GEO. A. RATHBVN,
Attorney-at-Law,
Main Street, Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.
BALL A MCA CLE Y,
Attornyt-at-Ltw,
Office in fctw Brick Building, Mala SI
Ridwy, Elk Co., Pa. 8n2if.
L UCORE & HAMBLEN,
Attorneys-at-Law, Ridgway, Elk
County Pa. Office across the ball from
the Democrat establishment. Claims
for collection promptly attended to
- Jne. 15 '7.
CHARLES HOLES,
Watchmaker, Engraver and Jeweler
Main street, Ridgway, Pa. Agent for the
ilowe Sewing Maohine, and Morton Oold
Svn. Repairing Watches, eto, dotewilh
le tame accuracy as heretofore. Satls
faotlsn guaranteed. tlnly
" J, O. K BAILEY,
ATTORNEY-ATLAW.
vlozo1. Ridgway, Elk County, Pa.
Agmt for the Traveler's Life and Acoi
Jeut insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn.
JAMES D. FULLER TON,
Surgeon Dentist, having permanently lo
cated in Rigway, offers his professional ser
vice to the citizens of Ridgway and sur
rounding country. AH work warranted.
Office in Survice & Wheeler's flmlding, up
stairs, first door to the left. 73-n-82-ly
G. O. MESSENGER,
Druggist and Parmnceutist, N. W. cornet
of Maiu and Mill street, Bldgway, Pa.
full assortment of carefully selected For
eign and Doinestio Drugs. Prescriptions
carefully dispensed at ill hours, day or
night. vln3y
T. S. HARTLEY. M. I),
Physician ana Surgeon,
office in Drug Stare, corner l'l'ond and
Main Bts, Residence corner Urond St.
tpposite the College. Office hour from
b to 10 A. M. and from 7 to 8 P. M.
vln'-'yl.
J. S. 11 OR I) WELL, M. I).,
Eclectic Physician and Surgeon, has remov
ed his office from Centre etreet, to Mail st.
lli'lgway. Pa in the second story of the
o brick building of John 0. Hall, eppo-
it Hyde's store.
OIBeo hours: 1 to 2 P M 7 to 0 P M
HYDE HOUSE,
Ridoway, Elk Co., Pa
W. H. SCHUAM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
so liberally bestowed upon him, the new
proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at
tention to the comfort and convenience ot
guests, to merit a continuance oi the
eame.
Oct 80 I860.
KERSEY HOUSE,
Cent -.ktillk, Elk Co., Pa.
John Colmns, Proprietor.
Thaukful for the patronage herototort
t.j liber illy bestowed upon him, the new
proprietor, hopes, by paying strict at
fttotiiiu to the comfort and convenience
i'f gnosis, t ' merit A continuance of tin
mine.
E. a. FA '.
li U MBER AND.INSURANCE COM
MISSION BROKER,
AND
OEN FRAL COLLECTION AGENT
No 2C0 Walnut Place,
(31(1 Walnut Street,)
PHILADELPHIA. PA.
n 11-lv
The undersigned represents the fol
lowing reliable Companies for this
District.
Aetna Hartford, ? 7,nt.Mi,000.
North British Mercantile.- ltyxjo.ooo.
German American, N. Y ... 2,000,000.
Niagara N. Y 1,500,000.
Amazon, Ohio 1,000,000.
Puterson. N J 400,000.
Farmville, Va 'J50,000.
Travelers Life & Accident.. 4,000,0(10.
' 'orrespoudeuce solicited from those
d-. ring insurance..
P. 11. W ACUTE L,
ntU13 .St. Mary's Pa.
'. 11. HA YS,
USAI.l! IN
Cry Goods, Notions, Groceries,
and General Variety,
FOX ELK CO., PA.
Earley f. O.
vluiM.
Executor's Notice.
Estate of John Ratim, late of Ben
finger townsh.p, Elk Co, deceased.
Letters Testamentary upon the above
estate have been granted to the under
signed, all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims to present the
name without delay to
uWttf. JOHN ti. DETH, Exr.
Exceptors' Notice
Estate of Elizabeth Cordes, late of
St. Mary's borough, Elk Co., deceased
Letters 2'entamentary upon the above
estate have been granted to the un
dersigned, all persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make pay
ment, and those having claims to
present the same without delay to
MARY SEVERIN, )
CONRAD MARQUART. f Lxn'
SCIENTIFIC FARMER.
BOSTON, MASS.
Soienc la knowledge, scientific is knowing.
Can a better motto be adopted
la the interest of a profitable culture.
Kntering families in every section,
Never has it failed to give satisfaction
To the intelligent farmer.
In all things practioalj
For it treats of the doctrine of uses
In matters that pertain to the farm.
Cannot you afford to give it a trial?
