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*** _THK DEMOCRAT. LOW VIM.K..A1KJ. «1. JL<KU< U>, (<• our < liflrirt'ii. It i* tv natural impulse of tlio parent to wish , t o provide iiiul dirtiribulo among lil« children sucli legacies us will render lliem independent ami iiopjiyi The lionefcl yeomanry nnd mechanics of tlio' country delvo and toil from man- hood to old ngu for thupurpohool'lenv- ing tlii'iu rcfpeutulilu legacies to uid them in tlio world. Evury class ossumos lliis*oa a lending object; nnd certainly it in ix inobL worthy one. Wo would taltydo the nuls of the present genera- tion' of men, wh o control our public affair*, conform lo their professions ? Of What does tlio legacy, which they actually transmit, consist ? Itonnnot bo denied tbatit consists of an estate* en- eiitnbored to half its valuo—one burden- dd vv.ith a never ceasing consuming debt, essentially destroying' tho vnluo of tlio' legacy. Tho yemrg men of the country should look this matter fully in, the fnco, and Irani tho amount of dtbt that their unnatural parents de- sign them to pay. Tho hist national' census shows that tho assessed valuo of all the real and personal property in all tho Sintcs and Territories was $12,- 084,900,006. To this, estimated addi- tions wi'i'o Hindi' to show the supposed actual value, which gives an aggregate of $10,150,010,008. This ainuuut linn been diminished by tho wholo amount destroyed In bolli sections dining the War, inelnding tho census value uttncli- i'ij to.sluves since made free, the nggre- gatu of whieh cannot be less than four thoiisund millions of dollars, which would leave a residue, us estimated in the census, of #1'J,000,000. Upon this amount of properly is charged our Na- tional, Stale mid mimii-i|>u! dolus, which may be thus staled, in round numbers : AVICIIDWII'IIKC'I imlliiinil debt., ^;i,00U,iJiJ0,uil0 Olnlinx, inmeltiiiin IIMIJ^-II by law, bill known lo exist esiimuli'd ut uvur 11,0(10,1100,000 State, city, county, town uud Ot^iT Municipal debts, i-bli- ItW.OOO.oOo OR X J *H '*/ fmiteil ul over I Sii,arm,iiiio.uoo Tho Slnle, county and municipal debts of New Y\i'k nluno are known to liavo been $1U7,()00,OIIO, being over one-third of tlio Siute mid inunieipnl debts, as above estimated. These fig- ures show that the gross iimo'iut (it public, debt is equal to one-half the cen- sus Value of our undestroved properly. If wo throw out the estimated national debt, the residue will still be equal to about oiio-third of the vsiliiu of till the property in the United Slates, us shown in thu census. But these unacknowl- edged debts will he, in time, admitted by Congress, and added to the present national debt. Wo then think it. safe to say that our publics debts National, State and muni- cipal, amount to one-half of the census value of the whole lel'l undestroyoil. If one half of this properly were sold to-day it would not produce more than enough to pay oil\ these debts. Hence, it is clear llial legacies from fathers lo sons arc really worih only about one- , hall their nominal amount.; or in other words, there is upon them a perpett d annuity equal to the interest, upon one- half of the value ol our whole property, real an.d personal, in the United States. The fiilher leaves his son a sum appear- ing to bo liberal and siillieient lo makij him independent, but leaves charged upon it a debt equal to hull'of its value. The father having failed lo pay bis way in tin') world, leaves u debt for his son to \pay equal to one bait ot all ho be- <pi«!Uhs lo him. This clubt policy ena- bles the father to appear to be rich, (Vlien he is not so in fact. Those debts, though public, are as much a charge upon' what he leaves as a mortgage ivould be, if given by him. His liberal provision for his children is, t o half its extent, a cheat. This fatal debl-con- trac'ling policy is still being pursued with recklessness, rendering legacies less and less valuable. It is the same fatal policy which causes Great Britain and other European countries to stag- ger under old publics debts.' Tho ex- cuse is that thu fathers are making im proveinciits and repressing wars. Al- though plausible, this is not a valid ex- cuse for the wrong committed upon their children. Are fill improvements and wars to cease with the death of the. fathers? Will their sons havo nothing lo do but pay their lathers' old debts? Ilavo the fathers reared sons who will make no improvements ? Will they al- ways be exempt from wars? Will their sons be able lo pay for their own im- provements, anil meet the expenses of their own wars as well as those of their fathers? Will they do this or follow their fathers' example and transmit to their sons a