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E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR
Towanda, Pa., January 22, iBBO.
Republican State 4fiventiOn.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania are re
quested to send.,delegates, appointed ac
cording to their representation in the Leg
flature, to a Convention, to meet at
.11ar
risburg. at' 2 31., on the 4th day of 'Feb
' ruary next, to elect delegates to the Re,
publican Satinnal Convention, to nomi
nate Presidemeal Electors, to nominate a
candidate fir Judge of the Supreme Court,
and a cadidate for Auditor General ; and
to transact;such' 'Other business as may be
brought before .theni
By order of
r . F. C. HOOTON,
Chairman . State Committee.
iIiAMPEL F. BARB, } sceretaris.
C. L. MAGEE,
Weg Chester, Pa,, January Ist, 18,80.
Republican County Convention
The Republican County! Convention
will Convene at the Court Rouse, in the
Borough of Towanda, on MONDAY, the
n day of FEBRUARY, ViBo, at 7 o'clock
P. M., 'to elect delegates to the Republi
can state Convention, to' : be held in the
City of Harrisburg on the 4th day of
February, 1.40, and for the transaction
of any other bilsiness that may come be
fore the Convention.
The Committees of Vigilance appointed
for the yew 1879 will call a primary 'or
delegate election for their respective , dis.-
tricts for SATURDA.Y, JANUARY 31st.
lie:A to elect by ballot two delegates to
—.represent ; each 'district in the County
CtMleVition
The 'iltlegate elections iu the Town
rldimi will be' organized at 3 o'clock r. N.
and kept open- until closed-at 4 o'clock P.
11.7iti the Boroughs the delegate'eiections
will be organized at 7 o'clock P. M. 'and
kept open until closed at o'clock r. at.;
the votes shall then be counted, and the
regilt certified by the officers to the
Chairman of said Convention, and a copy
delivered at once to the delegates-elect.
The Committees of Vigilance are par
-
- venial - 1y requested to observe the above
p,uggestions carefully in conducting Lbe
meetiugs. •
. 11ENJ. M. PECK, Chairmau
Towanoa, Jam 11; 1350..
Committees of Vigilance
Alha—Geo„ H. 'Webb, U. W. Carman, J. Loug
1.e.0t.
Albany Itoroogh—Buyd W. Wilcox, Lcroy Hay
erly-, (ie.. W. Nlehol. ,
An.uny Townlip—A. English, Benjamin Ayres,
Cliku,n W. Lewis.
Afoul/la—Daniel AVeIM, Simon Sherman, Au.
ch sev - ar.l.
A,..yloto—Jo3eph A. Itomet, Il i C, 3tlnHas, H. H.
hens Borough—A. H. Spalding, D. Tripp. A.
A. filmier.
let District—Wright Dun.
ham. 1.. tt.
Middaugh, 1/r. F. W. Keyes, Itatitl Gardner
I liktrict —ll. W. Thoina,. H. W. Breve, John
Steel. '
Barclay—C. W. Thw, C. 11. Johnson, I),
Burlington Town,hip —l/whert Knappt G S.
Ira, is, A thireW Melel tie.
Itorough—W, 11, D. Green, S. M.
ilo'l.erntan..l. V. Rice.
it nrlin~hm West Alfred Wart:luau,
Itu.ks, hock well.
amoi, T.onsidp—lienry Matson, Shela Ayers,
Fre.Ynan. 7
:odor), Borough—U. S. )artt, E. H. Thomas, F.
A. mreo,
olonilda— I. O. Wolf, H. M. Ferguson, .1. R.
V't Auk .Fnes- Johnsoh, Sterne McKee,
James q.. Haien,
11ram - ille—Adam,lNllle, John Vroman, Henry
•
Alidermni. B. 31. Matson, I: corgi•
it‘sttttg.
I ~ 1 1.1- - 1.e.y1 SAT.f.tril. H. H. Magna, Henry
I. , .n.q.ville—lien. \V. lteanhley, Ls., n. Beards
/e y, Leßoy Coleman.
Li t o,n,i,l_3ol, ii it. mehinney, 'T. W. Brink, A.
II ( 1131 . a l.•l'.
.1.11,11C.e TO% 10.14—.Tt101.11a .. .4 Smiley, James Ir..
i mg. Illrato Sweet. `
Mom. • Borough—o. 11. Rockwell, D. J. Sweet,
11.11. "Ingham. ,
Orwell—B.,.. L. Case, Thomas
. 11. Smith. Frank
.1 4hrr.ou. .
overton—Clarence Willlanrs. Joseph Beverly,
Jame:. M•dlittea.lx.
• l'lke--L. - A.- Bosworth, S. 11. - Canfield, James
Grant.
Rolgtrry—J. C. Robidson, P. C. Brown, E. A.
4 •.oper. 1
/:.nuo`Townstilplason S. Fortes, L. F. RUsisell,
"A. t.. To. 11,1.1 . 141. ,
!:ono, ltorongh—E. M. Fr,st, IL 1.. Smith, G.
W. li.thtwy... •
S he, beg u I O—C harles .1. 11 row n„Frank M. Cough t,
lon. 11. 5011311, N ,
sod th tleid—N. W. Waldron, Walter PLIIIIps, F.
G. Manley. _
South Creek-14. F. lithireth, S. L. Thompson,
George Berry.
..
South. Waverly—John Falkner, John M. Post,
John Mahoney. t.
springnet4l- 7 tryfire Burgess, F. N. Harlan!, S.
I.l..Vhlutps,
snnollor, .sine—Myron iilngsley,. George Sae ;
, I,OWe: n It Onion.
, Nh:plia-..-F D. Gray,' C. F. Waldo, Finley
F U , 111:1C.I.
T ,,, Valtaa T0W11 , 31111-40illi scovllle, A. w. Dim
„k. John E. Fos.
T, , ,,,,,d3 Borough, Ist Ward—C. D. Passage,
Jant,s, Bryant. li. r.„ Stevens; 241 Ward—Wm,
h.-y, r, !tarry Gray, o. D. I.visr: ad Ward-11. F...
lrabeoek. James 11. Coddlog” W. 41,..G0rd0n,
Towanda North—E. Reuben DeLong, Wm.
"u Oh. (Inver N ...well.
'Terry—,Joust Ilan Terry, .r. C. Byer, S. Bowman.
Tr.: ToirtiNit)l.—Jolin Hunt. Millen Pierce, M.
4r.- Loomis.
[Toy Borough—ll. 11. Spalding, O. P. Adams,
11 A. Long.
To‘carora—M. T. linear/, Arthur Lewis, Lester
Smith: ,
I'. ter—henr y Mlngo, George Mor/ey, Andrew
NI or inn.
W rren—Nathan Young, Abram Whitaker, .1.
r, 1lie: ton, .
\\•lls-11. G. Grlttnel, I:. F. Shepherd. Jerome
IV. I rink.
'IV od ham—Michael .Bolen, Align Boardman,
Ran on Darling,
to Imot—.l, M. Clark, Daniel Ely, E. Meekes, Jr.
W 'aluslug.a-Janies ii. swans, Allen Hoover,
- 1.'43 /t, st,tr.
W 'son—N. C. Shores, E. G. ()wen, Harry Parks.
o•ublican county Committee
for 1880
The delegate:4-Itoin each election dis-
tact to the 4ast Republican County Con-
ventiop'(Sei)tember 3,1)) are requested
to appoint I,at once an - earnest and active
Itepublican to represent their district in
the IZepublin County Committee for
ME
It is important that these appointments
be made at once,- and the name, with tile
vrht-billee address of the f;ensoil swap
poioted„lse forwarded to the chairman of
/laid Cumnaittee without delay.
