Padfora porta
EDITORS*
E. 0. GOODRICH. S. W. ALVORD.
Towanda, Ps., Thursday, Sept. 12, 1878.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
-
cIOVERNOU :
GENERAL - HENRY M. now,
Of Luierne. .
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR :
HON. CHARLES. W.•STONE,
ME
Of Warren.
SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
7 IION. AARON K. DUN EL,
Of Philadelphia:'
- JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT :
.JUDGE JAMES P. STERRETT,
Of Allegheny.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET•
FOR CONORISS:.
Cot.. EDWARD OVERON, JR
• (Subject to decision ot •confernuco:)
AIESIFF :
- PETER J. DEAN,
Of South Creek.
PROTHONOTARY:'
GEORGE 'Or. BLACKMAN,
Of Sheshegnin.
REGISTFIt AND RECORDER
A. C. FRISBIE,
• • Of Orwell;
FOR COUNTY TREASINtE34.:. I
JOHN H. GRANT,
of Troy
FOIVREPRESENTATIVE :
STEPHEN.D. HARK NESS,
. of Springfield.
GEN. HENRY J. MADILL,.
of Towanda.l
ASA NICHOLS,
of Leßaysvill6.
FOR COMMISSIONER'S'
JAMES L. HURST,
.of Herrick. -
DANIEL BRADFORD,
. of Columbia.
AI:DIToRS :
JAS. H.MARSH,
of Pike.
1: 1 NI PRATT,
or M on roe ton.
coßoNrat
D. B. WALKER,
of Ulster.
MOTT ON FINANCE.
- I.; , ,fesqing to he au I. , nest man, the candidate of
an honest organization, I favor honest money.
The voldme of - the currency should be regulated
by legitimate demand, and not by the, requirements
of bankrupts and wild speculators.
The currency should be redeemable as early as
tl.e e.x!goictes (f the Government vVill permit, in
110 eurreney recognized - by all civilized nations.
The Contracts of the GoVerratrent should be held
Fact....l as the contracts et • inalchluals, and the
I,oods, the erldenrc of it> inilebtedne.s, shown i.c
I- Eald according Vie understanding to.twe'en the
uovcrnmeht and the lender.—Speech at: Butler,
Sept t 1678
SENII.TORGENANE hit the - nail on
the head when be denounced the at
tempt to palm BEECIIER 310 ROAN Off
On -the Greenback convention as a
trick of that "Prince of political pi- .
rates," Col. PIOLLET,
•WE give up a large portion of our
space_to-day to the masterly and con
vincing speech . of President HAYES,
delivered at S. Paul, Minn., last
• week. The President deals in plain
stubborn facts, which must carry c,on
victionAo candid minds. ,
AT the time of going to press we
have no news from the Congression
al ConferenCe which is in session at
Honesdale, However, there is no
doubt about the nomination of Col.
O‘ .. ERTON, he haying been presented
unanimously by Bradford and Wayne
-counties.
IF BEECHEU 314ifiAN'S letter which
the Seckary of the Greenback Con
vention was instructed to make pub
lic provided 'l3:mErnmit succeeded in
seciTng the nomination of the con
vention 4 a specimen of his political
t•
sagacity and epistolary ability, he .
can mot 'be counted a success in
either direction. • It.is so bald and
Palpable an, attempt to deceive .that
a blind man can see - it.
TIIE TICILEVIN WESTERN BRAD
WM
In placing the Republican ticket-at
its mast head, the Canton Sentinel
very sensibly and properly remarks:
This portion of the county will re
gret that Mr. PACKARD failed in being
nominated Sheriff, feeling that- in jus
lice it belonged here, and that Mr.
PACK Ann is a strong man politically,
:u.d most deserving, but it could not
be done, he makes no complaint, and
we pledge his undivided and entire
support for the ticket.
The many friends of Mr. ANDRUS
are undoubtedly disappointed in his
defeat, bht when they reflect that he
put out a one term man who before
him had also-put out a one term - man
fact When •04 reflect that it is
party usage in the office of Register
4 Itectorder„to make the office a one
term Office without regard to .parties,
with one exception since the organi
zation of the county ; .his friends
hare no cause for complaint, and be
therefore they must, and will give the
ticket a full,and hearty support. In
the defeat of Mr. T. S. MANLEY for
the legislature, there- is no room for
complaint. There is none who know
the sterling integrity and .eminent
fitness'of Mr. MANLEY for the place
to which his friends sought to elevate
him, but will regret the unfavorable
opportunity given them and him for.
hi nomination. Standing behind
both Mr. PAcKAno and Mr. ANDRUS
and pledged not. to interfere with
their interests, gave his many friends
no opportunity to even give informa
tion of his candidacy, and being nam
ed so that he - could
,do nothieg in
suckmovemeints as are always resort
ed to, to win success; 'his want of
success wilt be looked upon as no dis
respect to the man ol Want of consid
eration for the locality from whence
lie came.. -
The ticket is now in the field.
Bright prospects are ahead for suc
cess, and all that is now needed is to
rally round the party that organized
in reform, has ever had 'that for its
motto,And whose members are ready
and willing to put in its platform any
reform, doctrinda principle; that
shall hereafter be determined to be
for the. public good.
AN ADDRESS.
• \
M. S. QUAY, Chairman. of State,
Central Committee hai issued the
following addrera to 'the - people of
Pennsyliania :
To the People of Pennvircinfo:
The Republican party of Pentisyb -
vania, in appealing once more to,the
people for their suffrages, does so
with the 'conviction - that the candi
dates upon its ticket are in every way
worthy Of support ; honest, capable,
and faithful to its'Principles, and that
the-record of the party since its ad
vent to power, demonstrates tNit the
Commonwealtli has never so prbsper
ed as when under Republican rule.
_The Democratic .party held .almost
unbroken contail of the State- from
1829 to 1858. Excepting - Governors
Ritner and Johnston, it had all the
Governors - eleeted during that period,
and controlled the Legislature' in
both branches in every year but three
during that time; it built up an enor
mous debt of ,over forty Millions of
dollars, and produced the Canal Rig,
under which this debt - was contract
ed,which did more to foster jobbery,
promote corruption, and establish
traffic in 0110, s than any organization
that has ever existed Imre.
The Republican party obtained
partial coiitrol in'lBsB and 1859, and
was- completely successful in . 181;0,
.aild has remained in power with - hot
one or two interruptions since that
year. Under its hands, the credit of
the State, impaired. by the reckless
ness of its predecessor, has been re
stored; the State debt has been re
duced froM' $4 . 2,000,000 to $2.00(},-
000, with an accumulation of a Sink
inc. Fund, practically reducing it to
$l - 3,000,000 ; a war debt of three and '
one-half millions has been paid ; the
tax of three mills upon all our real
estate has been 'Wiped out; a half
million has been bestowed upon the,
citizens of Chambersburg for their
relief from rebel incendiarism; the
common school system has been main
tained at a present annual expense of
$1,000,000 ; the orphans of our . sol
diers have been eared' for; asylums
for the insane and reformatory insti
tutions have been established • and
supported ;• $1,000,000 have been 'ded
icated to the centennial celebration ;
our internal resources have .been de-
veloped ; bureaus have been erected
and maintaimM for the protection of
our mining population; yet, nowhere
in the Union, is the burden of a'State.
Government so lightly felt. The
State, under Republican rule, has
been honestly governed, and her hon
or held aboYe reproach.
It is alleged by the opposition that
the annual expenditures of the State
have been increased since the Repub.
licanS : came into power. The increase.
in expenditures haS only kept pace
with, the increase in population,
wealth, and the' material indhStries
to let fostered by Government. Twen
' tv-four years ago the common schools
received an , annnal appropriation of
$150,000 to $175,!)00 ; now they re
ceive one million. Then there tee;as
no expense for repelling invasion or
suppressing the rebellion ; no Claim
bersburg sufferers tol be ;.nilernnitied :
no soldiers' Orphans to be maintain
ed ; no insane asylumns to support.; 1
few charitable institte.ions to ail.
The Legislature has been 'doubled in i
size and. expense. To these causes, I
not to extravaganee, eOrroption, or
wrong, the increased expenditure is
largely attributable. The increase
has been for the public -good. while
the 4bility to .maintain the exp'entli
tore has grown with the growth of
the State, and strengthened with its
strength. Within the last few-years
the peoplediaVe been relieved 'entire
ly from all direct taxation for State„
purposes, except partially upon per;
sonal property, and the burden of the
maintenance of the -Government. has
been imposed upon corporations.
