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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**