intritan. H. B. KASSER, E. W1LVERT. Editors. SUNBURY, JUNE 12, 1S74. Allrrlo the Kf publican MhiuUiik Coin mil Ice. The Members .r the Rcp-iblinui Standing Committee of Northumberland Comity, are 110 titted Hint a inwtinir of Hie Committee will be held in the Arbitration Room Jut lie Court Honse, Sutiburv, l'a., oil Saturday the SOIli June, lS71,at )i O'CLOCK, P.M. X fu'.l attendance of the members is requested at bnsineFS of importance will be laid before tbe meet'mc. . EM'L WILVERT, Chairman. L. M. Mobtos, Sec'ry. OF TUE MEUIIKK. Ia-w'is Michael Wclrti. Turbutville Thos. Barr. Dela mire Jos. Nicely, Jr. McEwensville John I. Paiker. Tnrbut Adam Botdorf. Milton. X. V. L. M. Morton. ' S. W. Jos. K. Miller. Point Famsworth Reed. Chillisquaque D. B. Ross. Norlliutnlterland -A. C. Simpson. Sunbury, E. W. Geo. M. Renn. W. W. Clint.. Gsringer. Upper Augusta Henry Haupt. Jjwer Auirurta Wm. Kuker. Rush O. P. Patton. Shamokin JoltD W. Reed. Shamokin Bor., E. W. L. L. Hummer. " ff. W. J. II. Adams. Coal Jlm Gallagher. Mt. Carniel twp H. McDonald. Mi. Cartuel Br. W. C. Hunt cinder. Zcrbc B. K. Miller. Cumermi Christian GouiMSrt. I'ppcr Malianoy Juoiah Sh.nlcl. Washington--Andrew Buelier. Jacksou Joejh Dre-ler. Kittle MahMioy II. H. Pomiiife. Jordan . W. Trontman. Lower Malianoy Abr'm Blower. Watsontown D. C Hocue. Snydertown Jackson Burircr. Riverside E. Crompton. The Tresidext's Memoranda. Iu another part of this paper we publish the correspondence between rresidcut Grant and Mr. Jones, the hard money Senator from Nevada, on the financial question. .The letter of President Grant has created considerable excitement in Washington's political circle, and leading llcpublcans arc reported as professing great alarm over the discovery of the aggressive position of the rresidcut on the currency question. The constitution provides, that all expressions of opinions of this cliaracUir, shall be com municated to Congress iu the form of a message, and there was naturally some temper shown by the inflationist, when the letter of the President, being so wide a de parture from former precedents, was made public. They were astonished at the de cided manner in which he opposes any pro ject that does not embody his particular views, and hare expressed themsclvts iu as earnest terms as the President They charge him with the responsibility of strangling the currency bill in the bouse of its friends, and with adhering to a policy that will drive the republican party iuto the breakers in the fall electiou. The De mocrats are uo better pleased than many of these leading Republicans, except so far as they profess to have reason to hope for some political change in their favor. Since the veto of the President, the Senate itassed another bill, which was so aracuded in the House of Representatives, that a committee of conference was agreed upon, who waited on the President to obtain his views, in or der that a couflict of opinion might be avoided. Nothing satisfactory being ac complished, the conference committee is still engaged in framing a bill, but with little hopes that it will be. signed, biuce then the President has put forth a memo randum embracing a full set of financial views of the most extraordinary character, indicating the repeal of the legal tender act, abolition of all notes under ten dollars, re sumption of specie payment almost at once, and so on. Of course this is wholly incom patible not only with the interests of tbe country, but with the wishes of the , people. The whole will result in leaving the question alone. We have already one . of the best financial systems the world ever a ml titipriit mvmpntji app. nimrrai-hin , quite fast enough for the common weal. Change ix tue Treasury Depart ment. Secretary Bristow is making some very radical changes in the workings of the ' Treasury Department, and lias notified the 'House Appropriation Committee that he docs not desire the new offices called heads of divisions, created by the Senate, on mo tion of Senator Boutwell. He has ordered home Chief Clerk Saville, now travelling in Europe at the expense of the Treasury Department, exactly for what object no one " tor nis to know. A New Party. A National auti-secret society convention was in session at Syra- cuse. N. Y.. several davs last week, and adopted resolutions declaring all secret oath-bound fraternities, including grangers and secret temperance societies, a conspi- , racy against all who do not belong to them, and a standing menace to the religion of Josus Christ, expressing opposition to free masonry, and refusing to vole for masons for civil office. They evidently intend making it a political society, and if so it will have but a short life. The members should know the history of tbe Auli-Ma sonioparty and the Native American party, and abstain from any attempt to get up an organization such as they seem to propose Tlie objection is not, as a rule, to secret nodal societies, but to auy secret societies that may interfere ifl the politics and go vernment of tlie country. A LAW XIXJMi THE oALA RIES OF County Commissioners. At the last session of the Legi&latue the following act fixing the .salaries of county commissioners was passed : . 1 hat tlie pay or tue county commis sioners oi tlie different counties in this State shall be three dollars per d.iy for each day actually employed iu attcnd'Bg to the duties of their said office, and tl e said per diem shall be computed from tie first day of January, Anno Domiuo one thousand eight huudred and seventy -four : Provid ed, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to commissioners already elected and in office, nor to counties lutving over one hundred and fifty thousand popula tion." Citil Sertice. It would seem that lu the eyes of the President, Civil Service is a failure, as mny be evidenced by his course very recently. The Pittsburg Commercial has well said : Mr. Richardson became Secretary of the Treasury through a rigid application of the Civil Service rules. He was the Assistant .Secretary of the Treasury when Boutwell resigned, and the President allowed the Civil Service system full swing in promot ing lite first man below the vacant place above. When, however, it was found that a continuance of the came rule would pro mote Sawyer to Rkuardtion's place, the President naturally hung baric. That was a little too much, and Civil Service had to step aside. Tlie Civil Service rules arc beautiful, in theory ; but in practice, as in Richardson's case, a dead failure. The fact that they have been abandoned, in or der to prevent Sawyer's promotion, is a ' (rong"omment on their inapplicability. A new cattle disease has broken out near Trenton. It cloae!y resembles spoiled fever, butU seems to be tractable ; although cumbers have been afflicted with it, yet Zioo have died. The Protestant Episcopal Convention of the Hiocesu of Central Pennsylvania, met at Wilkes-lJarrc Pa. on Tuesday, June 3d. Tlie Convention was not largely at tended. The lay deputies in attendenec lrom this place was Wm. I. Greenough and II. 1$. M.isser Esqrs. On the 2d day the follow ing jhtsoiis were elected : .Trustees of Christinas Fund W. II. Say re, M. C. Mcrcur, John O. Wagner ; Clias. M. Conyngham. Treasurer of Convention nud Episcopal Fund William Ruehler Jr. Treasurer of Christmas Fund Peter Raldy, Jr. Trustees of Endowment Fund W. Bueliler. F. Walls. 