' TUK " CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN," CIUSI1RD BVKRY WlONIiiDA Y, BT GOODIAHDEH A 1IAGERTV, CLEARFIELD, PA. ESTABLISHED IN 183 T. The largest Circulation of any Newapaper In North Central Pennsylvania Terms of Subscription. Tf paid In advance, or within 3 months. ..$9 OO If paid after S and bofora 6 moot hi It 80 If paid after the expiration of A months... 3 M) Bates ot Advertising, Tramient advertisement, per square of 10 line or 1ett, 9 times or leu , $1 50 For eaeh subsequent insertion (0 Administrators' and Executors' notices,..,,,.. S 60 Audi ton notlnei., ., ............ , I 59 Cautloni and R stray s, ....... 1 60 Dissolution notices M 1 00 Professional Cards, 6 lines or less,! year,..- ft 00 Local notices, per Una 10 YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 square H..$8 00 I column.. (.13 00 I squares... 15 00 I column- 46 00 & iyurei...,.,20 00 1 column-,..,,,.,, 60 00 Job Work. BLANKS. 'Single quire tl M I fl quires, prqulro,.! 75 quires, pr, quire, 2 00 Out , per quire, 1 (0 HANDBILLS. t sheet, SJ or leu, $1 00 sheet,? or lent, IS 00 J sheet, 24 or leu, 1 00 1 sheet, So or leu, 10 00 Over 25 of each of above at proportionate ratel. : v ' OBOROK B. GOODLANDER, (JEOROE HAGKRTY, PnVlshers. Cni-fa. G. R. BARRETT, Attornet and Counselor at Law, clearfield, pa. Having resigned hir Judgeship, has reinmed the practice of the law in hi. old office at Clear Held, Pa. Will attend the eonrts of Jefferson and Elk counties when specially retained in oonneetion with resident counsel. 2:14:72 T. H. MURRAY, ATTORNEV AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Prompt attention given to all legal business entrusted to hi. earo in Clearfield and adjoining eountles. Office on Market at., opposite Nangle 'a Jewelry Store, Clearfield, l'a. JcH 71 WILLIil A. W1M.4CB. MASK riBLDIMS. WALLACE &, FIELDING, ATTORN EY8 - AT . LAW, Clearfield. Pa. ;Mr-Legal business of all kindt attended to with promptness and fidelity. Office in residence of William A. Wallace. janl:72 A. W. WALTERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. 3uOftoe In the Court House. - doe3-ly H. W. SMITH, ; ATTOHNEY-AT-LA W, ij 11.1:72 Clearfield. Pa. ISRAEL TEST, ATTORNEY AT LAW, "y ' Clearfield. Pa. tr-Offlee In the Court House. JyllC? JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. Office on Market St., over Joseph Showers' , Grocer; store. Jan.l,ls71. ' tiioi. 1. ct i.i.ocon. w. u. n'cru.ot on. IT. J. McCULLOUGH & BROTHER, I ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Clearfield. Pa. Office od Market street one door east of the Clear It laid County Bank. 2:1:71 i J. B. McENALLY, I ATTORNEY AT LAW, I Clearfield. Pa. fe-Legn,l business attended to promptly with fidelity. Office on Second street, above the First .National Bank. l:S5:71-lypd S- ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Wallarelon. Clearfield County, Penn'a fe.AII legal business promptly attended to. D. L. KREBS, Successor to It. B. Swoope, ; Law and Collection Office, Pdtl,173 CLEARFIELD, PA. i WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. IfBee on Seoond St., Clearfield, Pa. noT21,60 'i JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. nd Real Ratals Agent, Clearfield, Pa. Office on Third street, bet. Cherry 4 Walnut, jr?-Respectfully offers his torvfees In selling 4 buying lands to Clearfield and adjoining ntlel and with aa experience of over twenty era as a surveyor, lattere himself that he can 4er satisfaction. Feb. aS:M:tf, J. J. LINGLE, TTORNEY-AT - LAW, 1 Osceola, Clearfield CoM Pa. y:pd BLAKE WALTER8, REAL ESTATE BROKER, AHD BBILBB I "sr Ijogf mid Tjimiber, CLEARFIELD, PA. Maeonie Building, Room No. 1. 1:5J:71 i. Orvil. O. T. Alciander. .VIS & ALEXANDER, ATTORNEYS AT LA If, Bclleftmte, Pa. scp13,'5-y , 8. BARNHART, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW, Hellefoiite, Pa. Ut In t'lonrnuld and all of the Court, of Jtidieial district. Real estate business etioa of elaims made speeialtles. nl'7l 3R. T. J. SOYER, HCI AN AND 90RQE0M, I oa Market Street, Clearfield. Pa. i boors: I to 12 a. m , and I to 8 p. m , W. A. MEANS, ICIAN A SURGEON, ICTllERSBURa, PA. professional oalls promptly. augl070 H. KLINE, M. D., ICIAN & SURGEON, 1 located at Pen r. field, p., offers his tional itervloes to the people of that rounding country, Allcalls promptly ; oot. itf. . P. BURCHFIELD," i of the S2d Regiment. Pennsylvania , having returned froel the Army, refessional services te th.oitiiens leounty. tional calls promptly attended to. food street, foruerlyoeeupled by apr,'fl-tf "ERSON LITZ, 3IAN & SURGEON, Mated at Osceola, Pa., offers his eal services to the people of that wading eoantry. promptly attended te. Office a Curtla sL, formerly oo,upl,d tMy. U:ly. ..... a. nana p.nir. ,"bush & caret, ;ksellers, ;k Blanufatlurci's, ) STATIONERS, SI., Philadelphia. lour Backi and Bags, Foolscap, Wrapping, Curtain and Wall : fekat.ro-lypd CLEAEFIE GOODLANDER & HAGERTY, VOL. 4C-WH0LE NO. 22C9. F. K. ARNOLD & Co., . UAMVlM.3, , Luthernburff, Clearfield county, Pa. Money loaned at reasonable rates: ei chance bought and sold; apoitts received, and a Sen ear! banking business will be carried on at the above place. 