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E. 0 $ GOODRICH. ' W. "ALVORD.
Towanda. Pl., •Thursday► liar& 7 ► 1878.
.beg leave to djger with the re;
solution adopted at the late meeting
of ...Pomona Grange .in regard to
County .- -Sn . periritendents'. salaries.
Under/the present system the
ies, although paid- out of a igeneral
State fund, are very unequal. For
instance Sapivan county with 61
Schools and 400 . square miles pay
sBoo,` while Bradford with 40 . 0
scbdolo,' and nearly 1,200 square
miles of ' territory ,pays only $l,OOO.
While the 0 alary in 'each cue is__ad
lusted by the cliretors of the respect
ire counties, the money comes from
the State. Treasury, and "therefore
great injustice is' done. NO min can
afford to devote the time, experience,
and ability. required for a faithful
discharge of the dukies of County
'Superintendent of -Bradlord county
for the salary which has heretofore
been-paid. 'We think the Legisl.a
tirre will act wisely if the bill to
equalize the salaries is enaeted.'into
'a law.
TilE - Journal thinks Col: OVER
TON'S votes on the Silver bilyincon - -
sistent _We do not so understand
Ake matter. The Colonel was
compromisingly opposed to the Bland
bill, for the reason, as he states in
bis
the
that.it did not provide
for the coinage of an honest dollar.
Ile supporte(T-the Senate amend
ments, because if the bill mush be
comp u law, he , desired to have it
shorn of - as many. of the. objection,
able features as possible.. ;We
assure out neighbor that Mr.
OvEnros's• views - are heartily en
dorsed by' a large majority of his
'constituents, 'many of whom have,
called at office during the-past
week, and expressed their unqualified
approbation of his coAition and
hearty tndorsement of his speech.
•
BENLIAMIN WADE is 'dead. Ile
was a brave man in this way, mid
Made his mark in the.history of
.this
country. He was one of the most
valiant and determined foes of slay.:
cry ; and took an active part in the
ante-war attacks -upon that institu
tion inconcert with SEWARD, SUM Nit,
GIDDINOS, GROW, and the
rest. Mr. WADE was a man of grekt
natural , ability and force of character,
though - without the advantages
early education and'extensive learn
ing. He
. was emphatically a self
made man, having worked himself
up from a common laborerio* one of
the highest positions of the land.
Honesty - of purpose, fidelity to his,
own cons ictions,determination, pluck
and - Strong common_ sense were the
,Icvera-hy means of which he elevat
ed himself to the Senate' and -to the
Presidency of that hranch of Con
. gross, winning the -confidence and
adthiration of not only his own State
but of the country and the world.
Ills career furnishes an encouraging
example to the youth of the land,
even in these degenerate days, and
his death will be generally regretted.
Jous MORRIS ', Superidtennent of
the glass cutting department of khe
Central Glass Works, Wheeling, I V.
V, has invented a new method of
-pressing letters in gla - ss.‘ The pro
cess is a very simple one. The let
ters to be used are raised on 'the face.
of the plunger used in pressing the
glass in the moulds. This method
;loaves the glass plate smooth on
eithei side f and besides does 'away
with any artistic .skill in coloring
fthe letterS, as' any one can take a
brush and fill the letters with the
coloring matter. As glass is the
.
most -durable snbstance 'know]) and
one of the • cheapes c t, this inven-
tion will enable insurance companies
to provide the plates - which indicate
I the. name of their companiei and
which Are placed on the property
insured, at much less cost than the
tin plates now in use. The glass,
tog, is .capable of any degree of orn
n i mentatipn, and when the die and
plunger are once made thousands
• „
=-upon thousands of plates may be
. struck from the mold. The same
may be said of all the varieties of
advertising . plates - and cards which
are used in great numbers.
THE SEN./ANIIN. VRANKLIN fund,
*Welt is the accumtilation of $5,000
'left by tbe.Philosoyher in
. 1789, to
the city of 13,ostonybr the purpose.of
furnishing loans to young mechanics
has become an object of embarrass
ment to the authorities of that city.
*lktoners their financial capacity
FRANKLIN reckoned that in one hun
dred years the, fund 'would amount
to about $650,000,'0f which $500,000 -
should then go to the city fot public
improvement,. and the remaining
$150,000 be invested - the same way
for another century. The sum has
now amounted -to•over $200,000, but
for various reasons the young me
chanics of- the'Bub do not avail
themselies of its advantages. 'The
intentions of the Philospher have
not been thus ,far- :realized, and the:
authorities of Boston are puzzled
Stow to. reach the object of the te.44-
tor, and thus prevent the fund from
lying idle. Farnklin left a !number
of bequests of this description. Fie
fonndcd theFRANKLIIii Library. in
rhilladelphia. The' basis of Frank
lin and Marshall College is: eompo
sed of a fund provided by "the
"Phi
' iasopper: Betook more interest in.
providing for the people than any of
his . compattits.. .
Tim House Committee on Pacific
. Railroads has decided by a majority
rote to reixut TOM SCOTTS Texas Pa
cilic bill.
MEMORANDA left by J; W. DAIMON,
the murdered cashier of the Dexter
savings bank, show that the murder.
ers secured about 050 of the " bank's
funds and $5OO belonging to the town.
The heroism of. the Murdered man
now appears greater tharkS wet first
supposed. The fact that the cash tray
ad not been returned to the safe
Makes it probable . thatlhe burglar
chest was not locked at the time - of
the attack. Those knowinithe ways
of the business at the bank say it was
Mr. BARRON'S custom not to lock the
burglar elleSt during the day, onl \s to
turn the knob sufficiently to hold the
door in place. 'this chest was found
fully locked after Vie -murder: It
seems likely, from the way Alr. BAR
RON wa's
. treated, that the thkeves,
having taken him from the rear room'
supposed this chest was locked, and
commanded him to open it, tht -he
apparently acceded to their
the
but having got his hand on the knob
fully locked it, in theiii yery faces,
It is probable that the'; exasperat
ed at his conduct,. didfhtl .in their
power to compel him .to open the
cheat, and failing in this, left him
for dead 'in own treasure house.
• The' Calaisillational Bank, Tuesday,
passed 'resolutions of sympathy for
. .
his Emily, and voted ,to send Mrs.
BinnoN $5OO in recognition of the
saeritle'e.-:.(springfiehl{.llizo) Union.
Ma. OEN PRICKS emphasises \ once
More his belief that the Presidential
question is settled till the expiration
of Mr. HAves's term. He tells a re= ,
porter of the IndianapOlis Journal
tha't Congress an(l not the Electorial .
Commission gave - Mi. HAYES the
. prestreney, and that consequently his
ti,le is valid. lle is opposed to all
efforts to reopen the subject, and will
not he a party 'to any such sehen .
dosqnt knciw what Mr. timmx's plans'
and intentions - may be, as he has never
spoken to him on the subject. This
is a sensible and rather plucky stand
for Mr. linsmucks to take, ror it is.
sure to bring down on him once more
the wrath of the_ fraud shriekers. lle
seems to expect as much, for he adds
that he wishes it understood that his
conclusions in*no .Way reflect upon
Mr. TILDEN, because lie "has a high
personal regard" for that gentleman.
Why Of . conrse, Mr. linximicks.
Everybody knows how fond you are
of each other.
11. is estimated that. the •sum due
the government from Mr. S. J. Tit-
DEN, in tlie_shape of unpaid income
'tai, with interest, will exceed $130,-
00 . 0„ As TIIMEN has lost his case,
he will have to Shell out, which will
be a very disagreeble task to one of
his grasping disposition. .The Dem
ocratic party of the: United States
_occupies a very unenviable position
before the world, with - their chosen
' standard bearer in a natronal politi
-61 contest actual - convicted of
defrauding - the governniient out of a
large sum of 'money due" as income
tax. This is an edifying spectacle
for these European aristocrats who
are continually harping On the fail
ure of republic and the incapacity of
man for self-government.
