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IvsPIRITED hy the success Trey
have already obtained, the cid hec-
toring tone Of the Southern bully is
again heard IN the halls Of Congress
The pardon Of JEFF Davis, 50 that be
may he again returned to the Z. S.
Senate, is demanded as an equiFa-
lent for voting for an appropriation
to the Centennial, and because this
is objected to a member of the late
Confederate government has, from
bis seat in the House, "a sed the old
and familiar rebel howl that the
North is responsible for the war,
that the peFured villains who took
up arms against the Government are
more than the peers Of the loyal Re
publican members of that body, thai
the horrors Of A~ndersoavillc and
other southern bells were exceeded
By the miseries Southern soldiers en-
dured in Northern prisons, and ttat
the entire responsibility f0rtbesc aud
all other sufierings Of gbe war, rest
entirely on the Federal government
as administered by Abraham Lin
cola, while Jefferson Davis is utterly
without blame. And shame upon
shame, so s~ubscryient we're Nort-er
Democrats that they not merely en-
dured, but freely ~applaudcd this rebel
TRADE.
The Republican party has made a
record for magnanimity unequaled in
the history Of the world. 1t has as
sented to the pardons and restored to
citizenship every man who took up
arms against the Government save
only the arch fend JEFF Davis, and
because this is resisted by some mem
bers of the House, a laJe rebel, who
holds his scat and his life only through
the clemency Of hat party, dares
thus to dcnounce and villify it. The
venom Of the reptile is not danger
Gus, and we allude to the matter in
this connection only to call attention
to the fact that no consideration viii
restrain this Democratic rebel Gle
ment. The fact cannot be concealed
Il at it IS thirsting for revenge, and
for payment for all the losses it
brought upon the South by the war,
aud it is as plain as the light Of day
that if ever it comes into power, it
viii not only feed fat IFS grudge
against Northern loyalists, but safe
its greed at the public treasury.
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Nevertheless, be kept three horses
and two women, aud ran through
with Sl50,000 Of lis employers mon
ey in three years. When the DEAL
cation was discovered the young gen.
,les3an vas safely away, and the irHi
could not settle their bushes without
him. So they got into correspon-
ence with him, and forgaye- him on
condition that be would return ard
SO explain his stealings thai hey
wonld get their books slaughtered
up. he good naturedly did il. for he
bad nothing against them! Why
Beekwith did not GET away Wiih his
pluader is a mystery. The idiotGey-
er LEFT the cts. Mr.. Babbist is en-
titled to no sympathy. The merchant
who ruus his business 50 care,cssly
offers 9 premiam to thieves.
BUSINESS
continues as dull as eyer-indeed it
q little more SO. Now that the holi-
DAYS are over, q very large number
q employees have been discharged
from the retail stores, aud much sur
teriDs is anticipated. 1t is horrible TO
swell the already thgonged ranks Of
unemployed. There size ugnumbered
thousands VIM wouid be glad Of
anything to DO that would give them
daily bread. Tie slack trade has
thrown thousands Of statesmen, book
Keepers and people Of that class,
who haze always lived tolerably
we'll out Of employment, and they
suffer more severely than others, for
they are not used to IT,. The revival
is O. ost auyi0usly looked for.
PlETEo
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By Oar Special Correspondent.
OUE WAsFETSGTCE LETTER.

EXCITEMENT OVER THE AMNESTY BILL
OPPOSITION TO THE CENTENNIAL
APPROPRIATION. MORTON oN
THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTION.
MS PRESIDENTIAL ASPI-
EATIONS. THE LEAD
ING CANDIDATES.
BRILLIANT RE-
CEpTTONs.
RITZ
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E,eeaaa ssgh, IN carada.

Draw Jancarv PA faction
G1bt took place last night after the
electi n 81 L%atincsu Poiat between
TWO fa9fiies named Searfe and Rogue
and their respective adhereats-
There we're 6fey men on each side
The Ggbt wasa desperate and bloody
one. Fiftcea men were dangerously
wounded, aud fully half a. acre Of
saog was saturated with blood
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a~sni,ation Of she prest,le.,Ia, rcr....

