VOL. 42. The Huntingdon Journal J. R. DURBORROW, PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS Office in new JOURNAL Building, Fifth Street THR HUNTINGDON JOURNAL is published every Friday by J. R. DIIENOBROW and J. A. Nasu, under the firm name of J. R. DUABOBROW & CO., at $2,00 per annum IN ADVANCI, or $2.60 if not paid for in six months from date of subscription, and 13 if not paid within the year. No paper discontinued, unless at the option of the pub lishers, until all arrearages are paid. No paper, however, will be sent out of the State unless absolutely paid for in advance. Transient advertisements will be inserted at vwxtva AND A-HALT CENTS per line for the first insertion, @YVAN AND A-HALT CENTS for the second and ma CENTS per line for all subsequent insertions. 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Hand-bills, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, &c., of every variety and style, printed at the shortest notice, and everything in the Printing line will be executed in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates. Professional Cards• DO. J. G. CAMP, graduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. Office 228 Peun Street. Teeth ex tracted without pain. Charges moderate. [Dec7 '77-3m TA CALDWELL, Attorney-at-Law, No. 111, 3rd street. I) Office formerly occupied by Messrs. Woods & Wil liamson. [api2,'7l DR. A.B. BRI7MBAUGII, offers his professional services to thec,ommunity. Office, No 523 Washington street, one door east of the Catholic Parsonage. ijan4,7l E C. STOCKTON, Surgeon Dentist. °Mee in Leister's II . building, in the room formerly occupied by Dr. E. J. Greene, Huntingdon, Pa. [apl2B, '76. fIRO. B. ORLADY, Attorney-at,Law, 405 Penn Street, 1.. T Huntingdon, Pa. [n0v17,'76 GL. ROBB, Dentist, offloein B. T. Brown ' s new building, . No. 620, Penn Street, Huntingdon, Pa. [5p12.71 ITC. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law. Office, No. —. Penn . Street, Huntingdon, Pa. Lapl9,'7l JSYLVANIIS BLAIR, Attorney-at-Law, Huntingdon, . Pa. Office, Penn Street, three doors west of 3rd Street. Uan4,'7l jW. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law and General Claim eI . Agent, Huntingdon, Pa. Soldiers' claitasagainst the Government for back-pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attended to with great care and promptnese. Of fice on Penn Street. pan4,ll L.S. GEISSINGER, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public, . Huntingdon, Pa. Office, No. 230 Penn Street, oppo si to Court House. Lfebs,'7l SE. FLEMING, Attorney-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., . office in Monitor building, Penn Street. Prompt and careful attention given to all legal buidnese. [augs,'74-Bmcw IXTILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney-at-Law, Hunting- V 1 don, Pa. Special attention given to collections, and all other legal business attended to with care and promptneee. Office, No. 229, Penn Street. [apl9,"ll Legal Advertisements. pßOCLAMATlON—Whercas,byapre cept to me directed, dated at Huntingdon, the 21st day of February, A.D., 1878, ander the bands and seal of the Hon. John Dean, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Oyer and Terminer, and general jail deliv ery of the 24th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, compo sed of Huntingdon, Blair and Cambria counties ; and the Hons. Graffito Miller and Adam Hooter, his associ ates, Judges of the county of Huntingdon, ustices assign ed, appointed to hear, try and deterrinae all and every indictment made or taken for or concerning all crimes, which by the laws of the State are made capital, or felonies of death and other offences, crimes and misdemeanors, which have been or shall hereafter be committed or perpetrated, for crimes aforesaid—l am commanded to make public procla mation throughout my whole bailiwick, that a Court of Oyer and Terminer, Quarter Sessions and general jail deliv ery will be held at the Court House,in the borough of Hunt ingdon, on the second Monday (and Bth day) of April, 1878, and those who will proeecute the said prisoners, be then and there to proeecute them as it shall be just, and that all Justices of the Peace, CoronerandOonstables with in said county, be then and there in their proper persons, at 10 o'clock, a. m., of said day, with their records, inquisi tions, examinations and remembrances, to do those things which to their offices respectively appertain. Dated at Huntingdon, the 15th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight and the 102 d year of American Independence. BAWL. H. IRVIN, Sawn'. - 10119R0 C L AM ATlON—Whereas, by a pre cept to me directed by the Judges of the Com mon Pleas of the county of Huntingdon, bearing test the 21st day of February, A.D. 1878, I am commanded to make public proclamation throughout my whole bailiwick, that a Court of Common Pleas will be held at the Court House, in the borough of Huntingdon, on the 3d Monday, (a , 15th day,) of April, A.D., 1878, for the trial of all issues in said Court which remain undetermined before the sai Judges, when and where all jurors, vritnesses,and suits, in the trials of all issues are required. Date I at Huntingdon, the 15th day of March, in the ye, r of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, and the 102 d year of American Independence. SAM'L. H. IRVIN, 81111511,1,. JURY LIST, APRIL TERM, 1878. GRAND JURORS. Appleby, John S. farmer, Dublin. Adams, John Q. farmer, Franklin. Appleby, John M. farmer, Dublin. Briggs, Jackson, farmer, Tell. Brumbaugh, John B. printer, Huntingdon. Boyer, John G. inn-keeper, Huntingdon. Cunningham, Adolphus, farmer, Penn. Fleoner, D. R. P. clerk, Carbon. Foust, R. J. tanner, Mt. Union. Garver, John E. farmer, Shirley. Gilliland, Samuel, farmer, Cromwell. Hiasong, E. B. potter, Caseville. Henry, Mordecai, farmer, West. Hick!, John J. termer, Cromwell. Hamer, Thomas, farmer, West.. Herncane, Benjamin, broom-maker, Huntingdon Itinger, Martin, plasterer, Warriorsms.rk. Jeffries, George, farmer, Dublin. Noel, Henry, foreman, Huntingdon. Mateer, Henry R. plasterer, Brady. Senft, John, blacksmith, Bellillo. Shoup, Jeremiah, farmer, Shirley. Sypher, A. J. clerk, Huntingdon. Tummy, Samuel, C. farmer, Morris. TRAVERSE JURORS—FIRST WEEK. Armitage, Alexander, carpenter, Huntingdon. Brigp, John C. watchman, Shirley. Blair, David, farmer, Onedia. Beatty, Peter M. auctio ieer, Union. Brown, B F. farmer, West. Black, T. W. jeweler, Huntingdon. Baker, B. F. farmer, Tod. Booher, John M. farmer, Cromwell. Boring Thomas G. carpenter. Huntingdon. Berketreseer, Daniel, farmer, Shirley. Brumbaugh, 8. P. surveyor, Penn. Brown, William, merchant, Dudley. Campbell, William, dentist, Shade Gap. Cremer, H. C. farmer, Springfield Crownover, Andrew, merchant, Barree. Cogley, Henry, pedler, Huntingdon. Douglass, John, farmer, Shirley. Duff, John, farmer, Jackson. Estep, J. C. clerk, Mapleton. Eckley, Wm, farmer, Barree. Foster, John, farmer, Wait. Fouse, Adam,l farmer, Lincoln. Greenland, A. C. potter, Cassville. Guseman, Wm laborer, Morris. Green, Jonathan, farmer, Clay. Gregory, Lewis, merchant, Jackson. Grove, Solomon, blacksmith, Orbieonia. Hudson, Henry, cabinet-maker, Saltine. Hildebrand, Wm. farmer, Shirley. Jackson, Thomas, weighmaster, Huntingdon. Joy, Geo. A. shoemaker, Huntingdon. Kane, Peter, farmer, Alexandria. Kurtz, Isaac, gentleman, Walker. Lamp, Isaac, bricklayer, Huntingdon. Mierly, John, farmer, Cites. Maguire, John, M. gentleman, Huntingdon Mean, J. F. coal operator, Broad Top City. Neff, Isaac, farmer, West. Quarry, James, farmer, Union. Ross, John, dealer, Weet. Simone, Alfred, cabinet maker, Mt. Union Smith, Leonard, farmer, Hopewell. Swoops, Henry, farmer, Walker. Trexim, Alonzo, gentleman, Tod. Ward, James, farmer, Walker. Womeledorf, Daniel, farmer, Juniata. Womer, Wm. H. manager, Jackson. Weight Joseph, farmer, Warri, TRAVERSE JURORS—SE Anderson Henry, farmer, Penn