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Editor And Proprietor.
Cards.
WILLI a. WALL4CS. riUSK FIELDING.
WALLACE & FIELDING,
ATTORNEYS -AT. LAW,
i Clearfield, P.,
,1.-L.gal business of all ltinds attended to
"with promptness and fidelity. Office in residence
of William A. Wallace. jnnl2:7U
iA. W. WALT E RS,
7 ATTOKKEY AT LAW,
a Clearfield, Pa.
' S-Offict In the Court Houm.
'deoj-ly
i H. W. SMITH,
tATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
je!0 Clearfield, Pa. ly
WILLIAM 1. WALLACE. J. BLAKK WALTBRI.
Wallace & Walters,
Real Estate Agents tnd Conveyance,
ClearfirU, Pcnna
tRttl ExUte bought nnj sold, titles eiain
1atl. eonr eyaneei preiared, Uin paid, and inru
rueii taken. Oflica in Dew building, nearly
fjw.iU ('part House. jaul.tU
ISRAEL TEST,
j ATTOHN KY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
f9-0&ct In tht Court Hume. JJjrl I.e7
JOHN H. FULFORD,
? ATTORNEY AT LAW,
1 Clearfield, Pa.
WBet ta Market 8t , .er tl.ruolck A Irain'i
4 Drug Store.
- :PVPrompt attention given to tht pcevrlng
W Boonty, Claims, Ac, and to all legal basinesa.
March IS, IMMa.
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
Wailareton, Clearfield County, penu'a.
KA,A1I legal basloes. promptly attended to.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OBi-e on Second St., ClearUcld, Pa. novll.tt
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
And Real Rotate Apeiil, Clearfirld. Pa.
Offlet on Third itreet, b.t.CherrjA Walnut.
aoaT-Refptetfully offer, his services In felling
tl baying lendo In Cloarfleld and adjoining
aontiet ; and with aa experience of orer ta-.nty
yaart aa a earreyor, flattort himetlf that he ran
reader eatiefaolioa. fob's. 'M tf
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
i ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
me. aa Market street one door east of the Clcar-
eld County Bank. mey4,'S4
John H. Orris. C. T. Aletandcr.
ORVIS 4. ALEXANDER,
ATTOI'NKYS A r LA 11
llcllefonte. Pa. erpl3,'(5-y
E.I. KIRK, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND 8UUOEON,
l.atuereburg. Pa.
C4Wit1 attend promptly to ell professional
aafli. auglsdypd
DR. Al THORN,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
nAVI.NW .eatcd al Kvlertown, Clearfield o
Pa., offert hit pntffiinnl rrifi to llir
yuiit of the nrruHndinKeountry. Sfpt. JV,6tf j
; DR. J. F. WOODS,
PHYSICIAN t SURUKON.
tTavini; ivmnverl to An'oDfillf, Ta., o(T r hi
prof (Mi on a I rrvtrff to the p?opl of tint pi net
ad thi urronning eountrv. All pmmptlj
at(bdtd to. (!--. I 6ui j 'l.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN 4 SUHGEOX,
HAVIMI lunatrd at IVnonfld. I'a., ofTer. Li.
profr.itnl .ervieee to the pe" I' "f t Km t
-ia and Mrruaiidine oountry. All call, prnniptly
attended to. net. I t If.
JEFFERSON LITZ,
PHYSICIAN k SURGEON,
nAYIMd looted at Orceia, Ta., oUVri hi.
profee.lon.l .ereiee. tn the penpl. of that
ilae. and enrronndinf eoantrT.
t-u All call, prunptly attended to. Offiea
ad reildenct oa Certia aL, lorn.rty oocupied
y Dr. Kliaa. m)l ly
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,
I.M SaraOfta of th. K-d Kef mnt, Penneylv.nia
Vofanteera, h.vlna returned frnni the Army,
MfTar. hi. peofeeeional aerric. to tba cttiten.
f CleaHleld eonty.
feProfrfeinaal call, promptly atten led to.
tftOteo oa Second tre.t, forn.rly occupied by
r. Weed.. (.pr,'3H If
DR.T. JEFFERSOIMBOYER,
ruY.iciAN and scmicox,
Seeond PtreeU Clearfield. Pa.
k.Harinf permanently located, he ant nffrra
,ltrofa"i'nl service tn the citiaenof t'lrnrfiel.l
ad TiciiitT, and the pa bite general! t. AM calls
miaptly attended to. ocilV y
fTb. read, m. d.,
ril VSIC'I AN AM) SUIJtiEO.V,
Kjlcrlown, Pa.
1tai.clfally otTee. hi. .erviee. ta tbeelllien. of
Aba .arroaading country. apr-H ltoapd
Sdental paetnefsEpT"
Pa. A. M. HILLS,
Melre t inform bis ptmna, and the
awahiM geaerllv.tat be baaaaaeeiaied with him
ia the praetieeaf tUtat'Strr,
S. P. SIIAW, P. P. S.(
'Whils t geatfoate of the Philadelphia Dental
CeMege, and therefore bas the higheat attesta
tions of pmfeoeinnal akill. All rk d-ne ia
the effce I will hold nrlf perennall responat
ble tor being dnae la the aaat atiUefitf saaa.
er highest order f the profeMi'tn.
Aa eaUbhibed prart.ee of twentT-tw. years la
4bls place enables aae to speak U aaj patieau
whh eonftdenee.
Engagefaaata freaj a diftanea should be made
b? letur ft fe dai before th patient desigas
a-atreg- Jane 4, 111 lr.
CLEAR
GEO. B. G00DLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL. -13 WHOLE NO. 2177.
Cards.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUJIP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENX'A.
rey-Puntpe alwnyil on hand end meilc to orilor
on short notice. I'ii.ro bored on roetwnahle ttTm.
All work warrantod to render eatiufnction, nnd
delivered if dotircd. n)25:lypd
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juttie of tht Pomo, Surveyor and Converanefr,
l.ullierKburg;, pa.
All buinem Intruitod to him will be promptly
attended tu. Periuni winhing to employ a ur
rtjor will do well to cir bim a call, at bi flnttrr
faiutielf that h can render latufaclioi.. Decdi of
onvsTaaee. articl of affroomefit, and 41 Ifxal
papers, promptly and otntlv cxeuuttiil. marlitlyp
HERD & Co.,
LAND AGE NTS,
lMilllp'.burff, Centre Coui:ty, Pa.
vRt-al Uitnte or all kin da bought and wild.
Aliw, dcalri in nil kinds of Lumber. mTAJi)
DANIEL M. DOHERTY.
