t'hc gitmonint.
P., IS. HANLEY; 'EDITOR.
NIONTIIOO4't . PENN 9 . I i
WEDNESDA V, SG, 1870.
Moro Esidtglee.
Henry L Dawes, Republican Congress
man from Massachusetts, put, in . sotm/
stunning blows upon the reckless extravi t
agance of Grant's administration. MA
speech Was called forth on the question of
the .ppopazd transfer of the Philadelphia
navy yard.
De charged the administration with un
precedented extravagance, and said that
Congress alone could save the Republican
party from shame and disgrace. For the
first year of Grant's administration there
were fully nine million dollars more ex
pewled than there were for a year of
Johnson's administration. Re criticised
severely the recommendation of the Post
master'Uengal for abolishing the frank
ing pH: dew, and showed that if every
member and Senator sent eight hundred
dollars each day, at the usual mte of.post
age, the franking privilege would pot cost
the government two hundred thousand
dollars per year. The five millions spo
ken of by the Postmaster General was a
figure of speech and, unlike other figures,
could be made to do something else be
sides telling the truth.
He said the administration talked of
reducing the debt. It must first reduce
the expenditures and estimates which had
been sent to the common appropriation.
This speech
,created great excitement,
and his allusion to "Itie-attier,end of the
avenue," gave rise to much laughter on
the Democratic side. Judgo Kelly de
fended the administration as best he
could, and spoke in favor of the League
Island and transfer bill, but the indica
tions are that the bill will be defeated
when it again comes up.
There seems to be a great deal of "
un
pleasantness" in Radical ranks, not only
an the State Capital, but at the National
Harem. It is encouraging to have the
facts conic out, so that the people may
know what their public servants are do
ing. and when they are called upon to
pay their tithes they will have the satis
faction of knowing where some of it has
gone, at least.
The name and character of Mr. Dawes
are well knolim to the reading public,and
such au exposition cannot be winked at.
Do the people want further evidence that
retrenchment and reform is necessary?—
If they (10. they need but continue the
present leaders in power and "he that
runneth may read." .
Tise - raet at Last.
Our readers will agent notie that the
gate of would-be official authority as been
closed against us in the matter of publish
ing Real Estate cbanges, none appear
ed in our columns for a week or two past.
We were inclined to believe at first that
there should be no reason for any objec
tion to, the publication of them, and we
frankly and openly, called upon any one
who could to give us a reason, and no
one has responded, and the truth is plain
that there is no ground for such objection
either in law or common sense.
- Rut when all beating about the bush
with tip flimsy argument- of the obje.e
tions of other parties has failed, the real
cause of gr:ef has been forced out at last,
which is this : We were furnishing by
some considerable trouble and labor a
duplicate record in our columns which
might be of benefit to some of the people
of Susquehanna county, who live a day's
journey from the efferrty seat, and save
them the great inconveniencf coming
to Montrose for the purpose of learning
these facts, and also depriving the Regis
ter and Recorder from the' lucrative busi
ness of charging them twenty Cents for a
search. The real factsthe matter
these. There is a fee hilP t which ows,
and very properly to the Register and Re
corder a fee of ,tarty cents, for every
search 'which he is called upon to make,
provided no other duty is performed for
which he receives fees. But there is no law,
reason, common sense oFiJnstice, that pre
vents any one making a personal search
of the Records in the Register and ReCi:fr
der's office, as that office is purposely for
public inspection, and wp in ppblishing
this record.are doing the peoplC of Sus
quehanna county a great favor' and not
encroaching upon the rights of the Recor
der in the least. He is fully paid for the
duties of his office at the rate of one cent
for every eight words- Which lie records.
We do not wonder that there is such a
scrambling for the " loayesiind fishes" if
the petty officials who get well paid by
the immunities of their office hate aright
to make' laws for their own - pecuniary
benefit. We - have heard of that fignous
pet iThger who used to mannfalture
Lan. sboro Law," and we-are inclined
to think that these officials must be pros- 1
(Ape., his. We have called upon both
lawyers and judges of
, the court, and no
one has claimed that we have not the le
gal and honorable right as it citizen of
Susquehanna county to a free* search of
those Records, and to publish the same:
But we have no inclination M be in a puh
lic broil with the nabobs, who have been
so long accustomed to butter"the. bread
from the public -crib and it out to the
common. people to suit their faitq.
• - If there isa patent on the Records of this
i.county,and no one has a right to,theni ex
eept he pays. taventy . cents to the Register
and Recorder for . ":seareb, i we world be
°lad to have some saie show us the an
-Iwilt be , cOntent. %Con.
thority et it
. ... • '
fee:al - win - I . f; furnished with •sucl facts, we
Shall consider it a contemptible act of pet
ty official authority without any fonnda
. to drop the Inutter
ere and rely upon th0,,, , g00d sense off he
()four coin mitnity to -re . nderjus-'
Om .matter;in"-the, and , believe that the
.
time 'seeming when the " tables of the
money chargers vt . ho profane the Temple
will be upset." •
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The entuloed County System.
~ .. .
There was a formal adoption of the
Crawford:County System by the Republi
cans of this County last week, 12 districts
casting 21 votes for, and 8 districts 16
against: the system; leuVing 14 districts in
the county unrepresented, which EtCCMS to
be not very satisfactory to the leaders, as
it plainly shows thet the break in the Ring
slate dues not "Grow" any better.
The editor of the Republican seems to be
grammatically mad, and vents his spleen
on an article which appeared in this pa-,
per last week. 11 - says that the lauguagei
conveys nothing, but he nearly exhaust
himself, and expends about half a colunn '
in trying to refutt it; proving by his ow
language that he iS the greater iguo7 -
rims. He says it is none of our burin ss
what the Reptiblicens do ; but we m st
differ with him, for we shall continue o
expose their 'rascality whenever we deem
it best, He is, however, very much like
the boy who was attending his sister's
funend and espied one of his playmates
weeping, and on meeting him afterward
set upon him in a furious manner, say
ing, "I'll let you know that it was none
of your funeral, you had no business to
cry." We are well aware that is not our
funeral, and had we known that the said
editor would be so sensitive, we would not
have encroached upon his private hours
of grief. We give the editor however this
consolation that we shall not mourn the
death of that " rotten" clique, and we are
pleased to know that there is but a small
minority in the county who can be classed
among the mourners. Sorrows and af
flictions often purify the heart, and we
hope that this dispensation of public feel
ing will be a good lesson to the Ring 31es
, ters of Susquehanna county.
