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THE REPUBLICAN.
JUDSON HOLCO3IB. t
CHAS. L. TRACY.
JUDSON HOLCOMB, Editor,.
CHAS. H. ALLEN, Associate Editor.
"Reasonaole taxes, hvitust expevaititres; cmn
peen( ofiTerrx; ' (Ind no steateng." Harpers
Weekly. - •
W Entered In the Poet OMee at Towanda as
Monday
Tuesday
'Wednesday •
Thuivlay
Friday
Republican State Ticket. 'lSattFdaY 4 . ) . •• • •-• • I
SECOND CUSS MATTES.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1882.
- FOG 'GOVERNOR,
GEN. JAMES .A.. BEAVER, of Centre Co
p A.'4llcAif lot atisvgi ty,0,1
WILLIAM T. DAVIES, of Bradford Co.
• JUDGE •OF THE SUPREME EDURT,
WILLIAM HOMY RAWLE, of Phila
SYCESTAIIN OF nimotei. AFFAIRS,
JOHN ' M. GREER, of Budd . Co
• coNouvrrow a N•id-LARGt;
IL&RRIQTT 13ROSIIIS, of 4tOcos, ter
Meeting of Republican to. Committee.
iIIiADQUAITTEES REPUBLICAN STANDING
colour= ov BRADronD Comm.
ToWANDA, Pi-, July 24,1882.
The members of the Republican Standing
Committee of the County ofaradford, are
requested to meet at the COURT HOUSE in
the BOROUGH of TOWANDA, on
- SATURDAY the sth day of AUGUST,
1882, at 1 o'clock, P. H., to fix the time for
holding the Republican County Convention
to nominate- candidates for tho several
county offices to be voted for at ournext
'general election,' awl to transact such other
businesi as may be brought befOrc the Com
mittee. A full tcittendanee-,is desired.:
Thii following named gentlemen•compriso.
the committee: -
Albs boro. : —George H. Webb.
Albany—O. W. Fawcett.
Armenia—D. D. Alexander.
Asylum—A. L. Thomas.
- Athens Boro. Ist Ward—Dr. Itiscitel.
" 2nd Ward—G. E. Davis.
Athens Twp., Ist Dist.—Freak S. Morley
" 2nd Dist.—Hiram Sible.
" 3rd Dist.—Clarence Blood
Barclay—C. H. Johnson.
Burlington Twp.—Z. L. Morgan.
!" Boro—C. A. Ford.
' " • West—lsaac McKean.
Canton Twp.—Daniel Inns.
" Boro.—F. A. Owen.
Columbia—J. H. Strong.
Franklin—H. B. Kilburn. -
Granville—Samuel MAnley.
Herrick—Henry Blocker..
Leßaysville—G. W. Brink.
• Leßoy—Leroy Holcomb.
Litchfield—Chester McKinney.
Monroe Boro.—H.. W. Rockwell.
" Twp.=James D. Cummings.
New Albany-Dziniel Brown. • •
Orwell—Wm, PiCkering. "
; Overton—A. Streevey.
Pike—M. E. Warner. , . ,
Ridgbury—E. A. Cooper. .
• Rome Boro—Alexander Keefe..
Rome Twp.—Charles Daigherty. •
Sheshequin—U. E. Horton.
Smithfield—E E. Chamberlin. .
South Creek—S. B. Pettingill.
South Waverly—John Thompson.
Springfield—Finley N. Hubbard.
Standing Stone—George E. Wanness.'
Sylvania—W. L. Scouton.
Terry—J. H. Schoonover.
Wowanda Boro—lst ward—l. McPherson.
" 2d ward—C. H. Allen.
" " 3d ward—L. Elsbreo.
Towanda Twp.-:—George H. Fox.
• Towanda North—D. T. Foster. .
Troy Boro. : --0. P. Adams.
Troy Towp.,—William Verbeck. •
Tuscarora—William Shnmway.
Ulster--George B. Rockwell. -
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Warren—Howell Howell. .
Wells—G. H. Grinnell. •
Wilmot—George T. Ingham,
Windham—T. E. Weller. • -
Wyalusing t Ist Dist.—Th .E. Myer.
61 2d Dist.—Jas. Donnahue.
Wysox, ISt Dist.—Col..B. Whitney.
" 2d Dist.--S. J. .
The National debt was reduced .$13,860
027.52, in the month of July.
There - will be party harmony 'and but
one Republican State ticket in the field
before October comes.
The Delawaio Republicans have nomi
nated Alliert Curry for Governor and
Washingt!on Hastings for pngress. This
is a compromise ticket and means success.
A call for a convention of the trade and
labor unions - and Knights of Labor organi
saticms of New York State, .to be held' in
the city of Buffalo S'eptember 12, has been
issued by George Blair, president of the
Workingmen's Assembly. The object is
stated to be to secure the election of labor
representatives to the tacit Legislature.
Six hundred and seventy-eight- thousand
dollars seems a good_ deal of money, to pay
for the publication of the census reports,
but as the Senate has appropriated that
mini for the purpose, it "must be as
sumed that no less an amount would
suffice. One thing is certain, that ' the
census must be published no matter what
it costs.
It is stated that some of the Western
grain and cattle speColators who have been
to some extent responsible for the high
price of provisions, are in a tight place and
likely to be ruined by the break in the
market which has already commenced. It
is much to be' feared that.the news of their
diStres; will bp received with more Sails
faction than sympathy.
The National Brewers' 'Association kas
contributed $3,000 toward electing Will E.
English, (the on of English who Inn with
Hancock,) to Congress from the Indian
apolis District. This charge is made by the
Indianapolis Jsturna!, which adds that the
stun will be increased by contributions
from local brewers, at the head' f whom is
a .whilom Republican. The object is to
have revenge upon the Republican party
for giving the - people permission to vote
upon a prohibitory amendment to the State
constitution.
General Grant has addressed a letter to
Chairman Williams of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs in reference to
the pending question of the return of th'e
Japanese indemnity fund. The General
states that it will be a - matter of much
moment to the credit of the country- that
the money, which he believes was Wrong
fully exacted, should be promptly repaid
and with fult interest. He specially de
precates any attempt to offer a comproniise
on the interest question.
We tnist there will be arull meeting of
the Republican committee cif the;county on
Satxrniay next. The question of , the time
of meeting of the County nominating eon
relation is of unn.qual importance this year.
In the hope that there may yet bo a settle
ment of the division of the, party on' the
State ticket,: we suggest that oar county
'convention be held at a later data than
12=4 Two months betvieen the conren
'in and the election is ample time.
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Dernoenitic papers are publishing a
4ule showing the annual reduction
~t sad . expenditures in Philadel
the Out five years and the re-
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of
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P,bia dwinx
deiphia
W: J. YOUNG, Chairm4n
duction of the tax rate 'from $2.15 to $1.9 0 1'
all of which they ascribe to Pattison.
Now the fact is that _the, Container has
nothing whatever to do
_with the matter,
"the tax levy. being
_made :by I,the Councils
who also make theAfpropria#mis for the
various departmenM and thus it was to the
Republican Councils that the tax-payers
owe their relief. Great is huMbug.
