither
manners nor morals, and in the short
space of three months, convert them into
such pious little beings that their thoughts
and actions shall be only.. virtuous and
good. How is such a - metamorphosis - to
be brought about? It is an old saying,
"that which is= born in• the blood and
bred in the hoses eannct be beaten out of
the flesh," but some hold that it'can, and
the wise man said, "he that spareth the
rod spoileth the child." • Y,et there arc a
great many who believe 'only in moral
suasion. Others would' lay on the rod and
spare not. Who is right and ;who .is
wrong ?‘, .If the teacher believes - in either
doctrine be is , condemned as. "good
,for
noddings," .whether he believes iu any
thing or whether he bdieveS 'in nothing
ho is good for muldings." If he finds
'it impossible tonwakeu an interest in the
'mind of a dull, stupid and indolent pupil,
whose lymphatic temperament forbids the
idea of any - exertion, on his part, and
whose thick skull is proof against the ef
forts thatlnay•be made to force a knowl
edge of the sciences into it,thecoeclusutii
is at once reached that the teacher isgood
'for noddings." In short the teacher is
1
expected toteach and to moralize—to do
this for one person and that for another—
tO be, like St. Paul, "all things\to all
men." He Must "stand like the lady Of
the Masque- - - - to be pointed at; and, grin
-1 ned at by the whole tribe of fault tinders;
phoo-phooers, tattlers: and seandal mort
gers,. whose ignorance is only 'equaled by
one thing—their impudence—and, 4 I tell
yon, Mr. Editor; it is pleasant—extreme
lypleasant, Thew there are those narrow
minded; scant brained, slim settled Ludt. ,
victuals who begrudge the teacher the'
small wages he .receives, and who think
and say he ought to work more days 'for
a month, receive less pay, etc.. This does
us injury sometimes, besides creating a
belief of diftuat within us for, such big
gling sdpporters of education.lt shows
that the teacher is begrudged •liiii wages,
.that, his services are very, little respected,
all: which is very encouraging indeed.
"But we will stop, as we do not wish to
take up too much of your space. But if
any one can suggest a-y remedy for this
teachiewills, by all means let them ilo it.,
!Ile will be a benefaCtor who will tell. IS
MEI
how to geta*ri And 144- .
per, with thi , lgtioranek . 'intrid,Wllloll..
ishness, and Spume whigh swim pima,
school teacher must encounter ,
Terrytown,'Pa., rob; 18;1878,,
Tile lei'&i'd'a lrableigtein - stVeltil
says the,iiilver will- certa i nly be
vetoedVall reflorts'and rumors to the
;contrary-notwithstanding...-. The-Lill
wilL'reaCh the - President !Monday,
afternoon. - . There is reason .to believe,
le not detain for ten days,
: whieb_the lint but
return 'it with the veto message 'dn
ring the coming week. The silVer
men will not believe the President
will veto :their- They- say. the
Brit step practically recognising the
silver bill was Taken Friday, when a
letter was addressed by the Director
of the Mint to the Supprintendent of
the Philadelphia mint to':get his ma
chinery ready for coining operations.
They say the letter was dictated . by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
• EX-SeinitorDontwell says General
Grant is essentially - correct in, the
statements relative. to • e,x-Senator
Sumner,,aS made in an interview at
Cairo. • The leg;Slation- referred to
however did' not pertain. to" . recon
-struction, but was a 'resolution in
reference to amection . of law passed
'March 2d, 1867 providing that the
headquarters of the General of the
Army ahoUld be at -Washington and
not removed. unless, with the sanction
of COngress. The hill was first pre
seated in the House and• the Senate
liassed it as it came from the House.
The le g islation thus had' was to re
strain President Johnson. in steps
,likely to be taken by him, it was '
thought, in connection-with Southern
representatives, after
_he had, under- -
taken ,reconstruction. Boutwell
thinks he is the only person nowt liv
ing who knoses of the inception and
carrying out of the measure: Sum-'I
ncr hart nothing to do with it.
