Hf TIOGA thNir ArTitoo
e usuatitil iTiAT WE, N AID4T *CIPtkIAX ,
P. C. Van Gelder,
fißliS OF SUMMON •1ti , i,d411101,- ,
- , , •
b s orlytlon,(Per year) "
RATES IEI ADVERTI*I III4 .I.; rir
r Luqe OF !Jantott oa sne, aumi.oZta B.4VASi.;:t
sg`r3.... 1 In. 1 Slsn! 4 In?
I $ l ,O O 182. 12 0 SA I4 I $51,051 I STA 112.'
liplttr s _
filiCol.:
~ Col.
S veclal 'Notices lb cents - per Utia'Sdttortator
Fatitspettitutr, , ._ .„
o stop
Blanlti, Constable Blanks ,Deods yinar
• 0/.% rr iago Certificates, &c. ;on hand. -.1!
is I_,Tr3IN ICtiliS O.4I:ELTAS.
1; MITCHELL. DAVID CAMERON.
Mita°ll k Cameron,
Al tortivris COUNSELT,ORS AT LAW'
Insurance, Agopts. 001cp
Welleboro, Pa. Nov.l, 071. E
• = • 1
,
J. & CO.;
13ANICERS,
I'ARIMUAST.
JO.N rAßKEtintsr. ELELA.I , 79. - PA
P.ViTISON.
31, 1.871-ono
See Coates at Co. . _
A KERS, Knoxville, Tioga, toutiti, P . a.—
lieeelve money on deposit, discount notes,
acid sell drafts on New York City. Coiled
cma promptly made.-::Jan 1,1871-y
IIORGAN SEELEY-. 08600111•
DAVID Ooe.vs, Knoxville;
VINE Caenz.ata.,
•
_ _ s
. . ,
GEO.. ; W. MERRICK, - •
4.Troititx and couNsEvairat . LAW.
Moo In Smith afid Bovron'i
prom Agitator ofrioe up stains, [second floor,'
Wallaboro .
Jan.4,1871-1y•
William A, SOne.
ttornoy and oounselor at Law, first door above
Oonverso Origood's store, on ZdalOtreat.
wellsboro, January 1,1871 Y
Jno. W. Adams,
aaclOoanselor at Law,llanstleld,T toga
aunty, Pa. Oollsotlona promptly - attended
tc , . Jan. 1, 1871-7
Jerome S. Niles,
,tortey and Counselor at Law. Will attend
promptly to business entrusted to hie oare In
;ho couctles of 'nose, and Potter. Office on
:he Avenue. Jan. 1, 1871 y
John W. GiLern.lby,
it'Jrnoy and Counselor at Law. All business
entrusted to him will be promptly attended to.
;IfLco 2d door south of Haslett's Hotel, Tioga,
Tioga County, Pa.--Jan. 41871.
Wm. B. Smith,
' , mien, Bounty and Inburauoe Agent. Cora.
, atmioationa rent to the above address will re,
:11-.-0 prompt attentfola. Terms moderate,
;Znoirllles Pa.—Jan. 1, 1871.
Seymour it ilorton,
aernoys and Counselors at law, Tioga
k!; h.usiness entrusted to their caro will recelro
7ro rcpt attention
C. 581'3107,12
Jaa 1. I.SIL y
TY. E. ATRIISTROYO• SAMUEL LAWN,
Azrastrong ET, Linn,
ATTORINV,YS - AT-LAW,
:VILLIAMSPORT,
tan-1,1871—y.
W. D. Verbal & Co. )
:bolesale Draggi!ts, and dea:ors in Wa4- Paper,
Norosano I.auq2e; Window Porfumery,
Paints, Oila, Go., ad.—earning, N.Y. JO:1.1"M
Bat on e 11. D.,
ihy:Aciau and 6urgeon,lst door east of Laugher
:met. Will attend promptly to
Wellaboro.—Jan. 1, 1671.
=1
A. M. Ingham, M. D.,
Offioo at his itzsNon`cu un tho
Avonita.—Jan. 1, 1671,
Smith's Hotel,
~.p, Va., E. M. Smith, Proprietor. Uouee 111
, 2,ll , 2crutitioa to sodocamodato the trave/Ing
!ct superior manner.—Jan. 1,1371.
Varincra' Temperance 11044.
:r zi Ni6NROL 3 ', haring parr:based thii house,
A - , I ~ , rviaat i future as in the past, strictly
_a ; , ,,nparAncei principals.'l
Every accommo
, tion for man awl beast Charges roason
uary 1, 1371 •
•
L'n!ou
:r. Va. ii n, Proprietor, Wellaboro. Pa.
pleasantly It:toted, and has all
.ha 7>ev&te. oes for man and boast. Charges
, nllerate,-3a 1, 1871-Iy.
W. W. VERB,- 31. D.,
Physician . a, d - Surgeon...
•,Fetes—Openin g out . Ilastiegs & Cole's
Drug Store.--mar. 1,1871..
Farm for -ale:
ONE HUNDRED ACRES with •ighty -
LJ acres improved, and situated .ear
the State Road, south of Arainsburg: tra 4CIT
!yin contains a comfortable house, ! "o goo.
t•irns and ninety fruit trees. It is well n'apted
to dairying and agriculture. Terms easy. In.
14k1 , 4 ‘.;f the subscrilier at Ilainsburg, Pa.
Jane 14, 1871—tt, 3. A. ROYCE.
Jewelry Store.
11E Undersigned would respectfully e6y to
the citizens of wcilsboro and vicinity, that
be has opened n •
Jewelry Store
tile bulldiog ii:cc‘nsly ocdupleti i%y C. L. Will"
ox. Hievtock uomprises a full assortment of
LOCp, WATCHES, JEWELRY,
m/VER AND PLATED-WARE,
6. ..11A il RISER, one of the best workmen
‘rtia rn Pennayirania.„ will attend to the
REPAIRING OF WATCHE'S
CLI2C.IKS Sze.,
r the skiii.kit doing w.hich his seventeen
!rs prao , icat experl , —.lce Nlciert cuarantee,
ES. ii. WAREIN
7111s1 , ort), Acg 23. 1371- tf.
ilt%iot, Shoe,. Leather and
Finditlig Store.
IL E. Sqllll it SON.
Tioga, Tiog» Co., PR
-I',.tzrUl . e.re their felende
11. ;In I CaZt..)(nerd ibzt (!,ay are doing &Jere'
ar I sho e busine.i ct'ultt<hOra ,streP t t, op
)4te Smith they keep boots or
o,r, I zhoet. t eaerybody,both for
"'el till gent? ; Ora) any kind of obitclietee
-Dropin
and see.
SON.
i tle 7. 03.71 tf
NATIONAL HOTEL.
liainfhtirg , conducted . on strlot • fere
porance principles by . the subscriber, wh.
1,1 1 spore no pains to make this house a pleas
hqme for the traveling publie. Being wen'
1/ppligi with house and stable room, be will
um; times endeavor to provide every comfort
for both m at and beast. Wm. B. BALL.
itiliaburg o Nor, Uttb, I 8 , b%
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", :VOL.
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WellshOttf"fletel 4 * 3-
3
101 00R. MAIN 8T..&. THE AV - ENV& v.
VirBLIABORO,
150,00
••OD
, .
SQL. BW-F4 , , 'Pilo!.li.,
31-k :
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Thl Is a. popular Ilete ,a e y ep -.. ...
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Itoildo.y. 'rho Proprietor will spare 4 . 4' pa !tete
make it a first - liouse. All the ; at•
rive and depart from tie house. A good heath*
in attordanoei OS -Livery attached.
Jan 1,1871-1 y ~
Tioga Marble Worka.,, - , -
ril ILE undersigned Is now prep:tied to exit=
1 cute all , orders for TomhStoupc and Mold',
nienta of either
ITALIAN OR RIITLAp MARBLR
1
i .
of ihela * whtest style and o& workmanitilp
spa with dispatch. ; -..,.. :I t: = , l- 1 . , A;
Me -keeps constantly on, tand both Muds of
Marble and rill be , able to init all who may fa
wot him with theirbtiors, on sareatioilattle terms
ascot' be obtained bi the country_. '',: , i i , j „;:,
NN.