— President Grant has finally mus
tered up courage enough to write the
word " veto." It is not any unconstitu
tional net that be thus forbids to become
a law, but a little bill allowing a Conser
vative named White to bar.. a hearing be
ford the Commissioner of Patents rslative
to an improvement upon pistols. The
case involved no great intellectual labor,
and the President is doingas well as Add
be expected after such an unusual effort.
The New Governor.
On Friday lust Jolin W. Geary I. re
tired
from the gubernatorial office and
Major General John AV. Geary 11. was in
stalled into the office of Governor of Penn
sylvania.
The inaugural is a gmutPlo
<pent document ; it is Geary all over, in
the; beginning, the middle and the end.
.Beast the reader should get the .two
Geary's confounded, we will explain. The
Governor Geary who was inaugurated
three years ago was the men who "fought
the battle above the clouds." The one •
now inaugurated is Major GeMtral John
W. Geary, " that tall noble Woking sol
dierly man. whom Stonewall Jackson
pointed out in his, dying moments, and
said, " beware of Gen. Geary!"
Thus are the brave made happy, assist
ed by a few fraudulent votes-in Phihtdel
phia and the foolish split in Luzerne.—
I The colored troops fought nobly at the in
atiguration in the rote of lunch " fiends,"
but the - firemen did not tight with them.
Not Much.
non. Geo. W. Woodward.
Judge Woodward is thus pictured by a
fetriale correspondent of the New York
Tribune :
"The ernest, strongest speaker among
the Democrats, was Judge Woodward, of
Pennsylvania. He is a man of noble pres
ence, witiro fine head and massive fea
tures, marked by a peculiarly despondent
yet resolute expression. He stands six
feet three, and every inch a Democrat It
is a pity to see so mach man wasted.—
Neither by nature nor by choice a politi
cian, thoroaghly. honest and conscien
tious,. he braces himself with east iron
rigidity against the wild current of popn
lar Teas—against- the mighty floods of
Radicalism. He would stand on the old
Democratic platforni "amid the wreck of
matter and the crash of worlds." Ofstrong
and it seems to me narrow prejudices, of
bitter and .unrelenting political animosi
ties, he is yet a mangy whom opponents, as
well as associates mhst respect. He is the
embodiment of oppasitiorns-of protest He
would scarcely mini with the current, if
the current would turn and go with him.
For him the victoriOs of Republicen legis
lation are melancholy occasions—funeral
days. He seems already in mourning fur
a departed Republic, done to death by the
fanaticism, and atheism of the Radical
party in power. lie really believes these
things, and takes them deeply to heart.
Were it not for Christian faith that God
reigns over, all, "think lie would quite
despair. Well, he is a good Democrat,
but a better man. His nature bath, to
Republican taste, a somewhat rough and
bitter rind, but-within it is sweet and
wholesome, with all kindly and loyal af
fection&
—Gov. Hoffman's message, delivered to
the legislature of 1869, is regarded as a
model of excellence.. Its views about spe
cie_ payments are admirable,
and its ar
guments are unanswerable. Republicans
nbuse,his intentions, but cannot eontra
vert his positions.
--SonitOr WiWimp; of Oregon, propo
tea that financial agents of the govern
ment go into the market and offer to na
deem green baclia at the rate of one dollar
and ,twenty cents in paper money. ;
—George- Denison `, Prentice ied in
Louisville, on Saturday, the ..2 41 inst.
His remains were token to Cavell II cent.
etary on the 24 1thWherothey were buried
with masonic houora; - He , wag' 6 se*
I • Tireteiiigiiitiiie.
Jan. lgth.—ln The &nate, the bill to
repeal all laws exempting certain real es
tate of Philadelphia from 'local taxation,
was reported troni.committee, and referr
ed to u special etkomittee of Philadelphia
mentbers. Other bills were reported as
To amend the charter of the United
States Armor and Steel Company.
To incorporate the Woman's Brunch of
the Pennsylvania Society for the preven
tion of cruelty to animals.
The bill to authorize the Philadelphia
and Darby 'Railroad Company to lease
their road, property, etc. Passed.
A bill to enable the Philadelphia Libra
ry Company to act as trustee under the
will of Dr. Rush, was introduced.
In the House, a resolution relative to
Philadelphia wharves and docks, passed.
Jan. 20th.—In the Senate petitions
were presented in favor of allowing the
people to vote on licenses, and fur the ab
olition of the death penalty.
• Bills were introduced firing the Ant
Thursday in March for final adjournment.
For repealing the third section of the
act of the 25th March, 1867, relative to
Judicial sales, and the preservation of the
lien mortgages.
Making the mode of votina ° uniform
throughout the Commonwealth.
A resolution was offered to inquire if
any additional Supreme Judges are need
ed hi the Commonwealth.
The following were transmitted by the
Governor :
Creating a department of instruction'
for the education of the youth and others
of the Commonwealth.
Providing for taking an enumeration of
the taxable inhabitants of the State.
Providing for the support of the poor.
In the House a resolution to print 5,-
000 copies of the Governor's message was
lost, 35 ayes to 50 nays : also the Senate
bill increasing the Governor's salary, re
ported negatively.
The Speaker of the House has appoint
ed a committee to ascertain the manner
in which the State monies are kept in the
Treasury, .and to ascertain whether there
have been abuses.
CONGRESSIONAL SCHRAM'.
