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TUE iSTATE LEGirsLaktunc— 1
The State Legislature convened at liar- i
risbnrgyesterday:--The' Senate is a-tie—
standing •spr4cen-Desrmer,l4 and-shtteen
em
Re' liblidans, itnrobe vacancy caused by
the th of 'Senator Connell , ivhithls to
Ini l ied - by au electioni` Undir a Radical
rip elution made forlheir own ben fit, like
alt - eir other legislation, they haC!f csiah
blidlied: the pile, that.-the old Speaker
shalEorganise. the' Senate: Such • being
the 'eate,',Speaker lirullnee (petnoero,)
Will do so iiew;sind 'the, Schiff)" Will by ,in
aMead lock,7itial lee phall see if "what. was
Innee'for the goose will he sauce for 'the
gander." If by such a means the 'people
amid- be relieved from si" repetition of
such an amount of. infamous legislation
as has iven . theorder of the day of late. we
think the people of this commonwealth
would let onenession pass 'without any , for
theYse.in hotter' tiffurd to' :pay
..theit'sal
asies for dCitigatlithing than Owe them
•drnw it, andnise ste's.A. the tam-money to
enrich corporations and themselves by
"I'rliato.' Bills"" for public- theft. TliC
House stands 61 Republicans, 38 Demo.
orate and 2 Independents.
The ' 4 *lPOssiwc Polley "
The followhig troiir'the Easton iS g erdi-•
ad, so lially4/3=07113 with our views, that
we fully adopt it, and-request onr readers
to read and ponder upoi,the truth which
it contains; "The Xeivlrark' World, for
montla pait, lias been suggesting all
torts of schemes to divide - or discourage
the Democratic .party, insinnating that
defedis certain V; foTh w, th 4, honest er-.
pression of its pOnciples, by the National
Convention. Not only this, but it has
been also asserting that -the party • 'must
abandon ..itaTtactiCe r 'of nominating its
candidates, for-that if now adopted will
,surely:entiia nafonly,,tbeir defeat but the
crushing out of the Democracy in the
United State& Order to pbtaia a hear
ing from' the - Deitoevai3i r tlie 'World tub
lisheiderfain'tutlili, from time to time,
_which are intentled .to show that the party
has yet a -vigorous rife to ho destroyed by
its poliey: This is the evidence of the
hostility of the World,- to ..the.. Democrtic
party, if 'aiidenee is needed by those who
have.observed the course of that paper
for some time past. When it proposed to
the Democracy. after the solemn dceision
of the highest partY_ hibunid knoWit to
its organizalien, to 'abandon the candi
dates of the last National Convention—
.. Seirtiour and Blair—on the eve, too, of
the election'foi President and . VRe Presi-
dent, every, trae . loyal;bonesi democrat in
the Union saw the true intent and par
pose of the World's deiertion to the ene
my.
Front then till note, the aim of the
- World has - been to discourage and defeat
the party.
Ont of tbeStpd,„sOrn has sprung up
a harvest of:AC . 4l4es and, plane which
tend, in their effect on the Democracy, to
make unity'of action" almost imposSible.
'The National Democratic Contention will
be agitateland excited over the active
efforts of secticau3.or schismatics to make
their several propositiotis the controlling
influence is the deliberatiOns of that
body. •
The "Now.Departur.e," this disbanding,
the thumh-ii-the-mouth, the passive pol
icies'are now discussed by would be lead
ers, repentant democrats, weak-kneed
detnocrats, Plaine democrats, cowardly
democrats, and soMirit is admitted frank
ly, who Me bonestand eamest'democrats.
Somach the worse, 3tif of this divisien,
disorganization, diversity of opinion; the
real peril, will tonic: " The World ilins'.en
joss the-fruitgof its efforts and. policy.
''Re havealr Mdy expresselour opinionil
which tr e are Pleased.to kncni is the con
• Srmed conviction.of the honest voters of i.
the party, in our State, that the organiza
tOn of theDernoc* atiipart# mast 10 thain
laZned., They will never agree ti'di:sliand,
or abandon the:canttital principles of Jef
ersonian democracy. The honest demo
cracyof this State will insist that the sorer
etgnly of the Slates, the sovereign ' power
of the *people in the States, the indestruc
tible character of, this sovereignty, the
limited and delegated authority vested in
Congress by the sovereign power in the
States at the formation 'and adoption of
the Federal Constitution, shall be rigidly,
righteously preserved, >maintained and
proclaimed as the essential principles of
the party now. This done in a bold,
manly, fearlessdeclaration,hy the Nation ,
• al, Conventinn• wben it
.meets, then these
- democrats will „regar.d .with. fait:- any
untrenee who accepts this .declaration as
it is'avowed, Wliethealiebe,passips or pro
,gressire, whether ho be, front the I,Zorth,
South, East, West, or from our own Rale.
The candidate, we are inclined to believe,
' Mast . trenr- the citizen's. I(e'roust,
be a man of agnrsge, of adniinistrative
abiiitly astatesman.
4 11iiirS'otsi!pOsirepolicy.''fhie, al
is lip serititil_parPose . oi . the ,Deinocmcy '
of this commouwealth to insist shall be
the policy ollbe L - National Cormention,
i-gpivilliri . g - tctunload thprass' of
stL non-egsciptiA i titt,: ; ol e'ca e'..aistinctice
prineiplesof Seteratuialdemoracy must
uot be sacrificeA for_ any policy which ile
rkilo4l3euf cr i mes not the courageto assert:
Ahem belbreilie piiople, 'Griot, his
Lary, tits pegm soldiers, his . niartialliiri
cr the usurping Cougremth - at nova holds
potter in Washiiitati IP Y deflance.' of the
..X.94l4.iitiOn'eO4e.t.tiitedStaty6°:
. . .
