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Congress. On Monday, March 4t!i, at
12 o'clock, the Thirty-ninth Congress closed
its labors. The sound of the hammers of
the presiding officers of the two Ilouses,
announcing the ending of the Thirty-ninth
Congress, had scarcely died away before the
Fortieth was rapped to order. Mr. Wade
was elected President of the Senate, and in
ducted to the chair in the morning, o that
he had the Conor of closing the old Con
gress and opening the new one, almost sim
ultaneously. The new Senators at once
took the oath of office, when, after the usu
al motions of organization, the Senate ad
journed at one o'clock. In the House, Mr.
Colfax was re-elected Sieakcr, and Mr. Me
Pherson, clerk. The crowd present, on this
extr&ordinaay occasion, was immense. Ev
ery available space in Loth Houses, even the
Member's seats, were densely packed with
ladies and gentlemen anxious to see one Con
gress expire and another Congress take its
place. The Dcuioprats in the IIou?e enter
ed a protest against its organization, because
a number of States were not represented
therein, which created a little sensation.
The House, after having duly organized, ad
journed at two o'clock.
State Temperance Convention. A
State Temperance Convention was held in
Harrisburg on February 2Cth, at which Gov.
Geary presided as temporary Chairman.
The Governor made a very appropriate and
telling speech, on the occasion, in which,
among other things he said, he had all his
life-time abstained from the use of intoxica
ting liquors, and he intended to do so in the
future. Over two hundred delegates were
in attendance, from all parts of the State.
Gen. Wagner was permanent President of
the Convention, agisted by twenty-five
Vice Presidents, and, live Secretaries. A
series of resolutions was adopted ; one of
which is in the following words and may
be regarded as the platform of the Conven
tion: , ' '
Rssolvkd, That no law. however stringent,
which recognizes the right to sell intoxicating
drinKScan receive oar sanction, as we believe the
time has fully come when this traffio should be at
once and forever abandoned."
An address to the people of the State has
been issued ; and a permanent State organ
ization formed, of which James Black of
Lancaster, is President, and W. D. Hen
drickson, of Phil' a, Cor. Secretary.
The Supreme Court. The Kentucky
Democratic Convention undertakes to give
the key note to the United States Supreme
Court, by pronouncing the Reconstruction
Bill unconstitutional The out-giving on
thi3 point by the President's organ, shos
the Supreme Court is relied on to head
Congress, and give the insurgents the vic
tory. But this may uot be. The New
York Time refers to this expectation, and
makes the following comments concerning it :
"But it must be remembered that four mem
bers of that Court out of nine would now. beyond
all doubt, indorse such a measure; ami that, of
the five who would oppose it. one if not two will
probably never again sit on the bench in conse
quence of ex tret: e age and illness. A law was
passed, moreover, at the last session, which de
clares that in ease of the death of a Suprome
Court Judge, the vacancy shall not be filled ui.ti I
the whole number of Judges shall have been re
duoed by death or otherwise, to seven. The
chances are, therefore, that within the next year
the Supreme Court of the United States will be fts
thoroughly in the hands of the Radicals as Con
gress is. Senator Johnson's misgivings there
fore, would Bee in to have a very substantial found
ation in the probabilities of the future."
Tub Cotton Crop. The Philadelphia
Press is deep in the statistics ot the cotton
crop. It states that the entire crop of 1866
will amount to about 1 ,400,000 bates, of five
hundred pounds to the bale. This gives
700,000,000 pounds gross weight, and 672,
000,000 pounds net weight, allowing four
per cent for tare. The entire crop would be
worth, at current prices, over two hundred
and twenty eight millions in the New York
market. The Government will reap over
twenty millions of revenue from it These
figures do not compare very favorably with
thote of 1859. The crop for that year
gummed up 5,335,354 bales of four hun
dred pounds each; or 4.268.2S3 bales, of
five hundred pounds each. But it must be
remembered that the present high price wLi
go,says the Press, to make up much of the
difference in the money value of the two
crops, the increased cost of production to
J.he contrary notwithstanding.