AccottniNo to the provisj9ns .o
the. Wood, tariff bill all money, that
is ,to say, coined gold and silver,
when imported into this country,
shall pay 40 pPr cent, and bullion 20
per cent., to the custom house. Mr.
Woon evidently does - liot wantforeign
money. What We are to "do when
the Wince of trade is in our favor,
Mr. Woon doesn't say. But it is a
little too soon to bother about this
question. If Wood's tariff bill be
comes, law (which God forbid) the
balance Of Untie will no longer be in
• •
our favor.
TEN thousand workmen of the.
Schuylkill Valley were represented,
on Saturday, at ft mass meeting on
the subject of the tariff. Their res
olutions-object, in strong terimi, to
any alteption of our tariff laws,
eitlre4, by impairing, altering or
amending, In previous years when
tariff changes have been proposed in
Congress, the opposition ,has • cOic
almost wholly from the manufacture's.
The fact that workingmen now pro
test when they think their interests
ate menaced, indicates mre atten
tion to a certain grave sort cf public
affairs than used to be eostomary
with thoeMasses.
VICE-PRESIDENT WHEELER is unre
servedly strong in his opinion of the
Louisiana prosecutions. He says
General ANhinsos is entirely inno
cent of the crimes . ( charged againsttragainst te ,
him l and taint the proceedings were
"yrholly unjustifiable and in open
violation of a sacred legislative
promise, that nothing of the kind
should. occur: - Mr. WIIRELER is evi-
dently unacquitted with the nice dis
tinctious which the Southern notions
of honor allow to be made in inter
preting the meaning of a solemn
.promise.
, THE .Bradford Reporter is•earnestl
ly pressing the,.name of Hon. Grat.u 7
SIIA A. GROW for the Republican
nomination' for Governer . In a re--
cent issue .1t giyes extracts from
speeches inade:bg h im whed inlCOn- .
gress. Mr. ti now was author of \the
Homestead Bill, and his speeches' P
on that subject could not fail to at
tract attention from the members of
the labOr party.— 'WM Chester .Re.
publican.-
A rather humorous friend suggests
that ai premium .be • offered "any 'fel
low " who can devise a plan by 'which
offices sufficient to saiisfy the " po
tt-ckii," who are adhering :to
the greenback party in this county
may :be provided. . More ruth than
poetry in the suggesticia.,.
THE GEEENSACU. pLATroax.
The folk:l'lring - the fell text ,
the platform- adopted - by: the - Green.'
back-Labor-Reform party:et , Toted . , :
'Whereas, throughout onr entire country the ratite •
of real estate is depreciated. Industry paralyzed, trade
depressed, business Income and wages reduced: an:
paralleled dottrel's indicted upon the poorer and middle
ranks of ourpestpls. the land tilled with fraud, emliez
%lenient, bankruptcy, Crime; sufferiog, pauperism- and
st a rv a tion; aoit, whereas, this state of thing* has been
brought abutit •by legialrolen In the intetrit of and,
dictated by the money-tenders, bankers and bondhnb
`den ; and whereas, while we recognize the fact that
men-in Congress connected with botit.lbo.tdd pulitiest
petites here stood up manfully -for Ahlvrights of the
people and met the threats of the money power end
th. , l - 1(11cole of an ignorant end sideddized nif4s, yet
neither the republican nor democratic partlei in their
national policies propose remedies fur the existing .
evils; abd whereas; the Independent greenback 'party
and-other assocbitidr.s,, more or leas effective, hav e
been unable hitherto to make formidable opposition t
the old party orcanizitistis ;and whereas, the limiting
of the regal-tender quality of greenbacks, the chengtog
of currency 'sends into coin bonds, the demonetizing, of
the silver dollar, the eicepUng of bonds trees taxation,
the contraction of the circulating medium, the pro
\posed forced resumption of specie payments., and the
pr,sligal waste of the public landa'were crimes against
th'e people, and, es far as possible, the results of these
criminal acts moist tort counterscted by jridielous
lotion,. therefore, se assemble n national convention
and snake declaration of our principle., and invite all
patriotideitizens to unite in an effort to secure financial
reform :and industrial etsesnejpetion.
The organization shall be known as the "National
party," and itrider this name wo will perfect (iridium
delay the election to office of such men only as will
I.l...lge.thehtselres to do all in theirpower to establish
these yrinciplcs:=!
First. it is the 'v:elusive function of the 'relent
government to cidusand create money and regulate,-Its
value. All bank issues designed to circulate as money
should be suppressed, The circulating medium,
Nether of metal or p (per,Shall be leaned by the gar
`ernment, and made hill legal tender for all debts, do
ties and taxes In the Unite(l,3tateent its stamped value
uemnd .t h e r e & bail be n.ititivileged class of creditor's
official salaries, pensions, bonds and all other debts and
obligations, publican(' private,'‘aball he dis Charged in
tea legal-tender money of the United States. strictly
accbrding to the stipulations of hoes under which they
were contracted.
•
Third, that the coinage of sliver be placed on -the
, a footle' .4 that of gold. - • .
tune. -
same footing as that of gold,
fourth. Congress Shall provide said rtioney.adequate
to the full employment of labor, the erittabledisttibn
tine of its products And the requirements orbuiiness,
fixed a minimum amount per cipita to : pophlation, as,
near ns may be, and otlfinvise regulating , its 'value Ly
wke and equitable'proviefons.by law so that ato . ruts,
of interest will secnrato labor its just reward. \
Fifth, it is inconsistent 'with the genius And spirit
of popular government that any species of private pro
perty should be exempt from bearing its just share Of
the public burdens; government bonds and money
should bo taxed precisely as other property, and' a
graduated income:tax should be levied fdr the support
of the government and the payment of its debts.
Sixth, the public lands ore the common property of
the whole people, and should not be sold to speculators
nor granted to nAlroads or other corporations. but
should be donated tusactual settlers in limited quanti
ties.
eleventh, the government should by general enact
' mints encourage the development of our agricultural,
Mineral, mechanical, manufacturing and commercial
reaources, to the end tifitt labor may be fully and
profitably employed, loft no monopolieirshould be
-legaliznl. -
Eighth, all useless offices 'Mould be abolished, the
mostrigld economy favored in every ibranch of the
public seivice,severC indicted- uponpublic officio. w a betrayed.the trusts reposed in thorn.
• Ninth, as educated labor has devised means for mul
tiplying prvaliiction by. Inventions and
. discoveries, end'
n. their use reqiiires the exercise' of nand a well as
Jody each legishilion should be had that itt. number
-of hours-of daily toil be reduced, giving to the vi‘orklng
cloaks more leisure for mental initin,vem,,,,i ant i k,,,,
rati'enjoymout, and alai ing them_from ',reinstate decoy
and death.
'fetal, the adoption of an kmeririn monetary system
on prowled heron will harinonizo all chit-rune-a' in
regard to tariff and •federal taxation, re-lured and
equalize the cod of transportation by land and water,
ibute equitably the joint earnings of capital and
labor, secure to the producers of wealth the molts of
their labor and situ', muster out. of service the vast
army..' hflers who 'tinder the exiting system. gee.
rich upon the earnings of others, that every span-and
woman may by their on a efforts %emir° a competence.
.41 that overgrown fortunes and extreme poverty will
be seldom found within the limits of our republic.
Eleventh, both' national 'and state government.
should establish bureaus of labor. nd industrial stalls.
tics, clothed with the power of gathering and pub
lishing the am as s
Twelfth, that the contract syeteni of employing labor
in our. prisons awl reformatory institutions works
great injudire to one mechanics and artisans and
shoal.' be proldhival. •
'This ter-nth. the laufmrtation or servile laho,r into the
United States from China is* piolilern of mmirseriorm
importance, and we recommend legislation looking to
its—auppresaion.
THE COMINU DOLLAR.
