itiy Agitator. BAR24O ,I ,IICDITOB. TuESDAY, MARCH 25 1878.• " Local Option" 'WB defeated by large majorities inmost of the eastern counties of nits State last Friday. The contuititionallty of the local option Jaw was affirmed _ last week by the decision of then cme Cotirt, Chief Justice Read and Judge Bharawood dissenting. • no* .. it 1 , 3 attic' the virtuouS B. F. But ler:is 'writing a terrible letter, skinning alive thcis&: members Of- the late Congress who *.tAi s t accept_ the $5,000 steal. But that picobably 31,On't affect anybody here. Last week Mr. Beutwell was sworn in as Senator froth 'Massachusetts, and_ William 'A:Riehttrdsen, late Assistant Secretary of teal TrealurY, was promoted - to the Secrete. r~e7tip:. Excepting this necessary Change, the President's Cabinet remains the same, as Spain seems to be in earnest in her repub• licanisin. The Assembly last Saturday pfisseil unanimously a law for the immedi: cite emancipation or the slaves in the island Of Porto Rico. Mow let, her emancipate Cuba; iiittshe will be entitled to additional honor. • • - - That much-worn subject,l the weather, is deserving of mention even in the most crowded news columns. The storm which visited'us, was shared by a wide extent of country' last Thursday night. In New Eng land it was worthy of mid-winter. The tel egraph reported the railroads blockaded by snow, and men caught in the storm and frozen. to death. . The State Treasurer has given notice that t4' State debt NVIII be reduced $1,0111,900 on the 81st day of July next„ by the payment of, that such on the loans created by the act of -February 2, 1867. The semi-annual in teiest.payable at the same time is $750,000. Our State finances seem to be in a healthy condition, even if Hartranft is GoVernor. .Last Tbursdayi in the British House of Comnions, Mr. Gladstone announced that as ;he Tory leaders had unconditionally re fused to form: a Ministry, be and his eel leagues in office were prepared to carry on the.Govorument - as before. The intelligence wits received with loud cheers from all sides of the House, and so the Cabinet crisis has ended in a way that must prove Very dam aging to the opposition. 'Several members of the last Congress have undertaken to compromise with their con stiences by taking the back pay and turn 'di it toyer to some charitable institution. We suggest to these gentlemen that if they bite any doubts about their moral right to take the money, the proper thing to do woul,d be to leave it in the Treasury where the people believe it belongs. No member /2(43 any more right to give it away for any •pnrpose than he has to put it in bis own pocket. Several gentlemen, including Mr. Hawley of Connecticut and Mr. Potter of New York, have set an excellent example by refusing to receive their share of the grab; but we have not heard of anybody hi this region following their lead. 'l'he general appropriation bill as passed by the House of Representatives at Harris burg footed.up a total of nearly $4,500,000. We are happy to say that the Senate has since cut it down about one million dol lars. The Senate also struck out a section giVing the present members of the Legisla ture $5OO extra pay. We are glad to say that - 7Alr. Mitchell opposed this grab all the way through; but that was to be expected of 'him. Of course those members who are inclined in this way to follow the disgrace full action of CongresS must understand that tkey will be included lathe same con demnation. Mighty few of those who vote for such a steal, either at Washington or Harrisburg, will ever have a chance to play that game again. The Minnequa County bill was debated in the House of Representativeslast Wednes day, and at the evening session it was passed on third reading. Mr. Dartt, of Bradford,. made a strong speech against the scheme, and Mr. BroCkway spoke in favor of it.— The bill was amended on Mr. Mitchell's mo i tion so as to limit the cost of the new county buildings r to $75,000. Mr. Dartt offered an amendment changing two of the Commis- stoners ,named in the bill, and another to permit, the qualified electors to choose the commissioners, but both .propositions were defeated. On a motion to grant the com mittee leave to sit again—virtually Patpon ing the bill—the vote stood 49 Yeas to 46 Nays; but this action was revoked at the evening session by a vote of 89 to 50. Al. though the bill has thus passed the House, its opponents have strong faith that 'it will be klAed.in the Senate. We certainly hope so. Last Friday was rendered notable by the execution .of two murderers—James M'El- Imlay, of Boston, who killed his wife some six months since, and Foster, the "car-hook murderer," of New York. The custom which sets apart one particular day of the week as "hangman's day," seems to us to work some evil results. There is a popular superstition' that Friday is an unlucky day, and no doubt the almost universal practice of executing capital sentences on that day has done, much to, strengthen the feeling.— it may well be questioned whether a custom which stems to set a stigma on any day ,is not moiebonered in the breach than the" observance, One judge—a Western one. vzo believe- 7 recently broke over the rule; ' s but tha t t: is -the only inatanoe of the kind that we lremember. -It is very easy to see how Friday came to be selected as thefqtest day for 'executions in the 'mother country with hei, , establlshed church, In u land where the terms of courts derive their names from the Church calendtund Par liament observes the chief eccl siastical lasts and feasts, it was natural that the day which witnessed our Lord's crucifixion should be selected as the proper one for this purpose. But in this country, where the Governinent honors no day above another except Sunday, the reason of the rule seems not to exist; 'and in behalf of poor unlucky Friday we beg the gentlemen pf the bench 4 to consider whetherthe other d ys of the week, which are equally stained ith crime and sorrow, should not be made-to share Some of the dreadful work now crowded upon "hangman's day." , : The national Senate was mainly occupied last week in debating the 'case nf Senator Caldwell, of Kansas. It appear ia front the testimony that itir Caldwell, who was elect ed Senator two years ago, secured his office by buying off his principal competitor-- ' giving him $15,000.ta get out of the way. The committee appointed to investigate the Matter reported the lacts together with a ;Tapia tion declaring the Senator's