, 7 ,41tt •Pontrooe- &meant S. IS. LUMLEY', EDISOIt. 11,116111114 NOOM:01=3 811.• CON$1113410M ? That thenr is to' be - a qiistitufionet Contention• to tinifirlilly change the Con stitution: of our_ Commonwealth should - latiliiiiUppermost in the minds of the k.siLta - * ‘ , lll .t . heAllAe w anges ich will lconnuce to the Letter ........-A 3gelteinest,cdministratitrtrerafi*" Atate government, shall* shall Secure - the righ :tsoflhothasses and pro th ew Trod leigisktip....3o.PfeeFlYYo. abilses thtliTintille . thrvants,,thoulif be gene- , .4tit.o4.4o9 l ydiszaseed: , tllinny;wetintl iterkkeomewhatdecinved by the mointion , cu ling fars'inteitr 'piiitting that it:Was for thol".Splel i aliil Only, 1161010",b,f;deCiding whe th er the-office of, • iState'.Treasurer.shonld be,elective." That cleidiett - is in form already , to cothellore 'theiteopfe for adopiititi 'itithioht CotiveritiOn the • piirpese of - taking, into ..co:usideraticti a general:revision of the State Constittition, .wsidit..remaius to be seen whether irshall Ale for the better or for the Worse; The 'people shoild-hs,awaretlietpolitieel'wire , puller!'n 1. not lie:tile in this matter, but :•Wilr.4tertipt, under cover :of. needed, change in oar State government, to make it.thvengine of Potter for tallith and,sord id-I&fizeri purposei and iuthat case _our Onterition wo,iil&,prore a curse instead of -,,,hlessirig. : ,,The character of the :znieti who compose .that convention- should be chieel e y thrtitinithdiund no tricking truck ft!ciftido' 811 9) 11 d• beta - • Towed to hold' that there, hut men, of the people; who arebionest,land who will not be aweci - by-demagognes,. nor swayed 'by gtednbacks, but who will - dare to do sight) under' ult . circumstances, , should miliiiitPtlii4'66l.ly Or delegates to whom Shalt b@ trusted this grave• responsibility, stliiQli is of such vital importance to the swath of the people and to quip who shall come niter us, ' • hake many suggestions OS to li ; 11 1 /t alterations should .be' made, by some of which,We.can see no benefit accruing. The 'STA ii "an increase in the nunther of-Seiiators and . Ittresentatires,"-tthci the skiititfis "-biennial sessions of the Legit!. latare In the name of the people, we plotestrigainst any such necessity, fur iu stead.ht diminish ing the evils- which now besei r tts, it would but add to th eir gries.: • oneness, by adding, to the heavy burden ,of taxation, and increasing the tithe and power for organicing . corruption. ., We, could see an equ s hl propriety in recom mending' an _increase in Governors and Pieerlents; No, there is no necessity for itChamendments; but we think we-cat; peintout the remedy for any such ftineied necessity.: The thost' . pertiicions tire bane of all„is that gigantic, and hei nous curse, "private legislation;" is COrrtiPting our Wholetiody,pcili6c, as a state, and by it tE4' people:ate `being; 'sold into the hands of CorporatiOn-thaSters, and •seliensitigetirrept , and tricking politicians, whit grow rich by this damnable traffic in the:peoples! rightho,ad trho fatten upon thosubstiume-which is thus pilfered'from the- abating masses that plow our pCiis,' deleiini,ithr -*lna atia Ciao u r Workshops, smOtho . .,*' the. foundation of-all the Width, of our State. deem this' one of thantain °thole of Our increasing: legitlative - evils', end if thiebe eradicatelf, j many of the branches of cerroptio , woo ld soon Withernrid, - The question has oaten been asked- " - why can ' paYliont three to ten thotleatui dollatifu corrtipting thehallO t for !an 'Offiiie, th4paySOnly sithitiryofon e . th 'alumna fr, "which will,not pity the extravapnt efG - peosea of .some of thonabobs -who. repre sent us at the State.Cnpital. The answ e r is plain. By, pluelpg, themselves : in the; tmartiet $a " Colin cs are .rande,andin proportioOto the susceptibil ity:of a •member:4a, torruption, in 'tlie same pupporflon hip poi inerealei; and 'in the'same proportion 'corporations nod cur their corrupting funds, 1140'120i coffers, to cid, him in vitiating theWl:4, hoz to:Retire' . ,bTh re-eleetion.