WEDNESDAY MORNING, Jan. I, 1 8 68. Farmers 'Heiartment. LET US RAISE . GOOD•STOOK. Why Is it-that on so many of the farms throughout-the country, farms of which rio - person . need be ashamed, and which . . inmost every particular except this one, show the unquestion able sign of good - farniing, the stock exhibits the unmistakable evilence of neglect and inattention in breeding? There is no doubt that it is genCrally the result of carelessness, or that it arises from the mistaken idea often entertained by farmers, that "it will not pay" to devote more attention and expense to this branoh of their business. How very much mistaken are those who indulge in this idea, for that it will cost no more•to keep a well-bred animal than one of an inferior quality is an undisputed fact and very often it is the case .that that breed of ani. male which is particularly distinguish ed for some excellent quality, consume less than those which are their decid ed inferiors, Hence it follows from this, that it is possible to keep more well-bred animals upon a certain quan tity of food than those of an inferior quality. 1. Raving thus proved that it is poor economy, in relation to the quantity of food consumed,'- to - keep an inferior animal, I shall now speak of some of the other advantages which well-bred animals have over inferior. Take, for example, two oxen, one of which is well-bredand well cared for, the other an ill-bred, ill cared for, in ferior animal, and notice the vastly greater ease and celerity with which the former will do his work in com parison to the latter. In like manner take two cows and notice the differ ence in the quantity and .quality of their milk. Also, in relation to fat tening qualities, observe how much quicker and with what greater facili-. ty the well-bred animals may be fat tened, and to what greater weight they may be bronght than those which are inferior to them. But some may say that it is necessary, in order to obtain these well-bred animals, to in vest more money than theycare about doing. It is true that in some cases it is necessary to . expend A certain amount, bui when properly in vested, will soon be repaid. But it often happens that it is not:necessary to expend anything, for there . are doubtless some of your neighboiS who possess better hied males than your self, and often by thus interchanging great benefits may ensue. - - Such a method as this would bene it only those who raise their . own breeding stook; but those who buy their stock and sell the young, gen. erally run a- risk of obtaining some in ferior animals.—Gorincentozoin Tel. sAipiNG PIGS. One of the most important require ments in raising , siviiie is to procure a _ thrifty docile breed, and-such as •will fat readily,' requiring but little food, and at the same time large in natural size, and early in maturity. The food a sow when rearing a litter of pigs, should bo varieddry corn ,and cold water are not sufficient. Nothing is 'better than slors from the house with ; some milk and corn meal. It is .ad , •.visable, if the - sow does not have range ()fa field; to. give charcoal and a lit. tle salt and; sulphur every few days. ,The breeditig sow should mot' be .closely confined. She should, 'at least, Z- 5 have the . liberty of a yard, besides her I .. . l ; :ileePing pen., so that she can get at earth:; 'Do not .by any means ''''cliafige her quarters just before she is going to have her• youhg, nor disturb her nest. Gii , e plenty of clean whea moats strawnever hay—and let her JA: arrange the bed to her own-liking. If vegetableg, salt and a little fresh meat, is= fed to the. sow about tileirme she is going : to have her J . -ryounm-there will be no danger of her _ ''eating-her progeny. ' - When - the pigs get old enough to go to the'trough and eat, they should be fed by themselves: Make a pass' way for them, into another apartment, where the cannot go, and feed them with milk containing a little ''tioiled Lind mashed potato. The trough is best made of two boards, nailed to gether-irf a 'V shape, with ;cross slats once in four or five inches, to keep the:pigs from getting into their feed. The best of the litter should always -be.seloctect and kept for breeders, and different breeds of the first order 'brought together for exchange. It is ' believe that in-and4ri breeding deteriorates the race, yet we know farmers who have practiced it . for a number of years, and without any apparent deterioration. HAlHS.—After - hams have been smoked; 'take them down, and thor oughlyrub the ,fleshy.part with mo - lassepAhen immediately apply ground pepper, by.,sprinkling on as much as will stick to the molasses, when they tuns be liu - tigiup s te dry. Hams treat ed in this panner,will keep perfectly sweet for iWO Or_ three - years. This' inhatle Alone before the" fly AepOsits its .. .eggS; for 'after that is done noth ing will .stop :their ravages. - The above has been pradticed in our section for twenty : ye,ary„ No .soaking -is neces sary. One pint of molasses and one and-a half .tir'tviti pounds' of black %pepper. are sufficient for any ordinary . family. • . • `The iii•ain "c rop - ihis-year _wlil be ; immense. At: least. 