EEMFONTE REPUBLICIS.
W. W. BROWN,
A. B. EITTOHISON4
Terms, s2,per tpinunlilp:Adva:nce.
BELLEFONTE i PA.
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'69.
Th_o,ltipMo§elf:Governntent.
Our fathers in, 1776, in the.time of
their dangers and trials, adopted the
PrinPiPle.-.That Governments derive
theiejtistPowers from the consent of
the governed.
They invited and accepted the aid
'of all races and classes of men, and
promised openly to the world an asyl
um for
-the oppressed.
They professed that they would es
tablish an absolute, equality of rights
amongst men, and secure their enjoy
ment by making the yoke of each eid
-zen a necessity to the Government.
lithe : days& prosperity they forgot
'the dark-skinned race, who were their
servants and helpers, and with 'whom,
in many instances; they had shared
the toils of the march and the perils
Torthe = -
Xiifting away from this broad prin
ciple of equal rights, the only anchor
to which Republican -govommept can
cling in tho storms of time, our fat&
eriAnd their sons, ftom generation to
generation, floated and sailed on over
deep, and dark, and calm, but tread:L
ewin seas, until the craft was found
wiecking in the breakers of revel ution,
aid thumping its groaning timbers on
the rocks of civil war;
Again, in our trial, we worked back
o the-old anchorage. Slavery went
• dawn, and the black man with the
s'white, , was welconie as ally in the du
tiestand trials of the field.
Me are now to establish, on the
ruins of this false and ruinous system,
-another, and it must-he either one in
-consonance with, or in derogation of,
:the principle of equality of human
rights.
"All men are created'equal." Be;
fore God's law all stand on, one plane.
There is no respect of persons with.
Him. The size of a man's body, Ole
color of his skin, or the place- of his
birth, is nought in the making up of
that last great account that all must
render. Why, then, should men's
laws make distinctions- not necessary
in governing the universe itself?_ To I
do so is to contemn
. this ezempla—to
violate His. teachings—to : bring upon
our land, as our father's did, His swift.
and_ -sure judgments- 7 --to prolong. a
useless and ruinous Struggle; for 'an
other generation, against 'the - -true
principles of human liberty—to do that
'only in obedience to a.blind conserva
tive folly, that out, experience ought
to ham eliminated from this peor L s,le,
The LoWer HoAseA
.our °tigress.
:has passed by the rec' l .lite two-thirds,
4 f 0 , 1 '0: 01 : 1215 5 3 P 33 to the State ' authari- 2
&Win tinendraent‘to: the Constitti
tien-dergOg.the authority of either
State or Nation- to deprive any one of.
his right to' vote on account of color
orprovious condition. -We hope no
One of those, who'have the trust that
RePublicans confided to them in their
keeping,-will fail: to conic - up boldly
now to the support of this righteous
measure. Let us hear of no iveakness,
quaking in terror of old prejudices.—
Let' the Senate act at once, and add
to the force of the reform, by provid
ing that all citizens shall be assured
equally their political franchises of
everykind, so long as they abide peace-.
fully 'in their country, and are free
from restraint imposed for crimes as
eertained by due - process - 9f law.. Let.
there be no disfranchisement -and m>
test oaths I
Let the ballotrbox .be carefully
guarded from fraud i the citizen's right
fully secured to him by seater ballot,
And the will of the majority be the su
,preme law of each state. and of the
;Nation.
Are have xo doubt such•q►n amend
anent would be 'ratified I,dy all the
.fitates.and - people, but if we cannot
new assure so broad a doctrine, let us
at leaatfhave the honesty and courage
to ratify.J4;once whatthe House pro
poses. '
IN the trial.of P. GuLY 'MEER for
libel, the defendant was allowed to
introduce, without objection, any
prc;Of he could find, to show the-truth
.of his charges against the Williams
port Dickinson Seminary . . Ile failEd
utterly to make goodsny one o'ir them,
and went out of court saddled with
the costs, by a juryof his political
friends.
All the soreheads he could find
_amongst the worst behaved of the stu-.
