-j0 guipst. ,i potting. A. J. GEItiIITSON, - • - • Editor. TUESDAY, JAN. 8, 1881. Matters at Washington. Congress assembled on Thursday, but no quorum was present in the House.— Thad Stevens made a bittei speech, de nouncing the Supreme Court in violent terms, and/leolaring its recent decision against military commissions, the " most infamous that had ever been promulga ted." Of the nine judges composing the court, and who all agreed upon the mate dal. points of the decision, eight aro north erieftnen, - six _are Republicans,' and five were Appointed by President LiticOln It is said that the court will also set aside the "test Oath." • The Senate has also repealed the act sutborizing the President to grant par dons; but the Constitution gives the President full authority for sub piirpod es. Pennsylvania Legislature. The Legislature assembled on the Ist. Senator Hall was chosen Speaker of the Senate, and Hammersly re-elected Clerk. p lu the House, Glass, of Allegheny, was elected Speaker, and Benedict reelected Clerk. 'Me inauguration of Governor and elec tionrof 11. S. Senator, will take place on the No business of importance has been transacted. The negro amendment will be ratified by a party vote. The Governor's Message. The final annual message, of Govern - or Andrew G. Curtin is ditinguished i in a general way, from its last predecessor,for its departure from the position then as sumed ; that is, for the Governor's somer sault from mildly expressed conservatism to red-hot radicalism. Said Gov. Curtin, in his naessage bearing date don. ;01,b, 1566: I ' "My uniform course daring i the late war was to avoid the discussion of the policy of the General Government, while giving a hearty support to theagational authorities in all their measures to sup press the rebellion. I shallratinne to pursue the same course during the em barrassments necessarily connected with the entire restoration of the country. The principles• expressed by the President at the commencement of the session of Congress will receive my cordial support." The central topic of the present mes sage, nevertnettbs, Lb - tram sanity " policy of the General Government" Ale discus sion of which the Governor intended last January to avoid for the future. trolly one-third of the message is devo ted to a discussion and advocacy of the Rump amendment, in which, in ordinary parlance, he "goes back on" the above pledge of fealty to the Union restoration policy of President Johnson. Last year he wanted the appointment of Minister to Italy from the President, and supported- th'ePresident's Union pol icy; bat Johnson allowed him to stay at home. ' This year he is a candidate for U. S. Senator, and endorses the radical disun ion policy; and it remains to be seen whether his last bid for office will be ac cepted, 8 True Picture. The following description.of the Re publican party is from the pet' of John W. Forney. In 1856, but ten years ago, be wrote as follows : "The adversaries of the Democratie party have dissolved the American Union in advance, so far as by their own action they can consummate that direful result. They talk of peace, and in their conven tions proclaim a policy which must end in civil war. They appeal to Heaven to sanctify a movement which, if successful, will destroy the fairest fabric of freedoin on the globe. They invite our country men to support their cause in the midst of the' most irreverent blasphemies of the Constitution. They have already suc ceeded in dividing the Christian Church, and now they would lay their bands upon the bulwarks of our Liberties. They would wrest the Constitution' : from the glorious purposes to which it was dedica ted by its founders and they would erect at Washington a sectional despotism, whose presiding divinities would be hos tility to the equality of the States, and relentless war upon the South. The par ty that avows opposition add hatred tow ard the Southern States as its motive and rule af action, is entitled to no aid or com fort f r o m any man who loves his country, or desires to be faithful to its goVernment. The greatest, the wisest , and the best men this country ever produced, have 'warned us that the Union couid not last ander the control of such a party." That is a truthful delineation of the party which now. Controls the destinies of thistation. Although the writer of the - above, for the sake of office, joined him self thereto, that party is the same