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TIE• DAY .WE CELEBRATE.
Wherever there beats an American heart,
- wherever the old flag is known and recog
nized, there will be - rejoicing on this, our
prondesi ifationid Anniversary. Ninety
two years ago to-day, merrily rang out the
joyftil tidings that America had given birth
to a Republic; that crushing. Oppression and
vigorous Tyranny had been set at defiance
and Liberty and Independence declared.
The early struggle of our country for recog
nition and place amongst the nationalities
the'carth the long years of wasting war
agahist aproud and powerful foe, the dis
astrous defeats, the repulses, the wrongs,
the ruins, the sacrifices. the , sad scenes of
suffering, Ifilvation'snd sorrow, the patriot-
Isaa c, the lirityerfhl hope, the bravery, fide'.
14, earnestness, and then the bright beam
ingrhich b ri lliantly burst upon the
imdaunted Continental Army, led by a
Wasioncrron, need not be here recounted
to the reader for they all are known
and will swOten the enjoyment of the an
niiereary held to commemorate the daring
deed which forever secured to us the inesti
..
amble blessings we now enjoy.
Since thea the historian has been kept
busy in recording the great events crowded
into the tour score years and twelve which
have elapsed. Out of the germ of weak
and dependent colonies there "has rapidly
grown into existence a nation wonderful in
power, mighty in numbers, filling the eyes
of the civilized world with admiration. As
she has steadily advanced rearing up -cities
and towns,_, spreading and extending her
- boundaries,em-peopling the continent, mak
ing millions on millions of acres fruitful,
and leioling the enlightened world in the
march of Intellect, yet she has not lost sight
of her humble beginning or the gallant
band of heroes who watched at her birth
and baptized her with their blood. - To-day
- in all her grandeur and beauty, her power
and greatness,- her unity and prosperity,
she bids her toiling millions rest and pay
homage at the 'shrine of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence, and the heroes
and martyrs who sustained the - act.
Let tho excitement of business, the heat
polities, the - cares and anxieties of every
day life be forgotten to-day and all join in
the celebration and observance of the festi
val of Liberty and Independence.
TIM DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
If the Southern rebels and the Western
repndiationists can accomplish the object
for , which they are evidently allied, Mr.
1 3 sainurroia will be the nominee of the
Convention which meets at N ew York to
day. But another combine nOf Demo
crats from all sections of the country, who
are Conservatives in finance, but progres
sive in their political oplmons, prefers Mr.
CHAIM for the candidacy, and will secure
the 'choice for him if possible. The Con;
vention will be divided between Democracy
and pure Copperhettdism, and the two
- men named are respectively the rep
resentatives of these elements. They
.are - unquestionably the really prom
inent candidates; not one of the score of
others who have been named * has any
chance whatever , except by way of a com
promise. Bat it is becoming evident that
such a compromise must be made, both in
the nominee and the platform. Beyond
this, further conjectutes seem to ns idle.
The best informed Democrats are themselves
unable to forecast the events of the next
three days. As to both principles and men,
they are all at sea; and they will not find it
easy to reach the land.'
Tas President'i tinneety . .Prociatnation‘
appears in, another . column. Its . terms
include substantially all the rebels, except
those.', heretofore expressly pardoheil and
the"few, inclUdlng DAVIS and others,
who are at present under indictment in the
Courts. As these will never be convicted,
they might as well be included in the amnesty.
We shall never quarrel with Mr. Jounson
about this proclamation, although we can
have no respect for his real motives.
IT is mentioned as. probable ;that Judge
SBELLABAIWEN the distinguished Republi
can member from the Seventh Ohio Con
greWbnal,.Distrief, may be .re-nominated.