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
(SECOND 8TUEKT,
jj 23 CLEARF1EI.II, PA. II
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEE It KBEWER,
Clearfield, Pa.
n AVISO rented lr. Eutre.' BrcneTy ho
hope, by strict attention to hutinree and
lite uianut'neture of a euperior article of I1KKK
to receive the patronege of all the old and many
new euetomera. Aug. 25, Lf.
THOS. S. WASHBURN,
SCALER OF LOGS,
;ieu Hope, C lear field County, Penua.
rfMIE iubicrlber ban derote! tnqh tlm and
X attention to the BCALIMJ OP LOU 8, and
iitkei thii method of offering hii icrvlee to thnia
who may need them. Any further informaiion
can be bad by addreptlng at a bore. jo2t tf
SURVEYOR.
DAVID HI. A. MS, LntherKbura;. Ckarfidd Co.,
Pa., ofiVri hi icrTicei ai (Surrey r in the
wc.t end of Uiu county. Alt calli will he attended
to promptly, and the chargci moderate. 1:IU:TU
surveyorT
T11IIE onJcriigned utfera hia acrvicea aa a Sur
X. veyor, n'' maT be found at hia residence, in
lwrence town chip. Letters will reach him di
rected to Clt-artkld, Pa.
mar 7-tf. JAMES MITCHELL.
TH03. W. MOORE,
Land Surveyor and Conveyancer,
IJAVINll recently located in the boron ph of
j Lumber Citr, and reaumed (he practice of
Laud Survey ins;, recpectrully tenders hia profes
sional servicea to the owners of and Fpeeolators in
landa in Clearfield and adjoin ins; counties.
Deeds of conveyance neatly executed.
Office and reiidenoe one door east of Kirk A
Spencer's store. aprl4:pd4m.
N. M. HOOVER,
Wholeul. A llel.il Dealer in
Tobacco, Cigars and SnufT,
Two doors cant of the Post OIRcc,
MARKET STREET, CLEARFIELD, TA.
4uA large aiaorttncnt of PipeCigar Caaea, Ao.
always on band. mylV-ly
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PUOTOGliAl'lI GALLERY,
Market Street, Clorllelil, Ta.
r-rnoMos maiie a mxiALTT.-s
"EtlATIVE9 made in cloudy, w-ll a. in
X 1 clear wenthrr. ('on.tnnllj on h.nd a Rood
.....rtoirnt or Kit AMI'S. HTKKKO.SClll'K.S and
IiTEKEllSCOI'lC VIEWS. Frame., frum my
tyle of moulding, made to ordet. apr2H-tf
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, I'emi'a.
Will elerilte job. in hi. line promptly and
tn a wuramanlike manner. err4t07
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
MALIK 1
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAM TtlX, Pa,
AIfo, extensive manufaelurer and dealer In Sqnare
J imher and rawed imiioer oi all aindf.
0" Order solicited and all bills promptly
Oiled. .jyi'-iy
OKO. ALBKHT HKWHT ALBKRT. W. AI.a.RT
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Mnnufioturcr. A extrnrire Ile.ler.in
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &c,
WOODLAND, riSS i'A.
JT'lT'Order. lulieited. Dill, filled on short notice
and reaeotmlilc trrm.
A.l lrcM Woodland P. 0 ClemlM.l To.. Pa.
J.2.. ly W M.llKIIT A I'.HuS
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
M KUC II ANT,
French! Illc, Irarlleld County, Pa.
Kees con.tnntly on hand a full assortment of
Dry (1, !, Hardware, (iroceries, and everything
usually kept tn a retail .tore, wlnrh will lie sold,
for cash, .. rhe.p as elsewhere in the county.
Ercnebville, June 27, J (,7-1 J.
C. KRATZER & SONS,
M E Ii C HANTS,
i)RAt.Ra. ta
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hardware,
Cutlery, Qneen.a.re, (Irnr.ri.p, Provision, and
bhinglr.,
ClearUcld, I'rnn'a.
jfcey A t their new. tore mom, on Reeond street,
near II. F. Hitler t lo'. ll.rda.r. .tor.. janl4
M0SHANN0N LAND & LUMBER CO.,
OSCEOLA FTEAM MILLS,
wArPArirnr.
LUSIBEn, LATH, AM) riCKETS
II. II. SIIILI.INilFonn, President,
Olllce Forest place. No. 12.S 8. 4'h .1., Phil'a
JOHN I.AWSIIK, Superintendent,
jetl oT Oseeola Jlills, Clearfield county, I'a.
SAMUEL I. SNYDER,
Practical Watch Maker,
Oppnuite the C"Ort II (nine,
FECtNI fiTKEET. CLEARFIELD, PA.
r-ft-AU kinds rt Watrhra, Clocks and Jewrlry
proniptlr ripairrd. and a-tfrk warranted tu give
aatisiartit.n. mar? 70
JAMES C. BARRETT,
in at ice ol tba Pcaee and LiccnariJ Conveyancer,
l.uthrrabiirfr,, ( learfl Id C o.. Pa
f fCi Ite t ion A rrmiitanecs piMinpttr made,
and all kinds of legal ins l runic u Is eaecuifd on
ahmi n.ttica. tnart.KHf
CONRAD M K Y K H,
mentor k lUannfaclart r of the
Olcltnitrtl Iron rrninr Tianos
V arerrM.ma, No. J2 Arch rhiradelpbia.
Has received the Priie M. dal of the W.rld Oreal
Eihilntion. In-li.n, tnc 1 be hit: heat Wises
awarilcd when and hervar eihibiiid.
hauMifhed l-ii ) , Jelft 1m
llll iMiuimi.iue Al.MAMAC. Only
i' wnia arsrf vsiej naia uis Sll. u
.liiL.
fll'B ttOOlljl, tit.
1S70. JILY. 1S70.
KKC0NST11UCTI0N!
WillFiffhtit Out on This Line!
MARKET STREET,
ILr.AltFII.I.I), PUXN'A.
Dress Goods, Fancy Gocds,
Notions and Trimmings,
LADIES' AND OENT'S
FURNISHING GOODS,
ilatM and Caps,
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Shoes,
AT POPULAR PRICES.
SThc entire ttoct on hnnd will bo sold at a
reduction to present value, and X will n-pleniab
the stork every si ity days with choico stylos of
the best gooda in the market
Kcur the PostuQice,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
THE FIRST ARRIVAL!
Spring Millinery Goods
Jult Received at
Mrs. WATSON'S.
VLL the Ladies in Town and the Country are
iuvitcd to call and ace the Spring Ptylcs in
BONNETS, HATS,
FRENCH FLOWERS, Ac.
We have to suit all ages and sites. We intend
keeping our stock full and complete, so that all
can be accommodated with the best and newest
styles of each season, and at the lowcat prices.