More to Come. According to the New
York Times, bilk are in course of prepara
tion for arly introduction into the next
Congress, providing for a sleeping confis
cation of rebel property in ths Southern
States, and for its distribution among the
enfranchised slaves, for paying claims of loj'
b. men for property destroyed during the
war, and for giving farms to Northern
$erd who will settle in the South.
Pennsylvania School Eeport.
According to the late report of the State
Superintendent, great inequalities exist in
the amdunt of tax levied on the several
counties for school purposes, as well as in
the number of months that schools are kept
open. To illustrate this matter more fully,
we quote the following from the report :
The loc i! taxation in several of the counties is
really oppressive, while in others it is but trifling.
In several dUtric's trie thirteen mills allowed by
law to be raised will not support the schools the
minimum teiru of four months, unless teachers
with the lowest grade of certificates areemployed.
In euehfdisrricts of course taxation is the most op
piessivc, because the citizens are the least able to
pay heavy taxes. While this is the ease in some
counties, in others the schools can be supported
six or more months by a tax of three or four mils
on the dollar.
A few examples will show the irregularity of
the taxation and its burdonsomeness upon the
poorer classes.
In Cambria the school tax was 10 75 mills
building 4.96 mills, 15 71
In Clearfield the school tax was 10 35 mills,
building 6.00 mills. 16 35
In Jefiersun the school tax was 9.42 mills,
building 8.85 mills, 13 27
In P tter the cbnul tax was 10 33 mills,
building 7 16 mills, 17 54
In McKean the school tax was 9.51 mills,
building 10 00 mills, 13 54
Average. 17.41.
- These are comparatively poor counties. wheTe
citizens need help from the State, to enable them
to give their children even a fair common school
education, and yet with this heavy local tax upon
them, together with what the districts receive
from the State, they can keep their schools open
only a few days over the minimum term. The av
erage in the five counties is four and eleven-fifteenth
months, and the average wages of teach
ers is S27 52.
In Berks the school tax was 2 71 mills.build-
ing 0.00 mills. 2.71
In Bucks the school tax was 3.00 mills,buiM-
ing 1.53 mills 4 53
In Lebanon the school tax was 3.23 mills,
building 0.00 mills. 3 23
In Cumberland the school tax was 3.40 mills,
building 1.47 mills. 4.S7
In Lancaster the school tax was 3.03 mills,
building 0 93 mills, 3.93
Theso counties are among oar most wealthy,
and with this tax-the average term is six and sev
enteen -twentieth mouthi averago wagcs; 30.45.
The Convention of Superintendents, held
in Harrisburg ia January last, proposed to
remedy this inequality by proper legislation.
That Convention suggested the propriety of
amending the School law, as to provide for
the raising of a common fund, by general
and equal taxation, sufficiently large to keep
the schools open for a term of six months
in each year, in all the counties. The State
Superintendent seems to favor this proposi
tion, when he says in his report "that some
thing must be done to aid the poorer coun
ties." Now, there is little doubt, if the
proper course be pursued by the friends of
education throughout the State, the desired
end can readily be obtained. Then let a
united effort be made to procure the neces
sary legislation at once.
Afraid to Bisk It. Gov. Swann, of
Maryland, it seems, has suddenty got quite
"weak in the knees" in regard to his seat
in tlio United States Senate, to w'mcU ho
was elected some time ago. After having'
been chosen to that position, he informed
Lieut Governor Cox of his intention to re
sign the Governorship on February 26th,
when the inauguration of Mr. Cox woald
take place. On the 26th, however, Mr.
Cox received a note on the subject from Mr.
Swann, in xrhich the following sentence oc
curs: "I do not feel at liberiy to take this important
step without further time for deliberation."
