lilP: , `-n4O 4 31 --a4',P4M. with respect to the memorial in ques tion, under the Law,—it is . no groat stretch ,of credulity to suppose that Al mighty God could as easily have man aged-14401s -to '-enloln-166 7 1 obArriqtlikt' of the paesovernt alt! FoFtlie iriformatitht- of those - not fa miliar with : the ,!` rkevi,ce i of hOl t irliNstrqc7 , tion,tllie;it!obsq,.tedlthrit thft: back ifiki l d'aird for waiii ; ,t wlilbh th4_ rev erend writer criticises, by no nietursare- s. atest.opfiudon i n:Gre : Cltriktiart - As already slated4piphany or the Manifestation of.Clarlst mtireGent f iles, falls - Onliinuary athr this..is followed by seyeral,!!)slfaciays aft : Epiphany," :the exact numbervf. Nhiekdepwidke,ti the date bi - Easter. I'be lierioii Covered by thee Sundays after- EpiptniSrjdii ring which the !flings of Christians are directed to the Preofs - of the 41;Iiilty of our Lord, while they are at the same trained in a Missionary spirit) was purposely left tints flexible, so to call it, —while all the sublirne,evepts in the ehristiari (Vole' conic Nearly lu their regular ()tiler,. -.:,:•,. ,- ( 3 And this brings us t Alm rentainder of Mr. lieeeher's ' crib ehait ..; --- !' Irreii ver, matters' were Mu di -niixed when: the. forty,ditya ten Out oti in the Wiltier i V Hess, w litch•ocilurre4- n t lie , •tl nit , ear' of r' of our Lord's inhilsa y are made t tei.. tninnte With (Mod Fri( , and bastes, which were events i II t /et last year Of his life.' ( " Natters" wroddindeed,be, very " en neh mixed," if " the- forty kiwi , temptation" were*" made to terin finite with Good Friday an&-Easter !"-' The• reverend, t writer's , atapiaintance with " the history of th 4 , season" must .be somewhat limited;- e,heilma g inee that Lent had anything, to dojtrits Origiii, with our Lord's Farting iti . dl TemPta , - tion: • Except in•so far an' OW tiiimbet : of (lays of fasting( which it noW Coin prises . le .concermid, (together With a reverent regard for. , the' experiences of our Lord as our Great Exemplar,) il b a never been held that there is anything in coinnam between them; . Vlie mite. take lies in regarding Lent us i Orileantt to commemorate our Loyd'A Fasting and Temptation.; whereas lit is -an- o pc-b question Whether it was•tiot, ‘originally a fast of forty hours, Corresponding ti the time b6tween the Passion . told the Resurrection: The testimOny of" all writers is., that;wbether 'of upoStolical appoint mentor not, the firkin live Chris tians used this season as a means of re calling them from tvorldliness, (when the absence of 'persecution allowed them to fall lute such a state,) and thus pre paring them for the solemn services of Holy Week, and a due appreciation of the joy,of. Easter. . 1,.: :, - We hardly know whether w are not guilty of impiety in, re-producing the, closing fi en te ces of the , peragraph quoted from : ".Those fasting days of Jesus seem to have weakened They made him accessible to tempta tion. They brought him face to face with Satan. And these perilous expe• riences of our Lord are not the — ones that it is peculiarly ,desirable to matt tate." "No doubt ye are the people; and „wisdom-will die with you," -is lan guqe that might with all charity be addressed to some of the theologians of our time. Are we to bellsve fq.K a mo ment that by //is fasting ouriLord laid Himself open to temptation tit a degree that would-otherwise have been avoid ed ? Was- it the - Spirit. of God or the Spirit of Evil that led Him up into the wilderness to be tempted ? Was not His fasting what may, be called a natural , and necessary aqcompaniment of Hie mysterious experience during -t hta t `eventful period, rather than in any manner or measure the cause of His tkniptation, beyond thp appeal of the Tempter,il" if , Thou be the Son of God, Acommand that tliLie stones be made bread"? What is the actual relation of fasting to our moral end spiritual well beingk? Is it not the unmistakable tea ching, both of our Lord and of St. Paul, that fasting is a source of spi rit ua 1 strength, rather than of weaknessci and does not the well-nigh universal testli mony of the Christian Church 'admon 7 ish us that there are wonders pertain tug to the mysterious life of the Soul, not dreamed of iu the grossly material istic, sensational philosophy of ou r time ? in regard, to .this ,questiou of tasting, she bids us bow with reverence and awe before the Preeepr,and exam ple of her divine Head. , - The concluding paragraphs of Mr. Beecher's article we regard' witli un feigird satisfaction. • Beginning 'and endiug as it does, with the "criticisms" throiVn in between, We halt suspect that, while he doesint , seern to.be unfelt of a believer in the Mosaic in Theohi= gy, hc. is indissolubly• wedded to 'the Mosaic in Art. • • , i,„' "The season thus sanctified by tmp.-: ions will be found to be peculiarly pro fitable if observed by enlightened and rational Christians. It is a hotter 'Sea; son than the weak of prayer.' Th e week of prayer comes at a time when it is impossible to make headway against the foam of holiday fun, and the rush and accumulation of business care tliat come with. the new year. : • '• • "It would seem as' if worse weeks auld not be chosen than the weeks that begin with the new year, nor better weeks than those that begin and ells with Lent. In our large towns and cit ies, balls,'partity, fashionable thieatrt cals, weddings—in *d'art, worldliness, is at least eheekeddnring Lent. s'l.ish ion says; ' Hush! It Mit the tilting; i .„ you know, to have parties tinting I 'cut. ) And at the other extreme of so lety, our foreign population, and Mir poor folks that are led and comforted by the church of Rome, arc less'sensuens, lees, frequentlyintoxicatey; they are More sober, iudustrions, and. 