SOUTH CAKOLINA.
i.ttttr from Hon. It. F. rrrry.
To the editors the Columbia rha-nix:
It i most "extraordinary, indeed,
Rnd will ho s terrific in its results as
it is now strange and wonderful, to
see an educated, refined and gallant
people necking repose and protection
from apprehended political evils under
the. government and control of thoir
former slaves an inferior nice, uttor-
Jy iguorant and debased ! llicro is
notliing in t lio history of all tlie na
tions of the earth, for the last six
thousand yeffrs, compared to it in
folly and madness. 1' uturo ages will
regrd it as tho most romarkublo
fatuity that ever possessed any peo
ple What a chango has como ovor the
spirit and feelings of South Carolina
within tho last seven years 1 The
Federal Union was then benificent,
republican and constitutional. There
was nut an act of Congress, for eight
previous years, which any on com
plained of as uniust or ounrcssire.
We were as happy and prosperous as
a people could be. And yet that
Union was hated and despised ! The
people roso up en viassc and solomnly
determined to rid themselves of it or
die in the attempt ! Now, that Union
has trampled tho Constitution in the
dust, violated ovory republican prin
iili. and limned on ns tvrannr and
oppression which, its Chief .Magistrate
declares, no people, speaking tho kng
lish language, have ever borne for the
last five hundred years I And the
people oi South Carolina have bo
changed within seven short years
that they are now clamorous to yet
back into the Union, and hug its
t3ranny and oppression to their bo
soms to lick the rod that has smote
them to the earth and desolated their
Bute 1 In order to hasten thoir re
turn, they are not ouly willing to give
p all the rights ot their Slate all
constitutional and republican prin
c!p!es,.and self-government but to
transfer the government of their once
proud aiid chivalric Stato into the
bands ol tho negroes 1 Intelligence,
virtue and refinement are to bo ruled
by ignorance and baseness 1 The
wealth of the Stato to bo taxed and
plundered by a raco of paupers, who
will portion out the lands and vote
themselves homesteads, and whose
legislation will be such as to bring,
eventually, sooner or later, a war of
races, in winch one or the other must
be exterminated. Whilst writing, I
have been told that confiscation was
boldly avowed by the negro conven
tion which assembled in Charleston
last week.
It is a great mistako to suppose
that, by all this humiliation and dog
radiition, we shall get back into the
Union or be relieved of military gov
ernment. Congress has given no
such guarantee, and leading .Radicals
assert to the contrary. Tho Union
will not bo restored until after the
next Presidential election tho votes
of the Southern States are not wanted
in that election. A military govern
inent, or a standing army, in South
Carolina, after tho enfranchisement
of tho neero, will be absolutely neces
sary to prcservo tho peace and keep
down the oppressed white race. Noth
ing clso will do it. Instead of being
relieved from tho oppressions of Con
gress and military rule, we shall have
called into existence, by our own
votes, a third power, more odious
nd revolting, more galling and de
structive, than either of the other
two.
No one who reflects can mistake
the purpose of tho Radical party
the sole purpose which they have in
view and to accomplish which they
re attempting to move heaven and
earth. They have been influenced in
their recent atrocious, barbarous leg
islation much more by the hopo of
continuing and perpetuating their
power in tho government, and their
existence as a party, than bv any
love for the negro or wrongs on South
ern people. If their purpose had been
olcly revengo, they could have insti
tnted, ull over the country, prosecu
tions for treason, and by military
commissions or negro juries have
brought any prominent man to the
fallows. For two or three years,
they waged war against tho Southern
States without attempting to interfere
with slavery, or raising a finger to
relievo tho poor African from his
thruldom. It was only when they
found that the "Great Rebellion"
could not be otherwise suppressed.
and that they could successfully use
our slaves against us, that they do
0 ared them free, and enlisted them
in their armies. This was a r.ew cle
ment, and a most powerful one, which
they brought into the contest. By it,
lhey increased their forces 200,000,
and greatly weakened tho resources
ot tho Southern Mates, i hey carea
nothing for the negro, except to seo
him slaughtered in buttle, instead of
Aheir own soldiers. This was tho ex
tent of their love and philanthropy
far the African race nothing more,
nothing less. It is supposed that
J ,000,000 of this nnfortuiiato people,
who were happy and cou tented slaves,
perished during tho war by disenso,
Lunger, cold, exposure and neglect, or
r ere tilled in battle. And no candid
-or imnaitiul man can say that the
condition of t!ie survivors, as a wholo,
Jias been benefitted.
Time wili prove
that their destiny, as a free raco iu
tho Southern Statos, is extinction.
A now vision has now broko upon
"the wicked hopes and purports of tho
Radical Congress. They think, by
civinir universal suffrage to the negro,
they will be able to Radicalir.0 tho
Southern States. With this aim, tho
.Military Rill was passed, destroying
tho States, disfranchising leading pub
lic men and enfi:.nchisiiig tho negro.
They wore afraid to take so bold a
step in infamy and in violation of all
constitutional right before the elec
tions, lust Fall, in tho Northern States.
