Agtato.
A. len HAIVILES,. EDITOFt
TIIESDA.V, MARCH 4, 1873
The' decrease in the public debt during
th'e past.month was $5,277,880 77.
Last Thuvaday the Senatorial Credit :Dip
biller committee:made a repotereemniend
i g the m190°1.131 Senator Patterson,
0 . 0v.-HartraUft" , reeonitnettda..
the ejection.
of an equestrian statue of =the late Major
PenCTal Ileoe, on the bidOefleld of-Glettys,
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The 11014se'of Representatives has passed
n joind:Fistiintion to adjourn on the 27th
instanyhtit the delay'caused by the death
of etc-editetrut Geary and,other interruptions
will pitt''l)l4l3 - ly inake it necessary to extend
the tini. , , r- .1 , ,
• The4slllll3troduced by Mr. Mitchell to in
crease,*Pay f furors to two dollars per
Jay sig-OaeOded 'Bp as to .apply to the
*bole State. Rims papsed both- houses of
the I:4olatiu4 and undoubtedly has ere
Ads *avid ilia Onvernor's -approval,
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1 1114,:;OlitiCal -Uncertainti : Still continues
noCk, A ivitrtir, debate In the Assembly
hist weelOnhaininikm(tbe lineation whether
s t ile gitirirnatent should remain republican
Oi a mbrinicby or empire, be re-established,
or ratifer:be-re.declared, for nothing can be
consi4redestabllsbed in that tickle country.
Cas!olar, the Minister of State of the new
Spanisli:Repoblic, has addressed a memo
rand* to:,the other powers, urging the iti
isiediate 'recognition of the , new order of
thingti ,it • reasoning of the eloquent
niinispri 'Mud; though the world might
have respect for Spanish republican
ism iflborio .haste Was slum. by the home
governatent 'idabolisbing slavery in its de.
pende4les.
The.titational Senate isat Wednesday
passes
1 4 bill so amending the organic terri
toriatziw of . Utah , as :to maintain the
supianney'of tile United States laWs and
courts ilormon dom, in ascordance with
the President's recent recommendation.—
. Tbis;liikivill no doubt become a law before
the adjottrnmont today. The "Saints" pro
' fess te•be satisfied with its provisions.
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. It tips been announced that the Northern
Cential Railway had been leased to the
F'emiiyiyania Railroad Company; but the
repors was at least premature. A meeting
. of stockholders of the N. C. was held at
Raltipbre,.last Thursday, at which such a
leasiArsis recommended by the President,
Mr. vazneron. Consfderable opposi•
Sion to that course was developed, and After
the close of the meeting-a Philadelphia
stockholder caused , a n injunction to be
served, restraining th&proposed action.
The - Representatives at Washington add
ed to the bad odor in which the prestnt
Congdias expires by voting themselves
incrOase of ay. It is true the grab is not
quilelso large as that at first proposed, but
the disgrace is not reduced by that fact.—
The'yeas and nays were called on the ques
tion,:duld the people will have an opportu
nityto see what members voted to put mon
ey into, their own pockets. We shall pub
lish the full vote next week, and at the same
timeme hope to announce that the Senate
has had the decencylo defeat this measure.
The debate on the Credit Mobilier began
in the House of Representatives last Tues
day, and continued until Thursday, when a
vote' as reached. The recommendation of
the Poland committee that Messrs. Ames
and Brooks be expeiled the House was not
agreed to, but a resolution was adopted con
demning the conduct of those members, by
a vote of 181 yeas to 88 nays. We are glad
to say that the vote was not . a partisan one;
members of both parties voting on both
sides. Though the conclusion 'may seem a
lame one, we bele the investigation has
done great good, bath in Congress and in
the country at large.
We understand that a large number of
petitioners along the line of the Tioga Rail
road are asking for the passage of a law re
quiring the Company to ,fence the road.—
_The Company remonstrate against this, al
legii4that the Legislature should not pass
such a law, because it would be unconsti
tutional; the charter being in the nature
-of iui executed contract which cannot be
-impaired, and for the further reasod;that
many of the owners of lands through which
the road passes agreed to keep up the
fences and bound their heirs to do the elitiCe.
These 'objections seenrsound, and unless
they can be answered it is hardly possible
that any benefit can be derived from the
dgaired action of the Legislature.
A -novel lawsuit has recently been deel
dess at St. Louis. llt seems that -in March,
1868, - an express messenger was robbed rear
Cincinnati of nearly $20,000 by one Dol.
soar. • The rogue escaped and subsequently
Went to St. Louis, and while attempting — to
rob ‘ a house was shot and killed by a &tee-
Thrift had followed theft in this in-`
stance, however, and the dead Dolmar left
considerable property. Hereupon the Ex
press Company brought suit against the ad
ministrator to recover the damagea suffered
five yeara ago at the hands of the intestate ;
and last week the plaintiff reco?ered judg
ment • for $24,000. This action is quite
equalledin interest by one recently brOught
iu the .neighboring county of Steuben.—
Sane of our readers may recall the fact
that some time ago two me rt wereshOt and
lolled, it Wayland, in that county, by a
woman who escaped trial because - of evi
dent' dementia. Now the widow of one :of
the Victims sties the estate of the slayer to
recover dainages for the loss of - her hu's
hand_ The, case will be vatched with in
terest by lawyers and laymen alike. .