The receipts into the Treasury of the
United States from custom and internal
revunue for each business day last siceli
were as follows
$1,816,195.96
I- 915,844.69
,806,221.29
.„081,700.07
1246,1_)75.44
Total
Daily average
Comnusisoner of Intormil Rave
Iwo
Baum luis' !hada a report to the Secretary
()Elbe Treasury as to the working of his
department during the past fiscal year.. He
states that from the 126 collectors of inter
nal revenue the sum of $146,520,273 71 has
been accounted for and turned into the
Treasury. The expenses of .the depart
ment, it, is stated, will not exceed for the
past' year $5,108,300, or 3+ P.r cont. He
midi that during the past fiscal years
$748,831,071 01 have been ccillecteil at an
expense of $27,087,300 or 3 610 per cent.
on the amount collected, and that there has
been no lass to the department by defalca- .
tions. - I
. The North American is of thetwinion
that next to a Virginia
. Duel in point of
broad humor, there comes undoubtedly 'the
mud-slinging combat betwen la Representa
tive and a Senator in an American Con
gress. There is probably ' a good deal Of
fun for thosewho piss from one shop to the'
other to hear the untamed,l fi ery orators `
declaiming bloOd, and thunder, safely out 4
sight and sound of each other and yet the
spectacle is not an elevating ' one. It is! i
b / i
very , doubtful whether in th mellow light
of the future Senator Butler nd Represen
tative Miller will appreciate the historical
portraits in fools' caps and lls which the
Congregsional Record will Preserve.
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In quoting the following last week • from
the Towanda Reporter: "A (post office in
Wayne County as named %id . win' in honor
of our Congressman," we sa2/1 "yes, and it
'was done against his poEntive protest."
We learn that we were undei! a misappre
hension of the facts in the case. The
friends of a post-office about 'lto be started
in Wayne - County, petitioned tike Depart
ment to have the office calld':"Jadwin."
.But upon the attention of Idr r Jadwin be
ing called to it by the Department he
entered his protest against the name upon
the papers and it was not done. So •there
is no post-office jin Wayne bounty called
"Jadwin."
Suppose somebody should ake the res
ponsibility of parading the youthful editor
of the Towanda Reporter, who has only a
sii months acquaintance with the people Of
Bradforil county, before th public as a
I l iman "distrusted by his assoc . tes'," and as
ono in whom "the peopki do not have con
fidence," as he •has done I through the
columns of the . Towanda Reporter, two
other old citizens of the' county V Would
the yoOng editor of the ToWanda Reporter
think it was gentlemanlS , or decent treat=
ment I The temerity-of the youthful editor
of the Towanda RePorter, is only excusable
on the ground of his igriiiran. We know
he is a "very clever fellow," and will know
more as he grows older. f, •
The District of '1 Columbia is the most
densely populated district ef the United
States having a population (4 2,960 to the
square mile. This exceeds Relgium, which
does not have more than 5001 persons per
: mile: Rhode Island and 'MassAehusetts
stand next in density, with 254.87 and
221.78 persons er mile; then there is a
long descent to 151.73 in New Jersey ;
128.52 in Conneciicut, and 106.74 in this
State. Pennsylvania and Maryland stand
next and Close together, with 95.21 and
54.82. Ohio is next with 78.46; Indiana
and Illinois are about 55 and all the rest
are under 40, except .41.22 in Kentucky,_
which leads the once slave 'States, Mary
land excepted. 'army Us only 12.19 to
the mile, and Nebraska only 5.94.
It is both shocking and - astonishing how
many deaths have been caused since the
Fourth of July by the explosion of ' "toy
pistols." 'The Philadelphia Ledger, 1 a few
.
days ago, contained allusion o no.less than
nine such cases in different parts of the
country, and the Chicago Journal; of
Saturday says that in that' city the list of
deaths from this cause since' July 4th, ac
tually reaches a total. of 'twenty. In the
whole country it thinks there have been
not less than a hundred such deaths. .The
immediate cause' is usu4lly lock-jaw, and
the explanation seems WI be that these pis
tols carry a small wafer explosive, contain-.
ing fulminate of mereuri, which if carried
into a wound by the busting of the pistol
is highly injuriout "`•i'l
There is evidently a ppwing sentimt;
among the southern people in favor of, . C i
protective tariff. It was afrnestly supiki
i t.
ed in the the platform adopted at the recent
convention- of North Carolina kepublicans,
and in Virginia the _feeling is running so
strongly in the same direction that the
Readjasters propose to' take the matter up
'and give it a permanent place in their pro
gramme. These indieations.f the drift of
public opinion are the more gratifying and
significant because the free traders have
always been Accustomed to regard the
south as their impregnable stronghold. But
since the southerners i ceased to devote
themselves exclusively to apiculture and
began to turn their attention to the manu
facturing industries, they have - undergone
a salutary and perfectly intelligible ' change
of heart. 11
The Statee - Committee of the Independents
at-their meeting on Thursdar of last week
adhered-to their nitiMattui3, demanding the
withdrawalfk both State ti4ets, and that
none' of , the dandidates -shall jbe candidates
before a no' convention for nomination.
We were inlhopes they would recede from
•
this, and a4.ee to the third (p roposition of
the RegularlCommittee. They labor under
a mistaken ionception of the temper of the
,masses of ithe Republican party of the
State, when they refuse . this proposition.
We are confident thatin case of its accep
tance, and II new.convention held under
the rules, we could - ..tname One candidate
who 'would rielbeitorainated on the Regu
lar ticket, and whose rejection by the con
vention Would satisfy the Independent Re
publicans of the State, though all the rest
of the Regular ticket shonld _ 1 1:13 renomina
ted. We think they bad better open the
way for a settlement and harmouy through
the decision df the people, .
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! The Comptroller of the 'Currency reports
that forty-nine national banks have placed
their affairs in. liquidation and organized as
new institutkts, with the same name by
which they,isere known
. pricr , to the pas
sagel of the act extending the chart of
national brinks. The reorganizatio n of
these ban4nlakes necessary the issue of
notes of ne4- design. The distinctive f
turo of the new five-dollar bank ' note w
__l , :
be a portrait of ..the late 1 , President
Garfield. There is to be no charre, in the
vignettes CM the 'notes of other denominn
tions, but the saga and charter number .are
to be printed in. broWn and 'the Treasury
numbers in blue; The borders of the re
verse of all the notes in.e to be printed in
brown, with brown lathe work in the cen.
tro, in place of the historical engravings
heretofore used. The charter number of
the bank wilt be engraved six different
times on the- border of 'the new notes of
every denomination, sar.tluit the title o
t
each note can Lie readily, ascertained _hero
after from fragments of the notes. ' -
• A very valuAble document has just been
issued from the treasury department,
giving an analysis of the publiO debt of the
,1./nitetir States for
_the twenty-six 1 years
from July-1,! 1856 , to JulY 1, 1882. Up to
the time of Bue.hanan's administration the
debt was small, being leis than '511,000,000
in 1856.' Four years later it had increased
to $58,864,402.01, and five ; years leer, or
four months. oiler his retirement, it had
grown to $86.718;660,80. The-war came,
and the debt increased rapidly, reaching its
culuminating point on the 31st. day of
Augnst,lB6s, when it stbod, at52,71Z,431,-
571.43, with an annual' interest , charge of
15150,977,097.87 Then it' began to decline
'rapidly at firstin spite o*the enonnous in
terest. there being outstanding as part of
ithe debt $839,000,0001in 7 3-10 per,oents; $l
- Brcen*, and $269,174,727.
1 65 in five per cents.) During Johnson's ad
ministration the total reduction was M3,-
649,698.34, and the amount of interest paid
$538,941,244.16. During Grant's first ad
ministration the debt radiation was $317,
399,812.34, and the amount of interest paid
$432,773,557.64.Durin' g Grant's second
administration (beginning with the panic "of
,301,807.93
157,6438,745 . ,48
1e1,278,124.24
1873) the debt reduction was $86:186,629.38,
and the total interest payment :$386,916,-
607.50. - During Hayes's adminiAration the
debt reduction was $196,625,277.14. Foi
the year ending July Ist, 1882, the first of
Aurthur's administration, the reduction was
$144;626,679.98, and the interest payment
$37,360,110.75. This is the larmst annual
payment made; the next in amount being in
the year ending July Ist,lB63—tho first
year Lifter the war—when $120,395,407.39,
was paid, also $146,068,196.29 interest.
