vib Zhe Poutroot getnocrat. E. B. HAWLEY, EDITOR MONTROSE. PENN'S t WEDNESDAY. lIMMICH 24,,;11870 The Climax. Our readers will remember that in our , last issue we mentioned that Congress proposed to enact a law placing full con trol of the Federal Government elections in the bands of the Secretary of the Inte- I rior. Below we give a copy of .the bill which has passed the House of Represen tatives. kn Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution." BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. iu Congress assembled : SECTION It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to appoint, or cause to be appointed, three Commission ers of each election district of the several Congressional districts of the United States, to enforce the provisions of the Fif teenth amendment to the constitution. The said commissioners for such purpose shall have the sole right to decide on the qualification of all voters who sh - all offer to vote for Members of Congress, or elec tors for President and Vice-President, and the exclusive authority to receive the bal lots cast at any such election. Sac. 2. It shall be the duty of such Commissioners to certify the result of the election in their districts respectively, du ly sealed, to the said Secretary of the In terior. Sc.E 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall certify under his hand and seal the names of the persons who appear to him by the aforesaid returns to be elected members of Congress or electors for Pres ident or Vice President, and the person who shall receive such certificate of elec tion, shall hold the office or exercise the authority therein designated, subject to the sixth section of this act. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the ; ted States Marshals iu their respective , districts to sustain the Commissioners of election-herein provided for in the per formance of their duties, and shall detail a Sufficient force of deputies to secure or der ' at. the elections herein provided for ; , and in the event of the force of any such Marshals proving inade,quate the Marshal have the right to call on the nearest corn minding officer of the troops of the Uni ted States to aid such Marshal to preserve order. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Sec retary of War to station the troops of the United States, immediately preceding any election herein provided for, at con- NVllient points adjacent to the principal fling places of the several Congressional districts, and in the principal cities a oommanding force of such troops shall ho encamped in the parks or other spitable places of such cities. ut and preceding any election as aforesaid : NEC. 6. All questions in regard to the regularity and fairness of the e lection of the members of Congress shall be referred by the Secretary of the Interior to the. House of Reprentatives, who shall have exclusive jurisdiction thereof ; and in like manner all questions relating to the election of electors for President and Vice President shall be referred to the Presi dent, who shall appoint a committee of not less than three suitable persons to ex amine and decide al/ such questions, whose decision shall be final and conclu sive. `Er ^;. This act go into effect when Congress shall, by resolution, duly declare three fourths of the states have ratified the proposed Fifteenth Amendment, and have decreed that the constitution is amended accordingly. What is plainer than the fact that the present leaders or the Radical party in' congress assetubled under the plea of en franchising '= a poor down trodden race of regroes - are paving the way for martial law', in every state, and are about to de-' stroy the last remaining guarantee of the sacred rights which the states reserved when they handed together to battle against tyranny and oppression and dele gated, not unlimited, but restricted power to the general government. Among those who read the above act, which will un doubtedly become a law, as there is noth ing apparently too infamous or tyrannical' to be attempted by the leaders of the pres ent dominent party, laSing aside the blin ding influence of party prejudice, are there any who do not perceive that this is the•fnal thong that is to bind us in hope less thraldom, and convert a representa tive republic into a military district and centre all powerk a despotic Congress. The provisions of this bill are that a Radical administration, can confer upon a Radical Cabinet officer supreme power to appoint Radical commissioners .in ev ery election district in the United States who shall have full power to decide upon the qualifications of voters for members of Congress, President and vice President, and the said officer to decide who is elec ted. In case any demurrer should be raised to the election of any Congressmen u Radical H use of Represeutatites shall has final jurisdiction to decide who shall take his seat, and in case any question arises respecting the electors for President and vice President the President has power to appoint a radical committee frona.whose decision there is no appeal. With the pres ent tyranical, persecuting and grasping Congress, and with such a law in their hands as the above liberty and republican institutions must lit out another " May Flower" and bid adieu to American shores;_ The people of this once glorious Union, blinded by party prejudice have allowed themselves to be charmed into delusive security and have surrendered one by one their sacred liberties to satisfy the nefari ous plea of necessity until like the charrn ed bird they are almost beyond retraction, and the venomous serpent, centralization is about to fasten them in his poisonous and deadly fangs. This is no school boy dream or fancy sketch, but will become a stern reality if the people continue . to al- low passion and prejudice to blind their: =ZVI judgment and reason. There is a way, and only ono to avoid this impending danger and save our liberties,froarthe reeking jaws of this 'slimy monster. Let honesty and reason govern, and with that mighty weapon the ballot box, The at rurstd reptile. ---- CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. SENATE, Feb. 21.