(3)4mifottl E. 0. 00Ob1ICLI, EDITOR. Towanda, Pa., Thursday, May . 29, 18x79 THE ri.OT TO DISARM. The Democratic leaders never 'will ... - • t , forgive .themselves for making one - blunder. 11 happened twenty years te_ro. They plotted throughout •Mr. Ilt - cuA)LAN's term the t'volt of I'SGO it: a,p4sibility. They had lost the r llothze ml were losing the Senate. lt 14ran to look Is if , though they shohl st . :eyed in_ 1i!,(P. , , their victory mi•dit be barren' With Congress af-ainstthem. They litid their plots. witli consitl' i. e:able :shill, anti during the la,t yqar of Btrctt.mv.ts'g term . pialin , z(l pretty effectually to disarm i the natiim. But they forgOt one thi»g. While they had Conaressanth t.ll, Exceutive they s.hould have en aete,l a:law forbidding the use of the ; (lrlfiN 1:11.1 navy to suppress disorderj .. They mirht have made such - a law thcq), because they enjoyed the pleni ) lulu of power. Mr. IftettANAN would have approved such ti: law. because'he kprolk-,l everything his party oilier.. el. rufwtnnatcly justlat ilia- time the Democrats found it for , their ,stv ititert•:'l to use. file army, to force re . 111 Curritorics aild to protect marshal; a the arrest of fugitive 'slaves. - But is to he doubted iF they saw the an.tter..F elearly;then a they see it, now. They prolo,ly thotOit beat ' ' y putting the main body of the ,o1:1:( ry unler the comillanll of men I;ke 'I we they could dennirulize the 104.0 e suqielvntly a-3 to 1-,1 - ykr it iv; or,e than none at all. . . t-i.lt - Th:lt A mistalio, anti thvy now it. For I;,ur or livd Nears they h.ivc . vilittling down the army 111(1 it in every•cOncciVaitc T 4, 113ve for'eed it dons to OEM Oki note:t consistent with -ho . w-ot tore. in the great West, and Ihey. threaten • 61 - reinse supplies as an :Pb.litional impairrn4t. Not c,,ntynt with thk, they are making ;in i•tirt to repair tne blunder f twenty yk s ago, to which - allusion . has been 1:1qtle: 11:tvin: , , disabled the sword 0t . 11,,:.0 t `m, they now demand Cie etrrtailinent or the ju of 1 e von , tittititikal commander-in- that in tin emergency the .artny be powerless to resist re volt ,liForde.r of any kind. True they - propo,c limit this disability to days of ek•tion ; but One day' is ,as “ ) 1 uotl.,r for inilugu - ratini 'rho itt.pubikni,s I!:\'c.sci far 1 . .'.1u , e.1 to pe , rtnit the I?emocratie tG tido nation utterly. nipl • thon , rlllthe latter seem to think 11.\ YE,: will relent by-and-by and ^i‘ them their own sweet will, they pr;diahly Mistaken., The yresident evidently been examining history. lie that the arniv has never been used to destroy the nation, but always to defend and save it. And he,may leant, if he has not already 1. a rm•d-jwhie'.l is not, to be thought ;,f-,--that the first work of plotteo is fo', cripple the ;word arm. English ranch history is full of such ex- Whpn I:um NI V., the other ilay, .>4 , 1!,. wag in favor .or u-;ing the .apny whcii : other means failed to uppress thugs. as ,, ass' ins and red !-lirted lian , ls who undertake to de -I.,?at. the will of the people at the polls, Mr. y . (qutuEES asked. " Who is to he the jeklre ?" The answer to that is that the law expressly iteclares Who hall itc the judge. The civil authori t ‘.!, are to judge, as they always have, !li n they have exhausted their poWcra without effect.. When the • l=roper unicer tleclares that he cannot, 'with the ricans at his command, re store order, he calls upon the wer iwwer. That hai;bek.o the rule hit - h: et . t• , ,•r,n , l it v, ',Tunably continue to I.^ the rule in this countrj•.._ It is a safe. rule. n ,- ) more susceptible of than any other. Wii - Ja,men t •cOnteroplatin . f. - 4 a 'breach of the 'p nee.,the liciTpors of , the peace arc not otrensgive to theta. 'fire thief _would . abuli.h the poliee in our large ciit cs if he could. and were evil doers in a majority, there. woul,l not be a sheritr,or constable in any county. -Hence it is that 1\111;n , t!u• 11,ttnocrats arty in a I:)lj,brity iit Ct , pgres,, tlie•l•,,,cic to al.,iitdi the , piAirc• of the nati(fn.' (1:::•laration made I,y Senator i - eeently, that out of the twelve tleolria tr.t..untiers eight down to the seet , ! , Nion or thcir State were open :41i1 men, afro that out to: the Ikilvtv-thret• Iu o f Con. ;;re-= fropi tiR Smitlt!rit Statc•i eig,ll t\•liVe were prominent, opilOneni, of 11442 do.ctrine of soosaion, itas bccti th&w:,iiin g ton The eonclie:ion is ani ernphatle eri ..,ihu',,,tnent Of the - t;e;:rgie Senator':; nine-tenths of the r South- ,. erit &lc:ration in Congress " Were Inen up to the ve,r;y hour when wcto re.inir'eth.to fight for or . arrainst•thea native. States." Adrnit 7 -statenunit of - Senator Him. to :be ., tvietiv true. it pre eseither that 14::-•Congref-sinen yvere sadly de i; 2:;onee, or ;-that they did not ecrrtetly represent public Senti - merit at limo. I f.nine-tenths of the Southern delegation in Congress ere ; rlllOll nicn. and were forced into se cession: than there was a feeling in - the South intensely inimical to the North and antagonistiu to the Union, whirl; LI I() rvl)Otioit and bloodshed in spit• , oppos.ition anl , coun incn of that section 1' ti n y lye - true, ivltat guarantee 'l..ere o.i:it the snme ftding 'not preatenittate:an.l that the, same ~,1 .i;;;.. ;.•.444f!''. Lt.; c•r4stifi ; UK. It tniof • I•'‘ . ~!Hfilit 11):41 VIII:y 4 .11'4-rinnnttly o Iho govv; ntovitt. ? f' I pith] I,- vf 114)- 1-30uttt could foicc - secession against the judgment and wishes of all the prom inent men, what'safety is there in the future ? It might force them to the support of all the odious measures broached by the most ultra secession ist—to the pensioning of rebel sol diers, payment for slaves emancipated —for losses sustained duriig the re bellion--and carious other schemes for making good their losses. The declaration of Senator HILL proves too much. In attempting to show the loyalty .of the SOuthern Congressmen, if we admit that - t - lw. were • unanithously prominent oppd -1 rents of the' doctrine of Secession, then they were of no account - at home, or treason and disloyalty Was so general that their efforts werufu i_tile. It is not probable, that if the 1 prominent men South had been true to the Union, that the masses would have insisted upon the mad endeavor to disrupt the government. . SECRETARY SIFERMAN has . written aprivate letter to .a war Democrat in New York, which has been published 'in the Ikebld, in Which he says that the movement to start him as a can didate for Governor of Ohio was sonSatiOnni, and while it would have very heartily • responded to in Ohio and no doubt would be success ful in the sense that he could be elected Onxernor.,it would clearly be wrong for him to ,entertain it. So many persons are interested in the continued success of refunding and resumption that it would Seem like a desertion of a. public duty, mid he would never be forgiven it - any bin dratv:C should occur in the way of either, After stating that in the event of his being, n candidate for the Presidency he would aspire to unite in co-operation with the Republican party all the national elements of the Country that constituted or aided in any way in the successful vindication of national authority during the war, lie lays down the following compre hensive and patriotic platform: " The trne issne• for 1680 iv national supremae3 - in national matters, honest money and an honest, d,:llar." The platform licie laid down is broad enough to embrace the honest and patriotic men of all parties. The supremacy of the nation should be firmly established, and the heresy of States Eights as advocated by the Confederates in Congress fully ex ploded; the currency fixed upon a sotua and honest basis, that the credit of the country may be sus tained and-its industries fostered. These are measures which the public opinion of the country demands shall be firmly established—and to their success no.man has contributed more than Secretary SIMILMAN. The pub lic. approbation is already awarded him for his wise and judicious labors, I which ~haS already placed the finan cial condition of the country in such an untexamPled state of prosperity. W ILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, the celebrated anti-slavery agitator, died at the residence of his daughter, in N(iw York, at eleven o'clock Satur day night. Deceased was born in Newbury port, Mass.,. December 12th, 1504., lI parentswere very poor, and the lad was apprenticed first to a shoemaker; neXt to a cabinetmaker, and finally to, a printer. Before fin ishing his apprenticeship he contri buted to the coltimus of the journal on which he was learning to set type —the NZ , whuryport Herald. In Is2rl j he became editor,and publisher, and at once attracted attention by his vigorous denunciations of shivery. His denunciations exasperated the slaveholders of the South, and the Legislature of Georgia offered :1 re ward of five thousand dollars for his arrest and conviction under the laws of that State. This action greatly 4'inereasedthe number of GAurnsos's followers,' but also stirred up hatred a: , ainst him in his own State. While attending an ant:-slavery meeting in Roston, in October, he was seized by "a mob of gentlemen of property, and standing," from whose violence he was saved by being locked up in jail, and on the following day was conveyed by the authorities t 6 place of safety in the country. He I , founded 'the American .4nti-Slavery Society in I 5.32, and was its presOent from 1-.13 to isfls. Aftek4abor4;and l stilt, rings for opinion's . sake 7 -such as perhaps no other American under wcut—he lived to see his once wild hope of . emancipation realized. TIIE ease of CHARLEY Ross, which has excited such general interest, :rad awakened so much sympathy for -the fattier, who has so indefatigably pursued the search for the missing, child, is nut an unusual one. !most daily, in the vicinity', the 'cities - . children of toiler years are missing, and never heard from. Mr. Ross' searchcs and i correspondence has shown hundreds of missing children, and in : some i inslanees has been the rnedns of restoring them , to their homes.' A sad case is thit of Mr. and Mrs. PATRICK . MCGOWAN, of No. lS Clinton Place, New York. In October. 18'75, a little son ten years old, a 1 wi!:Tid,intelligent, well-behaved boy, disappeared, and since that time no tidings of hini have been received'. Last Monday their daughter MARY, aged eleven years, disappeared from school, and all search for her has thus far been unavailing. She has light complexion, large blue eyes, brown hair mit short, slini build and medium size. Tur. General Judiciary Committee of the Senate, who have beenconsid cling the 'petition of LawYer . RICK- Errs risking that Judge liAnimio, of should be ,impeaelwil, have 'adopted a: report, setting forth that 14 - ere AV:i.S 'a failure 1:o establish pnythitig charged in Ow petitioN that the manner of conducting the case sholied prejudice, unfairness, and r a want of professional courtesy on lilciarrs' part. While- there may have been " faults of taste"- -on the part of lama:aria, the Cominittee see nothing to shake their confidence:in his integrity or fidelity. • The report concludes that there is no ground or sufficient cause for impeachment - un- . der the Constitution and. the laws. This decision ,of the Committee will be approved 'by nil unpri judicial versa§ who knoW Judge IttuniNu, . ; • familiar with his manner upon the, bench. The " mulls of taste" are probably tloise pcodiarities which are the Well-known and distieguish hig characteristics of -the Wilke* -Barre bar, and 'which for years have given her.hiwycrs such a, widespread reputation for ability-, generosity and ti . °3--t WHEN one woman becomes jolous of another noncan, there is generally, a man in the - case, but down in Mary land they are now trying Miss LILLIE DUER (before the grand jury) for shooting Miss .ELLA HEARN, under circumstiances which make it doubt ful whe*r it was accidental, or the result of jealousy of her friendship for another young lady.- Both were of high social standing, and Miss Ducn seems to have had a violent and romantic attachment for Miss HEARN. The latter baying shown an inclination to break off the intimacy; was shot by the former when taking a walk, either accidentally. or pur- - posely, from the effects of which she died about a month afterward. The ease is cteating great interest. at Snow Hill, Md., where-the grand jury is ins:estigating the affair. ;SECRETARY SHERMAN, in his reply to the request of the Senate fur in formation as to the amount of legal tender notes thus far redeemed under the operations of the resumption act, takes occasion to say that the coin reserve of. $148,00o,o(ju to insure the success of resumption "must, under existing law; b 6 maintained 'for the purpose for which it was created.? This must be regarded as an explicit assertion that, without regard to What Congress might do in the way of depleting the Treasury reserve, so long as the resumption law stands he (SnEamAs) will take care that a sullicient reservq of coin is kept in the Treasury vd ills. Tim Tidewater Pipe Line will !pence. the delivery of petroleum at Williamsport next wee Its capacity will be P,(;00 barrels i*.u. 