still larger legacy of debt ? Pflbts arc n o less debts because the day of .payment is postponed. Every con- sideration of economy requires us to follow John Randolph's great maxim tor securing wealth, confined in four monysyllables, \ pay as you go. \ If this invalnahlo maxim were strictly en- forced, lvjilher our public, improvements no our wars would cost halt what they now do. Tax-payers would enforce economy, because they would feel the weight of heavy taxation. Who feels t\be burden when borne by borrowing? Ottr object is t o call public attention to this- matter ot public debts, that our readers may understand the real value of present.legacies ; and if I hey desire that they shall hereafter be real instead of nominal, mat they, by their political nctiptij cause a change to be mado which will secure that result. It is for them to Say whether we shall \pay as wc go,\ or live on b y contracting debts for our chilijren to pay, or per olianco to repu- diate.— Argus. Tlio Adjutant General, by direction of the. President, has prepared an order transferring Gen. Sheridan from tho command of the Fifth Military District to the Department of Missouri, and as- signing Gen. Thomas-to the Fifth Dis- trict j but it is not yet promulgated. 1ST Tha Journal d5 Republican, which was issued early this morninir, gM rather sarcastic over the omission of one letter in Mr. Harris' letter, which was published ill till* paper lust week. If tlio eagle-eyed editor will glntioo nt the title ho will road in plain, black let- ters, \ Hon. Ira E. Harris.\ As to the gentleman's questions, we answer! 1st. Will tho editor of tho Journal t(5 Republican, to do the \ square thing\ by the PEOPLE, publish the tea- tiiuony and oviduueo on tho Canal frauds? Our mail docs not oomo by canal, but from fads which wo have ob- tained otherwise, wo nro lod to believe that Borne of the editor's \ birds of a feather,\ get their money by canal, and at railroad speed, too. Publish the ten. timoity, MrrEditor. The people don't object to trutliR, oven if thoy oomo from a partially blind Radical. 2d. Tho letter was published as n letter from Ira E. Harris, a man of more sonso mid who oaros more for tho people's intoiests than ax Senator Har- ris, as evidenced by his letter, and who bulongs rt> a party who d o not get their money by the Canal route, The following is going tho rounds of the press! • Exeeutlvo Mansion, Aug. 12. E. M.STANTON—Sir: I have appoint- ed Ulysses to kick you out. He wears No. 8 boots, heavy soled. A. j. War Department, Washington. ANDKICW JOHNSON—Sir: I yield to \ superior force,\ nnd submit. ic. M. s Tin; DiiTKKKNius.— Kentucky re maincd truo to the Union and now gives a Democratic majority of 00,000. Ten- nessee seceded from the Union, and now gives a Radical majority ot 20,000_ Something besides straws shows which way tho wind blows sometimes. iaiita Foroijjii News. The accounts ot tlio cholera received from Italy do not, improve. Thoy rep resent that tho epidemic is spreading, and is attended with unusual fatality. The same Irom France and other pints of Europe. Despite ihc statements made at the opening of the great Exposition that it was u grand failure, it is the greatest affair of the kind that the world has ever seen. It is generally acknowledg- ed to be far ahead of the Loudon Ex hibition, and far outstrips our own Ciystal Palace of 1858. It has been visited by nearly every sovereign in Europe. The Americans at Paris are much alarmed by the recent financial news from tho United States, particularly those who implicitly' believed a public debt n public blessing, and paper money a source of wealth. The Reform Bill, in England, has finally been passed, signed, and become a law. The Catholic cathedral at Frankfort, Germany, has been destroyed by fire. This was a structure of great antiquity, dating from the year A. D. 1415, and is famous for its nruliitcctiirnl beauty. Although Garibaldi has temporarily postponed an invasion of Rome, he does not mean to abandon the enter- prise. In his last letter on the subject, lie says: \Mark: Italy Without Rome is not Italy !\ In tho Paris resturants cat pies are said to be even more popular than rat pies. A newspaper correspondent, gos- siping on tho subject says \that the flesh of the cat is as succulent as that of the rabbit, the frequenters of these res- taurants know well, and therefore it is that they require to see the skin of the animal that has been killed. These epicures tear lest in the place of the rab- bit, which is a cat, a dishonest cook should servo them a rat, and they don't like rat.