whole. Here for the firnt time arches aire precen'ed to us in our sviiiboliynis. They were inoie Uoman than American in their ytnbelic character ail eh'ign incro circu lar adornments above the columns. The thirteen pillars at Trenton were strictly sym bol t f Fefleral union. But on the Fourth of July of the fame yar, the arches Ihcmstltes were used as Fed eral symbols at New Brunswick, N. J- I will quote an rxtract from the account of this given at the time: "On the fourth of JuIt, 17c'9, there wu an elrgnnt bower erected in front of the White Unll'Tavern, in Is'w lirimswi.-k. It was nutde of pine cud cedar t.iirliu-.. The front of the Luntr COIliateJ Of Kl.lVtN HANPSOME AUCHIa, imhletnaiical of the States which had then xc cepted the new Cotibtitution. The following lines were printed on cards, and put over the arc he of the Stated they nere deij:i!d to tep restui." The account then gives the lines on each card over each State, but there is nothing in them alluding to a keystone. It wan still in the quatry. In the autumn of this year. (1789,) iVash hiyton made his Presidential viit to the New England States, and on his arrival at Boston on the twenty-fourth of October, a trhimj'bal arch eibteu feet high was erec ted in his honor. The structure had the thirteen stars, thirteen roues and other Fed ernl devices as representations, but no key stone cast its tdiadow on Washington as lie passed beneath this arch. Upon its summit tho figure of nn eagle was perched. I might multiply the enumeration of his toric incideuts like the foregoing, to a far greater extent, but ntct?sit does not require it, nor space admit; and I. hasten with the reader to the city of Washington, where, for the first time, tho Federal Arch was designed at.d erected, and its keystone wrought. It is well known that it was during the closing decade of the last century, that this city on the Putumac had irs birth. A bill was pass ed on the 16th of July, 1790, by Congress to locate the scat of the General Government on that river. The city was planned and laid out with many Federal features in its design. There were its magnificent avenues Pennsylvania, central, and those named from each of the other States north and south of it, somewhat in their geographical position ; and there were public Fquares de fcigced for each (if tho States. There were but thirteen States when the city was found ed, but as new ones have since been formed, the plan of the city has been somewhat modified. The vrish of Was-hington was that it should be named, "The Federal City," but Lia wishes were overruled in honor of himself. The firtt corner stono to mark the boun daries of the District was laid at it"south eA9t comer, near Alexandria, with masonic ceremonies, on the twenty-first of April, 1701, and on that occasion the Rev. Dr. Muir thus devotedly invoked Heaven : "From this stone may a siterptb totc arc rrise. whose magnificence, who tc stahilit y, un Cjualcd hitherto, shall astouinh the world, ami invite even the savages of the wilderness lo tuke shelter under its book." Tho corner stone of the Capitol was also laid with masonic ceremonies, by Wahiugton on the lSth day of September. 1703. and at the close of the ceremony. Joseph Clarke, who acted in hela'f of the Grand Master of llafons of Maryland cn the occasion, in his address, called the "Federal City," the Grand Mirk, which was but a Masonic syn onym of Keystone. I regret I cannot fix the exact date of the building of the arch of the Bridge over Hock Cretk. All anilioiitics say it was built of tho stones left after the walls of the Capitol or public buildings were completed. Thi would imply 1797 or 1798. I have hef.ra me a copy of "The Xtic York Mjgazine, or Literary Reposito ry." of 1797, and in the Sept. Xo. wf that Vol.. p. 001, the following communication is published : "Baltimore. Sept. !. Congress and the public must he highlv gratified hy learning that Washington Citv, the ihsmnk. as it uiav be termer), of the Union, will cettaitilv be icadv in lfc-00. The Presidents Uou is almost covered in, and the Capitol is itearlr ready for the roof." " It would seem from the above that this bridge might have been built in 1797. It is also curious, and I think historically impor tant, that th: writer calls the City of Wash ington the "K'jstone," the Fame" as Mr. Clarke had. in Masonic terms, designated it at the laving of the corner-stone of the Cap itol, iu 179- thus hbowing that it was a term of eminence, applied to the city of Washington the Federal city before acci dent attached it to tha State of Pennsylvania. There is one more point to consider, and then 1 will detain the reador no longer. It is this : Every arch which we have histor ically given, showing Federal symbolism thus far, has lcn the mere arc of a circle rest irg on its appropriate support. Of such an arch, the Keystcne is Dot a member or com ponent part. It is to the segmentary arch that tho Keystone belongs. The arch of the bridge over Rock Cretk as I showed in my former article was segmentary, and had the initia's of the names of the thirteen States in its separate blocks, thus symboli cally individualizing each block of the arch with the name f one of the old