to day as then. The Union could not last ender their control. History trill prove that tbeee adyersidas dike Deinociatic party are responsible for the dissolution of the Union, as far as it is distlolved. - That their hatred of the Southern . peo; ple brought on the civil war. That they were willing for the sake of power, " to destroy the fairest fabric of freedom on the globe." That they blasphemed tile Constitu tion, which was signed by tie Father of our country by denouncing it as "An agm.ement with death and a covenant with bell." That they were the tneans of dividing the Christian Churches north and South, by bolding the Southern people,lip to the world as " the enemies of God," and that it would be well plesing in His sight to have the negroes•rise and cut the throats Of the whites, and, that they labored faith fully for more than thirty years to bring a servile ineurreotion, with all its horrors, upon the South. That they vilified, abused, and slander ed the Southern people for the express purpose of driving them out of the Union and that they bate them no worse now than they hated them before. - Parents and Teachers. We have'at last, in "The Lawyer in the School Room," a clear explanation of the law of all the States as to the respective rights of parents and teachers. Wheth er a teacher has any jurisdiction over his pupils on the way to and from school for example, has always been a mooted ques tion with many. "No man may plead ig norance of the law" is a legal maxim, and yet It would seem that ignorance of the law is the only excuse that any one can have for doubts on this subject. " The Lawyer io the School Room" is sent by mail to any part of the United States for 81,00. Address the author, M .McN. Walsh, No. 65 Nassau Street, N. York. The trade supplied on usual terms. The Great "Gorruptionist." A Radical correspondent bf the Chester County Journal, writing from Harrisburg, says : "I regret to say means are being used, degrading and disgraceful to the parties implicated, to ensure the election of Si mon Cameron. I know that, after the New York Morrissey fashion, a pool' has been made up by five prominent citizens of Harrisburg. Said pool' contains $lOO,- 000, contributed by these five gentlemen in equal proportions of $20,000 each. In deed, `so notorious has such things be come, that no man valuing his reputation, can vote for Cameron ; and many who were friends of his are daily deserting his cause for fear of contamination." A Woman claims pay as a Soldier. A Mrs. Frances F. Sigel is now in Washington, applying at the Pay Depart ment for back pay for services in the wes tern armies as a cavalryman. She says she enlisted in 1861, with her husband (a John Cleyton,) in the Thirteenth Mis souri cavalry, and fought for - two years as a cavalry man in our armies,. *be fouzlit -uniaeriaranr, -- merman, allot nosecrans. She was in the battle of Shiloh or Pitts burg Landing and Stone River, and at the latter battle her husband was killed and she•severely wounded. Her sex thus became known and she was discharged from the service. She has married since, and is now endeavoring to get the pay due her when discharged; but there is no law which would authorize her payment, females not being recognized by any as soldiers. Mrs. Sigel's appearance and manners cannot be said to be very prepossessing. She has evidently 'seen hard service in camp or elsewhere, and has contracted all the rude airs, attitude and manners of a man. She wears a Scotch cap, cocked on one side of her head, chews tobacco, smokes, and swears like a very trooper, as she claims to be. She is accompanied by her present husband. Both are very poor, and have been compelled to sleep in the station house. very night, they have beenin Washington. Altogether, Mrs. Sigel, who bears traces of having once been in better condition—once even good looking—presents a sad illustration of the effects of a woman stepping out of her natural sphere to enter upon a career en tirely foreign to the design of her crea tion. A friend asks, " would she not be a valuable subject for the study of what is called 'Woman's Rights ?".