The Tribw! ! ! $ Washington special
says the silver bill will be laid before
the Cabinet atits regular meeting
lluesday,, and there is excellent
*son for believing 'that after that
the Presislent will net very piomptly
upon it, The greatest anxiety is felt
in Washington in regard to -the
course which the President will par
sue,with this Measure, insplte of the
fact that every one will) has convers
ed with. Hayes on • the subject feels
confident that he will certainly veto
it. Ile told a western member of
Congress, one who faYered`the silver
bill, that it has in it an element of
dishonestyi and unless" ,e is Willing
to become a party to,that diShoneSty
he cannot 'possibly sign the bill.
The Secretary of , State has receiV
ed no official information that the
'United .States has been invited to
join a peaCe Congress in Europe:
- The Tribuile'x spedial says it is re
ported that Conklin wilt Make a
speech' sustaining the
_veto of the
silver bill.
An eminent London financier tele
graphs that the -slyer bill is regarded
as the first step toward repudiation.
LoxpoN, Veb, 24..-L-A Reuter .dis
patch from Constantinople. Feb; 21;
vitt.Syra, gives the principal points,
of the fresh conditions of peace de
mantled by Russia.. The dispatch
fully confirms the report from Vieiffia
in yesterday's Times as 'to the pro—
posed boundaries of the new province
of Bulgaria, which will include the .
country between the Danube and the
Balkans and a portion of Ronmelia
between the Black Sea and Servin,
comprising Sofia and Phillippopolis,
a greater part of Thrace and 'Maced
onia, and the whole valley of the
)laritza, i„ exeept Adrianople. The
condition `provide for an assembly of
notables to elect a sovereign • Prince
for Bulgaria, whose nomination is to.
be Animated for sanction to the .
-Porte and the European Powers.
.The Bulgarian tribute to the Porte '
is to be equal in amount to the net
revenue of the province. A Russian
commission is to superintend thel
Bulgarian government for two.years
and 50-.000 Russian troops areto oc
cupy the principality (luring the same
period; The, conditions also requite
the cession of Podgoritza and Anti.
vari with.other 'territory to Montetre
gro ;Allissia to have power to cede
the Dobrudscha . to Romnania`in ex
change. for Roumanian' tßessarabia
cession of territory. in • litisina and
towards Nish to Servia ; prohibition
of passage through thtk , straits of
men-of-war except in isoNted cases;
absoltite freedom of' passage .tor mer
chantmen even in the -time Pfwar;
payment of -an indemnity of 1400
'million .of roubles •to cover which
Turkey is to cede Batotun Kars
Bityazid and Ardahan,-and adjacent .
territory, Turkey also to pay
000,000 sterling in bonds, the inter
est and sinkin g fund of Which are to
be guartniteedby
,the Bulgarian and
Egyptian tributes, the Anatolian
revenue and the lieracica mines;
ten millionof roubles to be paid int
mediately to indemnify Russian- resi
'dents oaf Constantinople; Turkey.to
reimburse Ru..ssiart capital invested
in Turkish botidS; also to pay ..for
'the maintenance of prisoners of war .
and the reopening of - the Suntan
mouth of the Danube. , is'now be
lieved-that Russia: will accept four
iron-clads instead of ' the six origin
ally demanded. •
THE COAL COMBINATION INVEBTI-
NEW Ybax, Feb. :16.—F. B. Thur
ber, member of 'the Board of Trade
and Transportation, testified , before
the Assembly committe investigating
the coal - combination, this morning;
that the actual cost of freight trans
portatiofi, was. considerably less than
claimed by the railroad companies .
Ile said that nearly all the coal roads
are now heavily' capitalized, making
it impossible if they pay dividends
on capital stock' to carry at rea.sDn
able rates.. The capital of these
roads was largely made out 'of the
earnings. lie did not think it right,
to capitalize the
,earnings; and exact.
mica of carrying to-pay dividends
'upon such capital.
DEATH OF THE,FIRST °armours,
OF THE TREASURY.
WASIIINOTON Feb. 25.-4lon. R.
W.. Taylor, First Comptroller of the
Tie \ asury,waS struck with paralysis
this morning while tit hii desk in:the
Treasury building, and was immedi
ately taken, to his borate where be
died in abbot two howls' .
froM the
time he was aken sick. Mr. Taylor
was appointed\First Comptroller by
President Lincidn, •and during the
administration of Mr: Chas% as Sec
retary of the Treasury. Hbt: death
occasions
. Universal regret . - through-,
out the department and in •this eorn :
mitnity, where he,..was knowi
and resp e cted. .