Now, the reason for this "back-out" is
obvious. A question as to the legality of
Swann's election to the United States Sen
ate having been raised, his case will be in
vestigated upon his offering to take his seat,
with a tolerable prospect of not obtaining it
Ilcnee his prescut course ; and, no doubt,
thinking "a bird in the hand worth two in the
busii," he holds on the Governorship. Be
sides; Mr. Cox is a radical, and, on his
accession to the Gabernatcrial office, would
appoint a radical Lieutenant Governor,
which, doubtless, is a thorn in Mr. Swann's
side, "as it would place the S'ate Govern
ment in the hands of the Radicals, and be
the means of defeating all the calculations
ot the Maryland secessionists whose lead
er is Gov. Swann to hold the reins of Gov
ernment, and defeat the progress of freedom
in that State.
A late dispatch from Baltimore Fays,
Gov. Swann sent a message to the Legisla
ture declining the Senatorship, in obedience
to the "urgent appeals from representative
men of the State." It is said the "Con
servatives" in Maryland are much chagrin
ed at the course pursued by Swann in the
matter, and that they denounce him in un
measured terms. Well, when "rogues fall
out, honest men will get their dues."
Possible Canadian Annexation. The
London correspondent of the Toronto Globe
mentions a "current report" that not a few
of the confederate delegates "have stated
in a somewhat petulant manner that if con
federation be rejected by the Imperial Par
liament, the Province can fall back on the
secret project of the American Govern
ment's offering annexation on very advanta
geous terms ; that the scheme would accept
all debts and obligations, and would gener
ally extend all benefits contemplated by
confederation."
Spring Elections. New Hampshire
elects a Governor, three Congressmen and
Legislators, on the second Tuesday in March.
At the last election the Republican majority
was 4,656. Connecticut electa a Governor,
Congressmen and Legislators on the first
3Ionday in April. Last year the Republi
can majority was 541. Rhode Island elects
a Governor, and Congressmen on the first
Monday an April. Last year General Burn
Bula. who is now running, was chosen with
out opt Munition. As yet he has no opponent
ju tne neiy.
- S"ote8 from Harrisburg.
The free railroad law came up in the Sen
ate on Thursday last, when an effort was
made to amend the bill reported by the
committee, so as to make it as originally
drawn up by Mr. Bigham, but it failed by a
vote of 1 3 yeas to 1 0 nays. The probability
is the bill will not be passed at this session.
A bill has been presented in the Senate
providing that when any bet or wager shall
be made on the result of any election within
the State, it shall be lawful for any person
to bring suit for the amount or value.of any
such bet or wager ag&inst the winner.if paid
over to him, or against the stakeholder, if
not so paid; and upon recovery one-half
shall be for the use of the person so suing,
and the other half for the ue of the county
wherein such.jsuit is brought. This bill,
should it become a law,wiil have a tendency
to put an end to a species of gambling which
should have been done away with long since,
and it is to be hoped that it will pass.
The general jury bill, passed by the Leg
islature, provides for the election of two
Jury Commissioners in each county in the
State, whose duty it shall be to meet at the
county scat thirty days before each term of
Court, in order to draw jurors for such term.
These Jury Commissioners are to be chosen
at the election next fall, each qualified voter
casting a ballot for one person for the office,
and the two receiving the highest number of
votes to be elected. They are to serve three
years, and be paid out of the county Treas
ury at the same rate per day as County Com
missioners are paid in the same County.
