Huntingdon Journal

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VOL. 49.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY,  APRH. 8, 1874.
NO. 14,
Tlio  Huntiugdon  Journal.
J. U. DLUBORKOW,
J. A. NASn, iroLisoEiis A.V1' PRofi:ii;Ton.'!.
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UIIERIFF'S SALES.
 -J Byvirtueofsundry writs of Fi.F.T and Lev. Fa. to me dircctcil, I will e: lie salo at the Court House, in Hu .MONDAY, April 13, lb71, nt 1 o the followins described  real estate, to wit :"
-VII of defendant's riglit, title and in tcreit in all that certain messuage and tract o laud situate in West township, lluntingdon coun ty. Slate of Pennsylvania, adjoininglands of Wra
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Twenty-Seven Years Ago.
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Stewart and Do John and -Michael"Wt of Wm Reed on the ea .S7 perehe?, having t dwelling house, frame
west, lands of
the south,  and lands
ntaiuing 1U2 aercs and
1   erected   a   two story
.,  and other outbuild-
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Professional Cards A   P. u! J(
A.\.t Civil Euiii
JOHNSTON, Surveyor and
untingdon. Pa. 11:! Third Street.       aug21,IS72.
BROWN & BAILEY. Attorneys at- Law, Office 2d door east of First National Bank. Prompt personal altrnlinn will be given t,> all legal bu..^infss entrusted to their care, and lo the collection and remittance of claims.
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D E N T I S T,
No. 22S  Hill Street,
HUNTINfiDON, PA. July 3, '72.
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J. GREENE. Dentist.    Office  re¬ moved to Leister's new building, HiUstreet n-uingdon. [jan.4,'7I.
GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in  S. T. «     Urcwn's new building. No. 1.20,   //ill St., Huntingdon. Pa. [apl2,'7l.
He.   MADDEN,   Attorney-at-Law •     Office,   No. —, Hill   street,  Huntingdon, Pa. [ap.l»,'71^
J FRANKLIN SCIIOCK, Actomey- • at-Law. Huntingdon. Pa. P.-..rn;.t attention given to all legal business. Oliioe 22'J Hill street, corner of Court House Square. [dec.-l,'72
SYLVANCS BLAIR. Attorney-at- Law, Hunlingdoa, Pa.   OlSce, Hill street, d.,ors west of Smith. [jan.4'71.
JCHAL.MERS   JACK&ON,   Attor •    ney at Law.    O.lice with Wm. Dorris, Esq., No. 40?., Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa.
Ail legil business promptiv atteii led to.   [janlo
JR. Db'RHURROW. -Vttorney-at- • Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will imictico in the several Courts of Huntingdon eonnty. Particular attention given to the rettlemcnt of estates of dcce-
' OiiJC in he Journal Building.        [feb.l,'7l.
JW. MATTERN, Attfliney-at-Law • and General Claim Agent, Hantingdon, Pa., Soldiers' claims against the Government fur back pay, bounty, widows' and invalid I'Cnsions attend¬ ed to wilh great care and promptne.'S.
OOicc ou Hill slreel. [.ian.4,'71.
r       sT'gEISSINGER, Attorney tit-
JLjm Law,   Huntiugdon,  Pa.   Office   one door EASt of IU JI. Speer's office. [Fcb.5-ly
K. Alli;n Lo
J. Hall )I>:9.^
T OVELL ^V; MUSSER,
-M-J Atturntys-at-Latc,
Hl'NTIXGDON,   Vk.
Special attention given to COLLECTIONS of all kinds; t9 tho settlement of ESTATES, ic; and all other l;gal business prosecuted with fidelity nnd dispatch. :^,.^r, -ro
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A.   ORBISON,   -\ttorucy-at-Law,
Ouioc, .•;21 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa. [mHy31,'71.
WILLI.V.M A. FLE.MING, Attorney- at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa.
given t» colle.:tions, attended to wit 22;*, Hill street.
Hotels.
JACKSON HOUSE.
FOFR DOOitS EAST OF THE UNION DEPOT,
n U N T I N G D 0 N,   P A.
A. B. ZSIOLEK, Prop. X.,vl2,'73-Cni.
|LrORR[SON HOUSE,
OPi'OSITE   PENNSYLVANIA   R.   R. DEPOT
HUNTINGDON,    PA.
J. H. CLOVER, Prop. April 5, !S71-ly.
ALSO, All of defendant's right, title nnd inter¬ est, in a certain tract of land in Jaekson township, county of Huntingdon, and State of Pennsylva¬ nia, bounded on the east by land of George W. Johnston, on the north by land of James Fleming, on the south by land of Greenwood Furn.acc Com¬ pany, contiiiuing 100 acres, more or le&s.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the properly of George Warfel.
ALSO—All of defendant's right, title
nnd interest in all that ceilain tract of land situ¬ ate in the township of Springfield, county of Huntingilon, Pa., bounded as "follows: on the south nnd east by lands of Elisha Green's heirs, on Ibc.«oulh west by lands of Wra. H. Booth, on Ihe north west bv lands of John Star's heir's, on the north by lands of Caleb Brown and Benjamin RamJcr, on the east bv lands or llenrv C. Crcracr, containing 19S aeres, more or less, having thereon erected a small frame b'drn, two dwelling bou-cs, one and a half stories each.
Seized, taken in execution, .and to bo sold as the properly of Samuel H. Andersen.
ALSO—All of defendants' right, title and interest in a certain Irnct of land "situate in Henderson township, Huntingdon countv. Pa., bounded as follows: On the north by lands uf Jo¬ seph Trymer, on the soutli by h-n.is of Clirenie Trymer, on tbe e.ist by lands of William Rupert,
on tbe west*ly lands of   Shontcr, containing
60 acres, more or less, having thereon erected a two .=t.,ry log dwelling honse and a log stable.
Seized, taken in execution, nnd to besold ns the pr.'pcrly of Jacob Shcnefelt.
.\LSO—All of defendant's right, title
and interest in all ihat certain lot of ground situ¬ ate in that part of tho borough of Huntingdon known as West Huntingdor, at the south-west corner of Fifteenth and Mifflin street.-, fronting fifty feet on said Jlifilin slrcet, and extending bock at right angles to E.ime 150 feet lo a fiflecn- feet alley.
ALSO—All of delend.int's right, title and interest in all that certain lot of gronnd situate in the western part of the borough of Huntingdon, at the south-west corner of fifteenth and Jfoore strcft-, fronting fifty feet on said Mooro street, iind extending back at right angles to same 150 feet lo a fiftcen-fcet alley.
Seized, taken in execution, and lo be .-old as ihc properfy of Jacob Slahley.
ALSO—-VII of dciendant's right, title and interest in all th;it certain lot or piece of ground situate in West township, Huntingdon Co., Pa., bounded as follows: nn the north by the pub¬ lic road leading to AVarrior Ridge t'lo.i Ihe main road running from Petersburg up Shaver's Creek Valley, on Ihe ciist and sonth l.y lands of John Rung, on the west by the puhlic roa<l running from Petersburg up Shaver's Creek Valley, con¬ taining about one acre, having thereon erected a three story building about :I0 by 20 feet, with a kitchen attached, and the eurtiiago appurtenant thereto.
Seized, taken in execution, and t.j be sold ns the property of Hsnry Rudy.
ALbO—All of defendant's riglit, title and interi-st in a certain lot of ground siluale in the borough of Petersburg, Huntingdon countv. Pa., bounded and described as follows: On the west by Washington street, on the south by »n alky, on the c;ist by King street and on the north by lot now or formerly owned by Henry Graiier; said lot being No. 04 in the plan of said borough, and having thereon erected a frame or log boose and other uulbuiblingi..
Seized, taken in exc-ntion. and lo be gull ns the property of Jacob Bruncr.
ALSO—All of defendant's  right, title
and inicrcst in all Ihat certain messuage and tract of land, silnnlc io the township of Peun. county oflluntingdon. Pa., bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a post thence by land of Isaac Peighia! X. 41 degrees E. (19 perches to a stone heap: Ihenee'.y land of Joseph Norris. N. 0.1 degrees W 41 perches to a post: thence by land of R. 0. W. Wall, N. 4SJ degrees Vi. OS I perches to a post: thence by land of John Lee S. M de grces W. ifi jierchcs to a post: th.-ncc bv lands of Samuel Harris' heirs S. :i3 degrees E. 122J perches to the place of beginning, containing 40 acres and 7:! perches net measure, having thereon erected a one and a half story log dwelling: house and a log stable.
