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CLEARFIELD REPIBLICAX,"
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COODI'ASDEU A IIACEHTY,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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OKOrtOE B. (lOODLANDER,
UEORUE UAUERTY,
PuMI "tiers.
T. H, MURRAY,
ATTOUNKY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
prompt attention given to nil lrjf.il business
Ht.-ii in 'in carp ta i icariioiu aim no:iotning
mines, unicn on .MurKti si., opposite jm.us.cs
wt.lrv Store, Clearfield. V. JeU'71
WALLACE & FIELDING,
ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
fiI.ejral liusinoss of all kinds attended to
ilth promptness nnd Oilclity. Office in residence
, William A. Wallace. janl2:70
A . W . WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
teOmce In the Court House. deeS-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
,j Clearfield, Pa. ly
" ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Hs-Offlee In th. Court Hons. Jyll,'7
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Office on Market 8k, over Joseph Showers'
Grocery store.
fPromrt attention siren to the securing
of Bounty, Claim, Ac, and to all legal business.
March 28, lKo7-iy.
TRol. J. K ITI.IOI'OR. VI. M. M CI'I.LOt'ltR.
T, J. McCULLOUGH & BROTHER,
ATTUKNKYS AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Ollies on Market street on. door east of th. Clear
field County Bank. 2:1:71
J, B, McENALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
JTLediil husinc.i attended to promptly with
f leluy. (iflire on Second street, ahore th First
Sulinnnl Bonk. 1:25:71 -lypl
ROBERT WALLACE,
A TTO R X EY - AT - LAW,
Wallnccton, Clearfield County, Pfiiti'a.
A II legnl business promptly attended to.
t, T. lit VIS
,.. i.. Knres
IRVIN & KREBS,
Sneeessors to II. B. Srroope,
Law and Collection Office,
Pill,172 CLEARFIELD, PA.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
0H:e on Second St., ClearB.ld, Pa. oovJIH
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And TTcnl F.state A;;rnf, Icarfit ld, Pa.
('(Tire on Third Ureot, bot.Clterr.T.. Vn'niit.
JHflrRenpijetfully ofer lilf onrb'e3 fn rolling
end buying lands in Cloarflald rnd adjoining
countio j ami with an experience of over twenty
ysars as a imrvoyor, flatter:) binre1fth.it he enn
rn ler RatIsf.iRl.on. l'cb. 2S;t1:tf.
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTOltNEY-AT - LAW,
l is, (Kreola, Clcarfleld Co., Pa. y:pd
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE IJKOKEK,
aid DBALnn is
Raw LiogM nnd T.iiisibci,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Ofliee, in Masonic Buildins;, Room No. 1.
1:25:71
J"hn II. Orvis. C. T. Aleiander.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LA H',
Kcllcfoiito, Pa. senlSSS-j
J. S. BARN HART,
ATTORNEY . AT LAW,
lf.ilcfiiiita. Pa.
Will practice In Clcarfleld and all of the (Hurts of
tlis 25',h Judicial district. Heal fatal, business
and oollcction of claims inado specialties, nl'7l
DR. T. J. BOYErt, '
PIIY81CIAN ANDSUUOEON,
OS.o on Mnraot Stro.t, Clearfield, Pa.
"OIBm hours: 8 to 12 a. m , and 1 to 8 p. m.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
HiTIIERSDURfl, PA.
V'ill attend professional calls promptly. auglO'70
DR. Al THORN,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
HAVIXO located at Kylertown, Clearfield eo.
P.i., olfers his professional services to tlie
J" "'le of the .urrounrlinn country. (.Sept. 211, '.D-y
DR. J. F. WOODS,
PHYSICIAN A SUHOEON.
lhvinBj rrmovrd to AniionvUte. Tn., offers hi
Tir'.fi nionrtl unrvirrn to the people of that pihrt
ii't ilif mirrounding country. AH promptly
.vicihlcd to. m. 3 flm pu.
J. H. KLINE, M. D-,
riTYSIOIAN k SUKGEOX,
nAVINU liwatrd at PennfioM, Ta., offers bis
pr'ifcx.ional terriers to the people of that
V -i-'f rsnd Rurrounding country. AliealU promptly
'f'tiilrd to. oct. 13 tf.
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,
L.lsfurirson of th.8".d Rrs;lmenl,P.nney!Tan!a
Volunteers, having returned from th. Army,
, :'n bis professional services to lh.cllls.nl
el i.lenrncld eonnty.
Jtr-Prjfejsional oalls promptly attenJed to.
's on Nflcond street, form.rlvoennnled by
W. Woods. apr4,'-tl
JEFFERSON LITZ,
TUYSICIAN & SUROEON,
HAvIN0 located at Osceola, Pa., offers his
profgi.-'onal ssrrlees to tbs people of that
r. l mrrounlnj oiie.
J-Ai; calls proinpI'T attenJed to. Offlc.
ot Cn-lii st. forpjrly weaji
CLEARFIELD
GOODLANDER & HAGERTY, Publishers.
VOL.41WIIOLENO.2218.
F. K. ARNOLD & Co.,
BANK KKS,
I.uthersbiirp, Clcarfleld county, Pa.
Money loaned at reasontiMe rntrst .xchaniro
bought and soldi deposit, reocived, and a Ren
carl banking butiucss will h. earricd on al the
ubove pluco. s:l2:71:tf
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Justice of th. Peace and Scrivener,
Curweiiavllle, Pa.
..Collections mado and tuonev pmuiptly
paid over. M.2'7llf
JAMES C. BARRETT,
Juotioe of the Peace and Liond Conveyancer,
I.utlierftburff, Clearfield Co., Pa.
jf-HCo11petionii rrmittnncrs promitly made,
and all kinds of legal Instruments oxeeutM on
hnrt aoliiw. uiy4,7lHf
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juetloe of the Peace, Surveyor and Conveyancer,
laillicrvburp. Pa
AM business Intruded to bim will be promptly
attended to. Person wi"liinj to employ a Sur
veyor will do well to give In in a cull, as be Halters
biumclf that he can rervler nitiftlaclion. 1)pc1 of
conveyance, articles of arrcinrtii, and all trjfnl
papers, promptly and neatly executed. niarttOyp
HENRY RIBLI NG,
HOl'fE, SHIN A OltNAMENTAL TAINTEIl
Clearfield, Pemi'a.
