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EON. GEORGE W. WOODWARD
, Or HNNKYIVANIA, ON
' Espr.triation and Naturalisation.
tcllvrr4 Inlne limine nf HrprcMMilntlvre,
Jaimart ai) and I rnniarj tl, ikum.
loe Honee h.vine; nndn ri,nMerel.in I. ill No.
H4. enirerning Ik rl?hl if Aincrih riliimi
srod in fitrerirn eouiitii,'., Mr. Vimvtwei vtk
simard lftcen ininutrs, end spoke as follons:
" Mr. Woouwahii. Mr. Spoukor, lirit
full I wihli to tliimk tlm cliuinnan
of dm rommiltoo on Foreign Affairs
Mr. HiinUr. for mi opportunity to
iiiv a lew worn upon tins luliject;
mi'l I bIko thiuik tho cnruinilti'P, not
oiily tor the bill which they liavo
brought forward, but the very oatiu
iVtory report with which it is necnm
jmiiioj, ttnd from which I huvo de
rived very eonnidui-ublo instruction.
I m In fuvor of tho bill as to iUmain
e.it urnR, though I shall have, an
imtuiUinent to propose, which I do
not mean to press unless the clmir
.laii of the Committee on Foreign
l!l':iirii ahall approve it.
" AH iuflt GoverninentH are founded
in the connentof tho tovornod. Out
h .i,i principle result allcgianco and
tection ; and, according to English
u that allegiance- is perpotuul and
tiiuelvMMble. The courts of England
ieii- the capacity of tho subject of
,10 JiiiUxli Govern men t ever to de
isiulo hinmoll' of hi mllogianue of the
i'rown ot Great Uritian. It attends
him wherever he goes and in whatever
circumstance be may be placed, and
tor all time, down at least to tho sec
ond generation ol his descendants.
Our courts in this country havo gen
erally followed this doctrine of per
petual alloiriunco because we have had
uo declaratory statute on the subject
el expatriation. I lie prevalent judi
cial opinion with us is that a citizen
cannot renounce his allegiance to the
United States without permisnion of
the Uovernrnent, to tie declared by
law. In the absence of such a statute
the role of common law prevails.
" Mow, sir, the only detect which I
ce in this bill is that it fails to supply
to the judiciiry of the United States
any rule for their decisions upon this
subject. The bill does not in Any of
its sections provide lor the expatria
tion of the American citizen. I sub
iuit to the chairman of tho Committee
on Foreign Affairs Mr. Banks that
when we ore asking Foreign Govern
ments to make provision in our behalf
lor the expatriation ot their citizens,
it is quite indispensable that we should
begin by providing for the expatriation
of our own citizens. To meet this
deficiency in the bill I have drawn up
& section by way of amendment, which,
liowever, 1 will not press unless it has
the approbation ot tho chairman of
he committee. 1 ask Uio Clerk to
read it.
The Clerk read as follows :
fac. 3. And ie it further enacted, That when
ever any ettieen of the I'uited States, wbetl:ur
r,Mtive-born or naturalised, hall remove hit duro
to ft foreign eountry in good faith, tod with
lid intention of becoming a eititcu or subject thero-.-f
and shall tecoue naturalised under yie laws of
laid foreign country, be aba!! be oonsidcrcd an hav
ing abjured bn allegiance to tbe tiovcrnineut of
tUo Lulled States, with the consent of tbe ssiJ
uovernrnent, aud all claims of tbe aaid Govern
ment upon tbe allrgiance of aaid uilisen shall fi
' ver erase and determine.
Mr. Woodward. My friend from
2fcw York Mr. TrtiynJ has just laid
before me un amendment which, in
its purport, corresponds with mine,
but the phraseology of which I prefer:
and if I move either amendment I
shall probably move his, unless he
should offer it himself.
Ma. Banks. Will the gentleman
.llow tne to say one word I
.Mr. Woocwad. Certainly.
Mb. Banks. I will say to the gen
tleman from Pennsylvania Mr. Wood
ward what I said yesterday, that
should the Committee on Foreign Af
fairs adopt the provision he has sug
gested, it will debar any naturalized
citizen of tho United States up to this
date from claiming the protection in
Foreign States which it is the pnrposo
of this bill to accord to him. It. is
impossible to legislate upon this sub
ject and give now the right of expa
triation to American citizens without
by that very act enabling foreign
Governments to say to us that up to
this aate our citizena had no right to
expatriate themselves. And, as the
gentleman from Pennsylvania has
already said, we cannot clnim of other
nations that which we deny ourselves.
In every instance when this subject
bus been presented, Congress has eva
ded legislation upon this particular
point, because the right of expatria
tion is Inherent and intrinsic in the
citizen under tbo Government of tho
United States.
Mb. Woodward. I think the diffi
culty enggetyted by the gentleman is
imaginary, but if it is not, a proviso
saving the ritrhts of all naturalized
citizens from the effects of this legisla
Mon would obviate the objection. I
have been Fpcaking thus fur of the
judicial department. I say that while
the judiciary of tho United Stales have
not in terms expressly decided that
there is no such thing us the right of
the American citizen to expatriate
himself, they have by inference and
tiecbssary intendment adopted that
conclusion. And that conclusion reota
i pon the fact thnt wo have no dwla
i utory statute upon the subject. The
judicial method of reasoning on this
r '.inject is very short and very satis
iactory. Tho common law prevails
i ntil displaced by a statute. At com
mon law allowance is indefensible and
t i'rpetual. The legislative department'
f our Government having provided
0 declaratory statute, the judicial
' mtluMon is that indefeasiblo allegi
Hioeuttaches to tho American citizen.
