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New-York tribune., 1880-10-03

PENNSYLVANIA Y. NJ. G.. AssOCIATIoNs.-Th
Pennsylvania State Convention of Young Mems
Christian Associations, recently held at Wilkes
barre. was cheered by excellent reports of sue
cessful work and satisfactory progress during
the past year The report says that III almost
every town Of over five thousand inhabitants
there has been during the past year decided
progress, and there never was time when
there were more young men giving active ser
vice than ut present. The report calls special
attention to the following suggestions First,
That each district should through an efficient
committee look after all its associations having
vital and sympathetic contact with each Dy cor
respOndence and visitation, the strong helping
the weak by counsel and cooperation, and thus
helping themselves; second, In the smaller
places particularly, and IN many OF the larger
the special work for boys should be put In the
hands of well-selected committee and prose-
cuted as soon as possible. Ihe whole number
of associations on the roll is l64, OF which 14O
have reported. Whle 151 are known to be doing
spiritual work, 70 are combining with their
work social and literary departments, 20 have
reading rooms ana libraries, 40 are engaged In
work for BOYS, 100 hold special meehu rs for
young men. he real estate owned by
the associations in the State is valued at
1854 900. There are. besides, four assOcla-
tions having building funds to the amount OF
S10 400. The number OF associations In each
of the districts in the state as TAR as re-
ported by the secretary is as follows: Philadel-
phia District. 10; Northumberland, II; Will
Transport. 81 PittsbuIg, 10; Lehigh, ~ Har-
risburg, 10 Altoona. 81 'Chenango, 8; Butler,
IL: Bradford, 3; Wyoming, 6; York, g;
Tioga, 5 Blairsville, s. and Erie, 13.
PORTRAITS FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN
CoUNCIL.-A correspondent of The Christian
Union, writing from the Pan Presbyterian
Council In philadelphia, says: ." AS / looked
over the audience | realized the catholic char
acter of it. The dark face of shesbadri was
paralleled by the dark face Of Allen Wright, q
full -blooded Choctaw, who is q real delegate,
though the Hindoo is not. And here is
Antonio Arrigbi, of Italy, with q head like an
Italian tenor and pure and tine countenance
which all Italian tenOrs do not possess. And
here, too, is Professor Hofmeyer, OF the Cape
of Coed Hope, very French for HOlIander,
and so quick and yivaciogss that he dashes into
comes out in the true direction. And here Is
the Scotchman- like Graham OF London-with
his metaphysical face and curious intonations
, 1880-02-26
Notice to TaX--Payers

Sections 4, 5 and 6. Chapter 3, OH pages
3 and 8, of the new revenue law OF 1879
reads as follows:
SEC. 1. Each taxpayer In the territory
must make and deliver to the county AS
SCISSOR, annually. n statement under oath
setting forth specifically all the real and
personal property situated or being in the
territory and owned by him. or In his pos
session. or under his control at Il o'clock
meridian, on the first Monday Of April.
subject to taXation. and if male person
over 2l and under 80 years Of age, his age
(omitting fractions of n year, and the
number OF the road district and the mum
Der Of the school district in which he re-
sides.
SEC. 3. The statement required by
section four of this act must be delivered
to the county assessor or his duly author
lied deputy within ten days from and al
ter the first day OF April in each year,
Sundays excepted.
SEC. 6. The county assessor of each
county must designate by notice published
for four consecutive weeks, prior to the
first Monday OF April in each year, his
office or place Of BUSINESS, where either he
or his deputy must attend from seven o.
clock n. m, until twelve O'Clock M, and
from one to five, p. m, for ten days from
and after said first Monday in April Sun
days excepted for the purpose OF receiv-
ing the statements of taxpayers and TAX
ing their attldavits.
I hereby give notice that my
office will be at the store OF c. G. Bartlett.
In Port Townsend, where can he found
for ten days, commencing on the first
Monday in April Sundays excepted).
Office hours from o'clock q. m.. to II
O'Clock M, and from to O'Clock p. m.
b. s. MILLER,
Assessor for Jefferson County. w. Y.
lot.
, 1880-02-26