The Republican party came into
prominence before the whole world
as the sword-bearer of this nation, to
protect and preserve it against inter
nal as well as external Toes; and hav
ing delivered the Union from destruc
tion, claims that the National Gov
ernment sloluld be administered upon
the principles of those who preserved
it, and rolt upon the principles of
those who endeavored to destroy it.
The doctrine' of State' 'rights,.
though kept in the backgroend,• is
the distinguishing tenet of the South
ern Democracy. Without the South
ern Detrnoeracy the Democratic party
of the nation cannot prevail. It is
dominated by \ them. Mr. Singleton,
of Mississippi, at the last session of
Congress annotinced boldly his adhe-•
sion to the doctrine that his allegi
ance was due first \und always-to hi s
..6
State. .No party Olefin g, to this
principle can he safel2, entrusted with
the, administration of n, tianal affairs.
.The Union, held subOrt 'pate vin su
premacy to the States,\,\
you'd fall
1
asunder upon the first reso 'rte asser
tion of State sovereignty. The Re
publican party maintains the recog
nized
nized powers of the States find the
Constitution but stands like a i el:
against the right of a State to set ip
its supremaey_against that of the mi\
tion. The party maintaining that
right is unfitted by its principles to
administer tin. government of the na
tion or Maintain its integrity.
Contract: by the South the Dem
ocratic' party',must shape its policy
upon the 'mound of the southern lead
ers, in tnrn, must accommodate them
selves to the demands of their sec
tion. Mr. Goode, of Virginia, l nbo
had charge of the bill to reimburse
IVilliani and Mary College for the al
leged loss during. the rebellion,'gave
to his constituents as a reason for
not pressing a vote, that its passage
would affect the elections now .pentl
ing ; after the elections he could rally
more strength for' it as, the immedi
ate fear of Public censure would then
be removed from the" Democratic
members.- The policy of Mr. Goode ,
actuates nearly all the friends of
southern claimants. They await a
Democratic Congress and Adminis
tration, when the Democratic party
must give them all they demand.
Present delay is r 2 abandonment of
the claims.' Democratic 'sffecess will
not only invigorate them but like the .
AA - changers trumpet will wake from
the dead thousands of others now
resting in the grave. Their extent
cannot be measured, except by the
ability of the party in pdWer to man-1
ufacture them. 1
•
.
For the same reason the , Demo-
:critic .party:, in Congress,,discharged'
disabled Union soldiers from position
and replaced them by the soldiers of
the Confederatc,army.
Fof\the same reason; the Demo
cratic party is a free trade party. It
made a' determined effort last winter,
following the lead of a committee of
Ways and Means appointed by a
Democratic Speaker from Pennsylva
nia, to pass the Wood tariff billoim
ed distruetively at the vitals of all
1 the industries of our State: The bill
would have driven - our workingmen
Icult of employment orreijin l id their
wages to starvation polnt l and would
I •
hsve succeeded, but for-the almost
unbroken front presented. against it
by the Republicans in Congress. , An
Analysis ofthe test vote upon the bill
is tislollows : . - '
1
.
For the bill,'Notthem Republicans, 5
,g \ 14 46 . Southerndi 2
" \"- " Northern Democratit, 45
"\' " Southern \ " 59
Againgt the bill, Northern lkilublicamt,lo9
" \ 4 * ". Southern \.' " 7
" " " Northern Denkocrats, 15
" ,\4 ., " Southern" ' '‘' 3
The Detnocrocy in :Pennsylvania
halted on ',his question—its 2 candi
date for GcWernorl avoiding the ini
tial vote in the Legislature" --as._ did
the Dernoeratic \ membera of Congress
.from Pennsylvania, until the thun
ders of public . sentiment; from Alle
gbany to the Lehigh, drove them to
a faint resistance to \ the bill. The
The Republican party\of Pennsylva
nia,standing firmly by "the pOlicy of
protection, is in-accord with' the par
ty throughout. the country
The present paper currency grew
out of the necessities of the'late war.
It supplanted a debased StateNe\urren
cy4 which was the plague of commerce
and a prolific source of loss.. At?eady
practically at par with gold, it is the
best'currency we ever produced. In
sixteen years scarcely _ever has thC \
changer of innney in this - country
looked to . see from what bank the note
he ihandles was issued.. It matters
nothing, excelit to those' interested in
National Banks, whether the bank
currency is retained 'or replaced by
greenbacks, if the latter can cotisitu
tionally be substituted. The credit of
each is based upon the National faith.
To increase this Currency 'would
simply decrease, its purchasing power.
Its present' volume is equal to that
before the panic of 1873, 'while the
price of nearly every article of con
suMption is so reduced that a dollar
will purchase more than at any period
since the war.
To pay the Rational: debt with it-•
redeemable promisesto pay its repudi
ation. The masses of the people of
Pennsylvania are honeSt, and cannot
sanction rephdiation in any form:
The remedy-for our present difficul
ties is to' be found only in a patient
adaptation of ourselves to our sur
roundings. Thp current'. of worldly
affairs flows on Irresistibly ; we can
not turn it back. We are gradually
but surely rising from the slough of
,debt - incurred when it was so easy to
le and as we emerge from it we
will:find our way back to NatiOnal
prosperity.
"File Itepublican• party has allvays
insisted upon' the equal rights of men
without riqYard to color, condition, or
! nationality. It .gave the right- to•
' manhood, to labor, and
,to the pro
ceeds of labor, to four millieins Of
downtrodden people, and can never
agree to surrender the right.of the
humblest citizen to live unniolested
unilci his own roof tree, and to con- 1
tract for his'own labor as he will.
The founders of the Commonwealth,
a toiling, people, handed it down• to
their posterity with a title sanctified
by stru:rgle, sutferin, and sacrifice,
' in,lestilictible by any of the vagaries
of Socialism or Communism:
, The safetys.
and •prosperity of thin
;,-ttitc•depend -,pun the maintenance
of the principles of the Republican
Party. It has proven itself a trust
worthy g'iiardian of the interests of
i hot li ..4 tate and .. Nation. Public
I 'seenity. public Confidence, and
. pui,Ue honor are alike involved'
iii i 1,.• •,,,iiiiig contest.. • The - voters
Of tiie S;ate will be found with the
pal ty wide!' has given strongest evi
-1
1 denci! of its ability to maintain them
all. . M. S. QUAY.
(7,01,-.,,:0i Th- , ,,blicat,, stote COMmittcc.
WHAT STATESMEN THOUGHT.
ilemacro , ;nes of the THURMAN
school in order to catch votes, stulti
fy thcinselves and the experience of
history, ffi order to meet the vagaries
of ignorant men who believe that the
issuing of an irredeemable paper cur
rency would prove a panacea* for all.
our prognt financial troubles. The
view s'4 thelable statesmen given be
low. 'mght to have, and will have
more weight with the
,thinking men
thati'all the twaddle of such political
shysters' Rs Tut: LIMAN, CAREY, K EAR.:
KEY. and BUTLER. Inflation is not
only folly, but a sin against experi
ence, and.will lead to otheemeasures
ruinous as well as dishonest:
A paper currency is a great CUM to
any people, and a particular curse to the
-laborer of any country, for its depreciation
always fails upon the laborer.—Andreie
Capital may be produced by industry
and accumulated by- economy, but only
ju~••l•.rs Will propose to create it by.legar
dem oin t ricks with paper.-77ionillS Jef
_
Paper cmissiens by the goYernment are
of a nature so liable to abuse, I may say
so certain to be :Liaised, ithat the wisdom
of the government will be shown by never
trusting itself with so seducing awl din-.
gerousin power..—..lfrya ?e'er Ha
Such a medium (paper money) has al.
ways been liable tip fluctuation. Its val.
lie is continually changing ; and these
chi , noies, often great and sudden', expose
intik idnals to immense loss; are the
purer of ruinous speculations, and de
all confidence between man and
uAtice 11-ardiall. U. S.
firr
(' it.
.1k
ITI:.!\
preli.
No ,
ror, / 1,,
make it a ,
able to deli i
Uhl which, N
ilized nations,
Ue.—Thadrirs
The theory (o ,taper inflation) in my
beli,ei, is a depart Me froM a true princi
ples of finance, the ational interest, na
tional obligati. in to crt ditors, Congi-e.ssion
al itromit-es, 'party plet
~ e s on the part - of
both political parties, at of the personal
views and promises made 'ty me in every
annual message sent to t2o gross and in
each inaugural address.— U. . Grant.
