Zhe glioittroot ginuccrat 2. B. IZAIVIET, EDITOR. oisiTll - 0 . Sig. WORM! s wumiriesaliv. malt 17. 1871. Democratic State Convention. HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTER OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILA DELPHIA, April 24, 1871.—The delegates chosen to the Democratic State Conven tion will assemhle in the chamber of the house of representatives, at Harrisburg, on Wednesday, May 24 1871, for the pur pose of nominating candidates for anditor general and surveyor general, and for the consideration of matters relating to the organization of the party and the advance ment of its principles. The convention will be called-to order at ten o'clock am. By order of the state Committee. W. MyrcHLER, Chairman. The Lenox Exhuming. The feeling which pervades the com inueity respecting all such fanatical su pers t i ti 011 S as the "consumption tradition" . at the present day,uulkes those who-actual ly believe in it to be objects of wonder and astonishment, and even pity, and strikes the mind of a Christianized com munity with a sacrilegious horror. We do not here refer to the matter for the purpose of deducing any moral dissertation from the subject, as the number whn believe in it are very limited indeed, and we certainly feel to consider them more to be objects of pity than censure, as their mectal and moral development must be very limited for these days of education and Christian enlightenment. We particularly refer to ,this matter at this time for the purpose of informing our readers of the true position in which Mr. Win. B. Tonrje, the subscriber to the notice which appeared in our columns, stands, as his name is the only one that appears and hence an unwarrented sup erstitious odium may attach itself to it, and that we may do justice to him we now make mention of the following facts : When Mr. Tourje presented us the notice for publication, he emphatically stated that be had no faith in it whatever, and that he had for many years been the only opposer in the matter among the friends and had persistently refused until even quite an unpleasant feeling had arisen, and that he now merely consented to gratify their wishes. These facts are corroborated by other parties and :litho' Mr. Tourje's name has been made prom inent in the matter we think it due him that these facts should be made known. Rulioff's Execution. The execution of this wily criminal will take place to-morrow, as every effort to enlist the pardoning power of the Governor irvhis behalf upon the ground either as a lunatic or as a martyr to sci ence. has failed, and he who has twice stood on the brink of the gallows, will fi nally moet a murderer's doom, showing conclusirdy, that "the way of the trans gressor is hard." The parade of the forty fourth regiment and battery, which was to have taken place to-morrow has been postponed by request of the Governor, as be wished to have no appearance of show over the execution. It has been thought by some that Rulloff would open his book of crimes to the world before he was executed, and that a chapter of crime perhaps unequalled in this country would be given to an anxious public, but such are doomed to disappoint ment. He seems to be very anxious to know what people think of him and what they say about him. He said the other day that be would nerd please his enemies enough to write a scrap of bis history. He is still engaged in his philorbgical work, and has been writing a key to his book. He says that if he is executed his work will not be finished until another 'd—d fool is born. Singular Death. A very curious death, which took place the other day in;Lawrence., Kansas, is eiciting the Attention of . the papers of that : region. A short time since a well to-do gentleman of that city was found hi the morning lying dead in his bed. Cin searching the room, the following letter was found addressed to his wife: DARLING : The doctor—l mean Dr. Medicotte—gave me a quinine powder, Wednesday night, April 26. The effects are these: I have a terrible sensation of a rush of blood to the head, and my skin burns and itches. lam becoming numb and blind. I can scarcely hold my pen cil, and cannot keep my mind steady. Perspiration stands out all over my body, and I feel terribly. The clock has just struck 11, and I took the medicine about 101-2 p.' m. I write this so if I never see yen again you may have my body esamin ed, and see what the trouble is. Good-by, and ever remember my last thoughts were of you. I cannot see to write more. .God bless you, and may we meet in • Heaven. Your loving husband, RUTH. That a man should be able in the pangs of death, as this man evidently must have been when writing. the above, to so clearly and anceit?ctly state his symptoms, is somewhat remarkable, and it is not to be wondered that the doctor referred to was taken into custody. Here comes the dark and siekening•part -of the story: Ruth's wife had been married previous to her union with him, bat obtainetl a Eli , roft and was united to the deceased. The stories us their living together in 16? contradictory, and, on the night ins .death, she • was absent in Leaven worth. On tie person,-of the doctor when arrested Jim found a photograph of the woman and some amatory verses in her handwriting. She denies - all 'criminal intercourse with biro, but it is feared that another story of uhboly but Isto'bolnado-known to the . world.. • 4-oold on Saturday wee quiet and free from all froulative feeling. The opening figure' wag nit , and from thence it went to 4113, but closed finally at 1118, high ea."Some,s2o,o4X) were sold at the Board it 