THE- REPUBLICAN. JUDSON- 110L0410 t p „ L.; TULCT, .ntisos voLcolra, zat.r. "Itouwor..able. t a crjAcfirleg'ires, tout prfr.l,l ediSr.frri, arvli rd) Ifni -ere 4i - , Fats-red la Me Past Mee at Itevaatla as 66413311 CLll l .Oi lAMB. 2113e1LSDAY,GtST 11. leis". ,INIfOrNCEMEN7II. YOE EDON= AND DEMME?. \LFi{EU BLACKW ELL, , trzt.m!4mm NA 5c.1,6(4. Cx-IsicorA (.1 tlit C , Jrz.l7 - • Refiublican County Convention. Purt - uant to a reap lotion .paased by tLj Itepublimn County Committe'in se.....tion Friday, June 24, 1 1 the Con senC.on of the Republican party for I* - fil will convene at the COURT ROUSE 'in TOWLNPA BOROUGH on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, at ONE O'CLOCK, P. M., to make the following nominations for county oil to wit: One person for Sheriff. • One person for Prothonotary, One person for Register and Re corder, &c. One person for Treasurer. Two 'persons for County •Commis nionern. • - - Tiro persons for County Auditors. And for the transaction of any othe business that may come before th convention. _ The Committees-of Vigilance of the 1 several election districts willicall prim-;' au. meetings - at the nsual places of holding Ifelegate elections for their re- , spective districts, - fur SATURDAY, SF:FTEMBER 3u,_ 1881, to elset by BALLOT two delegates to represent each district in said county convention. The delegate elections in the BOR OUGHS will be organized at SIX ().'CLOCK, P. M. .tra be kept open colikatiouilty, to close ai 9 o'ciock, p. tn. In the'districts,of Barclay, North To wanda and Athens District No. 8; from FIVE O'CLOCK, contiuuottsly until? • o' clock p. ta.. at which time they shall Close. And in all other townships froPo THREE O'CLOCK, P. M., con tinuously until FIVE O'CLOCK, I'. .M., at which time they shall close. The votes shall then be counted =and the result certified by the proper offi cers of said meetings to the _Chairman of said Convention and a copy delivered :at once to the delegates elect. Thu Committees of VigilatiCe - are particularly requested to give ut least iurco weeks' written or .printed notice of the said, primary elections, and to carefully . observe the libove rules in conducting the said primary meeting. Only Republicans can Participate in said meetings. - E. J. ANGLE, Cliainnan Rep. Co. Com J. M. ELY, Secretary.,„ r ui t yA N ce cow.vrrizo) L. Craudall, Joffuison Loughbesd. Cl Vi. Carman Albany—W. L. Klnyon, O. W, Fawcett, Andrew Wicidzer. J 11.• ••• rood, 44 al•••••.e.1 , 1f1n,4, Eitirco buttioud. Arylum—llkomar Mobley, Fred Cole. U. C Chl Athens Horo-Ist Ward, H. C. Hall, F. E. Har ris. E. W. Davis. 2nd Ward,' E. Mercur Frost, i,eo. A, hit/hey, Fred It. Weisb. Athena 1 srp -lot Dist., L. 0. Snell. ,Frank E. Weller, Clammy H. Wheaten. 2nd Dist., Azel Kuant , „ Beni. Middaugh, James Mustart. - ard mat , jj. (I. Hpalding, John F. Ovetishirii, H. M. jp.ey. Barclay—C 11..lotalsou, C. W,Ttdd, John IME Buffington Twp—C. B. Wheeler, W.II. Guutin, K B, bellock. • Burlington Dun,—Clarence Purl, Gus Eason wine. John AleKeeliy. liurllagteu West.--W. B. McKean, Mince Doha Rockwell. Canton Twp—A: J. Coukliii., 11. Curtin, W. T. lAWrriicc. Canton Uoro—Johi H./all. E. J. Cleveland, E H. Thor/Lai. - . Columbia- U . I.. Gates, Georgetkanell, 11. E Vatlug. Franklin—U. L. Hinny. J. K. Spalding. Merritt Gay. (iianville-11. W. Jennings, litratn Foster AiWu Inner. Ilerrick —C. 1.. Hiewart„N. N. Barnes. T. A Foe. I.4,Raysville—G, W. Dailey. E. A. Carl. 0. J 141:K:elder. Leßoy—Robl McKee. Wesley Wlloox, Leroy Holcomb. I.itchOckl:W..E.. Armstrong, It. 1). Morse, I Obi•d • Monroe Twp—J. W. Irvine, Win. A. Kellogg, Is. K: Benedict. Monroe Isom—Dwight Dodge, Dr. Rockwell, 1)..I. Sweet. 14,w Albany —K. W. Wil , :ox.(inorgo Wilcox..! e„ Fowler, orwell-011ver Gorham, .1. O. Alger. A (1. Fr Overton-Orange chaise, 'Lewis .ithi nt b o lis . Mantling Matthews. Pike-E. H. noel, ino. - Ellsworth, Morgan • Itidgebury-(too. 31111er, A. E. Stanton', Adel. Bert OriswohL Bowe Iloro -Orion Hickey, C.ll. Stone, M. L. Maynard: •Itorne E. Gillett, Isaac Adams, Hugh McCitbe.! Shealiequin -0. F. Ayers; W. H. Elabree, Fought Phelps. Henry Hamilton. O. li. Sutntior. • South; (.'reek-John Y. Gillet, Cyrus Burke, Andrew (Drink. - South 1 Waverly-John Mahoney, mno. B. Thompson, Wm. 11. Pimp. springileld -Wm. Brown, Lrn Macy, Perry Harkness. Standing Stone--Peter Landmesser, Myron Kingsley, Wm. Samsung. . Hyivaula-W. I. sconiin, !Andre Gregory, Tiernan Ilurrltt. • Terry-C.. P. Garrison, J.H. Schoonover, Geo. H. 'Ferry. Towanda tioro-gal Ward, Judson - Holcomb, L. Harris, Daniel lia:sercool. 2nd Ward, Edward Frost, J. Andrew Wilt, C. Manville Pratt. 3rd Ward. George H. Rated!, W. F. Dlttrlch, James 'Meta. Towanda North—Allen Simons,llishop Horton, Addison Hicks. - Towanda Twp-1.1. M. Davidson, R. A. Boatley, (leo. Fox. Troy Boro-11. 11. Mitchell, Goo: 0. Holcomb, W. E. Chilsop. • . Troy Twp—L. T. Weller, Alva Cooper, Charles Manley. Tuscarora—Patrick Mathoney. A. .1. Silvers, James Lewis. Ulster—C. 0. Rockwell, J. 0. Howie, Chu. Vincent, Warren—Cyrus Bowen, D. A. Sleeper, John Morris. . Wells—Morris Shoparl, Wm. Itelyea; Wni Johnson. ; Winclharu,-0. S. Laurence, Lott . Shoemaker, Martin Wheaton. 'Wilmot—Dr. Quick, Richard Arey, Daniel Eley. , Wyaluting—C. A. Stowell, N. A. Fenzer: C. C. Smith. Wysox—M. B. Caswell, (Mo. root , 8.7. /toss. The Mearibers of the Executive •Comnstttee the County Standing Committee appointed by the Chairman. are 'Evros , I. firPirmisoN; F. F. Lvov, B. T. HALE, , 7. M: 113.; Lutz" Tram, ' W. S. Know:, Jame MATH= A. K. Im. Tito Committee to take into consideration sad report at the next County. ConVentlon whether any change be necessary in the, representation at our county conventions, is: : Joint r. Cater, . J„ B. 13.4 w. Gxcsou BRowss. Q. W. "rnosu.s. N. W. WALDRON: Mn rou LooMls C. Li Squrass OUR COUNTY Every Republican in this county should have at heart the welfare ,and perpetuity of the Repairlien party, and the well-being of the county. Such being the we, he will desire that a strong and unobi92.4ionsble county ticket may be made at our approaching. nominating contention. He must then be in earnest at the dek:gate election and exert. his in &Lem* there to accomplish Bach 'a result. A ticket composed in - part of gOod men, may be so loaded down R ' itb twit or three bad ones, that all may be swamped by defeat. See to it that the best and most reliable men are sent es delegrtes to the con vention, and that they are instructed to lippport the best men for Domino tionyand uncompromisingly oppos4 the nomination of bad ones who will prove a load upon the party. Candidaaes are in the field who do