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E. W1LVERT. Edlt0rS-
SUN BUKY, OCTOBER 2, 1874.
Republican State Ticket.
FoR I.IEfTKNAXT oovr.KNon,
AKTIIUU Ci. OLMSTEAI, of Totter Co.
yott. AI DITOU GKNEKAI.,
II tlnl4lV T T T?V ,.f rriili I illlit v (
Foil m-X'Kktaky of lNTKKN AL affairs,
KOBEI1T B. BEAT1I, of .Schuylkill Co.
-OK Jl IWiE OF THE MTR.KME COURT,
El VA1U M. TAXSOX, of Thiladelpl.ia.
for onorkss,
HON. JOHN B. BACKER, of Suubury.
(Subject to the discission of the District Confer
ence. )
Republican County Ticket. ;
TOP. ASsEMW.Y,
JOHN I. BARKER, of McEwansvillo.
DR. JESSE J. JOIIX, of Shamokia.
FOU DISTRICT ATTOP.NF.Y,
(JEN. ISO. K. CLEMENT, of Suubury.
FOH COMMISSIONER,
AMOS VA.STIXE, of Shamokin Twp.
for auditor,
R.C. RUCK MAX, of Lewis.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
DAVID ROCKEFELLER, of Suubury.
The Trvtii, xot Fancy. In reply to
tlit nrticlc in the XorUixr.ilrfrhtivl Comity
Hc.unmat of last week, casting a thrust at
our present board of Commissioners, and :
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more especially at Mr. astme, the pre-
kon I'i'iiiih'iean r.nndidntp for f"nnf v
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mis'sioncr, it may be well and is but just j
that the truth should be made known. In j
ijcan ranniuaie mrt.ounty i.oin-
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that article it is boldly and snamefully
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ifiiif1 Mint Amr.fs nsti'io is tlirowiliir
open the lands held by the county to specu-
v- p .1 r . r i - i I...-!
Now, of the facts from winch we draw 1
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the WW' of the county furuish tlie evi-
litncc, and there is no need of any resort :
to political expediency or partisan fancy. ;
In the yenr 14 when none of the pre-
sent !oard of Commissioners, nor any Re- j OI, l)y tue ;ew Orleaus HqxihU-v,,: "Those
publican, but only the "fair Democracy" j wluJ kuow tjic indomitable determination
bad control of the Commissioners' office, j of t(lf. Uln at t 0 hmt f ti,0 (;0v
las well as of every other county office.) j eminent, and tha official obligation resting
twenty-five tracts of "land belonging to
the county" wf re sold by the board of Com
misbioncrs then in office. The taxes and
costs on these tracts aggregated S47(.) 00.
They were sold for $511 :','., as the re
turns of sale now in the Commissioners
office show. And yet, out of this sum,
only S17S .i.i was paid into the county
treasury; a sum less than the taxes and
costs by $300 til, and less than the amount
of the sales by 00. Into whose pri
vate pockets did this large sum go at that
time? Xot into Itrjmblicun )orl(t.i.
Aud again, in lSt'.T, another Commission
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sale of 'the lands belonging to the i
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county" took place.
At this timc.sixtecn of the choicest tracts
were advertised for sale and were actually
sold by the board of Commissioners then
in office, (no Republicans then in power,)
and, manifestly to close the doors to all fair
inquiry by the taxpayers and owners of
" the lands belonging to the county," not
a single sketch of a return of the sale in
the shape of papers filed, or records made,
was ever furnished by these "pure Demo
cratic Commissioners."
The ouly light we can have is what wc
gather from 'the records ol the sales when
the county became the purchaser ; and
these reveal ouly that the taxes and costs
on these tracts, actually paid by the county
when the purchase was made, aggregated
S1J4 i!t, and the Auditors: report shows
that only $4fJ 00 were paid into the trea
sury. How niucli went into private pockets
Lere ? Something was surely realized out
of the sale of these tracts ; for otherwise
uo sum whatever could have been paid into
the treasury, and we Lave seen that S49 (X)
were so paid by the Auditors' report ; but
how much must be left only to conjecture.
Whose purity and integrity and honesty
prompted such marvelous dissemblance.
No return made ! Tracks all covered up !
And yet these were the most choice tracts
the most valuable of all "the lands owned
by the county.1'
WLo opened these "lands to speculation
whereby large sums of money went into
private pockets ?" Manifestly not Mr.
Vastinc, nor any of the jir?nit board of
Commissioners.
But now, in contrast, let us see what the
present and Republican board of Commis
sioners Lave done in regard to"theland,"
the paltry remnant of the land-"lK:longing
lo the county."
In IS".'' the sales netted to the county,
after paying a!! costs and expenses, the
large sum of ?2,203 So, and this was under
the present and Republican board of Com
missioners. And. during the present year of 1ST4,
on the sales already made, the still furtlier
and mueh larger sum of 3.000 Lave al
ready been realized for the county and paid
into the county treasury by the present
board of Commissioners out of "the lands
belonging to the county," which were left
as worthless by the "cormorants" who
preceded them in office. Besides, these
tracts were all located outside of the coun-
iy.
I low. therefore, does the management of
tl.e county offices and the purity aud Lon- !
csty of the present incumbents compare J
with the former and the Democratic ad
ministration ? There scarcely needs a
word of romment on the alwvo statement
of facts.
I'mler the Democratic administration,
with the culled and trimmed tracts of "land
belonging to the county," only ?4'. 00 for
the year li'.7 and SITS Plfor the year 14S
were returned into the county treasury ;
witi!", for the tracts sold in these years the
laxes aud costs amounted to ?'J'-l '21.
It will therefore be observed that instead
if the couuty treasury having becu bene
fitted by the baies of the lands in. question
under the "pure Ifc'inwratie rule," there
must have been an actual draft upou the
county funds to meet the expenses and
pay the taxes and costs, the amounts re
turned being so much below the sum of
f bese. Need there be any doubt as to the
reason of the deep silence they have obser
ved in respect of the sums received at these
sales, or as to the motive of their neglect
or refusal to furnish Miy evidence of the 11a
ture of their transactions in these regards ?
Not so under the Republican administra
tion of which Mr. Vastiue has been a faithful
and zealous member. The distinction con- The credit of Pennsylvania, at home or
usts in ike Landsome sum of nearly jfll,- abroad, in better at present than ( yer be
0, which bas already been paid into the fore. :ind State faxes were never so low as
eoplo treasury over and above all ex- "w- These results, achieved under su-jK-nses
under the Republican administra- ! cessive Republican adni.nistrations, furnish
w'ik under "I..mocratic rule." not! all-sufficient answer to the empty but
' y
enough was put into tie treasury of the
county .to lucet expenses
-in-l tic Hid
s ana iaxi ano
rosts.
