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PRINTERS In PUBLIC LIFE.

| w ith the regularity that snow and ice
put in appearance in January, throughout
the region North of the Chesapeake, SO do
also, right soon after the annual assem-
blings of Congress and the State Legisla-
lures, appear lists of the vocations of the
law makers. This year, as usual, there is
a preponderance of lawyers and printers,
with the typos rather ahead. For some
time past, the members of the craft typo
graphical have been gaining on the shining
lights of the bar, in the estimation of the
sovereign people, when the sovereigns were
selecting men for offices of honor and trust;
and in their selections the people of the
United States displayed their usual wisdom.
From the necessities of their calling, the
men learned in the law become adopts in
chicanery, and almost without so intending
to do, they carry their ''sharp practice"
into the legislative halls, and almost unwit-
tingly-for habit is second nature-practice
it there. From the convocations of shrewd
attorneys have resulted Credit Mobiliers,
back-pay grabs, Pacific Mail, and other
subsidies.
Printers, on the other hand-partcularly
those who have carved their way from the
stand to the editors desk, and from the lat
ter post have, by their fellow-citizens, been
called to come up higher, advanced to the
places of Senators and Representatives.
necessarily shrewd and invariably honest
men. For years they have stood beside the
primal springs of power. For them parti-
san caucuses possess no imposing terrors,
and they look down with dignity on the
professional politicians who assume to be
party leaders; for the printer-editors have
learned, by long experience, that the press
is mightier than the platforms. Heaven
knows it has built up and torn down enough
of them since the days when John Adams
was an aspirant for the Presidency. Moth
ing at all surprising, therefore, is there in
the circumstance that this year the print
ers, in more solid and longer column than
ever before, have marched to the Nationa
and State Capitols, and have had the mys-
tic abbreviation "Hon." affixed to their
names.
Admiral Farragut once pleasantly and
half jestingly remarked, ''that no man was
thoroughly educated who had not enjoyed
sailors experience" The people of the
United States are beginning to give practi-
cal proof of thinking and believing, too'
that no men are so well fitted to fill public
posts Of honor and respectability, as those
who have been trained to the profession of
printing. Printers Circular.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11
THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.

The proposed amendments to the City
Charter were reported to Common Council
on Tuesday evening, through Councilman
Elmer, of the Sd ward. In the main they
are desirable, and will add greatly to the
effectiveness of our municipal law. There
is one amendment however, to which we
seriously object. 1t is that in regard to
Assessors and Collector. The amendment
states that there shall be but one Collector.
Now as far as this goes we are satisfied, as
we have long believed that the three Col
lectorships should be united in one, as one
man could more properly attend to the du-
ties it being salaried office of sufficient
Importance to pay him for his time, outside
of other business. All this would have
been well enough, but the amendment goes
on to say that the said Collector, and also
the Assessors of the several wards, shall be
appointed by the Common Council This
is what we object to, and we do object, not
only for ourselves, but for hree-fourths CT
the voters of Bridgeton. The people have
from the birth of the nation elected the men
who were to assess them by ballot, and their
selections have generally been wise. They
are just as capable of electing Assessors
and Collectors as members of Common
COuncil-and little more so-as Council
men are apt to select men to whom they
are partial, in preference to others whom
they do not personally admire, although
they may be more competent. Beside all
this their selections will always be partizan.
If there is Democratic majority, the AS
SCISSORS and Collector will be Democrats.
If there is Republican majority, the As
SCISSORS and Collector will be Republicans.
Being important offices the fight will be for
the caucus nomination of the party in
power in Council, and whoever gets it will
be elected by strict party cote, regardless
of their qualifications. If the people elect
their Assessors and Collector both parties
have equal chance for the election of their
candidates, and whoever is elected is the
choice of the majority of the Taxpayers
while on the contrary whoever is selected
by Council is not the choice of the majority
of the people, but of a majority of Coun-
cilmen, the whole number of whom is only
nine. Instead of taking from the people
the right of selecting their rulers, Council
should add to that prerogative. Trustees
of Schools and Supervisors of Roads ought
always to be elected by the people, and not
appointed. Nearly all the cities and towns
of this country elect their Assessors, Col
lectors, and School Trustees, by ballot of |
the people. In olden time, under the mo-
narchial rule of mother England, our Gov
ernors, Sheriffs, Clerks, Magistrates, and
other officials were appointed by the King,
and if this thing is to be the rule in this
country why we might as well have mon
archy at once. The people of this city who
pay the taxes, want these election matters
left in their own hands. They feel that
they are capable of electing competent Of
ficials, and Council will do we'll at its meet
ing to-day to listen to their voice, and leave
the power where it belongs-with the free
men of this city.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11


