S'ljt democrat.
v HARVEY BJCKI.BR, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA.
Wednesday. Apr. 24, 1867.
The Democratic Standing Committee—
fir tho County of "Wyomiag are requested to meet
at tbe Coort neom in tbi Borough of Tankhannock
on Saturday tiie 11th day of May next,
ar 10 o'vio.-k P. M., for the transaction of important
16 ine.r.
The following named persons are members of the
Committee ; Perry Wilsey, Henry Brown, Miller
Patterson Wellington Lee, C, L. Vaughn, S.J.
Mowry, Lewis Ager Harrison Corns took.
C. L. CONKLIN,
Chairman.
" National Republican" newspapers, as
they style themselves, still talk, occasion
ally. about the policy, if not necessity, of
the Democratic party dropping its identity,
taking a new name, Ac., in order to become
\ictorious at the elections. Such talk is
nonsense, No reorganization of the party
cnnld result successfully, without a reten
tion of all the present members and the ad
dition of a number ot new ones. What,
then, would he the U6C of changing the
name V>f the party and holding that out as
a gull which (as everybody could see thro'
it) would Jeceivc nobody ?
The last Legislature passed a law allow
ing the public ifficeis of Philadelphia city
and Atlgheny county to surrender to phy
sicians and sutgeous, for dissection, the
bodies of deceased persons which are re
•qnired to be buried at public expenses.—
Whoever, therefore, shall be so unfortu
nate as to die at those places, friendless and
penniless, will certainly go to the great
resurrection in pieces. Formerly malefac
tors only weie given to the doctors—now
paupers are to share the same fate. "Dimes
and dollars, dollars and dimes; an emptv
pocket's the worst of crimes." So,atJeast'
say our Radical lawmakers,
MW The number of negroes registered
in \\ ashington, is 1,600 and the number i
of white men 1,028 This will give the
negroes a majority of nearly 500. They
have majorities in each ward of the city,
giving them every member of the city
council. It is the plan of the Radicals to
take the government of the capital of our
country out of the hands of the white peo
ple and place it under the control of the
negro, thus showing to foreigners who vis
it our country and eapitol, that there are
men in the United States who wo'd
rather have the negro to rule, than a white
man. Are the people so far gone that
they deem it necessary to take a municipal
government out of the hands of intelligent
white men, to place it in the hands o? an
ignorant set of acgroes? It does not ap
pear so from the action of the representa
tives whom they have sent to Congress.—
It is a sad commentary on th demoral
ized conditio* of the country. But noth
ing better could be expected from such a
body. Let the people show their con
demnation by voting against it.
THE NEGRO EXPERIMENT. —The British
1 ailiaruent gave qualified negro suffrage
to the negroes of Jamaica, as long ago'as
1834, —and then removed the qualifica
t on, bv decreasing the tax to a verj small
amount, so that any working negro could
vote.
The experiment has worked so badly,
a- to elicit the following remarks from the
Tribune:
Tt is a Mmewhtt remark able ooincidanco (hat
just at the time when the right of suffrage has been
conferred upou the freed men of the Soath, the n
groe* f the luost important of the British Wost
Indti po-SESSIWHS saocui H.IVK BKL* st/XMARILR
PEPRIVCI) OF THAT ftIGHT."
Hie Government of Jamaica has been
handed over by the British government to
a council appointed by the Crown and
the legislature of Jmiutic is abolishedl,
(n *gro and all,) and litis too, on the peti
tion of the people of Jamaica, to be rid of
the horrible position, in which free negro
suffrage has placed them all.
A-ftood Move,
The Democratic State Committee of
( ONSEC'TICI'T is to meet at New Haven on
Thursday of this week, to take into consid
eration such measures as may be necessary
to protect the woikingmen of Portland
nnd Uockville against the course pursued
by their employers in depriving them of
employment or forcing them to vote con
trary to their oath and the dictate of their
own consciences; and to consider whether
the laboring classes can be protected by
that provision of the Constitution of the
State which requires the General Assembly
laws to protectthe free ballot, by
prohibiting, "under adequate penalties, all
undue influence from power, bribery,"
anj in compliance with which the State
has required by law every elector to swear
by his Maker that he will give his vote,
" as be shall judge will conduce to the best
good" of the State or United States, "with
ol,t respect of persons or favor of any man."
