She Pontroor ptutorrat. E. D. lIAITLEYi 'EDITOR. BIONTIIO9B. 'ts EDNESDA Y. FEB. 22 1811. ♦ New "Bureau." One would-naturally think that ten years, occupied by a Radical Administra tion, in the manufacture of Bnreaus for their political convenienee, would suffice to furnish them, with a.Sufficient number to store away alLthe. legislitice garments which they have manufactured from the cloth extracted from the people's treasury, but time rally developer the . delnsion, and demonstrates the policy of the Radical Administration, which is-centralization of power, by adding to the .vast army of of dependents which now surround the federal government until all local self government shall be destroyed. The last grand scheme of Radimlism is to place the education of onr children in the Bands of a corps of_ federal, political demagogues, and by an amendment to the election law which filled the cities of Philadelphia and New York with federal troops, the same tyranny is to be extend ed throughout the whole country and the sacred liberty of conscience, the only safe guard of republican institutions, is to be coerced• by federal £upervisov, and thus, with the educatim of our children in their bands to be nursed upon negro amalgamation milk and taught nothing but the Radical creed, and with the force of the military power to throttle the voice of manhood at the ballot box, Radicalism might consider itself the Alpha and Omego of all political power in this na tion, and perpetuate its reign forever. The educational bill to which we refer provides that unlimited number of schools superintendents ellen be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at a salary ranging from three dollars a day to 3,000 a year, books to be prescribed and pur chased by the government, and 50,000,- 000, dollars a year ig to. be, raised by direct _taxation to meat tha exnansca. How much more of such "advocating reform" do the people want? I..et our aitempomry of 3lCintrose Republican answer. Commercial Failures. We publish in another column, a state ment of the number of failures and amount of liabilities, for the year 1870, as compared with those of 1869. This report is from the :Mercantile agency, hence is freed from political bias. This statement shows an increase of one third over the failures of 1868, and one fourth over those of 1869. This certainly is not very tlattierng to the commercial psos perity of our country, and very naturally provokes the ingniry, who are the suffer- COW pally fall? That it requires any very re-' markable fivanciar accuteness to perceive who are the sufferers, we do not beneve, hence we venture our views, confident of their approval by all unbiased thinking men of the country. The basis of all the wealth of any nation, is the amount of its agricultural and mechanical pro ducts. Speculators add not one dollar to ! the wealth of the nation, as they only I roll up their stocks and bonds in dealing in and exchanging those articles which constitute the foundation of our wealth, and which are produced by the bone and sinew, the laboring portion. We have just emerged from a most devastating, fratricidal war, the burden of which, like', every other, has fallen upon this same I class, the laboring men, and they have I not only given their. lives, but like the I power which moves all machinery, their absence blocked the wheels in our finan cial progress, and while diminishing greatly the number of producers, increas ed in the same ratio the number of con sumers, and during the last decade in stead of increasing in our resources we have constantly been feeding upon our own substance. Scheming rulers to de ceive the people have inflated paper mon ey in order to cover their extravagance, and make the soldier and the laborer take a paper obligation that was worth but fifty cents for one dollar, while the speculator, stock jobber and bond holder, have hoarded up their gold at its par val ue, and are relieved from the onerous burdens of taxation. We assert that up on this basis the conclusion is self evi dent that finally the toiling yeomanry are the persons in this nation who are the final subjects that must suffer by the immense inereas6 in speculative failures The Radicals and the Next Presi dency. Senator Schurz says that Grant cnnuot secure the large German vote in the next Campaign, sud Senator Sumner thinks the republican party cannot afford to have Grant as a candidate in 1872. General Logan says it is doubtful about Grant. get ting the nomination. The other hand, Butler, Morton, Henry Wilson. Chandler and Conkling, are ardent for Grant's're nomination, and think he can he re-elect ed. It is said that Morton would have many backers of the extreme radical school for the nomination, if he would consent to stand in the way of Grant, which he is not inclined to do. Some of the radical leaders are engagad in :work ing up General Logan as a presidential candidate, and unlike Morton, he has no squesmishnes about standing in the way of Grrant. There are whisperings of Col fax appearing on the Buena ab ou t th e mo . mentthe scramble culminates, and in fa man:ltparlance, he is i‘ laying for the 32 omination." . —The.itritiOuneroltrs ofV.p, eommis goo on th0..21,141m0m, e)almaluire sailed from Londop,:* the-Cuba,foziSTeerork. Death of Wm. C. Ward, Esq. The lust obsequies were performed over the mortal remains 'of Win. C. Ward, Esq. of the Hero. of Nov .:Milford on Thursday last,.by as large a concourse of people es ever assembled upon such ad occaSion in that place. The ceremonies, bfrequest of the deceased, were conducted by the Masonic Fraternity, of which he was an old and worthy member. About one hundred dui fifty members of the order were in the procession. The imposing ' ceremonies were performed by Rev - . 