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RIONTUOSEst PIENroa
arlitgel&MAY, SAI7. 12, 1870.
The Message.
We give a full Summary of the Govern
oil-Message this week, which we are glad
to say we think will be mid with interest.
We can overlook some of his crude at
tempts at nnmvelling the financial.ques
tiotr of the National government, and ful
ly tipfteciate the mannerein which he
boldly sets forth the criminal mismanage
ment of the State finances during the last
year, and the frank ackuowlegment of
base intrigues and corrupt political
cliques, who brought his former adminis
tration into such disrepute.
Whatever the motives of the Governor
are we care not. We are ready to receive
recommendations of reform from any
source, and we shall be just as ready to
applaud a determination to cnt loose from
the base Rings that controlled his last ad
ministration, as we were to censure him
for being ruled by them: The vicious
management of the publiafunds to which
we have many times before referred is
clearly and emphatically set forth in the
following :truthful paragraph, which is
contained in his message, and we give it
here that we may call the particular at
tention of our readers to it :
"I beg once more to remind the Legis
lature that the salary of the State Treas
urer should at least be equal to that of';
the Governor. It is only seventeen hun
dred dollars, a sum entirely insufficient
to command the services of any respon
sible man, who is required to furnish a
bond with good and approved securities,
for eighty thousand dollars, and to run
the risk of handling at least five or six
million of dollars per annum, without
the unlawful use of the State funds, and
subsidies from sources that dare not - be
revealed to the public, because they are
positively prohibited. by law, under pen- ;
alties of no ~ordinary ma,gitude. Yet
there are but few men who have held
this office, however poor they may have I
been when they took charge of it, who
have not become rich. There is certainly
some advantage to be gained by the I
holding of the position o f State Treas
urer;- unknown to the public, but which
readily acconnts for the disgracefnl scram
ble, and for the political and moral de
bauchery which the people of this State
seem to be doomed annually to witness,
in the election of that officer ; and because
of the disgrace it brings upon their rep
resentatives, the people hang their heads
in indignation and shame. Then, in the
name of the good people of 'Pennsylvania,
I call upon the members of the legislature
to rise above the murkiness of the poi=
atmosphere of the past, to the true
dignity of manhood and exalted patrio
tism, and purify the election of Treas
urer, as well as that of every other officer
within this Commonwealth, and punish
every one who tampers with the purity of
elections, whatever may be his position
or pretensions."
• This is the same kind of evidence that
we have presented, not from the invec
tives of Democratic papers, but from the
chief magistrate of the commonwealth.
When he who has been in the Ring de
clares that the State Treasurer has for
years past robbed 'the Treasury, and ac
knowledges that the money has been used
to corrupt the Legislature, will not the
people believe that there is a need of re
form ?
The New York legislature will de
servingly condemn the policy of the Sec
retary of State and President on the Cu
ban question. Joint resolutions of sym
pathy, declaring the sentiments of the De
mocracy, will pass both Honses. They
say that Cuba must be free and indepen
dent
Will the Republican Legislature of
Pennsylvania dog to follow in the foot
steps of its neighbor ? Will the boasted
love of freedom and hatred of slavery
prompt it to upbraid the disgraceful poli
cy of the administration toward suffering
Cuba. Will the sympathy which the gov
ernor seems to manifest in his message, be
acted upon in some tangible form by that
body?
IMP
Another Free Love Affair,
The New York city Bauman tragedy,
of whiCh we gave a brief account last
weelrybids fair to rival the McFarland-RiOh
ardson disgrace. It has been ascertain
ed that George Bauman, the suicide and
murderer, was Principal of a Young 1
dies'a Seminary in Brooklyn; in which
Mrs. Anna McNamara Almejo, his vic
tim, was teacher of English branches.—
Bauman was a married man with several
children. Mrs. Almejo's husband was a
dissOlute Spaniard, whom she had aban
doned some years ago. Mrs. Bauman
thinks her husband was a good man, and
wonld' have remained so if the pretty
sitfOlinistreas had not won his alfestions.
/teams thatan intimacy between Bean
man And Mrs. Almejo had existed about
five mouths previous to the tragical term
ination. •
This is another astounding evidence of
the festering sore which is• gathering in
modern Society, This differs from the
McFarland case in this, that there is he;.
jtiler of the party left for Beecher& Po. tia
bold . another blasphemous and bi,glinuMs
wedding. We . mustespect that such ci
ses`will be frequent when priestly robds
are'desecrated to give divine license t', o
freelove and bigamy, supported and advo
cated by the leadingjoumals like the TO
bunt.. Independent, and' others, who aS.
some to he instructors in divine, politic il,
and social economy.`
--e r eg, Geo. &McClellan and lady_ar
rived' in7loynsbington Jest week; and
attended the President's New IYeani
oception,
Governtre§ii INCimiage,
Vretu the. great length of the Message
whieh•trould occupy three fourths of: - .Our
paper if printed in fttll; we have concht
ded to give our readers a summary which
contains all that is essential and very like
ly as much or more than would be read if
given in full.
. ,The Governor after the usual pre
amble in alluding to the immense resour
ces. of _our . commonwealth, takes up- the.
subject of finance, and from the Auditor
General and State Treasurers report he
makes the following statement.:
nECHIPI'S.
Balance in Trenenry, NON
30, 16139,
Ordinary reeeipts during the
fiscal year ending Nov. 30
Total in the Treasury during
year ending Nov. 3018G9, 6,264,636 65
9 DISDrItintENTS.
Ordinary expenses paid tlti
,,zsing the, year ending Nov.
