Ck ptmotrat.
HARVEY SICKL.ER, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK j PA.
We dnesday. Apr. IT, 1 867.
PROHIBITORY LlftUOR-LAW.
The following is the text of the law pro
hibiting the granting of Licenses in Potter
Co. which by the late Legislature was
extended to this County.
W AN ACT
TO PROHIBIT THE GRANTING OT LICENSES
TO SELL INTOXICATING DRINK", WITH
IN THE COUNTY OF POTTER.
Section I. — Beit enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
o'~ Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That from and after the passage of this act, no li
cense shall be granted to any person, to sell vinous,
spirituous, malt, or brewed liquors, within the limits
of the county of Potter.
Section 2. That if any person, or persons, within
the said limits, shall sell, trade, or barter away, any
vinous, spirituous : arany kind of intoxicating liquors,
or intoxicating tonic, or other bitters, to be used as
a beverage, he, or she, upon conviction thereof, in
the court of quarter sessions of said county, shall be
lined in a sum of not less than fifty dollars Lor more
than two hundred, for the first offence, and, upon a
second conviction, the fine shall not be less than one
hundred nor moro than three hundred; and in ad
dition to the fine, the person so convicted, a second
time, shall undergo imprisonment, in the county
jail, for a period of not less th in thirty days, nor
more than six months : Provided however, That
manufacturer! of domestic wines and of malt and
brewed liquors shall not be piohibited from selling
their own products, in quantities of not less than
one gallon: And provided further, That this act
shall not apply to druggists, who sell unmixed al
chohol, or wine, or brandy, on the written prescrip
tion of a regular practicing physician.
Approved —The eleventh day of April, Anno Dom
ini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
The supplemental section extending the
above law to Wyoming County is as fol
lows •
Section. 1 Be it enacted be., That the provisions
of an act entitled "An Act to prohibit the granting
of license to sell intoxicating drinks within the
county of "Potter" approved Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundied and sixty-six shall be and
the s.raie are hereby extended to the county of VVyo
minj Provided however, That domestic wines and
malt ami brewed liquors shall not be sold in '.aid
county.
Approved the 3<l day of April A. D. 1567.
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Infamy Awaits them.
Time was when official position gave a
certain degree of respectability, even to
' short scrub-stock" politicians or civilians.
Not so now. It is no honor now to be a
member of Congress or occupy a seat on
the Supreme bench of the State. The
surging* of war brought into office, most
who were never dreamed of for snch por
tions. It is truly a day of very small men,
and to a statesmen the private post is the
post of honor. We do not know what
these officials think of their own status,
but we can assure thern—all who hold of
fice against the known will of the people —
that they are held in perfect contempt by
every true gentleman and liberty loving
patriot. They may strut the streets for a
while, and surfeit upon the blood of their
own countrt men, but the time will come
when they will lose official position, and
disgrace and eternal bauishment from re
spectable society be the closing scene of
their lives, and Infamy be their epitaph.—
West Tennessee Whig.
flow LONG?—A correspondent asks us
how long is the infamous, unconstitutional
annoying, prying,•troublesome Income Tax
to continue ?" We answer, that it will be
continued as long as the Republican party
hold power ! That party has discovered
what they call "the resources of the coun
try." Having done so they intend to en
joy them ; and being in possession, obvi
ously proceed as miners do, when they
discover a golden gulch. They are making
preparations io stay —and this is w hat the
Reconstruction and other bills in Congress
reallv mean—with a determination to get
at the gold bv all known processes, and if
these fail, to invent new ones among the
miners. If it is contained in quartz, it
must be "crushed out" of it. The Repub
licans being like the miners, the people
are comparable to the quartz. They must
yield their gold to supply the extravagan
cies offcnyria Is of Republican tax-ga'her
ers, and pay for the costlv exocriments in
the government of the Republican party,
even though they are crushed. —Argus.
