the n.ro .wiss.iui:
vmtarv DfqxitKm nillv IXaltlithcd In
Tru Ktntin.
Tho Mlowinp it tho mossajroof tho
I'rvKuli'iit vetoing tlio ntnendiuory
roeonhtnietion bill :
To the Jfoune of Jieprcsentntiin of the
Cnited Slates :
1 return herewith the bill entitled
"An act supplementary to nn net enti
tled an net to provide, for the moro
itlicicnt government of tlio robel
States," passed on lliu 2d day of March,
1807, and tlio act 8iipilomcntary there
to, passed on the 'Z'.id day of March,
107, and will stato, an briefly as pos
sible, somo of tho reasons which pre
vent mo from giving it my approval.
This is one of a series of nieuHores
passed by Congress during tlio last
lour months on tho subject of recon
struction. Tho mcBsago returning
the act of tho 2d of March last stales
at length my objections to the passage
of that measure; they apply equally
well to the bill now before mo, and I
am content merely to refer to them,
and to reiterate my conviction that
they nro sound and unanswerable.
Thero aro some points peculiar to this
bill which I will proceed at once to
consider.
The first section purports to declare
the true intent and Uionuiug, in some
particulars, of tho prior acts upon
this Bubicct. it is declared that tlio
intent of thoso acts was, first, "That
the existing governments in the ton
rebel States" wero cot legal State
govern men ts ; and second, "That thero-
nucr sam governments, u coniiuuuu,
were to be continued subject in nil
respects to tho military commanders
of the respective districts and to the
paramount authority of Congress."
Congress may, by a declaratory act
fix niton a prior act a construction
altogether at varianco with its appa
rent meaning, and from tho timo at
least when such construction is fixed
the original act will be construed to
mean uxactly what it is staled to
mean by tho declaratory statute
There will be, then, from tho time
this bill may become a law, no doubt
no question as to the relation in which
tho existing governments in those
Slatos, called in the original act the
"provisional governments," stand to
wards tho military authority. As
their relations stood beloro tho decla
ratory act. theso "governments," it is
true, woro mado subject to absolute
military authority in many important
respects, but not in all, the language
of the act being "subject to the mi
llll
tary authority of the United States as
hereinafter prescribed.
By the sixth section of the original
act these governments were made "in
all respects subject to tho paramount
authority of theUnited States." Now,
by this declaratory act it appears
that Congress did not, by tlio original
act, intend to limit tho military au
thority to any particulars or subjects
therein "prescribed," but meant to
make it universal, urns, over an
those ten Stales, this military govern
ment is now declared to have unlimi
ted authority. It is no longer con.
fined to the preservation of the pub
lio TMsace, the administration of crim
inal law, the registration of voters,
and tho superintendence ol elections
but in all respects is asserted to bo
paramount to tho existing civil gov
ernments. It is impossible to con
ceive any state of society more intol
erable than this, and yet it is to this
condition that twelve millions ot Amor
ican citizens aro roduccd hy tho Con-
cress of the United States. Over
every foot of tho immense territory
occupied by these American citizens
the Constitution of tho United States
theoretically is in full operation. It
binds all tho people, there, and should
protect thorn j yet they aro denied
every one of its sacred guarantees.
Of what avail will it be to any ono of
these .Southern people, wuen seized
by a file of soldiers, to ask for the
cause of arrest or tor the production
oi the warrant J VI what avail to ask
for tho privilege of bail when in mili
tary custody, which knows no such
thing as bail f Of what avail to de
mand a trial by jury, process for wit
nesses, a copy of tho indictment, the
privilege of counsel, or that greater
privilege, tho writ of hahra corpus?
The veto of the original bill of tho
led of March was rinsed on two distinct
grounds, "tho interference of Congress
in matters strictly appertaining to tho
reserved powors of tho States, and
the establishment of military tribunals
for tho trial of citizens in time of
peace." The impartial reader of that
message will nndcrstand that all that
it contains with respect to military
despotism and martial law has refer
ence especially to tho fearful power
conferred on the district commanders
to displace the criminal courts and
ansumo jurisdiction to try and to pun
ish by military boards ; that poten
tially the Buspcnsion of tho habeas
corpus was martial law and military
dopotism. The act now beloro me
not only declares that tho intent was
to confer such military authority, but
also to confer such unlimited military
authority ovor all tho other courts ol
tho State, and over all tho officers of
the State, legislative, execntivo, and
judicial Not content with the gen
eral grant of power, Congress in tho
second section of this bill specifically
gives to each military commander tho
power to "suspend or remove irom
office, or from the performance of offi
cial duties and the exercise ol omeial
powers, any officer or person holding
or exercising, or professing to hold or
exercise, any civil or military ollice or
duty in such district under any power,
eloction, appointment, or authority
derived from or granted by or claimed
under any so-called State, or tho gov
ernment thereof, or any municipal or
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hitherto all the departments of the
Federal Govornmctit,aeling in concert
or separately, have not dared to exer
ciso, is here attempted to bo conferred
on a subordinate military officer. To
Lim, as a military officer of tho Fed
eral Government, is given tho power,
supported by "a sufficient mililary
force," to remove every civil officer
of tho Stato. What nnxtr The dis
trict commander, who has thus dis
placed tho civil officer, is authorized
to fill the vacancy by the detail of an
officer or soldier o( the army, or by
the appointment of somo Otherperson.