30, 1869, 82,485,114 27
Loans, &c., redeemed at
Treasury,
Loans redeemed by the Com
missioners of the Sinking
Fund, 362,762 09
Interest paid at Treasury, 170,665 74
Interest paid by Commis
sioners ofSinking Fund, 1,725,587 97
Ba'auce iu TrosurY, -Nov
30, 1869,
It will be observed from the above, that
part of the loanS and part of the interest
are paid at the Treasury, and part of both
b the Commissioners of the Sinking
bond. This produces a complication of
accounls ; which, in order to avoid and
to simplify the financial statement, I rec
ontmend that authority be given by law to
charge the Commissioners u ith the whole
amount of the state debt, and also with
all the money appliCable to the payment
thereof, and that they alone bo credited
with all payments on both principal and
interest of the state debt.
PUBLIC DEBT
The following is a statement aliening
the nature of the indebtedness of the Com
monwealth on November 30, 1869: Fun
ded debt viz :
6 pr et loans $25,311,180 00
5 pr. et. loans, 7,277,884 38
4,1 pr. ct. loans, 112,000 00
-- $32,700,564,38
'Unfunded debt, viz :
Relief notes in
circulation 06,307 00
Int. certificates
outstanding, 13,086 52
Int'st certificates
unclaimed, 4,448 38
Domestic creditors'
certificates,
Amount of public debt, No-
Tembqt 30, 1569, 32,814,540 95
The public debt on Novem
ber 30, 1868, 833,287,847 13
Deduct amount redeemed at
the 'Treasury during the
year ending Nov. 30 1869,
viz :
5 pr. ct. loans, $472,387 18
Relief notes
cancelled,
Publie debt Nov. 30, 1869,
as above,
REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
At the comminc went of the pres nt .Ad
ministration in January, 1867, the total
outstanding indebtednessof the state was
thirty seven million, seven hundred and
four thousand, four hundred and nine
dallars and seventy seven cent& t3inee
then, and up to November 30, 1869, the
sum of tour million, eight hundred and
eighty nine thousand, eight hundred and
sixty eight dollars and eighty two cents
have been paid, and at five per cent., the
sum of 8244,493,44, in interest, is annual
ly saved to the Commonwealth. Conse
quently' the total amount of indebtedness
of the Commonwealth on November 30,
1869, was thirty two million, eight hun
dred and fourteen
,thotisand, five hundred
and forty dollars and ninety five cents.
The reduction during the year ending
November 30, 1869, amounts to four hun
dred and seventy two thousand, four hun
dred and'six . dOliars ana eighteen cents..
ASSETS or THE SINKING FEND
The 'assets • remaining in the sinking
fund are as follows, namely :—Bonds of
the Pennsylvania Railroad company, six
millions three: hundred thousand dollars.
Bonds of the ;Allegheny valley Railroad
Company guaranteed by the Pennsylva
nia %Brea% Company, and the Northean
Central Railroad company and Philadel ,
phia and Erie•company, to the amount of
three million . five hundred thousand dol
lars, and the Principal of one of said bonds
(8100,000) to be paid each year, begin
ning January : let, 1875 ; with interest from
January let
LOANS Or v.rE oimmoNlYEALTti.
Amount of oTer due loan%
includiug , bank charter
; loans and relief notes un
redeemed,
.Anxmntpayable in -
1870, interest 5 per cent. 1,4133,815 65
1871, interest 6 per ct. 2,820,750 00
1872, interest C per cent. 4,907,150 00
1872, interest 5 per ct. 92,850 00
-
1877,
interest 6' per ct. 7,909,000 00
1377, interest 5 per et. 3,934,400 00
1378, interest 5 per et. 321,000 00
; 1879, interest 6 per et. 400,000 00
1882, interest 6 per ct. 9,273,050 00
1882, interest 5 per et 1,185,950 00
1883, intenst 4iper et. 112,000 00
Amount of loans
The Governor suggests the propriety of
applyilig!tlie surplus fonds of the treasury
in the liquidation of these loans as they'
fall due, and save the state from loss by
the accumulation of surplus funds. There
being on! the 30th of Novembor 1869, 1,
400,883,49, andif 81,00,000 had been in
vested in the sane kind of bonds at par,
the Brst •of December. The interest on
the same, to Julyy first 1870 would be 840,
843,34 which now is lost to the Common
wealth by laying idledu the treasury.
lie also Mates that all appropriations
that see made annually for penitentiaries,
lunatic ssyltinui and. other charitable .in
.nrer.expended - by persona- not
required to giteestisfactoryevidenee - of the
faithful'appliotion of the same, --atid-ree
=mends that a law be passed requiring
them to make quarterly settlement in the
Auditor Generals office the stune as other
eflicers of the state are required to ido,
The following statistics are drawn from •
the report of the Superintendent of Com
mon Schools,
There are within the state 1,971 school
districts ' • 13,936 _schools ; 2,445 graded
schools; 12,900 school directors ; 76 su
perintendents; 17,142 teachers, and $l5;
753 pupils. The average cost of tuition
for each pupil is ninety seven cents per
month. The ivhole cost of tuition for the
year is $3,500,704 26, Total cost exclu
ding expenditures of all kinds during the
year 86,986,148. 92. Estimated value of
school property 814,045,632.
There are five districts in the state that
have not conformed to the school - law.
