TIIB ; I . "CLEARFIELD BEPUBLICAI," fCIMUID SVlBT WtDUHDAT, II COODLAXDER lJACEttTY, CLEARFIELD, PA. ESTABLISHED IN I8T. Tba largest C'trealatloa of any Newepapsr lu North Central Peuuiylvanla. Tonns of Subscription. If paid In advanoe, or within I oathe....4 M If paid after nod before month! - If paid after the eiplratioa of monlhi... 3 CO Bates oi Advertising. Trao.ieot advertleeaMBta, per equare of 10 Honor o, I time! or lees......... 0 Kor ewh sabsequeat insertion........ M Ji.initlnlon' and Exeeutora' notloee.....,., t 40 Aaditon' aotleee ....,. ....... 1 60 Cautions end B.treys n 1 60 Ui.rolotion notloee - - , t M profeisiooel Card., i line! or leie,l rw... I 00 i.uaal notion, Pr lino ... SO YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. j .ouiro. 00 I 1 eolutnru. 1.11 00 . .usaral .14 00 i eolomn... ...... 40 00 I (,u.rM........80 00 I 1 oolumn.. ...., 10 00 Job Work. BLANKS. I'lnrlt ealre.. $J 60 I quires, pr. qutre.il T I quires, pr, quire, 1 00 Over 0, por quire, 1 00 HANDBILLS. i ihoet, I J or Ion, M 00 U sheet, 55 or leis.t-S 00 i ih(, 55 or Ion, I 00 I 1 ihoot, 14 or lon,10 00 Ut.r 14 of eeeh of above at proportionate rates. QEOROB B. OOODLANDER, UKOHUS UAJERTY, Publishers. Card?." ;iera a. 'iiiu.t. cnu w. a ecanr, JIoENALLY & MoCURDY, .-. v v . . e r ,i an T i III fli-trflt!,'.. Ha. 4r-Legal baslneil attended to promptly with l,ftlitj. OBee ea Soeond itreet, above tbo First National Bank VILLUM !. WiLUCt. raaxa risite. WALLACE 4. FIELDING, . ............ .m t ft IV AT lv KS 1 T s a i ua v . Clearfield. Pa. -l.egat bu.lnese of all kinds attended to with promptness and fidelity. OfSoe in residenee of William A. Wallace. Janl:7l G. R. BARRETT, jAttobneT and Codnsklor at Law, clearfield, pa. Having resigned hie Jodge.hip, has reentaed tha praetiee of the law In hie old office at Clear. Otld, Pa. Will attend the eeortt of Jefferson and Elk oountlel when ipeeially retained in connection with resident counsel. S;U:7S T. H. MURRAY, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Prompt attention given to all legal buiinesi entreated to hi! care in ClearOeld and adjoining eotmiel. OBce en Market tt., oppotlte Naugle'i Jewelry Store, ClearOeld, Pa. J.14 71 A. W. WALTERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pa. beJ-OBioe In tbe Conrt Houre. decl-ly H. W. SMITH, ATTORN BY-A T-L A W, tl:l:7J Clearfield, Pa. WALTER BARRETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offlei ea Second St., ClearOeld, Pa. tnerll.OO ISRAEL TEST, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pat -0Bee In the Court Hooae, JyU,'(7 JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Pat Sfiet oa Market fit., aver Joseph Shawen' Grocery ttort. Jan.J,l87. not. I. a ccLioce". wa. a. cuLi.ouon. T, J. MoCULLOUGH & BR0THEB, ATTORN K.YS AT LAW. Clearfield, Pa. Office on Locutt ttreot, nearly oppe.lte the res idence of Dr. R. V. Wilton. We have la our of loe one of Rieteck A Hro's largest Are and bur glar proof sales, for the protection of books, deedt, and other ralusble papers placed in our charge. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. And Real Estate Afrent, Clearfield, Pa. Office en Third street, net. Cherry A Walnut, S-Respectfully offers bii tervlce.ln selling and buying lands In ClearOeld and adjoining counties and with aa etperience ot over twtntv years aa a surveyor, flatters himself that he can rtoltr satisfaction. Feb. t:t Juf J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, 10 dial m flaw Itognj and Tuuiber, CLEARFIELD, PA. vmee In Maeoale Building, Room No. 1. 1:16:71 J. J. L I NGLE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Ml Uaeeola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Wallaretoa, Clearfield County, Peun'a. kavAII legal banueis promptly attanaea to. D. L. K RE B S, Sueeeeior to II. B. Bwoope, Law and Collection Office, Mtl.ni CLEARFIELD, PA. John II. Orvit. C. T. Alexander. ORVIS & ALEXANDER, ATTORNEYS AT LA W, Bellelbute, Pa. aaptVOt-y J, S. BARN HART, A JTX)RNKY - AT LAW, Hellefoute. Pa. Will praotlce la ClearOeld and all of the Courts of tne zotn juaieia ui.tnet. netvi ctiaiv vtiitn, .and collection of claim, made specialties, ni l t CYRUS GORDON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Market street, (north side) ClearOeld, Pa. All l'lfal bnsinesi promptly attended te Alaa, M, 7 J. DR. T. J. BOYER, JTHYSICIAN AND SO RQ EON, OBee ea Market Street, Clearlcld. Pa. it0fflce houra i I to 11 a. m., and 1 to I p. m. JJU. E. M. SCIIEURER, IiOH(EOPATUIC PUYS1C1AN, Office la ataaonle Building, Aprtl J4, 1871. ClearOeld, Pa. DR. W. A. MEANS, PIIYSICIAK I SURGEON, LVTflERSDl'Rfl, PA. ill attend profeisional calls promptly. augl0'70 J. H. KLINE, M. D PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, 11 AVISO located at PeunOeld, Pa., offers bis . professional services to tbe people of that pltot and lurrounding country. All call! promptly attended to. act. II tf. DA. J p RtiRnHriri n Lit. Surgsoa of tbe 03d Regiment, Pennsylvania Yolantosra, having returned from the Army, eVert hi. professional strrlaci to ihaeitliens tf('i.....u . CeakPrtrt.tinM.i