This military nppointee, whether an
officer, a soldier, or some other person,
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is to perform tho duties of such officer
or person so suspended or removed.
In other words, an officer or soldier ol
tlio army is thug transformed into a
civil officer. Ho may bo made a (iov
ernor, a legislator, or a judges. How
ever unfit ho may deem himself for
such civil duties, ho must obey the
order. The officer of tlio nrmy must,
if'detailcd.go upon the Supreme bench
of tho Slate with tho same prompt
obodienco as if ho wcro detailed to go
upon a court martial. Tho soldier, if
detailed to act as a jiiBticc of the peace,
must obey as quickly as if he were
detailed for picket duty. What is the
character of such a military-civil offi
cer t This bill declares that ho shall
perform the duties of the civil office
to which he is detailed. It is clear,
however, that ho does not lose his
position. in the military sorvice. Ho
is still an officor or soldier of the
army. lie is still subjoct to tho rules
and regulations which govern it, and
mubt yield due deference, respect, and
obedience towards his superiors. The
clear intent of this section is, that the
officer or soldier detailed to fill a civil
office must execute its duties according
to tho laws of tho Slato. If ho is
appointed a Governor of a Stale ho Is
to oxocute the dutios as provided by
the laws of that State, and for the
time being bis military character is
to bo suspended in his new civil capa
city. If ho is appointed a State
Treasurer ho must nt oner assume
the custody and disbursement of the
funds of tho Slato, and must perform
these duties precisely according to
the laws of tho State, for he is entrust
ed with no other official duty or other
official power. Holding the office of
treasurer, und entrusted wiili funds,
it happens that ho is required by the
State laws to enter into bond with
security, and to take an oath of office ;
yet from tho beginning of tho bill to
the ond there is no provision for any
bond or oalh of office, or for an- sin
glo qualification required under tho
State law, such as residence, citizen
ship, or anything clso. Tho only oath
is that provided for in the ninth sec
tion, by tho tonus of which every one
detailed or appointed to any civil
offico in tho State is required "to take
and to subscribe the oath of office
prescribed by law for tho officors of
tho Lotted Mates. i hus an omoer
of the army of tho United States,
detailed to fill a civil office in one of
these States, gives no official bond
and takes no official oath for tho per
formance of his now duties, but as a
civil officer of the ftatc only takes
tho same oalh which ho had already
taken as a military officer of tho Uni
ted States. Ho is i.l lant a military
officor performing civil duties, and tho
aullioriiy under which ho acts is Fed
eral authority only, nnd the inevitable
result is that tho Federal Government,
by tho agency of its own sworn offi
cers, in effect assumes tho civil gov
ernment of the Stuto.
A singular contradiction is apparent
here. Congress declares these local
Stato governments to be illegal gov
ernments, and then provides that tho
illegal governments shall bo carried
on by Federal officers, who are to per
form the very duties imposed cn its
own officers by this illegal Stato au
thority. It certainly would bo a
novel spectacle if Congress should
attempt to carry on a legal Stato gov
ernment by tho agency of its officers.
It is yet more strango that Congross
attempts to sustain and carry on nn
illegal Stato government by tho samo
Federal agency.
In this connection, I must call atten
tion to the tenth and eleventh sections
of the bill, which provide that none
of tho officers or appointees of thoso
military commanders "shall be bound
in their action by any opinion ot nn-
civil oflicer of tho United States, and
that nil tho provisions ol the net shall
bo construed liberally, to the end that
all the intents thereof may bo fully
and perfectly carried dut." It seems
Congress supposed that this bill might
remuro construction, and they fix,
thcrcforo, the rulo to bo applied. Hut
where is tho construction to come
from 1 Certainly no ono can bo more
in want of instruction than a soldier
or an officer of tho army detailed for
a civil service, perhaps tho most im
portant in a Stato, with the duties of
which he is altogether unfamiliar.
This bill says he shall not bo bound
in his action by tho opinion of any
civil othecr ol the init-ed Mates.
Tho duties of tho office aro altogeth
er civil, but when ho asks for an opin
ion ho can only ask tho opinion of
another military officer, who perhaps
undorstands as littlo of his duties as
ho docs himself; nnd as to his "ac
tion," he is answerable to tho military
authority, and tho military authority
alono. Strictly, no opinion of any
civil officer, other than a judge, has a
binding force; but theso military ap
pointees would not bo bound even by
a judicial opinion. They might very
well say, oven when their action is in
conflict with tho Supreme Conrt of
tlio United States, "that conrt is com
posed of civil officers of tho L nitcd
Stutes, and wo are not bound to con
form our action to any opinion of any
such authority." This bill, and the
acts to which it is supplementary', arc
all founded upon tho assumption that
theso ten communities aro not States,
and thot their existing governments
aro not legal. Throughout the legis
lation upon llnsjMimoct, they are called
rebel Slates. And in tins particular
bill they are denominated "so-cnlled
States," and the vice of illegality is
declared to pcrvado all of them. The
obligations of consist-enrv bind a legis
lative body as w ell as tho individuals
who compose it. It is now too Jalo
to say that those ten political commu
nities are not States of this Union.