REVOLUTION*. Revolving centuries bring
about strange changes. In the infancy of
Freedom, when law was yet in swaddling
clothes, the Barons of England, a privil
eged class, combined to wrest from King
John the Magna Charta which secured to
all Englishmen those peculiar rights of
freemen, trial by jury and the writ af ha
beas corpus. In 18G7, the age ot liberal
principles and enlightened ideas, in a
great Republic which boasts that its les
sons of freedom are being conned wherev
er the tongue of man has been taught to
svlluble the word, their representatives of
a democratic people, with the lying cant
of liberty and equality on their lips, com
bine to wrest those same rights of trial by
jury and habeas corpus from eight millions
of American citizens.
■ *• ■■
A patron of a newspaper once said to
the publisher :
"Mr. Printer, how is it that you have
never called on me for the pay for your
paper ?"
"Oh," said the man of type, "we never
ask a gentleman for money."
"Indeed," replied the patron, "then how
do you get along when they don't pay ?"
"Why," said the editor, "after a certain
time we conclude that a man who fails to
pay for bis paper is not a gentleman, and
then we ask him."
"Ah, yes ! I 6ee. Mr. Printer, please
make my receipt and have my name all
right on your books."
A Hew Society.
A few days since an old friend handed
as for re-publication the following Consti
tution—of a strange society. The paper
upon which it is printed, bears all the
marks and color of antiquity ; giving color
to the opinion that its author (whose style
is Lorenzo Dowisb,) has long since gone
to his reward in Heaven. The new society
he endeavored to establish, had, 'doubtless,
"gone before." The evidences, if any, of
its existence are very faint indeed, in this
day and generation. But, while even
good societies may be broken up and their
history be lost in the darkness of the past,
i principles founded in Mercy, Truth and
! Justice will live forever.
We have looked over these twelve ar
ticles of the Constitution ; and are of the
opinion that it would be a good work to
revive this old-fashioned, obsolete society;
especially as there arc a great many well
meaning people who are just now hesitating
about what society, among the numerous
ones now in vogue, they had better join.
We hope at least, that those into whose
hands this constitution falls, will preserve
and read it, once a week; or until they
fully understand its principles"; to the end, ;
that a rousing revival of them may be
started right here in our midst.
Come right forward brethren and sisters
and join
THE SELF-EX A MINI NO SQCIETV.
And the many Societies established
in out country to extend the principles of j
Christianity, and to improve the morals of
the people at large, it is a subject of real
regret, that while so laudable a zeal is
manifested, and so tnnch pains taken to
remove the mote cit of our neighbor's
eyes, that there should be no society
formed, no pains taken, to induce men
firtst to cast the beam out of their own ; or
in other words, a society whose end and
aim should be to examine our* own heart,
and lives, and see if we ourselves are not
guilty of some habits and vies that need
reform, which are equally as bad a* those
which we are so ready to discover in our
neighbors. This society, it would seem,
ought to take the lead of all others; and
itjehould be the first object of our exertions
to suppress the vices and follies'of man
kind. "Physician heal thyself," is an ad
monition coming from the highest author
ity, and is as applicable to the Scribes and
Pharisees now as it was eighteen hundred
year ago. Did the members of our popu
lar societies, a? well as others, take half
the pahs to examine themselves and cor
rect th ir own faults, t-Laf they do to hunt
and cxp-'Se the faults and tollies of others,
how in ich more like Christians would
they act ? How much ..lore happv and
peaceable would be the condition of every
community and neighborhood ? And
were a society of self-examination once in
stituted, in this or any other place, and
made as popular as our T: mperence Socie
ties and many others now are, how much
less running to and fro, or of numbers
standing in the corner* of the streets,
thanking flod that they arc not like other
men, should wc then bell -Id.
COYSTITL'TIOY,
Article Ist. This Society shall be known
by the name of the SEI.F-EXAMINING SO
CIETY, ai d shall be computed of members
of botii sexes whose hea is and heaits are
capable of mental improvement.