There are four normal schools which have
had an attendance of 10,237 students dn
ring,the past year of whom 321 have
graduated. A Normal school has been
recognised at Bloomsburg during the past
year. Of the whole number of children
m the state .(075,753,) there are 815,752
attending publieschools, 85,000 attending
private schools, and 75,000 not attending
schools of any kind, and the attention of
the legislature is called to the subject of
non attendance. .
SOLDIERS' ORPHANS' SCHOOLS.
0)1,012,325 37
5,241,711 28
109,644 08
The whole number of children admit
ted into these schools from their origin
to the 31st day of May, 1869, is four
thousand five hundred and nine ; of whom
three hundred and seven have been dis
charged on order, five nundred and eigh
leen on age, and fifty three have died; ma
liing a total of eight hundred and seventy
eight, which left three thousand six hun
dred and thirty one in the schools at the
end of the year. Up to May 31, 1869, the
number of discharges from the schools
have exceeded former estimates by one
hundred and seventy five. The number
ofapplications for admission, on file and
not acted on, was seven hundred and one;
some from every county in the state ex
cept six.
The entire cost for maintenance, edu
cation, clothing and general expenses, for
the year ending 31a . y 31, 1869, differs but
little from the original estimate of the
Superintendent and
Amounts to 8300,971 62
To pay which there
t 1,853,774 16
$1,400,8G2 49
was an unexpen
ded balance of $6,004 74
Appropriated AO
11, 18G8,
Appropriated
March 13,
1869,
Bulance un provided fort
For which sum there should be a spe
cial appropriation without delay, to meet
the pressing wants of the teachers of the
different institutions, who have been al
ready compelled to await its layment for
mor more than seven months.
In his last annual report the Superin
tendent estimated the expenses for the cur
rent year terminating May 31, 1870, at
b 4-94,700. The sum aporopriated for that
year, by act of April Pi, IMM, was *450,
000. As the Superintendent reports the
expenses will not materially vary from his
estimate, there will therefore be a deficit
of 544,700 for the current year, to be pro
vided for during the present session.
113,976 56
For the maintenance of these schools
during the year ending May 31, 1871, it
is estimated that $7,34 "iOO will be requir
ed. Which sum I recommend to be ap
propriated with the positive understand
ing that the expenditures shall not ex
ceed that amount
472,406 18
32,814,540 95
is endowed with the sum of *381,500 in
vested in United States and Pennsylvania
bonds yealding an interest this year of
125,351 90, which has been J3aid to the
trustees of the institution. It is under
the direction of a president, and six pro
fessors- Males only, and under the age of
fifteen with a geod common school educa
tion are admitted. There are lb reeexper
imental lams connected with the college
costing in the aggregate 643,889,50.
During the last three years all the staff
officers rendered necessary by the war,
and the different offices established for the
convenience of the soldiers, hare been dis
continued, and the duties formed by them t
as well as the official books and papers, I
have been transferred to the Adjutant
Gen. department.
An unusual martial activity prevails
throughout the state, but more particu
larly in Philadelphia. The encourage
ment which has been afforded to the uni
formed militia has been responded to with
alacrity, and is exhibited as follows : In
1866 there were eight volunteer compa*-
nies ; in 1867 thirty eight; in 1868, sax
tT seven and in 1869, one hundred and
eighty four. No less than one hundred
and seven companies were organized du
ring the year ending November 30, 1869,
of which fifty six are in Philadelphia, and
fifty one in other parts of the state.
The Governor earnestly recommends
that the legislature take into immediate
consideration the subject of furnishing a
suitable home for the soldiers who have
fought our battles for ns a here they shall
be amply provided with the necessary
comforts of life, and no longer be com
pelled to be pensioners upon the scanty
charity of the world, This Is a debt the
state absolutely owes. and no time should
be lost in its honorable liquidation.
He also urges. a ree ision of the insu
rance companies of this state, so that the
same confidence may be established which
new exist in favor of companies of_ neigh
boring states, and , he earnestly repents the
recommoadatiou made to the legislature
at its last session, that an insurance de
partment be established and a superin
tendent appointed by law, who shall have
supervision and control over all insurance
companies allowed to transact business
within the state. The community is deep
ly interested in thispatter, and demands
legislative proteetion.
The Avondale disaster calls forth a rec
ommendation that such a law may be
passed so general and restrictive in its
character as to prevent the occurrence of a
like disaster.
$8G9,482 25
32,810,047 90
A law authorizing a geologie,il survey
of the state should be
. passed by the leg's.
future. It would receive his approval.
He also recommends a thorough hives.
tigation of our state prison government
Ile „recommends the appointinent_ of
another judge ofthe court of nisi prius.
of Philadelphia as the business of the
court. has increased so as to make it ne
cessarY;d., .
In 'view Of the death of Hon. Joseph
/littler ' ..anti ;Hon. David IL Porter,:. ie
conaiders:that it ~would be eminently
pro Per that especial notice should be ta-
uIO2F
400,000 000
50,000 00
456,004 74
44,968 88
AO RICU LTURA L COLLEGE,
)111 IT I.RT
ken of their decease by the legislature. ....Cousins in New Hampshire are mar-
He recommends DO redaction of tariff eying up ahead, in view of the approach
upon-foreign imports,and rather, censures , ing day when it will be wicked and. ilk.-
the adminuitration for lack of eymyathy gal
with strugling Cuba, and alluding to the
banking systembf the country, and a
gradual return to. specie payment, with
out suggesting a definite plan comprises'
about the whole gist of the message.