Apgar. Andrew, blacksmith, Union. Brenneman, Michael, farmer, Porter. Benson, Harrison, farmer, Porter. Brodebeck, Jacob, manager, Orbieonia. Berganta, J. L. teacher, Henderson. Bagshaw, Adam, farmer, Juniata. Baker, Abraham, carpenter, Huntingdon Bupp, Solomon, moulder, Walker. Boyer, David, farmer, Shirley. Clark, John M. tailor, Shlrleyebnrg Cunningham, Robert, farmer, Porter. Davis. Henry, Jr., farmer, West. Enyeart, Thomas, laborer, Penn. Forrest, Joseph, farmer, Barree Flasher, Michael, farmer, Jackson. Goshorn, George, farmer, Tell. Grove, David, farmer, Penn. Gilliland, Wm. B. confectioner, Orbieonia Houck, Win. farmer, Tod Ilerncane, Jacob, farmer, Oneida. Haalett, R. F. inn-keeper, Morris. Irvin David, farmer, Cromwell. Jackson, Hugh, farmer ' Jackson. Knode, Calvin, farmer , Porter. Lane, Abram, farmer, Clay. Metz, John A. farmer, Brady. Place, Stephen, carpenter, Huntingdon. Peterson, Jacob K. laborer, Brady. Piper. Charles, brickmaker, Alexandria. Rhodes, John, farmer, Henderson. Shearer, Andrew, farmer, Tell. Taylor, Isaac, farmer, Tod. Trexler, Thomas, laborer, Cromwell. Wigton Samuel, farmer, Franklin Wakefield, Caleb, farmer, Brady. Legal Advertisements SHERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of sundry writs of Fi. Fa., Lev. Fa. and Vend. Exp., to see directed, I will expose to public sale, at the Court House, in Huntingdon, J. A. NASH, Oa FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1878, at one o'clock, P. M., the following described real estate, to wit : All the right, title and interest of Geo A. Cook, David S. Cook, Simon V. Cook and Ed ward Cook, administrators of Hugh L. Cook, de ceased, in and to all that traot or parcel of land, situate in the township of Cromwell, Huntingdon county, Pa., bounded by lands of Samuel Adams on the north, by lands of David Bucher's heirs and Wads of William• Laird on the east, and lands of Michael Stair on the south, and lands of Rock Hill Iron Company on the west containing about 200 acres more or less, about 100 acres thereof be ing cleared and having thereon erected a stone dwelling house, a log barn and other outbuildings. Seised, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of George A. Cook, David S. Cook, Si mon V. Cook and Edward Cook, administrators of Hugh L. Cook, deed. . . ALSO—AII those certain lots of ground, situate in the borough of Huntingdon, each front ing 50 feet on the eastern line of Fifth street, as extended northwardly, from the northern end of said street, and running eastward therefrom 190 feet, being the same lots of ground and premises which are more fully described, in a certain deed of conveyance from Christian Colestock, and E. C. Summers, recorded in Record Book "Z," No. 2, page 413, having thereon erected a two—story frame dwelling house, known as the "ItaHien Cottage," a frame stable and other outbuildings and im provements. Seized, taken into execution and to be sold as the property of W. F. Cunningham. ALSO—AII that certain tract or parcel of land, situate in Brady township, Huntingdon county, Pa., bounded on the west by lands ofSharp do Bro., on the north by lands of Barletz Ealy, on the north-east by lands of Mrs. Urlady, on the south -west by lands of Samuel Simpson and oth ers, containing about 28 acres, more or less, hav ing thereon erected a two-story frame dwelling house, bank barn and other outbuildings. Seized, taken into execution and to be sold as property of Bruce R. Idampson. ALSO—AII that certain tract of land, situate in Dublin township, Hun ingdon county, Pa., bounded on the north by lands of David Cis ney, on the east by lands of Henry Spitzer, on the south and west by lands of Robert Clyman's and others, containing 328 acres, more or less, having thereon erected a two-story frame dwelling house, a large bank barn, wagon shed and other outbuild ings. Seized, taken into execution and to be sold as the property of Jamison Kelley. ALSO—AII that certain lot of ground, situate in that part of the borough of Huntingdon, known as West Huntingdon, at the north-west corner of Twelfth and Mifflin streets and extending back therefrom 150 feet to a 15 foot alley, being lot No. 211, in J. Edgar Thompson's addition to said borough of Huntingdon, and having thereon erected a irame church building, together with all and singular the buildings, improvements, woods, ways, rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversions, remain ders, rents, issues and profits thereof. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of Harlin Saylor, D. P. Egolf, J. L. Et ter, Alfred Clabaugh and David Lainbereon, Trus tees of the United Brethren Church of untingdon. ALSO—AII that certain tract of land, situate in Warrioremark township, Huntingdon county, Pa., (in part), and also in the township of Snyder, in the county of Blair, (in part), bounded and described as follows: Adjoining lands of Da vid Grazier, Henry Grazier aria Shorb, Stewart ic Co., on the west, lands of Henry Grazier, and Da vid Grazier on the south, and lands of Daniel Gra zier, designated as purpart, numbered one in a certain deed dated the 15th day of March, A. D., 1853, from Daniel Grazier and Henry Krider, ad ministrators of Michael brazier, deceased, to the said Samuel Grazier on the east, containing 164 acres, more or less, having thereon erected a one and one halt story log dwelling house. Also, All that certain lot or parcel of ground, on the south side of Spruce Creek and Waterstreet turnpike road, beginning at a stake about 4 feet from an ash pointer on the bank of bpruce Creek, thence north 22 degrees w et 9.5 perches along lands of David Stewart, thence by same north degrees west 16 perches to edge of Spruce Creek and Waterstreet turnpike, thence along edge of said road north 26 degrees west 43 perches ; thence by same north 10 degrees west 10 perches to line of lands of R. C. Ingram and Robert B. Brown, thence along said line south 48 degrees east —.5 perches to corner on banks of Spruce Creek, thence up said creek south 10 degrees east 20 perches to stones, thence by same south 34 degrees east 18.5 perches to stones, thence sam , south 83 degrees east 11.5 perches to placeof beginning, containing 3 acres, more or less, having thereon erected a two story frame dwLlling and stable and other out buildings. Seized, taken in executi.a and to be sold as the property Aaron Mothersbaugb. ALSO—AII that certain hotel property, situated in Cook's addition to Broad Top City, in Carbon township, Huntingdon county, Pa., adjoin ing lot of Thomas Cook on the south, and other lot late of said Jesse Cook, dec'd., on the north, having thereon erected a plank hotel, good stable and other necessary outbuildings, being lot num ber thirty-two on the plan of Cook's addition, front ing 40 feet on Broad street, and extending back therefrom at right angles thereto 150 feet, together with all and singular the buildings, improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, and the reversions and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of Joseph Peck, with notice to John W. Matters, and Michael J. Martin, terra-tenants. ALSO—AII of the right, title and int erest of, in and to all that certain lot of ground, situate in Puttetown, Hopewell township, adjoin ing lot of Samuel R. Donelson on the east, by lot of Charles Helley's heirs on the west, the public road on the north, and by lands of Wilson Weaver on the south, containing one acre, more or less. and having thereon erected a two-story and a half log house and back kitchen, with other outbuild ings. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of Samuel Blake, one of the defendants. ALSO—AII that certain tract of land, situate in the township of Brady, adjoining lands of W. P. Hall, on the north -west by lands of Jas. Gregory, south by lands of E. A. Green A. Co., containing 230 acres, mitre or less, having thereon erected a log dwelling and log barn, and other out bulldings. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of Frank Grunizer. ALSO—AII that certain lot of ground, situate in Manor Hill, in Barre° township, adjoin ing lands of Samuel Ifyton and Dorsey Silknitter on the north, by lot of Margaret Wakefield oL the east, by the public road on the south, and lots of John Davison and Harriet McCracken's heirs on the west, containing one and a half acres, more or less, and having thereon erected a two-story house and stable. Also, all that certain lot of ground, situate as aforesaid, bounded by the public road on the north, by lot of John Carver's heirs on the east, by lands of William Ewing on the south and by the Metho dist Parsonage lot on the west, containing one half acre, more or less, and having thereon erected a two-story blacksmith and wagonmaker shop, &c. Seized, taken in execution and to bo sold as the property of David F. Gearhart. ALSO—AII the right, title and interest of James Henderson, in and to a tract of land in Cass township, Huntingdon county, Pa., bounded by lands of John Spangler, Conrad Curfman, Christian Miller, David Wilson and others, con taining 30 acres, more or less, having thereon a two story log house, stable and an orchard. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of James Henderson. ALSO—AII that certain part of a lot of ground, situate in the borough of Huntingdon, fronting 25 feet on an alley, in the rear of Moore street, and extending in depth therefrom about 80 feet to a line of lot of Mrs. Mary A. Clabaugh, bounded on the west by lot of The Huntingdon Building and Loan Association, and on the east by lot of Robert Lot, having thereon erected a two story plank dwelling house. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of David P. Couch. ALSO—AII those two certain adjoining lots of ground, situate in the borough of Hunting don, county of Huntingdon, and State of Pennsyl vania, each thereof fronting 50 feet on southerly side of Penn street, and extending in depth at right angles to the same along Bth street 200 feet to Allegheny street, having a large brick building, formerly used as a church, thereon erected, being lots numbers eighty and eighty-one (80 and 81) in the recorded plan of said borough, together with all and singular, the buildings, woods, ways, water courses rights, liberties, privileges, improvements, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same, be longing, or in anywise appertaining, and the re versions and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof. fD WEEK. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of Henry S. Wharton and John M. Ma guire, with notice to J. Randolph Simpson and G. Barton Armitage, terre-tenants. ALSO—AII those two certain lots of ground, situate in the borough of Huntingdon,ly ing and being on the north side of Church street, and fronting on said street 50 feet each, and ex tending back along Fifth street 200 feet to Moore street, marked No. 231 in the plan of said borough he 11ulitiligcoon ournal. Legal Advertisements. of Huntingdon, having thereon erected one large brick dwelling house. Also, one frame brewery. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of Graffus Miller. - - ALSO—AII that certain lot of ground, situate ip the borough of Huntingdon, fronting 50 feet on Washington street, and extending back 200 feet to Mifflin street, adjoining lot now occupied by Mrs. Welch on the east, and lot of G. Ashman Miller on the west, having thereon erected a two story frame dwelling house and other outbuildings. Also, part of lot or ground situate in the borough of Iluntingdon, fronting 46 feet on Mifflin street on the northerly side thereof and extending back at right angels to said street 100 feet to the northerly half of said lot, now owned by D. S. Africa, adjoin ing the lot of Michael Greene on the east, and parcel of said lot 4 feet wide now in the possession of Jacob Africa on the west, and being a part of of No. 204 in the plan of said borough, and sub ect to the annual ground rent of one dollar charg ed upon the whole of said lot No. 204, having thereon erected a two story log dwelling house, weatherboarded, and a small kitchen attached. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of J. H. Westbrook. ALSO—AII defendant's right, title and interest in all that certain messuage or tenement and tract of land, situate in the township of Frank lin, county of Huntingdon, and State of Pennsyl vania, bounded as follows, viz : Beginning at a chestnut, thence by land owned by Mattern south 53 degrees east 400 perches to a post ; thence south 32 degrees west 9 perches to a stone heap ; thence north 52i degrees west through the middle of the coring or fountain 84 perches to a stone heap; thence north 33 degrees east 25 perches to a post in the orchard; thence noth 52i degrees two hun dred and fifty-eight perches to a post; thence north 4 degrees west 684-10 perches to the place of beginning; containing 128 acres, be it more or less; about 90 acres of which are cleared and under a good state of cultivation, the balance being well timbered; on which there is erected a two-story frame dwelling house, large frame bank barn and other outbuildings. There is also a large orchard of choice fruit on the premises that William Col bourn's heirs conveyed to D. R. Miller by their deed dated the first day of May, A. D. 1863. and recorded in the Recorder's office, in the borough of Huntingdon, in Deed Book "E," No. 3, pages 129, 130 and 131. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of D. R. Miller. ALSO—AII defendant's right, title and interest in all that certain messuage, tenement and tract of land, situate in the township of Hopewell, county of Huntingdon, and state of Pennsylvania, bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at a maple tree by the lands of—Beaver South 352 degrees east 36 perches to a chestnut oak ; thence south 55i degrees west 58 perches to a post; thence south 30i degrees west 43 perches to a post; thence south 38i degrees west 11i perches to post in public road ; thence along said public road south 54i degrees west six perches to a post in said public road ; thence south 8i degrees east 7 4-10 perches to a post; thence north 70 degrees east 6 perches to a post ; thence along lands of F. Triece south 44i degrees east 21 perches to a post ; thence along lands of A. Carberry south 78i degrees east 26 6-10 perches to the place of begin ning, containing 16 acres and 44 perches, on which there is erected a good two storied frame dwelling house—frame stable and other outbuildings. Seized, taken in execution and to be sold as the property of Mary Chilcote. TERMS—The price for which the property is sold must be paid at the time of sale, or such other arrangements made as will be approved, otherwise the property will immediately be put up and sold at the risk and expense of the person to whom it was first sold, and who in case of deficiency at such resale shall make good the same, and in no instance will the deed be presented to the court for confirmation unless the money is actually paid to the Sheriff. Purchasers who are lien creditors must procure a certified list of liens for the Sheriff, in order to apply the amount of bide, or any part thereof, on the liens. SAM'L. H. IRVIN, Sheri f, Office, Sheriff. II untingdon, March 15, 1878. REGISTER'S NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested, that the following named persons have settled their ac counts in the Register's Office, at Huntingdon, and that the said accounts will be presented for con firmation and allowance, at an Orphans' Court, to be held at Huntingdon, in and for the count) of Huntingdon, on Wednesday, the 10th day of April next, (1878,) to wit: 1. Administration account of Gervas Riesterer, Administrator of the estate of John Lott, late of Carbon township, dec'd. 2. Second account of Joh., M. Leech, guardian of Annie R. Carrens, (of age and married), Joshua R., Iselina, and Viola Pheasant, (Viola being de ceased), minor children of George W. Pheasant, dec'd. 3. Account of A. M. Cheney, Administrator of the estates of James and Ellen Cheney, late of Bar ree township, dec'd. 4. Account of Joseph Heffner and John Heffner, Administrators of Jacob Heffner, late of Penn township, dec'd. 5. Second account of Thomas Bell, Executor of the Will of Alexander Bell, late of Barree township, deceased, with distribution annexed. 