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COUNTY OEF1CEUS.
President Judge 11. G. White.
Additional Law Judge Henry W.
Williams.
Associate Judges K. C. Schultze,
Jesse Kjlor.
District Attorney L. J. Blakely.
Sheriff James A. M alone.
Prothonotary, &c t. A. Rathbuu.
Treasurer Jaraes Coyne.
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Commissioners William A. Bly, J .
"W. Taylor, Louis Vollnmr.
Auditors Clark Wilcox, Byfon J.
Jones, Jacob McCaulfy.
TIME OF HOLDING COURT.
Second Monday in January,
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Coral Gfomspomlencc
An esteemed correspondent sends us
the 'following. We do uot think it will
detract any from the merit of his really
well written essay, for us to say that we
would bet our " bottom dollar " that if
tho author is not a married man, he has
lately received a thrust from Cupid
Which will keep him in hot water until
ho is : Puis. Advocate.
"WOMAN."
O, give me, heaven, to sweeten latter life,
And mend my wayward heart a tender wife,
Who soothes, altho' herself with anguish
wrung.
Nor renders ill for ill, nor tongue for tongue
What is there more calculated to'givc
us frail beings a foretaste of lroavcn
while jouruejing through this world,
than an amiable aud afl'cctionac wife
Alivo to every tender feeling,
To deeds of mercy ever prone ;
The wounds of pain and sorrow heaing,
With soft compassion's sweetest tone.
Woman, lovely woman, sweet soother
of our cares, umhkt the storms of ad
vercity and affliction, ever willing to
pour the balm of consolation iuto every
wound, leaving no tucuus untried, to
chase awav tho tloom which may have"
gathered around tho brow of a beloved
husband, from tho cares aud fatigues of
the day ; who can vn.hstana tne enrap
turing sight, when, with all thy chafms
about tliee, thou mectest the beloved
partner of thy affection, and bid.it him
welcome home.
But how often do we sec this lovely
being, tho last and most perfect of God's
works, treated with brutality and oii
tempt, shocking to human uature ! We
see the mm conduct the lovely virgin,
beaming in nil the pride of youth, beauty
and inuocenoc, to the altar, with vows
of unalterable attachment ; luotnhs and
years may roll away in domestic felicity,
but his appetite is satiated and cold,
silent contempt clouds the brow of tho
once loviny husband. The regular hour
of his appearance at home passes by,
leaving his affectionate wife to pass
irany a long and miserable hour in
$orrow and tears. She droops and
withers beneath the stroke, like a lily of
the field deprived of its wonted nour
ishment from tho earth, and withering
under the scorching rays ot a vertical
sun. Perhaps some unlortunate adven
tnro has plunged the object of her aU
feotions into distress and misery, and
instead of confiding his trouble to the
bosom of a tender aud anxious wife, who
might mitigate his anguish, ho grasps
the exhilaratiug bowl, and dashes tho
light built expectations of his frieuds aud
iamily down to the regions of despair,
and too often do we see her consigned to
an untimely grave, tho sad victim of a
husband's profligacy. Woman was not
formed by an All. Wise being to bear the
irowns of man, but to bo the participator
of his joys aud sorrows.
In the decline of life, when tho gay
and fascinating amusements, which
pleased us in our youth, lose that charm
which once they had with us, what is
better calculated to make lifu's latter end
tolerable thau a companion, who will il
lumine our many dark hours, aud par
ticipate iu our joya ; one to whom wc
can say as did tho father of mankind to
our mother Eve, " bone of my bono, aud
flesh of my flesh." h. ii. J.
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SPEECH OF
HON. WM. A. WALLACE,
8EJJA.T0R FROM CLEARFIELD,
In the Pennsylvania Senate, March, 1867, oath
General Bailroaa Law.
