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E. O. GoODRICII, EDITOR:
totazia, Pa., Thra ?el 13, 1171
vxcLz aaii• aspnEw.
The last Presidentisi contest. was
-fiotorionsly managed in person by
the Democratic candidate, zi his own
be . Llll and fur the intdests of his
party. An abla, and saki, lawyer,
of great wealth, he was supposed to
be a remarkably successful organizer
—indefatiiablp in his Labors, and
fruitful in his plaxis for advancing his
own election. lt was popularly be
lie.Ved,- and added greatly to the eon,.
udencc of the Democracy as to sue
cess, that he personally superioten
ded-andhad a knoWledge of. all the
details of' the eauVass, extending
,over the entire country, and coming
down .in its minuteness; almost to
election district's. To his untiring'
labor. and skillful manipulation was
attributed, more than' to : any other
cause, the result of the election,
i`or . sonie . i time was in ckiubt;
the solution depending upon the . elec
toral• vote of two or three , States,
wherein the election had been conduc
ted 41.su9h a manner, and. the final
summing up was in such hands, as to
seriously alarm the conntry,.as to
the means which might be employed
to control the authorities in which
was vested .the power and responsi
bility of determining for whom the
vote should be east, and thus decide
the question of the Presidency.
Subsequent proceedings fully jus
•i.ified the anxiety of the people, and.
their apprehension that : the "barrel
of money" was not qUite ecapty;and
that it would be used, if -necessary,"
to buy enough electoral votes to elect
T LbEN—while visiting statesmen
rushed to Louisiana. Florida, South
Carolina and Oregon, ostensibly to
sc:ear;2 . "fair count." Rumors filled
the air. - predicated - upon the move
ments of certain of Tlll)£.*:6 agents,
that immene slims would be paid to
secure enough •electorial votes to
make film president—members of the
IZeturnino . Boards asserting poSitive
l:.• that overtures of .that, character
i been Made them. ;. ,f
The pu - bliedtion of telegrams pur
porting to pass between r DLDES'4,
nOpliew. Col. l'4Tos, who was alio
ii:s private Secretary, anil Secretary
of the Democratic National Commit-
tee, during . the Presidential contest,
ar•d. certain confidential friends of
the -defeated candidate, disclosed so
plainly the attempt to purchase the
requisite number of electoral votes,
implicating the nephew, and bring
ing the knowledge of the guilty trans
-
actions so close to the uncle—appear-
lag in the ; Ti'ibaqe . , and dw'elt upon
with persistent reiteration—forced
the DeraoCracy into an investigation,
as to the authenticity and purport of
tis telegrams.l
anntittei.: of the House, of
which Mr. I;orrEn is Chairman, has
been examining witnesses for some
time, without any startlinQresults,un
tii
the. last week, when a sub-commit
•
tt.e met at New York, for the pur
lio:ie of l hearing what explanations,
Mr. TitnEN, his nephew, Col. FEL
and sundry other persons, prom
inent in the alleged attempt tO sub
vett, the pcipular will, might give as
to whatteetliain telegrams §ent,or re
eeived by them might mean.
Concerning Pacts l already establish
•;, e.(l by the testimony taken, the Tri
• I,tine says the following is fully sub.
stantiated and will not be controver
ted, viz :
As to Florida, that 31antou Marble tele
'graphed in cipher ttr Mr. Tilden's house
v.:o proposals to buy votes, one for $2OO-,
i , OO, anti One for *50,000; that C. W.
W.,olley alto tranfrnitted to Colonel Pei
t‘m a Ptopoial • for *50,00 : and that Col
onel\ l'elten revile: "Proposition accept
" t,d, if done only o ice," but directed the
agent'. to erms - ult w th each other.
..1s to smith Carolina, that Smith M,
\V Vl'll transmitted in cipher telegrams to
Colouol Pelt= a proposal to buy votes
for';i1.0(10, was instructed that the money
i be furni,hed, and went to Balti
more to get it ; that Colonel . Pelton went
thither to deliNer it, and telegraphed for
it to the Ticasiwer of thelnemocratic Na
tional Cointaittee, bat was recalled ; that
~n1,.-equent effort to secure the vote, by
nattd.aml bribery' was defeated by pre
mature adjournment of the Board.-
to Oregon, that Patrick and "Kelley . ..
fOr. money to "purchase Re
•• el, : ;etor to recognize and act
Deinocrat," and that Pelton de
posited money to be forwarded, but the
tolnittatice arrived too late.
k . As Col.Pturox, the nephew, ap
peared to be the principal agent and
chief advisor in these disgraceful
transactions; it beclme necessary for
Mr. Tir.oEs to endeavor •to satisfy
the public mind that be was not cog
nizant-of what was doing, and; that
lie did not• advise nor countenance
the scheme which was to seat him in
the Presidential chair •by - such venal
- means, lie was before the Commit
t'ee on Saturday and while unable to
deny the material facts in. &crease,
he simply denies any knowledge of
them! He claims that during all that
time of doubt and uncertainty, when
the country was -wrought' up to the'
highest point of excitement
and. expectancy during' -all
• the plotting and `cOurifrrplotting...,
the hurrying to 'and fro of politicians
and agents—the telegraphing in ci-
Pher—the very air thick with rumors
. fraild- and bribery—he was in pro-
found ianorance of the doings of his
Nephew and his friends-;•-and - they
laboring night and day, by every,
available means, fair and unfair, to
compass his triiimpk!
Of course, sich a sweeping denial
will not be accepted as satisfactory,.
•so long as the authenticity of the
telegrams remains -established, and
the strong probabilities that he could
not have been in entire ignorance of
all the-dark and .devious Means em=
;cloyed to make him President. It
will not do for his friends to attempt
to bear .the odium and for bisitepit,
ew.to be offered as a scapegoat, to
shield him, from the obloquy of this
attempt tci set aside the' popular ver
dict by fraud and bribery. , The cher
acter of the man for adroitness and
hispropensity for political chicanery
end manipulation, combined with the
desperate struggle through which he
had just paised, end his overweening
anxiety to fill the Presidentisl chair,
forbid the idea that he waain such
profocind Ignorance of all the momen
tons plans and means employed by
his immediate and, intimate friends
to advence his politics' fortunes:
Al WORD ABODir-LEADIES.
Fora good many years there has
been in Pjannsylvania a frequently re
curring struggle for political mastery.
This straggle is but new, nor is it
-peculiar to Pennsylvania in any re
spect, save in direction and details.
There is a similar conflict in every po
litical community. Here, the con
tat has been waged with varying in
:tensity, frequently with great bitter
ness,andapparently with a single in
fluence. :Our waders will understand
vhat we mean. For more than thirty
years Brno:: CAI-milli; has been the
most potent factor l in State politics.
