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coRS.--There is reported . de-
crease in the acreage of corn III the
central portion of the great corn
craving districts of the West, ana
an increase, in the South and IN the
middle States as in 1877, slight re-
duction being apparent IN New
York. and a slight increase III New
Jersey and in Pennsylvania. Inc
heaviest decline is in Illinois.amount-
inc to about thirds OF Il million
acres. or a reduction of z per, cent
In some of the adjoining States the
reduction is but or , per cent.
The increase in Texas as Indicated
nv the counties reported Is io pei
cent. or 100000 acres. Louisiana
Arkansas and Mississippi make
larce advance, the former stat
abont 100000 acres; the average
condition of the whole crops is %
The number Of counties Reporting
the condition of the corn Is lo'2, @
which 237 return 100, 252 above an
5I3 below that standard. Very fe'
in the West give figure above iV
Returns from Maryland indicate
low condition, averaging about 10.
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The purchasing rate for silver III
,ots not exceeding 10000 ounces, at
the Philadelphia mint and the assay
Office i'm New York city, has been ny
order of the Secretary of the Treas
ury reduced to one-half cent per
ounce below the equivalent OF the
Iordon rate. The amount OF SILVER
dollars exchanged at par Tor goid
coin at the San Francisco mint, foi
the week ending on the eighth inst
was sl3 900. which is very gratity-
ING to the Treasury department. az
such exchanges return 10 the ireas
urv gold in place of the gold con
paid out for silver bullion during
the first two months after the pas
SAGE of the silver dollar law IL cal
he stated authoritatively that ever.
legitimate effort will be made by tn
government TO wipe out the remain
ing premium Oh gold.
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and snare, and amounts to nothing

and n snare, and amounts to nothing
whatever. :.
In this city, where some reiief ~
necessary, it is questionable II the
LEGISLATURE can tighten the labors OF
court under the provision OF these
amendments. But even II the Leg
islature should deem itself author
lied under the amendments to create
cireuit courts in the city ''by group
ing the distric judges into circuit
co1rtss' and thus relieve the SUI
preme Court by combining Its Juris-
diction to cases wherein the amour.
involved exceeds $1,000, 1t Will ye.
have an immense docket to clear on
Resides. we Doubt if it would be adj
visable to interrupt the sessions OF
tbe district courts by assigning their
;udpes to any such extra duty. III
would be better to create sIch an
intermediate court as may be iounu
necessary, specially for the city oil
New Orleans; or else to appoint a
commission to clear the docket OF
the Supreme Court, and then re-
ouire of it to keep its docket clear.
In the country there is no need OF
amy intermediate courts, and, be-
sides, we do not believe In an ap-
pellate court composed of the judges
of court OF original jurisdiction.
Each Judge will have pride in sus-
tanning his own decisions, aud must
. exercise u great influence IN having
1 them sustained in the appellate
5 court. In fact, the judge oforiglolia
: jurisdiction should be disgualinea
Y from sitting in the appellate court
(, inst as a iuryman who has sworn "a
e n ureyious trial is disqualified frou
a sitting afterward in the same case
: II appears to us that these obJec
: tions to the judiciary system, pro
o posed in these amendments, cnhno
IS be answered. They will undoubt
v edly operate great economy, on
'e they do nothing whatever to faclli
+ tate the dispatch OF litigation. "
b the contrary, they create a system
he much inferior to the existing one
ie and increase, rather than diminish
Of the laws delays. Yet, in the tard'
#. ness and expense of this slow pro
in cess lie the great defects OF on
~ courts. 1t is these defects who
s, are fatal to credit, the very basis
to commerce. 1t is to these that Is al
of tributable the exactions of unusu'
NJ securities for money, such as iroi
US clad mortgages, waving the bene'
he of appraisement and importing col
EN- fession of Judgment. Let the rem
it we have suggested be afforded, al
nd there will be an Immediate cham
cir in all this. Credit will be easi
,ly in proportion that our courts
us. crease the certainty of collections
ers But. ms Il general proposition,
III are opposed TO any wnoies:
ION amendment OF the constitution,
til volving us it does the recreation
yes one of the coordinate branches
the the government, by any such co
up mittee process as this. we cam
ess afford to have our judicial estaoil'
of ment erected after any such irr
lis ponsible and hap-hazard fasbi'
md Even if the proposed changes
Oh beneficial, they are crude anu
airy dirested, and it is better to emf
nu- the present system, whose eViis
lese know. rather than fly to others
due know not of.
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|sFr,CIAL DIRECTORY
STATE GOVERNMENT.