WASHINGTON NOM
THE NEW' PEACE CONDITIOITS:
GATION.
MI
TUE filet steel pep was made in 1830.
Pluses BISMARCK does not want a Con
gress of tho Powers. " , •
MIME
BOSTON'S new Poet Moo bas already
cost over 4400,000.
•
Tax new King of Italy does not believe
in rifiital punisbnient:-
Iris said that Dom Pedro wrote the
tuitional hymn of Portugal.
THE Parisians say that black tea gar
gle will cure sore throat.
A VIENNA correspondent sa y s the peace
negotiations progresi.alowly.
IN the Reformed Church of France, out
of 608 Pastorates, ft are vacant.
EaTu Ifoint.Ltoi, a Texas lawyer, - is
to be bung for shooting another lawyer.
°MI6, OfiIO4 4 IWOOD sap the Chinese
are not is curse but :s blessing to Cali
fornia.
•
Tint excitement in Viennaand 11uner"'
is increasing Ut the turn Eastern affairs its
taking.
Cues. will'be represented, hereafter, in
the Spanisl%F l ortes, the same Porto
Rico.
O"r the Tennessee and Kentucky borders
oil is found in well's yielling 1,200 barrels,
daily.
• A DEFICIT of 15,000 in the• public
school fund of Memphis; Tenn., is re.
pouted.
FEADINAND LESSET'S is seventy, . but
still rearing a. protiperous family. Ills
latest are twin boys. •
CARLOTTA PATTI has endured the re.
moiral ,of a dangerous tumor, near her s
diseased hip. and is better. .
A NEW cotton mill has just beer, start:
ed , in Natchez, tife operatives go
ing from Georgia.
Two iron clads from the French" squad , -
ron at Smyrna hare gone to the entrance
of the Dardanelles.
Tat: coasting steamer C. M. Palmer iias
been sunk in a collision near Ilarwicb.
Fourteen persons were lost.
IT bas been decided by a large majority
Of Cardinals that the new Pope shall have
thelfgllest freedom of action. •
. .
. • ,
9SMA'N PASHA has giiin positive assur
ances that there is no truth: in the report
of his cruelty to vat prisoners.
• THE. Caulsteo oil well is to be put
clown three hundred feet, beyond the
original coutract,.l,Boo feet in all. •
ALBEADY annexes bave been required
to accomodiate the American exhibitorS
at - Paris, and still the'y come. •
THE number of Baptists in Great Bri- .
lain is 9.69M38...The number . Of communi
ants for the whole world is 2,360;981..
IT is officially stated .Tames Lowther
will be appointed Chief Secretary for Ire
land in place of Air Michael Hicks Beach.
THE Working men of Roclieste r have
nominated. a, full city ticket.,-with
William Rhoades as candidate, for Mayor.
COUNTESS LASOIERTINI will be allowed
to Produce evidence on her behalf, at the
expense of the Cardinal Aliton,elli's' es
tate.
AVlESs_advices indicate that the Greek
government is likely to ally itself to Eng
land in the event of war between the lat
ter and Russia.
. . •
•
THE Neii-Hampshire Greenbackers
hold a State Convention, at Poftsmoutli,'
on . March 0, to nominate candidates for
the coming election.
, REV. CILWFOR - D TArr,, son and Chap
lain of the A relibisinip of Canterbury, has
hen inducted to the benefice of St..lobu's
NOtting Hill, f,ondon. P" • •
tTtiE . losses by fire last year in the
United States are estimated at $1)14461,-
800, or about $3,500,000 more than .dur
ing the previous year. '4
ACTIVITY in the Wonhvbieh arsenal is
daily inere . asing. New guns of ,nearly
every,deseiiption, and military transport
wagons are being rapidly manfactured..
- TUE report that a Congress 'would - be
hild at Baden Baden is confirmed. , Ne ,
gaiation have been concluded, and all
the powers, hicludng Russia, have assent,
ed.
