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THE TWO MESSAGES,

The message OF governor Davis was
as usual, brilliant scholarly and well
considered document. Dealing with
common place subjects the language
rose upon every opportunity into dignity
and eloquence. The governor seems to
be a fusion of poet and lawyer melted
into one; and his felicity of expression is
only equalled by his hard grasp OF facts.
He returns to private lite with the re-
spect of all the people.
Governor Pillsburv's message was like
the man. plain and practical, Astounding
in wise suggestions we'll expressed 1t
will read betterGthan it sounded. fortthe
governor is reallya modest man and his
confusion embarrassed his delivery very
much. If his administration ives up to
the promise of his inaugural The ANTI
MoNorousT VIII cheerully support il
in all measures looking to retrenchment
and reform.
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side of untrammeled commercial inter-
course with foreign nations, in other
words, on the side of free trade.
III. That if we would dojustice to the
great possibilities OF our own soil in the
way of wheat production, we must insist
upon cheap transportation from our IN.
ter-continental section to the sea-coast
and hence that we must assert and en-
force the right of the people, through
legislation, to NIT and restrain the
unjust exactions of railroads.
Give us free trade on the ocean; ano
cheap transportati n to it. and we car
defy the world. Minnesota wheat
should be found to day on every sea ano
in every port, AS it is we supply about
one third of all the United States
foreign shipments.
Minnesota should take off her sea
that DEMONSTRATING Indian riding head
foremost into the setting sun, and put ir
his stead wheat sheat. with the motto
are can feed the u0rld"
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BACK Ac.AIN.

We are back again to the post OF duty
While we thank our assistants for their
generous and earnest labors during our
absence we are glad to resume the helm
once more. The growth OF our clrcu-
lation is very rapid and is extending IN,
to all parts of the Union; and we shall
labor to make THE ANTI-MoSoPoLIsT
all that its best friends, (and 1t has
many) could desire to see 1t, TO VIII !:
a great organ of reform and progress
blessing and benefitting every home into
which it enters.
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&c, and the Republican party are to
adopt them 7ena. con-, and agree to ire
duce them to practice-as far as may be
feasible"
And this is Young's answer to Mr..
Goar's sweeping indictment of the Re-
publican party for having .'bankrupted
the whole country" by principles in d.
ametrical opposition to the principles OF
the Anti Monopolists. But let us dis
miss this unsavory subject with the fol-
lowing opinion OF Young from the great
Reform Journal of Chicago. the Indus
trial Age:
The Advance wanders through column of
words to make its readers think that in strik-
ing hands with John C.. Gault. the assistant
manager of the St. Paul road, and his pay car,
in working Tor the defeat of Anti-Monopoly
candidates for State officers and the State legis-
lature it was serving the cause Of Anti Monop-
oily in Minnesota. If this theory be true, Mr.
CAN'T, in missionarylng through Minnesota,
and paying out St Paul railroad money with a
free hand to elect Pillsbury, and compelling
the hands in the employ of the road to vote for
P, then Mr.. G. was deceived, and paid away
his money and gave away the votes of his men
to help an Anti Monopolist afterall Does the
Advance believe tor moment such puerile
nonsense? Why the streets of hell are paved
with the souls and the bones of better Christ
ians than the men the Advance supported as
Anti Monopolists. 1t is just such imbeciles or
rascals as the editor of the Advance that stops
the ninety producers from uniting their
strength against the ten per cent. of parasites,
and prevent themselves from being annually
robbed of the surplus earnings of their labor
1t was not fifteen days after the railroads car
ried their points, and elected their Governor
in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, that the
roads-fet ling secure in the victory which the
Advance, and other pretenders helped to give
them-put up theirfreight rates on the farmers
produce to the sea-board many millions of
dollars. The increased freight on the surplus
wheat OF Minnesota alone is estimated at over
EIGHT MILLIONS of dollars, and OH the surplus
crops of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and
Iowa are over FIFTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Is
the Advance editor so great simpletOn as not
to know that if those States We're not headed
10y executives and legislatures who We're specie
contraction monopolsts, that such an exhorbi-
tant exaction would not have been made so
suddenly on the heels of election? If he is, he
will do more for the farming interests of Min
nesota by cutting and splitting rails than he
can do editing the Advance.
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TWO coon APPOINTMENTS.

