fe,4t , Agitator. A. r. 114.D.NE9.; XDITOTt -TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1872 , :.--:Trlin - tien - ate- last •Vire - Allt receded from • its , amendments to the bill reducing the num ber of internal riventio deers, and passed _it in the t form iniyhicli it came from the . :lloppe; pp.:that ecquon4cal measure , has be -4:43,m6 a law:‘ - The House 'or liepresentative; last week pressed, sti . e, , the -sentiment of the countrl passing a concurrent res• ~ oiution;that the-nantesof theltattlell of the Iteliellken be-tot removed *front the 'Army lit ''''rtl f Reg er ole eglmentul colors. ''The vote ...,:stood;llsiY-eas against 53 nays. •:. , . . . . ' ".' It Wilrbe seen 'by ati , itrtieli3 \Odell. we - copy from the- World that the Nev York . TAlune has papSed• into new hand S. Mr. ' . 'Wl.Mani Orion, who has purchased a con trolling 'interest in the stock of the concern, • is•understood to represent ex-Governor E. • , •D. Morgan, A. B. Connell, and other straight Republicans. Mr. Colfax, the new editor . in-chief, - it was announced was to hike con , trayesterday. While this is undoubtedly ' a good move so far ns the business and po- Jitical , interests of the'paper are concerned, 'there is very great doubt about the good pulley of the arrangement on the Vice Pres ident's parti. Confidence is proverbially a plant of sloW growth, 11mM - will take a good " while for the journal to recover the indult 'Gal position in the Republican ranks which .. \ it has lost by its course this-year. ' We haVe =nothing but good wishes for the old, wheel ' horadof Republicanism, however, and heart ily welcome it back to the party. The fact that a paper supports a political party need detract nothing from' its true independence, :1 Mr. ,Greelefolly demonstrated during '... Ins may better years of journalistic work. No _nm ever felt Or 4:,pressed greater con : temt for so-called " independent" journals • thai didthtft great editor- . ;$1 A Christmas Seim u. To4norfow brings is 3)gaiii the anniver sary of that event. which must always he counted the eldefest, in the annals of the race. It were useless to speculate uiliether. the 25th day of DeeeMber is the very day on which "God was made manifest in the tlesh" and came in the form of a little child to bless and redeem our fallen nature; it is enough to know that it ig the clay which all Christendom has come to .celebrate as the date of that manifestation—a red-letter day in the calendar of men of eVery creed and of no creed, the world over—the day held sacred 'hy the Church of the East and of the West almost from the beginniup; of the Christian ern as the Nativity of our Lord. No proclamations of civil rulells, no enact- M,e'nts of nal3onal legislatnre9 are needed to remind us of the approaCh or prompt us to the celebration of this Gretu i rPestival of the i civil and Of the: Christittit year, Cotintless _ ,Immin.hearts on every continem —the poor and - the proc , perons, the strong and the weak, the pure and the sinning, ths,„happy i t • anti the sorrowful-,--are this day heat' rig' rith . renewed hope at the near approach o Chriit mns-tide ,He must indeed be a selt h churl "Who does hot feel something of the general . . ' joy 'whiCh hails the advent of the season Nothing more illustrates the power of Chris-dititiitytban the universal homage and tlelight, with - which the whole elvilizetilw orld crowdz as it were at this time to siarroniid the cradle of the Divine Infant. Coining in huiriility, in W'eakriess, in poverty; born . in a stable, " because there was no room G . them: in the inn ;" apparently the child of stawiie; Ris earthly life a short one of sor row; His followers the poorest and least considered of men; Himself the subject of unrelenting persecution; His death one of *torture and ignominy, He is now honored As a King, adored as a Saviour, and wor- • shined as Christ the Lord. Let • those who ' deny - His divinity explain if they. can the secret of the power which has wrought, this mightv-change. Let them explain the mys terious influence which_ has made a hated instrument of shameful death the chosen standard of civilization and true progress— the symbol of the faith of the Avisest, the purest, the best of earth's heroes of every station and every clime. This is not the place to discuss what it is that sends the millions of ChriStendout to watch with Those pOor shepherds of Judea to-night. 7— I:no - ugh for us that all thoughts turn to that spot; that alreyes, however darkened, be hold some rays of that Star of Bethlehem; that all cars catch something of that first Christmas carol presaging "Peace on earth, good will toward men." Enough th4t all men 'feel something 'of the generous impulses which Stir the heart of humanity'and echo -the divine message of peace and love. The liitle-spreatling observance of Christ mas attests that the sentiments which clus ter around the day find a responding chord in every heart. Pulpits have thundered against it; penal laws have denounced it, but all in vain. Christians of every name now celebrate kin some , way, recognizing at least) its humane influences. This is a fact for which all men tiny be thankful; for, whatever we may think of its religious sig nificance it is a day above alt others when we may cultivate the charities nhich sweet en and ennoble life. ft is eminently a day of conciliation, of peace and good will—a clay when it is most manly to become