11. A. Lamberton, J. II. PerkitiP. Trustees of Church Building and Par sonage Fund II. S. Gardiner, II. Colt, A. Ricketts. II. Alrick9. On the standing Committee, Revs. A. A. Marple, W. C. Lovcrett, Y7. Paret, D. D., and W. P. Orrick, of the clergy, and Messrs. Asa Packer, A. Ricketts, II. S. Goodwin and R. A Iamberton of the laity. Deputies elected to the General Conven tion : The Itev. Wm. Paret, I). D. ; Rev. C. Brcck, D. D. ; and A. A. Marple, Mr. Henry Coppe, L. L. D., and R. A. Lam berton. On the :Ul day the election of a remain ing clergyman as a member of the standing committee caused considerable stir, and not little wire pulling was indulged in. The two prominent candidates were Rev. J. M. Peck, and Rev. Daniel Washburn, aud after the 4th ballot had been taken without resulting in a choice, a compro mise was ultimately agreed to at the sug gestion of Rev. Mr. Marple, who nomin ated Rev. Edmund Leaf, who was duly elected. The Iiy member elected was Mr. Henry W. Keim. - The Rev. Mr. Ixiverelt was unanimous ly elected deputy to the General Conven tion, aud Dr. At lee and Mr. Rockwell as' lay deputies. Hon. J. B. Packer. Nothing cau lie more gratifying to the coustiutents of a mem ber of Congress, than when they learn the fact that their confidence has not been mis placed, aud that the man of their choice is not recreaut to his trust. Ever since the JIou J. B. Packer was elected to represent this CougresMonul district iu our national couueils we have received the most flatter ing testimonials of his ability aud industry, iu serving his constituents and watching over their iuteicsts. This testimony comes too from disinterested parties who arc daily cognizant of the doings of members of Con gress at the National Capitol. Among the many notices by correspondents to influen tial Journals in our large cities, we hud the following extract of a letter to the Phila- del phia All Day City Item, dated Washing ton June otli. HON. JOHN B. PACKER. Aiuonzall your Reuresiutatives, I know of noue more worthy, or who stand higher in the general estimation than the Hon. John B. Packer. He is intelligent, practi cal, souud, wise on all subjects of Mate or National concern, and hence he never does a foolish thing. Such members are an honor to Pennsylvania ; an honor to the Congress. He ought to be sustained by an honest and reliable constituency, ior ne will do their will with au earnest devotion, dedicated to the noblest and best interest of a loyal and patriotic people." The election of Mr. Scott as President of the Pennsylvania Central, and of Mr. Ro berts as vice Presideut, does not materially change the licrnonnel of its management. The new organization is not composed of new men, but of men who have beeu iden tified with its maugaeuicnt almost from its first start iu life. Mr. Scott has been.iu the company since it began, Mr. Boberls since lHol, aud Mr. Cassatt, the General Moacr. aiiice 1101. All three have tw ' grown up with the road, and arc thorough ly famil'ar with all its details, and the com pany is exceedingly fortunate in having three such men at its command. Its finan cial condition is superb, aud we venture to predict that, when the people arc made fully acquainted with its resources, it will be under the uew management, to the full as popular as under the old. Operations on the Centennial Grounds at Philadelphia. The Ger mantown Telciratih says : "there are now about ninety laborers employed iu excavat ing for an artificial lake on the Centennial Grounds, which will serve not only as an ornament but will also facilitate the drain age of the higher grounds. The lake will be situated west of Belmont avenue aud between Landsdowne drive and Elm ave nue, and will have a superficial area of about four acres. Hie Commissioners nave decided upon the plan of a Conservatory, and the build ing will soon be put under construction. The drawings are nearly completed, and wonosals will be advertised for in a few days. Tlie plan, as adopted, provides for a building .'170 feet long by 1G0 feet wide, constructed of iron and glass, the walls consisting of iron columns aud glass win dow filling. The main conservatory has a leugth of 2.10 feet, and a width of 80 feet. Four smaller couvaloiies or forcing houses are annexed, each 100 by 20 feet. The re mainder of the first floor is appointed to retiring-rooms. On the comers are four anuexcrs, each 40 by 40 feet, which will be used for promenades, the ascent to them being at either end. The whole building covers au area of one aud three-quarlers acres, and will be raised on a terrace sufficiently high above the goueral level to give a good effect. Its position is east of Belmont avenue, aud near what it called the Old Pines, iu the loop formed by the drive that runs from Ferndale Pool towards the liver. From this point are beautiful views, both up and down the river. Hie Peach crop. We are glad to learn that the prospects for the peach crop are good, notwithstanding the alarming reports about the destruction of the buds by frosts, bugs. iVc. The Wilmington ComuuixuO of Friday says : We have had satisfactory interviews to day with large peach-growers in the Miu- rjletown district, who gave much more en courairing reports as to peaches. Some of those who, a few days ago, were loudest io their afeerlions tliul a tatlurc was to be ex pected, are now, after riti examination. convinced that they were hasty in their conclusions.. We are now told that the crop in New Castle county and as far down as Dover, aud in Kent County, Md., still hold good promise, and the small fruit which has fallen oil" will only result in the production of better and larger teaches from the germs remaining. Wc were shown this morning some branches taken at random from an orchard, and from which the injured peaches had fallen otr, and we found those that