If there be any Lcpor 'it that sort of dis-;
Uaetion. the editor ct" (he Ihmtrmt and
Lis awociates are certainly rnUtW to the
-reatesi. pre-eminence aud surely will be
"nvercd a!! vcr with clorv.
Hon John B. Va KKK.Since our
county convent ion those of our exchanges
who noticed the re-noininatinn of the Hon.
John B Packer for Congress, arc highly
commendatory of tJ.e action of the con
vention. He is looked upon by nil parties
as one of the pure men sent to Congress,
ami his re-election will give general satis
faction in the State, and wiil be hailed with
delight by his numerous friends in all par
ties. It is conceded by the press that few,
if any, better nun are sent to Congress,
! and it is only regretted that there arc not
more like him. Among the many comph-
j meutary notices in our exchanges outside
j the Congressional uibtrict, we copy the fol-
j lowing trom the Lancaster Daily J'ltjirtt-n
of the -Oil) ult., that his friends at home
can see in what estimation he is held by
i the people outside of his district :
"llou. Johu B. Backer was last week
unanimously renominated for Congress by !
liie Republican Convention of ,rthuin-
licr'tand county. Being loudly trailed for, I
Mr. Packer ably addressed the convention.
, which was one of the largest and most cn
; thusiastic ever assembled in the county.
, There is no better man in cither House of
Congress than Mr. Packer. Able, indus
; trious and courteous, lie is a pattern of a
, gentleman and representative. It would
: be well for the country were there more
like him in public life. His district com
1 prises the couuties of Dauphin, Lebanon
and Northumberland.
j Tex days ago the whole country stood j the Shamokiu ILruhl, received the nomina
ou the brink of civil war. A single hour tion lor legislature by the unanimous vote
; of irresolution ou the part of President I of the Republican County Convention oti
Grant and the tragedy of Isn would have
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ded in his duty between Lis country aud
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Ins naitv convictions, oceu :u the rresi-
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d( Utial t,iair' ihe 1:10,1 '-'by
BU"' ',!vo bmi yrn " 1,1
ould almost
the flames of
war. l.et us see to it iu -.oveiu'ier mat
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very possibility of such a danger. Ix;t
t T).... . ..I.... ii.i ii.tiii-ii if.liiti T?itMiIilim i
Congressmen in every district, and elect
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faithful SUte Assemblymen and Senators,
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TnE ,irnmpt manner in which the Tresi-
4CIlt ll:l8 atlej witi, reference to the dis-1
lurb:,i;ce iu Iuisianna, is thus commented
uponinmto repress domestic Moience i
the call of the State authorities, needed not
the telegraph of the Adjutant Cencral to
assure that this proclamation meant the ;
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promjit suj ressiou of disaffection in any ; hriui hhu m ,.(M)t.u.t wil!l llu. WMrk.
part of the Union. It is to be hoped that j jn . trJlll. ri j. kHlWS
this conviction will rest on and abide with . wanls b, ikt th-.m tlu v can tell hi.u. Woik
ev?ry one of those who have participated ,1R.h lloW ,1;lVu v"()ll aI1 opportunity to
in '.lie recent acts of violence which Lad ;,..., ...... . i.,,.,.iK-' ...... -..u,...t
temporarily displaced the lega'; authorities j
of the StaieJ ;
Beath or M-Candless, which ? Will '
the people support for the office of Secre-1
tary of Internal Affairs, Col. Rcath. who
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served with distinguished bravery through :
the war, and lost a leg in the service ? or, J
will they vote for Cen. M'Caudlcss who,
although a good soldier while he remained
iu the army, left it after a comparitively
short service, declaring that the " post of
honor was a private station?" We-put
the question without comment. But it is
oiic which the people will answer at the
polls and we 1: now what their answer will
j TiiE.-ipr.NT (i kant, having suppressed
; the New Orleaus rebellion, has directed
The Jtuwtrrat says that Dr. John " is j ,.,,3 to be takeu that must trrtaiuly meet
neither available as a candidate in the. coal j t.vl.rj. n nsonable wish of the Southern jo
or agricultural regions." As the editor ' j,!e, s 1:ir as iv-deral officers are concern
never made a good selection of a candidate : t.j. when the Southern people in small
yet, and is considered poor authority in bis j towns, bring reasonable assurances that
own ranks, it is the highest compliment he
could have paid the Doctor. Every one
who knows Dr. John wiil understand the
attemt t at misrepresentation of the lb;itr
trot. It io not onlv in Srlm vlkill count v ihfit
dissntisfiction exists iu the Democratic
ranks ; everywhere, all arouud us the same
trouble is palpable. In Montgomery, iu
Bucks, in Berks, eveu in Dauphin,
where the Democracy are in a hojeless
minority they cannot agree among them
selves. A Louse divided against itself can
not stand. WLat possible chance is there The Tennsylvania railroad company will
for the success of such a party? Dis- j isue on the 1st of October a new system
agreeing in principle, disagreeing on all ! 0f tickets which will be good for one thou
questious of national jlicy, the Demo- j fean,i Uj!,. f travel, but mut be used
cratic party is in the coudiliou of the lost; within one hundred and thirty-five miles
tribes of Israel. They are talked of. occa
sionally, as something that has or had a
vitality, a living force, but anon are lost in
the turuioi! of politics and quietly disap-
pear, only to reapjiear as something that .
has been hunted after but never found.
Precisely like Paddy's flea when you put
your finger on him Le is not there.
Edgefield county, Souih Carolina, in
which a conflict between the whiles and
blacks is feared, is one of the most turbu
lent and lawless localities to be found any
where in the Southern States. The seces
sion movement of that State had its incep
tion there. It was the Lome of Calhoun,
Butler, Brooks and Chestnut, and is still
tlie residence of Bonham, Oiay, Bacon
and a number of other pestiferous rebel
firebrands who are recognized leaders of
the Democracy of that State. The wonder
is that they have not long before pcrcipi
tated the county into bloodshed. The pa
tience and forliearance of the Republicans
under the studied insolence and brutalities
P-n them by these fellows has
,,:u,1y :tnJ' P:rallel in the South.
Some of our Democratic cotetiipon.rics
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I ml m-iifiritv fur i livirtii if of T.oiiiui.itiiin
but they f:il to s;iy that this majority was
obtained by the most glaring and outrage
ous fraud? ever perjiel rated, a;jd s t proved
on investigation. They ;ino fail to say
that it was a clearly established fact that
Henry Clay was cheated out of the electoral
vote in 141 when the State was uototious
ly Whig ; and that firant was also cheated
out of the electoral vote in 1H;., when
every honest man, observant of the facts,
knew that be received a majority of the
suffrages of the voters of the Stale V Yhonc
who claim equity in court must show equi
ty ; and those who clamor for honest elec
tions must theuweHes show clenn hands.