His improvingliealth teems to justify this
- wisikof his constituents, and may thus re
.sultirtrelaining- one of the most influential
=embers of the Rouse. •
Tns Georgia . Democracy polled 15,000
colored, votes at the recent eleotion, securing
thereby the SeOond Congrossional Distriat,
and the PDernoirittic victory" to that ex
-tent is heralded Vail tiMiiorthern journals'
of thfrOirty: Dnittiki'abitiYei r their read
ers know how-it was brought abouta
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CLIME AND . DEMOCRATIC L. 401.11
The New York World of the 2d, remind
ing its party "of the old Democratic land
marks," insists upon the two-thirds rule,
as "a safe : guard against rash innovations,
and the premature adoption of yeforms to
which the party has not been fully edu
cated." That there may be no misappre
hension of its meaning, the World, saying
that "there may be candidates whose nomi
nation would inevitably commit -the party
to anovel policy" specifiesi still more point
edly, as Ibllows:
"The nomination of Mr. Pendleton, for
example, no matter upon what` platform,
would cut the party loose from its old moor
ings as a hard-money party, which is too
great an innovation to be made by a bare
majority of the delegates attending one
National Convention. The nomination of
Judge Chase, to take another example,
would commit the party to an indorsement
of negro suffrage, which again would be too
violent an innovatiou - to be accomplished by
a bare majority. By, a dexterous choice of
phraseology it is always easy enough to
draw up a platform to which nobody In the
party will object, but the public record of a
candidate is a thing which cannot be ob
scured."
The World proceeds to remind Demo
crats that their party is identified with the
hard-money system, and recommends the
Convention to declare for a speedy return to
specie payments. It might have added that
its friend, Mr. CHASE, was an original hard
money advocate.
But that influential journal goes yet fertile
into the pith of the present issues.'M r
Citssi has made 'a point concerning th
rights of the States over the suffrage ques
tion. HORATIO SEYMOUR, the World's file
leader, came out unequivocally for Mr.
Cass; on Thursday afternoon, in a meet
ing of the New York delegation, the World
of the same morning having concluded its
article from which we quote, as follows :
We trast there will be no such nonsense
in the platform as that this is exclusively a
white man's government, for this wasnever
at any time a Democratic doctrine. The
Democratic doctrine is that this is a govern
ment of the people, and that it is the right
of each State to determine who are the
people qualified for political functions there
in. When a State has freely decided this
question, it is the duty of the Federal . Gov
ernment, and all of the other States, to re
spect its decision. It is' all one to them
whether any particular State allows its
negroes to vote or not. It is none of their
business; and our political woes have all
come from the States and the Federal Gov
meat not minding their own business,
Here in New York, we allow negroes to
vote on a property qualification. In our
circumstances this is a sound rule • but
whether sound or not, we should re gard it
-as a piece of impertinence for the National
Convention to tell us that we ought to change
it. The same exemption from outside inter
meddling which we claim for ourselves we
are bound to concede to every other State.
The Southern States, at present, find them
selves in a new and anomalous condition,
and negro suffrage being a present fact, each
must determine for itself what, all circum
stances considered, it is best to do about it.
The National Convention has no call to dic
tate, nor even to advise, their course.
We print these expressions of the World,
as having peculiar significance at this time,
and we desire, therefore, to -put them on
record, where our readers can find them, for
future reference.
TBZ LAST DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON
VENTION in 1864 adopted, among others,
the following resolution:
Resolved, That this Convention does ex
plicitly declare, as the sense of the Ameri
can people, that alter four years of failure
to restore the Union by the experiment of
war during which, under the pretense of a
military necessity of a war power higher
than the Constitution, the Constitution it
sell has been disregarded in every part,
and public liberty and private right alik,2
trodden down, and the material prosperity
of the country essentially impaired, justice,
humanity, liberty and the , public welfare
demand that immedhite efforts be made for
a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an
ultimate Convention of all the States, or
other peaceable means to the end that at
the earliest practicable moment peace may
be restored on the basis of the Federal
Union of the States.
Immediate efforts, under the direction 'of
General GDAIVA produced the desired ces
sation of hostilities in less than twelve
months after. But the efforts which the De
mocracy called for were of a more pacific
nature. They wanted a truce, a compro
mise, and a surrender of that principle
which regsrded the Union as inviolable.
They will not re-adopt the same resolution
in words, at New York, but their platform
and candidate will be selected with an ex
clusive view to making that restoration of
the Union, which the war accomplished,
failure if possible. And FORREST, WADE .
ILtatrrott and all the other red-handed re
bels are in attendance to contribute -to that
result. Let us see if they accomplish itl
AMONG so many Demomatic journals
which have gone blind crazy on the green
back question it is pleasant to find occasion
ally a rare exception. Here is a little sound
finance froth that eminent exponent Di De
mocracy, the Albany Argus. It is very
rough upon the PENDLETON humbug. The
Argus remarks:
so ns tireenback theory" has neerrexplaln—
ed to tell us what time Is to bedvoted tb its
operation. If the Ave-twenties arc to •be paid off at
once, the Issue or twelve hundred million green
backs would raise gold to t per cent. at least, and
the Interest on the remaining debt would have to be
paid at that rate. if the process of Inflation were
extended over ten years, as some propose,' the cost .
of meeting the Interest on the unextingulkhed debt
woulithe even greater., though we leave the problem
to sxlthmeticlans to calculate.
