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Aoiator.
TUESDAY, MAY' 13, 1873
IVr publish this week a quarter-slwel 'supple
ment containing about a page of matter, and
.making the AcTr i vroft consist of forty.columns
of print. T art impelled to this course by The
great pressure.uyon our advertising space, and
by the desire, to give our subscribers the usual
amount of reading matter. "
A glance at the forty long columns of this
n'smber will consince anybody tiu the business
mm of . .7. 1 4a county and of 'Many region*
more remote thoroughly appreciate the fact that
the ten thOusand readerrof AbITATOR are
among the matt thrifty and enterprising citizens
of Melanit.
The Aarr,i4Oltis now sent to all its subscri
bers,\with a printed address-label pasted on the
paper or on the outside of the tomfiper. This
label shows
,the date to which_ the subscriber has
paid. POrinstarzee, a label , reading "John
Smith, 1 jan.72," informs John that his sub
scription* paid up to the, first day of • January,
1872, and•that he will confer a great favor on
us by forwarding .his subscription immediately.
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on his address-label, and if in arrears to remit
us the Money as 80071, as convenient. 114 receipt
will be at - once acknowledged by mail and by a
}change of the date on the address-label the ne.rt
-week. •
The too•atell•known Oakes Ames died at,
his residence in North Easton, Mass., last
Thursday '
Saturday's dispatches from New Orleans
report the recent' troublei in Louisiana at an
end—a statement that seems almost too good
to be truo: • ~
Senator 431.;intitcr was granted an absolute
divorce front / Alice M., his wife, last Sat
urday by the:Superior Court of Boston.
'Alice had deo.rted Charles for five years—
therefore this putting asunder.
The journal "founded by Horace Gree•
ley" devoted ti portion of its editorial col- .
umns last Friday to a covert effort to justify
the attempt •to sgcm.sinate Gov. Kellogg of
Louisiana. "How are the mighty fallen !"
The fUneral of the late Chief Justice
Chase Look place last - Saturday afternoon at
is
St. Ge rge!.9 chapel in New York, and the
remain were then taken to Washington
where further services were held yesterday.
It is announced that the President wit
not fill the-vacancy on the bench of the Su
preme Court occasioned by the death o
Mr. Chaso until the meeting of Congress
Eight months of Agony foi ambitious aspi
rants I ' •
There is little reliable news from the Mo
d& war since the terrible slaughter of our
troopslwo weeks ago. It is said the In
dians have left the Lava Beds, but the re
port i§ not - credited by the authorities at
Welhington.
k report came from London last Sunday
to the effect that the Emperor of Germany
w 4 fired upon a few days since by a priest
while reviewing the Russian troops at St.-
Petersburg where he bad been visiting the
Czar. The ball passed through the Emper
or's helmet.
The General Term of the Supreme Court
at New York last Wednesday denied the ap
plication for a new trial made in behalf of
Edward S. Stokes. Judges Fancher and
Brady wrote able opinions in the case. The
question will probably now be taken to the
Court of Appeals—the court of last resort
in the State.
, .
John Stuart Mill, a leading' thinker and
writer on political economy, logic, and so
cial science, died at tignon, France, last
week. Wherever I the` English language is
reed there Mill is known and admired for
the logical force and intrepidity of his phil
osophical speculations and the simple beauty
and vigor_ of his style. He was one of the
shall class of men who lead the leaders of
t ,e wprld.
The Lock Haven Demociya quotes a state
ment of a correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press to the effect that the law continuing,
State Treasurer Mackey in office releaded him
from giving any security. Perhaps the Dem
ocrat does not know that the Press As con
tradicted this silly-story in its editorial col
umns. The fact is that the Treasurer is re
quired to give good security to the amount
of $1,000,000.
One of the - most wonderful adventdres of
the age transpired last Saturday when-news
arrived from Captain C. P. Hall's arctic ex
tairing expedition. The dispatches state
t t Captaialfrill himself died in N vem
ber, 1871, from nn apoplectic . attack. He
had just returned from an expedition 'on
- :ledges, in which ho reached within, seven
degrees and forty-four minutes of the north
pole. But the strangest part of this talq of
arctic adventure remains to be told. Brief
ly it is as follows: On the 15th of October
last, when the Polaris was in latitude seven
ty-seven degrees, thirty-five minutes, a party
of nineteen left the vessel to put some pro
visions on nri ice floe. A gale coming on
the polaris parted from her moorings, and
theunfortunates on the ice saw the ship
steatu away, leiving them to their fate.—
The iceberg was slowly drifted south, 'and
passed wit its living freight down through
Baffin's Bay and Davies's Straits, until on the
80th of la 4 month the steamer Tigress for
tunately WI in with the novel craft and res
cued all-of the unwilling navigators. This
was in latitude fifty-three degrees, thirty
minutes, near the coast of -Labrador. In
other words, these nineteen scads, including
one woman and four ehildmt, had lived on
the iceberg more than six months, and lied
drifted in that Hine about fifteen hundred
miles, and finally were all safely teseued.—
This is 1)(44. of the story of the Polaris told
in a most marvelous manner; when the
rest will be'unfelded Only time can deter
mine. After this rescued party left the ship
there remained only thirteen men on board,
and they were without a single boar.
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Many of .our 'readers will need no second
invitation to read. carefully the statement of
Messrs. Phelps, Dodge & Co. in relation to
their recent difficulties with the customs de-
partment of the Government, which will b e
found on this page. That firm hare long
ben known
, 01l over the country as suer
ch nts of unquestioned business and per
sonal honor, and anythint relating to the
fair fame of the house will be perused by
not a few of our readers with an interest Ut
most personal in its intensity.
And we are sure that whoever rends that
statement with an unprejudiced mind will
agree with us that it is a calm, candid and
most convincing 'refutation of the charges
made against the firm for months past—
charges to which; the action of the treesary
department has lent the appearance of plaus
ibility. It seems clear that so far from be
ing guilty of any, fraud upon the revenue,
the firm have been_ the victims of an unjust
extortion by the' department. • A dishoest
clerk and rapadious custom officers hive
succeeded in filling their owrkpackets at the
Pipe= of casting a cloud of suspicion up
on a company of hohorable mereliahts af
ter 'robbing them of over a- quarter a
million of dollars.. That is the whole s ory
„ -
in a nut-shell.
But we believe that eland has already
passed away, for even the officers -of the
•Goverr:ment, whose letters are referred to at
the close of the statement herewith pith
lished, fully bear out the statement of-the
firm. The crowded state otonr. columns
alone prevents us from printing those let
ters. We make one quotation however from
that of Hon. Noah Davis, who- was the Uni
ted States District Attorney by'whom the
question was investigated. He expressly
acquits the firm of any intention to defraud
the Government, had
of many millions of dollarsTh
- ng
. e pe:
riod of five years - in Which • e irregular
ities had occurred land during-which they
[the firm] had paid to the Government,sev
eral millions of dollars in• dutiqs, tho whole
amount lost by the alleged fraud fellshort
of the sum of $3,000." This Ldtnissie l p of
the prosecuting officer shOuld enough to
satisfy anybody ofe the baseless nature of
the charge of fraud. But read the full state
ment of the case ; it will be found highly
interesting.
TOR.
But eight years have come and gonesince
the close of l'the civil war which threatened
the overthrow of the Republic and resulted
in the complete destruction of human sla
very on this continent, and already have
passed away Lto the Unknown . Land the
great statesmen upon whose shoulders the
destinies of the nation mainly rested during
those terrible five years of gloom and fear
nage—LrNcomj, STARTON, SEWARD, CRAW..
This roll of the dead embraces all that was
really essential and indispensable instates
manship and civil leadership durini — lbe ,
'darkest days the nation has known since the
Struggle for imiependence. Other men
played well their partsi i in ' that great human
drama; but these were the great masters who
organized the material, political and moral
forces of a peaceful and money-loving peo
ple into the most tremendous engine of war
that the world has yet seen. And now, in
less than a decade from the time of theii•
labors and their triumphs, they have all
been laid in the dust, victims more or less
directly of that great struggle for the na
tional life and for human freedbp. And
they have all passed away honored and
mourned by,tho people whom - they served
so well, leaving their countrymen the price
less legacy of a fame untarnished by a
breath of suspicion, and an example of the
most stubborn and unselfish patriotism.—
Let us keeP their memories green, for in
honoring them we are paying homage to
patriotism and purity.