election 11 and void. It is the discussion of this ixisolution which has absorbed a large sitre tinx tlitu) , of the Senate since the Cu.O 7 '4litgAtcente*.e! the extra session. The de. bate has been conducted with a spirit, abil ity and independence highly"yreditable to all concerned. Strong speeches have been made in support of - the resolution and e,ain4 it. Senators Morton;, Scott, of this State, and Conkling have especially . distin guished themselves in. the debate:: As the Senate has no rule allowipg a. call of the previous -question cutting off debate, it is uncertain when the vote will be reached; but -whenever it is, it look imw as though the resolution of the committee) will be de feated, and u simple resolution of expulsion from the Senate be substituted for it. While it seems to be 'admitted :on all hands that Caldwell purchased his opponent's with drawal, it is argued that he was neverthe less elected at the' proper time and in the proper manner to the office he holds-=that the Kansas Legislature was not implicated in the backing out of Carney. But while this view is strongly urged' by some of the ablest laWyers and most judicious members of the Senate, it is at the same time admit-. ted that Caldwell ban been guilty of an ect, for which he nifty and-should be expelled. A. motion for his expulsion willprobably ceive a majority vote, but unfortunately two-thirds vote is required to turn out' Member, and we are 'sorry to say there is great doubt whether that number can be counted-on to favor such a resolution. It is to be hoped, however, that the -coriimereial Senator will consider , the hint of a majority as good as a kick, \ and get out. The belief that he may do so is strengthened by the.re port .that he is not an old politician, but n man who had grown rich in trade, and was ambitious to shine in the higher walks of official life. He seems to have made a mis take:which is not an uncommon one in this day, and especially in this country; he thought that honor could be bought in the market as-well as dry goods, and that a Sen ator's chair was as legitimate an object of barter as a hogshead of tobacco. No doubt the gentleman from Kansas sees by this time that he has made a blunder; and it is to be hoped that he will be made to feel for the rest of his life, that he. has committed k crime. A. GREEN. P. DODGE, Arid Not the Kentuay Breed, Lieber! A Canadian correspondent of the TrOune, writing from Ottawa under date' of March 16th, giVes an interesting accou?t of the silly ceremonies still observed in the: Do minion on the opening of Parliament, which he says are almost identical with those of the days of Henry VIII. He winds up with a report of remarki: made by a couple of . natives of the _United States who have be come members of the House of Commons. We quote the rdort, believing that one of the speeches will haynsomething of a per sonal interest for many of our readers. We are informed that this Dodge who has been eXhibiting the superfluous length of his ears to our Canadian neighbors was a blatant sympathizer with the South during the late Rebellion. Having migrated to the Domin ion, of course he is a very lofty Tory there. Let us hope he will remain " a British sub ject" until the "fool-killer" reaches his neighborhood. Here is the report: , Last night, during the. debate on the address, Mr. Anson Green Phelps Dodge, late of New York city, made his maiden speech, and placed himself en rapport with the Tdry element of the House. Mr, Dodge was naturalized last year by special act of Parliament, not having been in the country long enough to arrive at the honor of being a British subject in the natural way. He %as succeeded in becoming the member of Parliament from North York, where be has made large investments in lumber lands and mills. The speech of Mr. Dodge consisted chiefly in attacks upon the republican insti tutions of the United States, and laudation of the advantages of monarchical govern ment. The United States,. he assured the. House, had a worse government than Aus tria. The best hopes of this continent cen tered at Ottawa, and the example of the Dominion Government was perhaps the only t thing that could save the United Stet s.— He gloried in being a British subject, and could assure the House that he was a al man to his Queen. . "Mr. Dodge proceeded to say thatyes er day a gentleman of the opposition s de, wishing to convert.him (Dodge) to the op position views of Liberalism, t end thinking to flatter his supposed American proclivi ties, said that the time was not far distant when the whole of this continent would be united in one great Republic, when Canada would' dispense with the emblems of royal ty, and when the House could convene and adjourn without the use of that gilded bau ble, referring to the mace. But the gentle. man found that he had mistaken his man, and was speaking to one who detested the terrorism, the corruption, and the rascalities that cbegicterized the Government of the United States, and especially of the city of New York an other large cities. ', "Mr. Dodge then referred to the speech of a Liberal member who had preceded him, and declared that he could almost have believed that that gentleman - belonged to the Legislature of the State of , Illinois, which was worse than all else, and not to so honorable and noble a body as the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada. "Mr. Dodge took his seat. staid general applause from the Tory benches. He was followed by Mr. Charlton, who is another bf the three -members of Parliament. who are Americans by birth. Mr. Charlton de clared that Canada was indebted to the Uni ted States for many things—athong others, for freedom from imperial taxation, for the possession of numerous inventions, for the numerous and valuable productions of her literary men, and for vast sums of money invested in Canadian enterprises. i but the last and' best gift we had received from the 'United States was a Dodge, and for this we never could be too thankful. Mr. Dodge had brought to, his recollection some lines of Sir Walter Scott: . Breathes there a man with soul so del i That to himself has never raid This is my own, my native laud r . .- `lt seethe,' said Mr. Charlton, 'that such, a soul animates the body of a man whb breathes at. this moment on the floor of the, House of Comm Ons, and I for one do got feel like trusting him. His conversion is'too sudden, and hiszeal is too great.'