1. N. Pardee and J. IL Dusenbury of Great Bend. _As apPreipriiite :discoureo as it ever has been our privilege to hear was delivered by Rev. Henry Wheeler, of Owego, New York and former pastor of the Methodist Church in New Milford. The name of Wm. C. Ward is closely connected with a large portion of the business, - political and social interests of thii county, as the high esteem and confi denceof the people have long imposed upon him high officesi of trust and responsibili ty, to which our county records will bear witness. Many were the tears of sorrow for his sudden demise, and of sympathy for the sad bereavement - of his family and numerous friends. In his death, many a poor fiimily hal lost a benefactor, the community a cheerful, social citizen, and energetic business man, the family a kind, ,generous husband, father and friend and the Masonic Fraternity one of its most consistent members. Sad indeed were the feelings that came o'er us as welooked upon the casket which contained all that was left of our deceased brother, and, in the solemn language we must say "Dust •• to dust" Ashes to ashes," yet as we filed around his narrow sepulchre and desposit •ed the evergreen, that beautiful emblem of our order, symbolical of the Resurrec ion, upon that ruined house of clay, our minds were led to grasp the faith which it inspires, that the spirit which once occupied the deserted tenement had "gone to God who gave it The gavel of the Grand Master of the Universe will sooner or later call us all "up" to that Lodge Supernal it we ant obey rus preeepts aril follow His example. Mr. Ward was a brother cf the late Christopher L Ward, Esq., deceased, of Towanda. Forty Negroes for Jurors. The Paper of Pittsburg says that the radical authorities of Allegheny, the ban ner county or radicalism, has capped the climax of their devotion to the cause of radicalism by returning forty negroes to serve as jurors in the several courts of the county for the coming y.-ar. This is suf ficient to constitute three full juries,.with four to spare. But it is not the design to put them all together on the same jury, but to intersperse them among white jur ors, in order the more fully to display the b eaut i o o f onrl the harmoni ous working of the machinery of the rad ical party. Well, if the white men of Al lgebeny county who have suits to be tried in our courts, are willing to submit them to negro jurors, it is not war business to complain. All we desire to do is to call pu t blic attention to the fact, and to "ren der unto Czesar the things that are Ca , - saes" so that the radicals may have all the glory and honor of the new order of things, all of which they are justly and exclusively entitled to. 'The last Reconstruction bill intro duced by Mr. Cobb, and drawn by Butler, is framed iu the imitation of some of those old acts of Parliament leveled against the Irish people three hundred years ago. Commissioners are to execute it, supported by the army and navy. It has been referred to the " Ile-construct ion Committee." It is simply a new means of carrying the next Presidential election by in , imidation and violence. Ttte Solon Pox hi London. The London Times of the 28th ult. says: The epidemic of Smallpox in the metropolis has reached an alarming height.. In the first week of the current month the deaths from smallpox were 79, whileduring the last week, being the third of the month, they had risen to the enormous number of 188. Since the to tal number of deaths during the week was 1846, it appears that more than 10 per cent. of the mortality in London is now due to this perfectly preventible disease. The deaths are now three times more nu merous than they have been since the passing of the compulsory vaccinating act in 1853. The smallpox hospital at Hol loway is full, and admits 144 patients; the Hampstead hospital now accommo dates 378 patients, and preparations are being rapidly made for admitting 70 while even in the first week of the month 626 patients were being treated at their own homes in the work-house by the poor law officers. Further hospitals are almost daily required, and this enumeration of patients takes no account of 'the cases which are privately treated. Every case is, at one period or another, a center of infection, and the seeds of contagion are spread over the whole metropolis. London is suffering in short, from a violent outbreak of one of the most frightful of contagious diseases, and the worst to all appearances. has yet to come. We shall not to thought to exaggerate the danger when we add that the deaths last week were three times as numerous us those from scarlet fever—a disease which of itself has for some months 'been the dread of the metropolis. The last report from the Hampstead hospital showed that the mortality among the unvaccinated patients was at the ruts of 41 per cent., while among the vaccinated patients it was at the rate of only 5 per cent. No vaccinated child has died in the hospital, and'the protection proves to be exact proportion to the completeness with which the operation has been performed. It may reasonably be regretted that no punish. meat can be inflicted on persons who, in the,face Ostia facts, have prejudiced the ignorant against their only security, —Gild °pencil strong on Saturday last at 1111 and vibrated tbrouglsotit the day between that figure and 11.1 i, but' loseil finally at 111+, lower. Sales of t 25,000 were reported - at the•Bolud at 11114111 f. Sterling Exchange,. 