VOL. 48.
The Huntingdon Journal.
.1. it. IHJRBORROW
PCDLISHEES AND PROPRIET.S.
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Professional Cards
A P. Iv. JOHNSTON, Surveyor and
1-11-• Civil Engineer, Huntingdon, Pa.
OFIUCE: No. 113 Third Street. ang21.1.572.
BF. GEEIRETT, M. D., ECLEC
• TIC PHYOIVIAN AND SURGEON, hay
iag returned from Clearfield county and perma
nently located in Shirleysburg, otters his profes
sional services to the people of that place and sur
rounding country. apr.3-1872.
DR. H. W. BUCHANAN,
N. 228 Hill Stre•t,
HUNTINGDON, PA
TAR. F. O. ALLEN AN can be eon
salted at his office, at all hours, Mapleton,
imareh6,72.
/ID CALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law,
•No. 111. 3d street. Office formerly occupied
I,y Messrs. Woods d Williamson. [apl2,'7l.
DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his
professional services to the community.
°ale, No. 523 Washington street. one door east
of the Catholic Parsonage. jjan.4,'7l.
V J. GREENE, Dentist. Office re-
ALA • moved to Leister's new bnilding, Hill Arent
It ,t . ingdou . (jan.4,'7l.
L. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T.
• Brcwn's new building, No. 520, Hill St.,
liuntintrdon, Ps. [spl2,'7l.
d~GLAZIER, Notary Public, corner
• of Washington and Smith streets, Hun
tingdon, Pa. [jan.l27l.
TT C. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law
-&-a-• Office, No. —, 11111 meet, Huntingdon,
Pa. [ap.19,11.
FRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney-
KA • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Prompt attention
given to all legal business. OBloe M 9 Hill street,
eorner of Court House Square. [des.4,'72
SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at
ft, • Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office, Hill street,
hreo doors west of Smith. [jan.4ll.
T CHALMERS JACKSON, Attor•
e, • ney at Law. Office with Wm. Dorris, Esq.,
No. 403, Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa.
All legal business promptly attended to. Danls
Ar IL DURBORROW, Attorney-at
rfi • Law, Huntingdon, P., will practice in the
several Courts of Hnntingdon county. Particular
Attention given to the settlement of estates of deoe
dents.
;liee in he JOURNAL Building. [feb.l,ll,
W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law
ft , • and general Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa,
Soldiers' claims against the Government for back
pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend
ed to with great care and promptness.
office on Hill street. U5m.4,11.
. S. GEISSINGER, Attorney-at,
11-4• taw, Huntingdon, Pa. Oftioe with Brown
Bailey. [Peb.s-ly
J. HALL MUSSML
li. ALLAN Lovr,Lt.
LOV ELL & MUSSER,
Attorneys-at-Lam,
1117NTINGDON; PA,
Speoial attention given to COLLECTIONS of all
kinds; to the settlement of ESTATES, kc.; and
all other legal business proceonted with fidelity and
dispatch. Lnev6,l2
IL HUMS 72,1161[111. at. 31. =sear. I Y. 11. seam.
TIETREKIN, MASSEY 4k. M'NEIL,
Attorney's-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office,
Na. 300, Hill street. [dee.l7-3mos.
TIM M. & M. S. LYTLE, 4Attorneys
-A- • nt-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend to
all kinds of legal business entrusted to their care.
Mace en the south side of Hill etroet, fourth door
west of Smith. [jan.4,'7l.
RA. ORBISON, Attorney-at-Law,
. 021. e, 321 Hill strost, Huntingdon, Pa.
[may3l,ll.
N SCOTT. S. T. DROWN. J. X. BArLXY
ICOTT, BROWN & BAILEY, At
tomoys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Pensions,
and all claims of soldiers arid soldiers' heirs against
the. Government will be promptly prosecuted.
Office on Hill street. [janA,'7l.
LLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney
at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to collections, and all ether legal business
attended to with care and promptness.
.offiee, No.
229, Hill street. [apl9,'7l.
Hotels.
VICOHANGE HOTEL, Huntingdon,
- 124 Po. JOAN S. MILLER, Proprietor.
.January 4, ISTI.
MORRISON HOUSE,
OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. DEPOT
HUNTINGDON, PA
f. H. CLOVHR, Prop.
April 5, 1871-Iy.
- WASHINGTON HOTEL,
S. S. BowDox, Prop'r.
Corner of Pitt irt Juliana Ste., Bedford, Pa. mayl.
Miscellaneous.
WI ROBLEY, Merchant Tailor. near
•Bread Top Corner, (eecond floor,) Hunting
dou, Pa., reopeetfally oolieite a share of public
patronage from town and country. [0°06,72.
Tips A. BECK , Fashionable Barber
40. and Hairdresser ' Hill street, opposite the
Franklin House. All kinds of Tonies and Pomades
kept on handand for sale. rapl9,'7l-6m
ci,HIRLEYSBURG ELECTRO-MED
ICAL, Hydropathic and Orthopedic Insti
tute, for the treatment of all Chronic Diseases and
Deformities.
mend for Circulars. Address
Drs. BAIRD A GEIIRETT.
SlOrleysburg,
5i0c.27;72tf1
The Huntingdon Journo.l.
Election Proclamation
G OD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
J. A. NASH,
,STIERIFFF'S PROCLAMATION
I. Alton HOUCK, High sheriff of Huntingdon
Ceuuty, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do here
by make known and give notice to the :lectors of
the county aforesaid, that an election will ho held
in the said county of Huntingdon, on
FRIDAY March 21, 1878,
in acoordance with the following act of Assembly:
AN ACT to permit the voters of this commonwealth
to cote every a...years on the question of grunt
ing licenses to sell intoxicating liquors.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
Rouse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the some, That
on the third Friday in March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three, in every city and coun
ty in this commonwealth, and at the annual muni
cipal elections every third year thereafter, in every
such city and county, it shall be the duty of the
inspectors and judges of elections in the cities and
counties, to receive tickets, either written or print
ed, from the legal voters of said cities andeounties
labelled ou the outside. “license," and on the in
side. •for license," or, "against license" and to
deposit said tickets in a box provided for that
purpose by said inspectors and judges, as is re
quired
by law in the case of other tickets received,
at said election and the tickets so received '
shall be counted, and a return of the same made to
the clerk of the court of quarter sessions of the
peace of the proper county, duly certified as it is
required by law; which certificate shall bo laid
before the judges 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 of
said court; and it shall be the duty of the mayors
of cities, and sheriffs of counties, or of any other
officer, 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 same, and also three
weeks before ouch election every third year there
after: Provided, That this act shall not be con
strued to repeal or effect any special law prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, or prohibiting
the granting of licenses: Provided, That when the
municipal and township elections in any county
or city do not occur on the third Friday in March,
the election provided for in this section shall be
held on the day fixed for the municipal elections
in said county: And provided further, That all
licenses granted after the first day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,
shall cease, determine and become void on the first
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three, if the district for which they shall
be greeted determines against the granting of li
cense; and the treasurer of the proper county
shall then refund to the holder of such license the
moneys so paid therefor, fur which the said treas
urers shall be entitled to eredit in his aeconete
with the commonwealth.