— Mr.' Charlton then defended the Legislature and the State of Illinois) and proceeded to detail some of the admirable features of the Illinois Cdnstitution, among which were the provision tpr minority representation, •the abolition of the functions of the lobby Oro' the prohibition, of legislation upon private bills l and the admirable provision for pre. venting the tormation of railway monopo lies." OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. WASHINGTON, March 18. 1873 IMPA4I2II:IWPAL GOSSIP. The appointment of Secretary Boutwell's successor seems to be the leading topic here, though the ease of Senator Caldwell before the United. States Senate is absorbing much interest. There is undoubtedly some diffi culty found in deciding upon the future Secretary of- the Treasury, and it is more than probable that Gov. Boutwell will not be sworn in as Senator until the regular ses sion of Congress next winter, and will re main at the head of the Treasury Depart ment for some time to come. In the mean time the chances of- Judge Richardson re ceiving the appointment as Secretary are growing exceedingly slim, according., to Dime Rumor, while the probability of Chief Clerk Saville being promoted to the Assist ant Secretaryship is growing greater. It is alleged that Judge .Richardson is solicited to represent a Boston financial firm in France, end that he' will not consent to re main in the:Treasury in any position. If this rumor should prove true, the necessity: for appointing as assistant some person who is well versed in the details of the Depart , meat to take the place of Judge Richard son becomes manifest. No new, man at the helm ,vvould desire to have the suppor,t3of green assistants; and without assuming , to favor any of the applicants, it cannot be denied that for knowledge of all the Tress ury details, and . for efficiency and indefati gable industry in .condUcting the riepart ment business, there is no one more con; spicuous ,than the present Chief Clerk, close attention to tipsiness at the sacrifice of one's health is considered a claim to promo tion, Mr, Saville stands in that relation to .the.appointment in question;' and the well known (friendly feeling.of confidence which is felt for him by Secretary Boutwell - may be considered a powerful passport to promotion, which would be a strong Lieett tire to faithful and active service on the, part of the - clerical force throughout-the Department: , Such a promotion would speak v.olumes'of encourament to the ris ing merits °Otiose who hold subordinate positions. :Mr. Saville came into the De partment a poor young man, and. for some dm' held the place of Messenger, rising to thelzhouorable position of uhief Clerk by merit, energy, and efficiency, alone. P. S. Since writing the above, Madame Rumor has been set et defiance by the nom ination of Judge Richardson as Secretary of 'the Treasury, though she still insists that be will hold temporarily, and will go abroad on priVatc business. What effect this -will have upon the appointment of Assistant Secretary remains to be seen. Judge Rich ardson will undoubtedly be promptly con firmed by the Senate, and will make an 'ex celleut officer. • TEE ?itODOC WAR. The report from San Francisco that the united States soldiers under Colonel Riddle captured thirty-five horses from the Modoc Indians during the pendency , of the Peace Coramission, and that Captain Jack asserts that they also captured four Indian children, appears to be a very discreditable affair. A new Peabe Commission has been formed, and Captain Jack wants to "talk," but is advised that , Gen. Canby, who is on the Commission, cannot control the soldiers.— The capture of children is denied, but there is little difference between the white and red savages, as all the reports make clear. ST. PATRICK'S DAY The Hibern!ans had an extensive parade through the streets of the capital Monday. They presented a fine arpearance as they, marched finder ,tl4O banners of the Union and of 'Old Ireland. The weather for St. Patrick's Day was as fine as heart could wish, and altogether better than the day has furnished in other years time out of mind. This IS: probably accounted for by the fact that Sunday the wind blew a gale all day, and filled the eyes and ears Of pe destrians with dust, until everybody seemed in a lachrymose mood. The wind had prob ably blown itself all away, and none was left for St. Patrick's Day INDIAN INSPECTORS' SALARIES. By some mistake there was no appropria tion made at the late session of Congress for salaries of Indian Inspectors, whose ap pointment was directd by a clause in the last appropriation bill. They will not be appointed by the President, therefore, until after June 80th. rorw iLmu , stinE RuptrßtreAzt After all the scare in regard to the elec tion of three Democratic Congressmen in New Hampshire, it seethe that Awo of the Republican candidates were elected, and that the Governor will alb° be Republican. This is a grand Republican victory—a gain of two members of theouse. NO MORE FREE t.2CCIEANGE. The repeal of the free exchange list for newspapers after June 30th will operate, as a hardship on the provincial press, which ought to be . sustained by the laws wherever practicable. Everything like an additional load upon it will have the effect \ of discour• aging newspaper enterprise in sparsely Set tled regions, where most needed. C. M. :0 ' : SS ON :P : . ; ; • e: ; : Holding the Mirror Up to Congress. We print below extracts from sons of our osoheogeo allowing how men of overt' shade of political belief locik upon those members of the Forty-second Congress who voted themselves $5,000 of the people's money. We have • yet to see any journal which undertakes to justify the grab.— When we come across one such we shall be careful to publish the fact. - TIM VIOLATION Or A CONTRACT The members of that Congress agreed to take their offices two years ago for $5,000 per annum, and had no right at the tail end of the session, and in an appropriation bill, to violate an implied contract they had made with their constituents. They had also enjoyed to the full the benefit of the franking privileg& and of the mileage sys tem, tile abolition of which after the Ist of July were among the strongest reasons urged in favor of the increase in the case of the forty-third and subsequent Congresses. 