THE ) m .
"ClFAtt FIELD REPUBLICAN,"
ruauaflau bvbb, wabaaan.Y, it
(lliOROtt B. UOUUt.ANDRn,
'cLEARFIKLIi, FA.
KMTAIIMHMU .1. .I.
I'U. la r (reel Clrculalloil of in y Newspaper
III Nurtll Central Pouliavlveuls. ,
Torms of SubBoription.
f paid l mlnnee, or within montha.... INI
(f paid arur t end before monllii ... l
I f iJ aner the oxplraliun of 6 uioulbe... letl
Rates ot Advertising.
fr.nil.nl edvarllinniilite, per tu,r of l0'1"""
leal, S timet or teat
l-'iir e,wh .ubtoipienl ineerllon
tdmhilalrawre' BMOKri' nolloel...,
Auditore' nntloe
Caution and K.troye -
tlieaoluttnn not loot
Pro(.liial 0rd, ll"M
t...i aniluee. unr line
I to
I 5t
1 SO
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10
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I , VKAKLV AUVKIITISKMBNTS.
I J on -non..
I qii.ro ... U Jeohiiaa.
i 2 I I enluian.
.:. oi
70 00 I
,..U0 00 1
1 i ,'. OBOIluB II. OOOPI.ANPF.R,
K-iilor and I'ubli.llar.
if ta ils.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
a:M74 CI.KAHFIKLD, PA.
FaANKFIELDING,
. a T T O K N E Y - A 1 - L A ,
Clearlleld. Pa.
-..-..,1 In .11 btwlOMl aOtOl.tO'l tojliln
.. an. I7i
WIIXtAM A. WAtl.'"
.. . ... v It av Aa.LA.UI.
DAVID I-
JUKI W. WUHlLltr.
WALLACE &. KREBS,
(8uwe.mt.to Wallace a...--.,
ATTOBNSYS-A1
ii. 12 73 . Clearlleld, Pa.
DRS. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,'
tlearUilit, Pa. I
Oltloe In re.idenee of Dr. wna
Omil Homw: From 12 to 1 r
Dr. Van-1
Vnltah can b. Inund at nie;bl
i bi. mmna, oext :
donr to llortewiuk
alairt.
Itwili a Drug nor., i' ,
llor2071l
kit J EFr'KltSON I.ITJ5,
IVUUUhAP tr, "
.....li....f hi.
Will promnlla atlana an ." '-"--., i
,...,.. I
inaapa a. aau.v.
"'0""1"-
McENALLY & MoCURDY,
Arroi.NK-Ai-Li".
. Clearlleld. Pa.
rt-U,.! bu.mea. .Mended W promptlr wlthj
- aJ '",".;:.V74
Nation.! Bank.. ; ; '" ''' .
qTr. BARRETT,
ATTORNBV AND CoUNHHflH AT LAW,
CLEMtril'.i.i'. rn.
, i u. J.jMilin h.a reaumod
K"b oun.i.. ."en ap.el.lly .a!. -"n"
run iw'i"1" -
wm7m7 mccullough,
ATTORSBY AT LAW,
J loarfleld. Pa.
Uii! bo.in... nroniflly attended to.
boIthteadMld 1!U!..-
A."W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. Clearfield, Pa.
tsvOBoa lo Qrabaea'a Hoar. .'''"I'l'
"HTwrSMITH,
ATTOJINET-AT-LA W,
tlil:7 Cleaifleld. Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ifflo. oa Baeaod Bt., Claarn.ldPa. tj'J
"Israel test,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
Clearlleld, P.
e-ooi.. I. Pla a OperaHnnia. iy:''2
joIhnhT fulford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cleartteld, Pa.
jSlTOlllea in Fia a Opara llimaa, nooia No. 5.
J.n. 1, 1871. .
JOHN L. C UTT L E,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ttid Ileal Katate Afjeut, ClearBeld, Pa.
OKI., oa Tblrd .tr.ot. bat.Cbarr A Wal-4T-R..paotfolly
offera bla earaleea la ..lllnj
lodburla, landa la OI.ern.U and adj.i.ln
...ntlea , and .lib a. .-p.rl.no. .1 '''
,.. a. a wrr.yor, l.lur. Hl-ajlf ' '', b J"
render aallafaetlo.. Feb. .3.tf,
FREDERICK 0'LEARY BUCK,
8CJH1VENER A CONVEY A NCEK,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
UMdl of Oonvejanoo, Artlelea of Afreein.nt
and all lrgal paper! promptly ''! 4
..led. OOioe in l'io'a 6p.ra llnoae, Room No. 4.
Cl.ar6eJdPa.;Jpr"J;isii
j. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
. aaa utui in
Snw JIZ nnl Iiiiiiibcp,
CLRARFIKLD, PA.
ffio. la Orabam'a Ro. U'
J . J . L INGLE,
ATTOBNEY-AT - LAW,
1:11 (taceola, Clearlleld Co., Pa. y:pd
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AND SU KQ EON,
Ofloo .a Market Stnmt, CleaHlald. Pa.
-0moe hoarat 8 U 12 a. at .aod 1 to P-
yt. K. 41. SCUEUIIER, .
HOMIKOPATIUO PHYSICIAN,
Offlo. la roaldenca on Market at.
April 24, H72. ' Clearlleld, Pa
" DR. W A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LUTilKRSnURll, PA.
Will atUnd profoaaional ealla promptly. augl0'70
" J. S. B AR N H A RT,
ATTORNKY - AT LAW,
llellefonte. Pa.
win n.il tn rin.rfi.ld end all of theCnorteof
lb. J5lb Judloial dl.lriot. Real oltal. bualneaa
and wliactioa of elalma made apeoialtlea. ol 7
cTbakerT"
BARBRI1 AND II All. DRESSER,
CLRARFIKLD, PA.
Shop la old Wetlara Hotel, aora.r of Market
and P.i'ona etra.it. 1 1" -
JAMES CLEARY,
BARAER & HAIR DRESSER,
CCOND HTRKET,
lyH CLRAaPIBtn, P. (.11
T. M. ROBINSON
Harness, Saddles and Bridles,
Collar., Wblpt, Brajbea, Ply Nela, Triaamlof a.
IIotm lllanketa, Ae.
Vaoaam, Frank Miller'a and NeaKfoot Oil..
Afeatlot Bailey aod Wilaoo't Uaigiea.
Ord.ra and repairing promptly attended to,
flkop mm Market itrael, Cle.reid, Pa., in room
formerly OMopied ky Jaa, Alaiaadar. l:4'74
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Best is the Cheapest!
Tbomaa Rellly baa reeeWed anolW large lol of1
MMitehell Wagene, arbtca .re among ino Tory
ami e.Bnofeeio'.d, aed wbioh be will Mil at tbe
net raeeoaabl. ra'.ea. Ilia atoek Inolndea almnet
.11 deaeriptiotia of wegnai largrend amall, wide
Mil lime irmea. imoiin.1..
.p,7 TIIUMA8 HKII.LY.
s
TUltEKEEPKKS, ATTENTION I
W dulr to ll TorittfBlloD toori1nilrl
ConnlHion btjitnM tuid ! oar imiiiiim lor ai
j el tub produce at our coiiijnort -od .
Httfliifi f laru trstJ iti etlj Hart, w r
ftMoti u mmk quick retire et flt nrieei.
Btorekerpr (.v.n( Cluolirai, rtBtir, Kn,
V eieer pruduoe, tlt do well to rW M ft triJ
'here Urooenee mt Ukee Id iloheefe, eo.
t-Mee tll (m et.er(d.
B. L. KIRK.ttOM i CO.,
'kelenle Orere u UewnnteiieB Merehenta,
Me. IM M. Third Hreet, FbiltMl . irly
"AM KM R. WATSON ft CO.. '
REAL U9TATR BimKKRfl, '
Ct.KAItKIKLI( PKNN'A.