n. ,t. j. A tA ea Steoad street, furmerlyoeeaplod by Woods, faDr4.'0 if JOHN A. GREGORY, PPUXTY SUPERINTENDENT, ui&ue ho tht roar n..i ru.rft.M p.. Ji.a au rin.rn.IW (at fAIIBlAa 01 I. Dal LAP1 r of eecw aa'. - G00DLANDER & HAGEETY, Publishers - ..... v. , ? VOL. 47-WH0LE NO 2309. Cnrfl3. oLLowausa - ....... i a. pariacaaar H0LL0WBUSH & CAREY, . BOOKSELLERS, Blank Book Manufacturers. AND STATIONERS, aiS Market St., PhUmdelphta. Paper Flour Sacks and Bags, foolscap, Letter, Note, Wrapping, Cartain and Wall Papers. feb!4.T0-lypd GEORGE C. KIRK, Juitlee of the Peaee, Surveyor end Convey anoer, Lutheraburg, P. All hittnui Intrusted to him will be promptly attended to. For ton. within to employ veyor will do well to (Ire blot o oall, e ho littler. himtelf that he eon render latiifaotion. Doede of eonveyeaee, art tolas of agreement, and U legal eumariz JAMES 0. BABRETT. Justice of the Peaee and Licensed Conveyaneer, Luthereburt;. ClearBeld Co., Pa. ' cde-Collactlons A remlttanoel nromvtly made, and all kind, of legal instrument! executed on ihort notice. may4,70tf DAVID REAMS, SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR, . Lathersbare;, Pa. - THE nbserlber offers bit terrieHto the pnblle in the capacity of Berirener and Surveyor All eallt for eurreyint promptly attended to, and the making of drafu, deedt and other legal inurn ment! of writing, eieauted without delay, and warranted to be correct or no charge. - IVjt?.! J. A. BLATTENBEBGEB, Claim and Collection OlTlce, OSCEOLA, ClorDeld Co., Pa. -Coneyancir and all legal paperl drawn with accnracT and diipatob. Draft! on and pai- tage ticket! to and from any point in Europe procured. octfJO 6ra F. K. ARNOLD A. Co., BANKERS, I.utherebnrf. Clearfield county, Pa. Moner loaned at reaaonable ratfi; tlehange bought and told: depoeitt received, and a goa earl banking bulinei! will be carried on at the above place. 4::7l:tf JOHN D.THOMPSON, Ju.tioo of the Peaee and Scrivener, Cttrwenivllle, Pa. '.Collection! made and money promptly paid over. fehimtf E. A. & W. D. IRVIN, nniLent l Real Estate, Square Timber, Logs AND Ll'MBER. Office In new Corner Store building. no v 1471 Curwensrme, ra. ao. ALaear naaar iLaaaT w. alsiit W. ALBERT &. BROS., Manufacturer. A titen.ive Dealer, in Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o., WOOVLlIii, rno fir-Orders aoliclted. Bills filled oa ihort notice ttq reatuoauiv iciui. Addrell Woodland P. 0., ClearOeld Co., Pa. Je.j - . W" ALBERT A BRuS. FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT, Prenchvllle, Clearfield County, Pa. Keeps constantly on hand a full assortment of ft.. 4loAa.. Hanlware. Uroceries. and everything usually kept in a retail store, which will be sold, for cash, aa cheap ai elsewhere in the county. Frenchville, June 27, I307-1J. THOMAS H. FORCEE, piiLaa in GENERAL MERCHANDISE, CiRAHAMTON, Pa. Alio, eitenilve minufaclurer and dealer In Square ytmCMr aaa nawea bimwrw tn amu.. str-Ordera teliolted and all bills promptly CHARLES SCHAFER, LAGER BEER R R E W Bii, Clearfield, Pa. HAVING rented Mr. Entree' Brewery no hopes by strict attention to business and .h. manufactura of a lUDerior article of BF.ER to receive the patronage of all the old and many new eultomera. "s. J. K. BOTTORF'S PUOTOGRAPU GALLERY, Market Street, ClearOeld, Pa. rafCROMOS MAD! A SPECIALTY.-, NEGATIVES made la eloady as well aa la clear weather. Coaalanlly on hand a good a.tortment nf FRAMES, STEREOSCOPES and STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Frame!, from any ttyleof moulding, made to order. ap If JAMES CLEARY, BARBER & HAIR DRESSER, SECOND STREET, JylS CLF.AHFIELD, PA. ti REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Peaii'i. Tt Will eieeutc jobs In bis line promptly and la a workmanlike manner. afr4,07 G. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. jM0"Puinps always en hand and made lo order en thott notice. Fines bored on reasonable terms. All work warranted to rondor latl.taetion, and tclirtwi It J mvlijlypd -1 L I it A I M A N PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT, LUTUERSBURO, PA. Agent for the Anerlean Double Turbine Water Wheel and Andrews A Kalbaeh Wheel. Can fur aiah Pnrtalile Crlit Mill, on ihort notice. jyli'7l eTaT bgTer" t c o" Daaiaaa i SQUARE TIMBER, nd manufacturers nf ALL KIND SAWED LUMBliB., t-7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN A. UMN TROUTMAN. ' Dealer In all kinds af FURNITURE, Market Street, One door east Post Offlee, n CLKARFIKM), PA. ancle" H. F. N AUQLE, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, and dealer la Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and rlated Ware, sc., J,,71 CLEAHFIHLD, PA., JJeaAIIOKI!YCO,'l RESTAURANT, geeood Street, CLKABFIELD, PKNN'A. Alwaya aa hand, Fresh Oysters, loe Cream, nal... K..I. flraakara. Cakes. Clears, Tobaeo.., Canned Fruits, Oranfes, Lemons, aad all klads of rrntt tn eeaeon. M-BU.LUKD KOOal oa aeeond Hoet. fun Pj'?.AV?liEVC0 gfttlistru. ,' , ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GREAT . . REDUCTION OF PRICES I BY 8. POUTER ill.lW, D. 13. IMPORTANT TRUTHS: Bftvlng luotsetded In