,dents, were unable to Sod oiee real
',evidence of mismanagemeat or' cor
am:ook9n the part of the Faculty of
that school.
All honor to that Faculty for their
tcourage in vindicating themsOves in
legal *and proper manner, and to a
j.urs who could - do righteously, even
mime appeals were tacitly made to
Fiance them to listen to partizan pre
judices, and save a political friend.
•
Our Democratic friends were 'Bur;
prised and indignant, that a Demo
,cratio jury should impose the not very
light penalty of three - or four hundred
.dollars in costs upon P. GRAY-AfEEE:,
their editor. But those who so ex
pressed themselves, while they expect
ed fellow Democrats to violate their
oaths for the sake of party, in private
acknowledged that the case was clear
ly made out against him, and that, if
sworn, would, be compelled to pro
nounce him guilty, or to do what the
jury did do, impose the cots- upon
him as the evidence of their condem
nation of, and punishment for his of
fence against truth and decency. ;-
protection to American Industry.
We print on our first page a most
excellent article, - On - the stittiect- of
"Protection to American Industry,"
ythieh we copy from the Irish. Repub
/ic. We neglected to, credit the arti-
EDITORS
Cie to that Journal, but avail ourselves
of this opportunity to make the amends
honorable. We hope that our readers,
and: especially our adopted fellow cid
' %ens, will not fail to read the article
closely, and study well its argumentS.
The protection policy is the true one
for this country, and no man who owns
a farm, or who earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow, should fail to inform
himself thoroughly on this subject.
Everybody, says Colton, knows how
quick the farming interests feel the
benefits of a new manufactory, or a new
village or town, that has sprung up in
the midst of them, under a protective
system. The farms instantly rise in
vahae; some of them in the neighbor
hood are turned into gardens—the most
profitable species of husbandry—a new
and lively market is opened for agri
cultural products; agriCultural labor is
in greater deniand, and better paid;
its produets - corrimand a higher price;
and in this way the increase of manu
facturing establishments over the
faCe of the country, under the foster
ing care of the --same system, diffuses
the same:benefits over the agricultu- '
ral interests of the whole land. The
operation is simple, and may easily be
explained. In the first place the mar
' het is brought home to the door of ag
riculture, instead. of being remote in a
foreign land. Next; the wants supplied
and the profits made by the sale of ag
ricultural products are supplied and
made at home; and the capital on both
sides is in the country, stays here; is
us-led - here;
..and by being turned over
and over again, in different hands, to
different productive ends, is the cause
of ceaseless - and cumulative wealth
among all parties; whereas, if the same
wants had been supplied from abroad, -
this capital would have gone abroad,
and been lost to the,country forever.—
In all these transactions, and as a con
sequence, besides the benefits to the
agricultural interests, and besides the
activity and profit which they afford
to every.species of business connected
with them—and extends to all kinds
of business--there are constantly grow ; _
ing - up in the 'community those great
interests, with inareaSing ap— u - unts , o f
been first the
eapit?2, ha vin
cause of these wide-spread and univer
sal. benefits.re the perpetual nurtur
erkof the same; imparting benefits to
all and receiving benefits from all.
It is the -creation of <a mnv and count=
less family' of iiitersts allied to each
Dyofiting by the active
.
O D_ e:ratunis of which they, in such 'con
nection and by such reciprocal inflnenj
ces, are the cause. „ The , country and
all parties are enriched.
The-great Statesman and Philoso-,
pher, BENJAMIN FaArrsinv, under
stood this . , subject in all bearings,
and in 1771 penned the following sound
doctrine: "It is well understood that
"whenever amanufature is established
" which. employs ,a number of hands, it
" raises the-value of lands in the neigh- ,
"boring country all around it, partly
II "hy the greater demand near at hand
"for the produce-of the land, and part
" ly, from the plenty of money drawn
".by the manufacturers to'thcit part of
" the. country..
It seems,..therefore,
".the-interest of all ' , our farmers and
" owners of lands: to encourage our
young manufacturea in- preference to
foreign ones iniported among us from
distant countries."