'day. The oil will, be carried frodWßiamsport over the Reading Radroad -and its .I)r:inches both to Philadelphia and NeW York. This enterprize has been pushed forward under the most rig aravating diseonagements, and opens up to the people of the oil region a way to market not under the control of the monopolies which are oppress ing t ,orn. It will furiiish a business to the Reading Railroad that will pay much better than coal freighting. The . population of London. is steadily increasing in density. Last •ear it was 20,322 to the square mile against 27,674 in 1871. 'According to the popular theory, the rate - of mortality should increase in the same ratio Thanks to the introduction of improved sanitary melsures, how ever, the,,death rate has sunk in Vie past four years from 26%2 to 22.8. This proves that great cities are not neceessarily unhealthy ; but there is always a tendency to epidemics in large and crowded populations. A nits, to make six per cent. the legal rate of interest in New York has passed both branches of the Leg islature. The change the rate from seven to six per cent. is a mat ter-of advtintage tq the. people of Pennsylvania, who, in some condi tions of, the money market, have been crippled in acir Operations by the Maher rate of hied interest in a' neighboring State. THE intelligence of the conclusion of peace between England and Af ghanistan is not unexpcted. The death of SuERE aria the eleva tion of 1. - AKoen KtIAN as his success or made such a result probable. The latter Prince had a considerable ac quaintance with the power and re sourees of the English, n(1 has doubt less acted with wisdom' in ending a hopeless strife.., How is it that Congress is full of Confeikrate Generals and Colonels, and yet the "suicidal leaders" who precipitated •the `South . into' rebellion are ,execrated' in that locality, if we gun believe the "independent" news papers? 1 everybody of any account was for the Union, as BEN HILL , would bas i c us believe, what brought about the "so-called Rebellion ?" TLIE New York Times of Saturday had very detailed reports of the con dition of growing (Trips from allover the country, and, according to these,' the outlook is decidedly good, the crops generally proniising to be larg er than ever before. There will, eer: tainly s be a heavy surplus of corn and wheat for exportation, .as also of pork, beef, 11rd, - hatter and cheese. The reportS alto agree that white wages are low, efnploymerit is more uniform and business more active than fur a long time past. • LE.Anti4o Democrats in Congret-s -go so far . as to predict that if another sesSibn 'be called to pass the army, bill, the Democrats would not obey Ttiis is the kind of talk tbat-..ereatcs , confidence in the Denuicratie patty: Tug Governor of lialisas says-that: Mate eas tat it vary' of the neUr°e. OONGRESS• Thursday.---In -the S. ciliate Tire MeDonald'n regal i - the use .of troops , was trodnced and laid on t table, he giving notice that he would call. it up on Monday, Bills were introduced by Mr. Cockrell, to provide for the completion of certain transcontinen tal railways, and by Mr. Slater; to regulate intercourse with .Chinese vidting or residing in this • country. The Senate . bill - to regulate the trans portation of animals was reported and placed on the -calendar. The Conta- - gious - Diseases bill was discussed until adjournment. In the :House, the, bill to regulate the transfer of eases. to the Federal Courts was ." filibustered " in the usual- manner through the morning hour. The Warner Silver bill was considered, and, pending final action on the. Sth sLetion, the Ilouse•ad ."queued. - Friday.—ln the Senate the bill for thti redemption of subsidiary" coins was taken up and debated all the morning; it. went over without being dis - posed of; the, quarantine law was then taken up; Mr. Edmunds, _Mr. COnkling and Mr. Whyte opposed it on constitutional grounds, but the Dill was finally passed, 34 to 12; the Senate adjourned after au executive session.• The House passed the Leg-' islative bill and sent it to the' Presi dent; the rest of the day 7 was taken up with the Silver bill; the conclud ing sections were disposed of, those for an international conference being stricken out; the previonv.qUestion was then demandedon tlieihole bill; the Republicans wished 0. make amendments, and they filibustered steadily all the rest of the day and late into the night. Saturday.—The night session of the House on the Silver bill lasted until 9 a. m., then, without coming to any agreement, an adjournment was had until noon ; on reassembling, the Republicans tilibust - .,red so as to con sume the morning hour And prevent a vote on the bill concerning the re moval of causes to Federal Courts; vote was prevented; the Silver bill was then -taken up; -Mr. Warner al lowed a vote,to be had on the Ryan substitute; ii;•:was rejected, and the Silver bill - Was then passed by a vote of 11-I to 97; many interesting epi sodes occurred during the-night ses sion. ' : Noaday:-.4he Senate only, was in session ; the bill for the re demption of ,small coin was taken ..up-; it was oppogd by Mr. Ed munds and advocated by Mr. Ferry and Mr. Bayard; the bill was then laid aside; Mr. McDonald Called up his bill about the use of the . Army ands made a speech thereon, to which Mr. Edmund stated he would reply at some future time; the bill.ffr the Kuper transportation of cattle wn advecated by •Mr. McPherson, and incidentally in the debate the subject of the cattle contagion was spoken of by Voot bees and afters. LETTER 1102. PRILIZELP.EIA. PHILADELPHIA, MA) , 26. 