FBA,,IPAMS.
'pogo ,Jan.1.1.871-tf. :, -.......,„
, •! , i,J; i>,,.
3M. Catkezr
cr • D
`-
I.IANOTEL, .
T r REPS constantly on hand, ELGIN
jlt WALTHAM and SWISS WATCH.
'- v iV" ES, Meilne;,Alat - nt 4;Calendar.OLOCKS;
SIL4V-ER'ssrOOl 6 .
Piated Spoons and Forkolytabler Sattor and
Fruit, Knives; Caps, Castors and Cake Baskets;
Niplrln Kings; Cream Salt Sugar- and 'Mustard-
Spoons; Fine Gold and•Agste 'Rings; Pens,
and Pnnells; Solid Gold Sets;
Pearl Fancy and
'Plated Buttons • Watch Guards and Chair's, ao i
A ; large itooh of SHEcTitomocG l 4•Mkand •
Calared Glabads; all aerediakedpilcet: - ' -
N. B.—Watabes and Jel'arelty
ISTI.
::-:T,n1E...,,i - koi!Eit
id THE WORLD'S FAIR,
—Ocrnetitnted by the homes of the people—
Becoived tho Great Award of tbp
Arid have left all rivals far bohind themifor dray
OICE T{I72CPREp AMR TITEitTY4ISTEN THORGAHD,
EIGHT lIGHDRHIARD THIRTY TIMES MACHINED I
being more than forty
,thoueand In advance of
their sales of the previonk year, and ovitr;foili
fonr.thouiand,moia than-the sake of any . 6thei
Opepang for 1870, as ehown "by_ the following
-Ail:tree from SWORN return° of the /tales of
Licenser. 1
Tie f3ingor Manufaoturinyc Company
3. C. HORTON .
, eocd c over the .? torence Sewing
iltrciatite Co • '110,178 Maa ate,
Ali:lover the Wilcox 4- pa a, Selo- • 4
!ing Machine Co., ..... do,
Sold over the Weed Seteinp Ma-
!chitte 7 • 92;831- do.=
Sidd'OCer the Grolier et •
4ewin9 lifaelCrie Co" 70,431
over the Itotoe Machina Co., 52,877 do.
Sold ouer LA., :Wheeler .C- .:Wilton„
MaillifaCtVOitig 000' 1 6.;:fg‘ I Citio
iiiii
.
all of svhicili is mainly owing' to -te pbpularity
of what is known as the "NaIItSAYILY Samoa
4iAnn4i - c i ' l ;lila): 'fait;
into eyer 7 dell regulated Acrehold,—FOi yr
itlg full paitieultOptor
FOlding Cases of many varieties of wood and
1141010, their Attachments for numerous kinds of
work, which, till recently, it was thought, that
delicate fingers alone could perform, as well as
pirtieulare about all articles used by their Ma
chined, gush as Twist; Linen,Thriad, Spool Cot
ton, Oil, Ao., de., apply to any of their Author
ized. Agents, or to •
• THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
'(..8 Broadway, New York. Philadelphia
Oka 1108 Chestnut St.
March" 22, 1871-tf. •
New Music Store I
OPPOSITE CONE HOME,
WELLSBORO, PA.
( .174.74-P-74:4- -- 'fg ----7- ' , l- - 17 , :;", ~.-: 1 „: - _,--* , 4:0,- , '•- ,
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T cIRRENEWS new Improved Iron Prams
V- and Soft Pedal
- PIANO FORTES,
Pianos and Musical Merchandise,
Digest and best £ eleetim of INITCI - 3TO In Ibis seo
t nof the Country. Planes warranted for 20
years. °
Ike deons and Cabinet Organs
\\.•
411 kiwi-a 6,
exbbango And ,
pairing and Tun
!darpli 22,187,1..
FOR SAL CHEAP.
kNE elegant, new, feat er top buggy; one
nice open
,buggy, nea y new; ono two
botse lumber wagon a good sfnglo harness.
WRIGIIIIBAILEY.
' •Tneo 21, 1871 tf
i Farm for Sal .
~. , - -
Till': Subscriker ..fers f ar &tie bisfartn\situ
atel i-4 the tuna of Delmar, some eight
mute fr:•to wellsbor‘,. Said farm containss,
1K Yr. , :QM': •0 of which is Unproved; goo
fr.ierio !-„ - irr, 3: I K-42, ati4l a good log house, and
FIE i 7 :". '!:.!".1 tre •s th• rcon. Said farm is smear
-1.045e.,i 1.. r fartiaty of i'l it in this secto..a.. For
particular+ inquire of :he subscsiber at the office
of (.4. W. Merrick, Esq., Wellsboro Pa.
April IF, 1871—tf. A. REDFIELD.
I .
I=
IUSINESS, ,COLL4GE
A_
A N Tastitutiou ` tnpiapiii9 youngmen forßur•
11. toes*. The•graduates cf ibis College are
tittiog commanding and lucrative positions In
nearly every city lu the Union.
For circulars,contalaing full partloniare;Spec*
/mons of Writing, College Bank Bills, Fan Draw
(CC., 6VOTOte ten ttentB, ttel whiter!, '
A. J. WARNER, Principal
Elmira, IC Y.
ikuguet 28. 1871-6ns 1
TfIE American Hotel, Nelsen Pa., house and
barn nearly new half acre land. On the
li ue of Ooweriesque Valley It. R. Work just being
;:cotamenccd, 100 men at work near by. The
prgerty will be sold at a bargain. A good
man can pay for the properly while the road is
beng built. Terms easy. For particulars in
quire on. the premises, or address,
O. B. MILTED
Bioisbn% #oy.ll,l4ltkik Slush* Pa.
•
EU
'4danctiaotthirtg Company,
HIEtHEST SALES 1,
SOLD IN 1870
Dealer in all kinds of
Greener's - Patent Foot Pedal
Instruments bought or taken in
let. flat` All [ orders for re
% promptly attended to.
W. MeINTOSII, Agent.
=EN
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- • 4 ./ „,
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Hotel foi Sale,
1 1, ° :
1 , • ,- -
"ta-I , r,
oa, taibod'"'
' ROA -4111ANTY
iltit to 1804 i% atiOrtMOOt Of .
•
w a
s
BALDWIN'S SHANTY,
;TIOGA, PA.
If yon want DresS , ebOds'of all kinds,
" c l i iitlitti.ipWlN'S Shanty.
Ityou,kaut Alpaua, call for the
Grand Mitch*, "
at tphamlyiN's Shanty.
fl,yuu waPt,all.o.o9.u3all: Shawl,
: ! L . call At 8A1,1090S Shanty.
yiih & : 6'ents' under
ware,
call at BALDWIN'S Shanty:
jf,y,a;u„wfmt,notigills.atla trimmings,
: TIN'
eat! at BALD VVIN'S Shanty.
If you want Fuze,
at•BALD.WIN'S Eihantyi;
If 'You` kwit'OOO`aa •••
_•; ••. •
:call TWIDWIN'S Shanty:
If you.want Hato , and Capo,l
'all . at' i it4I)WIN'S Slaarlty:
27 , * N9't!4 14994- 1,1 44§49e 13, i
411:41340AM% tirtnii:
Dishes,
1
. l, call at J3A I LDWA'S - -Shan t .
If ycti want t§Cid,Vfitt:alid ; .Grocer
ice
4 [
ice fre. s h.-i. .. .- v> ig:i'., i i,„ „ ( ~,.)
T - , , ~-, i; , •• . Nr.:. -, .., 5. ,: lii
call at BALDWIN'S Shatiff:
If you want a ready made suit of
clothes, ,
- call at BALDWIN'S Shanty.