wo manly and to cherish mutual love one for :.Walther--a day to shut up the ledger and to open tit ? heart and the hand to our fellow men—a d_ay f:f kindly greetings and genes ous presents. of horpitality anti ileitis - got cheer, art erenjal festivity and mil tit it is. inn, ahoye otie-r day fe.ttical. It i the time •ivtien t anti Claus, that " right oily oil elf," i= v—mt to descend chimneys and flit the i•ttiekitigo 41 the young3ters •Nitli ail Sort:. tic:l•cial'.l, glft3 that make glad the chiNlish he,ui. \Ve r.i.e told that Young America !ma p:;ow•n al together too u - lse. and hag 10 t faith in shat r3llieliing saint. The more'; the pity One of the great pleasures c•i childhtlod is gone forever when ,pn'erry Et Nicholas is banish ca from the Oildren's calendar; slid the.pa , rent who can assist iu nverttnowing that aiveet and harndes.s super.-. , tition (Then what he can to destroy the poetry and happiness - of life. The little ones will come to the grim facts of existence soon enough with out making Gradgrinds of r thein before they doll their bibs and tuckers. Lct them en -30,y the pleasant fiction tviti4` Iltoy And let ifs:all . enjoy the day, us we ought, with merry hearts and cheerful faces, but with temperance and decency. It is a time for mirth and jollity, but it is not a time for, ;intemperance either in eating or drinking.— it is o time for good dinnerd; be 4.!areful that dt is tilt a time of bad digestion. Enjoy the ipldasures of the' table, but stop just (his -side of .neat - ,morning's headache. Drown your . cares pleasan't talk and song and , music and lightrthearfe'd laughter, but do not :try to drown them irs Itrong drink. So shall you return to The ,Faber work °belie trior iron,' a, Vetter,' a happier and *.etronger man.' 1314 in all our enjoyment ;et.ns remember bat there are , tb.6Bo";',Vo! ihotri iebilEAMAs poor, the siek and the sorrowing.are always with us. Let. is remember- how Ile minis tered to the bodily needs - of the -meanest' when on earth, and bow lie :mid, "inas much rfs' -ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye havolone it unto me." And so ends 'our Christmas ser• wall OBITUARY. Hon. William Gairett3on Alelorram rpm Washington informs us a [ of the &title of Hon.. Wne Garretson, of Tibga, on ,Shturday morning; Dee: '2l,- of congestion 9t the brain, after an. illness of only fl.ree.oays. , - . The deeeitsed was horn in the southern part of this, State, and came to Tioga county in his early manhood. I-le - read law in, the office of Hon. Ellis Lewis in Well:dim-0, was admitted to the bar, and for a time de voted liimself to the practice of his profess ion. ' lie was twice elected to the Legisla ture from this district—ltil-.15-18:iti—and dis t tinguished himself in that body by his ad- vocary of the Common School System. At that time a powerful effort was made to ye peal the Cemmon Sehdol Law, hot through the exertions of Tlo Stevens, also at that time a membcr of the'Legislature, and by the firmness of Governor Wolf, the nep systemwas successfully defended, and free schools were wirmanently established in our great State. Itr. Garretscitt made a speech on this questitlin Which attracted attention lunong , the friOndsof education everywhere, and he at once took rank as one of the ablest men of the State. lie proved his devotion to the free-school system by his personal ef forts to establish schools in Tioga county, and lived to see the beneficent results of his labors in this direction. A Democrat in early life, be became dissatisfied with 'his party on the tariff questions, .and changing front with all his power of mind he edited the first Whig_ newspaper--the iferaW—es fa/A/shed in this county. Always an anti slavery man, when the Republican party was established in . JB54 he was among the first to advocate ifs principles. Three or fclur years ago he accepted a position in the Law Department of the Internal Ile-,:emi Bureau at WashingtotOchich office lie itch? at the time of his death. Mr. Garretson was an honest owl tqn i g ht citizen, a walla friend, a genial vtan l ,3lll,,n. Be had a keen and incisive intellect, ,tad a splendid memory. LW he devoted himself as corruptly to . his profession as he did to general p - t er f at are and the sciences—of which, :indeed,he was ai walking cyclopedia—he would iave been among the first men of his tirnef ',Natitroll indolent and improvident, .be !t-firkal nothing for money except, ns a Ines is iolive. His age wa4 htiout 7::; 'OUR WASHINGTON LETTER 11'A2,1t1;7Gacv..c, Dec. 'l7, 1.87!! • . CDCTATIO!':AL TALI,. The hill devoting the proceeds public lands to common school pr be divided among the States in ref portion , 1 to - the ratio of school attendance, II come up for final action in the Senate • ithin a few days. It is n greilt measure of relic! , and future protection, more especially to the Southern States, where' the greatest illitera cy is shown to edit, It is national,in its results, as it - proposes to make us a homoae= aeons people, and to base our voting repre sentation on the' intelligence of 'the native population. Take Alabama as a specimen, and the last census shows that in a popula tion of 99602 there are 332,170, or one third, who cannot read nor write With this fearful blight of ignorance upon the South, there is little Cause for wonder that demagogues in some of iheF,e States dare to tripe writh'the peace and dignity (If society, anti to stifle the