nnburg liurican.
H. B. NASSER, ,
I. WILVERT. "'tors.
oUNl'URY, MAY 1,174.
Tne Trf-sident's Veto. - On tl c first
page of this paper will foe found llie veto
message of President Grant, of the Scn:it
financial bill. A it was generally belicvwl
that the President wae favoraHe to the bill.
l:is veto message creates a great surprise.
His reasons for vetoing the bill in, that i
authorizes an increase of the paper curren
cy to the extent of one hundred millions of
dollars, and that it made no provision for
the resumption of siiecie payment. Tha:
.ver four millions of the currency author
ized to be issued to new National Banks in
the diflirtut States, remain still unclaimed.
He regrets that he cannot give his asseni
to a measure sanctioned by a majority ot
the jMjople's representatives. lie doubt,
whether the ineaBtre would add a dollar to
the irredeemable paper currency of tht
country, and whether, by requiring three
fourths of the reserves lobe retained by the
hanks. and prohibiting ititereston balances,
would not realiy prove to be a contraction.
But theorelicai'y, the bill increases the
paper circulation, and has been support
ed on that ground. This theory of infla
tion he regards ns "a departure from the
true principles of Guance. national in
terest, national obligations to creditors.
Congressional promises, party pledges on
the part of both political parties, and the
personal views and promises by him in
every annual message tent to Congress,
and in each inaugural address.1' and he
quotes from his anuual message of ISO'.!.
He theu refers to Congressional pledges of
the same character, and holds them "as a
continuing pledge of faith of the United
uitcs. to taake provisions at the earliest
practicable moment for the redemption ol
the United .States notes into coin. He
;avors the hoarding of enough gold to re--iu;e
tpeeie payment. The qucMiwu will
her? ariric whether the government could
redeem its legal tenders iu gold when
ticniandod, and where the gold is to come
;'rv:u. Wc cannot hoard what vie do not
have. The various mines of the country
produce about SuO.OOO.OOO of cold annual
ly. We owe in Europe, as a Government,
about 1,(00.000.000 represented by bonds
bearing gold in'.erest, at an average rate ol
".x per cent. To meet this interest we
:aust fend to Europe SOO.000.000 in gold
annually, or au equivalent. We have in
the country, in stock about ifKO.CO.OOO in
jv'ld. A portion of this is used as currency
:a California and along the Facitie Coast.
About $Q,0OQ.0M on the average is in the
United States Treasury, out of which sak-M
are made from time to time, to cn.thle the
i::crchant to obtain a supply for duty pur
r cdes, and to meet the purchase of bonds
oa the part of the Government. Thus tin
whole amount of g dd iu the country is ac
counted for.
The whole south and west, (Pennsylva
nia included,) are in favor of an expansion
of currency to 'relieve the stagnation ol
business that is now prevailing. New
York and the New England Stati a have
au unjust proportion of banking privileges
which aids them in developing their indus
tries, consequently they oppose from selfish
motives, any ineasuie fr making the mo
rey market easier. Much of the currency
'.s, ni doubt, hoarded in eastern cities with
the expectation of speculation, which if not
driven iuto circulation, or remedied by in
Nation to a certain extent to nupply its
p'acc. will drive t;s into a greater panic.
It is evident that something must lie done
to revive business in this, the western and
southern States, and restore confidence by
giving a larger circulation, either by in
creasing the issue or forcing into circula
tion that which is in the hands of eastern
money changers and speculators, who are
watching every opportunity to lake advan
tage of our depressed state of affairs in
mining and manufacturing ind u tries in
this, and the western States. Unless a
remedy is soon applied the wheel of progms
must slop entirely, and as our imports far
exced our exjMirts wc shall be unable
to keep any gold in the country, or keep
currency in circulation fir the want of ac
tivity iu American industries, for as capi
tal commr.nds labor, bo docs labor com
mand capital, and n ither can I', increased
Tj'.hout the other.
That the President is sincere iu his views
' here is no doubt, and he may be correct
in '.he princijjJ'-s laid down in his veto rnta
f ig, but he certainly could not have taken
itj'.o consideration the effect that the .....
. : y of money has upon the masses upon
n ho:n the tjU',r)' depends for the develop
i.ieti'. and expansion of our rebources.from
which the revenue is obtained to sustain
cur national credit. Piusincf.s enlarges in
iroj.ortion to the amount of capital invest
ed, and if no money is put in circulation
it ran cot bo expected tli?t there can be an
;pcr-a?o in revenues. Nor should one
y;:rt of the country be allowed to keep an
overplus to deprive the other entirely of
df vulopiog hr iudustriee and stop the
manufacture of material for export to
bring back the g'ld paid for ititeret on
tali Js held in Europe.
We admit that the previous legislation
' i Congress pledges the naf:on to an ulti
mate redemption of the national liabilities
in coin, but that legislation docs not lis a
defnite time for such redemption, and it
does cot follow that this is the proper time
fur making the experiment hen parts of
fhe country are short in currency t de
velop its resources. The time for redemp
tion will come, and must come, but we can
work up to it only in a gradual way, and
must Ins content to let time bear Ks part in
ringing about the result.
What course will he pursued by the
friends of the vetoed biil will be develojx'd
ia due lime. Some of the ablest men iu
he country are its -friends, and we hope
they will not let the matter fail without
further effort. The question is truly a
complicated one. and hard to comprehend,
r;nd hence the difference of opinion among
ur b-?t men.
AURFSTED FOR 8LANDEK AND LlltKI .
--Soil has been instigated by A. Callwal-I-tder,
Kq., la'.e Treasure; of this county
against J. E. KichhoUz, editor ol the
Northumberland County D-'wormt, and
Carles Hottenstine of Delaware township,
f.T tlie publication of slanderous and libel
lous articles in the Democrat. The parlies
have entered bail for theii appearanceat Au
gust court. As the case will be thoroughly
Investigated by a court and jury, we refrain
Irota making any comments. We foci con
f deut, however, that if we had been the
r.nfortuiiaU party instead of our neighbor
rf the ftmnrrn!, th2l a wlmie column of
invectives would have appeared against us
:u that paper, for the purpoo of making
inp:!p' for the jvirty and influencing the
f-"ai.
I'.cre ara forty thousand commercial
ravelers in the United States, and it costs
)v?r f 7.000,000 a year to keep thera mov-
An Error Corrected. As it was
irenerally understood in this vicinity that
the Hon. J. 15. Packer was the author of
the bill lately passed through Congress for
the free exchange of newspapers between
publishers, and the free transmission of
newspapers by mail within the county
where published, v;a were somewhat sur
prised on reading the following in the
Donr (X. J.) 3d7, published by our es
teemed friend Prof. Bruce. Iu speaking
f Hon. Claries Albright, Member of Cou
aress at Large, from Pennsylvania, Prof.