7111 1 ., flat. on time. - Sterling Exchange nee stronger. ranging from 122131231. A Queer DlMeulty. The Public Ledger of Monday has the following: "A peculiar question has arisen in New Hampshire in reference to the election to fill the vacancies in the Senate, upon which body and the House of Representatives devolves a selection of Governor, of whom no choice was made by the people. The New Hamp shire Constitution provides that, in case there shall not appear to be a Senator elected by a majority of votes in any district, the deficiencies shall ho supplied in the following manner: The members of the House of Representatives and such Senators as shall be declared elected, shall take the names of the two persons having the highest number of votes in the district, and out of them shall elect by joint ballot the Senator wanted for such district; and in like manner all vacancies in the Senate arising by death, removal out of the State or otherwise, shall be supplied as soon as may be after such vacancies hap pen. The New Hampshire Senate, when full, consists of twelve members; but at present it stands five Republicans and five Democrats, with two vacancies, one caus ed by a failure to elect and the other by the death of the candidate, a Democrat, just after his election, in the Six District. The Democrats in House of Representa tives, with the aid of the independent members holding the balance of power, it is believed will elect a Democrat as Sena tor in one of the vacant districts. But in the Sixth District, where the vacancy from the death of the Democratic mem ber elect occurred, there were three mem bers running at the election, to wit, two Republicans and one Democrat. As the Constitution provides that the choice shall be made out of the two persons having the highest number of votes in the district, it is argued that a Republi can must necessarily be elected in the Sixth District, although the Democrats, with their allies, may have a majority. This regulation, it is believed, will cause trouble, as the Constitution provides that the vacancies in the Senate must first be filled, and the Governor shall then be elected. In case of a "dead-lock" the old incumbents of the executive offices will bold over until the difficulties are adjust ed." The Connecticut Outrage. The ; Age says: " The Legislature of . Connecticut, by the displacement of Gov ernor English, has put the capstone on the column of infamy erected in this country by the Radical party. Governor English W 33 re-elected by the people. That fact was ascertained in the manner point ed out by the Constitution, and so de clared. But the Radical majority in the Legislature went behind the law and the Constitution, trampled upon the elective franchise, repudiated the verdict at the , ballot-box, and proclaimed Jewell Gorer- I ) nor. No more revolutionary, despotic act was ever consummated in any country.' The cenp d'etat, by which Napoleon con verted the French Republic into an Era- I pire, and changed his Presidental gavel to the sceptre of an Emperor, was not more reprehensible than the mode by which English was ousted andwell put in his; place. In speaking o this affair, the Hartford Times says. i The outrage planned 7)hy the Radicals I has been consummated. The law and the Constitution of the State has been set at defiance and boldly violated. It was' resolved, as soon as the returns showed, a month ago, that the result of the election was so close, to displace Governor Eng lish by an illegal act of the Legislature, and declare Jewell elected, regardless of law or Constitution. Various excuses were brought forward for this proceeding, 1 and it was finally resolved to count m the defeated candidate on the claim that one hundred fraudulent votes had been placed in the ballot box in one of the wards of New Haven for Governor Eng lish and one hundred of Jewell's votes taken out. The con teats of the box were found to conform to the legal returns; but a change was to be made by violently forcing the result desired. At first it was resolved to throw out the whole vote of the ward—but finding this would elect Kendrick (Democrat) to Congress, the plan was changed, and a subscription pa per started to elect Jewell on. Names were put down in some cases by proxy, on heresav, and others (party runners) testified that they believed such or such persons "voted Republican," and must have voted for Jewell! The whole pro ceeding was illegal, and the names were in many cases made to cover a grecs fraud and imposition as now appears. Some fifty or sixty of the bogus lots are already "spotted." The fraud is a gross one. On the strength of it 100 of Gov ernor English's votes were taken out of the box, and 100*more, that were not in, were counted in ! And this stupendous violating of law is carried out by the Connecticut Legislature! The vote was a strict party one in the House, 124 to 121. The Democratic Senators entered a protest against the violation of the law and the Constitution. The Republican majority refused to permit that protest to be entered upon the records! One Sena, ator—Mr. Woodward, of the Twelfth dis triet---felt compelled by his conscience to oppose such a course, and voted with the Democratic Senators to have the protest entered on the records His vote did not avail The outrage is consummated the laws of the State overridden by a party caucus decree, and Governor English is displaced by an illegal Legislative set. The people will not forget the deed. —The Maunch Chunk Democrat says that Governor Geary made a speech to the working men at Fiamsburg on Sat urday night last, in whichhe said