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fin, SATURDLY A *Ala' 12,
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Olpi Ole tate&
W. think there are noise of our - waders
who will Ito admire the arid/beau
tiful dress iu which Tss Ossirivn siTears
today. We trust no one will deed us
egotistical when we say that we are speci
ally gratified in presenting our paper in so
neat and tasteful attire. In typographical
appearance we think it will now compare
favorably with any journal in the State.—
Since we assumed the awrraa soraavtsiox
AND owasasair of the - establishment we
have had repeated and encouraging assur
ances of approval from friends in every
:part of the country. If 'our paper has
been acceptable in the past it will be dou
bly so in the future. We hope by unceas
ing Wort to make it in every particular
actual to the beet pars in the State. It
is our purpose to mike it s Inodel family
piper—one that can be read with profit
and pleasure in every household. And
hence it is that, ;dale there will be no
compromise in its political character—while
it will strenuously advocate the time honor
ed principles of the Democratic party, and
defend her statesmen and measures--we
confidently appeal to the members of all
parties for support. Not exclusively a
political paper, it will furnish each week
to its readers a summary of passing events,
al home and abroad, that will prove acceptable
to the firesides of ma ?sores.
The price of the paper as / heretofore will
be, to single subscribers, $l 50 ; but in order
to increase its circulation, end secure ad
vance payments, we will send five copies to
one addreslor $5 00 ! With this liberal of
fer in view, will each and every one of our
present subscribers canvass among his
neighbors, and in addition to his own name,
send us Jour more, and have a package of
five sent to his address. There is hardly
one of our subscribers but what can do this.
Let us hear from them !
A Collector at Last.
By a private dispatch from Senator M
ute, we are pleased to learn that General
Mamas WRALLON has been appointed and
confirmed as Collector of this Port. In
making_this announcement, we are free to
say, that we do it with unaloyed satisfac
tion. He is and has been one of the wheel
horses of the party in this county. He
held the office under the administration of
Mr. Polk, and gave universal satisfaction.
He was appointed by President BccuassN,
about a year ago one of the Commissioners
to investigate the frauds in the California
mint, which duty he has performed to the
satisfaction of the Government ; and now
Upon his return the President has confer
red upon him this additional mark of con
fidence and favor. The party and the peo
ple will be satisfied—a truth we could not
have said had some one of the immortal
five" succeeded in making the President
believe that the shortest road to Washing
ton was by the way of Chicago.
Failure of the Post Offioe Bill.
The bill making appropriations for carry
ing on the business of our extensive Postal
system failed to become a law, in conse
quence of a disagreement between the
Senate and the House in regard to some
1/11tal ttelzus, anu - ,
meat is left perfectly helpless and almost
penniless for nearly a year at least, unless
the President shall deem it a cause for
convening Congress in extra session. The
matter upon which the two houses spit,
. was the propositiOn of the Senate to in
crease the rates of postage and to abolish
the franking privilege. Upon the latter
proposition there is no division of senti
ment among the people ; it is a privilege
which was originially conferred upon the
people's servents for the benefit of the
people thiemselves,but it has been so abused,
so utterly perv'erted from the original de
sign, and made so burthensome upon the
postal system, that it has become obvious
to every reflecting mind that cheap postage
and the present franking privilege cannot
exist at one and the same time. In regard
to cheap postage itself, - we conceive there
is more bar-room demagogueism in the cry
of most of its advocates than love for the
"dear people's" interests. We are an
advocate of cheap postage in the true ac
ceptation of the term ; but that is not
cheap postage which compells the em
ployees of the Department to wrok for
nothing and find themselves What Post
luster, outside of . the cities and large
towns, receives, under the present system,
any thing like an adequate remuneratioh
for the labor he performs. What that la
bor is, no one unenitiated has any concep
tion. We might draw a picture of it, so
vivid that even the dullest might compre
hend it ; but that is not our purpose now.
Some day when we are in the humor, we
may do it. Our present article is simply
to chronicle the fact that, through the
disaifreement alluded to, somebody has en
tailed upon the country irremidable mis-
chief. Of course, as the Senate is Demo-
erotic, the Republican papers are loud In
laying the blame upon that body,—whsl e
upon the other hand, we see papeis exclu
sively partisan, belonging to our side of the
pcditicalhousehold, that are equally as pos
itive that upon the House the blame
should, fall. Now, may not both be right?
When Congreas =4 in December it was as
perfectly obvious to each and every mato
bor. of both branches that there ought to
be means provided for carrying on this de•
partment of the zsblic service as it was on
the night of the 84 of March. Why then
should this bill have been delayed until a
fictions member could kill it by talking
against time? Why could it not have been
pressednatonth ago, and the disagreement
between the tiro branches adjusted in a
satidaetory manner.• Simply because fur
dos aunt do its appointed work. IWO
was - seen in the distance, and iolitical
triegue is more insiortant to arnsicsity
our law Makers' than the welfare of the
people. What the consequence will to to
the worries we are n$ advised sufficiently
to my. One thing ii evident 'lathing could
poedbly produce more serious embarrass
ment to the comPlineted btuiness '1114111115.
401111 of the country' than a saminnion
W the wispier open Lions o(our remithid
postal unritem. Its *Mations are performed
with Inch getting regularity that we have
•oesiew tomegiblOcouveltendlrbet might
beibbeettemposely • • • -
ordinagemeet: - Bren •• • tido
ire . #o4ol . vv#ll the . •• . •
ineomteni
eaee. AMA the - DePiertdiesst . is*not
soiniet without. Mow. The rersnuel are
REM
inacii3quate to defray expensea.ollllonyea,
turv4kg trellised to appropriate 4 money, no
power exi,ta,in tiss interval, to apply Nor '
portion of the - public Mild to this oldest,
. 1
no matter how reasolitiba and aeciessusifr
it may become. itathet span see the re
gular transmission . , of thii mails Cease, it
may, as we at first intimated, beeMne the
dtity of the PrestAent to convene. an 'extra
&salon of Conareai.