remained were iu a healthy condition, and quite as thick as the trees would be able to bring to maturity. This, we hope, is a fair index to tlw general situation. We hear that some klud of a tmall black insect, much tesembling a flea, has attack ed the young corn In some parts of Greene couuty, and is devouring it with a rapidity that threatens to prove very disastrous to that crop. Tin: .moxktaky ikoiim:m. AX INTERESTING CORRESPOXDEXl E PRESIDENT GRANT'S FINANCIAL VIEWS THE EXECUTIVE'S IDEAS OK PAPER t URERNCY AND COIN NATIONAL RE SOURCES AND EXPENDITURES. Washington, June 5. The following correspondence on the financial question between General Jones, of Nevada, and President Grant has been obtained for pub lication : .United States Senate Chamber, Washington, June 4. To the President : I was so deeply impressed by the clearness and wisdom of the financial views, some of which you had fortunately reduced to writing, recently expressed by you in a conversation in which I had the honor, with a few others, to be a participant, that I cannot dismiss them from my mind. The great diversity of ideas throughout the country upou the subject, aud the fact that public opinion concerning the same is still in process of formation, lead me to believe that the publication of these views would be productive of great good. I venture, therefore, to request of you that I may have a 'copy of the written memorandum to which I have alluded, with your per mission that it may be made public. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, John P. Jones. Executive Mansion, Washington, 1). C, June 4,1874. Dear Sir : Your note of this date requesting a copy of a memo randum which I had prepared expressive of my views upon the financial question and which you with others had heard read, is received, but a too late an hour to com ply to-nighL I will, however, take great pleasure in furnishing you a copy in the morning, as soon us I can have it copied. It is proper that I should state that these views were reduced to writing because I had been consulted ou this question not ouly by some members of the conference committee but by many other members of Cougicss. To avoid auy aud all misun derstanding I deemed this .course both justifiable aud proper. With this explana tion I enclose you hwewith the nicmoran- ! dum referred to. Very respectfully, U.S.Grant, j To ilon. J. P. Jones, United States ; Seuate. . ; Memoranda of views entertained on the subject of desirable legislation on finance. I believe it a high and plain duty to return to a specie basis at the earliest practicable day, not only in compliance with the legis lative and party pledges, but as a step in dispensable to lasting national prosierity. I believe, further, that the time has come when this can be done, or at least begun, with less embarrassment to every branch of industry than at any future time. After resort has been hud to unstable and tem porary exH'Uieiitsto stimulate unreal pros perity and sicculatioii on basis other than coin, the recognized medium of exchange throughout the commercial world, the par ticular mode selected to bring about a res toration of the specie-standard is not of so much consequent as that some adequate plan be devised, the lime fixed when cur rency shall be exchangeable for coin at par, and the plan adopted rigidly adhered to. It is not probable that any legislation sug gested by me would prove acceptable to both brauches of Congress, and, indeed, full discussion might shake my owu faith in the detail of any plan I might propose. I will, however, veuture to state the general features of the action which seems to me advisable, the financial platform ou which I would 'stand, any departure from which would be iu a spirit of concession and harmony in deference to conflicting opiuiotis. First, I would like to sec the legal-tender clause, so called, repealed ; the repeal to take effect at a' future time, say July 1, 1S75. This would cause all con tracts made after that date for wages, sale, &c, to be estimated in coir,. It would correct our uotious of vafues. The specie dollar would be the only dollar known as the measure of equivalents. When debts afterward contracted were paid in curren cy, instead of calling the paper dollar a dollar, and quoting gold at so much prem ium, we should think and spoak of paper as at so much discount. This alone would add greatly iu bringing the two currencies nearer together at par. Second, I would like to see a provision that at a fixed day, say July 1, 187tt, the currency issued by the United States should be redeemed in coin on presentation to any assistant treas urer, and that all currency so redeemed should be canceled and never reissued. To ctUx-t this it would be necessary to authorize the-iseue f' bonds payable in gold, bearing such interest as would com mand par in gold, u U: put out by the Treasury only iu such sums as should from time to time be needed lr the purpose of redemption. Sin h legislation would iusure a return to sound financial principles iu two years, aud would, in my judgment, work Ics hardship to the debtor interest than is likely to come from putting off the day of fiual reckoning. It must be borne in mind, too, that the creditor interest had its day of disad vantage, also, when our present financial system was brought in by the supreme needs of the nation. I would further provide that from and after the date fixed for redemption no bills, whether of national banks or of the United States, returned to the Treasury to be exchanged for new bills, should be replaced by bills of less denomination than ten dollars, and that in oue year after resumption all bills of less than five dollars should be with drawn from circulation, and in two years all bills of less than ten dollars should be withdrawn. The advantage of this would lie strength given to the country against time of de pression resulting from war, failure of crops, or any other cause, by keeping al ways in the hands of the people a large supply of the precious metals. With all smaller transactions conducted in coin many millions of it would be kept in con stant use, aud of course prevent it from leaving the country. Undoubtedly a poorer currency will always drive the belter out of circulation. With paper a legal tender and at a discount, gold and silver become articles of merchandise as much ns wheat or cotton. The surplus will find the liest market it can. With small bills in circula tion, there is no use for coin except to keep it In the vaults of bauks to redeem circula tion. During jteriods of great speculation and apparent