than to have the surface roots cut off by the
plow or hoe.
Mi. j. Daley was interested to find a
branch Of production that would pay. He
thought grain did not.
Mr.. Joseph Burt has vines set when two
years old which bear abundantly.
Mr. Beckhardt knows that wine has been
made in Bridgeton which the best connois-
ures call equal to the best imported wines.
Stony soil suits the grape. The best wine in
the world, the Ichamus, being from Bingen
on the Rhine, is grown on stony hills and
steep mountain Sides
On motion, the grape discussion is to be
continued on Thursday evening, February
18th. All are cordially invited
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11

the pests of society if they had not been
rapidly absorbed and obtained employment
| in mechanical, manufacturing, sea-faring
and other pursuits. But it was not SO with
the men disbanded from the Southern army.
They were left demoralzed by the war,
without work. without employment, largely
without education, by which they might di-
vert their minds, with nothing to do but
brood over their wrongs, and think how
wrong it was that the results of tho war had
been that the negroes who had worked for
them before the war, had been taken from
them. That state of natural irritation had
left in the South large number of demor-
allied and unruly men, and most of the
White Leaguers are men of that class.
call upon the people of the South, if they
want prosperity, thattth shall themselves
check and control this class of men. They
are impoverishing the South. and impover-
ishing the whole country. When | spoke
the other day about the South having large
minority of murderers and raiders, | spoke
of that class of men who form Kuklux
Kians. But we are told that if we pass this
bill we shall not come back to Congress-
My deliberate conviction is that the reason
why many of us do not come back to the
next Congress is because we had not passed
this bill a year ago; because we were do
nothing party, afi aid of our own shadow;
because we were aptlY described by the
angel who asked to have written to the
Church of Laodicea, "Being neither hot nor
cold, l spew you out of my mouth" My
successor, very clever gentleman, could no
more have been elected than he could be
translated to heaven as Elijah, if he had
not agreed to stand on the doctrine of equal
rights to all men before the law on every
stump in my district. Why we were beaten
was because the civil rights bill was not an
accomplished fact. So now, if the Repub.
lican party will finish it's great work; if it
will bring, by bayonets or otherwise. peace,
prosperity, quiet, order and law into the
South, and put down the raiders there as
the people of the South ought to do them
selves, then you will find that we shall come
back here.
The House then proceeded to vote on the
bill and amendments. The first vote was
on Mr.. Kellogg's amendment to strike out
of the House bill all in reference to schools,
and it was agreed to by large majority,
but without the yeas and nays. The next
vote was on Mr.. Cessna's motion to substi-
tute the Senate bill for the House bill, and
it was rejected-yeas 113, nays 14s.
The next vote was on inserting as a pre-
amble to the bill, that portion of the Dem
ocratic platform of 1879 quoted by Mr. Bur-
rows of Michigan.
The preamble was then adopted-yeas
219, nays 90.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11
CHEAPER SEWING MACHINES.

On Monday Congress refused to extend
the patent on the Wilson Sewing Machine
Feed, by large vote. This cuts off the
royalty which the ''sewing machine ring"
have been receiving for the last fifteen
years, and from which they have gained
immense fortunes. AS consequence sew
ing machines will necessarily become cheap
er, which will be blessing to the people
generally, and the poor sewing women in
particular. The price of good machine
has ranged all the way from sixty to hun
dred dollars, altogether beyond the reach
of the average citizen. Now the figures
must of necessity become lower, and the
rate of profit greatly reduced to the pro-
prietorg
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11
MULLIcA HILL, Jan. 80, 1875.