()fall the contrivances for c eating the
t \l
laborife.l' classes of mankind, one has
been more effectual than that w ich de. ,
eating
hides them with paper money. It is the ,
.must effectual of inventions for ferti kzint , 1
I \l
the 'Mit man's field by the sweat of \th . i3
poor man's brow. Ordinary tyranny,
pret-sion. excessive taxation bear lightl
on the masta_s of community, - compared
with fraudulent currencies and the rob
beries committed by depreciated paper
moray. We have . suffered more from
this cause.than from any other cause or
calamity. It has killed more men, perva
ded
and eptrupted d the - choicest interests
of our country more, anti donor' more in-
justice than ever the arms and artifices of
our enemy.—Daniel Webster.
ne . would willingly issue paper cur
u. redeemable on -demand, and
legal tender. It is nerer &stir
\
rt from the circulating medi
v the connnon_ consent of civ
.N.,in-nis the standard Of . val
‘'tert as.
.Tun yelloW - fever plague has held..
high carnival in New Orleans, Metn 7
phis and other southern cities' for
the.past month, but the indications
are that the plague is iihating now.
The deaths as repotted so far aggae- ,
gate about 4,000.
Tn E result of the election in Maine
on Monday last is not definitely as
tertainedyet,.but from intelligence
we have'it seems probable that there
has been no choice for Governor, and
that HALE is beaten for Congress.
THE PRESMENT SPEAKS. •
REVIEW.
The Finances Etplainedr4Lointer
of the National How the
°minty's Oredit---Roi:- proved, -
and Why—Pigip.es Eloq e\it
and Convincing.
..
Below we giie the very affe peech
of, - President Hayes, which waXdc;
livered at Bt. Paul, Minn....
crowds to welcomel l the president, 0
the metropolis of the Northwest were
immense, and his speech - was.loudly
applauded. After- returning thanks
1 for his reception to the citizens and
eommittee,the President proceedA to
say: •
I know very well that nothing I
c:in do or say will be- a fitting and
adequate return for your kindness,
hut I honestly desire to say wine
thing touching the material interests
of the country which- will tend at
least to encourage those who need
encouragement and to give increased
hope to those who are already hope-
IMI
The most interesting questions in
public affairs which now engage the
attention of the people of the United
\ States are those which relate to the
financial condition of the country.
Since the financial panic and collvse
five,ycars ago, capital and labor and
business capacity have found it hard
to get\ profitable employment. We
have what is commonly and properly
known as, hard times. In such times
we naturally ask, What can be done?
How long is this stagnation of bustness. to last '\ Are..there ;any facts
which indicate an early return to
better times? I\wish to ask your at
tention for a few minutes while I
present some factn\und figures
,show a progressive\ improvement in
the financial conditioirof the General
Government. It *MIR! for-you to
consider what inference ,tray be fair
ly drawn - as to their. bearing on the
queStion of a revival of buSiness pros
perity throughout the country. .
The financial condition of the Gov
ernment of the United States is'
shown by its debt, its receipts \and
expenditures, the currency,* and the
state of trade with foreign countrie
Let us consider the present state of
the public •debt. The ascertained
debt reached its highest point soon
after the close of the war, in August,
1865, and amounted to $2,757,689,-
.571 43. In addition to this, it was
estimated that there Were enough un
adjusted -claims against the Govern
ment of unonestioned 'validity to
swell to the total debt to $3,000,e00,-
000- HOIV to deal with this great
burden was one of the gravest (pies
tions which passed fer decision as a'
result of the war. It will. - be remem
bered that in important speeches anti
in the public press the opinion was
confidently declared that the debt
could never be paid; that ffeat
tiOns never (lid pay their war debts ;
that our debt would be like that of
England—permanent, and a burden
upon ourselves and our posterity for
all time. Some advocated „and many
feared repudiation. There were those
also who . thought a National debt
was a National blessing. Fortunately
however, the eminent gentleman at
the ‘ head of the Treasury, Mr. Hugh
M'Culloeh, did not hold these views.
lle believed,.and the people believed
that the debt was not a blessing, but .
a burden, and that it ought to 'be
and could be honestly paid. The
policy, adopted was
.to reduce the
debt, and thereby strengthen the
public credit, so as to refund the
debt at lower rates of interest. -
And now I give. you . the results,
The debt has been reduced until now
it is only $2,035,580,324 85. ' This is
a reduction, as compared with the,
ascertained debt thirteen years ago;'
of $722,10,246 More than one
fourth of the debt _has been paid otr
in thirteen years.. If we compare the
present debt with the actual debt
third en years ago—placing the act
ual debt at s3,ooo,ooo.ooo—the re
duction amounts to about $1,000,f:00..
000, or one-third the total debt. Thus
it ,has been demonstrated that the
United - States can and will pay the
National debt.
TILE ANNUAL INTEREST REDUCED:
Encouraging ::s as are these facts;
they do not fully show the progress
made in relieving the country from
the burden of its war debt. All who
have to borrow money to carry debts
know the importance of the question
of interest. The total amount of
terest-bearipg debt at .the time if
reached its highest point, the 31st of
Aligust. 1b65, was as follows : •
FoUr NM&
FIA c per rent. Lends...
horidi ,
:;•11.1 Unizel ,[ante, t,t,s
Cninpcnnit-Interc,t twin!, r per
cent
. Total I,4,rest !waling f1e , 4....t2.381029,291 36
The total attnual InEetv•A charge
MEM!
This. was an oppressive burden..
For interest alone we were -paying
more than double • the total current
expense of the Government in any
year of peace prior to the war for the
'anion. • With such a burden for in -.4
terest, it is not strange that many I
believed that the debt could never be
pai(L Put, as we have seeda better r
opinion prevailed. Thosewlio believ- I
ed that'by strengthening the Nation--I
al credit_,' the rates of interest might ,
be reduced, were sustained by • the 1
public jadgMent. The ability and
the purpos , - to pay the 'debt accord
ing to its lettei;stind spirit *ere dent,
onstrated. It was \ seen-that the sue- •
cessful management of the debt de
pended on the rates \ of interest -to be
paid ; that.a reduction \ of 1 per cent. ,
on our whole interesf ,, bearing debt'
would be a yearly savin g in interest"
of over $20,0u0,000; that nreduction
of L' per cent in the rate ofitterest
would save to the_country over $4O,-
000,000, which 1 - Sll'lC - interest at\l per
cent on $1,000,000,000. • \ -
The policy of redueting the debt
and thereby strengthening the publi
credit having been adopted, let us
' observe the result in the present eon-
. dition of the'public debt with respect
to interest. The total interests bear
i g debt, August, 1, 1878 was as fol
. 10. ::
Tbret per cent. Navy Pension Fund.: tii.onkor,o
Four p reent. braids 112:37,e, 0 e0
Four aniV half per cents 24fLwo.oco
Five pzr W.• 703,266.650.
Six per ceilti
Total presentitereet bearing debt.. e1,509,677,DU0
The inte st on whiCh amounts to
-the sum of $ 5,181,007 50 per annum.
r\ ,
It thus appear that in thirteen years
the interest-bea 'lig debt has been re
duced from $2,38 580,296. 96 to $l, ,
\
8 - 014677,90 Q .; a gal in the.amount of
the interest-bearingilOt of $571,852,.
394 90. : The reductiokof the annual
interest, charge is $55,790,090 34, or
more than fifty per cant:what we
. s,
now pay., If the reduction f annual
interest i were placed in a inking
find at 4 per cent. interest, it would
pay off the whole debt . in less than
twenty-five years.
. .
There has been another gratifying
and important improvement in the
state of the public debt,. A few_years
ago our bonds were largely -owned in
; ,
foreign -..
.ntries. - It is - - estamated .
that in.illtiti#oll44Boo,Po.o.oo o ,4s4
000,000,000'-Were.-'heldi , abroad: -i We;
then paid from $50 1 900,00.44 s6o.i
-000,900 annually to , :_ gurepe• - for in.
terest ELIOneL , -: i.NoW-I,he bonds it
mainly held in our -inwn-entintry:_i 0
is estimated that . five •si.v.ths of them
.are held in • the United States , ' and,
only one-sixth. abroad. - Instead of
paying - US foreigners $50.000,000; we
.now pay. thein onlyalmut $15,000,000
a year,.and the interest Of,the debt is
niainlyipaid to our own citizens. It
appears from what li . 'been shown
that since the
. cloSe of the war, since
t e panic of five years ago, there ha i l
\
be IEL great change in- the conditio
of t e debt.
.The change has been
-k \
oneiti iMprevement.
1. The diebt V* br
duced.
2. The la .
largely 0"
3. A
stead o)
The
reamed
after th
in 1566
coq.. !nes
Internal
101
C ll qt. ill ,
luLera.tl
Refill!
