JeECHOFHOOM.A. WALLACE.
Lrercd Hi thr lt ". Marrh, .HUT,
T mm Hi C.rnernl Hlln4 1-aw.
11, Wallace said :
jlr Speaker, tlii ubject is bo im
L"rti,nt in iis bearings upon tlie future
Vibe Coinmoiiwcukh and so directly
IflorH '"J" itnmodiato coiiHtitucntM,
i'lt I deem it my duty to place, upon
'ord my reasons for tho sovciu. Votes
f l.ave ((iven and shall give upon the
j;;' t is an adniitlcd lad that a ni ti
ll it v of tho people of Poiinnylvania
io favorable to tho passage of a "frco"
J general" railroad law. ISoth can
iiJatesfortiubernatoriul honormU tlie
fate election placed themselves upon
jVcortl in it" favor. Uoth tho invom
jmj mid outuoing (Governor rceom
liendt'd it. Tho Committee on llail
iads of this body recognized this fact
and reports favorably the bill beforo
J. which is entitled "An act tonuthor-
!ie the formation of railway cotnpan
I cannot but regret that the
tommitteo has not given us a more
.berul bill ; it is better than none, but
it by no means what it should be.
fits title expresses what it is, but I fear
iibe authority given is so defective in
lilt details, so restrictive in its essen
tial features, that it can never be a
v general" railroad law. Deficient fes
ju it, restricted as are il details, it
Ikus our plain duty to accept from
jthe committee and the majority ot
hhis body a bill which they have per
latently refused lo permit us to amond.
.If we refuse to accept this, our work
iinust be recommenced at the bottom,
rniisi, we accept our uiuviiuuiu iuie
nd point out the defects in the bill,
oncentrate public opinion upon thorn,
orce them into the canvass before tbo
jieople and thus compel candidates for
!nce 10 commit iiicmscives m iavor
tit tueir correction, wo miaii oeenaoiuu
to amend and reform the law in future
sessions. We daro not ussume that
tho House will refuse to amend the
bill as the Sonute has, and it becomes
our duty to send it to thorn in as good
a form as we can. Who will under
take to say that, in placing upon the
statute books a law recognizing the
free railroad system as a part of our
policy, we are gaining nothing? It
18, in reality, a victory over the oppo
nents of this system thnt we hate
thus wrung from them. They reluct
antly yield, yet yield they do, and we
compel thcin to place upon record
their solemn admission that a free
railroad system is, and ought to be,
the policy of Pennsylvania. This is
the great, leading, fundamental idea
in tbo bill, and its details will bo form
ed and shaped to mould and carry out
the wishes of the people thus recog
nized. We may fail to aid in shaping
those details, but our successors will
find itnn imperative duty. Entertain
ing these views, and having been, in
all its stages, and during my entire
legislative career, an advocate of the
adoption of this system, I cannot now
refuse to vote for tho bill because 1
have failod to amend it as my judg
ment dictated, and my caructd efforts
have demonstrated, was my wish.
Upon the consideration of tho bill
in committee of the whole, it seemed
as thopgh amendments were to bo per
mitted ; upon repeated divisions of the
committee, the friends of a liberal pol
icy were successful, and valuable ad
ditions were engrafted upon the bill.
Whether this was becauso tho yeas
and nays could not be called, or for
what reason it occurred, 1 cannot say,
but the tactics were changed, and,
upon a test vote, the committee of tho
wholo aroso and were refused h ave to
tit again. Tho affect of this vote was
to cut of all the amendments that had
been made, and allow the bill to come
up on second reading precisely as it
had been reported from the Railroad
Committee. It is a significant fact
that all of the Senators who voted for
that motion have since been found
voting steadily against amendment.
The first section of the bill author
izes tho oreation of a railway corpora
tion of not less than nine persons, and
fix as the amount of capital stock at
not less than fifteen thousand dollars
per mile. It was proposed to reduce
tbis to ton thousand dollars by the
frionds of the more liberal policy.
The tenth section of the bill author
izes the mortgage of the ruilway to an
amount not exceeding twenty thou
and dollars, and it seems fair to sup
pose that In localities in which rail
roads can be constructed for ten thou
sand dollars per mile, those who invest
their money, and sink it in grading
and bridging, should be permitted to
execute a mortgago on the road for
superstructure and equipment. There
ftro many portions of tho' Common
wealth in which this amount is fully
adequate to these purposes, and it
seems like imposing unnecessary
weight to compel tho subscription of
one-third more, with its accompanying
addition of taxation. Surely tliin pol
icy is not liberal ; it is the very roveree.
The second section provides thai
before the certificate of incorporation
ehnll be issued, at lenst ton thousand
dollars per mile shall be subscribed in
good faith, and ten per centum thoro
on paid in. We moved to strike out
ten thousand dollars and insert four
thousand, nnd again were voted down
by tho friends of the reported bill.
