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SUNBURY, .FEBRUARY 24. ,1372.
' Headquarter Republican Mate
Central Iwin mil tec- r Penunylva
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' ' F)tAnn.PBTA, Feb. 5U, 1873.
' ' Tn pnrsontre of tho riftlutlon of the Ri-publl-fan
Slate Onivnl Committee, adopted' nt Harris
tmrg, v. 18, 1873, s Rr.rrm.iCA Stats Cos
sjrtitti, composed of Prlcgntn from each 8(-na-60
and Representative District, In the nnmbcr
V which inch District U entitled lu the Legisla
ture, will meet In "the Hull of the House of
Kcpretentn tires, st Ilnrrbburg, at 13 o'clock,
noon, on WertsssriAT, the 10 dtty of Ar-HiL, A.
D. 1 872, to nominate candidate!' for Governor,
Judge of the Supreme Ooart, Auditor General
(honld the Legialntur provide for tlie choice of
one by the, People), and an Electoral Ticket:
and also to elect Senatorial and Representative
Delegate to represent this State in the Republi
can Ntlonn1 Convention, to be held at Philadel
phia; ion 5, 1879.
' ' - KUPSELL ERRETT, Chairman.
Wis. Eluott, 1
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P. M. I.TTT.S. J '
..- ODR VOVNTY F1XANCCS.
About two years ago in looking over our
'county finance r?iorts, we discovered that
there was some mismanagetuuut, and that
the taxpayers were annually paying a largo
Amount of mmiey entirely unuctessaiily.
But as the Auditors' Reports were scarcely
cvercxSmkii'd, and it being a difficult mat
tec loetihe people to look after it, we
poklted trot many of the discrepancies in
the -reports. Several of the journalists at
the county scat, who wero afraid. of losing
county 'patrouage felt disposed, however,
to take a more favorable view of the matter,
but on finding "thai $04,000" did not reach
the amount of levied and outstanding taxes,
passed over Ukj mailer in 6ilence and the
"Ring", was left to proceed in their ncfurl
ons work. But as the people began to look
into tho affair they discovered that there
,vas a screw looso, and they became .deter
mined ou a change, which was partially
effected Inst fall, rather Unexpectedly to the
members of the King. It spina rs by the
forthcoming Auditors' report that the fir
nances are in a worse condition than was
supposed, aud that perhaps it may involve
tlie county in a' loss of thousands of dol
lars. It looks as though there was a pre
concerted plan, on the part of the "King"
to inrposc upon the people in some Bhape
rr olUar. When the next report is publish
oil and .thoroughly examined by the tax
jiayers, we believe that they will agree with
tM'Uiat it is high time to wipe out of office
the wliole of the "Ring party" at the Court
Ilouke. as well as their agents iu every dis
tirct ic-V.ie county. ,
' Wsvfcre happy to notice that our cotem
wiraries -ortho Jltifonfcin, who havo never
been -contaminated with the "Ring party,"
are locking into this matter and give the
followiug as the result of their Investiga
tion. ' j '
"GocNTYiriNANCKS Recent develop
ments at the county stat, under the inves
tigation 'of the Auditors, furnish stronger
nrgumentti than, have yet been .advanced
for the necessity of an entire change in tho
management rf our county finances, and
prove the "wisdom of the people in making
the partial ofeange effected by the election
last fall.' It iow appears from the. report
of the Auditors, that the late Treasurer,
Mr. Goo. McElleice, is indebted to the coun
ty in the sum of ttvtn thousand nine hun
dred dollars and sixty-ttco efis,altliough not
ont cent was turned over to the new Trea
surer on his taking possession of the office,
and the county is paying inte rest on between
three nnd four thousand dollars due the
State 1 It further appears Hint the county
is paying interest on between thirty and for
ty thousand dolUirs annuallg, while there is
more than that sum outstanding uncollect
ed moneys i-n the hands of delinquent col
lectors, which should be paid in and used
in liquidating the debt nnd slopping tho
payment of iulercst, of which latter item
some twenty-one hundred dollars were paid
Inst year on outstanding orders alone f Is
auy comment necessary to couvinco tho
peoplo of the vital importance of au entire
change in the complexion of the officers
managing our couuty finances ? Will thev
submit to such mismanagement (to rail ft
by a polite name) any longer than is neces
sary to make the required changes t We
think not. Let the matter be thoroughly
vcutilated, and tho honest yeomanry of old
Northumberland County will shake off the
Democratic man of the mountain who has
so long been clinging around their neck
and drawing the Ufa blood from their
veins." " ,
Will our neighbor of the Democrat, who
lute become chronic over frauds committed
in the South, give his readers the above in-
fortnaltonnd exploiti how the amount was
expended, or whether it is in tho bauds of
the ex-Treasurer or the "Ring," and wheth
er it was inteoded to compromise the mat
ter similar to that of the Fidler defalcation !
In connection with the above, the editor
of the Democrat might let his readers know
that Thomas liurk, Democratic tax collec
tor of Coal township, has left that regiou for
parts unknown with about 82900 of the
county funds.
The latk Boroloii Election .There is
nota Democrat of the least intelligence and
honesty, that does not know and acknowl
edge xbe fact, that in the electnu of the
Democratic Chief Burgess in the recent
borough election, more Republicans voted
for Mr. Hauck, the Democratic nwniute
thfra Democrats. Yet some scurvy political
back, who thinks a lie well stuck is just as
good as the truth, telegraphed to the Ilarris
burg Patriot that the result was a Democra
tic triumph, and to make the lie more con
temptible, if not effective, referred to it as a
defeat of the friends of Hon. J. B. Packer,
at his home. When we Jocularly congratula
ted Major Depart, one of the Democratic
members elect for council, on the success of
his party, he at once repudiated the fact,
saying that he received twie as many Its
publican votes as he did Democratic. Will
the individual, guilty of this dit ty piece of
work, dara to avow himself tbs author tf
this contemptible false dispatch t
Hon. Francis Jordan, Soctstary of
the Commonwealth delivered an address on
Constitutional Reform before the Philadel
phia feocial Service Association, on the
15tli iust. Col. Jordan's exparieuca as a
public man, well qualifies him U discuss this
subject and bis remarks are fraught with
thoughtful and well matured suggestions.
