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DR. WM. BREwsTml, McCounells
i.wn. [CuieLy Elictropatby.]
B
M. GREENE, Dealer in .I)lusie,mu
ju.Fical Instruments, Sem ins Machines, in Leistei'a
nest building, (second float.)
WM. LEWIS, Dealer in Books, Sta
tionery and 3lusical MAI nmenta, corner of the
Dioutond.
Wl3. ZIUGLEII, I)ealer in Ladies
mul ChiLimn's Furnishing Goo's, opposite tho
First National Bank.
WP. RUDOLPH - , Dealer in Ladies
. mid Gents' Furni,lithg oppoateLcister's
,nor building
EO. F. - MARSH.
Merchant Tailor, oppo'site, Len is' Book Store
1101 r GREENBERG,
Merchant Tailor, in the Diamond
MiCAHAN SON, proprietors of
Juniata Steam Pearl Mill, West Huntingdon.
GREENE & F. 0. BEAVER,
Marble Manufacturers, Mifflin Street, near the En.
icran'cburcb.
WM. WILLIAMS,
Plain and Ornamental Marble Manufacturer.
TAMES HIGGENS, Manufacturer of
eD Purnittne and Cabinet are, Huntingdon, Pa.
Fp M. WISE, Manufacturer of F urn i-
Prc., Huntingdon. Undertaking attended to
lIrIRTON C 3LAG UI RE, Whole
sale and retail deniers in foreign and domestic
Harlin:lre, Cutlery, dc, lioilrosd atrect, Huntingdon.
TAMES A. BROWN,
CD Healer in Iturdwure, Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Au., Hunt
ingdon, ra.
el 11. MILLER Sr, SON, Dealers in all
v./ e hinds .1" tine Leather, Findings, Sc, dc, near Ulu
Pie,b)teriau church..
WINI. AFRICA, Dealer in Boots and
Ehoes,in the Diamond, Huntingdon, Pa.
JOAN 11. WESTBROOK, Dealer in
Boots, Shoes, Hosiery, Confectionery, Huntingdon.
GEO. SIIABITBD., dealer in Boots,
Elioes,Gulter=, Huntingdon.
A L. LEWIS, Wholesale and retail
3Terchaut, Letiter's Nesv Buildfeg„ thanting,l4ll.
TOIINSTON & WATTSON, Memb
er wits. Main st., east of Washington Hotel, Ilunting,ilon
CILAZIER & BRO., Retail Itler-
NA chante, 'Washington et, near the jail, Hantinplon.
ZVENTER, Dealer in Groceries and
~Pro-,1.10n, of all kinds, Hnntingdon,
W " 1/v -1 .!r A l ll u ° Pr i y l o k oo1 1
1 31 Q 1 Plecnqware, Hardwire,
&c.
CUNNINGHAIII & CAMION,
Ilmitingdon, Pa.
lar ROMAN,
• Dealer in Ready Made Clothing, Hots and
lIP. GWIN,
. Dealer in Dry Goods, GE oreries. Doran arc, Queens
,vare, flats and Cap:, Boats and Shot., .k.c. llae tingdon
E. HENRY & CO Wholesale and
Retail Dealers in Dry Ooodi, Groceries, Hardware,
, Qacensi are, and Provitions of all kinds, Huntingdon.
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mampsnanseaver.cerusavad
ISAAC K. STAUFFER, P.
BTATOILILIKER and JEWELER,
No. 145 North 241 Street, corner of Quarry,
PHILADELPHIA.
An aosortmont of Watches, Jewelry, Eilror and Plated
Wnro constantly on hand.
SPITABLE FOR HOLIDAY PRESP.STSI
AV-Repairing of Watches and Jewelry promptly at•
tended to. nor 27.73`
SILVER'S WASH POWDER !
BA YES TIME, LABOR, .310.Y.E Y.
Makes Washing a Pastime and rilgn
day a Festival.
SOLD EVERYWHERE. TEN IT!
Address all orders to tho Mane lecturers
ZIEGLER & SMITH,
C'honiits and . Mamie Druggists,
n0v.274y No. IST Nth. Third Street, Philada,
TIT 0-1_1033 -
JOB PRINTING OFFICP.
THE -y dLOBE JOB OFFICE"the most complete of any in the country, and pee.
sesses tLe Most ample facilities for promptly executing in
tLe &A-style, every TaTioty of Job Printing, smelt as
HIND BILLS,
~ C IACULARS,
BILL HEADS,
POSTERS;
BALL TICKETS,
I.3ARDS,
PROCIIAIkIMES,
LABELS, 4., &C., &C
CALL AND EXAMINE sPEpIUEN . S 0,7 WORK,
LEWIS' BOOK, STATIONERY k 3113310 STORE
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
A LARGE STOCK
AND
.SPLENDID ASSORTMIENT
OF
Window Curtain Papers,
JUST RECEIVED
AT
'EWIS' BOOK STORE.