--St. Louis Republican. STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. —The Agricultural College of Pennsylvania has had during the yea.' about to close, 114 students. Of these, 9 are- in the Senior, 21 in the Junior, 23 in the Sophomore, 29 in the Freshman, and 32 in the Prepara tory Department. They are from-nearly every State in the Union, and from nearly every county in our own State. -gbe in stitution is located :near BellefontPVCen tre county. The College year is divided into two terms of twenty weeks each, and the expenses of tuition, dcc., is $l3O per term. The next session will commence on Wednesday, January 16, 1867. —The RUmp Investigation Committee have taken rooms at the St. Louis Hotel, New Ofleans. They refused rooms ten dered them by the City council. They are having a good time at the expense of the taxpayers. In a week or two they will get back with a " report" white we.shatory of the darkies and the revolu tionary convention of 1864, which at tempted to overthrow the regular State government of Louisiana. --" The lives of the Presidents from Washington to the present time," is the title of Reverend (!) John S. C. Abbot's latest contribution to Yankee negro liter ature. It is a pestiferous melange of Radi- cal lies and mggerism which no Democrat should read, much leas psy for. governor Otutin's Iffessaige. The message was received at so lite a date that we can only make room for a synopsis of a part of its °entente, with Anotations from important portions : -We have reason to be thankful to God, for the blessings of peace, abundant crops, that industry has been rewarded, and that thus the Commonwealth has been,able to do her full duty to herself, to the country and prosperity. The condition of our finances is as fol- Balance in Treasury, Novemb_er 30,1865, Receipts during fischl year ending Nov. 30, 1866, 5,829,668 54 Total in Treasury for fiseo. year ending Nov. 30 1888,,203,336 68 Payments for same period have been, Balance in Treasury, December 1, 1865, Amount of the public debt as it stood on the first day of December, 1886, 837,4176,258 06 Amount reduced at the State Treasury, during the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1866, 1,854,205 90 Public debt, December 1, 1888, The extraordinary expenditures during the war and since its close, in payments growing out of it by acts of Assembly, have amounted to upwards of five. mill ions of dollars, which, added to the actu• al payment of the indebtedness of the State, and money in the Treasury for that purpose, shows the revenus, above the or dinary expenditures, to have amounted to 810,612,00 A, which would all have been applied to the payment of the debt of the Commonwealth in the last six years. A careful attention to the revenues of the Commonwealth, with such just and pru dent changes as may be required in the future, -and a „wise economy in expendi ture, will, in my judgment, ensure the en tire payment of the debt within the peri od of fifteen years. The time fixed for the redemption of $23,108,626 24 of the indebtedness of the Commonwealth having expired; I recom mend that provision be made for its re demption, by making a new loan for that purpose, payable at such periods as the prospective revenues will justify. The Governor proceeds to endorse and advocate the negro amendment to the U. S. Constitution; and insists that the union is now practically and legally dissolved leaving a Union of only 26 States, and that two thirds of these :Ire sufficient to give validity to amendments. . The annual report of Hon. Thomas H. Svoirv. ottne mainte nance and education of the soldiers' or phans, will exhibit the present condition and the result thus far of that underta king. Nearly three thousand of the des titute children of the bravo mens Who laid down their lives that the nation might live, are now . not only comfortably pro: vided for and guarded from temptation, but are receiving an education which IN ill enable them . to repay the care'of the State. The appropriation made for this pur pose, at, the last session, has been suffi cient to meet all expenses of the financial year just closed. And I recommend what ever appropriation may be necessary, to continue and perfect, the system under which the Dchools are conducted. I recommend that ,provision be made for the maintenance of such of our soldiers as are in poverty, and have been so maim ed as to prevent them from securing a livelihood by their labor, by renting buil dings at once, or,such other means as you may deem wise and' proper,' until the ar rangements proposed by the National Government for their support are comple ted. By our existing laws, juries are selected by the sheriff and commissioners of the respective