SENTINEL & REPUBUCAH
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B. F. 5Cn tVKIEll,
Kiirroa am raoraicroa.
Republican State Convection.
IlEAtcAtTkkl Klclicas Svarx
CoHXlTTfcl,
TljannaTRe, Pvbrnary 1T6.
ia parsnsnca of a resolution of the Ke
Ircti'icsn Stute Commit tre, adopted at a
Jm-etmg'li'eM in llarrirtmrg this day, a Ke
pitb'ican State OmTention.to be composed
of di-legatea I run each Senatorial and Rep
resentatiie district, to tlie number to which
such diMrict is entitled in the Legislator,
U hereby called to meet in the city of ilar
risbnrg, at 12 o'clock, noon, on WEDNES
tY, MAKCU 187G, fur the purp-jse of
nominating an Electoral tk-ket and ul elec
ting Senaturial and Hejs-esentative dnle
gatea to represent th Stats ia the RrjMibti
ran National Convention, to be held at Ui
tinnati, Ohio, on the 14th day or June,
lbTC. By otder of Hie Committee,"
llcssi M, Hott, Chairman.
A. Yilsos Notiit, Secretary.
Secretary of War Belknap His
. Disgraceful Practice,
"Within the past weak the country
has been startled by the annonnee
uient from "Washington city that the
Secretary of War, General BeQtnap,
is guilty of receiving money for ap
pointing1 men to office. The imme
diate carfe of exposure ia thib : There
is a fort for the protection of the
frontier, and fcr trading with Indians
in the. Indian Territory named Fort
SilL Aa i. the tuse at all snob placets
it is the custom to have a number of
United States soldiers there. Each
and every station, fort or post of the
character of Foit , Sill is accorded
the prrrilere of having a store, from
which goods are sold to the soldiers,
and traded to such Indians as may i
choose to barter there or at such
places. The Ptore-keeper for a post
m t 1 1 I
was, or is, ere oi appointment ov
the Stii-etary of War. Several years
ksro a man nLied Caleb P. ilart-h,
who was, and now is, in close friend
ly relationship with both the Secre
tary of "War and his family had the
ladies of the household of the Secre
tary to meet his family in Xew York
city. The stay was protracted in
consequence of the sickness of Mrs.
Belknap. After bhe recovered from
the sickness she suggested to Marsh
that he ask the Secretary of War for
an appointment to one cf the forts
or posts in the Indian territory. The
Buggestion found a lodgment in the j
' mind of Marsh. He asked for the
appointment of ft ore keeper, or, as
it is son-e.'li:!' called, poenrirader, at
Fort SiiL The fort had a store-,
keeper in the person of John S-!
Evans, who was to be removed.
Evans discovered that he was to be
removed, and at once saw Marsh.
The two men agreed that there should
be no. removal, but in lieu of that,
Marsh should be taken in and receive
the sum of twelve thousand dollars
annual.y from Evans, payable in in
stallments as agreed upon by the
parties. The agreement was carried
out Evans did the business at the
fort Marsh received the twelve thou
sand dollars in New York where he
lived, and thence by check and in
various otber ways payed General
Belknap one-half of the amount that
Le received from Evans, which would
be six thousand dollars per annum.
The business had been in operation
for some time, long enough for Marsh
to get forty thousand dollars, half of
which twenty thousand dollars
was paid to Secretary Belknap.
The- exposure was brought about
by a roan named Arms, who had been
discharged from the army, telling a
iuemler of Congress that he knew
parties who could tell of the crooked
work of the Secretary of War. The
Congressman informed the Commit
tee on Expenditures in the War De
partment of what he was told. The
parties pointed out by Arms were
summoned and testified Marsh in
the number to the facts as just
stated. When Belknap learned that
his practices were found out, he
immediately hastened to President
Grant, and in tearful humility ten -
uered his resignation of the ofnee of
"Secretary of War." President Grant
accepted Lis resignation, On the
assembling of Congress, on tho 2nd
inst, the chrimrm r.f the Committee
on Expenditures of the War Depart
ment atdced permission to report.
The request was granted, and by
their report the country is informed
of the disgraceful proceedings of the
late Secretary of "War. A resolution
of impeachment ' was immediate of
fered, and unanimously passed.
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Nation feeis nrtmiud m coneunnc.e
of it. The country is shocked to
realize that a Oabinet officer should
be gufltv of peddling out the offices
that he controls to the highest and
iet bidder. The deire to live a j
bhowy life fit the Capital cf the Ee- j
public, it in Iw-jieved was the cause!
that lei t!.o Sccii-lry into tha cor-j
rupt practices just revealed to the !
pubhc. It is a false notion of what i
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constitutes dignity that has got hold t
of most of the men who are sent to
Washington. They act es if show
and extravagance constituted the dig
nity of the place. They have a shod
dy estimate of the worth of a place
in the government of tbe Nation.
The great mass of the pecpk have a
fr higher cstimat of the place that
such men as Belknap disgrace. In
their estimation the place itself is the
thin j above price. . Thv show of the
place is nothing. The glitter and
tinsel is nothing to them, nothing
more than to excite their enppicion
that the men who axe indulging in it
extensively are hying paat their
means, and are using other people
money to keep it up. -
The American people are becoming
too well informed to be blinded by
tihow and pretention. It is well it is
so. If it were different, the Repub
lic in a few years would be befogged
in the intricacies of gawdy display
thai wouad no corrupt the people that
the nation would fall to pieces by the
weight of its own rottenness. The
Republic was etrong enough to crush
a rebellion that was organized against
the labor of the Nation. The new
danger that now confronts it is the
extravagance of the day. Appear
ances indicate that the Republic will
be equal to the crisis that extrava
gance bring, and restore a healthier
tone in business and official life.
: Let no Guilty Man Escape.