His address is considered' an able docu
ment, embodying rather the principles
which should be- Incorporated into the Con
stitution than the foirue la which tbsss
principle rKil hld--".- - ...
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THE POLITICAL KALEIDONCOPE
- The North Amnriean f Friday hip t
sen Is an interesting kaleidoscopic view or
the politic-Hi Held in all its present aspects.
It-says : Tho Republican. National Con
vention for the nomination of candidates
for President and Vice President, is to as
semble, in Philadelphia in June. The free
trade Reptibliuabs, under the lead of Carl
Sebum, will bold 4 convention In Cincin
nati. Whether tho Democratic party will
join in this convention is as yet unsettled. .
liut still another convention is to be held'
somewhere, that is to include the Labor
Reformers, Woman Suffragists, Prohibi
tory Liquor Law men, etc. As ft contri
bution to this latter organization Mrs.
Victoria C. Woodhnll, chief of the Fnw
Lovers, publishes a neat and graceful mani
festo, withdrawing her candidacy, as being
au obstacle to harmony, aud agreeing to
support the ticket of what she calls the
Equal Rights Convention.
Thus things are gradually beginning to
tako definite shapes, and the issues between
the parties aro gradually looming up. The
itch to proclaim reform of some kind seems
to be universal among all shades of the op
position. Carl tc)iurz' idea of reform is
to let anybody who has been five years iu
the country be elected President of the
Unite'd Stulcs. , Wendell Phillips' Idea of
reform is woman suffrage, and absolute ex
tirpation of the liquor Ira (lie. ,' The Labor
Reformer's idea of reform is to have high
wages aud little to do. Mrs. Woodhull's
idea of reform is that marriages, should be
nieic temporary arrangements. The rebel
idea of reform is that the southern States
should revert to their condition anterior to
1SU0. The Democratic idea of reform -is
that the Republicans should be turned out
of office and the Democrats put in. Senator
Trum bull's idea of reform is that the ad
ministration should have no control over
the civil service. Senator Sumner's idea
of reform is that the administration should
hand over its power to the Senate Commit
tees. Mr. Bryant's idea of reform is that
foreign manufactures should uniformly be
encouraged in preference to domestic in
dustry. . ..;.!..:
It is scarcely possible- that out of all Hub
incongruous jumble of ideas, any one plat
form can be rigged up that will be satisfac
tory to tho several factions, unless, indeed,
in takiuga survey in company, they see
any such ell'orl to be hopeless, aud there
fore agree, and to go into tho canvass
merely with a ticket aud uo platform.
There were possibly a great many protec
tionists who were as iliscontcnU'd as the
free traders, but tho blatant cllbrts of the
latter have driven all the truo friends of
homo industry back into the ranks again.
And this is significant of what will ensue
with Urn sensible tneu who represent other
practical movements.
There could bo no better or truer refot m
organization than the Republican party has
been since it obtained power. It hits abol
ished slavery. It hns crushed forever the
oft-mentioned rebellion of the State sover
eignty party. It has giveu the suffrago to
the whole African-American race. It has
secured them full civil rights before Mi law;
It rnacieU the tree homestead law. It has
put down southern terrorism. It has re
duced the national debt. It has reduced
the rate of interest on the debt. It has re
duced national expenditures generally. It
has largely and continuously reduced na
tional lAxation. It hns voluntarily adopted
tho civil nervico reform. It has sought to
settle amicably our troubles with England
without the arbitrament of' war. It has
given to colored citizens positions of high
influence nnd responsibility. It has reform
ed the evils of the Indian service nnd main
tained peace on all tho frontiers. Ry the
firm maintenance of a protective policy, it
has done more to build up home manufac
tures and give employment to labor than
had been accomplished in twenty years
prior to its advent in power.
These are achievements that seem to bo
forgotten, or conveniently ignored by those
who are in haste to break kown what is es
tablished and successful, and set up some
thing new and untried. If the Labor Re
formers bhall truly represent tho interests
of the workiugmenaud women of the nation
how can they absent to free trade, which
degrades labor to tho lowest possible level,
by setting up as the grand desideratum
mere cheapness of production, without ref
erence to the question whether labor can
subsist on the wages paid ? If the temer
ance movement shall be represented iu the
convention of reformers br earnest and sin
cere men, can they join" hands with the
Democratic party, which comprehends
four-fifths of tlie liquor dealers of tho Re
public, nnd oppose the Rcpublicaus, who
favor the relegation of the question to the
inherent right of local solf-goverumt-nt ? If
the advocates of the elevation of women be
represented truly in this gathering, how
cau i hey oppose the ouly party that ever
gave women employment as clerks iu the
Departments, atgod salaries V And, above
all, if tho advocates of universal peace oro
sincere, bow can they oppose nn adminis
tration that has put a stop to Indian wars,
and made the ouly great step forward to
avoid international conflictsevcr yet made?
These are things worth pondering over.
School Directors.
Mr. Buckalew's bill "to authorize re
formed voting in the election of Directors
of Common bchools," has passed the Senate
This bill contains tbo provisions recoin
tueuded by Superintendent Wickersham in
his anuual report, and is as follows:
"That all future elections of directors of
common schools in this commonwealth,
wherever two or more persons are to be
chosen in a district for the same term of
service, caclj voter may give all his votes
to one or more candidates to bo voted for
as he shall think fit, aud candidates high
est in votes shall be declared elected. Anv
appointment to fiil a vacaucy in a board of
directors eimu, wnenever practicable, ne
made from among the voters of the district
who shall have voted for Uie director whose
place is to be rilled.