The last of these statesmen, the great
financier of the war for the Union, died at
the residence - of his daughter, Mrs. Hoyt,
in New York city, last Wednesday morning
at ten o'clock. His death was a surprisato
the whole country and to his family, for
since his partial paralysis three years ago he
had, by careful exercise and regular habits,
recovered a fair degree Of hisAvonted health,
and although no longer a man , of rebut
strength, he seemed justified in looking for
ward to a happy and useful if not a vigor-'
Qua old age. He retired at ten o'clock Mon
day night, in his usual health, and 'Lis ser
vant, on entering his room at half past six
the next Morning, found him sleeping quiet
ly with his hand under his face, as he ha
bitually lay. Half an hour later he was
seized with a spasm; his features being con
vulsed, and foam appearing on- the lips.—
Physicians were at once called, and the
attack was pronounced an apoplectic fit,
with paralysis of the left side. Prom the
time of the attack he was entirely uncon
scious, part of the time under the in
fluence of chloroform, up to the time when
he ceased to breathe. •
Salmon Portland Chase was born at Corn
ish, N. H., on the 13th of January, 18b8.—
Ho came of good stock, several of his fami
ly having been distinguished in tho walks
of civil life. One uncle was a Senator of
the United States and Chief Justice of Ver
,mont; another stood at the head of the bar
in Portland, Me., and a third was Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the dio-,
cese of Ohio. Ithaman Chase, the father
of the future Secretary, died while Salmon
was still a boy, leaving his familyinstraight
ened circumstances. Nevertheless, the boy
was sent to school at Windsor, Vt., and at
the age of twelve he was sent to his uncle,
the Bishop, at Worthington, Ohio. Here
his time was divided between hard work on
a farm and hard study in his uncle's acade
my. After a time he was sent to a more
ambitious school at Cincinnati, where he re
mained nntil 1823, wben he returned to
New Hampshire. Here, almost as a matter
of course, lie taught school a little while be
fore he entered Dartmouth College. Inc
remained in the college two Oars, and was
graduated at the age of eighteen.
With a few dollars in his pocket and his
head full of the 'classics, lie at once went to
Washington, where another uncle was then
serving as Senator. There he advertised his
intention to teach a select classical school,
but met with little encouragement. After a
time, however, ho obtained charge bf
school from which the proprietor was about
to retire, and so managed to pay his way
while he pursued the study of the law un
der William Wirt. The entrance ofthefu
tue Chief Justice into the legal profession
waS not promising, for it is said that on his
examination, in 1830, he barely escaped re
jection, and was admitted to the bar only
because it was understood he intended to
practice at Cincinnati, " where any sort of
a lawyer was at that time supposed to be
good enough." 11e at once went to that
place, and while waiting for clients pre
pared an edition of the statutes of Ohio,
which brought him into notice.
Very early in his professional career the
young lawyer was brought face to face with
the gitestion of slavery extension, and in.
opposition to every apparent personal inter
est, lid at-once took strong ground against
the pretensions of the slave power. In Ig
= he defended Mr. Birney, the celebrated
Abolitionist, who ivas prosecuted under a
State law for harboring a fugitive slave.--
He took the position that slavery was a local
institution, dependent upon State laws for
its continuance, and that the slave hitvidg
been brought by his master into`Oltio, was
by law and by right free. Thus' early did.
the courageous young advobate enunciate
the then novel and heretical doctrine that
slavery was sectional and' fieedom was na
tional—the doctrine upon which a great tui
tional party was afterward formed, and by
which it triumphed.
.Nor did he confine his advocacy of this
dogma to the foruni. Opposition to the na
tionalization of human slavery became the
end and aim of his political action. Party
bonds sat lightly upon him, and he acted
with that cause which promised most im
mediate advantage to human freedom. He
was a leading spirit in the Anti-Slavery Con
vention at Columbus in 1841, and wrote a
stirring address on the occasion, He was
an influentiamember of the committee on
resolutions at the National Liberty-Conven
tion at Buffalo in 1843. He projected the
great Liberty Convention which met at Cin
cinnati in 1845 with 2,000 delegates., and he
drafted the address put forth by that.body.
He was chairman of the Buffalo Conven
tion' which nominated . Martin Van Buren
The Late Chief Justice.
and Charles Francis Adanis in 1848, Mid
the platform on ithichliose candidate's
. .
stood was substantially his work. -
Early in the next year, at the age of forty
one; be was,chosen United", States Senator
by a coalition of thebemoerats anda por
tion-of the Free Boilers of the Ohio Legiri
lature. He entered the Senate as an avowed
Free Soil man, and when the-Democrats of
his State - indorsed - the nornintithin Frank
lin Pierce in 1852,10 acted Consistently-in
severingbis connection' with that - party.—
Be sought to amend Mr. Clay's Compromise
bill so nil to prohibit the introd4tion of,
slavery into the Territories, and be opposed
strenuously. the subsequent, repeat
. Of the
Missouri Compromise„ On retiring from
the Senate, •in:18511, he Was elected Governor
of Ohio by the opponents of the Adminis
tration, and two years later he was re•elect
ed by the Republican party. _
It 'vas ivbile Governor that :he ;gave the
first practical evidence . of his 'great ability
as a financial manager. He found the Trea
sury of the State crippled an& in disorder,
and he at once entered upon 'the work of
reform with a vigor and skill Which attract
ed the attention of the country. In "1860
he was again chosen to repreient his State
in the Senate, but he never took his seat,
being called to another and a more con
spicuous field of labor.
On the oth day of March, 1861, he enter
ed upon his duties as Secretary of .the Trea
sury under Mr. Lincoln. It is almost lin
poasible to overestimate the value of the
services of Mn Chase r during the time he
held this position. It was the crowning
work of his life—that upon which his fame
will chiefly rest so long as the annals of the
great Rebellion shall interest the student of
history. When the Treasury came into his
hatiiisit was not only empty; but the coun
trywas without credit at home or abroad.
But a few months before treasury notes pay
able a year from date had been selling at
from six totwelve per cent. discount, and it
had beep impossible for his immediate pre
decessor, Gen. Dix, to dispose of twenty
year six per cent. bonds at less than per
cent shave. In 'the face of these difficult
les.the Secretary was required to raise ever
300 million dollars to meet the estimates of
the next fiscal year. Re proposed to raise
eighty millions by taxes and 240 millions by
loans, Congress authorized the loans, but
not the, taxes, and when the two houses met
again in December, 1861, the demand for
money had increased, while the revenue
had fallen below the estimates. New taxes
were laid and old ones increased, but the
deficit grew rapidlyparger.
The next year Mr. Chase was forced to
ask for the enormous sum of 900 million dol
lars, and to assist the operations of the Gov
ernment he urged the creation of the na
tional bank system which the country has
since seen so 'firmly established. This wan
the corner stone of Mr. Chase's policy. It
at once furnished a market for hundreds of
millions of national bonds, and sup Plied
the people with a currency of uniform value
in every part of the country—while it en
listed the moneyed interests of the nation
ohtbe side of the Government. The pub
lic credit rose rapidly, the savings of the
people were largely invested in the public
ponds, and from that time the safety or the
Republic was assured.
After stamping his name indelibly, on the
history of the country as the great finance
minister of the war, Mr. Chase resigned his
portfolio in September, 1864, and was soon
,after appointed Chief Justice by President
Lincoln. Of his action in that high office
it is not necessary to speak at length. pe
has been called upon to decide many impor
tant and novel questions arising out of the
war, and while it is true that some of his
judicial opinions have excited surprise in
view of his action as Secretary, it is admit
ted on all hands that be has sbnwn kisneolf
a not unworthy successor of Jay, Marshall,
and Ellsworth.
It is matter for regret that Mr. Chase was
never satisfied with the honors and labors
of the great office in which he died. He
was ambitions to become President, and his
exhibitions of that aspiration' while lining
a high judicial post were witnessed by the
people with considerable impatience. His
undisguised coquetries with the Democratic
party with a view to securing the nomina
tion in 1868 destroyed much of the respect
felt for the great Secretary by the men who
upheld the hands of the Government du
rft the war. But now that he has passed
-aivay, 'his wanderings after the Will-o'-the
wisp of American politics may be well for
gotten in the remembrance of his earlier la
bors as a champion of human freedom: and
his almost invaluable services during the
war for the Union. ,
The Formation of New Counties
The evils incident to the formation of
new counties, known as legislative tinker
ing, are such as to make it very desirable,
if not necessary, to' have engrafted in our,
fundamental law principles which shall di
rect in these cases; thus protecting the peo'•
pie from greedy and unprincipled jobbers—
men who, to .advance their own interests,
Would not scruple to do almost anything.—
The trickery, misrepresentation, strife, and
bribery of - last winter in the Minnequa
strpggle, are strong arguments In favor of
thd above proposition.
One of these principles should be the fix:
ing of the area of the proposed county,
that Individuals, communities, and towns
might not be tempted to use undue influ
ence-to secure the formation of new coun
ties for their own benefit, while it worked
injury to others. Our present Constitution
makes the minimum area four: hundred
square miles. This has been tried and found
gopd. Let it remain.
