ely Aoitator.,
A. N. DADNUS, 10.DITOR
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17,1872
tongres's inn w - eek adopted a )resolution
to adjourn over from the' oth instant to the
- 6th of January. By unusual attention to
business both houses have fairly earned this
holiday recess.
A. ray ,Of light and hope at laSt shines
through the 'floosie 'l'unnel, familiar to
n fwspaper reatlers for year past as the
rgreat bore" of Massachusetts. • Last week
the morlithenlnuounced the meeting of the
headings and the" central bliaft, en event
which marks the approaching completion
of the great work. , „
- Senator Sumner seems in zl fair way to
learn what the people' of Massachusetts
titbit; of hie latest silly essay toward " rec
onciliation." In the, lower branch of the
State Legislature last week the following
resolution Was offered:
" Resolval, That this attempt to degrade
the loyal soldiers pf the nation and their
atand achievements meets with our unqual
ified condemnation, and merits the disap
proval of the people of this COmmonwealth
thus misrepresented." •
The Senate lust week passed the Hou e
bill abolishing the Offices of Assessor and
Assistant Assessor on the first of next July
and turning their work over to the Collect
( ors of the several districts. It was amend
- ed in some unimportant particulars by the
Senate, and now gees hack to the House,
Where it will prohably, be passed before the
holiday recess. It is (noteworthy that Mr.
Trumbull, Reformer, opposed the passage of
--- this act, mainly becau::e he thought the
President had not done all he could: under
the existing laws to reduce the expenses of
the reyenue,servieel Verily, that, is a ma
son worthy that, kind of "Reformer."
Hon. Sobieski Ross, of Coudersport, has
been elected apireetor of the Atlantic atull
Great Western . Railway, The fact acquires
. peculiar significance because of Judge
. 'floss's connection with the Ptie Creek Road.
It is understood to indicate tat the A, and
0. W. is interested ie building the new line
, f 3 and thus securing au independent route to
4tiffolo, JUdge Ross deserves great credit
for the •energy and - persistence,with • Nrhich
he has 'worked for the road which will con
tribute so much to the growth and prosper
ity of this district, and if he now secures its
speedy coniPletion as a link in a great rail
way thoroughfare, he will deserve the last
ing gratitude of the , people of Potter and
•..
Toga Counties. .
Mr. Hawley; 'one Aiky last week, presented
/ in the House of Representatirs a memorial
from the-Centennial Commission, reciting
that front the reports of the commissioners
itappenred that the people in the several
States had not furnished the necessary Ma
terial aid to curry out the work on a proper
scale, and appealing to Congress for assist-
'ranee to carry. tho enterprise to a successful
completion. - We thought it would come to
this at la:St. It is certain that if anything
worthy r the occasion is to be done, either
Congress or Philadelphia must shoulder the
burden of • the ;work. Local rivalries, if
nothing else, wpuld prevent any adequate
outside'cOntributions'to a project apparently
inuring to the'advatage of the Quaker City.
Edwin Forrest, the celebrated tragedian,
died suddenly, of apoplexy, at his residence
in Philadelphia last Thursday morning.—
He was born in that city March .9th, 1806,
and made his debut as an actor there when
but fourteen years of age, playing the part
of Young Norval. His profcssitMal life has
Veen an active and a successful one, result
ing in the accumulation of a fortune. He
has always played leading parts, and has
generally drawn good houses wherever he
appeared; but with the more critical por
tion of play-goerslie has been an actor of
more notoriety than reputation. The burly
master of the mimic scene has at la4t bowed
to the elk of the stern prompter', Death,
and Made his final exit from that stage where
all men and women are merely players.
A terrible 'calamity took place at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in 'New York last Tuesday
morning., A fire broke out in the servants'
quarters,the flames running rapidly up a
circular staircase extending from the lower
floor to the seventh story. Of course the
servants, who were in their room in the up
per story, were at once_ctit off from all
chance of escape from the flames and smoke
except by the windows looking out on lower
roofs of the great pile. But the windows
were covered with stout wire screens, and
these many of the poOr victims lacked force
or presence of mind to burst out. The re
sult was,-that when the names were subdued
by the firemen, eleven women were found
suflocated.or burned to death in one small
room. The newspaper reports say that the
firemen and police, used 'as they were to
scenes of danger, suffering and:death, stood
awe-stricken before nits horrible spectacle,
and we can easily believe it. Boston lost
tens of millions of dollars, but she suffered
no such calamity . p this. It is to be hoped
the terrible disasters Of the year have reach
ed their climax in this New York horror.