SBC. 2. Whenever a voter shall intend to
give more votes than one to any candidate
lor scnoot director, lie shall exuress his in
tention distinctly and clearly upon the face
of his ballot, otherwise but one vote shall
be couuted and allowed to such candidate ;
but any ballot which shall contain or ex
press a greater number of votes than the
whole number to which the voter shall be
entitled, shall be rejected."
The design of this act Is to take the elec
tion of school men out of partisan politics,
ana' to insure ruiuority representation in
tho constitution of the Board.
An .Embezzler CAPTurtED. John
O'Connor, tho paymaster's clerk, who is
charged wiu embezzling 810,000 of the
Jklsware uud Iackawanna and Westert.
Railroad Company, has been arrested by
Chief of Police of Savannah, Ga., as he was
disembarking for the steamship Magnolia,
which left New York, on the lOtli. The
trunk which be took with him was the
means of tracing bis whereabouts. ' All the
mouey has been recovered. The transac
tion created intense excitement. The
graud jucr, uow in session, 1 ave already1
indicted O'Connor for larceuy at Sorantou,
Pa-, wbera las robbery was coramitU?u.
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The English Government thinks the less
noise in Parliament over the Alabama
claims the better it will be. Every one elxe
thiuks so, too. Since tboy nave been sub
rnituid to arbitration, it remains for the
arbitrators to do the talking. ,
Thomas A. Scott Is the uef president of
the Texas Pacifie Railroad, .Marshal O.
Iloltorls having resigned, ..; .. - . , .: t
from our Washington Correspon
dent. r . . "Washington, H C I
'- i'- February 30, 1872. f
i Dear WaXveh :
The!
TVimat'lvftnt
Republican ! Association held . Its thirl
sociable and reception last night at Masonic '
a em pie. a verv large crowa was 1 In at
tendance; and all seemed pleased with the
entertainment. Several of our Sunbury
friends were present, but as 1 am not a
.Jenkins, and probably they iave,no dosire
for publicity, X Will omit names, nor wiU I
oflend, doing as the reporters of the press
do here In Washington, who receive pay
for tickling the fancy nnd pridn of snobbery,
by giving a description of the beautiful
dresses worn by the in on the occasion. The
commencement -of tho programme at a
sociable is a grind tntrt and promenade,
and after a little small-talk the music is
heard, and then the fun begins, and the
young couples (and some old ones ton,) be
gin revolving over the floor. It is the old
story of the lady lying in the arms of a;
gentleman, with her face hid in his "pure j
whit shirt bosom," while that part of her
dress which rounds out like the boot of an
old-fashioned stage is thrown violently to
and fro, reminding one of the pathetic bal-
lod that chronicles the wreck of the fust 1
sailing canal packet, "Mary Ann," where
it says t- - i i
"Bho trfuvod and Mt, end ot and heaved,
And Uigb tier rud'ler Bunir
all tlie time the gentleman with his left
-hand seems to he feeling the pulse of the
ladv, while with his right he clasps her to
bis medicated heart I -
This is only a light-colored description of j
tlie round dances, which are not engaged I
in by all those who are fond of "shaking
the nimble foot." , For staid persons like
yourself and bumble correspondent, the ,
Committee of Arrangements, with a wise j
forethoughts, saudwich a quadrille between i
the waltzes, and for 'Auld Lang Syne' con-1
cludo with the oldfashionud Virginia Reel.
Governor Mortons' remarks, in the course
of his speech on Friday last iu the Senate, I
in relation to tlie ellort on foot to uciaclt
the German Americans from the Republi
can party, were forcible, aud to the point.
Senator Morton is right in saying. "The
Germans of this country do not be long i to
anybody. They cannot be carried in any
body's breeches pockets." The German
Americans will thiuk and act for them
selves. It has not yet appeared that the-
itcpuniicnn party lias dons anything to
forfeit to the slightestextenlthecontidetice
and support of our fellow-citizens, however
much Mr. Carl Schurz, the great Cu n du
ra n go, whoso words and policy are given as
the great specific aud cureall to bolster up
the "possum-party," may ssy to the con
trary. Opposition to all good governments
seem to be the forte of Mr. Slusre, and as
he was "wafted to our shores on tho wave
of revolution," he cannot avoid it.
Governor Morton concluded hi. speech
by a masterly defense of the Administra
tion mill tlie Republican rmrty. II duular
ed himself "unequivocally for General
Grant," and predicted the certaiu defeat
of the opposition to the Republican party
In 1872. The great " War Governor of the
West" never utters an uncertain sound in
relation to the political condition of the
country. No man reads more correctly
than he docs the impressious and convic
tions of tho popular mind, or cau predict
results with more accuracy.
On Saturday a delegation of Philadet
phians, headed by Colonel James, visited
the Executive Mansion, in company with
Judge Kelley, to urge tlie appointment of
the preseut deputy collector of tho port of
Philadelphia (Houston) to he collector.
They presented a petitiou in behalf of Mr.
Houston which is signed by a large num
ber of merchants and business meuof Phil
adelphia. The President made no promises,
only saying he would Kve Mr. Houston's
claim a fair consideration. 1 have under
stood that our delegation in Congress re
fuse to interfere in the appointment of Mr.
r orney's successor, leaving the whole mat
ter to the good judgment of President Grant
who, it is generally believed, will select a
sound radical Hepublican, not pledged in,
or controlled by any political bummers or
cliques of Philadelphia.