Also, new inducements offered in the way of
TeRKPJ-MAKINfl, In the oiont drgant and fash
ionable stylis, no the shortcut notice poirillt.
Remember the Place :
Main Street, opposite Muesop's store,
CLEARFIELD, PA. mar23
N
Ti:v urn sr. i
NEW GOODS!!
NEW PRICES!!!
HARTS0CK & G0ODV1N,
CUI.WKNSVILLK, TA.,
Ar. now receiving, direct from Baltimore, N.w
York, Doitun, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, an
lumen, atork of
DRY OOODS, CLOTIIINO,
CENT'S Fl'IlNISIIINO OOODS,
HATS A CAPS, BOOTS tt SHOE,
CIIINA, GLASS A Ql'EENSWAIlB,
HAPDVTARD, OROCERIES, le.,
Dooghl at lower price, than have been mad. to
.ny hooa. In town .Inc. lb. good old day. b.
fore Ih. lat. "oople.santn.i." all to ba dis
tributed to tho.. who rl.it Curwenitlll. for
rupplle., in accord. or. with Ih. gre.t .aeriGr.
at which they were boqght
The Ladlfi ar. particularly Invlt.J to call at
llaiiiock cfc Goodwill'! ( heap Hlore to ei-
amin. the .lcndid .toelt of MiE O00DS,
TRI.MMIXQS, SHAWLS, FANCY Q00DS, Ac.,
new on eihlMtlon.
lliry Defy Coniprlitlou I
Parties cannot do tbemselvc. Juftlc. In buy
Ing Ik. neeen.rlea of lif. without citing on
HARTS0CK Si GOODWIN,
Curwen.vtlle, Penn'a. nyl.'in
DAVID IlEAMS
LUMBER MANUFACTORY,
XEAB LI THE 11-11 1 lit!, V
l;.N'A.
MASfFACTl HEM all kinds of Lumber for
building purposes. Always on hand-
LATH Foil r.noFI.Vd,
n.ASTEIUNd I.ATII,
PAI.INdf, Is, le.
Hi. Plastering L.lh ar. erenlT s.sreil
I and of
different lengths, to suit purchasers; the Palings
arc four feet long and ready pointed.
All kindn of Fawed Luml-cr will lie furnihi.l
to onler, and lcliverrd if an dciirrL Prices will
be lilcral. accoriling to quality.
IV A II hind of (1RA1N taken in rirhangp
fur Luinltcr.
LuthcMlmrg P. 0., Jan. 1f UTO.
FULLERTON'S
U EST A I R A T & i! I. H! LS IHI L T
ft A I (Ml N,
In Lcavy. New Piiildine. (formerly occupied by
Mr. MetiHUchey,)
FFroNfl T., CLEAIiFlELD, PA.
("1"NSTANTl.Vonhai.dfineseliellonnf CAN
J MKS, M!TS, ( Hi Alls, TullACCtl, Ac.
Alio, HlKSII Ol.-IKK.; rc-eiied daily, and
scived up to suit the tastes ol rustctners.
41 Itll I.I A III) S ll.OIIN n second story,
eprtl rtl u II. It. FI'LI.KRTON.
AltlllvN SI I Iist-I RF-Il A OOOIl-
I from the I'lalad, Inhia ti.rden.; alsK the
IS-lrbralrrf ItOSK I'OT.TOI'4 f... .1 Ik.
Drug Sior. of 1IAKTSWKK A IIIWIN,
1 aprj; ClearBeld
P..
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PRINCIPLES
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1870.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLKAR FIELD, PA.
WEDNESDAY JlflllMNtl, .Tl'I.V 27, 70.
A lll.lll.I. POI'.M.
Homo of the loyal nrw.pnperi hnvo become
highly ineenwid at a piece of "rebel poetry,"
which ha. been extensively copied for it. literary
merit.. Tlio I'ltilndelplii. I'oit, (Hadirul) .oy :
"There i. no particular objection to be m.do to
Democrat ie poetry if poetry ercr o be political j
but It .rem. to us that it i rather Lie for I
Rebel vcrrwi to be publiehed in Northern paper.. .
The following pucui I. wurw thnn a eulogy ofl
trenxm; it ie an arraignment of the orth ax
ciiuiiual, and of I'nion Soldier, a. murderers.
It appeared iu tho Sunday JercMry, and was writ
ten by (lenrirc II. Wilding, editor of the Jfrntnt
(ceoi.iiOorc.lory,aluonoiijpHperpuoiiueu
by Johnson A l.utid, in lliis city:
THE POLTUEItN liEAD.
BY OKU. tt. Wfcl.lHKU.
Fitther. and eons in llieir long, Inst reel,
Sir inehes of oarlh o'er the patriot", breast ;
W hole acres of gnivee n nation slain
IVm murder like this einoe the dav. oi Cain?
Frotn the liull' tj I'.itouiac, far and wide,
They sleep in the trenehes, side liy side;
On the mountain eide. in the derp blue frn,
Or bid by the lenves fnim the si;lit ol men ;
ItutcliiTfd u lielils whieh their hither, tilled !
Shot, ataltcd and hrniiied, as entile are killed,
oh. men of the North ! when ym speut your iro
In shot and .hell, and murder and lire
When you stml'led the earth Willi a nalion". slain.
And sprinkled the ground with lilood like rniu
Did your Ilililes tem-li you to lule or kill ?
Is there no one higher than your mad will P
Did yoijr "Deelaralion" cause the graves,
Free men of negroes of w hite men slaves ?
Through Ihc fi'-ry f:it s of bn'tle I hey sped ;
On, on to the rest et the rrr.rtyrrd dead ;
On the sun-burned nold. by the moaning .oa.
They gave their lives to Liberty;
Over their graves no prayers are said
No hot teals drop on their lowly head;
Yet heaven', sweot dew. fall soilty there,
And evening win Is brenlhe a loving prayer.
Virginia's sons! oh, walcu ari l nail
Over your d".d in tearless state ;
The Ixdl and brand is in band Divine;
tlod will avenge you, tor "X eliaeauee is mine."
Long aller (lie grasses have It is ii o'er the eod,
I.oiiK nt'ter theii souls have aei tided to tiod,
Kliall Di'ily marshal His eoursirs of fire
Over their uiouu'If in his learlulest ire.
Woe, w.ie to lh North, and Woe to tho man,
When JiMioe shall uiarrh. with tiod iu iLc inn.
Phlladi lpliia, June, 1.-7U.
Annual Report of the County Super
intendent of ClcarCold County.
I. F.IU'CATIONAL rROOIIIMH.
Houses. Tho new Ikiiiho lliat have
heen htiilt durint; tho puit Jenr, lire
as lollovva : iSeecDrtn, ono ; j"i;s,
, ... . lt,-.,.l('..r,l I',,.,i,l,. lun.