20,000,000 14. s ,of w4es b sou harveate4,— The grape crop - is" also above the won- ESE [For the Ladies.] . Serving a Meal—lnfluence of a Good The farmer has all the adVantag,e in the world to have a good meal, iubstantial, neatly. served. The et ceteras of the hotels he is not expect ed to have, and he does not want them; heis brought up to a different fare; he prefers his own fare. Look at his potatoes, fresh dug from the ground; his eggs,fresh from, the hennery; his garden stuffs; his wheat newly ground; butter fresh from the churn; and milk—you get the true extract, foaming, from ;the udder.— What do you get that is not fresh and good ? • A snow white cloth to spread, and dishes to match; a fresh, healthy at mosiiliere; flowers upon the table to ornament, but particularly to add their fragrance; then if cheerfulness crown the whole; is it ought, and' as it is likely to do, what more is want .ed in the culinary line ? No more, if the cooking also has been done well, as it is apt to be with the rest in or. der. Such a meal, what does it do ? It encourages a man. It draws him to his family—to a happy reunion. This is the pitch of-life--a happy -state in the family. Now a :meal has much to do to bring about this state of things. Let it be neglected, badly .cooked, and worse arranged—let there be a slovenly look about the room, and an atmosphere . onorous of vile scents, vermin, etc., accompanying in various ways—and, who is delighted with such a state of things? Cam it produce the desired effect, which we above tried to de scribe? It certainly does not. There are too many such families; and are they not more or less unhappy, living like the heathen, often the brute, and associating with him. Happiness delights in tidiness; it will have it; it must have it. So the tree is clean, the grass, the sky, even the ground. The beasts "of the field are not an exception, nor the insects, the reptile, a snake, a toad if: you please, the sleek panther,• and the bird on its limb, or in the air clearing the pure atmosphere. Min alone seems to be beneath all these, the fa tional, the elevated above them -all, allied to angels and to Deity. • 'Now, as such he ought•to enjoy his privileges. He is to be a christian.— He cannot be a Christian in the dirt. He will not- be, a -good • citizen. a He will be shunned; it is right he should be; and he always will'be, an outcast, save with those of his kin—a kin to him in filth. BUt the cleanly, the chaSte, the sweet-flavored—these are inviting, as the outside, world in its beauty is inviting, : and is healthy and hap py. A. neat parlor',' a neat kitch en; cellar ; and attic ditto; the scoured floor, the white . spread tale ,and bright fuiniture:—•these are desirable. They beget good words, smiling faces; they make—home. Here you desire to be; here you are contented. • Let us then teach . our daughters neatness;!. teach it by example—the best schooling in the world—a good example, influencing, taking hold of us whether we will it or not—winning us. Then we are sure of our object. We cannot be otherwise. Ah,. there is a beauty in a good ex ample I—in a cleinly, well-arrariged house 1-in the habits of . industry the hum . of the wheel (if hilt in imag ination,) as well as the hum of bees, the symbols of industry—and the cheerful air of Die housewife. This is her sphere, the house, the domestic board. She is lord, or queen of the domain; it is her business, the man :only: providing for her. If . can alsoaid, so much the better. This will lighte'n her task, and the thing will be• still more cheerful and har monious. ' Here, in such a household, is the place for poetry, for seclusion, for en joyment: The wife does it, nsiostly at least. She is qualified for it, and bet ter than .the' man. She adds her grace, her-feminine softness and at traction; she does it—how-she' brings up ter children by her example—how she encourages her husband, making his home a preferable place to any other, and, therefore, the place4here he is found. Such a wife makes her self happy in her family—makes the familio!s happiness. MAKE THE HORSES WORK.--Hors es Were designed as beasts of burden tor elieve mankind of fatigueingirud gery. It does not hurt them to work hard, if they are treated kindly, it is not the hard drawing and porrder... ous loads that wear out horses, and that make them poor, balky and worthless; but it is the hard driving, the worrying by rough and inhuinan drivers that uses up more flesh, fat' and muscle than all the labor a team performs. Consider the ponderous loads that many teams are required to cart every day, and several times a day, and yet they appear to grow fat ter and stronger every year. They are treated kindly. On the contrary, other horses, that do not perform half the labor, soon grow poor and give out, and the next we hear of them they died With the harness on. Hard work does .not "kill them. But " the fretting, worrying and abuse did the job. ".Horses will do 'all the Mowing and.ea,ping on a, large farm, thrash the grain,: pitch the hay, turn the 'grindstone, saw the•wood,and perform almost all theleavy'labor -that.farms ers have - been' accustomed to do, and grow fat r if they are, not worried and jerked, and kicked about as if they were a living football. The Airmen neap philaeelphia think it pays to haul manure 15 or 20 M ilia, at a n expenoe of $5 to 47 per ton: ffl Zi Ma one side at least, should be devoted to prices current." I was then pettish ly thrown upon the counter, but was soon in "requisition. A boy came in, with "Please to lend