\ The Austrian journals state that the Emperor Fianois Joseph, on learning the execution of Maximilian, declared that he would never again sign a death warrant. The Austrian government has pledg- ed itself to enlarge the civil and reli- gious liberties of tlio Protestant inhab- itants of the Empire. Stanton J Stanton made a capital head clerk in the War Department. He was quick at fignrcs, kept books well, and, acting on the hypothesis that he. was the only honest, man in the United States, took fair care ot his employer's interests. Otherwise he was a failure. He was a failure as a lawyer. li e was a failure as a gentleman. Ho was a\failure as a politician. He was a failure as a public man. As a lawyer he played second fiddle to Brady in tho Sickles case. As a law- yer ho sold out his clients to tho Gov- ernment in a famous California case. As a lawyer ho advocated secession in Buchanan's Cabinet, and as a lawyer ho opposed it. under Lincoln. As a public man he was first a fire- eater, then a compromiser, then a bit- ter Radical, then a conservative recon- sti uctionist, and now, at Inst accounts, a rude disciple of the urbano Thad. Stevens. Stanton reminds one of the obstinate suitor who was^iskod by his sweetheart to resign his pretensions. He answered by leaving her boudoir and going into the. parlor. Asked by her parent to withdraw, he replied by descending to the kitchen. Told by tho head cook that he was a nuisance, he rejoined by departing into the back yard, from whence ho was speedily expelled by tho policeman. And upon this latter official asking 'him what he meant by conduct so unworthy of a gentleman, finally saicl \ that ho never pretended to be anything of that sort I\ —A petition was presented to the Convention on thelOih, three hundred and twenty-four feet long, containing over five thousand signatures, asking for the adoption of a clause prohibiting tho traffic in intoxicating liquors. Town and Catiiity Officers. The following is the Hi'ticlo on Town and County officers as adopted by tho Convention on the 16th : SiwnoN 1. Sheriffs, clerks of counties, inolnding tho register of the oily nnd county of New York, nnd tho register of duo'ds in oil counties where such rog<- isicrs are now or may hereafter be au- thorized by law, ooronors rtud district attorneys, HIMII bo chosen by the elec- tors of the respective counties once in ovory three years, and as often as va- cancies shall happen. Sheriffs shall hold no other office, and be ineligible tor the next flireo years alto. ''io ter- mination of their offices. Thi.v may bo required by law l o renew their se- curity from lime to time, and in delimit, of giving such now security, their offi- ces shall be deemed vacant, Bu t the county slmll never be made responsible for iho acts of ihe sheriff. District at- torneys, while in office, shall be ineligi- ble to any oilier office. The Governor may remove ony officer .in this seel ion mentioned, within the term for whleh ho shall have been elected, giving lo such officer n copy of tlio charged against him and opportunity of being heard in his defence. SEC. 2, All county officers whose election or nppoini incut is mil provided for by this constitution, shall be oh'Ct- ed by the electors of the respective counties, or appointed by ilia Board of Supervisors, or other county nut horii ias, as tho Legislature shall direct. All town officers whose election or appoint- ment is not provided for by thisuousi.i- tulion, shall be elected by the electors of such lown, or of some division thero of, or appointed by such authorities thereof us lliu Legislature) shall desig- nate for that purpose. All other offi- cers whoso election or appointment is not provided for by this constitution, and all officers whoso offices may here- after he created by law, shall bo elect- ed by the people, or appointed as the Legislature may direct. Sue, 3. There shall be in each of the counties of this State (except New- York), a Board of Supovvisoi's, elected in such milliner and for such period and composed of such members as is or may be provided by law, and they shall in addition to the powers which they now possei-s, or which may bo hereafter given to them by the Legisla- ture, and subject to leirishilivo modifi- cation, have exclusive jurisdiction over the following spcoiliod subjects : And where the jurisdiction shall bo exercis- ed by legislative authority, it shall be withdrawn ; but such jurisdiction shall not be exercised in any case without, the,assent of a majority of all the mem- bers elected to such Board, to bo de- termined by yeas and nays, which shall bo entered on the journal. l.The location, erection, purchase, and reparation of bridges (except, navi- gahliuitrcains) in cases where the gen eral or exist mg special laws of the State shall be insufficient to accomplish the object ; but. where such bridges shall be between adjoining counties, the con- current action of all the boards of su- pervisors of such counties shall be nec- essary. 