PROBATE CoURr.--At the ad-
journed session of the PROBATE
Court, held on Monday, the business
done was as follows: Estate of A.
Phinney, dec, settlement of Execu-
tors account, ano objections thereto.
Continued for hearing until March
term. Citations to issue. Estate Of
0. F. Gerrish, dec, motion to dis
miss the appeal to district court al
lowed, and appeal dismissed; motion
to correct order for payment of
claims allowed.
, 1880-02-26

DEBATING SoClErY.-Ou Tuesday
evening the young people IN town
met and organized a society the OBJ
iects OF which, as defined in the con.
stitution adopted by them, are to
"cutivate good manners, improve
its members, and disseminate knowl-
edge; also, to establish a fund for
providing public library and read
ing room in Port Townsend" The
name adopted WAS the "AIki De.
batting Society" The organization
starts off with thirteen members, and
prospect of several more in the
near future. The officers will be
elected quarterly; the present ones
are: w. II. Roberts, President; A.
A. PIummer, Vice President; Robt.
Biles, Secretary; Mrs. Amy Harmed,
Treasurer; Miss E. Huffman, Editor;
Mr.. j, Hammond, Sergeantat Arms;
A. Weir, Critic. Meetings will be
held on Tuesday evening of each
week. The momentous question to
be grappled with at the next meet
ing is: "Resolved that mental cul,
ture is more important than physical
exercise" The chief spea kers are:
Allen Weir, affirmative; A. A.
Pummer, Jr., negative. The assist
ants are: Miss Huffman, Miss Z.
Cosper, and Master Warren Has.
tings in the affirmative, aud ID. II.
Hill, d. G. Parrish, and r. Calhoun
in the negative. The society will
meet with closed doors until its
members are prepared to appear in
public. The paper will be read
semi monthly. The society starts
out with hattering prospect, and,
properly managed, may become an
instrument Of much good. There is
nothing like thorough, practical
school of this kind to train and i'm
prove the minds Of our young PEI
pie.
, 1880-02-26
The Star Route Service.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The fol
lowing is the order issued by the
Postmaster General cutting down
the mail service in Star routes:
To THE SECOND ASSISTANT PosT
MASTER GENERAL: That there be
no deficiency created to maintain the
Star service for the present fiscal
year, direct that on and after March
the 1st prox., service on all the Star
routes be reduced to one trip per
week, allowing one months pay as
provided by law for the service dis.
psnsed with. | also direct that the
service placed on new routes since,
and including July l, 1878, be dis
continued, if the foregoing reduction
is not sufficient for the purpose indi-
Gated. think that the rapid growth
of population and business in the
Territories and new States, and the
restoration and improvement of SER
vice in the Southern States demand
existing service, and in many instan
ces, additional service on old, and
new service on recently established
routes. I also believe that the pub
lie service will suffer by the reduc.
ton. The new law requires that |
shall not exceed the appropriation,
and | am determined to conform to
the law.
D. M. KEY,
, 1880-02-26

The people who are deprived OF
much needed mail service on &C
count of the reduction of service on
Star routes, will hardly feel amicably
disposed toward our Democratic
Congress or its false ideas of econ.
omy. The Postmaster General is
forbidden by law to allow expenses
to exceed existing appropriations,
and he of course cannot be blamed
for thus depriving the people Of
mail facilities to which they are by
right entitled. In the west, where
the country is sparsely settled, this
deprivation will be exceedingly op
prsssive.
, 1880-02-26

ENTERTAINMENT The ladies of
the M. e. Church will give a social
and oyster supper in Good Templars
Hall this Thursday evening. A
short programme of literary and mu-
sical exercises will be rendered, after
which the supper. will be served.
An admission fee of fifty cents will
be charged which will include sup.
per. All are cordially invited to at
tend and have pleasant social gath.
ering. The proceeds of the enter.
tainment will be applied on the M.
E. parsonage fund. Remember, this
evening. Doors open at 1880. Ex-
ercises will begin at s.
, 1880-02-26
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, lSSO.