If you want a suit of Clothes leave
yoUr measure
If
YO t uF ll o , Qiv.o - • '
• . - • call , at . SALDWlN'S . Shgtnty.-
If yre. want Bnfrat4llo6)3:;':'
a tP4PWl:*s;44iY•i
Ityeal want prices that cant be . 4)eat,
. 2 ''cfarl4•BAtitrOriNls'
:Thats mhatg- - thilihtto.'
We are 11144iQUS to aell•Allesc ,goods
hetoTe we leave the Mighty,.
T. L. BALDWIN & CO
Nov 1, 1871. •
%40.
JEWELRY STAMP.
VIELLETPRQ,,,P,A.
. , •
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1 1-7,.. ' - whozi has iOnig' beep estab
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le s iiiii.4 14 . AWiPlawlitrY bust.
01. '''•'•,lo • f - '-• " ' •
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al t
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. O.::#,C ii , 40 on • iiilo,i. -• i'1111012 . 0-
".22A6., ..;, - ,7•2 . - ;:;‘ ; ..-- i' :- ..1., `7 kinds andprlcea - ofy:
1 ....:••, - Nt•ft,i ,, ,, , c.k,:...1 _A - -... 1 I c ''..: - •:, `..:—. _
AAIKRICAN'', 'WATCHES,:
amp vu-sudyzn , 01 , QuilAINKAt
RY, : OIOLD" blas24B;
PENCILS, , bAßis;i2iotri
STEEL' POO,
SPOONS,' RAZORS, PEA: c:
Vitti*AßE;
StWINCP-SitAtili - NES.;
With moat other articles venally kept In such
•
establishment, which issolfilow for • •
C A, S
Repairing damp neatly, and pren2p_ily, and,, on
A. FOLEY,
bort 'notlat.
January 1,18.11 w.
New .Millieery Goods!
vt#B..y.P.smirriffifi, c lp l i receivell a iatga
LTA... , (Haab lon,able astortraeiirof
• • "
ILIAIIIIIEIII
•
7 . 14 ..t± • 7,19 •: • ,
Fancy Goods; legrasols , -Glovs;
A, 3.
••FANS, ar9El4:irei VLOIRtRfIi t
i 3, E
which she is sealting at'very tow- - prices, Drop
In and aee the now goods.
Oct. 11. - li'7l-te. Mrs. C. P. SMITH.
..„, ivi ,
. W ELL - 5130E0 ;A-NV A,NSFPLD ',.. ' 4
tea- TAOE LINE. -,,
.i rt '.:,:' ' ,T/IN ,ruidetilguid # protirs owl ot
:.,:A.l - , , ;:...:" ; thia line takes this inothcd..c.l.l -
fOrminithe pibliii that the 'aboio Stage rtins
daily (Sundays eleelited,) leetween the' two pla
oeSaollowe:; •- : !: f , ::
Leav • s Wellsboro at 8: a.: in..,,aali arrives at
Handel , at 10.30 a. m.-, : : •
Leavoi,” anstleld at 2.80 p.-ra.-and arrives at
Wepalasn:ct s 5 p.m., yar!"-Far41,,,1N - --- ' . - )
San l, 1871 tf 1i7.13. VAN .11ORN-;:e--
MRS, E CARET
mrOULD.Say to', the clitzen,ll of ,tYellsboro
and vtelniti, - 11kaf she la • ereptiid ' tb do
all kinds of ' \ -
Fluting,Stampin Pinking,
.Tuok
. : .:Carding, ing. -• •
Patenveatherlng forreMsiiin etioe4,notiee. Cal
at her rooms eller Mrs. 13nflo1dsi,Millidery store.
Wallsboroe Sept. 20, 1871-41 vii- , * .
Applk ations for Charters.
OTICE is hortbyighteir :dud :thii ;follow
applications for <she:tarsi of ineorporatio .•
have been flied in my office, end will be preten
tad to the Cogrt,rufllottutßos :1 1 1e4 of Tiogn
county, Monday;l4Tweceber 27,1871 $ '
A ppliO ati on oflaiob Jones, John ht.' `E van 8, ,
and William Richards, for charter of !nourpors•
tiOp for ,"FirstMont! Mid: eciniregitional
Chtroh. oflllorabtag." _ ,
Apiltiattp`ot John M. Barden; Bateuel
Shemin, Stephen ll..Wood, , ind‘ others, under
thitAspe of , the a Baptist Church Of - Rutland."
' • . _ sowsr P. DONALDSON,..Pro'I,,..,
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I.6`ft bicapt 8ut4610; !rpm El nirra. E fpp - piji4 At.
litiettsillolCorniVg • a voisviithlect-*-Post'2o9 ; ' int a ,
t trice, is Avon, to BUiraliNitri'Jvl ng, iIB SS p.m; ', *V?
I 4. , P$ At I, l•Vicelii4R l .s4f , s_44:quilgiO! ,,, P- 10 41... -, t'l'
t , "a-, •- - ';, '.- ; , Eastward.r - ',. ; - '
1,
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cinci'ati Ilye
Oleynland . If
Drinlaii,4 "" "
Clifton :.' 1 • 24
Snap. IVO "
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Snap) " 4.
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a ocheetet. ‘ti
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9 46_ {i ai
7 25• a in
125 p
140 4 .
145 "
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246- 4 1
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4 00`p
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12 58 a-, A 435 a. 12 0.1) m
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.219 ' 045 -;'": 115 Tum
303 7 : 27 55. , p m
305 ", Z 52 .217 p m
4DO " 825 a 247 p m
760 " 12 03 p m 619`p 11.1
,845 " 1203 P
904 "
12106 p m 835 pm
11300 um
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1188 um, .32A, as 9 18 p 1,3) 7
1230' • iso3 40 - 9;5 p m
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4'03 . 1 •
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6 60 "
700 "-
633 "
7 00. a
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iq'Tritis'Eastwird:
1 .•.-'' - Y -77- ' ' •.'
t g.i 00: M.,lalty trait iftirnOlsylllo.
0.65 it ni,,liitndsys ostopted, frouttflornellsTtilil.
i 4. 00 ' a In.. exciPt Sundays, from Owego. • • .
i 7.00. f, in, u szl•ept Sundays, from ..Elin Irs.
i 1.1 , 8 p. in.: . axcept B;indaxl,.frorr Putt/tea l'est, -
I 2.10 p , ru. oxstipt Bttudxye, frog i Ifornellivil re, • '•
1. - Saillyi:-Y, •-.• 1 ' , • ' .', . .•
t.t.louday s ~.escapted, between,. SuLquehnntut : and
ort a,llivis. -
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: , :, ~Gann,E.,,,,,,-
Northern Central. -‘_
,
Diract (Route North 'zinc?' SWIM,
!_ On. 'etrid-catiii , Sunday. Nov '32ib, 182 . 1, Trains will
lepArt frorck Tray, Ps., as follows
Ry - o ,
. LEAVE SOUTHWARD.-
8,52 A. 61. Buffalo 1.141ee5,10.58 E. 51:
irmelOrt. Acc om. 7.10. ,Niszata Exprces./.06
j
TRAINS LEAVE NORTHWARD. )
kart • ;0.80 r. 31. Ehnlra hc,c224 19 Q. 7
Niigara Exprese 4,33 P. 31. Buffalo Express 4,27 A 31.
•
A. R. FISKE,
1 4
- ' General SuperintenJo, 1.
t J. A. REDFIELD; ,
Ass't Were] Supt. •
religbol..o £ Lawnneevfille-, I:‘.. - L g.
i ~.,:: : i 1.2; , Time Table Igo. 8. -_,,, - .
s
i TAXIS EP/.1177 TrilatllAY,ll gV.I (1311, Lail. 1 .