From 1865 to 1878 the decline was $56,3t3,-
295.37, - an average . of 0,333,900 a y4r,
but since 1878 it has fallen to $37,294,361,-
.
75, avetage of $9,324,000 '
,a :year. In
1865 the total interest bearing debt tvass2,-
381 1 ,530,244:96, of whicli lessi that $270,-
000,000 bore less than six perl cent; now
there is neither a 7 3-10,per cent, six per
cent nor five - per cent bOnd in existence.
The present total interest baring debt is
$1,463,810,400, composed 4f $14,000,000
thred.per cents, $450,471,050 three and a
half Per cents' $739, 346,350 '"fout per cents
and $250,000,000 four and a half, per cents.
The debt bearing no interest is $438,241,-
788.77, and that on which interest is $16,-
260,89126; making the total of outstanding
principzi151,918,312,994.03, against which
there is $243,289,510.78 cash in the treas-
Hero lies a party once strong and- hearty,
the victim of party bosses,
'Twas stolen by stealth, lost its health, and
. died lamenting its ibises. '
By Cameron, Mitchell, Quay, and McKee,
it was bossed to its doom,
And this is the epitaph we i :be on its
' tomb.
Financial Disaster.
Some wen predict a financial crisis like
those of 1837; 1857, and -1873, but we fail=
to see evidence that would lend us to such
conclusions. Granting, however, for the
sake of argument , that there is at present
likewise a great speculation in stock's and
merchandise, such as preceded the disasters
of 1837, 18.57, and 1873, it would not of it
self be enough in our opinion to produce the
results witnessed in those years. Unless
general mutual credit - and borrowing ac
companies speculation collapse will cause
injury to none but those immediately con
cerned. Nor does the excess of imports
over exporin itself seem to us to be an in
dication of danger. Itqaay be I with this
country, asst is with Great Britain, a proof
that the world owes it more than it owes
the world, and that it is only getting back
what belongs to it. Bad crops a re indeed
to be feared as likely to diminish the means
of consumers, and check trade ; tut there
is no reason as yet to fear this c~jnmity,
and it is unwise to treat it as inevitable.
To our view, the situation ishould not
cause alarm to anybody
_who is not excess
ively in debt and not embarked in enter
prises barren of profitable results. We
have a sound currency convertible readily
into gold. The country is rich, not only in
natural resources, but in means for turning
those resources into useful commodities ex
changeable for other useful commodities.
The railma.sls and manufactories and farm
improvements for which, l up to 1873, we
were indebted to foreign creditors, are now
either paid ; for altogether or encumbered
only, with obligations to our own home cap
italists. The interest of money bag fallen
to a'point which proves that production ex
ceeds not only consumption, but f the
facilities for profitable investment. 'Any
man who has good security I to offer -can
borrow readily at six per cent. 1 . per, an
num or less in any of the older states, While
Corporations and municipalities in good
credit do not find it necessary ,to offer
enders more than four. All 4 this is in
direct opposition to the state of things
which prevailed in 1837, 18F, and 1873,
and forbids us to expect- that the panics of
those years are going to be immediately re
peated. A diseased Imagination, dwelling
exclusively upon the topic, ; may indeed
discover gronnds prophesying tuch a ditte
ter ; but they 'will not bear the examination
of onprejwliced'reason... :
EDITORIAL CORRESPQNDENCE,
W.utraNarox. D. C v l l 4lll3r 1882.
We write "on the last day of July, and
Congress is still in session with no prospect
of final adjournment ,for a Week' at least.
The sundry civil appropriation hill, has not
yet been reported to the Senate from the
Appropriations Committee, to whom it was
referred on its receipt from the House ten
days since. The Naval Appropriation bill
has not yet psed the Senate; though it has
been under Oderation and debated , in
that ady for faur or five daYs. The Sen
ate spent all dal, Saturday in discussing the
qtiestiOrt whether under the I law there Is
really such an officer as Commodore, and
so they make haste in the most leithe man
ner until everybody, is impatient of their
delay. • The House is waiting the pleasure
of the Senate for the day of film' adjourn
ment, and the members are packing their
traps to be in readiness to depart for home
to "fix their political fences,;' some of
which are sadly outbf repair, and they are
therefore anxious to get off.
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CONGRESS A POND/MOM DUCHESS. '
In contemplating' the slow -progress of
legislation, a hasty glance at the rapid
growth of the two bodies which, constitute
the legislative department of our goverr
ment, and demmiim}ted biv. the Constitution
as the "Congress of the trnited_States 4
America," will convey some idea of the
ponderous machineri ..througly which all
legislation must pass befotv it ratchet the
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FOR NOVEMBER.
Ilk facet corpus Assinus,
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statute books. -At the organization of the
• FIRST O)NCINISS. I
March 4th, 1789, the, VeliOrl. was rim
posed of the thirteen original States. : The
Senate was composed of 25 members, and
the House* Reprelentativ_as of 05, mem
-IPriiir to 1820 there were bit :ten
standing, select and joint committees °t i the
Senate; and fourteen : of the same in the
House—a total. mimber of twenty-form
The rapid increase e population`from a
little, over three million at the organization
of the first CoM*Ei up to fifty million at
the present time and the Ine7
Stateri, has gradually swollen -Congress un
til we nowhave - 76 members of the - S enate
and - 293 members .of the House—a 'total
-membership of 809. The Standing, select
and joint - Conitattees of the Senate ,now
number 44, and the same committees or the
House number 50; making a total of .:100.
All legislation must go through the Same
routine. A bill on being introduced„ in
either body, is referred to the appropriate
committee, and py them . is exieribied land
reported back, with a femora& 'er a nega
tive recommendation, as the 'committee
WWII deem proper, when it - takes its pkice
in the order of the report; and cannot be
considered out of its order except by sus
pension of the rules. Bills of a_private na
ture are placed upon the private calendar
intheir order. Every bill must, except: by
suspension of the rules, be considered : in
committee' f the whole Haase, and be itad
three timps prior to passage. When it is
stated that the bills and joint - resolutions of
the House the present session • number 7,100
and the bills of the Senate pearly B,ooolxime
idea mii);beterntedof the inimenseamorint
of labor ni,benerfornied by' the Corigras
intrusted 'kith the legislation demanded by
the varied and varying interests of a nation
of fifty millions of people. Every available
room in the entire Capitol building is aim
pied, and there is not , sufficient rooms;tar
the accommodation of the 100 committees,
and the, offices of the respective ,Houses.
Hence an enlargement of the. Capitol is Con
templated at no fiery remote period. /The
space now 'occupied b - y the Congressional
Library is entirely inadequate for the ac
commodation of the vailt collection and con
stant accumulation of books, and a separate
building will soon -be constricted for the
special use of the Library, and the rooms
now occupied for that purpose will be!tne4,
as they are mach needed, for the: commit-
tees and offices id'eongress.
Tue ximaikel,zurritsvz tam, I. •
after "being discnised for more than e, week
by, the Senate, is kild aside for the ,session,
and will not , be taken up until Congress
meets again in December. So that there
will be no roc rtetion of internal-revemie
taxes thil year. i
This will close my series of; letters from
the Capit4 this !session. . J. H.
PE SOI~AL PARAGRAPHS.;
Attcirnoy-General Brewster stated last
weeleithat tiMio was not a grain of truth in
the report , that ho contemplated a triple
England. He wag perfectly satisfied with
his present position; and had no desire or
intention to change it for the English
Mission.
-.Benjamin Mclntire, the Oldest) 'member.of
the Perry county bar, died at his home in
New Bloomfield Thursday .morning; :aged
eighty-four years.
Professor George IL Rossiter, of the:Mar
tette College,' Ohio, died Thursday morning4_l"
after a bidet' iillness'. t He has been cowl (w
-iled with the college skies 1843.
PENItYLVANIA.PARAGRAPHS;!