TAXA'
87:1—Custom
. revenue
3.0:43
e , • •
ikatieumt Au., the panic
EXPENDITURES nehlreEh. *.
• 'The expenditures have been rt..-
bleed since the end of the war as
867—Eafnmdliures,
— pensions and Inrnr,st
S7il
.1157,5-1 . 2.675 16
—236,964,326 so
Pxduction of explw , eit " ?112078,349
EXI'ENDITVRES THE YEAR OF THE
EednetiMlo . fiveyears
• - THE CUREENCY. 13rPEOVED.
The - iniprqvcmcnt in the currency
since the close of the was has been
very great. 'ln 18115111 C paper cur
rency or the eountry consisted of '
\ ort,•atnekg ••• • •- .1.13'2:757M4
Bata:cotes .1'6.21:015
I , t”.ct.knal ,•g:rretley
(1:•1:14•mauti uote. 2,3.1:J21:7:17
,1
:11141 State 1.1a1:1:
Total:A, 1;
Its value was 09:32-100 on the tli.l
- in coin♦ and its total value on
coin wag. 55119,999,15 19. ' In 1878
our Paper currency consists of
o r ,io,A c k.4
Na.?tonal bank
Frtxett,alal
T0th1_057,713,14.4 77
Each dollar of Pak er - currency iS
now worth 1 cents, in coin, and the
total value in coin of our paps:r loon
ey is -wore than 868-1,0'06,0U0. The
value of the pay:er dollar is na staple
as that of coin. Coin and paper -are
practical)) . abreast 017e:tell other. The
fluctuation in the value of the \paper
dollar has not in the last live innnths
exceeded the fraction of a cent: The
total increase in the coin value 'q
our paper currency since 1865 is
about $175,000,000.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE. IMPROVED
Nothing connected with the litian-:j
chit of the Government I
More intere s ting and: - instructive
than the state of trade with foreign
countries. The exports from the
1 - nited ..;tate.s during the year ending
.1 tine 3il, 18;8, were olarger thae-dur
int• any previous year in the history
of the country.- lrom.the year 1863
to the year 1872 the net imports into
the United, States largely exceeded
the exports from the United States—
the excess of imports ranging, from
$30,000,000 to $1$:,000,006. During
the years 1574 and .1875 the exports
and imports were about equal. Dar=
ing the years ending June 30, Is7g,
?77 '7B, however, the domestic-ex
ports from the United Stiites greatly
exceeded the net imports, the excess
of ixports increasing rapidly froth
year to year.
This is shown as follows
year in 111,v
shin
Inn..
t 7.1"
The total %dm; IT exports from
the* : United ;States' increase from
it52.69,35ti,900 to $G,0,1;83,-
198, or 153 per cent..
- The following table shows the
prNel pal commOd ities the exportation
of which has-greatly increased during
the last ten years:.
, :•:_•2:-_,--_ 74: ..r.F..,..a::::::.
14.-` _ ..- s. z...—. • :,.. c n • r• c-. ::. n
i.. : . - - f • :;?: ; . i --';.
--.Z.;•i:F.--.P.
uk
269.175.727 Cr.
1,0431,712.57:1 :13
1.0
EMI
:17,024.160' 00
150.177.1197 84
NENE
•:%1
.: !.) I.'.
1 --_-: i 4,,
....5..--•,,....:: -::--rz-F.
7-•-
• The total increase in the • value of
sivricultural-prod nets exported -from
the United States in the. year 1878
over - the exports'of the year' ending
"June :41, 18 GS, amounts to $2.73,471,-
282, or,tiG *per cent. This is ,shown
as follows: -
Domestic exports of agricultural
products during. , the years ending
June 30,
1878,
k01,4714"k2
l'eroth!age ofinercahe St; per cent.
, THE BALANCE OF TRADES
the balance of trade agailiP the
Unit4.4l States in the five years next
before `the panic was as follOws:
ISG9
IS7I
Total in (I've ye, ra ' $554.e57.,607
An average of over $110,660;000 a
year, • - •
As we ba*e already seen, the bal
ance of trade in the last, three years
in favor of the United States is. $4BB,
- 58i1, - 539, or an ,average of more than
$10,000,000 a'year. - , The balanCe of
trade the last 'year, if compared with
that of the two years ..nest before the
panic,. 'shows a gain in favor of,the
-United. .States, in one year, of
. over
$400,000,000..
It is, not necessary that I should
dwell upon the importance of this
favorable state of the balance of trade.
Balances must be settled in cash—in
the money of the world. The enter
prises of our business men reach out
to all parts of the world. Our apt-
IME
111,723,211
f:;t 1 1,g1 84
..t10.721,304 94
f 41,060,531 SO
PANIC.
i..199,345,24$
1U
Tt7--------
30,913 a
...100,000,P00
rp19,051,014: on
+11,5! d. 3, I 141
~.111,517,75i
EXeC. , B of rxjo
orrr 0 , 1
1,-1.1131,,0L
111.11.!.(?1.1
467
ME
M
Vio.nowilt
.-09:417:,.1
SG,It ill
77.4.03.4C)6
1i2.417.491
119,05,7.8
,
cultural and- manufactured - '4rOdiets
MOrecand more, seek - , and-Aind
,
maricet injoreign: countries.- The
iinmnierce: of . 411 -- parts Of ; . the *mid,
Bound togettier.:,inore than veer. lie
-fore,_lby steamships, railroada.: and
telegraph, :ill 80 reenneeted that it
must. e condOU(' on the - aame prin
ciple!' and by the same ,instrument-.
anti& by all who take part in -it.
' We cannot if - we would,.we - Shoind
not, if we could, isolato r . ourselves
from'the rest of the commercial world.
In all our measures . . for the improve-,
anent Of:Our financial condition we
should remember that our increasing ,
trade with South Artwricaeand -with
the Old World
.. .requires that , our
financial system shall he based on
principles _whose soundness and
wisdom are sanctioned by the *nu
:
un
iversal experience and . tie - general
judgment of all mankind. , With di
minished and still diminishing public
burdens, of debt, expenditures and
-interest, with an improved condition
of currency and - loreign trade, we
may well hope that we are on the
threshold - of" better -times. But- we
must not- forget that' the. surest
foundation of a
. restoryd financial
prosPerity is a sound constitutional.
currency find unstinted . National
credit.
SIVIRINDRED LIVES LOST.
rnGnirrn COLLISION Or STRAP
11S ON TILETRA .frfi.
tAn Excnicion Steamer Struck Amidships
l t by a Collier and sunk it five Minutes— ;
_Large proportion of the lost Women and
• .itildren—Terrible scenes. ,• 1
t 4.=
The Sept. 4.The excursion
steath .1. P rineessAlice,roturning from
Gravesend to London last eVeniitg,
1 .
rah ab ut,700 paSseitgers on board,
was run Nwn Or Ile..kmg' about 8
'clock, by\ a screw, - steamer, and
many hundrl lives .lOst, variously
estimated at ft in 500 ;to 650.. The
.highest estima is the imest, and is.
given by the L • radon Steam-boat
Company, the own I's of the Princess
Alice.
The Princess Alit,' was. struck-I
amid'ships, and sank' alno.4t immedi
ately?: The steamer by\which she
was sunk is . supPosetto . be
Ilywell Castle,' a sere' collier,
the
I. \
bound north in ballast. Thstew
ard of tite.Princes Alice state. that,
after the collision the other ste . ner . l
iirceeeded without atteimpting, \t
render aid.. Ile estimates that '7O
pt rsons were on hoard the Princess
Alice. F.he sank bow _first five min
utes after she was struck. SOme
small boats and another excursion
steamer rendered what assistance
was .possible. .
The drowned include an extraordi•
nary proportion of women and chil
dren. Several of the survivors speak
of hating lost as many as three, five,
.and„sik children. They deseribe . the
water as Cpvered with iltundreds of
shrieking people. The Captain and
nearly all of the crew of the Princess
Aliee.were drowned. They had no
time to lower the boats, anti there
were but few life-buoys on the steam-
•
r.
•
All the Polic'e of Woolwich town
and arses 4 were en aged last night
in labeling the corpses, chiefly women
, and 'children, Which completely fill
the board-room of the steam-boat
csimpan3l's offices at - Woolwich.
A\ sseru who scrambled on
he Ilywell Ca•itlc says she
threw ropes to the people struggling
in the water.
The number lost is still uncertain ;
comparisons,4 \ if the various accounts
seems to show about 550.
The Princess Alice was a paddle
wheel steamer, With a raised' saloon.
Iler gross tonage \was,2sl, and that
of the Ilywell Castle is 1.374..