7- E l However, ther d eed is colisumma ed, and cannot be undone. En passant, we print for i the benefit of our extremely parti a Dem ocratic friends who have endeav ed to make capital of this transaction the ollow itig exhibit of the votes of Penns lvania Repreaentatives. In the affirmativ : As ter, Getz Dickey, Griffith, Harmer, B. F. Meyers, L. -Myers, Negley, Randall, Sher wood, Storm. 'The names of Democrats are printed in italics, and those of Republicans in. Roman. Of the thirteen Republican Representatives four voted fOr the proposi tion, while of the eleven Democrats seven recorded themselves in its favor.—ritaclel- Aid Prem. - . LITTLE BETTER TEAK ROBBERY. If there is a class of men who are dis• posed to be niggardly in regard to the aala ries of office-holders, we are not of the number. We believe in paying our public servants a fair price for their labor—a price which shall leave them no excuse for Steal ing the public money:. It was quite proper, we think, to raise the salaries of the Presi- dent, the Justices of the Supreme Court, and perhaps some others. We would. not even have objected to a slight increase of the pay of members of congress, but the increase actually voted was too great, and the provision by which the additional i pay Was given to the members of the outgding Congress was little better than robbery.— The members of that Congress were under a moral obligation to serve out their re• apective terms for the salary previously fixed by law.. Speaker Blaine honored himself in insisting that the increase in his case should not be retroactive.—Chtlistian Union. A Tax:lrmo JOB AND BARE-F4CED 7739.17 D In the instant storm of . indignation which was -raised by the dishonest •measurigiving each Senator and - Repreientstiie $3,000 ex tra pay; after their term was finished, the other details of Gen. Butler's hill have been overlooked.* These items are of much less account than that which was -the result of a deliberate attempt to put into the pockets of Congressmen 0,000 to which they. had no more legal or moral claim than, they have to the marble effigies which adorn tile Capitol.* Fastening this thieving job to an appropriation bill ouiy made the scheme more Specious; it •was pretended that the salary !grab Must be suffered - to pass rather than losuithe appropriation. Thii, is false. A disagreement on the whole bill would have been instantly remedied in ctinference; but the salary job would have been spoiled:* The President might have vetoed the bill:I-- but be did not choose to do so: No men dared to raise a word in its defense. But no man will escape the consequences of. supporting such a barefaced fraud.---14 Y. Tribune. . •0 •1D zest •e • • We have before this expressed the °pin lon that the, salaries of many officers of the Government are too small, and should be increased. A majority of the Forty•second Congress seemeti to entertain this idea; but coupled with it also was the idea that each member of .the said Congress was entitled' to a large increase .of pay for services al ready rendered. And so , these virtuous gen- . tlemen found it necessary to pass 'a bill by which each one Ashes from the Treasury /5,000 more than be has a right to. This might be called shrewd legislation by some; most people, however, will have another name for ft.—Painted Post Times. Bin A DEMOCRAT VAILS IT- SOMETILING =AR The brazen impudence of these men who apend their whole time in learning - hoW to get.nominations for public etatigna which -have a fixed rate of compel:mail* emplein the estimation of taxpayets, and *Au Ina the station to increase their own, pay, ought to, class them :with public robhers.r—Totonn da Argla VOTTNO TO PUT MONET LICTBEMPOOKETS;;. -' • The increase-of -salary busin a eeal meeti ng with a positive condemnation . everYWhere, Not that this increase is wrongots.far it afT [tete the futurec. but in that It 're** bacix and pays an increased compensation tot wbrX already performed for a stipujitteil;amonnt, an'd that the increase was votedlot by Men who were to profit by it. Theso - men may' or may not have earned, this: extra 41low• anee; but in the case of selirea ot - thenithe people had decided .that Their letirenient wee, for.the public g00d.....We . believe that a man competent to perform tlle dutleS im posed on a member brOongress is wtirtli $7,500 year, and ought to receive_ it, and when we condemn the net to plaee,.the Sal.; suy at that figure, we . do so not - as - a•tott- Aleranation of the- increase , for the ftitnre;. but of that-feature 'which • donates an in crease for labor already-performed, add of those members who have, served rout their time and voted .for the bill for the simple and only ptirPose ofputting money in their pockets.—Afeaflras Republican. BoBBER#3 `or pia 001113T1luil.a18. The people look upon this act es down right robbery.. No one apologizes - for it, no ' one can 'defend it. It was an unmitigated steal, and every man who voted for it she'd be heldto a strict accountability. Ninety nine out of every one hundred of the tax payers of the country regard $5,00Q . per year as ample compensation for our Con gressmen. If they do not so regard it, , ,there is no law which compels them to seek or accept the position.: They knew when they were nominated and elected te• l / 4 the Forty- second Congress precisely what the• einap= pensation was to be, and. if,"_after 'having tried it, they had voted to increase the com pensation Of future Congresses; and bad not made the law 'retroactive se as 'to 'their own pockets, people might have given attire some credit for honesty. But as it is a peo ple will look at it, - and. are Justified - in' re gardingit, as'a piece of unmitigated-rascal ity. Having agreed to serve the people for , a stipulated price, they had no moral , rit to add -fifty per cent. to that sum: with out thd consent of the' other party to •the. cell.' tract. • They had as much- right to vote themselves fifty thousand dollars .. extra -compensation as five, and since they conclu ded to become robbers of their constituents we ought perhaps to be thankful that •they were so moderate in their demands. legislative body should have the power to increase the compensation of its own mem bers; and since the Constitution has placed no restriction upon Congress in this respect, the people should taboo every member who by his vote, has contributed to the perpetra tion of this outrage. Dealing in Credit *o biller stock was fair, legitimate business, compared with this scheme of plunder.;— Five thousand dollars per year .is much more than the services of such Congressni are worth, particularly when theyhave ofpl half of their time to