ake poutroge Mttuocrat. 2. B. itAirj,ElTLEttkon. f. PXNN'tt 111/BDISIEWC, kPO7I. 5. 101 Democratic County Committe. The Members of the Democratic Conn . ty Committee are hereby notified that a Meeting will tall place at tile Elccuartom HOTEL, (C. M. Koon, Proprietor), trose, on Monday, ..4pril-40,-1874-at•A o'clock, r. m. The names of Committee will be found below: Auburn.. Ararat... Apolacon Bridgewater.. Brooklyn Clifford Choconat Dimoek Dnadaff born.: .. Forest Lake Franklin Friendaville • ...George Milliken B. Whiting Gibson Great Bend bora.. Great Bend tp.. Herrick Harmony Harford Jessup J' B. McKeeby. Jackson T \V. Clinton. Lenox Sylrauus Titus Lathrop Wm. Stanton. Liberty_ Ricltard Bailey.' Little Meadows Thos. O'Dow'l, Jr. .:...Owen Smith. C M. Gere. ....Elliot Aldrich. .....Wm. Hayden. .J Stevens. .Thomas Redding. —R. T. I{andrick. ...A. W. Rowley. .Timothy Chester Stoddard. Middletown Montrose New Milford tp.. New Milford born Oakland Rush Springville Susquehanna.... Silver Lake Thomson It is earnestly requested that all attend. . .C. M. GEB.E. Chairman. The Completion-orliol4n. We published yest&day, says the Lan caster Inielligencerc a full account of the conviction of William W. Holden, Gover nor of the State of North Carolina. Af ter a patient and thorongh examination, in which the accused was given every op portunity to refute the grave charges brought against him,he was solemnly ad judged to be guilty in manner and form as he stood indicted for high crimes and misdemeanors. Being entrusted with.the protection of the lives and property 01 the citizens of dim State, and commis sioned to guard the Constitution of the Common:malt/I'4nd to execute the laws thereof, he impeded a band of sanguin ary ruffians and turned their arms against a peaceable and nnoffending people. Un der authority given by him by his office some were seized without any warrant of law, thrown into loathsome prisons and tortured in the most cruel manner to make them evanf.ca never committed. Men who had com mitted no offence were hung np by the neck, and other gross indignities, such as only savages are accustomed to employ, were practiced upon them. When an ap peal was made to the courts by his victims they were denied the sacred privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, and civil law was laid prostrate before the feet of arm ed violence. The Treasury of the Com monwealth was plundered to pay the bar gains, whom he employed, to wreak ven geance upon those whose only offense was the exercise of that freedom in political action which is the inalienable right of every American citizen. having been solemnly arraigned fur crimes of such magnitude, he was ably defended, and al lowed the advantage of every ancient ju dicial right during the trial. The evi dence against him was overwhelming,and he has been formally adjudged to be guil ty, and sentenced to be deposed from of fice, and forever deprived of the rights of citizenship in the State of North Caroli na. That the verdict of the High Court of Impeachment was eminently jest and properno man who readthe evidence can doubt The whole country : is interested in seeing the majesty of the law preserved inviolate, and their cherished institution defended from such assaults us were made upon them by this man Bolden. Runoff! The case of the People against Edward Baal; has been prosecuted in the courts to a conclusion and the verdict of the Jury at Binghamton, which inJan nary last found him avilty of murder in the first degree, will no doubt have its legiti mate result, in the execution of the con demned. Soon after the despatches announcing the decis' lone were, received, Mr. Ilec - ker and Mr. Whitney, attorneys for Itulloir, went to his cell to inform' him of the ac tion of the Court of Appeala - The in telligence appeared 'to 'startle him atfrst, but he immediately became quiet, and cooly converiedliith his:advisers about a respite, and The chances of delaying the execution by fai'tlier legal - proceedings. He complained that the - judger; of; the Court of Appeals had not decided his case according to latvi r , tither. ,because they did not untltixtpas4:the)galproppaitioas ad vanced by his canine!, or, bee - mite they*. nored them. = " " He is not willing togir:e '±tp the strug gle yet although ctte ins L Leen pro nounced upon by the .higlaest court hat ingjarisdictkn -over it • 'The last hope of the experf'Onrderer th(!ippoliktmeikt_ig 4 commission to de. 'ciao 4 01111 1a_saiii-Y. It theysliould de: aim him insane, bis ease:mill ne bo la* the"Vorernbr for ,o7.eineiaCi:, lmt :there itrPt i PAiatni 14w vT justiee;-seemiagly, thab-n44. - 14 8 4 4 Y:Febete. _ himfrom the iinkiltpar that low 'tillable .bas , . SO: of ten and so inliatr,anly'ilolittid., He : to be taken to alletiee:kt *bete: be mnteacqd: •-• President Grant has sent the following, message.to congress : /ripe Etvkiazandiroess,of R4resentifires: of some Zt:the States pt the Unicinlretabrl, ling life', alit( property insecurot.nnil tulle 'Collectieatof the revenue diing,drons.--he proof that such a condition of affairs ex istain some localities is now before the Senate. That the power to correct thcs, eiilais - ,beyond the -control of the State "alithorities - I do trot doubt. That the power of States, acting within thehunts - or exist ing laws is siiliicietif for tbepieient emer gency, is not clear, Therefore.,l urgent ly recotninend such' legislation 'as in the judgment of Congress shall elfectually se cure life, liberty, and proPertkiti all Part s. of the United States.. f rt may he ,exPc , I dle)] t M•proridd that.sticlr asa law. ; be passed, in pursuance of t this rebbnil . mendation, shall expire at - the - end oribb i next session of Congress. Thdte 'is 'no other subject on which f regoin mend legislation during thepresent ses sion. 