BUTLER CITIZEN JOHN H. 4. W. C. NE6LEY, PBOP'BS, Entered at the Postoffice at Butler as tecond-classs matter. HON. S. H MILLER has onr thanks for a copy of the Congressional Direc tory cf the 47th Congress, compiled by Ben. |Perlcv Poore, Esq., and cor rected up to December 21etl»&t. MR. W/S. FULKMANT formerly pub lisher of the Centreville Casket, this county, has purchased an interest in the Beaver Falls, Pa., Tribune. His many old friends in this county are pleased to learn of his success in the news paper business. We place the Tribune upon our exchange list and wish it all possible prosperity. OIL operations have revived at Greece City. Oue new weli is down about 800 feet and two more are con templated. Large tracts of territory are leased. There has existed an opinion, ever since p.etive operations ceased at Greece, that there was oil there never foand. Or, aother words, that tbe territory tbe~e had not been folly tested. The present iuea is to make a more full test around Greece, and we hope siicce-- r d!ly. THE County Auditors are busy aud iting tbe financ'al doings of the county for the past vear. Derailed or itemized repo- s oftte rese'p aud expenditures are what the tax payers ce-:' e. Last year's 'report was full and %enerally satisfactory. The itemizing the amount each particular juryman received might, however, been aggregated, as tbere is not much danger of jurymen being overpaid. Otherwise the itemiz ed report of last year was generally well spoken of, and we have no doubt the report this year will be equally satis factory to the public. COMING TO A CLOSE. The country is glad to know that the trial of the late President Garfield's assassin is nearing its end. Tbe testi mony closed last week and the address es of counsel, to the Court on tbe law points and the jury on the facts, are being made this week. Look out for the speech of Porter, one of the Gov ernment attorneys, as it is expected he will show the assassin up in bis real colors. The charge of Judge Cox to tbe jury may be given the latter part of this week, but more probably not until next week, when we may also ex pect the verdict of the jury. We be lieve it will be guilty, and that with out much delay. TARIFF IRE VISION. We are not versed in tbe of the present tariff law and therefore un able to give any opinion as to its need of a revision. Any change however that will better promote American in dustry and interest will be, or ought to be, favored by all. We have al ways been fn favor of what is known as a "protective tariff." But never in favor of what was called a "high pro tective tariff," by which was under stood so high as to exclude all foreign importation of certain articles. For doubtless a tariff can be put on too high, and, like tbe Chinese wall, have tbe effect of excluding all importation. But the question likely to come soon before Congress, as we under stand it, is, that the taxes now collect ed by tbe Internal Revenue depart ment of tbe Government, on spirits, tobacco, etc, should be taken off, or lowered, in order to make way for an increase of duties on foreign importa tion. We are onable to see the ne cessity for that. While we have yet an immense National debt it is diffi cult to understand why taxes, that all think are now on articles that should be taxed, and placed them, not only for revenue, but for tbe best interest of society, should be taken off. No revision of the tariff, made in order to better protect other industries from foreign competition, would seem to require, or have any just connection with the home taxes now placed on spirits and tobacco. There can cer tainly be no danger of having too much revenue while we have a Na tional debt to pay. We therefore have thought unfavorably of what is said to be Judge Kelley's project, who, as chairman of the Ways and Means com mittee in Congress, proposes to re peal or lower k the Internal Revenue taxes m order to raise those on cus toms duties. It seems to us the former should still exist even if tbere be a necessity for the latter being raised. These are our views, and we think the views of the people gener ally, from tbe limited examina tion we have been able to make on the subject of a tariff revision. SENATOR CAMERON no doubt felt immeasurably flattered by Guiteau's letter asking for a donation, but be probably did not care to pay ijuite go high a price for the compliment. Most men wouldn't. For a copy of tbe let ter see the report of the trial in anoth er column. A NEW counterfeit silver dollar is in circulation, which is pronounced by the sub-Treasurer to be tbe best silver coin ever seen. It is beautifully made, and has a slight appearance of iron which is often found in a genuine standard dollar. The date upon it is 1878. A countefeit. $5 photographed notp, which purports to be the issue of the Boyleston .National Bank of Boston, is in circulation. An exchange says that the best method of detection of. these counterfeits in the hurry of pf business is by the application of mois tOM to the Treasury number printed in folw 00 the lower left and upper rigbt band »otoer of tbe face of the note, the ' slightest application of which will dis turb tbe color. - - APPOINTING POSTMASTERS —REMEDY NEEDED. There is nothing becoming such a terrible annoyance in this country as the appointment of persons to fill the post offices. In fact it is one of the great troubles to the Government as well as to the people. They are offices that many desire and consequently there are constant efforts made to ob- j tain them. The system has been to apply for them by petition, and in j former times the number and strength j of names to a petition might have de