Jlad they dnno so, they would have
been deposed in all those Stales where
tho negro is uot allowed to voto. The
elections in Connecticut, this Spring,
prove this fact. Largo lemoeratic
rains in all tho municipal elections
North give evidonce of tho truth of
his assertion. JveniucKy nns jun
swept the Radical parly out of that
Stale. Everywhere wo hear of a re
action in favor of constitutional liber
ty. If woXwill liave patience, and
bear our wrongs like Christians and
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. G00DLANDER, Proprietor,
VOL. 38-WHOLE NO. 2023.
patriots, our deliverance will come;
but, for God's siiko, do not lot us our
selves rivet tho chains on our own
hands.
In ordor to radicalize the South,
and stir up antagonism between the
two races, and set thorn to cutting
each other's throats, Republican emi
snries, black and white, great and
small, are travoling all over tho South
ern States, and making the most in
cendiary peechos,orgauii!ing secret so
cieties, and forming ' Union Leagues."
Senator Wilson, of Massnehusetts.gavc
tho pooplo of Charleston, tho other
week, a specimen of his tactics and
political strategy. Nothing can be
more diabolical, or less likely to pro
moto tho true interest ot the black
man, than such a course. It will,
however, go very fur toward cstrang
ing tho freedmcn from us, and build
inir ii r a strons and powerful Radical
parly in all tho Southern Statos. If
left alono the negro would act in har
mony with his former owner. It is
his interest to do so. Rut of this
thero is now little hope. Every day,
bv means of this Radical agitating
and misrepresentation, he will bo less
and less under tho influence of his
true friends and neighbors. At pres
ent, out of the towns and villages,
the negro cares nothing about his
right of suffrage, and knows nothing.
Unless influenced by bad men, ho will
not trouble himself to register or volo.
This, however, will not always bo the
caso. II, tncrclore, wo are wise in
the coming election, true to oursolves,
and have the true interest of tho ne
gro at heart, we may defeat the call
of a convention, and save the State
from Radicalism and ngrarianism, and
a war of races in the future. It never
can be done afterward.
It is said that the adoption of the
Military Bill, with all its consequences,
is not more dhonorablo than what
the Southern States have already
dono, by abolishing slavery and adopt
ing the Constitutional Amendment on
that subject. This is a strango asser
tion. What dishonor is there in set
ting your slaves free f Can thero be
any f But there is dishonor in pla
cing yourself under the control and
government of those slaves after they
aro made free. The surrender of Lee
and Johnston was an acknowledgment
that slavery was abolished. Tho Fed
eral armies were hero to enforco it.
Tho slaves, too, had become so much
demoralized that almost every one
was willing to give up the institution,
and no one now desires to seo it re
stored. But is this an argument for
giving op self-government, republican
principles, cousiiiuiiuiim nut-iij, iuu
rights of tho States, and placing our
selves at the mercy of our freedmcn !
When South Carolina abolished sla
very, she had an ussuraiico, too, that
she would be forthwith restored to
the Union, with all her constitutional
rights unimruircd. Now, we are told,
af ter all this humiliation and degra
dation, if South Carolina will radical
ize bersolf and elect Black Republi
cans, they may be admitted to their
heats in Congress 1 Who wishes to be
admitted into the Union on these
terms f No act or deed yet done has
sullied tho fair escutcheon of tho 1 al
metto State. It is to be hopod that
none will bo in the future,
I buvo been charged with incon
sistency in opposing tho reeonsiruo
tion of the Union. I am not opposed
to reconstruction. No man in South
Carolina, or the United States, more
earnestly desires to see the Union re
nmred as it was before tho war. It is
the nearest and dearest wish of my
heart. But I will not dishonor my-
solf or my State, or bring ruin on my
country to obtain such a Union ns is
now proposed. I have been charged,
too, with inconsistency in going with
m v Stato after she seceded. I can
only reply by saying that my notions
of duty, honor and patriotism diner
widely from those of my accusers. It
is true that I was a Union man, and
did all that I could to preservo tho
Uuion. For thirty years I defended
it, with my pen, with my speech, and
with my right arm. But when South
Carolina seceded from that Union, 1
said to Governor Means, who desired
to know tho courso I intended to take,
"That tho Stato was going to tho devil,
and 1 was going with her." From that
day to tho end of tho war, I was as
zealous and earnest in her defenco ns
any son she had. I regarded it my
duty, imposed by honor and patriot
ism, to aid 8,1100,000 of my fellow-citizens,
who had united, whether wise
ly or unwisely, in their attempt to
establish that sacred right of self-government
proclaimed in trio declaration
ol independence. South Carolina was
the land of my nativity, the homo
of my family, kindred and friends. In
her bosom reposed ino nones ut my
joreiauiern, mm a nnuinu .m
traitor to hor interests, honor and
glory, had I raised a pnricid.il arm
against my native St" to. A rebel, ro
luctant and unwilling, I did become
.My father was ono in '70. Rut a trai
tor I nover can be. B. F. Tkbrt.
'Mark Twain" says that to "seo a
lovol" girl of seventeen, with her sad
dle on her bead and her miizzlo on
behind, and her veil just covering the
end of her nose, come tripping along
in her hooplcss, red bottomed dress,
like a churn en fire, is enough to set
a man wild."
"I wonder bow they make lurifer
matches r said Mrs. Cauillo. "the
process is very simple," enid Mr. Cau
dle : "I once mado ono." "How did
..... ,Ti
you manago itr askea sno. -ny
leading you to tho altar," aaid Caudle.
Money in your purse will credit yo
wisdom in your head will adorn
vou but both in your necessity will
erva you.