Iliirnniilc, ono: Client, two; Dccnlt.r, !
ono, utnl Huston, ono. Jenriy nil.
und Huston, ono. JNoiirly
theso nro first clnsa buililinoju.
unrulier of old ones hnvo been no ro
modeled I hat they now present both
tho comfort and appearance of new
ones. Ono hundred and lift y-scven
nchools, and ono hundred nnd tifty
four houses in tho county. Eighty of
llicso nro elnwed us Rood ; lifly oni!
a middlin);, und twenly-threo us very
poor. .Many of tho last nre injurious
to tho health of pupils. 1 hey should,
nnd no doubt will, twin bo replaced
by (rood ones. A few of the new
houses have been built without any
forelhotiht or I '1 !' "I nrendis
irrnee to tho dtMriets. llireclors
should oxantino plans, visit soma of
tho best houses in llio county, nnd
ojre such houses built as tliry waul,
instead of beinir influenced by con
tractors, ns is sometimes tho case, nnd
nllow in thnn to t-recl such ns may be
most profitable
Furniture will class very nearly
with tho houses. A jjooj house, oc
casionally, has poor furniture, but
more freipienlly tho furniltiro is lirt
terthnii tho house Thoso classed ns
middling hnvo insulllcient fttrnilure,
nnd those very poor liavo nono fit for
tiso.
Apparatus. Eighty completo sets of
out lino maps nro in no, ntul n num
ber of schools nro supplied with charts
of various kinds, such ns Osgood's
Sanders' nnd tho National. In addi
tion to those report oil last year, tho
directors of Hecnl ur, .Ionian, Wood
ward, I'enn und titielich, hnvo aup
jdiod their schools w ith tilohes.
Tcachtrt Wo hnvo n few conipo
tent and well oualiiied teat hers, but n
luri;o ntitjoi ity lat k in qnnliflentions
nnd OxprrieiKC. The .dirt ily of r
ones is a nuluriil cnnse(uent e, so lonr;
ns thero is no ilislinclion ininle in
wnrjos nnd hen tlio salary paid, in
many districts, is inndcipiuto to assist
them in their s lf sncriticinir cfl'nrts to
hecomo bolter (iiulifled. Itisaplens
uro to know, however, that wo nro
much belter provided fur, in this ro
sped, than no wero n few J'enrs njen.
Moilis if Instrurtinn wero about tho
same ns I ho previous year; except, n
few teachers forced (heir pupils, two
or threfl times, thronijli Iho dilTirent
hooks in a simile term of four months.
F, if nny, of tho pupils oomprohctid
od the elementary principles, nnd tho
tenehers i;ained consideitible populuri
tv in tho profe'sion, nnd wero set
down, hy patrons nnd directors, as
model teachers. How lonir thov,will
bo satisfied to bn (hits ntrroonblv nnd
sntiufnetnrlly tloeoivod. remains In bo
soon. Tho motto should bo, "not how
H'ldi but how well."
I'lrmriitari Jnntruetinn. ll is n mis
tnko lo suppose that nnv one, who
hna only studied the simples! English
rudiments, is (it I ed lo instruct in n
primary school. Tho firt stops nro
tho mnt dill'ienlt ns well ns tho most
impnrlnrl; therefore, (bo very bot
tenehers should be employed for such
ehnola. ns (ho higho.l skill is needed.
From tho btinglinr; procoes in tho
piimsrv schools, oflen aprincs n lasl
ine diuliko (o study, nnd Iho choicest
tnlotils lie mntionto.n nnd innclive for jio-i's, or paying teachers belter wn-
tho want of skillful tenehers in the go-, are elected directors; but the
primary school.. iu'e majority see tho importance of
Parental Co operation. On (he pari having their children woll instructed
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matters Tie. cif Iho (enderest. sym.
pathy shonhl ho formoil between their
homos and their schools and n com -
mow interest interwoven. This bo
romplisliod nnd our schools would he.
, 'i .J.'
,..
more rnmn e a in llinir i snsr msn .
ili'iisHmnnl.
Ilennnmonis.
'srd more thorough in their efficiency.
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,e 1
i NOT MEN.
"Ah it tho w liool no will lie tlie poo
ili'," ii ii m Into "iih it the icnchrr ko
w ill lit' tho school." Our moBt prcsH
inK rnjc r I to ilny, tliorururn, is rrnod
luiitlniH toitfliiTH who will not no by
llio printod munmilH, nkcl llio print
I'd i'i.'htions, nnd hour llio iiiiiti'l it tt -
wurN) Lut living mien, tlmt will pro
st'iit ttiiiirn tii'Hito their iintncs nmJ
"iik'ui huliiro wordu."
lHnclors. nu nilior of theso of
fieora ro nctit'o nntl perforin their (In
tit'H will. Wo hitvo n fow, however,
who nie oppoKetl to tho nyMoni, nnd
oilers to nil tneiif uroB of iiitprovemciit
More iitro in tho Keloction of teHehem
i ItCtVWiiry fin tllO plirt of dirt'OtOTH.
The luoVOIlU'llt of tho wholo HellOlll is
onlircly dependent upon tho leurher.
H in not to llio int'iipaoily of our eltil-
dren, hut lo tho timelier, tlmt wo are
to trato a waul of proroHH in no mo of
our BL-hooIri; therelore.Hiri'eiitldiHci iini
niltioll lllld prtlllellfO nhlltlhl he UHl'd
I,, nclecti,,, tl'llchern, Oil whom the
tvelfuro of our children no much do
ptiid.s. If. EDUCATIONAL WORK.
E rami mil on. Held t weiity-lhrco
ptthlit: anil n lut'o i iiiiiIht of jirivnlo
xiiiniiiatiiiiiK ; inNtied ono liuiidi id mid
lixly -lli ice iruviniiiiml oi-rtitii-utos and
t.'jocti'tl len tijipliciiiilH. Forty-nine
directors nnd eighty-five cilizeon were
ptcnent. nnd uppcuivil mueli pleased
Willi l ho exercises. Traveled one
th'iuand six hundred und seventy
ttii'cB, n rnlc (luce hnndicd and flfiy
four ollicial lollcirs nnd tau(hl eiylit
weeks in the Normal Iuslilulo.
VisituliuM. Willi five cxccjilions
ull llio school ol tho county wero
viniled, and u few tlio necond tinio;
ependine;, irenerully, Ironi t o and a
half to thri't) hours in each. In twon
ty fivo ditriel ono or nioro directorH
and lilizciiN aceunipatiied mo, and in
ull 70 directors und Hi irilizcnn.