not deserve a nomination. at such be rejected. No honest man will fear to . do his duty. lt is within the pow er of the Republican electops to keep untrustworthy "roootinewho come to . conventions to traffic' upon their votes, out of the convention, and it ig their duty to do it, The Republi can party is not so perfect but that reforms are needed, The place to begin is at our primary elections; and then go on through our county, State and National conventions. Economy and integrity should char acterize our public affairs. The im portant responsibility now imposed by law upon our Boar!' of County Commissioners, requires both practi cal talent and conscientious • moral integrity in the administration of that office. They calculate and gov ern, the expenditures, provide for raising the money. and the disburse . - ments are under their direction. Miaow profligacy or reckless, mis management may bankrupt the county. The, interest's of the tax payers are more , .directly in their hands_ than in those of any other. officer. They should be of the best men, and be - better paid for • their services than the law now pays them. The Treasurer also, who receives and disburses the .money should be a man of unquestioned integrity and capac ity, who will have a vigilant watch care over the finances of the county. In this connection, it is not improper to call the attention of 'the present Board to the question of the Treas urer's commissions on receipts and disbursements of county moneys. They can reduce the commissions on rintwhnusuA ism& Dnri tha nnwlp elected Board nhould in January re duce the commissions on e the general fund. The public are remarking upon the. items in the Auditors Report, which show the comiaiesiona paid the County Treasurer . lust year to have' been over $3,000 and saying it is "too much and silluld be reduced." Under the levy of taxes, the re— ceipts and disbureements will be much leas_and the commissions con saquently less by nearly one thousand dollars this present year, . leaving them probably $2,000 to $2,500. But this is thought too much, and that $1.500 would be ample, and there• fore the commissions should be so reduced as to bring the Treasurer's cotnponuo.tiou tbio Swim) Fog ycar. It will be the duty of the Commis sioners to respect the public demand in this regard We have endeavored to make these suggestions in proper temper from a sense of 'duty, and no one, either an officer, or a candidate can find any , reasonable cause to complain that we have called pOlic attention hereto IF JAMES tionnos .BENNETT of the New Yoi k Herald, had happened to t have been seriously woutided in hiS bloodless duel with young May, and had received the surgical treatment prescribed by the Herald for the Pres ident, that paper would have record ed the death of ite-proprietor, and in the present case' would be less harsh in its criticisms of the attend ing surgeons. Going for the Cranks. WA ourroorox, August I.—The au thorities here intend to make an exam ple of certain persons who are suspected of writing threatening letter' to promi neut officers of the Government, if rut ficient evidence of the villainy can be obtained. The eebret-service officers of the the. Treasury Department have in formation that the letter to Secretary Windom making certrin threats, the origin of which is being investigated, was written by Bissell, formerly of? the secret-service, in a hotel on Pennsylva-- nia Avenue, below Four-and-a-half Street, in the4vesence of .a man who it is understood has given Chief Brooks his statement. A long-haired Greek lunatic, named Dr. Lachtnyntis, was arrested to-day at the instance of , the Government detectives on the charge of sending threatening letters to Attor ney General MacVeagh and other Gov ernment officials. He was told for a hearing. Since the shooting of the President the threata and incoherent ramblings of these cranks have attracted much more, attention than heretofore. —Phila. Press. Parker, the guide who made in as sault on Dire. Bull, and recently es cape) from custody, was shot by Con stable Cole, Friday afternoon, on Fork• ed Lake. The wound is pyobably fatal. He was shot because he resisted arrest. The bullet entered the; left breast. - The PRESIDENT'S CASE. bedLeation's Less . Ammtiirfro- - Another laelsion Made. Up to Sendai night last, theoftebd htaktins from the Executive Mansion, giving the condition of the Prerident continued to be favorable. The febrile symptoms then began to indieitil the formation of another pus cavity. The bulletins lance Monday morning are as • Sunday nigh the President alept r aell and withatik anodyne. At 8.20 yester day morning his pulse was 90. tempera ture 98.4; and respiration 18. At. 10.10 in, the forenoon, another incision was wide, the patient being etherized. The ball was notcut out as rumored. The operation was made to facilitate the flow of pus. The flew cut is in a downward direction and below the twelfth. rib stead of above it. The Preside:Ai, soon *recovered from the effects of the ether, but ezjimienced some ding Wm sea. Since the operation be has done domfortably, but having a high pulse as the result of gastric disturbance pro duced by the ether. The incision was made by. Dr. Agnew, Drs. HaMilton end neyburn misting. Dr. Hamilton lies returned to New York. Before leaving be gave as his opinion that there las no cause for slum. Wasaisyrox, Aug. 8, 1020 a. m.—lt having become necessary to make a father opening for the escape of pus, wd took advantage of tboimprovedeon dition of the President this morning. Shortly after the morning bulletin was issued he was etherized. The incision extended downward and loriard, and a counter opening , , was made 'into the track of the ball below- the margin of the-twelfth rib, which., it is believed. will effect the desired object. He bore the eperation well, and has how recover ed froni the effects of the etherization, and is in excellent condition. • 4:40 p. m.—The President has felt rather weaker this afternoon than °mud. and experienced some nausea 'as a . re f stilt of ' this foienoon's etherizltions. On the whole, however, he has *allied well from the opersti3n. and tne ear geons report his condition as satisfac tory. His pulse is a little higher than yesterday at this hour, but any t3ree - pl t • tible fever rise of pulse is attributed to gastric disturbance caused by the:ether. The nausea has . now passed away and the patient LS reeling quietly. -7 THE PRESIDE:Neff WONDERFUL !WILL Dr, Ellis Blida was present at the-opera tion to-day. He states that the, patient bore it with has customary fortitiidn.. He says: - “The President has-the most will porier of any man I ever kneiv. I have seen men brought in from the battle field and undergo amputations without the admmintration of anaesthetics, and they hail borne the pain without flitich- lug; but these men - were full - of strength and blood. The President, however, has been on a sick- bed for more than five weeks and now he can eland a painful operation of this soil with such nerve as astonishes all the doctors. I believe he can stand more .A.a.i.i...d5...6..1aLLLA.m1..m.a....im.m.a..A-i dance." 