Under our present railroad law of 1 84!,
and its supplement, assuming fifteen
thousand dollars per mile to be the
mount of capital stock named in each
charter, it is only necessary to sub
tfribo ten per cent, thereof, or one
thousand five hundred dollars, in order
to secure the issuing of letters patent,
and tho right to oil of the incidents of
a corporation. J lie samo amount
must be paid np under each law. Can
there be any reason given for this vast
difference f Under tho law, as it now
exists, loss than one-sixth of the bona
fide subscription is necessary that this
section makes obligatory. In the ouo
case, the Legislature, grants the special
iharier; in tho other, the mere com
pliance with the statute vests tho
right. TJeeognizing tho increase of
the cost of construction (consequent
upon present high prices), we proposed
to.rnako four 'thousand dollars tho
cninimurn, but failed by tho samo vote
as before. Is it fair, in llir face of this
comparison of the two laws, to say
that this bill will aid ir. creating new
eompanies T This distinction is made
"on a very essential point in the case,
.l.e very life giving principle to tho
new companies, and shows dop inge
nuity in iuiniertwii. if onethousaud
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five hundred dollars boonongh lo allow
tho incorporation of companies under
tho law as it now stands, 9iiroly four
thousand dollars is enough to give
them life under the now bill, when our
purpose is declared lo bo, "to author
ize the formation of railway compan
ies." Tho provisions of this section also
iniiialo a new policy in our state. It
imposes upon all stockholders a liabil
ity for debts incurred in construction,
maintenance and operation, equal to
tho amount of their Btock. As I un
derstand this, if the road be insolvent,
the stockholder not or.ly losos his
stock, but must pay an amount equal
thereto upon the debts of the com
pany. It is urged by tho friends of
this provision that lie can only be re
sponsible to the amount of the cash
value of the stock, and if he has paid
that, he can be held for no more. If
this be true, why insort such a provis
ion r The stock, if unpaid, can be
reached by ordinary process, or, if
paid op and expended, it is in the road
and its equipments, which cun be lev
ied. It will bear but one construc
tion, which is the one already placed
upon the individual liability clause in
manufacturing charters, viz i that the
stockholder is liable to an amount
equal to his stock, in addition thereto.
The chairman of the Judiciary Mr.
Shoemaker admits this to bo the true
construction, and asserts its correct
ness as a principle, a-suming that, like
all manufacturing companies, these
corporations should bo held to a strin
gent rule. He forgels that this class
of corporations stand upon very differ
ent and much higher ground than the
other class. These create and develop
wealth wherever their ramititations
extend ; they are a public benefit, and
nourish and invigorate all other enter
prises. All regard them as powerful
agents in producing wealth for the
Slate, tho people and the nntion. The
other class of corporations upon which
this clauso has been imposed are pri
vate enterprises for personal gain, con
fined in their operations to a narrow
sphere and often productive of injury
to the mass of tho people. Their priv
ileges are special, and givo them ad
vantages over private capital ; the
mass of tho community aro not bene
fitted, and thej may well bo placed
under restrictions that aro totally in
applicable to railroads. It is contend
ed that tho laborer will suffer and lose
his wages if this clauso be not insert
ed. If I thought r.o, I would assured
ly desire its preservation, but such is
not the experience of our people; rail
roads are built by contract, and tho
contractor employs tho laborer; it is
the rarest occasion that he docs not
assure himself of his pay before he
goes on with his work. So individual
liability clause is contained in our
railroad law of 1849, nor does it appear
in any of the special charters hereto
fore granted. Why, then, shall we
chango the rule? Our policy upon
this subject is settled, and it is wrong
now to unsettle it. This provision
will operate as a serious hindranco in
the way of securing capital, and is an
unnecessary and unwise restriction.
It is almost an adtige in our system of
railroad financiering that the stock
must be sunk once before the road
will pay, and this risk is sufficient to
impose upon our capitalists. If this
be the case, tho Slate is still tho gain
er, for although the capital is gone,
travel is facilitated, production is ren
dered easy, and tho hidden resources
of the State are developed.
Tho proviso to the firth section lim
its tho new companies to certain spe
cific rates of toll upon coal, iron oro,
pig metal, lumber and agricultural
products. This provision, in itself, is
wise and just, and commends itself to
our judgment as a protection to the
people; but when wo remember that
the rates ot toll herein fixed are the
maximum, and that every railroad ! in advocating its adoption, i am acm
company in existenco in the State isjatcd by w hat I believe to be tho sim
now charging higher rates of toll than plest principle in our ordinary Bfl'aira.
these, it becomes apparent that this It is that which dictates to our corn
is an unjust discrimination against the ( mon senso the selection of the most
now companies, and that somo rule direct means for tho attainment of tho
should be adopted that will bear equal-1 end desired. Here are the easy grades,
vunonthoo d comnanies. as we ns
the new, and also save the people Irom
enerous charges.