1224.23. The Way The Soldiers Voted In the course of, a running debate in the House the other day the stale charge of want of patriotism on the part of dem ocrats ,was'made by certain republicans, and particularly that of hostility to sold iers voting. Just then Captain Skinner, of Franklin, who had served during the whole war, put in the following: Mr. Skinner said that in October, 1865. he was with his company in the interior of Texas. An agent was sent by thegov ernment to take the votes of the Penn sylvania' colopaniei, bat forgot to bring with him any but republican tickets. Finding they could not have a fair elec tion, his company - indignantly refused td vote at all, bub nevertheless a return of their vote was made and filed in the pro thonotary's office at Chambersburg, and for judge of election they •had resurrected a poor fellow who had been killed on the battle-field of Shiloh three years before. So much in answer to the gentleman from Philadelphia and the gentleman from Pittsburgh. He would not inquire into the war record, as he understood they had done all their fighting in the Union League. The Alabama Clalnei. The diplomatic correspondence con cerning the Alabama claims has been giv en to the press. The first letter is from the British Minister at Washington to the Sectetary of State, informing him of in structions to propose to the United States a joint high commission of mem bers named by each Government to sit 111 Washington to discuss the mode of set tling questions arising out of the-fisheries, as well as those which affect the relations of the United States toward Her Majesty's possesdms in North America. Mr. Fish replies in substance that the removal of the difference arising ont of the depreda tions of the good relations which Loth Governthents desire shonid exist between them, and suggests that these claims also he referred to the High Commission. Sir Edward Thornton replies that his Gov ernment consents to this if the claims of British sulljeds, arising out of the events of the war, shall also b discussed. Mr. Fish conveys the assent of our Govern ment to this proposition, • and suggest that such claims only as may be presen ted by the Governments of the respecti‘e claimants at au early day, to be agreed on 4y the CoulinhiSlOnerS nominated by the President on the part of the United States to udjnst the claims with Great Britain are contained iu the President's confiden tial message to the Senate on Thnrsday. They are understood to be Secretary Fish, Minister Schenck, Judge Nelson, of the Supreme Court, Mr. Hoar, of Massachu setts, and Senator Williams. The Senate has confirmed the nominations. fin e Commissioners on the part of Gnat Brit ian are Earl de Grey and Ripon, Lord President of the Prier Counen; Professor Montagu Bernard; Sir Edward Thornton, Sir John A. Macdonald, and Sir John Rose. The Secretary. is Lord Tedterden. The British Gm ernment desired that the Commission should consist of only three members; hut the Cabinet at Wa-diington . insisted on ten, and England yielded. Foreign Gleanings. —Unnolewtaiir has been appointed —The stssion of the Prusi , ian Diet closed Friday by Imperial message. —Prince Napoleon denies that he ever offered himself to Bismark as the succes sor of the Emperor. —Emperor William has consented to a reduction of sonic of the contributions which have been let led. —The ball of the French National Assembly is strongly guarded by troops posted outside the building. —The Queen of Spain, enroute to Madrid, has been compelled by indisposi tion, to delay her journey at Nice. —A majority of the National Assembly are favorably to Thiers as the chief of ex ecutive power in France. —Violent recriminations have ensued is the French National Assembly be tween the Conservative and Republican deputies. —The British Foreign Office professes to have conclusive evidence of the exis tence of a secret treaty between Russia and Prussia. —The Italian Chamber of Deputies, after discnssiug the Papal Guarantee bill, without action, has adjourned until the first day of next month. —All contributions which have been collected by the Germans in France, oth erwise than as penalties, will be reckoned in the general war indemnity. —The Roumanian Senate has voted a resolution expressive of complete devotion toward Prince Charles, and entire co-op eration in the acts of the government. —Announcement is made that in case the occupation of Paris by the German troops should be found necessary. Gener al Falkenstein will be designated gover nor. —Emperor William directs that all political prisoners in Germany be releas ed, in view of the elections, but provides that such clemency shall not be a bar toI their furthef prosecution. —A despatch from Athens announces that the Court of Appeal has confirmed the judgment against the accomplices of the bandits who perpetrated the Mara thon massacre. —A petition to the National Assembly is circulating among the prisoners in Germany expressive of a desire for the submission to universal suffrage of the question whether the Goverment of France shall be a monarchy or a repub lic. —ln the English House of Commons, Friday night, Viscount Enfield repeated that the Anglo-American Commission was not authorized to settle the difficul ties between the two countries, but to de termine the mode of adjustment. Gleanings. —The Secretary of the Nary has writ ten sletter, in which he expresses the opinion that the Tennessee is safe, and that news of her arrival at San Domingo City may be expected not much before the 23d inst. —Mr. Charles Hallet, while driving for water at Sag Harbor, struck oil at twenty feet, and when he put his pump at work, brought up oil instead of water. —The Italian Parliament has adopted a resolution declaring the libraries and picturetalleries of the Vatican to be na tional property. The measure was ob jected to by the Ministry, anirwas carried against their opposition, CONGRESSIOSIAL SUMMARY. SENATE, Feb:la.