6. Administration account of George W. States, Administrator of the estate of Abraham States, late of Walker township, dec'd. 7. Partial Administration account of Harris Richardson, Administrator of the estate of Ed mund Yocum, late of Walker township, dec'd. 8. Administration account of W. S. Stryker, Administrator of the estate of Margaret Newell, late of Porter township, dec'd. 9. Administration and Distribution account of William Stewart, Administrator, d. b. a. c. t. a., of William Stewart, late of Barree township dec'd. 10. Account of William S. Enyeart and John S. Enyeart, Administrators of the estate of Jackson Enyeart, late of Hopewell township, ueceased, as filed by W. S. Enyeart. 11. Partial account of Margaret J. Rhodes, Ad ministratrix of the estate of Joseph Rhodes, late of Shirley township, dec'd. . . . . 12. First and Final Administration account of Thomas Fisher, Administrator of the estate of Thomas L. Moore, late of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah, dec'd._ 13. First and Final Administration account of Thomas Fisher, Administrator of the estate of Isaiah N. Moore, late of New Mexico Territory, dec'd. 14. Guardianship account of John A. Wilson, guardian of Laura Barr, a daughter of lames Barr, late of Jackson township, deceased, (the said Lau ra being now of full age.) 15. The second and final account of John Long, guardian of Mary Doyle, (now Mrs. Gordon,) John Doyle, Ellen Doyle, Flora Doyle and Horace S. Doyle, children of James G. Doyle, late of Mount Union, deceased, (as filed by W. B. Leas, Admin istrator of the said John Long, deceased,) with Distribution account attached. 16. First and Final account of Michael H per, Trustee to sell certain of the real estate of Samuel Lutz, late of Shirley township, dec'd. 17. Account of John M. Bailey, one of the Ex ecutors of the last Will of William L. States, late of Walker township, dec'd. 18. Administration account of William Moore, Administrator of the estate of Mary 0. Moore, de ceased, as filed by Robert Johnson, and Michael Sprankle. Executors of the last Will and Testa ment of said William Moore, dec'd. 19. First and Final account of John G. White, Administrator of the estate of William White, late of the township of Cass, deceased, with Distribu tion account annexed. WM. E. LIGIITNER, REGISTER'S OFFICE, ) Register. Huntingdon, March 15, '7B. 1 NOTICE is hereby given to all persons interested that the following Inventories of the goods and chattels set apart to widows, under the provisions of the Act of 14th of April, ♦. D., 1851, have been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, and will be presented for "approval by the Court," on Wednesday, April 10, 1878 : 1. Inventory of the personal property of Martin Morton, late of Huntingdon borough, deceased, as taken by his widow, Susan Morton. 2. Inventory of the personal property of Philip A. Beers, late of Dublin township, doceased,eleeted to be retained bybis widow, Rosannab Beers. 3. Inventory of the personal property of John Long, late of the township of Shirley, deceased, as taken by his widow, Mary Long. 4. Inventory of the personal property of Abner Lamp, late of the borough of Huntingdon, deceas ed, as taken by his widow, Helen E. Lamp. 5. Inventory of the goods and chattels of Eliza C. Slack, deceased, of the borough of Petersburg, as claimed by, and set apart to her daughter, Jen nie Blackwell. W. E. LIGHTNER, Clerk of Orphans' Court. Orphans' Court Office, I March 15, 1878. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE [Estate of HENRY .RIDER, dec'd.] Letters of Administration having been granted to the undersigned, whose poet office address is Warriorsmark, Pa., on the estate of Henry Krider, late of Warriorsmark township, dec'd., all persons knowing themselves indebted are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them duly authenticated for settlement. JOSEPH M. KRIDER, feb. 25-6t] Adm'r. SCHOOL of every fietOOKQ variety, cheap, -A- 0 at the <JOURNAL STORE. HUNTINGDON, Pk, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1878. Ely RIUSCS' Notutr. Licensed, For What ? Licensed—to make the strong man weak ; Licensed—to lay the wise man low ; Licensed—a wife's fond heart to break, And make the children's tears to flow. Licensed—to do thy neighbor harm ; Licensed to kindle hate and strife ; Licensed to nerve the robber's arm ; Licensed to whet the murderer's knife Licensed—thy neighbor's purse to drain, And rob him of his very last ; Licensed—to heat his feverish brain, Till madness crowns they work at last Licensed—like spider for a fly, To spread thy nets for man, thy prey ; To mock his struggles, suck him dry, Then cast the worthless hulk away. Licensed—where peace and quiet dwell, To bring disease and want and woe ; Licensed to make this world a Neil, And fit man for a hell below. Eije THAT ONE DOLLAR BILL. How it did rain that November night ! None of your undecided showers, with hesitating intervals, as it were, between ; none of your mild, persistent patterings on the roof, but a regular tempest, a wild deluge, a rush of arrowy drops, and a thunder of opening floods ! Squire Pratlet heard the rattle against the casements, and drew his snug easy chair a little closer to the fire—a great open mass of glimmering anthracite—and gazed with sort of a sleepy, reflective satisfaction at the crimson moreen curtains, and a gray cat fiist asleep on the hearth, and the canary bird rolled into a drowsy ball of yellow down upon its perch. "This is snug," quoth the Squire; "I'm glad I had the leaky spot in the barn roof fixed last week. I don't object to a stormy night once in a while, when a fellow's under cover, and there is nothing par ticularly to be done, Mary." "Yes," Mrs. Pratlet answered. She was flitting about between the kitchen and sitting-room with a great blue checked apron tied about her waist. "I am nearly ready to come in now, Jo.iah. Now I wonder," sotto voice, "if that was really a knock at the door, or just a little rush of the wind." She went to the door, nevertheless, and a minute or two afterwards she went to her husband's chair. "Joe, dear, it's Luke Ruddilove," she said, half apprehensively. The Squire never looked up from his reading. "Tell him he has made a mistake. The tavern is on the second corner beyond." "But he wants to know whether you will lend him a dollar," said Mrs. Pratlet. "Couldn't you have told him no, with out the preliminary ceremony of coming to me Is it likely I shall lend a dollar, or even a cent to Luke Ruddilove ? Why, I'd a great deal rather throw it among yonder red coals. No—of course, no." Mrs. Pratlet hesitated "He looks so pinched and• cold and wretched, Josiah. He says there is nobody in the world to let him have a cent." "All the better for him, if he did but know it," sharply enunciated the Squire. "If he had come to just that pinch half a dozen years ago, perhaps he wouldn't have been the miserable vagabond he now is." "We used to go to school together," said Mrs. Pratlet. gently. "lie was the smartest boy in the class." "That's probable enough," said the Squire. "But it don't alter the fact. lie's a poor, drunken wretch now. Send him about his business, Mary; and if his time is of any consequence, just let him know he had better not waste it coming here after dollars " And the Squire leaned back in his chair, after a positive fashion, as if the whole matter was settled. Mrs. Pratlet went back to the kitchen, where Luke Ruddilove was spreading his poor fingers over the blaze of the fire, his tattered garments steaming as