ENVELOPE MANUFACTORY,
Eos. 323 and 325 :Market street,
HARRISBURG, PA.
Envelopes of all the standard sines, coloss and qualities
fiszether mitts Ludt,' Note, Wedding and Metalling En
velopes, forsil,bed at
LESS TfLt.ti NEW YORK PRI - PI:SI
All goods narrated. Address ordera to
SIM:MIX Fe MYEItS,
027-1 m Nos. 32 and 325 Market st., Barri slim g.
FLOUR ! FLOUR !
The best Flour, by lie Las rid or smatter quantity fm
sale at Lewis' Fatuity Grocery,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
All kindi oC rountly pt "duce taken in exchange fot
Goods at Lewis' Family Grocery.
42 CO
. 100
WM. LEWIS, HUGH LINDSAY, Publishers.
VOL. XXIII,
Z.
tliftS,siolllll - ti . Niisintss
DR. li. WIESTLING most respect
fully tender; hie professional services to the ciagens
of tiontitiolen and vicinity.
Office that of the Into Dr. finale. inch-13-Iy*
TVR. A. B: BIZTJAIBATJG.II,
ju Having permanently located at Huntingdon, offerti
hts nrof,dottal services to the community •
011 ire, the sumo ag that lately occupied by Dr. Tanlen
on Hill etreet. aplt/.1
R. JOHN IN.IeCULLOCII, offers his
1J I.t services to the citizens of Huntingdon
nod Tr inity. Office ou Hill street, one doormat of Reed's
Dsng Store. :Lug. 2% '55.
Ii ALLISON MILLER, t f&l
o EEWTIST,
INS ITITIOTCd to 110 Erick Row• opposite the Court House
April 13,1860.
J. GREENE,
Is DENTIST.
Office remni - cd to toister l o New Building,
Mil street. Huntingdon.
July 31,1867.
J. A. POLLOCK,
SURVEYOR &REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Will attend to Surveying in all its branches, and At ill
buy and sell lieal Estate in any purl alba United States.
Send for circular. dec29-tf
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
The undersigned respectfully informs the citizens of
Huntingdon county end the traveling public generally
that he has leased the Washington Haase on tim cot ,
ner of 11111 nod Chat les street, in the borough of Hun
tingdon, and he to prepared to accommodate all who may
favor him with a call. WilPbe pleased to receive n liber
al share of public patronage.
AUGMTUS LETTER3LIN.
July 31, Vi—tf.
M ILTON S. LYTLE,
A TTORIVEY: TLa TV,
Trompt attention given to all legal lordness entrusted
to laic care. Claims or soldiers and soldiers• heats n„ ain't
the Government colketed without delay. seld'n6
lic)11311TRIE,
A TTORIVEY AT LA TV,
Office on Hill street. HUNTINGDON, PA
Prompt attention silt be given to dm pre,,,,ti on of
to flniws of soldier:, and soldiers' boils, ag dust the Coo
rinntnt. an 22,1000
GEENC r FOR COLLECTING
OLD S' CLAIMS,IIOUNTY, BACK PAY AND
PEASIONS.
AG rho urns have any claims against the Government
for Bounty, Back Pay and renbiOlis,Can hove their claims
promptly collected by applying either inn pere3oll or by 'ut
ter to
au.12,1663
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_ a P.ll COLLECTION „
N4l* s#Pit.
OFvP
K. ALLEN LOVELL,
District Attorney of Hunting(lou County,
HUNTINGDON, PA.
OFFICE—In the Brick Rim, °pliant) the Cont Howe
j0n.1.1.857
JOHN EMT; E %NOEL T. mom N, JOHN L. BAILEY
Tho name of this firm has been chang
ed from soon BROWN', to
SCOTT, BROWN 8C BAILEY,
nder which name they will hereafter conduct their
'male° a 3
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 111IN2INODO2 PA.
TENSIONS, mad alkel.tims ar,.oitlivrsnml boldivtd' heiaa
gainht the (locos uaauat, will bo promptly prosecuted.
May 17, 1865—tf.
A C. CLA. - PdilE, AGENT,
* Wholesale and IZetail Dealer In all Iclndi of
VM-ATZCb
Next door to the Fmnkllx House, in the Diamond.
