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Exemption OF Mennonites from Mill.
fary Ser vice.

LONDON, December l0.-A ST.
Petersburg dispatch confirms the re-
port that the Emperor Alexander
bad consented to exempt the Men
nonites from military service. This
announcement will probably have the
effect Of checking the increasing emf
grafton among that sect.
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Another Murder i'm I.uzerne County.

WILKEsBARRE, December "a
farmer named Klein was murdered
and robbed on Monday night on the
turnpike road at a point called Notch,
about TWO miles from Scranton.
While going through the notch Of
mountains six men sprang on from
the roadside and seized the farmers
and pulled him from the wagon kick
ed and beat him and shot him through
the heart. He was then robbed of
his watch and his money and the
murderers disappeared in the woods.
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having been appointed Auditor by the Court
TO ,examine the exceptions, take the testimony,
md the facts and report an opinion; also 10 state
an account and report a distribution 10 and among
those legally entitled thereto In and Of the es-
tate Of Daniel Malone. of which Jacob A.. Shaffer
Ia administrator, ! will attend 10 the duties OF said
appointment Rt my Office In Somerset, Pa. on
Tuesday, the 18th day OF December, ls74. when
and where ell persons interested can attend.
F.. K0OSER,
decp Auditor.
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INthe present financial condition
Of the country, the report o. the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury is by far the
most important document laid before
Congress, and necessarily interests
people Of ali classes and parties. Its
length precludes u present publica-
ton Of il, but we summarize Its
chief features for the Information OF
cur readers. After recapitulating the
transactions attendant upon the re-
funding Of the public debt, be states
that the successful bidders have taken
IN former bids and hold the option
for the balance till February LIST. he
then takes up the financial question.
expressing similar views to those put
forth by the President, and not only
takes strong ground in favor of specie
payments. but sets forth a definite
plan for reaching the same. He re-
commends the repeal of the Legal
Tender act, at a fixed day, as to con-
tracts thereafter made, and except as
20 official salaries and ordinary ex-
penditures Of the Government under
the existing appropriations. The Sec
rotary recommends that authority be
given for the immediate issue of con-
vertible bonds bearing a low rate Of
interest.
He asks that a day may be fixed
for the resumption Of specie payment,
not more limited than three years, at
the end Of that time the Secretary to
be authorized to raise gold by selling
bonds in such amounts as may be-
come necessary from time to time TO
keep the Treasury in a condition to
redeem greenbacksa as presented. The
Secretary recommends free banking
as a part of the plan for the resump-
ton of specie payment, but this
branch of the subject is not elabo-
rated.
II is recommended that the frae-
tional currency be replaced by silver,
and to accomplish this the Secretary
desires to set all the minis at work
coming silver, and, as rapidly as it is
produced, the fractional currency to
be recalled and destroyed, beginning
with the smallest denomination. The
Secretary also asks that coming gold
be made as free in the United States
as il is in London, in order to prevent
sbe expectation Of bullion for coin
eng.
Conserving the Internal Revenue,
sthe Secretary recommends that the
tax be-takeR Of bank checks, watches,
cosmetics and drugs, and to meet this
loss that an additional tax of 10 cents
per gallon be imposed on whisky.
This win raise e 8 IuIe great
er than is now received from the AZ
ticles enumerated The practical
workings Of patting Tea and coffee on
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at know What We couiu
ave &c that would justify the
Radical in stigmatizing as as
san old bunker Democrat" We
we e born Of poor but pious pa
re ,nts,n whom-thank GOd-we never
disVraced 10 the manner intimated
by the Radical, and we shall be CON-
PEELED to legally vindicate our good
name If the editor Of that journal
does not fully retract his ca]omniou'
charge a bunker Democrat
ouoth-a.
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New Advertisements,
i UDIToR,S NOTICE

1ne undersigned auditor. appointed by the
Orphans Court of Somerset county, Pa, l" md
the facts and report an opinion In the matter Of
the exceptions to the account Of Frederick r;
Walker. guardian Of Jonathan =. walker, viii
sit At his Office on Thursday, tho 3ist day OF De
cember, 1874, when aad where all parties interest,"
ed may attend.
PAUL II. GATHER,
deco Auditor.
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Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, December S.-A
violent storm occurred here last night,
causing much damage. The tide
rose nine feet above high water mark,
partly iDundating the lower portions
Of the city A large number Of FAM
lies of the poorer classes were driv-
en- from their houses. o or a thou
sand homeless pc pie were sheltered
by the police and the public. Kiich-
q were opened to supply the suf-
ferers with food. The water is now
falling rapidly.
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FRIDAY, December lsth 1874.

