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Terms, $2 per Annum, in Advance.
BELLEFONTE, PA
Wednesday Morning. March 31,
Our Next Governor---Who Shall He
Be ?
The tirne for holding the Republi
can State Convention is not far dis
tant. What will that Convention do?
Will it notninee.fin re-election. Jr;o;
GEAtti-, or will it, in itS wisdom,
Select a new man, freAt from the ranks
of the- people ?- A majority of the
Republican newspapers throughout
the State have already runup to their
Mast-bead the name of Gov. GEARY.
as their chtice", tithout assigning any
particular reason for their action in
thismatter. There arc several reas
ons which might be given in favor of
'his re-election.
Ist. Re is a true 'Republican, and
gave the world proof of this when
he cast aside both the honors and
emoluments of high official position,
rather than sacrifice his principles and
manhood in bowing down 'to the
slaveocracy and aristocracy of the
Democratic party, under the terrible
administration of President BUcHAN
AN.
2d. Whefi the - enemies of " equal
and exact justice to all men"—the
slave Democracy in the South—deter
mined; in their madness, to destroy
the best Government God ever gave
to man ; and when, in their frenzy,
and in their folly they did resort to
arms, fired upon Fort Sumpter,
and thus commenced one of the most
causeless and yet most wicked and
bloody rebellions the world's history
has ever recorded, JNO. W. GEARY
was among the very first to signify his
Willingness, by volunteering ; to sacri
fice his life, his all if needs be, upon
the alter of his country.
3d. All through that gigantic strug
gle for the Nation's life—for liberty
and the rights of man—JNo. W. GEA
RY was ever found at his post, the
truest of the true, the bravest of the
brave, always swilling to do and to
dare; always faithful, indefatigable,
unyielding, persevering, until he
made for himself Ti. name and flume
that secured to him the honored title
of Major• General, thus placing him in
the highest rank among the noble he
roes of the war.
4th, He is an honest, capable, re
fined, temperate and moral man.
sth. Having been elected Governor
in 1866, he has filled the Gubernato
rial chair with honor to Limself and
to the satisfaction of a large majority
of the tax payers ef the Stare.
fish: Ile has made a hold and fear
less Governor, regardless of the criti,
eisms,aseerbities and base and ground
less slanders of the Democratic, or
copperhead press.
These are a few of the reasons that
might be urged in fn-or of - the re;
nomination and re-election of Gov.
GEARY. And we are happy to state !
that if the choice of the 'Convention
should fall upon him, thus making
him once more the standard bearer of
freedom's host in the Keystone State, I
we will obey the bugle call, and rally
around that flag and its noble chant
pion with all the power we possess of
pen or tongue.
But are there not fully as many
reasons which might be gicon why he
should not be chosen as the standard
bearer of the great Republican party
in the Gubernatortarcontest? Other
men •in the
. Republican party have
done just as much for their country
and the State as he. We have men—
GeneralS, Colonels, 'Majors, and pri
vate soldiers in our State, who fought
as well, as long, and as faithfully as
did Gov.. GEARY. We bre citizens
who never entered the fierce and
bloody struggle as soldiers, by reason
of their age or business connections,
who, nevertheless, poured their money
like water into the treasury ofthe Na
tion, to aid in. furnishing arms, am
unition, food and supplies;of all kinds
to our noble army. Faithful, as Gov.
GEARY has been, shall all these be
set aside because they are modest and
unassuming, that he may have a sec
ond term?
Can Gov. GEARY rally the entire
strength of the Republican party? It
is a humiliating fact that we have, in
certain parts and places, cliques and
factions. Can Gov. GEARY, if nomi
nated, secure and bring to his support
all the conflicting elements, if such
there be, as well as could some new
man, fresh from the people, who has
never ha - d anything to do with the
different' antagonistic factions or cle
ments. of Pennsylvania politics and
'
Can Gov. GEARY nuke as strong
a fight, and poll as large a vote next
fail as be did when first elected in
1866? Can he, or any other than,
after having served three years as
Governor of the State, bring to his
BUppOrt the undivided, enthusiastic,
entire strength of his party? Has it
- rer been done by any former Gover
`Pennsylvania ?
-ot wish to dictate to the
StateCouvettion nnr
t.litsan party. Bat
, opouttdeti ar e.
ortby tisc
ars
lire do ._.,.
.rnhers of t,,
the givtat Repik.
. questicos il bore - p.,
Ali , 11 lift )).16. i:.billiOn, I.
.iiiera tlO fl Cl the vai.qest 'l,
f.::•:7;:l•e:q heads at -
HI the most lk.
up.7-ig,lll. voters of thegreat patty
Wall right 7•?. Our rt:_!rty.h.itherto aue.
1
untend e d fo r nn asure s .. ;ma h o t. be
4-.. a. This . il a s heon Our er n w:: i rig, .be liabl e ie.
the Fearct o f our uninirelleti. or:utore.ll4" 9-
I
s. .No man in our rauks is ou, utent-twt inore:diti.t..
, 1 - .1 office ;but all who Arp Dcx- 7 l'"" --:--
sessed of merit and ability, are subject
at any time to be called by the people
to serve them in that capacity. No
Republican has claims upon his' part:;
for a first or a second term to' the
Gubernatorial chair. But it the peo
ple acting in their sovereign 'capacity
see proper to select one of their fellow
citizens to a first, second, or even a
third term, we for one are willing to
yield to the majesty of their power
and say, amen.