voice of the ballot hog, as in Louisiana. . This bill has been carefully prepared, in ; strict accordance with the precedents of the Goveirrinent, Offering an inducement for the maintenance of common schools in all the States, and leaving their management to the ;respective control of the States: It will not prevent grants of the public lands for other purposes when shown to be paramount, but it will devote this grand - heritage of the peo ple especially to the hest good of 1.4 people of the entire I:i,fittitry. Z. F. Smith, State `Superintendent of Pub lic. Instruction for Kentucky, wrote t o the Commis'sioner of Education recently in re gard to this bill, saying: `,Nothing is more certain than that the great majority of the poor whites and colored will grow up in the barbarisms and disabilities of ignorance, as their parents have done, miles , the strong arta and abundant resources of the Federal Government are made to [nine; relief." Partisan opposition to this bill, whieb is now a Presidential measure, and strongly supported in the President's Message, may be looked for; but that arty dispassionate man in the Senate of the United States will question an investment of the piddle domain in cso grand an object as that of shedding lig i j itt in the dark places of the limit is not WI be reasonably expected, at least on the privressive, Republican 'side. The bill has pti,ssed the !louse by a large inaklrity, and luis already passed a second reading in the Senate. Let us, hope that no higgling or dilatory maneuvering will be allowed to de lay its final passage and enactlnent into a law. Tin: NEW SOLDIER BOUNTY MM.. The new soldier bounty bill, which was managed by opposition members of the House, and met with very decided opposi tion (Nu the ground that it is a mere scheme of speettlators «ho desire to make nuniey, • Ithtl is not a- ked fttr by the soldiers, bas passed the lloat,e, It is alleged that the giving of the public. and under this hill will throw upon the market and into the hands of capitalists who desire to epeent,ite upon it, large tracts of hind Nv it hout prt‘iteet of actual settlement, and UAL it e i!) reduce the value of the lands and run eonot4') to the interests of real settlers on the public' domain. Several leading Republican mem- • hers have denounced the scheme, and Mr. Townsend, of Pennsylvania, read h protest against it which was adopted by a conven li-In of the Grand Army of the Republic.— $1,500,000 were received during the past year from the sale of public lands. These .alt_s will be practically defeated by such a 4 Wilton of the principles laid down in the Philadelphia Convention, which committed_ the Republican party to the preservahon,pf the homestead hind-policy of the country: - Tile bill would give a scanty .pittance tb each soldier, any of whom desiring to set tle in the West ean get the land free of cost . , our would take from the heritage of the peo ple 2'10,000,000 of acres, being nearly allfite fertile land that is left to the public domain. It is to be hoped that it will be promptly de feate-1 in the Senate. chip The Senate WI-IS not in. session .4; thitur. day. The House met as in Committee of. the Whole-,and devoted thetay to speech tutildng., -Kr, Snapp, of addresccd the House in o pposition to the civil service system now being introduced.. Kr. Chip- man, Delegate from the District of .Colum- Lis, wade a speech favoring an appropria inn of $1,241,920 to the 'District Govern- I lent for improver eats which enhance the vain , c,of the public property. C. M. Immediately after the October election a great cry was nia(le by the Democracy that the Hon. L. Shoemaker and other lead ing Republicans of Lonnie county had re sorted to bribery to make votes for the Re publican state ticket. Mr. SboeMalier ails! the other Republicans thus charged deman ded a legal investigation of their acts, which has just been had, and which fully excul pates them ( rom all the - charges brought against them. The prospeution nee riot able . to sustain a single poi & -in this aUestL tiOrii au. acquittal of 'Mr. Shoemaker EMI CONG The Speakeroip. . . 'fire Chantbershurg nip,66://0e. , /,-of last week, hi discussing. tile possibilitic , 4 anti probabilities at Harrisburg this winter, makes the following remarks; . " The Harrisburg correspondent of the Beaver Radical of the 18th Instant writes it letter professing to tell.what will likely take 'dace in the organization of the House and Senate, and the necessary changes in the Spline committees onaccount of the intro duction of new lltexil hers. • "According to this writer, Elliott, Speak er of the last House, Mill again be a candi date for Speaker, and wilt have the support of nearly all the old meinbers and the en tire,deleption frbm Allegheny. Ile_will of course have the support of Philadelphia,— Whether this be so or not we •eannot deter- mine. but it is probable that the Philadel phia_deiegation may seem r the sapport• of the Allegliany county members to Elliott by a lavish promise of legislative patronage; and if they sueeee.d. ttikether with the Lea ver county influence Elliott will tie .tbe next Speaker. . " The correspondent N1(171 . 0 0 11 ., flits WiL o f Tiogn, a n d Mahon, fit 1' i ankh!), ati van didio Cs for Speaker, and pronomlCVS them both gentlemen of fitness and ability. 