—The House amend ments to the bill.for the sale of useless militarr•rreservations was concurred; in.. The joint resolution . prescribing theform of oath to beliken by;Mr. Miller, Sera tor elect - iced Georgia,ivas taken op, find Mr. Trumbull-proceeded to explain and advocate it. Mr. Edmunds opposed the el:lin:04 Mr. Miller. . Mr. Cunkling fol lowed on the same side. Mr. Carpenter ;favored his admission. Mr. Hill also ar gued in his Error. The discussion was ,further eentinued , by,Mvsars.,Morton, Scott and others- , Tile bill was finally or- deredlo iktlitrd readk4-Yeas, "a; nays, 20—and passed, At 6:45 r. 3L, the Seu ,ate adjourned. ' House.-Under the call of the States a number of bills were introduced and re ferred. The opponents or the Air-line Railroad prevented it from coming before the House by calling for .the reading, of bills. A motion to suspend the rules and take up the Air-line Railroad bill was negatived, yeas 111, nays 74; the neessa ry two-thirds not voting in the affirma tive. The rules were suspended, and a bill to authorize the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi at Louisana, Missouri; passed. The Senate bill auth orizing water Ftmgcs to be established on the Mississippi river was passed. Several motions to suspend the rules end take up certain bills, were negatived. A mo tion to suspend the rules and pass the bill authoricing the Jikekson, Lansing and Saginaw Railroad Company to change the northern terminus of the road was passed. A motion to suspend the rules and bring before the House the bill to en force the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States, was agreed to. At baltinist four the House adjourned. SENATE, Feb. 14.—The Hence. Joint resolutions appropriating *5,000 to George F. Robinson, in recognition of his services in saving the life of Secretary Seward, in. April, 180, was passed. A number ofadversereports were made from the Committee on Finance. The morn ing hour was occupied in the considera tion of the House bill authorizing the terms of the United States Courts, to be held at Helena; Arkansas. At 1:20 P. M., it was laid aside, and the Gulf Steamship subsidy bill was considered in Committee of the Whole. A motion. to strike out the names of. the corporators, so as to ' leave the Postmaster-General free ti con tract with Ulu boot parties, was agreed to. After the adoption of varionsamendments, materially modifying the bill, it was passed ; yeas, 29 ;'nays, 21. A bill mak ing an appropriation of 814,000 for the compensation of Nicholas Trist, for ser vices tendered in negotiating the treaty of Gandaloupe Hidalgo, was, after debate, passed. The House bill relating to tele graphic communication between the Uni ted States and foreign countries was call ed up, but without action ; the Senate, at 6 P. M., adjourned. House.—The House, after a discussion of two hours agreed to a report of the Committer on Elections in the ease of Sheafe teminst Tillman, front the Fourth Congressional district of Tennesss. The report was in favol - of Tillman, the sitting member, but gave the contestant for the expenses of the contest. The re port of the Committee on Military Affhirs on the West Point Academy difficulties was taken up. 31rAsp,r addressed the n00a,.......,.. r p0rt of rte committee re port. The discussion was continued by essrs. Arrell, Slocnm, Butler and Lo gan. The precious question was moved and seconded, but without teaching a vote, the lions., at 5:30, took a recess till e. M. The evening session was for gen eral debate only. SENATE, Feg. 15.—The veto of the bill for the reli-f of certain Naval Construct ors, was sustained-by a vote of 5? to 2. A resolution was adopted, instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire as to the ri , ditof the Treasury Department to re tam all compensation for services render ed for the United 'States by the Union Pacific Railroad and its branches, to be applied to the payment of the interests on bonds issued by the United mates to that road. The rein: inder of the morning hour was occupied by the Centennial bill. The Legis6thre Appropriation bill was then proceett:d with. The section increasing the salaries Federat i Judges . excited some "bid was finally agreed to. Without final action on the bill, the senate went into Executive Ses sion, and afterwards adjourned. HOUSE.—The - report of the Committee on the West Point troubles was after de bate adopted. It reinstates the three ca dets whom the first class drove away : ex pels the ring leaders of the first class; or ders the trial Icy Court martial of the oth ers, and also, orders an investigation into the management of the institution. The bill to provide for the better security of life on steam vessels was passed, and the House at 4:40 P. li.adjourned. SENATE, Feb. 16.