Mr. Wickersham is a somewhat rare example of a man who has mastered his Profession, without allowing it to master him. He has always taken a deep inter est in public affairs outside of it. - A. few facts will be narrated,,showing with what results this has been done. The idea of , eduCating, and schools and homes" ,provided by . thc .state for the ' Purpose, the or an children of 0 3v e„. gfataiers• and - sailors left - in indigent feircemistande's,kiriiinath r d Curtin, then •Governor of the Common ,vvcal!,h ; ;; laup•!lhe plan; ofi carrying this -ide"..l 'info leffeet i , "in its ' - main '.feacares" that .u.nyLin....operat.ion; ; ;was—propared by Mr. Wickersham, in Alte..winter of .1864, the ir gnyernor's t request.: , ' Inlissohoolreport:of-a866 514.1 r. Wick: f emitnnk.,,,eyx,sp„in*.roference `,.our state ,citaritable,inatitotionsi-tthat, Nag"-provided , no reg 03gi 9r, inspecting Ahem, 01}JO,f4k1E% f ; Phe , 4 interest the stots.has4a they.t . , and: no :; central tliori; ty witase duty it is.to :receive report, tab =,,,alato.yset4, tef,yook.log over' the: whole the 81.1*ifieport..ke „strongly Lurges the estobli:sh:m"'enCof a 7". Central • Office' to, meet -the , wants ,deolured,to exist., :,He (hewed- the - matter, of so .tsueh,importarkee that ~,he tookXrequent occasion to press it ,personally upon •the.nttention of leading Senators, urdiiil,„in„4B6B,,„.Dr,\ Wilmer - Worth; ingt4,,,,the„Roble4tearted.Sewitei fioto;it'S dhesier7iiiitrict.oifered.a resoln lion.proviclitii,dorthe-appointment-of two • 'Sehators,,wlio, in.conjunetion with the Sn- - Periatendeut4 Common Schools were .di rected to inquire into the propriety of • es tablishing a _Board 'of State Charities. • i'his i gommission,,spent . ' considerable time in _visiting. the v _eharitnble institutions .of the their',roport, which was writEtenb 3.lr...ivickersham„was so favor ably:receii,C4,Shat,an,act was passed, al roh:4 unani m ously , providing, for the es tairlaiinent of such a board. The board hasiiiVvilie r en''orianiCed and unless the tropes 6fzaan3rfar 7 seeing men shall be dis -apptcatedile ;will be .. productive of, more ixie thkri . ailtiLint• Ndone by, the Legiida tuitt'of:PennOlvanie for years. • ...o:3*ers7ia,nt has never been. eon bylckness. a da a y in his "Sin sieves drank a glass : of strong *Oa; aor doek,k,e use ,to . !:4ancoin, apy of its fOrnii: From 1841 ,to. 1853 he was a irsp*tivetimperanee.. Th man,. taking a leading part . in - ..neVeral organizations in tended ..to check" Pie use of strong drink, Convinced at last, by long exp - eiretice; . ibt the most. effective way to overcome the evils Social evils, is .to educate tliOiSin'ggeeprittiOn in a,iiroper man lier,' arid thus ~'preient _the formation of bad . habits;fOi the - last fifteen years;throsrti his ., entirn., , prtet:gies, into the orlifting up _ the' whoje 'people, by eAncatitig Ito ,others the management of . , reformatory „agencies. which' he considers; narrower 'and less rad-, teal:"' With this hiihtis much interest in - the cause*Snf; Sabbath-schools, giving it. theadaantage ; o£ his.official.as, to; see - 'gip instrue4on imp ited, in; the. cb?tnott• 'schools, ..„suppleramß:e_-_, : -.1.7.,,a systeM hrnish,Anoretpositive religious than such •schools admit 'of. - _ much time as leis active ,professional. has:perinitteq, iViCkerabsin .has d'eorsite'd ; ,toselentifie • .Be ! hes mafirittirner44;:in':rtie r fs.:thrOugh the, purpose.of GdOlogy in the fields is a. nieniber of the Ilisto,rical'Sciaiief Penn ,sylvanie, and'''President of the Maureen . ,Slicietx„ofllaineaster. : Re is ` especially. i ttMetajiiy;inS,"ti'd has read eaten • siyely„'On that - suljoct. „ ;;;;: 4 1'finagli - liVillit' oliti eian , Mr. Vas iiirayatakert . a deep in r•z:-4-f politicalen quite a cooyen-, boas, grid mahe : apuechea , on slavery ,„- the