The new silver dollar will.not bit;
exac.tly the " dollar of the daddies;'
in dcsitn . p The North. American
gives • ihe following interesting de-
scription'of the new coin
It wasa foregone conclusion that
what is known as the Morgan dollar
would be adopted as the pattern of
the dollar of the' fathers that is to be
given to the children. Specimens
were shownsto' the members of the,
Assay Cominissson a - fortnight ago,
and forwarded to members of the
Finance Committee at Washington,
;and it was the gueeral opinion that
it was - a 'very :beautiful piece of en-
It is called Alin "Morgan
graving
dollar becauee it is the work of Mr
George E.,Morgan, an English en
graver, who has been here 'since Oc
toner, 1876, baying been recomended
by the'Deputy Master of the Royal
Mint to Dr. Linderman 'the Mitt Di
reotor. It will be a poor satisfae:.
tion indeed to English holders "of
bonda who have to take' the big
white dollars" to know that they
are. specimens of the handicraft of an
artist educated in their own Mint.
. .
The pattern:oWe; being, only two •
per cent—lighter than - the 'trade dol
lar, is of so nearly the 'same size as
not to be distinguishable froth it,
either by size or weight. The .oh
verse has a fine head of Liberty, With
the Liberty-cap and a wreath - of
wheat and cotton leaf, with full flew-
in hair falling load in the neck: The
inscription over the head, " Libeity,"
and the ftillnesis of the eap is new.
The motto: ".E Pluribus Untim,",is
over the head with thirteen stars
completing the _circle. The motto
is pointed. off with periods in the cen
tre of the-line. The date appears
Under the head. The head is large r
he sprays of wheat extending into
the motto. •On the reverse i%.a dis
played eagle with tips extending out
to the milling. It is not the sittiw
eagle with extended wings famih
to those who see halves and quarters 4
but a plumed etigle" ready for flight,
a saucy birsl. An olive branch is
held in the right talons, and arrows
in the left. There is a semi-circular
laurel wreath Oder this ; over the,
head the motto " In• God we Trust ".
llennan test. Above this "United
States of Americai" and below "One
Dollar," with.stars 'pointing off the
title and denomination.
The dies from "which the pattern
pieces were struck is useless for coin
ing purposes, and Mr. Morgan was
hard at work this.afternoon complet
ing' the " linbs."4 'He has his dies
finished and-twill `be ready with the
" hubs " on' Monday. Then it will
take ten days longer to furnish dies
for coining, so that the first silvef
dollars will be ready . for- delivery
from the Philadelphia Mint by the
14th or the 18th at the latest. There
are only abbut five tons of silver now
in the Mint, but the Secretary of the
Treasury has already purchased seve
ral tops for use in subsidiary coin"-
age. • The laitiorice nail was $1 00
an ounce. This Mint can know coin,
as soon as it is ready to
_start, a mil-
lion and a-half a minth,,the San
Francisco Mint the samq, and -the
Carson Mint about finer hundred
thousand. t -- a total of - three millions
and a-half, and that] boo ; without
stopping the supply .of subsidiary
coinage.
This 'Coined in February 1.31.,i10
- double eagles and 20 each of eagles,
,half
,eagles, three dollars, quarter
eagles, dollars, of a total value of
$414,630 ; r 200 trade dollars, 375,080
half. dollars, 1,471,800 quarter dol
lars, 200 twenty cent pieces and
964,200 dillies of a value of $649,610;
600 five cent pieces, 600 three' cent 1
pieces and 910,800 cents worth $9,-
154. Total $1,683,394.
The silver dollar is today worth
(bullion value) 91.9 cents, the high l
est, except yesterday, since the be
ginning of- the-..silver agitation Oci
tober 17, 1877, when it• was 91 25.
The lowest point touched in that time
was on January 14, whetL, it was
worth 89.7 From 1821 to 1873 the
lowest value of a silver dollar of 412 k
gains- was 100.34 touched. in 1843,
and the highest 105.75 in July, 1859.
In 1874 the pridetbeganAct :AIM and
fill until:July,lol, when :the silver
dollar ass worttfouly $0,797h.'; In a
period of 06yinus from . 1771 to
i
1876, the ratio OfOld sunl silver has
varied 34 per cent., 'When Silver is
worth 59, pence an ounce, or $1,164
then . the silver, dollar it worth the
same xs the gold dollar. The' ex
treme variations in the weight of a
silver dollar necessary to keep on an
!equality with the -gold dollar !lam
January to July, 1876, would have
been 433.4 grains up to 520.4 or 87
grains. The silver dollar was an.
thorized to be coined by act of:April
24 1792, weight. 416 \ grains, fineness
892.4. The weight -was changed by
the act of January 10837, to 4121
grains and the fineness to 900. The
voinage was discontinnett by net of
February 12, 1873, after $8,045,838
bad been coined. Its cOinage was'
again ordered by.act of February 23.
1878. The mints could now coin in
two months as many silver dollars as
were coined in the eighty years that
there was such - a coins.
SENATOR WADE'S DEATH BED,
NEW Yoatt, March . 3.-;--The -,Tinfe?;,
Cleveland. says: • "At abont lo
-
o'clock Friday night. Wade signified
by a gesture that he would speak to
his wife, and' she, ever attentive to,
his slighest Potion, bent her ear
close to his m9uth. He made a des
perate effort to command his,.tongiie,
but only whispered, cannot talk at
all,' and 'closed_his eyes exhausted.
He did not speak again and in fact
had'only spoken occasionally during
the past wee partially paralyz
ed, tongue being but little under con
\trol, and his wants have been made
known by motions.
At mionight he began to fail fast,
and tkr. Tuttle stationed himself by
the bedside to 'watch with the faMily
for the'coming of the end . . There
was no appearance-of suffering ups*
the facnof the dying man ; and it ie
thought his . pain was not acute. - His
eyes would o ccasionally close slowly,
but he had everysappearance of being
conscious to the last. •He held his•
wife's hand and . his' younger son,
Capt. Wade, stood lit\the head of the
bed. James Wade, the Senator's
nephew, his • wife, and n s few other
Ifriends surrounded the bed. These
remained. with constant, watehfulneSir
all the long night. \
At a few 'mutes before 00 his
breathing, which had been verY\ ir
regular for some time, became sit+
denly very hard and then stopped \
forever. There was no struggle,
there was no great pain, but simply
a change. •
Dr. Tuttle says Wade's advanced
age-and' troubled mind haVe been the
cause of his death: If he' bad been'
younger he could have been easily
, btought up, but as it Was- the fever
seemed constantly to eat deeper and
deeper into, his systentuntil recovery
was hopeless. The expression upon
the face Is natural,_ although the
features are cafe worn and emanciat
ed. The massive forehead is un
changed and it, together with the I
close shut mouth, are sad reminders
of the dead statesman's powers. His
hair is combed - back carefully from
the brow.
' Wade left no will and said - he was
willing to leave the:settlement of his
affairs to others. His estate is' worth
about $BO,OOO, and is in good 'shape,.
being composed of country "real es
tate, stocks and bonds.
JEFFERSON, Ohio, March 3.—The
funeral -of B. F. rade takei place
March - sth. . At the request of Mr.
Wade, made some since, it will
be unostentatious.
DIVERSIFYING INDUSTRY.
A. recent publication by the De
partment• of Agriculture, says the
North American touches a point to
which we referred some time since
when noticing the reported discovery
of wild coffee in California . ; and en
courages the idea that coffee may be
profitably cultivated in that''State, in .
Texas and Florida, and perhaps in
others. The subject cannot be dis
missed as merely theoretical, because
the statistics of 1g76 show that we
imported 3,39,759,2-ii; pounds • that
year, at a cost of $54,755,997. This
importation, mainly from Brazil, is
not ,an exchange ; but largely paid
for in cash. The purchase increases
steadily with.growing - consuMptiou ;
and because there is an equal in
crease -of consumption over the
world, While - the Mocha crop has lie
come nominal, the Java has decreas
edand that of Laguayrsi been dimin
ished by earthquakes and political
troubles, the possibility of supplying
sonic share of our own use from our
own -fields, employing our own labor
and' retaining our specie acquires
special value. The Department of
Agriculture asserts that many . of the
I conditions of climate and soil. here
meet. the needs of this industry ; that
the limited product reached warrants
a belief. that a larger may be; .and
giving the history of the plant. and
Vire methods of :cultivation. ask for
and promise further intelligence.