M-L3olil•elt)sed*PEOTtrdny'id..lo%.
Hob taw In liintunn.
There is a forMidable negro insurrec
lien in Chicot county, Aakansas, and
vOctCsucceedinz 'report_ intensifies - the
horrors of the situation. ArMed bands
of negroes riot through' the country,
driving the whites' tbam :their - - homes,
-while others picket the river, and -sheet
those attempting to escape. There is a
reign of brutal terror; white (mulles es
caring' for their lives, and the few forced.
to remain subjected to the most horrible
onerage at the hands of the negroes. .For
, .
many nights past, the negmes have been
nightly maratitling in' bands, making
property and life insecure, but now the
negroe.s &re fairly in arms, find detertnin
ed to "clean ont" the white& A reign of
'terror exists in all the region nailed. ,All
the. negroes within a radius of fifty miles
on both-aides of tho Mississippi • have Col
lected' at Chicot, and defy the State as
well as the national government, threat
ening to burn, kill and ravish, if an at-.
tempt is made to arrest or punish them.
These facts am well substantiated, and
yet the Radical authorities take no notice
of the movements of the.negroe& ..Gert
'erafGrant interferes on the slightest pre
tense' against white men; . never, when
negroes are concerned.
g'Onr typo liars been so in the
habit of recording "hundreds of millions"
of 'dollars in Radical defalcations, that by
mistake, they mode us inky last week, that
"three hundred of Democrats
would speak at the ballot box in '72, in
stead of THREE 3siraaows, as we intend
ed, but the coming year seems to be aus
picious for good, and taking in the ground
world," who knows but that our type
may have foretold correctly-after all.
Our "devil" says he did it on purpose,
so that the editor of the " Republican"
could bare one interesting "local" in his
paper. We read him a abort lecture on
morality and told him such ."jokes" were
very naughty.
Presidential Promises.
It was thought politic to put forth in
hesident Grant's message a recommen
dation of generally amnesty. But it may
warrant a doubt of its sincerity to find his
reiewire and his aroma opposing It. The
official journal, the Press, said on Christ
mas day : "The President is not, however,
prepared for genenil amnesty." Then he
has changed his mind since he signed the
message, or has yielded to the persuasi9ns
of the "Pardon Bing," the font crew who
peddle pardons by retail, and do not want
their trade., spoiled. The' Presidential
enaeition, of amnesty, like That_ of re
-fano:is probably hat an, electioneering
flourish that will have no practical fulfill
ment. The same message threw on . the
President's friends the Maine for the ap,,
pointmer.t of inffimons.characters to of
fice. He even made the suggestions that
they should be forced to pay the losses
sustained through public peculation. This
was really so much the best, part of lie'
President's rue*ge;.thatwe will t
repeat
it, with the faint hope of seeing It acted
on. It too is an electioneering flourish:
'lf bad men have secured places it lias
been the fault of the system, established
law and custom►PA:making appointments,
or the fault of these who recommend for
government positions persons not suffi
ciently well-known to them persocally, or
who give letters endorsing the characters
of office seekers without a proper sense of
the grave responsibilities which such a
course devolves upon them: A civil ser
vice reform which can correct this abuse
is much needed. In mercantile' pursuits
the business man who gives a letter of
recommendation to a friend. to'
. enable
him to obtain credit from a stranger, is
regarded as morally responsible for the in
tegrity' of hie friend and_ his ability to
meet his obligations. A reformatory law
which would enfoice this principle against
all endorsers of persons for public place,
would insure great caution in making
recommendations. •
There are those who deny the right of
the President to shift the blame of his ,
infamous appointments on his friends
What business, has he to liave and listen
to friends who_Will recommend scoundrels
to office? If is not forgotten, too, that
out of his military associates, personally
well, known to him, be usually appoints
the most disreputable. Geneml Daniel
K Sigcles was selected by him to repre
sent our country abroad, and Genoa'
Daniel Butterfield was made ..sub-Treas.;
nrer at ..gew York, at the beginning' Of
the great gold conspiracy, in which he
and the President's relatives. were proini
neut actors. On its exposure, Butterfield
was allowed quietly to resign, and the
whole - matter was smothered. The clielice
of the President has not improved upon
the recommendation of his friends=
.Ige. • •
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rff'lf a Democratic member of Con
gress wants to stir up a hornet's neft, all
has to do is to rise up in his, place in
Congress and make any allusion- to fraud
and corruption in office, and - forthwith
the whole Administration si`vacin are
down on him tr,yint to sting him' into e
-1 'once
• lion. James P. Barr, has been ap
pointed - the member of the National
Democratic -Committee . from Pennsylva
nia, to ' .. f111 the vacancy caused by the
'death of lion. Isaac Iliester, of Lancas
ter. The appointment was made billon.
W. A. Wallace, Chairman of the State .
Committee, in accordance with the wish.
es of the members thereoE -
....Orr the 22d of afar;:/:P, 18C9, Jos
ephll: &Deft aid wife dc;eded. to i/lyasca
Grrnt, ninety-soren soma of Cook
conoty loud (Chicago is in - Cciok county,)
to the Consideration On the same
day . 3 Russel Joie!, of Chicago, was - ap
pohttkd United. &stem Minister, to Be•
glum, with a tabor of CIAO, told, is
• this the same Jonesr—lnkrankats NM.
The Meeting at .IPlttsbniw.
.We print's letter which has been ad
dressed to numerous Democrats in this
Cominonwealth, ;signed by Richard Vaux,
R.= E. Monaghan, Wm: H. =Witte and
others. It isas follows: •
Decernber . l,l o 1871.
'DEAR Sin: It cannot be denied that the
Demodratic party of this Commonwealth,
in its present condition, demands unsel
fish and earnest and nulled effort to make
it harmonious and_powerful and success
ful.