CLEARFIELD, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1807. NEWSERIESV0L.7,N0. 10.
The fair of the A'rgro.
We have had tho testimony of Liv
ingstono, Speko, Grant, and M. and
Mrs. Baker, all tho Into African ex
plorers, to tho barbarous nature of
the negro raco in their nativo country.
It is all to tho sumo ofTect. They bavo
no expectation of elevating tho negro
in the scale of civilization. Their bias
towurd a lower, indood, tho lowest
pliuHo of life, is constant and consti
tutional. They bavo made no ad
vance; they never will UMiku any.
It is not worth while to accept the
premises of prophesies of tho Aboli
tionists about what the' do not un
dent land.
Wo subjoin an extract of a lecturo
at Cooper Institute, by the famous
Du Chaillu, to clinch the matter :
"Jluring all my travels I have CiieJ
in vain to find ruins or remains of
buildings to show that the negro was
formerly more elevated than he is
now. Travelers in other parts of Af
rica have not been more successful, so
we must conclude that tho negroes
aro in the same slate as they were in
ages tlmt are past. The question na
turally occurs to every one, how such
a state of political disintegration as
the one I liave described to you has
happened. Wo must come to the
conclusion that Africa has not escaped
many political convulsions, followed
by great wars and migration; the
samo migration laws that bavo gov
erned us have prevailed in Africa. As
among ourselves, the migration has
prevailed from tho East toward tho
West, so I ne'ver found a triboora
village pointing toward tho West as
the place they camo from. I should
recommend to every traveler to note
down words, so that wo may seo the
links which the languages will show.
I found few words from tho East simi
lar to those of the West. The popu
lation of Africa has never been so
dense as to fill up this immense tract of
eountry tribes scattered, migrated
in every direction, and were lost to
each other in tho great forest; others
followed and camo between without
knowing it, until gradually the coun
try becamo more peopled, and then
they came in contnet with each other.
A very striking fact is the Uitlorcnt
stato of society between tho East and
tho West. By tho accounts ot such
travelers ns Burton, Livingstone,(j rant
Speko and linker, we learn that most
of tho Chiefs aro cruel, having tho
right to pat to death their subjects at
will. Villages nre continually sacked
by tho stronger, and the people car
ried into slavery : and if there is no
slavery, the people commit raids, burn
villages, massacre the inhabitants, ami
then plunder their cattle. In ninny
countries they do both plunder the
cattle and carry tho people into Bia
verv.
'In tho country 1 havo explored,
no villain is large enough, no flun
txjwcrfui enough, to do so. I have
ecn much surprised to noto thesleady
decrenso of the population ; and first,
let me raiso my voico in defense of the
whito man. Ho is accused of being
tho cause of it wherever ho settles
the aborigines are said to disappear.
I admit that such is the caso, but I
aver that tho decrease of the popula
tion had already taken place before
tho whito man camo; and tho white
man, in cominir, notices it, but cannot
stop jt. Populous villages and tribes
I bbw for a second timo had dwindled
down. There tho whito man had not
penetrated. Clans which woro com
nosed of many pcoplo within the
memory of man had dwindled down
to nothing: some bad disappeared
and others had only a few pcoplo led.
t am not tho only one who fins noticed
this decrcaso other travelers have
noticed tho same. Whatever may be
our sympathy primitive man, or ra
thor tho least irifled tribes of man
kind, must disappear before the higher
intellect. This is not a theory, but a
fact. Thero aro many causes to nc-
ronnt for tho decrcaso of tho neirro.
I think everything tends to show that
tho neirro is ol irroat nntiniiity, and
has remained stationary. The work
ing of iron, considering tho very prim
itive war they worn it, anu now easily
they find it, must havo been known to
Hwmii li-om tho remotest time, nnd to
iliem tho aire of stono and bronze must
havo been unknown. As to his future
lilies. I think extreme views
. 1 1 . t! I. ..1.1
havo prevailed among us. wm wii
tho opinion that tho negro will never
rise hither than he is; others think
that ho is capable of reaching tho
highest state of civilization in fact,
that ho will become a whito man. For
my own part, l uo noi agree wim
either of these opinions. I believe the
neirro may becoino a moro usoful mcm-
ber of mankind than he is at present ;
thnt ho can be raised to a higher stan
dard, bat that if lefl to himself ho will
soon fall back into barbarism; we
have no cxamplo to tho contrary.
Though a peoplo may bo taught tho
arts and sciences known by more
gifted nations, unless they hnvo tho
power of progression in themselves,
they must inevitably relapse, in the
courso of timo, into their former stato.
Of all the uncivilized races of men,
tho negro lias been found to bo most
tractable and the most docile, and he
possesses excellent quulities that com
pensate a great deal for his bad ones.
Wo ont'ht. therefore, to bo kind to
him, and try to elevate him. That he
will, in the courso of time, follow tho
lower races or men and disappear, i
havo but littlo doubt." Exchange.
"Tommy,
mnlher. "do
my son,
said a fond
your prayers
yon ssy
iiiirht and morninirf' "Yes, that is,
at niirht, but any smart boy can tako
.. . .r 1 ! .k. J. vllmn " '
eare ui ihihbuu iu . wj
There is a lady in Now York so ig
norant of all domestic work that she
cannot knit her brows,
PRINCIPLES-NOT MEN.
Our tHnanrial Protpeeti.