The Seiranton Rapublican wants an' ak''
tensive cattle, yard established at 0314 Point
A medical and stirgical institute will be
established at . Williamsport, under. the di
, •
reation of Dr. Doane.
For tivmulousneis, wakefulness, dizzi
ness, and lack of energy, a most valuable,
remedy is Browti's Iron Bitters.
There are already 124 delegates chosen to
the Firemen's state Convention, which
meets in Bradford in September. • •
The attend/ince at the State Normal
Scho6l;at West Chester has increased to
such a l u extent that it 'has been , konnd
necessary ti? add to the capacity 'of the
building, and ti new wing is now in thb
course of erection that will give room to 106
additional pupils. -
_ The old copper mines near Shannonville
Montgomery county, have been recently in
spected bY a party of gentlemen who con
template opening a new , mine, and' also
working the old one. , Old miners liaVe
pressed tie opinion that the old shaft can
be worked at a Profit. •
A La4,aster county fanner owns,a hewn
which has lived for more than a year with
out a to4ue. The animal wean valuable
one, and.the owner did not like to kill 'it,
and to his surprise it lived end thrived. ,It
eats all kinds of feed and keeps in good
condition, but is not Coinpellcd `to do any
hard work..
Orderttlave been issued to the foretnan of
eachtdepartment of tile railroad machine
shops at:Reading to discharge all men who
discuss bise ball matters during working
hours. This order is in addition',to the one
recently given to suspend - any lof thesem
ployes for two weeks. who shall attend a
base ball match. . '
A dispatch from - Waynesburg, says
"Mary Stearns, aged sixteen years, Was
arrested Wednesday evening, charged with
poisoning her step-mother. , It is said that
the step mother made . home unpleasant for
Mary and her sister, and that one day last
week they administered poison to her, friim
the effect of Which • she died. The other
sister is still at liberty
The affairs of the State Capital Insurance
Company of Harrisburg were closed Thurs
day by the sale of the effects of the corn
piny at, auction by-order of the receiver
pointed by the court. The proceeds of the
sale aggregated about $075. A large
crowd was attracted by the sale, many of
those presient being victims of this and
other concerns of the samo nature.
COra and llargetta fitarm, the ts?o girls
charged with the murder •of their ! step
mother at Waynesburg Green county, are
both under , arrest Instead of poisoning
the old lady, as stated previously, the girls
enticed her to the spring-house, and after
knocking her senseless with a billet of wood,
one of them stuck her in the heart with a
darning needle. The , girls were - well
brought, -up, i but, have been wayward. .
They aredatighiers of a Methiklistpreacber.
The Meat Inipector of Pittsburg dis
coveia a number of boxes packed with
decayed, meat on Friday, and on investigat
ing the case a s certained that Chicago dea;-
lers are in the habit of shipping their refuse
meat to butchers in other places for the
purpose of'being manufactured into liologrus
sausages. Mr. Drexiar found and Con
demned 200 pounds of the meat, and. is un
der, the impression that double that quantity
in the hands of different eimindmion-himsas
in the city which he had not succeeded in
finding. 1' •
Irene 'll6rey, of 31cuitgomery county,
found a large roll of batik Ws a feri_days
ago while walking through it strip of wood
land near Itulpsville, in that county. Hie
attention was first attracted' by a 42
fluttering among the leaves; and on Making
further search the package was found,
partly concealed by a log. The _affair has
caused a greak,deal of excitement in the
vicinity,' and many Uremia are'gives as to-
E
.
how the money found fig wal l io the .place
where, it was thaxwered. finder re
fillies to state the amount el money in the
PackPire- - .
itingubz. plea - - ot lunacy has been
brought to light in Ihnitaimiery county ,by
the filing of the report ot a committee on
lunacy in the case - of Mande Shriner, of
Res ersford :: Thos patient is but five years
(lege, and until within a fewl . months was
considered a remarkably bright and intelli
gent ;child. Jler attacks are becoming
more frequent and she has become very
violent, lmving made several attempts to
injure members of the family with
whatever , weapon she . could obtain.
She 01 be animated to the Norristown
Itospitat - -
Altoona.:people:. .witnessed an exciting
runaway the other day.' One of the street
ca la Was mating its nand trip when the
hors'i.took fright and , dragged the car from
the track; The come being •down grade
rapid betdceay . , trio made, and the driver
being apprehensite of en upset jumped off.
After going some distance. the car struck
the track and the wheels held to their pla
ces, though going much fader than l'epthk
tion time. This continued some distance,
'when agentleinan czindht on at the rear
end Of the ear, and by putting cm the
braiesstopped the fiery and untamed - steed
in tde mid career. .
quite a finery has created in Franklin on
Saturday by the announcement that John
G. Craft, cashier of the Exchange Bank,
was a defeaulter to a large inicant. The
exact emu cannot be' stated, but It is said
0+• be between' $50,000 and $lOO,OOO. " It
is said that Craft lost heavily on the oil
ii 4.1434, and Widths bank funds ,to, cover
his knees. The stockholders of the bank
are individually liable . and are prepared to
meet nil demands made upon the bank,
which will continue Wiriness as usual.
Craft is a deacon in the Presbyterian
Church, and has enjoyed-the confidenM and
respect of the citizens to the fullest, dcr s ree.
Theleniet toorough of Welt Chester was
stirred up .a few days ago by the discovery
of a - case of the Enoch Arden stamp exist
ing alithin the' precincts of the law-abiding
town: The commotion was caused by the
sudden appearance of a man who some
ten years ago had left' the plaM, leaving
behind him a young and
. comely wife, to
whom ho had been married but a short
time; before. For a long time nothing was
heard of hire; I but atlast news came of his
death; and his wife, supposing herself to be
a widow, married
un. ce
'ed
agr • - Sin his arri
val the woman has shown a decided prefer
ence for her second hushimd, rind proceed
ings in divorce have been instituted.
Abram 'Whipple, 'of Northumberland
county, known as a horse thief in this
State was arr e sted on Saturday night.,
When he dis Covered that officers were after
him' he attempted to make his escape, but
was' overtaken. He had in his posession a
horse and three sets of harness, supposed
to haveheen stolen between Wilkesberre
and Harrisburg. •At a hearing at Wilkes:
berre-Monday morning be was committed
to jail for fUrther examination. The -Pris
oner was one of a gang of notorious thieves
who were arrested near Sunbury in June
last, among whom .Wes William Whipple,.
his brother, Wdlipm at, the time resisted
arrest; and was sli'ot byan officer, receiV4
ing a wound, from the effect of which ha
died., Abram was tried on the occasion;
but was released for lack of evidence.
POLITICAL fOI,ItTS.
The Democratic prei3s 'is unanimously in
favor ofthe Independentmoyement--divis
ions in. the .Reinblican party always help
the Renrerats. '
fair field and no f avor was the spirit Of
the proposition made by, the Republicans to
the Independents, according to_the inter.
pretation of the - Pittsburg Canyaireial
Gazelle. '
' Lancaster fity is enjoying the blessing of
iHeform n4M-partisan Democratic Mayor
whO endorses the platform that fitness not
pediticU 'should ' : be :considered in appoint
meats to off,ce. He only , believes in it in
theory; however, as he only 'appoints Dem
ocratito office.
Judie Persbing, of SchuYllull county,
has replied to the request,- signed by fifty
three membeis of the bar, irrespictive of
party, asking him to becOnie a • candidate
for re-election. He says he ;will be a can
didate before the people, svit4xot regard to
the action of any political pai i ty. '
The Deurodracy don't enjoy independence
in is own !links. The stand taken by the
Record of Philadelphia has caused quite a
commotion, and the liecordmity expect an
overhauling from its colleagues. An Inde-'
pendent Republican is a very proper sort of
a person in Democratic eyes. But an Inde
pendent Democrat, my I
Senatcir Kellogg, of •Lonisana, is reported
in al, dispatch to the Chicago Tribune to be ,
reasonably certain ofthe Republican nomi
nation to Congress in the Ilird LoiStrict of
his state. • His friends Claim that hp will be
successful on the first ballot. The, district
has a Republican- majority t o!' 0,00,0, and a
party nomination is 'considered equivalent
to an election.