Hoeeei mc Oftoel to let, CollaxttoRi pronntlf
ede, wd Irrt-etMi CoeJ end Fire CHl Lund
tad To properly for ttle. ) Weoteni
Hotel DnHdlng fSd Nor), rWrtnd St, lH74r
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. OOODLANDEE, Proprietor.
VOL. 49-WIIOLE NO.
(Tarda.
A. Q. KRAMER,
A T T O 11 N E Y - A T - L A W ,
Heal E.lnto and C.lleolloo Agent,
t l.HAHI'H.I.II. PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal builneat aa-
tru.teil to bla oare.
j.-49-Ofnoi In I'le'e 0iora Home, eteoad Boor.
april l-fliae ,
i..hn II. Orrle. C. I. Aleiandcr. C. M. Bower,
ORVIS. ALEXANDER & BOWERS,
ATTORN KYi AT LA If,
llelleluiilo, Pa. 'Jen!8,'l7-
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SUHGEON,
r-r .VINCI looted at PennOeld, Pa., otlVra hie
II profeailonl .ervlce. Ui lb. oila of lb. I
aluoo and .urronndiug oountrj. A II oalla promptl.
I .Headed to. . ?,',V.
j " J.' P. illVl'N. . ..
IIKAI.KR IN 9
I GENERAL MERCHANDISE,-
M'.lfflf-'K, IIM'6'lWi
! -AT Till!
I'urweueellle, Nov. 24, 1874.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juatleo of lha Peace and Scrlraner,
rurwenaTllle, Pa.
4Collectinni wade and
paid n-ar.
moaev nromTtHT
fel.22'71tf
" .. .7.".... ..... .i.aaat ataaaT
W. ALBERT Sl BROS
aianuiao....- --- -
M anufaotorora eltenlira uoa.or. .
, T mUr. RnimrB Timber. OiO.
"DUo Tl N D . PEN N ' A.
I
.nedora aollrlted. Bill, filled on abort nolloa
and rf.otiabl termi.
" faIviciscoutriet,
M KUCHA NT,
a,..rl,,lll. t learlic-ld County. Pa.
lt .,.,! oa hand a full .raorlnioiil oi
Dry lioodo, ltdare, Uroooriea, and a'arytblnf
ii. V...I In . rolall ator., whieh will lie aold.
for oaab, aa ell
. r . i. k... i tl.. flinintY
eneaii m oi.."...v
June 27, ltM7-ly.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DRALBK 111 .
GENERAL MEUCIIASU1.sk,
fillAIIAIMTON, Pa.
AI,..at.n.i.o ai.liiifiioliroTand dealer In Kau.r.
Timber and Sawed Lumber ot all amoa.
rOrdera aolielted and all Wilt P"V'V
llllad. . ..y" -
" REU BE N H ACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearllrld, Penn'a.
4S4.W1I1 eaeoute Jobe la bla Una promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. . '!;!.-
G . H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
etaj-Pumpe alwaya on hand and made to order
on abort notion Pipea bored on reaaonable terma.
All work warranted to render aatiafaotioa, and
delireredlfdeaired. mj21ilypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
PRAI.KR1 t
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manafaotarara of
Al.l. KIHilWIIFelAWIil) LCMIIUH.
g.j'U CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer In
Real Estate, Square Timher, Boards,
BIIINILF.rt, LATH, PICKETS,
MOU CloardeM, PaL ;
JAM ESM IT U HELL,
PBALBH IB
Square Timber & Timber Lnnds,
j.U'TJ CLEARFIELD, PA.
DR. J. P. BURC H FIELD,
Uu Surgeon of the :!d Keglmenl. Peaaayleanle
Volanuara, baelng r.lnroad from the Army,
afore hi. proreaalonal earrleea lo lb..ltla.ni
of Clearlleld enonty. ......
(MJ-Pwfoieionnl oalla promptly atteeJedJo.
Odea oa Beaoad .treat, form.rlyooeapled by
Dr.Wooda. apr4, M tl
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCII MAKER & JEWELER,
aid dealer la
Wnttilies, ClockH, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c.,
j,0.7j CLEARFIELD, PA.,
" sn"sl.TDE R ,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABD HBALBI U
L Walclios, Clocki and Jowelry,
Orolaai'e Rum, Muritl StrtH,
C Lli AH I'll: 1. 1), PA.
All kloda or repairing In my lina promptly at
mded to. April 23, H7J.
HI.MOVAI
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholeeet deelera !
CEXTS' FIRSISIIIXC GOODS,
Hare removed tn 1X7 Cbnrnh tlreet.
bet.
Franklin and White ate., New York.
jyol'72
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
aobbt por
Chlokartag'a, BUIaway'a and Kmartoa'a Plaaol,
Bmllh'a, Meaoa A llamlia'a and Polonbel'a
Organt and Melod.ona, aad Orerer A
fiakar'a Bowing Maobinet.
A LBO TBAI-BBB OP
Piano, Qaltar, Orgaa, Harmony end Voeel Ma
ale. Ne papil lakea for le.a tbaa half a term.
jaay-Room. oppoalt Uulleb't Vuraltar. Kuir..
Cl.arb.l4, May a, lent.ir.
I, aoLLOwauan b. datii oabbt
HOLLO WBDSH & CAREY,
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Book Manufacturers,
AND STATIONERS,
J IS JHarktt St., Philadelphia.
tnuPapar Flour Baeka and Bage, Foolaoap,
Ull.r, ll.te. Wrapping, Cartels and Wall
P.p.ra. f.l.J4.a
S"
TONE'S SAW GUMMEKS AND
SAW UPSETS.
We haea Moelead tn. .genoy for the aboee end
will eell tbem .t manainelarer'a prioaa. Call and
eiamlna Ibeia. Thoy are tba beat.
)., .71 II. F. B1ULER A CO.
A . M . H I LL8
Would rtTeetrali nottfj hll MlirnU
the bee reduced thf prtoe of A HTI
FICIAL TKBTI1 to fit) 00 per eet, or
rt5 0 fur ft double let. For lit two pen on.
eomlne et the erne tine, to here eerh tt upprr
Mt, Will got the two eetl for 36.t0, et $17.10
eerh.
Termt Inveriekl Cahh.
Cleertlfild, Ueroh 10, 18711.
Jai. S. pAneone, Pree't B. R. Hkbcmbh. Bee'
CONTINENTAL
Lire Insurance Company,
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
A ...l.... .....M,1,00
K.I leef A M.I, lo Llabilltiea 112
Fernlahea Inaurenee et lha eery Inweat .oil
Poliey-holdera panieipat. la lb. profile of Ih.
Company, tkua aoaliaaeliy redueiog lb. anatMl
payiaeata.
For raiee, e., pom on
R. M. McKNAL
R. M. McKNALLY, Agent.
Olllr. la Rhas'a How, Clearleld, I'
7:l.e7t
WILLIAM M. IIEMtY, Jubti
op twb Pbacb abs Bcbitbbbb, I.U M HE R
0ITY. Colki.tlooa made and aoeey promptly
paid .en. Artuleeof .graemoat aad diwdt .1
eoavayeBoe seatly .iMutad and warraatMleor.
rc.t or so ebarf. JSJy'71
2109.
hotels.
ALLKUHKINY HOTEL,
(Merkct Ht., bt. Third end Fourth.)
i :i.i:Aiti ll.Ll. PA.
The mbtoribvr bitvinir, beeome .proprietor f
this bote), would rwpcettullj k llbi-rel ihere
t pultllo tiAtroDuge. l'riuee reoueoa 10 .mi wr
llllll-l.
n.2Q.'7 ir.tt. O. L. I.EIPOl.UT.
UHQUKH ANNA HOUSE,
C'UllWKMiVIJdl.a.,
NKWION READ, pHormiTOR.