Burglars and thieves have never In -en al-
lowed to set themselves up as coimcrva'.ors yeloping the immense bituminous coal beds
of property ; and until the world changes 0f tl,:lt region, but looking ultimately to a
it ideas of propriety and ri-bt., it will not ; Rll(rl m,. n.mil (. hi,...,..,, by ,vay or Pitts
permit the ballot-box stutters of Louisiana! ; uu,. t(, J tii.
to put themselves for ward as the champions
of honesty iu elections.
it r 1 .
i bole of he Democracy con-
cerning " i.aoicai extravagance aim min- ,
o n
. rnle."
j CoMi uVKNTsIhiisF.EF.-Our neighbor
K Dnnocrot conjures canards for Lis
J'7, then quotes it in the weekly
3H1 compliment" himclfrn bi wisdom.
A special despatch to the Philadelphia
1'irs.t, dated Washington, Sept. 23th,says :
Ji tters and telegrams continue to be re
ceived at the Iepartnient of Justice from
nearly nil the Southern States, giving sick
ening details of murders and outrages.
The Attorney ('eucral inclines to the opin
ion that there is a concerted movement,
put in operation at this time by the nieni
lers of the White Leagues, the chief object
of which is to so intimidate the negroes
that the majority of them wiil be afraid to
take any part in the coming fall elections.
He does not know any other explanation
of it. Alabama and Mississippi, both of
which have a large negro population, ap
pear to be the principal sceue of the trou-
!bles. All apjx-als to the Attorne3r (Jcneral
are referred to the United Stales District
I Attorney for the district from which they
! conn; ; but, inasmuch as the United States
can only take cognizance of a breach of the
law of Congress, it is difficult to provide a
remedy. -No resistance has lecn made
thus far to the enforcement of the edicts of
the Federal courts, nor has the Covernor
of cither Alabama or Mississippi formally
called on the President for assistance.
Dr. J.. I. John. We copy the following
from the. Shamokin lkavhl of last week,
the home paper of Dr. J. J. John to show
how he. is esteemed in the neighborhood in
which be iias resided during his whole life :
Nominated for the Legislature.
Our friend Dr. J. J. Johu, coal editor on
lnesday last. The Convention could not
tfl'i HIMiIa 1ii.j. nml .i'ii liiilioi'ii
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his election is a loregone conclusion, ihere
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is urn a mini in uie iaie who win laoor
liwirn r.'iriiiiitlt' V.if flu ti'nl Hi i-it rS lii
etituents than will the doctor. We have
been iKirsonaily acquainted with him for
about four years and are familiar with his
record. It is oae of work hard work.
There is not a busier man in our communi
ty to-day thau Dr. J. J. John. For years he
has held po.iitior'S of public trust and never
1 once has he lietraycd that confidence. He
1 l liou tliii linmiiT uTiirit in f!io iiiimi
now tlie Icauiu:
M.,MlllU t nrll, ,. ,ini
taken a lively iuterest in the schools out
side his jurisdiction. Not seeking office, j
he has allowed bis name to be ued at the j
earnest solicitation of his ma.iy friends and j
the friends of the Republican party as the j
most available man in the county. His
past m.oni ; . !ls ,.,,,. as 5l:s flUun. pri)s. j
1K.cts ,-,. usefulness and success are bright, j
Xlu. )lulll;S j,, w;iich Le u ,,. Kn,,'l I
you .u , j,,, ,,,,t ka jt bIjp j
yot(, ror )r. J. Jiin. You can cot ii:id !
a ,n:l" ni,,,v H'-'ro-ighly appreciates the
wa,1,s s, T'm- ,lislri,;t .
weiuie o. tiie tate. i- or tt.esc .
be will 1 ibor is faithfully iu the office for
'Jt " 1,10 ,r ,ls ''"""""J lu "mLC ,"1
' - aulidat.i as he has in
toe minor poiiioiis wincii lie uas neht lrom
time to lime. None doubt his sincerity ; j
uone doubt Ids compctciuy : none doubt
his honesty.
Foit the largest amount of political be
ing we recommend the Northumberland
County hii,iix i-il of last week.
Federal appointees are unfitted for their
position, or that they misuse the lowers
vested in them, such officials will be remov
ed, and others appointed who will meet
the wishes of all fair minded men. It is
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eI,Uu''c-"1 paitj,lh.i
the South should
be unfairly treated ; but when this is done,
it is proposed to jieniiit no insurrections,
1 or rebellions, whatever the pretence may
i be. Ofcouise, iu making these changes,
great care will be taken uot to play into the
Lands of the ultra rebel element South.
of the depot at which they arc purchased.
These arc numbered from 1 to 1,(J(WI, and
there is a coupon for every mile. They
will be furnished for si. thus affording a
saving of live dollars o:i the regular fare
ratc.
The Maueh ('bunk Uuxtte is of
opinion that "Mr. Latta, the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant tiovernor, is not
much a ffi ud of the fanners. While he
was a member of ibe Legislature Le intro
duced a bill to 1 :tx all sheep over two
month- old ::t t 11 cciiis pr head. He fail
ed to L'- t Ibe bill through, but he limited
its workings tnhWouu county and reduced
the rate to five cents per head, and this
bill pas-ed. It is not likely many farmers
will support a 111:1 ti whose only public act
was an attempt to impose ai; unjust tax
upon them. Dont vote for Latta, the
sbeep-taxer of the Southwest.'"
The California Crangers are a practical
set of men. Those iu Salinas Valley find
ing tlii- rates of freight too high, built a
narrow gauge road to Monterey, twetity
mileh dUliiijt, and shipped their grain to
that point. This brought the railroad to
telins, but when it was too late. The
Cranners claim to have saved enough on
freight to nearly pay lor their mad, and
propose to keep and operate it
The T nnsylvaiiia Society for the Pre
vention of Ciuelty to Animals, is sending
instinetians to its representatives in the
various counties, to give friendly notice to
all drovers, deaici s and others to abstain
from tin: practice of muzzling calves, or
otherwise preventing them from obtaining
proper nourishment ; and if this caution is
disregarded, to promptly prosecute anyone
coniiiiL' under their notice.
The people of Tioun and Bradford coun
ties are now agitatiug the construction of
a railroad f rom the head waters of the Sus
quehanna, with the immediate view of de-
In speaking of the coal trade, the Potts
v i 1 lo. .Viif rs' Journal says, the Associated
Coal Companies have announced an ad
vance of fifteen cents j:r ton on coal for the
mouth of October. It is believed that the
market will take the. quantity of coal offered
in October without limiting the supply at
competing points.