This u a move in the right direction. Pre
vious to the recent election, the Kepubli
oape of CONN-ECNTU T made great ado over
the workitgmao, but since then not a word
of this kind has. bq*n heard from them.
The Democrats propose to prove thair
faith by tb*ir *ork, and show now, as
thfj havpafwaye in times past, that
they ari thc true friends of the working
classes,
ow tli.it Mrs. flnrratt has been de
el ami by the highest Radical authority
innocent of the crimes for which ehe was
hanged, what reparation will her murder
ers make her broken-hearted orphan daugh
ter 't' "They should at least give up the
body of their victim to her friends for in
terment, and we hope they will do so at
once.
Hayti and Jamaica.
The "great lamented," —we use the
word in its most expressive meaning for
lie was deeply lamented in life and death—
on one occasion, said that we were "mak
ing history." Other countries have not
been idle in competing for the same noto
riety, hot while #e hare been advancing
to mongrelism other countries have been
receding,
HATTI and JAMAICA, the two black pets
of Abolition puritanism, have been making
history nearly as fast as we have, and it
woald be well for us to pause and read a
chapter or two of what they have done.
JAMAICA was the black pet of England
for twenty or thirty years past The ne
groes there were kissed and fawned upon,
petted and praised i were given the right
to vote and hold office and the English
Pharisees tried Ux make us believe that
Jamaica mongrelism was a perfect Para
dise, where the culled individual "was
bound to shine." Well, after twenty
years experience—twenty years of boast
and expense, it has become necessary to
disfranchise the negross of Jamaica, and
put white tnen alone into power.
Hayti was the American pet, A differ
ent course was pursued, however, in favor
of Hayti. That country was to be secured
from barbarism by a peculiar proeess.—
Colonizing was the grand scheme, and it
progressed apparantly with success until
the Abolitionists got the crotchet in their
heads that mongrelism in this country
would give a higher color to society.
The plan of rescuing Africa from the
superstitions and abominations of heathen
ism was to establish a genuine negro re
public at Hayti, b> colonizing negroes
who had been civilized, christianized and
refined three through the process of Amer
ican slavery.
What a horrid idea the Pharisees must
have had of slavery at that time. Hayti
got along very well, so long as ths Coloni
zation Society could keep theia supplied
with intelligent Southern negroes, who had
pM9cd through the refining process ; but
that failing, through the bitter opposition
of tbc Abolitionists, all is now lost, and
Hayti is amongst the lost Republic.
Giffrard, President of the Republic, has
resigned and run away to Jamaica. The
history of Hayti since the negro population
obtained its freedom lias been a series of
sanguinary revolution and civil wars, and
thp country is probably in a worse condi
tion now than ever before. The negro
leader* have never shown themselves cap
able of agreeing t.pon or establishing any
thing like a sound and substantial govern
ment. Life and property have always
been exceedingly insecure arid the constant
danger of new revolution has tended to
keep the country in a deplorable condition.
Tf the African race had any capacity for
self-government they bad thebevt possible
opportunities of developing these talents in
Hayti, where they have Jiad things their
own way for more than twenty years past.
The troubles appears to he that their own
way is a very disorderly and rebellious one.
They have gone backwards in morals and
education, and have attained proticicnc\ in
none of the arts of civilization, except that
of war and political intrigue. Under their
own management their property and credit
have alike deteriorated in value, and the
nation has made itself an object of pity to
those who expected better things of the
race, and of ridicule to those who under
stood them better and foresaw the result of
the wild experiment of negro self-govern
ment. The norma! condition of the negro
is such that it is only by constant associa
tion with superior races that anything like
civilization can be imparted to him. Even
after such advantages there is an inevitable
tendency to relapse into barbarity when
the elovating influence is withdrawn.— Jef.
jCST If anything in the world will make
a man feel badly, except pinching his fin
gers in the crack of a door, it is unquestion
ably a quarrel. No man ever fails to think
less of himself after it than before. It de
grades him in the eyes of others, and what
is worse, blunts his sensibilities on the one
hand, and increases the power of passion
ate irritability, on the other. The truth is,
the more peaceably aa<i quietly we get on,
the better foronr neighbors. In nine ca
ses out of ten, the better course is, if a man
cheats you, quit dealing with him ; if he
abuses you, quit his company ; if he slan
ders you, take care to live so that nrrone
will believe him. No mattei who he is or
how he abuses you' the wisest way to do
is to let hira alone; for there is nothing
better than this cool, calm, and quiet way
of dealing with the wrong we meet with.