1.117C.J. M. PECK, Chairman
Towanda, Jan. G,
ftai that :t.enator CAurtnox Way
F"' Lei:lA" DI nosy _disquieting
;r,+,; ;> let t,se nerves have been
by the"{bird term"
MEE
I=
; r .
ar ,, , mr.%na fit'f:x-Prasident Tri.in has
Congless for a pension.. She,
•!Lairik upon the fact that his'.
pa \..1.141 3arnes River, Virginia,
oyerril!ti by the contending armies
during the Rebellion, and rendeted value
le.
Tit F.'. Edison Electric , Light does' not
yet illuminate The world. A new diffi
culty has arisen, which destroys its utili
ty, and provents it from coming into gen
eral nse. The lamps become heated and
break. Appearances indicate that the
experiment is a grand failuie. A week
ago the stock sold for i. 5000 a tallre--119W
it can be had fur 41100.
Cot. 31cCtxtutr, who 4s at Washington,
looking' idler the interests of his friend,
G. I...'unvt.s, in the. attempt to oust Mr.
Yocum, from his seat. in the 'Km,
writs; to the Time, that it is regarded ae
reasonably certain that, the tlecttoti Corn
Lattice pf lino Hutuie gill taport sit sus
early day invalidating the election and
sending the contest back to the people.
It is also certain that the report of the
Committee will be adopted in the House
by a large majority. The Republicans
have no feeling in tl'e matter, as it is a
Tamil} quarrel, and they look yin with
about the same feeling manifested by the
woman who saw her husband and the
lkar fighting.
UPON representatious made by the
it e.-Beepers association the Post Office
Vepartment has ordered that queen bees
and their necessary attendants be permit
to be carried in the mails so long as no
person is injured in handling them. This
peivilege of course continues so long as
the 'queens are on their good behavior,
and do not sting any of the clerks.
Tut: policy or the free-traders in Con
gress is to strike at one' industry at a
time, under various pretences. This' is
done to avoid arousing 'public sentiment.
The success attetding the attempt to put
quinine on the free list, has bet n follow
ed by a motion to admit salt free of duty.
Should this succeed then other articlits
would be added, iuntil , our iudustries are
left without protection.
Qua two neighbors are infteeord in.one
matter at least. The Argue don't want
GRANT and says 4.. ;
•• There:ls one thine that .1c n. !ILlArlie right at
last, and that Is opimsing the Third Term for
GRANT. If he is sincere, we will Observe bow he
will oppose him when nominated. Ttte Unwritten
Law of (tie Republic ' ludeed:L\wiliat cares Cass
ano?: for unwritten law. Office-11.3s he wants.
_ _
law or no law."
GEN.G,ttArr has met with a very friend
ly reception in the South, at the hands of
the reconstrulted. It could not be ex
pected that they would become very en
thusiastic at the presence of the Great
Captain:J*lo crushed the rebellion. The
colored piipulation, however, have shown
their - love 'for the General, and their de
light at seeing him by the most extrava
gant demolistrations and expressions. .4.
Cot.. Rites A. 31: PAssmonE,, who will
lie a candidate for Auditor-General before
the Republican Convention at 'Harrisburg,
has received a "boom" in Lis own coun
ty, Jeld Schuylkill. The County Conven
tion which met at Pottsville on llonday
instructed the State Convention delegates .
for that gentleman, and as the same ac
tion was taken in the Lyeoming County
ItepubliCan Convention on Saturday, Mr. •
PAssmoitE has been fairly started in the
preliminary work of the contest.
Ttixiir. is a grain blockade at Chicago,
the 'elevators of the city, which contain
14,000000 bushels, being nearly filled.
For this condition Of affairs the only ex
planation is that the grain syndicate, of
which JAMES It. KEENE is the tepresen
tative, have by constanTitircbases forced
the market .brice of wh at in Chicago to
a point where it is a dead loss to ship it to
New York, and to a point where it cannot
be Shipped from New York to Liveipool
even at the prevailing low rates of freights,
with any prospect of a_return of the inim
ey invested,
'Fur. war between Chili and the allied
forces of Peru and Bolivia is virtually at
an end.' Both of the contending parties
being. exhausted, the Argentine republic
has offered its mediation to settle the
points at issue. Chili has no further
interest in the prolongation of the strug
as she islin possession of the territory
containing the nitre dud soda beds, about
which the quarrel arose. Although she
is the victor, she has. depleted her treas
ury and incurred serious losses, which
cannot be repaired fur a lung time to
come. Both Bolivia and Peru are , in a
bankrupt cotrditionr
THE THIRD TEEN
We publish in another cOlurrin' a
communication from our esteemed
correspondent 4 CASTELAR,+ with
much pleasure, 'believing that the
ealm, temperate and thorough discus•
sion of the question as to who shall
be the candidate of the RepUblican
party for the Presidency, Will' result
in good. Our friend is mistaken
when in his accotnpanyinig, letter he
; says, " TUE REPORTER, I believe, is
for GRANT, but I presume you will
have no objection to publishing a
`friendly article against , the third
term," so far as he assumes that we
are for or against any man. The RE
' PORTER is not committed to the for
tunes of any candidate named for the
Presidential nomination. We have
no decided preferences nor prejudices
which would, interfere with a judicial
and unselfish decision, were the
choice left to cur decision. , In our
judgment the importance of the se
lection to be made at Chicago cannot
be overestimated. The Nation is on
the eve of a political contest which
has never
. been paralleled either in
its consequences, nor in the virulence
and heat with which it will be ten
ducted. It is desirable that the at.
tehtion of every RepubliCan should
be,called to the momentous import
ance of the struggle in which he is
soon to take a part, and to the care
ful and earnest consideration of the
question as to who is best fitted to
carry the standard of the party as its
•Ni
candidate.
Prominent in the public mind as
the probable candidate of the Repub
lican party, is Gen. GRANT. Why
this is so, and , what causes have
brought about the very general im
pression that be is to be nominated,
and elected; and inaugurated, we will
leave for wiser heads to say. • Ger
tainly it has not been the result of
any systematic plan proceeding from
the politicians, because the great ma
jority of those who may be properly
classed as politicians are not favora
ble to Gen. GRANT'S _nomination.
Whatever there may be of the GRANT
"boom" is spontaneous, , Coming from
the people, and of the people, and
shay neither been deVeloped nor en
couraged by the politicians. The
forces which have produced this ap- .
parent demand that Gen. GB.ANT
should again be elevated to the Pres
idency, proceed from the misdeeds of
the Democracy,the aroused apprehen
sions of the country as to the dan
gerous doctrines of the States' rights
leaders, and, the general belief that
the Democracy intend to get control
of the Government, if necessary, by
unlawful and violent measures. It
is not to be wondered at, that when
tisererisre such unmistakable indica.
tions as have lately been shown in
Maine,, that the country should be
come alarmed, and thatwhen:men
aced by a. great danger, the public
mind Aotild turn with confidence to
the great General who has once , sav
ed the Union, and who has shown by
eight years of wise and firm rule with
what entire safety the welfare. and
destinies of the country could be en
trusted-to his care.