1 cstcrday Mr. Hale, of Maine, in the
House, oflered a resolution, and moved to
pass it under n suspension of the rules, di
recting the Committee of Ways and Means,
when it shall report a bill for duties, to
place salt and coal on the free list. After
considerable discussion by Mr. Dawes, and
others, who protested agaiust this way
of instructing the Ways and Means com
mittee, and motions to adjourn, a vote was
taken, which resulted in the rejection of
Mr. Hale's resolution. Judge Mcrcur, of
Pennsylvania, then moved that the House
discharge the Committee of the Whole from
the consideration of the bill to repeal the
duty on tea and coffee, and that the House
pus the lull. Cousidurable objection was
made to this, and brought many of the free
trade Democracy to their feet, who saw iu
it a plan to defeat the interests of their
British friends. "Babbling" Brooks, of
New York, had his say, nnd Mr. Kerr! of
Indiana, wanted the House to know that
this rejieal was all in the interest of the
Pennsylvania protectionists, and moved to
adjourn, which is a filibustering way to
kill a bill. This was not done. The ques
tion then recurred on passing the bill, nnd
it was passed-yeas 13.", nays 38-two-thirds
voting in the affirmative. This is consi
dered a victory in the House for the tariff
men, for the reason that while the protec
tionists propose to raise a revenue on ar
ticles that come in competition with our
products and manufactures, the free tra
ders seek to impose a tax on the necessaries
of life, and oppose the interests of those
who earn their living by the "sweat of the
brow."
The reports of the early' retirement of
secretary r tali Irom the Uabinet are set at
rest by tho Announcement that he hns
again leased the residence corner of T and
15th street, at present occupied by Con
gressman Freeman Clarke, of New York.
Yours fraternally,
11. V. w.
A lllut how the Wonld-be Ilouekt
Urmorrata do their work iu '
Kuamokin Township.
Paxinos Feb. lth, 1872.
Mr. Wilveet :
Dear Sir .-The honest
would-be Democrats of our township dou
their work in their usual honest way.
will inform you how they managed at the
late election. In the first place there was
notice given by the Democrat, to appoint
delegates ip each district, and they to meet
atl'axiuoa to nominate candidates for town
ship officers. A few of the people met in
several of the districts in the Sunfftown
district there was a tremendous turnout of
two persons, who elected themselves dele
gates.. In the lower valley district there
was a manifest Interest by a general turn
out, and delegates were appointed aud in
structed to nominate and support the best
men irrespective of party or politics. The
honest Ring Deu)ocrals,(which are all good
towpahip suckers) did not like the people
to act coutrary to their wishes, so they cir
culated the report that the delegates would
not meet until Saturday evening 7 o'clock in
order to delude and prevent the delegates
from the lower end being present at the noni!
uatiou, so tliev could pull the wires to suit
themselves. In this they did not succeed, as
tba delegates came in time and recommend
ed a mau who is not in the Ring. They were
asked whether I hey were not sent at dele
gates to the Democratic prl7 and they
answered t Met triey wm; nnd that they were
instructed to support the best men. They
were then told that it was contrary to the
Democratic rules. The nominations where
then made within tho Ring and of course
elected. If I was compelled to giVe my
opinion, in favor of the ticket elected, I
could only do it in the way the old man
recommended Ids horse, saying "that when
he came to the foot of the hill that he was
Thar." But there is one officer (that is
Justice of the Peace,) In regard to whom he
has got us into a fix. We have got the out
ward form, of the machine but there is no
qualifications connected with it by which it
can be used, so vou see we are like the boy
that won the Elephant at the raffle.
A Democrat.
leath Urawlnc Nigh to the Free
Trader.
WASHiKaTON. Feb. 19, 1872.
The free traders sustained another defeat
in the House to-day iu their attempt to in
struct the Ways and Meant Committee to
bring in a bill abolishing tho duty on coal
and salt, and also in their efforts to prevent
the passage of Judge Mercur'e bill discon
tinuing the duties on tea and coffee. Mr.
Hnle, of Maine, as is customary on Mon
day with him, offured his resolution about
coal and salt, and moved a suspension of
the rules. Mr. Daws appealed to the House
to decide, once for all. whether tho Ways
and Means Committee would be allowed to
transact its business in the committee room,
or whether it was to be done in the House.
He was tired of this way of doiug things.
The House defeated Mr. Hale's resolution
by a large vote, and it is to be hoped he
will now subside. Following close upon
the defeat of Mr. Hale's resolution, Judge
Mercur, of Pennsylvania, moved to dis
charge the Committeo of tho Whole from
the further consideration of the bill abolish
ing the duty on tea and coffee. He also
moved to suspend the rules, take up the
bill and pass it. There was a good deal of
squirming among the ireo traders, and iu
order to bring them to a test Judge Sco
lield called for the yeas and nays. Cox and
others on the Democratic side, tried to dc
U'lto tho bill, but no debate being In order,
Mr. Dickey kept on calling for the regular
order until at last the Speaker directed the
cleric to call the roll. The vote stood
yeas 153, nays 38. The. bill now goes to
the Senate, and it is believed it will iSs
that body. The following Democrats from
Pennsylvania voted in favor of Hale's reso
lution for free coal and free salt : Messrs.
Acker, Storm, Huldeman, B. T. Myers,
and GeU.
JCSTIOB TO THE VETERANS.
Tho House Committee on Military Af
fairs is considering a bill introduced early
iu the prcseut session allowing totally dis
abled soldiers and seamen increased pen
sions. This is an act of simple justice to
the men who were maimed in au exlra&r
dinary manner during the rebellion, and a
strong effort will be made to pass it, It is
understood that the committee will report
it favorably. It provides that all persons
by law entitled to a less ccuoion than here
inafter specified, who, while in the military
or uaval service and in the lino of duty,
shall have lost the sight of both eyes, or
who shall have lost both hands or been
permanently disabled in the same, or other
wise so permanently and totally disabled M
to render them utterly helpless or so nearly
so as to require the constant personal aid
and attention of another tierson, hall be
entitled to a pension of fifty dollars per
month, and all persons who under like cir
cumstances shall have lost both feet or one
hand and one foot, or boon totally and per
manently disabled in the same, or other
wise so disabled as to be incapacitated for
performing any manual lubor, but not so
much so ns to require constant personal aid
nnd attendance, shall be entitled to a pen
sion of forty dollars per month. ' .
