"CLUSFIELV UEI'IBUCAS,"
ruitiiiiM rtmr nsitfciuv, ir
GEOIU.K II. 4iOOI I. A HUH.
ci.k uriKLit,
f.M T A ltI.IMIII.il IN IMV1.
ilic Uracil t'lrcuUtluu f..)- NtHitr
In Hfnrtlt Out ml Priiiiojlvniilu.
Terms of Subscription.
if pftitl In ft-lyimott, r within S Mintli.M.9'l (HI
tf ptl (W nJ hi.'-tu 1 ui'Mttlu..., ii AO
f iiiii Mwf tu tiir(ion nl 0 umnOi.,.. il 4M
Bates ot Aclvortiaing. .
fMnaWM advert UtitnMMt t.lier Puuimtf 10 lin
M, hfi nrlM ) u
Kr ! hiH)it int-T. .. :,
A.lin.nriiirV ..xutfirit' rt.rt,.'t ....... I A"
Aaditom'n .ti"- J '
Ciulioiiii anil Utmy, i8
' Miiotintw v! 5 ,,n :
' IVrtfuliinn' I'. ': "F .t'f
(,nral f ''' ,rt
YKMlI.Y AlVt;:tT!.KMnNT3. .
. MtMta.. ,lft t '.-. '
I IMTW.....I1 t" t- oluntit . 7
qnrtr.-. I I ciln', ftfl
MKOAMR W. ULANIKH,
Klitr Rtid I'ulilif licr. j
Cards.
rrtirn tj'imms.
MURRAY &. GORDON,
A T T O R N F. Y S "X T I. A W,
" iM 7 CI.KAIll'IKI.li, PA.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOIiN BV-.AT-I. A W ,
Clearfield, lu.
Will attend to .11 buiine." nnlru.led to him
pioui,tly .'nl faliluully, norij a
wn.i.iAV A. tr.i.r.Arr. pwml.. Banns.
...av av.Mn."' " - ' wrwKiLr
WALLACE & KREBS,
- - (Sil-ein.-.r. 1" Wll,.er 4 Ficldiag.)
ATTOUNi: YS-AT-f. AW,
U.I87S Cloarlleld, Pu
II V. VII.BOX. M. B. IT. B. VAV VAI.XAII, . S.
DES. WILSON 4c VAN YALZAH,
u . . t Ue.wl.eUi. I..
y'''"i,,'.'.'lr ulTJ''"i
X '..rJiiiJ
- '
Omen lloiURt rrom l 10 i r. ,
lr. Van-
D" n';KI'V;., . " '
. WOODIAND."- , .;
JKKFK1WON MTZ,
Will nroiunllr allro.1 nil in lh Im.orni.
I""r'"'".
mini . 'i.ir. Mure. w. .
MoENALLY & MoOURDY,
A l-TOUNEYS-AT-IiAW,
. Clearflold, Pa
-Lol liudnui atm.JcJ to prompllr lthj
I.IhIiIt oiHi-. nn Swin.l UrMt, abo?e :U Kirrt
Xalimil Bank. jan:l:74
. 'g. R. BARRETT,
' ttornf.y and Cocnbioor at IiAW,
ci.kahi'i1!l1, i'a.
Ilai in reii(in,a ui ih,k"..- ;
ilia .raat.-a f Ui law in bi. old offloe at Cloar.
,1.1 V Will alland Ida nourli of Jclf.r.on ana
Hal-inn r.inJ i Jiianip,
tlk oouulio. alien ,.cmlljr rnuinvu in "''" '".""'
th rcsi'lnt c.iimsel. 3:14., a
WM, M. McCULLOUGH,
.. mousEY t aw,
t Isarriclil. Pa.
frOffiw la Cart ll..o.a, (Sh.rill'. 01oV
I . pal lia.in.. ,,...I1 1 r nl If n.l.,1 lo. 11. a ''
boujlil and nl.l. ... ' Jll
A 7 W. W A LT E RS,
; , ATl'DliNHY AT LAW.
- CIcarMrld. Pa.
m-Onlnn In Uraliain'B llo. (ilaoS l;
"' ! i H W SMITH,
A T T O II N K Y - A T - L A W ,
l 1T flenrtlclfl. P.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTOUNKY AT LAW.