A WOMAN'S MASK, — What a mask the
unhappy wife is forced for prudence and
•ell-respect to wear over that tear-bedewed
face of hers ! If she docs not wear it, and
if she lets the tears fall down in the sight
of all, burniug ploughshares will not be
too hot for her feet to walk upon,-and she
must carry live coals from the world's al
tar, though they scorch her trembling fin
gers to the bone. Full of sympathy as
the world is for ber sorrows- if only deli
cately indicated—lifting a corner of the
veil daintily—it has neither sympathy nor
respect if broadly shown and rang into its
ears through a six-foot speaking trumpet.
The mask of the ill-mated spouse, male
or female, must be ofpecnliar manufacture
and most caieful manipulation; the kind
most usually adopted, because most gener
ally approved of being one embodying a
gentle patience, a plaintive manner of mar
tyrdom —Saint Cecilia exhaling her soul
in mournful music, Saint Sebastian lying
speechless under the cruel arrows piercing
his heart.
SEWATB COKFJBMATIONA. —The U, S
Senate continues to fight the President
.on his appointments. As the law now is,
the President's hands are so tied that no
appointments can be made by him without
the Senate's approval. If the Senate ad
journs now, a large number of officers will
be without heads. The President keeps
the Senate supplied with nominees, and
thj; Senate rejects them, not because the
men are not qualified or competent, but
because the Senators either have otber
favorites, or desire to keep the country in
an unsettled condition for partizan purpo
ses.
Horrible Murder.
A Woman Drowns the Child of a Neigh
bor in a Barrel — She Places a Cake of
Ice on the Body to Keep it Beneath the
Surface— Thi Child Anther Neigh
bor Thrown into the Vault of an Out
house.
[From the Chicago Times, April 10.] '
Twenty first street, between State and
Burnside streets, was the scene of a series
of inhuman outrages yesterday afternoon.—
For many months past, a woman ehHmg
herself Mary Brannagan has been residing
in a small frame cottage in the locality in
dicated. She represented heTaelf as atnatj
tied woman, but rumors reflecting u{x>n
her character have been current connecting
her natue with that of a negro in the'neigh
borhood, consequently she has been shun
ned by her former neighbors. This Wo
man has always been an eye Sore to the
entire neighborhood, and iht female por
tion of this community have even stood in
dread for the safety of their lives, as her
threats of murder were both loud and fre
quent. During these brawls she had fre
quently threatened the lives of the children
living in the neighborhood. The family
of Michael Kavanagh, residing at 181
Twenty first street, her next door neigh
bor, has been in the habit of receiving
something more than their share of her
animosity, and these people have been ful
ly aware of the state of her feelings to
wards them. Yesterday afternoon their
little girl, about four years of age, had been
allowed to plav in the yard, and for a few
minutes the attention of both parents was
directed from their offspring, by being call
ed to the front of the building. Ou return
ing to the rear of the house, to look after
the safety of their child, which for the mo
ment had been neglected, it could nowhere
be discovered. Instant search was institu
ted about the house and yard. In the
course of these researches, which were
participated in by a number of persons, in
cluding two policemen, some one advanced
to the vicinity of an out-house situated in
the yard, and beheld a little girl crawl from
beneath the shed-like covering, which had
been raised on posts a little above the or
dinary level of the ground. It proved to
be the daughter of Mr. Kavanagh's next
door neighbor named Patrick Pidgeon, a
child about five years of age. At first it
was unable to speak and, of course, could
give no reason for having been in such a
fearful predicament, but when it gained
sufficient consciousness and breath to artic
ulate, the child instantly accused Mrs.