Hruce says :
"The printers of the country are indebt
ed to him as the author of the hill passed
lV the House of Representatives last week,
through the efforts of Hon. John Packer,
restoring the free exchange of newspapers
and the free transmission of papers, to sub
scribers within the county.'''
Believing the Professor iu error, and
d siring to be correct, we made inquiries
at Washington. and received the following
"reply which will set at rest the authorship
of the bill referred to :
Clerk's Oj-tk e. Hoi'seof Kepueses- 1
tatives. U. 8. V
Washington, D. C, April 2K, 1874. J
E. Wilveiit, Esy.,
Dear Friend. Your letter of
inquiry was received this morning. In
answer I would state that Prof. Bruce, of
the Donr Mai', has as much reason to give
the authorship of the bill for "free trans
mission ol newspapers'' to forty other gen
tlemen as he has to General Charles Al
bright. A large number of bills on the
same subject, but differing widely in their
terms, were referred to the Committee of
which Mr. Packer is Chairtnau, and none
of them were adapted. After the defeat of
the bill to send documeuts.&c.free through
the mails. Mr. Packer drew up a bill,
which was adopted by the Committee, and
by Mr. Packer pressed through the House
on a suspension of the rules.
Inclosed I send you the bill of Mr. Pack
er, as introduced by himself, and just as it
passed the House ; also, that of General
Albright, which did not e.tn yet before the
Ihv.se, only on the reading of its title when
it was referred to the Committee on Post
Otlices and Post Hondo.
You will notice that the bill of Gen. Al
bright is confined to weekly newspapers,
while that of Mr. Packer gives the privi
lege to all paper in the county where pub
lished. The bill, as passed, originated
with Mr. Packer, and Prof. Bruce should
know whereof hr sjieaks when he under
takes to give the credit of its authorship to
another.
Very r sjiecfiuliy, yours, ice,
Henry !). Wharton.
Mr. Packer, on leave, introduced the
following bill :
A B I L L
To provide for the free exchange of news
I ajiers betwevu publishers, and for the
tree transmission of newspajiere by mail
within the county win-re published.
Iff it (mtcttd hij the fkrwtr and House c
of Hcfiresn tutivts of Vie United Utatts of
Anurica in (hnyrtxs asuemhltd. That from
and after the pass ige of this act the follow
ing mail matter shall be allowed to pass
free iu the mail : First, newspapers. eri
odicals, and magazines, reciprocally inter
chaiiL'ed belweeti publishers, and not ex
ceeding sixteen ounces in weight, to be
coutined to a single copy of each publica
tion ; secondly, newspajiers. one copy to
i ach actual subserilier residing r receiv
ing the same within the c unty where
the same is published ; but carriers
shall not be required to distribute such
papers unless postage is paid upon them
at the usual rit-B."
Mr. Albright, on leave, introduced the
following bill :
A B I L L
Relating to the free transmission by
mail of newsjiajvrs and periodicals.
JW it inactcd hif the SennU (ind House
Jleprcnentutirrs of Vie United Naite if
America in Omgrcts assembled, That the
publishers of uewspapers and periodicals
may send to each other from their resjec
tive ulliees f publication, free of postage,
one copy of each publication ; aud may
also send to each actual subscriber, iu
closed iu their publications, bills and re
ceipts for the same, free of postage. The
publishers of weekly newspapers may send
to each actual subscriber within the couuty
where their papers ate printed and pub
lished, oue copy thereof, free of jnjstage.
Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws
inconsistant with the provisions of the
foregoing section be, and the same is here
by repealed.
During a debate iu the SeHate on Tues
day last. Senator Thurmau asserted that
Mr. Sumner was removed from his position
as chairman of the Committee ou Foreign
Relation by Gen. Grant, on account of his
opposition to the St. Domingo bill, which
brought out the following explanation :
"Mr. Cameron (Rep.), of Pennsylvania,
said he was not placed at the head of the
j7Jr;,ri. ',.Jp.,t"C3 'Jjimiitv his own
request. The way he came to be chairman
was being beeor.d on the committee, aud
he had been givea that position at the re
quefct of Mr. Sumner whv he was chair
man. He was absent at his home in Penn
sylvania when assigned to the chairman
ship. He came here at the earliest oj
p irtunity, intending to decline, but upon
entering the Senate chamber and hearing
the remaks of a Senator, who was over
zealous in behalf of Mr. Sumner, which
w re not complimentary to him Mr. Cam
eron, he reconsidered his determination
and accepted. He had seen it announced
in the newspapers that he had robbed Mr.
Sumner of his place on the committee.
Great Heavens ! he did uothing of the kiud.
The feeling between himself and Mr. Sum
ner was of the must friendly character.
When he Cameron had to go home to his
sick family a short time ago he asked Mr.
Sumner to join with hitu on a bill then up.
Mr. Sumner replied: "Yes, Cameron,
I gladly," aud we frhook hands. He said,
i "God fcl'.'s von !" aud I said "God bless
jyou:-
j Mr. Hamlin said he thought itpropei to
j state that at the time tlie Senator Mr.
j Cameron was placed at the head of the
Foreign Relations Committee in place of
Mr. Summer, it was done simply and solely
upon the understanding that Mr. Sumner
was not on speaking terms with the Pre
sident or the Secretary of Slate.
A Rebellious Senate.- The Lebanon
Ouricr veiy properly remarks : The le-
tnocrats in the Stale S.-nate gave an exam
ple of their partisanism last week, in their
action ou the confirmation of Governor
IlartratitVs nominations fur the judgeships.
It requiring two-thirds of the Senate to
confirm, u refusal of all the Democrats to
vote dt feats a confirmation. Mr. Orvis,
one of the nominees and a Democrat, was
c onfirmed with but or.e opposing vote, but
as soon as the vote came to be taken on the
Republicans nominated, tho Democrats re
paid the liberality of the Republican Sena
tors by uuanimously refusing to vote.
They state their reason for this remarkable
conduct to ls to force the Republican ma
jority to allow the Democratic minority to
dictate the districting of the State. Dif
ferent transactions of the Democracy of
late years look as if that party was becom
ing thoroughly indoctrinated with the
hre'y, that the minority must rule.
A mill site, piling grounds and betweeii
r.,0O.0i)0 and G.000.00 feet of logs, in Wil
liatnsport, were sold ou Monday t Peter
Herdie. for $1.15,000.
A Lumber Jam. Rafting in the Sus
quehanna had been obstructed and great
loss incurred by lumbermen by an unfortu
nate occurrence at Lock Haven. It ap
pears that on Monday afternoon of last
week, a raft too wide for the channel at
tempted to pass through the shutc and
stuck, preventing huudreds of rafts in the
rear from going through. These rafts were
obliged to tie up, but soma of them being
insecurely fastened broke loose during the
night aud went crashing over the dam,
some of thorn breaking to pieces and others
lodging against the piers of the old bridge
connecting Lock Haven with Lock port,
completely obstructing the channel. Over
two hundred heavy timber rafts were thus
piled up. Two canal boats loaded with
lumber and moored some distance up
stream were borne down with the floating
limber. An opening iu the jam was effect
ed about ten o'clock Tuesday morning.
