Ourselves. • Now that the campaign - is over we shall devote more spaci -- -,ltlitin for the past few ;eoliths to Mena ure,:aimss, and mailers of general in 1 erest it .r.ary selections wilt be carefully insfleetv4ili4ilite fre.pliest_apil ablest periodieuli and books of the day, unc will contain- nothing ofrensivl: to pure mot rda or good mate. A portion of the papet will be devoted each week to information useful on the farnianTLin the lious - xliold.-; - Opeeiiii attention will be paid to the collec tion of lovai•neWs.. TheproceekliaXf ti t , : courts and countßofticers,Arillk,be protnptly rt:pv4ted.'''Therodt.u.7e market reports will be carefully coasted each'-week. • The ed colunanN;wlllcnetain•cornmenta•upoi Stich topics'of : t.t.Ality as may seem of mos, interest totlieAcitiektd - relitler. in short, we tlittAiirrierQß a. thorough po-: literary andbiibinessnetc.tpaper.• Ilepe - to make it a ji?itrnal that eballinterest . - every citizen of Tiogit County, and be a Wel Coin Visitor fit every fireside... In doh g i~ this, rte 'respectfully ask the aid of nut friends and' Well-wishers-in extending out ill : et:dation and sending us prompt inteir.- • ; g3nce of whatever of interebt may transpire InAlleir respective neighborhoods. r i fhe regular*circulation of the 'ACITATOIi is already larger than , thut: of most •Journal-, tiof 'Northern Tier; but we ilesiie tit ex t- ltd it still - farther, and with that •objet in view we will. qed-. the , piper: (rod the dint , . of subseripton. petit the :first of Ja nuary; 18t4 ; to - all 'up iv_tUbt pribers. ho ;.,end us ON aileance,.:titits.:giVing all Altos( who subseribe•at•Qn a the paper for the re mainder of this yearior nothing: But lei it' be fully -uidercitcre4" that to' 'secure this rate.the cash must accompany a i ll or der,l3. • • • fily Agitator. A: F. iLkitil'Es, EDITOR TUESDAY, #OY44I3ER-2.0, .113.12. Congress 'beets next Monday " Grant's official New Bilk . Bilkis &$ ; 347. Dix, for e _Governor, has a majority of 08,748. r : , The newldermarttiPire is actively press ing the fight against' the ecclesiastics. A bill vias - last.'•xeek submitted to the Diet,. punishing by fine,- i. imprisonmerit, and deg radation from office any clergyman who shall by name excomniunicote a tubjecttqf A special dispatelifrOin IT - e.cyO'rleans to the Nev Yore 2imes; thrtttrlait `Safitr2Jay, says that Kellogg, the Republican candidate for Governor,-bas-e.ntitjority of 12,761; that the Republican. Electors' have about the same majority, : and that the whole •Republi ean State ticket N elected. • . The ontposts , of •conservatism are yielding one by one In the British Empire. 'The bill legalizing marriage to a deCeased wife's sis ter passed the Legislature of Victoria . last week. After tfiVhile:-the restriction upon such marriages will no doubt be renuAed in the mother country. The, Constitutional Convention at Harris burg made little or no progress-laatlxeek it its work. Thefieveral committees were no announced, and until they, are arranged•coin stitution-rnaking , will halt. The time wilr mostly spent in talk by thattylnembeii ena mored of their own voices. After much pa laver and little labor --the body adjourneu from Friday to Monday,of this week. The New York TrZune of List Frida3 contained my ill natured political growl. witerCupou the Tline4 admini , ters this mer ited rebuke: "A more unprofitable task cannot_ well be imagined than.that of rev.iving th!, per k!onal controversies of the recent campaign but this is the task to which Mr. (heeler appears determined to address himself. HI Does calumny . pay't' and goes on ti• decide that it does, 'He might have found in the Columnaof his own newspaper a hod of facts which ought to have led him to a different conclusion. When the Tribune as serted that a child of the President 'Nvt spending money in Europe at a rate which proved that only corruption could supply the funds, that was a calumny e. high onl3 excited the disgust of the people. So, too in saying that Speaker Blaine had take u bribes to an enormous extent, that the Pres. ident had received large presents of land from Mr. J. Russell Jcines, that he was in• tent on carrying the elections at the point of the bayonet, that Senator Wilson was a cor rapt man, that Attorney General Barlow had compromised the suite against the Ring thieves, that Gerrit Smith was a humbug. and William Lloyd' Garrison an abusive old Radical—in all these, and numberless other instances, the. Tribune uttered calumnies which ` did ant pay,'and Mr. Greeley would have been well advised•had he allowed the whole subject to rest. The public have had enough of the personal disputes arising out. of the canvass, and they will not be induced to take a fresh interest in them by the quer nious.complidnings of a soured and disap pointed candidate." The President has already, given veiy.sig nal proof of his sincerity in carrying eti civil service reform. Be is evidently deter- pained that it shall have a thorough trial.— i A delegation of Pennsylvania pond- Claps went down to Washington to secure the appointment of a new Postmaster for the Quaker city. They had an interview - with the President, and stated the object of their visit to be to ascertain whether he in tended to apply the civil service rules to the c.lie of the Philadelphia Post Office, and of presenting certain reaskais wliy such appli cation should not be ntada The spokes man, Mayor,St okely, stated their reasons at kzotne length--we regret that the telegraph does not tell us precisely what they were— and then.said that all those present had uni ted in recommending a merchant .of that city, of whose fitness there was no doubt, and who would nt the same time prove an earnest Republican when party interests were concerned. The President's answer was c‘ry'explicit.