Brauagau with the commission of the evi
dent intent to commit murder. When
Mr. and Mrs. Kavanagh heard this recital
their fears increased even ten-fold, and
the search for their own child was prose
cuted with redoubled energy. Adjoining
the low fence separating the yards from
the mclosure of Mrs. Brannagan stood a
barrel three fourths full of water while on
the top there was floating a large cake of
ice. More for the reason that the search
should be thorough, than under any oxpec#
tation of finding the body in that locality,
the ice was lifted out of the water, and
there to the horror of the bystanders tbe
body of a child came to the surface. It
was the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kavanagh and life was not quite extinct.
But its condition was such that no medical
skill could save it, and it died within a ft w
moments. The body bears evident mavks
of great violence done to it, and the neck is
almost black from the effects at strangula
tion. The tearful news spread like wild
fire about the neighborhood. Among all
these people there was not even a doubt
expressed as to who could be the perpe
trator of this second outrage. The author
of the fitst was unanimously accused of this
and this feeling became only more decided
when it was known that she had endeavor
ed during the afternoon to coax several
other children within her yard. Crowds
of excited people began to gather about
the premises. Everybody living within
a block or two was there with the excep
tion of the alleged criminal. She barrica
ded every avenUc of ingress to her dwell
ing, and then placing herself at a window,
with a bayonet for a weapon she threaten
ed instant death, should any one possess
the hardihood to come near her person. A
strict surveillance was instituted over the
premises. Evidently for the purpose of
making her escape being under the im
pression that the police had abandoned the
vicinity, she made her appearance tn the
yard, and was instantly secured by Officer
M. E. Barrett. But not without a severe
struggle was she at last confined within
the walls of the Twenty-second street sub
station. Although in charge of two offi
ccrs, this demon fought and resisted all the
way to the station, and tho air was filled
with her voice as she uttered feartyl oaths
and blasphemies against both the living and
the dead. This inhuman creature is about
fifty years of age, and represents in every
respect the most fearful type of low, de
graded womanhood. The little girl whose
life was saved by nothing less than a mira
cle, is most positive in her story. She
states that having been coaxed by Mrs.
Brannagan into her yard, she was sudden
ly seized by this woman, and while her
cries for help were stifled she was cast into
the vault With remarkable presence of
mind, perceiving a small opening at the
rear, she struggled her way towards the
aperture, and at last succeeded in extricat
ing herself altogether. Although she was
enabled to move her limbs shf> bad appar
ently lost all control of her voice, and hence
during all her fearful struggle she was un
able to give a single outcry to attract*at
tention. The popular excitemcut in the.
vicinity where these outrages occurred is
fearful, and almost beyond the control of
the police. Tho coroner has been notified,
and an inquest over the remains of the lit
tle girl will be held to-day, when still addi
tional and interesting facts will no doubt
be elicited
The Radical newspapers have not writ
ten obituaries upon the Democratic party
for severaljwecks. There has been a press
upon their columns in the shape of Con
neeticut election explanations.
John Morissey gets credit for being ofte
of the best behaved members of the* Rump
Congress, as well as one of the most atten
tive, practical and sensible.
What It Cesta to Keep House.
The Tribune presents a list of the items
making np "Uncle Sam's" bill of house
hold expenses for the year, as follhws:
The appropriation.voted by the Second
Session of the XXXIXth Congress to pay
for the current expenses of the Govern
ment daring the coming year, and to sup
ply the deficiencies of the last fiscal period,
amount to the pretty little sura of $154,-
798,037, M. The Army takes $23,881,994;
thu Navy, $16,794,244; Mr. Seward re
ceives two allowances of $30,000 each for
his Atlantic Cable bills: and the Postmas
ter General gets $20,000 worth of twine.
The Military Academy at West Point is
very liberally provided for, at an expense
of $267,914; of which that eminently
useless body, the Board of Visitors, con
sume $5,000 and another $5,000 is ap
plied to and enlargement of the cadet's
laundry, which we should think ought to
be big enough now to keep that dapper
little company of soldiers as clean as a row
of new pins. The printing of our Govern
ment money costs $200,000 the manage
ment of loans and notes cannot be affected
for less than $2,000,000 ; and for the de
tection of counterfeits we have a bill of
SIBO,OOO. Our expensive old friend Pub.