Declarations to tho contrary in these
acts arc contradicted again and again
by repeated acts of legislation enacted
by Congress from the year 101 to the
year 1 Xii7. Durinrj that period, whilst
these States wore in actual rebellion,
and after that rebellion was brought
to a close, they havo been again and
again recognized as Slatos of the
Union. Representation has been np
portioned to them as States They
havo keen divided into judicial dis
tricts for tho holding of district and
circuit courts of tho United States, as
States of the Union only can be dis
tricted. Tho last act on this subject
was passed July 23, lSlill, by -which
every ono of theso ton States was
arranged into districts and circuits;
they havo been called upon by Con
gress to act through' their Legislatures
upon at least two amendments to the
Constitution of tho United States; its
States they have ratified ono amend
ment, which required the vote of
twenty -seven States of the thirty-six
then composing tho Union whon tho
requisito twenty-seven votes wero giv
en in favor of that amendment, seven
of which votes were given by seven
of these ten States, it was proclaimed
to be a part of tho Constitution of tho
United Stutes, and slavery was de
clared no longor to exist within the
United States or any place subject to
their jurisdiction. If theso seven
States woro not legal States of tho
Union, it follows, as an inevitable con
sequence, that in somo of tho States
slavery yet exists. It does not exist
in these seven States, for they have
abolished it also in their own Slate
Constitutions; but Kentucky, not hav
ing done so, would still remain in that
stato. Cut, in truth, if this assump
tion that these States havo no legal
Stato governments bo tiue, then the
abolition of slavery by thoso illegal
governments binds no ono; for Con
gress now denies to theso States the
power to abolish slavery by den
lenying
a legal
to thorn tho power to elect a
Siato Legislature, or to frame a con
stitution ibr any purpose, even for
such a purpose us tho abolition of
slavery.
As to the other constitutional amend
ment, having reference to suffrage, it
happens that these States havo not ac
cepted it. Tho consequence is that it
has nevor been proclaimed or under-,
stood oven by Congress to be a part of
the Constitution of tho Unitod Stales.
The Senate ot tho United States has
repeatedly given its sanction to tho
appointment of judges, district attor
neys, and marshals, for every ono of
thuso States, and yet if they aro not
legal Stales not ono of thoso judges is
authorized to hold a court. So, too,
both houses of Congress have passed
appropriation bills to pay all these
judges, attorneys, and officers of the
United Status for exercising their Amo
tions in theso States. Again, in the
machinery of tho internal revenuo
laws all these Slatos aro districted, not
as Territories, but as Slates. So much
for continuous legislative recognition.
Tho instances cited, however, fall far
short of all that might bo enumerated.
Executive recognition as is well known
has boen frequent and unwavering.
Tho same may be said as to judicial
recognition through tho Supremo
Court of tho United States. Thut au
gust tribunal, from first to last, in the
administration of its duties, in banc
and upon tlio circuit, has nevor fuilod
to recognize theso ten communities as
legal States of tho Union. Tho cases
depending in that court upon appeal
and writ of error from theso Slates
when tho rebellion began, have not
been dismissed upon any idea of the
cessation of jurisdiction. Thcywore
carefully conlinnod from torm to term j
until tho rebellion was entirely subdu-
ed and poace re-established, and then j
they were called for argument and
consideration, as it no insurrection had
intcrvenod. New cases occurring
sinco tho rebollion have como from
these States beforo that court by writ
of error and appeal, and even by ori
ginal suit, where only a Slate can
bring sacli a suit. Theso cases are
entertained by that tribunal in tho
exercise of its acknowledged jurisdic
tion, which could not attach to them
if thoy had como from any political
body other than a State of the Union.
Finally, in the allotment of their
circuits mado by the judges at the De
cember term, 1SG5, every one ot thoso
States is put on the same footing of
legality with all tho othor States of
the L nion. lrginia and Norlb Car
olina, boing a part of the fourth cir
cuit, are allottod to the Chief Justice
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida, constituting
the fifth circuit, aro allotted to the
lato Mr. Justice Wayne Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Texas aro allotted to
sixth judicial circuit, as to which there
is a vacancy on the bench. 1 he Chief
Justico, in the exorcise of his circuit
dutics,has recently held a circuit court
in the Stato of North Carolina. If,
North Curoliua is not a Slate of this
Union, the Chiof Justics had no au
thority to hold a court t hei e, and every
order, judgment and decree rendered
by him in that court were coram nan
judice and verdi.
Another ground on which those re
construction acts are nttompted to bo
sustained is this : that theso ton Stales
are conquered lorritory j that the con
stitutional relation in which they
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Government prior to tlio rebellion bns
given jiiaco to new relations ; Hint
their territory is s contjnerod eountry,
and their citizens a coiuiiorcd peoplo,
nnd that in this now relation Congress
can govern them by military powor.
