patifori Pporttr, CUAS. 1t..4.1./..EN,MDIfeR. Towanda, Pa., Sept. 29, :84 ENTEIRED IN TILE I'OS . TOFFICE AT TOWANDA AS MAIL MATTES OF THE SECOND CLASS,. LOCAL AND OrtINERAL. The expikltion of subscription is print ed on the 'colorer label. By noticing the date every subscriber can tett tchitn his paper will be stopped "unleis the subserip. ion• is rodretsed. State Line and Sullivan Railroad :have commenced to till their mammoth coal yard, iu the old "Overton basin," preparatory to commencing the sale or Dushorl coal there. the first of next month. T - FutE.l4.4es Parade Thursday next. Riess's Furniture Manufactory, on Ri ver street, is to bo heated by steam. rNGITAM Post, 0. A. R. of Canton, will attend the Eneawpinentl;tire next thonth. • TilE restaurant keepers of Troy have raised the price Of meals from twenty-five to thirty-five cents. . . , N.- P. Tressll2,s littrcbased a lot on Main street, awl we under'stand will erect ;t handsome residiTtce ore long. , WILLIAM GF.X.k.ti, a miner at, Long Val ley, was serioutily injured by a fall of slate in the mines, on Thursday last. REMEMBER the Pitmen's Parade will tali-., place. on Thursday of next Week. It will be worth Indus of travel to withess. IT is rumored that • the American House, in Canion, is to be refurnished and refitted, and that FltAls;K Pi CIC is to become its general manager. Hiss ALICE WniTmAN, of Canton,- was throivii from a - eitcringe in that village, al d severely injufed by a wheelbreaking, Monday afternoon of-last week. A counr.sroNDENT cf thjcanton &na nd says that C. A. Iim.LEY, _of Leßoy, -was the victim of confidence men iu-New York - to the tune of ten dollars. 5Tl.ll:l 7 .S.PEtitv, of Canton, so says the Se/. Piakr,l of that place, purposes re -moving his tai!orino , establishment to Atlige."s about the lirst of October. THE peolile of Sayre are agitating the ,plestion or water !works for that enter {ii isiut village . were there last week looking over the ground. Charles, the little son. of Mr. Charles "Campbe/I, had his, legs ' , quite severely burned by hilt while'playing about Cite Eureka 11Vork, one dad• last week. . .-.10.- 1, ‘r.. • . . . . CIFT•RCII (ki t h e .messian, Rev. WILLIAM T.tvi.on, Pastor. _ At 10 LA. m., COMIIIII - :Service and ~,,,I.tion of Intitobers. At.l p. M., " - The Doutriue of ToUtl De pravity." ' _ Svl.rusTrit aged about, fifty years, a resident. of Waverly, amt. in -the ` Ol,l l' lO Y i.f Jonti IViLsoN, was kille , l at, nrcult ('reek, Thursday, by the falling or a tree. 1;. G::ANTELic,.of East Cant(oi, has ext Than ri , ( l.llis firm with .I.3r.N.l.v.NtiN ain't lots in Canton kill move there with his monis soon-. • 7Z .T. L. 1:r•u; preach Ii livt m•qt fiq• tht pre: cnt Ccnferince . _at East Smithfield +I.. E. Church, next .Sumlay, the 2nd of I L:tober t at a quarter ; 1 .0 i !o, cn 'clack A. M. 11. 31. SA wyr.n, of Athens, lo.t a bor:e one (lay last, week, in consequence of a le•okL-a leg. The horse was found in erunlition inprning n hLI she well" - , to the to feed it. A DWELLINt: house at lia,relay, owned by ti,e Towanda Coal Company, and oe ilipilA by MirnA CALLAIrA'N and THOS. tVaS destloyed. by fire -on Friday inornin.r. Most of the furniture was qt is erllCd'to the ne . ty Fuus - Vs Sons. i n an , ther curintuir. No tinn in Pt`llnFClva li.l lare - cr Oetter stock of Fur niture than do they, and, pope Fell at low- 421 . lig,ircs • - L. B. KEET.Eit. of Athens, an .employe .of the I. N. Y. Railroad, fell through culvert., whili; — lffi - Tiing a switelz; - near. ,It'orninr, on Monday inorning . r of last' injininLr spine severely and In ea king his ankle. cydone vLsitud Elntint on Sunday., Boit lin:2, - s were unroofed, rhinmepi blolAn It !I, trees uproo.ted andl" fences and 1-hrulitiery Tho damage to ri.tyity is estimated aL oveF. XlO4l (100. oppily H o lives ‘v e re l o st. • C. T. 7 , 14 . N'1 r t-:.mtv moved into his - nos hct WO:1k Che. , lnut and Huston streets. last week. It is a well-arranged, 1:.o.(1--otpa dwening., and touch superior, e; cry it"pc CI, to the one that was ti ti few mouths agO on the same depot ofilie I). L.& ly. 1.,r this place has been locz.ted. It is p ro v for that I'ennsylvatiia avenue. It. is :t very iint• location with aniltle roan for ail station .purl 6ses.— Waverly Adro rWe., A EARN, Tilled crith hay and grain, be longing to the :•lisses 31!•KtNNE1, at Litehliell, was !,tru:.k by lightning dur biz the shower of Thursday evening, and eivisarned, They had an insurance of Z,-btft on the barn and contents. The 4s $5OO. •• =CX:I AN't) now the .Iriotv has gone nnd 10e3t4 e 3 t 4 41 Towanda on the line of • the Eric Rail Way and likei% ire gives attic villaize tho nod of havin. , within its Jataders the s-l'Altsfer depot of the 'ontheri Cen t Tinly the ....lryng Wan has foly 41 thousand eves. ;:m lairs lamsi! in North Towan da, t.c.ani ied - by DENNIS FINNS, li,e On Timrsilay morning last. “rio Mated _honk a defeethy Hue. 1), as 110 on the e•intents of the but on the, Imildin s f• there v. as all of alt 1, I. A. Ks, a br.ila.:aati it ',fie yard at, foil lisisitti:iitive - itciitc u" 'Kti,l one tif his feet w.is !wily the whi•els of . the ti;Jitie t0...r it. Di-. Pit.vri. was c.illea anti thesi-cii the w-natl. It was I.l'e.'ssaly to nztilintate all liftlat . totis. `,l res:thin of I \`o_ treig 11i.: ionarr Soeiky tf the I.aclsavi alma Pu2slt.s . tety, alai fortiterly a Syria, will- deliver an ad- Ille,s .j11_14! Presbyterian Chureli, tltis ('' , '+'t evettitt. All ladies; inter & the missions Avork are invited to Is geftiugitut of a wagon. ,at . .Ncatl/, vie to she was viAting 'friends, l a few siure, MI:an:MTH, an- aged hoty of this place, aceidenta4 fell and 1:toto , one . of her limbs near, the thigh. fit lit,a assistance was at, once callM and Ole fracture . mitus-d. At last accounts "he Nvas train;; lied as could be expect . ((I. • In orfh‘rt give AS full an account as the proceedings in this place, vienlity, of tl a memorial services he Id mi Monday, we, have left ont,nmcli matter .of a local nature from this [issue, re:pondetits and others will thim nm: 41, ~rind %shy teen LA monutlications' do not 4111,:ar tins tt (lead P- .'rebidunt. was a •w•arin friend sacTessor as Pre,ident or Iliram C,:ll4‘ l y, Ohio. Dr. Sil,As E. SHEPARD, of 1.1,:ce. Wlttm 1)r. tinErAuto was ill at, Hiram Col;e:zi! ,(:eneral (lAnrimn 4 . •1111.. :!Pd took r•oe !of him, and i after hint to Lis Lome. WITa Dr. w telegraphed `fut, to Cow/ I; Loat. WasningtoLt.—Trq/ B; B:PARsgssis" laying 'pipe-thrift-It the village for waterworks and has reach ed the crossing. et V., N. °none. sinks pump logs 'below the meth of frost. W. H. Iltesou, of East Trey, is - crating the ditch `rith bill ditching plow. It cer tainly is up object for the people of oUr village to be supplied with. good 'and abundant supply of pUie water. A trough and hydrant is to be established near the . Canton street bridge.—Troy Gazette. - Tun Democratic • County Convention was held at the Court house in this place, on TueSday.• * The gathering was not a large one, and far from being har monious. W e have no room to give the proceedings in detail. The following ticket. was nominated: Sheriff; W. It RUSSELL ; . Prothonotary, AUSTIN LEON ARD ; Register and Recorder, CRAR. F. Cnoss . Treasurer, G. 11. VanDritE ; Commissioner, M. F. RAY:sint Auditor, C. P. WELLES. •: • PERSONAL. •=-44.8. 01tAliDlIA has gotta to Big Flats. -GEGEGE RIDGEWAY Las taken Ft !SCSI don in the store of FELcu. CU. —Mr. andlirs. J. b. STRYKER have returned from their wedding trip. BRAzEE and family, are visit ing friends in Cooperstown, lc. Y. —Mrs. Dr. D. S. - PRATT Is visiting her son, Dr. D.. L. rnkrr, Pin, Minneapolis; 'Minnesota. • —Professor C. 0. BR ANT , of Elmira, will teach a class itulancing, at Canton, this winter. . • —Mr. N. P. WA'LKE.R . , of AtIICLS, has taken a position with the firm of WALE ER & Brothels, Wai'erly. —T. F. OVENSurEE. of Sayre, has tak. en a position in the Pa. 47, N. Y. dealing out engine supplies. g—Miss ANNA MCAFFEE, Of Athens, has. one to Rochester, N. Y. to pursue her studies in music and painting. • .—Mrs. SYLVESTER KELSEY, of Bing hams, N.. Y., is , visiting her daughter, Mrs.. C. H. Antx,.in this place. —JouN GAri.onn, who i has spent the past six months in Mexico, returned to l& - hotne iii Wyalusink last xl'•eek.l —Miss Llizrr. llAvw,kiin, is attending the. Syracuse University fZr the .purpose of finishing her musical education. - Revs. HALLOWEI.L . and' WRIGHT ex: changed pulpits on Sunday evening .last.. Large congregations listened tit both: —Toward the building find for an Episcopal Church at Alexandria Bay, Col. IZ. A. pAcistut and wife, have- giceu $5OO. and Mrs. llEtinir POWELL, of East Towanda, are happy. Boy. .Eleven pounds.. Wednesday morninfr, of last week: —lifts IDA. WA K EFT ELI), of East Smith field, :spent last week with her many friends at Wetouah. Miss WAKEFIELD is a, friend of us all, and will ever receive a hearty welcome in our midst. —The community were greatly shock ed at the announcement yesterday mot n- Mg of the sudden death of Mr. .lotik B. Slut rn; an oil and much respected citizen of North Towanda. Had he lived until December he would : 4 have completed his 69th year. Mi. Smurtt was one of the intelligent and prosperetts citizens of the county. By industry dud prudent. ceoncnis, ho had acquired a competency and was apparently enjoying the decliu :sears of life surrounded-„by happy family who loved and honored him and to Whom he W . llfi devotedly attached: But. the summons came without a note of Warning, and be was ''gathered to his fathers.” 