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H. A..McPIKE.
- Publisher.
It will be seen by the proceedings of
the Democratic County Committee that
"'the nominating Convention will be held
"ca .Monday,; the 1st day of J uly next, and
that the delegates will bo elected the Sat-
tirday;previous. We trust' our Demo--rati
friendj throughout thecountry will
reallzo the importance of placing in nomi-
nation rich a ticket a will poll our whole
strength, f and secure our old .fashioned
taajoriiy. To do this it is essential that
: every ward, borough and township should
" send Us Very best men men. who prize
' .. ' f ' i . J.".'. I'll-' '
; the success ci cemocnuic.pnncipie3 . ia
than the personal fortunes of any jnuividu
a!. Letihis bo done, and the result Will
give general satisfaction. ' , " ' '
i COL. LIISTOK.
. SVe,dQ.not exchange with Aa Hama-
burg Telegraph ' are" indebted to the
' AUeghanhh for the, following notice of our
. , member, taken frora tbat paper i ,
" 'Cambria count' John P. Linton served
' lila first vear ia the House last session, and
showed early that he is a first class Copper-head.
Under the rule of his party at home,
f Col. L. is entitled to a second nomination.2
"and under' the lash of Copperheadismihe
-riwill of couwe be re elected." r; . .
- 1 While admitting the revolutionary ante-
1 cedents of the editor of the Telegraph, his
T ' ancestors' ..having" been in the Hessian
.corps captured by -Gen. Washington,, : we
"i cannot- permits him to slander" Cambria
?'cunty in" the erB Of her representative
":;Nb pah of any' party ' baa'shown tnore
defotion'to the cause of the Union than
Col. Iintoo. His gallant command was
' in llamsburg earl ia April, ( 1861 and
" lie remained in active service during "the
'whole' "war. Wounded repeatedly and
. - - ' i '- - . ;
dargcrously, he returned to his post even
before bis wounds were healed, resumed
his command, and was ' again the victim
; of a"' rebel 'bullet.; Indeed, nothing' but
the simplicity and temperance of his pre
, vioas life enabled ,bim to, survive those
injuries which most disable him while he
' lives. Jf all this constitutes 'a "copper-
' Lad there Is bo danjer of such' fellows
its "Uergner ever being known as ''copper
, heads.! fi :r.-rv -s-i-r,; ,:';:-- ?- ?
Td do jastica to the Hessian editor be
" 'is a little sore on the ' subject of soldiers
Andy "Johnson.. having removed him from
, the llamsburg Ppst ofSce and given the
' place to Gen. Kcipcr a gallant . compeer
' of Cfel.' Lanton in the war for the 'Union.
The A lleahaTtianj without denying (as
. . indeed it could not . truthfully . deny) our.
.proposition that a majority of the Southern
i" slaves wera with their masters in the late
'"TebeUioh in "sentiment as far as they had
. any sentiment, thinks if ought to 'recon-.
r cila us to their righj.of suffrage as IhpY,
: woald ."gravitate . to'' the - Democracy J"
- 'This does not folowy for 'though5 rebels in
" tba war they1 Would baf tndebtVd"o'the
-lUdicalsjfor, ther'.boon cu fjufTrage, -and
kzzza .Troali-.fcisst- likely yetp&zs
rtbfifr
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'But 'suppose, as seems now quite-likely J
-JO C3 luacase,-pey yoia 4wuaine.
I. ' Democrats 1 la.net tils entirely catsida
o- cf the question t ' 'With " cs ; the question
j ii Tjot hew they -haii Vole,; but';. whether.
..Ih'cy are tinalined to vote' at all.' K ta the
Hadlcal. States of Jhe : Ifo,rth,-.,or: at ;least
in a majority of them, the rightof sufTrage
,p ia dsnicd the negro who :has been all his
Ufa free, and who has had'.the beneSt of
csrVonmon schools', &.c . In Pennsylva-
' cia the Radical Lcslatura refused to call
r , a Convention to amend the Constitatioa so
r -J as to give the negro a vote. -U t-2
'"'- And yet, while they refuse hi'ra a vote
"' here they Lave the Constitutional povver
to" give it, they' seek to'confer it upon the
hcrdss of recent glares in the South, with
,1 cat the Ehadow of "a ConstitntionaV.right
i tar d tS. Whither the recent slaves vote
- wilh 'their' former - owners,' or wiih the
- KortLirn Kadical,' is a mere ' accidsni,
, end their voting on one- side or ..tie " other
, proof whatever cf tbeir qualiScstion
s-'Torihs rijht cf eaffirage.-. i I .-V.; - f
As Vr s Fkaehd -.The negroes are al
ready following ia" thar footsteps of their
f' raulcil:'advisirs.:';' 'James ; IV & Cheess-
taac. . ccgro, ' has '' t-eca f'am tc d? for' the"
, " ' i . ..-...-
( lzTz?.nj 012,000, which csrr.e- info bis
f j0serr,ca as rtcssfrtr- to the Ccr.trc!!er
: cf Currency,;. ''l :;r:-: ;t.r i
riacEIiane InJ ."aslil inters. ;
ii Arrival president J ohnsc:i Secretary
SetcardRtusiaii Fo sessions, $?.