many things that were pleasing to workmen in all pastier the Suite ) and, strange to say, just as many - thiugs pleasing to all the capitalista in the State S The subject dis cussed was " Labor re. Capital," and it is soil the handsome Governor did not make a liagbilitietny by the sentiments he et pressed. The man who can taken that question so as to tickle both aides with the same trawls nndoibtedly the smartest man in Pennsylvania and • ought to be sent to the White' House ---or something else. A Vatted Party. The newspapers are just now occupied with much discussion of what the ap proaching Democratic National Conven ought to do, as well as with a great deal of profitless speculation as to what it will do, in reference to the amendments en grafted upon the Constitution since the war. This talk originates in the cunning of the radical leaders who hope thereby to create divisions among the elements of opposition to their party. The matter bath this extent; no more. The people are at present divided into two great political parties. The line of demarcation between these antagonistic elements is drawn with unmistakable dis tinctness. On one side of it stand the supporters of the national administration, those who endorse the usurpations and corruptions of the party in power, those who approve the Force Bill, applaud the San Domingo job, sustain the robbery of the people by oppressive taxation and wink at the nepotism of the President. On the other are arrayed the friends of the Constitution, of liberty regulated by law, of domestic peace; the advocates of a reduction of taxation, and the enemies of legislative and executive usurpation, tyranny . and corruption. This is the po litical situation generally stated. The question of the validity of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution cannot be a practical issue between the two parties, for several very good reasons. 1. Though not adop ted in conformity with the requirements of the Constitution, they have been de clared to be parts of that instrument by the proper authority, and that declaration cannot be overthrown except in the same manner in which they were adopted, viz: by the assent of three-fourths of all the states, and of this there is not the faintest prospect. 2. The people acquiesce in the decision of the proper authority that the amendments are parts of the Constitu tion. We do not say, nor do we believe, that a majority of the freemen of the United States approve the manner in which these amendments were put in the Constitution, nor that they endorse the political princi ples established therein ; but that they ac cept them as they are in preference to revolution and domestic war, is a fact so clear as to be beyond all dispute. 3. The introduction into politics of the question whether or not the amendments should be regarded as binding, would have the effect of dividing the democratic and con servative party of the country. Fur these plain and all-sufficient reasons, tho democ racy will fight the coming political battles on other issues than the validity of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendinents. The democratic platform in 1812 will be quite broad enough to afford standing room for all who sincerely desire a return on the part of the federal government, in all its branches, to a strict and faithful observance of the Constitution, and who earnestly seek to reduce the expense of administration of the government and to reform the tax-laws which now so heavily oppress the people. The questions which grew out of negro slavery and the war being practically settled, we shall invite and welcome to that platform the demo crats who seperated from us on 'those questions. as well as the liberal and patri otic republicans aho refuse to tread the tortuous paths of the present leaders of the radical party. Nor will they fail to come. The democrats who for years have followed the lead of such old-time demo crats as Salmon P. Chase and Lyman Trumbull, and the republicans who now prefer the liberal views of such original republicans as Carl Schurz and David Davis to the malignity and violence of Butler and Morton, will not be slow to accept the invitation. They can go no where else, for their natural place is in the democratic party. With such a reunion of the democracy, and such re-en force meats from the ranks of our antagonists, we shall go forward to assured victory. Then will the winter of our domestic dis content be changed into the glorious summer of national tranquility, and all the clouds that lowered upon our house in the deep bosom of the ocesm buried.— Harrisburg Patriot. Carl Scharr's Speech. In the speech made by Carl Schurz at the serenade which was tendered to him on his return home, he spoke some truths in a very manly way. Referring to theef feet of the liberal movement in Mis.sonri, he said: The prediction was made that no sooti er would the late rebels be reinvested with the suffrage than they would combine for the oppression and persecution of their Union neighbors, and that evil days would again be upon II& What has become of the prediction now? While the contam ination of disfranchisement and the de nial of equal rights might have led to re newed trouble we have now at least pro fowl and serene peace throughout this State, where but a few years ago neigh bors carried on bloody warfare against neighbors, and where the torch and de vastation were desolating the land every citizen, even the lowliest, is securely en joying his rights; and this peace and se curity is not precariously maintained by force, but it is every day receiving a