prosperity there is little demand for coin, and then it will flow out to a market where it can be made to earn some thing, which it cannot while lying idle. Gold, like anything else, when not needed becomes a surplus, and, like every other surplus, it seeks a market where it can find one. By giving active employment lo coin, however, its presence can, it snems to me, be secured, and the panics and depressions which have occurred periodically iu times cf nominal specie payments, if they cannot be wholly prevented, can at least be great ly mitigated. Indeed, I question whether it would have beeu found necessary to depart from the standard of specie in the trying day which gave birth to the first Legal Tender act had the country taken the ground of no Miiall bills as early as 1K."0. Again, I would provide an excess of revenue over current expenditure. I would do this by rigid economy and by taxation where taxa tion can liest lie borne. .. Increased revenue would work u con slant reduction of debt and iuterest, and would" provide coin to meet demands on the .Treasury lor. the redemption of its notes, thereby diminishing the amount of bouds needed for that purpose. All taxes after redemption begins should be paid in coin or United States notes. This would force redemption on the national banks. AVith measures like these, or measures which work out such results, I see no dan ger in authorizing free banking without limit. Finauriiil. Washington June '.. The conference committee ou the Banking bill to-day se cured the signatures to the measure of all the members of the committee except Mr. Clymer, of Pennsylvania, who seems dis posed to make a tight for the President's hard money policy and early contraction veiws. The subject will be taken up in the Seuate to-morrow aud passed by the House at once, so as to be sent to the President at least ten days before the adjournment, so as to compel his action on it, if he meaus to take the responsibility of defeating it, as there is now no doubt but that he does. The securing the approval of Senators Shermau aud Morton to the bills is far more than any one had supposed could be done, until the Presidential Memorandum made it necessary for his party to do some thing to show that they had a polity on which they are willing to make an issue before the people against the remarkable fiscal programme of the President. As there are so many members of the House who do not agree to all of the provisions of the conference committee's bill, it is not unlikely that it will not have a large ma-1 jority in the House, and certainly will not I be able to rally a two-thirds vote agaiust a veto, which will cotisequetitly be fatal to it. Organization oi" Corporations. IIarrisruro, June ii. The Secretary of the Commonwealth will furnish upon application of parties desiriug to organize corporations under the General Corpora tion act of 1ST ! tin; necessary blanks there for. John B. Linn. Deputy Secretary of fhe Commonwealth. Trnnnmrf. Memphis, June '.. The colored people held u large mass meeting last night iu front of the Polebcar ers' Hall, Second street, at which speeches were made by Ed. Shaw, II. Rankin aud Thomas Swan, leading colored men, who denied emphatically that there was auy in teutiou ou the" part of the colored jteople to get up a riot, in which they were sure to be the worst sufferers, and accusing a couple of newspapeis of attempting to create strife between the two races for political effect. Resolutions to the same effect were adopt ed. Destructive Storms. On Saturday uight and Sunday there were destructive ! storms at several distant points. The vil lage ofTampico, in Whiteside county. III., was devastated by a tornado on Saturday night. Twenty-one dwellings aud two grain elevators were demolished, while every other buildiug iu the village was damaged. No lives were lost, but mauy persons were iujured, several of them seri ously. Troy, N. Y., was visited on Sun day by a severe thunder storm, during, which a span of the uow iron bridge con necting it with West-Troy was blown down' or struck down by lightuiug. In falling the span sank four caual boats lying at the dock beneath. Fifteen, persons were ou these boats, but all are supposed to have escaped. The span was 240 feet in length, aud the loss is estimated at 40,000. There was a severe thunder storm north of Poughkeepsie ou Saturday. The track of the Hudson River Railroad was "washed,", telegraph poles were torn down, and other damage was done. In other places the storm was very severe. A rep rt that a number of lives were lost ou lakes Oueida and Ououdaga ueeds confirmation. VOEHAlXEWS ITEMS. The debt of Lancaster city is 4S2,l"t4. Counterfeit five-cent niekles bother the people of Erie. They are arresting all the corner loafers in Reading. It costs $10,800 a year to run the Holly water works in Titusvillc. Grove Brothers, at Danville, arc talking about blowing out their furnaces. The Schuylkill county grand jury found scveuty-cight true bills, last week. Henry Shannon, a boatman died very suddenly in Williamsport on the 4th iust. Since the last report, made a month ago, seven couples have applied for divorce iu Erie. Asa Whitney, the noted car wheel man ufacturer of Philadelphia, died on the 4th instant. Hydrophobia bids fair to become wide spread among the dogs in Reading. One rabid cur bit fifty others in that city, one day last week, many of which have since been killed. The city government of Williamsport ex pended S0lf27 last year. The outstanding debt is i?Gi)0,7:H and the revenues of the year SlOS.loO. Willie Jones, a c hild of three years, was drowned in the canal at Williamsport, last week. Active movements are in progress in all the leading southern cities in favor of es tablishing direct trade with Europe. It is doubtful, however, whether they wilt suc ceed directly. The coming wheat crop in England is expected to be very abundant, as the spring frosts only checked the over luxuriant ten dency of wheats on well farmed lands. Famine continues to make fearful rav ages iu the district of Autolia, in Asia Minor, and it is feared that the major por tion of the people will die. Strawberry short cake is the most sea sonable and palatable dit in vogue now. A Boston clergyman defines hell as "a place of clerual uneasiness." A good many would-be Congressmen arc just now in that condition. The army worm has made its appearance near Nashville, aud threatens a total de struction of the crop. It was there, also, about eleven years ago. Everybody looks Tor the coolest place now-a-days, but it is a difficult matter to find