'laving lived an upright Chris tian life, by fait!, in a ine!tiful 'Saviour, he was ready and joyfullY obeyed the call to "come up lii;.,her."--Tericir, Friday lust. • WHAT DOES IT SIGNIPT ? Intelligence received from the Warner Observatory,Aichester,. N. Y., , announ; ces the discovery of a new comet located in the constegation of Virgo. It is •„a striking - coincidence That- this new and bright comet appeai-ed .at same- hour President GAtivlrmn, waii breathing his last. It first seen by E. E. BAIINAILD in Nashville, Ti.-linessee., who has made claim •throroilt -Poolescori - SWIVT for the Warner prize of t" - 4200 in gold. :This makes , the fifth comet iseen since -1 - ay first, and of this numbei• four have'rap peared frt•ni7ahriost the same spot in ,the heavens. •; -1 JLMOST A 4112 E. N. D. P., 'the - Denim Monroeton corre spondent,- furnishes that jpaper with the following : • •` On the 19th instant, .aAittle vaffralit of a boy was seen to run from Mrs. Hock, well'S sheds and - barn standing near the bridge and mills. This excited curiosity; so that a look in that direction revealed alt increasing chind of 'smoke rising from the straw in the , sheds. :Pails and the creek hcing handy, the lire was noon put out and many thousands of dollars worth of property was saved in this dry thee. Parents should. be heldi responsi ble for the whereabouts of.tbeirchildren, as well as for their having• matches to play with at the expense - and danger to other folks: See LI) it after this., SOLDIER'S ENCAMPMENT . - . . \ At East Towanda, Tuesday, Wednes= day and Th&sday, October ri, 12 and 13. atir. , . . [Circulor.] 1 .1' . - - 1 . The time,is idrawmg near for the an nual' enealnunimt of the Gr.tnd Army and the soldiets anU sailors of this and adjoin ing counties, it being October 11, 12 and 'RI. . : The commander wishes to inform fire comrades that every,eflOrt, on his part, is being put forth to make it a socce:4s, and lie _wishes the co-operation of over}' s Adler in the county. Unlooked for delays in making ,an 7 nouncements have occurred and ctiuld not 11.1 e avoided. - But at last we have:almost completed 'arrangements for one of the best speakers hi the country, and many of the prominent-generals of the late war 'have bectiinvitedl' and it is believed from the favorable-refAies that ,a large number of them will he present. Capt. Olmstead's Battery 7th divi sion, N. G. of N. Y., of Binghamton, with Wry men two pieces tuntiqvband of ninsi, are desirous of attending the en eampinent, and the ariangementii are so far advaneed-that there is hardly a doubt that they will .be fully completed, and the battery join •us - durin ,, the encuip ., mein. The Owego Zoitaki<lave-lide=fited and will no doubt be on hand.' The riauldin Guar of Atilt:lm,- are a1..0 expected to atteqd.. • Each Post. Ur the county is making strong•etforis to turn ont in large 1111111- be::i and under good discipline. It, is row believed that this encani will be the largest gathering of II e kith ever held in Towanda.- atinfitineeinen:is will be riven nekt week. Let everybody prepare for. a good TrANKAmmliitmAN, Com. C11.1'3. Ilia TON, Adj'i NE ,W YORK EXCURSION. TI f• arth grand c:tear , itin to Now lork kir Philadelphia under the atiqdoes rho Tunkliah h•ri: Pteshytoriao chorrit p;er the Lehigh :Valley I:, It. 00111 start. from- t•ayre, Ttio(l:4,.etot. th. t••r the arrl‘al or the regular taunting train No. 3 which loaves I.:infra at 3.18 A. u. and 1%111 eiorely Pillow that trait/ to;New York. The tieke: WIN t good to rottlrlt by any regular train from the 11l le to th? 21st or Orinber trirtu.hre. This u 111 ho • rato cliatioo for intro fanners and tiodr . falinies, ;toil tearirts to ' New York or Philadelphia at the hest sea.:.,n 01 tloryear. Ithtes of fare to New York sad rotitrut From Sayre and Athens fel ; Ulster ; Torraiila ; tutit Wysaukltig burnt. ti:i; Ituttatiortleld 14..0; Froaelttowu 0.50; 11;3:wising 04.23; Latayylile EXCUT.OOII tiCket% from . Ile:Wel:ern to Pttiladel pionand to urn • For fail pa:Ai-Wars Ewe posters abut $lll2ll 1.1113. Tirkets for sale in Troy by sayks: pnionn by \Y. W. Whitman, by C. P. WWI. colts ii an 4 al all ficliet onlers V. It. R. • , •• S. 1....C0.NRE, .Nlato.ger, U. If: PI ITT, Aa,astaut 31ariager, Tun'tliannock, Pa. ME Ir wds,Shown that while General MER RITT was - collector of the port of New York IM received the vast bll - 111Qf :;85,772:75, and transferred it to the treas. itry without the loss of a single *liar. This con/isms the general impression th a t 31.Literrr was one of the best officers that ever administered the affairs of the New YUrk custom house.' Indigent Parenti Who allow their childreii totat—teartily ni -high...seasoned food, 'rich pies, • cake, &e., will, Jiave to use Hop Bitters to -pre iticitgitstion, Sleepless nights, sick ness, perhaps death. No fatui ty is without tlh+ wits thp•ltouse. • is tit SATION, '•' • --•'-'" '.::;' . 21 •2'-'" , •: , - - -•-: i'." ~--_:';.'••:'.... _.. ~ - lii. 6: -'6l )- .. 5 .0. 4 -ui"i - at Ths'H P.lac. , e MEaRSI The Services atthe Churches Sunday—The_ Meeting In the Park Monday... All %shifts SuspenthA Beautifld Decorations, g.vincing the Love and Griif -for the Dead President. Touching Prayers and Xloqueut Eulogies. MEETINGS AT OTHER POINTS ..- - • Per the past week=ctr ever since Tueti daY Morning of last week—have the busi ness places, offices, public buildings, and )riatiY of the private residences of our vil lage borne outward evidence. of the grief that fills the hearts of all our citizens, at the sad and untimely death of the . Na tion's loved and honored President, JAmEs A. Ganiquz.n. Flags--many of them draped in dead black—have hung at half mast throughout the whole time ; wli4 pictures of the martyr President, heavily draped in mourning, have been visible on every land. Notwithstanding active preparations were begun nfi-Satnr dajt, to properly arrange the Park lfor the general meeting of citizens there,o)* Mon day:. afternoon, in . ae.cordatice with the proclamations issued by 'the - PrOsidont and the Governor, there were largo; tear fill and attentive audiences at :111' of our Churches on Sunday morning. In radii the services were appropriate to the occa ,sion. The interiors of the buildings were all more or less decorated with emblems denoting the general sorrow. The liaptiet Church. . The drapings were very modest yet skilfully arranged. The pastor chose for his text the familiar passages of Scrip ture :• "God so loved the world that gave His ,only begotten Son IV die for us," and. " Whom the - Lord loveth rie chasteneth," 'Those who heard the dis course pronounce it 'an excellent, one. The speaker sought to impress upon the: minds of all the . great Trtith that God does nothing in anger ' but all things in Love.. And that this Great Love of the Father was made manifest some tunes in sore afflictions, The 'discourse 'U'irs iiarthy of publication iu its entir4y, but time and space forbid. In the evening, Itev..C., 11, With:MT; of the Methodist Church, fillgd the pulpit, and' gaire the audience a very interesting addresk on the character and life of President -GAR FIELD, taking for the text, "Thou art a mighty ptinee among us." The Eplssopa! Church was quite elaborately draped. On ono of the desks was an ancluir, on the' other a syele, and on the font a lyre with broken string. The parish is witheia a rector and the chancel wasindenpted. , l%the . lttt r erend Mr. Monnow, er Reading. Ms' text was from the 94th Psalm, I'2th verse, " Blessed is the man Whotri thou chasten est, 0 Lord, and teachest him out of thy law." Theme, the severity of:, dd'.l4 lore, Methodist Church , . At the ,Methouist Church ffte rindito .rium was draped in mourning. The put, pit waScovered by deep black chief], and held bouquets of exquisite whale dowers. In:front of the deep recess ON.er the pul. pit heavy black cloth. .was ;Irtistically looped in festoons to the floor, partially. hiding our . countrY's -flag beOniingly ar ranged in the background. 1 life-size steel©: engraving of our lost ;Vresident, J.UTES A. GAIWIELI), was Maced in front, framed in craN,.with the wortisiin large letters above, "Our 11:Catiees' Loss." Sablq coverings enclosed eaelt_ehandelier. A feeling of F. olerunity pervaded the at mosphere while the large audiOce lis_ten ,ed with tearful attefition'to the ',eloquent and pathetic discotirse from a heart over flowing with sympathy for the beloved deceased. The text taken• by the pastor; the Rev. C: 11. WIZIGIIT; was :' "For we litiow that all things work together for good to them that love God." In a pecu liarly :impressive manner he :put forth reasons why eve 9, this sad eVent . might possibly, bring its advantages. So forcible and lilting a discourse should be printed in full to be appreciated, and we will .not; mar. its beauty giving any extracts. Appropriate national hymns Were selected and rung by the .choir.. With ono consent ineehly tofu - lictioat la Thy chatituniurbaud, And., pou:lng forth confU,siou meet,- ro nillt our niourot tag laud." At, the Clithelle Church. 