4:12:7l:tr JOHN D.THOMPSON, Justice of the Peace and Scrirener. Curwcnivillc, Pa. Collections made and money promptly paid orer. fobJ2 71tf JAMES C. BARRETT, Juitieo of the Peaee and Licensed Conveyancer, Lntheraburfr, Cleartield C Pa &$T Collect Ions A remlttaneei promptly made. and alt kinds of vg. instrument executed on short notice. may4,70tr GEORGE C. KIRK, , Justice of the Peace, Surrey or and Conveyancer, l.u the rab urg. Pa all ttaBtisMi tntrustetl to him will be nromntW attended to. Persons winhinr to employ a Pur veyor will do well to live him a call, as he Hatters himself that he can render satisfaction. Deeds of conveyance, articles of agreement, and all legal pnpers, promptly and neatly executed, tlftmnri I HENRY RIBLING, UOUSE, SION A ORNAMENTAL PAINTER Clearfield, Penn'a. The frescoing and painting of churches and other publio buildiogs will reoeive particular attention, at well at the painting of earrlagea and sleighs. UUding dono in the neatclt stylet. All work warranted. Shop on Fourth street, formerly oeeupied by Esriuire Sliugart. ootl9'70 G. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEAKFIELD, PEXN'A. Jfrtr-Pumps always on hand and made to order on short notice. Pipos bored on reasonable terms. All work warranted to render satisfaction, and delivered if desired my25:lypd JAMES CLEARY, BARBER & HAIR DRESSER, SECOND STREET, jy23 CLEARFIELD, PA. tr DAVID REAMS, SO RIVEN Eli & SURVEYOR, Iititliereburfr Pa THE tubscriber offers his services to the public in the capacity of Borivener and Surveyor. All ealts fur Kurvevios? promptly Attended to, and thetnnkins; of drafts, deedn and other legal instru ment of writing, executed witnonl ucisy. and warranted to be correct or no charge. ol2:70 J. A. BLATTENBERGER, Claim and Collection Office, OSCEOLA, Clearneld Co., Pa. jrW-ConvcyancIng and all legal papers drawn with aoeuraev and dispatch. Drafts on and pas sage tickets to and from any point In Kurope rocured. ocio (I vn CHARLES SCHAFER, AGER BEER RREWER, Clearfield. Pa. HAVIXO rented Mr. Entres' Brewery be hopes by striot attention to business and ihe manufacture of a superior article of to reoeive the patronage of all the old and many new customers. t26aug72 THOMAS H. FORCEE. DBAiaa i GENERAL MERCHANDISE, GRAIIAMTON, Pa. Alio, extensiv. manufacturer and dealer In Fquare Timber and Hawed L,umlero all aiuus. Orders tolioltcd and all bills promptly filled. nylo'72 oao. iLosnT nr.inr Ai.stiiT.- w. iLatar W. ALBERT &. BROS., Manufacturers A extensive Dealers la Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 4c, WOODLAND, PENN'A. X-0-Orileri solicited. Bills tilled on short notice ana reasonable terms. Address Woodlsnd P. 0., Clearneld Co., Pa. JoSS.ly W ALUEKT A BROS. FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, Prenchvllle, ClearUcId County, Pa. Keeps eonstantly oa band a full assortment of Dry Hoods, Hardware, Groceries, and everything usually kept in a retail store, whion will be told, for oaab, as eheap as elsewhere in tne county. rrenchville, June 17, llflU-IJ. REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Penn'a. teaL-Wlll execute Jobs in hit line promptly and In a workmanlike manner. arr4,67 J. K. BOTTORF'S PIIOTOGRAm GALLERY, Market Street, Clearneld, Pa. X-CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY. NEGATIVES made la cloudy at well at In oleur weather. Constantly en hand a good aoortment of KHAMKH, rSTKRKOMCOPKis and KTERKOBCOI'IU VIKVTS. Frames, from any style of moulding, made to order. apr28-tf E. A. & W. D. IRVIN, naiLtai in Real Estate, Square Timber, Loge , AND LUMBER, Ofhee In new firDtr Sidr, building. novli'71 Curweniville, Pa. J 1. 1 I1ARMAN, PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT, LL'TIILHSBUnO, PA. Agent for tht American Double Turbine Watar Wheel and Andrews A Kalbaeb Wbevl. Can fur nl.h Portable b'ti't Million short nolle Jyl2 7l A Notorious Fact I THERE are more people troubled with Lung Diseases in this town than any ot her place o Its site in the (State. One of the great enunes of this ts, the use of an impure article of Coal, largely sailed with sulphur. Now, why not avoid all this, and preserve your lives, by using only llumphroa elcbreled Coal, free frnra all Impurities. Orders left st the stores of Rirbard Mossop and James II. Uraham A Boos will reodv prompt attention. Aim A HAM H17MPHREY. Clearfield, November SO, lH70-tf. Miss E. A. P. Rynder, a.tst roa Chiekerlng'a, Stelnway 's and Emereon't Planoi ; Hmitb't, Masoa A Hamlin's and Peloubel'i Organs and Melodoons, and firovtr A Baktr't Sewing Machines, auo TRtcnaa op Piano, Oultar, Organ, Harmony and Vocal Ma ale. No pupil taken for less than half a terra. pV Rooms next door to First National Bank. Clearneld, May t, ltttit-tf. M CU AUOII KT CO.' RESTAURANT, Rccond Stroet. CLEARFIELD, PEXX'A. Always ca hnn I, Fresh Oy iters, lee Cream, Caadies, Nuts, Crackers, Cake. Cigars, Tobiwo, Canaed Irulte, Oranges, Lemons, and all hinds ei iruti in seama. .wMMi.LLIAHD ROOM on second noor. Je317l f. MrfJAUUllKY A CO Publishers. gardtt-nrt, STinunrr, &t. II. F. BIGLER & CO., Dinans il II AltDW iiti:, Also, Manufneturertef Tin and Sheet Iron Ware. CLEARFIELD, PA. LOT OF SADDLES, BRIDLES, Herons, Cellars, etc., for tale by II. F. BIGLER A CO. pALMEU'S PATENT UNLOAD- Ing Hay Forks, for ss! by II. F. BIGLER I CO QIL, PAINT, PUTTY, GLASS, Nails, etc., for sale by D. F. BIGLER & CO. JJaRNESS TRIMMINGS A 8I10E Findings, for tale by II. F. BIGLER i, CO. Q.UNS, PISTOLS, SWORD CAN ES For sale by H. F. BIGLER ft CO. gTOVES, OF ALL SORTS AND fillet, for salt by H. F. BIGLER ft CO. RON I IRON t IRON I IRON! For tale by II, F. BIGLER