A Xormal Institute was opened in
C'leatlield, on llio Hd of May, und con
tinued in ncssioti ijolit weeks; al
though entail compaivil with furuier
ouen, it in hclievcd ihut it did ttomo
sou J.
lit. WOHK IIT OTIIEIl AOI NCirM.
"Clearfichl Academy," conducted
hy Ku-. I'. L. Ilin i i.-on," A. M ; ".-chool
lortiirlx," condticied hy Miis llaltie
Swan, and a mimhcroi neleet .choolo
llirotigliout the county, Knl more or
lest diicctly or inilirrctly in advan
cing the ca u hc of education.
J Ut rirt Supfrinli-n'li'nti. Jn a nuin
herof tliKlricts, the Secretary acted in
this c.ip.icilv. Whcro tho duty is
poriornieu t.y ono no n;.
been n practical teacher, iho lionefl
ciul results nro plainly visihlo. It
seems to mo this poroiion should nrrrr
ho tilled by any other, ns the changes
often suirirceted by nn inexperionccd
one, only cripple tho usefulness of the
teacher.
County Iiifllfute was held in Cur
woiisx illo last October, nnd in many
respects, w as a decided success. Vulil-
able information was imparled to the
teacher, by tho Hon. J. 1". Wicker
sham, Slate Superintendent, and I'rof.
C. E. t'ady of New York. Sotno of
our own teachers took an nelive part.
Tho election, of our State, bein; held
on tlio snnio week, detained many
persons interested in Ihc cause of edu
cation, hence tho ntlondunco was
not so largo ns the previous yenr.
IV. OIlriTACI.ES IN THE WAV OF IM
PHOVt.Mr.NT. 1. Tho want of more competent
and fnUhliil teachers j 2 Short school
let ins and low ai;es ; .'I. The frequent
chan' of teachers. Sostronjris iho
desire lo change, llint only eight or
leu schools during the last four years
huvu been taught for two succesaivc
terms by the Kuino teacher, nnd hut
two or llireo lor a lonu'er period; 4
Irri giiiif attendance of pupils. 'J he
evil rc suits from this are palenl to ull;
ami len llio parents know Ihut tho
nbseiir of one pupil is not only un in
jury II himself, hut lo the whole class,
J cuntiil seo why they do not endeav
or Id Adapt their home arrangements
moro thoso oi st liool lor without
the pt'Jenlsco-operalioii lillle progress
can 14 made; with it much moro ,
lliuu "inv is t'Hti ho accomplished ; 5.
Imor I'ctent directors, und cureless-1
ness if others in the ttdminist ration if ;
school affairs.
V.-1(1 I'HoMOTE lMl'ltOVKMF.NT.
1st. A law ro piiring directors lo be
sworn, purl iriilutly Secretaries, lo a
proper ilisehargo of 'their duties. 2d.
An ine'Ctiso of tho Slate uppropria
linn, si.tlii ient to keep all lliu schools
of llio Nate open four months iu the
your. 3d An iuereiiHO of tbo mini
mum length to six tnoiilhs. Teachers
cannot be prevailed upon to, ipiulily
j lli. tnsi Ives for iho dulies of n proles
sii'ti which does not guarantee to
1 11 tin more than four mouths etnplov-
niuit. 4lh. Appropriate school build
ings in Clearfield borough, with
g. rjnds sullicienl to necoiuiiiodalo all
114 children ; tinder the control of n
eilipolenl nnd faithful lent her, who
kI )uld have the power to ndopl and
eaVy out n right colli so ol dit ipline;
i ,,r,., t,s, ho b cl
te ost in till llio children, nnd tho cry
of ''public nuisance." would oeuso to
ho so common in our county seat.
I'tnaneia) lin'urils. With tho eon
sett of directors, a uniform system
I of kOping school accounts w ill bo is-
tn! lislud in every district. A reform
is i cry mm h needed.
'ii'i,' Kiitiaicnt lias long boon
fnvirablo lo the s -liool system, ll is
true, theie are neighborhoods w here
lililo or no interest is fell, where build
itiu's lad liirniltiro unsuitable for
stliool jiurposes still remain, where
pi nous hhi arc known lobe opposed
to increasing tbo luxes for st liool iur
ending bTcnrndlonVschmd odilice
;,, i'nc i ili.t , it. I ..I Irtn r mnrn ac km, In
lo which ull Iho advanced jmpils may
'"' m'nt' sugg.sted to
' ,,f 11,0 hoards, nnd is rapidly t
many
training
favor. If such schools Kiulil bo es
tablished, with Ihc Normal Institute,
'ibe district aclosds. l.r a continuous
. ..,,! ;,h tl,.
v'w'"i "omu v.u oieiuviiu -
I I oaoi, oil u i;o eot'liecicu sun me
. . ... ... .
1 P'1 normal ,cnoois oi ttie. uini..
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RFPll'Ri 1(1
NEW
FINANCES.
lhailfiiril. Schools, six; average
time, four months ; teachers, six ; four
males at nn average of (12 fid, and
two females at an averago of f10 per
month; pupils 27.1! ; mules liiS, aver
age l'.i ; females II I, average '.lo; per
eentugo HO. Finances, tax levied 81,
4;"S SO ; appropriation and unseated
land tax STil 1" ; Imlanco on hund
Ironi last year f UK! hS. Teachers'
wages ff I.OIMl; fuel, foes of Collector
and 'I'reasurer, &v , f Tt ; building
and repairing fc7G T'.l ; tlebt duo pur
lasl report since paid ?J.i!)7U; debt
by district S.'SJI lo.
J'inlaii. Schools, four; nverugo
time, four months ; teachers four ; onu
mule at and llireo females at an
averago of J.i; per month ; pupils 1J5,
males till, nverugo 4r ; females 03, av
erago -Is ; per centue CD. Finances,
tux levied $7'- 10; unseated land lux
and other sources, If Jtiti !1U ; appropria
tion IJliH. Tcachcr'a wages ti III ; fuel,
fees of Collector und Treasurer fll'J ;
repairing anil debt duo per hist report
since paid 7n7 (J l ; debt duo by dis
trict e mo in.
Jlrailforil, ( ImLprwlint). Schools,
ono; average lime, four months; one
male teacherat f :iS per month ; pupi's
SI ; males Id, ovcruge 1- ; females IK,
averago 10; per ccniiigo Gil. I'inuti-
cos, lax levied $10.) ; appropriation
and halunci) on hand 8.'- ii. Teach- I
ors' wages fl.'ij; fuel 80; debt due by I
district 8 !0 75. I
I'nion. Schools two ;nvcragc timo,
six tnoiilhs ; two male teachers, at nn j
uverngo ol l-.J per moiith ; pupils
'.17; males Wl, nverugo 'M ; females 45
averago !i(J; per cenlagc 74. Finan
ces, tax laud Sri 1 T 10 ; upprojirialion
and unseated hind tax 8101 .i 1 ; 1ml
unco on hund from la-it j ear fid.