7 p.l m.—After the last billetin was issued the President suffered some for a time from nausea, due to ether, but this has now subsided. He has hid several refreshing naps, and his general condition is even better than -might have been expected after the elherizs lien and the operation. At noon his pulse was 104, temperature . 100.2, tea'. piration 20. At present his pulse is . loB, temperature 101,.respiration Un dfrr the circumstances the fever,must be fegarded as moderate. BLAINE . B DISPAVECII Secretary Blaine sent the following to Minister Lowell to-nigliti' The President's condition at 'll o'clock to-night is colpsidered by his physicians encouraging: The increase of pulse and temperature is regarded as a natural result of the radical operation of thii in which a deep incis ion of three inches in length on the sue., face was made. The same cause may possibly produce still higher ikulse and temperature to-morrow. Decided ameli oration is confidently anticipated by the surgeons. / km. HAMILTON'S ENCOURAGING OPINION. About two ounces of pus came.trom the President's wound after the opera tion_ wee' performed. 'The wound is acting in' a ". very' satisfactory manner since. Dr. Hamilton said the Presi dent had not been suriously worse, end the operation was decided - upon more to ovoid trouble than to remove it. .He anticipated no further interruptions and was very well' 4istisfled with the Presi dent's condition. He returns to New York to-day. - • 11:30 p. m.-The President did not frilly recover from. the effects of this morning's surgical operation until after the evening examination. He suffered more or loss throughout the' afternoon from nausea caused by the •ether; was rather weaker than yesterday and not able 'to take the tumid quantity of nourishment; Milk with lime water was given him as soon as his stomach' , would bear it. After the direct effect passed away and later in the day, he had meal juice and beef extract, but was allowed no solid food. His pulse. pro bably 118 a result of gastric disturbance, was 'rather high during the afternoon, and at 4:30 went, toll% but his tem perature did not rise correspondingly until about the time of the evening ex amination, when it reached 10 , 1.9. The febrile rise shown by this temperature was more pronounced than usual, 'but was fully acconnted for, in the judg ment of the surgeons, by the operation and its consequent nervous excitement, and by manses and other effects of ether. It therefore cansedno anxiety. Early in the - evening the fever began to subside, and the President wentAo sleep quietly without anodynes. Since that• time his pulse and temperature have slowly fallen, and his general con.: dition has improved. At this hour his pulse is 98, skin moist and healthy in tone, temperature, not more than half a degree above normal and he con tinues to sleep quietly. Dr. Bliss ex presses the opinion that he will have a refreshing night and when he awakes be will be entirely free from fever.- It is possible there may be considerable febrile disturbance again to-morrow. before the patient begins permanently to improve, but the ulthaate result of to-day's operatkin is expected to be numbed; and a decided' champ tar the better. The incision made this morn ing eannot be closed or _distended by the process of gramdatlon, as the old track of the ball wai, _between the nits, for the room that the eta is through the ma, parts of the body where there are no bones to prevent - spreading or separation of the aides of the wound, whenever they begin to close in the process of healing. The presettt incis ion, therefore, can be kept open and unotottimb3d as . long as may be necessary. and no fear is entertained of and further uuppression - of the dis charge. Dr. Hamilton lass returned to New York. We sansoros, Aug. 9. The condition of the President yestsiday was near the same as the / As, previous. He slept the greater Part of the night, and with out anolyna. At 8:33 this . morning, his Pelee was,9B and temperature 99.8. Nixtrialunent:has been given him in liq uid form, and resulted in no gastric dis turbances. The wound discharges spontaneously and freely and, indicates that there will be no further-trouble in that direction. The fever keeps high as a • result of the operation, but as soon as the effects of it' pass, a speedy and favorable. change is anticipated. The surgeons seem satisfied with the progress of the case. Dr. Agnew has returned to Philadelphia. 'The Presi dent is very weak and is almost worn out with the strain. " Au soon as prac ticalile, an attempt will be made - to find the bullet. WASHINGTON, Au& 9. Secretary Blaine sent the following to Minister Lowell: The physicians give an encouraging report of the President's condition. The pulse and temperature have slight ly diminished since morning. The pus is flowing freely and his appetite is im proved. He has been "able to sleep with comfort, lying on the _wounded aide. Aoszw, Woomum. BA.wrza, Brass, • NEw Yonx, Aug. 9.—The Telegram's Washington special, says: Mr. Swain, who has passel every day ,and night With the President since July 2d, is• suffering from the prolonged - strain. He several times lately has passed, from forty to sixty hours without sleep.. The other attendants of the Prtuldent have likewise suffered from insomnia. This morning, at the request of Dr. • Bliss, the President wrote his name. His hand was firm and natural, showing not the slightest trace of ieaknes4 or nervousness.. HAsithr9N, RETBuiti. WASIIISGTON, Aug. 0.-4:30 P. M.— The surgeons report that the • Presi deit has -had a quiet afternoon. al- • thoughlhe has not at any time been with out fever. His pulse is now 101, and temperature about 100. The continu ous fever is attributed by the surgeons to yesterday's operation. As soon as the patient recovers ; fully from that they expect a decided cbange for the better. • Mn,. Edson says the President is a great and constant sufferer, and at present is exccedingly feeble. He talks very little. Sbe regards his con dition as serious. It is said the President %tts become tired of alt the doctors. He is very LIM= uointsbesitiu isuu uuw muss mussel than ever. After they had gone yes terday and when his wife and nurse eat at his bedside he said, ."I am glad to be among friends . again. They hurt and cut me to suit theinselves." . DR BOYNTON'S STATEMENT. Dr. Boynton says the President was not excessively weakened by yesterday's operation. 