thirteen States. This arch, a Fegmentary one of thiiteen parts, the Keystone forming the crowning one. symbolizing the Federal unity of the original States, is the true Federal Arch, as a whole representing one grand idea, and believe it n grarc'xf not a "foolish'' or "stupid error" to claim that the Key Btone, vi any other individual part cf this arch is. or ever was. drsisrned to represent John MortoVs Tote in 177G, or any other tingle act however meritorious. It is an idea, a wjjy, and not an item or an act that is 8ymboiad in parts r.l the Federal arch individually and collectively. The geograph ical position of Pcriusylrauia in the arrange ment of the thirteen siouos of this arch, of necessity placet her central; and it is a far fetched supposition of our Philadelphia Edi tor to siipjxjse the architect who eDraretl her initials on this Kejbtow, intend! to symbolize it by tho vote of John Morton or ny individual art 1 therefore still folfj belie re. snJ 1 thnii blsSojy fill justify- my render j believing, that Pencaj! vansa aevjnlree? thnDie of the "Keystone State." at the b;I'ng cf this Vrcrfge ; ar.ii that, vhro the Keystone oi its Arch, -mllh hwr initial rn it. first east its afcaow oa the water? of K'ocl Creei betew. received kiMtocd, Lsr laptaszo&I Eacie, al XirsTiixx Stati?. A.Ais, ret.. July , 3SK. : Stie jiiay-ix 5ie2sorrt ozt Itmtrt'j Eiyl Liriy-tw Jladiicfsin te prei r,t Cnigrsss 'ritb fDrtees meist jet to l.e !;:Je Sto.-z Nex liarEpc-fcJre. Coix-etti-cut, GiUiUr! IVtsv. JVoaa ihs States bar ? foni Derrwx-jais ia JLc Cba iP js kvt i33t?i!si3. ZT iiz sa ait a briber tS jVjcaXTat3 &t littrwa fcia ihe.ta, ih Xttoo-srufk trrgtb wiT! i ,tt ixadr? :.n rrad S jrty-ivto. In e rts,S t1 Ta? ivro-ihtrc! in 4fc lWer lioasa a UroliZi, xiti it XiSrroi-eniSs. car iliSeai atoj iraxa ariih a ccl Jeg& f r.T,?-.; 1 fcj ml l;jt r if -af.2 K? Jr-Iai ic-war J Cambria FreemaiL EBEXSZIYJHG, PA. Saturday Mousing, : Makch II, 1871. Col. Tuomas A. Scott. Vice President of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Compa ny, was elected President of the Union Pa cific railroad at a meeting of the directors in Boston on Wednesday. This was anticipa ted, Col. Scott's election being only the cairying out of a huge scheme of improve ments Jettined to largely enhance tho busi ness interests of Philadelphia. lx another column will be found a letter from Judge Taylor, the President Judge of this Judicial District, in reply to an article which appeared in the editorial columns of the Johnstown Tribune two weeks ago. It all relates, as a matter of course, to Judge Taylor's connection with the District Court of Cambria county. We puplish Judge Taylor's letter as a matter of justice to him, but we refuse to publish the comments of the Tribune thereon, for the simple aud plain reason that they are unfounded, bold and insolent, aud will not be endorsed in any county in this Judicial District by any man who knows Judgo Taylor, ba his political proclivities what they may. In his letter to the editor of the Tribune, Judgo Taylor shows that he is perfectly competent to take good care of his own fair name and good reputation as a pure man and an honest, able and conscientious Judge. The Apportionment Kill. Mr. Davis, the Democratic State Senator from Berks county, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Apportion ment of the State into Senatorial and Rep resentative districts, for tho next seven years, as provided for iu the Constitution, has made a report, ami the bill was taken up, considered and discussed in the Senate on last Tuesday. The bill as reported pass ed one reading b' a ttict party vote. This bill makes a senatorial District out of Cam bria, Blair, Clearfield and Elk counties. Why its author should so misuuderstaud the geography of Cambria and Elk counties is a mystery. We undertake to say, that since the organization of Elk county, in 18-13, no resident of that ''wooden distriol," as it is familiarly called, with the exception of Judge Gil'.is, an honett man and a valued and es teemed fiieud of the writer of this article, sel dom if ever fit his foot on the soil cf Cam bria county. Thero is no more intercourse, commercially or serially, between the coun ties of Combiia and E!k, than there is between Somerset county and Bradford. We in'end to examine Mr. Davis' bill more fully before our uext is.-ue, and then to express our views in referenco to the propriety of its passage. The bill allows, as is fair aud honest, one member to Cambria county. We intended also this week to refer to Mr. Buckalew's bill fur electing delegates to the proposed convention to ameud and reform the Constitution of tho State, but will defer anything we may have to say on the subject until next week. P. S. Since the foregoing was put in type the information has reached us that the Ap portioument bill, a? it was reported by the committee, passed the Senate finally on last Wednesday by a strict party vote yeas 17, nays 15. It now goes to the House, where it will in all probability receive its quietus. A Small Duslncgg. When Charleston was under the fire of Northern cannon, during the late rebellion, a hospital for the reception and care of orphan childreu