Our_ correspondent ignores the
grave and threa'eningeonsiderations
which have brought Gen...GttAIST into
such prominence as a possible candi
date for the Presidency, and "'lro
ceeds to consider the question within
very narrow limits. We assure him,
in borrowed but appropriate lan
guage : " What with the screams of
the Democratic politicians and the
mancruvres i of their Republican an
tagonists, the public mind has been
falling into a huddle and hysterical
condition about Gen. GtoisT.,, which
is entirely unnecessary, and if it con
tinues will be prejudicial to sober
judgment. We propose au attempt
to 'return to sober thinking on a ques
tion of far too great importance to
be decided by the American people
in a passion." He has too much
good sense to allow himself to be
prejudiced by the falsehood and de
nunciations of the Democrats and,
their confederate allies, or the at,
tempt of interested partizans to be
little the popular demand, or ereate
a sentiment for some favorite candi
date, whose accession to power might
bring place and patronage.
Justly, no man has authority for
saying that Gen. GRANT desires a re
election. On the contrary, all that
he has ever -written or said, proves
that he is averse to again taking upon
himself the. labors aLd responSibili
ties of the Presidency. Ile is not
only a patriotic but a far-steing man,
and no one understand's' better than
he, the perils which threaten the
Union. To avert these dangers by
defeating the Democratic !party, it is
• fair to assume that he would forego
all conside;ations of personal corn:
fort, and hold the helm of the ship of
State for four years provided he was
called upon by his countrymen. But
that call must be spontaneons, em
phatic, and unmistakably the voice of
the people. It must be made in such
a way as to add new honors to those
already bestowed upon him. Now it
fall upon the It4ublicans assem
bled in Convention at Chicago to de
cide that question.' Considerations
of safety to the .country; of baffling
the designs of those who will attempt
to steal the Presidency, if necessary,
and of availability 'in the candidate
are all to be considered, and we- have
no doubt they will be considered and
settled with a proper regard to the
popular cwill add the public welfare.
Unles's there should be such a de
mand amongA the people as is ap
parent and overwhelming,Gen.GßANT
will not be nominated. If the people
want him_ they will make it Manifest.
It they don't want him they will.
Make it equally manifest. General
GRANT cannot afford, much less does
he desire. to stand in any uncertain
position, nor to take any risks. If
not called ;for by the people, he will
not be mentioned as a maul idate. If
the people call for him, there is no
constitutional objection to his again
being President.
As to the question as to whethei•
he should or should not be a can
didate, we have no desire to ex
press an opinion. But we are de
cidedly of the opinion that the
third term objection is childish
and very much exaggerated. ".We
do not believe that the American
people , are in danger, of becoming so
sunk in intelligence and interest in
their affairs as to be at the political
mercy of their oivn servant. If they
are, they are not to be saved by the
device of limiting their own authori
ty by a single personal restriction,
Such sort of things are like .a man's
tying his bands behind his back to
keep out of 'mischief. He would do
better:to cultivate an intelligence and
honesty.; and in the same way the
people of the United States, if they
are afraid of being enslaved by a
President, Would. find a better safe
guard in their interest and attention
to.public affairs than in limiting their
choice of a worthy servant beyond an
arbitrary term of office. The princi
ple is wrong ; the danger is overra
ted ; and the remedy is not an inter r
ligent one. it comes from a distrust
of the people on the one side and a
traditionary alarm at an imaginary
danger on the other. It is a : super..
stition that: ought to be abolished, not
for any particular man's benefit, but
because the ides is absurd in-itself,
and it is a, Chimerical remedy for an
evil which requires wiser and :mire
effectual treattn , at. • Let us have
some trust, in the people of - the
United States that they are neither
blind hero worshippers nor the indif
ferent .guardians of their Own liber
ties."
TILE PRESIDENT'S "POLICY.
Soon after the inauguration Of
President RAYEs we took the occa
sion to write and publish in the RE-
Ponta, a few words addressed to
those Republicans who were dialysed
to find fault with the President for
what they considered a mistaken
policy in regard to the Sonthern ,
States, and to counsel moderation
and patience, with a firm reliance
upon the patriotism and honesty of
the Executive.
We refer to this subject to rseall
the language 'then used ; We said;
"It is generally understood that the
President himself! regardi his action
as to some _estetit experimental, an
experiment rendered necessary in his
judgment,by the failure of the former
policy to effect the restoration of
good feeling - betiveen the different
sections of our country, antfithe prc
tection of all parties, races and per
sons in all their. rights, civil and po
litical. In making this experiment
he has confided doubtless in the pro-
fessions and promires of the South- '
ern leaders to afford'that protection,
and the favorable solution of the ex
periment rests in a great measure in
their hands. He had, before he act
ed,.tlie pOsitive pledges of honor of
the Southern leaders for the protec
Lion of all the civil and political
rights of all persons in these States.
If those pledges /shall be kept, good
must result. If thoie pledges shall .
not be kept, if it shall appear that the
Southern ;leaders and the Southern
people hae had in view in making
these pledges only party success and
not the public good, and that they
will use the power thus placed in,
their hands for the purpose of opj
pression and injustice, then / they,
and they alone- will be responsibl4
for all the direful results which shall
flow from their most monstrous in.
/ gratitude and deception, and none
will be /more ready to acknowledge
how grossly his confidence has been
betrayed and his magnanimity spurn
ed, than President lIAVEs..
" But however much we may doubt
the sincerity- of the pledges given by
the Southern leaders, and their desire
,or intention to deal justly and kindly
with all races and classes, it is but
faii that they should have an oppor
tunity to prove their truthfulness.
We should not make a hasty. and
sweeping condemnation, because
there are occasional outbreaks of that
brutal and intolerant diSposition,
which has always been the bone of
Southern society. Time Will' soon
show what is to be.the result."
The logic of events has fully borne
out the confidence we expressed in*
the wisdom and honesty of the Presi
dent, and in the patriotic motives
which influenced him in the policy be
pursued towards the people Of the
South. That his magnanimity and
desire to conciliate have not been
met in a fraternal and appreciative
manner by the unrepentant rebels, is
not the fault of the President. That
he has gone to extremes - to
prove that there is to sentiment of
ill-feeling or hostility in the North,
only makes more ungracious and.rep
rehensible the conduct of Southern
leaders.
Probably no one has been more
disappointed than President,HAvEs,
at the ungrateful-and vindictive con
duct of the South, and no one better
satisfied than he, that so far as the
Southern temper is concerned his
policy has been a failure. But :on
the whole, it .has not been a failure,
but
,decidedly successful!: It has
shown the world, that the Republican
party was not' a Sectional may, that
the North was willing to forgive the
past, and bury out of
.sight the terri
ble occurences of . the RebOlion. It,
Las proved that treason in the South
is as flourishing and malignant as
when the first gun was fired on
Sumpter, and that the intolerant and
proscriptive disposition of the South
. is only held in check by a wholesome
fear of aroused Northern feeling.
That the confidence of President
RAY•ES has been grossly betrayed,
his . magnanimity -spurned, is not.
known and felt by the whole'bountry.
But it does not detract from his wis
ti •
dom, nor the justice and propriety of
the Attempt be has made to overcome
theAll•feeling of the South, by evi
dence that a kindly and fraternal.dis
position existed' in the North, and to
weld in one homogeneous Union the .
different parts of the Nation. It was
neither weakness, nor optimism which
dictated the President's Southern
policy. It proceeded from a desire
to promote the public welfare, by
softening the asperities produced by
past occurrences, and by graceful
recognition of the leading men of
the. SO4ll, and by contributing to
her material prosperity, to obliterate
sectional feeling and geographical .
distinctions. Not only was this done,
frOrn fraternal and patriotic motives,
but there had 'grown . up a feeling in
the North, produced by • the persist
ent efforts of sentimentalists which,
demanded that the President should
pursue the policy which he adopted
Public sentiment in the North'had
run in a mistaken channel, and the
people of the North had been strange
ly misled as to the state of public
feeling in'the. South, and as to the
motives and intentions'of the South
ern leaders. The, terrible lessons of
the Rebellion► seemed to have been
forgotten. It needed the ungrateful
response-to the President's policy, to
satisfy the good-tempered and readily
forgiving North that the poison of
treason' was in every Southern com
munity, and that the hatred of the
i , ,North was the predominant feeling
in Southern breasts. The President
'has been bitterly disappointed—but
his wisdom and motives have- been
vindicated; and he can with entire
confidence -leave both to the cnlm
judgment of history for his vindi4-
tion.