.Seized, taken in exeention. nnd to be sold as Ihe jiropertv of Israel .Merkel.
ALSO—All of defendant's right, title
and interest in a certain tract of lantl silunti* in Ihetownsbipof Cass.county of Huntingdun, Pa., bounded as follows: on Ihc east bv land of Solo¬ mon .Mirelv. on the west bv land of John Steaner, on the n<,rth by land of Jesse D. Shore and on the south by land of Benjamin Everett, contain¬ ing 11.1 acres, more or less, having thereon erected a two story dwelling house, a log b.<irn nnd otber mt buildings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Joseph Harbnngh.
ALSO—-VII the dcfcndanLs' right, title and interest in 2.51 acres of land in Clay town¬ ship, adjoining land of Samuel Bowser on the west, Benjamin Shepe on Ibe east, M. J. Ashman on the south, and D.ivid Stover on Ihe north, with a largo dwelling house, large barn and other out- hoildin?s.
.«eizcd, taken in execution, and to lie sold nsthe propertv of Samuel L. Glasgow and Harriet X. Glasgow.
XB~ Biddc/rs will take notice Ihat 20 per cent, of tho j>urchase money must be paid when the pro¬ perty is knocked down, -.'r it will be put up again for s"Lile AMON HOUCK,
Sherirs Oflioe, I [Shcrilf.
Huntingdon, Mch. 23, '74.   J
Tlie following lines were suggested while gazing upon a scene of my boyhood, now fall¬ en into ruins, "Old Canoe Furnace," on the Juninta, three miles above Williamsburg, Blair county. Pa.:
Fondly I am on thee gazing,
Scenes witli memory's light nglow : Looking backward through time's vista, Twentr-scvcn years ago.
Here, where lovely Juniata
On its journey murmurs low. Strayed I 'mid the l.tngled wildwood,
Twenty-seven years ago.
Free as a'.r, no thought of sorrow Througii my .irtless mind did flow.
.¦\I1 unconscious of life's conflicts, Twenly-sevcn years ago.
Xoiv I sLind, with soul embittered, 'Xeath life's burdens bending low,
Oa the threshold of my boyhood Twenty-seven years ago.
Back my tears, why startin,i blind me,
Why unbidden swiftly flow ? .Mcthinks I hear my mother singing
Twcnty-seveu years ago.
Farewell, scenes of youthful pleasures,
1 must on, through trials go, Liltle dreamed of whcu I knew you.
Twentv-seven veurs aco.
M^ ftoni-Sdln',
A T.UE OP E.\GL1S0 M.\!l CO.\ill MVS.
BY  ROBERT  DALE  OV,'E.\.
TO ALL PERSO-\S INTERESTED. Take notice Ihat John S. Nimniun and A. A. Skinner, Assignees of William P. Ram.'cy, of the township of Dublin, have filed in the ofiice of the Prothonatary of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, their account as Assignees ;iforcs;iid which will be presented to Ihesaid Court ndav of April next, for oonfirmn- 'c, and will be so confirmed and cpptions be filed thereto.
T. W. MYTOX, Protbonutarr.
on the second Mt tion and nllowan allowed unless e.
Marehl8,'71.
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED. Take notice, th.it Robert Cunningham.cim-
l.ate »f Portei : of Pro. of Hun.
mittee of J.»hn B. Tu township, deceased, has filed thonotary of the Court of Co tinedon County, his .-iccounf as committee afj said which will be presented to the second .M« day of April next, for confirmation llndallowan and will l>e so confirmed and allowed unless i ceptions be filed thereto.
T. Vt'. MYTON, Marchl8,'74 Prothonlory
Miscellaneous.
HROBLEY, Merchant Tailor, in • Leister's Building (second floor.) Hunting¬ don, Pa., rtspectfully solicits a share of public pati'unage from town and country. [uotlG,72.
A.    HECK,   Fashionable   ]5arber
an'i Hairdresser, Hill street, oj,])osite the I House. All kinds uf Tonics .and Pomades handand for sale. [nplS»,'71-fiin
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Frankll kept on
OF'fMAN & SKKESE. ~
M.,nuraeturcrs f all kinds of CHAIRS, and dealers in PARLOR and KITCHEN FURNI¬ TURE, corner of Fifth and Washington streets, Huntingdon, Pa. All articles will be sold cheap Particular and prompt attention given to repair¬ ing. A share of public p.atronagc is respectfully solieitcl. [jan.l5,*7.1y
WMrwILLIAMS^ MANUFACTURER OF
MARBLE MANTLES. MONUMENTS. HEADSTONES, &C., HUNTINGDON,   1' A J STER PARTS CORNIC'P>,
MOULDINGS. &C;
ALSO   SLATE    MANTLES   FUKNIsnED   TO ORDER. Jan. 4, '71.
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OR ALL KINDS OF   PRINTING, 00 TO
THE JOURNAL OFFICE
TRIAL LIST FOR APRILTERM 1874 FIRST WEEK. Lowell Shumway who balh survived W. A. k L. .Shumway, partner lately trading na W. A. k L. Shumway vs. James Dunn.
SECOND WEEK. Harriet C. Reese by her father Dr. J. A. Shade vs. C. A. Reese Mary J.  Mitchell's u.se vs.  William JleClur,- Henry   (Jradius  for use
of Robert A. Laird        v«. The Township of Por¬ ter and the Borough of Alexandria. T. W. MYTON, MarchlS,'7l. Prothonotary,
IN^OTICE IN DIVORCE.
ROBERT P.VLMEB,}      In the Court of Common I PleasofHuntingdonCoun- '¦"• fly.  January Term,  1S74.
."ilARTilA PALMER J No.  27. Divorce.
To .M:irlba Palmer,,rcEpnudcnt above named.
Yuu iiro hereby required lo a{>pear bcfurc our Judges al Huntingdon, at a Court of Common Pleas, there lobe held on the second Monday of April next, tu show cause why a dv>'orce from Ihe bond of matrimony, ns prayed in the libel filed, should not be decreed in Ihc suit.
It has been impossible to serve you with tbe above notice personally, by reason ef your absence from tbe jurisdiction of Iho Conrt.
AMON UOUCK,
Marchl8-4t Sherifl'.
a"T' RI-^SENT\ FAR.MKRS AND GARDENERS.
Every subscriber sending 50 cents for the Ocoee Ite'/ister, one vear a  Southern   Land Jonrnal,    I will mail a package of the  JAPAN PEAS, post¬ paid hy mail  that  will  produce  from five to ten bushels of Peas.    The pea grows in tho form ofa bnsb. an-I dues not require sticking. Address, L. L. OSMENT, Editor and Proprietor, Api 11171-21. Cleveland, Tcnn.
An English gentleman of true John Bull proportions—weighing some eighteen or twenty stones—had oecasion to tr.ivcl in Suiniuer by .stage coacji from Oxford to London.
The .stage carried six inside ; aud our hero engaged two places—as, in consid¬ eration of his fize he usually did—for hiuiscir. The other four seats were taken by Oxford students.
Theso youths, being lighter than our modern Lambert, reached the stage before he did, and each snugly posses.sed himself ofa corner seat, leaving a centre seat on each side vacant. The round, good-tciu- percd liiceof J»hn Bull soon after appear¬ ed at the carriage door, and peeping into the Tchiclc and observing the local ar¬ rangements, its owner saitl, with a smile, ''You see 1* am of a pretty comforltiblj- sizo, gentlemen, so I have taken two seats. It will greatly oblige me if one of you wiil kindly move in the opposite seat, so that I may be able to enter."
"My good sir," said a pert young law btudeiit, ''posse.-sion is nine-tenth of the law. You engaged two seats. There they at e, one each side. We eng.Tgcd one each, came first, entered regularly into posses¬ sion, and our title to the seals we occupy are indisputable."
