tihe - tTi.t. (Onttlitt.
JANUARY 7, 1869
STATE LECtISLA.TVRE.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania Met at
Harrisburg on Tuestlity last, and organized
by the electioa of Wilmer Worthington, of
ChCster, as speaker of the Senate; andeJohn
Clark, of Phila., as speaker of the House,
with the usual complement of Clerks, Door•
keepers, Messengers, -.Posters and Folders,
&c. All the officers are of course Republ
cans, us that party has a majority in bot
" bodies. The Democrats supported C. I{. Bur
nett, of Wayne, for speaker of the Senate
and Samuel Josephs, of Philadelphia, fo
speaker of the House. Their choice of Jo
a w ls i s a mit er nt .arprise to us, as it
be to all who ^re familiar with the public
men of the Sate. A propos:ti u from respon
sible parties to do.the pasting and folding of
both bodies for one-fourth what it costs un
der the present system, was summarily re
jected. The Republican members, in caucus,
have agreed upon John Scott, of Huntingdon
(the Cameron and Pennsylvania R. R. candi
date,) for U. S. Senator, and R. W. McKee
of Pittsburgh, for State Treasurer. NO lees
lation of importance has thus far been. trans-
acted. •
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE..
The Message of Goy. Geary, sent into the
Legislature at the opening of its session, is a
brief and business like document, containing
much of interest to the people of the State.
It commences by thanking Providence for
the favors be has youchsafei r l our people, and
congratulating the-Legislature upon the aus
picious circumstances under which it meets.
The balance in the Treasury at the - close
, list •
of the last •nscal year was $4,1361,1336, and
the receipts. $5,216,049, making, with the de
. predated funds on hand, ..$9,918,018. The
expens'es during the year have been $3,005,-
402, leaving a balance of $1,013,415, or near
ly $3,050,000 less than at the cOmMencement
of 1868, which is hot a very favorable exhibit
certainly. • It is but fair to say that of the ex
peuscs over $4,400,000 were for loans re
deemed, and nearly $2,000,00Q for interest on
loans, thbugli, if we are not mistaken, a con
siderable 'amount Of money waskborrowed to
meet the first named liabilities.
The Sinking Fund had a balance on Sept.
3, 1867, of $1,731,912, and receipts to Nov.
30, 1868, were $3,418,992, making in all $5,-
- 156,904, for a perick-of one year and three
months. - During thii same time $4,222,871
were paid out in •interest and for the - re
demption of the State debt, leaving a bal
ance of $934,032, or about $BOO,OOO less than
in 1867. The special tax levied under the
act Of May, 1861, for creating a fund - to meet
the war debt of the State, had a balance of
$319,933 in Sept. 1867,\ which was increased
by the amount - of $4331979 (hiring' 1868.
During the year $169,245 have been paid
'out for interest, leaving a balance of $574,-
667, which, added to that of the general'',
fund, makes dtotal of $1,508,700, appliCable'
to the redemption of the State' outstanding
obligations. '
The State debt has been reduced in two
years $4,200,386, under the system adopted
by a - Democratic Legislature, es explained at
length in our last issue. The State holds as
sets in the form of $6,400,000 bands of the
Penna. R R. Co., and $3,500,000 bonds of
the Phila. 5; Eric R. R. Co., which: do not
' mature in malty years. The public debt
Dec. 1, 1867; was $37,704,409 ; it is now
$33,268,946, and would be still further re
duced if all die money which belonged to
the Sinking Fund had been honestly sppro
- 'printed to the purpose for which it was
cot
lected.
The Governor recommends quit stme plan
be devised. for the safd investment of.the
large sums frequently lying idle in the
Treasury, and'suggests tlie buying up of the
State bonds, which seems to us a good idea.
He advocates the extinguishment of the debt
at the earliest practicable period, not Mean- 1
sistent with other public interests, and urges
the strictest economy and utmost retrench
ment in every department of the Govern
ment:- The custom of leaving,
,the General
Appropriation bill until near the close of the
session ris denounced, as affording an op- .
portunity to introduce items that ought:not
to be in it. By this plan, the Governer has
been forced to sign the bill against his wishes,
or call. an extra session, which would be
more likely to make the matter worse than
Improve it.
•
The schools of the State are in a highly
satisfactory condifion. The statistics of that
department show over 15,000 separate
schools, 16,771 teachers and 800,515 pupils.
The cost of tuition during 1868 was $3,273,-
269 ; of buildings, &c., $1,991,152 ; contin
gencies $854,253, making a total spent for
common school education of $6,200,537, or
an average of $7.74 for each pupil. The
Governor - calls attention to the fact that
many thousands of children do not attend
school, and recommends that "something be
done to remedy this growingevil." `The
four State Normal' Schools 'are commended
as offering an opportunity of securing a bet
ter class of teachers than heretofore. He
thinks the promotion of the educational in
terests of the one of the most iinpor
taut topics that can enlist the attention of
the,;l;dgislatare. The Soldiers' Orphans'
Schools are under a separate organization,
and the number of attendants was 3,431, for
keeping and teaching whom the State ex
pended in six months $236,970, or an average
weekly cost of $2.65 per pupil. The schools
are spoken of in warm terms, and their en
couragement strongly urged.
The State Agricultural College, in Centre
county, is endowed with the interest upon a
fond of $319, 500, which amounted last year
to $i3,649. The sum .of $43,886 has been
Spent In the purchaSe of three model farms;
in Centre, Chester and Indiana counties.
The martial spirit of the State is reviving,
and in Philadelphia especially military or
ganizations arc rising into favor. There are
77 volunteer companies now in existence,
and the Governor favors the encouragement
of a general organization throughout the
Commonwealth. He proposes the reduction
of the number for a company to 611 y. '.
A new Registry Law is advocated, 'which
shall obviate the defects in.the last one, The
Governor takes occasion while on this topic
to read a'homily on the purity of elections,
which would come with better grace from a
member of a party that has not benefited as
much by trends as that to which he belongs.
He proposes the -establishment of an In
surance deptrtment,sinfilar to that in opera
tion in'New, York, by which none bat rens
, ble companies can have an opportunity of
doing business.
During the year he has received apptica.
tions for pardon from 1,1R33 persons sad
granted pardons to 106, of whom about 5 per
cent have again been arrested for crime.
This Part of his duties ha. pronounces the
most difficult, and argues at length to show
that it isimpossible to deal exact justice in
all cases. A table accompanying the Ales
m
sage s owe that the average • of pardons
icri
' by him is not equal to_ that .
uf many
of his predecessors.. In the case t'4 persons
tinder sentence of death, he asks fine power
to be given him to commutel when
advisable, to imprisoitnent in • the peahen
, tiari, instead of, as now merely withholding
all !lath - warrant and keeping. the prisoner
in dreadful suspense:
.• The Governor closes with a dissertation
• pen national affairs, which is the poorest
40sinf the Messaue, and would be of no in
...ool*W our readers. Aside from this,:the
-went is generally-unexceptionable, and
'wilt spoke a good impression tor its common
1 14 , 0 * . ra ll O eL ,' .