In offering the amendment to the
seventh section, authorizing connec
tion at the State line with railroads of
other States, nnd empowering tho ex
ecution of contracts Willi lliem, It
seemed, to my mind, so plainly neces
sary, so vitally essential to the sttcceM
of the system, so clearly conducive to
the interests of tho Commonwealth,
that 1 hoped for its success. In this,
as in our other efforts, I havo been
disappointed. To my immediate con
stituents this is a vital amendment.
It is for them a practical good, an in
dispensable element in the healthy de
velopment of their incxhaustiblo re
sources. By your decision they are
remitted to the future, and to that
future, and the tribunal ol the people,
they confidently appeal.
Other amendments less vital than
these have shared their fate. With
these amendments, tho bill would have
boen useful and practical ; without
them, it is but the vehicle into which,
eventually, the machinery necessary
to its harmonious and beneficial work
ing will bo put.
Senators take occasion to heap
anathemas npon the heads of the offi
cers of one of the crest corporations
. . . ...
of tho Commonwealth, and charges
and assertions are mado that I regret
to havo heard. I cannot forget that
I am, in common charity, bound to
a 'forif to all men rectitude of purpose.
Whilst I am performing my sworn
duty to the Commonwealth I serve, I
must not forget to allow the sworn
officers of that corporation, to perform
theirs. If their devotion to its inter
ests, to its prosperity and magnitude,
if their strength pf mind, conpontra-1
tion of purposo and determined energy
cnablo them to advance its wellaro lo
the de.riment of the Slato, it should
not redound to their disadvantage, but
should can ho the blood to mount in
our cheeks, that we, the chosen rulors
of almost an empire, aro found unable
to cope successfully with a creature
of our own creation. The remedy for
this lies with tho people. Let them
select men who will obey thoir will. 1
cannot forgot too, that Senators, upon
this floor, whoso integrity no man
dares impugn, havo been found steadily
voting against our amendments and
for tho bill of tho committee. This
demonstrate to the impartial mind
that honest differences ot opinion exist
upon this subjoct. Senators resident
in the East regard this subject from
a different stand-point than those ot
us who reside in tho West.
We can but speak our own senti
ments, and endeavor truthfully to re
present by our voles tho sentiments
of our constituents, and in presenting
this question from our point of view,
it of course becomes us to do so ear
nestly and truthfully.
To my own mind it becomes a ques
tion upon which broad and compre
hensive views of our situation and
policy should prevail. In an issue so
vital to our luturo, we should line
above locality and local opinions, and
losing sight of all else, endeavor lo
find those avenues that will lead our
Commonwealth and people toa proud
and elevated position.
e are I ennsylvunians, and we arc
citizens of tho United Stales. e
owe duties in both relations. As
PeniiKylvanians, it is our duty to throw
wide the door and invite capital to
enter, to create a system liberal and
fur-seeing, by which tho iron rail may
be made to track every stream, to
climb every hill, and penetrate every
valley in ull our broad State, by which
our vast riches of iron, of lead, of coal
and of timber, may be dragged from
their native places, and made to pay
tribute to our coffers, and by which
the agricultural resources of the Com
monwealth may readily reach their
most natural markets.
As members of tho great Republic,
it is a duly to remember that our
geographical position makes us the
thoroughfare ot nations ; that we dure
not tako advantage of thai position lo
tho detriment' of our sisters; that the
grand highway from tho commercial
mart on tho Atlantic, by tho commer
cial centre of the Went, to the com
mercial mart upon tho J'acitic, lies
through our borders, und that the
commerce of the world, poured Ujii
the snores ot eillier sea, in passing
from one to tho other, must and will
enrich all it touches. Shall we close
our doors, or shall wo invito it to
enter? Our policy drives wealth,
travel and trade around us ; the other
pours riches into our lap. Enrich one
Im rt of the State, and the whole is
enctit ted ; taxation is lessened, wealth
increased, our cities prosper, anil our
ruilways flourish. Let who will block
tho way, it should bo the pride, as I
bcliove it to be tho duty of I'ennsyl
vanians, to throw it open. Our true
mission is that of material progress,
and in the lino of that mission, free
transit becomes an imperative duty.
Standing upon one of the hills of my
own county, I can cast a stone, with
my left baud, into waters that flow
into the Gulf ot Mexico, and, with my
right hand, into those that flour into
tho Chesapeake bay. At that point,
the summit between tho Eastern and
Western waters can be passed with
gradients t,ut exceeding' fifty feet to
tho mile, and the valleys of those water-courses
run almost liencath tho line
of a direct air-line routo between New
York and the great centro of railroads
in tho West.