Mr. Wheeler, a member Of the House of
Representatives from New York, liaS made
public, a scheme which might well excite
the apprehension of business men all over
the country if there was any possibility of
carrying it into operation. Re proposes 'hhat
Congress incorporate an immense banking
institution under the name of "The Gover
nor and Managers of the Exchequer of
America," with a capital of $100,000,000
National banks are to have the -privilege o
being swallowed by this mammoth anacon
du of a bank on subscription to its stock.—
The bead•center of the concern is to be lo
c.:deer in New York, and branch offices are
to be established in 'fifteen of the principal
cities of the country. 1 .116 stockholders are
to choose managers for all these offices.—
The affair isio be a sort of double-headed
monster, one branch Bating power to issue
Circtitinting'Aotes to the other, called the
Banking Department, for which gold coin
will be re:qiiired as security 10 one-fourth
the amount of the notes issued. In short
the whole affair is if very " big thing" in
< deed—one worthy the lend of . broad areas,
bigrivers, and great lakes, where The Amer
. form Eagle takes his loftiest flights. We are
glad to think it is still in the •elouds, and
• hopO it may always stay there.
It is rumored that the stockholders of the
triZkune have offered the editorship of , that
journal to Vice President Colfax, and have
given him until the 4th of next/ March,
when his term of office expires', to deter
mine whether he ; will accept There is
no doubt that the paper' needW a new editor
in whom its readers can place confidence,
for the present one Is well/Understood to be
a man withoutpolitical Convictions—a free
lance, Or soldier of fortune in journalism;
but whoever accepts-the post will find it a
most difficult one ttifllL Probably no jour
nal ever depended so much on one man for
what may be called, its individuality as did
the ,Tritino on Mr. Greeley, and whoever
sits in lds chair must feel in some sense over-
Shadowed' arid ast e red by theineniorieS
that:great name-'—at is a plate in Which it
would be" easy to lose a great ,reputation,
and very hard to gain one. Mt% Colfax is a
statesman wiMse political futiire , now reins
of the brightest promise. If he is discreet,
he may be the next President; but it is
hardly possible that the editor of a daily
paper ever can be—that is, if he is a good
editor. No doubt thealirewd politibian will
deliberate' !Ong before he accepts the dan
gerous honor. •
It is j evident that Congress is quite as •
much are_ to the dangers (f our present
Elector I - College system as the country gen
erally is. In fact some of the members
seem inclined to go a little farther in the
line of poiiiilarizing elections t ban most peo
ple have thought necessary. The Senate
last week adopted a resolution instructing
the Judiciary Committee to consider an
amendment to the Constitution - providing
for the election of President and Vice Pres
ident and Unite4l States Senators by a direct
vote of thq .people. The resolution was
adopted byla large majority, and it is hoped
att amendment will soon he submitted pro
viding for the election of the two highest
national ofl)cers by a popular vow. As re
gards the election of Senators in that way,.
there is .niOre doubt of its propriety, and
certainly the change seems unnecesshry at
this time. The Senate is, in its very nature,
something of an anomaly in a republican
govermnent; it is intended to act as a sort
of conservative breakwater} in the channel
of popular opinion. I On that floor the
smallest State of the "eaboard or the weakest
one of the West is expected to wield as po
tent vn influence as New York or Pennsyl
vania, and it seems best to leave the selec
tion of the members of, that branch of Con
gress where the fathers placed it—in the
hands - of the severaiState Legislatures. At
any rate, we hope time simple proposition to
abolish the expensive, cumbrous . and unne
cessary Electoral College will not he embar
rassed by coupling it with the second
scheme mentioned.
It is sad enough to read of the contest
which has already begun over the estate left
by Mr. Greeley. Last week the dead edit
tw's ehlest daughter. presented her father's
will for probate, before the Surrogate of
Westehesteryounty, when she was met by
the executors named in a previou i s instru
ment, who declared their intention l of eon:
testing the validity of the last executed tes
tament, on, the ground that Mr. Greelo was
not of san mind at the time it was execu
ted on the tfitli of November last One of
the attesting witnesses to this last will was
examined, and the case was then adjourned.