IIrtIobT bccomit Droitrktor of thll Hole).
ttuuid rrpectfull solicit tlie pitronB ol tbe
publlo. Ilouie It'jKantlv and couvenii lilly lit
uetcd ; t f I, refltied and refuruiwhed ; good am
ple rorxn. eiieubed. All rellruad treim tp t
lb If llnu.t. jRD.U 73
SHAW
(Cor.
HOUSE,
'or. of Market A Front atretta,)
CLEARFIELD, I'A.
The undereigned hnring taken charge of Ibla
llnlnl, would re.peellully .oliott palilio patronage.
j..l'e it. II. iillLLBbTOM.
T KO.NAUU HOL'SK,
XJ (Near Hi. Railroad Depot,)
lU.KAlCHril.O. I'A.
A there of publio p.tronnge la re.noetfully to
liciled. 4:1V7 h. B. ROW, I'rop'r.
ASHINUTON'llOl)SE
NBW WAMII1NI1T0N, PA.
Thla new and well furni.beil bou.e hat been
taken br the anJrrtianed. . He feelt eonfi'icnt of
being able to render tuliifactlun to thotewbo may
farnr bim with a eall.
May 8, 1872. II. W. DAVIS, Prop r.
j J ! T tlU II IIIIIIHl:,
Oppotite the Court lluuee,'
LOCK HAVEN, PENN'A.
M47I IIAl'SEAL A KKO.M, Prnp'a.
JJlltK klOIIIIUI f lIDCMIv,
BM.LKFONTE, PA.,
D. JOU.N8T0N A SONS,
oct2y7l 1'roprietort.
T OYO HOUSE,
A.J Slain Blrtet,
PIIILIPrtllVKU, 1'E.VN'A.
Table alwuyt lupplied with the bett Ibe merket
alfordt. The tli-veling publle i. inrited tn rail.
no.1,'73. RIIUKUT 1,0 VU.
THE MANSION HOUSE.
Corner ot Pcoondaud Market Street..
I.KAHI II.I), PA.
rpHIS old ud eotnivodloai Hotel hu, during
X the put jreir. been tnlirired to double Ite
former (ripeeltt for the entcrutnneDt of itra ti
ger, end guette. Tbe whole building bii beei
refurnlebed, end the proprietor wit) ipere bo
peine to render bit gueet eomfortable while
stewing with nita.
drThe 'AUialon Houee" On el but rani to
end from the Depot on the err It, end departure
of eech train. JOHN DOUlllltKTY,
eprO-TO If Proprietor
Banks.
r. K.a UMOLDa . W. AttSULD. i. I. ARN0I.D
F. K. ARNOLD & CO.,
lla.11I.ertt mid ICrokorN,
Rojiiolderllle, JclTcreon Co., Pa,
Money reeeived on depoilL biteountu et mo
dem to !.' i. Ka-lern end Foreign Kiebengeel
wnvi on hnnd end eollretionR promptly niade.
HejnoldiTille, Dcojfl, JT4 lj
County National Bank,
Or CLKAKFIHLD, PA.
OOM In Maeonfe Building, one door north oi
i:
C. D. WattW. Drug Store.
.a Tiribni in and trom Lirrnmo!. Ouernn-
town, tllaigow, London, Pane end ajopoiilingen-
Alan, Drain for tale on trie llofftl JfniiK oi irciano
id Inipfrial Bunk of Lnodon.
JAMKS T. LKONAltD, Pm't.
W. IS. SHAW, feebler. H.1.T4
DREXEL & CO.,
, 31 Hotilh Third Hlreel, Philadelphia
And Dealers in Government Securities.
Application by mail will reeoire prompt attea
tioo, and all information eheorfully lurnlahod
(Ir.lera aolieted. April ll lf.
gtutistrij.
"j7M.TEWRTrDTD7s7
rV OBtoe over Irwln'i Drug Store,
C11RWKN8VILLK, PA.
All denUl operetione. either In the nechanleed
or operetire branch, promptly attended to aad
atialaotion guaranteed. Special attenlioa paid
to the treatment of dieeaaea of the natural teeth,
guma and mouth. Irrogularlty of tbe teeth eat)
oeaarully oorreeted. Teeth eat reeled witbout pain
by Ibe uee of Ktbor, and artificial teeth Ineerted
of the belt material and warranted to render eat
ii faction. epril2'71:ly
TUB CLEAKFIELD
WOOD-QHOPPERS AXE1
Menufaetared eepeelelly for
TIIS CLEARFIELD TRADE,
."1
H. t. BtOl.ER CO.
pUBLIC NOTICE.
Tbe In ten it or Simon MrPerlend, In a itore
at UtebvlHe, having been purrhaeed by me, oa
Ibe 391 h of October, W4, the buiineia hae been
Inee then, and hereafter will be conducted in that
tore br tbeunderaigned.
JOHN CLAnlf.
UuhTllle, Dee. 13, 1b74.-3ui
T IMEI LIMEI
The anderilerned le now nreiiered to fitrnlin
tbe ubli with ao eioellenl quality of
ie
u
Bollefonte Wood-Burned Lime,
for plaalerlng parpoiea, by the large or tmtll
iuanlily. Can bo round lor the preeent at I'ie'i
new building, on Market alreel.
oetl.tf L. K. McCtlLLOUflH.
CHEAP GUOCERIE8!
LIIMIIKR CITY, PA.
The nnderalgnad annnoaoea to hia old frienda
and p.lrona that h. hae opened a good line ot
GHOI KHIKS A PROVIKIONU at the old ttand
of Kirk A Bpawoer, for wbleh be toll.il. . Ilher.l
patronage. II. W. bTKNCKK.
Lumbar City, Pa., Mareh 20-tf.
OOT AND SHOE MAKING.
JOFKl'H II. DKKHINO, oa Market etreet. In
Shew'e Row, Clearfield, Pa., hee Juet reeeived
a fine lot of French Oelf Hkloa and klei, ehe
beit la tbe merket, and Ii now prepared to maa
ufaeture et-ery thing la hie line. He will war.
rant bit work to be ae represented.
The eltieem of ClearBeld and elelalty eie
reapeetfully Invited to glre him a eall.
Work done at ebort aotioe. f tlfi'Tly
IT
OUSE AND LOT FOB SALE
The If ouee and Iot oa tbe eomer of Mar
ia et aad Fifth etreete, Clearfield. Pa., Ii for aale.
The lot eentakaa nearly aa aere vf ground. The
houae Ii a large double frame, containing nine
room i, For teru.a and other Information apply
to tbe eubeerlber, at the Poll Ofliee.
noel.1 P. A. flAiaiN.
Lime for Sale I
TJIK undereigned, reiiding near the depot hu
made complete arrangement! with Lime
Humeri eaet of tbe mountain, whereby he la on a-
bled te keep oanitaatly on band a large quantity ol
rUKR LIME!
which he effare te farmen and balldon at a trile
above entt. Tbeee la need ol tbe article woald do
well te glvw me a eall, or addrew eao by letter, be
fore negotiating their lime.
- uru. u. rnnamvinm.
Clearfield, Pa., Jane t, IMfi.
E. A. SOUTHARD,
Fire, Llfe& Accident Insurance
AUKNT, Clcarfleltt, Pa.
TRAVKI.ER'S LI PR A ACCIDENT.
Hartford, Coan .AmU avar OOO.fiW.
110MB FIRS 19SURAN0I CO.
Colombo., Obit AieetU trer tfiOI,m
feMl Tl-ly
CLEARFIELD,
WINTER WEATHER.
When lean or elm may riie In row,
Dark brown, from hillooki under mow,
And woodi may reach ai blak aa night,
Ily eloping fleldi of elt aneit while i
If eh oo ten by the inowy rlok,
Wbere treee are high and the wood la thick,
Can mark thetrecke the game may prick,
Thejrjare like tbe winter weather.
Or where nay epread the gray-blue iheet
Of fee, for eketere' gliding leet.