Doc, dances in to the tune of $2,169,198,
which surely ought to make Congress
ashamed. The charge under which it
strikes us that we get the poorest equiva
lent for our money is that of $315,595 for
Department of Agiiculture. The pur
chase aud distribution of seeds which no
body wants co3ts SBO,OOO, and the Botan
ical Garden, where Commissioner Newton
raises hot-house flowers to Members of
Congress, is supported at an outlay of 10,-
675. Ten thousand dollars for boquets 1
But after all that is not worse than the
"legislature" appropiiation of $10,230 for
horses and carriages.
The most bewildering thing of all is the
list of appropriations for keeping our pub
lic officers warm. Here, for examble, we
have $9,090 for heating the Supreme
Court lioom ; three thousand dollars for
heating the cadet's mess room at West
Point, forty thousand dollars for heating
and ventilating their barracks: ten thous
and dollars worth of heating apparatus for
the public buildings; one thousand dollars
worth for ditto for the library of Congress;
five thousand dollars worth of fuel and lights
for Congress ; five hundred dollars to heat
the Capitol; two thousand dollars for fuel
again at the White House and Capitol.—
How in the world is it possible in a single
Winter to consume eucb enormous quanti
ties of coal, is a problem quite beyond our
comprehension. There is an itom of fifty
five thousand dollars for lighting the Capi
tol and White House beside which the il
lumination of the Rotunda by electricity
involves an annual expense of three thous
and dollars and Government has to pay an
electrician one thousand two hundred dol
lars a year to attend to it.
Tbe standing and familiar outragq of all,
which comes next to Pub. Doc. in atroeity,
is the appropriation for The Congressional
Globe. On this costly luxury the Senate
expends no less than eighty five thousand
one hundred eighty five, and the House
one hundred and twenty thousand eight
hundied and ninety two dollars; total two
hundred and six thousand and fifty dollars.
This swindle is to be stopped —Congress
having already given notice of its iutention
to break off the contract with the proprie
tors of that concern as soon as the two
year's warniug which they are required to
allow have expired.
Negro Suffrage to be forced on tbe Northern
States.
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, offer
ed the following bill in the Senate, previous
to the late adjournment of Congress, for
the purpose of enforcing negro suffrage
upon the people of the Northern States :
Be it enacted by the Senate aud House
of Representative of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That
there shall be no denial of the elective fran
chise to any male citizen of the United
States, by any State on account of color or
race' or previous condition, anything in
the Constitution or laws of any State to
the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That
every person who shall violate the provis
ions of this act shall, on conviction in any
court of the United States ; be fined for
such and every offence not less than one
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less
than six months, or both, at the discretion
of the Court.
Wliat right Congress has to pass laws to
regulate the franchise in States we cannot
see, but, as it claims that it has a right to
do as it pleases in such matters, and as the
people supinely bow to its dictation, we
suppose it will be carried out. We hope
the people will remember that Democrats
told them what would be the result of a
Radical victory last fall, and take things
coolly.
A new religious society has been started
in New Jersey. We cannot give its creed,
as it professes not to have any.. The log
ical oddity of the affair, that profsesing to
discard all creeds and to take the Bible
only, they yet, by a resolution in their plat
form, dispense altogether with baptism in
every form, and propose to observe the
Lord's supper only once a year, on the an
niversary of the Jewish passover. Of its
views on the "mightier matters of the law,"
we„are not informed.
THEIR WATCHWORDS.—It is but twelve
years ago that "place none but Americans
on guard," was used by the present lead
ers of the Disunion party as the rallying
cry of the whole clan. Bat this dema
gogueish emblem has been dropped for
that of "place none but Africans on guard."
The titles and changes of the Disunion
leaders are as lofty as those of the rose
buck and the moon. Then they were en
amored ot "Sam," but now their love of
country is oozing out and "Sambo" takes
the place of the veteran "Samuel" of twelve
years ago.
It is said the reaction from Radicalism
in Indiana to Democracy is something
both extraordinary and gratifying. The
State is counted as certain for Democracy
at the next election.