cided who should be the postmaster of a town or village. Bat at present the responsibility of a change in a post office is either thrown upon the mem ber in Congress from the district, or assumed by him. One natural result of this is, that he hesitates to act, of ten perhaps from the fact that ho can not decide who of the applicants is the best, the most worthy or the most desired by the community interested in the office. Just now there are at least two such cases in this county, in which a change, from all reports should be made iu that office. But the statements and claims of the ap plicants, made to the member or to the department, are so conflicting that there may be no change obtained at either of them. Is there no remedy for this state of affairs? We think there is—and we have advocated it for years past. This remedy would be in requiring the applicants for post offices to sub mit to an election bv the people inter* ested in the office. This to be done that the appointing power and the member of Congress from the district might be clearly informed who was the choice of the people. If there can be no law obtained for suck an expression of the community, the Departmant at Washington could indicate that as a desirable mode of ascertaining the wishes of the public in the matter. At the request of the member of Con gress this might be procured. Bat if not, the member could, with reason and propriety, require all applicants to submit to that test. It would save him much labor and embarrassment that he should not have in all those cases where we may not have a full personal knowledge of the merits of tba applicants. All receiving their mail at an office might be permitted to vote. Or, if thought more advisable, only those 01 the same party, 5 n power hav ing the control of appointments. This decision to be final and conclusive as to which applicant should receive the appointment. The member and the Department by this means would not only be saved a harrassing annoyance, but the popular will would be obtained. As it is, much of their lime is required for the hearing and deciding, of con. tests, ofteu very bitter, for post offices. As the people are more interested than any other, let the burden of deciding be placed upon them. The rule could be made to apply to nearly all the post offices in the • country. But if only made applicable to the smaller office* it would save an immense amount of expense to applicants as well as trou ble to the appointing power and all others. IT is stated that a bill to divide the Territory of Dakotah on the lioe of the 46th parallel, and for the admission of the southern half aB a State, will soon be introduced into Congress The Territory is certainly large enough to divide, and there is little doubt that the southern portion has a sufficient population to justify the organization of a State government. The only question in dispnte seems to be the name which the proposed new State shall take—that is, the people of each naif are clamorous for the name "Da kota." The Tribune very wii-ely suggests that as the southern half, or proposed State, contains the Dakota jivor, it should bear the name "Dako ta," and that the northern portion should be called the Territory of Lin coln. SINGULAR as it may appear, Italy now includes the Pope as nn element of its nationality. Garibaldi destroy ed the power of the Pope as an impe rial sovereign, dissolving his civil rule in Rome and enforcing that of the King as supreme over the soil and peo ple of Italy, leaving to the Holy Fath er the charge of their souls. With au thority thus circumscribed, the Po|>e has been miserable ever since. It de stroyed the peace of Plus IX., and ren dered irascible a temper otherwise se rene as an Italian sunset. Leo had scarcely seated himself in the chair of St. Peter when he too began to show his nnhappiness in the lack of earthly power. All tho Popes have refused to render unto Cajsar the things which are Ctesar's. Garibaldi was the first of the earth's great heroes who forced the Popes to do this, but it has made them miserable. Leo has succeeded in inducing some foreign Governments J to interfere in his behalf, and now to avert such a complication the Govern ment of King Humbert is considering the propriety of more efficaciously guard ing and guaranteeing the liberty and independence of His Holiness iu Rome, in order to prevent all foreign interfer ence in his behalf. The idea iu tr» as sert that the Papacy is a part of the nationality of Italy, as the Greek Church is of that of imperial Russia, with the king as its ex-otticio head, as the Czar is of that of the Greek Church. This would give a new turn to the politics of tho Roman Church. The proposition to prevent the Pope • irom leaving Rome, involves the right, i if he does, to elect a Pope who will re i main there. The Italian Cardinals might be induced to do this, and the doing of it would convulse the Catho lic Church of the world. The head of the Roman Catholic Church can never ctiauge bis residence to any other city ! in the world, without disrupting it, and the process of disruption seems naturally to be involved io the politi cal aspirations of the Pope, who in re. fusing to render unto Ctesar the things which ar o Cfflsar's, will fall by the in trigues in whicii Involved vbite fjtruggliag "for euiaiy 1 frfrrf. £gntl*c t P*«, 3«cmmrgr U, 1882. TRYING THE ASSASSIN. THE PROSECUTION CLOSES. WASHINOTION, January 3 —The Guiteau trial was resumed yesterday with Dr. Gray, of Utica, X. "l. f upon the witness stand His cross-exami nation was concluded. He said that | he did not believe in anv of the so-call ed moral insanities. Kleptomania, he