For only One Dollar year,
And your nam aud address plainly writ
ten, Remitted to the Scientific farmer Co.,
Boston, Mass.
( Much of monthly value will be received,
.Enabling yea to profit from others jperi-
enee.
Reflect that Ideas ttnnej to Diss are money.
Five Copies, 76 cents each.
THIS COLD WEATHER RE
mind us that POWELL A KIME
have nloa lot of Thermometers on
and, .
JP YOU WANT TO BUY
GOODSCHEAP
GO TO
JAMES H HAOERTY
Main Street, Ridgway, Pa
DBY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS
SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
GLASS AND QUEENS
WARE, WOOD AND
WILLOWWARE,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
A Large Stock of
Groceries and Provisions
The BEST BRANDS of FLOUR
Constantly on band, and sold as cheap
as the CHEAPEST
JAMES H HAGERTY
NAILS AND GLASS, AT
POWELL & KIME'S.
N
EW LIVERY STABLE
IN
RIDGWAY .
DAN SCRIBNER WISHES TO
iufonn the citizens of Ridgway, and
the public generally, that he has
started a Ltvery Stable and will keep
GOOD STOCK, GOOD CARRIAGES
and Buggies to let upon tho nlost
reasonable terms.
JrVjyno will also do job teumlng.
Stable on Broad street, above Main
All orders left at the Post Ofllee will
receive prompt attention.
Aug201871tf
WOLL EN SOCK AND MITTENS
at
POWELL & KIME'S
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. AND
Graham Flour at
POWELL & KIME'S.
BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS
a new stock just arriving, at
POWELL & KIME'S.
AT POWELL a KIME'S, YOU
pay cash for goods, and get more than
the worth of your cash.
SLEIGH BELLS AND WIIIPS.
n nice little assortment, at
POWELL & KIME'S.
FLOUR, PORK, FEED, CORN
Meul, Oats, alwuys on hand nt
POWELL & KIME'S at bottom pri
ces. A FEW MORE OVER COATS
and Buffalo Robes at
POWELL & KIME'S.
SUGARS AT POWELL AND
KIME'S are high to be sure; 'but s ill
are a little cheaper than at any other
a i ore in town.
CAUTION.
All p'-rsotis are hereby cautioned not lo
purchase, nr iu any way meddle with, the
following described pioperty now ai the
belmout Mill, Kik Co., P :
Onu hundred thousand feet Hemlock
Lumber, more -r less. One hundred and
seventy. eight thousand Pine Shinftcs, more
or less. 1 purchased the same at Sheriff's
Sale. J. ii. HAGEItTV.
Dec. 20, 1870. n 50t3.
PIMPLES.
I will mail Free she recipe for prepar
ing a simple Vegetable Balm that will re
move Tan, FRECKLES, PIPPLES atd
Blotcucn, leaving the skin soft, clear and
beautiful ; also instruotions for producing
a luxuriant growth of hair on a bald head
or smooth face. Address Ben. Yundelf d
Co.. Box 0121, No 6 Wooster St., N. V-
ERRORS OF YOUTH.
A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years
from Nervous Debility, Premature De
cay, and ull the effects of youthful indiscre
tion will, for the Bake of suffering hu.
manity, send free to all who need it, the
recipe and direction for making the simple
remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers
wishing to profit by the advertiser's ex
perience can do so by addressing in perfect
confidence.
JOHN B. 00 DEN,
42 Cedar St., New York.
A NICE LOT OF NEW PRINTS
at POWELL & KIME'S, only eight
cuts per. yard.
M. J. CABLET, M. O. W. U. 1UR1MAN, M. V,
JRS. EARLEY & HARTMAN.
Dr. W. B. Hartman, formerly of St.
Mary's, has associated himself with M.
J. Earley, M. D. in the practice of
medicine at Ridgway. By close at
tention to business they hope to re
ceive a liberal share of the patronage
of the public. Dr. W. D. Hartman
can be found at all hours, either at his
rooms, over the post-office, or at Dr.
M. J. Earley's Drug Store. Dr. M. J.
Earley can be found at the residence
of Dr. C. R. Earley, or at his Drug
Store. Surgery, and diseases of
women and children a speciality.
E. K. GRESII,
Dealer in all kinds of cabinet ware,
woodand cane seat chairs, kitchen and
extention tables, wood and marble top
tands, wood and marble top bureaus,
what nots, looking glasses, wood ana
marble top chamber suits, mattresses,
pring bed bottoms, bed steads, cribs,
Laferty's metal lined wood pumps,
4c, &c. Cane seats replaced with
perforated wood seats, Weed sewing
machine reduced from $65 to (45, the
oest machine in the market, and pic
ture frames made to order. Also a
large assorted stock of ready mode
comns constantly on hand and trhm
med at shortest notice. All tho aUv
goods are sold at panic prices. War
Rooms in masonic building, Ridgway
Pa. v5n49tpdapr27'77.