Art. 2. The object of this Society shall
be, while we may see ail other's faults, to
feel and correct ottr own. To suppress
all manner of deceit and hypocricV, slan
der and defamation, backbiting and evil
speaking, with ail that tends to injure or
defraud our neighbor, either of his prop
erty or character.
Art. 3. This Society shall be independ
ent of all other Societies—each member
shall be vested with full power and he
shall make it his duty to mind his own
business and let others alone. And no
Presidents. Vice Presidents, Secretaries,
Spies, Informers, Committees, nor Dele
gates shall ever he chosen io watch over
the counduct of others, or make report* of
their neighbor's misdoings, until such a
work shall have begun at home.
Art. 4. There shall b" no public or
private meeting of this Society on any
appointed days to manage their concerns,
or to hear lectures delivered before it, but
it shall be the duty of every member, to
meet himself alone every day, and listen
to the lectures of his own conscience.
Art. 5. No money shall be raised from
time to time to support this Society, nor to
circulate self examinii g tracts, or self ex
aming almanacs, or pay the Ministers or
Lawyers for delivering addresses, to con
vince us how much easier it is to examine
others than it is to examine ourselves.
Art. 6. Every member of the Society
shall pay due regard to Temperence in
eating and drinking and in every thing else.
But he shall he his own judge what be
shall eat, and what he shall drink, and
wherewithal he shall be clolheJ —while
gluttony and drunkenness, and tight lacing
shall be left to the gnawings of conscience,
and consumption with all that popular re
proach they deserve, without the benefit
of the clergy, or the votes, or lectures ot a
Temperence society.
Ait. 7. Every thing shall be called by its
right name—men shall not put bitter for
sweet, nor sweet for bitter, nor '•all for
beer when he.means rum, nor for eider
or wine when he means brandy or gin
And no Innkeeper shall put new wine into
old bottles of French brandy, for the nse of
his Temperence customers —and no grocer,
merchant or apothecary, shall sell prepara
tions of whiskey for Malaga or Madira
wine, or St. Croix Ram.
Art. 8. Every member of thii Society
shall be allowed fo drink tea or coffee, cold
or hot water, buttermilk or lemonade, as
suite him best, or to chew and smoke to
bacco, or take snuff when not offensive to
the company he is in, without being ex
communicated from good society, or de
livered over to the buffeting of Pharisees.
, Art. 9 No member of the Society
shall ever set himself above his fellows,
or seek to establish his own character, and
consequently by blackening his neighbor's
good name, thinking to make bis own ap
pear whiter ; but it shall be the duty of
every one to examine their own hearts
and dispositions, and set a double guard
against the sin that most easily beset them
selves.
Art. 10. This society shall form no
Christian party in politics, and no political
party under the name of the Self-examin
ing Society. It shall have nothing to do
with Masonry or Anti-Masonry, Coloniza
tion or Ami-Slavery, Missionary, Bible or
Tract Societies, as being in any manner
connected with it; nor shall any Religious
Creed, Test, or Inquisition, Council or
Synod, evar be established or countenanced
by this society, but every one shall eajoy
his religion, and show all others the same
liberty he claims for himself, without be
ing pointed at as a heretic, 01 branded as
an infidel.
Art. 11. Good Society shall not be ex
clusively formed out of the Aristocracy of
wealth, nor made out of the popularity of
swindling speculators, or of civil or relig
ious professions, shall include the poor
who are honest, intelligent and industri
ous, as well as the rich.
Art. 12. The members of this Society
shall seek to do good and not evil—love
and not hate each other, and when reviled
they shall not revile again ; but they shall
hear with faults of and infirmities of others,
knowing that they themselves are men of
Ike passions and imperfections. They
shall respect the virtues and talents of all
men, nor shall that honor and defereuce
be overlooked which is justly due to the
working part of the community, to the
Farmers and Mechanics, and to all whose
honest labor is a public as well as a pri
vate benefit.