Notwithstau s dieg,the fact thatWAsH,
JEXPERSON,F ..
RANBIIN, MADE
IKON,
ISON, MONROE . aO4 G - en. JACKSON,
were all strong advecates of the pro
tective policy, we have the EngliSh
ernisaries of free trade-7-the BELMOS TS
and other Democratic . leaders, scatter
ed all over the country. We have, in
the city of New York, the "Free
Trade League," organized by English
Commission Merchants, and held to
getherlby Eikglish
.capital;
. sanetioned
and endorsed by every leader of the so
called Democratic party; and here in.
Bellefonte we have' the Deniociatic
'Watchman declaring, as an induce
ment for men to subscribe for. it, that
it will "war against all manner of rob
" tier tariffs, and other . frauds • upon
"consumers;" and, that it will "up
" hold Free Trade 'and the rights of
"the many;" language that has been .
dictated byßritish free traders, 'who
have the interests of the Watchnian
and the Democratic party in their
keeping, and which these satillites of
English free trade and English aris
tocracy dare not - ignore or refuse to
sanction. The'reachings of JEFFER
SON and XACKSoN piay be, and are,
thrown aside; but the freetrade_ theo
ries of these English lords, and haters
• and oppressors of the Irish race , and
nation, must •be .imperatively carried
outs
Why our:adopted feliev citizens, es
peciailly the Irish portion of them, con
tinue to act with the Democratic par—
ty, an& thus vote in favor of free trade,
British prosperity, and the enslavement
of their own beloved IRELAND is, we
confess,a problem, or rather a mystery,
which we cannot solve nor understand.
Sere is one fact we' wish to impress
upon the mind of every one of them,
to wit : England's strength is in her
commerce. Every free trade vote you
cast increases that strength, and binds
her slavish ch4ins the more tightly
around her Trish subjects, already bleed
ing,heartsick,dovna-txodden, oppressed
and without hope, save in the triumphs
of the great progressive party, which
is called Republican in America, and
Liberal in Great Britain.
Emory—Miml's pocket-book imict
leis libel snit. •
"Scot-ia.".
The_last Bedford Inquirer has the
following handsome compliment to
Hon. Jorm Soon.
"Scorn, wha has vri" WALLA CB bled."
The brilliant success of Hon. John
Scott, of Huntingdon c inhis Senatorial
aspirations, has so elated the people of
that ancient village, that they have
given way to the most excessive mani
festations of delight, some of which, it
is said, appear ludicrous in the best
definition of the word. An eye witness,
who is our informant, says that he has'
never read, heard or seen anything lik e
it.
Our narrator says the usually sober
town has been drunk with excitement;-
that old men and maidens have vied
with each other in their enthusiasm;
young men and matrons have joined
their most ardent zeal with the univer
sal impulse; old men have thrown awa y
their canes and danced with delight;
matrons have lovingly seized their off
spring and covered them With. kisses in
an exuberance of joy; young gentlemen
and young ladies have been seen to em
brace, rapturously, upon the door steps;
boys and. girls have exhausted their
school hours indicting billetdoux con
gratulating each other on the general
result; and several good feeling fellows
were seen embracing lamp posts while
others of their companions were feel
ing up for•the ground; the latter, how
ever; were exceptions. •
The new torn babe is now christen
ed Scott; .the boy coasting down the
hill, in the midst of his delight, pulls
off his hat and hurrahs for Scott; the
little girl lisps, ere her matin song,
" I's• for St ott;" the maiden, full of
blushes, "mittens" the chap who does
not-put his trust in Scott; the merchant
forgets his measurement- in his anxiety
for the cause of Scott; the miller stops
his mill to further the interests, of Scott;
the Judge upon the bench "sees the
point clearly" and goes for Scott; the
lawyers at the bar move- the continu
awe -of the.list, and are jolly over the
success of Scott; the jury believe fir
.Scott, and the prisoner in the dock
should-go Scott free.