Sucvwx 2. That in receiving and counting, and
in making returns of the rotes east. the inspect
ors and judges. and clerks of said election, shall he
governed by the lawe of this commonwealth rega
!sting general elections; and all the penalties of
said election laws are hereby extendedty and shall
apply to the voters, inspectors, judg, and clerks,
voting at and in attendance upon the elections
held under the provisions of this act.
SECTION 3. Whenever by the returns ofelections
in any city or county aforesaid, it shall appear
that there is a majority against license,it shall not
be lawful for any court or beard oflieense commis
sioners to issue any license for the Wide of spiritu
ous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors, or
any admixture thereof, in said city or county, at
any time thereafter, until an election us above pro
vided, a majority shalt vote in favor of license:
Provided, That nothing contained in the previs
ions of this act shall prevent the issuiugoflicenses
to dntggists for the sale of liquors for medical and
manufacturing purposes.
1 also hereby make known and give notice that
the place of holding the aforesaid election in the
several boroughs, districts and townships within
the county of Huntingdon are as follows, to wit:
Ist district, ocmposed (Alba township of Hender
son, at the Union School House.
2d district, composed of Dublin township, at
Pleasant Hill School House, Joseph Nelson's in
said township.
3d district, composed of so much of Warriors
mark township, as is not included in the 19th dis
trict, at the School House, adjoining the town of
Warriorstuark.
4th distriet, composed of the township of Hope
well, at the House of Levi Houpt, in said town
ship.
sflt district, composed of the township of Barree,
at the House of James Livingston, in the town of
Saulsburg. in said township.
• 6th district, composed of the borough of Shirley.
burg and all that part of the township of Shirley
not included within the limits of district No. 24,
as hereinafter mentioned and described. at the
house of David Frisker, dec'd., in Shirleysburg.
7th district, composed of Porter and part of
Walker tp. and so much of West township as is in
cluded in following boundaries, to wit: Beginning
at the southwest corner of Tobias Rattffman's farm
on the hank of the Little Juniata River, to the
lower end of Jackson's Narrows, thence in a north
westerly direction to the most motherly part of the
farm owned by Michael Maguire, thence north
forty degrees west to the top of Tussey's Mountain
to intersect the line of Franklin township, thence
along the said line to Little Juniata River, thence
down the same to place of beginning, at the Pub-
Ito School House opposite the German Reformed
Church, in the borough of Alexandria.
Bth distriot, composed of the township of Frank
lin, at the house of George W. Mattern, in said
township.
9th district. composed of Tell township at the
Union School House, near the Union Meeting
House in said township.
10th district, composed of Springfield township,
at the school house, near Hugh Madden's in said
township.
11th district, composed of Union township, at
Grant School hence, in the borough of Mapleton,
in said township.
12th district, composed ot' Brady township, at
the Centre School house, iu said township.
• 13th district, composed of Morris township, at
public school house, No. 2, in said township.
14th district, composed °Mint part of West town
ship nut included in 7th and Itch districts, at the
public school hence on the farm new owned by
Miles Lewis, [formerly owned by James Ennis,] in
said township.
15th district, composed of Walker township, at
the house of Benjamin Megishy,io M'Connellstown.
16th district, composed of the township of Tod,
at Green school house, in said township.
17th district, composed Oneida township, at the
house of William Long, Warm Springs.
18th district, composed of Cromwell township,
at the Rock Hill School house, in said township.
. .
18th district, composed the borough of Birmini
bum, with the several tracts of land near to and
attached to the same, now owned and occupied by
Thomas hi. Owens, Jon. R. AfTalian, Andrew
Robeson, John .Gensimer, and Win. Gousimer, and
the tract of land now owned by George and John
Shoeuborgor, known as the Porter tract, situate in
township of Warrioremark, at the public school
honor in said borough.
. .
20th district, composed of the township of Case,
at the public mhool house in eassville, in said
township.
21st district, composed of the township of Jack
son, at the public house of Edward Little., at
Alavy's Fort, its said township.
22d district, composed of the township of Cloy,
at the public school house, in Seottville.
23d district, composed of the township of Penn,
at tho public school bows in Marklesburg, in said
township.
24th distrietleomposed and created as follows,
to wit:—That all that part of Shirley township,
Huntingdon county, lying and being within the
following described boundaries, (except the bor
ough of Mt. Union,) namely; Beginning at the
intersection of Union and Shirley township line
with the Juniata river, on the south side thereof;
theme said Union township line for the distance
of 3 miles from said river; thence eastwardly, by a
straight line, to the point where the main from
Eby's mill to Germany valley, crosses the summit
of Sandy Ridge to the Juniata„ river and thence up
said river to the place of beginning, shall here
aftor form a separate eleotion district; that the
qualified voters of said election district shall hero
after hold their general and township . elections in
the public school house in Mt. Union, in said town
ship.
25th district, composed of all that part of the
borough of Huntingdon, lying east of Fifth street,
and>lso all these parts of Walker and Porter town
ships, heretofore voting in the borough of Hunt
ingdon' at the oast window of the Court House, in
said borough.
26th district composed of all that part of the
borough of Huntingdon, lying weal of Fifth etroet,
at the west window of the Court House.
27th district, composed of the borough of Peters
burg. .d that part of West township, west and
north of a line between Henderson and West town
ships, at and near the Warm Springs, to the
Franklin township line on the top of Tussey's
Mountain, so as to include in the new district the
houses of David Waldsmith, Jacob Longnecker,
Thomas Hamer, James Porter, and John wall, at
the school house in the borough of Petersburg.
28th district, composed of the township of Juniata,
at the house of John Peightal, on the land of Henry
Isenberg.
29th district, composed of Carbon township, re
cently erected out of a part of the territory of Tod
township, to wit. commeneeing at a chestnut oak,
on the summit of Terrace Mountain, at the Hope
well township line opposite the dividing ridge, in
the Little Valley; thence south 52 deg. east 360
perches, to a stone heap on the Western Summit of
Broad Top Mountain; thence north 87 deg., east
212 perches to a yellow pine: thence south 52 deg.
Election Proclamation.