said, is theft, dypsomania is drunken- ( ness. and pyromania is incendiarism. When Dr. Gray left the District-Attor ney announced that the testimony for . the Government was concluded. A ; phvsician from Kansas Citv. Mo., was . called as a witness by the defence to contradict Mrs Dunmire, a Govern ment witness. Mr. Sooville stated that he wished to snmrnoo additional ; witnesses, and will to-day present his , affidavit setting forth the facts expect ed to be proved by them. The prose* cution will object to 'any rehash of old matter.' It is sta'ed that Gui teau's apparent confidence ot being saved Is based on the expectation that the President will somehow come to his aid. THE BASIS OF THE ASSASSIN'S CONFIDENCE WASHINGTON, January 3. —The statements of some of the experts, taken with evidence that has been given in the case, raise the presump tion that the confidence which sqstains Guiteau in the face of almost cer tain conviction, is due, in part at least, to a cause not hitherto suspected It is interesting only as one more revela tion of the assassin's depravity. This is, that he has been calcinating on tl>e belief that President Arthur would In some wav help him to escape the ven geance of the law. The probability is that this idea was a distinct pleipeut jn his plans in deter mining upon the murder. H 1 "- Kempster says that in his tulks with Guiteau at the jail before the trial be gan he touched upon his chances of escape, as upon many other subjects, in order to test his sanity. Guiteau said : 'General Arthur is u man and is «,cti}Btp*d by the s&nie feejings that actuate otbcf men. He knows tijOt f took him ont of a position where ho had ouly SB,OOO a year, and had hard ly any influence, and put him In a posi tion where he has $50,000 a year and has wore influence than any other man in the worltj flat's got to have its influence. Now, it's going to ije easy enough fur him to say to General Crocker, 'You've been here a long while and you u*i»st bo tired, and 1 guess you can take a furlough.' Tijeu he can put somebody in there who can give me a chance to get out aud get to £tjropt», If I'm once outside I have friends wfoo wMI help RiP,' Ouly a few days ago Guiteau wrofi* a letter of introduction for his brother. John W. Guiteau, to President Arthur. In urging him to see the President, using this letter as a passport, Guiteau told his brother that Mr. Scoville had no skill in approaching men aud couldn't be trusted to find out how the President felt toward him. Of course the letter was merely passed ovep to Mr. Scoville, who now has it. Dr. Kempster says that those who find it diflicwlt to understand that Guiteau lwlieve anything so absurd and monstrous as this and still be a sane man, have only to pqt themselves Guiteau's place and reason from his point of view, if that is a possible thing to anybody but Guiteau. He can see nothing unnatural in bis ex pectation, because he knows what he would be willing to do if be were iu General Arthur'* place. Having no conception of honor aud believing that all men are like him, he cannot reason, except according to the process which bis abominable depravity has taught him. As for bin being so foolish as to tell such things—a point on which Dr. Kempster was not questioned—that is probably to be accounted for by the same moral blindness, as well as by the characteristic foolishness that has frequently shown itself during the trial, side by side with strange quick ness and shrewdness. District Attor ney Corkhil) adds something to the ac count already given of his instructions to Dr. Gray when he was first sent to examine Guiteau. Dr. Gray came here without any knowledge of Guiteau. He was asked so many questions about bis opinion of tho assassin that the only way by which he could avoid a disagreeable notoriety was to refrain from reading on the subject. When the District Attorney sent f>r him, he simply asked hitn to go to the jail ajid make up his mind whether Guiteau was insane or sane, but without telling him that the a rtion of the Government would probable depend upon bis ver dict. Dr. Gray reported that the man was sane. LKGAI< POINTS OF THE GOVERNMENT Mr. Davtdge then read and submit ed to the Court tho following prayers on the part of the prosecution upon which the Court was asked to charge ths jury. First. The legal test of responsibili ty for insanity set up as a defense for an alleged crime is whether the accus ed, at the time of committing the act alleged, knew the difference between right and wrong in respect of such act; hence, iu the present case, if the accus ed at the time of committing the act charged knew tho difference bet ween right and wrong in respect of such act, that is, il he knew whit he was doing and that what he was doing was con tary to the law of the land, he is re sponsible Guiteau. I didn't, because my free agericv wus destroyed, Second. If the accused knew what he was doing and that what ho was doing was contrary to the law of the laud, it constitutes uo defense, even if it were true that he was thereby produc ing a public benefit or carrying out an inspiration of Divine origin or appro val. Such belief would not a fjord an y excuse nor would such excuse be af forded by the factth.it in the commis sion of the act. he was impelled by a depraved moral sense, whether innate or acquired, or by evil passion or indif ference to moral obligation. Guiteau All of which is false. Third. Insanity would, however, . constitute a defense if, by reason of disease, the accused, at tho time of, committing the act charged, did not ■ know what he was doing, or if ho did know it, that what be was doing was contrary to law. Guiteau. I had no choice in the mat ter. Fourth. The only evidence in the present ease tending to show an irrer sistible impulse to commit ihe homicide is the claim of the accused that bis free tgeucj wtw dwtnyvd by bit* #Uogu<J, conviction that the death of the Pres ident was required for the good of the American people aud was divinely inspired; but such t conviction, even if it really existed, could not atTord any excuse when tbe partv knew what he was doing and that it was contrary to law. No mere delusion or error of judgment, uot even a fixed belief that what is probibitel bv tbe law is commanded or appointed by divine authority, [Guiteau. 