CIIIIRENT TOPICS.
—A Connecticut pnmpltin has been
mada into.2oo pica.
—There - is Sunday preaching in eleven
London theatres
—Sea Island cotton is being grown ex
tensively iu Texas.
—Chattanooga is called the "city of the
Mountain and Flood."
—Tbe Suez Canal is said to be the la
test form of a "'Mit direct."
—Another of Washington's body ser
vants has just died in Tennessee.
—The Queen of Prussia has joined the
noble army of royal authors.
—Of the sixteen Governors of Pennsyl
vania, seven were of German descent.
—Prentice gave M. M. Pomeroy the so
briquet of " Brick" thirteen years ago.
—Green pars grown in Floridnare sold
in the northern cities at exorbitant prices.
—Morphine is said to be the greatest
'of all modern composers.
—A glass piano has just been invented
by a Mexican genius.
—Garibaldi is reported to be complete
ly restored to health.
—lljornstjerne Bjornson is coming here
to read nest summer.
—Napoleon 111. now goes to bed every
evening at ten o'clock.
—The monogram that makes the most
matrimonial matches is $. •
—Nine women in Worcester think
their husbands are tyrants.
—Saturday organ concerts—tickets ten
cents—are all the rage in Brooklyn.
—A New York girl sold her diamond
engagement ring to buy a velvet suit.
EquerryVandinifis said to be the &tiler
of the babe of ex Queen Mary of Naples.
Miss Redhead is the poetical name of a
histrionic stur now shining in La Crosse.
New Zealand offers $750,000 per annum
for a monthly line of steamers to S. Fran
cisco.
—A "chemical file," for removing corns
has been invented by a Milford (Conn.)
doctor.
—Ladies will be reluctant to learn that
diamond engagement rings are no longer
fashionable.
Ffty two Smiths, witnessed the mar
riage of Enoch B. Smith, at Kokomo,
Ind., last week.
—Miss Garrett has founded two schol
arships for women who wish to study
medicine in London.
—The Cincinnati Commercial wants to
know if the sublime Porte is any better
than Catawba.
—A Baltimore tailor is under arrest for
working on Sunday, and fears his goos,
will be cooked.
—A French 'author has discovered that
Ere was a blonde. We wonder if she used
lemon juice and salerattis.
—The Berlin University will shortly
confer the title of LL D. on several dis-'
ting,uished American statesmen.
—A bank cashier at Zurich, Switzer
land, has been arrested for embezzling
$650,000.
--Somebody has found out that the
Hindoos knew all about vaccination Cen
turies ago.
—Mr. Bergh has brought a man before
the New York courts for skinning a dog
—Senator Pratt, of Indiana, walked
nearly all the way from Maine to the west
in 1832.
—A ttrac bullet killed a child sitting
on its father's knee, in Washington,
Christmas day.
—A young lady of St. Louis has just
been awarded a *12,000 contract for lay
ing street pavement.
—Mr. Edwin Booth and his wife live in
elegant apartments at their own theatre
in New York.
—A Baltimore paper speaks of Henry
W. Beecher as " the great prestidigitateur
of the Holy Bible.'
—A jealous wife in New Orleans poured
boiling water over her unfaithful husband
as he lay asleep in bed.
—John G, Saxe says that " human life
is saft7 at midnight in Paris than in New
York or London at midday."
—A sensible physician says that be
cause a man is given to liquor, it is no
reason why liquor should be given to the
man.
—Let a young woman take the degree
of A. B. that is, a bride, and she may hope
in due time to be entitled to that of A. M.
—Rome laughs over a typographical
error in a letter to the Cardinal Vicar, in
which " immortal Rome" is made " im
moral Rome."
—A little girl seeing a litter of kittens
for the first time, expressed her opinion
" that somebody had shaken pussy all to
pieces."
—The skeleton of a man, murdered in
lowa three years ago, has just been found
identified by a bony bunch on the chin,
and the murderer convicted.
--The reetionary Berlin Xrenz Zeitung
pronounced Ben Butler " the -greatest
living American statesman."
—Adaptation of legal masim to society
(by a matchmaking mother)—" position
is nine points of the hiw."
—A Paris lady is mourning the loss of
her eleventh husband, but expects to com
plete the dozen this season.
—Mus. Dec. being rather an awkward
degree, Fiddle 1). D. is recommended as
the proper thing for musicians.
—Swinton has arrived at San Francis
co, where he will profess, Rhetoric and'
Belles Letters in the California Universi
ty. 0
—Three things that never agree--two
cats over one Mouse', two wives in one
house, and two lovers over one young la
dy.
spunky.bride in Port Itope . ,:eaffa !
da, married the groomsman' because . the:
bridegroom was too drunk to Bilintl.uti.
-The popularity of Offenbach's new
()pull, the • Princess di. Trebizonde," ri
val that of the • " Grand Duchesse,",in
Paris.
—Moils. James Brooks and. S. S. Cox,
of N. Y. and lion. Nathan E. Dixon of
Rhode lsland, ; are each in their fifth term.
—Mr. Ernest Longfellow, a son of the
poet has adopted the profession of por
trait painting, and opened his studio in
Boston.
—ln 1852 some workmen kindled a fire
in a Missouri cod mine to warm them
selves, and last week It nas found still
burning.