Here lies '.he groat natural thorough
faro from the seaboard to the West.
the airct lines, i raae ana travel
i .
seek and invariably find them. This
early adoption brings early develop
ment, lie In sal to open the door now
but postpones the inevitable fiiiure,
Philadelphia is not injured by their
adoption, for to-day her great eorpor-
M.I.. a wwni tri?l and trutlo
lo New York, and facilities are given
by the Allentown route, and by close
connection in West Philadelphia, for
easy and rapid access thereto. Its
officers grasp a great truth in estab
lishing this policy, and secure for thoir
magnificent road a patronage that a
different policy would repel. If, then,
it bo true that Philadelphia and her
citizens now aid in opening tho way
to New York, and, by doing so, invite
traffic through our borders, what force
is there in tho argument that Phila
delphia is injured ? Trade cannot be
diverted from its natural channels, and
wo must act accordingly. It then bo
comcs a simplo question between the
interests of existing lines and of those
to bo created in the future. There
will bo enough for both. Our goo
graphical position insures this. New
York lines may not be able to compete
with this, but our own will fairly di
vide the trade.
From Socond Fork, in Cameron
county, on the Philadelphia and Erie
railroad, by the valleys of tho Sinne
mahoning nnd .Susquehanna to Lock
Haven, thence by a straight line to
Milton, nnd thence by tho Catawissa,
Lehigh Valley and Central New Jor
sey routes, New York is reached by
direct lines.
From (Second Fork, the summit of
which I have spoken is reached by tho
valley of Bonnet's branch of tho Hin-
nemshoning creek, and connection is
made with Sandy Lick creek, a brarobj
of tho ltcdbnnk, which is a tributary
of tho Allcghoiry. Descending the
Sandy by very low gradients, the town
of Urookville is reached, and thence
Stretching westward by tho valley of
ono of tho tributaries of tho Itedbank,
a branch of tho Clarion is attained,
which is descended, that stream is
crossed, and ono of its western branch
es again ascended to tho summit, be
tween tho Clarion nnd the Allegheny,
whore the head of East Sandy creek
is reached, and that stream descend
ed to the Allegheny, whence easy gra
dients and direct lines connect with!
Franklin, and Warren, Ohio. If wo
will take a mnp and lay upon it a lino
from the eontro of the' railway sys
tem ' or Onto arfti Indiana no" Hw j
York, it will be found that by this
route, the deflection from that lino is
vastly less than that of any existing
line. Its distance is shorter by nine
t- miles; its curvatures are lighter,
and its gradients aro one-half easier
than thoso of any other existing line
of ruilway. It is the direct and na
turn I route from Now York to the
great West. If to this wo add the fact
that, diverging from this lino at the
mouth of Sandy Lick, in Jefferson
county, and following tho valley of the
Kedbank to the Allegheny Valley rail
road, Pittsburg is reached and connect
ed by easy gradients with the line, we
find that an undreamed of capacity for
development exists in Northwestern
Pennsylvania. TIicbo lines, travers
ing the counties of Cameron, Elk,
Clearfield, Jefferson, Clarion, Venan
go, Jtorccr, Armstrong and llutler,
will stimulate enterprise, bring forth
their dormant treasures and add enor
mously to the wealth of tho Stale. In
( lari n county there exists immense
deposits ot iron ore and other miner
als awaiting means of transit and cap
ital for their development. Up to
this time she lias received no benefiit
from public improvements and the on
terpriso of her citizens has been re
pressed and discouraged by their ina
bility to compete with those more fa
vored with facilities for rapid transit
and easy production. They ask that
yon shall but give the right to odd to
j our wealth in nourishing and invigor
ating theirown. The counties of Elk,
Cameron, Clearfield and Jefferson bris
tle with forests of pino and hemlock
and oak timber. Annual freshets up
on the streams of the localities are
the only means they possess lor bring
ing to yoir doors the products of their
forests. They can reach you but once
a year, nnd then our hardy sons of
toil must grapple with all the difficul
ties of navigation amid natural ob
structions and artificial impediments,
created for tho benefit of other com
munities. They too, ask, thnt you
will permit them to invest their capi
tal and invite other cnpitul to conic in
and provide the means by which they
may be able daily to place in your mar
ket," tho lumber to essential in cver--thing
that makes your home habita
ble. Upon this route I havo describ
ed, and bedded in the hills which bor
der the vallevkof Bennett's branch and
Sandy Lick, in tho counties of Clear-1
field and Jefferson, eusily attainable
and most desirable in is qualities, ex
ists the finest body of bituminous coal
within tho State- The veins aro of im
mense thickness, so lurge that a man
standing erect in his wagon may drive '
into tho coal openings, load it and ro- j
turn. This vast deposit stretches I
northward through Elk and M'Kean!
counties also. Unproductive andnn.j
dcvelnjK'd, they await themagic touch '
that you can give them, to lio at yourj
feet shining with tho colors of thej
rainbow, or to glow and melt in driv
ing the mighty engine, or in reducing
tho stubborn ore. From the heart of i
iKIa immimnn doiinsit of coal at Snndv
Lick Summit, in Clearfield county, it
can bo placed on tho whnrvesnt Buf
falo with a transiMirtation of less than
ono hundred and Bixty miles, by a lino '
of railroad traversing tho counties of j
Elk and M'Kean, with easy grades j
and light curves, a part of which is'
already in progress. Will yon forbid!