A title lV conqnoct elands on clear
gronnd ; it is s now title aoquired by
war. It applies only to torritory; for
goods or movable thingR regularly cap
tured in war nre called "booty, or if
taken br individual soldiers, "plun
der." Thero is not a foot ol tlio land
in any ono of these ton States which
tho United States hold by conquest,
Bave only such land as did not belong
to either of theso States or to any in
dividual owner. 1 moan such lauds
as did belong to the protended govern
ment called tho Confederate States.
Theso lands wo claim to hold by con
quest; as toall other lands or territory,
whether belonging to States or to in
dividuals, the Federal Government has
now no moro titlo or riglit to it than
it hnd beforo tho rebellion. Our own
forts, arsonals, navy yards, custom
houses, and other Federal property
situate in those States wo now hold,
not by the title of conquest, but by
our old titlo acquired by pnrchaso or
condemnation "to public use, with com
pensation to former owners. We have
not conquered theso places, but have
simply "repossessed" them. If wero
qniro moro sites for forts, custom
houses, or other public uso, we must
acquire tho titlo to thorn by purchaso
or appropriation in tho regular modo.
At this moment the Unitod States in
tho aequisilion of sites for national
cemeteries in theso States, acquires
titlo in tho samo way. The Federal
courts sit in court houses owned or
loused by tho United Slates, not in the
court houses of the Stutes. The Uni
ted Stato pays each of these States tor
tho uso of its jails. Finally, the Uni
ted Slates levies its direct taxes and
ils internal revenue upon the property
in tliese States, including tho produc
tions of tho lands within their territo
rial limits, not by way of levy and con
tribution in tho character of a con
queror, but in the regular wa' of tax
ation, under the samo laws which ap
ply to all tho other States of tho
Union. From first to last, during tho
rebellion and since, tho title of each of
these States to tho lands and public
buildings owned b)- them has never
been disturbed, and not a foot of it has
ever been acquired by the United
Slates, even under a titlo by confisca
tion, and not a foot of it has ever been
taxed under Federal law.
In conclusion, I must rcspostfully
ask tho attention of Congress to the
consideration ot ono more question
arising under this bill : It vests in the
military commander, subjoct only to
the approval of tho general of tho
army of tho United Stales, nn unlim
ited power to removo from office any
civil or military officer in each of these
ten Stales, and the further power, sub-
'ject to tho samo approval, to detail or
appoint any military
of Hie United Stales
officer or soldier
ales to perform the
duties of the officers so removed, and
to fill all vacancies occurring in thoso
States by death, resignation or other
wise. Tho military appointee thus
required to perforin tho duties of a
civil office, according to tho laws of
tlio Slato, nnd as such requirod to take
an oath, is for tho timo being, a civil
officer. What is his character f Is he
a civil officer of the State, or a civil of
ficer of tho United Slates f If he is a
civil officer of the State, where is the
federal power under our Constitution
which authorizes his appointment by
any federal officer? If, however, he is
to be considered a civil officer of the
United states, as his appointment and
oath would scorn to indicato, where is
tho authority for his appointment
vested by tho Constitution J Tho pow
er of appointment of allolficers or tho
United Slates, civil or military, where
not providod for in tlio Constitution,
is vosted-in theProsidcnt, by and with
tho advico and consent of the Senate,
with this exception : Hint Congress
may, by law, vest the appointment of
such Interior officers as they think
proper, in tho President alone, in tho
courts of law, or ir, the heads of do-
partmcnts. liut this bill, if thoso nre
to bo considered inferior officers with-
in tho moaning of tho Constitution,
does not provide for their uppointmont
by tho President alono, or by the
conrts of law, or by the heads of de
partments, but vests tho appointment
in one subordinuto executive officer,
subject to tho approval of another sub
ordinate cxecutivo officer: bo that if
wo put this question and fix tho char
acter of this military appointoo, either
way this provision of tho bill is equally
opposed to tho Constitution.
Tako tho caso of a soldier or officer
appointed to perform tho oflloo of
juugo in one oi moso Mates, and as
such to administer the proper laws of
the Maw, where is tlio authority to bo
found in the Constitution for vesting
in a military or an cxecutivo officer
strict judicial functions to bo excrcis
od under Stato law 7 It has been again
and again decided, by tlio Supreme
Court of the United Slatos, that acts
of Congress which havo attempted to
vest executivo power in the judicial
courts or judges of the Unitod States
aro not warranted by the Consiitu
tion. If Congress cannot clotho a judge
with merely oxeriitivo duties, how can
they clotho an officer or soldier of tho
army with judicial duties, over citi
zens of theUnitod States, who aro not
in tho military or naval service?