THE RECORD _CO.III,OLTED,
Our friend'Who"ativocato - anti-Republitizi t
ideas under . ;Republican Colors, and Whose
only fault is that he. will persist hi,calling
them Republican when he knows dill whole
tendency to be. of a despotic .nature, cannot
be as 'charting:it! . ee suiiii - o - sed film, or it
would not have taken him a whole week to
obserre in the °harper an article from the
Lancaster Intelligencer showing up Gov.
Geary's military record in thelight in which
it is familiarly tintatood by all 'Weir in
formed persons throughout the State. In
his zeal to advance to the, Governor's de
fence, he copies an alleged extract 'from a
report to the War Department of the battle
of Gettysburg, in which it is stated that "in
front of Geary's positton there' were wore
rebels dead than were killed and
in the whole line of the 12th- corps." • All
this may be true and yet reflect no special
credit upon the redoubtable Governor. The
extract which our un-obserciug friend of
anti-Aepublicun Republicanism copies does
not lineation that the Governor displayed
any special skill or courage upon the occa
sion, and if our recollection serves ud ;right
he was entitled to none. The Arndt of the
matter is, that he happened to have his. di
vision posted in an
,advantagons position by
the order of his'ecirps commander, that the
field over which the rebels had to charge
in his front was covered by the Union can
non, and that when the enemy 'made • their
attack oar guns opened such a terrilleLfire
upon them that they were mowed down by
thousands, and - coMpelled to retreat in con
fusion. Tee defeat of Lee on that day was
owing mainly to the skill' with which Can.
Slocum Masked and concentrated his bat
teries„by which the former was led into a
trap that rendered a snecessful charge near
ly impossible. Gen: Geary's forces suffered
comparatively little in. the battle, showing
that they were not engaged in a close fight,
and our impression is that all their , fighting
Worth mentioning occurred after the rebels
had been put to flight, as above stated. We
assure our anti-Republican friend of the Re
publican that we havl not The least disposi
tion to rob "Ctesar" Geary of "the 'things
which are Onset's," neither dO we proporc
- that he shall receive "honor" except "where
honor is due," as we shall take occasion to
show when the Governor comes, before the
people for re-election. , • • ,
Tug WAR ON TOR TRRASOEMC,
The great army or the lobby is mustering
for the attack which it contemplatekmakiag
at the present - session.pf eongresi. As its
different corps, called• a Ringe," are marshal
ling in plain sight,.it may be well to take a
bird's eye view 6f them- • The fir,t corps is
the Whisky Ring. This is the most power
ful and best disciplined of the rings, and is
the guiding column of attack.. Nexctitere Li
the Telegraphic Monopoly Ring, composed
mainly of the officers of telegraph COmpart,-
les, who are determined to defeat the Pro
jected measure for reducing their prent
profits: Then comes the Public Lend Ring,
which proposes, under various pretences, to
get "Loki of as many acres as 'possible of the
land which the Government is supposed to
hold in trust for theleople. - Next is the no
torious and powerf Andian Ring; fighting
for its life against the proposition to merge
the Indian Bureau into the War Depart
inent, which would save thousands in salar
ies now paid to useless employees„ andtiiil
lions now filched by fraud. "Lastly, there is
the Pacific Railroad Ring. There tiresome.
six or eight go -called Pacific railroads earn-.
oring for Government help. The' hate each
other, but necessity has forced them to band
together to secure the coveted aid, and theii
success in getting two additional members'
appointed upon the - Senate Committee' on
Railroads looks as it they might tiuccecti...:
~There are otherititankers,
ers; and bummers:ttp the •Lobby army 7 but
like Homer, wehave enumerated the princi
pal,dlvisions of the coming battle. * Lbt: the
people ponder o'er them and keep a close
watch on the acts: of their representatives:
INVEVIOATI;IG COMMITTEE'S.
The people !rave pretty much lost all the
confidence they ever -had In Legislature 1,11-
vestigating Committees. The impretakon
has come to be entertained that they , are
most freqnently, got np either to enable sorrie r
hotly to make - tin ostentatious display of
virtue, or that they are managed in the
interest of parties who are toady to- whit‘i.
wash those who will pay, and blackball those
who will not. No sooner - does Congress or
our State Legislature • meet than the body
politic breaks oat-all over with a sort of rash
in the shape of Committees for inquiring into
all kinds of alleged frauds with power to seed
forpersous and papers. Indueiime the per
sons and papers are sent for. Sometimes they
appear, and ofttlmes they do 'not. _ The Com-,
mittees gravely sit . upon/such as come, and,
after a while Faint an undigested mass of evi-t
dence which nobodrread.s, accompanied by,
a long report filled with opaque iumestiona
that riolxidy heeds; and the grand result is a,
big Public Document which encumbers the
mails, and a huge bill of expenses which de
pletes _the Treasury, while the rogues (if there;
were rogues in, the case) slip through the
fingers of the ComMitties, laugh in their
sleeves at the gullibility of public function
aries, and ply their swindling vocation, with .
more-vigor than before. .
AN MC USUALLY ' large crowd of distin
guished visitors called upon PrtsidentJohn-,
son, on 'New Year's day; to tender him tbo
Usual compliments. The diplomatic corps .
attended in thetrilliantsudforms of their re-;
spettive courts, forming a striking eontrast :
with the plain attire of American citizens
who thronged the White House. The record
which tells that also among them .
does not recite faCt more Startling than
must hat e been thr appearance - of Benjamin
P. Butler, elbowfitg his way three& the .
crowd, to grasp the hand of. Andrew John
son. while he expressed his
_delight's! seeing
that'" great criminal" so well, and his hopes
for continuance of prosperity to him through'
the remainder of the Presidential term.
Most ceremonious etiquette . is Piekvicktan,
but Mr. Johnsonmsust have had a speci4,re- .
ulization of the fact about the time fie was
shaking hands, with stitch unction is the tele
graph describes, With Gen. Butler.
„GOV. HOPIPIO&Pl.
John T. Hoffman was inaugurated Gov
ernor of the State of New :York on New
Year's day, at the State Capital.. Notvritts
standing the furious storova large coat:erase
of citizens was present, and, the' sixteenth
and twenty-filth regiments , and fe cesnlumi
of artillery paraded and escorted the Gov
ernor to the State House. The relining Gov
ernor, Fenton, made h feeling address upon
laying off his gubernatorial bows, and wel
comed his successor to the:Chief Magistracy
of the State. Governor Eked:Man made - a;
most happy reply,closing with the hope that
all present might livesto see both thell'gtate.
and couatiy attain a degree of peace and
prosperity which has no parallel in-their his
tory. The Repuhttcan papers all iiirte In
saying that he will mike a popular, and use
ful-Chief Magistrate.
LAFE DEVELIN, etlltor of the Cianbage
City Mirror, and a leading Democrat ; of
has become disgusted • with
and, like a sensible mini, proposes to divot°
himself to business in future. In'a latelsvue
he publishes the following card :' •
To rue Ponuc.—Atter devoting n consid
erable time to politics without any br • Puri 1
results, and becoming diegnated with the em-,
ployment, we have concluded to return to
our profession and try and make *livelihood
in that honorable alting; one _that we never
should have aimm laiVet. Those who have
legal business' to nun:tact will find us reedy
and willing to render th em all Iltelunitganoe
.
pomade.