.Now, sir, it is to meet just that con
ation of the law of this country that
I propone my amendment. I agree
fiat so far n the Executive and the
i ogislativo IVpartments of the Gov-
'nment are concerned, the doclrinc
i f expatriation has been and is obiin-
wtly recognized. Ourwholeytcm !
' "naturalization is lotmdod upon this1
i ctrine. Our Induration ofAmcri-'
m IndeK'nilenco was the first grand i
) fitnralization art adopted bv thisj
untry. The war of 112 was a
oognition of tho same doctrine.
very President of t he United States
wn to our present Chief Executive, j
" ito has referred lo the subject in Lis
i.iie message, has urged this doctrine
i on the attention of the country. 1 j
! . !ive the Moplo tf Ujc country'
CLE A
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL. 10-WIIOLE NO.
undurHtund and receive this doctrine.
But, sir, tho judiciary of tho United
States do not receive it; and when
tho judiciary of Great 'Britain have
occasion to deul with the question,
they rest themselves upon tho condu
sion of tho judicial mind of tho United
States, and tho judicial mind of tho
United Stntos rests upon tho absence
of any such legislative provision as
that which I propose.
1 think, therefore, it would bo wiso
if the friends of tho bill would incor
porate in it a declaration that the
American citizen may expatriate him
self. If ho chooses to go to Grout
Britain, or to Germany, or to Franco,
or to any other foreign country, let
him go. If it be thought proper that
the declaration ol his l.itention to ex
patriate himself bo tnudo in this coun
try, so thut wo may see that his debts
uro paid, that all his obligations to the
Government are discharged, let him
be required to file that declaration ol
intention with some otliccr ol the Gov
ernment. 1 cure nothing about the
dctuilod manner in which the expatri
ation rauy luke place. I urn Ban ply
maintaining that we can never expect
Foreign Governments to recognize
our doctrine of expatriation as prac
ticed by our Executive Department,
unless we adopt a declaratory statute
upon this subject
Now, sir, this doctrino which our
Executive Department, and tbe peo
ple of this country, have recognized
throughout our wholo history, is no
where butter stated than in some of
those extracts from publicists which
tho chairman of the Committco on
Foreign Affairs has laid before us in
his report.
"Where the liberty of removal hath been Dru-
mitcuouil.r allowed and the subject eettles himself
arnt ins enrcts under tbe riruirclioa of a foreign
State, (be loin uion veal ih which be left bath no
longer ant authority over, him." I'rfmdorf, B.
8,ca. 11.
"It is a right inherent in all free paopla lo hare
the liberty ol removal if they think proper. When
a person beoomes a member of a slate he does not
thereby renounce tbe eare ot himself and his aff airs.
He may seek the neocssarics and conveniences o!
life elsewhere. The subjects of a Mate oanuot be
denied the liberty af artUing elsewhere in order to
procure those advantages which they do not eajoy
in their native eouutry." ifarbamoNt.
These are sufficient statements of
the general principle upon which this
Government, with the exception of the
Judicial Department, has treated tho
suliject ol expatriation.
In tho case of Itespublica r. Chap
man, (1 Dallas, 6a,) Chief Justice
McKean, speaking of an exchange of
(joverumeuts, said :
"All the writers spree that none are tnMects of
the adopted Uovernrnent who have not freely as
sented lo it."
In Alobbcrry vs. Hawkins, (9 Dana's
Reports, Kentucky Court of Appeals,)
in lSD, expatriation was consid
ered a practical and fundamental
American doctrino, and it was declared
that in the absenco of a statute a citi
zen may in good faith abjure his coun
try, and tliut the assent ol the (gov
ernment was to be presumed and he
deemed denationalized. There, sir,
is an instanco of a judiciul opinion
taking the ground that, in the absence
of an enabling statute, an American
citizen may denationalize ' himself.
But such is not the general current of
the judicial opinions of the country.
Mr. Speaker, not only has our Gov
ernment recognized the right of expa
triation, but the Engiisu (tovernmcnt,
and, indeed, all Foreign Governments,
have acted upon the same general
principle of law. During our colonial
dependency they discouraged emigra
tion : and ono ot tbo counts in Mr.
Jefferson's indictment of George III
wus that be has
"Endeavored to prevent the population of thee
Ptetcs; for that purli'ise obstructing the laws for
the naturalization ol foreigners, refusing to pass
others to rncnarsre Immigration hifhrr, and rais
ing the condition, of new appropriations of Innds."
Theso were among tho acts that
"defined tho tyrant."
But, sir. since our Independence the
English Government has interposed
no obstacle to emigration. She might
have done so. The judicial writ of
r.e exeat regno and the army and nnvy
were quito competent to keep tier
subjects at home. But they have not.
