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toiranda;Ta.,•thtuvlay, Yu& 14, 1878.
110!GTHERN wiEED.
Ever since the Democracy secured
A majority in the House of Repre
sentatives,-the Confederate majority
iii that party has been deVisirig plans
to reimburse their constituents for
losses sustained during the rebellion,
:from the public treasury. Recently
the Post. Master General of the late
confederacy Was brought face to face
with the rebel archives; id a rather
disagreeable. manner: A bill was
pending for $lOO,OOO -to pay
Southern mail contractors for service
Claimed to have been rendered to the
(United States be:ore,secesSiOn. The .
'Republican's Have ' maintained that
even if the claims were Originally
just, and could liesolproved; tbe cor.-
_tractors deserved Tio indemnity from
'the :United States, because they stole
government property
,in their pOses
sion, violated their .oaths and con
• spired to destroy the:Republic. The
- Deinoctats maintained that these
claims were juSt'and should be paid,
and'they had, some Republican help.
The ex-Confederates further asserted,
•,through REG.:!;, of Texas, their
Postmaster General, that Southern
-Postmasters were directed to ac
count to the .United - States for- all
moneys dhe the latter: The.evidence
of the Confederate archives and Con
federate laws showed, 04 , " the contrary,
that the' Confederate Postmaster
General ordered the former United
States Postmasters in the South to
hold the United States Money ;
that money was put.into the-Confed
crate Treasury and that lawS were
'subsequently passed by the Confed
erate Congress paying . eight -hundred
thousand dollars to these very mail
contractors for this same service,
upon the express conditions,
ever, tnat if they (the contractors)
should- ever recover from-the United
States that amount or any portion of
- ,it they should reimburse the Confed
erate government or its representa
tives, and eighteen vouchers, signed
by the very men who are now seek
.; ing yelief in this bill for three hun
are(' thous:ind dollars, are on file in
the Confederate archives. The effec
was startling. .The Democrats were
.confoun•.led, and• ME .
almost speechless. Ile seemed over
whelmed and surprised.
fuderatessotudit to smother the. bill
in•conunittee recomital. They
were foiled, however, by the parlia
mentary skill of the RepublieanS.
They then asked for time to.recover
from their surprise and to. vindicate
what they called the honor of the
ConfederacY, but the bill wet over
for two weeks.
A FRIEND in Franklin writes us
that an intelligent (?) democrat in
that town- says "Republican ne - ivs=
papers make the assertion that the
silver bill is wrong, )3ut fail to offer
any arguments why is so."
Probably; our, Democratic critic
has no neighbor to read to him what
Republican papers do say.' We are
sure that the, Rr.ronrEit and other
Republican papers have given mane
good reasons why we oppose the sil
ver-dollar authorized 'by. Congress.
The tact that the coin
. doesnot con
tain at dollar's worth of metal .ought
to be a - sufficient reason. why it
seould be opposed by every one. We
suggest to our correspondent that he
read to his benighted Democtic
friend Col. OvEirros's.speech and the
President's veto, both of which may
be fOund in the • REPVRT FR and other
Republican newspaperS.
Yon the sake' of gicillg those who
differ with us a, hehring - through oUr .
colUtuns we this ;week N •rolattl our
rules, and print" an anonymous coin:
umnication, o'i the School Superin
tendenNuesiion. Our correspon
dent, *lio seeins to..be unwilling -to
furnish us his name, advances no
argtiment against the bill now before
the Legislature, and therefOr calls
for .no reply. . The act referred to
dOeA.not. propose any thange ill ;the
WHILE the people in the east were
on Saturday enjoying . the most de
weatia,fr, the telegraph wires
were hashing from ,N - yoining Terri
tory reports of the inost terrific snow
and wind storm of the season. The
wind ranged iii velocity from fifty to
sixty-five miles an hour, drifting the
snow into -banks,ten arid fifteen fat
high, and compiaely blockading trav
el on the enio - n Pacific, Denver Pa
cific, and Colorado Central Rail-
TtiF United States is rapidly sup_ I roads.
-
m . tnner of selecting thekoilicer—that.
' is a matter entirely in the control of
the directors—and we' heartily en
dorse the suggestio.n'a our anony
mous .correspondent that directors
should exercise their preogative, and
choose a - suitable man for the 'office.
'panting England in the markets of
Canada.' Last year one-half of all,
C:inadian imports—or fifty millions
dollars worth—came from the United
btates, in exchange for which we re
about twenty-fire millon dol
lafs-worth of merchandise. In 1873
Canada imported sixty:-eight million
dolrars worth of goods from England
land, only thirty-live millions worth
lom this country. An increase of
lifteen million dollars' in four years
•is 'gratifying increase in our trade
'with Canada, and it should 'induce
the Government to take steps ita in
crease our trade in all . directiims.
THE Tribune sais :.The House , f
Ittipresentitives was neier, wit. it .
the memory of the,oldest
so - hopclesly.behind with its work as
at the present time, The prospect is,
that the beginning of the new fiscal
Will come without provision • having
been made for several of the most
important department of the govern
ment. . •
IT is announced from Harrisburg
that both the Republican and Demo
cratic State Conventions will con
vene in :May this year. The -Green
back and Piohibition parties will not
probably meet until later.
The Cincinatti nquirer of/Battu
day published a remarkable/story
the life of...JERRY Tows, of that City
who died on . Friday night from sick-• ,;
neaS caused by the la=c;k: of food and
.by self neglect and eippsure: 'Tows
was worth $2,00,00 Or $3,000,000
in'real estate, lionds, most of
which he had accumulated by. ex
treme economy and close but strictly'
honest - dealings. He Ow'necta large
amount of property in Cincinatti,
Chicago, : and St: Luis; was the
heaviest land-ownett :in Butler, a
wealthy county adjoining Hamilton
(Ohio), and owned about one hun
dred thousand acres-of land in lowa.
and Misouri. He was Very peculiar
in his habits, buying his clothes only
at second hand.und living at cheap .
restaurants: ;Ile had - been ill for
some time before his death, but re
fused to employ a.physition on account
Of 6 . .'pense. Ile'was a man of fair
4 • .
edneation and hail stu [56
died law with
CAREY, of Cincinatti, in order to
6t z4 ' himself to attend to his own tbitsi
neas and save attorneys' , fees. He
was wry-eccentric and s'elf-denying .
i*is,i'abits, avoiding society, living
wretchedi dirty :room in up oh
;
smite alley or in a log hut On one of
hisnumeroits farms, dressing wretch
edl3'', having the appearance of a
third-rate.tramp. He was unmarried
atid•had few friends or relatives. He
remarked shortly before his. death
that heicared little- what became of
his lirc)perty.except that he hoped
'those o got it would enjoy
.sPend
ng it 4 much as he had its accumu-
ZEE
1.1:0MAIMAIIIN E.- After all the
•onble that has been taken to expose
ah(Pan: lyse that most deleetaille corn-
pound, oleomargarine, it is not only
solidi in;many cities,..butwas lately
endorsed by the.. New York Board of
Health, as being." a good and whole
some article of food." Tastes differ,
it must be confessed The Russian
peasant finds tallow palatable and the
Esquimatir"devours rancid fat With'
as much gusto as an epiCure Would
pickhis canvas-back. 'Hence, as in re
ligiGn ocgternment, no
standard is possible, But yet there
tisgi wide margin between the fresh
produet of 'the d:tiry, the delicate,
fragrant and qp,petizing golden' but=
ter, onlwhich most orni have been
reared and the dubious compound, :
taken from the fat of animqs, who may
have either been sac ri l lice'd for thiit
purpose, or have in ,due time passed
away. Qn . a
mere gnestion . of taste,
in many thidga, we may. be,deceived,
but none who have a true realization
of whA. is good, founded, on • experi
ence, will .take to melted beef fat in .
irc:ference to the real diiiry article.