— , lier;ltiis:surijoi - -tuturce corrtiptioti'be shOnld lie 'One' of the prime moreuitpiitsoft* Convention.. To show, in round numbers the magni. tudelef .this increasing an alarming evil. wegiesi , the tollotring statistics' from the. bander, the'ifon.FratiCial-ordon, present, Seciehiry of thoethumithwealth -1866, niimbee of public lava paried'und Published was.bitk IniBG6, t thswhole inimber of. private • 1a4665V the:whole .number of public 1ti.,14367; the !011ie number'of private' " r1aw5,40,92. , In ISO, the whole number of public - , - - 1.13M6f1, Whoic,xlemher ..efoprivoic' • • thglo ptd)lini larriNl7-; • • lo:l)3o . 9,'lhililiolc.lininbter of, private' lawsJA74. 4 ' nan)i;er f el!).,l,o7o,,4ligsylpie ;number:of -private 1 102i;47,4 : • • xprsius,uvririf fear/i v -340 Raolle. and 6,- I.7o:piiikte:intsiaiad" besides these.•there. were4o,l4'ddltional.prifate , 'oets notind),7 f:ly.reasOii:of sion.-pitynot ,wf enrollment tai tllerepn . making-the lord , of tdyiite laws five, years 7,126.'-or , libogs tivintpong tittioas many •prioste• sus '4 he. liriktett mor Agitate talks =seal _by these , laws brae -slmOstOl)PeatiOliVroiln.rtiolx . Ia the wholeATe years only. 446 pakeir =eta/0 /474 flud'ele:regualuing 6,623 i FeJLt.i_l Juninbetoti iaxgOogjarg, w,,e a yr si*,:lhottpifl '.1.10111t1'4. and .ttiti.iitj• yi4frs'Obleit tbOthirn self.. lit the.funrth glayc , the antecedent. to the:miird4r of Mr. Ruth was a crimi .nal intimacy between Mrs. Rutli and, '`Medlicott. A thlthistly cinn4in the' mar. tier of Rutbltintself byy tholnen who ilie r .tetided to be 'lt iefrietid: These incidents, ! i ttiken altogether,-Lionttitate , such a skeitr of crime as is not often given:to the wit) ! Ho to' unravel. '" • "- ' The circumstances under which the foison wet administeted.Ofe ra Jo and thriliiug,,and . illustrate the heartleisneS.4 thy/ mitiderer.:Hpon thenight_wbeti tbedectl. wa&committed, , 3lce. Ruth was absent from home, 'on a xtsrt to Leavenwortlf.--Dr:lfedlicott was keeping Ruth company, • and spent not only. the ,eveniugAltery,. butJdept there-all , eight..Tlie;two played severalgames of ehess7together, and , parted-bettieeti 'nine and ten o'clock, Ruth previously,swallowy ink scirie 'that "had been, prepai -I.a ro r ,bit A tilleclileett,,, After .taking. •themedicine, Ruth, ust before going• to bet), sat . dowtytud wtote, his. ife. a let ter, in whichstated'flint illeillicott ' lll O PIO ,t/dininistere'll•to , ltim - a-gni/tine powder, and asks her; in ease of his'a&sth,. to have histedi carious' request ; one. or,the iticompnleneihi e . feattirelioetlM case. th e would' .seem.-- to jinf . dy suspicion of Medlicott—asuspicion 31vInch ie , ,dislzonpteuancedt.byrthir friend ,9hip between the Ore, men,. and lit.the meof 3 f)( l .ll„vklifi..nlßfeJli4n .46fesiional attention to 31rs. Rnth. ' The nestlncirn• ingautharastenett dealt iirlifs'betliyillt: blood and froth.issuing from Month. The Inennikby 3featiCutt's guilt ' l / 2 ias"-pattiallte s statai4M ilia, &featly slug; P l are:P°4 .AlrAlll44ieq- 31 Mlicott was prisoneil in the same cell with:.