themselves. There are a plentY of men in each Congressional dis trict who would serve tho people for the compensation established by, law . at.the,tbne of their election quite as - well as those who have thrust their hands intorthe pockets of the people for five' thousand dollars extra pay. This is the third time ; that our Con gressmen have voted mone3 , into their own pockets, and the people are perhaps some• what responsible for the lust grab, for4he. reason that thiy did not ehiphatically place their seal of condematiorOcin former l but less flagrant transgressions. T hey first in creased it from eight dollars per day; to three thousand per year, and sit or seven years ago they raised theconmensati t onlrom three to five thousand, and now it - gees from the latterfigure to seven ththisand five hundred, and if the people quietly submit to this last outrage the next % jump will be to ten thousand. But forbearlince has ceased to be a virtue, and the heads of these last recreants will be pretty likely to ,get'-hit Should they ever appear before the publio.. —Bath, Courier. THE BURGLARS OF 'iiie TREASURY. The 42d Congress seemed determitteil to make itself disreputable. ' It did many things to chagrin those who hoped to see it prove an honor to the country, but its vot ing five thousand dollars into the pocket of each member as extra compensation, on the eve of its adjournment, dissipated every desire that any honest man might have had to endeavor to vindicate its reputation. .We can look upon that act as nothing short of legal robbery, and as pinning The good old rule, the'aimple plan, That he should take whhas the Porta. s And he should keep wh can;" , .. and we • do notr-thin that it would have i f kccn anything - more of a moral theft had the members of Congress formed themselves in line,' with Ben Butler at their 'bead, and with the tools of .the burglar upon their shoulders marched upon the . nationidlreas: -ury, broken open its safes, and taken there from $5,1100 in greenbacks or gold - for the pockets of each 'honorable gentleman," When the members of Congress were elected the contract between them and the people was explicit that their salaries were to be $5,000 peryear. That having the pp portunity to take more than this they did so, is no more justifiable than it Would be for a clerk in a store who was hired at a salary of $5OO per year id embrace the op portunity of preying upon the money. draw er of his employer to pay himself a thou sand dollars. . . . , • Even admitting that an increase of salary was justifiable, no one will have _thy,eftron tery to say that it was justifiable to' make that increase retrospective. But on What solid grounds can an increase at all be asked for? We have heard it said that by paying higher salaries we command the services )of a better class of men. Let us look at this a moment. At the salary of $5,000. a year, which has- been paid to Congressmen for some years, they would receive $lO,OOO for their term. The whole time they, are in session during a term does: not reach 800 days, which would give than- at least $33 a day for every daes service. Until Within I' few years the paY.was - $8 per' day. • With $8 a day pay there were in the service stich men as Henry Clay, - Daniel Webster,' jOhn C. Calhoun, Silas Wright, Thomas H. Ben ton, and others with ability and character that the, world has not surpassed. With the increased pay of $33 per day, where are the intellectual giants and the saintly charac• tars which an increase in salary of four bun dred'per cent. should bring. upon the' of& cial stage? Echo answers, where? .The prominent characters now in Congress .are Pomeroy, Clayton, Patterson, Bp4ler, Cald well, &c., whom to mention .tia leading American statesmen inflicts humiliation so deep that one feels like biding his face in his hands and his kends in the his to es: cape the look of contempt with which the world must gaze upon our representative men,—Lebanon. Courier. WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED' FOR' IT; i For increasing- the salaries of Congress. men we should not-have voted. Five thou sand dollars is a larger amount than 41. ;ma jority, of Congressmen annually, earn at home; and by service as Congressmen they, are not precluded, but 'assisted rather, to increase honestly their incomes.. If 'their. expenses during the session• - are larger in Washington than at home, several - .months in the•year are left them in which theynatty, be earning money.—New Yoik , rfrorld,'• • TrgE AT LAST MAZES ALL TlitiNgiS o rkrr .tt,. 1 There can be no excuse in' our jildgnient for the action" , of Congress in inakiricth'a pay of Congressmen retrospective, "It is that respect as post facto, and therein uncon stitutional. It could never have passed had it not been tacked on the apprcipnation bill for"the year at alniost the last. hour Of the session. It was a direct bribe to every mem ber of Congress to put $5,000 into his ;own pocket• .from the public treasury. EvcrY man who voted this back pay was a thief and a scoundrel.' It never could have pass ed without the support of many- mem bers of _Congress like Trumbull, 'pekes' Amesound others whose official lives terms .nated on the 4th of March with the life of the 42d Congress. Thia raid on the Trees :ury was led by Ben Butler, a man of great ability, and in whom we have reposed ., eon -fideuce, but a man evidently who from hip long connection with the Democratic. party became thoroughly demoralized and rotten past all hope of reformation. He may not have "Ettolav any - spoons in - flew 4lrieaas 'bat if so it must have been because Iheraf,was no opportunity. He is not a, than l'w4Q would steal what he couldn't lay 41s:hands on or reach with a long pole.: , Well, well, patience until the people .get a chance at the. thieves. "Time at last will Make all things even."-4atzeatount Journal. Bishop Wrivaine; of 0111 w -died In Flor , -ewe, Italy,. a few days since. The House at Harrisburg has agreed to give $500,000,t0 the Centfinnial. ' The hite Dr. Lowell' Mason'S library of, sacred music has been presented to the the: , logical school of Yale College. Gen. Philip gheridan.will, it is said seen issue s work embodying-the facto which gleaned from his atmervations - of the Frap. coltualizt 'Wan . 1 TE Pifeeler trditgou ROTARY MOTION Sewing Machine'! qreat :Pam: illy . Sew (Iv .Ma:dritne the _lVorta. 