—They say in Bert-in that King Will
iam 1., since 1830, paid oqr $1,000,000 as
hush money to deserted and indignant
mistresses.
--Inc employes in a Providence tan
nery have sent Ida Lewis an apron made
of cream colored morocco, with a border in
gold and colors.
—A Yankee editor says that the girls
complain that the times are so hard that
the young men can't pay their addresses.
—A Nevada city merchant advertises—
" old rags of a greenish hue, embellished
with Chase's photagraphs, cheerfully ac
cepted in payment fot stock."
—lt is said that three Roman ladies,
the Princesses Borghese, Viana, and Hos
pigliosi, and the Duchess Salviatilf, rep
resent together more than live millions of
dollars in diamonds.
—An intoxicated individual presented
himself at a New York elation house,
Christmas night, with the request to be
locked up until Monday, since he " could
not abide two Sundays coming together."
—A young lady of Boston was recently
taken to see Hackett in the "Merry wives
of Windsor," and during the play she ask
ed her escort to point ant Mr. Windsor,
as she did not see his name on the bill.
—When the Empress Eugenie first
heard of Atha' llyacinthe's so called de
fection, she is said to have exclaimed,
" what a pity ! the handsome man !"
—Hon. Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, is
the " Father of the House." lie entered
it in 1843, and (having been out from
18M to 1863) is now serving his eighth
term.
—A state Temperance Convention is to
Ix. held in Auburn, Me. on Thursday, Jan.
27. The call is very broad, embracing all
who faros the' suppression of intemper
ance.
—lt seems probable now that the ex
pedition to survey the route for a canal
across the Isthmus of Darien will not
leave nutil after an appropriation has been
made by Congress to defray such expen
ses as will nacessarily be incurred.
—An exchange state that on Monday
morning the 27th ult. Boston had over one
hundred drunkards before the police
court. This is - doing pretty well in a city
where they have a prohibilory law.
An Alarming Symptom
Six cases of killing went to swell the
statistics of assassination in the city and
suburbs of New York last week. 'these
six murders, in and around our sister city
seem sez.tresly to have caused a ripple in
the face of affairs. Whether six find their I
fate, and go hence suddenly and unwant
ed, by the hand of one, or by the hands of
three, would not seem to matter in mak
ing
up the acconnt of the horrible. The
crime is no less whether shared by three
or monopolized by one, and the menace is
the same to society in either case. Yet
the murder of the Kincke family shocked
not only Paris, but the cit ilized world :
while the six tragedies above alluded to
will scarcely provoke comment in a dozen
American newspapers.
This apathy may be considered an alar
ming symptom of the decline in value .
placed upon human life in our midst.—
When Paris paused in its dizzy whirl of
pleasures, and found .lime and heart to
shudder at the crime of Tranpmann, ev
ery thinking person saw that Paris was 1
not wholly lost.
A reckless and wanton disregard of hu
man life pertains to anarchy. Indiffer
ence to the progress cf highest crime
points to that demoralization which ver- 1
ges on chaos. There was a Paris which ,
danced while the blood of its best citizens
dripped from the guillotine: Them is a
Paris, which, with all its frivolty, finds
heart to shudder at the assassination of ;
one of its humblest families.
How much of the apathy with which
similar clinic is viewed here, is due to the 1
familiarization with scends of slaughter
during the great war, we shall not stop to
inquire.
The intense individuality of the age, 1
taking selfishness as its form, will alone
account for the alarming indifference to
the constant menace of steel, and bullet,
and poison. So long as men do not dis
cover the smear of blood upon their own
door-posts; while the burglar confines his
operations to the safe of one's neighbor,
and the curtain of .misfortune covers some
home a block away, murder and assasina
tion have few terrors. The broader view
discloses the mutual dependence of socie
ty, individual interests included in the
common interest, and the brotherhood of
titan. Precisely as we recede from these
safe anchorages do we halt on the path of
Christian civilization, and the vantage
ground from which we should direct /4!
gressive warfare against wrong slides
from beneath our feet.
What vile motives spurred on the per
petrators of these crimes matters not, but
public indifference to the causes of crime,
and to crime itself, is largely responsible
for the murders, arsons and robberies
which alternately become epidemic, and
sweep over the country. —Day.
The Dead of Mg.
List year was remarkable for the deaths
of men prominent in public life. In the
United states we notice the following :
On January Bth, JohnlMinor Botts and'
Gen. Lovell 11. Rousseau ; January 25th,
ex Governor Francis W. Pickens, of Sonth
Carolina ; on March 14th, Janes Guth
rie, of Kentucky, Secretary of the U. S.
Treasury under President Pierce; March
07th, James Harper, the well known book
publisher of New York; July 30th, Hon.
Isaac Tottay, Secretary of the ..liavy un
der President Buchanan ; on Sept. Gth,
Gen. John S. Rawlins, Secretary of War ;
oh Sept. Bth, William Pitt Fessenden, U.
S. Senate; Sept. 10th, Hon::: John Bell ;
Oct Btti;'ei;: President''FMklin Pierce ;
Oct. Ibtli, a GovertioiJcsepli , Rittier, of
. Pennsylvania ; Nov. 4th'; Ceo. Peabody;
the eminent philatithropist • '
Nov. 7th, Li HERIFF'S SALES.—By Attie amity is.