Tho following alarming and trnth,
ful article leads a little "copperish,"
but as it is taken from a loyal journal
(the New York' Timet,) it must he
accepted as gospel. Iteud it carefully
and learn from u loyal source the sins
that doth so cosily beset us :
We bearlrom Washington that the
Secretary of the Treasury oxprosses
the opinion very freely, thnt no fur
ther reduction of tho public debt need
be expected ut present; indeed, the
chances uro that tho debt will bo in
creised within tho next three months.
Wo fear we aro approaching the
end of tho agreeable delusion wu havo
been nursing in regard to our debt
and taxes. Ho much has been said of
tho cxhaustless rosouv 'S of our coun
try our prtfplo 1invo rtbmittedeo
gracefully to tho taxes imposed upon
them, and tho actual reduction of the
debt from month to month has been
so considerable, that we began to look
upon the whole thing as a bagatelle.
It has been assumed that the debt
was to be paid within twenty or thir
ty years at furthest, and that, too,
without special enort or special hard
ship in any quartor. All this was
possible only when business in every
department was flourishing, while
labor was abundant and well reward
ed, while evebody was getting
rich, and could afford to pay heavy
taxes.
All this begins already to bo revers
ed. The tide is turning. Business is
dull prices nre so exuorbitant that
lubor, which command enormous wa
ges, can scarcely earn a living, tho
irohts ot nil branches oi industry
lave fallen off, nnd everybody begins
to feel comparatively poor. Evidences
of this aro seen in every direction.
Thero is nothing like the expenditure
among business men, or in society
and private life, that was witnessed a
year ago. Tho l'ark is no longer
crowded with Bhowy equipages. Cost
ly dinners, extravagant displays ol
wealth at evening parlies, lavish ex
penditures for luxury in dress no
longer characterize our fashionable
circles. All this is apparent and in
dicates unmistakably a very different
stuto ol things from what has existed
hitherto Pince the war. 31en no
longer look upon taxation as a trifle.
They feel it as a burden, growing
heavier and heavier, instead oi light
er, every day. The return of incomes
in this city will not be one-Mij whnl
it was last year; and the samo thing
is said to be true throughout tho
country.
The uction of congress al mo insi
session tended to make things worse.
It was utterly imiKissiblo to get the
attention of the majority to tho finan
ces as h subject of paramount import
ance. Political projects absorbed their
attention. Nearly half tho aggregate
incoino tax was deliberately thrown
away. Instead of aiding and foster
ing Southern industry, so as to aug
ment Southern ability to pay its share
of taxation, everything done tended
to depress and crush it. Not a dollar
of aid was given to repair the Missis
sippi levees, though that measure
alono would have yielded millions
through the sugar tax. The culturo
of cotton was taxed. Capital in tho
South was loaded with exactions and
disabilities w hich it was utterly una
blo to bear. Tho lessons of experi
ence nnd common sense were deliber
ately sacrificed, in every direction, to
political passion or personal interest.
Tho adjustment of duties on foreign
imports was made in utter disregard
of its relations to tho revenue, and
became a venal nnd disgraceful scram
ble among special interests for gov
ernment favor nnd protection.
All theso acts aro just no'v begin
ning to bear their natural fruits. The
revenue is tailing off heavily; pro
gross in redeeming tho public debt
must bo suspended, taxation begins
to bo felt by all clnsses as a heavy
burden and thero is every prospect
that all these evils will grow worse
and worse, instead of being relieved
and removed. Enormous claims, still
unliquidated, remain to bo added to
tho aggregate of the public debt, nnd
thero is at least an even chanco that
tho taxation of tho industry of the
country must bo increased rather
than diminished, to meet tho exnc
lions of the impending future.
Theso things prove the nhsoluto
necessity of greater economy in tho
mnnncement of our finnnces, nnd
greater wisdom in tho adoption of
plans for developing our resources
nnd alleviating tho burden of taxa-
uon. v neiner we may rcnsminuiy
hopo for theso aids is a matter of
doubt ; hut it is very certain that
without them, tho country will plunge
deeper and deeper into trouble and
confusion.
Tho New York
H'orM says that
Wilson's toadies
prominent anion"
when ho was in New Orleans, were
Sheridan's military Mayor Heath and
an ancient nogro named Jordan. They
rodo throuirh tho streets together in a
barouche, Heath being on ono snlo ol
Jordan and the Colonel on tho other.
Tho last timo the two Southern wor
thies were seen on tho streets togeth
er, was when they turned out to escort
tho Federal prisoners of Hull IJun.
Heath as an active member of the
Confederate (home) guards, and Jor
dan ns Captain of a company of color
ed Confederates. On that occasion
they conducted ninny of the comrades
of Wilson's colonelcy, and would have
had tho satisfaction of escorting Wil
son had not the better pnrt of valor
impelled him to forego that honor for
this snfer civic display.
Wliv is tbe tolling of a boll like tho
prayer of hypocrite f Because it is
solemn sound from a thoughtless
tonga.
REPUB
ilmrrlca n MAbrrly.
This phrase, beforo tho advent of
Jjincolnism, was well understood by
j
boon rendered rathermeaninciess. and
flits across tho mind liko a dream.