To the outside world he has goitre
times seemed to fight alricombina
tioni single-handed, and it has there
fore been a .difficult
,matter to disa
buse the minds of that outside public
of the erroneous Wier that his suc
cess was mainly dui to strategy and
Lriclr.3ten of close .observation
b l are always known 'better./ In all
conflicts for the mastery strategy iS
of course a powerful aid. General
CtiMERON has always had great faith
in the potency tot organization,-and
no man hi this country has exhibited
a more marked faculty for organ
izing victory. • But above all this he
stands pre-eminent in the qualities that
go 'to make the leader. That he has
been a leader in the best sense of that
term none but the most prejudice&
will deny. And he has been an ex
ceptionably successful leader. Now,
in politcs,some things are fortuitous,
and some are the results of foresight
'and close calculation. Fortuitous
circumstances snmetimes place a
man in the lead for a short time, but
they never • keep him there. If he
keeps the lead, the staying pcivrer
thus indicated is due to his superior
, •
sagacity.
For the most part such persopp as
4,ve offered solutions of the prob
lem of the CAMERON influence have
erred' in judging General CAMERON
from what they knew of themselves.
Thatis not 'a safe rule even in ordi
nary cases. In this case the rule
hal no application whatever. No
Peunsylvanian ever had sfich power
to make friends and keep them as he.
Without the faculty of creating an
enthusiastic following, he conquered
prejudice by the sheer force of 'com
mon sense Applied to political man
agement. His plans were always
feasible. He dared a !Tood deal but
never too much. He never affect
ed a friendship he did ri4Teel. Fre
quently he has waived personal pre.
ference'When most men would have
been obstinate and- uncompromising.
He always knew when to press the
oppositidn and when to refrain from
pressing. When it seemed the best
policy to disarm an opponent rather
than crush him, he disarmed him.
He never showed fear and never lost
his head under a check. A man pos
sessing such qualities naturally grav
itates to the head of the column, and
if he has ambition he can stay there
in spite of all opposition.. Having
these qualities, and being ambitions,
General CAMERON went to the front
early in life and remained there until
he voluntarily laid down the baton.
Some have tried;to account for the pa
tency of the CAMERON influence in
other ways, but they have generally
gone wide of the mark. 'Eevery suck
ling-politician in Pennsylvannia has
known exactly how to account for it,
and some of them have been very
deeply grieved -when, in trying to
demonstrate the problem of lead.ei
ship on their own account, they have
found themselves out of the fight.
Gen . CAMERON possesses it. a mark
ed degree the faculty of inspiring men
with confidence in his Sagacity and
judgment. None of his opponents
have possessed this faculty. It may
be said, also, that Gen. CAMERON has
been especially favored by the medi
ocrity of his opponents as regards
their qualities of leadership. - The
most obstreperous of them have been
intensely self-seeking, and never able
to inspire any considerable number
of persons with confidence in
their friendship or sagacity. If the
use of money to defeat " the CANER
ONS " could have availed anything,
they would have been 4efeated: long
ago ; but as " the Casa:ions " never
owed political success merely to
money, money could 'not 'defeat therm
A great deal of money has been wast
edi
in that way—several handsome
fortunes, at least—and yet the only
effective opposition must have been
brains and common sense. There - is
no mystery about either the Cum
ort influence or the failure of 'the op
position. All opposition has been
organised on the cash and joint-stock
basis,
with envy and malice as col
laterals. Thus opposition has failed
because it never had any coherence
and never had a born leader in com
mand. Oa the other hand, there was
a born leader • a man of affairs, art
1 unswerving- fkend, a man of broad
- and' liberal views of public policy,
and a -man of whom his bitterest ene
my has never. said, if He has his
price.", The public never sees such
men as they are. They are either
gods or they are monsters.' But ordi
nary men are never rated' either at
gods or lIMMIVRII3. And if anybody
thinks that a man must be an angel
in order to be 'a leader among men,
they must 'be able to point to some,
man of that - kind, who fiend wain. ,
where in public * ► Baia an eotne aga
of the world.
Tar. Senate of the United States
spent seven home in secret session ,
on *lmlay Of, luruek,iovu-the
noidnit . ibr Croilaiiitiol)l
9111 iii of Rey/York comitait
asses )04 'slat*red__
ing th e Admintatiatlon,nus the mu-,
ination df Gen. MIREVIT as Collector
was confirmed by a vote of 33 to 24,
and Mr. BUST as Naval Officer .by a
vote of 31 to 19. _
Now that, this disturbingAnestion
is settled, it is to be hoped that the
same spirit_ of conciliation and har
mony that prevailed in the` late Ite
pablican Convention in New-York,
and which dic;ated the unanimous
support of Senator CONKLIN° by the
Republican members of the Legisla
ture, will prevail in the party, that
the Empire State may be kept 1n the
Republican column.
Senator CONKLINO I S course has:the
virtue of being in the interest of his
perional friends, but there - was nei
therther. right nor justice in denying to
the
.nei
,
and Secretary of the
Tressery the privilege of selecting
the persons they deemed best fitted
for carrying out the measures of re
forms,- so imperatively demanded in
the administration.of the New-York
Custom House.
Tax failure of the resumption of
specie payments is not approaching
with that certainty and rapidity
which the tiat-money men predicted.
Onthe contrary, every days' business
thus far has put 'the* TreasurY on a
firmer footing and made the reality
and permanency of - specie resiunp
tion more apparent. The record of
the first month of specie resumption
makes a gratifying exhibit. During
the eatire month barely a million and
a half of coin has been paid ant in
the redemption of the legal tenders,
and ten times that amount of coin
has been taken in from the ordinary
business of the customs. On the Ist
of January the Treasury Department
dklined to pay interest on bonds in ,
cotn,..but gave, instead, corn checks
on New York. On the Ist of Feb
ruary the Secretary of the Treasury
authorized the payment of coin here
to all holders of . bonds who wanted
their interest in Coin, thus inauggrat
ing practical redemption herd as well
as at New York. Since the Ist a
large amount of interest on bonds
has been paid, but only a trifling
proportion of that amount has been
asked for in coin. The preference
for — grienbacks has - been : almost
unanimous, and, with the exception of
a few cases, mostly women, -the in
terest due February Ist hati been
paid in greenbacks instead of coin,
by request of those to whom' the
interest was due.
AT the beginning of the year Sec- ,
retary Summar, laid that he would
be well satisfied if the sale ?of four
per cent. bonds should average $2,-
000,000 a clay. ' This would enable
him to take up 810,000,000 of six
per - cent. bonds each week,—and dur
ing the year he would be able to refund
the:whole-of the 1867 series. The ex
perience of the put month has shown"
that Mr. Saunas greatly underes
timated the ability of the people of
the United States to loan motley to
the government. The sales of four
per cent. bonds have averaged $6,-
000 4 000 pd. day,- and at this rate
the WO; that remain - of the issue
of 1867 ($3Q9,607,800) will 'he refund
ed within the next ninetydays. When
these are got out of the T way, the
other bowls available for refunding
are the ten-forties of 1864(8194,566,-
300); and Consols of 1865 (826,085,-
550); and Consols of 1868 (37,465 r
300). The ten-forties have been re
deemable since March let, )874, but
will not be due until Marchlst, 1904.