That they uplift from aide to aide,
Long yard i. and hit I here down to elide i
Or aliden, one that totter ileok
Of limb, end one tbat'a oa hu back,
And one upright that keepi hia track, '
Have fun in winter weather.
Whea we at night In enow and gloom,
May e-ek eome neighbor1! lighted room,
Though mow may fhuw ne path be lore
Tbe houen, we Hill ean find the door.
And there ae round tbe brende may apread
The creeping fire uf eberry red,
Uur feet troiu mow, from wind our bead,
Are warm in winter weather , .
Whenever day way gire our road,
Ily billi aw bdtlUiwe overinow'd. t.
Ily windy gape or ih cite ted nook a,
Or brid,ee iee of frosen brook
Ht ill utay we all, ae night may oour,
Know where to find a peaceful home,
And glowing fire for flngera numb
Willi cold in winter weather.
A BLACK COIlOMUfSJVBY.
SCENES IN TDK LAND OF MUCKINd 11IH1.S
AND HONEY.
A correspondent of tho New York
.S'wh, while wimikTing in tbu ovorcludca
of Florida, recently canio rciuhm n
roronor's jiiqiiest, find writiiiR from
New SmvrnR. savs :
Some time api one liluck, a mulatto
clerL'Vnmii. Inst ovornoanl n HUK ol
tools while auiliiiK up Spiuco (Ireck, a
tnuularv oi ine iiuinux river, aiiiuhh
tho blinks Jilitck wus nn iniporlunt
personitgo. Ho iirenchcil with gmil
nnetion. collocteil a lint-fill of mniill
Hlnnips oneo a week, did nn occasional
joh ol carpentering, ami wan too omy
negro on llio eastern coast of Florida
Boutli ol'St. AniriiHtineowniiiii a toiled
Hhiri. The Iohk ut his tools w as u seri
ous niihliirlune. 11a could not givo
them up without endeavoring to re
cover thoin. So a reward of one dol
lar was ottered for their return. Tho
news spread among tho setlleinenls,
and negroes flocked to tho shore of
Spruce Creek. They stripped, and be
gan to dive for the lost articles. The
water was so deep that they found it
difllcult to bring up bottom. Convinced
that the chnnces were against them.all
but one gave up tho search. This ono
was a good swimmer, known as Eph-
ntim.
THE FAT B OF POOR EPHRA1U.
Tho nluckv fellow spent soveral
hours in tho water, but finally cutight
a cramp and was drowned before his
comrades could rescue bim. They re
covered the body and were about to
burv it near tho beach, when the cir
cumstances came to the cars of Justice
Sutton, an appointee of tho carpet-ling
Governor. .Now in Florida the duties
of Coroners devolve upon Justices of
tuo rcaeo at tho rate ol ten dollars per
corpse, payable in State or county scrip.
Jimtico Sutton went lor ins ten uonars
wilh the vim of a Twelfth Ward poli
tician. He ordered an inqnuxt. .Ma
luiIhI ror joi-r woo under bis nose.
and lie utilized it After llio cie
was drawn up under tho palincttocs
Ephraiin's black comrailes wcro im
pannelcd. It was an odd jury. Ono
was without a shirt, another without
a coat, a third destitute of a bnt.anda
fourth ninus half of his pantaloons.
There was not a pair of suspenders in
tho whole party. Three wore cowhido
brogans, without stockings; thoothers
were barefoot All woro greatly alarm
ed at the action of tho Justice. Thoy
loudly proclaimed Ihcirinnocenco, and
bogged to bo let oil'.
'Cnmposo yourselves, gentlemen,
said Mr. Sutton. "You are not prison
ers, but American citizens called upon
to fulfil a duty which you owe to so
ciety."
"Somebody dono tolo you a mighty
lie, Juilgo," interposed one of tho usUin
ished negroes. "Wo nebber owo no
'siety nullin. Don't owo nobody puffin.
Mu' besoddercullored mens 'sides we."
"Oh, good Lord I" exclaimed tbe
Justice "You'ro not on triul. You are
a jury a coroner's jury. You aro to
be sworn in, ana ao me ucsi you can
under the circumstances. Nobody
cares whether you owo anybody any
thing or not
A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
The frlirhtened negroes woro moro
than reassured by this explanation.
They began to assume an airof import
ance.
'As I have no llible at hand," the
Justico continued, "Yon will bo com-
ficlled to affirm. Hold up your right
lands."
"Am flat ah 'sactly right, Judge?"
asked one of tho proposed jurymen,
whose trowsers were held in place by
an old fish lino.
"Certainly it's right," replied Sutton.
Why not?"
"Am it 'cordiu' to do low?" was tho
next question. "'Cause 'ccplin'itam'nt
'cortlin' to do law, us cullcrcd gcmnicns
lone don t hab nulnu to do witl (lis yah
murder."
"Why, good Lord, man," exclaimed
tho Justice, "who saitl it was a murder?"
bvcrybotly can sec that Ha nothing
hut an accident"
"Well.den," concluded the questioner,
"why yon done made all disynh Aissin
for?'
"It isn't me," tho Justico answered.
It's tho law. This body has been
found the law directs mo to impanncl
a jury. That jury must hear tho evi
dence, reliro, uixl out who llio aeau
man is and how he raino by his death,
and return a vordict in accordance with
tho fuels. Can't you seo ?"
WIIIRI TnE COLORED MAN COMES IN.
The Justico was warming up. The
neirroes looked as thouirh t hcv wanted
to know all about it belbre they were
sworn in.
'How much you gwino to git fordis
yah job, Judge ?" asked another of tbe
incipient jury men.
"The law allows mo ten aoiinrs "
said Mr. Button. "Hut that lias noth
ing to do with your duties in the case.
I our course is explicitly lam tiown ny
the law."
Tho negroes conlorrcd together for
a few moments. Justico Sutton was
becoming impatient when one of them
stepped over the corpse and asked bim
wliar do fullered man came in.
"What do yon mean?" asked the
astonished civil officer.
"Do law dono gwino for to drop ten
dollars for you," said the sapient negro.
What do law dono swine lor to drop
for wo?"
"Tho law regards your work as a
duty you owe to yourselves and society,
and don't allow you anything,"
answered the Justice. "You don't
want pay for working for yourselves,
do you?"
'lien we finds ue wardict and does
all do work, an' you takes all do money
am dat de law V
'The law allows me a foe, and doesn't
provide a foe for you," indignantly
responded Mr. Sutton. "Hold up
your right nanus.,'
fi$l ; REPUBLICAN,
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1S75.
"Dis vuru's jis like do olo plantation
times," grumbled one of tho durkies.
"Olo massa ho got alt do money, and
do onllered man he do all do work."
"Hold upyouri'ighlihands," ropoated
tho J ustice. '
Tho negroes eyed him us if meditat
ing a mutiny. f ' '
"Hold npyonr right hands," thunder
ed his honor. (.
SWOHN IN THE INQl'EST.
The colored men iesitated. Then
ono black hand was 'slowly rained In
tho air. Tho others! followed it liko
the dumb blackbird at a shooting
gallery. Tho JusliW repeated the
oath, but his hearers remained dumb.
"Say wo do," lie shouted. '
"Wo do," echoed tho frenibling
negroes. I '"
"Lower your hands," Cinnnmniled
the J ustice, and tho Ijiackbirds dropped
from their peiuhefV The jury then
squatted upon tho furze ahoul thedead
man. They were cowed, but i.ot con
vinced that ovorything wus right.
"(ientlemeii," spoke tho Justice after
all had squatted, "yon aro sow sworn
to perform the functions of the law.
Tho luw is explicit In its definition of
tho duties of a Cormier's jury. The
luw prescribes that testimony shall bo
taken. In this case that is a mere
matter of form, for you yourselves wcro
witnesses of the death of this man.