By this last ITV Id Ft; the eldest daughter, is
given the e_utiq estate, one-half of -it in
trust, to be ted at her own discretion for
the educatio l and support of her sister.—
The other document, after devising anum
ber of legacies to Mr. Gieeley's — lsfigher,
sisters and nephews, and the Children's Aid
Society of New York, divides- - the
,estitte .
equally between the two daughters. The
youngest daughter, for whom it is ptetended
the contest is instituted, expresses herself
satisfied withithe will offered for probate,
and the eldes*ffeirs at once to convey her
half the estate, while both together express
their" willingness to pay the bequests made
by the former will. Under the circumstan
ces, it is hard to see what is to be gabled by
the contest, or why these unseemly proceed
' ings were commenced. B. .seems hardly
possible that any man whom. Mr, Greeley
would be likely to name as executor could
wish to subject his mental condition during
his last days to, ,a. judicial examination. But
a little molleyllometimes makes a, great deal
of trouble,and, scandal. It is' to be hopd
we' have, beard the last of this, however.
Speakerahip.
•
As the time draws near.for the meeting of
the Legislature there are, as a matter of
course, a number of gentltmen named as
candidates for Speaker of the, 'House.—
Aniong those nominated forte h , place by
many members of the old , Houle who are
also members of the new, is Hon. John I.
Mitchell, of this place. The fact that he
has been requested to become a candidate
by many gentlemen in widely separated
parts of the State is, to say the least, a very
substantial compliment to the member from
this district. It shows that those who had
every opportunity to observe Mr. Mitchell's
course last winter, and who are4herefore
best qualified to judge, are satisfied that he
will fill the Speaker's chair with credit, hon
or and dignity, and to the advancement of
the public interests. And the 'favorable
.comments of the press upon his candidacy
indic . ate that his reputation is not a local
one nor restricted to his associates upon the
floor of the House.'
It is needless to say that we heartily in
dorse the proposition that Mr. Mitchell be
selected as Speaker of the House. We be
lieve he would make a good presiding offi
cer, for lie has the qualities most needed in
such a position—legislative experience, a
knowledge of parliamentary law, quickness,
and tact. We might urge his selection on
local grounds, andpoint to the vote of Tio
ga county mul M .'i Mitchell's influence in
securing that vote as reasons why our coml.
ty,and her Member should receive some sub
stantial recognition of valuable services per
formed in the i late decisive canvass. But
we prefer to rest his claims to the office upon
the candidate's individual merits, believing
them Sufficient to secure his elxiction, unless
indeed they may be overborne by the
"shrieks of locality" from some other parts
of the State.
The Temperance Campaign.
In the local columns of this paper we
publish a resolution of the Good Templars
of Tioga county reminding the people of
their duty at the I,p_cal elections which take
place next month. We heartily second the
call thus put forth, and would earnestly im
press every voter with the importance of
the issue then to be decided.
By the terms of the law passed last win
ter—the full text of which we also print—
it will be seen that the, people will decide
at the next township and borough elections
whether licenses to sell intoxicating liquors
shall bgranted in the county during the
next thlee years, or'whether a l a end shall,
for that length of time, be put to the debas
ing traffic so fall as the penalties of the law
can,put an end ;to it. In other words, they
Will then say Whether a few men, who coin
money from their fellows' vices, shall be al
lowed, under the sanction of law, to carry
on a trade which is degrading great num
bers of onr,citizens, ruining homes, paral
yzing industry, fostering every immorality,
destroying property and human life, and
crowding our jails and almshouses with its
miserable vie:thus. Since the abolition of
chattel slavery there is no question of more
vital imiSortance than this which the elect
ors are now called upon .to, decide. Upon
its s proper decision we believe depend much
of the present happiness • and individual
well-being of very many of our fellowmen,
and much of the future growth; prosperity
and advancement of the whole'community.
For the liquor trade works evil continu
ally and inevitably in two ways. Its bale
ful effects upon the drinker and all depend
ent upon hint are known and deplored of
_ Bitt its ellects unon,, the' taxpayer'
are not. quite SQ apparent,- and . are frequent-ly overlooked, It. is to this latter branch of
tbe subject that we Wish to direct attentiou
today. Every man:who has any knowledge .
of the business of.our coatis of justice
knows that a very large part of our crimi
nal business is the direk result of indul
gence' in- intoxicating bei%erages. Every
man knows that within the past few months
more than one citizen of Tioga county hits
been sent ti:)`a bloody grave, the immediate
victim ofl the demon of intemperance.—
These hotricides are signal instances of the
evils resulting from liquor-adding, but they
are not the only ones. Many crimes of a
lower grade-for-which offenders. have been
imprisoned, indilied and tried may he traced
to the sonic source, COUSO and effect are
never more intituately ielated than arewhis
ky and erinte. It 'no doubt true that
crimes would he efeau - aitted if liquors'were
unknown, but it is op lust 11•110 that a large
proportion of the crimes N% bleb are commit
_
ted may lie traced directly to dram-drink
ing. Es pry taxpayer in the county of 'flo
p, when he pays his share iii the expense
of our criminal courts, pays a tax to the
liquor trade. Let every man of them con
shier, whether that is a profitable investment
Of money.