'aceessible to spiritual truth. They are getting ready for Easter confession. ' 'Half of the eom munity are, to a *eclat* extent, trans quilized and put in expectation. And w hen one-half of a city in arected thus, the other half cannot help feeling it.— For we are lift6l by spiritual tidies.— There are Whirls and Vertices of social and magnetic power, Which no- Chris tian laborer ean afford to disregard. " A protest against the corruptions of the Roman church should never have necessitated the disuse of her usages that were at once pure and profitable. .We did not give up her Lord's day.— We are slowly but surely returning - to her Christmas.day. And now, having had large experience in the necessity of revival seasons, _protracted meetings and weeks of prayer,-why Inot set apart the forty days of Lent and call them the Sabbath of the year, and l in them chasten ourselves to salutary modera tions and temperance, which shall be not merely a meohanical fast from'meat and addiction to , . fish, but shall be a Pruning of those great sucking sprouts that thrive near the , ground, in order that, for a little season, the fruit-bear era may receive more sap, and set their blossoms with the Spring, and bring forth the fruit of a well-oidered life, and of undying hope ever beightening in beauty? . " Lent, for 1871, begins February 92d • and ends at the Bth of April." ght *him. ,VIRCULATION _ , 12E2 . .. 1i 'VVellmboron*y. 1 :7 11 71. - , 77 , • - ~-&- .7 ii. 1 Wednesday, Mati3,44,` ilif,t4 -.71 : ' , 2 , :4, ANHEL—Hon. has our thanks ISt a x4iliiable' book entitled the "Achi and Resolutions 'Of the United States.Of Aluericar" . -Also, lion., Strang has inir thanks fot eihdature Records. BetENIii*SSEE, Before, this twin_ reach , tour. readers, most.of, thetu, pvllt have learued that the' Tett tieseee is safe. '_The Warm thet was raised conternie - g , lief tyke, answered thit purpose' for whhilf iVes' ighttlih:pp-; i. e., furbishing ffiat6;f4 of sensational tt,ttlele; iii tlie , } gapers.- whieli:Ahe - fAiptisauds,.whe were made to pus drays and iiights Of painful susperise,luive reasou to, feel,untierin , El 'OOlae:tlons e.heAp,earpe, tites, •A 4 lle: Day ling ttie hiflowloo ti,h6" wlifuh doe c 010. d e most' , h eartily' . it . ,might beth m ,atie much, more emphatic, .•,- • • . r , .• .r. withl justice: - - • • • . • „ . " must have Vcourred tu,setue AB A -singular fiat, that the chief officers of a railmay,,seldom,. 'Ors never, vlsit the scienC'ot a great cateso; , .pbe b and by their +re:Bence insure`the highest degree' of.t,oldleucy, ?mobil ;010..„. subordinates ebayged witli`the duty of, clearing the wreck and, carlag fur the unfortunate Victitna: Yt ie 'Li - still more irMxplicable. fact thattlito :thevictitos‘ hoard be handled by k -the ghouls Who' dock to suoVseerics, and rubbed of clothing, moncy. mad valudhles.i It is t.he'dut3i 'railtifiy companies tOplaccluards'ever such *reek, and•th permit none hilt known friends and relatives, or their - acoredlted agents, to touch the victims after they 'arerescaeil. • There Is no Valid excuse ,for the shameful• neglect of - eVen ordinary Pfeehutioni against robbery . at, the ,sceno`of HO& burg I . easter,.anil the rallway,i . oualpanY ?User 'daft b the 'groaielit'oefisure." !2:rt; • - r,•••11. , .. , • • . Fire Chli - mg•O I professes to know that " - . • . '")Women, not only of kigh eociul position and largo fortune, but of sincere isieV Unit thorough benevolence, luny steal. We have 'repoateillY known wntrien of ReTfeet respectability,. tit stoat petty nitiele's While Visiting at finish other's rest dencis, and to remain on terms of the most -cor dial intimacy, and apparent geed ‘ , iill,after eahh knew that the other had been: filching fromt•her, and that li'er own returned theft was also, fully known.!' - ' • ' That is nothing-nothing serious, * we mean. 'Steiiling is rather resPectable,- . tinder certain cireuinst/nees. We know. . a gentleinan who, Au' his youth, was Much given to 'kleptomania; who has beeli known to crib small , articies'ef jewelry iron., friends with whom he had slept over night, denying the theft and Clinging to the spoils, until—At least in one intstance—the property was forcibly taken from him. It did \ int buithini or his worldly proSpects, 14 the least.' He has succeeded far better than most hon est men . ; has turned out ,an energetic, shrewd, Money-making titan : in fact, - a perfect brick. . After spending fifteen years and be tween '5600,000 an d 0700,000 in estab lishing a northwest i? boundary we have th(l - libel a „Wrong,_ and the Committee on Foreign Affairs brings in a bill appropriating 8100,000 a year for three years' to. pay for setting the thing to right. The bill meets with savage opposition. • Competent engineers say that the en tire work should have been completed in one', year. The bdandaries of the Guadalaupe Hidalgo treaty coat us sev eral millions; all of which the people have bad to pay, to the great : satisfac. tion Of certain engh3ear corps, Andno body 'else. It is bad enough to pay six times as much 'as a job is worth ; but to get bcttchwork at tbat, is insufferable. Mr. Dawes opposed the ,bill warmly, and it was laid nyer_its unfinished' bust ness.• EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AII:ERICA. There may be found in almost every community, uneasy• 'people wile are constantly planning a removal .tosome country where living is easier, cheaper, or the climate is more favorable. This Is all well enough. With our broad no tions of. life, we soon feel crowded in the older and more d'ensely populated States ; and, as a -rule,' we think Men who emigrate to the West or Southwest : with their families, rather the 'gainers 'by the movement.' ' But; whatever you do, 'Won't move beyond th'e shadow - of your country's flay; ' • Probably few men fully realize, how potent that flag is, until they have been dwellers frir a time under a ;foreign flag and foreign. laws. Our own laws are defective enough, and need , a deal of revising before they can be pronounced perfeet.. But let no American flatter "hiniself that he ;Can swap 'OtT the Old Gridiron without losing !Ay the clien t ge And.let no American wlib ciniteMplateo emigrating; turn his'face toward any of the little, wnrepublican republics of S. America—or to Brazil. At the close -of the rebellion, It was fashionable among the chivalry to assume that a man. of any Importance in the war could not >live under the United States govern ment and retain 14s self respect. -Colo nies were formed *lth 'the avowed In tention of settli gin Mexico, under en : eouragement fromoe Mexican govern inent ; and the alrilbst ludicroui way in which they dwindled down and leaked' out of that sunny 'country, hi :freith in the .public mind, and needs ii6,copl meat. and were , with Brazil, and favorable laws enacted, all looking to a grand emigration from tbe Southern States to the Brazilian- _Are. Thousands of deluded Southern 'era flocked to. Brazil, many. of them asking the Parliament of that country to make them Brazilian citizens at once, by SpeCial enactment. s , When the writer was in' Para three years ago last summer, emigration from tfie Southern States was at full tide.— The "Catharine Whiting, ,, a large ocean steamer, came down from New Orleans with a load of chivalry, who were .loud in their declarations that they wanted' nothing of the American Bag—oift government. An 'intelligent phyeician from Alabama ' proclaimed that any man could have his interest in the United States for Ore% cents 24 —' nd he was the owner of a large Plan "tatien-:-Which was in the hands of the governMent „just then, however all that blatanfcrowd of Of traitors, who left their country defying the ,govern nient, proclaiming, their independence of It, and their determination ,never to return, three -fourths have returned at Vvernment expense, sick at heturt, heat an,.and poor.: Some were sent home, at their own earnest treaty', by the Bra zilian government, some died, and a .T. IL /i, P. C. VAN OEM% Editor., BOUND AIIIF4. The Brazilian govetn went, w_hiiih an three years ago, does so no louip , er,, t tpd, after spertilinkileven mouths I the writerof this can truly satsttia ha l 1ia00 41 44 catty tiy for 4'444 l 4)l44i!otiMitrs 4Ooe nipi ri „ . There ia--Or 'waavinsk,summec..—a coy oulzation scheme oe Font inMaSilaiu inittsewhich-had-foritis:iihjiCelhit'itse. thug of a tract of laud above the falls of the Madeira river. They had secured' .•_iii:gg-t...?(-lutiti-itionut.--5-tw_elve4eagnes• - •sgiitire, on the route of the rai lll o-944 hußt'aretind . thb .0 0 gcM'4l°36!i,figia-01!.404i;Pik04.1P0 .: vileg9 of,;ii lug OwiA laws,, ,under the: 000Pt111.094., Of , .-I:l9ltvia - . -But ie • 111. ft; 81818_0% civil war to-day, - and the: governmentausY , be :changed to= kink ! ihandigat,any time ; 'gird - -next!-adniltritik. tmticuinity,.he InimiCAV-tO ll .lYatikele' li r eretim't and itrWili then 'bb seen` haw 'v e r yPetaistki the loVertimentdl adenoe is Wirers lierbtics 4re The above remarks are .itineed 4 .k:sports that have Olitained currency' in ,scpcul i effect I that, some, pOrtionii of Oentii, .A.ixqtrica are very, de4,, sizable tho emigrant ,i", , he.is looking for a' *arLPPr., 0 1 lautiOu icrabined with othei adyantageai that some South • Americar;goyernmerds—among them Broil—are offering 'fine inducements to ''e4igrants ;- and that 'iteme; t4iS paper, hasnor , ne oragencY 'Tin= Oierity , :for' `advancing ''etinigititiOn''''tO those countries. '.Tterrib ilotting to' do' witb'tliat'anft' Of' thing; j _ belfOnd Atherlinin ” chanic, Country. It J0.1014-erionghZibiO4d 7 .lnUtigh, Sarni a ou h , 4404 _Comforlal Audlitis a. bad'countfyto:cntigtntalront,v ,, :v ;-* - EC STATISVICS, OF OOMMERCE AND 'MI Frobi men thly c repoit No.,b cf the Bureau ititPtelistiT we learn t that, the imports for the „eleven months ended November 30, 1870, exceeded the ox ports by $15,519,414, while, for the cor •responding period of 1869; the excess of imports was $84,099,010: - Making due allowance for the differencihr the ware; house account, the true adverse balance in 1870 is $15,910,018; Witiowhig ari proven:lent over the stone ,Period ofl-18-. 68 of $59,654,994. Of the total imports for the 4ven months ended November 30, 1870, ,$428,455,888 consisted of mer chandise, ,and $24,229,636 ,of gold and silver. , Of, the merchandise, $408,964,- 581 was dutiable, and $19,491,107 free of duty. 'Of the I total domestic exports, $344,816,762 was merchandise,'and $83,- 718,263 specie and The value of foreign commodities ,re maining in warehouse November 30, 1870, was $51,382,211, as compared with $48;279;572, November 30,1889. The proportion of the, foreign trade, carried itt . American vessels, respective ly, during the eleven months , ended Novornlier 30, 1870, was as folloiis : Imports in American vessels, $145,- 1' AL. 1,311 ; exports, $179,421 ; 084. Imports in foreign vessels, $307,505,013 ; exports'; $306,264,368, "Some of our rural contemporaries do net ap pear, to take the cermet view of, the land 'grant made to the:Northern Pacifici railroad. One 'Of thein says that it wants to see the road a success on the largest scale ;, but it goes on to say that if the people are to bo robbed of the land, they ought to own the road when it shall bo comple ted. That sounds very. well. But then do the people want that land until the =di.