ourpassnge northward? Mast our rich-!
cs lie forever undeveloped ? There lies
tho only murkol lor our coals. liive
us but the light to do it, and wilhir.
sixty days the ground will be slaked,
tho earth broken, the capital subscrib
ed, and everything prepared to make
our northern hills and forest resonant
wilh the shrieks of the locomotive, la
lnrunljr drairL'inir to the shores of the
lake minora! treasures now hidded and
dormant. It is a small boon lor you
to grant; it is wealth to us, and un
told riches to futuro generations.
Senators of Pennsylvania! We ask
you to rise to tho stature ol represent
atives of your great Commonwealth.
See her interests in the vista of future
years, and of centuries, and aid now
in giving to her industrial progress,
to her minerel and agricultural devel
opment, an impetus that will rapidly
enrich the Slalo, and place her in the
proud position to which she is entitled.
On tho day when tho niggers voted
in Georgetown, the Jiadsol the Iiump
House squashed a bill font granting
suffrage to the white intelligent for
eigners of tho District of Columbia.
According to tho Uadbul view, thciw
forc, foreigners havo not manhood
enough to enjoy the privilege of voting.
By the "rights of man" they mean
only the rights of negroes.
General Howard estimates the num
ber of deaths among fiegroca, within
four years, at a million. Each one of
theso negroes, wore hie tombstone
properly labeled, woald have above
him the Inscription ; "died of Aboli
tinnitm." lTonry K. Gardnor, convicted of the
mnrdorof Amass Mulork, December
21, 1861. was hong in Elmira.H. Y..
Friday last, D trade a full confession.
From Ihi- Age.
THE CASE OF MRS. SURRATT.
Tho caso of Mrs. Surralt has lately
been brought up very vividly before
the public mind. What is now tho
general opinion about it, found utter
ance through General B. Butler, a
few days before the adjournment of
Congress. He admitted that the un
fortunate woman had been unfairly
tried and unjustly condemned lo
dcalh ; and to this must be added, that
she was thug foully dealt wilh by men
who wero themselves sittilig in open
violation of law, as an illegal tribunal
a "militilary commission." The
caso may well enlist allontion at the
C resent time; for this very same tri
unal after being expressly con
demned as illegal by tho Supreme
Court of tho United Statos has just
been established, in full vigor, through
out ten Stutes of tho Union. Nay,
tho pretense is openly made that tho
"military reconstruction act" applies
to States that were never involved in
rebellion to Maryland, and, by the
Barae reasoning, to Pennsylvania, or
nnj' other Stale. Let us then look
hack to the origin of this monstrous
product of our times tho "military'
commission;" a thing unknown be
fore to the civil or military laws of!
our country, for eveu the latter recog
nozed only the "court martial" for the
trial of military offenses. If, in a cnc
which, literally, the eyes of tho world
were uivjii, this new-iiingtcd tribunal
could hurry an innocent woman to
the gallows in scandalous disregard of
every principle of law or evidence, we
may judgo what it may do in a corner,
in remoio sections, where all inquiry
and complaint will bo stifled, by the
very power that inflicts the wrongs.
When Wilkes Booth inflicted his
y-ngic crime in the City of Washing
ton, the courts of tho District of Co
lumbia were in full cxerciso of all
their functions. There could bo no
pretense that the duo course of law
whs interrupted or disturbed, at the
very scat of the government of the
United States. In its courts, indeed
in any court, the assassins of Mr. Lin
coln would have received prompt jus
tice ; the only real risk was that any
one accused would bo too promptly
sacrificed to public indignation. Then,
as in all times of great excitement,
every due and deliberate form of pub
lic justice was needed for tho attain
ment of its end the punishment of
the guilty, and only the guilty. There
is now good reason to believe that t he
excitement of tho hour was cruftily
taken advantage of by men whose aim
it was to interpolate political tribu
nals, the most effective instruments of
tyranny, into the judicial system of
our country". They saw a chance to
inaugurate, with some sanction from
popular feeling, tho sehemo to which
they have since given a monstrous
development in the acts passed by tho
late Congress for the establishment of
military rule in the place of the judi
cial and political institutions which
aro the birth-right of every American
freeman. BoforcJMr. Lincoln 'sdeath,'
Mr. Stanton had set up in tho War
Department a bureau of what he
called "military justice," which cer
tainly was very differently from any
thing before known aR "justice" among
civihr.ed men. On the very night ot
Mr. Lincoln's decease, Mr. Stanton
issued a proclamation on his own au
thority, declaring that any ono ''har
boring or secreting the assassins
should bo tried by a military commis
sion, and suffer death." 1 bis might
have passed as a threat to aid justice
in tho pursuit of the criminals ; but
no sooner did M r. Johnson enter upon
tho Presidential office than Mr. Speed,
then tho Attorney-General, presented
an opinion, urging that tho panics
accused of the assassination ot Mr.