DRIED APPLfcS AT
POWELL 4 KIME'S.
(Sift Mv$ait
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1877.
March.
Month which the warring anclonU strangely
styled
The month of war as If In their fierce wars
Were any month of peace In thy rough
days
I find no war In nature, though the wild
Winds clash and clang, and broken boughs
are piled
At feet of writhing trees. The violets raise
Their heads without affright or look of maze
And sleeps through all the din, as sleeps a
child.
And he who" wntchos well will wrll discern
Sweet expectation In ench living thing.
Like pregnant mother, the sweet earth doth
yonrn j
In secret Joy makes rendy for the spring;
And hidden, snored, In her breust doth bear
Annunciation lilies for tho year. II. II., In
SCRIBNER.
NEW AND ELEGANT ROOMSNOV
ELTY PHOTOGRAPH UALLERY.-
"A!t Indian Aorncv Lost." Is tho title of
a new work soon to lssuu from the pen ol olio
of our illUKtrous citizens.
James II. Smith, of Du rinlR, Clenrfleld, Co.,
Pa. manufacturer of Human Ilalr Goods,
will be In thlspluco next week,
March comes in with a rush of
snow and wind.
President Hayes it is now sure
enough.
Potatoes are hard to get at any
price.
Wk are credibly informed that the
Ridgway Silver Cornet Band will be
rc-orgnnized in a few weeks.
One hundred guns were fired in the
court yard, in this place, on Monday
evening last In honor oftho inaugura
tion of Hayes and Wheeler.
The gentlemen who attended the
inauguration of President Hayes have
returned in good spirits, and are said
to feel well pleased.
The poverty-stricken old editor of
thly paper Is going to have a few feet
of hemlock boards put up on one of
Mr. Rldgway's lots, on Houth street,
during the coming summer.
The citizens of St. Mary's, we are
told have subscribed $00,000 to be used
In testing the oil (qualities of the land
in that vicinity. Father Prior sub
scribed $7,000.
To I.ovkus of Fine Aut. Wo cull your
attention to our new Photographic rooms
corner of Urond nud Main streets w hore we
would be pleased U sec you ul). Anything In
the Art of Photography wo lire prepared to
execute, from tho Kmnllest tin type to tho
largest litezlze Photograph, finished in Ink,
Crayon, Oil, Pastel, or Water Color. Frames
of all kinds, always on hund or to order, our
stoek Is new anil prices tosuittho times. All
negatives taken nt tho West End Gallery,
within the last year are in our psJseKslon.
We solicit the patronage all who Hre In want
of Photographs. All work guaranteed to give
Mitlsfaetlon. D. W. BALDWIN.
Photographer.
Wilcox Notes.
Wilcox Pa., March 3, 1ST7.
One after another we ore passing uwny.
Last week I noted two deaths, und now I have
to uilil nnotlier to the lint, Mrs. Vcditz a
middle aged lady died lui-b Friday morning
after an illness of two or three months she
leave a hin.bund end four children to mourn
for thedenrand departed.
1 told you last weak to look out for a gusher
or a duster at oil well No. 3. But we have
neither. Struck sandnt ItilVi feet, have drilled
about 12 feet lu the snud undo good show for a
paying will, are still drilling and arc saving
a barrel of good oil a day with the sand pump.
PETL.
C. R. Sr.ADE huving resumed con
trol of the West End Art Gallery is
now prepared to furnish printed du
plicates to those having negatives at
his gallery, on receipt of name and
number, and wishes to inform the
public that lie will in a short time
procure the services of a first class
artist. Will keep on hand and furn
ish to order, Erames Stereoscopes,
Views, &c. He would be pleased to
see all of his old customers and us
many new ones as may feel inclined
to favor him with their patronage.
All work guaranteed to give satisfac
tion. Confession of a Convicted Molly Ma.
guire.
Pottsvillc, March 1. Edward Kelly,
a young Molly Maguire, who with
Michael Doyle murdered on the 3d of
September, 1875, John P. Jones, su
perintendent of the Lehigh aud
Wilkesbarre coal company at Lutis
ford, Carbon county, and who since
that date has been confined iu the
Mauch Chunk jail, yesterday made a
full confession of his crime. He corro
borates in every particular the testi
mony of M'Purlau, the detective, and
Kerrigan, the accomplice and says
that he would have coufessed long
ago had he known how. Hu also says
that he did not want to commit the
murder but was afraid to back out on
account of the consequences and hav
ing cowardice attributed to him by
his brother members of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians. The confession
has caused the greatest excitement
throughout the coal region and it is
thought is but the forerunner of
others.