The supplement to the Wellsboro and
State Line Railroad introduced in the .
,Senate by Mr. Strang, is now a law. It
: provides for a northern connection, and
'contemplates the construction of a road
from flornellsville, N. Y., to Westfield and
- thence to the Northern Central by way of
iTellaboro. Certainly the early conatruc
ilori of this road is of great inTort/Luce to
our county, and -with liberal subt‘criptions
abaft the line its success Will be assured. It
sell simply a pressing need in the western
portion ,ot the county, will give us an :im
mediate southern connection, greatly en
hanced the value of peoperty along the
route, make the county seat more easily ac
"ssibie to portions of the county now most
-in need of such communication, open a
ntrst 'ivenue of trade with Philadelphia, and
then become a project •of interest to the
State at large. Already some" twelve miles
'of the road south from Hornellsville are
under contract, and we understand that the
towns along the route in the State of New
'York are bonded to build it to the line, It
iticomidently expected tire• the whole line
that. State Will , ba,in the contractors'
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hands in n Seer .weeks. - Brookfield
Westfieldwill - probably razsetooney enough
to trade he latter''plitee. and• re-,
utain for ourtiwn people' und
along the lint-Witoseproperty. will tie gt6tt-...
ly benefited by iUo earrythei6Orktlfrough;,
If enough --is .subs,eribed' to
,tlo_ the
:irig, ihe road wilt .be built, without—doubt.
Let ua hope that 'noeff2y .. " will be spared to'
secure the early' e t omplejion of this . imi-ort
ant work.
) To the Pane.
- -The friends of temperance in Tioga coon-,
ty have, under thipioVisions of the-Local
Optionlaw, gained . a splendid victory.. It'
is none ,the less significant because it was
bloodless: '-;.- Tlie issue was falrlYiiii.sidAilly
Argued, and the Oeopla hive: recorded - ,their
ve diet: "Isre'llicenSe." - , ,'' : ' :, -, - •
- t means 'something. :It means this: -It is
a riumph of Right over Wro g,_ of good
order:over disorder, of sobriety over drunk!
caness, of , temperance over, in emperance.
It says to. the rum traffic . : Thus far, .. - fifttlup .
farther! It means that - What thepeople car -2
tied so triumphantly at the pelts in a mid
winter campaign they will sustain through
all the heats of a snminer campaign—and
all the year around. This verdict puts' the
ban of the law upon this traffic.. It declares
drunkard-making to be a crime, and forbids
It.. • . •. __ .
And now, If there are those in this county
who are now engaged, or purpose hereafter
to engage in this thffic In violation of the
law, we have this to say to them: •
We have no quarrel with you, and no per
sonal prejudice or hatred in the matter; : but
we do abhor the rum traffic, and deplore its
many * evil and lamentable 'consequences.—
The law and the publicsentiment upon this
question are no longer left to conjecture.—
The law•and the people say this &Wile is
the exciting and 'presiding genius that stalks
at the bead of the dark catalogue of crime
—and is a crime, and must cease. Laws are'
for the protection of the law-abiding against
the 'lawless. Their enforcement is one"of
the highest duties of, citizenship.' We pur
pose to enforce this law. .We purpose to make
it as live and (if need be) as lively a law a i
any on the statute hook. And tli9, in no
captious spirit; indeed, unwillingly; but a
duty is no less a duty though unpleasant and
distasteful. Violations of law on your part
shall be the only ground of aetton on ours—
and the public Interest its only purpose.—
Last call! Fair warning! " Vox Populi
Vox Deb I"
And a word to the friends of temperance;
To you is best known what exertions were
needed and made to secure the success of
Local Option. It was a victory - fairly won,
and to you belongs the honor; but to reap
all the benefits of it, you must make the law
a hying force. Let `it not become a dead
letter. It is a just laW, and was sadly need
ed; but it is no less true of morals than of
politics, that liberty is the price of eternal
vigilance; and law Is the symbol of liberty
in both. See, then, that this law is kept,—
Warn your neighbors who are so disposed,
of the consequences of its violation, andy
they then disregard it, we would suggest as
a means 'of its enforcement- the following
mode of orgaization.
Co. CENTRAL TEMPERANCE Cox.
CONSTITUTION.
- Any. 1. This society shall be known as
the Temperance League of —.
ART. 2. The object of this society shall
be the impartial enforcement of the laws in
reference to the sale of intoxicating liquors
as Sbeverage.
ART. 8. The officers of this society shall
consist of a President, Secretary and Treas
urer, who shall serve one year, or until their
successors are elected.
ART. 4. The duties of the foregoing offi
cers shall be such as usually devolve upon
like officers, except as hereinafter provided.
ART. 5. The President, Secretary and
Treasurer shall, immediately after their
election, appoint an executive committee,
with power to recall their appointment at
pleasure, who shall use all lawful and prop
er means in their power to •bring to justice
any and all persons who shall violate the
aforesaid laws; and for that purpose said
committee shall have authority to hire a de•
tective, if necessary, to be paid for a rea
sonable outlay of time or money in the dis
charge of this duty.
ART. 6. It shall also lie the duty of said
committee, with the advice and consent of
the officers of the society,lto employ a com
petent lawyer to take charge of prosecu
tions which may become necessary by rea
son of the violation of said laws.
ART. 7. The elective officers shall make
all necessary arrangements for the meetings
of this society, and shall audit and pay all
just bills laid before them. No bill to be
paid until thus auditel.