me your • paper fora few minutes, just to look at the ship news?" The request was reluctantlygranted, With something about the plague of paper borrowing, and a determination, to stop it. I was soon borne to a neigh boring house. The good old woman, whose husband was at sea,, eagerly sought the ship news, but was disap pointed in her search. " How negligent and careless these -printers are," said she, "not .a word of intelligenCe of the Wind Bird; they. print of Poland and poetry, and fill their papers with advertisements and that is all they care about." Miss. now took her turn. She sought the stories, poetry and marriages, which, In half an hour were all devoured With a "wonder that they put , anything else in the paper." An elderly lady now took me, who, adjusting her spec tacles, surveyed me a little while, and declared me a "terrible uninteresting paper; hardly. a column. of deaths and not more than fifteen or twenty mur ders and accidents." In this way I passed through all the hands of the family, and after being well soiled and somewhat torn by the little ones, was sent home. For three whole days I got no rest, but was con- tinually. borrowed and abuse - d. At the end .et.this period I was supplant:- ed by anew face, and was then dis 'carded and thrown aside like all sery ants when they have become useless I was, however, again resuscitated, and employed as a wrapper to some merchandise. and sent into the coun- try. There I again became the ob j eet of interestiwent the rounds of the neighborhood, 'and was a "nine days' wandpr.!? I am now quietly hanging up . in a shattered condition, in a farmer's kitchen, from which I 'have written this brief memoir. I have seen much of the world, and learned that man- kind ate unreasonable and ungrateful, and that, in a world of great variety of tastes and wishes, it is impossible to please all—so I have come - to the conclusion, finally, to please myself, regardless of what the world may think or say. • —The actual debt of the State of Pennsylvania at the end of the fisoal year, November 30th, 1868, was thirty-three. millions two hundred and eighty : six thousand nine hnndred and forty-six dollars and thirteen cents—a reduction of some ten millions during the °Republican administrations of Governers Curtin and Geary, besides paying five millions more for war ex penSes. A continuance of Republic an rule for a few years longer will re sult in the total extinguishment of the tate debt. The-Life of _a Newspaper.; WEITTEIPBY ITSELF. My-life is'shortly told. •My first im pression was the sensation of a - tre mendous but short, squeeze, which in- - stantly awoke me, into life and thought. was now spread out to the light, and a glow of intelligence completely per ! vaded me. My ideas were at first new, multifarious and confused; na tions? politics, courts, wars, speeches, merchandise, fights, feasts, deaths, marriages, ditties, poetry, &c., &e,, made up_ all_my thoughts, which were various and mixed. I. lay in a silent state of wonder and great amazement. I soon found that I was but one of a very large funny, that was u.hered into this curious world at the same time. Our whole family was laid in regular order in a pile ; my situation, being one of the first born, was par.. ticularly uneasy, damp and uncbm- - fortable. I had a silent, intuitive longing wish to get into the world. which was at last gratified. Morning came, and I was carefully folded and laid, Moses-like, in a bas ket, by a boy, who was called the car .. tier, and borne into the street. The said carrier fsoon found was an ob jeet of interest and deiire. He was soon accosted by an elderly looking man, with threadbare, rusty breech- - . es= ~•:, "Have you a spare paper this 'morning, boy ?" • "No, sir," was the short reply,and he trudged •on with us, muttering,— " Not as you know 'on, old Gripes, you are they same chap that promised me some coppers for the paper. the other morning, and hain't paid me -yet; you are.too stingy to take the pa pet:-you won't get another from Me; -I guess?" * • • • My brethren were now fast leaving me, deposited at their proper destina tion; at length my turn came, and I was tucked into the Crevice of a 'shop door. The first . sample. of the kind was not at all alluring. I had not been long in My - new situation; when a a re luctantly early comer, swinging key in his hind, wistfully eyed me-and casting a look about me : into seized-pe; and. thrust e : into 'hiS pocket. •Igy,rightful owner 7 -by vii tue of advance pay, being in sight, hailed and arrested the, pilferer, 'and with threats compelled him to relin quish his:prize. He entered-liis store, and. I-soon found that I was the first object of his attention. After hastily drying me by the fire, in which pro gress I narrowly escaped conflagra tion, he ran over • me, and fixed his eyes upon sales at auction, advertise ments, .&c. I was then more particu larly examined; and dismissed with condemnation. • *.`-`, Nothing but foreign news—Con gress and Cabinet-7love stories,: and accidents-by flood and field. A news taper should be a cominercia -eeport RADICAL - REcONSTRUCTION. Alexander... Clark, A: M. - Pas tor.pf. First MethodisCinirch,Pitts burgh. • - Taxx=Righteousness exalteih a rialion. Proverbs xiv: 34.. Righteousness, with a" syllable left out, is rightness.; and, with still another syllable,left out, is right.