Ccuntry trade. suppled. 1107'67
1 W. SWARTZ;
Mkt= IN ILL tIXDS OP
AMERICAN WATEUES, Moo Cold JEWELRY,
de., Ix., oppoMite .T. A. Brown's Mammoth Hard Nitre
vote. .411- Watches neatly tepaived and wurtatutttl,
Muntingdou, Pept 19, 1.867.4 m,
LUMBER ) SHINGLES, LATHS.
Tl EMLOCK, PINE BILL STUFF,
11 Noards, Plank. Shingles, Plastering and Shingling
1.0 t 11, constantly on hand.
Worked Flooring. Posh, Blindi, Doors, Door and Win
dow Frames, Duni:died at tnannfac'orers' prices.
Grain and country product grin rallybought at market
Fates. WAGONER & BRO.,
ang2S-tf Philipsburg, Centro co., Pa.
JUNIATA
STEAM PEARL MULL,
THIS MILL is a complete success in
the manufacture of FLOUR, do. It bus lutely been
thoroughly repaired and is now iu good running miler
and in full operation.
The burrs and choppers aro new and of superior qual
ity—cannot he excelled. And we are gratified to know
that our stork ban giros enti.o batisfaction to our . custo
mers, to no horn we tender our thanks.
We have in our employ one of the best millers in the
County, and ofat thful and capable engineer. Thus equip
ped and encouraged, wo urn datermithul to persevere in
Our efforts to eccommod du and plot e the public, hoping
thereby to merit iind reeelim a liberal share of putronag,e
to sustain us in our enterprise for the public micros!.
BLANKS,
Musket puce paid for the ulitlerent kinds of grain on
delivery.
Flour and Clop, on hand, for sale.
JOIIN IC. McCAIIAN L SON.
Huntingdon, Nov. 20,1807
CHEAP GROCERY STORE,
HILL ST., HUNTINGDON, PA.
TILE undersigned offers for the in•
election and purchaho Of enAemers a large and As.
ace ted stock of Groceries, novisw., IEO trek satib.
fled they cad lie accomodated with All) thing in hip lino.
the pews are TIM, and his etock h ,11 and good. Ile
keen 4 the Loot of
SUG COFFEE,
TEAS, SPICES, SALT,
TOBACCO & SEGARS,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS & CAPS, &c,"
ALSO-
HA3IS, SHOULDERS, SIDES,
MOLASSES, OILS, VINEGAR,
CHEESE, FLOUR RICE,
And NO TIONS of every kind
A Felect F tock of DRY (b)(11)S, logellwr NV It
IVAttll, and all Mk, artioles kept to a As ell regulated
establishment 10r sato nt to.wonablo pt it:o3.
gilr - MI store is on Hill street, twat ly oppoe.ite the
Intik, mid in Ito loom lot met ly ocupied by I/.
Call and egnonne. Z. 'Ili:0:11k.
IlmittoTlon, Oct. S, 1E67
&a-For School Books and School
Stationery of all kinds call at Lewis'
Book Store.
Ir.: , Blatik Books fov the desk and
pocket, for sale at Lewis' Book Store.
111INTINGDON', PA
ITUNTINGDOX, PA
W. 11. WOODS,
A TTORNEY A 2' LAW,
HUNTINGDON, I'.t
HUNTINGDON, PA
HUNTINGDON, PA
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HUNTINGDON, PA„ WEDNESDAY, J A NUARY 29. [B6B.
Ely 610bt.-
HUNTINGDON, PA.
WHAT IS RELIGION
Is it to go to church to-day,
To keep devout and seeni to pray
And ore to-morrow's sun goes down
Be dealing slander through the town 7
Does every tor nctimoni ou e face
Denote the certain reign of grace?
Does not a phiz which scowls at sin—
Oft veil hypocrisy within 7
Is it to take our daily mill:,
And of our own good deeds to talk ;
Yet often practice secret crime,
And thus misspend our precious time?
Is it for sect and creed to fight,
To call our zeal the rule of right,
When what we wish is, at the host
To see our church excel the rest? _
Is it to wear the Christian dress,
And love to all mankind profess,
To treat with scorn the humble poor,
And bar against them every door?
Oh, no I ieligion means not this,
Its fruit more sweet and fairer is ;
Its precepts this—to others do
As you would have them do to you
It grieves to hear an ill report,
And scorns with human woes to sport ;
Of others' deeds it speaks no ill,
But tells of good or else keeps still.
And does religion this impart?
Then may its influence fill my heart!
Oh ! haste the blissful, joyful day,
When all the world may own its sway
FEMALE CLERKS.—The editor of the
Albany Knickerbocker is in Europe, and
sends the following account of the gen
eral employment of females:
The women, by the way, do nearly
all the trading hi Ireland. At our ho
tel a woman shows you to your room ;
you pay your bill to a woman,
and you
are politely bowed out of the house by
the housekeeper. It is rare to find a
retail store in Cork where a female is
not seen behind the counter. We are
told that the same thing prevails
throughout all the British provinces.