The frescoing nnd painting of ohurchrs and
other public Imilding. l reeeivo particular
attention, as well as the painting of carri;:ca and
sl.-igh. (iilding dono in the uentest styles. All
work warranted. Minn on Fourth street, formerly
occupied by Esipiire .liugart. octl'J'70
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PEXN'A.
jffreJ-Pnmps always on hand and mado to order
onshort notice. Pines bored on reasonable terms.
All work warranted to render sctisl'nclion, and
delivered if desired. ui2j:l.vpd
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
SECOND STREET,
Jj 2:1 C 1. 1'. ARFIEM). P A. It
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR,
I.utlieraburfr, Pa.
rpilE ruljserihcr offers his services to the public
X in the eeptlrity of Perivener .nd Purveyor.
All ealls for surveying promptly sttende-l to, and
theinnking of driifts, deed, and other legal instru
ments of writing, executed without deliiy. and
warranted to be correct or no charge. ol2:70
SURVEYOR.
THE underpinned oflVrs his services as a Sur
veyor, and iny he Inund at his rexidence, in
Lawrence tnwnstiip. Let tors will reach him di
rected to Clearfield, Pa.
may7-tf. JAMES MITCHELL.
J. A. BLATTENBEEGER,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearfield Co., Pa.
jwCoavflvancinc ftml all levnl farters drawn
with srurirv and diM.nteh. Dtaftii on and !-
stage tickets to and from any point in Europe
procurtd. oeia iu-um
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAOER BEER RREWKR,
Clcarfleld. Pa.
nAVINfl rented Mr. Entres' Brewery he
hopes by strict attention to business and
the manufacture of a superior article or DKEIt
to receive the patronage of nil the old and many
new customers. Aug. 25, tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
PEALKR Iff
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
C.lt All AMTON't Pa.
Al?o, extensive munufaetnrcr and denier In Square
Tim her and Hnwed Lumber of all kindi.
B-fl-Orders solicited and all bills promptly
nurd. ljy iy
oko. ALnnnr iirixnT a i.bert..h w. ai.ikrt
VV. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacturers A extensive Itcnlcrsin
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, dtc,
WOO I) LAM), PJSKMA.
-Orders solicited. Bills filled on short notice
and reasonable terms.
Address Woodland P. O., ClrnrflcM Co.. Pa.
jc25-ly
S.LUEHT ltltOS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MKUCHANT,
I'reiirlivlllc, llcnrfitlil County, Pa.
Keeps constantly on hand a fuil assortment of
Dry (loods. Hardware, Groceries, and everytliii.J
OHu.-illy kept in a retail store, which will )e sold,
for ensh, as cheap as elsewhere in the county.
frenebtiile, June 27, 1.107-ly.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clcarfleld, Penii'a.
iuW'ill esecute jobs In his line promptly and
in a workmanlike manner. arr4,C7
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market Hlroet, Clearfield, Pa.
-CR0M(3 MAKE A PPECIALTY.tMI.
NEHATIVllS made Id cloudy as well as in
clear weiillier. Constantly on hand a good
assortment ot 1'ItAMI S, MTKHKOrtOOI'liK and
STEUHOSCOPIC VILVVM. Frame, from any
r-tyle of moulding, made to order. npr'J8-tf
J. MILES KRATZER,
MERCHANT,
D KALI St IIS
Dry GoodB, Clotbing, Hardwaro,
Cutlery, Qusensware, Oroeori.s, Provisions and
bhingles,
Clearlield, Penn'a.
pirM their new store room, on Second street,
near II. F. Bigler A Co's Hardware store JanU
t. uoi.Lowai ait a. narn ranar.
H0LL0WBUSH fi CAREY,
P.OOKSELLERS,
Clank Book Manufacturers,
AND STATIONERS,
219 Jlurktt St., Vhiladtlphta.
teft.P,iper Flour Packs and lings, Foolsenp,
t.iie. Kola. Wramiinz. Curtain and Wall
Papers.
fcl2l.70-lypd
E.
& W. D
IRVIN,
bXI.EItl IX
Real Estate, Square Timber, Logn
AND L I'M It Ell.
Omee In new Corner ("tor. building,
novla JI Curwensvlllo, P..
A Notorious Fact I
milEUK re lunr. people troubled with Lung
I i.:....... in ihi. i,an than any olhernlaoo o
ll .lie In the Kioto. One of the great causes of
this Is, the tie. of an Impure article of tool, largely
mised with sulphur. Now, why not avoid all
this, and preserve your lives, by Ui-ing only
Humphrey Celebrated Cool, free Irorn all
impurities. Oiders left at the stores of Richard
Moesop and James II. Oral am k Hons will rccclv.
prompt attention. aiba)am JrMrI1REr.
PU.tl.lJ: Sfr" f "ISJ?! ,
Crgal dvevtisemfnts.
Sheriffs Sale.
BY vlrtiteofwrltsof Venditioni K rp,mn, issued
out of the Court of Common Pleas of Clear
fluid oountr, and to me directed, there will
be e.xpoaed to public mle, at the Court House,
In the borough of Clearfield, on Monday, the
Hth day of January, 1 872, at 1 o'clock, p.m.,
the following described Heal UUte, to wit I
A ocrtnin tract of bind situate in Chrst town
ship, Clearfield eounry, 'n,, bounded ami dene ri bed
as follows, to wit: On the cnt by In ml of A. L.
Kitchen, on the west by Willinm Kitchen, on the
north by John Kitidieii and Nancy Fiahel, and
north by Armstrong; Curry, containing 40 aciuf
and ba villi; & bouso thereon erected. iScixed, tt;en
in execution and to be sjIJ as the property of
Hubert llaiuey.
Also, a certain tract of land situate In Union
toniHbip, Clinrfield county, IV, bounded as fol
lows: licRiuniBs; ut a post on the Puekersville A
Hnow Hlioe Turnpike, and on line of lands con
voyed to John lSlieostr; thence by said turnpike
north 70 derctT cflrt JHJ perchcKTft post, on tbo
aforeiuid turnpike ; t ho nee south, by lands of Js.
Lines, 2 perches by lands of Lines, in print in
lino if Jubn Hheesert tbenco north, by r herder
Inod, 21' J perches to the beinnine;, oontainins;
five acrcx and alluwanee. Hciied, taken in excru
liim and to be sold as tbo property of Michael
Hubert.