live,tariff;'and other ; ssaea. of the, day. thlit app ey tains • to Kiiiiiie';l4 hi'stOrl'Of governments, and 'the 'seiened r of politics.. Though • earefill;not - to .exhibit, any...partisan feel , • ' - • •- inge in the - discharge:pf:his2duties of the his, conv lotions' on •fth , great questions that - haire'ee'icieup beier'd' the - American peo pfliqh theilast' tweoiy are of "the mitiedecided - eli erecter. general, Po-. caadd'', Plain, ing;thet; : itaiiih,'Ont in his career ..es an abOliiicineit;' ho g r ave his first vote " - for President, in'lB:4B, to 'the"Riots - .can didite; @though t*ticket; received but a jingle '6;iite'besides: his in the town where he then resided , out of, a poll of five ed; and 'hd the' same thing, 'rOted'fer Prernont; e1,,860 . , for Lincoln ; in 186.1; a ,, sin for Libeofn,;' and in JB6B for Grant , fiat - 60i lheto''t'enaliait l'Uttire; 'l'Jll';' 7 Vickersham - has ” still before him -fears of Usefulness. 'That' he may long live to serve his fellow-men, in his pres: . eat position„ - Or in some other : equallyhigh aakhoeorable, Li the wish, of ...thousands. , , • gfforts like his,,Oireeted always to pro mcg:tlie goOd, well deserve ,the grat'efidil l oki4WledieMent of the people.. - ..t: • Letattri7louid. • Tux rth.lishetis oftEre%tigni.rigatirnal, 'Sobnytkill.vontity-, - saythatea '.rfen:' , days , shice;:therdispatished torinator Carver = on'ktoriffpetition',!onilinadredatid Sixty feetin-lengthviiearing the namis:Cof work ing toen.of thatScounty. , ,ThereditOr says petitionis-not.eaetiontWoi-selfish;'• It !frays tTor onitection , to 'every 'branch- of Ata,etieanAndtistry: that' tiee 'lt fianted , 4n. the. spirit that aliotild'animate 'all similar petitions ;< a spitimhat trill edd' .strength to the , :prineiple , '"Of;:elicorirailek. end .Workiten in , pie* ereoWto raoseokr, t if o peel q ra: . . A.,e,A.rarthe eourkiry has-heed' humiliated; bYLiheilkalr t age s of,4he fact that several ' - :: --80 44. 1 rio;w'.P,C4gi'esiiielk:i:-: have , sold .! fivc.l,hnedrek,dellars Act. threee • diossafill 'seem impose le ; pori.flcupy-tv-Irepr,!sentatite,, any tivEi zdepairtmeater which: giarrk*itri it to ii:inviaiet'or: less deitiVerthi3 egg eadumbia „ q v.* tfte : • - J. W49791:7*. _ " Editor. J. W. YOCUM, _ Polo Ushers and , WOLFEESSERGEWI Proprietors." C01.13.in bia, Pa. Saturday, .February 10,1870. Cowanmaknoichletters, contributions, generally of merit andinterest to the reader, will be acceptable, Trove' friends from all Quarters. "- - SUBSCRIBE FOR; THE Co ()It MBI A SPltt ; - T.HE t 'COLUMBIA SPY! NEW' YORK INDEPENDENT ! PT= IngiOßAV=oB Or Grant ..4a. -Colfax ! The SPY, worth $2.00 per 'auy num; the NEW YORK MDR. PENDENT Worth $2.50 Per' • annalta; Steel. E.-.--mar: • lug or Grant,. worth $2.00, and a Steel Engraving Colfax, vrortla - • • - $2.00 Ar.:4; - *Oiei•ovit . 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We make the same over to any person, whether an old of new subscriber, who will se cure ene new subscriber and $4-U) in each. °TIMER PREIIIIIIIIIII6I2 Iforl3 new subscribers, andl3oAo In cash, we will give one of Webster's New UNABRIDGED 'DICTIONARIES, containing 3000 enizavingi, and the most complete work "in the English language.- To - everynew subscriber, or to every *id sub. scriber, who secures , a new subserilitioit forms; and $3.00 -In cash, we will send to anyrukirera One copy of the B and a copy of Tax JUDY'S Irritzurr, a monthly magazine of literature and fashing, for one year.. , - THE LAST AND BESTS • WE £S Et.:varsosi3, Sewing 21fackiine 1 For 60 new subscribers and Sl3lOO in cash, ire will give one of Wheeler and Wilson's tinri 7 vaned Family Sewing Machines, the best in the world, and selling at the' rate of one hundred thousand a year ; the cash price of which is $85.00. This machine may be seen at the General Agen