The oil excitement is again raging
in Emporium. That oil exists in this
section, there is not a particle of doubt
but whether in paying quantities, is
yet to be properly tested. Oil was
actually found in what is known as
the Ensign well on the Portage, at the
depth of some 700 feet and the lack of
capital to thoroughly test the territory
has been the only reason that we are
not well oiled over. Now however,
capitalists are attracted this way, and
Mr. Haghstoil, ohe of a firm with
abundant capital at command, was in
town last Week and offers to furnish
the means lo thoroughly test this ter
ritory, If a satisfactory amount of land
can be leaaed at sufficiently reasonable
rules to make it an object. It there
for alsmda our people In hand to see to
it llmt land l nor lacking to be lmd,
m there U t much greater abundance
of that, tutu there is money to tcetlt
with.- Emporium Independent,
The Inauguration.
Washington, March 5. The streets
were alive at an earley hour this
morning with throngs of people
hastening to a point from whence to
view the inaugural proceedings.
Within a few minutes after 11 o'clock
the senate galleries were filled to their
utmost capacity. Mrs. Hayes occupied
a front seat In the private gallery next
to tho diplomatic gallery, her. little
son Scott sat on her left and Mrs. Sena
tor Sherman on her right, Miss Fannie
Hayes and Mrs. Stanley Matthews oc
cupied scats beyond Mrs. Sherman,
together with other personal friends
of Mrs. Hayes. The floor of the sen
ate, excepting the scats reserved for
the presidential parties, the supreme
court, and the diplomatic corps, was
crowded with senators and senators
elect, members of the house of repre
sentatives, aud other distinguished
persons.
At ten o'clock to-day Mr. Hayes, ac
companied by his son and Senator
Sherman, left the residence of the
senator for the executive mansion,
where he was met and cordially
greeted by ex-President Grant, who
was in waiting to escort Mr. Hayes
the cupitol. The grand inaugural
pageant that had gathered at the
Washington circle, iu the west end of
the city, about a mile from the White
House, started with their Hying ban
new and bands, and with little delay.
The carriage of ex-President Grant, in
which four horses were harnessed, was
standing at the door, and without any
delay Mr. Hayes, escorted by ex-President
Grant and Senator Morrill, of the
committee of arrangements, took sents
therein, and driving to one of the
gateways leading to the executive
mansion, awaited the approach of the
military escort. Here the distin
guished party awaiting within the
gateway of the executive grounds
passed out und took their place in the
grand procession.
The weather, which hail been
cloudy and raw when the military
moved along in front of the executive
mansion, improved in a short time,
and when the cupitol was reached the
sun was shining brightly. The artil
lery regiments with companies parad
ing as infantry, as well as iiglit artil
lery, and the admirable marching of
the marine battalliou were subjects of
profuse favorable comment by the
spectators. Governor Hartranft, of
Pennsylvania, marched at the head of
the troops.
Arriving at the capital, the vurious
officers took the place assigned them.
At precisely 12 o'clock-Mr.' Hayes ap
peared at the main entrance of the
chamber, ui'in-in-arm with General
Grant, and as they proceeded down
the aisle to the seals reserved lor them,
the senators and ull other occupants
of the floor rose und remained stand
ing until they had taken their stats,
and the galleries applauded by clapp
ing of hands and waving of handker
chiefs. The senate assembled at noon and
Mr. Huycs und ex-l'resident Grant
were shown to seats. Mr. Wheeler
was then sworn in as Vice President
and after the organization of the sen
ate, then assembled in its chamber, he
proceeded to the platform on the cen
tral portico of the capitol. Here Mr.
Hayes, ex-l'resident Grant and Chief
Justice Waite and others took scats.
After Mr. Wheeler, the governors and
ex-governors and diplomatic corps
hd been seated, Hayes delivered his
inaugural address us follows:
HAYES' I.VACOCKAI, ADDRESS.
Fellow Citizens: We have assem
bled to repeat the public ceremonial
begun by Washington, observed by
all my predecessors and now a time
honored custom which marks the
commencement of the presidential
office. Called to the duties of the
great trust, I proceed, in compliance
with usage, to announce some of the
leading principles on the subjects that
now chiefly engage the public atten
tion, by which it is my desire to be
guided in the discharge of those duties.
1 shall not undertake to lay dowu ir
revocably, principles or measures of
administration, but rather to speak of
the motives Which should animate us,
and to suggest certain important ends
to be attained in accordance with our
institutions and essential to the wel
fare of our country.