No reasonable objection to • olcomar
garine exists, provided that it is: sold
as cuCh. • Then it is a mere nauseous
article of trade; but :is 'Wined' off
for a better article, on which its sale
has he'r'etofore b'gen accomplished,
and at" rates calculated to. deceive, it
is a delifion and a fraud that no en
dorsment can lift, into reSpclability
either neon the' plea of healthfulness
or otherwise. • •
THE' term " Porte," which is used
to denbte the administrative govern-
ment of the Ottoman Empire, and in
cludes the 'Sultan,. the- Grand V izier
.and the Great Council of State, had
its Origin iu this way : the famous .
institutes establAed by:ehe warrior
Sultan,. Moll:Wild IL, the Turkish
body politic was 71iseribed by the
metyphor of a stately tent whose
dome rested on four : pillars. • " The
'Viziers formed the tirst pillar, the
Judges the, second, the Prea s'
surer
,the third, and the Secretaries the
fourth .1" The chief scat of govern,
merit was figuritavely named " The
.Lofty Gate Of the Royal Tent," in al
lusion to the practice of earlier times
when the Ottoman rulers sat at the
.tent door ,to adn4nistcr justice. The
Italian translation•of this name was
"La Toro o Subli_nm," This phrase
was modified in Fill:dish to the —Sub
lime Porte" and finallF the adjective
has been dropped, leaving it simply
•' The Porte."
REP ItEtiENTATI E GILLETT writes
us a letter giving 'his reasons
fox supporting the law changing the
mkhod of regulating the salaries of
County Superintendents. Mr.: G.
very truthfully remark:s._that he be
lieves his course will be sustained,
When the matter is fUlly understood.
AUDITOR :GENERAL TEMPLE and
Secretary Of Internal affairs, MeCiN-.
nuss, eaCji had- -a balance of State,
funds dePosited ins bank in 'Harris
burg, which suspended some time
since, and now they are- asking the
Legislature to pass a - bill relieving
them from the loss.
WICKERSIiAN, Superintendent
of publie,lnstruetion is lOoming up
as a *prominent eamlidate for'the Re
publican nominacion for Governor.
Armstrong Conrky has already• in,
struetql for him. .Mr. W. would fill
the position With dignity.
MRS. MARY PINDLEY Slit;l.M.",
wid
ow of Gov. SRUNK, died at ,
the rese
denee of her son, in Maryland, on
Fri lay last. The deceased 'was a
daughter -9f . Gov: lintsmEy, who
Was Chief Magistrate of tilts Com
monwealth sixty, years ago.
Nor even hop lager can be sold . in . ]
Maine. After the Liquor 'Law was:
amended by' the Legislature a few
years - ago, the saloon-keepers were
compelled to stop selling lager beer,
as the second o ff ence ex posed them
to fine and imprisonment: Subsei
quently a Boston brewer manufact
ured expressly • for • that market an
article known as hop lager, contain
ing from 1-,l f to 4 per cent of alcohOl.
It 'was poor stuff, but considerable
.
qUantities•ofit were sold in Portland.
About three months ago the _sheriff
notified . the dealers, that they, must
stoji selling hop lager, as it contained .
inalt,V and according to the strict
reading of the , law could not be dis
pensed. The amended" law reads
that any malt liquor is, • within the
meaning of the statute, intoxicating,
and consequently seizable. Two
kegs were seized, three analyses
were made, and test case was argued.
in the municipal court. The counsel
or the saloon-keepers , argued _that it
would be absurd to put such a con
struction on the statute as to forbid
the Sale of a harmless,-non-intoxicat
ing beverage. Cologne, for instance,
contains, almost as much alcohol as
brandy, yet to prevent its sale on the
ground that all intoxicaking liquors
are furbiden by statute would be
-absurd. Bad-rum l too contains a
large percentage of, alcohol ; awl' men
have been known to get drunk on it,
and yet the most fanatic temperance
pail has never thought of having
the sale of it punished. iiop lager
never. had been aver could
be intoxicating, and; as the counsel
contended, itS'sale Could not legally
he inhibited. The jUdge,howeverover-
rated this ingenious °plea, nnd..decid
ed that _malt liquor v:ts mart liquor,
no matter how . little malt there might
be in it, and accordingly hop lager
could not be sold_ in Maine under the
wesnet statute
A Lancaster correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press relates this story
about a " plucky "squirrel :
" Yesterday, while - a . 'phospliate
gent from Philadelphia, now canvass
ing in this county, was approaching
an apple orchard in eompany with
the Owner, a gray squirrel challenged
their advance. The men kept on to
a gate that entered the orchard,
scarcely heeding the apparent corn;
wand to "halt." As they neared the
squirrel-house- he . made a. charge,
'With legs widespread and tail flaunt
ing, as he ran, concentrating .all the
terror of his little carcass •into the
loudest squirrel warwboop, and
sprang upon the farmer. The agent
could only laugh at the harlequin
movements'of his comrade to shake"
off the " varmint; in real earn
estness had .commenced " climbing
him." Then ensiled a picture for a
j comic weekly. Both men, with hats
in hand, Were running ,round, the
countenance of one allhorror, while
the other was indulging in loud
laughter.. Both men and \ squirrel
tested their lungs for soup&while
like a very diminutive tiger, tlie,lat
ter clung with tooth and - nail to the
farmer's par As. - Eventually shaken,
and beaten off, he took a position o
top of the gate as . defiant as ever.
Item the agent gave battle with his
hat, whiCh broke-no bones, but seem
ed to-afford great pleasure to the be
seiged as he doted the blows. To
act on the- defensive, however, was
not the squirrel's Istyle of warfare;
in a trice he was on a limb just--over
the gate preParing-for a jump-:' The
ea'rmer had however, secured a stick,
with which the assailant was driven,
step by step", through the trees-uail•
he finally took refuge in' an old ice
house. Last fall, this- same -squirrel
attacked a labdrer on the farm .and
mutilated his face in a horrible Man
SECRETARY SHERMAN has written
the following letter to gentleman at
Canton 0., With reference . to Judge
K,ELLEY'S recent speech in which he
said that we bitve $700,000,000 green
backs td-redeem . and only $65,00,-
000 of gold to redeem them with :
I "TREASURY DEPART3IENT,
WASRINGTON, Nardi 8, 1878. j
"Dear sir: The extract which you quote
from Kelley's speech is but a part of the
itlitaribes which such men as Kelley have
wed to excite the popular mind and cre
ate a war between capital and labor. The
amount of Unitdd States mites to be re
deemed is less than. V 50,000,000, of which
more than $50;100,000 are constantly in
the Treasury in some form. The V5,-
000,0 M avaih:ble arc now neatly $90,000,-
Ow, with some months further. to accum
ulate. The Silver bill, in one respect,
makes resumption easier by broadening
the basis of coin resumption. What, is
driving the people to pauperism, &c, is
the insane warEino. .tpon capital, which
destroys confidence, and prevents prudent
men from embarking in new enterprises.