10 - comequZnce of .the illness of Pathei : n4 sermon was preathed at this chnrdi, lint Mass was celebrated on Mnn4- day morning. Prembyter lair Church. The services. and decorations' of the Presbyterian church 'fitly, ei.presSeil the deepest respect and love for the honorek : demi, In the vestibule of the chUtch a large portrait of the 'lamented President was placed in the cetitre of the drapery. The •rallery was tastefully decorated. The, Emogiugs and adornments of the werp,exceedingly impressive.. The heavy drapery was neatly festooned across the upper casement of the pulpit ;1.! the cur tains were then drawn apart at the centie and withered at!each'side; To thefestoon overhead, at the p6int, where the Curtains were drawn ,apart; the national' colors were fastene and gracefully looped to each curtain. Ou the right of the pulpit, upon a richly . draped pedestal, encircled with ivy, was a beantiful mound of white dowers. From the centre of this mound - ' arose a shield which upheld a grot nd. work of white 116vers, surrounded. by English ivy, in which there was a Very boa ntiful•anchor made of immortelles. Perched upon the shield was a clove,. just in the act of flying toward heaven, and bearing in its bill an olive branch. The pulpit fitrniture was dtaped, and upon the saered.,clesk stood a pyramid of . how-. ets. . =I=MMMEI his text II tiam., : "Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen thi , : day in Israel I"' The diseowse set forth the elements of Mr. - Gm:Fah - Vs eharacter‘and the less Ons ,to .be learned front his life. In prefintitim his discourse the qpeaker said that inlile-ticanslf-tleatli the feelings of sympathy were ,instantly iron-ed, and that all haqeds and animos‘ sties. were lost in "half-forgetfulne;ss." At such a time the actions of the departed are vividly recalled and indiscriminately extolled. -- While it is tuft necessary to disclose the faults of tlaiidead, yet no fin truth should bo indulged in. Happily, to-day we come with both ,true and hind words. The speaker then pointed out the eletnents,eharacteristic of this great man. It is new universally conceded that he wa a.greatman intellectually.- Among his public contemporaries. none rose above him ; only a few can be mentioned in comparison. with him. The speaker was'ready to tie farther and say ilia he was the-greatest man - among, them all. He was endowed witha rare combination of intellectual powers. - He was shot a ge nius ; there was nothing exceptional; spas tnodic, meteoric in the quality of his mind ; it was rather profound, compre hensive and strong. - His acquisitive-poi ers. welt excellent; his 'memory tena cious ; his imagination vivid ; his judg ment. clear and sound ;'his heart tender as a woman's; of language a Mu eta ; hitiolinattion dignified and eloquent. It is no wonder that be became a main of largo and rich eulture ; the finest scholar of all onr public ; men, taking up and Wearing in our public halls the fallen mantl e of the accomplished - Stunner. -, ;cither is it, wonderful that with such endowments he bectmo a great:theoreti cal statesman, perfectly familiar with ho hist.u.y. and principles of legislation i tll ititninehes ; able, on short •notice to is cu4s any : question with easy nutstkry and tuttitbpower. • lie was alsO a great man in- an .active - swim. He was not only a man of-thought, kit also it man of action ; not - only a svi4olar hat also 11: soldier. ;b,, ins , ratrtGaiiiiityOfi great oommatider, fieneratileseeraoze said. .Hisoonduistfat. Obikkamang-k wilt 'atitayaistand brilliant colon,' pad it is Ito - Wonder that tha peopki - of -tho Western:at:sorra :-IVati• se smitten' *ith - mlttiltatiott. that elected Mal f4,cogre - bsi ',tut he never test Gds" ldve for arms, or his deliftlit hit is military Etiners.- 'Schblar thougli he wag s iiigh . theughts 'lturret" frequett:_rg libraries as bilos dd beds- o, thyme -hitd ta-ying it up in his •capsciOns tnind ;he richest treasures of boolor, ho yet loved to be reitiehibered and Spoken: of atru.sol4ier, and his wife.-always called hluO!tife.- General." The -Same Wage energy tan through the - earlier -Mid er smite of his youth' atid Manhoitdi was bent. boy, btit rich - in will and in - - inta Jett as • faithful tot his ant contract,to out a hundred cords of Wood, for tyre:Ay-five- dollars as to 1 his last contract - to obey -the Constitution snd liws of the United States as Chief Magistrate.' Anl he Was . a great man in the moral and spiritual' sense. He was endowed with a deep religious nature, and in con. sequence possessed of . great moral. ct eottr ae....fie resebles' in this respe the three greatest characters in the !hie of his predecessors--George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. He was made iu the same epie mould ; he *as an Homeric man in the grandeur of his conscience. f3everal illustrations were given of his moral courage and devotion to duty; but mainly thb closing scene was dwelt upon. The last eighty days of his life were a - sear and' immortal conk.cra tion of all'he has before achieved ; and his death was the grandest of moral victories. Four lessons were impressed : 1. Arles-. son to the boys and young then. All things are possible to ability and perseve rance and virtue. 'I A lesson to theam bitious. "'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." _ 3. The old, old dlesson of the MEI uncertainty of.life. AndA the Sovereign. ty of God. Ile has permitted_ it, and what the Eternal does is rigkt and goad and best. The interior of this church was exquis itely decorated. The three arches in front of the recessed- pulpit. were hung with festoons of bla:tk cashmere; gathered into heavy folds, and against the centre was suspended a. doie of spotless white With extended Wings. At the rear of the pul pit the• wall was entirely bidden with black, against the centre of which hung a life-size . potrait-oTtlin deceased PreSident, eneirelCd in folds of black crape, and flanked on either side with the national ensign. The chancel rail and • furniture were covered with deep black, tastefully looped - and . folded. The, material used was of line qUailty and - gave a rich' ap pearance to the room. At each side of . . the altar, -upon tall stems, stood stands of exquisite IloWen3, the foot of each . . stem being buried in a pillow of beautiful flowers. : ) l'he Niter, 'Rev. Dr. TAYLON delivered an address sq . it,ahle to the occasion. The themctrWaS.. "Some lessons from the life and death br President GARFIELD." Text, AcTs - XII, 24 ; "-He was a good map, OA of fait .and of the Holy Ghost."' Li After .'atf'inti• - luctory in. which was depicted the co Rion -of • universal sot* row overhanging all sections of the nation,: and after a brief review of the life of the President, with some of the leading char= acteristics of_ the man and a touching reference to- hisChristly patience in suf fering, and his unwavering faith, the speaker, proceeded to craw seine lesSons for consideration ..by which- the blessings Nv 11 ich; under God's rule, are proceeding from this gilicat calamity may be perceiv ed and appliPd. . . • 1. As a Nation, he showed that Cod _ is at work. in his .purposes, showing us the condition of motive .that Underlies . party movements, and the. need of a ' -higher deVotion to Anciple and less-to partizanship ; wheth6r it is to be purse or principle, greed or greatness ; the eter nal right f or the selfish wronf , that is to control the.sclection of our rulers. . • 2. It is a lesson for the Nation of the highest-spiritual significance ; it has Mug tratcd to•us as a Nation from its. central .pojet and head, at a time wile!' all eye were concentrated thereupon'; the power, the glory, the beauty_ and--the sustaining conflict of the Christian faith. It has quickened 'the moral sentiment of the Nation ;. made -it more earnest for truth ; brought the Nation into closer communion I with God :. it has led -a whole Nation in, daily and hourly prayer for three coutin-. ous months, and we arc a More thought ful and religious Nation theieby. fl. It hits led to closer • nuitY in our Nation than ever before. The went heart of'the South never pulsated in such -harmony with • the I great - heart of the North as during thiktrial. The tender, generous sympathy of iiiir brethren of the South, has lifted :i veil of prejudice which has long hidden their hearts from our view', and ive rejoice in the community of sentiment thus revealed. "Oneness of sentiment - means union of heart . and thought, and union of hearts means the unity of the Nation." "So by reason of this trial we are a clOser knit Nation than ever beforeinnur history." :The speaker quoted from the deceased President some words delivered On another - occasion which were exceedingly apprapo., on this \h . ead: Referring- to, the lessons for the' young men of this country coming out of this trial. the speaker said, "Gen. GAntlimo, 11Le person, has passed from bur,view,, but shining more gloriously than ever,throrigh the sacred Christening of bloou, and of as much use to his ,couritry in force of ex- ample ,and teaching, stands the Garfield 1 1 character, a blaze of truth on the altar of 1 'freedom and •of country to guide her ; young in paths of patriotism, purity'and peace."' . . . - "He was as poor a boy as pOcir could • be. He forged .the tools by Which lie lifted himself to distinction. Behold -ivhat - hio ior became. Would you know his r a - vatklimd t' It wac this, " Goa helping edn be what I wi11..," Tb be right, - and' to