Also, a certain trnet of html situate in Curwens
ville buniuh. Clenrlicld emmty, Pa., beginning at
the corner of Archibald llnrvey's lot, on Filbert
street ; thenee northward along said Ftrwt fret
to corner of Jimies Huff's lot; tbonro westward
along naiil bit I'.M) fwt to an ntlcy ; thenco south
ward along said alley CO leet to sitt1 lot of Har
vey ; tht ii.t" .(nid along said lot li)0 feet to
F(ii:rt street nnd place ol beginning : and known
s bt No. , and having a two story house x'A'2
feet and stable thereon ercctr l. Sciird, taken in
x emit ion and to be sold as the properly of Wil
liam P. Chambers.
Also, a certain tract of land liluatc in Morris
township, Clearfield county, Pa., descrilrcd as fol
lows: ltcginning at a post, being tlio north -went
corner of tra t iu name of J. Morgan anil south
east corner of I mot in name of .1. Sand irk ; t hence
south one degree went H'U pert-lies to post ; thence
south HU degrees enst InO per. to post: thence north
one degree east I UK perches to post; thence by
trace in name of John Price, north U degrees west
litu perches to place ut beginning; eontaing 1U2
acres, having about ol acres cleared, a young
bearing orchard, a log house, barn and blacksmith
shop thnreon erected. Seiied. token in execution
and to be sold as the property of Michael linges.
Also, a certain trnet of land si tun to in Morris
township, Clearfield county, Pa., bounded as fob
low, to wit : Itrgiuning ut stone on township road ;
tboliee south W degrees west 101 perches to stake;
thence south H7 degreen vnrl Ifi.'l perches by bind
of A. W. lUymond and John Kverhnrt to slooes;
t hence north llirco ilcgrccs east !"l iierches by
land of Urenner, Trucks A Co. to stake; thence
north 07 degrees west I'-I perches to stoocs and
plaeo of beginniiigi containing 100 acres and
allowance, and having about .'10 acres cleared and
!iuall barn thereon erected, ."ened, Ink en in exe
cution and to be sold as tbo property of Jacob
v n goner.
Also, a certain tract of land situate In Morris
townhip, Clearfi.l.l county, Pa., bounded and
descnix'd. to wit i lleinning at a post by a pine
at tract of land surveyed in the nutne of .iinon
(irntt ; thence by tract of land surveyed in iiitinc,
of Casper lltn, north HO degrees. wt . til perches
to post ; thence by bind of Itntlt Shea and Muni.
Shaw, south one degree west 2:i perches to post ;
thence by tract surveyed in the name of N. llohrr
south H'J degrees east Ml perches to pout ;
thenco by land of J. (Iran north ono degree enst
2.'1' perches to the legiiin ng; containing 2L','I
acres, with 40 acres cleared and log hou.-e and
bnrn thereon erected, ricitrd, taken in execution
and to be sold as the property of Jacob Wagoner.
Also, five certain trnetsof land situate in iorris
township, t'l earfi eld county, Pa.. No. I beginning
at a stone heup; thence by land lato of Lever k
Lorain, south 220 perches to post : tbenoe east
.r4 perches to print j thence by K. lljiney survey
220 .t-IU perches to while pine; thence liy Hteven
Kingston survuy t perches to place of begin
ning: containing 2:!7 neres, surveyed in name of
Leonard Kyler. No. 2 beginning at asprueooor
nrr; tbeuce north HS degrnes west 1 10 perches to
pine; I hence by J. Taylor nnd J. Huston surveys
Tib perclns to piiiej south IJ decrees west cor
ner called the uriginal survey, enst 70 perches to
post; thence north I S degrees enst 1 05 perches to
aspen; thenco smith HnJ cast SI perchef to port :
thence north 1 degrees cunt 120 perches to place
of beginning; containing 171 neroa. No. It con
taining 200 acres, surveyed mi warrant to John
ranton and bounded by surveys in name of Fran
cis Johnston, Taylor and others. No. 4 contain
ing 40 ) acres, and surveyed in name of Christian
Miisrcr, with a saw mill t hereon erected. No,
containing ion ncrrs and surveyed in name of W.
(). llutltr. tu'Ucd, taken in execution and to be
sold as the property of James C. Williams and
Abraham Humphrey.
-O-Uidtlori will ti. lie nnttre that 16 por eent.
of the purchase money must be psid when the
property is knocked down, or it will be put up
again for sale. JUSTIN J. PIK,
htiRitirp i Ofpicb, I bberiff.
Clearlield, Pa.f Dee.
. 13, 1871. J
SheriiTs Sale.
BY r!rtue of writs of fieri 'nems, limed
est of the Court of Common Pleas cf Clear
fiwld county, end to ma directed, there will ba
ex)isd to PU11LIC HA LK, at the Court House
in the borough of Clearfield, on Monday, the
ih dsy of January, IN72, at 1 o'clock, p m ,tbe
f I lowing Heal Estate, to wlti
AM the timber standing that will measure Ion
inchri and upwards in diameter, three feet Irom
the ground, upon all those two certain tracts or
pieces of land situated in Iecatur township.
Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, ono thereof ty
ing opposite the Lutibar Mills and eontaining
.T2J flcrca more or less, being a part of three
lnvgcr surveys, in n?'n of John 8, Fyron,
Thuuiaa Edmonson and John Libby. Tho othor
containing 146 acres and 107 perches mo-e or
less, being a part of two larger tracts in the
namos of John 8. Kyron and Ibotnaa Kdmond
son. Poised, taken in ex scull on and to bo sold
at the property of Hunry Post.
Alro, all defendant's Interest of and In all
tbnt etitain lot of land in PennvNIe, Ponn town
ship, Clcarfleld county, bounded as follows :
lieginning at soul he a fit corner on alley, thonee
we t sixty feet by turnpike, thence north by lot
of llfphron one hundred and eighty feet, I bonce
eact livty feet br an alley, tbence touth by an
alley one hundred and eighty leet to beginning,
on which Is erected a small two-1 lory frame
home, Pelird, taken In execution and to be
old as the properly of Jonathan Walls.
Also, all that certain tract of land situate In
Pnn tuwnrhip, Clrnrtield eounty, Pa., bounded
and described its fulluws: Deglnnlng at a poit,
thenco north 6fj degrees ee:t 7 perches to a
post; thence north ( degrees west 227 perches
to post; thence south 78 degrees wast 73
pfrchci to po.t; tbence loulb (i drgren east
21$ pcrchti to place of beginning, containing
111 acres more or Ici. Pel red, taken Ineieeu
tion ond to be cold ai tbe proporty of A.