'Phis they are, ;Ind what is quite as desirable in it Speaker of the I louse, and fat' more dillimilt to secure, they are.both men of und.itilactl integrity: It' either of tlw gentlemen named was elected Speaker, he would pet Ohio the ditties of the position with it single obfwel, and that would be to Sceti re fair, lioneq noil necessary legislation. Although we have nothing to urge against Mr. Elliott, person ally, who was Speaker of the last irol , u, his political fortunes are hound ttp - 11 itit a Class of men whieh renders it idle to ,hope that the needed reforms for which the ' peo ple are praying will be secured at the eoin ing session if lie he made Speaker. It' ei ther of the other geptlemtat mentioned was elected to flint position, their Milependentai of rings and corrupt cliques, and their ex cellent records litswinter, NV Mall Warrant the hype of better hing s s than , tiny session of the Legislature, it late years has dime." „ it The APKean Mt' ,1( r, in speaking, iit Air. Mitchell as a candithite tor Speaker, -a) s: There are few. 1 1 ,1 0,', ,, a , ot the (tease better calentaled to tilt the position with honor and dignity, and his election would be a deserved conqilintent to alw.Novtltern Tier. A eotemporary very pertinently re• marks that it, seems to be W . set i led prineiple, in the distribution of offices, that, ;Ma Phil adelphia has been served, what is left over must be given to Beaver county. Titer& is too innelt troth in tly: remark, but we/hopc that in the present instance flint rule / Will be lisvegarded, and other counties receive it proper recognition." 1 / - / Southern Polite 3: It is stratifying to know that the disturb. :owes in several of the Simthern States that have so seriously romprornised the reputa tion of those States seem to be in a fair way of settlement. / 111 Florida the State Board of Canvassers have completed their count, and have been constrained to acknowledge the fact of a Republican majitirity that elects the whole State ticket and carries the Legislature also. This Will secure a Republican Senator. All. necessity of Federal interference is at an end, and We trust that cause of complaint with Federal otlicem, if it ever had an ex istence; is also at an end. In/Arkansas there is shill a speck of Ivan .13r9Oka threaten!, to decline liims.elf_Gover lir, and to secure the presence of a popular gathering sufficient to sustain him in his as sumption. lie will probably think better of it. As he can make out even the sew nire of a ease in his own behalf only by counting in a vete polled nt places and un der the supervision of persons unknown to the law, he cannot hope for success The counting of votes excluded by the Constitu tion of 'the State, and the excluOn of votes clearly legal in other counties, is a poor ba sis Upon. which to commence a revolution ary conttrst. 'Mr. Brooks will think, better of the niatter before he makes his venture, In Alabama the' legislature is probably . at work deciding to whom belong contested seats. The two legislative bodies are by this time together, and Governor Lewis has no fuither use for Federal troops to keep the peace, A peaceful soltitiOr.e of the ve::ed questions that threatened to require an armed interference of the Federal power seems near at hand. I Louisiana is still esjted, but there is no longer danger of a collision between the Federal and State forces. The Whrmouth Legietature has dissolved, and will not be again convened as a separate body. Its members, so far es they have legal Tights, will Make them known and have them pass ed upon in regular course of business hi the legislative body that is now in session,— armotith is at the end of his tether. He will he impeached beyond a doubt; and the end of his term being at band he will prob ably choose to make no response to the sum mons of the d Legislature. Not a doubt can ,be seriously entertained of his guilt. 'Fite governor elect will be installed, and he will do something, we sincerely trust, to remove the reproach resting upon the State and to rd-establish its political and financiai credit. The Supreme Court, at its SCSSiOn in this city, dismissed the case brought. betore it for want of jurisdiction, as everybody (ex cept't hose who had a personal interest in the issue) Supposed it would do. The Pres ident will endeavor to speak comforting words, through the Attorney General, or I otherwise, to the delegation who are on their tray to this CRY, and they will go home wiser if not happier men.—Vitals. Citron, Mil A TRIBUNE TRANSFORNATION. Schuyler Colfax the N v itor. (inc day last B eale the New York. (G o v gate the followin! , account of the recent trot.ddr in the , Trii , t/e•• Ass•leitttion hich resulted lit pravine Mr. Colfax in chore" as I the new editor.. The 11o,•/t? was hostile to the , f event management of the T r r, and its statements must he taken with some grains of allowance. We believe, however, Lits, story , is substantially true, and at - any rate it is interesting: "The following is the history of the events whieli have crilminated in the transfer of the editorship of the 7',./ 1 01,•,, , to Mr. S,•iwy. I ler colfax • '•tin Frlday last tht•te was a meeting tit the trusted of the paper. ‘,1, - hep ;he tutu re course ant management came tip for di clic.at,n,itjwas found that live trustee, in f a v o r oft continuing 31r. Whitelaw Reid in the management, and of t•arrying tint the progyanante laid down by Mr. t-lrecley du ring the brief period after election in which he again exercised the editorship. The