DELEGATE BRBNrs The Seattle
dispatch" is a solitary exception
among the newspapers of our Terri
tory regarding their estimation OF
Mr.. Brents' services as Delegate III
Congress. Friend Brown expresses
his sorrow at having voted for Mr..
Brents, for the simple reason-as
near as we can learn--that the latter
in his first speech in Congress hear
ily denounced the treason which
characterized the course of the Dem
ocratic majority at the extra session,
and brought their party back to
the old war basis. The conservative
course of ex-Delegate, Jacobs, is
cited by our ueighbor in commenda'
tory tcrrs, while that of his sue
cessor is denounced because he pro
yoksd the Democrats aud "destroyed
bis influence Tor promoting the ma
terisl welfare of his constituents
Let it be remembered that Judge
Jacobs was not in Congress during
the mad efforts of the Confederate
brigadiers at revolutionary measures
else be would have raised his voice
in righteous denunciation thereof, or
we mistake the man. Mr.. Brents,
instead of scaling forth expressions
of ridicule and contempt" from the
leading journals of his own party,
efectually convinced them that he
was patriotic enough to do his duty
though it be unpleasant. Unfortu.
nately the dispatch" editors abil
ity for adverse criticism upon the
conduct of those who displease him
leads him into unwarranted extremes.
We can hardly agree that Mr..
Brents' perseverance in duty and
his faithful attention to the wants of
his constituents entitle him to the
appellation Of ''political nonsnti-
ty." If his denunciation of the
rebel tendency in Democracy is the
only ground for abusing him, he
ought to feel proud of his achieve.
ment. 1t stamps him as the right
kind Of man, and the writer who
unreasonably assails him for it simp.
ly takes the opposite extreme him.
self and forlsits his boasted right tc
be called "impartial," "indepsnd
ent," SC. Again we say, all honor
to the Republican congressman who
had the hardihood to call treason BY
its right name.
, 1880-02-26
Custom House Hal3.
CUSTOM House DIST OF PUGET SOUND, !
Port Townsend, February II, 1850

CUSTOM HOUSE DIST OF PUGET SOUND, !
Port Townsend, February a., 1850 !
NTOTfCE Is HEREBY GIVEN
~ that the following described arti-
clpS. seized tor violation OF the United
States revenue laws, will be sold at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at
the Custom House. in Port Townsend,
Washington Territory, March 80, 1880, at
. O'Clock p. NJ:
No. 100 AZ pounds opium seized at
Tacoma. Sept. II, 1873.
No. lO5. - tins of opium, seized at
Seattle. October lst, 1873.
No. 10. tin of opium, seized at Sc
attic, February 25th. 1879
No. 113. 1850 cigars. seized at Port
Townsend. September 9th, 1879.
Persons claiming any Of the above men
toned articles are required to file their
claim therefor with the Collector OF Gus
toms for this district within twenty days
from the first publication of this notice.
1:vlO. II. A. WEBSTER,
Collector OF Customs.
, 1880-02-26

The Voorhees, Committee after
lsng and patient investigation, have
found out that the negroes wanted
to imaiigrate to Indiana, a,---conse.
quently they did so. The discovery
has also been made that co!ored vo,
ters. when they get the chance, usu-
ally vote the Republican ticket, and
that in all human probability they
will get chance to vote their senti.
ments in Indiana.--"Bse."
, 1880-02-26

The Senate committee on Terrific
ries has decided to recommend for
passage the bill for extending the
Jurisdiction of United States courts
in civil and criminal matters to the
Indian Territory, and providing for
the acquirement of citizenship by
Indians, and the allotment of lands
to them in severalty under pre-
scribed conditions.
, 1880-02-26

MIR. Geo. W. Carlton, editor of
the Hollister, Cal, "Tclegraph," "
who shot S. II. Bennett, editor of the
"Enterprise" paper in the same
place, recently, was formerly a typo
in Olympia, and afterwards job
printer in New Tacoma. The friends
of George were much surprised to
hear Of his murderous deed. He is
now awaiting his trial.
, 1880-02-26
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
D. M. KEY,
Postmaster General.