I east 772 perches to a chestnut oak; thence south
14 deg.. east 351 porches to a chestnut at the east
end of Henry S. Green's land; thence south 313
deg., cast 291 perches to a chestnut oak, ou the
summit of a epos of Broad Top, on the etcetera side
of Terral's form ; south 85 deg., east 934 perches to
a stone heap on the Clay township line, at the
public school house in the village of Dudley.
30th district, composed of the borough of Coal
moot, at the public school house, in said borough.
31st district. composed of Lincoln tp, beginning
at a pine on the summitofTussey mountain on the
line between Blair and Huntingdon counties.
thence by the division line south 58 deg., east 798
perches to a black oak in middle of township;
thence 421 deg., east 802 perches to a pine on sutn
mit of Terrace; thence by the line of Ted township
to corner of Penn tp, thence by the lines of the
township of Penn to the summit of Tussey moun
tain: thence along said summit with line of Blair
county, to place of beginning, at Coffee Run
School House.
323 district, composed of the borough of Maple
ton,attho Grant School Howie in said borough.
33d district , composed of the borough of Mount
Union at the sohool house in said borough.
. .
34th district, composed of the borough — of Broad
Top City at the public sehool house, in said borough.
35th district, composed of the borough of Three
Springs, at the public school house, in said borough.
36th district., composed of Shade Gap borough,
at the public school house, in said borough.
37th'ilistriet, composed of the borough of Or
birnie, et the public school house, in Orbisonin.
By the Act of Assembly of 1869, known as the
Registry Law, it is provided as follows;
1. "Election officers are to open the polls be
tween the hours of six and seven, a. m., on the
day of election. Reforo 6 o'clock in the morning of
second Tuesday of October they are to receive
from the County Commissioners the Registered
List of Voters and all neaossory election blanks,
and they are to permit no man to vote whose name
is not on said list, unless he shall make proof of
his right to vote, as follows:
2. The person whose name is not on the list, claiming
the right to vote must produce a qualified voter of the dis
trict to swear iu a written or printed affidavit to the rest
, deuce of the claimant in the district for at least ten days
next preceding said election, defining clearly where the
rasideoce of the person was:
S. The party claiming the right to vote shall also make
an affidavit, stating to the beet of his knowledge and be
lief where and when he was born, that he is a chizen of
Pennsylvania and of the United States, that he has resided
in the State one year, or, if formely a citizen therein and
removed therefrom, that hag resided therein six menthe
next preeding said election, that he has not moved into
the district for the purpose of voting therein, that he bee
paid a State or county tax within two years, which was
assessed at least ten days before the election, and tho affi
davit shall state when and where the tax was assessed and
. paid. and the tax receipt must he produced unless the affi
ant shall state that it lino been lost or destroyed, or that lie
received none.
4. If the applicant be a naturalized citizen, he must, in
addition to tho foregoing proofa, state it , his affidavit when
where, and by what court he was naturalized and produce
hie certificate of naturalization.
5. Every person,claiming to be a naturalised citizens
whether on the registry list, or producing affidavits an
aforesaid, shall be required to prodnce hid naturalisation
certificate at the election before voting, except where he
has boon for ton ytaull consecutively a voter In the district
where he offers to vote, and on the vote °fetich persons be
fug received,the election officers are to write or stamp the
word "voted" on his certificate with the month and year,
and nu other vote can be cast that day in virtue of said
certificate except where sone are entitled to vote upon the
naturalisation of their father.
6. if the person claiming to vote who is net registered,
Khali make en affidavit that he is a native born citizen of
the United States, or Wham elsewhere, shall Frahm° evi
dence of his naturalization, or that he is entitled to citi
zenship by reason of do father's naturalization, and furth
er, that be is between 21 and 22 years of age, and has re
sided in the State one year, and in the election district 10
days next preceding the election, he shall be entitled to
vote though he shall 1211 t have paid taxes."
In acct dance with the proWiM;(7iti; Bth section of.
Act rattled "A further supplement to the Election Laws
of this Cemznonwealth," I publish the following: •
Ramses, By the Act of the Congress of the United
States, entitled "An Act to amend the several acts hereto
fore passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and for other purposes,” and approved
March 34,1865, all persons who have deserted the miltary
or naval services of the United States, and who have not
been diechvged orrelieved from the penalty or disablili
ty thereto provided, are deemed and taken to have volun
tarily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citisenehip
and their rights to become citizens, and are deprived ot es
ereiting any rights of citizens thereof ;
And whereas. Persons not citizens of the United States
are not, under the Constitution and laws of Penn.sylvanio,
qualified electors of this Commonwealth.
See. 1. Be it enacted, ch., That iu all elections hereafter
to be held in this Commonwealth, it shall be unlawful for
the judge or inspectors of any iamb elections to receive any
balloter ballets hens any Ramon or persons embraced in
the provision and subject to the disability imposed by
said act of Congress, approved March 3d,1885, and it eball
be unlawful for any such person to offer to vote any ballot
or ballots. •
Sao. 2. That if any such judge or inspectors of election,
or any one of them .hall receive or consent to receive any
each unlawful ballot or ballot. from any fuck disqualified
person, he or they ea offending shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, sad on conviction thereof in any court of quarter
simulion of this Commonwealth ; he shall for each offense,
be eentenced to pay a tine not less than one hundred dol
lars, and to undergo an imprisonment In the jail of the
proper county for not less than sixty days.
Sae. 3. That if any person, deprived of citizenship, and
disqualified as aforesaid, shall at any election hereafter be
held in this Commonwealth, vote, or tender to the of
thereof, and otter to vote a ballot or ballots, any person so
°flooding shall be deemed guilty of a mhidemenanorand on
ccrovietiou thereof in any court of quarter session of this
Commonwealth, shall for each offense be punished in lite
manner es is provided in the proceeding section of this act
in case of officer. of election recoiving any such unlawful
ballot or ballots.
Sec. 4. That if any person shall hereafter persuade orad
vise any person or persons, deprived of citizenship or dis
qualified no aforesaid, to offer any ballot or ballots to the
officers of any election hereafter, to be held in this Com
monwealth, or shall peranade or advise, any such officer to
receive any ballot or ballots, from any person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid, such persona so
offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction thereof in any court of quarter sessions of thus
Commonwealth, dual be punished in like manner as pro
vided in the wend section of thie act in the case ofefficers
of such election receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. 1
HARRIBBI/EQ, Pa., August 27, 1870. j
Ye the County Commitsioraers and Sheriff of' the aunty of
Hontingdott
Wasusi w o, the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution
of the United States is as follows :
`•Sac. 1. The right of citisens of the United States tovote
shall not be denied or abridged by the limited Stater, or by
any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition
Sea. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation."