Nor is this all. The poorhouses, asylums,
and hospitals of the laiid are crowded with
unfortunate inmates great numbers of whom
are the helpless victims of intemperance.—
The ranks of the poverty-stricken, the ;in
sane, and the erfppled are continually re
cruited Erma the grog shops, and to support
these great burdens of society the honest
industry of , the Country is continually taxed.
It is high time that this fountain of crime,
of misery, and of taxation was dried up.—
Can we afiord any longer to wink at a trafije"
which iS so prolific of e•vit. , I 1 whichAS a
grow log burden upon the labor of the'coun
try? The law having placed the issue in
our own hands, roil. not Abe dilate of emu
mm seme that we should put an end to the.
whole miserable business? We appeal to
the pocket of every/taxpayer and to the
good sense of every voter: Can you afford
any longer to wink at this gigantic evil?—
To say nothing of any higher motive, does
not comtdOn prudence impel you to do what
you 9ni to destroy it?
/ OUR WASKINGTOIT LETTER.
WAsimcwraN, Dec. 10, 1872
tiF.NATORIAL AND SECRETARYSHIP
It is now pretty certainlydetermined that
Secretary Boutwell will ilbe unanimously
elected to the Senatorial seat soon to be
made: vacant by the election of Senator
Wilsdn to the Vice Presidency. It is un
derstood that Mr. Dawes supports Governor
Boutwell for this place. Alreaady the pro
posed vacant Secretaryship of the Treasury
is looked upon as being prospectively the
property of one of two gentlemen. One of
these is ex-Governor AfOrgau, of New York,
and , the other Judge Richardson; of Massa
chusetts, now Assistant Secretary. of the
Treaenry. The inside track is apparently
held by the Judge, supported, as he i said
to b; by the outgoing Secretary and, the
heavy money interests of the country, in
cluding Jay Cooke and other leading bank
ers and brokers. Judge Richardson, from
his thorough imclerstanding of the method
and system adopted by,Secretary Boutwell,,
through years of personal contact and ac
tual manipulation 'of the Treasury Depart=
meat machinery, is perhaps better able than
any other man in the country to continue
the Boutwell system of financial security
and business prosperity througfout the
country. Aside from his daily experience
in the actual running of the ' Treasury De
partment, Judge Riehardsoii has shown
great'financial erudition and administrative
ability_of the highest order. His recently
published work concerning the public debt
of the United States and the national bank
ing laws, shows him to possess a clear head
and a thorough grasp of the American sys
tem of finances. To lose the services of
such a man from the management of the
Treasury Department, would entail an irre
parable loss upon the country. Without in
any degree questioning the claims of others,
your correspondent feels sure that the mon
etary interests of the country, in case of
Judgelliehardson's elevation to the Secre
taryship, would_ be in able and efficient
hands.
SUCCESS OF TUE INDIAN POLICY.
The annual report IA the Board of Indian
Commissioners, just published, shows the
eminent success which has been Attained by
the President's Indihn peace policy. The
report is able and explicit upon the most in
teresting points of modern Indian history
within the borders of this Christian land.—
It shows that Indians have grown more and
more into confidence in the White man
slime the new system of appointing agents
has been adopted. It sets forth the inter
esting fact that " Nearly five-sixths of all
tin; Indians of the States and Territories are
now either civilized or partly civilized, and
the record shows that under their present
treatment they commit a smaller number of
serious crimes against the whites than on
equal number of white in any part of
the Western county commit against each
other." They justly remark: "These facts
seem tdbe but little known, and when the
telegraph announces that a white man hos
been killed by Indians, most persons attach
the guilt to the whole race. As well might
they hold the clergy and merchants of New
York personally guilty of the daily murders
committed there, and express a desire for
their extermination."