_Could any one expect sensible people hav
ing property or money, to enibark it in
the hazards of trade in the face of such
appealsias are now quite common and of
which this is 'a specimen? At this mo
ment our country is more prosperous than
any in the world,-thotigh many are idle
and out of employment.• What is needed
most is confidence in the stability of val
ues, and this can only. be secured by re,
sumption of payment in coin. ' • '
very totally yours,
JOHN SITEJIMAN,/
"Wilson J. Vance, Esq., Canton, 'O."
PRESIDENT McCosu of 'P‘rinceton
College prints a card in :regard to
the recent troubles there,L in • which
he says: •
"Colleges are tempted on such oc
casions, in order to a4toid odium, to
hush up the whole matter, and they
thus encourage a repetition 'of the
offence. The faculty of ;Princeton
College set itself manfully to face
the difficulty and, repreFs the• evil.
Some have taken -the advantage of
our hour of weakness and have been
doing their best, otheir. worst, to •
lead timid parents to think that. l
their sons are -exposed to danger in
college, especially in Princeton. I
am able to say that during the nine
years I have been here, and as far
back as the memory of. the oldest
professor goes, no one has peen seri--
aisly injured. • The authorities hay
been able to. imeet the emergency..
We have cut off-from the college those
who were guilty of the-greser offence,
and inflicted a-mitigated penalty on
those.who joined in the disturbances.
We feel quite competent to meet the
evil, and we mean to take advantage
of this sad occurrence to put down
hazing." . • ''
CONTRARY to general expectation,
gold has not adianeed since the pas
sage of the silver bill, and the silver
men are saying "I told you so."
CAPON 1111 THE PASTY.
Tho Philadelphia -Press hasniver
been an advocate or supporter. of the
OAMERONS, therefore, the followitrg
well•timcd article from its columns
will attract general attention,, and
ought to be productive of great good
to the party. While it is a fair and
manly exposition of the dishonest
warfare made upon the Republican
organization, it also contains a merit•
ed rebuke to those 'malcontents in
the party who are forever bidding
CAMERON up as-the behemoth, who is'
to devour the organization, when it
ceases to obey his behests:
"So clear has been the record of
the. Republican party in contrast
with the greed and corruption and
ignorance of the Democracy, where-
ever of late they have entered, under
fqlse pretences, into power, that it
cannot be successfully impugned or
attacked in the coming campaign.
"So satisfied of this are the cunning
leaders of the Opposition that they
will not attack the party - before the
people-this fall, but something vague
and shadowy—something which they
lo not reduce to a definition, and call
t--Cameronism. This is already de-
veloped as the line of the campaign.
They piopose to confuse Mr. Canter-
on and his immediate following with
the Republican party, vilifying him
with slimy slander and abuse just as
they did Hartranft, and_theit assume
that ,everything which is charged
again4t Cameron is proved against
the Republican party.
"This is a triek—not an argument
or warfare—but our enemies have
long since been reduced to tricks, and
have chosen foxy adventurers for
their leaders in place of the old-time,
lions of the Democracy of other and
better lays.
" Let this be borne steadily in
mind by the Republicans of Pennsyk
vania that they be not diverted from
the real issues, or kept defending
themselves against the shadows and
fraudglent materializations of the
Katie King politicians. This whole
boyish. hullaballoo• about Cameron
being an.„ overshadowing and over
mastering . power in the Republican
party is a puerile conception which
comes down from older and less in
telligent .years. To-day the people
alp the body and power of any
party. This idea that a Cameron, or
a Curtin, or a Randall, or a Wallace,
can make a plaything of a great
Commonwealth fiamain and sell - it
out, set it up, and 'ail that kind Gf
trash, is simply childish stuff.- There
was, a time when such things were—
there is such a state of things now,
perhaps, in KentuCky or Nevada or
South Carolina„ States of general ig
norance and low grade tg population,
Wit there is no sutili thing in Pennsyl
vania to-day, anel cannot be. The
common schools hive made it impost
sible. The fate of Purtin in Pennsyl
vania and of Surfi'Aier in Massachu:
setts demonstrates' how weak and
powerless are even \khe best of men,
with the strongest reputations and
records, when they set themselves
against the heart and brain of the
• people. No man at this day can lead
the people of Pennsylvania from
'their own way into his 'any more
than an ambitious grasshopper can
lead a locomotive off of .its • iron
track. •
"Without doubt Cameroq is a
Strong and masterly man with the
important following which individual
power and consistency of purpose
always attracts and organizes. With.:
out`doubt -he has..unnorsed and laid
out n number of weaker and less far
sighted men who have contended
with him in the political lists, but
that was a question of personal force.
He would have laid them out equally
dead selling muslin or • discounting
notes. ,It was the ilifferencain will
power and brain which did it.
" Cameron is in the party a leader
and a power in it, acknowledged and .
honored by every National Adminis
tration from - the time of Lincoln, and
let us be glad we have him. He
never went out of it like a weak
childaten disappointed in his hopes
or irritated by, temporary reverses.
But lie is not the party, and the party
is not he, and any attempt to confuse
their identities is.a fraud and,p. trick
or the Ali Sin order. He is not the
aiitomatic directory of the party, nor
the party responsible for his
actions or voice. This loud-mouthed
charge that he is, is simply an insidi
ous attempt to throw the anti-Camer
on clement,outside of the party, and
add some more corpses to the ghastly
wrecks that strew the shore of recent
political history in Pennsylvania.
And it is the same notorious wrecker
that is at the work, seeking with the
false lights of prostituted editorials,
and' debaudhed news columns, in
which _political canards are - sold for
actual facts, - to lure fresh victims to
destruction and ruin.
"No man is the party otl , can be.
The party is the' people, the men
from the farms and wills, and ,shops,
and school-houses, and lionestoto.mes
of Pennsylvania, men 'able to. judge
and, to act for theniselves, and who
have done it 'decisively and promptly:
"For this party, for these people,
the Press speaks. ItO.akes no Cam
eron or anti-Cameron position, but
stands on the higher plane of the
people, the real power and.,_body and
sovereignity of the party. Nor is
lthere any more reason why a Repub.
•-lican newspaper should of necessity,
be a- Cameron or an anti-Cameron
journal; than why it should be a hy
drogen.or an "oxygen journal on the
questidn of i cold water.
" Let us bear this disingenuous de=
yice of the enemy steadily in mem
ory during the campaign, and not.
be *misled or put on the defengive by
it. When It is urged, let us reflect
first on the supreme;impertinence -of
advice as to o 4 internal . affairs
coming at all from the -corrupt ele
thents which we have slntred ; off of
the party, and ne*t, , let 4 remember
that whatever maybe charged against
him•by defeated_ political foes, Cam
eron in the party is something in
finitely more trustworthy, manly, and
honest than any disappointed adven
turer . or brekendown politician out !
side -of the party, whether a deserter
or put out.- No, we wane no advice
from outside: the camp; and we foxan
our own lines and choose our own
leaders, in our own way and 'at Our.
own time."
MOW A DEMOCRATIC 4.DRIARMIS
. . EXPEDITEIABVRINEAS. ' .
A special correspondent of the
New York Times writeing from Wash
ington under date of March 10, gives
the following, not very complimen
tary account of the manner in which
a Democrat Congress transacts pub
lic business: -
"It.has been notorious for a month
that Congress was behindhand with
he business of the sebsion. Nobody
expects an adjoinument before July,
and August is privately talked of 'as
the probable end of 'the, session.. A
A
little examination of the condition of
business that must be attended to Oe.-
fore adjournment, and of the work
that has been done, shows that, : the
situation is even worse than ti" ~gene
rally supposed. The fault lies chief
with the House; of course because
the Tariff and Appropriation bills
cannot be touched in , the Senate un-
til the House has palmed them. The
Senate s should have received by this
time three or four of the least im-
portant bills, and the Executive, Leg
islative, and Judicial bill -besides,
but the House has pissed only the
West Point Acede'my bill, which is
now before the . Senate Committee.