MAINE %VIET.
The Republicans of Maine hence:
ing 'WI the majesty of the law, ap
pealed!to the Supreme Court of the
State for decisions as to the legality of
the positions they bad taken. The
judgment of the Court fully sustain
ed them, and acting under its verdict,
they met in the State Capitol, and
the legally elected . Legislature was
organized, and • elected • DAVID F.
Davis Governor, who took po3ses
sion of the Executive Chamber. The
custody of the public property and
the care of the public buildings was
surrendered to Governor' Davis by
General CtumBEIILIN.
On•Monday' afternoon members of
the Fusion Legislature demanded ad
mittance to the State" House, which
was refused them, and Fusion
Legislature was called to order on
the sidewalk, and adjournedto meet;
at Union.liall4the next day.. The
end of the plot to steal the , State of
Maine has failed, and will cover all
the actors with. lasting disgrace. The
Fusionists may hold out for a time,
but their stubborness will be of no
avail, as they are not even sustained
,by the judgment of the cool and .
'Sensible members of their parties.
Is response , to Secretary SIIERMAN'S
recommendation in' his report that the
duties should be replaced upon coffee and
tea, the Senate asked Mr. SITERSIAN to
communicate to it any information in the
possession of the Department touching
the effect upon the revenues and the re
sults to consun.ers of the repeal of duties
upon those articles. The statement sup
pliedby the Department contains some
interesting information. The duty was
removed from coffee and tea in Jbly, 1872,
and since that time there has been a grad
ual increase in the consumption of the
two articles * although . it may fairly be
doubted if thisls anything more than the
natural increase which would have occur
red under any ordinary circumstances.
Respecting coffee it is shown that4hole
sale prices prevailing here in 1878 were
not less, and Ironiltintes they were great
er, than those- that were asked in 1870
and 1871, while the duty remained;
Bmzillian coffee that sold in 1870 for
$l6 33 a hundred pounds, brouglit $l6 51
in 1878 ; and Java coffee which sold for
$2l 19. in 1871 brought $23 82 in 1877 and
22 .Iti in 1878. Tire - consumer obtained
precisely no advantage at an, chiefly for
the reason that the foreign producers or
their governments arranged to pocket for.
themselves the amount that our govern
ment deliberately threw away. The
government of Brazil, fur example, levied
' an export duty upon the Brazilian crop
as soon as we took our duty oil ; and so
we became parties to a nice little arrange-
Meat by which our tax-payers virtually
contributed to the Treasury ,of Brazil.
The revenue lost to us Would have
, amounted to from eight to twelve millions
of dollars a year ; and in the seven years
we have thus foolishly deprived ourselves
.of about seventy-five millions of dollars,
making a deficiency which has been stip-.
plied out of the pockets of the people,
The revenuelost by adinitting. tea free of
cluty ranged from eight millions to fifteen
millions annually, the gross amount lost
during the seven years being a little more
than seventy millions. But the people
appear to have gained some advantage
from this, because the Vrholesale prices of
tea, as given in the Treasury statement,
have been sin'ee 1872 front one-half to
two-thirds of what they were in 1870 and
1871.
A mu: has been introduced into the
-New York .Legislatitre to eboose Presi
dential electors by districts instead of on
a general ticke:, and it is said to meet
with much faVor among Republicans. It
is urged that it would make the canvass
ranch less fierce and desperate, because
neither party tinder this system could
hope or would seek to carry the whole
State. Again, it would make New York
a -less prominent and influential State in
the party conventions. The Republican
delegation from New York at Chicago, for
instance, would not . be able to promise
the whole electoral vote of the State, and
in proportion as it could promise less its
influence over the choice of a candidate
would be lessened. It is estimated that
the Republicans wod be certain of twen
ty-four electoral votes if this plan was
adopted.
nu:nu is a frantic attempt just now to
manufacture a TILAINEUmni. No one will
dispute but that the Maine statesman has
many ardent friends in Pennsylvania, but
despite the combined efforts of the Press
and Times, there is no whirlwind *Coen
thiisiasm in the State for hire or anybody
else. There is a desire on the part of the
Republican voters that the Republican
candidate for the Presidency shall be select
ed with great care, and with especial ref
erence to availability. There is no lack
of good names from.which to selett. The
voters will be' perfectly satisfied with any
one of a dozen we could name, and it is
nut true that there is any feeling of decid
ed preference or objection to any one of
them. The effort to get up booms pro
ceeds from partizans who have axes to
grind, and Who are influenced by personal
considei Miens.
REV. JOIIN 11. LANE, 6f Kensico, New
York, was tried by au ecclesiastical court,
upon a - charge that ho kissed - several
female members of the 'Congregation.
Mr. Lisa appears from the evidence to
he given to promiscuous if not paroxys
mal osculation. Ile kissed one female
member of the church, at the pump
while she was getting him a drink of
water, another, at the front door, and still
another when he called to borrow a rope.
These serious performances were well
proven—in fact, he did not deny the alle
gations, but claims that " it was not done
itnproperly, but in a spirit of Christian
affection." This illustration of " Christ
ian affection" might do, within reasonable
bounds, but is apt to - become objectionable.
when it is lavishly bestowed upon all the
good-looking female members of the con
gregation'. The court acquitted tam upon
the charges, but admonished him that he
must not do it again.
Tea imported blackguard KrlaitNEr re
cently gave a specimen of his billingsgate
in New York, while addressing a meeting.
He called JAY GOULD "the lean, lantern
jawed and shark-snouted cormorant;'
JAMES GORDON BENNETT " the lepe-totts
pro'rietor of the New York Herald," and
the Rev. Dr. JoHN HALL "a miserable,
festering, contemptible whelp." TILDEN
he honored with the following amiable
compliments : "But last, though •not
least, is the devil fish, the political devil
fish, with his false teeth, false wig, false
heart 'and false gizzard—the fraud, the
cipher fraud, the fraud of frduds, SA3I
Tx,DEN." This miserable blackguard
should be sent back to his native bogs to
learn decency and good manners. Tht
authorities of the green isle would soon
squelch him.
NEM bills of indictment were, on Mon
day, sent to the Dauphin county grand
jury against the persons charged with
corrupt solicitation of members of the
Legislature in 'connection with the riot
bill. The grand jury took action ow but
one of the indictments, that against
Cassms II: SALTER, " flsainst whom a
true bill was found. SALTRit is at Harris
burg, with his counsel; and it is reported
that his case is Lc; be tried at once. The
Indictments against all the others were to
be acted on Tuesday, and _indictments
have been prepared against several parties
for perjury, caarging• them with having
sworn falsely before the House Investiga
ting Committee.
THE fellois who get the farmers to
sign notes under various fraudulent pre
tences, are using the census for their
swindling operations. A fellow drives up
with blanks for statistics of the farm, hav
ing between the tables and the foot of the
page where the farmer aigni his name a
blank space which is accounted for as al l
foiding room for miscellaneous informa
non. In a month more the farmer re
ceives notice from a neighboring bauk
that his note for $l5O is due. Re knows
nothing of the note, but investigation
shows that the "census-taker" has filled
in the blank with a promise to pay, which
being now in the hand of an innocent hol
der, must be paid by the unlucky dupe.