Art_Astcomasrr truth has.„seldonk been
stated*ore tejly than by Mr. Bowles: NB:
tor of„ the Spristiglield -. llepublican, in h 1
Gov. Bpllock and other Boston 'note
idesin reply to "their tender of republic din- i
AT' "Idyl TO olstiervatii:44" says Mr.
B wles, "is ibat the - Sea rarely does in
justice to a thoroughlY honest man or cause.
It may be deceived with, regard•to a private
individual, and misrepresent him ibr a time;
but, with reference to public Men and metisi
urea, its kneivledgils more infiiiateend ccirri`-
.
plete than that of "Aar other ageneypossible
can be, and I know that it withhold unjust
ly to the public one 'hundred times where it
speaks wmngly i once of the individual. Cer
tainly, nine out of ten of all libel suits against
the Press are brought by adventurers and
speculators and scoundrels, whose contri
vances to rob the public haVe been exposed."
There never was a _timer saying. Newspa
pers are of course liable to many mistakes;
but we speak from experience In saying that
the mistakes as to per,sous are quite as likely
to be those of suppression as of utterance.
OF Tug innumerable slanders which the
Radicals have uttered concerning the South
ern people, the most unjust and unfounded
is that which ycpresents them as being hos
tile to the coming of Northern men into
their midst as actual 'settlers, with a view of
developing the resources of that section.
Tire imperative necessity of bringing in both
labor and capital from outside has been fully
recognized by them, and the - truth is, none
have been more kindly Welionied, more joy
fully received than Lona fide settlers from the
Northern States.' The New Orleana Piea 7 ,
yune, in a recent issue, says: "No man is
more highly estmned or more heartily wel
comed m the South than the Northern man.
His skill, his intelligence, his, intinstry,'his
learning, and the fruits of his ingenuity,
culture and energy are gladly received, and
he is at once invited in full communion with
the Southern man in all the pursuits and
avocations of life."
Ws uors Congress will make•haste, if not
to abolish the franking privilege altogether,
at least, to guard against its , abuse,. The
franking system -has now- reached such pro
portions that - members - of - Congress h eve no .
longer Aitne to,write their„names, upon the
multitude of documents whiC.h they send
free throu4ll the malls, I.t use a stamp in
stead. 'The privilege wisdesigned to cover
'the official ,correspondence of Cbcogressruen
with, officers of the Goverunieut and with
their constituents; but it Ims swollen , to
prebably ien times its•legitim-tte dimensions,
and has.tnnaed the PosCClfilee :Of Congress
into a perfect curiosity shop..
• Tif:LEORAMI from Washington lay another
attempt; Is to-be made to place John 11. Sur
ratt Qntrial 7 : The Tribune refers to than' as
follows . ' .
4 ` Either the Go vernment should, by some
herculean and hitherto unattainable ellbrt,
contrive atrial of John R. Sarratithat shat dd
be free from fatal blimders, or it should absn
don the :effort to try him. We have had
- enough! of such performances as the last, and
we hoped to be spared the humiliation of
seeing the trial of a man for alleged compli
city in the assassination of,Abraham Lincoln
made as great a.farce as were the later stages
attic trial of Jefferson Davis."
Tux divisien,of Steles seems to' be the or
der of the day. :.Mr. Stevens' bill of last sta.
sten i to create three Commonwealths out of the
',vast :teirito'ry: of.' Tikes Will, it Is Said; be
called up air an early flay. A convention has
been held in Michigan looking to the separa
tion or that State into two,' and lastly we
'have Gov.trownlow's last message, in the
shapemf an editorial is the Knoxville Whig,
over his own signature, calling for the erec
tiori'of a ttewState . out of EastTennesiee.
ACCORDING to the report of the Ititernal
Revenue Commissioner, the ten Southern
States paid into the National Treasury dur
inillie year ending June 30, 1808, the hand
some Awn .orover thirty-two millions and
three-quarters. This Li a large increase over
'preVinus yea rs
i since the war, and shows that
South is again on the high road to wealth
end influence... -
• .
' lieurni able Murder Case.
The trial of witchell, charged with the
murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hill, at
.Philaileh)link.. las createunusual
_lnterest,
Mrs. Hill was a widow woman,
cir
cumstances, keeping house in what is„termed
a "respectable" part of the city—although
this murder Was committed there—sad her
nwndaughter, Mrs. Twitchell, and her son-in
law, Mr.. Twitchell, the husband of her
daughter, lived with her. They kept one
servant girl.
One evening the servant girl returned
,horn :rather late, and rang the front-door
bell for 'admission. Soon- Mr.Mviitehell ap-
Peered in his. shirt sleeves, and' let her in.
Almost irtimediately afterwards an object
was espied in the yard, which on examina
doh proved to be the body of bits. Hip: Mr.
Twitelteli brought it into the house.. Mrs.
.Dili . wag entirely dead., Her, head and face
were covered with blood. • After carrying the
bodyin, and laying . It dOwn,'Mr. Twitchell
cntruxtencerd w,ith his own handir . to wash off
.the bluest,..lfe said she must have fallen
from the window and been killed by the fall.
But on examination deep wound's and gashes
were found en her head, itiflicient, according
to the inediast testimony, to have caused her
death:.
pothAtr. and Mrs. Twitehell were put tin
der. arrest that •samo ggcning, as soon as the
neigh bora and t lie ,polieft had gathered .at the
scene, and hard the only explanation •which
thg attempted to Make Ot the suspicion
eircnmitances, in which , they were toand.
Mrs: Twitehell was in bed, and said she knew
ribthigg about the murder, and that herints
hand was in bed with her at the time the
servant girl, on her return, •rang the door
bell. • , , • - . 1 '
It Is not' disputed on eitheithand that Mrs.
Hill was . thrown : from the I ;Iti - doir 'cif her
I mom, in thesecond story of the house. But
it is Contended by the (government that she
Was first mufti: rein her room, and that her
juidy,ifts thrown trona the ivinclouPafler her
life had been taken.. in support of this the-
my, it wus waved th it larce•quaistittes of
blood were found' at the head of - the sofa; on
I`the walls, on theairpetond smattered about
thi room In ivhiCh. Mrs. Hill was last known
to be A,' poker was found on the
- premises,' adhering to it, width
•italleinblcil Mrs. hair.
The tliory of .the. prosecution is, that
Twitchell murdered 'Mrs. Hill id her mom
.with the poker, and then threw her out of
the iiindow n; '.Wlsen,.arratted, both Mr. add
Twitchell manifested scarcely any' con
tern at - the death of 'Mrs. Hilt. ' The clicum
'Stance that Mr: Twitcher! washad 'the blood
- Off her tie° hei Its:weight, in the popular
:belief, to establish his kowtow. •
The house in which the parties lived *as
Inuelcised with Mrs.,Hill's money, but the
tide Unis 'fiiicen. In the name of Mrs. Twitch
ell.. entirely, convincing, was
undtito , prove that Mrs. Hill was about to
cot hnience a suit to recover
,this :prOperty,
NA ;that a. fiaud was practiced, upon,her
id ; joking ; the. deed in. the name of . the
flaughter.:. . . -
Un the other hand, it appears that lifts.