The Consols of 1865 have been re
deemable since July Ist, 1870, and
the Consols of 1869 since July Ist,
1873. When the above mentioned
bonds are taken up no others hill be
redemable before 1881. If the fund
ing operations continue at the present
'rate, all the bonds that can be called
in before 1881 will be - redeemed
within the present year.
Tnz City of Elizabeth, New Jer
sey, is reportedbankrupt, having only
five thousand, dollars in cash in the ;
treasury, and laving failed on-Sat
urday to pay the interest on its
bonded debt,' and \ the part of the
principal then due.
\ At, is also in
arrears in the payment of employes,
and there seems •to be danger that
its schools' will have to be closed.
The bankruptcy is due to ,a•mania
for improvements which made Eliza
beth one of the handsomest cities on
the road between New York and
Philadelphia, but piled up a- debt at
least twice as great in proportion to
population as that which - . burdens
Philadelphia. Patent pavements and
drives were not looked upon as lux
uries in the days when ft was easy
to boriow money but now that the
day of reckoning has come and
money and credit are both gone, the
citizens are doubtless learning the
value of the good old rule, pay as
you go.'?
Tax greatest victory that has been
gained by the advocates of equal
rights for women, was the final pas
sage in Congress on Saturday, of a
bill granting the right to practice in
the U. S. Somme Courtto wumen who
had been admitted to practice in the
highest courts in their On States at
least three years previously. Of
course such a law as this does not
commit Congress to the passage of
the sixteenth amendment that has
been urged intermittently fot some
time, but it does put the highest
legislative body in the aamby on
record as willing to grant to women
any rights that their respective Stites
will grant them
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Siumirtmyr Wax_ lumtemp!ted as
Deputy Secretari%* l -the "'annum
waltta Mraf / 1 444 3 04.4 1 . 0 reen5*
*iriforbils4iditor-:o4pit *mid
iiiii l rraihte:44o .1001; ' as
tassiitant Clerk
iklibeien* has ' si l iuliedieluable
ixaudng. Ile will make an Intent
gest and excellent officer. This ap
pointment restores to the chief clerk
ship Of the Secretary's office the late
1 Deputy McCeimorwr, who fornierly
filled this Om plane with great ac
ceptance. It is reported that -Hon.
Was S. Hmacnarrs, of Allegheny,
will be Chief of the Bureau of Statis
tics in the office of the Secretary of
Internal. Affairs, and that Lucius
Booms, Esq., of McKean, will be
,the chief clerk on' the secession,of
poi. Dun= to the office.
Groaar. G. Vr.sr who has been
elected t) the 11. S. Senate by the
Missend democracy, according to all
accounts, is a , man of very little
principle, if any, is as much against
the government to day as he was
when he was a member of Jeff Davis'
Senate and when he was an acknowl
edged Missouri rebei leader. It is said
that whilst a member of the Confed
eracy Senate he was cowhided by
the wife of nENIIY A. Pou.anz• for
insulting her. This is the kind of
timber that is sent from the solid
south to bulldoze . the North into
paying off the Southern War claims.
We have an idea, that before the next
session-of Congress is half over the
northern democracy will have occas
ion, in self protection to "pull down
their vest. "
SENATOR Mouu.is put his foot in it
last week, when he asserted that in.
New Hampshire men were denied
the right of suffrage, on the account ;
of their religion, whicli Senator Role
Liya promptly : denoUnced as false:
The Alabama Senator ought tolls*
been jsatisfied with this exposure
his ignorance; but was not, and aa: t .
serted that Roman Catholics in Noir
Hampshire were not permitted' to
hold office.. Senator ROLLINS inform
ed him that he was again in error,
and that all offices in New Hamp-
shire were'open to Roman Catholics
it they were duly elected. Senator
Mouoart then asked when the pro
vision of law excluding them from
the office was repealed, to which the
Senator from New Hampshire replied
briefly, "Since the Republican party
came into power."
Tins trial of Major Rziso, of the
Seventh Calvary, for cowardice in the
battle with the Indians, on June 23th
d 26th, 1876, which resulted in the
death of General CUSTER, and the
massacre of his command, is progress
ing at Chicago. The proceedings are
tediousand much of the testimony ir
relevant,but as yet nothing seriously
damaging to Major Rico has been
brought out . The proboPities are
strongly in favor of his acquital.
MIL MANTON MARBLE appears in
about 'the worst light of any of the
coparceners upon whom the rays of
the bright sunlight of publicity have
fallen. Pzi.ros and Wzzn went into
the business of buying , a Returning
Board or an elector, they admit, be
cense they thought that the only way
of securing what of right belonged
them. Mr. MARBLE puts himielf on
record—After being forced to .ad
mit that he khew about the negoti
ations and bad a hand in them-'—as
being solely interested in order to
keep the distinguished Pzyrox Ost
ed about what was going on! Of all
the gauzy statements made by the
conspirators this is the worst,
Ting trial of election officers or, the
Second district of the Seventh ward
of Pittsburg, for fraud in the Alder
mai: elections of February of last
year, was concluded list - week. There
were three indictments. - The first
charged the alteration and substitu
tion of ballots ; the second a con
spiracy to alter and substitute bal
lots, and the third was somewhat
similar to the second. JOSEPH ROUSH
W. T. SCOTT and JCiSEPH Cnowzi were
convictedi but E. W. DAVIS and
ROBERT . DALGLEISH,'CISTICS to the
board, were acquitted. This is the
first conviction of the kind in Alle.
gheny county. Sentence will be pro
nounced next Saturday.
THE true inwardness of the Demo
cratic policy is constantly coming to
She trait at Washington. The last
move is the resolution in caucus
to put an amendment on one of the
,
appropriation bills repealing the test
oath now required for jurors, and al
\so the law providing for
,supervisors
of \elections. This is done at the
dictation of the sentiment so strong
ly expressed in the south a few days
since. \ •
Pima W.\Homurs, of Bingham
ton, New York, Republiean State
Senator from thr \Twenty-fourth di*.
trict, died quite suddenly at Albany
Friday. Mr. HOPKINS was a Penn
sylvanian by birth, buk has spent
most of his life in Bromic, county,
New York, Ile first ca4n, into
prominence as Distriet-AttcrrnCY in
the prosecution of Rum?, the rinr.
derer.
Tana is significance in the fact
that at the Treasury at Washington,
on the Ist, nearly all persons apply
ing'for interest took greenbacks in
preference to . gold. Yet the Demo
crats declared up to the last moment
that Resumption could not be main
tained. _
Tam creditors of Soithern •munici
palities have gloomy prospects ahead.
Memphis is said to be about surren
dering ite charter in order to get ad.
vantage over its creditors and Mobile
hos petitioned the Legialatum -of
Al___bncfor the application of alike
remedy.