2. The location, purchase, erection, and care of buildings, and the purchase of real estate for town and county pur- poses. 3. The erection \of portions of public highways into separate) road ihsiiiets for the purpose of improvement, beyond what may be authorized by general State laws, 4. The use and working as public highways of turnpike, plunk, and mac- adamized roads after they shall have been lawfully abandoned. 5. The working and improvement of public highways, laid out in pursuance of the general laws of the State, in oases where such laws may be insufficient lo accomplish the object. 0. The legislation ol (lie informal acts of town meetings in reference lo the raising of moneys authorized to be raised by law, and the legalization of the irrcguhir acts of town officers on the recommendation of the County Court. 1. The fixing of the salaries of county officers, and tho number, grades, and pays of clerks and subordinate em ployes in county offices whoso compen- sation may be a county charge. 8. The borrowing of money for town and county purposes in anticipation of taxation authorized bv law. & Lion Attacks his Keeper. Tuesday night while Professor Lang- worthy, the lion tamer, was performinir with the lions in Forcpaugh's menage riu at Iloiieyoe Falls, one of the fero- cious boasts attacked him, and knock- ing him down upon the floor of the cage, lacerated his shoulders terribly and otherwise injured him. It seems that Larigworthy entered the cage of tlio male lion first, and commenced whipping him. The betist at once grew angry, and retiring to the end of the cage opposite to where the man was standing, sprang npon him and knocked him down. The attend- ants outside the cage at once pierced the beast with sharp pointed iron bars, and compelled him to retire from oft' the man's body. The performer then opened the door in tlio partition ot the cage, and the lioncsS and tiger which were in the other apartment, at once leaped through it into the one where the lion and man were, thereby causing the beast to withdraw his attention from his intended viotim and allowing him to escape from the cage. The audience, which was large, grew wild with ex- citement during this part of the perfor- mance, and woman and children scream- ed with terror and rushed from the tent in dismay. Mr. White, the gent lo- rn ed who was so dreadfully injured while performing in a cage of lions in this city not long since, commenced again performing with the same beasts a few days ago a t Elmira and Corning. — Rochester Democrat. —Gen. Grant has urged the Presi- dent to dismiss every member of his Cabinet, in order to create harmony between Mr. Johnson and his advisers. The General is said to b e particularly hostile to Mr. Seward,whom ho regards as too adroit and dangerous. Tlilutf* in General. —Hops uro bringing in New York from 'JO to 0/5 cents per lb. —Five fatal ca»os ot cholera occurred in Now York on Monday. —The Hound Table nays that gamb- ling in becoming fashionable among tho elite of Fifth nveniio, —General Grant has already mado several changps in the war ifffioe by as- signing a number of Secretary Stan- ton's favorites to active duty. —A hidy in Boone, Mo,, recently gave birth lo four boys at once. Tho husband bore up manfully for somo lime, hut finally committed suicide \a week or two since, — A suit is in progress against John C. Heenan in New York for the recov cry of $1,400 lost at faro in a Broadway gambling hell on the night of tho Oil) of July. —\ Mike, an' is i t yourself that will be after lellln' mo how to make ico creams ?\ \ In truth I can | don't they bake them in a cowld oven, to bo sure?\ —The next Legislature of Kentucky will stand about as follows: Somite, Democrats 25, Radicals 0, third party 4. House Democrats 85, JtudiunU 11, third prttty 4. —Tlio u'mottnt in tho United States Treasury is $87,000,000 in currency, •80,000,000 in coin, and *20,000,000 in in gold certificates. Would that Lewis county could have a sprinkling, — Borings for tlio foundations of the Brooklin bridge across tho East river, have been commenced near the Fulton Ferry. The bridgo is t o cost #0,000,000, and will be done in six or ten years. —Registration commenced quietly in Charleston Monday morning. Apathy prevails to a large extent in tho com- munity. Thu number registered yester- day was 550, of which 153 were whiles and 403 were colored. —A nervous old gentleman recently attempted to remove a large bug from the bonnet of a