THE TREATY.
London, Feb. 20. The limes to-day,
in an nrticle on the Alabama claims con
troversy, says : "Our relations with the
United States are such that nothing should
be done to It sscn the authority of the gov
ernment." The JYniM hopes, though faintly
that the American Cabinet will yield to
public opinion.
VIIES OCR CASE WAS RECEIVED.
In the House of Commons to-night Mr.
Gladstone replied to an inquiry as to the
time was the American case on Alabama
claims were received. He admitted that a
few copies reached Englaud in December,
but nearly all were sent to tho Foreign
Office, diplomatic corps, and arbitrators
themselves, it was only about the first of
February that the Cabinet was supplied
with the document. Wiien he first saw the
cr.se he thought it was an able argument in
legaru to the Alabama claims, but he was
surprised to find other important questions
were introduced.
The House subsequently engaged in de
bate on the subject of emigration.
Hostility to the Jews-larealltea In
dUcriiuiuateljr Klnughteresl
by Kativeaj.
London, Feb. 17. Advice received in
this city slate that the Jewish persecution
iu Roumuuia is increasing. Large num
bers of Jews daily fall victims to the hatred
of the native iuhabitanls, over whom the
authorities exercise no control. Murder in
public is frequent and unpunished. Un
fortunate Isrealites are subjected to every
species of indignity and persecntiou their
enemies Can devise. Their dwellings are
fired by riotous mobs, aud lives are net un-
frequently sacrificed to complete the hola
caust. Relentless rseculion hat compell
ed many to leave the territory. Numbers
of these refugees are placing themselves
uuder lurkisn protection, in the .city of
nauui me persecution nas been developed
in the bloodiest aspect. Seventy Israelites,
including defenceless woman aud children,
have fallen victims to oppression. Thirty
five were wounded, mauy fatally.
a ne receipt t the above awakens general
sympathy iu this city.
The Terrible Storm ou The Plains.
Sioux City. Feb. 19. Dr. Hall, of the
Osceola Company, has been missing since
the terrible storm last week, and the efforts
to discover the body has been unavailing
unlit a few days ago, when his dog brought
in a portion of the mau's leg. The animal
was followed, and the mutilated body of the
doctor was iuund oue aud a bail miles from
his house.
Further reports from Oeceola county
give accounts of the terrible severity of the
storm. A wagon train was six weeks going
two hundred miles. The snow d rifts were
ten feet deep, through which the passage
bad to be shoveled. The weather was
intensely cold. Every watch was stopped,
and every man more or less frozen.
Kpottesl Tail.
Tlie reported freezing to death of Spotted
Tail and ids tribe on the return from the
BufTulo hunt with the grand duke, is denied
by a trader, who says they are still on the
Platte, nnd will not return to their reserva
tion until spring. (
The Village .Record, the paper which
had been under the editorial control of the
late Senator Evans for about thirty rive
years, is to remain in the family agreeably
to the dying request of the venerably jour
nalist, and will be conducted by bis two
sous, Baron and William, who have been
educated with a view to fit them for the
busi ness. The old Record is au institution.
qd we wish it continued prosperity under
tne young penuemeq wbo pre to msDsrs n.
From Itnrrlsbnrc.
AftttnWfttfTTWr 2rTrrUTXeTf3rt
approves the measure, it Is expected that a
committee to try the contested election of
McClure vs.- Gray will be 4raw. to-mot-row
morning, under Cite provision of the
BuckalewV bill, s agreed Upon-ty bath
houses..' i . I fl
This Mil it will U yocollecled, ernbrasfa
aubstanUrtllihe proposition introduced by
Senator- Billingsftlt early in the,' content.
There Is reason to beliuve that the Repub
licans may select Messrs. White, Mumma,
and Fitch as three of the members rof .the
contesting committee, and that the Demo
crats may select Messrs. uckalew, Davis,
and Dill. '
These names ere talkrt ofbut tfTr not
positive- that they Hl bvchset& t he
seventh member will be drawn as prescrib
ed by the Buckalew bill. If the proceed
ing to-morrow are successful carried -out
in this matter, both houses, will probably
adjourn for One week, i - ,., - -
POISONING A CTTT. ; .
A report has been prepared showing tlie
cause of the extended sickness at Harris
burg. It has been ascertained that the
drinking water to supply the people, in
stead of being drawn irons a pipe designed
for the purpose, which projects about two
hundred feet into the river, has been taken
from the shallow edge of the stream, just
below a point where sewers enuy into it.
For a long time prior to the 10th ofFeb
uarv, therefore, the people were rurnished
with sewer water for driDking purposes.
At least seventy per cent, of the members
of the Legislature have been ill., while re
sidents have suffered severely. The iaa
rance, incapacity, or criminal carelessness
which caused such suffering will receive the
condemnation of the Legislature. '
' Fit OM JIEXICO. .
New York, Feb, '20. A special des
patch from Matatnoras of the 19th says
that a Camargo correspondent writes on
the 10th instant that General Trevljoo tele
graphed General Quiroga that he was mov
ing on San Luis Potosl, with 12,000 men,
and would take the ctty immediately and
then proceed straight to the city of Mexico;
Heavy gnns, with 850 infantry, are on the
road from Monterey to join, Quiroga in his
attack on Matamoras. , Quirga will .move
when they reach him. . Siualoa on the 21st
ult., tho revolunlionary General Marquees
defeated - the Government - troops Hnder
Pesquiera capturing four pieces of artillery
and arms and ammunition..