ft CO. TTORSE SHOES & HORSE SHOE NAILS, for tale by II. F. BIGLER ft CO pULLEY BLOCKS, ALL SIZES And bait Manufacture, for tale by n. F. BIGLER ft CO, MUMBLE SKEINS AND PIPE BOXES, for salt by H. F. BIGLER ft CO. pODDER CUTTERS fop salo by -cn30-70 U. F. BIGLER ft CO. s ACKETT eV SCHRYVER, naaLiaa la BlILDIXG HARDWARE, Also, manufacturers of Tin and Sheet Iron Ware, Second Street, CLEAHFIELI), PA. Carpenters and Builders will find it to their advantage to examine our stock before purchasing isewnere. STOVES ! STOVES ! We are now telling the erlehrated TIMES COOK and RELIANCE, the cheapest and best stores m me market. Every store fully warranted. ALSO, PARLOR, IIEATIS.O, and RAFTING STOVES! which will be told at obeap at any In the county. Strict attention paid ordering srllcles for par tita who deilre it. Rooflng, Spouting and Job work done on reasonable terms. Clearfield, Pa, April 12, 1871. rjtl.11 TIJIl TIKI RTOVIiSt STOVES I STOVES I WAPLE & IIARTMAN Desire to Inform the eittions of Osceola and the publio generally, that they bare just received a large and splendid assortment of Stores, House hold Hardware and Htamped and Japanned Wares of all kinds. Also that wo manufacture and keep eonstantly nn hand a full assortment of Tinmen a Wares, whieh we will dispose of at either wholesale or retail, to suit purnhaeere. Roofing, Hpouting, Repairing and all kinds of Job Work done to order and with dispatch. Strict attention paid ordering articles for par tlrs desiring !!. Consumers will Ind It to their a.lfatitag to fiurchase from as. Our slock and prices will sat fy you that we do tell gcod wares at prices that pleas the people. Yon will And us on Curl In street, near) op posite the Exchange Motel. O'oeola Mills, Pa., May 10, 17I if THE CLEAKFIELD WOOD-CHOPPERS' AXE! Manufactured especially for THE CLEARFIELD Til ADS, rca taut ar augS'TO II. F. BIQLKR A CO. QOUK STOVUSI SPEAR'S CALORIFIC, Sl'SQt'ElIANNA, SUPERIOR. GOV, PENN, REGULATOR, NOBLE COOK, NATIONAL RANUR, TRIUMPH, PARLOR COOKS, SPEAR'S REVOLVING LIGHTS AND DOUBLE HEATERS, And all kinds of Heating Stoves for sale by augT70 II. F. BIGLER A CO. 4 PROFITABLE BUSINESS. 1 V Light equal to Qns, at one-eighth Iheeost ! t'nnnot be exploited. No ehimny or wiek used. Mm desiring a profitable business can secure the en'loilve right for the sale of I'votl'i Patent Carbon O as Light Darners and Oil, fur eountloi or Htatci. Write for information or call nn M. R. DYOTT, X? 1U fionth Second St. I'M I a., Pa. If. D. Churches tar it iful .. CuMdl.rr ir.i Lamp of every description, SA per cent, oh wiper tfann at any other trtabliibmeut In lbs souuuy. MichlT m PRINCIPLES) CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, THE REPUBLICAN. CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY t, 1872.' THE CONVENTION. The following in tbo text of Uio Con stitutiortnl Convention bill pabsed by both Houbcb, mid nubmitud to tlie Ciovornor lor bis approval : Section 1. Be it enacted, &c, Tbat at Uio gcnnrnl election to bo bold on mo locond 'juoaday In Uctobcr next, tbore shall ba elec ted by the (juallflcd elector" of this Cnniinonweiilth dele gates to a convention to ruviu and amend the Constitution of tbo 'State. Tbo said convention gball consist of onchtindrcd andihii'ty tbreo membors, to bo clcctnd in manner following: Twenty-eight membors thereof ahull bo elected in the State at largo, as fol lows : Each volor of tbo 8 into shall not vote for more than fourtoon can didates, ond the twenty-eight highest in vote shall bo declared elected. Ninoly-nine delegates shall bo ap pointed to and elected from tbo dilTur ont Senatorial districts of the Stute; three delegates to be elected lor each Senator thorofrom; and in choosing all district dclegatoa each voter shall be entitled to voto for not moro than two of tbe members to be chosen from his district, and the threo candidates highest in voto shall bo declared elect ed except in the county of Allegheny, forming the Twonty third Senatorial district, whero no voter shall voto for moro than six candidates, and the nino highest in vote shall bo elected ; and the counties of Luzerne, Monroe and Pike, forming tbo Thirteenth Senatorial district, whero no volor shall voto for more than four candi dates, and tho six highest in vote shall be elected ; and six additional dole gates shall be chosen from the City of Philadelphia, by a voto at large in said city, and in their election novotor shall voto for moro than threo candi dates, and tho six highest in vote shall bo declared cloclod. Sue. 2. The following regulations ahull apply to thoalorentiid olection to be held on tho second Tuesday in Octobor next, and to returns of the same : First. The said election shall be hold and conducted by the proper olec tion otlicers of tho several cloction'dis tricts of the Commonwealth, and shall bo govornod ond regulutcd in all ro spocts by the Goneral Election Ittws of the Commonwealth so fur as tho same shall bo applicable) Ibarolo and not inconsistent with tbe provisions of this act. I Second. Tho tickets to bo voted for members at large of tbe convention shall buve on the outsido tho words Delegates at Ltrco," and on tho in- sido tho names of the candidates to bo voted for, not exceeding fourteen in number. Third. The tiekots to be voted tor district members of tho convention shall have on tho outside tho words. "District Delegates," ond on tho in side tho nnme or names of the