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The Cricket in the Hearth
Before me rise familiar scenes,
Arrayed in robes of mirth,
Whilst in my car its shrill voice rings,
The cricket in the hearth.
The time is twenty years ago,
Ere death's rude hand had rent
The ties that kept our hearts aglow
And hours of sadness sent.
As round the cheerful board we sit,
A happy, youthful band,
No shadows o'er our features flit
Untouched by sorrow's band.
Surrounded thus by loving hearts,
Where pleasures have their birth,
How sweet the sound my ear athwart,
The cricket in the hearth.
What joy I felt in that rude cot,
Unscathed by time's cold blast,
Nor dreamed I of the changeful lot
Which to me has been east.
Since then I're wandered far and wide
'Mid fairest bowers of earth,
Yet longed for home, the fireside,
The cricket in the hearth.
Now wells the tide from out my soul,
Of mingled pain and mirth,
When shrilly on my senses falls
The ohirrup from the hearth.
"ALL lull, sir ! Sorry. But I guess
you'll manage to stand the next fifty
miles !"
Mr. Smith, the spruce conductor on the
Central railway cars, ushered in a decrepit
and shabbily attired old man, who leaned
heavily on his staff, and carried a heavy
valise in his hand.
The long, dimly-lighted car was full;
every seat occupied; band-boxes and car
pet-bags were held in their owners laps
and there was not a single chance for a
new-comer to be accommodated.
A couple of scores of faces lifted them
selves to glance at the old man's rase, as
he moved slowly and painfully down the
aisle. It was painfully evident that he had
as much as he could do to support himself,
and, besides, be looked like one that was
just recovering from a severe illness—his
cheeks thin and pale, his eyes lacking the
fire which ought to have sparkled beneath
those large and strongly marked brows.
There were many well, active-looking,
healthy young men in the car, but not one
of the number felt lisposea to renounce
his soft, comfortable seat to the shabby
old traveler. And after a stare of undis
guised contempt, each and all dropped
their eyes and thought no more of the
suffering old age before them.
In this enlightened country, it is a no
torious fact, that the aged meet with slights
and incivilities, to say nothing of positive
unkindness, which would have put the bar
barous nations of old to shame.
Fitz James Eustace, a young exquisite,
who was escorting his cousin, Isabel Win.
chester, to Nahant, drew down his mouth
until the ends of his copper colored mous
tache rested upon the tips of his well
starched dickey, and remarked to the lady
by his side :
"Really, Mr. Smith is insulting us !
Why cannot he find a place for that
wretched specimen in the second-class
car ?"
A flush, perhaps of pride—perhaps an
ger—mounted the white forehead of Miss
Winchister. She put up her hand as
though to check the speaker, and said in
a subdued voice :
"Fitz James, will you give that gentle
man your seat ? Can't you see how feeble
he looks ?"
"My dear Isabel, 1 would not evacuate
my place at your side for a kingdom ! Let
the old fellow stand it out. It won't dam
age his appearance, I'll be bound !"
"Then I'll trouble you to rise a moment.
I prefer the other side of the seat ! Allow
me to pass, if you please."
Fitz James never thought of disputing
the will of his imperious cousin, and he
stood up to let her go past. But, instead
of taking the seat which her escort occu
pied, the lady .calked straight on, until
she reached the side of the old man. The
touch of her hand on his arm drew his at
tention toward her.
WITIt
"Sir, will you have the goodness to take
the seat which I have vacated ? I have
ridden since early this morning, and am
really worried with sitting so long. Pray,
oblige me ?"
The old man's face brightened, and he
cast a grateful look into the dark, hand
some eye of the lady.
"But, madam, you must be weary. I
cannot accept it."
She made an impatient gesture. Miss
Winchester was accustomed to have her
own way.
__
SUCH AS
"No, - sir; lam well, young and strong.
I should be ashamed to sit while a man of
your ale and health remained standing."
"Thank you! your kindness is well
timed and not thrown away, I venture to
tell you. I shall accept your offer with
gratitude."
So saying the old gentleman sank into
the vacant seat with a well satisfied expres
sion of countenance; but Fitz James ex
pressed his unbounded contempt for his
neighbor, by drawing his ample raglan
close around him and shrinking nearer to
the end of the seat. The stranger looked
at him with scorn.
BUSINESS CARDS,
CONCERT TICKETS,
You need not trouble yourself to slip
through the window, young man, said he
in a voice of irony.