JA LA RY ith.—ln the Senate various
petitions and memorials relative to such a
modification of the revenue laws as shall
relieve maimed and disabled soldiers, fur
the abolition of the franking privilege, for
the - removal of political disabilities, and
for pensions to soldiers of the war of
1812, were read and referred. The bill
prohibiting the assignment of offivers on
half pay to duty entitling them to full pay
passed. The Virginia bill came up, and
a motion to tablee.he Senate bill and take
up the House bill was earnestly discussed,
and finally prevailed.
In the louse, bills were introduced as
follows : To amend the steamboat, pas-
Boner act ; to repeal the tonnage tax on
American vessels ; for the adjournment
of Congress on the 12th of April ;
for the
taking of oaths in reconstructed states ;
for the disposition of the public lands in
certain states ; making a grant of lands
for a railroad from the Texas line to a
point near Viokebrlrg ; to pay a scitrill
salary as Associate Justiee of the Supreme
Court to the widow of Mr. Stanton ; to
declare void all acts of legislative: and
other state officers, disabled under the
third section of the fourteenth amend
! ment ; to permit manoseript4 and correc
ted proofs to pass between authors, eor
respondents of n ews p a p ers , an d publish
ers. at rates of printed matter ; to l'Siltb
lish a postal telegraph system ; and to
I regulate certain Salari,s.
J.% NU .1.11 Y 18[11.-111 the Senate, vtirions
petitions were presented and referred.
File vice President appointed Mr. Ham
lin a regent of the Smithsonian Institnte,
vice,Fessendeu, deceased. The Virginia
bill was taken up, and dilteuttsed at length
by Senators Thayer, Nye, Stewart and
Morton. During the speech of the latter,
a motion to adjourn prevailed.
In the House, the transfer of the Navy
Yard to League Island was considered.
Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, opposed the
j bill, and several bills were introduced,
I among which was one to reduce the num
ber of commissioned officers in the arms-.
JANUARY I.9th.—ln the Senate, vari-
one petitions and memorials relating to
the Military Academy, and to the abolition
of the franking privilege, were presented. I
Bills were introduced granting lands to
various railroad enterprises, and referred.
The Virginia bill was then discussed at ;
length.
In the House, resolutions relating to'
officers of the army acting in the Georgia
Legislature, as a committee on elections, ,
to invalid pensions, and to harbor im
provements, were then adopted. A reso- 1
lution to adjourn on the second Tuesday
in April was rejected. Bills were intro
duced
to amend the bank rapt law, to pro
vide for the Niagara Ship Canal. and for
the relief of certain officers and enlisted
men. The League Island bill was taken I
rip and eonsidered.
JANUARY 20th.—IR the Senate, Mr.
Anthony presented a comninnimtion from I
the Governor of Rhode Island presenting I
to Congress a marble shape of General I
I I
Nathaniel Greene ; and a joint resolution
offered by Sumner, thanking the GoVer-
nor, and assigning"tlie statue a plaee in
the Old Hall, was passed.
The Virginia question was discussed,
several amendments being offered to the
Bingham bill.
A memorial from Utah for admission
as a State was presented.
JANUARY 21st.—Petitions were receiV
, ed on various subjects, and among others,
one praying for a sixteenth amendment to
the Constitution, in favor of universal sa
tfrage. Several petitions fur the abolition
rf the franking privile,ge were also preseth
ted, and the course of the Postmaster GeM
was sharply criticised by Senators. The
Virginia bill taken up, Mr. Norton hav
ing the floor. lie was followed by Mr.
Trumbull, who fired a volley at Mr. Sum
ner ; Mr. Sumner replied. Both speeches
were quite acrimonious. •
===
1 3 °Tliis week the National Woman's
Suffrage Convention will be held iu Wash
ington. The leading:objects are stated
to be the enfranchisement of women in
the District of Columbia, and passage of
the sixteenth amendment to the Censti-
_ .
tution. .To secure that object,llev. Hen
ry Ward Beecher, Bishop Simpson, Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Theo(lfge Tilton,
and other old women of both sexes will be
present.
"Send us brief statements of every suc
cessful doing of women," says the Revolu
tion I and the Newark Courier reports : .
" We comply with pleasure. A Newark
woman has of late successfully done her
hittiband out ,of $l,BOO, and eloped with
another man,. Furt her particulars given
if t1e5.:144! -;'
Latzerfoes Extent/veil - 4 fn the *wry.
• Just now, when wheat hardly pays for
raising, and the farmers of Chester and
Lancastei_counth!s are resolving, in meet
ings held Tor thut purpose, to reduce the
wages of agricultural labor one fourth ;
while bustuesS'Of all kinds isAtag,nant,
and thouslands of men ardout or employ
ment, there ought to be abundant oppor
tunity for the tax payers to make them
selves acquainted with the manner in
which the vast sums of moneywrung from
them are being expendeny the party in
power. There is much talk of economy
m the administration of General Grant,
but it all comes front the lips and the pens
of interested parties from the men who
live by politics, and grow fat oit.the
spoils of office, and get rich by the emolu
ments of party patronage. The army and
the navy are not being reduced as they
should be in time of peace, and it is safe
to say these'arms of the public service are
rusting the country fully twice as much
as they should do under existing circum
stances. With a military man for Presi
dent, one who keeps half a dozen full
fledged Generals on full pay, standing
about the doors of the white house to do
the part of ushers and to attend to other
light duties, such a state of affairs is to be
expected. Yet the Republican press in
general has not one word of condemnation
for extravogance which prevails. The N.