, 111• had only a life , estate in her real pro-.
petty, 'which was very considerable, and
-that film - reversion went, not to Mr. and Mrs
:Twitehell, lint to the , heirs of Mrs. Hill's for
mes husband; so that the Twitehell's would.
seem to have been pecuniarily damaged in
this 'aspect by her death.
Muchblood was found on Mr. Twitehelre
dealing.. this irefaecountedlor, in part at
least. by 'his tiering carried the bloody and
bleeding body of.liLranill into the house after
it wailliseemered lane yard,and also front
his having been cilgtiged in-washing off the
blood. ;`But.the Gaiverntnetit contetOed that
sonl9otPeta:Of blood which. were *d on
Isle Clothing. could -oply, lutve been tqade by
the blood spouting from sound ing living
,persori.-, Ont doctor, callakas j expert,
supported by his testimony this theory of the
prosecution. But other doctors, called as
experts by the defence, gave it as their opin-
L tont that all the spots ,of ocd, luiv"
'tieett caused by letting the head fullb ack in
pool of blood in - v6tiCtieliti . 4l l M
Mr. Twitchell first attempted• to raise the
dead body up, as it lay in the yard.
The general good character of tiv . prisoder
estililished tftlid iestiin t fininer
ous witnesses. There had been some diEffr
.encii befween him and s Mt; infevi;
dence was iintrodneed showing 'subsequent
declarations and acts of friesulship , by her to
ward him. '
The most important testimony for the de
fence was that of a man named Algier,whq
said that about ten minutes- ,before nine
o'clock on the night of the murder be •saw
two men come out.of the front door of Mrs.'
Hall's house, and pass up the street. When
be read the account of the murder in the -pa
per the neat morning, he told the people at
his boarding tilace that he saw the very men
who did it.
an, absence from the court-room of
but thirty minutes, the jury returned' with a
verdict Of murder in the first degree.' Very
rarely in the later history of criminal trials
in Pennsylvania has this solemn verdict,
which the statutes provide shall he followed
by sentence of death; been rendered with
such. promptness and decision. The coun
sel for the defendant did not way° for a new
trial, and we Infer this exciting case is
closed. .
From Ilarrisburg;
Hmemenyact, Inn. 1,1869.
• EDITOR GDREITiEII : Dear Sir--Our capital
city, which has lain so long in undisturbed
tranquility, is soon to be posted with the
presence ot%that strange commingling of ig
norance and arrogance known as the Penn
sylvania Legislature,- Already the influx has
begun, and it is probable that by to-morrow
evening the whole "kit and poodle" will be
here, ready to begin work on the sth. 'The
present Assembly will not be superior to the
last several sessions, either in point of talent,
or its regards the wisdom of -their policy. I
do not say that ours is Many respect inferior
to that of any other State, bnt'l do say it is a
'sorry spectacle to see.(he set of men who asl ;
seeable here from year to Year. We have
sadly degenerated from the good old days of
Democratic rule! Not that the . people are'
llesslntelligent, .
aid, we cannot afford as
many . great men, but because the people are
willing) to be humbugged by 'any - political
trickster who has money enough to buy his
election. 0, when will the, people choose
principle rather than politician,—statesmee
rather' han paliticlana,—Arne, Moral. wen
rather; A/. 1 1 0 31111 A.YN#Y 4 irlitk*glien a •
'gogtiel .
.
`People - are already beginning to talk about
the next fobenaatoritit candidate. :A member
of names have been mentioned open, tho-R,e
puhlican side, but Geary is the most probable
-candidate. If his personal efforts, or the
efforts.of
_his -personal IfTjamla r nif begging
letters and earnest solicitations—can affect
anything, certalulyiuch will be the result of
'their State Convention. But can he be
elected? That is the question which Comes
, firsl 'ln the • Reptthlleam catechism. -, Talent,
tkiriictli, slalesmanship, everylYni Sid - ab
sorbed in this
.one rnomento9s inquiry. A.
I
- large elass' of - thinking Republicans think
not. - Ills course boa not been of such a char
acter as to recommend Wm to public:notice ;
and, besides. he has brought disgrace upon
the high office which he.fills. No one ever .
pretended that his ability was anything
above the common level. His military name
alone is what brought him into prominence.
E;perience has shown that to be an efficient
ruler of a great state, requires more than a
soldier's education,' and reasonable Republi
cans will support a 'good, sound Democrat
rather • than re-elect this essence of conceit
and ignorance.. A. Philadelphia Republican
paper, m a bitter article against Geary, makes
this' ominous statement :, ''With a standard
bearer so ignorant and pompous and corrupt,
we will rail signally." Such is the tone of
many'of their newspapers, but whether they
will sutler their mouths to be' closed or not
!retnatOsito be seen. • . •,' ! • : i
_ atsmu whit°, sh.. $.....x.„.......i_ ..-,r the. Demo
cratic party is setting upon the Hon.' Asa.
Packer, a man in every way fitted for the
position. Ills name is familiar to every read
ing man of the State,and is coupled with'the
most benevolent acts and Christianlike In
tegrity. He would in himself be a • power
likely to crush down all opposition. The
Philadelphia. City Item, (Repul4kan), thus
speaks of hini : "Doubtless the Democracy,
in view of the demoralized condition of the.
Republicans—a demoralization certain to en
sue upon the nomination of Geary—will put
forward their best mam- 7 -Judge Packer, per
haps, a sagacious, common-sense Penniyl
vanian, whose popularity wilt carry PWla
delphia by a majority of at least ten thous
and?' Mr. Packer's tunnels intimately asio..
elated w ith the educational interests of our
State; he is a consistent Christian, andims
done as much, if not more, than any other
man to lirrther the interests of the Common
wealth. It would be but a matter of mere
jostles, in consideration of his, faithful, aer
-vices; tlitit he should be made the unaribribus
choice of our people for their Governor.
, Besides the advantage we will possess in
twat arcandidate, it is likely that by election
day the Republicans Will be obliged to show
their true color on the suffrage question,
(heretofore carefully concealed), which will
work well for the Democracy. The Repub
lican' party owe their past succeases to two
facts—first, irtthe selection of military men
rather than statesmen; second; in the con
cealment of their true principles under the
cry of " traitorr• "Ku Klux," &c. 'These
subterfuges will be made manifest one day,
And wilt-operate against the interests of Rad
icalism. In the meantime, it becomes us to
"bide our time," and, whin the hour comes,
;strike, Imme Orimaytain fitrillle4,lßl union.
Yours, GAMMA.
(We fear our correspondent has fallen
into the prevailing fashion of abusing mem
bers of the Legislature without due, consid
eration. Though his comments are too true
as respects some of the members, we know,
from perional acquaintance, that a •largelwo
portion, if not a majority, are man whose•
characters, for morality and ability, will com
pare favorably With tho commuttity in gen
' wad, It must be, admitted, though, that,
taken as whOle,onr legislators do not some
up to tho standard of ten or fifteen years ago.