"I do nnt dispute your titles," said the other, "but I tru.st to your politenes.s, see¬ ing how the e.ise stand.-, to enable me to puisne my journey..'
"Oh, hiug politeness I" said a hopeful young scion of somo noble hou.=e, ''I have a horror ofa middle fc::t, a.nd would not take one to oblige my grandmother ; it's ungraceful as well as uncomfortable; and beside, one has no chance of looking at the pretty girls alon'j the road. Gtod old gentleman, arrange your concerns as you please ; I stick to my cornt,r." And he leaned back, yawned, and .settled himself with hopeless comp:'Sure in his place.
Our Corpulent friend, though a man not easily discomposed wus somewhat put out by his unmanai'r'y (¦bstiiiacy. I!c turned to a smart-looking youth with a simper on his face, a clerical student, who had hith¬ erto sat in a reverie, possibly thinking over his chances ofa rich beneflcence in the fu¬ ture. ''Will yuU accommodate me T' he asked; ''this is the last stage that starts for Jyindon to-day, and business of impor- ttiiico calls tuo lo town."
'Some tenipo;al affair, no doubt," said the graeele.ss youth, with mock gravity; '¦some speculation with filthy lucre for its object. Good father, at your age your thoughts should turn heavenward, instead of being confined to the dull, heavy taber¬ nacle of clay that chains us to tho earth,"' and his companions roared with hiughter at tho "d—d good joke I '
A glow of indignation just colored the stranger's cheeks; but he mastered the feeling in a moment, and said, with much composure, to the fourth, "Are yon also determined that I shall lose uiy place ; or will you obliae mo by taking n centre seat ?•'
"Oh, do, Tom," said his lordship to ihe person addressed ; "he's scmething in the way of your profession, quite a physiolo¬ gical curiosity. Yon ought to aoconimo- d.itc him.
'-.May I be poisoned if 1 do I" replied the student of medicine. 'In a dissecting ronm he'd make an excellent subject; but in a cuacli, and this warm weather, too I Old gentleman, if you'll put yourself un¬ der my care, I'll engage in the course of six wieks, by a judicious course of deple¬ tives, to save you hereafter the expense of a double seat. But really, to take a middle seat in the month cf July is con¬ trary to the rules of hygiene, and a prac¬ tice to which T have a professional objec¬ tion"
And the laugh was renewed at the old gentlcinjii's expense.
By this time the patience of coachce, who had listened to the latter part of the dialog'jc, was exhausted. -'Harkee, gem- men." said he, ".settle the bu-iness as you like; but it wants just three-f|uarters ofa minute of twelve. :ind with the first stroke ofthe ["niversity clock, my horse must be off. f Would nut wait three seconds longer, for the king, God ble.-s him.— Twoiild be as much as my placo is worth," and with that he mounted his box, took up the reins, bid the hostler shut the door, and sat with upraised whip, listening fur the expected stroke.
A« it sounded from the veuerable bel¬ fry, the horses, as if they recognized the signal, shot olTata gallop with tho four young rogU'..s, to whom their own rude¬ ness and our fat friend's dilemma afforded a prolific theme for merriment during tho whole stage.
Meanwhile the subject of their mirth hired a pr.st-chaise, followed, overtook them at the secontl change of horses, where the passengers got out ten minutes for lunch. As the post-chaise drove up to the door, two young chimney-sweep.s p:ssed, with their bags and brooms and the well known cry.
"Come hither, my lads," said the cor¬ pulent gentleman, "what say you to a ride ?"
The whitos of their eyes enlarged into still more striking contrast with the dark shade of the sooty cheeks. ' Will you have a ride, my boys, in the stage coach ';"'
"Yes, zur," said the elder, scarcely ring to trust the evidence ofhis cars.
"Well, then, hostler, open the stage doors. In with you I And, d'ye hear? be sure to take the aiiddle seats so, one on each side."
The guard's horn sounded, and the co-achiiian's voice was heard : Only one minute and a half more, gen'lemen ; come on !"
They came, bowed laughingly to cur friend of the corporation, and pa.=sed on to the coach. The young lord was the first to put his f>ot on tho steps. "Why, how now? Get out you rascals, or I'll teach you how to play gentlemen sucli a trick again,"
"Sit still my lads ; you're entitled to your places. My lord, the two middle seats, through ynur action and that of your young friends, are mine; they were ivgu larly and duly paid for, I choose that two proteges of mine shall occupy tlicni. .\n English stage coach is free to every one who behaves quietly^ and I am answerable for rheir good conduct; so. mind you be¬ have, boys! Your lordship h;is a horror of a middle se;.t; pray, take the corner ono." "Overreached us, by Jove I" said the law student. '-We give up the e:iuso, and cry you mercy. Mr. IJulI .'" "BIythe is my name." "We cry quits, worthy Mr. Biythe." '•You firgot that poi.sossion is nine- tenths of the law. m3' good sir, and that the title of tins; lads to their seats is in- di'.pulabli". 1 have installed tht'Ui as my loriim iriieiitef, A'tinit he good law Latin. It would be highly unjust to dislodge the poor jouths, aud I cannot p.TUiit it. Yuu your corner."
"Heaven presiTvo us I" exclaimed the clerical student.
"You arc surely not afraid of a black coat," retorted the other. "Besides we ought not to suffer our thoughts to dwell on petty earthly concerns, but turn them heavenward."
'I'd rather go through my examination a second timo than to sit by those dirty devils," groaned the medical student.
"Soot is pcri'ectly wliolesoiiio, my yonng friend, and you will uot be compelled to violate a single hygienic rule. 'The cor¬ ner you select is vacant.    Pray get in."
At these words tho coachce. who had stood grinning behind, actually cheated into forgetfulnessof time by tho excellence of the joke, canio forward. "t.<entlenien. you have lust me a minute and a quarter already. 1 must drive on v.ithout yo, if .so be ye don't like your company.
The students east rueful glaneos at each other, and then crept warily into their re spective corners. .\.-: tho hosJer shut the door he found it impos.'-ible to conti-ol his features, -'ril give you .s..methiug to change your cheer, you grinning rascal !" said the discijilc uf -Esculapius. stretching out ofthe window; but the hostler nimbly evaded tho blow.
"My white pantaloon
Charlotte   Cushman as   "Meg   Mer- rilles."
The history oftho great actress with the part of "Meg Merrilles"   is   thus   told of herself:    "iier   assumption of  this part happened while sho   was   filling the posi- tion of walking ladv at the I'ark 'Theatre. New York,    in    the season   <.f  LS37-.^8! and was the result of pure accident. .John Braham, the great London tenor, was per¬ forming an engagement at the time, and a scries of light Engli?h operas had been put upon the boards.    Guy Mannering. which was originally produced   as a musical dra. ma, was ono of those.    Tho greater part of the play was   spoken,    but    melodies and set pieces were   interspersed which called into requisition the art   of   the   vocalist. The character of   '-Ilenry Bertram" was assumed by Braham, while ?di.ss Cushman w; s cast for the humble part of the young • Gyp.=;y 5Iario."    As tho  business of tho play was then arranged, it fell   to the   lot of''Marie" to sing the cradle song in the scene where 'Oleg" recalls herself to the recollection   of   Bertram by means of the ballad with which sho used to soothe Iiiui to sleep in    his  childho id.    Acting upon the supposition that her voice was broken by age and unequal tu the task, it wa.s her custom to summon the young "Gipsy" to revive the .song for her.    One   day after rchcrsal the leading lady ofthe theatre was suddenly  seized  with   indisposition.    In the dilemma that an se the   manager beg¬ ged Miss Ciishmaii lo go on and read   the p.irt of -Meg .Merrilles'   that  evening.— Miss Cushman obligingly  consented,  but with no intention of reading Ihe part. She took the lines lo her room and  had  them j,.it her tongue's end by  nightfall.    •!  had never pjjd any consideration to that char¬ acter,' said Miss Cu.shman : 'it  was always my habit to attend  studiously to my own I business and give no heed to tlie perform- I anee of i)thers.    When stars   wero un the I stage I    watched ihciii    elotely   to   learn I whatever was possible.    At uthor times I I confined my.=elf   to my individual    v.-ork. ! Thus it came tibout that I had   little idea j how "Meg Merrilles" was dres.^ed urplay- ; cd and never   h.iving   rchear.-:cd the   part was   entirely ignorant  of   the   business. While 1 was conning   my lines and walk¬ ing back and   iurth   behind  the   scenes, waiting for the curtain to rise on the play, the manager   came to   mc again   in great distress.    -I h.ive forgotten    to provide a singer in the part of   the young "(Jipsy," he exclaimed.    "What sliiill wt; do ?"    "I don't know, I am    sure," I replied. • But after thinking a moment I aildod.    '-Per hap-s when 1 come to the place I can man¬ age to introduce the   song myself—I wiil try," and thu.s   relieved, thn manager left me.    Ill    muoh trepidation    I  listened at the wings trying to catch some inspiralhin Irom Ihc progress   of   the   play, when  I overheard   the   clsiiig words in the dia¬ logue of   "llatteraick" and the ''Gyp^ey" -just preceding the performance of ".Meg"
The Chicago provision trade have ap¬ pointed a eouiinittee lo investigate charges of some of its msmbers shipping sour meat to Euster.T customers.