ART. 8. Membership shall consist in the
subscription of one or more shares as here
inafter provided. -
ART. 9. Ten dollars shall constitute -a
share; and those subscribing more than one
share shall be entitled to one vote for each
share; but no member shall cast more than
five votes. Membership shall cease on re
moval from the place.
ART. 10. Assessments on shares shall be
levied only at a regular meeting of the so
ciety.
ART. 11. No member shall be required to
pay more than ten per eentum on his shares
unless levied by a three-fourths vete at a
regular meeting.
' Aar. 12. Ten members shall constitute a
quorum for doing business.
ART. 18. The regular meetings of this so
ciety shall be held on the first eve
ning of each month, or at the — call of the
President.
AUT. 14. This constitution may be altered
or amended, or by-laws be adopted not con
flicting therewith, at any regular meeting;
notice and a copy of such intended change
having been given at a prior meeting.
We, the undersigned, do hereby become
members of the above society, and do here
by agree to pay the sums set opposite our
names by us bereto - subscribed, at such
times and in such rateable proportions as
may be required by the terms, and for the
purposes set forth in the above constitution.
[For any information wanted in reference
to organization, or the objects contemplated
above, address, " County Central Tempe
rance Committee, Wellsboro."]
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 1878.
\ T CREDIT 310M1.12.11 IMPORT NO. 2.
The report of the Wilson Credit Mobilier
investigating committee is not upon the
whole so soundly based as that of Judge
Poland's committee. In accordance with a
public clamor that has been the result of
• newspaper efforts similar to those of old
Tarn O'Shanter who "nursed his wrath tol
keep it warm" against his spouse, it has in
some of its recommendations overstepped
all bOunds of law and equity. Thus, it not
only proposes the bringing of suits against
fraudulent stockholders of the Union Paci
fic Railroad Company, but authorizes suits
to be brought against all who subscribed to
the stock, whether they received it or not,
if they have not paid for it in full; and
against all persons 'who have received and
sold again part-pjd stock Again, it pro
poses that suit shall be brought in any cir
cuit from Ain ne to Texas or Oregon against,
all the parties in one action, and that they
be compelled by avias to appear in any
court selected. At the commencement of
the suit all private property, real and per
sonal, of the defendants shall be attached,
and held until the cause is finally decided,
with no provision that surety or indemnity
be offered to secure innocent persons against
Outrage and wrong through the unlimited
poiTer thus given to the officers of the law.
Except In a time of extliteinent, no com
mittee composed in pan of. lawyers could
have made such apport. RS basis seems to
be that there was criminality in subscribing
to or holding the stock of this great com
pany, whose object was no less than the
spanning of our continent, provided any'
profit of any kind or amount was niade by
it. There can be no doubt that the Souse
will greatly modify the remedies proposed.
The limitations of law and the restrictions
of the arbitrary 'power of a Government ,
. •
necessary to the,rights -anti libdrties of ,the
'citizen, - require :great earn hi StePping be
yOndthe Ordinary rides of - proeseditre, estah
liahett,by - eotirts',-of juSfifee'.iar : •other,analo"-, ,
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The Orivertnittii lasi? a,
`tiCailyr especially,-as . • the'
lands due toilte..eormiatiyyet.in the possess;.
the.:GiiVerfirnent - , and far which no:
patent, has been 'issued, amount Jo' nuire
than eleven million acres Of' the'twelVe
ions granted
. to
„the company,
_which •
*Mild - yield -'titi,tob,.6o,` ,
; Which, added tit the value of the rottd,'W`ould
more than pay the entire indebtedness to
the United States.- :-,_ilthy_:therthastertito..ex
liemei iii assdining remedies :which, violate
I the spirit and letter-Of our. jurisprudence?
71;tEAT,Elt_,TcgEbn. , T,
pern,ltoitS6;, tide
since, has' been rebuilt-on an entorged and
iniproVed , plan,:. and has 'just been .-tipened
by Manager Ford, of :Ford's Theater,
was formerly of this city, and
proprietor of the theoter rnwhicli-President:
Lincoln • lost- his life. ,-: The "opening
Joe Jefferson as, Rip Van Winkle was Al
grell - IsucceSs, , and the immense "crowd
whinh crammed the Ito* tried its strength
to the, satisfaction of oh doubters, if any
there were. It is a rather small,nnpretend.
lug building,.- but is ;much improved, and
is very cosy. _
SHOOTING IN SELF-DEFENSE
The Chidago Pose having intimated that
Grace Greenwood advocated the adinission
of Colorado - as a State from`' motives of per
sonal interest, because she owned Denver.
city lots, that lady grae,efully but .emphati
cally denies the soft impeachment, and says
in conclusion: "It was a most ungenerous
construction to put on my words. If my
Chicago brother should speak well of Hea
ven, I would not - suspect him of having
treasures laid up there."
TUE PATENT OFFICE
It is proposed by Finnsebill 4,001, report
ed by Hon. Leonard AlYers from the Com
mittee on Patents, to create a new Depart
ment out of the Patent Office. The growth
of business 'Willis office has long since fore
shadowed the necessity for taking it out of
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the In
terior. If the present bill passes, the duties
of the• Commissioner Of Patents will be the
same as heretofore, but unlimited by the
rulings of the Interior Department.
ausamwmous.