The selection of Pennock Pusey, Esq,
for private secretary, reflects credit upon
governor Pillsburv's good sense. MIR.
Pusev is a scholarly, amiable. honorable
gentleman, and will discharge the duties
of his office well and thoroughly.
The Secretary Of State has appointed
DR.. j. B. Phillips, as assistant secretary,
and commissioner of statistics. Good.
The doctor is one Of natures noblemen
a genial, well-read, kindly hearted gen.
tleman. with whom it will be pleasure
to transact business.
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TIE WHEAT CROP or Is,

The cry now is that there is an uu-
precedented amount OF wheat lin SIGHT. :
in consequence OF the immense crop of
1875. Ne quote from the Chicago Tr-
buue:
The total receipts OF grain III 1915 reducing
-four TO bushels, We're 79,505. $50 bushels,
against 9l,6l .7l3 bushels in lS7i-a decline
OF 10, oOo, 900 bushels. Of which over 5000, 900
bushels were in corn, and $500, 900 bushels in
wheat.
A decrease of 300. 900 bushels o.
wheat, this year, rs com pared with last
and OF the 20. sos. $50 bushels received
one-halt of the full receipts were un-
doubtedly unfit to make good flour
Don't get discouraged. farmers. No
more wheat is being harvested now.
while the stomachs of the world are 4.
work devouring it at a fearful rate. The
deficit will soon show itself.
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Our GREAT COMPETITOR.

The London Times of January 4th.
says in reference TO our great competi-
tor Russia -
1T seems from recent articles i'll The Moscow
Gazette that great stsgnation prevails in I'll.
grain trade Ill southern Russia Russian az
rlculture and commerce are Threatened with q
collapse. Chief among the causes is the keen
competitor of America since the evil war in
that country. The British import of American
wheat has increased until it stands now where
Russian importation stood IN 1869 Then Rus
STA sent out Il. 0C0 OF her total import, and the
United States only 4, in 1873 the United
States sent out ~ 1000. and Russia
only -. This does hot represen: decr-ass,
TO that extent of Russias total exports. On
the contrary, they have slightly increased: bu,
Americas have increased much faster. The
causes are declared to be chiefly Americas
superior transit advantages, her virgin soil and
her more scientific agriculture. The Gazette,
therefore. urges Russian aCriculturists to in
corporate new lands, use better appliances and
more skill. but SAYS cheaper inland trans porta
ton Is the chief need. The Gazettes Odessa
correspondent writes that the Oldest inhabit-
ants declare Odessa was never at such q stand
still since its foundation, No transactions ar,
effected. and bankruptcy follows bankruptcy
Houses have fallen 10 thirty hundredth of their
value, ans wheat is lying in the store houses
4 nc UaAete says luc cohuillou OF anAlrS Is
largely influenced by the misplaced activity OF
private banking houses, which occ.asione,i :
storm of teveTlsh speculation. and created eph-
eineral undertakings. Now forced TO srutail
credits thew have reduced to the most aw kwari
position many who thought such state 81
things would last forever.
All OF which illustrates what We have
time and again preached in these col
lmnS. To wit:
|. That agriculture is the mrs, great
interest OF our country. aud the whea'
crop the first great interest OF agricul
! ture. Ii Is a worid-crop.
III. That we must look TO the worle
for market for this world-crop: ane
hence that our interests lie upon tia
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS
PHILADELPHIA, Jan'y list, 1876