.Only three of the regular, bills havi3
been reported to the House by the
Committee on Appropriations These
are the West Point, the, Fortifica
tions, and the Consular and Diplo-
Matic bills. It is said that the com
mittee will be'reatly to - . report, all the
remaining bills within the next two
Weeks. This is very doubtful. but if
true is of little importance because
the House has lost a month's time,
and if the bills were all reported next
week three months la the very short
est time in - which they could prob.
I ably be passed through both Houses.
This judgment is *founded on the
ordinary experience of Congress and
while a shorter time might be suffi
cient- the prospect is that the very
last days of 4une will .come. before
the work is cencluded, - and even . then
much of it will be hurried to avoid
. ,
running over the end of &Cat year.
The time has already pasSedi when
the short sessions of Congress ad
journ, and in those sessions the
work now scarcely begun 'must be
completed before the 4th of March.
The delay could be excused and
even justified by showing that the
time had been spent on oper impor
tant-:and necessary business. • Look
ing back to beginning of the extra
session, one cannot, call to - mindAhat
the House has acted on anything im
portant except -the Silver- bill and
the bill to repeal the Resamption.act.
Nothing else indeed has been accom
plished which affects in any consider
able degree the interests of the public.
There have been many long speeches
on political subjects, and several
days were spent in talking upon the
finances when thepesumption RePeal
bill. was'before tcl4, House.. The mass
of speeches on the Silver bill printed
, in the Record after its passage shows
the misdirected industry of a large
number of members. The political
discussion has been directed to no
purpose, and has had no result. The
atte.passed and approved since the
beginning of the session
.numberless
than 40,. and- the only one of any con
sequence in the list is the Silver bill.
The Senate, of course, has .spent its
time mostly in discussing this bill
and the Matthews. Silver resolution.
It is clear that nothing has - been ac
complished or attempted which can
justify the neglect of the Appropria
tion bill.
The work already ,prePared and
reported from committees is scarcely
reported from committee is scarcely
more important thlui that which has
been considered. The House has
about 40 bills from the Senate, being
mostly bills for pensions in . particu
lar Cases: The most important mat
ters reported and awaiting action are
the Fortifications Appropriation bill,
theXonsular and Diplomatic bill,
bill to appropriate funds for .the tle
tection of timber stealing, a bill for
.the new District governmentand a
bill transferring the Indian !Mice to
the War Department. The private
bills pending number about 150, and
more than a third of them are' for
pensions. There is also pending the
Massachusetts election case. The
Senate has even' less business lbefOre
it. Most of the bills thus far reps*.
'ed are of a private or • local- nature.
The only Subject in which the country
takes much interest. is - the Railroad
Sinking Fund bill, reported by Mr.
Thurman, from• the committee on the
Judiciary.. This he will endeavorto
call up next Tuesday, and he hasya
speech ready to deliver at that time.
If the Senate will proceed with the
consideration of that measure it will
at least he engaged usefully, and up
on a genuine- public matter. The
rest of the subjects upon which Con
gress has - been expected to take ac
tion are still unprepared by the com
mittees. They are principally sub
jects relating to railroads and to . the
revenues. of .the goVernment. The
most.- important bill of all is that
which undertakes to revise the tariff
laws: Mr. Wood confidently expecti
its passage. Nobody else can be
found who believes.suc,h a result pos
sible. It id now. certain that the
great mass of legislation _ which was
planned for this session will have to
be left without action, because the
Appropriation bill and the Tariff bill
will render it almost impossible that
time should be given to the consider
ation of other measures that will not
unite at Once sufficient strength
the House to call the previous question
and prevent debate. While Congress
will certainly remain in -session till
far into the Summer, it.isilow almost
equally certain that little beyond the
enactment of those'laws actually nec
essary for keeping the government - 1
motion will be accomplished.
CORRESPONDENT of the Montrose
Republican writing from Philadel
phia, strongly favors the ndmination
of Hon: G. A. °sow, for Governor.
The great importance - of the Coming
contest is thus stated :
"The election this fall involves
not only the Governorship, the Leg.
islature, the delegation in Congress
'and a United States Senator, but also
the Supreme Court of the State. Tbe.'
latter body now stands four Republi
cans to three Democrats, and Chief
Justice Agnew, Republican retires.
There is also involved the redistrict
ing of the State after 1880, in which
the Senators to be elected will par
ticipate and which the Governor can
litirgely control by his veto power.
In fact the political complexion of
the State for the nest twelve years
will be decided by the result of the
otection this fall. In' view of the
momentous issues invol4d, I earn
estly hope that our party managers
will pbnder the facts , here presented',
and not attempt to foist , upon the
Republican ticket a mere ringster, or
machine politician, however valuable
his services to the party may have
been. If they do undertake any finch
foolhardy experiment, they must ex
pect utter, overwhelming defeat. The
11,000 leepublicinis who hate not
hesitated to throw four of the best
offices in_ Philadelphia into-the hands,
of the Democrats, will accept the re-'
spousibility of throwing the State
into the same hand% should the like
provocation be giien."
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The Session of the Senate on Monday
evening of .this week, was devoted to the
consideration of bills -on timt reading,
about thirty of which were pit through
this mere formality. This being only a
preliminary stage of legislation, and as
there will be an opportunity to vote on
them as - farther progress is made, it is not
necessary to give the titles of these bills
here. •
Among the bills introduced* the House
on Monday evening was one for the relief
of Horace Spalding. of Bradford county,
a soldier of the war of ISI2. -
A commendable spirit of industry was
manifested in the . House at this session,
and it is to be hoped will be carried out.
Tbis dispositipn .to do something was in
dicated by the adoption oT a resolution
providing that so much of the daily order
of business as permits the presenting of
letters, petitions and memorials, the read
ing of bills in place, and asking of leave
of absence be, omitted by the Speaker in
the call of orders, except on Friday of
each week ; and that the orders for origi
nal resolutions, unfinished business and
motions to recommit., be emitted from the
call of the orders for the Sessions of Mon
day of each week - during the remainder
of the present session. This will- save
mublitime and greatly facilitate business
if properly follovrid up.
A resolution wasoffered, which was re
ferred to the Judiciary General Commit
tee, directing the Sergeant-at arms to. of
fer a reward of $5OO, for the arrest and
return to custody of 0. F. Bullard, the
fugitive member who took French Wave.
The Grand Jury of Deloware county
has indicted 0. F, Gaines,. Seigeaut-it
arms of the House, for misd :manor aris - -
ing out of the escape from his custodyi of
Mr. Bullard, the Representative from that
county. It will he recollected that, upon
the requisition of the Rouse, .Bullard was
surrendered intothe.custody ofthe . Eer
geant-at-anns by the keeper of the prison
at Media (where'll° was confined for trial
on a charge of embezzlement), in order
that ho might aPpear (as :he requested)
before the Judiciary Committee and de
fend his claim.. ghat. his constitutional
privilege as a member of the House had
been violated byl his arrest and confine
ment. On the day that the House decid
ed adversely to him, and when about to
-be returned to Dblaware county, he ma - de
his escape. TII3 Judiciary Committee
has determined to report a resolution ex
pelling Bullard from his membership of
the House, and Would have done so before
this, but for" the hope held out, by the
Sergeent-at-ariml, that the. absconding
Representative Would be arrested and re
turned to custody.."