of both colors, under the manage ment of the Sisters of Mercy, was partially destroyed. The lidy who was at the head of this charitable institution came to Washiug tou with a petition signed by all the officers and hundreds of private soldiers of the Union army after tboy had taken possession of the city, who had been kindly cared for by these benevolent and self sacrificing angels of mercy, and presented it to Thaddeus Ste vens. Mr. Steveus, who had a sympathizing and benevolent heart, took tho matter in charge, and with the aid of Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, carried a bill through the House appropriating the sum of twenty thou sand dollars, for the purpose of repairing the damage done to the hospital. N On the very last day of that sessioD, when tho bill was called up iu the Senate, by Mr. Sawjer, one of the Senators from South Carolina, Zichariah Chandler, of Michigan, and Jas. W. Nye. of Nevada, spoke against the bill up until the hour of adjournment, and thus defeated it. The same proposition was be fore the Senate on last Saturday, the day of fiDal adjournment, and was again consid ered on motion of Mr. Sawyer, and was de feated by the same dishonorable process. If this was not a meritorious case, then there never has been on presented to this or any other Cosgrcss. That same body found no difficulty making an extra appropriation cf Jire tboRsand dolars toYinnte Ream, for executing a bt-st cf Abraham Lincoln, to which we do cot make any objection. It alio had no scrapie in squandering and cor ruptly 5;iTinS w7. millions cf acres'of th pnV.lic lacds ir 7a?Irraii companies id the M'esfero Statci ana TerrKwies- Bat when the facers n. privates of the Unioa trmj, wiio occupied Cbarle&toa, aaJ kio jlurif the'r siei.tss- bad beet k";nlj end carefully attested If thes Sisters of Mercy, ask that srr. C-iagress to pay tlx a tb p&Jty sro of twenty ibsosADil hilars. ti enable them ior:nsiaie their f-ariya)' Jsairoyetl iiupj. ta! ssii !o ecatince tiet7 work cf taecy sad tasiroienz to to pof.r &i& frieoiless t pkar bl Qiarlis3, tWy jepBli2 by srxii tJenrutgesses s ban iltr aatf Xye aac? t!ie;r jiiition treated wEtb 3prme ecc ie:p&. Vf tixat that f w3! jei oae in- tU s. 3f Tbatitleoa SteTeu.? wers Kvisa;, 1th. CliaadrrTamlJim 11 yt woclcf roi .rbfeQ ebf t measnr to Ilie Local Cplfcu UliEl, What is known as the "Local Option Bill," in reference to granting tavern licen ses, passed the House of Representatives cu last Mouday night, by a vote of 51 yeas to So nays, We publish the bill below for the infotmalion of our readers. Mr. Rose voted against it. When this same measure was pending before the Legislature, at its last eession, we stated our views in opposition to all legislation of this xjjcciul character. It is vicious and uuwise, and will never accom plish the purposes of those who advocate it. The same experiment, or something similar to it, has been repeatedly tried in ether States, and ia certain portions of this State, and the result has uniformly been a failure. It is believed that tho Senate will refuse to sanction the proposed law. Siction 1. That at the next annual munici pal election, iu every ward, borotigh acd town ship in this Commonwealth, and at the annual municipal election every third year thereafter in every such ward, torongh,and township, it shall be the duty of the Inspectors aud Judges of e!ec tions in said welds, boroughs, and townships to receive tickets, either written or printed, from the legal voters ot said wards, boroughs, ami townships, labelled on the outside "license," aud on the inside "for licemie." or "ag-iinst license," and to deposit said tickets in a box provided for that purpose by said Inspectors and Judges, as is required by law in case of other tickets received at s;iid election; and the tickets so received shall be counteJ and a re turn of the same made to the clerk of the com t of quarter sessions of the county in which such wards, boroughs, and townships aro situated duly certified, as is ri quired by law, which cer tificates shall be laid before the j-nlges of the said court at the first meeting of said court after said election shall be held, and shall be filed with the other records cf said court; and it shall be the duty of the Majors of cities, aud of the constables ot boroughs and townships, or of any other oflicer whose duty it may be to perform such service, to give due public notice of such special election above provided, for three weeks, previous to the time of holding the next amual municipal election in every such ward, borough, and township, and also three weeks before the annual municipal election every third year thereafter. Skc 2. That in receiving aud countirg, and in making return of the votes ca-;t. the lnpec tors, Judges, and Cleiksof said election shall be govei ned by the laws of this I'oninion wealth regulating general elections ami all the penal ties of said election laws are hereby extended to aud shall afply to tho voters, Inspectors. Judge, and Cleiks voting at and iu attendance upou the election held uuder the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. Whenever, by the returns of elections in any ward, borough, or