EDITORS
Rotation in office is a good doctrine,
and a source of great strength to any
political party. Why then, when
great issues are at stake, and great
questions involved in the coming
Gubernatorial campaign. is there so .
little interest manifeged on the part
of the Press and the people in regard
to the selection of the most popular
and competent Man in our Str•te, to
lead us once more to victory and to
glory? Let not this thing go by de
fault. Let the whole field be careful
ly and thoroughly canvassed before
the meeting of the Convention.
Thank God we have no scarcity of
good men. The brightest talent and
the purest and best men of the State
are found in the Republican organi
zation. Bring out our GEARY'S
Ketchum!, MOrehcads, Scofields; .
Armstronas, - Whites, Hartranfts,
Grower, Cessnas, Jordans and a host
of others we might name with pure
and clran records, sound on the Tariff
as well as on all the other great and
glorious doetrineg of the Union. Repub
lican party.. After a fair and honest
contest, choose any of these, and the
liberty loving people of the State, led
on by Gen's Intelligence, Economy,
and Reform, will rally again around
their chieftain and place high upon
the Capitol of our State the glorious
Barner of the free.
We'll rally again, and that "Flag of the Free"
Shall stall here our heroes haveplace'd it,
And no'er shall they govern on land or on sea,
Whose treason 'zeal spurn'd and disgrae'd it.
A Few Thoughts for Our Irish F ellow
The Catholics in proselyting among
the Freedmen are making more con
verts than any other sect. Instead of
thrusting them into a corner and la
beling them black, as most of the
Christian churches do, all who come
into the fold of the " Mother of
Churches" arc taken in upon terms
of strict Christian equality. The
Protestant sects may well draw les
sons of wisdom from the Catholic
churches in this respect, and forego
the 'practice of setting apart the col
ored Christians from their white
brethren. Is it not strange that while
the Catholic Priests and Bishops are
engaged heartily in the great andglo
rious work of educating and chrb. , , , tiam
izing the poor negro, and receiving
him into their . ehureh upon terms of
•`strict Christian equality," thus ad
mitting that be is a wan, possessing
an equal interest in the blood of
Christ with his fellow white brethren;
that he is their equal according to
Gods' law—is it not strange, we say.
that while all this is being done by
the Catholie church, hundreds, aye,
we might add, thousands of the mem
bers of thaLchurch, forgetting their
manhood and their love of liberty,can
find no better employment than to
stand on the corners and damn the ila
gm. and heap curses upon the Repute•
liean party, the Fifteenth Ainend
ment to the Constitution, and every
effort put forth to give him his polit-
L.:al and religious rights? When will
our Irish fellow citizens learn to be
consistent? When will they cease to
aid in withholding from any of God's
creatures in America the blessings
and privileges that they themselves
were .compelled to leave their own
loved Ireland in order to enjoy?
Will you, contrary to the teachings
and practices cf your own church be
lured from the paths of rectitude and ,
duty by the anti Democratic and anti-
Christian teachings and disloyal-rav
ings ofsuch copperhead sheets as the
Demberatic Watchman Why not
think for yourselves? Think and act
like freemen I
Georgia—Enforcing the 14th Amend-
In the United Senate, on the' 25th
Mr. Rice introduced a birl to- enforce
the 14th amendment,&e., and to res
tore Georgia.to the republican govern
ment elected under its new Constitu
tion. The bill authorizes the Govern
or to summon all persons appearing to
have been elected to. the Legislature
bythe proclaruation.of General Meade,
dated June 25, 1868, to meet in Atlan
ta at a day named, within six. months,
and organize their respective houses
after taking the oaths of office, and
be vested with full legislative power.
If :kny one claiming to be elected ne
glects or refuses to take an oath he
shall be'l yarded as ineligible. The
expulsion of the negro members is de
clared null and -void. The President
is to send troops to enforce the act.
The bill was ordered to lie on the
table and be printed.
In the House, on the same day, a
bill having in some respects the !male
object in view, was introduced by Mr.
Paine, and referred to the Reconstruc
tion Committee. It provides that
every person who is ineligible to office
under the third set:tit-1i of the four
teentli article of amendments to tile
tiotn,tittition, arid wlo lidds ;Amu ,:
fits to hold office in any State or Ter
ritory, and every civil or military 0.- ficer who has autlitrity to rewire
Ferson dose not exercise it, shall
.v of a iniMittiticanor, and :lima
fi n e of tint les-, than $5OO
4 '500, and
five years nor less
c
Citizens.
ment.
Editorial and Other Items.
-There were 483 deaths in New
York last week.
—Admiral Trehoust of France,' re
cently promoted, began his career as
a cabin boy.
—Henry Dobbs, Republican. has
ben elected Mayor of Franklia,.lby
thirty-one majority.
—Blondin has recovered damages
in France against a manager who ad
ve;tised a bogus Blondin.
—Woman's lights prevail in Greece.
Queen Olga actempa flies her husband
to all the Cabinet meetings.
• —llohnesburg, Bucks county,boasts
of the oldest grist mill in the State, it
having been built in 1679, or one hun
dred and ninety years ago.
—Russia has confi4eated the treas
ury of a Catholic convent in Poland,
for having allowed insurgents to use
its printing press during the late rebel
lion.