A National A.^tociation of Manufactu¬ rers and Dealers in Creamery and Factory Butter has been formed. TI13 first meeting is to be held at Indian.apolis in June.
Boston has produced a new reading of the old proverb, "A rolling stone gathers no moSs. It ia "a revolving fragment of the palceazoic age collects no cryptogamous vegetation.
Russia gives dinners on a scale propor¬ tioned to the extent of its territory. At the banquet recently given to the Emper¬ or of -Vustria covers were laid for seven hundred and forty guests.
The Tov/n Council of Liverpool have voted £1,200 for the purchase of pictures this ye.ar for their gallery. A picture by 'f urner has also been presented to the gab lery by the last JIayor, Mr. Samuelson!'
The Delta Upsilon Society, of Marietta, elected the Grand Duke -¦\lexis a uipuiber when he passed through the city. The compliment was recently returned bv the Grand Duke sending the s.icictv .1 package of bonks.
On the occasion of the entrance of the Duke and Dutchess of Edinburgh into London, as much tis .*2,000 was offered and refused for the temporary U'^e of a house tVoni which a good view of the proecs-ion eould be obtained
The Chicago Joitrixil says that Colonel Pritchard, the capturor of Jeff. Davis, has bought a farm in [roquois, III., and will re¬ move there from Michigan.
Tho veteran artist, Goorge Cruikshank, appears as an illustrator of passing events, in last week's Itluslraled Lnnilon Neic;. His sketch represents a lecture on electri¬ city at tho Charter House, and the draw¬ ing is a curious contr.ist to the engravings which we are now accustomed lo see in 1 our pictorial papers-.
Plitebc Couzins. Esq. doesn't dress like her brothers of the bar She wears a heuvv silk with a polonaise richly trimmed with black lace, roses in her bosom, white frills around her neck, and a sparkling aigrette in her hair. AVhilo pleading she wears a modest j.".cket with black velvet hat and plumes, whieh she often removes while speaking.
'The widow of the celebrated tenor, Ru- bini nee Adelaide Cornelli, who died on the iiOth of January last, at Milan, has left all her large fortune to the town of Romano, in Lombardy, the birthplace of her husbnd.to be employed in founding, (1) r,n orphan a.-iylum for boys, with a school farm ; (2} a college of eight ela.s.ses ; and (3) a home for musical artists.
A correspondent, writing from Rome, .says that an Englishman was knocked down there during the carnival for iusult- iiiglhe .\meriean flag. Thestarsandstripes were Ij^anging from the h.ilcony of Mrs. j Miijor Goddard, and the Englishman re ,    ,   ,, , , ¦'" '•'•'"'t'lined at j marked that the  nasty ra- should come
Juambeth lalace. the  Episcopal residence ( down.    Au Ame.ican  was'standing near, of   the Bishup   ot Lambeth,   111   London  1 m,,) die i;iiglislimai,  i.ruii.i.llv went down
The minutes of June 10,1S70, direct a Ux of S3,0CO to be laid il,i.o furschool, and J1,500 for buildina punwses. 3Ir. Laird settled IUb duplicate for the year 1S70 or thn v-ar en.lins June, 1»7I, »itli the Sclii«.I Board, on the 3d clay of June, 1S71, and a balance uf »>22.45 wu fonnd In favor of the township.   .Vnjtust 2J, IsTl, tbo Auditon eetlled the same account and found tlie same balanc*.
From this moit uurigbteous aod ahnnieful setUrnient I appealed In favor of llie  township, on   Ihe IStli day of September, 1871.   Scpteml>er au, 1871, asecond Bettlein.>nt was made liy Ihe School Board and a balance of $4!.i'.7a wasfound in favor of the tuwnnbip.   October IS, liiTl, the tbwnship AuditorR reviewed this settlement and fouiid a balance of $43.1.66 in favor ofthe  townsbip.   The fftl- luwinif are exhibits of tbe tint of these settlements, and of .Mr. Simpson's statement of the same account: utnioiT 01'riesT SETTi.rsfiiST, as m.vpi! nv ihi niaEcroEs
A^D AODlToaa. 1-t IrjI. due ;(,70 risen duplicate)......... J325 t6
To ata't ».f duplicate—school * buiid'g. 3879 17
Iiy amt paid per Touiheri   $33jg J»
"   wconemtioas.  3jj al   ;
By percentage .
By interest un note and stamps	
By Iwl.dnoTreas'rfrom '69(bnildgtKi, By balance dne towasbip	
120 OS
t!0 sn
87 43
222 4&
f4-i00 03   4205 03
THE  ,\CC'jCNT of liJ.O.  AS EE.ST.ATrn  BT THE .\tT)lTO«.
To bal. brought from ISM (Ex. No 7.)..S16tl 92 To ani't received from unseated lands... 2(J ^5 To alut of duplicate of 1870  41S7 Co
't paid per voochert I El So. 8.).. 't of exoneratiiins (Ex. Xo. 8.)... 't of int. paid Bank, and stamp,.
S3338 la 312 14
eo eo
105 00 .166.24
$i70O 37   3062 04
B;iluiioe afainal J.aird	
Laird paij to H. O. Neff..
A curious
lijfore (he do^i's of the .Morton Tower, every week, a bjuiily or ihde of money, bread and uther provisions is given to thirty poor p.irishioncrs.
lislimaii to the pavement.
The falalily which aKLiids  the families
of great nitu has often b.;cil  noticed.    In
., . mauy ctiscs they have had no descendants
(.eiienil reporls from the peach districl.s   at all. wt iio in others the line h.is become
ot  Delaware are promising.    In the viciii-   extinct in the second or third generation.
ity of (^nccn Ann s county, tho late frosts   Already there arc indications thatthename
did considerable   harm,   as    the previous | of Buiwer Lyttoii luuy be of short dura
warm w-ather had caused many ofthe trees j tion.    J]is only surviving   grandson, the
S9n of'Owen Meredith,'' recently died at Paris before completing his second year.
'My bcautifuldrabsurtout!" exclaimed on the scene—when one says of her. "Oh, thclawerc-spcctant.    "The filthy rascals 1"   she dotes, ' to   which    the' other replio."^
The noise of the carriage wheels and 'But she rules the tribe." 'i'hese scn- the unrestrained laughter of the specta- touecs gave me a sudden clue to the situa- tors drowned the srqiiel of their laiiienta- | lion of the decrepit but still powerful t:ons. I ijiicen, and a full   conception of the ehar-
At the next stage a bargain was struck. I actcr flislied upon me. 1 immediately The sweeps were liberated and dismissed sprang before tho foot-lights in tho atti- with a gratuity ; the seats shaken and tude I have ever since taken. The poise bru.shcd ;   the worthy sui.s ofthe Univer-   was so novel and striking that thoaudience
sily made up, among themselves, the cx- peii.xi s of the pist-chaise ; tho young doc¬ tor violated for oucc the rules of hygiene, by taking a middle scat, and all juurueyed on together, without further qnarrtd or grumbling, except from the coachce. who declared that 'to be kept over timo a minute and a quurtcr at oiu stage, and only throe i-econds Ic.S'* thau three minutes at thu r.cx^, was enough to try tho pa¬ tience ofa .iiint ; that it was.—Fi-oiii the At/untie yU.nthlti.