counties. As these officers are generally of similar political affinities, the system has always been in danger of being abused for partisan purposes. During the last six years, it has been frequently so abused, in many of the counties. To secure, as far as possible, the admin istration of equal justice hereafter, I rec ommend that jury commissioners shail be elected in each county, in the same man ner as inspectors of elections are chosen, each citizen voting for one jury commis sioner, and the two persons having the highest, number of votes to be the jury commissioners of the respective county, to perform the same duties, in- the,seiection of jurors, that are now imposed upon the sheriff and county commissioners. It is impossible to provide, in all re spects, for the increasing and changing interests of our people, by the enactment of geneill laws, but to a large extent it is practicable to relieve the Legislature from special legislation which is demanded and eccupies so much of its sessions. Special legislation is generally passed without due consideration, much of it at the close of the session, and is chiefly objectionable from the partiality, with which powers and privileges are conferred. I again recommend tbe passage of gen eral laws, when it is at all practicable, and in this connection, recommend the pas sage of a general law, regulating rail roads now existing and the incorporation of new companies, so that so far as possi ble there may be just, uniformity in the franchisee granted, and equal facilities af forded to the people of all ISCUCIIIII of the Commonireoltb. It appears that there were in the school i lear of 1885, 1,863 school districts in the State ; 13,148 schools; 18,141 teachers, 725,312 pupils, with an average atten dance of 478,088. The total cost of the school system, for'the entire State, inclu ding taxes levied and state appropriation, was for the year 1865, $4,195,258 57. The increase in. the number of school districts was 26; in the .number of schools, 222; in the number of children attending school, 19,932 ; in the average attendance at school, 18,945, in the total cost, of the system, $581,020 02. I recommend our - system of public instruction to the mo tioned fostering care of the Legislature. The trustees of the State Lunatic hos pital represent that it is impossible for them to accommodate and care for the number of patients committed to them under the laws regulating admissions into the hospital, and earnestly recommend that provision he made for increased ac commodation. 52,373,568 14 Since the adjournment of the Legisla ture I drew my warrant on tha Treasury for five thousand dollars, appropriated to the National Cemetery at Antietam, and . appointed Major General John R. Brooke trustee to represent the State. Before the warrant was drawn I appointed Colonel William H. Blair and Captain J. Merrill Linn, who examined the ground and-made a full investigation, their report of which accompanies this message. It will be no ticed that they report seven hundred and ninety seven bodies of Pennsylvanians that will bo removed into the cemetery, and recommend an additional appropria tion, in which I most cordially unite. ' I pray God that the State may continue to grow in power and strength, and her people in , prosperity and happiness. 6,462,303 41 1,741,033 27 85,822,052 18 The improvements which the Decker Brothers have effected in the construc tion of niano-fori es are of sterling merit. Simple means are used to produce admi rable results. It is a disputed question whether it is better for the production of tone that the strings should rest on wood en or iron bearings. There are strong ex amples in favor of both; but the Decker Brothers have illustrated the principle of wooden bearings, with decided success. It had been customary to allow the lower springs to rest upon iron, while the up per strings rested upon wooden bearings, which system produced two qualities of tone, and rendered a perfect equality throughout' the scale almost, impossible. The patented invention of the Decker Brothers remedied this defect, by simply causing the iron plate at the bass end to be raised in the casting, thus permitting the strings to pass under it, and rest se curely on the wooden wrest-plank. The Decker Brothers' pianos all the strings rest upon wooden bearings. The results of their invention, as applied to their pianos, aro perfectly satisfactory. The