We do not desire to -discuss here the
causes of our late- defeats, espechilly aC
the last State election.
Rightfully or not, the masse of the
honest democratic voters have -lost. coiiti
dence in the managers ? 'who have, within
the past few years‘eoutrolled conventions
--conventions which have not expressed
the will of the demoendie party Of Penn
sylvania:- Thdteinedy'for these mistakes
is in the hands of the party. 'The opin
ions of the sovereign power of the party,
the voters, must be made known; and by
this means a corrective of these growing
grievances is attainable.' To do ibis, con
certed action thould follow calm pad dis
interested councils. If you 'agree' in these
views, are willing, to aid in reaffirming
the foundationyrinciples of the democra
cy, and reasserting the cardinal ductrines,
and securing the proper means to re-estab
lish the democratic party on the basis on
which' it rested 'when it was victorious,
you are earnestly requested to meet, for
deliberation, some democrats of like views,
at Pittsburg, on the anniversary, of Jack
son's victory, January 8, 187-:' Please
address your reply to Itichaiq Vohs, Phil
adelphia. Very respectfully yours.
ggfr The Radical " happy family" iu
South Carolina are exhibiting themselves
in their true colors. The Invettigating
Committee of the Legislature make n full
disclosure of the great fraud perpetrated
by Governor Scott, Treasurer Parker, At
torney-General ,phamberlain, and State
Agent Kemptei. These four men have
stolen over six million dollars from the
Slate, malting a million and a half each
ter their valuable seiviees. So' saysihe
report, made tcolle . Legislature by the
e:ommittee . appointed to investigate the
matter. Bowen;of polygamous notoriety,
is pursuing the defaulting officials, hav
ing grievances of his own to avenge.
Gov. Brown, of Missouri, sensibly
and pertinently siuggests thatisll murder
ers., acquitted because of insanity, should
at 'once be incarcerated in lunatic asylums,
and that the judges trying such cases be
required• by la* to see to it that. the ac
quitted and . murderous madman is at
once consigned 'a place where he will
be harmleis t 4 his fellows. Certainly it
is a perversion ofjustico to let loose upon
society a being' whose hands have been
imbrued in the - blood of one of his fellows.
The insane and; perhaps, uncontrollable
desire to kill may ret!trn' at any moment,
and cause the sacrifice of more innocent
people.
r President ert•znt, fortunately, don't
fall under the requisitions &minded in
the Civil Servide_ reform report, and is
anxious that his immediate relations shall
'not he too rigorously examined.
W - The liberal Republicans mld Dem-
Ocmts of the Vnited States Senate were
united and. atqious to present general
amnestv-to thOipeople of the South as a
Christmas gift, but were deteated•by' the
stock-jobbers and . contractors, of the
Radicals.
Bow Risk4p Polk Was fi►liled
An ex-confederate, writing for. the West
minster Revlon', gives the following ac
count of the death of the bishop general :
"The death of the distinguished man
Occurred while our army lay front of !
Kenesaw; Johnston, with a group of of
ficers, among Whom was Polk, was inak- 1
iug areconnoissance of the enemy's lines
from the sumniit Of the Pike mountain, a
lofty, solitary mount, which jutted_ out
from the runge,,and formed the Apex of
en acute on which our line was arranged.
The sitnation•Was a very Itai.anlons one,
being commanded, or rather. reached' by
r ,murs from any portion or the enemy's
lines. The unusual assembla,gein_ such ti•
conspicuous place soon attracted the vigi
lant enemy. A battery in front , immedi
ately fired one'shoti which we afterwards
found out washut the prelude to one of
the most fearful shellings I ever witness
ed. The group was standing! between
young Beauregard's battery and the fifth
company of Washington artillery, John
' ston. being on 'the yorks : looking through
ti field glass. l iTite-'first shot could not
have unssed-him two feet, hut: e the only
attention he paid to it was :to turn his
glasses to the battery that fired, it. Polk
had, in the meantime, separated from the.
' group and was walking thoughtfully
awav,with left side to the enemy, his
head-down and his hands clasped behind
,him. • The second shell fired at the crowd
struck him in the arm and passed through
the body, tearing out his heart,. and then:
crushing his right arm above the elbow.
He dropped on one — knee ' wavered, then
. fell on one side 'I had hardly turned
my back when,l heard the murmur of
horror run through the line,, ' General
Polk is killed?, Johnston said not a word,
but ran to him -and lifted 'him in his
arms. Hardee uttered a cry,, and also
rushed forward.. He wet , passed all hu
man help. 'The members of his staff ten
derly lifted and bore him from the field."
Death of the Oldest Man . in the U.S.
Died, at the residence of his six); Harvey
Thacker, in Shastacotukty, Hiram Thack
er, supposed to be the oldest man in the
United States, aged about 128 years. He
was born , in Doncomb county, North Car
olina, about 1753, and served under Jack
son at the battle of New ,Orleatlit. He
was also at the battle of Tippicanoe un
der Harrison,and also in the Black Hawk ,
war in Illinois- lie emigrated to Califor- '
Ilia in the year 1801. He was, son-in-law,
of Daniel Bobo, of Kentucky.- Tranqua
ty, of this Wage,. informs us that the above
is substantially correct, as hoiknows the
family - well, and had coneersed with the
old, man, On informed him he had lost
the register_ of his birth; it having been
burned up int his house. His son Harvey,
in whose bean he died. is. an Ail man of
nearly seventy .years'. _ Tho old man was
very fond of a joke, and could tell some
stran i p-old Ittrati,f-qhfrolel,g)flerim
NEW Auvirtio:ulumr.—The following
is the new apportionment of members, of
Congress, now under consideration
Kentucky: 9 10
Tennessee 8 0
Indiana 11 12
Illinois 14.10
Missouri 0 12
Arkansas 3 4
Michigan.... 6 0
Florida... ... 1 6
Texas 4 6
lowit 6 0
Wisconsin 6 8
California 3 4
Minnesota 4 3
Oregon -- 1 1
Kansas . • 1 8
West 'Virginia.. 3 3
Nevada ' 1 1
I Nebraska . 1 1
Maine -5'S
New Hampshire
.8 8
Vermont .8 2
Massachusetts . 10 11
Rhode Island:— 2 D.