it. Vasquez, the Mexican outlaw and des perado, recently captured in California and now in jail at Los Angelos, has published an apiieal to the public to raise "funds sufficient to enable him to place his case fairly before the world and the jury lo sit in judgment upon him.' He says he will be able to show that he is not quite as bad as lie i6 believed to be. Aud now it is all the other way. It seems to be conceded that the disasters to sugar, rice and cotton will be far less seri ous than was believed. Indeed, it is ad mitted lhat precisely such condition of things prevailed in IS08 and 18o(., and the cotton crop of those years was without pre cedent in extent of yield and fineness of texture. The strike of the "freestone" workers at Boston has terminated by the workmen disbanding their Union and seeking work where and at what figures each individual chooses to decide upon for himself. This is sensible and should be au example for all workmen the country over. On Weducsday night Mrs. Hoffman of Holiday street, Jersey city, was awakened by the screams of her baby aged seven months. Upon examination she found a large rat in the bed which had badly lacer ated the child's hand. Indian Troubles are again reported, and General Custer is looking after four or five hundred Indians who had left their reser vations and were believed to design an at tack ou the Texas frontiers. Cochise, a noted chief, was believed to be dying. Some papers are "poking fun" at the pe culiar doctrines and practices of the Dunk- ards. But it strikes us that a good many other denominations might take a lesson in church polity from these simple-minded Christians. The New York postotfice sends daily fifty-eight and one-half tons of mail matter, of which fifty tons are letters and eight and one-half tons are newspapers, periodicals, seeds, cuttings, books, &c. Out of sixty-five thousand clergymen in the United States, belonging to various Protestant denominations, only about one in nine has a life policy, and of these only half remain in force, the remainder lapsing from failure to pay the premiums. A stranger appeared at a Lebanon hotel, recently,and after two days' courtship mar- ricd one of the maids employed about the house. On the day following the nuptials scene, and arrested the groom for horse stealing. A couple of Warren county lovers went, one afternoon, for a stroll through a grove, and while there, came across a Justice of the Peace, who was hunting up a stray horse. ' He dropped the bridle and married the twain then and there. Thus by hunt- ing for one horse he managed to match a team. A woman who recently died near Ban ; gor was so anxious lest her body should be I .1... .1 V... .l.xotn.u !nf IIU U(J UI1U UlSSUVbCU VJ bill; mtm she left SG0 to pay a man for watching her grave a month after she was buried. The watchman is at his post every night. Through the vigilance of Mayor Powell and his assistants, the following parties have been arrested and lodged in jail, hav ing confessed to the burning of nearly all the property (over 1,000,000) destroyed by fire iu this city aiuco the great fire of Au gust, 1871. All are active members of the Volunteer Fire Department. Their names are Elijah Beale, James Parker, Robert Tinsman, William Shullz and Frank Kalblleish. Williamsport Su. i Why is it that womau never cares for wo t man V They will simper and whine over some good-for-nothing, lazy, drunkeu sot, and at the same time tongue-lash a deceived and wronged one of their own sex. The question is often asked but never answered. The Indiaus in the the vicinity of the Cheyenne agency are showing signs of hos tility. Several hundred have left the re scrvation, ostensibly to chastise the Recs tribe, but the agent and Gen. Stanley think they contemplate a raid ou the frontier. Gen. Custer is holding his troops in readi ness to strike as soou as a wars pirit is developed. His scouts are active to keep watch of the movements of the Indians. A few evenings ago a colored preacher aud doctor, in Memphis, Tenn., .was ap proached by a darkey of the commoner sort. The fellow asked the doctor to go with him, and he wonld show him where he could get a trunk full of money. The doctor went, and near the Orphan Asylum his guide baited and explained that the revercud gentleman was to take off his boots and stockings, and go bare footed to the point named, while his new found friend carried the boots around to the place by a circuitous. The doctor has giveu np the search for the trunk and is looking for his boots. The President's views ou Finance in a semi-official form has caused considerable excitement and irritation at Washington. It seems to have convinced no one, and the attitude of Congress towards the President is that of irreconcilability. Nothing that Congress is willing to pass can receive the executive approval, and a sufficient ma jority cannot be obtained to carry any mea sure over the veto ; so that financial mat ters are likely to remain in st'itu no for the present. Congress is for expansion, in some form, aud tho President is for resum ing specie payments ; and, between the two, nothing will be done. Congress adjourns on the 22d ; and the "people may as well make up their minds to a continuance of the present condition of thiugs until the meeting of a new Congress iu 187't. . Roland Smith and John Herbert, of Car boudale, Luzerne country, have been ar rested and held iu $1,000 each for trial, for tarring and feathering a man named Cole, who lies in a very precarious condition from the injuries received. The cause of the outrage was disrespeetaful words spoken by Cole of Mrs.' Herbert. Cole called upon Mrs. H. to deny tho charge, when he was seized by the arrested parties and tarred aud feathered. A lady in Lewisburg, this season, dug her own garden, white-washed a barn, laid a plank walk from the same to the house, painted the latter buildiug inside, tore out a plastered partitiou and did other work which entitled her to public recognition, which, however, she does not seek. And still she's hingle. The imports, exclusive of specie, at the port of New York, for the week ending last Saturday, amounted to S8,26o,3.'JS, against $t't,:S2,'2jl, for the corresponding week last year. The total imports since the first of January foot up 8180,739,277, againt Sl'.W, 9:i3,714 for the corresponding period of 1S73. The exports, exclusive of specie, for the past week amount to 5f.,l. 18,171, against .1,390,442 for the corresponding week of l87.'!. .,Tko total exports from the first , of January reach $117,839,033, against $11(5,. 