Admiral Charles Stewart ; Nov. 10th, .Li sued by the Court of -Common Pleas of
Gen. ' John Ellis Wool ; Nov. 11, Hon. R. 1 Susquehanna County and to me directed, I will
i elpose to sale by public vendite, at the Court,
J. Walker, Secretary of the TreaSttry nn
14,
der President Polk ; Nov. 12th, Hon. A.
I l i tr e at i o n ne M :7= e ,' on FridaS ' jazi
m., the following dcs-
K ends'', Postmaster General tinder:Presi- eribed pieces or parcels of land, to Grit:
dent Jackson ; Nov. 2lst, lion. Benjamin All the defendant's interest in all that certain
FitzpatriCk, and on Dec. 21, Hon. B. M. piece or parcel of kind situate in Lathrop town-
Stan ton Secretary of war under presidents ship, bounded and described as followa:-,-Ou
Lincoln and Johnson. the north by lauds of Elihu Smith, on the ;mat?
0
and south by public highway, and on--the -wen
- +Co A.- -
by Eno Smith. Containing about one acre,lS FRIDAY AN UNLUCKY DAY ?—Fr i - w ore or less, haring theicon OnaliOtSo ant one
day long remembered hits been an event- burn. (Taken in execution at the suit cellar.
fui one in American history, and Ameri- lor Walker & Co., ra.o. B. Smith.]
cans ought not to he afraid of it. i - ALSO - ---- '-- i'''.^
Friday, Cliistopher Columbus' sailed on All that certain piece or pnrcel of- land alto
his voyage of discovery. I ate in Rush
follows: On the no rth township by lands of-Benjamin
bounded anddeseribed as
Friday, tell weeks after, lie diamoveryll i
wrought and others, on "the that tii under
_ .
America. . ..... j said W ro ught, and Ephraim'
Wrought,..fork the
.. .
Friday, Henry HI.. gave John Cabot
his couunission, which led to the discovery
of North America.
Friday St. Augustine, the oldest town
in the rnited States was founded.
Friday, the Mayflower, with the pil
grims arrived at Princetown, and on Fri
day, they signed the august compact, the
fore runner of the present Constitution.
Friday, George Washington was horn.
Friday, Bunker Hill was seized and for
tified.
Fr;dry, the surrender of Saratoga was
made.
Friday, the surrender of Cornwallis oc
curred ; and on •
Friday. the motion was made in Con
; gress that the United States were, and of
right ought to be free and independent.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
ARRisucno, Jan.:,..
Senate.
The Message of the governor was read
5 - 81 V DILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr. Wallace, of Clearfield, fixing
the salart - of the State Treasurer at $3.000.,
requiring safo bonds; punishing erntiozzte
ment. and motility, it a . misdetnean,r.
punishable by fine and imprisonment. to
loan the money of the Commonwealth
for the.private benefit of the Treasurer;
also, appropriating the annual surplus t. ,
the payment of the state debt. Laid on
the table until the committees are an
nounced.
Mr. Turner, of Luzerne, a general min
ing bill, providing substantially that each
mine shall be furnished to an Inspector:
that on complaint of an Inspector of the
dangerous condition of a mine the Court,
may interfere; that ventilation, pumps,
etc., shall be controlled by an overseer;
that safety lamps shall he used as well
speaking tubes; that the hoisting a ppara.
Ins shall have a mfety catch, and (hat
the car shall be covered ; that bollerri
shall be inspected; that there shall be a
separate Inspector for Lnzerne and that
the Schnskill Inspector shall extend his
sway over Columbia. Northomber!aLa
and [l:within. The Inspectors are to he
appointed on recommendation of a Boanl
to he chosen by the Governor, by practi-
cal coal miners and Mining Isnginee,,
and the Court of Common Pleas. (This
bill is understood to be sanctioned by tho
Miners' Union of the LuZernc district.)
Laid on the table.
r. Turner, incorporating the A von -
dale H e lier Absociation, Coinsidercd 1,11
;notion “t - 31 r. Turdrr, pasi,d theo.
the first readiwz, when l it was laid ui er.
on motion. of Mr. White. in ordor to as , -
certain whethor it wa , F..trotig
in regard to the personal liability of the
trustees (the treaters are the same at pre-
sent).
Mr. White, of Indiana. providing for
calling a convention to make g neral
amendments to the Constitution. The
people to vote at the next October elec
tion for or againxt the convention. the
time for which is designated at Novem
ber-7, 1870. Laid on the table.
Mr. Howard, of Allegheny offend a res
ohll ion declaring it to be the sense (Jr the
ti.nate that the paper called the 1), , i1y
Legislalire ller:)roi.(containing the speech
es of member.) shall no long e r ly• publish
ed at the ex pons Of the state. The re,o
lution excited debate in which Mr. Brown
of Northampton charged that the Remo/
last year had been falsified.
Mr. Olmstead moved to amend by ad
ding time words " tinder the present con
tract," which was done, and the r.solutiom
was passed. Adjo: n toil.
The Clerk of the !louse read the Gov
ernor's Message immediately, after which
a committee was chosen to try the con
tested election case' of Graham (Repub
lican) vs. Mooney (Democrat). Sixth
Philadelphia District. By some unusual
chance the committee which was drawn
consisted of eight Democrats and but one
llepublimn. The Committeemen are
Messrs. Milliken, McAteer, Forsyth. Bow
man, Curlin. Dimmick. Brobt.
and Hall. Adjourned?