Another principle should be ihe' naming
of the minimum population; or suppose
some little town, Which wants to be a county
seat for the sake of having the court home
and jail and entertaining those ;in attend:
ante at court, should stake in four hundred
square miles about itself, and en sneer a bill
through the Legislature forming it into a
new county; or supposait to a5ll or trade
off apart of an old county that iirmight be
come a county seat; might it not in eitjier
case impose upon the people of the district,
especially if it be sparsely settled, burden
some taxes?
Again, there should be a provision, pre
vent unscrupulous individuals from taking
parts of counties adjoining the county seat,
thus imposing upon the inhabitants of
these pails not only additional expense but
ineonvenience in visiting the county seat.
And last and most important, no county
should be formed without the consent of
the people. We boast much of our popu
lar form of government, • and well we may;
but we must carry the principle of popular
sovereignty into all the affairs of 'govern
ment, front the highest to the lowest, jeal
ously watching and earnestly opposing all
attempts at centralization; whether it be by
the United States Government encroaching
upon the rights of the'State, the State up
on the county, or the county upon the town
ship. The people are, and must be, sover
eign, and to them must be referred the de
cision of -all such questions as concern
them.
Holding these opinions, we are glad . to
indorse the course of our representatives,
Messrs. Niles and Elliott, in the Constitu
tional Convention., The following amend
ment was offered by Mr. Niles to an article
reported from the Committee on Counties
and Townships; and supported by Mr. El
liott:
" No new county shall be Ibrmed or established y
the General Assembiy which shall reduce the cot • ty
or counties, or either of them, from which its I be
taken to less contents than four hundred squar tulles,
nor shall any county be formed of less cont le, nor
shall any countPhe formed or established ontaining
1085 population than twenty thousaud z i habitants,
nor shall any lino thereof pass within Jess than ten
miles of tufy county seat of the com ty or counties
proposed to be divided.
" No county shall be dividedor . e any part strick
en therefrotn without eubmittin the question to a
vote of the people of the conn e W; nor miless major
ity of the legal voters of th county Voting on the
question shall vote for the safue."
This was adopted tits , 4). large majority of
the Convention. — Mansfiel4 Adrertker. '
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-'• - -tkesSrs. P helps, bodge it i .Go.. liie p ro:
pared the - following statement-relative:o
the dispute between their firm and flee -Cus
toms Department about certain.-goals im
ported by them. A great, deal of obloquy
has.been east upon this .reputable House in
consequence of the merits of the'etise not
being properly understood.' Tho statement
herewith -given fdruisties a complete exon
eration of the firm, as-will be Seep liyit pe
rusal: . ~
To oui."Friends and the Public :-For s pel'
1 1 'Hod of nearly four. months our firm has
been made the
_subject, of; accusation -and
criticisni so harsh: and
: unjust that,it 'had
seemed-tow s as if the generally-accepted
rule -which assumes "ail innocent . Mud,
proven.to - be guilty" 'had been, at -least in:
our case, set, aside. in favor of that, other
principle, :! s .tliat all accused 'Shall-be-held
guilty until they establish their innocence.'
During nearly all this period - , by ;reason
of various circumstances, such as the fact
that the matters involved. were still the sub
ject of controversy- between 'our firm and
the Government, and, above all, that by the
taking andletention of 'our books and pa
pers by the authorities we were not in full
possession of all the evidence relied on• by
the Government to sustain the charges pre
ferred against us, it has not been considered
expedient to say anything in the•
41y of
his
public explanation; but the time oW
conic when an explanation is proper, '
In the extensive importing business in
which we are engaged, tin plate constitutes
the chief article subject to an ad ivaloreni
duty; - and We are associated with the house
of Phelps, James 4.b CO., of 'Liverpool,
which is largely occupied with its piuctire-
Meat and shipment. Aa the trade, further
more, which we do in this article s ,-ery
large, and it is entirely impossible o pur
chase at any time any my, large quantity
from accumulated stocks, it has been long
the custom of our Liverpool housei to ar
range for the manufacture of supplies thro'
contracts extending over lengthened
_peri
ods, and also in many instances to athauce
to manufacturers the various constituents of
their business, and even Capital, and receive
in return the finished product at prices con
ditional upon the fluctuating values of the
raw materials, and through settlem nts ef
fected at very considerable intervals.
The complicated tariff question nov
In what manner are tin plates and
products manufactured, and purchia
der.such conditions to be invoiced?
The fundamental tariff law provides that
,duties on merchandise shall be asses ed on
1" the actual market value or wholesal price
thereof at the period of exportation in the
!
principal markets of the county 1 from'
which the same shall have been inverted,"
but another provision of another act fur
ther requires that although the duties, assess
ed must be on.. the " market talue," the in
voice accompanying it, in case of purchase,
must declare' the astuat cost—a statement
which in some cased, as above explained, is
often a matter very difficult of exact deter
mination at the precise date of (shipment.
To add still further to this complication
of legal requirement, the ruling of the:Uni
ted States Treasury, according to which the
law is - administered, is to this effect:, That
all purchased goctds Must 1w entered' at the
Custom House at actual cost when that is
higher than the market value at the time-of
shipment_ hut at market utlue whenAbot .is
higher than actual cost.
With a business largely done, as (ours is,
on contracts for future delivery, it therefore
often happens that, on an advancing mar
ket; the contract price paid by us may be
considerably less than the market vidue .at
the time of shipment, in which case,l if we
invoice at Liverpool at the price paidjthe au
' thorities in New:York may advance the value
or, under certain circumstances, demand a
penalty or complete forfeiture on the ground
of undervaluation. , On the other hand,,, on
a falling market, an invoice rate represent
ing actual cost may be greatly in excess of
market value at the time of shipment; but
in such ,ease no allowance whatever is made
to the importer. And thus it has actually
happened that during the past year-twhich
has been characterized by the most remark
able and violent fluctuations in the prices of
inetalS, (tin plate selling for 28 shillings per
box iu Janfuiry, 44 shillings in July, and 35
shillings in December,)—we have paid, on
aggregrate overvaluations, a very large in
crease of duties over and above what would
have been required had the goods been pur
chased at the date of shipment.
Again, the very form of consular oath to
which, as citizens of the United States in
terested in-a house in Liverpool, we are re
quired to subscribe, iu amt-noocmonrily equiv.
mem to the • declaration which the consul
himself is required to make and attach to
the invoice, inasmuch as the first declares
the actual cost, while-the second, which im
mediately follciws, and is upon the same
page, is to the effect that the consul believes
the merchant's declaration, and that the in
voice exhibits the actual market val union;
which last the invoice cannot, unless "'ac
tual cost" and " market value" are held to
be equivalent.
With this brief explanation of tli letter
of the law under which our goods are re
quired to be invoiced, and its method of ad
ministration, we will next endeavor to make
clear wherein, through its supposed lin frac.
tion, we have offended and been ma le sub
ject to penalties.
As has been already stated, the rticles
before mentioned imported by our firm are
purchased in large quantities of many differ
ent makers, sometimes outright, sometimes
under conditional and long-continued con
tracts. They arriver at Liverpool in many ,
different lots every day, and are sent' direct
to the steamer, which often sails the same
day. Triplicate invoices, one of which
must go by the steamer with the goods, are
required to be made out and taken to the
consul's office for certification before one
o'clock.
Under such circumstances, small errors in
the invoices received from the many differ
ent makers, or disagreements between the
Liverpool house and the makers in respect
to the qualities, or the prices to be paid for
particular goods, are almost unavoidable;
-but at the same time it was not charged by
the Government that any of ,oltr goods had
been passed through the Custom House ex
cept at their fair market value. It has,
however, happened that on the receipt, 1
from time to time, of sundry small ' quanti
ties of special goods—mostly extra and un- .
usual sizes—duo on.old orders or contracted
for months in advance of delivery, our Liv
erpool correspondents have been at a loss to
know how to invoice them. ~
The market value, in the first place, was
different from contract cost. The rcgtliro-
Mont of law next was that they should
swear before the consul as to actual ,cost,
and that the consul should certify as to mar
ket value, which, according to the practice
of the consul's office, is treated as the same.
'Then as the goods in question were mainly
remnants of contracts delivered long after
the time agreed on, and . as there MIS a pos
sibility of some deduction in the periodic
settlements for non-fulfillment of contract,
the limiter of cost Itself, within certain lim
itations was not fixed, lint contingentt Un
der-such, circumstances, as the quantity and
value of. goods in question—as Will be
shown hereafter—were very small a com
pared with our regular and accomp flying
shipments, our-friends in. Liverpool with
out perhaps sufficient censideratio , met
the practical difficulty of the law bymark
ing up these small items -in the 1 vole ; ,
where ,market value had advance( o er
cost, and Making a reduction where m; ket
value had declined below cost.