be active," this was the quality of - his life r .; by thiramiaised hiMself to tim higheqpoint within the reach of any bu:" uran being upon earth, .171 z., to be the PrdSident of a Nation .of intelligent Coristian freemen. Young men of Amer ica, the rolit is as broad . and as easy to . any of you a , it was to him." Many otlieit lessons closing with a porn ration "of great force - and beauty we are compelled to omit for want of space. Pursuant to call of the Burgess, a meet ing of the Borough Council was held on Friday evening the 23d inst., to fake act ion Mt the prealatuation of the President •of the United .States, relating to the ap pointment of Monday following to be ()b -rickwed as a day of humiliation and mourn : . ing. At the meeting the following reso lutions were unaninniusly adopted : liaPol r. d, That the clergymen and. peo ple or Towanda and vicinity be_ invited to join.in - a tiaixin service Of humiliation and mourning in the Court nonse square, at 2 o'clock p: in, on Monday. September 2(1, A. D. 1881; as:. a fitting memorial of the death of our loved and lamented Presi dent. Resolved, That the business men of To wanda be requested to close their places of business, and that ;the liitblic offices should be closed on that day. On motion, the. .llurgess . appointed Messrs. Holcomb, Frost and SJAiltling a committee to confer with the clergy and make other imeessaiy arrangements in re lation to the proceedings of the day. - In accordance with - Abe action of the Council seats were placed in the Park, on Saturday, and other necessary arrange ments made for proper oht , ervance of the. day: Not ices were c posted in the windows Of the banks and business places on :1;44,- 1111 day -afternoon 'that they would be closed tliroughtnit Monday. Early on Monday morning T.. C. riELANo and E. T. Nontx, of the firm of Powm.b t_V Co., assisted by Messrs.DESon P.ST and SCUTT of that establishment, draped the pagoda in the park exquisitely. The dome of the bitildilfg— was encased. in plain 'black,- While deScending in-heavy folds,from the root' and covering the eight, columns that support it was hung rhti black material, while cloth of the; samelextitre complete y encircled the building just above - the iboor and, also just beneath the roof. From the roof through the eight openings between the columns heavy bands of the same material 'crossed the interior arid' were festooned item- its centre, - At the entrances both oh the smith and north sides - were large pictures of the: dead President. heavily draped with black crape; and on each . side hung the National - colors, gracefully lociped back to the black columns on either side: Oa the floor in the centre of the building stood a large mend table encased in a rich black coveringon which there was a beautiful nionnd 4;f evergreens ti immed with white From 1119 .ecntre .of.this mottpd Unliersalfst Chnech. 31ondsii's Metiting arose a shield whiith upheld g - werk of white !lowers, - surrounded by Engllahivy,:iin.`whicb there was a van' hiunitifdt anchor Made of immortelles. Pirehrittlipmt the •lihitild *Ala dove jtist• net of flying tdvvard hew an t and bearing in bill au olive branch. - The whole, making, t bn 1104 present a - 'Very otalt et fei•Y latatitiful appeakettce, Just. easkof the building "seats` were ar `l"4l4'ed for the Eastland the Choir, and bovetitig nearly twit-thirds of the' space *itliirkthe Park enclostire *era arranged ilhairs and honcho's for the necomincgla tion of the audience. All the businesso tolabes remolded closed thrtiughout the day_ and liquors of no kind were sold at lin) , of the hada or rfattatiranta. Shortly after twelve o'clock people, began to as semble within the Park, and at, two o'clock, when the services began, it was estimated tint there were over two thons and peracms presint . - At two o'cloels, the bells on the Preaby terian, Methodist, Episcopal and Catholic Churches began to toll, and JUDSON Hot& con, Esq., called the meeting to order, and the followittr, programme of. exercis eb was gone through with, (dieting the closest attention on the part of rll 'pres• ent • .- Dirge—Germania Band. " Scriptural Readings. By request, tbe same passages of Scrip- ture were read by thei Rev. C. H. Witiont, as were read by-Dr. RANKIN, at the services in Washington, on Friday, and were ns follows :-- The Lind - reigneth. The floods have lifted *their voice. - The „Lord high is Mightier than the voice of many waters. Clouds and •darkness are round about Him -; righthonsness and judgment are the habitation - of His throne. By Min kings reign and princes decree justice. Ho changed' the time and the seasons. HO reinoveth kings Ithd setteth up kings. For there is no power hut, of God. The powers that 'be- are ordained of God. •Whesover, therefore,'resisteth the poWer resisthth the ordinance of God, and they that resist shall recaivo to themselves damnatioti, • Cease ye front man, whose breath is in his nostrils;:for wherein is ho to 'be accounted 'of? For behold, the. Lord, the Lord of hosts; doth take away from JerusaleM and . from Judah the f.mighty man, the man Of war, the honora-; tie man, and the'cohnseler, and the eh, iptent orator. There is no man that bath , power 'over the Spirit to retain the Spirit.; neither bath he power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war. Then shall he be at rest with kings and counselors of the earth; which= builtdeso hate,Tlaces•for themselves. The clods of :the valley shall be sweet upon him, and every man shall draw after him as there , are innumerable before Lisa. There the •wieked cease from- troubling, and there. the weary he at rest. Then answered Jesus unto them : 4 ‘ Verily, verily, I say unto you,, he that heareth my word and believed' On Him that sent me bath- ever lasting life; and Shall not come into con demnation, but bath passed from death unto life: !Unto him thatOvercometh will I grant to with me On my Throne ; even as - I also overcome and sit down with my Father on Ilia T!iroue. Blessed are they that do His .commaiiments, that, they have rieht to the Tree of Life, and" and may enter in through the gates into' the City, and they shall see.llis face and ! l' His name shall be in their foreheadS.". And He went ,fa little further-and fell on His face and prayed,:saying, "0 my Fa ther ! if it be , possible let thiacup pass from me. Neveetheless, not ha,l will but I as Thou wilt." It became Him for whom arerall thing's and by whom are all things in bringing many tioula.to glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.' The disciple is' not above • his ;Master nor the servant ahoy': hiS Lord.' It is enough for. the disciple that he be as his Master and the servant as his Lord. "Let rot your hearts be troubled • ye believe - in`God, helieve also in me.. I will not leave you comfortless ; I will Comilito•you. Leave thy fatherless 'cliiloren;. I will preserve- them alive. And let thy widtive trust in me." And it came to pass when they- came to Bethlehem that all the city was moved about ,t-hem, and they said, - Is this Naomi 2 anti she Said unto them, "Call me notaomi.' Call me Mara ; for the - Lord hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full and the ,Lord bath -brought-.me home again :empty." "For a small moment have I forsaken thee: but with great mer cies will I gather thee. I hid My face from thee for a moment ; hut with ever lasting kindness will I .have -mercy on dice," saith the Lore, the Redeemer. And Jacob died and was gathered unto his people, and Josenli went up to bury :his father, and therer went up with. him both chariots and horsemen, and it was a very. great company. And when, the inhabitants of the lands saw the mourn ing they said ; This is a grievous.-warning to thee: And they did unto - him according as he had commanded them— For they carried him into the land Of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of .MaeplAah, which Abraham bought for a possession as a burying place. And I heard a voice from heaven sayitig unto me, " Write, blessed.are the dead which die in the . Lord from henceforth ; yea, saidi the Spirit, that they may rest froth their labors and their works do folio* them. I would not have you . to be ignor ant•coneerninewhieh are asleep, that -ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope. -For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again; even so them also that sleep in Jesus will God. bring with Him. Wherefore, comfort one another with : these words: " Faithfutis he that ealleth.' you, who also will do it. The - Lord gave,: the Lord bath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." Prayer Rev. C. T. Hallowell. Oar Heavenly Father and. our fathers' God, we look to Thee on this occasion, gathered . together as we are in the midst of :nor sorrow. Long weeks we lay at Thy feet night and day beseeching Thee to let thiS cup pass.from us, and yet we endeavored to. say, "not our will but Thine be done." .Thy will has been done. Then diist not send the assassin. Thou couldst have hindered him, but did not. It has been hard for us to bear. We pray. Thee' to give us-submissive grace, and. as: we pasS under . the rod may we come out pfirdied. May the lessons We should learn froth this great trouble be made plain to us as a people, and, may we be able to profit by our knpwledge. Our sins have made this necessary. They were driving us on to