Teacher's wages 8 Mi ; fuel, Ac, 8Jl,
57 ; debt duo by district 815 IIS.
Curii'cnsvi'lc. Schools threo; aver
age timo, four months; teachers, three;
two male., nt nn nverngo of 85:! .r0 ;
one female at 8i5 per monlli ; pupils
ltij; males HI, uverago 71; females
73 averaguCl ; per ecntago SO. Fi
nances, tux levied 81,715 t8 ; Ironi
oilier sources $i,ii.j ; npproprialion and
bulaiicc on hand from I it -1 year 8005. j
readier' wages 8500 ; fees of t.'ol
lector, building and debt duo per last
report sinco paid, Ac, 81,017 78 ; bal
ance on hand 80s.) 30.
Van. St bonis fivo; nvciago timo,
four and one-fil'lh months; touchers
five ; four mules, ut an averago of 840 ;
ono female, nt 834 fid por month ; pu
pils, 17; mules Mil average 00; fe
males 7'.), averago 64 ; percenlago 73.
Finances, lax levied 8032 77; nppro
prialion, unseated laud tax, and I coin
dujilii ntes ItSOS und lSli'.l, 8'MJO 33
Touchers' wngos, 81H; fuel and fees
of Collector, Ac, 105 35 ; exonera
tions 8HS I3 ; balance on hand 8150 82.
Jllonm. Schools threo; average
timo, four months ; three female teneh
ers employed, nt an uverago of 82S
per month ; pupils 11!) ; males 115, uv
erago 41; femules 54, nverugo So ; per
centngo Ol). Finances, tax levied
8277 ; unseated land tax and other
sources 8135 ; npproprialion und bal
ance on hand from last year 871
Teachers' wages 8330; fuel and feos
of Collector, 805 ; bulunee on band 82.
t,. Schools, seven; nveniLro i
time, lour months; tenehers, seven ; 1
four males, nnd threo females, at tin
averago of 833 '.13 per month ; pupils
251); males 1 IS, uvetatro 100 ; feiimles
1 1 1, uverago 75 ; per ecntago 72. Fi-
nances, lax levied 81,!TJ 1!S ; unseat-
od land lax and appropriation 8101 :
Teachers' wages 8!L"U ; fuel, feos ofj
Collector nnd Treasurer, Ac, 82s4 7S; I
ilehl tine per last report since paid
$'.l!3 2S ; debt duo by district 8120 (is. j
M.irrit. Schools, veven ; averago ,
time, four months ; tenehers, seven ; j
Ihrec males nnd four females, ut an i
average of 840 per month; pupils,
320; males li", nverngo 112; lomalcs
I4S, average S!) ; per centagu 02. Ei
nances, tax levied 8100S02; unseat
ed land tax 810; appropriation und
from otliersourccs?3.'i0 22. Touchers'
wages 8000; fuel ?2i4 30 ; fees of Col
lo.l(,r Treasurer, Ac, 8112 I'd ; re-1
.,lMn nl.j exonerations 8203 72 ;
L;ttl:0 on linn d 8237 SO.
y;,,;,, . Si bools, cix ; nverngo timo, '
fr(ir. indnths; teat hers, six ; live males!
, ....,., t S;;;i una ono female,
at 835 per month ; papils 21S ; males,!
130, uverago .l ; lemaics average
55; jut centngo 00. Finances, tax
levied 81, 5117 50 ; unseated land, lux
and appropriation S37S20; teachers'
A agcs 8020 ; fuel, fees ol Collector,
Ac, 8101; building and interest on
debt 8000 III ; debt duo er last re
port nnd slill unpaid 8011 5S ; debt
due by district 87sO 2S.
Client. Schools, six ; r.verngo lime,
four months; tenehers, six; males
five, al an nverngo of 834 ; females
one, ut $30 jut niotdli; pupils 225 ;
males 115, uverago W ; Icinulcs 1 10,
averago S5 j k r centngo SO. Fiuaii-
cos, lux levied 81..r!i2 Si ; oijiroprm
lion 81 IS. Teachers' w ages 8iMI ;
fees of Collector and Treasurer 8205 ;
building 8SO0; th In tluo n r last re
jiorl since J'.'tid $S5il 00 ; debt duo by
diil net 81,03.1 23.
(Irahain. Schools, five ;
average
lime, four months, leathers, live;
maleone, nt 810; females four, at nn
average of 8 IS per month ; iupils 202;
males ln7, nverugo '05; li tnales P5,
average OS ; jier cetilage 72. Finan
ces, tax levied 8782 41 ; unsealed hind
lax', npprojirialion nnd other sources
81 10 7 4. I caebcrrl wages f.i.M ; luel,
lees of Colli clor, Ac, 821141; pur-
! chasing ground and repairing 810 75;
dcld duo per nisi report since piuu
8100.
Ihtst'in Schools, four ; average
lime, six months; teachers, four;
miiles two nntl females two, at an nv -
er:i"o salary of 835 nor moiith ; ntiliils
81(10 : 111 a I
M.
avertiiro uo ; lonniies
10, uverago 37 ; per centngo 70.
Finances, lux levied 8170; unsealed
land tnx 81,00l. J earners wages
llil, lac, 1 1 .cos of Colleclor 870,
rs'.l i I'll! ilioir rii: iihiiiiicu uuu i'i
district 84 40 SO.
A'aor. Schools, four ;nvern go timo,
four months ; four female teachers, nt
an averaue of 830 nor month i ptip l
130; males 7S, averago 05; females
. 5S, average 40 ; ),er ecntago l-1-
tinneri. in levied S505 05 : unseated
, - ,
iiiio,", ,w.s . . v... , ---
. j ailo
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AN.
TERMS-J2 per annum, in Advance.
SEIUES-Y0L.il, NO. 2.
Toiichers' wages JIS0; fuel, fees of
Collet tor, repairing, Ac., 8131; bal
ance, on hand gj.lt) :
(jothrn Schools, three; overage
lime, six nntl live-sixth months ) teach
ers, three; one male, six months, ui
S-if; 'wo females, seven und one
fourth months, ul 8-iO per moiith ;
pupils, 104 ; makes, 4:t, nverugo li.'i ;
I'ciuulesOl. average 4."i ; percelilage (id.