One of the boom piers was torn from its
foundation and carried down stream, and
the great mass of piled up lumber passed
down aud the bridge was saved. The loss,
it is estimated, will reach $100,000.
The Artificial Butter. The mem
bers of the butter and cheese exchange are
growling sonorously against the new imita
tion butter called oleomargcrine, the- cobI
of which is estimated at from twelve to fif
teen cents a ound and out of which much
money is made by a company ia New York,
who sell it at but little lees than the cost of
the geuuine article. It is sold largely to
Pennsylvania miners, to mill oeratives in
different sections, and is considerably ship
ped to Europe. The article is made from
suet and other specie? of grease pounded to
a pulp, heated, churned with milk, pressed
in linen cloths and colored. As the article
is sold as genuine butter, complaint is made
that it is having a damaging effect upon
legitimate dealers. It is understood that
this new article is an emanation of the siege
of Paris.
The Cause of Cremation, (about
which there is so much just now being
said.) appears to be rapidly gainiug grouud
in Germany. The merits of tle new sys
tem of disposing of dead bodies arc shortly
to be tested by practical experiment in
Saxony, the two principal towns of which,
Dresden and Leipzig, have offered to le
galize it, as an optional course, supposing
its advocates ran practically make good
ttteir assertions in its favor. A furnace
for cremation ia now actually in progress
of construction by Fried rick Siemens, a
civil engineer. Its cost is estimated at 5000
marks, or .1250, and it is calculated that
the complete combustion of a human corpse
will take about an hour.
The Philadelphia Evening Hidlftin of
tlie 23d ult., says : This morning an acci
dent occurred on Chestnut street, near
Fourth, wkit.h almost paralyzed the spec
tators with excitement. It. seems that a
fine-looking woman, apparently of middle
age, without shawl or bonnet, but other
wise very neatly attired, somehow became
entangled in a coil of rope attached to the
heavy derrick stationed in front of the new
building of the Philadelphia Safety and
Trust 'Deposit Company, and before she
could be extricated, sle was dragged
almost to the roof of the building. Some
brave workmen employed near the roof
rushed to her rescue, stopped her upward
passage, and relieved her from her peril
ous position, hut iK'fore medical assistance
could !e obtained she was stoue dead.
The Coroner has been notified and
will investigate the case. Tho affair caused
great excitement, and a large crowd gath
ered in the neighborho'wl.
TIIK MISSISSIITI FI.OOll.
Gloomy Accounts From Tiik Over
flowed Districts.
Fite Milliou Acre Involt -l.
Twenty-Five Thousand People Re
quiring Aksistanck.
New Orleans, April 23.
Captain Blanks, in a letter to a member
of the relief committee, says : "I have
just returned with the Ouachita Belle from
Camden, Trenton aud Monroe, through
the overflowed district of North Louisiana,
and see that efforts have and are being
made to relieve the suffering occasioned by
the overCow.
I have also seen a tabular statement
which was presented by you to a meeting
of citizens from the overflowed districts,
held in the Senate chamber some lime last
week. From personal knowledge and di
rect information obtained from others with
in the last few days, I am satified that said
estauau. ?'" r too low. As you have
been requested by three different public
meetings, held in the overflowed districts
of Jiuisiana, to represent their wants and
conditions, I now present you a statement
of the localities and
NUMUEKS NEEDING HELP
At once, k thai you may present them to
the Governor and committee on distribu
tion appointed by his Honor the Mayor :
Lower black River, 300 ; Marder, exclud
ing that part of Concordia parish ou Black
river. 500 ; Wilson's, ou Black river, 400 ;
Trinity, excluding Tcueas Bayou, Little
rive, l.-'OO , Harriouburg,includiug Bayou
Iouis, 1,000 ; Starb's landing, including
Braiue lauding, 300 ; Carter's lauding, 400;
Bunker Hill.betweeu Ouachita and Bayou
Beuf, 1,500 ; Columbia, including Frank
lin and Ouachita or Bo;uf, and betweeu
Ouachita or Bouf river, 2.000 ; St. Albans,
including the bottni on both sides, 1,500;
Hopewell and Waco, including Buck
Swamp up to tins Ouachita line, 1,000;
Munroe, 1.500; tola!, 11,000.
At the lowest estimate this t umber may
be said to be in actual want, and may have
been under water some two or three weeks.
They have lost all their hogs, and nearly
alt their cattle are lost or starving. The
people themoelves have neither mouey nor
credit, no place to go to and nothiug to do.
But thin estimate by no means discloses
the number of those residing on the small
bayou and creeks which have beeu over
flowed by back water aud floods of rain.
The people have generally been on land,
Lut have lost much of their stock and im
provement., and are
OUT OK PROVISIONS AND MONEY,
Aud the prospect of making crops is so
discouraging that none are willing or able to
advance them supplies. Those, loo, must
suffer or receive assistance. If these be
added tle number needing help is not short
of 25,000 people in the district referred to.
The Times says the extent of the damage
which has resulted from the great overflow
is just beginning to be fully understood.
That it was vast was readily coueeived,
but that it should involve 5,000,000 of acres
and a population of 178,000 was apparently
beyond reasonable calculation ; but such
is really the case. In the eottou regions
it is now ascertained that nine of the largest
and richest parishes producing cotton have
been inundated.
The parishes of Carroll, Morehouse,
Richland, Madison, Frankliu, Tensas,
Caldwell, Concordia and Catahoula are all
overflowed and embrace fully 2,100,000.
Tbe amoupt of cotton lard in thee0 par
ishes in actual cultivation is ascertained to
be 250,000 acres, besides 100,000 acres in
corn. These estimates include only the
large places, leaving out hundreds of small
farms and all estimates for cattle, hogs and
garden. The population of these nine par
ishes is 20,304 whites aud 54,033 blacks,
according to the census of 1870.
In the sugar producing parishes ascer
tained facts discover and equal if not a
greater amount of ruin and suffering.
These parishes are Point Coupee, East
Baton Rogue, West Baton Rogue, Iberville
Ascension, Assumption, Lafourohe, St.
James, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles,
Terrebonue and Plaquemines. Tlse over
flow in these parishes covers nearly 2,500.
000 acres, tilled and untitled, including a
production of 30,000 hogsheads of sugar,
besides a large product of rice and crops of
small farmers, of whom there are many
hundreds, who have lost their stock and
pretty much everything else they possess.
The jsipulation of these parishes, accord
ing' to t he census of 1870, was 50,308 whites
and Tl''II blacks, making a total of 122.