'God's ' law is higher tbau man's law '] can exempt the accused from responsibility i for breaking the law. To have such i effect the commission of the act charg |ed must have been tbe result of an in sane delusion, which was the product I of disease, aud of sucn foree as to tie ' prive the accused of the decree of rea i son necessary to distinguish between right and wrong in respect of the act, so that at the time of committing the act he either did not know what he was doing, or, if he did, that the act was wrong or contrary to the law of tbe land. In response to a question by Mr. Reed, the Court stated that it was the practice here to settle questions of law before tI«P argument The counsel for the prosecution declared their willing ness to afford the defense ample time to prepare their legal points, and Mr. Porter commended the rule as to the settlement of law propositions before the argument as tending to abridge the argi}m®nts and possibly dispense with them altogether. The Court then, at Mr. Scoville's suggestion, at 12,45 adjourned till Saturday. Tariff Interest. Tlie Philadelphia has dispatch ed a special correspondent to interview the Pittsburgh manufactures relative to the proposed tariff revision, and leern whether they were in favor of a Tariff Commission, to which the whole subject ghoqld be relegated, with au thority to report a bill, or tn flavor of Judge Kelley, and hiscommitteo draft ing a bill. The general seqtimeqt amonp manufacturers is that Congress should itself revise the tariff. While at Pittsburgh the Press correspondent met Hon. S. H. Miller, who was on IJJJJ way to Washington. a, id publish ed the following interview in the Press of Jai. and j The Tariff speech delivered by •ludge Kelley before the New York Tariff Convention last month, baa been circulated extensively anions the prom inent manufacturers in the western part of the State. The gist ol this speech, as will be remembered, was that internal taxation should be abol ished an<] thp revenue collected from customs duties alone. The manurac. turers understand that if Judge Kel ley's views should be adopted the tariff would be given perhaps greater per manency than by any other method. To aeeuie permanent protection is es teemed a most clean'able thing 1 , but among the majority of business men, and particularly those from the rural di.-tficts, there is a strong prejudice against the abolition of the tax on whisky. Congressman Miller, of the Mercer 3js>tript, was here yesterday. In con versation upon tUe suiyejit ho guid . 'J have sent copies of Judge Kelley's speech and of the report of the Com missioner of Internal Revenue to a •Treat many people in my d'striet. I have discussed the subject with num bers of our people Th ft 7 d° a ' l 'ike the idea of taking the tax off whisky, but i imagine they would consent to it if they understood the practical mer its of the proposition better and could see that they would derive substantial benefit from it. Whisky or brandy is iroin corn, rye, apples, peaches, potatoes, fruits and grains. The f4r mer pays no tax upon the articles which he grows entering into the man ufacture of liquor, but he wants the distiller to the tax. Now there must be a revision of the tariff soon, and we are not quite sure what sort of a law will be passed I'on't you think that If the tariff men in the House from the Northwest and the East were to say to the Southern men, we will vote for the reduction or abolition of the tax on whisky and tobacco if you will vote with us for the maintenance of an effective schedule of customs du ties, that the combination would be en tirely successful and beneficial to the entire country V The Awardn lor ill* i10.000,< 000 .Mate lluiiut. . A meeting of the Sinking Fund Commission was held in Ilarrisburg, last Thursday, to examine the bids made for the State Loan. After con sultation the following awards were made; Townsend, Wheelan & Co., Phila delphia, series 3£ per cent , $14,000; 30 year loan, per cent., SBOO,OOO ; 30 year loan, 3 per cent., $200,000. Oil tin &i Co.. Philadelphia, series 31 per cent., $215,000; 30 year loan, per cent., 4 per cent., $149,000 Judge Agnew, Beaver, series per cent . $55 000. James F. Young, Philadelphia, series 3jj pr cent,, SOOO,OOO. Maurice Underwood, Carlisle, 30 years, 3i per cent., SIO,OOO. Drexel Co., Philadelphia, series 4 per cent., $1,(515,400; 80 years. 