getting lighter tar Iff on material! bono tb Strand motttruit oharge fur aartlal anil full aoU of Tetth. I uh tlia bent tuanafaotur of tcetb and other material. All ot.orat ion rrgiiter! aad warranted togirttcr vire and aatiifiiction. Frtcadi, refleot that mj obargea for the lner tton of Artificial and tbo aavlng of tbo naiurml tovtb ar now tha tnoet reaaonable In Pennsylvania, Prftacrve our tcetb and 700 preverve your health. . FutUux of jgjie natuial tactjl ia a health, bra- icrvaiivr and useful oooditfon Ii mado a iiiecialty. Dinoaiefl and nialformatlonf mimmon to tha mouth. )aw and associate parti, ar treated mmd with fnlr cneorsi. Kxaminntiuna and ounflulta tiom met. It would bo Veil for patient from a dintanct to let ma know by mall a few dyi before ooaiing to tha office. It li rery Important that children between tha agea of 111 and twelve yean should bar their teeth examined. Antvilhetiei are admiulitered and Teeth ro- mored without pain. Diipoiitiom and character ara Judged ly all tha world by tbo espreiileni of tbe faoe, henoa how rery diiaetrona may it therefore ba for per ont to indulge an eipreiiioo of distorted featurei. area apart from a hygienic flew. Now, to enjoy natural (not artinciai) oomfurta ana pieaeuree, reepeet and obey natural iimpliiitien and imtinot. . tUH I hit BIIAW, V. V. a. Office lo New Uaauoie lluildinc Second atreet. Clearfield, Pa. fcbU'TI DENT AL CARD. Dr. A. M. OILL3 Would eay to hie pivtienta and tbe pub lic gt-in-rally, that, baring dmuired partnerelnp wih Dr. bbaw, be U now doing the entire work of bii office himself, ao tbt pattenta nrod not fear being put under tbe bunds of any other operator. uiearuehip Mnrcn zu. ..iTZ-pdZUmelua J. M. STEWAET, D. D. S., Office orer Irwtn'a Drug 8 tore, CCRWKN'SVILLE, PA. All dental operation, either in the ueuhanloal or operative brauob, promptly attended to and eatiilactiun guarauteod. npoeiat attention paid to the treatment of disease, of the natural teeth, gums and mouth. Irregularity of tha teeth suc cessfully eorreetcd. . Teeth nirauted without pain by tbe use of lather, and Kriineial teeth inserted of the best material and warranted to render sat irnetinn. aprilln'TM r yUsrfUntifotis. ACE IN EUROPF.I GREAT EXCITEMENT IN FRENCHVILLE I Tbe bloody oontest between France and Prussia li at an end fur tbo present, so far as the slaugh. tering of men and the deilroetioa of property It concerned. Th P.oyal Jugglere no doubt pride themselves and rnjolea over tbo result, hot how Insignificant ts tbeir work when compared with the humane and christian efforts of L. M. COUDRIET, who hat undertaken to supply all tha el t liens In the lower end of tbe county with food and raiment at exceeding low rates from bis inummotb store in MUI.KOAHUK41. where be can alwnje be round ready to wait upon callers and supply them with Dry Goods of all Kinds, Such as Cloths, Batlnetti, Caaslmerca, Muslins, Delaines, Linen, Drillings, Calicoes, Trimmings, Hi boons, Lace, Ready-made Clothing, Roots and Shoes, Hats and Caps all of the best material and made to order liose, Socks, t lores, Mittens, Laees, Ribbons, Ao. OROCRRIES OP ALL KINDS. Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Rice, Molasses, Fish, Salt, Pork, Linseed Oil, Fish Oil, Carbon Oil. Hardware, Queen swart, Tinware, Casting, Plows and Plow Castings, Nails, Bpikes, Corn Cultiva tors, Cider Presses, and ail kinds of Axes. Perfumery, Paints, Varni'h, Glass, and a general assortment of BtAtiouery, GOOD FLOUR, Of different brands, always on hand, and will be old at tha lowest possible figures. LIQUORS, such as Brandy, Wine, (Jin, Whisky, J ay no's Medicines, Ilostetter'e aud Ilooflaud's Bitters, 6000 pounds of Wool wanted fur which' the higheet price will be paid. Clovers wl on hand and for sale at the lowest market price. Also, Agent for Strattonrllle aad Curwensville Threshing Machines. Vsjt-Cell and see for yourselves. Ton will find everything usually kept in a retail store. L. M. COUDRIET. Frenobfille P. 0., March 1, 187 1. JEC02!STRUCTED. DANIEL STEWART & SON TTaTtng purohased the Cheap Clothing Houre of Isase L. Keitenstein, bare the largest and best assortment of Manufactured (Joods In the county, and can sell tbelr ItEADY MADE CLOTHING, for Men, Dors and cntldrea, - rp.NT. CHRAPER Than anj other house in the eonnty. They will alwayi keep en Dana a large ana el- egant assortment of GEuVTW FURSISUIXa OOODS, COLLARS, TIK8, THINKS, , VALISKS, Ac, Ac. OF Till LATEST STYLES AND PATTERNS. Tf rna want to (el reed and ityll.h Clothlnr. at low naaree, do not rail to eall at their e.tab li.hmeat before spending your money elsewhere. Kememher the plaee. auKt'72 DANIEL STEWART A SON. II. F. lilGLEK ti CO. hare for sale CARRIAGE & WAG0X MOODS, 8UAFT8 AND FOLEH, HUBS, SPOKES, FELLOKS.ie. Carrlaga aad Wagoa Maker! should make a note of this and eall ana eiemine mem. i n.r will be sold at fair prloss dTj. crowell, Manofaelurer of the D. IT. Hall Dolling Machine and the RIDK CttT SIIINOLK MACHINE, to out from IS to IS Inohes, and lieensed under literal's patent, Julnlern, llrag-Stw Maehines and Ueoeral Mill Work, Slaneoiahonlng, earner- nn .n.nlv. Pa. Repairing of Midlines aad general ra.lnm PRINCIPLES, . . CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, THE REPUBLICAN. CLBAUFHigjD. Pa. ' WEDNESDAY MORNING. fl.B, Sfi, U7S. THE PRINTERS) VISION.; tT C. W. H't I. tt. ' '- It was Cbrhitmas time, and the merry ehltna Of bells filled all the air, When a Printer old, with a feeble step, Crept up tbe creaking stair Tbore was many a trace or grief In hit face And touches of frost ia bis bait. ' -. And he picked the wick of a musty lamp. And filled it up with oil, And he lit tbe lamp, anti-no lit bis pipe, And eomnMaeed bis midnight toil: "Phijiod; Jiasaid, ; wuuld I were duad. - Aud f;e from tbi. earth's turuiutT! i'Vcm It U eeo.k, WUtk I With never a time to play, And it Is toil, toil, tuil ! . With seArcely a time to pray I Moruing aud night, Karty aud late. Summer and winter, btill my sad fate . Is to work, toil, work. Through das and wevks and year. And none in this weary world To care for my Juys or my fears Ob t many a hsrd-carneil crust Have I moistened with uiijnight tears, As tha printer wept La seemed to trace, Through his tears, the form of an angel facw Rising so gently out of his mm With initd blue eyes and cheeks so fair, And many a eurl of gulden hair, -And he knew it was she whom years ago ' They had laid awy neath the Christmas enow And his heart grew strong for to him was given To know THuaa was 0.1 n who loved dim m IIkivkrI THE CAUSES OF CRIME. SPEECH BY EX-Gove rnor Horalio Seymour. Crime the Disease of Society, Speelal Deipatch to the World. Baltimore. MJ., Jnnnnry 21. The second session of the K'ulional Prison AsHociulion of the United Stutcs begun thin evening in Maaonio Temnlo. Mr. noriitio Seymour, ox. Governor of New York, President of the Association, culled the meeting lo order at eight o'clock. Dulccatos wcro present from Massachusetts, Rtiodo Islund, Xow York, New Jersey, Micliignn, Tcnncs- (oo, boutu t-firolnm, Wisconsin, ilits oarl, Indian, West Virginia, Connect icut and otbor Slates, from aevoral Tcrrilorios, and frpm (he District of Columbia. .. rresiduotScymournideneloquontLcai.iii r a thousand timos addrcsB, occupying hall an hour in de livery, lie said : The name of this Association fails to givo a full idea of its scope and aims. In terms they scorn to bo limi ted to that class ot men who have brought themselves nnder the ponul ties of the law, but tlio moment we bogin to study tho chnractcr of crimi nals and the causes of crime wo find that wo are forced back to a sorutiny of our sociul sytttom, and of tho weak ness as well as the wickedness ot our fellcw nion. It isbecuuso tho subjects of pauperism and crimo thus lead to an analysis of human nature and to the consideration of social aspoclsthnt lliey havo been mado the matters of profound thought by ablo publicists and larjre-mindod statesmen. At first thought it soems that tho condition of a small body of men who hare otTond cd local laws should bo left to tho thoughtful control of local authorities, but it is soon found thut tho consider ations involved are as broad as the spcad of tho human raco. Fur these reasons leading men of different na tions wcro drawn together at tho Into International Convention at London, and for theso reasons this Association was formed. Crime knows nogoographiuul limits, no boundroius of Status. It id its na ture to war with tho wclfuro o( the human family. It must bo opposed by tho ntiitod wisdom and vlrttioof ull nationalities and of all forms of civil ization. While, local laws must frame, penal codes, and local societies do tho work of lifting up fu'.lon men, still much Is gained by a widespread ay m pathy ami co-oporauon. aim.. .... many things wlilcli uro oeyona mo reach of Stalo action, in 1 morul point of view things which do not come under tho cognizance of tho laws, but which deeply ofToct tho wclfuro of tho wholo country. At tho Brut view our efforts scorn to bo limitod to tho jus tice which puuinhes crimo, and lo tbe charity which tries to roform the crim inal, but we aro soon led into a wider field of duty. Wo aro apt lo look upon tho inmates of prisons as excep tional men, unliko tbe mast of our pooplo. V feel that they aro thorns lo tho sldo of tho body politic which should be drawn out nnd put whore thoy will do no harm. Wo regard them as men who run counter to tho currents of society, thus making dis order and mischief. Thoso aro errors. In Lrulh thoy aro men who run with the currents of society and who out run them. They aro men who in a great degree are moved and directed by the impulses around thorn. Their characters aro formed by tho civiliza tion in which they inovo. They aro in many rospocts tho ropreitontativo men of a country. It is a hard thing to draw an Indictment against a crim inal which Is not in some rcspocts an indictment of the community in which bo has lived. An intelligent stranger NOT MEN. who should visit tho prisons of foreign countries, who should -hoar tho his tories of their inmates, would get a belter idea of tho innor workings of their civilisation than could bo gained by intercourse with