Connecticut ... . 4 4
New York 81 89
New Jersey.... 7.
Pennsylvania 24 20,
Delaware 1 1
Maryland...... 7 6
Virginia 8 0
North Carolina. 7 8
South rdrolina. 4 5
Georgia 7 8
Alabama......, 6 7
Mississippi :5
Lonislasta 5 8
Ohio - 10 19
Meek ffetjtuuon the Situation.
Sonia time ago the Germantown Tele
graph i pspressed a wish to "hear from"
Colonel McClure on Grant's renomina
tion. The Colonel is heard from in Fri
day's Philidelphia Post, but not exactly
in the tenor friend Freas likes. He is op
posed to Grant's renomination, and gives
the administration the following dig in
the rib :
The Republican party has been in pow•
er in the nation, State and city for many
years... We had a faithless, accidental
President for a time i and our city has bad
a Democratic executive; but the practical
power of Government has been uninter
ruptedly Republican. If Republican crit
icism of Republican administration is an
offence, why is thetry for reform not' si
lenced? It conies from our own long..
forbearing people, and not from the enemy
and it arraigns Republican, not Demo
cratic, misruly It comes up to Congress
from every..stfctiouof the country, for re
lief from oppressive taxes, from wasteful
expenditures, from speculation and defal
cations. and from swarms of arrogant and
uesless officials, whose chief employment
seems to be to instruct the party who it
must accept for places of trust and profit,
from President down to aldermen. It
comes up to our Legislature from all par
ties in the State, and demands fundamen
tal limitations as the only source of pub
lic safety. It comes up fFoni the press
and peooe of-this city, as with one voice,
to save private property and public credit.
These are not thecamplaints of disap
pointed ambition, but the faithful criti
cism of. sincere men, seeking, to protect
and preserve 'their Own inlientapce. They
do not propose political revolution, al- I
though. that mast - come soon if they .are,
unheeded.-- they iin) to employ the Re
publican organization as the proper in
strumentality to,correct the patent and
oppressive evils ithas tolerated. With a
system Of barter and sale of Federal ap
pointments that poastitutes the civil ser
vice to the advancement Of nu worb ty men;
with a system of State legislation that. is
a running sore and a standing reproach,
and with our crushing city taxes and aebt,-
, both rapidly increasing without visible
benefits to the people, the men who would
maintain Republican ascendency must
remember that " faithful are the wounds
of a friend."
As Colonel McClure is a leading Re
publican politician, what he says ie enti
tled to groat weight. We commend his
letter to .the Montrose Republican.
plates from Alte.tictrtcnlturul liteport.
The quantity ofcorn produced in the
United States in 1871 is estimated at 'l,-
09200,000. • • ••
.The total production of potatoos, is
larger than that of last year in all the
Middle States, and in Georgia, Wisconsin,
innesota, lowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
The average reduction in the Southern
States is .5 per cent —lllinois; 35 per
cent.; ,Missouri, 30; Kentucky, 20; In
diana, 1.5, and Michigan, 34.
In nearly all the States the buckwheat
crop is light.
In Bucks 'county, Pennsylvania,. the
I planting of tobacco is increasini-tionn-
The pecan* trees broke down witty fruit
in San Antonia county, Texas. Thgcrop
will.bring over 81,000,000 in that imme
diate section. The price is . 82 50 a
bushel. •
A farmer in Ileanfort " comity,. North
Carolina, raised 12,000 bushels of peanuts
this year. The average yield in-that State
is from 40 to 50 bushels an 'acre.
Cranberries grow Wild, in immense
(inautities; 7 lit the marshes of Prince Anne
[ county, Virginia. There is a full _crop
this.yeat ThiJY.sell•readily at 81 50 and
.$4 00 1 bushel.
The banana crop in. Florida is promise
ing. Not so with the Orange.
Everywhere and extraordinary quantity
of mast is reported, which, accounts in
part fur the cheapness and abundance of
pork for the present year.
Jute seed, leas been planted with success
in portions of the South.
James, &With, of. Cedlirville ' Washing
ton territory, raised 1,200 bushels of
wheat on 26 acres of land-4.6 bnshels to
the acre. In the* spring of 1870, be
writes,. the land was covered with brush'
and timber. :It was cleared in the sum
mer, and got ready, for sowing February
1, 1871, without plowing, and the seed
was harrowed in by February 12. Fin
fished thrashing on the 7th of September.,
Italian bees imported into Utah' last,
spring have proved a decided success.
'1 hey are much better than the Attic bees.
Pulaski county, t Virginia r is said to boa
beautiful blue grass region. Superior'
coal and iron of good quality are found
there.-
Food fishes are , rapidly increasing in
numbers in the 'rivers and streams of
Great Ilritain. The increase in the sal
mon supply is especially *noted. The
fishermen of the Cornish rivers agree that
where there was one, salmon or salmon
:bout last year` there are fifty now.