destriaction. Thy love would save us. Oliqmay it be able, and we be delivered from?these great evils which demanded thiSqacritice. We ask of Thee Thy blessing upon him who has taken the place of the fallen one. Ile has' a hard place. Every. word, every act will be watched and-weighed. Enable him to profit by the life and death of his prole cessott Help him to he the President of the whole people, not of ja faction or par ty but•of all, and when his administration is ended may the nation be able to look upon it and thank God. We believe, that `Thou dust reign, and our desire lsao have Thee reign over us. Leave us not nor forsake us, we pray Thee ; lift us up and make plain the path before our feet. And now, Father, iwe would remember -that company gat bored to lay away the 'dead body of our President. , We have no coffin with as, - en dead form, and .yet both the coffin and the 'dead he very close to our hearts. We are exceeding sad,. yea, our sorrow is inexpressible ; but if outs be such, what mu! t theirs be- to whom the was personally so much? How infinitely beyond utterance is the pain of thal, old mother, that dear wife and those fathe:-less Our words and our hands eannoinreach thent, but Thou caust, and we.priP-Thee to put Thine everlast ing' ms round and 'about them, pillow their heads on thy bosom, and give them strength to loOk up and say; Though lie- lay me, yet will I trust in him." Do Thou so order their lives before Thee that when their work is done each of theM tatay enter into that rest to Which- their dead has now gone. We 'ask Thee to help them to, feel that he is not in the grave, he has gone to the •God who gave him. And now do Thou bles.s. us all ; comfort and sustain us, make us better citizens and better men. We ask in the name of Jesus'Christ our Lord.- - Amen. • 'Singing by the Choir—"Nearim My God to Thee." .. . The Poem. '[ho following pOem, originally'written by N. P. Willis oh ,tire: occasion (tribe deati: of President Harrison; and amended Po as to adapt it to the case of President Garfield, was recited by Rev. J. S. Stow•art: . . %%ital.! soared the strong eagle hi client the sun? Ilea he Muir with apreail wings at the goal he bad wou ? Are there apirlis more blest than the planet of oven,-• - . Who wonnt tn their ienith, then molt into Heave n No waning of fire, no quourillbg of ray, •- Itnt rising, still rialng, when pasNlng ao,ty? - Farawall, gallant eagle I tlinii`rt hurler! In light, tlOtt-spee4 law liev!:st, loti tin et au Iglit 1 Diiiittctliiiithat the Capita f Once;.:tirtfebefort Trod his skeleton feet on the President's door. He Is looked forthhavel f sad dreaded In ball-1- The king in his Croat keeps hatehment. and pal— The youth to blithirtb.placo. the old- man at home. Hake clean froth Hie dourltorill lho Pali to lbs But the lord of this mansion mai cradled not liirt4 4 fly Erie's blue wMe stands his beckoning bier. He lit hers as the lostn.feinge. heaves flashing ea AS the t Wis _shoed hy Ifs prileiti the 'lli 1 The arrow' to earth: and the foal► to the shore... fell lie when swiftness and sparkle wen...e'er:. Oar Gardeldrs sad death the climax of story ; He went with his brite Step—front' glory to glory: Lay his Sword oft Lis breast I There's no. spot on Its Made - In whorl° cantering breath his bolds. wlll • fade! , It was prompt, to lead on at huthsnlty's It *as sheathed when he entered our Government- . . As calm In the council tut gallant In war, Ile lived for hie country and not Its "hurrah V' ,In the path of the statesman unselfish he trod— • pit him pass with 1.1.1 deeds to the welcome o God What morel Shall we on 'CU& 'his &shell!' Yet stail • ' HO bath ruled the wide realin of a king In his day. At his word, like a monarch's,- went once 'told gain I , ' - The bright gifts of tett - tine fell on 'bilk Illte tally' /3 there nothing to show of this glittering ho4rd No jewels to deck the rude - hilt of his sword— No inarbie-built palaces? Nothing but fame. , Then on with. his ashes ; lie left a great name. Scholar, soldier - and statesmen l Sleep sweet In the ' dust: And may acid bleis our country In 'Mtn Is our .- - trust. Musia by Germania Band. • .f. . Iteinsiiica of COionei 9verion. I was told, Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,l was expected to say a few siords.on this occasion because I was per sonally acquainted With the man Whose death has filled this land. with . breathless darkness and saddened thehearts of fifty millions of people. -The death, at any the ordinary course of nature of the Chief Magistrate of the nation would be • a 'catmints', were there nothing In his character to distinguish hint from thou- 1 sands of his fellow citizens. But; When.; One Who appeared to have been raised up by Providence *for • a particular work, which he of all men was best fitted . to perform and upon the successful comple tion et' which seemed to depend the, pros perity and welfare of, our common country, is slain by the assassin's bullet—the death of such a man ill the full vigor of life, who 'as the Executive of the nation has just entered upon so important a work, sends a thrill of , - sorrow to every h art 'andhor-. rifles all mankind. A min possessing a giant intellect,' rare -knowledge,: great 'strength of purpose and an- invincible will, united to an eminently judicial mind and a' heart so large that. none knew him but to love him, had been,chosimn by the suffrages of the people to administer - the government - amid had just fairly entered upon his work With universal - approval-s r one 'of whom I believe the verdict of time • will be that .he was the greatest - man America has produced. Was it strange that high expectations were formed, which have been suddenly dashed? Pledged to a system which Would , " meet the danger of illiteracy' by the. saving influence of universal education ;" which would drive from our land the survivor•of the twin relics of barbarisin ; which would protect the humblest citizen in ail his-rights and -bring abitmut - a spirit of reconciliation and fraternity, ho had canoed upon his ad ministratbire Ye was well prepared ,to do this work. He had spent eighteen active years • irk the halls of • our national legislature ; was known by all the leading men of out country. -His ability, his in- tegrity, his inflexible justice were all con ceded. Those opposed to him - politically had seentim stand asit bulWark between the surging forces-on the floor of : Congress and hold in check both parties. Such a man was President of these United States. He possessed genius with none. of the weaknesses which so•often •acceinfiany it, No particular faculty had been developed at the expense of others: He was great in many things and had at the • same time good common sense. Ho. retained the confidence of the people in all parts of our land, and had he lived the close. of his olficiai terra Would have seen the end of sectional' arties wjel the beginning of an era of peace and good fellowship. His voice, "to the North, give up !And to, the South, keep not back I" wonld'have been .heeded: He would have felted a cominon ground open which.the citizen of Massa chusetts and the citizen of South Carolina, upon which the late slave-holder and the freedman "could have planted themselves with all their rights secured: And now all this work_ so auspiciously begun has . stopped, and despondency and gloom fills our taw!. Butr is there - nothing but darkneS s before us? Is there no rift -in the clouds that hang over us? Is the great work stopped or 'only temporarily. sus pended ?•• Because the hand that was leading us has beeri paralyzed by death, .shall we go back or even standstill ? He has pointed 'out the way tem us ; let us walk in it. Nor is his work all incomplete. To-day we enjoy the full measure of financial prosperity through his exertions. Ile breasted for us the storm of financial fanaticism which. at one time came near sweeping our land. To him aro we in debted more than to any other•that our little army has been preserved, that our national integrity has been maintidned, and that sve,are respected by all: the ha ti-ins-of the earth. Yes, let each one of us to-day, thank Cod that J.VNIES Annan 0 - Anne - Lim has i'Ned. We have his example to emulate; time great work he begun to complete. Make your' power felt and there will be but a brief interruption in the work. Nis arc the sovereigns, and as we will so must the Executive do. The man who undertakes to execute 'this ;government against the will of the people, no matter how exalted he-may be or what position lie may occupy, Will be ground to powder beneath the upper and the nether millstone.. He. was followed by J. Holcomb, of the I:epu ilieqn, with the following The Nation, overwhelmed with grief, to-day, and at this hour, is bowed with uncovered head in' linmiliation and mourning for, the death of its beloved President. The whole civilized. world is engaged in demonstrations of 'sympathy with us in our tribulations. Though our country by the hand of wickedness and violence is"roblied of the, personal service of our great Chief Magistrate, it can nev er be-robbed of the teachings of his ever living examples. .These have sunk deep in the hearts of an admiring people and leave their indelible impression for good upon the age: Though the pulsations of his heart have ceased to beat, though his mortal remains are unsigned to their resting