candi dates votod for, not exceeding the proper number limited as aforesaid ; but any ticket which shall contuin a greater number of nnmcs than tbe number lor which tbe voter shall bo entitled to vote shall be reject ed); and in tho care of tbe delo gatos to bo chosen at largo in Phila delphia tho words, "City Delegates" snail oe on tho outsido ot the ticket. Fourth. In the city of Philadelphia the Roturn Judges shall meet at tho Stato House at ten o'clock, on tho Thursday next following the election, and make out the returns for said city of the votes cast thorein for delegatus at largo, and city and district dele gates to be members of the conven tion. Tho Return Jud.'es of the sov- oral olection districts within each county of the States, oxcluding Phila delphia, shall meet on tho l'riiiuy next following the election at the usual plaoo for the meeting of the Return J udges of their county, and shull make out full and occuruto returns for tbo county of tho volos cast thorein for members ol tho convention and for district members of the same : and tbe proceedings of the Roturn Judges of tho said city of Philadelphia, and of the sovoral counties of tbo Common wealth in tho making of their returns. shall bo tho samo as thoso prescribed for Return Judges in tho easo of an election for Governor, oxcept that ro turns transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall bo addressed to tbut officer alouo ond not the Speak er of tho Konttto. Fifth. Tho Prothonolarv of Phila delphia and the Prothonotaries of tho toveritl counties shall, With referoneo to such roturns, promptly and fi ith fully porform all tho duties enjoined upon them by tho ciility-fotirlli and eighty fifth sco'.ions of tho General Kle uotion act of Jul v 2. 1830 Sixth. Tho fiecrotnry of the Com moowcnlth tluill, ns soon as tho ro turns of the suid oloolion shall be ro coivod by him, and at all events within fifteen days alter tho election, in tho presence, of the Governor and Audi tor-General, open and compulo all tho roturns rceoivod of voles given for members of the convention, and tho Governor shall forthwith iBU3 bis proclamation doclaring tho names of tho persons who liavo been chosen members of tho convention. Stc. !). It shall bo tho duty of the duiegntes elected ns aforevnid to ns scmblo In convention, in the hall of the lloiiso of Representatives, at tho Stato Capitol, in llunisburg, on the soooml Tuesduy of November, ono thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, nl twelvo o'clock M. that day, with gun oral powers of adjournment as to time and place ; it shall be the duly of tho Secretary of tho Commonwealth to rail the Convention to order ot tho time of its aaocmbllnq, ond to submit all the returns of election in his pos session, and to road tho aforesaid proo latnaliun of the Governor, ond there upon said Convention shall proceed to organize by sdwiting nun of (Loir num ber President, and, after the membors aro sworn in, such olbor ofllcors as I REP NOT MEN. may be needed in tho transaolion of business. S:o. 4. Said convention, so cloclod, assembled and organized, shall have tho power to proposo to the citixons of this Commonwealth, for thoir ap- Pimm or rejection, a new uonslilu tion, or amendment to tbe presont ono, or speciflo amendments, to ba vntnrl for separately, which shall be engross- i anu signou by tho rrcsiilont and Chief Clerk, and delivorod to the Sec rotary oftbo Commonwealth, by whom and under whoso direction it or thoy hall bo entered on record in bisollico aid published once a week in at least IPO nowxpapors in each county, whoro Iwa papers aro published for (our weoks noxt precoding tho duy of olec tion that shall bo held for tho adop tion or rejection of tho Constitution or amendments so submitted j Provid ed, That one third of all the membors of tho Convention shall have the right to require lie separate mid distinct submission to o propor vote of any change and anendmont proposed by tho convonlioi ; And provided further, That nothing herein contained shull authorize the laid convention to chungo the languago or to alter in any man ner the several provisions oftbo ninih articlo of the present Constitution, commonly known as the Declaration of Rights; but the samo shall be ex cepted from tho powers given to said convention, and shall bo und remain inviolate forever; And provided furth er, That the sa d convention shall not creato, establish or submit any pro position fur the establishment of a Court or Courts with exclusive equity jurisdiction. ht.c. a. ll,o convention shall sub mit tbe Rmcodment agreed to by il to tho qualified voters of tho htute for thoir adoption or rejection at sucb time or times und in such manner as tho convention shull proscribe ; sub ject, howovor, to tho limitation as to tho soparalo submission of amendments contained in this act and all amend ments accepted by o majority vote of the electors voting thereon shull become a part of the Constitution. Sec 0. Tho election to docido for or against tho adoption of the new Con stitution, or specific amendments, shall bs conducted as the general elections of this Commonwealth arc now by law conducted ; und it shull bo tbo duly of tbe return judges ol the respective counties, first huving ascertained the number of votes given for or against tho new Constitution, or sepurato specific amoudim'iits, it' any, to multo out duplicuto returns thoroof expressed in