At the outset of the discussion which
preceded the recent presidential elec
tion it seemed lilting that 1 should
fully make known my sentiments in
several of the important questions
which then appeared to tlemund the
consideration of the country. Follow
ing the example und purtiy adopting
the language of one of my predecessors
I wish now when every motive for
misrepresentation has passed away, to
repeat what was said before the elec
tion, trusting that my countrymen
will cordially weigh and understand It,
and that they will feel assured that the
sentiments declared iu accepting the
nomination for the presidency will be
the standard of my conduct in the path
before me, charged us I now am with
the grave and difficult task of carry
ing them outin the practical adminis
tration of the government, so far as
depends, under the constitution and
laws, on the chief executive of the na
tion, THE SOUTHERN QUESTION,
The permanent pacification of the
country upon such principles and by
such measures as will secure the com
plete protection of all its citizens in
the full enjoyment of all their consti
tutional righu, is now the one subject
in our public affairs which all thought
ful and patriotic citizens regard as of
supreme importance. Many of the
calamitous effect of the tremendous re
volution which has passed over the
southern states still remain, The im
measurable benefits which will surely
follow sooner or later the hearty and
generous acceptance of the legitimate
results of that revolution have not yet
been realized. Difficult and embar
rassing questions meet Os at the
threshold of this subject, The people
of flume slates are still impoverished,
and the Inestimable blessiug of wise,
honr-it and jieaceful local self-govern-ntnnt
Is not fully enjoyed. Whatever
tlifJVrriice of opinion may exist as to
the cause of this condition of things,
the fact is clear that in the progress of
events tho time has come when such
government Is in imperative necessity
required by all the varied interests,
public and private, of those states.
But it must not be forgotten that only
a local government, which regards
and maintains the rights of all Is a
true self-government with resjec't to
the two distinct races, whose peculiar
relations to ench other have brought
upon us the deplorable complications
and perplexities which exist in all
those states. It must be n government
which guards the interests of both
races carefully and equally; it must be
a government which submits loyally
and heartily to the constitution and
the laws, the laws of tho nation and
the laws of tho states themselves, ac
cepting and obeying faithfully the
whole constitution as it is. Resting
upon this sure and substantial founda
tion, the superstructure of beneficent
local governments can be built up, and
not otherwise. In furtherance of such
obedience to the letter and the spirit of
the constitution, and in behalf of all
that its attainments implies, all so
called iny Interests lose their appar
ent importance and party lines may
well be permitted to fade into Insignifi
cance. The question we have to con
sider for the Immediate welfare of these
states of the Union Is the question of
government or nogovermein, of social
order and all the peaceful industries
andthehnppinessthat belong lo P, ora
return to barbarism. It is a question
In which every citizen of the nation is
deeply interested, and with respect to
which we ought not be in a partisan
sense either republicasn or democrats,
but fellow citizens and fellow men, to
whom the interests of- n common
country and a common humanity are
dear. The sweeping revolution of the
entire labor system of a large portion
of our country, arid the advance of four
millions of people, from a condition of
servitude to that of citizenship, upon
an equal footing with their former
masters, could not occur without pre
senting problems of the gravest
moment, to be dealt with by the
emancipated race, by their former
masters and by the general govern
ment, the author of the act of eman
cipation. That it was a wise, just and
providential act fraught with good for
all concerned is now generally con
ceded throughout the country. That
a moral obligation rests upon the na
tional government to employ its con
stitutional power and influence to es
tablish the rights of the people It has
emancipated, and protect them in the
enjoyment of those rights when they
are infringed or assailed, is also gener
ally admitted. The evils -which affect
the southern slates can only be re
moved or remedied by tho united aud
harmonious efforts of both races,
actuated by motives of mutual sym
pathy and regard. And while in duty
bound ami fully determined to protect
the rights of all bv every constitu
tional means at the disposal of my ad
ministration, I am sincerely anxious
to use every legitimate influence in
favor of honest and efficient local sclf
govement as t lie true resource of those
sWcs for the contentment and prosper
ity of their citizens. In "he effort I
shall make to accomplish this purpose
Insktliccordial co-operation of all wno
cherish an interest in the welfare of the
country, trusting that party tics
and the prejudice of race will be
freely surrendered in behalf of the
great purpose to be accomplished.
In the important work of restoring
the south It is not the political si' na
tion alone that merits attention. The
material development of that section of
the country hns been arrested by the
social and political revolution through
which it lias passed, and now needs
and deserves uio considerate cure of
the national government within the
just limits prescribed by the constitu
tion ami wise politic economy. But as
tho basis of all prosperity for that as
well as for every other part of the
country, lies in the improvement of
the intellectual and moral condition of
the people, universal suffrage should
rest upon universal education. To
this end liberal and permanent provis
ion should lie made tor the support of
free schools by the state governments,
and, if need' be, supplemented by
legitimate aid from liationnl authority.