Mr. T. B. Morgan has the honor
of being the first Mayor of the new
city of New Castle, he haring been
chosen to that position on the 19th
inst.
—The Mormons are turtling their
attention to the marufacture of por
celain, and have already produced
some specimens which rival . those of
France or Prussia.
—Ladies' ears, so long neglected,
have become an object of attention in
Paris, and are now tinted with pink
or white. They are brought forward
or forced backward, according to taste.
—The borough of Johnstown redu.
ced its debt froth $30,000 to $20,500
during last year. The total 'revenue
of the borough was $25.299 40, of
which $376 was for exhibition licen
ses.
—General Stoneman Saturday is•
sued an order removing Governor
NV ells, and assuming the duties of the
office himself. Mayor Burgess, of
Petersburg, was also removed from
office.
—The fashionable female lip is very
pale, according to the latest Parisian
accounts. Coral coloring is quite gone
out of fzishion , and the expression of
the elegant mouth is that of weariness
and scorn.
—About seventy thousand Odd
Fellows are expected to participate in
the semi•centennial anniversary of the
establishment of the Order, which is
to be held in Philadelphia on the26th
of April next.
Felsenthal. a Jewish minis
ter in Chicago, denies with indigna
tion the statement of a Jew-converter,
named Van Noorden, that there are
twenty thousand Christianized He
brews in Europe.
—The farewell address of the late
President has suggested the ft llowing.
lines to the editor of The Detroit Post
',Whoop ! al , ully boy, and Congress is a
liar!
Were the last dying words of A. Johnson,
esquire."
—The roads from the lumheri•:; re
gions in Maine are filled with barrels
of flour, pork and beef, bags of corn,
oats nod meal. which were thrown off
to lighten loads, in order to Rave the
lives of exhausted horses.
—TTundreds of the soldier• of the
regular army statiened in Dacntah
are married to Indian women. These
women, it is raid. make faithful, vir
tuous, and industrious wives. The
soldiers rarely de:crt them.
-?tlinnessnta has a law absolutely
prohibiting the destructiOn of quails
until the year 1875. - The birds were
introduced in 1845, and great pains
have been taken since to preserve and
propagate them, and they are now
quite numerous.
—lsidore Geoffrey St. TliHare, alter
a careful anatomical examination• of
de twins, is kind enonerlt to tell tic ex
actly what they are. lie class them
in the order Autositaires, belonging
to the family Monomphaliane, and
tribe Xiophapage. If our readers,
like ourselves, have been hitherto in
doubt about the Siamese wonder, they
will be reheved by this information.
We know all about them now.
FEEBLE MEN.—Mrs. Cady Stanton
is a "brick." She thinks that a puny
man whom she could carry under her
arm shOuld. not - discourse about the
physical inferiority of the female sex,
as did a certain divine at the Milwau
kio Convention, which she lately at
tended. Fer the same reason no man
whom she can beat in argument should
talk about the intellectual inferiority
of women. We are afraid most of the
men would be "shutup" by such a rule
of parliamentary law.
TIIE agony of the first negro jury
men in 'Minnesota is over. The pris
oner was a negro ;. five of the jurors
were negroes, and everything went off
as though everybody was white. The
St. Paul Pioneer says: "It is a noti
ceable fact that the first colored jury
men that acted in the State were sum
moned by a Democratic Sheriff, in a
Democratic county and Democratic
city, in a court presided over by a
Democratic Judge, and where the
county prosecutor was a Democrat.
PENN§YLVANIX, the key:tone of
the Federal arch, having ratified
through her Legislature the constitu ,
fi na l xmendment, we have eleven
States which , have already enrolled
themselves in favor of the measure
Neva d a. K ansas , Missouri, West Yil
git)in, Wiitoll.4lll, Miehizan,
Ma; ne, Soot Carolina. Arkansas,
O ne h as rt jeered it. Delaware. v,ith
the e' es of the world upon her; and
another, Georgia. has tried to do so,
but as her entire pditieal status is
questionable anal involved, her present
action one way or another does not
matter much. So far the fiela looks
well.
Our Washington Letter.
WAS II N eTON;• D.. C. ,Alax. 26,169
DEAR. REPUBLICAN :-I don't know
that I shall be able to give you any in
teresting matter this week, for when
we consider the great number of strang
ers in the city, the past ten days have
been the dullest, comparatively speak
ing, seen here forjuany months.
The President evidently desires that
the Senators and Members shall vote
upon the "tenure of office" question,
unbiassed by any personal considera
tions, and has, therefore, - confined his
nominations to those offices, in which
an appointment, or a change was ab
solutely required by the public inter
ests.
It seems that the modifications
adrpted by the Senate, in regard to
this Tenure of office Bill, are likely to
meet with considerable opposition in
the House; but it is to be hoped they
will ultimately be acquiesced in. There
are. however, a large number of Re
publicans who insist upon an uncon
ditional repeal. In our judgment, these
gentlemen lay thems2lves open to the
charge of inconsistency; or, at least, to
that of being friendly to special legis
lation, for when the Tenure of office
Bill was originally passed, it rfai sus
tained by the entire Republican party.
But that is their own affair.
Meantime, the gentlemen who are
here seeking appointments, remain in
statit quo, which' is evidently not a com
fortable place, judging by the dissatis
fied countenances of.its present inhab
itants.