Friday, December 18Th 1874.
a, 2 O'Clock p. N. All the right, title, interest and
claim Of John ID. Roddy, of, In and to the following
described real estate,
No. /. A certain tract Of land situate In Ale
gheny tp.. Somerset County Pa, containing 81
acres more or less, adjoining Henry Miller, SturtE
Mill property and Hartman & Co., with the APP
p~urtenances.
No. The undivided one-half part Of a certain
tract of land situate in Northampton township in
said county, containg $50 acres more or less, war
ranted In the name OF Ann Young, of which there
are about % acres cleared, with a two story dwell
ling house, barn, water saw mill, &C., thereon
erected. adjoining lands of VIM. Tressler, Josiah
Witt and ALT, Wilmot, with the appurtenances.
No. 3. A certain tract Of land situate in Green
Vile township, In said county, containing 500 acres
more OF less, adjoining Henry Knopp, Charles
Wilhelm and others, with the appurtenances.
No. 1. A certain tract of land situate IN Lari-
mer township, In said county, containing SO acres
more or less, adjoining Josiah Witt, Josiah and
William Tressler, with the appurtenances.
No. 5. The interest John j. Scbeil had ana
held in the town of Garrett, being the undivided
part thereof OF the lots reserved by deit- IN A
deed recorded in Vol. As, page 8, with the apPur,
tenanccs. Taken In execution as the properly o.
defendant Mt the suit of A.. j. Colborn, Assignee Oh
John ]. Sehell. the interest In said real estate te-
ing restricted to the lands conveyed by the SAID
Assignee to said defendant by deed dated June
29tk 1871, recorded in Vol. -, page 2S9 etc. the
lien OF said Judgment being restricted and confined
to the lands contained In the above described deed
be paid az soon as the property Is sold, and the
balance wien the deed is delivered
OLIVER KNEPPER,
tec2 Sheriff
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The free list have been fully examln-
ed by the Treasury Department.
Carefully prepared tables Of prices in
foreign markets, and prices 10 con-
sumers for the period subsequent to
off the tax, show that while
tie country lost from s6,O00,oOO TO
$I2. 600, 600 from the decrease OF rev.
enue on this account. the removal OF
the tax simply added to the price in
the foreign markets and has lct ben
Gifted the consumers here in the least
The Secretary recommends the resto-
ration Of this tax. The attention Of
Congress is called TO the great dan
ger to the revenue attending all at
tempts to modify the penalties which
have heretofore existed, by which the
Treasury has sought to enforce Gus
toms regulations. The Secretary Is
no believer in the system of moltles'
and does not desire its restoration IN
anx shane. but be expresses serious
doubts whether aay benefit has iol-
lowed the modification Of the penal
ties for violations Of the customs reg
ulations.
Upon the question of tariff, the
Secretary, without entering upon a
discussion, says that at present 1t is
only necessary to treat it purely as a
question of revenue, and not one
either of protection or free trade In
the interest Of business be does not
think any changes should be hastily
made. aud if Congress desires to re-
wise the present rates be recommends
that a commission be appointed to
take the whole subject into consider
alton, with Instructions 10 report u
the next Congress.
Great economy is recommended ID
the expenditures for public buildings
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sress go over the appropriations and
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agance in the furnishing of public
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omy should be practiced in all direc-
.tions. In regard to this matter, he
has transmitted estimates, which
have already been carefully revised,
but be earnestly requests Congress to
unite with him in scanning them still
more closely, with a view to their
further reduction.
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been recognized and diminished ex-
actly in accordance with the laws
and appropriations Of last session,
but the Secretary thinks the lowest
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prompt and efficient performance Of
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reached. As to all plans for increas
ing the public Indebtedness by aiding
pirate enterprises of any kind, the
Secretary does not believe that the
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iustifes extending aid in any form
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TnE LiQUoR DEALERS

have taken alarm, and are getting
out their licenses as fast rs possible.
The courts are determined to enforce
the law at all hazards, aud the con-
viction of Schwab, which was made
a test case, has shown them the fu-
tility Of opposition. The rum-mills,
the small thieves, Boss Tweed, and
all the dangerous classes, sigh forthe
good old times when Barnard was on
the bench, and Fisk and those fel
lows ran the city. There was nc
trouble for them then. They had the
courts and everything else. Will the
new Democratic ADMINISTRATION re
store them any oftheil los. pr viIegesi
We shall see. A greatmany Repub
licans in the city we're willing t.
take the chances in November. Pos
sibly by another November they may
change their minds.
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Over one thousand disinlerested
Democrats have already showered
their applications for Office upon Gov.
ernor-elect Tilden of New York,
though be win not get into power be-
fore January.
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BUSINESS