, Keister Clymer was the Chairman of the
Committee before which Marsh testified to
the gnilt of Belknap. . Aa aoon as Marsh
wit through with the Committee, or at soon
thereafter as it became apparent that the
Administration mould institute criminal
prosecutions against Bclkaap, astng Marsh
as a witness fills same Congrsssrnan, Cly
mer, bad him discharged from further at-
U-no'ance, aud that ia just what Marsh,
Belknap and company wanted, for it gave
Marsh the opportunity to leave Washington,
lie did so, and went to Canaila. ,, (lyntvr is
not an ignorant man ; he ia a man of cul
ture and learning, and doubtless knew just
wnaf hc was doing
If it is not a crime to help a a itness off in
tbat way, what is it f What do Mr. Clymer
and his friends think when they come to
apfly the prncipallo themselves that ander
liea tbe saying, "Let no guilty man escape.'
A Printing $iU in theXegislature
Huntingdon papers have not
definitely stated what tlie proyi-
tated what the
eious of the ' bOl " in , the Lef-ifila-
ture .is. Unit they are disputing
over, but enough is learned from
their ' dispute to ' reilize that same
one is snJdng a bill through the
Legislature, as best they can, to
enlarge the field of legal and other
printing. The law as it stands on
v,ti a i
jthe books now is comprehensive,
and any new law that compels its
emlarcment will be met with scorn
by the public once its provisions are i
made known. lUere is a certain
amount of legal printing now requi
red on ell estates of deceased people
that have to pass through the man
agement or settlement of executors,
administrators, guardians, and so
forth, that is visei limited to tttch
i vublir announcement at is consistent
wit, justict, and enlarge to any extent
nerfwaro in tie judgement vf those who
are minitin end settling the eslnte fur
hart of deceased persons. Any law that
will enlarge the boundery and com
pel an increased amount of public
printing, on estates and so . forth,
will be scornsd by the public. The
rights of tbe pubhc are amply secured
now by the law in force. The plan
to create sop for some one is measur
ed at its true value, as members and
Senators mill find out by-and-by if
the bill be passed. There is yet time
to stop the paKsago cf the bill by
those members who are not peronal
ly interested in it which only one or
two are. There is no ghost of a
chance for the bill, except by the fail
ure of tlwatlentionof members; by the
failure of the attention of members
many obnoxious laws have been pas
sed. The days are quite numbered
in which members of the Legislature
are to be excused for inattention in
in the passage of lavv3 that unneces
sarily take hundreds of dollars of the
people's money.
Moral Opposition There ia an
; Adder under its Specious Sound,
i Tbe Democratic party have taken a
new came to cover their opposition to
the series of amendments to the United
states Constitution, ine call it me
Vurof Opposition. They are now talk
ing and wilting of the moral opposition
to the amendments to the Constitution
aaitud meats that as a natural conse
quence grew ont of their rebellion.
Tbe nau.e sounds well, better than to
say repeat tbe amendments, and so to
name their nlject serves them better,
for it in a great measure conceals tkeir
j purpose. J . . ' , .
1? reminds one of the arguments of
the slaveholders and their adherents on
j the qiestioa of slavery. ;Whcn tbcv
, wished to pull tbe wool over the eyes of
j the ignorant elemeut of tbeir party, and
) get the auppott d" tbe tody elemeut of
! the North, which knew better and would
. noi act unlets the object was somewhat
concealed, for tbey well knew tbat the
honest conviction of both Republicans
and Democrats was against slavery,
tbey wonld not call tt slavery, but they
drew it to mean the same tbing in other
words, tn language that sounded plea-
eauier. i uey ucciareu u iu iuis way :
" 'apilal should own its libor." That
meaut, however, slavery regardless of
Color. So with the Moral Ojtjoslion
to tbe amendments, it means the or-
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, nanizatioM ot the lie Del ana Ueino-
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: crattc elemeut lor their repeal. It is
fitant ftitnrs hut hm nut AttivmA
by it. there is an adder under its
specious sound.
I What will TheT do if They Ct an
Opportunity to Manage the Gov
erBE3nt ?
Tie Northern Democrats in Congress
have a hard tiu.e or it to keep tbe
c,oVtu feet of is Rebellion concealed.
? M week' ou tb ",r- Ui. of
ueorgia. uncovered tbem for a moment
,Id ,,: crrsted , Aoep sensation. It
wu during the debate in regard to the
(pension roll of the soldiers of 1812
ben Hill got the floor he entered into
a speech cuch as was nsoal before tbe
Rebellion, charging tbat the North had
first set the example of secession. It
taxes the ingenuity of tbe leaders of
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I uir iiuiHKui wiii oi iuo isemocracv
to keep their Southern masters within
bounds when they get an opportunity
to talk. What will they do if tbey get
an opportunity to manage the Govern-
meat
Letter from an Old Jacksoniaa Democrat
of Ureeawvef Township,
Nxak Seven Sta TxYeeji, ) 'V
March,; 1876.; ,
Jlfy Deaf Mr. Editor i How many
Saturday nights Lave passed away since
I wrote a Jctter for the Sentinel I
haven't counted, bat I know manyA girl
baa been courted, wooed and won, mar
fled, tb plain language, since I last
wrote to jou. But I haven't forgot
yen. The Speaks never forget a friend.
Tbey may show a cold outside . often,
but it takes something past -the cowj
nion to break up tbeir friendship once
it is formed for a man or woman, nd
that's another reason wbj all tl e Speaks
in tbis country are sack Andy Jackson
nenM.,. That, von know, was the case
r r
with biua. Tbe old Scratch niuiself
conldo't get A tidy to drop a man when
be liked bin, when' be believed tbe j
man was of the right stripe. I believe !
I did tell once in a letter Low people
said things tbat wa-u't of tbe right
kind about a lady friend, and wanted
bim to drup her. lie said prove it.