- Right is root, Right refers to relations: - , Rights - are always relative. Recognition of, and re spect for rights, are the-' roots of which righteousnees is the growth. Rightious= nese is radicalism in impulse and ahar .aoter: A righteous man honors the rights of his fellows, regardless of con dition or circumstance. And a nation is measured hae as a man. The 'same principle which makes an individual right will make a nation - righteous. There is no suoh'thing as - a high stand ard for a man and a low standard for a nation.. The measure must, be - honest from' nd to end, and all the inches be tween must be equal. -A nation is an in dividual many times multiplied. • The law of the one is the law of the . Other.— Whatever cultures, honors, refines, and elevates a man, will, of course, produce a like effect upon a • nation. The glory of a person is the glory of a people; A nation is not great because - of its area, of miles, its climate, its-wealth, its population,. its armies, its science, its architecture, or its learning. Theie are riot primary elements of greatness or glory. You-must come in through all initerialities, and in threugh all intel leotualities, in to the hearts of living men, and test this whole question by a moral principle. This is what makes God great—this is what exalts him high over all—his righteousness!' It is se in a man, and in a nation of men. This is the only uplifting element in all the uni verse of thoughts and things. Education exalts only as it centers in God. Art elevates only as it portrays God. Mili taryachlevements lift up a people only RS they tramp down the enemies of God. The' late civil war was a- stuperidoui power, millien-muscled and powder-im pulsed, under the foundations of this re- Public,. and as an earthquake heaves up by fire and flood a new island in the sea, so uplifted the war this nation to a new atmosphere of liberty and light; But not by the heroism of loyalty, not by the iron energy of - Government, not by the blood 'of our suffering brothers, not by the conquests of land , and sea. The tri umph came not out of these; not "by might nor by power;" but -the jubilant victory which made all true hearts leap and thrill sprang - from therighteouiness of our cause. The final success was not so much that of the flag as of the cross, not so much' that of the United States as of the Kingdom of Heaven ! The .sur render of Lee under the Virginia apple tree was not so much to General Grant as to Jesus Christ. No wonder that this nation has been so immeasurably exalt ed since that auspicious event. The De claration of American Independence and the Proclamation' of Emancipation, heaven-inspired charters of equal rights, were emphasized-and energized that glo rious April day I The long winter was over and gone. The voice of the turtle was heard through the land. The buds - of freeddm burst forth from a withered bough, and all the air was redolent with white-winged blossoms Of promise and hope. Every human heart that touched the heart of the world's Redeemer by faith and sympathy in that exultant hour, responded to the impulse which throbbed as an eternal life-beat through the :na tion, and.felt that is was right and not might which covered our arms with 'glory. The Union was saved becauSe slavery and secession were wrong.— Equal rights to all were secured because Christ the Lord is evermore able toes= tablish his kingdom, and broaden 'the liberties of his people, until the utter most part of the earth are compassed as his righteous possession. A nation, to be righteous, must be so in three essential particulars; 1. /n its Constitution: 2. In its Adminstration. 3. In its People. • 1. Its frame work must be put up of sound timber. There must be organic rightness here. There must be no shrinkage of unseasoned beams. There must be no swelling and warping of cross-grained braces. - To change the figure : There must be no -rottenness in the root of our liberty tree, if we expect strength in the trunk, symmetry in the branches, beauty in the foliage, and sweetness in the fruit. The seat of our national life must be, as the heart of a man, the centre and source of health. The plan and structure must be thorough, radical • christian. The con stitution-of a nation must be righteous. It must recognize men as such from' a deeper conception than that of their col or, statute, or brogue. It must be har monious with all the rights of tz . com mingling people, whoss , capacities and Castes are varied, but whose privileges and opportunities are common. The Book of God furnishes the outline and the Providence of God the particulars of a righteous constitution. The Con ntitution of the United States embraces the principles of-the Declaration of in- dependence, and those principles ere sprung from- tho Decalogue given direct to the Jewish nation of old. And the Gospel intensifies and magnifies thole*, "Thott shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as .'thy self." Now, a man's neighbor is his equal, no matter whether he stands the same height in his boots; wear the same textured apparel, show the same tint 'in his skin, or manifest the same intellect- ual acumen. These differences do not ouch the question of, rights. Out in nature, the tall cedar of the mountain, the nodding :violet of the plain, and the pale ground ivy bloom of the - valley, have each a right to • the sunshine , and the rain. Each hae the privilege of perfect- ing itself according to its capacity, and neither ever disturbs the. other. The elm is not jealous. of the daisy, but rath er screens it beneath its spreading arms. The oak does not hurl acorns on the clasping fingers of the vine that seeks its strong protection. The eagle is not afraid the lark may out-soar him toward the' sun;' Each risini into the .limitless heavens-according-to'its strength of_will and wing, for both are equally,free.