The doctor, it is said, coats his pills
with Scott, and everybody takes them;
the dentist has been" known to stop
with a half wrenched tooth, portraying
the triumphs of Scott, and when . the
excited and Aftlictit l -tatient had sub
sided sufficiently to realize the pain,he
has been soothed with a new applica
tion of Scott; the book-sellel: I .l'as sold
all the copies of FZ;ott on hand, two or
tl Lee dozer_ 6i the Scott-i.sh Chiefs,and
only failed to sell all the balance of his
stock because it was notlabelled Scott;
"Dad Lewis"- has 'supplied the place
with Scott snuff, whereby everybody
has sneezed, until his-prizes have be
come the thing of the whole town and
the last one drawn has been the Hon.
John Scott. . -
We rejoice with the good citizens of
that place over their good fortune,
thouali we cannot resist the. tempta—
tion to rally theca for their excessive
delight, for which ihey will, we know,
excuse us. We believe, seriously; that
not only Huntingdon should be proud
of the result, but all Central -Pennsyl
vania. The extremes, heretofore, have
presumed that
,they alone were entitled
to these honors While Welavebeenleft
out in the cold : . in the .future,
tral Permsylvania will take care of her
own peculiar interests.
The 'Republican Party.
Dilke,. the intelligent English tour
ist, devotes a chapter in his new vol
nine of travels to the Republican party
in America. Among other things he
says : "If we look to the record of the
Republican party with a view to make
a forecast; of its future 'conduct,we find
that at the end of the war the party
had before it the choice between mili
tary rule for the South—between a
government carried On through Gener
als and Provost Marshals, and a rule
founded upon the principles of equity
and self-government, dear to our race,
and supported by local majorities, not
by foreign bayonets. ". After then re
viewing whatthe- organization has ac—
complished, le.pays the, following trib
ute to it: "The organization of the
Republican party is hugely Poiverful;
it has its branches in every township
and district in the Union; but is strong,
not in the wiles of crafty plotters, not'
in the deiices of unknown politicians,
but in the .hearts of the loyal people of
the country. If there were nothing
else to be said to Englishmen on the
state of parties in America, it
,should
be sufficient to point out that while the
`Democracy' claim the Mozart faction
of New York, and the shoddy aristoc ,
racy, the. pious New Englanders and
their sons in the Northwest are by a
vast majority Republicans, and no 'side
issue' should be allowed to disguise the
fact that the Democratic is the party
of New York,the Republican party, of
America."
THE jury in the, Libel Suit brought
by Dr. - MITCHELL of , s 'the Dickinson Seminary, against P, MESS, bro't
in a verdict of not guilty; but IkIEEK
to pay the costs. Rather 'expensive
printing, that, Mr. MEEK. %can't
see where your great victory comes
irt,
TIN liberty of the press to publish
the truth is still secure in Centre coun
ty, says P. G. MEEK. 'So it is; but a
Democratic jury, by their verdict, de
clared that you sbo'd pay .. s3ooor $4OO
of costs for publishing a contemptible
lie against the Dickinson Seminary.
TEE verdict in the MEP.K-Lamt;
Surr is a severe rebuke to Mr. MEEK,
and a grand victory in favor of right
when we take into consideration the
fact that nine or ten of the jury were
Democrats. How do you like to pay
Goats, Mr. MEEK?
_
It is said,the TAune- Association
basil:to:wed .the life of Mr. dreely for
the handsome:sum of $lOO,OOO,
_ .
Canadian was robbed of four=
teen thousand dollars Wednesday,
night, in a Broadway, New York, gam
bling. saloon. • .
—The Legislative Committee. .on
the location of the Ohio Agricultural
College have reported in favor of Ur
ban.%
—Gorge H. Reynolds, 'a prominent
merchant of Peoria, Ill:, fell dad in
his honse Wednesday night, from
heart disease.
—The Republican State. Central
Committee of Virginia -has , called a
State Convention for March- 9th, to
nominate candidates.for Slate officers.
- —Omaha telegrains state - that one.
thousaed - and - 6verity .. .MileS' of : traCi•
has been completed west of Omaha.