% conniver'. t a d ?_ • xney - couta neither get to. it, or away from It, or find a market for their products, without the road. Who then is to •be beneflited in the end, the people, who will be able to settle up the country became of the road, or the men Who furnish the cash to build it? •The answer.is—both;. but most, the people of the U. States. If by giving away ten. of- twenty acres,- worth now twenty dollars, all told, the remaining ten aores,will be worth ten dollars n acre , we conclude that giving, in so much, Is , he true way to make money.". , We clip the above from the-Day,end believing it has reference to an article lately published in,this paper,lwe Bove a few words to say' on "railroads 'gene rally, and ‘incire especially euch road's as are built at The people's eipezisOnt run most decidedly thnintereats ; of powerful corporations. We think we do understand and take the correct vie* of the' land grant made to the Northern Pacific, railroad. The people not,only want that land, but every foot of arable land that belongs to them.— It is of .no :consequence, whether they want it for present settlement or' for a reserve, to come in when needed. " The land will not spoil ; and we submit that it had better remain unsettled for the .next , fifty years, than pass into the' hands of a powerful' corporation, who will, EIS short experience l "Use 'their power to shape abet'abet'Control' kegia talon- Air their own eapecial i benefit, to 'the sUbverslon of 'the principles which, are Supposed, to rule in a republic.— New Jersey is under railroad rule, and is littlsrpore Of a republic than a , Ger mfln New York politics are mainly shaped by . railroad interests, and, the . rascalities 'of that .State are too well known to need come ment. *We years ago we were in the West, on a line of road along which_the settlers had moved'heaveu and earth to , get a railroad in Operation, that they Ai - ilea have a market' for their wheat, and ready communisation with‘the (mt, side world. The road was, - ,built : and Wheat, that was .worth $2 5.0 in .New York, sold along the line of road in 'Minnesota for 80 cents.. The balance was absorbed by the company for trans portation, which also charged six cents per mile.fOr each, passenger. We =hear much abriut cimpetition, when parallel lines shall,;at some distant day—form the rule rather :th a n the eXcepticin."— Railroad Corporations are too shatp for that; they 'do not cOmpete ; they coin , bine—to fleece the people and the small stockholders; also, they will take care that no paralleljhes are built near en ough to interfere with them, save in a few exceptional i cases, and in all these cases the compap e s will combine. .It 'ow looks very n as though the present century were to witness the develop ment of a new oligarchy—that of the railroad. Every man knows that no' one thing wilts° rapidly open up 'and - develope_a ceuntry, if rieW„ or ad quick.: en and increasevaluos In 'an ofd settled region, as the litri track._ What then.? Is that a sufficient reason for resignint ourselves to a governriieni of corpora tions ? or for bribing these Corporations to btiild toads, by Jam!, grant's?. It strikes tislherels abOut as mu& land developed 'Ai the present time- requires. We would Ilko.to see.every sore of pub lic - held; • not already; the hands of speoulato*or Mailed 'by :corporations;' k!).14 Oft9refaiy In reeervelor are not liked in wanted then.. • 1. NAVEUTION. , 1 tlers—no one to hold more than a fluor , ter section, or to own even that on any terms are - pe short*hooa ll 4°?94o o . 4l4 k- 1 94; reliitic4ittitiV:::ltaiieliil kf'etly' jb e safe to be built where_ they are eally needed. No conixivition asks a onus for huildingarailr44 In Igaaaaabuaetia, where the s e#bnilyli:ti 14, - tifieftEretit i t; roads : an4iyioiliinitia gii#4411.**41147 lug iniptiTittliOtAttl oft, ygtkioo . the cuisnornerg elite r titt , -. 'l , -.:'''.‘? . Industry, ; blmelity, urity in legisla tion, and patriotism : .i.hesn a re what, __...._... , tnalle - a n ation , powerf I and enduring;., ioIVYM I ,4 ) 441.4.49.4. A . n l cktAalipeor dill, t i ransPOrting PAka",°E,Oui#MAClVtieo liti - Oi - iititirofitiliii WIWI ati tioqi.„ ,readribe,'''Weilii6 ioiiiplaitileg;ttia,t' railroad' corpoiiitlonk Have : . ?'ent.i.:;?l of t ' klegiplqiiteil;'• il4pg, tbeily . p 0 '1"f - Os a , of i eourati, i Vi 'illll . itridiitheir bwll tatereste, l 4 eft ays I lig loibi tin G rates a uld ,opEess-1 1 tii4- ,/1 9/& l 4c!irri4e Inagßer9f.Pctiv-.1 erfu)l4.Wkrikti4s,lierOgile*s )01row_11 'Bfil t i e' : i-t - r_,_tq , Abs. /404.4141 t iot•the, " ter.inAty!w+Riek - pontyat." i. , Th ere ik.no ~ 1 ' .., Ouch 19441tehari,o 4 ew :Jersey : : it le Cam, 'deli'. and Amboy, i :New _York )legtelti- , t , tum As a laughter and,:eetdflnwamong. Rather than tiii9,t , voe'wotild'see eVerY 3 rallread; lobornotive; 'ear and iwith ail their presidCoa end - 41tirde, of direeters, sunk it:010'4101e, of the ; ocean:' Cari l m:Ore, elate the'lialu e of the ,fron. ; track, than dc•. yVa recognio, 'the railroad ' the g ie * t i,P. l w ei ß 9r of PP %SO- , /30:: ilealYeo see, Soetr.olledoby—root . 