(lIjc jfcffcrsonuin, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1868. At a meeting of the Phoenix Fire Company, held oa tic Sth of April, 1SGS, it was Renolvcd, That, hereafter, the bell should be tolled for all meetings of the Company In case of a fire the bcil will be rung. BQT" One of the heaviest snow storms of the aeason fell on Thursday night and on Friday last. The snow lay some eight inches on the level. Tho snow storm brought with it a perfect avalanche of pigeons, which rave our hunters rare sport for several days. Tho woods iu the neighborhood are said to be still filled with pigeons. Office of the Hope Eatress Co., Stiioldsbliui, April 13, 180S. On and after this dato all Express Freight going south must be at the office by 9 o'clock, a.m., aud all going north by 12 o'clock (noon), to insure its trans portation ca the same day. John X Stokes, Agt., Her e & Howard Ex. Co. A ril lG.-2t. Messrs. Posh .t Drother have-just received a new and splendid stock of goods, which the public should, by all weans, look over. They have, also, added a large stock cf first-class groceries, and intend, in the future, to combine the Grocery with the Dry-Goods business (live then; a call. Ihcy sell cheap, and you are always sure to get a first-rate ar tide for ycur rxeccy. We are under obligations to Col Genrge W. McFarland, for a copy of the -Annual Report of the Superintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans. It is a pamphlet filled with matters of great interest, from which we shall take occasion, in the fu ture to call copious extracts for oar rea tiers. Oar thanks are due to Senator Shoe maker, of the Luzerne District for na merous documentary favors. ScT" Vv'e have observed, for some days, that cur old friends Melchoir Possard and Samuel Stcne, who have formed a co partnership for the purpose of carry ang onthc Prick making busines are busily preparing tbc yard for the season's woik. They have an abundsnce of clay of the best quality, and as theyhave the snap about them, will be able, fully, to jneet all demands upon them. "Whether ifor a single or a hundred thousand, order for Brick will always find them up to 4ime. Excellent Wine. While our readers arc looking over the advertisements, and making up their minds to purchase winea, either for sacra mental, medicinal or culliaary purpose, or to uc as a beverage, they should always be sure to alight upon the best, because in any event the best is always the chsap e.i. V"e read about American k Tor eig Port, American & Foreign Sherry, UJlarets, e.,&e., but by far the best wine introduced iuto our market is the Ohio Grape Wiae, on tale, either by the bar rel or single quart, at the Liquor Store of J. S. Williams & Co., corner of Monroe and Green Streets. This wine is of the -.greatest attainable purity, is the best adapted f or ill purposes, and is sold at a jprice far below ihe dragged stuff adver tised under high sounding name. For all medicinal purposes co other wins that we know of can approach it, as hundreds of our citizens, who have given it a fair trial, can testify. This is no paid for puff. We have tried tbc article iu our family, and success in producing the re u'ts desired qualify as to speak boldly .bat which we know. Time Changed. The new passenger arrangement, on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, went into operation on Mouday last. Py this arrangement there will be two passenger trains daily. The one, the wail train, will leave Great Pend at 5:30 a.m., pass Scran ton at 8:05 a.m., -Stroudsbarg Depot at 10:15 a.m., and arrive at New York at 2:50 p.m., and Philadelphia at 5 p.m. Returning this Irain will leave Philadelphia at 7:45 A M., New York at 9 A.M., pass Stroudsburg Depot at 1:40 P.M., Scrauton at 4:50 and arrive at-Great Pend at 7:05 t.m. The express passenger train, a new train, will Jeare Scranton at 3 P.M, pass Strouds burg Depot at 5.19 P.M. and arrive at New York at 9 45 P.M. Returning will leave Philadelphia at 3.30 p.m., New York at 4 p.m., pass Stroudsburg Depot at 9.09 and arrive at Scranton at 11.35 PM. This will, doubtless, prove the most convenient time table the Company ever offered to the public. Py it passen gers can leave the Depot at 10.45, spend a couple of hours in New Yoik, and reach home the same cvenin. ' 9 Dr. Lugol of Paris, ono vi the most eminent chemists of Europe, says, when