—The House bill for the apportionment of members of the Territorial Councils of Wyoming and Colorado, was ptuised. Mr. Howe, Chair man of the Committee on Claims. made a personal explanation in reference to an article iu the New York Sun on the Red River cotton claims. Messrs. Davis. Pratt, and Sprang also‘lefendetl the ac tion of the committee. The Legislative Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was proceeded with. Without dis posing of it. the Senate, at 5;45 e. lax, af ter a short Executive session, adjourned. llousE.—The House went into Corn- mittec of the Whole 011 the Army Appro priation bill. It appropriates 8.2i,475,- 080. Mr. Niblack addressed the Com mittee against the interference of the military iu the,. State elections. Mr. Brooks announced that, in v'ew of the fact that the army was perverted to elect ioneering purposes by, the President, he should oppose the whole The -de bate was quite excited, and was partici• pated in by Messrs. Sargent, Randall. Morgan, Schumaker, and &hers. At the expiration of the . morning hour the de bate was closed, business relating to the District of Columbia beiug the order of the day. The Con femuce Committee's report on the lAA estaldishiug a territorial form of gOvern,tuent, let the District was agreed to. Ther,bill establishing a uniform system of cducritieu for the District was discussed. It was ordered to he read a third time and to'be engrossed, A bill giving a right of action in the District of Columbia to any person suffering from injury to person, or property, or means of support on account of intoxicating liquors being sold to a boatload or father was dig cussed and ordered to a third reading. A resulotion was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information in regard to _Property acquired by the gov ernment in Forest county, Pennsylvania. At 4,45 the House took a recess. The eveninesession wagraccupied by agener al debate on the Rdttoational bill Commercial Failures. in 1870. OFFICE OF rtut 3fERCANTILE NOENCT, Februa ry, 1870.—We herewith submit our usual state ment of the number of failures and the anumnt of liabilities which bevel:teem reported dtinpg the year 1870 as conipaiet . " 1 with 1809: Business !flatten. I - :The following Is a list of AuctiOn sales, an `ttotuaCed by hand bills and adt•ertisemet : Xurrey, Diniock, on Saturday Febuary 25. FAltunEs FOR 1869 AND 1870. Number. Amount of No.of Amount of Failures. Liabilities, Fall's Liabilities. Alabama, 16 $ 101,000 31 $ 788,000 Arkansas, 7 53,000 4 222,000 California, ' - 4 593,000 70 2,423,000 Connecticut, GI 1,038,000 68 1,820,000 Delaware, 13 251,000 14 197,000 Dist. Columbia, 4 " 100,000 28000 Florida, 91,000 Georgia, . • 110 .. .577,000 98 1,403.000 Illinois, 175 4,276,000 214 5,919,000 Indianna. 88 1,017,900 86 960,000 lowa, 62 694,000 67 733,000 Kansas, 16. 177,001) 45 504,000 Kentucky, 13 1,4332,000 75 1,194,000 Louisiana, 17 601,000 30 1,886,000 Maine, 83 842,000 105 1,374.300 'SLID' land, 37 1.28.5,000 58 1,3tet.000 M assaelt uset ts, 2.18 8,134.000 967 7,598,000 Michigan, 148 2,204.000 168 8,327,000 Minnesota, 35 567,000 43 568,000 M ississiimi, 11 383,000 24 296,000 31 issoun, 65 1,068,000 115 2,281,000 Nebraska, 15 199,000 5 151.000 New fininp- shire, 39 717,000 40 261,000 New Jersey, 63 1,035,000 WJ 1,121,000 New York,ex. N. Y. City, 309 NortliCarofina, 23 7,135,000 388 5,692,000 3608,000 31 738,000 4,653.000 260 7,966,000 7.844.000 418 10,982,000 849,000 23 938,000 209,030 21 :313,000 378.000 31 821,000 519,000 5 130,150 '720,000 28 1.007,000 313000 35 537,000 1,406,060 76 1,178,000 1,018,000 74 1,107,000 Ohio, 291 Pennsylvania, 800 Rhoh; Island, IS South Carolina, 19 Tennea.4er E=EM Texas, 19 Vermont, 97 Virginia, 59 Wisconsin, 61. Total, 2,338155.7,054,000 0121 07,809,000 N.Y.: city and . • Brooklyn, 918 21,370,000 430 20,573,000 Grand Total, 2n9 sls,frKooo 36.11 $88,242,000 Taking the foregoing figures as Indication of the result of the year's trade, we fear we cannot regard it as satisfactory. Au increase to the ex tent of twenty-five per cent. in failures as com pared with 1869, and thirty-three per cent, as compared with 1868, indicates a want of success not only as applied to individuals, but must, more or less, represent the general success of traders throughout the country. It would, per haps, be unfair to regard these figures as an en tirely accurate representation of the condition of trade throughout the Union; for, when closely examined, the failures iu individual instances are much more frequently the result of individual indiscretion, mismanagement or dishonesty,than the result of widespread condition or of a ,class of circumstances of general application. But it may be pretty safely concluded that the sur plus which has been added to the general wealth of the mercantile community by the year's transactions is hut trifling. The reduction of expenses and the decrease in cost of living have not kept pace with the decline in profits or with the increased risks of business. If these conclusions are correct it is obvious that until some amendment takes place in the business of the country the prophecy that each decade will witness a crisis may nave ful -1 filtuent. It must be admitted that the capital employed in business is in larger proportion to its volume than nt any previous year unaffected by the war or its.remits; that the internal coin metre of the resmtry is greatly facilitated by a popular, uniform and abundant currency-, whil the means of commfinication and transporta tion and the clevolopemcnt of numerous resourc es all point to an improved condition in whirls Dot it is iinrxwittle to deny that not- Iv it Itniandin g .it these not tiwrt ant Ist,, or three elements whirls need a close scrutiny A disposition to overtrade, before referred to. is everywhere apparent. In almost every see. lion of the country the number of persons en g.iged in selling goods is in excessive propon to the number buying them ; and the profits in even• department of commerce are shaved down to the lowest possible point, expenses everywhere and for everything are excessive.