—En. Ons.] •
IN CONSIDERATION Of the large annual of
uncultivated and tillable land in, Vita,
itiaPeteriturg Expretvergues . thatthe it t
est need of the State is an influx of foreign
immigration. The advantages of soil and
cite, the teSolirces of the mines; afic4 . the
'iatiotts‘ means of transit nad
avail little. without:a pelvic qdpable of de
'veloping and - of creating 'wealth. The Ans.
liatulintut; the mechanic; the "aftfiait: and Amy
laborer are required, and - the); Must come
tisaai strrvall .M 0 Dailittdia is
in favor of the small farm system. It ac - t .
knowledges that the large plantation _ cad be
no longer prelitable. rthifead of one
prince
ly' possession,, there should be a hundred,
homesteads; and it Is fore-Ng-IA
increase of population and the establishment
of varied industry tie Beath is Akely jo be
&me richer and - more thrifty than before
Tow corn: was of the ladiespr oms: nada Broadway now inirpasi those of the
theatre in gorgeousness. SO& brilliancy in
colors was never before witnessed on Use
arena'of faihlom ' '
-Vr• - • GENIMAL • 1,
•;;:;,
Tan LA' i$ GajF.Tod - Ohio In tl tin c Ipkte
- ;;
of $50p,006 - • - •
• A Ain , ; oi - ralsiVieth attach in itin
tuckYiatiNtheisLieig, furAnzes-42,1
OPIUM RATMO has-become-very general in
Maine. This is a result, it is argued, Of 'the
prohibitory law. .
Rai. 16/LW Wan is :Konica is rep aid
4150,000, effroatitimtrittieleft
fi i t t Zt." -
1 Amita "couniY,' having a voting
population of ten thousand, nicety-six di
vorces have been granted within' a month.
J atOiriz
•'A D h 4 dicid in - ding, Fairfield county, dine., who was the
mother of twenty-four cjiiklren i including
six pall of tivias
DkrAwsms they fieig thie* , s - 4 tit futb.
lie whipping Peletl,ltild iliMassachusetts they
.flog grown-up young.-women in the public
schools. '
, PAUL . DE,CAssaos.AC,'etlitor of dm Paris
Pays, has already fought upward of sixty
duels, and had been wounded in only f.onr of
them: • - •
:Momm etamt, born in June, 1747 i died
in Richmond, last week, aged one.hatulted
and twenty-one years and AS months. Re
was a wagondriver during ilia revolutionary .
,
ti Faittagn in Jltfichig,an, finding that his,
sheep were disappearing mysteriously- re
cently, placed a wolf trap in the fleltl. ,t 1 few
days afterward he found it sprung, and now
one of his neighbors is laid up with a sprained
ankle. „
IT is mortifying to . learn, as now we do,
that the tonnage of the United States to - daY.
as *own by the records of 'ship building,-is
- I:?ttt a little more than half of what it twos in
4856, and only ., a trifle greater than 4t Was in
1847.
Two Sax Francisco policemen tried to
arrit /I Chinaman.. •They, ((Mad itnecessary
to leave him a moment, and handcuffed him
with his arms • each side of &lamppost.
When they returned their prisoner was gone.
He had climbed up tbd post 'and swung his
arms over the top. -,;. •
A. coning were married in Charlotte 'co.,
:Virginia, the other day, the' parson - standing
on one side, of a creek and, the loving couple
On the other. A freshet had washed -away
the bridges, and `the young folks were bound
to get married. One of the attendants swum
the 'creek tO place the_liCense In the preacli
ees hands:'
• iN Dzevrtm, 111: 7 - the other day, a man
thOught he had found a long piece of dress
goods upon. the pav , entent.. iie - Rielidd up
one enirof• It,"and cohinienced scrapping it
around , his'arns, whereon lookfhg around the
.corner ho discovered a lady at-the other end
'and quietly, talking Io a hieud.
'eluded to abandon the prize. •
TEE EAST quotations of Sour in San Frin
cisco are reported $4.75 and $5.75 in gold,
or say $6.40 and $7.75 in greenbacks. Here
for similar brands we pay from twelve to
fourteen dollars in the national ctirtency•
Happy San Fraticisco! where Told is the cir
culating medium,-where labor is in demand,
!disci whereffour and' all the essentials of life
aro as cheap as dirt I
A . DELUDED citizen of Portand, Me., be
coming impressed with an idea that the world
is, soon to be visited by a second deluge, has
applied his whole property ($6,000) to tie
building of an'ark of refuge. The boat will
be 50 feet long, 15 feet. wide; flat-bottomed,
sivige : stepeti, round bowsovith a Ouse a
little aft of midships. He is sole planner and
builder, and intends; when it is completed,
tp furnish it with necessary_ provisions .and
tab:Milo/Alt the ristag of the waters. 7t
TEE EXCESS of women in America, it has
recently been admitted , as a physiological
fact}is in the United State about six per
cent. Old England and New England, are
becoming' more *and More the countries of
old maids ; The latestcensus returns in.the
fc:Ader' . emintry'lltd4 4 6lll,bbo &tore women
than men, and the . .KopFtion in New. Eng
landis alinost two - Niomen" to one man. In
deed, in some of ' the country districts this
ratio is far greater in favor of the set.
.
' SEVERAL JOURNALS give in the form of
foreign c,orrespondetieb the trial of 'flte wo
jt,.
men at Marseilles, France, for poisourrin , eir
husbands. • The Neu,' York Courierd fits
this has published in several numßers elan
report or the e.tse. The women put their
ttUStUrittS :Ilia of-the world " by .the. 1&t or a
cobjurer. The effect of his conjurtitions was
materially aided by frequent doses of arsenic.
One of- the *omen was sentenced to twenty
years' imprisonment, and two. others, with
the "conjuror," to imprisonment for life.
Two were acquitted. The verdicts of guilty
were in each case accompanied with the de
claration that there were "extenuating cir
cumstances in the case. . •
Ia LstarBrra, Susses county, N. J., a
widow White made a confession, just pre
vious to her dent .on' Saturday, which' hor
'rifled the town. Being a member of the
Methodist Church; she sedt for some of her
fellow members to attend her in her dying
hour', and to
afro
she confessed that about
seven years ago she poisoned her infant child,
and that it died. A year or so aßerw l ard she
administered poison to her husband's father;
and be too died. Later still,on the return of
her huStrarattliona the army, she dealt to him
also a fatal poison. The woman had borne
a good character. The only reason assigned
.(qr griskini this ; dyjng , declaMtion was ,her
desire to rid her conscience of this immense
load Of'drimii Prlor ,hei' death.' She was
perfectly sane up to the time of her deceao;
„Olaf; Maitsms,..Appvd, irt.a recent re.iiew
of the condition of the planters of the.l . 3,outb,
concludes that they are better off than ever
before, and that their - prospects could hot
well be improved. The largest cotton crop
ever raised was in 1850-'do, whioh was about
5,000,000 lutes, .realizing, at
. $5O
,a bale,
$250,000,000. This year the crop will be
about 2,000,000 bales"; it is worth $lOO a bale ,
oddagiregate: $200,000,000, or Only
one-fifth less than the crop of 185/Y6o.;Now,
to the profits of this year are to be added
some- important Items. Their expenditures
do not include' interest on the money which
the laborer, as,a , slave, was Trin:th,i arr, taxes
onstbuissui:e4 imrixoliforAlui idle,Alie sick,
the young, or the aged. .More than this,
their money has not been sent North for the
purchase` of provisions, foi whatever food
their pcioPle 'require bas been produced from
their own soil in the greatest abundance. .