Services will be held in st. Paul's church on
Sunday next Mt IL A. NJ. and p. NJ. Sunday
school at 2 p. NJ. Evening prayer on .Wednes-
at 10.
Preaching next Sunday in the M. Il. Church
morning and evening, by Rev. w. /. COsper,
pastor. Sabbath school at 2:l5 p. Nm, D..
Hill, Supt. Prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at O'Clock.
, 1880-02-26
LOCAL NOTICES.

Ecg- A fine assortment of legal blanks
at HolcOmb's.
l-g- The ARGUS Is kept for sale, regu-
larly, at Mr.. Holcomb's Variety Store.
1-g- Two fiTst-class sewing machines,
Wilson anda Singer, NEW, for sale.
Apply at the ARGUS office.
IA. For Good cigars, go to Holcomb's
, 1880-02-26

We are unable to give district
court proceedings this week. Be.
sides the usual officers of the court,
we notice Messrs. Jacobs, Struvs,
Burke and Hanford, of Seattle,
among the attorneys. Judge A.
Briggs is foreman of the grand jury.
, 1880-02-26

IT must he very tiresorne to the
sovereigns Of Europe to be continu-
ally teIegraphing their congratula'
tions to the Car for his "providen-
tial escape from death" Every few
weeks a telegram of the kind ap-
pears to be necessary.
, 1880-02-26

SEALING.--A private note ircm
Neah Bay, under date Of Feb. 23d,
says: The Champion, Eudora and
Lottie have been doing well at seal.
ing the last two days.
, 1880-02-26

A SLIGHT excitement was caused
in the court room yesterday morning
when large piece of the ceiling fell
in dangerous proximity to the head
off, one of the officials. Nobody
hurt.
, 1880-02-26

Mr.. W. w. Newlin, of Olympia,
b as been nominated by President
Hayes for Register of the land office
at Vancouver, w. T., in place of
Mr.. Smallwood whose term is about
to expire. t.2a5
, 1880-02-26

EDWARD Cowley, manager of the
Shepherds Fold, in New York, has
been convicted on the charge of
starving and cruelty treating chill
dren.
, 1880-02-26

Mr.. Shaw's horses we're sold yes.
terday at auction. Mr.. Geo. Adams,
OF this place, was the purchaser;
price, $3.50.
, 1880-02-26

PUBLIC free schools is the subject
that is just now agitatipg the news
papers of Oregon.
, 1880-02-26

Mr.. E. S. Kearney, a former U. S.
Marshal of this Territory, has been
appointed to that position in Oregon.
, 1880-02-26

BISHOP Morris will conduct ser.
vices in the Episcopal church next
Sunday, morning and evening, at II,
a. IN. and z, p. m.
, 1880-02-26

Mr. Sterming has displayed neat
sign in front of his saloon.
, 1880-02-26
WHlpBY ISLAND FERRY.
SIoOp Frances, Capt. e. Hickman,

E'fVVP n H''HHNV'5 N1'PU' IT ""1H7"H""1'N"HJ
Will connect with the starr" line OF
steamers, DAILY, at Port Townsend.
~" Persons desiring to go to Utsalady
or Skagt can go through in one day. ltf
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09
THE JURY LAW.

