A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH. ' 4k Aitilw In (hi- IVI nf t:eraU mid Ilia I nllrS matcrn. Uor Citi.-en f Ceorgia and of the l intel States : Pv n Convention hold nt Macon on tne inn una iui oi I'occnincr, j.-ui, representing tho Conservative people ot Georgia, tlio undersigned wero ip pointcil a Committee to prepare nn Address to you, retting forth t hoi r Sentiments, their condition, their fonr fnl apprehensions of future ruin, and the final overthrow of Constitutional government. In discharging this im portant duty, we bring to the tusk an earnost and patriotic desire, not only to promoto the welfare of our own State, but also that of our whole coun try hen the late unhappy war termin ated and tho Confederate arms were surrendered, a Binglo condition only was required, which was that we should return to the pursuits of peace, and obey tho Constitution and laws of the United States, under tho plodgo, by the victors, that, so long as we contin ued to do so, we should be protected in tho unmolested enjoyment of tho rights and privileges which that Con stitution and those laws guarantee to each State and to every citizon. e have kept our promiso in letter and spirit; and, from that day to this, no resistance has been offered to tho Fed eral authorities. The laws of the United States are quietly obeyed, ithout the necessity ot military pow cr to enforce them. Their Courts are open and their processes respected. Crime can bo punished by tho regular and established modes of judicial pro cedure, w ith magnanimity and hope- fulness, our people united in an honest effort to build up their ruined fortunes and re-establish their lost prosperity. The war left our homes saddened with beroavement, and, in thousands of instances, in ashes. It brought uni versal sorrow and poverty. Our fields were desolated, ou r lubor d isorgan ized, our industry paralyzed, all our enter prises destroyed or crippled, and our capital sunk, lowns and cities were plundered and burned, and their inhab itants driven, in destitution, from their homes. But these were the fruits of war not legitimate, to be sure such, however, as usually attends its march of lire ; and, therefore. we submitted to them with patience and fortitude. cheered by the Lope, that the quarrel ana carnage having ended, the return of peace and prosperity would begin, and that, at least, political fraternity would be restored. Under this inspi ration we endeavored to forget the bitterness which the struggle had en gendered, to cultivate a spirit of con ciliation and harmony, and to evince, in every possible way, our desire to have Georgia restored to ber constitu tional relation to the Union. Terrible has been ourdisappointmcnt. Uaving been baffled in the attempt at seces sion, upon the idea that such attempt I .IT .. . . . .J was reutuion, we supposed that its suppression left Georgia a State in the Union, Btill possessing the inherent right of self-government and the con stitutional right of representation in Congress. Instead of this, however, the 1'resident of tho United States required that we should organize a new State government, ratify the Con stitutional Amendment, abolishing sla very and incorporating the same pro Tision into our fundamental law; that we should repudiate our State war debt and abrogate the Ordinance of secession and all the laws in further ance of the Confederate cause. Ani mated by a determination to mukeany nacrifico but that of honor, suppressing -even the spirit of complaint, for the sake of peace, we did all that he re quiredeven fcurrendering our most valuable property, that of our slaves and consented to become almost paupers. Supposing that such deport ment might challenge the magnanimi ty of the victors toward a fallen foe, we then thought surely the dawn of peace was in sight, and that our right to the protection and bene fits of a com mon Constitution would be recognized. We elected our Senators and Ilepro-j aentatives, thus demonstrating, not I uujjr our expectation, nut aio our earnest desire, again to Participate in the councils and promised blessings of l jin restored. Jiut, as beloro, disappointment was our fute. Our members were spurned from the Halls f Congress and our people denounced S traitors and rebels. We have been persistently charged with hostility to ihe Constitution and Union, and treat ed as outlaws from both. Whilst we do not thus allude to the deportment and temper of our people in a spirit of boasting, j-at we challenge contradic tion of our statements, und fearlessly array them before candid world, as evidence of the injustice, unkindnoss i;nd falsehood of ho charges nruinst CLEAR n h an a n CAN. c-l III cult v. over!, (linn. t I'n l,, n r. I in' liltn i, ii', ,., I op-'t.iii,' (!,.. r-nln lib. ml fliill. I !n ili;iu r i', n,i, v '"I.