Uritish ships bring two or three hun
dred thousand annually to our shores,
principally Irish and Germans, some
Welsh, Norwegians, and Swedes; but
tho great contributions to our popula
tion have been from Ireland and Ger
many, until the descendants of these
emigrants form more than half of all
our population.
Mr. Banks, Between thrco hun
dred and forty and three hundred and
fifty thousand last year.
Mr. Woodward. And this emigra
tion in all probability will increase.
These emigrants, as shown by tho
report of the commit tee, come, for tho
most part, in Brititdi ships; so the
British Government, instead of hin
dering them coming here, encourages
them to do so, thus acting upon the
principles of public law lo which I
nave alluded j for the Government of
Gnat Britain knows ns well as the
emigrant does when he comes to this
country that ho comes under our nat
uralization laws. They know ho in to
swear he will renounce nil allegiance
t all foreign princes, potentates, and
Powers whatsoever, und especially to
"her majesty the queen of Great Brit
ain. " They bring them hero by thou
sands to take that oath. They allow
them to become ciiizens of the United
States. and when that is accomplished
the judiciary of Great Brituin fail back j
upon this doctrine of inalienublo n!!c-1
trin noe, and cite judicial d'-c inum of,
the United States in support of their i
imprisonment ond execution of Amor- j
icsn ciiizens. i
That it the manner in which the j
British act against this subject of ox-;
patriatinn. We dfsire to induce thorn j
we cannot compel them we desire I
to induce them to recognize the doc-
trine of expatriation n Ihry have
practiced it and as the Kxectitive De-j
purtinent of our Government has til
ways recognized it. Wo have no
chaiico to induce them to do so unless
we set them the example- of expatria
ting our own citizons.
Lord Stanley declared on a recent
occasion that "Iroland was never so
prosperous as now, nor was nho ever
more disaffected." That shoe never
was more disaffected is probably true,
but it is not truo that she is prosper
ous. Belfast Is the only city in Ireland
whoso population is as large as it wus
twonty years ago. My friend from
Now York Mr. Itobinson will correct
me it 1 uni wrong. Ireland has run
down from a population ot 8,000,000
to 5,7ti4,00U, by the census of 1K01,
and is probably still less to-day than
in 1HG1. There uro more Irishmen in
America than in Ireland. They would
come in throngs if they were not too
poor to como. Nothing" but poverty
detains them at home.
Hero tho Speaker announced that
the gentleman's time had expired, and
ho look his seat. Subsequently, on
the Glh Februury, tho same bill being
before tho House, Mr. Woodward con
cluded his remarks as follows :J
Mu. Woodwahd. Mr. Speaker, when
my remarks wero cut off by your in
evitable hammer last Thursday, I was
examining Lord Stanley's declaration
that ''Ireland wus never so prosper
ous as now, or was she over more dis
affected." You know, sir, that Lord
Stanley is not only the son of Lord
Derby, tho present Premier of Kng-
lund, but is himself the Secretary of
foreign Affairs, and speaks as one
having authority. His assertion that
Ireland was never so prosperous is
sufficiently refuted by the recent
declarations of Mr. Gladstono' and
Lord John liusscll,totheeffect that I'ar
luiment must take efficient measures
very soon for tho relief of tho well
grounded complaints of Ireland. It is
refuted also by tho declining popula
tion of tho island to which 1 alluded
on Thursday. Tho two great facts to
which the discontents of Ireland arc
referable aro the church rates, und tho
land monopolies. Theso arc the forces
that aro driving them to our nhorcs
by hundreds of thousands. Tho es
tablishoJ church, to bupport which
Irihh labor is taxed, Is not tho choice
of probably more than one twelfth,
perhnps one fifteenth of tho Irish peo
ple. The mas of the people are Ko
inan Catholics. That is the Church
of their choice and their affections,
and to that their votive offerinirs are
cheerfully givon. But, in addition to
the contributions which affection and
piety dictatc.thcxe are the church rates,
tho poor rates, and all the public tax
es which tho Government imposes to
eat np tho carniags of tho Irinh peas
ant. When to these thero is added
the land rent, equal to about seven
dollars and filly cents of our money
per acre, is it strange that Ireland is
disaffected? strnngo that Irishmen
should seek our most happy country,
whero all church contributions are
voluntary, and whero cheap land can
be found f
Tho other source of discontent, the
hind monopy, is a sore evil to Ireland
I learned last summer from a very
intelligent Knglishmnn whom 1 met
in Ireland several interesting facts, a
note of which I made at the time, and
on the spot; and ns they bear upon
the question under consideration, I
beg tho attention of tho Ilouso to
them :
According to my informi"t there
are twenty million acres of lind in
Ireland, of which six millions aro un
der cultivation and nino millions in
grass. There aro six hundred thou
sand farmers, of whom four hundred
thousand hold farms of thirty acres
or less. .About twenty thousand
men own the six hundred thousand
farms, and receive therefrom an
annual rentul of from fourteen to fit'
teen million pounds, equal to about
seventy million dollars of our money.