1575 The funmal of Judge Packer, last Week, was largely attended by Philadel phians,-divinesi railroad officials, and oth er friends of the deceased, who 'was high ly respected. Ile had a borne here, and was in a measure a resident of the city, as most of the business of the llailroad Company was transacted here. . - Mr. P. A. Comly, President of the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, tetuined from Europe on the steamer Pennsylvania. On landing be found that his road bad passed into the hands of the 'leading. It war, however, not a surprise to him. TllO number of deaths in . tlit. city last week was 201, being a decrease of :13 nom those of the Ina:Opus week, and 15 less than those of the correspotaling period of last year. The usual pushing, crowding and fight ing continues among the crowd waiting' at the post-office to purchase tinted States refunding-certificates. The parties begin to assemble as early as two o'clock in the morning, numbqrs are lying wait ing upon the slabs in the hall of the post office, waiting for the opening. . Twelve ice dealers, reported for deliv ering ice on Sunday week; have had suits commenced against.thcm, in accordance with the Mayor's orders. The penally under the law of 1791 is a fine of *4 and six days incarceration in the House 'of Correction. Rev. Moses Ballou, of the• Universalist Church, died on Monday, at Atco, New- Jersey, after a brief illness, aged 68 years. Dexased was for a number of years pas tor of the Church of the Restoration arid' other Church!is in this city, and was well known in Blilladelphia. Tae 'body was brought to this city for interment. Colonel John W. Forney, is foreman of thaGrand Jury now in . attendand - e in the United States Court. lion, J.A,..liies-( trand, of the Lancaster ,Biamincr, and General James Duffy, of Marietta, are Grahil JurYnnn. A jury composed of sucli able and distinguished memberi, ought diligently and faithfully to inquire into all matters touching, the public wel fare, . A desperado named Ruddy Dever is on trial as one of the rarticipauts• in the me morable 'election t hits of 11. This ,was the first election following the adoption ofof the amendment to the. Constitution flariebh.ing the negro. A sang of young men who were a terror to the people re siding in the lower prat of the city had openly resolVed not to allow . the colored men to vote: at the election, and their at.: tempt to enforoa the resolution .led to a prolonged and bloody riot. Professor oe tavius (7atio, ' respected by the whited folks as a leader, urged his people to , in sist upon their rights.' lie was suPPorted by Chase, and they both continued their; leadership until late iu the • afternoon, when Catto, was shot down ?en, South street and Chase was followed tifibis house on Ennelice street, where he also was - For these two murders Flank Kelly and Dever were indicted. Shortly after thej bloody day both men:disaPpear ed- from the city. Kelly I retinned two years - age, *as tiled and acquitted of all charges.) Dever stirrendered ;himself 'to. the policeu few months ago, and "chums that be did not run away from towns but was working at New Orleans. f 'The Lord Gougb, which sailed_ for Liv. erpool on Thursday list, took over thirty horses, bought hero bfr a gentleman from London, and to be tal eh there and sold. They are all carriage . horses. •Of late years this class of horses has been very great in England, aslthey are more grace ful and less weighty• thait the horses bred in that country. • ,Talk.of carrying ;owls to New Castle ! More than 00,000 tons of iron- ore have lately been itnpo . rteci from the north of Africa for making Bessemer steel at'llt i•cranton a .' and, Baldwin, Pw.„. It contains more phasphdrns than the= iron ores of this country- Anti Europe, and is better for steamamitacture, • Tho Baldwin Locomotive Works otthis city, are now turning Out 45 locomotives each month, and are giving steady em ploynient to 2,500 men. Business, say the firm, Was never better, aud prospects for the future could not be brighter than they are. An evidence, we hope, of the returning activity and prosperity of the mechanical and agricultural interests - of the country. "Good times" may 1 ; 4 siva ly, but they'are surely corning: Camel Thomas A. Scott's son, Thom as, thirteen years old, died in this city on evening, of. Bright's disease. Mrs. Scott returned from Europe, about weeks, ago, intending to take : her son abroad for his health. . • " A lad named John Creamer, was sent by his mother on an errand:in_ MO, and while in the street looking at a procession, - was run over awl severely injured by n wagon belonging to Betz, - the' brewer. A suit for damages resulted List week in the jury awarding $9,000. to the plaintill: The Lord Gough, ono of the finest steamers ever constructed, having been added to the American lino of steamships, sailed from Philadelphia to Liverpool, on • Wednesday, with a good passenger list and a large cargo. The vessel is elegant ly fitted up and of excellent sailing cinali tics, she having made her first voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia in about nine days. EABSISVIRG. Special CorrespondeLc - e of tho RtrOuTtit. ILVILIZILOtUIt(I, May 24, 1879.--ria the Senate on lllonday evening of this week, Senator Davies asked and obtained leave to record his vote againit the passage of the religions liberty kill. Five bins were read the first time at this session, when the Sena:4o adjourned for .rant of a quo- GEM In the House on Monday evening aeon- current resolution was adopted requesting the Governor.to appoint agetits, as direct ed by an act of Assembly approved May 22. 1871, to look after the claims of the eeoele, in the border counties against the general government. Mr.. Fulton, of In diana county, the champion and father of the local-option bill, endeavored to get in a resolution providing a special session for its consideration, but the house re fused to give its consent. In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. CO'oper offered a concurrent resolution, Which was adopted, providing for the final ad journment of the Legislature on Friday, Jure Calf. A joint resolution, which 'has Leen pending for several week providing .for an amendment to the constitution re ducing the number of members of the . House of liepiesentatives to 101, was de• feated-=yeas 21 Sri less than tee constitu tional majority), to 15 nays. The general appropriation bill coining up on second reading, when the section making an ap propriation of :i,; , .40,000 for the payment of the salaries of Judges Was reached, 3lr. Davies opposed the clause, providing that the Judges of Philadelphia and Allegheny counties :dealt receive $7,000 and . ',ooU a year respectively. Mt-. Davies considered a propesition of this kind in the appropri ation bill highly impunfier, if not uncop stitution-A The clause was defeated, and after further consideratiee the bill pased second reading. In the House at the morning session do Tuesday, the general revenue bill was considered on third reeding, passed and sent to the. Senate for concurrence. The Senate resolution 110; Friday, June oth, as day for final adjournment, cons concurred in. Bills paSsed finally : Pre viding for the education of the indigent deaf mutes of thiS Commonwealth in structed in the Pennsylvania Institute for deaf and dumb ; fixing floe compensation of lessons called to serve ns coroners' jur ors in this Commonwealth. At the after. noon session, an-act- appropriating $200,- 000 to the Middle district penitentiary at Huntingdon, was 'defeated. Passed final ly :" A suppleinent to an act to exempt from ,taxation public property used for public purposes and liaces of religious worship, places of burial not used or held for private Or corporate profit, and insti tutions of purely public charity ; an act" to 'prevent the burning of the woods in any of the counties of tho State. The session of the Senate on Wednes day was principally, consumed in consid ering the general appropriation bill on third reading. In the House on Wednesday morning a motion to reconsider the vote by which An act appropriating $200,000 to the Hun tingdon penitentiary was defeated, failed to be agreed to (yeas 77, nays 90), which disposes of the matter for 'this session. 