if he was a pillar vapor. "Then I've got to starve, like any other dog 1" said Luke Ruddilove, turning away "And after all, I don't suppose it makes much difference whether I shuffle out of this world to day or to morrow." "Oh. Luke—not to your wife ?" "She'd be better off without me," he said, down heartedly. "But she ought not to be." "Ought and is are two different things, Mrs Pratlet. Good night ; I ain't going to the tavern, although I'll wager some thing the Squire thought I was?" "And isn't it natural enough that he should think so, Luke?" "Yes—yes, Mary ; I don't say but what it is !" murmured Luke Ruddilove, in the same dejected tone he had used through out the interview "Stop," Mrs. Pratlet called to him, as his hand lay on the door latch, in a low voice. "Here's a dollar, Luke, Mr. Pratlet gave to me for an oil-cloth to go in front of the parlor stove, but I will try and make the old one last a little longer. And, Luke, for the sake of old times—and for the sake of your poor wife and little ones at home —do, try and do better." Luke Ruddilove looked vacantly first at the fresh, new bank-bill in his hand, and then at the blooming young matron who had placed it there. •Thank you, Mary," he said, and crept out of the warm, -bright kitchen into the storm and darkness that reigned without. Mrs. Pratlet stood looking into the kitchen fire. "I dare say I've done a foolish thing," she pondered; •but indeed I couldn't help it. ()f course, he will spend it all at the public house, and I shall do without a new oil cloth; that will be the end of it, all." And there was a conscious flush on her cheeks, as if she had done something wrong, when she joined the Squire in the sitting room. "Nell," said Squire Pratlet, "has that never do well gone at last ?" "Yes." "To the Stokes' tavern, I suppose ?" "I hope not, Josiah." "I am afraid it's past hoping for," said the Squire, shrugging hie shoulders.-- `And now for a pleasant evening. How it does rain, to be sure." And Mrs. Pratlet kept the secret with al her own heart. It was six months afterwards, that the Squire came into the dining-room where his wife was preserving great red apples into jelly. "Well, well," quoth be,. "wonders will never cease. The Ruddiloves have gone away." "Where?" - "I don't know—out West somewhere, with a colony. And they say Luke hasn't touched a drop of whiskey for six months." am glad of that," said Mrs. Pratlet. qt won't last long," said the Squire, despairingly. 'Why not ?" 'Oh, I don't know. I haven't any faith in Bess sudden reforms." firs. Pratlet was silent ; she thought thaikfully that, after all, Luke had not speat the dollar for liquor. Six months—six years—the time sped aloig in days and weeks, almost before buq little Mrs. Pratlet knew that it was gore. The Ruddiloves had come back to Secuosset. Luke had made his fortune, so ihe story went, far away in El Dorado, vulgarly phrased "out West," by the simple Secuossetters. They do say," said Mr. Buckingham, "that he has bought that 'ere lot down opposite the Court House, and he is going to build such a house as never was." `lle must have prospered greatly," said gentle Mrs. Pratlet. "And his wife, she wears a silk gown that will stand alone with its own rich ness," said Mrs Buckingham "I can re member when Luke Ruddilove was nothing but a poor, drunken creature." All the more credit to him now," said Mrs. Pratlet, emphatically. `lt's to be all of stun," said Mrs. Buck inkaam ; "white marble mantles and in laid floors. And he has put a lot of paper and things under the corner one." "The corner what ?" said Mrs. Pratlet, laughing. "Floor or mantle ?" "Stun, to be sure," said Mrs. Bucking. ham, "like they do in public buildings, you know." "That is natural enough." "Well, it's kind o' queer, but Luke Ruddilove never was like anybody else. Folks think dreadful strange he should put a dollar bill in with other things." Mrs. Pratlet felt her cheek flush scar let; involuntarily she glanced to where the 'Squire was secretly checking off a list of legal items in the bill he was making out against his client. But the Squire never looked around, and Mrs. Bucking ham went on with her never ceasing flow of chit chat, and so the hot color died away in her cheekk. After all, the money was her own to give, and the oil-cloth in front of the dining-room stove had an swerel very well. She met Luke Ruddilove that afternoon, fur the first time since his return to Se quosset—Luke himself, yet not himself— the demon of intemperance crushed out of his nature, and his better elements tri =piling at last. He looked her brightly in the face, and held out his hand. "Mary." `l'm glad to see you here again, Luke," she said. tremulously "And well you may be," he rejoined. -I)) you remember that stormy night, Ma ry, when you gave me that dollar bill, and begged me not to go to the tavern ?" Yes." 'That night was the pivot on which my whole destiny turned. You were kind to Re ; when every one P poke coldly ; you trusted in we, when all other faces were averted. I vowed a vow to myself to prove worthy of your confidence, and I kept it ; I did not spend the money ; I treasured it up—and Heaven has added mightily to my little store. I put the dollar bill under the corner-stone of my new house, for the house has arisen from it alone. I won't offer to pay you back, for I'm afraid," he said smilingly, "the luck would go from me with it ; but I'll tell you what I will do, Mary : I will give money, and words of trust and encouragement, to some other poor wretch, as you gave to me." And Squire Pratlet never knew what his wife did with the dollar bill which he gave her to buy a new piece of oil-cloth. *elect j e l istrilang. "That is Near Enough." When we see a piece of work laid down with the remark "That's near enough," we know at once that it is not a first-class job. The employer may say "that's near enough" because he has taken the work at a price that he cannot afford to do good work at, or it may be a temporary repair in which time is of more consequence than first-class workmanship. If a workman makes use of the remark we know that he has little pride in the job, and is satisfied to do inferior work ; while if an apprentice says "that's near enough," we conclude that he is not likely to make any reputa tion as an expert or good workman. Suppose a professor of mathematics were to say twice 2i are 4; it might be near enough for the purpose to which he applied it, but it would not be near enough to maintain, much less to stake, his reputation as a mathematician upon. The difference in time necessary to con vert the quality of a job from that denoted by "that's near enough" into that ex pressed by "that is a first-class job" may be sufficiently worthy of consideration in many cases; but the confidence, expertness, experience, and interest in one's work the latter gives and leads to represent the best time an apprentice or workman can possibly employ, because such practice soon enables him to turn out first-class work in the same time formerly required to finish the job in a "that's near enough" style, and therefore converts him from an inferior or ordinary into a superior workman. "That's near enough" has led to hun dred,' of so-called accidents, which have come down to us as mysteries. It makes hot bearings, throws shafting out of line, causes nuts to come loose, bolts to fall out, shafts to break brings in the plumber to disturb the peace of our homes, leads to stamping, to botch work, and finally to ruin. When the hands can lay down a piece of work and say "that's near enough," the spirit of emulation has gone ; the very ex pression is a confession of indifference as to quality without an equivalent or gain as to quantity.