FHILADELPHIA, Jan Y lSt, 1876.
Eighteen hundred and serenty-ir.
The centennial anniversary of one of the
greatest years in human history. Here
in this city, one hundred years ago, there
were heated discussions and profound
agitations; and there was a mighty
struggle in the hearts Of the people be-
tween wrath. sense of injuries re-
ceived. and a love of independence on
the one hand and on the other the old
associations, love tor the mother coun-
try, and loyalty to the British flag. For
the nation was not as now. an assem-
blage Of splendid realizations and proud
memories, it was only hope a hope,
faint. indeed. that had been scourged in
TO life by injustice and suffering.
Shakespeare says:
" between the acting of dreadful thing,
And the first motion, all the interim i
Like a phalitasIna, or a hideous dream.
The genius and the mortal instruments
Are then in council and the state of man,
The nature Of an Instruction
One hundred years ago 1.-The people OF
these colonies were in that distracted.
divided disturbed condition. They had
no assurance that the REBEL on they had
inaugurated would not 90 the way of
MANY OF the rebellions of history, and
end in confiscations and on the scaffold
Even their leaders did not appear to
them in the light in which we regard
them. Washington. instead OF being
one of the grandest figures in history
was to them simply tall, quiet, modest
| Virginian, who had married rich wild
ow, and had become thereby the largest
landowner Of his day and the leader oil
the provincial aristocracy Of his back.
woods colony. 1t was this social dis.
tinction which gave Washington com.
mand Of our armies or perhaps we
NAV say, that it was the work Of Provi-
dence which had made the Man for the
Occasion.
| And now the work commenced b,
those three millions Of poor farmers
hunters, tradesmen and fishermen amid
doubt and uncertainty and in the shad
ow Of the gallows, is celebrated to-day
BY an august and powerful nation. Las
night the anniversary year was ushcret
| in at midnight by surging, laughing Z.
singing. shouting masses. filing all the
streets Ike vast and endless process
sion. lighted up By the illuminated hous
\ es, the glare Of calcium lights. and thu
red blaze Of Roman-cantles. And - thu
hands upon the dial marked the last no
ment OF the expiring year. the whole
city burst forth In medley Of ha-moni
ous sounds, aad from every church s.ee
J pie and from the tower Of old Indepen
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hand from the body of the note, and they
concluded that the note had been ''doc-
tored," and that Pfaender had got the
money acithout interest!
And now Mr.. Pfaender, thanks to a
blind devotion to party rule, is elected
to have tull and undisputed charge of
all the public funds. stocks, bonds, &C..
and no man knows when the charming
drama of Munich and Seegcr will be re-
enacted on larger stage.
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GOING TO THE GOATS HOTSh FOR
WOOL.

This is what Col. Ptaender did. He
sued Mr.. Hurter for libel. for saving
that he. piaender. had shared in the use
OF the public money while Mr. Munich
was State Treasurer; and now a St.
Paul Jury declare that Mr. Hur.er did
not libel him al aN: in other words. that
he. Plaender. was. rs charged bv Mr.
Hur,er. party 10 the dishonest courses
OF Me>srs. Munich and Scerer.
Col Plaender acknowledged tha, he
had received money from Seeger and
Munich. out he claimed that it was pri-
vate. personal loan, on which be paid
interest; but alas. the jury took the note
out with them and discovered that the
words with interest" had been written
with different ink and in ditferen;
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Anti- #lunopolist.
ICNATiUS DONNELLY. Editor.

In consequence Of the absence OF the
editor-n- chief the proofs OF the last issue
were not sufficiently corrected. We
trust to improve in this respect hereafter
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THE GIGANTIC HUiSh \

The sadtest part OF the almost illimit-
able whlsky-ring stcalings which have
been going on in almost every large city
of the Union. is the acknowledge tact
that large part of the plumber was used
for political purposes; and that the inn
mense fund which defeated Horace Gree
lev in 1872 was derived mainly from this
source.
This is the pyramid as it stands:
GRANT.
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CORRUPTION OF BALLOT BON;
OFFICIAL MALFEASANCE. PERU RY:
ILLICIT WHISKY AND ADULTERATED III VI
EXCESSIVE TAXATION; INCREASED DEBT.
Yes. great-hearted Horace Greeley
was beaten to death by the hired assas-
sins OF joyce and Mcdonald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05