If the lands • here suited-to coffee
culture were not devoted to cotton.' .
-or cane; if our trade with Brazil,
Laguayra, and:other coffee lands
were a fair exchange of our products
for theirs, there would still be no init
propriety in seeking to produce what
we are forced to buy. But in fact
the great bulk of our coffee, like that
of our tea and silk consumption, has
to be paid for in cash. If we can
produce -we can -employ our own•
labor for our own use, give- new
value to
. our own lands, and 'compel
'that Brazillian exchange of conimodi
i ties which should be completelaut is
j far from being -so. • The industry
would give that variety to southern
productions which has long. been
sought and is fit ; which complements .
every ether avocation without injury
to any. 'And should the effort of in
dividuals, now encouraged by the
government, attain but - a moderate
measure of success, still the saving
of a part of $57,000,000 annualty.'m
an economy and prcitit any nation
may very well. consider carefully.
Gen. Le Due :has also commended
domestic .tea cultivation.
,
• limn. is a good suggestion from
the 4arth Ameriegn:. •
" Gold is now at a premium of 101-/,
and importers must have it to pay
duties with. -The new silver dollar
will answer the same pnrpose,.there
fore t he y will be at a premium until
the s upply is apple for Custom-house
purpoes. We can see no alternative .
for the Secretary of -the Treasury
other than offering them as fast as
coined to the highest bidder. This
would keep them above per , for the
rest of the year. It would be very
annoying to the silver advocates, .
1 but we do not see" how the Secretary
i can help that." •
. , .
Tine national debt was. reduced
last month about-$2,500,000..-
- i- • virro'or m aiLvga-Big..:,!;:„-
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• 2441 11 .1 11 37•T` . H• ! i ,
Witsl4loolo 4 *hei —j r44 3 Ine0:•
sage of the President 'vetoing=the
SilVer bill reached the House lit
half past one yestesday. It soon be.:
came noised about the hall that the ,
expecte ocumen Alfas on the Speak-
er's desk, which fact occasioned such
restiveness thakfurther business. was
suspended to hear what the Presi
dent had to say on the subject. Im
mediately 'after,'the reading of. the
message and the bill there was much
excitement on account of Mr. Steph
ens determination to shut off all dis
cussion. Cox, however; popped In a
charge that -the message "was a
t Wage of fraud. by a fraud." This
gave krise - to further excitement s
M'Cook, of New York 4 demanding
that the wordwbe taken--41 . 6wn: At
this time the' Mouse was a perfect
bedlam of noise and confcsion. The
speaker, however, yelegied Coi from
his dilemma by stating that the first
name on the roll' had been
The bill then passed—yeara,-
nayit< 73. Mr. Townsend, of Xi4.7l' :
Ymk,\ who. voted' against the bills-
now voted to pass the bill over thlf . ;
veto. lir. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;`
,
though his sickroom to vote
to pass the bill. • As soon ns the
titin'of the Hedge was Complete the
Senate, was' nOtitleil of the result. '
That body' took up. the subject .aiid
disposed of it in t* most stuntna
iy,
manner. 'Not a word K in defense was
uttered, the . bill • passing - over- the
veto by a vote of yesio6, - ,nays 19.
Following is the veto message in
\ • i
After a very careful consideration
of House bill No. I,o93,.entitied,An
act to authoriic the coinage ot \ the
silver dollar and restore its legal ten
der character, I feel compelled to i.e. \
turn it to.the House gpf.--itepresenta-'
tines, in -Which it, originated, with
my objections.to.its passage. Mottling
the opinion which I expres. ea in,/myannbal message, that„.neit r the in
terests of the- UoVenmel nor the
people of the United States would
be premoted by disparaging silver
as one of the taco precious metals
which furnish' the coinage of. the
world, and that. legislation, which
looks to contracting the voluMe of
intrinsic money to as full a measure
of both metals as their relative_com:
mercial value will perMit, would :be
neither unjust nor inexpedient, it
has - been my earnest desire to concur
with Congress in the adoption of
such measures to increae- 'the coin-
age of the country as would not im
patr \ , the obligations of contracts,
either,pnblic or private; or injurious
ly. 'affect the public credit. - It,_ is
only °tithe conviction that this bill
does not \Meet'. these essential re
quirementathat 1 feel it my, duty to
withhold Troia it my approval. My
present oflicial`duty as to that ,bill
permits only anMtentior. to the ape
cifie.objects'of the \ bill, , which seem
to me so. important es to justify me
id asking 'from the -,Nisdom and duty
of Congress that . furtlir considera
tion of the bill for which the Gon
stittition has in such way'provided.
The bill provides for theoinad . e
of a silver dollar of 4121 gram" each r
of standard silver;•to be a legal\ten
der to their nominal value for\ ell
debts and dues, public and pitivritc,_
except . where otherviise .expressly,
stripulated in the'contract •
It is well known that the market
value of than number of grains of
standard silver Orin.' -the past year
hes been from 90 to 92 cents as com
pared with the standard gold dollar.,
Thus the Silver' dollar authorized
by this bill is worth from 8 to 10 per
cent. less than 'it pimports to be
worth and is a legal tender for, debts
contracted:When the, law did not rec-,
ognize'sech'coin as'lawfui money.
The rillit to,pay debts in silver or
in certificates of:silver deposit will,
when they are issued' in sufficient)
atneunt to circulate; pet an end to
thelreceipts of- reve.;ue it; gold, and
thus compel .the payment of silver
for - both the principal and interest 'of
the public debt. • ' ' ss,, _ ,
Of the. publie debt no - Otitstand
/
hag $1,143,49 3 / 1 00 was ,1 tied , prior
to February, 1873, Whee the.'silver
dollar was unknown/in the cifeela-
Con of this count Y, and with only
a'convenient for)n of silver bulliOh
for exportation; $5f;3,140,3,"0 _of the
bonded debt kas been issued since,
February, 873, when gold alone was
the coin or which bonds Were. sold
and ~ q t ' alone was the coin, in which
both parties ,to the contract under
sto 4 that the bonds would he Paid
i silver.
_
, Those . bonds entered
,into the
markets of the world. They were
paid for -in. gold when silver was
greatly depreciated, and when no
one would hate bought them if it
had bocci understoOd they would be
paid in. -
The sum of $225,000,000 of those
bonds have bean sold during :my
administration for gold- coin, and
the Unipd States received the bene
fit• of those sales by a reduction of
rate of interest to four per cent.
During the progress of those sales
a doubt was suggested as to the coin
in which payment of those, bonds
would be made. The public - an
nouncement was thereupon author
ized' that it was not to be anticipa
ted that any further legislation of'
Congress or any action of- any de
partment of the •goyerntnent would
sanction or tolerate the redemptiOn
of the, principal of those,bonds or the
payment of interest thereon except in
coin exacted by the Government in
exchange for the.; same. In yiewof
that fact it will be justly regarded
as a grave breach of the public faith
to undertake to pay those bonds,
principal or interest, In silver coin
worth in the market less than the
1 •
corn received for them.. ; . ...
It is said that the silver, - dollar
made a-legal tender by this bill will,
under its-operations, be teptivalent
in full to the gold dollar.
Many supporters of the bill be=
lieve this, but'it is just an attempt
to pay debts, either' public 'or pri
vate, in coin -of infarior valde to the
money 'of the world.
The capital defect of the measure
- *hat it contains no proiisibn pro
tecting front its operations pre-exist
ing debt's, in case the coinage which
it creates shall chntinue to be of less
value than that which was the sole
legal tender. when . they . were con
tracted. : . - --' . .