Tho reason given for employing them
is that their follies are not only less
numerous, but much lower priced. Fe
males may sport fifty dollar mantles,
but they never go on fifty dollar 'busts.'
Females never spend a whole week's
wages on billiard tables. Girls never
'put-the party through,' kick 'hp a row
and got dragged to the station house.
Fast horses they avoid, and roulette
tables and game cocks. Who ever saw
a female hanging round a gambling ta
ble, or betting her last five dollars that
she can tell where the 'little joker' is?
Who ever saw a female clerk, after the
store was shut, rambling
up Broadway,
'raising thunder,' and breaking things?
Who ever saw a respectable girl knock
ing over dry goods boxes and standine.
'M. P.'s' on their heads? No one ; and
yet respectable young men do these
things nightly. When was a female
clerk ever arrested for having a 'sus
picious character' locked up in the
store with her after midnight? In
view of all these facts, is it any won
der that the merchants on this side run
to female clerks
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DEATHS
CAUSED By STAIWATION.—A letter from
Paris, dated January 5, says : "The
poorer classes are now undergoing tre
mendous sufferings, not only iu France,
but in Algeria. In that colony, ac
cording to the Archbishop of Algiers,
the Arab population are dragging out
an existence of misery—feeding, liko
animals, on the foliage of trees, wan
dering almost naked (writes Monseig
neur, along the roads, awaiting, in the
neighborhood of cities and villages, for
the emptying of household refuse, to
quarrel over the filthy remains. To
these starving, nay, dying tribes, noth
ing that can be devoured is repulsive.
So desperate is their condition (1 trans
late the Archbishop's words) that
'they actually dig up the carcasses of
animals that have died of disease. A
heap of ten and twelve bodies of dead
Arabs lying by the roadside is no un
common spectacle.' When these poor
men feel the approach of death—the
slow and horrible death of famine—
they do not complain ; they stretch
themselves near some roadside, cover
themselves as well as they can with
the wretched rags they may possess,
and covering their faces, await their
last hour, murmuring the name of 'AI.
lab !' it is thus they died of cholera
all last summer ; it is thus they now
die of hunger, literally mown down by
this plague. Calculations which aro
not exaggerated bring the number of
the victims within the last six months
to above ono hundred thousand."
THE BIRTIIPLACB OP GENIUS. -It is
one of the mysteries of life that genius,
that noblest gift of God to man,is nour
ished by poverty. Its greatest works
have been achieved by the sorrowing
ones of the world in tears'and despair.
Not in tho brilliant saloon, furnished
with every comfort and elegance—not
in the library well fitted, softly carpet
ed, and looking out upon a smooth
green lawn or a broad expanse of seen
ery—not in ease and competence is
genius born and nurtured, but more
frequently in adversity and destitution,
amidst the harassing cares of a strait
ened household, in bare and fireless
garrets, with the noise of squalid chil
dren, in the midst of the turbulence of
domestic contentions, and in thy deep
gloom of uneheered despair, is genius
born and reared. This is its birth
place, and in scones like these, unpro
pitious, repulsive, wretched, have men
labored,studied,and trained themselves
u tit they have at last emanated out or
the glooin of that. obscurity, the hhin
ing lights of their times—become the
companions of kings, the guides and
teachers of their kind, and exercised
an influence upon the thought of the
world amounting to a species of intel
lectual legislation.
-PERSEVERE.-
The Latest Wonder.
A Steam Man---An Extraordinary Invon-
Lion
[From Ow Nowa11: (N. J.) Advertiser,]
Mr. Zaddock Deddrick, a Newark
machinibt, has invented a man ; ono
that, moved by steam, will perform
some of the most important functions
of humanity ; ttiat will, standing up
right, walk or run, as he is bid, in any
direction and at almost any rate or
speed, drawing after him a load whose
weight would tax the strength of
throb stout draught. horses. 'rho his
tory of this curious invention is as fol
lows :
Six years ago, Mr. Deddriek, the in
ventor, who is at present but 22
years of age, conceived the novel idea
of constructing a man that should re
ceive its vitality from a perpetual mo
tion machine. The idea was based on
the well-known. mechanical principle
that if a heavy weight be placed at the
top of an upright slightly inclined from
a vertical, gravitation will tend to pro
duce a horizontal as well as vortical
motion. The project was not success
ful. However, observing carefully the
cause of the failure, preserving and
perfecting the man form, and by sub
stituting steam in place of the perpetu
al motion machine, the present suc
cess was attained.