Hpciicor,
Abo, all duLndanL't Interest In nnd to tboso
two cor a In tracts of land lituato and described
as follows i Tbe ono thvrsHif situate la Chest
township, Clearfield eounty, beginning at a
stfrnet th'nce by lands of Martin Hockenberry
and Jnmes Jackson, south 2 degrees west Hii4
perches to a post t tbenoe by lands of Calvin.
Stephen and John Wsstevor, north degrees
wei-t 8ft perrbei to a white oak dead; thanes
by lands formerly belonging to Ruth McConnell,
north 2ii degrees west 140 perches topoxt;
thence by lands, warranted In tbe enme of Mi
chael Mensrr, south bb degrees east 402 perches
to a alone and place of beginning, containing
450 acros, having thereon erected two plauk
houses an si a log barn, boing a trae. of btod
mrveyed on warrant In name of Pnmuol Jack
son. To be told as the property of John New.
comer subject, nevertheless, to the Interest of
Jesse Keiler, acquired by a fleet! dated the
day of 1871, recorded in book page
Tbe other being all defendant's Interest in a
certain tract or parcel of land situate la Chest
town hip, Clearlield county, adjoining lands of
tbt widow Holes, Jonn uunaaaer ann oioari,
containing louecroi more or lose, having two
I off ho us os and a log barn thereon erected.
tif tied, taken in aiecution and to be sold as the
property ef John Newcomer.
-Uidien will take notice that 13 per eent.
of the purchase money must ba paid when the
property it knocked down, or It will be put up
again Tor sale. JUtnn i. iu,
RitBBirr'i Orptrrt, 1 .Sheriff.
Clearlield, Pa., Deo. 13, 1871. J
CATTION. The public Is hereby eantinned
ailnt purchasing or in any manner meddling
with the following described property, now in tbe
possession or John D. Duller, of Lawrence tuwn
hip, Clearfield county, ris: One sorrel horse, one
h horse and one set of double harness, as the
same belong to me and are held, by said Uutlcr
iihjecl to my sHsr
i.ee. mi It. f- T0VS0.
T
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PRINCIPLES)
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20,
THE
ItEPUBLICAN.
CLEAR FIELD, Ta.
WEDNESDAY MOR.MXtl. DEC 30, 1871.
Interesting Biographical Sketch of
Hon. John Bigler, Deceased.
Tho Patriot conttiined n Lriof and
int'omjiloto obiluury of Hon. John
Uiirlcr, wlio died in Sacramontont tlie
ngo of Hixty-tovon j-onrs. Tlio Pitts
burg rust, Willi wliicli tlio ueceitBoa
was connoclcd a quitrlor of ft century
ngo, contains tin intorcstinfr tskotcli of
lua lilo, li-om it appoarg tiiul ho was
cmtilovud tin a iournrvinnn nrinter in
this cily in M2o by Murray & Came
ron, tlio latter of whom i now Unitod
Slates Sonutor and still rosidott in
llurritsbtirir. While cncncd in tho
"art prescrvativo" young Uiglor do
voted Itis loixuro hours in the study of
law in tho olllt'O of lion, l'uvid K rouse,
for a Inng titno a resident of thin cily,
who uieu in JNorristown a year or two
ttieo. Uur lownsiiiun, hnmnol litgier,
hstt., and lJr. tieorro Jiock, were
cousins of tho deceased. Tho follow
ing is tho ohittiry in tho Post :
J'llin Jiiglcr was horn in Cumber
land county, Pennsylvania, on tho 8th
of January, 1K04, and was tho oldest
ot twelve children, ten ot whom were
living some low year sinco. In tho
year 181(1, a short timo after thoeloso
of tho war with England, in which
tho lather hnu taken an active purl,
the family moved west of tho Alio
gheny ..Mountains, to tho county of
Mercer, then very coarsely populated,
and settled upon a picco of wild land,
four miles distant from any neighbor.
Tho family arrived at their destina
tion in the month ol Juno, ami with
liltlo delay erected a rudo log cuhin its
a dwelling, and commenced improving
tho homestead, whero tho ngrd mother
of tho (iovcrnoi still resided in 1X53.
Tho fttthor died in full of tho year
ISIS, leaving his widow nnd twclvo
children, most of tho children too
young to bo of muteriul asaistanco to
tho older brothers, John and t ilham,
afterwards governors of two great
Slates Pennsylvania nnd t'nlifurnm.
Tho whole burden rested on John nnd
his brother Willinm, who not only la
bored diligently upon tho farm at
homo, but worked out hy tho day and
month to acquire mentis to maintain
nnd educate tho younger members of
tho household. In tho year IH2 John
bound himself, with tho consent of his
brother, an apprentice to tho printing
business in the town ot Mercer, wnoro
ho remained about ono year and then
left for tho city of Pittsburgh, where
ho closed hi apprenticeship.
In tho full of tho ycur 18'J5 John
left Pittsburgh fur Ilarrisburg, whero
ho was employod by Murray & Came
ron as a journeyman printer. During
tho timo no was engaged in this ofliec
ho spent his nighls nnd sparo hours in
rending luw.under tho direction of Mr.
David Kratiso. In tho summerol lvz.t
at tho earnest solicitation of his uncle,
Judgo Dock, nnd General Philip IStir-
nor, leading Democrats, ho was in
duced to tuko chnrgo of tho Centre
County Drmocrat, which ho continued
to publish until ni'ler tho first election
of General Jackson. In this contest
ho took an activo nnd effective part,
and was chosen a member of tho
Legislature Ho married in '.ho spring
of 1W0, nnd soon after, in company
with his father in-law, removed to
Ohio, and served ono year as Secretary
of tho Canal Hoard. After tho ro elec
tion of General Jackson lio was ten
dered a position in tho Posloflico
Department under Mr. Kendall, which
ho filled about ono year, nnd thon re
signed ond returned to Pittsburgh,
whero he took an activo part in polit
ical nffuirs. It is a circumstance
known to Pennsylvania!! that Gover
nor lligler was tho first pnlilio man in
the Hlnto lliut took position in favor
of tho annexation of Texas, nnd in
tho public meetings at Pittsburgh,
whero tho first resolutions in favor of
annexation were offered and advo
cated by him, lio Blood almost tilniio.