The time fixed upon by one of the
Houses of Congress for adjournment,
is rapidly approaching, and there is
little doubt but that much of the busi
ness, whieh it was hoped would, be
transacted this session, will have to go
over. Several of the most important
Committees will sit during the recess
—we are not sun; but that the Com
mittee on the Civil Service, of which
our Representative, Mr. Armstrong.
is a member, will fall among this class.
That some changes in the Operations
of the civil service are needed, is in
evitably conceded, but what changes
will be beneficial, is a knotty question,
and great credit will be due to the Com
mittee, in case their arduous labors are
attended with satisfactory results.
The presidential mansion has been
re-furnished, under the supervision of
General Michler, Commissioner of
Public building', and is now occupied
by the President's family. Among the
ornaments, are several exquisite pieces
of statuary. One representing George
Washington as a boy leaning on the
stump of a cherry tree with the tradi
tional hatchet in his hand, is extreme
ly beautiful in design, and equally so in
finish. The press of business at the
White House leaves the President but
little time to receive g neral visitors,
but the opportunities, whenever thus
affoi dd, are speedily taken advantage
of.
Among the Patents allowed this
week is, one for an improved manner
of attaching shafts, &c., to • carriages,
wagons, &e:, called an improved
"Thill coupling," for short, the inven
tion of your worthy fellow Citizen,
Joseph Peters, Esq., of BoalsbUrg.—
The present owners are Messrs. L. VV.
Ktmport, of the same place, and J. H.
Keller, of Linden Hall, and it is to be
hoped their investment will be a profit
able one,. as the invention is regarded
here as a considerable advance, espec
ially as regards convenience in attach-
on anything yet patented.
We have ob, , erved, in the last few
numbers of your paper, that since the
project of a railroad line between Belle
fonce and Milroy has been abandoned,
efforts have been,made to excite an in
terest in a sely.nue to unite Centre and
Union counties more closely by means
of a road from Lewisburg to Bellefonte,
yea Bordsburz. We hope that this pro
ject will not suffer the fate of its pre
decessor. We trust that the inhabi
tants or Penns Valley, and the other
portions of the proposed route, will
awake to a sense of their own interests.
We were deeply impressed by the
force of the remarks and suggestions
contained in a late communication, in
which the- writer referred to the great
adVance in the price of real estate in
Bald Eagle Valley since the comp'e
tion of their road. In this connection,
we may state that, when "F" street,
in this city,_ was graded and paved,
preparatory to putting down the track
of the Metropolitin Passenger Railway,
• many of the property holders on that
street disposed to grumble at the cost
it entailed, but when, in a'year's time,
the value of their property had increas
ed three hundred per cent., they ceased
to grumble. So, if our friends, own
ers of real estate, on the projected
route, mill "come down" handsomely
at present, they will reap their reward.
in a very short space of time, from the
enhanced value of their property. Let
Centre county, then, be wet/represent
ed at the meeting to be held in Mill
- heim, on the 15th pros. Let the gen
tlemen who go there• be prepared on
their own, and authorized on their
neighbors' account, to subscribe to the
amount of ten percent of the value of
the real property, to be benefitted by
the construction of this line. If meas
ures are taken which will prove that
the people of. Centre county desire this
road, there will be no difficulty in the
way of its completion. Truly your.
KAPPA.
rogular meeting of the Repub
lican Club trillbe at their Club
Room Saturday evening next. A fu:l
atteudanee is ab,oluttly essential.
TE:ormAtiov..—.A. wooing of the Qn
on Temperance society will be held in
the court House on Monday Evening
Report of the Rev. F. O'Shea's Lec
ture.
BY REV. THOS.-MCGOVERN
Ma. EDITOR :—The following is a
short and very imperfect report of the
able lecture of Rev. Francis O'Shea,
delivered in the Court House, Belle
fonte, Pa., March 17, 1869.
Had we known that a report would .
be requested, we would have taken
some notes to serve us as a basis on
which might be constructed something
of. its kind; similar, we might hope,
but wanting all the life, unity, beauties
and proportions of' the original.
The Rev. Gentleman took for his
subject--Ireland, ller origin, her His
tory and her Future.
He stated that Ireland was settled
by a colony of Pcenicians, at a very
early period; so remote, indeed, that
history, while it fails to give absolute
certainty, still furnishes a vast amount
of cumulative evidence that proves
both the truth Of the theory, and solves
all the objections raised against it.
The origin of . every nation of anti
quity began in the twilight of fable.--
Before the invention of letters the his
tory (.4' mankind, whether individually
or collectively, was 'funded down from.
father to son, and the integrity of the
narrative depended on the motives and
the memory of the reporter. These
traditions, though often vague, im
probable.and distorted, are, neverthe
less, embodiments of great historic
truths, highly colored, it may be, by
poetic fancy and fertile imaginations,
but are not to be denied withal because
they cannowholy withstand the scruti
ny of modern skepticism. They are like
the raysof the sun whivh, passing thro'
a prism,are refracted nd dissolved into
the most beautiful colors, but still re
tain their original properties of light
and heat.