Irish landlords do not expend more
than ono-and-a half percent, of their
rental per annum in improving their
estates. The rest of their largo in
comes go into the funds or into i in-provciiu-iiicuU
cf the homo farms, the
parks, the game, tho hounds, the
horses, houses, equipago, io. I was
surprised to learu that lenses for
terms of years uro almost unknown
in Ireland. Tho tenantry are tenants
at will, and liable lo bo turned out at
the caprico of either tho landlord or
his steward. The consequence of this
is that when a fanner, compiled by
his growing family to cultivate every
rood of ground within his liltlo farm,
clears out hedge-rows or reclaims bog,
and thus adds a few acres of new land
to exhausted fields that have been
cropped a thousand years, somo new
bidder is ready to offer tho steward a
bhilling an ucro more rent, and the
tenunl who hus done tho work must
pay tho increased rent or turn out.
1 1 o has no lease to protect him. Thus
is he punished for his extra labor.
Another reason for not giving leases
is political. Ail these small farmers
who pay a rental of ten pounds per
annum uro voters, and when they go
to the polling places, where tho vote
rir.i voce., tbe etewurd is thero with
his book to register each vo'e, and
woo betide tho tenant who presumes
to vole contrary Vo tho wishes of his
landlord or his landlord's steward.
Having no lease to protect him, he
must vote as he is commanded, or give
up his cottage, which, however poor,
is the only shelter for his wife and
children. '
Is it slrango, sir, that a bravo and
generous people should fleo from a
tyranny nioro refined than ever tho
leiidul system was ? And in view of
these fact, is it not nujnvt and un
geuerous in an Knglish statcman to
represent Ireland as prosperous and
her people as unreasonably disaffect
ed? - shilling a day, twenty-five
PRINCIPLES-NOT MEN.
CLEARFIELD, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 18C8. NEW
eentiof our money, is the ntmotst the
ordinary Irish laborer can earn, and
his employment even at this rate is
casual and precarious. I'msperous !
No doubt the residont and tho absen
tee landlords are prosperous, but the
people are poor beyond all description ;
and as tho rich are growing richer
tho poor aro growing poorer. Ire
land, sir, as she is governed, cannot
support her population. This fa tho
truth of tho matter.
Now, sir, it is a general principlo
of public law, that when a Govern
ment is unable to find homes and em
ployment for its redundant population,
it is oounu to concoae to them the
right of expatriation. Mon have a
nutural right to go from places whero
they must starve to places whore their
labor can procure a comfortable sub
sistence. The Britisl Government
has maintained for coinuries n system
of intestacy and ot lanl taxation thut
hus made it impohsiblt for laboring
mcu to rotuin land titles, and have
condensed tho hands of the three king
doms into the hands of comparatively
a lew millionairies avd noblut, a
small, select, but enormojsly rich aris
tocracy and it is in He interest of
this class that Ireland is governed.
The soil, naturally goed, has been
much exhausted by bug culturo ;
very litllo is done to reitore it, und
failures of crops from tlese causes or
from adverso weather re frequent,
and always entail extoiuive and ex
quisite suffering upon the laboring
classes. Social disorder ensue from
these causes, which the only mailed arm
of IheGovorninentcun sipprrMs. How
unjust and cruel for an hnglish states
man to chargo a people so oppressed
with disaffection in tho midst of pros
perity 1 Let him rather I ft off Church
rates and compel lantlkrds to give
their tenantry some in.erest in the
lauds they cultivate; let him give la
bor a chance to earn daily bread, bo
fore he charges a wholo peopb with
unreasonable discontent.
But if these things caniot be done
if no relief can be devised lor down
trodden Ireland if tho Government
must continue to be administered only
for tho benefit of tho privileged elustic,
in tbo name of ull thut is.usl and do
cent let tho emigrant cnjiry Uio rights
of citizenship bo has earned in a more
hospilablo country, Wien he goes
buck lo the Green Jslo, to revisit the
graves of his ancestors and friends,
let him not bo lohl that ho ia still a
British subject, thnt his oath of natu
ralization was a farce, and that Amer
ican citizenship ineiins nothing -
Knglish court. ".ri.lafs; the unkind
cst cut of all.-'
Sir, wo owo it to cur adopted citi
zens, und to our own dignity, to vin
dicate tho citizenship wo confer. By
naturalization tho foreigner becomes
an American citizen, except for one
or two purpose s, untruly as it ho wus'na
tivoand to the manor torn.' And when
ho returns lo his native country, cith
er for business or pleasure, be is en
titled to the same protection that any
American citizen has a right to claim.
Tho British Government havo no
more right to aoizo him and deul with
him as a rebellious Fenian subject, or
a deserter froni his native allegiance,
tlian they would havo to trout you or
mo as their subject. If thoir laws aro
violated, let tho offender be punished
for transgressions of law witliiu thoir
jurisdiction, not for words utter
ed and acts dono within our jurisdic
tion. Tho proceedings of soino British
judges lately, in dealing with suspect
ed f emails, arc gross outrages ujwn
our rights of citizenship, and domund
the iustant i ntei position of our F.xec
utivo. Kre long, I trust, the British
lion will bo made to respect tho Amer
ican eagle. We taught Kngland by
tho warof lf12 that our seamen could
not be impressed into her service, and,
if necessary, wo can repeat tho lesson
in behalf of our naturalized citizens.