stronger guaranty by the revival of the long lost cordiality of feeling. That cor dial feeling is to-day stronger in Missouri than it ever was before, even before the war. He rebuked the unconstitutional acts of Congress in strong language, saying. I consider it one of the most pleasing necessity of our day that we . should speedily return to the sound practices of constitutional government. Times of war and of great peril have naturally en gendered a looseness of constitutional opinions which in times of peace we can not and must not permit to go farther without serious danger to our Republican institutions lii the constitutional limi tations of power we End as our ancestors always have found, the many safeguards of popular liberty, and when these con stitutional limitations are disregarded, even for the protection of the rights of some, those very rights will be put in jeopardy by the danger brought upon the rights of all. The safeguards of our common rights and liberties contained in the Constitution are,to me, too sacredand too Valuable s boon to be permanently jeopardized in providing for a passing emergency. For masons like these he opposed the San Domingo scheme and the Knalaz bill. Referring to what he called the i usurpation of the war-making power by tleent ,ire in the San Domingo ease, he said he had seen the work of irrespon sible power and of personal' government in other countries; and while he had tile honor of being a citizens of the American Republican you may count mpop it he should straggle - to the last gasp against its introduction here. Coal Troubles. The following we copy from the blanch Chunk Democrat of the 13 inst. "As we go to press we have the gratify ing intelligence that the miners of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, operating in the Lehigh Region, will go to work on Monday next. This is au thentic. It is not known on what terms the men will resume, but it is generally supposed that the Company's terms have been au ceded to. • This news will be gratifying in the highest degree to many thousands of people in and out of the Lehigh Valley, and to none more acceptable than to the miners themselves, who, notwithstanding their suffering, have borne up nobly un der the weight of suspension.' Report up to yesterday says that no such hoped for action has taken place among the Delaware Sr, Hudson, or the D. L & W. Companies, but that the military has again been called into re quisition as further serious trouble was anticipated. —Senator Sumner does not oonoeal his opposition to, and contempt for, General Grant, or those men who have sold them selves to him for various considerations. He recently said of the President's jour ney about the conntry: "It is a great out rage that the President of the United States should go about the country allow ing himself to be knocked down to the highest bidder. Andrew Johnson was sold by Seward, who played the part of auc tioneer, and now Morton is selling Grant, in about the same way, flourishing his trumpet, crying one, two, three—gone.,' Internal Revenue—Taxes Repealed and Those SIM In Force. The acts of Congress approved July 14, 1870, repealing all special taxes, li censes, etc., except on distilled spirts, malt liquors, and tobacco, went into effect on the Ist. The following is a summery of the internal revenue taxes still in force and showing those repealed by that act: TAXES REPEALED From and after October let, 1870, taxes on sales, saving and excepting taxes on sales of leaf tobacco, manufactured to bacco, snuff, cigars, foreign and domestic distilled spirit Blind wines; also, the taxes imposed in schedule A on carriages, gold watches, billiard tables, gold and silver plate; special tax on boats, barges. and flats; tax on legacies and successions; on passports and on gross receipts ; stump tax imposed in schedule B on promissory notes fur a less sum than one hundred dollars and on receipts for any sum of money, or for the payment of any debt; stamp tax imposed in schedule C on canned and preserved fish, shell-fish, meats, fruit and vegetables. TAXES STILL IN FORCE. Special tares-Lor license taxes—on dis tillers, rectifiers, wholesale and retail liq uor dealers, manufacturers of stills, man ufacturers of tobacco and cigars, dealers in manufactured tobacco and cigars, deal ers in leaf tobacco ; also, taxes on distill ed spirits, fermented liquors, tabacco, Gault' and cigars. on ail.sunea, liquors or compounds kuowit or denominated as wine, or made in imitation of sparkling wine or champagne, but not made from grapes, currants, rhubarb or berries grown in the United States, bat produced by be ing rectified or mixed with distilled spir its, or by the infusion of any matter in spirits, to be sold as wine or by ony other name; taxes on sale' of leaf tobacco, manufactured tobacco, snuff, cigars, for eign and domestic distilled spirits and wines, stamp tax on brokers sales of stocks, bonds, gold and silver bullion and coin, promissory notes or other securities; stamp taxes imposed in schedule B on agreements or contracts, bank checks, drafts or orders for the payments of mon ey, bills of exchange, promissory notes when for a greater amount than $lOO, bills of lading, bills of sale of ship or vessel, bonds, certificates, charter parties, brokers' contracts, conveyances, entries of goods, etc., insurance policies, leases, cus tom house manifests, mortgages, powers of attorney, probate of wills or letters of administration, protests ; also, stamp tax es imposed in schedule C on medicines, perfumery, cosmetics, friction matches, wax tapers, cigar lights; and playing cards whether of domestic or foreign pro duction ; taxes upon incomes above $2,000 per annum; also taxes on interest or cou pons paid on bonds or other evidences of debt payable in one or more years after date, and on the amount of all dividends and earnings, income or gains, hereafter declared by any bank, trust company, railroad company, canal company, turn pike company, canal navigation company, and slack water company, and on all un divided profits of any such corporation which have accrued and been earned and added to any surplus, contingent or other fund. These latter taxes are to be paid only during the year 1871. A Terrible /railway Accident. Tkrvr*to, Mayl2.