V H f.U KU n 1 J luvti i vi
. t0 Uol(lin
A well known Democratic delegate of
g conventions
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i,ii,;ri flVmr nf onv huibii
or. the third floor of any building. He says
he has too much respect for Lis neck to risk
it in a third story where the windows are
large and convenient, and the people in
clined to show a "friendly ebullition of en
t)isiM'iisiii; wifti Jury Trials in Cer
tain 'iascs.
Governor Hartranft has signed the bill
passed at the last ses.1 ion of the Legislature,
to provide for the submission of civil cases
to the Court, aud to dispense with trial by
jury, whenever the parlies to auy suit may
agree to that manner of disposing of it.
We condense the provi.-ions of the act as
follows: The first section provides that
in an case now pending or hereafter to be
commenced, after isue is joined, the par
tics thereto, excepting those acting upon a
judiciary capacity, may, by ngn tent,
dispcr.se. with a trial by jury, and siiinnit
the decision of such cases to the Court.
Such Court shall hear and determine the
same, the judgment subject to writ of error
or appeal, at the option of either party to
the suit. Section two says that decision
of the Court shall be in writing, and filed
in the office f prothonotary as early as
practicable, not exceeding sixty days from
the termination of the trial, and notice
thereof shall forthwith be given lo the par
ties fir their attorneys. If no exception
shall be filed thereto within thirty days,
the court or the Judge who tried the case,
in vacation may, upon argument, order
judgment to be entered according to the
decision filed, or make such modifications
as iu justice and right shall seem proper,
subject always to review by writ of error
or appeal to the Supreme Court. Section
three provides that such cases taken to the
Supreme Court by appeal, shall bo heard
and dctermiuded theieiu, as in cases of ap
eal in equity proceedings, and in case a
new trial is ordered, it shall be proceeded
with before the same court in the manner
herein provided for. An agreement to
submit under this act shall be a waiver of
trial by jury, and cases submitted under
tlie provisions of this act shall be subject to
the existing law as to costs, excepting no
jury fee shall be required for entering judg
ment. DEMOcr.Af'Y and FiNANfK. The in
dividual who attempts to harmonize the
financial outgivings of Democratic Conven
tions in the different States,.wil! either give
up the job speedily or slowly go into lunacy.
In the. Convention just he'd at Syracuse,
hard money, specie, payment and honest
payment of the public dept were prominent
planks. In Ohio, Indiana, and other
Western nd Southern States, inflation,
paper payments, and repudiation are the
most acceptable campaign war cries. The
Woibl says that the Democracy of New
York wait for the return of these wander
ing sheep "to a sound mind." But the
black members of the "true fold" show.no
disposition to go back on their record. On
the contrary, the Cincinnati En'inlar says
that "the Democratic party will show itself
to be a party of the people" by adopting
the heresies that the Democracy of Ohio
and Indiana uphold. That leader of West
ern opiuiju siys, moreover, that Demo
crats nowhere favor National Banks, but
"express the people's demand for an in
crease of the circulation medium." Who
shall settle the policy of the party when
these eminent leaders so vitally disagree ?
Everythiui; is to be jeopardized, and noth
ing gained by voting with them. It is true,
as they say, that the financial question is
one of the greatest issues of the hour. All
the more reason is here, then, that a na
tional party should have a fixed basin of
principles on which to stand. If it has
none, its claim to a national existence is
forfeited. To this position have the disor
ganized Democracy come. It is no longer
worth the .suflragcs of men who respect
principle, and those wMo have property at
stake cannot afford to trust it. Its finan
cial vagaries are pregnant with ruin. For
tunately business men and careful citizens
see the situation plainly. The Syracuse
Convention has adjourned without a word
of rebuke for the western advocates of re
pudiation. The party that is thus timid
in political action will find and deserve dis
graceful defeat at the polls. To falter iu
this crisis is to iuvite destruction. .Viif.-.s'
Jonrit'il.
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The Black Hills are not so great after
all. Later reports are said to confirm the
opinion of Professor Winchel,who examin
ed them, that there was no valuable min
erals iu that region. Colonel Grant, who
was with the expedition under instructions
to report on the geology of the region, says
the rock on which the gold is asserted to
have been discovered is of the metamorphic
character, iu which precious metals have
never been found. The timber consists of
spruce aud yeilow piue, (?) valueless for
lumber, aud there is "uot enough tillable
land for a dozen good-sized farms." The
Sioux Commission give a similar report of
tlie Black Hills country.
Whilst our own exports to England are
as large as ev r, aud the balance of trade
still continues iu our favor, those of Great
Britain are still decreasing, the total value
of exports for August, according to the
Board of Trade, returns for that month, bit
ing a decrease of about ten per' cent, from
the value of the corresponding mouth in
1873, the decline showing itself in nearly
all the leading articles of export. The value
of cotton piece goods exported exhibits a
decrease cf nearly "f,000,(i0it, of iron more
than S',0M),ihi0, and of woolen and worsted
goods more than $1,00(1,000. Ko wonder
the English free traders are so anxious for
the adoption of the proposed Canadian Re
ciprocity treaty.
A fellow at Des Moines, Iowa, apparent
ly very drunk, staggered against a plate
glass show window and smashed it, and
then hurried off. The shopman and his
clerks followed nnd seized him, took a $100
bill from his pocket, and after deducting
the price of the glass, stuifcd the change iu
his wallet aud sent him adrift. The $100
proved to be counterfeit, the shopman, hor
rified, set the police on the fellow's track,
and he was arrested, but no crime could lie
proved, and the adroit rogue got off scot
free.
Our candidate for Secretary of Internal
A flairs. General R. B. Beath, is popular at
home. The Mlnrr's Jountnl thus refers to
him : "That the confidence reposed in him
by the people when they elected him to this
important position was worthily bestowed,
the high character which the office sustains
to.day, a attested by the legal profession
and all who are acquinted with the very
satisfactory manner in which the duties
thereof have been discharged, is the sure
guarantee. And not only have the duties
enjoined by law been faithfully performed,
but the experience gained during his term
of office lias enabled Gen. Beath to discern
many of the wants of our peculiar land
system and to suggest and secure such leg
islation as will hereafter render the landed
interests more secure from the adventurers
who made a business of taking out land
warrants for the purpo-e of making money
out of the equitable owners. All who
kuow General Beath, his rare worth, his
high moral character, his private life un
spotted, his w hole official career unstained,
will, we feel assured, agree with us, that
this honor was well merited, wkile it was
thus gracefully bestowed." Ws very cor
dially endorse all that is thus slid of Gen.
Beath. Be is in every way worthy the
confidence of the peopK
;i:m:icai, xfavs iti:ms.
The puddlers of the Lackawanna Iron
and Coal Company's works, Scran ton, have
gone to work, after a long period of enforc
ed idleness, at f3.no per ton.
The Glen Rolling Mill, Lehigh county,
Btartcd an additional puddling furnace the
other day, anil in a week or so another will
be started.