009, from which must be deducted the
population of East Batou Rouge, as only
a small portion of that parish has suffered
from the overflow. That deductiou being
made tbe parishes named contaiu a popu
lation of 102,000. Iu all the parishes nam
ed it is believed that more than 25,000 peo
ple are now in actual suffering for the
necessary supplies of life, and that in less
than sixty days the uumber of those whose
circumstances will require alleviation will
increase to more thau 50,000 persons.
Above we present all the facts, as far as
ascertained by th relief eommitt'v. up to
yesterday.
AN URGENT APPEAL FOR PROVISIONS.
A dispatch from Yidalia, Concordia par
ish, says : "A public meeting assembled
here to-day. Five thousand people iu this
sectiou are represented as suffering for
want of food. A committee has been ap
pointed to procure supplies."
The Mayor of Treuton telegraphs : "We
are all overflowed. Seud us 3,000 rations
by Ouachita Belle if possible. The colored
population in particular are in distress."
Large quantities of provisions were ship
ped to the sufferers to-day. Tho relief
committee has got fairly to work. The
demands upon it are much greater than at
first expected and increasing daily, as the
water from the crevasses continue spread
ing. Another great rice is coming out of
the Red and Ouachita rivers.
SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS IN TIIH OUACHITA
VALLEY.
New Orleans. La., April
The following dispatch shows that the
flood in the Ouchita Valley has uol abated,
but is increasing :
Monroe, La., April 24 -G p. si.
It is impossible to give an idea of the ex
tent of the overflow here. Tbe water is
higher thau ever known before. The town
is an island two-and-a half miles long by
half a mile wide, from which there is no
exit except by boats or swimming. From
the crossing of Railroad and Desard streets
hack is one wide sea. Boats come and go
from Oakley's.
The (leople living in the rear have been
driven in. All the vacant houses have
been takeu. and several families are living
in the court house. Business is almost
suspended, but the houses are open. Fully
one thousand people have uot rations for
three days nor money to buy with. Slock
of every description, gathered iu the (own,
arc starving.
On Desard Island almost all plantations
are under water. Of one thousand acres
belonging to Captain Phillips only one hun
dred and fifty remain uncovered. What
has trau spired below wc know nothing
nbotit.
At Pargoud's Home Place tho water is
two feet deep in the yard, and there is no
passing below there.
Trenton is under water from Crossloy's
residence up to and beyond the business
houses of the town. Cotton is brought in
and goods sent out to Claibourne, half a
mile distant on flats. At Herd's and
Sundler's residences, the water is two feet
deep in the yards. On the river bank front
the fences are nearly all washed down. A
steamboat could be run down Cotton
street.
The river rose oue inch List night. It
has rained slowly ever since daylight and
is still raining. There arc no crops to speak
of, and not five days' work has been done
along the river for four weeks. Iu the hills
the land is washed badly, and what has
been done towards making the crop has
been thrown away. What the people arc
to do, God only knows.
George W. M'C'p.ai:e.
UCNF.RAL XEHSI ITF..HS.
John II ulnae, somewhat prominent for
the part he took in the negotiations between
the Pennsylvania Ceutral and Northern
Central for a lease of the latter to the for
mer, died at his residence, in Philadelphia.
on Monday morning, in the 07th year of
his age. In lPOtf he was the candidate of
the Municipal Reform parly for Congress,
and was defeated by Charles O'NeilL
The body-burners of New York are in
dead earnest. They have secured the pas
sage of a bill incorporating them as a soci
ety. Out West the Democracy have gone to
combing the hayseed out of their hair,
cleaning their boots, and trying to conceal
all evidence of their having been Grtngers.
A man in '?prinklebury, Fulton county,
Ind., offers any one who will get him a
wife "a good cow worth thirty dollars and
twenty oards of wood."
Baltimore exalteth its horn over having
llie largest grain elevator in the world of
oue million bushels capacity.
Brooks, of Arkansas, is a native of Ohio,
where he served as a preacher in the Meth
odist Conference for nine years.
Tho lightning struck Butler's bouse, io
Lowell, a few days ago, but not boding tbe
General at home, left in a hurry.
Cuu anybody name an instance io which
the Republican party has hesitated to do
justice for fear of hurting tho party ?
All the Washington girls ara setting
their caps for Senator Jones of Nevada.
Joues has taken a big house, aud two sla
ters do the honors. His mine now brings
him in $125,000 a month.
The Final Adjournment of the
Legislature. On Wednesday a joint
resolution providing for the final adjourn
ment of the Legislature ou the 15lh of May,
at 12 M., was reported affirmatively in the
Senate. This resolution has already passed
Ibe House of Representatives, aad needs
only the concurreuce of the Senate.
Arkaues Affairs are less threatening in
the gubernatorial imbrogha. Baxter, the
ousted, has convened the Legislature, to
the meeting of which Brooks is opposed.
Baxter is willing to disband his improvised
army, but Brooks refuses ta negotiate on
any terms, spurning all overtures for re
conciliation. United States troops are sta
tioned at defferent points throughout Little
Rock. Much praise is bestowed upon the
General Government for its wisdom in con-
I nectton with the trouble.
The Secretary of War asks an appropri
ation of $90,000 to carry out the law giving
relief to the sufferers by the Mississippi
overflow. No supplies can be spared from
the military stations and the rations will
have to lie purchased. The estimate is
made on the prospect of feeding 20,000 per
sons for twenty-five days.
The coal miners of Schuylkill counfy
have voted almost unanimously to give the
proceeds of one day's labor to the fund for
establishing a miner's hospital in that
county.
The proprietor of the Grant Locomotive
Works of Paterson. N. J., has just closed
a contract with a representative of the
Russian Government, for the building of
sixty-five anthracite coal-burning engines
for use on railroads in the dominions of
the Czar. There was an animated struggle
between the Grant and Baldwin Locomo
tive Works of Philadelphia for this job, but
the Jerseymen secured it. It is some con
solation that American artisians will do
the work.
The agreement among the producers of
oil in Pennsylvania, to stop all work on
welis now in process of drilling, went into
effect on Saturday night, and will continue
for three months. The movement cm
braces a large majority of all the operators,
and it is probable that the number who will
continue to drill will be insignificant.
Whether the price of oil can be advanced
by this means to the desired figure, remains
to be ceen.
Government detectives on Saturday ar
rested John Earle and Eaton and wife, in
Bloomfield, Crawford county Pa., on the
charge of counterfeiting. The detectives
captured a half bushel of counterfeit five
cent nickel coin and a lot of dies.
Governor Hartranfthas signed the Reve
nue bill ipjposing a new system of taxa
tion upon all corporations of the State, in
cluding a Lis of three cents per tou upon
all coal companies, as also a tax upon divi
dends. The Waynesburg Iifuublican 6ay : Not
withstanding tho severely cold freezing
weather week before last tho fruit prospect
is very good for all kinds.