Aflor the election of President Polk
ho took editorial chnrgo of tho W,
in which bo continued something over
a yoor. In 1810 ho was admitted to
tho bar. In tho full of that year ho
removed to Drown count)', Illinois,
where ho ostablisliod a Democratic
nnnor. and was soon elected Commis
sioner in Chancery. In tho spring of
iXl'.i, niter well aiithonticnlcU sltiio-
monts lind bcon received ol tho dis
covery of gold, Governor Biglor do-
termed to remove with ins lamiiy to
California. Ho left his homo in Illi
nois in the month of April, 1S1SI,
crossed tho Mississippi river at War
saw and reached at. Joseph, on tho
Missouri river, about tho 1st of May.
On tho Oth of Mav ho passed the
Missouri river, driving four yoko of
oxen, on his way for tho land ol gold.
Comparatively few lamtlies passed tlio
overland route in IS 19, and all of thoin
endured great faligtio nnd many pri
vations, ux driving was a now uuni
ness to tlio Governor, which greatly
increased the labors of tho journey,
and although ho enjoyed good health,
such wus his anxiety of mind nnd tho
fatigue endured that lie weighed thirty-live
pounds less whon ho arrived in
California than whon he lufl Illinois.
During most of the journey tho
Governor at night lay on the ground
near tho wagon, which contained his
family, well armed .and prepared for
defonso if altuckod by tho Indians.
Aflor his arrival in Sacramento, whero
ho lias just died, Mr. liiglcr lived in a
tent, whero ho lay four weoks with
inflammatory rheumatism unublo to
movo. As soon as ho rocovcrcd he
removed to tho neighborhood of tho
horso inarkot, and being totally desti
tute performed Inbor of every kind
that ollorod, to as to obtain tnouns for
tho support of his family. Por u timo
ho was engaged in hauling wood to
tho city and selling it; ho then assist
ed his wife and daughter in making
lieu njiruuus nil vwiuiivi ..vimj.
terwards ho was employed by un otto
tionuor, on tho corner of Front and J
streets, in removing boxes and burrcls
to Pttit cuMnmers at his "ales. Ho
f'l F lt ."'tV V
NOT MEN
also aidod on soverul occasions in un
loading the steamer Senator; in Bhort
ho labored incessantly and hard to
provide food and clothing for his fam
ily, and at this day, as we woll know,
spouks with prido of the efforts which
no then made to gain a livelihood.
About the middlo of October he
was nominated candiduto for the Cali
fornia Legislature, and on the I.'ilh of
AovcniDor, Dj-ui, was elected. JIo was,
within tlio first two months of the
Benson, elected speukor pro fern., and
men sneaker, in tho room of Dr. T.
J. While, by an ulmost unanimous,
voto. It; is not necessary to refer to
his legislative career at length. Suf
fice it to say that ho wus an ardent
supporter of tho homestead exemption
bill, and that provision in tho bill
relative to settling tho estates of de
ceased porsonB, which mttko such am
ple provision tor tbo widow aud or
pliun. Ho opposed Colonel Fremont's
project of leasing tlio miuernl lands,
and offered resolutions in tho Assembly
condemnatory to tho bill reported by
inai goniiemnn in congress, lio ad
vocated resolutions of instructions to
California Senators and lleprescnta
tivos in Congress, asking tho public
lands to bo donated to uclual settlers
free of charge, nnd ho oflured tho first
resolutions iu California favorablo to
the construction of a railroad from
tho Pttcitio ocean to tbo Mississippi
rivor.
Governor Digler's career may be
summed up thus : lie closed his up-
prenitcestiip as a "printer boy ' in
1X27 ; edited n paper in Pennsylvania
in 1828, -.), '31 und '31'; was a resi
dent of Illinois from 1X40 to 1819;
moved to California with his fumily
in 1819, driving his own "ox team;"
was twioo a member and twico the
speaker of tho California Goneral As
sembly, and was twico olected Gover
nor ol California and nominated lor
re election the third timo.
Governor lligler has enjoyed nn easy
and comparatively calm courso of life
during a number of years past. 7ur
risbunj Patriot.
SaveJ by Salt.
Tho Pliittsburg (Mo.) Ueijitter gives
tlio lollowiiig : ".V lew days ago, in.
Hamilton, rooiding near tho Missouri
I'ucitio Kailroad. went into tho timber
about a milu off to shoot toiiirreU.
Nothing being heard of him all night,
several neighbors tho next morning
wont in search ol linn, .bout three
o'clock in the afternoon they found
bun up a leaning trco, thirty leet from
tho ground, fas, slid unable to extract
himself. Aflor some trouble, ho wus
taken down, und it was seen that one
foot and unklo wo to badly torn and
bleeding.
Ho said that about three o'clock tho
previous day ho camo across a large
I. luck bear, and shot at but missed
him. Tho bear mado for him with
alt his might. He ran, and, finding
tho bear gaining on bim, threw away
his riflo, and partly climed nnd partly
ran up a leaning sycatnoro tree, with
tho bear following closo ut his heels.
Tho top of this tree hud been broken
off nnd was hollow, lio thrust ono
of his legs into tlio hole to keep him
self from fulling, but soon found that
his leg was fast. Ho tried to extricate
himself but could not. Tho bear in
tbo meantime had lorn his boot off
and was gnaw ing and oating tbe flesh
from the foot and ankle. Mr. Hamil
ton took his pocket knife out und cut
at llruin's eyes; but with one sweep
of his paw tho bear struck tho knife
from his hand, with n part of two of
his fingers.
Mr. Hamilton could now seo no
help and gavo up to dio, expecting to
bo cnten up alivo by tho bear. Hut
soon a happy thought struck him.
That morning bo had put some salt
into his pocket to salt eomo cattle ho
had running in tho timber. Ho took
a small handful nnd sprinkled it in tho
bear's eyes. It had tbo desired effect.
Tho bear shook his head, growled and
went down. Ho Boon returned, how
ever, but a liltlo more suit drove him
nwny tlio second timo, and to Mr.
Hamilton's inexpressible delight ho
trotted off into tho forest."
All Loyal Witnesses. The charge
of gross corruption at Washington is
oven disturbing tho leading Kadicul
newspaper men who nro outside of
tho corruption ring. Hear them.