- He said he knew of no reason why he should waive the regulations in that Case, and he - -would promote to the position a person already In the office ii there was one competent for it. We joy fully bail - this action its a pledge lit'at the re form inaugurated by Grant is to be steadily Carried out in spite of the prote4s of politi cians and the supposed exigencies of plrty policy. It was a WM:. Tal' President who built up &spoils system, and if Gen. Grunt firmly adheres to his- present position, the country srlit - cwaio-a Repnbilcan - Pivshiciar the utter overthrow of that pernicious pol icy. Rumcra and speculations as to impending chadgesin • Gen. Grant's Cabinet are very plenty...lt is espected that Secretary Bout well will retire from the -Treasury to accept the Senator's chair from Xassachusei ts made 'vacant by Mr. Wilson's election to the Vice Presidency. EdWin D. Zdargun, of New ,York, is generally regarded GS his p i robable successor : As Governor of New York dtti, ring the war Mr. Morgan displayed great ability, and his life•long training in mercan; tile pursuits, and his success as a besiness man, would seem to guarantee his capacity as a financier. We believe he would Make a safe Secretary of the Treasury. But of ,c Quill 40 Gannet earc,t_l43 be apanula tha t positibit unless Mr. Fish nat resigns the portfolio of the - State Department. It is raidthat gentleman will insist on finfillY retiring from the cures and labors of office, -11\ki %e hope nobody will attempt tá change njsiotertsion in that respect. While our itreign allairs- have been - in' some respects judiciously managed, we believe the country Is not fully satisfied with the timid, hesita 'flag tone-in -which Atherican - - rights have tt.serted in some quarters, ani there is dotibt a ,g, and deal , of welLfouncled.dis.- .atisfaction.witbAlfe'lreatutent oftt--the ' ban..question so faf by iinr Govanraent. It seems trident there must soon be a change -n our attitude toward Spuir, and it is.liesi• rale that the head of the DePartment of state be a man more in sympathy with wide. itVele -American ideas than Mr. Fish -has , Ahown himself to be. We need a Secretary imbued-with all the Courage, enterprise, vigt nr.and hopefulness of 2tir. Lincoln's great premier, has s-.) recently passed away. it was stated sumo weeks ago that the plaC aculd be offered to Elihu 31, Wasbburnet of tilinols;-our present Minister to France, and we hoped the rumor might prove true; but a is now reported that Mr. Washborue de. tittles that or any other position at Wash . ington, and proposes soon to return.to his pust . of duty at Paris. 'Whoever the new .Minister of State tatty be, we, trust he will be a live American at least. - . A: correspondent of. the New York - World rims that the liqutir hi - IS - laved a great success in "Ohio. 1.1. e -says that - iu Noble 'county its enforcement demonstrated that it can close every_ liquor , shop. Fur 'three years past drunkenness and crime—words we have-come to regard:sm.:almost 'syniany; mous--- . have been - nearly uhknown there, the criminal courts have found their occu pation gone; and the - jail, for the past two years, has been. without a single tenaut.:— .This - is indeed butrvelous, as the writer says —so marvelous that he feels it necessary to cite as authority for the story the natue< , t , t half a dozen judges - who have tyzen county-holding courts within f ,talattr The correspondent goes on to B:plain that It is not the criminal branch of th; 1 . nouncing. fincs and imprisonment tt:,siust 'whisky-sellers, which has closed the nurse ries of vice and crime called saloons, gro ceries,, and sample-rooraq. But the civil branch of the law has wrought the good Work. This gives wives and drunkards the right to sue the liquor-seller for all damages resulting from the traffic, and so bankrupts the dram-shop keeper, closes. his . business, and deters others from going into it, they knowing that to do so would be to" nvite fthancial ruin. We last winter callediatten tionAo this feature of the Ohio law, and commended it as probably the only practi cal mode to put an end to the liquor traffic -the monster curse of the, whole country. Right here in Tioga county we have seen how impotent the criminal law is to control the whisky trade. It seems that the only remedy for this gigantic'evil must be found in the selfish interests of men. , Give all persons injured by the business a right to recover the full amount of damages, making the read estate employed for the trafficliable to satisfy the judgment, and a long step will have been taken toward the utter extirpa tion of the curse. By so doing you enlist the strongest impulses of human nature on he side of good order Lad sobriety, and we •tre satisfied that it is only in some such ,Banner that the liquor trade can be regain ed by law We commend this matter to the serious consideration of temperance .nen everywhere. The Postal Telegraph. r It is stated that the Postmaster Gerleral xill, in his forthcoming anima] report', again re.z,s his recommendation of a postal tele- - upon the Attention of Congress ant: he country. It is evident that the piepo .ition has strong friends both in official and private circles, and that it will nut ho al ;owed to rest until it has been thuroughl) - liscussed in all its bearings. But it seems hardly probable that there should be found luring the short session of an expiring Con .iress sufficient time for the - mature consid ..ration of the measure which itsimportance The proposed change, if 'finally adopted .s to, be considered in two aspects—first, its effectdupon the business and social life 'Ol he people at largo, - and, secondly, its effect upon the administration of the Government. it, is under the first head that must of the arguments for the postal telegraph group themselves. It is admitted that it will be for,the benefit of the community that the transmission of intelligence by telegraph be cheapened ,and facilitated to the fullest ex tent. ,Everything Everything which brings