Tue Supplement to the Commn School Law
Among the last work of the Legislature
was ike passage of a supplement tc the
common school law, which makes certain
salutary changes in the manner of organiz
ing, supervising and conducting the com
mon schools of Pennsylvania. This sup
plement has been signed by the Governor,
and is now in full force and effect. It
provides that when school directors are
unable to procure from the owner or own
ers of land, an eligfble site for a school
house, they may enter upon and occupy
such land, to the extent of one acre, and
the damages resulting from such occupan
cy to be determined by a jury of viewers;
and in case the award of the viewers is
confirmed by the court, payment shall be
made within thirty days, after which time
collection may be made by execution, as
in other cases of judgment ngainet school
directors; and cither party shall have the
right to have reviewers appointed by the
court.
The same act provides for the holding
of a County Teacher's Institute, to contin
ue at least five days in each year, and ap
propriating out of the money in the coun
ty treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to
the county superintendent, one dollar for
every three days' attendance of teachers
upon the institute, said sum to be expended
in procuring the attendance and instruction
of competent lecturers at said annual meet
ing ; and for non-attendance, except for
good cause, a teacher's certificate may be
reduced in grade ; and the time spent in
attendance on the Institute, may be allow
cd tLe teacher by the board of directors.
The superintendent must make a full state
ment ot the expenditures of moneys in his
hands.
The act also provides for the selection
of text-books at each triennial convention
ot directors, the same to be validated by
confirmation at the annual meeting of di
rectors and teachers, held as now provided
by laws : and a majority of the boards of
directors of the county may at any time
call a special meeting of directors, for
the purpose of appointing a committee on
text-books, prior to the triennial meeting
in 1809. City and borough superintend
ents, in places having over 10,000 inh ibit
ants The act legalizes the issue of three
grades of teachers'certificates, the lowest
called "Professional," which shall license
the holder to teach in the county, city or
borough where issued during the olficial
term of the officer issuing it, and one year
thereafter, and the third or highest grade
is called a "Permanent Certificate" which
must be signed by the State Superinten
dent. All professional certificates hereto
fore issued before the first Mouday of
June, 18G8. Any professional certificate
may be renewed by the proper officer if he
is satisfied that the bolder is entitled to the
certificate.
The act also provides "that no person
shall hereafter be eligible to the office of
county, city or borough superintendent, in
any county of this commonwealth, who
docs not possess a piploma from a college,
legally empowered to grant literary de
grees, a diploma or State certificate issued
according to law by the authorities -of a
State normal school, a professional certifi
catc from a county, city or borough super
intendent of good standing, issued at least
one year prior to the election, or a certifi
cate of competency from the State super
intendent of common school; nor shall
such person be eligible unless be has a
sound moral character, and has had sue
cessful experience in teaching within
three years of the time of bis election :
Provided, That serving as county, city or
borough superintendent, shall be taken as
evidence of the requisite qualifications.—
AN IKCIDRNT.— AS a (rain of cars wa*
approaching the suspension bridge near
Niagara, the conductor-found a young man
who could not pay his tare. The poor tal
low was evidently in the last stage* of con
sumption, and emaciated to skeleton pro
portions. lie sat by himself, and his eyes
were as red as thongh he had been weep
ing ; but the laws of the company could
not be transgressed, and he must leave the
train. Not a person moved or spoke as
the conductor bd him from his seat, all 1
shivering with the cold, but just as he
reached the door, a beautiful girl rose from
her seat, and with bright sparkling eyes,
demanded the amount charged for the poor
invalid. The conductor said eight dollars,
and the young and noble girl took that
sum from her pocket-book, and kindly led
the sick youth back to his seat. The ac
tion put to shame several inen who had wit- (
nessed it. and they offered to "pay half,"
but the whole-souled woman indignantly
refnscd their assistance. As the train
reached Albany, the young protectress
went to the invalid and gave Lira money
to keep him over night in that city, and
send him to his friends the next morning.
Two-thirds of the world weuld sutfer by
comparison with her. The man who gets
mat noble girl for a wife will be the subject
of admissible envy.