place itt the tenib and his spirit has taken its'llight.to the realnis of the• Infinite, like the reverberating pulsations of wind, we catch the grand inspirations of his life histOry and. seem • to hear his potent voice 'directing us its the paths of righteousness,justice, wisdom and truth. -Hiri eminent examples may Well be cher ished and emulated by all, and especially by the youth of efur_laud. His greatness wak illustrated, not mare in the remarkable ability oisplayed in his public acts than in his manly private vir uses,- All along the pathway of Ins ca reer, the grander lights of Christianity and the observauce of all time higher sli ced and fraternal obligations of life were shown through the murky 'clouds of po litical excitement and the .pressing duties of his public position. When on ''the casion of his inauguration as Presideut on. the Fourth of March last, after having taken the oath prescribed by the Consti tution which clothed ken with Executive power, he turned from the applauding thousands to imprint a kiss, test trixin the trembling lips of his grand old moth er and then upon those of his noble and loving wife, this sincere exhibition of true affection, bespoke the sublime • character of the man and left its favorable impress upon the, minds of an hundred thousand witnesses. The little glimpses ,of his home life, ideal in it's harmony and per fection, and the purity and honesty of his purpn:es exhibited in MS official. life, showed that he was neither a hypocrite in religion -nor a demagogue in politics. The elevation of mankind, the good of his coteltry and the conscientious dis charge of his obligations to his Cod, were the governing principles of his life. These characteristics were emanations •of .the higher and nobler 'tributes,' almost divine, and have, through•lmini blessed% the coun try with their benign influences. As. long -as American history shall be written the name* of James A. Garfield -will be re membered, with the wartneet "emotions of gratitude, and his noble deeds will be treasured iu the hearts of a patriotic peo ple. Ile has inspired all hearts with love amid reverence: °His manly and courage ous bearing through eleven weeks of se verest pain and bodily suffering iu tho face of death, has drawn to him .the ten derest sympathy - of a loving people, and they, Qpfi and all, mourn his death as that of a near and dear friend. In • this spirit may his nieniory be cherished by all; and may all no guided-hy the light of his ex amulet - 1 in the performance of the duties 'and obligations of life, convey to the.undenstanding a glimpse of the life of- thenoblestspecimen of Amer ican manhood this country ever produced. Stniggling up from the depths of pover ty; hes.dernonstrated in. his 'career, by force of ids own energy the.: possibilities to be aehieved throtigit Well directed: ef forts by American youth. 'Re conquered Poverty und'aU the barriers:that poverty places in the way'of ainbition. and While 'hiS eminent qualities were =yet unfolding and being developed, he fought hie way upward to the highest renown:, And now, While just upon the threshold of.his Pres ideutiail life ho is summoned: to the pre/. ence of God. Standing in- the presence of the illustrious dead, in the language of Pope we exclaim : • I prom opening in tile skies may streaming alert& shine, And saints embrace thee." , Colonel Elhanan Smith followed, and 'spoke as follows : . Mn. PREIiIDENT, LAME* AND GENTLE.. MEN :—Eveii in the death of the Presi dent and tinder the dark clouds of Mourn ing and sorrow, .beneath their silver lin ings,. there remains the grandest and co. blest government God ever bestowed upon a nation. Even the illustrious liead himself whom the , nation mourns to-day, becomes a'fitting emblem of the simplici ty rind intelligence of that form of gov eminent cone,eivtrd bq our Pilgrim Fath ers, born amid' the hardships of the 'Amer ican revolution, and nursed in the cradle of that liverty and equality, which to-day' is upheld by fifty millions of people. To the genius of our institutions- the nation's dead owed his - greatness and his honors. They looked in upon the_humble home of a widow, obscure and. penniless ; Invited her orphaned son to look upward and on- Ward ; and for .half a century set their :beacon lights along the pathway of this youth of destiny, and illuminated the pro gress of bis career from the doniestic ca reer from the domestic fire-side to the highest,worldly honors beneath the cano py of heaven. James A. Garfield had reached the temple of fame ; his measure was full. His country and her institu tions had no higher honors to bestow, than it fell to his lot to enjoy. iln the words of unerring history, Air hint to die was gain. The past is secure ;it 'will be only chronicled by the pen of the 'histori an : . ' .".There is a divinity-which shapes our ends, Ito tgli he* them as ve may. And in the violent and tragic death .of the . President the world is taught a sub limo lesson.; Monarchists who predicted, from the firing of the;patriot guns on Bos ton' Common to .the crushing out of the • late rebellion, that the days of this Re, public were numbered—may now behold, and must acknowledge bow firm the ba* • Isis of that government must be, which rests upon the will of a free 'and indepen dent people,, Twice within the sixth of a century has the Chief Magistrate of the United S:.ates, while clothed with the- power of the na, tion, been stricken down by the hand (d• ,the assassin •, and, yet; in the language of our lamented President whose- untimely death we are met to mourn this day— i" God rules, and the goverment at Wash- • in"ton still' lives !" . 'The . future demands our earnest and se rious attention : "the government still lives ;" and I humbly trust it may still live When the angels yoke shall proclaim " that time shall be no morn." Let us on this soleMn Occasion turn our attention" from the departed .head of the nation to the , new• incumbent of the Presidential chair, who, assuming the responsibility that has been cast upon. him, now rules by the people's will: If the, nation's pray ers may ho invoked to save and 'restore 4 dying President, why not unite—them' now, and with ono accord, that wisdom may be imparted to him who now holds • the helm of State, and that his hands may bd strengthened ?' He is now tile i head and heart the people will hold re sponsible for the administration of the of fice of Chief Magistrate, itidepeedent of all factions and theories not grounded on. the Constitution he has sworn to support. Men are born to die ; Presidents niaY be, as they have been, assassinated, and the land be filled with mourning and sor row ; but this forin of government of ours —the purest and best designed amongst the nations of the earth, may live forever; ;and through ages yet unborn the mne,- Jof Lincoln and Garfield, our' martyred Presidents, will be banded doivii. The shock of such events as .the tragic death. of these great men would shake an ern pire and overturn the throne of Kings ; but in a Republic like our own such sac rifices make stronger the bonds of union, riuell dissentions and - in sympathy 'unite the hearts of the 'people. Such sacrifices are great; but the result leaves upon the altar evidence that thd assassin cannot de stroy the nation's life. As "the blood of the martyrs Is the seed of the church," so . the sacrifice of such men as Abraham . Lincoln and James A. Garfield may be come a lasting seal for our beloved Union. Prayer by. Dr. Taylor Oli.Thou! Infinite and Absolute! Our Father And our God! Thou All Contain ing—Air Sustaining Spirit...of the Uni: verse!—We, thy. children come to Thee at the ell of .this solemn occasion to ask Thy ble sing. drant, dear Father,l that each thought here uttered, which hall Thy - approval, may sink deep into the hearts of 'these Thy children, and find there good' ground, where- they shall tiring forth fruit an hundred - fold to Thy glory, to the elevation of humanity, and for' great blessing to this our beloved Country and nation. • We thaiik Thee, 0! God,.. for these free institutions through . which Thou host enabled pus to come ogether as we are here to-day; difieringin judgment, yet with one com mon love for the best good of all as our motive: We thank Thee for the litty and love-by which we may differ, an -et grow ever in thought "Nearer our God to Thee" and nearer to each other. We thank 'Thee for those institutions by which it is 'put within the power of the humblest of this nation to climb—as did he whose , me - mory we here mourn, and whose life we revere—to climb, from that humblest beginnning up to attain the highest position which any Iman being may occupy upon earth. Bless and preserve these institutions we im plore Thee. Make their, through this' great sacrifice made for them, and which to-day has called us together, more con secrated in our hearts and more purely; obtierVed in our lives. We thank Thee for the life of the honored and honorable President whose death wo mourn. May_ his examples of patriotism,—of fidelity and . faith,—and of honor, of- statesman ship—of • study, : or ceurage—Of devotion to duty, of bravery, and above all, .of christian faith and love, 'sink deep into the hearts of every citizen of this na tion and be emulated in their lives.. We thank Thee for the permanency of these institutions under which we live and_which by Thy Grace, have; gone on unruffled for se-long - a time without a leader and a head. Continue, 'Thou, ;hens to us we beseech Thee. And, now, ere we go hence to mingle again in the busy . career. of life, quieken Thou, every Holy sympathy; and Onerous love, while we pray for - those ' who at this time are stanclin . g by that, open grave by the lake side, and iffoistipning its clay with their tears. RemeMber, in Thy great love, that aged, feeble, and totter ing mother, that broken-hearted wife,. ilieSe_sons and that_ thinOiter—growing up to man and womanhood. - Oh! God! strengthen- r and support them, according to thy great love. Pour'into their hearth the oil of Thy consolation and heal their wounds—Ha to them a " very present help 'in their . 