a liko number of their citizens moving in mora conven tional circles of society. As a rulo wrong-doing is tho growth of influ encoa prcvuding tho social system, as pestilences are bred by malaria. Our study into this subject soon leaches us tyu prisons are moral hospitals wlicio moral diseases aro not only cnreKor, but science learns the moral law of life whero it loams what on dangers tho general wolfne ! ! WtfrihiRnltyiAVhat insidious pestilential vupirg pcrmcalo society, carrying moral iineascand duulh into its homes. Prisoners aro men liko ourselves, and if wo would lenrn the dangers which lurk in our pathways wo must learn how thoy stumblod and fell. I do not doubt that some men aro more prone to vioe than olhors, but uftor listening to thousands of prayers for pardon I tau hardly recall a case where I do not feel that I might have fallen as my fellow-men have done if 1 had been subject to the Bame demor alizing influences and pressed by the sametcmptations. I repeat here what I have said on other occasions, that after a long experience with men In all conditions of life; after having full, as most men, the harsh injustice spring ing from tho strife and pnsior. of the world, I havo learned to think more kindly of tho hearts of men, aud lo think less of their heads. If wo find that crimes aro in a largo degrco tho hot-bod growth of social influences; if tho weakness of human nature is al ways open to their attacks ; if they may at any timo enter into our homos and striko at our family we must at least guard pgairiBt them as wo do tho pestilence To protect the publio health nnd to learn tho laws of life, wo build and sustain with liberal hand hospitals whero the sick and wounded can bo cured. The moral hospital should bo regarded with an equal in terest. In each of them we should seek to euro the inmates. In each of them we should seek to find out secret cause of disease With regard to both wo should in a largo minded way feel that tbo laws of morul and phyei- portant to tho multitudes 01' tho world ut largo lliitn they are to tho few in mates that languish in thoir gloomy walls. The public hold in high honor the man of scionco who trends the walks of tho hospitul. to find out tho facia which will enublo him to ward off sickuoss and death from others. This Association appeals to the public fur the same sympathy and support for thoso who labor lo lift up thoir un happy brcthten froiri moral degrada tion, and at tho sumo time to do tho greater work of trucingout tho springs and sources of crimo, and of warning the publio of its sharo of guilt in sow ing tho seeds of immorality by its tastes, maxims, and usages. Wo love to think that the inmates of cells arc unlike ourselves. Wo should liko to disown our common humanity with the downcast and depraved. Wo aro apt lo thank God thai we aro not liko other men ; but with cloicr study and deeper thought, we fine! they aro oursolvcs under different circumstances, and the circumstances, tin t mudo them what they are, abound in our civilization and may at any t.nie muko others full who do not dream of danger. It Is a mistake when wo bold thut criminuls are mere ly perverse men, who aro at war with social influonocs. On tho other hand, they uro ihu outgrowth of theso iuflu encc. Crimes nlwnys tako ilia hues and iiKpecl of the country in which thoy are committed. They show not only guilty tnon, but a guilty pooplo Tho world ' holds llioso nation, to bt debased whero crimes abound It ilocs not moroty sy umi the I""" s. 4..i.. J ! iudo-na corrupt, but charges the guilt homo lo tho whole society. This is just, fur most of tho crimes which dis- gratio us could not bo dono if thcro wasjuot an IndifTeronco to their causes on (a part of tho community. As ccrUln plaguos which sweep men into theli gravos caniiot rngo without luui air J so many crimes Cutinot prevail willout widespread moral malaria. It is it, greed for gold, tho lovo of luxury .... ii Uo Amorican pooplo, which have earned the legislalivo frauds, tho mun icipal corruptions, the violations of tritl. which oxcilo alarm in our hind. It l tho admiration of wealth, no nmV.cr how gained, which incitos nnd onil oldens the despeiuto speculator in corimuiciul centres to spurt with tho suoicd intererits of labor, lo unsoltlo lh businoss ol lionost industry, by plitvlng tricks with Iho sUnditrds ot vulto. Thoso who use tho stocks of groat corporations as machines for gun.bling schemes aro moro deliberate ly nnd artfully dishonor than Iho moro humblo swindler who throws his loaded dice. Many of tho transactions of our capitalists arc moro hurtful lo the wclmro of our pooplo than tho acts of iho thieves and robbora. In the better dnys of Amorican simplicity, honesty and pntrlplifUi ,hc ,hipjrs 1873.. could not havo been dono. Noons would then dare to fuco a people indig nant at such rapacious greed. Such influonocs havo led to frauds, defalca tions, breaches of trust. They havo filled our prisons and overwhelmed many households with shame and sorrow. ) et ihoaulhorsofsuch things aro honored for their wealth, and wo upk with .engcrnoBn how rich do