—Mr. Williams intro duced a joint resolution declaring the rat ification of the fifteenth amendment; re ferred: Mr. Chandler offered a:resolution reqnesting the President to communicate to the Synate, any recent correspondence relutineto 'the Fitz John korter case. Mr. Chandler then addressed the Senate in attempted vindication of Gen. Pope's Virginia campaign. Mr. Wilson argued in favor of Porter's demand for a new tri al. The resolution was withdrawn. The following bills passed : Chartering the Philadelphia and Camden Bridge Com pany, and a hill for the better protection of thti lives of passengers on boardof steam vessels. , Several other bills of local inter est passed. A bill to reorganize the ma rine hospital service was considered, and after being amended was passed. A joint resolution was passed that no speech not actually delivered shall be printed in the Globe. A bill for the protection of har bors was discussed, but was finally laid aside. The Senate then went into Execu tive session, and soon after adj. HoueE.—Under the call of the states numerous bills were introduced. The res olution of Mr. Longhbridge, instructing the committee on , Banking and currency to report a bill to increase the volume of circulating currency fifty millions came up. The previous question was moved and seconded, and the resolution passed—yeas 110: nays 74. Mr. McCreary introduced a resolution to exempt pork packers, lard renderers, and others in the provision tittle from the payment of the special rev enue tax on manufactures. Pending ac tion the morning hour expired, and the bill went ore. A bill removinft political disabilities was discussed, and finally pass ed. The committee on Military affairs made a report on the sale of cadet ships, inculpating B. F. Whittemore, a carpet bagger from Massachusetts, representing the First congressional district of South Carolina, and recommending his expul sion. Mr. Logan wished the case acted upon immediately, but Butler, Poland, Coburn and some others demanded delay, and it was postponed till Wednesday. The house then adj. SENATE, Feb. 22.—The credentials of the new Senators elect from Georgia, Messrs. Farrow and Whitely were presen ted. Mr. Drake objected, that the creden tials were simply commissions from the Governor of Georgia, to these men to act as Senators, and thought the paper ought not to be received. .51r. Stewart asked and obtained leave to withdraw them for the present, in order that Mr. Conkling might address the Senate. Mr. Conkling, from the committee on the Revision of the laws, made a report recommending the indefinite postponement of the considera tion of the resolution of the New York Legislature rescending its ratification of the fifteenth amendment. He then made a lengthy speech in support of the report. Mr. Davis addressed the Senate on the forced ratification of the recent amend ments to the constitution. At two o'clock the Senate in honor of the day adj. llon3E.—The Judiciary committee in the case of Richard Busteed, United states District Judge for Alabama reported that there was not sufficient ground for an in dictment. Mr. ,Eldridged asked leave to submit a minority report in behalf of him self and Mir. Kerr. 3fr. Butler objected. Mr. Dawes 'offered a resolution instructing the committee on rules to inquireiwhether Mr. 31ungen had not abused the privilege of the house in putting improper matter in a speech which he had printed as tho' delivered. Mr. Mungen made au able de fense of his attack on Sumner, as a public lecturer, which was the objectionable mat ter referred to. The resolution was adop ted. The report of the Conference com mittee on the special naval appropriation hill was adopted. It appropriates two millions. The house then went into com mittee of the whole on the Legislative ap propriation bill. Having disposed of thir ty two pages of the bill, the committe rose and at 4:30 p. an. adj. SENATE. Feb. 23.—The committee on Military and Naval Affairs was instructed to inquire into the eYpt4 tency of abolish ing the West Point and Annopolis Acade mies. The message of the President ve toino.b the bill for the relief of Rollin White was taken up. Mr. Ferry argued in fa vor of sustaining the veto. After further discussion the bill was laid aside. The credentials of B. R. Revels, senator elect from Mississippi, were presented. Mr. Saulsbury objected that they were not sufficient, being merelya certificate signed Gen. Ames, military Governor of Mis sissippi." that Revels had been elected. The Senate decided to receive the creden tials. Mr. Stockton then moved a refer ence to a committee to inquire into the eligibility of Mr. Revels. Mr, Davis de livered an able address against his admis sion. Without action on the question the Senate, at 5 p. m. adj. IloUSE.—lmmediately after the reading of the journal the death of ion. Anson Burlingame was announced, and Mr. Banks wade a few remarks in enlou of the deceased. Four members elect from Dtississippi were admitted to seats. :The bill to prevent and punish polygamy was discussed by Messrs. Fitch and Sargent in opposition to the measure. At the expi ration of the morning hour it went over, and the legislative appropriation bill waa taken up in committee of the whole. At tao o'clock the committe rose, and the resolution expelling the carpet bag repre sentative from South Carolina Whittemore came up. A sworn statement of Whittc mores's was read. Butler argued in favor of a postponement of the case Logan replied. The previous question was mov ed seconded on a motion to postpone, which was rejected, yeas .38, nays 133. The previons queftion was moved and seconded on the resoldion to expel. Mr. Whittemore asked the house to extend the time till to day. 9Logan consented, and at 5 p. m. the house adj. SENATE, Eeb. 24.—The house amend ment to the„ political disabilitybill was con cured in. A resolution declaring that the existing volume of currency ought not to be increased was agreed to without a di vision. On motion, the funding bill was informally taken np in order' to allow - senators Penton and Patterson to deliver themselves of orationiroh' that subject The subject of the admission of the -nem) Revels as Senator from Ilirsissippi- then came up; the question being upon the mo tion of Stockton to Infer the credentials to the judiciary committee. Saulsbury supported such referenCet - Howard • be-- .