WAsHIyGToy, y. c., January "a
The House Committee on Judicia.
~ to-day, GU motion Of Mr. Law
reece, OF Ohio, who previously voted
with the majority Of the committee.
reconsidered It's action with refer
ence to tue limit Of the term If lhe
Presidential Office. The committee.
al'er discussion, agreed TO present a
c institutional amendment fixing tie
term Of the Office al four years aad
thereafter forever making the incum-
bent Of the Office ineligible iorre-elec-
zion
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Scufi, America

NV YORK, January l2-The
tor oad Herald Of Panama, just re-
ceived, contains several letters from
Lima. They announce the complete
destruction by an earthquake, on the
4th Of December, Of Abancly. Be
tween four I. ". Of the 9TH aud FIVE
p II Of the 9Th, no less than thirty
seven shocks occurred. 4 very Sc
we're food inundated the business por-
ton of Valparaiso. Two lives were
lost, and 81 $1,000 worth Of proper.
ty was destroyed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-19

THE annual report of State Treas
urcr Mackey, sent to the Legislature
last week. shows that the State debt
was reduced last year . million
three hundred and thirty-fye thous-
and four hundred and ninety-seven
dollars and s~ix;y-three cents 1885,
co
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Ta.siiy 3rosae,.

P0UGgKgEPs,E, January Is -Cap
Josiah Briggs, Of C1xsaekie. his wife
aad tvo childreu were drowned 10
the Hudson near Coxsack;e last
night. Tney were returning from
church. che mother and children on o
haad-sied, which the Csp.sin was
showing across the river on tire ice.
when they oil disappeared through
an air hoie, which was net supecJed
The bodies have 20. been recovered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-19