The early traditions of the Iris'i peo
ple are nearly unanimoirl in affmni: g
that Ireland was settled by zhe Phoe
nicians. The probable truth of these
traditions is increased by the fact that,
at the advent of authentic histiny e the
Irish people in manners and customs,
and forms of government resembled
those other Phoenician colonies, about
whose history there is no dispute. The
Irish language, when subjected to the
rules of comparative philology, bears a
stronger analogy to the Shemetic
tongues than even the modern English
does to the Anglo-Saxon. This origin
of the Irish becomes so highly proba
ble, when considered from a Phoeni
cian point of view that, in the absence
of undeniable proof, it would be rash
ness to deny it.
Phoenician(so named from that num
ber of palm trees—phoinekes—on its
coast) consisted of a narrow strip of
land on the Syrian coast, between Ara
dus and Tyre (25 miles long, by 4 or 5•
miles wide)abounditirin harbors, and
full of lofty mountains, m - ost of which
are comprehended under the name of
Libanon, and producing timber for
ship-building, and the construction of
houses.
The Phoenicians belonge R to the race '
of Shem, which spread itself over the
whole of western Asia, and of which,
long before the existence of historical
records, individual hords had over-run
Syria and Arabia, and finally settled in
fortified towns along the Syrian coast.
The barrenness of the soil, "and the
small extent of territory, soon compel
ed them to colonize the ore-grown
population. This policy enabled them•
to establish a secure intercourse with
distant, and particularly, with unculti
vated countries, and also prevented the
too rapid increase E f the poor who, in
ancient times, often broke outinto vio
lent revolutions. They planted cola
hies on the Islands of the Mediterra
nean, and northwards as far as the
Hellespont. There were also still more
distant settlements on the coast of Sic
ily, especially Panarmus and Motye,
on Sardinia and the Balearic islands,
and along the southern coast of Spain,
the most remarkable of which were
Tars.es or Tartessus, Carteia„G-adda or
Glades, now Gibraltar. They traded
westward in the islands of Ca-siter
ides, of Britania, (Britair,) and
south of Hibernia (Ireland). Their
settlements in Hibernia. are not as well
attested by history as their other colo
nies in Sly in, and elsewhere; but the
evident reason of this is that they wish
ed to keep a profound secrecy about
their western commerce, in order to
monopolize the tin-trade of Cassiter
ides, which then. was yielding an enor
mous revenue.
This extensive trade with distant
countries required, on- the part of the
Phoenicians, a proportionate knowl
edge of Geography, Astronomy, Let
ters and Mathematics. In these branch
es they excelled at a very early date.—
We know, with historical certainty,that
Cadmus introduced letters and science
in Thebes•about B. 0., 1500, and this
led many to suppose they were the in
ventors of letters. It is remarkable
that the Irish excelled also at an early
period in these branches, which leads
to the supposition that they brought
these sciences from the mother coun
ty.
The Phoenicians, unlike the other
nations of antiquity, never
. held their
colonies as dependents. Their mutual
relations consisted in commercial in
tercourse, and the celebration of the
feasts of their common gods, and the
offering or sacrifice by emba3sadors
sent for that purpose, from the colo
nies to mother city. This polity, though'
defective in its nature, had a tendency
to engender in their colonies that self
reliance, boldness and independence,
which we find so strongly marked in
the character of the people of C,artha
ginia, Utica, Spain.a.nd Ireland. Thee
facts are sufficient to prove her origin,
No precise date caube given for the
settlement of Ireland. The opinions
of authors dio•er; some supposing it to
have take place, B. C., 1700, others
I E,03. The government of Ireland was
a Republic, or a confederacy of chief
tains, elected by their followers, and
subordinate to a head chief, or sover
eign, elected by the latter. Their code
of jurisprudence consisted of the Bre
tton Laws, in which existed, in a crude
state, our modern trial by jury. As
Greece had her Solon. Rome her Nu
ma, the Western Empire her Charle
magne,,Erigland her Alfred, so Ireland,
before them all, had her 011amh
Fodhla, (the wise and learned man).
He established a representative form of
government, assembling triennially at
Tara.
In the reign of Cimboath, B. C.,
716, we come to a period of authentic
history. This date of Irish history
coincides with one of the most impor.
tant eras of universal history. At this
time the Greeks had counted their six
teenth Olympiad, and crowned Pytha
goras the victor. Romulus had been
succeeded by Numa Pompilius, and
the • foundations of emperial Rome
were laid in blood by barbarian herds.
The Chaldians had just taken , the
palm in astronomical observations, and
recorded, for the first time, a lunar
clipse, while the baffled Assyrians re
linquished thesiege of Tyre, unhappily
reserved for the cruel destruction ac
complished by Alexander, a few cen
turies later. The prop h ec:e 3of Isaiah
were still resounding in the ears of an
ungrateful people, la:: la , d spoken of the
coming of Christ,. and zis all peaceful
mission in mystic imagery; but that
suffering should be the precursor of
that marvelous advent. The Assytian
had dashed a resistless torrent on the
fold; Dzrael was led captive; Hosea was
in chains; amariA and the Kingdom
of Israel were added to the conquest of
t 4 ennacherib, and the kingdom of Ju
dah, harrassed, but not destroyed, was
waiting the accomplishment of propl
- an-:l the measure of her crimes,
ere the most ancient of peOples should
cease to be a nation.
From this period, till the advent of
Christianity, a space of 1148 years, the
Irish nation,. like all others, bore her
share of prosperity, and advcrsity,amid
the struggles of human prudence
against human passions.