The Salem (Mass.) Statrsmnn says :
"It cannot bo denied that in Ameri
can society thero is, at tho present
time, a daily growing importance of
liberty. This feeling is uot conlinod
to either of the two great parties into
which tho country is divided. It is a
marked feature of both. It is engen
dered in tho minds of some by the riot
nnd excess of party, by witnessing
the facilities with which the multi
tudes are led intotooliiih nnd fanatical
schemes, by designing demagogues,
by-witnessing the powerlessucss of
u r Men rniiHlitiitidtiH. of o il and es-
every school-boy in tho country, if mitleo, (Ashley s jmpeacnmeni con
nnt in l'ni-niin. Tint Inttei-lvit has cern,) afler a session of fivo months
tablishediisagcsaudprinciplosagainstt'"ry; lliu'r catechising the servants
tho philanthropic bigotry or madness ! of tho White House scullery and sond
of tho hour. They see, as cultivated "'g Ashley to tho cell of Couovcr; in
and thoughtful persons cannot help ! fact, alter resorting to every device
seeing, how loolishly comical anu
hideously ugly are most of tho godSj
whom men so ignorantly worship, j
They are shocked at tho turbulence,
the abandon, tho almost vulgarity of
popular liberty and universal suffrage.
They seo the corruption of generul
elections; tho corruption and coarse
inefficiency of public officials, and ask
whether a more despotic und arbitrary
government would not remedy some
of theso evils.
"These, however, aro not tho most
influential though far tho wiser class
among us with leanings towards
despotism. There is a set of insane
philanthropists of one-idea men a
class with no faith in virtue, in man,
and liltlo faith in God, but with great
faith in their own fanntical theories,
who would fain subvert constitutional
liberty, if by so doir.g they could only
carry into effect their own fanatical
notions. They mean well and talk
much of liberty nnd the rights of man,
but confound personal liberty with
political privilege, and would subvert
tho lormcr to gain tho latter. As a
rulo, theso men imagine themselves iu
advance of the ago, and are impatient
at the slowness of tho great mass of
men in reaching their conclusions.
Having no faith in individual virtue
ns a saving power, they havo great
faith in general legislation, ller.co
they favor a strong government and
advocato coersivo measures. By this
class is our government, Stato nnd
national, ot tho present time, con
trolled. Most assuredly, liberty has
most to fear from thoso of her
cwn household. She is in danger
of being sacrificed at her own altars.
Many of tho theories of tho dominant
party may bo true, but tho leaders
fail to recognize that thero are also
otherthiiigs equally truo. The truths
of tho majority, however important,
they have bavo no right to thrust
down the throats of tho minority. and
tho moment they do so, they establish
what they pretend so much to hate
a despotism. Liberty is tho greatest
social and political good. Ilespotism
is the greatest social and political
evil, and of all despotisms, tho des
potism of tho majority is tho worst,
l'ho despotism of anybody is better
than the despotism of everybody. It
is time tho radicals should remember
their own mnxiin of tho irrepressible
conflict, that this country cannot re
main half free and hnlf slave. They
aro governing a largo portion of the
country by military rule. It is a
dangerous us well ns an expensive ex
periment. Tho principle of self-government
of American liberty as es
tablished by our falhors, is proclaimed
by the dominant party to be a failure
in a large rection of tho country. If
it can only bo saved by enfranchising
the most ignorant of the population,
then what uro its chances in tho rest
of oar dominions !"
Ff.t.T IIaity. A clergyman in an
adjoining town, who is being bleed
with a revival of religion in his church,
went ono evening to attend a neigh
boring prayer meeting. Tho house
was full, and all present seemed deep
ly interested in the exercises. At the
close of tho meeting ho invited all
tliOHO who desired to hold a personal
conversation with him, as to the stato
of their feelings, to remain, tuito a
number did so, and among them a
"hardy son of toil," whom we will
call Mr. 11. Tho good Minister in his
round of conversation wilh each ono,
came to him ; and upon inquiring the
stato of his feelings received tho reply
thnt ho "felt happy." "Ah, indeed,"
said tho preacher, "I am rejoiced to
hear you say so; may 1 inquiro how
long you bavo enjoyod this happy
frame of mind?" "IVrhans, inowily
since last week," said Mr. B. "Well,
my friend," said tho clergyman, "to
what particular event or ciivumstanco,
or occasion, do you trace this happy
chango in your feelings!" "Well,
Mr. Minister," said Mr. B., "I reckon
perhaps the news ol tho election of
Sir. Knglish for Governor of tho Stato
of Connecticut, was about tho spot to
start lrom. Hartford June.
A Sunday school teacher, the other
day, was endeavorirg to impress upon
tho minds ot her scholars the terrible
fate of Xebacbadner.r.er. Sho told
them thnt ho ale grass, like n cow, for
seven years. A little noy nrigiiicncu
up nnd quickly asketl, "bay, .Hisses,
did he give milk V
A New Namh fob amoi.d Disease.
Whilo a young married lady was giv
ing her "liego" a hearty scolding on
a New York train, another lady re
marked thnt "Mrs. was evidently
siifl'erintr wilh a severe attack of In
flammation of the Disposition."
The young gentlemen who flew into
a passion had bis wing onppea.
LTCAN.
TERMS $2 per annum, in Advance.
" T Mountain M.aborrtl and
brought forth a .TIoukc."
The Rump llouso Judiciary Com
... . . . . .i i .
d the takingof more than two thou
sand pages of tOKlimuny, (for ull of
which the taxpayers will havo to
sweat,) made a tiiiul report on the lid
instant. The bantling the result of
half a year's fructification amounts
to just this :
"The evidence does not warrant the.