•
WEAT CUE C3IIIIESPVDMIT3 WRITE
EDITOR RcroirrEn :—ln your remarks
upon the preccedings of the --Republican
.Convebtant in last week's issue of the RE
roirrEtz yon say "It is conceded \ on ail
I.....mistiat the cductises and_ convention
were conducted with more than ordinary
fairness."
• When you made this assertion, you
probably was not aware of the dirty, un
villainous- scheme that was-.,
practiced by that convention - to disfran
ehise Albany township. As a history' Of
the. affair may he of some interest to some
of the Republican voters of the cooaty, ,
you will confer a favor by allowing us
; I con' in your columns fol• a statement so
Fir as we know the transaction. Our can
'ens was regitlarly held, and.although the
attendance was large, yet e verything was
comincted with a view to justice, fairness
abd impartiality. Our. delegates were
proi ! eriy elected, their credentials made
out in due.fot co, and -when they arrived
at Towanda, by some slight of hand, le
gerdemain performance known Only to
there who do the dirty work at such
places, one of them was thrown oat and a
{ substitute 1 . 41-nisi:et], who had mot 'the
ronittelclaim to the place.
Nut a protest was offered, nor a - word
of complaint made in the convention
against our delegates, or the manner of
'their election, and yet without a word of
notice, without a word of evidence, or- a
word of complaint, the convention as
sumes the authority to change our dele
-gatrs. In your published account of the..
-ploccediugs of the convention, which was
Ito do - übt furnished you by the Secreta
ries, appears this paragraph :
"-On motion a committee of Live on con
tested seats was appointed to investigate
the manner in which the tielezates 'rum
-overbill township were chosen."
It appears there was a contest from
Overton township, and this committee
was appointed for the special purpose of
deciding !Ton that and no other. After
reachtng their rooky, they were . asked if
they bad any other contest before them,
and they answered-no . ; that this was the
only one, and yet when they returned to
the convention they reported in favor of a
change in Albany, but none in Overton.
The friends of right and jurtice taking
alarm from the report of the - committee,
asked of the convention the right to- be
heard it a contest was to be had, and :d
-ila-nigh the whole board of the caucus, ex
cept the Chairman, was there, and abun
dance of other reliable, Witness present,
they were not allowed to - say one word,
and the villainy was et/Estimated. If this
is."more than ordinary fairness, then I
would like to know what ordinary fair
net,s is.
If the Republican party have adopted
the Democratic principles that the major
ity shall not rule, and the county conven
tion may select such delegates for such
election - districts as it chooses then we
want no more Repablicanism in our town.
If a charge had been made that any of
the proceedings of our chums had been
illegal in any of its forms, then the con
vention had a right to pass upon it, tak
ing the evidence upon both sides, other
wise had nothing to do with it. Per
haps come member of this committee will
be able to enlightenthe 'public in regard
to the process by which they perpetrated .
this disgraceful intrigue, which caused in
part the disfranchisementlof our town. If
so we shall be glad to have them explain.
7 • A REPuntacAls.
Albany, Sept., 2, 1878.
International .Dairy Fair.
A special meeting of the Executive
Committee in charge of the American
Dairy Fair, was. held this afteinoon. Pres:
cot 3lessrs. Joyce Folsom; Moulton and
smith, of New.Yoh, and A. M. Fuller,
Esq., of Meadville: Pa.
The following, were elected members of
the Advisory - Committee : J. P. McElrath,
of Dairyman, Wew York; Henry E. Ai
vord; Eastbarupton, Mass.; Wm. M. Sits=
pity, .• Philadelphia, - Pa.; D. L.' Pope,
Wiilehtield, 0.; .Ino.- Gould, Aurora, 0.-
N. B. Hoffard,.Headrpe, Pa.; Henry P.
Moore, London, Eng.; 11 E. Illathernyi...
•
Elgin, In. • • . „
It was resolved to bold aetinFhibition of
blooded stock in connention With the exliti
bition of cheese, and ponitez'which will
be a feature of great interest. Gilmonre's
Garden will -probably le selected_ to bold
the - fair in: Thil'As the most: eligible
building in New York, It covers a square
of ground, is centrally located, and has, a
seating capacity of 8,000 people, and was
formerly occupied by Barnum as a Hippo
drome, sulisequently by Gilmotire's Band,
and lately by Theodore Thomas' Orches
tra. It has stalli for a large r'cattle show.
It is proposed.. to, invite the, President
and his Cabiuct,:Gtivernors Of States, and
other prominent gentlemen, to participate_
in the openin. Great Britain and the
Continent of Europe lila been reanested
to send exhibits... A leading house in this
city will show some samples of Stilton
and. other foreign • 'cheese. Mr. F. B.
Thurber, who sails for Paris, to-day, hit,
kindly consented to represent the interest
of the fair in Great
.The American Exchange held a special
meeting on Monday, and resolved to as
sist the enterprise. Its Secretary, I. Mor
timer.: Seaver,Esq . ., is .-ari efficient, and
warm friend o f the movement.
As there is room for improvement -in
the construction of cheese factories, those
familiar with the architecture of dairy,
.'ouildlngs should prepare.,models' for ex
hibition. A. miniature equipt factory
would be as interesting as•itwould.be in
structive. .
The following premium list was agreed
upon for both butter and cheese : Ist,
tot! ; $5O i 3d, 823, for each. of the
following States : New York, Pennsylva
nia, Michigan,lndiana, Illinois, Wiscon
sin, lowa, Kansas, Missouri and New
England, and for Canada. and Europe.
Tho States of Maryland, Delaware and
New Jersey may compete on butter only.
A sweep-,stake or $lOO ou both articles is
' also offered. • -
. Meetings are to be hcld for discussion
of dairy topics, and addresses by repre
sentative men of the industry, during the
fair.
The exposition will not open until the
latter part of November;
The General Committee is composed as
follows : F D. Curtis, Utica, N. Y.; M.
Folsom, Francis D. Monlton, W.-E. Smith,
J. F. Joyce, New York City'; A. 31. Fill:
ler,, Meadville, P 4.; J. P. Cannon, Auro-•
ma, o.• ' Diram Smith, Sheboygan Falls,
Wis.; Harry Farrington, 'Norwich, Out.;
ex-Governor Thomas G. Alvoril, Syra
ewe ; D. 11. Pima, Little Falls, N. Y.
The sub• Executive Committee Alio are
. -
managing the enterprise, are Mdssrs. M.-
Folsom, who is acting Chairman F. D.
Moulton, J. F. Joyce and W. E. Sinith of
New York °lt is under the auspices
of the AmeriCan -Dairyman Association,
co-operated in by. the different State and
county organizations and by the National
Butter, Chesse and i.gg. Association.
llannisos.
Porrsvim,F, is to hive a Sunday paper;
CriilsTNI;TS promise a pleutiful'crop in
he State
.
Tim Jay Cooke estate has paid 51 cents,
on tlic dollar so far.
\
IN seine parts of' Venango county, oats
yieldel 70 hvshelS to toe acre.. • .
\
AN it usual amount of sickness is noted
in the Et 'e county almshouse.
TirE'Sta and barrel factory of Pittsburg
turns, out th •ce thousand barrels a day.
• A'sharp fro.l. made its appearance on
the hills of Ve angu county a few Morn
ingS since.
A Nzw legal übßcation called the
fatekawana, Bar has made its appearance
. ,
in Scranton. .
• 11u-rrun is - l'ciat sill, iu 31ercfJ county
at from seven and a Lail'. to eight cents
per pound.
.
N.LutAs Ptiw-F., of COrry, together
with some other gentleman, has lei:sett:l9o
acres of !arid, three miles sott*h of Eric,
to sink test oil' wells.
t.)
BRA iwolty istroubled with an. epidemic
of the typho:d fever. It is reporto that
there were ninety-four cases iii and hbout
the place last Sunday.
THE homeopathic Medical Society (
Pennsylvania will hold its annual sessio
'
at the Monongahela Muse, in Pittsburg,
on September •24-th an4l27ith.
JUDGE BUMF.; of Chester county, has
stricken nom the roll of attorneys the
name of• his son-in-law, Mr. Perhue, for
misusing the money °f ills clients.
3.rid: PERSHING has ordered the . re.
moral from otliec of the entire SCllOOi
lwaid of Reilly - township, Schuylkill
eecnty, -for neglecting their duty.
A :MA : Hof horses attached to a mowing
machine ran aw'y on a farm near Butler.
throwing a boy, - who was ilrivingforward
of the knife and serving his head tho
b.ody.
A tilled. kith grain, Owned by
Frank 31. ( 7 4,oper, of Etiphrata, Lancas
ter country, was struck by lightning Thurs
day afternoon and burned, with most of
the contents. Loss, about $lOOO.