So, too, it has boen repeatedly do
cided that Congress cannot rcquiro a
Slato officer, executivo or imlieiat. in I
porform any duty enjoined upon him
by a law of the United States. How,
then, can Congress conforpower upon
an executive officer of the United
Slates to perform such duties in a
nuiie r ii onercis couiu doi voM in
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a jittltfo of ono theso State any judi-
oial authority under tho United Slates
hy direct euactmotit, how can it ao
complUh tho same thing indirectly by
removing the State judgo end putting
an officer oi the United States in bin
plaoe f
To me thoie considerations are con
clusive of tin nnoonntitutionality of the
part of the bill now beforo me, and 1
earnestly commend their considera
tion to tlio del i borate judgment of
Congress.
itbio a period less loan a year the
legislation of Congress has attempted
to strip tho executive department of
tho Government of some of ils essen
tial powers.
Tho Constitution, and the oath pro
vided in it, devolves upon tho l'resi
dent the power and duty to seo that
tho laws are faithfully executed. Tho
Constitution, in order to carry out
this power, gives him tho choice, of
the agents, and makes them subject to
his control and supervision ; but in tho
execution of these laws tho constitu
tional obligation upon the President
remains, but tho powor to exercise
that constitutional duty is effectually
taken away. The military commander
is.as to the power ofappointment.made
to tuke tho placo of the President, and
the general of the army the phwc of tho
Senuto, and any attempt on tho part
of the Prosidont to assert his own con
stitutional power may, under pretence
of law, bo met by official insubordina
tion. It is to be feared that theso military
officers, looking to tho authority given
ny liieso laws, rather than to tho let -
ler ot the constitution, will recognize
no authority but tho commander of
the district nnd tho gonoral of the
army. If there wero no other objec
tion than this to this proposed legisla
tion, it would bo sufficient. Whilst I
hold tho chief executive authority of
the United Stales; whilst the obliga
tion rests upon me, to seo that nil the
laws are faithfully executed, I can
never willingly surrender that trust,
or the powers given for its execution ;
I can never give my assent to be mnde
responsible for the faithful execution
of laws, and at tho samo time surren
der that trust and tho powers which
accompany it, to any other executive
officer, high or low, or to any number
of executive officers.
If this executive trust, vested by the
Constitution in the President, is to be
taken from him and vested in a subor
dinate ofllcor, tho responsibility will
bo with Congress, in clothing the sub
ordinate with unconstitutional power,
and with the officer who assumes its
exercise This interference with the
constitutional authority of tho execu
tive department is an evil that will in
evitably sap tho foundations of our
federal system, but it is not tho worst
evil of this legislation. It is a great
publio wrong to take from the Presi
dent powers conferred on him alone
by tho Constitution. Cut tho wrong
is more flagrant and moro dangerous
whon tho powers so taken from the
President aro conlerrod upon subor
dinuto cxecutivo officers, and especial
ly upon military officers. Over near
ly one third of the Slates of the Union
military power, regulated by no fixed
law, rules supremo. loach one of the
five district commanders, though not
chosen by tho people or responsible
to them, exorcises at this Lour moro
executive power, military and civil,
than tho people havo ovor boen willing
to confer upon tho head of the cxecu
tivo department, though chosen by j
and responsible to themselves. The J
remody must como from the peoplo
themselves. They know what it is,
and how it is to be applied. At the
present timo they cannot, according
to tho forms of the Constitution, re
peal thoso luws. They cannot romovo
or control this military despotism.
Tho remedy is nevertheless in their
hands. It is to bo found in '.lio ballot.
and is a suro one, if not controlled by
fraud, overawed by arbitrary power,
or from apathy on their part loo long
uviayou.
With abiding cotifideneo 5n their
patriotism, wisdom and integrity, lam
still hopeful of tho future ; und thai in
tho end the rod of despotism will be
broken, tho armed heel of power lift
ed from tlio nocks of thopooplo, and
the principles of a violated Constitu
tion prcervod. Anduew JonxsoN.
Wamunoton, July 10, 1S07.
A Nsw roixiK in the Clothing
BrsiNESB. An Atlanta correspondent
of tho Chattanooga American Unton
writes :
Some of tho Atlanta merchants nre
bhrowd. I hear of a good thing por
pctrated by ono of them, which was
relatod to a New York "Drummer."
Tho merchant aforesaid was in the
rcady-mado clothing business, and he
told tho gentleman from New York
that, when a customer caino in, after
lotting him try ou several coats, he
would say to him that ho had a coal
which ho had given a gentleman to
tako home tho night beforo who was
not satisfied with it and returned it.
Terhaps it might fit his customor.
"Now you know," said he, "all men
are moro or less dishonest, so I put a
pocket book into ono of tho coat pock
ets, which only cost mo forty or fifty
cents. Now when he tries on the coat
ho puts his hand in thepockot, and
feels this pockot book, and he buys
the ooat'at onco for a eonsidorablo
advance on the usual prieo; and he
never comes back to us about it."
There was ono that diod greatly in
debt. When it was renortod in com
pany whore divers of his creditors
wero, that he wni dead, one began to
say : -W ell, if be bo gone, then he
hath carried five hundred ducats of
mine into the next world;" and anoth
er said, "And two hundred of mine;"
and a third spoke of great sums of bis.
Prucion said : I perceive now, that
though a man cannot carry any of
ins own wun him into tho noxt world,
yet he may carry away that which i
another man's."