The total number of business failures
in the United states in 1869 was '2,799.
against 2,608 in 1868, and the aggregate
liabilities were 875054,000, against *63.-
774.000 thg previous year. ln 1867 there
were 2,780 failures, with i,596,666,000 lia
bilities, the largest number since 1861,
during which year there Were 6,993, with
liabilities amounting to $207,210,000,
which sum was exceeded by 1857 With
4.932 failures, and liabilities aggregating
$293.750,000. From this it appears that
the failures - of 1869 have not been exces
sivebneither in number nor amount, in
view of the dullness of trade, the depress-
ion existing the greater part of the year.
:tad above all, the large depreciation in
values which the year has witnesed. The
unpaid obligations of the parties who
failed, in proportion to the volume of
trade and to the capital now employed it)
business, form a per centag,e far less than
in any ante-war year subsequent to 1850
so that, instead of creating alarm as to
the present, or distrust as to the future,
the failures of 1569 indicate a strength
and stability at once gratifying and assur
ing. The total number of failures in
Pennsylvania last year was 306, with liar
bitities amounting to $7,844,000. .
DOES EVERYBODY KNOW?—II they
don't, they should know that the PIREBE
13AKEE SALVE (see advertisement in this
day's paper) is the most extraordinary
salve ever known. Its power to allay
pain, to soothe suffering, to heat wounds,
Sc., is very wonderful.
Our Drugg ists in town, we are told, are
giving away stiffen trail boxes. 7 - 7 — Now
we Aay,,gia a
nd,get one, and try it.
,If it
does.all sayot will, „7: - .V7Then nuoN'T
BB A DA w4noßt a .Pot in the
llot - SEREADVfor use.
404 --
-:knenTo Couple in Kentucky have
had -1;3 oh7ldrep, and the county remits
their taxes- c.onsideration of "distin
guished-services done to, the State , •
--The:NeUrVork'S'unr/ely TitOS ktiowa
a Congressman who Itlltnf6, sew's tome,
niftier his Nick, enough public diieunietns
to sell for'W Ootiple of liindred:dollarsi u.
waste paper.
,-
south by lauds of Ephraim Wrought, andon
the wust by lands of Caroline Waterman. , Cita
taining 30 noes, more or less, with3about.lo
acres improved, having thereon 1 framodhatne,
and a small orchard.. [Taken, in. execution at
the suit of A. A. Wood, iv. George Potter.]
'ALSO , •
All that certain e icee or parcel of Jand altu
' ate in the township of Silver Lake, bounded
and described as follows: Beginning at a post
in the north-west corner of Joint Gorman's lot
on the Qbetiango turnpike, thence along , said
turupike.nerth, GO perches to a Most :corner 'of
T. Is.ain's'land, thence along said Sain'sland
cast, 201 perches to a post iii the north( weat tior!
tier of land belonging to S. 11. Sayre, thence
along said Sayrr'sland, south, 60 perches to a
, post at the north east corner of John Gorniatil
' lot, thence along said Gorman's land west, tO6
perches to pines of beginning, containing "76
, acres more or less; having thereon 1 frame dwell
! ins house, 1 barn,l orchard, and part improved.
aken in execution at the putt or Leotard
! Searle, assigned to 1) D. Searle vs..Teire 13yan.]
ALSO . . •
All that certain piece or parcel of land situate
in the township of Lenox, coniity of Susque
hanna, and State of Permsylvania,Aloutued
northerly by land of John Sheridan, essterlrpy
Lulls of A. C. Sisson, .lame Hartle)_', and ----
Maloney, southerly by lands of 3i.* B. HartteY.
and westerly by the Tunkhanneek. Creek. Con
tamping fifty acres more or has, all 'unimproved.
Also, all that certain other piece of
ate as atbresaid, bounded and described at -fol
lows: On the north by lands of Jamel:f4ll
- and A. C. Sisson ; on the cast by: anda
Jenks Sprague ; on the south by the BtOoklyn
and Lenox turnpike road, and on the west by
Lund. of E. Vanloan. Containing 30 acres, more
or less. [Taken in execution at the suit of Wal
ter O. Sterling vs. Wm. Hartley.]
ALSO 'e' s -
All that certain piece or parceliof land situate
in New li.lford township, hounded and describ
ed as follows: Beginning at a post - and stows
the west corner of C. Waldo's hind, thence-AT
land of said Waldo north, forty-five and cirie
half degrees cast, filly--five and one-half perch - -
es 14, post and stones; thence north forty-six de-,.
green n is.it 42 perch. to maple.in swautp;thentas
n. 411 east, 1.01 perches to post and stonesis tor ,
ner or John I.lmdrt,rd's lot, being the east side'
4,f tin l'4,rse road; thence along said road north,
fort) -fOr degrees west, twenty-seven perch
thence north t wen ty-three one-hair degrees weer,
thirty-six one-hall perches to post uud stokes,
being the east side or said road, a corner of a
1,4 of 1.41 , 1 formerly surveyed to Alanson • Mer
ritt ; Holm,/ by a line of said 3lerritt's lot, south
tarty-sip degrees west, one timid - fed and n)ni
teen p-rthes to post and stones ; thence north
forty-tour degrees west, sixty-five perches to
post and stones in line of James Cluspinar4
tract ; thence south forty-six degrees west, tatty
eight one-half perches to post and stones, in Ohl
inal corner; thence south forty-three one- f
degreta east, one hundred and suety-nine perch
es to place of beginning. Containing ninety:
lour ,a 4) sent, forty-six 146) perches of tandmore
or having thereon one framed house. ['l's
ken itt eseetttton at the suit of IL Garrett vs.