The Pennstlvanh Railroad. The
annual report of the business of the Penn'a
Railroad Cempany, for the year 18G6, was
read before the annual meeting of share
holders ot Tuesday; February 19, in Phila
delphia. From it we learn that the capital
of the company is $20,000,000. The mort
gage debt is 9,S35,840, and other liabilities
$15,373,894 making an aggregate of 45,-
203,737. The cost of railroad and branches
is put down at $13,500,000. In addition,
the company claims credit for the Harris
burg Railroad, $1,885,550: Columbia Rail
road and State Canals, $6,600,000 ; equip-"
utent of road, $3,371,215; -eal estate and
telegraph line, $3,471,431, and extension of
trunk line west to the Monongahela, and
east to the Delaware, $2,121,157 making
an aggregate of $30, 896,403. The compa ny
presents other credits in - bills receivabb,
stocks, bonds, &c, to the amount of $15,
247,742. The gross earnings of the road,
and of the roads worked in connection with
it, except the Philadelphia and Erie road,
for the part year are $16,583,882, and the
total expenses, ordinary and extraordinary",
$12,790,909 leaving an excess of $3,792,
793. The whole number of passengers car
ried in 1865 was 2,861,G36, and during the
past year 2,673,593. - The average distance
traveled by each passenger was 52 miles, aud
the previous year 71 J miles, this difference
being due to the larger amount of through
travel and troops in 1S65. The freight.car
ried was 3,452,743, embracing 1,413,181
tons of coal. The increase in the coal traf
fic is 339,424 tons, and the whole tonnage
of the road exceeds that of 1865, G5o,903
tons, or nearly 25 per cent The working
exienses were 64 per cant of gross receipts
on the Company's roads. The company's
canals in the year earned $297,867, against
$181,015 for 1865. The expenses were
$233,433 showing a net profit of$64,429.
Starvation in South Carolina. Dr.
J. F. G. jMittag, a gentleman of learning
and high character, writes to Mrs. Dr.
Francis, in New York, from Lancasterville,
South Carona, as follows :
This district, owing to the disasters conse
quent upon the war. and the almost total failure
of the crops, is in a most deplorable state of des
titution of the neccsaries to support its pcojle
and live stock: The district conta-ns about ton
thousand population, and not more, perhaps than
twenty families of the whole number have a sup
ply of food for the season. There ure about fire
hundred individuals in a very alarming state of
want, and unless immediate relief is afforded,
many of them must die by starvation. The bal
ance of the population, not including the twenty
families and the five hundred individuals, have
very limited supplies of provisions on hand."
This wa3 a rabid secesh district, and the
people did their worst to destroy the Gov
ernment. Nevertheless the loyal people of
the land stand ready to feed them.
A Good Example. The St Louis Dem
ocrat says : " It is highly creditable to the
members of the Legislature that they scru
tinize with great care and caution all legis
lation with reference to the railroads, and
steadfastly oppose all propositions which are
not clearly for the benefit of the State. It
is honorable to them that neither personal
nor local interests, nor the influence of
friends, have induced them to pass any bill
which seems to convert the property of the
State to private uses, and wo hope that the
same fidelity and caution will continue to
protect the people's interests." Could as
much be said of the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture, the people would rejoice as they have
not rejoiced within the recollection of the
oldest inhabitant, the surrender of Lee ex
cepted. Kentucky. The Union State Conven
tion is a good contrast to the late Rebel
Copperhead demonstration therein. The
Convention is a sturdy protest against Ken
tucky Conservatism, and pledges its loyalty
to the true Union men of the country and
their party in Congress. It nominated Col.
Sydney M. Barnes, for Governor, and a full
ticket of able and loyal men.
"Washington City Gossip. .
A very ridiculous spectacle is being presented
in the struggle for assessorships and collect orships
of internal revenue The President's refusal to
nominate radicals, leaves the Senate the alterna
tive to choose between weak-kneed Republicans
and strong-backed Copperheads, and hence but
few appointments are confirmed. Almost every
day a number of this sort of patriots are decapi
tated, who are followed by new nominations. gen
erally taken from the same classes, and sharing,
in their turn, the same fate. The result is, a
fresh lot of applicants for the vacancies of the
headless unfortunates arrive by every train of
cars. The number of aspirants and victims is
large, and the disfranchised radicals stand by and
laugh at these discomfited and disappointed ri
vals for place. From Maine to Mexico, the whole
Copperhead nest is wriggling and donbting as to
their chances of a share of the official ''balm of
Gilead," but almost daily some suddenly become
inspired with sufficient courage to ask a favor
from the President, which is generally granted.
It is really funny to see the ever changing emo
tions of hope and doubt in the visages of these
hungry patriots, while the outside Republicans
amuse themselves with spoiling their well-la'd
plans, in the ever retieent Senate The country
has lost enough by this policy of removing good
men for opinion's sake, and the Senate is justified
in refusing to confirm the appointments made to
fill tho vacancies occasioned by such removals.