Y. Nun, a little more independent than
most radical journals, speaks out occasion
ally. It culls attention to a gross abuse in
the navy as follows :
During the war, when hundreds of ves
sels were arriving and departing from the
New York station weekly, the comman
dant of the Navy Yard, needed no assis
tance from any One in receiving reports.
inspecting vessels, and superintending
their dep:irtum But now when we have
a ; single vessel arrive in a month, we have
a Port Admiral to receive her comman
dor's report, and to utter the stereotyped
congratulation upon his safe arrival. Let
us consider for a moment what it costs
the country to support this blue and gold
appendage to official dignity. Take for
instance our own New York station. At
the foot of Wall street lies the Frolic, fit
ted up in magnificent style, with- gor
geous trappings and luxurious apartments
manned by twelve officers and one hun
dred seamen. and detailed for duty as flag
ship of the Port Admiral of the New York
station. The items of her expenditure for
one year will be :
Pay of Port Admiral,
Puy of one master (stalf,)
-
Pay of one ensign (staff)
Pay of Frylies twelve (Akers,
Pay of Frolic's seamen, one hun
dred at 13240 per year each,
One hundred and twelve rations,
at Wu per reareach.
One thousand tons coal the Frol
ic will burn the nextsnmmer in
pleasure ezcurz•ions alone
Wear and tear of vessel and cost of
beeping liar equipped and in re
puir,
Total perfNikar,
This of course does not include the cost
of fitting out the Frolic, which may safely
he estimated.a.t42o.o(o more. - Mai 'on
Port Admiral, at the end of the year will
have cost the nation just $lOO,OOO, and
we have seven of them—one at every na
val station
When the radical farmers of Chester
county boil another rpeering. for the pur
pose of reducing the wages of agricultural
laborers, we hope sonic workingmen will
cull their attention to the doings of the
party in power. An array of facts could
em.ile he pratlure•d which would create a
very decided sensatitm in such an usstun
biage,
Ages and Naas - 111es of Congressmen
Schuyler Colfhx.of Indiana, Vice Presi
dent of the United States, is ex officio
President of the Senate. George C. Gor
ham of Calfornia, is Secretary, having
been chosen in 1868 to succeed John W.
Forney, of Pennsylvania, who had held
the office seven years. John R. French,
of North Carolina, is Sergeant at arias.
Henry Anthony, of Rhode Island, was at
the last session elected Preiident pro tern
pore of the Senate, to serve in the absence
of the vice President. Of th e sixty six
Senators, forty six are lawyers, three
(Browlow Harlan and Upton) clergymen,
nod seventeen engved in ordinary mer
cantile or financial pursuits. Seven Sen
ators (Abbot„ Ferry, Schurz, Spencer,
Sprague, Thayer and Warner) reached the
rank of general in the army during the
late war, while Messrs. Kellogg, Osborn
and Ross &IA cc! in less exalted capacities.
The oldest Senator is Simmi Cameron,
of Pennsylvania, bunt March 8, 1709.
The youngest is Thomas W. Osliorn. of
Florida, born Afareli 9, 1839. Bet weer
the ages of sixty and seventy are Messrs.
Buckingham. of Connect Lad; Day of Ken
tucky, Gilbert of Florida, Hamlia of
Maine. Howard of Mithigall. and Vickers
of Maryland, Between fifty and sixty are
Anthony of Rhode Island: Drake of Mis
souri, Benton of New York. Grimes of
lowa, Hamilton of Ma-viand. Howe of
Wisconsin, 31cCrerry of :Kentneky..l. S.
Morrill of Vermont, lii 31. Morrill of
Maine. Nye of Nevada, Pomeroy of Kan
sas, Pratt of Indiana, itausey of Minnes
ota, Sumner mad Wilson of 3fassaehusetts,
Thurman of Ohio, Tiptot of Nebracka,
Trumbull and Yates of Illinois, and Wi
ley of West Virginia. Between forty and
fifty are Abbott and Pool tf North Caroli
na, Boreman of West VirOnia, Brownlow
and Fowler of Tennessee, Bay and Sauls
bury of Delaware, Carpenter of Wiscon
sin, Casserly, and Cole of California,
Coukling of New York, Corbett and Will
iams of Oregon, Crain and Patterson of
New Hampshire, Edmunds of Vermont,
Ferry of Connecticut,. Harlan of lowa,
Harris of Louisiana, Morton of Indiana,
Norton of Minnesota, Rick. of Arkansas,
Robertson and Sawyer of South Carolina,
Ross of Kansas, Schurz of Missouri, Scott
of Pennsylvania, Sherman of Ohio, Stew
art of Nevada, Stockton of Now Jersey,
Thayer of Nebraska, and Warner of Ala
bama. The Senators who have not yet
reached the age of forty are Kellogg of
Louisiana, Osborn of Florida, Spencer of
Alabama. Sprague of Rhbde Island, and
McDonald of Arkansas:,
Messrs. Cole, Conkßug; Fenton, Gil
bert, Harris { Nye, Rico, Spenser, Stewart
and, Williams were born In New York ;
Messrs. Drake, Fowler,
Hotta`, Ross,
Sherman, • Tipton, and Warn* in Ohio ;
Carpenter, Crugin, Edmund‘ Howard,
Kellogg, and Justin S. Morrill in Ver
mont ; Abbott, Chandler, Grimes) Pat
terson and Wilson in New Hatn_Pal'ita
Boreman, Cameron, McDonald, 3lamsey,
and. Scott in Pennsylvanik ; Corbett,
Pomeroy, Sawyer,. Sumner, and Thayer in
Massachusetts,; Hamlin, Howe, , Lot M.
Morrill, and Platt in Maine ; Bpeking-
Aum, Terry, and:Trumbull in Connecti.
. .
cut. ; Brownlow, Thurman, and Willey in
Virginia; Cattell, Osborn, and Stockton,
in New Jersey ; Anthony and Sprague in
Rhode Island ; Bayard and Saulsbury in
Delaware; 'Davis, McCreery, and Yates in
Kentucky • Hamilton and Vickers in Ma
ryland ; darlan in Illinois ; Morton in
Indiana ;Tool in North Carolina ; Rob
ertson in South Carolina ; Schurz in Ger
manv. and Casserly in Ireland •, Vice
President Colfax is 46, and was born in
New York.
Mr. Boreman has been Governor of W.
Virginia, Mr. Brownlow of Tennessee,
Mr. Buckingham of Connecticut, Mr.