4 cent., $4,000 000 ; and balance of a 30 , year loan, about $500,000 ftouthwark lodge of Knights of Pythias, Philadelphia, 30 year loan, 4 per cent.., SOOO. C. & J. L. Robinson. Tioga, 30 j year loan, 4 per cent., $lO 000. Stephen Girard Beneficial associa tion, 30 year loan, 4 per cent., SSOO. 15. K. Jamison <fc Co., Philadelphia, 3<> year loan, 3i per cent., $(500,000. W. p Xo'th, Pittsburgh, 30 year loan, per cent., $20,000, The premiums aggregate about $130,000, which, with the loan of nearly $9,200,000 awarded will be used in redeeming the loan falling due , next month. The remaining $400,000 i due on the old loan will be paid out of the siuking fund, in which money is > accumulating very rapidly. Bv a recent act of Assembly, which will be found on page 45 of the Pamph- j Jet Laws of IXBI, all borough and j township, as well aw eeunty and State taxes, are made a fir«t lion on real os tate on which they are levied. The law provides for a lion docket to be i kept in the Commissioners' office, and j a set of new books will bo required for i that purpose. In case a judicial saie takes place, the lien docket is to be satisfied before any money is paid to the creditors. Collectors of taxes should inform themselves as to the re quirements of the lavy, so as to guard ugaiqst the penalties prescribed m the Lfoird POLITIC4L SERFDOM. Tiie I'ricc ol Place la tlie State touurils. AN ABLE CONTINENTAL DEFINES THE INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT AND GIVES REASONS FOR REFORM. 3;iecal Telegram t«> Di-j atch of .ith in«t.] j PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4 —Senator John Stewart, who belougs to tbe Coutint-ntal Independent*, has been talking to a newspaper correspondant He says: 'lt has been next to im possible for a man to enter public life , here with pure motives, or if he en- ] tered with a pure motive to act accord- j ing to them. There has been but one royal road to political influence or position If a britrht lawyer has made j a reputation and competence in his profession and desired to enter upon I politics this one thing he must do: | He must take the train for Harrisburg, ! deposit his knapsack at the Lochiel | aud then hunt up a Cameron, fattier or son. If, after presenting his plea, he is adopted into the Republican politi cal family, well and good. He has satisfied his ambition but smirched his honor, for the only condition of adop tion is political serfdom. If he will not comply with this condition he must go back to his briefs and law books. This is sufficient to explain THE CORRUPT CHARACTER cjf the legislative, for a slave is generally a purchasable com modity." Senator Stewart then spoke of the slow growth of the Independent ele ment in the party. With all the offi cer;! in tbe Stalwarts' power the oppos ing voice of the people could not make itself heard in high places. But here and there throughout the State a man had been elected to office who really represented the people, the balance oi power, the dents bad been ible to make their first decided stand in the Senatorial contest last winter. WILL STRIKE AT THE ROOT. "As you are aware, we propose to strike out the root of all corrupt nomi nations by securing, if possible, dele gates to the Sjtate Convention wh<J will really represent the Republican party of the State and not the Cam eron faction To do this it is neces sary that vve should influence the primary meetings F»r this purpose our committee of 250 has been {>p pointetl.' 4 "After you have done your best to secure representative delegates, what then?" "We will #o io the State Conven. tion fully aware of our strength. f we are in the majority we will pro ceed to nominate a ticket which will represent the Republican party and not a wing of it." "|sut if you are iq the njajority propositions will you make to the Stalwarts ?" "We will make no special proposi tions. We are not after personal rec ognition. All we ask is that a ticket shall be uominated composed of REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLICANS, who \yilj act of thei»i own volition for the best interest of the party and the Commonwealth, aud not a ticket of many men and one will, and that not their own, but Cameron's." "But if the Stalwarts are in the ma jority and do not give their recogni tion to the principles of the Independ ents, which you demand, what then ?" "Then it will be time to consider whether the opportunity has not ar rived for an open revolt against the tyranny of an unrepentant Boss." A CAMERON TRICK. The significance of the rumor from Washington, that there had been a conference of the Cameron chiefs, and it had been resolved to support General James A. Beaver for Governor, was then discussed. "That is a Cameron trick," said Senator Stewart. "They really do not want Beaver for Gover nor. He is not the kind of a man for a Cameron tool. They think that we will repudiate him because they have endorsed him. Then thej' can go to the convention and say that we would not accept an irreproachable condldate, and have not acted in accordance with our principles. This would clear the way for the nomination of a Stalwar' of tho Stalwarts, and at the same time clear them of the charge of not making an effort for peace within the party." "What is your personal opinion of General Beaver ?" "Personally, I think him a fair can didate, however much I may depre cate his affiliations with the Cameron Republicans. Intellectually he is Senator Cameron's superior, and if made Governor of the State he would undoubtedly rule by his own will. I believe that our party would be in clined to accept a ticket made up of such men." 4 Nll<>rlirM MlMtltkC. The Supreme Court made an portant ruling in regard to a sheriff's , liability for loss arising from tho mis- ! appropriation of money, in its decision j of the eas of the Commonwealth for; use of the Oil City Savings Bank vs. ' George Walters and J. Keck et al-, ! errer to Common Pleas ol Butler ooun- •' ■ty. This was an action brought by i the < ommonwealth fyr use of the > savings bank upon the official bond of George Walters, Sheriff of Butler coun ty, the plaint iff's allegations lieing that • after a sale of upitaiu real estate, under a writ issuing out of the Common , Pleas of Venango county, Walters had turned over the funds