STATE GOVERNMENT.
|avprnor-F I Nichols.
Ibut. (,avernor-L A Wilt.
~rytary of State-W A Strong.
la.itor of Public Accounts-Al-
lmel.
ugerintendent of Public Educa-
s-gA Lusher.
liutant General-D b Penn.
JUDICIARY.
smsme Court-Chief Justice, T
thinning: Associate Justices, X
Har. Alcibiade DeBlanc, w j
ucr; Clerk, Alfred Roman.
DISTRICT.
lldse District Court w F Black
District Attorney e G Hunter.
District Court - Second Monday
lsnuary and First Monday in
PARISH OFFICERS.
0sk Of Court Henry C Walker.
Rtorder-W H ilodnett.
lsIlsh Judge-A Y Raglan.
shsif- Chas r Nugent.
Coroner r G0ode.
akprsentative-Col + q Randolph.
Psnsh Attorney. Cazabat.
Psrsb Treasurer-A l. Grow.
Lax Collector--C G. Nash.
Police Jurors-Jas \ Daniels
Sdtnt; VIM Tison, Randolph
ses Q W Fitz, " \ Swofiord.
uuk Police Jury = X S Cameron
TsTICES OF THE PEACE.
Srdl ]. Lorenzo Smith.
2. John p H0dnet.
3. Thomas Allison.
4. John c Linscum.
5. John w Saunders.
8. John Chelette.
!. David Hardy and j \
ssher.
isnsh COurt-Regular or Genera
ns-First Mondays in February
a' June, August, October an
unber.
rmOate Terms-First Mondays i
1'y, March, Nay, July, Septen
and November.
LODGES.
'uuerville Lodge No. 103-Res
sonmunications first and THU
!s Of each month. Officers
4 sssniow, W N; A Powell, S "
s'alhoun, J W; 5 Kraft, Seer
u'gomery Lodge No. l6S-Re,
~mmunieations first Saturda,
oe'ore the full moon of ca,
W. Officers - H Van Mccall
I Wilton, S W; Thos
nae J W; oh Shumate,
h i. hardy, Secretary B X SEQ
. : Mccain, j ID; w o Hair
4 Dean, Stewards; 10
Narshall; David NJ Smit
,'s Payne, Chaplain.
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To oConsumptives.

The advertiser, having been permanently cured of that dread isease, Consumption, by simple remedy, is anxious to make known to bis fellow sufferers tine means of cure. l 0 all who desire 1t he wiil send eUpy of the prescription ased tree oi chaTgei with the directions tor prepAung HAd using thf ame- which they sIll find sure cure fOf Con ngltioHi. Asthma, Bronchitis. &c. Par ies wis slinls the prs seriptoH lili please addfess
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,lps. nal lut Naomi up RgaInsl Inc hler, day Maggips aud Mnllles, Eulcs and Ku,le., ssaldg,nl nnl ba,utifulul thcy afc.
 Aunl Nanmis road This an old.limu highway ot p.umlrres, Public travel ,vase,l tn II bong since, Ihnugh iI Is Slill npsn ln tho punic. lr Is a ruumttlc ro'pl and one nt inc pleasanlrsl in Ihe neigh horhoud If lha hnl owners along the line of the ruud had not encruSched up. on it and narroSel iI t1a mere ribbon, aud if properly repaired, it would he lhn pleasanIesl in Plumlrecs. ll was nangd ni CT Aunt Naomi" who lived on ihis road many, many years ngo, who long since iplned the old generations in the beautiful land. The old house is gone md nothing remains To nnrk the place where it stood.
 The iond opens nt the foot of Walnut tree hill. ftns Gust and ulersccts the public rmd lpadlug to Stony Hin through the Dibb neighb0rhuod. IL is about q half u mile in length. Thore is BOW no house on lhe road
 The old house stood on the north side of lhc ruud a quarter of d mile east of the residences of Mrs Starr and Was beauli- fully lucaletl on an emincnce that com. mnnded mngmliGeutvicw of Inc Vale of Pumlroes and surrounding country. There is not pltasanter building site in Pumtrees. and but few can equal il m the town of Bethel
 For place of quiet pleasant ramblc 10 while away an h"nr and commune with nature in her gentle moods, com mend us to Aunt Naoml's road. The ysnug who are rOmantically inclined who do not know it's history will appre- Giate Aunt Naom's road. The older les iIent who lives in two generations and is inclined to venerate the past finds in it an interesting line connecting the old and inc new.
 Naomi. "Bcautiful agreeable Good old name, Aunt Naomi's Road, |" "beau- tiful and appropriate. Never let it be changed. Let Plumtrees cling to the name as the confdine and affectionate Ruth cIurg to Naomi of old.
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 Adapted to all ages and conditions in all climates, containing neither calomol nor any deleterious drug, these Pills may be taken with safety by anybody Their sugar-coating pre- serves them ever fresh and makes them pleasant to take; while being purely vegetable, no harm can arise from their use in any quantity.
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 congcnial pur- gatiye eycrolis- covered. They are mild, but c fe ctual In
 th e ir op era tion, moving the bow Is surely and without pain. Although gon- tie in their op- eration, they
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PREPARED BY

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 TestimC nials and treatise by mail O En Price, with improved Inhaler. Che eDegSY Dollar. Sold everywhere. WEEKS x POTTER, Proprieters, Boston,
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pImPLES.

will nal gFreai the recipe for preparing sim
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J. H. BOSyyORTH & co. 157 WASHINGTON ST BOSTON. PETER MCQUAID State Agent,
 49 Church Street,
 NEW HAVEN.