--I, but. fill ,c it. i rn ilI'v tnni-.i. Ui il The "life mil. ,. . OEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor. PRINCIPLES-NOT MEN. . TERMS-$2 per annum, in Advance. VOL -IP-WHOLE NO. 2055. CLEARFIELD, PA., THURSDAY, JAN. SO, ISfiS. rSEKIESVOL87Na27! . . . I 77 T. " . I . ' ' ' " , - : : : good government, wo did not dash it hastily from us. On its faco it pro fessed to respect our wishes : it pro posed that wo should vote freely, for oragainst it accept or reject it and thus, by implication at least, invited us to examine, and consider it. We did so, in tho light of the Constitution, and we found not ono word in that instrument to warrant tho pasigo of tho Jieconstruction Acts. Thev rest upon tho assumption that Congress has the power to construct oovkrx- ments lor tho States. Thev abrogate the Government of Georgia, which the people organized in deference to tho President's wishes, and, in its stead. pltco us under a .Military Governor clothed with tho power of despotism, undor which tho sovereignty of tho people is ignored and the principles of Magna Clutrta, incorporated iuto the Constitution (or tho security of prop erty, mo ana nuori-, are troddon un der foot. They disfranchise a large portion of the most intelligent and virtuous citizens, as a punishment Sot alleged crime ot which they have not been legally convicted, and confer universal suffrage upon tlio emancipa ted negroes. Hence, the Conpressioral scheme is not only violative of the Con stitution, but grossly cruel and nniust. and devoid of that far-seeing and com prehensive statesmanship which seeks good government, in contradistinction to (tartisan ascendancy. For who can fail to see that tboso Acts must lead, and were intended to lead, to nenro supremacy f Else why such disfran chisement ot the white as to throw tho power of the ballot-box into the control of tho enfranchised black race ? Such is obviously their design, de. duced from th eir letter and spirit, not deniod by their authors and fully illus- - . J I 1 A.. . iraiea oy mo manner 01 ineir enforce ment. Having placed us under mili tary law, and tolerating our organized government as merely provisional, it civil officers were compelled to support them, on pain of dismissal. Judges and other officers were deposed for refusing to violate the Constitution and laws which they bad sworn to obey and execute; all civil and mili tary officers were ordered to publish their legal advertisements in such pa pers ouly as sustained the ConTe- sional scheme. Thus the puri'v and independence of our judiciary have I ll.-4J-J...- l . J m,-cu puiiuuMj ana sincKen down and the sanctity of the jury box desecrated by compelling jury lists to be made up of whites ad blacks indiscriminately ; and thus the liberty of the press'is fettered and tolerated at the will of the District Commander and Military Governor of the State. To these we mijrht add numerous instances of the violation of personal liberty, hy arrests without legal accusation orwarraut, and imprisonment without an imnar- tial and public trial by jury. In con sideration, therefore, that tho estab lishment of nC'trj suprcnuiry was their intention, and fiat, from the mode of their enforcement, it would inevitably be consummated, we firmly and delib erately opposed the Iloconstruction Acts, as most compatible with our self respect and our duty to the dead and the living to tho present and future generations. But power has, thus far. triumphed over reason, justice and right; and the Convention provided for, repre senting negroes only, with the excep tion of a few thousand whites, now sits, to crystalizo into constitutional forms the policy ot bringing ihe State of Georgia under the dominion oinrnro supremacy. It is without parallel in the annals of I he world. Foralthongh history furnishes instances of aboli tion, yet it affords to cxamplo of an attempt by military force to elevate the emancipated slave above his recent I master, to subordinate the superior to me inienor race, and clothe the latter wit h the political power of the State. It is the most outrageous policy ever advocated by a Christian ncotife. It should arrest the alarmed attention of every f riend of constitutional govern ment throughout the Union, as it must awaken the astonishment of the civil- hended. We have submitted, almost withoutcompltiint, because every whis per of protest has been construed into disloyalty by our oppressors. Wo have offered tho feeble opposi tion of scarcely uttered remonstrance, only because outnumbered at the ballot-box, and therefore impotent for successful resistance. The Conserva tive peoplo of Georgia feel that tame submission has ceased to bo a virtue, and has become a crime against their country, their race and future gener ations. Tho ruthless arm of unhul lowod power may enslave and degrade them, but they will never, by word or deed, active or passivo, consent to the outrage oflcred to their manhood, but they will struggle against it by every legitimate means which they can com mand. Tbey appeal to tho friends of Constitutional government through out the laud to rally to its rescue from