The CluiMbersburg Repository wants; to
lmow whether Democratic reform in Penn
sylVania means the restmatiewof the forty
Millions of State debt which the Democrats
left as a legacy when bustled out of power
im 1,881. Then every foot of land in Penn
sylvania was taxed to pay the inter
est on that debt; now ! there is - no
State tax on -land, and the debt
itself is nominally extbguighed,- in spite of
the, war piecipitated upon the country by
the Democracy, - • ;
The unfairness or carelUssiuns of the
Philadelphia;Breniag Telegrelm is shown in
their report of the persons in attendance at
the meeting. of-. Senator. Mitchell's State
committee, by the effort to Make prominent
people out of nonentities: Thus it speaks
of the representative froin Luzern as an
ex-Member of Congress, which he is not ;
i►s • another one of , the committee which
elected Mariett !Brad= as delegata,to Chi
cago, which WI true as Mr. Brosins was
never elected , a delegate, and so oii.—West
Cheater Record.
IBM
Speaking of the meethigof the Didepend•
ent!Committee last wtek, Mill its action,
theAiladelphis Press mint, "The repre
sentatives from the interior Were largely in
fay ar of more liberal action. It i ewas the
representatives from Philadelphia, who had
greater grieVances, and who in danger
of Moving on from Independent Republi
can's to IndePendentsrat. an attitude peril
ous to' the party—that forceirthe determi
nation 'of , the !Committee. " Every Demo
crat; will rejoice at it. But it is yet in the
poser of the patriotic element of the Re
publican party to save
colony of frogs were off on an expedi
tion long enough - to forget that they were
once tadpolei. On their return they found
their native 'o,dd peopled with a new pro
geny of tadpoles, whose tails they at once
voted to remove, on the plea of reform. In
- the youngsters remonstrated that they
were in a state of nature and not regional
ble for their tails. They even went so far
as to intimate,thst they who now' denounc
ed them one had tails too, and that if left
alone theY,wi'uld in die time shed theiits
and,get to be frogs in good "Welling. tilt
theirHspee4es were :not lutard. Off came
their tails; and what would have been a
pine genetutkui - Of frogs beciune a pool
of seMidng tad pole". Some reforms are
In an interview in Chicago ei-Senator,
McDonald, of Indianai' stated it to ho his
belief that things looked very promislnifor
the Dancieracy. He thought enough Con
groom would be gained in the Northern
States to give the party 'control of the nett
House of
_Representatives. He had little
- hope, however, of a Democratic victory in
New York State on account of a continu
ance of the same condition of things which
had ingliklit disa s ter' to the party. in recent
years. i The, 'people, he 'feared, were not
ready for free trade. • but the Democracy
shouldmake revenue reform with free trade
tendencies iti platform in 1884. On Such a
platform he believed they Could miry New
To* and some of the. Western States. As
to the probable Presidential candidates he
was unwilling to express an opinion.
The trouble with the Pennsylvania Re
publicans is that one faction is , afraid
and the other "detail." Having got by the
ears in senseless fashion, and having dis
coveredr, the possible Consequences, both
sides made overtures. The regulars pro
posed pair' basie of compromise, , and the
bolters refused them all, fearing that it was
a trick At the adversary to get ahead.
Neat the bolters marked out a course which
might produce harmony, and now the re
gulars have declined with. nothanks, sus
pecting that they might get left in Pursuing
it. The' whole business is unfortunate.
What the Republican party wants in Penn
sylvania is no boss and no anti-boss, no
Stalwarts and no Half-breedi, no Owner:On
ism and no Mitehellism, but a long pull and
a strong pull and a pull all together. Under
the circumstances, the Democrats are quite
Wirt° carry the State. What gain that
lent be to any RepubliCan we are at a kiss
to see.— Pam the' st. Louis Globe-Demo
crat (Rep.)
In closing an article on the action taken
at the recent- ineeting of the Independent
ficantuittee of this State the Elmira'Adrer
ttser says :
".But all hope of compromiie seems now
at an end. The campaign is evidently to be
prosecuted with two Republican fickets in
the field. This being 80, the duty , of 'all
good party men would seem plain enough--
id work and vote for General Beaver and
the rest of the regular ticket. We
crush little faith in reform which aims to crush
out the Republicans and - put Democrats in
power. We believe in reform within the
party. We believe nothing could .be
gained, either for the cause of good genfern
meat in Pennsylvania or` the Republican
party, by 'drawing off votes enough from
General Beav,er to give the vitally itipor
taut election of this year to the Democrats.
We are glad to see that Senator Mitchell, in
his telegram to the committee of Independ
ents, spoke not unfavorably of a new con
vention ; but that just and honorable
method of closing the breach has, as we
have * said, - probably passed away finally.
The fact, however, that the reg ul ars 'nude
the offer ought, as the Advertiser has here
tofore observed, turn the tide strongly in
favor of General Beaver."
The . independents said they wanted - ei
new I Convention; and the regulais reply
"youl shall have it." ,T ha Independents
said. we want the delegates" chosen accord
ing to our plan; the'regulars have replied
-"all right, let them be so chosen." The Inde
pendents said "we want, the. representation
in- the convention ~to be bawd on the Re
publican vote ," and the regulars have an
swered "so ho it." Thus every concession
demanded has been made, but not content
with this the Independents now say "we
claini the right to prohibit the nomination of
certain men by convention." This goes just
one step too far. Unless we can have a new
convention,, absolutely free, - untrammeled
and "unboaSeel," then it is useless to have a
new convention. If we have another new
convention thadelegates must come fresh
from the people, to do their Will, and must
own no masterl save that ofpopulai senti-.
ment in the Republican party; If the pre
ferenee of the party is fo i r ( L . Beaver then
Beaver must be nominated; if for Stewart
then he must become the standard bearer;
if a new man is the party' choice, then
both Beaver and . Stewart must stand. aside.
The convention must be free to carry out
the will of the Republican masses; other
wise we want no new convention because
it would accomplish nothing.—lntlePendent
Republican, Montrose. ; ,
GENERAL GLEANINGS.
. ,
One thoimand pounds of tainted meat,
consigned to Pittsburg parties from? .the
.west, imi - discovered on Wedneiday by the
meat inspector and desroyed.
, .
Ladies and all sufferers from neuralgia,
hysteria, and kindred comphiintd, will find
without a rival Brown's Iron:Bitters.
The forest tires are still, raging in Michi
gan. From Mead= to within a mile of
Tawas City the destruction has been very
farm produce, fences, hay, grain
and three dwellings have already been• de
stroyed.
The bodies of three American prospectors
have been found near San AnteSio, in
Sonora Viilley. The natives) say that the
men were murdered by Apaches, but it is be-
Rowed that the deed was committed by Mexi
cans, as Mexicans were found working the,
prosipectors'
,Burglars entered the store of Dr. Towks
bury Ashley, at Wilksbarre, at an early
hour Friday morning. The.lsafe, contain
in a large amount of money and valuable
papers, was blown, open, but before the
thieve ,could secure anything they were
idarmed by neighbors and made their escape,
leaving their tools in the bielditig. ,
A large cargo of 'granite for. the Wish
ingtoa•Monument has arrived in Washhig- .
ton from Rockland, Maine, and as soon as
it can ) be cut into blocks work on the monu
ment will be,resumed. The section which
Was unfinished When the work an the last
course was stopped will then be completed,
giving the incontinent B height of 200 feet.