Complaints of this character are being re
ceived hero daily.
IN Gen: GRANT could be made to de
cline the Presidency before it is offered to
him, it would be an Immense relief to a
large, number of people who are suffering
becaase they don't know exactly what he
intends to do. It would put an end to
the feverish anxiety of numberless good
souls which are disgusted because they
fear something will happen which - may
throw the Earth horn its orbit. W Gen.
Gri.tNi is going to seizo upon the Presi
dency, why don't he say so, and end this
terrible suspense. It would be a very
great relief, to some people, if they could
only know what is going to happen—even
if the future held such dreadful reserves
as the Third Term—and a Strong Ma—
sud even Creserisru. Auything,ouly let the
Sphinx speak !
Timms Was a grand reunion of the 50th
Regiment at Schuylkill flaxen on Satur
day, the chief features of which were a
procession and banquet. The 50th Regi
ment was originally recrnited in the
counties of Schuylkill, Berki, Bradford,
Luzerne, Susquehanna and Lancaster,
and rendezvoused at Camp Curtin. It
was organized on September 25, 18,61,
with BEN,LeAttN C. CURIST of Schuylkill
as colonel, and EDIVAIW OVZIITON, Jr.,
as major. The regiment originally num=
-bered over 1,000 men, but only about 250
of that number took part in the reunion.
One of the most pleasant features of the
reunion was the meeting of old comrades,
who had not seen each other since the
command was mustered out of the service.
Boors are in the fashion just now.
The Washington Post is engineering one
for SEYMOUR for the Democratic nomina
tion for President. That paper asserts
that niue-tenths of the Democratic mem
bers of Congress are in favor of SEY.SIOUft,
and that the duty of the party is clearly
defined. "It should nominate SErMOUR
and IlrxrancKs and then adjourroleav
ing with them the responsibility of im
periling not only the life of the party,
but the existence of the republic,. by re
fusing the great charge committed to
them." Awful responsibility
EFisrrE reports concerning the move
trieD.rit of the negroes from the South to
the North and West have not been plenti
ful of late ; but the exodus 'appears to
have continued without serious !ntermis
slim, and Nye have now an assertion that
at least one thousand black persons have
emigrated from Eastern Mississippi dur
ing the last three }reeks. This would
seem to indicate that the movement is
gaining strength instead of losing it ;'and
it certainly demonstrates that the causes
which impel the negro;:s to flight are deep
seated and powerful.
TUE President has appointed Hon.
JtmEs RussEil)Lows.m., our Minister to
Spain, envoy to the Court of St. James,
in place of Hon. JORN WELsir, resigned ;
Hon. JOHN W., FosTErr, of Indiana, OUT
Minister to Mexico, envoy to Russia;
General LticrusymltcllLtt, of Wisconsin,
our Consul. General a Paris, envoy to
Spain in place of Ron. JAMES RUSSELL
LOWELL, transferred to London ; Colonel
Platte IL !dolmas, of Louisiana,-?Minis
ter to Mexico in place of Mr. FOSTER,
transferred to Russia.
Tim President has appointed the fol
lowing census supervisors for this State :
First district, Dr. THOMAS 11. Sartcwoon,
of Philadelphia; Second,.Josi:ea SAMSON ;
Third, EDWARD A. llowEt.t. ; Fourth,
Wit.mAst Scusta. ; • Fifth, Jon,: 31.
CLARK; Sixth, WILLIAM lIAYRS; . Seventh,
J. SIMPSON d►FnrcA ; Eight, llowAnn U.
1111w.un ; Ninth, ALFA - A:4lm Illunvocit ;
Tenth, DANIEL S. RICHMOND.
TIIE trial of Rev. Mr:11-tvrizx at New
Haven, which has occupied over fifty
days, was bronght to a close on Monday.
The jury could not agree, and was dis
charged by Judge Platti. The last 1 allot
stood clev,,en for acquittal and one for
murdei in' the second degree. Counsel
will mote foi HarriEN's release on bail at
the first opportunity.. There is scarcely
a. probability of another. trial. 11.krimi
was warmly congratulated by his friends.
THE GRANT BOOM
There are thousands of Wynn/Maas who honor
General Grant for Ma great military services. and'
who believe that his administration of the Pres!.
dential office for eight years was as successful and
pore as that of any of his predecessors. They Mire
reason to believe that he is honest, patriotic, and
possessed of sound common sense, with great essp<.•
rience iu public affairs and acquaintance with pub.
lie men, that he is In good health, sound mind, and
still younger than many of our Presidents have
been when they were elected for the first. titer•
They were pleased with the honors and attentions
he received from the scholars, statesmen, nobility,
and crowned beads of Europe and Asia, In his
journey around the world. They were proud of
the sensible speeches he made la answer to public
weleotnes. and the quiet dignity ri ith which he re.'
celved honors which had never before been bestow
ed on any Autericau. They rejoiced at tie cordial
welcome borne he has received from the day he
lauded at the Golden (late. to the great . ovr.iion at
Philadelphia,
lint for all this, they would be very sorry to see
him nominated for a third Presidential term, be
cause they believe that eight years is as long a pe
rim} as any person. however good and great. should
hold the highest (Alice In the Great Republic, with
more pewee and pat nonage at its (lisp - nal than It
possessed by many kings. They believe teat the
genius of Republican Institutions, and 'a Witt usage
that hat been sacredly regarded for suo+ than
eighty years by men of all parties, forbid it. They
believe that Republican government Is founded,
and can only be maintained on the great principle
of equality of rights, and it ought always to be dis
tinctly understood that no person, however great
his abilities and qualifications, can ever obtain e
life4ease of the highest office in the • land, that it
should destroy all laudable ambition for evil dis
tinctions, and crush the honorable aspirations of
the boy In the school-house, and the man In the
genste chameber, that no matt is so ,far superior to
his fellows, and so far removed from temptation
and battery, that it would, beadvisable to seep him
In that great office an undue length of time.
These we believe, are the settled convictions of
thousands of Republicans, who read, think, and
vote, but they are plain, common people, who do
not the pen of the ready writer," seldom
travel from home, and are never interviewed by
journalists, so that their opinion, are not generally
knoWn. The truest friends of General Grant are
those who do not desire to have hint subjected to
the torrent; of abuse which a campaign for a third
term would be sure to call forth, and cannot bear
the thought of haring DIM surrounded with the
.whiSkey rings, the railroad rings, the lamy con.
tractor's rings, the o ffi ce-holder's Mop, and the otb.
er cerruptlrings formed for the purpose of public
plunder, and who love biro as the ticks love the
warm blood of the sheep, in whose wool they nestle,
There are many honorable, honest, Intelligent
me who are In favor of the third teeny but the
croad that, are shouting the loudest that his nom'.
natioti is.'! inevitable " are like the multitude that
follewed cleat, for the sake of the loaves and ash.
es lie Marla bed, sad were ready to shoat "fdotaa
na to the "on day," and " crucify
Mm" the next General Want Is now on the top
wave of popidarlty. but the popular bares are IS
fickle as the billows of the ocean, `l,he topmost ware
recedes and another takes Its plao,
3tany hare stood on the pinnacle of fame and
hare fallen. Alexander, Ctesar, and Napoleon Itc.
naparte were) there for a thne and went down.
Rend,lles are said to be ungrateful. Themistce
des and some of the greatest generals and Lexie fae.
tont of Greece, Ida their popularity-and were ban
ished from their country In their old age.