72-1,078, same time last year. Johnson's Anodyne Liniment will give more relief in cases of Chronic Rheuma tism, no matter how severe, than any other article known to medical men. Used inter nally and externally. , It is often remarked by straugers visiting our State that wc show a larger proportion of good horses than any other Slate in the Union. This, wc tell them, is owing to two principal roasons : iu the first place, our people use Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders, which in our judgment are of in calculable advautage. President Grant has leased his Ocean Avenue cottage at Long Branch for the season to Jesse Scligman, of New York, for $3000. The following have also been leased at the prices named: Dr. Blum- enthal, $2,500; Samuel Cohan, $1,000; Mr. Duke, $1,400; James Brown, $2,210. The debt of the city of Lancaster, ac cording to tlie message of the Mayor to the councils, has been increased $112,800 dur ing the past year. The entire debt of the city is about $135,0O0.. . ... The grand juries of Lexington and Lan caster counties, South Carolina, have each presented three indictments against the three couuty commissioners of each county for theft and corruption in office. . The commissioners are all white Democrats. The Pennsylvania Slate Suuday School Teachers' Convention met in Scranton Tuesday evening. There is said to be somo of the best Sundav school talent in the State present. A Disaster in a Coal Mine. A de spatch from Wilkcsbarre on Monday says : Last night an explosion occurred at the No. 1 shaft of Nauticoke, burniug three miners aud setting fire to the breaker, which was soon destroyed. While lighting the flames some burning timbers fell upon William Vivian, killing him instantly. Alex. Ale, Charles Keller, Ilawley Walsh, Thomas Lowell, Thomas Mc Manus, Henry Reimensnyder and Lorcnz Krebs, of the gang who were also engaged in fighting the fire, were overcome by the gas and had to be carried from the mine. The first two were insensible when brought to the fresh air and have since died. The others are doing well. Eight buildings in Bucks county were struck by lightening and destroyed, last week. A new pest has come to entertain the Western farmers. This pleasant insect is a bug an inch long, with a red head, and he helps the farmer along by eating all the corn before the grasshoppers get at it.. J. Edgar Thompson is said to have left au estate of about S2,000,000. By his will he provides liberally for his immediate re latives, and directs the balance of his estate to be devoted to tbe education and main tenance of female orphans of railroad em ployees whose fathers have been killed while in the discharge of their duties. A despatch from Sard is, Miss., says Mose Gregory, a negro, attempted to shoot his wife, but missed her and killed his 13 year old daughter. He admits the killing, but says he tried to kill his wife and would kill her yet. Mr. Butler ou Monday moved to take the Civil Rights bill from the Speaker's ta ble and pass it. Motion defeated, and the bill goes over till next session. The Northern Central. The Bal timore lieri'a)i, says the Northern Cen tral railway has negotiated its new consoli dated ten million loan. Six millions of the loan arc to be used to secure bonds already issued, and the remainder is to provide for the floating debt and for such terminal and other facilities, improvements and equip ments as may be deemed necessary to pro perly conduct the business of the road. Hon. Charles Doolittlc, Judge of the Su preme Judicial District of Utica, N. Y., was lost overboard from the steamship Abyssinia on the 21st ult., while on the way to Europe. Correspondence. OIK XEIV YORK LETTER. IaAROR THE ITALIANS STREET MUSI' CIANS STRIKES POLITICS. New York, June I), 1874. LAllOR. It would seem that this, of all the times in the world, would be the most inauspi cious for a strike ; but with an infatuation that cannot be accounted for, the brick layers aud hod-carriers struck for an in crease of wages last week. And this at a time when there is less building than ever known iu the city. In fact, there is no building of any accouut going on, and as a consequence there are thousands upon thousands of mechanics of this class and laborers out of employment. Of course their places are immediately filled by the starving thousands, and the strikers will take their places in the ranks of the bun gry. The present ghost that haunts the Amer ican laborer is the ITALIAN. Within a few years there has been an enormous influx of Italians to this country, aud the bulk of them stop in this city. We have been iu the habit of considering the Italian as a dark-skinned, swarthy man, who would exert himself just enough to play the harp, guitar or violin, and eat maccaroni, when he could get it a man who would only work wheu absolutely compelled to. This impression is just as erroneous as popular impressions generally are. The Italian is a most excellent work er. He will plod along at his labor ten, twelve, fifteen or sixteen hours a day, as may be required of him, and do it as pa tiently aud honestly as any man. And there will be fouud among them a very large amount of skilled labor. There are excellent cabinet-makers, coopers, shoe makers, harness-makers, among them, while in finer mechanism, such as work upon musical instruments, watches, &c, they have but few equals. There are over I'O.OOO able-bodied Italians here now, and every steamer and sailing vessel brings recruits. They are all very poor all without means'. Consequently they take any work that offers at the price offered. The brigade that sweeps the streets nights are Italians, and whenever working-men of auy kind have been idiotic enough to strike, Italians have b:en the first to offer to take their places. IJ.it there is another class of Italians, of whom your readers have had some experience J name- STREET MUSICIAN'S AND I1EOOARS. The streets of New York are filled with ragged boys and equally ragged girls, who play the most doleful music upon the most wretched harps and violins, and live by what may be called forced contributions which is to say, people give them Icoppers or nickels, partly out of pity and, partly that they may move out of ear-shot with their infernal noise. These children are, as a rule, sold by their parentsin the Ital ian cities to men called piulrones, who bring them over and operate them. The little waifs arc completely in the power of the padrone, who compels them to bring him each night so much money, the penalty be ing starvation and most unmerciful beat ing. The authorities determined to break it up, and the Italian consul in this city gave the authorities the most cordial cooperation;-. On Friday of last week, all these children ou the streets were arrested and declared vagrants, and" were treated as such. The pa drones protested, but the authorities were firm. The children will be placed in the best positions to make use ful men and women of them, and the gov ernment will take steps to prevent a con tinuance of the business of bringing them here. Speaking of strikes, The coolers' striko has resulted in two very scrbus affairs. One was peculiarly tragic. 