A number of employees of the Treasury
Department have recently formed a yacht
club, and ordered a first-class, yacht to be
built for them by Mr. Murnm, of Brooklyn,
who is noted as' a builder of the fastest
yachts that sail in American waters, This
is enterprising; and there is certainly no
reason why this city should not excel in
this line as in some others.
A number of witnesses in the Pomeroy
investigation case have just arrived here,
and will be examined at once.
The legislative bill has just been present
ed to the House. The salaries of govern
ment (Aglaia under it are substantially as
heretofore except in the pay of minor offi
cials.
- • The Congressional Printer is pushing
things viitit a view of affording - an Opportu
nity for Congressmen to frank all their pub
lic documents prior to July Ist, when the
franking privilege ends.
The Treasury balances on Saturday were:
Curreney $2,826,316 84
Coin 06,182,070 11
G r oin certilicateP 22,602,000 00
A Thousand Years Ago.
BY ANDBEA;HERWOOD
Two Tiles above Elmira, on the south
bank of the Chemung river, there is a place
called Fort TIM. This is I , a bluff one hun
dred feet high, on the top of wiiich there
is an ancient fortificatiop. The place is
naturally defended on thAe sides by perpen
dicular ledges of rock, and on the fourth
an embankment has been thrown up, which
must have been at least eight or ten feet
high when built, and 185 feet long, There
is a pine stump standing on it nearly three
feet in diameter. I When Col. Handy set
tled in this region, at the close of the Rev
olution, the embankment wore the same an
cient appeaiance as now. On the east end
.of the bluff the rocks terminate in a sharp
point, down which steps were cut by the
builders of the fort, in order to supply them
selves with water from a small ravine which
enters the river at this place. The fort cov
ered about an acre. Two or three; miles
above this place there is an abori?inall bury
ing ground, where cups, saucers, fetc., made
of stone, together with human bones, have
been dug up.
At Waverly, Tioga ° county, New York;
there is a hill of gravel, sand, and clay,
belonging to the Drift Period, which is one
or two hundred feet high, and entirely die-
Connected from the surrounding hills. If
is called Spanish Hill. There is an ancient
earthwork running around the top of It, in - -
closing about thirteen acres: It was doubt
les& built by some race prior to the Indians,
though the inhabitants suppose it to be thb
work of the Spaniards, which of 'matte is
not the case, as no Spaniards were ever, in
this region. Some of them also believe
that - the whole hill is the work of mkt,
which is likewise a mistake. The Indians
had a tradition that none of their lumber
could go on that hill and live; that th Great
Spirit got angry once a great while ago and
killed all the Indians who attempted' to go
up the hill.
Near Tarport, M'ltean county, PI
vania, there is another of these fa
tions, which bears the marks of a in
tiquity. It is situated on the fret, h
ley of the Tunnngwant, apd surroun
or three acres, if not more. The p 1:
defended on the north by a small :
and on the other three sides an ear
was constructed, which remains af,
lapse of centuries. On this ear
there are etanslitig large elthe, mapl:
hemlocks, which doubtless contain
four hundred ringa.of annual grow
*the fallen trunks of their predecesso,
older, lio rotting Upnn,thn ground
Soldiers' Orphans' Schools.
The condition of the Soldiers'. 0 .hans'
Schools is this State havin w o under • e Su
perintendency of Mr. J. P. Wiekersham,
been brought to so honorable a grade o
perfection, inquiry has frequently ;been
made as to what other States are d mg.—
In the apual report of the Superintendent
of these schools for 1872 we find the ollow
ing synopsis of the manner in which the
States named contribute to the edutation of
the soldiers' orphans. The - facts vrene de
rived from a paper read before the sixth an
nual encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic by Col. Robert B Beath.;
'Ohio. - -The Grand . Army-of the ' Republic
purchased ground, erected' buildils,' and
started a home for the soldiers' - ero ans.—
Afterward the State' assumed,' chirie, -- 41 3 41
in May, 1871, Appropriated $/63,000 for the
erection of otherbuildinga and the mainte
nance of the horneJ l They had gathered in
270 cbitdren at the dati• of the last report,
but expected sewn to. accommodate a much
larger number.
an imalcut.--:-This State appropriates $l5O
per week toward the support of each or
phan, the appropriation ceasing at •the age
of 14. During the year ending March 30,
:1871 $128,118 17 were distributed among
1,436 orphans. Two homes have f rpceived
assistance outside of this appropriation;
Ne m ) je r sey.—The Soldiers'. Children's
Home at Trenton luis 209 children I under
care. The expenditures far- the year end
ing
_December 1, 1871, were $41,623 06. '
Afaryland.—The State contributes . i
Isl 800
yearly toa private home.
/it kno.-_—,QaD Rome is maintained iby the
State at an _expense pr about $BO,OOO per
annum- SSO,OOO have been expended for
buildings and improvements. I
i rgin.—A 'private association. first i GAO ,
..
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liahed banes fet .Soldiers • drphans, -,. art& ie..
ter - ward • _transferred the, prOperty ~ to , : the
State. . The- total - . e.ipendithres'. to lskirein=
bur, 18,71i-ireiP4070,690. - For the last - twp,_
years - ,the- :0 X POO i t tires ;were $183;490 for 110
---, nig& cif 11$ children, ' , `,. -,- . - --, .':-----"
.