'V: S. G Wasnimrreq, P. c.,.garcti 23;1871. . „ M -4- 14ort: Gideon Widles is out in strong letter against the policy .:pursued by General Grant and the Radical party, against the States and people of the Sonth; He declares, "if the people of the States respectively cannot make and execute their own laws, but are to be - governed and controlled in their local trinnicipalaf fairs by a central power, then Aineriain Democracy and American ,Republicanism I are mere shams and delusions. He also denounces the plea of necessity set up by the Radicals as an excuse for their acts, and says that this• is always the tyrant's plea i.for crime, oppresion and wrong. it is a bold, frank protest against the usurpa tions of Congress and the President, and adds another stone to the monument on. which will be inscribes the death and detailing epitaph of the Radical party. ' LSwisher L A. Baldwin Patrick Walsh ''ll.; , S. Searle ....C. J. Lathrop C. Decker. Golden • C C. Mills. J. Q. Olmstead. ...A.B. Griffis. J. Q. Wheaton. —James Mead. T. D I.layes. E. IL Barues. ..11.11obard: L T. Farrar. Disgraceful Scenes In a Radical Leg- The Legislature of Arkansas 'adjourn 7 die ou Saturday morning. A. Lit tle Rock despatch says that the House had a night session, Instill.. until 2 A. 21, at 'whic?), there was a great confusion. During a call of the House, and while Sergeant-at-arms was searchiag, for "ali sentces, "whiskey flowed freely, cimars were circulated, and a dozen members were addressing the Chair at once." The results of the session are thus summed up : " The disabilities of about 200 persons were removed, the taxes increa'se; tlia num ber of new offices created and salaries raised, and the registration laws so amend ed that the Governor can carry almost any election over the will of the people. Not one measure of retrenchment or reform was adopted." INTERESTING OLD TIME ILE.II/NISCENCES, The Athens Gleaner is publishing the early history of Masonry in that region, by which 'we learn that the first Lodge organized in Northern Pennsylvania was ill 1 ins. Mild lilt neic the same year at Wilkcsbarre. The former ceased to exist long ago, but the lanai' is in successful operation now. In 1798 No. 70 was organized at Tioga Point, (now Athens) and is in a prosperous condition now. In 1797, between the time when No. 70 was warranted and organized, a lodge was established m Bath, in Strube?), (then Ontario) county, N. Y. Except at Canandaigua, and the one in Newtown in 1704, there were no lotigesin our north in the State of New York, and 'in the west there were none nearer than Pitts burg, where one had been established by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1783. The only other lodge bodering on ours during the last century was the pres ent old Binghamton, which wasestablish ed on this side of the Chenango river, in the then township of Union, in 1799. Among the Masons who visited the sec ond meeting of the lodge at Tioga Point, as visiting brethren, was Col. Thomas Baldwin, of Newtown, who was a mein ber of the lodge there. He was an early and well known settler on the Chemung, and resided below Newtown, near where the battle of Newtown was -fought by Gen. Sullivan in 1779: - • I He was himself in that battle as an En isign was wonnded in it and taken back to 1 Tioga Point, where he remained till-Gen. I Snllivan returned from his expedition. Baldwin Creek, near where this 'battle was fought, was named after him. His descendants still reside in Einiira. Za deck Elwell and Dan Elwell were also there present as visitors. Zadock and Dan Dwell u-ere, brothers. Dan came i to Tioga Point in the same month that this meeting was held. He was born iin Southeast, Duchess county N. Y, April 17, 1774. Ile had taken the three first degrees in Masonery in La Fa yette Lodge, in Amenia, in that &amity, in 1796. lie and his brother Zadoe were both carpenters by trade, and Dan's first employment in Tiara, Point.. was-on the house of Clement Paine in 1798, which was the late residence of John Drake,'and burned a few months ago. He lx-eattie a member of this lodge March 24,1801, and was voted an honorary memberl/ec. 5, 1826, which rank he held at the time of his death. He died at_; Warr Etteniille aged 94 years. He laden 72 .years 'a mason, and was buried with Manottichon ors. One. of his sonsis ilieHon.Vrit. El well. ai4l* Who resides in Eloothsburg;antl is Presid ljudge . of that 'judicial Dis trict of th s State.' One of the grandsons of Dan. E well ivas two years agii. pastor of the Methodist Church, at Rome.- He is a Royal Arch Mason. ' . ~ . ",. : • TirE Qum DEttoeu4cr. l -IVe - ,;are .in debted - to the Cincinnati Vines, Tor the foliwing piece 'of information: . Our Colpmbns letter',.giyoth.C.pro graninte Of the 'Young;',Doloo447, trbo are likely to "dated this tihielp' 4iipplant lug the old hacks of the party: ,aeorge H. Pendleton is ,to be 'the Hubert:atonal .candidate,' with • Hen,' Tom 'Etring for Liehtenant Governot.; - It is •eipected, to carry the Legislature,, "send Pendletown to the United ShateS'HeOate, leaving Bwing:Gofernoite all intentsand purimseS. liessbase sniarfchil4ep Xarthies Vineyard. ' A . ' Vale six-year old_! girt day.., ,, 3ter, of a lifethodise porn._ nutted a fault, an deniedlt. lier zunthe4 learning she...was, guilty: ;a:le 0 : 1 144 7 1 1 Etie - told the until:W:4'4m ells `replied, with great agnaroicl; I should fiat; belie#ll as you as4fatheiao, a traiyerK4V A Message from Grant. Is!attire. Masonic, THE LEGISLATURE. liAnnisnuno, March-31.