And whereas, the Congreee of the United States, on the
31st day of March, 1270, pawed en act, entiled "An Act to
enforce the rights of citizens of the United Stotts to vote in
the several Staten of tide Union, and for other purposes,'
the tlrsttuntaeFend sections of which are as follows
“Sea .1. Be it enacted by the Senate and 71";;;;;;ti Rep
resentatires of the baited States of America ix Cbttgress
assembled, That all citizen,, of the United States, who are,
or ,ball be otherwise qualified by law to vete at any elec
tion by the people, in any State, Territory, district, coun
ty, city, parish, township, school dietrict, municipality or
other territorial entediriaiott, shall be entitled nod allowed
to vote at all such elections, without dietinction to race,
color, eastern, or previous condition of servitude;
any
Constitution law, wage or regulation of any Territory,
or by or under ite authority, to the contrary notwith-
Mending.”
"Sec. 2. And be it 1 . ...1ke r reacted, That ff, by, or under
the authority of the Constitution or lave. of any State, or
the laws M soy Territory, any act is or 611811 be required to
be done as a prerequisite or qualification for voting, and
by each Constution or law, pornona or officers aro or shall
be charged with the performaem of Maim in tarnishing to
citizens an opportunity to perform each prerequisite, or to
bcoome qualified to vote, it shall be theduty of every such
person sod cheer to give to all citizen. of the United States
the same and equal opportunity to perform etch prerequi
site, and become qualified to vote without dietinction of
race, colorer previous condition of servitude -, and if any
such person or officers ,ball reince or knowingly omit to
give full effect to this section, he obeli, for every Each of
fence, forfeit and pay the sum of five huudred dollars t o
the petson aggrieved thereby to be recovered by an action
on the case, with full coot,, and such allowanee for counsel
fees as the mart shall deem last, and shall also, for every
each offeooe, be deemed sanity of amiedemeanor,andshall
on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred
dollar., or be imprisoned not less than one month and not
more than time year, or both, at the discretion of the oourt.
And whereas, It is declared by the "second eection of the
Vlth article of the Constitution of the United Mateo, that
"Tide COoditation, and the laws of the United Staten which
dial Ibe made, in vitrenance thereof, shall be the snpreme
law of the land . s s 0 anything in the
Cbestitation or low of any Mate to She oontrery net
withstanding."
And wherLs, The Legidatare ef this Oconsnonwealth, on
the Bth day of April, a. .1.18711, pawed an eet entitled, "A
further supplement to the Act relating to electknw in thin
Commonwealth," the tooth section of which provides as
follow.:
-880.10. That so lunch of every act of Amenably no pro
vides that only white freemen shell be entltied to vote or
i.e registered as voters, or as claiming to cote at any gen.
era! or special election of this Commonwealth, be and the
same is hereby repealed; and that hereafter all freemen,
without distinction of color, shall be enrolled and register
ed a....rding to the provision of the first section of the act
approved 17th April, 1869, entitled "An Act farther sub
pletoentel to the act relating to the election. of this Com
monwealth," and whoa otherwise qualified under existing
laws, be entitled to vote at all general and special election.
in this Calmer wealth."
ifhersat.lt is my constitutional sad official duty to
'Puke care that the laws be faithfully executed ;^ and it
has oome to my knowledge that arandry assessors and
registers of votes have refused, and are refusing to wisest;
and register divers entered male citizens of lawful ;mooted
otherwiseqaalified as electors.
• ' '• .
Now Trieneronx, Inc itrideration of the premises, the
comity commiseievere of eaid county are hereby tio'ided
and directed to Intrust the several aseresors and registers
of votes therein, to obey and conform to the requirements
of said constitutional amendment and laws; and the sher
iff of said county is hereby authorized and required to
publish in his election proclamation for the next ensuing
elections, the herein recited constitutional amendment,
act of Congress, and act of the Logislatere, to the end that
the wane may he known, executed and obeyed by all as
sessors registers of voter., election °Moen and others ; and
that the rights and privileges guaranteed thereby may be
encored to all the citizens of this Commonwealth entitled
to the saute
6,;;; ender my hand and the great real of the State at
Harrieburg, the day and your first above written.
lust] JOHN W. GEARY.
Attest JORDAN, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
pursuant to the provisions contalued in the 67th section
of the net aforesaid, the judges of the aforesaid dietricts
shall respectively take charge alb. certificate or tet :rn
of the tdeetien of their respective districts, and produce
them ate meetiag of 0110 of the judge. from each district
et the Court House. in the borough of Huntingdon, on the
third day after the day of election, being for the present
year on MONDAY, the 22d of MARCH, then snd there to
do end perform the duties required by law of said judges.
Also, that where &judge by sickneee or unavoidable and
dent, le unable to attend mid meeting of jades, then the
certificate or *turn aforesaid shall be taken to charge by
One of the inspectors or clerks of the election of raid dis
trict, and shall do and perform the duties required of smd
judge unable to attend.
At Huntingdon the 24th day of February, a. d. 1873, and
of the independence of the United States, tbe ninety—
ementh. AMON HOOCH, pointer.
't7letuetog qviguriunif
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1873.
Zhe Puoto' Par.
A Woman's Dream
"Wilt thou begin thy life again
0 woman of the whitening hair ?
Become a child, with shining train
Of angel children in the air ?
Wilt feel thy mother's kisses press ;
Thou cradled warmly at her feet ?"
"What?—find my vanished Eden? Yes,
Ah yes, nay God I It was so sweet !"
"Wilt thou in blissful faith resume
Thy sire's fond shelter as of old,
While, breathing innocent perfume,
The white flowers of thy heart unfold?
Bank to thy vernal happiness
Fly like a bird on pinions fleet?"
"Might but that joy continue—yes,
Ah yes, my Ged! It was so sweet!"
"Wilt thou unlearn thy sorry love.
And slyly peep life's leaves between,
And, feeding youngest hopes once more,
Forget the winters thou host seen? .
The daised banks, the dove of peace,
The morning freshness ronudilly tack
Shall these return ?" "My God, all yea !
All but the wayside graves give back !"
"Have, then, thy wish 1 Thy steps retrace !
Flowers, perfume, song, be thine once more
Yet shall time lead thee to the place
Of tears as surely as before,
Rekindled passion's fires and view
Their ever baleful radiance !"
"What, light those earth flames anew?
Ah, no, my Savior! Take me hence!"
Zhe Atorg-Zrilia.
A TRICE-DUG GRAVE,
BY FANNY A. LOCKAAMOD.
THE sky was very dark and ;7cry dis
mal. The sky was completely overcast
with rain-charged clouds, the great drops
from which pattered on the roof, and blew
against the windows of the medical college,
which is the pride of one of our New Eng
land towns.
At midnight two students sat smoking
in their room. They seemed to be waiting
for somebody, and two thick coats and'
slouch bats, lying ou the table, indicated a
contemplated facing of the storm.