Overage of .....,.
lirisconiirL--=The last report - ,- fit,-thef:4ll ,
diers' Orphans' I.looto .in this 'State: allOvs
that 223 children were being cared.fer atria
annual expenditure of $37,110_
children - are,sent each year to the - Slatelcor
null School. • -
Michigan—A building ftii.prplinii 4 - 14'1'11 7
digent..children wns erected -the•
. _ .
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' Nittn r eßota.--A Ileme has been - la opera
tion in 0;114 •Stafe Since March ,80,. ITl7l.—^- -
DI, ity-feair children -have 'bnee adrititteet
an $05,000 appropriated for .1 heir support.
quo, —There are' tWo ilomes, itt -tliis.
State,' supPerted , partly ; by the' State - and
partly by ....private - Contributions.' One at-
Bath h 75 ebildreikand'costs-s.lo,oo.prir.,
.inribm. - \The State itrlB7l igave(! $4,104 72.
The Rome\ atillangoruontams2lkchildren.
q
Nerada.—he State Orphans) Heine
:re
ceives all:orPhans. • ,-..1 -' - 1,... , -:
• Elindis,—A \home for soldier:J.. Orphans is
provided at the\Norinal. The building is a,
very - fineune.. ' 572 Children have been ad
mitted since its organization: -The, average
attendance , is..abobt. BM!. and the cost per
,
capita $188..54. , . . • - . ...._-
New York, Massac usetts, Rhode Island,
Delaware, - Nebraska nd ;California have
made no special provisi ti for the' destitute
orphans. of soldiers, and it is presumed the
same is true of the States .tint-
_nailed, - In:
omit cases,however,,iti is li ely the benev
olent have in some measure one what the
States hare left'undone. ! -
In this work of most honerale gratitdde
- to the illustrious dead, %lad of wise and lib-.
eral provision for the ca' e,of the orphans of
the men Whoerished to save the life of the
Government, `Pennsylvania is* in klvance
of all other States. She began the work in
1864, before the war closed. Her-sell me.
was a comprehensive 'one. , She -planed'
that all soldiers' :. orphans left in ,destitute
1 circumstances should. be cared for.- Shedid,
1 not - wait for the poor mothers or friends, of
these children to come to her And nail. her
I care and , protection as a charity. -She went
to them tuna offered - tliese“,bounties s irp4l,y,.
as lb payment of a debt-due the` dead l'utti.
era. - ..=. .: - ; . . -i . ' • -
-lip to the Ist day of October, 1872, 'she
had under her care 6,429 ,•orphans and to
expended for, their educations, maintenance,
and clothing 'over $8,600,00, and she ex
pects to expend at least $1,500,000 more ife
fore the work she has undertaken shall be
completed. Well may she feel prohd of the
record_ she has made, The page that tells
of it gill be the brightest in all her history.
Nothing nobler_ graces the
,annals of the
world.--4tato Journal.
The Danger of Injustice.
itatlper'a Weekly of OAS week cesn'tains
thoughtful article upon the duty of the &-
publican party in regard to the recent and
present investigations at the Capitol.. While
insisting that guilt, whenever diScovered-,
shall be punished surely and swiftly, it at
the same time declares that' " there sliouist
be no scapegoats and no yielding to what-is
called popular clamor. The expulsion ot a
member of Congress for corruption is a sol
emn declaration of diShortesty.by the higlif
est tribunal. Members are hound by every'
cdnsideration Of morality and humanity not
to be swift or eager in' Snob .jildigient..7.7-..
They are not to sacrifice the character and
career of- any man-Wawa-there : 4a
ral impression of something, or because the
party cannot afford to withstand the :clamor,,.
The thing that no'party and no mat can at'
ford is doing, injustice or countenancing dis
honesty."
These wOrds are eminently wisp and
Just now there is a Wild clamor ringing out
from a large portion of the city and countrT
press for summary vengeance upon this and,
that man. A victim or a number of vic
tilis is demanded to glut an imaginary pop
ular fury, and we are called upon to witness
the strange spectacle' of some of the very,`
worst, he lowest and most corrupt of our
politicians and so-called statesmen standing
forth as the apostles of a new dispensation
of elective and legislative honesty and pu
rity. The whole thing is so transparent a .
mockery and fraud that it would beltitigh
able if it were not a pitiable evidence of the
gullibility of human nature. "Let him
who is without sin cast the Ara stone" was
the injunction of the -Divine Teacher to the•
angry rabble who howled around the peni
tent Magdalen,
and the mob shrunk back_
abashed. But the= chaps who control our:
modern politics are possessed of farleeis
sensibility than the Hebrew multitude, mid
as ,a consequence we behold from day to
day the most wicked and debased, constitu
ting themselves the avengers of. supposed
wrong-doing. Men, whose crimes if brought'
to the light of day would send 'them to the
State prison or to an ignominiinia private
life, lead the howl against certain accused
gentlemen, the only evidence of whose guilt
is to-be found for the -most part in their min
indiscreet and'ill-advised admissions.
We have no desire in this whole matter
to shield any one who has committed a
crime. When his guilt has been clearly and
indisputably proved, let him be punished tie
severely as possible, but so long as there
a doubt let each and every one have, the
benefit of it. We ask for Ahem only what
is extended to the most hardened Criminals.