The fruit prospect in Fayette county is
promising, peach and plum trees being in
full blossom, and apple and cherry trees
stowing no signs of injuries.
General Beauregard says that if Congress
does not redress the wrongs of Louisiana
that is, turn Kellogg out and put MeEncry
iu the day of the death of the Republic
can be determined. "That day shall be
when some bold men shall gather force
enough to thrust Congress out of the Capi
tol." That is portentous, but indefinite
or docs Beauregard know the men who pro
pose to try again the thrusting out policy ?
He tried it once, and had justice been met
ed out to him he would have been hanged
as high as Hainan.
One firm in Reading, employing fifty
liands, manufacture 24,000 wool hats a
year, consuming 2(KJ.0oO pounds of wool.
$50,0ou worth of trimmings, ann 700 tons
of coal.
It is rumored that the Legislature pro
jmses to adjourn the last of this month.
Perhaps they may.
"What was the Bible wine ?" is a lead
ing question just now.
Wild coffee trees have been discovered
growing iu California. This valuable crop
is likely to be added to the other products
of the State, which now yields gold, wheat,
barley, tobacco, tea, live stock, and all the
fruits of the tropic and the temperate
zones.
The Alaska fur trade is not a bad thing
for tho United States Treasury. The Gov
ernment receives $2il2.0OO direct. The
skins of the seals are taken to London,
cured and brought to the United States,
and the duties paid amount to $200,000
more.
Temperance societies are being formed
in France, the members of which pledge
themselves uot to drink alcoholic liquors
at any time, and wine and malt liquors
only at meals. The fact is that a man who
drinks ale, wine, &c, seldom drinks whis
key and brandy.
Three brave Keutuckiana recently rode
up to au inoffensive man and shot him
dead, having surprised him iu a drunken
sleep. They maintained in court that they
thought it was a negro they were killing,
and were thereupon acquitted.
A Race of Men who Have not
Learned to Talk. Ou the Island of
harnco has been found a certain race of
wild creatures, of which kindred varieties
have been discovered in the Philippine Is
lands, Terra del Fuego, aud in South
America. They walk, usually, almost
erect, on two legs, and in that attitude
measure about four feet iu height. They
construct uo habitations, form uo fa
milies, scarcely associate together, sleep
in caves, feed on snakes aud vermin, on
ants' eggs, and ou each other. They can
uot be tamed or forced to any labor and
are huuled and shot among the trees like
the great gorilla, of which they are a stunt
ed copy. When captured alive one finds
with surprise that their uncouth jabbering
sounds are like articulate language. They
turn up a human face to gaze at their cap
tors, and females show instincts of modesty.
In fine, these wretched beings are men and
women.
Co r r e s pojijnce .
Ol K 1VEU VOHK LETTER.
THE CURRENCY HILL THE VETO ITS
EFFECT IN THE CITY - CREMATION
OALVIN MOCK AUCTIONS FEMININE
DOCTORS BUSINESS AND HUM RAPID
TRANSIT.
New York. April 28, 1874.
INFLATION THE VETO.
Tlc financial circles of the city were agi
tated last Wednesday to a degree seldom
seen. It was known that ou that day the
President would either sign or veto the
currency law, and the whole money interest
of the city hung breathless on the event.
Tbe wires were burdened with despatches
to Washington, for every speculator desired
to have the first intelligence of the fate
of the bill, that he might buy or sell,
as the case mignt be. All sorts of lies
were put atloat. One moment it would be
announced that the President had signed
the bill ; the next that he would send in a
veto message, and so-on. At last, at about
2 P. M., came the authoritative announce
ment, '"the President has vetoed the Senate
Finance Bill," which set the matter at rest.
Immediately those who were operating for
a rt".c iu Governments became jubilant, and
those who were gambling for a fall were
correspondingly depressed. The rich men
out of business, were gratified beyond mea
sure, while the younger, men ia active
business felt that a sure prop had been
knocked out from under them. The papers
of the city, without au exception, approve
the act of the President. Even the Iri
bune has a good word for him. liut there
to a strong party in the city that desires an
increase of currency ; and it is a power.
The papers d i uot echo public sentiment
in New York ou this matter. The ques
tion is an important one, and will show it'
self iu next foil's elections,
CREMATION.
The idea of burning the bodies of the dead
instead of burying henj'is gainings Tavof
rapidly. The matter is being discussed
every day ia all thepapera ; thechurches
have boen appealed to flr their opinion ;
in short, there is great deal Ipf genuimt
feeling on the subject. -And the feeling i
all in favor of it. The idea of avoiding the
decomposition of the dead--of reducing thp
mortal remains to ashes, and preserving
the ashes, strikes the people as something
of an improvement. The eJcrgymw'fcare
given it as their opinion that it in r.o way
crosses the dogmas' f, ths thnrH,ar.d
everybody seems to favoTit but the under
takers. It would be hard on them. They
see in this movement an abolition of the
ugly coffin with its sickly smell of the
gorgeous hearse, with its ghastly trappings.
of carriages and all the absurd and costly
accompanying!) of funerals. Instead of all
this, a dead body resolved into the elements
in a simple way by the action of lire, and
the remains, a handful of, whitish-gray
ashes, placed reverently in an urn, and
kept as a sacred household treasure. Is
not this better than burying ? I think so ;
and so does almost all of New York. In
deed, a society has beeu formed t. intro
duce it, the members binding themselves to
direct in their wills that their bodies shall
lie burned instead of buried. It already
numbers eight hundred.
OALVIN.
convicted of the robbery of a jewelry store
on Ninth avenue, and sentenced to twenty
years in the penitentiary, teas very recently
a keeper in tht Tombs ! 1 mention this to
show the style of men who attain place un
der the City Government. This man's
character was as well known before his ap
pointment as it is now ; in fact it was, pro
bably, his character that gave him the ap
pointment. A robber, an official in a pri
son ! Is it any wonder that great criminals
have cared nothing for impritomncnt or
conviction ? All they had to do was to
"stake" such a keeper as Gal via and the
doors would jly open. . .-.
How niauy Galvins are yet in these
places ? The Democracy are in control of
the city ; the same kind of men that put
Gal vin ia his place hand yet the appointing j
power. New York is iu a bad way.
' MOCK AUCTIONS. '
The mock auction business, which the
authorities got under some year3 ago, has J
broken out afresh within a few months.
The Bowery is full of them. Stores filled
with tbe vilest pot-metal jewelry, with the
tongueist of auctioneers and the usual as
sortment of ropers-in and bidders at the
door, are becoming as plenty as iu the old
days before tlie police killed them out. The
young man from the count i y is roped-in ;
the "geuuine gold watch" is put up : he
buys it ; and while the "guaranty" is being
made out it is adroitly changed, and he
finds when away that he has paid 40, $50,
or -'50 for a concern that would be dear at
five dollars a bushel. It is a fact that re
sectable jewelers have been driven out of
localities by these Peter Funk concerns.