wurtts at lungiu, ono oi which re turns so made shull bo filed in the oflice of tbo Prothonotury of the proper county, uiki uio oilier scaled and dircctod to the Sccrotury of Ihe Com monwealth, winch Mini returns shall be opened, counted, and pubiiebed as tbe returns for Governor aro now by law counted and published ; and when tho number of votes given for or against tho now or revised Constitu tion, or for or against sepurato spociflc amendments, if any, shull have been summod np and ascertained, ond the duplicate certificates thoroof delivered to tho proper officers; the Governor shall declare by proclamation the ro suit of the election, ond if a majority of the votes polled shall be for tho now or revised Constitution, or for any aYparato specifio amendments, such new or revised Constitution, and separate specific amendments, shall bo thcnccl irtu tho Constitution of this Comm nwoalth. Skc. 7i The cntiro compensation and allowai.oo to each member of tho Con vention shull bo us follows : for salary, one tlu osand dollurs; for mileage, ten coots per mile circular, not to bo al lowed at moro than two sessions; for poago, stationary and contin gencies,, fifty dollars ; tbe dorks and other (liners to be allowed such com pensation as the convention shall direct. Warrants for compensation of menbers and officers, and fur all proper expenses of tho convention, shall tl drawn by tho President and counleitigned by the Chief Clerk upon the Slaib Treasurer for payment. Six. A 'That in caso of vacancies in tho membership of suid convention, tho enmij shall be Oiled as follows : It such va uncy shull be of o member at largo ol the Convention, thoso mem bcrs at ' largo w ho shall have boen voted for by tho same voters, or by a mujoritv of tho same voters, who shall have voted for and elected tbo member whoso plitco is to bo filled, shall All such vacancy. If such vacancy shall bo of a district or city member of tho convention, those members at largo of lUe convention who shull nave been voted for by tho same or by a majority ol the same voters who shall have voted for such district or city member, shall fill such vacancy. In either case the appointment to fill a vacancy shall bo mudo by the members ut lurge alorcsuid, or by a majority of thorn, in writing, ond all such written appoint nionts shall bo filod among the conven tion records. Sec, 0. That tho Secretary of tlio Ci'inmonweallh shall prepare a form of notice of the election, to bo hold fur tho purpose of choosing members ol tho afuresnid convention, including such portions of this act as shall bn ni'oossary and proper for tho informa linn of voters and election ofllcors at tho suid election, as to their rcsiicctivo rights and duties in relation thereto, which said form so prepared shull bo transmitted by him to the Sheriffs of tho sovorul counties, to bo observed by Ibem in making proclamation of tlm holding of said election in their rv'poolive jurisdictions. Sec, 10. That the Secretary of tho Commonwealth bo authorized to ob tuin fur suid convention, prior to the mooting of the sumo, such publications relating to constitutional amendments and reform, und cause to bo prepared suc h statistical information a tuny be convenient Bud useful to Ihe conven tion in tbo performance of its duties, and (he proper oxponso so Incurred, not exceeding six hundred dollars, hull bo paid at tho Treasury upon settlement mndo in the olllco of tho Auditor General. W. Elliott, ipeakr( f lbs House of Reprennlatlres. Jakes S. Kl-tax, Ppetilier of the HYus'e. mum 1872. CONCERNING! HONESTY. Thcro are several volumes of truth compressed Into tho muxim : "lion- csty is tho best policy." Wo caro not whut relation in life a man mar bus lain, wo hold this maxim to bo Irtio whether ho bo tho butnblo dnv lubor. or, the fortunato son of wealth and opulence, tho unassuming private in uiviuuui, or mo omce bolder wbo is the custodian of tho publio treasore, or conservator ot tho publio wolfaro In what remarks we shall make, we shull refer moro especially to tho lat ter cIiirs. There aro ao many forms of dis honesty in olliciul station tbat it would bo almost impossible to enu- mcruto them, but tho realization of improper gums by mentis of ofliciul Btulioii and tho prerogatives and op portunities it confers, is dishonesty still, cull it by what namoyou will. It mailers not w hether o man do libcrutoly thrusts his bund into the publio coffers and extracts therefrom a hundred thousand dollurs; allows false and fraudulent claims; forgos vouchers for moneys ho never disburs ed; gives out contracts ut immense figures to fuvoritcs and then divides the proGls; takes bribes to appoint men to lucrative positions; throws his ofliciul influence in favor of any job in which bo is cither directly or remotely interested; or adopts any other m od o of making money ut the tho expense of publio honesty, he is nevertheless a thief. True that is a harsh word, and one that should bo used sparingly ond cautiously ut all times; but il is the only one in the language tbat perfectly dis mo case, wuuievcr Is Hlgotten, is stolon, and tho recipient, with a knowledge of the facts, is simply a thief ; inexcusablo according to tbe venality of the offense. Thcro are many reasons why hon esty id the public officer is tho best policy. In every community which is cursed with dishonest officials, nublio morals full into a low ebb. This stute of things to a greater