• -A. Wftwaus Sheriff of Armstrong
County 40 wits convicted. at
DftembOtOrm for pe ajtsr.ysnd ttOft
monerfail4elkin:ROPoile!tiilitieSi
tenced *inubsy io.:;Azicia - uo
[ Prisonmint
, b, the immititUttityl End
tolay it:AnSof stop. ' , vruaiptil his
been in office since
_January, int
.This is one, of the first convictions
for
_the, offence of bribing electors,
and we trust the effect upon =di
dates in . the Allure Will be' ialutary.
Theuse of money has become so no.
torious' and general, itimt it is impos
sible in some counties for a poor man
to be a candidate with any, hope of
success. _ Probably the evil effeuti of
'the use of money in elections is felt
as lightly here. is anywhere, and yet
it is a crying evil in Bradford, do-
moralizing those of easy virtue, and
Ibrdensome to the candidates.. Pro
bably it will continue in a greater or
less degree until some successtril can-
didate meets with the 'fate 'of, the
Armstrong Sheriit •
OONGBESS.
Tuesday: 7 --Ia the Senate, a large
number of bills were reported from
committee and placed on the cabs;
der; 'the political resolutions of Mr.
Edmunds were takedup and debated ;
Mr. Bayard spoke against them; Mr.
Edmunds replied ; and then the Sen
ate went into executive session. In
the House, the Army bill was takes
up imme.liately Mr. Durham, Mr.
Cox and others tried to have the
Army reduced, and there was a long
and sharp debates on the ' subject ;
three propositions !to reduce the
Army were defeated ; final action
was not taken ; the Mississippi Levee
bill was finished in Committee of the
Whole in the evening, and reported
to the House.
Wednesday:—ln the Senate, after
some miscellaneous business,the pont
cal resolutions of Mr. Edmunds were
,taken up; Mr. Whyte, of Maryland,
and Mr. Garland, of Arkansas. op
posed them; Mr. Kernan, Mr. Hill
and, other Democrats also spoke
against them; the Democrats then
endeavored to force delay; it came
to a test of endurance, and the Dem;
ocrats were defeated.; the Edmonds
resolutions were passed by a party
vote. In tile House, the Mississippi:,
Levee bill was amended, and - was
passed, 155 t 073 ; the Army bill was
then taken up; the Army Reorgan
ization bill was offered as an amend
ment; it was fought on a point of
order, but was aumitted by the Chair
man ; no vote on it was reached.
Thursday;—ln the Senate, there
was considerable miscellaneous busi
ness done, none ef it of much impor
tance, and the Senate- then took up
the Census bill, amended it, and
passed it; Mr. Blaine presented an
urgent appeal from New England
manufacturers for better communica
tion with South America. In the
House, the Army- Appropriation bill
occupied, most of the clay; after
much 'debate the organization scheme
was attached to bill ; Mr. Boone,
of Kentucky, moved the transfer of
the Indian Bureau, and about this
Mr. Garfield had •tpdispute with the
Speaker over a point of order; no
final action was reached.
Friday —ln the Senate, Mr. Win
dom,. of Minnesota; spoke •in fivor of
his bill for the colonization of ne
groes on a soil where the law is I.i -
spected ; the bill to admit women to
practice in the Supreme Court was
passed ;• a good deal of miscellaneous
business was transacted ; - the bill tie,
prevent epidemics was introduced.
In the House, a number' of private
bills were passed ; the Senate amend'.
ments to the Naval Appropriation
bill were nonconcurred in.
Saturday:—ln the Senate, a-num
ber of bills were passed including the
Indian Appropriation bill; the Sen
ate insisted upon its amendnients to
the Naval and the Fortification bills.
In the House, the bill for the ex-,
cange of legal-tender notes for sil
ver coin was passed ; the Artily bill
was also passed with the reorganiza
tion scheme attached; the amend
ment for; s transfer of the Indian
Bureau to the War Department was
defeated.
Monday e.—ln the Senate, Mr. Me-
Creery made a - speech adv4cating a
transfer of the Indian Bureau to the
Army; Mr. Paddock, of Nebraska,
spoke in behalf of a National agti
cultural academy; the Davis resolu
tion in favor of the promotion of
agiicultnre, upon which he spoke,
was passed; the bill for the issue of
certificates of deposit in aid of re
funding was also passed. In the
Rouse, the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial bill was explained by
Mr.i Atkins, who strongly advocated
a change in the system of . National
surveys; there was some general
debates on.the bill, and a little gen
eral business of an important charac
ter took place besides.
SLAUGHTER OF ENGLISH MOPE.
Cars TOWN, January 27.—0 n the
2lit instant a British column, con
sisting of a portion of the Twenty
fourth Regiment, a battery of artil
lery and six hundred native auxilia
ries, was utterly annihilated, near
the Tugela river, by 20,000 Zuins,
who captured a valuable convoy of
102 wagons, 1,000 oxen; two canon.
400 shot and shell, 1,000 rifles, 230,-
000 pounds of amunition, 60,000
pounds weight of provisions and the
colors of the Twenty-tdurth Regiment.
It is estimated that 5,000 Zulus were
killed and wounded'in the battle.
Among the killed on the British - side
were two majors, four captains,
twelve lieutenants and 'the quarter
master of the Twenty-fourth Regi
ment; two captains of the - Royal
Artillery, a colonel, captain, four
lieutenants and surgeon major of
engineers. besides twenty-one other
British officers commanding thena
tive ladies. .
Seven attacks subsequently made
by the Zulus have been repulsed and
the colony is somewhat recovering
from the utter consternation which
at first prevailed. Natal, however,
is in great danger and disturbances
are feared in Pongolind.
Lord Chelmsford„,the commander
of \ the expedition, has been forced to
retlm in eonsequervie of the defeat,
It is estimated that 500 soldiers were
killed lvsides the officers enumerated
above.' "Governor Sir Bartle Frere
has sent appeals to England and the
Mauritus for reinforcements; The
mail steamer\for England was dis
patched a day earlier than usual,
with a request for \ six regiments of
infantry and a brtgade of cavalry.
The men.of-war, the' \Active and the
Tenedos, have been \abore. The
,Tenedos was seriously Injured and
obliged to go into dock at Simone'
Bay. -
TIM liIIIIMUIIIAL
110111 . p: CANINIIIPOt!ftSOII Of Oa 211,01),*;,i
tranaiserner,jUirs;‘:
$ l4 / 1 4 ' 1 1 1 40 n
*404 e‘.l ll ithloh tbijOisilW
in*lsep - .4144 , -,4lkwiriiiiiradioeb:,
greairnanyAii%the nreibeisiiwiair
affected with a mania for "reading bins
in place," and seem to think it an import
ant part
,of their duty to thus contribute
to the pages of tinit istteresting literary
periodieliknoirn as the Legato:ire Record.