Tho law, however, requires that you
shall carefully weigh tho evidence, as
certain how (ho man died, who he was,
and so on. This you will do by virtue
ol vour oaths as jurors."
The witnesses were then produced
Theirevidencc was very clear. Kphmim
had gono into the walor with tlie in
tention of making an honest dollar by
diving for I'arson Hindi's tools. While
his companions watched him from the
bank of tho stream, ho snnk, and was
not seen again until his Viody was grap
pled and drawn ashore. The jury
eagerly listened to all that wassaid, but
asked no questions. They were evi
dently nlraid ol tho J uslice, and lotikcil
upon tho whole thing as a sort of
I ouiioii ceremony, ms nonor sum
med up b saying: "Uentlcmcn, yon
will now reliro, and after carefully
weighing the testimony return with a
verdict."
THE JIII.I.T MOI-KlNd D1I1HS.
Tho jury withdrew to scrub. Their
voices were soon liearil aoove the music
of tho mocking birds who bad gather
ed in the trees about them. Tho negnies
woro having a hot dispute, and the
birds seemed to be enjoying tho scene.
Ina few minutes ono of the colored
men returned. Ho told tho Justice
that tho jury hud sent bim for the
testimony.
"l'shaw!" exclaimed Sutton. "I
haven't got Ibe testimony. You heard
tlie evidence, and have gut all there is
of it. There is no moro testimony."
Tho black man shook bis head, and
rejoined his fellows in the scrub. With
in tbreo minutes, howevor, ho reap
peared. hi do jury don t got do testimony,
how de debbil do jury dono gwino to
weigh it?" he asked.
"Wench it in vonr minds.' screamed
tl .lm. iranile J tt.vei eara
all tho evidence, and il's your place to
docido upon it, not mino.
ISai'R wont the onmiiiotiniica jury
man. Too mocmng birds piicneu in
with roncwed energy, but tlio voices
of the disputing jurors woro still heard
above their shrill whistling. At last
tho noiso partly died away, and tho
jury wcro seen picking their wny
tliroiiL'li the palmetto scruo. lliey
approached his Honor and asked per
mission to examino tho body. He as
sented, and Kphraim was thoroughly
overhauled. They felt of his pulse,
put their ears to his heart, turned nn
old jack knilb and several nickels out
of his pocket, and looked in his mouth.
Done gone, said mo juryman wnn
the Ash-lino belt, and all aguin returned
to the serub.
Tllg FIRST VF.HDI0T.
They wcro irono but a few seconds.
On their return Justico Sutton pulled
a blank book and pencil from his pock
et, and prepared to record the ver
dict. Well, gentlemen," ho said, "havo
you found a verdict in this case ?"
"Yes, sah, was tho reply.
"What is it?" aked bis honor, wet
ting the end of hip pencil,
'be wnrdict am dat do culled man
am dead, an' dat lie had no business
out dab on do wuuih."
"(Jood tiodl" exclaimed Sutton. "Is
that all ?"
"Dat am do wardick," was tho an
swer. Now, look here," Sutton broko out.
"For (iod'a nuke, what's tho matter
with voti? 11 a vent yon gut com
mon sense? Any cursed fool knows
the mull is dead, lie was, out in ine
water, was caught by cramps, i.nd
diowned. It's as plain as tho noso on
your face. The law makes it your du
ly lo ascertain the cause ot his denih.
i ou haven t even found out Ins name.
(io back and bring in a common senso
vcrdid, or I'll line every mother's son
of you. The man was caught by
cramps and drowned. That's all there
is in the caso.
THR LAST VKI1IHIT.
Tho terrified jury walked back to
the scrub, ami tho jolly mocking-birds
greeted them with a new flood of mel
ody. They wcro out nearly twenty
minutes, justice Sutton, Look and
pencil in band, impatiently waited
their return. J ho weather was not.
and tho ucgrocs cntne out of the brush
with streaming faces, They had a
hard time of it They brought in the
following vordict:
"Pe eullnd maa am dead. Ilia name am
Kphraim Jenkine. The aaote of kla deoih it
am erane. Cr.be dono kiloa Sim, an' be am
drowned."
If tho poles of a magnetic liattcry
hail been applied to Sutton's temples
ho could not have been moro excited.
"1 n your stupid souls," ho cried I
"Hitl you ever hear of a crab big
enough to catch a nigger ?"
Hold on dull, Judge, broko in ono
of the jurymen. "Dat am your war
dick. You dono lolo do jury dat do
cralM kotch Eph., and ho am drown
ed." "Crabs be d d I" shriekod bis Hon
or. "I saiil cramps, (jet away from
linen nniflr nn I'll nut s fins nn ovorv
man of you. Hopo I may bo shot If
1 ever put another nigger on a jury.
Tho colored men s'.oped, and Sutton
fixed up tho verdict to suit himself
Thoy had intended to fino tho clergy
man ten dollaiw for dropping tho tools
in tho river, "becaso," said they, "us
ought to mako do money well as do
Judge" I n to this hour they firmly
lielieve Ihnt were outrageously swin
dled. Tho Supremo Court of Massachn
setts rendered a decision in tho cose of
Jesso 11. Pomcroy, tho boy murderer
of Boston, overruling exceptions and
ordering judgment on the vordict.
l'omoroy will therefore be sentenced
to death by hanging. Ho is about 15
years of age.
TAXATIOX FOR HCllOOh 1'Uti
Professor Wickorsham, Superintend
cut of common schools, takes issuo with
Judgo Elwcll, who in a case before him
decided Unit ten mills was tho maxl
mum tax which could be imposed fiir
school pnrpopos. As tho subject in
terests u largo number of people wo
append the views ol tho nluto Miper.
iulendent:
1. Tho amount of Stato and county
tux now niitliorizod to be assessed is
thirteen mills on tho dollar, although
real estate is exempt from a portion of
this tax. It is exceedingly douiiinil
(section L'8, act of JlaV, lBSt, 1 . 1.
Oil,) whether board of school direc
tum can levy a lax of ono amount upon
one kind of kind of property, and a tax
of number amount iiimiii another kind
of property ten mills on ruul estate
ami thirteen nulla on personal property
They are required to "determine tho
amount of school tax which shall bo
levied in their district ;" tbtit is, all ibe
property of tho district, llcsidca, tho
amount so determined is not only to bo
levied on "ull objects, persons or prop
erty niudo tiixuble," but on all "to be
nindo taxable" fur Suite and county
purposes, and reul estate mny be made
taxable liar .Mate purposes ut any time,
it certainly never was meant that all
tho irrcgufurilics and inequalities of
Sluto uud county taxation should re
peat themselves in taxation for school
purposes; and, it they should ue made
to do so, the levying anil collecting of.
school taxes would be practically al
most impossible.
2. The act of May, 1854, P. L., 028.
compels boards of school directors to
levy such taxes ns shall, with the
money received Iroin olber sources,
"bo sufficient and necessary to keen
the schools of tho district open not less
than four nor moro than ton months
in the year." The penally for iinn-per-
fiirniauco of this difty is loss of the
State appropriation. See act of April
18(i5, P. L., t)i. ' Tho minimum school
term is now live months : but a district
that is able to koep it schools open
four months with the maximum tux
allowed by law, is not subject to the
penalty inflicted in other cases. The
luw, however, positively enjoins that
overy school district shall keep its
school open tour months In tho year,
and that every one that can t'o so with
tho maximum tax allowed to bo levied
must extend tho length of term to five
months, or loso its Stntcappropriation.
A board of school directors, too, neg
lecting this duty can bo removed from
otlleo. Seo net of May, 1854, P. L.,
511). Now, in lrtbfi, there were hun
dreds of school districts in (he Stato
utturly unablo to keep their schools
open four months in the year with a
less school tax than thirteen mills on
tho dollar; there aro as many unablo
to do so lo-tluy. Cun wo suppose (bat
tho legislature in taking the tax from
real estate meant to cut theso poorest
of our school districts oft from all State
aid, or to subject tbu members of their
boards of directors to the disgraco of
retnorul from olllce? Do wise men
i-nrnrnit ll I'-llj- .f iwiiiiritiic ij l.biiiix
to bo dune under heavy penalties and
then take away tbe means of doing it?