& _young thart..italbettolfenry4tifititfort;',whti'. ik a tinrgtnr by profession, nil v.hp ielzWo 7 , csginn to %voila 'Mandl' iota 31011iott's 'confidence. He hoped by that - means to gitesrithusbleievidenadJaiaiitstihephyst; Clatt,,nad so, secure his, no discharge or . -1 4 1 * likSt- ;Au,. aoitt ...atot:injui other 'Ciirainals of note. ,was' dist-re/ISO witliinentakislotta altich;silsiteilliitit Sleep and revealed the hidliik; pluceli' of remorse q lt.; V.T9,ittlix!y, ho,stao. r ,. tcsliiii'OohlWrii 1 4186 n pallet 9folmil% P:Or.eg-41)siiRoubja , thatIgai being the name. of his murdered wifeipsi "Tpke-thtt,illittiVit:Willrati'YMV-00a;!1 , C,V4:;-.fr&PP9l l o , 'Le.4 3 tkength oll ten - a i gin ficiott, -m4.7/110 . lifiel result that the jury have declared 4 htin;gaillikof 'Mut) ter in. tam. first &lid. . „ - - gutenigate. aeLTOMfrinavicite ,Thirr, L. D. Tosco, Pastor. .103 i a. cm it'd f i to. CIIVACII. liebbaitt Elm/le . es_ i.abtatfichpoL _..... .. t6lk.-.._ :raja Wetlng. Wedaesdai Evrataga CATHOLIC CHURCH 1 Rzy.J. Esarnarr Sabbath &Trims .:.Second annasy In each Mouth , flabtath actual ...- . ; ...... ....Immedlately bdure Ilan EPISCOPAL cnUtICII _Ear. E. A. Vaunt:N=4E4,lw. Sabbath ticrikas. - - and 'Of - D. m. Schoollf ay Wcalc•Day BapJars-rlOdays...—.. ... p. sr. EMMA , EP/SOOPA AIIICAnzas. Sabbath s'ersicra.. ......... a. so. and tan p. m. Sabbath School: . ' , .. . - _PRESBYII.IIIA.K 91Lit . C11, 4.1. - 2 .,:fttr. J. O. Inman. Naabath ger+, ...... ... LID, and TH p. Sabbath School 11.16 p. m. -PrarrrilectlmTharsdar Eraataga "Sip gl. -41 Lenoir Ahead. 4. '-, • • ' • Mr. D. B. Clark,ot Lenox..thLs county.tolsed from twelri qviirti.orsiect EBY-three bnisbib of point*, an d otie , ',WeigttheArto oundeels ounces. They ore (title Torkly.— 'Mr. Clark io.tboP.l?9itras yet ,Thd, . The T.eeture . second Literary Entertainment st• the Court House in 3iontrene.ottr Tuescinyseening, pee, 12th. 316. Lottio Hougli, of Doetoncarak Ba liver ber popular lecture entitled "'Popping, the Question." Hough is highly - recornmendeatte a' lady of tatine end eulturi. litore`eitiiiided notice* of her popularity will .apPMie nexe*celz. itecideni. Op Friday het, Earnest TiffanY, son of Charles Titany, Of Ilrooklyn. wasaicidentaZy silit4Yer by the passenserArairigoing.south on the 0.4. pas below ifonosei depot ind instantly killed. his supposed he waratteroPt lag toot upon or off (Math Coil pain itlid:Fints caught by the ba g gage. car- of the yesrager train, and thrown under It. IL6 ;was . yaing man highly respected,-of goo' (Vinod , tamper:do habits, and leaves a large circla,of:reatiitsicrid friends to bcwall his sudden and tragical end. flc was about 10 years' ; of.itge. 7l „. ;;: `' Familiarity with Miltiaysisvt"Waiktsiii:b lea.ness, and many take riska Oat soonerof late, prove fataL Tho many 'MitinielY from this cause shout/Wiwi aftimliag' to all not to oltlfollt the , least 'in-Alte most _careltiryttilpacii, when upon or near railway cars or tracks. • Railroad Min Work nt Tunkharknock„-on t the Montrose Railway, bas couitionieed jn goid-iraeltt.„7-. We baveit direct from. Mr; Marcy, thericontra . ct9r, tbatle put 200 men: at work yestenlai. Our Laekatianna nelglibins ninst tiers d itri and the pt•oVerif , New 3111 fired and BusquctinditaDepoF, be looking op the sharer depottror the care will be along and find them unpreparitt . to ictnin ruodate the tiassengers,:lVhat qtmcks got to saw now ?• We are` bono tn"# , turn Gardner's Compliments (t) britningr- for Susquehanna Depcit;"with Railiini, - Coiari House and aIL , - •, 31ore'''Ff.tneing:" . .„, a 3 . 14:,,N." No. 3, one of the - not "responsible'' editors of the Montrose "Republican"'ll iphering, away on the e temeerance "minim" and by oac Gilds late and itnpitived nyatencs. accumulative voting, mattes It just ii-tlearolis mud that all the temperance yetis cruise froua the Rattiest party. , ITit pinks rfutlieri and there a township in the county; and atlettkitbilit:reitt' weeksiabor produces, an orrny of itgurei?.. corn paring the vote this year nrorlast. 