Mr. Jackson, of Mercer, again offered
his amendment to the rules, on Monday
night, in the House, to prevent false per
sonation in voting. It was laid over. ,
Mr. Chapin, of Erie,...offered a resole-
Lion, which was agreed to, that the Gov
eruor be "requested to call the attention of
•
the proper
,department of the government
to the -fact that numbers of ate soldieri
who died at the llarrishurg hospital dur.
ing the war are buried in the 'Harrisburg
cemetery, and that their graves have been
kept in order by the cemetery association,
and urge that the remains of the braVe
men be properly taken care of and their
graves marked with grave stones. '
A resolution was also passed requesting
our Senators and Representatives in con
gress to urge the passage.of a law obviat
ing, delay in provding, pensions. Mr. Quigley, Democrat; of Clinton, cif-
Wed a resolution, that the passage of the
silver bill by a two-thirds vote of both
Houses of Congress is a merited rebuke
to the eight ; to spy& President of the
UnitecUtittes. Referred to the commit
tee on Federal Relations.
In the Senate on Friday, Mr. Hawk
Democrat, of Susquehanna, rising
,to a
privileged q_uestion, had read from the
Lancaster Inte,lligencmln article reflecting
sriVbrely upon the AuditorDeueral for the
part he took in allowing a commission of
ten per cent to certain private attorneys
for making a recent collection of back
dues ($11)1,000) from the Union Railrocd
and Transportation Company, and charg- .
ing the Democtatic patty with complicity
iu attempting to defraud the State._ .
De. then ofteeed the following :
~ WriEnEAs, There are certain alleged
irregularties in ' the settlement of - the
State taxes on= account of a corporation
?known as the "Union-Railroad and Trans
'.portation Con pany" (commonly called
the Union Line) with the auditing and re-,
ceiVing offices of the State, therefore,
Resolved, that a committee consisting
of five members of the Senate be appoint
ed to investigate these charges or any
other irregularitiei or maladministration
of said departments, with full power 'to
send for .persons' and papers and be in
continuous session until - a final report of
the facts in the case be ascertained and
. duly reported to the. Senate.
Mr. Clarke moved that the resolution
be 'referred to the Committee on Finance.
- After a brief debate, during which Mr.
Hawley contended that the idea of re
ferring to the eamniittee on Finance, was
to put the resolution •` in its coffin," the
motion to refer was voted, down, and the
resolution as offered was adopted.,
President pro tem Cooper announced
the committee as follows.: - -
Messrs. Herr,Gazzam, Davies, Clarke
and Peale. 3r. Hawley asked the Chair
whether the above committee had been
appointed in accordance with the usage
in appointing committees under residu-.
Lions, and was informed by the Speaker
'that the committee - had been made up of
legal men, and that if Mi. Hawley object=
cd to any one named ho had his remedy
by a ri:P.ion to substitute other names.
Mr. .Grz :am asked to be excused from
serving on the above committee, and re
questedrthat the name of Mr. Hawley be
substituted. The explanation given by
the Speaker pro tem. proving satisfactory
to Mr. Hawley the committee, remains as
announced. .
The gist of, the matter proposed to bo
investigated is that Messrs. Olmsted and
Simmonton, two gentlemen of this city,
first named of which was formerly a Clerk
in the Auditor General's Oflic„ made a
contract with. the Auditor General, Attor
ney and State Treasurer, to collect a claim
due! the State foi taxes from the Union
Railway and Transportation Company.
These gentlemen were to receive ten per
tout. and having, Without a suit being en-
tered against the company, collected.
$191,000 from it, claimed as fees $19,100,
which was paid to them, although this is
ii,=.. big fee and seems to have been easily
Owned, it is doubtful if any fraud In the
transaption will be proven. Legislative
investigations do not generolly amount to
much.
- The House eonsument resolutions sug
gesting the marking of the graves of sol
diers buried ill thallarrisburg
.cemetery
with graves stones, and urging Congress
to pass a law to facilitate theAlectiqn of
pensions, were passed in, t Senate on
'Tuesday.
The following bills were passed finally :
y.xtending the provisions of an act con
icernifig the sale of railroads, etc, to coal,
:won,; tea, lumber or oil or mining-snanu- -
. factoring or transportation companies.
Providing that ono Justice of the peace,
alder Man or magistrate shall act where
two are now required.
° A goodly portion of the time'of both
morning and afternoon session in the
House on Tuesday, was consumed in dis
cussing a supplement to the mechanics
lein law. After propossing and dicussing
various ans'eudments the bill passed third
reading and was lain over, amended ircl'as
to apply only to cities of the firlit class.
Underhe recognized classification of
1;4
cities al
countiesOocallegi4lation still
goes o i the new constitution to the con
trary notwithstanding:
In the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr.
Herr, _chairman of the Special committee
;appointed to investigate certain State de
partments, stated that the committee had
been organized, and that at a meeting
held that . morning a resolution was adopt
ed inviting Mr. Halitley, the author of the
investigation, to appear before them and
tarnish such evidence as he may lhive
concerning the natter under considera
tion and give the names of witnesses. He
also said t bat to malps the investigation'
thorough a stenographer or clerk was re
quired.
At the afternoon session of the Senate,
on Wednesday, the...following bills, the
titles of which will sufficiently, indicate
their purpose, were passed finally :
To provide for and to validate the'exe
cation and defiverya deeds and convey
ances of real estate in in which ad
ministrators," executors, uardims and
trustees may .die or have . died between
the time of the sale and the time, appoint.
ed for the payment of purchase Money and
delivery of the conveyance, and. also in
cases in which the administrator, men-
tor, guardian or, trustee luny !urge Moir;
ed authority from the courtto purchase
real estate sold .by tdm Other. under ,the
irovisions of any last will sue testarnent
or by the authority and under the ditock;
Lion of any court" having . jarinitotion t 6.
make a l. decree directing such ,real estate
to be sold. ' • • '
Relating to corporations, companies, as:
sobiations, - and persons engaged in the
storage or. transportation by ..pipelines.ef
crude or refined petroleum, and providing]
foe reports and statements, and for the
prevention of the issue or eirculotionof
fraudulent receipts, certificates, accepted
orders or. Vouchers by said companies,corf_
porations and persons, to prelient the re
moval or misappropriation of the petrol
eum received by the same, and
. providing.
for the appointment of exam iners, the
business thereof, and 'for .penaltias. ter
violation of thelprovisions of this act.
Senator Peale,, before the adjournment
of the Senate du Wednesday eftertiden,
rising to a personal explanation; had - . an,
article read trohr a Pittsburgh paper heatl;.
-0 "A. Whitewashing Investigation—Sen
ator Hawley Takes a Back Seat." 'rho
article charged that thescommitte was op
posed to, the investigation- , -would make
a whitewashing report—that President
pro. tem. Cooper had purposely left Sena
tor Hawley, off,. and said other rough
things in connection With the proceedings
in relation, to the investigation, for ell of
whith Mr. Peale thought the reporter
furnishing the dispatch for the Pittsburgh
paper, deserved to be attended to.
• After explanations or statements by
Messrs.'.Cooper, Herr a:of / Hawley, the
.Senate adjourned.