uo surviving uoHlUcIn VI tuo AWclitll
Regiment N. j. ", residing in this county
will take an interest in the subjoined:
MULIcA HILL, Jan. 80, 1875.
IL response to call made by number of
the members of the old Twelfth Regiment,
N. J. Vols, desiring to hold reunion of
the regiment, preliminary meeting was
held in the Town Hall, at Mullica Hill, Jan.
Both, four companies being represented, Col.
E. L. Stratton in the chair. The sentiment
in favor of holding reunion was unani-
nous every one manifesting desire to see
his old companion with whom he had borne
arms against the foes of our nation, and in
whose company he had experienced the
hardships incident to soldiers life.
The following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, A call has been made for a
meeting of the Twelfth Regiment N. J..
Vols, at the Town Hall, Mullica Hill, Jan.
Both, 1875, to take into consideration the
propriety Of forming reunion of said regi-
ment; and whereas, a considerable number
of said regiment having SO met, after inter-
sire to enter into such an association; and
whereas, an organization SO formed will
have beneficial effect in keeping alive a
feeling of patriotism and be one of the
means of preserving to cur posterity love
of country, and also of recalling to mind the
many episodes of our late struggle, therefor
be it.
ResolDed, That we take initiatory steps
looking to Reunion of the 18th Regt. N
j. Vols, at the city of Woodbury., N j.,
on the 22d day of February, 1875, at 10
o'clock A. M.
Resoloed That to carry out this purpose
a committee of ten be appointed to extend
general invitation to all survivors of the
regiment to meet us at the time and place
above named, to make arrangements for
securing building, to collect roll of the seve-
raj companies, and to send printed invita-
tions to each member with request to answer
the same.
The committee are the following gentle
men: Sergt. David Borton, Col e. L. STRAIT
ton, Joseph G. Watson, Capt. James White,
Capt. Azariah Stratton, George G. Sithens,
Capt. Charles D. Lippincott, William s.
Garwood, Joseph Moore, and Samuel Ire
dell.
1t was ordered to have proceedings of the
meeting published in the papers of this
and the adjoining counties.
On motion, adjourned to meet at Wood
bury, on the 22d of February, 1875.
JOHN ToNKIN, Secretary.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11
DIED.

MOORE-In Deerfield township, on Jan. 81, 1875
Edwin NJ son of Frederick and Mary Moore
aged six weeks
MCCULLOUGH.-ln this city, on Feb. l, 1879 Isa-
bella Mccullough in the 18th year of her age.
HAND.-In Dividing Creek, Jan 25 1875, Willie P
son of John c. and Anna Hand aged years,
2monthS, and days.
REEVES.-In Greenwich on Feb. 4, 1875, Joseph
FL. Reeves, in t he 44th year of his age.
CARLL.-In this city, Feb. 10 1875, Francis T.. son
of Hiram D. and Harriet X. Carll aged 8
years and 10 days.
TICE.-In Deerfeld township, on Feb. 4. 1875 Han
nah Tice, aged Y years.
CURRY I'm Elmer, on JAN %, 1875, Eliza A. wife
of John Curry, in the 55th year of her age.
PETERSON.-In Upper Pttsgrove, Dec. u, 1874
Raymond, infant son of David L. B. and
Anna L. Peterson, aged weeks.
LANGLEY.-Near Elmer, Jan. 80 1875 Della
daughter of Garret Langley, of Pittsgrove.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11

AN EXPEDITION TO Holy LAND.-Per-
sons contemplating visit to Holy Land
this spring, will be interested to know that
a BIBLE EXPEDITION will set out between
March 18th and 23d, for thorough explor-
alton of that interesting region, and those
joining it will secure economy, safety and
the best sight seeing. Address DR.. MORRIS
for particulars. at Presbyterian Book Rooms,
No. 1884 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa,
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11
MARRIED.

ALLEN-WELDIE On the 18th Of November
last, at the NJ. E. Parsonage, Cedarvile by
Rev. NJ. c. Stokes, Thompson Allen, of Green
vile. Salem Co., to Emma l., Weldie, of Union
X Roads
HARMER-CUTLER.-At the NJ. z. Parsonage in
Woodbury., JAN 26, 1875. by Rev. W. Reeves
David Harmer. Of Cumberland county, to
Mary Cutler, of Woodbury..
MILLS-LANG.-On Jan. |, 1875, at the Parsonage
Friendship, by Rev. John l.. Watson Ephriam
P. Mills to Emma C. Lang both of Cumbar-
land county.
ARD-BATEMAN.-At Cedarville, Feb 4,
1875 by Rev. w. Durfee, Jonathan Shep-
pard and Hannah Bateman both of Fairfield.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11

s.Rule or RUM is the policy of the Loui-
siana Democrats. The near approach of
Democratic control of the House of Repre-
sentatives makes them arrogant and un-
compromising.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11