- General Grant held the office as long 3.1 an': Pres
ident ever, held it, and his administration In gen
eral was auccesatul. There-arenne more boners to
be gained by a third term, but plenty; of Tersdlou,
bard work, slander and ahem. ite does not need
the salary for a living, as he already has enough to.
- rgeder himself and Mrs. Grant comfortable for the
remainder of their lives, and now Is the thee for
him to retire like Washington and Jackson, to . prl,,
rate ilfe—" to quit white his credit is good," as the
school toys used to say. on the !core arallabll-
Ity, we tear thstkie would not be so strong a candi
date as his, o,4lrbeatee profess to believe. There
tray sometlthes be weighty te2s , on. for the aeconl
term, as Mr. Lancorti bald, „ It Is not a good time to
swap horses when fording deep streatns," but In
general candidates for the Presideticy make their
- best run for the first term. It was so, we . . believe,
In General Grant's Own case, and the reason Is ols
shins enough.
The oflice•bolters and those who desire once, are
a strong power Ina Republican goveniment, They
hare been delgusted as the "ins " and the "oats,"
and they will all work together with equal alacrity
In order to secure the election, and gain the favor
of a new man with which they have equal hopes, bu t
when that man has beets elected abil made his se_
lection of offlcers, and is again a candidate for an
other term, the " ins " of, , ,courne will be active and.
the "outs" sullen acid The "outs,"
whose claims for favors Elsner* Grout twice is
fused could not be depended upon to get up much .
enthusiasm for hia election a third time, acid, yet
ho would need, and to be successful, hare'tbe
hearty support of every Republican, * especially in
the State of New York, It Is generally adMitted
by all parties, that no Man can be elected to the
Presidency next fall, without the electoral Vote of
that State. Could General Grant obtain it We
fear hot. • The feeling against a third term - would
be a heavy load for hum to carry, Mit aside from
that there are reasons why he would be beaten by
Seymour, Bayard. Hancock, or any other respecta
ble Destiocrat with a fair record on the currency
question. 'lt Is the fortune of all great men in
public life to hare warm friends. and bitter one'
mica. It was the case with Andrew ,larkwin, - with
Henry Clay, and It is the same with General Grant .
In dispensing the Presidential Patronage in the
Staie;:of New- York, he, favored the fricfmis of
Conkling more than the friends of Yentozinntl the
fatter became his enemies. In not carrying out
the impracticable civil .e,v.lee rtdes drawn up by
Ur. Curtis, he gave mentit offense-to that polished
chi/ service reformer autrthe Men who follow his
lead.- The Liberal Republicans who voted for
Greeley would vote against Grant, We lately eaw
a private letter from an influential Greeleyltepul;
Mau who voted against Cornell for Governor laet
fall, and would vote against Grant next tali it he .
were nominated. There Is uu teasou to doubt that
the man who scratched . CGrneli would vote against
Grant. The Ifarperit, the C !anises, the Yet - irons,
the Fowlers, and a host of other Republicans, num. ,
bering more than twenty thousand, who . scratch
l
Cornell, cannothsupport e depended on to Gran t
It was only by reason' of the tierce fight in the
Democratic party between the Tammany and the
Anti-Tammany factions--between Kelley and Rai
Inson--tbat enabled the Republicans to elect their
Governor last fall. That quarrel will be made up ,
and the divisions in the Democratic party in that
State entirely healed before the Presidential elec
tion. Tammany and Anti-Tammany will be hapny
to Join bands as lovingly as:A bride and groom, and
march to the polls and Veto once, twice, or thrice,
(it allowed), (or any Democrat but Tilden. It Tll.
den should be the Democratic candidate there
might be some hope for Grant, but not otherwise.
Like all other patriotic Americans, he Is undOubt
edly willing to serve his country as long as Wand
health last, if he feels sure that a large Majority of
the people desire his services: but if' he has the
wisdom and discernment he is supposed to possess.
he will turn a deaf ear to the sycophants, and flat
terers who tell him that the country needs a strong
government, and an experienced head, that the Re
publican party to be successful, must have him for
its standard bearer, and implore him to forego the
pleasures of travel and the case or retirement, to
devote four more years of his life td the service of
his country. '
In our opinion, what the Republican - party needs
fur the neat campaign, which at band, is not
Grant, or Uialne, or Sheri:Ran, or any other person
who Is supposed to be surrounded by personal re
tainers, cliques or rings. but a new candidate
trammeled by any entangling alliances uncommit
tett to any pet policies and unconnected with any
class interests—a man like Washburne, Uarileld br
.CiSTELAit.
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Jat)Uary 19, 1$&O
The nominating conventions which 4 met
in this city were very ?harmonious, and
lr
did the work cut out f ' them with com
mendable docility an alacrity. The
chief interest centered n the warning of
fifteen police magistr. es. The list of
the accepted candidates as made out the
night before the meeting of the Conven
tion, and when that body met, all that
remained to be done was to put the
" Slate " through the forms. There is
less than the usual amount of kicking,
though of course there are many.
disappointed
. aspirants for the _places.
Delegates to the State Convention were
elected. No.preference was expressed as
to the Presidency, but the delegation will
go " solid "—and it may be shrewdly
guessed that it is for Grant.
In making an excavation at Ninth and
Christian streets, Philadelphia, workmen
found two silver medals, the size of a
Bland dollar, which are remarkably well
preserved, and of rare interest. One
commemorates the destruction of the
Indian village of Kittaning by Col. John
Armstrong, and was awaWeclArim by this
city. It has on one side the inscription,
" Kittaning destroyed by Colonel Arm
strong, September 8, 1759," and on the
other the arms of the city, with this in
scription, "The gift of the Corporation
of the City of Philadelphia." The second
commemorates peace with the Indians,
having on one side the bust of George 11,
inscribed "Georgius 11, Dci Gratia,"
and on the 'other the picture of an Indian
and white man, seated on the Opposite
sides of a the, with the latter in the act
of presenting his companion with the
calumet, of peace. This is the inscription,
"Let us look . to the Most High, wlio
blessed our fathers with peace :, 1747."'
This Medal -was struck oft by an tosocia
tion, mainly composed of Quakers, for
the purpose of promoting peace with the
red men,
As an illustration of the immense traf
fic doing by the Pennsylvania railroad it is
stated that there are over one thousand
cars, laden with grain, on the side tracks
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, between
Altoona and Harrisburg, there not being
room in Philadelphia to 'store. the product
until it - can be' shipped to its destination
across the water. The , movement in grain
for foreign . ports, has come to a stand
still,' as prices rule lower in . Liverpool
than in this city, and consequently it will
not pay to ship grain.
Susan B. Anthony the veteran female
progressionist and lecturer, combatted
the idea that "'Women need bread, not
at Association Hall, on Satur
day evening. She predicted bright
future for the, women of America when
the ballot was placed- in their hands, not
only. as a right, but as a protection.
The Democratic City Committee passed
a resolution requiring candidates for
Police Magistrates to deposit $lOOO each
befOre the Convention met4but as there
was a gre4, amount of gruMbling they
finally dropped to f. 190, with the promise
that the nominees shall be subject to
such future assessment as may be deemed
necessary.
gigantic six-foot Reserve policeman,
"might have been' seen" on Friday,
going down Chestnut street. playing the
part of nurse tom. diwinutivo specimen of
humanity which- I liad been found in the
stairway of the Pread building on Seventh
street. The poor waif was a bright,
chubby child, of pve months, decently
but scantily clad, twhich had evidently
been deposited theii - by some desparing
mother. The infant was well cared for,
and, consigned to the proper bands.