A juint resolution has been passed by Congress,
allowing the Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
and the officers of tho American war vessels Mi
antonomah and Augusta, now in Russia, to accept
presents from the Emperor of Russia, and import
them free of duty. One of the gifts to Mr. Fox is
said to be a snuff-box, the duty on the diamonds
on which would be four thousand dollars. The
principle gifts are valuable books. s
A report has been made by the House Judicia
ry Committee which denounces polygamy as con
trary to the spirit of the Christian religion, and
a relic of heathenism, and subversive to the mar
riage relation in all nations where it is tolerated.
It is simply legalized prostitution destroying the
original and divine condition of society. No
greater outrage on freedom of religious faith
could be perpetrated than to require the people
of any nation to sanction and approve by law a
practice so deeply offensive. APnding to the as
sertion of the recent memorial from the Utah
Legislature that no efiort has been made to en
force the law, the Committee says the fact is hu
miliating. If this is in consequence "of the neg
lect of Federal Judges, they ought to be removed ;
but if the failure arisesTrom other causes, it is
thednty of the President to see the law executed.
Cabinet changes are again rife. 1 he following
is given as the probable composition of the Cab
inet in the future: Secretary of State, Charles
Francis Adams ; Secretary of Treasury, Hugh
McCulloch; Secretary of War, General Meade;
Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Farragut; Secre
tary of the Interior, William Aiken; Attorney
General. Alexander II. Stevens ; Postmaster Gen
eral, Horace Greeley.
President Johnson sent bis veto of the Recon
struction Bill to the House on Saturday, March
2d. A feeble Attempt was made to filibuster, but
the bill passed over the veto by a vote of 135 to
37- It was then sent to tne Senate, and after a
paub by Rrrdy JobnEOD in opposition to the
veto, and from Messrs. Hendricks, Dixon, and
Buckalew in favor of it, the bill was passed by a
vote of 38 to 10.
The bill admitting Nebraska as a State, having
been passed over his veto, the President has is
sued a proclamation declaring and proclaiming
tbe fact that the fundamental conditions imposed
upon the State of Nebraska, to entitle that State
to admission, has been ratified and accepted, and
that the admission of said State into the Union is
now complete.
The Colorado veto came up on March 1st, and
upon the vote being faken on the 2d. it was sus
tained by a vote of 29 to 19. It is said, had the
vote been taken the night previous, the bill would
have passed over the President's vet- by a two
thirds vote, as several of its opponents were ab
sent at that time. So the Colorado bill is dead
for this session, but a strong effort will be made
to pass it early in the next.
The tariff goes over to the Fortieth Congress on
account of the gTeat number of amendments that
could not be reached before the expiration of the
Thirty-ninth Congress. - This is to be regretted,
as many of the industrial pursuits of the country
are suffering severely for want of sufficient pro
tection. It i3 to bo hoped, that the Fortieth Con
gress will pass the tariff bill at an early day.
It is said that the Virginia Legislature, now in
session at Richmond, will call a State Convention
at once to effect a State organization under the
Reconstruction bill just passed by Congress.
Mr. Stanton has been summoned before the Ju
diciary Committee and made to produce the let
ter deposited in his archives by Baker, which pur
ports to have been written by Andrew Johnson to
Jefferson Davis, Ac Should tbe Judiciary Com
mittee report all the -'evidence'' presented to it,
and endorse it. impeachment may be looked for
as a certainty. But I cannot believe that they
will do so.
General Butler tells his acquaintances not to
look for an early adjournment of the Fortieth
Congress, as he has a programme in hand that
will hold it to its work far into .the "dog days,"
and possibly not admit of even a breathing spell
at that time.
Tbe Senate elected John D Defrees, of Indiana,
Government Printer.