'contiollip4- 7 1egislation. •We , ; wi s h to see it r4190 , .4Y - , — PotPking -- the'people; iliti4eryient to—not „subversive .A.nd.we. most earnestly desire tO xect every "railroad built' at 'the preperexpiMso ofi the ownertti'lhereef. We a fi~rr eme " prophet; -neither 'the lien of a prophet but ..We" are 'a- Yarikkik; .nid fsieyentiirelb gdefis", : "Aliat iir'=leak ti i= ~tvyyn#y3+eara'tli'e lifiddle feWitilkli _States W,I111:Ye oentrel,:hfilesli--as is not iinlilady4the people 6411 decide le regurate 10 - Werth mattersunder th.eliiiir,'pat:ivas sO,suc- .cesSfully aPPlied to tie . tea traile f about vef ‘ ra a In a later article, the editori of the Day says, " Posterity will , atnile—we trust not•sneer—...en reading the argu ments of the present against aiding in the construction -of these great high ways to the Pacific)." Yes: that poi-' Wm of posterity claiming atlinifY With JIM Fisk and others of that siftiPe..- 7 But we think it very likely that theedi: itor of the Day will live to real Producers of the republic smile:rather after the faShion of Abner, Dean Of An gelo:if, when the "" clunk "of old red. sandstone took hltu in the abdonien." (Correspondence of the Agitator.] ILtearairuao, Feb. 25, 1871 There is not much that is new origi- , tutting in the Legislature present, consequently communications u p 032 that subject must necessarily be dull to the reader. The indefatigable Peter Herdic has his bill before the Legiela tare again for the -forming of a rietv ,county out of parts of Tioga; Bradford and Lycoming, and with 'about 'the same prospect of success as . heretofore, unless people's minds change very . laud denly. It is said that a continual drop ping will wear a stone, and this deter minedpermistence,' year after'year, may finally accomplish this .purpose., Let bewhen those who are interested for get or Jaegleot to oppose it ! Our • Legislature of 1869 appointed three commissioners to simplify Orem 4nse and codify.our civil code, 'or di gest of the laws now contlausil l l3- 11 = -- dAllosi nau ueeeMe too bulky and complex for every day use, and they have reported to this session the i result of their labors, comprised in a volume of about 800 pages, instead of .the Ipo as now used. I have not ox aMined it very carefully, and therefore cannot speak with accurate knowledge, but a majority of the, lawyers think it makes such an innovation upon the hitherto forensic' and mystic profession, that every man :may become his own lawyer, and-hence akserious lopping off of , their legitimate business• It •does' seem as if this professioni;of all-Others; still adheres to th.atnntertainmOde 'of teaching and Praottsing•that h ad-its or= igi IA with the heathen oracles of `ancient 'Greece and Rome, and the soothsayers of the remote Ohaldeans, who could in; terpret to meet: the , emeigency ftte , case—and hence so many deoleions overruled:by our courts. A ensign •is fixed to dispose of the bill for calling a Constitutional Con vention, and it looks now 'as if some plan would be agreed on satisfadtery to all parties, and if So, the apportionment ; bill will speedily follow ;' which 'Would have been urged before; but for the tar diness of some c,ountieseln sending in their septennial census returni, the last,' Fuller, county, having been 'received by the kienTetary lad iweeir. St. Valentines day' 'was' nshered with a ; blinding' stiOW , storni;' and 'So continued during the greater pareof the day, to the 'great detriment and venience of _thole who' bad or wished to have business at the post office. Be tween the sidewalks and main traveled streets the snow is piled tip in i embitnk;. meats, reminding one of the ' line' of earthworks :on , • - WashingtOn heights,' thrown pup by our milftinto TirOted - the capital at the time , of Lee's invatlion; and they would Ibis abifint as' effective. ' Tell the people of burnt up TiOga ttt petition the' Legislatute - for raltefiti this their calamitysin mitt:winter; and they ,must of needs render it to theta / as they appropriated $20,000 to the 'itietf,; l titute inhabitants Of Mi ffl in, and' their loss was by no ineatis'so great. The Legislature pissed a resolution. adjourning over from Pridayintil Mon day; to EilltAir membersto visit their homes, and also to celebrate UK; 22nd, Washington's blithdaY ; consequently Harrisburg is vacated, and the hills of the capitol silent and 'voiceless. There are two bills be f ore the Legia; lature relating to tfinperance, one or both of which Will pass and become the law of the State. The firatie called the "Local qption'," aot allowing the citi zena of any' tonship,, ward and born' in the Conuneriwealth to, :vote once in tiiree years lipPktliequerition of license or ne license ,; and the, other is / the in 'deixinity act, : making the; parties who sell Peeve away . , alcc•hollo drinks, re ipMisible for all damages doge- by the , Individual while 'TWO:the inilpence liquor this obialaed l tole sued fc.r,,by any' person ixotio„or; . by, the wife in ha, own rjg4 f ,',l;kr by9 l 4 ll 4lik by, their TherifELe, stronger poranneeleinent'en ,46re„ active tem perance-gieri the prsent Legislature than r hive - e*Or observed before and: they seem to be in earnest in their en deaVors to limit and ciranmscribe the , traffic; with what \ result, the, future Will 1 Notwithstanding' the legislation of #I9 / 4 0 d'3'.?li4e, it,ia 8 { 41 4 by the ,refOr mers of the day that ,there has been a yearly . ineretise in its widespread devils. FAlMA4Lalmizirtuki , utekcato 'anxiously kaikiligToivittid to entire ,but reforms of this magni tude ard-V!**,,giowth, and obtained only by unlOtitled diligence. It .111ar., jq to di , d):Alitgl . Auntaiti at its selySft a i ;t„,ii4. - Ko 4014 tplheadlong flow aftety lt = 44ll4 . lciicethlkiii:ditnensions of a Misl*4l: 1yi1var;.014.4344 / with internperak prohibit ilianahufacture, and the rest is easily accomplished; follows as a ua , _turaLresuit.