the differ ent portions of the country into more rapid and easy communication is not only an im portant aid to the business interests of all men, but is a powerful conservator of the social and political life of the nation. And spread out as the American people are over such 'a vast expanse-of :territory, ate. -facility of intercommunication is a matter of such great concern that every resource ofscience and art may well be exhausted in effecting it. . The'cost of, telegraphing is now _p. griev ous burden fipon i the journals of the coun try. The-collection and rapid tranOmission of news has become almost a monopoly in the interest of a few great newspapers, and tt is well known that it has already become an impossibility to establish. and sustain a new daily journal without paying an enor mous bonus to the close corporation known as the Associated Press. :No daily paper can now hope to live without full and regu : lar telegraphic reports of all matters of in- . terest, and the tax of the telegraph is almost as restrictive in its effect upon newspapers to-Ives the stamp tax which England abol ished a few years' ago. ' But newspapers have become a necessity to Modern life, - and their encouragement is a matter of the high est e9neern in this country above all others. The tax upon private dispatches is even more onerous than that upon news. As a rule, the telegraph is now used by the body of the people only when necessity compels. That this practical embargo - is an unneces sary one, is evident from the 'large profits divided by the corporatiots which sustain it; and there is no doubt the Government could remove it without incurring much pe cuniary risk. The reduction of postage has always resulted in a great increase of the number of" letters mailed," anti undoubtedly the reduction of telegraphic tolls would ()p -erste-in a, bintii ar manner. 'These are strolls arguments in favor of a ..postaLtelegraph; bat there is another view of die:question in_whichit does.not.appear in so favorable a light. It will increase the great army of oftlee-holders, and so enhance the political power of the executive branch of the Government. It is true that skilled operatives will be requiredd and so, from the very nature Of the case, dcertain com petitive examination of applicants for em -1 ployment iti the) servird will be necessOy, but the multiplication of offices held in ebme degree by a political tenure is to be depre cated by all thoughtful men. We trust that WPM Gen. Grant's second term expires Siva service Munn will be firmly establish-. ed, bta under the tncst favorable view of the ease a huge increase of public officers is 'net to be desired. 'At the best, political pc&- trousgole a accessary 041. ' ' . ' 444 txml ;a4mA; g9f opign4 c 49 .., ~. f . 1 t a proplsed chaiage is the'-Fact that it- would give the Governthent the opportunity to ex-. ercise an espionage ever the communica tions oflbe petTle,Avhich might proVe dan gerous to public liberty and private inter ests. We have already seen such an offie,lai espionag,6 exercised in England within a w months after the Government assumed control-of the telegraph, and there Is . cer tainty no - assurance that - We might not 'see it in this country under - like circumstances.-- Of course it is easy to cilact laws -protect hag theinviolabirit of telv!irrins, but when private interest -and politiedi rrission lead one way, we all know that the statute book is a frail barrier itYr the rei4;52:1 , ..1t of 'lnv:L— -in one large section of the county we have seen the official violation of the mails not only suffered but encouraged, and certainly it is not to bi.supposed that open telegra=ph ic messages would fare any better than seal ed letters. It mill not do to trtht too much. to poor human nature.. .. It Li, 6.40 a grave question whether the Government has a riE,ha to take posseftsi on of the telegraphic r.-ystern any rribre than it has of the railroad system of the country, andwhether, — if it has the right, it will be for the permanent ad - Vantage of the public that it should exert ise it. If it should !,! , 1 into the telegraph - business it would proba bly"give us cheaper messages, and so, too, if it should go into the mining business it might'perhaps give us cheaper coal, but we have a' strong repugnance to that `• pater utff,' style of governmeht which undertakes to do for the people what they can do and should be left to do for themselves. It is certainly to be hoped that the question will be thoroughly debated and considered in every Slight by Congresi and by the people before - any decisive step is liken toward es tablishing a postal •I I:. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER._ _ ~ W1.2.111.N0T0N, NOV. 12, 1872. nrcoxcleLmor; vuotrrastio:' Mosby, of Virginia, has jea paid a visit to Nl,'ashingtun. lie is anxious for all bad feelitig between the South and North to he I.llityed as rapidly as possible; and us one of 11/ells:cans of reconciliation on the part of the SOuth, he proposes that the Greeley and EroWit electoral vote, which Will come only from the South, lar cast for Grant and Wilson. This could Only be done by a fair understanding, fully expressed either in con ventionor In sonic other public manner.