township, aforesaid, it shall appear that there is n maj-jiity aa:nt license, it shall not be lawful tor any licence to issue for the sale of spirituous vinous, ipalt, or oilier intoxicating liquors in said warJ bor ough, oi township, any time thereafter, uniil at an election is above provided a majority ehull vote in favor of license. Sic 4 Any person who shall hereafter be convicted of selling, or offering for rfale, in this Commonwealth, any intoxicating liquor, spir ituous, vinous, or malt, without a license, sliaM be sentenced to py a line of and c iiifin n:ent in the worktiousr or county j ul for mx months for the fiist otter.ee, and for the second and each subsequent offence a fiue of $li)U and confinement in the workhouse or coui.ty jail foi one j ear. Provided, That it shall not be unlawful for the owners of vineyards to sell on their premises, wine of their own manufacture in quantities not less than one gallon, to he re moved aud not drauk on the premises. The Ipe lo Young America. The followiug letter, addressol by the Pope lo the young men of a religious associ ation in New York, admonishes them that "the honor and prosperity of our country' depend npon preserving "the love of justice, pure morality and religion." The New York Herald reiterates its icvitation to His Holi ness, based on the above quotation, to come to America and take up his abode. If he does, which is not unlikely, says the I'ilts burgh Post, it will not be in the vicinity of Washington Heights, where tho "0;d Boy" holds high revel, but the Island of Cuba, which ought to be purchased for bin by the Catholics of the world for his future resi dence. This may be the object of the unu sual efforts now being made bj- all the Bish ops who were at the Yatican Council lo organize subscriptions for the Tope. The Qncu of the Antilles will no longer be the subject of augry controversy if this arrange ment is completed, but bloom as a garden under the paternal care of Pius IX. We give the letter : To Hue en k B. Martha. President, to the Com mittee and all the members of Xavier Sodal ity of New York . BtLovFP CiiiLDRKH IJeaUh and Apostolic Benediction. We who cherish with especial love associations of Catholic youth, beexuse nothing can be more acceptable and agreeable to us amid the great confusions of the times and the snares of impious men than that youth particularly should walk zealously in the way of the Lord and firmly adhere to Christian div cipline, we could not, I say. beloved'children, read the noble declaration of your sentiments, expressed in jour letter of the Sth day of De cember la.it, without being moved towaid von with especial sentiments of love. For both your unshaken devotion toward us and this Anostolic See, as you express it. altogether re quires this of us, as well as the exalted feelings of faith and religion by which you express your abhorrence of the sacriligious crimes commit ted by the enemies of truth and justice acainst our rights and the rights of tho Apostolic See, and against the Holy Church, condemning with merited reprobation the impious deeds of the tyrniiical rule of those who, by armed force aud by all sort of deceit and fraud, have tram pled upon our civil power and liberty. But, beloved children, what especially gives us great esteem for your Tirtue and gains our special praise, is your eloquent declaration tnat you and all the members of your sodality place your honor and glory in upholding and preserv ing firmly the principles of religion and justice which you have received by inheritance. This noble resolution, beloved children, keep faith fully arid steadfastly, for since the foundation of social order and prosperity in every form of government, but especially in that which exists among yon, are to be based evidently 03 these principles, you know that the whole stability, happiue33 and honor or xoca countkt depend upon the same ; aud that no other de serve better of it than they who strive lo pre serve and o promote reverently tbe love of justice, pure morality and religion . VTe pray God to eonCrrn aad strengthen with His grace your wills in these sentiments, d that yo&r example raay prodaee abundant fruit, even to tlie advantaged' others. Finally, as a presage of all Heavenly gifts, and as a pledge of our paternal benevolence, receive, beloved children, the apostolic bened;ctio, which we very lov ingly bestow oa each and every one of you. tiiven ai Home, at St. Peter's, oa the 1st day f February, in the year 1371, the twenty 2.fia j ear of our poiitlicate. Pits P. P. IX. The Massachnsetts Congressmen voted to repeal the doty 00 coal. Tbat shows how Ivttla f principTa aod how ranch of se! f fehaess leer is among tho advocates of a Ligb protciiv taiiS 2f tha sysitra be rjgbt ta itself, ther is a macb reasoa for tee pic g Bp tha daty on coal as apes any article is which Maasacliosetts ia raterc&ted. A s.cic of earth if uake, was felt cn Mcd :daj ccciDhi New Hampshire. Letter 1'rcui Judge Tajlor. IIuktixcoon, Feb. 24, 1S71. To Geo. T. Swank, Editor of the Johnstown Tribune. DfcAH Sic Long since a subscriber to your paper, aud one of your patrons, I feel that 1 may, for a doublu reasoti, justly claim space in your columns to notice au editorial iu the Tribune of the 10th iust., devoted to me personally, based upou "reports'"' which'. j if true, you think and publish as widely as ! 