— The general habit of the community is still that of extravagance—one of the worst heritages of the war—while a dangerous expansion of cred its is not improbable cinks closely guarded against- These elements, insiduous, and in the end disastrous, if allowed to influence tlh:• trade of the country in the same growing proportion as they have been allowed to manifest them selves iu the last two years, will soon be appa rent in the increased numbers of lidlures ; and, at the risk of unfavorable criticism, we venture to call the attention of our subscribers to their importance. Sas•cd by a Horse. Let any man who ever struck a faith ful animal in anger, read this true story and he ashamed of himself. Some years since a party of surveyor's had just finished their day's work in the Northwestern part of Illinois, when a vi olent snow storm came on. They started for their camp, which was in a grove of about eighty acres in a large prairie, near ly twenty miles from any other timber. The Wind was blowing - very hard, and the snow drifting, so as nearly to blind them. When they thought they had nearly reached their camp, they all at once came upon tracks in the snow. These they looked at with care, and found, to their dismay, that they were their own tracks. It was now plain that they were lost on the great prairie, and that if they had to pass the night there, in the cold and snow, the chance was that not one of them would be alive in the morning. While we were all shivering with fear and cold, the chief man of the party caught sight of one of their horses—a gray pony known as f 6 Old Jack." Then the chief said : "If any one can show us our wav to camp, out of this blinding snow, Old Jack can do it. I will take off his bridle and let him loose, and we can follow him, I think he will show us our way back to our camp." The horse as soon as ho found himself free, threw his head and tail into the air, as if proud of the trust that had been put upon him. Then he snuffed the breeze, and gave a loud snort, which seemed to say: "Come on. boys! Follow me; I'll lead you out of this scrape." He then turned in a new direction and trotted along, but not so fast that the men conld not follow him. They had not gone more than a mile when they saw the cheerful blaze of their camp fires, and they gave a load huzza at the sight, and for Old Jack. " Who steals my purge steals trasb,'lls ihnne thing nothing, 'Torus mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands. But he that filches from me my good health Robs me of that which not enriches him. . But makes me poor indeed." Parents beware of adultenited food. Saul slew his thousands, David his tens of thousands, and adulterated food its hundreds of thousands. J. Monroe Tay lor's Gold Medal Saleratus is warranted chemically pure, to take lesss and to con tain invaluable health-giving properties. The German army will march through Paris after peace is mule, The reports of riots in Parts are false, _ pad_ lintelligenct. —Catharine Grady, Liberty, Tuesday March —M. Loyd, Forest Lake, Wednesday Mareli 15. —James E. Carmalt, on the premises of tk` ,, Wge TlearsdaY . afaieh 0. R. S. Sywle, Bridgewater, Thursday March 9. L. 0. &L E. Baldwin give notice of their appointment fig executors in estate of Shubael A.,Baldwin, deceased. • —James E. Carmalt, autlitor in the estate iVood,giVes notice of meeting April 10. —Il Cooper Jessup, Auditor In estate of John Hays, announces the 25 day of March for a meeting. —John F. hunter and John Foster executors iu estate Robert Foster, advertise farm in Dim ock, at auction on Monday March 27. --Oren "Barmtt, committee In estate Levi Bar: rest, a lunatic, advertises talc Wedensday March —Clover seed for sale , by Stanley Turn•ll. For cat Lake. J column from the king of advertisers lielmbold. One clause we rtrommend to n few of our delinquent subscribers, where he says his medicine will evre . loss of memory. Buy a bot tle by all means it may remind you that two dollars or more are wanted at this Mike. Railroad A meeting of the Commissioners of the Mont trose Rnllw y Co., linid at Springville in pursu ance of adjournment, there'were present of the Commissioners lion.' Benj. • Park, Chairman, B. F. Blakesley, fi. C;Tyler, S. li. Sayre, and C. L. Brown. The meeting being Called to order and business stated by the chairman to be the receiving re ports ol the collectors. B. F. Blakeslee reported collections of $42f10. D. Sayre, It appearing that the said Collectors have not yet finklicd their work it was Resat red, That they be and are hereby instm et ed to proceed in the collection oflo per cent. on stock subAcribtal until all Is collected, and be mady to report at a meeting to be held at Tunk hannock on the 2,8 of Feb., 1871. Oo