In Salisco two thousand revolutionists
are engaged against the government, den?
eral Magana has pronounced in Colima. '
The Brownsville Ranchero of to-day,
commenting upon Representative Conner's
speech concerning Mexican depredations iu
Texas, says there exists a movement among
the large stock raisers for retaliating upon
Mexico. It says that men, means, and
arms will be forthcoming at the proper
time.
FKO.li FRANCE.
Taris, Feb. 20. TKere is much excite
ment here over tho discovery of the last
Doua partial nni)iracv. That tliero is
some truth in the reports of its existence is
proved by the extraordinary precautions
taken by the government Mere at well as in
the northern departments.; In this citv
and Versailles the police, force on duty has
been doubled, ftrd the trootie have received
orders to remain at their barracks ready for
action. i i
Note. The conspiracy discovered was
on Monday reported to be headed by throe
generals who served under the ex-Emperor
Napoleon. Their plan was to disperse the
Assembly, by force and take possession of
the government, when tbey were to be sup
ported by a large number of ex-officers and
soldiers of the Empire from the north.
Death la tho Coal NincaV .
The statistics furnished by the mine in
spectors in the anthracite region are nearly
complete for last year. According- to the
Scranton Republican the death record in
these statistics shows a total of 272 men
killed outright and 622 injured by accidents
during the year. It is estimatttd that these
mgn left 220 widows and 500 or 000 orphan
children. The Republican says about one
third of the whole number of the killed met
their death on account of the neglect of
operators to make second opouiugs to their
mines. Another third was killed by the
explosion of gases, which would have been
averted if the law requiring every mine to
be examined by an experienced miner with
a safety lump before the workmen enter it
had beeu complied with. About one-sixth
lost their lives through mere negliger.ee iu
not pay iug sufficient attention to the -roof
of the mines and otherwise, while the re
maining -one-sixty of the whole number
were killed by really unforeseen and un
avoidable accidents.
More trouble is reported in Chicot coun
ty, Arkansas, and Governor Had ley has
ordered more militia there.
The small-pox is said to be decreasing in
New York, in consequence of the very geu
eral vaccination indulged by the il habi
tants. Deaths for last week are reported
at 25.
. Two merchants of Geneva, IU., are trans
porting the goods from Chicago by wagon,
refusing to pay tbe present railroad freight
rates. (
The stock raisers of Oregon and Wash
ington have lost heavily by the late storms.
Eight hundred barrels of beet sugar were
made at Black Hawk, Wis., last season.
The coal mines of La Salle city and town
ship, III., produce 'about 2000 tons daily.
It is reported that the ring thieves of
New York have consented to a compromise
by paying Jr4,000,000, but that the reform
ers require fcO.ntiO.OOU, and it is probable
that 5,000,000 will be agreed upon. " -
Tat Jesuit body throughout the world
now contains 816-1 members.- . In 1851 it
hardly numbered 4100.
The Grand Duke slew Ave bisons in the
hunt at Kit Carson. Sheridan declined to
kill any. lie says it is no more fun than
it would be to ride up to a cow and shoot it
with a revolver. He thinks it is taking as
unfair an advantage as Jonah would if he
had killed the whale when he wae inside of
it taking a tide.
Dcrino the past eighteen years fifty-four
boats have been blown . up oo the western
rivers, killing 8UB3 people.
Vice-President Colfax has written a letter
to tlie Indianapolis Journal, in which be
counsels his friends not to put him forward
as a candidate for President, as thev have
been proposing." He says that nnderno
circumstances would he place himself in
oonosltlon to General Graut. whom he be
lieves to be the choice of a larce majority
of the Republicans , of tbe country for re-
nomination, it is a manly letter, and
shows that political and selfish ambition
are not trait ia but character.
New Ilamshlre ' will lead off the State
elections of 1872 on the second Tuesday of
siarxn coining. . uiie electa a uovernor and
Legislature. A staunch Republican State
last year, the Democrats, through -a care-
iui manipulation oi incai issues, managed
to carry her electing a Governor and
clear Congressional ticket. This year we
hope to tee her renew fjie profession of tbe
oiu laito.
Tbo Army bill appropriates S2u.54a.797.
Of this amount 112,000,000 are for the pay
of the armv and raviaant at diachareeu
soldiers ; $120,000 fr sea coast canon and
carriages, and 1 50,000 for tbe manufacture
of arm tb national armory. ,
The snow on the TXnlon Parlflo mllwa
cof&ttceo' rmfltrirtiirttTl 'ftsirfed
that the great bodies of water which will
soon come down from the mountain streams
may cause , fur t hex delays to. Arains by
freshing away the road-bed. t j
si The Aiabam A.-i-Tbe Housi Committee
f Naval ' Affairs agreed to report a bill
Sving tho officers and seamen of the United
ates steamer Kearsar prize moaey for
destroying te Alabama, the' name as if
that vessel had been captuied and brought
in as a prize, instead of being sunk. About
one hundred and binely thousand dollars
will be appropriated for that purpose, i
A nw NationaF Bank. tiamti"lT
Farmers' andMechaulus with-a. capital
nfeVinort ) inlliniJil U. I . I
PhuetixTtlle, Chester county. Pa; r"
Marriage between kindred in Russia,
however distant, Cf en unto forty-second
cousins," is against the law; and considered
by all Russians as an abomination. Neither
may si young -person marry a Gdd-parent.
-the latter fcoanrtitf under tbo head of
A'epirilual relations."
An association has lately been formed iu
Danville, Mutual Odd Fellows Assuranco
Association, of Pa." This organization
allows any member of the order of Odd
Fellows in "good .standing and jn good
health" to become" a member by paying a
light initinlioo fee. There are no payments
to be made other than the initiation fee, ex
cept in case of the death of a member is re
quired to pay 2 SO. (Qo tbe decease . of a
member the representatives or the deceased
are paid S2 SO for each surviving member
of the society ; and if the deceased member
has no surviving representees, an appro
priation is made by the society to pay his
funeral expenses, not to exceed the amount
that the representatives of a deceased mem
ber would receive. , '
No stamps, no sales" is the decision of
commissioner Douglass regarding the dis
posal by the Government of tobacco seized
for non-payment" of. tac The Commis
sioner says that all tobacco forfeited must
be stamped beiore it can be sold, or, tn
other, words, that the Government cannot
afford to violate the law for which it is
every day bringing suits against private
individuals.'