Postmaster Genekal. The correspond
ent of the Boston Post asserts that the re
tirement of Mr. Randall from the Postoffice
Department was mooted by himself. The
same correspondent says that the Presideut
while admitting that an emergency might
arise where a ready yielding in this regard
would be a necessity to secure harmony, re
marked that there were other members of
his Cabinet from whom a similar condition
of resignation would be more welcome and
of which he would not be slow to avail him
self. The name of Governor Andrew is as
sociated with those other gentlemen in con
nection with the Department. Mr. Greely
says if the President ever thought of calling
him to his Cabinet he does not know it.
Lamp Explosions. A person in Cleve
land, who has taken the trouble to gather
statistics on the subject, says that during
the last two years the number ot people
burned to death from kerosene lamp explo
sions has been nearly 200, and these disas
ters have destroyed property valued at $6,
000,000. '
Railroads in. the United States.
The Railroad Journal publishes a table
showing the number of miles of Railroad
finished and in process of construction in
the various States of the Union, from which
we learn that there are completed and in
progress within the limits of the United
States, 55,005 miles, of which 36,89G are
completed. The total cost of these works
is set down at $1,502,464,035. Pennsylva
nia has 4,643 miles of road completed and
and under way, of which 4,037 are comple
ted. Ohio comes next, with a total ot 3974
miles,' of which 3,402 are completed. New
York has only 3,305 miles, of which 3,025
are completed. The cost of construction in
Pennsylvania, owing to her rough and une
ven surface, is considerably in excess of oth
er States.
Scenes of the Tumusn "War. Says an
Athens letter: "Since the times of the
Goths aud Huns, there is no such atroc
ity and wholesale devastation as that
exhibited by the Turkish army in the
present war in Candia. Its horrors, when
fully made known, will awaken universal in
dignation throughout the . Christian world.
The fate of the poor women and children is
lamentable. Six thousand of them are
wandering about the shores of the island
waiting for some friendly vessel to carry
them to Greece. They die by hundreds
for the want of food, and are compelled in
their destitution to eat the leaves of trees
and plants, and yet France, and other so
called Christian Powers can look on this
scene of misery and not tender a helping
hand to these innocent and suffering creatures."
"Just Like Tiiem." The latest style of
reproaching Union men who captured the
property of rebels during the war, adopted
by the Copperhead press of the North, is
to denounce all such as Radical thieves. A
Unionjman who captured a svrord of the rebel
cut-throat Van Dorn, having offered it for
sale to the relatives of the cut-throat, he is
at once assailed as a thief by the Copperhead
press. By the same rule of speech every
Union soldier who destro3cd a rebel in bat
tle is a murderer. .Such is Copperhead es
timation of the men who defeated the reb
els in armed fight.
Brtrnsn Defeat in India -A correspon
dent in British Honduras, dating at Balizo
on the third of rebruary, says: Another
expedition has been started after the Indi
ans, in cha-ge of Colonel Ilasley, of the
British army. The tacts of the late defeat
of her Majesty's troons are so disgraceful
that for the credit of the soldiers I forbear
to give tin details. It is ascertained that
Mr. Rhys, the commissioner to the Indians
whom the expedition was sent to support,
wa3 left wounded on the battle field. Two
days after the battle he. with a soldier who
had been left for dead, crawled out on the
road towards the nearest villa to the field
where they were met by six Indians and
shot.
Martland. The Maryland Radical State
Convention met in Baltimore on February
27th. It was numerously attended. Dr.
Ohr. of Allegheny county, was President.
Strong resolutions were adopted as a plat
form for the party in the State. Universal
manhood suffrage was proclaimed. Ilad the
Union men of Maryland pursued the course
they have now adopted years ago. they
would have avoided much of their present
trouble. Bat late as it is, it is to be hoped
that their present action will prove of great
service in the future political straggles in
that State.
A visitor to the Hartford Deaf and Dumb
Asylum describes the religious serviaes as
wonderfully solemn and impressive. The
chaplain alone closes his eyes, for the deaf
and dumb children must see him in order
to join with him. Every eye is intently
fixed on him as he slowly and with reverent
gestures addresses the Creator in the voice
less language of the dumb. Not a sound is
heard; not an eye wanders; every pupil
seems to be transfixed, and to join with all
his heart and all his powers into the silent
morning prayer. It is the most devout in
external form ot any service that was ever
witnessed.