0:it: trouble." Strength en them. Let these sons follow in tiler footsteps of that great and noble father; and let his life and death, and his pre cepts, his tainciples; his example so in•' fiat:nee fhe young of all this narks e, that the succeeding generation may-.see hun dreds of the young lifted to higher manhood and womanhood thereby. Prom these itshe4 to-day buried, may there spring, Phoadx like, a thousand GARFIELDS in character, 'more brilliant, and . examples as pure and noble, as his own. rio with us all to our homes—G,ukid us and. Guard us—lanctify- all these lessons to our, spiritual groitlr and weltlirc; and when our time Comes to put off the flesh, may we know -.Christ as our Presi dent did—a Saviour to follow in life and a Saviour to follow in (loath; a:comfort and a guide; and may vie go to our rest peacefully and calinly, full of faith and Lope—Tonkin;; forward with joy to the life to conic. Bear with• our murmur- , ings; forgive . our, sins; and take us at last. calmly antipeacefully onward • and upward to meet.with Jesus and our loved ones gone before. We ask all these things in. the name of him who died for us. Amen. Singing of . stAtioniq Ilytno, "Awed- ca,.* y Chou; sun! audiencei - with =am -paining, by Germania Baud, after which "the benbdiatioit was pronounced by Bev. J. 8. Brawewr, and the atidienoe quietly dispersed. AT ANITURIELD. When the sad intelligenceof the Presi dent's death was received at Smithfield, the .20th inst., an impromptu meeting was called to convene at the Disciple Church at 7,80,-P. M. * At the appointed tints the houSe was well filled by a sor roxful and waiting audience, anxious to bear the !articulate of , the President's deatb, which wei e given. by Rev. J. G. Eucell. Aloha Tracy. was appointed chairman of the meeting, and E. Z. Wood Secretary. A committee was appointed to arrange for the regular funeral ser vices, which took place Monday; A com mittee was also appointed to draft resoltz tkins for consideration at the next meet ing. ' Monday at.1:30 P. M, the several Sun day Schools, the G. A. 11: and citizens assembled on the public, square under the direction of H. ALtaw, Marshal of the day. Prom, the square they marched to E.:. S. Traefs griive, Where arrangements had been made for the largest funeral services ever held in our town. Appro priate music was render by the cornet band.and the choir.. After_ the reading of the Scriptures and a prayer, remarks were made 'by the clergy on the.following subjects or topics , : Rev. A. TILDEN, "James A. Garfield as a Literary Man ; Rev. D. IL PHELPS, "James A. Garfield 'llea Military Man ;" Rev. J. L. KING, "games A. Garfield as a Statesman ;" Rev. J. G. ENCELL, "James A, Garfield as a Christian ; " -Rev. C. C. Conss; "Lessons in Div ine Providence in the Death of Janes A. Garfield. - The tearful eyes, and the subdued stillness of the large audience only showed how dear he had become tci this peOple. Though the time of the speakers was necessarily short, each presented • his subject In a manner which caused us to realize more than ever before what we- have lost in James A. Garfield. „ - May the rhany lessons we have learned from the example and precept of him whom God in • his wisdom has removed from us, ever incite us to nobler lives And. loftier aspirations. The chairman of the committee on resolutions presented the following, which were adopted : Resolved, Ist. That in the death of James A. Garfield, the Chief Executive of the V. S., the country mourns' the loss of one of her most efficient and honored Pres idents ; also, that the assassins bullet has destroyed the valuable life of a most loyal citizen, skilled educ. , .tor, valiant soldier, an illustrious statesman and a wise admin istrator; and-also that be possessed extra ordinary physical, moral and mental en dowments, which by his indomitable per severance and energy were cultivated and developed, making him, under God, a blessing and an honor to the American Nation, and the admiration of the civilized world. 2d. That the citizens of,Smithfleld join in.the unusual expression of sorrow and grief as manifested alike by parties of all sections - of our country. 3d. That we do most sincerely sympi thize_ with the aged mother of our deceas ed President,' whose beautiful self-denial and sublime fortitude amidst poverty dur ing 'his ehildhood, and whose directive precepts and moulding influence in his early manhood, measurably contributed toward his unparalleled success in life. 4th. That me record our profound gym.: pathy with his devoted and highly culti v4ed dill:it - bp wife, who so signally-aided him, and mutually shared his responsibil ities in every sphere of duty, and whose patient endurance, solicitude and - sustain; ed mental reserve:in the presence of an awful calamity, so largely contributed to inspire him with hope and consolation dining his prolonged affliction, and also With his fatherless children, whom we commend to paternal care and keeping of that , God . whom their father' devoutly worshipped. • -rßespectfullY submitted. J. G. ENCEtr y • J: L. lirs'o, ' _ C. 8.. - • - 0. K. BIRD, 1 E. G. Kmosr.r . .Y, Committee. E. Z. \ - Voon, Sec. At ICyalusing Union memorial' services were held in the Presbyterian church on Sunday at 11 a,Rev. J. 11. - WEsTox,,,of the Metho dist cliurch, pi caching, to a• large congre gation from Gal. 1:24 : • "And they glor ified God in ine.." He gave a synopsis of the late President's life, dwelling Special ly on his christiau l 10,, noble's character and active pursuit of knowledge. In the evening Union services were held in the M. E. Church, at Which a al house as.; sembled, Bev. I). CRAFT discoursing frorri Jer: 4t 4 :17 : How is the strong staff. broken and:the beautiful rod." The remarks were specially directed to Jack son Post, G. A. IL, a goodly number. of whom were present, wearing' black ros ettes and carrying their flag heavily draped in mourning. The salient points of the late President's life were taken up, special mention•being made of the truth, fidelity and christiau character of it, as shown in the boy, man, general, and statesman. At Athens 'All of the Mildness places and rnanufac toricii were closed. Appropriate services were held at the Presbyterian Chutieli, ainclia large audience Was preseut. At. Sayre. _ . A Garfield memorial tree was planted at Sayre Monday • afternoon, under the auspices Of the Arbor Association. About fifteen hundred people -were preSent Waverly Band furnished the music. Speeches were made by H. A. Vaclier, Sidney Hayden, 0. H. P. Kinno,.Rev. Mr. Hood and otherti. Tue speeches were all good and the ceremonies very impressive: At-Rome . Services, in the memory of our deceased Presi dent, were held In the-M. E. Church,at this place, Sunday morning last.' Rev.• Wm. Keeney, pastor, and Revs. A ..B Lung and G. W. Stone, occupied' the pulpit.. Rev. Stone • preached from the-words found in Isaiah In. The main thought of his discourse was that, although a dark' cloud of doubt and sadness envelops our land, i)od still reigns." The meeting was one of the' most solemn gather ing ever held here—as the sad faces and many moistened eyes attested. , The church was appropriately Irlituned with , the symbols of mourning. the most noticeable feature being a large portrait, heavEy draped, of . our be loved dead Cresideut, nhieLt hung immediately over and back of the pundit:- . The services Were motet ttleeljarge of Stevens Post, G, A. It. and were as:ringed at their regu lar meeting on AVednesdafevening previous, be ing in advance of the publication of .President Arthur's proclamation lying Monday as the day to be observed. As The • notice was so generally circulated that the, services were to be betel On Sunday, it was deemed fast not :to change the tine, His tragic and 'premature death emphasizes, coq• strottgly. 1114 pure and noble life.' . James A. Garfield•s hotly may be burled from our sight but such characters as his cab never die. Route, Pe e Sept. ';:fi Ifed. BUSINESS LOCAL. ' .far At-the - Pittsburgh Ex.position and .Venstsytyania State Fafr la . st week, the •• New Da vitt Vertical Teed " Sewing Machine was awarded the silver medal for hest double thread sewing ma chine, First prize fur best p!...itt sewing, . First prize for best fancy sowing. ' First prize for best silk embroidery. The following Under feed machines wen; In com petition: Wheeler & Wilson, flowei* siDge4, White, Domestic, New Home,. Wilson, Household. r SCOTT' SEED WBE.VT.—Effrly in October last, my tenant vowed five bushels of Ca nadian ".Scott" White Chaff Bald Amber .Wheat on about acres of corn .ground. Product, 94 bushels. I can spare part of the crop for seed. Price, ;1 1 75 .per bushel. It Is worth the attention of our fanners.' sept. t. • , . 