Committee in reporting articles of im
peachment." Could volumos moro fully express
the blind fanaticism and malignant
fiendishness of the Radical leaders?
After bunting tho country over for
testimony, dragging before it the
highest officers of the Government and
i" y'lem niuunureis iu
intimidation, persuasion, bribery to
be compelled thus to report, merits fjr
the Radical majority of that commit
tee tho name and fame of common
barrators. Let them bo indicted ac
cordingly, and then fined to the ex
tent to which their malignant passions
have caused pecuniary loss to the
country.
Tho vote upon tho above decision
was as follows: For impeaelrxent
Bout well, Thomas, Lawrence, and
Williams 4. Against impeachment
Wilson, Woodbridgo. Churchill, El
dridge, and Marshall 5.
But, moBt unwillingly tbo blindly
mulignnnta abandoned the chnse.
Fuming wilh wrath at boing baffled
and cheated of their prey, they passed
n resolution decluring that President
Johnson is "unworthy the confidence
and respect of the American people,"
to which all asonted except the two
Democrats Messrs. Eldridge and
Marshall.
Of course the "American peoplo"
will govern themselves accordingly.
Afler a cominitteo has spent five
months und taken two thousand pa
ges of testimony, out of every h'jle
and corner of tho country, to demon
strate that tho President is "unwor
thy tho confidence and respect," who
will dare to disobey f
Having thus settled tho impeach
ment question, tho Committee adjourn
ed to meet on tho "0th of June, to
"consider the question of a republican
covernment in Maryland." After de
ciding thnt matter for Maryland,
Pennsylvania and the rest of the
Northern States will probably come
in for a shuro of tho Coinmiltoo's ex-
tensivo powers of research, unless
previously arrested and con lined as
lunatics nnd disturbers of tho public
peace. ra'rwt L nwn.
Intemperance Tho worst forms
of intemperance now prevalent are
not those that appear in low dens
with sordid garments, nnd accompa
nied with profane nnd obscene merri
ment. They aro nmonir men who
wear irood clothes, in counting houso
in public offices, in Legislative bodies
and, it must bo said, in tho I LI.I'IT
They are in the boudoirs, and the gil
ded parlors, nnd the walks of fashion
able society, whore female excellence is
debauched" by the terrible curse and
fascination of strong drink. Drunkards
aro mndo surely in the vicious prac
tices of fashionablo drinking; with
men tho over-wrought brain, tho too
severe straining of the nervoussystem,
the excitements of business, and tbo
consequent languor of temporary re
pose, demand the stimulants that lead
them to ruin; while tho pernicious
modes of physical lifo enjoined by
fashionablo life among women, lead
ing to debility nnd premature decay,
call for the use of tonics, which in
untold instances result in mo&tmiscra
bio inebriation, but partially concealed
by social position, and disguised from
common famo under tho names of las
situde and protracted infirmity.
An irrncihlo school teacher asked n
delinquent boy how ho should flog
him f "If you pleaso, nir," said the
boy, "on tho Italian system," (that
being the system of penmanship then
taught in tho school,) "tho heavy
strokes upward and tho light ones
dowuward."
Nothing tenches patience like tho
garJen. We may go around and
wntch tho opening bud from day to
day, but it takes its own time, and
you cannot urgo it on faster than il
will. All the best results of tt garden,
liko those ol lifo, aro slowly, regulurly
progressive.
Captain John G. Ityan, tho "mys
terious prisoner." who was arresied
und confined in 1S05 us tho supposed
John Jl. Surratt, is about to proseculo
the government for false imprison
ment. The chimney of tho Enfield Com
pnny at Tbompsonville, Ct., ono hun
dred feet high, and containing 100,000
bricks, was moved Inst week a dis
tance of seventy leet without dimage.
At General Lee's College, in Vir
ginia, thrco hundred and ninety -nine
students aro in nttendance, Virginia,
Tennessee, nnd Kentucky having the
largest representation.
The remains of Artemus Ward ar
rived at Jx'cvr York on Saturday last,
and have been forwarded Vo Maine lor
interment.
hat is the ditlerenco between a
pretty girl and a night-cap T One is
born to wed, and tho other is worn to
bed
Tbe greatest organ in the world-
i the organ of speech in women; an
jorgen, too, wiinoui a nop.
jCfpnt ittotlrr.-.
M M ( ITATION.To Kl.lr FI'MIS
1oS. K.tnt f Jumrl Irrm, drawd, lalf
ol Lrntr eounlj, Pa. '
At n Orptoiii' Court, hoMin lit rimrfMrf. in
rid for wi'l rouulr, Im-Ioh- llif M"tmnilt! Smal
Linn, I'rr-ni'lriii., and Ilia A."l' JiMliro. tin tli
? nil dur or Jinuarr, A. II. si7, llin ltitn n f
Marv Ann Irrin. Ki"-nril of Janiri livln, di-c'd,
Ute of Crntr ponnty, l'., wan rtrfiwnttd, wllinn
forth tlmt JaniiMi Irvm, of Outre (vuntT, died uo
or tlHiut Hi" dnv of NuvciiiWr. A. P. IM.2; tbitt
the raid Jitinn iri in in bit lift-time, lo wi. on the
Mb dy of 8-ttinWr, I vi, hr a enn'riwr? in writ
nig, corcvnnti-d. ajtrci'd. prouiii-i-d nnd liound him--lf
to fliiliTcy to ono Kins Edtniittn:!, Sir -V.iii,
and apuiicm, a ourtnin mc.auaKP and trait of iin.j,
ituaUi in Covington town.liijt, Clt-arlieid oour'r,
bounded by tbe Huffiehanna river. Irfvi Luu, aud
the. Com) Mid tree (V'a Und, and othera, and aon
taininjc five hundred and seventy. pia aoiea. ailli
tho aiurtenanee, aa ill morn particularly de.