realized to the Prothonotary of the Venango Couuty , Courts, who, in turn, had paid them to the execution plaintiff, whereby the savings bank, which had a claim upon the fund, ha(l Joat their money. Ju | the court below the jury were instruct- ( ed to find in favor of Walters, upon ■ the ground that the payment, which bad been made in good faith, was a 1 good payment, and relieved the sheriff from responsibility. Justice Trunkey, > iq his opinion, says: Tho sheriff had i an undoubted right to nay the rponey j iuto the proper court of hjs own coipi- j ty, or into the court from which the writ issued. By so doing he would j have avoided all risk, and it would have been the duty of the court into j vyhich the nioijey was paid to have distributed it to the parties entitled to it. His distribution of the fund by payment to the Prothonotary of Ve nango county, without the knowledge or intervention of the cqurt of his own county or the court whence the writ issued, cannot be considered a good payment. Judgment reversed, and judgment in fayor of the Common*? wealth for SB,OOO. — Liisfjulch. fCjjfdubtfcFitw for the Au Appeal l«> ilie Peuplc. I The Address which is put for to-dav by the Committee of the Independent Republican* of the State, beaded by Senator Stewart, is a strong and incis ive paper. While pointing out the ; ' evils which imperil tbe future of *,he j i party, anil earnestly enforcing 1 the duty ' of all sincere Republicans, it is candid 'in spirit, temperate in tone and digni fied in statement. These qualities ' give it all the greater weight, and ! make it, resting as it dose upon unde niable truths, an impressive and forci ble appeal to the reason and patriot ; ism of the people. ! It is the address of loyal and zeal | ous Republicans, and its opening state : ment of the character and mission of ' the party ia an admirable presentations iot its claim to the best efforts of every member. Republican success in Penn sylvania is vital to Republican supremacy in the Nation. Penn sylvania naturally has an over whelming Republican majority. It ought to mount up to seventy-five thousand. No State in the Union has such powerful material reason for standing steadfastly in the Republican column Yet it Las, in some years, been lost, and in others held only'by precarious majorities. The Address well says that men are not easily shaken in their party allegiance, and the fact that forty thousand Republi cans in tbe last election voted for an , independent candidate, proves that there is a deep feeling of discontent. The abuses which produce this widespread dissatisfaction are calmly ■ but clearly set forth, They are paipa ■ ble tQ every intelligent man through out the Commonwealth. The conven tions which have reflected an arbitrary personal rule instead of the popular will; the prostitution of the party or ganization to tbe hehesu of individu als ; the nomination of personal favor ites rather than the popular choice ; in short, boss rule, with its notorious train of evils,— all this has aroused popular resentment, and weakeued and imperiled the party. The Independent t Republicans seek to remove this com plaint and danger by the simply reme dy of making the party action reflect the public will. Tiiey stand upon the broad principle of Popular Rule and Free Representation. They have no other end to serve than to promote Republican .-ucces.- by securing a free and fair expression of t|;e people iu political uotjun, arid thus commanding their approval aud support. ) The Address urges that the dele t gates to the next Convention shall come unmistakably from the people, it ir,sisys thai < he Convention shall j. lie held at a sufficiently late day to permit free action on their part. It has been said that the Convention I would be called at an early date in order to forestall this popular expres , sioq. Such a proceeding \vou.d justly ex uite general indignation, and the address gives a fair warning against it which we trust will be heeded. The Com mittee during its session this week did ~ net confine itself to the preparation of this Address, but laid out the work of organization. The people ate right, ftncj ttiey only uopd io be organised to make themselves omnipotent.— Phila. Picas Dec. 24. PoMi-Ofllce Depurliiieiit Decl lOllM. First Assistant Postmaster-Oeneral Ilatton has decided that publishers of matter admitted to the mails as sec ond-class matter, may print upon the side of a postal card intended for com munication, bills, receipts, and orders for subscriptions to their publication or publications, as provided iu section 233, postal laws aud regulations, edU tion of J879. and tnay also print the i address of such publisher upon the ad i dress-side of the card, and inclose tbe 1 same in their second-class matter. I The Postmaster-General has decided i that upon all papers sent as merchan i dise there may be priutod any matter ' not having the character of an actual - or personal correspondence, and that \ with such merchandise, aud nierchau i disc of other materiul, such printed s matter mav be inclosed or appended. Assistant Postmaster-General Hat ton has decided that publishers, in ad dition to the name and address of the person to wbom newspapers and mag azines shall he sent, and the index figures of the subscription book, the printed name and audress of the or news ages* and written or printed words or figures indicating the date of expiration of the subscription, may al so print upon the wrapper a request that if the matter be not called for in a limited time it may be delivered to any one of a class of p >rsons named. lVrlainliiK t<> I lac; l*iil*burgh A* Vt fMtcrii There was a meeting in