AMERICANS ARE A NATION OF DYsPEP-
TIos:-We live fast dissipate and fill early
graves. We drink all kinds of Alcoholic
spirits, and swallow, without mastication,
pork, grease, and every kind of life-destroy-
ing, system clogging, indigestible food. Dir.
WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR BITTERs,
will remove the evil effects, and the recovered
patient, with pure, vitalized electrified blood
flowing through his veins will have clearer
head and cooler Judgment, which added to
experience, will cause him to abstain in the
future. 1884
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THE PIONEER In NEW YORK

The West JERSEY PIONEER may be seen
on file at the Newspaper Reading Rooms of
Messrs. Button s. Co., No. %, Union
Square, New York City.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11

The State Senate has passed concur
rent resolution to adjourn March 4th. The
session promises to be the shortest had for
many years.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11

Corsets, furnishing goods kid gloves, laces,
&c, are to be found the cheapest at Mrs.
Peck's.
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11
PROPOSED REUNION.

The surviving members of the Twelfth
Regiment N. J. ", residing in this county
will take an interest in the subjoined:
West-Jersey pioneer., 1875-02-11

it because of the broad principles of justice
which it contains, and / am in favor of this
Democratic platform because it contains the
same principles, even in broader TERMS than
the Senate bill.
Mr.. Butler said the gentleman from Ken
tucky, Mr.. Brown, made speech against
the civil rights bill, and have endeavored
to put before the House, his published sem
timents to show how little heed we should
pay to anything he says on this subject; to
show how little we should take his advice;
how little we should hear from him at all
unless he has repented, and have no know
ledge Of his repentance Again, / have
been accused here of being the only muir
derer on this floor. I produce the solemn
report of committee of the House, and
| this mans own letter, to ahow that there
were men who counselled murder in the
South-not only murder, but assassination
and that instead of my being his accuser,
he was his own accuser, and that this state
of things existing, shows how completely
the negro. if we do not protect him in his
rights, is at the mercy of the same men
who would shoot down the gentleman him
self + Mr.. Brown] if he had ever dared to
step across the line of Union bayonets dur
ing the war. [Applause and clapping OF
hands on the floor and in the galleries. J.
The reason we desire to have this bill passed
is the fact, which has been so often put be-
fore us, that we are about passing from
power We are to surrender the power OF
one branch of the Government at least into
the hands Of gentlemen who entertained the
| sentiments toward Union men and Union
soldiers that | have had read; who have
avowed them on the stump, and who have
never to my knowledge, retracted them. If
I was wrong the other day, and went too
far in saying there was minority of muir
derers in the South, here is my justification.
The House of Representatives has solemnly
said it by adopting that report-not only
murderers, but assassins. AMI therefore
was right in saying that the minority were SO
I sympathize with the condition of things
In the South When the Northern army
was disbanded there were thousands ol
men discharged who would have become
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-12-10

NEVADA CENTRAL RAILROAD. 49, This
road, since Ned Farnham has taken
charge, has been conducted in first-class
style: trips are regular and made on time,
the machinery all kept in good running
order and the road is in a better condi-
ton than ever before. The shipment Of
ore from the Raymond 4 Ely and
| Meadow Valley mines continue regular
and will this week amount to six hun
dred tons. Two trips per day are made
as easy aud regular as one was formerly.
| The road now is doing as we'll as is pos
sible, and is q great benefit to the camp
IN keeping the ore-bouses cleared and
the mills supplied regularly with ore.
OvERHAULING-The members of the
Protection Hose Company were yester-
day morning engaged in overhauling
their carbolized hose, taking it from the
hose-carriage and Strengthening it on. so
as to keep it from blistering. The mem
bers of Phoebe Hose Company were also
engaged in attending to their leather
hose, oiling to make it pliable and easily
handled so that in cold weather it will
run no risk OF freezing. The apparatus
and hose of both companies will now be
found in good order and ready for an
emergency.
GRAND Balls. B. Martina will give
grand ball at his house in Bullionyille
this Friday night. Everything will be
IN hrst-class style and every attention
will be paid to guests and strangers from
Phoebe. The cars will leave the Summit
at the head of Meadow Valley street at
. o'clock and those wishing to 90 who
have no private Conveyance can do so bv
being on hand at that time. A pleasant
and enjoyable evening will be passed by
all who attend the ball.
ORE SHIPMENTS. The Nevada Cen
trail Railroad conveyed on Tuesday l1s
tons. on Wednesday 1874 tons and Thurs.
Gay lZ2 tons of ore from the Raymond <
Ely mine to the Newark and the mills at
Bullionville. The cars made two trips
each OF the above days.
BILLY the Stage Boy will have his
passenger coach leave Phoebe at o clock
''-' iOi tuo accommodation OF
passengers who are going to attend the
ball at Bullionvlle.
The Bullionville stage will leave
Phoebe this evening at o'clock, carry
ing passengers to the ball at Bullionville.
half an hour after the cars, and then
guarantees to beat them down.
SUBscRIpTIoN.-A subscription is being
taken up amongst the friends of VIM.
Holman. to assist him during the time
he is confined to the house suffering from
the effects of the amputation of his leg.
DUCK SHOOTING. - The Rev. r. III.
Kline did not arrive on Wednesdays
coach as telegraphed, he having stopped
at White River to enjoy days cunning
among the ducks cougregated there
T. c. PouJADE's grocery wagon met
with an accident yesterday, having one
OF the front wheels knocked off.
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PACIFIC COAST,