"Harry is late," said Arthur Moore, the
taller and handsomer of the two. "He is
usually so punctual to his appointments,
too. I wonder what keeps him,"
"I can't imagine" replied Dick Norton.
"He went to see his sister this evening—
she's visiting at a relative's in the town;
but of course you know alfabout her move
ments," and he laughed good-naturedly,
and then added : "By the way,.Arthur,
while we are waiting, tell me how you
came to fall so desperately in love with
Harry Stanwood's sister Kate. We are
too intimate friends, you know, to make
the request au impertinence."
"Certainly not," replied Arthur, "and
I haven't the least objection to telling you
all about it. To begin with, I have only
known Kate three months, and in that
short time I have learned to worship the
very ground she---"
"There,
there," interrupted Dick ; "I
didn't ask for rhapsodies, you know. Tell
me the story in plain English."
"I know, but it' you knock the romance
out of it, what would be left ? But the
facts are simply these : I went home with
Harry Stanwood, last vacation, and then,
for the first time, met Kate. During the
month 1 was there, we—Kate and I—were
constantly together. She was, and is, the
prettiest, dearest girl—but there I go
again. Anyhow, at the end of my stay,
we were engaged, and 1 don't believe that
a man ever loved more truly, or was more
truly loved."
At this point there was a rap, at the
door, and the janitor handed in a note. It
was addressed to Arthur, who read it..
"It's from Harry," he said, "and he says
he can't go with us—unexpectedly detain
ed ; so I suppose we may as well go alone."
Donning the thick coats, and pulling
the slouch hats down over their faces, they
passed out of the building. At the rear
gate of the college grounds they found a
horse and wagon standing, having been
evidently placed there by previous arrange
ment. In it were a spade, pick-axe and
hoe—tools which themselves suggested the
purport of their midnight mission.
The two students had been commissioned
to obtain a body for dissection; and the
news of a burial, that day, of a corpse in a
cemetery a few miles distant, had induced
them promptly to arrange the expedition.
. .
Their drive through the deserted streets
and along the country road to the cemetery
was unattended by incident. Yet neither
of them could throw off a slight feeling of
nervousness. They knew that they were
breaking the law, that suspicion had been
aroused by reeent similar excursions by
the students, and that discovery would,
indeed, be a very serious matter.
At last the cemetery was reached, and
they tied the horse to a fence outside the
enclosure. Taking the tools from the
wagon, they groped their way to the newly
made grave, the location of which they had
previously ascertained. The rain had all
this time continued to fall in gusts, and it
was so dark, that they could with difficul
ty distinguish objects but a few feet dis
tant. The recently removed dirt, however,
rendered the digging easy, end as they
worked rapidly, the lid of the coffin was
soon reached.
One now unscrewed the lid of the box,
thdn of the coffin itself, and the corpse was
exposed. Nothing but its faint outlines,
however, could be discerned. It was a
'body of a girl of cwboty, slight and small,
and was lifted to the surface without diffi
culty.
Carrying it to the wagon the body
snatchers covered it carefully with a blank
et; and returned to the grave to replace the
dirt.
They had just grasped their tools, sad
Arthur stood with uplifted pick-axe in his
hands, when a form suddenly appeared
before them—the outlines of a man dimly
defined in the murky air.
The two students gazed for an instant
as if paralyzed; and when Arthur Moore
spoke it was with a forced calmness.,
"Vi'ho are you," he asked, "friend or
foe 7"
There was no answer from the motion
less figure.
"Speak," said Arthur, "or, by Heaven !
this grave shall hide our crime IV
Still no answer ; but the hand was seen
to go to the breast, as if for a weapon.—
Then there was a gurgling cry as the pick
axe .descended and the form fell to the
ground.
"My God !" cried Dick, "what have you
done?"
•'Saved us from the State Prison," re
plied Arthur, "perhaps saved our lives,
for he was about to draw a wespoii."
The form lay motionless. Arthur bent
over it, felt the still pulse, and looked
closely into the dead face.
"Great Heaven, Dick !" be cried. "it is
Harry Stanwood!"
Petrified by the terrible occurrence, the
young men stood irresolute.
"What shall we do?" finally said Dick.
"There is but one thing to do," replied
Arthur, in a voice that sounded strangely
unnatural; "we must hide the evidences
of my cursed blunder. We will bury poor
Harry in the grave we have robbed."
Tenderly and reverently they placed the
dead body in the open grave, and carefully
replaced the earth, rounding over the
mound as they found it. All this time
they had not exchanged a word—horror at
the terrible result of their expedition clo
sing their lips. But when they bad seat
ed themselves in the wagon, and were dri
ving towards the town again, Dick said :
"What do you suppose brought Harry
there 2"
"I can only account for it," replied
Arthur, sadly, "by supposing that he con-
I eluded to join us at the cemetery, and that
he was trying to frighten us by refusing
to speak."
The college was safely reached, and the
body of the girl was taken to the dissect
ion. room and deposited on the table, in
readiness for the following day's lecture.
Then the grief-stricken students retired to
their room, and tried to sleep until morn
ing. With Dick, the effort was partially
successful; hut not so with Arthur! Half
crazy with excitement and sorrow, he only
closed his eyes to re-enact in imagination
the terrible catastrophe. And what would
Kate Stanwood do? Should he confess
the truth to her, and risk the loss of her
love? Would she marry the man who
had killed her brother? The dawn found
him torturing himself with these ques
tions.
Dick and Arthur were rallied by their
fellow students upun their haggard ap
pearance during the day, but they kept
silent. The absence of Harry Stanwood
caused no inquiry.
Toward night Arthur and Dick met in
their room.
•'Do you know, Dick," said Arthur,
"that I have decided what to do in this
dreadful matter? lam determined to
confess all-"
'•To the authorities ?"
"No there would be nothing good gain
ed by that ; but,. to Kate. I bad rather
incur her bate than to deceive her•"
Two hours later Arthur started to call
upon Kate, for the purpose of telling her
all.
Upon leaving his sister, upon the night
of the ill-starred expedition to the cemete
ry, Harry Stanwood conceived the plan of
trying to frighten Arthur and Dick. Step
ping into a public house frequented by
students, he wrote and sent the note which
the two students received as before descri
bed. He then set out to walk to the cem
etery, which was much nearer the public
house than it was to the college, intending
to surprise the resurrectionists in their
work. ,He arrived at the cemetery just as
they were lifting the body from the grave.
It was so dark that he had no difficulty in
hiding himself until what he deemed the
best time to make bis appearance arrived ;
and then he stepped up to the grave and
silently confronted thent.