aerlhed in aaid contract ; the Mid Klifta KdtniHtnn
by the same eontraet afrroeing to pay Therefor Uia
uro of twenty-two hundred and tifty dollar!, as
follows, to wit : two hundred and rfty dollars m
baud, M-ven hundred and Ally dollars on tun 1st
April, ls.16, anil the balaneo in two enunl annual
payments, with interest from tlieflret d.iyof April,
IS6II; thnt tho said Kliui Kdo.islon paid to tlit
snid James Irvin in bij hieliine the sum of tmtr
tft hundred dollars, as follow., to wit: fn Mied
duy uf beeeuiiier, ltiS. two hundred and uity hi
lars; on the day of June, lH.il, the Fu'u ol lix
hundred and fifty dollars; aud on the 1st day of
f-eptember, A. I. 1 857. the sum of five hundred
dollars: that the sum of eitcht hundred and fifty
dollars still remains due and unpaid on said eon
contract hr and from the aaid Eliza Kdmirton, to
gether with interest thereon, according to tha
tonns of said eontraet f that the said James Irvib
died on or about iJie day of Vircmlicr, A. 1.
lhl2. without havrup; conveyed the suid tract nf
land to tho said KtUa Kdmisuin.aiid having ttiada
no suthVient provision for the perloruiancc of said
contract in nis lifetime, leaving surviving him a.
widow, to wit, your, petitiuncr, having wade bia
last will and testament, of which be made the pe
titiosaer euMoutnx, sod James T. JinJe and 3!osa
Thompson executors, to whom ietu-rs testamentary
were iu due form of )nw issued by the H' (r'ter of
the county of Centra that the said Moses Thomp
son eras, oo bis own .motion, discharged from his
trust aj aueh eicoutur by the Orphans' Court of
Centre eouuty, on yie z-Ul asy ot pioremiier,
A. I). WI, and lac said James T. Hale was dis
charged from hia trtist as autll eiecutor by tba
said Court on the utb day or April, A. 11. ISO.
And now, March 21, 1?67, alias citation awarded
to Ellxa Edmiston to appear in Court at'ncxt term
and auswer this bill or petition, hr the Court.
1. u. UAIiUtll, Lierk U' u.
ClmrfitH eomy, ttt
1 ho loniinouweartti of renn'vivania Ui rnaa
EdmistoD : Wa command you, that laying aatua
all businoM and excuses, you be und appear in
your proper person 'fore our Judges of the Or
phans Court, to be uelden at Clearfield, in aad for
the eounlv ol ciearneiu, on tne tniru Monday oi
June, 1S67, being the 17th day, to answer said bill
or prtilion exhibited in our aaid Court, and to dt
further and reeuive what our said ( ourt shsll have
considered in that bet.xlf. Hereof fail not at your
peril aud the penalty that may ensue. Witness,
the Honorable bamucl Linn, l'rtsidrnt of our aaid
Court, at Clearlicld, this 21st day of March, A. I).
1S67. 1. U. liAHOfclt.
mylfi-it Clrrk 0. C.
VI. I A H 11TATIO To MICHAEL
Ql'INN. E!4te of Patrick Quinn, deceased,
htte of Pcnn townsliwi, Clearfield county, Pa.
Clia'fitld eouafjr, sV
At an Crpjians' ConK faoldcn at Clearfield, la
and for aaid couuty, before the Honorable Bananal
Linn, President, and bis Associate Justices, on the
2Mh day of January, A. D. Isfr7, the petition of
James it. Clark, administrator of Patrick Quinn,
decensed, late of Penn township, in said county,
was presented, actting forth that Patrick Quinn ia
his lifetime became lawfully at ixed in bis demesne
as of foe of and in the undivided one half part ot
two certain pieces of land situate in Penn town
ship, in said county, the first thereof containing
one hundred acres and three perches and allow
ance; tbe othor thereof containing forty -one acrca
and one hundred and twenty -six perches and al
lowance ; and that tbe said Patrick Quinn, by hia
wrilteu agreement, dated the Ath day of March,
A. I), l.-ol, recorded in book tf, pugo 7n2, Ac.,
agreed to aeil and convey tbe aoove described
fircmisea to Patrick lsily, for the sum of screw
lundred dollars, and that since entering into that
agreement the said Patrick Quinn died intcstata,
leaving no lineal heirs, aud without making any
provisions for carrying into effect the aforesaid
contract. And now, lo wit, March 21, 13o7, alia
citation awarded to Miehncl Quinn to appear at
next term und ihow cause Ac. Itr the CoarL
L U. BAHUEU, Clerk 0. C.