31e.. Hewitt, from the sub-Judiciary Com mittee, wade a report in the Harding inn; peachment investigation, exonerating the Judge from the charges preferred, The afternoon `session was devoted to the con sideration of Senate bills, *the following among Others passing filially : Authoriz ing the State Treasurer to pay to Benj. S. Bentley the salary as President Judge, un der hi's commission as such, of the several courts of record of Lackawanna county ; fixiog the date of the commencement of the teems of township officers and of au ditors' settlenient. In the Senate on Thursday morning the following nominations, sent in by the Governor, were confirmed : James W. Latta, to be Adjutant-Cleneral of 'Penn sylvania for three years front the expira tion of Ws, present coin - Mission, June I, 1879 ; Hartley Howard, to be - Inspector- General ; Clarence G. Jackson, Quarter master-General ; Thomas .T. Smith, Com inissary-General ; Louis .W. Reed, Sur geon-General ; A.. Wilson :Norris, judge Ad% ocate , -General ; John S: Riddle, Gen eral Tespector of Rifle Practice ; s yid ap- Poietments to date front March 12, 1879. The following bills were passed finally : Senate bill to methodic: composition and 'extension of time for payment of taxes due by insolvent and liquidating corpora• Lions.; Senate bill Tor the relief of General 31Tandless, late Sedretaryollnternal Afe fairs. -The session of the House on Thursday morning was devoted to the consideration of bills on second reading, while the after noon session was consumed in disposing of local bills. . In the Senate on Friday morning Mr. Cooper offered a resolution, which was adopted, providing that no speech shall be longer than fifteen minutes, and no Senator be allowed to speak : more than once nn any question. This session was brief entitle business of importance was concluded. Adjourned until MondaY eve- fling. • . The House on Friday morning refused to concur in the Senate amendments to the general appropriation bill,' when the Speaker appointed 'a climmittea of confer euce,.to act with -a similar committee on the part of .the Senate, consisting of ,hfeasrs.:iiall, taughey nail I uky. The 'House also refused 'to concur in ttenate truct.ithrients to an act Nel*ive to the issu ing (if and contracting for stationery and suppliei for the Legislature and theri.::tri ons State departments. A committee or ctutfereoce was appointed on the part, of the llorise. The usual Friday eireur, pie formanee was then indulged in, over a reieltaion providing for the printing of the testimony taken. by the riot investi gating committee, the consideration of which consumed the time until adjourn . - went. The resolution, which directs that the testimony shall "be printed as an ap pendix to the Ligistdtive Record and placed ui-on the desks of membets, was adopted by a vote of NG yeasto 11 nap , . Adjournment until Monday -evening. •lidttiusucur. May 24, 1879. EDITOR ItErowrEit-Dear Sir: I was shown an article in your last issue, in which you sfwalkof the character of the prcsent Legislature in terms that will bo endorsed by every candid observer. As ono who has bad occasion to carefully no tice the proceedings of either branch for nearly the whole of !bp session, I -must say that there is Scarcely a necessity for any correction in your remarks,. and that yousHjudgeient is in general quite correct. It is quite true that its good qualities are -negative rather dzu positive, that it has prevented evil rather than accomplished good by direct legislation, but there are here men who, after Many years of legis lative experience, express the opinion that a wedge of reform has 'Kea entered which will not fail to be driven.home. After, expressing my hearty approval of your comments, I cannot close without Congratulating your people on the excel lent position' occupied by your represcn ,tatives hello. As a, general thing; it is true that those who say most accomplish least, but it is particularly true that those who always rote anti say but little . attract the most attention, and in the end secure power and iulluenct?.. YOll are to INe con-' gratulated on the fact that your Men have ' exerted their influence on behalf of econ omy and reform. Madill, Nichols and flitrkness, by their reliability, firmness and integrity, have established themselves strongly among the•best men of the 'Leg islature, and made friendships - which will last longer than the teen of the preSent LegislatUre. Iu regard to Senator Davies, his position as a leader in the Senate is undeniable, for scarcely hai there been occasion for any strong and conclusive reasoning, withotit calling into play the powers-of Mr. Davies.• Ile has figured in every important debate of the - session, and has always endeavored to shape hiS efterts for the public good. In conclusion I would state, in reference to the candidacy for the Treasuryship, that every day the feeling in favor o f Senator John Lemon, becomes stronger. I have heard many old and experienced men strongly endorse him t many believe that he will Certainly he nbminated. Apologizing for this intrusion, I remain, yours truly, - "SeJounziEn." • A Good Work in Good Winds. \ca• York Tribu The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, held its annual meeting - recently in Philadelphia. Reports were received from miSsions in 1 ndia, China, Syria,. Persia, Africa, Siam, Japan, Mexico, South Anierica, and ainong our own Indians. There has been lately, not unreasonably, a good deal of preju dice among thinkinEr, people, both in and out of the churches, against foreign missions. The good accum-, plisbed is so small compared to the amount-of money and labor expend ed, so much smaller than it would be if the money and labor were best O wed on our own heathen at home, that we ari , , all too