Fiiittnces, tux levied 84J4 Ul ; unseat
ed land tax, tipjiropriaiion anil bul
mite on bultd from last year S'MZ H
Teachers' wages ; fuel, fees of
Collector, iVc, 81!14J; pnreliasing
ground, building and repait ing 8 jjii ;
halancu on hand $7U I'll.
(JirrJ. -Uv-ttvvtn, SOu, , MieMv
lime, six months; teacher, four;
males two, ul 6ld ; females two, ill
8:7 iid per month ; puplils, 1 17 ; males
IS, uverago 40; li inales 4!', average
od ; per coinage 7U. Finances, tux
levied ,riOll 7 ; unseated land tux. up
proprialion and balance on bund from
last year 8 list! 04. Teachers' waes
8SII0 ; fuel, li-es of (,'olleetor, Ac., 873,
s:i; balance on hand tlsl ol.
Ilraily. Sehoids, eleven ; average
time, four months ; touchers), eleven j
males six nnd females five, tit an aver
age of 001 permonlh; pupils, fni7;
mules 'J'.iti. nverugo -Ul ; females
vertigo 14J; per eenlage 7-. rinuti
ces, lax levied ,s4.14t; miM-ulvd
land tax and oilier sources (i- ; up
propriation and balance on hand from
last year 8l,XoN 27. ToailoTs' wages
8I.71S 77 ; fuel, fees of Collector. A.,
t'VM f7 ; purchuHing ground, buihlinn.
ie., 8-i.onl, 55; balanced on hund 81,'
4U7 Si.
Karthaus. Schools, three; averago
lime, four months; leathers, three;
mules one, at 840; females two, at nil
uvorage of $.1:1 '' i per month ; pupils.
112; mules 07, average 4S ; tetnales
45, uverago 25 ; tier rentage 01. Fi
nances, tux levied 8523 4S; unseated
land tux floS 5'J ; nppmpriuliou and
halancu on hand from lait year 8703,
tili. Teachers' w ages 804J ; luel, du.,
t'Xi Rli; balance on hand 8031 7S.
Jl(cnria. School, nine; average
lime, tour mouths : teachers, nine
mules live, ai un nverugo oi t iu;
females four, ut an uverago of 837 75
pel month; pu iils, .i'.l ; mules 14),
avcrnec 11!); females 153, iivurngu 10 1 ;
per cenliige SO. Fititliiees, tax levied
81,721) 07 ; unseated laud lux 8222 12;
npproprialion and balance on hand
from l;tt year 83u(i OS. Teachers'
wages 8 13 (iti ; fuel, fees of Collector,
Ac., 822.40 .U ; purchasing ground,
building, Ac, 8055 5J; debt duo by
diotrict 87 13.
J. W. S.WDF.n, Co. Sup't.
Waiitfid A Printer.
"Wanted n primer," sjiysscnteni
pnrary. Warned a mechuuieul em i
osity, with bruin und fingers; a thing
that will set so ninny ems a day ; u
machine that will think und act, bul
slill a machine ; a being who under
stands lliu most systematic anil mo
notonous drudgery yvl into the in
genuity of man has never supplanted,
mechanically ; llial's a primer.
A printer; yet, with ull tho dissi
pated and reckless bubils, or worker
al all limes and bonis, hy day mid
ni lit : st'ttinir un in close und tin
w holesomo olliees, when gay crow ds
nro htirrj ing to theatres; later skill,
when street revelers nro gone and the
city sloops in the morning, iu the
broad nnd gushing sunlight, some
printing mnchine is at its ense with
its eteimd unvarying dick I click !
Click ! dick ! llio polished cubes fall
into llio slick ; the ntiiio integers id
expression nro marshalled into line
and march forth ns immortal prim.
Click ! and tho Intcsl intelligence be.
comes old, tho thought a principle,
tho simple idea a living sentiment.
('lick ! click ! from grave to gay, item
; alter Hem a robbery, a inurdor.n nil
of scandal, A
grttcelul and glowing
thought, nro in turn dollied by tl
mute and impusr-ivc fingers of llio ma
chine, nnd set adrift in tho sea of
thought. Ho must not think of the
future nor recall tho past ; ho must
not think of home, or kindred, of wile,
or of hahe. His m l lies before him,
and thought is diuinod In his copy.
You know him by bis works, who
read the miners and ure ouick ut ly
pographical errors; whoso eye may
not rest on this tntile evidence ot
ceaseless toil; cm r. spondctils, edi
tors, nnd authors who scot n tbo si in
ilo medium of your frame, think not
that iho printer is altogether u ma
chine. 'Ibink not ho is indiircretit to
Iho gem of which he is bul Iho seller.
Think not a subtle my may not pone
trute tbo rccises nf bis lieai l or iho
flow ers ho gathers may not leave some
lay
; of their fragrance on his loilworn fin
gors. Ilul ben you seek a friend,
. companion, advisor tthen Jon would
, devato ono, w ho, from s niiathy,nuy
j filly rejiresent either or both w hen
you waul judges, governot s, or itvni
dents. O, yo iicuplo, atlverlise ;
"Wanted a printer.'
What nm tiif. Soi.mnts Fin in Eon!
Tho I'iltsbtirg W aks the lidlowing
porlinent tpiesiions :
h liat was it lor r is a question winch
has been seriously asked by those who
have looked around nnd (minted the
cost of victory. AVhat did we light
for? First, for "Ibe I'nion;" but the
Union ns il was is lost and the 'nation
j substituted. Was it lor etiiam itiution?
i I nut w as tieoteu, and oiuuuereti on m
last. Was il fur tho constitution!
That has censed lo be u oimt under
tbo 'higher law.' Was it for unity
and fraternity ? Ililternoss between
I he sections is slill sought to be kept
alive und has not been diminished by
1 magnanimity halo has Icon int. n
! filied by injiislico toward even the
w idow nnd iho orphan, and the tiov
crnniont itself. Was il for liberty
and hiimnn rights tho country fottglill'
ll has ae'dcvod lladicaltsin. eorrnitton
I ?d
- e-
Will those comiensnle tor tlio tin
mouse sneriticc of blood and treasure!
The only solnco the bow of promise
which is hung out w ith lis luminous
hopo is the overthrow of the juirty
w. ten is now , powi r. as linen ingi y
! indicated ty the dully cbangi in
, "
. .
nnh is nmnion
rsau-a ' swea-. aMjs.ys--..
THE HOWARD INVESTIGATION.
(ii n O. O toward, tlio r eckshiftl
nn bind of tbo Frociltncn'g lluiesu
swindle, is jusl now ri icctiliarly prom
Incut icrsnniigo. He has horn inveit
ligaied by u (,'otiirressional t'on milted
ol seven I'adiruls and two Pcinoi rats,
the former of lioni made a wfn'io-
ashing innjoriiy report and the liat
ler ii sciithiiig ,..,. of tho ofllcial
mist ondiici ol this religious and pa
1 l int in pretender.