— He thinks such a friendly evidence of re turning patriotism would be freely advoca ted by the late leaders of the rebellion, such as Alexander H. Stephens, &c., and that, though nothing would be just by the South, much might be regained in the future good will and confidence on the part of the North and West, and that the general-pros perity of the country would be conserved by making 'the election of the incoming President'and Vice President unanimous. How ranch probability there is of such a movement being agreed to I cannot tell, but surely the motive is a good and patriotic one, and would be well received throughout the country, if voluntarily offered and fairly and freely carried out. • There is no good reason why there should be . - any farther di vision of the vote after the people have-de cided who is to represent them. The Elec toral College is generally esteemed an obso lete piece of machinery, the original inten tion of which as conceived by the fathers of the nation has been practically ignored du king the entire period of our national exist ence. The debates at the formation of our Constitution - show that it was'intended as a relic of aristocracy, and that the selection of President and Vice President wits actu illy to be made by the Electors, who were conceived to be the best and wisest of our citizens, and hence better able to decide up . 43 the merits of these high runcticatarie&-, No one now thinks or cares whom he votes ror us Elector, and the place of Elector is riven to the miunVho is supposed to be,most .ntluential in • securing the success of the nominees of his party, and often his capa bilities are confined to the money he is able to give tot Gardmaking a canvass in favor of ho:ie nominees. The system is a dangerous one, for the reason that there is nothing in the law to prevent Electors frouavvoting for other than the men selected as the c,_hoice of the country, and especially in the eVent, of tie fleath of a nominee before the)i assent tiling of the College is the present plan open to corruption and abuse. If Mosby's proposition has no other ef eel than calling the attention of the coun try to the necessity of amending the Consti tution'so as to allow direct .voting fpr these officers, which is practically the intention of our people, and at the same time prevent the throwing away of a portion of the pop ular vote in the margin of large majorities given by particular States, it will accom plish a beneficent end. The - plan does not belong to the check and balance system of government, for the College has no repre sentative existence save for the simple pur pose of casting a vote which has been al ready settled by the voters ;' CAPITAL ITEM% There is no abatement In the epizootic of, this city. Eighteen horses died yesterday in the various public and private stables.— The Washington and Georgetown' railroad is now r&ming a limited number of cars, which a fi re crowded excessively when the Departnkent clerks are to or returning from their business. Two cases of small,Pox were reported last Saturday, and it is hoped that it will soon' entirely disappear from ,our :city. It has subsided so fur that we scarcely ever hear it spoken of. • Osborn P. Anderson, the only survivor of the John Brown raid, is now in Washing ton. A meeting is to be held here to-night to raise means for his relief from pecuniary embarrassment, at which . Frect. Douglass and Jno. MI Langston are expected to speak. The Georgetown Market House has been raised about fifteen feet, to the future grade of Bridge street, and store rooms, ice be . x• es, &c., will occupy the space beneath.— The building is a two story brick, and the work of raising it has been quite interesting tol - those who havesnever witnessed such feats in other cities. . . Barney Wohd, the condemned murderer now; awaiting execution in our city jail, has been"hopec:ii of Executive clemency. Ef forts, have byen totale in his behalf on the pretext that the ',tether of the Murdered man is in fayol (;I Lis pi,rdon. He has just published a cams in which he denies any in• tentiun to interrete NN ith 11:e due course of law in the case. The; is an unhealthy sea son fur murderers in our District. It would appear.that the. timing has become too com mon fer elkOiltagella:!lt. The cold snap' here, interTetzed with MOW and - a, stiff freeze-up, ;Ts c a ,.l ;4; r t r m a ny vi our 'city improvementa in the vuc..ttire.•-•- A number of the streets are torn up and rendered useless in view of fu-, lure: -It is still possible however to put ma ny of them in good order before old Tereus comes to stay. The practice of destroying entire. blocks of pavement.' weeks before Wurk can be commenced is a pructice inure honored in the breach than in the i:rft.nni. auce. c. An old tree called the "King of the Woods," under which Washington pitchen his tent hen he occupied Jersey Cit . ) flights, has been cut down.' The statistics of the Nebraska Board of Emigration show that the number of ismni grunts settling within the State during tin' present year will not be less than 75 . ,000., Not less than twenty astronomers luSse. made arrangements fortaking pbotogrphi of the transit of Venus over the Sun's disk s . which is to take-place in December, 1874: A special from Little Rock says that Ars' kansas has given 4,880 majority for Grant, and-has a Republican majority of 27 in the Legislature, which secures the election of a: Republican United States Senator. The newspapers of the country are urged to warn advertisers that postmasters are for bidden by law to deliver letter addressed to initials or fictitious names, unless sent to the-tare of some responsible person. Cotton once more promises to be This year the statistics show that we sent to England only 080,000 cwt. less than we ex ported in 1800. With the great, difference between free and slave labor,. as trade re• .wives in the South, we will soon 'regain and pass our old figures. .11 Still another ocean telegraph wire is to be laid, this time from Portugal to Brasil.., In a large proportion of the safes recov ered from the Boston fire the contents were found ruined. • • -• A Cuban letter states that there are 18,000 insurgents under arms, but there is a scarci ty of clothing and medicines. - The New York Commercial Advertiscr says the Washington Patriot is dead. It couldn't, survive the satire of its title. Greeley drew his salary from the Tribune with punctual fidelity Eluting the time he was so the " bloody chasm" line of trade. The Chicago Post says it is hard telling front the testimony which are the most hard ened sinners—Challis or his libelers. Mrs. O'Leary wonders " if thim Boston spalpeens will be after swearing that it was her poor baste of a cow that burned their city." . The Boston fire foots up a loss - of $140,- 000,000 in buildings, and $00,000,000 in mer chandise, the-insurance covering all except the last named amount. As previously sta ted, but few dwelling houses were consumed, and there have been het. few cases of actual destitution, though 10,000 persons have been thrown out of their usual employment. Ten persons were killed, and about the sauce situutter seriously wounded. • 'The question of women riding astride of horses seems not to be set at rest yet.. No less a lady than Grace Greenwood confesses to having tried it in her recent travels in California, and to lolving liked it, too. 