114 assertion without exhibiting Sti.figurcs might have deceived eonnsof the children.. ;MsTrpr,,treir show,Alint in many casts temperance vote, both the nEldical and Demo. crude vote tlecreale;. Whereas" in other caeca,, where there is tto.tetnper4nce tfte' other'party votei fri;!Mise, and In case iihere the largest temperanne:votesoctut'tbonnwegate Vote ofenelt oftheotherpnrtk sditairdsho Ptqlor4 - (innately. : LoprooroD this we refer ft, table of figUres .in yestm*s , "Republican." 0 ye degenerate tons, oF.-3,ltplicitt . „I.llingtfr Can't you undersiandsuelx masterly(!)Opheriov? Or must we be tMred.7illksomer*St:e"tiguring," frotn.XNo. 4.. : •: • church Burned. We learn, with, deep, rrnet, that the new Methodist church, or Great Bend Bari, was to, tally destroyed by fire on 'Saler/14 event:lslip: vember 18. The pstrAmAtarp,;es we have _them, %Tem that a te.w roinntm before the, alarm was giren.s fire was slatted In the basetnent-furtmeel andleit iiipposed in a 'eatit'Canalitai.,',:tlito accident - a colt;n . ecounied.to&byafilligetion or" gu i lt tbehirnace,'Wbielt 4 must beyo ignited sod - exploded ; throwing opts the doorsend:fratter7 . ing the destructive element;,im thin:Matier, as to fire the.bui)ding -in the baircißCO; US 'DO fire was discernable, from: itleut ‘ trill some- " .true after theiliMa.w4 alien ; tidnapyol,tl o. citiMes wereptif toTbetteve lest *as ' ant , through the Ina, 'Pears "tic.re'.efiterlairtecEt i the antic would do sumo damage hrrniling, but' it was atoms( mitifclY faliitiltg. The fine grade& sehoei buildhlg is in ,very ciaseprostinitY, rant -e work %Meat hare been done:hi:the eitkiene save evert that, as IticYlMT; no , a rOutzPil, P re departmentengin Au" from the chinch, was iron- cisitioni: and Chairs.' :The . less Is On:Mt $18,000 . , Mill Uinta. .was`rady mow. ittlimcice u, Thts,chuleti tint jai .4Ctt rdilict9 4 444 - was one-of the finest chitritt edifices in ethat4l. • iinity, and nitde'we community for tlnlr, great loss, we can but feel - a particular Condolence' ror ilicri . OrthY'pastor, Rev. 1. N. Pardee, who with tile Most. aident,'„` Making and efficient: fabor, , has beett ;elle:Whig , , factor in eicilfrg its pastorltisithoseintepriilng citizens 'Whia ‘'suls• Seribedaolibemilytothisgeodwarkeilifilifinthi:* this heavy misfortune to rierai Tit Abeirrentenr prise; for:we - know wliereof we speak, and Wet I Mien, the same cause•wilt bring about a simi lar effect: {:i . rn,Antztume Oat pithopgtv,the• lost p . Is A very heavy one and exreat dralbecie upon the eitlzhira'cit thaCiAcinity, Yettheir hidepend cacti of mind, and seitsabittled ander:dllllthitbas-lii will PO allow Ahem tn. beg cherity„froin the ~ 6nblie„ but We Mich' the . libeity;;onsgelicd, of saying 'that the sittiplithiee of turroattaiceni• - ,manities sheaf:l:be giiert liin.:4nYakt and nib, sts iii i 1 Ray. - 'Let us give , Of our substaretk's,ri, :filr as C.Stistseni,'its It will be; u ,tiresd,',-Criiti:trinsT the water,l! and Ire itdioilispOsett'aillarigir,cilik::/ - 1 'nitre teirvilieri, we May, need hrotutat,' Some Wit kkertv - ' ,; 'the Allernown:.".peniircrieuahys, .•44: ifainuell a des; reodl9,l near Eithichnia,4ll ownship,l44,o'4l4ll§,iis h4prkg " .sesslonoralkanrniimittiing 4 fektind fitn e;" • In length-t—the'ellinecitetidlntgAOriatdbinblilik low Ids Imeo , l ll - 13 , 14 " 11 '‘P1 1 . AY'ivci'ri! 6 1' ) well bylll,h , eighing ;go pcur*and) has:;beenn ,e rultivatiogthlaWhtiker crop for 19 yeltrik'sfrifight.P7 . ' ! ttiond, Wiihn's9Cdels that Proliably siandh:nii•tit t• surpassed, In the entire countryi isite'!if to, Itnye cyci bettid u cS;ielBlYtliia; s;: the most prodigious crop, anti *re, havapodcnibi,' . the dlipoio CO place blinselriiii e4bitiltOn; Ite . FO9 - 19104 'bandit:4o Mr. ktiett tiAnitcher - -1.7 citify the 'Vali& Whedliqetti‘4Klittilnif: "portion britipiehd out, the thlsitee s and tear,} Fll7O-.4i•Wirtaf,Pirri