LETTES KUMEKS"THBEa. ."'-'
Thank ray stars I am at Washington at
astf X tried to get "here onre. before, but,
rb j.atij: it : v the-third
time is tb charm.'" My first intention to
visit this : city was in the-autumn. of :1S64,
when a determined Yankee shook my reso-
utiou considerably. I left h oka e' ; however
with the consent of my friends, but Jthe
army of the rotomac7" prevented mv en
trance into the Federal city. Last-fll I
fixed up my traps again for the same ,vott
age, buta-'vDaniel came to judgment," and
I lost my M-jine -chance.'--But - here X.a.m
"on my own hook7 and so soon as I get a
little breath I shall make""a'not8 of "mat
ters-and things in general." But, gentle
reader. I am wearied" and exhausted, and
shall seek rest before writing another line.
I have fortunately secured - one of the very
highest room at WulardV so here goes!
It is a beautiful -Thorning . Dressed,
cocktailed and breakfasted. "Prepared to
WashiDgtoDians, by going Into the having1
saloon.'' Thi3 is a hazardous 'undertaking,
as the "colored gentlemen" who "most do'
congregate" there, when Once they . get con
trol of your ' person , zeem . determined to
wreak thfullest veDgeance on,-' yon.r - Ac
cordingly when I was shaved, my whiskers
had to be trimmed, my hair "cut, ray "head"
washed, and then my hair parted" behind"
and combed out on the side of my head like
the fins of a fish'.' In these Operations I
spent the greater part of the forenoon and
85 cents besides. When I looked Into the
huge- mirror before me I fancied I had neyer
seen a handsomer man. . Jlrs.f .MacShane
would hardly have known me.', . . "
, I determined now to make '.the LrstU3e
of my time, by'cailingpn J ;i;J 1 : , 1 '
i,:5" ''.!i v""'rtsEsji)EjJtV.'J; -'-v.' :
, President Johnson is about the ;medium
size, and," well - proportioned; - his 'weight
about 160 pounds, fiisdres3ls severely plain,
bis manner- cordial,' but not. without the
dignity, becoming his station.; ; II is . dark
hair is somewhat prlakled withr gray, and
his. forehead and face marked .witb traces of
aeep mougni. , -arnsan ieeimg nas assaiiea
the 1 resident as a man, w&o indulges in
strong drink. 1 X certainly 'never beheld a
man whose appearance more" clearly belied
the charge. ' Intoxication never was imputed
to him by friend or-foe, but npon a single
occasion-r-that': f thf;inaugurationr and
charity, should. forgive a single error. , All
persons versed in Biblical' lore, will recollect
that our grand-father Noah "" shortly after
the great freshet, made' the same mistake.
And if it' had not been for "Noah tefure
izouU Iht radical bet - Besides,"-comparatively
speaking, it was a youthful indiscre
tion on the part of the Presidents whereas
Noah-was ..several hundred years of asre
when he "took top ; ninch." ' I" am aware
that it has been argued in Noah's favor that
the ' patriarch was perfectly nauseated
with water, having.been compelled 'to live
C9 it for more than a year, and would natu
rally1 'seek anything -for- a tchange.' i- But
Johnson had been three, years fighting the
rebellion, which would be. at least as much
as one year of fipod. '.. Tn .short,, while my
nation is bitterly hostile.. to ardenfj. spirits,
and hile the party toJ which I attached
myself as Soon as' t came ' to ' thi' country
(and in fact, I had a sort of foreign attach
mect" for-the -Democrats before X Ucft: the
"Green Isle") has never made the mistake
cf electing a man .wh drank too; jnuch -on
.inauguration day,, and ..I bope -never ; wiJI,
still T, nevertheless, feel . disposed to throw
the mantle of charity oyer this single weak
ness of our President; and'- even to extend
the same charity to the party : that 5 elected
him.' - (My gracious! that sentence is Jong
enough to put any, man out -cf breath ! ) i
. But I digress. fronvxny.narrative.-T -President
Jobnscn is in no apprehension, of .im
peachment, brides he says he won't' stand
jt,' ; lie says that Congress may' raise' as
much Rump .'us (which is only a cohtrao
tiori' for -Bump1 llduse)- as they 'iike-but
whiie"a.large pertion-of ths Unibnnlad
ing the Russian PcssessiensJ remaina unrep
resented, he- will remain as be haa heretofore.
uniodjable.-, f Ai r.;,!'
.He i disgusted j. with, the course pf ..the
yot(ui ni'j, JJ UOUt . KUOW
Ita .etfitpr,' btlt thit a porkufen't'rnariwelgh
hinj about Olbs.cWoiilwefeht'iraaaavhi
appearance aboutlh a' While i lib'usa lasl year
Pand prbmTsedngreat thTngs. IaTShswer to a
fartber question, heaescribed4 him las a
Smooth , good-humored eayy'gTeaSy ' marn'.