Fenton of New York. Mr. Grimes of lowa,
Messrs. Hamlin and L M. Morrill have
both been Governors of Maine, Mr. Mor
ton of Indiana, Mr. Nye of Nevada, Mr.
Ramsey of Minnesota, Mr. Yates of Uh
-1 nois, and both Messrs. Anthony and
Sprague of Rhode Island. Tne grundfa
' ther and father, and also the uncle of Mr.
Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware, have
been Senators of the United States. Mr.
Cameron of Pennsylvania, was formerly
Secretary of War, and Mr. Harlan of lowa
Secretary of the Interior; Mr. Hamlin, of
Maine, was Vice President of the United
States from 1861 to 1865. The Legislature
of Georgia has elected Joshua Hill and
Homer V. M. Miller Senators from that
state, and Messrs. J. F. Lewis and J. W.
Johnston have been chosen from Virgin
ia. The question of the admission of
these gentlemen is to be decided by the
present Senate. Texas and Mississippi
' have yet to ele et. When they do so the
Senate will be full.—Phila. Ledyer.
The Fifteenth Amendment.
" To prevent confusion from such pro
ceedings in the future, Congress will on
reassembling, puss Senator Williams' bill,
expressly declaring such action on the
part of State Legislatures null and void.
They will settle the case of N.Y. very de
eidedly.”— Timot“
Congress has done a great many un- '
constitutional and illegal acts in the past
and may continue them in the future.
It promised the State of Georgia that
when the Fourteenth Amendment was
adopted, the State should be received as
un equal with other States.' It promised
Virginia that when the Fifteenth Amend
ment was adopted, the state should be rec
ognized with the other States. It prom
ised over four years Iwo that when the
Southern States pledged themselves offi
cially against slavery, secession, for the
payment of the Federal debt, and the re
pudiation of the debt created in the South
by secession, that all these Common
wealths should he recognized in the fami
ly of States. It has broken every impor
tant promise—bullied the Executive out
of his Consiffiltional rights, and fright
ened elen a Supeme Court, composed of
Republican Judges, from making decis
; ions in almost cuery important financial
I and political case before the Court. And,
now as the Times writer conclusively says :
`Congress will settle the case l of New York
very decidedly.' NVell that remains to be
I seen. The Legislature of 1870 has lawful
ly repeale . d an act of the Legislature of
1 1869, having an undoubted right to do so,
according to the opinion of men as emi
nent as Charles O'Connor, George T. Cur
-4 pis, Ilecerdt Johnsm, and men of equal
solidity of character and ability with
themseh es. The only power on earth
which can dispute this right is the So
; preme Court of the United States, and
i until that Court annuls the last act of the
State, it as ill remain in force in spite of
Senator Williams and a score of Congres
sional bills TM , Supreme Court. it is
true, is threatened with annihilation, if it
deeiddot qu e stion against rad
' ical power. and Senator Drake a htli of
pains and 'win/hies ut hand to forbid all
such decisions, but no such bill, no such
act, can lawfully deprive this State from
regulating the franchise of its citizens,
auk no respect will be paid to such au- I
thoaity short of the mandatory decision of
the only power which can rightfully give
direction in the matter. Certainly the
year of our Lord, 1870 will not see the;
State of New York violating the rights of
its own Legislature and people by the bul- !
Lying threat of the radicals, in the shape of
die act of Senator Williams. Georgia ear
be cocreed, Virginia throttled, and the ;
people of Texas and other States pinned
down by Federal bayonets, hut the people
of New York will practically and firmly ,
maintain all the rights which are left them 1
under the federal Constitution.
Express.
- •
$5,400
1,600
1.275
19,700
Rev. W. W. Welsh.
Our readers will remember that some
time since we publish a notice of the an
test of Rev. V. W. Welsh upon an infa
mous clinrga preferred by 0. H. P. Green.
of Holly, Mich. The prosecution failed
to make out any case whatever against
him. Below will be found some docu
ments Bearing upon the case,
and show
in,g the estimation in which Mr. Welsh
is held both at Holly and White Pigeon ;
FRIEND WISHER-I return to you this
document, with the names of fifteen of.
our prominent and wealthy citizens of
this community. I have not had ranch
time, and used very little effort, as I hare
not taken the Paper out of our store, but
as people came in I would ask them to
sign it, if they could conscientiouly. If
yen want any more, I can get hundreds.
Yours very truly,
P. G. COLLIER.
HOLLY, Mich., Oct. 28 1869.
To whom it may concern : 1 •
We, the undersigned, residents of Hol
ly, Michigan, being cognizant of he fact
that Her. W, W. Welsh was rece tiv
H. ar
rested at the instigation of . P.
Green. of Holly, charged with having I
committed a rape upon Mrs. G een, do
hereby.assert, as our belief, foun ed upo n !
our knowledge of the facts and o the par
ties, that said prosecution was g tten up
by said Green for the purpose of black
mailing said Welsh, and was I withont
' foundation in filet. (Signed IbyD. G.
Collier and others.)
I We, the undersigned, members of the
IM. E. Church, and citizens of 'White
I Pigeon, believeing the charges recently'
i brought against the Rev. Washington W.
Welsh, by O. H. P. Green, of Holly,
Mich., to be false and malicious, and de
signedly done with wilful intent to extort
money fromßrother Welsh, therefore, we
cordially welcome him back again among
us to his official duties as a minister of
the gospel. (Signetleby Chauncey May,
Thos J Hopkins, and others.)
White Pigeon, Oct 28, 1869.
I hereby certify that the above names
hereto subscribed are persons of respecta
bility and good standing in community.
and some of the first business men In
White Pigeon. G. G. DE PUY,
Justice-of the Peace.
On the return of .111. r. Welsh from •the
outrageous arrest, the members of-the 31.
E. Church of which he is Pasteroutedlo
raise his salary to $l,OOO, it having hith.:
erto ranged from $7OO tosSoo, showing
conclusively that the reverend gentleman
has not only gained credit among his pa
rishioners, but-au addition to the usual
amount of pay.
