Volume 3 4 2. I pemottat—flitorial. Gard closed in New York, OR SaldrdaY at 114 The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry continued its annual see sion at Charleston, S. C, and PaSsed a resolution in favor of the Pacific Railroad inibsidf arid repeal of the totiacCo At the special election in Berks"C'tinnty to fill the vacancy in the house occasion ed by the ' death of Dr. D. L. Batdcirf 8,386 votes were polled. Mr. Joseph B. Conrad, (democrat) received 6,587- votes N. S. Kemy, (republican) 799, Conrad's nuOrity 4,788. Governor Hartranft recieves 810,000 per anpum, a higher salary than the'Rxe entive of any other State in the Union except California. Kellogg come' next. drawing $B,OOO from the impoverished treasury of Louisiana, while the Govern or of New York is content with $4,000 for adminititering the affairs of that State, A meeting of the Democratic State Committee, will be held at the Bolton Souse, Harrisburg, Penn'a, on ThurEday, the 4th of March, 1875, at 3 &deck p.m., to determine the time and place of.hold ing the next State Convention for nomi nating eondldates for the offices of Gov ernor and State Treasurer. JOIIN MILLER, Chairman. With the• exception of the seat...which Pinchback, of Louisiana, is trying to ee cure 'the United States Senate is now complete. S. R. J. McMillen was elected Senator from Mivesota on Friday last Agreeably to the President's proclamation the Sena.: will assemble on the sth of March next, and will comprise forty-two Republicans, twenty-eight Democrats and four Independents. Only think of it-750,000 men in this country who cannot read ! Seven hun— dred and fifty thousand who have never read anything about the Beecher-Tilton scandal, and can never know of "true inwardness" and "paroxysmal osculation" and soul trustfulness," except by bear: say. No wonder the Brooklyn Argus is a zealous advocate of the enforcement of the compulsory education law. Another week of the Beecher nisi will begin to—morrow. The Utica Observer wittily says: "We have ceased to pity the pititi)3 to this suit and shall hearaftet expend our sympathies on the jury.— Those twelve bewildered men who are forced to listen to all these unexampled revelations of emotional insanity will deserve well of their countrymen if they do not go stark mad before the dawn of All Fool's Day." At the Cennecticat. Democratic Con- vention, in Hartford, the old ticket re re-nominated, as follows: 01132. B. In gersoll, of New Haven, for Governor ; Geor g e G. Sill, of Hartford, for Lieuten ant-Governor ; Marvin H. Sanger; of Canterbury, for Secretery of State; Wm. E.. Raymund, of New Canaan. for Treas urer ; Alfred R. Goodrich, of Vernon, for Comptroller. Governor Ingersoll's ma jonti last year wa5.6,782. The caucus Force Bill has 'been intro duced, or rather, smuggled into the house 1.,y Mr. Coburn, of Indiana. who has at tached d to the tad of his Alabama out rage report. There is no particular a ctin tage gained in point of time by this course, except that the bill will be printed. It should be printed. Every copy Of it is an indictment against the republican party and an advertisment of its incapac ity to govern the country except b' arbi trary and tyrannical methods. The radical members .of the Legisla ture throw every obstacle in the way, and prevent as far as they possibly can, the transaction of public business, and then the Radical iihkntwhangers over the State bellow that ii•l3eizibcratic House as yet has been unable*i.lo anything,. It was to delay buisn'etis disgrace up— on a body, a majoritY;of whose member', are Democratic, that the wiudy-whimper scamper from Union county, Wolf—kick ed up the rumpus he did a .few day's since, by defying the speaker, violatieß the rules, and getting himself branded as a most consumate fool.— Watchman. A bill prqviding for a stay of execution has been offered in the House. It pro vides for a stay of execution for one year from date of judgment, provided the de fendant has unineumbered real estate to the amountof the judgment in the coun ty where it is obtained or where it may be transferred. The defendant with two entities owning real estate worth double the amount of the judgment enter into bond within sixty &Lys after judgment beforbe court where judgment is taken, to make the stay of execution good. ' No stay is 'to be allowed on judgments in favor of widows and orphans for money due from an estate, or for money duo for wages. In noticing the reports about the cor— ruption of members of Congress and' oth ers in authority in connection with legis lation in helm!' of the