' illica on Baoond Su ClBarB.ld, I'a. ootII.M
ISRAEL TEST,
tTTORN RY AT LAW,
V Cloarflclil. Pa.
' -OBla In Pia'i Opora lloaaa. tlyll.'"
JOHN H . FUL FORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i leal add. Pa.
" r(pO ll In Pi.'. Onara Ilimio, rtoom No. .
Jan. J, ISII.
JOHN L". CUTTLE,
; , .. ATftiKN BY AT LAW.
,,.i1 Keal P.tate Apent, CIcartlsM. Ha.
Third itraat. b.l.Oh.rrj A Walnut.
c-R.pf"!lj off.ra bin larrlCM In sllln j
n l haying leniiB la oinniBi o
ounttoB i and with aa .tparlanoo ol ar iwanlt
i.ar. bb a .nr.oyof, llattorB blm.elf that bt ana
..nd.r latl.raclloo. J .
IREDERICK O'LEAEY BUCK, j
HGHIVKXKU 'OXVKYANCKH,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
De.U of Ontcj-nnco, ArticlM of AKrerntaat:
. and all 1. sal P"B ptamptlj and orally ata
ml. I. OlHr. In Pi.'. Opora llouar, IWoin No. 4.'
Clcardr-ld, l'a., April JU, lU. t , .
J . B L A K E W A LTER8,i
IIKAIj HSTATE BROKKIt,
nun iisAiao is
Haw 1ax ami Iiiinibor,
" ' CI.KAtlKrei.D, PA.
Olca Is draliam'. Row. . I'4'"
.J. J. L INGLE,
ATTOUNKY - AT -.LAW,
1:11 Oat-tola, I'learllnla to Pa. y.fi
D R 7 T. J . BOYERr
PHYSICIAN AND SUKOKUN.
OOoa on Market Stnsut, CImiDbM. ra.
fO-OHloe hoani to II a. m , and I to p. BB.
Tyii5r mTbch kurkr,
IIOMlEOPATIttC PHYSICIAN,
Offioa ia raridenr-t on Markal rt.
April It, 17J. " MM, fa...
DR, W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN 4 SUnaEON,
. , LUIIIKllBUUnU, PA. .
Will attend prufMilonal oalt. promplly. Boiln'7"
'.7.s. bXr n"h art,
ATTORNEY . AT . LAW,
llallolunta. Pa.
Will prartlM la Clanrlcld and all or the Court, of
lha ilalb Jgdlolal diilrlcl. Kcal t.lnlo baainn.
ana oolloaUaa of claim. BBda .pKlalllaa. nl 7l
' C BAKER
harhrh ani haih 'hhkssbii,
Ol.gABr'IKl.l), PA.
(thap In old Wr.larn HnUt, aoimr of Mnrkat
and Sarond itraau. I
j Tames clear y,
' BAEAER & HAIfi DRESSER,
SECOND STIIEKT,
J,M CI. BAR MB Lit, PA. (tl
: tT m. "rob inson
Maoafai-tarar and daalrr la
Harness, Suddlos and Bridles,
Collar., Whips llrunli.i, Fljr N.I., Trioimlnf.
llriraa Blankala, Ao.
Vaeuaia, Frank Milli r and Nval.foot Oil.
Ant tat Ballot an4 Wil.on'a Bogliaa.
ONtrB axil tapalrtaf proBaplly attaadad to,
Shop aa atarhat itrrtt, Olaarllald, Pa., In rooai
torm.rlj oooupiod ay Jaa. Alai..d.r. :fH
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Beet ii the Cheapest!
' Tbotnn. Rf Illy ka tlr.d anolbar lara. lot of
"Mitah.ll Waon(," wlilob ar among tna Ttr,
baft aianaradarod, aad whtrh he will Ball Bt Ilia
nil nanonahla r.tca. III. "twk Inoloda. almnit
all drMilptloaa of wagon. largaand .mall, wlda
and irarrow traak. Call ant aoo '"...
aprSI, TIIOA4AH 11 EI LI. Y.
gTOliRKKKPKItrt, ATTKNTIONI
Wb d..lra la aall yoar alteatlon to our sitea.lro
Coanaimoa hu.mH. and Uaur faoU.tioa for at.-
?o.lg of .aoh prodara aa oar soa.ignor. Brow ul.
taring a largo trada with all J Horoa, wa ara an
abM t. aiaka qalrk rulara., at fall priaoB.