The man stands seven feet and nine
inches high, the other dimensions of
the body being correctly proportioned,
making him a second Daniel Lambert,
by which name ho is facctitiously spo
ken of among the workmen. Ile weighs
five hundred pounds. Steam is gene
rated in the body or trunk which is
nothing but a three horse power en
gine. The legs which support it are
complicated and wonderful. The steps
aro taken very naturally and quite
easily. As the body is thrown for
ward upon the advanced foot the oth
er is lifted from the ground by a spring
and thrown thrward by the steam.—
Each step or pace advances the body
two feet., and every revolution of the
engine product.," c 0.,. prkee.fr A 9 rho on
gine is capable of making more than a
thousand revolutions a minute, it would
get over the ground, at this calcula
tion, at the rate of a little more than a
mile a minute. As this would be work
ing the legs faster than would be safe
on uneven ground or on Broad street
cobble stones, it is proposed to run the
er!ine at the rate of five hundred re
volutions per minute, whioh would
walk tho man at the modest speed of
half a mile per minute.
The fellow is attached to a common
Rockaway carriage, the shafts of which
serve to support hint in a vertical posi
tion. These shafts aro two bars of iron,
fastened in tho usual manner to the
front of the carriage,and aro curved so
as to be joined to a circular sustaining
bar, which passes around the waist
like a girth, and in which the man
moves so as to face in any direction.
Besides these motions, machinery has
been arranged by which the figure can
be thrown backward or forward from
a vertical nearly forty-five degrees.—
This is done in order to enable it to
ascend or descend all grades. To the
soles of the feet spikes or corks aro
fixed, which effectually prevent slip
ping. The whole affair is so firmly
sustained by the shafts, and has so ex
cellent a foothold, that two men are un
able to push it over, or in any way
throw it down. In order to enable it
to stop quickly, it is provided with
two appliances, one of which will, as
before stated, throw it backward from
the vertical, while the other bends tho
knees in the direction opposite to the
natural position.
An upright post, which is arranged
in front of the dash board, and within
easy reach of the front seats, sustains
two miniature pilot wheels, by the
turning of which those various motions
and evolutions are directed. It is ex
pected that a sufficiently largo amount
of coal can be stowed away uider th,g
back seat of the carriage to work the
engine for a day, and enough of water
in a tank tinder the front seat to last
half a day.
In order to prevent the "giant" from
frightening horses by its wonderful
appearance, Mr. Deddrick intends to
clothe it and it as nearly as possible a
likeness to the rest of humanity. The
boiler, and such parts as are nccossar
ly heated, will be 'encased in felt or
woolen undergarments. Pantaloons,
coat, and vest, of the latest styles, aro
provided. Whenever the fire needs
coaling, which is every two or three
hours, the driver stops the machine,
descends from his seat, unbuttons
"Daniel's" vest, opens a door, shovels
in the fuel, buttons up the vest and
drives on. On the back between the
shoulders the steam cocks and gauges
are placed. As these would cause the
coat to set awkwardly, a knapsack
has been provided that completely cov
ers them. A blanket neatly rolled up
and placed on top of the knap-sack
perfects the delusion. The face is moul
ded into a cheerful countenance of
white enamel, which -contrasts well
with the dark hair and moustache. A
sheet iron hat with a gauge top acts
as a smo':o stack.
The cost of this "first-man" is $2,000
though the makers, Messrs. Deddriek
& Grass, expect to manufacture suc
ceeding ones, warranted to run a year
without repair, for $3OO. The same
parties expect to contract, on the same
principle, horses which will do the dit
ty of ten or twelve ordinary aninods
of the same species. These,'it is con
fidently believed, can be used alike be
fbre carriages, street cars and ploughs.
The man now coustructi , il tan inali;(3
his way li,ithutit difficulty 'over any
irregular surface whose ruts and stones
r.re not More than nine inches below
or above the level of the road.
No good building without ri good
fon inn
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I . SPIRIT OF THE PRESS,
Congress and the Supreme Court.
From the Now York Time; (Republican.)
The extremists aro reckless, if not
desperate. For twelve months past
they have been engaged in tying the
hands of the President, and stripping
him of authority conferred by the Con.
stitution; and now they aro about to
attempt the same operation upon the
Supremo Court,. with the view of pro•
ventin g an adverse decision 'upon the
Reconstruction acts.