DEATH PIP . A. V. BROWN.
Ilion. A. !V. Bitoirm, Post MaMer General,
died at Washington on Tueollay. Just one
week previous he was at the, Department
attending to' the dirties.of the station he so
ably filled.. The dtmth of a man so eminent
at any time is calculated to produce a deep
sensation, but when, as in. this essa, it oc
curs so unexpeotedl)l . and when toq his
seri-ices ere so importiant to the eouhtry,
the feeling, of sorrow; and regret beanies
doubly intensified. Gov. Bunn( has peen
distinguished by,, many marks of Sadie
confidence—as the Governor of Telmdesee,
as one of her representatives in Congress
for many years, and finally as Post Master
General, he has , made a mark upon the
annals of his country that will endure as
long as virtue, hpnesty, anld true patriotism
are passports to the confidence of the peo
ple.
Gov. BaoWN *as born on the 15th of
August, 1795, id:the county of Burnswick,
Va., and was co*tequently in the 54th year
of his age. His father was a clergyman,
and served as '
s soldier in our war of
Independence.':, His early advantages of
education were good, which, added to a
strong mind, and a studious life of reading
and observation, made him one of the
ripest scholars and polished gentlemen. it
was ever our fortune to become acquainted
with. In all the relations of life Gov.
Bimini presented a model that our youth
may well title for imitation ; studious in
hfs profession, and industrious in Its prac
tine ; faithfUl to his party and honorable to
his political opponents, the voice of calum
ny has never dared to breathe a syllable
against his fame. The private character
of Gov. Baowx was irreproachable. As a
man and a Christian, his friends have the
'happiness to know that the virtues they
admired on earth have not perished, hut
have been transplanted to a' purer and'
more genial sphere, where they will flour
ish immortally. What his principles were
may best be learned from his address to the
Law Class of the University, delivered in
1853, describing his ideal lawyer :
I must be permittnd to recommend to
you those models frokn whom the pulpit
orators have drawn all their inspiration—
the models ,f the Bible. Study these—the
Prophets— he Apostles—our Savior's great
Sermon on the lnouEtt. To say nothing
of their moral effect, they will be found to
improve, enlarge, and to exalt your Wen
sic efforts. ' But ' remember, after an your
study an d the best models, the great
secret of' *ng eloquent is to fizel yourself,
4r
deeply an sincerely, what you wish to im
press on others. To reach the heart your
language must flow from the heart. That
must dissolve first, or your language will
fall cold and powerless on your hearers.—
Hence if is that the truly great orator
must preserve his moral senjibilities pure
and uncontaminated. He most love truth.
He must honor virtti He inast hate vice
and slits deformiti He !must sympa
-1
thize truly and deep! with s. he weak and
the oppressed. He ust los th despotism
and tyranny in every form tad shape in
which they have ever oppressed mankind.
In short, to be great he mus be eloquent,
and to be eloquent he must good. With
Tr,.k
.....s. at t,, ..0...t...............- . ...iii,-1.
as an oracle and a prophet. i e a strong
man he will pull down the i tars of pre
judice, and his utterance wi be like the
stone hurled from an enginei. I To the sen
timents and will of such a nian all hearts
are surrend •red in profound obedience and
homage.
The Cuba (audition
The failure of the President . - proposi
tion in Congress, to place thlrt~ trillions
in his hands to enable him to negotiate for
the acquisition of etiba. has not, in our
opinion. defeated the ultimate acquisition
of that valuable island, The more the
question is discussed the more we believe
will the wisdom of its purchase be apparent
to OA people. Public sentiment is setting
strongly that way, the Democratic state
Convention of QonnecticU
—the only Conventions olf
have been held since th
its acquisition was laid
boo passed strong rAol
the measure. These Co
cosreetly represented t
the Democracy, hut of a v
of the most sagacious
States, and. we may sa
State in the Union. Th
poring to acquire Cuba
the matter as a party m
eminently national me
that is approved and cor
all truly national men. W risk nothing
in assuming that more .1 n three-fourth,
of the intelligent, far • •ing population of
the country are fairly . rsquarely in favor
of the acquisition of • ba. Any careful
observer must be fully ware of this fact
who has mingled with the people, and
heard them express the views.
The opponen s of t. e Administration
I
are endeavoring to m e it appear that
the measure is Soutbe . that it is mainly
advocated by southern men and only ad
vantageous to the South. This is a fallacy.
The North has more to gain in the acqui
sition of Cuba than therSouth. This must
be apparent to every one conversant with
on commercial interests and necessities.
Nothing is plainer thous that northern ca
pital and northern enterprise, with their
aci4antages In labor saving rnachinery,oontd
coMpete sucCeesfully snd profitably with
the sou ern States in the production of
cotton, gar and other commodities pe
culiar to he chime and soil of Cuba. The
sheapest usinees me l t the New England
States 1 dly: assert t • and their opinions
are rettei eti lit authority-on this point by
i
conune iinen everywhere.
Co . :. -.- . simply ass financial measure,
the acquisiti.n Of Cuba is desirable, but as
a •• •• .. - .. I qoestion s its importance is
unquestionOle. It would give us complete
control o; iit the Gulf, and render us as a
Mititime *in superior to iny other on
the globe. t American etiterprise would be
prktmoted,l ';American interests would be
protected, t ,AMeritian commerce would m
oire a laeili liscetitive. The magnitude of
the &dm( td be derived .is incsdeula
blesCulifTneeded to perfect our con
federacy, 'to dollop our commerce, and
to Make ink a nstiorudrense httleOendent.