We understand that the whooping-cough
is quite prevalent in the towns around us;
but that no cases have proved fatal. Some
famlicsuse nothing but Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, Our Doctor, however, says a
little ipicac, to produce vomiting, would-be
an advantage, . , . ....
. There are more lhan one thousand dif
ferent kinds of pills in the United States.
Some of them are worthless and injurious,
others are good and ocmefioial. ' Old Dr.
Parsons invented the best anti-bilious pill
we ever saw or heard of. They are now
sold under the name of Parsons' Purgative
pills. - , ... , - , ,
Boston Whiskey. "Ten gallons of
kerosene, three pounds of potash, one ounce
of strychnine, mixed with soft water. "It
was according to this cheerful, not to say
convivial rormuia, that a quantity ot "
whiskey" seized last week in Newtown,
Mass., wm compounded, the recipe having
also been found in - the possession of tbe
unfortunate dealer, i. If von wont " tin
add quantum vufflrit "of oil of juniper! The
mystery is that the men who drink this
diabolical fluid do not drop down stone dead
at once.
The Kl'-Klux in4Ti.orida.-A comittee
of the Florida Legislature make a startling
report to the Governor of that State resnect
: ir.. s.. . . m, V .
lug nunua in jacasoo couuiy. A lie out
rages recited exceed iu atrocity those of the
South-Carolina Ku-Klux. Over one - hun
dred and eighty-four murders, some of the
victims, women and children, are shown to
have been committed by a band of Ku-Klux.
Outrages on colored people are noticed in
other part ot the Slate, and martial law
is strongly recommended until the unruly
can bo thoroughly subdued and the heels
of civil government put into effective
operation.
$ctu Abbcrtistments
Notice--Lost.
A Borough Order, No. SCO, dated February 8,
1872. umonnt I'.D.OO, irranted to Chun. F. Mar
tin, hfli been loet ; notice U lierrby Kircn to tlie
nnrter aud Bolder tnat pavment Baa been atopped
on the Si me. Any pentou having the auld ordr
In possession, will confer a favor by leaviui; it
with tbo uudcraigned.
CHAS. F. MARTIN.
Sunbnry, Feb. 24, 5872. St.
ADMIMSTItATOU'S NOTICE.
Estate oflleury Hopper, Deceased.
"Notice la hereby given that letters of Adminis
tration bavc been gcautad to tha undrrirned,
on the efttHtn of Henry Hopper, late of the Bo
routb of Sunbury, Northumberland county, l'a..
deceased. All pcraona Indebted to auld eetale are'
requested to make Immediate p.ijment, and iWi
huvinfr rlulmi to present tbrm duly authenticated
for settlement.
P. H. MOORE, Administrator.
Bunbury, Feb. U, 1872.-61.
EVERYBODY
18 INTERESTED IN GETTING
GOOD
Boots and Shoes
AT
Low Prices I
If tba people of Sunbuiy and vicinity will call
at Simpson's bulldiuR, lormerly occupied by A.
M. MbIisII's Jewelry store, Market Square, tbey
ran obuln these articles at 21) to 4V par cant,
loss tbaa la usually charged.
How We D It i
Within the past thirty days wa have purchased
from Receirera lu Bankruptcy,
17,000 worth of
. BOOTH aud SUOES,
Comprising the i-nlire Stock of a Manufacturer
aud two Retailers, seaii-ei(htha of which slock
Is Fresb, Clsaa and Adapted le tha present sea
son of tbe jear. , . . .
W ievite a wary hod y ts call, examine and be
convinced that this advsitiseruent
MEANS JUST WHAT IT BEADS.
J. H. SMITH, Agent, .
BOSTON SHOE CO.
Feb. Z4, 1873.
A. II. FRANCISCUS k CO.,
51 Market Street, Philadelphia.
We have opened for tbe SPRING TRADE, tha
Urges! and best assorted stock of
; .PHILADELPHIA CARPETS,
Table, fitalr and Floor Oil Cloths, Window
Sbsdes and Paper, Carpst Chain, Cottou,
Yarn, Butting, Wadding, Twiuas,
.' Fancy Baskets, Biooma,
Baskets, buckets,
Brushes,
Clothes Wringers, Woodan and WlUow Wars la
the United. States.' - -i
Our large increase in business enables ns to
sell at low prices and furnish tbs best quality of
Goods.
.u IOLK AGENTS FOB THE- .
Celebrated Atsierteaa Washer,
Prlee .. .
r
Oter 13,000 Sold la Bit Months.
... .- ' . i u . ;:
Terms i Carpets, SO days.
All other goods, to days, Net. . ;
February IT. 18T.-tm. '
Doots &. Shoes Repaired.
- The nnderelgiM af opeoed a shap la Pls
sant'a building, is the sooat Bp stairs, entrance
aest stoer to J- B. Haas' eouftctipatry store, for
the repairing or aU kiada of Boms and Shoes at
the shortest notice, Tbe work will be done In
the latest Unproved style. The palrouage of lbs
public la respectfully solicited.
' rr' ' ' . WflARtOW.
unetary, Tab. 10, HTT-tH.
, " i i i i . ::. c J ft- '"" v. 1 " v:
No. BOS Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
, . PHILADELPHIA.
.ffBiHDWKLL CO., DESIRE TO
CALL ESPECIAL ATTENTION TO THEIR DE
PARTMENT Of SOLID SILVER WATCHES.