'ii' TOWANDA, Pa., Supt. 1.581. n the piapre : I have closed out my grocery bust. floss and have taken a position in the Dry Goods House of FELCII & CO.. where I shall be pleased to have my friends call'ou me ; and will take this opportunity of thanking the• people of Towanda and %lend ty for the very, liberal patronage they have extended to me during the past twelve .years' that I have been in Towanda, and will be glad to see them and have a share of Their patronage In my new place. .• • Very respectfully, kept. BILIGEWAY. • , . . rair IZE3IOVA.—..i. S. ALLYN has moved his Undertaking . Establishment from Bridge street to rooms on Alain street; over nit. , skit k tiounns's Drug `Store, and Wooorouil k Vas Dons's Hook it Shoe 'Store. A full Iluef of Undertaker's Goods from the cheapest to the best. .1.. S. ALLYN, Agent.. Jrn2:,'~i W A largo stock of wen-selected mowing Hardware At Ll o tte i :HAN COST At Mc. Intyre cAd - 11117/4-ic4f to Bs waar; or .Cotnrriarztis !—Wo have strong reason to citation the readers of this papas and the public to general that ander node. 'erunstaneee whatever Ist Woo tongue estlce yew *Way from tke Great Nostos Clothing House, Jut .(paned, in Means' Block, Towinda, 2a.; and to look sharp before buying yowir Clothing, toots and Shoes, if You are in the right place. We are not en the side 'street, we are on Main street: We had complaints this week from sporty,. that they bad been minded to the place, and bad paid for shoddy goods nearly double what - they could get good Goods for at the Boston Clothing Roan, Now all of you and everybody else should bear in mind that the great interest In Towanda, Pa., about the Bea ten Clothing House, which lies just imen opened la . Means* Block, %do street, Towanda, Pp., is sow to full blast. The large and heavy steak of Nees', Boys' and Cbtldrena' Overcoats, Business and Dress Salta, .Boots, Ladles'-and Childress' Shoes, Hats and caps, Trask. and Valbes, Grua' lug. nishing Goods, ike., are sill*, and are of tie latest styles and best:patterns ever seen in these pirts— froth medium Cassimeres up to finest imported English' Worsteds and Diagonals, mail, up at their headquarters in Boston for the Towaqa , Branch especially, which in fits and durability trireed any custom made In the coon*. Aid the prices are loiter than fon can buy the cloth for, to say noth ing about the making and trimmings._ That la a feet, and is worth knowing to everybody:l:Remem ber the place—we mean the Boston Clothing house Just opened in Means' Block, Main street, Towan da, Pa. - - Sept. z ur If you wants goo d Elevated Oven Store you eau buy one AT coal at Mclntyre Bros.' old stand. — . • • jalyl4-w4. Cl' Wagopmakeris' and Blackandtha' Supplies are being sold' at Mclntyre Bras: old stand at Litss ULAN Cos?. Geed thee to boy. AVRIIRN FARM WAGONA.--The best and cheapest In the market. I will sell these orperfor wagons fora few mouths in come at wholesale prices, for introduction. Every wagon warranted hievery respect. tf • It. M. Wract.t.ze. Vir The Largest, •Best and Cheapea, line of Shoes for Ladies'. Misses' and Ckildretui' wear le found at Congas'ssew store, comer Yalu and Pine-eta., Tracy .Noble's Block. apri'7ll far RUNDELT, Brothers, of Btrlingtoni bare on hand a lot of tine aTZICSIS and 1137.11711.15 now ready for znarket. _ • julyia. rir copEn has the beat wearing Shoes for Men, Boysand Youths' _wear ever offered Is Towanda, and at prices wit* the reach of all. rfr GEO. L. Boss sells,Groceries awful CHEAP because his expenses are rill light, and he !s bonnet-Ms ettstotners shah isms the heneet. tar I baie used several bottles of Sim mons' Liver Regulator, and - you may record the . fact, that my feelings are so far changed that I ran eat hearty, and am more like a well man than t here been for years past. I have Suffered four yrara and am grateful for relief. J. RAEFERTY 4 Periodical Store,•lso4 Market lit., Phila. itar- Wirranted. ilefiry -4; 'Johnson's Arnica ctl'd (Ml Llnttnent is.warran6fd to please all who use It. Z REMEMBER, that W. C. A. B. BunnOws,Of Stevensville, Bradford county, Pa.. sell goods at bottom' iirties arid take In exchange Butter, Eggs, Pork. Petdtry. Bagg, Dried Apples, -and Grain of all . June 23„ SIM t It is ittipossitik.for a woman after a . faithful course of treatment with Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, to-continue to suffer with a _weakness of the uterus:- Enclose a stamp to 3lrs:Lydla E. Plnkham, =3 Western Auntie, Lynn, Mass., for her pamphlets. reit Dr. P^"` Dr. Baxter's Mandraire Bitters are parely vegetable—the product of the hills sail valleys. rgr YOU RUN NO RISK when yoti . buy your Groceries at G. L. ROSS'S new stbre Montanye Block. His PRICES - are WAY DOWN to rock bottom. Ills store In KELLUM BLOCK, 16T WARIi, beats the world by Low Prices and good Goods. , Ur L. B. ROD6EI,IB challeciages compe- titlon for quality of good and low prices on Saab, Doors, Blinds and Moldini,s, and al building nia. terial. faug:37tfi. /IL - M1.411i to GEQ. L. Ross's New Grocery Store In the Montsnye Block, and get your Grocciles at rock bottom: . - • Jan. 20. ar- An established remedy. Downs' Elfalr has been widely known and.used as a cocgh remedy for fifty years. No other cough medicine has stand the test half this length of time. `The people stand by that which Is good. DENSE—Cr.ouGn.—At Ulster ; 21st Ins:, Iv nor. C. E. Ferguson, 31i;. Albert Dense. of Southport, Chemung county, N. Y., rind 341ss Julia A. Clough, of Ulster.' KEREICK—ITAGER.MAN.—At the M. E, Par sonage in East Canton, 24 lust, by Her. M. S. Rymer, Mr. It. Brooks Herrick amt Miss Sue Hagerman, all of.ksyluin. 3DCABE—ALLEN.—At the residence of the bride, 27th inst., by the Rev. Wet. S. Steen, Mr, James McCabe, of Towanda, and, Mn. Kate K. Allen, of Wysox. PASASIORE—SHORES.—In Towanda. 27th inst.. by Rev. J. S: Stewart, - D. D., James B. Passmoru and Permilla S. Shores, both of Vysos. UDITOR'S NOTICE.—In the - rnattZ , r of the estate of Wm. Ir. Morgan, - late of Towandkilorough, deceased. In. the Ur• Pt•ans Court of Bradford-County. - The -undersigned, au Auditor appointed -by the Court. to distribute balance In the hands of . If. B. Morgan. Administrator of said estate, as shown by his'secund partial account, will attend to the duties - of his appointment at his office In Towanda Borough. I'a., on, TUESDAY. I.OVEMBEIt Ist, 1581, at to o'clock .1. x., wheniand where all persons' having claims upon said funds muss prreient them, or be forever debarred from coming in upon the'slime. Joirs. W. MIX, Auditor. • Towanda, Pa.; Sept. r, 188.1.4r4. aAMBLE TRACT FOR SALE. —The 'above welt-known property on Surar fun, In Wilmot township. Is offered for sale In Ifit,' to suit purchasers. Map of sub-dlyisions to be seen on the premises, at the house of A. I.: crantz. Liberal terms and time gishn. Inquire of • IL WELLES..WTaIn , ing. Pa., -=-; or EDW..WELLES, Wilkes-Barre, Pe. INTEI'STI.IG TO The undersigned has permanently 10- rated lu Towanda, for the purpose of doing ALL KINDS OF BOILER WORK. Boiler Tubes repaired, Job Work of all kinds done and warranted, Estimates given for new boilers, and Boller Inspections made. We have had large experience and are thoroughly posted In all branch. es. We trust those In want of Bolters and Sheet- Iron will study their own interests and patronise M. SHOP NEAR L. B. RO - 13¢ER'S MILL. Orden may be left at Hardware Store of M. C. Merellr. THOS. DUNLY.A. Towanda, Sept. IS, 184 . 1-m3. - VARM TOR SALE—The seriber offers for Sala his farm of Old •acre., located in Orwell township, between Rome Ma mie' and •rwell iiilLsidJoining the farm of 0..1. Chubbuck. ttood bui.dinga anti good crafted fruit orchard. Farm nearly all under cultivation. A .nod farm for grain or dairying. Terms will. be made rimy to suit Purchaser. For further ?wilco lan enquire of Geo. W. Buck. at Citizens !Nations' Bank. Towanda, Pa.„ or of the subscriber. Leßaysville, Sept., Isms. • JOHN BLACK. ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE. Letters of adtuinfstration having been grant ed to the undersigned. upon the estate of T. E. Quirk, late of Wilmot township, deceased, hottee is hereby Oren that all persons Indebted to the said estate aro requested to make Immedlat, payment, and all persons having claims against said estate must present the same dulyauthenti cited to the undersigned for settiument. • J.. 8. ft P. A. Quick, Administrators. Sugar Run, l'a.. Sept. A, vial-we% Rhounattsui and Neuralgia. This mbdicine is an -internal remedy And recommended for. the above com 'plaints tichtBirOy. By its use, the acid condition - of - die blood, which engenders the dikeasoi is corrected, the inflammation speedily reduced and health restored. 111 cases ofevery degree of severity, fruni this ordinary attack to thus, that 'realer the sufferer utterly' helpless- and haCII6 I ht; skill of the ableift pmctitionoss, this rem edy'produces the IMMO- magical results. Through a long series of yeats, this pea: 'specific has been tested wiflt entire sue' .ss - and its - virtue betuxue , 1 through out the length and breadth'ut I he laud. FOR SALE - BY ALL DEALERS. IN MEDICINE.. -62,11r0jt MARRIED. 'Am Abvertiseinesits. STEAM MILL.OWNERS. -FOR =
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