least among the wrecks will he that of the
Cumberland coal trade.--AetrS.
And, strange as It may appear, We may
aid to this 81 RES Of impostions upon our
interests, the fact, the telling fact that even
the city Of Cumberland has dropped its pat
ronagc of "Cumberland coal" On the au-
thority u our correspondent at that place
we had il last week that Mr. Shobcr the sue
ccsstui contractor, will furnish the Cumber-
land City Water Works with Keystone
Pennsylvania Co"l-this proposition being
accepted by a Council about equally divid
ed politically What wonder then that
Mr.. Wooltord and Mr. Morrison should
move to Cypress our c. al interests when
they are already slaughtered in the house
of their friends? We speak not after the
manner nor from the motive of politicians,
when we tell the people of Georges Creek
that there is more than abundant cause for
havcthc precedent of a city, made and built
by your coal, which does worse than tax
which docs more than admit the r,linous
competition of free foreign coal--which
spends the money drawn from your peck
cts for another coal in another State! And
this for the sake Of very few cents per
ton,
To say nothing of the refreshing incon-
sistency of Cumberland walls for the fate
of "thc Cumberland coal trade this is an
effective illustration of the tender mercy
held in Cumberland for the "Cumberland
coal region 1t furnishes us with an I'M
prcssivc occasion for repeating the fact that
Cumberland feels perfect immunity as to
to its conduct toward this rcgor--a sort
of proprietary right to all we have to spend,
and absolute indifference as to any sort of
reciprocity. five ma yet add anything
to eNemplify its utter want of unselfish con-
sitcrat;0n for this region, we will cite the
local chronicle a few days since of one of its
dailics to the effect that a car load of coal
from the coal region had arrived fer distrib-
ution II tie Cumberland po0r! Why, even
your charity is not sufficiently appreciated
to evoke common justice.
While wcarc protesting against the State
tax" it will be seen "thc State tax is not
the only grievance We have; neither are
the free trade measure, nor high railroad
tariffs and detective ventilation, all that de-
mand redress and REIMBURSEMENT. These
together seen, to be enough to drive the
poor miner TO the wall By both reducing
his wages and crrtailing his work He has
protested and ought to continue protesting
strongly, vigorously and Indignantly.
But with reference to Cumberland and
cast Allcgany the coal regions best remedy
10y all odds is III the erection of the new
county. Nothing short of this will ever di-
vorce us from the necessities of submitting
to the well nigh intolerable huroen of keep
ing Cumhcrland's ability up to the point
of dispensing it outside the county and
outside the State
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Coal TAX.-While the Democratic legfs-
lature at Annapolis is endcavoring 10 Grip
pie the coal trade of this section, by lcyying
a tax of two cents per ton on the gross pro
duct of the mines, their brethren who mis-
represent the people of the United States in
the House of Representatives are preparing
q blow at the coal interests of the whole
country, by Mr., Morrson's tariff bill,
which puts coal on the free list, and which
will probably lie adopted by the committee
on ways and means. If both succeed, the
sole industry Of Western Maryland and the
largest industry in the state will prob
ably 10 leglslatod out of existence The
Maryland coal producers are already COM
hing that they cannHt compete with the
|cs of West Virginia, whose government
oscs no state tax, or, for various reasons,
INST the Pennsylvania region. How
a can our industry be sustained if the
hand in the eastern states for Gambler
ID coal is destroyed by free coal from
Iva Scotia?
w ell may the people Of our county hold
setings protesting against the state tax
ere is abundant cause inr alarm. II the
cklcss Democrats, rendered fierce by
cir long fast from power, are not STOP ped
some way, will they pause onl y to gaze on
he utter ruin they have made, and lot
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05

In the course of Mr. Spates' speeches
on the coal license tax we learn that cast
Allegany realizes annually $55,000-an
amount dispensed along the Canal for
repairs alone, not counting what is paid for
corn, fodder, hay, etc, If we add this to the
$6l 900 already against us in tie the coun-
ty disbursements, we have the neat sum of
$4,000 which this region generously dis
tributes throughout the county east Of
Dams mountain. And if we could know
the amount ofincidcntafs that naturally flow
into this calculation, we could put on the
huge pedestal of $4,000 the capstonc of
several thousands more. Was ever such
munificence showered on any people?
Never since the Almightys legacy of the
goodly land of Canaan TO the children of
Israel! .', '-,'--+
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05