While a Democratic member of Congress
was recently addressing the House, the
dirtiest, greasiest specimen of a bnek
negro, sung out, w Y on lie !" from the gal
lery, thereby proving himself the equal of
his radical friends and companions.
Last week, in the New Jersey House of
Representatives, on a proposition to strike
the word white from the Constitution, 20
Radicals voted for it, but 22 Democrats and
13 Radicals voted against it. So it seems
the Rads are not in favor of the standard
of universal suffrage set up by the Tribune,
Press, and other organs.
An exchange threatens to expose the
Grand Army of the Republic. Don't. It
exposed its weakness at the late election
and we don't believe it can stafld another.
Let the deud rest in peace.
Under radical rule it takes 150 cents to
make one dollar, and seventeen dollars to
purchase one barrel of flour. In Demo
cratic tiinss all the Statps were represented
rn Congress, 100 cents made a dollar and
five dollars would purchase a barrel of
flour.
Local and Personal.
Cigars from the genuine Hawanoa leaf, and all of
the finest brands ot chewing tobacco are, tor sale at
Or. J. W Rhonda' Drag Store.
Prank Bunnell is now at New York laying in
a fresh stock of New Goods, at new and reduced pri
ces—Frank and Bob advertise ; and what's better
they perform all they advertise. *
The Prohibitory Liquor Law which isDow
in fuJI operation in this County, has greatly increased
the demand for "sperita,"dbr medical and mechani
cal purposes. The Hotel Keepers, lrom habit we
suppose, keep a few bottles and glasses in sight yet,
for ornamental purposes,---no doubt.
.Strings for Violins, VioHncellos, Guitars, Ban
joe he., can be had at L. B. Powell's Music Store,
Spranton. He has on hand some of the oelebrated
Paganinoi Violin Strings, and is supplying a great
many orders by mail.
Pajlug the Penalty—The two cares of Bur
glary and Larceny, tried at our last Session,resulted
in a oonviction of the paities charged
Allison A Brown, alias Stone, who broke into and
robbed D. T. Sterling A Skin's Store, were
to three years at hard labor in the Penitentiary.
Cornell and Rosengrani, who entered the Factory
ville Depot, and stole therefrom whiskey and boots,
were sentenced to one year and six months each.—
Sheriff Dewitt and assistants, started with them to
Philadelphia, the morning after sentence. Truly,
''The way of the transgressor is hard."
Hocus Pocus.~By means of hocus-pocus. or
some other fellow, a half bushel i, e. 30 lbs (Mar
cy's law hasn't took effect on 'em yet) of Goodrich's
early, seedling potatoes have found their way into
the dark corner ef our sanctum We—we—we
we're mistaken Wo—we— don't live where we do
now. Wo havn't got any place that's very .sanc
tum. We havn't got any of these justly celebrated
potatoes —to spare—everybody "just a few for
seed." But—Mr. Geo. C. Miller, living at the up
per end of town, has. We advise everybody to
plant some of them—provided ho don't keep his po
tato-hole locked up.
Gone Out,--For the information of oar Repub
lican friends, in tho rural regions, who may think
it is tiboat time for another issue of that luminous
sheet the Wyoming Repbulican, we wo uld inform
them, that that great light baa "gone tout." Billy
the draft sneak editor, who always "wrote his own
editorials," couldu't-koep his pond full with such a
constant drain upon it. He has left these parts and
gone to the "Jarsies" where men that can write
are more highly appreciated and better ] aid.