I Gallia 7106.111. e7A7101;9. Gann 8ut;14.,
ii 80 pen r. 10 am. Cornlpg_ 0 o , la I,t .7 Lap m
4 21, vs, 10 06 n cif "LciVir - snr...rillc."lo 17 a.,, 0&, pm
4 ldirm k 4'66- am_ e ~; Dian ding' , q1327:11 za - .B'6o•pin
108 pm e5l am *LttilliCT 10 32 ain ..0.04 pln
Epipm -6 40 Dia ' 4- Re sr CrOek Id .10 n m 911 p m
40 pm •e 84 Jana Vasa Vi Gaga 10 gal am 9- 20 pm
31 pm 018 am Hammond 11 12a tit 023 p m
$lO pm 007 am .`lllll4 Creel; 11 26 atn9lo p m
818 pa 900 am, _ 11ol1lilay 1181 am OLOp in
71 03 pm 861 an .311,1414,bury IL 11 am 959 p in
64 pw. 848 fun Niles•Vall.y 11 40a mlOO3 pm
42 pm 831 arra ')larah Croat 12 02 pm 10 10 1 pm
$ Ula. 803 am Welleboro' ,1209 a m 10 22 pm
1 'Flag sta timid. - A. H. GORTON, gnp't.
•
lossburg& Corning & TlogicitAL
Lta . " . .vnarn 1 :* ETATIONd G ul: 191:111
rid am ", 1 .51 , ..9 - pm COl'a in 9GO am 7 00 pm
-10 35" am 315 pm .sla Motion 919 ant S r ( 1 5 pm
1042 . am .3 -RewliiVehtio 993 am 819 pin
10 90 am r• IA) pm. • CaolOn • ' nm -880 pm
10 ga am-- 443 pin —Lindley 0 30am 8 Ofcpin
1018 gm 1 o,ptn Lnwroncevillo le Iq am 8.48 pm
10133'ati "A 21 pniSoiner'a Lane . 10 27 am 850 pm,
0 63nm '''4; 11 r th 51ItchoWs ' 10:7 am 908 pm,
,9 '4 07 ptal: 011 Station lo 11 11111 912 lirn
;9:37 8 37_ Pm nom • - 10 65 am 9 23 pm
923 am 347 pm Mill Creak 11 02 ant 902 pm
..... . McCov'a
19 15 am 337 pm ' Lamb'a Creek 11 12 am. 943 pm
to 05 am 327 pm . -„Matieflel.l .11 24 am 955 pm
Calm Camp , , .:
1 8 94 am - 8 Drpre Voitneem ,11 41am 10 I , ' pm
43 25 am': , 2 50 pm ' Blonaburg '12'05 am 10 3 5Pta
224 p m Somerville. 12 . 25 an '
1 225 pm Fall 'Brook 12 95 am
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f subt 11.1,1,00t)n.
.:Planing rand 'Hatching .:
ONE with neatness'., ,and. (lit patch. Also,
-":: - ,•':' - .s c'... '—'
? BEVELIDING -
—S. •
riad,e from inch lumber,- -Can plane 24 ineltes
lido.' 4iii4niiiton!a steam mill, on IfammoLd
oteek, in 34pksol,township,Tiogn ccutity., • :
1 •• " • r.t• , '". • 0.• ILAMII.TO.I'.
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Jielion Juif4•7; 11371 Ii
OLD,THE
•„
1 PEK\ - -&-EVANIA - HOUSE"
. --,.:., r r kn . _. l. .., ,: ...: .1 '
LATELY known no the Tcyncend House
slid Coxlslixdo't , titiipiod by ..D..1). Hull
o day, hos Locr: tiwroughlyGtt d •
rc c , repalr
-0 and ovened by, : ~ _.. • • •
1 ~ 1 1,:4,: -- 1 , .L4:3 t ; :.1, • ~ ~ .
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0:03 wtJj t:,,ii•' kii , plik ti),.. ' ge*poi4odate s ,' - ch 0 iild
ftliin,dib II MI litilne.hf ye:• . ; rCasotiitdc:Tat c s
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LETTERS:-01 , ADNII&,IIST
(titi .
es
tdtß rif Devitt 0, 11tiad(;ii,i eg e ttlef:4l;, Volt , tirMtins-
SOld, Tiekrti Theival I ilea-F . (111"e edit tc d'-fd: the
said eatate wrid.theee hnvirig Atitt , :?ern•ltltt it
will settle, idth • .8 ARAM'
, C. 'Tf 'S T1'14101,111, • •
Oct. ' • - P,drilt'J
, •
Real - Estate , For -Sale.
•
cvsE HOUSE AND LOT. oz.
Only - new ' Entsbe3 reit.e.v
Cottage, Fty le. Terms' easy. " •
; anoint On-State street, up..;)-%ib:6),. !1.,11.30
%being built.
Ten lots on Mende street. •
-
Four blifdkcillortncof tirobec 1.1..1. ui
Alre v it.ski . en.4id Aair,y farm •in Lb•Nnar, e.;n-
InqUire of
3 ja ziol liA
3 _ ;:t:•.r4.• •
- 4 0 4' FQ,It 1.; •
1I euLseril)cr_offors'for of
&aro,. goti:sintly situated l i t; eatlizillidlOvr;
ghatlntioi,,Tiogo , co u n tyiP a.; tSithi n it out!.l tour
utifes of Wellsboro and two miles of Nilos
School house; elture:ll; wills, chops,
Terms Inquiro on'
thd_pri;tnilp'ee, • r. r::.
Still
.17,1871'1.1. • 7'
dminisirator' s Noiice
, -
ET.TtitS OF Iak.MINISTII TIO:i oti the
: estafe David ,Af9iTiP,' deceasc4l, /..tu, of
Charleetou townallip, , hating isecti
underiiriai'ali onions owing, or having; arty
taitatitigithat raid wtato, eat!
\Nov. 22, 1571-6 w. A. P. CONItt, Aiho r.
NAaministralor'*B
'rid II undersigned having I.:*en appbintesi
LmTrii trl tpr of tho estate!
dOceased, late of Chatham rrsol.l
111 , 44 eicilths - egainst said esthie br indebted t 9
wilt.oottlawittk- . D. I),: t DOAN )
5 '26*8 2 1,41j,- tl 4l ` 451ak'r.
• I
_
1 , • 1? ,
N 0.6, 3.9,
.
BARR,
QedlPuKt4 t
L; 11,:BETATTIJC.L7,
Supt Tioga
MEM=
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:.f.:tri - i'j,i;-,,'41:; ,. ~ - 1 ;. / 1 1 ~
-DECEMBER' i.6.;$ y
MOB
.146 p Arf (1.42,PS -00.112 1 1 0 ,1.. ,
VA - LE D 011 U ROI"' %tni.
•
• -.,
#
«cti er what's his, value
Wcie4seti.iit.;?n
t ` , • l ‘.:,!..b?'iott tit, gtilliDain i o%. — :'
, )" ••
, in green?
; „t,,oan't be 111re:•Tioach; ; -
J0n0 . 3 with,Dutoort.Gili. l , • , 7
..ponder if ho'll pronoh, ti
•I‘ • ; - litieitte rout fan, it'is ' "
Wo both Will sit to prnye,ra ; • •-
Aiettlningbeaotnet the Wid6 A
Hots , Ttfary' new hat Ilarep•t•' ; - •
TR I O 104 at Iganey,S loper' t s
Iffull a breadth:l99,ll . .l,li; ,
lati'dei if
A p 4, lnrs dhy as bride I ' I
?;:LC , ,t(lti:wbat a voice , Jarie.hice lie s t rg,it ! 2 •
el4ll;+9 l Y 3 1 : 1 49Egtva roars,;
AW 4 T'r,v,u)at, gu)„o!?g°r,.',
1).11-hard ;Miss Joh n son t nvrei, •..
shawls aro thoß'ez in fi 3 Ont
. 1 ./.3'.; obeervb Ann, Wild ;
strain borknet'stritinned with
i •,,figaptit she's loot's.a Obild . ; „ .
t •
'
111
) 19iiirt1titsfeep—Ihat 11ff: J•sne !
IT'
ettrnotts wro so Jofrg ; •
'L; jipule;
,t : 0111 )2CiRE'piiitticO•that
,15-irc
IMPORTANT. CORRESPONDENCE.