Let me assure my countrymen of the
southern states that it h my curliest
desire to regard and promote their
truest interests, Hie interests of the white
aud of the colored people, both and equally,
and to put furtli mj best efforts in behalf of
a civil policy, which will forever wipe out
in oui political uti'airs the eolor line aud
the distinction between the north and south,
to the end that we muy have not merely a
uuited north or a united south, but a united
country.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
I ask the attention of the pllblio lo the
paramount necessity of reform in our civil
service a reform not merely as to certain
abuses and practices of so-called official
patronage, which have come to have
the sauction of usage iu the geuerul depart
ments of our government, but a change in
tliesvstetn of appointment it eel f a reform
that shall be thorough, radical aud com
plete, a return to the principles and
pruotices of the founders of the goveinmeut
They neither expected nor desired from
public officers any partisun services, they
meant that public offices should owe their
whole service lo the government and to the
people they meant that the otbeer should
be secure iu his tenure as long as his per
sonal character remained untarnished and
the perforuiauce of his duties satisfactory;
they held that eppointmens to office were
not lo be made or expected merely as re
wards for partisan service, nor merely on
tho nomination of members of congress as
being entitled in any respect to tueooitrol
of those appointments. The fnot that both
the great parties of the eoiiuty in declaring
their principles prior to the eleotion gave a
prumiuent place to the subject of reform in
our civil service, recognizing und stiuugly
urging its necessity iu terms almost identi
fied iu their speettic import with what 1
have here employed, must be aocepted asa
eouclusive argument iu Rimlf of these
measures, It must be regar led as the ex
pression of the united voice a id will of the
whole country upon this subject, ai.d both
political parties are virtually pledged to
give it their unreserved support.
A SIX YEARS PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
The President, of the tinted States of
necessity owes his election to office to the
suffrages and zealous labors of a political
party, the members of which cherish with
ardor and regard, as of essentiul import
euce, the principles of their part organi
sation. l)ut lie should strive to be alrruys
mindful of the fact that he serves his party
best who serves the country best, la
furtherance of the reform seek, and in
other important respects, change of (treat
importance, I reoommeud an amendment lo
the constitution prescribing a term of six
years to the Presidential omce aud forbid
ding a re-election.
THE UNANCEIs--SPECIE PAYilENTS.
With respect to the financial eoudition of
the country 1 shall not attempt an extended
bUtory of the embarrassment and prostra
tion which we have suffered during the past
three years. The depression in all our
varied commercial aud ntauufaoluriug in
terests throughout the ouuntry, which be
gsn in September, 173, still continue. It
is very gratifying, however, tii be able to
say that there are indication all arouuj us
of a coming change to prosperous limes.
Upon the curreucv tUllait Intimately von
nvctei as it is with this tivpio, tusy t
permitted to repeat hers the statement made
in my letter of aooeptanoa, that in my
judgment the feelicg of uncertainty in
separable frjm our irredeemable paper cur
rency with its fluctuation of values is one of
the greatest obstscles to a return to pros
perous limes. The only safe paper cur
rency Is ono whloh rests upon a coin basis,
and Is at all times and promptly convertible
into coin. I adhere to tbe view heretofore
expressed by me In favor of congressional
legislation in behalf of an early resumption
of specie payment, and I am satisfied not
only tbat it is wite, but that the interests as
well as the pub'io sentiment of th oounrry
imperatively demand it.
OUR KOREION RELATIONS.
Passing from these remarks upon the
condition of our own couutiy, to consider
our relations wttb olhor lands, we are re
minded bv the international complication
abrond, threatening the pence of Europe, that
our trn litonul ru.e of nou-inlerference in
the affairs of foreign nations has proved of
grent value in past limes aud ought to be
strickly observed. The policy inaugurated
by my honored predecessor, President Urtut
of submitting lo arbitration grave questions
in dispute between ourselves and foreign
powers points to a uow und incomparably
the best instrumentality for llio perscrva
liou of place and will us 1 believe become a
beneficent example of (he course to ho
pursued in similar emergencies by other tin.
lions. If unhappily questions, of difference
should at uny time during the period of my
aduiinislrntinu arise between the Uuited
States aud any foreign government, it will
certainly be my disposition and my hope lo
aid in their settlement in the sumo peaceful
and honorable way, thus securing to our
couutiy the great bloeiug of peace and
mutual good oihee witball the nations of the
world.
TUB KKCEST CI SPA ION.
Pctlow citizens, wc Imvo reached the close
ofa political con test mnrlieil by thcexeltii
mcnt which usually attends tliu contest be
tween grent political parties whoso member
espouse and advocate with earnest faith their
respective creed. Tlio circumstances wero
perhaps in no repect extraordinary save In
the closeness nud the consequent uncertainty
of the result. For tho first time in tho history
of tho country It hns bcn deemed best. In
view or the peeuliur circumstances of the
oase.tlmt the objections und questions In dis
pute, with reference to the counting of the
electoral vote, should ho referred to the decis
ion of a tribunal appointed for this purpose.
T11K KI.ECTOKAL TtttUCNAI..