With a thick skin J and his hair rather loese
Jy iocated.s( I t riad to reconcila him, .but ho
is jself-wjjlsd a.a arbitrary ir his ,like3 . and
fiisiike., ,,t- , ,n,, v,.',. v' -
. .OS.WItMlM R. SEWARD. . , ;
i Found the Venerable Seers tary f laboring
nnder a slight chilly which'he afterwards In
formed me, he has' been suffering under1 con
stantly since ' the purchase of tre "Rassian
Possessions.' I took occasion tormatk"that
his enemies had attributed the tlafcnas3-of
ths teaman to this' Russian acquisition; :He
smiled and said he was willing to take what-
Tbu
recollect that, ,wheu in Congress,' the General
suggested that we should let ' the.- Union
slide; r, I knew we could not'get ice enough
for that purpose short of the Russian Pos
sessions,' He added, that however much
Greeley, grumbled, ."in sixty- days-'.' all par
ties , would , be. 'satisfied." 'I 'thought about
him promising'; to end' the' war 'in sixty
days but eaid nothing.1 : He" proceeded "'to
enumerate the adrahtage3 of :the - puTchase
which he fiivided intb idifferent heads ii :
. .1. That rear estate was the safest invest
ment that could be-made, especially when
the doubtful character of our, bonds, is" con
sidered,,.. ."; ;? ,
2 That the payment; being taTgoZd, would
remove whaliremairiedTn the country, and
hush the clamor for a return to ;specis payments:-
'-"--"-- '" , . V!)--'- V.'-'.r.X ,
S.' That 6iX ' millions was : mere triSe.
To a man worth three thousand, millions it
would .becothisg, and to, a man Jndebted
that much it would be just the same and
that a:catica is. like a'a iadividuar ia 'this
respect. " .-..tl :
ever of praise or censure the new parchase
might invoke' "Though in reality," said he,
"I eot the idea' from Gea. Banks.'" ton 'will
4, It would extend the "area c f freedom".
over hiindreda of 'thousands of square miles
arid cc-...;-r the blest Ings of civil iiherty up-,
on thou and s of noble Indians and plodding
Esquirr-ax. : " ?" '
6. That in case the South should vote in
a particular way, (Mr. S. didn't '.eaywhich
way -he never does,) this territory would
give the balance of power to? the North,"
and she Avould. biVe ; more". Userqqe'XZttLti;
fuither from the political 'fulcrum.v '
-6. That it gave us the nearest, approach
to the Eastern Continent Behring's Strait
bein a' comparatively narrow piece of water
and that the Atlantic Cable would be sup
planted by a direct line through - Asia and
Europe, IhoJermini to be Washjngtonand 1
London. f " v - 5 4
"f. J.ca5 is anoru3 iue neuresi, ti uui
the vonly . eatleL to the ,Nor th Pole,..and
while this feature enhanced the Importance
of the acquisition to us, the'Russiaes" found
themselves too .close to the Pole's already.1 f
- 8. That" the material wealth fcf the conn
try; is. nnbouhded--that ;ice in,- immense
quantities exists, and. 'that men of. science
have assured him that the crop is exhaust-
less i that iron and coal exist m great sun-:
dance : that the fishery for whales and seals.
ia the gea test in the; world, ana tnaitne
fur trade - alone would: pay -.our i national
debt in'a-few yearC t
9; ITialour country, while abounding in
the.largest lakes and riyers, and the grands
est mountains in the world, wanted one
thing a volcano and that isto bo '.found
at lit. Elias, in the Eewly'acquifed territory.
"t 10. That the next CongTess would' incor
porate a grand company to consist of Simon
Cameron; ( wh6 can converse' with - the In-.
dians in their "own language H. F.t Pjjtler
and 93 others.' to be known as the 'Grand
.National Union, Iron. CoaL- Fur, .Improve
ment" Navigation and Wbaling. Company,"
to develoD the waltu; or tms promising ac-
qnisition. . :
I considered his reasons 'as' entirely con
vincing, and intimated-, when he went on
to state that be expected the. new territory
to come in as a -State at the next "session,, of
the- R Congress," that it had. a sufEcient
population of Indians and Esquimaux, with
.out-countingjseals and women, 'to. entitle it
to ah M: C. and the'otily thing that puz
tied him was the name iand coat' ofarms,
desiring me to-o2er any suggestions I had
upon this subject. I felt myself at home on
this, and 'at... once named it AiiasKA the
name of -its principal pepinsula not. only
on account.of .the "fitness, of things,", but
because it rhymes with Nebraska. -And
his is the name it wiU bear. ". ". ' ' " '-. '.
Ifor its motto I recommended a seaZ;aS that
"was the characteristic1 inhabitant, and also
for its simplicity,- and argued that as the in
habitants could not read or : write, ; the im
pression or picture of. ,a seal on their papers
would amount to a signature,; on. the same
principle that aucientlv. seals, were, usetl
before our ancestors could write their names.