'Site ' says: "After a trial of some fifteen miles one day and twenty-six the second, we sill .cause to• the conclusion that this style of' riding is the safest, easiest, :and therefore the must sensible for lung mountain expedi tions, and for steep, rough, narrow trails.— If nature intended women to ride horse back at all, rite doubtless intended it should be after this flishion; otherwise we should ybevebeet]sort of lucidflier- An-Invention variety of the forCOb.l Mist • wo• •• • nt. A new invention, :which R•cow to V0Z1.42.=.2 1 The - New, York Sensation occasioned by more than passing value, has just been lairs t the arrest of the female brokers, Woodhull ented by ;Ur. H. Cutler, after nearly - ttso and Ciatlin, is dying for the food on which years of study .and experiment. A double : all social scandals teed—detailed publicity. purpose is served by this invention—the I iespectabie newspapers have united to - utilizing of coal dust and the piseveliiing 'or ; rt fusing to publish even the preliminary smoke 1 rom the burning o t "cst errs cont.—it ii an ow tions in court, while Mr, Beeyh t .r The utilizing of the millions of tons of Icons to have acted wisely in taking no is.,- dust which gathers about all. the principal tics of the terrible charges made against ' Mines lids lungheen quet,tion Mtn. lie preaches regularly to much target . in Industrial economy, anti many esp st is houses than ever before. Those - ho hose ineratflfave been made with that purpose in faith in his innocence seem to-need noWirrci view; upue of wllicti z:. - pyccl Practical. -in aunitratution of their view.. ew York Tv , • Mr. Cutler claims tchhave invented - A -ample method by which this refuSe gin , b6" - mould-:i ed into masses of:tiny sae:dr:thin with" the solidity of brick, and'ittirited Ito mo; meat after the mixture is - mad.e. l = it, is estimated, can , mould sixt3t tons-per ditY; et a total cost of .0 . 60 per : ton,' Ai * the waste at all the Western mutes - 1s friti". ten to twenty per cent., and always very. considerable even at-the- anthracite minead it v. - ill be seen that the value of such.an in vention. when put intopractleal - use;" is . -rAttizie_rnirie is producing I,IOC , to:: 2:: of :oft coal :lid - annually ttecurinthning ClO.OOO- torts- of du:-t, which by .Mr.-ctitier - s - :rocess can be coliverted to tirtt cheli fuel fe;:-5,0t)7 less , titan the sine amt•itnt. could mined, e.-144-.. the %Niel: term I,nto which it i nioilided %:()111-11 faeilltnte trite 5 pvitalion. The Whet• t,dvatizatze to be de rivedlrom this it:vent-ion is th - tf-Preventiou of the eumity Ottutninous fiatehe whkil is sv ann o ying wherever oR coat" is bui nttl_ This preparation kindles s - Flphilv, with but a trifle of 6:.nolie, and - burris whit a pure ; hot datue until reduced ,w-tishes. This portion of his claim :Nis. Cutler. temonstrates heyond a doubt, and the only question arises upon the availability •of the proce'ss for • large quantities. this point the inventor is sangtzine arnl positive, and negotiations are :_wing on with some of the large mining conip.n.ies for the pritcl,ical testing et the whole matter and -Its early introduc tion arnonit the great industries of the coun try. - The New Way of Doing It. PIIT6I3URO-, Nuv. 10, 1072. Titusville, in the oil re g ions, is in a state of great excitement to day over a most daring,robbery which was perpetrated last night. While the family of John Watson, residing on the hill bpposite the old Hinkly refinety, were at .upper, n party of men numbering five entercu the house, and sy proaehing Mr. Watson with pistols in hand and musks on their faces, deuniaded Lis 'money.. - . • They cautioned the family not to make the least noise, telling them it was their Money they wanted, and that all must sub:" alit to be bound and gagged, and that II they Made the •least' resistance they would tall in the balance of the gang, whor were guarding the entrance 011l61(b.. They pro ceeded to handcuff the fancily, applying leg , irons to,the men—John Withon and Areln• bald Ste Wart—the latter the son-in-law of the former, at the same 'time gagging them, and then tying the entire family together. They next ordered Watson to opt his: safe. The latter replied', "My money is All -in Warren, deposited with my brother."-- They replied, " We know whom you , refer• to, but your money is in the house, ard we must have it." "Watson thereupon, with the muzzle of a huge revolver placed against his cur, opened - the safe, and something two - thousand dollars were abstracted. Af ter the safe bad been robbed, the family were tied in a long row and- compelled to follow the thieves down in the cellar, then up through every room in the house, and, at the peril of their Hies, information us to where valuables were kept was demanded and given. _ After a thorough search, the family were conducted back to the dining room. Mrs.