the grasp of relentless centralism. It is the province of enlightened statesmanship to search for the cause of political maladies, with a view to fieir removal. It is easy lor any can did observer to detect the origin of those existing evils which threaten such calamity to our country. We have previously remarked, that tho Reconstruction Acts assume that Con gress has the power to construct gov ernments fur the proscribed Stulcs. This assumption is the fruitful parent of all our political troubles. It is not pretended that the authority is to be found in the Constitution, on the con trary, it is asserted to be outside of the Constitution. This is an admission of the nullity of tho whole scheme. How can Congress act outside of the Constitution!' Outside of the Constitution there is no Executive, no Judiciary, no Congress no Govern ment of the United States. Outside of the Constitution, Congress or rather the men w ho compose it have no more authority than any other body of individuals voluntarily assem bled. Outside of tbe Constitution, they have no commission to legislate upon ony subject., lur any purpose or in any manner whatsoever, tvery act otitfido of tho Constitution ia us- nrpation and utterly void. What vi tulity, then, can there bo in a State government, constructed in pursuanco ot laws passed by authority claimed to be outside ot the C onstitution 7 How long can it stand after the bayo nets lhaL prop it up shall have been removed? It is a fabric without foundation and mint fall. These arc all self-evident propositions, too axio matic to admit of argument; and they necessarily present, for tbe consider ation of the people of the United with power to construct envcrntnents 1 rule orn-arour-liii.-u ;, i. for the States. Instead ef being con-1 to bo enforced upon us ami our ciiil lerred by the Constitution, it is palpa- j dren, in defiance of the Constitution, lily inconsistent with it. The dut v.and j and in contempt of the civilization of the whole duty of the United States j the ago and opinions of mankind with respect to the Slate Governments j Fellie-citi:rM of the Aarth : With m clearly defined in tho 'institution, in tho last few months, tho attention that duty is to gvarariiet to every Stato a republican form of govern ment ; to guarantee it, not to create it, to preserve, not destroy mid then re construct it. Can you guarantee what does not exist f Ibe very idea of guaranteeing u government implies necessarily, the pre-exit-tence ot tho government. And lhif. U precisely the duty which the United States owe to each State started in the Union, whether that start was made nt the beginning or nt the latter period of our history. Whenever bo start was mado, each State started in the Uo with a republican fortu of govern ment. This isccrtninlv true of Georgia and all tho original thirteen; and tho admission of other States, at subse quent periods, was a confession bv the Government, which it is estopped from of negro suffrage has boon bcl'oro you at tho ballot-box. In a voice not to be misunderstood, you have decided against it. Yon decided voluntarily. It Iihs been decided for us, against our xrill and againut our convict ions of what is compatible with good government and the Constitution of the United States : and decided by those if ho do not expect to live under the Stale governments they propose to establish by force. You de cided against it, although the number of negroes among you was too small to constitute a considerable, much less a controlling, element in politics It is ordained by our oppressors that wo that! have it, notwithstanding that it win lead to negro tupremacy over us. 't are powerless : you are potent to forbid tbe outrage. Will von stand aloof and calmly see us subjected to this denying, that tbey, too, were republi- damning wrong ; and that. too. when iuc nw.i:ruuu!iiu, iiiereioro, wim u win imperii tho J.cpublie and snread i .1 j- i j . States especially the peoplo of those JUMltd, 111 Lb i. Un. a! ized world. The perpetuation of sm h monstrous wrong bus been reserved for the dominatiL lifti-tv nnv fin.!! s, Cred as n pretext for our oppres- ing tho destiny of tins country for Proscription from the Union, wo r-'uld endure ; the chargo of hostility i it were tolerable; from our pros ; -lion we might rise; our poverty w might surmount if we could be left iniisturhed and permitted to enjoy ' r inherent right of self-government. ( it ndblo State abounds with the i mcnts and resources of mnterial f 'alth ; her peoplo are enterprising I full of the consciousness of unsul i ; 1 honor and unsubdued manhood. i t-e piay to their capacities, unfetter men, ttrorn to support and obey the Constitution of a Government pro- ics-H'uiy deriving, as a lundamcntal Mates dcsigniuc the day, as loyal this grave and mo mentous qnestion. If the State gov ernments, now being constructed by Congress, are thus invalid, and can be maintained only by force, are they prepared to incur the expense and