~~ ~~~ , lieved the proof of 'Bevels' electicin conclu sive. Cameron thought the --negroes enti tled...to the houpr of'. saving Union ; therefore', Revels should be admitted. Without disposing of the question the Senate adjourned. • lievar..—The proceedings opened in the presence of an immense throng of people in the galleries and corridors. Logan was entitled to the door in the cadetship case, but yielded to Whittemore who com menced to read his defense.. He was inter rupted by the speaker, Who stated that he had received the gentleman's resignation, and being no longer ti 'member of the house, he could not have the floor. After some discussion us to whether a member could resign without the consent of the house, the speaker ruled that he could, and his ruling was sustained by the house. The resolution of expulsion was then laid on the table without a division. A reso lution of censure was then adopted. Yeas 185 ; nays, none, several Itepublicans how ever not voting. The house then went into Committee of the whole on the Leg ' islative appropriation bill. The session of the committee continued until four o'clock when it got throngh with the bill and re ported it to the house. All but two amendments were adopted in bulk. With out disposing of these the house adj. SENATE leb.2s.—Mr. Howard intro duced a bill to divide Texas into three States, the additional states to be known as Matagorda and Jefferson ; this division to be insisted upon as a condition to ad mission to representation ; referred. The bill for the sale of the great and little Osage Indian Reservation in Kansas, and the removal of the Indians on the same' to the Indian Territory, was discussed during the morning hour. The creden tials of Gen. Ames, Senator elect from Mississippi, were referred. The case of Revels was then taken up. and Mr. Vick ers addressed the Senate on the Constitn itional question involved. The discussion was continued by Messrs. Wilson, Casser lv, Drake and others.,, Mr. Stockton clos ed the debate, the motion to refer was I then rejected by a party vote. The sel -1 ate then voted to admit Mr. Revels and the oath of office was administered. He took his seat on the radical side, and a number of the radicals gathered around and offered their congratulations. At 5 p. m. the senate adjourned till Monday. Horse..—On motion, the committee on } elections was discharged from the further consideration of the charges of disloyalty brought against Mr. 'Lanni!, of Maryland. The house then proceeded to vote on the amendments to the legislative 'appropria tion bill. which were adopted. lie bill to admit tieorgia was reported, but I.:com mitted to come up again oti Tuesday. The house then proceededto the consideration of private bills, and u large number were disposed of. The committee on military affairs was instructed to extend its inqui ries so as to ascertain whether any officer of the army has advised or solicited mem bers of Congress to appoint persons not resideents of their districts to the milita ry o.t naval Academy. At half past two the house went into committee of the v. hole on the Indian appropriation bill. It appropriates *3,188,935. Mr. Sargent proceeded to explain its provisions, and to expose the dishonesties practiced under the Indian treaty system. lie denounced the recent massacre' by Colonel Baker's command in stron " , terms. Messrs. Voor hees, Eldridge, and others also denounced the management of Indian affairs, and the orders of Gen. Sheridan which led to the recent massacre, Without action the committe rose, and the house adj. Penaorlsanta Legixtuture limnsnrßn, Feb. 23, 1870 The Senate proceeded to the confider- ; ation of bills on the private calendar. A large number were passed, among which were the following: Supplement to an act entitled An act to promote the improvement of real es. ; tate by exempting mortgages and other , money securities from taxation, except' for State purposes, in certain counties of this Commonwealth, approved the 4th day of April, A. D. 186 b, and extending , the same to mortgages tnd other obliga tions for improvements on real estate in Venango county. _ .1 committee was appointed to act with a cmoinittee of the li,mse of TlLTresenta tlyes. already appointed. to adjust the dif ferrmes existing between the two houses uu the resolutions relative to the History of Pennsjlvauia Volunteers. The following bills were introduced: An act for the protection of shrubl,erv, ornamental, shade and fruit trees. A supplement to the criminal laws of this Commonwealth in reference to lim itations in misdemeanors. An act to enable purchasers at sales un der proceedings in partition to obtain pus session of the purchased premises. An act relating to public holidays. Adjourned. House...—The private calendar was ta ken up, and several bills passed first read ing: The following were debated. at some length: To annul the marriage contract be tween Cornelia M. Retailer and William D. H. Reeder. An act to annul the marriage contract between Thomas 7 4 .milhoU sucllanda.. J.. hie wife. The first passed by a rote of GO to 28, and the last by a vote of 45 to 33. In the last case. Mr. Niles said he - voted no because he considered that the act re lieved both parties from a prosecution for bigamy. [ Flie evidence read clearly shows that .)th parties had twice mar ried.] Three additional divorce bills passed, making fire ftir the day. The new county bill was debated at length. On a motion to postpone the bill in definitely, the' yeas and nays were required by Mr. Ames and Mr. M'Jnu kin, and were as follows: . . . Yeas 60, nays 25. So the question was determined in the affirmative. Adjourqed. liaanissuso, Feb. 25. RILLS REPORTED SENATE—Among the bills, reported fa vorably from committees were those pro viding a general Insurance law, incorpo rating the Saunders' college, • A bill was introduced providing, that no person shall be exempt from jury duty unlesshe files an affidavit (setting forth the ground of exemption) with the Clerk .of the court prior to thelirst day,Of July, which affidavit must be approved by, the judge. Adj. liorsn--The house was engaged daring the morning session in completing the general Appropriation hill. - An