TuE assertion has often been made
by Republicans, and as frequently
ridiculed and denounced as a lie by
the Democrats, that il TIE latter par.
ty ever gained full possession and
control Of the Government, the South
would demand ard receive full COM
pensation from the L. S. Treasury
for all its losses by the rebellion
Wei, The Democracy has obtained
possession of the lower House Of
Congress, and elatcd by this FIRST step
towards success, Southern war
claims Of every imaginable kind are
pouring into that body by the cart
load, and q demand Cor the payment
OF the value of the cmahcipated slaves
is looming up on the near horizon
One Of the candidates for United
States Senator from Kentucky urges
the passage Of the following amend
mcnt to the Federal Constitution:
The United States shall renderjust
compensation to the owners of pri-
vate property taken for the public use
of the United States during and
since the late war, to wit:
Property taken for supplies and
subsistence of the United States ar
my. Property in persons held to
service OF labor in the States Of Ken
lucky and Tother States which are
named by the laws thereof, and re-
cruited as soldiers in the United
States army, or taken into the United
States service in any other capacity.
and thereby lost to the parties to
whom such service or labor was due:
and property in persons held 90 ser
vice or labor in those States, and I'M
der the laws thereof, and emsncipat-
ed by the Thirteenth Amendment to
the Constitution, and thereby lost 70
the owners and parties to whom such
service or labor was due. Such COM
~pensation shall be paid to said own
ers, their heirs, assigns, representa-
tives. successors and distributes, in
whole or in part, in United States
currency and in United States bonds,
payable in years, If not sooner
paid. bearing - per cent interest,
payable semiannually in United
States currency, at the capitals Of the
States respectively of the holders of
said bonds. Said bonds shall bear
date and interest from the date of
the loss of the property.
Suppose the Democrats carry the
next election and secure n majority of
the States; in view of the spbseryi-
cncy OF Northern Democrats to the
late rebels, as exhibited ia the pre-
sent Congress, a any one doubt
that this, or a similar proposition
woaid become the law of the landg
Democratic aseendancy 10 the nation
al government means payment for
all the emancipated slaves, payment
Of every war claim" that can be
trumped up by the late rebels, and a
placing Of Confederate side by side
with Union soldiers on the pension
rolls and the people may as well
make up their minds 10 the fact that
this can be prevented only by keep
ing the Democratic party out of
power.
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Resolred, That if the House, con-
eur. The Legislature viii adjourn sine
die on Thursday. March 9th
Mr.. Jones offered an amendment
fixing the date for February 22d-
Mr.. Jones spoke IN favor OF early
adj uurnment
Nes>rs. Yerkes and Ermentroat OPP
In ed it.
s number of bills were read in
place, among them the following:
Dy Mr.. Jones, an act ceeding urls
diction to the United States over
certain lands in Berks county, to be
used as Z cemetery.
Also aa act comforting additional
jurisdiction to Orphans Courts.
Also an act relative to persons
writing threatening letters-Section
lst, which provides that ii any one
shall knowingly send, deliver or utter
such a message, accusing or threaten
ing to accuse any person with a view
-
to extort anything, shall be liable to
imprisonment for thr-eeand pay
q Gne not exceeding 81, 000.
Bv Mr.. Dill, q supplementary act
relative to burial grounds and Gene
teries situated in Incorporated Dor
ougbs, which provides tat Courts
Of Quarter Session may declare such
grounds q nuisance. au6 remoye the
dead.
By Mr.. Mcclellan, an act to pro
vide for 1he erection Of watering
troughs for the use Of horses and
cattle on the highroads Of the Com
monwealth.
By Mr.. Rockwell, au act to provide
for the erection Of poor house and
keeping the poor in the several coun-
ties of the Commonwealth.
By Mr.. Anderson allegheny, al
act 10 punish persons fer pointing or
discharging firearms within the Com
monwcalth.
By Mr.. Davis, a supplementary
act authorizing the Governor to ap-
point additional ~notaries public.
BY Mr.. Newmyer, an actto carry
into effect section > Of act Il Of the
| Constitution relative 20 salaries of
county officers, aud the payment Of
fees received by them into the State
or County Treasury in counties coz
tanning over 100000.
M. Jones offered the following
resolutions, which were agreed to;
Whereas, Since the last session Of
this body Hon. Samuel Dimmick, late
Attorney General, has been removed
by death therefore,
Rssolced, That the Senate of Penn
@sylyania desires TO place upon record
an expression Of It's high regard for
Mr.. Dimmick as an able lawyer, a
sound %iurist, n wise counselor, a pure
minded man, and one who faithfully
discharged with dignity and honor
his high functions as Attorney Gener-
al of the Commonwealth.
Res0jced, That we feel this Com
monwealth has lost one Of her most
efficient officers and the commGnity
in which he lived one Of her nobiest
citizans.
ReSolred, Tia. we tender to the
family Of the deceased our sincere
aad heartfelt sympathy in the ire
parable loss they have sustained, and
that We commend hem to Him whom
alone can comfort the stricken in
heart.
Resolccd, That t1e Clerk Of the
Senate have the foregoing preamble
ard resolutions suitably ~cngrossed,
and transmit the same to the family.
Suitable remarks were made upon
bis craftsmanship, public services and
spotless private character by Messgs.
Newmycr, Lawrence, Dill, 3 and
others, and the Senate adjourned ia
respect TO the late Attorney General
Dimmick.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-19
OUR NEW o Z LETTER
New YORK, December 81, 1915.
NEW YEARS.

New York, December 81, 1915.
NEW YEARS.
The week before New Year was
one Of iogs and rains,-wrctcbcd as
those the English grumblc about.
The last day Of the year closed in a
heavy rain, which cleared in the even
ing. in the most amiablc way.
Watchers that night were startled by
q sudden vehement din breaking the
soft air, but the next minute smiled
1t is three quarters past eleven y
Every FIRE bell in the city was to be
struck at once at midnight, and the
church chimes were to begin a quart
er of an hour before. But the impa-
tient sons Of liberty had caught the
first peal as 4 signal to begin their
own private rejoicings in their own
way, and they literally made things
hum The steamers sounded their
Whistles aud fog-horns, and every
FIRE. factory, and church bell swung
r~ccklessly. Ii was impossible to dis
tinguish anything the air was fail
of n loud humming. in which broken
notes of bells, iog-horns, screams,
and reports Of rockets, were mixed
like mad,-for the coming-in Of the
hundredth year. The morning was
so lovely it was n mochery to call it a
winters day-fog it smiled clear and
soft as April.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-19