MOB DEDOIBTIZATION 'AGAINST . MlJR
DEuzus.—Confirmation of the report has
been received, dated Memphis, December
20; that John IL Sanders, Jasper Dugan
and Curtis Garrett, confined in Lake City,
Chicot county, Arkansas, for the murder
of the negro lawyr Wynne, were taken
out and shot dead by a mob Of negroes,
who theri took possession of the town,
which they now hold. A number of citi
zens hate fled for, safety. - •
gEr On ohristtas day a bloody idriay:
took place at Fist Arlington; Vernuint,'
in a drinking mlisin. Farwell dc' raw.:
renee, keepers of the !aloof . ), shot five per=
sons, two of - whoa' . have since died, and
two more are mortally wounded. _One of
the victims Was . Farweirs son, age& eight
years,Farwell amiLymarence coiAvsk
-,l3l34crrriMtv - -
Lettetli.nnd their Ending.
Upon this 'subject the October number
of the British Quarterly Rev;eze says i
The "I remain" requires-to - be led up, to
and.not to be added to the letter withnot
connection„: 'There Is a Imp gamut of
choice endings, from the official "Your
obedient .servant," and high and mighty
" Your bumble servant to the" friendly
"Your truly," " Your , sincerely," and
"Your affectionately." ' Some persons
vary the form, and slightly - intensify the
expression by placid the word "yours"
last, as "Faithfully yours." James How
ell used a great variety of endings, .such
as "Yours inviobly" ."Yours entirely,"
"Your entire friend," "Yours verily and
invariably," " Yonr really," Yours rn no
vulgar way of 'friendship," "Yours to
dispose; Of," "Yours while JAI." "YOiels!
Yours!" Walpole writes: "Yours very
much," " Yours most - cordially," and to
Hannah Moore, in I'lB9, 'Yours more
and more." Mr: Bright, some years ago,'
ended a' controversial letter in the follow-.
ing biting termi: . " I dm, sir, with what
.ever respect is , due'to you." The old
Board of Commissiontrs of the Navy
used alorm of 'subscription verydifferent
from the ordinary official one. jt was
their habit to subscribe . their letter (even
letters of reproof) to suclibtfieersiia were
not of • noble families 'or bore title,
"a Your tiffectionate,friends." It is Said
that this practice was &Continued in
consequence of a distinguished . captain
adding to his letter to the board, "YoUr
affectionate friend." He was thereUrin
desired to discontinue the expression,
when ho replied, "I am; gentlemen; nu
longer your affectionate friend."
ALMANAC Publishers complain
that their business is destroyed by Ayers
American Almanac. The people prefer it
to any• other, the Farmer's, Western,
Southern, or the numerous local almanacs
when they can get Ayer's. It supplies the
best astronottneal data, weather -and
jokes of them all, and above all medical
advice which is invaluable for every-fam
ily. It is sulied gratis by the druggists,
and should ho preserved for constant in-
Terence and use. We are sure thut no
good housekeeper or grandmother goes .
without' one.— Anti Slavery
Standard, N. Y.
—There is, probably, no way in which
we can benefit our readers more than by
recommending to them for general' use
JOHNSON'S ANODYNE LINISFEST. It - is
adapted to almost all the purposes of a
Family Medicine ; and as a specific for
coughs, colds, l Whooping coughs, soreness
of tic chest.' Tame stomach; rheumatism,
spitting of blood, and all hangditricalties,
it has no equal that ever we saw or. heard
of.
The propriety of giving condition med
icine to horses, cattle and sheep, *as dis
cussed and admitted by many of the Ag
ricultural Societies throughout the State
last Fall, and we believe that •in every
case but one they decided in favor of
SHERIDAN'S 'CAVALRY CONDITION Pow . -
DEUS. Good judgment.
goo ontelligruct
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
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sabbath SchooL...
Prayer 'Meeting, Wetbacsday Ercultirot.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Esc. J. FLarrenr
Sabbath Services Second Sands) , In each
Sabbath School Immediate!) Mom Mass
EPISCOPAL mown ..ncv. E. A. Waitangi= Rector.
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Sabbath Svhool.
Prayer Mectioz. Thureday tiverange
Brininess Notices.
We call attention to the following advertise
meats, this week,
—A rare chance to purchase rml estate, P
Wheaton.
—,Clover and Timothy seed,. for sale by' C.
Lathrop.
—blishler's Bitters.
—Hostetter& Smith's Bitten.
—Miscellaneous Advertisements, 0: P. Rovell
& Co.
—Aycr's Hair vigor and cherry I!detoral
Vr The Susquehanna County - Agricultural
Society will bold their Annual Meetingat the
Court Mouse, in Montrose, on Tucsdaicrcnibg.
January 9,1972.
nonatton
The friends of Rei. J. G. Miller are invited to
make a donation visit at the Parsonage. "on
Friday afternoon and evening, Jan. 5,1872. By
order of committee.. . - ' , ,
Interest on' Note!.
It has Jost been decided; and it is no doubt
good Inn., that a note, bearing interest et 10 per
cent for a specified time, - if not Paid at the
stipulated the bolder cannot demand " otter that
date more than el: per cent; es the excess Grin
tercet was a subject of contract, width cloied at
the expiratfoo of the time stated' on the' faee of
the note.
Oath lloanii.
We made'a liana visit last week tithe bath
rooms ot. Dr! P. - A:Lathrop of place; and
was somewhat surprised at the good facilities
which the Doctor has arranged for adminliter
log Electro-chemlcalltathat' and we icarn from
those who have tried them, that they aro equal
to any of the .kind for the purposes Intended,
and that a large number , of the afflicted are
availing thatiSseles of his skill ton good effect.
We happen to be "alarmingly healthy" Just at
this time, but as seen as we can find an excuse
for it we pro Pose to " take one."
IPloneer Narrow Gauge.'