Tbey couldn't, and iustead of bini drop
ping the woman be dropped the men
and their wives, tbe swains and lasses j arms against the government, organn
wbo made tbe fuss, even to the drop-j ing te extend an institution tbat took
ping of bis preacher and bis flock. I ! away the rigfcts of a whole rsee. It
tell yon when Old Hickory dropped aj wa. not selling goods to afow thousand
mau or a woman, it was a permanent j at a monstrots profit, bat it was for tbe
drop as far as be was concerned, lou
wip tit as well have tried to ride tbe
whirlwind as to get back into his good
graces. , ,
M 1 uever did and I don't know now
bow yen Republicans got so much of
Old Audy's aj.int into your party," is
what I ssid down at the Stars tbis even
ing, when 1 was told how that tbe Sec
retary af War of these United State
had got Into the business of selling out j
to tbe highest bidder certain offices that j
bis department of government control-1
ed, in the Indian territory, and tbat
becsae of tbat be was, and ie eternally ;
dropped from your party. Isn't he a
nice specimen of an American citizen ?
I tell you if Old Hickory was only
above ground -be'd bang him if he
could. ' That a man in (he Cabinet of
the nation sbiuld appoint men to office
and make them pay lii.u a part of what
tbey made ont of the office, or part of
tbe Salary, is too bad to be tolerated
Andy Jackson wonldu't, if alive, allow i
sueh a thinp to w wit lion t tbe strongest I
punishment, lour party is acting very ;
much like Old Hickory did wbeosuchj
ases came to his acquaintance. When-
ever be got acquainted with anything
oftha. kind be. dropped the tclj
right away. That's the way with your j
parry; m.y arop on a:i wno aci so ras-
cally. Tbey purify themselves. Some j
ongni iciiows nave guue uuuer, out ) ou i
all say go, and if our party had . said
that fifteen or eighteen years ago, it
would still be in power. If it. bad
dropped its rascals as fast as tbey came
to tbe surface, tbey would still be fan
ning tbis nation. Scum will always
come to the top wben it is stirred "like1
the scum in cider tbat rises to the top
when it is boiled. The right way then
to do h to skim it off down to tbe pure
stuff. That's tbe way Old Hickory did.
Wben something had would pop out
be would pop it off. That's tbe way
with your party. When something bid
pops up, you pop it off. You have ba
a heap of popping off to do, and may
Lave a good deal more to do, but you
are the only fellows in tbis land, since
Andy Jackson died, to do it. After
bis death tbey qnit talking about inves
tigating things. In this State tbey
made canals and took part in otber
works till they gat the State in debt
forty millions of dollars, and made rich
' mud-bosses and supervisee in every
county io the State along tbe ditcb,
and none of them would hear to such a
thing as an investigation. No, sir, it
wasn't tbem who did such things. They
knew how to farai out the offices and
divide, like lierknap, but they didn't do
like Belknap's party, tbat has put him
out of office, a disgraced and mined
man. You should have seeu the Stars
down here wben tbe news eaine io that
Belknap had made a fool of himself by
his corruption. They laughed all over,
for tbey thought that you fellows would
back up the dishonorable Secretary of
War. It would have done yon good
to see how chop-fallen tbey rooked when
they found that the Republican party
en masse dropped Belkuap like a hot
cake, when they found bow bad he was.'
I'll tell jou, boy, it was the grandest
sight this country ever witnessed, when
tbe Republican party rose np as one
man aud said, out on tbe Cabinet officet
who dares to so outrage tbe honor of Lis
j j,iace n J tbe honor of his country
It
is the grandest sight tbis conntry ever
witnessed. It is tbe rising of an organi
sation iu its moral might and crushing
an offending member for wroug doing.
The world presents no such a grand
I be 1
I mvt eiAl.r St tAWaaatil w snaia
nd when placed alongside of tbe. act
of the Democratic party it shows so
tbat all wLo understand the history of
that party are amazed, and are wonder
ing at the advancement in the progresa
of the nation against the offenders of
tbe rights of the people. I bblieve
old Andy Jackson's spirit rejoiced over
the righteous storm of denunciation
and wrath that was burled at Belknap
and all his co-corrupt workers, by his
own parly. Oh! shades of Aodv, if
it onl v could be said tbat the men wh o
try to do things io his name, did half
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as well in ferretttng out and visiting
orretting out and visiting
punishment and condemnation on the
workers in tbe same way in Lis party,
or the party who want to carry bis name
Did you never up in Mifflin hear of
Democrats peddling out their office.
so much peroffiset . Did you never
bear f men saying, yo can- have this
office if jott give so much of the pro
oeeds. If you did I Jur . oha thing
yotl never did bear, v ton tfever heard
of anybody that wanted ta Investigate
tbe mttter ia tbe. 0goratiw party.
8'mee Andy Jackson isranted to investi
gate John C. Calhoun, they have never
investigated, never, never since. Jf
they have, tell roe where, and I'M. join
them once more. . It's a. mighty big
difference in the aeting of the parties
in dealing with corrupt practices among
their leading me'tt. .Everybody knows,
UvaavsUwa acre) mmMf iU aUra, ibet mi
number of tie t abinet officers of tbe
Administration of James Buebanan
were guilty or crimes that are as moun
tains to mole-hillock when compared
to Belknap's crime. ' Buchanan's ?Stnine Vatt, of Lyoming county, shot
retary of War, Floyd, for months was
secretly in coniaionieation, not with a
few post traders who raised tbe prices
of goods they sold to the soldiers at
the forts and then dirided the proats
on tbe goods sold at enormous prices,
but in ceuimouication with as many
people as be conld get into the secret
of organizing 'to overthrow tbe govern
ment, secretly organising to -take up
purpose of cheating them ont of tbeir
labor and tbe labor of tbeir. families.