JAMES M. Sv. - ritt, secretary of the
Ameriear, Iron .atnl tStcel
writes the tirbt. furnace in Pennsylvania
was erected by Thomas Rutter in Cole-1
brookdale township, Berks' county, as
early as 1120. "
incomplet ed. spire of the new Cath
olic ele‘reh . llratifurit fell last week,
(atoll.* Injuting J. McGann, 31. Lamb,
and Jame,s Newbery, worl:incn. They
were preelpitated..
.the ground, a diS
tame of 121\feet.
•.- . .
,
Yotui, Pau "
'ph in and Cumberlandcounty
fishermen who\ wint die Columbia dam
removed muesli laws repealed met at
H arrisburg week, and elected \dele
gates to the State ilsh convention, which
will meet 'at Harrisbilrg in October. ‘„,
AT the First Congregationalnkleurch
Williamsport, the treasury 'is too low to
admit of the services ofs2n pakor, so a
newspaper Containing Talmage's sermons
is each Sulidity read from the- Pulpit. by
one of the brethern of the church. .
A correspondent of the Pittshurg
graph says : One of out coal tnhn3 opera
tors, whose men ale on a strike, has bee,n
experimenting for several weeks at an out
of-the-way country pit with anew inven
tion which is claimed, will do the work.of
fifty .miners, with. an expenditure of
i wages live.
Jon:: LATTA, the Lieutenant Governor
of this State, left Ilurrisburg, Wednesday
on the fest line west for his' home at
Greensburg. In attempting to alight at
that st..tion before the train stopped he.
was thrown forward, breaking his left
arm just above the elbow, and ,is now
supposed to be suffering also from con
cussion of the brain.
TUE Reading Time* says : "One hun
dred and sixt zen cars of leaf tobacco pass
, ed over the Reading and Columbia Rail
' road iast'week en route to New York 'via
the Morris and Essex Railroad.- This
was all Lancaster county tobacco, and
was consigned to, New York wholesale
tobacco houses. Vis is the largest ship
ment of tobareec Which has taken place
from Lancaster county in a long time."
As oldresident of Oil City, Pa., inys
" I have lived here since oil was first dis
covered, and
. 1 can coMblently say that
over ninety per cent, of those who have
grown rich in Oil propuction and oil spec
ulation are now paupers. The discoverer
of the'oil in this district himself never re
'alized anything from it. This was Col.
Diake who made the first strike on Oil
Creek,near Titusville, in 1709. Ile is now
living on charity in Vcrrnout, a pour old
man." •
NRN YOCK, Sept. 4, 1878
STATE NEWS.
A. butcher named Smith, who does busi
ness between the well-known Summer re- .
sorts.of Laokawateti and Sholiola, .Pike
County, left his horse and wagon, the - lat.'
ter containing several hundred dollatS'
worth of meat at the Williamson House .
stables, Lackawaten, on Thursday after
noon Sept saying'-that he would be
bask in a few hours. :Sioth'ing:has been
heard of him since. It is not known that
he was in trouble of any kind, and as ho
had 'considerable. money with him it is
feared that lie haS fallen a victim to foul
play. ,
•
AT the Wayne County Democratic
Convention held on Wednesday last/the
following nominations were effected For
Congress,W. 11. Dinunick ; State Sena
tor, Roert B. Arnold ; Represenatives,
C. D. Mumford and J. T. Rodman ; Pio-
thonotary, Charles Meaner ; Register and
Recorder, M. J. Kelly • .District 'Attorney
P. P.. Smith ; County Commissioners,
3lartiu Prentiss ..and John R. Hoadley ;
Auditors, C. T. Tegeler and A. R. Peck ;
County SurVeyor, L, S. Collins; Coroner,
T. Palmer.. • • '
.Tue .Democrats of Wyoniing county,
at their convention on Monday, put the
• following ticket in the field : For Con
gress, lion. Win. N. Piatt, of Itinhau.
•
Oa* borough ;. foißewesenative, A. W.
Stephens, of Nicholson township.; : for
&edit •Gw., L. Kennard of Braintrim
toWnshipi Associate Judge, Paul Bill
ing", of Tunhannock borough ; for Pro
thonotary, 0; M. Coon, of Meshoppen ;
for Register and Recorder, J. R. Mallon,
otOrertield ; for County Commissioners;
J. C. Hermann, of Eaton, and Wm. Sick
ler, of NO3 thmorelapd ; for Auditors, H.
N. Sickler, of Falls, and T. D. Headley,
of Exeter, ; f9r Coroner, Dr., 4, Cemy,
of Northinoreland.
Tun Derrick's report of oil operations
for _August, published last week, shows
188. wells completed during the month, Of
which ten were dry ; 142 wells finished in
Bradford field alone. The daily produc
tion of .new wells is 2,032 barons. On,
September 1, 183 wells were drilling, 242
rigs up and building. As a whole, the
report shows but slight changes in opcia
tions over those for July. The greatest
activity in Bradford field 'is observed
along Knapp's Indian creek and tributary
Streams. Daily production of region
40,000 barrels. Greene county, Pa., has
a - production of 34. barrels per day of lu
bricating oil
.; Smith's Perry, Pa., .845
barrels ; various districts in Ohio,. 213
barrels ;, West . Virginia, 830 barrels ;
Barren county; Ky.,175 barrels. A move;
input is on fart, ba cked by European cap
italists. to develop the oil belt in West
Virginia 'mai the point where it crosses
the• Chesapeake and Ohio Railioad..
N TUE REMELT IN 'VERMONT.
A small vote, but a decided Re.
publican majority. Full returns
from the First and Second congres
sienal distries and from all but five
important towns in the Third dis
trict, on the vote f'or governor, 'show
the following result
Proctor (rep.) t.
lingliam ((Wm.)
Zdirau (gretmWk), and scaiterlng
This gives Proctor, a majority over
all of 16,782. In 1876. the.same towns,
gave Fairbanks (rep.) 44,153 Bing
'ham (dem.) 20,736 ; • scattering, 73;
majority for Fairbanks, 23,344.. The
full vote in. 1876 stood, .Fairbanks,
44,723 ; Bingham, 21,042; scattor
ing,B3 , majority. for
,Fairbanksi: . 23, 7
608.
In the First congressional district,
comprising . eighty-tour townsi,allbut
five towns give Joyce (rep.) 11,755,
Randall (dem) 6,649, scattering, 11 ;
Majority forJoycci, 6,065 .In 1876
Joyce was re-elected to: the Forty-.
fiifth congress, receiving 14,496 votes
against 77057 for Childs (dem.); - ma
jority for Joyce, 7,429.
Full returns from the Second con-.
gressional district, comprising eigh- -
ty-one towns, give Tyler (rep.) 12,216,
Dickey (dem.) 4.9sB,scattering, 6-; a
majority for T2,•lernf 7,252. licr.lB76`
Dennison (rep.) was' re-elected
congress in this : distrret, .re6iving
14,430 votes against 5,733 for Dickey .
(acm e ); majority for Dennison, 8,691.
.
• In e the Third eougressional diStrict,
comprising 76 towns,returns have been
received froni all but one town, which
east about '4O- votes' in 1876, The
vote is as follows: Grout (rep.), 6,-
645 ; Waterman (dem.), 3'558; Ber
low (bolter), 9,112.; scattering, 63. -
Barlow lacks 1,154 votessof a major
ity. • IDS plurality over Grant; is 2,-
467. This result makes no choice:
'Another election will take place, on
:November 5.
_
• The senate and houSe of reliThsen,
tatives are strongly republican.
The greenbackers elected to the.
house are mostly demoCrats.
St. Johnsbury• is represented by.
L. I'. Poland, who will prbobably 'be
chosen speaker of the house.
A SOIJTEERN PROPHECY.
In all human likelytocal Dereo
cr.* will walk up to the White house
step?.‘n and take his seat in
the-Pridential chair. •
•
He wit send his first nessage - tO a
Demncratic Senate, and a Democratic
„
House, and then a--quiet but irresisti
ble political revolution will set in—
a revolution that will sweep from the
Constitution and statute books lie
last stain and Hanish of . New Eng
land ideas. - -It is safe to say that the
followlng program will be folloWed
out to the letter and 411 able :• •
I. The Republic will\ be divested
of the -lioness that it has usurped
from the States since Mil: Thu re ;
served rights Of the several Common
wealths of the federal- union Will be
recognised in their widest scope and
ramre. In a word the Calhoun theo
ry will be put in practice, while
. will be torn' up. root
and branch, and destrOyed forever.