It is 01.06 e -fed ijunctidii will be made
April Ist. -• • - -• • .
--A.poition to the Senate . . of the .
United States, signed bv Hon. li-tip
toe and others, against the confiru s-.
don of the Alabama Claims treaty, has
been placed at. the Merchants' Ex
cbange.in Boston for signatures.
—General Dix, the American Min
ister in Paris, at a public banquet de
.clared that the cause of the Greeks
was identical with that of
_liberty
throughout the world; and that they
had the sympathy Of America. -
-A resolution has passed the Flor
ida House declitring the' evidence sub
mitted by the investigating committee
insufficient to substantiate the charge.
against Governor Reed of high crimes
and misdemeanors. The vote was 43
to 5.
—The Greek Government will yro
hably givein its adhesion to the -Con
clusions of the conference of Paris ;
but it is feared that its signature will
be accompanied with reservation,
which will protract the diffictilty - with
Turkey. • •
--A Joint resolution has passed the
South Carolina Legislature, and been
sent to the Governor for apProval,
authorizing the Governor_ to, employ
an armed force for the preservation of
the peace. The r (ouse has passed a
viii t enforce the civil rights act - of
Congress.' .
—Six years ago,. Anna - hickinson
Was a girl working in the mintat Phil
aaelphia., and - now she is a popular
lecturer. The Press, says she enchains
her audience by will and intellect.
When you look at her, according to
that journal, you see only a cold gray
eye on guard behind . an intellectual
bayonct.
—The Spanish Government has
laid claim tonll libraries, archifei, and
,iyorks of art possesed by the churches,:
us property of the State. Violent de
thonstrationi hi - ve been made by peo
ple in Madrid against, the Papal nun
cio and the Goverment has witbdraivn
its offical recognition of his diplomatic
Powers. -
. .
. —The residences of several wealthy
farmers near Morris,lll4 having been
'entered and.numerous valuables. ex
.tracted therefrom; the - -suspected
thief was arrested Wednesday. Some
of-the- stolen articles -t ere =To drid on
his person. That night in jail le at
tempted suicide, but the
. ..large dose
of poison he took acted as an emetic,
and saved his life,
`-Four colored men and a , white
m4l, charged with the cri►ne asteal
ing the body of a Colonel Welleson,
from a,tomb,,about seven miles from
Kingston, -North Carolina, : were
taken from the jail in that place,
where they were held, a feir days ago,
and murdered by a' band of thirty of
forty citizens of the place: . No *rests
have as yet been made. -
—The credentials of the Hon. John
Scott, s.ays the Pittsburg Commer
cial, Pennsylvania's New Senator,
which were presented to - the Senate
OD 'Thursday, are engrossed on a sheet
of paper large enough to embrace Mer
cator's, projection of the globe, and
with the big seal of . the Keystone
State make a truly formidable docu
ment.
—A meeting of the old Union
Whigs - atid Democrats who opposed
secession has been held at Montgom
ery, Alabama, and adopted reiclu
dons deprecating all attempts to or
ganize a new party, and in favor of
upholding the Democratic. party.
Poor devils they must bc,blind as bats.
What l opposed to secession and dis
union during the war, and after the
war resolve to act with . the original
secessionists—The Democratic party.
—The Commissioners to codify and
revise the laws of Congress have sub
mitted a preliminary report to Con
gress: They have finished the army,
navy, and public printing branches of
their work; and find it will be neeess
vary to repeal five hundred act& and
parts of acts, -and-, resolutions. The
work on postal service, post-office de
partment, and congressional printer
is about done, and, much. other mate
rial is in hand, but not.ready:for ex
amination.
—The New York States Working
men's Convention agreed to ,present
to the Legislature bills making it law
ful for all Trades' Union to Meet pea
ceably and establish necessary bylaws
for their own government; providing
for the abolition of the priscn contract
system; providing that no State work
shall be done unless is accordance
with the eight-hour law, and provi
ding for an apprenticeship. system.
The convention also recommended to
all labor :unions of, the State to join.
the National Union.