•
Uonstitutithaal Itefonn.
•=1 ) IiIT kDELT'fIIA, Sup.. 18, 1871.
Hone Franci.4*Jordan s • AS'ecretary of 'the
~ Commoyio.ealth of Pennevivaitia :
- occurs to.- us, that in
ItheihsOarge of your official, du tiles ;as'
ISedfaary 'of the Commonwealth; du
d-frig ea' 'period of five years, you nitiSt
liti,veiwithesSed Many instances of pub
lic-abinActef ,power,hoth,legishttive and
admil4§4.ative, , that ,can be, remedied
onlytinthe preeesg of constitu-
Menai roViblon," A statement of genie
.of the tuni3t 'notorious: cages' of official'
Irtegularityiof which you are cognizant,
: wouldtbitipotent arguments in .favor of
eouvention, o,f
e thaefilre take the IlbertY to soMit
h'et ate m t for pu
41en iisfiqourludgment will beSts'erve
the purpose.' Very respectfully.
N..B4,P,rowne, , Charles Gibbons,
'l.lforton 41 1 1.1.11chael,Johu Q.:James,
'D: M. Fox; Richard`Vaux,"
I~enrs C. Sea, Goo. AV. 131(1(116, ,
Rundle Smith, H. M. Phillips,
,T11(19. Wtbster. Fred. Fraley,
L. P,Aahmeaci, James page,
Jas. L. Clag,liord, J. It, 'Syp,ier,
OFPICL oi.gccrtETADlT OP COMNONIVEALTiI
0-;llaVaburgi'Sept, CO, n7l. 1
To N. B. Bro n Morton.M'Alichael,
bald otters:—Gentlemen r----Yovr very
kind evil complimentary letter of the
18th instant is duly received, soliciting
my Nlevis and opinions in writing, and
'tor •Publioation, on the important sub
)ectk.of! a Constitutional MIN' eni ion. now
rp,endingissue,in .the election Just at
and. Jr..affords.much gratitleitiou to
firi'd}nen Of your iscandifig and charac•,
ter intet,gsting You'rselves in 'this mat
er, andit*lll 'give me' pleasure to co
verate With'you: It is greatly feared
Aufiloient , ,,,prqminence in the. canvass
.:as not I... Pen s -wen to this question-of
F »stituili#iitt reform; and I therefore
I; derfulK, - -. compl,"!; , ' with - your reiju'eq, -
1 the lit.cpe'of eontiibuting' something
orin:lnllll:l,gent and proper verdict on
fi eeppris4lenkiig ten ( th DI Oetoher, •aid
t. appro . :A:le action thereafter. The
_eget t lot A, ; - „ ) ,leca• ul ve, the narnr”; of pro- -
Orient Demoerrits; aS - ttell'as• Republi
cans, to your request, contributes la rge
lyilto my wilkingness to comply ; for
to fitßutiotial reform is no party .ques
tic ti;and no real friend of tic, - , - ' w iv e .
mint will allow it to become such if he
can prevent it. ', '
Your Communication open:- . .3 wide
field,; and on many ,gravo •c3tte-tions
wlliiell suggest . thenaseivcd thcre are
lil l ely to he honest. differences of ()pin--
101[i amougratriotle'Men 61' all partieF:;
Whigt on ' many'others We may leason
ab v expect substantial unanimity of
4e tirnent when the facts are fully' Lin
de litood.. Of the:lornier class I will
Au , gc , ;t and enumerate, without discus
ii n, "but as proper subjects f v ‘ present
se i ectien'," and for the consit eration of
aiN convention'whlch may be called,
ilif .ffillowing points: •
• . Au increase of the number of Sen
atois'and Represcutatiyes i u the Gene-,
I'M 'Assembly. -,1
2. Biennial sessions of the Ledkla
ture. ;f • ..
, The election by the people of sun-.
State officers now otherwise ehos.en.
Minority ieprescittation.
o.Modificatiolls' of the' pardoning,
poly er
(S. A change in the tenure and mode
Of
1 d.hoosing the nileiary.. ,i
7 A change inlthe,clate four annual . ,
cal electiobsCo tliii - tHee. Orthe Presi
-de {Far elcclibn; to - prevent what i 8
1 dal e(11 colonization from surrounding
MI
tes, and jo dispense Avith one eleel
tlo t.eVery fourthyear. _ '
, +-
.8 Vtirther'restrictions tipo., the 1)0 Vl
(im of Corrdrations.
but' 'fen , of the' questions itivolved
I
41 -Le properly diens're(l ovithin the
Lot ipato of Otte letter. 1 tenet. , I forego tili,argutne~}tt„illust}allion,
till.argutnept„illuill-Kalipii, .Aki• ( vn e t .
ex
lresslon o.
ci
f . opi A llon, oil tilt , 1 , , ,ii,i4 kII 11- 1 ‘
le-ated ; anproceed to present mun . e
flit s and opinions on the t4eeond eiass
ref rred to,. which 4.qobraves i,-Itezi, (.I,l'
tio, 'C'cotidary' r itripertanee*, li n 4; in 'whil. - )
iiiy views win lieniore di reetl'y respoh- .
4v to your , letter; aill an it pi , ea 1 t o 'n'i:r
'olli, ial , experlences'and ol.)seevations.lil
i £ s - -a.prelitninatiy:Wnestion, hotvev.or,
il it ay,andlyilkheastied, ,I?,yiNvinit no
t io ;ity,ii ,it,4 prollosed
,tu,!:n..l?. , A few
''
*vi oi els N't:: 01 'c1,1:24) °ore .Of - t i
. 1) -,- 0 (.kt for
tidy q'nriO*,i'lVlting vith 'el;i'l,lkh'isit,
:/ity'li.:: - ' , .VOltti'llo It is 'ilWlit.ical aNiorn:,
Alm, goktatiments are made for the pio-''
*pie, andq) 9t, 4 11:wpeopie Ili; tilk1;1-,,,fiyi - - ru.- - ,
meto., ~. ~ .' c :
otr -” "--
f IS 11 -` -' .:I -, I
. gob oppuen ri,' p ) tiatm,4) . a ati,44 ,
Sta le, are.l.VViefi' itpOli. the eletn'entarY :
and fundamental principle that the pee):
pie re sover`eign, and Itili7e the.-rig - ht to '
,ere to or change their 'fern) of goyerst
met t,..P.'9._in. their Nriodoin they may
Meet I ]?.t. • OM . wiF.e it n4l pi tri , )t it , fore
,fittie,er; (1i:(. , 1at(41, "We hell tile-c '411)0)4
to-. 60, tz.elf evident, that ail men at reo,re-
atei equal ; kbat(they: endwt eel by
thei ' Creator with certflia ivaiic t: tale
ts , ; that among these are h fe, lay
v 1( the' pnrsuit isf I.lnOine9q.'-2,-
','hilt to secure these rlghts, :govern - -
mei Is are instituted among men, deri
vin their just Dowel from the concet4
of the 'governed ; tI,AL, wheneverany
ot:Tovk:ril al t beeoules destrue-
dye *.of ,tl).p.se Lor ,to t , eenre
filed; it ri tile yfgh of the peopKC tO
Illte raid to institute ii
to , gd\:ezntnent t lay lug it 4 fon Iplat i
an El ,and orgaaizutv its
fortn,l rt . tilf - ,yll .
nio:4 to l 'etl'et.t tilt ir “atety
tad liappiner3B."
ur ptesent State Constitution, in
nil itul emphatic recognition of these
great. 'principles;
,declares,, "That nil
pon: t,is inherent in the ,
'peol . )le, n ml,all
free. InV'ernments are 'fon 11 ded on ,t bel r
anti tn•ity, and inatitutedfor their peace',
safe yard happiness, ror the ad vanee=
ment,:ofi,these' 'ends, they have at , nil
timo an inalientadef and indeteaslde
rlOt., to alter; reform, or tiholi:=l.l their
gov:rnrrient,, in such rtrAnner as tley
may think proper." 1 .