NKGRO CONTENTION IN NASHVILLB—
On Saturday last the negroes of Nashville
held a convention. From the proceed
ings we clip the following, which will no
doubt prove interesting to many.
Hie Secretary, Jordan M'Gowan, made
a few remarks to the effect that he was
"an old Virginia nigger" of the right stripe
and his experience taught him that the
Southern people had always been his
best friends, and were his best friends
now. Ihe coloted men who now refused
to act with the Conservative party would
in a few years mourn their mistake. The
people of Davidson county had ever al
io wed their slaves better • privileges than
in any other part cf the country. He
would support and vote the most upright
man, whether Whig, Democrat or rebbel,
A negro named Washington made a
speech in which he stated that the South
will go further for our good than any Rad
ical dare do. I say to'the Southern men,
hold your heads up; your time will come
yet. Let others go as they may, 1 will
iorever stick to those who wore the gray.
Hie following are among the resolutions
adopted:
Resolved, That believing the spirit and
tendencies of radicalism are unfavorable to
these aims, we take our stand with the
true Union Conservatives of Tennessee,
and invite our race throughout the State
to do the same.
Resolved, '1 hat our right Jo vote involves
the right to hold office, and that its denial
is unjust; and that our interest* and
rights as freemen require also that we
should have the right to sit upon juries
Oh Ho!
The New York Times makes a confes
sion, which would have caused the con
fessor—if a Copperhead, to be branded as
"disloyal," "traitor," &c. The confession
is this :
"The policy pursued by Congress for
the last two years will inevitably end in a
practical repudiation of the public debt—
and it is just as well for the countiy to
understand this first as last. And the
danger is that this policy always WILL be
pursued, for it is the one dictated by the
personal necessities and asperationa of in
dividual members. Evary member de
sires a re-election or promotion in public
life, and he can only get it by securing
votes of his constituents. Every member
has among his constituents more or less
soldiers—in very many, perhaps a majori
ty of all the districts, enough to turn the
scale between contending political parties.
Accordingly every member is tempted
to vote, under one pretence or another,
large sums of money to the soldiers—a
vote which it is easy to justify on the score
of patriotism, and which few men have the
courage under any circumstances to resist.
Hence hilf a dozen members are already
running a race to see which shall propose
the largest donations to the soldiers.
More Reconstruction
The insincerity and duplicity of Con
gress, in submitting the military bill to
the Southern States as a tinality on the
subject of reconstruction, is shown in the
fact that a supplementary bill has already
already'passed Congress which overthrows
the most important principles of the orig
inal bill. The original bill left it optionary
with the States to accept the measure or
reject it, and the suffrage question was
controlled by the terms of the Constitu
tional amendment. The new bill, howev
er, puts the subject of elections under the
control of the Brigadiers and requires that
they shall be held. It also provides for
the registration of all voters, under which
system the greater part of those not pro
scribed by the amendment can, and proba
bly will be, excluded. It may be set
down as a fixed fact, that the Jacobins have
on idea of restoring the Southern States
until after another Presidential election,
any concessions made to secure earlier
admission will be wasted upon men who
have a policy to which they intend to ad
here and from which there is no power to
drive them. — Banner of Liberty,
The entire assetts of a recent bankrupt,
were nine children. The creditors acted
magnanimously ana let him keep them.
A person may believe as h pleases abont
things ; but things will not, therefore, be
as be pleases.
Bingham and Butler—Mrs, Surratt Inno
cent.
The telegraph from Washington gives
a scanty outline of a recriminating passage
betweeh Butler, of Massachusetts, and
Bingham, of Ohio, whiqh contains the fol
lowing allusions :
" Mr, Bingham said it does not become
the gentleman who recorded his vote fifty
times (Eldridge suggested fifty seven time)
for the arch traitor of rebellihn, for the
Presidency of the United States, to under
take to cast an imputation either on my
integrity or my honor. I repel with scorn
and contempt any utterance of that kind
by any man, whether he be the hero of
Fort Fisher taken, or the hero, of Fort
Fisher not taken. (Roars of laughter,) I
also stand here sir in the name of the
American people to repel with scorn any
attempt to levy charities by confiscation
in violation of the Constitution of my coun
try. This," sir, is the proposition which
the gentleman (Mr. Butler,) dares to niter
in the American Congress iu the sacred
name of charity." (Applause and laugh
ter.