' The contract for building the new Easton
nuumfactory has been awarded for the
sum of $29,090. The building will be of
brick, and will consist of a main building
54 by- 138 feet, three stories high: s and a
one-story boiler and engine house, 85 by 52
feet. 'The Work of erection begun
at once, and pushed forward as rapidly as
Malaria train the undrained. Pontine.
marshes, near Rome, is a terror to travel
lers. Ayer's Ague Cure is an effectual pi a
tection frdm tke.diseases and a cure for
these who have become its victims. It
works just as effectually in all malarial dig-.
tricts on this side of the sea. Try It. For
sale by Dr. H. C. Porter & Son, Towanda,
About nine, o'clock ThUrsday morning the
Minden mail stage was robbed. by 'two
masked men near Clark's bayou, fifteen
miles from khreevpoit, La. i They cut the
mail pouch, "Bemiring thirteen registered
packages. Four passaugers and the driver.
were relieved of money. and jewelry; The
robbers escaped,' carrying off the nuts of
two of the *heels of the coach. ,
. A deposit of emery of excellent quality
is said to have been !blind on a farm near
ffhimienuolle, Lehigh county. Large gum.
tities of stone have been found in pockets,
and it is believed the mineral can be found
in a body at no Considerable depth A min-,
ing lease of the property on which the suto
stance was found has been secured,. and ,
efforts will be made 'at once to ascertain the
extent of the deposit.
B. Frank Bigelow, the former receiving.
teller of the National Bank of the ReptdAie,
Wasidogtem, - wait larreked at two . eelock I
nide* morning at ',Port:Alija. LL He ab- I
sesnided July 23,- arid is alleged to be sh - ori
in his accounts $24,000. - • AI-; reward !of
$lOO had been ,offeredlor his captor* - I n ge,
was in Caneda r and I t l drtualligtivei himseif
up,.laybig he was tired of being/linn 'ted
from place to place. • •
Reports received place."
various sectionslof
Virginia represent that the protractied
drought, Which has been so -destructive to
growing crops, hiS been -c partially - broken
during the past two days by rihe harvest
rains that huve.• fallen for mouths.:' In
some bealities cornhinot bend high, and
on hands prepared for tetiaxo not a plant
has been• -The - Outlook privioini to
the rains-Was very alarming.
The Department of Justice at Wishing
.
ton.hns nuideparrangemeatswith the Triron
authorities at Allegheny, Pa., who: will
keeitnited States prisoners (or the States,
of ..Pennsylvania and • Ohio free of cast to
the United States, a4d also to 'return" the
ift
-prisoners to their respective homes, Hither
to ; the government has paid twenty-fitee
cents per day for - the _keeping of prisoners,
and been at the cost of their transportation.
Barnum, Beily & Hutchinson ha:ve been
sued for $25,000, compensation for injuries
received by Arthur F. Baniwell, of Spying
field, Mass., in consequence; of the falling
of a pole in the tentduring the circus exhi
bition in that city, June 7. Bardwell's in
juries were considered slight at first, but
within a few days pieces of bones have
been removed from his _head. Legal
papers were served an the show at North
Adam - , on 'Thuriday.
The mortality in New York for the
Week ending•at noon on Baturday . reached
116 e appalling figures of 1217. ' A larger num
ber of deaths has not been recorded in any
single week in ten years. The death's for
the day cumbered 218. One-third of the
victims were infants, who= succurned to
cholera infantum, due to the beat. Five
sunstroke's were- reported in Brooklyn, aid
in New York thirty one cases were reported,
of Which sixteen Were fatal.
The strike 'at the . rolling mills at ,Cleve
land, Ohio, has virtually ended. The firm
• t
refused to receive a deputation as a com
mittee and referred the men to the super
intendent, after consultation with' whom,
the lien .retired, stating they would ask
President Jarrett to declare the strike off.
The mills have been running for some days,
and the strikers who
_return • will have to
begin at the bottom, that is, thatsomo who
11 1 0 received $8 a , day will hit; m. •to
go down to $1 50.. "
An excursion train returning. early yes
terday morning from Niagara, on the
Buffalo and Southwestern Railroad, struck
three men ,who were asleep on the track
at a point twenty , miles east of Jamestown.
John Annwender was cut in two. Gust.
Leucher received injuries from which ho
died in the afternoon, and the third, named-
Simon, , was badly injured on his right side.
All were young laboring men and unmar
ried. They had been on a spree, and sat
down on the track to rest. Owing to' a
fog the engiikter could not see them.
Tucson, Arizona, dispatches state ' that
Indians attacked some teamsters near
Clifton on the 25th ult, killing one and
wounding two others. . The coach which
left" Tucson yesterday morrring for Lords.'
burg, with mail and passenger, had to re
turn for an escort, , Twenty citizens volun
teered, and met forty Indians, who, after a
fight, retreated in the direction of the Gila
Valley: . Citizens of, Arizona " and New
Mexico have formed a secret association to
wipe out the Apaches. Already about 900
are enrolled, and the organization is pro-
greasing rapidly.
Sidney Chapman Xenia, a prominent
lawyer of Alexandria, Va., was arrested at
Denver, Col., Friday morning by Detective
James Johnson, of Easton, Pa., own charge
'of embezzling $32,000 from William Gray
don, of New York, $5OO from a widow of
Alexandria, a large stun of money from the
Thingerfields, of .the same • city, and several
thousand didiars, froni a party 'in deorge
town, Md. The total amount of the eni
be4ement is about $BO,OOO. When
=cited he was in the employ of a mining
company in Denver.. He will be taken to
Richmond, Va.
A train of twenty curs of tea and talk
from San Francisco-on the evening of, July
12 left Deming at 8:10 a; m., July 16, and
arrived at Kansas city at 2 a. in. July 1%,
having made the run from San Francisco
to Kansas City in- .siz days and six hours,
ana from Deming to Kansas City, over the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,-a
distance of 1150 miles, in sixty-six hours.
Part . of this freight was.destined for Chica
go, and the other portions. for Detroit and
New York. A socond train of twenty
nine cars left San Francisco twenty-four
bolus later and made the same time. This
tithe is believed to be unprecedented.
'NO'HARMONY,'
,
PHILADELPHIA, ' 'July 27.--The In
dependent State Committee met this
morning in the gentler Len's parlor in
the Girard HOUS3, pursuant to the call
issued by Chairman , McKee inviting
the committee to assemble' for a con
sideration and disposition of the peace
propositions submitted by the Regular
Republican State Committee. The
meeting was called for 11 o'clock, but
it was a half hour beyond that time
'when ; the members were called to order
the interim being taken up chiefly in
Conversational interchange of opinion
among knots of members and Chairman
McKee. Senator Stewart is in town,
but did not go near the hotel during
the morning. Colone McMichael, his
colleague on the Independent ticket,
spent a half -hour at the hotel prior to
-the meeting 'talking to some of the
delegates.
The call of the roll 'showed sixty-one •
members present of the eighty-six
whose names were were called. Chair
man McKee read the call for the meet
ing, being the communication sea to
each member, in connection with copies
of the resolutions adopted by the Re.;
publican State Committe fmd the letter
from the _ regular candiaktes. The
propositime were also read.
Mr. McKee said he had no, sugges
tions to make, standing simply as the
servant of the committee, but would
ask the careful censiderition and free
discussion ol the questiOns brought up.
All the correepondknee quit had passed
upon the subject., and with which the
public has been' familiar, was
read, the last letter being that of Colonel
MeMi§hael declining to withdraw.
ThislOtter elicited cordial applause.
The secretary then read a"= hitherto
unpublished letter in which •' Messer's.
Stewart, Duff, Merrick, and Junkie, '
Independent candidates, had "united in
addressing Chairman McKee, repeating
their reasons for declining 40 accept
tiny of the propositions subblitted by
the regulars' and 'reiterating their
, iillingr.ess to meet the, other in efforts
to reunite the party by a new conven
tion on the basis of the
,iiithdrawal. of
both tickets.