Mr. WALLACE. Mr. Speaker,
this subject is so important in its bear
ings upon tho future of our Common
wealth and so directly affects my imme.
diatc,constitutcnts, that I deem it my du
tyto place upon record niy .reasons for
the several votes I have given and shall
give upon the bill. It is " an admitted
fact that a majority of tho : people of
Pennsylvania aro favorable to tho pass,
hgo of a " frco " or " general " railroad
law. Both candidates for Guberna.
torial honor at the late e lection placed
themselves upon record in its favor.
Both the incoming and outgoing Gov.
ernor recommended it. The Committee
on Railroads of this body recognized
this fact and reports favorably the bill
beforo us, which is entitled " Au act
to authorize tho formation of railway
companies." I cannot but regret that
the committee has not given us a moro
liberal bill j it is better than none, but
it is by no means what it should bo.
Its title expresses what it is, but 1
fear the authority givon is so defective
iu its details, so restrictive in its cssen
tial features, that it can never bo a
" general " railroad law. Deficicut as
it is, restricted as are its details, it
seems our plain duty to acceptjfrotn the
committee and the majority of this body
a bill which they have persistently re
fused to permit us to amend. If wo
refuse to accept this, our work must be
recommenced at the bottom, whilst, if
we accept our inevitable fato and point
out the defects in tho bill, conceutratc
public opinion upon them, force them
into the canvass beforo tho people aud
thus compel candidates for place to
commit themselves in favor of their
correction, we shall bo enabled to amend
and reform the law in future sessions.
We dare not assume that tho House will
refuse to amend tho bill' as the Senate
has, and it becomes our duty to send it
to them in as good a form a3 wo can.
Who will undertako to say that, in
placing upon the statue books a law
recogniziug tho free railroad system as
a part or our policy, we are gaining
nothing ? It is, in reality, a victory
over the opponents of this system that
we have thus wrung from them. They
reluctantly yield, yet yield they do, and
we compel them to place upon record
their solemn admission that a frco rail
road system is, and ought to be, the
policy of Pennsylvania. This is the
great, leading, fundamental idea in the
bill, and its details will bo formed and
shaped to mould and carry out the
wishes of tho people thus recognized.
We iiay fail to aid in shaping .thoso de.
tails, but our successors will find it an
imperative duty. Entertaining these
views, and having been, in all its stages,
and during my entire legislative career,
au advocate of the adoption of this
Bystem, I cannot now refuse to vote for
tho bill because I have failed to amend
it as my judgment dictated, and my
earnest efforts have demonstrated, was
my wish
Upon the consideration of the bill in
committee of tho whole, it seemed as
though amendments were to bo permit
ted ; upou repeated divisions of tho
committee, the friends of a liberal policy
were successful, and valuable additions
were engrafted upon the bill. Whether
this was because tho yeas aud nays
could not be oallcd, or for what reason
it occured, I cannot say, but tho tactics
were changed, and, upon a test vote,
tho committee of the wholo arose and
were refused leave to sit again. The
effect of this vote was to cut off all the
amendments that had been made, and
allow the bill to como up on second
reading precisely as it had been report,
ed from the Railroad Committee. It is
a significant fact that all of the Senators
who voted for that motion have since
been found voting steadily against
amendment.
The first section of the bill authorizes
the creation of a railway corporation of
not less than nine peisous, and nx, as
tho amount of capital stock at not less
tnan tittoen thousand dollars per mile.
It was proposedjto reduce this to ten
thousand dollars by the friends of this
more liberal policy.
The tenth section of tho bill author
ial lhe mortgage of the railway to an
amouut not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars, and it seems fair to suppose
that in localitcs in which railroads can
be constructed for ten thousand dollars
por mile, thoso who invest their money,
and sink it in grading aud brid"iur,
should be permitted to execute a mort
gage on tho road ior superstructure and
equipment. There are many portions
of tho Commonwealth in which this
amount is fully adequate to those pur-
Puses, aud it seems hko imposing unneo.
essary weight to compel the subscrip.
lion ot one.tntru moro, wuu us hu
comnavins addition of taxation.