Texas and R.l.Paso scheme, that staid Republican journal, the Boston Transcript, remarks: a The general oommunity will obseve with a feeling of unmixed disgust the flippancy of railroad lobbyists in talking about United States senators,exing thim in this way or that, and the manner •in which subordinates of the govermarnt speak of the President, evidently wit Lout his consent, and as though he was a par— . Ls to transactions which, if they can he brought home to him, should secure his impeachment. The president has been unfortunate in his relatlons,and the die. closures respecting the El Pato business furnish more evidence of the fact, if any were wanted. We fear he'bas proved too careless of his reputation,- and permiged through negligence, or absorption:lmph- Ite affairs, worthless politicians to twain in the extensive official influence belong• ing to his station:' distinguished and ',able Dsaiocrat, residing in the southern part of the State, whose high character, profound convictions and patriotic record, entitle his views and suggeetions to miens con sideration and great weight, makes the renewing brief reference to the present national out-look and the danger which threatens our system of free government in a recent private letter to a friend in this city: "Gov. Tilden's Louisiana message was, I think; the best that the great outrage upon the pops of, that State and the principlec 'of civil liberty.has elic.ted from any State Governer. Such messages and resolutions v pnblimneetings, etc., on the subject, are elfin order, and calcula ted. to do goad. Ilut.l have a conviction that something more will byand-by be necessary. Great ij to be again the Re publican candidate; and while just now it looks as though his election would be out of the question, you and I have seen reason Crowned in excitement, and tar tisan feeling made to overpower honest conviction too often to . trust to prevent appearances. He would give us hard work to do; and what he lacks - in popu lar strength he would undertake to sup. ply by the nee of fraud, corruption, and, most Mall to be feared, military power.— Where is the Conservative power that is to prevent his success through the latter. It is in a determination of the State goy erninlmts, acting in concert that local Mt: gozwriz - nunt shall not be overthrown by maithry power in a single State. ft is not time for this yet but it is time to real ize that the time for it may soon come.— Albany Argus. Every recent act of the President goes to show his desperation, and proves that he takes counsel of hie fears. He dreads the lass of that power and patronage which has brought him so mneh adula tion—and so much money. The election of it large majority of political opponent' to the next Congress, warns him of in vestigations, which the present venal and subservient majority dare not institute, and which he only too well knows can not stand the light. Failing to involve the people of the North in another bloody civil war with the people of the South, be is now seeking for some other mode of maintaining himself and hie crew in power The folly and madness of his henchinan, Sheridan, was rebuked by the prudence of the Southern people. Men of the North see and understand. Men of all parties see it; and all perfect ly understand the whole vile proceeding ; but this does not stop Grant and his fol lowers from their rabid pursuit of future power. Another firebrand 49 been pre pared for Arkansas. This, too, will feil. Its Replevin be estingnished by the Rood common sense of the American people.— What may be the next detiperate move of this condemned Administration, no sane man can tell, The president seems to be bent on constraint popular condemna tion into praise. Dieter was there a graver mistake. No man in the United States, holding so distinguished a position, has ever been so emphatically rebuked and oondemned as an Administrator of Gov ernmetit,as General Grant. Thousand. of his former supporters are perfectly con clone of that fact. Watson% Hillock nu. We adverted, briefly, last week, to the bill introduced into our State Senate on the 21st of January, by gr. Watson, mak ing "all promisory notes containing a confession of judgment or a warrant of attorney to confess judgment, negotiable paper." In our brief allusion to it we did not take space to be as explicit per haps, as we should, thinking that almost any one of our readers fully understands the workings of our "out-throat" notes under the present laws. But we find that there are many, whose attention has not been particularly called to