motion 'ndjoumod to ntect nt Tunk hannock, Feb. 28, 1811. C. L. BROWN, S:lpt. --••• Whiskey Hu. twed Him fp." There is seareeiv a rotnmunity or neighbor hood from Mainelo Oregon when• this saying is not used almost every day in the year, and al together too truly. A soh:feet of this kind is to 1 , final in onm.! every town. The merchant lets failed, and whiskey has dime It. The law yet, with brilliant talent's and a large business, has fallen below the range of respectability and rontithner; whiskey was the cause. The politician with bright prispects before him, has played out, and the account is charged to whisk ey. The judge, of talent, a:reand respectability, is the subject of private mid neighlxoinxal talk. His enemies point with derision, and his friends bang their heads in shone, :mil whiskey has done it. That kind hearted neighbor and hard working man has 1 ('come a pest in s,adczy and :t trouble to his family. il'hiskey has heat him. Whiskey will beat any man living, and that is just what it was made tor. Simple Mode of Parifyinz Water. It t. not <et Tener.tlly known na it oo• f l t r to h e that poumle I Mont po.,ae-s,; property of parity n z tea tor. A I'TIC tabit•-tiptx - mfill of pulveris e I alum, sprinhle,l into a hogshead of watrr tthc water stirrel. round at the time,) will, after the lapse of a few hours, by precipitating to the bottom the impure particles, so purify it that it will he lltuntl to possess nearly all the freshness and clearnew of the finest spring water. A pailful, containing four gallons, may be purithr,l Loy a single tea-spoonfol, Advernxiing In Data Times. It is an odd idea of economy on the part of soma busints men that inducts them to reduce their advertising when times are dull. It is jmt when business is slack and money scarce that the dealer needs to address his pot, , nt elo quence to customers to show them that be can make it worth their while to deal with him. In flush times the people are apt to give much less thought to the question where they shall pur chase than when the pinching season comes, and they begin to estimate the value of dittos and pennies. It is then that the columns of the newspapers are scanned to see who sells the cheapest or offers the hest terms ; and many a flourishing business man can date the founda tion of his prosperity at the period of dull times, .when he had the nerve to throw his bread on the waters in the shape of money liberally spent in advertising. A dealer would show the same amount of Judgment in taking down his sign in dull times as in curtailing his advertising. Interegtlng to Postmaztori The Postmaster at Ilillsboro', N. C., was re cently cast in a suit before 'the United States Court, by a citizens who had presented a $2 bill United States currency, considerably multilated, in payment for stamps. The postmaster re fused to take the bill and the citizen sued him for damages. The court gave judgment against the postmaster for the damages claimed and costs, amounting - to •gm. - it was proved that the Postoffim Department had Issned orders that postmasters should receive mutilated currency for postage when offered. The court, besides, held that all departments of the government were bound to sustain the currency of the coy ernment, and the fact of a -bill being more or less mutilated was no justification for its be ing relbsetrby an official of any department of the government. Weather Report, Eliding Feb. 11, '7l DAY. TIME. DkXI. WIND. WEATHER Sunday, 7 18 8. E. 12 23 s. 9 19 ft. E. Monday, 7 14 N. w. 12 20 Lw. 9 17 N. W. Tuesday, 7 15 E. 13 26 9 21 Wednesday, 7 15 12 29 9 27 - - Thursday, 7 29 X. w. • - 12 42 ar. w. - - 9 33 N. W. - Friday, 7 19 N. w. 12 40 N. W. - - clear. 0 31 8. E, • - - snow. Saturday, 7 42 s. e. - - rain 12 45 A. E. - - cloudy 26 N, s. - - - The Broadhead Murder. A. man is under arrest a; Jersey City on suspi cion of being Brook 4, one of the murderers of Theodore Ilroadliod, brother-in-law of Itecord erllowe offlonesdle, who escaped from custtidy after the loonier, and whose companion in clime, Charles Orme was'convicted and hanged about a year iv.- Parting have gone on from Stromlo. bOrk to ascertain tf the etteptelett Se corrcek Important to Retail Liquor Dealers. Instructions .recently received by collectors of Internal Revenue, r ill compel them-to prose cute, very shortly, ill persons who have been carrying on the business of "retail liquor deal vie without paying the United - States Internal. Revenue license. -tinder the head of "retail liquor dealers," are Included all persons who sell lager beer and other malt liquoni, as well as those who sell whisker and other spirits. The penalties for the offence of selling malt liquors and spirits without licmve, are a dim cd..not less than ten dollars and not more than five hundred dollars, and arrimprisontnent` of not less than sixty days and not exceeding two_years, besides other aurae)? prnalitica ind The Wonder of the World. This powerful remedy can be taken internally as well as externally by the tenderest infant. It speedily removes and effottuaily cures all pain. of whatever form, acute or chronic, external or or internal. Warranted to cure all it claims tos This medicine will have its place in the first class of remedies as soon as it is introduced. For sale by A. Baldwin, General Agent for Susquehanna County, and will soon be offered for sale through,the county. licadrose,Veb.6,lB7l.