7 P. M.--The President hits been very easy daring the day. and con tinued to take the nourishment allowed without gamtric disturbance. 'rlie 'charge of pus from the wound is Oita abundant, and it is evident that thor ough drainage has been secured by yesterday's operation.•' The degree of fever this afternoon differs .little from that of yesterday. The pulse is 106, temperature, 101.9, respiration 19. [Signed] - Mafia. • Balms. - WOODWARD. • BEnrnnN. • - AGNEW LEAVES WASHINGTON. Dr. Agnew returned to Philadel phia this afternoon. _ • -- Badge Black in his reply •to the in fidel doctrines of Bob Ingersoll, in the 'columns 'of the North Ameriar): &New, makes the following good hit at Ingersoll's assumed benevolence: "He is struck with horror by the sac rificial Solemnities of the Jewish -re hgeon. 'The killing of those aniniejs ins,' he says, 'a ,terrible system,' a 'shedding of innocent blood,' 'shocking to a refined soul.' There is such 'a depth of tederness_ in this , feeling, and sub a splendor of refinement, that I give up without a struggle to the superiority of the man who merely professes it. A carniverous American, full of beef and mutton, who mourns with •indignant sorrow because bull and goats were killed in Judea three thousand years ago, has reached the climax of sentimental goodness, and should be permitted to dictate on all questions of peace and• war." CABONDALE, Pa.—Evan Rees, eigh teen years of age, went up to the top most portion of a new breaker of the Butler Colliery Company in this city to-day, and was standing on the upper screening wheel when a -companion named Lawrie arrived. The lattefl told Rees to come down or he would pull out the iron bolt holding , the screen wheel which makes thirty revolutions a minute when in motion! Rees refused to come down., The bolt was thereupon withdrawn and the screen turned Ho rapidly that it threw Rees fifty feet. He struck his head first on a, large rook below and his brains were knocked out, and his *hole body disfigured. BLAntes DISPATCH. TUE ATTENDANTS WORN OUT. VERY WEAK. TIRED OP THE SLEOZONE. .41. Frightful Death. ZP SHE COULD ONLY COON Yon have not changed. my Geraidine;' ' Yoursoice a just al sweet and low. Yon ate at fairy-like to mien. As four and twenty months age. Since Hymen tied the fatal knot f . I've basked within your glance's beam; Your beauty has not dimmed sc jot; lon realise a poet's dream. .-.`l A poet crimes for boindleas lore: And beauty of the first degree; ,rd do with less than that, my do*e— Tm much more moderate thanle. The gleam from dark-fringed eyelids sent; The witchery of tone and look; I would forego to some extent, Geraldine 7 -if you could cook! THE ...4* OF rive Rm. RO.4M 4v,zimoir. The kaelielf:convellation, between a railroad unto andeitizen t hrietAy illuattntee lane of the maw pilau; in the so.esiled inilnxid _controversy:. kamioan Onnitar.- 4 19hy should not a railroad company be let alone - to _manage ita &ohms in its own way, the SIM as $ merchant manages his 'busi ness- ? Doinot commercial rules apply in both casestP-,ls it not a question of supplrand demand, and competition ; does not' the merchant sell a large quantity cheaper than he does a small quantity, and everybody get all they can? Cinzxx—"There are the following material differences in' the situation: The railroad corporation performs a public function—that. of farniShing public highways; it exists encl..* on ly carry on its busineis by the permiss ion of the public, because it k 'for pub lic use and benefit;' it is allowed to take a citizen's property at an apprais ed valuation, without his .consent, something that no prkate person or business man can. do, and after the4p ital invested in building a railroad hal received a fair compensation, the te4 of the advantages of steam roads long to to the public, the natural owner of all highways. In one sense, railroad charters are in the nature of a partner ship between the State and-the corpo rations. The corporations build and operate railroads for the sake of char ging certain .tolls. In the State of New York, and I believe in most other States, it was expressly stipulated that these shall be reasonable,' and based _ upon the cost of the, service rendered : the word ' reasonable'.. was (..efined as follows : when the rates charged yiel ded in-excess of ten per cent. net upon the actual cost of construction, then rates might be' lowered by'lair and - the public receive their, benefit in the part, nership in the shape of reduced rates for transportation. This agreement has been shamefully evaded by the railroads, and through stock-watering and other methods,, the public have been obliged to pay far more than they ought for steam transportation on land. Regarding -competition, it does not work to the same extent .in railroad transportation as it does in other lines of business. Combinations take place: a railroad is a natural monopoly ; rail roads cannot be multiplied indefinitely; every citizen cannot put his own ear upon the railroad track, the same as he can put his ship upon the oman or his steamboat upon the river. The railroad is a common carrier, but there the similartty to the ship or steamboat ends. The public interest is , not pro tected by competition a.s'it is on the ocean or in private enterprities, hence the necessity for s restrictions upon rail road companies sfrhich are not required in private business." BAIISOAD OFFICIAL-Tut pricei for railroad transportation have cleaned fasterTand are now• proportionately lower Ahan many other commodities, auu rites us &um ittiv C than in most other countries. It does not look, as if the public interest had .suffered very much." Criurr.