Lincoln should bo tried by military
commission ; and this, backed by the
influence of tho Badical leaders, pro
vailed with the new President. Ho
could not, perhaps, easily refuse a do
mand made in the name of justieo to
his murdered predecessor. His acqui
escence was based on the oflicial opin
ion of Speed, ns appears by tho order,
which begins, "Whereas the Attorney
General has given his opinion." Ac.
Under this order Stanton selected the
"military commissioners" who were
to take iho place of judgo and jury, to
try several men and a woman, nono
of them in military service, for a mur
der committed in the City ol Wash
igtoti. We are glud, for the fair fame
of our gallant army, that not one of
its great names has ever figured on
the list of subservient lools who did
the dirty work of Mr. Stanton's Bu.
reau of "Military Justice." Those
were never heart! of in the field, or
only heard of discreditably. General
Hunter was selected as the President
of the "Commission j" he whs chieflv
known as a tool of the Radical politi
cians, having, at their instigation,!
issued a proclamation which Mr. Lin
coin disavowed? We have no space'
to recall the incidents of the mock
trial. Somo of tho accused wore no
doubt guilty, if we may properly affirm
that of any ono who has not been con
victed bv tho judgment of a lawful
court. Till such conviction, every
accused pcrsifh is entitled to the pre
sumption of innocence. But no be
nign principle of justice prevailed with
men who were not administering, but
trampling on the laws. An aged wo
man, now rncognired usinnoceut, was
daily draggod before thein, loaded
with chains; mantclos on hor wrists,
a revolting Bjiectaclu, such as had
not been seon for eenturios in a court
of justice. A belief in her innooonee
had brooght to the defense of this
poor, helpless woman an eminent law
yer of her native 6tate Mr. Reverdv
Johnson, tha Senator from Maryland.
No sooner did be appear in bis pro
fessional character, than the so-called
Court broke out in a tirade of insult
and mennco against him for his po
litical opinions! Threatened with
expulsion, tho venorublo lawyer, who
seemed to havo survived tho law,
withdrew himself from tho scene
where his mero presence seemed to
kindle rago against himself und client.
Tho poor old ludy, now still more
helpless, sat a spectacle that might
have moved iho pity of brutes, ltut,
wilh the weight of her fetters, and of
her misfortunes, her mind seemed,
liko her body, to sink exhausted ; par
tial unconsciousness may havo saved
a human being, a woman, u mother,
from a full sense of what she then en
dured. This was what was her con
dition during much of what was called
hen-'-triul." But, in fact, in any legal
sei.se, sho and tho rest were never
tried at all. They wero "lynched ;"
or rather, after the African fashion,
they were offered up as human sacri
fices to the manes of a fallen chief.
Over this transaction, disgraceful to
our ago and country, we might con
sent to drop the veil, wero it but a
passing act of violence, disclaimed by
calmer reason, and palliated only by
tho phrensy of tho hour, liut it
stands to-day as the first step, the
leading case, the apt and fit example
of a ftstem which the Padicala arc
striving to fasten upon our country.
Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to
expose and denounce it, and to main
tain the right of every man and evciy
woman accused of crime, lo a fair, open
trial, by due course of lu w, in the con
stitutional tribunals of the land. Let
no party interest, no political expedi
ency mislead the minds of the Ameri
can people to tolerate the old engines
of despotism which strike, wilh indis
criminate ferocity, the innocent and
the guilty. Let no man, whellier his
party or his section be in or out of
power, forget that theso devices of
tyranny return to plague the invent
ors. If to-day wo inflict them on
others, to-morrow we will suffer from
llieui ourselves.
A Loyal Qi.'lry. Hellow, Sambo
dis way. Ise been digeatcn do princi
ples ob de Publican party for time, tut
can't see 'zaetly troodem. Dey seem
to be dreal friends ob de eoled pecple,
but dey are also gettin de country in
to much trouble, and if do country
gits in trouble, denig will be in troub
too. Can you splaiu to mo do printi-
iiles ob de party in power ? Ob course
can, Ccasar ; dere are but two points
in de hole kacc, and I hah liulo re
spect for de telligenco ob any nig who
can't ' see it." De first is: Here in
Norf, trcmendus hard work and taxa
tion, in de Soul', no work and starva
tion, mixed wid do nigger and loyal
tv. Dut's all.
A young lady recently gave a lec
ture in which she said :
Get married, young men, and Lc
quick about it, too. Don't wait for
the inilleniiim, hoping tho girls may
turn to angels before you trust your
self with one of them. A pretty ihing
jou'd be alongside an nngel, wouldn't
you you brute? Dou't wuit anoth
er day, but right now this very night
ask some nice, industrious girl to go
into partnership with you. to clear
your pathway of thorns, and plant it
with flowers."