S .ch is the clear and ownprelmnd ye
cbarterundar which 'it is proposed to.
ads cafe' a- chi titutionat onlivention,
and, lie artiehdinent of the organic law
'ort. °State: "'. Prudku,ne t iutieed, -- wall
dto to, that gOyeturits loug.elArki
IBM
.Ir,, ),
MUM
•(- ~, I- .4, -, 3 ;:.,. - 7 - 7. - ; ------ . , 7 - 7 - 7
iispe4, slipuAd not,thshanged for light
1
atulTrauklent causes,; and aeoording y
till'efperience hatir shOWn.that ma .
kind are more, disposed.to suffer, while
4 vll§, Kelm tremble, than to righ t,t hem •
eves by. abolishing the fernier Co Which
tho . are'riCcuStonied." -13itt ~Mien long
4 rtappti dfitinxperinaen t, - bris dem on s tra
tektite Inadequacy of the fundamental
law to seeitre the'great . ends of gOVern-
Oen t' as 'contemplated by its framers,
And that it entails upon us the manifold'
evils Of, inequality of. rights and privi-!
lege4 injnatice, and humiliation in our
stithation and in the opinions ofl l
own
Mir I 1
Bow then, the - time has come for,
the e ercise of our, inalienable rights,
and for,correction, of the evils to which,'
we, hie subjected., 1 Our people are slow
to,thoVelerradrcal reforms, and arehrit
to manifest but little patienceor respect.
or those whoclanior forgerieral reform,
but who are unable to point out clearly
existing evils, and' plausible remedies
for their correction. -It becomes neete
:saw,
.therefore, .. to , designate at, , least
some of ,the most prominent defects In
Ong
present to Snigeit
r adirfe 'plan for their- amendment. • T his
I 1:-WillvnoW endeavor to do,-,so far as
iney,be fottrid practicable in the brief
I ittiwlanAppaco allowed me, confining
nt'selt" to the pimitlear and real, rather
itirritt - to the•aliStritettand apeculatiVe.: '.
1 1. We have outgrown lour ConstitiP
!Hon as amended and adopted in 1838.-
I'he 'elotheA of the boy- do not fit the
itht,ta ,r We live in ,a fast and,progressi ve
age, "in .which governments, science,
Irt,':diseavery, 'invention material and'
titellet teal developttlentir and RIM - Inge
l 'about•ms. are , developing and expand
ing; and it Is but reasonable to expect
I.lcat. State Constitutions, and the ma
itional Cdtistitution Alsd, should have to
,be cdtered4;itnended and enlarged, so ha
to ,con form to the great and general pro
gress of.our age. This is true not only'
lin the great and ordinary 'essentials of
liberty and justice, .but also In the
means now Used, and the resources now
;made available, for the education of the
:masses, orour people In our common
schools'. -Our ancestors seem to have
f
had - no' dequate conception of the pres
:ent m gnikude, character and impor
:tance f this subject; and hence we
;find in our fundamental law only this
flietiger and unsatisfactory warrant for
our present noble and expanding.sys
ten) :, , . .
, - "Art. vii, sec., 1. The Legislature
'shall,'as soon . as conveniently maybe,
provlde.by law for the establishment of
schools throughout the State, in su rh
manner that the poor may be taught
gratis."
Who does not contemplate with won •
, der and admiration the-magnificent su
perstructure so skillfully erected on so
narrow a foundation !
Under this head, too, we may reason
ably demand that' our State Constitu
tion.shall „be made to harmonize and
conform to the Constitution of the U.
,States, with which it is now In mani
fest conflict. The word "white," as
used in the Constitution of 1838 to
kle
fiue the,qualltications of an elector, has
become inapplicable and obsolete un
der the action of the national Govern
ment,' sanctioned. by State approval,
and Pennsyl4rania no longer should
manifest even the appearance of tardy
acquiescence in ' accomplished facts,
which she has already formally ap
proved.
2, Our present Constitution was adop
ted more than thirty, years ago ; and
since then no less than seventeen
amendments have been'.a d d e d, at
sundry tidies, by Joint resolutions of
the Legislature, and approved by pop
ular Vote. Most of these are Important
and valuable; but • they have been so
Injected into the body of the original
framework .of. the Constitution as to
tnailts symmetry, and, giye the char
etei of patchwork to thaVwhich . Slio'd
lioroughlylharmonize and. be without
lemish. , Let competent men .be care-;:
folly . selected fOr, the sole purpose of
Borough revision; to retain and syste
matize •eVerything valuable,' and to in
corporate such additional provisions as
si all he dictated by the wisdom and
pgriotism Of 'this enlightened age; and
when the work of these our represen
tatives shall' be completed, let it all be
fairly submitted to a vote of the peo
ple, whose Intelligent verdict through
the ballot box shall breathe into it the
breath of life.:
8: ,Our present organic law requires
the,State Treasurer to be elected annu
ally by a joint vote of both branches of
the 'Legislature. ' Experience has dem
onStrated' this to be a most unwise pro.
vision ; and it should be so changed as
to make the office elective by the peo
ple. This is regarded as the most prof
itable office in the State, and as a con
sequence great efforts are made to se
cure it. When the Legislature meets,
and long before, the members elect are
besieged'- by the •candidates add their
friends, and it'is notorious that legisla
tors are bought and sold; in the un
seemly and disgraceful scramble which
occurs at Harrisburg a t the an nual elec
tion of State Treasurer, The Legisla
ture is. demoralized at the very com
mencement of thesession. The people
of the „State are humiliated, and
.the
whole performance is a scandal- upon
the' fair fame of our good old State.—
Let us sate ourselves from all this, by
a proper, constitutional ramendment,
making ,the office electlVeby pvpular
vote, and for a longer term th,re oee
; 37 CflT, and the person elected- to be a (*try
w-rd
4. Our Constitution Oloti lie so
niendrd also as to prohibit appropria
•tions in what is known as the
appropriation bill, except for' porpot-es
eviously prescribed by law. Of late
yeiirs it tots become quite too common
rm. ineasurk_ol doubtful propriety; and
'sornetinws after rejection by 011, Q or
,tither branch gf the, Legislature,
crowded into . tile annual appropriation
and' in Cho' closing halms of o the
seASIOn-coeteed through the Legisiatn re
under cfrcuin9tanceaciearly
,that l tlie obno, + xious. meatiies timid s h ot
;have paf-sed upon,their mi !;e,}
pertnil ted_ to, aink.;•
'Execirtive . -triak be' (11!Fslit igi; 41 — ,;iar the
s' p otion or-sections thuS'elial"ced, litit hi
to. veto part taw. he
: I've* constrained. to a piaci :e Ihe
nppropi iation t),e ,
'of . ...II PX z•ess.lon, shonid ri•tni
I.vithout approi'al. 1-.•; , ,q,
tpercti a Ann gerou ri.nd g io ovil,
and one h,vgely affecting tbkt in
tete:4ls, and.tlie more speedy Ktid- radt•
- rill tile rt;i.oeuy i the better ror all roti
5, 'Ptl the great and 2ivrrorfe,it or
the day is s'peeial
eotildt•rill ion of this I Invoke the.rnost
carne:-t attention, whilst I viole,aC'or to
1)0,10- off,. ,sofne of its perriiel , , le3 , and
te'sults. Look - first t lie
01..)gtillude of this legislatiotiA
the
he
Icitt. five yeats, , eotoprirectWlt the get'
0;41 1 , -kr it•ltition for thersame ,
ti,ISG6 the whole nut - ober of oeu e i, l 4
laws priseett " . ..abd published ,+o :,(t.
• ryi - 1805 the whole nomber ..t"j.rii ate
liar , 1,090. .
lu 1h67 the whole no toht puid lc
s, Sl3,
fig 1W37 the whole nutnlH-1 -
laws, 1,892.