Cu the part of those who share the
views of Mr. Stevens, tlie talked-of
measure will be consktent. Whatever
else may ho charged against them, they
at least have. not resorted to false pre
tenses to justify the Congressional pol
icy. No constitutional scruple has been
allowed to stand in their way. They
have boldly confessed that policy un
constitutional, and have rested its de
fense upon the plea of revolutionary
necessity. The Constitution, accord
ing to their theory, is for the time
subject to the higher law of the con-
quoror as interpreted by a partisan
majority. If essential to their plans,
they would disregard every constitu
tional right of the Executive, and make
the Supreme Court in all things sub ;
servient to their will.
In pursuance of the latter determi
nation, it is understood that the louse
Judiciary Committee have in propara
ration a bill making imperative the
concurrence of two-thirds of the Su
premo Court in any decision involving
the issue of constitutionality. The
movement has its origin in an appre
hension that a majority of the court
will sooner or later pronounce the Re
construction law uneonstitutional; and
the considerations which have hereto
fore prevailed in Congress may possi
bly again assert their sway. For, by
passing the measure proposed, an ad
yorso decision will be rendered impos
sible—so far as Congress can contrib
ute to that result; since three of the
judges aro town adherents to as
If this projecqrovail, the higher at
tributes of the Lourt will be destroyed.
The principle will be in effect affirmed
that partisan exigencies, real or sup
posed, constitute the supreme law; that
the Court, created by the Constitution
in part to judge of the validity of Con
gressional action, shall henceforward
be powerless, whatever the character
of that action may be. To-day the
proposition is that, instead of a major
ity oldie judges, twolhirdsof the whole
shall concur; to-morrow, if necessary,
the concurrence of all may be required.
There is no limit to the interference if
it be commenced—no restriction save
that which a majority of the dominant
party may for the moment impose up,
on themselves. They proclaim that
they may enact what they please, and
may obviate objection on the ground of
unconstitutionality by usurping power
to mould the decisions of the Court in
any shape which to themselves shall
seem. best. If it be unmanageable after
exacting a two-thirds judgment, or a
unanimous judgment, 'the number of
judges may be increased ; and thus, by
ono device or another, the independent
jurisdiction of the Court may he de
stroyed.
NO more significant commentary on
the reconstruction legislation—no more
startling illustration of the unscrupu
lousness which actuates the Radical
leaders— can he connived, than that
whii2h this affair affords. The coward
ice as well as the bravado of guilt is
stamped upon its face. It shows an
utter absence of confidence in the con
stitutional efficacy of measures which
are applicable to the South, and an ut
ter want of moral courage to uphold
the principles that are involved. A
consciousness of right usually inspires
calmness and strength, and the party
which realizes it seldom shrinks from
the coutingemaes incidental to political
warfare. These extreme radicals,
however, seem to shit( their oyes when
they rush ahead. They aro afraid of
the ground they tread upon, and of
phantoms at every turn. Now it is of
the President, anon of the District
Commanders, and yet again of the Su
premo Court. We suspect that they
also 'begin to fear the people in whose
name they act, and whose instinctive
sense of justice revolts against the
abuse of their delegated'power. The
idea seems to prevail in the Reconstruc
tion and Judiciary Committees that
there is no time to lose. The thing called
reconstruction must be pushed through,
even though it be necessary to muzzle
the Supremo Court Judges.
How the Court will treat the attack
upon its independence remains to be
seen. It is not likely to respect or to
obey a law which interferes with its
constitutional functions, notoriously
for the accomplishment of an uncon
stitutional purpose. What thou ? Sup
pose the Court, by a majority of its
members, declares the IZeconstruction
acts constitutionally invalid, and refuSe
to recognize as constitutional and law
defining the conditions of a judgment ?
Will Congress, having failed to legis
late the Court into compliance, under
take to legislate it out of 'existence?
Will a party majority make the Gen
eral-in-Chief the judge of the Judges,
as well as the superior of the President?
Will they at Met avow their contempt
for the Constitution add their resolve
to proceed regardless of its provisions?
To this position their steps unquestion
ably tend, and the only influence that
can restrain them will he fear for their
own saii3ty. Of what possible value,
then, will he thj policy of Congress
when pushed to emrctuitios? 'A party
whose leaders trample on the eowititu
dun because it, impedes their opera
tions, cannot long retain the confidence
of th 3 country, and when their Over
throw comes—as come it must—what
will be the fato of their policy ? what
TERMS, $2,00 a - year in advance.
lating and usurping ? These aro in
quiries which concern more than them
selves, for they indicate the reopenhig
of the Southern question and the re
constructing of reconstruction, as con
sequences of the recklessness which
marks the radical programme.
TEIE SUPREME COURT BILL.