On a line of railroad owned by the Le
ldgh Coal and. Navigation Company, is a
plane at the north slope of the Wilkesbarre
Mountain, with an inclination of fourteen
feet to one hundred feet. For dragging the
loaded cars up the slope, a wire rope, said
to be the largest heaviast, and longest ever
made, has just.been completed. The load
drawn up at each triple eighty five tons;
length of rope, three thousand seven hund
red feet; diameter over two-and-a-half•inch
es, and weight, twenty tons.
neighbor of the Republic yesterday
talked very confidently, as follows:
Twit DEBT NEws Yr.T.—:Frlvate *dykes, tie re-,
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'cved from 'New, York. inform us there' not a
shadow of a doubt but th Andrew Johnson and'
Gen.. Geo. Cass will b e the nominees of the
Fourth of July Convention. A row or nl nety . d . ht
to pledged to Andrew. Johnson on the nest bertot
.324 Leto be increased to, a. majority on the third
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PITTRIJINr}I. G4l47Ts: g0.A.TA.11,14:471 4 ., AITLY 4,4868.
THE "DO RR CASE-TAE.„W/91TIE OF
The foll Owing, extract aura' the opinion
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of the Supreme Court, tut delivered by
Chief Justice 'TANSY, in the posit case,
may be useful intim:nation to theft who are
looking for the intervention of the Supreme
Court to set aside the recorudructid - • State
Governments : • ' '
"Under this article of the Constitution it
rests'with Congress to decide what govern
ment is the established one in a State. For
as the United Statesiguarantee to each State
a republican' government, Congress must
necessarily decide what government is es
tablished in the State before it can determine
whether it is established or not. And When
the. Senators and Representatives of a State
are admitted to the councils of the Union,
the authority of the government under
which they are appointed, as well as its
republican character, is recognized by the
proper constitutional authority. And its
decision is binding upon every other depart
ment of the Government, and could not be
questioned in a judicial tribunal."
THE G. A. R. IN OHIO.
The address. of ;(31en, :ilium, the head
of this patriotic organization before the re
cent Convention at Toledo, • closed .with.the
following exhortation: • '
"In conclusion, my comrades, permit me
to exhort you-to labor together assiduously
to carry forward• the great work :we have
undertaken As you stood together on the
field of mortal combat and rolled back the
enemies of liberty and justice, nerved by
the same undaunted spirit that insured vic
tory then, let us still stand, and success will
attend us and justice will be done to our
living and deceased comrades and their
fatuities." ,
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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
The Convention of Delegates from the
various Young Men's Christian Associa
tions, lust held at Detroit, Michigan; took
action upon matters that will elicit consid
erable comment in favor and against its
course. We do not propose to discuss the
propriety of this action; but simply refer to
one important matter, lay preaching. Con
servative ministers will be startled at the
bold step, and Innovation upon clerical
rights, heretofore rigidly asserted by them—
the right to direct all things pertaining to
the polity and worship of the Church. This
action is decidedly radical, and is, however,
in keeping with the progressive religious
movements of the day. Granting that lay
preaching, or lay cooperation, with the
regular ministry, is demanded and an ab
solute necessity, still it is well that all who
assume fdnctions of this character should
not only be competent to teach, but possess
grace and gifts duly acknowledged by some
responsible ecclesiastical authority before
they exercise the office of teacher. We favor
the Use of every available means to build up
the Church of God and lead persons to
Christ, provided they are under the di
rection of denominaticnal authority.
Wherever too much license is given in such
grave matters, there is alWays a elass efper
sons who assume to teach and preach that
shodld be seen, not heard, in public assem
bliei, as every attendant at union religious
meetings, where the voluntary system of
speaking and praying is the rule, are
aware. We repeat, let every man, woman
and child in the Churches cooperate with
the pulpit, as there is plenty of work to en
gage all willing to be employed, but let
everything be done "decently and in order,"
and ,in a way, too, that will not provoke
the least feeling between the duly called of
God to preach the GospeL Preperpersons,
duly appointed by ecclesiastical authority,
and the proper officers of the Young Men's
Christian Association of this city, will find
many inviting fields of labor hereabouts
already ripe for the harvest. No Christian
man or woman need stand idle in the mar
ket place for want of work, - the 'need of
workers is apparent.everywhere.