His combinations were on no small
soale. . From one armory alone be took
one ' bncdred . and twenty' tlionasod
stand of arms, and put tbem in the
bands of men who afterwards used tbem
to shoot Northern men because tbey
refused to consent to let tnem orsar np .
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tbe government. , Ana mere wa. uodo,
M6ther of Buchanan's Cabinet officers.
You know he was Secretary of tbe
Treasury. He was ruining tbe Trea
sury of the Government as fast as be
could. . Tbe Indian Trust Fund difw
pcared, and where ? Tbe paper o ML.
United States was on the streets of tbe
cities among curb-stone brokers at 12
per cent, discount, and Cobb was doing
it on purpose, ' And ' tbtt's not tbe
worst of iu The whole business was
known to tbe lesders of their party.
Not a man wanted an investigation, and
wben any of yonr fellows said they!
were robbing the Government to break
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WSJ D0 grand 8:ghl of ,he par(J that
. dt , 0!d Hickorv as its
betd coraI0, np one ma0 (0 condemn
F,ojd ud Cubb tut olbert f their
,hieving and pludering work, and no
prosei,a;ion .gain tbem demanded,
,nd oJ .eilt.ijueed Jimmy Bu:
. dld ,.Let no al!t. ua0
escape
No one leases Belknap's part, tl is
party as one man is in for his punish
ment and all wbo were concerned with
him. . It wasn't so with Floyd and
Cobb, Buchanan's Secretary of War
and Secretary of the Treasury of the
L'uitcd States.' No, ssr ; it'waa not ao
with tbem. . The leaders cf tbeir party
denied tbeir work as long as tbey could,
and when tbey started tbeir murderous
work of breaking np this government
they even went so far as to make ex
cuses lor them. Belknap's crime will
be speedily punished ) it is as nothing
when compared to . the crime of tbe
Cabinet officers of Buchanan's Cabinet,
such as Floyd and Cobb, and they went
unwhipped of justice.
" Now, my boy, be careful that yon
don't get wrong ia thia matter. - Stand
to jouf colors. , There is enough of the
right stuff in yonr party to punish all
such crimes and purify itself, as there
was in Old Hickory to puuisb and pu
rify oni party whilst ha lived.
It ia tha healthiest kind of a sign to
see men punished for their short-comings
in offiue, and at no time ia tbe his
tory of tbe world has there been such a j
bunting ont ol all manner' of wrong
doing a that accomplished by tbe Re
pnblioau party. Belknap is as dead as'
a niackeral salted for a thousand years,
and every other fellow that may be
caught io similar work will - he served
as he has been. '" ' ' ,' ;'. "
. Be sure of it, my . boy, if there's a
difference between the way your party,
and the way Old Uiokory ousted fel
lows for their crimes yonr fellows Lave
the beuefit of tbe difference. . So good
night, and don't be discouraged. If
you don't bear from me, we'll see each
other at the MifUm or Port Royal Fair.
Yours truly,
.BARTON SPEAK.
Fart Sill.
Fort Sill, tbe post thtt has become
the uppermost subject of conversation
since tbe downfall of tbe Secretary of
War, Belknap, according to recent de
spatches is losated in tbe southwestern
tract of tbe Indian Territory, about
forty-five miles frdoi tbe Texas border
and one hundred and sixty miles from
Atoka, tbe present terminus of tbe
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad.
It was built in 1HG8 by General Grier-
son, of the Tenth United States Cavalry,
and is situated in a beautiful country.
Tbe land is well timbered and watered,
and nature has made it one of tbe fair
eat spots in the Southwest. Tbe post
was established for tbe accommodation
of six companies, bnt at present there
are twelve, ten of cavarly aud two of in
fantry, on the ground. It is situated
on a bluff two hundred feet high, over
locking Medicine Bluff Creek. It dis
closes tbe fertile plains, dotted with tha
,eu" f ,be eoldiera and the Smoke curl-
in frT wiew,a" of ,he lod,ns
1 located in large number! bnt half a mile
La- r.f i. .
off. Tbe fort derives its name from a
romaotio story told by the natives.
Mies Sill, a duoky damsel, becoming
chagrined at the attentions paid by a
' f!ft 'owother local eoqnette
.
In the neighborhood ot 5,000 or G.OOO
IndiaBe, meetly. ' - -
NeW3 Items.
Sixteen of the forty-seven States' end
Territories in tbe Union have no laws
regulating she rate of interest'.
Mrs. Betsy Fries, of Steinsville.Le
bigb county, supports herself and two
children, by wetting tluber for land
owners.
A distiller in New Hampshire makes
all bis employees sign tbe temperance
pledge. -.--. .
, A lutleobild at Logansporf lod., while
plajragwtth otuer cntiaren J'liag..blMt-Tlk,t.w.9lM
itb otBer children recently.
thrust his tongue through the cracx oi
, v - - - m - m a
tbe room door:'' One of tbe Otber chil
dren slammed tbe doof shut and bslf of
the little victim's tongue was cut off.
While carelessly handling a pistol
a ?oong man named Secriat, who was
expected to die from the" wound. "
Keeently a farmer near Fox Chase,
Montgomery county, on sawing down a
tree, discovered imbedded in the wood
a gold watch, dated 1740, a gold chain
and two gold penoil eases. The watch
wss iu good condition.
. A few days ago Patrick Hsgsn . was
digging a well in Clearfield, aud at a
depth of about twenty feet from the
surface found- it neceesary to blast.
He placed a torpedo in position, lighted
tbe fuse aud signaled bis assistants to
widdfass him to the top. Wben near
the surface the windlass rope broke and
be fell to the bottom just as the torpedo
exploded. His face and breast were
blown off. killing him instantly.