In such instances, and in the wit , lof ex
planatiOn, the Liverpool house • imetimes
sent small memoranda by the a ;le or the
following steamer, and in a fo , cases letter
press copies of the bills of t e manufactu
rers to. them; the precise abject of ,which
bills and memoranda w s to explain that
such and such numbers of an invoice *ere
reninants of an old or cr in respect to which
the contract prices v rigid to a small extent,
more or less, than ic, invoiced (but intend
/
ed to be) true nt Pet value at the titm of
shipment;_ the, act truth, as, investigation
,t),
subsequently owed, being that the changes
in question ,on the side of .orer-valuation
and in th avor of the Government Were
very far ely in excess of those in the direc,
lion o undep-iraluation and in our favor.
• T ; se,bills.and memoranda we, careless
ly, iid not examine personally, not regard
i, g them in any sense as invoices, or as of
he. slightest importance as respects the
Custom House; and under these impress
ions they were, on arrival, handed over to
the assistant clerk Who copied invoices into
our foreign invoice bolls, to be pinned,
without concealment, to its pages. ' - .
It is foreign to this explanation to dwell,
on the origin of the suit instituted against
us by the Government, but it is sufficient to
say that this clerk, who 'some years' since
was taken into our employment in destitute
circumstances, and who was dismiss'ed for
atimplicity in allowing dishonest penions to
enter our store secretly and at night, I in or
der to inspect our letter books and papers,
did carefully ()keratin the bills'arid Immo
.
1 ...
. .
OPKIN
rands-iiiipiestioirrtind after surifithlii:g . t`hat:
thefttere•not in accordance With the letter
of_ the Ifiliy and In Plilea 'of item eluting, us
-with the fact, /Lives Ms ditty, reek - it/Cif - M ein
fr,orn,theinvoice - hcok' to.: which theY, bad -
been .attached; auto-after suppressing. theSe'
thOwlng-instances ',where the Goverameat
' had beenbenefited, but collecting anti cares:
'fully.preservinthe few Where'n small ben
, efit - hadaccrned to the firth, put Wins& in
comMunicatien with the Treaisury.agents.•-, --- 1 ,
What'followed was art invitation for two
of the,. firm to visit the Custom
• Ilotise,,ivlfere 'they were - informed that' evi
dence had- been .tiblaiha by, the GoVern-,
inent implicating in exteictive frauds the
house which they represented. •
, • They at once denied any purpose. or in
tent to defraud , the Government, as well
- as any knowledge •whatever of - any.frregit-
Inlays hi ,our business in connection with
She Custom Mime;
,and as„ a •further• earn
. .est of:good : faith and conscious
,integritY,:
they-Aweace waived the service of ,It Nt ar
;Tea which-had been prepare& tigainst-our
bo_oka and papers, --and voluntarily and Wl
mediately,pladed the same-at the disposal of
• the authorities. We also atifie-satne time
gave our word - that if .the Government hat
any just claims against us by reason of the
*Litraation of any law,, we would pay' the'
Same io the uttermost •farthinx„ without
causing legal delays or expenses; and •sub
sequently, at the suggestion •of the then
United States District Attorney, lion. Noah
.Davis, now Justice of the Supreme Court
of New Vork, that the matter should be ad
justed on the basis of our paying an amount
equal to the whole value of the items in our
different invoices against which any charge
of irregularity had been preferred, we ac
cepted, the same as a basis of settlement.—
This amount was subsequently approximate
ly ascertained to be $260,000, which sum
'we deposited' to await the action of the
Treasury Department iu a pro forma suit
Which was then agreedupon between the
District Attorney and our counsel.
With this understanding, in perfect good
faith on our part, and, as we feel( bound to
acknowledge, with an absence of anything
like a spirit of vindictiveness on the part of
the authorities, the investigation commenced
in December; the Government being in full
possession of our books and ourpapers, and
also aided by our dismissed clerk, who by
becoming an informer would be entitled to'
a large - share of all 'forfeitures which thro'
his instrumentality might be established.—
The result was that, to our surprise and as
tonishment, the -slips and memoranda of
the special goods referred to were regarded
by the special agent.of the Treasury as con
stituting in themselves "duplicate" invoices
- and evidences of illegal entry, and as such
subjecting us to the lull penalty of the stat
ute, Which in substance provides that when
any part of ati invoice is made in violation
of the law, • the whole invoice or its value
becomeS liable to forfeiture; but, that the
Secretary , of the Treatury may accept a
comproinise of its full pepalty when, upon
'the certificates of the Tfeasury Agent, the
District, Attorney, and Solicitor of , the Trea
sury, he believes it proper and for the in
terest of the Government to do so.
' arises:
similar
ied un-
Having come to this final conclusion, the
Go'v'ernment examined all our invoices for a
period of five years, and from the whole
number, representing an importation of at
least forty millions, and en which duties to
the extent of upward of eight millions had
been paid, selected' i abont fifty, which by
reason of the momorada flips were held to
be vitiated. The aggregato value of all the
goods included under this ilumber of in
voices was estimated at about one million
of dollars, and it was claimed that the Gov
ernment had the right, after establishing il
legality in' the smallest particular, to confis
cate every itAn of such invoices, and a pro
Jbrin suit for the above sum was instituted
against us. The aggregate value, on the
other hand, of the several items in the fifty
invoices alleged to be vitiated, amounted,
.when taken separately, to $271,017 23; and
by the payment of this sum, the suit. and
claim of the Government were subsequently
settled.
But it should not at the same time escape
attention that the amount of alleged errors
of these several items, whose aggregate val
ue was $271,000, was in itself a compara
tively small sum, not exceeditfg $lO,OOO to
$15,000, if estimated at the maximum; and
that of this sum, the duties which could
possibly° haVe accrued to the Government
constituted but a fraction. In short, if they
had been assessed at the maximum rate im
posed since 1803, the amount would have
been less than $4,000; but in fact we are
given to understand that the whole amount
of loss which after a careful examination of
our books Wean be claimed that the Gov
,ernment 'has sustained by reason of the
above irregularities whereof we have been
accosed, (not taking into consideration the
'cases where we had paid on over-valuations,)
is not in excess of $2,000; or, to put the
matter still differently, if the case had been
one between two merchants, covering a pe
riod of five years, and involving transac
tions to the extent of $40,000,000, (and con
sidering only the invoices in question,) the
supposed discrepancies of account could
have been satisfactorily settled by the pay
ment on our part of from $2,000 to $4,000
hut in the case of the Government and the
merchant 'the former Can only be satisfied,
under existing laws, by the payment of,
$271,000, and can further claim to have act
ed generously, inasmuch as It did not take
from us a million.
As further proof and illustration of our
statements, we give the folloWing example
tf one of the memoranda returned to us by
he authorities after settlement, and regard
led by them as fully conclusive against us:
Ji In July, 1871, we received per steamer
Algeria an invoice of 2,194 boxes 'of tin
plates, included under which was a lot of
174 boxes of odd sizes, 24 by 24 XXXX,
and 24 by 131 XX, (marks which the trade
will understand,) the remnant of an old and
special contract. All these goods, it lis ad
mitted by the Government, were invoiced
at their true , market Value at the time of
shipment, were so certified by the Consul at-
Liverpool, and so passed after examination
by the Appraiser in Now York. But there
was, in addition, a memorandum transmit
ted apprising us that the 174' boxes, in vir
tue of an old contract, would be charged to
the Liverpool house at a price which differ
ed from the then actual market value to the
extent of about a sixpence yer bok. The
total value of the whole invoice was £3,237
14s. The total value of the 174 boxes was
£293 4s. 2d., and the difference between the
actual market value of theSe last and their
contract cost was £4 7&;..0n which diffe
once the duty of 25 per cent. would h. ve
amounted to £1 ls. or a little mor • han
$5. And yet, on account of this at ill (lit;
ference in the general settlement, a- 'a pen
alty we paid the full value of the 4 boxes,
namely, £29345. 2d., or upwar of $1,400.
And thus the delinquencies ra p throughout
the whole of this extraordini y transaction.
But in admitting these i . regularities, we
do not admit that the Go •ernment, by rea ; ,-
son of the same, has re ly sustained even
the trifling loss that hi • been estimated; for
the verY principle w eh caused a few items
tit be irregularly 'n •oiced led - to errors
against - us and in avor of the Government
of many times re amount claimed to have
been lost by ie
.customs; one single con
tract durin , he past year for special brands
and sizes, hick cost,net, £42,889 Os., hav
ing been nvoiced to,us £54,655 175., and
passed or the payment of duties at the
Gust , n House at such later valuation.
view of theie facto, it is also proper for
t : to state why we were induced to yield to,
ather than contest the demands of the Got
ernment, when we 'found they were re - solved
upon.