LEGAL BLANKS,
Fitz Jamas was thoroughly disgusted.
He could not endure such vulgar propin
quity. So he Irose quitkly, and striding
over to his companion, made the best of
his way into the smoking car.
Nis.; Winchester's sacrifice had been
witnessed by all in the carriage, and seats
were offered her by a dozen polite and of
ficious young gentlemen, but she declined
them all by a motion of her head, and re
mained leaning against the side of the, je
hide.
PAMPHLETS
The train flew onward—the old gentle
man meanwhile disposing himself for a
comfortable nap, which he was shortly en
joying.
Shortly before midnight, the lights of
Boston gleamed through the darkness, and
in a moment the train thundered into the
depot.
Our old gentleman arose, shook himself,
grasped his valise, and came over to the
side of Miss Winchester.
"Madam," he said, "you have made an
old, feeble man's journey tolerable ; will
you not tell him your name and place of
abode ?"
She smiled, waved all thanks, and gave
him her card. Ho bowed and left her,
Ulu PO O' PAM.
A REMINISCENCE.
gin cfiorH-Zellgr.
AN INCIDENT OF LIFE.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,
just as Fitz James appeared to escort her
from the car. But getting through the
crowd was no easy matter, for the toss and
the bustle were unusual ; and Isabel noticed
that several uniformed companies filled the
space in front of the depot.
Cries of "Hurrah for General Souther
ton. Three cheers for the hero of Mexico I"
rent the air. Banners trailed out on the
fresh night breeze; flambeaux flashed, drums
beat, and a long line of carriages filed
slowly up the street.
Fitz James inquired the cause of all this
tumult, and learned that it was a public
welcome extended by the citizens of Boston
to Gen. John Southerton, a gentleman and
a veteran officer, who had signally distin
guished himself in the late Mexican war.
"He came on this train," said a bystand
er. "It is possible, sir, that you didn't
discover him; sickly looking old loan,
dressed in threadbare gray, and carrying a
huge valise. He had just recovered from
a severe attack of rheumatic fever, which
has troubled him ever since his last cam
paign, but he is a fine old fellow yet."
Miss Winchester thought he must be; she
had heard much of his gallant daring; but
Fitz James was the picture of silent morti
fication,
Miss Winchester and her cousin stopped
at the American House, and early the
next morning, before the lady had finished
dressing, a servant brought up a note bear
ing her address.
Isabel tore it open and there fell out
two cards of invitation to a ball to be held
at the Revere that evening, in honor of
General Southerton. One card bore the
name of Fitz James, the other was directed
to herself.
Fitz James was surprised and humiliated
at this mark of distinction, for he could not
but realize that the invitation had been
extended to him solely to save his cousin's
feelings. But not withstanding this, lie
wished to accept it, if only to have an op
portunity of excusing his yesterday's impo
liteness to the great man.
The journey to Nahant was deferred for
one day; and early that evening the cous
ins were at the Revere, where a brilliant
coterie had already assembled.
Gen. Southerton, .reclining in an arm
chair, at the head of the great drawing
room, received his friends as they passed
by, one giving place to another ; but when
Isabel was presented, he detained her hand
to say :
"Please sit down on this ottoman by my
side; I have a relation here whom I wish
to present you."
It was not long before a singularly hand
some young-man came up to the General
smiling a friendly welcome, and the veter
an, turning to Isabel, said
"Miss Winchester, allow me to present
you to my son, Alfred Southerton, who is
very grateful for the kindness which you
last evening bestowed upon his father.'
The young man bowed, and his father
continued
"Whenever I see a young person volun
tarily render respect to the aged, I am con
strained to respect him or hef, as a relic
of the good old politeness *hich reigned
over show and heartlessness when I was a
lad. It is all hollow ceremony now, my
dear; and if the old man cannot stand
without assistance he is thrown down and
trodden under foot. Alfred, you do need
another hint, or must your rheumatic old
father set you an example of courtesy ?"
The young man started and colored, for
he had been gazing so intently on the rare
beauty of Miss Winchester, that he had
forgotten time and place.
"If Miss Winchester will permit me," he
said, offering his arm.; a moment more,
and they were among the promenaders.