Let us hiVie 4 whether it' costs thirty mil
lions or a htmdzed niguoin,
_
1. jvf M K 04 Durranatf---vikreeent
nteno - 4 sound rolta sop Boston is
end dinsselay-Aucktalls
ow; fork. •,'
The Public Printing Prauds.
Our Republican friends are making a
great ado over the exposure of the public
printingefriudap ; whlch aCtinsinttiOpf i .. .
veatlgation has broseod, out: i$ hitP,
tory,of this expesurris 64144 thist,Earlt'
in the late session a Comnikteei of investi
gation was appointed, to examine and re
port upon charges of fraud whidli were
current against A. D. Seaman, late Super
intendent of Public Printing. and this
Committee disclose a lamentable story .of
official dishOnesty slid corruption. The
Committee—of which Mr. George Taylor,
of New York, was Chairman—consisted of
3 Democrats, I American and 1 Republican,
but they agreed unanimously. It is establish
ed by proof that collusion existed between
the Superintendent of Printing, and the
PublicPrinter,by which the engravers,litho
graphers, contractors for paper and the like,
were systematically black-coaled, and the
government as systematically plundered
through the malfeasance of the officers
sworn to protect its interests. So far as the
inquiry extended—for it is *y insperfect
ly oosnpleted—Seaman pocketed about
$30,000. But it is clear that this was only
a fraction of ramified operations, which
hare not been explored for want of time.
Seaman is to be turned over to the Courts
for prosecution, but there are others in the
combination, .who have escaped direct
complicity, that ught to share his fate, as
they /save shared s hls spoils. Seaman was
Superintendent of \lie Public Printing
from 1853 to 1857, whlsti President Buch
anan
superseded him by'the appointment
of Gen. Geoaas W. BowissiS of this State,
who, It affords us great pletasure to add,
has proved himself a thoroughly honest,
efficient and conscientious officer. The
abuses and frauds practised under Seaman's
administration, are shown, by the Report,
to have ceased as soon as his successar,
Gen. Bowstse, assumed the duties of the
office, and there is no ground to doubt,
that the Public Printing, in all its branches,
is now dome, in strict compliance with the
requirements of law and with a proper
economy, which secures equally goodlork
at prices from 50 to 70 per cent, less hen
were paid by his predecessor.
This is the state of the case, and yet, to
l
adopt : t e language of the Pittsburg Post,
this ma er has been made the text by the
oppositi n press for bitter homilies against
the p ' nt administration. This is most
unresio able and unjust. The frauds al
leged Itv re committed under a former ad
minis tion, and might perhaps have been
contin to this day, had not Mr. Buch
anan laced a dishonest with an honest
man. e have no sympathy for rascals
and are rejoiced to see corruption exposed
and punished whenever and where% er it
occurs. A Democratic Administration,
with a Democratic Congress in both branch
es, have discovered and exposed those
frauds. Yet the opposition, in the infa
tuation of their bitterness, would charge
this corruption upon the Democracy. They
should rather thank us for the exposition
which has been made The Democratic
pity and its administration isjust. Where
the people have been wronged, it spares
neither friend nor foes True. Mr. Sea-
man was an appointee f.f a fbrmer Demo
cratie administration, but in the construc
tion of so gigantic a machine a. the Fede
ral Government, it is impossible but that
here and there a dishonest agent should
was as fortunate in this ze-1.0...ct as any oth
er President, except Mr. Buchanan. He,
in his earnest desire to do his duty, goe's
into detail to an almost incredible extent,
and there are few indeed whom he ap
points to re-lot.ible 1,..hu.4. per
sonal character and anteeedents lie has
not thoroughly investigated- 11e..e fraud.
are not ehargealbh. to }OM or hi Ins part
A defaulting cashier 1• not the fault of the
President and director, of a hank Men
must he responsible for their own act- so
far a, honesty .1 , concerned It ha, tti ay
been the ease under Demoeratic Adniiiii
,trittions that the public intere , o , 11
been most jealotody guarded—much more
M) titan w hen our opisnients have chance,'
to be in power, II ungi) from long ab.ti
nence they generally plunge into the pul
lie trea,ury wholegale. Remember the
gigantic Galphin , wintlle, in which almost
an entire cabinet participated, and then
let us hear no more of this matter
t and Itichigan
the kind that
proposition for
• fore Congress—
ions in favor of
•entions not onl •
e sentiments of
, ry large majority
•itizens of those
ly say. of even•
President in pro
id not introduce
assure. hut an
At the last session Of r.uf Legj.lature it
ads provided by law that the judges Of the
courts and the eoutit ootinnissioners should
meet and make out a li-t of men compri
sing the Is -t nizen ho are liable to jut 7
duty, and that juriir- shotthl be drawn ill
open court from thisse.s•t. list The I
s,i
eticial nature of the ;iet is alri•ady appa
rent. .k better ela-, of Mail are liar selec
ted as jurors than fin-uteri). Instead of
packed juries. or juries eomposel of loafers
who ar e friends of -otne unterupulous of
ficial, men of in telligem.e and charaet,n
grace the jury box. Under the manage
ment of partisan demagogues and profes
sional jurors, the jury system was fast sink
ing into disrepute. The lowest specimens
of pot-house loaferism were often placed on
juries to decide on matters involving the
rights of citizens, and were placed there,
either expressly for the purpose of frus
trating the administration of justice, or to
give them an opportunity to sell them
selves to corrupt men. Under the new
system it is almost impossible for an objec
tionable, incompetent and worthless per
son to be placed on the jury list, if proper
We is exercised by those having charge of
the fustier. This will unquestionably have
a healthy effect upon the public as well as
the courts. When men see that, honest
and respectable citizens compose the juries
they will have a higher respece.for the
system, and fuller faith in the law. When
they have no respect for jurors, law will
not be respected, and lawlessness and cor
ruption see the nature consequences.