'Our paper circulates will, to a great ex tent, remove from the minds of my friends "the security they ever felt iu me as an isj 1"AKT1AJ. AND JUST man." This vou will i agree with me, is a very grave charge. You j siy however, in tho beginning of the article, j that you "kno ic nothing of the THL'TH or fai. . sity of the charges" made against me; aud, j in the conclusion of it, that you ' don't be ! icre" them. The strictures which intervene, i aud the animus which pervades them, as fair and just to me, or otherwise, I am quite I willing to submit toyourowu ingeiiiouuess, i and to the sense of justice of tho readers of the Tribune. To the article itself I have no otter or further reply. But since these "REFORT3," deemed t-o damaging to my ! character, relate to that suhject, I will be ! allowed to lay before your readers a plain statement of my connection with "The l)is j trict Court of Cambria Gmuty ;" and, having ' done so, I shall invite the criticism of your j keenest casuists, iuite willing to bear, with j out a word of repiy, all the odium which, j in the estimation of either h.cs or "fiiends," ; they can cast upon my character. ! I first learned of the act eetabiishins: au ! additional court in Cambria County," and j that it at-signed to ntu theduties of President j Judge, when I saw and read it iu the Trib une, after it had been signed by the Gover nor. Those duties I assumed, although my labors were J-ufiiciently onerous, because I felt williug to pei for m the part a-signed me by those who procured the enactment, in organizing and keeping open a court that 1 believed would be a valuable convenience to Johnstown ajd the adjacent boroughs and I towubhips included in its jurisdiction ; and i would, moreover, tend to allay unfriendly i feeling between the two sections of the couo i ty. Those duties 1 coutinued to discbarge ! until the opinion of the Supreme Cjtirt iu I the Scrantoo case was delivered last fall at j Pittsburgh. Very shortly afterwards, when I was holding court in liollid ay&burg, sever ; al gentlemen of the bar iu Johustown ud I dressed me at Huntingdon, expressing their I couc'usiou that the decision affirmed ihe : constitutionality of the ''District Court," but j ruled the act unconstitutional so far as it assigned duties lo myself, the associate Judg i es, and the Prothonotary ; and asl-ing my ! views upon the subject. Some time elapsed j before I received the letter, or was able to 1 give the subject any careful consideration. My attention was, for tht first litno, directed I to the questions presented; an I I felt in the delicacy of the position iu which I found I myself, as may readily bu imagined, trot a I little tmbai rat-sed iu detei in in ing what to j say or advise. It might be the wi.-ii of some to get rid if ids ; or, in anything I would ! suggest, or advi.-e, I might bo tuptcted of wishing to hold on to a place which I had ' not sought or coveted, aavj had uo power to 1 vacate. Neither iifct-if nor my associates j held any ttfioe iu the court that we could ' resign We were judges of it ex officio, ntid er j the operation ol au act of Assembly which 1, : at least, had no agency in devising or pro- curiug. We were utterly powi-rieos to i ro- ut iac:cicai to bo ii led in any way by other officers, or to relieve tho Mil ject of its only tuppjsed embarrassment. Finally, I sketch ed a reply, which 1 was about to mail, wheu ! it occurred to me that it would reach Juhus j town wheu the gentlemen to whom it was j addressed wculd be at the Argument Court, i where I would ee them ; and I louk it with , me. On tho way I read it, iu tho cars, to j the IIou. D. J. MorrcSl. I met in Ebens j burg only two of ti e gentlemen who had I addressed me, but bad not au opportunity I to exhibit my reply, and had no recollected ; conversation with them, or with anybody j thereon the subject. Upturning. Mr. Eider j was with me in the cars to Huntingdon, aud j 1 explained the delay to him, aud told him I I would revise and copy and foi ward my re ! ply as soon as I could find time after I j reached home. Before I could find time to ; Jo so, lw;ing engaged in the Huntingdon j couit, I received a letter from Gen. James I Potts, mailed at Juhustovvo, enclosing a cer I tilled manuscript copy of tha opinion of the j Supreme Court, with a note from the Aitor- ney General addressed to mysvlf. Judges j Kasly aud Murray, and Prothonotary Hito, j informing us that "application had been made to him to tile information," and pro cure writs of qao warranto to issue against us ; and requesting us to acknowledge notice, aud to furnish hitn w ith any suggestions we I mi;ht desire to make. This was a com mencement if hostilities ; and, t f course, ended all parleying. Thus assured that my views were riot wanted by those who were acting in the matter, instead of writing to the gentlemen in Johnstown, I leplied to the Attorney General. If, at this point, I had resolved to defend the suit against myself, as was done in Com monwealth r. Judge Conycgham, I only would have availed myself of the right of every citiz-.