hazard to liberty of a standing army for such purpose T Aro they prepared for a military despotism over ten great States of this Union, for the mere pur pose of oppressing the white race and sustaining n'gro tupremacy f Will it be seriously maintained that the Gov ernment can retain ilafederul charac ter and vet sustain such a policy ? Will any candid man assert that it it consistent with She confessedly reserv ed rights 0." the Stales ? Who docs not perceive that it will bo their entire absorption and the conversion of our constitutional Republic into an elec tive oblignrt;hy, whose trill, instead of the Constitution, will I tbe "supreme law ol the land V And all this for what T For the sake of rajro tuprem acy over the Southern State; for the sake of degrading eight millions of white people, that four millions of ne groes may I forced into a status for which tbey aro utterly unfitted. We appeal to the people of tho North, who have the power, to reserve tbe constitution. Jro you prepared to put in jeopardy our wise tahnc of gov ernment and the liberty of more than thirty millions of your own race, for sake ot enfranchising four millions of illiterate and m-mi-civilized Africans? "We speak as unto wise men ; jude ye what we say." We beg to offer another view for tho calm consideration t!io North ern people. They almost univcrsally which a State started in tho Union is the government which the United States is obliged to uphold. It may bo modified in the legitimate way that is, oy me people ot tlio State, but a! ways under the limitation that it must remain republican, in form. And since tho failure of secession and tho decis ion by tbe sword, that secession was a nullity, as a question of practice, it would seem that each State is bound to preserve Its original relation to the Union, as well as to have a republican form of government. When there is a breach of either of these limitations, tho thread of legality or constitution ality is dropped. All that mar come afterward is on an illegal ba-is and void. Suc h is tho incvitableconclusion viewing tho subject from tbe North ern standpoint. What, then, is tbe remedy! Is it for Congress to step in and construct a new government ? We have already shown that they have no such power. I5ut the remedy is to go back and pick up tho thread of legality right where it was dropped ; or, in ouu r words, restore the govern ment which was wrongfully displaced it was not destroyed bv seccsuon to be void ; its functions were suspended ouiy ; us ouiccs were vacated, but not extinguished. Hence, it follows, that as soon as the disturbing cause (which was secession and its results) was re moved, the legitimate Constitution of the States, which wcie in force at tbe time of accession, stood in thcirorigi- nai vigor, and the oltices ol their gov. ernmcuts should have been immedi ate filled by the proper constituency. Thi I"" -n f,C minin. tl. ...... - , , . ... rti, - cession oi legality in t tie Mate govern mcnts is precisely what was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Dorrs rebellion, in J.liodo Island. The duty belongs noi to congress atone, nor to the 'resident alone, nor to the l'ederal Judiciary alone, but to all of them, each acting iu its appropriate sphere it U longs to the Undtd States. All of these owersofthe United Slates tand pltdged.to its wrlonr.anre the duty ofn a.ntaining tho Suite Govern ment with which each Stato entered the Union, with such modificuti jus as it may have received by the freo and voluntary action of iu eople, consi. tently w ith the Constitution ot the United State. Whenever there is broach of the limitation imposed by the Constitution of tho United States, everything thereafter too becomes il legal and void. The remedy there fore is a remission back to tho inter rupted Lgal status. Now the late war has decided, as a question ol fact, that secession brokcthe thread of coiistitu- baleiul disaster over every in tut est Jiencwing our pledge of unsullied honor and our tender of frank and mauly obedience to tbe Constitution, wo uppeal to you, in the name of the Conservative peoplo of our State, to unite together in the patriotic ctfurt to restore and perpetuate constitution al government. 1 our recent elections encourage our hopesand challenge our gratitude. Jlay truth, justice and right, "terrible as an army with bau- ners, gathering strength in every conflict, march on "conquering and to conquer," antil its friends, recuing it from tbe grasp of centralism, shall restore, to its appropriate supremacy, TUE CojiSTITl'TIWt OF Till! UNITED SrATrs, so that Georgia, together with her sisters in oppression, shall enjoy the samo protection which its honest enforcement would givo to every State in the Union ! HtRscnrL V. Johnson, Au.salom H. ClIAl'I'tU, 1!f.nj. II. J 1 1 i.i,, Wamkkn Akix, T. L. Glerbv, January 3, tiii: t Mtir.it i ; mi r bt jii a, i.An. Whi-n limply in love .lh Mi- Kinllv Pryncj I Trtwi-H it ttip mriid-n wnM milv tir intii I wnulij alwHVH tii'li-ni'iir tit l,.