Among the bills introduced at this sea
ohm vas one by 'BlPeaker Long, 0r Mk.
gheny, anthoriiing the appointment of a
mmmimion to ascertain and adjust the
loam .ix, casioned by the riots in July,
1877, providing for the payment - of the
same, and,ankropriating .4000,008 there
for. The commbision is to be composed,
under the provisions of this bill, of three
persona. who shall be' appointed by
. the
Governor, and who shall adjust and prop
erly apportion all losses caused by the
late riots. They shall settle all losses and
complete their Work by November 1,1873,
and shall receive $lO per day and their
necessary expenses as compensation for
their labor. This ill not the bill, of which
mention hat been made, as being in Phil
adelphis, having its details perfected.
Another bill was introduced on Monday
evening by Mr. Barnett, of Lackawanna,
providing that when new counties are cre
ated the county commissioners must_pro
vide funds for the county expenses, and in
order to do this before the tax is collect
ed; shall issue interest-bearing bonds not
exceeding $15,000. This bill is intended
to help the new county of Lackaivanna,
but may, become of interest to the readers
of the REPOUTEU some of these days when
the new county of Minnequa is created,
etc.
The discussion of the resolution of in
struction to our U. S. Senators to vote for
the Reagan- anti-discrimination bill
"straight," as• it passed
, the House of
RepresentativesatWashington in Decem
ber last, occupied mostof the time during
the session on Monday evening, but the
friends of the Reagan bill were outgen
waled and a vote was not reached. It is
not likely now that a vote will bo had on
this resolution in the House in time to
have any effect before the adjournmentof
the present Congress, even if more prompt
action would have accomplished any good.
These resolutions of instruction to United
States Senators, as a general thing
amount to very little in the way of prac
tical results, while a vast amount of-valu
able time, which might be occupied in at
tending to important and legitiinate busi
ness, is worse'than wasted. •
In the Senate on Tuesday, a resolution
offered by Mr. Weer, that no bills be al
lowed to be introduced after March 4th,
was referred to the Committee on Fi
nance. Senators were evidently not
ready fOr this initial . step toward fixing
the day otfinal adjournment.
The Senate on Tuesday passed finally
"An-act to permit defendants to testify
in criminal cases," by a vote of 31 yeari to
13 nays., This is one of the bills in the
passage of which the Senator from Brad
ford took so much interest, as well at the
last session as the present and the decid
ed vote by which the bill passed is an evi
dence that his course was endorsed and
his argitments heeded.
A communication was received in thi
Senate an Tuesday, from the Secretary of
the Commonwealth, announcing the ap
pointment of J. R. McAfee, of Westmore
land county, as Deputy Secretary. Mr.
McAfee is the editor of the Greensburg
Herald and Tribune, the only Republican
paper in the county ; has been a member
of the House, and served several winters
as a clerk in the Senate. He has the ex
perieuceithat will qualify him to discharge
the duties of his present position most
creditably.
In the house'on Tuesday a number of
additional bills were introduced, but the
time was mainly occupied in considering
" Ati act prohibiting the running at large
of cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats and
bogs in the several townships and bor
oughs of the Commonwealth." Several
efforts were made to amend the 'bill . in
committee of the whole ; epeecheswere
made about the "pool man's one cow,"
etc.,
„and an amendment to except this
kind of an animal was inserted, but when
a vote was taken on the section as amend
ed it was defeated, and the bill fell.
The House on Tuesday passed finally
"An act to provide for changing theloca
tion of the principal office of certain cor
porations." Also, "an act to extend the
time for the completion of public works
by corporations chartered for the con
struction thereof." . t •
The first mentioned of these two bills
has attracted some attention, for the rea
son that it is said to contain a "snake "
of huge proportions in the interest of cor
porations ; is called " quay's bill." etc.
After the passage of the bill, Emery, of
McKean, who had kept a tally of the vote
on it, asserted that - it had not received
the constitutional majority (101 votes),
that the clerk had passed it, - and much
other talk to the effect that a great wrong
had been done. Speaker Long is not the
man to stand` any nonsense or wink at
dishonesty, and on Wednesday, while the
journal of the previous day's proceedings
was being read, when the clerk reached
that portion - of it which referred to the
passage of bill NO. 7, "an act to provide
for changing the location of the principal
offices of certain . corporations," he called
the attention of the House to the fact
that charges had been made that this bill
cad not been properly passed. He' then
directed the clerk to'read over the • yeas
and nays , distinctly, requesting all the
members to pay attention, and if any gen
tleman was reported Wrong he could have
the , proper correction made. This was
done, but no corrections were .made,, it
appearing that ithe bill bad received. 102
affirmatives to. 7'7 in the negative. Mr.
Emery, who made .the charge reflecting
upon the condor- of the
.clerks in this
matter, explained that be bad no desire
to injure those gentlemen, and after kilt
tle circumlocution, admitted that in en
deavoring to."lreep the tally he had been
mistaken. ' -
'The Senate on Wednesday poised final
ly "an act authorizing the State Treas
urer to pay Benjamin S. Bentley the We
ry of President Judge, under his commis.
Bien as such of the several tours of Lack
awanna county. The passage of this bill
is considered but an act of justice, as
Judge Bentley was put to great incenven
ience and expense by scaipting this cops !
mission—which he never asked for--and
giving op a lucrative practice to take a
eeat on a bench where the Supreme Court
afterwards decided' no vacancy existed.
Senator Davies was in favor of the bill,
which is another evidence that it is right.
"An act to enable hospitals, schools,
charitable, literary and religious institu
tions generally, to purChase real estate
sold by the sheriff," aid "An act to art.
thorize corPrakmas to borrow money to
redeem perking laana Suthoriied 67.1;1'
obi kw, and limitinit the rata of interest
sad •tenirs thereof," were - r4so
, pasee,
4lnally 1y the Senate on Wedneidsy.
A resolution offered in the Smite
iiireduesday, bylisriattinalkettlreoirs.
ty, for the final adfoUrnisent of the Leg.
Wad= on the last 7fhuradily
was referred to'"the• eounnittee in
, , •
ruissoe, where it will" probsaly rensain Ibr
a few weeks.
The business txanaiseted in the House
on Wednesday was genendirof a routine
Chantiter. Among tlusbilis repOrted - froni
committees on that'do was the riot bill,
introduced on Monday evening by Mr.
ratsjand referred to above. It was re
pOrted- With ainendmente, the_ principal
ono being to the effect that the counties
in which the riots occurred shall assume
one-fousth, or twenty-flee •per cent., of
the leessi. Ms' is the Philadelphia or
Pennsylvasla Railroad Company idea,
and this is the . shape in which - the bill will
most likely pass, if it passes at all.
..In the senate on Thurvday a number
bile were reported from committees, and
several new ones were iniroduced. The ,
fallowing wand the Serrate busily :
" sa act regulating the right of redemp
tion of seated lands returned to the Coun
ty Commissioners' and sold for non-pay-
ment of taxes." .