TIM Methodist Episcopal churches in
the Baltimore 'Conference owe in the 411.t
-gregate about $14)0,000, the bulk ofwhich
rests on - the churches- in Baltimore and
Washington. •
IN the Cherokee Baptist churchiS last
year there, were 145 baptisms.. Four
churches were organir.ed. The associa
tion now has 10 churches. 1,100 members
against 763 in 1876.
T F: s o nwmatket basket this morning
and go to the town of itoseittsko. Miss.
Butter there sells a 15 cents' a pi - hind,.
beef at 4 cents, and 'eggs- at 8 .cents- a
dozen. - •
, ,
JUSTICE .1. il. b. Clark, of Titus
Penn., was arrested a few days .iigo• for
being Ariiiik and disordly and using im
proper language before a ward . election
board. ,
.
.
A St. Lords
. wonian, who saw some
boys throwing stones at her little son,
was so startled that she died, as the Po
lice reported it,,pf fright, and congestion
of the brain. • . - .
AN 'Athens' despatch says the news
from Tliessalyis graver. There has been
fighting near the • frontier-. The Greek
corps of observation is almost sure to 'be
drawn into the struggle.
Thane is grat dissatisfaction in •Servia
at the uncertai .c gterins offered by Russia.
Itistics leaves foradrianoplo :to ask more
distinct explanations regarding the 51.30-,
ian froatier.
Is the revival conducted by Rev. E. P.
Hammond at Marietta, Ohio, BS2 per Sons
have been examined and profess
.to have .
become Christians. Mr. Hammond is
now laboring in Zanesville. •
•
ENotasit che'ese has always been • cele
brated for its fine quality; yet during last
month England imported 31,121,410
pounds of cheese from the United States,
or 17,560 tons of 2.000 pouudsTach. .
IT has been asserted that this ablison,
who is to 'oe executed. at Rome, r. Ga.,
.May 15, will be thelirst white man hang
ed in the SOuth since the war .for the
murder of a negro.
A Danarille, N. Y., man, thought he
had killed somebody.'on drawir.g forth a
hay knife, Coi:eted-with which be
bad plunged into 4 mow. He found.,--lic
bad murdered a woodchuck, cutting it in
two.
WENDEIL PITILLII`S wants the Mass
achuetts Legis'attire to give $50,00(1 to
wards saving the Old South Church. Mas
sachusetts. tax-payers pray that no more
old meeting Houses -shall be !milt fty A
hundred . years. • .
.
- Tnr. United Presbyterian Board of ' For
sign Mission, his transferred its missi
in Syria to the Irish Presbyterian Mission
and removes its mission in canton, China
to the Chines© at Los Angeles and vicinity .
in California.'.. •
MINNESOTA is a Lutheran State. having
more Lutherans among its population than
of • any other name or . , confession. They .
'number 1'5,000, Germans and Scandinav
ians. There is but one English Lutheran
'church in the State. •
REV: TitemAs B. BALCII, the oldest'
member of the Presbyterian Synod of
Virginia, died Feb, 14th, at his residence,
in Prince William County, Ya. fie ,Was
brought up in Georgetown,. and died at
the age of 86. .
Tut Committee of the United Presby
terian Church of scotland has finished its
revision of the Confession of Faith, and
will saon prepare a report for the 'action
of the` lynod; It is not known what"
re
commendation it will make. , • " •
Ex-Gov. FENTON'S brother has served
the town of Cerro], Chautauqua county,
as justice, forty-two years, and is Still do
ing it. Another brother served in the
same oil* in Jamestown, for a. longer
period, when he•voluntarily resigned.
GLIIANINGI.
• SPECIAL -LOCAL.
SPECIAL'TO THE PUBLIC.—I.
opened a Coal and Wood Yard rn s.,anal Sr.,
•
near
the Episcopal Church. I ain now prepared to eti
slid:l4lmi for COAL AND WOOD , AT froyy6m
PRICES von CASH. Having had experienc e to
this Businessj believe I ran do is well y flo e ,
that favor me with.thelr orders any o ne to lhn
trade. It le my Intention to keep on hand a g.. 4
supply 'of the best COAT AND WOOD In 'the
klarket, and sell It as LOW as POSSIBLE and
Wee IrP = ll4 , mukTßumi r o WOOD by theta: rel or
load. • Anyordere left at, the Store ~ f L. T., I:0p,,
Main St., near bridge, or 0. D. Wickham at no,
poet amen wilt Irecelve'"lle.same at tenuon star
the yard. Thanks to a generous public for thei r ,
very liberal patrOnage, during
t he.past eight yea,.
while In 'he grocery trade. I respectfully A o tii.