thoy get, and not how do thoy get riches. To mako the publio feel that criminals are men of liko passions with oursolvcs and that crime is an infections as well as a maligttnt disoase, that its sourees aro not ao much personal inclination gitnurat damoralixatiun, are tho rrreat-tjrrvfr-atejpw-. towards . reforin When wo fel the disease may enter our own bouses and niczo upon tho mental and morul weuknoss of thoso wo love we aro ready lo study its causes and Its workings. We shall then uphold and honor thoso men of humanity and true stutosmansbip who study out the catiso of morul stains as we honor and support those men of scionco who soarcb out in sick-rooms, aud hospitals tho cause, and euro the complaint which kills the body. Ho who masters tho diagnosis of crime gains a key to tho mysteries of our nature and tho secret sources of de moralization which opons lo him a knowledge of tho great principles of publio and private reform tho true methods of a good administration of the laws. Pauperism and crime havo boon the subjocts of earnest thought by the best and wisest men of the world, not only on account of their direct inter est, but also on account of their re lationship to all other matters of good government. Neither of them can bo driven out of existence. They will al ways bo problems to vex statesman ship, but they must always bo battled with. In tho social cdifico ll t aro liko fires ever kindling in its different parts which uro to bo kept undor by watchfulness and care. If neglected they burst out into the flames of an archy and revolution and sweep away forms of government. Their subjects mUHt bo studied directly nnd in their morul aspects. There is a pervading idea in our country that the spread of knowledge will cheek crime. .A'o one values learning more than I do, but it is no specific for immorality andm vice. II tthOut ntuiut unit ciyivM fiMin0 it frequently becomes an aid to crime. Sieiice, mechanical skill, a knowledge of business affairs oven the refine ments and accomplishments of life- are used by tho offenders against law. Knowlcdgo fighls on both sides iu tbo bulllo botweeu right and wrong. At this age it lays siege to banks. It forces open vaults xtrofiger than old castles. It forges and counterfeits, The most dangerous criminal is the educated, intollcctuul violator of tbe law, for ho has all tho resources of tho art at his command tho furcos of mechanics, tho subtlety of chemistry, tbo knowlcdgo of men's ways nnd passions. . Learning by itself only changes tho aspect of immorality. Yirtuo is frequently found with tho simple and uneducated. Surrounded by glittering objects within their reach our scrvar.l-girls resist moro tempta tions limn any other class in society. Wo must look beyond tho accidents of knowledge or ignorance if wo wish lo learn tho springs of action. To chock vice thcro must bo high moral stand ards in tho public mind. Tbo Amori can mind must move upon a higher plan. To reform convicts their hopos must be aroused and thoir better in slinctB worked upon. 1 never yet found a man so uutamable thnt thcro was not something of good upon which to build a hopo. I never yet found a man so good that need not fear a fall. Through tho warp and woof of the worst mnn's character there run somo threads of cold. In tho best thcro are baso materials. It is this web of on tWlnctl euvil sttiU H li. iiich-o viiuiuc Im-a which marks tho Dl'oblcms and perplexities of iho Legislature and Judge, while there is no honest deal ing with this subject unless tho Amer ican pooplo are charged with their sharo of guilt, and while Christian charily lutds us lo luko tho kindest view we cun of every man it does not follow that crime should be dcult with in u feeble way. Zrf the laws be swift, Stem, and certain in their action. j WLH they say let them do, for, cer I . ... .... eau Mt.Aitu ,ii-r-e c taint.-, more man severity cuimco- u dread of puniohmenl. Lot the way ol bringing offenders to juBlic ho diroct, clear, and untrammollod. Thd tech nicalities of pleading, proof, ana pro feedings in many of our Suites urOiCodoaud tho proclamation of General painfully ubsurd. To tho minds of Jackstin ainst Iho doctrino of socos- mosl men a criminal trial is a mys '.ci ious jumble. Tho pubio havo no confidenco thut iho worst criminal will bo punished. Tho worst criminal cherishes at all timos a hope of escape, In every poll of our country llmro is a vaizuo idea that certain mon of legal skill can oxlricuto offenders with out regard lo the merits of their case. This is a fruitful cause of crime There is not in the minds oi the Amer ican people a clear, distinct concep tion of our penal laws, their actions, and their rosults. Not less hurtful to Jitsjicf grg tjio fluolua'tiojps of thetlon. A certain breadth snd reach of TERMS $2 per annum in Advance. NEWSERIESVOL.14,NO.0. publio mind which shakes off spas. modically its customary indifference and fiorely demands conviction of those who happen at such times to be charged with crime, and thus make popular clamor lake tha pluco of judi ciul calmness and Impartiality. No one feels thut thcro