effort was made by Mr. Miller (Phil adelphia) . to increase the the salary of the Suprtmeludges'to $71)00 eackyvhich !as lost. ' A message was received from the Gov ernor vetoing the house of correction bill. , THURSDAY, Feb. 24. SENATE--Sertral petitions Were presen ted praying for tits abolition of the death penalty. Petitions were presented from various parts of the state praying for the passage of the optional license law. Among the bills; reported were the fol lowing : An act providingSor the registration of railroad mortgage bands and other securi ties. • An act to establish an insurance de partment in the state of Pennsylvania. Au act to protect ornamental shade and fruit trees from injury by telegraph com panies. The following, bills were introduced : A supplement to an act entitled An act for the payment of gratuities and annui ties to the soldiers of the war of 1812, and to their widows, approved March 24, 1868. Agreeably to order the senate resumed the second reading cf bill entitled An act supplementary to the several acts relative to the state 'Preasarer and the eoinmis sioners of the sinking fund. Mr. Tinian moved td amend gh that the salary of the Treasurer shall be 165,000 in stead of $B,OOO. On the question, shall tile senate agree Iso to amend ? The yeas and nays were required by Mr. Lowry. and Mr. Itutan, and were as follows : yeas 22, nays 7. So the question was decided in the of Mr. Rutan moved further to amend by striking out the provision requiring the Treasurer to reside at Harrisburg. The amendment was agreed to. The hour of adjournment ',arrived be ' fore the bill was disposed of. Horse.—After the final passage of sev eral local bills. Mr. Davis, chairman of the committee of ways and means, called up the general appropriation bill, on which the house went into committee of the whole, Mr. Webb in the chair. Before adjourning, the house passed upon 44 sections. The committee also agreed to the fol lowing : Public printing 635,000. $2OO each to 14 lves. For support of Pennsylvania Lunatic Hospital $20,000, and 450,000 additional fur the introduction of a forced system of ventilation, by means of fans. Chaplains of house and senate,l3:loo each. The Selected Pup. Just as I was scratching my bead for subjects of epistolary discourse this morn ing, a friend came along with a face full of smiles, and said he, , you hear about that dog'" - What dog,' said I, thinking that. perhaps, another pointer, or perchance a terrier, had been sent to His Excellency. "Why, that same dog, that was sent to the President from Cleve land." I replied that the last I heard of that unfortunate animal his fate hung suspended between Barnum and Bologna, and it was a question whether he should adorn a museum or he converted into sau sages. But my friend immediately said I was mistaken. It was very true that the President had concluded at first not to receive that point er, and sent bins summarily from his remises. But since then one of his con fidential advisers who was an experienced dog fancier, had called on him and set forth the praises of this Cleveland contri bution iu glowing terms—told bins he was an imported animal, worth one hun dred dollars, and that it was a great mis take not to accept him ; furthermore that the express charge of ten dollars was an error, all the cost of transportation hav ing been prepayed in full. The President's countenance was in stantly overcharged with the gloom of a conscious blunder; he saw at a glance that he had acted hastily in nut receiving the dog ; and his, first inquiry on recover ing his cell'-possession was as to how he could retrieve that false step. The dug was now the property of a colored citizen, and the occupant of an inverted dry goods box in a back yard adjoining the White House grounds. The President directed Dent to proceed thither and negotiate, if possible, for the surrender of the animal on payment of costs. But the colored citizen, who is said to be an excellent judge of dogs, was not easily persuaded into this arrangement; and at last accounts he an Dent were dis cussilig the matter in a very animated and excited style of language. But Dent was evidently getting the worst of it.—ifack in Ike Cincinnati Enquirer.' Obituary Hon. Anson Burlingame, Minister to China to the Western Powers, whose sud den death at St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 23d, has been announced by the Atlantic Cable, was born in New Berlin, Chenango county, New York, on :Nevem ! her 14, 1822. His early life was spent on . the frontiers of the West, being engaged with surveying parties laying out the lands, and with commissioners for nego tiating treaties with the Indian tribes. -He-commenced his -college life at Branch University, Michigan, and then, remov ing to Massachusetts, entered Harvard University, where he graduated in 1846. He next studied law, and commenced its Practice in Boston. In 1852 he was elect ed a member of the Senate of Massachu setts, and.in 1853 was a member of a eon vention to revise tho Constitution of Mae mchnsetts. In 11+54, he was elected a member of the U. S. House of Represen tatives from the Fifth Congressional Dis trict of Massuebusats, and served by con tinuous re-elections in the 34th, 35th and 36th Congress, from 1855, to 1861, being a member of the Comaiittee on foreign affairs. He was also a candidate in 1860, for election to the 37th Congress, but was defeated. Mr. Burlingame was then ap pointed by President Lincoln as Minister to Austria, but was objected to by that power in consequence of kis advocacy of the recognition of the Kingdom of Italy. Re was then appointed Minister to China and served in that position until Nevem-2 ber 21st, 1867, 'when he resigned and was selected by the Chinese Government as its Special Ambassador to the Western Pow ers to revise and to settle many complica ted and ditileultquestions that had arisen. Mr. Burlingame,. with two associate Ambassadors of Chinese birth, then pro ceeded from Pekin to San Francisco, and thence to Washington, where he negotia ted a new treaty with the U. S. Govern ment. He then continued his journey to Europe where he , negotiated additional treatise with England, France and North Germany, andiat the time of his' death had arrived at St.