Four G'reafSOurces of State Reienue.
Prom the Philadelphia Telegraph)
' The great mass of the reading peo
ple of Pennsylvania have of late, had
their attention - directed to the fact that;
the income of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania during the paSt - year
amounted to about five millions of dol
lars. , Yet the sources from which this
revenue was derived, and how it comes
that no one feels the pressure of its
taxation, are probably known to few.
St is well to look for a moment at the
four great streams from which over
one : half of the total receipts of the State
are derived; for from, the four species
- of taxes we shall name, more is secured
than from all the sources'of ether taxes
combined. All of them are payments
extracted from rich corporations; Let
us take them in the - order of the
amounts they realize. First, ,the tax
On capital stock, from which the State
received during 1868 the sum of $l, -
.064,068. This tax was 'levied by the
act approved 12th April, 1859, which
provides for the imposition of a tax on
the capital stock of every bank, com
pany, or association, of one-half mill
for each one per cent. 'of dividend de
clared by the company; and in case' no
dividend is declared, the tax is assessed
on the calculation of a, dividend of six
per cent, or less. Or, to make this
more- clear by an example, a company
declares a dividend of sin per cent. on
' its capital stock of $105,500, its' tax
I 'would be $315 50. By the law a'steady
and never failing income is sedured to
the State ,as the price of the corporate
existence of the company, and is al
ways a means of revenue. How fruit-. 1
ful - ati engine for raising revenue it is,
can be seen when the tax paid by the
Pennsylvania Railroad alone is $lll,-
568, by the Reading $116,469, and by
the Lehigh Valley $53,657. The Penn
sYlvania Company for the insurance of
lives under the law pays $10,500. From
it is secured nearly one-fourth of the
total receipts of the State. Second.—
The next largest channel is that of tax
es on net earnings and income. It is
imposed by act of 30th of April, 1864,
and includes in those upon whom it
falls both private bankers and all cor
porations not paying a tax upcin divi
dends. By the decision of the Supreme
Court in the ease of the Commonwealth
vs. Phoenix Iron Company, it does not
exclude from the new tax those which
pity taxes on capital stock; Itis three
per cent. on the income. Under it,
last year, there was collected $422,803.
*Against it a bitter rebellion is raised by
the various rich c,orporations, pia there
was for many months a battle on Tver
Y
Cossible ground, but in them the
ommonwealth :Was successful.
tiaird of the four sources to which
~* e'have referred is the tax on grossre
deipts of corporations. It is imposed
by the act of 29th September, 1866,
which provides "that in addition to the
taxes now provided by law, every rail- -
road s canal- fl•rui tiansportation compa
ny, not liable io tax on income, shall
pay a tax of three-fourths . of one per
cent.. on its gross receipts.' ' From this
the State received $384,161. Thereis
at mesent in litigation a point as to
whether this tax IS constitutionally . laid
on thatportion of gross receipts arising
from inter-State traffic. Should it be
decided in favor of the State, the in
comes from this source would be next
year over $500,000.
Lastly, the tax on tonnage. Under
- this head is the commutation of the
PeritisAiania Railroad of $360,000 per
annum, for the withdraWal of the pre
vious taxes on her tonnage. Thisis an
iterii in itself. 'The 'other 'corporations
which fall under the general law of the
- 30th of April, 1864; have thefbilowing
burden laid on the receipts from every
thing they carry; First; on productions
of mines, each ton of 2,000 pounds, a
duty. of two cents. second, on, products
of forests, animal' and all agricultural
products. 3 cents, and on all other
things 5 cents. This netted the State
$307,537. Whether it is illegal in the
same way as is alleged of the tonnage
tax, is to be decided by_the Supreme
Court. If it is not, then a hundred
thousand a year more willhe added to
its contribution to the State. From
these four sources, therefore, the Com
monwealth, as is shown by the Audi
tor General, annually derives an income
of $2,500,000
SENATOR SpiNER. —Mr. Sumner
has received numerous congratulations
on his re-election for a fourth term of
six years. The . National Executive
Committee of colored men appointed
by the recent convention here, recent.
ly addressed him a letter of congratu
lation, to - which Mr. Sumner replied as
follows::
SENATE CHAMBER, S unday, Jan. 24.