I suggested, too, that as each State had two
!seals, a ' greater and ' a - lesser seal;- a full
grown seal could be used S3- the device for
the former, j nd a baby, seal ? for the, latter.
He f agreed . to consider the matter,fjnd I
took my leavt. ... . . , t X,
. , Mr Sewardt is- a spare man, with Auburn
tmr, and .appears as thengh he pad narrow
ly escaped, dfeath.-' 'He thinks ""whatever is,
is right," but don't seem to 'care touch
whether it is or not. J He says' he U entirely
out of the radical ring, and therefore didn't
Use his little hdt any, longer.-. 't , ; I
i.y.But my letter.grqws oodpng. f My pre,
ent purpose is to remain, here sever), weeks,
before going North. ' ' " MacShaxe.' ,
, . TcoxarrKicATED.'J
, .,
, The .'Teacher?. Adrbcatc,
. Mr. Editor, My 'attention" has been called
by an ardent and zealous advocate tif educa-
t tion to a most remarkable article in the May
number ct the .f Xeachcrs' Advocate? enti
tled .t" Irregular ; Attendance The .article
is an-editorial, in which the writor complans
of . the evil , of "the irregular . attendance ,of
children at, the Common Schools.,;-lie says
he can eeo no remedy ' short of a 'judicious
cornrjilsory atteadance daw that "will have
any considerable beneScial fefTcctnpoa this
ievil.? i 'And iagain; after declaiming on . the
xawdesspess cf parents In this raatter.he.says: ,
; Ve repea vtbep, that we sea no remedy .by
'which ,this evil 'can be 'arrested , but a law
compelling ittendance at-school," 4
lt givcf tii ho pleasure to take fssue" with
the'editors Of - the1 -1AMoediioh this 'bf:ahy
ther'qu6Stoa,JfoT weaa assure them"' isre
'fentcriah' nothing but the kindest fsellns for
ih$rni persdnaliyf and .would he happy to ee j
them succeed via -anyi honest- Godertakini 1
Bafchen.tfiejiupderta
lativ? .enactments, to manifestly, absnrd. und
so flagrantly opposed to natural law and the 4
tTT." i kJ .u:-' f. 'it. . T
uueriy w.iiio yiiAAvu., v e icei uyit, u. wouiu !
Before discussing this subject wd' would re-
spectfully ask. the editors a few' questions ::
B-
ist.'wnen cauurea are irregular m tueir
attendance do you know whether or hot the
teachers take Aha trouble iQ. inquire -Of .their
parents a "to. tho. cause.? j ?,.,T -, i
; :'.2d.- Js it: or i not obligatory .on teachers
to iuk suuu iuuirjf i , - . ,
"S'd: Iflt 14," are you notfavawihSfiif is
seldom made?" iii', ; "-; vH--iJ"'J f
4th. If ; it is not the duty ef 'teachers to 1
maiie suca mquiry now are. tney to. snow,
when a child tails Iq "attend .'regularly,-.- that
he is playing truant, or that his absence caq -
not, be accounted for through a justifiable or
excusable'caus'e ? J.' .. ,.,?
k5th.;IIas not the teacher.thejright .to pun
ish a child "tur playing truantj"a8 be' would
. for any offence committed in ' school ?
" A.'little' reflection" 6n the-qnestidns as-to
the duties of teachers-, it seem to lis, might
hayel caused tho editors of the!4drocate ito
jiee pn whom the responsibility for-, the, evil
they complain, of .rests. ; , Whea, this is ence
a5ce-taineu tho remedy might not appear so
.diecult.as they7irnagmo. . But 'they mnstlto their health, they should
the evil, of on who' its; Cause may res!;, the
remedy : they- suggest can Devcr be applied in
a free country where: the' people have any
respect for the- natural &nddivine law. A
people wh could, so far forg?t themselves as
to invoke tha Legislature to pass aa Act rof
the tma suggested, could, in no sense of the
word, be entitled to'' be called, .either "a 'free
cr an int
te!ligent'people,'and certainly mntl
vilized Chrisiunf" pedple. ' i
kss a ci
But how. are th5 'enactmeats - they adto-
cate, if passed by tLa Legislature, :t be en
forced? Tbe editors explain this by quoting,
with approbation , ari extract from what they
are pleased to term a very able report re 1
before th8 last Convention; cf County :Sup r-
hrtendents- by-Jessa Newlin, Esq: r buperin- i
tendent of Schuylkill county. We should
like logive your readers this extracf in full,'
but find-it,would occupy too much space.