ia in this country a clear, strong, even flow of udminis. tration of criminal law. Tho mood of the popular mind has too much to do with judiciul proccoc'ings. Tho ovils connectod with tho admiiiiotralion of justice In our land aro due in a good degrco to tho swift changes in the ma terial condition of our country. An increase of our numbers of moro thau 1 ,000,000 acle.tftr. ,p. jruoro , j1iao 2,500 each day, of more than 100 each hour, explains many of tho causes of our now terribly overburdened system of penal luws. Framed for a different stale of society, our perplexities are increased by the fact that moro than one-quarter of this daily addition lo our population is made up of those who coino from othor countries stran gers to our customs and laws, and in many instances ignorant of our lan guage. History gives no uccount of such a vast increase of the numbers of any country by constant peaceful ac tion. Conquest rarely makes nS many prisoners of war as wo make captives to the peaceful advantages of our con tinent. They bring us wealth and power. They also bring ns msny probloms to solve British laws doal with British subjects. French courts decide upon the guilt or innocence of Frenchmen. Germany keeps by its usages and customs tho ideas of right and wrong in the minds of the Teu tonic raco. But we In America hare to deal with and act upon all nation alities, all phases of civilisation. While those facts palliate tho dofects of our penal laws and their administration, they certainly make moro cloar and urgent tbo duty that no keep pace with the bwiftcbunges going on around us. juoro than tins it enuuio as to luko lead In the great work of roform as we deal with more plastio material than aro found in tbo fixed conditions of older nations. Here, loo, wo have a broader field filled with men of va ried phases and aspects of different civilization, in which wo can study the wants and the weaknesses, the virtnea and tbo vioaa oi tho human rare. For a sorios of years nearly 300,000 emigrants are annually landed at the harbor of Now York. Disorder and crimo arc always active along the lino of march of great armies. 1 be hove ihcro is no instance in history, of a movement of the human raco so vast and long continued. I am glad to state a fact which in somo degroc palliates the disgraco which attaches to the administration of juslico and the conduct of publio affairs in that great city, but I should full short of telling the truth if I did not also say that the discredit of tho groat city mainly springs from tho sad fact, that its men of wealth as a body lack that genuine self-respect, which lends to a faithful, high-minded performance of the dulioe each citizen owes to tho publio. Is thero any othor basis upon which we can found this great work of patriot ism and philanthropy than tbe one contemplated by this Association f It may at first viow secra to be limited to a small class, but it opons up into a broad Sold of unpartisan, nn sectarian lubor. Tho objects wo have in viow, although they mako our prisons thoir storing point, aro so wide in their bearing that thoy brought together at tho London International Association, in tho interests of our common humanity, men of tho best minds of most countries of Kuropo and America. These In spilo of the differenco of religion, language, and form of civilization, could act in accord in dovising measures to lilt up the fallen and to spread the principles Ul IIIU. Mil., .! J.u.tuv M.IIUIIU llfC neonles of tho world. It ii found thut statesmanship, like true religion, begins with visiting tho prisoners and holping tho poor. It ia cortuin, that in our own country, Edward Livings ton, tho publio man who ranks high in European regard for inlellootual abil ity, guiuod his position by his great work on tho penal laws of Louisiana. Whon it was tho fashion in tho scientific world to bold that men and animals were dwarfed on this conti nent, this work was brought forward by friends in Europe, as a proof thut statesmanship was full grown here. It is a romarkable fact, that an able foreign writer solcctod Iho Louisiana sion, as tho t.ro al!oBt productions of the Amorican mind, not knowing that they both came from i!: same pon. ; An exposition or Air. Livingsun uav lately boon publishod in Franco by JI. . - . . . i Charles Lucas, s member ol mo in- stitute, and formerly Proaidonl of tho Council of Inspectors of tho Penal In stitutions of that country. M. Lucas is a distinguished writer and leader In the work of criminal reform. lie belongs to that body of large minded philanthropic men who sock to benefit humanity by wise Byntems of leglsla- roma seenj to mark en c, havo entered upon tho sjy 0j j ,riil laws'anoTlhe reformation oirjrrjii!ib Whilo tbore js much to conutflu, , our system of laws and In thou ministration, thero Is much lo adinn, in tho praotieal workings of many v! our prison, la somo rospecU w.: (iro in advance of o'.hor pooplo. '.l.'iiuh has beon done In many of our ijluk- to Improvo tbe condition of our c. in itials, and much moro to roscuo to young from vico and destruction. 