To which Butler is said to have replied ;
"I did the best I could; other men of
more ability could do more, and no man is
ready to give higher plaudit for their valor,
their discretion and their conduct, than
myself. Because I could not do more, I
would feel exceedingly chagrined if, during
the war, the gentleman from Ohio, Mr.
Bingham, did as much, I sho lid be glad
to recognize that much done, but the only
victim of the gentleman's prowess that I
know of was an innocent woman hanged
upon the scaffold His only victim was one
Mrs. Surratt. I can sustain the memory o f
Fort Fisher if he and his associates can
sustain him in the bleod of a woman triid
by military commission and condemned
without sufficient evidence, in my judgment.
We have at last one of the secrets of
the charnel house; wrung from an unwill
ing witness, but nevertheless a witness in
vested with every right to speak. It is at
this late day, to sustain himself, that But
ler charges the Government prosecutor
against Mrs. Surratt, with being her mur
derer ; that the blood of an innocent wo
man is upon the head of the member from
Ohio, and his associates in that tragic and
melancholy occurrence. If this Massa
chusetts lawyer knew the testimony against
Mrs. Surratt, was insufficient, during the
trial, and that she was innocent, why in
the name of justice, did he not say so then
and throw the weight of his name and in,
tiuence in her behalf; at least have guar
anteed President Johnson's personal safety
in the event of a respite, until the popular
heat had time to cool and the demand for
blord was less boisterous.
That the President was inclined to clem
ency in that case we are assured, but why
was Anna ; Surratt, the broken herrted
daughter, denied the presence of the chief
magistrate? Butler kuew the party who
me her in tho White House and mocked
her entreaties to see Mr. Johnson to obtain
a few days life for her mother. It may
yet come out that intimidations were used
against the President, that if he interfered,
his own complicity in the assassination
would he more t' an suspected. We nev
er entertained a doubt of the innocence of;
Mrs. Suriatt, of the horrible crime impu j
ted to her, hut feci satisfied with Butler, j
that she was made a victim to satisfy a,
longing for vengeance, the intensity of
which \as proportionate to the brutal mur
der of a President.— Ex,
When the sterling, honest, old and
true Democracy was in power, $8 A DAY
was the pav of members of Congress, and
$3 A DAY for members of the Legisla
ture. It was then thought an extravagant
price, and that man could hardly have been
found with courage and assurance sufficient
to have even proposed an increase. It is
now six short \ ears since the Democracy
became exiles and the abolitionists have as
sumed their places. The old landmarks of
honesty, economy and fidelity, have given
way to theft, extravagance and corruption
What is the result ? In the single item'
of the pay of our legislators, we have *?eu
Members of Congress advanced from $8 a
day, first to $3,000 a year, and then to
So.ooo, equivalent to about S4O a day for
the sitting—five times the. old Democratic
pay. We say nothing about the piqkinys,
which have also immensely increased. As
to our $3 a dav members of the Legisla
ture, —they too have kept pace with the
abolition times. They first run up to SSOO
for the session, then to $7.20, then to SIOOO
(which it is now) and a proposition as be
fore the present Legislature, which will
probably be adopted, again iuereasingthe
pay—this time to SISOO ! They do these
things, trusting to the fanaticism and blind
ness ot a great portion of the people, who
are sensible enough on every other subject,
except politics, These legislators know
well enough that all that is necessary, if
objection is made to their acts, is to put
forth several lusty yells of " Copperhead,"
"traitor," when the whole abolition party
is sprung into'the traces, as one man, in
support of the most outrageous and abom
inable measures that may be purpetrated
by "party." We trust the day is not far
distant, when men will return to their bet
ter judgment, and arrest the career of this
mad fanaticism, for it will soon be too late.