We will, however, ouote t. sintence "or two;
Mr. "Newlin after recommending a -com puF
sory enactment,, explains as follows how, it
is to be enforced : 'If the parent, guardian,
or uther. person fails to comply with tbeprqr
visions of this law. for the first onence be
shall be remonstrated with" by the teachers
or directors : and if he still neglects to send
his children, be shall be fined a sum notex5
ceeding twenty dollars, to b appropriated '
tqthe use pj; the schools y or, instead of the
fine, a commiimeniof the cJdld to 'sucli 'iiisii
tun on of instruction or house of correction as
m'ay be "provided for the purpose, for a period.
iwt exceeding one year,' f - ".!
.'And this proposition is made in-a Conven
tion of County Superintendents assembled in
the Capitol of our State, without any disap
probation, so far as we have heard !., .' ?
, here Mr, iNewlm was educated we go
not know," but wo hope," for' the honor of
Pennsylvania; it was not within ber borders.
If we were permitted te guess, we would un
hesitatingly say New England, . , But, be this
as it may, a better advocate of the ancient
Blue Laws' of Connecticut could 'not at this
day, perhaps, be found anywhere, 1 ' '
We, would ask: the editors of the'yidvocate
whence' the Legislature derives its power. to
interfere, in the manner suggested; with pa
rental authority ? Certainly uov from God,
or.God .cannot violate, much less authorize
the violation of, Ltis Iaw3 : and if our mem
ory, does not fail us we think there is noth-
lug mure tieiir m tue otiLicu oui ijjiui t-3 tuau
that God 'entrusted the care, education and
protection of tha child to the parents. Then
if the Legislature derive no such power from
God. is there no other source from which it
mayderive this power 1 iThe editors' may
answer, Yes J from , the people. .' How and
by what means'? By the people in 'their
collective; capacity, as; , electors. But how
come the people by, the right to violate tha
natural rights.of individuals ?. to punish pa
rents wheDLguuty of no crime ? to tear from
the bosom of the father and the mother, and
from the arms of the brother and the sister,
the innocent, helpless child, and place it in
a boute of correction ? If the people, then,
have no right to 'commit these barbarous
outrages and cruelties, how can they give
such a right to their representatives in the
Legislature?" "There is but one theory npon
wticn tnis Kina oi legislation could be sus
tained;" and that is that ' the people were
made for the government, and not the gov
ernment forthe people, Do the editors of
the Adcocaie adopt this theory ? , If. they do.
men. tn order to be logical, they mnst.show
tnat tne government has a creative, liie-eiv
ing power.-v- They: must, in short, hold that
the government 4s a deity. If it can create
the people, give them life and motion, then
it certainly can command and compel them
to do whatever it wills. This theory, it will
oe perceived, would oe in consonance with
the wont forms of paganism that ever ex
isted ; and although the editors cf the Ad
vocate would, we have no doubt, deprecate
the logtca result of such a theory as much
as any persons in the ' community! vet . it is
clear to us tbat the powers which they seem
to think reside In .'the Legislature of Dassine?
such enactments aa they nrge, would be to
mate cur government a. despotism of he
worst type that ever existed on the face of
the earth, r And it-is equally clear they can
sustain' the law;,, they.: suggest pn no other
theory.
.fif ths government possessed such jpowers
let ns see w bat limit, it ny, cnuid be put on
its legislation. If it could pass laws taptm- !
lsn parents ana children for neglecting to
embrace the opportunities of education af
forded them what law equally absurd 1 and'
tyranical cordd it not pass ? "Bat the editors
may say this law wpuld be for" the bepeSfrof
sdciety-if individuals ' should' in "certain
cases Enfierrtherpiibliwtmid" be 'besefittal.
Who, then, is to be tho judge. as to the. ad-'
lyantai "aid '.bejjefii '. to, sopipty . Ifrdnj-Jhe
passage of such a law?- You must answerl
the governments r Then., if, .the government"
ia-t'ii be-5 the jadge as ta theadvantages-and
benefits to society-from the passage of such
a law, would ienothlsobe the'JUdge u every"
imaginable easels Certajnly. ' iThen,;honld
the government consider tbatscie.tywo-aid
be benefitted by comteliin2 all thachiidreri "
Sit the 'Common weal .thto attend the Sabbath J
Chrtlt!an?,'lxnder wrtaia p'auisand penalties
for disobedience, oiie ct which .'wohrd be to
send tbemrtb'"a house of correction' for d'pe -
i tt'em'"' house hfcorrceUori'fof d'pe-
YHcid- not -vxceodiny one- year? --'all - would be
DourKi to ooey . i;. t,ut suppose; lis-place of .the
mild- punbihmeiitsof sending, tlie d.isobedicp.t .
children,, for one, year pt less $Q .bouse. ,of
correction, it mace the sentence a period not
I less than ten Years then" what wrvnTrT vnti
Bay. That woUtd be tyrannical.
cruel'and
barbarous! But when you admit 'the gov-'
one year or lessby whatrightldoyptmnder
take lo-denyitaaothority and power.ta make
it ten or tnore yeais ? r-But cenllemeri, this,
is. not .the only dUSculty -into: wbich;,your,
Uie'oryjHyould.lcad youi- Could the govern
ment not also say that it would be fur "lh
"benefit of society fo"cofxi pel all tha people cf
t tne ixmmonweauii io attend. tne servicesin
"j the-churches' of a -particular denomitration'of
Christians.'randT in iio others', nndet certain.