A MARRIED woman, residing in Allegilero,
Pennsylvania, adiNted a novel and very
effectual plan for avenging abuses received
at the hands of her husband. It would air
pear that the husband is generally very kind,
but unfortunately has a weaknesls far the
ardent: . Whei intoxicated-beau verSt'hlish
in his treatment, and his wife is frequently
obliged to seek refuge
c in the houses ufneigh
hors iovislitrifi'peri harm.
1 3fafters have
been in this condition fixr some time past, and
the wife pore the ili.treatmeni until forbear
ance ceased to,bo' a virtue. 'She determined
upon„ ,revenge: One- night last Week 'the
husband came home intoxicated; and, no.
cordin custom, proceeded to abuse
his •Atkr4._ oicaPed, :iiiwuver,s- and re
irol 4.ritTb(44, bone , nntftAke. tans
d l ied reti Sfie`then"reltdiaWi6fite,
and Mod* ,;rope, linty &lanai the taw
band. "After having secured him so; that It
was impossible for him -to offer any - resist-,
-1 4 S wife poieeeded to chastise her bus
bin:din a most vigorous * manner, and -repaid
with ititareat abuse she hadjeceived.
The. husgand 'Cried -
obit pain,
implored
tdealailon, cf hostifitits, and was Dom' in
his promises of the kindest treatment 1a the
"future' - The, wife, howeirer;did"-notileabd
until she kit confident that the chastisement
,iwookl be . vissestibioa. -
-.2 4 0:rs Irlfft - and a contrary4lg - werkthe
'4eans of lliie declaration of te war 441812',
witOrkei#Pritain. Two neiglirs, wing
Cleg . *us \in .Rhode Ilan " gotatt p. to a.
ide abint: the depredatilips ,of a agg be
bilging tl.bne,of,them: Tlitlyenta.K.Law
about it; and - oti the day,. a United States
_Senator was to be elected by the Legislature
they were obliged' to attend court. 'Ode Of
itlicnk , was a member . of the Assembly; a
:114.064111t2EYSIORPtst, and ci ) lrs94 t.9 SI
i war.
.11is'vote would have elected an anti
war Senator,linV inleOnsequence of his eh
-1 snipe it -war man was chosen, and war was
' de clared by the, uttilority, in:the giclasle. ',.t It
ii . furilie:i related that this 'member of the
i t
Legislature-was himself elected by one v te.
The' moral of all of which is—Be sure t t
'youlitite *pigs:4l4n dori*gel iidaatif ia
pute -about trifling matters, for there is no
telling what a,single vote may be instrumen
tal in effeetinglifreg,ard to the future destiny
of the country. . 0 ,
As INDIAN boy from the West lately passed
through' bypa . ,rs Lo r a Missouri town as freight,
having a tag with his destination tied to
clothing. • , • tO • c.
Tim sctroots and colleges of the S'orlth
have been innie'riumerously attended., this;
season than ever before:
. wtt; Gaintren tacit media al watermelon
and a basket of strawberries as a Christrnas
preegnt;
.
' TnE . Pairizom of China is 14 Yeats of age
and his affianced bride 11. ,
Tut Inequality and injustice of tile ttp- .
portiondnent of Members 'a the'Leglslaturb
celltie State is seen .wherever we look.
zerne &nutty polls '750 morn • votes than Lin
mtster. Yet Luzerne has One Senator and
three ASsemblymen, while Lancaster has
two Senators and „four Assemblymen. Lu
zerne is Democratic and Lancaster Radical.
That is illy eo unjiist a distinction ,is made.
Lancaster Lan Congressional district; and an
other county is &lded to Luzerne.. In this
we haie! another exhibition of the palpable
• unfairneta of the •present apportkinment, by
which the will of the people is defeated.
9 '
Our Indian" Wars. ' • ' -,,..
Mr. A. I. Jackson; of New -York city, has
compiled, from the official record, and will
soon pub sir,,i an _exhibit of the cost. and
causes of the aeVeral Indian wars during the
last; Vrty-seven years, beginning with the
Ilackliawk War of 183.1-32,whicif *cost di
rectly 1P,000,000, awl indirectly, -in the de
struction of property, employment of militia;
volunteer, pensietei, etc., $3,1K00,0 More,.
making an aggregate of $5,000,000, attended
-with a loss of 4,000 of. our ,people. -Officers"
of the Army and Government . , including the
present geesetary of, the Interior, who - served
through . this• wat, aro unable, even at 'this
late day; to tell what was the real • cause of
,th'at' conflict They 'are , confident that it
wasSurced upon the Indians in the interest
of broken-down-politicians- and speCulators.
The Seminole or Florida war lasted nearly
seven years, eraploying the'army, and navy;
the milittaNSrFlortdar, 'aitfl' Volunteers from
.other States, costing•ls,ooo lives and $lOO,-
,000,000.ir The.ntunber. of Indians, engaged
was eilittatedoituiflnalai..4aut aim*
warriors ; the army officers estimated their
itumberat 1,000. Nearly 300 of the Indians
still remain in the everglades
..of Florida.
The othersswereanoyed.west of the Missis
sippi. Those in Florida insist that they
were never whipped, The first cause of this
outbreak 'xarae an; injergretation: gVven to
three treaties ; one requiring the removal ot
the Seminoles, the whipping of an • Tadian,
and. the imprisonment of Osceola, who
eseapzi`pnd became the,leader of, the -war
party. At ab'odttfid smite time tr dlffichlty
recurred with the Creeks, Cherokees and
other Indian's, costing in the aggregate $l,-
00,000. In 18' •we had the Sioux war on
die Plains,; the Cause, an,lnditua killed a cow
worth $lO, the property of a Mormon. This
war lasted. nearly four years, and -cost about
three himdreil fives and nearly $40,000,000.
in 1864 came the Cheyenne war, which
lasted.nearly a yeari-costing 1,000 lives and,
with the Sioux war at about the same time,
$00,000,000. Cana, orthe'outhreakwith the
Cheyennes, a charge made,against them of
stealing a horse worth $5O;. with , the Sioux,
the opening, of ,ii, rpil4
,ar l d the establishing
thereof in ' tltert country; s in. violation of
treaty stipulations,. The war with, the Chey
ennes ended with a. treaty' of peace in the
fall 0f , 1865,..brit that with- the Sioux con
tinued until treaty which was recently
made by the Peace Commission. The Chey
enne war was resnined and continued seven
months in 1867, in consequence of the burn
ing of their village by Gen. Hancock. It
,cgst. about 300 lilies, and from $10,000,000 to
$15,000,000, and isnot fully settled up yet.
On the Pacific slope, during the last 20 years,
Indian outbreaks have cost in the aggregate
$00,000,000. In, New Mexico Territory,
Since -we - acquired ' it, three campalm
against the Navajoes' have cyst $39,000p00.
The cause, the enslavement of Nevajoe wo
men and children -by. the Mexicans. The
troublesin that Territory with 'lndians have
increased its cost to this Government to
8150,000,000. Indian troubles on a small
scale in some of the States and Territories,
with the expenses griming out of a war, the
claims for destruction of private property,
will make our Indian troubles foot up nearly
$1,000,000,000•during the last• 40 years, and
in &Most every eisse•the limit, was -with the
whites.. I The present conflict with the Chey
ennes, , Apaches, Arapahoes, Kiowas, and
Comanches;grew out of a failure to fulfil
treaty agreements, and the blundering of,
some of, our military officers. To, destroy
the roving Indians, as is proposed by some,
willxost, taking the Seminole war as a cri
terion, 37,000 of our people, and $1,000,000,-
000, aQd . keep 100,000 , troops employed ten
years. ' ~. , - .