"A supplement to an act to prevent
vexatious attachments, and to regulate
the cost thereof." . •
A bill providing for the repeal of the
misting juryman:filmdom:Haw then came
up on third reading, when a protracted
discussion followed. "The' repeal was ad
vocated by Senator St. Clair, of Indiana ;
• Ermentront, of Berke, and Hall, of Elk,
while remarks in favor of the law as it
now stands and opposed to the repeal
were niade. by Senators Thomar4.
Schanatterly, Lawrence, Seymour, Kauff
man, Butterfield, Craig and Daviek, the
latter gentleman intimating that if it Lad
not been for the system in vogue the Hid-
lie Maguires hanged„tbe past few years
would still be living. After the debate
the further consideration of the bill las
postponed for the Present.
A podportion of the session• in the
House en • ThUrsday was devoted to the
discus ion of the bill, on second reading,
fixing the salaries of the several State of
ficers, the number of clerics, ete.,—kirown
as Sherwoixl's bill ; and while the debate
developed the fact' that the present re
markably' crude bill stood no chance
whatever oi being passed, it was perfectly
apparent that a strong feeling existed in
favor of a reeuction of salaries. While
this bill,—a vote upon which was not
reached on Thursday,—appears to have
few friends, there is eviihintly a growing
disposition in favor of a Ojtting down of
salaries to something like what they were
before the war. Of course, gentlemen
now in office can feel easy ou this subject
and look at it VCR y patriotically, inasmuch
as their own salaries cannot be constitu
tionally interfered with.
In the Senate ou Friday a bill creating
a commission, consisting of the Governor,
Lieutenant-Governor, Attorney General,
Secretary of Internal Affairs and Secreti
ry of the Commonwealth, to receive, open
and publish the election returns for State
Treasurer and Auditor General in years
that the Legislature does not meet, was,
after some discussion-and slight amend
ment, passed on second reading.
An act to prevent the frequent change
in common school books throughout
the Commonwealth, was also passed on
second reading. This is certainly a step
in the right direction. Parents, , often illy
able to stand the experiSe, are tiled hear
ing their children crying out for "new
books" at the commencement of every
school quarter.
- There was no busidess of general or lo
:al importance transacted in the House
on Friday, and at noon it adjourned until
Monday evening. The Senate adjourned
until Tneaday-morning.
OUR WASFUNGTON LETTER.
Tho Fashionable Seison—Passage of the Pension
Bill—The Legislative Appropriations—lmprove
ment of the . Mississippi Valley—The Bew-York
Cutom . Hcrase Fight—Befunding the - National
Loan—Serenade to Senator Carpenter—Bon. ea
, luta A. Grim.
WASIIINOTO.V, I). C.., February 6, 1676
From some reason,. the present winter
at the Capital has been .unusually quiet.
To whateause the same may be attributed
is perhaps a matter of little interest and
of no importance, further than it serves
to illustrate the fact that! our fashionable
world is evidently practicing more econo
my tit* has been the custom in the past.
So fa ri the grand levees and receptions
such as love have been accustomed to wit
nessi
have been few nd far between, while
the lists of visitors at the various hotels
have not been re kable for the great
ness of their num bs . •
.
-What is known re as the fashionable
season, and from w ich so much is gener
ally expected, has assed along without
remark, excitement or commotion ;' and
the prospectiare that the same will con
tinuo until the sober days of Lent shall
ring down the curtain. .
'At the Capitol, the Pension bill is the
only measure of any importance 'that his
yet been passed by that body of illustrious
patriots. Since the same has become a
law, and is apparently receiving the gen
eral approbation of the public,. the De
mcnraey would have us believe that they
alone ate entitled to the creffit. But aitho'
claimed by the Democracy, and published,
to the world as a measure of their own
and part of their magnanimous policy, it
is nevertheless a measure of entirely Re
publican origin, and for the enactment of
which the Republican party must be given
the credit. So much has been said upon
the subject tht it may not be amiss or a
waste of time to look at the facts. From
the Records of the House it appears that
the bill was introduced by Cummings, a
Republican of lowa ; and on its passage,
on the second of April, 1878, it received
the vote of every Republican member, as
it did every Republican Senator on its
passage in the Senate on the sixteenth of
January, 1879. Every vote hi the nega
tive came from the Democratic side of the
House ; and in looking over the list, it is
found that the South is.solid against it,
and among its opponents are fiin - nd re
corded the names of sisty-one ox-Confed
erate officers. "Yet, with, this array of
evidence against them, the - Democratic
press . of the country would have the pub
lic and the soldier believe that to them
alone must be given all. the. praise. So
much for Democratic consistency. Evi
dently the Demberatic - party, if possessed
of nothing else, is at least not wanting in
With the South solid in its Opposition
to the bill, we must come to the conclu
sion" that the work of- reconciliation is a
mere waste of time; that the olive branch
which has so long and so generously been
held out by the North, is not wanted and
will.not be accepted on any term. The
opportunity for doing a just and generous
act was prelenteci, and, we may say. de
fiantly rejected; showing plainly and con
clusively that the " bloody
, chasm" sup.
posed to have been closed by the white.
itilbed messenger of Peace is still in orig.
'and - that our " erring brethren"
bave not yet bcomne over-burdened with
ieniteeioicrefiekeiieititelisid &striate
epieeet!te.i: Pledge*, :perodses and toms
414.., are all very well while Sup
'ldhaWirc..for office, . but., the object Once.
and theirairoseiroomplislied, it
rifieiri:they are as easily forgotten as they,
, , •
314 aPPrePrirftions - for the fiscal Year
: ending January 80, 1880, have been re.
Parted is the. Houk, and as usual, an
attempt-at economy is made_ by reducin g
•
the pay of slew of tho. Government
em
ployes. The 'clerk, it would - seem, has
beeitrie ito mime of theranall-Potatorstatee;
manor the Rouse a, fit subject upon which
to practice politiefd froffor4.--Jrust hoW
muchr it, requires teilustain life Ws isirpi
pose has been ascertained by actual ex
periinent (doubtless), and a sum sufficient
is accordingly , appropriated ; no more and
no less. .
The salaries of clerks, it will be isstriem ,
bared, were fixed long before the late re
bellion, when the work was not-more im
portant than now, or the men who filled
the places of any greater capacity ;, yet,
since our Democratic friends have suc
ceeded to the control, they have been
careful to let no opportunity escape by
which they could lessen the rates of pay
that was ,established years ago by their
party as being right-and proper. If these
gentlemen who propose a decrease of pay
had begun their work by recommending
- a reduction of their own, which halbeen
more than doubled since the pay of clerk
ships was fixed, it would look as if they
were sincere in their efforts ; but Willing
as they are to pocket their present ilxlnt
pensation with, no compunctions.of con
science, and to vote themselves back pay
whenever tbe chance is presented, it will '
admit of but one construction, and that
is, that it is Simply dishonest. But of
such is Democracy.'.
While the work of retrenchment is , go
ing so bravely on, propositions for.drain
ierg the Treasury by making large appro
priations for all sorts of improvements
are at the same time being made without
number. The improvement of the 3lis
sissippi River rppears at present to be
the objective point of the. consolidated .