Iodine can he dissolved in pure water the most astonishing Tesults may be anticipated. Dr. II. Anders' Iodine Water is Iodine dissolved in pure water. and the most astouishing results have followed its use in cases of scrofula and all chronic diseases. Communion Wine We have been shown specimens of sac ramcntal or pure juice wine, prepared by Mr. Alfred Speer of Passaic, N. J., out of the Port Grape, which he cultivates in this country. In taste it assimilates to port, without its heating qualities, be in" absolutely free from spirits further than its own fundamental affords. Pre ference is given to it over all ather wines in New York and other hospitals as a tonic, gentle stimulant, diuretic and su dorific. . Mr. Speer has been nine years experimenting in tho production of this wine, and the newest wine he sells is four years old, of which our druggists have got in a supply. 1st of April Changes. Jacob K. Sharer, the excellent land lord of the Pleasant Valley Hotel, in Chcstnuthill township, has moved into the Indian Queen Hotel in this borough Mr. Sandt moves to Michigan. P. Winters McFall, moved to Stokes's Mill, succeeding Pcnjaniin Huntsman, who moved to town.- Mr. McFall will carry on the milling busiucss.. Samuel R. Possard, moved to Jackson Corners, in Jackson township, where he designs keeping a Hotel. Jacob Iliestaud, well known ns a for mcr excUent landlord of the Washington Hotel, has become the proprietor, and moved iuto the Hotel vacated by Col. Peter Dellis, at Mt. Pethcl Station, North ampton County. Firman Piescrt, of Mt. Pethel, has moved on the property of the late U. II. Metzgcr, in Tannersviile. John Nohensheld, jof Stroud township, has taken possession of the Analomink Hotel, near the Ppot. Good accommo dations will be found by all who patron ize John. Jacob Reimcr, move! into the Kellers ville Hotel, where he will, doubtless. keep an excellent house. Thomas E. Heller, Esq., has purchaied and taken possession of the lower Hotel, vacated by Joel Pcrlin, in Kresgeville. Destructive Fire. A fire broke out in the Candy shop of Jlr. William T. Biker, in the lower end of the town, on Tuesday evening last, which re sulted in the total des'ruciion of the build. ing in which tli3 shop was located, and, al?o. of the new dwelling house adjoining1, ow ned and occupied by Mr. George V. Drake. The fire originated from a defect in the fur. nace usel jai making candy, and, when dis covered, though there were several persons in the shop, who at once commenced pouring on water, had made such headway as to rcn der the saving of the building an impossibil ity. From t'ii3 the fire was communicated to Mr. Drake's luildinrr. The Candv shop building was on fire in the afternoon, but thU was at once discovered and, as was sup posed, extinguished; but, as there had been no fin in the furnace in the evening, and as nearly the whole side of the building, inside of the weather-boarding, proved to be on fire when the fWnia broke through, it must have been only smothered. But for the fact that that wc had a drizzly evening, and that eve ry thing combustible was wet, wc should, without doubt, have been called upon to re cord a much greater destruction of property. We have not heard the loss of either gentle man estimated. Mr. Baker is insured in the Monroe Mutual for 2,300 five hundred dollars of which is on building and eight een hundred on stock. Mr. Drake is insured in the Columbia Insurance Company, of l,an cistcr County for 81,300 one thousind dol lars of which is on buildin; an! three hun dred on furniture. Mis Diets, who occu pied the lower front room of Mr. Drake building, as a millinery shop, is reported to have lost abcut 300 worth of goods. We regret being called upon to record, in this connection, that we have, residing, in our midst and neighborhood, men, at least bearing the outward resemblance to human beings, who are so lost to every sense of lion, or, henefcty, and decency, as net to hesitate, on such occasions, to add to the calamity which has befallen their fellow-men, by steal ing the goods saved from the devouring ele ment. This contemptible meanness was prac tised on Tuesday evening to such an extent, that, probably, as much personal property was stolen as was destroyed by the fire. It is a great pity that such disgraces to humanity coo Id net be discovered and punished, and for the time being, at least