-Th - o Senate ispot, in ; ession.- „talle ifunsdleveted its whale time this literping to—Llte Republican. -Apportion zient passed.finallY by a party ;iota attalf _past Mayo o'cltiok, and will go - t - We - Senate - as reportedAY'the House CommEttee on Apportionment, without amendment. The Democrats alleged that the Senate will refuse to adjourn until a bill which they decreed ; fait, was, .passed. The Republicans, replying, asserted that • y. would-carry a bill flur.to them, or be satisfied nest clectio the apportion ment of 1864: TFC Sehate . and House are certainly opposed on this measure. • Mr. Hager (Rep.) protested emphatical lysigainst what he deemed an injustice tieue by the Republican Apportionment m pomittee to his district, but he voted for licl4ll. „Adjourned till Tuesday merniug. The Winter of 1871-1872., ,4ature indulges in strange climatic fwaltf c itt irregular, but somewhat well delinediutervals. All of the past year may he classed as exceptional. First, a sum- Auer hotter than the-average of a century, followed by a winter in which the polar aireurrents seem to have shifted places 'with the tropics. The snow line, aband oning its ancient dominion, has moved tire hundred miles to the South; so that its northern margin has actually imping ed against its old southern boundary, while all the territory northward has been left naked and bare of its usual winter covering. /1 the region ,extending from Green- Bay north, And westward, covering the vast pincries.of the Upper Wolf and St. Croix rivers in iVisconsin, and stretching around .Lake Superior. to Pembina and Saskatchewan, to an unknown distance north, has been snowless, or so little has fallen as to seriously iuconwiience lum bering operations. It is estimated by per sons conversant with the subject, that less than two thirds Of,the ttsual logs hare beets banked in trwpine country, and that the supply of huliber will thus be very se riously climinished. Most of the camps hare been broken up, the men and teams discharged„and ` logger's lament is heard in these, grand old woods, piping higher than the familiar whistle of old Boras. Fears Are naturally .entertained that the absence of now wiltdeprive the lumber interests of the usual spring freshets, and tat what has actually been cut at so 41UC11 cXIIOAEO and labor, may remain a Axtt,re during the coming season. Very heavy rains can only secure a harvesting of. the log,erop. A failure in this respect would only add fresh misfortunes to great aial important interests. Lake Superior, the half-way halting ground between Aretic,and tropic Cimes, seems to hare, for once, abandoned its of fice of refrigerator; and the winter zone has not ()lily lapped over, but actually gone over to the tropical, leaving half of the debatable " temperate" warmest on its northern side. What results will follow when the order is broken by the :Wyatt°. ing season, can only be conjecturerL It would not he very surprising if the break up were followed by unusualatmospheric phenomena. - The chief use of Superior, in the economy of western seasons, is as a playground for tempests. It is here that heat and cold alternately meet and warming the polar atur cooling the torrid air en rren ts—and but for that kind ly much of the western country would be scarcely habitable. The season of Lent is rapidly passing away, and it may be of interest to our readers to know something of the origin and objects of this greatest of Church or dinances. Among the Remanists it is a time of penitential sorrow and mortifica tion t a period when no animsl food or wine is allowed by the cannons of the church, and when all public festivities and private entertainments are interdicted, and even marria„ge is not permitted to be solemnized. 'llie fast of Lent, which de rives its name from the season at which it is held ; .in the Spring—at the time of the days lengthening—the - word let gten-tide iv the.old Saxon signifying Spring time— Was instituted to "commemorate the sor rows of the Lord Jesus; to follow the ex -Mimics of His forty days feast, and espec ially to keep in vivid remembrance His most blessed passion mid death. It was thought a fit discipline to precede the Jubilee of Easter, the day celebrated as that of (Theist's resurrection. The primitive churches always held a fast before Easter, but time and the length of the fast varied until the sixth century, -when Gregory the Great occupied the Pa pal chair. He then fixed the time of Lent to begin on Ash Wednesday and to end it Easter. In Catholic countries, a week of festiv ities, ending, in a carnival, where all is wild mirth and abandon, always ushers in this fast. This week of revelry, like- every thing of the kind, is said to have had its origin in the feasts instituted at Rome in honor of Bacchus, which took place at this time of the,year. Formerely as a preparation fur the aus terities of Lent, the people were required to appear at the confession on the Tnes dwF Previous, confess their sins and receive absolution. Therefore this Tuesday grew to be called Shrove Tuesday, from the An glo-Saxon word scrifan, to confess, as on that day the masses were shriven of their sins. Through with this ceremony they might