- -• 1 1 14/ 4 0 tkti tit ,;a u 4 tltE46'; 46fil el. to theVtitiii joyAiksonip - vriatiorvirolonger wars with nstiorl,.Aud ) the , I?ugle , ! note no longer stiratiii*lts embattled hosts '6;l:main earnival,of hlopd and,lournis, Mind death." Wad Vesit left in its wale; Wilde desolated domes; what, mournAng 04404 emery. 'hbUsehOld; tied the orphans ,and owe left to eke out the balm - ice of their 'lives bereft of their head and `Outif;ort:; 'and for'wbet?' ' emitted *nit i° 4l3 f 4 e4 Y 2 O, delds„ of slaughter;• an ` , sorer" the question. God hasten the de3r` when. nations Isbell learn 'We'r,V, -more,. and universal l 0141J:feign. suitrithe thi6tifilioue the whole inhabl table glebe I „ , Tioga Dietriot Convention I. O. Of G. T. Thie ConVention met at the Baptist .church In Tioga, Feb, 15,1871,AildVas gelled to order by P W C T E. T. Bent ley. The following office* , were' then Appointed : WV T, Mies Fanny 3 Voorhees; W C:.tohn 'W M, S. W. Trull; W Guards,D. A. ,Gaylord , play. 'll4e,m,l.Auteo of. the last Conven , timq were read and approved. • • Thek,following committees were then _appointed; Qn ter, - Stank - and S. Kingsley.- I(esolutions—S. B. White, ,EdsvArd N. L: ; It SY ni)ids add O. ,0..-Xinge leY. 410,934r4e5tu I/ tit two:P4 m; : • Afternoon Session.—P W OfT:inlbe chair. Convention 'opened . iii -. 6rifer.-- C9mmittee on, credentials report as fol lows: " Blossburg—N. L. Reynolds, E. Must. sehx(ani n J. C. Pierce, A. S Spink, . W. Train. • ,_ , , Morris Itun—E. B. Harris, Geo. Ft ler,.TOhn Stroud, - M. Davis, hfarY Sax ton, Lizzie Jones, Edward Filer„L Il,', and john Cook, I) IL ' , Roaring Branch—lsaac Ashlin. Mansfield—C. S. Kingsley, Fanny J. ~ . ._.. Voorhees,• D. A. Gaylord; Jennie, L. Bailey, S. S. Gillett, L D. . ,Tic a-.-B, Baldwin, B. S. Mulford; L. H. Tuttle, Elizabeth Barrow,e," Mag gie. M Carty, John Stevens, LD. • •_ We Isboro—D. H. Na,ramore,john,l., Mitchell, Snide Parker, Ada BOA-i, ,J. O.V. Bailey, DD. . ; , i Rutland—Myron Mills, Mrs. Mills,' Judson Smith, 'Mrs, Srafth. Wide Awake- 7 8. B. White, DD. • Report of the committee received and ~• the committee discharged. The differ ent lodges represented were called, and the delegates reapinaded, giving tla e number 'of members, condition of the lodge, &o. The reports show th atmost the. lodge in the county" are in a , flourishing condition. . • 1 The Convention then proceeded to .the nomination and election of officers for the coming year, which resulted as follows : For WCT,J. 0. W. Batley ; W V T, Ella D. Bentley ; W T, E: Mus- Neiman ; WS,E. T, Bentley. The fol lowing were hen . appointed : W 0,- ,Rey. N. L.. eynolds ; WM, S. W. Trull,;. WD ,- Jennie L. Bailey ;W I lic a, ,George Fi er ; W R H 8,, Emma Thompson ; LH 8, Emma Elliott. It vas resol ed that the remaining sessions of the onvention be open, and citizens gekiiitally be invited to attend. --.ekujicifrsmi-uisiirt /1---trutuni. - .:-.. - Evening Session.—After singing, prayer was offered by Rey: F. Graves. Palmer, John Stroud, and..,others, then addressed the Convention. Song, " There's a Good Time Coming," by JOhn Cook. Song, -" , The Drunkard's Dieam," by Edward and Geo."Filei. :Adjourned until nine o'clock Thurs day morning.. s Thursday Morning.-Convention call ed tc,Order.by WC T. Prayer was 'of fered, by Rev.; N. L. Reynolds. Trea surer's report read and' accepted: The officers; elected and tippointediyere then • duly ;installed by.D,D's John Cook and & xt, I'Vhite.:' .The Convention'' "then proceeded•to the election of a place for ,the next meeting. Wellsboro and Bloks-' burg_ were named. BlossbUrg haVinti majority of votes, was declared. to be' the place for - the -nett meeting of thii onvention. . The committee . On testa ation s thenoffered thelollOwing,wh fah, were adopted: !, • • =•• , Whereas, After more-Min one hundred' years' trial of license-laws, it is found that all laws designed to regulatithe use and sale ,of intoai. 'eating drinks have &pied a failure, therefore, . Resolved, That ablobate and entire prohibitien is tho only effectual and safe remedy.: : ,1 1 , 2d.1 That in view, of the great.desolation cann ed by the rum fiend,and the manifest determine,- lion pf the,Whiiky rang 'to °cilidh° 'arid widen thetraffic, temperance . men are more aniiialy called upon to inaerlAP,lr-Offerta - --to' enjipfeis ' the [MEW; and;lelying npon_Him ".wile cannot loot upo n, gin with War leastdegreiof allowance," go fort to;the contlicitirithEeteMperiiitee reform. 3d;f 4 T a we deem it the , duty of airecy 'Good Taeplaw.and "of Crary Christian,,to, labOr to n om.° total abetinerkia ft.:mimics for the ehildienin all our. schools ; and that we *lll use our utmost' endeaiors to eeoure,eneh organisations through out this cohnty ; and ; that abatinenee kook .to bacon lie, included in the pledge', of'slieh society. 4th. That we do not regard 'any' man who drinks or sells intoaioating drinks ass beverage, or who justillektho selling or "drinking of, the , nl4O as etiohi elf fit to, be the representative, (its ehrtatian people; and' we hereby'affirm' that no 'parti attachment shell' lead us to suppo rt any '-ifuch Mauler *Mee; and further, that t is Con vention appdit: ti - committee of three whose duty Wetzel! be to investigatithe facts th regard to * roltability of;variouli candidates for (Moe • _, • :Vent of .license and temperana, and nipattitill.the lodges interested. - i •-.. Oth.,Thet,e , e gannet hope to 'attain unlimited •iiiiii co mplete succese•nntil the Churoh,shalltake ' bleneath its 'foitiiring are and, protecting. Mite !dicta mina willoh is twin slater to that Of our Rely Christianity; -and we therefore call Ipon *Wind:Ohara and friends of the Chtirehi and es. .peeially upon all ministers of , the , Gospel, to "come over to Macedonia find :help us" dispel the clouds that have so long 'darkened our sky ; and that by ad doing great good would be atom plished; and the, pause of ; morality and ehrtatian. ity would be greatly advazieed in our, land. • Bth. That we recOmmend'to each lodgeto form a Band of Hope in connection with 'the lodge,' for the'purpose of educating the children I in the principles of total abstitionce. , . . 