—At half past four o'clock this morning, at Griswold Station, a few miles this side Attica, on the Erie Railroad, a heavy freight train with an engine, tar and caboose attached, while going down - grade uncoupled, leaving the car and caboose. The train was recoup led, the signal taken in, and then started on an =wading grade, when the coupling broke a second time. While being re coupled, and before the signal could be reset, the ertra freight train came thun dering down the grade and collided and crushed everything before it. Thirty passengers were in the car, and the chil dren were killed, and about twenty adults more or less injured. —The decision just rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States, in regard to the right of the United States to tax the salaries of State officers. priter tically bridgethe country hack to its an cient peptic:li moorings. With huts sin gle dissenting voice, the court has declar ed that "soverign powers vested in the State governments by their respective constitutions remain unaltered and unim paired, except so for as they were granted to the government of the United States." — Genelsl Cluseret, until lately Dicta• for in Paris, was a Radical political sold ier to this country during the war, servilig as aid-de.camp to Genera) Fremont. He aritart Radical paper for• a short time, but being unsubeesafel both as a soldier and_editor, he proceeded to k'rence, where he soon became notorious as one - of the most extreme in opposition to the Tipper. lal government / which he plotted to over throw. Tomb of Zadock Pratt. We find the following interesting items in the Germantown ° Chronicle: "Any one who has visited the Greene and Ulster districts of New York, must hive become familiar with the name of Zadock Pratt, of Prattsville. On the banks of the Schoharie, which winds through the green fields and among the wild hills of the southern Catskills range, lies the quiet. prosperous little town which owes its existance to this remarkable man. There is the bank which established, the churches which he built—but which he did not trouble much with his presence— and there above all, the ruins of what were the largest tanneries in the country, ' the pioneer works in this now exhausted hemlock region, by which tneir owner rose from property to wealth and power. Tanning in Greene county, is among! the thin sof the past, and new industries are arising in its place; but the name of ! Zadock Pratt cannot well be forgotten ; for the energetic vain old man carefully guarded his memory from oblivion. Out side the town rises a bold rugged bill, topped by a crest of rooks showing a sharp outline against the sky. Upon the face of the highest peak ie carved a gi gantic portrait of the great tanner ; be low it is a rude representation of his fac tory, with an inscription in letters which can be read for miles—" One million sides of leather tanned in (we forgot how many) years. The whole hill is planted and cared for like a park ; a pathway winds among the rocks of the summit, and here, just below the grotesque por trait, is a deep chamber cut in the solid ' stone and designed for the last resting place of the ambitious Lord of Prattsvile. Above its portal is carved his name. "Za dock Pratt, born Oct, 30th, 1790. Died -." The blank may now be filled ; the old man has at last died, at Bergen, New Jersey. Co?. Pratt was not only an energetic and successful man of business, but also an active politician; he had acquired a pretty wide reputation in both capacities. He represented his district in Congress for several years. and proved a useful and efficient member. He deserved well of his constituents, who owed to him no lit tle of their worldly prosperity, and be was not too modest to make his impor tance known. His portrait may still he seen in the tavern parlors throughout the district ; a full length mezzotint, with a column and a curtain, and a view of the tanneries in the back ground. &duck Pratt was a noteworthy man, active, restless and ambitions, with a good deal of public) spirit and an enormous greed of riches and advancement, intense ly vain of his personal influence and his success He affbrds an excellent tpye of the prosperous American manufacturer, and the pictured rocks which look down upon the Sohoharie, will stand as a monument of an important phase of our social organ ization ." The Joint High Commission. WASHINGTON, May B.