-ri, instead of doiug what could have been thought either dishonest or dis honorable. I am a stranger to any code of ethics that Would have condemned my con duct if I had employed counsel to argue my cause, or had appeared in propria persona aDd argued it myself. But I threw no obstacles whatever iu the way of a speedy decision of the case. Iansweied promptly, wairing any notice or rule upon me, and agreeing in advance that the "suggestions" which 1 communicated by request should bo treated as an answer to any writ that might be issued. After the writs h.sued, the At torney General enclosed them to mo by mail to Ebensburg, and I returned tbeu to hitu the same way, with ao acceptance of service endorsed. Judge Brewster also wrote to me asking my permission to print my letter to him which I promptly gave; anil he bad it printed in Lis paper book. The court iu its opinion, says that I admitted the facts, and submitted myself upou the law of tho case. The "District Court," it was apparent, was wither a court of "au independent Judi cial District," or, it was ao exercise of the jurisdiction of the organized couita of the county. If the former, it was clear and conceded that the judges of the county courts cowld not hold it. It was. however, upon the latter idea, evidently that the act was framed, although it was ot so expressed iu its ttnns. The two constitutional questions iuvolved.it seemed torn, victe,Jirat can an independent judieiO district bo created out oi part of a county 1 or, itcvndly can th organised courts of a county Lo authorized- to sit elsewhere thao in the county seat, for a designated parS of a county 1 I bad serious doult3 whether the court could stand on either foundation : bet, as 1 cotjIJ jiot see that tbere woalJ be r.ny ain ant) p-il-petble violation of the constitution., or that it would b of taore than Joabtfol coitstitu tieoality, to au-thoriae the court of a county to sit ia an.J for a part of it, I thosght if the act bad been in terms what it was in fcub ataneo ami iDteotion, such an exerciso of jurisdiction x in view particilarly, of tha .... 1 : U T. .Uncfiivfl 1 utility of it in iccalities might be iuuiutained "" .... t... Snii i.rcl-i. Court has frequently, very receni.y. a most emphatically declared thai to warrait the court in declaring an act ot Asmr.uj : 1 ti .r u It n.lljL OO iiaiwiv .... - . . vu.u ur uu . - and palpably so. m tmn STiTDTioAL. in the judicial judgment (al- Jn ether woro, 11 is tu.- though a uiuereni ru:e ijluiu, viu! rn tha Legislature in considering a run 1 ir its constitution ility is only qucsuouauiu or doubtful. And 1 was strongly impressed with the belief, for re.s .11S abstract and practical, which 1 need not here btate, that the court could only be sustained on this . , , , . i grouud, if at all. Taking it for granted that not onlv the law otUter oi tne common wealth, but "all honestly inttiesled iu the court, aimed at nothing tlso or less, tha to have tvtitY question settled that effected its legality, by au opinion, if such an opin ion could be elicited which would cover the tinlK oronnd. I su"?ested these views to the Attorney Generai; and he (not I.) doubt less vMth the same desire, printed and sub mitted them to the court While the quo warranto cises were pend- i ing. or undecided, Mr. Koso introduced into ! the Hou.-e his "SuiTLt mknt," which was j ouly a legislative construction ol the original j act, expressly putting tho court on the foot- ; ing of au exeicise of the jurisdiction of the ; organized courts of the coiiuty ; except that , it also removed the $200 limit to its civil jurisdiction. Comparing it, as printed iu : the Johnstown papers, with the original acr, ; j the whole seemed to show patch-woik which j might require future revision, but it dis- , tiuctly pjuctd this court on the only fouuda tiou upon whish I thought it could staiid, : and 1 believed n.ight save it. After it had ' passed the House, Mr. Petriken wroto tome i tiiat he had taken charge of it for Mr. 11 se j in the Senate, but thought it only proper, , as it ff.:Cted one of the Courts in my di- tiict, to cousult me ou the subject. I replied to him. giving him my view as fully as 1 could in a brief letter, as low expressed, and ; furuishii.g him, for his further information. ; with a copy of tho Attorney General's . paper-book. And this is the whole story of my connec- ' tbn with "Tho District Court of Cambria County ;" except that, after I learned that the supplement had passed, I requested the ; Attorney General when it should be feigned ; to lay it btfure the Supreme G-'Urt with cur request that it should be taken into consid- ; eration in the Opinion, so that its constitu- j tionality, and the question which it distinct- : ly presented, might be al once settled. He : was in Philadelphia, and did Dot receive my note, as ha has dnce iLf tmeil me. until : 'after the Supt e:nc Court had rendered its : jiidgmeiit, and it was therefore impossible to do so." His investigation, however, seems I to have led him to the couclusiuu that "thk ' w 11 . L E legislation" on the subject was "unconstitutional aud void aud the Gov ! t-ruor, accordingly, returned the supplement : without his approval, and earnestly "lecoiii- i mended the repeal of tha original act." i The court may thus, perhaps, be said to . j have gone out of ex'steuco, w ithout any of ! the constitutional questions tmdei lying it having bee n judicially o'etei mii?J ; or any j question, save that ihu act cteating il. iu , ti-rms. "est abiisiied an independent judicial district" the Seranlou case having settled, : as was conceded, that, of such a district, tho i judges must be elected within it. This re- j j suit the probable loss ef tho court I legret, ' ! with feelings as un.sejlii.ih, I am sort), as thoso I entertained by any who have lecn partici- : pants iu the ci.