The pioneer. narrow gauge railway; of this
country has been opened (rem D,inver to Color
ado City, a distatme ,of ,Seventi-sLi miles. It
has a thrce-fdot track, the , rails weighing only
thirty pone& to the yard, the =minium curva
ture is els de 6 mea Co the hundred 'feet, the in:ix--
imam grade rein g Seventy : five tees to; themile.
The passenger engines weigh Mai and
cost only 470, and the (Might engine:l.Bll=a
tons, c.osting4B,Boo.. txpensA per mile of !mild—
ing, aitquipped, 412,500, which, on account
of high tmasportotten chargen et material *oat
the East Is greater than the , cost of a similar
would be la thia-partotlbe country; MO,
Iniiinufted cash cost el sulfa line, hens li Iron ,
48,000 to $18,000.• excursionwas made oder.
the mad kruneOlately its:eompletlencbc
twee° the paints rientione?.; and the tiding was.
easy iuul contiottablei at •.11teen to. thirly miles
an hour: ' This road is believed to be a tali leer.
ce, and ItO extension to th e' city . of . Ilex co;
elibteen hundred miles from Denver, is in' eon;
tereldstlon, r • t. •
rations Items.
—Arvorder of Knights of Pythias, ;vas Insti
tuted in Ihintrose on Thursday evening lash
: ;;;-o,ur people were aroused by the alarm of '
fire on fistrirday night last, which . proved, how
ever, ter...ba; only the burning out of a chimney i
in thei Odd Felkreri; bonding, and insulted in no
serious &map.
*m..11 :flames of New *York city will
deliver the - Ontrth - leeture of the course on Tues.
day, January pth. .flis subject is Entertaining
an Audience ." `Front the high commendations
weasy
of the press w e eipect something good.
—Rev. A. D. Alexander received a. donation,
on Friday evening, December 22, animating to
—We are glad to learn. on his own authority,
that the editor lot. the Afentiose ,Demaerat. is of
'teem% blood.' ;But how. does It Atappen that
-his brothers, who. may Ira supposed to be of
equally good flood, are all Republicans ?
Looks as it there Might be a black. sheep the
flock. - 3.forifrose'Republicon: - •
We spoke
,figuratively OnlY;Of ‘ erii paper and
Its .pribeiples,,not. personally, of.,inirself... last
week, brit, as the editor has •raised a. new
point we will sleaplymyt Should he read the
"Book of Truth," Critically, and as closely as
he ought;he:wouldlind:recOrded wbole
city would have been saved from .4c4trUction
had there heen ono righteous man found:. ,Those
"brothers". can base their faith lir
political sal
linn at this time upon, the same promise,
IsTeli'lteaes night Blare was not only
an alarm, but a gentile° fire, burning's dwelling
house of one of the negro families "the val
ley " A portion of the goods were 13# , 0, those
principally on lonterfloer::: The' Mrs is not
estimated. Between the berktog r nf dogs and
the howling of men and women, both black and
white, the town was pretty thoroughly alarmeil
-Th'e Reading Mom: Ashiklatlon earnestly
request that those-who contemplate donating
books to the library, 'Will send them to:P.O. or
leave them at thh : Room during the ?present
week- Rev: L. B. Ford Lad returned *Mt New
York, PUrehaied' a large iminher of
books and other necessary. apparatus. The`
room is nicely refitted up for the accommodation
of the Associallen; and all, the necessary,. furni
ture supplied for the comfort and convenience
of the public. We aro able to entrance upon au
thority that them will be an appropriate public
opening a the, Room, with speeches, etc.; at an
early day, the particulars of terbieb mill be fully
announced hereafter... .
-oOr ,milw,ay is stilton the move, anti Las
become the foregone .cOnelnsions that
divests it .entirely of any novelty; at tins time.
The question %idol bothers a few Will it
stop here t" can emphatically , answer, no!
Theeeuever was a uew - projeci in science or art
but -was opposed by a - certain • class of Willfully
skeptical persons. That samiclass or persons
"imprisoned end caused the death of philosophers
even , who advocated tlin rotundity Ottho world.
We hare - at this time a veryleui ofithb! 'Same
class in the world who raise every convenient
bugbear to suit their, owa sordid antlekeptical,
notionuf things. We know of one or, two who
refuse to pay their assessment,• on stock id the
railway, beMmtse theyt9y-they didnotinniscribe
for a three tect gauge, but fur a four, feet F r ight
and a half inch, like the Lehigh Valley. The
laW very happily furnishes a convenient Cork-,
sere , w to uncork these fastidlottientlertien, and
we hope it will be_apPlied. It is very plain to
us that if business requires it, there will lie a
four feet eight anda half inch gauge put down
on the road. 'TIM Road-bed. by contract, is 'to
be graded ten feet, sufficient for such a track,
and when. the junction Is made with Sesquchan--
na Depot, it will become necestaky tor n third
rail to make a continuous route- via the Albany
and Susquehanna railroad to the: Green
tains. People Who consider, our railway is to
be a " one-horse affair," we Wink will be much
mistaken, as-when ilia carried through to "Sus
quehanna, it will he the connecting link between
the two greatest thoroughfares in the country
. Lehigh coal is a No. l article,
Personal.
Col. a A. McCracken, so long known as the
popular clerk atAlCoon'a llotcl, ballontrose, has
become proprietor of.the •!Chenango House," In
the village of Green', Chenungo county, New
York, whence he took his departure last week.
The people of that vicinity arc fortunate that
he has located with them, and the traveling
. community will do well to cnll upon' him when
over they go that way, for he will 1M a gentle.
manly and .agreeable landlord, and one who
thoroughly understands the art of catering to
the comfort of his guests.
Fire In Dimocli.