Seal], but the indications are that the
scheme will not be successful the present
session, although efforts will be made to
push it quietly through. The appoint
went of a commission to make a survey
of the river, with a view of impro . ving, the
ahuvial bottoms of the Mississippi Valley
,by jetties and levees, is the first step that
is proposed. This accomplished there will
folldw,-as a matter of course, recon4en
dations for certain expenditures deemed
necessary, which, according to their own
figures, would require not less than fifty
milliotni to begin, with no definite state
ment as to the amount that would be re
quired for the ultirrlate completion of the
work. The committee to whom the sub
ject has been referred are now holding the
matter under advisement, but what they
may recommend in the premises' is' of
course not yet determined. - We may safe
ly assert, however, that Colonel ()rerun,
as a' member of the committee or upon
'the floor of the< House, will Rot he -one
who will lend himself to any. such scheme
of ;wholesale plunder of the public moneys.
In the Senate, the unfortunate contest
over the New-York Custom House ap
pointments is-at iast ended, and the bone
of contention removed from the partisan
arena. The Democrats stood fully alert
to the situation, and eagerly threw their
votes Where they thought they would do
h the most mischief, and are now rejoicing
with unconcealed satisfaction over the
result On the other hand, , the Republi
cans are rejoicing over the fact that the
struggle is ended and the question settled
withoui any serious disturbance. The
di4sension which the opposition supposed
would be created does not amount .to
what they had anticipated, and conse
quently they will be correspondingly dis
appointed when they find that. the party
will simply close its ranks ,and quiztly
move on. -
CMAWAGO.
The refunding of the Natiopal debt
continues to goon beyond the fhost san
guine , expectations. During the_ past
month the subscriptions to the four per
cent. loan have been so great that the
Secretary of the Treasury has: been elm- .
bled to call in over ono lumdred and fifty
millions of the six percent. loan of 1867.
By this a saving to the Government of
over a quarter of a million oS dollars in
interest for the past month haibeen made.
On the arrival at the Capital a few eve-,
nings - since of Senator-elect Carpenter;
from Wisconsin, a most brilliant reception
was tendered him at Willards by his
many friends and admirer's.. A greater
compliment could not Lare been well giv
en him, either in the 'greatness of num
bers that were in attendance or in the en
thusiasm which seemed to prevail Wit
hout bounds. The hotel was literally sur
rounded by the crowd, and "the night
turned into . day by the brilliancy of the
illuminations which bad beau previously
prepared: - ":Speeches, music, and a grand
banquet prolonged the reception into the
small hours of the night, when thescrowd,
evidently pleased With themselves : and
everybody else, finally departed for their'
homes.
. Among the many distiuenished visitors
who occasionally pay a flying visit to the
Capital, we recently saw ex-Speaker Hon.
Galusha A. Grow, who is beginning to be
talked of as the probable successor of Sen
ator Wallace. '-Although the time is
somewhat distant, and any predictions in
this respect maybe deemed altogether
premature, yet among Congressmen and
those who carefully watch the tide of po.
laical affairs, the general expression is
that he is the coming man. In the selec
tion of Mr. Grow the great State of Penn
sylvania would do honor to herself, in
sending to the councils of the nation one
whose voice would alwiys be heard, .as it
has been in the past, in defense of the
rights and liberties of her people. As an
instance Of the estimation in which his
abilities are held by those entertaining
different political opinions, it will answer
our purpose to say that the Hon. Jerre
Black, Pennsylvania's great lawyer, in a
recent conversation upon, the subject of
the Electoral count, took occasion; to re.
mark that the- views advanced by Mr.
Grow upon this question were , the strong
est and the most powerful with which the
Commission bad to contend.
THE • Commissioner :of Pensions
has discovered a new difficulty in the
arrears of pension bill, which is now
a law. The Secretary of the Treas
ury holds that no arzears can be paid
until an appropriation is provided.
The Comtnissioner says this is all
right in all cases adjudicated under
the old law. But if any cases are
adjudicated under the new law they
must be paid the, arrears as provided
by it, and the only way to prevent
an unfair discrimination is to refuse
to adjudicate any new , ones until the
matter is settled, whether'there is to
be an appropriation or riot.
A LADY'S Wrsu.—",oh, how I do wish
my akin was ais clearand soft as yours,"
said a lady to her friend. "You can eas
ily crake it . so," answered the • friend.
"How?" inquired the first lady. "Ily
using Hop Bitters, that makes pure rich
blood and blooming health .. It did it for
nic,its'yotrobserre. • • '•
=4
TOMO is an apple archard in Washing
toriniuntyld years old, all of the trees
which bore good (Mope last, aeaseri,
SAMULL STEARITT, who, fliCollectot of
Carbon county,. disappeared about six
woekil since with $O,OOO of stealing!, has,
just been arrested at Galena, ill.
Accoutuo to the ,Ourette end_B;2lkti,c
the wholesale .;grocery trade of William
sport is becommg onaof the most import
ant features of the commercial enterprise
of that city. •
A TELEortsx from Chester reports that
W. P. Lukens, tax' collector fur Ridley
and Tinicuut township, disappeared or,
Monday night, 'with a balance of } $1,8r.)0
I due the county. , • -
Ex-Imica i. B. moNoor„ ; of catowigga,
died there suddenly Feb. 4th, of heart
disease. He was well and faVorahly
known throughout that section. lie was
seventy-two years of age. -
.Bzwrig PEAVZII, aged 9 years,. board
ed a train at Altoona Friday to get a rid e
throuxh he town; As he was• steppit4;
off again his head and ono arm-were cut
off by:a passing engine.
CAPTAIN PAUL PoiTos, Friday morn
ing began a trip down the Allegheny
river from Oil City to Pittsburgh expect
ing to reach the latter place this after
noon. There i 4 little ice in the river.
WHITE fox was killed in lirdstmer e _
laud county on Friday. The event . has
created unite-an excitement in 'the neigh.
borhood, as it is the only - i tancc 011
record where reyuard has sporied a-white
coat. • - • •
Dramo a : :fox chase along the Brandy.
wine, on Thursday, the fox al l ir alig 0 1/
the roof of a faimhouse awl over it into
a wOod r shid. The hunters were,ciumb
founded'and the hounds thrown off the
scent. • •
TUE Wilkesbarre Record boldly eh aiges
that Judge Stanton discharged. the -last
grand jury of Lackawanna county beanie
he was afraid of being indicted himi•elf
for being an accomplice in the libel on
W. W. Scranton.
Joux C. EVANS, died at Morgantown;
Berks county, last week, aged 79 years.
He was elected State Senator floni Berks
county in 1832, and semi' two terms - in
the Legislature. He'subsequently engaged
in business in Philadelphia, living there.
from 1869 to 1878.•
.