Sitiing up with Her.
She was expecting him Sunday night; the parlor curtains were down, tiie old folks notified that it was healthy to go to bed at eight o'clock, and .Johnny, bribed with a cent, permitted himself to be tuck¬ ed away at sundown. lie sneaked down the path, one eye on the dog, and the other watching for the ''old man," who didn't like him any too well, gave a faint knock at tho door, and it was opened, and he was escorted into the parlor. He .said he couldn't stay but a minute, though ho didn't mean to go for hours. She wanted to know how his mother was ; if his fath¬ er had returned from York State; if his brother Rill's rheutnat!.sm 'vas any better ; and he went over and sat down on the .so¬ fa, S) as nut lo strain his voice. Then eirnversalion flagged, and he played wilh his hat, and she itibbed at the sofa tid}'.— He finally said it was a beautifnl eveuing, and she replied that grandfather predict¬ ed a snow storm He said ho guessed it wouldn't snow, as the moon wasn't crook¬ ed enough to hang a powder horn on the end, and .she said she didn't believe it would, either. This mutual understand¬ ing seemed to give each other cour.igc, and ho wanted ta know if she had seen Bill Jones 1 itoly. -She hadn't, she said, and she didn't wnt to. Then tlicy went to talking about the donation visits which was to be given Elder Barry, and ho car.;- lessly dropped his hand on hers—his right baud, while his Ie."t arm sneaked aloag the sofa and got behind her shoulders.— .She pvctendcti not to notice it, antl he looked down at his boots, and v.'anted to know if she thought mutton tallow Mttcd out boots faster than lard and lampblack. She couldn't s.ay, but sho had au idea that it did. Wc had just eommeuecd to luck fingcis '.vith her, when she discovered something ailed the lamp. She rose up. and turned the light down a ha'f. makii-g the room look dim. It ttiokhim five mii.- utcs to get hold of her fingers again, and she pretended to want lo draw her hand away all tho timo. After a long pause, he lowered his voice to a whisper, and said he didn't sea what made folks love each other. She bit her handkerchief and ad¬ mitted her ignorance. He said he c nild name a dozen young men who were going to get married right away, and his lel't arm fell down and gave her a hug. Then he went over anil looked out of the win¬ dow to make i^uio that it was or was not going to snow, and, coming bask, he turn¬ ed tho ligiit d ,wn a little more, and then sat down, and wanted t) know if sho didn't want lo rest herself by leaning her head on his shoulder.
All me ! Wc have all been there, and who of us cared a cent when the old clock struck twelve, and wc five miles from home ? The old man was fast asleep, the watch-dog gone a visiting, and the handsomest girl in the country didn't sec why we need be in a hurry.
Slbsckibe for the Journal.
manifested agieatde.il ofemotion, nnd when Braham turned and discovcied me he gave .tn unaffected start id'astoiiishuiont. This assured .me somewhat, and I went on with the part, giving it in all important partic¬ ulars the interpretation ami action which [ have always retained. I saw that Mr. Braham was puzzled thioiighnut tbe even¬ ing; Ihat I wascjntiiiually surprising him, but whether pleasantly or not I could not tell, .\swehad uot rehearsed together, and I w.is consequently ignorant of the stage uusincs.s, I had to trust wholly to my intuitions, and naturally occasioned him considerable perplexity. When I came to Ihe cradle .song, whieh I m.iuaged to bring in successfully, Bertram fairly glared at mo in amazement My nerves wero sorely tried, but I poured out the song, and as I gradually diaw near and bent down over Bertram, slcvly dropping my hanil on hi5 head, 1 saw Ihe big tears rolling dov.'u his cheeks. Then I know I had m:de a hit, and felt encouraged to go through the piece. After the play was over and I had gone to my room quivering with excitement, ihe hall boy rapped at my door, saying, "Miss Cushman, Mr: Braham wishes lo speak with you" I arose in affright, feeling sure he must mean to reprove me for my inadequate acting. As 1 went to the tluor I framed in words tho excuse that, as I had not enjoyed the advantage of a rehcar.sal, it eunld not be expcctetl ihat I should satisfy the ilcmauds ofthe part. But Mr. Braham met mc with cxlendcd hand, .•¦aying, "Miss Cus'j- maii, I have coaie t-j thank j'ou for a gen uiue gratification. If yon had played '•-"'icg Merrilie-," in London as you have played it h-.re to-night, your fulniiowuuld hiive be; n in.-.dj.' " .Miss Cushman was born 23d of July. 181G. and is conseijuciit- ly fifty eight yen--; uf ago in .July next.
Tit-Bits Taken  on  the  Fly.
Australia is importing song birds from Euroiic to enliven her woods and field.s.
The only hotel in London kept on the American plan paid a dividend for last year of !"! per cent.
Tho Virginia Legislature proposes to tax marriages. This should .satisfy those who want to see bonds taxed.
Jliniature sev>iiig machines, by which children m.iy make their doll's clulhing, aro a new thing in the market.
I'hc dreariness of KaiLsas snow storms is relieved by frequent flashes of lightning. A Kansas editor calls it a '•fenomcnon."
Rev. Mr. MeL'kman, of tirecn Bay, Wis¬ consin, says that it is his belief that most of the editorial fraternity will eventually be saved.
Near Port Ticondcroga, rccnitly, a wag- | on containing 1.201) pounds of nitio-gly-| ccrine full over a bluff, but fortunately did ; uot ciplodc ¦
A Cue picture by tho Dutch landscape j painter, Obbcuia. dated ItJU:;. the master's bc:-t period, has been added to tbe mu.scum I at Brussels. |
-\ bank lock, wiiich works by clock ' work, and can't be 0]>eiied except at cer- | tain hours, even by the owners, is one of j the latest inventions.
There were 2SU furnace.-: in blast throughout the country on the 1st of March, having a total producting capacity of 85,482 Ions per week.
According to a writer iu the London Time.t, the fifteen English marine insu¬ rance companies lost .So.OiOjtJt'O in 1872, uot ono realizing :i profit.
to hlos.som.    El.sewhero the  signs are vorable for a gncd crop.
The Scot.smitu a prominent Scotch news¬ paper, Sitys that a bible bound in calf and be-iring the namo of '¦AVilliam .Sim," a Dundee man, and the date 1834, had been discovered in the stomach of a codfish re¬ cently. William Sim went to sea in l-SiU, and h:is not since been heard of.
The Australian Colonics of Great Brit¬ ain place a moderately heavy tariff on all articles imported from the mother country, much to the disgust uf that free trading community. The returns show, however, that the value of the merchandise by the cuionies is vapidly increasing.
Jn the domestic annals of the White House is one marriage, that ofa daughter of President Monroe, in 1820. Two Presidents have died, Ttiylor and Harrison, and a third
There is no longer any do'ubt about it. Chaplain Sunderland is just now exceed¬ ingly unpopular. The feeling against him has been growing for a couple of months on account td' his preposterous prayers. Ho is a vain, conceited, showy, and garru¬ lous little man, and makes use of hia po¬ sition to iiniy at everybody and to air him¬ self on all occasions. It is proposed that hereafter the liltlo chaplain be compelled to read pniyers from a prayer-book.
Thomas Ball, the sculptor, is about to revisit this country, after an absence of six years, jiassed in his boauliiul bloreii. tine villa, beside that of the late Hiram Powcr-i. He is iioiv engaged in p'ltting the finishing touches to the colossal statue of Lincoln, wbich was put into his   hands
lay in stale after his death.    Several eliil- ' for execution by the frecdmcu.    It will be
drsii have died and ono baby v,as born. James Madi.ion Randolph, a grandson of Thomas .Jcfferi-on.
-V few days since the road master of tho Rock Island road, with a companion, trav¬ elled from Washington to Muscatine on a hand-car, propelled entirely by a sail about six feet square. The strong wind blowing at Ihc time enabled him to make the trip —forty miles—in just two hours, the av¬ erage time n.adc by passenger trains.