Mr. Southerton seemed bent on showing
his gratitude to the lady for the kindness
she had rendered his father, for he scarce
ly quitted her side during the evening,
and at the close of the week he followed
her to Nahant, where he continued for
two months, the rival of Fitz James and
the envy of all the young fops who aspired
to the hand and fortune of the beautiful
Miss Winchester. •
Fitz James Eastace had long been his
cousin's visitor, and it was with ill conceal-
ed chagrin that he now saw himself thrown
into'the shade by the son of that "wretch
ed specimen," who ought to have found a
place out of decent people's company.
Early in the new year there was a mar
riage ceremony performed in the old South
Church, and Southerton was the groom
and Isabel Windliester was the bride. An
elegant house on Beacon street received
the young couple, for Alfred was engaged
in business in Boston, and every year the
hale old General comes down from his
house in N. to visit his children.
So you see that politeness gained a hus
band for one woman, audit willbring hap
piness to all if they will practice it; for
true politeness springs from the heart, and
is but the effervescence of kindly Christian
spirit, anxious to promote the well being
of those with whom it comes in contact.
graveleut glotto.
From the Catskill Mountains.
CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE,
July 23, 1873.
Ho for the Catskills ! ho ! A hot, close
morning in July, would any one regret
leaving New York ? I guess not. We at
least impatiently pushed through the
throng to get aboard the steamer that was
to carry us up the "noble Hudson." How
glad we were to get away; not so much
from the heat, as the impure air of the
great Babel, and involuntarily a prayer
went up, of, "God help the poor who must
stay there, and long and pine for the sweet
pure country air."
What a jolly crowd we had on board
that day, and what an indiscriminate one
too i old men and women, poor peisple with
their many children and many bundles,
flashed, heated and worried ; wealthy la
dies wills dainty dolls of children ;—little
hearts and little souls, left entirely to the
care of "nurse", who may be tender and
good, and who may not be—there is a
group of Spaniards, indolent, yet keen too
and interesting, with their dark faces,
flashing eyes and many diamonds ; how
they gesticulate, but that is a peculiarity
of the Spaniard, Mexican, and Cuban;
then we see several newly married couples,
with smiling faces, and in that beatific
state which snakes them less interesting in
the scenery than in their own happy selves;
we had also a good band on board, which
helped to pass the "happy hours away."
Not far from New York, on the left of
the river, are the Palisades, which extend
for about twenty miles, like one vast col
umn of stone, whose smooth and perpen
dicular front seems cut from the rock, and
varying in height from three hundred to
five hundred feet; residences aro being
built all along on the top; then passing
many places of interest on either aide the
river, we come to Sing-Sing on the right,
stern and gloomy and dark it looms up,
with the shining water on one side, and
the green weeds around it, ever mocking
the poor inmates in their prison -home;
then we pass Croton River, which supplies
New York with water, and on to West
Point, noted for its Military School, and
past Cornwall—which is quite a resoit—
till we arrive at Catskill Landing, over a
hundred miles from New York. Soon we
were mounted on the top of a large, old
fashioned stage, uncouth enough in ap
pearance, but just the thing to stand the
mountain thumps. What glorious fun we
did have ! what a fine view of the valley
below, the mountains above and the coun
try around us ! How we were jolted, but
only laughed the more, and made friends
with the driver, who promised to send us
a box of trout next Spring, and who assu
red us, but for sickness and fires, he would
not now be driving, but "such is life." It
is nine miles to the foot of the mountain
and four up to the top, or to the "Moun
tain House." We were two hours going
those four miles. Half-way up we stopped
at the cabin of Rip Van Winkle, so-called,
but the cabin is now a neat, newly-painted
boarding-house, but in the woods where it
stands Rip is said to have taken his long
nap, and painted on a sign-board is the
old fellow, with a long beard, just waking,
and the flagon by his side, he no doubt is
saying : "Where is my little dog Schnei
der gone?"
Tired enough were we when we reached
tle "Mountain House," and glad to woo
the spell of the great charmer—sleep, but
ncxt morning, what a sight met our view!
Not a cloud visible, and looking down a
few feet from the house, over an almost
ferpendicular height of three thousand
feet, we saw the lovely valley below,
through which the Hudson river winds
and glitters like a great serpent,—the
green fields that stretch out for miles' the
helves looking like were specks;
to us it
seemed farther down than from the top of
Mt. Washington, and yet this is only half
as high as that famous mountain. I think
this effect is produced because the rise is
so nearly perpendicular, while that of the
White Mountains appears more gradual.