The Lehigh Iron Company, whose fur
naces arc at Ameyvillc, are stopping work
at all their hematite ore beds, with the ex
ception of two or three.
Great harm and discomfort is caused by
the use of purgatives which gripe and rack
the system. Parsons' Purgative Pills are
free from all impure matter, and are mild
and health-giving in the operation.
At this season of the year cramps and
pains in the stomach and bowels, dysen
tery, diarrho a, &c, are quite common, and
should be checked at once. Johhson's
Anodyne Liniment is the best article that
can be used in all such cases, and should be
kept in ever family.
Advices from the Indian country are en
couraging for an early and permanent ces
sation of hostilities between the army and
Indians, by the return of the latter to their
reservations.
The high price of quicksilver Las led to
a more thorough exploration of the Pacific
coast, which Las resulted in the recent dis
covery of indications of the metal in sev
eral localities.
The Williamsport Rubber Company
makes 1,000 pairs of shoes daily, aud em
ploys a large number cf hands
On the 22d of October next the reunion
of the Forty-seventh Regiment Pennsylva
nia Volunteers will be held in Allentown,
and anticipations are entertained of an oc
casion of unusual interest.
The different Executive departments at
Washington are now busily engaged in
preparing the estimates for the expenses
of the Government for the ensuing fiscal
year.
The trustees in the Jay Cooke bank
ruptcy case report the total receipts at
Sl,04.'l,0.")l 11 and total expenditures at
i'273,fi0- 73, leaving in their hands a bal
ance of $7."0,"5." 3.
Lycoming Democrats are rater despon
dent at the prospect of carrying the county
this fall. They see very plainly that the
tide of popular sentiment is setting in very
strongly against them.
A lire broke out on Sunday night in
Newboro, Canada, and sixteen of the be?t
buildings in the village were totally de
stroyed, including Webster's, Draffiin's and
other stores. Loss not ascertained.
In the case of Thomas Farrell, ou trial
at Pottsvillc, Pa., for the murder of Ed
ward Bradley, near Minersville, last Jan
uary, by shooting him with a shot gun.
then cutting tb-: body in two and throwing
it in air hole of a mine, horribly r.iir.ilatod,
the jury after being out twenty-seven hours
rendered a verdict this evening of guilty in
the second degree.
A destructive storm of wind and rain
passed tiver Charleston, S. C., on Monday.
Tin- noted promenade, "The Battery,"
was completely destroyed."
A tire broke out at Loug Branch on
Tuesday morning, iu Atlantic Block, and
destroyed property valued at SGfl,0"0. It
is believed to Lave been the work of an in
cendiary. the
The conference meetings between
opposite parties in Louisianna. have finally
resulted in an agreement which promises
to give that State a fair and peaceable elec
tion. Plank four of the Democratic State plat-
form reads thus : "That we cherish a
grateful remembrance of our brave soldiers
and sailors." Will the Democratic State
c...i.n. it,.,. ,.ti:.. n 1.. :..r..... i. ...... ..r
VW......I ... ..., .U.U..U I.K. 1.U,..B O.
Pennsylvania who their" soldiers are ?
Ate they the men who fought out to victory
a war which the State Democratic Conven
tion declared to be only a record of "debt,
slaughter, and disgrace," or the men who
lost iu that war
Telegraphic News.
Attempted .Murder and Lynching.
Wilkeshakkic, Sept. 27. Last night
about twelve o'clock, four negroes, named
Henry Thomas, James Welcome, Thomas
Irwin aud Oeorgc B.izaine, set upon James
English, a white man, on Ilazlo street,
and, after knocking hiiu down, cut his
throat, partially severing the windpipe.
Thomas is said to be the one who did the
cutting. He was arrested soou afterwards
at his residence, having secreted himself
under a lounge. After his arrest a crowd
of two hundred people surrounded the offi
cers, and, with a rope in hands and cries
of "Lyuch him," fried to take him away
from their custody, and only a strong force
of police with drawn revolvers were abie to
keep them at bay. English is still liviug,
but iu a precarious condition.
" ""
Two Thousand Hollars Stolen from
i no icank oi iiuiusiry.
Pitt-hcih;, Sept. 24. About 12.20
o'clock to-day, a heavy set, sprucely dress
ed aud handsome looking gentleman, of
medium height and pleasant address, drop
ped into the bank of Industry, No. 110
Fifth avenue, and made inquiries of the
cashier, Mr. Haurehan, concerning the
rate of interest allowed on deposits, &c.
The stranger talked with great volubility
on this question foi some time, and then,
bidding the cashier good day, the interro
gator withdrew. Mr. Hanrehan, suspect
ing nothing, then went into the back-room
to get a newspaper. hi his return bis eve
fell on the money desk, and in au instant
it flashed on him that the bank was robbed,
as several of the laiger packages of green
backs, aggregating, the cashier says, i'2,
00O, were missing. The supposition is
that while the heavy set niau engaged the
attention of the cashier, an accomplice en
tered by a door leading from th: alley into
the bank, stepped in behind to counter and
grabbed the two larger packages, next to
the door, which was open, and which,
strange to say, has neither bolt nor lock on
it, and made oil' with the packages.
4'nlcliiiiK tli 'niii(crlVif erw.
Lot isviLLi:, Sept. 2$. United States
detectives to-day captured a box containing
a large amount of money and emplements
at the Adams Express office, belonging to
and made by a notorous and extensive
gang of counterfeiters who have been oper
ating in North Carolina, East Tennessee,
West Virginia and Kentucky. Six of the
gang, including the one that shipped the
box, have lieen arrested. The box was
opened at the express office, and contained
the follonting articles ;
2,100 fifty-cent notes, unfinished ; !til
fiifty-ccnt notes, finished ; '".SO twenty
dollar Treasury notes, 32 counterfeit silver
half dollars, 20 quarter eagles, one obverse
half dollar, steel plate with head of Stanton
one reverse steel plate, four plates unfinish
ed, nnd eleven pngraving tools,
iiorisi.w.
The Kfi'eet of the Federal Troops.
New Orleans, Sept. 2s.
At half-past eleven o'clock laet night the
committees of conference representing the
Central Committees of the Republican and
Democratic parties, after having been in
constant session for upwards of seven
hours, arrived at a conclusion. The agree
ment entered into is that the Democrats
shall do everything in their power to aid
in the maintenance of law and order and
the support of the legally constituted au
thorities. Thoy also promise that during
the approaching election they will strive to
prevent intimiduiio'n and violeuce on the
part of the party I hey represent.
It is further agreed that the Adisory
Board shall cousist of five members, two
be chosen from the Democrats, two from
the Republicans, aud one nonpartisan, who
is named iu the person of Dr. Benzans,
Surveyor General of the State. The Board
of State Canvassers, about which there has
been so much discussion, it is agreed shall
cousist of five members, two of whom shall
by Democrats and three Republicans.