7p0,000 Wheeler*. :Wilson Far,illy Sewing Machines ;no* •in. Use. L T lE .4,c hatio e r. , : e en ixi t,„ ,,,i , ,, rl:l l 3; y ala r eti - ttl a this Celebrated moat Qealrably I never, market a be l A ve t= n U t e history of kiewiug Machines. ..•," - • Dine for yourself; consult your own interests in.bugug a Smug Iltneutno, and , DO ROT 'ALLOW: YOURSELF -. -TO BE BLINDED by that too common illusion, that all, L.ek-Stitcit Sewing Mac/dries are good enough, or that any Ma chine will answer your purpose if it makes the stitch alike ou both sides of the fabric. , EXAMINE WELL THE CONSTITUCTION OF THE MACHINE YOU I3OY, and not pay your mone,yfor a heavyrunutng, slow motioned. noisy, complicated alachlna, thrown to gather in such a wanner as to last just long - enough to wear out both your body and patience. There,is is great distinctive difference between the Wheeler & Wilson aid all other 3lnchines that make the Look•Btitob. And it to to this clifieresice that we .w}sh.to especially call your attention. It Makes the Look, (or Shuttle Stitch,)' bu , does it without a Shuttle I Thereby dispensing with the shuttle and all in g^binery required to run a shuttle; also doing away with the take-up that in to be found in all shuttle' Machines; and owing to the peculiarity of its construction, ONLY ONE TENSION IS REQUIRED, while all other lock-stitch Machines require two. (3f EO. ROBINSON, Agent, ISarcu 25 , f78.1.y. SVELLSBODA PA. Ordinance. 'IDE it ordained by the Burgess,and Council of th e jEll borough of Fall Brook, Penn'a., and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same: That a certain place be designated and is hereby deeignated as a Market Place. The same to be located on or near the ground known as the Old No. 2 stock yarditi said borough, with a suitable building erected thereon, containing stalls adapted for such market business, for which a reasonable and Just rectal -shall .be charged, And that the ground be staked off, designated, and used for such Market Placa with proportionate rental, until such building can be erected. And it is hereby further ordained that all persons exposing or offering for sale any marketable producti •of the farm, meats. fish, or any pride or wares what soever, shall expose or offer them for sale at the, said • Market Place, and at no other place within the limits of the said borough or Fall Brook, and only on Tues. day, Thursday and Saturday d eachweek, which days are hereby designated as Market days. _ Any person or persons violating these Ordinances shall be fined for the first offense live dollars and costs, and for the second offense ten dollars and costs; the same to be sued for before the Burgess or Justices of the Peace of said borough, and collected in the same manner as other penalties are sued for and col lected according to general lawn of the Common. wealth. • One.hulf of said tines to be paid to the in former, and the other half to the Treasurer of said borough for the' use and benefit of said borough. Provided, That nothing in these Ordinances shall be construed in such a manner as to prevent -the Fall Brook Coal Company, from buying, selling or deliver ing hay, feed, coal, merchindise, or any. commodity in which they have heretofore, or may hereafter deal lipr prohibiting the delivery of any market pro duct which shall have been actually sold either at the Merkel Place or other markets which are already eft tablished'or that /nay be hereafter established in said borough of Fall:Brook. -This ordinance shall take effect ten days after date. Dated Fall Brook, Pa,, March 2lfth, 187.3--3 w. Jlio.lo/1/IBST, Jr. J.A.MILS PDLLOOK, Clerk. Burgess. Trustees Sale. DIIRSIIANT to an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga county, to me directed, I will ex pose to sale on Monday, the 28th day of_4pril next, at two o'clock, p. in., at the Court Rouse in Wellaboro, and sell to the highest and best bidder, the following desoribecl real estate, to wit: The store Sod lot lately occupied by Webb d: Bacon as a drug store. The store end lot now occ4pled by Win. Wilson as a dry goods store. • - The store and rot now occupied by L. B. Reynolds as a grocery. And provision store, corner of Main and Cratton streets. These lots are each 20 feet wide on Main street, in said borough,and have wdepth of abont 140 feet, with an alloy passing across them it a distance of 100 ;feet from Main street. • Terms made known on et.ty of sale, but on two-thirds of the purchase money time will be given. - , H. W. WILLIAMS, Trustee for herie and devisees of L. I. Nichols, dec'd. Welleboro, March 25, 1873.-sw. Administrators' Sale. BY Order of the Orphans* Court of ths 'county , al Vega, the administrators of the estate of D. C. holden, deceased, WI sell at public: vendue 'on the premises, near Manelield, in the township of Rich mond, county of Tioga, l's., on Friday the 18th day of April, 1873, the following described Real Estate, to wit : One lot of land, beginning in the centre of the Whipple road, and the north-west corner of the lands of Lorin BuAts; thence along lands of said Butts, eolith 871.; degrees, east 201.4 rods to the east bank of the Tioga Elver; thence along the ' , same north /14 degrees, east 16.2 Tads; thence along smother let hereitunter described, north 87' degrees. west 203.9 rods to said road; thence along same, south 2M deg's; west 10 ro.ls to the place of beginning; containing twenty acres and one quarter of an acre more or less. Also another piece of land in said township; be ginning at the north-west corner of the lot above de scribed, thence along the same, south 87g degrees, east 167.9 rLds, to the center of Tioga River: thence down the same in u northerly direction, 83.9 rods; thence along the laud of the Tioga Iron Co., north 87,4 degrees, west GO rocs; thence by the came, north 11}i degrees, west 34.2 rods; thence by the lands of lielly,C.CovenY,C.Slingerlaud and J.P.Morris, north wig degrees, west 126.8 rods; thence along lands oi Win. Hutchinson, Martha Grey, and the said Whipple road, south 2y, degrees, west 116.1 rods-to the place of beginning; containing 131 X acres more or less. Also another lot of land in said township, bounded on the north and south , by the estate of Daniel Lamb, deceased, east by the Williamson ro.td, and oa the west by the,Tiuga River, containing n of an acre more or leas, with frame house. frame barn, and a few 'fruit trees thereon, and' being known as - the Giles Allis lot, of Lamb's Creek. The first two mentioned lots being on the west aide of the Tiogs Rivet, about one-fourth of a mile from 11anadelii, and a part of