- IL The unconstitutional amend=
ments will be repealed, and the Con
stitution will thus be restored to its
primitive vigor the ballot box vitri
fied and politic 4 redeemed in an An,
limited measure from the dethoral
17ing influeneollof igporant ; *.viclous
mercenary iiutfrage. - • •
\ 111. The " national'? banks will be
leNelled with the dust, - the United
. States bonds will be taxed, and the
gaeenback will be made a legal ten
der . foi\every dollar of public indebt
edness. \
thousand and one other reforms
necessitated \ by Radical treason and
misrule will e made; 'but those we
have particularly specified arc the
most urgent and „vital, and will prove
most speedily beneficial to our corn
mo a n eon n t 0/ , aht/ a ( hiss,)
southern States. \
•
GLEANINGS•
•\
SEVIER LEwis was hanged,at Empire
City,. Saturday for the murde \ r. his
brother. De—asserted his innoceaee and
claimed that the whole matter waika con
spiracy against his life.
A CHINESE shoemaker at North Adams
Miss., has Married the. prettiest girl\ in
the place. Perhaps the "almond-eyed
'devils" can do our marrying also cheeper
than we can do it ourselves? How is this,'
Dennis ? ' .
'rill: Italian Governmnt has refused to
grant an exequatur to the Bishop of. -Pal
beeaitse the ICing's,right of,patron
na,6 a§ to that see has not been acknowl
edged.
THE Congressional Committee ou the
Labor Qtnistion finished' tlwir investiga
tion in New York. ' hold ses
sions in Pittsburg and Chicago, and again
assemble in New-York in the fall. .
'MALARIAL FEWER. - Malarial fevers,
constipation, .torpidity of the liver and
kidneys, general debility, nervousness and
neuralgic ailments yield readily to this
great disease conqueror, !lop Bitters.. It
repairs the ravages of 'disease by convert
ing the food into rich blood, and it gives
new life and vigor to the aged and infirm
always. /See "Proverbs" in another col
umn. - • •
FOR FINE MILLINERY,
FANCY GODS
TRIMMI NOS, AND LADIES , GARMENTS OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION, •
• At 'Low Prl43s,
.ItA ' PELITA & HILL,
327 EAST WATER STREET, ELMIRA; N.
apr. Lead all Camp'etltora - laid
NOTICE• OF' .PROPOSER AP
PLICATION FOR A CIIARTER.—NoIIce Is
!wren)* given:of intention to apply to the Court of
Common Picas of Bradford County fur - a charter;
for an assotiation to he knoven as the Bar - As-toe,-
atton of Bradford Cminty." The (injects of the
proposed as.socifition arc, the histructunt and iin;
prevenient of its mernherA, the promettou of good•
feeling and brotherly intercourse, the maintenance
of professional character and the furdation of a li
brary. ISEN.T. M. PECH„. •
E. C. GRIDLET,
V. H. CARNOCIIAN,
•
W. T. DAVIES,
. . . WM. FOYLE..
Towatida, Aug. 23, D7B.—Aug:2o
Leal
VXECITTOIVEL - SALE.-The
dersigned eseentopr'of the Met will and tel
lament of Thal. Vaught, deemed. will offer at
public sale on the premises in Rome twp. at I o'clock •
r. sr.. on TUMID A.TiOCTOBffII I, MIL the fol.
lag described piece or pen:slot land Oflegionlng at
a post the northeast corner of Peter Vought.s
thence east Al petcbes to the northeast corner of
Achatlss Vonght's lot; thence by raid Vonghts
line north 41 rods to the public to
; thence
by the same east 9 pers. to the north-west con of,
lot contracted to Stephen Vought Obence by the
said Stephen's line south fa. pros to a pert on the
north 'We'd Wm StropeY lot ; thence by the same'
west 03 pent to s corner oh the east line of Peter
Voagtit'd tot thence by the tams aorta 13$ pen to • e
place of beginning, containing 711 acres sod 35 pen t
moro or kn.
ALSO—One other lot, piece, or parcel of land In
said Rome Mop,' Bradford county. Pa., ,described
as follows : Beginning at the sooth•ust corner of a
lot in the possession of Peter Vaught; thence along
east line of said Peter's Maid north one degree east'
79 and 6.10 pers thence south 89 0 out 88 and 7-10
pers to a cur of land conveyed to Achatlas Vaught -
thence south 1 0 west 79 MI6-lepers; thence n o rth
'B9 O -west 83 and 640 pen to the place of beginning,
containing 41 acres and•llo.peas, strict measure.
or the above described real estate the tenoning
portion is reserved from sale, having been set apart
aml confirmed by the court' forthe 1.300 allowed by
law to the widow of ThomasVought, said portion
being in said Rome twp, and 'bounded as foll.ws:
Beginning on the north side of the ptibllclighiray •
oh the east line of Peter Vaught ; thence along sald
irosdnorth We east 16 and 2,10 pars to the corner
of the yard Of the dwelling house ; thence parallel
with said PeterVought's east line north one-half
deg 79 and 1-10 pert; thence south 88,4 0 west 16.
'240 perste said east line of I'-ter Vought's lot;
thence along said line south 8% 0 wen ;9140 pers
to place of beginning, Containing eight acres. Said
appraiser:tient was sendrtned dually by the court
Feb. 8, 1877.
TE11318.-9100 to - be paid on the day of sale, WO '
'an confirmatirm of the same, 1600slx months there
after, and the remainder In payments of 1500 to be
made semi-annually. M. L. VOUGHT,
• P. W. MAYNARD.
Executors of the List will and testament of Thos.
Vought, deceased,
• Sept..ll, 1878
TN BANKRUPTCY.L—In the Pis.
trice Court:of the United States_ for the West..
era District of Petinsy!tants.
• This Ist° give notice that on the 3d day of Sept, •
A. D. itle, a warrant in bankruptcy was issued
.against the estate of Orrin D. Bartlett, of
. Towanda
bore, in the county of Bradford and State of Penn-
sylvania, who has been adjudged a bankrupt upon
his own petition ; that the payment of any debts
and the delivery of any property belonging to such
Bankrupt, to hint or toll's use, and-the transfer of
any property by him, are forbidden' by lay ; that a
meeting of the credVers of said Bankrupt, to pryro
their debts and choose one or mose Assignees of his
estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy to be
holden at the taco of OVERTON A MERCL!R in
the Borough - of Towanda, Pa., : before R. A. 3lEit-•
'CUR, Esq., Register; on the 16th day of OCTO
BER, A. D. 1470, at 10 O'clock.a. Y.
JOHN
15 2. U. 8. 3fihall, as Messenger.
Pittsburg, Sept. 6 , 1878. ' •
26.723
17,111
.2.810
TN - BA N K RUPTC Y..—. District
Court o..the United - Slates, for the Western •
District of Pennsylvania.
•
This is to give notice that onthe . thi day of Sept.,
A. D. 1878, a warrant In bankruptcy . was Issued
against the estate of William Grins of Towanda
boro. in the county of Bradford and State of Penn- .
~ .sylvania, who hrs been adjudged a bankrupt upon
his own petition; that the payment &f any debt&
and the-dellvery of any property belotiging to with .1
'bankrupt to him or for his use:, and the transfer of
any property by him are forbidden by lati.; that a
meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt to prove
. their debts, and choose one or more assigneet of
his estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy,
to be holden at the Otnee of OVF,RTON '& UElt.
CUB in the boro of Towanda, I'a., before It. A.
MEi Esq., Tieglster, on the 11th day of OC.
' TOB EH,' A. D. 1870, at 10 o'clock A. wt.
JOHN HALL, _
15552 S. 3farsbal, 04 Messenger.,
Pittsliurg, Sept. 6, 1879. • • 1
TN BANKRUPTCY. District
JIL Court of the'Unlted - States, for the Western
pistrict of Pennsylvania.
This Is to give notice that - on the 2d day of Sept.;
A. 11..1373. a warrant lu bankriii.tcy was Issued
agthist the estate of Jared S. Manley, of Canton
horn. In the county of Bradford and State of Penn.
sylvania, who has been adjudged a bankrupt upon
his own petition; that the payment of any, debts
and delivery tit any , property belonging to such
bankrupt to him or for his use, and the transfer of
any property by him are forbidden by law ; that a
meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt to prove
their debts, and choose one or more assignees of
his estate. will - be liebi at a Court of Bankruptcy,
to be holden at the (Oct of J. N - ; SHAW. Esq., in
the horn of Canton; Pa.. before R. 'A. MERC
Esq.. 'lt...Oster, on the lath day of OCTOBER., A.D. -
MS, at 11 o'clock' A. at..