—AUentown Democrat.
When once infidelity can pursuade men
that they shall die like beasts, they will
soon be brought to lire like beasts also.
Our prayers and God's mercy are like
two buckets in a well —while the one as
cenJs the other descends.
Wby is a restless sleeper like a lawyer ?
Because be lies on one side, end tarns and
lies on the other.
GENERAL WAsmnoTOir RECEIVES A
CURTAIN LECTURE.—A nice little story
of General Washington, which will be
fresh to many of our readers, and will em
balm him in the memory of all good wives
as a model husband :
"The General—says the biographer—
and his wife lived happily together, but it
is evident that like most heiresses, she was
a little exacting, and it is highly probable
that the great Washington was sometimes
favored with a curtain lecture. The cele
brated authoress, MissCremer,relates that
a gentleman once slept at Mount Vernon,
in the room adjoining that occupied by
the master and mistress of the mansion ;
and when all was still lie overheard, thro'
the thin partition, the voice of Mrs. Wash
ington. He could uot but listen, and it
was a curtain lecture which she was giv
ing her lord. He had done something
during the day which she thought ought to
have been done differently, and she was
giving her opinions in somewhat animated
and quite decided tones. The great man
listened in silence till she had done, and
then, without remark upon the subject in
hand, said :
"Now good sleep to you my dear."
It is plain that the General believed that
"it takes two to quarrel."
HAW the Exempted Class I.lve.
Jay Cooke, who manipalated three thou
sand millions of dollars of U. S. stock, ALL
EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION, lives in a pa
latial residence at Philadelphia, which is
thus described by a lady :
" I can't describe what it is like. I don't
think grander,more beautiful,more splendid
or more in keeping can be imagined. And
the Cookes are just the kind of people to
lire in it. L. is a perfect brunette, and
her sister S., who is younger, is a blonde.—
L'B. room is furnished in bright crimson
satin, and S's. in light blue satin. Just
beyond their rooms is still another bed
room, and is intended for any friend whom
they wish to invite to visit them. C. was
occupying this room. Everything in the
house with the exception of Mr. Coooke's
buodoir and a few of the paintings, is
American. Mr. Cooke would have noth
ing else. In the sitting room is a large
old-fashioned open fire-place, with andirons
which Mr. Cooke's mother presented to
him. There is every kind of room in the
house that you could thimk of —biliiard
rooms, amusement room, where they have
a regular stage, foot lights, etc., music room,
where they have an elegant square grand
richly carved piano. I can't tell you of
all the rooms, for it would take me all
night, and even then you wouldn't have a
clear idea of them.
TIIE CAPTURE OF FORT BUFORD.—A
letter from the wife of a distinguished ar
my officer at St. Louis confirms the report
of the capture of Fort Buford, at the mouth
of the Yellow Stone, on the Upper Missou
ri. Col. Rankin, his wife, a child, and the
whole garrison were slaughtered—in all
about eighty souls. It is due to the mem
ory of Col. Rankin to state that he had
represented for fully four months his ina
bil.ty to resist a prolonged attack against
the overwhelming force the Indians brought
against him, and requested to be reinforc
ed or drawn into a more defensible posi
tion. Private letters say that he anticipa
ted his fate, and made good his promise
to his friends that he would defend his po
sition to the last man. llis promise has
been verified. Private letters state that
ho repulsed with his small force the attack
of frora two thousand to three thousand
Indians, killing three hundred aud wound
ing over one thousand before he was over
whelmed. It is generally supposed that
Col. Rankin shot his wife to prevent her
falling into the hands of the Indians. No
possible blame can be attached to Col. Ran
kin's memory for the fall of the post, as he
had had many years' experience in the In
dian country, and was an officer of great
coolness and direction.