—Scientific THESE facts are worth knowing : It is not what people eat, but what they digest, that makes them strong. It is not what they gain, but what they save, that makes them rich. It is not what they read, but what they remember, that makes them learned It is not what they profess, but what they practice, that makes them good. It is not what they appear to be, but what they really are, that tits them properly for life's mission and destiny I A WESTERN farmer, being obliged to sell a yoke of oxen to pay his hired man, told him he could not keep him any longer. "Why," said the man, "I'll stay and take some of your cows in place of money." "But what shall I do," said the farmer, "when my cows and oxen are all gone ?" "Why, you can then work for me, and get them back." Palestine. The aqueducts to Jerusalem, from Solo mon's pools and the "upper level," con- ducting streams of water to the very high est parts of Mt. Zion, are broken down. The mountain sides and the valleys are de nuded of trees, and the people plant no trees. The very wood that lam using for fuel consists of the roots of trees from near Hebron, planted hundreds of years ago. The olive groves are old, and do not pro duce so abundantly as younger and more vigorous trees. . . . The roadways are broken up, and where once were carriage roads are now bridle paths for mules and horses and donkeys. The people are living upon the remains and the ruins of what their fathers plant ed. Many of them are living in the tombs and caves of the earth. The tomb of St. James, beyond the Kidron, is a magnifi cent structure. In it I found, the other day shivering in the sold, nine men and women and half a dozen kids. The Sil vern village a little further down the val ley, consists of dwellers in the tombs. The plateau of nearly level ground north and west of Jerusalem, at the head of these brooks, or water torrents—the Gihon, and the Kidron, here called Jehosephat—is covered with the debris of the ruins of a former civilization ! Pools now dry, con tain broken columns, capitals, arches, architraves, and curious mosaic work, some times very beautiful, and scarcely excelled anywhere, in any age of the world. The Frank mountain, where Herod the Great was buried, is now only a mountain. The magnificent structures of former ages have fallen into decay. On every hill top all over Judea, are the remains of what were once splendid towns and cities. Within sight of Jerusalem, are the sites of five capitals of states, now either deserted ruins or miserable Mohammedan villages. The walls of the ancient cities are broken down, that of Jerusalem only having been rebuilt, its successive recoveries showing its won derful vitality. Jericho, where Merod the Great died, is a pile of rubbish—sculptured stones lying promiscuously with the broken stones of the once massive walls. I stood on the ruins of Herod's palace close by the fountain of Elisha, and gave, with oth ere, three cheers in honor of the governor of Gilgal (now Jericho), a Nubian is as black as an ace of spades, a major in the Turkish army and a good officer, who had conducted us from Gilgal thus far on our way to Jerusalem. The Jordon Valley is a waste, on both sides of the river. It is one of the finest tropical countries in the world. It has numerous fountains and ways for irrigation. All the waters of the Jordon may be used for purposes of irrigation, so great is the fall ; and the valley is capable of sustaining five millions of souls in comfort, and even in luxury. There are, perhaps, two hun dred and fifty thousand in all Paleatine. Some of the ancient works of this coon try still remain, because of their Cyclopean architecture and substantial character. Sueh are Solomon's pool and the aqueducts which might easily be repaired, and at small cost, comparatively. Some of the tombs which remain were constructed at enormous cost. They were the works of princely treas ures. Such are the tombs of the judges, fifty-five minutes walk north of Jerusalem ; the tombs of the Kings (probably the tomb of Queen llelena and her family, converted to Judeaism about A D. 46), thirty five minutes walk north of Jerusa lem, and the tombs of the prophets, so called, on the south west side of Mount Olivet, about half way up the side of the mount. The tombs of the judges are on the south side of a road, or valley, whose waters flow to the Mediterranean, and they face Nobi Samweli and Rama to the north, where the judges of Israel lived, and judged Israel. They do not properly belong to Jerusalem. The tombs are evidently older than the tombs of the kings, and the style of the structure is different. I have visited be tween twenty and thirty of these tombs on the Mediterranean side of the mountain range, but there is one which, on account of its elaborate structure and rich scalp ture, is called "The Tomb of the Judges." It has rooms leading into rooms, and stair ways leading to rooms below and under the rooms just entered by low ' narrow passag es, and in the sides of these rooms are crypts, or niches, for the reception of the dead, and places for the illuminating lamps and smoke on the walls—in all, as I count ed sixty-one resting places for the illustri ous dead, of whom not a bone nor a parti cle of dust remains. Some of these tombs have swinging doors cut out of the rock, and forming a part of it, and others hays rolling stones, with grooves, in which the stones, cheese-shaped, may be rolled from side to side, while by its own weight on the declining plane it is restored to its place at the mouth of the sepulcher. There have been various eras of Palestine civili zation—that of the Phenicians, of the Jews, of the Romans, of the Saracens, and of the crusaders; and of each era some monu ments remain to this day, but for hundreds of years, since the rule of the Turk, there has been no improvement, but on the con trary, constant deterioration. The earth is cursed for man's sake. The state of the country follows that of the people and de pends upon it. The "upper story" of the intellectual house, seems to be want ing Put Life in Your Work. A young man's interest and duty both indicate that he should make himself in dispensable to his employers. He should be so industrious, prompt and careful that the accident of his temporary absence should be noticed by his being missed. A young man should make his employer his friend by doing faithfully and minutely all that is entrusted to him. Pitch in readily and your willingness will be appreciated, while the "high toned" young man who quibbles about what it is and what it is not his place to do, will get the cold shoulder. There is a story that George Washington once helped roll a log that one of his cor porals would not handle, and the greatest Emperor of Russia worked as a shipwright in England, to learn the business. That is just what you want to do. Be energetic; look and act with alacrity; take an interest in your employers success ; work as though the busines was your own, and let your employer know that he may place absolute reliance on your word and act. Be mind ful ; have your mind on your business, be cause it is that which is going to help you, not those outside attractions which some of the boys are talking about. Take a pleasure in your work; do not go about in a listless, formal manner, but with alacrity and cheerfulness, and remember that in so doing you are laying the foun dation for your own success. SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL A Merry Heart. I'd rather be poor and merry than in herit the wealth of the Indies with a dis contented spirit. A merry heart, a cheer ful spirit, from which laughter wells up as naturally as bubbles the springs of Sara toga, are worth all the money bags, stocks and mortgages of the city. The man who laughs is a doctor, with a diploma endorsed by the school of Nature, his face does more good in a sick room than a pound of powders or a gallon of bitter draughts. If things go right he laughs, because he is pleased; if thergo wrong he laughs, be cause it is better and cheaper than crying. People are always glad to see him, their bands instinctively go half way to meet his grasp, while they turn involuntarily