• Watson, Susan' Stewart and Archibald Stnni art were placed on a lounge, blindfolded,: ironed and gagged, and tied tothe stove• in such a manner that if they moved the stove would lip Over upon them. -- The fiends then left the house, having re mained about an hour itud a half, while the balance—nine in all—were standing watch on the outside. In the hUrry to depart the lighted hunp was upset and the house set on fire. The robbers then returned, and taking clothes from the wardrobes, threat them on the burning portion of the dwell ing, and with,rthe utmost difficulty succeed ed in extinguishing the games. Mr. Wat son was severely burned, but the robbers made no endeavors to pull him from the flames. James Stewart, a Inember of the family, arrived home after midnight and found the family in a sorry plight. The irons on Mr. Watson cut him to the bone, and be was bleeding profusely. Those on the other members.of the family were also very pain fill, and were taken off only by,severing them with a file. The thieves had hand etas for every member of the houie, and their pockets were filled with handkerchiefs. They had also 'a plentiful supply of leg irons. The s police were notified at three o'clock this morui4 - , oil the hotels in the plso.- ,Nez;a. searoned, mitt zue tow•u - Scouren,.uu, no atrests Lave so fau• been'matie. The Vil tains have s.‹) etfectivei . y done their work, to to give nu clue to tbeir - whereabouts. greatest excitement exists in the oil regions : .4 . ef this devilish outrage. it is ‘tny evident the party were aware that Watson had money in the house, as tied neglected to deposit a sum the exact atuouut of which he dues not Itnow. of the le.utily - .Were suyerely injured but Mr. :Stewart, whoie-feet and bands were dread- Wily burned ii.y . the upsetting of a laulp. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. The sale of the Belmont collection of for eign paintings in New York realized some thing over ,Z . ,0,000. The Galveston Chambee of Commerce lots lately pursued a ease of packing coma. fraudulently to the conviction of the ol fender. bn.. b -certsinly - tielinv'ef.l' wtll in titis'inattei,' tunt.tlie world, in : ocittl kr.-nna-xls nt :Tenet, l cite profit•byhis - eStimple. ' , - ' . - : .... . , , . , _.MatipAiiS - Vashn,l.lte Turkish Atnlinisaddr, , on.nteetingi.letif-Selitititt littehtly, said, in ..Itl3 - .o.ru . ek rEngli,..li, -` .....k.n, -General., von Intvv. 411Pi.1ti ;Yee .tnillion guii/e.tis, butit is-t.lO first tithe In de history,. iliit at gl s nd. solnnits Ina r ' Of 'to : be inilietekt l:tyde If...,reg:wr.° ._ 'Die nest Congre...:slvillsisini 497 .T.li:pub• 11 . 04ns to t 7 DeniocrLts,, cousitierably a:lore thtknl.w,o-thi: - 69.. Tl:t.l.lZ(.lll l .3licnn inojolity' iiilhg . last tio - ..,-.:e whs <.ntv 21, - llny,‘ ing, n 0t,, - gain -;..:f 21 Tbi.4 wttl firt-•,t1.1 . 1,- . i; l e :grente;:t tidal cv::: , 1 , s-.. , :ci'ktic., o ,vu .it:'il.:c.:,l,:ii3.to , . - . 11'., of I.lle - cor,r-try. • - . vote. strike li.; nowine:s the ConsiltuAi-.. , aal the 3a1:T12 - ut 2th. Mown - R Colvred man, wLo wyq pfoiente , ,i at-Arzw. He 11;,s v4.P.ed with the Deawcials "or 712.1.-uiv E ely * Gentieuien front the Stmh, vhn favi.ned the election o O f rceey, have , iicfOrthed 11.14 President that they are 11QW. SatjAiee,r 11? election will do more fur .peace - and reconciliation than the e r eet i finu t G ree ley would have done. 3 Presitlent Crantlis very much c.:ratitled thi,t eon te , rion, coin ing - frOm the source it does, and states that it is his intention to he Fri' dent . of- thY whole cuuntiy, and not of ti section. The President wtn as istfored 1 / 4 11at these views are general at the South. Some idea of the immense number of postage stamps Used by the American pea , pl.: eau be 0 l.taill!.:(1 - irthil Lite taca that 111 th Sp7lCt,l ~f .three, Months the Naitionati Bank NOte Company have wads over 148,- 000,000 of all denominations, valated at ()tier $4.000.000. Dui log t he. present year 520 - 000,000 have been-completed; those made in January numbering jek,.o;al,ooo. I wity• &Ott and a li 'lt' nillions have beone iom pleted in a week, and thirteen millions n -li sle& day. Three - times us many three-eent licaturps are used-as - of all other denomina tion!" combined; after them come the one cent, and then the two and six - dent stamps. , elm lest. weekly return of the company showed a manufacture of rover fourteen mill ions of finished stamps: work The r of .providing funds for the Centennial Celebration is now fairly under way. Philadelphia has voted a stint of mo ney for the preliminary use of the Commis sion, And the New 'York Board. of Finance of the Centennial International Exhibition have adopted a resolution that the National, State, and incorporated banks in the State be requested to act as agents in procuring and receiving subscriptions for their Board. The amount' to be raised in this State Is 5b0ut51,185,61, 4 0. It was al3o resolved that -such private banks us the corporators of any Congress district should name be re quested to, act as agents, if the State COM mission cr 'approved. The Pre - sidential Electors will meet on the first Wednesday in December in Harris. burg. They; make three ditfe,rent certifi cates, One of which is sent to the President of the United States Senate through the post ,dflice, 'one is sent to-the same person by one of the .Electors selected for the purpose, =and the third- is delivered to the United States Judge of this district. The first must be, delivered before the, first Wednesday of January. — With each certificate is :sent a .liSt, of the votes. The law provides ,that Geng,ress shall be in 4esgion on the second •Wednesday •in February • succeeding the meeting of the Presidential Electors, when the packages containing the votes shall be opened, the votes counted; and the persons tvho shall till •the offices of President and Viee President tiliall be ascertained and de clared. . . Among the minor and still very serious zinc', irreparable losses occasioned by the Boston conflagration we regret to be obliged to chronicle the complete destruction of Ihe letters, papers and manuscripts of the