Among the vuteis for license, the Padu- cah Kentitckiun states that, at Ihe "local option" election in that tov.n were two Good Templars, un.,- man who was never in a saloon in in his life, and one man who never t^ok a drink in his life. Among thoso who voted 'no license" wore quite a number who are liind of their halfdozen drinks a dav, autl several habitual drunk¬ ards.
-A school girl at A.-^hland was recently engaged upon a composition, the subject being tho loss ot life lo persons by falling from buildings. The theme ajipears to have to affected her mind, that during tho Ilight she rose from her bed in a state of somnambulism and leaped from the window of her .ooni tu Ihe road beneath, a distance of nearly thirty feet, inflicting fatal inju¬ ries.
When Charlc-i Lamb was invited, at a public dinner, tu say grace, aud responded wilh Ihe remark, -'Is there no minister present'' Then let us thank God!" he was a satirist, aud knew if. V>'hcn a sheriff down in Vermont, in opening the county court, cried, ''All pcr.sons having causa or matters pending therein, draw near, aud they shall be heard, aud God save the peo¬ ple !' he was a satirist, and ilidii't know it.
Personal.
Senator Logan has a Western wife, who helps llim largely in affairs of State hy her
counsel and advite
.Vlex. II. Stephens is improving in hcalih, and is expected to resume his seat in the House of Representatives sjon.
C harks i'^nmncr, in his youth, perform¬ ed the arduous feat of swimming across the boiling rapids below Niagara Falls.
Edwin Booth says that he shall not leave this country and shall not ceasi play¬ ing until his creditors have been paid in full.
Edmunia L-3wis, the colored sculptress, has received an order for a 81,500 soldiers' monument, for Manchester, A'^ermont.
Walworth is said to have epileptic fits. His mother speiid.s a great deal of time at a hotel in  Auburn, so as   to be near him.
General Butler and Judge Hoar walked arm in arm iu the procession thatatteuded the arrival of ,^Ir. Sumner's remains in Boston.
Liszt made his first appearance in pub. lie ill 1820, in Dedenburg in Hungary, and a few weeks ago he gave a concert in that place for the benefit oftho poor.
Bradlaugh is stumping England, and to larger audiences than ever before, although, as usual, the newspapers never report him. Il-,' is ciMliuhiastic in his praise of .-Vmeriea.
Dr. it. Randolph Stevenson, who had iiicilieal siipervisiohn ofthe starvation of Union prisoners at Andersonville, is wri¬ ting a book to whitewash his connection with the atrocite.i there.
General Burnside will probably be elect¬ ed l.'nited States Senator from Rhode Island to succeed William Spragiie. whose term expires March 4th 1875. ' The Gen¬ eral has also been Governor of Rhode Is¬ land for .several terms
The Marquis of Lome will come into possession of the Dornden estate at Turn- bridge Wells, Ihc English watering place, at the end of the month. The Marquis and the Princess Louise are to reside on this estate, which was sold lo him for £30,000.
1 upon Ihe group which he modeled some yens ago, photographs of which were sent to this country, and will be cast in bronze.
A Plain Statement ofthe Porter Town¬ ship Case.
yfnelf, in behalf uf the tuwnslu'p of Portci from ttie ,M,ttleiuvnt of his accjuiity, R-i Cullcct/>r and Tn.u<erer of tho fchool fund,., by the Audttoni of said towa-bip, and .na variou.'i other imrties, as well ns mjself, have bueu accused b>- Mr. Ltiiitl, tbruugh hU cunn,M.l, of enteitn;; into a coii.^pirucy fi,r tbe pilrpo,<e of curryiug ou suits and pruaeeutii^us agatust him, and doiog whutevi-r ehc thjit might )>e found uecngtiry Ig ruin and destroy him; midiu tiirt couusel strennuusljr opposed a reference of the c-.uie b> a jury, And threw every po^^ible object in the way of a fair inv..„tlgati«,u uf the arcountp, I think tlmt ju-tice to loy-elf an,l ether* rwtnires thai a iiistory of III.* viMC, enibmciiig what 1 belii-re to be tbe nialcrml fa.-t.... .should be ;;ivcn tu tba public; and therefore I twit pertaisdiou tu have tho uaiue published iu your JuCRNMl., tiuxt tbe public may determine to what extent Mr. I.jiird ha-, been unjtt'tly treated.
Mr. Laird actinl as Colli-ctor aud Treaiarer of the Porter ttm-iLship school district for the consecutive .•w.-hool ye:ir: ending June Ist, IS6a,lS70, and 1871, but aa .Mr. Collins H.-iiu.*r wan np|H»im«I for tbe fintt of these year.!, M Laird iined for thul year aa deputy, and Ihc accailnta i tiie Iiittt.r two yeara ouly could be Liken into con-^idfi-; tion i.nd-n- the itl>peHL
Mr. Liiird Wi;s appointed I'olb-clor and Trea-inrcr of school t.ax fir Uie year ending June Ist. 1870. on the f th (biy uf Jnne,18li9, and a duplicate wsa placed in hia handa —ma.le aa pro%-eii by tbe tealimuuy ia Ibe ca-;.', by Wm. ChrL-ily—cuntalning two column-- of laxoa. ene being tbo uaual school tax, and the o:her a bnilding tnx for the pur¬ pose uf erecting a nenr school building. The minutes of srhi>ul lioard, tUted June Sth, 1870, sbow that a acboul tax of $;(,(OM was ordered to be \fiicti tor this year,and also ll.uObnildlniclax.
Mr. Laird appeared before the aclioul board on the Mth day uf 3Liy. 1^70, aud settled bin account in tbe folluwing manner, ^a ahovrn bv the tuwnabip uccount book, und also by cxhiliit \o. 10 accompauyiug tbe .Vuditur'a Keporl. SCHOOL T.\X. BB. (¦«.
To amount of dut>licate	
Tuliilance doe from JtJQ'J.	
Xo State appropriation	
Dy amouut paid (per vouchers). By exonerations	
From tbe um..unt of the lalance ft-om tbe year 1SC9, tha .tuditor, inaKupplcmenlal report, deducts i78.07. f51.03 cf ^Ibia amount was on lands assessed in Ihe names of Jnu. S. Isett nnd John N. Swoope and at tbe same to myself and otliers beitig both on the nnscHted nnd set-ted lists and $271»6 on unseat'-d lands belunRinf; to A. P.Wilson. I am not able to say wlK'tber Mr. Laird made a jiroper return of this htatauiouut to the ComnuV-ioners or not. bat if bo did BO it wns but ri;ht that Ibe S7S.07 should te deducted. This k-rt a Iwlaucr of 12^8 60 due the township, in addi¬ tion t.' the amount paid U O. Niff, .Mr. Laird's siiccossaur. which wasjiaa 68, making a total balance of $1,720 20, orSli-lfcl 74 mure than was obtained^ by tho settlement from whieh J appe»]i.d. Itwill beol.''er\-ed Ihat Mr.Simp- «on makes tho amount of tb'dnpiicate $318.43 more than it was made by Ihc Directors "ml .\nditors at tho fir,l set. tiement. Mr. II. L. Neff, whose veracity no honest man will impeach, swore that he diil not believe the same dn- plicatu WHS ures..nted at these respective setttemen ts. Mr. .\. w-as both Auditor and i^'chovl Director and had added the duplicate wilh great care.
Mr. Laird, in his first settlement with the Dirertors. ,1870.^ ai-connted for no money received on unseated lands. Hi, should have aceonntcd for $-0.So.