Among the prominent speakers, at the late
Southern Baptist Convention, at Baltimore,
was Dr. Manly, of South Carolina, who,
in speaking of the eolored people, said that
the ,South does not recognize the social
equality of the negro. All the rights they
have by law, they hive no desire to inter
fere with, but they cannot entrust to them
the management of the interests of the coun
try, for this simple reason: God and man
know the negro is not competent. As no
one( ventured a word of caveat, the Doctor's
utterances were obviously the convictions
of the Conventson. It is easy to see, says
the Western. Christian Advocate, that if cer
tain men in the South had their own way
all the colored people to-day would be
wearing the manacles of slavery.
During the late session of the General
Association of the Congregational Church
es oft Massachusetts, at Lowell, considerable
discussion took place in regard to short pas
torates. Dr. John Todd, of Pittsfield, sta
ted that at his residence in Berkshire coun
ty, ho had seen the pastorate change five
times.. The prineipal, or shiretown of the
county, was living.by hiring preachera from
year to year. This., discussion, aa well , as ,
the numerous cases that occur, goes to show
that the "permanent pastorate" in 'the dif
ferent denominations bas its ifilictions as
well as the itinerancy of the Methodist Epis
copal Church. .
Referenee has already been made to( the ,
purpose of the First Presbyterian Church to
introduce the system of free seats. Sabbath
week the'system was inaugurated. In the
sermon delivered on the , occasion, the pas
tor stated the object was not to make a poor
man's church or a rich man's._ The plan
adopted puts all on a level. He further ,
stated that It is not the purpose `that those
who come should sit wherever, it may hap-
Pen. Every. regular
„attendant is expected
to select a pew—any .unoccupied one—and
occupy it as long as they,choose. Inregard
to giving he remarked--"give, as you choose
—as the Lord has prospered you—and sit
where you 11ke. ,, -
A station has been named on the Pacific
railroid, twenty-seven miles beyond Lara-'
lute, six hundred beyond Omaha, -"Flim0 : :
son," in honor of Bishop . Shama, Zion's
Herald says it is a tip-top compliment, to a
tip-toP Bishop, on atip-top place.
• The 'Wirier "stotte of the new-'housa'Of
, vforOhli , fOr . the ' l "raabitiriart l
;LeCiPPOr . PA* : 0 1 0 41 41 i ;Wag ':htid.o)iiiie
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28d ult. A. *dory of the church waa read
by the Pastor, Rev. JaMes M. Platt. An
address was delivered by Rev. James Alli.
son, of the Frei/or:Tian Banner, and prayer
was offered by Dr., Aaron Williams. The
corner strne was laid by the venerable Mrs.
Shields, whose gifts to titis enterprise are
worthy of praise.
At the meeting of the Old f3choolPresby
tery of Blairsville, recently held in Johns
town, Pa., Rev. Daniel Kirkpatrick, D.
D., father of John M. Kirkpatrick, Esq., of
this city, on l account of feeble health, ten
dered his re gnation as pastor of the Church
of Poke Run, which with great regret was
accepted.
From an appeal "To Presbyterians," by
Rev. Mr. Coe, Secretary of the Church
Extension Board, we learn that last year,
fifty thousand dollars aided in the erection
of one hundred and twenty-two houses of
worship; and, at the present time, the Board.
has on file applications from over one hund. ,
red churches for seventy thousand dollarg._
These applications are, in most clu3iith for
aid in erecting humble sancturiesi-costing
froin two to three thousand dollars. In a
little over thirteen years the Board .has ;
ceived nearly five hundred and thirty-eight
thousand dollars,' and made grants toes ght
hundred and fifty churches. These grants
have enabled these congregations to secure,
free from debt, church properties worth
over two million five hundred thousand dol
lars,
,and 'aave furnished comfortable shel
ters for oe hundred and fifty thousand
worshippers. With the grants already
made and applications for help, the Board
need over sixty thousand dollars, and hence
the appeal.