That his sudden appearance had the in
tended frightening effect be instantly saw;
but when Arthur, with his upraised weap
on, commanded him to speak, a strange,
paralyzed feeling came over him. He tried
to speak, but could not. He dodged aside
as the blow was struck, but not sufficiently
tq avoid it entirely. The iron struck near
the base of the brains, and, although it
did not injure the skull, it induced an im
mediate insensibility—a cessation of all
the functions of life, such as is not uncom
mon in similar injuries of the cerebellum.
Unconsciousness immediately ensued,
and his body, as we have seen. was buried
in the violated grave of the girl.
Harry had no idea of how long it was—
really about four hours—before ho began
to return to a faint consciousness; and
then it was with only a dim remembrance
of what happened. At first he felt as if
oppressed with a horrible nightmare; then
a recollection of the night's adventure
grew stronger, and finally he began to
wonder where he was. A feeling of op
pressive closeness came over him, followed
by an increasing difficulty of breathing.
They had placed him in the outer box
that had containeo the girl's coffin, and
over it the coffin itself laid, in such a
manner as to leave considerable space—
so much space, indeed, that Harry was
able to raise himself upon his 'elbow.
Woadering at the inky darkness and
the earthy smell, Harry put out his hands,
only to come iu contact with the clamp
ground. At once the horror of his posi
tion flashed upon him.
"Mv Gee he cried, "I any buried
alive !"
His ram sounded strange and stifled,
•
and he choked with the effort to draw in
a full breath. The air was fast, becoming
exhausted. Already he could breathe
with difficulty. He tried to shout for aid,
but the hollow sound of his voice mocked
his foolish effort. There was nothing to
do but die a terrible death. He frantical
ly clutched the earth, and the cover of the
coffin above him; but even as he did so
his strength failed, be gasped for breath,
and sank back again into unconsciousnes.
It was scarcely light on the morning
after the tragedy when John Wilson, the
sexton, and Bill Turner, his assistant, en
tered the cemetery. They earrieddigging
utensils over their shoulders, being about
to dig a grave. Their way led by the
grave which the students had robbed, and
its appearance at once attracted their at
tention. The manner in which Arthur
and Dick replaced the coffin and its box
occupied more room than they bad orig
inaliy done; consequently, ull the dirt
could not be disposed of in the manner
they had found it. In their excitenient
and the darkness, the students had not
noticed this, but the altered appearance
did not escape the attention of the grave
diggers.
"'there's something wrong here," said
the sexton, "and I know just what it
means. Th grave has been robbed by
these students."
His companion coincided.
"We can soon find out , " continued the
sexton, "by digging."
Whereat they fell to work with a will,
and it was net long before their spades
struck the coffin.
"Empty !" was the sexton's ejaoulation;
"just as I expected. But what's this un•
der it? A man, or I'm a lunatic !"
Harry Stanwood was saved.
It was not until be had lain several
minutes on the ground where he was
placed by his chance saviour, that he real
ized his good fortune—longer, indeed be
fore he comprehended it all, for his head
whirled, and he seemed yet stifled in his
narrow quarters. The shock to his
nervous system, added to the blow which
Arthur had given him, threatened a se
rious resylt. He was scarcely able to tell
the grave-diggers his sister's address, and
ask them to have him conveyed there,
before his strength was completely exhaust
ed.
* * * *
Arthur Moore was met at the door by
Kate Stanwood herself, whose pale face
filled him with foreboding.
"Harry is dreadfully siek—was brought
home to-day in a carriage from soak
where—has been nut of his head and talk
ing all sorts cf thing," was her disjoined
greeting. _ _
Arth — ur almost doubted his own sanity;
but a terrble weight was lifted from him
when Kate led him in where Harry lay in
bed, tossing in a high fever. The sight
bewildered him,lhowever, yet he forbore
to ask for an explanation of the mystery.
But the explanation came in due time,
and the three students can now afford to
laugh over their terrible night's work.
&qtaxling for the pllon.
The Broad Top Coal Region
Broad Top—Dudley—Barnetstown—Rid
dlesbutg—Huntingdon—Personal.
A special correspondent of the Pittsburgh
'Chronicle, under date of Broad Tbp City,
Feb. 18, 1873, does up the coal region
thus :
Since you heard from me last I have
wandered away down here, and now find
myself in the midst of those who are active
ly engaged in mining the "black diamonds."
This is the only point, in all my extensive
travels, where I found the collieries almost
hidden in the forest, and were it not for
the great number of "switch-back" rail
roads, leading to and from the different
mines, would have found myself, as I sup
posed, in the mountains, subject to the
"kind treatment" of the inhabitants of the
woods only.
Here I am ,high enough above the valleys,
and above the sea level, and where lee and
snow is in unlimited abundance, where the
pure mountain breezes have fair p'ay, and
everything else seems to be safely "snowed
up."
The Broad Top Railroad was opened in
1856 to the mines on Shoup's Run, and
afterwards extended to Mt. Dallas. From I
the main line branches reach out to all
the principal collieries, up three valleys.
At Broad Top City the Mountain House
is located, W. T. Pearson being the pres-1
ent proprietor. This is quite a summer
resort for parties from almost every quar
ter of the country.
DUDLEY,
around which the principal coal mines
seem to be situated, is quite a business
point, the coal interests being the princi
pal support. There are several stores, Mr.
William Brown's being the chief one.
Several hotels for the accommodation of
visitors. D. F. Horton seems to take the
lead. He keeps the Miners' Hotel. Good
accommodations neecessary for man and
beast.
BARNETSTOWN
adjoins Dudley. The Catholic church is
located there, in which Father Brown of
fieiates, known in Pittsburgh and many
other points. He is a very large max,
being about six feet in height and weigh
ing over two hundred and forty pounds.
He is well thought of by all who know
him. The church will hold about one
thousand, while the membership will ex
ceed five hundred. Father Hughes, of
Braddoek's Field, built the church. The
bell weighs six hundred pounds.
Revs. M'Kee and Mason are the pastors
of the Union M. E. church at Dudley.
The church prospers highly under their
leadership. Mr. John Whitehead was the
founder. Membership about two hundred.
THE COAL MINES.
Out of the large number of mines
around here, I will mention the fol
lowing : Mr. John Whitehead, formerly a
miner, and a hard worker, now has an in
terest in and superintends several mines.
Through his kindness Mr. Bernard Mc-
Phillips (by the way, an old patron of the
Chronicle) was deputised to pilot me
through the collieries, and to give such in
formation as in his judgment was proper.
We first visited the Barnet Mine, of Messrs.
Jacobs & Whitehead, Mr. Whitehead su
perintending in person. Our journey was
pleasant, being occasionally livened by the
cry of "who conies there ?" by some one
busily engaged ix his room, as we passed
along. This mine is well ventilated and
the drainage is as good as in raostof mines.