-aiM tiir Shi- l.lu-hi"l tier mn-rnl, th' ih,. ftuin rln Inn risi'l iwir ft woril. ror,t "Vuu'n an a An aM an a.K-idiwnj trcxrr!" Put when w- nn- inrri..l, I foim l tc, hit ruth Tlif taminrring I ,. v hud .I'l't. o the trulb, Fur tllt-n in i.Mmi,tm tu'lrcrin, Hlie'd uiv il t vi-ni'itcl iy jrivo hir a jnf In lb wuyof ri-pmof '-Vou'ro a di g you're A d'3 a ilwu-jiati'-al enrniutleon !" flnil nnn. irhi-n I iinl, "Ho c:m Iiar.llv aTnrJ tin extrai ant at vie, with our mmlerate lwarl Anil !iiiit-'l we oulit to Im wirt-r, Fli- iMki'1, I aMurv ymi, eir-wrling hlne. Anj fri'tlully crinl, 'l ou'rea .li-w you're a Jew a very ju-ilinoui alvirr . A:.in, when it li.-en-l tint, winliln to ihirk fitmn rattier unile:mnt an.! artluuui work, J bepvd hur fo to a nenrhW, She wanted to know why I uiadn uch a fuM, And panrily Mid, "Vou're a mti c.u. hju. You were alwayi aiuualuiueil to labor. Ool of lemp. r at lart wilb the in.olrnt djme, And fi '-ling OiHt uindanie wen prrntly to Llama To aoohl me in.N'ad ol rarenmni;. I miron-aul her i-h like a churl a! I am And angrily i:ud. "Vou're a dam 'lniuil.ni A dain-Fo instead of a bleuing!" THE BENNENGHOPF EOEBEET. principle, "it just powers from the , contend that secession was nlulity. The Fellow-citizens, shall neirro sunrem. acy be jicrmanently enthroned in tlie State of Georgia f thisUiiion be surrendered, at the point of tho bayonet, to the dominion of the African race f Shall eight millions of whiles bo subjected to tlierulo of lour millions of blacks r Shall thev become i our Magistrates, our Le!isIiitors. our r clastic energies, remove unneccs- J udges, our Governors and lieiiresent- y and unjust bnrdens from their atives in Congress ? Shall seven linn. ir, and they will achieve prosperity J drcd thousand ignorant negroes, war having so decided it as a Question of practice, it is not necceasary now to contest it as a question of rirht. Then Shall ten States of i let the assumption le granted. It toilows, then, that not only the Ordi nance of Secession was void, but that all the subseqnent proceedings the entire fabric erected upon it were also void. This fabric was the State governments which were in existence and in oporation when the Confeder ate arms were surrendered and the war r themselves and the blessing of ilea civilization tor their posterity, t. our oppressors are not willing to this. They claim to make us the .imsof their political polity worse .a that they require us to be inslru ital in executing that policy, upon peril of their vengeance ; that a "iid and gallant peoplo, upon whose or none but tbo tongue of slander r breathed anght of shame their ft brethren by race, by ancestry and political ties shall vote for their degradation or forfeit the rights itiierican citizens. iemanu r demand having boen made and flitted to, with as much compla " y generous peoplo conld bring t .". performance of humiliating du . tbo scheme proposed by the iMili r7 Act for Reconstruction is tho r chalice offered to our lip, a the : mum of tho victor's magnanimity, b we are to drink to the dregs, on 4 of political death for refusal. ernments were illegal because thev were built on a breach of tho true constitutional relation between the States and the Uederal Government. who : was terminated. These Sti imram. vn iiviiiiii ,v.uu .iui njiiv, ailUKIlOW nothing of the principles of tho Con stitution or of legislation, agrarians by instinct and taught by political drillmastors that they have injuries to j These propositions are true, upon the avenge against the while race, be . assumption that secession was a nulli admitted to tho ballot-bos! These ty, as misted upon by tho Northern are the momentous questions which ' people. It follows from them that the demand solution and distiirn the peace States were never out of the Union, and harmony of our country. Ifthcy and that they retained their right to are to be decided affirmatively, what continue a such, however their visi pen or tongno can portray the dire ble organization and constitutional calamities which we shad reap at no j relations may have been disturbed by distant day! Tho present derange- secession. So' far, all is plain and easy, tnent of Government will continue'to i The next stop is the beginning of the grow w orse, our material prosperity, j difficuty. If these State governments already arrested, will I destroyed J were void, and therefore fell with the inrerer ; society, already shocked by Confederate canse.how can their place suuuen ana lorceel tnangea. wilt he te constitution, r niin!i.,l C tioual relation between tho seceding States and United States, and the Slate governments founded on seces sion w ere illegal and void, and fell with the Confederate cause. These fabrics having thus fallen, the peopL of the Stales, as a logical necessity, are remiaed back totbeirConstituliort and Governments which existed at the time of secession. All that was neces sary all that the United States, un der