On Monday of last week Isac Flobr,
produce dealer, of Mcchauicsbnrg, npou
going (a his stable about 41 o'clock tbat
morning to feed his horse found tbe lock
he door- ,,e ontered the
w whUe iQ he (jt of relcuiog
into the feed box. was struck on the
back ot his head and knocked down.
He was then struck again and while
inseusible was robbed of $17. He rt
seriously1 injured. It is supposed the
uv
deed was couitfiUted by parlies
knew his habits, and tbat L'e would
likely have money on bis persou. Tbe
"tramp" is not suspected in this case
Carlisle paper.
There are about 000,000 sheep in
Colorado.
. There is a great advance in the price
of rice in China, in consequeuce of tbe
r.r
' . .
The accounts of the floods in Hungary
are beart-rending. In a single town,
twelve thousand persons bave been lift
homeless.
Tbe friends of the Texas Pacific Rail
way bave decided not to press fur Con
gressional aid at this session.
General Babcock has declined the
compliment of a serenade, tendered biin
by prouiiueut oitisens of Washington.
Frederick Liucr. of Reading, has
$80,000 worth of lager beer stored in
the vaults under his Park Brewery, for
next summer's use.
There is a new swindle on farmers.
m'roaseiag a daaarpisi of ay korsw or
other animal that the farmer recently
bought, the scoundrels prove owoersbip
and then offer to sell io.
A ten year old girl in Clearfield
county hurried np a kitchen fire by
pouring oil on tbe wood. Aa explosion
followed, and the girl was bnrned to
death. -
' Tbe Scientific American remarks that
an English ooteuporary suggests that
the health of sailors and tbe comfort
of life oc board ship would be promoted
if tbe practice were introduced of eating
tbe rats which swarm to most ships.
There ia really uo reason why rats
should not be eaten as well as rabbi tb
and squirrels. Tbey are clean feeders,
and extremely particular as to keeping
t'jeir bodies free fiom dirt. Rats
which bave existed io the bold of a
grain carrying ship might be a tooth
some delicacy. .', J
Mr?. Lovering, of Oxford, Maine,
100 years and 6 months old walked a
mile and a half one day recently to
Lave her picture takea. '
C!arkstown, Lycoming county, pos
sesses two brothers, 17 and 13 years
old, wbo weigh respectively 207 and
165 pounds.
Jeremiah Spang, a wealthy citizen of
Pottstown, committed suicide on the
1st inst. . '. ' ' ,
Ex Senator Nye is still in tbe Flat
bush Asylum.
. The National Butter and Egg Asso
ciation met in its third annual conven
tion yesterday, at Davenport, Iowa,
some two hundred delegates being in
attendance.
The daughters of Sir Edward Thorn
ton, the Eoglish Minister at Washing
ton, wear thick soled ?hoes, plain unpinned-back
dresses, and old-fashioned
cloaks. And they are pictures of health.
William Martin, of Monot Joy, Lan
caster county, attempted to dismember
a tree by placing a quantity of powder
in the fork and firing it. Before be
could get down the charge exploded,
killing bim instantly.
Angustna R. McDonald was arrested
in Brooklyn on a requisition from
tbe Governor of. Arkansas, charged
with subornation of perjury, through
whicb.it is alleged, the Government
was swindled ont of $200,000 on a claim
for cotton alleged to have been burned
in the late war.
Governor Hartranft has signed the
death warrants of George . Fletcher
and Patrick Quigly, tbe first of whom
will be executed on the 6ib and the lat
ter cn tbe 7th April.
A conple of young men in Washing
too township, Erie county, were recent'
ly invited to leave a religions meeting,
which was being held in a school honse
in the townsLip, and wbicb they were
disturbing. Tbey accepted tbe invita
tion, aad in taking their leave they also
took the key to the door, first turning
the bolt in the look. The au'dienoe
dispersed" through 'the windows tbat
night, and' next day those wo yonog
men were" arrested and put' under
bonds to appear at Cowrt for carrying
off tbe key. ' J
Two young bojs were smothered -to
destb at Topeka, Ks., oo SaturdayThjr
tbe caving in of a sand bank, noder
which tbey were playing.
Two men -were instantly killed at
Erie on Monday while assisting in mov-
o '
i.ek-sorew. when
the
supports gave way, and we laiung
bouse, crashed the men underneath.
-i ii
Fields Cook, a colored clergyman oi
Alexandria, Virginia, has brought suit
against Upton 8. Xewoomer, of tbe
Bingham lluuso, Philadelphia, for vio
lauon of tbe Civil Rights bill, in refus
ing a room to Mr. tok on tbe night of
January 1 Sib, on accouut of bis color.
Tbe defendant was held to bad for trial.
Some weeks since Mrs. Wm. Taylor, j
confined in the Alleghany city Home
for tbe insane for the last fifteen months, I
i.:m ll,l..h.nd h.
gfBUlMUVNW.
brought suit against Ricbard Crane,
the annerintendent. for fornication and
seJuction. On Monday ntgnt the board
of directors re elected Crane superin
tendent, and a portiion of the board
withdrew.- .. lK s ,
One farmer near Soudersburg, Lan
caster county, has kept an account of
how tnauy tramps were eared for by
him this season. , Three hundred called
at bis bouse by actual ennnt; of this
number 80 were furnished with supper,
-y. ... ..:
icht lodciitz and breakfast ; 4o with
'(,"' '"ub"'S t !
night's lodging and breakfast ; el either
dinnersu per or breakfast ; tbe rest
secured aid iu the shape of provisions.
Joseph Mishow. who will score bis
one hundred and second year on the 8th
J of March next, if he ch-mld live till
thai time, was conveyed to the poll at
.... . . . ,
IWilWamsport on tbe l?th Clt , and .
votea. w neu ... .
into the carnage some one proposea
three cheers for the centennial voter,
wbicb was given with a hearty good
will, and as tha sounds died away the
centenarian was iriven to bis borne.