Consumption Can be Cnred. :,
An Eastern medical periodical gives an in
teresting account of the complete - cure of
Mrs. ; Amos Stlittlibr, , of Nlnnoe,i Lancaster
county, Pa., of hereditary Consumption.
Iler parents and several brothers and sisters
died *of this terrible disease.. Mrs. Stauffer
'was' herself redueed to a mere skeleton ; the
pulse at, 144 ; her breathing painfully diffi
cult; 'exPeetorations very excessive; diarrhoea
worse than chronic,. add her condition so
hopeless that at a conference of the old and
skilithl PhYsielan she pronounced incurable.
At this stage of the disease, Dr. 8. 13. Hart.
man, of Millersville, Lancaster county, Pa.,
a pitylician of fcineteen years Standing, pro
scribed . HERB BITTERS.
The patient soon experienced a pleasingt in
vigorating. sensation throughout her system,
and, encOrtraged 'by her friends to continue
tinder Di.llttittmist's treatment, she did so,
gradually improving under Increased doses
according to her strength, until she entirely
recovered. Mrs. - Stauffer is still living, in the
till enjoyment of iierfcct health. • C. B. Herr,
Esti., President of the Lancaster County
Pa.,) National Bank, substahliates . the par-'
Oculars Of this most wonderfld case.
- .• ' Job ?fluting.
We remind the public that the Observer
(Alec is trek* fitted up in tko most complete
=inner, and. that orfr facilities for doing Job
Work dowry kind are unsurpassed try any
other establishmentin this tectiOn. WO 4 , are
prepared Odd 'allatyles' of Printing in or
dinary use, plain or colored, at short notice,
and on the mOSt reasonable terms. • linsiness
men in need of anything iii outtige Will find
it to their interest to give us a call_ , •
' febl3 t 1
EINIMILV Hwn3 REBTOREIL—The cheapest
and best.. Mammoth bottles' only 75 anti.
Tho..Engenla :Hair ‘Restore r eclipses all
known discoveries for the rapidity with
which it real ores grayand faded hair to its
original color, promotesits rapids and healthy
'growth,Prevent/4 and stopS it when , falling
off; and is a moat luxuriant hair dressing for
tho human hair andhead, rendering it soft,
silky and lustrous.' Bold by B. Dickinson it
Bon, actin agents. in Erie. debl.2=ly.
LEGAL Bunss,We remind those lamed
of blanks that our. assortment is the most
complete in ihs cityr comprightg every sort
generally in use bY Justices, Attorneys, Con
stables, Property Owners and Business Men.
, They are all prepared by ;experienced men,
got up in She best 4y)e, and sold at the Most
reastonabTe prices. A liberal deductionlvill
1e made •tb dealers or others purchasing - in
IsigolualAtos, : . 1925-e-
Lams' tusifGentkrtus very Cheap. fiats,
Caps and Furnishing goods. Suits made in
the best manner by Jones & Lytle, oc2-tf.
1111/311 kOPLERS, dress silks, all colors, just
received at 14 •
, State atreetz- ; • •
deel-2m.' itotoriazisrigodk Co.
till bait fornis of notes end . bfankii in the
ettraiithe Ohme+Tere®cr.- j tf.
,
saltosinOlic airtiforp.
gney. }urgent & Walker2s and 2 0 N. Bulk.
Rangtaa Brevemer, mar n ielich a t.
Becker Co., 531 Piench
1.4..1 WHOLESALE BOOTS AND 8110113.
ltrUairktfl'etlrrk, 32 North Park.
_ _ _
• .1300 Th AND SHOES.
L. IL Clark, 14 Park Row.
S. Z. Smith. 505 State street. ~.
Englehart & Co.. 19 North Park.
Gopme Zurn, =State street.
F. Pfeffer, 816 State
Gnekenblehl & Schlauclocker,:l3l3 Peach at.
• 'Dolly c . = StatSsr. - -.-•
Henry Grass, dr.) French at.
Jayob-Liabel 1117 Parade et.
BOOK SToRES.
Caughey & McCreary, North Park.
BOOKSELLERS AND NEWS AGENTS.
Wm. J. Sea& Co„, 7138 State Street:
Lockhart & Pettit, 1301 Peach at.
May & Brothee, 722 State st.
noun, & FEED. ' ,
Haverstick,,Park Bow.
.I,7yucli &Bro., jiiqyrent , h&t. •
Srtsw afoßth.
firs. Wm. Willing, 808 State at.
• -*
SEWING' MACHINE •AGENCIEs.
Wheeler & Wilson, 5 Reed House.
Howe Sewing Machine, -817 State st.
CROCKERY & GLASSWARE
Win. H. Olenny, 12 Park now.
WATCHER & JEWELRY. -
T. IL Austin, 29 North Park.
Jareckf Bros., firi State st. opp. Brown's Hotel
Terdifittad Everaars, 9 East Seventh at.
HATS AND CAPS.
J. H. Smith.= Frencu at.
• cxiNFCTIONERN.
F...F. Adams, No 70 North Park Row.
•-Dnuos AND likmclNFA...
Hall &Warfel. 630 State at.
J. B. Carver & Co., 21 North Park. •
Wm. Nick &Sons. 7 6 2 State street-
Dr. 5; Dickinson Soni7ll State street,
• DRY GOODS.-
Edson, Churchill & Co., 3 Noble Block.
W •
J. F. Walther, 801 State- M.
DRY GOODS AND CARPECIS
Warner Broi., 505 State at. -
GROCERIF.S.
Burton & Grißlth. 1121 Peach st,
F. Rexford & C 0..-1-421 " -
-Henrik Bockninn, 504 State st. ' • -
"A. 'Nfinnig, Corner Bth and State at. '
F .Sehlaudecker, el State at.
H V. Claus, 26 East Fifth at.
P. Schaaf. 701 State at.
Hanlon & Bro. 513 French at. •
Colton & Kendig:7l2 State at. • -
Messmer & Seiler, cor. Parade & Buffalo ats,
Frederick Cooper, 1210 State at.'
French & McKnight, 521 Frepch st.
J. Dreisicaker, corner of 4th & Myrtle st.
M. K.aell) do Son, 1027 Parade at.
A. Rurtls,.lllB Parade at.
V. Schultz, Schultz 's New Block, Federal Itlil
Evana & Brown, 1325 Peach st.
Hem . " , Neubauer, French at. near the Park.
BAKER PN.
-N. Prensa, 420 State at.
Win. J. &sada A: Co., corner State and 3d atm,
CLOTHING STORES.
John Genshohner & Son, GT2 - State et.
F. Wagner, 620 State at. t
Jones & Lytle, 10 North Park.
John M. Justice, 511 State at.
Baker, Osthetmer & Co., 603 State A.
Isaac Rosenzweig, 011 State etc
-TOBACCO AND CIDAII.9.