It Judgo r.lwell a decision is to stand
as the true interpretation of tho law,
three hundred school districts, badly
needing it, will loso their share of II,
0(10,0(10 now appropriated by the Stato
for school purposes loso it, too, not
because they havo broken but because
they havo obeyed the law.
3. Tho financial necessities oi school
districts aro not in any way naturally
dependent upon or governed by tho
financial necessities of tho Stale or tho
counties. To place them in this posi
tion is to cripple tho whole work of
public ed uciit ion. Jlcnce, as wo can
not supposo thut a' sane mother would
strangle her own child, or a sane body
of men nullify their own enactments,
tho law makers in 1854, in legislating
on taxation tor school purposes must
havo simply meant to fix a positive
minimum rate of school lax equal in
amount to tho Sluto and county luxes
then authorised to bo nssossd. Thoy
ccrtuinly never could have designed to
wuuken or destroy their whole work
by providing that the school tux should
ico un and down in reslionso to llio litis
nndilownaofthoStutoand county taxes.
hat lias been staled abnvo will en
able school boards to lenrn tho position
of tho department on the mooted ques
tion concerning tho maximum amount
of (ax that may bo levied for achixil
Iiurposos. With all tho light that can
o obtained upon lite subject, I am still
ol the opinion that it is legal for school
boards to levy and collect, it they see
pnqier to do so, thirteen mills on the
dollar. An appeal has already been
(akon from Judgo F.lwcll's decision,
and llio question will bo determined
by the supremo court.
.Moved liy tho .contusion that has
been created in so many school dis
tricts, and the conflict of opinion among
judicial authorities, the legislature may
remove tho cause ol tho troulilo by an
enactment fixing positively (ho rnio of
taxation for school purposes. Hut,
meantime, school boards aro advised
as liillows:
1. Those in judicial districts where
decisions have been given limiting the
maximum lax on real estate for school
purposes to ten mills on the dollar
should mako their tax levies conform
to them, whatever may be (ho resuk
ing dilflcuHios or disadvantages.
2. Those in judicial districts whero
no such docisions havo been made
should proceed wilh tho collection of
tho lull amount ol the tax levied In ex
cess of ten mills unless they meet with
persons who absolutely ret use to pay It
3. 1 n caso of such resistance to tlie
payment of a tax for school purposes
in excess ol ten mills, boards ol direc
tors should seek tho adrico of tho
judgo or judges of thoir own judicial
districts. At puliho olucers sucking
light iiuegnrd to tho discharge of their
duties this advico will bo everywhere
Irecly and checrlully accorded lo them.
A copy of this circular placed in tho
hands of tho judges consulted may
servo the purposo of giving informa
tion In regard (o (he present status of
tho question.
Wo havo often been astonished that
a lingo Statu system kept up by taxa
tion, and that ol tho heaviest kind, an
nually collected a largo amount of such
taxes, in liio nbsenco ot direct and sim
ple laws, but by implication and Supor
intendent's decisions : A school tnx
has been levied nn watches, buggies,
carriges and furniture for many years.
Yet tliero Is no act of assembly author
ising it. Thoro are spocifio acts im
posing a .S'fdfe tax tliorein, but no other
taxes only by implication. There
should he education enough by this
time In tho Slnto to correct those im
plied feat ures of our school system and
lui us havo law direct.
The legislatures of thirty Statos nro
now In session, all except Lalilomia,
Connecticut Iowa, Kentucky, Mary
land. New Hampshire and Oregon.
NEW
AltlSTOCliA TIC SMUGGLER!.
HOW TDK FASHIONALK --I.ADIKS OF OCR
1.ARHB CIT1KS OBTAIN TIIF.IR F.I.KUANT
Konn. , i
Mademoiselle Looniu Jouvin, (ho
Paris dressmaker sentenced to tbreo
months' imprisonment and to pay 12,
000, says (bo Now York Sun, occupies
rooms in the north wing of tho Lud
low street jail. Sho rooeiva ovory
comfort and attention thut money can
command. . Sho is waited upon by
Mllo. Paluicyro, w ho accompanied her
from Paris lo assist her in dressmak
ing. Tho expenses of (ho two are
homo by some of tho Hurray Hill
patrons. Their only interest in hor is
tho fear that sho may tell of their
transactions with her. To have thoir
rivals in fashion learn that the elegant
rohos which they havo been wearing
were smuggled would bo a mortifica
tion too great to ondtiro, and their pay
ment ol .Mile. Jouviu s bills in me price
they pay for her silence.
Tho fair smsgglcr is about thirty
five yearn old, and has all (ho graces
and vivacity of a Frenchwoman. Sho
is visited in tho jxa.il by an Italian gen
tleman, lo whom she is engaged to bo
married. The ceremony was lo have
been performed about Jow tears,
Mile. Jouvin is tho flint woman over
tried for smuggling. Tho revenue an
thorilies know of two trips that sho
has made, and they suspect her of
others. On ono of her trips in the
Yillo do Paris sho had live great trunks
wilh her. One of them was addressed
lo tho wife of a Hroadway artist, and
was filled wilh newly ninile-np apparel
worth over 11,700, gold. This was
separated from from tho others during
tho unloading from the steamer, and
was seised by Inspector William of
tho surveyors stall and other oiiners.
They did not know at tho timo tbnt
it waslirouglitby Mademoiselle Jouvin,
as sho did not come forward to claim
it When (bey looked into tho other
trunks sho told them lhat they con
tained costumes for tho Aimce opera
bouflo troui nt tho Lyceum thea
tre. Sho exhibited a paper which
she said was a contract fiir her engage
ment in (ho troupe It was dated
Paris, and ostensibly signed by Mr.
Chir.iolu, tho manager of tho theatre.
Itelievmg her representation lobetruo,
tbe oflicir permitted her to take away
the trunks lice of duty, but tho next
day they learned sho was unknown
to Mademoiselle Aimce, and that tho
contract sho had shown was a forgery.
They went to tho suite of rooms rented
by her, and there the inspector seized
tho four trunks and somo papers ro
lulinir to her business. Tnero was
another trunk which tho inmates of
tho house say tho officers left behiud,
and which a friend of hers subsequent
ly took sway.
The solieiludo of the Custom-Uouse
detectives ended with tho capture of
Mademoiselle Jouvin s goods, and noth
ing moro would havo been heard of
the case but lorjiistnvt Attorney lihss.
When ho received tho official report
of the seizure ho judged that the smug
gling was too flagrant (o rco unpun
ished.' tint acuonii causing mil twr-
rcs( of Madomoisello Jouvin incensed
tlio customs officers, as they feared it
would put a stop to genteel smuggling,
a source of revenue to them. Thoy
tried in every way to conceal tlio facts.
Tho nppraisemont ol tho goods was
made W illi closed doors, in llio pres
ence only of tho seizing oflicors and
tho examiners, r.ach trunk continued
a lady's cnniiiloto outfit, dress, cloak,
bonnet and nil, ready for wear. They
were valued at 15,755.90 in gold. The
counsel for Mademoisello Jouvin sought
to l.uve tho goods bonded so that tho
ladies fur whom tho goods woro made
might get them to wear on New Year's
lay mid at the Llianty pan.
Some of these ladies are of tainilies
that pride themselves on their Knicker
bocker ancestry. Tho husband of ono
is n distinguished lawyer, another is
a Congressman, a third is a million
aire banker, ono is a representative of
a family prominent in New Jorsey
history, ono is a rich railroad mana
ger ami Union Club man, ono is a gen
tleman whoso iiumo is conspicuously
linked with science, ono is an auction
eer who has an important government
trust, and one is a .South St. merchant
llio unninrricd ladies whoso names
appear on (ho lis(, are prominent in
society. Ono ol tlio Indies bought Irom
.Mademoisello Jouvin tho trousseau in
which alio was married last spring.