As Mr. Curtis says, the great danger which
we should guard against now is the danger
of injustice. Congress should act carefully,
and only after the most scrupulous-and
searching investigation. But, aboi-e - all
things, it should not yield to the clamors of
men like Fernando Wood, who is merely
seeking to wreathe the close of a corrupt
life with the laurels' of a Republican Vice
President.— Washington Republican. ,
$91,060,886 45
C. hi.
TIOGA COUNTY DISTRICT CONYENTIOIF or
Tar I. 0. of G. T.—ThiS Convention met at
Covington, Feb. 18th, 1873, at 10_1.2 o'clock,
a.m. W. C. T.. 0. V. Elliott, in the chair.
W.V. T., Miss E. M. Aldrich ;
Margaret Herron; W. M. H. -Gifford; W.
I. G., Win. Patterson; W. O. G. J. Rich
ards; P. W. 0. T., James Donrielli 7 :'After
singing and prayer the Convention was de-.
dared open and ready for the - transaction - of
business. Minutes of the last .meeting read
and approved. • -
• The following committees were, then ap
pointed : on Credentials, Ira Patchen,..l4.
Doud, and A. J. Spink; :On Resolutions ; E.
T. Bentley, J. Donnelly, and John Brown.
Report of Committee on-Credentials ; Coy
ingtow—Lizzie Baker, and. Addie Robbins;
Morris Run—John Daniels, A
J. C. Jones, .
Holmes Mrs. Kirtley, Jennie Gilmore, and
Joseph Richards ; Fall Brook—Andrew Nil
son, and Wm. Patterson; Bloss—A. J. Spink,
E. M. and L. Aldrich, and J. Donnel • ,
D. D. ; Wellsboro—John Brown, Rev. - N.
L. Reynolds, E. A. Fish, H. Gifford, and 0.
Warner;T i oga—H. H. Hall; N. B. Fleming,
and H. M. McCulloch, L. D.; Mansfield
0. V. Elliott, and Miss L. Baker; Mains
burg—V•Doud, and John Harvey. Report
adopted, and the Convention adjourned arn
til 2 o'clock p. m. •
amyl.
raitlea
r an
he val
dß two
ice was
stream,
thwork
`Fr the
work
m, and
- -
AFTERNOON 13ZION.
W. C. T. in the chair. Opened in order.
Reports froM Lodges ,called for; delegates
responded, showing the condition of the Ord
er in the county. The Convention then pro
ceeded to select the place and time for the
next meeting. Wellsbordivas sekcfeliactlie
place, and the first Wednesday in June,
next, as.the time.
The following officers - were then electid:
W. 0. T. John Brown; W. V. T., R.. 31.
Aldrich; W. T., Lydia Baker; W. S., E.
Bentley. Appointed officers; W. C., Mrs.
Margaret Herron; W. I. G., Fannie Patchen ;
W. O. G., 0. Warner; W. 31., N. B..Flern
ing.
One hour for "Good of the Order." Ad
journed until 9 o'clnek Wednesday morn
ing. .
I , while
-, still
SEBBIoN OF WEDNESDAY MORNING.
. .
W.C. T., John Brown in the chair. °pee:.
ed in. order. Report of Cornmittee on Res
olutions:
Resolved, That we deem it unbecoming;
and a violation, in spirit, of our obligation.
for members dour Order to frequent billiard
saloons, and engage in any game of chance
there, and we recommend that members
thus offendbx be dealt with.
Resolved" That it is our duty, as an organi-,
zation, to be faithful and earnest in our ef
forts to create, and educate apublic'senti,
favoi of our 'present Local Option :
'443 to bring men to a recognition of
law, a._ . ,f r em p ermic a 'non,p them ,in
the claims " 4 4ens and ' acti - ons. r
- -
their politicai rela,.. • 4 x3 deem it our aut3
Resolved, That,- while tliem,to that:
to educate the•people and ram, ""Alit :the
position where they will- readily q
Temperance Platform, it is also our duty
battle against the evil in every way calculat=
ed to promote the general welfare. •
Resolved, That, as Temperance men • and'
women, we will do all in our power to en
force the Local Option law, and.sustain the
verdict of tli p people, expressed in a very
handsome majority "Against License.",
Resolved ; That we tender our thanks =to
the friends of Covington Ledge, and' to the
citizens of Covington, for their generous en
tertainment of the delegates and--visiting'
members of the Convention. • -
After some discussion the resolutions users
unanimously unanimously adopted.' One hour for "Good •
of the Order," after which• the. Convention
adjourned to meet at Wellsboro, on Wedne.s
day, June 4th, 1878, at 101-2 o'clock m.
B. T. BILNTLXY, S y
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Three
IliOusso4
tho.Trosstiry,
foe;,liiipay4neot
ilie - t:OuisiilriiiotiNs A.01061'14 of the
sjittlial,SelOtta , ,OoriitOiloe ' reportdd'ltPa'(
there Is' le,oll - -'oolret.n,inent, . Leoislattt e.
fir State . iipd_NntiohatiTicr,•tltero ot-'1411.'