or less extent undorminos the morality of the indi vidual members of such a community, and finally, ovorturns society itself, or ut least, leaves it in an almost hope less stato of disease and decay. Every sentiment of virtue is blunted, and what is purest and noblest in human ambition is turned into a mockery. and a burning thirst to bo foremost iu tlio Bcrnmblo lor plunder, supplants honesty and noblo and praiseworthy aspirations. II tins does dol happen to be the caso it private morula escape tho conlugious phiguo of public corrup tion labor, the bone and sinew of so ciety, and tho cornerstone of just und gouu govornineni, is paralyzed by the imposition of unjust burdens, and upon the constant drnin upon its resources which go to feed tho insuliublo cri-ecd of peculators ,nd public robbers, wbo ntuo tnoir thieveries behind tho un- pcnetraliu of their ofliciul shields, or convert llicin into illusory acts of hon esty amid tho glamour of ofliciul so phistry that they are enabled lo throw arouinl their acts. herevor and whenover ofjieiul corruption and publio dishonesty thrive, the rich grow richer and the poor become moro hopelessly impov erished. The burdens of the govern ment beeomo wrongly adjusted, being gradually shifted from the shoulders td labor und capital in common, to the former alone, until the govern ment bocomcs, aa it wero, on invert ed pyramid, (if such a simile is admis sible) tho money bags of wealth crush ing tho bone and musclo of lubor deep er and deeper into the earth. But these are not the only reasons why tlio maxim, we have quoted is truo or even o tithe of them. "Vir tue" wo aro told, "bus its own re ward." Just so sure as that is indis putable, it is also inexorubly true that "dishonesty curries will) it its own punishment." Tlio mun who docs any act of which ho is ashamed- how ever small, and conversely according lo ils magnitude loses his sell re spect, and when that is wholly oblit erated, he is the most abject and misera ble creature In the world, suffering a depth of punishment that ia immeas urable and illimitable. What remorse less horrors of unavailing remorse huunt such o man, aro only lo bo con jectured und if his acts which cost bim his self respect aro as yet un known lo tho public, bow much moro intensified must bo his siill'urings, sinco he cannot appeal to the poor charity of publio sympathy and for giveness. But tho mental sufferings of tho dishonest publio servant, or tho self condemned man, aro not tho full meas ure of his punishment, lie is racked with bodily ailmonta, ond reels and tumbles into a hasty gravo like tho poor victim of frequent and poisoned potations. Upon tho heels of mental sufferings and disquiet, follow the pains of o perturbed and distraught physical organization, just ns certain ly us tho years trump in each other's footsteps down the long highway that leads to tho gates of IClernity. And this brings us to tho case in point, with w hich wo proposo lo point the moral contained in the axiom which heads Ibis ortielo. Mr. George O. Kvuns, tho defaulting Hlato Agent of Pennsylvania, is to-day slowly but surely (lying Irom the e lied a ot bis olliciul niullcasanco. His mental tor turcs liavo at length seized upon his body, ond bis life is ebbing away in what should have been the very noon dny of a robust manhood. Lorg bo fore tbe public hud tho slightest bus plclon that ho had uhused tho cfiicial confidence reposed in him and misnp propriuted more than a quarter of a million of dollars, what keen scented fiends of apprehension, with sharper muzzles than blond hounds must Imvo pursued him 1 With oxposuro he saw ruin and disgrace, a blnsted namo and reputation and a mantle of Indelible stigmit thrown upon nn Innocent fam ily. yiiat wonder llion when expo lire Came, that his physical constilu lion was broken down Hopelessly, and thut ho now hovers upon tho very edgo of the grave, tho victim of the tnn prevalent idea that a public officer may help himself lo the public funds, TERMS $2 per annum, in Advance. NEWSEltIES"V0LJ3,N0. 19. and still retain his solf-respect and his iji'niuuu iii noeioiy. It is claimod in poor Evans' behalf tbat ho wus as much sinnod oguinst as sinning, and that he was only tho tool in tho hands of moro unscrupulous men. Wo do not dispute it, but his own rail is whut crushed him. Thorc ore other State otliciuls who shared in tho plunder, and wbo aro too being hunted to death by this war claim specter, ana tbo avenging apportions oj otiior eqminy stupendous frauds. They ure being literally consumed with their own overmastering (ear of cxposuro if not punishment.. The leprosy of official corruption is more torriblr afier all than the incurablo curse of tbo Orient. What boots it tins t mon grow rich upon public plunder!' We could give scores of instances of men who buve grown rich by this means, who are walking specimens of lifo in doath, and infinitely moro miserable than the common l'cllon who sees before him only a lifo lime of servitude.