1 cooper who belonged to the union, anl knocked off work with his fel lows, cam. home to ffud his larder empty, and his wfe and children really sufTering for want d food. In the morning his wife implored liui to take. workrbut he replied he could mt desert his comrades, and went away. 1I( came home at night to find his wife and tirce children dead. The poor woman lud gone crazy, and killed her children aud then herself. The otier tragedy occurred Thursday night. Four union coopers attacked one who persisted in continuing at work; and in self-defence he shot two of them, one dying from the wound. The labor ques tion is one that is going to make a great deal of trouble here. Politics in New York is quite a different ming irom wnat it is in me country, tv liu vou, :t runs in well-dehneu grooves. If a man is a Bepublican, he is a Republican, and if he is a Democrat, he is a Democrat. Iiut in New York you have to ask Tvhat kind of a Democrat or what kind of a Re publican i man is. He may be a Tammany Democrat, and Apollo Hall Democrat, or any one of a dozen other kinds of a Demo crat. .And the Republican party is made up of quite as many factions, there being this difference, however : The Democratic factions are all after plunder, and each strives to get supreme control of the mo ney bags of the great' corporation. The Republican, party being in a minority, can not steal directly, that is of the city ; but the wicked portion of them ally them selves to whatever faction of the Democra cy they think will win, and join in the plunder. It is all a game of stealing. Tweed got some of his best support from Republicans, both in and ont of the city. Rut the Republicans get their innings in the Federal offices, which do not depend upon the will of the people. These offices are the bones over which they wrangle and growl and bark and bite. The Custom House gives places to many hundreds of people. The Post-Office is an" excellent shelter for spavined political hacks, and there are other offices of equal feeding ca pacity, the struggle for these places effects just as many divisions in the Republican party as the city plunder does in the De mocratic. The 'outs'1 fight the "ins they get in, and then the conditions are re versed. Therefore, political expression from the metropolis has no significance whatever. Those people whose voices would be worth the hearing never speak ; those who are heard, speak from interest. If a loud mouthed brawler denounces the Adminis tration as corrupt, you may be tolerably certain that he has been forcibly pulled from the public teat and is out in the cold And I am sorry to be compelled to say that if you hear one loud in defence of the Ad ministration you may be about as certain that be is snugly fixed aud does not wish to be unfixed. - The solid people of the city take no interest in it at all ; they vote, if they have time, and that is about all. They submit to be plundered because they can't afford the time to fight it. 'As one merchant said to me, "My time is worth to me so many hundreds of dollars a day, I know these scoundrels are pludering ns, and I know we could stop it- But I can't afford to stop my business and go on com mittees, and attend meetings, and do the work necessary to stop it. They steal S10,- 000 a year of me I can better afford to pay it than fight it." And so it goes, as long as it is so, there is no hope of a pure gov ernment io New York. PfETROi bberitstments.' Or. A. V. CLARK, IX Mrs. DonnePs building, tip stairs, above T. Tl. B. Kase's law office, opposite the Court House, Sunl-ury, Pa. June 12, 1874. 6 him. pd. EDMUND DAVIS, r ' " -' ' ATTORNET AT LAW, SUXBURT, PEXX'A. Office In Haupt's Building, south side of Mar ket street. . june5,'74.-:y. . . IX CASH.OIFTS,! To be Distributed by the MercantilePrize Association OF NEW YORK. DAILY DRAWINGS! A PRIZE FOR EVERT TICKET. i cash Gift :.:::-.:'..'...'..'...:..'..:.'..a.l.iioo,()oo C " each. 12 ' 20 " " . 75 " 50,000 25,000 5,000 1,000 : t 500 200 300 ". i- 200 " " 550 " " 400 Gold Watches 100 75 to 300 275 Sewin? Machines "0 to ISO 75 Elegant Pi.fnos..:.. 250 to 700 50 Elegant Melodwms 50 to 200 Cash Gifts, Silver Ware, etc., valued $1,500,000 A chanc-e to draw any of the above prizes for 25 cents. Tickets describimr prizes are sealed in envelopes and well mixed. On receipt of 25 rts. a sealed ticket is drawn without choice, and sent bv mail to any address. Tbe prize named upon it will be delivered to the ticket-holder on pay ment of one dollar. Prizes are immediately scut to any address by express or return mail. You will know" what your prie is before you pay for it. Xo blanks. Our patrons can depend on fair dealing. Opinions of the Press. Fair dealing can be retied on. X Y. lUraU, Aug. 23. A genuine distribution. Wrhl, Sept. 9. Xot one of the humbuss of the day. Weekly Tribuiu, July 7. They give a general satisfaction. Stool Ztltumj, Au-r. 5. - - Heforences. By kin.l permission we refer to the following i Franklin S. Laue, Louisville, drew Ki,000. Mis Hattle Banker, Charleston, $9,000. Mr. Louisa T. Blake, St. Paul, Piano, 7,000. Samuel V. Ravmoiid, Boston, $5,5W. Eugene P. Beckett, Pittsburg, Watch, S300. Miss Anute Osnood, Xew Orleans, $500. Emory L. Pratt, Columbus, Ohio, $7,000. One Cash Gift iu every package of 150 tickets iruaranteed. 5 tickets tor $1.00 ; 11 for 2.00 ; 25 for $3.00; 50 for $5.000 ; 150 for $15.00. Agents wanted to whom we offer liberal in ducements and guarantee satisfaction. Send all inoucy exceeding one dollar bv express. Address, A. C. YATES CO., jum;12,,74.-3n. '57 William Street, N. I. ION LEY, IIAC'KETT Jk MATEER, DEALERS IX HA 11 D W ARE. CUTLERY. IRON, f. GUNS, TOOLS, NAILS, ROPE. j PULLEYS, GLASS, PAINTS, PUTTY, OILS, VARNISH, SHOE FUSriDIKTOS, I.mTHHB fttrXUVtt,- Fihiug Taekle, AiuniuMition. A full line of goods at low prices. NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS , Please call and examine SIGX.'OF b' Xx V I L. ' ' HH Market Street, SI MH KY PA. June 5, 174. 