it, who do not fully realize the effect of the passage of a bill like tbe - tmeintrmiuced by ourlllus— triotui senator. In the itateOePennsylvania to-day by decision of the State Courts, declaring judgment notes constitaitional, creditors are better protected E ind greater hardships eta imposed upon the debtor, as the law now stands, than is the case in any other state in the United States. Some forty or fifty years ago the state of New York adopted the eame kind of judgment note that is now used in this state, but it was contested through the state Courts and carried to the United States Court and decided to be anconetitutional. It is questionable even in this state, whether. if the case should again be brought' be fore the Supreme Court, they would dare risk their reputation as jurists by confirming theold decision. To give our readers a • clear idea of what is meant by "not transferable" we will more fully explain. It may be sup posed that by it is meant that no one can, sell a judgment or note. This is not the case. Every transaction of that kind is as salable as a bores or a cow is, ander the present law. Must is "not transfer able" is the Shylock bonus, the fraud, the want of consideration, the patent right robbery, or any other duress of circum stances which the maker of a note may set up as a valid defense es against any person holding the note or judgment.— rt If a jti eat note is honestly obtained and fo value received , it 'is as nego• table r all practical and honest purpos es= it ever necessary - that it abxUtt be. Under the present law; execution may issue at once, without any proof of lawful claim on - the part of the holder of the note and the ,Sheriff can levy on the last pannd of pork in the barrel of a poor unfortunate family, and oblige the maker of the note to mu that it is net an honed, claim, at a great expense, as plaintiftinsted. of defendant. The expense is often GO avast that it is impossible for the debtor to interpose it against the grasping, heartlem - law-break. ing Shylock. Every kind of note that is transferable in any otter state is transfera blein this Otte to-day. It is °Edythe damn ablisucnt/throat" notes, that give the heart ben Shylock the power to lead ma his vic tim by trend and in violation of law, both human and Divine, until ho has not only robbed him, but also his innocent family, of their last means of support, that is not transferable. Every other note or claim in this state or any other,'mnst be proved to be an honest one before:,,a defendant can be harressed by an exeCtition. When we say the creditor, already, is better pro tected in this state than in. any other, we enbstantiate it in the fact that by a judg- ment note the debtor is made plaintiff and is obliged to show a claim to be diebon cstorheress, in other states, a creditor meat prove his claim to be just, bet/re he CAD, in any way distress a debtor or his family. We might adopt the same prin ciple in our criminal code and oblige a party, arrested for a crime, to prove his innocence, instead of compelling the Commonwealth to show his guilt. In view of the facts, as we have abate stated them, we ask every honest man is Susquehanna County or the state of Peansylvanta to show us who has any interest in the making of judgment notes negotiable, but those who now have their safes well filled with such notes, loaded down with illegal "bonus," and who in tend in the future to continue to rob and plunder the indigent and defenseless by their wicked and unhallowed extortion. Don't talk to us about the short comings in cbnstain life and upon Local Option hypocrisy, when the youth hear lone prayers in oar churches for the poor and needy, invoking their anathemas solely upon the rumsellers„ from the mouths of extortioner' and legislators woo would pass such a law as would more effectually rob them of the last morsel of bread and drive,them shelterless into the streets. It will be as tolerable for the rumsellere in the Day of Judgment as for them. The Secret hcboul Ring. We find that on election day the follow ing petition war spread before the people of this county and state by the few se— lect persons under the command of state Superintendent Wickersham, who seem to consider that they have a supernat— ural call or moo other,to "fix" this thing for the parents of children and patrons of our schools at the present time. To the Honorable Ms Members of the House of Representatives ol Pennsyl— vania :—The undersigned, citizens of .... ....County, most respectfully Petition you to pass a law to secure to every child within the