About five o'clock Monday morning,
February 28tb, Miss Susanua Soaders,
daughter of a farmer living two miles
north of New Kingston, Cncberland J
county, and within a few rods cf tbe I
Cvnodaguinet creek, committed tnieide
by drowniuc herself in the creek. She
had never shr-n any signs of insanity.
The day before her death sbe had vis-
ited a married sister and was in good
-pints aud full of laughter. 1
c
O.. g .t ac.i . ...lUOilkriUk UUtlllC Ul VUl UIBIU1 I1VUI
n the nmroing of the 2?ih she arose t , . , ,
. ... .. 1 u discovery of the American Loutiuent
at five, apparently to eoofc tbe orealf rast,
aud placed some of the cooking utensils
on tbe stove. ben ber lather came
down stairs, a short time . afterwards,
she was nowhere to be found. "After
searching in vain abont tbe boase for
ber be went directly to the creek, bat
as it was still quite dark, discovered no
traces of her. After returning home
and not finding ber, he went again to
the cretk and found her shoe setting
at the terminus of a lane which led from
his house to tbe water After further
search ber body was found 20 or.30 rods
below where she left her shoes and in
not more than one and a half feet of
ater. No cause for tbo act is known.
It is generally supposed that she earried
ber shoes with ber, as her father did
not bear ber walking away from the
bouse, although awake, and that sbe set
them by the creek's edge to show ber
patents and friends where to find her.
Frederick Myers, a Pittsburg saloon
keeper, brutally assaulted Adam Doran
the otber day by stabbing bim iu tbe
abdomen with a red hot poker. Myers
is io jiil to await the result of Doran's
injuries.
Eighteen houses and stables at Tarry
town, N. Y-, were burned on Tuesday
night a week. The fire ia supposed to
bave caught from the pipe of a tramp
who bad taken refuge in a stable.
' A man who bas been in the Black
Hills has the following io the Gleownod
(Iowai Opinion: "I went to tho bills
in full confidence cf success, backed by
$350 in my pockets, aud after laboring
six weeks, came back without a cent.
I am thus oandid because I desire to
warn others from attempting a fruitless
and damaging enterprise."
A farmer 'named Michaels, living
near Butler, got out of his bed at a late
hour on Friday night a week and tell
ing bis wife tbat they had lived together
long enough, left the house. On Sunday
he waa found dead.
Tbe barn of Wm. Bell near Pleasant
Gap, Centre county, was destroyed by
fire some days since. There were
40 bushels of rye, some oats, hay, feed,
wagons, plows, gears, &c.', in tbe barn,
all which were bnrned. No insurance.
Jacob White, of Pena township, Lan
caster connty, died recently, aged 93
years. Mr. White was tbe father of
twelve children six sons and six dangh
ters. His grandchildren and great
grandchildren numbered one hundred
and twelve. He enjoyed good health
np to within tbe last two years, during
which time be was confined to bis bed ;
his eyesight had also become much im
paired. A mother's pnr.ishraent of a thieving son
is related by tbe Philadelphia Times ot
March 1st, thus i Under tha carpet in ber
bed room Mrs. Matilda Schillinger, of 1606
Stiles street, had eighty-live dollars snugly
stowd away, ao one but her husband aud
her aon, Frank, who is but 14 years ot age,
being aware of the fact On Tuesday ol last
week.however, Frank and another boy burst
open the bed rovmj door, elevated the carpet
and hied them away with the cash about
their clothing. The boys at once determined
for adventures, and accordingly traveled to
New York and froav thence to Baltimore,
spending lbenio4ey lr hblr. Or Mondav
tbey returned to PbiladelpUs and lodged
at 10a Callowbill street. Teslerday morn
ing! as' Mr. SchilliBgcr,wsa riding down
G uard avenne In a' car she espied her enlng
son strolling along" o the sidewalk. She
did not faint, but, merely signalinf thecon
dueter to stop, a!ig1ied froia the car, ptaneed
tevranls the unsuspecting youth and, seis
ing him, without a word of warning-; by the
ar, led him. yelling and squirming, toward
aa officer upholding the corner ga lamp,
and directed that he should be taken to the
Central. Yesterday afternoon Franit, a
handsome, bright-looking boy, sat In the
dock, evidencing but little concern. Upon
his mother's testimony A Merman Carpenter
he'd him'in $1,000 bad to answer at Court.
During the gossip at the hotels it
was aiid tbat August Belmont spent $50,
000 on behalf of the party whilo be was
Chairman of the National Committee, and
tint Augustaa. ScBell haf already spent
$19,000 during his brief incabyncy.
Should the Utter gentleman resign his office
his successor, U is said wonld be Cyrus 11.
McCoroiick, of Illinois, who ia reported as
having expressed bis willingness to spend
$100,000 to forward the Interests of the
Democracy. Va$hington eorrtipotdnct tf
S,w York HiraU.
The first tun pike in Pennsylvania was
commenced in 1792. J
A grand Centennial Tea Party composed ;
ofoverahnadredlaliesand gentlemen, in t
76 costume, took place at Xorthumbeiland k
on tbe 2il. , I
Nine prisoners, including several burglars I
awaiting trial hi the Court Honse, at New-j
ark, N . J., escaped from the prisoners'
room on Monday.
Senator Jones baa leased f)en. tattler's
honse in Washington for $13,000 a year.
It is estimated that since the religious
awakening in this State, half a million peo
ple in Pennsylvania assemble nightly fur
religious services.
"Sus.m B. Anth'iny promulgates her views
a to Ouecher's guilt, and now that juvenile
creature has opened her mouth to talk per
. . . , .
hsus'we mav get the -trne story" of tht
haps 'we may get the true story
romantic circumstances, which cauw-d her
to repose her fragile frame cpn the Tiiton
Un knees. Come, S ue, te!l it all.