In 432, A. D., St. Patrick, a native
of Gaul, and near relative of St. Mar
tin, of Tours, was raised to the episco
pacy by Pope St. Celestine, and sent
into Ireland to convert the natives by
the same pontiff, landed on the island,
and on Holy Saturday, preached to the
chiefs of Meath, assembled at Tara
His efforts were crowned with success.
In a few years the whole island was led
from paganism, and the shadow of
death, unto the Holy Catholic and
Apostolical Church, the visible king
dom' of Christ on earth, the fold of
which Christ is the Shepherd, the ark
of safety, and the pillar and grOund of
truth. What is true of Ireland, is true
of all other nations, viz : That no na
tion was ever converted to Christianity
by any other than the Catholic church.
Under the benign influence of Chris
tianity, Ireland flourished in the arts,
sciences, literature, became the"island
of saints," and the asylum of learning
for all the students of Europe. Her
monasteries and religious houses culti
vated every branch of education, and
adorned every path of science. Kings
and princes deemed themselves honor
ed in being numbered among the de
ciples of some Irish Monk.
A long term of peace and prosperity
usually begets internal dissensions
which are more dangerous to the ex
istenc: of the State, than hostile in
vasions from without. This was, at
least, true in the cae of Ireland. A.
D., 1168, Dernod Mac Murrough,
Prince of Leinster, was driven, in dis
grace, from Ireland. He fled to Bris
tol, England, and asked aid of' Henry
II to restore him to his kingdom, fbr
which he promised to pay a vassal's
homage. Henry, only too happy tb
listen to his complain's, and to forward
his views, sent a large number of his
most rapacious followers to invade Ire
land. From this date began. the rais
cries of that once happy conntry.—
Eight hundred years has Itelagd re
.sisted the yoke of the invad'er with a
spirit that never would bend. For
three hundred and fifty years the dif
ference of race fanned the flame of na
tional prejudice; then followed the l{ e
formation, so called, which added an
other brand to the conflagration. We
cannot dwell on this period of horrors
without calling foul names. therefore
we forbear. The thousand' graves of
exiled Irish in foreign lands; the high
ways of the Atlantic whitened by the
bones of Irish emigrants; the millions
of Irish peasantry starving in the midst
of plenty, and brought to an untimely
grave, all proclaim, in accents that
freeze the heart : "The hand of the ty
rant has sorely afflicted us."
In the latter part of the eighteenth
century, America won her independ
ence. This spirit of opposition arous
ed the smouldering embers of Irish in
dependence. The political horizon
became troubled. The giant intellects
of Grattan, Curran,Pluriketarid Flood,
gleamed in the firmament, to gladden
and rejoice, like the gorgeous sun
amidst the dark clouds of a storm at
sea. For a few years, Ireland was al
lowed to manage her own internal af
fhir,, and htir progress Was unparallel
ed in the annals of nations. The ty
rant became jealous of her greatness,
and forged - neW chains t enslave her.
The term oflier'greatness was so short
that the patriot who w:.t3hed at the
cradle o 1 freedom, followed the corpse
to the tomb. Yet the movement
provrs that the native spirit of the
people was still alive. Catholic eman
cipation followed, under the lead of
Daniel O'Connell, the champion of
Freedom. This was the first measure
of justice to Ireland.
The future of Ireland seems bright
er, and with the disestablishtnent of
the English church, the old man of the
woods, and the right to manage her
own internal affairs, we may hope, ere
long, that she will hold an honorable
place among the nations of the earth.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
MILLINERY STO RB.—The 'undersign . -
ed respectfully informs the ladies, and
all in need of Millinery Goods, that she has
(timed a Millinery Store at her residence at
the Toll Gate on the Bellefonte and Lewis
town turnpike, wh re she will be
: happy to
wait upon all who may favor her with a call.
mar3l-3t MATTIE BOALICH.
CONRAD HOUSE.
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN;
LODGING AND NEILS AT NEASONADLE RATES
RESTAURANT WELL SUPPLIED
WITH ALL THE VIANDS OF
TRE SEASON.
OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE,
R'. ELINE.
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TO MU; Fit IE DS OF THE S. SCUOOL
CA UrzE IN cENTRE CO.
Deeply impre.sed with the greatness of
the work which the Master has given us to
do, and TO tlizing the responsibility which
rests noon US un f our co-ls,bwers "in the
Sunday School work we call upon ail who
des re to see the efficiency of the Sunday
School as a 11:10311S of usefulness increased.
to meet with us in the Lecture Room of the
Methodist Church. in Bellefonte. on Tues
day afternoon. the 6th day of April next. at
2 o'ttloch P. M.. for the purpose of organiz
ing a County Association and taking step
loot.ing to the 11,symbling of a &witty
SAM)) O ,, TIVOUiiOII at nn early day• The
i n ttve nt eni i> n , t UNTO IS a plat
forte up o n oh ill all Christians r•an meet— a
enapi.),,h ueld n, wne:tt all ran lab r.
us route to the w r.t with eat nest hearts ano
wiling trawls.
Rev C. PA 8.D0F.,
B. MeG ANN,
" JNO. S It CIE FAITS.
" J. A. BACNENBERq
JAMES A. BEA VEIL,
1) It If kzzT I NCS.,
J. P Hr
GEO, M. Y‘M;GM.
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THE SECREE OF HAPPINESS.
Some folks are always fretting,
1Y ill their troubles never tease?