Continuance of Lindy favors; and I_will guarani.,
satisfaction. Very ItetPect BIBS.
Iw.litnlolB7B. G koIIGX Rlik;wA Y.
eir E. F. ss..VICKEL'S BITTF.It W 174: o!..;
IYois—lias never been known to fall in the eute.:rt,
'weakness, attended with symptoms, indlis , ,,itieri •
to exertion, loss of memory. ditheillty of breathi ng.
general Weakness. horror of ilisease..weak, -
trembling, dreadful horror of dea t h, night .w..at ‘
Cold fret. _weakness, dimness of vision. laiigio,r,.
universal lassitude of the muscular systein.,,,,.
Mons appetite, ieltli.dyspeyth: eyetem. Jtot Lahr!.
'gashing of the body. ttryeettie of the Akin.
countenance and eruptions cultic fare, perityl:le
the blood, pain In the hark. heattfertet -of the
imp, frequent black Outs flying before the
'with temporary suffusion awl P.m of fight,
of attenblun; etc. Thdse syniptioni4ll arise front
a'acakness, and .to remedy that . , line E. 1.•.8„,
kers liltterWine of Iron. It lieVer fall. Th.,.
sands are now enjoying bealth,who have 11 , ”,:
'Get the genuine. tinel only in if I bodies.
only E. Kenkers.
•
.Tape Worm Removed Alive.
heat and all eornidete in two hours, No Pre 11;1
head passes. Seat: Pin and Stomach Worn, n--
moved by Dr. Kunkel. 259 Korth NMI), strar-:.
1
Advice free. NO fee until head 3
3.1 lee,,e ‘ j,, -
1111
one, and alive. Di. Kinkel 11, the mar f
physician In this country for thet-emr;val
and his Worm Syrup In pleasant arid Safe for rim
circa or grown persons, Send for circular. or a,k -
for a bottle of Kutikel4 Worm Syrup. - PH, .
dollar pertbottle. Get It of your druggl.r. if;
Dever fails.
E. F. Ilanhelf.o Luatral and E. F. Stun:
'---- hel'o Shampoo for the Hair.
The beat and cheapest' Hai r Praising arid hair
Cleaner In the world, They icinove dandruff, shay
drrltatlon, soothe and cool thclwateri soato, - -
the hair from falifognff: and promote the grr:vi nr
In a very short time. They preserve and beautify
thelfair, and render it soft and glrecry.: They im
part a brilliancy and a •stiky an.pearaLa,, fp fm,,,4
and wlry Hair, and as a hair dressing tliey are on
rivalled: eradicate dandruff and.prerenf. haw:,
Thu shauip , o, deans the flair, renoiv4,
scurf, itehing.eruptiou. Coma headache.proirur e d
by beat and fati g ue. Kitek..rs ehampo..,L u-_ -
teal restore flair to a natural and glossy 0.1,-r:-
Store faded, dry„, barslrand wiry, flair. l'rire 1... - •
bottle. 11.- -Ask your druggist for them. or ~end
E., V. Kunkel. Proprietor, Nd:- "Z.l; North Ntlit 12
Street, rhiladebtitia, •tYctt.7-tipts.
MARRIED.
1111.F.AN6I.E.—Al. no M. F.. l'arsorogp.
ormnii,.Febroary 241 h. 1h7: 4 . by the
Oity.qc litirs; of Wyalosiog. awl M
Teresa Angle, of Merrick.
THETGA-17.0111NSCN,—At the. M. E. Parm,ll
- Orwell. Vehruary 20th; 1874, 17 lu.c. .1.
Davies. Mr. Horare Theyyra. of Statundg
and Pho.the C; Robinson, of 0nc...11.
•
3iccARTV—FAW - CM1V....-1113inttroofin.