Surely tuis policy i3 not liberal j it is
tho very reverse.
RID 0 WAY, PENNA.,
Tho second section provides that
before the certificate of incorporation
shall bo issued, at least ton thousand
dollars per milo shall be subscribed in
good faith, and ten per centum thereon
paitt in. We moved to strike out ten
thousand dollars and insert four thou
sand, and again wo wero voted down
by tho friends of tho reported bill.
Under our present railroad law of
1849, and its supplement, assuming
fifteen thousand dollars per mile to bo
tho amount of capital stock named in
each charter, it is only necessary to
subscribe tea per cent, thereof, or one
thousand nvc hundred dollars, m order
to secure tho issuing of letter patent.
and tho right to all of tho incidents of
a corporation. Tho samo amount must
be paid up under each law. Can there
be any reason given tor this vast differ,
enco ? Uudcr the law, as it now ex.
ists, loss than ono-sixth of tho bona
fide subscriptions is necessary that that
action makes obligatory. In the one
case, too Legislature grants the special
charter ; in tho other, the mere com
pliance with tho statuo vests the right
Recognizing, the increase of the cost
of construction (consequent upon pres
ent high prices ), we proposed to make
four thousand dollars the minumen, but
failed by the same vote as before. Is
it fair, in tho face of this comparison
of the two laws, to say that this bill
will aid in creating new compauies ?
This distinction is mado upon a very
essential point in the case, .tho very life,
giving principle to tho new companies,
and shows deep ingenuity in its inser
tion. If ono- thousand five hundred
dollars ho enough to allow the incorpo
ration of companies under the law as it
now stands, surely lour thousand dollars
is enough to give them life under the
new bill, when our purpose is declared
to be, " to authorize the formation of
railway companies."
The provisions of this section also
initiate a new policy in our State. It
imposes upon all stoakholders a lia.
bility for debts iocured in construction,
maintenance and operation, equal to the
amount of their stock. As I understand
this, if the road be insolvent, tho
stockholder not'ouly loses his stock, but
itust pay an amouut equal thereto upon
tho debts of the company. It is urged
by tho friends ot this provision that
he can only be responsible to the amount
of tho cash value of the stock, and if
ho has paid that, ho cau bo held for no
moro. Ii this bo true, why insert such
a provision ? The stock, if unpaid, 'can
be readied by ordinary process, or, if
paid up and expended, it is in the road
and its equipments, which can be levied.
It will bear but one construction, which
is the one already placed upon the in
dividual liability clause in manufacture
iug charters, viz : that tho stockholder
is liable to an amount equal to his stock,
in addition thereto. The chairman of
the Judicary Mr. Shoemaker admits
this to be the true construction, and
asserts its correctness as a principle,
assuming that, like all manufacturing
companies, these corporations should
be held to a stringent rule. He forgets
that this class of corporations stand
upon very differsut and much higher
ground than the other class. These
create and develop wealth wherever
their ramifications extend ; they are a
public benefit, and nourish and iuvig
orate all othei enterprises. All regard
them as powerful agents in producing
wealth for tho State, tho people and
tho nation. The other class of corpo
rations upon which this clause has been
imposed are private enterprises for
personal gain, confined in their operation
to a narrow sphere and often productive
of injury to tho mass of tho people.
Their privileges are special, and give
thera advantages over private capital ;
tho mass of tho community aro not
benefited, and thoy may well bo placed
under restrictions that aro total)' in
applicable to railroads. It is contended
that tho laborer will suffer and loso his
wages if this clause be uot inserted. If
I thought so, I would assuredly desire
preservation, but such is not tho ex
perience of our pcoplo ; railroads are
built by contract, and tho contractor
employs tho laborer jit is tho rarest
occasion that he goes on with his' work.