It has been our pleasure to notice that
lately there is a very decided improvement
in the character of jurors at _our County
Courts. Reputable farmers, thriving busi
ness men, and the better class of mechan
ics and citizens generally, are selected.
There is also a marked improvement ill
the Marls in requiring' jurors to attend,
and trivial excuses are not sufficient ground
for leave absence.
:ure—a► 111eaSUre
idly endorsed by
ps. Flaw Rau PSIII az has gone Republican.
as usual. The election was held last Tues
day. The" three Republican Congressmen
are elected. The Republican majority in
*allow is about the same as last year.
The Republican Governor is elected by a
lap majority.. "Tity Dutch have taken
Bolland I"
GIIIIESI
RIME
THE JURY SYSTEM
EMIG!
EM==l
Now aim Taint —the Detroit Free Press
says the • of W.taitnrerttOtrst pub
lished, • pad, Own* made liis
grand tonejl , ; 6 .:", 't,tsnu fitates in
1789, he to*r 'ave. Billy,
his faltlHr , ihrotii*lte mein
ti'morTrair-4.jii. is very fortunate that
General Washington, did not make his
grand tour seventy years later, and that he
did not take sotritqf the northern States
in his route, or herrould have found him
selfincercenitockAthe State prison for ten
years because he had introduced his "slave
Billy" into t4elt of 4eedom." Nor
au
is this all. If • laws had prevailed
in the northern States during the revolu
tionary war, he limpid hive been marched
off to the penitentliky for having with him
his " faithful attendant" General Wash
ington, according to the republican code,
was a criminal to be punished by ten years
incarceration. And that's the difference
in the code of political morals solo and
then.
Cstroar IN rims Owx TRAP.—.Politiebuis
sometimes, in attempting to play smart,
get caught in a trap they little dream of—
and this is the case with those of the Be
publican stripe in Illinois. A. 5 for example,
the republican 'member of the legislature
of that State run away from the Legislar
tare to defeat the bill making a now aP
portionnient of the State, as they asked
last fall. It was known that Governor
Bisstu. would n veto the bill, and it was
feared that the deniocrats would pass it
over his veto; they, therefore, cleared out
and left the Legislature without the quo
rum required by the constitution. They,
however, left too soon. As ,there was no
quorum present, no business, of course.
could be transacted, and when the Gover
nor's veto message was sent in it could not
be received. The republicans were not .
present to make a quorum within the ten
• ays which the Governor is allowed to coa
st. er bills, and it therefbre became a law
wit ..ut his consent. Thus the republicans,
in at ..ipting to be shrewd, were comple
tely ht in their own trap, and they
should no submit gracefully.
sir One our "Democratic exchanges
calls very properly upon its party in the
county in which if is printed to support the
local press. This is 'right. No party can
be sustained for any length of time with
out the aid of a vigorous \and well-conduc
ted press, and if the local paper is allowed
to languish-for the want 4if efficient aid
and countenance, it of course can be of
little use to any interest. Eiery considera
tion -demands that the lolal Democratic:
press be well supported—it lis the life and
soul of the party.
106„. We received a copy : of the Annual
Report of Adjutant General Wilsoi, seve
ral weeks ago, but a pressure of other mat
ters has compelled us to defer until now to
notice it. The Adjutant General regards
the new Militia Law as a decided improve
ment, and wants it to have a fair trial. He
advocates the permanent establishment of
a Military Department ) at Harrisburg We
have now in the ComMonwealth thirteen
thousand uniformed volunteers. and the
total number of citizens capable of bearing
arms is three hundred and fifty thousand.
No record of the issue of arms from the
department has ever been kept, though
thousands of arms hare been distributed
to the uniformed militia, and after many
fruitless efforts, the Adjutant lieneral can
bar The telegraph announces the ap
pointment, on Wednesday, of lion..loseph
Ilolt, Commissioner of Patents, to the posi
tion of Postmaster general, in place of Hon.
Aaron V. Brown. recently deeeased. His
appointment has Leen confirmed by the
senate. Mr. II ol tis a Kentuckian—a mem
ber of the legal profession, and has admin
istered the l,w4ines, of the Patent ''dice.
since he has been at it., head• with dctin
guished ability. Ile is a man of great work
ing power, intelligent and honest, and will
make an excellent head of the Post vflice
Department.
(From the Buffalo Iti.publio)
Destructive Fire in Hui%lc
itti Saturday evening the alarm bell
struck, and in a fen moinents there was a
rush for the vicinity of the American Hotel
Block. The fire nas found to proceed from
the hat and cai. store, No. 300 Main street,
occupied by .lohn Roth. The flames spread
with great rapidity. anti by the time the
firemen got well to work. the whole block,
consisting of three stores, was in flames
from cellar to roof. -Tuft after the flames
got well on in Roth's store, an explosion
took place, which blew out the entire win
dows of that t‘tore, breaking the glass in
the store of Paul Bouyon, next to Roth's,
on the north. The back buildings of wood
took tire. ( ?lie of them, a long wooden
building known as the Jewish Synagogue,
nas saved with great difficulty. The Am
erican Hotel was in great danger. (hi the
side towards the lire there were four win
dow- pronssted by iron shutters. During
the progress of the fire. one of these shut
ters wet:. curled up by the intensity of the
heat, and fell Everybody supposed
that this large hotel was to be burned, but
by well and long sustained ell; wt.. no dam
age of any momeht was done.