The new editor of the Western Christian
Advocate, Rev. 8. - M. Merrill, received the
degree of D. D .
. from three institutions last
month, namely: Mount union College,
Ohio Wesleyan University And Ohio Uni
verstty, all located in the . State of Ohio.
The assistant editor of that paper, Rev. E.
House, thinks his ease will not need further
doctoring.
The late Methodist General Conference at
Chicago provided that Sunday. School
teachers shall be nominated by the Superin
tendent, with the concurrence of the pastor,
on their entering the school, and elected by
the society one month subsequently. •
LETTER FROM WANDERER.
Luzerne County—lts Population—The An
thracite Coal Trade--Geoige W. Scran
ton and his Enterprise-..-Coal Transpor
tation Pacillties--Present Condition of
the Trade—The Luzerne.and Schuylkill
Systems—Scranton and Wilkesbarre.
ISpecial Correspondence of the Pittsburgh Ciazette)
• SCRANTON, June 30, 1868.
Lucerne, in territory, ranks as the largest
county in Pennsylvania; in population as
the fourth—Philadelphia, Allegheny and
Lancaster taking precedence and in the or
der in which they are here written. In con
versing with people of this county it is com
mon to hear the claim made that Lucerne
has more inhabitants than Lancaster; but
this claim is not sustained by the returns
of recent elections. In 1807 Lancaster cast
an aggregate of 20,274 votes ; Luzern
18,389. In 1860 Lancaster cast 23,094 votes;
Luzerne 21,120. In 1864 Lancaster cast
22,917 votes; Lucerne 17,690. When these
statistics are recapitulated the answer is that
Lancaster being an old an mainly agricul
tural county haszelatively 'fewer unnatural
iced male inhabitants than Lucerne, where
the chief occupations are mining coal and
making iron. But it is a sufficient replica
tion to state Lucerne has a reputation, well
earned, of letting all men vote the demo
cratic ticket who wish to, whether legally
qualified or not.
The Susquehanna river enters Lucerne
from the north, and flows on to Pittston in
a southeasterly direction, where it turns to
the southwest,which course it holds through
Columbia county, and until it meets •the
West Branch in Northumberland. The
Lackawanna creek enters Lucerne from
Wayne at its northeast corner, and running
in a southwesterly direction falls into the
Susquehanna just north of Pittston. These
are the principal streams and the territory
they drain in this county, contains
the anthracite coal fields, which are the chief
source of employment and wealth. The only
natural outlet from these fields is the Sus
quehanna, and it has never been used for
the transportation of coal.
Forty years ago a ton of coal was taken
hence by wagon to New York, where at
tempts were made in vain to induce black
smiths to use it for heating iron. Not dis
comfited bidthis failure, the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company was chartered,
and the canal actually made from Rondout,
on the Hudson, to Honesdale, on the Lacks
waxen. But thwpain body of coal was not
where the pro Actors of this enterprise
thought it was, and it became necesaary to
'construct a railway from Honesdale, across
the Moosic Mountains, todarbondile, a dis
tance of sixteen miles, which was •the first
piece of road on • which a loco Motive was
operated on this Continent.. This line of
railway Ona canal constituted the only
means of, getting • coal to market from Lu
zerne for many years. Commencing with
ten thousand tons a year, the amount trans
ported over it has increased to a million and
a half of tons
.; and the capital of the com
pany has been enlarged until it now amounts
to twenty millions of dollars. Carbondale,
Archbald and other towns of considerable
size were created by this company.
Twenty-five years ago, at the point where
the Roaring Brook falls into the Lackawan-
La, Sixteen miles . kolow Carbondale, was a
little hamlet, known as Sloctunilollow.
Here a Mr. Blocinn had, some years before,
erected- a small , fernace. This furnace
passed, by purchase, into' the hands of Mr.
(icon° W. , Scranton, a person of singular
intelligence and energy', and of the strictest
probity. Under his management it rapidly,
expanded into a mill of large capacity. But
this difi not satisfy hisionging for enterprise. .