No individual liability clause is con.
tained in our railroad law of 1849, nor
does it appear in auy of tho special
charters heretofore granted. Why,
then, shall we change tho rule ? Our
policy upon this subject is sottled, and
it is wrong now to unsottlo it. This
provision will operate as a serious
hindrance in tho way ot seouriug cap
ital, and is an unocessary and unwiso re
striction. It is almost an adage in our
system of railroad financiering that the
stock must be sunk onca before the
road will pay, and this risk is sufficient
to imposo upon our capitalists. If this
be tho cave, the State is still the gainer,
for although the oapital is gone, travel
is facilitated, production is. rendered
easy, and the hidden resourscs of the
State are devolopod.
The proviso to the fifth section limits
the new companies to certain specific
APRIL 18t, 1867.
rates of toll upon coal, iron ore, pig
metal, lumber and agricultural products.
This provision, in itself is wise and just,
and commends itself to our judgment as
a protection to the people ; but when we
remember that tho rates of toll herein
fixed are the maximum, and that every
railroad company in existence in tho
State is now charging higher rates of
toll than these, it becomes apparent that
this is an unjust discrimination against
the new companies, and that some rule
should be adopted that will bear equally
upon tho old companies, as well as tho
new, and also save tho people from on
erous charges.
In offering tho amendment to the
Bcveuth sectiou, authorizing connection
with railroads of other States, nuJ em
powering tho execution of contracts with
them, it seemed, to my mind, so plainly
necessary, so vitally essential to the suc
cess of tho system, so clearly conducive
to tho interests of tho Commonwealth,
I hoped for its success. In this, as in
our other efforts, I have beco disappoint
ed. To my immediate constituents this
is a vital amendment. It is for them a
practical good, an indispensable element
in the healthy development of their in
exhausiblo resources. Ey your decis
ions they are remitted to the future, and
to that future, and to the tribunal ot the
people, they confidently appeal.
Other amenduicats less vital thau
these have shared their fato. With
these amendments, tho bill would have
been useful and practical ; without
them, it is tho vehicle into which, even
tually, the machinery necessary to its
harmonious and benefioial working will
be put.
Senators take occasion to heap anathe
mas upon the heads of the officers of one
of tho great corporations of the Com
monwealth, aud charges and assertions
are made that I regret to have heard.
I cannot forget that I am, in common
charity, bound to accord to all men rec
titude of purpose. Whilst I am per
forming my sworn duty of tho Common
wealth I servo, I must not forget to al
low the sworn officers of that corporation
to perform theirs. If their devotion to
its interests, to its prosperity and mag
nitude, if their strength of mind, con
centration of purpose and determined
energy enable them to advance its wel.
fare to the detriment of tho State, it
should not redound to their disadvan
tage, but Ehould cause the blood to
mount in our cheeks, that we, tho chos
en rulers of almost an empire, are found
unable to copo successfully with a creat.
ure of our own creation. The remedy
for this lies with the people. Let them
select men who will obey their will. I
cannot forget too, that Seuators upon
this floor, whose integrity no roan dare
impugn, have beet, found steadily voting
against our amendments and for the bill
of the committee. This demonstrates
to the impartial mind that honest differ
ences of opinion exist upon this subject.
Senators resident in the East regard
this subject from a different stand-point,
than those of m who reside in the West.
We can but . speak our own senti
ments, and endeavor truthfully to repre
sent by our votes the sentiments of our
constituents, and in presenting this ques
tion from our point of view, it of course
becomes us to do so earnestly and truth-
fully-
To my own mind it becomes a ques
tion upon which broad and comprchen.
sive views of our situation and policy
should prevail. Iu an issue so vital to
our future, wo.should rise above locality
and local opinions, and losing sight of all
else, cudeavor to find those avenues that
will lead our Commonwealth and pcoplo
to a proud and elevated position.