The Democrats tried to induce the Re
publicans to promise that they would not
prosecute those engaged in the recent riots.
This, however, they positively refused to
do. The compromise is sigued by the
chairman of both committees. During the
eveuing some five hundred members of the
White League paraded through the streets,
j but there was no disturbance.
SHAKI' LETTEK FROM THE AVEST.
New York, Sept. 2S.
j Senator West, of Louisiana, in an open
1 ! -tier to Casey, in New Orleaus, under date
j of yesterday, in relation to the charges
I against him of unnecessary absence from
the State during the late uprising of the
people, says : "If Governor Kellogg re
grets my absence Le knows that I visited
the North at his written request, to lay be
fore the President the condition of affairs
in Louisiana, and to solicit Federal sup
port for his government when its integrity
should be imperiled. If he regrets my ab
sence as an advisor or counsellor, it is an
indication to me that for the first time
within my recollection since his installation
in 1872, he is ready to give consideration
to my opinions as to his general policy. If
he wants his political friends, who are ab
sent, to assume fighting garb, they might
prefer some other leader. The Kellogg
administration is environed with difficul
ties sufficient to dismay the stoutest heart,
aud it has of late received such a shock as
to make its most determined supporters
doubt whether it is competent to exact
i obedience to its authority, even with the
assistance of the parent government."
XI' IV YORK.
t
Utica, Sept. 23.
liie Republican State Convention met
this morning, and Hon. J. M. Pomcroy
was chosen temporary chairman, and de
, livered a speech. Temporary secretaries
I and Committees on Permanent Organiza
', tion and Resolutions were then appointed.
A delegate from New fork offered a
; resolution in favor of the repeal of the ex
! emotion of church nronertv from taxation.
i Tlip rnIirfnt:on u.n tnflt ,in 5
1
r. m.
On reassembling a permanent organiza
tion was effected, with Hon. Edward D.
Morgan chairman, and he addressed the
convention at length.
i Oovcrnor Dix was unanimously re-noni-
j inated, the convention voting aloud,
' 0 '
ye : 1
General John C. Robinson was unani-
! mously renominated for Lieutenant-Cov-j
ernor, whereupon the convention rose
I and gave three cheers for Dix and Robin-
j s
j Alexander Barkley was renominated for
! c.mal Commissioner.
! .. . f, ,,. . , , , . ,
I Senator Coukhng was introduced and
"
(h;livt.lcJ a , , J,, whjch he main.
, .k.;ot.;. lr.r.iI.Koon
I party is not dead ; that the country is only
safe in its hands, and that (Governor I)ixs
administration deserved the cordial sup-
' t-rf 11 f oil tnirtTi Wi t Ii rorvi nl 1 1 T .miicti n-i
he declared that only the firm action of a
Republican President in the late troubles
there prevented similar outrages in other
Southern States. He arraigned the Dem
ocratic party for all the troubles iu the
South.
After the adoption of a platform the
Convention adjourned inf i!ic.
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Surrounded by Indians.
Washington, I). C, Sept. '2S.
Official dispatches from Capt. W. Ly
man, commanding the supply train sent to
' General Miles, in the Iudian Territory,
uudcr date o" Sept. IU, says : l hat he is
surrounded by the hostile Conimanches
north of the Washita, and has been since
the morning of the 1'th instant.
He considers it injudicious to proceed,
j and his communication:' with General Miles
i are cut off. Lieutenant Lewis was badly
' wounded and will die if he is not soon re- j
j lieved by prompt surgical aid. All the
J water they have is a small pool, which is
rapidly drying up and wUl soon all disap
pear. A relieving party started the same day,
with instructions to reach Lyman as soon
as possible, aud if necessary to proceed
with him to ('en. Miles' command.
A llrllliuiit Display at I'.aslon.
Eastox, Sept. 28. The opening of the
State Fair in this city to-day was a success
in ever particular, and from present indi
cations the exhibition will be unequalled
in the anuals of the society. The grounds
were visited during the day by thousands
of people, and the general expression is one
of astonishment at the magnificent exhibi
tion. On Thursday the fair will be visited by
fieorge La bar, an aged veteran from Mon
roe county, who has attained the age of 112
years. The Pish Commissioners have on
exhibition in the floral hall specimens of
fish of their own breeding, embracing
trout, California salmon, salmon trout, and
a new imported fish from (icrmauy of the
carp family. The display of stock, ma
chinery, fruits, flowers, articles of home
use, Sec, is very profuse. Trains are run
ning hourly, affording parties every facili
ty to visit the exhibition.
Correspondence.
M It XK1V YORK I.KTTKK.
TIIK YOUNCIMAX AIIOUT TOWN THE OS
METICAKTIST HEECHEIt -TILTON IUSI
NKSS THE WE VTI1EH.
New Yoiik, St. 2'., 1ST I.
THE YOrNti MN AIJOCT TOWN.
I had the curiosity the other day to sit in
one of the clubs of this city a part of a day,
to the end of studying the daily life of the
"young man about town," a class very nu
merous in this city, where fortunes, colossal
iu their proportions, were made by the last
generation for the present generation to
spend. It was a curious study, and one,
T trust, that carries with it a moral.
The youus man about town is, of course,
wealth'. His father made a large fortune
in something, and sent the young man to
college. He graduated somehow, and be
ing too rich t follow any business, gave
his whole mind (it wasn't much to give) to
the spending of it.
His day commences at noon, when Le
rioes. Before he gets Lis pantaloons on Le
staggers to his side-board and swallows a
brandy-cocktail to give him a little life, for
the night before took out of him all the vi
tality be had, and his sleep Las not been
sound or refreshing. Before he has him
self encased in h'13 elegaut clothes, he has
swallowed four or five of these iuvigorators,
and has got up enough fri.skiness in his
stomach to be. able to eat a breakfast, which
he does at Lis club.
He may play at being a broker, iu which
case he goes to Wall street, and, with a set
of choice spirits of the same kidney, he
makes a few "transactions," going out for
cock-tails before and after each one. After
business hours, he drops in at Delmonico's,
and takes a bitcof souietning, drinking the
while every fifteen minutes, and at a'cout
say six in the eveuing he is ready for din
ner. At dinuer he driuks chablis, sherry,
champagne and burgundy, winding up
with cogniac.