- §o ev,ery hurnen being,has r the right- to make, P 111:,11 , Lof himself; and no min was tr,q.. appointed to lord it over his fellows by belittling them in church -or Staie. "Love thy neighbor as thyself" squire cut, and not obliquely as if you stooped! , There is no caste in genuine democracy. Nations are but neighboi hoods, brotherhoods; indeed; and this makettthe gospel the interpreter of all international law. 1 The nation that makes Christ divine, supreme, and every man the of every .other, enjoys the true' theoCricy and the true democracy. The Jewish government, ordained of God and fashioned for humanity, was a Theo democraoy—a system which recognized; first, theLoid :meet high, and second, the people all as lowly equals. -- When caste crept into the counsels of the reelites, arid they began' to - afam — or for a human king; God, is his anger, gave them One, warning them , of the conse quences. . It was an innovation upon his plan.. The desire for an earthly monarch meant rejection otHimself. This super-royal' honor to men, hoist ing equals to arbitrary thrones, and keeping them there by hereditary holds,- -this oalling a mere brother "'master," and ''bishop" in such a way as to ask him - to tell us what to think and where to work,' hiS ' always Jess or more of in fidelity in it. Itig,nores the round per fections Of the' only One who is worthy to be calied katiter and Lord. It seems like stipplernenting Divinity! . Monarchy is a - heathen institution.— It originated iffPagan lands, and not in He.aven.`: kto'd . neier gave any nation such a government; He barely perinits it and that as a punishment for clamor and caste. God, - in all government which is righteous, holds the first-place, and man the second. There is no' Intermediate place for superior blood and aristocratic arrogance,—no third and lower place for serfs and slaves. Every citizen of a true government is a possible ruler, and no ruler is such by reason' of his. blood.— His heart and brain must elevate him to. high places. . For God made of one and the satire blood, not only all the people of one nation; but all people of all na tions of the whole earth, to be - equal in rights and. privileges until the_ )1 . st indi vidual in the human race shall - have been summoned to the judgment, seal of . Christ. This fundamental fact was understood by the frainere of ouinational Constitu tion. It was conceived by the mind of the Infinity, lauguage.d to the *world in the Sinai law, and magnified by the Gos. ; pel of Jests Christ. It has been - the central glory of Atierica's greatness from 1776 until now—obscured 'and mis interpreted until the day when Abraham • Lincoln's hand, guided by the recording angel of the Lord, wrote four millions of bondsmen free! . That pen of the,Presi dent as it glided over the paper page, had mightier power than any warrior's sword that ever leaped from scabbard in the battle-field. For it moved in an swer to the blessed will of. God, and swept away from the old foundations the superstructures o f the villainous build ers, and it remains now for the people's Congress and the people's President in the incoming administration. to go - on until the broken ruins are completely re moved from the base our fathers laid so wisely and eo well. The reconstruction must be carried forward by honest - men, who shall measure, weigh, square, fit, polish and cement every part by the standard of the Gospel. The war has thrown down what was wrongly put up. The materials lay in wild confusion about us. They had been mischievouslyhuilt in. Republicanism, Democracy, AbolitionisM;Secession,Sla very, and all sortsor human fabrics piled in - together, but without symmetry; beauty or strength—a worse than Babel tower'of incohering parts. . It was a monstrous deformity—an - offence to the eye of, all civilization.' God wouldn't have such a pitiful -structure rising up into His holy heavens. 'He mantled it with clouds, scathed 'and shivered it with lightnings, and amotedown to . the low level of beginnings;'and now He commands reconstruction on the basis of equal brotherhood. We are to rear again a national edifice tliat shall be' fronted toward all races of men, and solid in every wall. Let - us thank God toiday that we are permitted to do this—that we are not utterly destroyed, as a nation, for our sips. .This is a grand work of ours. Let all the people take part in it by word, by prayer, and by solemn deed; and let us be glad that we may engage in such a blessed business. It is a rare privelege to live in these days;and through these duties of reconstruction —these times of speeial mercy and matchless opportunity. The Master says to the American people: You tried it once, but failed. You - built in rubbish for rook, ice for_ granite, straw for ce ment; and your dangerous fabric was shaken•down. Now, try