from the clammy touch of the dyspeptic, who speaks in the groaning key. He laughs you out of your faults, while you never dream of being offended with him, it seems as if sunshine came into the room with him, and you never know what a pleasant world you are living in until he points out the sunny streaks in its pathway. Who can help loving the whole-souled, genial laugher ? Not the buffoon, nor the man who classes noise with mirth, but the cheery, contented man of sense and mind ! A good humored laugh is the key to all breasts. The truth is people like to be laughed at in a genial sort of a way. If you are making yourself ridiculous yen want to be told of it in a pleasant manner, not sneered at. And it is astonishing how frankly the laughing population can talk without treading on the sensitive toes of their neighbors. Why will the people put on long faces, when it is su mach easier and more comfortable t 9 laugh ? Tears come to us unsought and unbidden. The wisest art in life is to cultivate smiles, and to find the flowers where others shrink away for fear of thorns. A Remarkable Prophecy. We find the following in an English periodical—" The Bookworm"—devoted to the reproduction of everything that is old in English literature—not with respect to its merit, but because it is old. We have no doubt that the prophecy in question is genuine, and was made, as 'The Book worm" states in 1488, and republished in 1641. This being the case, we must con cede that all the prophecies have been ful filled except the last one. People who are not in any hurry to quit this world will, if they choose to wait, be enabled to judge whether the world will "cease and deter mine" in the coming Anno Domini 1881 : MOTHER SHIPTON'S PROPHECY. Carriages without horses shall go, And accidents fill the world with woe. Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of an eye. Water shall yet more wonders do; Now strange, yet shall be true. The world upside down shall be, And gold be found at root of tree. Through hills man shall ride, And no horse or ass be at his side. Under the water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk, In the air men shall be seen, In white, in black, in green. Iron in the water shall float As easy as a wooden boat. Gold shall be found, and found In a land that's not now known. Fire and water shall wonders do; England shall at last admit a Jew. The world to an end shall ccme In eighteen hundred and eighty one. Books. Although books are not intended for furniture, yet there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. What is more significant of refinement than a row of books on desk or table. Although a house may be filled with the most elabo rately carved furniture yet it seems at least partly unfurnished without some books.— We like homes well furnished with fur. niture, but would prefer less furniture and some books, to all fine furniture and no books. Get both if you can, but be sure you have the books. To spend sometime with a friend walk ing over the finest carpets, occupying the most elaborate chain, and dining on the richest dainties, and at the same time starving our minds because of the absence of books, seems like bribing our bodies for the sake of cheating our minds. Books are the windows of the soul. A house without them is like a room without windows. Na man should think of bringing up his children without sur rounding them with books, provided be can afford it. It is an injustice to his family, a neglect unpardonable. Children learn to read when they are furnished with books. The presence of books and the perusal of them creates a desire for knowl edge, and the desire will be followed by a study of them. The love of knowledge in a young mind is almost sure to keep out the desire for the gratification of the baser passions. Show Your Colors. If you are unfortunate enough to be poor, don't be ashamed of it. Poverty is no crime, if it is honest poverty. Trying to keep up appearances and do as others do, whether it can be afforded or not, has be come the bane of society, and like what is called mimicry amongst insects, produces a nondescript race very difficult to define or assign to its proper place in the order to which it evidently belongs. Of course, we are not advocating the exposure of a man's business affairs to everybody with whom he comes into business or friendly rela tions ; but we do hold that he has no right to pretend to be any better off in worldly goods than he is in fact, for to do so is a deception which is but. another name for dishonesty. To be sure, it is hard to de ny one's self the luxuries of life, and reso lutely turn from all expensive pleasures. But it must be done if wealth is to be re gained. There is a pleasure its self-denial that a majority of our people never expe rienced, for it renders the man who has courage to practice it independent and self. reliant. AN old school teacher in Wisconsin be ing asked, on his examination for a new certificate, whether the United States was a democracy, answered : "No; but it would have been if Mr. Tildeu had been elected. Since Mr. Hayes waa elected, it is a republic." The teacher was as wise as some of our professional politicians. TO DESTROY WARTS.—Dissolve so much common washing soda as the water will take up ; wet the warts with this for a minute or two, and let them dry without wiping. Keep the water in a bottle, and. repeat the washing often, and it will take away the largest warts. Education for the People of the South. 2. WHAT THEY ♦SK. From the statement I have given of the illiteracy so prevalent in the South, it may be questioned whether the people there, as a mass, are likely to ask relief or assistance from the General . Govern ment or any other source; whether the large percentage of the population of that section that cannot read is capable of desiring or of making, an effort for any change or improvement.— It cannot be said that these people are asking anything for themselves. A. united request, when it comes from them, may be very different from the one that is now made; but help is being asked for them by the more intelligent of the Southern citizens. We may better understand what they desire by knowing something of the history and eztegt of the movement, for the pro motion of which the Atlanta convention was held. Some information in regard to these may he gathered from the remarks of the president of the convention. He said it was well knewn that for a number of years past measures had been intro ducted in Congress bearing upon the subject of providing national aid to education. Recently, the matter had been brought more prominently forward. At s meeting of the National Educa tional Association resolutions were adopted strongly in favor of this policy. In the month of December a meeting of superintendents was held in Wash ington, at which twenty-two States were repre sented. There was only one person there from the Cotton States—himself—and only four from what were formerly considered Southern States.