-Petersburg, in order to oped diploriratia intercourse with Russia: The principal point of these treaties is the recognition of the Central Government of China at Pekin as the proper authority to apply first for the redress of grievances and the abandonment of the practice of inflicting summary punishment by the foreign men-of-war upon the offenders and the provincial officers. ZW- There is a bill before the isgisla tore to make . the legal rate of interest seven per cent. and legalizing contracts made not exceeding ten per cent. This would keep millions of capital within our borders that now seeks investment in ad joining States, Ohio, New Jersey and New York, where similar laws are in force. ' We hope the measure will pass promptly, which will prevent a further drain upon , the capital of the State. r-yr if you have been frightened nut of insuring your life as many a man is, by the high rates named by the agent with whom you talked, be sure that he showed you ly the "mutual," tables and did hot give you the figures of the "Oct cash plan," Al! you want of insurance will be secured to you on this latter plan, at rates which will surprise you, by the american life in 'stimnee Company of Philadelphia. See their "net cash" tables before you say von b'as't afford to insure. Messrs. Stroud. St Brown are as at Montrose. Brel - ftles. —Paris is quiet Just only. So tf , nenrgin. —A thorn in the bush is worth two in the —Natural Fill-osophy. "Let's have another drink? —Men of menns are often the meanest of men —Grant is like an old tin kettle—has Dents on all sides.. —Waltzing may be defined to be tugging set to musk. —However cheap prorisions way be venison is always deer. —Mr. Pancake is candidate for constable in an Illinois town. —The paper most popular among women Is— a paper of pins. —To say of a lady that she Is no chicken is a fowl assertion. —The grate questicm of the day is, "What's the price of coal!" —Our grandmother's gold beads arc coming into fashion again. —Some body eh)e is going to ruin himself in an "AmeriennPunch." —The hest metre for a valentine is "meet her by moonlight alone." —An Indiana clergyman has preached a ser mon on frizzled hair, —.The Boston Adrertiwr says Flx:hter h,oks bully about the neck. —About one-half the carpets sold as foreign are manufactured in America. —A. crowing hen and a cackling rooster, are misfortunate poultry in a family. —Solomon's wisdom is attribuled to the fact that he had 700 wives. Perhaps. —A New-Yorker has invented a glass coffin on the self-scaling-can principle. —A Minnesota lady killed seventeen ducks at one shot. Quite a dOck of a woman —A western girl likes to make bread because it cleans bet hands so beautifully. —Dr. Dubs, the President of the Swiss Can tons, gets V,OOO a year and no "pn—nents." —A sharp washerwonuin in Omaha, team a shirt in two and then charges fur the eltra piece. —Statistics show that there are more female than male lunatics. So we had always supposed. —Of the bank.t that hare failed this winter the tite.t miserable failurett are the snow bunks. —A woman who neglects the buttons ~n her husbands shirt front is not the wile of his bosom. —The milkmaid hmi &appeared from , ight, but NIT know by experene that made milk has not. —A ernwientions ganthier in Cinenzo girN ten per cent. of b 6 winnings to the Orphan —A lady dcrw a gentleman's %Tapper at raffle and now he wants to draw n man to put in it. —A sick young lady in Worcester. who Las been attended by thirteen physicians, still lives. —The elianillon old maid reirle,-, in Elizabeth City, New Jersey. She pleark guilty to 104 VOLT'S. —A strange reason for having lulling-doors in a hou.,e is that - they are m, hands• in case of a funeral ?" —Teachers of %bort-hand don't thrive very• well now -a-.lays. Most people arc short handed enough already —AnbAnterican barber has married a wealthy Italian lady. That wa4 a big shave for Mon sieur Tonnor. -- , Au Ohio lady desires her daughter to play "the fashionable malady site bmt from Cincin nati last week." —Butler says he is hard to kill So the rebels ascertained, when guns were not of sufficiently long range. —The hazicisomelit woman in Norwich county was burned to a einder the other day. She was made of wai. —Wendell I'hillip:4 calls l'enn an "old dougLifscc." This is scarcely respcitful to the memory of W. P. —A thriving town in Alabama is made tip of three bar-rooms, two drug stores, and a trn pin alley In prospective. —Two deacons in Florida lately rode fifteen miles at night and stole the gunday School library of a rival church. —A Missouri lady MOM-114 the lam of one of her eight children, beeau.se she had just enough to dance a cotillion. —Among the graduate+ from the Girl's High School were five -.Sallies: . one Sadie, but not a single Sarah. —A husband has applied for a divorce on the ground that his wife is more chignon, false teeth and padding than woman. —Something like a "hall." A eotemporary says that nearly all the tax-payers in Petersberg, Va., are delinquents., —A question in bankrq&itey. If the day breaks In the morning, doe:Abe sun as-sets in the evening become the assignee ? —Mr. Simms says that if it wasn't for the hole in the hoop you couldn't put it on the bar rel, and the barrel would burst. —The British baby is to be charged hill tare in the cubs and consequently the British matron lets her "angry passions rise." —Which is the worst to hare a neighbor who keeps a parrot or one whose son is learning to play on the bugle? We give it up. —The boy who wore out his stockings at the toes and not at the heels, gave a good excuse for it. Toes wiggled but heels did not. —An Irishman describing the growth of po tatoes b his native Wand said es a clincher: "And sure, a bushel of them will till a barrel." —A profane reporter has christened the noon day prayer meetings on Water street, New York, "The Church of the Holy Dog Pit." ; —The boulwrillians propose to erect a monu ment to Demme D Prentice. lie better de. serves it than many who have been thus hon ored. —The New York &ening time says that be cause young ladies admire clemmen, it is no reason that they should be carded away by them. —The Grind Duke of Meehlenburg, has pre sented his bust to a blind asylum. We don't quite "see it," and