- THE Ireoangi)• ciiizen reports that a
"vein 'Of -lead has been found. on the
farm of David Woods, of Wayne' town
ship, Crawford-county, containingtiglity.
one per rent. ollead and twelve per cent.
of silver.-. Capital is all that is necessary
to make this equal to the oil produ - ctiva
of adjoining counties."
Ev: REcaeti.E. Wir.os, of the-Meth
odist Episcopal/I. Clinrch, stationed at
bas . been snspended ,from the
ministry, A mouth or so ago. charges
of intoslattion and general demoralization
were made - against hifn, and Rev.Thomp.
son Mitchell, Presiding- Elder of .Aho
Juniata diStriet, appointed a committee
'of Mr. Wilson's own selection to hear the
cbarges and determine his guilt or jinx
cence. After a:patient hearing of the
facts m the case, the committee voted
unanimously .to suspend Mr. Wilson from
the ministry: The matter, however, will
come up at the next session of.. the Cen
tral Pennsylvania Conference 'which meets
at Bloomsourg, on the IPth of March, for
final adjudication. .
iIAiIIFAI was drowned in a shal
low stream in Union. township, Lebanon
county, in December last. The eirclitu
stances of his death, and the conduct of
certain persons sinee, ell-kelt suspicion,
which was strengthened when it became
known that llis life hail been Insured for
dlarge amount. The insurance compan
ies were about to investigate the matter,.
when Joseph F.. Peters, of West Hanover
township charged John A. Strickler,
Charles True; Israel Brandt, Henry Wise,
Josiah Hummel and George Zechman
with having murdered Raiber. - The ac
cused were arrested last week and lodged
in jail. Baiter's life Was orignally
in
sured.for nearly 830,000, bat by VI failure
to keep up'payments, about $20,000 was
dropped. Policies are still good as fol
lows Home Mutual,. of,Lebanon ' *2,000;
Keystone, of Altentown,*,.2.o9o; Reading
Mutual, II•1000; Mutual 'Benefit, of. Hart
ford. ei:mn., iif,',ooll; New Era, of Phil
adelphia, :$1000:,
cat.
A I)3IINISTRATORS' NOTICE.
—Nottcels hereby given that all I,ers9nr. In
dehted to the estate of John D. 3tontanye., !Ate .•f
Ithaca, N. V., deceased, are, rcituested 1.4
immediate raymrnt, and all peisons having claims
against said e:taw.must present them Only autheo
tlcate for set tiemetit to Gur.Attorney : John W.
Towanda, Pa. -
1141 W AHD ELMER., A.lmlnl4trator
ELIZABETH J. MON TAN YE.
Towanda. r _Feb: G, Adriiiithiracriz
_AUDIT OR . 'S the.
Orphan!. Court of Bradford Conntr. In be
matter of Hie estate of Elislia Barrett, fa:e'er the
township of riptingfield deceased. '
The undersigneti, an auditor appointed by
court to distrilinte the funds In the hand , of o.l'.
Harkness, administmldn of ...aid Orktglant
arising from KO decedent, real and p,r,..,n11
estate, will attend to the duties of ht. appoi T 1: nmot
at his oinee in • Troy Duro , Pa., on 1 , 1013 A V.
NI:01CH 1171, at 10 o'clock A. st., of haid
day at which lime and . place ail parties having
claims on raid funds are hereby banned to ptesenz
them or be debarred front coming in up. - . 11: the
_ _
same. W. N. CIIILSON, Auditor.
Trty, Pa, Feb. 5, 1879,
TN BANKRITI7CY.—In the Dis
x-ttict Court of the 15' +tea titans, fot the West
ern District of Penasyrrania..
John J. Griffith:lof Bradford,County. a Ilankr,pt
tindcr.the Act of Congress of/Barth 2d.
tug ;voted for a discharge frZtu art his tb;Ors., and
otner'rlahus provable under :lid Act; by order of
the Court; Notice Is hcfcby risen to all Cr , ditors
who:have proved' their/debts: and 'other per.ns
interested, to 'appear:4n the 24.1. day of MAI:I:II,
ISTo. at to o'clock 7 i:". 3ft. before It; A. Mt.rvur,
Itcglster th. Bankruptcy, at Ills ofb-e. et
Towanda, to' :.how cause If any they ha,e.
why a Illsc-harge should not be Granted to the , ald
Bankrupt. ; S. C. 31.cCA L
Cirri( .
•.pliscet[aueous.
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HARDWARE
, AT GniATLY ,
I EDti CEPP'I3, I C !
IL T. JUNE; AGENT,
. ,
Is now opening a large and general assUctincut of
!lardWare, Cuticry, z , tOVCR, NI ail% 11141. 613 , A.
['lints, t.til*. Varnlnhet. Tlowaht, [loom) Furith.h.
log Goods, „Co., purchased for cash awl Olior?,1 for
sattt at Bargain% to IN !te who pay i•-+.l - 1 for goods. •
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TIANGtS and Cooking Stoves, for
JAI Cosi an. Wood. at low prices, at .ILTNE•:..
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THE Graphic and New: Jewel, the
most Vet - feet and ornamental lleatMK st , Ni'S iu
the wor:tl..at JUNE'S.
TOE 'Gossip, the best low-priced
stoye for otkes t.tl •chambers'eler mad... at
FOR Horse-Shoes and Horse-Shoo
Zia:ls, go to JUN E'l 4 . _
TINWARE-La large and general
i. assortment at low prices. at . , J . 17 N F.'i ,
ALARGE'stock of Bar, Square,
uciund, Half-Hound; Oval, Ilipt- oral, Bawl:
and Hoo p Iron, at , - - JUNE'S.
OR Paints, Oils, and Varnishes,
3. Bo to • dUSE'S.
WINDOW GLASS, from 759 to
24s 3G., • - N •S,
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-QCREWS and _Tacks, direct from
the inandacturers, for sale at 'wholesale sod
atred need prices, at J VIC 1•:•:4.
LAMPS, Lamp Burners, Chimn
Sbattesciand Wicks of every variety. at.
JUSE'S.
: POPE 'Sash, Cord, Twine . and
Wick, all size% at JUNE*:".
ANTERNS—.a great variety. at
ju tow prleei, at • Jr NI.: 'S.
LOCKS, Latches, and Bolts, every
varlet) , and kind, at JUNE'S.
OAST and Toe' Corks (Steel), at
JUNE'S.
D ISSTO.
'S Celebrated saws, at
.71TxF.-s.
TABLE uJ
(I"Pa:3:et - Cutlery; at
_
_TOV . St Furnishin g Goods, at .
• . JUN F.' , 'S.
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NAILS and Spikes, all sizes, at : •
JUN E'S.
.
ORWAY and Sweed's Iron :it
N - - __ _—________
JUKE'S.
lkil ECIIANICS.wiII find a good as-
IT_i_ fiortmen t or Tools at . JUNE'\ =
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.A.LARGE stock of Philadelphia
Cara lage twit Tire tons, at JUNE'S.
WIRE lelothi at
JUNE''