But wur ought not to be necessary to
vindicate so plain a right, and I trust
this bill will peacefully accomplish tho
reform that is demuuded by circum
stances. France and tho German States are
more liberal in their policy than Groat
Britaiu and Kiissin, but none of the
European Governments havo in form
recognized the right of expatriation as
we insist upon maintaining it. They
have no love for us, but they havo
learned to respect our power. Ono of
tho few good results of our lato civil
war was to impress foreign nations
with a son so of our military power.
They saw war waged here, not of
such pun v proportions as that of the
Bosus in England, but which outstrip
ped tho grandest martial displays of
Napoleon, Ca'sar, or Alexander a
contest that shook tho whole earth ;
and, if now wo could present to Ihera
the spectaclo of a fraternal union bo
tweon tho belligerent sections, they
would bo (archil not to provoke a
blow from united forces which were
so formidable in division. They would
yield to their fears v. hat they might
not to their sense of justice,und would
respect our naturalization of their sub
jects whom they could not detain at
home. Thus, underlying this irrcat
question, as ull other public questions
of our day, is tho policy of union,
speedy, cordial, indissoluble union.
That is all we want to commend the
principles of this bill to tho nations of
thecal ill. Let us heal our breaches,
restore the dissevered States, stop
the clamor about Southern rebels and
loyal negroes, bind around all the
States tho bands of theold lime Union,
and then wo thall seo not only tuil
liousof tho wronged and dowu-troddeu
peasantry of the Old World hastening
lo our shores, but wo shall see their
native Governments acknowledging
tho right of expitration and respect
ing the citizenship we confer.
The foreign population in the coun
try have a riejhl to demand those;
iiPTJ
measures from us. The Stuto which
I huvo tho honor in part to represent
is largely indebted (or her prosperity
to German and Irish immigrants
William J'onn found very early in his
inimit colony mat tho staid and in
dustrioiis habits of the German fitted
him to boa better colonist than tho
Lnglishmun, and accordingly he en
couraged German fumilies to settle in
1 onnsylvama. Their descendants 1 1
this day constitituto the bulk of tho
jiopulution of our most populous ooun-
lies hi iiio eastern part ot the Stuto.
And nowhere, not even in England,
Germany, or Belgium, will you find
better furms or better furinors than in
those counties. They have built up
substantial homos for themselves, and
have lent tlioir wealth and influence
to tho internal improvements of the
Statu. They havo furnished us a lone
succession of Governors and many dis
tinguished legislators and public men
in every department of the Govern
ment; and tho German emitrrants ol
our day is all the sooner Amoricauizcd
for being brought into contact with
such descendant of the fatherland.
Ifa belter population can bo found on
the fiico of tbe wholo earth than the
I'ensylvuiiia Germans, I know not
whero it is to be lookod for.
And the Irish havo contributed
largely also to our materiul wealth ;
they have buill cunuls and railroads
for us, and have done very much of
- - I . .
our uuniug diiu larming. it is not
truo thut they are a turbulent or dis
affected population when they have a
chance to gain a livelihood by labor.
It is only w hen they aro denied this
opportunity that they become disor
derly. . Tho development of the resources of
our mining Suites and the wide and
fertile lands of tho Wost afford ample
fields for tbo labor of all the Irish and
German emigrants. Let them come
and bo naturalized, nnd assimilate, the
faster tho better, with our nationali
ties, and, when they go abroad under
our passports, let us see that all na
tions, great and small, respect and
treat them ns American citizens.
If this bill, or the substitute now
offered for it by tho honorable gen tie
man from Rhode Island, Mr. Jenckes,
and which I like better than tho orig
inal bill, for it contains the principle
of my amendment, shall accomplish
this end, it will not bo moro than wo
owcloour millions of adopted citizens,
and we may fuel after wo shall have
passed it that we have to-day done
the Slato some, servico.
Singular Daih. A few days since
horo, n boy discovered a snake, nnd
killed it by shooting tho reptile through
and through with his arrow. Soon
afterwards another boy placed him
self behind a tree, and exposing ono
of his hands, challenged tho other to
"shoot at tho target." The banter
was accepted, and, with the same ar
row which had pierced the snake,
fired at tho exposed hand, and struck
it nearly tho centre, inflicting a slight
wound. In a few hours the hand and
arm of the lad began to swell, show
ing that poison from tho snake had
been communicated by means of the
arrow. Tho youth suffered intonse
a;ony, and after lingering in this hor
riblo condition for three days, expir
ed. Montgomery Ala. Mail.
Salt Lakb Citv. "This singtilur
town covers an area of about nine
square miles-that is three miles each
way. It is one of tho most beautiful
ly laid out cities in the world. The
streets aro very wide, with wnter run
ning through nearly every one of
them. F.vcry block is surrounded
with beautiful shado trees. In fact,
tho wholo nino square miles is almost
one continuous orchard."
Somo one has sweetly said of those
who dio young, that they are like the
Alpine lamb which shepherds bear in
their arms to higher and groenur pas
tures, thnt the flocks may follow them.
Burying alive their now-born chil
dren is a common practico with the
Southern negro woman. Tho quan
tity of voters thus sacrificed is alarm
ing, lladicitls should look to it.