lady.who sat in front, of him at llie theatre in New York. The result was, he unroofed all her back hair, the bug's office being to hold head atid hair together, —Lopez, tho betrayer of Maximilian, although pardoned by Juarez, has been seized by order of the Gover.nor of Oaxaca, and will be tried and executed, it is supposed, for serious crimes—some of them of an atrocious character. —A farmer in Wisconsin by the name of Hodge has been poisoned by picking nnd eating strawberries after killing potato bugs with his fingers. An awful warning to people who don't wash their bauds. — A German woman, living near Madison, Wis., was struck by lightning on Saturday night, while fjoiiig down staiis in her house, and the right, side of her body, from the breast, lo her feet, was so badly burned that it is doubtful if she recovers. —Yaney, a colored inmate of the jail at Valparaiso, Ind., wrenches off iron handcuffs, chains and manacles as if they were pack-thread fetters. The county has expended $K0 on irons lor him, iii.'d he has twisted lliem all off, and is now clear of all clanking adorn mentp. —The American jif/riwillitralitit ^ny* the picst'iil mode of yoking oxen is bad. ll recommends yoking theifTnround the head, and bases its conclusion upon tlic phenomena of s bull light, the nun mats usiiitr their heads as the greatest point ol strength. —Tho vote by the Surrati juiy never changed from eight for not guilty to four for guilty. Those jurors who fav- ored the acquittal of'the prsoucr admit- ted that he was guilty of participation in the conspiracy, but, did not believe he was present in Washington on the day of the assassination. —The new Croton reservoir which in being built bv the Croton Board for New York will have a capacity of 3.370,- 000,000 gallons. The dam is two hun- dred feet long and sixty-four feet high, ami six hundred feet above tidewater, which will enable New York to put u p splendid fountains in all the parks. —Daughter, why do you not wear your rings?\ \Because papa, they hurl mo when any body squeezes my hand.\ \ What business have you, I would like to know, to have your hand squeezed ? \ '• Certainly, none, but still you know, papa, one would like to keep in squeezable order.\ —The privilege of converting 7 30 notes, falling due on the 15th hist, into 5 '20 bonds, bearing (late July 1st, 1807, will be extended to the 15th of Septem- ber next, All notes of this issue which shall not, have been presented for con- version by the day last named, will be paid on presentation in the Treasury of the United Slates, and at the office of the Assistant Treasury at Boston, New York and Philadelphia, in currency. —Queen Elizabeth once asked one ot her advisers what \they had passed in Parliament ?\ He replied that they 'had passed eleven weeks.\ Such would have lo bo the reply to a similar ques- tion in reference to ihe work of the Constitutional Convention. If the in- quiry was, \What have they been doing all that time?', the response would be, •'Reading compositions and philosophizing upon shinbones.\ •—Colonel Lopez, the traitor who be- trayed tlio Emperor Maximilian, recent- ly went to Pueblalo visit his wile. 1 lis reception was decidedly cold. His wife advanced to meet him, leading their little son by the hand, !,nd addressed him thus : \Sir here is your little son ; we cannot cut him in two, take him. You arc a base coward and a traitor. You havo betrayed your country ard your benefactor. From this hour we are strangers, lor 1 shall this day retire to my family. Go.\ —Robert Bonner, the Ledger man, has bought tho celebrated trotting horse Dexter, paying over $30,000 for him. At Buffalo, lately, Dexter made, a rrflleto harness in 2:17£. Bonner now owns Dexter, Peerless, who has made 2:23^ to wagon, Pocahontas, who has gone in 2:23, the Auburn Mate, which can beat 2:20 in harness, Flatbush Maid and Lady Palmer, who havo made two miles in 5:01^—-the finest private sta- ble in the world. jttotai mntuvn. tJU~0ir retailors throughout the county are invltoil to t'uruUh us uiiy ituois of luturcut for this column. Dit. Hi S, HKNDKJS, of Deer Hivar will delivor tho address at the Lewis County Pair, COMPANY Dnn.i..- Members of t!o. A will meet at thu Armory on Friday evening, August 23d, ul. 7^ o'clocki p. in,, for drill. COUNTY Count.—The next term of County Court, commences on the 3d of September, nt the Court House in this village. LowvtLi,u ACAWSMY,— tho fall term of which commenced yesterday,—has been designated to hislru'et common school teachers for the Academic years 1807-(i8. RuijucriON OF TuucauAPiuo RATKB —An exchange says, \ wo aro^fficiiilly informed that thu Western UuTon Tel- egraph Company will shortly reduce their rates one half.