it over- again; and build, next time, after the model of • the Gospel; build fair and square; build for souls, for eternity, for God. For only righteousness exalteth a nation. Let' us examine foundations. What our fathers merely implied, let ,us fully supply: Let there be a distinct recog nition of the great Christ of all ages as the chief corner stone. If this is to be a Christian nation, it must be built on Christ. Let his name be honored ever more by the President and by all in au-. thority. If States say we must swear by the God of the Bible let States themselves stand by the Christ of the Bible. Let the Chief Magistrate and Governors ac knowledge Christ in their proclamations and foreign Ministers represent Christ in their official transactions: True De- - mooraoy requires this essential The . ocra=. ay. The one is the compliment of the oiher. To confess the authority of-Je sus Christ is to acbnowledge the equali ty ef Men. Now, let every word'be la 7 ken from eur federal Constitution which slavery put in it—every'letter, dash and dot which the Christ-rejecting and broth er-hating iniquity caused to mar. the Document of our fathers traced out of IMB=l -7 ' , ',‘,':-.:--:5 - ,•;i,,', MEM God's latelet all be expunged and the -blanks 'supplied by words from : the Gos -pel of God's Son. Ilenceioithjet it glow and blaze' with itsewn inherent truth, so radiantly that there shall he no mistak . ing its _real signifiCance. • And let all State constitutions accord with the cen tral one; and lit all eclesiastical econo mies know no more forever such level ing words as - " white" and " - male" in the voices of fellowship and Counsel. The great danger now is in concilia tion. •Policy is always to be suspected. Compromise led to the great mistake at first, and apologized for its enormity tip the last. This spirit led us as a "people to build a false structure. It was con servatism before the war; let it be rad icalism after the war. The one produc ed strife; . the other leads to permanent peace. It was the rebelßeauregard who 'opened fire on Sumpter; it was the,loyal Grant who took Lee's sword at Appomat ox. Let Cengiess insist upon it, in the face of Southern pride and party policy, The stone of equal rights must" go into the reconstruction—lT KNOT GO IN without a scar or'scratch or stain of dishonor. To build wlthOut this, now,: is doubly crim inal ; it would insult God and imperil man.- Such reconstruction would be re destruction: There must be unswerving adherence to the masonry of the Archi tect who biultthe universe. There must be no false stone, no rear and front ex changes of pieces for effect, no datibing with unteinpered 'mortar. - - We'are not to Waste our. time answer ing questions of policy. We are simply to do -our duty. "What shall be done with the negro ?" Thine - With hint ? Thank God; he's not a chattel, or apiece of commodity any more, that any such barbarous question as that need be ask ed. As well inquire, "What shall be done with the German, the"lrishman, the Spaniard ?" These; in this land, are all their own men, our neighbors, breath ing'freedom's air in immtnon-with us all; and the question how is, rather, " What shall we do for the:.negro ?" If he be hungry, let us feed him; if he is naked let us elothe him; " ifhe be wieked, let us show him Christ by pin - . patience, our kindness, our forbearance, our love. : But 'we are 'told there is no affinity be lween the African race and our We,hear,from the politicians of the South and their Censervative syinfathizers of the North ; until it rings as the itep:note of the Party's plaint, " We hate the ne gro." '‘‘ There is - absolute antagonism," they say, " between 'the races." That would do to tell in a speecherWrite on, history's page, if it were not for, one_ queer fact—the Mulattoes! If these yel low faces argue natural antaganisni,it is a pity for the logic as well as - the instinct of the mcderU Democracy ! And this so-called repugnance to ,col or is a mere pretence. The standard bearer of the "white 'man's party," du ; ring the recent campaign, was not :that he had then Put On' mourning; it is his taste to hide his Circnsianiena by Sable garments. Find a Man who talks nonsense of antipathy to color, and ten ohancbs to one he wears a black hat, drives üblack .carriage, sports a black cane, or uses hair dye at his toilet. It is not repugnance to color as they say,; it is repugnance to low condition. And if they dated express it, the feeling is the, same toward all who are. poor and abject and depressed. It is a political hypocrisy, itself darker than the badge it fain would throw over every child of poverty, of whatever name or nation: There is a clue of half idead men who say that this is the white man's country. So it.is ; . .but it is the black man's, the brown man's; and the red man's country also. It is more the freedman's than the Irishman's if birthright has' any claim. Thank God," this glad-Thanksgiving Day, I can stand in a free pulpit antt.say to you in those free seats, that this is everybody's country. It is broad enough for all kindreds, tribes and tongues, for rich and poor are here, weak and 'strong are here, ledinedand illiterate are here; while over all and first' of all, God is hue ; for at last it is God's country!