4 . fatal accident occurred on the North
Pennsylvania Railroad Friday morning at
the station near North Wales. Train N'o.
15, on the North Penn. branch of , the
Reading Railroad, is known as the 1
Buffalo Express, and is due at North
Wales two minutes past . six o'clock in the
morning. At that hour -a freight train
stood in front of the station, and hence
the operator at Lansdale, a few miles
above North Wales, gave the-.brakeman
•a:notice*4 band to the conductor to slOw
down 4d switch-off at • North Wales.
The conductor did not get the note in
time, and as the express reached North
Wales the engine bounded frouithe track,
just As it reached the switch, and carried
withit the baggage and Pullman palace
cars. The only - ear left standingz l is the
one i)assenger car. The freight train was
not struck. The engineer of the express
train, John Daley, was scalded by escap,
lug steam, and when picked up arnofig
the ruins was found to be dead. The fire
man escaped with slight injuries.
Col. Charles H. Cleckner, a distributing
clerk in the Posteftice has \ been *ins
pected for some time of purloining letters ...
and abstracting money! therefrom. He
was searched one.day last week, and sev
eral letters addressed to N: W. [font con
taining money and postage stamps found
upon his person. He • was held in "$3OOO
bail. Kleckner was• formerly represed-
Wive to the State Legislature from the
lith•district and was a colonel of a Penn
sylvania regiment of volunteers during
the rebellion. For a number of years'he
was proprietor of several hotels in this
city, his name being. last known in con
nect*. with that of the St. Charles
Hotel, of which be was first proprietor.
He lihs-been in the employ of the post
office up to the last 10 days.
Mr. George. H. Stuart, who has been
impoverished by the failure of the Lon
don house, in which he was a. partner,
has been defeated for the Presidency 'of
the Mechanic's National Bank, after a
very hot contest, conducted with tonsid
erable acrimony. John Hommell, Jr.,
was Mr. S'S t successful opponent.
The Grand Jury km Monday found a
true bill agiust alderman Wm:NCMullen,
charging him with riot, carrying a con
cealed deadly weapon,. and' assault and
battery upon Michael C. Lyons, with in
tent to kill. The charges grew out: of
the row ati the Fifth Ward Democratic
Conventiou recently, which resulted
the murder of Bernard Riley,
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASIIIiSG7OX. D. C., Jan. 211, Imo
At the White House, on Saturday after
noon last, Mrs. Hayes gave her first re
ception. , This we suppose will la-accept- :
ed as an evidence that the fashionable
season at the Capital has commenced.
Dinners in high life, balls and past-Mid
night, fetes will, as a matter of course,
follow, and soon it may be expected that
the brilliant west end will be ablaze with
all its glory, glitter and fever of fashion.
So far, the winter has been all that the
fashionable world could desire: "rn the,
absence of anything like stow or
mud or do rm of any kind,• the principal
thoroughfare and promenades have men
daily thronged with the votaries o( fash
ionthe old and the young—the. grave
and the gra y—giving evidencel that the
approaching season will be one of unusual
brilliancy and animating. .
But the blaze and brilliancy of fashion
able life with all its excitements will be
of little interest to the peoPle. Its
schemes, jealousies and heart burnings
will be of little import when compared
with the intrigues and plots which recent
eventsmust plainly indicate will be de
vised for the coming political content.
By those who carefully watch the tide of
political affairs, it is being accepted as a
fact that the future policy of the Demo
cratic party—defeated at every point—will
be, in any event, to count themselves in ;
that the will of the people henceforth is
to he disregaMed, and to steal, if possi
ble; the next presidency will bi 3 the line
Of action persued by the great party that
can no longer howl frald nor rely upon -a
solid South as being sufficient fOr its pur
pose.
The cry of reform, retrenchment, im-`
perialism, rag money and .the various de
vices resorted to during the past ten
-years in getting weak men to Ma the
eauks of the wily destroyers,of the peace
of the country have -lost , 'their magical
power. The cry Of " bloodyshirt " once
so potent is also " played oat " and rs, aliz
lug these facts it is being: very generally
admitted that the Democrats, knowing no,
other hope, are - A all hazards, fully de
termined upon staling themselves in._
On the Bth inst. iu accordance with
their usual custom, the Democratic.
Jackson Association broke the period
of their hibunating and assembled to
again reiteratethe resolution of 1798-and
to condole with one another upon the
degeneracy of the times. Preamble and
resolutions denouncing- everything and
everybody but themselves and the great
Democratic party were also read, discuss
ed and commented upon by these apostles
of the faith until their persistent attacks
upon the refreslonent9 provided and the .
frequent expression "I'm looking at ye"
inert rendered them altogether too full for
;
,utterance.
; Front the general tone of their discus-
Sion it was eirident 'that the stream that
once flowed so generously from the' Wet
had ceased and that Samuel Jones Tilden
could no•loriger look for support from that
quarter unless the fountain was reopen
ed; and the stream again supplied. While
the recent action of the Democracy. in
Maine was heartily etidoried, and the
emgration of the negroes from the
South to Sorthein States was as heartily
condemned, the stoppage of supplies ap
peared to be the principal grieveance ex
pressed. Unless thelgreat Reformer shall
come to their aid it lookeas if he \ will not
only lose a valuable support but that this
ancient body of the faithful ' who, since
the days of Jackson, have annually, .on
the tith of January, come out of their
holes to resolve and resolve and thee' to
retire again, will be unable to longer
threaten government employes for pre
suming to vote,aud will aoon be number
ed among the things of the past.
There wore many Democratic Senators
present.atid the -Bourbon element of the
Democracy was for the time being jubil
ant and happy. But somehow there was
a portion of the programme usual to these'
meetings left out. For some reason there
were 'no resolutions, no-speeches, nol, a
single word, not so much as a whisper
about fraud. That gun. so , recently
silenced has doubtless drawn somewhat
too largely upotitheir stock in trade; and
consequently, no toasts were drank upon
the subject,•but, not to hear something
about fraud on an occasion like this was,
something so unusual that, if not a dis
appointment, itwaa, to say the least, like
witnessing the play of Hamlet with Liam- j
let left out.
Should the proceedings of the meeting.-
of these antiquities meet the' eye of the
cipher ogre of Gramarcy Park it may
perhaps act asap open Am:me on the tegr'l.
But the news that a Democratic meeting
composed - of Bourbons of the very Tiniest -
should be conducted without, so much as
a murmur about fraud will doubtless not
be music of the sweetest kind in the ear
Of the' great Reformer.
Cp to the present time there has been
little done in Congress, except the intro.L'
duction of bills. In the Senate,ion Wee
riesday last, Senator Windom Of, 31.inne
sota, presented a resolution directinglthe
committee on appropriation*; to inquiry
into the expediency of establishing an ad
ditional executive department of the
, Government to be•called the Departnint
of Agriculture and Commerm to have
charge of the agricultural. commercial,'
, land, mining and railroad interests of the
couot;ry. Senator• Davis of Virginia, at
the tame time, introduced a sintilar bill
and both gentlemen gave n?tice that they
were preparing to address . the Senate for
the purpose of demonstrating the -necessi
ty' of Such an executive d4paitment. By
the establishment of such a department
another member will be added to the
Cabinet..