Pittsburgh, on Friday week last, o f James Callery, 1 Harry W. Oliver, Jacob Painter, Jr., I E. K Hyndman, John W. Chalfant, W. 0. Mobley, Campbell 15. llerron, and J. J'. (Jreer and other capitalists at the office of the Pittsburgh & Western 1 road, to effect the consolidation of the i Red Bank & Youuigstown and Pitts burgh & Western roads. A charter | was obtained for the Red Bank it ! Youngatown railroad some weeks ago, j when it was understood that it was ; intended to strengthen the Pittsburgh & Western, as the corporators were all 1 stockholders of the company, which has figured so prominently in the local railroad circles during the past >ear. The new road is to run from Red ! Bank, oil the low grade division of the A V. R R , to the Statu line, in Law- , reuce county, and connect there with the Youngsiown branch of the I'itts-! burgh it Western. The advantages of j the new road are apparent. Besides 1 supplying the northern line of the :• Pittsburgh & Western triangle, it is ! claimed by its corporators that with I its connections it vy'" form, by sixty- | five miles, the shortest route yet pjro- I jected for the transmission of through J freight from east and west. Hitherto j all through freight carried by the J Pennsylvania railroad had to pass j through Pittsburgh. A resolution i was passed to unite the companies, j and the necessary details were all ar- j ranged. Mr. Callery, of the Pitts burgh Western, says bonds amount to over $0,000,000, and that they are quoted at par, with none for sale. 4LL the churches but two of tb» j Allegheny Presbytery of the U. P. j Church have decided in favor of instru- ' mental music as a part of the regular : praise portion of tneir services. The ; proposition to introduce the cornet and other musical instruments in their choirs was discussed in ' the I'reshytpry, and carried by a clear and decided (Majority. io toe Uixuxtf. A. TKODTMAN, PAUL AND WINTER DEY GOODS, NOTIONS&TRIHHINGSI LARGEST STOCK. LOWEST PRICES! DRESS GOODS OF ALL KINDS, SHAWLS, CLOAKS, DOLMANS, CLOAKING, CASSIMERES, BLANKETS, LADIES' &CHILDRENS' UNDERWEAR ! Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Yarns, &c. I have and am showing the LARGEST AND MOST COM PLETE LINE OF GOODS EVER SHOWN. PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE. Jl. TROUTMAN, Aug. 24. BUTLER, PA. ftWcmuoiism UeuxoXowv. Sprains, Pain In the Back and Side. y There U nothing more painful than theae disoaae*; but the pain can be removed and tb« tllßOlse cured by um of PERRY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER. This remedy is not a cheap Benzine or Petroleum product that mutt be kept away from Are or heat to tToid danger of explosion, nor is it an untried experiment that may do more harm than good. PAIS KILLER has been in constant use tor forty years, and the universal testimony from all parts of the world is. IT NEVER PAILS. It not only effects a permanent cure, but It relieves pain almost Instantaneously. Being a purely vegetable remedy, it it safe in the hands of the most inexperienced. The record of cures by the nse of PAIN KILLER would fill volumes. The following extracts from letters received show what those who have tried it think: Edgar Cady, Owatonna, Minn., says: About a year Hinoe my wife became rabJeet to severe Buffering from rheumatism. Oar resort was to the PAIN KILLXK, which Bi»eedily relieved her. Charles Powell writes from the Sallort' Home, London: I had t* en afflicted three year* with neuralgia j andviolentHpaKinH of the stomach. The doctor* at Westminster Hospital pave up my cane In | denvair I tried your PATH KILLKK. and it (cmve me Immediate relief. I have retrained my Ftreuirth. and am now able to follow my usual occupation. I All drupßists keep PAIN KILLER. Its price Is so low that It is within the reach of all, nid it will save many times its cost in doctors' bills. Hie., SOe., and SI.OO a bottle. PERRY DAVIB * SON, Proprietors, Providence. R. I. EDISON'S Instantaneous M/iisio FOR THE PIANO AND ORGAN. Hv which auv CHILI) or PERSON can play any ot the popular airs by note at sight, without SfTLDY, PRI«VIuU> PKACTIt E, or • vcu tnu.-i.-al tatcit The Company will FoBFEITSI,OUO it uy ''li'id ten vcarb ■ -lu tail* 10 play ANY ONE <>l our Popular Tunes on the PLIIIO, or Orffan or Melodeou within ONE JIOUK slier receiving it.e Mu->ic and Instructions, provided said Child can count, with the hsu'ea Uifore it, from Ito 100 correctly. Our Music is not tor accomplished musician*, but tor the millions who know nothing about M u?ic or who have never played a lunc Our sell-explanatory short* ot music are trlnmpbs o» in in-ical simplicity. brevity aud certainu, and create a living interest for Mu-lc with the de tained ihoiiMtiidii who now use them THEY TEA* H ANY I'ERiuN to play by uoteatsight, while the eye follows the iliusiratiouo, WITHOUT EVEN LOOKINU AT THE KEYS. /.iter ihe pupil has learned ibe staple pieces which wo sell In our tlrst scries, we give them a little more difficult music, and leau them on until they piay our tunes with the expression of an old experienced pertormer. Seven Pieces of Music with Instructions, jailed to any address on receipt ot ONE DOLLAR- Enclose one-oent postage stamp lor CM*- ot Tuned, tf-jf Agents wauled tu every State and Jounly lu the Uulon. EDI NOW MONIC COAPAHY. HOMK OFFICE : 315 and 217 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. BRANCH OFFICES—2BO West Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md., 308 N. Sth St., St. Louis, Me., 25 Mxtb Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 357 Washington street, Boston, Mass., - 8 8 Queen street, Lancaster, PH., Cor. IMb A Walnut, Camden, N. J., 