1 should be glad to speuk of tho in stances of ability and self-devot'cui, shown by men who havo charge ' publio or private charities establir -J for tho reforming of offenders, lin y would lend a weight to my arguv :, which my reasoning bannot give, bi.'t I must loavo theso things to lv brought out by the discussions o'- .'. ij Congress. I only seek to sho- i1. . ends ul which It uims; 1 only Sr i; t mako for it tho sympathy and su; , oi tho public in its efforts to cot..." ro and organize tho forces of those, ,; iio, in different parts of our country, j-ro working in this field of philui,! hi i lo and patriotic labor. Crime I'm !:i origin in tho passions which i. . . every breast, aud the woakness v Li 'i marks every character in its ti:.'.'.'.". ii concerns eucu oi us, as cteai.y .' tho. iioaiinou liability, to fall f a. turcly before disease and death. ...i man can know humur. nature, no can bo a greater toucher to his fel ' mon, no man can frame laws w. and well, who has not studied - aetcr in convict lifo. Thero he : best see the lights and shadows ot on natures, seo in strongest com us h wbut is good, and what is bud. T.:-; prisons to which all vioe tends arc U: -.- points from which the reform cu t. best urged, which socks to find im1) where vioe begins. Starting from u -tud ends of crime, and running la. ': along the tracks, it is seen that i'i largo degreo they aro engendered ! y public tastes for habits snd dcmoi zation. It is in our prisons wo '..; best learn tho corrupting iofluc ' . about us which lead tho weak bb as tbo wickod astray, aye, and r : times make tho stroug mua full 'v, disgraco nnd misery. In theso i " ;" I hospitals tho thoughtful man, ri ... philanthropist, and tho slutesmui. '"''I look, for tho causes of social da'.-f : and demoralization. When wo toj-'ti at tho prison and work up, wc ' '..i oponing before us all tho sources t( crimo, all tho problems of social orJe- nn,l A'.unvAe. nil Hin rrrnut mm,.;!, r. 4 with which statesmanship, in ticir, -with tho interests und welfare of a people must copo, when it so. '. t lift up high standards of virtus i patriotism. In the most highly civil ized countries the subject of pauper ism and crimo secure lbs most alter tion and thought. Tboy turn ina-i'J minds from selfish to uusoltieh fiiLin of labor, lhoso who enter moc fields will find ia them marks ot v i and "r by the best human intollt ; The grandest minds havo worked :. their intricate problems. Tbo i-.r ! '- lion of tho first Napoleon sough I to gain immortality in his code of s as well as in victories on the Coin . . battlo. Much has been done in inan . of our Slates to improvo prison di: ciplino. Something ban bcou dono towards reforming prisoners', but t o largest views ol tho subject whio't looks to the moral health of sou'e.;' and the baleful influence at woi ik in its organization bavo not received ti. attention they deserve. Whon pri ons uro visitod by mon of mind, wu- n prisoners aro looked upon with kiuu 1 eyes by those who can study Ul : characters nnd learn from them t -j virtues, vice, and tho wickodo. -1 which mark our race; when, tree it. .; back tho courses of their lives, th ' shall find tho secret sources of ! '' orrors and thoir crimos then .wo s. not havo only our laws justly onion ; and reformed, wrong doers punisl.r .M but, more and belter than those, r shall gain a publio virtue and iuU ; . genco-which will secure tbu aui i.v and happiness of our homos and : glory and stability ''of the repub Then wealth gained, by onwr. means will no longer ho rcspeoi ' No one can recall tho events of ' past few years, particularly thoso r tho great ocunrncrcial centres, wltlu. feeling there is ab ebb-tide in Arm" can morals. Not a little of thoRli. ter of our social and business life u t shining putrescence. Fungus nv . havo shot up into financial prominent to whom a pervading deadening mo; malaria ts ino very I'reain, ol K' Thnv could not exist without this at moro than certain poisonous p'.ttr can flourish without decaying voi Hon. Whilo I huvo triod to pieex in clear terms tho claims of this as elation upon the publio sympathy ui. support, 'f must be understood that claim for H only the merit of fVi7 useful auxiliary to moral n4 rtlin . teachings. If thoso who Uke par; its work should fall short of its brc er snd higher objects of a nation character they will at loast got tt great gain ; they will luurn to tbi more humbly of themselves, n.o kindly of their fallow-men, and i seo mure clearly tho bcantics of Chrit tian charity. General Ambrose Hansom Wf'.irl:' one of tho editors of tbo Auguata ;l-u CnronuJe aid Sentinel, and htembe: elect to Congress from the Eighth dis trict of Georgia, diud Saturday mom ing' fro"1 rtervous fovcr, afor about throe wCk8' illness. A native (loot glan of raro ai,.,,il'0" hi d'1'1 M'ft the most profound fc'.'ioi 1,9 mpurqpd throughout b."orSlB a publio calamity. Ho was onfl v' 11,0 ablest moo in the South, (Jlstlnnoi alike by his military reomd, leg il i.t lalnmonls, and political abilities! )Io was sged 47. "llt'AY ii CATI RDA i
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