In pursuance of the Dethocrats - .to ter
minate-the present setedowof Congres; as
early as'practienble, the committees, it is
understobd, are - all busily engaged at
their respective duties. .There - is said to
be a tacit Understanding that the Com
mittee on Appropriations shall rush in
the appropriation bills as rapidly as pos
sible. For this reason, the, sums shall be
based upon those passed last year with
out any material reductions. There will
be no ridens, it is said, added to
_any of
m'
the, nor any features calculated to stir
up, a pOlitical discussion. It is under
stood, also, that there is ,to be ao
tron on the subject of the tariff, and that,
while there may be. "a finamial discussion
there will Nino financial legislation; 'lldw
far the above report 6ay be true is doubt
legs a matter of some questidu. The lead
ers of the Democracy in the jflouse, how.:
ever, are pretty well , aware that alt (X,
their attempts q legislation since they
have come into power has resulted in fail—
ures. With this in view they may bare
come to, the conclusion that the sooner
they getaway from the Capitol, the bet
ter they,will stand in thn-eitimation of
the people.
. On Wednesdly last the President sign
ed the bill making appropriations Tor the
payment4if invalid and other pensions for
Ochs - cal year, e2 l ldizjg, June 30, 1881. The
bill appropriates nearly thirti..twp and a
half millions' f dollars.: • '' ',
o!The .11'ouse naval committee have
agreed to report favorably to the House a
bill with auappropriation of seventy-liVe
thottsand &diary ? , to locate and - purchase
a site for a new observatory at Washing
ton. - To the present obset vatory which
was built during the atimin'istration of
President Tyler,. there is said to be Many
objections, principally among' which are
the facts'that it stands in an otit-of-the-
Way place,_ and not easy oraccess, that it
Isituated in an unhealthy locality, and,.
lore than that, it is entirely - too small
r the purposes for which was erected.
.5
. • The Pre/dential candidature having
been practic lly reduced to three men-on
each side— u . Tilden; Seytnotyr, and
Church of tie D"mocratic party, • and
Grant, Bkine'and Shern:lan, of the party
in ptiwer—tliii prc4ects and chances of
the success of each are beginning . to be
canvassed in various ways by their, sever
arfrienis and supporters. By a recent ;
canvass of sixty-eight Democratic newf,
papers:in Pennsylvania,-it is shown thati
fifteen are in favor of Tilden, thirteen for
Bayard, eleven for Seymour, twenty non-.
commital and none -for Church.- So far
as the. press of t his party is concerned this
would show- that •Tilden's reported
strength .in Pennsylvania- is genuine..
A somewhat prominent Philadelphia
editor, who is spending i the'!winter here
at. lly, Capitol, is also reportid as having
been busily engaged_in ascertaining how
the several Republican candidates stand
with - the Republican press of his State.'
But as — no report of his labor has yet been
given to the public, and as the editor is
known to be violently opposed to the
nomination of some of the Reimblican
'candidates it may be presnmed that his
investigations in that direction ihave not
been altogether satisfactory. )1.
SW.
DISSOLUTION., -The co-pa-rut-6r
ship heretofore existing between ; the tinder
signed in the tanning brashness. tinder the firm
hathe ofr Howell . !Imes. at Troy. Pa.. is - this day
ttisscdved by mutual consent. The be ills and ac
counts of the item are left with It. II eaten. with
whom all settlements must I....made. 'Elle business
- wih be carried on by Mr. Bowen at Troy.
Troy, Jay. 18.90-sr4
XECUTORS' NOTIPE.-- Let
ters testamentary havhig been granted to the'
nntlersigned. under the last wllt and teatament.ot
..".slsmults V autunAlek, late in 1 - thlzbury. deceased.
all IIerS,III9 Indented to the istate of said decedent
are, hereby notified to make immediate Payment,
and all having claims agalnst.sald estate must pre
sent the same duly authentleated to the wider
.
tvied tor settlement. •
X.I.NcY E. VANRESKIRK, Executrli.
E. St. TeTTON.. itaecuter,
Eldgiutry. 'January 2.1, My-W5,, •
•
A PPLICATION' IN DIVORCE.
--Tc; George Lenoi. In the Court of Com.
ruou_Pleas of Itradford' , Ountil, No. 558, Sept.
Term, 1 M 79. You are hereby noliiied that Julia A.,
y.ler wife. has applied to the Court of rotunton
of Bradford County for a divorce from the
h6tots of matrimony, and the said Court has an.
rodnted •Monday 4 the 2d day of February. lb the
Court House in`,TOwaila, for bearing the said
Julia A. in the pretnise.:4. at wht,th time and place
you - may attend 1( you thing proper:
1.4 w. 1 rETE:it .1. 1)F. A`:, Sheriff.
APPLICATION IN DIVORCE.
—To Georgia Mead. In the Court of Coin•
thou P ar of Brad Ford rounly. No. 5.56, Sept. T..,
YOu are hereby potitled . that Joseph A.. your
husband. has applied to the Court of Common-
Pleas of Bradford County, for a dlvoree from the
bonds of matrimony, and the said Court has ap:
pointed Mdmlay. February 2d. isSO; In the Court
Muse In Timatida, for . heartbg ealil 'Joseph A. in
the premises, at which time ant place you may at-
tend if you/think proper.
I.9E.TrAt J. DEAN, Sheriff. -
PPLICATION IN DIVORCE.
A
Saniuel W. dotes. lu the Court of
C 4,111111.1.11 PiCll4 Of Bradford county. No: 50a, "May
Term. 1C%)., Touiare herety notified that'Mellssie
4. s your wife. has applied to the Court, of Cole.
tunn Pleas of Bradford County. for a 'Morro from
the bonds-of niatriinouy. and sald Court has ap
pointed 3freulay. bruaryld. 1109, In the Court
Rouse - hi Towanda, for' hearing the said Meils:.ni
In the tiretuises„ at which thole and place you
may attend If you ,thiuk Proidwr. L
rwrEit J. DEAN, Sheriff.
APPLICATION. IN DIVORCE.
—To Jaintis McCann. In the Court of
- Common Pleas of Bradford county. N0..5%3. Sep.
blither TOrm,"lB:9. You are hereby notified that
Lydia. sour wift, has applitnt to the tort of
Common Pleas of Itnufford.County for a dieorro
from the howls of matrimony, and the said Court
has, appointed :Monday, February 24,
Corr , Horse In Towanda, for •hearing the said
k.ytila In the, prerulses, at which time and place you
may attend ifl yen think proper.
1-Iw. PETER...I. DEAN, Sheriff.
A I'PLTCATION IN DIVORCE.
- L.L—T'o Abram cl.pper; In thetCourt. of Coro.
tuon 'lessor Bradford county. N 0.97. Sept. Tenn,
Is7o. • Voir are hereby iddlffed that Julia
,your wi fe. has applied to the Court of Common
Pleas or Bradford County for a divorce front tho
bonds of matrimony; and the paid Conn has aft
pointed Illonday,.February, 'ld. )830, ,In . the Court
House at Torvatota, for hearing the raid Sarah
E. In the premises. at which-time and place you
may attend. it yokt think jareptir.
1.71 w. - - PETER J. DEAN. Sheriff. -
A PPLICATION - IN \DIVORCE.
kx.—To Sophia S.ifford..-In. the Court of - Coninloh
Pleas of Bradford minty: No. 546, Sept. Term,
1890. You are hereby notified that Elisha, your
husband, has applied to the Court- of Common
Pieis of Bradford County for a divorce froth the
bonds y
_of matrimony . and the- said Court has
paluteg Monday. February . 2d, legt. In the t'ourt
11 0 Use In Tolrautia. for hearing the eald Ellsha . ht
the premises, at which time raid place you may•at.
tend If yiiu think proper.
PETES4, 1/E-AN, Sheriff.
TINWARE --a large and general
assortment at tow pri c es, at JUNE. 9.
I- •
BOWEN.
APAM INNF,S