-="True, in •many places rates bare largely declined, but not nearly so much as they should have done: Reduced rates for transportation have largely reiniltedi from mechanical improVements which 'have be en made, and also from increase of , business, .the result of increased population. • For instance, sled rails, lasting from three to six times as long Its iien'rails, now cost but little. more than 'iron ; loco. motives haul from fifty to sixty per cent. more than they did ten years ago. Freight cars weighing ten ton a few years ago, only carried ten tons, or a ton of paying freight for each ton of dead weight, in roiling stock. Im provements in these ears have been made until it is not uncommon for them to now carry a tan. and a -- half. and sometimes two ton, for each ton of stock. Clever inventions have enabled the -supply of labor- required in opera ting a road to be greatly reduced, and in , many other ways improveinents have been effected which ought .to ind - I ure to the benefit of the public. Rates for railroad transportation in this coun try should be much less than in other countries because of these improve ments, and the long IMuls and cheaper construction here ; , also the public aid in lands (upwards of. fortysix millions of acres,) and subscriptions which have been givew" RAm RoAD - OFF Icui..—"Why so ?" I don't see that the public has any right to these improvements and advan tages, unless we choose to give them the henefit.' crnm.—"There is where we differ again ; the theory of our patent law is that after the inventor has received a fair compensation for his trouble, ex penses and-genius, Au. the rest of. the advantages belong to the public ; and the theory of our railroad law is that they are only entitled to a toil 'or charge which will yield then' a fair re turn on the actual investment, - and this toll must be uniform and impartial to all citiiens. RAILROAD OFFICIAL C Well, if that is the ground you takeoron won't find many men going into the railroad .busi- ness." i Crnim.—"Won't we ? What is.the first incentive to the building of a rail road ? Is it not very largely the desire of the people - of a certain settiond-to have better outlets to market, and the desire of ,ownersef real estate to make their property more valuable by con necting with the larger lines of com munication ? Through these motives have not state, county and municipal interests largely aided in the construc tion of • these improved highways ? Witness the 'millions of dollars which the people of the State of New York aS well as other States, have contribu ted for this purpose. Do you mean to tell me that the Vanderbilts Goulds and other highway grabbers are enti tied to any consideration for the inven tion and contraction of these improv ed highways? They have simply gone into the business Incense they AIM that the benefits of . steam and Oed:ricity were so enormous that they could steal most of the advantages, and that ;the public would be satisfied with the rest. They saw _that by consolidating' and combining snaill and often competing ' links of railroad, they could-organize a machinery for taxing all production and commerce, sulk as the World has never been, and it - is only after they have exercised this power to ai extent I which haS given them fabulous-wealth, and endeavored to perpetuate_the sy-E -tem, and rivet the fetters of -a privileg ed class upon the masses by corrupting our elections and legislation, that the people arii beginning to wake up to a true appreciation of the facts. Look at the history of the Harlem road ; when Commodore Vanderbilt obtained ! possession of that road he .doubled the rates of freight, find on the principle of charging !That the traffic would bear" has drained the lion's shake of the profit of production throughout that entire region, and as far as circumstances would permit, he has pursued the poli cy with all his railroad ventures. When he took possession of the Harlem road twenty years ago, its stock was quoted at about $l5 per share, and the rate of freight at that time for ,transporting milk to. New York -was 30 cents per can ; it was gradually raised to 00, and only after a great contest did the peo- 1 ple succeed in reducing it to its present price of 45 (as against an av erage of 20 cents for similar - service elsewhere). Notwishstanding the enor mous general increase in population and' values, property in Westchester county along the line Of that road, con tigitous as it is to the greatest market in the country, is worth less to-day than it was when Mr. Vanderbilt's reign began. The reason may be found in the doubled rates of fire for com- .. ranters and the excessive freight rates above mentioned. The capitalization of the road is much als;ve what it could be duplicated for to-di4-, and yet divi dends have been wrung from the peo ple of 'that section _to mite the 'stock worth $lBO per share at the present time. " "The Hudson River Road runs parj; alel with the Harlem, is operated by the same management, and yet, having water,lcompetitiim,.the average rates of freight on the latter road are only about half those on the Harlem. No one doubts that the . rates- on the Hudson River Road are sufficiently remunera tive, nor those on the. Harlem are ex orbitant. It is a simple iillustration that might makes right,' and that a free-booter, if be only understands the habits of the American people, can - rob them with impunity. The instances I haVe cited are bnt types of out whole railroad system. Is it any wonder that railroad men grow suddenly rich, whil e the number of tramps and beggars in- crease ?" [Concluded next Week] Ulf VT DEATH OF THE BROTHER OF THE EX-PRZSI DWI'. SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.' Orville Grant, brother of Ex-Presi dent Grant, died, on Friday, in the New Jersy State Insane Asylum, at Morris Plains, of which he had been an inmate for some time past: He was born in 1835, and for tunny years en gaged in the saddlery hardware busi ness at Galena, Illinois._ When he bad accumulated a fortune of $75,000' he went to Chicago and started in busi-, ness there. The disasterous fire of 1871 'destroyed, howevor, his entire stock and left him , destitute. At that time his mind received '"a ,shock from which it never fully recovered. Darin the administration of President Grant Orville-figured extensively in, the War Department scandals. Through his brother's influence he secured a one third interestin 'the post of Standing Rock, with J. B. Casselberry and A. Is. Bonnafon, Sr.. of , Philadelphia, al though he never advanced.a, dollar to wards the capital until Jannary, 1876, when he put in about 82,000, but he had theretofore drawn out $l,OOO on ac count- 'of . profits. He became the equal partner of Joseph Leighton at Fort Peck, where the capital amounted to about $25,000, although he had never invested a dollar. Having had the promise of the post-tradership at Fort Berthold he withdrew his claims in favor of a - man. rained Raymont receiving therefor $l,OOO. It - has never been denied'that Bonnafon and Camielberry were the real owners of the positions, Orville receiving for his share in theq transaction thirty-three per cent on all sales made at the posts mentioned. Mr. Grant was first detained the Insane Asylum where he died, in 1878, but was sclin released, as there-,.seemed no good reason for refusing him his liberty. The time of his retaking to the asylum is not learned. His hallo cinationwas that he was engaged in a gigantic speculation involving -millions of dollars. He conversed intelligently end well upon the topics of the times and spoke with brotherly t stide of the Geneial, of whorir he wi l ts the only sur viving brother. He- had a habit of whistling softly to hin+df during the lulls in conversation, was somewhat emphatic in gesture, but on the whole *as agreeable and pleasant in manner. He preferred solitude and seemed._ to be continually absorbed in his air 'ea.