—The treaty was signed to-day by the High Commission at the Department of State. The gentle men, after this was done, exchanged con gratulations on the result of their labors, expressing the belief that they had done the most they possibly could for the peace and honor of the two countries. Al though the Commissioners have been can -1.10%13 in ta lking t.o persons outside of their own circles, the following points will be found to be correct. First. There are to he two Boards of Arbitration or Commissions. To one will be referred the Alabama and other simi lar claims which are recognized as nation al and to be settled on the principle of responsibility for such depredations where the goreznment has not exercised the ut most diligence and possible precaution to prevent privateers being fitted out in its ports to prey upon the commerce of a power with whom it was at peace. The other Board is to take cognizance of mis cellaneous claims, British and American, confined principally to the periods from the commencement to the close of our late civil war. Among these are the St. Albans claims for damages to property in town by Canadians, hut no claims for the Fenian invasion cf Canada are to be ad mitted. As to the claims of British sub jects for the seizure of their cotton, Great Britian, through her Commissioners, does not recognize them in cases where each subject took up their domicile in the South, as thereby they subjected them selves to all risks and contingencies of war. All legitimate claims for cotton will, however, be considered. It has been re ported, without foundation, that they will amount to a million of dollars. There will be no difficulty in ascertaining all the particulars, as tie Treasury Depart ment has all the dates of all the seizures of cotton, the names of the owners there of. and all the particulars concerning the seizure. The government is aware that a full list of British claims was recently published in that country, but it also has information that many of them have not been adjusted while others will not come before this Board will be that of ourgov eminent growing out of the purchase of saltpetre in the East Indies during the war, and which was seized by the British authorities. There are others miscella neous claims which will come before this second Board. The San Juan question will be referred to the arbitration of a friendly sovereign, probably the Emperor of Brazil. —Sergeant Bates, the soldier of the Union army who marched with the stars and stripes through the Southern States a few years ago, to disprove the Radical assertion that it was unsafe for any one to do so, bas written a letter in which he states that when he reached Greensboro, North Corolina, on his travels, he was ap proached by Governor Holden, on behalf of the Union League, with an offer of 810,000 if be would abandon the march " apparently in disgust" and F,O home. Bates, though a poor man, declined with indignation, and thus spoiled the Radical little game. A NEWSPAPER OFFICE BOLD RY THE SHERIFF.—The Sheriff of Allegheny bounty recently sold the office of " The Paper," which was started four or fire months since in Pittsburg. It was sold in lots to suit purchasers and most of the maferial was sold at ruinously low prices. For instance, the Press, which cost 820,- 000 was sold for 812,000; the agate type which cost 84 cents per pound was knock ed off at 23 cents per pound. The entire proceeds of the sale did not exceed 816,. 000. This effort on the part of a party of New York politicians to control the pol itics of this State was a rather expensive job as about $40,000 was sunk in the op eration. It is said that Mr. Tweed is not Investing extensively in newspaper ofti eft 3n4t, now. goal Ontelligetut. RELIGIOUS SERVICES. BAPTIST CIWECE —jr— rtor. LB. Pato, Paster. Sabbath Screices....,... 10m a. in. and I pm. Sabbath School. lltto. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Evenings caTnotlc CIIURCII En J. sz.ertzwr Sabbath Serrlcsa Second Sunday In each Mouth Sabbath School Immediately before Mass EPISCOPAL enuacti. E. A Wartanczn, Rector. Sabbath Services. ISM a. m. and TX p. m. Sunday 5ch001.... ti m. Week-Day Scrvlces—Pridays.... ................•p. m. MrFUODIST EPISCOPAL ..Rev. A. D. ALKLazintn. Sabbath Services 10 4.5 a. to. and 710 p. sp. Saidaith School 9 p ca. Prayer Meeting. Thursdays I DO p. Es. PRESBYTERIAN CALMER—. R. J. Mn. Las. Sahhatti Smvlces • 10.45 a.m. and 714 p. m. Sehtntb School Prnyer'Sfectlng:'ll:ininds4 iventngs Business Notices. —Special attention Is called to the "notice" of the Montrose Railway Company which will be found in another column under the head of " Business Locals." —Hon. L. D. Shoemaker, announces an exam ination for a cadetship in this district to be held at Witkestiarre, May 24th. Ste notice in anoth er whit:mi. --Susquehanna County Medics' Society meeting announced. —Buggies for sale by John R. Rayncsford, Bee notice —Supevisors Bridgewater dilvertfse Road letting Saturday, May 27. —R. S. Searle otters his mill property for sale or rent. See advertisement, —Nature's Hair Restorer. —Addltimuil Sheriff Sales, —M. J. Van Horn cautions the public against harboring or trusting his wife who has deserted bins. —Read notice of Montrose Building Assoeis —We would Xll the attention of farmers to C. M. Crandall's advertisement of the morgan horse "Phil. Sheriden." Talking About Eggs, We arc prepared to close up the mouths of all our cotemporsries on the egg question. Mrs. Kirby Bunnell, of Brigewater, sent us, on Fri day last, three eggs, all loped in one week, by one of her hens, which we found to measure respectively, 8 . 