- To-day tbore aro hosts of mon wbo have plun dered States and municipalities, and roso from obscurity to opulcncy and position, who would lay down all their ill gotten weulth and surrender their fulse and gilded renown for one night's quiet sloop which is vouchsafed to a street scavenger. Thoir sins have found them out, and pursue them with o scourgo of poisoned scor pions. Truly they realize that "hon esty is the best policy." Pittsburgh Post. The Destruction of Antioch. Telegraphic news brings an account of tho destruction ol the ancient Chris tian city of Antioch, with tho loss of life of fifteen hundred inhabitants. Il wus called by the Greeks "Beautiful Antioch," with its bold mountain scenery and fruitful valos, onco tho key of the trade of Syria, tho resting places oftbo great merchant caravans trom tho Eust. Pliny givos it the title of "Queen of tho East," and after the mission of Chrysostroin in tho hit ter part of the third century it num bered 200,000 Christians. In tho first century before Christ 100,000 perished in a singio b.itlio, ana o btindrod years later, although it was almost entirely destroyed by on earthquake, Trajan re-built it in all its ancient splendor. Forty years luter it wus destroyed by fire; ajrain ro built bv Antoninus, and in three successive centuries was devustutod by terriblo famines. In tho lourlh, tilth, und sixth centuries il was visited by earth- quuiua ana on cacti occasion was utmost entirely ruined. In tho sixth century il fell ,inlo the hands of tho Saracens. In the ninth it wus annexed to tbo Roman Empiro, and in tho twelfth was extinguished a a commercial city by the Sultan of r.gypt. At as lulo a period as tlio year, le.J, it was agnin shuken by an carlhqnako from which il never re covered ils prosperity. A few yours ii"o it was estimated to contain but 0,000 inhabitants. Figs, olives, und grapes abound on the mountains round about it ; but the fertilu plain is u barren uncultivated waste, dotted with a few insignificant Turkish Mosques. Tho ground once occupied by the converts of tbo new law, und hallowed by the blood of St. Stephen, does not at this time, per haps contuin a solitary Christian Church. "Keep tha Gate Shut." An English farmer was ono duy ol work in bis fields, when he saw a par ty of huntsmen riding about his farm. He hud one field, Ihut bo wus special ly anxious thai they should not ride over, as the crop was in a condition to be badly injured by tho tramp ot horses. So he disputchod one ot his boys to the field telling him lo shut the gate, and then keep watch over il, and on no account to sutler it lo bo opened. The boy wont as bo was bidden ; but was scarcely at his post beforo tbo huntsmen cumo up, per emptorily ordering the gnte tn bo opened. This tho boy declined to do, staling the orders he bad received, and his determination lo obey them. Threats and bribes wero offered alike in vuin, ono after another cumo for ward as spokesman, but all with tho samo result; the boy remained im movable in tho determination not lo open the guto. - Alter o while, one of noble presence advanced, and said in commanding tones : "iiy boy, do you know mo f I am Duko of Wohinnon, ono not accustomed lo be disobeyed ; nnd 1 command you lo open Ibal gale, that I and my friends may pass through." Tho boy lifted his cup, und stood uncovered before the man whom oil England delighted to honor, then answered firmly i "1 am euro tlio Duko of Wellington would not i.-li mo lo disobey orders. I musl keep this gato shut, nor sutler any ono to puss but with my master's expross permission." Greatly ploascd, tho sturdy old warrior lifted bis own hat, and said : "1 honor tho mun or boy who cun neither bo frightened nor bribed into doing wrong. Willi nn army of such soldiers, 1 could conquer not only the French, but tho world," and handing tho boy o glil'ering soveroign, tlio old Duko put spurs lo his horse ond gal lopod away, whilo tho boy ran oil tn bis work, shouting ot tho top of his voice : ''llurrah, hurrah 1 I've done what Niipnlcon couldn't do I vo kepi otil ihe Duko of Wellington." Nearly Dkau. A sick thing is the Administration party today, with no possible hnpo of convalescence. The doctors havo bold a consultation, nnd the conclusion readied is that tbe dis caso willi which it is now ufllicled internal corruption is a mortal one, from which there is not I bo slightest hope of recovery. There Is plonty to do in this world for every pair of bunds placed upon if, und wo musl so work thai the world wilt bo richer becauso of our having lived in it. The chains of habit ure generally too small to lw full liii I bey are loo strong lo bo broken. Corruption the Destroyer of BopuMica' History shows '.hut nil tho republics that havo perished, fell through tho corruption of their citizens; ond K es tablishes another fad : this corruption' was tho result of prosperity. As long, as the republic wus poor tho peoplo were frco and honest. S.i soon as woaltb poured in by conquest or by trado, greed, avurico and peculation became tbe ruling passion. Thcro is, it seems to us, a striking similitude bolwoon our duy and tho last period of the Roman republic. In Rome, us in our country, in the early limes, wlion iho Stale wus poor, mon wero willing to servo their country from patriotism or for the honor of office. But when tho conquest of Asia, Africa and Gaul had mudo tbe Slate rich public oflice became so vuluablo o prize, that those who onco held it wero willing to plungo tho republio into civil war rather than givo it up. Marius, Seylla, CVsur, Octnvius, Cras. sus and Anthony did this rather than yield up their command or their pro consulship, which were worth millions to each of thorn. Now, consider lbs parallol of our own history, remem bering that whilo Rome took five hundred years to reuch tbo period of corruption, wo havo tuken loss than