oilier two were in favor of inviting Mr. Colfax to I the editorial chair, and of wheeling the pa per Jrtto line with the Admini , Atation sheet. '` 17. e stockholders friendly to Mr. Colfax and hi , policy ti-riding that-the decision v. - ;ts going z:gaips determined to endeavor to get ups combinfoicw I,itnt wool •1 ramble them to carry their nn•i•• hy. - - - crryin•r, a ins j0111; of the Sing :: , : 111111( 1 thd publisher of the Tt ": 1 •2.11(6. Wpm t hen irnrrtl to control fifty-one shares. Mr. Reid, Mr. John Bay, and some ontsider:9 raised the money to tow thirty-two share 3 from Mr. Tice latter refused to tell at ten arousal - A dollars a , hare. The oppo3ition offered $10,590 a share, but Mr.l'7•inclair said that his obligationa to certain ether stock holders made it imperntivit on hint to refuse the offer. He then sold to 'Mr Orton, " Mr. Reid finding the other fAce.ltholders indifferent about selling theiti steel: raw that he was ebccl:inated, and on consultatiou whit his hackers, concluded to give up 1111 4 battle and sail out. ''There was then a ~ , enetal transter and "t:nioltlin vi sty, , %,c small holders, Wiiiiarn Orion and his pal ty`heing the buy erg, Mr Reid sold his tom shares and Col. Tray Lis; !W.() shlres Ripley sold lit of his except one. _)Jr. Ror4:rs of his except ojic er Johnson ttotd his one &line, and tales the management of the 7 .1 r, l'itzpatriek sold all of his etZ.:2Pot_One. Mr. .:Zttlikle is Supposed to have sold hi Mr. 01Zot:slit all pf .his except one. This transfer pr,eliva4 extinguishes the "qoriativi. , " feature of the paper. Mr. t;reeley's i'avot ite plan eon , rning the management wasthat all worthy superintendents of the concern should ha ;e voice in the notnag,emunt that should be something more than nomiiml. ilenceforilt two or three hogs• qtockhrAtlos trill have unlimited swot-. "Mr. Orlon called o:ttin Mr. Reid on Monday night anti of - lured him the po,ition of managing edit , Jr. Mr. Reid rt 4 tn , ed it. o r l on (l ie n proposed to rol. John th.-,,; ( to retain ids ;sojtion as t d4ori,tl ter. Mr. }lay alc.o ret`mlt7 l ' "Mr. Ott n it arm offered 11r. H : position' of nian'aging,e ; : - .,litor. JL has the offtir under e•irtsidt.rdi , ion. pzbably accept. • • j• sllapiss, thesity earner, Reid, Shrinks again tendered his rtes,_ ityjilitloll \V t 'lt was •a_ second ine -1-7foped. Ito will probably remain. - - - "Mr. Reid bas given,a)i the -.7',lbiale yebosc work is not politieal_ 10'1:lidera/aid that he does not consider them - hound th. honor to share his vOluntary-exile; and it is likely there will be no changes-lit the 'non , political departments for the present. ' Reid will continue in charge of the paper, as a favor to Mr. Orion,. until Satur day next,' He will tire probably study-the field for some months,' before engaging in Lany. new enterprise. • — Eight of the share 4 houglil, by Mr. 01. ton are said to be reserved for Mr. Colfax: Dr, Ayer parts wilt: i'. l ll.l,•Lt oC hia_fourteen shores. WHAT The writer eatled yesterday upon Ali% Whitelaw Reid for the purpose of learning how close ttiu approxim Ada , of, fact .9 • W sin in the r.t.kry t•irculafed 'us to the chzume of owiterillip of. the Tribune Mr. Reid Stitt: " It is true flti to the g 'eater part, Oho' a few of the (letups are somewhat incorrect. At the meeting ye-sterility (Monday) Mr. Or. ton purchased tifty•one shares of the stock)/ thus obtaining e Majority and consequentl,y/ a controlling interest, I_ -offered to tithe thirty-two shares at $10,01./0 a share, instkad of sixteen; fl 4 is repiirtetr, but that oily i was 1101: accepted.' " 'lt is said that you Mitt rot=tin tlie, man agement of the paper until the yid of the Open t " Yes: 1 (.70114e11(01. to (10 SO at Me re quest of Mr. Orton ' with within my rela tions have always been verb codicil. Of course I Could 11V e 110 C 011,1111.11 Oil with the journal af let a change policy bad been decided on by the stock folders.' _ . How toally Of tltisrc stow cOntleatql with the Li/quo! actsimpany you in your retirement ?' " • Many ollereo o tit) so, and sent in their resignations; but Most of those 1 have re. Mined, and in fact discouraged resigning as unfelt Ds 1 COW; so the stuffiff the paper will not be materially affected by the change. Cul. Hay is,tbe only one who peremptorily resigns, and he did so a few dan tyro.' " ' It is au established faet,l then, that. itfr. Col,faK is to take eliarge the Trib une ' i "' / "i'es. It is to be made an Administra tion/paper, us I understand it, mid he is to eNereise the control.'" THE PRESIDENCY. Grant's Popular Majority over 750,000 In the following table is given the result of the I've , :itlential election, the votes of all the States icing official excepting this:o marked NVltil, all atitelisli. ('')--ten in number. Under the head ot scattering is given the vote cast for O'Uonor, that of lilack, the Temperance candidate, being added in such States as recorded votes for tire latter, they being fc'w in number. It is possible that there were some scattering votes in States in which none are given below, but all that have been announced are included. In the ten States from which official returns have not been received the vote hay been carefully estimated. The majority in all the States is that of Grant over Greeley, without taking the scattering rnte into account Grant. Greeley. Seatry, No . ). Mali/tam .:10,252 79,411 .... 10,8:11.P. Arkan9rw , ..•.... 