It is now, proposed, for. the ' -pur
pose of taking advantage of the de=
"mediation of silver . in 'the. payment
of debts, to coin and 'make a legal
tender a silver (teller of less commer
cial va:ue, than a dolar, whetlher 'of
gold ,or, paper, which is now) lawful
money.of this country. . .
Such a measure, it will hardly be
questioned, will in the judgenient of
mankind, be en act, of bad fait6as to
all debts heretofore contracted.
The silver dollsr shoOld be made
a legal tender - only, at its market
" ailnld'
-,The atandardof. up o
'not Ve bt ged Without. thO\Onoont
of both parties
.14 . the ,contract. .
iiotw pftwisee sh.citdd lio'-10pt;:with
frier - Elia . no to compel a tia-.
00 to pay Its just . debts; Itsscredit .
depends on its - honor. The ',nation
Owes what it has 10 ita creditors
:expect. , I "-cannot approve a bill
which i ln my judgemept authoriz6
the , iiolatiOn of sacred> , obiigalons.
,The obligation of public 'faith tran
scends all questions of profit ofpub
, lie advantage. -
.Its unquestionable. maintenance is
the dictate as well of the highest
eiliedlencyaa of the - Most necessary
duty, and• should ever
. be carefully _
guarded by the - Executi ve, by Con
gress and by the people- It my
firm conviction that_ if the country
is to be benefited by a silver coinage,,
it can be done' only by the "issue of a
silver_dollar of full value, which will'
defraud no man;iand currency worth
less than. it purports tO-he Will in the
and defraud not . only creditors but
all who are engaged in legitimate
business, and 'tone more aesuredly
than those who arc dependent- on
their daily labor for their daily
bread. ". • It. B. - HAYES. '
AGAINST THE NEW TARIFF BILL
POTTSTOWN, Pa., March 2.—The
demonstration to protest against the
tariff bill was successful in every re
spect. The procession' was :in hour
passing. the Clark Hotel, were it was
reviewed by Gov. Ilattranft and' other
prominent gentlemen. The various
trades and inddstries were fully rep.
resented, and along the route thous
arids cheered froth the sidewalks and
houses.
•
The meeting organized in front .of
the Clark Hotel. tlov. Ilartranft
spoke at great length: lie said the
system of protection will .give relief
tdustries . of the country. No
tithe will come when )our
Latural resources vary enua-
Vmpete with success in all
is of the World, but it will
_ Lo remove the r caffold until
the structure is complete. We do nbt
now ask a wtem of Protection that
encotfrag new .enterprises, but
simply a continuance of a system .
that Will .enable - thoSe already in ex-.
istencel _to resume 'operation. Ile was .
rejoiced to sec capitalists workin. , -
men, etnployes and employers hand
ed together for the saine x and, laborers
recognising the fact whit ever bene
fits capital benefits ti \ truth tuo
often forgotten Through •Irilluenee
of demagogues, and only no\ fully
remeinbered, when crippled capital
can no longer employ ready laborers.
Resolutions were adopted stro.nirky
condemning - the proposed tariff \
changes and resolving that every de- 3
ment of patriotism demands. the 941-
vandement and protction.of 'lonic a_
sourees,and the sentiniCA which con
cedes the, right to crush our own in
order that foreign interests may. he
advaiked is• a contradiction of the
spirit of the Republican government
for free, indlistrious and an intelligent;
people.
PEACE.
The Treaty Malted at Last.
LONDoN, Match 3.—The foll(Swin!).
announcement of ,the c?ncluSion of
peace betwee'n Russia and' Turkey
\was received to-night Reuter's
Telegraph Company :
i k,CONSTANTINoPti: ~aniy night),
3.The treaty.of 'peace has
been Signed." /
The "Grand Duke Nicholas an
nounced \ the ft to the soldiers at a
review at 4 . an Stefano. today.
Russia abandoned her claim
on the kgyptian and Bulgarian trib
utes, aWd to facilitate,the payment of
a war indemnity has also abandoned
het claim on the Turkish fleet. There
i no interference with'the portion of
the Tuficish revenue which is hypo
thecated to foreign creditors. Noth
ing is definitely settled relative to
in iemnity, but it will - principally be
in the form of territory in Asia, in
cluding Kars and 13atouni. not Ezer
oum.. Salonica and Adrianople are
not included in Bulgaria.
The Tinter' SL Petersburg and
Pera eoyrespondents confit,m - the re
port that the treaty of peace has
been signed. At St. Petersburg the
entlinsiasin over the news of peace
Was aiMoSt unprecedelitill.. There
was an immense crowd' before the
palace shouting and singing " God
save the Czar."
WHAT 01711 COMSPOIdb:FTTS WAIT
LETTER PRIM HAEWBURG.
Nl:ri.ll I, 157!,
The legislative work of the week com
menced on Monday evening.
The se4ion of the Senate was for the
consideration of hills on first reading, and
there being less thama dozen of them on
the ealemhar, it only lasted about twenty
minutes.
Among the bills read the first time were
the following . :
Pioviding that no person 811:111 be re
fused admission to practice as au attorney
on account of sex.
In the House, on Monday evening, Mr.
Sander, from, the committee previously
appointed to draft resolutions upon the
death of Hon. Harry O'Neil, a member
from Philadelphia, made a report which
was unanimously adopted.
Several members made remarks eulogis
tic of the late member, after which the
House adjourned out •of reapect to : the
deceased.
An unsually largo number of petitions
were presented in the Senate on Thursday
morning, among which were the follow.:
ing prevent shows and exhibitions.
on Sutiday ; to extend. the time for the
closing of the soldier's orphans schools ;
for the re-enactment of the local option
law ; for the 'passage of the Seventh Day
Baptist bill., and for the passage of the
free pipe bill. -
ifAmong the bills introduced was' one
authorizing Courts of Common Pleas, in
the indiscretion, to dispense with ad verti: e
ments of Sheriff sales; one author
rizing the same Courts to change the
places of holding election's.
Several - bills of a local and special char
acter were considered and passed on third
reading, in the Senate, on Tuesday. The
bill reorganizing the state militia was also
passed and laid over for final passage. .
The general appropriation- bill, on
second reading, was recommitted to the
committee on Finance, to remove a con
stitutional objection to a section providing .
for a,,division of a 'portion of the common
school fund.
The House concurrent reseolution, off
ered by Mr. Huhn, relative to the $l,-
000,000 asked of Congress to 'reimburse
the centennial authorities, was referred to'_
,the-committee on`-centennial affairs, and
tho concurrent resolution, offered by Mr.
Schell, which had previonSly -passed the
Iliktsocrelative to the financial history of
Pennsylvania, from 1839 to 1843, *as
adoP num lCd.
Anumber of appointments made - by
the blovernoeduring the recess since the
adjournment of the last Legislature, were
confirmed by the Senate.
'fflver half an hour Of the session of 'the
'HOnse, on Tuesday morning, was consum
ed inthe presentation of petitions, a large
number of which were against show's on
Sunday, and in favor of the passage of a
free pipe bill. ' °
The Philadelphia Recorder bill coming
ap on final passage, occupied nearly the-
Whole time of the sessions, morning and
afternoon, in the. House, on Tuesday.
Without describing the parlimeutarY
tlll
*niggle at length, Tnes& 'on par '
stated in brief, that Use bigtd.tialt the
was defeated; tlieJiriltfo
(seven less. than tie OixestitelliotOrnajetii;',.
ty) nays 77,, • , • •
•I, he representatiiieV,
voted in the aftlrniaPivu;
The bill .to secure to: dperstiies and:
laPorers engaged in and 'about adtbracite
cdal mines thaparnent of their *ages at
regular times and in lawful money of the
lii4ited-States, (aull-whiehhad been made.,
general to apply to all. mining and mane-
Metering operations throughout the state,
When it.passed second reading) was also
defeated in the House on-final passage; on
Tueieley, yeas ,74, nays 64--3ot a-consti
tutional majority.