The New York Post says: "Secreta
ry Uoutwoll is accused by tho Tribune
of gross misconduct. It asserts that
the live-twenty bonds Bent in by tho
bunltB of this country aro retainod in
tho hands of tho Treasury ofllcors, uo
ctiniuluting interest, uftor tho consoli
dated five per cents, nro issuetl, and
that tho interest is then to bo puid
over to "tho syndicate" which has
never had anything to do with those
bonds, nnd has no moro right to tho
interest thnn nny othor association in
tho land. This, if tho Tribune is cor
rect, is a device (o cvmlo tho law lim
iting tho cxponso of negotiating tho
new loan. Wo cannot bolievo that
Mr. Uotitwell, in whoso ofllcittl integ
rity wo liuvo cntiro oonfldenco, has
been L'tiiltv of conniving at such a
.rlmmii of iinblic robborv as this. Hut
thero aro so many rumors anu ineories
abroad concerning tbo syndicate nnd
ils receipts from tho I rettsitry, that a
full, unreserved explanation of thorn
must bo given to Congress nnd to the
pooplo at onco."
Skconpary Ff.ei.inos. Thero nro
many persons In society who havo
gono under tlio influence of secondary
und lower feelings bo long, that there
husakindof crust formed over their
real character, which hides it. Thero
aro peoplo of all degrees and classes
of goodness nnd badness, but nobody
is perfect. And iitnoug those thero is
a very largo class whoso outside is
bad, and whoso insiilo is good. Like
choslnuts, they nro hard to deal with,
but nro excellent when they aro out
of tho burr.
i
Tint Cahk. As a mensuro of ocono
my, President Grant recommends inn
increnso of salary to all olllcials. This
ho thinks would tnako thorn loss venal.
But it is not now observed that they
docreaso in vanity, In proportion to
tho amount of thoir salaries.
1871.
The President of tho United Statea.
It would bo to us a most congenial
and grateful thing to bo nblo to suy
that wo havo at this time in tlio Pres
idential chair a man worthy of his
Beat. Nothing could woll bo for us a
moro ungrateful task than to bo
obliged to say that we havo not. Wo
huvo long boon accustomed to look
with profound rcenoct to the 1'resi.
dentin) chair, tbo emblem Qf nationul
leadership, bo often filled by illustrious
und palriotiu mon, whose virtues and
valor cither did much to create or
much to preserve tho liberties of the
American people. Wo regret most
sincerely that we can do so no longer.
most, proioumny no wo deplore that
from such a source should flow
whence onoo flowed a wholoaoina and
uncoiitnminalod current, strengthen
ing nnd animating a brotherhood of
people and a sisterhood of States u
jioisonod and dangerous stream calcu
lated, if not designed, to vitiate and
sweep uwuy the liberties of a people.
No mun ever entered that chair with
so many and amazing opportunities
for doing good, and for retrieving tho
jeopardized rights of his countrymen,
as did 1 resilient tj rant ; and no man
ever so shamefully disregarded them.
Ho blasted in a day every hope ro-
poscd in him. Ho wavered for awhile
between tho two wings of tho party
mtiinly, but not wholly, responsible
lor ins election plastic but prestiinpt.
ous clay in tho bands of alternate
potters and then sunk into Iho arms
ol tho worst, to bo moulded by them
into an instrument fur the most des
pernio uses.
At tho timo of his election ho had
tho esteem und confidence of ninny
whose Belf respect booh obliged ihem
to withdraw their confidence, us bav
ing been misplaced and betrayed
His lack of education and antecedents
necessary to qualify l.im for tlio Pros
idency was well known. Men did not
think bim great or fitted by culture
and reflection lor Ins place, but they
thought him patriotic, and lione.st.
Ho was said to bo a soldier, with a
soldier's honor nnd frankness; a pa
triot, Willi a patriots large hearted
ness ; nnd to be possessed of n sterling
common sense, which would stand
him in good stead for his universal!
conceded ignoranco in government.
Many helped to place, him where he
is from theso coniduraiions. How
infinitely great must bo their disap
pointment, if not their disgust, we
will not pretend to luthom. Where,
it is asked on all sides and without
reference to party tics, is his alleged
soldierly honor and frankness now?
Turned strangely to dishonor, dissim
ulation, nnd intrigue. Whero tho im
partial largo hcurtcdnoss, character
istiu of a patriot, which would movo
him to do homely justice to nil men,
and stiivo to assuage, and finally to
wholly heal, tho bitterness and ani
mosities of Iho past f Tho answer, if
thero bo any, is to be found in tho
callous workings of stolid nnd insen
sato nature, us shown in his treatment
of ono half bis country, on w hose peo
ple, to secure his own reelection, und
lor no better reason, ho would visit
many stripes. Where is the all aton
ing common senso that was so gener
ously ascribed to him, ono of tho
strong points put prominently forward
as covering a multitude of infirmities,
and as it substitute for a multitude of
talents, und which was in many ways
to stand in tho stead of so much f
Swallowed up aud lost in a denso cloud
of ignoranco.
llut not only in nur experience of
Gen. Grant as President has ho shown
supremo want of knowledge of every
thing essential to his position, and an
unfitness for tho exalted scat of re
sponsibility and power in which he
lias unfortunately been placed, that
makes sensitive anil sensible men
blush for ruler, hut ho has shown no
disposition, nor even capacity, to uo
quire needed information and lesson
by study und reflection his glaring
unfitness nnd deficiencies. Antece
dent President.-), even tho ablest, tho
best informed, tbe most studious, und
thoughtful found that it flooded all
their knowledge, their talent, their
thought, their time, their skill ill gov
ernmental affairs, and all their powers
of body nnd mind, to perform even
ncceiilnblv well tho nrdiioits nnd mo
mentous duties required at their hands
nnd inseparable from tho position
which they had assumed. Not so
with President Grant. Ho seems to
think that ho pun administer tho Gov
ernment wisoly with half his mind
and that tho empty half while, with
tho other half, bo occupies himself
with mutters moro congenial to his
education and instincts, nnd, it must
bo confessed, moro suited to his pow
ers. His thoughts aro evidently not
as our thoughts and such as they are,
wo do not know that anything would
bo gained by his bringing thorn to
bear upon tho class of subjects that
must, of necessity, eomo before him
as President.