\ . 255?*° A camp meeting for the Adams district will begin on Monday the 2d of Septomber next, on tho farm of George W. Bayers in the town of Champion. LAWS,—Attention is called to Chap. 502, (tho militia law), which wns com- menced last week and finished on our first page this week. Also to the other laws, which arc all of local interest, 2-f\'/\ The Annual Cattle Show and Fair ot Jefferson county will be held on ihc 18th lOlh and 20th days of Septem- ber, on the fair grounds near Water- town. OSWKOO MAIIKKT.— Flour—No . 1 spring, 11.50; red winter, 11.5Q; dou- ble extra, 12,50. Grain—Wheat 2.25; corn, 1.00; ooiu meal, 2.00 per huiub red lbs.; shorts, 20.00 per ton, CHANC-H OF FitONT.—At n regular meeting of Rescue No. 2, held at the engine house Aug. 15th, F. Peter Kir- ley was elected President, vic« Louis A. Scott resigned, and Ralph Glasgow Vice-President, vice F. P, Kirlcy. JEgrOn Thursday afternoon, the 10th, Mr. Albert W. IZine of Wotertown, son of the late Col. Norman S. Iline, during a fit of temporary insanity produced by illness shot himself with n pistol through the heart, dying almost in- stantly. Si'AWnui).—Last Saturday forenoon, Alirn Frakor. a little daughter of Hen- ry Frakcr of this village, was badly injured by the accidental upsetting of a dipper of hot water, scalding her face, shoulders and breast in a shock- ing manner. Fi.orii AND Fmcn.—Our jolly friend, O. A. Gage, who runs a steam grist mill just below this village, has opened a flour and feed-, store in Greeley's block, Dayan street. Mr. Gage is a sound Democrat, and sells at tho old- fashioned, democratic prices—cheap— so that people can live, without going to the bottom of their pockets. Give him a call. CoNbTAHi,KViM.B.—A Good Templar's Festival, under ihc* charge and manage- ment of tho Good Templar's Lodge of that place, Will bo held at tho Lodge rooms in tlittt villaROion Thursday oven'. Ing, AugUst S2d inst. A general invi- tation is extended to all Good Templar's to attend. I t IK dtsljjlied to have 1 good hinsio in attendance. A NKW WAY TO PAY IIOTKL BILIA —The last Legislature enacted a law of Which Clio following is ft section : \ Every keeper of a hotel, restaurant, boarding house or inn shall post in a conspicuous place In Ihe office or public room, nnd in every bed room in said house, a printed copy of this act, and a Ftatement of the chargos or rnto of charges by tho day, and for meals or ., ' , * , items furnisliod, and for lodgings. * * %,u,n BtR y lh low » lu » t W( ' c ' k . vending For any violation of this soctiom or of any provision herein contained, the of fender shall forfeit to the injured party three times the amount *o charged and shall not. bo entitled to receive any money for the meals, items, se vices or time charged.\ Very low hotel keepers have seen or' heard of this law, Every person that chooses, then, can get throe-fold their hotel and bar bills from the landlords. NKW MUSIC—C. M. Trem»ln«, 481 Broad way, New York, has our thank* for the following pieces of shoet musics \Girls wait for a Temperance Man,\ humorous song, price 80 cts.; \ Annie Anion,\ song, 80 cts.; \ News Boy's Song,\ 80 ots. All very pretty. ieslie' 1 ! Ladies' Magazine for 'Sep- tember is on our table. This is the largest nnd best illustrutod of any ot the magazines for Indie\ and beside! tho numerous faahion and pattern plates, is full of interesting and instructive rendinu', illustrated as only Leslie Offttf illustrate. Send lo Frank Leslie, 017 Pearl street, New York. flap-Dr, Ellis of Uticft, wli6 mods i A RELIC.—A few days since, the sexton at Constableville, while digging a grave, found a stone resembling a heart. On ono side was engraved a tomahawk, bow nnd arrows, and on the other side the inscription \A. D. 1640, May 10.\ The stone measures about. 2-|x2 inches, and was taken from the gravel, near the surface. This is quite a cuiiosity, and the query is, how came it there ? AKRESTED FOB FOBGKBY.—Frank P. Carter arrested this morning, in the Union Bank, a man, giving his name, as John Bryne, for forgery. He presented a check pin porting to be for sixty dol- lars, drawn by B. J. Archer, of Rutland. It was a genuine check for six dollars and a half, and ho added \ t y \ to tho six. Mr. Uuham discovered the altera- tion and sent out for Mr. Carter, who arrested him. He confessed the crime, and said lie made the alteration at the Harris House.