4 by 6; 1 1 " ; inches, 711. by 6 1 ,i inch es and 71i by ON inches in eircumfenance, and it was. not much of a week fur eggs, neither. Mrs. Bunnell did not inform us es to the pedi gree of this hen, but she says the hen's politics is decidedly Democratic. We could have guess ed as much, for " By their fruit ye shall know them !" Judgment Reversed. The Judgment which P. A. L, Quick, obtained against the Susquehanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad and Coal Co., which case our readers will remember was tried at Montrose at a speci al term of Court last winter, has been reversed upon a writ of error by the Supreme Court of of the State. It will be remembered that Mr. Quick claimed title to a portion of their coal lands to the value of half a million dollars. Fire at Binghamton. On Friday morning last the extensive mill know as the Rockbottom mill, situated on the south side of the Susquehanna river at Bing hamton was totally destroyed by fire. The mill was owned by C. J. DeGraw, and was valu ed at ;30,000. Mr. DcGraw had about 10,000 bushels of grain burned, there was about 100 bushels destroyed belonging to customers. There was an Insurance upon the property far $21,000. The fire is believed to be the work of at incindiary. Fire eel Susquehanna. A fire took place at Susquehanna last Friday evening, resulting in the destruction of the Plummer shop of the Erie Railway Company. There was much valuable machinery in the shop, including two steam boilers, which blew off so furiously that nobody, except some in trepid firemen, would go near the fire. But no explosion occurred. The fire began at twenty minutes past 7 o'clock ; and In half an hour the shop was destroyed. • Case of Henry Ward. A true bill for murder was found against Henry Ward, in the court 'at Towanda, on the let inst. A motion to quash the indictment, made by Ward's counsel, was not granted and exceptions were filed. On motion of defend ant's counsel, the cause is continued to Septem ber term and defendant required to give bail in the sum of $lO,OOO for his appearance at the next term of Court. Accepted J. F, Means and E. T. Fox as sureties. • "Perhontd. 9, The people of Montrose ate made glad by the reappearance of Robert 0. Link or mote com monly called "Bob." Be Is always regular in his visit to a northern clime during the "heated term," and his time is always so regular, on or before the fifteenth of Islay, that should be fail, our streets might well be draped in mourning, and some terrible convulsion in nature be pre dicted. Bob is eery aristocratic in his habits, as he spends the winter in Southern Villas, then flies to his northern cottage to sniff the pure air, bathe in the coot streams and 101 l among the fragrant apple blossoms. They report various stories as to his character in his southern home, charging him with changing his name to "Reed Bird" and also with becoming a "glutton" and a "freebooter." Whether this be tine or false, we care not so long as he merits so high an esteem as is everywhere granted him in his northern home. . Bob Is one of our best vocalists and unlike some of our modem misses he does not require an hour's urging, but he is ever ready to greet you with the sweetest of song. :We bespeak for him a kindly greeting by all, and we hope the boys and girls will do nothing that will mar the pleasure of " Bob-O-Link's" sojourn with us. Township Collectors. Tb tollowing appointments have been made of Collectors for the different townships and boros of Susquehanna county Apolacon, Samuel Rice ; Auburn, H. N. ' logg ; Ararat, George Avery; Bridgewater, 11, P. Robbins; Brooklyn, J. L Reynolds ; Clifford, M. A. Gardner; Choconut, David Stanley ; Dimock, N. H. Sherman; Dundaff, Amos Mills; Frank lin, C. D. Bryant; Forest Lake, W. G. Small; Priondsville, Junes Mead; Gibson. F. P. Whit ney; Great Bend, IL S. Marta; Great Bend born, C. C. Hamlin ; Hnrmony, David Taylor ; Harthed. D. M. Phrrer ; Derrick, A. A. Carpen ter ; Jackson, A. ll:Larrabee ; Jessup, Lucius Smith; Lathrop, M. V. Bishop; Lenox, 11, B. Barker; Little Meadows, B. B. ; Lib erty, Asa A. Fish; Middletown, Samuel Dodgy Montrose, J. A. Unwell; New Milford, A. S. Roe; NeW Milford boro, N. flutterfleld ; Oak land, W, W. Williams ; Rush, G. S. Shoemaker ; Silver Lake, J. J. Donivan ; Susquehanna DePot, G. Tiffany; Springville, A. P. Brown; Thom son. E. E. Dow. Acknowledgement. We indebted to IRepreseetatlve Beardake, ror a copy of the Revhed Statutes of this State. Killed In Et Fight. While the Commonwealth Circus was ex hibiting at Tunkhannock on Tuesday night, a drunken man crawled under the canvas and entered the pavilion. A circus policeman, who saw the act, got into a fight with the man and killed him. Seventeen of the troupe were arrest ed and lodged. in jsli to await (lamination. The murdered man's name was Shtndley and his oc cupation that of a moulder in Gearhart's found -17.--Beranton Journal. +or- Italtrond Meeting. At a meeting of the Directors of the Montrose Railway Company, convened at Springville, May 12th, for the purpose of organizing the Board. W. H. Cooper, was elected 'Treasurer, and C. L. Brown, Salutary. F. Anzart, Jr., was appoint en Engineer, and Instructed to proceed forth with to examine and survey a route for the road, make estimates, and report the supposed cost of construction. The 'monthly meetings of the Directors are agreen to be held on the second Thursday of each month, anti alternate at Montrose, Spring ville and Tukhannock—The next meeting to be held at Tunkhannock. Decoration Day. HE.Arocias DEFT. OF PA., G. A. R 737 Sauatmn St., Phila. May 3d, 1871. Comrades: The 30th of May has been set apart by the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, as the day in each year when the army of the livin g Is to meet, in their silent camping . grounds, the army of the dead. I know that to every spot in this de partment where a Union Soldier sleeps, a loyal heart will be fuund to do him honor, and with willing hands strew on the patriot's grave the first spring flowers of the land he died to save and regenerate. The Grand Army of the Republic has taken on