A barrel of new beer in a cellar at
Lock-port exploded a few days sinco,
hoisting the keeper, an Irish woman,
to theoeiling. demolishing everything
in range. Tho lady picked horsolf up
and mildly remarked ! "Ot h, bedad 1
bad luck to the man that put the tor
pedy in the beer barrel."
Too .TurA or This,
Of lato it has seemed that tho most
exemplary of people, tho most certain
of salvation, wcro tho murderers exe
cuted for tho committal of tho worst
of crimes whilo making their last
speeches on the gallows, theso men
havo professed so loudly nnd so tri
umphantly, their firm belief in tho
certainty of a rapid transmission to
Ileaveu, that it would seem, the surest
road thither was through murder.
lias there not been too much of this f
lias not the natural exaltation and
excitement attendant upon so dread-
II I a death been allowed to usurp the
place of conviction, and hus nut thus
harm been accomplished by those who
' exhorted and encouraged dying mur
uercrs to assume all tlio religious con
victions of persoculcd martyrs!1 Fa
naticism of tho grossest naturo is
doubtless evinced by tho miserable
beings wo refer to, and certainly tho
influence ot the unseemly displays
they nittKo ot a newly awukened reli
gious belief, is evil. The purado they
1 aro anowoa to make is disgusting
j nccauso oi us umiuo prominence, and
becauso we may not but doubt the
sincerity of tlio lorced repentance,
prompting the pious assurance of the
dying. I p to the last moment they
deny thoir guilt, up to tho last mo
ment they seek to escape tho consc
qneiiccs of their crime, and 'tis but at
Iho hut, when death is mado so evi
dent to them, that they assume the
tone of suinU on earth, nnd depart
with assurances of a speedy awaken
ing in Heaven. e uo uot deny nil
powerful mercy, nor do we deny the
possibility ol sineero repentance and
conviction of forgiveness, on the part
ol tho guilty, but deprecate tho effect
to bo produced upon tho masses by
mcso aiiegca sudden ana certain trau
sits to a better world, through the
medium of Jack Ketch. L'rvrest.
female fahhioiin.
Mark Twain, a witty writer, admires
tho stylo of women's walking dresses,
und thus sweetly sings their praises :
"Who shall describo the exquisite taste
and beauty of the new styles of ladies'
walking dresses? Taken as a class,
women can contrive mere outlandish
and ugly costumes than ono would
think pobsiblo without tho gift of in
spiration. But this time they have
been felicitious in invention. The
wretched waterfalls still remain, of
course, but in a modified form ; every
change it underwent was for the bet
tor. First it represented a bladder of
Scotch snuff; next it hung down the
woman's back like a canvas-covered
ham ; afterward it contracted, ond
counterfeited a turnip on tho back of
the head ; now it sticks straight out
behind, and looks like a wire muzzle
on a greyhound. Nestling in tho
midst of this long Btretch of head and
hair reposes the littlo batter eake of
a bonnet, like a jockey-saddle on a
race horse. You will readily perceive
that this looks very unique, and pretty,
and coquclish. Hut the glory of the
costume is the robe tho dress. No
furbelows, no flounces, no biasos, no
ruincs, no gores, no flultcrwhcels, no
hoops to speok of nothing but a rich,
plain, narrow black dress, terminating
just below the knees in long saw teeth
(points downward,) and under it a
flaming red skirt, enough to put your
eyes out, that reaches down only to
tlio ankle bone, and exposes tho rest
less little feet. Charming, fascinating,
seductive, bew itching! To gee a lovely
..r . i i ... J
gin ui Kevoniecn, wun ner saddle on
her head, and her muzzle on behind.
and her veil just covering tho end of
hor nose, come tripping along in her
hoopless, red-bottomej dress, like a
churn on fire, is enough to 6et a man
wild. I must drop this subject I
can't stand it."
Pkxteii VirroRiors. Tho great
rnco betwoon Iexter, driven by iuble,
against Brown Georgo nnd running
mute, for a purse of J,000, took ulace
on Tuesday afternoon, 23d ult . over
j the Inland 1'ark Conrso, near Troy,
IJs. l., nnd resulted in the success of
Dexter in throo straight beats. Time
1 2:Z , 2-:M and 2:L'0. There woro at
least 6,0('0 persons on the ground,
aud a great deal of money changed
bunds ut flOO to (00 on tho horso.
Dexter trotted tho entire race with
out making a skip or a break, and
turned the course each time under a
strong pull by bis driver. He was
never in better condition. and although
the track is a full mile, witb sharp
turns, it is believed if he had been
forced to his full snood ho would bave
beaten bis best time made on more
favorable tracks. Tho enthusiasm of
tho spectators over his performance
was unnoiiiKicu.
rin to entertained some of bis friends
at a dinner, and bad in the chamber
a bed, neatly and costly furnished
I)iogons came in and got npnn the
Doa.ana trampled it, saying, tram
plo upon the irido of J'lato !'' I'tato
mildly answered : "But with far more
pride, Diogenes."
A passenger from Fort Benton says
that tbedeath of General Meaghor was
caused by the General having been en-
j gaged in a quarrel on the alXonoon of
the lotu,aud which caused him so much
excitement that be became delirious,
stolo from his bed and full overboard.