'REDUCING INTERMIT ON Tin , : I)EW
Unless Congress' enacts a law preventing
it, fieeretary Boutwell has expressed his in
tention to continue the conversion of six
per cent. boas into those bearing lire per
cent. interest. unfit thb. entire sum author
ized to be taken shall 3aca exhausted. His
demand for a greater remuneration than the
one-half of one per cent. for the expenses
of conversion, seems to be a reasonable and
necessary one. The saving of interest is
immensely greater than the small cost pro
posed for the conversion of the bonds into
those bearing a lesser rate of interest.
LOVISLA.NA POLITICS
The high-banded conduct of Gov. War
mouth, of Louisiana, in making a return
ing board to suit his o3N - Lt special purposes
has resulted, us your correspondent tudici:
pated, in a comparative state of aorchy.- -
It appears that the United States Court ihas
snstalued another returning board, which
had returned the State to be largely Repub
lican—Grant'a majority being 14,624 - in the
State, and Kellogg's majority' 18,861 for
Governor. The Legissiature stands 73 Re
publieana to Fusion - Ns. Tfie Senate 27
Republican to 8 Fusionists. The impeach
ment of Gov. Warmonth is expected A.o,talte
place at once, if he continues to refuse obe
dience to the orders of the "United States
Court, and resort w ill bo had to United
States troops. - C. M.
Department Reports
The iollowing condensed summaries of
the snore important reports of the chiefs of
Government Departments will be found in
teresting. statements of tztx,a
x nublie business
of the country:
Mr. Boutwcll estimates the reverme
the fiscal year ending Jane, 1874, at t , ;320,•
300,000, of which be expects to di huts
*28V00;000, and carry forward as surplus
$33,5'00,0)0. binee taxation began - to be re
duced after the w.tiP zt land fttilett off *'%00,-
250,171. T,lte interna), , ,revenne has decreas
ed from $185,000,000,t wo_yetirs ago to :A31,-
000,000 now. It is estimat6l ri.lceipts
for the current year will .aproxittat,e; $llO,.
000,000. It is certainly NitiSfaCtOyy Pjal,'l)!F,3
genetal , recelOts:fotjhe'lligt)'..eni - ioetleti•
the .estimatefi- lipnalMOSt Seven. million -dol.
lays. - This about the.hiternal revenue is 0 7
rentlietieal.. Itetuiliir.g to the- Treasurer's
report, Le: kpiloivs his vstimates with
statement of .tlie :Harrying- trade - Which is
the- reverse of - encouraging so far as filets
go, hut reasonably hopeful in its .prtguosti 7
eations.•
Of 'UM`thousand million dollars wortli of
exports and. imports during the last 060
year only 28 per cent was carried in Atil - er
lean bottoms. This is worse than the wcitst
of previous records; and; 'Worse:yet, the
year l y st a tistics have shown a regular and'
successive -falling off which,, will shnrtly
leave us nowhere. The act - of - Congress al
lowing a drawback on foreign articles 'used
in ship building is regarded by the Becothiy
as wholly inadequate. The rise' Of VOUCH
in England during - the year favors action on
the part of Government, but the chance of
recovering the Atlantic trade is very re
mote. _Mr.- l3outwell recommends that, our
chief efforts be turned to the pacific, where
be believes our maritime salvation lies.
The recommendations as to financial
are that a necessity exists for a reissue of
Natiohal Bank Notes; that the circulation
of the banks should Ibe fixed and limited;
that hemp industry should . be protected;
that the paper currency should neither be
increased nor diminished permanently, the
proper aim of all interested parties being to
bring it up to a par, value.
Postmaster (letters! Cresswell makes a
long report. He estimates the expenses for
the year ending Tune 30,1874, at $30,863,-
167. To meet this he counts upon $2 , 1,552,-
565 direct income. The deficit must be
provided for by suitable appropriations.—
This does not however include the mail
steamship subsidies, which amount in the
aggregate to about One -.million dollars.—
Nineteen million dollars worth of stamps
were sold last year, being aninerease of two
millions overYthe sales of the year before.—
Altogether s -the tables show that, a growth
of the mail service, even more tepid than
has heretofore been known, may be expect
etl;/The free-delivery system is now'in op
eration in fifty-two principal cities, and the
number of letters and papers so delivered is
much larger than ever before. Mr. Cress
well of course takes his annual shy at the
franking abuse, reinforcing his arguments
in the present instance by reference to the
last year, wherein Congressmen and others
have especially delighted in the transmis
sion of campaign documents.
A postal telegraph system is advocated at
considerable length, and the different plans
for the purchase of existing lines or the con
structing of a new system, duplicating that
noW in operation, are fully explained. Air.