paio3nd psenaltles for disobedience ,.Ccr-.
ta,inly,;if yon are. correct y our. theory Jia
to its powers..,. Again, could it not on" tho
same theory pass. an "Act appointing a Com
inission -'say1 'of 'physicians, "whose duty it
would' be'to visit all families in the Common
wealth ia"crdor to examine what kind of.
food: they 'used and i f this Commhsioa be
lieved; that a certain hind cf food which the v
found nsed by certain families, was injurious
remonstrate V
be to-send tho Senders bo- theypaT&bts 'or
children,' to a house tf correction jorap'cri-
ed- twt.excedinglbne yeqr But woald this
law be for the benefit of society ? -Why- not?
.Is not .the .LerJstature the Eupren:s judge?
Could. It, not. be urged -with, as much plaus-i-'biirty'
and truth as the enactment proposed
by cur', friends' el rthe Adcocaie aud Jeum
Kewiip, Eiq. ? 5 lEmiaent phyacia'as will teli
T ! i:i ir4 .'.-!- :n.-t f.;i ,t
wuu inem,,ana u.Uiey SDouid stiiL persist in
using it;'they should be punished with' cer
tain pains and penalties, one of which should
' ,e cause of mar
cases of suicide
J liver or stom
j that by cradi
s of this kind tha
traced to a dioc
sch. 1 -ey will also tell ;
eating cr preventing disea
bectt:;. to mdiviauais, i
.aliea and society
wtmlu te incalculable that such diseases
are in mar j lUMaut ",jv j -
crime; but that persons raftering with thee
diseases, coming in contact with the healthy
members cf eoctetyi generally produce a .b p. -J
-tffect orr the iatitr cLus tfay tueir sourud
irritable'manners. Hence they might. con
tend that the only remedy for this evil is to
jregulata the quality and quantity of food by
a government uommissiun u jjujnuaus.
. . M 1 , 11 1
' If our friends of the Ad-zocazc wouia maae
their journal beneficial to society we would
respectfully suggest to them, before again
putting their" views on a subject of this kind
in print, to get a good work on the origin,
principles anti powers ci civu goTeruaieuis.
They will find by reading a good text book
on .this subject that, the law they advocate.
if passed by -the Legislature, wouw .net- be
worth the ink used in printing it. The Le
gislature can pass no Act in conflict with' the
natural and divine law that the people would
be lor a moment bound to obey , Such a
law would-be null and void ab initio" t 1 ; --
We trust that this js the last we shall hear
of our County Superintendents and editors of
school Journals advocating a law that "de
serves to be branded by no other name than
infamous. . ' - ll, i
TTaa Latest and Oet News'is thatll
H. Siuger who, upon his entiee into our
town, reduced the price tf horse-shoeing one
third,, has determined still to lead the van,
and offers' to work 10 per centl lower 'than.,
the lowest for cash, and insures satisfaction.
Persons needing tire on-their wagons or car
riages, can Rave dollars by giving him their
work.. "A dollar saved is a dollar gained,"
and the way to save many of them is to get
yonr blacksmithing done with Mr.' Singer,
at the wes-t end of town. Mr. S. is also sell
ing I. C. Singer's unequalled 'fire and Band
Bander a machine - which saves a great
amonnt of time and labor and bends the Tire
round and Irne of which Wia, Myers, of
Altoona, says he would not take $100 and
do without. - Any amount of testimony just
like that can' be shown," but the machine is
iU own best recommendatioo to a mechanic.
Persons wishing to purchase Whonld call on
or address - R II. Sisgeb. Ebensburg;
Territory for sale. For terms address I.
C. Singer,-Box 35, Altoona. Pa. J--:-
TQ TILE LADIES OF EBENS
. . , ; BURG AND VICINITY Having re
cently arrived, frym the city , with a hand-
! some assortment of Spring and Summer M'd-
unery and Straw Goods, of the' latest styles,
comprising Bonnets,' Silks and Velvets. Sue
French Flowers, , an assortment of Ribbons,
all widths an3 polors, Ladies' plain and fan
cy Pre Caps, Infauts Silk and Embroid
ered Caps', together with Hoop Skirts. Cor
sets," Hosiery, Gloves, Ladies', and Gent's
fine Linen Handkerchiefs, &c , we invite the
Indies, of Ebensburg and surrounding dis
tricts to call and examine onr stock, in the
store room formerly occupied by E. Hughes,
Jjelow the Mountain House. . ,..
. AYe have a fashionable miliner ot excel
lent taste, who will pay particular attention
to bleaching, pressing and altering' Hats and
Bonnets to the latest styles. "
A , 21 as. 'J. DOYLE. ;
'April 25-Sra.