go their tray and indulge in any amnsementstintil tbemidnight bell warn ed them that their gaiety must be put away—the penitential season had be- Shrove . Ttimilly:was, characterized by nanny:singular enstoma In France, a fat daffy figure, a sort of effigy of good living, and so called,was dressed up, and carried about •Ilewas 3 fine fellow, bat his hours . were numbered, sothey begged money fa tlefru3rthe expenses. orhis funeml, - and as night i=rue :on buried him with many -ceremonies. •:They also plucked to pieces grotesque figure, which they =lied in- 1 tenntthe.carniraL. • , i ~. - -,E /ayingativllls.and -throwing at rocks tied to stakes, wernamong the: principle amusements of ttmpeople of England od this, day, The.origur of , the , l4ter sports I is in,duubf.' One author, t6:4! - lii:',4llat it elvf4.o4t of,u.hblir t o44iiniingpn I ted ti**zona from „ , inang couAtierers, the Dines;, : While. asleep .in I their 448. Another ,s uggests that the .1 niernorr . of ..the' sin • when questicnid by u OrTant of the High Priest. Iu 4.**ciation.of this ...3isylei..t,tio.4 be punished for St.. Peter's And ou Shio . :Te Tuesday peiish - in thy prime." • —Prom •&ms.Lince on a Cock _ . The great diversion between men and wcatain was the baking and eating of ran cakes. A bell was rung at noon, to call people to con fession,at the sound of which all housewives began to cook their pan cakes.• This wa.s'known as the Pancakes Pell. Confession overi-the kitchens were filled with merry youths and maiden, try ing to turn the 'miles by tossing them in the air. The point was not to have them scorched and catch them in the pan : " And every• man and timid (loth take their tunic, And bass their pancakes up tor fear they heron; And all the kitchen doth with laughter sound To see the panel:tiles - fall upon the ground." And so Ash Wednesday morning dawn ed, and the people who hail spent the last week in mad revelry and-sin met in the churches to begin their humiliation. The palms which had been blessed the years precious, and used to celebrate Christ's entry into Jersusalem, were reduced to ashes, after being blessed and hallowed with the sign of the cross, and sprinkled with holy water, the priest distributed on the heads of the people or signed them on the forehead with the sign of the cross, "to put them in remembrance of pounce in the beginning of Lent, and to remind them that their bodies are but dust and ashes." AncientlY'great sinners appeared on this day in sackcloth and with ashes upon their 'heads. The forty days of fasting over. Easter comes in, the night of the year has pass ed, and man, regenerated by long absti nence, prayer, and the contemplation of heavenly things, rojoices with nature in the ressurrectiou. All things are new and with them commences a new spirtual life. Death of a Son of Henry Clay Thomas nart Clay, the second son of Henry Clay, died at his residence, near Lexington, By., on Saturday night last. He was a graduate of Transylvania Uni versity, and it is said, of West Point. Upon the election of Dlr. Lincoln he was appointed Minister to Nicaragua, and af terward to Honduras, both of which ap pointments he accepted. Since his return he hasbecn an invalid from neuralgia, from which disease be died. Says the Lexing ton "Press": "The death of Thomas Hart Clay (he was named after his grandfather) makes a void in the social family circle in this country which will long remain unclosed; for, while his illness debarred him in a great measure, of late years, from visiting or entertaining to any con siderable d egree, his companionable nature, his cordiality and the kindness of man ilex that always so pleasantly impressed visitors, rendered his society attractive. Mr. Clay's sympathies were readily arous ed : he was sincere and open in his friend ships as in his dislikes; disdaining all petty measures and artifice; generous and impulsive ; devoted to friends and just to his enemies, he was a man deserving of the love of his family and the esteem and confidence of his fellow-men. In dying, he leaves behind au untarnished name as a priceless heritage to his children, and a record of usefulness in private and in public life for his friends to point to with pride," CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY SENATE, March 28.—Mr. Sumner offer ed a resolution instructing the District of Columbia Committee to inquire what leg islation is necessary to-protect colored peo ple on steamboats. Objection was made. in trying to amend the rules so as to allow the Senate to consider the House Ku-Klux bill. Upon the expiration of the morning hour, the San Domingo resolution came up. and Mr. Howe continued horeply tu. Mr. Sumner. Mr. Frelin,ghuysen followed on the same side. Mr. Sumner briefly re plied. Mr. Schurz then took the floor, and denounced, in yen- strong terms, the annexation scheme. Withont concluding his remarks,'Mr. Schurz yielded to a 'no tion to go into Executive session, after which the Senate adjourned. Hors.—ln the house Mr. She'lobar ger, from the Select Committee, reported a bill to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. The bill was read a first and second time. After some discussion it was decided that the previ ous question should not bz called prior to nest Monday. Mr. Shellabarger t hen open ed the debate in favor of the bill. Mr. Kerr replied, showing the unconstitution al character of the measure, Mr. Stough ton followed on the Radical side. At 3:30 P. St. the House adjourned: SE/ATE, March„,29.