I'lalo wits wont lo say of his mas
ter, Socrates, "Uo was like the apoth
ecaries' gallypots that had on the
outside apes, and owls, and satyrs;
but within, precious drugs."
Highway robbers in Montana are
known as "road agents, nnd their
sworn enemies are tho "Vigilantes,"
who hang them summarily wben
caught.
A greenback of mammoth poster
size, bearing a portrait of Mr. Pendle
ton, is ono of the devices at tbe West
to secure tho nomination of that gen
tleman. In reply to a paper which called
Gen. Sherman "too coming man," a
Georgia journal pettishly says it hopes
ho is not coming thnt way again.
Louis Napoleon gets 8 14,240 a day;
Queen Victoria, fii.07 ; Francis Jo
seph, $10,950, and tho King ot Prus
sia, S,210.
La Crosse, Wis., has had a skating
Park benefit, with tho morctiry thirty
degrees below xero! Nobody frozen!
Mr. Adams held tho office of Minis
ter to F.nglund longor thun any other
person since lSl.'i.
Gold-bearing bonds tho bonds of
matrimony. Tho coupons are paya
ble annually or thereabouts.
Ths Kearsargo, which sunk tho Ala
bama, sailed for the Pacific coast last
Tuesday from Boston,
iL
TERMS $2 per annum, in Advance.
SER1ES-V0L. 8, NO. 32.
Itrtard iOfifird. .
JUNKSt LVAKM, MM I
In the Name and by the Authority
or run
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
JOHN W. GEARY,
Governor or the Ha Id Commonwealth,
A PROCLAMATION.
Tiro Thounand Itollart Kettard
Tot the arrest of th
MIKDEEEPuS OF JOHX CASEY.
y-r- Wbihih, The Benata and Hooss of
j KAL. iKsprsssntallvrs bavs snaottd th lol-vT-JfWlowing
Praamhla and Joint Rasola
iions, Til t "Joint Resolution relatlvs to ths
daalh of John Cass; :"
" Wkrrene, During thakaaring la thsavldonea
of the east of JOI1S KODISON varans SAMUEL
T. FUUOAKT, ona of ths sitting members of ths
Bensta from tha Twentj tlst Senatorial District,
a certain JOHN CASEY was examined as a wit
nsss on behalf of the said John K. Honisen tha
contestant and the said Case after his examina
tion was waylaid in tbe eounc ot Clearfield and
ernelhr beaten and abused so that ha has einee
died from Injuries receive In said beating;
therefore, .-;.
Be it retotred l) At Sev.U mnd Bimeetf Bepit.
tentative af tie Cammonttriltk of Pemeylrania
in General Attemll) met, mnd it it lereh) etnetei
bj Ike mntkoritf tf ikt tame, Thai the Uovernor
be aad he ie heme authorised aad required to
offer s reward nf
Two Thousand Dollars
For such information as will lead to the arrest
and eonvirtion of tbe person er (arsons who eoni
mitted the said offense, and that the Treasurer
of the Commonwealth be authorised aud required
to psj the said sum out of any nonej in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated." Approved
lbs thirteenth dfiv of February A. D. ISM.
And ttkrrent. The ropullun of the Government,
ths peace and terurity of iti eitiiens and the obli
gatlone of Justice and humanity retuire that tbe
perpetrators of this infamous crime should be
brought to rpeedy end condign punishment.
Kow.TBiBxroax, I, JOHN W, UEARV. Oot
ernor of the said Ommon wes!lh, In compliance
with the said Joint Resolution and by virtue of
the power aad authority vested is me, dc Irsue
this my Proclamation, hereby offering a reward
of TWO TUorSAND D0LLAH8 to any parson
or parsons who stall apprehend and secure for
trial the murderer or murderers of the said JOHN
CAPEY, to am paid upon the eoavietioa of the
criminal or criminals, and I hereby call all
officers of Justice and good oitissas everywhere to
be viitilint and iinr,iii..- i-
the apprehension of the aaid murderer or murder
ers lo the end that the outraged laws may be
'indicated.
Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of the
Ftat at Harrisbarg, this fourteenth day of
February, in the year of eur Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty -eight, and of the Com
monwealth the ninety-second.
JOHN W. CHART.
By the Governor t
P. Joanas, Secretary eiae CaaHwoaweejba.
February 10, lo8-3L
auW Good.
JL.tTEST STl'JLCS
rot
FAI.Ii A lVIXTEIt,
Jurt rweived ftt tb 8lor f
Mrs. 11. D. WELSH & "Co.,
Dealer! la
FANCY GOODS, MILLINERY,
NOTIONS, TOYS, and
MUSICAL IXSTIilWEXTS.
Silk and velvet BONNETS made for 00
Straw BONNETS msJe for. 7i
All kinds of DATS lor JO
Materials furnished on as reasonable terms aa
tbey can lie had ia the county.
Next door te First National Rank,
novT.tf CI.EARFIbl.D.r.
DRESS-MAKING.