Is slower than last week, which is
one of those things that cannot be
accounted for. Certainly the pur-
ehases have not been so heavy as to
have supplied the country with goods.
Hsw long this stagnation is to con-
tinue no one~can tell; nor can any
n give a reason for it. But it is,
and that's all that can be said about
-
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THE sixth annual message Of Pres
ident Grant, like all the preceding
ones, is brief, plain, and goes at once
to the marrow ofthe subjects Of which
it treats. 1t is void of ornament or
p~retention, q terse, rugged, straight-
forward document eminently cbarac-
teristse Of its author.
In its very first sentence be plunges
into the financial troubles Of the
country, speaks of the prostration OF
business, aud the unemployed labor
and capital of the nation, recon-
mends as a specific the adoption of a
policy looking to the resumption of
specie payments, at a day to be fixed
and certain, and to the procurement
of this end advises the repeal of the
legal tender clause of the act author
izing the issue OF national currency,
and subsequent free banking.
These views of the President are
the most important n advanced In
the message, AMI lead to a greater
diversity of sentiment than all others
touched upon in that document. In
the eastern cities and in the New
England States, where capital is
abundant, there appears to be a gen.
eral concurrence of opinion-witb-
out regard to party lines-in these
views, while in the West the senti-
ment appears to be quite as generally
in favor Of the retention of the lie.
gal tender act, and a continuance,
if not an expansion, Of the present
currency. The wide diversity Of pub
lie opinion on this vital subject, as
expressed by the press of the couD-
try, is shared in an eminent degree
by our representatives in Congress,
and this portion of the message will
lead to much discussion between its
advocates and ad~verssries.
What the President has to say
about the condition of the South aud
its manifold troubles will meet the
appreciation Of all unbiased men who
give their reason fair play. or course
to the mere partisan or the seheming
politician seeking for capital with
which to array the south, politically,
against the administration and its
friends, bis views and motives will
be impeached and condemned. Since
the day when be gave parole and
terms to the rebels at Appomattox,
the President has proved himself a
just and generous friend TO the South,
and although for partisan purposes
his actions have been misconstrued
aud bitterly denounced, history will
ultimately declare that lis course
looking to the protection Of the ne
groes in their civil rights has been
just and proper.
On the tariff question the message
is brief, and 10 favor of encouraging
home manufactures, which sugges-
ton will not be relished by the ad-
yocates Of free trade. On all other
measures on which this document
touches, we think there win be a
general concurrence of opinions.
This important State paper will
well repay perusal, and we commend
It to the earnest attention and care
full thought OF all who take an inter-
est in the present condition of gov
ernmental affairs, and the views of
the chief magistrate Of the nation.
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CONSIDERABLE ECONOMY

CONSIDERABLE ECONOMY
practiced at this time, Gentlemen
who, q year ago were in the habit of
stepping into their fashionable Broad
way tailors and paying 500 or $3.50
for an overcoat, without asking the
price, are not doing it to any alarm
ing extent. They go into the Bowe-
~ and the other cheap streets, and
buy for $50 to $50 what they would
have to pay $75 to $IO0for on Broad
way. And they find that a pair of
boots made on a cheap street for $40
look just as well and wear just as
long as the p%retentious Broadway
maker coolly asks, and gets, SIS for.
This style Of economizing is getting
to be very popular. Men joke about
it and take a pride in it. And, to
the disgust of the high-prieed bars,
thousands of them have changed
their drinking places. They get
their modest quenches or their still
invigorators at the quiet places
around the corner, where 10 cents
does as much toward sending them
into o drunkard's grave as % or 30
would at the fashionable bars. OF
course there are plenty of noodles
who still submit to be feeced as of
yore, but the number is growing
smaller every day. Let us hope that
il will continue until VIC get down
to ante-war prices. That is WI at
The country wants. 1t is impossible
to bold up to the old key, aud the
sooner We all drop the better.
NEW YORK AND TRADE.
New York is being exercised once
more about losing a portion of its
trade. 1t is q fact that the grain
trade is going to Boston and Balti-
more very rapidly, and that the pros
pect is good that the remainder will
90 to those cities. New York has
depended so long upon her natural
advantages, has so long believed that
the Continent must come to her, that
she has got arrogant ana lazy as well.
She is content to have grain taken
out of cars aud carted to vessels, and
to have a horde Jfleeches fasten up
on every bushel and suck The life out
of it. In the meantime, Baltimore,
which, by the way, is nearer to Tole-
do and the other grain centres,
builds splendid elevators. with which
she can handle grain a. q nominal
cost, and Boston does the same. The
Baltimore and Ohio Road, whose
arms cover all the territory that pro-
duces anything, refuses to go into
combinations, and the result is. that
this important traffic goes there.
Baltimore has captured the coffee
trade, Boston jobs her own manufac-
lures, and New York, the best point
on the continent for trade, sits and
mourns. But this is not all. Tie
West is not content to remain tribu-
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The city is not healthy. Diph,
iberia is almost an epidemic 10 Brook
lyn, aud smallpox is spreading in the
city too rapidly for the peace of mind
of the citizens. There is ne especial
alarm, but a feeling of uneasiness is
developing. An experience similar
to that of Philadelphia two years age
is dreaded. Some calamity ought
to be expected to follow such an
election as that Of last fall, and the
citizens may congratulate themselves
that 1t is nothing worse than small.
pox and diphtheria.
PIETRo.
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HEALTH.

Is d~eliciously cool, but altogether
too dry.
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