Masonry". Freemasonry is called Catho
lic because it is throughout the world from
one end of the earth to the other; and be
cause it teaches universally and completely
the fraternity, equality, and liberty of the
human race, and subjugates in order to these
ends every class of men, governors and gov
erned, learned and unlearned ; and because
it teaches all the doctrines ot Natural Reli
gion ; and because it inculcates in deeds ard
words, universal charity, and universal love
of the truth and of all truth. Well may
Freemasonry be called Catholic.
James P. Kimball, and his wife, of East
Medway, Massachusetts, who were captured
by Snake and Shoshonee Indians, while
crossing the plains eighteen years ago,
fought their way out, aided by United
States troops from Fort Laramie, and have
rejoined their family, now living near Corn
ing, New York, who had long ago given
them up as lost. The Indians exalted Kim
ball to be the "great medicine man" of the
tribe, and he was with them so long that he
lost most of his own tastes. For food he
.prefers raw beef to anything else.
Five dead bodies were found at the Grand
Trunk Railroad depot, in Buffalo, Wednes
day, packed in barrels, directed to a party
i'i Ann Arbor, Michigan. The bodies were
those of two men, two women and one child,
and had apparently not been dead a week or
ten days.
The bay of Samania, in the island ot St
Domingo, has been secured as a coaling sta
tion for United States vessels. A treaty to
that effect is on its way to Washington.
Michael Carson was convicted on Feb.
27th, in Philadelphia, in the United States
Court, for vot affixing a revenue stamp to a
receipt, and fined $50. Take warning.
Governor Geary, says. the Germantoum
Telegraph, gives promise by his official ac
tion thus far that he means strictly to fulfill
his duty.
The Oldest House Bravr Tv.
ship, Montgomery county, at the curner
the Germantown and t!onsVf.i,. cr
pike roads, was entirely destroyed by fi
VVednesday evening the 15th Feb Tk
fire is supposed to have caught from Ji
ashes in the certar. This meltin hooJ6
one of the oldest in the United StateTh
ing been erected more than a centurv JV'
half ago. The exact date of its erStion
not known, but the society have kcgM
showing thit a monthly meeting of Frien?
was held there in 1715, and it is probihu
it was built, a few years previous to tU
time. It was repaired in 1858 at a nTt
$1,400.
A'lvrrtutrmtuts set m la rge type, cut j, or e Ht
tt 11 trill bt charged double priee forspaettttl'u
Pae'(tttfit(
PLASTER. Fresh ground Land Pla-ter u
Mar. 6, 1867. - . J. P. KRa TZEfrS.
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LOVER SEED and Timothy seed. jastrteeit.
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ALL PAPER A large stock cIoin, M1
veryeneapat J. P. KRATZER'S
FLOUR, corn meal and chop, always onli
Mar. 6. 1S67.J J. P. KRATZERs
BUTTER, Cheese and Lard, received rerulri.
from the West, at the store of
March 6, lS67.-m. J. P.KRATZEfc,
MEAT. Sugar-cured ham, breakfast bacot
dried beef, sides and shoulders, at '
March a, 18S7.-m. J. P. KRATZER'3.
SURVEYOR. The undersigned offer?
his services to the public, as'a Surveyor
He may be found at hi residence in Lawrcsc
township, when not engaged ; or addressed b
letter at Clearfield, Penn'a. ;
March 6th, 1867-tf. J4ME3 MITCHELL.
JAUTIOX. All persons are hereby cau-
tioned against purchasing or having
anything to do with a certain Prom isory Note for
Fifty dollars, given on the 1st day of March.lS7
to Jeremiah Butler and Thomas Reiley. by th'
undersigned, as he has never received considera
tion for the said note, and is determined uot t
pay the same.
March 1st, 1887-mS. S P. LANSBERBT.