Next day we saw the grandest sight ono
can , conceive of. Think of gazing down
upon cloud after cloud, so immense, that
they looked like great white waves. How
strange the sight to us, of rain below and
not above us, and how beautiful when it
ceased, and the sunlight with long golden
fingers touched the billows of ether and
threw bright yellow lines down through
the mist, giving us once more a glimpse
of the valley.
The air is cool here, so cool we need
wraps. The "Mountain House" is quite
large, accommodating over four hundred
people, and the accommodations are very
good, much better than at most mountain
houses, and the boarding excellent. Gen
erally wealthy, solid families come here,
who want rest and enjoy the lazy, loung
ing life which all who come here gradually
fall into.
Miss Kellogg is here with, a party of
friends, and evidently enjoys her position,
and she ought to. She has ono of God's
sweetest gifts—the gift of song—and by
hard study and unceasing application has
she attained the present perfection.
How full of enjoyment is a trip to the
Catskills, and how regretfully we leave the
wonderfully invigorating air, and go down
the mountain, which we do in a much
shorter time than we made the ascent, and
now once more sailing down the Hudson,
we bid you adieu. GIPSY WILDE.
ad inn tov the 4 : 1 illia.
The Centennial ,
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The first meeting of the Centennial Ex
ecutive Committee of the State of Penn
sylvania was held at the Logan House, in
Altoona, on Thursday, the 26th ult. The
attendance indicated a warm feeling of in
terest in the success of this great enter
prise. Hon. Wm: Bigler, of Clearfield
county, acted as President'of the meeting,
and Hon. Samuel M. Wherry, of Cumber
land county, Secretary. The following
preamble and programme was unanimous
ly adopted :
The United States Centennial Board of
Finance, with the view of securing addi
tional means to defray the expenses inci
dent to a befitting commemoration of the
first Centennial Anniversary of the Cele
bration of Independence. and the erection
of proper buildings tbr the use of the In
ternational Exhibition'of 1876 have adopt
ed the plan of canvassing the entire coun
try to secure subscriptions to the Centen
nial Stock. The ,Sub-Committee of the
Board of Finance selected for the State
have determined to ask the people of Penn
sylvania for at least half a million of dol
lars exclusive of the city of Philadelphia.
This amount is deemed the least that
would suffice to place the Keystone State
in the proud position which she should
occupy in this noble and patriotic work,
and it is hoped that this movement may
result in securing a much larger amount.
To this end they determined to appoint
a Centennial Executive Committee for the
State'of Pennsylvania whose duty it shall
be to adopt measures in the several coun
ties of the State to secure the quota of said
counties. This Committee is coutp3sed of
the following gentlemen :
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
sth. Washington Townsend, West Ches.
kb. lion. James Boyd, Norristown.
ith. lion. Agustin Wolle, Bethlehem ;
Hon. Wm. Davis, Doylestown.
Bth. Hon. J. Lawrence Get; Reading ;
Gen. Geo. M. Steinmann, Lancaster.
9th. Hon..J. P. Wickersham, Harris-
burg.
10th. Hon. Francis Hughes, Pottsville;
Hon: Benjamin Bannan, Pottsville.
11th. C. W. Cooper, Allentown.
12. Hon G. Dawson Coleman, Lebanon.
13th. Hon. H. B. Wright, Wilkesbarre;
J. IV. Hollenbach, Wilkesbarree.
14th. lion. Wm. S. Tarreli, Montrose;
Hon. Ulysses Mercer, Towanda.
15th. Hon. Wm. H. Armstrong, Wil
liamsport ; Thomas Beaver, Esq., Dan
ville.
16th. Hon. B. 13. Strang, Westfield.
17th. Hon. A. 11. Dill, Lewisburg, Pa.;
Wm. A. Sponsler, New Bloomfield.
18th. L. A. Mackey, Lock Haven ;
Geo. F. Bates, Johnstown.
19th. Hon. S. IIL Wherry, Shippens
burg ; Wm. McClelland, Chambersburg."
20th. Hon. R. J. Fisher, York ; Sam
uel Small, Esq., York.
21st. Jno. Cessna, Wm. Hartley.
22d. H. G. Fisher; R. M. Speer.
23d. Col. Wm. Phillips, Jas. H. Hop
kins, John H. Shoneberger, Geo. H. An
derson. •
24th. Silas M. Clark.