cy, Bi North Queen Street, Lancaster. Pa: Here Is an opportunity to get a macbLae for nothing. It is warranted for one year, and in structions bow to operate given free: The ma chine will be complete in every department, with all the necessary attachments perfect.. Lat asses who' will get the first. Comparative Expenditures. In a recent discussion upon the appro, priation bill in the House, the following facts—were revealed, which- prove that-a comparison of the accounts of the present with -those of the 33rd Congress is • not favorable to the lasted economy' of the democracy. .. • • . In reply , to.Mr: , Maynard, - Wlici bad in r " :citdrettas tokhenomparatiie cost:of print . .? 'ing.stith former periede;l6ll;aflin.stafecr !that _.:clusingt-,:thethirtT.th!rdl.Congituie.; Boyd, 'Mensociat, - -4via iSpeaker ofthe - Howe, i.-there , had -been' paid, for printing of the Senate . and House • ofßepresentativss $2,229,715, and duiirig the Thirty-ninth Congress with Schuyler Colfax, itepablican, Speaker 61.',535,791, iaAliminution-in favor of z thelteptiblicaa sidminiatration of 4684,924.; _adding the -eitia coat-. of: material, he .showedra-Ite..'' publican economy-in the item , of 'printing aldne for.one Congress of $2,350,460, and - no , allowance 'for v , increase - frbrus : the' war, internal revenue; or- population.'" . 'Mr. Dawes commented upori-the lecture • read to - the House by his geatle dolleaglie; whose conversion seemed -as made' titiitd . remarkable as that of him: whojeurneyed to-Damascus. He- (Mr. 'Dawes) aPpre- - handed it to be his duty whenever such'-a: question was before.the Haase laittiftilly and: calmly and . ' justly' 'and ritoPtirtially, but without fear, favor, or affection, to' make diligent inquiry•wherel,isisry dollar of , the' public 'money had goue,•nr might; or would' go;' and ..so long -atbe'-bad the confidenee: of the House 'stud: of Oft . 'co'inii: try, he should eoliths ue-fe pursue= sibs Course without 'regard.te . -suolt-febittiis: •J. Mr. Butler diSclaimed all ititeiation-nr, lecturieg:the Houk, had' desirthi:Onne' : for all•to harigainstttireatOcilew; tweenSaul'ufa'aistis and him9elf ` 4Hel►sri heard it nineteen times statar.htilt:int.ithe Ifebse. There.were. - ahree shiers :which. he thought might be= - omit ted•' hereitfter, , because the :country , understood - them4-- first, that he had. voted ,-fbr Jeff Davis; second, that he had got a sudden conver sion, and third,. that be had-,UOt . been in 'the Republican party as long as,aome oth er people. - All- that was true. He had Uo:doubt-.that in ; the'Vldem, dines there against Paul because Judas was the older apostle; [Laughter.] • . • The Grand Aiminf the C cinstitution— What .conatitution - isnot stated, but prob ably 'of theao-called Southren Confedera !4±iti the . latest organization, inaugurated • by the Pensocrapy for political -purposes: 'lt is heralded as a rival of the Grand 4 Ariny of the Republic; but as the latter .Orgniaisithiii "does not by its constitution; Perniit meddling in politics it can : not be properly called a rival. incht - Of the . . disChirged soldiers of the Union , At:tni are - meiaberi of - the Grind 4rtity'of ,the: Republic, there iolicitude as to the probable futtireAntliteriCe of the nevi"order: Ie ie rio:dotibt designed t'O'fit.: olnde in itanletaberShfp such' inetiii Lee; thigg;TtirTeet;lAnieby'itrid 'other s gallanti 'chieftains eflha"latif;e4lsaiiititueis?' "'. tx if, WM= 4r. to-dayta. 4 ' brietbiography " of • •Wiekershimnby J. Trainor; :King, Editor of the Leisure Ruin: Als.: an interesting letter from Rome by IdisS ;Blanche Nevin.: Islzeaux one .million 1 of colored, men ;4 •,. 4 • r. L'" • .be.,enfranobpsed ,Fio+,spntb • • •4 ••-• T 75 Thii.Ezaminaw"dc'Heralel , hilf thre e74' - 3`reasurt .