In the House, on Wednesday mottling,
Mr. Quigley introdticed a bill appropria
ting $25;000' for the purpose, of teaching
trades, occupations aud employment and
imparting skill and industrial pursuits to
soldiers' orphans.after they have reached
the age of sixteen years. A. good deal of
the morning, and all of the afternoon ses
sion of the House, on Wednesday was oe-,
copied in discussing, in Committee of the
whole, an act prohibiting the opening of
phites of public_ exhibition or amusement
on Sunday in all eases where a fee. is
charged for admission.
In the Senate, on Tnutiday; by unani
mous cousent, Mr. Dill introduced a joint,
resolution appropriating SPOO.OO to pay
the necessary expenses of the - Committee
"of the Senate appointed to investigate -the
settlement of the accounts of the Union
Transportation Company for taxes due
the State.
Mr.,Holhen offered the - following reso
lution; which was adopted
Resolved, (the House concurring), That
the Governor is hereby aiithorived and re
quested to appoint a committee of three
whose ditty it shall be to communicate
with the Govereorg of the adjoining
tats (and of such other States as. they
mayNicem proper) on the advisability of
recommending to the- respective legisla
tures of said States the enactment of uni
forM laws fixing the rate of interest for•
-the loan or • advance. of money, and the
penalty (if any) fot -charging or taking
usury.
• = Mr. St. Clair called Up a resolution,
- previously, offered by him, relative to the.
appointment of a commission to examine
into the treatment of the Wane in the va
rious institutions in the -State, and ha: it
referred to the committee on finance.
The'religious liberty or .Seventh Day
Baptist bill as it is called, coming up on
third reading, Mr. Jones of Philadelphia,
made a protracted speed' favor of the
passage of the bill. lie apoke earnestly
in favor of the liberty of conscience and
read a large number of letters read, show
ing that in States in Which those who ob
7tervethe seventh day as the Sabbath, are
'permitted to do labor on Sunday, no harm
'has been done to anybody. •
Mr. Herr maintained that to pass the
prOposed law, wouldhe to;violate the bill
of rights, and that it was in violation of
the State Constitution, being
,a Special
bill.. .
The bill was defeated by a vote of 15
yeas. to 29 nay.
At the afternoon session of the' Senate
on .Wedoesday, the bill creating a bank.'
ing department was passed third reading,
-with amendments , and laid over for fi nal
passage.
The House on Thursday resumed con
sideration of, and passed secolfd reading;
the bill which was being considered at the
adjournment on Wednesday afternoon,
prohibiting. the opening of places of. hob
lie exhibition or,amosenient.on Sunday in
all eases where-a fee is charged for ad
An act-do require hotel keepers and
persons keeping public house for the ac
commodation of lodgers therein to pro
vide suitable means of escape in case "of
fire, was• amended so rite include schools,
workshops, colleges, etc., iu the provis
ions of the bill, and passed second read
ing.
The afternoon session of. Thursday, as
usual, in the House, Was.tievoted to spe
cial and local bills.
Iu the. Senate, on Friday morning, the
joint resolution approprialingi-100 to pay
the expenses of the Senate investigation
committee, appointed- to .investigate the
'alleged crookedness in the, Audito•r Gen
eral's and State TreitSurer's Offices, in
regard o collection of:State tax, was- re
ported from committee favorably. --
-The following bills passed -the Senate
finally : ,
An act to provide fol. the selection of a
site and the erection of a State hospital
for the, insane for the counties of Blair,
Bedford, Cambria, Fayette, Fulton, Som
erset and Westmoreland, to be • called:A.llo
State hospital for the insane for the south
westei n district of Pennsylvania, and for
the management of the same.
An act providing that all bonds for se
entity for stay of execution, shall be en
tered as judgment.
An act to authorize certain corporations
for charitable purposes,' to receive or bind
out upon indenture, children committed
to their charge whose maintenance is.un
provided for by their .parents or. guardi
ans. -
An act to,provide for the appoifitment
of a president judge of the separate, on
',bans' courts and to provide for the coin•
mission thereof. •
A number of bills were passed on se
cond.reading, when at 12 ri clock noon,
the Senate adjourned until Monday eve
ning.'
In the House today, Friday, after the
introduction of bills afid. reports of com
mittees, Mr. Long, of, Allegheny, offered
a resolution providing that for. the re:
financier of the the House meet at
9 o'clock and adjourn at 12:30 o'clock, on
Friday, for the purixise of considering ap
propriation, revenue and pension bills.
He hoped the members would adopt the
-i:solution aril save the State time and ex
pense.
Mr. Schell said he would like to amend
so as to place appropriation, revenue and
pension•bills id-their numerical Order up
on the
.general calendar'; that he had
- found that when a special order was made
that the. Republican side of the House did
not. actin,good faith ; that they had tak
en up the:recorder's, sheriff's, and other
bills out of orderand laShed them through,
Mr. Long, of Allegheny, said that he
was, iu favor of Mr. S'ehell's amendment;
that if the Auditor-Geueral elebtoxas
going ta place the ; action of his. side of
the'Housc upon trial, he begged . leaVe to
inforM the members that, he (Mr. Schell)
had come tek his desk and threatened'. to
„defeat the abpropriation bills, if the Re
publicans perStsted in calling up bills out
of order. That ho was a Republi:an, and,
thatif they were going to 'draw the lines
he was willing and would 'act. as a „con
sistent Republican. At •this tinJe Mr.`
Schell attempted te interrupt Mr. Long,
whea a scene of uproar and confusion en
sued, and!the House was only restored .to
order through the persistent efforts of the
Chair, who stated that he would exercise
the rights of' the - Speaker in order _ to pre
serve the dignity of the House. •
Mr: Schell again got the floor, and in
explanation said that he bad not' threat
ened to defeat the appropriation bills, nor
slid he speak for nnyond but himself ; that
le did go to the gentleman and say that
if the Republicans. persisted in calling Up
I•ills out of order they would so incense
the Democratic side of the House that
they would : be compelled b*Aroto against
the appropriation bills.
Mr. Long accepted the explanation of
Mr. Schell in the light of a prophecy
,and
not a threat. •
Mr. Lengilien withdrew his resolution
and:offered a, substitute 'provid ing that ap
propriation,loension and . eVenue bills be
placed upon the general, calendar in their
numerical order,' which was agreed to. -
Mr. Buck Man, of Philadelphia, offered
a resolution extending, the Tuursday af
arimon session until q.ifclock, which was
passed.
. lir. Schell then •Moved that the COm
mittee of Ways and Means be discharged
froni the further consideration of the, res
olution looking to the final adjournment
• ofthe Legislature onApril 10th , 1878.
: Mr. Salter then moved to indefinitely
postpone further consideration, which
Val Hou s eto. 7 -
T thou adjourned ilntil Mon-
Tevening at 7.1 o'clock.
he Senate ComMittee appointed to in
:vestigate the alleged crookedness in . the
State departments, in reference to thetol
lection of tax from the ."Union Line, "
held meetings last evening and this aftr
noon, and is now in session in the Senate
Chamber. Up to this time, 8 o'clock;
Friday evening, nothing has been devel
oped attaching guilt to any one. The
fifth witness is being examined, as this
letter is closed. , Cnsszursoo.
GLEANINGS.
TIIE . Excelsior from New York, has
arrived ati Antwerp.
Ancrt Dunn Enancrs, father of the
Emperor of Austria, is dead.,
OSCAR Lorsior, of IFfartforif,
water color artist; suicided-Sunday.
Mn. Moony will begin his meetings at
New Haven on the 24th of March.