25th. A. A. Furman.
873.
26th. Geo. V. Lawrence, J. S. Rutan.
27th. J. S. Gordon.
28th. S. H. Griffith.
29th. Hon. Pierson Church, S. B. Del•
aniater.
30th. Wm. A. Galbraith.
AT LARGE.
Ex-Governor Wm. Bigler, Clearfield.
" " James Pollock, Milton.
A. G. Curtin, Bellefonte.
_ _
Hon. A. K. McClure, Hon. John. W.
Forney, Hon. Morton McMichael, Daniel
Dougherty, and H. Armitt Brown, Phila
delphia; H. B. Swope, Pittsburg; G. R.
Barrett, Clearfield; Wayne McVeigh,
Harrisburg; Charles B. Buckalew, Blooms
burg; William H. Armstrong, Williams
port ; John Scott, Huntingdon ; Harry
White and Silas M. Clark, Indiana; Sam
uel S. Blair, Hollidaysburg; Henry D.
Foster, Greensburg; Wm. A. Wallace,
Clearfield.
Upon motion, the following programme
was unanimously adopted as the best meth
od for increasing the subscriptions :
1. That the appropriation of half a mil
lion for the State of Pennsylvania, outside
of Philadelphia, is deemed moderate and
should be promptly secured.
2. That to the accomplishment of this
end each member of the Committee shall
undertake to form the proper organization
with the county or counties for which he
has been appointed.
_ _
3. That theform of organization shall
be the appointment of Sub-Committees in
the several counties to consist of not less
than five members each. whose duty it
shall be to apportion to the several towns,
districts and wards, the proper share of the
whole amount assessed upon the county
on the basis of $500,000 for the State.
Said county Committees and Sub-Commit
tees shall, if they deem it expedient, carry
out the plan of apportionment to each cit
izen, or to each as they may know to be
able to contribute. The proper and
easy method of doing this, will be to take
the borough, township or ward duplicate
and assign such number of shares as they
may think proper to each name. This has
been the most successful mode of obtain
ing church and other subscriptions. Many
persons entirely willing to do their full
part, are greatly at a loss to know what
that part is. It' this be pointed out by
those havinl , the matter in charge, such
citizens will be apt to act upon the sugges
tion presented to them.
. _
4. Each Solicitor for stock should be
furnished with a statement showing the
total amount assessed to the State and the
proportion of that amount assessed upon
the county and district in which he is en
gaged, and also the amount which is sug
gested each citizen should subscribe.
5. Solicitors are to receive no payments
on subscriptions, but shall deposit.their
subscription books with such banks in the
county as have been authorized to act as
depositaries of Centennial stock, which
banks will receive payments on stock and
time certificates. Accordingly, in every
county or city, where the local committee
may deem it expedient, it is recommended
that the plan of personal solicitations be
first exhausted upon the citizens of large
means before the plan of assessment be in
troduced.
6. The stock $lO per share, 20 per
cent. of which is payable on suscription,
or in a brief period thereafter, and the
balance upon three months' notice in the
years 1874 and '75. For the purpose of
equalizing the position of subscribers to
the stock, slit per cent. interest will be al
lowed on all amounts paid in till the let
of May, 1876.
7. It shall be the duty of each county
committee, in connection with the mem
bers of the State Executive Committee of
the respective counties or districts, to make
arrangements for holding mass meetings
of the people and securing the presence of
eminent speakers in the interest of the
Centennial Exhibition. Application for
speakers should be made to the Chairman,
No. 904 Walnut street, Phila.
S. The Chairman is authorized to fill
all vacancies.
On motion,
Resolved, That the programme as adopt
ed by this Committee, be printed and for
warded to the different members thereof.
Resolved, That the county apportion
ment be printed and annexed to the above
circular.
On motion, it was resolved that this
Committee cordially approve of the call
fur a public meeting to be held at Nil
lia.ntsport, on the 28th inst., in the inter
est of the Centennial; and, also, the one
at Reading, the 18th of September, and
earnestly recommend that such public
meetings shall be held is the remaining
counties of the State.
On motion, Hon. Win. Bigler was titan
imously elected' permanent Chairman, and
Gen. C. B. Norton permanent Secretary.
Remarks were made by ex-Governor Pol
lock, Senator Scott and others:
On motion, adjourned, to meet at the
call of the Chairman.