Among •,the , bills reported favorably
' from committee, in the. Senate, on Wed
.nesday,
To permit. school boards. to-appoint a
Secretary outside of,the board. • -
Silpplement to au - act to exempt from
taxation public property usei, for public
purposes and places of religious woaslup
etc. [This bill provides that nothing in
the act to which it is a supplement
be taken as implying that any building'
' though incompleted or, in course' of con
struction • Ile subject to, Mication
where said %building was -Wended. under
provisions of the act to be exempt from
taxation vs hen completed.]
.To regulate the - bringing 'of snits%
against the State.
~ _ ,
To authorize Courts of Common Pleat,
in their deseretion, - to dispense with ad
vertisements of •'Sheriff's sales in 'sem
mons.- . .
_
To authorize the- Courts of Common ,
Pleas to change the place or .holdin g
eletions.
Among the bills passed .the Senatii ft
nally, on Wednesday, wele the following ;
Pipviding for the reorganizatiou, dis
cipline and regulation of the Stateinilitia.
An net to regulate tho pUblimttion of
legal notices.-
An - Pet to permit defendants An testify
in criminal cases, as,. amended by Mr.
Davies, to include eases of homicide.
The general appropriation - bill, which
hid been reported back'fiaim committee,
was taken up and occupied the rest of
the session, morning and' afternoon, on
second reading. _
In the Muse: ott • Wedriesday; a bill was
reported favorably, from the - committee
on appropriations, providing for the ap
point ment of three -Commissioner:, to the .
Paris Exposition. -5. - . .
After the'reading of,billi in place, Mr.
Spear, •of Mercer, moved to reconsider
the vote by which the Philadelphia Re-
corder bill was defeated; on -Tuesday. •
Mr;Fannee, Democrat; of Philadelphia,
proceeded to speak in opposition to the
motion, when the previous quastiou wag called, and the minion to - reconsider was
agreed to. : - ..
The ipiestion then recurring upon the
final passage of the hill, it passed finally,
yeas 1017Inays 71.
~,,,The representatives of Bradford stilf
VONA in t be.afliimative.
';1 he bill was sent to the Senate for Con
mfrrence, where it was referred to, the ;
nimmittee on milnicipal corpirations: /
The rest lof the morning sbssion of / the
House was consumed incousideriog; in
committee of the whole, in,
providing
for the purchase of. school b001c45 out of
the district school funds, and to( prohibit
the frequent changes . thereof. At the
afternoon- session the considyfation of the
bill was resumed, when it / passed second
reading with amendmentki. :
An act preseribing'the mode.'of elect
ing county •supe.rintendentS of common
`lbools wv;i s defeated, in - the douse on
1 "edn'esd a . k.
The consideration - of the general mi.
peolniation bill • being resumed in the
Senat. - ; on ;Thursday morning, it wasl
passed iiecoed reading, with - amendnientie.'
. The brl).-providing for the retirement,
under yrY\of Judges of the Supreme C.otrtre•-/ining' up on Thursday morning,
in the Senate, on final passage, it WllB de
. featcd, yeas 23, (three less than a consti
tutional maj,wity,,j nay 1-.
I/ Senator Davies\votcd in the negative.
' Si•veral other - bills were lost and laid
II iiVer on the orders, A inougAliose passed
ll'filially, at the murning\session, were the
II following : , \ •
An tut fixing the pay \ of jurors•sum-
Mooed for service in Omits of record of
this Commonwealth. 'The tlttoutit fixed,
in addition to mileage. is st 2 per day in all
counties cxeePt l'hitinielphia. \ .
'An act to determine the residence of
owners and occupants of laud when•the
dividing, line between a township .and a
borough gratis.!.: through the manSimi
house, and defining the duties of
assessors in such cases. \
An act requiring the collector§ of
special taxes tii give bonds. e
At the session of 'the-Senate on Thurs
day afternoon, a motion was made and
adopted. to reconsiderthe vote by which
the bill 'providing for 'the retirement of
,Jildges of the Supreme cPurt, under pay;' .
was defeated. in the morning. The for :
they consideration ,5t- the bill was then
postponed for,the present.
Among the bills passed the, Senate 'fi
nally, on Thuysday afternoon, were the`
following : • - 4.-.
An net providing for the adjustment of
all indebtedness between a township and
one or untie. oroughs erected therefrom,
also providing for the adjustment of the
indebtedness of a township changed or
merged into one or more boronghs.
An act to confer upon the courts of
quarter sessions, power to vacate roadS,
streets and valkys in boroughs. -
11 act to regulate the erection of
guards and barriers along highways.' ,
- A motion was made in the Douse on
Thursday morning to reconsider the vote
by which Douse bill securing operators
and lagoons engaged. in end about an
thracite- c..al mimics, :he payment of their
wages at regular stated tinies in .lawfut
money of the United States, and prohib
iting the issuing of tddet:s for merchandise
to b e purchased at the corporation stores,
was defeated on Tuesday last.
After sonic debate the motion to recon
sider was agreed to. - . .
A motion was then made to-suspend the
rules and reconsider the Vote,•by which
the bill passed third reading,-'which was
agreed toi and another !notion, that the.
further consideration of the bill be post
poned_until Tuesday next, was alsoagreed
to, ,
Thursday taftertuxin of each week,-in.
the I louse,. are set' apart by resolution, fur
the consideration of bills of a local and
special character, and yesterday afternoon
was consumed in this way, but nothing of
interest tO'tlie people of Bradford County
was acted upon.
In the Scinge,to-day, among the bills,
favorably reptried from committee, was
that providing fo ; the appointment of a
recorder of Phil. elphia by the Governor.An amendmentprovides that the ten per,,. ‘
cent. allowed th Recorder by tiro House
bill for hearing and determining suits
a i l
against against 1 irons who have failed
' tovay_therr tare ii and licenses .go to the
State:_
.---
:bil I
7 7
, --- -- li
number' ills parSed the Senate-'
finally to:day, among which were the fol
lowing : . ~
.- House bill to provide for the. ordinar7.
expenses of the executive, legislathe anit,,
01i , ...ial . departments of the Common
wealth, interest on public debt, and fer
the support of common schools,. for the
year A. u. 1878. .
[ rids bill now goes back 'to the
!House, where the amendment made by
:the Senate will be considered. - I he :de
tails of Measure, will as tismil be settled
lin committee of conference.]
.10int resolution for the compilation of
the ;corporation laws of the State of Penn
,
sylvilnia. . .
' •
TO. facilitate the transfer to the .United
- States of the title to Antietam National
Cemetery, in the State of Mrryland.
Tp provide for the incorporation of
street railway companies, in cities of the
third,, fourth, and fifth lasses, and in all
boroughs of this CommOnwealt'
To provide for the
, publicath of the
i
decisions of the Supreme Court, and the
.
appointment of a State reporte .
Supplement to an act to prffiidefor the
paYment of gratuities and - 4annuities to
soldiers of the war of 180, and to their
widows. - - • , N
_
Supplement to an act relative to fraud
ulent debtors.
Supplement to an act to enable citizens
to hold the title which has been held by
aliens and corporations.
.upplenient to 'an act relating, : to.,lu7di
authorizing changes of venue In- civil
causes,' providing for the selection of a
judge wit m any near relative of anyjudge
is a party or interested in the' event of' a
cause.
.An.act to authorize the prblnste and re-
Cording of deeds, conveyances, and other
instruments of writing, where there are no
subscribing witnesses. ,
.. • . 4 -
In the Hbuse to-day , after' the p sen
*ion of petitions, of-whicli there were a
large _number, the antroduatiOn of bills
and reports of committees, Mr. graham
lire iii resdutkin piadathg_ for *e-1
CM. sessions next Tuesday, Wedn esd ay
atidlharsday evenings, for the consider-
Mika otappropristiou, pension and-reve:
melee, which was not apron°.