—During the morn ing hour, the Senate was engaged in the discussion of Mr. Anthony's resolution to amend the order of business so as to take up any bill relating to the South. It went over Influent action at the expiration of the morning hour, and Mr. Schurz:restim- ed the floor on the Stn Domino question. The discussion wag continued by Messrs. Morton and Harlan, in support of the ad ministration. At the conclusion of Mr. Harlan's remarks he moved to lay the res olution on the table. Amid much confn- i sion the motion was agreed to—yeas 39 ; nays, 16, only four Republicans, Messrs. Snmner,Schurz, Patterson and Robertson, voting in the negative. The Senate then adjourned. Hors—The House resumed consider atilt]] of 7 the Ku-Klux bill, and Mr. Mor gan took the floor in opposition to this Radical political measure. He:was follow ed by Mr. Hoar in advocacy of the bill. The debate was farther continued by Mr. Whitthorne on the DemoCratic side, and Mr. Kelley on the Radical side. At 4P. M. the House adjourned. SENATE, March 30.—The motion to re consider the rote passing Mr. Wilson's one hundred dollars bounty bill, was agreed to, and the bill laid over for farther con sideration. After some debate, the Senate I passed Mr, Anthony's resolution amending the order of business so as to allow the House Ku-Klux bill to be immediately taken up and considered, without going to a committee. Mr. Sherman's resolution instracting the Judiciary Committee to tring in a bill to repress the alleged Ku- Klux.outrages, was taken up; and Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, spokb against it. De bate was continued by Messrs. Stevens and Morton. At 5., P. ar; the Senate ad• jonnied. , - Ifor the Rouse, the Senate bill was passed granting to Phcebe S.cotfield a pension 'of eighty !dollars a month from Jane 5, 1861, at which time she complet ed her hundredth.year. The consi!lera tion,ofthe Kn-1(Ins hill' was resumed, *4. Str,'Beek took the floor in,defense of :the aontli, and against the pending Incas-. or Mr. Blair, — of 'Michigan, followed en the Radical side. •Re advocated the bill, but, the same tune confessed, that he eau- no need for additional , legislation. Mr. Wood nett addrased the House hi denunciation of the - Measures and policy of the Radical party in relation to the South. In the C 017170 bitremarka be slimly took Mr.-Kelley . to tea for his in cendiary utterancei in a recent speech, and referred to till gop4tict at Mobile in • very uncomplimentary language. Mr. Brooks followed ima few brief but point ed remarks on the same side. Mr. May nard, of Tennessee. advocated the passage of the bill. Mr. Eldridge' replied to A portion of Mr. Mayard's remarks, showing that he had garbled an editorial in the . Chattanooga Times In orderi to prove his assertions. At 4:30 P. 31. the House ad journed. gem gittolligence. Business Matters. ' —Talbot & Stamp have romoVed into the Store formerly occupied by Baldwin & —Wm. J. Mulford, is now located in his new Store. --C. M. Gere has opened a stationery store and News Room in the building lately occupied by Talbot & Stamp. —John Kelley advertises a pocket book lost. —Notice is given of meeting of the directors of Susq'a Co., Agr. Society Tuesday eve. April 11th, 1811. —Also 'a 'meeting of Ihe directors of Odd' Fellows Ball Association, April 17. —John Trumbell announces a pair of mules and some Norway Oats fur Sale. —Marshal's notice in Bankruptcy Estrite N. Walker; Gibson. —Don't fail to read L. S. Lenheims column, lie "means bv.inm." Ile proposes to tell you through our advertising pages what Le will do. You can rely upon it. —Patrick Moran 2nd, Apolaeou announces by haad bills an Auction Salo, Tuesday, April 11th M. C. Sutton, Auctioneer. Found Dead On Wednesday, hlstrh :19th, Elder Ruud Hall, a resident of Auburn this county, .was found lying dead in his barnyard. The cause of his death we have not yet learned. He was 67 years of age, and leaves nn aged companion and a large circle of warm friends. Adulteration of Butter. Whenever butter in the market exhibits at this season the tine, rich, golden color, which all good butter has in May and June, it may be generally set sown ns a fixed fact that this at tractive appearance is due to the presence of foreign matter. The material commonly used for coloring butter is mulatto, A recent ex amination of several samples of the finest look mg butter that could be procured revealed the fact that while all were colored with nnnatto each sample also contained a large per tentage of inorganic matter. Copper was found in nearly every sample, while in one the traces of arsenic were detected. This is a comforting tact. Information Wanted. Samuel Derr, a soldier of the late war, dis appeared front his home on the Mineral Spring road about one month ago, and has not since been heard of He seryed dining the whole of the rebellion, and at the close became paralyzed in the right side, and speechliss, and has re mained so ever since. He Is about thirty years of age, is 5 feet 7 inches in height, and has sandy hair and complexion. Any information of his whereabouts will be thankfully reed - red by his uncle, Charles Brenciser, corner of Seventh and Penn streets, and newspapers generally are re quested to make a note of his disappearance.