-ittrovery ;. for such a court. 1 always believed, would be of great value to Johustowu and its viciuity. Any wi.-h I had was to see it saved, if it cuM ba, cn a legal and secure foundation. Any who as cribe to me Any other aim or wish, from ai.y sordid motive, do me the injustice of ut.e'c--taking to scale me with somebody else's measure. Those who k?:0.v me know that : avarii-o is not my besetting sin j or lobby ing," or political scheming, any part of my , business. 1 have been in llirrisburg but a few h urs of me day this winter, and then ; was not iu too "lobby'' or hall cf either tha j House or the Seuate. Very respectfully, j yours, etc, Gkguuk Tatluk. IVcus aud K'olillcal Item. A riot occurred amort; he necroea at I Buffalo Gap, West Va..ou Tuesday niht, j elurinj; which two were killed. Au anib'tious c.t:z?n oi Ro ne. Ga., en deHVoic.l to cat three quarts vf eysters re j ccntly. A local paver bay "it was a way he hrtd e.f .-igniog an tusjacaiect to sluraber I in the valley." j A ycung woman, not more than twenty years ol.i, starvetl to death in Kcchester e n i Thurbty laat. She had striven siientiy to support here'f after bein dean ted by a worthless husband, and wad tx proud to le t her poverty be known. A cow in Bucks county, about twelve years ago. swallowed a leather nail pouch. Kitenrly she was slaughtered, and the -t m ach being opened, the punch was found un injured, and in it about a dt zen naila. Thursday evening ast, a yotiuj; lady named Miss L. F. Fasely. of Sunburv. at tending the academy at Biccrnfie'.d, Ferry j county, committed suicide y drowning her- ! self in a poud of water uear that place. I Miss Eva Clark, aged twenty-ouoj ears, ! daughter of James Ciai k, of Venango bor- j ough. died on Me.nday last from the effects j of chloroform administered by a dentist for the purpote of extracting teeth without pain. A terrific hurricane parsed over East St. i Louid on Wednesday tithe week, demolish- j iug houses, sweeping railroad trains from j the track, and tearing up trees in it course. I seven persons were instantly killed aud forty ! seriously weninded. " i There id a proposition bef re the Albany j Legislature to make Decoration Day (May j 30th) and St. Patrick's Day (March 17lhJ legal holidays. This will eecuie the "loil" ! and Irish vote without donbt, as we presume i ii was so mienaeti. Francis Creeley, aged 80,-often said he would be willing to die when he had ceen bis youngest grand daughter rr.arriee?. He atteneied her wedding the other evening, near St. Louis, and taking pait in the dance) fell dead at her feet without m Rroan. The Kadical heart will again be shocked at the outrages of the Klu Klux. On the 6th intt., while Judge Bramlette at Merid ian, Mississippi was trying a negro for riot, another negro shot him dead. During the riot which ensue! three negroes were killed. There are five negroes in the Forty-second Ce ngress, one f them Mack as the see of spades, and of the true Congo breeJ. The rest are composite niggers. There was much stretching of r.erks in the House when the colored Congressmen etepped up to" be sworn in. A negro woman, vn Forrest, Mississippi, revenged herself on a faithless lover the other night, by burning the house in which be was beiug married to a rival wench. The hoifcse was entirely consumed, and a little daughter of the bride, by a former husband, was brne3 to death. An Jowa hoy of twelveyears, becoming angry with the person with whom be .board ed, poured keresene oil over four horsta own ed by him ami set then ou fire. Three were burned to death before hc?p could reurb them, and the fourth was burned so badlv that it had to be killed. But what ihall bo done, with such a bov s that 1. The war bti&g at an en the tx-Krn- Xat.olc eon ceases 10 o j.ric-oiifcr. a:ij : ? -.- V.. t!! fl: s;l. " 1. helain.be is about , - tn,,er.l V'- m rt're to . OCC W liat Spi , to" - ArerVerg injwjtztrland, , Y lH rt3 u -v- " . p,Prarat:.ons for nierepiion have j iiiere an f, j .. . . . . -un-.:, t , beto complete.!. 7 - I 0 T- . . I '!'