The friends of the free 'Opel bill and
Wrier measures pending in the House, al
lege that when the appropriation bills are
disposed of, the final adjournment will be
hurried up, and they will not be awarded
a hearing, hence theirl opposition to the
above-resolution---;,. .
- A resolution was tberioffer - rxl changing
the hour'of meeting from 11 to 10, o'clock
in the morning, which as agreed, to.
Mr.-Jackson (of Mercer) cattail up his
resolution offered on the 15th of ?Arm
ry, which is as follows , •
Resolved, That Ride 54 be amended by
adding—thereto the following words :
Nor shalltury Member be recorded as
voting unless he is within the hail of the
House at the manic time the yeas and nays
upon the question are announced by the
Clerk."
i Mr. Myer (Mr. Morgan of La*rewe in I
the
. Itair) took the floor in the opposition
to the resolution, asserting that ho was
willing to impose • any punishment, no
matter how severe, fors flagrant violation
of the rules, but that he could not see the
practicability of this resolution, and that
it was unconstitutional. ,
- .'Mr. Jackson supported his resolution in
a short speech. He :was earnestly assisted
in his defense by Mr. Schell, of Bedford,
„who was sure no member who desired to
see • personation' stopped -would vote
against the resolution.
In the midst of debate the previous
question was called by Mr. Faunce and
Itr. Richardson, and the •resolution fell
for the'want of a constitu.ional majority.
At: 12 o'clock, noon. the Senate and
House adjonrned until Monday evening.
Crssswiioo.
• EQUALIZATION OP Born=
, . .
The.queStion of bounties has
been brought to theattention of Congress
at nearly every sessionssince the close - of
the war, and its passage \ has been urged
by ablefttnd patriotic men in both politi
„calParties.
State Legislatures have efidersed ii; ita.
passage has been advocated' by State and
National Conventions for -years—and• in
fact never was a measure so popular and-,
yet so long neglected. It is a good .plat 4
form for aspirants to office—the votes of
three hundred thousand ex-soldiers come
very acceptable to the office , seeker—hut,
'as soon as the offlee n is obtained the- plat
form is of no more account, and consel\
quently sinks into oblivion. The selfish
ness of our political leaders backed up, or
controlled as: it were, by bondholders and
the wealthier classes, needs correcting.
Those / Senators and Representatives
who are, - ,hound up Lathe iron:chain of big
otry,
.have hearts cold, and indifferent,
and.Avill neither bind up the wounds
(sonic of which re yet bleeding), of, the
Nation's defenders or 'give-Shelter to their
;Orphans, Soldiers Who enlisted in the
early part o'; the war,; , and who perhap s .
neve missed the roll call until the last
arms foe surrendered, received no bonnty ,
'to si ak Of-'-while those who remained at'
home until the eleventh hour - received
four undred dollars i bounty.
Th peril of the Government has passed -
away and as has heen predicted, the
lapse of a few years, and the selfishness
I of t e Government - 'to reward 'the rick
only, has caused a-forgetfulness of those
who rst rallied for the preservation of
the I_ Olen. Statesmen - may be entitled to.
hone
,_; those who gave freely: . ; of their
)11;
Moan to praise ; but the laurel wreath
bele to the brave men who on land ann
sea carried our flag to victory. As sol
diers who shared the privations of war,-
and as tax-payers who contribute to the
general wealth of the Nation, - we appeal
to Congreis - for the passage of thia Simple
act of justice. , Many of us have &ached
the meridian of life. The disease of the
camp and the prison pen still linger in
the systems of thousands„and can a' gen
erous people,
rich in the fruits of our suf
fering, with resources unbounded ,and -
credit timpiestioned, look upon this march
worn Scarred host and refuse the passage
of thiS bill, which is simply a debt due for
value received. Hors de combat purchased
a thousand dollar bond for which he paid
six hundred dollars,, and has been draw
ing six per cent. interest in gold on said,
bond for ten,years, and now he wants the
_principal in gold. We claim it is right
that he should have it. Now then, ' Pat.
Malloy entered the army under a contract
at thirteen dollars per month, and was
paid in money worth sixty cents on it dol.
tar,—why not pay Rat, tire-ferty• cents on
\-tt dollar in gold which he has 'not received
as well as to pay Hors de combat four
hundred dollars in gold which the Gov
ernment has never received from him? It
is a keit. rule that will not work both ways.
But we \ do not ask it. We 'apply ask the
Government to pay ono soldier as much
bounty aS \it did another. • . - - I
The bill tr equalize bounties-has passed
the House twice, and the Senate once,
and President, ,\ Orant, who. is now basking
in the sunshitie‘o! foreign lands, vetoed
the bill—be also vetoed a bill which bad
passed both Houses for a raise of pensions
—he did not veto the bill, however, which
'gave himself fifty thousand dollars a year.
• This kind of indifferenee to the soldiers,
and great honesty, to the\hondholder, will
thin the-ranks of any political party on
earth. •It is right-for the government to
deal honestly with its bondholders, but
why not deal justly with the soldiers, who
- gave.their time, their health, and very I
many their lives, to save the nation in the
hour-of its peril, and Whormatle theshend
holder what, he is, rich so far as gold is
concerned,- and exempt from taxati(u.
Es-soldiers Ofllradford, put sour .811061-
dug to the wheel--vote 'for men who Will,
obliterate the.staiir of 'a partial .govern
ment, so that our 'children at- least . may
have the privilege of living under an im
partial
Government, a Government where
the just claims of all Classes „are eqUallY
respected. We trust your Representative,
, Col. E. Overton, may give this mattera
favorable, consideration, and the undivid
ed strength of the ex-soldiers of his dis
rict will make re-election sum.
W. 11. Friesen.
Stuithboro', N. Y., Feb. 25t1i,)1878.
LETTER FROM ICARIAS
Sedzwlck Co,,
Feb. 18th, 187$.
„
r.DIToR BRADFORD• REPORTER—Dear
Sir: I understand that there is a great
many persons in the old Keystone State
that intend to come to Kansas sooner or
later, and as I suppose they don't under
stand the importance of coming soon, I
have carefully prepared a list of figures
obtained from the United States Land-Of
-2434f0r their perusal in hopes that tho'e
caning West may be benefitted by seeing
the great importance of coming at once.
During the year ending Dee. 31st, 1877,
there were cash entries made . upon 129,-
419 acres 'of land. Final homestad entries
amounted to 78,625 acres ; entered tinter
ed under tho'hornestead act 81,141 acres;
taken under the, timber culture act 16,-
762- acres The number of Osage filings
during the year amounted to 1,675. From
the above figures we may learn that there
weie withdrawn from the market-and set
-tled upon 'B2B s'quare miles of the choicest
lands, or a tract of land nearly , as large
as the-State of 'Rhode Island; and this is
all upon a section of country which is
marked on rnaps i not a dozen years old as
the Great American - Desert, and • from
what I can , learn and see after being here
two and one-half years, I think it soon
wfil be ranked as one of the best agricul
trfre and stock growing States in the
Union.
We have had a great deal of rain here
this winter, and co i nsequently a great deal
qf mud—especially in the streets of Wi-•
chits where the coal dealers hive to put
four horses to a wagon to deliver five lim
e red pounds - of But this morning
isjust liken summer iiiiirning„ and the
stieets are drying.off very fast.
The ground has been whitened once
with 'snow but the morning sun made it
ditippear like a frost in May. • Wheat is
worth 'from eighty-five cents to ninety-five
- cents. Pork frOm four to four and one
half cents per gross ; groceries ranging
just about as they do in Towanda.
Our new wheat crop is rather flattering—
, the,„„most of the farmers begin to talk
- aboarthirty to forty bushels to the acre.
Wheat never did look better, and there is
an immense quantity of it Bowes!.