A Great National Work.
' . The Centennial History of the United ,
States, from the discovery of tht Jimrr-1
icon Lumincfii 10 iiuse vi j i
ofJlmtrinm M,jdnc,. By
lean Continent to tht close oj tie r irsl
James u .tff t .iuVlor oy , aj
ual of Central tlistury," 'I'le Ureal'
Republic, ' t.lc., Lie.
There has long been a great and trrri-VLrsallv-felt
want of a History of the
United plates suitable for general use.
This want is now being supplied by The
National Publishing t o., of Philadel
phia, wbo bave issued a handsome vol-
nme, styled "The Centennial History of j
the United S'ates, by James D. i
McCabe, a well-known historical writer,
This work will, undoubtedly, take rank
tho Standard History of the foiled
States. It is no dry mass vt details
' no bombant'.c effort to inflame the ua
j.tioual pride, but m a clear, vivid and
..: 1 1 ; . .... . . t . l . . . . f-
( down f(J ,u prt9en ljcie u MeM
t e evidences of that mysterious race,
II. e first occupants of our country, aud
gives a uioat luturesting aocuuut of the
Indians of .North America, from ' the ,
time of the coming of tbe white men. j
The voyages of columbus, tbe explora-
lio us of the different nations ot Europe
auj tbe filial occupation aud conquest of
the laud by England, arc told with
graphic power.
r.vflry step of our colonial history is
traced with patient fidelity, and the
sources of tnoae noble,' and we tiuat,
enduring institutions wbicb bave made
onr Country free and great, are shown
with remarkable clearness. Tbe causes
of our great struggle for Independence
are told with a logical force and ability
unsurpassed in any work of the day.
Then follows a clear and succinct ac
count of tbe formation of tbe Federal
Constitution tlie establishment of the
Union; tbe coarse of affairs until tbe
brtakuig out of th Second War with
E-ngfand; and a full and comprehensive
account of tbat war and its results.
Tbe events of our career from the close
of that contest to the commencement of
the Civil War, follow ia tbeir order.
The history of tbe Civil War is related
with intense vigor, and with a strict fi
delity to truth. The author pleads the
cause of no party or section. H e Mates
facts, points ont the lessons which they
teacb, and appealing to neither passion
nor political feeling, trusts to the good
sense of Lis countrymen to sustain his
views. The book coutaiosaa Appendix,
giving an account of tbe approaching
Centennial Exhibition. It is comprised j
in one Iar:e, handsome octavo volume of
pages, ana eontams -Mi nne ei.grar-
ings ou steel and wood of historical per
sondes and scenes. Tbe price is so
low that al!"can afford to purchase a copy.
and each subscriber is piesnted with a
superb lithographic ecpravipg of thei Siuaii Pietores copied and eaiarjed.-.
Centennial Exhibition Buildings and I Old Amsrotypes or Daguerreotypes'il
Ground. It is sold by subscription only, j copied and enlarged, and painted ifdtaW.
and the publishers want seems in every K A Jr eleclu,n f THAMES k':P
connty.
Xew Afterrtiewents-
KcAlisterville Select School.
TilK Spring Term will open April 10th,
!87t. ' Tuition for Primary Pupils,
from !.00 to $4.00 ; Advanced Pupils t.oai
$5."0 to S'j.UO per eleven weeks.
Boarding: can be had at reasonable rates
in the village and vicinity.
- Students will be expected to pay half
tuition at me middle ot me term, and tbe
balance at the close.
Cora or Sttht.
All the common branches ; a'so, Physical
Geography, Composition, Rhetoric, Natural
Pnilo.ophy, Geometry, Algebra, and Thee-ry
and Practice or Teaching.
Our aim is to be thorough and practical
in our work. Special attention given to
those preparing to teach.
For f urther particulars call on or address
M. R. BECK, Principal,
, .ittittant,
McAlisterville, Juniata Co., Pa.
March 1, lf76-n
formal School.
THE Juniata County Normal School will
be opened in the borough ol AfitHin
town, APRIL 10, !);. The course will
consist or tbe Common School Branches,
Natural Sciences. Latin, Greek and Methods
or Teaching For terms, boarding, aw:.,
see circulars, or address the Principal.
J. M. GAKMAN,
Feb '23, 1876. Miulintown, Pa.
CACTIO.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned against
purchasing or negotiating Tor two
County Oiders, being Noa. S47 and 348,
one in favor of John Schw.i.., f... .r
of :m H.t . o .
n dm, r.r i."i. u-.u L - ..
ww, --' Apru o. ini.i. ana tn nthr
of S 1 124, dated April 0, 1875, tbe same hav
iS oeeu imea ny me and lost.
S ,n- SHOWERS, Ttewrmrtr.
yew utdverttsement.
- , Ayer's
Sarsaparilla
Is widely knewg
as one of the nm
effectual rt'uie.
dies ever durov.
red tuT riesus
Jinjr the jt
and purifviu-r iV,
.Zf blood. It B4,
-if stood the ten af
yearm,wiiharD.
stant'y crowi
reputation". baed on its intrinsic virtues,
SUil StKiaiueu oy us (vman&oic fires.
So mild as to be safe and beneuYial to
children, and yet so searching as to
effectually puree cat the great turnip,
lions of the blood, such as the situC
uiods . and srpiulitic conumiaativc.
Jmpuriues or Ui.-mas that have lurked
in the system fur years toon yield j0
this powerful antidote, and disaiini,..
Hence Its wo'mlerl'ul cures, manv
which ire puLln ty known. ofScrtinila,
and all scrofulous lieacs. I'k-cn,
Krtfrrtitnto, and ertiptivc dionier? of
the sSifi. Ttimor. Biotclie. BoiN,
Pimples. Pustule. Soi-ch. St.