°43`onte#' G. A. C. Tax,project : et establishing a rzading "room "'cam 'be aCcoeipliehed, if we act ..p v ta r tAy.and with determination.. ~ ' • From Harrisburg. A‘i'-':4dward Scull contesting the, vote of ,ElAtm Findley in the Senate, has ith ,,„idrawp from the contest. The 'investiga !tioia?of the Diamond vs. Watt case is pro quietly, with the chances in fa vor of the latter gentleman. neIITHINTMENTS BY THE GOirEADIHR. Tlisit'''Governor has made the renewing appointments, thus far leaving Lancaster county, out in the cold : George Sheaffer sealer of weights and measures for the Southern district of Philadelphia. Parkhurst hi'Laughlin superintendent of powder magazine, Philadelphia. Henry E. Goodinan; . port ;physician. William Si - Thoinson, lazeretto physi cian, Phltdelphia. itobert L. Bodine, flour inspector at Philadelphia. • LOCAL LEGISLATION. :The following is the local legislation for Lancaster. county since my • last: Bills ,ond,Petitions introduced :—ln • the Sen nte—By•Mr.,Billingfelt, An actrequiring the Co'm'mon: School Reports to be die trib 'fited by' the' County Superintendents in stead of by the members of the Legisla, ture, thus savingover 83,000 to the State. In Corantittew., Also, An act (with peti tions, for same) Mineorporate the Pequea Warwick - andSpringville R. R. Company. In Committee. - Also, (with petition) An act declaring part of Conestoga creek in the county of-Lancaster a public highway for the propagation of fish- In Commit tee. Atso, (with petition) An act incor porating the Pequea Association of Lan caster comity for the detection of theives and recover/of stolen property.. In com ' vriilloP Also a resolution calling on the Auditor_ General for a statement of the minty accostus with the State. Passed. Also, a petition from citizens of East ilempfield township, praying for the pas sage of an zorto - havethe bounty account of said' township re-audited and settled. -Also, a petition' for an appropriation to -Experimental Tarm in Chester County. In the House—by Dr. 11-..rr,"an act to tax morgages and other securities in Lan caster county. in Committee. - By Mr. Wiley, petitions lor- an appropriation to Experimental.farm in Chester county: • By 'Mr. Godshalk;4o..act continuing the pres ent fees of theiredithty . officers. The followhVbairpassed the Senate : An act-requiring the Commissioners of Lancaster county, to give bond with sure ties for the faithful- performance of their duties. • - The following has passed both Houses : - An act proiriding. for thi eleition of a solicitor of .Lancaster county.--Father _Abraham. A NIIIMBER of prominent Pennsylvania Democrats, including such .men as S- S. Haldeman, ELM. North f re2is Haldeman, and, William Patton have united in a pro test against theaCtian "of those Democrat is neemlieri of the House who are voting against protectien and in favor of free trade. We trust these Democratic mem bers will pay some heed to the voice of their constituent, wbo declare that, if the free-trade. Democratic policy is triumph ant,-"theYmnst blow out their furaaces." The true remedy for these afflicted Demo cratic manufacturers is not to protest but to vote against their partisan representa tires. The industrial interests of Penn syivania are inseparably allied with• the success of the Republican party; and an iron .mantnanufacturer; -transporter, or laboring' man— who votes for the - free trade:party, votes-against his- own pocket. j—Press. - 'We :trnst 'OUT neighbor will pay full share of :attention 'to these. delectable , worthies Und lHonoraries who -are so fast. ,bringing• , r'aProach upon Pennsylavniu tpolitics;-and'who.lsave. joined with other -breale.,dow'n our wealth, Gets; Woodward and Read iii,glioldtheirseate.hyvirtsie.of deMocrat -io,votes; the vary - men—whose names are attached them protest, helped virtually to - put them there. We have a copy of of-this circular