Mr. Colfai•h.as ()tiered his house in •Wash:
ington torsale,'Und,will return to his". Indi
ana home after,the 4th of 2 1, tarcii. His
frienti4 tliero ere, preparing to give him an`
ovation. --
President - Giant MIS Issued a prnclaniatleti:
7eonvenipg the Senate in etraordluary sea.
elm- 6111:birch 4th at noon; to receive and
act upon saoh. comnimications' as, maybe,
madoto It ozE the part - Of the aecutive:
aceounf\uf the press :of :public iiusi
riess createdlT\theineotninz of a new' Ad=
ministration, the 'Piesident Itas - announced
thatAilli'Aesnteinplated visit.to the :Sauthou
States-*lll, beve - ;to be defer red;
Temperance is to be maintained _. in the
Th4a Rouse of Representatives at ,
'Washington has passed a bill providing that
no officer or, private soldier of 'the army ad
dictedlo the, intemperate use of liquor shall
be -prelnoted:
Prominent colored persona in Washington
are arranging for an inauguration bait on
March 6th. They profess satisfaction at the
admission of their right-to attend the white
ball on Warp 4th, but think it would be
better to have a festivity'of their own.
kitra Billy Smith, a hainsplitting Vir
ginian,-who was one of the seceders from
'Congress in • 1861, and who was wounded at
Antietam, fighting against the Union, bas
had his political disabilities removed by the
Senate.
Hon. Charles R. -Ingersoll, of Nevi . Ha
ven, has beOn nbminated for the - goveinor
ship of Connecticut by• the Demodrats.—
The Republican candidate is Ron. It. P.
Raven, of New London: The election takes
plane early in April... . .
. The.bill has already passed the House of
Representatives of Ohio prohibiting lotte
ries and gift enterprises of every descrip
ilon. A,n amendment to exempt churches,"
Afewipapers and public libraries.from its• op
erations was toted down decidedly. • '
The \I st statement 'as to the Cabinet is
that all - \ k he ;ambers have placed. in the
hands - . of he President -their resignations,
i
to take' pra e on the 4th of March, Nit un-•
less the Pr sldent 'shall accept them, or any
of them , . t e Members will hold over, and
- I r-- - -
ira...
a t ember..
there will Ve.nrenotninations.
ThelOth of IN rch has been fixed on to
elect trUni ed Sta es Senator in Massachu
setts. The eis not the shadow of a doubt
of the' ele tion of ' Mr. 'Boutwell. If the
~,,
,over-sensiti e Sumner\ ad
\ s , ent in his resig
nation, as o should ha e done on the 'yvitli
drawal of he confiden e of his constitu
\
ents, there ould be two • \members instead
of one toe ect.
The United States Post 01ceDepartment
has decided that after a letter leaves the
mailing o'ce it pasSes from tlia control of
the writer, and must be delivered to its ad
dress.. If he person to . whom it '' s address
ed cannot e found, then the sent* of the
letter beco es ithe principal party again,
and the letter Imust be returned to the
1
sender
It is in conteiiiplation to reduce then m•
m
er 011 V eseittatives in the New Ha )0 7
'shire -Regis ature. At present the proper,-
tion is ab ut .one to [every barn, and the \
farmers co plain that while laws are made
their crops go to ruin. The decreasing pop
'elation of the State is explained on the
grounil th t large numbers of persons are
forded to e igrate to escape being elected
to the Ass mbly.
Tlie.Ho eopathie. Mutual Life Insurance
Company nnounee, as their experience in
four years, 25 deaths under allopathic treat
meat out of 1,239 lives 'insured, and the
same undo homeopathic treatment out of
3,880 lives insured.. They claim that they
can thus frer loWer rates to persons who
areibeliev in hOimeopathy, and have the
merit, at least, of throwing down an open
challenge, I and of presenting facts which
seeln to su tain them in it. •
The fol
gusge to e
" We yen
from this
owing is rather surprising lan
, me from the New-York Observer:
re to predict that in ten years
ime, if the Tweeds and , Connol-
I: rveys and geysers, the Stokeses
s, the Seannels and Kings are suf
,eape the penalties of the law, ,so
loush the code aside and visit mar
thieves with swift punishments,
l e and just as the judgments of
lies, the G
and Foste
fered to
ciety will
derers an si
sure as fa
Heaven."
'We ci ,
Senator N,
tions; we
!not - second the exclamation of
, e: " Away with these investiga
have had enough of them!" We
t r,
p thinking that if these investiga
een commenced in 1776, and con
y year up to the present time,
would be much better off to
it is. And the man who inkthe fu
rtakea to stand between the people
)uest inquiry into the conduct of
airs will have a rough time of it.
is Democrat.
iafter tho reading of the report
plead committee was concluded
cannot he
lions had
tinued ev z
the count
day than i
ture undei
and an ho,
public alb
—St. Lou
Liirectl '
of the
the other
to' the Ho
chairat a
the Hous:
• ay, Oakes Ames'went down stairs
se restaurant, and taking a vacant
table with two other members of
i , inquired with a chuckle if they
;w the wickedest man in Congress
them; and receiving an affirma
r, he proceeded to put a dozen
,ers where they would "do the
would. all
to sit wit
tive answ
fried bys
most goo
of small-pox in Exeter (N. H.)
another puzzle for the doctors.