In 1863 the Whole. ii um lir r of litiblio
laws, 73. j , •
,In JSOS t 1 whole numUer of private
ltiv.A 1,159. — , .
In 1869'thu . whole' ittrinbi:i . ~t* pulAre"
laws, 77." •
1u 1869 the whole number i,c. pi i vatk;
laws, 1 276. .
' I h 1870 the n•hale numt., j.ul.lie
Z;-1.
In Ih7O the whole number or ptivale
laws, 1,276.
Totals in tive:years, 340 ',unite, ainl
6,170 private Tacts., And besides thct,e
there were 956 additional pliyate
not published, 'by reason (Jr the oars
payment of the enrollment taxe , s
makiiig the total of private laiva
AvoyeArs, 7,,126, or about 21 .times,-
. - - --I
','" + . '- - -,': • •
, .
..‘ :I
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'27 1
L'LL, _
4
__.
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many private as public lews. The min. 'et . It hap not peen t passed e :and, to - :11.,
ted pages of the statute books covered !ppettrandes never will. ho •-„ Why is
by these law's bear almost as great a • les? It requires no Jearning or via
disproportion. t otn to 'furnisli theainewee."Teie ,time.,
In the whole flye e years. *mete ~440 ea- 'ud thoughts of•ohr legislators, Ander
yes sire publielaWs, and the relcuaining *ur vidioug' ketitem,
,aye I;4o e ßeenreeee .
0,52.3 pages are private. lags; and the • ith 10,1 #l4 low* naingilis, go
total 'number of large octavo pages, ex- rare can lie*Pared fottbiVotnialderttiOn../
elusive of indexes,• is 6;969, or an tame- f any, other. And; in timnat t ure of ,
al average of about 1,t94-lieges. hings, these illustrations appirtte aPt-
The:vain:tie df State laws for 1871 is y and-forcibly to the consireeration of
but another specimen of this evil, in a eestitutional amendiumets - by. the Le
more eggra"vated form. During the ISlature is to any other claps of public
last seesipn the publiolaws passed were r general legislation-
82, covering 94 pages; the private laws Take anotherillustratton, andardon
were 1,240, covering 1,817 pages:' The me for introducing Myself, xitcaneaot
whole volume, including the index, ex- sell be avoided. In the routine of le
habits 1,670 pages, and makes the berge lelationethe bills after enactment pass
es
she t annua
the It is demon the Commonwealth before being sub
atrated, too e ithat the evil is a growing rifted to the Governor for approval,—
one, and that the fact of each political n one occasion. tin act was• pastedlo
party having a majority in one branch icorporatleet comPan l y to erect a bridge
of the Legislature, affords no remedy
1 Over a certain small river. Not liking
or mitigation of the evil. '
The very magnitude of this statute
not the shape of It, I placed it in my deek,
law is Holt a great evil ;
i 41kb:ie . it for granted its owner would
but 0H
8 i soono be 'after ite ::Ina few days the San
great as the character of it. And There etor from the district came overand in
affirm. that, as a general rule, there is quire(' for his bill, rind whether there
po longer apy such thing as legislation were any objectione to Its approval. I
iti Pennsylvania, according to any just I formed him the Elcieernor had objec
cenceptiop of the meaning of that
t
~ tons, and showed ' him he lad some arm, according to the true theory 'or e enty )pageyof manUicript, including
republican goVernment, or 'as the free a 1 they detail'of the bridge law, and
mers ! of , our Constitution - intended it a sured him,h could have hada better
should be. To many We may seem a I er in !one.•section, by merely fixing
bold 'aid;startling propbsition ; but I t e amount er capital ;gook; naming
firmly believe lecorrect, and will prcf- t e site for thetridge; and authorizing
ceed to detrionstratti it to. be substan- t e corporatore to open bookre receive
tially and actually true.' whEit then is s bscrintlons,etnd s oregattlee a compel - i r k
legielatiotein a republican government?' t build It, tinder and ankl to the •
I bold , it,to be the offspring and result -p
°visions of the general bride law of
of the collective wisdom, intelligence 165 ; that thus le ten lints e could
and patriotisof theles represen-
tri peoples heve a more, corroplete and desirable
tativea, •exercised for the public good, irtw than bellow had• in twenty pages.
and enacted into the forms of law. To I informed him- further, that in the
enable us to fudge how far theoaws Secretary'seiffice all laws had to be ce
now enacted fall below this standard, ped at! least twice, once for the State
and the better to understand and corn- p inter,. and once' in recording,. that
prebend this whole subject, allow me, the printer's proof had to be read, and
at the disk or being somewhat tedious, arginal and other indexes made, at
to explain the modus operandi of mod-, g eat labor and expense, and that by
' ern legisiatien in this State, and also to j st such legislation as this the' statute
give some, practical Illustrations of its b oks were filled up With uselessverbi
general character and results. Our As- a e, all which could be avoided by cone
sembly, as all are aware, is composed f rmity to the general law. The Sena
of 83 Senators and 100 members of the t r, though a lawyer' of respectable at-
House. , They convene annually at the t Inments, candidly acknowled,ged be
State capital, on the first Tuesday of d d riot eyen know there was a general
January. Every member, on an aver- b idge law ; and he at once consented
age, brings with him, trfeh - as forwarded te recall) the bill by joint.resolution,
to him during the session, by his'con-
.apd have it put in the shape indicated,
stituents or others, from fivelo ten, 20, •
hich he did': But, in the hurry of the
30, 40, or more,, private bills. These, as s se when scores of bills 'are being'
a faithful representative, he is expected p reed every day, this eould not be
to pass, and aeonee sets himself about d, ne. And look at the system here re
it, to the exclusion lot' almost everything' yealeJ, if system it can be called. In- '
else. They are miscellaneous in char- T
Srad of the general bridge' law, uni
acter and merits, end on nearly every_ f em for the whole State, here is ase
conceivable subjeat, from a law for a a ate law on the subject, not even for a
township road to 'the appropriation of c unty, or other territorial division,
millions of the ptplc's money for lid- h t for each particular bridge. I And
vate interests. ut they are * all, or tOs is but a specimen brick of ,the
nearly all, for personal, private, local, % pole unsightly fabric of special legis
or special objects. A supervisor of ittion. The same remarks will. apply township has pre aired one, some t otet road laws, school laws, tax laws,
member of a school board another, the election laws, and a host of other things
officers or directors of 'soe corporation now regulated by special enactments,
want some special privile m ge, or exetnp- Instead of general and uniform State
time from some bu=rden imposed by gen-. reeelations. As a consequence, our
eriii law, pr some sheriff or constable laws are so manifold and diverse that
wants' the general fee bill changed to n human mind can ever know them,
I.eult himself. These; and- hundreds ppt at (1 no judge or lawyer can ever ac
others of about the same character a e q ire ally adequate knowledge of them;
prepared, often 'by, persons without a dif one of our citizens should be so
knowledge of existitig laws, or of the in fortunate as to remove from one
Most elementary principles ot legisla- to voship or county to another, the
tioneand ar read in place by their te eh flees are that be would find himself
ties and r ferred to the appropriate as wholly ignorant of the laws which
committees. Ere long they are report- ar to govern hitn e es if he had located
ed, and in the routine of legislation in another State.