The Pittsbnrg Commercial says that
recent oil strikes in Brdtord county,
Pa, promised to extend the area
northward. Some thirty wells are
now going down.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05

The shipping merchants of New
York have prepared a petition to Con-
gress asking for the repeal Of the ship
ping act Of June, 1872. They say
that it has failed in its object, and
has been administered in that port in
an arbitrary manner, which has
proved disastrous to American ship
ping
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05

1t is reported that a party of East
ern capitalists intend startling a cotton
factory at SSkaneateles Falls, N. Y, III
which 1000 operatives will be employ-
ed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05
JEREMIAH LIVENGOOD.

MANUFACTURER OF
Buggies, Carriages & Spring Wagons,
nF every style and description; also,
~ Sulkies. SIeighs, Sheds. SC,
Salisbury, north side of Ord street, ELK
LICK Post Office, Somerset Co., Pa. ian o3
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05

1t is stated that the Edgemoor Iron
Company of Wilmington, Del, has re-
ceived the contract for furnishing the
iron for five miles of the elevated rail
way in New York city.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05

Numerous bills incorporating gold
mining companies have been brought
into the Georgia Legislature this SEES
sion, and the Atlanta Constitution,
says there has been some considerable
recent investment Of foreign capital in
this branch of adventure.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
kSsilZ3!! d
Grand, Square J Upright
PIANOS.

1T AVE received upwards of FIFTY
L FIRST PREMIUMS, and are among
the best now made. Every instrument fully
warranted for five years. Prices as low as
the exclusive use of the very best materials
and the most thorough workmanship will
permit. The principal pianists and compo-
scrs and the piano purchasing public, of the
South especially, unite in the unanimous
verdict Of the superiority of the STIEFF
PIANO. The DURABILITY of our in
strumcnts is fully established by over SIN
T1 SCHOOLS and COLLEGES in the
South, using over 300 of our Pianos
Sole Wholesale Agents for several of the
principal manufacturers of Cabinet and Par
lor Organs prices from $50 to 5000. A
liberal discount to Clergymcn and Sabbath
Schools.
A large assortment of second hand Pianos
at prices ranging from SO to $500, always
on hand
Send for Illustrated Catalogue containing
the names of over 1900 Southcrncrs who
have bought and are Ifs,ingthc Stictf Piano.
CEHAS. va. STEEFF.
Warerooms, No. 8 Npr,h, Liberty ST.,
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Factories, 81 and SO Camden ST, and As and
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IMPORTANT TO ALT,l

pun"s nave Building
mas ,''M much beehive have nnvs"ta
rom giving the public ~ 'A p'.''"S"
land nr 15n a OF the pest business respect Mary
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incline cn, tI liter the latest modern style display goods
the
in r r. "er gn" ventilated and heated Elevators
the
nniv HAS m ta m making the buyng com,
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Men IN ts M
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Miscellaneous Advertisements,
LOOK OUT FOR THE
Boot. Shoe and Hat Emporium

IN Bank building, opposite St. Michars
4 Church, Main st Frostburg, Md.
All who want anything in the line of
shoes. of the best and finest quality
Shoes of the best and heaviest make; Shoes
for poor OF rich, young or old; Shoes for all,
no matter what their occupation or profess
ion. Boots for Mem Boots for Ladies
Boots for Children; Boots for all Hats
for old and young. TRUNKS, VALlSES.
&c.,-all at fair prices should go to
WILLIAM THOMAS.
"a Boots and Shoes made to order Re-
pairing neatly and promptly DONE Leather
ana Shoe FINDINGS on hand. Apl 10
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-02-05

At Burnt Point, Washington Ter
rltory, two men lately caught on
lines, DUNG forty-nine days angling,
6,S36 dog fish, 1888 rock cod, 50
mackerel and 10 sharks One of the
sharks measured fifteen feet three inch
es long and gave fourteen gallons of
oil. The largest dog fish was six feet
four inches long.
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