And fliet and foremost, we regarded it s
a question for the Government to determi e,
whether the enormous forfeitures ineurr d
by us, without design or motive of 'frau'• ,
misstatement, or • concealment,. 'Mee to e
exacted because it was so written in tl e
law, or were to be.adjusted rather to the a -
tual quality of the transaction. But -when
the measure of forfeiture finally exacted
Was insisted upon, and its legality was treat
ed as equivalent to its justice, our own sense
of its injustice and oppression could not re
lieve us from the necessity in which we had
before placed ourselves of accepting the
GoVernment measure of its rights and our
obligations. It may be true that in our con
fidencerin our rectitude and in the justice
of the Government we had not given -due
attention to the disturbing element intro
duced into the dealings of the Goiernment
witffits citizens by the immense private in
terests of revenue officers and informers
Which Our system has created and tolerates,
• • A second and subordinate conideration; .
but. one of much weight,' espeeialiy with
the senior members of the firm, :confirmed
tisin disposing of the case by settlement
rather than by controversy. In the. whole,
long course of our business it has been at
once our fortune end our pride - o have had
no serious litigations; and that this enviable
record should not be Interrupted' by long
and bitter controversy with the Govern
ment, seemed but justly within our choice,
provided the sacrifice we made to secure-it
was, as.it has been, wholly our o*n: ' And
if there aro any who may be inclined to'
judge us harshly, for,such a" decision) -We
would ask them to recall to mind the pecu-
. •
)14 ritOr of our present taiiii 14W1 the dilat'.
mous tenliscations Which;lt •14 allowed to'
'tint CfM'crunient: to maitre;Mdde it; 'AO ftirr>.
' t theimorc, that - 4tirliik the'Wholit, qintin ••,,
anec9if , thkault bur honits*nd?.pilptirti:WO i ',
t ,i
,be under - t hp.control'of the Authorlties, - .6
business beliahle-to be interrupt and ei -
credit itiTected liy. rumors and misrcpre;seu -
talons which it would be exceedingly - diffi
cult; if not wholly impossible, to at once
refute or answer.
In view, then, of thiti statement, .the_ cor
rectues4Of "whieh4e believe the dflleeri of
thdOovernment will - affirm in every essen
tial particular, andlu - support of which We
append letters from special agent of ,the
Treasury Department, , the Consul'
pool, Who for twelve- Years certltles; to the
correctness of our invoices, and the gentle
:melt Who utile incepticin of the suit against.
us.filled the 4111ce. of United St tes. , District
Attorney, we will ask th e. press, we will op
peal lb t he great Masses Who 4 . ow US, and.
those who. do' not knew us, 's' bather: it is
probable .that a firni which pay annually to
the Clovernment hundreds of .1 tousands, of
dollaii; hi duties, whose total b siness trait
sections ere - Measured annuallyy millions,
would knowingly; Willfully, a cl systemati
ally-defraud the revenue by Me nit of short
'paid duties to the extent of a f . thousand
dollars; extended over a period f five years?
And we ftirther respectfully ask the press
and the community which may have pre
judged us whether, after so many years of
honorable life andi . unsullied. repthation,
such a calumny against us can be believed
'and accepted?
- And on this statement' we submit our case
to the just judgment of our friends and the
public. ~ • 1'11E1;PS, 'DopoE & Co. '
Hon. James L; Orr.
Hon. James L.. Orr, Minister -to Rits.sis,
whose death occurred on the sth instant at
St. Petersburg, was only in the 52d year of
his age at the time of his decease. He was
a man of some note, not only in his own
-section but' throughout the Union. Like
many Southrons who had family influence
-to aid them, he entered public life very
young, having been elected to the Legisla
ture of South Carolina, his native State; at
twenty-two, and sent to Congress at twenty,
seven. He represented South Carolina in
the House ten years, and was chosen Speak
er in 1857 at the- age of thirty-four; being
One ofthe youngest if not the youngest, of
those who have occupied the speaker's chair.
He was a secessionist through the war, but
was not disposed to continue the contest
when the war was over. Instead of keep:l
ing up an utterly, toneless fight against the
Republican party in South . Carolina, 1.4
used his influence inside the party to oppose
the unworthy men 'ho in that State sought
to use the party power for personal ends.
Appreciating his labors in favor of honesty
and purity, he was appointed by the Presi
dent, last winter, as Minister ...to Russia,—
His death removes nearly the last of the dis
tinguished South Carolinians, of ante-war
times.—Harrisburg Telegraph.
MERCANTILE
Of the County of Ti
BLOSSBUII6
- Class. Tax.
Wilkins & Donly, 13 $lO ,
C. H. Goldsmith, 14 . 71
A. B. 11asey„ 14 7
B. M. Seely, 12121; '
W.Hackeuburger, b'yB
Bloss Glass Co,„ 1.4 • 7
Bridget Kelley, e.h., 8 6
M. Scully, - 14 7
Wtu. Bictiards, 14 7
James Morgan, 14 7
Patrick Costello, 14 '
Jacob Miller, 9 26
J. L. Belden, 13 10
Isaac Smith, 13 10
R. D. Horton, 1212!_
Drake s tiaM69 § 7 40
J. S. Mitchell, 14 '7
James A: Trolley, 14 7
Morris Tuck. . 1212!;
H. W. Holden, 13 10
L. B. Smith, 14 7
W. S. Keagle, 13 10
D. P. Hurley, 14 7
C. A. Yale &Co., 14 7
Mrs. S. E. Caldwell, 14 7
Patterson & Frecinaul4
R. Mills, 14 7
Isaac Harris, 13 10
E. Atidrits, 3 b'd t., 30
V. H. 13aunou, 13 10
Wm. Short, /4 '7
James Cox, a. h., '8 5
W. B. Gilmore, 0..11..8 6
D. S. :Wanly, 11 7
M. A. DeroW, e. is , 8 5
D. P. Mitchell, e h , 8 5
May & Silverman, 11 15
E. Smythe, 14 7
MC 22
Blass C. kM. co.,' 4 80
Nelson Ingham, 14 7
Alex. Dunarnore, 14 7
— COVINGTON lIOROVG .
Packard &. Patchett, 13 10
E. Dyer, 13 10
J. 0.*A.111. Dennett,l2'l2l'„
John Kendrick, 14 7
W. H. Wilson, 13 10
Hartman & Everett:4,l4 7
Covington Glass C0.,14
Henry Brown, 13 10
mtookrict.n.
Stimborough & W00d,14 7
Ww. Simmons, Ft 7
CHA'2IIAIi.
M. E. Tucker,
RE
John S. Mowry,
CHARLESTON
D. F. Stone,
J. E. Ramsey,
Btotin $t Co., • •
11 7
14 7
14 7
Cr=
J. H. Rushmore, 14 7
Stebbins & Gee. 14 7
L. Y. Stone, 14 7
S. B. Goodell, V. 1 7
DELMAR.
G. D. Loib, 11 15
Wm. F. Horton, 14 7
Bailey, Lowell &C0.,14 7
Geo. Hastings, 14 , 7
0. C. Wilcox, 14 7
DEEIIITELD.
Purple & Falknor, 13 10
Howland & Ray, 13 10
ELELAND
Derij. Dorrance,
J, p. Parkhurst,
PH!mon & Co.,
R., E. Skinner,
HE
13 10
FALL BROOK.
Fall Brook Coal Co., 4 80
GAINES.
S. X. Billii
John Goods .4nu pee a a n . ; 4
114-1
John Potter, o. h., 8 5
Lome & Putnan42 b. t., 40
E. Kolb, 14 7
Phlppen4 Parklittrat,l3 10
C. P. Leonard, - 14 7
1). J, Murdock, 14 7
C. S. Mather,9 25
Goo. M'Lano, s " 14 7
Merchant & Sweet
land. - . 18 10
LAWRENCE,
Joseph Gu110,..
El=
LIBERTY.
S. MlTlThatf, 14 7
D. It. Worline, ;1 14 7
Narbee& Moore, 1212);
G. li. Sheffer, 14 7
13. F. Werline, i 1212 y,
C. A Miller a Brol'r, 1212%
B. Soloman, $ 14 7
Oliver Miller, • 14 '7
P. Thomas, • 14 7
Miller & Beck, 14 7
11. Wolhalf, 14 7
henry Sheffer, e. h., 8 6
MORRIS.
E. Blackwell & Co.. 14 7
job Doane, ' 14 7
J. W. Batley E., Co., 1212 k
Fall Brook Coal Co., • 7 , 41)
MIDDLtEnTRY.
W. (1. White, 14 7
A: W. Potter, 14 7
M. 0. Potter, 14
It. lll.,Kceney, . 14
Notice is hereby given that an appeal will be held at
tbe.Corainisaionere• office in Wellsboro on the ftitirth
day of 'Juno next, between the, 4oura. of 10 a. tn. and
10 p. in.; at which time and place persons `ag
grieved by the foregoing appraisement will be board,
and such abatements or exonfations will bo made as
shall seem proper and just; all-persons failing to
appear at said time aud place oust expect to pay the
amountelaarged in mid appraisement.