Mr. McKie at . thls pint yielded the
_chair to Mr.,Foster of -Venango„.' who
presided over the gortieultund :Hall
Convention. ,
Mr. Foster in takingithe chair, said
that he believed that When rthe Inde
pendent candidates 'wrote their letter
.
Baying they were willing to do. - emery-
thing honorable for the sake of :harmony
they Meant it,-and he could say as much_
for the letter of the candidates; The
regUlar,;he believed; had asked only
one method oteompromise, :and that.
Was . th'e - S - urienClerof the Independents,
and it was for the - committee to say
whether or not the surrencjer. Aotild_ be
made. [Applause. I •
Mr: McKnight, of - Franklitc . moved
the appointment Ora committee to draft
a, reply addressed , to the i egiilar corn
mittee'.and;eaniaidates. ' •
George D. McCreary, of Philadelphia
.tboitght there.was Only one :reply
makend that had best be..!made by
the committee itself voting'at - Onee to
reject'the propositions, as the regulars
had repelled.the Independents' propo
sitions. I
William H. Dickson, of Philadelphia,
moved to' act upon the propositions
seriatim.
Judge Hall, of- Bedford, wanted a
reason. given for the committee's action
whatever it might be. He Lelieved - a
large majority of the Republicans of
the State want harmony, and he feared
that many of them, fearing the peril
of Democratic success, would -vote the
slated ticket unless shown clearly that
the Independent position was. sound..
The =Aim to consider the proposi
tions seriatim, was adopted:
The tirst - two were rejected unani-
mously without discussion, but the
third gave rise to animated debate.
The folloyipg telegram from, United
States Sena-'Mitchell was read to
the ishairmarif
'WASHINGTON,' D. C., July 27.
HON. J.'D. *KEE, Chairman.
11arknony is deSirable, but it cannot
fo,llow any . arrangement which does
not absolutely secure the two objects
'of the Independent movement; first,
thorough , popular reform of party meth
ods; 4econdly, the absolute extermi
nation of the spoils - system. . The first
is but ri means to the second principal
and indispensable object sought. The
acceptance of a new convention wilh
both tickets barred - out may, or nfay
not, secure the prineipal object as the
majority nifty decide. Possibly a re
call of both conventions for conference
on ticket and platform would work
out both objects and secure harmonious
unity in pfinciples and men. Nothing
short of a ne\v ticket of such - men as
shall command the respect and support
of all Republicans is just and 'Rae . -
ticable. - Jobs 1.. MITCHELL
Messrs. McKnight, William . Irish, of
Newcastle, 11,911ahan; 'of • Lancaster,
Dorr,iof• Lebanon, and MCKinley, of
Somerset, argued that while admitting
their belief'tbat the preposition in the
shape in which it luPi been submitted
should be rejected, it should be done
in 4i.101 a way. as to show • that --the
actfor. was not the result of irreconcil
able feelings.
A motion to postpone action on the
third proposition was :made - and de
feated; and after ftrkher discussion,
the third proposition was rejected. •
The fourth proposition -wa. nest re
jected,.and then, on motion ,of Mr.
McCreary,. the propositions • .were re
jected as a whole. • .• •
Mr. Dickson, of Philadelphia, moved
the appointment Of a
. cbinmitteee of
five to.draft a reply to Alio -Regulars..
He iepeated that the Independents
should give a reason for their action or .
they would bo misundeiSiood.
Another member thoUght it would
be well to simply indorse ,the letter,
and a motion to include' Colobel Me
Michears.letter was - made. " ,
A point of order was'raised that the
committee could not indorse both let
ters, as one .of • theM -'expressed the
willingness of four of the candidates to
withdraw, while the writer of the other
distinctly declined to do no. The
point was .deeided well taken, and oh
motion - thewhole subject was referred
to the committee o! five which was
constituted as' 'follows: MessrS, Mc-
Knight, of Franklin,'Reeves, of . Phila-.
delphia, Darlington; •of Dela Ware,
Souther, of Erie; and Witod, of North
iimpton. • The committee then took .a
half hones recess.
The . committee was reconvened
shortly after 2p. m., Mr. Foster; of
Venango, presiding.. The committee
at five submitted . as its report tile . fol
lowing:
PAlLumuluA,,July f. 17, 1832.
THOMAS V. COOPER, ESQ., Chairman Re
publican State Committee: -
Deat Sir:—l am instructed to advise i you
that' the • Independent Republican State
Committee have considered the fOur sug
gestions contained in the: minutes ~of the
proceedings of your ComMittee, :.forwarded
to me on the 12th instant. - -
lam directed that this Committee -find,
that none of the four are methods by which .
a harmoniOus and honorable; 'Unity of the
Republican voters of Pennsylvania could
tattretX
be ob ' All of. them are inadequate
to that end; r the rea.son that. they afford
no gyaran e that, being accepted, the
principles - upon .. which the . Independent
Republicans have taken ! their stand would
be treated With. respect or put into - action!
All of tliii contain the ;probability that ' an
attempt to unite the - Repubhcaris of, the
State by'their means would either result in
reviving and strengthening the Political dic
tatorship which we condemn, or would
permanently distract the . Republican bOdy
andinsure the future. and continued tri
umph of our Common opponent, the -Demo
cratic party. . , .
Of the four suggestions; the first, second,
and fourth are so indequate as to need .no
.separate dismission; the third. which alone
may deinand attention; has the fatal defect
of not including the withdrawal - - of that
"slated" ticket which was made pup many
monthsligo, and long in adianCe of. the
Harrisburg Convention, to repr.efent, and
to maintain : the very evils:, of control ..and
abtiSis of method, to which we • stand op t -,
posed.'Thisfproposition the -others,
supposing it to • have been sinebrely put
forward,' clearly shows that yen miscon
ceive the causes of the Independent Re-'
publican movement, as well as its aims and
purposes.. You assume that .we desire to
measure the .'respectiVe numberS 'of those
who Support . the Harrisburg , ticket, and
those who find their principles expressed by
the : - .Philadelphia: . Convention.; This is a
colisplete and fatal "Misapprehension.' We
are Organized to promote certain reforms, .
and not,to 'abandon them in pursuit of
votes. ' OdP object is the overthrow of the
gices.systern," andoft,the "spoils system."
In behalf of this we are willing . and aux
inus, to join hands with whenever it is
assured that the union' will be honestly and
earnestly for_that.purpose: lAA we. can
not make alliances or agree_ to' compromises
'that on their face threaten the very Object
of the movement in which We have engaged
Whether,your ticket. has the support, of
many or few, of.a majority or, a minority'
of Republican' voters, does not effect in . the
smallest-degree the duty of every citizen • to
record himself against the abuses which •it
represents..
Hid the gentlemen who composii,it been
willing to withdraw themselves gem the
field, as they 'wore invited to join- ib doing,
for the common good, by- the Independent
Republican candidates, this act would have
encouraged the hope that a new convention,
freely chosen by' the people, and member
nursed by claims of existing candidates,
might have i brolight forth the needed • guar
antee of party, emancipation and public
reform. This service, haWever, they have
declined to rendertheir . party; they trotonly claim and receive 'your repeated as
surance.of support, but they permit them
selves to he putforward to 'secure the use
Qf Independent 'Republican votes; at the
beano time that they represent the"lxissisin;"
tho "spoils" methods, l and the "machine"
management which their candidacy was
decreed,.: the means employed to give it
COnvention forniality, the obligations which
they incur by it,. the political methods with
which it identifies them,. and the political and
perwinal plans for which their o ff, ai
thiern ie woulithe required, an jilt] t"; -
it the most imperativ e public duty 11 , 4
give them support at -this elee to ,, ,
'any circumstances.,
In . closing :this . note, this
Mint expires its regret that, ha i,
sidered it desirable to'- make c , 7 „ tttln
' the independent Republicads ,i
ycu' i j„,„.