historian Prescott. During the absence in Europe of the members of the family into whose possession they had come, the valua ble documents had been stored. " for safe iyo in one of the splendid warehouses which disappeared like log huts in a prairie tire under the stress of the remendous conga gratinn. Mr. Prescott's l physical infirmity had made it necessary ft r hitu to cause cop ies to be taken of an immense number and variety of ancient and authentic documents .concerning Spain and the two Americas, and the destruction of these as well as of his own correspondence and literary Memo -r,enda is in its way a public . calamity to the - world of letters. With these also perished •orno of the finest portions ever painted 1.). Copley,,the father of Lord Lyndhurst, ono : riaci titst of A nterieant artists to win a name and fame in the world. At [its approaching session Congress will be asked to provide the means for one of the greatest mechanical feats of the age,— file General Post Office building being found insufficient in size for the accommo. , lttfion of the numerous' clerks required to supervise the work of thirty thousand post dices, Mr. Mullett, the chief architect, pro poses to elevate it into the air and put itno- I her wiry bmenth it. Readers taming) . with Washington will remember that this uildirrg covers the entire square between E Ind F Streets and Seventh and Eighth, and Aintains some of the largest rooms in tht• .:ity. The 'Dead•Letter room is about 70 "fret long by 45 wide, and two stories high; the bookkeepers' oom is about sixty feet ,quire. In 1686 lie wooden structure diet. abed by the Depirtment was destroyed 1.).) ,ire. To provide;ihgainst such a casuality al second-time, the e,stternal walls of the Des building were made of marble, and are three feet thick; the inner walls are of brick, and the floor a slate, bedded upon I grunted - arches of brick. This enormous mass of masonry it is now proposed to raise some twenty feet in bight. Buildings larger in extent have been lifted at Chicago, but none ;of such weight, and where the slightest mis take would be so fatal. And all this is to nd.done while the business of the Depart matt is tof be carried on as usual, with full facility of 'entrance and departure for its hundreds of i clerks and daily visitors, NATIO)'AL TRANK.StIIVAI. Pr(.6lk-il Procintnation,' By the l're../ideLt of tLo tultki State . 3 of itiactica 1 • 11. Wheicae tl+e revl.qtion of another year has again brought the Clue when it is uslial to look back upon the past, end publicity to3hauli' the AlbAiglay. for Lis mercies and ltla Aud whereas if any one people has Moro occasion than a:coil:sr for such thankft4ucsa it is the citizens of the United States, whose Government is their crea ture, subject to their behests; , who have reserved to themselves ample civil and re:l3lotte freedom and equality before the law; who, during the last twelve month, have enjoyedexemptlon from coy grevious or general calamity, and to whom prosperity Imyagri oulture;manufacturer a, end commerce has been vouch safed: Now, therefore, by these considerations, / recom mend tliat on Thursday, the twenty-eighth tiny of Nor ember nest, the people meet in their respective places of worship, and them make their acknoltdedgements to God for his ltindree and bounty. . In witness whereof 11;a19 In-rennto set nay hand and. caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington pits eleventh day of October, in the year of our. Lord one thous and eight hundred and seventy-tvro, ;SEAL..) of the independence of the United States e. 4 America the ninety-seventh. U. S. Ga.ini. By the Preettlent : ILIztILTON FISH, SetrOtAty of State rroclpmatio4. n the name and by the authority of the _Common, • wealth of l'emutylvania John W.Geary,tioverner. Titesr.sairvo pleocw_lttnox Believing in thu Lola our covenant God, in wbona our %them:rusted. and ill Bit conholling Providx:::co o, or the affairs of men and nativua, a public Atli. owl •:ilgment of Hie go, (Incas, end of our coo:A:Int depen dence upon Him, is eminently becoming an enlighten ed and civilized people : Xow._therefupe. Impressed with these sentiments, in purscanci - of-p„_,r,evered castor.: , ~.......: in ccilf:rctity with theottliinraflon of I.l4,vasr.s a'. i •.:'.. , ...17,,‘. :'-r5.thi......t of the 17nitecl IL'ltates, re:atm/lending that ihureday, the Tweuty.eig, th day of November next lie set apart 113 a day of se . Prayer and Thaukaglvlnig. I. JOLIN W. CIE.B2', derernor of the Conarnoewealth of Penn. 1"/Ivatas., do most respectfully request the citizens of t...da State to observe that day as such, with all due rest poet and solemnity. I Let tha , lra 69 given to Almighty God that tie lute "iestowed upo'u ue all the common bhliaings of life, given us health, and relieved us from peethenee; that Libor Is abundantly rewarded; that we have no dread or impending famine, or fear of industrial or cc,m. inereisi distrese; that the arts, sciences, general eft eatlon, and the sentiments of peace and good will are steadily advancing. Let us be especially thankful for the great privileges of American citicenahlp; for the nut:nu:ailed ezpreseion of opinion; that our political rights, still remain safe under beneficent lewd, and in Lie licinis of an order loving people, and that "equal and curnetluitice" le Vouchsafed to all. For these, and fur other civil, social and religions blessings we enjoy, lei us yield the sincere tribute of grateful arid humbly heat:cell their continuance. .