Cavtiois. A wealthy bachelor
having had one or two suits for breach
of promise, replied to a young lady
who wished a few momcnes private
conversation : "No,you don't madam.
It cut9 me to the heart folio compell
ed to doubt the honoralileness of your
intentions, but that sort of thing is
played out. My rule is imperative,
and if you have any business with me,
it must bo transacted in tho presenco
of two witnesses !"
A lately published war book gives
tho following story of Stonewall
Jackson :
At a council of generals dnring the
war, ono remarked that Major
was wounded, and would not bo able
to perform a duty that it wi.a pro
posed to assign him. "Wounded!"
said Jackson. ' If it really is so, I
think it must have been by the acci
dental discharge of his duty."
"Will you have a drink of cider?"
inquired a larmcrof an old abstinence
clergyman who was spending an even
ing at his house. "Ah hum no,
tlnlt yo," Mid the old man, "never
touch liquor of any kind, 'specially ci
der ; but if you'll call it apple-juice,
I'll lako a drop."
A lecturer was dilating upon the
powers of tho magnet, defying any
one to show or name anything sur
passing its powers. A hearer de
murred, and instanced a young lady
who used to attract him Ihirtecu miles
every Sunday.
"Why flu you show favor to your
enemies instead of destroying them J"
seid a chieftain to the Emperor Sigis
mund. "Do I not destroy my ene
mies by making them my friends?"
was tho Emperor's noble reply.
m
Since the passage of the prohibitory
law in Massachusetts "drinking clubs''
have been formed in Hoston, by which
a man can gur.rlo in a private room,
where liquors of all kinds aro kept
lor tho "club" members.
A fellow who had been rather inti
mate wilh another tnso-'s wife, at
Franklin, recently "lit out," just in
lime to escape being lynched by a
mob of respectable citizens led by a
preacher of the gORpel.
Tom Moore said to Fed, on look
ing at the pictnre of an Irish orator:
"You cr.n see the very quiver of his
lipa." "Yes," replied Peel, "and the
arrow coming out of it "
fhf Ctrnrftctd trputfllran.
Term uf siuhrrllkn.
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II fij ilb-r Uin i,'l Ih (i ii moutU i 10
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Hale of drtlMiifj.
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lr... 3 linir or lo II 'i
tfr ra,'h uI,im,i-)i itiwMtl tt
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Local hutita-.. cr line 1?'
Olxtuarr nonm. nrrr five huci, pir huv. M
fruftMiuual Cants, 1 f"T 4 M
Te.Mii.r ivieTirrn.
t .quart s " I I luniB f!4 I'O
2 .quart-t. 15 HO t column 40 HO
J Miuarea 'i "n I i f"!auui To GO
. Jul) M ark.
I.AVKS.
Sinlp qulra $2 Ml I II quin-l, pcrqnllT,l "5
quire., .tr quire, t All Ovur 6, per quire.. 1 iO
HAM'VII.I .
1 .liei-l, 2S or In., f I I hn'f, V or l-4 10
f rhnef, Ih or 2 & j I ihcct, 2i or k, 00
Over 2j ofeafb of aUive at nriirtinHt' ralet.
OKI). II. OODhLAMiKI:,
Moor and Hrofinior,
Yrofrssiounl & usinrss (.Cards.
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATfOHNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Office with J. B. McDnnllj, K.q , over Fir.l Na
tional liaLlt.
Stsr-Prompt attention (riven to the aeeurinf
ef llountj, Claim!. 4e , and to all legal buiineu.
U.rru 38, 1 867 It.
s7a7fulton,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Holllclavaburp, Taw
fT' Prompt attention girea lo tlie aeeartng
and collection of Claim., and to all .ejral bu.i
neu. &vvlf-l,m:pd
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTOItXEY AT LAW.
Office on Second bt., Clearfield, Pa. cov21,M
Win. A. Wallace. a. 1). lliplcr.
J. Blake Walter. Frank Fielding.
WALLACE, BIGLER k FIELDING,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
XJtf Legal butinef. of m kisdj promptl; and
accurately attended to. uavli y
f HOSrjTiVIcCULLOUGH,
ATfOKNEY AT LAW.
Olce adjoin in r, tt, Hark, fiirmerljr occupied tJ
J. U. Jlrfcualij, Second at., ClaarSeld.
- r-fr-Will attend promptly to collection., .ale
ol !.!., ie. JecK.M
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATI URN EY AT LAW
Autt Ileal (Utile Agcut. Clearfield, Pa.
Office on llarkct treat, cf pc.it the Jail.