The following opinion ofthc Supreme
Court Mt its lato session at Monroe, La ,
is of general interest TO the country,
since it afi}rms the validity Of the jury
law as 1t now stands:
STATE or LOUISIANA
GREEN RED, alias GREEN REDDING.
Appeal from 9Th District Court, Parish
Of Ouachitu.
Green Red who has been Indicted,
convicted on charge Of murder, and
sentenced to death, seeks on appeal to
reverse the verdict of the jury and the
Judgment of the lower court, on the
following grounds:
LIST. That the Grand Jury which
found the indictment, and the petit
Jury which tried the case were taken
from veniere drawn in less time than
fifty days before the session Of the
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

AS the list has not yet been Published
we produce AS a matter of public inter-
est, particularly at the president juno
ture the list of electors for Louisiana who
aro to cast the vote which will make
Winfield Scott Hancock President of
theUnited States. So mote it be.
From the States at LarR-Walter c.
Flower of Orleans, II. G Manning OF
Rapides.
Atternates-Joseph Brewer and jag.
Lingan, Of Orleans.
First Congressional District-C. A
Butler, Of Orleans; alternate, H. P.
Kernochan, of Plaquemines.
Second Congressional District-Emele
J. O'Brien, Of Orleans; alternate, Thos.
Hasam. Jr., of Orleans.
Third Congressional Distribution.
Allen Thomas, of Ascension; alternate.
M. f. Girard, of Lafayette.
Fourth Congressional District-Wm.
H. Jack, of Natchitochee; alternate,
VIM. II. Wise, of Caddo.
Fifth Congressional Distriet-Geo. Fl
Ellis, of Union; alternate, Hiram r.
Lott, of West Carroll.
Sixth Cong eressional District-K. A
Cross, of East Feliciana; alternate, Jas
III. Muse, of Tangipahoa.-N o. Dem
Oc3Uf.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09
WHO STARTED THE HANCOCK BOON

Since the nomination of1 Winfield
Scott Hancock for the high Office of Pres
ident of the United States, the warm
expressions of public confidence and
popular enthusiasm which have been
aroused Oh his behalf seem to have i'll
spircd quite \ number Of Tichborne
claimants who wist, it to be understood
that they were the originators of tho
Boom.
No distinct nomination had been
made by any journal, either North or
South, until on the first day of March
last, tho New Orleans Daily City Items
came out with a leading editorial enti-
tied "Prcsidcnt Making Hancock to
the Front" In it we call attention to
the great'efforts made on behalf of Grant
against him by Blaine and Sherman
~ o. city Item Of J.sne %, 1880.
Our esteemed contemporary Of the
City Item is materially in error in the
claim set forth in the above extract.
AS regards the candidate put in nomi-
nation and the country in whose be-
half his services have been brought
into rcquisition by the Democratic
Convention recently in session at
Cincinnati, it is wholly a matter of in
difference, "Who started the Hancock
boom;'' but rs a matter of history, it is
| Of some Importance to the individual
claimants of that honor to know OK
actly who primarily "set the ball in
NOTION" which resulted in the nomi-
nation OF Hancock as the candidate of
! tho great Democratic party for the
Presidency of the United States in
1880.
| In another column VIC give from the
flies OF the OuACIITTA TELEGRAPH, a
res,tnac of the history of our advocacy
Of tho pre-cmincnt claims of General
Hancock upon tho gratitude and sup
port of the people of the South in re-
turn for the magnanimity and prompt
ness with which he came to their res
cue during the chaotic transition from
civil war to thesuprcnlncy of civil rule.
We refer our worthy co,vrere to that
article, and we feel fully confident, that,
after its careful perusal and due consid-
Grafton, he will frankly concede to the
Editor of the OuACHITA TELEGRAPH
seniority of commission in the incep.
tion. progress aud consummatiou of the
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

Old 10. Carroll Is just now the busi-
est body in and around Trenton, with,
possibly, tho exception of the cadaver-
Gus looking pony upon which he occa-
sionally is seated. 1t is said he has as
sumed tho role of a political "striker''
and is engaged in stalwart work in the
surrounding taubourgs. Whom does
he serve?
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

movement which, Asshas culminated in
bringing Generaf Winf1elde. Hancock
so Prominently before the American
people as the present most popular and
available candidate for their suffrages
for the highest political office within
their gift.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