the Federal Constitution, had the right to do (and that they wero bound to do) was to restore those governments and constitution back to the people. This was their solemn constitutional obligation. If it bad been promptly recognized and per formed, the L uion would avo been immediately harmonized anU all polit ical disturbance settled. Tho remedy, therefore, for present ills and the only preventive of utter future ruin is, for each department, in its appropriate sphere, and nil tho departments com bined constituting the Government if the I'nited States to return in good laith, to the Constitution. That instrument guarantees tho equality of the States in rights and dignity, and recognizes tbe fundnmcntul" prin ciple that each, for itself, shall confer and define Stato citizenship, and pre scribe tho qualification for exercising the elective franchise and holding office. In making this earnest protest' against being placed, by lone, under negro dominion, we disavow all feeling of resentment toward that nnfortunato raco. As we aro destined to live to gether, we desire harmony and friend ship between them and ourselves ; and as tney arc matlo tho dupes of unscrup I'rolfdton in a .Vulshtll Tho Hartford Time boasts that the i thread works at Willimantic. owned chiefly by Hartford capitalists, are the most extensive in the country, and says that their new mill, four hundred feet long, five stories high, and built of granite, costly ns it is, trM built oj the Company' $ proits of overthrec hun- tred per cent, without disturbing their capital, which is now a million of dol- It further admits that "tnrcau tnnt used to cost tho needle-woman four cents a spool, now cost ten the same as the imported Lnglish thread of J. k V. Coats. Ono reason whv Coats' thread works more smoothly on the machine and is bettor liked than our, is in the fact that the greater damp ness of the hnglisli climate is more favorable than our dry air to spinning cotton. Again, tho highly electric condition of tho atmosphere of the western world is probably unfavorable to the necosan compactness and smoothness sought for in the fabrica- ton of this article, tho strands and films being more inclined to rou"h tip and 'fly ofT.' " Here is a manufacture which from physical cause cannot be brought to erh'ction in this conntn-; but which by enormous protection, ha; been made to pay three hundred per cent, profit. Specific ovtvior dulicsliave been piled upon each othcrto keep out the better good mado in climates adapted to this delicato work. Tho taritf on imported thread has been raised until it is equal to seventy per cent, in grid, on the cost. The tax on domestic is six per cci.t. in currency, and all this dill'erenco is for tho fos tering of such enterprises as this, whereby a single company has within the past three years accumulated n million of dollars, besides building a very costly fuctury. Who puys for il ? The poor needle-women of tho United States, the millions who have to patch and darn to make their old clothes hold out through these times of high 1 prices. Jiut for it the best of threads A Daring Krt of Rohbrra '2lo (MX) Car ried OB I'arllrulara ol ibe Kuhlirry. From ihe I'lttuburR Coinineieial. Our 1'ionccr correspondent tele graphed the fact on Thursday evening that tlicdwollir.gof John liciuiinglion; on JSotiiiingholl run, was entered by roolici-s that evening, and robbed of ?J10,(IO. .Mr. Iietiiiinghoff's house stands near fho road, not frequented much of late, either by travel or teams, anu me nearest neighbor is a quarter oi a mne uistant. Mr. lieiininghoff is a Pennsylvania German, a plain, hard working farmer, and about sixtyyears oi age. no nas u largo iumily of grown up children, many of them staying at homo. The old gentleman, all of a sudden, had riches thrust upon him by the discovery of oil on his ster ile ncres, and is ono of our petroleum millionaries. We believe the first well was struck on his farm on Pioneer Hun, in tho fall of sb-); the produc tion of his whole farm for tho last six months was six hundred bands a day. and ten new wells are now going down on il. Mr. P.'s income for December last, was reported ut Jlti'iflO. but bis sudden and dazzling fortune never made a fool of him, and they say he euros nouiing ior appoaraticos, and wants to livo us frugally and work as uniipeniiy as when ho used to cat h urcatf in the sweat of his brow. Put ho had taken tho notion in his bend to be his own banker, and to deposit bis bonds and greenbacks in bis own safeand house. The particulars of tbo robbery arc thus related by the Titus- viue ji,rai,i oi Saturday: i.r.rily?fr.rRnr,,n 0v0ck the fam ily, consisting of -Mr. John Penning holT, bis wife, niece nnd two hired men. were sitting in the kitrhen.whcn tho door was opened and four men walked in. Three of these men were of medium sizes and the fourth was tall and heavy and all of them were I I il 1 r . . . uiuiHuu kiiii iianuKcrciiieiH. cloths or comforters. On entering the mom