| SAN Francisco, Dec. 9.-Goodall Mel
son q Perkins have ordered the steame,
Gypsy to go on cruise north in search OF
the steamer Los Angeles. The greatest
anxiety prevails here, and the belief is
gaining ground that she went down IN
the late gale with all on board. Ac.
counts are conflicting as to her condition,
owners and others state that sbe il
sound and seaworthy, while others. pre-.
tending to be well informed, assert that
she was in no condition to encounter
severe weather.
Los ANGELES, Cal, Dec. .. - The
Union mine, belonging to the Coso Con.
soi'dated Mining Company, continues
to surprise its most sanguine friends,
seemingly to improve with every blow of
the pick and at every point where opera
tons are pushed. The yield of ore from
this mine continues to be of the most
satisfactory nature. Lucky Jim has do.
Veioped ore that goes 5000 per ton in
silver. The Defiance furnace has been
completed. Good report is received
from the mines in Look Out District.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 9.-In the Assem-.
bly, to-day the Senate bill to prevent un.
necessary changes in text books, was fin.
ally passed under suspension of the rules.
At IL :30 the Senate and Assembly met
in Joint convention and canvassed the
vote for Governor and Lieutenant Gov.
ernor with the following result: For
Governor-Irwin. 81 sos; Phelps, 81, 800;
Bidwell. $685. Lorell, $3.50, Total vote
122,939. Lieutenant Governor - John.
son. 5s,424; Cabs. &c, O32; Pacheco. 49,.
335; Hobson, 2O2. Total. 1879, 1888,
Speaker Carpenter then proclaimed Ir.
win and johnson duly elected, after
which the Joint Committee adjourned
sine die. At noon the procession
moved in the direction of Governor
Twins residence; it was here discovered
there had been some informality in the
proceeding of the Joint Convention, the
law requiring the incoming Governor to
to take the oath of office before the
Senate and Assembly in joint conven ton.
The sergeants. alarms and their deputies
were sent ont after the mem bers and both
houses held short session to cure the
defect. At a quarter to two o'clock the
procession on its return from Gov.
Twins house arrived again at the Carl.
tol. Here they were met by the commit.
tees of both houses appointed to receive
them and proceeded to the Assembly
Chamber. where Gov. Irwin and Lieut..
Gov. Johnson took the usual oath of Of
fee administered by Judge Roseboroug,
Senator o. Conner presenting the incom-
ing executive to the Convention. After
this the Convention proceeded to front
OF the Capitol where the Inauguration
was read. The Governor was duly ap-
plauded in reading his message, espe-
cially in that part opposing the creation
OF debts by county and municipal gov
ernments. At its close he received con-
from friends and supporters.
There was considerable amusement over
the error committed by adjourning the
Joint Convention before the Governor
was sworn in.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

VICTORIA, B. c.. Dec. r. The U. s.
revenue cutter Oliver Walcott, Lieut..
Commander Harwood. en- route in search
for the missing steamship Los Angeles,
dropped into the harbor last evening,
and afterwards proceeded toward Cape
Flattery The Los Angeles at 10 0 clock
today will have been out eight days,
and much anxiety is felt for her safety.
The schooner Isabella. coal laden, sank
in the Rapids. near Nanioma, with four
feet OF water breaking over her.
The bark H. G. Buch was aground in
Nanlmo harbor whom the steamer Maude
was leaving port Sunday morning,