Commonwealth the benefits of an elementary education, fully believing that education prepetuates a free State, decreases pauperism and o rune, and great ly increases the value. self respect and happiness of the citizens." The above petition was accompanied by the following cautious instruction, which was attached to it : "Please hand these Papers to some per— sun in 'favor of Vriivenu4l Education, ask him to get as many signers to each of them as possible, having each person sign both Papers and send them to his Senator and Representative withiu one week." There is a bill before the legislature under the . above deceptive title,for en forc ing a constabulary system of education upon the people of this state and is being thus secretly and covertly pushed forward be place.hucters and politicians under a false and deceptive cloak like the above petition. If this petition was signed much by our eitisene we venture to say that they did not know that they were signing a petition for a law which would destroy parental authurity, and invade the family circle by placing the children of this state in the hands of a political police who would have no interest in their culture or welfare except an official, pecuniary and selfish one. The diebongst deception in the above petition should condemn the scheme and the men who have resorted to it. "The benefits of iso elementary education" are already "se cured" by our free school system and ev ery voter is now paying taxes for tad purpose. If there was ao honest pur pose in the minds of those who are appar ently attempting a "still-hunt" upon this momentous question to the parents of this commonwealth, they would have apprised the people of the object of the above pe tition, by a frank announcement of the full text of the bill. We think here is an excellent opportunity for senator Wat son to again have his talent (Mallon) in the "Pasting and Folding room" at Her risburg, give the people of this county a full description of what the ErrSupenn tended knows about "snakes" in this compulsory scheme. This bill will in• crease official patronage and furnish places for office-seeking politicians and also an additional outlet for taxes, which may be desirable to the masses •at this particular time. This Is not however a fatal objection to the bill if it were not for the many others that are more weighty There are no parties on earth 'that have that love and interest in the welfare of the children and youth of our land that the parent has and non who will sacri fice more to give them advantages. There are occasional exceptions to all general tales, but laws are not made for the ex ceptions in a truly free country, but for "the greatest good to the greatest num ber." We do not wish to sesame to dic tate or influence any one in this matter. but we have laid the object of this pe tition before our readers and we leave the matter in their hands, fully believing however, that there is not one in a hun• dred in the county who would not remora- citrate against it,if he rightly understands the object of the bill, Such a bill was paled last year in the state of New York but it remains a dead letter upon the statute book and we see no benefit there except: to furnish political patronage for place hunters. We are as deeply interested in the ad vance of education as any one, but we are opposed to the patent plan under sump taary laws and the constabulary system. If the State can invade the, family circle and &mime the education of the children in one particular it may in every other.— Not only in its elementary education but also in its political and religious tenets. TT-1 - 71 MONTROSE DEMOCRAT, FEB. 24, 1875. This law, like most all others of the pres ent day, is not for the rich, but to humil iate the parental authority of the poor and unfortunate, who make more sacrific-: es af the present time, to educate their children, than the wealthy do. If sump tuary laws of this kind can be passed, the white masses will sooner or later.be effect ually enslaved, and a monarch= ,- will dic tate their political and religions educa tion as well as their " elementin." It is almost a crime to be poor, by sticking to honest toil, in these days of speculative and official robbery, but under sumptuary laws of tee above strips, it will be simple and unalloyed serfdom, a positive attri bute to a monarchal government. Four SULLY, Dakota, Feb, 21.