On Fri: ay- afternoon, Dec. 29th, the house of
Isaac Barber, cif Dimock township, was totally
destroyed by, rg,ethettwitb its ,whole eon.,
tents; the faatlly, consisting of his,:wife and
three children, were the.only persons at home,
and were unable to do aglittng bat to. secure
their ovrtulantatkr.- - ,11,a, lass is not estimated,
but there Was' 11334rF0 upon the property:
Mr. Barber is a poor man ; but before this mis
fortunewas, able "to livoiernidbrtably' and pro.'
vide for 'the - Wanta of To , bim,
though it may not sum several:thou:sand
dollars; yet. it takes all he. had, andlearesitim,as
much a subject. of tcholcapne sympathy as many
tvhohave suffered greater lasses.
Dedication.
3lm•Enrrott-4t miy be interesting to same
of your mars to know that 3lass, was celebm
ted, for the ..11rst time in the new Catholic
church, in Kiser Lake, on
,Christnias morning.
Notwithstanding thilarge size of the, clinreb; and
the ineenvenientand backward place where it
la located, It * RIM crowded to excess. Both
the old and . the young congratulated ctsch
other on the bapPy: occasion, fof.havin,g the .
pleastire . of being permitted Once mere to assem
ble under the roof of , the Milne of Clod in their
midst, to adore and thank flint for all Ills mer
cies. ReV. Father SlatterY, after mass, - made
some very hesitant and opprepriate - remarks,'
th an king .3he geegegetket fey .: their , zeal mid.
energy In. erecting so handsome a .stmeturc ;
be also complimented the builder,3lr. L. O'Day,
I for the skill and, ood, taste displayed by him in
ire
,Ixalstrualii. Thai occasion Was truly a
I
cheerful one for all concerned.
ONE WllO wits i•liza
Silver Lake, Dee. 2 . 0, 1871. •
A 11111413 . trilisIiiti.V171k. : '
A tamilY named ilneker ' Says ;;the the Bingham
ton Timm, are living on Le L atieeti- consist-,
big- of David Plucker,. his' wt , and ayvetal
children, one of them a young me :.,.The bus.
band. was a 'longshoreman in 14 York and 4_
tanatestant, 'ohne iris wife is a- atholle.. They
hadvot jived happily together," and in eise
quenee of Lei hatband's ab2asii N. 3%, had eft
him and coma tg,llingttamtoidit ,Yearir Wrenn
evillt her .filldrcrt. tki live. „fla forma, out.their
mlitieibeitS and Cime,here gibe* rt, month a. ,, 0,
indhasilied - tvhii Bien; iiileo. ,l ,l?alf6liiiday be
attacked his wiry wlth.n iocketskilZ putt stab-
her seen& titnee," and .aftr_ywattla "stabbed
himself.plightly; The roanls, of neither are
ecrious.• 31r. Fluelter %ins ti&n irteuitody and
brouOvlcfnro, : th e 114F.nrcicij Itci:ple'ad tat
ratily,twl Nyniving an exinnitinilon #ll3ecom
inltied-to strAft•the'aiticip 'or tilt fivad: Jury. ,
Detnetilichan accident several• years en. by.
felling on ship-boanl; which. Injured fits b bead,
'and . it. is tharitablo to Buffos& that his mind
may he stalloll4l.lll44letteitt .14 ' requeiineneea .
The Osborn Hollow Milne&
We mentioned, says the Binghamton Zeader,
some time ago, the discovery of lead mines in
Morn follow by , the gentlemen who were ,
prospecting for coal. After boring about CO .
feet they came to a Vein of lead ore, and saw
that time have had It apalried, and it Is found
'to contain lead varying 'from 80 to 70 per cent.
It also contains 1410 cum= of silver to the
ton. Mother well was then bored some dls
imme off, and - at the same'depth the vein was'
again reached, and found to be eight fret 1n
width. Messrs. Goodnougis it Clark, ihigentre
men snaking the disecovery, have leased from
'E. 11. Odell nod 11.11. Holcomb some 700 met
of their land and propose to sink stadia, coat
menelng next week. Bineltiriglarnaces will be
erected at Osbornliollow, and the discoveries
mei itorove..so._valuabla in that =lion as to.
maka that - place quite a village..
Complimentary.
Viry, copy tho following from the Pittston
13. illeColluth, Esq., of Montrose,
passed his Christmas holiday with his lathe :64n
law, Mr. Daniel Bead, of West Pittston, and did
ua'tite honor to 'call at the' Comet office. The
'name will be familLur to onr readers as the Dem
°crude candidate for Congress against Mr. Shoe-
Maker, and that he ran far ahead of his ticket in
Susquehanna county, where he is known and
appreelatO, butmas defeated by his Democrat
•in brethren of Luzcrne, because ho refused to
..buy Wiskey for the suckers, or :demos money
for anything but the printing bills and such-le
gitimate expenses of the campaign.. But'even
in his defeat, he had -the consolation of knOwing
that, his neighbors esteemed him as
• An boned man •
rba noblest work of Gorl:-.
It is but Justice to Mr. McCollum, to say theta°
man ever heard him complain of his defeat, or
lay it at any man's- door ; nor is it charged that
theiimeessild candidate purchased the saleable
portion of the socalled Deinocrag. Itligeher
ally underslood that they sold themselves' for
nothing, and got nothing for pay."
1112,111.
Chilitmal and New Year.
The Ilarrisburi" Patriot" calls attention to
tho fact that the above named days are legal
-holidays in Pennsylvania. Notes due on Nerr
Year must be paid on the Saturday previous.