M. W. WETHEBBEE, .
.
May 4 3, r
1" • ,Merpayitile 'Appraiser.
SOFTPT:...-.D announces to the putillo' that she
ISA has a very largo and desirable stock of 'Millinery,
Ladies' Purnialling and Fancy Goods, which are
offered at very low rates. Ladies' Snits, Shawls, Para
sols,Hleyes, Corliets, Hoop Skirts, Hosiery, Laces,and
'Milano; also re4idy.madeitVlate goods in every variety.
The public i►Ye cordially invited to inspect and
purchase. •
Wellabeiv, May 13, 1873—Gm.
' , , •
4000 Cords of Hemlock Bark
1NT.A.117•1031E13p. ,
- • .
CoNTRALoTO be made for, the purchase of Bark
peeled and delivered the ensuing season, at $4.60
per cord 0f'2,200 lbs; cash on delivery.
Bark peeled laid year will be received for the next
ninety days at $4 per cord of 2.200 lbs; ergotism do
livery., •
We will make contracts for peeling 4,000 cords of
bark on hinds of the Pennaylvanla Joint Land and
Lumber 6.. Barr..EY,,LOWEI.J.. dt CO.
Walla 82ay,13, 1878-tt
•—•
I : I or
i3litliatClH,ElNA HALL,
PPRAISEMENT
, a for the Year 18V,
Class. Tax.
A. J. Smith,. 14 7
John Purvis, • 14 7
Bennet Az Dimon, 14. 7
John Starkey, 14 7
0. D. Lowell, . 14 7
MAN8111:LI). •
J. D. Webster, 13 10
\Vesley Pitts, -14 7
Ripley & Rumsoy, -1212%
Pitts Br-thers, ' 'll 15
N. 1101dem . 14 7
N: 'Kingsley, 14 7
J. W. Jaquish,, 13 10
C. V. Elliott, 13 10
J. H. Tilurcialigll, 11 16
Ridgway & Cole; _ 14 7
E. U. Phelps; 14 7
Wm. M111)18, 13 10
Lutz
,& Elohler, 11 15
R. E.. Olney, 14 7
H.lo'. Backer, 13 10
E. W',, Phelps. Ib. t., 30
Ittaxsutiho
J. W.; Clark.
0. D. Mate,
13 10
11 7
14 7
13 10
8 5
it. H. ,Doud,
D. Parkhtu•xt,
A. Dodge, e. b.,
NELSON'.
0. 11. Baxter, 74 7
Campbell Sz. Horton, 13 10
Seely Li. Crandall, 13 10
H. Merritt Sr. Co., 13 10
E. E.'Cumpbell, 13 10
G. 14 • 7
OSCEOLA.
Martin a Boawdrtb, 13 10
Crandall Bros. a C0.,13 10
Clark Kimball, 14 7
lt. .4 P. M. Crandall, 13 10
C. It. Taylor, 13 10
F. P. Vunzile, 14 7
M. Strait, 13 10
J. V. Moore, 1k 7
RICHMOND
C. 3. Ripley,
14 7
11.7
11 7
14 7
E=DMI
Flowef & Co
UM=
BUTLI. 7 IID.
B. B. Backer, 13 10
M. ?dills, 14 7
C. L. Strait, 1312;;
MEM
G. D. Leib,
SULLIVAN.
Albert Diehentind, 14 7
TIMM. TOWNSHIP.
F. J. Mitchell, 14 7
El=
TIOGA 11301t011011.
G. W. Bweatlaincl, 14 7
w, T. Urell, 13 10
8, Wile, .. 14 7
Wiekbam Si Farr, 9 25
H. H. Borden & Son, 13 10
P. B. , .Puttle, • 13 10
B. 13. Strang, 1212;
D. .I.feniughton &
Son, 14 7
'Hunter It Btartis, 14 - 7
J. G. Osborn, 2 b. t., 40
Win. Potter, • 14 7
WELLSIIOIIO.
C. L. Wilcox, 13 10
Charles Yabn, 14 7
S. Boyden, 14 7
M. U. Sears; - 14: 7
John Fishler, 14 7
John Pierce, 1212%
E. B. YOang, 13 10
Noah Marvin, 14 7
.1. W. Puree], 14 7
C. W. Sears & Co.: 1 13 • 10
Vardiorn* Cbandler,l3 .10
W. C. Kress Si Co., ' 11 15
C. C. Mothers, 9 25
J.ll. Anderson, ag1,12 12%
A. Foley, 14 7
L. A. Gardner, 13 10
Toles, Robinson a c 0,13 10
Warriner, Yale & co; 14 - 7
Bacon & Webb, 13 10
Win. Wilson, 12 12%
L. B. Reynolds, 13 10
Mathers,Holiday & colt 15
Thorsaa Harden, 10 20
C. B. Kelley. . 13 .10
George Magee, 9 25
E. Hart & Co., 4 h. t., 60
ltorapaimb, 2 b;:t., • 40
ll'astings & Coles, 1212%
E. H. Hastings, 13 10
Watkins, 7
J. C. Wheeler & Co., 12 12%
Converim & Osgood, 1212%
Converse & py good; 11 15
1. L. Truman', , 14 -7
Horton & Brother, 11 15
W.C. Kress.& Co., 14- 7-,
Nichols & Seely, ' 13 10
Wm. Pierson & Co., 14 7
Chas. Shaffer. bre'y. 8 Ii
L. Truman & Co., 1212%
Quttenburg, Rosen- . .
baum k Co., 13 10
E.R. Kimball, 13 -10
John. Oeh, brewery, 8 5
N.M.Glassmire a Co. 14 7
David Belcher, 14 7
S t , a s:
riruprm - otrim l recite;' y
Le a.. ibri Purges,. auttNendillobi • PI:W*O4 issued pat of
sh 4 urt of Oemmou Pleas of Thant buenty. and tome
tllrl'eted, I will mt., no, to pitbile.tdde, to the highest
and best bidder, at the ooUrt Menne Wellsboro, on
lbondeir IlleAfttlt day of. IfitY , lelpi at One o'clock p.
the following described property, viz :
-A lot of land lu `l'loga township; bounded on the
north by Mill creek, west by the Biosaburg and Ttoga
Railroad, south by lands of A, 'POrner.and east by
the Williamson bighaity; containing atlout out+ sore;
with a I aide boric. frame barn, and a few fruit trees
thereon. 'Po be sold as the property of P Rhodes
and A. S. Rhodes, suit of (leo. W. 0. Mann for use of
WUllitm J. Mann.
A.1.44.A—A, lot of• land in Covington township: bertind-7
erl on the north by lands of Perry Notorre, Tilly
Marvin, Jr., and publlahigiuvay, east by lands of 'WM,
Inentens. 'South by lands of Thomas Cletnens, David
(delimits and Delos Walker, and west by Martin Do.
Ion; containing 72% acres, al acre improved, with a
home, hoe, hemp barn, outb Wangs, end a large
apple orclnird and other fruit reps. thereon. To be
sold us the property of 0. M. idsrvtit, Boit of O. P.
Taylor. HOW tufo of Poineady Brothers & Smithi
rind'others. •
ALSO—.t lot of land in Middlebury township; be
gtuninglit a post standing south, two degrees west,
two perches distant front the northeast corner of lot
'No. len of the ;Allotment of Bingham lands In said
township. on the south side of the road lending from
the school Louder known as the Shingle School MOM°
northeasterly to the Beecher Island road, being the
northeast eorner thereof; thence by lot No. 37, now
belooging toJohn AI Shaw south, 2 &grecs west, 67.2
, perches to a post.ticatr a large miser maple stump on
the east side of tir Beecher Island road; thence by
lands of Amy Pal tier north, 88 degrees west. 48 perch
es to a post and stones, the northwest corner of said
Amy rainier lot; thence along the western 'boundary
fine of said Amy Palmer south, thiee degrees west,
OAS pirches to a stone pile Lin -the western boundary;
line said Amy Palniem thence by'landh of Nathan.
iel Ames and Joel M. Palmer north, 871, degrees, 'west,
65 perches; thence by lauds of Joel M. Palmer north,
3 degrees cast, 8.3 perches to a hemlock kput corner;
thence by said 'Palmer north, 873 degrees west, 26.6
perches to the center of the State 4 ktoaci; thence along
the older of the State Bond north. 3% degrees east,
i.r3 2 peaches to the southwest coiner of the school
hence lot; thence ease four perches to the southeast
corner of the school house lot; thence north 6 8
perches to the center of the road leading from the
school lieu-e to the Beecher Island read, being also
the northern boundary tine o 1 '
_lot No. 40; thence
along the northern boundary trno of said lot No. 40
south, 88 degrees east, 21.3 perches to the northeast
corner of lot No. 40; thence along and near the road
leading from the school house to the Beecher Island
road north, 64;‘, degrees east, 116.2 perches to the
place of beginning; containing 42 acres, and being
part of lots Nos. 40 and 168 of the 'allotment of Bing
ham lands in Middlebury township, 25 acres unproved,
with a frame house, log house, and an apple orchard
and other fruit trees thereon.