fifty. It may bo said that until tha time of the Mexican war, nnd tho ac cessions of territory which followed it, tho prizes ol olllco, though honora ble, wero not vrr irliltorintr. I'ubliu ofllcors lived generally npon their salaries, which were scunl enough. tiut sinco that lime wbul a change; has tuken pluco ' Tho country bus extended its urea in every direction, its weulth has increased at a prodigi ous ralo, and multitudes of publio ollices, to which are uttached contin. gontporquisities, buve become exceed ingly lucrative, even when the in cumbents aro honest. For examplo, collcclorships, Indian agencies, and tho liko. In addition to this caino tbo ale wur, with its ful conlrucls. ond we know lo what tremendous frauds it gave rise. Thus wus awakened tho "aria sacra famet," the cursed bun- goring aflcr gold, which has produced all these rings, jobs, fradulenl claims, swindling contracts, briberies, lobby ing!;, una oil ibal vonoty ol frauds for which tho English lunguago could furnish no names, und new words had, to bo invented lo designale them. Tbe same consequence follows with us that did in Romo. To tho victors belong tho spoils and thoso spoils havo become so immensely vuluublo, that thoso who hold them will, if they can, plunge tho country into anarchy', ruin and civil war, rather than yield them up. W o bud occasion somo days ago lo allude to the enormous and universal defalcations tbat disgrace tbo Govern ment in all its brunches. But although these frauds ore everyday assuming moro und moro giguntic proportions, they are in fact but tho smallest part of tbo evil inflicted upon tho whole ti. ............. i nniivM. .uv VUUIIIIJ loillll UI1U I'UII, beur the loss of hundreds of millions j hut what it cannot beur is Iho loss of; public virtue, honesty and honor, ful towed ns iltauef be bv the loosening of all moral obligations in private life. Cun tlio spectacle ol political pruuigu,- uiiu u. lupiu niiu r-cuiiuuiuus for tunes realized with impunity by pecu lation in oflice, be without a deleterious etteut upou tlio young men of tlio land f But tbo evil does not stop there. It is surely and not slowly destroying all Iho foundations of re publican government. It is making universal suffrage a mockery ex pressing the sense of tho people loss, iuitbf'ully than o French plebiscite. It u convention is called il is managed by a ring w hich employs every cor rupt means lo carry their point. At tho polls, bribery, patronage and tho party lush at one point; bayonets at tho other; Iho tenor produced by an iniquitous perversion of tho forms of justice at a third ; disgust tbo honest, lrigliten off tbo timid, silence all o position, and the Hick is dono. The intrigue of a ring is toislud upon tho country us tho will of the peoplo. This suggests unothur thought. When demoralization and corruption onco become fixed in the public life of a people, thcro is no more hope of it return of former purity. Tbo dagger of Brutus cuuld destroy a Casur, but it wus powerless lo remove ibe do ge no racy which eravod for unolhor muster. At a later day, when a vic torious general was made consul for a term of years, how long was it before Ihe universal suffrage of a subservient people mudo him consul fur ten years, then consul for lifo, nnd finally Em peror f Thcro aro enough points of resemblance between tboso times atidV ours lo excilo apprehensions of similar consequences. Wilmington Journal. "Owes Mb a Living." It is among men who try to gel o living by some-. shi I or trick of laziness tbut we hear the familiar words, "The world owes mo a living." A loufor who never did a useful thing In bis life, who dresses at tlie expense of tlio tailor, und drink. ul tho cost of his friends, always in sists that the world owos him a living, and declares ins intention to secure the debt. I should liko lo know bow it is that a man who owes tho world for ovory mouthful ho ever alo, and cvory garment ho ever put on, ahould be S J eavy a creditor in account with the rorld. The loafer lies about II. Tho world owos him nothing, but a very rough coffin, and a rotirod and other wise useless pluco to put it in. Tho. world owes a living lo thoso who are not nblo to earn t.no, to childron, to tbo sick, lo tho disabled and tho agod, lo all who, in the coiirso of nature or by force ol circumstances, ore depend ent ; and il was mainly for the supply of tho wants of these that men wero endowed Willi the power lo produco moro than enough for themselves. To u genuino shirk the world owea nothing ; and w hen ho tolls me with a whine that the world ones him o liv ing, I nm assured that ho hits iho dis position of a highway robber, and lacks only his courage ond bis enter prise. Q. Holland. A negro preacher at a Georgia camp meeting told bis hearers they could never enter Heaven with whisky bottles In their pockets, and urged them to "bring 'cm right np to do pulpit" ond ho would "offer 'em u sacrifico to do Lord." It wus done, but the preacher wus found incapiiblu when tho hour fof evening service arrived. A Kansas laily wont to a thcatro and banded the man in tbe box nfilco a fine tooth comb for her ticket which she left nt homo. The d-iorkcepor told hor she could oot comb In. A loving wife, on Iho decease of her husband, sunt Iho following thrilling telegram to a distant fiicud: "Dear John is dead. Loss fully covered by insurance."
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