He projected the Delawaxe and Lackawanna
Railroad, to, start at , Blocu Hollow, about
that time renamed Scranton, cross the t'o
.kond Mountains, reach the ;:Delaware at the
Mouth of Brodhead's 'Creek, ashort dietanee
below Stroudsburg, and thence down the
Delaware to _Beaton. This road was built
through his personal exertions, and being of
broad gauge, a third rail was laid on the
New Jersey Central, so WU reach Newark
Bay at Elizabeth. Afterwards, he projected
and carried throutth's western extension of
the line, across a difficult mountain range,
intersecting the Erie 'Railway at Great Bend,
in Susquelumma county. Hence, the name
of the road was changed to Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western. Over, thisroad pear
ly two millions of tons of coal a year have
peen sent out of the valley to market.
The completion of the North Branch
Canal, from Pittston down to Hartisbirg,
opened a new outlet, and this canal was
subsequently extended from Pittston, north
westerly, to the line of New York, there
connecting with the canal system of that
State. -
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Ten years or so ago 'the Lackawanna
Valley was also tapped by the Pennsylvania
Coal Company, whose railroad extends from
Hawley, in Wayne county, to Pittston, on
the Susquehanna., This Company sends a
million and a half tons of coal to New York
y l y
Tken came : the Lackawanna a n d: B1001IIP, •
burgitaltroad, running from Scranton; past
Pittston, Wilkesbarre _and Bloomsburg, to
Northumberland; there (=fleeting with the
combined Northern Central and Philadel
phia and Erie Roads.
Lag, year the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company opened its road from Easton up
to Mauch Chunk, and thence over the
Moosic range to Wilkesbario. This Com
pany, furthermore. ran a • branch from
Wilkesbarre up to Scranton, there connect
ing with the railroad of the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company. The coal trade
of this line is not yet fully developed.
Simultaneously with this latter enterprise,
Hr. Asa Pattmert' and his associates, who
were directint, acquired a controlling in
terest in the Mith Branch Canal Company.
The towing path was removed to what had
been the berme bank. and a railroad laid
upon the old towing path, by what is desig
rusted as the New York arid Pennsylvania
Coal Company. This road extends from or
near Wilkesbarre through TussithatUrock
and Towanda, intersecting the Erie Rail
way at Waverley. It will- be completed
this season, and the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company have made a contract for
shipping large quantities of coal over It to
Western New York, designing to reach
Chicago, by water, from Dunkirk.
Over these various channels of communi
cation, at a moderate estimate, six , millions
of tons of anthracite will be transported
this year. The capacity of the lines is much
greater than this, but the Companies are not
inclined to press business, for the plain rea
son that coal is so low as to yield no profit
at all, the dividends declared being paid en
tirely out of the accumulations of former
The present condition of the anthracite
trade naturally resulted from the unprece
dented profits realized during the war. The
ratio of gains being larger than in other
i branches of business, a rush was created to
participate therein. New roads were con
structed, and additional openings made in
the mines. The result ban over stock in
the markets, and a deduction in price be
low the cost of production. Coal opera
tors had their harvest; now the community
is reaping a proper indemnity. This prin
ciple of compensation is always exemplified
as one of the results of Protection to Do
inestic Industry. If manufacturers, in
any 'department, succeed in getting,
discriminating impost_dutles raised to a high
point, so that Immoderate profits result,
competition is stimulated, the market Is
superabundantly supplied, and a fall in pri.
ces follows. Sometimes manufacturers, in
suchen emergency, seek to inflate prices , by
adding to the impost; but this, if it has any
effect, must be to aggravate the thing of
which they complain. Herein may be seen
the difference between Protection as a Na
tional Policy, and Protection as an expedi
ent for Individual Advantage:
This exhaustion of coal fields to no profit,
leads to some comparisons between what
may be called the Luzerne system and the
Schuylkill system. In Lnzerne, the coal is
mainly •owned by the companies which
send it to market. In part, it is mined on
their own lands; in part, bought of individ
ual operator& As the companies adjustthe
tariffs of transportation to snit themselves,
the individual owners are at their mercy.
The. Cempanies like the lion's share of the
profits, leaving only lean pickings to private
operators. Few of the net profits •of the
trade come back into the county to increase
the amount of accumulated capital. The
Schuylkill system differs from this,' in that
the Companies are simply common 'carriers,
and the gains and leases of the trade fall on
the individual owners. The result is-mani
festin the much larger local incomes re
turned for federal- taxation where the
Schuylkill syetem prevails 'than where that
of Lnzerne obtains: It slotnild be remarked,
however, that in a portion. of Luzern° the
Schuylkill system is in vogue. The deple
tion 'of the coal fields' ,Withont adding pro
portionately to the wealth of Pennsylvania,
is certainlyan evil, , and has led :to the Im
position of a tonnage tax on the New York
Companies operating in Luzerne. This tax
is but a poor equivalent, for the loss the
State millers.