"DLOUGnS. The undersigned would re
x spectfully inform the public that they
have now on hand, at their foundry in Curweu
ville, a lot of ploughs which they will dispwe of
on the most reasonable terms. They are of a new
pattern, and have given entire satisfaction to all
who have tried them. Also a lot of plough poind
and landsides kept constantly on hand. Old met
al taken in exchange for castings.
March 6, lS67.-6t. R0CIS0N4 S0.
T? R O B I S O N & CO.,
- Wholesale Grocers,
Pork packers, Dealers in Glass, Iron and Naili;
Family Flourof best brands; Bacon, Hams, Sid
and Shoulders ; Lard, Mess Pork, Dried Beefand
Cheese; Beans, Hominy and Dried Fruit ; Carbjn
and Lard Oil, etc.
Red Fbost, No. 255 Liberty Street Pittsburj,
Penn'a. March , J367-ly
Jj O G A N ACADEMY.,
BELL'S MILLS, BLAIR CO., PENN'A.
Every way a first class Institution, affording Us
best facilities to those preparing for colleg.bmi
ness or teaching. Whole expenses for the sum
mer term of five months, $115.50. JVo extr
thfirges. Next term begins May 6th Send fur a
circular. Rev. ORK LAWSON, Principal.
Mar. 6Vfi7-3tp. ' Antistown P. 0., Pa
(SHERIFF'S SALES. Bv virtue of sun-
dry writs of Venditioni Exponas, issued
out of the Court of Common Plea of Clearfield
county, and to me directed, there will be exposrd
to public sale, at th Court House, in the hor ujh
of Clearfield, on THURSDAY, tbe 2IST DAY OF
MARCH. 18G7. at 1 o'clock. P. M., the following
described Real Esiate, to wit;
A certain tract of hud situate in Kar'haas tp..
Clearfield county. Pa., bounded east by 'and of
Edward McGarvey, south by Jacob Micbae: acd
John Vaught, and on the west and north by Wil
liaiu Michaels, containing about 53 acres, being
all eleared. Also, one other tract of land limits
in Karthaus tp., bounded east by land of E. Mc
Garvey, south by Jacob Michael, west and north
by John Vaught containing 10 acres, all clear,
and having a two-story log house and barn erec
ted thereon. Also. one other tract at Three Hurt;,
in Karthaus tp., bounded as follows : east by
land ot James Ronch. south by Oliver Mowe.wert
and north by Isaac McCIosky, containing FOO
acres, being unimproved. Seized, taken in exe
cution, and to be sold as the property of William
Michaels.
March 6, 1857. JACOB A. FAUST, Sh ff.
p R O P O S A LS.
PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURAL LA'1
SCRIP FOR SALE.
The Board of Commissioners now offer for n!
520 000 acres of Agricultural Land Scrip being tie
balance of the Scrip granted to the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania for the endowment ot
Agricultural Colleges in this State.
Proposals for the purchase of this Land Scrip,
addressed to "The Board of Commissioners of Ag
ricultural Land Scrip." will be received at ti
Surveyor General's ofltoe, at Harrisburg, until It
o'clock, M., on Wednesday, April 10, 1867.
This land may be located In any State or Ter
ritory, by the holders of the scrip, upon any f
the unappropriated lands (except mineral lanW
of the United States, which may be subject to sale
at private entry. Each piece of scrip represent!
a quarter section of one hundred and sixty
is issued in blank, and will be transferable, with
out endorsement cr formal assignment. The blwk
need not be filled until the scrip is presented for
location and entry, when the party holding ita
fill the blank and enter the land in his own name.
Bids must be made as per acre, and no bids will
be received for less than one quarter section.
The Scrip will be issued immediately on the
payment of the money to the Surveyor General
On all bids for a less quantity than 40,000 aew-one-third
of the purchase money must be p'1
within ten days, and the remaining two-third
within thirty days, after notification of the eeeP
tance of the bid or bids by the Board of Comm
sioners. J. M. CAMPBELL, Surveyor Gen l.
March 5, 1867. For tho Board of Com rs
GUNS, Pistols and sword canes to be
Jane, '66. MERRELL 4 BIOLER &