—The present has been the most severe winter here for many years. There are now over three feet of snow on the ground on a leveL NEW YORE, Feb. 21. Communica tion with New England cities during the past week has been almost suspended in consequence of large quantities of ice in the Sound. Large quantities of freight are lying aivaiting transportation. North and &pit rivers here are comparatively free, and navigation has been resumed on all the ferry lines. DVIWQrE, lowa, Feb. 21.—Reports are being constantly recieved from Northern lowa of deatba resulting frum the severity of the storm. One of the most tonching is that of two little children in Tama county, who were lost returning • from school in the storm of last week. The boy had stripped his coat and vest to wrap his tittle sister in, and the children had perished together at Alewin. A family of tour perished while returning from a visit to Des Moines. Prrrsauno,Feb. 19.—A passenger train on the Pan Handle railroad bound east at tour o'clock this morning, when near Mingo Junction, Ohio, ran off the track and a number of cars were burned up, No lives were lost., but quite a number of persons were injured, among whom was Mr M'Cullough, vice-president of the road, who had one of his legs broken. The steamship Alps, which arrived to day, brings the following particulars of the fire at Port au Prince on the night of Feb. 12. About half past ten o'clock the fire broke out in the city, which in a short time assumed very great mignitude. The houses were principally of wood and very dry, and with a scarcity of water and on• ly three small engines with hose garden size it was imposaible to operate against so formidable an enemy. The amount of damage done is estimated at 92,000,000. Two-thirds of the city has been burned to the around and 1300 or 700 families renderea homeless, The fire is thought to have originated from the ex plosion of a barrel of kerosene. The fire was still burning when the Alpe left the 12th. CONOV4P '.f TA.Ns NOTICE.—Every mo ment of delay makes your cure more hopeless, and much depends on toe judicious choice of a remedy, The amount ni testimony in favor of Dr. Schenck's Pulmonic Situp, as a cure for comsumptioular exceeds all that can be brought to support toe pretensions of any other mail- Moe. See Dr. Schenck's Almanac, containing the certificates of many persons of the hlubest respeetability,wbo have been restored to health alter being prOnounced incurable by physicians of acknowledged ability Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many,as these evidences will show ; but the cure is often promoted by the employment of two other fumed:et which Dr. Schenck provides for the purpose. These additional remedies are Schenck's Bea Weed Tonic and Mattaratto Pia By the timely use of these medicines, according to directions, Dr. Fiche= certifies that any case of Consumption to cured; Dr. Schenck is proftalonanv at his principal office, Cotner Birth and Arch .;ta., Philadelphia every Mooday,wbere all letters for advice must be addressed. SUMIZ.EuTeR SpoA" V ZThen;l;:brittner g balance wheel, and all In complete ennnlas oae a f. be add cheap, twin non ee for IL Partlen can be kid by seeing or ad Feb. 17, I^A --tom•. A mnrows NOTICR.—me andemlgned, an Audit. edistmittP4l lead h 3 tM Z I A= di:PAT:rag ..admlaistsalrot the estate of Reuben lleynoldsafee ' en deceased, willattemltothe dates of his =rent at his oMeein Montanan, on Wednesday, 34th, INS, at o'elcoek,p. m-, at which time and g/te tr i Z i err ed Vc i en mske I kp r aald find. " V. nufAßAnart.. Montrose, Feb. !4th, 1973. Mee. , ICMlLa.ertaidiEJLXig'. THE undersigned will make Undertakings SPEIAIr .1. 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Them try illiti7Blll3A. the wood/WM huge and limit. mtge. widen *Ms 50 benelialally on the aeerctlra ot. outs as to haven vigor to all the vital forces. it Is no elcobbolla appetiser. adder' stiondstes torn *brut time, only to let Me sufferer tall to slower depth or Weary. bat to a vegetable tonic acting directly on the liver proupei caM etuveb, gaiety the awn. lad Much each steed:it tone hi the wan!. Witte as to soma mew lavand teed ilhe a Pew prson. Its *avail= ta mai violent. bat le cbameterlyed bY gnat co the patient ergeriencee no engin chugs. co =anted resalte. batwadaally Ida trotle.W. Mold their tents. ito the.hrabe. and silently steal * w ar.' This lino ors and marled diMorem bat has been bap and with worulatal remedial resMts. sad is pro. nommud by the blahmt medical aateclilles...lbe most potato! tootoond attorattre imooro." Atb sour dttortitt tat Pot isle b 7 . • 11-4* W . lll. V. =Mt it CO., - . blew TOM - General News. Special Notices. Now Adverthaments. 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