78,000 •?4.;00 .... 8,500 n California 68,11:,0 40,317 .... 18,5038. Connecticut_ 60,G38 , 4.5,880 48:1 4,7:18.1.0 Dela , 4 - aro . 11,115 , 111, 1 205 487 910 D. Florida*....,. 12,it".1) 10.,'!8./7 . .. 1.600 n Georgia 02,7 1 5 r :6,2 7 4 2,00 13,66.3 n Illinois '241,218 181,510 ...-..- G6,478p. Indiana /8G,131. 383,022 1,414 it2,609n lowa ......110,1'30 71,121 2.202 60,009 n Kansas' 53,709 20,000 . ... 33,709 n Kentucky 09,014 100,1360 ... 10.446 D Louisiana ... .„ . t.50,0:30 tO,OOO „.. . 15,000 n Maine... .. .. 61,200 '49,023 .. , . 32,185 n Maryland....... 66,409 67,012 .•: .. 1,073 D Massachusetts —1'33,4,72 09,260 .. .. 74,212 n Michigan ,138,202 77,019 4,110 63,153 n Minnesota... . . 54,558 34,127 . .- . 23,2311 B , llssimippt? 75,0 00 40,060 . ... 00,000 n Minsouri 110.196 101,433 2,429 32,237 D Nebras2E,.. `15,6)r) 10,000 ..,. 6,000 rt Nowala , ...t ... 3 VE.:( 9,060 , 2,600.17. ens Ilalapsh:re 37,1d4 31 421... , 0,7E8R ;Nov ,3era?..y ..... 9.1.6 ,. .. , 1 '143,0.01 GOO 14.80011 'New 'York 4/0,145 337,2`,1 1,6E5 Z. , 3,,525r: Nortb. arolirz . 41.,52,3 61,489 .... '23,0217: Ohio .. ...... .2E1,,53f2 244,321 3,425 b 7.633 Oregon - .... .. 14,N'3 12,00 , 7, 2,112,11ic feut0.;17 , ....r: in . 1.19,69.,V 211,961 . 187,72nt F.ltecle Islsnd... 13.6(5 5-32:: 8,5303 South CaraEr.a., • V, 6373 Tennessee 83,65•" V. 4,391 10.73.5 D Texe.9 4 ' , . (30.(390 -, 3C(Jci • 10.0001) Vermont . 41,490 10,8;A: f;i4 Virclnin 92,953 1?1,,44 1,529 n West virginin , 27,60 cG 90(} .. . 18,54.011 . 3,556,115 %T. 11,0.5.4 21,328 756,0268 Deduct the scattering l - ore from Orant's majority Lt 3 given above, and he has a ma jority of 704,698 over all, which will not be reduced below ; - :10000 by the full official returna, unless the action of the Electors of Louisiana in voting for Grant should he ye ren:ed by a majority being declared for the Greeley I::lect4,va ITEN.S OF GENERAL INTEREST, t,:. I:icohly, of appointer) .Mas , :lial of the Unit. 131 lio• prvine ( . (nn :Its \VW; formerly Private tiecretary to I'm , ider.t Thy v, ifc ~ 1 I . )i t :rat , li 1:: (1(.11,1, anti 13i •raeli himself is t riollsly 111. 1w.3 wonitl he Indy 0.1m1 , 11, one for 1 - :'..n; , :land, as:‘, hu 1; on LiMllo.4•tiil' one ( , 1 her grette-L ...tntesulen. The lionm: Committne will re port :r bill increasing the salary of the Pres ident of the cnited stet's 6n and after the 4th of .3larch. from twenty-live thousand to fifty thon , an , l dolltira 3ier annum. ifam ttek tatiects New York for U.(' liemit l tittiturs iii-; new t , 11111ilniid, SO ;.rt'll m.im,fly eonferrt - ,1 ..n.him I,c the Pre:4lll.'ld, from Nvltom ft,' had no riloll. to expect any colirte,y bcyonil II:Hi of :1 rtri t military tia turn. Iln - :sia bas rvsolveil on the tomtruction of a navigable canal t'o connect the port of I._;e• Inistop o l II ith 13.ilttklava, :Lt. 1111 estimated enq 11 l 1-,000,0t50 routes t-;eletstopol is to be merely a eommercial harbor, and 11:11a1.- lava a war limbot. Their connection is theret'ote indispcm,•able. Secretary Belknap ill an older :111 , ,t iqsued, administers a severe fehintv to the cadet midshipmen of tile Annapolis ,Nftval Acad emy Who ink\ - e been fottinci guilty, of person ally persecuting, by petty indignities, and sometimes by acts of violence, the only col ored cadet ill lite in , ,tilut inn. The German Consul I leneral at, NOV 1 . Li 11:. lihtili.hi'LL :111, appeal for 1101 for ow inhabi tants of tlw Baltic provinecs, the terrible in undation of hi , -.t. 111011111 le i\ ing devastated -top miles cif territory, •-titunerged to \\ ii-;, dc:-.troyed entire villa:;" , ., I ,ittle, horses, Ihe ~ , ,.:atliereil cropit, :•liiiy, it...c...,—;,1111 (li'lm iiell Istiriiireds rd' pCfl:- . ifil z Tile IP .lit•P Prt•fei I 0, 1 'hots earls plod*, attention to Ilie fact that a' number of „Mor mon enii-.,.aries are now Ili the Prefunt me tropolis With a '. ic...‘: nt inducing young :co men to em grate to Salt 1,9 ko. They prem ise-them flee passage and '1 husband, add the latter inducement i.-1 so powerful that mean, fire preparing to depart in spite (IT: ivl Leoll day's warnings. - Governor Geary lint, iQsi,e). his, prdcls.tree tion aritiouncin!; that the iirnotint of the debt-of renr,sl - 1 - . - ania reduced toi:. earicciled by the Corninissioners of the ['ink ing i•'rtincis, Jordan, John F.lr l tranft and 12nhort - ..s.rticley, during the period between Dec. 1, - .1571, and inn T( 187' . . 3 . was $2.1-743,°1:3 50. of which 141 81 was in six per cent. loan; ,5728:',973 69 in fire per cent. loan. and 98 in Relief ,Notes. Lt ti;a:i etMs.Trants Lave been arriving - st New York witl;in the ty,int month or tr:o in a wholly destitute condition. and have come here with the assent of the Italian Govern ment, it Imowine; them to he destitute. The ; hope of most of the lower-elfiss! Italians 35 to get to " A riirrlea,•' 'where they expect to have plenty to cat :tnd little to do It is : , be lieved that the :,Cational Govezpr_rn, 7.1 1 1 take steps to F.top this pauper in m.. Tic English Cuurf, of Q;_weris ; 3lßenc .! eriKatzed grovel.i• effects 6,‘ a ,",c r upon the fr_ircheld by tin netzeis COiliFioll coutr4el for Ulu f•oanpany tint the memo' wfie entirety too for the considert!te•n of the Court, hto Justiee Blachl,nrn Fala tlint it was,..s. ft'n r !