Miss M. RUSH. '
TOBITATE SAXaLThe snbscn-
ber offers at Private Sale two valuable
tracts of TIMBER LAND, situate in Jack
son township", Cambria county, and known
as the "Lloyd Property.", Ai so FVr oth
er valuable. tracts ofLAND. situate in Cam
"bria and Jackson township, and known as
the ""Pensacola Property." i: A lso-TWO
FARMS adjoining the borough of Ebensburg
'--one containing about 'i 00 acres the other
about-150 acres.' The buildings -are all" in
good repair, '"with never-failing springs, of
water near thehousesv'., . ' v
Persons wishing to purchase or sell
Farms' or. Timber Lauds, will tlo well ,by
calling bh me before buying or offering them
ipr.saia.;. ; f. A:; SHOEMAKER. ....
" ap.Il.tfl" Att'y' at Law,' Ebensbuig. ;
f N THE ORPIE1NS' COURT OF
CAMBRIA COUNTY j--In' the' matter
of the petition for a review of the account of
Dav-id ShafferV'Guardian-of Samuel Jacob
and Mary Shaffer,' minor children of Jacob
Shaffer.'Jr:.' dee'd. - Sept: Sd, 'lBGSRead
and'prayer granted and icitatioii1 awarded.
March.lSth, 1867-f Answer to citation filed.
Aprd 5th - IS37 F. A- Shoemaker;- TL-q.,
appointed Auditor to leay decide and Report
npon exceptions.- I1- By' the" Court.
' ' . ," In pursuance of theabove appointment I
will attend at my.olHce in ' Ebensburg on
Thursday the SOth.May," when andJ. where
alt
J ETTERS i TESTAMENTARY
having been 'granted to theruiiderslgned
on the-festal of Edward Shoemaker ,- lata of,
EbensbUrgy Cambria coxaify dee'di "all per
sftris indebted to-said estata will make im
'mediate' payment, and. all" persons having
claims "sgainstrthe same wiUrpfcnt them,
dtily aiSthenUcated, to- the suWcribeTsathe
elSce of - F: A;- Shoemaker,' Ebensburg, "Pa.
MARY 'SHOEMAKER, .
'.ti.'I .ELLEK J. MURRAY. I
Executrix.
May ,'lSG7-6t.
(X All person? indebted to the late firm
of E. Shoemaker & Sons are requested to call
and settle their accounts, i- 'i 7:0
; i -II-A. SHOEMAKER & CO; ;
A1IES; J.,OAT3IAN. '.II. ,D.,
tenders bU professional services as -Physician-and
Surgeon to the citizens. cf Carroll
town and. vicinity, , -:02ice in r?ar of- build
ing occupied by J;Bncs & Co; as a store.
2iight calls ca be made at the hotel cf Law-
renca SchroLh.;.r;
May ?. HS7,-ttJ
ROOKING. PARLOR AND HEAT
ING STQVlS. at. Cost, for Cash, from
now until the . lit cf Mar. at . . .'-, '
cry
J.
. - - GEO. HUNTLEY'S,
.DOZ. -Wooden 4 KuxrErj "Bowls
just receivl and for sale low for cash
at ff.b.3. ; .GEO. HUNTLIJY'S, 4
OAKGAINS can h
d ly
'
yonr goous Jor ctssh .at-
Q.HUNTLLX'S
you that
mipht I
parties interested shall be heard. -
'. f';-P. A: SHOEMAKER, -
May ; i8"6T:-St:""? ' i ' AnditorL
Vend. I
aeJoutofthuCrt'of?1
fl Cambria cuuntv. o,i . v
mon PL
j-jinmg lands r-l limothy Cawley, Ya' .
Glass, Murray IloHman, and othen
taiuing sixty-four acres, more or lea i
thereon erected a one-and-a-half storrK
log house, log stable and a double tan
in the occupancy of the paid Andre v i
, Taken into execction and to he ka , '
suit of Daniel -Bedman for use of Jafcj'v
Redman.
-v- ''v xTSO " ' " " . I
All the right, title and interest of f
JYSniith, of, in4and to a lot of groufS
ateil in village of GallUz'n, Cariibriaccr-'
fronting-on Main. street and extbndic;
to Jackson street, adjoining Jot r.f r
v;nrisiy on. ine souiu ana l eun'a Rag P,
on the north, having thereon erected it1
story frame tavern stand and frame
now in the occupancy of thesa'd JI;cv
Smith. - ;t . -;- - -, -L-,
Taken into execution and to be sold
suit of J. Adlcr & Co. ' , . ""i
' ' v ; '."; , ALSO. '
All the right, title and interest of TV,
Jones, of, in ard to a piece fr parcelofi
situaieu iu uacKson lownsmp, Cambria ;
adjinihg .lands of A. Dunrnire, S.
and others, containing twelve acre,aon
less,-having thereon erected aone-anj-iit
story plank house and plank stable, tc;
occupied.; . " "
Taken into execution and totejt
suit of David Leidy
; . '' ?i ; ' :: ;' aiao,5 " '
' : All the right, title .nd interest d h.'