That trluuuul, established by luw for this
sole purpose, It members ull of them men of
long established reputation for Integrity and
lutelllgenuu, ami with the exception of those
who ure also members of tliu suprumo, Judici
ary, chosen equally from both political
parties, Its deliberation, enlightened by the
research nud argument of able counsel, was
entitled to tin; fullewt confldeiico of the
American people-. Its decisions htivo been
patiently waited for and accepted as legully
conclusive by tho general Judgment or tliu
public, for the present, opinion will widely
vary hs to the wisdom of tlo several coiiclu
slousannoiineed by that tribunal. This is to
be anticipated ill every instance where mut
ters of dispute uro inailo the subject ofulbl
tratlon under theforms oflaw. Human Judg
ment Is never unerring und 1 rarely regarded
us otherwise than wrong by thu successful
party In the contest. The fact that two great
political parties have this way settled u dis
pute In reganl to which good men differ ns to
tliu facts and the law, no less than as to tho
proper courso to bo pursued In solving thu
question In controversy, is un occasion for
geuerul rejoicing. Upon ono point there Is.
entire unanimity In public sentiment Unit
conflicting claims tu the presidency must be
amicably anil peaceably adjusted, and that
when bo adjusted the general acquiescence of
tho nation ought surely to follow. It bus
been reserved for a government of the people
where the right of suffrage Is universal, to
give lo the world the Urst example In history
of a great nation, In the mldHt ofu struggle of
opposing parties for power, pushing aside Its
purty tumults, to yield the issue of the contest
to adjustment according to the forms oflaw.
Looking ror tho guidance of that divine
hand by which tho destinies of nations and
individuals are shaped, I call upon Clod,
senators, representatives, Judges, fellow-eltl-
xens, here and everywhere to. work with me
in an earnest effort to seeuro to our country
the blessings not only of material prosperity,
but of justice, peace und union a union de
pending not upon the constraint of forco, but
upon tlie loving devotion ofu free people.nnd
that nil things mny bo so ordered und settled
upon the best und surest foundations, that
peace and happiness, truth and Justice, re
ligion and pU ly, may be established among
us lor ull generations.
At the conclusion of the address the oath of
ofllee was udmlnisturcd to Mr. Hayes by
Chief Justice Waite, both standing with un
covered heads at the front of the platform.
Al Tlill HIE CKltEMONIES.
A salute was fired In the adjueent parks,
und cheering wus kept up for several minutes;
ineauwlille .Mr. Hayes was congratulated by
c.x-Presldeut Ortttit, Chief Justice Wuito and
u large number of other persons naar him in
cluding Senator C'onkllng und many other
members of both houses of congress, and ull
the ussocluto Justices of tho supreme court
except Justices CI I fibril and Hold, who were
not present during any portion of the ccre
munies of the day.
Mr. Hayus, escorted by General Urunt, and
Mr. Wheeler, escorted by (Senator M'C'reery,
then returned to tho senate wing of the capl
tor and, taking a seat in the sumo barouche
in which ho hud coinu to tho capital, pro
ceeded to the executive iiiunsion, escorted by
thu various military uud clvlcorganlzations,
which constituted the Inaugural procession.
Ou tho return of the procession to the exe
cutive mansion Huycs was repeatedly
cheered. Thousands of persons ropulred
hither to witness his entrance to Ms new
home ; a dischargeof artillery announced the
arrival of the party at the executive mansion
at half past two o'clock.
THE EFFECT WAS MAGIC A L.
It is astonishing how many people
have their nerves In some way af
fected. "They are nervous," "can
not control their feelings," "rest
poorly at night," "have the blues,"
feel as though "something dreadful
was about to happen" to them or their
friends all the' time affected with a
sense of "impending danger" etc.,
etc., all of which point to temporary
impuirmeut of the nerves, which if
not relieved, may result in an acute
attack of some form of diseuse. No
nerve remedy will benefit unless the
system is at the same lime demised
aud prepared for its action. That Is
the reason of the failure of most nerve
tonics in these cases. It is also the
reason Dr. M. M. Fenner has com
bined in one medicine his Blood and
Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic, and
it is thu further reason that people
who use it are enabled to write him
like the followingi
Fredoiiltt, N, Y., Juu. mh, 1872.
Drf M. M, Kenner Dour Hlr I consider it a
privilege as well as a duty to testify to the
efficacy of your lilood and Liver Reinody
and Nerve Tonic. For some time past I had
bceu suffering from great nervous debility
accompanied with extreme lassitude aud
low spirits, almost unfitting me fur business.
I had previously beard your Remedy highly
eulogised by somo of your putlents, aud re
solved to give it trial. The effect was
niagtcal. From the moment of taking tho
first dose I felt decidedly better. Its wurm.
lag Influence was soothing, agreeable aud In
vigorating. I have now taken three bottles
and am eutlrely restored. I cheerfully re
commend It to the thousands suffering from
Nervous PvblUty,
Yours truly,
A. HENltV.
t salt by dcbler In uidiciues.