Amu—Another lot of land in the township of Mid
dlebury; beginning at a stone:standing in the toad,
leading from Johtflirowtesto the State Read, in 'the
norftteril boundary line of lot No. 40. the northwest
corner hereof; thence along said road Mid line south,
8R degrees east, 75.9 perches to the northwest corner
of the seltoollool3o lot; thence along - the State Road
south, 171-.1 degrees east. 9,1 a. porches, and eolith, 33;
degrees westsl2.2 perches to the 'center of the said
State Road, the center being 134 perches distant from
two stakes set on the east and west side - a - of said_road;
thent.e by lands ef Joel M. Palmer north, 87!.i' degrees
west; 78:4 perches to a -post, the soiithWest corner
thereof; thence by lands of Joel M. and Geo. Palmer
north, 2;4 degrees east, 40 perches to the , place of be
ginning ;• containing 19.9 acres, all impi eyed. with a
frame ham and a few fruit trees theleon: 'Io be sold
as the property of David F. Palinef, suit of Joseph
ALSO-LA lot of landln Westfield township; hound
ed of the north by lot No. 41, conveyed to Joel Park
hurst, east by lot No. 44, south by lot No. 77, and west
by hit No. 262, conveyed to John Ooodspeed; it ; being
lot No. 43 of the allotment of Bingham lauds in West
field and Clymer townships, and part of warrant No.
1,231; containing 59 acres, more or less. 30 acres im
proved. with a !moue house, log house, log barn, and
an apple orchard and other fruit trees thereon. `lobe
sold as the property of D. b Button, suit of
Bingham Trustees.
ALSO—A lot of land in Delmar township; bounded
on the north by lands of Phelps; Dodge at Co. and
Truman Campbell, west by lands formerly owned by
Joseph Willard, south by Allen and B. F. Ashley. and
east by Allen and B. P. Ashley and William S. Gross;
containing 75 acres, 30 acres improved, with a frame
barn, log house, an apple orchard and other fruit trees
thereon. To be sold as the property of Mary. J. To
ler, M. 1). Tailor, and A Bedfielit. suit of Win. Adams
for use of Itenry Sherwood. and others.
ALSO—A lot of )andin Illessburg lorongh: it being
seven feet (rout And 81 feet deep, ou the north side of
lot No. 2 in block i'No. I upon the: map ,ett Blossburg*
village; upon which is a two-story frame building
knoWn as the Aciuleity of Music, stain : partly
said land. To ho 3301(a - ae the priipert drValciitine
Love - and Charles Kinney, suit of iWilliara4Larkin for
use of 0. F. Taylor. r,
ALSO--A lot of Land in Richmond township; begin
ning at a hemlock kreo in the southeastern corner of
warrant NO. 4,480, and known' as lot No. 10 MI a map
mad by E. Y. Deane, surveyor, August 22d, 1840;
thence north, 88j4" degrees West, 165 perches to a post;
thence north, one degree east, 102 perches and eight
links to a beech tree; thence south, tit” . ". degrees east,
1.66 perches to a post; thence south, one degree -west,
102 perches and eight links to the place of beginning;
`containing 100 acres, more or less, 12 acres improved
with's frame house; board stable, an apple orchard
and ,other fruit trees thereon. To he sold as the
property of William W. Burly, suit of Chas. Weartby,
ALSO—A lot of laud in Blossburg borough; begin
ning at a post, the northwest corner of the furnace
lot; thence south, 11 degrees east, 186 feet to a post;
thence north, 75 degrees east, 180 feet ton post; theme
north, 15 degrees west, 128 feetto elitist; thence soutly;
1714 4 fi nir
__ig the ea.....
veyed by Edward B. Underhill to the said Andrew
Seep ton ; 75 or 80 acres improved, _with a frame house,
frame barn, outbuildings, an apple orchard, I pear or
chard, and other fruit trees thereon. To be, sold as
the property of Andretv z Scouton, suit of Bt.
lock.
ALSO—A lot of land in Liberty-township; trwinded
on the north by lands ofiTholnas Foucht and Michael
Desmond, east by Ed. Ostrltm, south by Go?. Hart
and William Killpatrick, and west by Alfred Fulker
sonf containing 100 acres, more or less, 06 acres im-;
proved, with frame house, log barn, hay, hal frame'
hog and tool house, other outbuildings, au a pie or
chard, and other fruit trees thereon. To betsold as
the property of Phineas B. Field. suit of Henry S.
Fick for use of John Link and Frederick Hityler,
ALSO—A lot of land in Union township; bounded
on the north by lands of Charles Mason, east by lands
of Andrew Fosteri, south by lands in possedsion - of
Daniel M'Nitught.'and west by lands of Daniel Pres
ton; containing 63 acres, about 40 acres huproved.'
with a frame house, frame barn. a good apple orchard
and other fruit trees thereon. To be sold as the prop
erty of F. F. ltundell, suit of William Taber.
ALSO—A lot of land in Ward township; bounded
on. the north by lands of N. IVl'Collum, west by L. G.
Van Horn, south by lauds of Widow Norwood, and
east by road leading front Macintosh Hollow to Fall
Brook; containing about 73 acres, mote or less, about
40 acres improved, with two small frame houses; one
board barn, outbuildings, an apple orchard and other
fruit trees thereon. To be sold as the property of
James B. Weald and C. T. Lyon, suit of Jewell &'Pom
eroy for use of C. T. Lyon.
ALSO—A lot of land in the borough of Knoxville:.
beginning , at a post in Main street in the said borough.
it being the southesatcornerof Frederick Woodbury's,
lot; thence north along said. Woodbury's east line six'
rods and B,q feet to iti'siske in said line; thence east
20 feet and 7 inches to a stake; thence south six rods
and 83i' feet to the center of the old highway; thence
west along the center of said highway 23 feet and tlve
Inches to the place of beginning ;_with a frame black
smith shop thereon. To be sokras the property of
Z. P. Mott and A. B. Mott, suit of Enter Bowen fur use
of Wood ,
, ALSO—A lot' of landau Brookfield township; bound=
ed on the north by lot Nun 127 of the allohnOnt of
Bingham lands in Brookfield township,•conveyed to
Joseph C. Griffins, and laud - conveyed to Pembertim
.P. Morris, Administrator of John Affium's estate, on
the east by lot No. 123, conveyed to William B. Georgi,
south by land conveyed to P..P. Morris aforesaid, and
west by lot No.- 158; containfrel, 54.2 acres, more or,
less, with the usual allowance of six per cent. for
roads, &c; it being 'ffit No. 124 of the allotment of
Bingham lands in Brookfield township afOresaid, and
part of warrant NQ. 1845 - , - fifty ac es '
es impro ed ;- with
a frame house,. frame barns, outbuildings, an , apple
orchard and other fruit treea thereon. To he sold as
the property of Julius S. Grantier. suit of William
Bingham Trustees. -. '
ALSO—A-lot of 1 lid in Brookflold township; bound
ed on the south by lot No, 132 df the allotment of
Bingham lands in said' township, conveyed to Angus.:
tua J. Taylor, west by lot No. 134, 4nd north and east
by land conveyed to Pemberton P. 'Smith and Morris
Adams, of the estate of - John Adams,, deceased; con
taining 75 G acres, more or less with'the Mina' allow
ance of six per cent. for roads. :&c.; it being lot No.
133 of - the allotment of 13inghain lands in Brookfield
township, and parts of-warrants Nos. 1851 and 1862;
MI acres improved, with o log school house, frame
barn, an apple orchard and other fruit trees thereon.
To.be sold as the property of Stephen S. Begell, suit
of William Bingham Trustees.
ALSO—A lot of land Brßroakfield township; bound
ed north by lot No. 161, east by - lot No. 149, con
tracted to Ira N.Edgcomb, south by lot No. 155, con
tracted to said Palgcomb, and west hr:said lot N o , 185
and lots Nos. 172 and 169; it being tot No. 147 of the
allotment of Bingham tends in Brookfield township,
and part of warrants Nos. 1,314 and. 1855; containing
144.9 acres, more or less, 109 acres improved, with a
frame house, log house, frame barn, frame corn house,
outbuildings, a chestnnt,orebard, an apple orchard,
and other quit trees thereon. TO-be sold as the prop.'
erty of Ornian Young, suit of William Bingham 'Trus
tees.