— Notwithstanding that those present were mainly Northern men, resolutions were passed in favor of setting apart the public lands, or the proceeds therefrom, in aid of popular education. When he returned to Atlanta a meeting was held in that city, by which the calling of a convention of Southern gentlemen, to consider this great ques tion, was authorized. There are no doubt many in the North who would be glad to see the educational wants of the South supplied out of the national resources, and some may go so far as to assent to the unequal division proposed—a distribution upon the basis of illiteracy—but there will be serious differecces of opinion in regard to important details. The resolutions of the Atlanta convention, and the discussion which followed them, give us a dis tinctive expression of Southern views and senti ments. While in their general tenor they favor the measures now pending in Congress, yet they attach conditions to the appropriation of the fund of which the South desires so large a share, with out which the gift may be rejected by the very men who are asking it. One clause of the pre amble to those resolutions is as follows: The measures referred to do not claim for the National Government the right to control educa tion in the States, but provides simply for turning over the fund raised to the constituted authorities of the several States, to be applied under the State laws. That the gentlemen composing the convention were extremely sensitive in reference to "State rights," and fearful that the Government might assume to control the expenditure of any fund it might furnish in aid of education, is shown not only by this, but by another resolution they adopted. It relates to sustaining the National Bureau of Education, recommending the more liberal support of it by Congress, "it being expressly understood," they say, "that any appropriations are not claimed . to interfere with the systems of public schools fostered and sustained by the several States of the Union." They pledge themselves to an impartial appli cation of the fund arising from the sale of the public land as follows : Resolved, That, as the educational laws of the several States represented by us make no discrimi nation& in favor of or against the children of any class of citizens, and as those charged with the administration of these laws have endeavored in the past to have them carried into effect impar tially, so do we pledge ourselves to use our In fluence to seenre even-handed justice to all classes of citizens in the application of any educational funds provided by the National Government. Had they left this resolution without any ex planation or qualification, it might have seemed satisfactory enough. But it was too broad and fair in its purport to be entirely acceptable to some of the members of the convention. An laquiry was made of the Chair "whether Kentucky would come in under that resolution," that State having two distinct school systems, one for the whites and another for the blacks The Chair replied that the language s4nply bound them to apply with out any partiality whatever funds they might ob tain, and that Kentucky would not object to that. Thus interpreted, it was adopted. It is merely a pledge, therefore, and that from an irresponsible convention, that if any aid be re ceived from the Government it will be distributed equally among different classes. It may signify that there will be a pro rats division according to the number of black and white children, or ac cording to the school attendance of each class. It is impossible to say exactly what eonstructloa they may place upon it, even ifit can he regarded as binding upon anybody, since they have already construed it not to be a guarantee that the means of education furnished by the States shall be with out any distinction on account of race, color, or previous condition. They ask, substantially, that eighty per cent. of the national domain, or of the money into which it may be converted, be placed absolutely at their disposal for educational purposes; that the Govern ment, when it parts with the property or the fund, shall also relinquish all control of it ; that so long as the States disburse it without discrimination, as between different classes of children, the Gov. ernment shall not interfere, no matter how unwise or unfair may be its expenditures in 3ther respects; that the States may each have as many systems of education as there may be races or Ames among its people, the State prescribing the system for each race or class. When the necessity of ed ucating the people of so large a section as the Southern states devolvbs upon the nation, it be comes a grave question whether the subject of ed noation is not properly one of these that ought to be solely under national supervision and when the South asks for this they will ire t aking a great stri le towards the end I hope they are seriously anxious to attain. 3—WHAT THIT 1111111 D. It is not within the scope of this article to lay down or suggest a plan of education for the South. We have methods in the North that can be adopted or improved upon. Our Pennsylvania system, al though not perfeet, is gradually becoming more nearly so, and is worthy of consideration by the Southern States. There is one feature in it that is likely to be copied, and perhaps serried out to a very radical extreme, by the South, and that is the distinction madebetween the black and white chi!• dren. Even this should be avoided. and the es tablishing of two systems, as has been done in Kentucky, should not be tolerated, if the General Government is to furnish aid to education. Of course, there is needed in the South all the appliances for instruction, the most important of which is proper buildings and a sufficient number of them. In Pennsylvania, we have school houses on every public highway, accessible to every child in the State of six years of age and upwards. This makes it necessary tha' they be bat a few miles apart, and oue house answers for ell the children of a community. In the South they should be equally numerous. and accessible. At the same time the strictest economy in school buildings is indis pensible. There should be no more than Is abso lutely required. To attempt to erect two buildings in the same neighborhood, one for each race, or even to erect larger buildings to be divided into separate apartments, would be an increase of ex. penditnre that the South canqgt bear of itself, at that it would scarcely be ableTo meet with the as sistance itseeks. They who are obliged to ask for help to the extent that the people of the South do, should avoid every indication of extravagances. In the larger towns and cities, where a number of schools may be maintained, there may be separate schools for whites and blacks withoutenconntering the objection I have mentioned, but as the great mass of the children is in the rural districts, the system that may be adopted should be uniform, and whatever is inexpedient and impracticable genera:ly should not be applied in any locality. The additional expense of supporting separate schools is a stronger argument against it in the South than in the North. Not much less important is the subject of teset, ere. They should be entirely free from the preju dice against the negro that even Northern people are likely to entertain. They should be impressed with the truth that it is not merely for the indi vidual benefit of the child that the State furnishes the means of education, but that the nation, in do ing so, is taking care of itself; and especially tbat the General Government, should it render assist ance in the matter, would do so principally upon that consideration. We have made the negro free, we have given him the right to vote and to hold of fice, and have made him as much a ruler as the white man. His ballot, although it may not he intelligently cast, has the same weight in the re sult of an election as the ballot of the wisest states man in the land. To vote properly and to rule fairly requires qualities of which he is defieient, and which he is yet to acquire. His instruction is, therefore, a work of patriotism, oneof the high eat duties a citizen can perform for his country. Snob teachers as the South needs would form an army with purposes as noble as that which madea free country out of that which before had been a Republic only in name. With the resources in their school treasuries, for which they have made sn appeal, and with the buildings and teachers, I have barely suggested, the leading wants of the South would be nearly met. In regard to these the nation has a duty to perform, and a responsibility resting upon her which I will next consider. _ _ MILTON S. LYTLI. HUNTINGDON, March 1, 1878. The New York Herald up Senator Misr*, "talk• like a coffee mill retired on half-pay." NO. 12.
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