A Radical Protest Against It
Among the few Radical journals that
oppose the late action and evident in
tentions of the Radicals in Congress is
the N. Y. Evening Post, edited by the
venerable Wm. Cullen Bryant. In that
paper of Thursday last we find a lead
ing editorial which inveighs - eloquently
against the policy of Congress, and
especially against the hill to subvert
the Supreme Court. It says:
Nothing is more sacred in popular
estimation than the character of the
Supreme Court. It is tho tribunal of
final appeal, which determines the va
lidity and application of laws, and more
than any other body in the land needs
to he kept free from political complica
tions and party biases. Its judges
were made to hold their offices for lifo,
with the allowance of a liberal salary,
in order to render them independent
of the motives of ambition or gain
which ordinarily influence men. Set
apart to administer the highest of
trusts, it was the design of the Consti
tution to raise them above the region
of politics into the clearer atmosphere
of justice and reason. "Justice," as
Burke says, "is the supreme policy of
nations," and they whose duty it is to
determine justice exercise the suprom
est function. Accordingly in all civil
iq,d ages the judge has worn the er
mine, which is the emblem of that
spotless integrity that oombines purity
of motive with clearness and impar
tiality of judgment.
It is this instinctive perception of
the true character of the Judiciary that
has always made -i-Ilitibm — jtiiiges so
oaisi - s to the mind of.the people. Next
in offensiveness to those who take per
sonal bribes are those who allow polit•
ical prejudices to warp their decisions.
Jeffreys and Scroggs aro no more in
famous for their violence and brutality
than they are for their servility to the
royal power which made them; and in
our country, up to a recent period, the
judge who should have carried his pol
itics to the bench would have been pla
ced on a level of degradation with those
disgraceful beacons of English juris
pruiince. Nor can wo mien yet, with
all the degeneracy of public morals,
look without some feeling of aversion
and dread at the example of judicial of
ficers who allow their names to be used
as candidates for political preferment.
When the Congress, therefore, en
deavors to subject the Supreme Court
to its control, by regulating the rule of
its decision, and for no other cud appa
rently than the secret purpose of meet
ing a particular party issuo, we are
startled by .1.11,9 strangeness of the
event. It seems little short of a sacri
legious audacity. But when the change
they seek to introduce •is one of the
gravest nature, affecting essentially
the character of future decisions, and
likely to lead to gross injustice in
many conceivable cases, we aro bound
to cry out, in our loudest voice, Halt.
In the times of the elder Adams a
change was made with a greater color
of law, but with a similar,party object,
in putting an additional number of
jados—"midnight judgeS", they were
called—upon the bench; but the indig
nant republicanism of that day speedi
ly swept away the innovation. With
greater color of law, wo say, because
Congress has the undoubted right to
multiply judges when the pressure of
business requires it; but Congress has
no right to impose a rule of judicial de
cision—least of all for party ends.
To insist upon a two-third vote,when
the judgment is unfavorable to a con
gressional act, while a majority is au
thorized to approve a congressional
act, is to resolve in so many words that
a party who profits by that act may
come befOre the court on bettor grounds
than the party who questions it, or
trios to set it aside as unconstitutional.
Suitors aro no limger equals in the
presence of justice; the majority of
judges is no longer the court, but a su
perior number; and the same right
which enables Congress to dictate a de
cision by two-thirds would enable it to
dictate unanimity—which, in practice,
would amount to a complete nullifica
tion of the constitutional ability of the
tribunal.
TRUE Pilmosomy.—nadame Neck
er relates the following anecdote of M.
Abauret, a philosopher of Geneva.—
"It was said of him that ho never
had been out of temper; some persons,
by means of his female servant, were
determined to put this to tho proof
The woman in question stated that
she had been his servant for thirty
years, and she protested that during
that time she lied never seen hint in a
passion. They promised her a sum of
money if slid would endeavor to Make
him angry ; she delimited, and know
ing ho was particularly fond of having
his bed well made, she on the day ap
pointed neglected to make it. 11I: Aba
uret observed it, and, the next morn
ing, made the observation to her; she
answered, that she had forgotten it;
she said nothing more,but on the dame
evening, she ag.ghVnegleeted to make
the bed ; the same observation was
made on the morrow by the philoso
pher, and she egaitt made come extittse
hi a cooler manner than befbre. On
the third day, he said to her, 'You
have not yet made my bed ; you have
appal Lindy come to :411101 - 06011111011 on
the subject, as you probably found it
fatigued you. But, after all, .0 is of
no groat consequence, as I begin to
accustom myself to it as it is.' ' She
threw herself' at his feet, and avowed
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NO. 28.
Letter from Secretary Stanton to An%
drew Johnson.
The following eop t y of a lettur,
ded to by Senator Dpion in his speech,
in the executive session, was written
by Secretary Stanton to President
Johnson, when the latter resigned L
position he Military Governor of Ten
nessee :
War Department, Washington, Melt.