GENTLEITEN:-.—.1. receive gratefully
the congratulations which the National
Executive Committee of colored citi
zens have made to me on my recent
re-election to the Senate. One of the
choicest satisfactions of arduous public
service is found in the good-will which
you. so kindly communicate to me in
behalf of those for whom I labored. If
I were disposed to hesitate, your letter
would quicken my energies. Be assured
I shall press on to the end against pre
judice, against oppositiorij, against com ,
binations of all kinds. The good cause
has advanced from victory to victory.
It only remains that equal rights for
all shall be assured at the ballet box
everywhere throughout the country.—
Until this great victory is won our
work is unfinished; nor, in my opinion,
can our Republic give an example to
mankind. It is little-short of absurdi-•
ty to call a Government republican in
form which makes a discrimination of
rights on account of color, and et
.tablishes an oligarchy of the skin.
Believe me, gentlemen, very faith
fully, yours, CHARLES. SUMNER..
GEORGE T. 'DOWNING, Chairman;
F. C. BA.RBADOES, Secretary.
—lt is said that Parson Brownlow
used to keep an account of his good
and bad deeds,' and occasionally to
strike a balance to see what his chan
ces were for Heaven, and it used to be
the boast of the Parson that if St.
Ifeter kept the account correct, he
should have no difficulty in entering
the celestial city, as his good deeds
were in the ascendancy, untill he
nominated A. Johnson for Vice Pres
ident. That sin sunk the Parson, and
he has 'since torn up his book and re
lies now on saving grace alone.
MEEK says "a cell is empty in the
Centre county jail, and there is no one
to fill it." The prince of devils thought
there was a vacancy when he was
kicked ont of heaven; but he found
-his place. So MEEK has gone to his
place to mingle with his associates, the
Democratic. members of the Legisla
ture.
ADVERTISEMENTS
A MERICAN BUTTON-HOLE -
OVER-SEAMING} AND SEWING MA-
CHINE COMBINED
MEDAL AWARDED AT THE PLR.L9 EX
POSITION; MT
In directin. , attention to the celebrated
COMBINATION BUTTON HOLE AND
SEWING M ACIIINE, we feel fully warran
ted in claiming. for it unquestionable superi
o-tty over all others at a Family Machine.-
-The Simplicity, Ease and Certainty with
which it operates, as well as thannifortn ex
cellence of its work, certainly place it far in
advance of any other similar invention of the
age.
I is also the cheapest, intrinsically. as well
As the best. since it is really two machines
combined in one, (by simple and beautiful
mechanical arrangement never before ac
comp'ished by human ingenuity,) making
' either the Lock Stitch or Button Hole Stiteh,
asioceaaion may requite. - It is, at the-same
_time, simple in, construction, comparatively
noiseless, easily understoo I, and, in a word.
it combines with thoSe advantages exclusive
ly its own the. most deirable qualities of all
other's, for it not only . does every variety
of sewing in a SUPERIOR MANNER, but
in addition 0 VERSEAMS splen4illy an d
makes beautiful BUTTON and EYELET HOLES
in all fabrics. This is far beyond the ea
paeity of any other Machine.
The SPLENDID NP,CITANDOI of this Machine,
and the superior skill workmanship and ma
terials employed in its construction, are a
guarantee of accuracy, - strength and dura
bility, and edable the company and its agents
to Warrant Every Machine they sell to give
entire satisfaction.
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ON THE MMA.
PHINEGRATUITOVSLY t
Lessons may 1 . - .0 taken if desired with a
vie .v to.test the-Machine, or to become bet
ter acquainted with it before; deciding to pur
chase. Samples of work will be &rajah-
Cd upon application at
J. J. BISSEL & CO.,
LOCK HAVEN, PENN'A..
Agents for Clinton, Centre and Clearfield
Counties.
This Machine does all kinds of .