—The Carbon Dernocra! says; The
number of persons on the pay rolls of the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
last month, was nearly four thousand.
—The citizens of Huntington were ter
rified on Saturday last, at an attempt of
Bohnen and Bordeubourg, murderers of
the Pcightnl family to escape from jail.
—The annual report of Dr. Wright,
Superintendent of the Episcopal Hospi
tal. exhibts a great degree of usefulness.
The bistitution is deserving of Increased
popular support.
—A jewelry store in Allegheny city was
robbed on the I ith inst, braid (lay
light, of six watches (four; silver and two
gold), worth 6500. It a- bold theft,
and there is no clue to the perpetrator.
—Emma Webb is lecturing against wo
man's rights, in California.
—A female barber runs the best pa
tronized barber shop in Detroit.
—The ladies of Rev. Horace Cooke's
congregation call him a •"lovely man."
—Mrs. Dalton, of Maury county. Ten
nessee, recently gave birth to her twenty
second child.
—A woman in New York hand cuffed
her drunken husband to prevent his car
rying off the furniture to the pawnbroker.
—A French woman sues a San Fran
ciscan for $lO,OOO damages in having hir
ed her to come over here as governess,
and declined to receive her when she ar
rived.
—ln Texas, a Miss Pitts, of Fort Bend
county, last year cultivated, with her own
hands, seven acres of cotton, making live
bales worth $5OO. She supports several
young hcildren.
—A Parisian actress has been compell
ed to give up comedy for the season, her
last costumes having been so expensive
that she cannot buy any new ones. She
finds no costume at all more profitable.
HOLLY, Oct. 29, 1g69
News Items.
—Mrs. Scott Siddons bas on exhibition
in a New Orleans jewelry store, a bracelet
presented to her by Queen Victoria. after
a reading at Osborne palace. It is of sol
id gold, in the form of a eoronal. studded
with thirty diamonds and fourteen rubies.
—Miss Gray, the dashing milliner of
Fort Edward, the fortunate of 819.000,000
which Ii lover a yonng Englishman lied
willed her, has ree,!ked from the BritlCli
Comml in New York h.•r first instalment ;
a trifle of five millions of dollars.
,—ernee Pierre Bonaparte's late pistol
shooting is rvg,arded as a head• bloW to
the Emperor at this critical period.
—Don Piatt writes that any one pos
sessed of a whole coat, a clean skirt and is
a member of Congress, can go into Wa,li
ingtou society at once.
—Mr. J. B. Howell„ or the Gale City
! paper, lowa, has .b.n..0 chosen to till the
unexpired term of Senator Grimes. resign
! ed. .
—President (lrant• it is said. prop s
'to visit the sovereigns of Europe, and
nuke the trims Atlantic voyagc acconipzi
' riled IN a fleet of iron clad,
—Commissioner Well's report is i•o dis
tasteini tii tbe radiezils that it is saoi it
ieill he allowed to remain on the table
without being printed.
—ConHoek, the Parisian artist, nho is
105 rears old. is painting n picture enti
tled •'.itlisenthe," in which a vase of the
liquor is represented with a skeleton float
ing on the surfcce.
—Count Paul Demidoff has made him
self famous by nursing the victims of an
epidemic in a Russian village where he
was stfipping when the plague broke cm t.
instead of running off with the rest of the
nobility.
—Tom Allen and Jim Mace have sign
ed articles stipulating that they light fa-
52,500, and the championship of Ameri
ca. Jim Mace signed the agreement in
person, and Frank Burns on the part of
Tom Allen.
_President Grant's first veto has been
sc.nt to Congress. It objects to a bill to
extend the patent for another ten years to
Rollin White, the patentee of a repeating
pistol, out of which obont a million of
dollars has already been made as profits.
—Jackson Kirkwood, found guilty of
manslanghter at New Castle, for the mur
der of Anthony Knowles, about a year
ago, was recently sentenced to an impris
onment of eleven years and six months.
—A citizens of Franklin, Win. Con
nelly: has placed in thb hands of lion. C.:
G. Gilfillan,.a elfin against the general
government for tar purchased for the use
of Commodore Perry's fleet prior to the
battle of Like Erie.
—The National Defender makes an in
teresting local item on "dead beats." It
continues its publication of the full
names of parties indebted to the Aire and
who refuse to pay, giving the amount due
from each. It Intends to publish them in
hand bill form. for circulation in the
neighborhood where the parties reside.
—On Tuesday evening, a young man
named Wm. J. Wentcheou, drove his
horse and cart into Allegheny river at the
foot of 22d street, Pittsburgh. The horse
was swept off his feet and drowned, and
the young man carried off into the stream.
His cries for help were heard, but could
not be rescued, and thus he pershed.
The President of the Reading rail
road in his report. says; The Pine Grove
mid Lhanon railrOad, extending from
Pine Grove to the Lebanon county line,
has been completed and now in running
operation, and the link which connects it
with the borough of Lebanotfwill be com
pleted and opened for business at an early
day.
—The Miners' Journal of the'inth inst.
announces that a man named John Logmt,
sixty years of age, was arrested at Potts.'
ville,cbarged with committing a :up on a
little girl ten years of age named Ellen
Davis. The evidence was-conclusive en
ough to commit the accused -to prison.
No phnishment can be too severe for an
old brute cnnvicted of such a crime. -
—lt appeas that a, manliamed Foust,
who visited the jail, receiyed u note
through the bars of the cell from Jior
denbourg, written in - German, requesting
him to procure a file and a saw That
would cut-iron.- Information of the fact
being . giyen to the sheriff; he made- an
examination of „the prisoners - dells, iirid
diacoirercU:eyidences: of- an , iittenipt- . tia 7
escape
t:---11.. B. Sivoope,"haS been iiip - ointed by ..
President Giant to the position. of Uni
ted States Attorney for the Western Pis
' triet of Pennsylvania. The honor was
conferred upon hirn as a merit of reward
for his masterly and manly words spoken -
in a public speeelfut Bellefonte, where he
boasted : -"cite gay will conic when dem
ocraticladies will'be glad to get a drop of •
negro sweat to perfume their pocket
j handkerchiefs nith." A sweat scented
Attorney is Bucher.