Nevertheless, if but for tnero np
pearanco sako, ono would suppose
that now and then bo would al least
.rem to think upon such sttbiecls. As
j m ins nine, no nas mn iimo iugn iu
ptiblis nll'nirs. und that little is iinhap
pily not given to advance his country s
peaco and happiness and common j
good, but tho stiring up of slriles und
heart burnings with half-extinguished
animosities, showing a ready alacrity
to co-operate nnd give form nnd au
thority to mischievous and lawless en
actments. Wero he a cotnpleto no
nentity whero lie is, ho could bo borno,
if not with patience, nt least with ap
prehension. Hut is not so. Ho is of
importance at least, if only in that ho
can endorse nnd give effect to iniqui
ties. President Washington shrank
from oxercising or accepting extraor
dinary powers oven when urged upon
him powers which, in unscrupulous
would bo dangerous to tho liberties of
tho people, President Grunt councils
their creation nnd seizes thorn with
avidity
Tho former understood tbo
present tlangcr as a principlo, nnd the
dnngerotis precedent of conferring irre
sponsible power upon a President; the
latter understands nothing, nnd dumb
ly reaches out a hnnd to greedily
grnp all that is offered him. Such,
CAN.
TERMS-S2 per annum, in Advance.
NEWSERIES-V0L.12,N0. 50.
in this regard, is tho difference bo
t-voen mi unsellish patriot in the
morning of our history, filled with
solicitudo for tho future of a nntion he
did so much and sudorod so much to
bring into boing, nnd tho self seeking,
vacant-minded man, ignorant of his
country's institutions in any broad
and complete sonso, reaching out on
all sides to possess himself arbitrary
power, who now fills the scat which
Washington once filled. Nor lms
President Grant any appreciation of
mo coinmnnuing dignity ot tlio place
to which bo had been called, nnd the
consequent obligations that rest upon
him. Presidents that huvo gone bo
ioro him realized that they occupied a
station of dignity nnd honor, and rec
ognizing what was incutnbunt upon
tham, consoerated themselves, while
President, with patriotic devotion to
tlio nation s best interests und highest
good. To President Grant allcon-
siucruitons ot mis Kind nro mere
vapors, forming less nnd void, floating
nuoui in mo wiij waste ol his untu
tored understanding.
Our rclatiors at homo nnd our re
lalions abroad aro at this jtincturo
such as to require at tho head of nf
fairs a man of statesmanlike opinions,
of political experience, and of national
and international knowledge. That
wo havo not such a man is but too
painfully and htiniiliutingly li no. Nor
have wo any present romedy for tho
situation. To dwell upon it may help
us in tho future wo trust it will but
it cannot help us now. We must bear
our burthen, and swallow our tnortiS
cation, albeit they aro great. Wo are
but reaping that which wo havo sown,
and suffering tho penalty of our own
folly. Wo picked up tho apples of the
Dead Sen shore, and wo nro now eat
ing Iho nshes. At this, ono of the
most critical periods of our history,
ocner.u urant is 1 resident, nnd sits in
a statesman's Beat ! Washington Pa
triot.
The Eight Soaad.
Gilbert C. Walker, Governor of Vir
ginia, although not elected us a Dem
ocrat, in his lato message to the
Legislature, nf that State, speaks like
one. IJo has arraigned the drant nd
ministration in u becoming manner,
nnd plainly slates his fears in refer
ence to tbe stability of tlio Union,
should tho centralization now estab
lished and practiced at Washington
continuo.
'The great need of Virginia to day,"
says tho Governor, "is capital and
Puliation;" and theso ho evidently
ieves would flow liberally into the
State under tlio attractions of equali
zation of taxation nnd a thorough
system ol froo education, if tho Stute
government could only bo left to itriclf
without tho intermeddling of federal
authority. Alter reviewing tho finan
cial policy adopted by tbo General
Assembly, which tho Governor heart
ily endorses, the message proceeds to
arraign tho administration of General
Grant in a scathing manner. The in
terference of tho tederal government
with Stato affairs, iho suspension of
tho habeas corpus, tho marshalling of
United Stales bayonets around the
polls, the assignment of a federal gun
boat to point its loaded cannon on a
city during nn election in order to in
timidato voters; tho arbitrary arrest
of citizens in timo of pence all theso
acts ho charges upon tho administra
tion and brands ihem as wanton at
tacks upon tho liberties of tho people
and the freo institutions of tbo coun
try. Ho declares that tho absorption
of tho powers and functions of Slates
by tho federal government was as
foreign to tho design of tbo founders
of the republic as was the nullification
or repudiation of federal authority hy
tho individual action of tbo Slates,
for the triumph of either usurpation
involves the destruction of Iho Union.
Nor does ho regard tho war of seces
sion from which the nation happily
came out victorious, if not unwotiiided,
as any more Iraugbt with danger to
tlio lilo ol tho republic than is Iho al
leged attempt of tho federal adminis
tration to strip tlio Stales of their
liberty and independence, under tho
pretended necessity of enforcing the
national laws und protecting the rights
of tho people under them. "Wo have
passed the ordeal of secession," says
Governor Walker, "but tho recoil has
carried us to tbo other extreme the
danger of centralization ; und the
perils that menaced tho Union in lbtil
are finding u parallel in 1X71."
Whatever may bo thought of the
indictment thus brought against the
administration of General Grunt, there
is no doubt good ground for complaint
at tho political tinkering in the South
ern States, which has been going on
over sinco tho Cessation of tho war.
Japanese- Farmino. Hon. Jnmes
llrooks writes from Japan : I thought
onco, when on tho Nile, that the
Egyptians, who could turn sands into
gardens were tho great farmers of the
world ; but tlio Egyptians could make
no such farming guldens as these.
Proud as I urn of iho arts, sciences,
and marvelous doings of my own
country, 1 blush when 1 compare
American farming with this I Here
nro the rico fields artificially created,
luxuriant in beauty now, terraced
from hill side, up nnd down, nnd wat
ered by tho hill streams, or not water
ed, as the husbandman wills. There
aro barley fields, ti lid beans fields, and
fields of all sons of Japan lu-rinillurul
productions. Forests cup till tho hill
tops. Two crops aro raised in Japan
in ono year, even on the lico fields,
whero tho first cmp is grain. The
grain liarvust is over in April or May.
Tho rains eomo on in Juno and July,
nnd now the now crops are tip, and
tho wholo country is ono beautiful
landscape of green.
Whilo thero is much misery nnd sin
in tho world, a man has no right to
lull himself to sleep in a paradise of
sell improvement and sou cnjnymcni,
in whudi thero is but ono supremo
Adam, ono perfect specimen of hu
manitynamely, himself, llo ought
to go out und work tight, fight if it
must be, wherever duty rails jiim.
EADICALS HIDING CRIME.
What tho N. Y. "Tribune" Say.