BY request VIC have been called on to
PROFOUND the following interrogatorics:
LIST. Why was tho call for a Hancock
and English mass meeting made, to
perform at the same time the vicarious
function Of appointing delegates to the
Congressional Convention without duly
accredited delegates from each ward !:
End. Why was the time made SO
short between the call and the des-
ignatcd period for holding the mass
meeting when there can he no proba-
bility or possibility Of the Information
reaching every ward in time to tlelib-
crate as to the best men to represent
them:
3rd. Why depart from Democratic
practices by ignoring the ward meet
ings which belong inherently to the
people and should be respected?
4th. What basis of representation
has been announced by the Executive
Committee by which the wards will
act in the selection of delegates:
5th. Why was not timo allowed for
it to he known throughout tho parisi,
that the extraordinary procedure OF
converting Il mass meeting, ratifying
the Democratic nominees, into a quasi
Parish Convention, was to take place,
so that the yeonaanry of the country
might have protested against this un-
usual and anti-Dc.n1r-a:ie' 'l:ct!:ee,,:: 90
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

Hip disease, fever sores, ulcers,
blotches, pimples, and many loathsome
diseases originate in impure blood.
Parsons Purgatirc Pills mako new
rich blood and will change the blood
in the entire system in three months,
taken ON a night.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

All persons about to visit foreign
lands, sailors, fishermen, lulnbermen
and miners, should take with them a
supply of Johnson's Anodyne Ltni-
ment. 1t is both for internal and ex-
tcrnai use and IS worth its weight in
gold.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

10 the excorrcspondent Of our river
ly mention OF us in his valetlictory,
and regret that wo have lost SO worthy
n reporter.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09
$rt''toa Department. ,
BY "cHARLr cIIRIsTopHER."
The st. Francis Iselfe has been towed
upon the sand-bar opposite Monroe,
where she will undergo repairs.

Mrs. Sta'nper died after a painful ILL
ness on Sunday, the 4th inst. She was
an estimablc lady and endearcd to hcr
friends, who now mourn her loss.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

We call attention of the various
wards to tho action Of 4 part of the
citizens of ward 5.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

"Iet the Democratic Convention
! nominate Winfield S. Hancock, ono Of
the bravest and noblest Federal Gen
erals, as well us most successful, and
they have the Radical ticket defeated
| from the word go. Hancock can carry
Pennsylvania and New York beyond
doubt, and put some good western man
on the ticket for Vice President and
the game is won. November will then
tell such a tale in favor of Democracy
and republican Institutions as this
country never heard or dreamed of be-
\ fore. Hancock is 4 General aud pro-
ficient in his calling, beside which he
has shown that he is a statesman and a
true American who is imbuel with
the deepest convictions of tho purity
and superiority of Il true Democratic
form of government. He is pre-emi-
nentIy the representative General and
nan of the times, upon whose ideas of
I restoration the Union must he recon-
structed, otherwise dissolution will he
a success, ia spite of congressional en-
actments, treasure and all the blood
split to defeat it.''
: 1t was the same faith which has
: made him consistent, persistent Han
| cock man continuously from the said
9Th of May, 1868, down to tho present
time; which made him place his name
at tho head of his columns on the 3rtl
of October, 1879, and continued it
floating there, until tho Cincinnati
Democratic Convention, to which the
editor of the OUACHITA TEIEGRAPII
was delegate, and at which he helped
on the "Hancock BOOM" on the oath
day of June, 1880, unanimously nomi-
mated the old tried, war-worn hero,
the TELEaRAPH's nominee more than
twelve years agone, for President, and
William FL. English for Vice. President
of the United States.
| We now nail our colors to the mast
and shall not permit them to be rc.
moved till the great American people
shall, IN November next, ratify Han
cock and English as President and
| Vice President elect.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

Remember the ward meeting on the
18th. Delegates to the Congressional
Con vention are to be appointed.
The Ouachita telegraph., 1880-07-09

kihsiow Kerosene is better than ot her
lamp oils. For sale at ]. A. Moore's
drug store.