— ficading Timm An Infernal Machine. .11,c Is: taa nuother machine for auricular tonure. It is a toy called "the rooster, - and is formed of an empty tin can Of any sin'. open at the top. and with a hole punched in the bottom: Through the Ist.de is drawn a common shoe-string with a knot tied in one end to prevent it from slipping through. The string then is thoroughly waxed, and a most diabolical noise produced by sliding the Gagers over it up and down. The sounds drawn from this latest juvenile nuisance, close ly resembles the crowing of a bantam rooster with a had cold, or the braying of an exasperat ing donkey, with an occasional cross anywhere between the two, according to the taste of the performer. The harrowing tones of a pig wi der a gate, the caterwauling of a host of noctur nal cats or the haying of a loud mouthed cur will he pronounced dulcet music when compared with the notes of the new atrocity. Moonstruck Fish A family of Oswego ; consisting of five per sons, were taken suddenly and severely ill, the symtoms being similar to those experienced From the action of some violent poison. The physician who was called pronounced their ill ness the effects of pison from moonstruck fish. He explained that fish are thus rendered a dangerous article of food by being exposed to the light of the full moon while dying, and he had noted numerous cases of illness with precise, ly similar symptoms, orginating from the cause in Scotland and some other countries. The Ill ness produced, though rarely fatal, is very severe, and its effects continue for some days. The common symtoms are headache, nausea, with severe and exhaustive etching, heat in the face and held, and a sensation as of the head and face swelling greatly, and not unfregneatly at tended with delirum. Persons who havh any desire to experience the effects of this singular illness, can gratify their curiosity by simply ex posing freshly called fish of any species to the rays of the moon for a short time, and the in dulging of their appetites thereon. How To Spell. • • Often, in writing, a simple word is required, of the orthography of which the writer is not sure. The dictionary may be referred to, but is not always convenient. An easy mode is to write the word on a bit of waste paper, in the two or three ways of which you are in doubt time times in ten the mode which looks right is right. Spelling—particularly English spelling —is so completely a work of the eye, that the eye alone should be trusted. There is no reason why "receive" and "believe" should be spelt dif ferently, yet sounded alike, in their second syllables. 'Yet write them "receive" and "be leive" and the eye shows yon the mistake at once. The best way for young people, and in deed people of any age, to learn to spell, fa to practise writing. Cobbett, the famous English radical, taught his children grammar by ro. quiring that they should copy their lessons two or three times. These lessons he hintscifgavo them in the form of letters ; and his French and -English grammars are two of the moat amusing books in tho English language. pf, Codite "learning to - spell" came in,incidetally. Teachers , Examinations. The Spring Series of Examinations, will be held as follows r • Liberty, Lawsville Center Monday, April 17. New Milford, Bora., B. Tuesday, 18. Busq'aTiepot, Graded S. IL Wednesday;," Gibson Itennedy_ S. IL, Thursday, " 20. Clifford, City S. Friday,. .. 21; Friendville S. IL, Monday, ' ." Rash; Snyder S. '3„ Tiiesdar, - • .25, Springville, llollow 8. IL, Wednesday' " .20, ' Brooklyn, Center S. IL, Thursday - " 27. Montrose, Graded 8. IL; Friday, Each Class will be formed, at oy a o i c i oc k, sr., and It is neomary that applicants be.pri sent at that hour. No extra ov;piirate- Braiiiirufb tions. Teachers will provide. them:Weir mith paper, pencil, pen, in,i4oridida4on (kb:Reader.' W. C. Tn.eamviVeanty SupL forest Lake Center, April; 1871. • ' • ' Change of Publication Day. "As the Montrose Democrat Is issued on Wed nefidtli, and Is-Tnulte generally taken hero, we thongt, after Ore consideration, that Thursday would ho an improvement, and not flood on Post foifice with too much in a single day, and • by dittidatgurf the time so as not to interfere ' with bur other county papers, make it an ad vantage to all cogeerned, and more especially to our readers; - by making a paper a little later to as to give what local we are able to get from the Democrat that would interest."—.Nerthern nryttrin ion. We are a little at a loss to fully understand the import of the above article, but woara dis posed to accept it as a compliment to our paper end would return our thanks .if we are to understand by this that the editor, proposes to establish his paper upon it - Democratic founda tion we will still more cordially extend him the right hand of fellowship, believing as we do that, the pure principles of Democracy are the pillars upon which the free institutions of America were constructed, and that only by them can we expect a return to our national prosperty, and a more extended dissemination of truth is needed. Our experience with neutral papers Is, that they are the worst kind of Radicals, hence our advice to friend Gaffer is to hoist his flag either Democrat or Republican, for a man that attempts fo ride two horses is very liable to fall between. The Northern Penntyleantan assumed to run heretofore upon a "neutral basis," and when an important election was to be met true to the history of all such, it donned the furl armor of Radicalism. No Democrat fears to announce his senti ments, hence we consider every paper Radical that sails under a neutral flag. We cannot see the difference whether a man smothers his opinions for patronage and attempts to draw his support pecuniarily