JOHN HALL, -
U. S. Mani:m.l,as Messenger.
•
Pittsburgh, Sept. 6, 1578. 15w2
TEACHERS' FXAMINATIONS.
The annual exiunination of teachers far Brad
ford county, wilt he held for the several townships
as follows '
Fur Athens and Litchfield fwp., at Athens Grad
ed School. Sept: 21th ;•for Shcshennin and Ulster. at
Lower Valley school, Sheshequin. Sept.. 25th; for
Monroe. at Graded School, Ilonroeton, Sept. 26th : •
for Overton and Albany, at School No, 1. Ovirtou,
Supt. 27111 ; for Terry and Wilmot. at New' Era,
117th ; for Granville and Le Roy, Le Roy vil
lage. seta. Pub ; for Canton, - at Graded School,
Oct. Ist ; for Armenia'and Troy, at Graded School, •
Troy. Oct : for Wells and South Creek, at.o
Stalion, Oct. •3d : for Syringlield and (Mum
his, at Colombia X Roads. Oct. 4:11; for Itidgibury
and Smithfield, at Smithfield Graded School, Oct.
sth ; for Asylum and Sanding Stone, at Standing
Stone schi,ol house, Oct. 7th ; for Wyalusing and
Tnscarzwa. Oct. Bth ; for Herrick.= Laudon school,
Oct. 9th ; for Pike. at Le Raysville, Oct. 10th: for'
Windham-and Warren. at West Warren. Oct. llth;.
for Orwell and Rome at Rome horn. Oct. 12th: for.
Burn cgiou and \Vest Burlington limo. Oct. 14th ;
for_Frant.lin and Barclay, at Franklindale, Oct.
1 \ thx for Wysok, Towanda and North Towanda,
at Towancla'Graded School:Oct. 16th.
. Each ex'atilinatiun will commence promptly at 9
A. U. Applicants e9li please in - ovine. themselves
with pencil, foolscap paper. -and Sanders' Fifth
Reader. Private examinations or the endorsing of
certificates nerd not he expected.
G. W. RYAN. coi . luty Superintendent.
Towanda, Pm. Sept. it. 1078. - 15vr3
ADMINISTRATOES' NOTICE.
_—Notice Is hereby given that all persons in.
4le Med to the estate of Joseph Atkins, late of Tusea:
rosy twp.; deceased, are requested to make home.
Mate
. payment, ".and all persons having claims
against said &state tnitit present them duly anthen•
Heated for settlement.
• ("IN Itt'GF:lt, Administrators,
EMMA ATKINS,
Tuscaror.a, Pa., Aug. 8. 1878.
ADMINISTI3ATOR'S NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby given - that all persons In
dehted-to the estate of Hiram M. Washburn, late of
Wyalit,hig township, dee'd, are requested to make
Immediate payment. aud all persons having ChIMS - -
vtiatilst sald estate must present them dilly authen•
tleated fot settlement.'
.ItHIN F. CHAMBERLIN; Admlnlatrltor
Wyal using, Pa., Aug. 8; MTh. IOW;
- I)EINISTRA.TORS' NOTICE;
is.lirelyy given that, all persons In
deldod to the estate of Ebenezer Rogers, late pt
Ulster top., dee'd. , are.requested'io make immed
iate p,lymcnt, and alt parsons liaving claims against
sale estate must 'present them duly authenticated
[GI settlement. •
GEOROE 11. ROCKWELL, Administrator.
Ulster, I"a., Aug. 12, 1878.
ORP HAN'S. COURT S A LE.—Zy
thine of an order Issued out of the Orphan's/
Court of Bradford county, the undersigned, execto
for or the estate Of Daniel - White. late of . Rid g o.
bury twp.. dcceased,;will expose to public sale On
the premises, on FRIDAY, S E rTEM E 20, ink
at 1 o'clock P. 01, the following .dei.cribed real es•
tate in said township •.
Ilmnded on the north by lands . of John Carroll,-
east by !ands of John Chambers, on thokouth by.
lands of -Timothy Destnond. and. F.
and on the west by lands - of Daniel flay6 , ,and nut.
po ;e4 to cantata about one hundred and Ave-acres,
to be the same mom or less; about Ip.'acres bnproe
with a framed home and framed . barn, and
sheds and appletrocs.thercon.
TEAMS lIF zs.A LE. -$lOO downB.soo on confir
mation, and balance in one year/th 9 ereafter with in
terest after conth mat ion.
JAMES IL/WEBB, Executor.
Ea,itSmithiletil, Aug. 22. / Di7e. 12w5
. ,
Exp.° ITT olt OT E.—Notice
hereby Oren that till persons indebted to
the estate of James Finnerty, late of Towanda twp,
ar renaosted to tnak:! immediate . payment, and -
all 'persons haring claims against said estate must
present them duly authenticated for settlement.
E.T. FOX, Executor. -
.
Towanda, -pa.; Aug. 22. Ism ' -• ,
DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
A
—Notice is hereby given. that all persons in
dvidefl to the estate of G. R. Eaton," late of To
vvanda born, deceased, must make immediate pay
tueet.And all persons haling claims, against. such
,estate most present them duly authenticated for
settlement: , • . SUSAN EATON,
. Med L. T. ROYSE,
Tim:Mita, Sept. 4, ISM ' AdrolniStmtors..
TLIST for September Term
1. of Court, MN, at Towanda, Ps.: - •
1' W Clapp vs G M Bixby . ease -,
Elias llonsiker vs Cornelius Huns!ter' - - Wet' -
Ellen K MlteUell vs James Kelley eject
A 4.ewls vs . L Freedenburg - P.M.
.1I It Merrill vs V F Hawkins ' appeal
Mary Driscoll: , nse F.
Ellen Dorwoan et M....eject
Sanotel-Walbrldpv W W Decker. ' covenant
Bridget Commit v Wan-lt Storrs - eject
Henry D Elmer,,admr vs D B Walker et al—sel fa
Geo S Peek '0 Dwight and Maynard debt
I) It Blackman vs F (*.Sweet IsAle
First National Batik, Athens Vs Geo W Morse debt
Towner W Lane. eject
.
Thilip Derr:y vs W T Gardnerdebt
M E Culler vs .I L Corbin ' replevin
1 Nshunni Parsons vs Win H Thompson....npreal
onlillug rinii.Dupell vs Towanda Duro Bel Dist debt
P M Cmitiatigli guar vs Thomas - Meredith—appeal
.Ini. M Lamphere vs 'Gen Fox admr appeal
Phreillx lint Life lust's Ns Henry A Burbank set fa
Clarissa Towners turn vs .1 'Leroy.Corbin...asaurnpt
Lam A Park vs Township of Orwell case
. J
C Vallee vs Jun 0 Ward ' debt
Seth Doane admr C W Doane troves
Jim 0 Ward vs Lebanon Met Life Ina' Co debt
3D WEEK.
Citizens
Citizens Rank, Waverly is Coddtng It Rupoll
Citizens Bank, Waverly vs .1 II Montanye..assiunt
Citizens Ilank„Ways sly vsChatinceySßupell
Thomas Mathews vs Geo V 31yer et al eject
Weller Lk Ellis , vs Dennis McMahen* oa'r...szatupt
31eKitirtrey .t Childs vs ' lames, 3farr . ....
Alex Dewing :tams vs Gen Fria ex'r debt
David (lardicer.vs Daniel Reasor ' assutpt
L B Rogers use vs Allen McKean assmpt
1) C Dwight use v. 4 Schrader Coal Co trespass
Benjamin WWnzer vs Elliot nuisances coy
Wm If Keeler vs Li B Kesler assiopt
Fredrick Sbair vs .E C Merrick._....
luaaoSuedvsPa& NYC & Rlt Co
C Ayres .k Co vs Levi Morse et al..
Ceo C Everson vs.M C'Clatila •
P W 31eDennetl vs A .1' Layton tresoss
W Lane vs D S Pratt et al T T's sot fis
Isabella Rockwell vs Wth and Chas Northrop eject
James Othson vs Peter McCulley trespass
Lewis Is Brown vs David Whipple appeal
in Justin vs Dennis Cousadine *Weal
loses M Coolbaugh vs Pa A N Y C A BB o:4.thill
15Iargaret D Kline vs David Luther........trespath
, M L Prentiss Ira Win Peet Issue
Subpcenaes 2(1 week returnable Monday, Sept. 9.
1678. .
Subpzenaes Stl Week returnable Monday, Sept. 16,
1878. BENJAMIN M. PECK, Prothonotary.
Tsoirands, Pa., Aug• 2,1378. • " 10w4
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