We are Pcnnsyhanians, and we are
citizens or tne uuiteu dates, wo. owe
dutici in both relations. As Pennsyl
vaniaus, it is our duty to throw wide
the door and invito capital to enter, to
creato a system liberal aud far.seeing,
by which tho iron rail may be made to
track every stream, to climb every hill,
and penetrate every va-lley in all our
bro'd State, by which our vast riches of
iron, of lead, of coal and of timber, may
bo dragged from their native places, and
made to pay tribute to our coffers, and
by which the agricultural resources of
the Commonwealth may readily reach
their most natural markets.
As members of tho great Republic, it
is a duty to reraembor that our geo
graphical position makes us the thor
oughfare of nations ; that wo daro uot
take advantage of that position to the
detriment of our sisters ; that the grand
highway from the commercial mart on
tho Atlantio, by tho commercial centre
of tho West, to the commeroial mart up
on tho Pacific, lies through our borders,
and that the commerce of the world,
poured upon tho shores of either sea, in
passing from ono to tho other, must and
will enrioh all it touches. Shall wo
close our doors, or shall we invite it to
enter ? Ono policy drives wealth, trav
el and trado around us ; the other pours
riches into our lap. Enrich one part of
tbo State, and tho whole is benefited ;
taxation is lessened, wealth increased,
our cities prosper, aud our railways flour
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ish. Let who will block the way, it
should bo tho pride, as I believe it to be
tho duty of Pcnnsylvanians, to throw it
open. Our true mission is that of ma.
terinl progress, and in the lino of that
mission, free transit becomes an im
pcrativo duty.
Standing upou ono of the hills of my
own county, I can cast a stone, with my
left hand, into waters that flow into the
Gulf of Mexico, and, witn my right hand,
into thoso that flow into the Chesapeake
bay. At that point the summit be
tween the Eastern aud Western waters
can be passed with gradients not exceed
ing fifty fect to tho milo, and tho val
leys of these water courses run almost
beneath tho line of a direct air-line route
between New York and the great centre
of railroads in tho West.
Here lies the great natural thorough
fare from the seaboard to tho West. In
advocating its adoption, I am actuated
by what I beliero to be the simplest
principle in our ordinary affairs. It is
that which dictates to our common senso
the selection of the most direct means
foT tho attainment of the end desired.
Hero are the easy grades, tho direct
lino. Trade and travel sock and inva
riably find them. Their early adoption
brings early development. Refusal to
open tho door now but postpones tho
inevitable future. Philadelphia is not
injured by their adoption, for to day her
great corporation seeks to secure travel
and trado to New York, and facilities
are given by tho Allcntown route, and
by close connection West Philadelphia
for easy and rapid access thereto. Its
officers grasp a great truth in establish,
ing this policy, and secure for their
magnificent road a patronage that a dif.
fcrent policy would repel. If, then, it
be true that Philadelphia and her citi.
zens now aid in opening the way to New
York, and, by doing so, invito traffic
through our borders, what force is there
in the argument that Philadelphia is in
jured 1 Trade cannot be diverted from
its natural channels, and we must act
accordinsrly. It then becomes a simple
question between tho interests of exist
ing lines and of those to be created in
future. There will bo enoutrh tor both
Our geographisal position insures his.
New York lines may not' be able to com
pote with this, but our own will fairly
divide tho trade.
From Second Fork, in Cameron coun
ty, oh the Philadelphia and Erie rail
road, by the valleys of the Sinnemahon
ing and Susquehanna to Lock Haven,
thence by a straight lino to Milton, and
thence by tho Catawissa, Lehigh Valley
and Central New Jersey routes, New
York is reached by direct lines.