instruments are pure and beautiful in quality, with a rare refinement, and sym pathy in the tone ' perfect in equality throughout the whole scale, and of sufli• cient power, without deteriorating into noise. The improvement, which they have now effected, is the application of their patent principle.to au instrument of a larg,er and broader scale. In the pro duction of their scale they labored sever al years, making many costly experiments. Before we heard the instrument, we ex pected- that the extending of the scale would have changed the caracter of the tone, as it is too often the result of such a variation. But, we found that. provision had been made to secure the distinctive tone for which these instruments are dis tinguished. The improvement is a palpa bla one; the tone of the piano is nearly doubled, while its exquisitely refined, sympathetic, and singing quality is pre served intact. It is a square piano, of the very highest excellence; it is powerful and sonorous in tone, while at the same time it, is entirely free from coarse rever beration; it possesses the utmost purity of tone, combined with power, sweetness, mellowness, and brilliancy. In the equal ity ofite scale it is. without a blemish, so finely are the registers graduated. The touch is of the best : quality; it answers quickly to the fingers and has. all the strength necessary to produce the full power of the pigio, without being !tiff or heavy., The workmanship is as perfect as conscientious and skilful labor Gan procure from well seasoned and first rate materials, and in point of exterior beauty, the Decker Brothers' pianos capo.ot be excelled.—[N. Y. Weekly Review. —A little chap who had, amopg other Christmas presents, a "mechanical box," in which two " colored pussons" were in tended to dance, on being " wound up," found it would not work,—and appealed to an older brother to "fix IL" Jack look ed at it, and immediately exclamed, 'why! they can't be fixed so as to 'work,' 4obl They are free, you kno w —The points of difference between the party in power and the one we claim to represent, are one after another reaching the bat: of the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States, the highest civil tribunal of the land, and there those questions are being adjudicated, and ? let it not be overlook. ed, settled, in accordance with the princi ples asserted by the Democratic party. it 'The American Agiieulturist for January, '67, is rice in everything that, can amuse and instruct our young farming people, and benefit the older ones., Judd & Co., N. Y. $1.50 per annum. Administrator's Bale. milt no dersl g n ell will sell at public vendae. on the 1 premises of Amos Heath. dec'd. lato of Choconnt township, on SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 18574 at one O'- clock, p. m., the Mowing property, to wit: One Horse, one buggy Wagon, one Harness, ono Cut- ter, 8 Sheep. one Cow, three yearling, Heifers, one Calf, ono set double Rai - nese; a quantity of Grain, and vari ous Farming Utensils. , -TERMS.-81x months credit will bs area on all stuns over $5. 411108 HUTU, Jr., Ada* Chemist, Jan. 8. Mt Decker Brothers' Pianos. "COSTAR'S" VERMIN EITERMINTOIS 1 "18 years established In R. T. City." " Only Infallible remedies Irnown." " Free from all poisons." " Nottangerona to the Roman Family.". " Rats come oat of their holes to die. "Costar's" Rat, Roach, Sm. Extermin's a putt—need for Rate. Mice, Ronan, Black and Red Ante, Ac, &e. " Costar's" Bed-Bug E= terminator Ts a Iteinid or wash—tired to deatrov, and also ea a preventive for Red•Roga. " Costar's" Electric Powder for Insects Is for Mottle. Nosivitoee, PIPS!. Bed-Braga, Insects on Plants, Fowls, Animals, itc. rfr I t t Mtwara I t t of all worthless trattatioth. tar see that " roman's" name to on each Box, Bet. ale and Flack, before Ton buy. rErAddrus, • ISESLUT R. COSTAR, 484 Broadway, N. E. Sold in Wontrore. Pa- by ABEL TIIRRELL—and al Druggists and Retailers arrarywhore. "OCISTAIS" cizassaTOD BUCKTHORN SALVE, for Cuts. Barns. 8111111011, Wotinds,Bolls, raneers.Bro. ken Breasts. Sore Nipples, Bleeding, Iffind at d Painful Piles ; acrofnlons, Putrid end ill condh tom d holes ; Ulcer*, Glandular Swellings. Nrnpitons, Cntantous of fectons, Ringworm, Itch. Corns. Bunions ' Chilblains, &c. ; Chapped Hands, Lips, ; Bites of Spiders in• sects, Animals, Ac. Ace. illffriltzea, 25 eta., 50ets., and SI sizes. far Sold by all Drugglate everywhere. VlV — And by asgar R. COSTAR, Depot 484 Broad way. MT. 1211fead by ABEL TERRELL, Montrose. Ps • "COSTAR'S" 17NITIERILL CORN SOLVENT, For Corns, Bunions, Warts, at. Orßoxes, 25 tents, 50 tents, and St sizes. 