Jr-Ke.peetfuHj offer, bit aerficr. In felling
and buying land, in Cluarfield and adjoining
eountiea ; and with aa experience of over twenty
yeari a. a earveyor, Cattori hiiaaelf tbat be caa
rend er tatiaf aeuun. lcb2S.'6J tf
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Office on Market etreet one door eatof tbe Clear
field County Bank. mavl.'M
Jubn II. Orvia. C. T. Alcxande-.
ORVIS 4. ALEXANDER,
ATTUI XEYS Af LA If,
llrllcfoiite, r. . ir,
"drTj. p. burc h fTeld7
La'e turjron of the bSi Keg mrat, PpnDPTiTni
Volanteert, hviojt rtarii?d truss Xht Arm jr.
ctfVn bin roifiociJ tervkei to U ciuieni
t (Mftirfiflil eeuntj.
ru.wnioit.tJ) cUi pruiupOy tttevlrd to.
Oflie on Second .treti. Urmarly occupied iy
Dr. Wood-, tprV6 tf
DENTISTRY.
j. r. con next, Prrtmr.
t;'tt offer bit profwiouftl Mrrieei W
vicinity. OS. ia Vrug btur, c oroar Main and
Ibcwpnoi ttrtttt. uu; )lt'6-ly:pd
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
SCRIVENER AND CONVEYANCER.
Agent for Iba PuicbaJe and Hale of Landa.
Clearfield, Pa.
t-Prompt attention given to all baaineia
connected wilh the county tiflioe.. Office with
lion. Waa. A. Wallace. jcAltO-tf
REUBEN HAcTkMAN.
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Oral Held, I'cnu'a.
VfU Will eieeute lobe in hie line promptly and
ia a workmanlike manner. aprf ,07
SIURVEYOIT.
TTR nadarntpntd nffrt bli terri M ft Sur
vvr, end my b found at kit raidvDN. la
Lawrence twabip. Letter will reach him
directed to Clearfield. T.
mr7-m:p4 JAMES MITCflELL.
JAMES MILES, "
LICENSED AUCTION KEE,
I.thrrburp. PcuiTa
-fr-Will prcmptlj attend to fill in jr, m1i, e.1
reamttfttile ritea. janM
a". H. FRANCISCUS&CcT.
SI3 Market ft., Philadelphia, Pa.
MAtTAcTi'arita asm Airts ron the File or
VOUlKtliB.
K'itf. Tlie rcriilar allowance, made to Dealer,
in MANILA ltUl'E. .ian.il fiia
Thome. II. Tonvc. A. A. timham.
FORCEE &. GRAHAM,
Hlltll l
General Merchandise and Lumber,
Jan.'l Urahamtivn, I'rnn'a.
joseTiTbreth,
JUSTICE OF THE TEAC E
And Licensed Coace veneer,
Xcnr V aahliictnn. Clearfield ro , Pa
jas. c. barrTtt,
JUSTICE OF T II E PEACE
And Lieeneed Cotieeyaneer.
I aOirrburff , Clrarfield Co., Pi.
Coiieitini and retnlttaneM prom pile
made, and all It in deaf legal inairamerU aieruM-d
on abort aotie. (mayV.'M tf
C. KRAT ZEIOTSON,
M E it C U A N T S ,
natural u
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hardware,
Catlery, (jaeenierare, Uroc.ri.a, rorleion. and
Shingle.,
Clearfield, Prnn'a.
7 At the aid .und an Front etreet, aloea
the Academe. decl,' tf
MUSIC STORE.
1 M. RKFFV nae opened die Ma.ie Plo-e
1 , one door Wert of tv . Lewi.' H,M,k flora,
vo.re he keep, cnn.ti.ntlj en hand cUeiBv.v 4
Son.' and (iuehle'a aaeno Manataetartaf Cam
panv'a Piaooe, aleaon A llantlia'a Cabinet Or
gan, and Carhart. NeeOhani A Co'a. Uvledenati
Uoltara, Vlolloe, Filra, Fiatee, Uuitnread Violin
ttrinc;.
Muaie Hooka Oelden Chain, Q.ldea Fnoner,
Golden Coaeer, (.olden Trio, A e 0,
Fheet Mo.te He le eon.lanlly receiving front
Philadelphia all tha late which eereone
at a dtatanea wi.Lio r. tan order, .nd lava them
cent 07 mail, at publt.her'e price a.
Piano, and Ortn. warranted f jr Ire veere.
Thoae wiahieg to hay any if the above ai tielea
are Inriled t call and ei.eMrte ntiae before nnr
eheaing elaewbere. My prieei are the aau. a.
in New York end Philadelphia.
Oirealara af ln.truroeata cent promptly open
ap-liaation, wiin mnj nd.liiioi.al ini"r.aation
delimit. B M "Hr.KN.
Hill etreel. tloeurr I' n. !' .
One door we.t of Lewie' Itook Bona.
Or afi.a B. A. P. klNIR, Clearfield, Aeenl
ftr CharS.ld t"nr.y, P. dee..,!.