Stitching, Hemming, Cording, Felling,
Braiding, - Diming, Ruffling,. Tucking,
- Sewing and Gathering on.
This greatest Novelty of the age, is now on
exhibition end by sale by
J. J. BISEL CO, Agt's.
• Examine all other Machines, then call and
examine this one before buying.
fith3'69.ly.
p RNNSYLVAAIAL:. R ILRCiAD.
BALD EAGLE VALLEY
I=
TYRONE A- CLEARFIELD BRANCHES.
OPENING OP TYRONE k CLEARPIELD
BRANCH TO CLEARFIELD,
41. MILES IcORTII OE TYROXE
On and after Monday. February Ist. 1869,
two Passenger Trains will run daily (except
Sundays) between Tyro -6 and Lock flayed,
and one- Passenger Train _between Tyrone
and Clearfield_:.,ka follows
BALD EAGLE VALLEY.
WESTWARD.
Mail Leaves Leek haven at 2 30 p
3 55 p m
" ......" Bellefonte 412 p m
Arrive at Tyrone at 6 05 p
B. E. Express leaves L Raven at. 10 20 a in
" "...Milesburg . "...ll 48 a in
ft "...13elleftmte 55 a m
Arrives at Tyrone at ' 120 p
EASTWAitD.
Mail leaves Tyrone.at 8 50 a in
" ' "...BeHero: to at 10 50 a m
" "...Mileshurg at 11 02 a to
rrive at Lack Haven 12 30 p m
B. E. Express leaves Tyrone . 7 00 p in
• '...Bellefonte at.. 8 50 p m
ig "...Milesbarg at.. 9 05 p m
Arrives at Lock Haven at 10 30 p m
TYRONE AND CLEARFIELD
I=l
Clearfield Mail leaves Tyrone at.. 9 00 a m
".....osceola at.. 10 40 a m
ss " "...Pkilipsburi.:ll 10 a ni
Arrive at Clearfield at - 100 p
SOUTHWARD.
Leaves Cie=field at - • - 200 p m
2 55 p m
•r 4 13 p m
Arrive at Tyrone at 5 50 p m
CONNECTIONS:
. Passengers leaves Clearfield at 2 o'clock
p. m., Philipsburg at 3 n 5 p. in , Osceola at
4 15 p. m., arrive at, Tyrone at 5 50 p.
making connection with Cincinnati Express
East at 6 17 p. m., and with Mail West at
6 44p. on Main Line; also with Bald
Eagle Express, leaving Tyrone at 7 00 p.m,
arriving at Bellefonte at 8 45 p. in., at Lock
Haven at 10 30 p. m., connecting with Erie
Mail East on the Philadelphia and Erie road
at 11 21 p. in. arriving at WilliamPport at
.12 40 it. m.
Returning, passengers leaving Williams..
port at 8 15 a m, on Erie Mail West, arrive
at Lock Haven at 9 31. a in, connecting with
Bald Eagle Express leaving Lock Haven at
10 20 a m, arriving at Bellefonte at 11 55 a
in, Snow Shoe City at 5 35 p in; and Tyrone
at I 20 p m, connecting' with Way Passen
ger West at 140 p in, and Mail East at 3 31
p m, -on Main Line.
Passengers leaving Lock Haven at 2 30 p
m, and Bellefonte at 4 12 p in, arrive at Ty
rone at 6 05 p in, connecting with Cincin
nati Express East 6 17 p m, and Mail West
at 6 44 p in, on Main Line.
Passengers leaving Tyrone. on the Clear
field Mail or the Look Haven Mail, connect
from the Day Express East and the Phi Va.
Express West—and on the Bald Eagle E
press, connect trom the Cincinnati Express
East and Mail West.
Gm). 0. Wrworms. Supt,
EDWARD H. WILLIAMS,
Gen. Supt
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SADDLERY, to suit the trade, at
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CREWS and Hinges of every variety and
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AliNtrifiTlON—Cartridges, and other
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by tier father and Pleas of Centre county.
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3. S. Parsons, } Subptena in Divorce.
vs alias
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