* tle. In face and feature he was almost the counterpart of the brothei who has occupied so prominent a . niche in American history.—Phila.i Times. "Don't Know half their Value." '"They cured me off- Ague, Biliousness and Kidney Compllint, aa ,secommended. I bid a half bottle left whibill I used for my two RV tie girls, who ilia doctors and neighbors said could not be cured. I would have lost both of them one night if I had not given them Hop Bitters. They did them so much good I continued their use until they were cared. That is why .1 mai you do not know half the value of Hop Bitters, and do not recommend them, high enough."*--8., Rochester, N. Y. Bee other colninn.—American Rare Hom. --ang 11-2 w •'My .Besek Athos so, and I feel miserable," said a hard working man. ' The doctor questioned -him and found that ho hail bean habituallylcostive for years, that now His kidneys were disordered audible whole system diitanged. Kidney-Wort was recommended and -faithfully taken, and in a short time every was unmoved. The cleansing and tonic power of this medicine on the bowels ,and kidneys is wonderful. Chrugregationatist. Kendall's Sparta' Core is highly ream mended by Prot. Williams the Ironderta gorse trainer. Bead their Adiertisement. General News Summary. General Butted Patterson _died in Philadelphia on Sunday last. - _ The 'Wilzig Ow/Pot President ita.r • son was sold Thursday at public sale. dray. persons died in New York Sal- Urday and Sunday from the heat. Hiue-.lck bast accepted the cora /112124' of the. troops at the, Yorktown e-lebration. Xlermder H. Stephens is slid to be writing a new book, simply to make some espial remark" of Jeff Danis. The publin s debt statement ior July sbows a decrease of more than ten million dollars. Bihbop P. K. Smith, formerly of the "Ammon Church, has been mnrileredi presumably 14 Mormons. ,„ Tbe Democrats of Virginia, on Thurs day last, nominated j. W. Daniel for Govvrnor, Barbour for Lieut. Governor and McKinney for .Attern4-GenesaL James Baker, a fanner at Fort ,Wayne, Ind. in .a fit 'of dinnken . rage allot William Howell with a rifle, killing him. New Hampshire wants to: celebrate the etateurti,l anniversary;Tot Daniel Webster 's bid . It occurs January 18, 1882. Au enthtlasitie Maryland editor weal . like to have only one Presiden tial nominee in 1884, and that one James A. Garfield. The Democrats of Mississippi. 'on the thiitieth bollot, nominated Gen. Robert Lowrey for Governor, and G. D. Sands, foi Lient, ,Governor. An exchange says the enormous con _ sumptiou of French kid gloves has com pletely externiinated the myriads of rats that used to infest the Paris sewers. The Democratic majority, at the Kentucky election, was unusually large; four men were killed - and more wound ed. It. Milburn Jr., aged 'twelve, in a quarrel. shot and killed his cousin John McCarthy; aged fourteen, at Portereville Ind. A Shippensburg Pa. I - pedal !to the Philadelphia Press represent s' that a colored woman in that town _is changing from a jet black toy a fair white. Four colored men were appointed hi the police force in Philadelphia on Thursday last, being the first of the race to a-ear police uniform in that city. In all prob4bility there will be no •tstraigh tout" Republican •ticket in Virginia, us in a majority of cclnnties coalition delegates have been elected to the State Convention. Hobert H4llinger.and Kitty Hild, 'of Chicago,: n , l/th aged eighteen, took morphine because crus.sed in love. The boy died'and the gill is in a criti conditi9n. • Nathan Orlando Greeofield picas exe cuted at Syracuse, ou Friday last. He bopc•d against Lope nntill the vei.:y last minute. He made no confession, but firmly mautained his innoCence. H. W. Wilson, a 'contractor, and A. J. Zucker, an architect, • fought a duel with pistols in the streets at Meridian Miss. Wilson was shOt in the leg and Zucker was , shot by' a by stander in the breast. Third Assistant Postmaster-General .Star Route and steamboat mail service for July as amounting to 5314,000, and that the total savings by reductions and discontinuance - since March 4th, is ,81,381,000. The Democratic State committee met on Wednesday in Harrisburg to fix upon • the time and place for holding the next 'ctinvention. The. Philadelphia delega tion will be, satisfied with either Har 7 risburg . or Heading„ • r. - The Mes.-iaa quail imported into Maine•last year, returned this spring and have hatched good-sized broods, and it is now deemed a settled fact that they will live there and increase rapidly. Some of the')ir ds did not return to the , exact localities 'm which they were lib= crated, but made new:homes. • A Colorado editor who has visited Salt . Lake City says "Mormonism is growing and the wealth of the - Church ie rapidly increasing." There is money in it snd money hires brains. Some of the Wealthy Mormon metchants apos tatizd because of an' unwillingness to buy titihings. The women are not in clined to rebel against polygamy." Stitt More Dynamite. A CONCLAVE OF CONSPEFLATOES CHICAGO, - Aug. s.—The secret con clave of Irishmen continued in session to-day and additional facts leaked out concerning its objects. - • John - Warren, of • • Lowell, Masa., Thomas Quinn, of Peoria, a laborer of Crowe, Geo, West, of Providence, law yer and socrtta , y of the branch Dud League, Rev. Father Beals, St. Louis, George Cunningham, of New Haven and many Other well known agitators- are present. It transpires that these men aro the 'dynamite crowd; that their delibera tions'are not as to -whether dynamite shall be used against Rolland but as to the most feasible way'of using it. In the discussion, n-3 doubt was expressed of, there being plenty of Irislimen who would accept the possibility or e \ ten the certainty of death, if by. it theymight do a *great a ;..3: serious damage to Eng land. * Plans were elaborated, it is said, by which dynamite was to be furnished and, used on vessels and in cities. They considered the que4tion how to got better mannfactures of infernal machines in the United' States and France Their: financial condition was report. ed sound. • The treasury contaiOs nearly $lOO,OOO for tue :skirmishing fund, and the committee. has beau appointed, to provide for the future and' levy tax to raise more. A delegatiockof city pleats waited on members of . : tbe conclave to-day and begged them with solemn adjurations and impressive arguments -to desist from their plots and' adjourn at opce. They refused to listen to such argument and advice, and saying that they came here for business and, were determined to accomplish their purpose, The meeting will probably terminate to-mono*. Vennor says we will have a great change in the weather abotit the time the new comet is at its perihelion, when it will be also nearest the earth.