Rascality is irrepressible ; hold it iu one
way and it will break out in auother.
FEMALE DOCTORS.
There is very much that is bad in New
York, and a great deal that is good. One
of the best of the good things is the idea of
the female physician. There are over fifty
regular practising physicians in the city of
the softer sex women who have gone
through a regular course of study and hospi
tal practice, too. Few of them have au in
come of less than $.'3,000 per annum, and a
number of them caru as much as 10,000.
Their practice is, of course, entirely among
women and children, and it is claimed by
those who employ them that they are more
successful than physicians of the other sex.
There is a reason for this. The invalid
woman can confide more fully in a woman
than she can in a man, and it is more tit
ting that women should stand at the bed
sides of women. There are four colleges in
the city devoted to the training of women
for this wide field of usefulness. There
cannot be too many of them.
BUSINESS AND RUM.
Business has been dull, flat and unpro
fitable all last fall and all last winter, and
it continues in the same state-of health now.
The merchants have made no money, and
the same U true of all the professions. Aud
yet there has been more tine, costly liqaos
consumed in this city this winter than ever
before. The amount of costly champagnes
that have' been drank is really startling.
Now one would suppose that when money
is scarce and tight, and business dull, .that
men would economize in their luxuries.
But it does not so work. The harder the
limes tbe more expensive the potations.
Does a man get desperate from adversity ?
That is the question. The tailors, shirt
makers, shoemakers everybody who fur
nishes necessities have suffered from tl:
hard times, because men have worn their i
old clothes to economize ; but the same j
men are drinking the most costly drinks I
money can buy. Curious, isu't it ? f
RAPID TRANSIT. j
The city is and has been for years tryiug j
to get some better way to get from oue end
of the island to the other, but so far to no
purpose. With the exception of the ele
vated railroad on the we'st side of the city,
there is nothing belter or faster thau the
common horse-car or the primitive stago,
and as the companies owning the3e lines
have untold wealth, and ns everything in
iu Albany is governed by mouey, it is pr--bable
that there will be nothing devised for
years to take their place. But it is a ter
rible want, nevertheless. It takes half the
jieople of the city a full hour to get from
their homes to their places of business.
which takes up two: hours of the twenty-
four in travel
Tllel! the discomfort of the
.
iravt'l is something fearful. If it rams, the
cars swarm with people. Every teat is
. , ., . , . , , . , . ,
occupied, the aisle is crowded wi.h staud-
iug men and women, the platforms Irotlt
and rear are jammed, even, the steps
occupied. When It 13 not the crowd ia th3
same ; in short, from 7 to 10 in the morn
ing, coming down, and tram 4 to 7 in the
afternoon, going up, each, car is a moving
purgatory. The trouble the New Yorker
has to face is, he cannot live near hU busi
ness, because rents are so fearfully high ;
lie cannot live away from his business, be
cause of the waste of time and discomfort
of going to and fro. Hut the latter alterna
tive is the oue he lias to accept, smd conse
quently he stands and rides and growls
three hundred aud twelve days iu the year.
Various remedies are suggested. There is
an underground railroad, the cars intended
to be propelled by compressed air, 011 which
tome hundreds of thousands of dollars have
been spent; but it uever will be finished.
Then it is proposed to build a raiiway
a round tbe city, but that has been headed
off.-. Railroad are projected underground,
in the air, on pillars, propclleed by all
sorts of motive power, but nothing has
come of any of the schemes. It in singular
that a city of a million of people should not
be able to find a way through a dilliculty
ao simple., .
the wEATnkr.
has bn frightful for a week. It has been
rain and slush, slush and rain. Let us
hope that winter trill cease to linger as soon
as possible. Piktro.
A Wrong Custom Corrected.
It is quite generally the custom to take
stroug liver stimulants for the cure of liver
complant, and both the mineral and vege
table kingdoms have been diligently search
ed to procure the most drastic and poison
ous purgatives, in order to produce a pow
erful effect upon the liver, aud arouse the
lagging and enfeebled organ. This system
of treatment is on the same principle as
that of giving a weak and debilitated man
large portions of brandy to enable him to
do a certain amount of work. When the
stimulant is withheld, the organ like the
system gradually relapses into a more tor
pid of sluggish and weakened condition
than liefore. ifhat then is wanted ? Medi
cines, that, while they cause the bile to
flow freely from the liver, that organ is
toned into action, will not overwork and
thus debilitate it, but will, when their use
is discontinued, leave the liver strengthened
and healthy.
WORKS WONDERS.
B erg en, Genesee Co., N. Y. March 23,
1K71.
Dr. R. V. Pierce :
Dear Sir Your treatment in my case
has been quite successful and satisfactory,
and for which I desire to express my grati
tude. I have been troubled with a" disor
dered Liver and Catarrh and general weak
ness for a good many years, and was fail
ing slowly all the time, and last August I
called on vou and got some of your Golden
Medical Discovery and Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remdy. and one of your Nasal Injectors,
and since that time I have been improving
and am now better than I have been in
years, not having had the sick headache in
months, which I used to have to average
once a week, the Golden Medical Discovery
being the principal medicine used. It has
worked wonders in my case, and I recom
mend it to those similarly afflicted. Let
me express gratitude to you for such inval
uable services.
Truly and gratefully yours
WM. F CRITTENDEN.
We should not hesitate to recommend to
any friend of ours, Parsons" Purgative
Pills ; they are scientifically prepared, and
adapted to all the purposes of a good pur
gative medicine.
Decidedly the beet remedy that has ever
been f discovered for rheumatism, swollen
or siiffjoints. flesh wounds, spraius, bruises,
cuts, and burns, is Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment. We' use it, and always recom
mend it to our friends.
P t l-HII.LEIt,
is 10. 17 1,
time tesim the merit of all tiling.
Thirty years is certainly long euough
time to prove the efficacy of any medicine,
and that the Pain-Killer in deserving of all
its proor'eUr's claim for it, is amply proved
by the unparalleled popularity it has at
tained. It is a sure and effective remedy.
It is sold in almost every country in the
world, and it needs only to he knowc to be
prized, and its reputation as a Medicine of
Great Virtue, is lully and permanently es
tablished. It is the great Family Medi
cine of the age. Taken internally,' it cures
Dysentery, Cholera. Diarrhoea, Cramp and
Pain in the Stomach. Bowel Complaint,
Painters' Colic, Liver Cemplaiut. Dyspep
sia, or Indigestion, Sudden Colds, Sore
Throat and Coughs. Taken Externally, it
cures Bruises. Boils, Felons Cuts, Burns.