Tliero was no duty paid on it.
I'iiintrp and Tart The editor of
tlio New York .Vim, in alluding to tho
cent overwhelming deieat ol tho itnd-
icul party, says : W bat one of tho great
est political revolutions of our times
really sigmlles, among other things, is
this: Filled with disgust and abhor
rence for tho hordo of hypocrites and
corrtiptionisla whom (irant had drawn
around him, and of whom he was tho
most conspicuous figure, tlie patriotic
masses of both parties, alarmed for tlio
perpetuity of their institutions, deter
mined to strike them down. 1 uey
saw that (iriint and his minions, in
their lust for power and their greed
for spoil, had turned the Temple of
tiberly into a den ol shameless tiiiuvcs,
and they rose in thoir indignation and
with one hiiavv blow crushed ana scat
tered them. Tho revolution doubtless
means much moro than this ; but so
much it certainly does nioan. Wheth
er tho leaders of tho Democratic party
are wise enough tn comprehend its
seow remains to bo determined.
Whether Ibev can shano its future
courso will ileM'iid upon their ability
to harmonize their councils on some
vital questions, and win the confidence
of a largo proportion of thoso Kepubli-
'ans who aided the nomocracy In
uchioving this signal triumph.
A Danpv AT tii (JaM-ows. Tho
first Earl of Holland was a great
dandy, who played a prominent and
not altogether reputnble part In tlio
history of his time. Ha was a fnvorito
at tho Courts of James I. and Charles
I., but when the civil war broke out,
hu at first sided with tho Parliament
against tlie king. In an unlucky hour
ho went over to the Hoysbst side, took
up arms against the Commonwealth,
was defeated, made prisoner, put to
trial, and duly sentenced to lose his
head, llo appeared upon the scattoiti
in a wbito satin vest and rap, trimmed
with silver lace. His costly garments
were the lawful perquisites ol tho exe
cutioner, to whom the earl said, as ho
approached Iho block, "Hero my friond,
let my body and my .clothes alono.
There is ton pounds for thoo : that is
better than my clothes, 1 am sure.
And when you tako up my head, do
not tako off my cap." Then, laying
his beat! upon tho block, ho added,
"Slay, while 1 giro tho sign." After
a bri.f prayer Tie etrotchod out his
hand, saying, "Now. now I" Tho word
had hardly left his iips when tho axe
fell, and the head was scvored from the
body at a single stroke,
TERMS-S2 per annum in Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 16, NO. K
DOES EVVCATIOS DI.V1XISU
ClllMEt
If it bo true that a moro mechanical
education diminishes crime, why is
crime not decreasing in Statos und
com miinitius where universal education
has prevailed for generations ? To our
mind a precise and well stocked mind,
without correct morul endowments, is
as barren of good results as the farm
which is annually cropped by tho owner
without mixing any manure with the
soil. His plowing and sowing is well
executed. He has been properly edu
cated upon that point Hut tho vital
part of his education has boon over
looked. He has, in a great measure,
rendered his farm worthless and made
himself poor, because he knew nothing
about tlio virtue of manures. The
school ho graduated at did not teach
that lesson, hence ho knows nothing
about the efficacy of that which would
restore his barren soil. ;
Tho mind is just iiko tho soil. It
must bo manured to yield a full crop
of good fruits. Tho State can impart
mechanical lessons, read, write, etc.,
but without the moral (manure) lesson
being taught at the same timo, the pu
pils education will provo nfuiluro. 'llio
cos! and tbp results flowing from mere
mechanical common school education,
in our judgment, do not warrant the
people ol this Stalo to invest any more
money in that experiment.
Wo have been led to miiko these
remarks by reading an article upon
this subject, which we clip from tho
Philadelphia Aif, as follows :
Tho friends of a Stnto Bysteni of
compulsory education tind their strong
est argument in defense of tho impera
tive necessity of such a movement in
tho assumed postulate that education
decreases crime. That is tlio basiB of
all laws upon tho subject which aro in
operation in tins country. It is de
clared that a people buve the right to
protect themselves from tho effects
and consequences of crime, and as ed
ucation will do that, it follows ns a
matter of courso that they have a
right to poss and enforce a compulsory
plan of education. Prevention of crime
is as definite a function uf legislation
as punishment of offenders. This is
tho position ot tho advocates ol a sys
tem of compulsory education.
The opwnentB pi tho system, or
rather of tlio reason assigned for tlio
adoption of a forced plan of education
in a Iroe country, deny ine postulate'
that education necossarily decreases
crime, and support their sido of the
question witli tacts, dgures and strong
arguments. Joseph Ii. Chandler, an
honored and esteemed citizen ol Phil
adelphia, who has served on Hoards of
1'nson inspectors lor years, and lias
devotod his life to that branch of duly,
recently rend a paper beloro the Sociulj
Science Association in relation to the
efficacy of education in tho promotion'
of morality and tho prevention of
crime Ho narrated his experience as
a student of prison discipline, and ex
pressed bis firm conviction, based upon
that experience, that whilo education
modifies tho characlor of crimo, it docs
littlo or notbintr to prevent it He
also dee u red umv in In juuginont, it is
tho power of conscience, not that of ;
the mtelloct, which must do looked to
fur keeping men virtuous and upright.
He also added : "While in tho lowest
order of crimes, I may havo found
more unlettered than lettered criminals,
1 have found the former more amen
able to gontlo moral dealing than tho
latter wore. 1 ueso woro Air. t, hand
ler's starting-points, and he supported
them with statistics drawn from tho
prison records of Philadelphia for the
last fourteen years. These figures
show that tbe percentage of education
among the people, and that the spread
of learning in the community has not
diminished crime, either against per
sons or property.
While Mr. Chandler's positions are
neither impregnable nor unassailable,
still they are so supported as to claim
tho earnest and thoughtful attention of
thoso who favor using tho powor of
tho Stato to force children into school
and keep them there by the infliction
of pains and enttlties. Legislators up
on this subject should study carefully
and conscientiously the real connection
that exists in a community between
public education and tlio general
morals of tho people. They should
arrive, if possible, at a truo estimate
of the influence of knowledge of a purely
literary chrracter upon tho moral
principles of thoso subjected to such a
system. Thoy should ask tho question,
could there not be a well-stocked mind,
n barren conscience ? In other words,
they should got down to the starting
point of this mailer and satisfy them
selves by the best ovidenco possible,
whether, in truth and reality, educa
tion such as is imparled at the present
timo, does pf nocessity decrease crime.
The subject is ono of tlio greatest im
portance, affecting tho highest interests
of tho community, and should bo well
sottlod before action of a definite char
acter is taken in relation lo compulsory
education in this Stato.
Aftxr Tim Honorable. In tho
raco for seats nt Washington, says tbe
Irmune, tho legal prolcssion has gen
erally tlio inside track, but the homo
legislative bodies contain a better pro
portion of other classes of tho commu
nity. Tho bonest furmor, tho village
doctor, or an occasional clergyman,
in his rural simplicity, deems it an
honor to be permitted to writo "Hon
orable" before his name, and is allowed
the privilege In somo remote districts
where tho caucus is as exemplary in
its deliberations as a prayor meeting,
they rotato in legislative duty; and
when they say, "It's 'Squire So-and-So's
turn (his yoar," that settles it as
oiToctually as if all tho known dovicos
of politics had been brought into play
in procuring tho nomination. In l)el-
awaro, which has the reputation of
being a quint and sober little Common
wealth, tho nowly elected Legislature,
it is said, does not contain a ainglo
lawyer, and we dare any that tho Stato
will not go to ruin in tlio next year or
two liecauso of that fact After all,
the Senate of tho United Statos is tho
paradiso whore lawyers go. Out of
Ibur-scoro membcra about fifty belong
to tbnt class.