E. R. Welshman. 1315 Peach st.
Hoag t Aslane, l'Ozi State et..
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C; 1) •WO State Rt..
M. W. Mehl, 517 French et:
U. Y, Sterner, 401 State et.' • , -
• • HARDWARE.
Boyer 5: FUCRA, State st. between 12th .E: .Detot.
STOVES AND TINWARE.
• •
Hubbard Bros., 701 State st.
. rr.lohruinn &Vo.. 1019 and low State at.
. Peter Rastatter, 1012 Parade st.
Patteraonfi & Avery.= French st.
Tibbals, Shirk & Whitehead, 12th & Sassafras.
FIIHNITIIHE WAREROOM.9.
J. H. Riblet & C0..11 I State at
Stark & Franz, 11:2 State 8,
J. W, Ayers, 715 State at.
LUMBER MERCHANTS.
Brawley & Ball. State st., near depot.
MILLINERY & STRAW GOORS.
'A. Ai-Make. liquth Park.
A. V. 0.111!nore, 7(5 State'st.
. BRASS MUNDRIES. .
Jareckt S: Metz, ix:JlM:ate St.. -
U. ittreekt . 4.t. Co., 89 East 9th strezt.
MACRINISTS, FOUNDERS AND BOILER
MAKERS.
Frrie C.ItY iron Works, cor. 12th and State sts
PLANING MILLS.'
Jag. P. Crook & Son, coy. 4th and Peach st.m
Jacob Bootz. 1214. Peach at.
COFFEE & SPICE MILLS.
J. W. Bripien, 1211 Peach st.
EATING SALOON
John Bacenti,6ll-French at
IRON FENCE WORKS
John dam 1212 State at. .
WOOD TURNING SHOP.
P. J. Roth, 12W State at. •
COAL DEALERS.
Saltsman & Co.„ con 12th & Peach sts.. •
Barton Bros: & Co., (Wholesale) 11 Park Row
E. W. Reed & Co., cor. Gth & Myrtle sts.
PLUMBIN WORKS.
Goo. L. Hnbbani, (Licensed) 4x.e. State a sth sts
BOOK BINDERS
E. M. Cole Ac Son, IZepitOnt; hank Block
MARBLE WORKS.
E. R. i'clton & Son, first door bet. Custoin House
E. Leonhard, Ninth st. bet. Stew do Peach els.
CUTLERY & STEAM GRINDING.
Geo, Mcershfelder, 1256 Turnpike st.
AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Frank Winchell & Co.. 811 State at.
G. W. Ellsey, American Block Park. Part.
j 1 du bb ectiontunto.
Cameo for Trial.
L DiT OF CAUSES FOR 'TRIAL ON TIIE 4TH
- .MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1869.
Sill In trust, &c., vs. Gillet & Post issue, No.
114 Nov. Term - -: 1567,
,
Brock '& Weiner, vs RosenzWeig iss, No. 241
Feb. Term, . . • .. 1323.
Ewing vs. Scott, et al is. No. Mil Aug. Term, "
Briggs vs. Osborn, No. 139 " " 1:460.
Rouso et al vs. Burch No. 91 Feb. " ISO!.
Quirk vs. Osborn No. 33 May " ISM.
Taber vs. Pa. R. It. Co., No. 94 May " 1835.
Howell vs. Pfleger, No. 1:33 Aug. . " WE.
Erie Clty vs. Barr, No. 207 ..
Erie City vs. Barr, No: 311"1 f. w 46
Winchester vs.:Spires. No. SO Feb., " 1887.
Bryan vs. Spires,
_No. 219 .. - ..
Use Spencer vs. Iloppock, Glenn & Co., No
47 May Term, 1887.
Arnold vs. Douglass et al No. 54 3fayTertn,
'Crozier vs. seott,,ttankin ,t co. No. 63 May
Term,lB67.
Day vs. 0. 0. R. R. C0., - No. 73 May Term,
Loomis vs. Smith, No. 129 " P "
Gilbert vs. Kelsey, No. 154
Pinney- vs. Overton, No. 158 " " 44
Kelsey vs. Mosier Comm. &c., N 0.1134 May
Term - 1867.
SeeondNational 'Bank ot Erie vs. Brown
No. 219 May Term. Brown,
Kimball vs: Aldrich, No. 23) May Term, "
Johnson ye, Smith.3.o. VI ' ' " "
.;••: y vs. Kincatd,eo. 224
•e" bbard vs. Albert No. 2.30
Smith vs. Haynes, No. 273 .. .. 66
Mai:well vs. McChtre's Adm. No. 280 May
..
.. .
Term, 1867
Fleming vs. Taylor &Wells, No.l Aug. Term "
Benson vs. Phelps, N 0.21 46 46 '44
Benson vs. Nay, No. 2.3 61 46 , 44
Jowett vs,Jowett. No. 42 .. .1 ..
Clark vs. Thompson, No, 82 46 64 41
Hughes vs. Am. Ex. Co., No. 103
MeLallen vs. Davis, No. 107 44 , 61 414
Cooper's Adm. vs. Landis, No.llo " "
C. P. ROGERS, Prothonotary
Causes for Trial.
T IST OF CAUSES FOR TRIAL ON TIES IST
I.A MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, IKPO.
Sonmerger vs. Pa.It.R.Co. No. 130Ang. Term, 1517.
Shaffer vs. N. E.- Boro, No. 144
Reeder vs. Anderson, N 0.174
Sturgeon vs. Sturgeon, N 0.14
Kramer vs. Porter, No. 234
Loeseb vs. Fickinger, No. 242
Vaudresser vs. &slither, No. 247 "
Gingrich vs. Loesch, No. 9 -Nov. - "
Devore vs. Brockway, No. 13 ' " ..
"Devore vs. Brockway, No. 14
hoyer vs.-Pinney, No. 33 64 14 46
Buahley vs. Cooper, No. 52 • " "
Whittaker vs. Parsons,
_No. it? " " '• Cotter et, al vs. H N
Hatch,, o. 96 " "
Morris Tacker J. Co., vs..Thomp.son,No. 112
Nov. Term.. 1347.
Coiner vs. Canghey. No. 119 'Nov. Term, "
Graham vs. Brown, No. 133 46 44 41
McCreary vs. Sloan, No. 180 " "
Commonwealth vs. Erie & Wattsburg P.ll.
Co., No. 298 Noy. Term, 1867.
Kane vs. Leary, No. 23) Nov. Term,
Reynolds vs. Leary, No. ••
Drelsigaker vs. Jackson, No. 2D " " "
Setter VS. Schneider, Not. 230 " " "
Weldemann. et al vs. Stott et al, No. 5 Feb.
Wildman vs. Greenfield Tp, No. 16Feb.Term, 1
Jones vs. same, No. 17 , 64 64 44
'Sweßzer vs. same, No. 18. •
Davis vs. same, No. al
Reed vs. Amity Tp. No. 24 . " •".
Inman vs. same, No. 21 .. 06 6
Lampe vs. same, No. 20 14 46 •
Chaffee vs. same, No. 30 se
Use Sterrett vs. Thorntor.,-Nd. 56 " " "
Liddell vs. Crook;No. 91
Detneling vs. Smith. No. 133 • " " "
C. P. ROVERS, Prothonotary.
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