Iu Limbo.—L. 11. Stephens. late Sheriff and
ex-Deputy Provost Marshal of th's County, with
Mrs. Catharine Stephens, and Miss Eliza Stephens,
his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, were arrested
on Monday last, on the charge of assaulting, beat
ing, abusing and maltreating Mrs. Luc/ Stephens,
wife of the said L. 11. Stephens. The parties were
taken before Justice Terry and after a full hearing
were recognized te appear at the next Court of
Quarter Sessions Bail in the sum of SSOO, was
required. We were not preseut at the examination
and know nothing of the facts of the case, except
from rumor. If what is allege ! against Mr. S. bo
true, he is a very brute—anil not the honorable man
he has heretofore 1 een reputed to be. A husband,
a mother a sister aud a family of little children,,
arrayed on the one side; against a feel le wife,
dni g ter and mother on the other—all living under
the same roof—and committing from time to time,
such acts of violence, brutality and outrage, upon that
feeble, unresisting wife and mother, as would make
savages appear more savage, is the picture that has
been presented by "Madame Rumor." It has been
said '.hat "The Devil ii not so black ns bo is soine
tiraos painted." We shall be glad to know that this
pioturc has, in fact, some softening tints. Fe-,
viewed in any light, the case presents many unnat
ural and dark features. Among the gentlemen
who appeared as prosecutors of Mr Stephens, were
A. B. Mott, Ira Avery, T. A. Miller, James Youxg.
R. E. Baker, George Win.ins, F. M. Hepburn and
others With such an array of prosecutors Mr,
Stephens seems to have the tide ot public opinion
strongly against him It seems clear, that Mrs.
Stephens is a much abused woman; or that Mr.
Stephens is oue of the most abused of men. Time
and a lull investigation of the facta will determine
who is to be most blamed for this nost unfortunate
condition of affairs in that family.
Decker Brothers' Xcw Scale Pianos.—
The fallowing notice of these celebrated pianos is
from the pen of Henry C. Watson, Editor of the
American Art Journal and one of tho best critics
in musical matters in the United States.
The new actio square piano just turned out by
Decker Brothers' No. 91 Bleeeker Street, is an in
strument of rare and extraordinary beauty. Admi
rable as their instruments hare been, heretofore,
they are entirely eclipsed by this recent improve
ment.
The principle upon which the Decker Bros piano*
are made, and of which principle they hold the ex
clusive Patent, is that all the strings shall have
their bearings or contact points, upon wood This
is obtained by raising the bass end of tke plate in
the casting, which permits the strings to pass under
it to the tuning pins, and rest upon the wrest plank.
Holes corrosjionding to the tuning pins, but larger,
are cast in tho plate, so that nauo of the resonant
material of the piano, comes in contact with iron.
Decker Bros, have tested this Patent principle on
an enlarged scale, and have gained results in pro
portion. The tone, which is exquisitely refined,
rich and sympathetic, has vastly increased in power f
gaining in grandeur of volume, without losing any
of those fine qualities, which always eharacte vised
their instruments and have made them a solid repu
tation wherever tbey have become known. We can
imagine nothing finer of their class thnn the new
scale square pianos of Docker Bros. Faithful, deli
cate, and highly finished workmanship, gives the re
sult of a perfect equality in all their instruments.
This fact has led to the general remark among the
best professors, that one has no -'need to choose
among the pianos of the Decker Bros for they are
all equally admirable."
The nan:3 of " Docker' has been made a valuable
trade mark by the Decker Bros., on account of the
superb and trustworthy instruments which they
manufacture. This fact has boeD taken advantage
of by other parties , who are now using the name of
Decker iu the hope of profiting by the prcstigt
which it confers. But the public must not be led
astray. The Decker instruments which stand so
high in reputation throughout the United States,
are the Patent'pianos manufactured exclusively by
Decker Bros, of No. 91 Bleecker Street, New York,
and these can always be known first, by their rare
beauty, and power of tone, fine touch, and superior
finish, and secondly, by the words Decker Bros.'
Patent, June, 1863, cast on the left hand side of
the infin plate, without which there is no genuine-
Decker Bros, pianos. Purchasers therefore bearing
these points u> mind, and remembering the date of
the Patent particularly, oaa he oertain of securing
the genuine instrument. .
Ativan, APRIL 15XH, 1867
MR EDITOR :
Near the 10th day of July. 1863,.
while In camp at Shippersburg, one of the regiment
brought to me a Bible and some trifles, and said,
'Take care of these till 1 call for thorn." I did not
know the yeung man and supposing he would call
for them soon after, I thought ne more about it at
the time. But not seeing nor hearing from him
since, I would like to have yon publish this, or as
much of it as you think neeessary. - On the fly leaf
of the Bible is written : Presented to EDWARD A -
MARTIN, by his Employer, Edward Roes. Jan.
10th, 1863. c E DAVIg
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