Well, litr. Editor, I . have bn a 'con
stant reader of your most valuable paper
for about fifteen years, or perhaps more,
and when I came away I think there Wok
a small sum due you, and as I intend to
pay all the debts that I honesiy owe. If
rF il -Po w a in TE se n, n • d c( naNni o e f d 1 1 ; ..BRAy tritn7
will send you a postal order by return
I mail. Reapectfully yours,
,W. W. Famcii.
OLZOIIOIB.
Titans wore 191 Ries In Pitiaburg last.
Tza-calarra diode in Rakich putts aro,
to be:A:ported to China. •
THE March dividends payable in llosion
aggregate $2,888,687 . - •
Tice Laborers' strike on the WPllapil
Canal stilt continues.. - • \
.
•.Fsvr... , . leading pliyaselaws us Montreal
bate 'dted - withiri a few montbainsat.
. .
Tiri Oregon Republican State Conven
tion is to be held in Salem on Wednesday,
April 17.
Tnene were 18470 births, 0,147 mar
riages, and 10,004 deaths In . Pbiladelpida
last year:
Fonn thousand foe hundred dollars
can be made every minute at the .
,adelphia !hint.
T. H. dozitrY, eity.recorderof Altoona
has brought.suit against the Altoona Tri
bune proprietors for an alleged libel,
A. DRLEGATIOR of forty, persons front
Wasbineeu and Greene counties left for .
Kansas and Nebraska a few day 4 ago.
THE Mississippi - House tabled by
large. majority " the Moffett Registered
punch, bill. It had paised the Senate
! •
131-Agnir.r. WALKER, foun'de,r or the vit.
liage of Freidensburg, Surnerset county,
died at bis home in that place a feli days
ago._ • •
J. Q. Swint, the newly-appointed Cen
sul-General forth() United States, los ar
rived anti taken up his residence at Mon
_
MINI MAGGIE WELAII, a douitetic em
ployed in the family of C. 0. Burnner, of
Bethlehem, Pa., was accidentlyburned to
death Sur:day, • •
WALTER CANTERBERRI t Of 31issi
is 6 feet 5f inThes tall; -and weighs 185
pounds, lie is lint 18 years old, and has
room to groir.
F.trrr men,. 100 (logic and one • fox itook
part in a Tox• chase in _Bourbon County,.
Ky.; the other day. Notwithstanding the
(11 I ds; the fox 'was cayght.
SEVEN hundred and fifty-three Mass. ,.
achusettf, clergymen have .petitioned for
the repeal of the License laiv and the en
actment of a P;ohibitory-law..
\ GENEusr. i John A. Sutter, the discover.
er tkf gold in California; Was.baniMetted at
Washington on Saturday, the anniversary
ofithi\sixty-Sixtlk birthday. '
TIIE li ttle brown. cettage in Springfield,
Lincun lived before lie
went to W'asiugton, stll remains, nearly
as he left it, sfUrtriture and all.
WILLIAM lIELST:It a canal builder ? of
Reading', was instantly killed on Tlsumlay
by being struck kV..a "piece•of timber be
was engaged in sawing on a circular saw.
• lIENRY, son of Hon, Warren J. Wood
ward, of Reading, died \on -Wedriesdak.
Ile had been admitted Co the bar and
gave' rare promise of a useful career. ;. •
Ati Alabama Judge has .decided that
any-one' who sets a, spring-gun does so at
his own periVand'is. to be held responsible
for any damage done, even to tresspaS
,
sem. • , ,
,
' Denrso_the past - Week Or Police, of
New York arrested' 1,526 - persons. For
the Same period there were registered 543
births, 141 marriages and 's't.l deaths; ,-
• CoaNsm. 'for.' William • II." N:anderbilt
denies unequivocally that. there is any
psssibility of a compromise of the suits
bronkht , against him by his sister and
brother. • •
A 2-years-old negro.child lies in its crib
(if the correspondent making
. the
dees'not), in Page County, Va., and
sings. correctly any -Song it hears sung
once.
Ix blasting"a rock along.the line of the
Pittsburg and Lake . Erie railroad 05
pounds of powder weir used. A mass of
rock contamin,: 1,500 eitbie yards. was
moved four - fee'. "
JAMES SPENCE, of Elkhorn, Armstrong
county, • married his stepmother a few
days ago, his father having
.died several
years ago: Young Spence: is the father
of several of his brothers. •
TitE Allegheny Valley railroad paid its
employees in silver last week. It is said
Some two hundred pounds Of the shining
metal were distributed between Pittsburg
and Brookville.
WEST VlitomlA has already lost $500,-
000 through defaultiing Sheriffs.. This
dixs mot include what they owe to tho
counties and districts. Th 9, Democrats
are strong and ingenious there
-WILLTAM-d.I3I:6I.3IIKISTE# snit of the
fohnder of the .Ifivolitr/ogett4 Rourihnian•
and for twenty-one years one of its ed.
itorki and , publishers,
,died suddenly on -
Saturday morning of paralysis, iu Malden
Mass.
tte Indiansare acting in a very
defiant manner and threaten, to go on tho
war-path 'when ,the glass comes. The
people on Bear river are - greatly excited'
and are preparing places- f Eefety for
their women and children..
--!,. . . . .
ONE frmght train ran into another at
Tivoli, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Sat
\urday= Mprning throwing iww:ears into
the liver. The. ealiooe wastretroyeil,
Mid an unknown man was frawned.
\ . ,
•
TiM vestry of the Monumental Episco
pal elthreh of Richmond, Va., have elect
ed, Rev.:j.. IT. .Eceleston, of Newark,
N. J., pastor, to fill the vacancy caused
'ay • the death . of Rev. George Wood
bridge. ••
A Ciiimectieut liquor-dealer who was
discharged froMarrest because of an hl7
formality in the papers s loaded his return
ed liquor upon a dray, hoisted the Amer
ican flag over: it,. and
. drove - over into
Rhode Island.
•
. , •
A 9,arriag,c license was lately returned
to an Alabama official, having indorsed
upon it the following :. " dis here coopplo
Pale ,to marry and de-license Is returned
Blank.,—.l. McMillan, M. G." N
A. Michigan man, who was .reported
killed and scalped, has had the impudence
to return home aliye, and Say 'that, 'he.
,thinks very rmtieh more - of the: Indians
than some other people who : know less
about them. 's -
TIM Kentucky Lekislature which big
gled . so long over the, spending - of. $104) or
so for a United States tiara •tn be hoisted
over the Capitol, has appropriatCd
-000 for a monunient_to John C. Breek
inrOge, -
Tni Pbiladelphia branch of the Univer
sal peace union Lai -sent a petition,tvrenty
feet in length, to congress, praying that a
cornission maylbe appointed to _negotiate
with foreign powers for the establishment
of a system of international arbitration.
Ti. Si. John Globe says , that the, ex- -
penditures• of the. DoMinion of Canada
have increased from $13,500,000 to .'over
23,000m0 yearly, and that the country
isrcOntinually borrowing .and Continually
increasing its animal interest.
HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX" has written a
note to repeat. what lie said at least
SOO times," that no vote, hciweyer• large,
could induce him to become airitin, , ,as-he
was for 20 years, the servant oda te - ' dear
public. Ile finds lecturing meffi profit
able and pleasant. •
THE Legislaturo of Mississippi has fix
ed the Governor's salary •at $4,000.. The
Secretary of State has.s2,ooo.The .Aud
itor, • $2,500:; Treauurcr, $2,500; Atter- .
ney-Geperal, .IMOOO ; Supreme Judges,
; Circut Judges, p2;500 ; Chaucol- .
.
TILE publishers of Se rilniers's Mouthly
announces an interesting supplement. to
Mr Br.?oks' anecdotes and. seminiseencc s
Linelon, in 'the February and March
Scriklier, in letters from the people about
Liticlon, to appear.iii Scribtrers for April.
EissAra Goias:or, of - , Georgia has
written .to the various cities and Boards
of. Trade which were moving to send him
to Europe as a commissioner - from the
South, that the probable length - of the
present session of Congress will prevent .
him from going abrd.
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