the B.l2l,llohleti farm. and very valuable for the good TWAY of the land, about 100 acres of which is In pghture\and for the Hemlock aud other valuable . timber o the balance of said laud. . Tanate:-=-Flfty dollars down at the timo of Eale, and % i enough mor on confirmation thereof, and execution of a deed fo the premises fiurelmeed, to maim oua-. half the putell e money; and the balance thereof iu one year from e data of Bale, with interest, scoured on delivery of thalleed, by baud and mortgage in the Usual form. \ t iallali 110,1 ADEN, C. /.I. hiltlMlOUlt, ildintra. lXurch t'6", Executor's Notice. T ETTEllii - Testamentary on the estate, of Resit 1.4 Guile, istoof Richmond tollnehip, Tiogu county, Pa., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned by the Register of Loge county, all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payment, and those having chains ,agalust wild estate will present the same for settlement. LORISTON 6111.1.1 i, ' ' NV. G. RIPLEY; . Lttrnb,:epetiiltiyellt. y, '73-6vr. e-Altenters. 150000100 -BRICK for SALL ►SOME very fine PREMED BRICK, for chimney tope and battling fronts. Also, several building lots on Pearl street, near the Academy. Inquire of Hugh Young, Real Estate Agent, or L. A. Gardner; or the entworiber at the Brickyard. March 18, '73-4w. ' ED. WETMORE. For Sale-I 'FHE subscriber 'afters for sale his farm in J. bury, near Keeneyville, containing 108 acres, it() Berea improved, and is in good stet° of cultivation.— There are two 'orchards, a good House, two barns, a . store building, and wagon shop on the premises. Any one wishing to purchase can' learn all particulars by calling on the subscriber on the premises- - liarch 1873-am. R. I. =FAY. - Administratoria Notice. T =TER& of Admlnistratlon on the estate' of Sally Bideht,late of Tiogai Pa.. deemed; have been granted to* E. A: Bum& = residing ht. TSofta, Pa;, to whom all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims or demands will make known the same without delay. E. A. SMEAD, Adm'r. Tioga,Pao lisroh 18, 1873-Bw. _Farm, for ,'date. Tsubscriber Offers for sale his farm in Middle bury, consisting of 155 acres; 90 acres improved. There is a good dwelling, barns and out houses on the premises; als) two good orchards. The property will besold all together or it will be divided and sold in "two parts, one of 65 the other of 90 acres. TRlede:—sl,ooo down; the balance in fire annum payments. A. B.A. BRIGGS. Feb.lB, 1875-tf. .Executor's _Ztr tics. . LEWERS testamentary on the tate of Stephen Palmer, late of, Sullivan toKUIP ip, Tioga county, Pa, deceased,lisifing been granted the undersigned t,y the Register of Tioga county, all persons indebted to the-estate aro requested to e paynient, and those having claims against said estate will present the same for settlement. NATJIAN PALMER, Sullivan, pa., March 4-6w* ' Executor. Administrators' Notice. T LITERS of Administration of the estate of Peter ;AA Dockstader,late of Charlestotttolamship.orioga county, Pa'. deceased:having been granted to the un dersigned by the Register of /Yoga county, all pers. ODE indebted to said estate are requested to makd payment, and those having claims against said estate will present the :same to • the undersigned at East Ckirleaton, Pa:. „ JETVEMI&II DOCKfiTA.plpt, - ' DAVVQ:DOCIL.TrAD7I4 . 4 • - &Carob IR; 18737-44.- -• • 4 4 / 2 fri. - NOTICE - 18 herby givenio - ell persona who maybe aggrieved by the aspenetc.mt or the enrollment of the Militia for the year 1873. thqt au ;petal, will be tell it the Commissioner's othce in Wellsboro, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Tlioraday, April 22, 23 and 24, cent, at 9-o'clock of each day for that purpose, JOB REXFORD, ' - - '2, O.IIOLLIS, , COW!. 3,tairPb /9.41 f. Z. ließT, NEW SSOOIN PRIZES:‘ 'EXTRAL'Aitt.Y YER6,IONT. Ten days I) Earner than the Nut!, litere , ..,,,, zi'otisty Pnencirriva• and of PAAL.SIA , :I'i ,c ~AVUEL -c, 0 .-r lb.; 4 pounis ma:l, plstpaici, for, or, • $8 60. '. M ll ... , .II PTON'S SfriiPlUAE. 826 Bus Awl To 14 A) TUE Acta; a. little leer- thaw the Early Bose. Equal in quality $S per pound by .. 4 75 wail, postpaid.. . • , (f a $6OO will be avardsd. as EREMIT62B, 0 ..1 to those wno produce the Largest Quantity l'" from one pound. Degcriptive Circulars of othe above , with hat of 40t. varieties of Pots. PO toes, freeo.aLLt t , Illustrated Seed Catalogue, - 200 pages, with Cozoileneßllolo. 25 cents. E ral ' Also, a New Tomato. the *.ARLINGTON." Early, solid 'and produdtive. Price, 25c. Per packet; 6 packets, $l. • ..• B. E. BELBB & SUNS, No. 23 Pana Yukon, Ilkav "Eons. ONLY 10 OIONTSs' EVERY MAN flii OWN PAINTER; Or, PAINTS-rHOBS TO SELECT AND USE TliEll ' A plain treatise, containing sample card with 42 di{! fereut actually painted shades mud tints, with instruc, floras for eaterior and interior Rouse Decoration. . 25 copies. bound in cloth, for $5. Sample copies, paper. cover. mailed, 'postpaid, to any address, ou re ceipt of 10 cents, by the Publisher. HENRY OAIEY BAIRD, - Dom 1624, Postolllce, P manxt.nnia. See the following ratuable etteacts fro preen notices "A very valuable bookand no one i tending topaint should fail to read it.—N. V. Tribune. "we did, not know so much could be said on the y subject of paintio ga houseuntit we road this excellent book of Mr. Baird's"—N: !Y. Herald. 1 "A want long felt at last, supplied."—Scientific Am. "Not only a neceteity to the painter, but valuable to every occupant of a dwelling.—N. Y. World. "Buy 25 caplets of this, book and distribute them among your friends, If they will heed the advice there.' in, you could make' no more valuable present."- 1 Chicago Tribune: . "in publishing this book Mr. Petri has done a real service to the community.—Toledo Blade. . I "We hope the pUblisher eell 100,000 copies o this book during' i3."—Boston Adrertiler. "We have just painted 'our house as advised by tho l author. and congratulate ourselves that no dwelling in, our neighborhood excels. bur Evin appearance."—Mar.' pe.r4 Weekly. "In selling a sample copy for 10 cents, Mr. Baird must feel certain an order for 25 bound in cloth wills follow."