Yt , c. E. It. craismi.r, Mr. 11'..11. Mr ,
Iy, er Forks towriP±if.r. attran Co.. Pa.. tr.
,Minerva Fawcett, of 'X'../klazi , ‘ uric:oll;k, Soliv,:u
-Co.. Pa., , ,
AV I.(' K— ST EVl 7 .!tif:.—in this: berr•i:rea.
Wednesday. y0,.241, 11,575, by Iz e v , . 2, S.
stewart; D.. 31r-1)ml:el-M. Wile4;e's and ,
flank E. Stevens.-
DIED.
ERPECK —ln Ilert141:, Ran day;Febrvary 171.11
Adam uvrpeek, lit Eh p:ar.
111 — DER.—At NO.ath, Sunday , wonlng., '.lafillar2 ,
271.11. Ins. At, pneumonia. Nirs: . Jam!. 1ty.1..r.
WidOW Of Olio late \f m, lii the-76th year k.r
her nu.. ,
. .
Neath, Brad for& co., Pa. nr. han.
'day morning, .4auuaty.. lath. 1e.78. of ticarit.t •
fever, Roy. .1500 and only• child or Margin air!
Esther Thomas, aged f yfars and 6 !non t
ROY will not only ha madly home., dct
the nuighbos?, wilt aiSe nth:, his bright fare
sunny M - 1)1)04. lie WaY a ehipt of more; thars ordt
nary-intelligektre. of a kind heart, and affeetneelt . e
ith•frosition, which won the' hearts of ail who kn,.7 '
liltn. The stricken parents hare the hearty b.) . e, 's- •
thy of the ent i'iutnnelty. •
TilOMA , 5x—Xl Pa.. on Of. evonlngn!
s ruary 180, - . 1 . 575, Thomas J. Tlmias, ‘.•
pews•— •
The tee,ettsedrrar, a hatlvt? of -Walk., awl. owl
grated to thin oaTry 31,4.11 th • p.m anil
alter settled In 'the -, ctr , eneort at 7`; , :0
Thus.he was one of the.learl) of Ilia: Icir* .
of OUT count l r. H le:lves a v. ire and tono-ro
of her relatives to inottrn hl, l I •
whir ,It 11, all llilngs well" ..‘e , l 'oho ..•
the storm to the shorn larnh, - rene•alher a
In LAI,. their ativer,tiv.
sT V, I:1:N S, r. Q. • Cninpt..cl7l. ~: t .
TllP , 4ll.y.acbruary sth,
and to days.
AT ter ft iZeil tig. ctsii . . , nmpti ,, l for two ye.n...
he yielded to death's <1.11,3(01 withaut ,tt.n4;e
a groan. Inelutllng th, ut4hy r0t,,,,a
lardto thn East Ilerrfck ‘Mue,tey. tin• ro,ther,
In the Stith year of her aice.. to g.r4 h alto. Thus
one by one We death; ran„
lie has called for many a layer: an , .
IVe have seen them leave onr 41,
With our .S.vlonr se shnii meet them. "
When we Tno have even•eti the-thle."
.
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TOWANDA .711ARRE'N. - •
. .. .... .,-
- RE,14313TT1) lIT STI,3VF.73'S Si 1,4. , 707.
General dealer:Jim G rio•erlqs-and.l' rod io.e. - nAt..n's
Mock. corner Main owl nrial.r.e Stro,•:.. •
WEDNESDAY •EVEN IN i:, FEB. :27.. :,:i...
..;,-
.• '
~ • m - Ji c...E5.% T.. f".. 111::".:1:
Flour per bl , l , * c 3i( 04; !() *7 oi/,,, , ,.: • a
Flour por sack' , 1 1:5.Cf., 2 00' 1 V,. .: .:.
On - n M.:o' in, irni IN,
.. : C dr
Feed .
Chip '
Wheat 1r...r bush - a't 210. I ll* '.l -- 4r,:',.
SO re
I . :'; r e n ..—.. X 1 ' !3 60
flit,— ' -30 3 - ,•.- •• 7 .
•• • •
- 1 . 0104. ~, 110:11 .0 ..,-., •
( ./, IV, i' ,t•ed i,i W. 1 it•Ti•• • • u 1i
TlanolOy, 'o..e...teri,
.....