. . . ~.... --,
---1 happy groan), at :""Glean White"
coal mine, two miles west of Kittanning.,
- Point, on the line.--of- the - Pennaylvama
railroad, was congratulated on 164 wed-,
ding exening by a rule on a MIL He was
taken out of his bed, carried .out of-.his
house, set atrido of ti, mars-ATlfl..mde a
j public exhibition of by dieing presented
j at every door in the- neighborhood: -; -He
j married a grass widow who 11:13 two has
bands living, and he himself having t a
• ! wife living. - ! v ' ,' , ,
—The. somot r on Ivadican of the 18th
instant. reports that an. old • man named
Hugh Curley, in the 6mploy of the Iron
Company of that place, was robbed of
sixteen 'hundred dollars, two hundred
and twenty of which wag in greenhuuk4
and the hal.uice in cheeks. Mr. Brain
ard, the so periMendent of the works, re
ceived a lever thyough the piistotlice en
closing the checks, and stating that the
writer would take care of the greenbaeka,
THE CRY t, Fon monr.—llvre of what ?
Why, thos.• $l.OO family pt , ts of tins , Plie
bo Baker itl‘e. One. Person remarked
the other day—" I would not 4.)0 without
it in the io n ic a single day if it crest $lO,
m 4 had to go all the way to New York
for it." All other salves'are uow-dtsedr
tied as useless in comparison with the .
Phebe Baker's.
c perint Uiro.
.11 SI'LENDID CII.INCE
AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER,
DON'T DELAY. SEND AT ONCE.
THE LEADING AGRICULTURAL '.IOERN
AL OF THE COUNTRY,
ritEE volt nNE YEA I:.
Tin: .klictio.‘N STOCE . ' JOUR.M'A 1,, A first
class monthly, cont.:Ming, :l'.?. large double col
umn pa,gtzi, tltroted to Panning and Stock
Breeding. ....,1 I:I I , I:.r, r ,rubtr departments for the
Practiell Fanner. Dairyman, Stock Breeder,
Wool Grower. Poultry Keeper, &c. &e., illustra
ted witt) numerons tine "Engravings and bound
in handsomely tinted covers, Farmers will find ,'
; tills monthly n vr•ry elllclent aid in all the tie
, partnicni, of Far.nira• and St, et Breeding. It
h as a Vet,riv a c.. it •par:ntent Lotit r the charge
of one of r iT. ai•!...s: Trollo—ors is the United
States, 10.1 , , ~ ! 1- , .. .r- 1111 , 11,fil !lie .1,,Irn:11, free
of c!, , rg.., nil ~.& .;; t).... rt:1:11ill, to rick. injured"' -,-
Or 11i,ea , .',) il on-, (-'011,•, N'AC-(1,, Sc. ill, or pun]-
, try. Thu. eNery subs:fiber luta it ilortie and
Cattle Doctor I iii. , ..E.
!, We are now prepared to offer the AMERICAN
1 SToCh .101 ILN AL as :tired girl for one rear'to all ,
new subscribers (Or renewals) to the Sios-ruasz
i DEMOCRAT, who Sll3ll • gub,cri L, immediately
and pa ;,' in advance. Tit (.. a rare oppertunitr
which tile inteillgvut pcople of our section will
no doubt appreciate. !land in your stibscrip
tier., at once and gccure the .tired: Joust! free
for a rear.
De;:. 13. 18t:10
,w-27 , —T0 CONST/LiPTIVES.—The Advertiser, tfvinr,
been re-cored to bevilth Ina n, week*, by a
very n'tza:,le s.rr ffuvirfarufr,fred several years
whir.4lTvcion, sou Iltst dead dlecone,
fn,,•ttftf - ~ tuff, to nuke known , n/ Ins fellow
notivr , re I islt lIA cure '
h r -•:. t ‘val ' , end ti copy 0( the .pre
.crprtl..l, 1, Is or;,ej.eithibe 01,ex:titans for
perpar. 41,0 ,1•111:1' I'l , 4 1 /11A0. which Mee KIII nlai a
Unr ,.. f: IsTUMA. MeeiClllTlB. etc.
.•-• r In -euti LO the l'reicrip-
Cl , ,teri. 11 'll -pr :,d information
• 1..... :old lie hopes
ry er rill .ry s remethr. nirlt tei.l [heel
so
tSine. 4' W..) pro , ' s PS. ss• I writ.s Alrh lag
the pre., 1'1;4 ;so ..lease .I(lress Ver. EDWARD
A. WI , 11 itii.“ll-•wig. 1U11410.311 , ..50W
(ts.zy I)
s zr—DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS and CATARRH
trued e.,sb the tt . "non eta „Ox,J. Isaacs;
)1. . and rr ofe—or of ..r Ot. Ere and Ear •
•pecfally I in ibe M. ,Aral Collano of Kninsyleania.
fd years experience, f ormerty of Leyden. liolland.). No.