Clmrfield co, ss
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Michael
Quinn, heir at law of Patrick Quinn, deceased t
We command yea. that laying aside all business
and excuses, you Ire and appear in your proper
person before our Judges ot the Orphans' Couit,
to be boldes at Clearfield, in and for the county of
Clearfield, on the third Monday oi J one, it'.'T,
to answer aaid bill nr petition exhibited in our
said Court, and to lo further and receive what oi:r
snid Court shall haio considered in that beha.1.
Hereof fail not at your peril and tbe penalty thai
may ensue. Wilm st, the Ilouurablc Samuel Linn,
President of our acid Conrt, at Clearfield, this 21st
day of March, A. I. lSf.7.
m.vlD-jt 1. 11. BAnOER, Clerk 0. C.
1)1 u: on tiii: hi;ikof hohert
V, KEtJAKTV, fr.. deceased, lato of Bcccaria
toan.liip, Clt-arhel I county, I'a.
.Viw, April 17, 1 StiT. petition for specif.e per
formance of contract for si.le of real us.ete loaOe
ly lloliert Hegsrly, lato of Bci'cTa toenthip,
Cicarfi.-ld counly, Piu, now dcctnJ, and t'auiuul
K. llegnrty, being prcsculcd and read, and it nt-
nearing that the facts set forth are duly admitud
by al) the heirs except those entitled to the inter
est or share ot Irnbella, a dnulltcr of said Robert
Hrgtrtr, thercupun a rule is grauled on the heirs
or persons ho'.d:ng the ilitcrc .l ol sail Isabella, to
be served by publication in at least one newspaper
printed in Clearfield county. Pa., requiring them
lo appear in Conrt on Monday, the 17th day e'
June, A. II. IS(i7. tt three o'clock, P. M., to show
causa, If any they hare, why specihe pcrfonnenoa
of the contract lo Uiis case should not be granted.
By the Court, I. 0. It A It . 1. ft , '
Clerk 0. 0.
CtmfitVl emiaty, ss -
1 he Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Uia holrl
and l.-sraJ representatives, or thone claiming the
intercut of Isabella Hcgarty, inttnuarricd with
John McKime, of t'nion county, Ohio, (now de
ceased :) We command you, ard every and all of
you, that laying asido all biciuess and excuses,
rou be and appear in your proper person befora
our Judges of the Orphans' Court, to 1m- holder, at
i.iearnei.i, in and lor the county of Clearfield, oo
the third .Mondny of June. 1MI7, to answer said
bill or petition exhibited in our said court, and to
do further and receive what our said court shall
have considered in that behalf. Hereof fail not at
your
r peril and the penally tlmt may occur. VTit
the Ilonorsblo Samuel l.itn. President of our
ness 111
s vid Court, at Clearfield, t'...l I7ih dnv of April,
A. I), l-f.7. 1. U. liAlil.Iw.,
xy I fi-it ClcikO. 0.
Ul'l.r. OS THE III. IU! Ol' ItOHI.IIT
llhliAKTV, fr., dewa-d, late uf Bcccaria
tomiifthip, Clearfi'.id eouuty, Pa.
Kow, April 17, 1SII7, petition for specifto per
formance of contract for sale of real estate made
by Kohert Hcgarty, the elder, now deceased, lata
of Bcccaria toaasbip, Clearfield county, Pa., with
Samuel r'heff, lieing prc-rtilcd and read, and it
appearing that the facts set forth arc daly ad
mitted by all the heir exoirt those entitled to the
interest and "hare of Isabella, a daughter of said
Ilobert Hcgarty; thereupon a rule is granted on the
heirs or persons holding the iutcn4 of aaid Isa
bella, to be acrved by publication in at least one
newspnper printed In ClcarDeld county, Pa., re
quiring them to appear in Court on Monday, the
l.tn u.y ol June, A. V. ISG7, al three o clock,
P. M., to show cause, if any they have, why specific
performance of the contract in this ease should wat
be granted. Br the Court.
I. O. BAHGEIt, Clerk 0. 0.
Clrnrfirtd coNary, as
The Commonwealth of Pcnnsvlrania to tho heirs
and legal representative., or those claiming tha
interest, or Isabella llegsrtv. intermarried with
John McKime, of l inen county, Ohio, (now de
ceased:) We command yon, and every and all af
you, that laying a.ide all business and excuses,
you be and a; pear in your proper persous Mora
onr Judges of the Orphans' Court, to lie bolden at
Clcarflebl, in and for the eouuty of Cleaileld, cn
the third Monday of Juue, lsi.7, to ar.pwcr said
bill or petition exhibited in our said Court, and to
do further and receive whnl our said Court eoall
.lave considere 1 in that Iwlialf. Hereof fsit not at
rnur peril and the penalty that u-.ay cnoe. W'lt
ness, the llonorublc Samuel Linu. President of our
said Court, at Clearfield, tins I Tlh dav of April,
A. H. lst.7. I. 0. HA1HIKR,
raylS-M Clerk O. C
imiMwTK TOK'4, MITK. F. latere
of Administrauo having been granted tha
un.lersignrd on the estate of t.eorge M. Dickinson,
dec d, late of tlulie'j tp, Clcardcld county, l'a
all perrons indebted le raid estate will raise iw
mediate payment and those having claims aiinl
the seine will present them proerlv an
ll ;caud
fur aeltlement.
W. K. HI' Ii I '
mylo ftf-pd
A'im'ni.' -s'or.
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