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
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PLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE.
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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*-
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EDI NOW MONIC COAPAHY.
HOMK OFFICE : 315 and 217 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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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.
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(•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
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bourn I ■ ■'
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likih" ii* a'uove D.,MMiliary, i>o»t4tfe pre*
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