Sharp Rather. First Boy: I say,
Bill, what 'a yer got in thai wallet f
Second Boy: How d'yer know my
name was Bill? First Boy: Oh, I
guessed it Socond Boy: Then yer
m' guess what's in this 'ere wallet
"Do you see that fellow lounging
there doing notliing f said Owens to
Jenkins. "How does he livo f hy his
witaf" "Oh, no; hos a cannibal."
A cannibal?" Yea, a CAnnibal, he
lives on other people." ,
Jlif ClnrtJrld tSfpuMirnn.
Irrtfi orVliM i tifloru
Tf j'fiirl In tvhimtY.nr i k.ti tlm-i- mi'iiifu .t.fJ
If s i rf isltrr thrwmvl l'l'Mf !t iin nth J ,'t
If pud nflcr thr MpirAtton of uinihi... f'O
Hatcn ol Aihri-JUlnif,
TrnTtirn1 ftihertmt im ul, prr Njumc of 10 )itia nr
), .1 turn r Intt 1 ,q
For rnvh iil.scvti.nt iiM-rtin. Ml
A'lminii'trnltirV ml KieonlorV nolicc I 60
Au'hlorV nti'', , , f ,n
rniitioim and K!mvi f &q
liiflufiitti notice j (hi
IWnl tmtiprp, per line if,
(Hiitunry noti.-m, vrr five lim., per luic,,., 10
l ml en. ion ;il ChpI, 1 yer 5 QU
VKAIII.V AMVntNKKllKXT.
1 KU!V IM OU
2 i(imrn 1.1 00
3 Fipircf I'd lU
i column $2f) AO
j t-hiiiiilH 40 oo
1 r'tuiunn 7& (ttf
Job Work.
BIAXKR,
RinRln qnfro t2 Ml I ft qniret, pwquire,$l 75
Ii quirts, ptMiuire, 2 00 Over 6, per qmr.. I Jl
n AMmi,i..
a uhcef, 2ft or SV,$1 50 f ht-ct, JS or w,U 60
i riirwt, 2h or 1, 2 60 1 shift, tit or Ipji, H (iij
Over 2j of each of mIhiv? at prniinrtttnint rate.
OKO. H. oWiLANHKH,
Editor and Proprietor.
CHEAP FURNITURE
JOHN GULICJI
DV81RE3 to inform hit old friend and eai
tomer. that having enlarged hii shop and
increased nil facilities for manotacturicg, be ii
now prepared to make to order auch Furniture ae
oiay le deaireri, in good atyle and ateboap ralea
for CASH, lie generally baa on band, t hi
F ami lure roomi, a raried aaaortmom of ready
made furniture, among wbicb aro
BUREAUS AND SIDE-BOAttDS,
Wardrobes and Sook-Cuiei; Centre, fiofa, Parlor
Ureakfaat and fining Extaiion Tahlea; Com
mon, eneh-pott, CottefJennj-Lmd and otber
Bedtteadij fWaj of all kinds, Work-etanda,
llut-racka, Waah-atands ; Hocking and Arm
Chain; epring-aeat, eaoe bottom, par'.ur, com
mon and otiier Chain ; Looking-Ulajfloj of ovary
description on hand ; and new glaaaea for old
frame, wbicb will be put in on very reaaonablo
termi on thorteit notice. Ue alio kecpa on band
or furnih to order, Corp-buik, Hair and Cotton-top
Mattreaies.
Coffins of Evert Kind
Made to order, and fanerali attended with a
Uearae whenever de aired. Also, Unnao Painting
done to order. The aubtcriber alao maouiao
tnrea, and kai enmtantly on band, Clement's
Patent Washing Machine, the beat now in nee!
Tboee naing this machine never need be with
out claaa clutheat Ue alio baa Flj-r'a Patent
Churn, a superior article. A family using tbie
Cburn never need be without bolter !
All the above and many other articles aro fur.
nisbed to eaatomers cheap for Cash or eichanped
for approved country produce. Cherry, Maple,
Popud, LlnwoM and otber Lumber euitajble fur
Cabinet work, takes la exchange for furniture.
-Remetnber the sbop ts on Market street,
Clearfield, Pa and Dnarly opposite the "Old Je
Store." J0HS OULXCH.
& ore m her 26, 18(12 f
HATCHETS.
rriHE best aad cheapest fur the eontnmor ara
JL those manufactured by
JEXK1XS 4 TONGUE,
ruiLAHELrniA.
FliiBglIng, Lathing, Cliv and Broad, made of
Uia test cat-ttoel and warranted gon4 or
better than anj otbrn made in the United
St tea, and aold nt mack lwer prioa tLan an
otber reel! firrt-elan hatcueu. Th"j nra tem
pered by est of the firm, S. J. Tonfna, bo
poue use a prraliar facultjr that nigbt be called
"Steel on the brain,"
Which baa gWm hit tool, n great celebrity In
then porta. 1RV Til EM. Koa. XI and ai
Richmond Ftreet; the rrd cart np Tbird f treat
crow Kicbmood. near the worha. m;V;j
Attention, Soldiers.