letter, to which the Press nifers, but will-not- publish it as the sub 'astairica'les L,:klreatly been given _above. Wlieu wili 'men ]earn :wisdom, and vote 'for-the proteaticin of their "furnaces." ,SZNATOR.BILLINGEELT.and his com mittee nre.still investigating the manage menCof:the Treasury by Mackey and his predecessors. Some rich facts are being _developed. That Mackey used the funds 'for • his'lasen. interest is settled beyond a doubt. --This the people know and-believe. But ,the investigation- is developing. facti - -about, the. management. of the Treasury which, will implicate outside. parties in donlo4, transactions. Money lag..been placed on deposit in, such suspicious cir emmitance,s as to be almost unnegotiable .if.notzquiter,aos and ; ,thatlapecul.4 tion by other parties with public funds, by means Of-these deposits, have at : times threatened iEmtrepsurey. with, ruin. . aux progress,ofdrhejnvestigation, 'arid;know;thatfwith - alr.Zillingfelt, , noth ing t undone ,to -,show..ttp the ~. trumumaditiomtiflim ,Treasuay. rtlpc -:::7lerfild in - referring: to ,whiit it calls s ies4er from the Presvon the re eePtieri Of`the news of the pa' ssage of the idetropolitin Police Bill, is guilty of one of, these Wilful' Misrepresentaticns for which it has become notorious, and which respectable lournalism . always discard. In the first place, 'the article was not a lead• :eibut merely a - local . report. In the sec 'sand place, it was given _asnews only in our news Vfilii* . tlie - 71 - ein/ct calls endorsement, because we "published it withont comment." There can be noth ing More absurd than to hold -a journal responsible for the'daily tales of murder, robbery, and human. Wretchedness, which appear in its columns. If lying is a vir :We; the`iferaq men are in .posession of it. AA3iLLI has ; been introduced tnto tb e legislature. -providing ,;for -the reimburse ment 'of; , citisons;• residing , in the bordor ,countiesi:who lost their • property,duting the4ebelliowby rebel raiders. It is esti mated that it , willfcait at least three mill= iOnsfro,effeet-tha reiinbursement. • This is one of ,the !jobs" we read of. It was a nationaLlenetny, not' the State's enemy, which- destroyed - property. Hence let thitkNatiott,.and not.the State, pay for the loss. Besides, manyof the petitioners iivra sank ~ettemies ~of4he government—= Avowed•copperheidek they at least - should , .net berrewarded for their sympathy. gerceldpliGlialies an account of .a • • • robbery at Jersey Shore, Pa., and of an, sssaPli:ap!:l battery with _intent to kill in bleat poCalico, township, this county. As theseUre both published without comment, they,'aecerding to their own rule; virtually endtireeinirder and - robbery.' We are not initch:surprised. Almost a Double Tragedy. The Davenport, lowa, " Democrat" telle the • following story: Hans 71s good at "pitch," but rot a success* i► provider. won'fmake: any money himself, and spends what Gretchen makes. She inter viewed a-druggist. Ile promised arsenic, smelt a rat, put Hans on his guard, and gave Gretchen starch instead, of poison. Hans threw up his hand,and went borne. It was somewhat late and be could risk it for an hour or two by the side of the would-be ' - murderess. Next day, everything moved. on Just tho same. Hans did't eat' a very, hearty break fast, and went up town t..) buy his proven der. At dinner time he . caniehotnehungry, and pitched into the victualskrith unspeak able avidity. Hls jaws soon lighted on the treacherous starch. He gave a yell and 'doubled himself up like a wounded boa constrictor. He fell on the floor and had spasms. In short, he took on scollepa high. His wife sat by, enjoying the•spectacle_ and tenderly inquiring, " swat ir: der matter mit Hans ?" When he bad becothe insensible, elm' wen t up stairs, three at a time, and let down a