— And if Hi permits black men in it, He'll see that they breathe its atmosphere, eat its bread, and enjoy it as creatures bear ing His own image, 'and destined to rise into His high heaven before their pale faced fellows Who hate ,them without a cause._ Whoever .hums this 'silly song,' "The white man's country," ought to be alleged out of if by Indians; for if it - comes down to a simple question of prior occupancy, the copper-skin's - claim is best of all. Shame on the tongue that has no bettar argument than,. ' White man's 'country !" For in wars with Britain and Rcbeldom, soldiers in ebony contributed largely to save this Republic from 'overthrow. If we relied 'upon the bullets of colored troops in time of war, Surely we should be magnanimous enough to give ballots to colored freemen in time of peace. Suffrage does not neces sarily lead to social equality. That is a matter of taste. Because a Dutchman votes in your ward is no reason why a Dutchman shall marry your daughter.— Voting is a matter of right. Marry ing is a matter of taste. Tastes and rights are not in danger of mixing any more than oil and water. _Their equilib rium will not be disturbed_by the inno cent bits of acr that men deposit at the polls. This whole nation. needs to be recast on the model of the New Testament. = Churches need reconstruction, until hu man creed and stately ritualism shali give place to simple Christianify.-- Schools need reconstruction, until phys ical and moral training shallstand equal in importance to mental culture. Labor needs • reconstruction, until capitalists and employees see eye to eye as level men. Society needs reconstruction; un til fashion's sickly sentimentalism shall hide before the light of common sense and warmth of neighborly affection. In all departments of life, the inalienable rights of all people should be recognized and honored,-for nothing less or lower than thorough rightness—unceasing righteonsnesswill exalt the nation. [Mr. 'Clark discussed at some length the second and third points of his dis- course, viz: right Administration and right People, showing how a right Con stitution should be righteously adminis tered, how the people should be educa- ed and interested in Government, and closed by a word picture of a nation ex alted in the lightand liberty of the Gos- pel.j—REPOßTEß—Pittsbur,gh Com. BOIIOIIGIIL TOWNSITIPS 8e11ef0nte....... MilesbUrg Unionville Howard Philipsburg..... Boggs Benner Burnside Ctirtin Perguson..l Gregg Homes Halfmoon Harris • Howard. Huston 'Liberty Mari0n......, Miles Patton Penn - Potter Rush Snow Shoe.. Spring- Taylor Union.. Walker. Worth. Total Majorities CENTRE COUNTY OFFICIAL-OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1868. BOROUGHS ARD Towsiltms - Bellefonte... Milesburg... Unionville... Howard Bor Philipsbnr g Boggs - • Benner. Burnside Curtin Perguson.... Gregg Haines Harris Howard Huston Liberty Marion Miles Patton Penn Potter... - . .. Rush Snow Shoe.. Spring Taylor • 'Union Walker. Worth Total add ciiirriEs 'Grandeur .of :American Citizenship. ' STATE OFFICIAL—NOV. 1868. ' . tz ai - m P _ Tibia speech at the'NeW England.: o. p r, . . . , d .1 *-4 P glinner in New.. York, : On . Tuesday • - 5 iy ij night,Vice-President elect,Colfai. re- -• COUNTIES. id ..:::, j , w ferred. to the gr6w - th Of ,thp United .ly ? • States as the result of Vie grandeur , of American citizenship.. . It's the - "Adams, - 3174 2832 3170 2917 shield of American citizenship Which' Allegheny 14923 23880 14671 25487 Armston 3459 3987 3412 4082 shall make us . proud . and Potential, Beaver r . g 2675 3540 2624 3648 and •lift up our country to a pzouder Bedford 3019 2625 2898 2687 position among . nations.: : It ,is that tarikrs 1 3924 7413 13973 7917 3183 3841 3066 3986 Which is to' teach those who are cloth- Bradford... .... -. . . 3863 7642 3538 7768 - - .ed with the solemn trust of represent Bucks 7838 6981 7613 7085 Butler 3292 3723 3256 3803 ing this great realmn of freedom who Cambria 3587 2849 3558 2935 . rule here, not by Divine right, but by. Camer0n......... 441 537 394 508 ftee institutions, that when they stand Carbon.. 2772 2129 2745 .2186 Centre376s 3388 3646 3429 speaking for us at the bar of any civil- Chester ' 6658 8850 6490 9178 ized nation in the world they shall not Clarion 2956 1908 2928 1998 3037 1895 '3096 1974 on the one hand disgrace.us by boast-. Clinton gcrialumobia .2765 ' 1992 2584 2056 ful gasconade, or, on- the other, dis- - 4058 2077 4022 2143 honor us by b6wing the knee; then' Cumberland.... 5390 'AN 5455 XI • when with that self-reliance, that Dauphin 4538 6190 4397 6507 De1aware......... ...... 1 27 0 2 4 4 4016 1 22 1 1 9 6 4166 calm, that dignified American nation ality, we command the respect to Erie 4531 7702 4555 8(1( 6 4 I:y e e s t t te 4773 3745 4608 3792 which our great resources and our 348 352 294 355 unequalled trials, which we have sur- Franklin 4278 4321 4171 4451 vived so gloriously and auspiciously, Fultcn 1113 782 11f7 802 Greene 3374 1722 3301 1809 entitle us, then we need not go, into Huntingdon.... 2498 3473 2179 3417 the markets of the world to offer gold Indiana 2301 4842 2223 4809 Jefferson iata 2094 2076 2068 2147 Jun and silver to induce those islands of 1863 1467 1753 1473 the seas and adjacent State - Provin- Lancaster 8570 15313 8513 16792 Lawrence ano cos to cast in their lot with us, and t 01716 3691 1647 3798 2858 4267 2858 4345 share' with our future. I feel asham- Lehigh 6305 4733 6321 5004 ed, as an American, when I hear, of Luzerni. Mercer 13420 9992 14303 10236 Lycoming 5031 4680 4339 4713 proffers to buy soil and sovereignty, • Mlle= 809 987 730 1728 men, women and children with 'gold 4177 4793 4078 4079 Mifflin.. 