., rh C2IUHii r..ncrh " i .1- . i , ' ..itd. This cbateatwaa bought 1 Vuroleon 111. et,njc ULC' anu 13 a Pcpekr "J ; 9itnHted in the Carm of Thur- Mo well yrm'AViK,-, T b Cunsisui-c iiouier pn-i- , . . oneis now in Germany are cn ,eir way to 1 "'terrible tragedy occarredo Albany, N Y on Mondaj morning, at tlrcsidence of l)r! Lemuel P. Yanho.zen, A 5I-d:son avenue The Doctor, who is irrperate iu bis habits, bad angry words witVm wife, and seized an iron gri idle, atruck with it on the back vf the he id, ern.io her vkull and causing her death ilmost stan taneously. The circumstance Ua'in kiown to the neighbors, the police wc sent r. r 'and the doctor taken into ca'.oiy ire - j 5; ul lbo fannly. by win the . - . , , - wirtJ e highly stead. UC)tll'l v - - m : ll:e tvstuation of Iiauce is be rap- , idly and peacefully accomplished One : after another the Frtuch forts arbeing : given back to Frenchmen. A Fren pro- ; viccial army is marchir g to occupy iris. j The French prisoners in Belgium ai Swit- j zrland are crossing the frontiers wi their . faces turned tow ar-i homo. Even ll.Napo- ; leonic armies in Germany are pacig up j for ihe journey to Fiance. In a v- bhoit ) time the traces of the great war w l.av disappeared, and peace reign bupre until ; a new generation of Frt nchmen. rained. ; fr- ni the cradle to hate Germany, s'oa have I J T ' grown up to recover ..sica aou i.orri READY-MADE The Laraest Stock In A. the Finest Goodf Boys' the Newest Styl; Wear e Best wk manshrppthe we nave i -1 every kiid Greafest Va of material d JjJL riety, at every iariety cf IitrJcet styie, suitable cr a 11 Youlhfronl8to2t Boys from 9 and Children to 9 years, all j riurshifi A ctrnnn . y , vviih speciaP reference to rouch Work is of the very bt-slchftractcr.N Ea3y rules for measurement, prices, &c., sent free to any part of America, and good fts guaranteed. JtTarfccV and 6th Streets, V A LU AI1LE ESTATEVoU I v , eSIi-F-Tih? llnX Kxe-cutort I-oire-r at private sale, en aecouiuiou.tiii"- ttiui. A FINE TRACT OF LANL in Allogrticny te.wnship. Cumbria coimtv, silu:. . 1 he r'!?d 'eadinjr to St. Anpustint- an Acre.. fuiy 4o Ami brill"- cle vre ti0V7in,W TV ' f f CU rtlf-vH ,d ,li,vluSf rst rate- Ie.. Da.v d V Zl '""-"r";' u ,u TLe rJance of the Ir. valni .n- Vi,.i; lun,,T- 01K, silver, and otti. nrifr.!","1:1": and other iufo VALUABLE FARM NEAR LORETD fOR SALE. The iQbvrit fr -fT.?r f..p l-o-v '.(- r-n an rxce-Umt .Z JOH ,llf ,t n Bbon.in.V.TrJf1'"'.' r-" "vt-Pi.niscsruls arj tttindae-e e PJTI y lra u U lul iy r.r, iL'aeTeU ZTIT to er n.l i.-sii r 00. 18 -tf A ih 1 made TaT 9 :i 1 tJM J V I v i - ' have Jilj ypartment our ma d e prices ere as- cur Es- r--s t o n i s h i n g I y tabiishmcntV jHl "MEHEAD-X w QUARTERS OF tl nd COUKTRTTHAdA O cii. in Clothing, i wu can assure our Nfrier.ds from oU&3 N of town that they 5 need fook no fur- Ik theraOakKaSl j for satisfnrfspv f V I LM gaming a Sats- factory pricesA! Full stock alii'' . . - - i FV-.i ina year r n ft n ri I Pi I CtI I i 17.' "vwreir tl TiTi.lIIi.rr...e i-fct.I3.-tf. Lj teuton ut M. Lsttcy, 4cc-3 LAST CHH SHARES ;cir,T.- . u hl'Kt ti trt-t . r 4..' ... Also. oilfol Sli, Oik,. " one 6f3;i.j( L?"-f ir. I from Tfrclve uhf 1 LlU.lr,..l 1L . " til ti . 1 , : 1 . 'ti i tT Oji tlio it or ; oiu-f. bei,.r- ti.f. 1 ,,r,kv:;-'v--'.': writ t- .y rffin "'''-'i tubes, oJ!t. of xuJi'-'.r': Ill, l J'J.J:i! bois Of A Fvrturu- i:;ill.;'ni' tithe-roue of tin-f,.lW,r,Y.: "'' at once, wnh a tHAUEVa -'.f -The MARRIAGE UF tnr2 On heavy ).:ate.:,; r J' Or. "AS AMLLf,:Ay- . ,,r)I.,M . Or."TflEDAYHKcnw, A Superb -' On h' uvy plat'.-,;;.;, r,' ,;Tl! r- ia u )... 1.. .1 Z . iukeii u.t the :loe-J. leu.;- " V " m I of the hori-str :itil ii f;,!,,..; ' r i tlioiisan-;s hive? t."-i. n- tl:e rlat .f th-? .'raw- n , . '.' iiioti. Tn h:is bv.-n u'.p.V'k I iiiL' tho sale ot the ,,..,.,. 1 hip ; S t.t. plan ari'l olje-ct of thf -. i lrry-rty, or tho rnutiaiee-t eouhl l-r- dc-i: cil tl:;;n th by pronn'nfiit fiti.'-:, ls-, 1112 31 EM It Kit. that there ai e-oulv 5.iMi..,, '. one 'payinir t." becoi-i. - H -n-.-.l8". :i -ives at one- a superb Wurgl.."! ;nionnt inv.-ste i. hi,.! a T . ' . , . Inn i.f I-;,... ...1. "''-!? I1 e. Hn e. i in. I , -i : ' '1 Mliieof wim-ii Hii-vj;, 'J--i TFE HOST LIEERaL TEF.VST" ari now eiflvn-1 evt-rv ... live? ilHIIH-s. tojffthe-rVh'-.'i.V hal rT-ive..i.e.. Five- I trib tion ;t I'ri. -.t1, , j ,-, ' of . rf. r.a.e cn,,;,;..;... . ' . FCIi'-fM:: ir.,iv l-i!-r't in- sti.i nidi..- up is, , rcce:v-u for i r i.-r- alrfr tV-'l-'.y vrill beproinptiy re-turta-U r , J.V. mmiifa i Man 7 Urantlv.ay. .cv Y. Or, 4tiy. COMPLIMENTARY TEST1V: l31t ItY. .VJMl'T -f 11" lifr OT the? ff.l!M!;!t-MC:i ers, un J ottitr Prot: ! V..i;.;, l ! 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May .i. 1".H. s:iys : '!':. e- ur.u i : e.- ' -Co.. which isucs this inter.. ?:::.;'-. book, is the h.rL-e-st and t'--! --v-;; -cv in the t'nited States, a.vi ;" Fire to adv.-rti.se- their ti!U. ''',l'!' and "y?te2iint j"lly in so as to secure the iarpest aai. for lae leu.it eiren iiture cl ir.u litis r is if. -:. H-f-: Hfe" t ".15 e:iarter I -arre.r Jo .. -' II II OO. t'.V. V..V. dczeu lir---tore aud for SiUv ly JAMES CONNOR, Whoies:' No. 35 3 Llfcciir rimsi'T, Feb. 4, lstTl.-t. M0i0iG.H!ELi F1' machinTvo Anderson & Freyr? i. jo:1 Iron Fcnnders asd MAxrAC7rni:i:s-') Vmnch lirr. C". ie ni .CO S i--'T' V i-v.ur i. ro.i: i.t:-- 1oths: '.VntiT W.-.t-rl ..." .,5. Miki nmi ... :'.r ...i -. Ao. 39 Vf .t ltu JUST LOOK AT 3 Iiajxiriaui '- 5. HAVING tnttfri into I'),1,. work in the: m m scriv'.TM... . , - l.,,.- . iii'iniii setting,' Nfc" - ) t ( : - .. .j vl : reH-1 1 r .!'' j iiiv. 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