291r801d by all Druggists everywhere. aril} , Henry R. Costar. Depot 484 Broadway, .N. Y. or And by Abel Terrell, Montrose, Pa. "COSTAR'S" PAPPAEASION OP BITTER SWEET & ORANGE BLOSSOMS YOB BEAUTTPTING Tall COXPLIXIOTI. treed to soften and beautify the Skin, remove Frock lee. Pimples, &options. &e. Ladies are now using ft in preference to all others. Or Bottler., $l. tagr—soi by all Druggists every" bre. WRY . floury R. Costar. Depot at Broadway, N. Y Ira" And by Abel Terrell, Montrose, Pa. • „ • •; , • , . • • "COSTAR'S" COUGH REMEDY, • . For Coughs. Colds, Hoarseness. Sore Thrdat, Hoarse. nes', Whooping Cough, Influenza. Asthma. Consump , lion, Bronclial Affections , and all c.iseases of the throat and lungs. efr Bottles.4s cents, 50 cents. and $1 sizes. glF'suld by all Druggists everywhere. • lagraly Henry It. Costar. Depot 484 Broadway, N. T. And by Abarrurrell, Montrose, Pa. • • “oosirAwsp - ,. BISHOP PILLS, . • lIIIIIVIESAL arms Flu.. For nervous and sick Headache. Costiveness. Tndiges. Hon, Dyspepsia, BlMonsoon. Constipation. Diarrhea. cone, chults Feller*. and general derangement of the Digestive Crania. • • tar-Boxes, %cents. 60 cents, and $1 f•liold by Drlvtlits everywhere. 15.8"17 " Az Abrr R•Coothr...D•Pot 46i tm As 4 el TON% &a . • . Als4;illl6 fp. . FOR BTITY lATI ONIY, r)l4."Sr CA- C.) CO 3121 SS NEW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES, AT THE BINGHAMTON 13raaac313. Stare. NOW IS THE TINE TO SECURE BETTER. BARGAINS Than will ever be offered to the people la this vicinity New Styles Coatings in. BEAVER CLOTHS, FRENCH CIASSIMERES, Ai.VD BROADCLOTHS, 3rade to order In !he most Fashionable Stylos. CUSTOM TAILORING DEPARTMENT Undo; the Soperlntandenca of MlAs*. MICigI•TWI:Sr "ZOPITZTI3I., A First Class Cutter, very highly reeestiocuded by the not r known JOHN G. ..STETTLER, end others. FM' Matt n 7, done to Order, ea short notice...a:2 I. N. HINE ez4CO. Montrose, N0v.13, 1333 lIATS & CAPS for MEN &Fairdal BOYS,o At. Liao chcap.Btora. ctiintv's 112 e ( Chit T o pl a ZiVe r .l ll :l l „ n ea ter th C er lo c t o h na in ri mon"°.itifilnibpsfreoreutekde as usual, to take the measure of my patron., Pox arij kind of garmenetney may ty Ish. • THE LATEST STYLES are always posted up in my shop, and satisfaction gear ttntled, both la style and finish. Pricee moderato. rir'l take especial care in cutting and marking gar mitts to be stun up out of the shop. s e *Shop over Chandler's Store, Public Avenue. ' JOHN GROVES, Taller. Montrose, Nov. 6, ISM. 2m EMPORIUM Of NEW SIMS! NEW GOODS. e o u w pp rLe s el . v; n g large and H. Burritit B:4•igp i ttlim/ e.fNasetait.Strucieir.V.gc9e... - .4 - Mi8 7 3 11 Embracing extra varieties of Fashionable Drees GOMIS in plain. striped and figured Delanes, imperial Lustres, Merinoes, Punsmattas, Plaids and Prints, Cloth*, Caesimeres, Flannels, 'Broche and Wool Shawls, Balmoral and Duplex Hoop Skirts. Ladies' and Gents' Fors, Buffalo Robes, Carpei tog, Mori:al Cloths. Wall Papers, Window Shades, Hal and Ceps, Boole, Shoes, and Clocks ; Including also as usual a genetal assort ment °bather Dry Goinle, Dress Trimmings, and Tan kee. Notions. Groceries. Crockery. Hardware, iron. Nails; STOVES, Drugs, Oils. Paints, de' dc., vrblck he willsell'on the moat favorable terms for Cash, Pm' duce, or approved Credit. New Jlllirurd, November, 186 d. ' •• - TEE BEST BOOTS SHOES In market.' . ., at the Falrdale Cheap Store. . • _ CONTAINING 132 acres, tito mike Trost of Yost • rose; for lobs CLIEAP,, by • AREsirstzß. Montrose, Nov. 13, 16GG DRY GOODS from N. Y. auctions. • • at'the Fairtlale Cheap Store KEW Kt &WINTER STOCK! STONi & WAINER. Etres,nst resolved their NI assortment of Wiatir BOOTS & SHOES, .• . - whicb we propore to sell lower than any Arm to lb' County, for ready pay. Meo. BEADY BlAug CLOTHING , on band. and made to measure when desired. •- HATS & CAP'S; abovzs It ; MIT TRW NOTIONS . 31ramially 474-rcroem' les awaT down below the market; Blnghtweton. or any oth• or man. Call and.SCO and 'obey Tonrpolveo. Partnere' Produce received to New 'fork free of chame. • 0. L:STONg. •.` • Montrose, Oct. 18, 1d66. WAVT , t . •- • at the Patrdale (lbw Itoti. WA1L 1 413%
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers