in 4 r. fc'f: ' IK ? .-,, ft! 'II U! I: ii I! ll. 5IIc ifcffcvscuuan THTJE8DAY, TEBRTJAE.Y 2G-, 1674. WKTID, OOpie of the jEFJTBSOSLAif, as follow: No. 15, date ct July 28th, 1S70, and Ho. 2b, date of October 7th, 1670. Ae we deeire these number to complete our filea we lim.ll feel greatly obliged, and cheerfully re ward any one who will bring them to thi office. TIIEO. SCIIOCII, Publisher. 8-Under the head of "The School Qjostion," a correspondent in yesterday's Democrat, undertakes to set the matter of the selling the Acidarcy property and the borrowing of $15,000 for the purpose of erecting a new school house, in zpah light, before the people. With "educate your children's" account of the school dolt, or who contracted it we do not design to cavil. Others who have examined into the matter, however, do not hesitate to ?ay that his as sertions do not amount to facts in the case, and a comparison of the booka of the Hoard of Directors, and the amount of the duplicate collected with the actual expenses of the schools would rather lead to thij view, and to the conclusion that it would require a nice little sum leyond the $200 to cover the actual dolt contracted each year since 1S71. With the balance of "educate your chil dren V article we fee! more inclined to take issue. It will not do to 5ay that in what was said relative to the selling and Ion-owing "the IXard has been entirely niisrcpre- Fonied," in view of the facto that notice of iutenJcd application for power to sell and rower to Lorror.- for school and L uilding pur- poses Ins appeared under the signatures of the 'resident of tho Board of School Direc t"rs, in botti th'2 county papers, for the last l!ur wec!;s ; and !:) view of that other fact, that there was hidden behind the curt'n, a ; revision of law authorizing the sale of the outside school buildings fur the same pur pose ; and in view of'that still other fact that a building tax of eight mills on the dollar has I ceo laid, ami partially collected at ieast, for two years. Notwithstanding the assertion of "educate your children," that the Board pevcr intended ;itu burden the borouch with a debt of from $15,UJ'J to $25,000 for the purpose of erecting a fancy school house,'' .it i plainly patent that they did intend to do that or something worse. Else why want to s:ll or borrow at all ? "Kdueate your children" says, the Board proposed "to have an act passed to give it the right to borrow $15,000." "If it could succeed " in this "then it intended to take into consider ition what ought to be done." This is the veriest boh immaginable, and tr'y employed because a bettor excuse could lot, on the spur of the moment, be invented to meet the stern condemnation of outraged tiT-pnycr?. who were to have been run into almost hopeless debt without a why or vhcrofore. If the Board had no plan for a tihool house why move in that direction v-rhmt consultation with the tax -payers, rnd Ufore a plan was matured? And ii ''.h B'..-ird would be very glad if it could fcivp its scholars tbi requisite accommoda tions," why not examine the old l-HJing with a view to repairs and enlarge ment if necessary before talking about sell ing out the old and borrowing $15,000 with v.Mch to build new. The fact is "educate your children's" explanations are a fudge, and so silly as to be unworthy of a corres pondent even of the Monroe Democrat. iiut "educate your children," has an axe to rviad. and this school LuiHing defence is but the sfor.c upon which he intends to wet up the implement. "Our little Ex-Judge" k- he calls him has had a share in marring his darling pr j-'ct. an J he must have a pan-jh for his temerity. The "little Ex Judge" did have a finger in the spoiling of fhat hash, and he is willing to confess that ha thought of it "does him proud." He never laid a straw in the way of the educa tional interests of this community, but has lwaj's felt happy when it was in his power to advance them. But he did not feel that the unnecessary selling of property and the unnecessary increasing of our public debt was the best means of advancing those interests and hence 'he apposed them. It was certainly his right to do so and he enter tains no regret over his action. That the "little Ex-Judge" possibly failed to secure for some "of his grown-up chil dren" the brilliant intellectual light which illumines the towering brain of "educate your children," may be his misfortune. It certainly was neither his fault nor desire. Bat whether his grown-up children can "write their own names legibly" or "set type from manuscript copy," is not a question in he matter of selling the Acadamy property and creating a debt of $15,000 unnecessarily. That is a question outside of the issue, and wc cannot but feel that its introduction was more a reflection on the vehicle through which "educate your children" forced it upon the public than on us. We know that wc have no one in our ofnee who cannot write hi name legibly ; and the repeated assertions of authors are authority for our saying that manuscripts Kent to theJeffer- Bonian are always put in type correctly. It is the Demmrat which has earned an unen viable uotoriety for its slaughter of both the ideas and the EfrgHsh of writers who have trusted their earer'afty prepared articles to its tender mercies, in .proof of which many cases might be cited.- But enough. We dt-preeate a newspaper controversy over thi watte? a.s much as "educate your children" possibly can, and we, consequently,- end this controversy right here. All Franklin County, Vt , has teeu agitated by a Lwsait io whreh ihc plain tiff eVroed ! 17 aod received judgem ni for tl 12. iriiziihcivti Tiniicringr. Congress has now been in session for near ly three months, and notwithstanding there has been "much big talk1' on the financial situation and some little voting," but little has Leon done toward settling the financial affairs of the country. Each member ap pears to be impressed with the idea that he is a financial tinker, and that his peculiar and particular province is to solder up old cracks and, where the matter thows too much use, "new bottom the old rans" which, since the commencement of collossal fortune making, held the greenbacks. In conse quence of this idea we have all sorts of plans for "the relief of the people" for the "building up of tho business interests of the country" and, yet, not a single effort has been put forth that does not show a complete piece of Lotchwork on the part of the mani pulator and that would not have secured the peremptory discharge of a journeyman who should be guilty of the same kind of botch work in any mechanical branch of business. The business interests of th country are governed by fixed and unmistakable laws. This the experience of all ages shows to be the fact, and no action of Congress can alter them. When over trading is persisted in to a certain extent, reaction is as sure to set in as night is sure to succeed day, and it is the same with over money making. It is always the grasp at the one dollar more, which leaves the millionaire the penniless man of the street, and makes way for those behind him to come to the front. Tho object of the Congressional tinker is to change this course of things by a futile attempt to change the natural course of events. More green backs, says he, would enable the bloated money bag to hold its own and in conse quence more greenbacks we must have. And yet., all experience shows that if it 1101 u f oa certainly deterred lor a vcrv s;;ari i;mp. xne smasn must come and the only additional attendant upon its final consummation is that ethers arc drawn into the vertex who would otherwise have weathered the storm. Alt the experience of the business world renders it cstcntial that there should be some foundation for valves. Gold has always occupied this position heretofore because be ing the most precious of metals it more nearly represented the extreme of value. It will not be denied that the more nearly we approach gold the more sure are the results of business operations. And 3-ct Congres sional tinkers would attempt to bring mone tary relief to the country by going still farther from the gold basis than we have ever been. The state of affairs last fall was but the re ult of the natural effort of business to equa lize itself to bring currency nearer to a par with gold. There had been too much over trading and more speculation based on mere fictitious value. The bartrins and sales of years had been based upon collaterals which were worthless save as public confidence held them good ; and it needed but a whimper ot suspicion to render them worthless indeed. The slight failures of August shook the foundation, and it only needed the collapse of Jay Cooke & Co., to bring the whole financial fabric to the ground. And there was where the time for action came in, not as Secretary Ilichardson inaugurated it, and the Congressional tinkers would now in augurate it, by opening tho flood gates of tho greenback presses upon the Treasury, but by letting the times sewrcly alone in their efforts to right themselves and by allowing the only remedy that could be certain and enduring to take possession of the situation. There would have been more smashing and howl ing more rich men might have been com pelled to look to labor as a means of support but the legitimate business of the country would have risen from the ordeal, bright and burnished as new gold from the h:ndsofthe refiner. The day of relief to the country, financially, wa3 inaugurated in the failures of last fall, and if the matter had not been interfered with we should now be experiencing the bless ings of specie resumption, a.s exhibited in a firm, onward march towards a solid business prosperity. The Congressional tinkers should look this matter squarely in the face with a view to a full appreciation of the de mands of the situation. If they do this they cannot fail to preceive that if we would build our financial prosperity on a rock, wc must do it hy contraction, and by a speedy return to the time when the dollar in greenbacks will be truly the representative of tho dollar in gold and silver. It is high time that we give up the illegitimate idea that gold commands a premium, and accept in its stead, the legit imate one that greenbacks are a depreciable currency. We have lived too long in infla tion, and it is time wc begin to think of a collapse. JCcsT The very best conducted, and most readable of our Country exchanges is tho Easton Argv. Its poiiiies, it is true, is of the tangle-toot order, and we have not the shadow of a doubt but that its editorial brain would scintilate far more brilliantly out side of the lines of the "foul party," but in its selections, its locals and its general get up it is about as near perfection as could be expec ted from human c We have not long enjoyed its acquaintance, but we look for it every Wednesday as anxiously as we look for our dinner when hungry. Our readers should make a note of this to serve them when desiring an excellent democratic paper. Its politics, we are pleased to observe is not of the snappish order of Democracy. ftaT" For a spicy and thoroughly Republi can sheet, commend us to the Pittsburg Commercial, by all odds the best paper pub lished in the West. There is no room for mistaking the political standing of the Com mirciil, and it would be well if a portion of its honest, whole souled spirit could be iu fused into some of our Eastern City Dailies. Though Republican to the back bone the Commercial is not wholly given to politics a large portion of the paper being filled with new of ths litest and most reliable character. The I2n. IVlIUam II. &lmih!bk. The ffcntlemun whose name heads this article is just now in rather bad order with the honorable world, whether deservedly so is. a question for time and the law to de termine. He is charged with an effort to levy blackmail upon the banking institutions of the St;te, through an alleged endeavor to secure the repeal of the usury laws, and with using the United States mails for the purpose of securing a successful swiudle. Tor the first offense he was brought under the searching eye of an investigating com mittee, but he attempts to take time by the forelock by resigning his membership in the Legislature. For the second offense he is under arrest, and will be tried before the Uuited States Qpurt in Philadelphia, and here he will be compelled to stand the brunt, we hope with complete acquittal of the charge. Mr. Dimmick was the representative of our neighboring District of Pike and Wayne, an J wo cannot but believe uow as we believed when wc heard of his nomination that it would have been much better if the stalwart and unterrified democracy of that district had been content with Bub Wells and let Dimmick slide. Dimmick was a member in former years, and we do not remember that he reflected much credit upon his constituents even then. Indeed, if our memory serves us, there was something in connection with the $10,000 bonus which the New York and Erie Railroad paid annu ally for the right of way through Pennsylva nia which was not looked upon as the most reputable thing under heaven. The fact of the business is that Dimmick has never been much else than a political trimmer, and, wo presume never regretted any act of his life so much as his failure to vote himself the nominee of the democracy uf this district in the conference at Easton some four years ago when the Hon. John B. Storm was nominated. How it happened that the Republicans of that district were trapped into his nomination, jointly with the Democrats, for representative, is more thau we can imagine. They would doubtless have been defeated in opposition to him, but they have certainly secured no victory of honesty or principle with him, and they would be better off to-day if they had never known him. They cannot handily divest themselves of the obloquy growing out of his charged escopade, and they can be assured that Republicans elsewhere claim no share of the funeral, and will indulge in no share of the mourning. We, as we said before, hope the Hon. gentleman from Wayne and Pike will be able to clerr his skirts to the satisfaction of j Judge Cadwaladcr and his jury, as thereby j hangs the- decision as to whether the "lion." j means honorable or"honery." j We hope the lesson, let the case go as it j may, may be well learned by Republicans j everywhere that there is danger in every cf- j fort of Republicans to join forces with Demo- j crats, as was the case in Pike and Wayne, i merely to skin the skunks of the latter. You j cannot touch pitch without becoming defiled, j neither can you come within the range of: "escense pedlars" without securing more of j the pungent perfume . than you bargained ' for. &iCoNfutEss has just passed two im- ! portant bills relating to United States laws. One amends the law so that the maximum : penalty for manslaughter shall be twenty years, instead of ten. The second permits persons charged with crime to testify in their own behalf. fear'OL'K neighbor of the Democrat. Amandus Orevus, assumed a new ro!con Tuesday evening. lie sustained the char acter of "Punch" at Myers' Varieties in Williams' Hall with great acceptance to the large and appreciative audience present. His pantomimic qualities are really surpris ing. If wc were called upon to point out the comfortable, cosey and profitable business place of Stroudsburg, our finger would in voluntarily point to the establishment of Drehcr & Brother, second door west of the JefFersonian office, as the place. There is no "fuss and feathers" about the establishment, and tho daily receipt of goods in a quiet unpretending way, and the daily influx of customers who drop in, call for what they want, are speedily and carefully waited on and then go without noise and confusion to where business calls them, all go to show that our finger would by no means point in the wrong direction. The fact is that George II. aud Edward B., the brothers of the firm, are men of business who understand their business, and the public in appreciation of this understanding like to, and do, deal with them. This is neither a paid nor a solicited puff, but a voluntary acknowledgement of the merits of a firm, comparatively young in years, yet which deserves to be ranked as a most proper business example for either young or old to follow. The brothers are intent on honorable money making, but they do not forget that they are tho obliged ones when customers call to see them. Judge Dkkiikr in his charge to the Grand Jur', on Monday last, took occasion to give Constables a hint as to their duty in dealing with Calithumpian Bands and Drum Corps, found parading the streets and render ing night hideous at unseasonable hours to the great disturbance of the quiet of the town, and annoyance of its inhabitants. Stroudsburg's experience of late has been such, that its denizens will, doubtless, thank the Judge for this opportune reference to the matter, and thank him still more if his hint has the effect of inducing our police to abate the nuisiance, and bring its authors to punishment. ' Another shooting match ison the tapis and about settled for Saturday afternoon. The contestants are an amateur "sport" from New Jersey, and one of our town laddies. The match to cover eleven birds each and twenty-one feet rise. A display of rare iport and ikil! is expected. Where's Bcrgh The sparrows are mating. Tux bi'JC birds have cPmc. Only two days remain until Spring. Rainy and gloomy was last Sunday. : Nobuy little hats are worn by our young ladies. Mrs. Peter Williams has a dwarf cherry tree in full blossom. Of course it was house-nurtured. The Harrisburg Cemetery contains the remains of four Governors Findlay, Wolf, Porter and Geary. SraouDSCt'ua lias an Opera House. So nays the advance agent of a wandering band of minstrels iu Vis posters. The improvements in our poatoffice are decided and neat Simon displayed extra good taste in the matters of paint and fix tures. Monday was a spring-like da', but on Tuesday winter partially asserted her right to the season again and on Wednesday we had an old-fashioned snow-storm. With a population of nearly 3,0U0 souls plentifully besprinkled with musical talent, Stroudsburg does more blowing and makes less music than any town we know of. Or R town and vicinity will start the Spring season with a full supply of English sparrows. There are hundreds in this borough and vicinity, and the prospects are that these will be increased to thousands in the fall. The new borough and township ofiiccrs elected on the 17th, will take charge of their respective official duties on the 1st of April next. We will publish the names of the officers elect, in the several townships, in The Brass Band attached to Myers' Variety Troupe made our town lively on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The band proformed well and demonstrated that there is nothing like music to stir up the ideas of the people. -o Court made our town quite lively for several days this week Main street on Monday and Tuesday, from the number of vehicles passing to and fro, and halted in front of the stores, presenting very much the appearance of Broadway, in our subur ban viliace of New York. A strong western fcaver is attacking a number of our young bloods, and its said a host of tnem will migrate thitherwards in the spring. That is right boys. There is plenty of room out there. In the emphatic language of the lamented Greely, we would say to all our young men who lack employ ment. Go West, boys, go West. A Veteran Tree. Mr. Stephen II. Peters, of Barrett township, this county has on his farm an apple tree which measurers 14 feet 10 inches around the trunk. The tree was planted before the Revolutionary War, and is, therefore, fully 100 years old. In 1S72 Mr. Peters gathered forty bushels of apples off of the venerable patriarch. Benjamin J. Van Cott, has sold his "Lackawanna lIouse,"at East Stroudsburg, to Mr. John Barlow, fur the sum of $S,000. We regret to lose so excellent a landlord as Mr. Van Cott from this neighborhood, but presume that he looked to it that a worthy sue cessor was secured. We understand that Mr. Barlow has had considerable experience in keeping Hotel. Washington's birthday passed off on Sunday last without note in this neighbor hood. The Rev. Daniels, at the Hamilton church, made it the occasion for a most elo quent and impressive discourse on the re ligious life and character of him who was "first in peace, first iu war and first in the hearts of his countrymen," and we cannot but conceive that the ide i was a good one. Personal. We were pleased at tho op portunity afforded us on Tuesday, of taking by the hand a former citizen of this county, in the person of J. II. Ilauscr, Esq. It is some twenty-five years since Mr. H. left Monroe county and settled in the far West. That the air of the Prairies agrees with him is evident. Mr. Ilauscr is the senior mem ber of the law firm of Ilauscr & Colman, at Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. . A meeting of the supporters of the Normal School project, was held at the Court House on Friday evening last, to hear the report of the committee appointed to suggest a compromise with the East Strouds burg friends. The plan of compromise sug gested, we learn, was based upon the raising of $60,000 as a building fund, Stroudsburg to continue the canvass, with the whole country comprising the ground of operation, for four weeks, and if it fails then East Stroudsburg to try its hand to the work. In case of one borough succeeding the other is pledged to join heart and hand in the work. This embraces the plan as it was given to us. o Our townsman, J. Y. Sigafu, thinking, possibly, that he might accidentally entertain an angel by takinj a t ranger in, met the advancen of one who represented himself a member of the Depue family and a relative, on Saturday a wsek ago favorably and took him to hi home and fed and slept him until the following Tuesday. On the latter day "Mr. Depue" left for parts unknown, and the fact of his want of eacrcdneft was made manifest by the mysterious absence of a good pair of panU, a fine shirt and the best silk hat in the house, all belonging to Jacob, who is natisfied that the relationship is nothing to be proud of and that if he did entertain an angel it was one of the fallen kind. Mr. F. II. Herman Streekler, of Read ing, has a collection of butterflies contain iajj specimens from Africa, Greenland, Iceland, Siberia, Northeastern Asia, Alaska, Australia, and the Islands of the Southern seas. The performances of Fred. Myers' Variety and Dramatic Troupe, of Vi!feeibarre, Pa., at Williams' Hall, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings were excellent, and were received by crowded houses. Unusual with such exhibitions there waa a total ab sence of profanity and vulgarity and, in conse quence, the most fastidious taste present wa3 amucd without being shocked- or insulted. Such, an exhibition deserve patronage and wil! always receive it in Stroudsburg. For the pleasure derived from the exhibition our citi zens we learn are in indebted to Van Cott, the irrepressable. Having sold out his hotel property, and being temporarily on his oar," he could not keep idle, -and the coming of the Myert' troupe wns the result. Thanks to Cengamin J. for a fair of very pleasant even- Tiik terrible slaughter by the "mokes" came off as was announced on Saturday last Messrs. Williams and Henry came to the scratch like veteran "sports," but on the rising of the "innocents" a bird fever ap peared to seize them, and the result of the shooting was considerably like the old Methodist brother's religious experience, "not much to brag of." The match covered five birds each and twenty-one feet rise and resulted as follows : 1 2 3 4 5 Stephen Henry, O 0 O 1 01 John II. Williams, 0 0 1 0 01 Buckingham would have done better but in the excitement he forgot to cock his gun for the first two birds. We are in receipt of the second number of Vol. 2 of the Glofje, a periodical of more than ordinary merit, devoted to music and musical matters generally. The number be fore us contains besides musical miscellany, editorial note?, &c. a number of choice pieces of both secular and sacred music, bv such authors as Straus, Hamilton, Ford, B. f hu man, Shepherd, and Sufiern which are alone worth a years subscription price. Besides these the number is emLelihed with a most beautiful life-like portrait of the much lamented songstress, Euphrosyne Parcpa-Kosa, whose death ?o shocked the musical world last month. The subscription price is $1.00 per annum. Charles A. Atkmson, Publisher, 23 Liberty street New York. The publisher desires a live agent in Each town. COi'ltT lKOi:EDI.GS. The February term of the several Courts of this County commenced on Monday last. All the Judges being present on the Bench. The Grand Jury was organized by the ap pointment of Oscar Lakin, of Smithfield, foreman. After an impressive charge from Judge Drcher the Grand Jury retired to their room for the transaction of business. The returns of Constables, etc., having been received the Court proceeded to investigate the matters before it, as follows : The petitions for licenses for Hotels and Eating Houses were presented, when licenses were granted to the following named geutle mcn. Hotels. James K. Fenncr. Benjamin J. Van Cott, East Stroudsburg, Jo.siah Dowl ing, Coolbaugh, tsp.; Ephraim AUcmose, Tunkhannock. Eating Houses. Peter Born and Jesse Albert, Stroudsburg, Pa. Samuel Huffsmiths application for license to keep Hotel in Jackson township, was not presented to Court. There being a rcmon.lances against Chris tian Ilil'er's application for an Eating House! license, action upon it was postponed until Tuesday morning, so as to afford opportunity for both sides to be heard. In the matter of th? Commonwealth vs. Mathias Shaffer, for larceny, up for trial under new trial granted, after argument of Council the defendant was discharged from the custody of the Court, there being no grounds upon which he could be tried. The argument in the case of Christian Ililler's application for license occupied the whole of Tuesday morning, when without decision on the matter the Court proceeded! to the trial of The Commonwealth vs. Timothy ilel'er, indited for the murder of the lad Mnffley, near Krcsgcville; on the 20th of September last. The following Jurors comprise the pannel in this case: Timothy Marsh, Leon ard Lesoinc, Martin Place, Lewis Lessoine, John H. Toots, Nelson Detrick, Lewis Long, Stephen H. Peters, Michael M. Burnett, John Yetter, Godfrey Transue, William Ilalstcad. The Attorneys in the case are, for the Commonwealth Dist. Attorney D. S. Lee and Stephen Holmes, Jr., and for the Defense the lion's. John B. Storm, C. Burnett and James II. Walton. The Washington Reporter says : The wheat fields of Washington couHty never prcseutcd a more promising appearance at this time of the year thau they now do, and the heart of the husbandman is ac cordiujjly gladdened. The grass field also prcseut a Gue appoaranee, and utiles the high winds and severe frosts of March interfere, th next crop of grass aud grain will be large. Immigrants from Ireland are fettling iu North Carolina in large numbers, and the Legislature of tlmt State is about to abolish the Fourth of July and substi tute St. Patrick's day iu its place. It ii a remarkable fact that not a single iron craft built iu America has been wrecked, though our products in that line hafe to suffer from the accumulated di asters to British built iron ships. v - m There ii a wau in Kentucky who has, for several year past, ben diinkiug coai oil. He takes a teanpoonful at a dose, and he say ii has cured h'uu ol tho con' auinptiou. This is authentic. The defense of a Nora Scotia woman lately tried in Portland for bavin- two husband, was the uauie of the town she came from Pictou. According to the experience of pawu broke-re, th.a ij the hardest winter knowu in many years. Troni HHfr'isntirg. HARItrSKUitG, Feb. 21. 74 The week of Legislature is closing w ish 0) three days' work for the House, and two da for the Senate. The latter body being aj!f7j of the House- in its work, adjuurr.ed over vj. terday until next for.day evening. Th p"r;n" cipal business transacted in the Senate putting the Judicial apportionment ' ja through to third reading. In the IIoie;i greater part of the time has been consumed 'in speech making on the usury repealhi('an(j making the legal r;Ue of interest 7 per cei.'tmn This is an important subject ami excites con siderable attention and discussion. I Jo not pretend to understand enough about finales rates of interest, Ac.to enable me to arrive si any definate conclusion an to the '.vL-iou, 0f the proposed act. Two reason-, however, !caj me to doubt the expediency of th k;p, ' one is the fact that the iir.aucial ami .general prosperity of Pennsylvania compares favtratlv with any other State in the 1'i.inn, an.J Ro. withstanding our six per cent interen Jiw there has always been an abundance ol'capitaj at hand to develop the wonderful reset;.-of this great State. Another reason why I f.-el in.uMt-i j,, doubt the wisdom of the proposed bill j,r, evident fact that all or nearly all the Uhkj and bankers favor the bill, which Ic.ks ;H jr they, who bet understand the subject, ex; -ei.ttQ to draw vet more severely ujoii the- ns :ir. ei of those compel led to borrow ni..?:?,-,- fr,Jf time to time. Bunks arc unquestiwnal,; a great convenience and a commercial nece.vitv but have we not too much of the sh.ivjn-I business and not enough of the fair ami nece sary loan system upon good security an 1 at such rates as will enable mechanics ami trader to live and prosper. In some of our twr.? nearly ail the money parses thro!:;h the r.sur.cr ous shave-shops" and goes to the lamer one n the larger cities, where it finds its wav in;,, speculative channels. Hut, I am forgetting myself a it is ;r,v p!;r. pose only to give you a few hading i:t-r:is t;f news. A considerable sensation was created here yesterday by the discovery of a vtrv. cunningly concocted scheme to levy blac!;:nai; on the banks of the State. 1 'lie facts as Ur a known are as follows : The 1. ankers cf Har risburg issued a cin ular to d lib-rent lank 4 throughout the State, fctror.gly urging s;m of the usury repeal bill rc-:Vir;-! to. sua.f sharpers it seems, got hold of this circular a::,l had a number of additional eo: ics printed. r,::i also in connection wit!; it a cir'-n!; r si.rr.cJ ;,v the assumed name of' It. I!. libbon.'' iewh:' a tax upon each bank ::cc.,r ling to amount f capital for the purpose of walking the !.;; through the Legislature, and this bogus clre:: lar, wi:h the genuine one that was i-iueiU the Harrisbi'.iuz hunkers, was well calcula'el to deceive and five coatidenoe in '(ibbna,' being apparent! an cndor.-mer.: of ;!,e swindler. It is also positively a-s.r;..,l re quite a number of hanks have i cen dupeil. hv this trick, by forwarding the amounts of their "asses-tnents," to "Uibbon-,'" varying fr.ja: fv) to JfJoO, each. And the most interesting part of the b-: ncss is that it is almost to a certair.tv kr.cwa that the ''Gibbons'' circular i scheme of a member of the IIo the v.'orK er ' liepre- tentative, j he wr.oie sumcct is now hands of a committee of investigation, shall know more about it in a low davs 1:1 the vA e The indications are that the present sc-i vi will be a long one extending as far ; tin first of May, and possibly yet longer. Th machinery of legislation runs very slowly, though surely, and at the present rate of -,v(.rk-ing considering the fact that we are nearly a: the close of the sciond month, and tl;r.t all private and special bills can only he intro duced after they shall have been advertised thirty days, and that l lie first one eattr.'t reach the Legislature before the mid. be t f next month, as the bill providing the ruarrc of advertising only became a law a! tut: acetic ago considering ail thc-e delay. and ce tional checks ag:n-t undue haste, it barely possible that the Lcgi.dalure tar: s iourn before the first of Mar next. Ai..i thcr are vet a number of verv im or ;;: r. I inns to tc utspo.-eu o. me genera " : :- ; na tion ; the bills relating to corporations, ituu.vi palilies, taxation, legislative salaries. Au.. I see by your a; er thai Prof. Wh kelia:!t is going to address your people on the of Normal School. In this eorncxi ui it i::.v be proper to state that being intimately ac quainted with that gentleman and havi:ir luH. incidentally a conversation with ban e 1: ikt subject, I was pleased to P. am from h:r.i iaat his judgment is elccidcd'y for y 1 r viry de lightful locality as one of the very test m tl.f State for such an important instittttiem Al. vo'tr people need do is to gur.ru a-.iiust ,i"y disagreement among themselves in regard t this or that p-irtieiUar locality, nml re.-: :t--i:-ei that it makes no very great lifleer.ee w r. .:!" r the building is put up in this or that 1 art t: the same town. It can only stand 0:1 er.e : :. and if it goes to any part of Stroudsburg. ;.? town and its people will all share largely i- its benefits. Mr. Kistler, your meruKrl-i warm friend of the enterprise, and ;;s 1 from Mr. Wickcrsham, he strongly ad it in the pchevd department. I intended to refer to a few more ru.vti.r-i;. which your readers might feel interested I fear 1 am crowding upon your space. 1 wi.: only add that local option is receiving ('' siderable attention. Petitions fLr ar.d a ;::::.' repeal are coming in daily, from vari.u of the State. For a while it was c -n almost certain that reoea! would carrv. ; 1:: is not quite so certain r.ow. as the re:;' ' Kt ranees are gradually becoming more :.':r.: ous. I would say, juM iv.ov that e:a::n': . repeal or no repeal are about even. As ; " -the committee of the House is u e; rrol. peal has the inside track, and it U da::; also that the Senate committee is lit." way. If so, the friends of repeal haw :n: portant advantage. ! . . . A young Miehicandpr named Frost le came, enawored of a Mrs llamy a time ao, and the other night shot husband, who claitto 1 the riviV go'.nr home from a partv with wife, inCictiog, a serious woun 1. A 1 does not know any more wh e he must gain b?foie he pavf tlo '-' attentions to his vartter which wn so common. 11 tin .1. cV,.a CJ'f ful about thee thing The present amount of eun'em'.v ; culation is $778,000,000, of whiel. j - lv nild nan v v. e-tiMi iO.1.'-1 l ari national bank note, ami the res'' h $18,000,000 fractional currency. It took $11,5:15 73 t. run Hutiugdon county poor house last ve-i- JURY LIST, FEBRUARY, TERM 1 PKCONP WEEK. T Chain nth-til Sim pson Mcsteoer, Kresge William Frahle, George A-Lw"' m. Fenner. ,-.. Siroml&urg Jacob lb Miller, Wni. William Claris, Aaron Keiiner. Jlamilton Joseph A. lossard. An-'11'' ' sell, Andrew Keiser, John V.". .aha. , .. M. S';?i ith field William OvcrtV. Plare, Daniel H. Custard, Iar.u-1 t Stroud James Fisher, Thomas t- , Charles Kinney, Joseph Swink. r,r:s JJ. Slroud&btirg Samuel Detrick. rrC-"" Bnitzman, Theodore Hoffman. j-i i'uraiise Jacob Hilgart, Kcbert James Heller, Joseph Jones. ,t SnitSfidd Samuel Trcible, lVtcf J peny, Frank Cell. , t,r Barrett George ShatVr, Andre Ptili Joseph Small. Jlosa-Jerome Bohkirk, 1'hiof -"f-' 1 IT
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