Scalds, Old Sore and Sprains, Swellings of
the Joints, Toothache, Pain in the Face,
Neuralgia and Rheumatism, Chapped
Hands, Froat Bitten Feet Ac.
Pain is supjsised to be the lot of us poor
mortals, as inevitable as death, and liable
at any sime to come upon us. Therefme,
it is important that remedial agents should
lie at hand to be used on emergency, when
we are made to feel the excruciating agony
of pain, or the depressing influences of dis
ease. Such a remedial exists in Perry
Davis' "Pain Killer." the fame of which
has extended over all the earth. Amid the
eternal ices of the Polar regions, orbeueath
the intolerable and burning suns of the
tropics its virtues are known and appre
ciated. And hv it suffering humanity has
found relief from many ot its ills. The
.effect of the Pain-Killer upon the patient.
when taken internally iu cases ol lougn,
Cold, Bowel Complaint. Cholera. Dysen
tery, and other affections of the system,
has been truly wonderful, and has won for
it a nanie among medical preparations that
tan never be foigotteu. Its success in re
moving jwiin, as an external remedy, in
sases of Burns. Bruises. Sores and Sprains,
Cuts. Sting of Insects. Ac, and othe causes
of sufferiug has secured for it the mosl pro
minent position among the medicines of
tne day. Beware of connterfeits and worth
less imitation. Call for Perry Davis' Ve
getable Pain-Killer, and take no other.
gySold by Dtuggists and Grocers.
April 3, 1874. lin.
Stla
4r
Fashionable Millinery Uomin
JUST OPENED!
MISS M. I GOSSLER,
On Fourth St.. below S. V. R. R.,
SUN BURY, PA..
Has jn.t opened a full lice of
Spring Millinery Goods. The
latest Hy'.es of
J .. n
j" riais ana Bonnets.
Trimieing, IhindKerchief, Lndies'
Collars, Gloves, and Notions jrroe-
ra!!y. Particular attention of all
the ladies in the count v is directed
to her assortment, as her stock is larger than
ever, and goods sold cheeper.
Suubury, May X. lS7i;
4 -
THE NEW IMPROVED
REMINGTON SEWIHG MACHINE.
AWARDED
Tlie "3Icdal for Progress,"
AT VIEXXA, 1S7S.
The U gliest Order of "Medal" Awarded at the
Exposition.
No fowins Mrrbice received a Higher Prire.
A Few Good Henioufti
1. A new intention thoroughly tested and se
cured by Letters Patent.
i'.-r-Make n perfect Lock Switch, uiike on both
sint s, on a'.! kinds of irooda.
3. Runs li'j;lit, smooth, noiseljas r nj rapid
1 bul c-mibiimf (ou of qualities.
4. ifiiranie runs nr year wiinoui repairs.
j 5 Will do U varVtie or work and funry
Mirrhimc in a superior manner.
: C. I niit easily tnanaifi'd bv the operator,
; Le.th of Mitt h ,, ulvKd h-le runuin?,
. and inaeliinc rail be threaded without passiiii:
iKimp&Ienlons, FAet, form-
iug tlie Mitch without the nsit of cogwheel jrenrs,
rotarr cams or lever arms. Has the Automatic
Drop Feed, which insures uniform length of
!liich at a y sptn d. Has our new thread con
troller, which allows easy raovei.ient of needle
bar and prevents injury to thread.
S. Construction most careful and finished. It
U manufactured by the most skillful und ex
perienced mechanics, at the celebrated Remini-t-n
Annoiy, llion, N.N. Philadelphia Olliee,
810 Chestnut street. mayl,la'74.-2m.
A LECTI KE TO YOl'XU 11 EX.
Jij-i t Pkiii tsiieo. is a Sealed Fyvn.orc
Price Sir Cent.
A Lac tars on ths N.tture, Treatment, and
Kadic.-il cure of Seminal Weakness, or Sperma
torrhea, hnuecd by Self-Abuss, Involuntary
Emission, Impotuury, Nervous Debility, and
Impediments to Marriage generally : Pile?, Con
sumption, Epilepsv. and Fits . Mental and Pbv
sii-iil InrapaeiM. Ac By ROBFRT J. CUL
VERV.'EI.L, M. D., author of lUc '-Green
Bool:."' Ac.
The vorM-rer!oT.jd author, in this admirable
Lecture, clearly proves from his own experience
that the. awful consequences of dclf-Abuse may
be edectnally removed without medicine, and
wiilio.it dangerous surgical operations, bougies
instruments, rins or cordials, pointing out a
mode of crre 3'- on-s certain and effectual, by
which every sufferer, no matter what hU condi
tion may be' insy etire bitxeU' chtwply, private
ly, and radical'y.
This Lecture wiH prove r boon to thousands
L'd thousand.
Heut uiwfirteal. ai vlain nrv-it).-, ta sny siidmui,
p.-wt-i.nii, T-T.-ii t - .a , "-!, ar f pants;
; AM the ''nftifcli.-rn, - - -
- CHAS. J. . KLINE, A CO.
127 BOT-rr,'W. x. post Office tor, 4HS
J.. M, tr,Jy.
tin Xobcrtisnunts.
CAMPHORINE
The PMVEItS W, MEDIC1XE
Forth HOUSEHOLD.
Try it. Prioe per bottle 25 cent. For lale
by all Dmegiots. REUBEN HOYT, Proprietor,
203 Oreenwich St., N. Y. majMw
The Highest Medical Authorities of Europe say
ihe strongest Tonic. Purifier aud Deobetroent
known in the medical world ia
JUEUBEBA,
tt arrests decay of vital forces, exhaustion of the
nervous system, restores vigor to the debilitated,
eleatises vitiated blood, removes vesicle o"t ruc
tions and arts direcMv on tne Liver and Spleen.
Price $1 a bot:e. JOHN Q. KELLOGG, New
York. mayl.4w.
CI.EJIEXT HOUSE, Third Street below
M;:rkct, Silnbury, Pa. THAD. 8. SHAN.
NON. Proprietor. Rooms neat and coti fortabie.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and Ihe waiters attentive and obliging.
Suu(uryt April 24, 1874.
1874. SPRING MILLINERY. lSlT.
Selected with great tate and care hare beta
opened at Mi L. SHISSLER'9 Store,
Market Square, SUXBI UY, PA.,
all the new shapes in Straw and Chip
HATS AND BONNETS.
Ribbon. Flowcm, Feathers, fcc, and all kinds
of Miilincry Good-t.
Fancy Goidi of erery description. Bonnet
and Hats trimmed in the most expeditious man
ner with the inmost preeicion. A full line of
ladies' caps- Call and examine before purchas
ing elaewhere. MISS L. SHISSLER.
ISunbury, Arril 24, 1374.
TOY CO.VFECTIOXERY STORE.