This brings him to the serious business
of the day. He may go to the opera with his
sister, or the uufortunate young lady who
is to be his wife, or he may join a ' stag
party," and drop in at one of the theatres
for an hour. Following this he goes, if he
is in a virtuous frame of mind, to a ball or
two. dancing a little at each, and driuking
a great deal ; or, if iu a vicious mood, there
are balls of the demimonde. In default of
these, there is always a game of draw-poker
at the clubs, with stakes unlimited, or if
his system demands a fiercer excitement,
there are the faro-bauks, where, with the
aid of wine and brandy, the young man
may lose as much money as he chooses,
and the proprietors generally manage that
he shall lose a great deal. He keeps at this
steadily till six o'clock in the morning,
when he goes home, not druuk, but in a
semi-intoxicated and generally befuddled
condition, and drop9 into a sleep which is
uot natural an alcoholic sleep that comes
from the sheer inability of a not over-strong
constitution to bear any more stimulants
and cigars ; for be it known, this gentle
youth smokes the strongest of cigars every
minute of the time that he i3 not in bed or
in the presence of decent women.
The "young man about town" does not
confine himself to the three vices of alcohol,
tobacco and gambling. Not he. There is
not a woman of doubtful character in the
city who is unknown to him ; aud he Las
always one, ar.d generally more, mistresses, J to the contrary. 3t
who share bis income with the faro-banks, NOTICE,
the liquor and cigar dealers. I in re of the aceonnt of w. Toth creditors of
lie dies at something less than forty, as John, Assignee of es- Michael L. Connel
....... ... . I tateof Michael Conuellv. ) ly.
X rule, though it lie lives beyouu tnat age,
: ;t ; .,, ...--i, tin -he bad died before : for
' i
, . , , . . - 1..i-,
tus iieain is noi me uroniary uissuiuuuu
It is a break-up. The system, enfeebled
by dissipation, kept alive by stimulants,
and drained by every known excess, comes j
to a point where stimulants will no longer
act, for the tissues upon which they acted j
are gouc. There is not enough of the man
left for rum to take hold of, and as rum has
kept the machine running for years, it is
really all there is of it. Then it breaks
and goes iu a minute. There is no fuel for
the lire to take hold of, and it dies.
Poor fellow I A life that might have
blessed the world ended with not a good
deed to leave liehind a career character
ized by nothing but lust and self-indulgence,
and a death mourned ouly by the
harpies who ministered to his sins, their
regret being that he did not live long enough
to squander upon them his entire fortune.
There are forty thousand of these young
men in New York this day living the life I
have only in part described.
THE COSMETIC AKTIST.
If the young men of New Yoik are
given to one kind of dissipation, their sis
ters arc to another. There are in the city
at least one hundred men aud women who
have amassed, or are amassing, large for
tunes by beautifying women. The cos
metic artist is generally a lady whose an
tecedents are unknown. Where she comes
from no one knows, but she always pro
fesses to come from that especial vanity
fair, Paris. She lives ia a quiet and se
verely respectable neighborhood, and no
i sign advertises her calling, for no lady
' would, for the world, be seen visiting a
j known beautifier. She is admired by her
customers, and if she is skilltul sue nas
enough of them.
What docs she do ? Look at the com
plexions on Broadway, and there find your
auswer. A lady has good enough features,
but her complexion is bad. She would be
completely beautiful,so she goes to Madame
X . Madame seats her in a chair, dips
a soft brush into a villainously smelling
liquid, and paiuts the face, the neck and
bust, and presto, the sunburn, tan, freckles,
or whatever may be the trouble, have dis
appeared, and in lieu thereof, there is a
complexion as clean, clear, soft and beauti
ful as the most exactiug could wish. This
is enameling. The preparation is a min
eral paiut that siinilates the clearest flesh,
aud it stays on several days without re
pairs. The victim once enameled has to
go regularly for repairs, which gives
Madame a mortgage on her purse. Un
fortunately for the artist, the mineral gets
into the system, aud the victim dies in a
few years of paralysis ; but as there is a
new class of vain women born every year,
she never lacks customers.
The hair is another source of revenue to
the beautifier. Does the lady want to con
vert her black tresses iuto the yel!ow,now so
popular ? Nothing easier. The hair is
plastered with something about as pleasant
as lime, which must be kept on night and
day for a wetk or so, which bleaches it to
the color required, the eye-brows being
similarly treated, that the effect may be
harmonious. True, this induces paralysis,
but where is the woman who would not
take the chances of paralysis for the en
hancement of her beauty 'i Is the forehead
too high V Madame shaves the hair on the
forehead an inch or two, and applies a liquid
which sle makes, and a fine fuzz grows.
This is shaved again and again till it gets
thick, ami long enough to be arranged to
the taste of the wearer.
Women are not the only patrons of Ma
dame. Men write her from all parts of the
country for her preparations to make hair
grow and to change the color of hair.
They drive a profitable tradc.for a woman
may go without sufficient underclothing
but she will have the means of beautifying
herself. Bridget, in the kitchen, buys her
ten cents' woith of white lead for her face,
and the mistress up stairs pays the cosmetic
artist sl.00 for enameling ; but it is all to
one end. One-half the world lives on the
vanity aud folly of the other half.
r.EEClIKn-TIT.TOX.
What happiness ! A week has passed by
and the papers have had nothing in them
of the Beccher-Tilton scandal. Tilton's
last statement is acknowledged by every
one to be a renmrkable production, and i
Las changed public opinion in the matter
to a wonderful degree. The good people
of Brooklyn who believed Beecher innocent
now admit that his guilt is possible, and
those who sided with Tilton are stronger
than ever in the belief in the strengthof
his position. Tilton keeps close to his
house in Brooklyn, and keeps from becom
ing morbid by the hardest kind of work.
His children see him occasionally, and his
intimate friends are admitted, but none
others. lie was in New York yesterday
for the find time in three weeks. He looks
strong and hearty, and has full faith that
he will be evcutually justified. Moulton is
as jolly as a grig, aud is full of fight. He
is getting ready for the numerous libel suits
that have been instituted against Lim. Mrs.
Tilton is still at the Ovingtons', and, it is
understood, has expressed her determina
tion never to resume her life with her hus
band. By the way, iu the prosecution of
Tilton '3 suit against Be.ccher how is a jury
to be obtained ? Where can twelve men
be found who have not formed an opinion,
pro or con ?
BUSINESS
shows a slight improvement this weeW
very slight, but it is an improvement. Mer
chants from the great outside are beginning
to buy, and though they touch it lightly,
they are touching, and the wholesale peo
ple here are brightening up a little.
But it is not livelj yet nor even fairly
good. They are buying just as little as
they can, and just as cinse as they can.
But the flood gates are open little, and it
is to be hoped that they will be lud higher
ere many days. The sale of domesc man
ufactures keeps up better than imported
goods. Imported finery hangs heiily,
which would indicate an economy on he
part of the people that leads them only ',0
such purchases as are actually necessary
And yet the boot and shoe trade is very,
dull, and the grocery trade is still duller.