3ch S rhj lbtrtistrntirts JJ. Younsinau'n Improve! Nude Valve for Stationary and Locomo tive Engines. HAVING within the last few year completed the Invention or a Steam Slide Vale design ed for the purposed of removing the pressure from the valre as it exists at peseni, we win warrant for six months and place one in any Lo comotive, any Ocean Steamer, any Inland Stea mer or any other stationary engine. It is simple, eheap, effective and indestructahle ; and saves fuel and machinery, it moves its weight only. No alteration in any part of the machinery 4 re quired to apply it, and the time oecupieoln sub stituting it tor tue ordinary 'W valve need not oe over half an hour. Qflt U indispensable at tbe mines where hoist ing is done. With this valve the engine can be reversed without shutting oS the steam, thus saving time and avoiding labor. This valve can be moved easily with one hand when surrounded by any amount of pressure. Address J. luuMiiua to., BunDury, ra. Snnbory, June 12. 187L VALUABLE PJJRI POR SAliEs -ITTILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE, AT f tbe Court House, in the borough of Sun- bury, on Saturday, Jane 15th, 1S7J, the following described real estate, to wit : A certain TRACT OF LAND, situate in the township of Upper Augusta, Nor thumberland county, ra., about one mile from tbe borough of Sunbury, called "The Spring Hill Farm," adjoining lands or Joan z. Haas, ueo. Conrad, Charles Reinhart, John W. Frjling and Martin Goes, containing 73 ACEES, ire or less, nearly all cleared and in gooc cultivation, on which are erected a twe Log Dwelling House, Bank Barn, Wagon Shed, and outbuildings. There is also on said premises a variety of fruit trees and a never failing spring of water. This farm will be sId as the property or beo. C. Welker, dee'd, in whom was tbe title of the undivided seven-eighth, and of Mrs. Sarah J. Welker, In whom is the title or the undivided one-eighth. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock r. .u., or said day, when the conditions will be made known by Gto. KILL, Exc'r or ueo. L. weiKer, aee'd, SARAII J. WELKER. Sunbury, May 29, 3t. Executor's Notice. (Estate of Jacob Seasheltz, deceased.) NOTICE is hereby gren,that letters testamen tary have been granted to the undersigned on the estate of Jacob Seasholtx, dec, late of Upper Augusta township, Northumberland co., Pa. Those having claims against the estate, will present them dnly authenticated for settlement, and those indebted will make immediate pay ment. CHARLES P. SEASnoLTZ RUTH SEASHOLTZ, Executors. Sunbury, May 22, 1874. 6t. SPRING AND SUMMER STYLE, TRIMMED HATS AND BOXNETS, and a full line of Millinery lioods, Xotions and Fancy Goods, RIBBONS AND FLOWERS, at the store of MRS. AMELIA GROSS, (Formerly Miss Amelia Hancock.) Market Street, near tbe City Hotel, Sanbnry, Prna'a. Sunbury, May 22, 1874. 1874. SPRISG MILLINERY. 1874. delected with great taste and eare have been opened at Miss L. SHISSLER'S Store, Market Square, SUNBURY, PA., all the new shapes in Straw and Chip HATS AND BONNETS. Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, &e. and all kinds of Millinery Goods. Fancy Goods or every description. Bonnets and Hats trimmed in tbe most expeditious man ner with the utmost precicion. A rail line or ladies' caps- Call and examine before purchas ing elsewhere. MISS L. SHIS3LER. Sunbury, April 54, 1874. ' ' New Millinery Store. MISSES L. & 8. WEISER ... Having removed their Millinery Store Into the large building adjoining Zettlemoyer' stove store, en Market Street, where they have jusl opened a large and elegant assortment of - Fashiouable Millinery Goods embracing everything usually kept in a. weft stocked Millineiy establishment. Their aimk. U entire new and consists of the latest . New York and Philadelphia Styles. DRESS MAKING in ail its branches will receive particular atten tion. - INFANT ROBES IN STOCK. Terms reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. Cutting and Fitting attended to, and Children's and Boys clothing made to order. MISS L. WEISER. MISS S. WEISER. Sunbury, April 17, 174. CLEMENT HOUSE, Third Street below Market, Sunbury, Pa. THAD. S. 8HAX XOX. Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable. Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season and the waiters attentive and obliging. Sunqnry, April 24, 1874. ' GRAND OPENING OF SPRING aad SUMMER GOODS. of every description and variety such as Dress Goods comprising all the novelties in fabric'and shade. Ttjll Assortment of Notions, which are being sold at the lowest Cash Prices. Also, Groceries axd Provisions, pare and fresh. Qteexsware, Glassware, and Wooi Ain Willow Ware, Nicest Brands of Flour constantly on hand. A very large ASSORTMENT OF WALL PAPER, both glazed and common, always on hand. BOOTS AND SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. READY-MADE CLOTEESTC of all sizes and of the latest styles. FLOUR. A constant snpplyof western white wheat floor a speciality. - Tne pnblic are invited to call and examine oar Goods tree of charge. Our motto is "Quick Sales and Small Profits,'' and to please all. The highest prices will be paid for all kinds of country produce. By strict attention to business and keeping at all times the moot complete stock, and selling at the lowest prices, we hope to merit a f-ill share of patronage. REED BROTHER A SEASHOLTZ. Sunbury, May 22, 1874. ' " "VJCk. OX EAST MARKET ST., NEAB THE C1TI HOTEL, SC7VBUKT, pa., now open, all the novelties of th season in RIBBOXS, VELVETS, SILKS, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, ETC., trimmed and untrimmed HATS AND BONNETS. Xotions in every variety, call and examine the line assortment and learn the low price. Also, Dressmaking of the latest and most fashionable styles. MISS AMELIA HAXCOCK, Snnbnry, Pa., May 8. 1874. NEW GOODS for SPRIXG AXD SUMMER at Mis Kate Blaek's, Market Square, Sunbury, Pa. LADIE'S DRESS GOODS of every style and quality. FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS AND - . Trimmings a specialty. ; i.ii t s TOILET SOAPS AXD PERFUMERY. . The finest assortment of Ladles' goods. Everybody is Invited to call and see them and buv cheap. Slay 8, 1874. Fashionable Millinery Goods JUST OPENED! 4V ' rV MISS M. L. GOSSLER, On Fourth St., below S. V. R. R-, SUNBURY, PA., Has just opened full line of' Spring Millinery Goods. The latest styles of Hatsand Bonnets. Trimmings, Handkerchiefs, Ladies' Collars, Gloves, and Xotions gene rally. : - Particular attention oi aiii the ladies in the county to directed to her assortment, as her stock is larger than., ever, and goods sold cheaper. Snnbnry, May 1, 174; - n. .i.- vsa Mi I liu Dim ft5