—Frank Leslie. "We know the town and country paint% therein rec ommended, and can vouch for their value and the, excellence of the "Harrlaou", brand of white lead."' Lew. ONLY /0 CENTS* USE the Beleingir Sash Lock ana Support to FASTEN YOUR WINDOWS No spring t 6 break, no cutting of sash; cheap, durs.l, bie..very easily applied; holds sash at any place de- sired; and a self-fasteuer when the sash Is down: Bend stamp for circular. circular and etx copper-bronzed locks sent to any address in the U. S., postpaid; on re , , ceipt of 60 eta. Liberal Inducements, to the trade. Agents wanted. Address REISINGER. WEI,I4OOIr. Cu., No. SUS Market St.,'llartisburg, Pa.: KITCHEN - CRYSTAL SOAP ' For cleaning and pelishing metals, for cleaning and preserving2alut, for removing stains from marble, for washing hgrals. and for all household cleaning, is supe rior to any other article made. No - other soap or wash equals it, either in quality or cheapness., Easy . to use and perfectly harmless and pleasant, All grocers sell it. Manufactured only by EASTMAN & BROOKE, 4131 N. Third St., Philadelphia, - PATENTS OBTAINED. - - - - No fats unless successful. No fees in advance. Ito charge for prelirainary aearch. Send for clrcularis. (lONNOLLY DROVILES, RN? S. Fourth St.; Malls delplna, pa., and GOS ICfrith St. Washington, D. C. Witherhy,Rugg &Richardson ' az.vstrAcnrnin Or ' Woad• 'Working Mach ery Generally. SIiSOIALITIES:-WOODWORTG PEA- 'G, TONGUE/HO AND UItOOTINO MACHINES, RIC SON'S PATE= IkErnovnD T&xoat .llacnasns. 40. CE=Ar.., -con. Maw:Sr., WORCESTER. MASS. L. D WRITERBY. G. J. aro°. S. M. RICEARDSOIL LOCAL OPTlON.. g s ! i o e r t ee e by ia th tz e tm o ß fa i e s ia T l E T Ears. SubserlPtloll $3 per year; Clubs of 10 $205, Address AMEtacAN LtQUOIt MEN'S ADVOCATE CO., No. 100 Libarty Street Pittsburgh. Pa. DY SE. ING only 23 CENTS to JAS. W. 11E5.1ING TON, at Itoinictsville, Marahall Co., W. Va., you mil receive by return mall 45 00 useful receipts. AGENTS! n A RARE CHANCE!! Wu will yay ell Agents SSI,U per week I^7 CASES who will Mgage with US AT Oti i;vcrytithig furnished and expenses paid: Address, A. cOUI,TER & CO., Charlotte, 0 1 1.1 0 1ftA - 11 CLASSiai.L . aw'cl g ue o nteed, - Respectable employment St tome, day :1 .. 6 - vet:Ling; no capital i cqui red ; full irial,rl . lcti en 8 end valuable package goons sent free by mall. "Addre4s, with, six cent re 'turn stamp, 31. YOUN'i.V: CO., lt,lCortlandt St., N.-Y, $ll O t(i . $2O l e a r as 7,1 wo A r....u n g " pe l on val i l e t , e o d f l eith al er l ofr.t, young .1e Olti, make more money at work for us in their snare moments, or all the tirde, than at anything clic. 'Particulars free. - Address STINSON, Portland. Maine. •veVriTi —X1E33E4141 : • I suffered with CaTaßttU thirty penis, and was cured by a remedy. Will send receipt, postage free.to all afflicted. Rev T. J. 3.LEAD I Rrawer u 76, Syracuse, N. Y. s : 4 -: -. e l e. 'l3e r u re i d e l g ii lr e cB s l ;l2 o t ßri T I E : 1lI~6'B;PILE REMEDY falls ... • presoiy to ctirei t to cure. It is he Piles, ared ex• E . dad uotbir.g elee. Sold by , tip Druggists. Price, $1 • 328-4 w. WE CLERGYMEN WERE CURED of Chronic and Acute rheumatism, Eauraiffit. Lain. bago, .Sciatica, kidney. and Nervous Diseases, after years of suffering, by ta%ing DR. F/T.I.ER'B VEGETABLE ciFIEUSIAT:C Elilitir—the v.:tonne discovery of Rhin:, M. D., a regular graduate physician, with whom we are personally acquainted, who has for 89 years treated these diseases exclusively with aetonishing sults. We bcliero it opr christen duty, after &Jib 'eration, to conscientiously request sufferers to use it, especially persons in moderate circumstances who. Cannot affordto waste money and. time "on worthless mixtures. As clergymen we seriously feel the deep responsibility resting on us in publicly endorsing this medicine. But our knowledge end experience of its ,remarkahle merit follriustiftes our action. Bev: O. H. nixing. Media. Penn's, suffered sixteen years, be. came boneieas. Lev. Thomas Murphy. I). D., Prank ford, ROY. J. 15. Davis, Slghtstosin, New Jersey. Rev. .1. S. Buchanan, Clarence, lowa. Rey. G. O. Smith, P. ittstord, New York. Rev. Joseph Beggs, Pails Church, Philadelphia. Other testimonials from Fenators, Claremore, Judges, Congressmen, Physi cians, tic., forwarded gratis with pamphlet explain ing these diseases. One thousand dollars will be pre.' 'muted to any moditins for Raille diseases showing equal merit under test, or that can produce one-fourth as Justly Tying cures. Any per,ion sending by letter description of affliction will F cceive gratis a legal y signed guarantee, naming the number of bottles to cure. agreeing Mrefltuditioney upon sworn stateme • of ittrfollure to rare. ABlicted invited to write to . .Pitier..Philadelphie.. Ilia valuable advice costs no ing. , I . WOOD & SCOVILLE, Agen , March 11,11--ly. . ICuoxVill Pa. Notes Lost 'or Stoljn. rEE following notes have been los) or stolen from my possession. All parsons arebereby cautioned against negotiating the same. Note dated December 15, 1575, for $l.lO, payable to J. A. Boyce, April /, 1873, signed by Isaac G. Estee. Note date,/ December 1530871, for '1:9.63, payable to J. A. Bela!, March 30;1873, signed by. Joseph Crippin. Note dated beptember 11, 1672, for '5125, payable to J. A. Boyce, OetoberlG. 1873, ;signed by Jodept Lar cam and Delos Larentn. - Note dated Bepterrtb , Tjl; 1872, for $ll9, pay . able to S. Pa. Boyce, Apr!! 1, 1874, taw:eel Eby Joseph Luxe= and Delos Larcum. • Any person having information of either of these notes is requested to inform i it. It. DOIID, Meson 24.1873-;-3w. - • Midusbi/rg e Pa. , .. ,-i- t.: Auditor's Notice. , J_tbiti Court of Coliirtien Vette ffee4h.e' 'county 'of ioaat The Auditor appointed by the Court to distribute Cle proceeds ~f a Sheriff's sale, arising front writs In favor of. Mae &l 'Williams, Pomeroy Bro'ii - ..Z.: Smith, Mark' & Beaus} et al., against A. V. Smith, wilLatteuti-te.the duties :if his appoirent on Friday, March 28, 1873, at 10 la. m.'. at his Ince. No. 8, Academy of ?tingle .buildthg, Vellsboro, Pa.— At that time all persous are required to produce and sithstlititiatirtheir claims hefoo Vie Auditor,tn , be debarred from coming 1n for any.porticea of thel Ain't- GEO. W. =BRIO A t tu4c Mini I, 1 M:4w. .. =BRIO, . .... SPRING GOODS " Sa '=O O_ . - "• 11,•• •••• DRESS GOODS, VETS GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING, HATS,ZAPS, BOOTS, Shoes, &e., Suitable for the spring Trade; „My stock has been proeuredfrOm the best markets in me country, and thrvOrifil Ono to U be satisfied with prices, I ALLa3C—asliT3l3o The Largest Establishnient in Northern Pa.! a•c:oiaciv o DIM nloweWW betties fOr buying and bandling largo quantities of Goods enables them to afar tbsgt .t) s stockt b hag prices.. in our retell department Goods sire sold et a mall advance