Those burned out are as follonS"
No. 300 Main street, Martin Roth, hat
store , loss between ..tt4lX)t) and t:3000 ; fully
insured. No. 302, Mrs. Rose, millinery
store; loss .9 , 3,600 ; insurance 'id,sou. No.
304. Henry Diehl, tobacco and cigar store:
loss $800; no insurance ; he has since re
moved to No. 402 Main street. George
Reinhardt, restaurant in the basement of
304: loss about MOO: no insurance. Above
these stores were various rooms and offices.
Talcott & Thompson, lawyers and solici
tors, loss on library $5,000; the papers of
all their clients, and their own, all of the
most valuable description, were entirely
destroyed ; the lass is of course inestimable.
Dr. C. C. Gay lost everything in his office,
comprehended in which was a very valua
ble library, medical and scientific tnstru
ments &c. ; on his library there was an
insurance of 81000 with Hall & Brewster.—
Mr. Coons, photographer, lost his entire
stock of everythiag.; no insurance ; his loss
will not reach S6OO. Dr. Strong and Dr.
Treat, whose offiees were in the building,
lost everything.
Mrs. Wallace, milliner, who hid her
place of business over No. 304, lost every
thing she had in the world, excepts sewing
machine. Mrs. W. was under the impres
sion that the fire would be confined to the
store in which it originated; and barrooms
being two stores from the one in which dill
fire was raging; with another lady she stood
her pound, until, to their horror and as•
tonisent, they discovered that the ,stair.
a , their only apparent means of escape,
was in flames. They werefinally' rescued
by Mr. John B. Smith, who,obtaineda lad
der, and, mountiag it, took the frightened
pair through a wlliOriratid conveyed them
safely to the ground.
At the time the fire bioke out, the opera
of the "Two Pompey'," by the litickley's,
was going off at St. James's Hall, to the
great delight of a large audience. As soon
as the alarm bell struck, some twenty or
thirty unthinking individuals started out
of the hall on a run. The effect wet to
make many of the audience believe that
the hall was on fire.. It was, a critical-time
for a panic, and onif
,failed from some sen
sible
Jr le explaining the matter inane
.
MM2M=M!
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goal and pang.
Nit A "ilir agki 'FM szeeisut organ has
bean: roonrad for pith Presbyterian Church.
TiewNew.Ycirit Nail le the title of a
Oast Ihtle Ors *if Mated la New York.
. jar Every editor in the State is requested
to send one copy of hie paper to Fitzgerald's
City Item. Philadelphia. Hen's the Cassavas
—what d'ye think of us when we're ":dress
ed ofir • '
NIL, we notipe that the Crawford DeMocrat
is very much exaseimed about "intermeddlers"
In the Tarot(' band controversy. , If we are
not mistaken that' paper was not so chary of
intermeddling when we had our fight up here.
Ma. The Crawford Journal says the trade
in skunk skins in Meadville is very brisk.—
Some of the editors there had bettor keep
"holed up" or their hides are "goners."
sir It is now settled that, there will be two
lines of steamboats between Buffalo and Cleve
land during the coming season. Low fares-are
predicted.
The Venango pil)ers chronicle the
death of THOXPSOII Alaisoe, a worthy member
of the bar of Franklin. He was District At
torney at the tints of his death.
Two or three vessels arrived at this
port during the past week. Navigation on the
Lakes way now be said to be fairly open. and
the prospects are fair for s good business du
ring the season.
mar- The Express carne ont in a new dress
this week and is as saucy as a school boy with
a new suit of store clothes. It clauus to be
the "best paper in Western Pennsylvania."—
Well, we are contrnt that the Express should
enjoy the distinction so long as the OgAtavEß
is the best paper in the whole State
Sgt. Jour N. McOcrris, Esq , .tied at his
residence in New Castle on Wednesday last
Mr. Mothaffin was a member of the Lawrence
county bar, and war last fall the Democratic
candidate for Congress jo that district. lie
was highly respected and esteemed by nil who
knewitiai,'and his plus in the circle of his
friends will not soon bet filled
mc:zein
j We understand that our friend PLAIIA
ELLIOTT, of the National, hag leased the Reed
House for five years from the brat of April.—
We may reasonably expect that he will make
it a popular hotel. Re has the experience, the
enterprise, and the means, and it is a fortunate
circumstance both for the place and this exten
sive hotel that he_ is the future proprietor
oar " Matrimonial Brokerage iu the Me
trcipolis," the chapters of which have teen pub
lished in the New York Evening Post is just
published in book form by Thatcher & Hutch
inson It will have a great run, as it combines
all the fascination of romance with Tell sub
stantiated facts, and_i+ well written
sir The - new type on nhrch th.• Üb•l.ttt EH
is printed was manufactured at the T3-pe
dry of L. J011C40% K fv. I'hiindclphi•i the
oldest and belt etoshii,hment rh.• kin .1 rn
America—and the hest in th.• a orld
a ULAZITH, M the New, 'Jeri' ut the
0 , has Harper'i Weekly and Frank
lustrated with Ptcture• ,( the \V p.hingt.,l
Tragedy All the Levi Week!ie- u. t,•l -ale
Glazier +
...ETSA 11,ABANCEtulip1\1
the attention of ourtnert•hant, tal -.lnt"- , u n •n
end eitizene generally, to the curd ut the .1-:d
'--r-... , I.*
This Company antis at the hetol the fit t• and
inland underwriters of this comfit.), and is
worthy of the position which it holds We un
derstand that Mr. Litowsisu, the Agent for this
city and vicinity, is prepared for the corning
season of Lake Navigation. it adelition to the
usual fire business, to nsue (lullall I t argik
Policies, on aslibernl let not the HOW° Mu
tual, t;l' other first ela— Lake eq•uipaiiie% In
this department he will treei‘e the lahttittle
n.yi.tance and co-operot too ..f t'aj.t E Itorr
of Buffalo, whome sttlual.le ,ort Leer
secured. by tie Company. a- Nl•trine .I , ljo..ter
and Supervising Lake \gent
The session of Congress just clo-ed.