260 State st., Chicago, 111., AND IN Pu ii.AUBI.ru IA, 1223 Chesiitui street, 4032 Market street, 809 Filbert street, 25H4 N. Frout street, aud 1025 Pane street. CATALOGUE OF TUNEQ. America. A Starry Night for a Ramble. All on Account of Eliza. BubleH on our Block. Buy-a-Broom W&lu. Bculah Land. i.'oronutlou. Ch imp iguc Chnrley. Come Thou Fount ol Every Bleaslng- Coming Thro' The Rye. Cradle's Empty, Rahy'* Gone. Down on the Swanee River. Doat Thou Love Me Sister Ruth. Dublin Bay. Dunne Street. Do Tboy Think ol Mo at Home. Farewell, my Own. From Uieenland's Icy Moautaina. Golden Slippers. Home, Sweet Home. How tK» Oaten Cnme Ajar. In the isweet Bye an 1 Bye. I was a Wand'rinz Sheep. I Am Coming Lord. *f Need Tbee Every Hour. •lesua Lover of Vy Soul. Joy to the World. ■luuintn. Let the Lower Light* be Curning. I auterbiu'h Wa iz Little Old Log Cabin Additional tunes of New Music added Monthly. llullcr Tow IINIII|». JANUARY sth 1882. Editors Citizkn :—Having a spare nioniont 1 take my pencil to Bcribble a few items for your paper. And, first, , look through this' part of the county and see the improvement going on. Mr. John Burkhart i« erecting a new hou.se. Mr Israel Seaman has finish ed threshing his last year's crop. Mr. S. W. Bartley is taking out railroad ties. Win Caldwell is doiug some clearing and intends taking out ties al so. The teacher is home to see her . parents. That is right, fiss. Baffling matches are in demand This is driv ! ing business successfully. But more ' than this, we have the best ventilated school house, 1 will venture to say, in the township. There is a ventilator 'or two in every window This house is k»ow by the Kelley school house. It ought to be called tn« Walker school house, as he, W. Walker, lives closest to it. We think the house underwent some repairs lately, as our worthy di rector hat! a carpenter doing some re pairs a few days ago. It needs quite an overhauling. There was some Buld ltidge oil burnt on the George Smith farm a few days ago, l»y the bursting of the oil pipe, which the pipe men set on fire to prevent it from spreading over the ground. They have repaired tho break by anewjoiut. Mr. S. Shaffner has put up a new rail road track at his coal scaffold. So much for improvement in our section of the county. Very open winter— One chance for improvement. Y. O U. Thai 'Meadville has three candidate* for the postmastership, and it is generally believed that, the best way to settle the rather bitter fight among them ia to submit their claims to a vote of the Republicans of that place. A petition : is to be for varded to Cougressmau ! elect Miller, of this place, reoucHting that be agree to recommend tne man who is preferred by the highest ntim-; ber of Republican voters of that place, j That would be a good way to settle tbe watter.'—Jfcrcvr ' O. E. Walworth. Saco, Me., write*: I experienced immediate relief from pain ia the aide by the use of your PAIN Kn.na S. York says: I have nerd your PAIK KILLER tor rheumatlim, and hive received great benefit Barton Seaman aay»: Have ucd PAIN Knits for thirty roaia and have found it a *erT-faili*g remedy fof rheuniatlani and lamaneaa. Mr. Burdltt wrlte«: It nevrr fails tojrive relief In caaee of rtienmatlam. Phil. Gilbert, Somerset, Pa., writes: Prom actual line, I know your PAID bun 1a the bmt medicine t can (rot Little Maggie May. Li.n Rose of Summer. Litiie Buttercup Nearer My Ood to Theo. Old Hundred, Pulling Hard Against the Btreu*. I Paddle Your Owu Canoe. Pull Down the Blinds, t Rock of Aires, i Rosalie the Prairie Flower. | Rest tor the Weary Heart. Robin Adair. ! Ring the Hells of Heaven. Shall We Uather at the Hirer. I Sweet Genevieve, i Spring. Gentle Spring, j Scenes that are Brightest. | The Girl I Left Hehltid Me. Tramp, tramp, tramp. Take Back the Heart. Twickenham Ferry. There is Rest for the Weary. The Wearing of the Ureeu. The Heart Bowed Dowu. The Harp that once through Tara's H*U. The Blue Alsatian Mountain. •' Yankee. Doodle What n Friend We h.ive In Je»us. W:u>te Not, Want Not. | Walt lor the Turu of 'he Tide, j Wheu the Swallows Homeward Fly I What Shall the Harvest He. , Notice. i In accordance with order of court made January 4th, 1882, Friday, March 10th next at 9 a m., is fixed for hearing applications for license. All applications for license mupt be filed on or before Februarv 21st, 1882. W. B DODDS, Clerk Q. S. Tiik laws of Denmark contain one which it would probably be as difficult to find in the criminal code of other na tions as in our owu common law, or any other statute amending the same. It provides a punishment for that es pecially revolting form of cruelty which cousists in allowing a fellow* creature to perish without extending to him a helping hand. A mere act-«f omission in certain cases is indictable. "Who ever has refused," says the Dan ish law. "to help another person in mortal danger, when he could have done so without peril to his own life, aud that person has perished in con* sequence, is liable to either imprison* ment or fine. GIVEN AWAY! A HrLF.NbED D 10 T I O*N AR Y. TO~ EVLRY YEARLY SUBSCRIBER or THE PITTSBURGH < IK UMftMIN! I Allison's Webster's Dictionary, Juxt i"xned. containing over SO.OOO word* and (•linger, abbreviation", uxnful facta Mid table*, word* and pliratfw. U*t of mythological am| r name*. Scripture piopar nam—, the !'• Ht»tr>a i-ewe of IKKO. Jke.j a)*o ov«r .im r*»;vu eiitcr4V!,>i(«, LitiJoomly bourn I ■ ■' Ihe \»T- ULY for one year, likih" ii* a'uove D.,MMiliary, i>o»t4tfe pre* Itaid. ?I. ij Mill icMpvitiut rej*u«4 Uy aU |uit* Ciouii foi ti vupte oopj. 4U «ab«on|>UiMui payeMe is *4Y«BW;
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