7th. That this Convention deeply sympathize the people ofi Tioga - Village - and vicinity id their great loss, by fire ; that we regret the source *ern wliallee the conflagration came—the '. Hole :in the Warr—whielr wait it notable plate for gambling and drinking. 'MA! teiMperaneeirien "end women; deeply. regret; that such a gostly tem.- perance lecture should be given in - any .town or, villaga•and that Mich a sad calturOo should:be v,teited upon anypeore hrthe • legal " or 'illegal sitio - ot in t oxicating rinlq. . c „ I I ; : ;,:-', Bth. Th at we tendor ' onr thanks to the *Tioga Baptiat Church and - gaiety,' for' the nee of their house of werehip,for the meeting of the Convert lion, and to the citizens generally for their kind-. iiessmid haplttility. - •,. sth., That a copy of these radiations ha pub -1 ' eel in s a l l -- the ,pepersTin Alia . adudty, in tEI Templar. and State o yengn E 4, : „ • 000491.. the Ord,e; :..-ftev,i,lY. T i : B e y_ *Ol4 addressed ti.e Converktlon ~ a nd 'the toilo:Cvli*pre,arablp 'sad resolution were offered,' diiciusied aild passitd; Tunas,. ,In all ages of tke ,world, ,and in au 'civilized nations, woman'hitie evert an ready to labor and pri7 for , whatoliii Was 'good, and a ,we have theirlabor and influence with ns and for us in the great; temperanoireforia, therefore r;; ;. ,Iteidved, That latiamich as, women- bate the righttolaticit and pray , tiler thilitlfai,tu'yht to have the right to e . cdc,,,-; ,1., I- :i - , , _ ... . The -Aonvention then adjoining' to , meet cat Bioamburg, the time to be fixed tby the Secretary. - • A beautiful girl in l'ipw, .41101postponad her wadding day for two wirits, se site walent going to bo married with her Xotioltli 'spudded w Aqt,aul9 l 4tiPOitft ' , 2*` J4 , ' --, ' l i 4. 04p4,. fi l foh*0)4 1 ,,I00;:\ A fe go flNie 0 fiAu IShekii,e(ii*alileberry Padikft t iNtlii , iii i iitirei# .thing for a Olteifnoon. ' ' pin g i.,. i.. 4,..- itILLED BY A PBT RATTLESNAKE.— 'lthirTittigifillif Ireiald - oil Chilliii says : A man nained Andrew 'Brennan, who resides at the house of GeOrge Vl'ili#on Wainer Farnriviastitteti - hk- ti'fiittle B L I O /e i W 41 4 4 14 ti/ft kietr , fis - A Petl'Arld liki gered in great agon ' until the morning ~f the 16th, when death ended his suf. , : ferilge. - ~,,-:!--',:,,. - - , ),,'?.4 i: - , ij• *Ss Emit! wool on Tuesday evening; hfareb"l, at hot Aluste,form. Boys and Girls at 6} p. m, adults at 'The Rudiments of musk; singing by note will bo thoroughly taught. •Tertno-41,00 tot 15 .Payment in advances: PENNBYINANI3 • State Normal School,. • - - Dietriet,—.Manafielq, . Tioga i' Te'r . nt"Oietat` .31ardh . 27th 1 :1 .., • • , " , t k BOARD 'OP - INSTRDOTION: ,• 011.1k*ES li. yganif;L, A. M.j PRINCIPAL, Prof4geor kir Soloaco and . Art , of Teaohiog, add hantalond Moral Philosophy. ; - 8.,-, Professor • of Mothoalttlio . otri4 Natural: Philosophy. • JOfIN It. CLARK, A. 'a: b .- Professor of An oient•Languages and English Grammar.' '" ' "BUBB FRANCES A. (1001-IRAN, PRECEP- Taxpe, Instruotor of Modern - languages, Botany and Geogrgh . y . .. _ • 1 . • 1111.1313 — SUAN ILTRESTON, E Instruct -9r of Beading andHloontion, ISAAC Q. HOYT, Pilifeini ;of' Insi'fii,ine4iai M0014.'-" . -•' ' • • CHARLES P rofe s sor Cl'.llloAlgSdt;:o o f #nciPainting. " • 'I;E WIS, lAEA% Instructor, of, Pennoinsiiii . ASIISg, ANNA,: N. , li•ELSEY.,, Assistant.. in • • 'I 17114 E It. PIi.A.TTOde,E.,-Priticipal -of Mot. • MISS 'illOr.fi‘Ar- ii 1 044)14,[;8: 'E;i:llotoptress: ' 1 4.1 8 S LIZZO HAMES, -F.'; - 49.8sistant.. STATE , • fi CENTS OR MORE PER -WEEK secured by 'declaring intention to tettoli.": . ' " • By d recent act of the Legislature, the-follow ‘ ing appropriations are inside 'by the fitate 7 ,lo . 4"rormiti Students , and taraditates:. Each StyPint - ofrer et:66mm years of nap, who shall sign* paßoi declaring hie a intentiOn to teach in tho 'Oen:Mien School of tho State, shall receive the sum of Fifisf,Cents per week towards defraying the oxpoivies , Of tuition and 'hoarding'. 2. Each student over seventeen -pars of . ago, ,who was Vliiabled in the military and naval service of the ;United States, 'or' of l'entieylvania, or ,whoscfath'ee lost his life in , said service, and who steitil sign an agreement as above, shall re ceive the sum of ONE Douala per wee k. 3. E4oh Student, who; upon 4raiittatin g , , shall sign ati agreement - to .teach -in the gommon Scheoli of this State too' fun itches,* shall receive the anti of Fiiirr mittAits. 4, Any Student to seearc these, benefits; must attend the School at ' least twelve Consecutive weeks. ,„ , 0 21 Selma) roar must be at least four moritba • • . - • ; . Riptomes AND NIPNNBIIB. _ . All tile DlPlomas aro authorized and furnished by the State, and exempt those,who held them from any further examination by authorities acting „under the provisions of our Common Oohed laws. . • '— V . . Empenies foe/ire/loot Yoar'of 42 Weeks,lncludieg Board, Tuition Room Rent, Fuel, Oil, and Washing, V88;(l.18 60 dents, or $1 per "week,l as atatpd above,) and less $5O it graduating. Expenies for Third Term, (14 lireeks,) cern menelng March 27th, 1871, inoluding, as 'above, $62, (lees 50ots. or SU/or week.) Tuitioh and Book at, for those who do not board'in!Nermal Build g, $lO per term, (14 Weeks,) less bOote. or $1 or week. V Ins rtv4tion in instrun ental Music, including use of instrument, $L pe' week. Penmanship, (24 Lessen, t ) $1.60. • Dratoing, $3 per term. - . Painting, $8 to $lO per ann. ' ' ." ' Board can be obtained in private fainilies, at $8.50 to $t por week. No EX I rHA ,CHARGES. Studenti - admitted at' any time: ' , • ~ . • All bills aro to by pdid promptly in advance to the Principal, Who acts as agent for the Trustees. Students hoardiniin the Normal Building furn ish sheets, pillow-oases, and ono comfortable,. Forhair information, or admission "to the Soh4 *l, dress the principal • fur Maoafi la, February 15th, 1871..