EDITOR JOURNAL :—ln your issues of
recent date, I notice two articles, one from
the "Catholic Standard." and the other
from the "Norristown Herald," published
by request. These articles carry upon their
face the object fur which they were gotten
up, which was to cast reflection upon the
Reformed Church, which bids fair to exist
long after its opposers are forgotten. In
fifty years our ministry has increased nine
fold, and our percentage of increase of
membership is second to no Protestant de
nomination in the United States. In sum
ming up the statistics of the present year,
the following result is reached : 1 General
Synod ; 5 District Synods; 35 Classes ;
595 Ministers; 1,329 Congregations;
132,195 members; 1,044 Sunday Schools;
64,588 Sunday School scholars; Benevo
lent Contributions, $91,427.10. The re
sults here presented furnish pleasing evi
dence of the progress the Church is
making under the efficient labors of its
ministers. lam not one of those persons
who are in favor of foisting Church trou
bles into secular papers, but I think the
cause of truth and the interests of the Re
formed Church, demand a reply to such
designinn. articles. You will, therefore,
please publish the following, and with it
we will close this unpleasant affair, hoping
that the readers of the JOURNAL will par
don us for troubling them with matters
which do rot properly belong to county
papers :
[From "Our Church raper," (Reformed.) 1
Mr. Wolff and Forney's Defection to
the Roman Catholic Church,
VALUE OF THE TESTIMONY
Great account has been made of the
statement of Mr. wolfr, as to the causes
which led himself and others into Roman
ism. Whatever it is worth, we may take
it with some grains of allowance. If a man
testifies on one side of a case, and then
turns around and swears to the very oppo-
site of what he had over and over again
affirmed, you may trust him only as far as
you please. One or the other of his state
ments is untrue. It reminds us of the
tricky lawyer, who quoting, in order to
gain his case, what he claimed to be a
principle of law in favor of his client, was
reminded by the judge that in a case just
before he had held the reverse of his pres
ent argument, "Please your honor," said
the ready wit, "I may have been wrong
then; but I am right now."
But the man who has sworn falsely be
fore, should be watched even when be is
pretending to tell the real truth. So, if a
minister can administer in hypocritical
mockery, the holy Sacraments and other
solemn rites of the Church he has sworn
to defend, as Mr. Wolff intimated he had
done, you may take his last assertion for
what it is worth. We would not take him
as the best witness in a case.
Mr. Wolff's affirmation in favor of his
newly espoused religious system, is only an
exparte statement. It is, therefore, only
worth what you can trust to Jesuitical zeal.
We have heard him repeatedly affirm and
zealously arguc . the very opposite of what
he now says,
as to the causes which led
him and others to turn traitors to the faith
of their fathers. It is, to say the least,
quite as possible that he is mistaken now,
as that he was then. More likely, indeed ;
for now he dare not think freely for him
self, nor for others. He dare not investi
gate further, any truth or fact, not settled
for him by the official belief of the Pope.
Freedom to think and believe is gone;
and with that also all proper ability to
judge and decide fairly in regard to the
difference between Romanism and Pro
testantism. In regard to this and all re
ligious truth, the papist must just take
and hold what is prepared for him by the
authority of the claimed papal infallibility.
So, you see, it is not what the late convert,
as an independent witness, says ; but what
the Romish Church only now allows him
to say.
So, his former testimony, given when
he was free, and when, we trust, he was
honest, ought to be more trustworthy,
than his enslaved utterances now. A
faithful witness must not only be free to
speak his mird as he sees the truth ; but
he must also be free to think and draw
conclusions for himself.
No blind Papist is thus free. As soon
as a convert from Protestantism submits to
the absurd claims of papal infallibility, all
free inquiry and investigation must cease
absolutely. However much he had been
encouraged to investigate, sq as to raise
doubt and unsettle his faith before his
transition ; now peremptorily he must stop
thinking and searching for truth, and
simply take down whatever is prepared ibr
him. Such a one is not our best witness.
If what Mr. Wolff says of himself and
for his personal friends, for whom be as
sumes to speak, be true, there would he
little room for showing respect towards
them and him. If it be not true, we
could have still less regard for one who
has thus, as it were, infamously outlawed
himself from our courtesy and regard in
attemptinr , to damage the church we love,
and to whose faith, service, and saving
truth, he a sworn standard bearer, has
proven sadly recreant.
Trartpaigu.
Opinions of the Press.