has done at least one creditahle net. w pa••tng
the joint resolution authorizing the President,
by and with the advice of the :senate. to con
fer on Commodore Charles Stewart a commis
sion pro Senior Flag (Herr of the Navy on the
active list, in recognition of hi distinguished
anzl meritorious services ‘1 beg leave to
congratulate the patriotic and allant et eras
on this tardy. but nchdy earned honor. The
National Legislature have In umtier. ondv
responded to the general wish of the nation.
Ike REv. D. I'. WItIc;IIr will .lamer n ler
ture on Odd Fellmirship. in the Univer.alis
Church. on Wednes,l2l,i ei ening 1 , 41. , I.
revue+t of the tsio _Lotlyes I II .11 II F
of this city.
air We are indehte.l friolol. BEN
N/,TT, of East Greene, for a pre-etit .01 'Me
the finest maple ttinln•oo-.
Da., The City Trenioiry hi h e in
healthy condition. The uaienc .:n- %I e
learn from a statement of the reit -urer.
U. A. Bennett. Esq., rank to 4re_ Ciiutied. :it
their last meeting. that ti amount of eii.h now
in our City Treasury iv upward+ of fifteen
hundred dollars. and that there i. •.till oni -
titanding, of the tit, tax. for the last year.
about tour thotigartil dollar. We further learn
that thosurpolus, amounting nit l'ogetlier to about
fire thousand dollara. will he in%ected in the
redemption of Plank Road Bona-, a Inch mat tire
in 1861 and thereafter.
M. An accident oecot red on the liutiale
Erie Railroad last Sattirds) evening. The
Buffalo Express says the hind ear of the Mail
train, due at that pint* at wa. thrown
from the track between Sthei creek and Ir
ving, by some Means ur miter, nt prr.ent un
kaolin, and plunged down the enitouAtnent,
which at that point is not very high Several
of the passengers were injured, but none se
verely, except a little girl whose head was bad
ly cut, and whose name we were Unable to as
certain. The brakeman of the • car had his
hinds considerably burned in his etfortsto ex
tinguish the Sautes which proceeded front the
stove, which were finally suceessful. The train
proceeded some distance before the accident
was discovered, and then returned and took
those on board belonging to the car, and reach
ed this eity . uot having been long delayed.
par Look at the advert iSOUIPIII to to-day
paper.' Griswold holds forth in a coltuna on
Dry Goods COrmsby & Booth, tell us of the
quality of their Groceries ; IPCookey & Shan
non, hart • word to say on Hardware : Barr
pats his "beet foot fonstaast" in the way of
Boots !ad nose; one Baldwin deals in Drugs.
*ld tl 600 in Bang-up pies; Belden mixes
weiltpepre sad hardwaretogether ; Austin has
a - word to' o w on richJevadry and fancy goods:
while Baker & Grover preach upon Sewing
=
es. 7's say again, look at the. ad Ter
te.
MO
allh„ One of our emshanans rya. "March
came in on Tuesdarlike a lamb." We hare
heard this eNwelOon often--and we would
really like to knot, Of some ono who uses It,
%ow lamb cams! in."
Mr %wax has all the late Magi/rims
and Newsmen. and the best imortnumt
of Books in town. If you want to purchase
your Literature from a gentlemanly dealer
give him a call.
C.sarralt New Duce lap hiltuntuts House
—One of the finest buildings . tweeted ht the
city for business purposes - Is that of Cairn
AND Batman; fronting on the North side o ,
the West Park. The block is tbur stories high,
81 feet deep, and has the fisteet Geller in town.
The first floor is used as thei salesroom, and;
has a spaelousand handsome /owning room in
the rear. No etpense has beet spared in fit
ting this room up in the most Splendid style.—;
In all its arrangements attd appointments it ie
perfect. The fro*. Is lighted, with large plate
glass 7by 6 feet in sire. The entire length of
this room is lined with some 600 drawers, all
of Rosewood, with porcelain knobs, and letter 4
ed its gold leaf. As this root is designed for
retailing medicines and fancy articles and the
prescription business, drawers, bottles, shelve*
and show vases are all just the site and kind
requited.
The second floor is set apart for compound
ing, bottling and labeling, and all the purposes
of a working room. All orders from country
stores and physicians are filled in this room.—
Here all the Patent Medicine* of the firm, pre
pared in the Laboratory in fourth story, are
brought to be bottled and packed, ready for
shipping, or sending into the retail room be
low.
The third story room is reserved for storing
the various sixes of Engli4h, French, and
American glass, drugs, dye-Stuffs, dry paints,
and all articles pertaining. this part of the
drug and paint business.
The fourth story is used a Laboratory for
preparing, filtering, extrac g, and compound
ing all the preparations of this ; extensive
house
The cellar is so arranged as to accommodate
their large paint and oil trade, one side of it
being exclusively devoted to that branch of
business. - Here we have thtlitsovel arrangements
of large Oil Cans and punt!) attached—the
cans being sufficiently largeito admit the pump
on the inside, with places tol rest the measures,
which can be filled to overflowing, thin secur
ing
t good measifre to the purchaser and no
waste to the dealer. As this house • has lung
been famous for its superior boiled oil, the
curious can have an opportunisy of witnessing
the most extensive, and perfect arrangements for
the purpose in the State.