Everybody U invited to come and buy of ths
handsome assortment of
TOTS AND CONFECTIONERIES
at
SAMUEL P. NEVIN'S STORE,
In frame building, adjoinin? Moore A DUeinger'
building, THIRD STREET, 8CNBUBT, PA.
Just opcued a fresh supply of ConfoetiODeri? of
every description.
TOYS OF ALE KIXOS
or.-tanlly ou hand. The best RAISINS, FIG?,
CURRANTS & DRIED FRUIT.
PURE RIO COFFEE, TEA & SPICES,
fresh Bread, Buns & Cakes, every morning
FANCY CAKES, BISCUITS, CRACKERS, Ac.
ORAXGERN, LE.1IOXS.
FRESH FISH EVERY DAY
will be sold at the lowat rates. The best of
A'.bimarl Shad will be de iverot at ;Le reiideuce
of purchasers in any part of the town.
Call and see the excellent assortment of good
and ascertain prices.
A CARD.
Persons eulferiB? with Nervous Debility, Iu
sipient Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, or any form of Nervons or Pulmonary
Complaints, will receive a prompt and radical
Vegetable Remedy, freo of charge, by giving
symptoms :u fall, and addressintr.
DR. CHAS. P. MARSHALL.
38 Swan St., Buffalo, N. 1".
Sunbury, April 24, 1974. 8t,
New Millinery Store.
MISSES L. A S. WEI3F.K
navinz removed their Millinery Store into the
Iaree buildinir adjoining Zettlemoyer's stove
store, on Market Street, where they have Just
opened a larse and elcjant assortment of
Fashionable Mil inery Geodis,
embracinff everything usually Kept in a well
stocked Millinery clab'.iihment. Their stock is
entire new and consists of the latest
New York and Philadelphia Styles.
DRESS MAKING
in all it brauohe will receive particular atten
tion. .INFANT ROBES IN STOCK.
Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed.
Cutting and Fitting attended to, and Children's
and Bov clothing made to order.
MISS L. WEISER.
ML3 S. WEISER.
Sunbnry. April 17, 1374.
V. D. MELICK,
Druzzist
and Apothecary,
IN WELKEP."3 BUILDING.
Market Street, SCXBL'RY, PA.
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
Drn::i:IUT Fancy Goods,
PAINTS, OILS. GLASS, PUTTV, &C,
constantly on hand.
Particular attention paid to compounding phy-"
siciaus prescriptions ami family receipts.
Sunbury, April 17, 1874.
jojEin ?.
A It X OLD,
ATTORNEY aud COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Ilerndon, North'd county. Pa.
All business matters in the counties of North
umberland. Snyder, Union. Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and Eusrllsh Iansuaes.
april 17. 174.-ly.
XOTICE.
"VOTICE is hereby iriven to the stockholders
li of the Sunbury Steam Ferry and Tow Boat
Company, that there will be an election for Di
rectors of said company for the ensuing year at
the office of Ira T. Clement, on Monday, tbe 4th
dav of May, A. D. 174, at ten o'clock, a. m.
J. WEISER BL'CHER, Secretary.
S mbury, April 17, 1S74.-31.
WAXTED.
THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
CO., of Philadelphia, an old and reliable Lif
Company, desires an A ent io every portion of
this State in which it is not now represented. It
is a strictly Mutnal Company, returns its surplus
premiums to its members every year, and as Ut
trpiKte art trnall, furnishes them Insurance at
the lowest possible rates. AH of its pvliciea ara
non-forf citable for their value after the third
year. Liberal Commission contracts made wltis
reliable men. Apply to H. 8. STEPHENS, V.
President. No. 9-'l Chestnut St., Philadelphia,
Fa. upl 10 iw.
Estate ofJosephT.TroatsaaM, deTC
(Late of Jordan township.)
"VT"0T1CE is hereby given that Utters of Ad
ministration have been granted to the an.
derailed, on the estate of Joseph T. Troutmsn,
late or Jordan township.Northnmberland eoaoty.
Pa., deceased. All persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make immediate payment,
and tho.-e having claims, to present them for set
tlement. DAVID T. TROUTMAN,
Administrator.
Jordan tfiwnship, APtil 10. '.874.-
Xutice.
THAT an application will be made to the prs
sent Senate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the pas
su ire of an act to extend the act relating to She
rifles and Pruthonotary's cost, in Lnzrrae coun
tv, approved the seventeenth day of February,
oue thousand cL'bt hundred and tifty-nlne, toth
countv of Northumberland.
J. LEISENRING, S. II. ROTHERMEL,
O. M. FOWLER, T. H. PURDT.
R. W.GRAT. GEORGE HILL,
GEO. D. BUCHF.R. U. F. JOHN.
April 3, 1874. it,
MEEFLODR&FEEDSTOE"
riinE Unrierisrned, having taken Steel's Bake
X ry, in PURDT TOWN, has secured the ser
vices of a J-'irtt Clax akr, from Philadelphia,
and is now prepared to furnish the citiiens of Sun
bury, every morning with
Fresh lireari. Rolls, ninit, Bnnsi.
l akes Ae.,
made of the BEST FLOUR ia the market. He
also has on hand a general assortment of
FLOl'K VXD FEED,
which will be sold at the lowe-t market prices.
All orders promptly filled, and the articles deli
vered free of charge iu any part of Sunbury,
Caketown aad Turdylown.
Orders lest at Steei's butcher shop, ou Market
street, will receive prompt attention.
WM. L. MOORE".
April 3, 1S74. 3 mos.
Appeal.
The County Commissioners wiil hoid their ap
peals al the following places, to wit :
Point and Northui;ier!and, May 1, at George
Burr's.
Upper Augusta, May 2, t Commissioners'
Office.
Riverside, May 6. at School Honsc-.
Rush, May 7, at school bouse, Pole Towu.
Shamokiu twp.. May 8, al Thomas Nesblt'a.
Shamokin hor., May 12, at WillUra Weavers.
Coal, May 13. at William Weaver's.
Mou:it (.'annul, May 14, at Joseph Deppen's.
Monst Carmel bor.. May 14, at Jos. Def pen's.
Cameron. May 15, at Weikel's Hotel.
Zerbe, May lo, at Thos. Folds.
Little Mahauoy, May Its at Gap Hotel.
Washington, May ls, nt Henry Fisher's.
Upper Mahanoy, May 20, at E. Geist's.
Jordan, May 21, at ElUs Shaffer's.
Lower Mahauoy, May 22, at Abm. Rothenhel't.
Jackson, May 23, al John Albert's.
Snnburv. May 25, at Commissioner's Odice.
Snyder own, May 28, at William Farrow's.
l ower Ans-usia, May 27. at David Fsy'.
AMO VA8TINE,
J. O. DERHAM.
D. g. REJT2,
CoamUaloMr.
T. W. G3AT,Cirk.