— Reformer, Aug. 15th. E2T* Read the article headed \Tho Stanton Imbroglio,\ and think serious- ly of the matter of negro supremacy, which is t o b e tho offspring ot military kingdoms at the South. Is it just for an inferior race to govern a superior ? People should look at these matters as they are,—trace the bearing they will havo on civilization, freedom, com- mercial and agricultural prosperity,— and tnrn a deaf car t o the false logic of crack-brained Radicals, who look no further than lo the lining of their own pockets with the people's money. INK.—It. F. Murray, Mainst., Low- ville, keeps on hand a full supply of Caiter's combined wilting and copying ink, at wholesale and retail. This Com bination Ink has been awarded the highest premiums overall others in New York, Boston and Baltimore, and pro- nounced by the most celebrated chem- ists the best ink ever orTeredto the pub- lic. I t is used in Government offices at Washington, and by many of the largest commercial houses, banks, rail- roads, tfffi other corporations in New York atWl Boston, and gives peifect satisfaction. CAHTIIAOM.—Members of Mattery C, 1st N. Y. Light artillery, nre t o have a reunion at Brown's Hotel, on the Old of September next, at 1 o'clock, P. M. All surviving members of tho battery are requested to be present with their Indies. Fo r particulars address Chas. E. Gardner, Cnrtliuge, or J. It . Sopor, YAitertown. —A. II. Francis, attorney nnd coun- sellor at law, recently of Three Mile Bay, has removed lo Carthage, for the practice of his profession. --The Presbyterian Sunday Sohool ore to have n pionio to morrow after- noon. —J. C. Kimball, of Wotertown, is getting up a directory for the village of Carthago. FIBKS AT POUT LEYDISN.—We learn that on Sunday, the 11th inst., a fire ooourred near Port Loyden, which de- stroyed tho residence of Win. II, Jaco- bie. The fire caught from a stove-pipe. His furniture was Raved. Insured $600. Another fire occurred at this place early last Sunday morning. The fire broke out in a mass of the Port Loyden Iron Company'i} charcoal, containing some 30,000 bushels, and threatened the destruction of tlio Company's build- ings, and also the fnotory of Snyder Brothers. Tho Cataracts of Boonville were sent for, and on their arrival the beat of the burning coal had become intense, and serious consequences were feared. By great exertions the igni- tion of the surfaco of the boat was so far reduced that it could be approached by teams and the coal was then cover- ered with earth, that being the only method of completely extinguishing Iho fire. The shed covering tho coal was consumed, together with about 10,000 bushels of coal. SAIUIATH SCHOOL Pic-Nic.-On Thurs- day tho friends of tho Presbyterian Sab- bath School, in this villacro, rallied in force, to partake of the gaieties and fes- tivities of their annual pic nic excursion. More pleasant cheer could scarcely have been predicted, than was the lot of the joyous gathering wh o left the Session Ttoom at the hour^of eleven, on that morning, and drove to a delightful grove about five miles north of the vil- The exercises consisted of prayer, by the Pastor, singing, with an edifying address hy Prof. Hasbrouck, which we have not space to note further, but which wns listened to with great in- terest by the assembled pleasure-seekers, aft er which the long tables were covered with \ good things,\ beneath the wide- spread shade of the overhanging grove, when alt partook, with keen relish, the delightful repast, and then, after a sea- son of enjoyment—the children indu'g ing in happy play—the party, after spending a few hours, betook themselves to ride, and then returned to the village, sill satisfied with the occasion, and'in the most joyous spirits. Tim! LEWIS COIJNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR will be held atLowville this year, on the 25th, 26th and 27th of Septem- ber. Premiums fy 1867 : • Division A—Best vegetable garden $4 ; 2d, $3. Best flower garden, $3 '. 2d, *2. Division B, Butter and Cheese—Best made factory cheese in county, $15; 2d, $10; 3d, $5. Best dairy cheese, $5 ; 2d, $4 ; 3d, $3. Best dairy butter in county, *5 ; 2d, $4 ; 3d, $3. Division C, Swine—Best lot. of fatted hogs at cheese factory, $10; 2d, $8 ; 3d, $4. No prize in any case to b e without adequate merit. ~ Parties competing for premiums in tho above list will at once notify one of the Committee, tho Treasurer, or the Secretary of tho Society. Committee—Ela Merriam, Locust Grove; Seth Miller, Constableville; Harrison Blodgett, Denmark ; William Whitaker, Martinsburgh ; Norman Gowdv. Lowville. C. G. liiggs, Treasurer, Turin. F. B. Morse, Secretary, Lowville. —New York contains three thousand patrons of the prize ring, and throe hundred horses that can make their mile in less than three minutes. is wonderful root remedy, for the cure of headache, toothache, cntorrh nnddia* orders of ihe stomach,informed us that, he should shortly visit thjAotion again when we presume his medicine will havo become bettor known nnd rnort sought after for its good qualities, WISTEB'S WILD CIIBHKY BAISAM.