Woodcock of. in and to a piece or p&.';;
laud situated in Washington townfhip.Ci 1
bria; county, - adjoining lands of Erj
Evans, Jeremiah M'Gonigle, aed otf?
containing fcrty-five acres, more erk
about two acres of which are cleared, L!
ing thereoa "erected a one story plait irJ
and water saw-mill, now iu the occsjar'
of John W'ilkiri. " ':
Taken into execution and toletl.'
suit ol Warner Bender, for the use U,
Eger. ' ' ' : - '- I
- ' - ALSO,
'All the right, vitle and interest of Ju;
Crum, of, in and to a tract of land sx
in Croyle township, Cambria coaaty, t
joining - lands of James Burke, pii
Crum, atsd others,1 containing cMius;,
and twenty acres,- nioe or less, about t
acres' of -"which are cleared, fcin tbr
erected a two story log houe and log br;
now in the occupancy of Lfiram Gam t
Nancy Crum. - I
Taken into execution and to beioUiiJ
suit of Joseph Horner. j
' ' ' ' ALS4, j
All the Tight, title and interest cf Sas:
Ripple of, in and to a piece or porcelof k
situated in -Richland towosliip. Cam!
county, adjmniag; lands of GcargfQr
Lenh&rt Hoffecker, and otJiera, contar .
two hundretl and fifty wx acres, more or k
about fifty acres of which are cleared, h;
ing thereon erected a ! g boiisse and logk
cow in the occupancy of John Marpty.
Taken into execution and to be sviliJt'
suit of Wm.J. Baeri -' - j
f - X ; r 1 "ALSO - " " 1
- JA11 the right, title anddnterest of TT3L";
niddlea, of, in and to a piece or psr
land situated in Yoder towusbip, Cas ;
couoty, adjoining lands of Jacob C-? i
Fi ederick fc'ender, and ' others, jcor to- -(
twenty-seven acres, mor or . leas, i.
twenty acres of which are cleared, hr
theieon erected a two story log house t;
log barn, now, in the occupancy of JU-i
Jones. . . . y :
Takr n into Execution and to be soU tX
suit of Panl Andrew Schnable, fur tw I
liichard lIid.dTt.5i. " , ,
r - -' . ' " . 1' ' ' !
-All the right, title and interest of
Burke, of,in and to a piece cr oarceliJ!
situated in Summerhill township, durl:
county, adjoining lands of Ephrairo Cr,
Enos Ellis," and others, containing tvo:.
dred acres,, more or lesst about m.e b'",
acres' of " 'which ; are cleared. huTiug ti-";
erected a two story log house and log U-'.
now m the occupancy of the sanl Jas. ut
AZso, a piece or. parcel of land situate' ;
Suramerhlll township, Cambris coanty.J.
joining laaUs 01 jacoo eaner, jjdd
per, and oth?rs contnning Ir.ur ta
acres, mora or Jes3t haying thereon erKJ-
plank house, now in the occopRCcy w -ShorthiU
and Ellas Terbel, and a steal
mill,"" new in the. occupancy of thcsakiJv
Burke- V H ;f v'.Vy
Taken into execution and to be s 5 ; ,
suit of J. YMl?Lacghlin & Co., to & i
Ym. IVM'Laughlin. ' '. ' ? f
Sheriff 's.Ofnce Ebensburg, May I5'1
BENSBURQ LITERARY OEFfj
T J A2I1CS , riURRAY,
1
'' -'Z';J rEALiR V." '' '
BOOKS, STATIONERY," CIOAES-4 j
BACCO, PEMFUMERY FAKC1(
' i 0APS,'&e., &c, ' I
In the Eco formerly ' occupitd by IftM .
: 1 -''; , as a Drug Store, ,
' C'' ilAIH bTEEET, IfcXSSBrsV' J
Keeps Blanl' Books.Tn velopes, Pap1'
Ink. Pocket Rocks, Pass Books, Ktf
Kewspajers,' Novels, Histories, Pray
Toy Looks,'c 3-Stationery y.tj
sold either wholesale orjetail.-. '
WII02I IT MAY CGSCf;
All psrsocs knowing th.emse
dsbted to the undersigned on book sir
or by coiea now idrs3r are request!. ,
and settle-the 'same either by P'
cash (whichj cf coursewould be Prei;'y
or giving or renewing their notes, 1 .'
fore the 1st day cf July next, as
data tl accounts remaining nnseWe''tf
left in the hands cf a proper ccJ,
lection, .r A.SAtl-t
! TEU.At-isUna,iray. 2, 1887gi
, ' :?Y. .PERSON intending
Jl Ilcrse cr Earn, caa boy
rprtetl. there wi'l Jv t
at-the U.urt House, m Kbensbursr J.r
DAY, the 3d day uf JUNE next I'm
A7M'.;the following Real Ustafn tft
All the right, title and interest rt i
Kopp, of, in and to a tract cf hu f
in' Clearfield township; Cambria