THE CARVED ROCK. —In Fayette coun
ty, on the top of the high river hill oppo
site Miilsboro, there is a large rock, per
haps three feet thick and fifteen feet sur
face, on which are carved the outlines of
many kinds of wild animals, such as foxes,
Ac. There are also two sets of footprints
two large ones and two small ones. The
foot-prints are as accurate and legible as a
person could make by standing in stiff
clay. The rock lies on the top of the
ground and is the only one there. It is
known throughout this section as "The
Curved Rock " Who can give a reason
able surmise ol how the rock was placed
there, and who carved it ? Valley Spirit,
ADVISE TO PDEACHERS. —B short and
lively. Load up before you enter the sa
cred desk,; announce your text, when the
time comes, with distinctness, and dash
right into discussion. Fire at point blank
rage. Keep your eye on that drowsy
hearer until he becomes wide awake. Hold
the children and those restless young folks
under good command, "Give a portion'*
to the aged ones, who try so hard to catch
every syllable you utter, and, under some
of the modern pulpit orators, lose about
half. Stir lip all the people. " Shake off
dull sloth," in manner and tone. Be in
earnest—tremendously in earnest! Time
is passing; eternity is near; judgment is
at the door! make an impression , if you
can, inside of thirty minutes ; if not, ask
God to give bis blessing and—close.
"Married couples resemble a pair of
shears," says Sidney Smith, "so joined that
they cannot be separated, often moving in
opposite directions, yet always punishing
any one who comes between them."
"No man is bom to office," says Lord
Somers, "but every man is born to a vote."
If an English Lord can say this, why not an
American democrat ?
A bypoerite may spin so fair a thread at
to deceive his own eye. He may admire
the cobweb, and not know that he himself
is the spider.
NEGRO JURORS.— Pennsylvania is ma
king rapid progress along the road of fa
naticism. A few more strides and she
will stand alongside of Massachusetts, its
equal in every respect, so far as Cuffee is
concerned. But a few weeks since, the
Legislature made it a criminal offence for
railroad companies, or their employees, to
attempt to keep negroes out of the cars set
apart for ladies, or to request the "coming
man" to take a seat even at one end of the
ear. Now the Jury bill is before the
House—a bill to provide for the election
of two Jury Commissioners, one from each
party, who, with the Sheriff of each county
are to select the Jurors from the white
portion of our population, was voted down
by a strict party vote; every abolitionist
voting against it. and in favor of making
negro jurors.—Honesdale Herald.
A man hanging is better than a vaga
bond ; he has visible means of support.
What color is next to invisible green!—
Blindmau's buff.
Local a nd Personal.
Explanation.— The uate on the colored ad
dress label on this paper indicates the time up to
which, as appears on our ln>oks, the subscriber baa
paid for his paper. Any error, in this label, will ha
promptly corrected, when brought to our aetiee.
Those of our Subscribers, who wish to know hew
they stand with us, will consult the label en their
papers. Don't let it get too far back into the by
gone days-—Something might happen.
Millinery .--Mrs. E. Bardwcll has just received
a new and elegant stock of Bonnets and Millinery
goods Of course all our Lady friends will call and
see the new styles. '
Men, not Wise in their own conceit, but other
wise, begin to fiud out that the Disco to buy cheep
Family Groceries, is at the old Wheelock stand,
kept by Draper BilliDgs.
Every Family should have a musical instru
ment of some kind, and a greater variety eanaot be
found anywhere outside of our largest cities than can
be seen at Powell's Mueic Store in Ser&nton.
New Advertisements —Robinson and Sayles
advertise real estate for sale.
Cormya A Logg—advertise New Livery.
Sherman A Lathrop call attention to their new stock
ot Goods and new style of prices. Purchasers will
find a change for the better in both goods and prices.
Charles S. Harding and Allen Jayne, advert is*
Administrators' notices.