The building reflects great credit upon the
taste and business capacity of the enterprising
proprietors, and is an ornament to the city.—
It is seldom that we notice so minutely any
Dunne,. establishment, but this imposing
structure demand. something more than a mere
totti,e. on account of its, extent had
elt-ga nee
convlillauti &r hive only to add that the
ari•liiii•rtural design of the fitting up of this
riegant estahlkhnietn. i. by Mr JOHN
Imq - titer , Ina Builder of thi.l City, anti the
painting and lettering which. of x piece of
work in all it. parts. 14 not excelled ri here,
is and ektil
1 . 111: CIiARTLIt Et.ecrwl. —.One seek hence
out citizen.' will he called upon to 4eleet city
ofiteet. tor the ensuing year. Theimportance
ot the tlitty devolving upon voters in this mat
ter I . .innut be too highly estimated. It remain•
it. be seen whether they wall fulls appreciate
14nd urouerly discharge that duty an a manner
cretittable to themselves and for the best in
terestv of the city. If wise counsels prevail.
if the people are allowed to make their choice
free from partisan dictation ur factional pre
utiliiaio,d by petty jealousies and aid
ntosities, and with sole reference to fitness of
f• N•. , 11.1 4.1
em.lidatee, we may expect an auepteiuus re
•ult . but if the had pattainns of uten are ap
pealed to. if lot' demagogues are to hare com
plete control at the polls, if personal malice is
to he gratified at the expense of the interests
of The city, then we may look for a year of
misrule and neglect.
Shall we have wise rulers, men actuated by
an honest, earnest desire to promote the public
good. oritthall we entrust the government of
the city to incompetent and unworthy lands!
Mi.; is a question that demands Serious con
sideration. We ought to secure the best men
in community, men of integrity, liberal views
and enlarged ideas to manage theaffairs of the
cud We rarely do this: or, rather, when we
do elect one worthy man we are pretty certain
to counteract his influence by electing Iwo or
three incompetent men to work against any
measure of reform which he may propose.—
shall we continue a policy so ruinous to our
prosperity and advancement! We hoperoters
will look at this in a rational light, and be pre
pared ttraet with decision in bringing about a
bet ter order of things.
(her city is in population. wealth, mond com
merce, fast assuming an ituportance among its
larger sister rides of this and other states
ought to keep equal pace with them in the
impro%eurents which are essential to the busi
ness, interests, the beauty and safety of every
city our streets are in a sad condition and
ought to he improved in a substantial anildur-
Ode manner They ought to be lighted. The
improvement and lighting of the streets is of
the turturst importance. Councilmen should he
elected with reference to this matter.
' There is another question, too, that ought to
be considered in elinoaing city officers. Row
dyism has too free a sway and ought to be
checked. - The crowds' of rude and vulgar boys
who ifffest our streets every evening, often till
a late hour, ought to be restrained. From the
multitude of these young ruffians among us,
one wiiuld naturally infer that a great many
-parasite care very little whether their boys are
trained for the penitentiary or gallows, or for
a life-of usefulness. When parentsere soneg
leetful there is so much greater necessity for
better- police regulations. Especially are these
young rowdies annoying in the neighborhood
of the Post Office, where nightly. they congre
gate to jostle pacable citizens, to iadttlge in
profanity and concoct mischief. Many people
think this latter could be prevented by those
about the Poet Office. But without a police
man to enforce the law it is out of the power
of those around that building to kolep them
away. This must he apparent to every intel
ligent citizen.
So far as we are concerned, individually, wears
not interested in the election of any particular
candidate. We want good men put in nomin
ation for municipal officers and we shall sup
port them without reference to their l politleal
ituleed i we think politics shciuld love
nothing to do in the choice of city
The interests of the oily Arid be fold para
mount to the ascendancy of any party, in local
matters.
gts. The Lencastertmetiner fisT4hat some
talk has been occasioned in that oily lately.
by the discovery (as is alleged) that a woman
who had been, *abetted in the county jail
had become pregnant while an inmate or that
institution, and that the paternity ocrthO child
hue been laid to the Keeper of the Priem.
BOOK NOTICES
To Pustaumas.—As we have engaged a
competent Reviewer, and *tend to make
the Literary Department a - prominent fea
ture of our paper, Publishers will find it to
their advantage to forward us their new
publications. Books will be reviewed
carefully and fairly—not " puffed '1" indu
oriminittelp Publishers will also find our
columns a profitable medium to adVertise
in, as Tim Osuenta has the best circula.
tion of any journal in Northern Pennsyl
vania.
air LA PLATA, mg Asauxrua Comm,-
SnATIOX AID PARAGUAY. Being a narra
tive of the Ezpieretion of the Tributaries
of the Rim la Plea and adjacent coun
tries during 1868, '64, '66, and '66,
N un
-7 the orders of the United State,.
0 vernment. By TROKAG J. nos, U. A
, Commander of the Expedition. With
Nap and numerous engravings. New
York : Maims k liturrasse, Franklin
Square.,
At the present uatiment whatever Matti to
Paraguay and the adjacent country is read-'
with eagerness, and it is a fortunate circum
stance that an authentic publication from a
highly competent writer should appear so op
portunely. Capt. Page has not only done
himself great honor in the work before us, but
he has conferred an inestimable favor on the
public. Heretofore reliable information con
cerning the region of the La Plata has been
accustomed to look upon it as a wild, sparsely
inhabited and half civilised country. It is titt.i
in a great measure, but it has assumek a mag
nitude in the past few months which in more
peaceful times it could not have obtained.—
That a small, semi-barbarous province like
Paraguay should do anything to provoke a
great nation like ours to visit her shores with
a powerful naval force is something nobody
would have dreamed of prior to the intelligence
of the attack upon the Water Witch. The
Water Witch was the vessel which Lieut. Page
had the honor to command, and was on a voy
age of exploration to the La Plata basin.