good size rope through an auger hole, into the room where Hans lay. Then she came down and fastened the rope around his neck, propped him up in sitting position, and again went up stairs. But Hans bad an inkling of her fell intent, and coming to himself, with remarkable presence of mind be quickly undid the noose fron his neck and slipped it around the leg of the dinner table, then be calmly sat down In u chair and awaited developments. The way that table lit across tbeifinor the next minute watt a caution.' It wiiiyanked all out of ghape,. and every cilith on it smashed into a thousand';pieces, and then the piece of furniture drawn tight lii:ligain4 the ceiling. Soon after wa - s Beard tote voice of his beloi-ed wife from the upper einintber . window, calling out in accents of grief that her dear lord had committed suicide, and the neighbors commenced to run towards the house. Coming down stairs she met tho irate Hans, who advanced threateningly,•brand ishing a formidaplo switch, with which he procceded.to belabor her most unmercifully. Gretchen could not seo "how it come to was " that Hans could swallow poison with impunity, and gives it up as a bad job. Hans enjoys his customary evening game, and has his opinion of a man who can't gov ern his household. General A St. Loris paper compares something to " the pot . caught railing at the nig ritunotis peculiarity of the kettle." Defluitiouof - pritie by a four-year older— ., Walking, with a cane when you ain't lame." • coteiMporary appals oyster eaters by describing the oyster as a " marine aseyha ions mollnie of-the lamelli-branchiate or der_of.the genus ostrea." , Mrs. Gaudelle, of North Adatris, Massa. chusetts, recently presented her):Msband _with three boys at a birth, all of whom are Hiring and doing well. Beecher says that almost "every scrape into which he has ever fell, has been in at tempting to befriend some unpopular cause or some unfortunate man." While the authorities of two towns in Maine were disputing which should support a pauper family, three of the children be longing to it starved to death. The woman questiou—is he rich? Men who take things as they come along —thieves. A Fox Hunt, which was- to have occurred on last Tuesday, .at Oxford, did not come off, because Iteynard would not run.—The Press intimates that the animal • might .have been intoxicated• from breathing the respired air from the lungs of some of his Aormentors, who had been indulging in the ,ardent, or,- what-more probable, was made :drunk , so he could not rod, that a little _more whisky might-be sold. The whole affair Mailed ha a "free tight." ..'P-ittelarsilatu),w;paidare.4oB44Mear.. The Common Council of 'Oland 'Rapids, •Michigan, having prohibited the boys from --coasting on the-sidewalks, ; the juveniles went a petition to the city fathers , after the following effect " The undersigned boys of to-day, but voters of a few years hence respectfully request your honorable body to enforce the ordinance requiring our fath -ers to keep the sidewalks free from snow. Uwe may not slide upon the sidewalks we -would like them kept so that we can walk upon them." Sixty-skaters have been drowned in Ohio within the past few weeks.' Thu un dertakers indorse skating as a rational amusement, .A Correspondent of the Philadelphia Sear puts the population of Lebanon at 2,000. This is hard on Lebanon. The young women of LawiAown, have formed a society, pledging themselves not to kiss any man who uses tobacco, and the:, young,men have formed l a society, pledging theruselves.not to look ht a young woman who wears false hair:. Aia conse quence marriage l'censes are not in active 'demand. A dispatch front:Portland, Me4,lllYs that the ice-dealers in Maine on account of the mildriesa of the winter in other States will besides filling their ice-houSes, stacks a large