Btea-akaapara ha. lag Obli-kaai, f attar, Kgia,
r Bihar pradaM, will da wall la glaa as a trial.
Whaas Unnarla. .ra uk.n ra Kohang', ao ana
SBtaMaa wlU ba sbarg.
. I, KIRK, SOI k CO.,
Wbolaaala Smn aad OaiaBinlaa Marohaala,
Na. IM H. Tnlrw BtraH.hlladJa. Bprlj
lAMBfTK. WATSON CO., :
I - ., HBAtj STAT1 BHOKRRt,
: . ...... oLNAKUBbli, PRNK'A.
' loaaaaaaa M to W, lalH-ti prnapllt
ado, aad trat alaaa Coal anal Plra l'l... baadi
aad Towa fwwparty fat aula. OBlea la Wa.tara
umm aalldlBg (id aaar,,Daroaa nr. myia ny
CL
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Propriotor.
VOL 49-WHOLE NO.
(TavflS.
A. G. KRAMER,
A T TO I? SKY - AT - I, A W,
Heel K.talonnil Colloollcn Agent,
I liAHl ll l.ll. PA..
Will iiromiitl.T nlH-nil to nil lopal hii.iiM'i-. n-
trut."l t" t'i" r.
j jrfl"Offl..p In Vie'f Oj.fru Hon,., .roiilrl flimr.
I iijirll I fin
1 J. H. "KLINE," M. D.,
IPIIYSKMAN !i 8UBCKON,
HAVING luo.l.J it TVmiMil, Pa., olT.n bli
profowinn.l errlf.. in tlif ytti)U nf that
. plane and urrininilin( miiiiitr.r. Allcall. prompllj
.luu.l. .1 u,. . . H
J . P ." I II V I N.
IIRALKR ! ' r '
(1KNKI1A1. MKRC'II ANDISKi
tf.TIBl.'H, 8UI.riii.KS, He.,
-at Tin:
rnlfillr, ':U, I
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
(.ulict- f the VatP ni.J STlvenfr.
riii-u-etitTUIe I'n
.ml
money ,n,nii1lj.
ji.i.l 'i
rnhVI 7111
it:,.. ALndHT tr Al.BUnT.. . 'l":'
W. ALBERT & BR03.,
Mannfurlirm oxlunlvn Uealortin
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
wooDLANi., PKKN'A.
jr-OrJ.r. Boll.lli.1. Bill. HIM " fhnrt n.rtioB
'T "Tnr ...
Ad.lrc, Woodland 1 ,. 0... HoarMd Cn In.
and rMaonalda t.m..
AiMmw Wnmllana 1'. 0 Cltarflrlil Co., I'n.
FRANCIS COUTRTeT,
ME IIC HA NT,
frtnclnlllc, tlearncia lui),
, Pa.
Kmib cn.tnnlly n hnn.l full BB.ortm.nt of
Drr l!nd, llardar. Ilrotrri.., and .r.rrlblnj
u.oallT klil Mi "lail it", wliitb will l Bold,
THOMAS H. FORCE E,
BALIS IB
u KN Kit AI MKnCllANlUHK.
-
M ,v, ,nnUrnrliinr and dal in Squart
TioiWr Hawod l,unlwfr all Blnda.
OHAIIAMTflH. Vm.
a-Or,l,r ...lirllad and all liill P''"P".r
: Giic.i. A
' REUBEN HACKMAN,
: House and Sign Painter and Paper
! Hanger,
Clcarlleld, Pciiu'a.
. Will ovocm. joli. in 111. lin- iinonplly no
, In a workmanlike wanner. arr."
G H "HALL r !
! PRACTICAL TUiMP MAKER,
KP.Alt CLBAllFIKLl), PKNN'A.
' r Pomp, alwara on hand and tnada to order
! on .liort notioe. Pipe, bored on rsamiaablo term..
All work warrant...l In r.ndtr Ballrlaetloa, and
j delivered If de.lred. myliilypd
I . E. A. BIGLER Sl CO.,
I , fiRAt.lt It
SQUARE TIMBER,
nil manuractnreri of
A IX KISilW (IPsAWKI) I.irMHIill.