Althonoli-tho Iiadical members of
the coinn.il too were don hi loss selected
wiih a view to the vimlii-ulion of
Howard, we understand that several
of I Io n) signed llio majority rejiort
w ith intense rehicluuce, That !)
report was made lo . wen tho Undi-
culs from the odium which a trtto
statement of Howard's acts would
have brought upon them und their
pa ny, h loo evident lo admit of dift
niie, for a largo jiroporiinn of tils
frauds were committed liir tho benefit
of that jutrly. Everything possild
w as done to jirevont a fair nnd full in
vesiigation Tho inaj .rity refused lo
siil'p'ena witnesses suggested by tho
minority nnd ref.icd to allow ques
tions pcifeetly projier and liecoesttry
to elicit the truth, lleioc the minor
ity report, which is stiflicieni ly eon-
elusive, is not so strong against O'ed.
Howard us u fair exuuiiiiulion would
The. fund placed iu Ifoivnrd's hands'
for disbursetnetit, witiiout sufficient
hecks or glial da to prevent fraud, ex
ceeded iho entire expenditures of the
(iciiernl (iovcrumeiil during tba 'hfj
years of Washington's adininiHtratlon',
and the field of bis operations was
greater in extent than the urea of
Fiance, Prussia, Austria, Italy, MreA
Hritaiu and Ireland. Over ull this
vust urea were scattered Howard's
agents and satellites, in the shape of
brokeu-dow n New England preachers',
many of whom hud bm n coin polled to
leave even that hot. bed of humbug
und impost ure, school. toachets from
ihe sumo region, oratorical negroes'
pious camp follnwors,i'X commissaries',
quartermasters und needy ami seedy
udvt nlurors of ull sons, all of whom,
ot course, wero trooly lt.il, mid Ull
of whom were in receipt of salurict
from the fund eiiti'u-tid lo the head
of the Ulnck Ilureuii. Sotno of (heso
vagabonds nro now pr achers in tho1
South, sonio uro in lliu Legislatures,
some are in both branches of Con
gress llmso of the Wbiltemife-'
I)'ee8-Sydier stamp and nllTiobt nil
of them iuivo waxed bit und sauey
under the kind euro and proiection of
their head shepherd, Howard. A mortf
corrupt set of hyiocrites and Fcoun-i
dicls never infested any country. Ti
tuOateswasu Chtisiian genlleniMii
in comparison with theso snivelling
und theiving villains, und Alfred Jilt'
gle und bis leuif'i.l friend would huvo
refiftd to asiciute with such vermin.
Through Iho agency Of theo Saldt
ly scoundrels and sculaHitgs, llowurj
not only established churches, Sunday'
and secular schools, bill Savings'
Hanks, by which institution tho col''
oied lutiids under his charge wcrO
most beautifully fleeced. A poor
"dark" wonld enlist, during tho war,
for tho loiinty of 8000 to 8000 TffirJ
money, nil bul some 850 ho would bo
required lo deposit, in sotno ono of
theso Savings' Banks, the cashier giv
ing the victim n book iu w hich tbo
dcioslt was iitkiiow lodged. If the
negro died, of ffot .killed, or deserted,
no one cvir gm (ho ft.oifcy. If tho
hook was not lost, tho bank would
say thai tho money had been trans
ferred to another blanch of tho main
institution, located in sonio other
Stale, a long distauco olT; nhd when
the claimants went or sent to this
branch, they, or their messenger,
was sent to unotlier, and so on, nn'
lil ihey would bo compelled to givd
up the cbuse. Oflen lliu men them
selves who deposited iho money would
be unable to get it again, lf ono of
them lost his book, bis money was
lost to bim, mho. Of tho thousands
of negroes who enlisted, (nnd ilassn
chusetls nnd other "loil" States fnadsj
op their quotas from among tbo
Southern negroes whom they loved
so tenderly !) r. majority lust iheif
bounty money through llicso swind
ling banks founded by ihc iious How.
aid. Tbo amount of money realized
by the Bureau thieves from this sottreo
iiinouiilcd In millions, in addition ta
llio millions entrusted to llieni by tlx
government, lf a lair und searching
investigation into the ntl'airs of theso
Savings' Hanks throughout the South
could he had, a system of fraud and
corrtidioti would be revealed such as
tho world never before heard of and
nil iu tho liuiiio nf tiod und humanity
for iho sake o( llio "poor dowu-trod-den
African 1"
Tho minority rcpirt well says, i rt
concluinn, that "Mich opportunities
and lempiiitions were never lieforo in
the history of the world held out to a
gangol eager and hungry cormorants.
The means of covet ing up their trucks
and concealing their liutldi were am
ple and complete, and tho means of
their detection iniiivifcl nnd il
lusive. The laots elicited hnvo been
gull on nt with difficulty, and waro
in m i i I v w rung fiom reluctant nnJ On.
willing witnesses, 'l iny give but a
glimpse into iho dink and wicked
macliinations that can only bo fully
reviewej when nil mankind stands
unmasked ul the buret Dual ncconnls.
The evidence is lust ilisnipearing,
most of it being in the control of iho
implicated, and even with a commit
tee or tribunal anxious in drag theso
trahsai'liomt into the light of day a
comparatively small portion of the
sjiectilalioiis of the ngents of tho Hit
read could now be rxioscd. That tho
party which employed Ibis liurcail
as nn effective and valuable partisan
agency should now hesitate to bring
its agents to Iho bar of public jmlg
utei't fir theso frauds nnd evil deeds,
and should put ohslnclc. in tho way of
ihosc who desire to elicit tho truth,
is, ierhai. lioi n mutter of great
surprise. They at least did tho party,
work well for which they wero em
ployed, and their speculations must
now be covered up or winked nt j but
theso evasions w ill not longer satisfy
an indignant public. The jiulilic uro
tired of being plumlcied to keep nny
pat ly In mwcr, nnd thoso who hnve
robbed the j.eople of their hard earn
ings, and in tho iiiuno of humanity
and Christian ihilnnlhroiy have first
misled, duped mid debauched, and
then swindled tho ignorant negroes
whom they pretended to befriend,
cannot nlways escape a just retribu
tion lor their byiocrisy and their
crimes. A generous and grateful peo.
plo will thank iho Hon. Fernando
Wood for his single banded and gal
lant attack upon Ihe abuses and cor
rtiiiioii of the Frcedmcu's lturenu,
of which Ihey have so long complain
ed and which has been so successfully
matlo in this investigation." Smdtiy
Ate en ry