136 A.-Sir :—This departtae.nA,
accepted your resignation as Brigadier;
General and Military Governor of Ten:
nessee.. _.Permit me on this occasion
to render to you the tbanks of this
department for your patriotic and able,
services during the eventful period
through which you have exercised the
high trusts committe.l to your charge,.
In one of the darkest hours of the
great struggle for natipnal existence
against rebellious foes the Government
called you from the Senate, and from,
the comparatively safe and easy duties;
of civil life, to place you in front, of the,
enemy, and in a position of persona;
toil and danger perhaps, more hazard- .
sans than was encountered by any oth-,
er citizen or military officer of the Uni
ted States. With patriotic promptness
you assumed the'post, and maintained,
it under circumstances of unparalleled
trials, until recent events have brought
safety and deliverance to your State,
and to the integrity of that Oonstitg:
tional Union for which you so long and
so gallantly perillod all that is dear to
man on earth. That you may be .
spared to enjoy the new honors, and
perform the high duties to which you:,
have been called by the people of the
United States, is the .sincere wish of
one who, in every official and personal
relation, has found you worthy of the
confidence of the Government and the
honor and esteem of your fellow eiti•
zens.
Your obedient servant,
E 111. STANTON ; Secy. of War.
Ills Excellency ANDREW JOIINSOD.7
- Viet; President eloet.
From the reported proceedings of
the House of Representatiyes,
risburg, on Friday, we take the fol
lowing :
Mr. Josephs (Dam.), of Philadelphia,
offered the following :
Resolved, That the Clerk be -author
ized to furnish one copy of "Pardon's,'
D,igest," with the last appendix bound
in one volume, and one copy of "Zieg
ler's Legislative Manual" to each mern c ,
ber and clerk.
Mr. Deise (Dem.), of Clinton, moved,
to amend by including only new mem
bers. Disagreed to.
Mr. Herr (Rep ), a Dauphin, said
there could be no more valid reason for
the purpose of "Ilurdon'et Digest'.'
ten dollars a copy, than that th'e ,%ate,
should purchase coats, boots, and shoee
for the.members.
Mr. Bull (Dom.), offered the follow-,
ing proviso
"Provided, That the said 'Pardon's
Digest' shall remain as the property of
the State; and at the expiration of this
session shall be retained for the use of
the subsequent House."
Disagreed to.
Mr. Nicholson (Rep.), reminded the,
member that this resolution, if passed,
would cost the State "only" $1600.
Gentlemen might think the sum small
and tho treasury groat. This remind
ed him of the boy who web s tolirthat t
his mother was to be "tapped" for
the dropsy. The boy replied that ho
never knew anything about their house
that was tapped to last. (Laughter).
The resolution was agreed to. Yeas,
53—Nays, 25.
A similar resolution had previously
passed the Senate. Now with such a
start, the question is, what vgill be the
ending of this business? In any
it is a very bad beginning, a huge job'
ground, out on the shortest notice.--,
We hope it is not too late to undo" it.,
The Republican majority owe it to:
themselves. to set their faces against
this sort of thing. We hope the ayes
and nays an every proposition of the
kind, down to the last hour of the ses
sion, will be pereistently called, so that
the tax-ridden people can see who,
are for and who are against piling up'
expenses already great beyond all rea
son. It is well'to understand that in
both Houses this job was engineered
by Democrats, probably the very ones
most distinguished for crying out
against the Republicans for increasing
taxation.—Pittsburih , Commercial.
timal. young lady possessing more
vaulty than personal charms, remark=ed, in a jesting tone, but with an card:
est glance, "she travelled on her good
looks." A rejected lover being present
remarked, ho "could um account for,
tho young lady's never having boon
found far froth home:".
ms „.A. school boy who was 11 tudying„
geography, was asked by his teacher
"whethor in going from the Baltic' 0a
to Portugal ho would pass 1415116 siri yr
straits ?" - :• • •
. _
"Why, yes, si r, I, should ge as straigbt
as I could."
, . .
"Do not, take thaC egg. The hen
will not lay without you leave ono egg
iC the, heSt," said a' mother to a cl . 4iitt
five years old.
"Do they keep the egg for a pattern,
mother ?" tilced the child. . '
E , Z""Am not: Effie palo ?'!.iminir
od a Indy who was short and corpu
lent, of a crusty old bachelor ?"
"You look more liko'u big tub," was
the blunt reply.. "
ll@L,Want, leas than you haw), and,
you will always have'more `th'ait you
want. '
One sleep borore midnight
Commencing Early.