The following are a few of the opinions
of the press upon the late County Conven
tion :
Huntingdon county Republicans are out
of the Woods. The last county convention
set then► Scott free.—Everett Press.
The Republican County Convention, of
Huntingdon county, n.ct on the 12th inst.
H. G. Fisher was made permanent chair
man. A. L. Cuss, editor of the Globe,
and 18 other delegates seceded. The Con
vention denounced the Globe and read it
out of the party, and revoked the election
of Cuss as delegate to the State Conven
tion by the County Committee, and elect
ed H. G Fisher in his place.—Bearer
Radical.
At the Huntingdon county Republican
convention, on Tuesday, the Wood wing,
nine delegates strong, headed by A. L.
Gass, withdrew. Several of the bolters
returned and participated in the proceed
ings of the afternoon. Among the resolu
tions was one denouncing the Globe as a
journal for the "defamation of all Repub
licans who do not agree with them, and
being thus only a source of weakness and
dissention, it is declared unworthy of the
support and confidence of the party."—
Bellefonte Republican.
A resolution was adopted repudiating
Guss' paper, the Huntingdon Globe, and
declaring it unworthy of confidence, revo
king the appointment of A. L. Guss as
representative delegate to the State Con
vention, and electing H. G. Fisher in his
place. A. L. Guss with his friends with
drew from the convention in a huff. Thus,
"all the decency" party in Huntingdon
county is getting along finely. We may
state here, also, that Fisher was accepted
by the State Convention, and Guss left
ott in the cold.—Lezetstown True Dem.
The genuine Republicans of Huntingdon
county, have at last adopted the right
course, in denouncing the organ of disor
ganizers, but they did not go far enough.
They should have read the leaders out of
the party, by name. The whole party of
from "three to eight," comprise only a
couple hundred, led on by a half dozen
conspirators, and if these were placed in
the Democratic party, where they properly
belor.g, their influence wouldn't hurt the
Republican party. Of course the Globe
and its friends will oppose the ticket, but
they are now in a position to hurt nobody,
and the Republican ticket will be elected
by about the usual majority.—Bot Reg
ister.
At the recent Huntingdon County Con
vention, the following just resolution was
unanimously adopted :
That as the immediate fellow-citizens of
Hon. John Scott, we take pride and pleas
ure' in commending his whole course in
the Senate of the United States, as char
acterized by ability, industry, and fidelity,
in the discharge of his duties to the whole
Union and in sustaining the interests of
Pennsylvania and the principles of the
Republiean party. His action in opposing
and refusing to accept the extra back pay,
was but a realization of the confidence
which we who know him best repose iu
his common sense and integrity.
This is hearty, intelligent, appreciative
and sincere.
Huntingdon, and Pennsylvania, and the
Union, may well feel proud of able and
pure and useful John Scott, a future Pre
sident, and a good one !—Phila.
City Item.
A discussion arose during the prelimin
ary proceedings on contested seats, during
NO. 35.
which Mr. Gnss and about twenty others
withdrew from the convention, all of whom,
however, with the exception of nine re
turned and took part in the work of nomin
ating a ticket. S. T. Brown, Hays Ham
ilton and Henry C. Robinson were appoint
ed Senatorial conferees.
Among the resolutions adopted is one
denouncing the Globe as unworthy the
support or confidence of the party, and an
other removing Mr. Gases as representative
delegate to the State Convention and ap
pointing H. G. Fisher in his place. This
was subsequently sanctioned by the State
Convention admitting Mr. Fisher.
The result of this movement will be
looked for with some anxiety all ever the
State, as it must now demonstrate whether
the Scott portion carries with it the mass
of the voters, and thus prove that what is
known as the Woods faction was a mere
faction, or whether the latter is so strong
as to be able- to defeat the nominees of the
former.--- , Letcistown Gazette.
There has been a bitter, disgraceful, dir
ty fight waged for some time past among
the Republicans of Huntingdon county—
injurious to the party at home and abroad
—in which Hon. John Scott has been
outrageously and shamefully villified and
maligned, by one of the parties. Last
week, in a full county convention the bet
ter men of the party, deliberately deter
mined to take the leading miscreant in
this internecine war by the throat, and
this is the way they disposed of him :
Resolved, The Huntingdon Globe is not
deserving of recognition as an exponent of
Republican sentiment, but should be known
attroaVas it is at home, as simply a medi
um, bought and used by its editor, and
his associates, to gratify their personal re
sentment, by the defamation of all Repub
licans who do not agree with them, and
being thus only a source of weakness and
dissension it is declared unworthy of the
support and confidence of the party.—Som
erset Herald.