from both , parties, or whether he deliberately sells his vote at the bal lot %x Tor money. We deem it as Impossible for an editorto discharge his duty and maintain neutrality, as for a leopard to change his spots. There is no community but that will always commend frankness whether it accords with their views or not. Lines Written by n Lady Upon the death of Genrgiana S. Denison, who died at St. Josephs, Pa, in 1837: And is It so? or cher we dream, I ler brilliant lamp bath ceased to burn ; For truly it doth scarcely seem, That she is gone not to return. Yea ! she lath gone not to return, Like some bright star that quit its sphere On sunbeams of early morn, That-shines more bright to disappear. A traneicnt cloud in suannerskies, Floating amid the blaze of thy; Which, ere it to the zenith rise, Melts in the etlierial light away. Cold is that frank and open brow, do late with radiance gilded o'er: lier cheerful VIA= is silent now, I ler buoyant step we see no mere. ' With swollen hearts and stifled sighs, Silent in sorrow's shades we mourn.; We meet—we pass with humid eyes, And drop a tear in her young urn. • Farewell! within this vale of tears, A little while we yet remain ; 'Tis but at most a few short years, Till kindred souls may meet again If e'er the writer's steps forlorn, Should see's thy low and grassy bed; Fain would he set, in tear, of morn, The moss rw drooping o'er thy bead. flow soon may pass our fleeting breath! A flower may fall in early bloons Surely," in life we are in duath," But breathing tenants of the tomb. Could sympathy but lend relief, Freely her aid would she bestow, To sooth the kindred mourners grief— To dry those silent drops of wo. To feeble man, 'twaa never giren, To turn the shafts of fate aside; To ward the blows that full from heaven, (Jr curb affection's swelling tide. Yet when affiietion's swelling tide, Is O'Cr us given loose to roll; Those who may number by our skin In feeling unison of soul; Will leave imprecgims on the Its tender puke will long repent; And may not from their seal depart, Until its teehlust—latest beat. Though we may claim no kindred ties, Yet kindred tears we too may shell ; For we can feel—can sympathise, With those who sorrow fur the dead. Yes—those there an whose feelings flow, In channels other's feeling++ wear; Who know the secret springs of wo, That swell the hearts that linger there. Who when they see the warm tear start, Can analyze it on the cheek; Can read the language of the heart, Ere yet the answering heart would speak What feeble tongue could he'er express, The minds of kindred mould can feel ; 'Tis they and they alone may dress, The wound that heaven alone can heaL To heaven alone, then let us bring The weary, mourning, drooping soot; And wait the angel's shadowy wing, To stir Bethesda's healing pool. For He who died on Calvary's tree, oath made his sacred promise blest " Ye heavy laden come to me, And I will give your spirits rest." Advantages orPtaln Attire In Church. 1. It would lesson the burdens of many who find it hard to maintain their place in society. 2. It would lesson the forces of the tempta tions Which often lead men to barter honor and honesty for display. 3. if there was less strife in dreis at church, people in moderate circumstances Would be ntore inclined to attend. , 4/I•TiiiversWmoderation- in dress at church would improve the worship by the removal of many wandering thoughts. 5. It would , enable all classes •of people to attend church better in unfavorable weather ! • G. It would lesson on the part of the rich the temptation of vanity, 7: It would lemon; on the part of the poor, theteniptatleit to be envious and Traditions. 8. It would save valuable time cut the Bab- . O. It /odd relieie our minds from a, serious pressurP,and thus enabk. us to clomp:Oro/good enterprises. , -;•"The areberchinssured, through the columns of the ikmeerst, that Parsoiti"rurpa• tierTais contairtite litierions PrinciPl4 but they may be administered to children and thei most weakaod shattered constitutlotts to 031 , 11 ( 19 3 eS. I w,ith great: :ceititinty CC/time:3i. • . _ "Dr.A.•Johrison; one" of the most . sticeeisild practitioners of ids time, invented what Is now called Johnson's Anodyne; Liniment.: ,The great Zerdof 4his urtielein the cure of, Bronchitis irtsesses or throat and hugs, ' will - make the name Of delimiter fit iota fittrorably; if less widely, known thmt Batt-ef Bettie Rapolam. Jul"' List-401 OILAND J111101:8 Bridgewater—Thomas Johnson. Brooklyn—Elliott Wilson, Jeremiah C. are. Clifford—Jared Utley. Franklin—Ek:njandu C. Vance, Wm. Watson. Prlendsville—Jhmes Mead. Gibson—James Fuller. Herrick--Ziba Burns, Geo. W. Barnes, John W. Bennett. Harmony—Martin J. Taylor. _ Jackson—R.-Esc Williams. Lathrop-.Jfrederick W. Bolles. Lenox—Lyman Bell, Alson ri4in7;l l 7olA Champlin. - rr Montrose--Stanley Stone,' . . New Milford tp.—John P. Harding. New Milford boro.—Peter 31cqollum. Rush—Eltsha Kinney, Sueq'a Depot—Fred. D. Lyons. Springville—P. Edwin:Brush.. Thomson—Joel B. Whitney. TRAVIiRSE Junous,-.14.10:4 , Apolneon—Ransom Barnum, Eviity4 n , Auburn—John Riley, John W. France. Bridgewater—Apollos Stone, Edsori Pidt ering. •- .. ~txt Brooklyn—Marviu Chapman, Danl. M. Toow mans. Clifford—Jesse IL Bagley, Rufus Rstrrilkatn Dundaff—Edgar Lamormus. u. , r ; Dimock—.Allred Bliley Geo. Walker NatEafr Burdick. r .:•., Franklin—Nathaniel W. Eastman. Great Bend tp.