A tram-road, probably half a mile in length,
is constructed, extending from the railroad
to the mine, over which the miners' cars
arc ruu with the coal to the main line.
Hugh Rohland is the master miner, and
resides at Dudley, Pa. rt. Rohland keeps
up about, two miles of track inside and
outside the mine. The mine has bean
worked about fifteen yearn, but under the
present firm two years, very successfully.
Formerly it was badly managed. About
two hundred tons of coal per day is taken
out.
THE FULTON MINE
This mine is operated by Mr. John
Whitehead. It was opened about nine
years ago. Fifteen thousand dollars were
spent by the first operator, and after all he
failed. The works are now in successful
operation. ..khout seventy-five tons per
day can be shipped from this mine. Is
well ventilated and drained.
TnE OLD COMPANY DANE.
This bank was condemned. About five
years ago Mr. Whitehead leased this
mine, since which time it has been in suc
cessful operation. About seventy-five
toes per day taken out, and steadily in
creasing. In some rooms of this bank the
coal runs into the car from the miners'
pick, a chute being Used.
THE CUMBERLAND MINE.
Mr. Whitehead has also leased this
mire. He superintends the Howe mine,
for Mr. Bacon, of Philadelphia. Also
superintends the Blair mine, and the Slope
mine when in operation.
The prices paid are from sixty to seventy
cents, ten cents extra being "raid for taking
ont bottom rock. Any letters addrssod to
Mr. John Whitehead regarding the above
mines, whether by miners or others, will
be promptly answered. Address him at
Dudley, Pa.
THE CARBON COLLIERY.
A short distance from Broad Top City,
"high over all," will be found the Carbon
Colliery, of which George Mears, Esq.; is
agent. It is reached an incline plane,
about five hundred feet in length. The
excavation was commenced about eighteen
months ago, under the supervision of Mr.
Wm. Foster, on East Broad Top, at which
point the railroad will terminate; connect
ing with Pennsylvania Railroad, at Mt.
Union. About one hundred and fifty tons
of coal per day is now mined, and increas
ing. The men in this mine were treated
to a grand supper, gotten upby Mr. George
Mears, at the . Mountain house. This was
done for their good conduct, in sticking to
the proprietors through thick and thin.
The behavoir on the occasion on the part
of the men reflects great credit. They are
intelligent, courteous and accommodating.
The coal from the above mine is mostly
shipped to Port Richmond.
This work has prospered in spite of the
attempt on the part of those whose influ
ence was used in endeavoring to do them
an injury. It is a beautiful mine.
FISHER COLLIERIES.
These collieries are situated between
Mears & Reikert's mines, and-have been
in operation for a long while. They mine
and ship the celebrated semi-bituminous
coal, like all the rest, and have as their
Superintendent D. R. P. limner, Esq.
The boss minor is Thomas Lobb ; capacity
of the mine about two hundred and fifty
tons per day. The coal is shipped to the
eastern markets. Ventilation of the mine
is very good. The offices are located at
Huntingdon; 318 Walnut street, Philadel
phia; 111 Broadway, New York. Speei
ment of good workmanship can be found
here.
Flenner & Co„ have a steam
mill at Broad Top City, where they man
ufacture flour, feed, &e. This is head
quarters for everything in the above line.
REIKERT, BROTHER a co.,
miners and shippers of Broad Top Coal,
are in full blast, about one mile from Dud
ley. Morrisdale Colliery ship to allpoints.
The ventilation of the mine is good. The
boss miner is George Gould, DudleY, Pa.
The Superintendent, Mr. David E. Con
rad, is an old Blair county man, and is well
known in Hollidaysburg, having formerly
been a merchant at that place, his patner
being a Mr. Learner.
BARNET AND COOK 'VEINS,
Mr. Gleason is a miner and shipper of
the celebrated Barnet and Cook veins of
coal, from the consolidation coal mines of
Broad Top, represented in Philadelphia by
John Rommel! Brother, 205, Walnut
street.
BARNET PLANE MINE.
This mine is owned by R. 11. Powell, of
Philadelphia. Felai Toole is the Superin
tendent. Dudley Colliery, the capacity of
which is seventy-five tons per day.
RIDDLESBURO.
Here I am in the midst of iron ore, coal,
limestone and sand. All these are used in
the Kemble Coal and Iron Company Fur
naces, situated at this point. These works
were started July 4th, 1864. The present
Superintendent is William Lauder, Esq.
There are two furnaces—with fourteen
feet boshes each—the .capacity of both
being about three hundred tons per week,
most of which is shipped to Pittsburg.
About three hundred men find employment
here. Shipruei.ts made daily. Ample
railroad facilities for shipping. The
hoises are nearly all owned by the com
pany. This little 'Burg is situated twenty
five miles from Bedford, on Huntingdon
and Broad Top railroad, in Bedford county.
There is a school house, used also for a
church. One very large store, owned by
Benford & Ashconk, dealers in dry goods,
notions, clothing, bats, caps, boots and
shoes.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Thos. Burchinell and W. K. Burehinell,
formerly of Hollidaysburg and Altoona,
have located in Huntingdon. A vary cx
tensive planing mill is carried on bythem,
and judging from the residence near the
mill, owned by our friend W. K. Burchi
sell, he must be doing well. They are also
contractors.
Facts for Careless People.
Here are a few facts which are worthy
of the attention of careless people, particu
larly those who have occasion to correspond
with newspapers, inclosing money and ex
pecting answers :
"Durin ,, the past year there were sent
to the Dead Letter Office nearly three
millions of letters. Sixty-eight thousand
of these letters could not be forwarded,
owing to the carelessness of the writers in
failing to give the county or State; 400,-
000 failed to be sent because the writers
forgot to pat on stamps, and over 3,000
letters were put into the Post Office with
out any address whatever. In the letters
above named were found over $92,000 in
cash, and drafts, checks, etc , to the value
of $3,000,000."
_ _ _
No doubt the whole of that vastamount
of money was made up by inconsiderable
sums in separate letters; indeed the pro
portionate average is a little over one dol
lar per letter. Publishers could add
many curious items to those absurdities,
such as money-letters properly addressed,
but hearing no date ; others without signa
ture, and some even without either date
or name ; and these, too, are usually the
ones most peremptory in their orders for
the immediate forwarding of pipers, etc.
People are apt to think but little of their
own little acts of omission and carelessness;
but once in a while an aggregate state
ment such as the above will startle them
into a consideration of their ways.
Servile People.