POSSESSING SUPERIOR FACILITIES THET
WILL BE ENABLED TO PLACE Rr.roRK
CUSTOMERS, IN ADVANCE OF THE GENE
RAL, makiuli, ALiLj THB NOVELTIES AND
IMPROVEMENTS IN SILVER GOODS AS RA
PIDLY AS PRODUCED, VERY PARTICULAR
ATTENTION BEING GIVEN TO TH RFC
CIATIES OF BRIDAL ASD OTHER PRESEN
TATION GIFTS.
THE STANDARD OF BILVEK LONG SINCE
ADOPTED BY THEM IS THAT OF ENGLISH
STERLING, 925-IOootds FINE, THK QUALITY
OF EVERY ARTICLE SOLD BEING 8TRIUT.
LY GUARANTEED.
ATTENTION IS RESPECTFULLY DIRECT
ED TO THE UNVARYING BUSINESS POLICY
OF THIS HOUSE IN REGARD TO THE FIRM
LY ESTABLISHED SYSTEM OF FIXED
PRICES, WHICH WILL BE RIGIDLY AD
hered to in all cabes, securing to
purchasers, fairness and equality
in every Transaction.
polite attention may be bxpected
by all who favor them with a visit.
orders and inquiries by mail,
promptly attended to.
j. e. caldwell co.'
Feb. 10, 1872.
.A. M. MEIXELL,
: . t , -
-., PIALSa IN
American and Enropean
W ATCH EN.
FINK JEWELRY And SILVERWARE!
Perfected Spectacles) ad Eye
Glasses.
GOLD HEADED CANES.
Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired sod war
ranted. ,' !.:.- fnrket gqUfire SUNBURY, Pa.
Feb. 8, 18T4.-tf.
Estate of Catherine Lenkrr, I.ate
of Lower .Tluhuuoy tossntttaip, de
ceased. "VfOTICE ia hereby given that litters of Ad-.1-
ministration have been granted to the uo
dentlgned, on tbe estntc of Catherine Lenker, lata
of Lower Muhanoy township., Northumberland
county, Pa.; deceased: All persons indebted to
said estate aro requested to make immediate pay
ment, and those having claims to present thsia
for settlement.
ISAAC LENKER, Administrator.
"Lower Malinnoy twp., Feb. JO, 1873.-Ct.
Auditor's Xotlce.
NOTICE is hereby given that the nndershrned,
appointed by the Court of Common Pleas
of Northumberland county, to make distribution
of tbe funds arising from the sale of property of
David W. Druckejiiiller, nnd puld Into Court,
will meet thme Interested In said distribution at
his office, In the borough of Suuhbry, on Mon
day, the 4th day of March, A. D., 1872, at 8
o'clock, P. M. .
A. JORDAN, Auditor.
Feb. 10, 1872. 4t.
Up De Graff's
INFIRMARY,
8 UN BURY, PEX.VA.
- j
THIS institution is now open for the reception
of Patients for the treatment of Dikeass of
the
EYE,
EAR,
TIIKOAT,
LUNG 3,
CATARRH,
Ac,
r.4o;, Ac,
and operation In GENERAL BURGERT. Our
collection of INSTRUMENTS la very large, com
prising all the latest IurBorsMEais, enabling o
to meet "
i
SURGERT
In all forms. Physician are Invited to accom
pany Patients to onr Institution for operations.
By request of many Cltitena, we will sttaud to
calls in GENERAL PRACTICE.
Infirmary , Clement's Building,
CORNER THIRD AND MARKET 8T8.,
- SUNBURY, PA.
C. E. CP DE GRAFF,
Physician and Burgeon.
Sunbury, Feb. 8, lt7H.-lf. .
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALF.
WILL, be sold at private sale, the valuable
Farm situate in Upper Augusta township,
Northumberland county, Pa., on the publio road
leading from Danville to Sunbury, and three and
a half miles from Banbury, and a naif
mile from the D. H. A W. R. R.. adjolnlnr laud
of Daniel Reefer, Jeremiah Culp, Isaae Kilno,
James Campbell and G. O. Kline, containing 70
Acres more or less, whereon are erected a two
Story Frame Dwelling House, Bank Barn,
all nearly new, and other eutbuildiuga,
a never falling Spring near the bouse. About
twelve acrea of which is timber land, sufficient
chestnut for feoclng.the balance Is cleared, and
in a good state of cultivation. There I ooe of
tbe ouesl
8TONX QUARRIES '
upon this tract tn this part of tbe country, with
an abundance oi flag stone of tbe same (vitality
used in laying most of the pavements in the bor
ough of Bonbury, and alro building stone. This
quarry has realised as high as two thousand dol
lar pet annnm.
The above tract of land will be cold cheap, and
oo reasonable terms. For further particular
apply to - G. W.BTROH,
en the Island between Bunhury aud Northumber
land, or to A. J. Biroh. Suubury, Pa.
Jan. S7, 1S73. tt.
Don't Read This ! I
Good morning, Mrs. A., where are you bound
for so early t
Mr. A. Why Mrs. C, ..ont yoa know Mr.
Byerly bss bought out the Grocery and Confec
tionery Store of Haas A Weaver, and la selling
nice fresh Groceries, Canned Fruit, and in fact,
everything in tn Grocery line, cheaper than the
cheapest, and I have got tired paying bigh prices,
so I have made up my mind after thia to patron
ise Mr. Byerly. So good morning, Mr. C. I
must go.
Mrs. C, to herself. Well I am bonnd to find
ont for myself, and will go to Byerly'e new cbeap
cash Grocery, tbe nevt time I want any
Groceries, Coafe tloaerleser Prima
Oysters.
I will Just say to all come aad give me s trial,
and satisfy ourtelvee that there is one cheap
cash Grocery In Baubury.
Remember tbe place. No. It, Booth Third St.,
ta Clement House Building, Suubury, Pa.
B, BTEKLT,
Sunbar, Jaa. SO, ltTJ-
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