Pennsylvania News.
Tbe debt of Miillia county is fc70,
000
An oil excitement has broken out
in Catneroa county.
Mr. Moore, of Beaver county, died
recently from tho kick of a vlcloua
cow.
A deed, 109 years old, was entered in
tho Recorder's office, at Reading on
Wednesday.
Mr. Hmith, of Pottstown, own?
fourteen hens, who laid 1W eggs dur
ing the month of February.
All the idle mines of Ibe Lehfgb
and Wilkesbarre Coal Company will
bo put in operation at once.
The valuation of real estate and per
sonal property in Washington county
is $3,.j08,2.3i.
A new bridge will be built across
the Susquehanna at Rockvllle by tho
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The temperance men in the West
ern part of the tttate have selected Al
toona as their next Held of action.
Mrs. Fan-el, of Chester, was so
badly burned by tho explosion of a
lamp, it few days ago, that she died in
a short time.
The new iron railroad bridge, which
crosses Tunkhannock creek below tho
town, is rapidly approaching comple
tion.
A daughter of Mr. Christy, of West
inorcland county, wus attacked by a
dog the other day and dreadfully
mangled. "
The citizens of Ourbundale arc circu
lating papers expressing a decided
protest against the construction of
Lackawanna county.
The papers of l'ittsbtirg say flic
ravages of diphtheria in Western
Pennsylvania arc unprecedented.
Whole families are being swept ofl'by
this terrible disease.
Two large wolves were recently seen
near Seehlur's Mills, Cambria county.
The deep snow drove these animals
from their usual haunts In search of
food.
The dwelling, barn, outbuildings,
household furniture and farming
utensils of County Commissioner
llilemau, of Illair county, were con
sumed by lire the other day.
The editors of tho Clarion Republi
can and Clarion Democrat were each
candidates for borough offices and
each defeated. A "fellow feeling
makes us wondcrous kind."
The Pittsburg I'otl says that tho
price of barge lumber has advanced
from $18 to SOa per thousand, owing
to the great destruction of barges in
the Monongahcla and Ohio rivers by
the ice gorge ofa few weeks ago.
There are seventeen school slate
manufactories along the Delaware be
tween Kaston and the Delawaro Wa
ter (lap, and live along the Lehigh, in
tho vicinity of Klatiugton, manufac
turing 00,000 cases of school slates per
annum.
No Ice jams in 1877. The gradual
wasting of the ice has prevented tho
possibility of any damage this year
from the ice flood. In a few days the
rivers will be clear and people along
their bunks have less euro for tho
spring tides.
The Huntingdon Xcw learns that
Mr. (Jobert, the gentleman interested
iu the erection of plate-glass works in
this country, will leave Belgium iu
April next und come to that section
with a view of erecting the works in a
most advantageous location,
There is more trouble for the soldiers
of the National Guard. A bill was re
ported from tho military committee,
with an affirmative recommendation,
In the House last Friday, providing
for certain seveie penalties to be
visited upon refractory soldiers here
after who shall give insolence to their
superior officers, sell I heir own horses,
talk without permission, or commit
any one of the almost ridiculous offen
ses enumerated. The court-martial,
which is established by one of the pro
visions, gives the same jurisdiction to
summon witnesses und punish offen
ses concurrent with the Courts of
Quarter Hessions and Oyer and Ter
miner. The bill was drawn by Mr.
(Jraham, of Allegheny, and, if it is
not a joke, will have the effect of de
populating the ranks.
In a recent lecture by a Mr. Tylor,
at the London Institution, on tho
Philosophy of Language, the superU
ority was claimed for that which is
used in Great Britain, and the vast
outlaying countries all over the globe,
on which Sir. Charles Dilke bestowed
the expressive title of "Greater
Britain." Alluding to the extraordi
nary increase of lOnglish-speakiug
people, Mr. Tylor said that should it
continue at the existing ratio, there
would in twenty years say, at the
close of the present century be 860,
000,000 speaking English, as against
124,000,000 speaking Uermau, and 70,
0 10,000 speaking French. He would
place the English farabove the Greek,
Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic languages
because, throwing off the accretions
of antitiuity, it left the older
languages fur behind In power- and
delicacy of expression. Utter lawless
ness aud confusion were shown In tho
grammatical distinctions of gender,
especially in the Latiu languages. A
clean sweep had been made in tills re
spect in the English, rendering that
language the envy and admiration of
foreign grammarians, aud this was
well, seeing that It will puobably ab
sorb all other languages. This strong
endorsement will scarcely be objected
to in the United States, England,
and Australia, at any rate. Forney
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