Cresswell is decidedly in favor of placing
the telegraphs somehow under government
control. The long-expected postal tatrds
still await air appropriation which Congress
is respectfully asked to lurnish. '
From the Secretary of the Interior we
learn that the Department regards the Pres
ident's Indian policy as a success; that the
Patent Office is in a fairly progressive state;
that the Land Office has brought •up large
arrears of work; that the Pension Office has
mateVially reduced the number of claims on
file at the beginning of the year, (this being
the first instance of the kind since the war;)
that the! Census Bureau completed its re
turns in a Shorter time and more thoroughly
than ever before, and that the Bureau of
Education is rapidly increasing its sphere of
usefulness. This is a very favorable sum
mary. It is substantially the Secretary's
own, and the details in general sustain his
statements. Indian affairs ailbrd perhaps
the hardest problem under his Department,
and he actually seems to anticipate. the ex
tinction of game with a feeling of pleasure,
because it will compel the nomads of the
plains to stay on their reservatiolas and work
for ti living. Ife says, moreover:
"There is but little in the past to encour
age the belief that the adult Indian of to
day can be very thoronghly civilized. We
can hope for little more than to hold him in
restraint, confine him to smaller reserva
tions, and induce him to twain at peace,
while we devote the energia of the Depart
ment to the improvement of the rising gen
eration."
His statistics'as to the civilized tribes are,
how ever, highly encouraging.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
is mainly a statement of the defects of that
branch of the service. The " notorious un
re.adiness to meet any sudden hostile emer
gency," the necessity of building ships, the
need of a careful study of the torpedo sys
tem of harbor defense, are some of the top
ics on which the report dwells. The army
report is even more empty. Discipline and
study at West Point are .said to be in a sat
isfactory condition, but a large per centage
of the candidates for admission to the Acad
emy fail in their preliminary ; examination.
The explanation of this is, that they are ree:
ommended for examination by members of
Congress. The Department accounts show
a reduction of about half a Million in ex
penses.l
Of all the Department reports, that of the
Signal Office is the only one which possesses
much interest. It differs from most of the
others in being the evident result of dev4-
ted study - and thought. With regard to tlfe
verification of "probabilities" there is some
valuable information:
" A comparison of the hi-daily forecasts,
orprobabilities,' as they have been styled,
with the Meteoric condition afterward re
ported, and so far as known, has given an
average of sixty-nine per cent. as verified
up to November 1, 1871. Since that date
to the present time, (October 1, 1872,) the
average of verifications has been 76.8 per
cent. If regard be had to those predictions
verified within a,fcw hours after the time
for which they were made, this per centage
is considerably increased. In view of the
deficiency of telegraphic facilities during
the year, and the great irregularities of the
working, it was not anticipated that these
predictions, based as they are upon the tri
daily telegraphic reports, would increase in
accuracy. Whatever success has been at
tained must be considered an indicatiod of
what success night be with well organized
and full telegraphic faqilities.
" During the year 354 cautionary signal
orders have been issued, and the per centage
of cautionary signals verified by the occur
rence of storms-is estimated to have been
about 70,per cent.
" The practical results of this branch of
the servica, with all its errors and imperfec
tions, can be summed, it is believed, in the
statement that since the inauguration of its
ditties no great and continuous storM has
traversed the territory of the United'tate.s,
or raged along the length of its lal es, its
gulf or sea-coast shores, as in their course
such storms sometimes have done, without
fair rind general premonition given at the
great majowity of the points endangered to
any who cared to :seek or heed them." .
For the purpose of beincsable to increase
at will the number of reporting stations in
dangermis . seasons of the year, the organi
zation of " a mobilized corps of observers"
—a force of picked men, carefully equipped
with portable apparatus—has been com
menced. With this force it will be possible
"to occupy the stations as stations of re-,
port" with very great rapidity. "The poi=
od of ,dauger for which they may be occu
pied being passed, they wilt be._ abandoned
and the force left free'to by transferred for
the protection of other sections whose sea
sons of danger will be then approaching."
The Chief Signal. °Meer hopes that the co
operation with Canada may be made more
close than it now is, and indeed that the
signal-services of all governments may in
time work together for the public good,—
Ve recommends that the service should be
given an independent organization, and not
remain a mere branch of the War Depart
ment, wi,t4 officers and men subject to be
recalled to egim,erpil duty at any moment.