Tun Detroit Poet calls Judge William
D. Kelley the Bombaates of Inflation.
GARIBALDI is going to tho Paris Ex
position. lie will be tho guest of Victor
Hugo:
THE late Pope was a great lover of
Italian sweetmeats, and loved to play
•
GEpnou FRAWcis Tnaix finds a gill of
peanuts a sufficient daily allowance for
food.
NEBRA SK A has Over 100,000- school
children, indicating a total population of
at least 350,000..... E.
'bins. Emmy VAUX, of Philadelphia,
bequethed $4,000 to benevolent societies
of that city.
- AND now Acting Buperintenddnilamd
of:thc Bank Drpattmont, wants to be in
.
vcatigated.
TyE debts which' Victor Emonel left
bell; him are reported to amount to
t 3,5 ,000.
. Cltit3OLATlON—Tlie New Orleans mint
can't begin to coin the Bland cent
pietie, in two months yet.
Dn. MARI , WALKER wants to be ap.
pointed a policeman for her' own pro
tection.
BAYARD TAYLOR lost his first. sweet
heart by Death. His' German wife is his
second choice.
RI7SKIti still lives, tho Ugh his funeral
sermon has been prerehed•by Rev. Joseph
Cook. • '
. THE stuffed skins - of kittens, -killed—at
birth, are the latest New York fancy :for
theline of-pinenshions.
Tne Metropolitan Preibyterian Chi:itch
of Washington has paid the last dollar of
its debt of 400,000.
MAINE and Maiiachusettc, as well as
New Hampshire, are to. have their. an=
nual fast on . Tliursda.April 11%
Tun burning of thil bridge at New
Brunswick, will not intefere with traffic
on the Pennsylvania Railroad.. •
THE annual conference of the Amish
brethern, a branch of Mennonites, will be
held at Eureka, 1114 June 9.
Mn. Wrt.t.rANl MORRIS, poet and artist,
has been elected President of the School
of design in Buriningham.
ON the opposite side of the' silver dol
ar, the Christian Union proposes the
egand; "Forgive us our debts." s l - •
Ex-Sr.:vvron A. MADDEN, of New
York, ix lying dangerously ill with pneu
nionia at his residence in Middletown.
Tnit waters have flooded the Sacramen
to Valley for miles, and "The Deluge", is
drawing great, crowds to a San Franzisco"
EMI
Lorri, a venerable 'Frankfort (a)
physician. has married the daughter •of
the woman he courted in his youthful
days.
MISS LOUSIE nimEnor received a bad•
fall while acting, lately. It has not disa
bled her, however, from keeping her en:
gagement.
•
THERE are ineompabilities between the
- father and wife of the" late James Fisk, .
Jr., about the settlement of the latter's
estate. .
J. H. BITTLEII; of J. H. Butler k
• Co.,
school-book publishers of. Philadelphia,
died in Northam')top, Mass., Sunday
night, ofsparalysis, • .
. .
IIAPPLICATTONS' • aggre;lating :1)100,00 0
'have been made,to the Treesttryf,Repart
ment for the pew silver dollar, 'payment
to be made iu gold.
Mn. SAMIThyr. W. Small, the "Old TSP.'.
of the Atlanta, Cia:, Congi fit . l ion, will go
to Paris as. a member of C ommissioner
McCormick's Staff.
IT hai been proposed in Portland,
Maine, should Colonel Ingersoll lecture
there, that he be indicted under a Stat
law for blasphemy.
.SENITOIt DAVIS, of Illinois, is prepar
ing a bill transferring the adjudication of
all Southern claims to the courts in the
respective states.
REV.: EDWARP CRAIG . STRAILTT has
been consecrated Bishop of Walapu,
New-Zeland. The Bishop ~ of •Aukland.
'preached ,the sermon.
Gorr.nmin MeCnEAjtY, o 1 Kentucky,
who has been in office about two years,
has rejected during that time 1,933 peti
tions of convicts for pardon.
PnoFEsson HAL, the Allfthiqin dis
covery of the satellites of Mari; has been
awarded the Lalande prize din 'astronomy
by the Academy of sciences at PariS.
QUEF:N PIA of Portugal,. daughter .o
the late Victor Emanuel, is blonde,
beautiful; and of dignitied Carriage, hay
ing a resemblance to Mario Antoinette.
KATE ClA:trim; Was considerate. She
believed that her debts should bo saddled .
on her first husband, *here they belong
ed, and not on-her second, so she went
into bankrupety. ,
Dn. BREWED'S * :(7111011 Congregatinal
Church of. Providence, which bad a debt
of $26,000, raised • $:15,01* on a reeent
Sunday to cover its obligations. It has
627 members.
. Miss TnoNtrsos, ,
the Scote . hwoman
who lately shod he?hoarse with gold, has
been placed In a British asylum .for the
insane; She is the daughter of a former
civil. official in Dumfries,
M. Ailn.isAum was arrested in,New
York:Sattirday,,,Cliarged with counterfit
ing the trade mark of W. S. Kimball
Co., of Rochester, on cigarettes, and,
held in . $3,000 ror examination.
WITH;11 a period of eleven year, the
public debt of Cenada has increased from.
$9:2,046,051 t051i4,675,834,, Mid 'the ex
cess of imports over exports for the same
time, foots up $23,586,000.
AMONG those present at a wedding in a
church in Lexington, Ky., -on the .sth.
inst., were Mr. John B. Payne, father of
the bridegworn;
.Mr. Disci& Payne,, his
grandfather, and Mr. AsaiPayne his great : .
grandfather.
Wm:maw, Addison County, Vt., has
neither doctor lawyer, merchant, post
office nor paper, and it is painful to be
told by the.. Burlington Free Press that
there are only' 450 inhabitants to enjoy all
this luxury.— • -
THE Kentucky Senate appropriated
$lO,OOO for a monument - to -John C.
Breckinridge, but injected, 23 to 1, a
proposition to give a like amount for a
monument to a Union officer, from that
State. Thus are we conciliated. ,
Tun SOleetmen of Rutland, Vt., were
authorized by vote of the townspeople to
furnish transportation, by rail, to and
from town-meeting, to the voters in
West RUtland, Southerland Falls, and
other outlying settlements. '
Two young men and a young woman.
were aceidentialy locked in a church
in Rochester after the services on Thurs
day night last, and their calls not bring
ing assistauce, they were 'compelled to
make their ray out through a window.
OOKING.NDPIT.AIe IN HIGH LIFE.
CLEVELAND, March B.—The * Cam- -
eron:Party, which-it Was annou need
left Washington-last tiighti. arrived-
this.evening from Pittsburg on the
Cincinatti and. Pittsburg. :Railroad.
It consisted of the, following per
sons.: Shermaii-and his daught
er, Ella;Senator- J. Don Comercul,
'Miss Parsons, Daughter of lion It..
C: Parsons, of 'this 64 , 4 and Miss
Lizzie .B. Sherman.. The train halted,
at the suburban station atthe crossing
of Euclid-airenne, and the distingush
ed guests vacated their car: They
were met by 11. S. Sherman,.
and, wife, a• brother and sister of Miss
Lizzie, and
.Mr. Colgate Hoyt, her
bmther-In-law,” Carriages were in
wailing, and the company , was driven
.part to to Mr. Hoyt's, on . w as
.
nue, and Senator Cameron and Gen.
Sherinan" to the .residence of Jude.
C.' T. - Sherman,' on'!