The following resolutions were unani
mously passed at the Republican Conven
tion of Huntingdon County, on the 12th
inst. They are indicative of the high es
teem and confidence in which Senator
Scott is held by his immediate fellow citi
zens.
Senator Scott has, through his fine legal
attainments, greatindustry, and probity of
character, obtained a standing in the Unit
ed States Senate of which the people of
Pennsylvania have great reason to bo
proud. She will certainly be wise enough.
when the time comes, to avail herself of
the advantage of continuing her present
able and distinguished member in that
branch of Congress. _ _ _
Resolved, That as the immediate fellow
citizens of Hon. John Scott, we take pride
and pleasure in commending his whole
course in the Senate of die United States
as characterized by ability, industry and
fidelity in the discharge of his duties to
the whole Union and in retaining the in
terest of Pennsylvania and the principles
of the Republican party. llis action in
opposing and refusing to accept the extra
back .pay, was but a realization of the con
fidence which we who know him best re
pose in his common sense and integrity.
Resolved, That we condemn the action
of every member of Congress, without re
spect to party, who either voted for the
extra back pay, or having voted against it,
received and kept it.— Venango Citizen.
The trouble that has been brewing in
the Republican party in Huntingdon coun
ty for the last three or four years, culmi
nated at the County Convention, on Tues
day week, in a direct bolt. The strength
of the two wings, as shown in the election
of delegates, seemed to be 51 for the Scott
party and 27 for that led by Woods, that
being the vote upon the question of ap
pointing a committee on contested seats.
After that vote had been had the Woods
men, 24 in all, under the leadership of A.
L. Gus, esq., of the Globe, withdrew from
the Convention. In the afternoon a num
ber of those who bolted, said to be eight
or ten, returned to the Convention and
took part in the proceedings. The balance
of the bolters organized in the court room,
were addressed by Mr. Guss and adjourned
until afternoon, when they reassembled
' and appointed a committee of three to
issue an address to the Republican party
of Huntingdon county, elected Mr. Gass
Chairman of the County Committee, after
which Mr. Guss addressed the so-called
Convention.
The Globe this week supports Messrs.
Gordon and Mackey; but containsnothing
to indicate its course toward the county
ticket. It is quite probable that It will
oppose the County nominations ; but the
action of the Democratic Convention,
which was held on Tuesday, may have
some bearing on the course to be pursued
by that journal and its personal friends.
At this writing (Wednesday) we have not
heard of the action of the Democratic
Convention ; but whatever it may have
been, it seemed pretty clearly determined
that the Bolters' Convention will unite
upon the Democratic nominees for Sena
tor, Assembly and Treasurer.
The trouble in Huntingdon county has
now reached that point when there can be
no neutrals. An open rupture has been
had and on& faction has clearly put itself
outside of the party organization. The
Scott wing, as it is called, is clearly the
only Republican organization in that coun
ty, and all outside of it, whether it claims
to be Republican, under the leadership of
Woods and Guss, or Democratic, under
the leadership of Speer end Petriken, is
really in opposition to the Republican par
ty. The result of the contest, under the
circumstances, may be certain ; but wheth
er it is victory or defeat for the legitimate
Republican organization in the county, it
is the duty of the party there to stand by
its regularly nominated candidates at all
hazzards.—Blair County Radical.
rig, A mixed party of Democrats and
Gussites were overheard discussing a fu
sion before the assembly of the Democratic
Convention. Several suggestions had been
made favorable to the contemplated move
ment. When a sober Democrat, who had
not taken any part in the discussion and
who knew a thing or two, knocked the
project as flat as flounder by saying : "If
we Democrats set down to eat turkey with
Guss, Woods & Co., we will be darned sure
to get the neck !" The Democratic Con
vention thought :so too. The fusionists
didn't even get a sop. The Gussites, and
they are very few, stand alone.
:el. The Democratic ticket is fearfully
berated by a large number of Democrats.
They assert that it is as weak as water.
We really thought there was more spirit in
it than this, but they think not. Well,
well, the only wholesome advice we aro
prepared to give them at present is to vote
the, whole Republican ticket. In this
they can find the consolation that they so
much need.