A Great Postman,
Even Mr. Gradgrind's appetite for facts
would be appeased by the vast supply just
furnished the public in the reports of the
Cabinet officers, and on no one of them
.could he feast so fully as on the report of
the Postmaster General. While the statis
tician finds ,in ,this,doentnent an 8111/oi:i on
bpaited supply of the ntaceriEd in which .11e
delights, the zeneral • reader 741 discover
interesting t3v,i4ence of the great .
the nation is tllQjFjn M material 'cleyqop.
ment.
q?igures were never more eloquent 'drat
when they say that the country IMS 7,2rM
mail routes, representing a total, of 251,396
miles,•tMd in annual transportation 114,084,-
322 miles; that is, in • delivering the letters
intrusted to them, Uncle Snag mail bags
are carried every year a distance greater
ti n:4; four thousand times around the globe.
Thetr•-it are eat facts, but the figures s ;: i y
timber that'Of the..;.r routes 67,911 talks are
)ailroad and 18,8611 by steamboat, leav
ing 174,627 Miles.over «hich>li ma.;.ls pest
stilt be transported by horse - power. • !cm,.
railroads and steamboats having WI 4131.11:0
aggiegate transportation of 66,800,185
the poor horses traveled 48,184,137 tails
Jest year in carrying on tlip correspondent:
"couritrY;'-Atut . 4 ivery . :'3 4 ,'4r , 1 11 40 14"
Uhia.are betamig leSti'riOrritis, since'in U
there Wm
as an mirrecte 'in
,routes of
13,039 Miles, of whielifB:o77 - were by
Th ese f/kgr e i, s how most clearly what strides
the country, is taking.' On' June lid, ;1837,
there Wen; only 047, miles cif railroad pbst
rOutes int he whole conntry, the increase in
thirty-five, years •having been 56,937_ Miles.
Bow- completely We have- risen. superior, to
the Misfortunes'of - .war Mid the burden-of a
Test public debt, is'proved by the fact that
the largest -increase iu any one year•seas-in
iffitt; HAMM& become post routes as rap
iey as are built; so that the inereaSe of
,077 Miles mentic dme_ I .n tie report may'
fairly be aSsitined to represent additional
Miles of railways opened to travel.
MI ihvtie kinds of post routes lead to the
dirtirS of 81,883 - post otlieeS, of which num
ber 2„183 were established last year. No 7
where in the report are We-told the exact .
Moldier of- letters ivideli pass through these
offices, but we are informed that there were
05, 380, 820 postage. st an) ps, ir petl wive
lopes, and • newspaper, wrappers issued du
ring the year, and these figures may fairly
12,e taken as representing the packages pass
ing through the mails, with the exception
i)f large numbers of nenspapers going to
regular subscribers - under a special arrange-
Aent, as to postage; therefore we may as-
Isunte that the letters carried during the
Year made en average, of about fifteen to
each citizen. We are informed that in-fifty
two of the principal cities the free-delivery
system delivered 160,102,708 letters, 36,627,-
368 newspapers, and collected 115,117,321
clutters. To handle this immense quantity
of mail matter required a large number of
assistants, and we are not surprised to learn
! ! that there were 31,803! postmasters, 5,544
!contractors, 3,754 clerks, 1,442 carriers, 764
route agents, 612 railway postal Clerics, 146
mail-route messengers; 95 local agents, and
59 special agents, making a total of 41,055,
with the Postmaster General and 345 assist
ants in the General Post Office at Washing
ton. The conduct of this mail service re
quired an expenditure of 726,658,192'31,
and yielded a revenue of $24,915,426 37.
Many other facts of interest can be culled
from this report. Only ten packages of
postage stamps, representing ;$256, were lost
in the mails; 4,808 missing letters' contain
ing bonds, drafts and currency, to the
amount of $235,479 84; 2,305 were regis
tered, and 2,593 unregistered; of the former,
only 172 have been actually lost.
But perhaps the most suggestivelstatistiet
are those which show that 4,241,874 letters
were received at the dead letter office, and
of those without inclosures 1,529J107 were
re-mailed to the writers, and 1,2101 . 507 were
delivered, but 319,200 were retuned and
destroyed. -In addition, there were 2,294,-
575 letters destroyed for the reason that no
clue to the wilier or address could be dis
covered: Of the remaining 417,092 all con
tained inelosures of some sort, but the ma
jority- obly trilling articles of jewelry, pho-,
tdgraphs, receipt and bills of lading, but
57,434 contained money, checks, drafts and
deeds of the nominal value of $3,391,861
86; of which amount $3,164,345 18 was re
turned to the owners. it is not a pleasant
fact that 35,036 letters were found to have
wholly fictitious addresses and signatures,
but it is still less pleasant to dicover that
5,152 registered letters went astray. All the
other statistics of the dead letter office show
nothing worse than. almost inconceivable
carelessness upon the part of people. Upon
'the whole, however, this report presents a
very flattering picture of national plight
entnent and of official probity and capacity:-
We may add, as a proof of our growing in
tercourse with all the world, that during
the year 24,362,500 letters were exchanged
with foreign countries, of! which number
12,774,064 were Sent from, and 11,588,436
received in, the United States.--4/Veco York
Timm. -
AdlniibiSt7'ato7.''S ,Xotice.
