Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-01-27
From our Special Washington Cor
respondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., |
January D, 1872.

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DEAR WILyERT:
Hon. W. L. Taylor,
! first comptroller of the Treasury, appoin-
ted by Secretary Boutwell,, to make an in
vestigation into the conduct of the officers
of the United States Mint at Philadelphia,
returned to Washington Friday evening.
The evidence taken before him covered
over nine hundred pages of manuscript,
but nothing therein can be so construed as
to impeach the honesty of the mint officers.
Mr.. Taylor is of this opinion, and will so
state IN his report TO the Secretary. This
VIII De gratifying to the many friends OF
EN. Go'; roiioch, AT MS 0ia nome III Sor-
tnumoerhhd county, ana IL WIN conhrm
their oI'eh expressed OPINION tlat ne Is
"or.!iy, honest, anu rciitoie pupic ser F"u,'
IL IS rumorcd Ill this city that the lead,
| Ing Dcmocrats nave agreed upon Eenerai
W. >. Hancock Tor PRESIDENT ana 5' Gratz
Brow, now Movernor OF missouri, ior ice
ire"!dent. Ihcre seems, however, 10 DC
aiVision among the leaders some are anX-
i0us ior inc passive PoiiCy, aceP'inS us
,neir Ganoidate sore-heaus iikc Nc o'l.sc, Gree-
y OF Irunousi, OF waiting ior sohetnlls
W turn up a,ler "encIai er'nS Is noili,iia' ,
Iec AT fhiiadeiphla Oh the ON Vi June next
Inc southern democracy are peSlhn,hS 10
a,scuss inc question vi the iresiueucy.
l ne h.Ss'sS'pp, Il m'eS cans ou 'ne 9ou'nerh
neeWsPapIrs W hois. .ie names Hi 'ne ao men III
vi .nelr ci,p'ce 1, on anu al.e, .ne I1nu ,,; 1i
noA @ % iionIn inc planuon Mss n'pao.
~" ~ @ ,eo ''no ''.l ,;o,'at - az cauc 10y
w w elo'tH w. np". i pSnI aiI 80. e"o,a nn
Uoi ". .. i'ancoes' t o' INC reuUi'. aty' u, anu
Sencral Joseph r., 'onhs.ou, vi ''lc N1n-
lederate army; Ihey are potn popular
seuerais ntu aD'c s."us,ca' % anu ltliesen. s,,.
Do'h sectons, ~ n sos PIopaDIc ina,
%enerai ilahcock WIN ie.' c'nipiln'entc9
py thls SUGGESTION, nor Is ~ 10 pe presumed
that he wouiu risk MS ialr iaihc oy accept
ing NOMINATION on Inc s",he ,icket WIN
a man whose 'ahus are reu wlln the oiooa
OF onioh soidlefs; anu one VINO alu ms Ut.
most 10 destroy the oest government 'hat
was ever formed;
Sociaoies anu necept'ops aie glveh Weeh-
yDy the difiercnt otate ASSOCIATIONS, which
ada greatly 10 the saieties anu iesuvities OF
the fashionable season. copy an amusing
account, from acorrespohuent ci ine Eon-
custer inquirer Oh tne iast soc,ao'e gwen
oy our S'ate ASSOCIATION, ana MS iuea Oh
round dances will be refreshing, to your
many readers. Ihis correspondent Is
very clever gentleman, was al one tihe
coal operator IN Northumperiand county,
ana Is wen ana Iavofapiy known py many
OF the citizens of Sunoury ana Shamokin
He was pedted by one OF his partners, but
is still alive and kicking.
" The second sociable' OF the Pennsyl-
vanla Republican Association was held on
Monday evening last, and a most enjoyable
affair it was. Fair women ana brave
mem OF the old keystone crowded the
spacious hall of the Masonic Temple, to the
number of at least eight hundred, and the
'mazes of the giddy dance were INDUCED
/ N Vi0nrAnQly n0rrnsnOn6pnt
prevailed on by some friends 80 attend,
though the scar aud yellow lear has Ia
ken away Rom him the keen enjoyment he
once experienced amidst such scenes. lie
was a looker-on for an hour, however, and
If he possessed the fine imagination ofsome
of the JeIlkinSeS who write up such things,
he might furnish n racy description for the
amusement of your readers. He met several
Lancaster county friends there, ladies and
gentlemen, and in their society managed tc
get along pretty comfortably. What was