we suppose they don't either. —Since the female banking house was opened on Wall street, they now have not only ••bulls't. and -been," but-"deers" in that vicinity. Letter from filoontaburg 131..00315HUU0, Pa., Feb. 26, 1870. Friend Hawley :-The post few weeks have been fraught with events of no common occur-' renew in this town ; and as I trot an interest in . INFORMATION 1AL7k. n PF.0 7 .13"8 JODS the success of your excellent paper, it will give dente, Henreid Clergymen. Energetic yoti el tig eb aa' = me pleasure to forward any items which may add Ladles can maks $75 to MO per month daring tboapsttok to its vast store of useiblnes.s, and aid you In end Sunrocr. A copy free. Bend mina and eddreee to People'eJonnull, P hil a d e l phia, Pe. Mara 1 t>,, your noble efforts to make the - Dxstoetttr" one . of the avenues from which to receive intellb i THE AMERICAN Fenny genre, as well as the hen paper in northern ! T r- N T 'Trill Vi' 1 Asst "HEINE Pennsylvania. .ixoi 1 1. I I.‘ kr We obtain the most of the general National ' Ls Presented to the Public to dig mad and State news of the day through the daily pa- j Simply. Durable. Compact and Cheap pers, hence it is evident that the paramount oh- , KNirriN , MACHINE EVER h o . E . ) .. TER jeer of a county weekly paper is, after giving, a , summary of the general news of the day, to eir- PRICE ONLY $25. cialate the knowledge of home affairs, to devel- Tills MACHINE wilt run either backer/44u forwisd ope home resonrees, and in a measure enable its I with equal futility : subscribers to know what is daily transpiring I Makes the Same Stitch ashy Hand, • in tuft - rent localities of their own and adjoining bit far teperior In every re-peet. Will Holt 20400 counties. Let toe congratulate you in the Irrt-at STITCHES IN ONE MINUTE rues-eat Which you have attained by prodneing : , I;:r e, lT ,r ! l, s 1P o l",:!--r . !vt-P ,‘ M. „ :7)litg r evJl7 49: Mt, lb. a good paper; to further your Ajeet much Will size) I ko l o . , bao k b , t oo r b l ‘ ( or i s . li cl ui r i nCiP 4 Pr ( 7 depend upon the subvribers themselves, in in- clos e or Open. Plain or Ribbed Work, creasing Its circulation, and sending to ymur with any kind of coarse or One woolen yarn. or CORM, sanctum items of general interest. Yon are at silk, Ur iill.l. it will knit 'docking' with doableeld liberty to cull from this communication such and tut:Ara...re. hoods, packs. stookt ag wt. comforts. . , i. , , , u 1t r..v; ; :tif4. n. fr ,... iu,r , : : 6 1 , f i tT p loT i t r , i. no m bt a ii r e i, n co ntrol n or i z t s : matter as you deem worth the attention of your readers. shirts, pita shi.J.it km, crsdic blankets, leggin.. =spells A sad but very singular accid e ntoccurred here den. written, tulles, tippets, farted work, and to set on Friday morning the I I tit inst. The wife of re ,red e , - , ioriety of erodes to ovcr7 de, use , as west Mr. G. W. )laugher, proprietor of the Forks , " mr `!!I!'a lr • . Hotel, was drowned. She was found with her „„__ . FROM: n, . $5 TO $lO PER DAY head thriett into a narrow tub or barrel, filled '47' . ,„",j‘°Y.attan,:ineg wool f t litt o t t tr ii !.* With water, which was standing in a back shed. eni, e. e n „,,L,,,„„ k„mi n , , 00 , ..,„ r „, u , ch ,,,,, g Front the appearances around her, and a pail , -72.:!!: ,. .„ , e1ej.% , 7 , 1e , , ,,, A n. pe m n.... , e_a can mut . lb kn it _ near bv, it Was evident that her death was i i,nT,,';,:',„,,: h n,,n, in bo ' b ' ot Isar d :1 1 . -7rder; pe lts cattsedpurely by an OCCifient, noel that upon a 'NO, IA .etc 91-4 r • Uticsiep or the ifeit's slipping she was prechata led head foremost into the tub in such a man- T3ILEti. A 51 IssIWIA RV. WHO HAD EIIiFFEHED our as to render her unable to extrirate lwrself, I reir li i,47, y, .Ith Mr, was cart—, stand will send the RP or to ery out for assist:owe. and the poor woman ' lice. FOSTER DIX, Jersey City, N. J. [feb9w4 was limas . ' to suffer a sudden death in this ter dbl.. manner. The affair cast a shadow of gloom over the community Au e‘tunsive fire broke out last Thursday morning in the heart of the tom u, completely demolishing the Exchange hotel, and doing a large amount of clanuti4e besidis; The fire originated in the basement near the center of the building, and had made no rapid headuatl'unt nEtriF:SS—THE PATENT OBLIANIC Vltt bi f teas it as cliseot ered that scarred) ant thing 1. 1 Illt Vla t It. It M. into the Ear I. not perceptible. re was hit \ eti, the la luimols having beret) tune. to rno::;•:11::-::':',-•,24,:,',Id",''') In tllihlr;rli=bl7..Dvafgar-. . srape u till their lit es ere the ti hole stricture, .r r ,„,,,,,„, 1,,f„,,,, „fit, limos li mo ((Cum, ft, free . which was a large three story brick building, in . T . it. i.ir. ,, rp10rr.1.7b.! llyeadwav, N. Y. Ifetthiall 11.11 in one nuiss of nuns. It is stipposed that I AN ‘ I.BslN 1,-1100tis SENT FREE FOR the tin• caught front the Inikert in thehmseineut Thy hotel kt att, on mai anti kept I.:, Messrs Koons •an t( lark • who probably lost trout );40,00n to tre.l, par's fIY Sunlight 000 It is estimated that they were revered lit betatron•e to the amount ot dam% 445 000 Their loco, however, c..it not be estimated tor all the ' and Gaslight , furniture, c lin hing, and CO enthin4 wit l which I II flieh" lb•N., /dere of Me JIrSTERIES, rIR a tirst . las` , hotel ought 10 be teriusli. i with, / t I.:\ l'lrEq . SPI EV 1)011S and MIMES, was a asst loss. Mr Lutz NI ho rented a large ol flu (17 )" OF P.M/S. room on the tirst boor tor a Dry Goods store Ir 1,11. hes. Nrir It, become the (lurd mid trictei hail nearly et en thing burned, but m'34 heat il t• ii: ant sail t ii i, in , the , world; n hse It. 13;m . uty and Soleil instirt•tl A ...Mall fin •y store, and a staid,. ail d ,„:,r i ,„ l ',': `,.`t abhor a n re ' S k v - t ‘ i rr ntile,r 4 'l P l ro i tt e .geral X er- Joining went'burned term:hew 't trit. ind \ e h e tot inn Inerm in the Bessie The I...‘eliangc was known 10 the I,lllplie as nail (its, how the most Fearful Crimea are e0111011511,11:1 oar 01 the he'4l 1101.1 , 1.4 in the :state, and IN loss i',',' d „,„"'''',„,, u ;j`:;„ l ;;',:: ' s ",,`Ta i I LTlr n • g . d `,V l• o r i l: l l it ill he deeply . felt by the traveling communitt Pin,- 1 If, • nod Scent-a In Pa Agents wanted. Can es \‘ ell as the chi/ens of Bloomsburg )leas- , aoolug hooks .a tit fn- , . Adder , . tin, are being untnediattit taken by the gentle- r, 1 \ ,.., ,r „ Ito, .a. II Ili ISLIING t 0 , Philadelphia, Pa. manly and active proprietors to .'build, tutu '`' e.