Have so far misapprehe n d e d t h e
the situation. It is our tr, uni .7
Republican party On the, sore gr , x , 4
principles, us the confidenc e th at we
thus serving it with the highert
preserving, for-the future *s. l - 1 -;,„, ,
Commonwealth, that vitality o f
i sm which-has znado the 'laity u se f ul
past, and. which alone confer s up on i t ,
the right of continue') existenc e• r ,;„
method which promised this - -re si f t
t
approaching election is that psy4o,,,i
th e Independent Republica n ea n di,i,, u .,
in their letter cf July Lill,, whi c h
positively rejected by your corrunittet.
'O n behalf of the I.ndepezule n t R e p o t.
State Committee of Pennsylvania.
- , I. 'D. 3 lcKzi;Ch a i ra ,,,
• The reading was interrupt e d
plause several -times, - and a.
directing the officers of the,
ent State (;ommittee .to forwd
above to the Regular Republic a ar 4 C,.•
mittee -as the Independentreply.
adopted. The; . ebrnmittee •thei t
into executive session, a rf!Cl•tii
-4 - ,'clock being taken - for that
•
The committee 'reassembled at
Girard House at 4 p. m., but, owi ng .:
the excessive _heat, the prvailirtg t4 t .
Pe.ratttre being about 9",clg. in thes4'.,i
the mmbers generally were
to avoid business. • After authorii:
the, chairman to select. fifteen nittnlp:
to act as a campaign committee, th t
meeting adjourned.
Lire and Lratit
It is estimated that there . are over t%
thousand million chickeris Latched in
United States every year. "liut not - m;,
than half of these chicks reach the
when they are fit to market: Th e
gapes, : cholera, etc.; kill millions of
chiclens - every year. These . dray:be cured by 'the use of Phew)!
For sale by druggists and g•lleral
keepers. See ndv.
A Clear Coniplerion
. •
. Can he had by every lady wlv, uill l
Parker's. Ginger Tonic:- Regulatin;
internal organs and purifying the I.i, oi
quickly removes pimples aiid gives chest'[;
bloom to the check. Read about:it in o
column: - •
Annoyirnee crcrenterl
Gray -hairs are C honorable -but- their preza.
time appearanre is amioyinz. Park..';
Hair Balsam prevents the anno:iane e
restoring the youthful color. -
Fl oyik k
k'l t 's'. .:
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This powder;neser varies - . A marvel of parity - ..,.;':': . , , i
strength and Wholesomeness. More econocen: nr,i-:,
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be soldri 4
competition with the multitude of low test. ston ' 1 ;;V
weight. alum qr phosphate powders. Sold cr.:l 1 ,, ,,
in,cays. Molar. BASING POWDER Co., 10i. WI: .?,.'.
stree „N. T. '- I • . 2i , ja..r. • ...
L S '
LJI effectu.:7
times the tau
usages of Cafarrt.,--,
virus.'
lthy secreutst
feet, the rsom.
ie from alb
tat colds. ett.
rely heals t,
.0 and rectore
sense of tun
Re::
results an
ized by a n 1 rs
Illications. I
:otittb ireatuta:
- cure Cane:.
rFever,kc.
isled for colds::
e head. Agreest..
to use. Apply by the litt'e finger into the
trlls„ On recetpt of 50c, will mails paekage.
B°4l by U. C. l'ortor k Son, Druggists, Tom.
du; 11.
CRfI4M BALM CO., Owego. N.l"
April c.
CZTDII7SDALE
make , the seaAin of 1932, ;At tru ttrs.
of the sa)Periper one wet of tho'ril4::
EitEt Smithdeld. -
1;oth Sire and ba,m • in,porte , l,brelbt Is We:,
Grazier, Yorthlyart, L nn.t. Island. 1 , 1 - 3p'ci , ':
breeders name and. attlrese; wo . ela ao: -
pa:r , :na that we are mkt offeritig We
. s.rvic.; ,
of a•grilde bor • sq. ,Trans:—sls.
,„ .* ' • 1 . NV. A. WOOll,
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FA,T SMITHVIELP, PA , Ai , r:l C.-I;ta.'
A ITDITOR'S
Li James S. Patterson:deceased.ln the Coat.
of Common Pleas ofilirsilford Conti ty.
The undersigned, an Auditor appointed by at
Court to distribute, muds in the hands et tb
Executori,' will attend to, the duties of kid 1r eV
pointment at the °diem of Overton .t Saucirrvr.
In Towanda borough, on • WEDNESDAY. Stir. : AILI
th, IS$2, at 10 a..m. at which time and paced
persona having claittlzi again' t said f mustprf•
sent them or forever be debarred from coming 3
upon the lame. E. OVERTON; Auditcr.
Towanda, l'a.. August 3, Kid.
V.XECLIT(IR'S NOTICE:- Leiters !it?
.I.:J testamentary haring _been granted to Of A
undersigned, under the last will and testament
of C. B. Bingham. late of Smithfield twrantittg
deceased. all persons indebted to the estatea
said decedent are hereby notified to Itaketh-s
mediate payment, and all having claims , a i ttirti
said estate must present the samefanly anthen•
ticated to the undersigned for settlement.
GEODOE T. BEACH, FAO:UM
1 1. ''.+41. Pa.. Jane 1,
I A turrorrs NOTICE. .
Li Foxe's executor's vs. S. A. Randall and .1 .a• shy
blatitey. No. 447. Desember Terni, 1%73. Her
bcl Manley's exacu td,r vs. Caroline Manley.
241, Febrbari Terui,l46, Coup Cowmen Fley
Bradfurd , County.
The: undersigned: - au AndHor appointea
@Sid Colitt to distribute funds 'ln hands of Ste'
ilf arising from sale ofreal estate of &tendon,
in each of above eases. will attend to the dent,
of his apimin fluent at his office id TlP:rand/I
ough 0 0 THURSDAY, ADH'ST.IO. 112, at
A. in., at which time and place all servo
ba.vingq . .lainis against Bahl fund inult preset
the !mule or forever be debarred frenizonin./Z:'
-
upon U.* same. I, 31cP112:Es 1 N.
To %vat c Pa„ July, 13. IS:Q. •. Auditor
(..) FOR SA LE. -- I offer. the
American lintelproperty for sale at Mil
bargain. The lintel may be see n on the 'cotter
of Bridge and woe; strectsf,ip Towanda horestl
ills one of thebestAnd moat' central lotatius s
iu the place. There' is a good -barn conned 4
with the property./ The free bridge and rel
depot near to it make this lintel desirstdeY :
any one wishing to engage in the business ,
good active Mart with a small captal can par fa " 7 2
the property in a short time from the pret ty
It %Vas papered and - painted new last sPitso :l
Is now in etre:lent condition,
jUSEPIi G. PATS) ),
'Towanda, Pa., Sept: 7:, ia.sl-tt.
•
-SUSQUEHANNA: C'OLLEGIATE
S[
INSTITUTE. Tho fill term of the tireatY
ninth ye.sr will begin MONDAY, Al'ia'st 1 7 : 1 4
The faculty has been ,enlarged, buildiso -
thoroughly refitted and accommodation a
Creased, and the school fitted to sceocnoaL" la?
its growing patronage: The sttenclar ""'
nearly doubled in - seven years.' For eircenm
catalogue, for other Particulars. address •
Principal. EDWIN E. QUINLAN. A. N..
Towanda , 11-
PLATFORM WAGONS, TOP AND.
OPEN BUGGIES for sale at decided bares
A largo number of superior mate and Only
C. L. TRACY.
HENRY STREETE /
Towanda, April 274 m 1
EEO
LION
LORD CLYDE.