apt, perhaps, to flout these earnest Christian efforts as chimerical and.useless. The religions levet brought to bear on our Polyne sian or Japanese brother must be long and complex before it can reach him. The money rased necessarily goes-to clothing, feeding and trans porting the missionary, his fainilv and servants, to the field of work, before a single Bible is bought or a word spoken to the heathen:' As sontebOdy sal's in the current number of 2'he il llaillie, apropos to missions in Syria, the troughs arc so long that it takes all the maple sap to *et them, and not a drop runs into the kettle. But whatever may be our just or unjust objections to the general ma= chinery of this enterprise, there is much in this 'woman's work to silence them. Themoney is raised, controlleil and spent by women ; the missionaries are women, and their work is among women:and children. They do not attempt to, argue down -the gigantic structure of Iluddhism,.or to arraign the subtle, profound learning of the Brahmin against their own three years' drill at a female seminary: In stead, they teach the ignorant down trodden women - to sew, to read, to be clean and modest ; they make of .them better wives and mothers; they take the littM children on their knees, and tohch by touch, day by day, bring their plastic bodies and minds into civilized habits and action, and into both► mothers and children they try to instil the pure love of Christ. At least that is what they are sent to.do, and what they ought to do; and it is for this purpose that the 'women in Philadelphia are working with such zeal, and hitherto with exceptional success. The Moral, right-feeling part-of the community, whether they are churchgoers or not, will wish them godspeed, as - they would any other hearty rational effort to Make the world cleaner and hotter. Vattern! of judge I•ncker The funeral of Judge Packer took ' place Wednesday afternoon of lase week from his residence at Mauch Chunk. It was largely attended by citizens and strangers, including many prominent in the coal, iron and,' railroad interests. There was a mark-, ed absence of display of any kind in the arrangements and in the .cere monies of the occasion, and every- ' thing was conducted with the greatest simplicity, 'by request of the family and in accordance with the under stood wishes of the deceased. The remains of the great millionaire re-' Hosed in a Very plain,but richly plated casket, covered with black cloth. A silver Pate was inscribed with his name, date of birth and of death. lie looked very natural, and his features presented an appearance of peaceful, quiet rest. The sk,rvices, which con skted of Episcopalian ritual, at the house and the grave, were conducted by Bishop Howe. A large number of prominent clergymen were pre sent including Bishop Stevens of Philadelphia; Rev: Dr. Potter. of New York; : Rev. Dr. Leigbton 'Cole man; of Toledo; and the present and former rectors of St. Mark's - parish. The 'Bev. Samuel Marks the clergy man that married Judge Packer, was also present, having been brought on a special train from Buffalo. : After singing by a quartette the procession moved towards the beautiful located cemetery on the edge of the moun tain in Upper Mauch Chunk, direct ly up the ting , zed street in ;front of Judge Pa-keo.4 door, instead of going. through the town and, up I he carriage road to the town. The pail:bearers were-3 C)111 Patterson, A. J. Drexel, fleorue' W. Childs, CharlesOut* borne, W. H. Gatzmer and - George B. Markle, of Philadelphia; Robert Lockhart, Henry -Coppee and, Alfred Hunt,' of Bethlehem; Arlo Pardee, of Hazleton; W. L. Conyng liaiu and :Fred Mercur, of Wilkes- Barre; Hon. Henry Green; of Eas ton ;• Samuel Thomas, of Catasangna; Hon. Joseph Powell, of. Towanda; Hon. Robert floltz, lion. A. G. Brodhead, A.W. Butler, J. S. Sockett, Sayre. of - Mauch . Chunk, an 3 George It. Frill, of Reading. A large noinber of prominent gentlemen from Philadelphia Jual Ncw York who have been usseciatcs with -fudge Packer in: iiiisiness, as well as Per sonal . frie.ntb“ of the family, were present at the funeral, and arrived in town, by spectial.train, at 1 o'clock, The faculty and 'students 'of the Le• high University attended in a body: CUSSEWAGO. Judge Parker's Bequests. The last will and . testament of the late Asa Packer has been admitted to probate: The testator bad an men - se. -estate to dispose of, and 4c, took special pains 'to . make his ser send bequesta - with such regard for details and contingencies, immediate or remote, as to 'leave no point for litigation or judicial construction. The will was signed on the 14th of May,-but several' supplementary and explanatory clauses, were added as late as May 22, 1517. In the origi nal instrument the testator Signed his name at the bottom of each page, and alb witnesses' attested this4ct in their formal certificates at the ex ecution of the Will. • . J ud , re Packer's, two sons, Robert A. and ,Ilarry E., and Messrs. Elislia P. Wiison and Robert H. Sayre, of Bethlehemond the:president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, are named as_ executors. For the sake of:cOnvenienee the -executors. are called "trustees" iii the will. Whenever there is a change in 'the presidency of the Lehigh Valley Railroad the testator directs_ that the retiring president shall give place to his successor -as one of the e,xectt tors,:it being his wish.always to have the president of •the company acting" as a "tinstee . " to carry out thiipro . visions of the will.. • , ' The whole estate is• devised to these "trustees," and the concurrent action of four of them is to be con. elusive upon all ; .except that in vot ing upon the Lehigh Valley Railroad stock Unce of the "trustees" can de termitic how the vote shall be cast. They are directed to settle their ac counts at least once iii three years. They are empowered to manage-the railroad and the coal lands according best judgment, and to bor. r-Jw.money 4 , xectite mortgages, and I bind the esMte as- fully as the testa tor could if living ; also to subscribe far the. stria of any new railroadS, the building of which , may 1, - e deem ed advantageous to the Lehigh Va lley Railroad Company and the - estate; and to subscribe for any new issues of bonds which may be made by the said railroad couiPany: ' The will gives absolutely to the widow such portion of the estate as she may select, and the trustees are • directed to hand Over to her at any time whatever sum of money orziiiece of property she may demand. If she should desire that a fixed annual in, come should - be - set apart