I who has this diseas there has
ned in the jail nine I%eks. No
cited him, and he has been in his
l a few days prior to his sickness,
om the other prisoners. More°.
has been no case of the disease in
and the question is; " Where and
e man get it?" The facts would
stain the theory that the' disease
the air, and attacks those who are
tion to receive it. .. •
A case
jail allord
prisone'
.begh con i
one has v'
cell, until
reote
ve there
the town,
- how did t
seen to s
travels in
ins coed
. Briihau;
Saints:
help of 'G
the thing
another g
fore God,
deavor to
death, knu
of life an
nal weigh,
bly, obtai
years'of
white live,
• Young's Deseret Hews says of the
Those who are determined by the
id to endure to the end and see
through, will joyfully welcome
orions opportunity to manifest be
angels and men that they will en
bo faithful, though it be even unto
wing that they are sure of a crown
I a far more exceeding and eter
of glory tnan they could possi
-4 by securing a few more short
ortal life through manifesting the
and craven soul of an apostate."
The Ci cinnati Times tells this little story:
" Hon. lsse H. Moore, of Illinois, voted in
the Hou e =the other day to give himself
o,ooo—nominally as an addition to his sal
ary for the last two years. A few days later,
on the 15th instant, unanimous consent was
asked to i troduce a bill granting an annuity
to a . widr lady, nearly eighty years old,
whose sot
was lost in the naval service,
whereup n this same Mr. Moore remarked:
.!I am co pelled to object to the bill.! Hon.
Moore is bound to guard the Treasury
against al depredations of aged and desti
tute Wido v ladies."
We are both disgusted and pleased at the
display of 'extreme partigan ,vindictiveness
and personal animosity on the part of mem
bers .of Cnngress and the press in their as
saults upon the character of Vice President
Colfax. tis to our mind a strong indica
tion of a desire on the part of scheming
politician to get him out, of the way as an
aspirant to the Presidency, and to deprive
the Republican party of the servicessof one
who is regarded as having great personal
popularity among the masses•of the people.
The invincible strength of the Republican
1
party lies in its abundance of men of high
character and purity oflife, whilst thelgreat
element o weakness with the Democracy is
its paucit of men who havej any extended
personalpopularity with the people.—Bala
-ntore A 'can
' - Accord
Babcock,
,
in Washit
desirable
not to be
He suites
ng, to the report o Major 0. E.
in cbarge of the public grounds
gton, the White' House, however
t may be as a political prize, is
oveted as a private residenee.—
that . the President's family are
to a small number of badly ar
oma on the second floor, without
clothee, presses, with one inconve
, room;without the possibility of
•ar in the dressing rooms, with
and when the family
entrant,,, -* even one guest
home withou. * o onia are
confined
ranged
filoaets ar
nient -
running
IW private
are all at
chamber..
dangerous
-rotted and
several in
rooms ar
and excess
that since I
employed I
died of pi
culiarlv
to conver
office, and
I The ceilings of the
y cracked, the floor timbers
rottin, and the floors' are, settled
i hes. basement and servants'
below the level of the ground,
• ively damp and unhealthy, so
he spring of 1869 three
,persons
in the Executive mansion have
unionik while the house is pe=
posed to malaria. It is proposed
.the building into an Executive
to build for the President's pri-
Vete, reaiilenee a mapaloii .at least ,aS,,,einhiie
aieat liealtbrBB tttose'of - the:aiore„alod- -
est•of• hisellow IzentililJng lA' Washing=
• - _ - • .$ $
• tiin
'."
on 4iteptieti
toworlitpeTiokik - bounW,
1 , 84; dociaisied, liOinglaelm loaded wudoziiigned
.by. the- Iliqiistor , 4,TiogiVocoloty, ail orlious indebted
to the estate' aro,,te,questea„ snake - _pi_tymeot,;ood
"those Ittikvlng olatini,.itialnit- said „elute will: pollard,
the acme for ilattfetatitt;'-- • Iltallel4 _
blercla 4443W* • ' Expoutor,
T181 ; 0E" trTkrtiEretatifehiit in the! Poet 00lee at
- 4 14-.Weijoh L oro.,Paiiiitar4..* 41 813 .. • L' :
etre: litsishry 13500 n . - ettati.: flogrtl- Vary -Oes%
thitharine;Warrison; 11. Ifearard, Joseph
joittmssonilJerry,•: - pOnitp; - Parnell. Jidolph
Stein, Julisiiting. ..„. .
calling for any of the , above:please say they are
• •.
advertised; and idve ;date of 'Overtime:neat.
- • ' • • . GEO. VV. raykaftteit„ . .
-...5,•
..STRAYED -
&YET froiu„tbe premises of the ;subscriber, tu
Dartsßattlement, Tiogi oonnty,•Pii.Feb. '2oth ,
one three ,yeitrold red' baiter. `4l.hy peisort isudtieg
paid beifer will, be reivardp4, , updn: driving her LW* 0
or mending n ,tire of I)er wberealionti toltne.N
- • igareb - 4, 18754w,* JNF!, PHILBSIOIL
Aitzt/itcn.Ptuf- otice.
. • •
TN the Cout. of Common Pi for the county of
Tioss: The Auditor app ointed by "the Court to
dietribute the; preceeds o aSherift's sale, arising
from writs in favor of Ross ,& Pomeroy
Bro's &• Smith, Mark" & Beans; et al:, against A. V.
Smith, will attend to the duties of his appointment
on Friday, March 28,1879, at- 10 a. in.. at his °face.
No. 3, Academy of Music building. Wellaboro, Pa.—
At that time all persons are required to produce -and
substantiate their claims before the Auditor, or be
debarred ftom coming in for any portion of the fund. n
' G 'O. W. lidEltaloB,
- Auditor: -
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