Will nothing ev,,r bring them
The blessed boon of peace ?
•
To peace and true contentment
The way is ti• cry plain,
And if you'll pay attention
The secret I'll explain.
Smith': home was all confusion,
Ills wite would scold and fret,
And such a scene I really think
I never shall forget.
His wife would spank the children,
And chase them off to Led ;
Set down, and cry as women do,
And wish that she were dead.
She'd call her husband awful names,
A "nasty, horrid man,"
And if be "did'nt change his ways,"
She'd "go right home to 'main.'"
When Smith returned to bed one night,
lie thought the twitter e'er ;
Ho vowed he'd end this foolish fight—
nave peace at home once more.
Ere long the neighbors noticed
Ins wife bad changed her tone,
And smith was "gay and happy,"
Fur he'd bonglit an ••Our Old Man."
Now his wife is every smilling,
And all he wrath has flown ;
And she calk her husband "darling,"
Fur he's bought an "Oar Old Hume '-'
Smith says his "wife has really
The sweetest temper known,
And everything is lovely
Since he's bo't an Our Old Rome.'"
And now he takes his comfort;
lie's found happiness ht last,
And sunbeams bright and Blaney
Around his way are cast.
This celebrated Stove is for sale by
LONBEHGER Jc HENRY,
Cur. Allegheny be Bishop Sts.
mar 3 I '694 f. Bellefonte, Pa
GRE&T EXCITEMENT !
EXTRA OBDINARY CONCENTRATION
OF BARGAINS
110WE.LL, GILLIAND
of Bush's Arcade. in Itt , tus No. 1 and 2
have just returned front the city with a large
anti extensive stock of Spring and &tummy
Goods. We are now ready to oiler to our
tustcoters a more extensive cud be . ter us
totted stock than ever before offered to the
Our extensive stock of
LA DIES DRESS GOODS,
rernands rartienlar attention.
Great Bargains to he had in Prints, Masi ins,
N,,tjfmg,
The latest fr.r he= of i."prinu and Summer
Ca::::imers already received.
BEADY JIAIA CLOTH/N(
warranted to give perteM satisfotlioTi.
A large assoiment of Half, Cops, Boots end
Shoes eioro 0111 le on halo.
Our Grocery deportment demands loot tiembor
a? tention. A toil assoroneot emostantiy
on Itancl,the be't the markets eau aff,rd,
ill ki us
SYRUP, SUGAR. TEA it COFFEE
Canned Frnite. Jellies. Domestic and
Foreign Fruits. Cheese aid Pastrb , s of all
kinds, and every other article belonging to
the Grocery Department-
FARMERS, MECHANICS' AND LA-
BORI.IIS,
LOOK to your interest
One dollar saved is still one dollar in
your pocket. Then call' and. see at what
astonishing Low Prices'.
HOWELL GILLILAND & CO.
aro selling Dry Good's and' Groceries.
Come and examine for yourselves, and be
convinced of the truth.
DON'T FORGET TEE PLACE,
Bush's Arcade, Rooms No. 1 and 2.
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TO THE , WORKING CLASS. -
I am now prepared . to furnish, all class
es with cottetantemployment at their homes,.
the whole of thb time, or' for the spare mo
ments. Btr.ineariew.light and profitable.
Piny cents to $5 per evening, is easily earn
ed hr persons of either se:t, and the boys
and girls earn nearly as much as teen.—
rest induct:merits are offered those who will
devote their whole time to the business; and
that every parson who sees this notice, may
send me their address and test the business
for them..elves. I make the following- unbar
awed .4fer ; To all who are not well satis
fied with the bu,sinms. I will send Si to pay
for the trouble of writing to me. Fu.l par
Oculars, directions. &c.. sent free. Sample
tout by mail fot ten cents. address.
M. C. ALLEN, Augusta, Maine
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM!
Physicians
who have failed to cure their patientsshould
try this medicine before they give the case
up, as we know very many valuable lives
have been saved by being persuaded to give
it a trial.
DON'T DESPAIR because ali other rem
edies have failed, but try this and. yea will
nut be deceived.
The proprietors of this valuable BALSAM'
take pleasure in calling to it the attention of
all medicine dealers, desiring that they pro
cure a supply of it, and recommend it . to
their afflicted patrons and friends.
IT WILL CURE WREN ALL OTHERS
PAIL.
Directions accompany each bottle.
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P
AIN KILLER—Cures Sore Throat
A favorite Medicine with all classes
Is Davie' Pain Killer.
yorrhave Painter's Colic -
Use the Pain Killer.
N O Medicine is so - popnlar
As the Pain Killer.
EEP the PAIN KILLER always on
K
hand.
IF you have a Conon' or Coxn,
•
Use the Pam Killer.
LOOK out and not get caught without a.
bottle-of Pain Killer in the house. ••
j ET everybody use the Pain Killer for
/../ Sprains and Bruises.
EVERY Sailor should carry a bottle of
L'A Pain Killer with him.
D EMEMBER. the Pain Killer is both for
.Taltetnal auo External wee.
PAINKILLER is sold by all Drug
eb.t. and Dealers In Family Medicines. Pri
ces 25 ‘;ent,, 5d crat and si.
PERKY DAVIS Sc SON , Pruprs.,
78. Str,et, Peovidenee;
359 St. Paul Street. Montreal. Canada;
Southampton Row, London, Hoed
ma , 3l '69 4.v.