* thing for an actresq to have a (I)slio•;iri'y a mai!: uvon her face, qu that it fel whiAhei: cater elicit 'is shsieL wonl , l ueri. , )llller (15 L , c7ft.kl-, :;. conFequelice nl t hi. tiepre;sikr n , , on her k?nagli_s. 1 . ...)r0. Chief burn(l\velt the etrects of the lick npon the INly'. , ....profescional dwelling particulinly upon the ),,-; Thc.. Coon 2-tippurted ttyil‘lipt tt : t i, thousand that, sho,ll,i rt l _• the resolution directing t1:.3 Mt- at [les of th , ? war for the, so ppre ,, ,i••• , ILL •::)ollion to be removed from live I hose regiments which took part in ti:t:m, iP might be neeessa - to, Immediately oi v:said th and Nt ill =WM 7C6,G26 Grant's /Dajority arrntal find the otre-leggr l i ,q,411)471: 4.),T 1140 196 d, ;t hey tnigirt , not "ri'sirinti,ney! Pei!lple nr, the earnggle thronglt Ititi triumphantly pasiast. //: _ 'Om latest cio(l:_te in • the market line, the Chiliceibe Orneitfction - , is larded corn meal, or corti-mettled / trrel. 'This new artkle of r , mit,,cm, is sr for /aril, and is composed or about egtify ":ttutintitieS of oine,lard and fine, white meal The process triarinfdeture is to h=i=lt the Jard anti then add the meat - , stirring thef--iixtnre well to gether. The coninOrted . c•ati be- easily fie tected by it, rony 4 li and grainy iipo, The meal iti folly developed when the era elf; is melted. AVliett meal iti selling at sixty cents a hafila.,l, and laid at iwelve and a lihlf cents, per pound, it rioe3 not require ninth 01 au FilitkittetiCiart to count the profit. Af ler this moral hone,sty, the' Yankees' twist knock under with their woo - en niitincg,:4 and basswood liams. Patent butter was bad etiangli, taut corn-weal lard iy tef sili , r ! nee in raseatity. I/ MANSFIELD, PA. ; , CT 1J E (11 Li E, ELI PL uKi 01 1,71, JOU!: SauL'trialit '•A Di} And et _light lit C. 31.1.,;:!,,, MI : S; 'ALIJA N I:l44AWD.r_s; "Ci"Sp, • \ ERS la it wl Cuiltei t V. 0, .1.,1. ,- J -t..1 4 (iff ,, ...5. NV. 1;;;owN, A. M. l'isn'.;„ ..-- H. 1.1. CoolotAN, L. E. DEcia - at, g (4),,.: 1img.h , ,, , :11 ),.,, `): a t ton, ta , :eu to 1 / 4 ...iitm ttiiii tip) autti , ice bil.q... ft, 1.11 2)4 . Or2)halts' (Yo It ,tle. 1 y virolo of an (wa i t er of Ow Orphans' i coltrt of Ti• iotfa coontv, 1 star ,t 1 exiKe.o to piddle sale, on th f preruffo .on the :deli day of Janthtty, 1674, at vile o'clock p, it.. the fol Owing de:write - di rent estafe: A pine,' of land sitntte in the lown.fhip of Chatham, 'nova eannty, bound4ct nu tin' 1101111 by lauds OWnen (, by 0 , if. tl'ood and a lot conveyed to (Vail Marlatt, -Curds cam! by .Ida ~ d, e. by Afi.rey rroetnan, synth by lands of Joint liemp, and Iv( 0t hy famtv of -,--- Tre• maino and huittr . of +A illtato Ifolrland; lAnt; tot No. :03 or tin' alloinfont of Blot:Jam lanths in Chatham, and part of wary-ante, Non. 1,:31fi aid 1,3.10. Tereus, cash on conftrmation;of Hato. GILLSERT IL oNVLETr, u tiardiuu. Dec. 24, /4"4 4w , Orphans' Court Sate. Ilky rio 00 Of ho order of the Orphans' Court of 'VI II , og a VI tkintY, 1 fAhlkit CN.I), ht , tll pi)lee ‘ Valli., Oft, tiio preb&P.S, 0» 1/4 , 'AO) day of JAnnary, :183, la 1»..,0 o'clock p. Di.. 11 0 , rollowlzo; described real isiate, the property or Oat la NtioVOIN, ac'esOtigen; All that pleee of hind sibian: - in—thi: Mattel:lp of NrlDon, Tioga cbmity, '0,i11),»11)401 44) 11)1) porn ) by tlie Male litio, e.::,t by hoidu 4,1 1)0; Whitakt'r, 'WWII by UM COV;;tuis:4(pie river, imil twat by 'landii of \la rum Jiatlihnit and Philip Tubbs: rontainlou ebont 91 acres. 01(4'0 or i'4,, With tllO ;tprOl'ithq.lll:O., 6 ihproli,t,, belonging. i 1 . , Also, all that ii CI Or Irma 0/Itt' L, - chip, 'Now, coma; ,' and Ltalvdt-d. 4.ri Pio 1001 th by the Mate. line, eB.9t by Ur. J. ti, Wi:W nife 'ii itin.l-:. Health by btinds or 3.C. 'Whitakweter, cud by the Int ; of land first ab ve dw e ribiali contalninV 3.01 ili;:e9. Teruo, one-ttd d. cayll on count/nation. of aide, one third in one y at, and one-third in 6{ - 0 3 . ',ears from date of cortnruiation. BYRON' SHAW, Dec. 14, 1873. ..tw . Atlininintratm% _ Orphans' Court Bale. - B y virtue of an order of the rphans' Court of Tt oga county, I shall expose o public sale, on tho premises, on the 20th day of Tannery; V. 373, at one o'elneit p. in., the followmg dee nbcd real fettle, the property of Cyrus F. Parker d ceased; All that piece of land; nitege in the township of Brookfteld, Tioga county, andlliounded on the tact by lands of Adan , Loper, ncoth lyj , litzde: of FA ward Baker and lands of the Jesse Gardner ef , tat4, west by the county line betwcen the counties of Tloga and Potter anti lands of 'Nelson Gill, and south by lands of Mo ses Irletcslf, oilier ltinde of said decedent, and by lands of Reuben Hammond; being the lot known as the homestead of the s id decedent, and containing 101 acres, more or lees Terms, ono-third rash on con firmation of sale, o e.third in one year; end one-third in two years thereafter, with:zee. Bons to be given, With enrollee to be 6.l"prosE.(l, Ax... in the Serr- Cr tour thoueand dollars. 1 GEor.GEJA. 1 - .I9LT, H. A. PARREB, hidininistrator:;. Dec. 24, 2.372. Fa lim for Sale . ,71 - 117. a - ate:ribs: offers for sale his fa i rn situated in 1 :Nelson Township, containing 100 acres ; ED fin• proved and about 0 , ) clear from ettunpa ; well "ntered and fenced ; in a good state of enitivation good frame house and outbuildings ; three good bans ; an Or. chard of fine erAfted epples, and sugar-buels of about :inn trees. The farm la one-half mile from the village of -Nelson, with its stores, shone, and churches. 