itself the duty of conducting, wherever there is a Post, the memorial service on Decora tion Day. It b requested that every comrade attend On 30th lust , and give tine day to the comrades gone before, The militia and other organizations should be invited to participate, as well us the citizens, to whom as soldiers we owe so much. Ask that the Schools in..your vicinity be closed for the day, and the children may juin with you and learn lessons of patriot ism near the soldiers graves. A. R. Cu.notri, Cmn'd Dept. Ron'r Et Tll, A. A. 0 In accordance with the above circular, the 30th of May will be duly observed: in this place, An earnest invitation is tendered to all 'to lay aside all secular business and unite in the cere monies, especially would we invite the different Schools, both day and Siab:iatli. The Militia and Fire Companies will participate. Good speaking. Principal ceremonies at 3 ciclock, p. in. Programme will be published next wrk. By ORDER or Cony. Montrose, May 1:,1821. The Lenox Exhuming Case. Ma. RD/TOR :—Not iciog the article announc ing the exhuming of bodies, I attended the opening of the graves at the burying ground, near David Whitney's, in Lenox, which was done at the request and fur the satisfation of the family friends of the deceased, to test the theory of a tradition that the dead were preying upon the living—quite a number of the family having died of consumption—and other surviving ones being afflicted with the same disease. Having been acquainted with the families from early youth, curiosity led me to see what the result might be. . At the appointed hour quite a large number of people—probably a hundred—were upon the I ground, when the work commenced. The grave of the first parent being opened, nothing of exciting interest was developed, there only re tnaing in the coffin the partially decayed bones of the deceased, the death having occurred July ' 8, 1850, at the age of 66 years and 5 months. They next proceeded, to take up the remains of one of his sons, John A. Tourje, Jr., who died. ; November 22d, 1657, aged 40 years. On the coffin being taken up and opened nothing but tho naked bones were presented to the view of the spectators, without any of the indications sought for. A sister of the last named was next disinterred, who died, November 10th, 1867, aged 41, being the last who had died, except one, that has- been buried only about four moths. The graves of all were considerably filled with water and the coffin of the last one being raised, drained of the water and opened, behold! a vine was found!! the flesh was all decayed, but everything else remained as when placed iu the ground, as near as could be expected; the silk dress and a bosom pin, In which the deceased was buried remaining entire. The vine found, was taken out, it being found lying in some shavings which were placed, in the coffin at the time of burial, beside or near the head of the remains. Drs. Wright and Oeeen, being pres ent, the vine was handed than for inspection. As soon as a knowledge of the above facts be came known to a sister-in-law of the deceased, wife of the second one named in the foregoing, she stated that a myrtle vine was brought from the yard of Mr. Whitney and placed in the cof fin before burial, the corps being shown in the cemetery before depositing in the grave. Fur ther investigations were made of the remains ; the flesh had all decayed, and on partial remov al of the dress, the right lung was found con siderably decayed, but nothing showing lite or vegetation, in accordance with the tradition. No further Investigations were made, but I un derstand that there is some talk of taking up the wife of Mr. Snyder, the last one buried.— 'there is In all, of the family, 13 in number, chil dren and grand-children, buried in this yard, and one buried in the burying ground at the Baptist church near Elder Tower's, and all but one at least, have died of consumption, the yotmgest being a grand-child only three years of age, and only one of eight children is now living. SPECTATOn. RulloW Chapters. The Oswego Press says it has come to light that the condemned murderer, RulloC figured very prominently in the vicinity of Red Creek. Wayne county, about fifteen years ago. Ho passed by the name of I3oardman and professed to be a German artist and linguist, and to have Just come from Germany speaking German fluently, also several other languttaes,and during his stay his minuets and accomplishments gave him the entre to the best society. He painted the portrait of Wm. 0. Wood, in a fairly creditable manner—Hr. W. has the portrait still in his house. Be played sweet on the Preceptress of Red Creek Seminary, a lady, who has since married a worthy man, and now lives a short distance outside of Oswego city. They were engaged to marry, and the wedding day was fixed. A. day or two before hand, however. Rulloffa wife and child appeared on the scene, and eatbfying the people of their Identity, broke op the prep arations. - , . Boardman, au Flußoit immediately left, and it was hut a short time afterward that his wife and child disappeared so mysteriously. These statements, which have never before been made public, are given on competent and \ority, and are matters of general comment 'where the occurrences transpired. IlewaPalterdom. Ma Four Quarters is the title of tk ,new fotw page Democratic weekly jot Lewd It by J. T. King sod G. R Bad*, %Both are experienced editors arid their papei prowls* to be an efficient advocate of Ike go*, cause of the people stalest fanatics and 'Pluitderera SU* per am**
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