At the second" settlement nf thi? year's acconnts by tbe School Board and .\nditors ihey ftliowsd Mr. Laird exon- enilloiis to Ihc amennt of toSl 40.    A correct  additian made Ihc amount S3.S3 tU.   From Ihis amount Mr. Simp¬ son deductml S71.50 for taxes tliat should not luivo been exonerated {IS70); tJin said lax baring been received by the Treasurer   f.<ee exhibit So. 8 ) Tho list is as follows: See testimonv of K.A. Laird,(p. 10.) JacobiBrooks,    $i iO "       "                     "              "       John Carreos,      '2 60 "              '        Christiao Deal,    2 .Vl John Delanev,     2 CO rhrist. Erkct,     2 30 '•       "                     '•              "       5L Lseuberg,        2 30 "       "                    "              "       l.lijab Long,        2 £0 Wra.Merrits,      2 40 Christ. Miller,      2 30 Wm. Mitchell,     2 30 '¦        "                       **               "        Adam Oswalt,       2 30 "       "                     *•              "       Isa.-M: Oswalt,        2 30 '*       "                     "              "       F. Brenenian,       2 30 p. 29) Daniel Anrant,     2 Ci -      2 SO
2 to 8 12
3 00 2 30 2 30 2 on
David Ilains n. It. Isenberg. tieo. Manning, D. H. Miller, " '¦      John Shenzer,
*• "      C. Isenberg,
(p. 143) Shyker's hein. (p. 142) J.Dysart's heirs, A. O.Ncir, Sam'l IlalfielJ, Ip. 13) Motes Garland. Johu Hughes, Isaac M. Neff, I^oac M. NelT.
Duplicate C J;ib. Kennedy,
William Medaiigb,        .lebn Swoope,
1 OO
2 30
2 00
3 74
4 C2
S7I
ivhicli
..f-'dln 93 .. 67 04 ..    IJO 00
3.6 8C
BUILDING TA.X.
unt of duplicate	
paid iot, io Bank..
exonerations.	
percentage	
vouchers	
.luo Trnnnn r.
12627 02   52027 02
 ?12S8 31
E4U ISl ii WI 47 CS 11?;; tij—              {ir>7;i es 1-7 31
51373 r.?   »1373 C«
By thirf
$.:3H 02,1 cniint, ful .lifforuue* fnllow-:
oL-ttltinieiit ttie lialaucr ilne tL(» township i nd by Mr. Simpsoirn vxliil'it tf Ibu kuuc the stiiuP vfu-, the huluncc vau $1.>41 02, c
i.f Sl"!*^ 40.    eei- fXhibit  N'<t. :•, whkh   i-
To unioiint received fioni vear IStJS    ^->1 04
Toam'tofduplicato uf ifitW  4-V'',| 70
To o.\cc« of tuxff oTertlap. (Kx X.>. 2)      '.tS (-a
To State appropriation receivwl     1 !='? 14
Bv tiniH paid per voucher.   (Ex. Xo. ii\ By Hint of exuuenitions.     (    ditto.
t of int. paid Itaiik, and s
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2500 0.; 174 til
i9 no
lH8:;.v 29   $3293 o7
The dnplicate containios the V\x on Ihe foregoing ex¬ hibit waHUot prodiK-ed by Mr. Laird at tbe invpgtigation of hisnrcoiint; it havius b«-en ntoIen, he testified, from hix hoii<<e, ou the night of the 23il of Septem))er, 1870.
There not havinf; been noy xettleuicnt br the Auditor**, of the duplicate of 1K89, Mr. Simpaos found it oeceK^arr, in order to ascertain the true balance that should be car- rietlinto the account of 1S70, ho that the Auditom* set- tlemi-Dt apjMMiIed from might be fully retiewed, to po back aud ni;ikc an examimuion of ihe accounti of 1S69. Tlie first ditllculty that met liim Iieio was tho want of the duplicato. ''Thia,'' tu "«« bia own laOfiUSKe, *'made it nccc^^sary to reproduce that duplicate m bet^t he could."
HaTtnglhe AsupsBinent from which the alleged stolen duplirnto was made, the multiplier!* used, and the manner oflHvinsthe tax, a perfect fac Himile of the uiitoiiiK du¬ plicate coiild be readily made, provided the lobt dnplicate lind benn correctly made out.
Tbefactn in the citse sliow that tbe amounC of the l.i^t duplicate vim considerably preater than the one made t>y udherini; to the proper multipliers could be; and conxe- quently, Mr. dimp^on. from unmistakable data, add:* tlie following as eXceNseti, or ovtr chnrf;efl, and refers to a bit of nnineii copied from tbe dupUcat'^ of 1S69 iuto the du¬ plicate of 1&7M, by Mr. Laird—not. of course, wilh any expectation that hia duplicate would be »tulen. but for h^ own convenience—and also to the testimony of Peter Sprankle, Samuel Hatfi'-Id, and It. A. Ijifrd, viz:
William Isenbfrg «:i.OO, W. M. PliilHp^ 51.61, Pauiel Woltord .10 cent". .Tacob M. iRcnber^ ^uy2, Benjauiin Isenberg $2.00, John Forrest 9^200, John Funk JiON. Jane Strvker "i! cont?, Iliram Cozehs Si &4, John C. Uicka 51.74. W' P Orbison (per Ilicks^ SI 00, Alexander Stitt 20 cmU Monl. leeubergtl M, Pftcr SprankJe S20.4R, Sam'I ilalficid 57.£0. making ^r93.it2 in a liit ot fifteen name*!
It will be t'b-ierved that thort- is a difFcrence of s.t.'i.SS In th<* anu-unt of exoneration)". TliP Aitditor makes the ag- cre'-iitB iimonnt of exonerati/)nftS-JU.97,inBteadof f2J0.y9. au.fdeductt $10.13 (fee exhibit No. 4) for taxes (bat should not have been exonerated, the said taxes baring Iteen re¬ ceive.! bv the Trea-surer.   The list 1* as foUowN:
K. IL Av^e^ Jaro> Ayre*., Era-^mns Benner. ^ m. Ben- ner. Kd. Clark. GeorgeGate^, Matthew Kellv, IKIIJah Urnic, Wm. Marit<, < hrist Miller. A.fcim O.walr. H-Pav«r, Jacob Saeger, Geo. Saeger, A.him Welpht. John M eight. .Tohn Zimmerman, J. W. Kellar, and Clifford Isenborg, each SJ.iKi.and B. Kline 2.13.
It wilt aNo I* noticed that there id a difference of $2S0 on the total amount of Ihe Toucber.ii. Thi.^ according to tho te^ilnoi.v wo.^ a mistake in th.- nddilion. The differ¬ ence id S;»2S.47 on the duplicate vat not acenuntfd for in unit trt.iu—\Vtn. Christy, who mode Ihe duplicate, but nu- ttbic, all hf statid in hi« tetitimony, to tpll anything ul)out it. lie did uot even rememlM?r that he had made the  duplicato. .
Mr. I^iiinl was charged with a State nppropriRti.->n of H^O Itefore the wnrrant was received, which wa.i an excess of *4.5G, which Mr. Simi.«mn corrects by charging hmi with 9146.44, the correct amount. Mr. L. was alw» allowed coinmissiun on the whole amount of the duplicate, as found bv himnclf. instead of tho nmonnt as charged on tbe township Irooks, which made a cliffcrence of ?44.n8 in favorof Mr. Laini. ^   ,   „,
Tho Auditor having found a balance of 51M1.02 against Mr. I^itd. for the vear ending June Iflt. 1870, instead of a balance of |-23R.52" a^ found by tho Directors at settle- ment, proceeded to examine tbe accounts for the year ouliosJuoe 1st, 1871.
There is an order of S.imuel Hatfield for $105.00, U crotlited to ,Mr. I^iird by the Auditor, but which was nut creditet) in the first settlement made with the School £oard mid towndhip Auditors. Il apf.tiant from the testimopv Chat Mr. flatQeld wa5aBH»-5sed witli $5,000 that should hnvV U'l-'U (Stricken frem the asNfS»-ment, bnt it was not. 71r. IlalJield was not awjire of tbi^ fact, but Jlr. Laird wa«,and be UHi^l liM knowledge to some purjiote; for, after telling Mr. Hatfield that he (Laird,) knew how he (Hatfield.} c >uld mako one hundred or two hundred—perhaps two hundred and fifty—dollara, he Would not reveal the mistake in tbt* asyof^meut till Mr. II. had aprecd to give him one-third nf what was gained. Mr. Lainl, in acconlancc with thia agreement, retained-f^^id out uf the$100, aud tlie same pro- })urtion out of tha state, county and road taxeii, making for Mr. Laird ncir one hundred dollars. Tbe order for the ?I1)& never came Into Mr. Hatfield's hands. Tbe Au¬ ditor allows'.Mr. Laird more percentage than woa allowed in tbe first .•^trlement, the amount of tho duplicato being gn-ater.