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pled soxidlay to del Come
purl" b Cats OClcsor
Owl far Diet •fraindwpot
wE Ai i uumiNG,
ONCE 111011 E WITH A NEW SPRING
STOCK IN OFR GREAT
ONE DALLAR SALE OF DRY AND FAN
CY G OODS,
CUTLERY, &c., &
PREMIUMS RATES OF SHEETING
Fur Club
" "
" " One Hundied, -.65 "
• Ail oiler premiums I'l'omile - ratio.
Enlarged Exchange List,- with - new and
usfull articles.
bee new Circular and samples. Sent 'to
any address free:
Or - Please send money by Registered
Letter, addressed to
J. S. lIANVES - 4 CO.,
128 4- 13(1 Federal st , Boston, Mass.
P. 0. Box C. tuar24'69-6w.
T ICENSED BY 'Mit UNITED
_LA STATES AUTHORITY.
S. THOMPSON & CO'S
DIM
ONE DOLLAR SALE
Dry Goods. Dress Goods, Linens, Cottons,
FANCY GOODS, Albums, Biblea, Sil
ver-Plated Ware, Cutlery. Leather
and German Goods of every
description, ,Le., trtc.
These articles to 1-.4s soid at tlia uniform
price of
ONE DOLLAR EA.C.II,
and no to be paid for until you know what
you are to receive.
The most popular stair dconornical method
of doing business in the connay
The goods' we have for s le are described
on printed slips, and will be sent to. any ad
dress at the rate of 10 eenrs'each. tb pay for
postage. printing, &c. It ii then at the op
tion of holders wh.ther they will send one
doltr for the allele or not.
IIY PATRONIZING. THIS SA 3 LiT you
have a chance to exchange you goo(E+,
should the or icles mentioned on the print
ed slip not he desired.
The l•lunillest Articles sold. for CNE DOL
LAR can he exchanged for Sili•er-
Plated. Five I3otiled Revolving
Costor.or your choice or a largo .
Vgriety of other Article's
upon 'Exchange Va.:
enmpri: , ins. over 250 userul articles. riot one
or whirb could he IMueirt at any retail store
for nearly dui.ble the amount.
TERMS TO AGENTS
We send es Pommies:en to Agents:
For a Club of Thirty, and $3,00,
one of the 11Ellowing artyles Muslcet,Shot
Gun, f.r Austrian RM., 211 Yards' Conan.
LE4.13-'e Fancy Square Wool Shitall. Lorene
tor Qnilf, AernErlean, Set at
Knives and Fork , . Violin and B w, Fenn ,
Dre•Es Mlit:Fß, Pair Ladies' extra tir.elity
('!nth B.,nrg one flezrn Hued size Linen
Unnoye,..n)i ,
Cnthwe Whi'e Wool Btanket: Fifteen
cards hest finality Print 12 yaril3 !itlcini,
one dozen Linen Diiiner Napkins. (f-e.
. ,
For a Club of Sixty,•and - $6,00,
ore of the foilawing articles: Revaiver Shot
aim or Springfield RiflC. 42 Yard, Areting,
Pair lionoyeonsh QailtS; Cylinder Watch. 4
cards Double Width Waterproof Clbakine,
Ltidy' D , ulsle Wool Shaw'. Lancri9t,l'Quilt,
lir:wee Rtes. Panora. Engraved Silver..
Plated `;' ix-Ewtlecl Devolving Castor, Set of
Tvor3 Enives, SilVen Plated
Forks. Pair of All Wool El:thkets. Pair of
Alhambra Quilts, 90 vard. , Piitit. or a Mar
seilles Quilt D , sulde tietht-Koved Aceorde
on, Webster's Pictarlal 1/1(11,ln:try (9110 en..
gravin4s, 900 pages,) 3} yards Doeskin fur
suit, 4to.
For a Club of One• Hundred. and $lO,
Double B!trrel Shot Qum, Rifle Cane, or
Sharb's' Rifle, 65 yards Sheeting„ Fancy
Castemete. Coat. Pants and Vest Pattern
(extra quality). Pair Splendid Rose Blank
ets, Piney Plaid Wool Long Shawl. 25 yds.
Hemp Carpeting, splendi I Violin and Bow,
Frgen Alpacoa Dress Pattern, Silver
Hinting-:lased Watch, Single Barrel Shot
Gun. Sharr's Revoleerame pair fine Damask
'fable Corers. with one d ;gen- dinner
king to match. Worcester's Illustrated Una
bridged Dictionary. (1800 pages), ific.
additional list of commissions,
see Circular.
Commissions - for liitgOr"Clubs . in Propor
tion.
Agents will please take notice of this. Do
not send names. brit number your clubs from
one upward. Make your letters short and
plailf as possible.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE OF THIS
1 / 5 5 r - Tie SURF, and Send Money in ALL
CASES by REGIATF,WFM LFITTER,whieh
can he sent from nny Post-OtHre. •
This w, . of sending, money is preferred to
any other method whatever.
We (mount he responsible for tnoney lost,
unless some pre:notions ere taken to insure
its safety.
SEND FOR CIRCULARS
Send Sour address
en in
S foil, Town, County,
d qfp.
S. C. TIinIIPS(IN df•
136 Federal Street,
Boston, Mass,
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