After the defeat of Roses, and the snbse
quent election of Urquits. as Provisional Direct -
or of the Aelentine Confederation, the better
shortly after his inauguration issued a decree
declaring the navigation 'of all rivers of the
Confederation free to the flags of all DatiOlol
after Oct. 1, 1862. Our government was the
first to avail itself of this privilege, and Lieut
Page was charged with the imports, t duty of
exploring the La Plata and its tribues. The
expedition was commenced in February 185.;
It received every encouragement from Urquiss
and also from the Emperor of Brasil. In Sep
tember the Water Witch arrived in the Le
Plata, and commenced the arduous duties of
exploration.
The Parana and Uruguay are *lmmix' riv
ers which drain the basin of La Plata. The
former is the larger. It has en immense delta
made up d 1 a labyrinth of islands separated
from each other by winding streams. •• The
vegetation of these islands is tropical in its
luxuriance and gorgeous in its hues. Peach
trees abound and are cultivated both for fruit
and fuel. During the fruit season the fruiter
ers lay their boats Against the banks, pushing
throne* the long drooping branches of the wit
low and the aquatic plants which fringe tt
water, and load from the overhanging pesu,
and orange trees. Some of these islands
high and well-wooded, others often suhmergr•t
and envered only with thick grass and
sitrithher) lnnonteraide water-foal
this wilderness of tolikge and Hu,
main channel often changes its course h'.• -
Ltltl
miles from lineuus amid its, 11
the ocean, is the first city it au) stir
Parana. After the opening of trade In
decree of Urottiza its populatton increase i
two years from four to twelve thousand l'‘t
ANA, the capital of the Argentine Cs.iLife WI,
tion, on the east side of the river, has fret,
its population in two years. It would
therefore, that the wonderful growth “t
in this prosperous South American
acy. is similar to that experienced in
North American Union, and the rapidl
creasing commerce of the La Plata regi,a,
destined to work marvelous changes in the
growth and prosperity of the States along
'-
waters. The Parana is navigaide for over
thousand miles.
Corrientes, on the east hank of the Parana,
about IMO° miles from the Atlantic, is a city
of 12,0151 inhabitants It is at this place that
our squadron will make its depot of coal and
naval store+ should actual hostilities be una
voidable The lowest depth of water in the
channel for crime distance above Corrientes. ,•
shout nine feet, and it is free from rock+ gni
snags. Twenty miles above this place is
junction of the Paraguay and Parana l'
Paraguay is described as having "few ishu.
a tortuous course, a more open channel,
current of two to two and a half mile+ an 11 , 11 r
"isracios, the capital of Paraguay ati.l4 •
residence of President Lopez, it , the only
of importance on the Paraguay It is situate , )
just above the mouth of the whist
flows from the north-eastern provinces of 40
ivia, and may yet become, instead of the pa•-
es of the Andes. the route by which that.!
will send its valuable products to the world
Asuncion has about 12,000 inhabitants. at
with a few improvements might be made ‘.
ceasible for commercial purposes, Ve+.el....
now loaded and discharged by mooed T.,
houses are all of one story. thestreets rep,
and frontline even. The better houses:are II:.
the roofs projecting three or four feet.
chickens, mandioca, to delicious vegotiL•
oranges, and in their season, grapes and tit•
supply the table. The people are siniple
their habits, the furniture of the plait, -'
kind, and the neatness of all their dow•
tic arrangements is remarkable. Here, as ii'
where throughout South America. dancing -
the principle social amusement. Mammas M., •
daughters are all extravagantly fond of it, •ia•i
many of the fair Paraguayans dance with
grace and spirit not. equalled out of Spain --
Their manners are easy. and they are quite
free front conventionalities. The Paraguay bill
ladies are accustomed to present their visitor
with little bouquets. of which it will be wise of
him never to have two of them in his posses
lion.
Mate, the tea-plant of the region, affords 1,-
universal beverage. Every one smokes, fryl.,
old men to little girls. Business is done in ill,
cool of the morning: the invariable Ries'
makes noon as silent as night, and the after
noon and evening are devoted to unfusished
business, rides, walks and visits. There to,
no physicians in Paraguay, for none are nee!
ed. Of this inland Utopia Lopez is the sb. , .
lute dicte,tort He holds three-fourths of The
land, exacta a tenth. of the products of the
regulates or stops trade, and perpetuate. de.
potically the monopolies if not the c ruettro of
Francis."
The account of the expedition up the other
branches of the Parana and the I.:rugun
would make our article too lengthy, and we
must refer the reader to the book twit
On the first of February, 1866, the offence
was committed by the Paraguayan government
for which our government seeks redress-,- --, _..tt
Port Itapiru, just above the junction ut
Parana and Paraguay, the Water Witch wet
fired into, her hull damaged and one man kill
ed. Our fleet is fat on its way to demand s t o
is Lion fur this insult, and ere many wee:•
shall have passed we will know whether pea,
ful measures or grim war shall decide the n.*'
ter.
To all who wish to inform themselves awl
oughly in regard to the conditicm of Parsgus'
and the countries of the La Plata, their cu.,
totas and people, dike productions of the chute
and mi), we commend this work. It is 'awl
ribl written and possesses absorbing inter-