NOS Arch arreet, YhtladelpieLs. Testimonial. can be
peel, et hie calk.. The medicd (aridly are Invited , to
accompan) their lint sent.. n. he has nn ,accrete, to ,his
pr tetice. Al - tire - LI eye, In...reed ulibout pain. No
charge fur eXillIA:tiall011. (OM Iyjwit
. . .
e - , -Let Common Sense Decide.--Imit Is the rir
•—', t 111.! moue 0 ( 111'0C...111re Ili CCOWe Of nervous de
'ditty soil c nend pro, rn i toil I Dor. not reatott tall n•
that judo lon- .thnui 11. n , required. To rew.rt to Vi
olent pi: c tr 1, nt in .iti-b a r..se I..i`x :drama a. it would be
to bleed a. a In.e, 11-1, 1 ,- t is done- every day,., Yes,,
tills stupid and no 0.: "o.upi.lC a pr.,cl:ca is contlnuedin
the te.:h 4.1 - tn.. ,- .:: in, i , l t.l- 2.:cit I.:ettkorro. with
all the n. rt,t, et.ittrionnerii that scrim:tinny It i to 111010'
rapidly and err:slay removed by Lliattilteet Bitters
than by ditty other mad icine a t iireseet beaten, it is true
that uenerni di:Linty to often attended Witlitorpidityyr
irregularity of the bow els. and that t tilt 'oymptotir 'Must
not be overlooked. lint while the dlerharge of the waste
matter of the system is expedited or itliganted. Its vigor
mast be recruited. The Bitters do both. They combine
apetiret and anabillour propertler.tulth litraordlnary
took power. Itt - en while removing obettnalons trona
the tiowel, they wee and in rizirate those,Oglus. Theo
the ttomach. upon which the great Vegot NO apecLec
acts directly, Ii Lilies a health , ' and perman nt Itupctua
to every enfeebled function. .111, , estion is Li ilitated,the
ratteri i ic 'circulation revdat ..1. the blond reinforcellwith
a new neteiwlon of the alitn, Lary prinelpl ,0 the nerves
braced, and nil the thirnidoi power , of the body awaited
Into healthy act din . not Nin.moilicully,AY would be-the
cane if a mere idiraulant woreadtutub•tered, bat ter a con
liana cc. Iris in this way that such retraordlnary chan
gee are wrouclit in the condition of the fceble s ctuaciatcd
and nervous invalid+, by the use ot this moot wonderful
corrective, alter: ire and ionic. Lot common sense de
ride between awn, a ori niration and a prostrating cit.
thqrtic. supplemented 1,) a puiVatills aStriu&niut IMO
otrychn the or gide iill.—pailua ry.
The Confessions of an Invalid.—rabliohed
fur the benetlt of young men and othnes 300 snif
fer from Nervong L ebtiity, etc., supplying the means of
cell cum. W [Well by one, who ]rarf.d.. hhilif . li; and
sent free on molt lng twist paid fltrected - lint'eloie. Ad-
droop, '
Dec. Troolalsi,
„--,---_,.. ERTicras OF yorrn.—A Geaileman who sots
r..:-..* - i lined tor Tea , from \t',oll4 Debility Preto*:
tare Dec q.orolati 1 etlirtlett, of SoullSalitidfscretion,
will, for the sake o FUillTil.g hitinanity,Litetd tree to
all who need It, the erella and directiortsfor took1og•
the eitopie rump )3 y which ho was. cued. litafersts
wl.hlog to pr.th by.the advert I, , er'e exportence, ekil do
~o by - ilddruselo2. I perfect toulltieuce, ~ , JOUN.ft
°UDEN, No. .12 Ce ar rtreet, New York: (inayllly
_ __
7 - 7 : 7—THE ONLYI_EELIAELE C 17813 VOW
rEP3IA THE lirit/Wl4 WORLD,
Wieharen Great Atiwrican rlyrpep.t.lllffe and, -rine
Tete Tar Cordial amnpo•illee and infsilitda tare' for
tit rprpsla in it. mo.t agri rated form, nutkliiti 'matter
of how long ttandip •
They penctrute thtr. e cret nhnde of tide 'lCtritic ,
ease, and ex terminal,: it, r stand branch; forei er.' "
They alt,lais mitre °goo; and Silent ingerirtrthatt
towzne eon
They are toted tr curing the most derperate and
hopeleat w he" aca, y Known mean. Tall to afford
relict.
Nu form of drsnepsia or ludtgeltititteutt resist (belt
P lill. n tertftrt,Tt PIM: TREE TAR CORDIAL...at
Is the vital principle of of the Pius Tree, obtained byn
pecill 'or prem.-. In the dtstallatten of the tar. by Width
Ito hi eluiet nn dies! proper! I n nre retained. It Invig
orate. the diger' isc °runes ana , rtsstorr3 thaappetila.— •
It ntrengthe.. the 41.1111.ted vy.tem. It wattle* lad,
enriches the 'Wood. add expels troni the S3stenx the cur , '
whieh .erulula tweed. on the Intr.o.it dlscolroor,
the mites , or pliletan whiah etsps the Air passages of
of the Mugs. !Lilies:lug principle nets upon the . lrtitS• . '
tea surf.ce of the lungs and thro tt, penet rating . (Windt
diseared part, Ttilevltt pain and suhditlng Ultimata-
Hon. It lathe result of yours of Study . nod 'experiment,
suit It Is offered to the afflicted with po.ilicemwtininco.
of It.. petere to cure the tattooist dioetwet, If the pa-
Gent be. ngt too long delay ell a resort -to the means o$
Coro' _{
cowtmyglonqf the I,,ungo,nnig,.Fort 77,roaland Me=
Drone/Wax, tiro , ripmgoist,ettod and Bleettpkg -
Bus, ..istilma. ilhotTing Cbv2x, • ,
Melia, • A`e.
A medical expert, holding honorable ruitottlalo , 4l.
plomn, acroten his entire time to tho saaMltitilloa
wientsat the odic, parlors. Associated with',hlol' ate
three consulting phystclans ot ncknowledgedegdnenow
whsee.etsicea are given to th e - public het, oft MVO. - •
'this opportunity' Is oared by no other inititntiotild'
Letters from any part of gni country, totklaff advle.;• , '
wilt be promptly-and outultoustv responded W. , Where
curivradent. mmittauctsr shoUld tutto the shape oalrafts
or Post-Office Orders,
Prlcout-Wiaii Antcricati DyepepalAPllla„ . sl,
box. shut by mit on reccidt ol Inlet) ,
Pried of Withart's Plne, !free Tar Cordial, $ll4ll
bottle, or $ll tnr dozen. Sent by capma..
communleationraboultbradrrcarer- .. 7 .
L. Q. C. WlsllAlfr, '
portp . ,Wolitl
N'or. - ,11114d9Wit.
E. B lIATVIEY