SPKCIAL KOTirP PARISIAN DP ESS
AND CLOAK MAKING Ladies caa have
their Dresses, Suits, Coals, and Uasuuinee hand
somely made and trimmed, at the shortest ne
tire, at the old established staad, lull Chestnut
street, Philadelphia.
fancy and plan Fans, Mantilla Ornaments,
Dress nnd Clt.au Buttons, Ribbons, finny and
Guipure Laoea, Bugle and tlimp Dress Trim
mings, with a large variety of Stsple and Fancy
Uoodafrom lb a iO per cent, lest than elsewhere.
Also, receiving daiiv. Paris fashions in tissue
pper, for Ladles' and Children's Dreasea. Seta
of Patterns for merchants aad eress makers now
ready, at Nre. M. A. BINDKK'S,
Jj ly 1(151 Cheotnut st, Philadelphia.
IMPORTANT I
l'"arme re, I.ook to Yoor Intrrte nve
Money W he 1 u tan.
CORN'! CORNt- CORN I CORN I
THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT OF
THE DAY.
C1AI.T, and Ft en I ft Gnn't grttt Ubor
J MTitj inj mrwt ptrfct ftiid tret.
Fntlr now turhto, Jat patented. With thli
planicr ina prdta raa do nark work aa two
oa tht aid plan. 8v corn and plant, nuch
nra arnrat:r. Cta ta rru.atfl aocuTdihf
o jour dira.
Atrnti ara anrloTta to dutrihuia and atll
tha varbinea.
rhilipibarg, fa FaWatry 20, IBOS-tt
To Raftmen.
1) AFTMKN will be pleased to ieara that da.
V ring the com I nr. season Lodging and Pro
iisluns ceil be bad at
FULTON '3 DEAD WATER."
The subscribers will have ope, at thai point
their large Hotel, (rapshle of entertaining two
hundred men.) where they will irake It their
businrss to supply W atermen with Bread, Meat,
Sc.. on reasonable terms. They alse have
STO I'M, TIN l'A HE, C , "
Suitable for Ralimea's use, at low prices.
SAMl'KI. LOtiNSIlKIiRY.
J.nSO St.pd WILLIAM M. JOHNSON.
floal, W hale and Linseed Oils, Family Pv.
yj rarnishee andi its of til kinds ground in
ell r sale 17 B. I.
lit trifarTlcU tfrpubliai.
Trrms wf siul rrlplliiii.
If pM In 'ttii.ot within time mmiths...ll CO
II paid sll-r thrrr sod hrFtrr u evetl I
If paid alter Hie expiration f .is months..,, 1 00
Hstes nf Advertising,
Transit nl adi eitlecwii nte, ,er rquanmf 10 lines or
l-e. X llhicm or li-ee M II .SO
Fortieth sulisi-iinrut itoN-riion.... 60
Adniioitml,irs' and Kiivuloii' notices. t AO
Aaoiiors' n"lim- 2 40
I'aulloin and K.lravs 1 60
l'I.M,littim noticm..,., I I'O
lentil noli. i, ni r hue ." A li
Dliiiuarv nniti-c. over (Ivc llnis, per line 1
i'mleasionai tarda, I year a DO
rrsHi.r Aivr.HTivturTg.
I square fa tin j J coluu.n $Ii
I squaris.... li 00 4 column 40 00
3 squares.... t IMl I 1 e'daiuu .......... 74 00
Job Work.
n!.KK.
Single quire........ $i ill I R quirrs, per quire,!! ft
S (juires, per qiire, J 00 Over 0, per quire 1 Ml
nsivnan.i.a.
1 sheet, 26 er !, I 6V I i shoul, 26 or leas4 40
J sheet, tit or li-, 2 611 I 1 sheet, 26 or k.s, 8 (HI
Over) j of each of above at proportionate rates.
UKO. 11. UUODI.ANDKK,
Kilitor and Proprietor.
CLEARFIELD
MARBLE WORKS,
Italian and Vermont Marhle finUhed In
thm bisgbcat miyim ol turn Art
Tha auaMMtTiWiii arc laara to ananaaoa to tfaa
oitiirni of Clrttrficld aunty, that they have oprned
an eit-muira Marble Yard on lbeviatb'Wcatemar
of Market and Fourth ntnoU, Clrrfleldf fa., wher
tbej arr prvj.rt J to make Torab-Htonei, Mona
mrntfl, Tom box and lidc Turn tic. Cradle Tutabi,
Crmeu?rT iNwtn. Mnntlci, iSlu-Ire-, Uracketi, ettu,
on ihort niiire. They alwari keep oa hand a
large qimamy in worn tiinifbua. txoppL Um latter
iiiK. tut that ixtaoiii ran mil and iUt for then-
elre tha -trie wanted. Titer will alto make to
order any other ntyle of work that may badeum,,
and they flatter theDi;lvet that tbey can oorapet
with taa iiMMnfruHurvra oatnoW f tba eounty,
either in wnrfciaaufthip or price, at they only em
ploy the best workmen. t
TAU iiifjumct by letter promptly annwerad.
JOHN UUJCH.
May 21 1N7. HKNRY 4U LK'II.
Clothing.
HOW TO SAVE MONEY.
THE times are bard j jvm'i like to know
How 700 msj save your dollars ;
111 wa, to e it I will show,
If yon will read what follows.
A man who lived not far from bare,
Who worked hard at his trade,
Bat bad household to eupport
That squandered all be made.