LAsr week the Republicans Of the
Iowa Legislature nominated for 10
Senator their newlw elected Cover
craor-kirkwO0d
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Hos. Ben Hull and lfty-nine
other Confederate Brigadiers in Con-
gress, all voted the other day for am
nesty for themselves and their fellow
rebels. Did the world ever before
witness the spectacle Of men lately
IN rebellion voting for q law to par
don themselves and their fellows?
And then, because Blaine and other
Union men asscnted to amnesty cy-
cry living rebcl-even fellows who
swear they don't want to be pardon
cd-cxccpt JEFF Davis, the gentle
Benjamin grew choleric and became
b~ellicosc, and made 4 frery speech
denouncing thc'Federal Government
for its conduct Of the war, glorifed
JeT Davis, aud snorted around pro-
miscuously, and the Democratic side
Of the House applauded him literally.
This is the same amiable and moder-
ate gentleman VINO in 1862 introdue-
cd a resolution in the Confederate
Senate providing that every person
pretending 10 be a soldier or officer
"of the United States, who shall be
...-tr-o3 ~, -I, -,fl Of tho Cnnfa6.
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DUBLIC SALE.
Tiarsdgy Jaanary 20. 1916.

by v~ircuc0f an orler Issue on Of the Orphans,
Court oi Somerset county. Pa, To the IN irrsigacl
directed, there will be exposed 10 sale, by plbIie
oltgry, on
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organization Of The legislation Of The
Legislative departments - The nH.li-
ipal governments OF tho Coalmon-
wealth, aud the Mayors OF ali the
cities OF the aunt
To center additional power ga law
judges
An act to provide for the erection
Of a poor house and FOR the SCI port
Of the poor Of the several counties.
TO create o State Board Of Health
for ths protection Of life and health,
aad u prevent the spread Of diseases
IN the state.
Realiye 20 paving streets Of cities;
providing for the manner Of payment
therefor, and conferring addilionH
pewers upon the several borougbs Of
the State.
For the prevention Of cruel and ia
necessary experiments upon dumb
animals.
To provide for the transferring Of
awards Of arbilratOrs.
TO exespt pianos and organs form
levy and sale Oh execution oIGIs-tess
for rent
20 protect children oftbs Common
wealth in their right to quirc use
fal trades.
4 supplementary act % authorize
the Governor to appoint additional
notaries public,
Authorizing appeals from assess
ments in this Commonwealth TO the
Court Of Common Pleas.
To suppress vagraHcy.
To permi: defendants to testify IN
criminal eases.
TO provide for the r~efuuding and
redemption Of existing indebtedness
Of counties. cities and borougLs.
The following bills were introduc-
ed
BY Mr.. Newmyer, relating to the
bail 10 criminal eases taken by May
ors or Deputy Mayors, Aldermen or
justices Of the Peace, requiring them
to record on the Information the resi-
dence oftbe person or persons taken
as bail and the location and extent
Of their property.
By Mr.. Allen, to empower Courts
of Quarter Sessions % exclude farm
lands from boroughs.
BY Mr.. Anderson Crawford, TO
allow q homestead of the value of
$500 and certain personal property
for the use of the family to be exempt
from levy and sale, and FIVE hundred
copies OF the bill were ordered to be
printed for the use Of the Senate.
BY Mr. Anderson Crawford, au-
thorizing chattel mortgages ia the
State.
Also relating 70 Tue exemption OF
property from levy aud sale On exc
cutions on distress for rent, declaring
the waiver thereof by a debtor, ex-
cept in certain cases, void.
By Mr.. Ncwmyer, relative 10 the
taxes on trades, occupations and pro-
fessions, substituting a poll tax Ia lieu
thereof.
BY Mr.. Gutzy, regulating pas,en-
gers fare end freight rates on rail-
roads not exceeding fifteen miles IN
length.
Adjourned nntil Monday evening
HOIST.
Thu House met at II O'Clock
Prayer was offered by Rev. Clarke.
Nr. Taliey submitted Toe follow
ing. which was agreed Co.:
ResoIred, That the order Of bust
ness FOR today be es follows: Reed
ing Of bills.
The following bills were read in
place:
BY Mr. Bawlias, d authorizing
defendants in administrators to give
testimony before committing mag;s-
trates.
By Mr. Stewart, oue prescribing
the mode Of fixing the salaries Of
county school superinteadents.
BY Mr.. Knipe, one authorizing
Justices of the peace TO hold and eX-
ecute the office O fnotary public.
By Mr.. Montgomery, a supplement
70 the act fixing the terms Of mcm-
bers If councils, etc.
COJNTIEG THE VOTES.
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