—John W. - tdvnard,Htririi Barnum, Int Griffin. Gibson—Geo. S. Smiley. . -•• ilarford—Nathaniel Tinnpkins. Harmony—Wm. Potter, Joel_ Gluts°, Arelsyrt Comfort. Jackson—Horace Aldrich, Eußarnts.'''',r3 Liberty—John D. Turret!, Peleif 8. - 41.4410. Win. E. Tompkins. Montrose—Witham IL Boyd. - Middletown—Thomas L Jones. New .slilford tp.—Erastns B. Smith, -Es= Beebe. New Milford born,—John ITayden. Oakiand—Lemy Whitaker, Wilbur . toalietAe Rush—Belli Gitlin, Daniel' 'Pew. n'Ar. Silver Lake—Thomas Backley,Gerialar Thomson—John Samner, TILAVEILSE Jrnons-2d week. a, Auburn—Wm. Overfmid, Jared Ilyde, ITelily L. Lott. Arrat—Sherman Apolacon-3lichael Ileffron f Asahel art: Brooklyn—Orrison M. Dolaway. Bridgewater—Airata IL Hibbard, Entielf Cool. Dundaff—Joseph Babson. 'Arthur Ayres. Gibson—Naaraan P. Clatlin, Geo. IL Picictiet !et 'Great Bend born.—Thomas Viacent iler.l.l low, Charles S. Gilbert. Harford—John L. Tiftriny, Ira A. Ptuilalii Dennison K. Oakley, Elijah Y. Heckel'. .. Harmony—Jacob Taylor. Jackson—William H. Sorria. Lathrop—Addison L. Morgan. Lenox —S tep m Montrose—George C. 11111, Bennis Auriga. Middletown—Roger l'hiltips. New Milford tp..—Wm. 11. Harrison_ Oakland—Almon Barneq. - Rush—Finnk ii. (;ranger. Andrew H. TYs bard, Stuntld Smith, Robert !flirts. Suscea I)epot—Thos. )I(•Donaldt, Peter Tritit Silver Lake--Martin liemgun, Thopms ere. Spr in g - vil I c--Fruncis B. Blakeslee, AflittiiVAL Root.. Court Week. Just the time to bring along those icn that wont keep time, and get thorn fixed np att Sher Wood's, etc etc. Slain Street, Mcniolliet„ Pa., just below Bentan's old place. Sip:tad:us Watch. Weather Rep'( Ending April, Kett. DAY. 'MIFF:. DE(. WIND. WEATNBIL 7 43 w 12 44 K 0 S. E. 7 32 an. 12 9 9,1 N. P. Monda) Tuesday, 7 23 N 12 30 2.1 Wedncaay, 7 22 12 40 9 36 Thursday, 7 40 12 40 9 41 12 43 9 38 Saturday, 7 22 12 211 11 D..E...AL.T3M19i. SATIZE.—In 3fontrme. March 20th, Catfishnet Aurelia, infant dauglocr of Samuel .11 osid Fnuices M. Sayre. Firhii.fetrater. at the residence of hec Either's W. tlichack. 31rs. Harriet Hunt.• Ag ed 9 scant, 10 months and 23 days.' , 111EIV PORK PRODUCE MARKETS. Corrected weekly by William Hifdadtzucra Fulton St., New York. Week coding April 1,1871: Turkeys, per . ., 141023 Chickens ~1 4{080. " .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .... .................. Ducks .... Geese .. Butter, pail "firkin • Cheese, dairy, per 1b.... ........... .ctory 118 EggN, per doz ................ ..... Flour, per .......... 4.21R10,45 Con, meal, 100 1b5...... ...... . ..... ..... Wheat, per bushel ......... 1200100 Rye 114501100 Oats SlogSS Corn •10121/10 Hops*, crop of 1870 lalgt2o Beef, sides, per lb 10014 Hogs, set 9 ( ego Potatoes, per 1)131. 2.OOMIXIID Tallow " ...... ' ffipecial gotitto: Cheering Paeta for the Bilious.—Erel76o dam titmice more clearly that lirer complaint, In aniardui tragalng forms, can be contrtilied and cervek without dif ficulty or inconvenience. It Is an obstittitatilseast",imt Its obatinaey Is not proof against the perthviAtlong,riyiiii edfal and restorative. operation of UoisteteelAtoonads Bitters. That genial corrective compete . "e* 4Filtssf do tie duty. It must secrete regularly Mittilleatillettily ander the Influence of the Bitters. Their ittititilattags it teach from a Mate of rebellion into perfeei hatity with the laws of health. If there le insatiate, It appears; If there is aide-ache of back-sela,iltoggetc if the akin and the whites of tee eyes are tieg wiltb superfluous bile, they recover their mantel hi:gilt the apetite to gone, It returns ; if the digestion ialtugedi r m‘ it Is restored In brief, whatever the Oraptems of the complafel may be,' ard whatever the phat-e-it. sward, a cure Is certain , finch are the nallbrna of this preparation where billows dlveale has 'beett: ready developed i but in rues where there le mirth► a eonstitatterel tendency to river complatittAr4birba prevented tlvoughoullVe by the regalaravr,inattl quantities. of this palatable antidote. These are en facto, and Mimed be scrtonsty poi:Octal—or, rather, acted upon—by all persona of bilious habits. glirGettlng Ihrairled.—Essaye ror yo'" t sar; esr",,ja the delighto GI houle,And the PfOlpftety of let ety of getticnt married , with wtnitary kelp ' hr note who feel wattled 'or cantrimuatat blippineskSostarmtm_ ee.iled enrrlcrper 'Addrest,lloWilliti =J1X161=4,13011 Doz. P., YbOutelplah, Pa. , - , - - Wrltioonisbarg State. Norziallitgrg i st ; and Leranane &.Contractsk'lsartrrum-z. attn. Toot Winn elm to bo ruts thorough 'Weir la struction, and to look carefully atter the basalt, Man ners and morals of the. &Mantas. Apply for Catalogue to 'lLEtiftr-CARVESC4I U. 8. - DIARSHardli. OEMIL -,. :. -''°- W. D. of Parnryfrootn e - - • • ; . „. , •,-. 2 .. .... Prresaus. Yen.lll,loq , _TINS 18 TO GIVE NOTICI3I That on the 1 134 cIAY aq /lamb. A. D. 1671. s Mitre= to Staiknotty was wind the Emote : of Jtanly N. - Walker of OlbectoTetelit 14011 : 1 1 1 8Pin-theCougitY of ,sorquehaeba. kn 4; . Olt:alio. who bas been attituted a lidnitru i tili -petition ; that the WWII% of any debts dell • any properly belonging to inch Babkrapt' hllll . lila nob " and the transfer ot any prop, btlilAg bidden by law; that ll'Mottitag et the Vreattelet, Bankrupt, to prows th eir Debts, and to tbOolO r oo4l o 4, mont.outgbees of lite Notate: will be held at a Court Suilutto: co. bo boiden at tb.}o6COAt its 113 Yi N. 803. Ilickawattha :exeunt; tlentntoni - rietia,Z B. N. Witibkrd Esq., Megivter, on tt . !ei 1110 L alt A.D. 1811,11t11 o'Noelt a. /t. ' -. • ' k.f.1(17 1 46. - '6 - - 7-Vs Of 411464 as Xessesgsr. cloud'- - cloudy.