But there is another aspect of this case.
Under the Schuylkill 'system, when coal
falls to a IoW price, some individual .opera
Ws fall, and otherscontract largelk ; None
of them g 6, on regularly at lags, draw,-
,
lug previoui gains to cover deficiencies,
Consequently, many miners'are thrown out
of 'employment, and general trade lo
ranged. Under the Luzern system the nom-
Mies go' steadily onward; AMVitig,apaa
surphisses proiddently ado make_
tip current deficits: l'he nun• era. ere rep..
larly employed, and imstagdatton of gener
al bunt/teas ciatOrteite4 :" that
a motive.; of policy actuates the; litmne
companies in "t4B lit:ticl46r." The more'
thaSalittylitia aw *iaFa L :;.44aaiall bad
years theless will‘•be., their readiness and ,
ability
to-tit4atittiitaffi itOireo.4
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of a good year. If this consideration
not enter into the calculation it Would - be
perfectly feasible for the Luzeine companies
to adjust, by agreement, the Supply of pal
to the demand, and thus ensure at least fair
profits on all they sell.
Scranton has now twenty-five thnuesull
inhabitants, but it has the disadvantage of
occupying a territory sufficient for the as_
commodation of half a million. It has
some streets of peculiar excellence; wears
an air of thrift and bustle: but • does not.,
seem desirable as a place of residence. At •
one time it gave promise of surpassing'
Wilkesbarre; but, latterly, Wilkesbarre has -
received a fresh impulse, which bids fair to, ,
enable it to diatance its rival. Besides,
Wilkesbarre is grandly situated on aplane
bordering upon the Susquehanna, and looks
out upon the valley of Wyoming, j net above,
on the opposite side of
,the river. Tido ,
valley, though not what Campbell.describe& •
it, is decidedly fine, and well cultivated,
while agriculture all through the Talley of
the Lackavianna is less advanced than it
was a quarter of a century ago. Besides,
Wilkesbarre is built upon a better plan than
Scranton; and wears an aspect , of ease, re-
Aliment and social enjoyment. %
The term of Mr.' Shoemaker, . ( Reptrbli
can) ' as Senator „from ' this county, has
expired,: and his' successor will be chosen
111 October. It will be remembered that he'
defeated a sea of Mr. G. W. Wuodward, -
and that his election, Icing a Republican,
was exceptional. The Democrats now: talk .
of bringing out for the Senatorship Mr-
George Sanderson, &tanker, of ;this city.
Twenty odd years ago he served three years
in the Senate,' going from Bradford county 7.
WANDERER. ,
Who the 'Democratic Delegates Are.
Judging, from the character of
the delegates who have arrived in
New York, the Democrath. Convention
will almost amount to a re-union of the "old
Confederate army." , A larger number of
them will there convene together than at
any time since the final surrender in 1866 .
In addition ' there will be a tremendous
attendance of Canadian refirgees, beady
jumpers, "circlers," Clam Douglasconspi
rators, genuine "Copperheads," and old
time "Loc,ofoeos." Brick . Poineroy, Dirty
Shirt Dean, "Botiles, Milligan and Hor
sey," Vallandigham, the Woods, and "Pe
troleum V. Nasby," with the entire Ken
tucky delegation will "make the welkin
ring" for the "Union as it was." including
the nigger and a Southern President.
All shades of the "Latter-day Democra--. :
cy" will be "on hand" and if they ca n not
nominate Jeff. Davis, Forrest, Barrett, or
J. Wilkes Booth 2 they may put up with a ,
bad "second choice,"and hoist the' name
of a recreant Federal soldier or a "Peace
Democrat." They won't touch Chase with
a thousand Riot pole. His ears would burn
if he could hear the Kentucky Democracy .
on the subject.