Astnuiiillng Ciilifps.lun.-lUadl Iteait I
rtliintiiduus Itubli' irlra t'onrealt-tl 1- tun.
crcai,iut-ii I muled Out" Miall tlio.
Iimuii l Herded I
Supposo Ilorutio Seymour. Charles
O Conor, Samuel J. Tilden, Sanlord
b. Church, Francis human, etc . bud
undertaken for their party's sake, to.
discredit tho revelations ot Tammany
rascality and domed that airy great
frauds hud been committed and wel.
coined Tweed's delegates to scats in
mo Binto convention, ond attempted
to go right along ui though nothing
of imporlunce had ttunspired bout
would tlio Democritlio party litvvo
eomo out of our recent election f '
Tho Itopublican Stuto ticket
would huvo been elected in case tho
Democratic leaders in tho Stato huit
attempted to sustain und whitewash
Tweed, by moro than fifty thousand
mnjoriiy. instead ol being meroly
beaten by tho Tumiuiiny frauds tho
party would havo been buried under
ihem.
Is thero not a lesson in theso facti.
for more than one party T
for months, tho developments or
rascality in tbo munagcmetil of tho
reconstructed governments of several
Southern Suites huvo been growing
mote nnd moro conclusive. io intel
ligent mun longer doubts that tbo.-o
governments Luvo been flugrantly ex
pensive una corrupt lliut lliey huvo
increuMtl taxutiun, iiiuuvrsd dubl, und .
issued bonds to nn enormous extent.
The facts are in part CONCEALED
or OUSCUitED, tiif cannot long re
main so; enough is already known to
justify tho very gravest apprehensions.
in too iwo caroiinns especially, III r.
UOliliERIES appear to huvo been
quite as gigantic, when tho rclutivu
wealth of Iho respective communities
is considered, as in this city. Yet tho
men whom wo havo esteemed honest
as though all exposure awl ri prehension
of these villainies should be left to Dem
ocratic journals that wo ought to ig
noro or be log, or beiittle them. They
represent such exposure us is calcu
lated to damage tho Republican party
gcnciitlly; we hold thut, even if this
is so, that party will bo far worre
damaged by seeking to cover up those
iniquities, and Ihus making them to
some extent ils own. Let it promptly
and fearlessly expose and denounce
tlio criminals, il it would vindicato
itself from ull complicity in tho critno,
Wu havo received communications
from leiiding IicpttblicauB in Texas,
insisting thai we havo regutdod their
legislation und rule with greater dis
favor than tho tacts will warrant. To
this wo answer that tho people of
Texas seem 10 tuko substantially iho
same view- of tho matter as we do.
Two years ago tliey elected a Repub
lican Governor, Legislature and three
out of lour Congressmen ; now, they
have chosen Democrats to Congiess
from ull four districts, by an aggre
gate majority of ut least ton thousand.
Vet, thero aro fUr moro Republican
journals printed in the Stato to day
than there wero tAO years ngo, with
ull tbo federal and Stuto patronagof in
tbo hands of the party which has just
been so signally defatted.
While in Texas last May, wo could
not fail to see that tho old Toxans
whn slood tire for tho Union nnd or
ganized tho Republican party Gov
ernor Hamilton, Governor Peaso,
Judgo Hancock, Judgo Sabine, etc.,
wore out in tho cold, whilo tho Re
publican machine was in tho hands of
younger and less eminent politicians,
mainly new to the Stato, and enjoy,
ing no consideration outside of tho
ranks of their followers. Had tho
legislation of the last two years com
manded public confidence, and had Re
publicans who wero favorably known
to tho wholo peoplo irrespective' of
politics been nominated, wo believe
the Stato would have gone ns strongly
Republican- In 1X71 as it did in IXIitl.
The Stato constitution, framed in
1801) by Republicans, plainly provide
for the election of a Legislature ovory
second year.
Tbo present Legislature, chosen two
years ago, has held at least two long
sessions, and is now hobiing a third.
It ought to havo provided for the
choieo of its successor at the recent
election. It did just tho opposite of
this il pul off lhat election to a fu
ture day. "Tbo fact is, wo are not
prepared for an election," said n lend
ing manager of the ruling clique Inst
May. So thero will have to be a
cial election or this moribund Legis
lature must hold over lor another
year, lint why o( '"prepared."
"Tho w icked fleo when no man pur
sued!, but tho righteous are as bold
us a lion," says the sacred proverb.
Don't yon belicvo the inspired pen
man hud Uullok, of Georgia, in his
eye when he mado that observation 1
And he didn't class him under tbo
bend of "tho righteous" cither.
Hero is Clayton, ol Arkansas,
charged by his neighbors with crimes
that, if proved, shou'd send him to
Stale prison instead of tho Senate,
Now, wo don't know thai tho charges
against bim aro true; though tho peo
plo of Liltlo Rock seem t.i bolievo
them, if wo may judgo from the rosull
of tho recent election. Hut, if they
are true if Clayton counted out and
counted in Lewslatorf, and even Cull
grcstmen, to secure In own election to
the Senate then ho ought to bo hurl
ed from his seat beforo tho oloso of
next January.
Wo prejudge no particular1 tnse.
Possibly C'laylon is n'd Ihut ho ought
to be, and llullotk an innocent, perse
cuted saint, who ha. retired from tho
Governorship of Georgia with clean
hands und a pure heart. Possibly
there huvo been no frauds in the re
constructed Legislatures no Isolds
issued hy Littlcfields and K impious,
but just as should havo been. It is
even conceivable that the judge,
colonels, nicit liants, doctors, etc., of
tipper South Carolina who took to
their heels ns soon ns they read
Grant's Ku Klux proclamation and
learned that United Slates marshals
were coining, backed by federal sol
diers, are ituiocont as so ninny now
born Imbes, never havo ridden nbotil
in masks nt midnight, whipping ne
groes until they would swear never
MLTiiin to vole a Republican ticket.
They may havo run uway with good
consciences, but wo don't believe it
Does any one?
Men and brethren ! there is to bo a
general overhaul ing ol pretensions, a
sweeping out of dark corners, a drag
ging to light of hidden iniquities ll ;
coming winter. If thero bo those
who dread such nn ordeal, they may
wisely put nn ocean botweon then
and the sceno ol their misdoings with
out lurther delay. A'. 1". Tribune.
A man should never bo ashamed to
own he has been in tho wrong, which
is hut saying, in othor words, that ho is
wier to day than ho was yoslordsy.
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