wiped out. Though our firemen did as well as could be expected under th circurru-tances, and ceserve credit for zeal and hard labor, and a uui ruvv.v-oa.ui comuax. wun the names, we would suggest that a little more practice in the use cf Engine, Hose and Hook and Lad ders, would not detract an iota from the ef ficiency of the Phoenix. Tim r. r r,. m J Wt UIC 41 y pears to create so much confusion amon the boys, that valuable time is wasted before the fire apparatus is even started from the house. It was from this cause, we presume, that the fire bell was not heard on Tuesday evening, and that the Pho-mx was rather behind time in reaching the scene of dieaster. Weekly or semi-monthly practising would so diffuse discipline in the boys as to do away with this in the future. "The Jeffersonian." Under the above caption our neighbor of the Democrat, indulged a column and a half of stuff, gotten up in his best vain, in his papor of last week. From the va riagatcd style of the article, we judge that both pretending saints and unpretending sinners were called to the rescue; and a slashing time they, must have had of it. Ourcorrespondent "Observer" so well ex poses the blackguardism of the concern, and so thoroughly routes its array of pretend ed facts, that we find but little left for us to notice. One point made by our neigh bor strikes us so comically that wc can not forbear noticing it. He says " The publisher of the Jeff, not being able to attend to the editing of his paper himself, hires," it done- Now, if this were true, it would, certainly, be a perfectly legiti mate transaction ; and as hiring presup poses paying, the articles would become his, in fact and in law. Admit the charge and wc claim that we have always used our oicn property, in our efforts to cater to the public, and have never dealt in sto len goods. The case, with our neighbor is somewhat different. Ever since the Democrat fell into his hands, he has kept his leading columns well filled with lead ed articles, of the best quality tho Demo cratic matket afforded. He was not "able to attend to the editing of the paper him self," nor was he willing to hire a " non descrijit," or any other script to do it for him. Put there the articles were. And how, reader, do you suppose they got there ! Why, our neighbor stole them body and breeches, from his exchanges and foisted them upon bis subscribers as his own productions, as a reference to the files of the New York World, and papers of like kiJney, will show. Occasionally there was an effort at patch-working, but as with the article under consideration that kind of plagiarism, in bis hands, al ways proved a failure the tips of the long ears of the animal always showing themselves above the covering. There is nothing that this effort of ocr neighbor so much recalls to mind, as the plan, adopted by the mot silly of our school day play mates, to overcome an antagonist of rather more mental or cor pora! stamius. When used up cither in a fight or argument, after securing a safe distance, they geuerally took satisfaction in face mukinir and calling names. Oar neighbor has not yet out-grown this habit but we are in hopes of being able to teach him better by and by. And as there were repeatcdfailurcs on the part of those who practiced this plan in our school boy days we must now even look for failures in our neighbor's experience, as a case in point to be found in his last effort will show In speaking of Observer, he calls him "some nigger", hugging fool." He may have considcrod this a stunner; but, we imagine he will not thirrk so much of it when we assure him that the only ap proach to " nigger hugging," in this neighborhood, that wc have heard of, was that in which be, himself, appeared in interesting tableaux with a "young Amer ican citizen of African decent" during one of the exhibitions, at tbc Court House, a few days ago. Not being in the pro gramme, the spectacle was looked upon with amazement, which alone prevented deserved applause. New Hampshire. " The Democracy of New Hampshire gained eight hundred votes and twenty-four members of the Legislature. Had it not been for Radical frauds they would have swept every thing." Monroe Democrat of April 9th. Why, neighbor, go to New Hampshire to look for frauds, where none have yet been proven? Why not let the politi cians of that State " skin their own skunks, and attend to such matter nearer home, where the facts have al ready been sworn to? It is charged that five thousand bogus naturalization papers were manufactured in Luzerne County, and employed in the Democratic interest last fall, in Pennsylvania, and the assertion has never teen aulhoritively denied. If the charge is true, as Judge Sharswood was elected by less than 1,000 majority, every single vote of that ma jority was a fraud upon the ballot-box, and assisted in cheating the people out of their bona fide selection of Judge Williams. One O'Meara, a Democrat oi the first water, swears positively that fraudulent naturalization papers were used in Clearfield County, that these who voted on these papers had used a certain kind of ticket, and that, because he knew of these facts, he had been paid 6500 by a Catholic Priest of Clearfield County to leave the State, so as not to appear and testify to the fraud. Father Tracy, the Catholic Priest alluded to, comas up and swears that be paid O'Meara the $500 for the purposes set forth in O'Meara's testi mony. ' Now here is a fraud fully made out and' proven unmistakably fixed upon the Democratic party, its State Committee, its priesthood, and its subor dinates appointed to .manipulate the ma chine. The fraud is here at home, ' and tbc evidence at hand. Why not take the hide off this Democratic skunk, instead of runninsr awav to Netr ffiimnahir where partifi sre so well able to take care ot themselves I tome, neiguuor, ust make an honest effort to sweep the dirt away from your own door before you tackle that which you allege, without proof, lies at the door of the Padicals of New Hampshire. This thing of rogues crying " stop thief I " while they have their bands in the pockets cf their neigb. bors, is about played out, and deceives no one. The Registry Law. The Registry Law which passed the Legislature, and received the signature of the Governor, a few days ago, appears to rankle as a thorn in tho side of our Democratic friends. They are hopping mad about it; denounce it as a political crime of enormous dimensions; as de signed to operate against the interests of the poor man, with lots of other fustian and fanfaronade. We opine, however, that the amount of political capital they will make out of this abuse aud condem nation of a just law will hardly add much to the official wealth of the party. We arc certain, indeed, that they will lose by the law, for its very object is to prevent the very fraud by which tho Democracy boned to. some dav. cheat itself into 4 power. With this law in operation and faithfully enforced, the day of fair elec tions will at once be inaugurated, and the Democracy will be compelled to bid good by to all the aid which they have, here tofore, received from fraudulent naturali zation papers, the colonization of voters and the thousand and one petty tricks by which they have been enabled to make a show of a fight and gain an occasions success. In the language of a llcpubli can cotemporary "The Registry Law allows all men to vote who are legal vo tcrs. It aims to ex'clude the ballots o all men who arc not legal voters. Whether this will elect the Republican or the Democratic ticket, it is riyht, and the man who objects to it gives " prima facie evidence that he an advocate of illega voting." The following prices (reduced to Amer ican currency) are taken from Advertise mentd in the Derbg and Derbyshire ua zettc, Lngland: " Overcoata, 87; men's boots. &2.?5 women's boots, $1.25; full black dres suit $15.50; blanket, good size and all wool $2.75 the piir; sheets, very heavy am good size, 90 cent the fair; good gray cal icoes, 4 cents per yard. " Whit a misfortune it would be for our people' if they should be allowed to get their clothes, etc., at such prices. That is, the protectionists say so." Monroe Democrat The above are Democratic prices for manufactured goods, and are suggestive of the wages which would accrue to me chanics aud laborers, should the Demo cratic party ever again be permitted to run the machinery of the Government Free Trade is a closely hujrged principle of Democracy, advocated for the alvant age of Rritish manufactures, and for the destruction of Domestic manufactures " Ten cents a day, and sheep's head and pluck," was the battle-cry of J. P., the old public functionary; and his satellites to this day, have neither forgotten nor abandoned it. The working men of the country, however, we opine, will not so readily fall in love with the doctrine From 52 50 to $3.25 per day for skilled mechanics, and 1.50 to $2.00 for labor ing men isa much better panacea for the ills that flesh is heir to. $7 for an overcoat! How much of that falls to the share of the Jour Taylor, and how much to the hands who manufactured the cloth? $2.75 for men's boots! How much does the Jour Tanner and the Jour Shoemaker get ol that? Why, a share so small that you might put it in your eye, and hardly feel the incumbrance. Put, reader, Do mocracy holds up such prices as a tcjinpt ing bait to your cupidity, in hopes of drawing you to its support over the ruins of your beat interests. Will you be tempted? or will you rebuko the knavss? Let your votes answer. Short-Lived Presidents. It i a singular fact I hat no President, ex cept those cho en by the Democracy, his, since the time of John Q. Adams, lived nut the term for jvh:ch he was elected." Demo cratic exchange. Not so aiugular after all, when wc re flect that after tho Democracy bad got their hands in, by practicing upon Presi dents Harrison and Taylor, they looked upon the matter of short-lived Presidents so much as a matter of course that they cauio very near finishing " Old Puck " by the same means poison. In Presi dent Lincoln's case they substituted the pistol, and we should not be greatly sur prised if, for the purpose of creating a furore in their behalf, they continued the practice in A. J.'s case. News from the Plains. St. Locrs, April 12. Yesterday re turns were received at Geu. Sherman's headquarters from Forts Laramie. Ran dall, Riley,- Soelling, and Kearney, con- taming statements inai no eveuts or tin portanee had occurred during the month. A l ort Perthould letter, dated March 2, says : " The Indians here are starving; there havo been thirteen deaths no to this time, and prospects of a cood many more dying before spring for want of something to eat. Thev have eaten all their dogs, a great many of their horses and mules, and are killing them daily for suou, iu rutiniu mo nven oi ineir crimiren. The Editorial sanctum of the Democrat must have been in a ferocious ferment when the Jeffersonian, containing my last article, was ushered in. ' The result of said fermentation, were the two articles which appeared in last week's Democrat, one as an editorial and the other as a communication from West." On account of the individual who wrote the editorial, I think it a great pity that he and " West " did not confef together before sending their articles to press, for " West," iu endeavoring to hit me, punched him most unmercifully and missed me altogether. " West " styles " vile personality ' the " skunk's mode of warfare," and as there was no ' vile personality " in my article. but as the Democrat Editorial was ful of it, he flings his venom in the face of his colleague and misses me entirely. If the Editor should particularly desire " personality " I think I could sift out a chapter that would be " vile " enough to suit him, from his own proceedings since he came to Stroudsburg, and show him up in a way that might prove more interesting to the public than pleasant to him. Put I do not desire to do it, for the reason that one cannot take hold of dirty things without soiling their hands. The Editor says, " We can appreciate a sound article on any subject if the au thor has grounds for his assertions, but when it comes to downright blackguard ism then we think, with all good think iug and peaceable men, we have reason to detest and condemn." Then he starts out to erive us a " sound article." and in the second and third lines calls me a " nigger hugging fool," says would belong to " thieves and cut throats " if I had brains enough to get myself en ginecrcd into the ring " at Washington, and pronounces the synopsis of a Report made by Gen. Howard a dowuright libel, and me ' at best an Ignoramus." Now let us seo whether that is a " sound " ar ticle, or blackguardism, that, to use hi? own words, is to be detested and con demncd, or, io the language of " West," is the " skunk's mode of warfare." The advocating of right and justice to the negro does not prove that I am any mere a " nigger-hugging fool " than the denying of it docs that you arc a black guard, nor quite as much. The assertion, that I would belong to " thieves and cut throats " if I could, in not only uncalled for but uogentlemanly in the extreme, and would meet its just reward if uttered to my face. The a?scrtiou, that my statement, that the number of whites who cliiui assist ance and protection from the Bureau, ex ceeded the negroes, was a downright libel. I am prepared to confute by quoting from Gen. Howard's Report the following stat istics : " Exhibit of the amount of provisions iued and the number cf destitute receiving sup plies on account cf special relief lund. as reported by the officers and agents, tc, &c Whites. North Carolina, 4,357 South Carolina, 19,124 Georgia, i9,02;) Alabama, 3.2U-! Mississippi,' 4,491 Arkansas, 2,007 CoPd. 2,495 35,698 42.787 2,23i) 1,021 1.U07 Aggregate, 01,002 60,25? Now, if my statement was a " Down right Libel," I do not know what your denial of these statistics would be called. The assertion, that I am an Tgnoramus at best, you substantiate bravely by allow ing me to show you that I knew more about what I was talking of (the Freed men's Pureau) than you did. Here, then, I think I have shown that your edi torial is not a "sound article," but blackguardism, and calls, therefore, to use your own language, for the condem nation of all " good-thinking, peaceable men." Perhaps If yoa will take the trouble to read Gen. Howard's Report you will find some other matters which would make good editorials for your next edition. Here is One which will offset some of the numerous articles which have made their appearance in your sheet, headed " nc gro outrages," &c, Sic, and this has the merit of coming from Gen. Howard: "From Juno 1 to Oct 1 there were re ported twenty-five murders of freed people. thirty-five cases of assault wiih intent to kill, eighty-three cases cf assjult and bit- tery, four of rape, and four of arien all these were committed by whites. Not one of the murderers, Gen. Curlin reports a Mm nss suticred tho penalty of the law; but few of the criminals have received adequate pun ishment while the majority have escaped all punishment whatever." This was iu Tennessee alone. Very likely that a whito man would have in justice done him ia such a place I should imagine, indeed. Oa tho whole, I nm, inclined to think that the best proof of tho Editor's igno ran co is, that he is not posted on a sub ject he so frequently delights to harp on (tho Frcedmen's Pureau), and that he needs the ." Poston school uiarm"1to teach him some other than the " skunk's mode of warfare." OnsEUVER.'" The four largest States in the Uuion are Texas; 274.35G square miles; Cali rornia, 183,981 square miles ; Nevada, 1 12,090 square miles, aud Colorado, 101,- 500 square miles. From Weekly State Guard, n78tb. - The Contested Election Case. The Committee in the Robison-Shugart contested' election case, made its report Friday in favorof the contestant, and at 12 o'cloek.m., the Speaker administered tho. oath toJohnII. Robinson, who took his seat as a Senator from the Twenty CrsC District. - This was not only the longest but in many respects the most remaikablc con tested election case ever tried iu the Le gislature. The petition was presented to the Senate on the first day ot the tsion, aud on the iHh day of Jamisry the Corn- i . . i. . . it muice tjs urawn. r rum mat uiuc un til yesterday, the Committee wa enga ged laboriously in the investigation, hav- tii2 held from two to three se.-sion daily, during which they took the testimony of witnesses, recounted ballot boxes, hear'i the arguments ol couo;eJ, eaarsined re cords, papers, &c. The evideot'c" of three" hundred and eighty witnesses, with the1 nccessery minutes of the Committed. Willi constitute a printed volume as large a the Journal of the Senate, and will afford some proximate idea of the vat labor performed by the Committee. The mem bers deserve great credit for their per severing industry The nm.st material and importment ground of contest was the fraud perpetrat- ed at Philipsburg, io Centre county, by the importation of foreigners. A hrge number of Irish Jabonrs.ho were working on a railroad iu the adjoining county, were brought over the Hue about ten days before the election and quarted in Phil lipsburg, iu the hotel, where they were kept until the fraud was consummated, when they returned to their work in the other county. They were unnaturalized foreigners, and were led up to the polls on the day of the election, like so many sheep to the shambles. Forged paper were procured iu Luzerne county, where, it was proved, the were lying about loose, bearing the seal of the court, and signed by M. I. Philbin, prothouotary. They were sent up by "a lawyer" from Phil adelphia, put in the hands of one Mark Lcddy a "boss" on the railroad, and after being soaked in coffee to give them the appearance of aire, they were distributed to the men to produce at the polla as the evidence of their right to vote The poor dupes were led up, one after another, by the Irish "bouse," (having nlsi been furnished with tickets specially prepared for the purpose by one Sheriff Perks,) and were made to perjure theoiselves by swearing to their papers and residence, in order to vote the Dem ocratic ticket. A more gross aud infa tnou.s fraud was never perpetrated in the Commonwealth. As soon as it was known that the elec tion would be contested, the authors and perpetrators of this iniquity attempted to bribe the most important witness to leave the State, employing for this pur pose a Catholic priest named Tracy, who-was- produced on the stand and testified; that after corresponding with the Chair man of the Democratic State Central Com mittee, be paid the witness $b)j to leave the State and remain absent until the in vestigation was over. Another -.vitness, named Jones, alter he was subpoenaed by the Sergeant at. Arms, was hidden a- way in a stable, and his food carried to him daily from the hotel where a majori ty of the Irishmen had been quartered. Still another witness, after he was actual ly on his way, was slipped out ot the car, from the very presence of the officer, by one of the contractors, who had under his control, the wretched instrument of the fraud. Our readers will remember, that another witness, after he te-aitisd bc !orc the committee, w;i umr iered in cold blood while on hs return bvu:e. Fraud, perjury, bribery aud murder all legiti mate C'ir.scq nonces of the taetic nf the Democratic State Central Oi-muiirtee. What a fearful .responsibility rents uj'n the shoulders of the man who made the contract for enough votes to carry the Twenty fiot Senatorial District? Peforc, an 1 during, aud after the frixl, every means were resorted to by the De-niO'ia-y to present the truth being brough to light. When all orher effort failed they brought enorm us .unm of money h?re and attempted to tamper with the committee. The tongue of ruror was busy with the uanies of Republican; members cf the committee. iVMtes'iouxr borers of the Democratic stamp, who hive infested and tlisgravi sb Capital ' for years, were insidiously whispering that money would tecuie ibe sitting member in bjs seat in the taee of !l the evidence of crime, f raud aud iniquity. Put they counted without their host, and the re sult fully vindicates the members of tho committee, showing that they lairly, faith tully and coaacicutiouIy discharged their whole duty. Our friends throughout the State aro iudebted for the result ef this contest,, and the development of thi stupendous, fraud, to the untiring zeal, cccrgy, and'; ability of the counsel for the contestant,. Messrs. John Cessna, of Pcdlord county, and II. Pucher Swope, of Clearfield coun ty. Counsel in no election case ou re-, cord in tho nrehieves of Pennsylvania, disp'ayed superior ability than that exhibi ted by these Icul geirlemei). '1 hey made, procedents in this ease which are destin ed to be of groat force in future siuillir. actions before a legislative c miniitee, and what they did iu vindication of Rc- publican principles, in sustaining the, character ot Republican courage, and in, enforcing the power of law and justice, entitle them to the gratitude of the Re publicans of Pennsylvania. ITS GOOD EFFECTS' AKE TEIIM.V nrnt. In this it difiers from all hair dyes. Dv its use luxuricnt growth is cua rented. natural coloi aud gloss are restored. -Ono trial will cause you to say thi-cf Mr, S. A, Allen'u Impbovkd (new stuh) Hair Rc- torer or Dressing, (in ouc ioiile.) Every Druggist sells it. 1'nce One uoiiar. The followiog figures show the condi tion of tho Methodist Episcopal denota tion in Philadelphia. Fifty churche3- 15.977 members, 2.25b probationers, 213 baptisms during the past year, value. of church property,- I, luZUU, coum-, buttons dining tho past year, ?237,0131
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