ALSO—A lot of land in Clymer township: bounded
on the north by lands of J. D . Berean; west' by lands
of Luman Sabina, south by said L. Sabina and Joseph
'A: French, and oh the east by the estate of Edmund
Wetherbee, deceased; containing 75 acres, 60 acres
improved, with a frame 'louse, board stable, an apple
ot-zhard and other fruit trees thereon. To be sold as
the proptirty of. l i ta Clinton, suit of -Lucius Griffin:
. „
ALSO—A. lot of land in Knoxville borough; begin
ning at the northeast corner of a lot owned by Win.
IL Thompson; thoncot north 242y1 feet along Seely
street; thence east along •lands.. of S. R. Rumsey 165
feet; thence south along lands of J. Wain Wright 245
7-12 feet; thence west:along-lands of W. , B," Thompson
10454 feet to the place of beginning; containing about
one acre, more or less, with a :frame hbuse, frame
steam shingle mill, frame barn, outbuildings, and a
few fruit trees thereon. ; To be sold as the property-of
8 . C. Sealy, snits of Wood & Scoville and others.
ALSO—A lot of land in. the borough of Knoxville;
bounded on-the north by lands of Sidney Rall, west
by East street, south by J. IL Sandford, and east by
Levi Fallmer; it being 50 feet front ant 175 feet deep,
with a frame house, frame barn, outbuildings, and a
few fruit trees thereon. To be sold as the property
of G. W. Flak, suit of .Eugene Griffin for 11141 of Giles
Roberts. • ," "
. , „
'Staab-- A lot of land in Chethaixi township: bound.
ed north by lands ,of Nelson Bay, west by lands of /re
Salter, eolith by lands .cif Freenian Smith. and Ji,
borne, and east 1:17 lands of Freeman Smith; contain:
idg 04 acres, more or less, 70 sores unproved, with
log house; board shed;lrstne barn, an apple orchard
and other fruit trees thereon. The equal one-half nn.
divided interest to beitold as the property of Wesley
Pat4lolf, suitor A. J. Way for use of James R. bityl.s4
.. . -
ALSO—.i. hit. hf iiiMl 1.4 6129 - tilibi, With, tall) im a d i
sis on the not ti, by toi lidstracica' bi /Avid West tad
lot. C.c.o trJaeit td John Hill, rust by lot - conveyed to
Andrew Vaud and tot conveyed to Joseph Starkey,
south by , lot contego:ed to. Calvin W, Davis arid lot
conveyed to John BC Harper, and west by lot eoutract
ed to David Wass aforesaid; it being lot No. 313 of the
allotment of Hingham lauds in Chatham township.
and part of warrants Nos. 1,2'20 and 1,336; coutaleing
103.2 acres, 25 acres improved; with a frame -house,
slab and board barn, and fruit trees thereon. To be
sold as the property of John Wan t Milt of Wm. Pal.
ALSO—A lot of land in Sullivan township; tjound e d
on the north by, lands.of Eitivid Wola.' (-Vitt by Lands • ,
of Henry Rail, minds bylands;of 0 ge?Wilkinacand ,
West by lands, of Thomas Peynolda; containing 114
-acres; 00 acres improved,:wiiik- a-trazne house, 1 0 , g
house,. &Mod barn, outbuildings, - an applo orchard
and other fruit trees hereon.; To beaold as the prop,
'arty of Mimi; Welch, nit of Henry /1. Dent
, .
ALSO—A !pc 4raan batioiSitituttomatsp; bui l d.
ed on the north by lands of the eitido of Franklin'
IParkeri deceased , west by Potter county line, south
by lands in no sesolon .of‘P. Parker and D. Lewis,
'and coin by lab s of .5 uses Metcalf; containing 176 '
actoil, 160 acres improt d, wilh . tsto frelide houses, two •
{
frame barns, wit uildh gs, an apple orchard and othef
i.s
fruit trees there n: To be sold as tho property of ,111.
P. Metcalf, suit of Jesse .Gardner for use - of j yd eet
Parkhilret and others. ,
ALSQ—A lot of lanais. Chatham township; bound.
ed on the north by lands of Allen Baker, west by lamb
of L. B. Reynolds, south by lands of Henry Mattetou
and Fanny Deach - , and east by lands' of Freeman
Smith and Haniet Freeborne; contatnintBs acres,, 60
improved, with a frame house, board stale, an apple
orchard and othcr Trutt trees thereon: ' To be sold as
the property of Dsxilis Boom, {stilt of A. Dearman and
J. Dearman. i
ALSO..:- . A lot - of ' land ' - in , Tioga township;
bounded on the north by the Elk Vern road, eset by
lands of Janice liarnsdall, room by lands or Raid
Ramsdell, and west by lands Of John Hench; con.
Mining about three acres, mor' 'or lees, with a log
house, outbuildings, an apple,orehard rand other fruit
trees thereon. To be sold as theproperty of Ihunatit.
Couch, 'widow, Wm. Couch, Geo. Couch, E. R. Couch,
Mary Coueli,Llizabeth Shaft, Sarah Tumbleson, is
garet Decker, and Eliza Simons;heirs at law of Clem.
ent Couch , ddceased. Ault of Ruth Alford, Administra
trLt of S. E. Alford: deceased. - . - ,
ALSO—A lot of land in Jackhon toriniship; bound.
ed on the north by lands of Orr Ely, *eat, by lands
of William Tillinghast, south by lands of Weldon 11g.
- ler. and east by lands of Edwin Kinnes': containing
'92 acres, SO improved , with a frame - Wise, trus s
barn, outbuildings; an apple orchard and other fruit
trees thereon. To he mold as the property of Lyman
Seely and Samuel Seely. suit of James Oates for i tiss,
of 3, J. Linderman.
, .
ALSO—A hit of laud in Charleston township; begin.
ning at a post on the east side of the Catlin Hollow
• road; thence along and across said toad - south, 64
degrees east, 'lll perched to a post, the northeaat c.fr.p.,.
er of a lot owned bydames LAiciasst; thence by said
James L. Reese's line north, 89 degrees —. B2percli.
es to a post; thence south, three degrees west, 4,4
perches to a post in line of —,— Potter; thence along
said Potter's line north, 87% degrees west, 29 perdu
to a post, the placo of beginning; containing le2acoes
and 20 perches, more or leas, With a twO story ham e.
dwelling house, tep hay tarns, One 'lnnis - ba r n, ,
shed and - other outbuildings; 'an apple orchard and
other fruit trees thereon. Except one acre sold to
Mary Ann Parka.- -To be sold 01 the re.verty of Otis
L. Atherton and A, C. Reese, euit of Cyrus Catlin.
Wellsbo-o, May G, 1873. I . E. A.- FISH; Sheriff.
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Aden .. , __ _. • _ . _.
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strgtor's Notice.
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14ETTERS of - ministration on . t.he - estate; of Dan
iel Cowley I to of Union tOMlghip. deceased. h ave
Leon granted to Catharine Cowley, residing in Union,
Tioga county; Pa., to whom all .. persona indebted to
said estate are requested to make payment, and those
having claims or demands will will Make known tke
earno without delay.- CATIIABDIE COWLEY.
Union, April, 15, 1873.-st. • ~..
Executor's Notice.
L'
ETTERS testamentary on - the estate of Charles
_LiCardleld, late of Jackson township, Tiega county,
Pa., deceased, baying been granted to the `ender.
signed by the Register of Tioga cou.aty, all pettiest
indebted to the estate are
_repeated to make pas.
went, at those haNing.4taime age nst said estate
will present the same for settlement. '
JOSEPH L. dEDINGER,
Jackson, Pa., April 16, '7'J-Gw.* • Executer.
E'' , eoutor's No
ag3.- peraons, aro re
quired to be t eu r aftif,thero attending(, and not to de
part at their perd. Jurors are requested to be .punc
tual in their attendances at the appointed time, agree
ably to notice.
Given - under iny hand and seal at the Sheriff's office,
in Wollsboro, the dth day of May, iu the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
E. A. HSU. Sheriff.
Orphans' Court -Sate.
IN N Pursuance of *an order of the Orphans' Court of
1
Tioga con ty,dated Aprll22, 1873,the undersigned,
lixecuturs o the last mill of Rosel Gile,,deceaSed,
will, on SAT D
RAY, THE 31ST - DAY OF ML AA. D.
tn
1t373, at 1 o'cl
lit
p. ~ upon the premises, expose to
sale all that of land situate in Richmond township.
Tioga county' Pa , bdnnded on the - north by J. W.
Clark and IVn . C. Ripley, on the east by Wm. C. pp.
ley, on the so ith by Ira B. Clark, and on the west by
the Tioga Rai' road, containing about 29 acres.
Also all that other lot situate as aforesaid, bounded
on the north by School Douse lot and lands of Caro
line Blackburn, on the east by Ira B. Clark, on the
south, by Ira 13. Clark and Harris, Hotchkiss, and on
the weel,by the Tioga river and Williamson Road, con
taininabont three acres with a dwelling house, barn,
and apple orchardthereon. •
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