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A V Just published, in sealed enve'ope. Price sig cts
 A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment and Radical elile Oi S5lulnal NeahnusS, or pc nIa- totrh@d, induced by Sell-Ahus6, Involuntary Emissions, ImpOttncy, Nervous Debility, anl in- pediments to marriage generally Consumption epilepsy, ani Fits Mental and Physical lucapa- city, &e.--By ROBERT J. CUAY s&WELL, M D., author oi th: Green Book," Nc. <; The world renowned author, iH this admirable -Lectura, clearly proves from his esn experience that the awful consequences of Selt-Abuse may be eflectnally removed without medicine, and with ont dangerous surgi operatiess. bougies, in- struments, rings, ot oordials pointing out 8 mode Of cure at onre certain and effcctual, by which every sufferer, no matter what lis condi tion may be, may care himself cheaply, privately and radically.
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 Sent, nnder seal in plain envelope, to any ad- dress, on receipt of SIX cts two postage stilnBs
 Address The GulVsrwell Medical Co, 4 Ann Street, New York; fost Office Box, 4,5ss.
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F A K M s For Sale Ranging from 20 10 800 Acres. Apply to l.. MALONE, Salisbury, Md.

m777is not easiiy earned in these times. but VfI fii can be made in three months by any ulI I I one Of either sex, in any part of the
 country, whol willing to work steadily at the employment t we furnish. S66 per week in your own tow You need not be away from home over nigbt You e1n give your whole time to the work, ouly your spare moments. We have agents wso are making over S20 per day. All who engage at once can make money fast. At the present tms money cannot be made 80 easily and rapidly at any other business IL costs uoth- ing tp try the business Ferns and sj outfit free Address at once H. HALIEIT & Co.,, fustland, Maine.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-10-03
NO. 8

A AMoRTsAoE.--Tn the whole range
OF sacred and profane literature, per-
haps there is nothing recorded which
has such staying qualities rs a good
healthy mortgage A mortgage can be
dcpended upon to stick closer than o
brother. Ii has a mission 10 perform
which never lets up. Day after day &
Is right there, nor does thc slightest
tendency to slumber impair ils vigOr an
the night. Night and day on the Sab
bath, and At holiday times. without q
moments time Cor reception, the biting
offspring ui IFS existence. interest, goes
on. The season may change, days run
into weeks, weeks into monthss and
monshs Be swallowed up into the gray
mansions of assvaneIng years, but that
mort age Stnnds W IlI -
lance; with the interest, perennial
stream ceaselessly running on. Like q
huge nightmare eating out the sleep OF
some restless slumberer, unpaid mort
gage rcars up its gaunt front in Perpet-
ual torment to the miserable wight who
is held within its pitiless clutch. II
holds the poor victims with The relent-
less grasp OF a giant; not one hour OF
recreation, not q moments evasion ct
its hideous presence. A genial savage
of modifying aspect while the interest
is paid; a very devil Of hopeless dcs-
truction when the payments fail.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-10-03

also 10 certain that the Board does not
contemplate, indirectly, the closing 0i
schools, that is, through the ieacher
Though the order has that efecA) SO as
TO throw the odium Of closing upon the
teacher, because under the school
Law the. Board nag close school
when il does not make an average Of
ten pupils for two consecutive terms.
II Is unfair that, because dle teacher Is
not lucky enough TO get info pcpulous
neighboEhood, thereby not being able
10 make the required average, that bis
worth as teacher is lessened, or that
he should not receive as much for his
services as one who is more lucky. 1
err yet % learn from one or M PROBES
sion that he had rSthefteaen a'senool
Of FIVE than Of twenty-five pupils, even
should The salary be the same. II can
not be that our profession, at this late
day, when we should be on the pro-
gressive march, is to be placed below
that of serfdom, because that would be
swiftly leading US TO degradation, and
men Of such great intellect as compose
our present School Board would not, in
tentionally, lend helping hand TO eff
feet such an object. No, Messrs. Edi-
tors, no. 'Tis a mystery to Us all. Yet
for one am quietly being drawn to the
conclusion that the Board being OUer-
stocked, overcropped itself.
In conclusion, | will say that one Of
the commands of the school law is,
that teachers must read and endeavor
TO understand and TO make themselves
conversant with the school laws. Well,
| have the boldness to assert right here,
that have read the school law and am
so opinionated as to believe that / can
digest it, and that in said law I fail to
find a single clause giving to the Board
Of School Commissioners power to fix
an indefinite salary for the teacher, but
do find a clause giving them power to
fix the salary Of the teacher, by which
it is plain that thelaw contemplates that
the teacher should know what he is to
receive for his services when he con-
tracts to teach. Then, according to my
idea, the pro rata order is contrary TO
the just and proper Interpretation ofthe
law, and I sincerely trust that by the
time the School Board again meets that
its better judgment may prevail and the
unjust pro rata order be rescinded.
Popular sentiment demands it, as il is
productive OF evil leading TO corruption.
TEACHER.