I met him once. 8svs be, "My friend,
I look (bread bear and rough
I've tried to get myself a suit,
But csn't save np enough."
Save I, my friend, bow much havo you t ,
I'll Ull you where to go
Te get a snlt that's sound and cheap 1
To KEIZBN'STEIN A Co.
lie took what little he bad saved,
And went to Reiscnstein A Brothers', - 1
And there hs got a haodsome sail, ,
For half he paid to others.
Kow be Is home, he looks eo well, '
And their elleot is such,
Thai whea they take their dolly meal,
' They don't eat half as much. '
And now he Inds an Saturday night,
With all their wanta supplied.
That he haa money left to spend,
And noma to ley aside.
His good success, wirh cheerful smile.
He gladly tells to all.
If you'd save money, ge aad buy
Your rloihes at
KBIZENSTKIN'8 CL0THINQ BALL.
frig fioodi eta b bad to tait
tvtry tattt and ia trery atyla aprlI67
THE LATEST OUT I
K0KET FAYED IS MONEY MADE f
K WISE ! If you wish to fnrehase CL0TH-
ing, HATS A CAPr, or Furniihing Uoods,
GO TO C. H. -MOORE'S
Kew and Cheap Clothing 5 tore, where will be
foand constantly on bead a large and well se
lected assortment of Fine Black Cassimere suite
and drabs, brown, light, and In fact
ALL KINDS OF CLOTHING
Adapted to all seasons of the yenr; also, Shirts,
Drawers, Collars, aad a large and well aeleeted
assortment or las U ATS and CAPS, of the
very latest styles 1 and in fart everything that
eaa be called for in bia line, will be furanbed
at tbe very lowsrl eity priocs, ai they have been
purchased at ths lowest possible figures, and
will be sold In tbe same way by
C. H. MOOR E.
In tbo Post Offlce Bailding, Fbillptburg, Fa.
NEWS. ; ! :
Daily and Weekly papers, Magasinea : also, a
large assortment of the latest and best Kovell,
Joke- Books, ere, senstaotly n hand at
u. 11. MUOKK'H,
Ia Ibo Foot Office Buildlog,
a wil ly Fhilipshurj, Fn.
Hmhimt tTailor.
SOMETHING NEW IN SHAW'S ROW.
IRtVk A BTorc.HTOJI,
lorchniit Tailors,
Market Ktrcet, C learfield, Pa
UAVINO opened their new establishment ka
8haw's Row, on door east of the post office.
and having Just returned from tbe eastern allies
with n large assortment of
Cloths, Cassimeres, Testings,
Beavers, and all kinds of tioods for men aad
boys' wear, are now prepared to make np ia
order CLOT HI N it. from a eingle article te a fall
suit, In the latest styles and most workmanlike
msnnrr. Special attention given to custom
work nnd euliing-oot for men and boys. Wa
offer great bargaioa to customers, and waTaet
entiie ratt.factioa, A liberal share ef patille
patronage ie solicited. I ell end sea ear goooe.
eetlT tf till K. R. U BTOUOHTOrV
II. BRIDGE.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
("tore one door cast of Clearfield House.)
Market street, Clearfield, Pa.
KEEPS on band a full assortments of deaf'
Furnishing Uoods, such as Shirts, Linsn
and Woolen i'i derblrl, llrawers and Socks,
ivech tics, rocket 11n,lkercnie!s, tiloves, Hal,,
Vaibrrllan, Ac., In great variety. Of Pleea
(loods be keeps the
Best Cloths of ail "Shades nd Colors,"
Farh at It I ark Duafkta of tha very bait ftiaka,
Kafir Ca'tntnere , In arett rarkty , alo. Frtock
Coating?, Hearer, Tiltrt, Ch turn Ilia, atid Friroit
vereoatlog. All af which will be aaid cbaep far
Inn, and tnate nu according to tba latait itylti
by 1 par if need Workiaea.
Altc. Ajrnl fnr Clearfield eownty for I. M.
lnrer A Cr-'a. calibrated Sawing MfMni.
Hoi. I, IFf if. H. BR1
r.VorVTlO 1 TH Ui:t LAblEB,
JL V Ju rn rrceira for tha aata of
ON K DOLLAR
Silk. Marino, anJ A!)Mva l)r?" PUawla, BaJ
ttt'trjyji, l.inrn i(o'i, Km'acd TaMe Corcra,
W it hc, JcwcHt. Silver l'latcd V are, tafC
lachin, Ac. N-mt vluU of trn or more, wiik
ten ornt- for park rliacri thckwk,and thejMter
up of Ui- club will rwiTo ft firrrnt wortk S to
.uit, acconlirg to oamrvr icnt. Arntii wanted
rtrrTwhara, 1 trculara arm frt. PAHKKB A
CU.. fli fill Federal t.. HKtutt. ,lx'Ja-.-mpd
Grape Vines for Sale.
Vl.f. the lr-sling bsrdv rarielies ef ttrst qual
ity. t'OMCOHU ClITIXtiS. $1 0 per
huudrel. Order, sulioited as soon as convenient,
and filled In rotation, by A. M. MILLt.j
rieaaflcld, Te, Augarl f, l7. . .