12 cows will be sold with the farm if wanted. The property will ho sold cheap. Torras, one-half cash, the ba-ance on time. Possession will be given in March, 1673. At.pl -.7 to the subscriber on the premises. Nelson, Dec. 2'l, Y873-10.* A. W. LUGO. - - ...areOutor's dArotice. T ETTERS Teefamentary on the :Estate of I.e vi Oates, of Sullivan townehip. Ttoge. county, Pa , deceased, having 'peen granted to the undersigned by the Register of lioga county. a 'pereons indebted. rt the ' , state are reght oteit to mal,e payment, and thorn having damn agelnet said 'eytate will present the maraft to me, at my reel lence in earl township, for settle ment. 3. 'W. I.IQT,Ly. Sulllvan, PL., DL. 1672.-G,; ./idnali,lstratop's Xotzce. Li-TErcs of A lministration of tile estate of Geo. 1J Eingtlltt3 l , 11to of '1 to township, Tian, county Pa_ dcec , r,sed., havintt been granted to rho undo:n[lll , d by the Ilvgistor of Tiogn eonnty, all per sons indebted in f sour ,state tiro requested to malio payment, sod tintge navizot annuls against saki rntate will present thr -time to th , melt ent:tte:l in TIOF,R,Pa. Is • " , t Adm'r. P,t., =BEE FROSPECT FOR 1873.—Sizth Year E 11AND-,wiEsr VartrourcAi. rs A Itrvitt, TATIVii AtiL A 7 ,1 ftWAZ , r T.o. :',IfITED J Itl rat: It'oi,rrf, ti t . 1 IJ: .7. NI I.,ristly ni ~rd ftli,coll.lfo. uc 1' ofre,tp.7 , ff ' l l thi , it r.f '1 I 7 n t I /300 h , - )1t;? . i - .;1: , •4i v. lin nil tn• ttoiel2; orcf.l - chart: tlls. It i: , au rhgetn ftv.l,t, 41nweiti/ litmatura 01 ph r, • 11“ , tnrr,t t:ilt - 'llble 1,5 ti ILICk Mid V.ll . .Vth.%trglr entli f 4 ilc: a0,.1,1.3 :+l4 1.16.1,{0rt; to Oa triend, td boituty 01 TIIE .11.„01.V1.: will L. =ID=I=MM tnu•tt uprre,lat, el. so '4 :u . . 01.ov tiay claim , 1t11 , •1.1.or a*iititiktv errs. . 1.1/P; .ILDIFXE tti It tnt , que and ov;gh hid ~%)h, t ),tion—a/on,• and nodni.v"iwth•Ll ,11)fidd ..inpt•tition in price or 11241:111:Icr The, tqativi• to V0111111‘• ti.Thulat tillantilY filli• u; , / any ,tht..r shapt• U. t"lntt,t r (; th , r , 0,4 fig' , I 1.• Ai. s. tvatbsZattquog the tit,iri lite In , tbit pike of hub. , scrivti , itt Inet Ft%th - when 711/i: ALD/Nii: tiiidtlated 118 prtwtt:ft it t' (Tot t 81la i• chatne• Ir an. iltrollr mr.re tow( 001' 1"; the 31881 1' r , titnt lit titt.rt, i,u 1.111.11,• 21,iircrEnt4i, and t. :1 :111I' t tiltin, the ( . .01:(1• Of Art. 1 , 10 t• 14 it =Ell , tirq rt.-r„ r / ;,/ `.7:,111.) 1;`: , I tt .11 ti,.•• .. .I. .1 .qll, 1 LI, 11,f 1, tiLrrl• 1 , , „!. !14 . • - tv ~ I!iJ. 0,1 lA:,, Aer• cr , ilo.t In•, of - • .hy i 1.1 r 2 - .)*.'": , :. : :: 1 - '' • '".7'7 '' 7c :.,I , '" 2 ',." ' . -... 1 ", 7 '2' :7 . .17532._11 ~ ...177.- . ''-.- !, 211t:CO : ` C. ' .I, 2'l :27r.177. - 2'•'„ t 7 - 7 ,2 6;,1 - 1.1.7r7.7P 7 - .;.:11 , 72 7, ....7.71.2" . .: (1 3::„rs `'Y - IC.' & ! _7. rr(nw...f .r731;1.1' 57:1 TM' • : .; j • • 10.-,7:1: t iA T7IS. F: • •-•., • LT) ctf cilZ ' ME t. , nithely and rail t' Goods! cer., tocor.lB/!.2t::::.; of shav,l% lfetino Rita MI151:11 rinderwear, Ceetnantnwn is Z,,,phyru and Yuri. 'lnvEtlrflif Nr the lie, - tonage CO the past, ehB nopes to merit a /Jon- LW). r 4 ihe ,ran. 1, 1872 • ntral boifvoiLesqup,n. J 1' OF THE STOCE.ROLDEMI. 1, It:, ( - firm that ti Annual : , Icet:ng tht . s ot,' .}iG.ltierti of Ilia Va',3ey , for tho election of Pres:dent and • i :Ict i atting .I,ritr, and for the t01y,,,,1i0n : - I. ,0 1.M;4,11 , ..1 , 3 nit.y properly can,: I.eforc 1,2. held at the 04:41 t,Le Company, , on Tite , iday. the 13:b I 0'0.04.1. - ., 01., end the polls - (701 tif/ r . ernain open from flat,l ltottr till ~" r. m. ci• the same day, or at Talleillonger I,t ?SS,lry to receive votes, not exceedin g .io,•+: h• , tueivall. JOEL PARR.RUBST, e. L. PA2 C/sO2l Bee' • and Tre - 187! - 3. Jan. 0 Jou. 17 EMI 1 ti. 21.1 MEE 11=1 IMO j/7. _ LOOVOtT • - , ••• - p. ' • 3_. Just arrived with an. immense NI 'ADS L.F.Tii i DRY GOODS, la 0 (0 JE Et I BOOTS Sc SHOES, !Ready-11mle C 11000 eap;, HATS &GAPS, IUNIZIEE NOMOils The best and the cheapest lot of rr lA]: .A. s ever brought Into Welloborol. LADIES" VURS# and Gents' Fur Co - , tend to rocs into one of the elegant Ne Stoics in 'MI/cox Ere:We new )3rick Block, I propose to sell my entire stock at reduced rates for tho next - sixty days, as I do not Wisl to move so many goods. 6.4.*Am.iosneo, - ,norsr--- People haeiti Butter e.n2 Grain to dispose of will tewsesessaa Sad it to their interest to oil's a c call before dealing , allemhere. Oct. ^XXIST lA.- I)+RTJGri 0-ISyr or ttryilag I 11eviita3 large Veur:tiet of Gmia erteMas them io nfrer , them naps. Ta our rata' daparumegar C,..raia ern eoti ett a small advariee ovar wh TTA IMICF (scarcity lowest Jobbing priest'. A large 'toot RUM ISLAND WI WHIM LIMB, STON (MASS, AS IZES, AND EO'Ol4E TRICE, RAVES ALL =IDS AND COLORS, `VAR:TM/1S AND TARVISEI BEESEES, A nix STOCE,... Transfer OrnaltnenVs l Striping and Brushea for 'Carriage and 4. fa lino of ell dawns of Good /ill. I, 1841, 1i F I INTER GOODS DRY (-1-0011) or m.c,xota - A airiet GROCiRIES IN. ABUNDANCE, p Pi& r 11:4-1,11 1 A h _ fr i WAS IS 113 MIWINDRZ ItS3 0031 Z. CALL AND SE the thiht - Elitvi; stook, 1.7122: z , ,rls.es te: t•I beaten. Lo t%,11 V 3 colic I,l3)its, for iiaa,lmnaVe SEE rtriat* nO ZKO) wgor rBkLE AND BETIOEL. 'L 1 Cvatter Onzarotnting, A..ir ,ri-xu ‘corg. - 1-41,,,N G- Is the place to buy your = tun tutiltetnil4 14; thelll.loll tr. iceii repair ond atito, 014 , 1 15 X lo ' 4b = Im.. c) I 0 t tr,4 ,lettla 13/3 JriffN ft. fl. IMI II II II a