the men drew pistols and presenting them at the heads or breasts of the family, threatened them with immo diuto death if they should make the least noise. So completely wero the family taken by surpriso that but lit tle resistance was offered except b Mr. PcnninghofT, who cried out lustily on their first appearance. The first cry that ho raised had scarcely left bis lips when he was attacked by ono or twoot tho others. Mr. lieiininghoff is now in his sixty-seventh year, but notwithstanding his advanced age, ho is still possessed of considerable strength, nnd bo exerted it to the utmost. II is strength was, however, entirely inadequate to copo with that of two or three middle iiged men, and he was soon thrown to tho floor. The ruflians then struck him in the lace and stamped on various parts of his body, und then half dragged, half car ried him to an adjoining bod room. All this timo Mr. 1$. was bv no means idle, but was pulling forth his best endeavors to escape, and to attract attention from the outside. After they got Mr. P. somewhat under their control, they tied bis arms and legs and threw him on tho bd and wrap ped the bed clothes lightly about him. Tl 1 ! .1 ... I I . ' I. . , . jinn inty riiieu ins pocKOlS nilH 100K tamed ni nt'h F ... i " i, n, , ,r villains succeeded in taking y.'lil.tl'Mi. dl iho f.'lO.IMMl, tin te wcie f M,iniii j, (;,,v. eminent bonus, nnd the rest in green backs and niitioii.il currency. Tho drawer that w as overlooked contained a quantity of gold nnd silver coin, amounting in nil to a compa.nlivcly stnall sum. In the haste of tho search after plunder, n package containing $1,MH) was laid among a quantity nf papers near tho sale und left, and in aunt her part of tho bouso a second package, containing about 80,00(1, was dropped, After ransacking the safe, the whole party returned to tho kitchen, and af ter ascertaining from a member of tho family that Mr. Joseph PoniiiiighoflT hud gono to church, and that no other person would bo likely to visit tho house during tho night, tho villains proceeded to make themselves com fortable. During their stay, which lasted about an hour, they appeared to be awtiitingtlie return of Mr. Penning holf, nnd they consumed a quantity of bread and milk. Finnally, tho villions concluded to leave, and making a slip-nooso, they put it around the neck of one of tho hired men and led him to tho barn and forced him to harness a horse to a cutter. Tho limn was then led bnrlr to the houf.o and relied. Two olhcr horses were taken from tbr; barn, and the whole party started off nt n brisk pace. As soon as tho last mun loft the house, Mr, Pciininghofl's niece mnnaged to loosen the cords with which her arms were bound. The rest of the family were then reloased, and tho men started out and alarmed the neighbors, after which telegrams were tit in all directions to the authorities of the differnt places, apprising them of tho robbery. Alter leaving the house, the five men with the horses and cutter pro ceeded upPenninghoff Pun about ono- hulf of a mile, when the cutter was smashed and the horses were turned loose, where they were found yester morning. Prom where tho cutter and horses wero abandoned, no further traces of the party could bo found. I ho snlo that was not opened, con tained a much larger amount than that carried off. Yesterday mornincr a reward of 810,000 was offered for tho nrreft of tho robbers and return of the money. and later in thedavin the day it was.iu- creased loJJilJ.iuO. About two o'clock, a dispatch was received by Mr. Pen- ninghoff, from Oil City, stating that three men had been arrested on stispi- cion of being mplicated in the robbery. -nr. j.. ana i'o mty Micritl Jlu il le It 'ctroleum Centre for Oil City, on tho train that loaves the former nlaee at .2.") P. M., for the purpose of seeing if the men who wero arrested could be Jontified. would now. whila fold is 1 PI hn an ,1 I at sis cents a spool. I from one of them bis pocket book, This docs not show thewhole extent containinfi 8"1"11 tT'Oiiiit of money of tho protection. In Pngland the i flnJ a k(T ,0 m, pf ,,,e "''fr- Air three cord glazed threads, such us are ! "'"S that the cords which bound his made by this company, cost much less ninos i e lasi nnn covering him more Grammar ron Tnr. Little Folks. Three little words wp ollon sec, An A i title, a, on, and the. A Noun's the name of any thing, As school, or yard; n, hoop, or su ing. Adjectives tell the kind of noon, As great, sm;U, pretty, white, or brown. Instead of Nouns tho Pronouns stand John's bead, his face, my arm your hand. Verbs tell of somet hing being dono, To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run. How things nre done tho Adverbs tell, As slowly, guicJy, ill, or well. A Preposition stands before A Noun, ns in, or through a door. Conjunctions join tho Nouns together, As men and children, wind or weather. The Interjection shows surpriso, As Oh, how pretty 1 Ah, bow wiso. In reply to Ike's question of "what Mr. Seward mcnt when ho said ho wanted St. Thomas for a coaling sta tion, Mrs. Partington (after rubbing hero forehead thoughtfully for a mo ment with tlio bow of her silver spec tacles) replied. "It must bo because it shakes so, Jsa.ic, and therefore a good placo to sift ashes." 