The party seems to, be somewhat fa,
,tigued. by the journey, 'and -Miss
Lizzie was quite lame, being appar
-ently scarcely. able to walk from the
car to the carriage between the Sen.
atpr and her brother.. This is said.
to be the effects of rheurhatisM.•Mr.
will.Camerop stop at 'the Kennard
'House until Monday, when
,he • will
return to Washington. .Gen. Sher
man will return at the same
.Misi Sherman will remain 9t home
during the summer, Or, at least, sc..
say 'her friends. It, is • understood,.
• nuthoritatively, that the - Senator and.
she are engaged, and
,that this is a:
usual visit made. by. the coming
bridegroom to the . house of the in-.
tended bride.
Thiartisnuno daily Telegraph of .
ofSaturday
"lion Jacob R. Eby • yesterday
entertained, Gen. Simon Cameron
and a number - Of friends at his resi
derTe, corner . Fifth -and .Market,
streets: The entertainment was gjvcii
in honor of Gen. Cameron's 79th:
birthday, and. was. a compliment to
the veteran statesman and a credit to
Mr'. Eby. The participants were old
friends whose reminiscences of past ,
events were particularly enjoyed by .
each other as the) , recalled scenes
'long since passed away: •
A special car left for the Hot
Springs, ArkanSas, this afternoon at
3:30, containning as passengers. Gen.
Cameron, Hon Jas. Dttly, of Mari- .
etta.; Hon. U. Dawson Coleman, of - __,
Lebanon Capt. H. I'.. Goodrich, -
Deputy Surveyor of Philadelphia
• John A. Hiestand, Esq., of Lancas
ter and Win. -T. •Hildrup, Esq., of
Harrisburg. The venerable ex.-Sena
tor goes .along to take care of his .
More youtlifulfellow-passengers.7 _
Now it turns out that Miss Thome
soN who made herself so conspicuous
sometime ago - . by having A favorite
mare' shod with, shoes made of gold
is not an American -woman_, as fires
'asserted at the:time. She. proves to
be a• nativeor Scotland Mid . a crazy r-
one ut that." Tier friendS have just
.
tt ad herput into an in asylum,
*here she ,Will be prevented from
spending her money -fooishly and
Wasting • -the' : principal before it
comes within the reach of her heirs.
Would ft not ioc well to change the
name of such institutilms'and cal
them what they are flit becoming,
"Establishatents to 'prevent rich
people from spending: - more •mont:y
than their heirs apparent think pru
dent."
Iillt:F11.1",E . , of Maine, haiintroduced
in the,tionse a bill for the exchange
of silver coins of the United States
for United States notes. It provides
that silver coins shall be excl!anigea,
ble by the Assistant TfeasureT and
desilnated depositories for *United
States notes in suinsnot less than
ten dollars. - • •
- THE active working grangei in
Tefinesee now !Amber .51P;,. With a
membership of between '12,00 and.
F&ir years ago the granges
numbered 007 -with a thembcrship
of about 30,000.
HAnutsuuao has. just dedicated a
$140,000111. E. Church. _On the day
of dedication about $51,000 - were
subscribed toward extinguishing the
debt. And yet the people say the
" times-are'liard.-"
-is said the Secretary of - the
Treasury will pay Congressmen their
salary for March in Silver dollars,
and a bill 4ppropriating funds to buy
each member a t eart is daily looked
for: '•
TIIF Crawford County Journal is
strongly in favor of Gaon• for Gov-
ernor.
TRIAL LIST fdr Terth of
Court, 1878,.at Towanda : -
I=
H 'lt - Chaffee vs Mlles I' Tay10r..... ....
Elias Hunsiker vs Cornelius HunsiFer
Jacob McNeal r i s P Cowell
H AV Patrick vs Benjamin Northrop..
.lolin Thompson vs Michael Coleman..
=
John Tassett vs E T ['lrk et of elect
Wm II Barnes v T s Wm II May et at..........:
Flrst'Nat Bank of Athens vs .1 D Ky'Ser debt
Clarissa Towners use q J Leroy Curbio...asFillpt
John Nerkle vs Lemon t Forrest t Jest
C_Afattee vs John 0 Ward -- debt;
John 0 Ward vs Lebanon Mutual Ins Co ...„..debt
Weller ft Ellis vs DenntsMeMal • `a-ei•r„ . tinsmpt
stex'lloivlng's adm's vs Geo Foes err 4 --flebt'
James Sullivan ys A:1 Layton ' - appeal
M Cvs .1 .1 Th0mp50n........ ~. .. assrupt
I. S Russell-vs P Kirby, g•rd're - —.Eat rx
m.lieckson vs J I' Kirby, Wril'n • ..AIL ex
Lawrence Butler vs J Kirby. g`rd'n....,..an ex
,Levi Noble rsJ ("Kirby, g - rd'n att ex
C W Bur:sells' adru'r vs Sterne Clark rep
W NteDonnpli vs A J Layton
Ellen K Mitchell vs James Kelley eJ• et
Thlsble Kinney vs W Kinney........ et
- sEcOxn wf:Ew- •
•
Wm D Chalice vs John Ackley
J.O Frost.vatl A Burns et at
Jaeol Mann vs .5 1' Horton
I NW lilt ney vs Elliott' W hlt uey ..
.41 fa
Samuel B Smith , 01- Levi Wells ' &tmpt
Samuel Walbridge vs W V Decker cov
Washington Miller vs John H Schtail-r.... „appeal
Brldget Connolly vs Win II 5t0rr5....... ~..elect
darks. n IrOtIVIS - VA 0 E Pickett. fielit
111111 e.• vs Blakd Wale • appeal
Susan Caroler et vs F\ V !Kane eject
Keeler & Wells vs Jesse Norcowk.., assmpt
Ildckwell & Thus vs John W‘Mahm -....att "es.
A Waltmaicvs Warren Ayers appeal
Frisby & Grippen Ys Betsy . km Pad...-. ..... appeal
John C.atley vs Thendore•Larrbon - at peal
B F.llosiman vs Jeremiah Vandermat k. i....eket
.1 It Ci o laugh vs It W Lane ........ :--.-,....-.asampt
II G \ Brox vs 1' 1) Wilma.— ... ........trespa.s
Gera l'eek VaDoWltt & Maynard debt
Dr•W M Cneeltey vs Mark.llllo.o . appeal ,
Nathaniel Davl-on vs .1 I."MY Coildll... ...ampipt
Marl's. Baker as - A II Wintermute at tex
' , rink L Gilbert vs rico W Wellsot al ..eJeet
'First Nat Banrof Athens vs John 1) Kyser—debt
fiubprenses for,ftrsl week returnable on Monday,
April Ist, 1H79; for secointrreek, on. Monday, April
- ,
1678,—at 2 o'clock, P. M.
.1 . I 11E.NJ. M. PECK. Prot
Towanda, March 11,1'7.1.
XEC tr.TOR'S NOTICF.-
,
Is hereby even that all porwns
t to estate of timid Ileatner, late t
deed, are requested ,to make Imm
and all persons hating claims a
most presstit them duly authentl
' W ,
tiheshequln, Mareh,l4„ ,78.
APPLICATION FOR PAIEDON.-1 hereby live no..
tiee.that I will apply to the Hoarded ranlons at its
meeting on the first Tuesday of April. for a pardon
Or Frederick Seebich, seu fenced al May term of
Churt to Imprisonment In tiire-Feastem Penner
tiary for one year-and nine mouths.
filar:l..lB7S.' Sas:Mum
ME
..att ec
...eject
r p
eject
BIM
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• •prat
Fisiotl i ce
ndebted I.
Sheafiegoin,
flare payment,
, est said estate
'ated for tattle.'
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