1828 1858 1807 1984 and silver from our national treasury, - M onroe ' 2789 735 2915 802 to share with us in the magnificent. Montgomery.— 8905 7948 8803 8083 future. As you would spurn a bride Montour 1683 1194 1697 1269 Northampton... 7701 4452 1762 4791 that is bought with gold, as any fair Northumb'd ... 4146 3694 4240 3825 woman would spurn a husband wh02526 2570 2446 2664 Philadelphia.... 60808 1269 60633 33 5 1 9 301 1 3 4 61315 70 ry had been lured to her side by her Pike wealth instead of her heart, so we, as Potter.. 811 1604 693 1703 g Snyder.. ikm • 9538 8192 9428 8707 y Americans, should elevate our nation, 1343 1865 1318 1925 ality to win those who are near to us Somerset... 1829 3195 1778 3261 in territorial congeniality to cast their Sullivan 846 461 851 473 Suequehanna... 3377 4682 3392 4882 lot with us, when voluntarily and in a Tiogo - - 2051 5410 1951 5549 ljnion body they ask to share . with us in our 1340 2054 1277 2081 destinies and our magnificent. Yf e future, e a rrgo. 1 3761 .4431 3774 4759 n:..... 1882 2990 1767 3020 we should welcome them into the fold Washington..:. 4943 4946 4867 5051 Wayne •3397 2698 3509 2909 of American citizenship. Westmoreland. 6569 5335 6360 5235 Wyoming, 1765 1549 ' 1766 1620 HOME TRUTHS. York 9006 6054 9094 6449 Totals 321739 331416 317223 342646 231739 317223 Majorities 9677 , 25423 A judicious wife is always clipping off from her husband's moral nature little twig. 4 that are growing in wrong directions. She keeps him shaped by continual pruning. if you declare , that you will do some absurd thing, she will find means of preventing your doing_it. And by far the chief part of all the common sense there, is in this world belongs unquestionably to women. The wisest things a man commonly does, are those which his wife counsels him •to do. A wife is the grand wielder of the moral pruning knife. If Johnson's wife had lived, there would have been no hoard ing up of orange peel, no touching all the posts in walking along the street, no eating and drinking with a dis gusting voracity. If Oliver Gold smith had been married he would never have worn that memorable and ridiculous coat. Whenever you find a man whom you know little about," oddly dressed, talking absurdly, or exhibiting any eccentricity of manner, you may be sure that he is not a mar ried man; for the corners are rounded off—the little shoots are pruned away, in • married men. Wives generally have much more, sense than their husbands, especialy when their hus bands are clever men. The wife's advice like the ballast that keeps is the ship steady. 'CENTRE COUNTY OFF 014L-!!:-OCTOBER, 1868. Judiciary Congress Assembly Dis Att'y commis'r Auditor Surveyor. • - '7- 4f, n. o s• • n m N b : 1 ';• 4 0 - 17 '.• R.• 4 g ly o 3 - 6 Es t' —6 0- "g 44 - 6 • • 236 284 238 282 229 288 219 296 225 291 225 293 229 289 48 82 49 80 48 81 48 81 48 81 48 81 48 80 23 38 23 39 23 39 23 39 27 35 23 39 23 39 34 53 34 53 32 -55 -34 '53 34 53 34 53 42 45 136 146 138 144 136 145 134 145 134 147 13S 144 13S 144 121 326 125 321 120 326 120 325 122 325 122 325 122 321 177 106 176:106 178 104 176 105 17b 106 176 105 176 105 37 51 40 50 .38 -.52 -38-- 52 38 52 -3S 52 33 52 44 40 45 39 42 42 44 40 44 40 44 4C 44 40 223 185 223 185 '206 200 222 187 223 ]S2 222 187 222 187 292 68 293 67 291 69 292 68 292 68 292 68 292 e s 206 104 206 103 205 104 209 101 207 102 204 103 208 102 41 94 .45 91 43 93 39 95 43 91 42 92 42 92 177 -240 176 240 176 242 177 240 178 235 177 239 177 238 65 142 69 138 65 141 66 141 66 14] 66 141 67 140 45 123 45 123 45 123 '45 123 45 122 45 123 45 122 84 141 75 151 76 150 _,76 150 76 150 - 76 149 78 146 ,91 53 91 54 92 53 '92 53 92 53 92 '53 92 53 223 60 235 56 .231 58 234 '5B 235 58 235 58 234 58 61 .71 61 71 62 70 61 71 61 71 61 ..71 61 71 265. 29 266 ' , 29 254 29 264 29 265 29 265 29 265 29 362 139 366 133 359 140 361 139 361 139 361 134 362 137 164 142 167 143 .167 143 167'143 166 144 167 143 167 143 132 97 133 , 96 125 104 131 .98 133 96 133 96 133 96 130 .189 130 189 130 188 130 189 131 188 131 188 131 167 '35 61 37 59 36 60 37 -59 36 60 36 60 33 63 56 112 58 - 110 57 111 58 110 61 107 58 110 58 109 197 140 198 140 19F 142 196 141 196 142 196 142 196 142 I 67 64 68 64 67 1 65 66 66 67 64 67 165 67 65 3772 3380 3810 3356 3129:3417 3759 3397 37813372 3774 3383 37893361 I 392 454 . 312; . 362 409....... 391 425 ...... 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"What do you think of . that, Un cle Eithel.?" said a bystander. "Oh, fudge," said the old man," I once saw a two-story stone house, down east, drawn by oxen for the dis--% tance of three miles." A dead silence. ensued. The old man evidently had the worse end of it, and he saw it. Gathering his en ergies he bit off a huge bit of pig-tail, by way of gaining time for thought: "They drawed the stone hause,"said he, ejecting a quantity of tebacco juice towards the fire place " but that wasn't the worsts of the job—af ter they'd done that, they went back and drawed the cellar." The stranger give in. Subscribe for tho REPUBIICAN
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