'What air woman's spear!" nsked a woman s rights man of a literal old codger, nnd then nnswored himself "it air tho domestic hearth, sir." Tho old codger scratched his head a mo ment, and then said. "Put if her bouse is boated with furnaces, nnd she aint got no hearth, what nirher.)frtrtlien? An F.nglish army officer writes from Abyssinia that campaigning in Theo dore's dominions is decidedly unpleas ant. Thermometer 1'P; snakes in tho beds; scorpions in tho men's boots; camp fevers; epidemic. 'My opinion is," said a philosophi cal old lady of much experience and observation, "that any man ns dies upon washing day docs it out of pure spite.'' In Greenland the vnnnir normta irlin ' ..I I :.l..t 1...1... .... i " - , - i ana arc sola nt lower prices thnn the : ,wvy " l"" '"i"cs, nicy ion mm woo each other eat tens pounds of tal in n I'uuL-iu-rs eomjiiiou. Whilo Mr. Peniiiiighoff was strug gling with two of tho ruffians, the other two hail intimidated tho two hired men, and they were soon tied in the chairs in which thev sat nt the time when the robbers first made their ' gels appearance J hese men offered but I very little or no resistance, and in a I Wo have noticed that men who c of timo they found out "on the lark often como hor "on their beer." s't-cord goods : but hero, as tho man ufacturers aro protected, tho sewing women must pay as much for tho ouo as for the other. The revenuo of the country bus also suffered to pile-up this three hun dred percent. of profits. Spool cotton used to pay an annual revenuo of half ft million in rroltl in the Tr,nmirv in the last fiscal year it paid a triflo over I vorJ' ,"',0, 'Pi,co . . . . .- " . 4 1.... three hundred thousand dollars. Such protection as this rob the revenue and robs the poor, but it pays tho lurk- few three hundred percent. low ever' day to prove their devotion. S-cnndleotis 1 Ir. Hall says that for tho period of a month before, nnd n month after (teat n men regard the wives ns nn- themselves in a helpless condition. Ptiring the fracas, Mrs. Peiininghoff managed to secure n revolver, which she banded to one of the hired men, but ho, through fear or some other . . , ., , emotion oi a like character, did not It is hardly worth while, say-.the ,0 it( nlK immediately afterward ono Greenville lenn.,' nwn, for tbe Pad f ,,0 m,is rot ,IO!W.Hin f it teals to talk nny more about the con-1 Mrs. Bcniiingholf was seized, dragged fisoat,.,n of Southern land. Those into nn nirvMnl, ronm. nni ll(m,u. -"--"'.'' .." n-iiH- jIr. iJ,.ninghoff's niece was taken catcd already, fhry sell for a mere iut0 - room nPar i-:,,.,,,,- ,,,, f0. thrown into the most deplorable con dition of insecurity, and property, life and liberty will be exposed to irreme diable peril. If our silence, in tho past, has been const rued into apathy and indifference, ulous partisans and designing adven-! oneT-. A nimble negro in a favorable tono, to ft 0UI,.j0 turcrs, we pity them ; as they nre ig- '"""n can stent enoitgt, properly After even-person in the houso wn norant, dependent and helpless it is OTC,r nlp"' irty acres oi grourut ; m.cilri,iv fastened, and an attempt bad i low tar rt,m m. ir.. .. --.. ...a i ,i tvtriv inn rntl innrninn1 I . i . -u. p io nvnt un-m mine j b- Deen nintie to open a combination-ock safe, two of the party went up stairs No wonder graveyards yawn, when there are so many sleepers there. Pomoily for corn got j-our log taken off by n railway train. To givo animals medicine throw physic to the dog. If yon want to rise in tho world go up in a balloon. Hatchers' valentines should bo Ten der lines. To pitch your voice properly swal- d ! Can it i eniovment of all ilicir riirl no aon ry rrconstmftton 7 Jr new and nroirtv to whirl, th.xir frh.m TV.; : .....:... u . Stale governments constructed by the entitles them. negroes aro in a great rago at the 'safe was kept, without asking any J n. of Georaid : preachers who tell them they must be ' Questions, whilo tbe other tim tnv..i President, Congress or any ohter pow- j Conservative "i .-lurviy noi. .o aeoarimeni OI Awaken to a timwr loun l vmir'U-n Ti... .c.: i . u. .1. - ' 11 .1. .... , 1 -" . W , ... . , 1, " ,"" .i v i.n.iin 1n.11 me i--ii" nun 01 euaru m or me latnii v. the Government of the I n.ted State danger ! Organ.zo for self protection next time thev might 1 born white i The key of the safe on the second floor nor all of tbem combined, 1 inveMedand ccaseles opposition to tho direful , men. had been taken from Mr. Benninghotr. best thing out An aching Tho tooth. A cold snap Breaking your, leg on the ice. Carpenters pay heavy board bills. Homo defence nn irwo chair. A dry remark Let's liquor.
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