-- Olved tinder my Lieu,d - and the Great deal of the St %le, liariisluirg, this twenty-eighth day 01 October, iu the year of wit Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and of the tkimmouwealth the ninety-seventh. the Govcrnor: • JNO. W. GEARY. F. Jotwel. fliseretaxy of the Coratriell,Wealtil. LOOK OD Volt ex= Jug arrivea vrith an inurzatc fiTOCE.OF , - NEW GOCiS .1 - 011, LF.TR MAN, o:auditing GOODS, o. it so' tOOTS & SUOEt lite - adpiMade . C lothing, &CPS, NVZIVOJEbat T_TC., ET•' The best and the elvzareot lot cY E'd ever brought into Wolisboro: LADIES' FURS, and Gents' Fur Collars. As I intend to move into ono of the elegant New Stores in Willcox k Rress's-trow 7:trick:Block. I propose to sell my entire stook at roclnceel rates for the :text EMEMEI People having Putter ervi Groin to dispose of will find it to their Interest to give me a mil before flailing ielsecebere. Oct. 29. 1872-ti. We have Shed the Shanty TIAALDWII\B,CO TIOCUrrPA Asul uovi bavo but alto to nay to our friends and, cuatomera that we have good BARGAINS FOR TIIESI Onr Elegant New Store la flied` fall of DESIRABLE GOODS itt,theloweet prices t 9 be found, co And you wil) know !vow It il yvltrs9lVCl. Ost 12. 1872. i ERIE lEEE MEE F. TRUMAN OE T. L. BALDWIV & CO. „ _ )-\ . Nkit iegoxe--- •.. _.g C .., iftimte, : . _. , .. , . . _......0,_. ~,... • , x‘ • --- --1 . _ . 1 '''>\,\ • '..‘ l- :', ' ' r., '-... '_ . 1- ,1 .:.' ;,..,' :' ". - k ft . _NI • \‘• • , \-- .'5 ,". •', '' --. ••• • - to. .0 , •.;\ - . . . 400 - 4, . ette • , N. - ~, i, .•V p) \ • , Neto p , : . -IA .. - ids. it 1.-'. N ‘ - 4 ).. - \ .. \ . . ... ... v ... . . . .. . ! . .._ •,:. _._ 4, , ,• , • , . ..' . -.• • . • 1 ', .......47, \ \\ ,-;.': -:' -- 'NN : -:. ' a-. :: ' \. a-, • (:,$ • , 0 4 " 1 . 7-9 ta vao ft4...0) • rte. t• ''33l' g `‘.410,01 : 41 4 til V:5l AL% A'a t t 0 00 414111e14,„ it U . 1.4 A. FALL AN V IN atrirmst.Es Or ail, efirez , x-tits ciaaci 114.1:1 - ft • , r GROCERIES IN, ABUN DANCE, CROCKERY NOT SMASHED , soc)aritst ce, SS IX CI) 393 ..S1 xacairiosoNfl4ollllZ. CALL AN the IMISSENBE Stook, with prices not to be beaten. .rolaotfail to co: money if you will. C 01131 146 Oct. 21. 1872, SO TO $2O pe ca r ol o l r i tii i rg i' l ts, e-ple n , e orei j tVe 1 0 2 :1 . young or old. make snore money at work for A in their sore moments. or all the time, than at an hinp elee. Particulars free. Address G .Stinson & Co.. Portland, Maine. Sept. 24.187%-Iyr. Mrs. *A. 3. .SOIPIELD AVOULD respectfully tomounee to the public the' the has now a i I I i . FRESH STOCK OF I killinery and F•ncy'Goods! of • every dPeeription. for the ladies ennelating o Fiats. 'Bonnets. rep.. (Vnaes Hosiery. liub 7 s.e. Shaw:re, Snits. "Merino and Muslin tlnd , n wear. Ciermantoyi;t: Wools Z.p'ivre FC'd Fors. nankin] for the gi.nr•-• ons natronale of the inst. she hopes to merit a nr,Ti tinuance of the same. Jan. 1, 1872. JIIST lIRCEIVEII, A VERY LARGE ST ,clt• OF, 13EAVER. 13110 Ar• /14, CLOT t-L C • SSItERE. VESTINGS, AND 'TREtr , 2,llRtig, which I will sell wry , •heop, Fon CASK, fact. the best fintortment of Gee& ever brnn2ht tr Welcher°, of vartoutr [styles. Please call and 100 , them over. Malting Snits Overcoats and Repairing &me with dispatch and as cheap as the cheapest . ~, t GEORGE wurAra. i Craton EiV•eet, Strellabiro, Pa. Jan. 1 1872-1 y. . LISTPAY TAKEN UP.—A. dark I'o7 came to XI my Pram!.PP* on the ed of Nov. 1872 T;:, tbo owno will please prove propert, pay ebargea d lake Inn away. ABBAIT t.t HART Nov. 19,1879-Bw. " • • C leston. Pa. • f 4dministrator's Notice. , LETTERS of Administration on the Estate of James Heron. late of Pall Brook. Tfoga County. Pa,. de ceased, having been granted to the undersigned br the Register of Tiort county. all persons indebted t the estate are requested to make payment, and those having aiti ma against Said estates will present the same to me for settlement. SAMUEL HERON. Eva 13rook, Pa.. vet. 22. 117343w0 l~ EIE MI AT POE IN ' C+~3i®TYl~Tta` Zs tlXo pinta to bay ;roar Y GOODS too utisperous to .mer.tlon. Sri good repair and eylcs, II Dorset. Calif he pro!,eeted froin the prevailing epidi ic, by r übb;ng the throat and jaws of the no mal with SALITTIFEIt. It is the only known preventive, a d has nut failed to keep off the disease. when used ih time. After uthe horse/ has taken the disease. all bitters agree is recomtnendidg ount-r-hritants ; iALTTIFEII' is known to be the but c00t:n.1 . 4E0 9 t to nee. It; 19.,t no otkes outside' rtnspdy 149 ,beett found. that will s, quity swhtlwi the intlat4,s non wlien It is rubb , d ap , ot the throat and glands I,of the neck. Horse °true: s should try SALU Tl£l'lt at once.--PriceNl ets ptr Nov. 12.--8 w. BAN RRUPTCY.—WItt.tern , Dietriet of Panto. - 1. 1 . vaunt. as: The unders gut.Li ii ruby girt , . not! ' of i.ppotutme.t an tun•guee Cr the vs - at , of 11 . Sur,tthe - he, 4 . 013 ty ..1 - tate- to reponyh Enna, within stt it 61,4 v hue natal tiojtulirs:dtt Intlatipt town his tont 1 etiti" l 'hu Ihtito t t t.:Ottrt ui sad “:et , Pt • Nov. 19-3 w. JEPEJ:it*JR - 4.)N, Assignee adritinistr.ott.oi.'s Notice r ETTER:t of achulidstnitluq of the estate of IO). 1.4 taut Arober, lato ar „Itiddleiii.ry. Tiogi4 f.i.tEty. ‘'a., deceased, having biuu granted to he dude. ad nf..:l , >y tlif , lteidster of 'Doge county, all y •rgous iLdt t• d to said eAtato are mill* ate& to rase payment,) and t i , thoeeltssing .11a:ft. against said •ea to win pleat:et ibe Fame to theiiilderalguediti itiddl Vary, Pa: 1 Bl i tddlebary. Nov. G, Itaid.-81v. Ottl.t.LlZ triLbrr. LEI7EBS Testamentary on the Estate. of Charlda 11. Lefler, !Moot Jaeltau4tormaidP; TWO. , 0 T ,4 '"" c kt"*lKl. LaVitig hveu'granted W the underat nen ay the Register of Tioga vounty. allyarsous hide tea to the estate are requested .to Melte paytueht. and those timing clairue agali:et, said estate 7wil, present the same to me, at ray residence at Daggett's Arida for settle. m0at.„ .. 1 DAVID D. I4tni• Daggett's Mills. Pa., Oct.'22. 18724 w. Ei'r. I, • , . alGirCall and 'ace thia,,t.EVlG" of Sewing Macb on exibition A. B. rastinan'e and bear the celebi "Raty Organ." Wellaburo. &IA Vs 72- t;' ; ~rl .~ al O R M ER MS, SEE iliiiigiMlE HORS( • PLAGIIE Prevented and Cured Executor's Notice. tt. " Pai kit W ;g: st .14 Live Tea NEIN al. •; Fizz]
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