- This will occur the 20th instant. During_the week from the 15th to the 20th, instead of being burned up, we shall nearly be froien by frosts and add - 'northerly winds. Schools and Churches. Pas ass Excellent advantages have been fur nished in our country for • the educe : ion of the citizens, and churches, which are intended to guard our morals and fortify the government, are everywhere protected bylaw. Let us look at this 'matter of free school Our-fat ers framed a govern ment foir the peo e. But the, ignorint masses hive litt idea of how so'cial order is to be _ red, or what 'the use of the ballot- im •es, and might easily abuse the sacred advantages 'which have, been gran them. To lay the scepter of autho rity at their feet would be like throwing . pearis . before swine. Hence the absolute need of educating Our voters in their civil obligations, and, as many of our citizens would be too poor, or unwilling to pay for their chil dren's education, there arises the ne cessity of providing free schools. = In the matter of education as in ma ny other things; the several states have been 14t to regulate their own affairs. The New England States from the first have guarded with jealous care the id ielligence of their citizens', and very complete educational systems are found in all our northern states. Colonists from Yankee Land going westward, have no sooner made clearings in the wilderness than they have planted school houses, and in some of the Wes tern States, as Michigan and Illinois, imtnenEe endowments have been provi ded in the interests of Education. New York has about 12,000 Com mon Schools, - xds,—a dozen or more in each of her NO towns. She has high schools in all the larger towns and a State University. &sides, she fondly cherishes, and endows in part a great number oflndependent academies and ,colleges. New York is now spending -ten dolletiris• - each year on her public schools. Pennsylvania is-famed for the same abUndant liberality in the education fof her citizens, and all the States to the west and south seem to be emulating the example of their older sisters in .providing free schools. - The South is at last waking up to this matter, and recognizing the necess ity, , of educating her black poulation as well as the white,, appropriations are now being - made by the State governments for that purpose.., No citizen among us is so poor, not even the newly arriv ed emigrant, that his children must bt deprived of an enueition. Teachers, books, and school apparatus, are hard ly less accessible than the air we breathe. If any grow up•hi ignorance it must be charged•to the neglect of a splendid. op portunity. And yet look at these figures given by Prof: Gardiner of Albany. at the State °University Convention held recently in that city. - The voting population of :the United States as shown by the statistics of 1870 was 7,; 623,000. The number of illitterate voters was 1,530.006. - Twenty °per cent of the entire voting population of the United States, and 45 per cent .of -r flAn (m.l4.n•ns could not read their ballots. - New York has 77000 illiterate voters and Pennsylvania 67000. Much of this illiteracy is found in our 'rapidly grow ing cities and among our recently nat. uralizel emigrants, and yet, who does not know of'children of native born citizens - that are allowed to run the streets as vagrants during school hours. There are people to whom we intrust - the ballot that -have grown' up within sight of our school buildings and yet are' utterly ignerant of 'their simplest duties as Arnfrican citizens. That many among us are growing up it,mo ramusea shows the impossibility of ma king intelligent Citizens by any' patent process, it being much easier to provide schools ilian to compel idle and- dissi pated people to use them. Not the least glory of our nation' is the protection it gives to religion: The civil power, as' I have intimated, finds it difficult to enforce scientific - culture upon the people, much less can it enforce that more needed culturethe ' KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. But it can pro tect' religious men in _their voluntary support of churches ! To do less than this would be to invite demoralization and speedy: political ruin. Let the State do What she-can to educate' the intellect, expecting a Higher Power to supplement her feeble efforts in educa- 1 ting the conscience. The State may furnish schools• but she cannot make scholars. The State can defend church .l • church es ag,ainst, t persecution, but she cannot manufacture piety. The , State should !not lay any form of religibn - as- - a bon ° dage upon the people, but she ought, to protect the weakest citizen in answer ing his conscience before God.. It may 'happen, as we observe in our country. to-day,qhat rival churches become too abundant, but sectarianism is a folly rather than a crime, and ekcess ofi:de• nominations is a smaller evil than state interference. Therefore oar govern ment does Neal to permit the Presbyte rian to formulate his ; difficult - creed, and the Quaker to wear his broad brimmed - 2hat in the . meeting.house There is no harm in deacon's standing up to pray, or in bishops' celebrating high mass, , provided neither Plot againk the government. , et every - man answer his own c science or whim, provided he indulge :n no fa naticism, like poligamy that endangers the morals of the - people. Great, blessings -it must be confessed have been thus far enjoyed by the citi zens of this Republic. The oppressions .of which other nations 'Complain have not been ours to suffer. No despot during,the first hundred years of our history has been able to put his foot upon our necks. • But we must remem ber that it is too early to boast of the ultimate effect - of I what we call our free institutions: A ship may make its I],rst trip