This is one of the seasons in which all
signs fail, and in which judgment is good
for nothing.
the weather
is superb and glorious. The cays are cool
and bright, the nights are pleasant, and it
is a luxury to live. New York is a blessed
city to live in, in September and October.
PlETKO.
8tto Subfrtiscmfiils
CHARTER NOTICE.
"VTOTICE is hereby given that application has
l eeu n.ade lo the Court of Common Pleas
of Northumberland County, to chanec the Cor
porate name of "The Temperanceanil Hall aud Li
brary Association," to "Historical anil Scientific
Library Association," and that the prayer of the
petitioners will be granted at next November
Term of Court, if no sufficient cans be shown
-rOTICK is hereby Kiven that the account of
, -L W. P. John, Esq., Assignee of estate ol
I -IU1..1.11.I U. l.UI!Ul.tlT.IIP UCCU IIICV IU kUC UUIfe Ul
Common I'ieas of Northumberland County, ami
win he preionteil to Raid Court for confirmation,
on Tue(lar. the 3d d:iyof November, A. D.1S74.
L. T. JiOIIKBACIl. Prolh'y.
ST A It L ASS WORKS.
NORRISTOWN, PA.,
MANUFACTURES a superior Quality o.
Window Glass, smj-'e and doab'o thick
Ground, Corrugated, Obscured and tained
Shades of all patterns ; all glass warranted no
to stain. Orders solicited.
J. M. ALBERTO JT.
October. 2 1ST. 3nios.
OKDEK OF IOIBT.
WHEREAS, by the 11th Section of the Ac
of Assembly of this Common wealth,pasf
ed the 9th day of April, A. D. 1S74, it is provid
cd that at the first term of the Court held in th
several districts of this Commonwealth after th
passage of this act, by the Judges duly electe
or appointed to hold the same, it shall be tb
duty of said Judges to make an order fixing ta
time of holding the regular terms of said Courts
which order aud all modifications or change
thereof, shall be publL-hed in not less than tw
newspapers In each county of the district, a
least thirty days before the time so fixed fc
holding said courts. And now, to wit, Auirus
Sth, 1ST4, it is ordered that the time of holdin
the regular terms of Court of Common Pleat
Oyer and Terminer ind Genera! Jail Delivery
Conrt of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and Oi
plums' Court, in and for the county of Xortr
umbcrland, be, and the same is fixed as follow?
to wit : The said terms of said Conrts shall con
nience and be holden four times in each year, a
the Conrt House, in the borough of Sunbury, o
the first Monday of November, to continue tw
weeks; on the first Monday of January, tocor
tinue two weeks ; ou the second Monday c
March, to continue two weeks, and on the fir
Monday of August, to continue two weeks. Ad
it U further directed that this order shall be put
lished in not less than two papers iu the count'
at least thirty days before the time so fixed fr
holding said Courts.
By the Court.
L. T. ROHRBACIT, Proth'v.
Smibury, Sept. 25, 1374. 2t.
SHERIFF'S IVOTICE
For the Enforcement of the Fisl
Law.
UNDER the Act of the Leyislature of Petir
sylvania, passed at the session of 1S71, fc
the protection of salmon, black bass, and othf
food fishes newly introduced, or to be introduce
into the river Delaware and Susquehanna, an
their tributaries generally, and for the proteetio
of fish generally in saii streams, I, Warn n el 1
Rothcrmel, Sheriff of Northumberland count)
in compliance with and for the enforcement t
said law, hereby give notice that all convenient
lor the catchinir of fish, commonly called fis
baskets, Ac, within my jurisdiction as Sheriff c
said county, aud now known to exist in th
streams of said county, are hereby declared to b
common nuisances, and I hereby command, at
cordiDi to law, that they be removed and di:
mantled by the owners or managers thereo
within ten days from the date of this proclama
tion. And for the information of the public
hereto attach that section of the Fish-Law it'lai
in ir to the removal and dismantling of fish bas
kets. &c. :
Src. 11. On any of the streams or parts o
streams contemplated by this act, and uuder th
jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, to which an
adromous or migratory fishes shall have aeccs?
by tlie uou-existence of dams, or by openings i
tiie dams, whether intended or not to facilitat
such access, and whatever iu the reaches
spaces beiow or betweeu dams, such planting c
new species hhall have taken place, as herei
contemplated, tuo sheriffs ol'thc couuties bavin
jurisdiction iu such reaches of the streams, whei
ever they thai) discover or be informed of th
existence of such contrivance to the catching f
fish as are comniouly known as fish-baskets, ei
wiers, kindles, brush or fascine nets, or an
other permanently set means of taking fish, i
the nature of a seivc, which are known ta b
wasteful and extravagant modes of fishiug, th
said slu-rilEs shall give ten days notice in tw
newspapers of their respective counties, that th
said contrivances are known to exist and ar
common nuisances, ordering them to be dismant
led by their owners or managers, so as to remit
them no longer capable of injuring the fishes o
the streams of whatever kind ; and if at the ex
piration of the said ten days ttje dismantlin
shall not have taken place, then the said sheri:
shall proceed, with snch force of good men o
the county as may be necessary for the purpose
and destroy or dismantle the said fish-baskets
kiddles, eel wiers or such other devices content
plated by this section, so that they may be n
longer capable of injuring fish ; and the account
ing officers of the comities shall make good th
cost of the said proceedings to the said sheriff o
sheriffs, in the settlement of their accounts wit'
tbe said liherilfs ; and if upon being duly inform
ed by a reputable citizen of the couuty that sail
nuisances are in existence and require abatement
tbe said sheriff or sheriffs shall not procee
as directed in this act, then he oi they, upon coo
victlon in the county court of tbe said neglect c
duty, shall be fined' not less than one hsndre
nor more than one thousand dollars for ever
such neglect ; said fines to be collected as ord
nary fines are collected, and the proceeds are t
be divided equally between the informer or com
pluinant and the school directors of the prope
district, for school purposes only ; this section i
not intended to supercede any other lar of thi
Commonwealth for the suppression of fish ba:
k'.-!, ct cetera, If the same be found efficacior
to ?r;trov or abolish tbein.
SAMUEL II. KOTDERMEL. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Otlice, Sunbury, Sept. 18, 1S74.
NOTICE.
In re of the account of P. S. To the creditor
Bickel and L. T. Rohrbach, I of Peter Bonl
Assignees of estate Peter Bo-
rel. )
Notice is heic"iy given that the account of P
S. Bickel and L. T. Rohrbach, Assignees of th
estate of Peter Borcl, has been filed in the Conr
of Common Pleas of Northumberland county
and will be presented to said Conrt for eonflnnii
tion, on Tiiesdav, the 3d day of November, A. D
1374.
L. T. ROHRBACH, Prothonotary.
Snnbiiry. Sept. It. 174. -4t.