Some men are afraid of making ene
mies, and this is well. But when this tear
amounts to servilitt it is not well. As a
general rule, the man who has no enemies
is a mere drone in the great hive of crea
ted intelligence. He is a milk-and-water
men, who contents himself with doinr , no
harm, while it is notorious that ho is doing
no good. Such men are time-serving,
fence.riding go-betweens, who creep after
men of position and property, and hypo
critically bow to men bumble walks of
life. They take no part in public senti
ment, and smile and smirk upon all they
come in contact with. They usually glide
through life undisturbed, and sink into
obscure graves,
"Unwept, unhonored, and unsung."
Their bones are marrowless, and though
their heads are not brainless, their lives
are uttless. It is bettor far to do some
harm occasionally, than never to do any
good.
.-4....- -
Never expect a selfishly ambitions man
to be a true friend. He who makes am
biton his god, tramples on everything
else. Me will climb upward, though he
treads on the hearts of those who love
him best, and in his eyes your only vat
lies in the use you may be to him. Per
sonally, one is nothing to him and if you
are not rich, er famous, or powerful
enough to advance his interests, after he
has got above you he cares no more for
you.
NO. 11.
That Resolution of Censure.
A few days prior to the adjournment of
Congress, lion. R. Milton Speer, offered a
resolution censuring the Hon. Wm. D.
Kelly, and in opposition to the resolution
and in defence of Mr. Kelly, Mr. Dickey,
of Lancaster, said :
Mr. Dickey.—Mr. Speaker, after the re
marks of my colleague, demanding that we
allow him that which we grant to all men,
a hearing and a trial before conviction, I
might safely leave the question wen to
this Hotse. lam not going to speak of
my great admiration for this assembly. I
do not entertain any such great admira
tion. There has been a disposition in this
House to determine for themselves that
they are a court of review, to review and
determine whether the people of this
country in their individual districts are
fit to sand members here who are fit to
associate with members from other dis
tricts. I have been here some five years,
and am about voluntarily to take my de
parture, Ido not think this body a su
premely competent body to act on matters
of mere taste. But, Mr. Speaker, that
question has been passed upon, or rather
passed over, and not passed upon.
We have before us now an extraordi
nary resolution, introduced by an extra
ordinary young gentleman, from ai ex
traorlinary district in an extraordinary
State, Pennsylvania, (Laughter.) And
that extraordinary resolution of that ex
traordinary young man, vociferously main
tained, contains the proposition that a
special jury—a committee of this House—
having found as a matter of fact a special
verdict that William D. Kelley was not
influenced by corrupt motives, therefore
the special verdict of that special jury was
wrong, and that William D—Kelley ought
to be expelled. And the gentleman says
that this is a special verdict, and he wants
to enter judgment on a special verdict.
Now, he id au extraordinary lawyer who,
on a special verdict, where the animus of
the whole thing depends upon the verdict,
and it is found that a man has not been
influenced by a corrupt motive, offers to
expel him for a corrupt motive on that
special verdict. Learned in the law is my
young friend, I have no doubt. The spe
cial verdict is that there was no corruption
on the part of William D. Kelley, and
therefore my extraordinary young friend
sets forth in his resolution that whereas
the said dividend arose from a corrupt
contract, &e., of which William D. Kelley
was cognizant, although the committee—
composed of three Republicans and two
Demoerats—found exactly the reverse of
that—
Mr. Speer.—My resolution does not set
that forth.
Mr. Dickey.—lt is in esse.
Mr. Speer.—Read it and you will see.
Mr. Dickey.—l did read it : I have
read it. Now, my young friend is honest ;
there is no doubt about that; he is honest
in his motive, he is honest in his pur
-1 pose; that is unquestioned and unques
tionable, became he has told us so, and
of course he knows. (Laughter.) He had
I made this motion from the highest mo
tives of public duty, so he says; and he
I having asserted it, it is not for me to con
tradics it. He has throwu aside every
feeling of the partisan ; he is a mere
judge. He knows it; it is so, because he
has said it. And he. was not satisfied with
saying it once, and twice, and thrice, but
he said it often enough to convince him
self, if he convinced nobody else on earth.
(Laughter.)
He chose this afternoon to allude to me
as the successor of Thaddeus Stevens.
Now let me give him one piece of advice,
which I can do by telling a story which
Thaddeus Stevens once told me. Mr. Stevens
went into partnership in n large business
4ranscetion with a man in Pennsylvania,
who was supposed to be very tricky; that
was his general reputation. I said to him,
"Mr. Stevens, the reputation of that man
is that he is very tricky." Said he "Sims
are mistaken, sir; the public are mista
ken; I know he is an honorable man; I
have that upon the highest authority,qar
he told see so himself." Just so with my
extraordinary young friend. But the
result was that Mr. Stevens was cheated
out of $20,000.
Now, whether my extraordinary young
friend was honest or not, whether he did
disarm himself of every possible partisan
consideration on earth, is rather immate
rial; but his resolution reverses, perverts
and stultifies the action of a committee of
this House. Now Ido not know but a
man may offer such a resolution and he
be pure and honest and holy.
But I want to tell my extraordinary
young friend another thing before lam
done. He said he was born on the soil of
Pennsylvania;
that he had lived wader the
blue skies and by the side of the pure
streams of that great State. Be said that
when his bones, if he has bones, came to
be laid in their resting place, ho wished
them to be laid in those valleys and by
the side of those . streams
• .
And he said one ether thing, He said
that he spoke of the State of Pennsylva
nia with reverence, and of William D.
Kelley with humiliation. God forgive
him I God forgive the old Common
wealth that could send forth a Quarter
Sessions lawyer from any county in the
State who would ask to have the Statefor
given for having produced Williarit D.
Kelley on her soil. Sir, William D. Kel
ley, the mechanic, has fought his own ca
reer up till he got here.
He was a judge, as the extraordinary
young gentleman called him, Judge Kel
ley. Aye, he was a judge who left the
ermine unstained and as white as snow.
He is a man who stood by the interests of
that great old State, on the Committee of
Ways and Means, and on the Railroad
Committee; a man whose best proof of
honesty to-day is his poverty. Great God !
that a Quarter Sessions lawyer from the
mountains should'come down here to talk
about Pennsylvania being humiliated by
one of her truest and best men !
New, Mr. Speaker, I havesaid about all
that it is necessary to say about this Speer
from the mountains of Pennsylvania, and
I yield ten minutes to my friend from
Michigan (Mr. Stoughton) to talk upon
the subject immediately under oonsidera
fiat'.
"I WANT a 'Young Man's Companion " "
said a spruce customer to a bookseller.
"Very well," said the bookseller, picking
up a volume, "There's 'My Only Baugh
ter! JP
SAITH the modern belle, hampered by a
weak treasury : "Dresses aro long and
boots are worn high; stockings I eaa do
without, but ear rings I must have."
A annum. girl was recently asked at
an examination by the clergyman, what
Adam lost by his fall, and when pressed,
replied, "I suppose it was his hat.'