safely under favoring breezes; that may go awreek r before a contrary tem pest in the second or third voyage. Our early populations were brave and educated Englishmen. They had a firm religious faith though differing in outward-forms.' They were 'poor but boneit. Th6r, since were - as s t ee l azd their courage . triumphant over all b-...f -fetings. Tin' prized the liberties they had gained knowmg their cost too, to abuse them; and they were eminent ly capable of self-goxernment chastened their'mOtives, how lofty ti:ei r ambition compared to that of th k wrangling mobs and maddened ists who from different-quarters Ea- rope are node raising an outcry !fir erty. The foundations of this Nat's ; were laid in poVerty, with fewer temp tations to bribery than in thi day of rich corporations, when railway compl niesshave the presumption -to pa.r:k nominating conventions and buy z.p legislatures. Our lands W - Pre abundant and neighbors liied too fa: apart to be jealous of e. 4 rights. How soon we shall deol country, and the - crow ;1 Wilk b La sorts=-many of them il4terate and sipateli, utterly unfit to discharge obligations of citizenship. Not all sons of New England will be er of the stotk . from which they sprur.., s since luxury is spoiling them. Gr,tati-r tides of emigration -than were once conceivable are flooding our Shores. good. and the bad from the Old Wor . .-i= how many mistaking liberty for- ia-x. lessness. Against them let us rain r.) cry of denunciation. They may have as good a right here - as our Fathers ! and we 'have .certainly proclaimed universal welcome. All things ereA, Our free schools, so pften una:- 1 - tended, our churches protected h ut largely forsaken, ournative populat;( 4 , degenerating by means of liixurv' 11- I an - uncontrollable emigration now E ., dr . ging upon - our shores, ought - we to cherish an occasional sober though: of '.possible dangers just ahead, and 11 , 51 , 1 check upon our wild boasting?' NVe have a great country. hit to be 2 , as well as great ? Wealth is fazst. 4!:- cumulating.• IS that wealth 'to be I serrated to virtue ? - Our fabric of ;Tov. ernment is fair to look upon. strong to endure ? We have provilei opportunities for the education of our prospective citizens. Can we comp 4 the attendance r of our' youth where thr needed education may. be secured We tolerate Christianity. Will that I save us from heathenism, infidelity i ! and a dead- conscience ? Will our in creasing population beCome so gent and virtuous as to put away bru. tal rivalries, fanaticism and vice, and become increasinily -capable of se:f ! ggvernment ? Morriscilk N, Y. The attention of the Chairman, ani through him the attention of theßepub licanCounty Canimittee is directed to the following provisions of the Act of June 29th, 1881: "Regulating the hord ing of, and to prevent frauds at Pri: mary Elections.". - SEcnosil. That from and after the passage of 'this act it shall be lawful aril, it is hereby made the duties cf tae Judges, Inspectors and Clerks, or other officers of the Primary Elections, 'Meet ings or Caucuses, held for the purpose 21... 7 n9ninatity can didotod e motwealth of Pennsylvania, before en tering upon the discatge of their clutiez2,. severally to take and subscribe to am oath or affirmaiion,in the:preseuce cf. each other, in form. as _follows, namely; TEIE ()Aril "FLA B,) do (swear or affirm) that I will as Judge, Inspector or Clerk, las the:case may be) at the ensuing election, impartially and faithfully perform my duties in accordance with the law and constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and iii accordance. with p. , rules and regulatimi.s adopted by party of "the County of government of said Primary •i7Pctions, - Meetings or Caucuses, to the best of n3e. judgment and abilities." HOW THE OATH SHALL BE ADMERISTERED-,: Tile oath or afamation shall be tint administered to the Judge by one of the Inspectors, then the Judge so qualified toadminister the oath or affirmation to the inspectors and Clerks, and he may, administer the u.sth_to any elector oflering - to vote as to his qualification to vote at such election-. N,„B. —PENALTY FOR AGEING WITHOUT . •QCALIFYING. . . . SECOION 2. If a.ny Jodge,. Inspector. Clerk or other officer of . a .Primary Election: as aforesaid, shall presume-to act in such capacity before .the taking and subscribing to -the oath or -affirma tion required by this Act, be shall, en conviction, be fine not exceeding tau hundred dollars. - . We see nu reference in the call Of Cie . Chairman - of the Republican County Committee for the delegate elections :in County _Convention -to the: provision , - of this Act. it strikes its' that be should issua lipeciai instructions to the several Committees of Vigilance, instructing them bow to proceed under the law in organizing the primary- election for ti-e choice 'of delegates: - Certain it is, that. Chairmen and Clerks of the catfeu . should be sworn in accord Once with ti.; law, before they can legally coutinetth•-• The'votis must be by written or printed tialliqs, and the result .Itily certified' by the chosen officers i.af the minims or pritOary ..t..fection.:: Tots slit , - .jeet should recitivet immediate atteatieJD. AVe would 44ggest . that: iustructiall; in substande bin issued as fello-est--TEIE • • s\ PRIMARY'ELECTION. The Republican voters of--each tiou district on assembling in their re - spectiye districts at the time, specitl , l in ti.e'aall, slain then. ; and there Choc a President and two' Secretaries, - wL - ; , after being- duly sworn, shall condos' said election in accordann with the 1.1%' , and.the Rules of the Republican part- QUALIFICATIONS OF EI.ECTOES. None but Republicans in good stand ing, who voted the Republican National or State ticket at the - preceding election, those - who under oath declare their intention to vote the next 11-.lsab• lican ticket,' those natoraliz--1 ti,, last election declaring under oath t. feality to T tlio Republican party, 3 - - 1 Republican .minors coming of age fore the . next general electiit, shall LT permitted to vote at the Pritusr!' Election. The residence and qualiticatio: , s electors shall be the same, far ssafT'' cable, us those prescribed by the . geux l). election lairs of the State. It shall be the duty of thii Ju(lge 1' administer an oath of affirmaiiOu to AUY person offering to vote, vilic:u hip go"' tkations Atm electc.r are inilotibt:: . SMITH'S LANDINO, MAW.- -0, • N • J ' I have need. Dr. Clark Johnseu's Blood Syrup for, heart Disease, sud rc; ceived great benetit therefrom. I re...on:ut: 4 its use to suffering humanity. - ' • . Eseusg, J. H. INT.LSON