A Splendid Stock of Spring and Summer
Goods is now being opened at Sherman A Lathrop's,
next door to the Bank. Th<"se of our Lady friends
who wish to get the latest styles, and also the ben
efit of the late decline in prices, should call and ex
amine it. Mr. Sherman is so proud of his goods
that ho will show them and give their prices from
"rosy morn, till dewy eve"—and charge "nary a
stamp" lor the .show!
Dr. J. >V. Rbods— recently purchased
the old Bardwell Store, next door fo Baldwin's Ho
tel—is now opening a first class Drug-store—where. *
besides all the " roots and yarbs," minerals, acit's
Ac. mentioned in the books, wlil be found all the
standard Patent medicines ; Paints, Oils , Dye stuffs,
Snuff Cigars, Porfuinery, anJ indeed everything us
ually kept in drug-stores, and manv things "new to
the trade " Call and see the largest and best ar
ranged store of the k'nd kept in town.
COURT PROCEEDINGS,
Court opeDed on Monday the 15th inst. Hon
WILLIAM ELWF.LL I residing with Hon. J. V SMITH
and GOHKON PIKE Aa-ocialcs.
The Grand Jury were called and sworn; John
Day OA Foreman.
A. J. Smith Esq <f the Luzerne County bar wl
sworn and admitted to practice law in the serernl.
Courts of Wyoming County.
A, J. Tripp, vs. Mary Lippo—Rule granted to
show cause why judgment shall not be opened end
Defendant let into a defence.
Rubie 11. Keeney OD Petition end bond being
filed, was appointed Guardian of Grace Woodhouse,
minor ch : ld of Grace Woodhouse.
Win. A. Burgess, on petition and Dond being
filed, was appoiuted Guardian of minor children,*
Wm. W. Willis.
Jacob Beits, vs Milton W. Newbury—Rule grant
el to show cause why judgment shall not be strick
en off.
Samuel Oliver and D. J. Crawford .on petition,
were appointed Supervisors ot Washington Tp
William Walters and Simon Armstrong, were ap
pointed Supervisors of Overfield Tp.
S. L. Keeney. vs, I. N, Lacey, on motion and af
fidavit, Court direct execution in this case to he stay
ed until 17th april inst.
Indictments were presented in the following cases .
Com'th, vs. Fuller Swkler, Indictment—Assault
and Battery—S. S. Brink Prosecutor—Bill Ignored
and Prosecutor to pay costs,
Com'th. vs. Henry Allison and James Brown,aita
Ed, Stone, Indictment, Lare-ny—True Bil 1. This
ca;e is on trial as we go to press.
Com'th. vs Sylvester Rosengrant, Willis Rosen
grant and Cyrus Cornell, Indictment, Larceny, U. V.
Mace Pros. True Bill.
Civil actions—lsrael Rozell vs. Peter Dershimer.
Verdict for plaintiff for thirty dollars.
Applications for Licenses to the several Hotels in
the County, were presented, which were refused to
be granted by the court in obedience to the late
prohibitory liquor law, made applicable to this
county (A copy of the law will be found in anoth
er column )
Married
PRESTON—CHAMPION —At Golden Hill, on the
10, inst. by Rev. D. D. Gray, Edgar M. Preston
ofWilmot, and Miss Lucy E. Champion, of the
former place.
FOR SALE.
The undersigned has for sale
A SMALL HOUSE AND LOT,
Situated in the village of Little Scranton, Nichol
son Township, Wyoming Co. Pa. Said property
would make a very desirable location for a country
Shoe or Millinery Shop, and will be sold cheap for
cash.
For further particulars inquire either in person
or by Utter of
JOHN C. SAYLES Jr.
Little Scranton.
T6D36-2W.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of' Administration have been granted the
undersigned on the esUte of J&oob Dymond of Mon
roo Township, deo'd. All persons having claims
against said decedent, are notified to present them
duly authenticated for settlement, ana all persons
indebted to the same will make payment, without
deUy t0 HELAN DAVENPORT.
Lake, Lns. Co. Pa, Apr. 17, 1867.