--3w. Dentistry. I)r. T. .t. Wheaton, of 134 Court street, Bing, - bnintori, -N. Y., will be at Morse's Hotel, Gran gervill6, on.Saturtlay, Feb 25, and at Dimock Corners, Thursday, March 3. All persons In the vicinity of these places, having unsettled ac counts, with the doctor, as well tis those desir ing his counsel, lire solicited tb Call. Binghamton, February 15. Bw. NEW TORE PEOIDEVE hangiers. Corrected weekly by • William Bodsdon, ni Fulton St., New York. Week ending Feb. IS, 1871 Turkeys, per lb. 14 to 21 Chickens " 14 to 20 Geese " ..... ..... ..........14 to 16 Ducks ........ 16 to 18 Butter, pail 37040 " firkin ftWlB Cheese, dairy, per lb 130 , 14 " factory " ' . 14015 Eggs, per doz 2702 t Flour, per barrel 4 7506.45 Corn meal, 100 lbs. 2.2002.30 Wheat, per bushel 1.2001.50 Rye " 9501.00 • Oats a 51055 Corn II 80090 Hops, crop of 1870 160;0 Beef, sides, per lb 10014 Hogs. "9012 Potatoes, per bbl. .... 2.0003.60 .. . Tallow " - 9010 Dewrrr.—ln Brooldyn, Feb. 11, 1871, M, littMer Dewitt, wife of Jaz:weal Dewitt, de ceased agc4l 77 years. B.U.nwtN.—III Anral. Susqna. Co., P., Feb. 10, 1871, Shubael A. Baldwin, aged ID .year and 4 rnontirk WARD.—In New Milfori, Pelt 14, 1871, of con gestion of the lungs, William C. Ward, Esqr. aged dl years 7 mo., tl days. The entire community has been startled by the death of our friend who was universally loved in life and univerial mourned in death. About ten days before his death he took a heavy cold, which ended in congestive of the lung-. For some days his life seemed to hang in an even ballance, but at length the disease baffled all ill and our friend fell under the power of By this sari dispensation of divine Providence a general gloom has been thrown over the entire circle of his acquaintance. Mr. Wavl was well known in this region bay :Mg been born and raised in the village in which lie died. The integrity of his character is well attested in the confidence reposed in him by the people of his town, having the office of Justice of the Plice nearly thirty years. lie bore the name anesharacter of a peace maker—among his neighbots--and generally succeeded in set tling their disputes to their own satisfaction and gained the gratitude of both parties; in this re lation we may apply the declaration of Christ, "Bles. , :ed are the peace makers fur they shall be wiled the children of God." There are but few now whose souls were so stirred by the afflictions of others, and Ms warm sympathies were drawn out toward all w ho suf fered, and his hand and heart were ever ready to extend the help that was needed. The al flirtH sought his word of cheer, the bereaves! his sympathy, and he literally "wept with those who wept," and "mourned with those who mourned." The widows sought his counsel and the father less and poor his benefactions and all was given with a readiness that indicated a soul full of generous impulses. To him we may apply without fear of-exag geration the words which Job uttered of him self, "When the ear heard me' then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me, be c ause I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was 'ready to perish came upon me ; and I caused the wid ows heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a Father to the poor ; and the cause which I knew not I searched out." The high esteem in which he was held was manifest in the large concourse which were in attendance at his funeral. The rich and poor, catholic and prOtestant, came and contributed their teats and sympathy, and it seemed true of him as was once said of another "None knew thee but to love thee. None named thee but 1W praise." he was always very susceptible of religious thought att4 feeling; and often exprei& ed hLs gratification: at evidences of religions feeling in others. In his sickness his _mind dewelt on the gvcat subject of hissours salvation and yet he expressed no 'fear, but spoke of his implicit trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as his savior and waited with resi,gnatiosk, ond cour. posure the coming of his Lord. Alter giving his parting counsel to his sorrow strick9 family in regard to both their temporal an-I spiritual concerns he gently passed away to his eternal reward. The loss of the community and family 1 9 impairable ; the providence of God is myster : lons, anti we know the Judge of all the 'earth will do right. In him the family lost an affectionate husband, father, brother ; the state a noble, and honorable citizen, the poor a generous, benefactor, andt 99f common humanity a friend. A numerous rnmJly, ore.le.ft to mown It 4 log • • to whom are oteotletl the generous ayprithim of of thp entire a:mumalty. - cloudy . .., clear. AUCTION—The subscriber having sold his farm, will sell at public sale, in Forest on Wednesday, March 15th, 1811, nt 10 cyciocli., a. in., the following property, viz: Eleven cows; span of horses, !Lubber wagon, buggy, Wagon, cutter, wood bob . , 120 bushels of oats; saddle, sett harness, quantity of corn, hay_ forks, hay . rakes, shovels, churning machine, dog churn, barrel chum, quantity of puns, palls, pptatciee, grindstone, 3 sboabi, crow bar,challikitifeh forks, cross cut. saw, cutting.boz,lron'ket`le, grain cra dle, scythe% smiths, bush hook, quantity of bay, 2 plows, cultivator, fanning mill, and other or: tides not mentioned. $5 or under, cash, over $5,, nine months' credit, withiapprovedEccUrllY M. LLOYD. • M. a BOTTOM, .4tyntiwer, '''Fo242l..iike, Feb, E 8,187 1 :. ' Wiegz:En.
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