- hay ,• already commenced operations VI A N T E D —AG E N T S. A few words in reference to our Normal School, which in a short time has earned a very i.,;:i TO i,200 PER MONTII. envrihir reputation anti _teen us a rare treat the 22i1 of February, celebrating not only the birth Et.i.ohers note and ft-male to inirodnce the that of the tallier ot lids country, but also its ~. Genuine Improved Common Sense own irthday s a Noal isc hoot De. b larator)• e a vri ises rm , compositions, orations SEWIlia M AMINE. and i maillent t "cal and instrumental music n cre. FAMILY 1,11 thepripgramme for the afternoon, hut flume-The. NI midst. will pilith hem. fell. tuck, quilt, and, hind brunt and emlsodder to a most superior manner. t thin. , i wiled up which was not on, namely' the , pre‘entation of a tine Gold. watch and chant to PRICE ONLY 18 DOLLARS. the Principal, Prof. Henri Caner.tScholans Ft LLY NV tREANTED FUR FIVE YEARE, anti ti ii lit no wished to express their thankful feeling's through this token. A.nnoit. r 1) wicker.; We will pay SI One fur any machine that will sew e m n,, f orn to nt trui ur MOT: lo.• one of the students, eliairrnim of the pre,en 'tom a. ant than u a urs it makes the Idaalle tat ton committee, and the gill itself, coming nom helot cal anti grateful pupils, moved Mr. "FIL.V- , l'IC LOCK STITCH." ( tuner to tears, so that lie ma 4 titleto titter Ins F ,, , ~,,,,,,, .t licit ,4, lee c0t. .., ~,,, the cloth eon thanks but in broken tom. it a la• pulped pearl In flia.ut tearing It• We pay Agents Sp atchce were made by several r , enmesh to:: S r‘ s t o i , s i ':' per i ne , ll . i• ...I e•Pote.e*. or a eolausihe honorable and °therm ise (list inzurshisl g nth ' f h ' ' '"'",.,,...,',''''''"•1`7,..7.0.3nri. Co. , tarn, anti ;KIM pil/r4 Inuit hums and alio, lit. The e. , renerousl, provided tables mite opened tor Ptif•' , a', Pi , Btation, .Mass., or Si, Louis, Mo. Inani int iie,l curs;:, and the i tenni! lc el t (.\t TlciN -, ~ car of nil V.tenteseilltleAfriehhtellUbr itin hi aph tel It'ClOre 01 He. T", to is I. der I ,e• 'pupae name an oiler, uniere they min Fab. a eel , lh et 11,-r---olbjef 1 'Ho, fir his the.11,1•11l. I , P 111 :', ft i ,', l : ~,• ... 4. p ," , - - ,7,17„ 7:, 7 -T,1, r ,h;,, , ,!:, Z e v ii r u no t d held °Ow; din nee, dined and cunt rid tchicat ion " llic vino, aad " shau pre,.....iiie all pant,. .7Z selling Or o hole oan a tine reit. t eurt, it heed bpi( Mild in uv , hie :doe. ander Olin U me. to the 101 l extent of the lt ha• Mal treat (loin •Iv 'nor 10 trick, r.., 5c..0l toe.legit .. , rut li \fattener urn Mandated from on by one ars and the 4 , 11Pa•1 That O . :10( 1 has a ,_11.111,1 , P ‘ p . i . r . a '. :l ' l, r l l ' tri ' : r ll i f . a " p; ' ,MV111: 1 ;: ,'" 61:221 . Yr ii" 1171 b ):0 " 71 1111111 e It la a itit-etting to the / otnintinit in • atm,a at a It pr lfeb9lw the Midst (A it alcit it 81 anted, anti it .extt tisit . - buildings are an ornament to the limit There A GIFT...—. 1 areello-Laolleil and °caffe in. for their non momenta —A. are oann to to data hundred pupil= in regular therm,: Slat le. a Is. \I sA, alth a inidn, MOM . , and OW'. at t ~/nin n eV, 't vt. ra I• of v. Man ire from t our et .zissic 40.0 no plea..., UP , . ‘l , hen, Pt Vere. What, county. 1 et.in trail, " end all other psirthelnrst Free. Address C. I Van Allen, 171 hr.'s.. :\ Y (feb9w4 ,pccial llotirco. The Season end its Dangers.—The human '-' body I- chiefly compored of tltieueot and Inert an .eitittive to every change in the condition of the maim • phrn• a n the most telltale electrometer, or the quick. .Jeer in a barometer trite. The stomach. the akin. the non-e, the langs. and the excretory onons are especially liable to he affected . by thtea Nariatiute. and the beet defen, a;•aiaet their dinar, irons tendency It , to kelp the digestite machinery, which feeds and nourigieu the uhtie systein, in plt( working order. If the ftornarb la weak or dlsoniered twitter the blood nor the Idle can he in a healthy elate. and upon the Ili of thet.e two important Out& for the often it,eigoed to then. hy nattire, and the re lardy of their for., health le a at Ineamtre depend., When the Air Is heavyily laden with chilling vapors, as it often to at thin neasnll of the year. the digestion should hey object of peculiar care. If it is wimk and languid, the whole physleal structure will he euerlated. if It Is vigorous, the entire organization will he strong to resist the untoward and depressing influence of a damp and atrnospben , . A pure and powerful tonic is therefore eopecialleneed ed an o safeguard against the disclaim moot common in the spring. and !forfeiter'', Stomach flitter* being the moot wholesome and potent medicine of the elaso at present known, a course of it is particularly advisable at title period of the year. The inn:mull will thereby to toned and strengthened, the liver and bowels regulated. the nervous oystem braced up. and nature put in a state of notice defence against the nolostna which nnpreinduees intermittent and remittent fevers, rheumationts. mucous debility, headache, byptschinadrin and other complaints which fire opt to assail the nntufied and nufortified tirgnitizations. The hotly in strengthened without excit ing the brain- anti conneptsently no unpleasant reaction follows its reviving and renovating operation.