The counsel for each party reiiue^ted the Auditor to re¬ port certain things as facts to the Court, and, a« a matti-r uf cnup'e, the opposing coun^tel differed considerabi/ a^ tu wlmt were tbe Curtii iu the ca^-e.
Tbo specifications of Ihe-^e fact.i by tbe coauel for each party are to9 lengthy to transcribe, and I can ouly give tho siibdtanco of the most important. Tiie coniuel lor th« appellant a^ked tha Auditor to find that Ibc defendant a.iked and received exon«mtious fur a large amount ol taxeii that be hnd actually collected, and that he bad col¬ lected taxed iu this way wbich had nut been itrconnted for in any of the settlements be made nith either tbe Audi- loisor ^khowlDirector-t. The Auditor complied with thi-". Tbe above is the Fnbstanctf of the 3rd fpeciflcation. in thi* fjuith he was asketl to find that dcffndanl's account of bL< Unptirate of lSti9, Uing stolen on the night of the 3rd of September, i^ highly improbable, aud nawortby of belief The auditor expressed no ophiionon thb) point. In the filih the auditor was axked to find tliat Duplicate *'C" i§ not tha genuine Duplicate for 187tt, nor the one upon which defendant collected tax for thai year, and that tb^ genuine Duplicate h:id a larger amount of tax than Dapli* cate *"C" haj, Tho auditor found Duplicate "C" lo be the gpnnipJDoplipare.
The cunuf-el for appellant asked the auditor to find that Duplicat** "C* I.s not the gounine Duplicate for the loUuw- ing among other reasons:
Ifi, From the teMimony of several witnesaefi: Samnel Hatfield tet^tified that Duplicate ** C" wns not tho one by wbiih he nettled with Defembtnf. In hi^ cro>if-examin8- tiun he ^aid be might be mistaken, bnt it was hio impre^- biou that it was not the one. Livingston Bobb ti-slifieil that he had examined lht> Duplicate Mr. Laird showed him, at a public sale, very rarefnllj. and be was positive that Duplicate "C*'ia nut the one ho had shttwed him on that octtL-ion.
William aicdaugh swore that the Duplicate which the Defendant "ihowed hira Tor KO had P.nad tax marked op¬ posite the sehool b).t. Duplicate "C" b.iH no soch tax marked.
TheaniouutsoD I>uplic4it4t "C" do not correspdud with tbe uuxiunt th<> Defendant collected from varloua Individ. u-siU. Tbere is a differencn of }^.00 in the tax of Dvrse;> liein',$0.21 in thetaxof Wm. Aurant. $<i.26 in tbe tax of Benjamin Sw^rtr., £0.46 in the taJi of D. Anr>tnt, and $2.00 in ibe tax of each ofthe fo'Iowtng: Thomas Fisher, Wm U&* datigh, and Charles Porter, and S2J0 in tlta tax of £. J- Leffard.
In each of tbei>c ewes the tax l.t lesn on Duplicate "C" than the amount coIlecte<j. Satnnel ilalfield's tax was ?1S or $20 more than the correct amonnt, but tbe flgnres wert* m blurred in Duplicate **C" that tbe origin..] ilgarce oould not be aacertainetl.
Mr. Fisher paid his tax by a check on the First Nationa 1 Dank, of Huntingdon. He drew the chock for Sl4, and (¦tat«d on the cbeck that it was for school and buildingtix on Porter townt^blp f-r 1S70. Duplicate "C*contained only S12, charged to BIr. Fisher, and tbe amonnt waBtnarlicd paid jn-<t as Mr. F. marks bis tixes paid. When tbe De¬ fendant waaaakeU who wrcto "Paid in full" opposite Mr. Fisher's tax in Duplicato "C»" he «ild, "I think Mr. Fisher wrote it." Mr. Fishor swore positively that he did not write it. MaJ. G. W. OarrettMn, wbo hi vorv £uniliar with Mr. Fiaher's writing, snore that it was not it, but be b«- li.'^ed there wjm an altempt to imitate it.
Ill tho thirteenth specification the Auditor was reqneti' tell to find that for negli;;ence,cornint practices and nn- fiiilhfut performanci.* itf duty the deltfndant dhould not bo :iIli>WL-d any commi:hlou.
Tbe Anditor lonnd that the defendant bad been carde^;', but tb:it he had no intention to be diKboneiit and that he Hhi'Uld be dllowed hli full rumpeasation or commisfion.
In the -ttstoontfi .specifiiatioii, ihc Auditor wai reques¬ ted U» find that deiimlant waw collector of Bounty tux f^t^te aud county tux, as well A.-i school and building tax &>r the year iS-ii), and road tux witn school and building tax forl87(r; that In bin receipts for taxes juid he usually mixed the taxes without specifying bow much of tbe amouut paid was for nchool tax, aud when notified by ap¬ pellant to produce his state and county aod l>ounty du¬ plicates, he alleged they w ere lost or burned. The Audi¬ tor did not take any notice In hiH report of the facts in this specification.
The connsel for the defi-ndant renuested the Auditor to find that a conspiracy had been entered into, hy a num¬ ber of persons against B. A. Laird, for tbe porpose of ruining and destroving him, and that David F. Taraey, Livingston Bubb, Andrew O. NefT, Samuel ilatfiehl, Wil¬ liam Medaugb, Alexander Wurk, Benjamin L. Neff,Benja¬ min C-Isenberg, CliQord Isenberg, Kuech Lcflard,John Roe and James AHen are members of this couspiracv. The .\iiditor did not report any snch conspiracy, but re¬ ported that the agreenieut entered into by a nnmber of tbe citizens of the township to bear their eqnal share of tlw expense of carrying on the investigation wai* for a legit¬ imate pnrpost'.
The Auditor W.IS al^ requested to find that the tei<ti- mony of Livingston Kobb. Andrew (1. Keflf and Bsnjsmin L. Neff had been contradicted in material points by dis¬ interested witne^ide^, and was unworthy of credence. The Auditor did not so find.
The Auditor was also requested to find that whatever exonerations Bnbert A. Laird nwiy have collected lie col¬ lected them through mistake.    The Auditor so fonnd.
Finally the Anditor wa" requested to find thit Bobert A. Laird had accounted to the fcbool distirt of Porter townehip for all the tax that is jiutly and equitably du» ¦•aid township- '
Tho Auditor found a.^ already shown a balance due the townsbip of Sl,441.74 in addition to what the defendant hwl accounted for.
The iiivo'^tigation was long and exccodingly troublv- some, and from want of time, oa my port, was not prop¬ erly attended to. The evidence on both "idej fille^J about throe hundred written pages.
The counsel on iKith p'ides labored eariie«itly and un weariedly for the interests of their re-peiiiv^ clients.
And, now, in conclusion, I will siiy if the Auditor i* correi-t iu his conclusion tbKt there was no intention tu rommit any frand, and ibat all the trouble resulted throneh carelo(iane-s, it wad a kind of carelessness in which tliere wan some method for it Invariably reanltedin putting money in the defondHUl'* pocket.
" iii-'u ii:.-' su cart!e.ss as to levy a much larger amount c than Is authoriz&l by the school board, to collect taxes that are not on the duplicates, ti; make glaring mi»- in making and adding tho iluplicute^^, to retntu the V collected from ten-ilay men aud on the unseated land-t,'to collect a large amount of txx that had been ex- onorated at the instance ofthe collector and then tore- fuse to account for a large portion cf this money tili compelled bv due conrse of law, and also to so keep the minute and account books as to exhibit very great dis¬ crepancies, they are certainly unfit to be entrusted with any public bu^ine«s. Th^ administration of these men proved very expensive to our towiif-hip. Tbe'grosi* amonnt of UX for school purposes for tbe years 18GS, l«fOand 1S70 ia S744.84, Th- gross amount for the same purposr forthe years 1ST1.1S72 and 1373 Is $5,228-42, making a difference of Sl,*'!*!-!^ in thrpe years under different ad- ministrationx. The building tax forthe years 1869 and IS70 is Sn.S93.72.
The money received from R. A. Laird Mas all or very near all expended in paylug costs of investigation and iu building a new school house.
P. r. TTSSEy.