-6 t dts . of New Goods ! • COME, TO , T. L. B.A.LDWIN IL 001 TIOGA, PA. and see a nice stock of Goode for the FALL WINTER, such as I,tmamp welizz ocoma —all styles, colors and patterns— ALPAOAfi; POPLINS, BLAOK AND :,-,4POLOBBD, SILKS, do., &o. BEAUTIFUL , Winter SHAWLS and a large assortment to Select from. CLOAK'S itEADY—MADE, AND CLOTH I!irAIC.E, MORE, ALL KINDS OF I "LNINGS, FRINGES, TASSELS 180 - :,; TO TRIM DRESSES Olt :'PACMJES: , ';,; r. 2 1 -1— ' —Our stook of— I\ '. 4 ie f KEE NOTIONS oan't be b l eat. It keeps up with everything the ' Yanicess have tbtought of so far. • ROOP SKIRTS, BALMORAL SKIRTS, CORSETS, &C. EDGEMEGS too nuaterous, to mention; but will Ray that you will seldotrefind.so farge an assortment to select from ima codntry.store, and clear down to the BPTTOM FIGURE. We else lFeep,a)e t rge,aaßortotteet of - READY...MADE CLOTHING In enite,and parte of suite. Should we fall to suit' and you with ,ready-made, we have Caselmere • A, TAILOR TO CUT AND FIT. Boots and Shoes, • all styles and gees. OM AND OAPS, STRAW coops, • AND' I 9ENTB' FURNISHING • 'GOODS; A COMPLETE LINE OP CROCKERY, WOODEN WARE, HARD WARE, SHELF HARD - WARE, NAILS, IRON;' Lochs, Latches, Carpenters' Tools. • • , . A .&PER L TOOK OF - • G-ROCERIES. *.:4 6 YE SEWI G MACHINE. Partnere, iflyouwanttoo . lB to work with drop in SALT, LTME, PLASTER, PORK, FLOUR Cayuga F7aster,tto. 'ButtertubsiPails,Firkins i and Ashton Salt to fla,yor 411 Alnds of Part Prodnoevrant a. PTIO9 can't be boat. " ' - T. L. BALLITIN & Vogl, Pjr ;00t.19, 1410, INMMIBM _-- ,• _ . • ' WILE SUBSCRIBER' would respectfully thrum 4 uontiattrons upd •JI: that he has utaltalarialadanitana in prises of lits , seint r,ttuurt of . La . Shawl%:-Dres GoOd%:Fur - s i , ;,::GENTS, BOYS and YOUTH : t- ' Ready-Made - et thirig. OE ME= „ - CLOTHS, CASHMERES, all of which are offered faraali OT.,..U.cia.4y..Pus pricoctbot cial• hat , lol.t# give satisfactioe”' Ttici Coralally In'cliedto call and caw-cants vlnced that now is tba Ouse to buy cheap. Tbei highest Markut-Prico Paid for all kinds o Virelisbli,ro, rob. 22, 1811 Largest Establishment The I . Y ~r` .T_TAVING facilities for buying and handling large qiiantities olGoods (maths blin to cdfur a them at the lowest Jobbing pricaa, In our retail Jepartrnent'Goods are - sold at a hwalt ad= vance over wholesale prices.. A largo stuck ci FE I ISTIEV11; Transfer Orna"newts / t,asipeing- Pencils and Brushes for Carriage and '1 Cutter Ornamenting. A full line of all clasf%Caoods appertainiL to oull " ; Feb. 1,1871-1 y ./.Bt6iy-el SHOVELS; SPADES, FORKS, BENOII- ,SOREWSI WOOD SOREWSXA . RIAGE BOLTS, BURRS, SKEINS, WASHERS, PIPE \B XES, A XLE-9'REES, ELLIP TIC SPRINGS, HORSE SHOES, HOOP, B ARAAND IRON, GRINDS ONE HANGINGS, CORN POPPERS, SAUSAGE 0 TTERS AND STUFF RS COMBINED. Also, PISTOLS, PISTOL RTRIDGES, PowDr, ; AND CAPS, PATENT BARND 0 HANGINGS. k ill, - a new thing, and made for use. These arc but a few oft a many articles composing he stook of Hardware,. I invite the public to call and examine for themselves. I aim t keep the beiet quality ' of goads in my line; and all work to order done promptly and well. IIiASI-I,i DOORS, BLINDS, AT ,ACTpAIY PRICES ; ,_.-1 7iVellsbore,Fdb. 1,1871-Iy. . AvtILLIAM ROBERTS. . , I J A_. Parson & Co's CLOSING 011 The subscribers, in order to reduce their stock to a anti Spring Stock, are now offering Groat Bargai a in i Dress Goods; haw riFurs, Skirts, Cass' t ALSO, REMNANTS OF ALL izrefering to turn the balance of our stock of Such Goo We bavo also made reductions in tie, pricos of a number SHOES, to 'lnt during this sale . • We are also adding daily Bargains in housekeeping tri legs, Napkins, Bayles, Tahle Covers, Bleached and Brow Prints, Oleg/Jaws, do We are earlier tbart usual this ye are cheaper now than' they can be' later in the season, an Fiorcbasers as early as they can. It is very certain that t Feb. 1, ,1871. TIEW.,,,,,,ARRATIGEIVIETITS ,~t. *i 7 : WHOLESALE, AND RETAIL El 'RHODE ISLAND{ IND GLASS, ALL SIRES, SINCILC AND DOODLE TRICK. - PAINTS,'ALI, KINDS 'AND COLORS,' VARNISHES AND VARNISH BRUSHES, A FULL STOCK. 1 Semii-Ann AT CORNING, N IMI Boots @Vete Produce. TLIGAIA:3 HAI; DEN in Norlhern Pa. ! tao, Jilin! MK, r business kept in stock toves /fa, ing on hand a largo stock of Tin, Stoves and Hardware, the undersigned takes pleasure to announce that he, has at a groat outlay), ad ded t? the usual stock of the old stand on MAIN STREET, WELLSBORO, a. miciplete assortment of Shelf Hardware, of which he enumerate the following articles ; NAILS, ' SPIKES, CROWBARS, X OUT, MILL, lIAND' AND BUCK SAW, -BUTTS, STRAP HINGES, CARPENTER'S TOOLS, PUMPS, AXES, AUGERS, BITTS,BITT STOCKS,-HATCHETS, CHISELS, al SALE factory am - au:tit, to wat,o tuoni fur a ,\ s, C ,oakings meres, IN IS OF GOODS, 3 into Cash, oven at ft SaCrifrdEA. hoes, of styles of WINTtlt BOOTS and EMI ohs ir ',oda , in Tablo 'Linens. Tow's, Towel. Sheetings and Shirtings, Tie:kings, ,r with New Goods, but •no think they ativiso our customers to make tbei Sy can be no cheaper. A PARSONS, & CO. I • 1 1 t itrading W. C. KRESS MI