—Jforch. Tc - TREFALSOM IMFILOV liD SEWING MACHINE. Tbe.e machine• make a strong. Jumble and elasttc stitch: is ill pew with ease every variety of cotton, woolen, lluen and silk grads, from the finest to the coa3weet, Mist of any required thickness at greater speed and with lean power and noire than any other nmehlue, .Agents wanted in every town. Liberal commiselon allowed. For terms and circular address A. S, HAMILTON, No. 700 Chetonut St., Phila.. Pa., Sole Agent Feb. 23, 1 sm. -4w. fr TO CONSIIMPTIVV,—Tbe Advertleeq having been refi orett to health In n few heel,, by temediy, after having euffered nevernl7 earn with a mauves ion.; atreeilon. and that Arend tretoie, etoientuptlon—ln milieu" to wake known to his fellow nafferern the ntteatto of core. To all who desire It. hr will *end a copy of the pre *criptiou need (free of chargehe lib the uirect lone for preparing and acing the came, which they will find a ler, (Toe TUB CN3IIIIe3tPTION. ASTIEIMA, FIROACUILTIS. etc. The object of the advertiser In rending the Prescrip tion la to benefit the afflicted, and spread information which he conceives to he Invaluable; and he hopes every *offerer will try his remedy, salt will Copt them nothing, and may prove a bit eying. Perth* wielline the prencriptlon. will picnic addrern line EDWARD A. R ILSON, Williamoborg. Mega Carroty, New York.. (amyl/ ly. t:rDEAYNE SS, BLINDNESS ces and CATARRH treated h the inmost sucs J. I 64AC1.: M. D.. and Prormeor of diseases of the Eye and Ear • (his specialty) In the Medical Cnlleae of Pennsylvania. 12 years experience. ( ormerly of Leyden, Holland.) No. 121.5 Arch street, Philadelphia. Testimonial. con he seen st his office. The mealiest (acuity are invited to accompany their patients, as he has no eeerets to his practice. Artificial eyes Inserted without pale No charge for examination. leitt7 ly )w6 !LarThe Confoootono of as Invalid.—Publiehed for the benefit of young men and others who stif fer from:ferrous Debility, ete., supplying the means of pelf core. Written by ono who Cured hiinself: not sent true on receiving a post paid directed envelope. Ad dress, NATILiNIEt. MAYFAIIf. Dee. 2241, lE49.—tan.gmp `fared Or If 01/TH.—A Gcntluman who cut fared tor year* Crum Nersoue Debility, Prema ture Dee- 1 7,4nd an the effects of Youthful Indh , crotlon. will, for the 11131k0 nt laufferlug humanity, send free to all who need It, the receipt WI illrectlonufor !flaking Oh. sitlipktreu u. y by which ha woe cured. tkarerUns wiebing to profit by the advertiacr's expericuce, can d o to by Addroirlug, In perfect congticnce. 3ORN ODONN, No. .& defier /treat, Nuw York. (mayl3 ty PBB E. SPECTACLES-840 corn moil Spectacle", a new supply, for "ale Di llinarom No,". 10,1 f O. ABEL TURREL. , 11.etv 4dvertioemento. DACCUEIf & CO. HEAT CHANGE! AGMTS WANTED f $ 00 Orr' leMr. Vir t u: b lVe geu t t Att•fft "l. 'aorta , " !Vent Freriading rata Wire Moats Line. elseepeet and btet.clothe, Hue. la the IA , rid: only :tete. per Coot. and mill hat a hundred —Addreee the Ilint.on Rirsr tiara Co. "A Vm. Rt.. N, ti ..or 16 Eletzrbon St. Maga. M. IA ne,Lr,r 1 , .,,1,.. s. AEVNTS 11 ANTED. Clacnlar and sum t• king FItEE. Addrev, lIINKLEY KNITTING IA(.11IXE TU.. 11.1 h. Ik. (feberri AGENTS WANTED FOR INTERNAL REVENUE,. T 1... I;o1.1 Ititqr. anti Drawback Frauds bi% iwnixey of th, I,rgatliz,4l Li..prwrel lon.. Una/Attlee* and Dalds OD the uevvvn molt --(Metal Tnepitntle. Malfcanance, Tyranny anti I raption --The most Startling. Fascinating ha tt rot, is o and littistriant Book yet poblistoad. conedlang obliptittiolo ct idence, sworn Isstinardil i rittopiste nod at orate details. Lot,islator, Fanner., MebnnleiL, erOry Citizen, and Taxpayer. are directly Intereft.ad in dm stratagem. Ayr: Mnchinationx and Crsmos of Corrupt ittirit Distillcrs. Gold Gambler*. Drawback Fcagria Lid emfty Male iCtoM, Publlshrd In one attractive voltam,. abont. 50D n ell.lllled loss's. WWI Pphitell Illustrations. Price 100 to -w t be tuttieli, rl.OO. Bold by sup-eriptkis only. Send for cirrular and opecLll terms. WK. FLINT , Publianer, Philadelphia, Pa, itchteis4 ,th-AllAgh.TZll7 Vt. CULT IVATOR'S GUIDE, Flower and Kitchen Garden. 2lth .ditto) of thin popular work. which has met with ninth fa, or in toe Debt. 1.10,% ready. It has been re-, written and improved, printed with new type. and tak line paper. tllt,trn•ed within beautiful Lithograph, lip 6 moor other ..1,11,11 - 111;:• from nature. It enotahle to de,.e . ript lon and lit , nrrure or over two leading varieties of Ftow Cr'. and V also dencriptive lint of the 00VP•li if, lit the prenent neaten); to whkett la added • col lection of hat choice French Hybrid Gladiolus. This swork. we feel confident. will compare favorably within? , imilar tote. ['rm. firi lett, intriber, .24'. IT "1 hdve rovvist d e covv of you, oarrbly gotteo Atontror cultivotoet. ()nine. 1 lbtok It for tfond of wry 'thing of the kind ever boturo Issued from tbq Azoketialit Scot to any ottno,s upon t oo olln of , 25 . 0 9 3 ,to_ibe POPM color. awl SO Cent, for TastefullyDour:l4lll4oM WASI.Iftt; RN S. ca. Dorton, Mao,, VeMPIN THE MAGIC COMOwtiT change any ol ored hair or beard to a permanent black or boon, It contains no pol.t.n. Any ttile can urn it. Ono agar Di ll farisJ,- Add mr4 11. 0 ‘01C COMP. CC., Sprlng LOAILT..ARD'S " EUREKA" SMOKING TOBACO is au excellent *tilde, otgruos Mated —wber,,, , r lair:Morel It to universally admired. is put up In handsome muslin ItagoOti which orders for Meerschaum Pipes aro &Misdated: I.(iIIILLARI)'S -YACHT CLUB , ' S:St RI '"U TUB ('CU Irv+ no superior ; denket- I istud, it t inJury nerve/eva eon! Mut Gad, or peo ple rrdentury halm. —it I. pro,mccd irom .o...etlyns of tho finest stark. and prepared by a patented and orfielnal ntanner. - It I. very aromatic. mittl,and light to weight—hence , It nq II but much longer than others; nor sloes It barn or ot Ing the tonnne, or leave a disagreeable iftearaeLlKi —Orders for genuine, elegantly carved, Meerschaum'. Ptner, s t I vvr ntounted,aint packed lb nest leather polar.. • et 0111101., are placed In the a ocht clnh hnsnd daily. 1.0 RI 1.1. A It " CE.'!ITtRY" • CHEWING TOBACCO. —This brand of Fine Cat Chewing Tobacco roperier anywhere. —lt hi without doubt the beat chdwfug tobacco Wthi cannery LORILLARD'S SIarFFS fIAVB been in r.eneral ass In tiro fitted Statostollloi on years, and rrill acknowledged: be best" sybarite —lt your rtorekeeper dors not ha these irtietes OW' sale, ark him to !o•t them. • • —They t. re maid by reocetable Jobber* &twist rel. where. , , Brooklyn, N. Y. —Circulars wiled on application. P. LORILLARD m 00.- • , C , New Yarki. Dec 15,-12 \II LLINEEY GOODS. bilk Bonnet Velvets In black and colors, Patented elvet,. and PI ladles, Flowed , Featton; Ribbon.; WIT Satins, and Drapes, old lanleal.. *us cbildren't , Wonted and notrlntmadddats.RlMSSM... ee.. Montle, Chaffing. inc. -111c.. - Aluart..44,lleadvat tereaV ta-rr Ruth Ranwinick.qcpoi ME THE