y ETTERB of administration of the estate of Will ,
jj iam Archer, late of Middlebury, Tioga county,
Pa., deceased, having been granted to thenndersigued
by the Register of Tioga county, all persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make payment, and
those having claims against said estate will present
the seine to the undersigned in Middlebury, Pa.
Middlebury, Nov. 5,11172.-5 w.. OREEN WEST.
00-Call and see the "SING" of Sewing Machines
on exibition at A. B. Eastman's and hear the celebrat
ed "Eety Organ." Wencher°, Sept. 17, 72-ti.
8 ' $2O per day I Agents wanted I All class
. 0 TO ea of working people, of either sex,
young or old, mak,e More money at work for us in
their spare moments, or all the time, than at omitting
else. Particulars free. Address G. Stinson & Co.,
Portland, Maine. cl • Sept. 24:18724y.
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.-Letters of adminis
tration of the estate of Prank Parker, late of
Orookfielci, Tioga county, Pa., deesased, having been
granted to the undersigned by the Register of Tioga
county, all persons indebted to said estate are reques
ted to make payment, and those having claims against
said estate will present the same to the undersigned in
Brookfield, Pa. r
GEORGE A. HOLT,
HULDAH PARKER,
Brookfield, Dec 3,1872.-41 w. Adna'rs.
Mrs. A. J. SOFIELD
WOULD respectfullyanuounce to the public that
she has now a
FRESH STOOK OF •
Millinery and Fancy Gods!
of every description, for the ladies, consisting of
Hats, Bonnets, Caps, Gloves, Hosiery, Nubias, Shawls,
Suits, Merino and Muslin Underwear, Germantown
Wools, Zephyts and Furs: Thankful for the gener
ous patronage of the past, she hopes to merit a con
tinuance of the same. Jan. 1, 1872.
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ANNUAL MEETING OP THE STOCKHOLDERS.
N.TOTICE is 'hereby given that the Annual Meeting
of the stockholder's of the Cowanesque Valley
Railroad (.I , Juiparly, for the election of President and
Da cote' for the ensuing year, and for the transaction
of such other business as may properlyCtrao before
theoffice recetine, will be beld at the oce of th Company,
to I.l'Maud, Tata county, Pa., on Tuesday, the 18th
I , y I,l' tnuuaty, Is7l, at 12 o'clock, in., and the polls
;._t cu
will email' open from seta hour till
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a:t may be necetsaiylq. receive votes, not exceeding
three Lours in all. JOEL TARRITPII.BT,
C. L. PATTLSON, Sec'y and Treas.
Dec. 17, 1812-4 t,
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Just arrived with an immense
\AV GOES
LPUTRUMAN,
DR GOODS,
CrIR,C) CEII,
gently-Mute Clothing,
'UPS & GAPS,
NIA9
rte.,
The est au A d the cheapest lot of
rri
LADIES' FURS,
- and Gents' Fur Collars'.
Ae I intend to move into one of the e1e:: nt Nett
Stores in Willcox 81 Areas's new Brick Nock, I propose
to sell Dv entire stock at reduced rates for the next
sixty days, as I do not wish 7 to move so man • goods
, .
People haring Butter and Grain to dispose of will
And it to their interest to give me a call before dealing
elsewhere
Oct. 29, 1872-tf
We have Shed the Shanty I
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Aid now have but time to say to our friends and
customers that we have good
BARGAINS
Our Elegant New Store
lIESIRAi3LE coons
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Call and you will know how Kis yourselves
Oot 115, 1872.
wgringtm.L.oataJnatense
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just cause, I hereby forbid any person or persons
trusting bizu`on my secount,as I shall pay no debts of
his contracting after this date. Dated at Knoxville,
Pa., Dec. 2. 1872. JAMES G. PLAISTED.
Dec. 10, 1872-3t.*
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