— This lm|somio compound has become a home fixture. Let uii who suffer, nnd have in vain attempted to cure their coughs, colds, bronchial or pulmonary complaints, make uso of this unequalled remedy.- I t enn bo relied upon, as the mass of testimony that has boon pub* lishod sinoo its introduction is ample proof of its efficacy. LAKOIC SALIC OV DKY GOODS, GBO- CKRIKS, YANKKK NOTIONS &C, AT COST. . — Public notice has already been given of tho extensive snle of dry goods, dross goods, yankoe notions, <fco., for the next thirty days, to close out the stock in the storo of J. ltiigon, So rare an op* portunity to securo desirable^goods fit groat bargains should not bo allowed to puss unheeded, As tho stock is t o b e sold ot New York Cost Price*, we doubt not many will lay in a large supply for future use, oven if their pres« cut wants are supplied. Such another opportunity may not soon ooour of se- curing selection Irom a chosen variety of goods, purchased expressly for this market, and we commend this sale to the attention of economists. IS\ LEWIS COUNTY TISACHBBS' In - stitute.—Tha next annual session of the Lewis County Teachers' Institute will be held in the rlllnge of Murtinshurgli, commencing Septem- ber 16th at 10 o'clock p. m , and continue three weeks. Teaeliers will be required to renew tbe branches of education to be taught in common schools, and at tlic same time wo shall aim to- make the method of touching practical. Lectures, scientific and interesting, may alao> be expected frequently during tlio session. It is to be hoped tlint those intending to tench tlic coming year will avail themselves of this opportunity for improvement, as no pains- . will be spared to profit those who attend. Trustees will be encouraged to employ those who manifest a desire to advsnee in tho profei- Bion, by attending these annual gatherings for review. ' Tho people of Martinsburgh will furnish board at the reduced price of from |2.50 to fl.00 per week, and use all means to add to the pleasure and profit of tho session. August 18, 1807. WM. ADAMS, CHAS. A. CHICKEKINO. School Commissioners. [Business Notice.] on SALE CHEAP.—A FJUST- Class PIANO JTORTK—seond hcand. Eiiqulre it- tins office. LowTille, July 27, 1867. [Business Notice.] B3T\ Tnis BEST !—THR CHKAPEST ! f —It stands before the public recommended by its own intrinsic merits.—It is never discarded.. —It has taken hosts of medals for its scMtmon- ITT over others.—It is simple, and economical in p^'ico, and yet it is the best in the market. —It takes the best stitch y#? invented (the twis- ted loop stitch) which is as safe against ripping as hand sewing,—.\t can be operated with the least instruction, from its simplicity, and is less liable to get out of order than other machines. Ruy no maohine till you have seen the ,WILOC)X & GIUBS noitloti Sewing Machine, which is all and more than is claimed for it. On eihibitiou at Ragan's storo, Lowville, N. Y. 49yl\ [Business Notice.] !5gP* A t FLOWEUS' WATCH and JEW* BLRT STORE, NO. 1 Court street, Watertown, j»j|li can always get a good article at a fair price, and if tno nrticln docs not prove as represented, • return it nnd get back your money. They keep- the largest assortment in Jefferson county, an<r . are reliable dealers. n20-ly • REFUSED TO ANSWER.—The testimo- ny taken by the Canal Investigating Committee shows that when certain Commissioners were asked to state whether they bad received any money from contractors, they refused to an- swer. In one ease, this refusal was put upon general grounds. In another, lh» witness could not say whether he had thus received any'money or not, nntil he had read about a thousand pusses of testimonv, in order to sec how ho was affected by it ! The people are n«rt KftV ly to be unjift—but they will have-- their own ideas concerning the motives- which must have prompted sncly remarkable reticence on the partoftlw gentlemen'named. —The reported robbery of the Trcas-- nry emanates from a newspaper issued' Tuesday by E.E. Dunbar, who wasjong' an inmate nnd confidential in tha Treas- ury Printing Department, and who was- President of the Continental Bank Note Company. The paper contains a long article on tbe subject, eir bracing these points: Criminal'and reckless misman- agement :enormous deficiencies ; frauds;: duplicate issues ; .hundreds of millions- involved ; redemption of duplicate eott- pon notes and currency ;.wanton expen- diture; general confusion of accounts—t the Government ignorant of the amount of Government paper afloat. ii%