... ,- - . "I 7, "
1:v.:111,, n 2 1 , ,, 1 PerF,..:l 50 1 t( ,
Pork. me, ' II of of. es, : I . ]
I tressed hogs • • 05 ,
Hams - • • - I vs • 1 ,
..Slanlders. e.:
Lard `G - .It:, 1 , '
Dressed Chicken. , (,::61 . ,, . 0., ' 10
Turkeys . la 12.
'Duct, -
• • • la ll
. ti.fes.• • 1 1 71 d. fli 1 " '
rcutt,•l-. tut. - . IS(t" ' 27- . 1.' 1,. ••='`
kills • lr,i. 21 1 , •
1••!• , 1•4 , , freash I 1 , ..4 ' 14 • :,
11 , l'
Green apples,- 1ni,b...... ' . 9(.0+ I ~l
:Cranberries per ',part .. , .
Potatoes, par.blishel.... all . /41 ',
• ()idol...nn . ei
. - '
Beeswax., .
. , .
CollnE4. TED ILI' DAYTON .1. itn.‘„
MIPS • .
Veal akin. • . ,
.• . , .
Dearon.
_
Sheep pelts .. .
•
•
"Tallow. -
'
wool. washed .-.... .3, • • v:
. Unw3stled - . • . •,, •.c::
•
• - ..
New AdvertLements
TO TILE IiAHLYSIEN
BRAIWORD, couv6"
. .
• The GILT-El/GED
II I..yonita. ,ines.tion the !Boa.: perfect 3 1 . 1ull'" -
for ( Ili - mini?: and takinf.r•-areoe 1:2..n,
tS'in .a%" three•learters or tb ,
(PfirjeCteti ITI:11 the , rare of 3111 k • •-an
and better Butter fn warm W,..lThrr.
fully g.hartlLltted lu every pirtlent3r.--A fun
(3) Pan. eau le ...awn nt Mclntyre & it anas.'W. Mr 3-
wale Store. Towlin&e.MT- El n•
volved the'lltgheNt want artihe
hlhltlon at l'hlla , lelphla.
• Send for Ite;etirllce I.lrtahtt wet Pri - -1,..r.et.
• .. General 'Open.
.Towanda, Feb, -
_ - - - ••• • • •
RSTSATIONAI,TANK,. '•
• •
TICIWANDA: PA
l'AriTkl. PAID IN
izrill'l,l"r2 FUND..
offers unusual faeil Zoti
action of 7, , grz!etal t‘atikln
Jo F., r0WE!..1•4-Pms'ldi,nt
TIST OF LETTERS rernamiug in
4 Pwq i4M•• at Towanda. Bradford Co, 1.5.
fur the wick ending Fe buary 27,1..7:1 :
Coon. Marshall - •-. Cirver; SI ii ..
Cam!, I. . COlt.ill3:l..letinte •
Donoyan. Katie 6 litt t. r. 1111 1 11 .1, . •
Gallagher. Winnie toff. fir. , W . • - .
Kirwan. Bridget. ' Haraer, ills Al t -
lilaiany; John • Zilcllonioli, John
Perry, Geo . ~.,„ nyder . , liefd
Stafford, Caiherlue .. Tasior, Sarah .
• . HELD FOR r!)N1 .:11:13. - -
V E. riolett k Wysox. •
Persona calling ior any of ihd aiN.ITC, will l'l'S 34
say oadverttsed" giving date,ur libt. ..
• ' . : S. W. A LVORP. r. 3L._
ITV& MORTIEL,
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tExtrlblixhfq
WHOLESALE
DEMVISTS SUNDRIES, PA7 ENT 3.IEDII'INES
&c., .Cc
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IW, t STIMET,
. ELMIRA, 7,...17
rep. 28, '7B.
S _________-_, • _
EE L t Y'S OTSTER BAY AND,
EILTICOPEAN 110 i 7.E.,--.k fe!w tio.rs seuthot
the:Means House. Board by the day or eek'"
reasonable tenets. Warm meals serve, l at all hour'
oysion o wholesale and retail. • fobrri•
I
sv2n.not)
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N. N. ItET.TS,
Feb,ll:l , "