for her, the trustees are directed to comply with her ,wish. Said the- testator, "My purpose is that she (Mrs. Packer) shall have whatever she wishes out, of my estate, and all other provisions hereof are subordinate. to this one." The family residence (two houses) at Mauch Chunk is bequeathed to the testator's daughter, Mary Hannah Packer, and his sox, -Harry E. Pack er, as joint tenants. Mrs. Packer has the right to ; occupy - the one house during - her life. The survivor of the joint tenants is to have this property, and at death it is to go to the children of one or both of them and if there be no eldidren, then to Robert A. Packer and his children. The object of the .testator - was to keep this piece of property in the eamily as long as the laws of inheri tance would permit. A house in Bethlehem is devised to - the testa tor's son, Robert A. I'acker. Special legacies are given to the teitator's nephews anti nieces*as ful lo $.25,000 *to Elisha Wilber; $10,001) to. Warren. W. Wilbur; $lO,- 000 to-Mrs. Helena; Rathbun ; 000 etch to Robert and John Rath burn, and the same to Hattie Fitch. Robert 11. Sayre gets $23,000. S.tnall 'bequests are made to various remote relatives and personal friends; $lO,- 000 to Mrs. Marion Sheer, the testa tor's adopted daughter, and $116,000' tolter daughter Fanny P. Sheer, and $50",00o to each of the three children of testator's deceased daughter, Mrs. Linderman. These bequests are in tended to go into effect immediately, and do not depend On _the final dis position of the testator's estate. The Divinity School of the Pro testant Episcopal Church at Phil adelphia gets $3 . 1,500 ; leflerson Medical College, $5000; Muhlenberg College at Allentown, $3 , x,OOO St. Mark's Church, Mauch Chunk, $30,-- 000; WaShington and. Lexington College, Va., $5,060. All the legacies , mentione I in this paragraph* are to be paid in annuity honds of the Le high Valley Railroad Company. The Lehigh University, in South Bethle• - hem, is to have. $1,50 , 1,000, the trus tees under the will to hold the same -and to' pay the "income" -to the trustees of the university for its sup port. addition to this the trus tees are directed to: pay to the trus tees-of the Lehigh University the in .conle of $:'•0 1 .1,00o, the same-to be - ap-. plied to the, erection of a building. for a library and the purchase of books: • This institution is to•sbe Call ed the "-Lucy Packer Library," in memory of the testator's tlauLrhter. St. Luke's Eikcopal Hospital, at, Bethlehem, is to have the "income' s " of $30,000, on the* condition that employes of the Lehigh Valley ail road Company are : to he receiN d and eared for free of charge. • The trustees are directed to pay to Mary Hannah, Robeit A ;and Harry E. Packer, the testator's three chil dren, $20,001) each per annum, and the income of the remainder of the estate, after the specific bequests haVe -been met, is also to be divided equal ly among them. Each of these three children is empowered to dispoSe by will of the one-sixth of the, estate that remains,'such bequests to take effect upon the 'termination of the trusts under the original will, which. are all to terminate twenty-one years after the death of the last survivor of 'the testator'l three children, and the por tion of the estate. Which remains not otherwise disposed of at the time - is to be divided among the Jiving de scendants of the said three children; per stirpes, the - -issue of each Child taking only what•-the parent would have taken if living. • The testator 'explains in a codicil -that it was his wish the execu tors and trustees shOuld retain anti. continue his hivestuients in OW stacik and other securities_ of the Lehigh . Valley Railroad, an other compa nies connected with it during the, continuance of the trusts ; and, where legacies and bequests consist.of stock of the Lehigh Valley Railroad: the legatees are only entitled to the " in come "".of said stock as it is cerned by the company and collected by the trustees. STATE NEWS. A PITTSI3MO business rum has been fined $1.40 fur profanity, calling one of his employes'a liar. MANY ieriduits of Wayne county are leaving for the West, with the intention of permanently locating there. ARILUIA3I HALT.; an infant, 21 mouths old, was killed by a .Pennsylvania; rail road train at'Salunea, west of Harrisburg Thursday last.. - DR, TAYLOR, of Bryn Mawr, has,ptir chaed thirty acres of land at that place, and will.build a large female college upon , it; sitnilar to that at Haverford. TIIF. Pittsburg Telegraph estimates the "quantity of coal afloat on the Ohio and Miuongahela ricers, iu sightAtf - that city, at upward of 1a,000,000 bushels. Tun Centennial ASsociation'of • Valley Forge will dedicate the Washington . Head quarters June 19. Senator Bayard has accepted the• invitation .to deliver the oration. . . .Tur. Board of Pardons, at Llarrisbnrg, refused to commute the death sentence of SiViriglet, tip colored murderer, sentenc ed to be haikett4 Chambersburg on the sth of Jeuc. A aviaXtas named nmet,. and ber eigh teen months uhi infant, whotn.she was carrying in her alma,. were killed by a railroad train at Higlispiie,. near Harris burg,. Thursday morning. A BRAUAM AY RLS, • one of the pioneer coal opzrators in the lichuYlicill region, and for the past sixteen•years poslzuaster at Mount Carmel, died otaTuesday of last week, aged sixty-seven years. - • ' Tin:. committee appointed' to investi gate the conduct of Judge. Harding, of Luzerne county, with a view •to his im peachment, made a report to the House Friday dismissing the charges against him. PuEsioEsi HAYLs. Governoriloyt, ex- Coveinor liartranft and other dignititrits have been invited to tittetiltlie State En campment of the tirand Amy Of the lie- public at Erie in July.' Extensive pier arations are making fur a grand time. GnEAT excitiment. preVail; among the oil men in McKean comity over discovery of a well at Gobbler City,. that, after hav ing been bored three, bitS in the sand, showed 700 feet of unit the. hole. ThiS test is about 140 rods southwest of the Geary well.. RAMALY, a farmer, met with a horrible death . in Franklin Luzerue county, on Tuesday . night :Cy 2(ith; While unhitching his horse one of them became restive, 'reared and broke loose. By some Means the neck-Chain became fastened around liamaly's . neiik„ and as the horse ran oil' the unfOrtunate- man was dragged after it-and killed.t THE Heading' Tiners tells of the mar riage of Danit t ltohrback and Catharine Ilohrbaeli. The bride's father's LtalllC was the same as her husband's, and her Moth er's maiden name the same as hers, aid the groom's fathel an 4 mother bore the 'same name as the pare ht 4 of the bride. For three genmations, therefore,,Daniel liohrback and CatharinZ liohrbickhave wedded. Wurr.r: a young man named Stepp was digging for 'limper eels on a small is and near Treverton unction, eleven miles be low' Sunbury says the. Danville Intelli gower, of last week, ho -came across the bogy of mm buried iu the, sand, which proved to be the remains of Pied A. Wil helm who was di owned -Danville, with his :ton in December last. Be was. recorz- u;zed by his name being picked With India ink on his right arm. (Fred A. Wiihelin.) Word was immediately sent to his faintly here, and his brother Charles went nftv r arriving here on the early train on Tuesday morumg. Ile was found withopt any •coat, . and it.