From Second Fork, tho summit of
which I have spoken is readied by tho
valley of Bennett's brauch of the Sinno
mahoning creek, and connection is mado
with Sandy Lack creek, a branoh of the
lledbank, which is a tributary of the
Allegheny. Descending the Sandy by
very low gradients, tho town of Brook
ville is reached, and thence stretching
westward by the valley of ono of the
tributaries of the Redbank, a branch of
the Clarion is attained, which is descen
dsd, that stream is crossed, and one of
its western branches again ascended to
the summit, between tho Clariou and
the Allegheny, where the head of East
Sandy creek is reached, and that stream
descended to the Allegheny, whence
easy gradients and direct lines Connect
with Franklin, and Warren, Ohio. It
wo will take a map aud lay upou it a
line from tho centre of the railway
systems of Ohio aud Indiana to New
York, it will be found that by this
route, the deflection from that lino is
vsstly less than that of and existing Hue.
Its distance is shorter by ninety miles j
its curvatures are lighter, und its gradients
aro onoihnlf easier than thoso of any other
existing lino of railway. It is tho direct
and natural routo from New York to tho
great West. If to this wo add tho fact that,
diverging from this lino at tho mouth of
Sandy Lick, in Jefferson county, and fol
lowing the valley of tho lledbank to the
Allegheny, and thenco connecting with tho
Allegheny Valley llailroad, l'ittsbui g is
reached and connected by easy gradients
with tho line, wo find thut au undreamed
of capacity for development exists iu
Northwestern I'cnusylvauiu. These lines,
traversing tlio couuties of Cameron, Elk,
Clearfield, JeU'orson, Cluritn, Veuungo,
Mercer, Armstrong undiiutler, will stimu
late enterprise bring forth their dormant
treasures and ndd enormously to tho
wealth of tho Stale. Iu Clarion county
there exists iiumeuso deposits of iron ore
and other minerals awaiting means of tran
sit and capital for their development.
Up to this time sho lias received no Lk-lie tit
from public improvements and tUe enter
prise of her citizens has been repressed und
and discouraged by their inability to com
pote with those more favored with facilities
for rapid trausit ami easy production.
They usk that you shall but give them the
right to add to your wcallh in nourishing
aud Invigorating their own. The counties
of Elk, Cameron, Clearfield and Jeti'erson
bristle with forests of pine and huudock
oak timber. Annual freshets upou the
Btrcams of the localities urothoouly means
they possses for bringing to your doors tho
products of their forests. They can reach
you but onus a year, and then our hardy
nous of tuil must grupplo with all the ditli
oulties of navigation uiuid natural obstruc
tions and artifiiul impediments, created fur
the bouefit of other communities. They,
too, ask that you will permit them to iu-
- .
vest their capital and invito other cnpilut
to come in and provide the menus by which
they may' bo able daily to place in yum
market tho lumber so essential in every
thing that makes your homes inlmhitnbk:.
Upon the roulo I have described, mid bed
ded in tho hills which border the valleys o''
IScnnett's branch and Sandy t.ick, in th.;
counties of Clearfield und .lufl'ersou, casilv
attainable and most desirable in ils quali
ties, cxhts the finest body of bituminous
coal within the Slate. The veins are nf
imm?ns9 thickness, so large that a ma.i
standing erect in his wagons' nitty drive in
to the coul openings, loud it, and return
This vast deposit stretches norl hwanl
through Klk and M'Kean counties also
Unproductive and undeveloped, they awnii
the magic touch that' you can give thi-m, to
lio fit your feet shining with the colors ol
tho rainbow, or to glow nnd melt iu driv
ing the mighty engine, or in reducing tho
stubborn ore. From tho heart of this im
mense deposit at Sandy T.ick Summit, in
Clearfield county, it. can be placed on the
w harves nt Buffalo with n transportation of
less than ono hundred ond sixty miles, bv
a line of railroad traversingthe counties of
Elk nnd M'Kean, with easy grades and
light curves, n part of which is already in
pi ogre s. Will you forbid our passage
northward? Must our riches lie furever
undeveloped ? There lies the only market
for our coals. Give us but the right to do
it, and within sixty days the ground will
bo stake. I, the earth broken, the capital
subscribed, anil everything prepared to
make our nsi tliern hill's resonant with tho
shrieks of the loeomolive. laboriously
dragging to the shores of the lake the min
eral treasures now hidden nnd dormant. It,
is (i small boon for you to grant ; it. is
wealth to us, and untold riches to future
general ions.