placed-on what is called the private
calendar; and when it is under constd. f Ve have generli laws on the subjects
°
oration, every member is expected - to common roadse rallroads e turnpikes,
look, after his own local and, private schools, bridges, and for the incorpora- ' •
bills. If 'no objections are made, they ti l of. coin pan iee for catnips'', quarry
all pass as a matter of course,; and if'
in , po t e n e a s irfacturfng, and man y other
any ,ntember undertakes to object to or Pu
end it may reasonably be
oppose any 'private' bill not' hl asked why then'does the Legislature
on district, he is reminded th f a r rhei s s ee lieue'brePass so many special laws
violating• the well established-rule of on these subjects? The answer is, be
courtesy in, the house, which prohibits Constitu tiond ea po t prohi-, ,
, ca Ise the o
hi it, and because special claims. and
any, member from interfering with the
local bills of any, other member; and pr vote interests are treated as superior
If need be, the offending member Is
to luee of the public good. •
given .to understand that hie 'private nothergiant evil, grewing out of
bills shall be stricken off the calendar an inseparately connected with spe-
and defeated, if he Persist in the breach 'chill legislation, is bribery, or the buy-'of legislative etiquette. This same rule tylg and selling .of votes fora price,
of etiquette also beerate,s ) largely in GeTneral laws regulate only general in
committees,-iffl ables members to tereste ; and you never beer • of men
get objectionable blll4 faVorably repor- peeing others for that whicl -only af
ted merely because they insist upon Sr. teas theta in common, with thee' *Mow
Thus, instead of inviting and securing tit. But sellfiela and mercenary en,
I ,,citst
a comparison of views, and -- -a concen- an asso.liatioee of men, want sp tat
tration of the learning, wisdom and pa- nrlvileges granted and-evaluable rig is
triotism Of the representatives, on the gon leered, ovee and beyond those he
several bills, the Whole machinery of an d enjoyed by others; and rather than
legislation is brought to bear to prevent no. Seeure,thein - they will pay for them;
this very thing. " Hands off," is both and hence the-mercenary traffic in leg
the theory and the practice, and all Isletiou. Hate the lobby, and what is
suggestionsof correction or amendment kdown in legislative parlance as the
are , successfully resisted bee the local " tlhird house," find their occupation,
member, whose ambition it is to dem- all conduct their corrupt and nefarious
castrate his ability to pass his private set eines, to the disgraceful demoralize
bills liethe exact shape in which he re- tion of the people's representatiVes,
ceived them. The result is, that what mei to the scandal and' reproach of re.
goes into the legislatige hopper comes publican government itself. I charge
out again just as it went in ; and thus no party with corruption, and no legis
our statute books are loaded down an- later with crime, for all parties are in
nually with over 1,300 pages of crude, lite condemnation ;'but this Is sad his
tindigested trash, miscalled legislation, for -, and these are lamentable facts,
and which, as a wheleeis unworthy of e nown and read of all men;" and
the name e and a reproaoh to any civil- un ass something can boa done for re
!zed community in the 19th century. dr ss. they threaten to subvert and
Under the rules of the House of Rep- ov rthrow our whole social fabric. Lee
resentatives, every, Thursday is set us, then, whilst we may, make vigor
apart 'for the cansideration of public ou war upon and destroy this wicked
bills. But here,' ast elsewhere; "what sy tem.-lest the day come when we
is everybody's business is nobody's bu- sh if find ourselves destroyed by it. !
siness;" and such is the anxiety of the •
It has been suegesteeby some that
tnembers to have their private bills
the.e evils might be cured by a iteeral.
passed', that but few manifest any pro
per ilaterest in the general !awe. Often ex reise of the veto power. No one
a Iten tike publid calendar is under con-kn )ws better than I do that thisca - nnot
be lone, for I have seen it, fairly tried.
federation, before a single bill has been
1T...11
his direction
xed th u a ti n ve a . n h y a o s t d il l e pr m ed o e re . '
disposed of, i-onie member will get up
and move that all further proceedings
ces,ors. Tn the first four years of ser
,on tall .public calendar be suspended,
vice be vetoed 268 bilite e and was . sus.-
:old that ; the House proceed to the con
fained in every instance except three.
sideration of bills on the private calen
These vetoes have not only defeated the
star. This motion seldom fails to get
obnoxious bills themselves but have
thenecessary two-thirds, and the ac
tioneof the House at once confirms prevented- large numbers Of others of
the nyet e ()lasses from being enacted;t
I lier-e - e, .. -The time seldom if ever comes
a n t the result shows thetotal road='
wee?, meblic bills or general laws re
eacs of this as a remedy. The Gov
eei vri afiy reaeptiable share of legista
ernor has gone as far as be dared, and
tivo attention. 'rate rapid current °,
eff cted as much as' possible .In this
private bills continues unabated from . ,
era . If he attempted to go atiy fur
day today, and from weekk - to week,
th , the members of the Legislature
until arrested by the arrival' of the die.
wo ilti.fmen combinations againet him,
fi , ;c,ti Air final adjournment. ' The prae
tioal effe;r4 'of all this may be . further and pass the ails over his vetoes by the
1 t ti IIS ,
•
requiredtwo-thirds; 11. and when this
i I 1 timt rAtett by the following history :
tea done, be would be as powerless for
Tile general tee laws of our State at, fur her restraint as the driver of a run
e P•ahja-et of universal interest to tee
e hole . eeepie ; and it is conceded t.) aw y•team with 'his lines broltein.
ad who snow anything about them hese Wrongs and evils are manifold
that they ereatly need revision anki hies l an radical ; and the sharp axe of - ree
' for must be laid at the root. Exper
piitieatiee. ,
' 1 . len eas a State Senator, and nearly
lettetes to tills end have beau et- fiv years' observation from my wet
queetle wade within the last ten year- "n official etandeoint -, tee
il y convene' '
1 to re
,
. - -
hut with little or no practical risult
NOariy four years ago the Legislature,
impresed with the necessity for some
decided anion, but too busy. with pit:
,ate hills to undertake the takk them
•sel yes, appointed three commissioners
" to revise, collate and digest" .the tax
iit Wt , of the State, and make report to
the tieN t Legislature. This commission
perAiritted' the • dnty assigned it; and
with great labor prepared and reported ,
a bill entitled. "Au act to revise, amend '
awl ,eubstilidate existing laws for the t
a-se,4inetit and collection of State tax ti
-
vs, and township and county rates and a
levies." It proppsed nothing new or Er
untried, but simply consolidated into °I,
one act all of the 58' existing laws, ex
tern - lbw from 1780 down to• 1887, stri
king out all Incongruities and-absurdi W
[
tier, and arrangink the whole systetua tE
litioally into one intelligible,and harmo- a. I
ohms whole, properly, divided into "
chapters and sections, and repealing "
Uti 1)111 , 1'," laws on that subject. Here r t
i h
was a intuit valuable public and general
law, carefully prepared for legislative 11 :
action, on a subject of
„great magnitude ",
, and importance, and against which tii h
1 plausible Objection_ has ever been or can a
be, urged. It has been under cousidera.
tiou In ; both houses of our Legislature
for the last three .annual seasious, and "
, -.
The
1 1 •
000 k
1 81 - Job - Prmtmvlloo
- / ,
. .
. 9 well supplied with Promo and Typos to era.
me all kinder of Job Work withitootaosa and
I dispatch.
,
Low 11.1
Ng. 49
I ..ocation•-llowen &
A laditliail of all Alio, tato 40,7101 oft:
depArlpont.,
'oneoa EitoOk e 2
ent official standpoint; ,have long since
ful y convinced me that our only ade
quirt° remedy lies in constitutional
amendments, requiring the Legislature
to 4nact general and uniform' laws on
i s
all übJects which can be so, regulated ;
an absolutely prohibiting local and
sp cial legislation. -in all oases where
th same ends can be attained by gen
era laws.
,
ut, say some, you cannot:make men
Ito est by act of Assembly '
, or by the
more solemn acts of
.
constltutlonal con
y° tions. This is doubtless true, as an
lb tract propoidtion ; but it does not
net the whole case, nor will it Justify
to failure to. do what we can. DI
1a wisdom has taught us the prayer,
'Lead us not, Into temptation ; , and
re propose'. by our reform to remove
e ptatlon from thehallsofle_gislatlon,
n from the pathway of our Represen
at yea Like other men they act from
n tives ; and but few of them would
ni represent' us, or prostitute their
II" h office, if all motive and induce;
n nt were taken away. When they
to !nnaer have any votes to cast for;
h office of. State Treasurer, money
vi I no longer be Offered as a' consid-
It r ion therefor; and when their jui
is letion over private legislatibn shalli
tt,, e been taken away', none will be
'end to tempt them from the pzith ot
II