EQUALIZATION OF BOUNTY.
VLI, BOLDI OP CKII.HI9.S am
entitled to an l.Sflt KAStll llilOTV.
The andmripmvd ia prepared to aoMeet all each
Rountiae, ar well aa the inci-uawd pa.v to Kuldiera'
Widows. All inuuirici and connuunirationa an-
wered pniinptl.T. lincWgp. receipted tor. font
Oflicc adilrcM, t'urwcuavillc. i'a.
K-l'S-tf JOSIAH EVAKTS.
Cl)LniP.HS BOUNTI lis. A
O baa naared both Hnueee of Conema. and
recent act
eif ned l.r tba Prraident, giving a tnrea jean'
oldier Sldtt and two jeara'roldier lit bountT.
TBOl'NTIES and PKNSIOKS collected
hj me, for theee antitlrd to then.
.W'ALTKK BARRETT,
i- Att'T at Law. Clearfield. Pa.
CLEARFIELD
MARBLE WORKS.
Italian an Vermont Marble fliiMicw In
Uie nigbcat etjle of the Art.
The lbcriVr be Icare to annoonor to the
cltlaen.of I'lrortleld enonly.that the have opened
an eitennive Marble Yard on the aonth-wen corner
of Market and Fourth Mrwtr. t'lrarfiHd. I'a., whera
the are prepared to make Tomb-Klonca, Mono,
moute, Toinli,lN and ndrTnmlie, Ora-lle Totnba,
Ccmeter 1'nMa, .Mantle, Shelve.. Brat-beta, etc
on abort nice. The olwnv. keen on hand a
large iju.nl il t of work Sni.hed, eje.pt the letter.
iliR. o that pemin. can call and ochvl tor theni
n lvea tho mic wanted. The will aim make to
ordur an othor Hle of work that ma hedoeired,
and thrjr Salter thenuelre. that the can oompeta
with tlio anauufauturer. outntde of the eonntj,
either in workmanahtp or price, as the only em
ploy the heat workmen.
-All inquiries by Jotter promptlv anrwercd.
JOHN (il l. It'll.
M ayK. J W7. 1 1 E Mt V U I 1. 1 C II,
Silver Wash Powder.
F.rea time, labor, none. Make, warning a
paatima and Monday a lejtiral. Sold erery.
whera. Try it.
Addrcaa all order, to th. Mannfaoturora,
riKl.l.EK A SMITH,
Chrmt.t. and V holooala li-ucita,
noli ly 17 KorthThird Hi., Philadelphia,
LIVERY STABLE.
Til K nnilernijriiej bee. leave to inform the pob
lie that be i. now full prepared to afeomma
d.le all in the w.y of furni.hmg Ilor.ee. ItiiRfTica,
hndillr. and llamr.i on Iho .horlct nolle aod
on rcaeonal'le term.. Kcidouoo on Lecuit atreai,
uclwren Third and Fourth.
tiKo. W. OEAKHART.
ClearSold, April 11, lsb7.
Clearfield Nursery.
EXCOUHAGE HOME 1XDVSTET.
THE nnderrifned, having .taMi.hcd a Nur
eery on the Tike, abont half wa haiwaan
Clearfield and Curwan.eltle, ia prepared to far
ni.b all kind! of FIU'IT TRELA. l.tandard and
dwarf.) krergraena, Khnbhwr. Orapa Viaaa,
Unweberriee, l.aolon lilac berry. Strawberry,
and Haabarry Viaaa. Abo. Siberian Crah Tree,
Uninoa. and eatly aotrlet Kkuharb, Orders
promptly attended to. Addre..,
J. t. WEIGHT.
eer.So.y Ctrrwaniville, Pa
Crape Vines for Sale.
VLL tli leading bhtAy viriotln of fimt
qt.ftl.fjr.
( citcrd, 1 ytmr oltl, S.F wntu, w por 10ft
Concord, i Tru old, 50 emit, or $40 100
Hf4c, 1 jam old, U: Wl whit frrf.
Inn, I jrmt M, $1 &l ; bri tmlwr (rmj,
fc-uAn? othrr rritt.M brlow rmsrr prtfwt.
Order, K.hcitrd M ikb MOommHTit, nd filM ia
mtntion. hy A, M. HILLS.
Uloarfitrid, IV, An (rant 22, 16(1.
'UK! THE BK8T.-
SEWING MACHINES.
V1.1. Inqiilrle. In referenoe to thin A So. 1"
No.-bior promptly anewr.rod. They can ba
proiurvd from roe al eilv priee..
WM. T. HAMII.TOX, Agent,
oeto If lutlier.hurg. Pa.
UrAM Kll-KMMHNI KhlliRlea
iV at oar tora. near I'l.ilin.l ura, for which
tna nigheateaea price
ye, u
rill be paid
W. W. BETTS A
CO.
Oils, Varnishes. Faints. Snub.es.
JVtl roeoirad and lor e.'e rheap by
JOSEPH k. IfWlT,
eprll-tf CuraraaariUe, Ts.