These gentlemen,with a substratum con
sisting of the choice spirits who composed
the New Yorimobs, will combine as per
fectly all the elements which served to make
up the strength and virulence and very life
of the rebellion, as did the• rebellion itself
And yet they desire to take possession of
the government itself, in the name of "lop.
alty," law,
order and peace. To what•base
uses have those noble words been prostitu
ted. To be sure, among the ' delegates from.
this State will be found a few fifth-rate ex
Federal soldiers, but not more than one or •
two at most who achieved any reputation
worthy .. of mention. •
The most of them."resigned early," nev
i -
er smelt powder commanded "in the, mill-
tia," or "fought bravely" in the Quarter or
Paymaster's Departments'. Some of them,
participated in the terrible skirmish of
"Hardscramble Cross Roads," or "lalt-up
and-get''-ville. But the most of them did
not absolutely" put down the rebellion."
The rehellion*ould, in all. probability, have
survived their attacks.—Nets York Lotter,
DO NOT BE DECEIVED.
When the insteps is once affected It witt not rally
of its own accord ; it needs help—it Must
strengthened and Invigorated; this is especially the
cue when the
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Da. ousezavrs
Diuretic or itescicache Pills
•
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and remarkable cures, and have never felled so give
relief when taken according to directions.
Dr. Sargent's Iktekaehe Pills
Are purely vegetable, and contain no mercury or
calomel. They do not exhaust the system, bat on,
the contrary they act as atonic, Imparting new tone
and vigor to the organs and strengthening the whole
body. These Pills have stood the test of tblrty.flve
years, and are still gaining In popularity. -
sa- FOIL SALE BY DEDGOL3II AND DEAL
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Price 50 ^Cents Per Box.
A Warning lo Counts Welters, and a Can-.
tion to Purchasers.
No expense will be spared, no legal means or
punishing fraud will .be neglected, in the effort to'
prevent, the counterfeiting of HOSTETTERS
STOMACH BITTERS. ' But ecoundrelbrat, when It&
winning and activity are stimulated by the hope of
gain, le very inyenlons and Industrious. The men
whose business it is to simulate valuab/e
,
proprietary medicines, and who substitute therefor
dangerous or worthless' preparations, are prover
.
biallydifileult to catch. Most of them have many
aliases, - and they flit from State to State with sur
prising unity.. in the hope of evading the clutches
of the t law. The proprietors .of HOSTETTER'S
STOMAt'iI-BIT TERs are determined, if possible,
to hunt Men &runs. Traveling agents i.re employed
for this purpose..and whenever en . offender is de
tected he is prosecuted with the utsnost rigor rof the
tas& - No amount of vigilance, however, can pre
vent the occasional. introduction of imitationa and
'counterfeits.' The pub lic Are therefore CAUTION--
EL) not to purchase any article purporting to be
-HOSTETTER'S STOMACIU BITTEN:a which Is not.
authenticated by the - headstne yovernmeut stamp.
trig i penfr=ift r oVitri rci fe r balffictirtilV e l t t3.•
• represcro ing the conflict between 'tit. George an&
the Dragon, at the top„ mid Is miniature note of
plod, signed Hostetter & Smith , at the top.
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S.—The genuine BITTERS are sold In BOT—
TLES ONLY. Ali portons who pretax& to sell the
article by the .gallon or barrel, • ate 'tripoli .P•rs, Atut
the stuff they offer Is a worthless and probably Doi- ,
sonous counterfeit. -
CURE OR FISTULA.
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LPL KLYBB.II *etc(' to dant Ton for ' , Our kind-
nose and scieniitto management of my, disease; for
which I called to commit you some time to Januar, last . •
You will remember that I had a 'ern:optimal= of diseases ,
which sunny ended in a terrible fistula,
,which L bad , been advised to "let 'lobe." on
aC
cOunt of a :harassing cough, which it was feast*
might fasten it on my lungs. I knew that the peen
lair mode of treating diseases illao mine was by a
cutting operation,'; which. if inecesefut at all, would
naturally throw the dileass upon; the lungs or some
'other vital'Organ; on 'account of the modem:less of
the cure And the immediate cheek . to . the discharg4
which Itelleved vas a saintami Prevision of mature
to get rid of some morbid condition of thOsystem.
I feel perfectly. satimiall , that your-method of treat
ment; 'the sydiemvand loCal appliCations
to the Maniocs part, titbit' case, itanylittng
withou f eutting,wiiiehli And it did, ant I maliippy
to report' myself s i re w iln -every particular, with
sounder and bette* telhan I haws - had for years.
I would also.adt -that the_ applications yon made,
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-!rilPiialltt44llol,4•lo.4.llPt of restored bet4lh: •
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