The debtor who must Ado around to pay snobs
two days before-thousand time of maturity
be
cause the legisEtture has made New . Year holl
day,..ltas no great reason to lac - thankfill for-the
boon. The holiday is not a holiday to him.—
This fact well proves who make the lawl of the
people. The birthday of the Savior is not it
day . of grace to the debtor,pho finds that: the
law Ishlch make; it a holiday compels Wm to
anticipate the payment of a note which materes
on C,hristmatt. As the'Only legal , effect 9f mei.
ing New Year a: Itliday is to remind many&
poor man that It is no holiday, the lerf,, stature
might as well rape:ll.om enactment so far as
that day Is concerned. Al least whei public
holidays like Christmas, New Year and Fourth
or July are prescribed they should at the' same
limb be made days of grace to t h e poor and not
afford an unfair advantage to the rich.
The last Lecture.
Allowing us to be the juage, our community
Were treattd to one of the most interesting, In
structive, moralizing and arousing lectures with
which attYaudince could ho favored, and the
universal exclamation of nil who beard it bears
us out tattle fulleit extent in our r -asscrtion. Dr.
Willits fully demonstateti thelegitimate pro
vince oc the lecturer. Ills colloquial manner,
practical illustrations, and deep research of ids
lifetime, enable him to scatter seeds of "a hippy
life," that, if properly cultured,Must draw the
"sunshine" of temporal and moral felicity. We
could not, If we should attempt, give an' ade
quate Wet of this remarkable lecture, but it
needs to be heard, and by that means only can
it be appreciated. We nre.gratified . to 1 10:. -
that there were no "Lotta liougby " *pie
who left the lecture room on that onzasion,lind
none spoke but to praise. All were emu*. in
the truesense of the term, yet at the same time
instructed in the highest type of moral princi
ples and true Christianity, and none disgusted
with low and grovelling buffoonery. ion. W.
.1. Turrell offered a very appropriate resolution
expressive'of the thanks of the audience, that
the lecturer had opened the true fountain of the.
lectUre room, which was not only to, interest
but to make men better, which received b uni
versal approval We are happy to ray that Dr.
Willits has been secured to give. the closing'
lecture of the course.
Comr.vs—HuFram—December 27th, by Rev,
J. G. 31111er,Ison S. Conklin, of %mock .
and Natalie M. Ranter. ofißrldgelrateP. 1
Grttv—Pattyres—At Clark's Green. Pa.,Der.... •
21st. 1871, by IL V. Hall, J. P., 'Jeremiah F.
'Gray, and Mrs. Sarah Phillips, both of Lathrop
Susquehanna county, Pa.
SersEn--Trnrix—Attlie 11. E. Parsonage, in'
2,ith, by' Rev. „IL S. Realer
Nathan P.'Sesser. of Auburn, and'lliss Na
m,. J. Taman, of Dituock.
limrs--StrEnwr on—ln .12nshvIlle, - IDeannbee
lath. by Rev. T. Thomas, Henry 11.411nd5, -
of Stanton,Bilehigen, and Miss Mary E.
Shenvoodof Rushville,
Ltr..--GeoE—At the .residence of the bride's
Either. Dee. 12th, by the Rev. C. y.. Arnold,
Mile 'D.. Lee; of Silver Lake; Pa., wad Miss
Elsa 3L Gage, of Vestal, N,,Y.
Pstastr.-31.trner.—In Brooklyn,'N. Y., Dec.
.23th, by Rey. A. G. Lawson, IL Parish. of
' Binghamton, N. Y., and Miss C. A. Mettle°,
' of llarford, Pa.
DErrrnot.F.-Runnur— At the*, house of the
- bride's farther, in Jessup,Dee: 28th, by Rev. FL
*Elwell, IL S. Berthelf, and. Mist Riney A.
Rundle, both of Jessup. '
Mosi.:-IfonroN',On the 27th of Nov:, 1871, by
Rev. Thomas Dithbanl,Henry Moss, formerly
• of New Milforti, Pa.. now of - Deer Lodge,
. Montana territory; end Illispailataliforton;of
Rochester, Vermont. _ • ,
=ixt.s..raara;
FISIS•AL his reshidnee. In SPrinplile.Pa,
240, 1871, Caleb Fish, in his .tith year.
Brayecuasiz—ln Frew aturotiVNit. Md',4cus-
Ain Burlingame, aged 134 years.
BUSINESS LOCALS:
Claror and. Timothy for Side,
By the SubsCriber, at IL 4". Webb's Ater", Mon
trose, Pa. Call and aeo my new - variety of "Al-
Vika '! clover seed., .
- • C. D, LATMIOP.
liontrost%Jan, 3,1812.-3 w.. -
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Christian Weekly.
The Christmas' nuthhei of the lusnirrnslED
Cuntirruai Wcamar is very handsomely illus.
iinted,with fourteen pictures—one of them, en.
'titled " I wish you a merry ehilstmas," being a -
fullpage design, beautifully printed. "Jan
Roger' the sculpfrir, is the subject of an inte ,
nntin" . sitetcb, with a, portrait and illustrations
front lila well known works. A cathedral door
In SPain,". and ")..Protestant church In Mani
•ca," ere scenes •litawry - from actual ,The
Chrisunaa.pefril is well illustrated, - and • cannot
fail teliarest brith young and Old., This num
hilt. is increased in size by the addition of ti 4 page
aunpleulfnt, and it Is announced that, beginning_
'with` thilst.st number, the papetwiltbe ettlargW 4
to twelya pages, without lee ,, ra a of price.
The friaturt* which have given the paper Its
success tiros far will be continued, while others
will be added. , The very valuable 'icriet of ar
ticlekby bee, S. Robinson, descriptive of
and,rnanners In the Holy Lend wilt , be largedy.
illusitated,And will be of peculiar value to all
intemted is Sundayar.hool work.'
Cleriesland'religinusirelbjects frousalsymsn's
point of view, will be discussed In a Mite of
pawls entitled "Qur Club." Uncle _William
WAR CODUntio Ws" talk" to pareata aatl children,