--Is- : supposed he took it oil in his efforts . ..to ,save himself from drowning,: His .watch; watch-key, comb,lsnd a larf.,*(3:knif , t was found upon his person. His body was in a good 'state of preservation. There is as yet no tid ings of his son who was (hamlet' at the came time. 1 GENEBAL "rnr.nr. was a Fevere foist in portions or Ontario, on Thursday night, which ty ill damage the crops in the low lands. Witt:Ewes woolen 'mills, at Salent, N. 11.. were • de:411,31A Friday last IAY tire following an explosion, the cause of Which is unknown. Loss, $lOO,OOO. • A Lou.Eie in the Risem 'Grist Mills,' at Fostoria, Ohio exploded Friday, killing ene man and seriously injuring four others. The. machinery and walls or the building were demolished. Two tires in - Brooklyn, - N. Y., 'on Fri day 'night, destrOyed the .Nassau Worlis.and etM of Watson's .stores, the latter tilled with.mereliaridise. The losses are estimated at $700,000. Onlppeper,Va.,Friday, D. M. Ream editor of the Times newspaper of .that place, indulged 'in a shooting :allay with two other mim named Jones and Jamison. lb am and Jones were wounded, and the fennel is not likely to recover. P. dour mills; at Dave» port, lowa, ve,e burned' on - Thursday night.) Loss about *S O ,O OO . Al file iu J. H.- Smith's lumber yard, at Toronto Friday, caused . a loss of $12:i,000. The Altoona Car Works, at Altioema,- Pl., be longing to. a private corporation, . were burned Friday. WILLIAM McGir.Avv, who beat his two year old child to death, over 4i year ago, was convicted at New haven, Ttiday of murder in the third degree, and sentenc ed to twelve months'imprisonmor. The sentence, it is said, " was made light be cause the prisoner has already been over a year in jail." . WILLIAM HUNTER, Seroncl Assistant Semetaty of State, Thursday -celebrated the 11,5 th anniversary of his entry into the service of the Goternmeut as an employe, of the State Department. The Pt esittent4 rmany foreign rept e:. , etqat ives and a nuns bur of officials called to cong,ratnlate him during the day, and a banquet was given. to him in tl n eyening. ' A propeller boat was capsized by a whirlwind and sunk in theleaSien river,.near, Lake • .Charles, La.;on Satur day afternoon, Besides the captain and engineer, six passengers were ou board, all of svciont perished,: The captain and engineer, after vainly attempting to rest cne seine of the others, saved themselves by swimming ashore. .• MOST Of the - town of The I)alles,in Oregon, has been destrOyed. by tire. Jr, has a population of:about The loss is not yet esthirded. A tiro - in Clinton, lowa, Timrsday. destroyed several mill ion feet of lumber and thirty-three Tugs, , L e ss about '% . 4150600. • French's - menagerie; near fleti Mt, was burned Thursday; with an elephant, five lions, a leopard and other valuable beasts, AT Kingston, Ga.„ Friday morning, Thompson and Joseph Morris having violated a•tonn ordinance • by • firing off a pistol; were each tined one dollar by. :Town Marshal Burroughs. After paying the tine, the brothers assaulted Burroughs akd.after ! emitying their' pistols, threw sihnes at him. Btu - loughs returned the fayly vicruptinr, both his assailants. Thompson d'ed in ' half • an htur, but Joseph NV:Li still lidiin atiastaccounts. Mn.. JENNIE Convert D. Dennett Were Inl .Saturday found guilty of murder in the first degree, for. killing L'oneeman Smith at Jersey City last An. gust. It will be remembered Mrs. Smith found her husband Murdered by her side when she awoke in the morning, and she claimed to Iciow . nOthing of the crime. Bennett was her, •lover, and letters which passea hetwcen them furnished the evi dtupe of tiler guilt. • WOMEN NEV EU- THIN - the crab bed okl bachelor who tittered this senti ment multi but witness the intense thought, deep study and thorough invest igat inn of women in detertnining the best medieinewto keep their faMilies well, and would note their sagacity and wistkin in selecting trep s tho lii•st. :ld monstrating it. by keeping- Hick families in perpetual health, at a -mere n , expense, he would be lowed to nekinovb edge that such Seutimeutm tyre tru~cicss and false. -- • V I M* parrus laprivited;. CALOOTTA L. May 26.—The Dritish India Steam 15avigation Company's steamer" wim in collision with another vessel; and the "Ara" Sunk: Sisty-sit of the crew and four pa:ssen: gent were droWned., The Ava " was 'an iron steamer, of 2,900 tons,huilt ut Duiniarton in 1873. BEIDLEMAN's BLOCK, BRIDGE FREW AN!) SALT MEATs, DRIED. BEEF, FISIL . PO ULTRy, DADDtISI VEGETAIICES AND DEIIIIIF:S IN 44 . ' 4 Ail good* tot rered free of eharge Towanda, ya., May 2b; 160 NOW, Nqp.lo, Is;9, on motion of Davits & Carneettsii. !butt dtreet that !1.,• stiertlt serve the sAnt ..11(frq a. n, 1 t.,. said Miner M. falrehilit and Mame: le. F.orciol , l. by publishing the rinstate,: of the vim^ hr: th• tilt Aurora/ itr.l . OltTEß for three so , rotuive wevi, previous to the return day of the writ. Tilt: Ciltritr. COMMONAV E A LT ti OF PEN N:3l - LCxxik fittAlwo COCtiTY. Tn the Sheriff enid IJ.,aoty rirtt7i»2 \V it EItICAS. 15311111 , 4 Buck., h ourl ourt of Common Picas for Ifte county of ItrAf,,i4, to aft: lu the term of February. AO , . A. b.. is7G, fore our .ludgen'of our 'raid ton. tat the e nvideration of the s'aid Comrt agaillSt Malletable Fain:111111s. tat.• of t aid I mihtv, A eOntati, a, well an a certalb debt of Fly,. Ifund r ,,t prnium, -an al.ko I Int, :::1-1170 .1).):131% lo• w Well to the , aid I'lainliff lo our said Court u,•r.- adjudged for damages Ini,talinni detention of Slat debt. whereof the tall fs rOIIVICI, JIS rerun!. NUN t•r:11;.. execution of the same Judy:fent. still reman;,;„,, made, as try the Intern/ Anon of .Davie‘i tarn,- char, we bave.received : and because wt , am on'. lug that !hose thing; which In our