.Senators of Pennsylvania ! We ask you
rise to the stature of representatives of
your great Commonwealth. See her inter
ests in the vista of future years, and of
centuries, ami aid now in giving to her in
dustrial progress, to her mineral and agri
cultural development, an impetus that, wiil
rapidly enrich the State, nnd place her in
the proud position to which she is entitled.
Mark Train is publishing a series of
articles on Female Suffrage in the St.
Louis Democrat. Some of his argu.
ments in opposition to tho measure ure
original and amnsing. Ho says that
even now they are so fond of office
that they arc continually getting up
assceiations ot all kinds, and running
for President of thera without pay; but
once allow them to vote and go to tha
Legislature, and they will start a tbou
sand more societies, and cram them fall
of salaried officers. Instead of the
usual fee-bill for judges, State printer,
&c-, he says tho list would read some
thing like this :
OFFICERS AND SALARIES.
President Dorcas Society $4,000
Subordinate officers of same, each 2,000
President Ladies Union prayer
meeting 2,000
President Puwuce educatiuuul so
ciety 4,000
President of Ladies' Society for
Dissemination'of Belles Let-
among the Shoshones 5,000
State Crinoline Directress 10,000
Stitto Superintendent of Waterfalls 10,000
State Hair Oil Iuspectress 10,000
State Milliner 50,000
You know what a state of anarchy
and social chaos that fee bill would
oreato. Every woman in the common
wealth of Missouri would let go every
thing and run for State Milliner. And
instead of ventilating each other's po
litical antecedents, as men do, they
would go straight aftei each other's
private moral character. (I kuow them
they arc all like :uy wife.) Before tho
cauvass was two days old it would bo
ae established proposition, that every
womau in tho State was "no better than
she ought to be." Only think how it
would lacerate me to have au opposition
candidate say that about my wife. I
know that my wife isn't any better thau
she ought to bo, but still I would not'
like those things aired iu a political cou
test. Think of the torch .light processions
that would distress our eyes. Thiukof
tho curious legends on tho transparen"
cies :
" Robbins forever ! Vote for Sallia
Robbins, tho only virtuous candidate in
the field!"
And this i
" Chastity, modesty, patriotism ! Let
the great peoplcstand by Maria Sanders,
tho champion ot morality and progress,
aud the only candidate with a stainless
reputation ! "
And this :
" Vote for Judy M'Ginnis, the iucor.
ruptiblo ! Nino children one at tho
breast ! " In that day, u man shall say
to his servant : " What is tho matter
with tho baby ? " And tho servant
shall reply-' It has be-ti sick for
hours." " And where is its mother 'i "
" She is out electioneering for Sallio
Robbins." Aud such conversations as
these shall tianspire between ladies and
servants applying for situations i " Can
you cook?" i'es." " Wash ? "
" Yes." " lo general housework ? "
" Yes." " All right ; who is your
choice for State milliner " "Judy
M'Ginnis." " Well,y6u cau tramp."
jearOno of tho Democratic Connccti.
cut State Senators was defeated by only
four votes. Five votes would have mado
a tie iu the Senate. As it is tho Uads
have one majority
tg.'1'he Radical newspapers have
not written obituaries upou tho Dem
ocratic party for several weeks. Thero
has been a press uinf their columns in
tho shape of Connecticut clectiou ex.
planations.
Bf&A. negro fcarher of Caunoiisburg:,
Wasliingi&u county, shot his wife in tho
head, tho other day, but not fatally.
Tho pocr tellof Mas " iusauo " with
jealousy.
f,Tt is said thero is mt sufficient
evidence yet hatchoJ out to either try
or hang Surratt.
Bf?kThey have tlw lUauk Ciook ac
Lancaster.