Brevet Urigadior-Gonoral William
Hays. United States Army, dictl on
Sunday at Fort 1 ndcpentlenco, Boston
Harbor, lie wss born In Kichniond,
Va., appointed to Wost Point from
Tcnnesseo, and graduated in 1840. Ho
served through tho Mexican war and
was brcvcltcd Captain and Mnjor Ho
served through tho late war, and for
tho lost few years has commanded at
Fort Independence, and bad charge of
tho coast dclenoos ol Massachusetts.
Dr. John H. Oinon, privsto secrc-
tray to Oovornor Ooary during a por
tion or the Inttor s admtatrmtion, died
at Shroveport Louisiana, on tho 13th
of Jauary of yellow jaundice after three
days' illness.
LAWS BEIAT1XO TO tXSAXB"
At the present time there is unusual
interest manifested io this State in re
ference to tho safe-keeping, treatment
and general care of insane persons.
Throe Stato institutions havo been pro
vided for their accommodation one,
tlio Western Pennsylvania Hospltul for
tbe Insane; another, tho Stato Insane
Hospital at Danvillo. and a third, the
SUito Insane Hospitulat Warren. In
addition to these there aro numerous
privulo hospital, lor the treatment of
demented patients, where they aro at
tended to oy .physicians skillful in
managing this moat deplorable men
ial disorder, llcsidca those manifesta
tions Of cure and attention to Insane
men and women, each county in tho
Sluto tiikus care of its own insane poor
in almshouses, and thus this class of
hopeless individuals aro provided for
in tho Stato of Pennsylvania.
Kern timo to timo laws hare been
placed upon the statute books of tho
Commonwealth intended to rule and
control insane institutions and prevent
patient", from boing robbed ol their
liberty or rights, or treated in a cruel,
barbarous manner. Each year theso
ordinances have loaned more and more
to tho sido of tlie inmates of insano
hospitals, gave them and thoir friends
broader grounds on which to quostion
tho acts uf their keepers, and readier
means ol obtaining justice irom touns
of law in all parts of tho State. But
theso laws aro scattered through tho
reports of years, hard to find, and, -when
found, not alwaya entirely con-,
sislent with each other in all particu
lars. A lawyer, in many cases, is puz
zled to fit one provision iiv a particular
act with a similar provision in another.
A layman in the law rnnnot make use "'
of the stalutes in an iiitelligetil, satis
lactory or practical manner.
in order to gather up tbe odds and
ends of this whole subject, a bill is now
pending before tlio Legislature of this
Slate for the codification of tho laws
relating to insane persons in this State.
The geueral provisions ill this bill cover
the tallowing point: First. On what
evidence Insano persons aro to be ad
mitted to insane asylums. Second. In
sano patients may communicate with
counsel. Third. Habeas corpus to bo
forsuehporsoiis. Fourth. Proceedings
for commitment ol insane persons com
mitted by their friends. Sixth. Courts
may send insano persons suffering for
want of care to an asylum. Seventh.
Officers relieved from responsibility.
Eighth. Existing rights not to be im
paired. Then comes a presentation of
the laws fur tho care and protection of
criminal insane. This is followed by
au enumeration of tho exceptions to
the general code of procedure and laws
in relation to tlio hospitals at Hauvillo
and Warren, and likewise tho Western
Pennsylvania Hospital for tho Insane
Thus all the laws and ordinances in
reference to insano hospitals and their
unfortunate inmates are brought into
tlio most compact liirm, made consist
ent with each other and easily accessi
ble. Thoso'who wish to seo what
rights aro accorded to patients of these
institutions and their friends, and how
lo secure them, can arrivelit their do
sires in a certain and easy manner. At
the sume time, tho Managers of Hos
pitals, both Stato and private, can as
certain tho true lino of their duty, as
marked out by law, and walk in the
proper path. This modification of tho
lows of Pennsylvania in relation to in
sano persons is a work long needed.
Under tho now system our insane hos
pitals will be brought still nearer to
the humane spirit of tho ago, while at
the sumo time the rights of both Man
agers and inmates will bo amply pro
tected. J'hiladdjihia Age.
A Story by Davy Crock itt. Many
years ago, when David Crockett was
a member of Coogress, and had return
ed to his constituents after his first
session, a "nation" of them surrounded
Aauu wue uaty, ituu ooguu wiiiuii't'uguie
him about Washington. "What time
do they dine nt Washington, Colonel V
asked ono. "Why," said ho, "common
people, such as you bore got thoir din
ner at ono o'clock, but the gentry and
big uus dine at 3. As for the repre
sentatives, wo dine at 4 ; and tho aris- -toeracy
and tho sonato, they don't get
their victuals till 5." "Well, when
does tho President fodder?" asked an
other. "Old Hickory ?" exclaimed the
Colonel, attempting to appoint a timo
in accordance with the dignity of the
station, "Old Hickory? well ho don't
dine till next day."
Tim Kiiiiit Term. Congressman
Brown of Kentucky made a violent
spooch in Congress last week, and sftor
drawing a strong picture of tyranny
and corruption, ho boiled down his
thoughts und characterized the sub
stance of his charges as Butlerism,
For tliis unparliamentary conduct he
was called to order, and afterwards
censured, as he should havo been, even
though ho did tell tho truth and coin
a new and expressive word. Butler
ism is tho now term, to cover tho
meanness of tho meanest acts of the
presont Congress:
Lkakinu. It is announced from
Washington that tho deficit in the
Poslofiioo Department will bo larger
than ever this year. Tho estimated
falling short will be 17,000,000 for the
vcar. or 1 1 .000.000 more than last vear.
I'ostmaslor General Jewell made a
very fair beginning in Ibis important
position, and be certainly ought to im
prove on (his. There must bo a largo
leakage somewhere in the department,
and Mr. Jewell would do well to find
it out and apply to Congress for the
means to stop it. ,
That Messaoe. (irant has again
played the "bull in a China shop by
sending a message to Congress in re
gard to Arkansas affairs which is very
generally disapproved by Republicans
as well as Democrats. It is not proba
ble that any attention will bo paid to
it in either bouse Oram's friends think
ho bus make a great mislako politically.
and that it would have been better lor
him to have adhered to his original
policy of sustaining Baxter and his
successor.
Johnstown Ahead. In thirtocn bids
for twenty-five thousand tons of iron
rails and seven bids for twenty-two
thousand tons of Hcsseinor steel rails,
for tho Cincinnati and Southern Rail
road, opened at Cincinnati recently,
tho Cambria Iron and Stool works, at
Johnstown, put in tho lowest bid for
both, viz: 1 inn mils ilH.ftU ; liessemer
steel, 172 to 174. Tho bid of tho Edgar
Thompson Steel Works was 182 lor
Kessemer steel rails.
They are having extremely cold
weather down in Maine. All tho
harbors In that section are closed witu
ice Penoliseot bay is frozen over,
with iee from three (o six inches in
thickness, which has happened but
once before in over a quarter of a cen
tury. Parties camo across tho bay on
tho ico to-day from Costino, two'.vo
miles distant, and teams crossed from
tho island to tho mainland.
The Governor has appointed Hon.
Thus. S. Hingbam Commissioner of
Statistics nntil tho first Tuesday of
May ensuing. At that dale, the Sec
retary of Internal Affairs, General Mc
Candlcsa, will have tho powor of ap
pointment to this office, subject to the
approval of tho Governor. The regu
lar term of the office expired on Mon
day a week.
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Zack Chandler was first elected Sen
ator seventeen years ago, and on that
occasion Ledyard, the son-in-law of
Gonoral Cass and then a member of
the Assembly, voted for Judge Chris
tiancy. who now displaces Kackariah.
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