Atitli?nyw Frm Ifose or F.rv
KiiMi:i. Tetr. S;il lClienni,
Hcaltt Heal. Itlngtvorr.u a.i in
temal I'lceratious of tlie I' terns
8tortm-li. lnd IA v-r. It al-o rurrs
Other camnlniiilA. to ii ii il no'ild
sem epe-ia'.l. aU(te.!. Uaj Dmp.
v. Ij'Kei)suu Fit. Nciiralciiv,
Heart li-ft-c. Female Weak
ness, Debility, end Lfticorrhant
when ther are manifi-staltoru ...' :bs
scrofulous poisons.
It is an exrcl'ent rrotnrar cf U
and strenrtli in the rf;rin -- ""
in the apjierite and vior nf th ji ,
tive crvans. i: Kssinstr the ifpre'.ii n
and lirties languor t-t tlts -!.
tven where no tiiwnler apv;ir-. ir.i)
feel better.and live longer, to-. !-,i;K"u, ,
the blmnl. The system mw v-iB
renewed vior ami a pi- Ie:ise uf U..
Or. . C. AYER & CO., lowe!!, Kai.,
FrmitUmt mud Anmlytiml rimsliu.
sol-D bt A LI. ssroGivri ta"-! wtia
.40 A DAT at home. Agents wtted
plu Out tit and terras free. TKUL a. Co.,
Augusta, Maine.
A FA It .11 OF lOIR OWI
is
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ilia UGob litiOUJ Ul iiOlU
FilEE HOMESTEADS
AXO THB
Best and Cheapest Bailroad L&ad
aks ox tuc hvm or tax
lit ion 1'acific llailroad,
LN NEBRASKA.
SECVRK A HOME NOW. FnU inform,
ation sent frc to all Darts of the world.
AdJreas O. F. If 4 VIS. Lanl Commis
sioner t". f. K. it., Omaha, 3el.
$77
PER WEEK vJUAHANTEED to
' ffc Mh "-f ? '
! f r. KE. Address P. O. VlUHkRT k CO.,
Augusta, Maine.
r $0fl VT at home. Terms fcta.
$3 fci $uu Address Gao. Sti.ysos fc Co.,
Portland , Jto.
orrn-a or
KlSGS COUNTY REF1.NERV,
101 Wall St., ?taw Tost.
Il.ivinfr reorganised with improved nwhin
r, is prepared toofl'er, through Iris lead
in Wholesale Grocers (wb will send asm
plea oo application), its celebrated
-Slasd-d-ilajb-Dripa Syrup. -
History
cr
WANTED, AGENTS is
every town, to canvass
for Dr. CORN ELL'S new
aim popular Hiatory uf
Pennsylvania, from the
Peosyfraiiii;
earliest diseoverv to the
present time. A spa
di't hoo, tomtftit n oae
rolnme, lLLtrra atfd, and published at a
price within tbe rench of the people. A
rare chance for a tlrst-claws canvasser. Ad
dress tbe publishers, Quaker City
PubllNblne- Cm-, 212 and 21 Quiaca
street, Philadelphia.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
Bridt Street, Mifflintown, Ps.
JOSnt If ESS wr.nl I respectruflv iimts
ell who wart GWI PHOTOGRAPHS
of themselves or their friends to ipve hin
a call, and be convinced that this is
place to get
GOOD PICTFRES.
Having prepared himself with the fclST
INSTRUMENTS in tbe market, and
. all tbe
L.1TFST IMPRO VEME. TS
that constitute
First -&as3 Photograph Crallarj
he invites all his friends and the public r"
craliy to favor him wi'n their pstronsje,
aud they will be accommodated with as'
thing io the line ot Photography.
Pictures taken IrOin Card to Life Sits.
and Painted, u desired, la Oil or Wane
Colors,
uMini m 1 m ' ' kiiim,- anil riM-iiwr in&a
Solid Walnut Frames,
r j
tilt r raiues.
Imitation Walnut Frames,
Im.Ution Rosewood Frames,
K untie Frames,
Cabinet Imperial Frames,
Picture Nails, Screw-eyes, Cord and 1
sel, Slc.
JOSEPH BESS
Mifflintown, Jan. 7, 1874.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS a Ceititicate represrattt
Una Thousand Dollars of the Capi'f
Stock of the Richland Nation! hasjf
Mansfield, Ohio, being Certificate
issued May 29, l!mj9, and registered iaJ
name of Mrs. Elizabeth Loughridge,!1
Port Royai, Juniata Co.. Pa.,dec'd. hai at
lost or mislaid, tbis is to notify and ''!
that application will be made, uuderthestt
Assembly in such cases made and prow
for a duplicate certificate from the pvt
otBcera ot the Bank mentioned abe
. . - f t. it-lit
ior me amount and number oi
aforesaid.
NOAH HERTZLER, Ext
Feb. 2, 1876. m
XOT1CE.
To tU wAoas it may concent :
Notice is hereby given that apptica.
will be made to the Senate and House
Representatives of the Commoawealt
Pennsylvania at their gtneral
1876, to pass a law prohibiting all eintnj
from other counties iu this Coiumna1
from hunting, with riilas or shot F"""
any season of tbe year, ia J"u.5?v'
SiANYUTiBs-
Jan &, 1876.
3SXIT1CE. .,
tki tsVM
jVTOWisyeur time, gentlenien.
. 7 ? n8 tau"": 7 7-. S
" eitner bfaaisb Key or iatur .--
IS"
or in classes, iry me -
. . , - mi
Terms, 25 cents per lessee in d.v7r
SOLOMON WAUatt
M.U.n. Mtira. Jaiuata tL--
Job wik on short notice at ft