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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'.
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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
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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.
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