Jacob W,•lll.lan.]
-ALSO
Ali that certain piece .Jr parcel of land lsitte
ate in I iudi township, bounded and described as
t allow : kteginifing on the Ridge Road at a
corner of Daniel Devine's land, thencs- by isal4
Ibieine south 48 degrees east, 123 perches- I.ola.
corner o f said Devine, thence by said 'Devine
and Nathaniel Hillis south 44 degrees west 10
pro-la 'a t,, Martin l'crigo; thence north 46 de
e,t, 14 perches, and south 50 degrees
nest, Hi; 4-10 perches, north 20 degrees ,Feet:
24 perehus, south 70 clegret west, 40 perches, to
a cross road, thence by the same north: 20 Alp
. goes we -4, ilk perches to thelliageltnao'; thence
lands of 11 in. IN'ilcos and Hare, north
15 degrees west, 00 perches, to a corner of Wtn.
if. 1.),,,e1's land, thence by said Win: - H. Denel
north lit ,b7,, , rees east, 105 5-10 perches to lever
ucr of George W. Devine's land, thence by, tho
cone south al d %grecs east, sti perches- to the
place of beginning, having thereon 1 • frame
house, 4 frame barns, corn house, hog pen, and
an orchard. Containing 200 acres of, land more
ur less, nit It the appurtenances. [Taken - in'ex
ecution at the snit of William• Cruse to the 'us&
uf Deuel vs. A. B. CratVford.l
- i1.',0-
All that certain piece or parcel of land Situate
in N.-'.e lLdonl town hip, bounded and thzeriti-
NI an tolloa 4: Beginning at a stond - cornen
thence h ) land formerly of Enoch Smith . ribridt
4; 1 4 tlegrets east, 4S 1.1.10 perches to a port itiad
stout• corner thence by land of John Williams.
north, 4:;1 2 riogrets west, ;13 040 perchm to the
middle of the New Milford and 'Jackson...toad;
thebee north ti2M, degrees west, 43 2-10 perches
to a post in the tniddleof aforesaid road; thence
by lands of Rufus Walworth south 7 degrees
west, 15 3-10 perches, to a post; and thence' by
the same south 42U degrees east, 103 perches in
the place of beginning. Containing ..t3 acres
122 perches of land, be the same more or kw,
a' ill the appurtenances, lutving thereon 2 frame
houses, 2 barns, and a small orchard. [Taken .
in execution at the suit of Susunehatmatour r dy
vs. John Wahnorth and L IL 1k.r.k.1
—ALSO— ,
AU that certain piece or parcel of land CM
ate in Hush Township, bounded and: described
•as follows : Beginning on the Ridao,ROad' ' at a
corner of Daniel Devine's land, thence by, add
Devine south 48 degmei cast 125 perches to a
corner of said Dertne, thence, by said Devine
and Nathaniel Hillis math 44:degrees wed, 109
perches to Martin Pcrigo ; thence north 40
grees West, 11 perches, and south 50 degi
west, 107 4-10 perches, north 20 degrees west,
24 perches, multi 70 degrees wed, 40 perches. to
a cross read, thence by same north 20 de
, grecs 70 perches to the Ridge Road; thence
! by lands of Wm. Wilcox and Hare, north
18 degrees west, 00 perches, to n cornerof Wen.
11. Dena s land, thence by said Wm. H. - Deceit
" north 01 degrees east, 105,5-10 perches 10-11.
cor
ner of George W. Derbies land, - thencer hy the
same south 51 degrees cast, 58' perches to thb
place of beginning, hating thereon 7.• Paxnei
house, 4 frame barns, corn house, hog - pen, 'lad
an orchard. Containing 200 acres at land more
or leas, with the appurtenances. [Taken in - eX:
coition at the suit of John NY. Lott ; :vs., A. B.
Crawford.]
-ALSO
AU that certain piece or parcel of land altuate
in the town:at ip of Gibson, bounded 'and deiertb
ed ac follows: On the north and east try hotdof
Charles Howell, on the south by the public mad
leading l from the Great Bend ,and Ootaliectoro f
Turnpike to Boudoir, and west, by. Me ,Sitoiat ,
Bend and Coeheeton Turnpike ,Road;. contain
ing, about one acre of land more or leas,initt o
frame house and all linpmcCd. (Taken -10.; exa
cid ion at the suit of Oscar Washburn :Atimittia
trator of D. M. Smiley deed vs. F. F.ltodginil
W. T. .11.0XLEY,. _Sheriff.
Sheritra Office, Montrose; Dec.-20,180a
NEW YOUK PRODUCE NILAEAVEt,4!
Corrected weekly by William Hod3don, 231
Fulton St., New York:
Week ending Tani 8,1818.;i;
Butter, pall
tirkin
Cheew, dairy, per lb
" factory "
Eggs, per doz ...
Flour, per • '4.INKAib. 73
Corn meal, 100 lbs. 1.10/21.00
Wheat, per bushel ; 153214 ;
Rye • 1300 I{
Oats " • -. 1 'MA
Corn
Hops, crop of 1669: ":1:1 ,
Beef, alleS,perlb ; .. 84411
Hogs, ". . • .......;.'130)15
Potutoep., per bbl.,. , , ;,504,134j5
Tuel 14010, per lb,. - • -•
Chic • s
.„ .. 124[415
low: ""- .. - . .
tarCorti dosed on Satfildny Instott