T71 CLEtnrlKLD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM, . .,, i
denier In
Real Estato, Square Timber, Boards,
BlItXnt.KS, I.ATII, A PK'KRT.',
v:IO'71 CbarftrM, Pa,
JAHKS MITCH RI'Tj,
IIKALKS IB . , .
Stiuare Timber k Timbor LuiuIh,
J.lf71 C1-EAKF1KI.D, PA.
DRUp. BURCH FIELD,
Lata BargBoa of Ik. .'!d Baglmanl. P.aoBalvanta
Volaataara, having ratarnad fro at tha Army,
affara hi. profBBBloaal aarvloas to thaaitiiBDB
of Clearfield aoanty.
.u...r...n.l .all. BroraDtW atlaaaed to.
one. on s...d .trBBt, ''-rl"?"j.a..
or.nooa.. i-f-,
. H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JE.VELEH,
and dealer la
Watclicn, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plnted Ware, &c.,
)CB72 CLRAIIFIKLll, PA.,
I, SNYDER,
I'llACTlCAl, WATCUMAKKIl
'1 ABU PBALRS 1.
Watches, Clocks and Jmtclry,
0rotaa' Aow, JtViet Stritt,
Cl-KABFIIil.l), FA.
All hind, of repairing In my Una promptly at
anded to. April M, l71.
III-.MdVAU
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholeMl dcavlen In
CEaTS' FIRaISHIG toons,
ll.Ta raiaovrd t t17 Church .treat, between
PFranhlln and While at.., New York. jyl'72
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
ao cttr rnn
Chlokvrlnit'i, 8Ulnwnj'tnJ Rnerion' PUnoii
atmitb'i, ftUf'tn lliail.n't ma l'lotikt'f
OrgAna tnd Mlodona, nnd Urevsr A
Bnkr'l Howlnff Mttebintl.
ALIO Tat A CHI Or
l PIito, Oulur, OrvAB, HranT u. Vocul Mu-
it. He pupil ! lor tUHB mu m wrn.
4rHom uyjtmH llnllrh rurttUr Mr'
tu (. rflt.it,. Mr lv. iitr.f.tr.
S
TONK'S SAW GUMMKILS AND
SAW UPSETS.
We haae received ll.e agency for the al'oveand
will Ball tb.m at manaraelurer'. prinea. Call and
alanine thorn. Tliey are Ih. he.t.
j,l.7, . II. V. HIIII.ER k CO
A.M. HILLS
WrtoM rffptftfullt notlfj kijitflrnli
thut k hn rcftupnl thrprlr.of ARTI-
KICIAL TKBTH lor-'O OO yr r, r
M 00 ft.ru double nt. Fr nny lopmb
pomfnjt l tha niai tin, to haTf rrb n apprr
trl, will gnt (be two fr 55.00, or fIT.iO
ettrh.
Trroii lBTrillT Cah.
Cnvnrftrlil, uly
JliATZKH & LYTI.K,
AdKNTft IN CI.KARFIRI.U COUNIV FOB
ronii.i.iHi-s
CclvlralMl.Drnda of
Smoking & ( hen ins Tobaccos.
Wa are enabled la wbolreale to dealers tbrawgh.
oat the eeanly al ally pHoe.
VHATZKR k I.TTI.R.
J,):H. riaarteld, Pa.
u
NPKRTAKINf..
Tho orferltorf an now fultj prrtrt1 to
wry ei tbo boiiaott of
UNDKItTAKHVial,
AT rtKAPDNAlll.It HATP",
Aad raapaetlBlly aollell lha aalronago of thoaa
woadlng aaeb aervleaa.
JOIIrl TIlOtlTMAN,
JAM1S U LKAVY.
dearleld, Pa.J'eb. It, IS74.
WlliMAM M. HKN'IIY, JcsTf
or tsb PiArt asp flcntvBBBS, T.tTMDRR
CITY. ColleetinBB laadB aod money promully
paid over. ArtleleB of agreemeat and deed, at
I auaveyaaaB aaatly aiaeated and warranted eor
i raei of an eherga. Iijy M
S.
It
EARF1ELD
2111.
fiVLUTJl.
RI'F.ECII or UON. J. l'ttOlTOH knoit, or
KINTICKV, Dtl.lVKIlKII IN TUB UOI'MK
OK KEFHEHKNTATlVIUiON THE ST. CBOI X
AND W l'RIIIflU LAND (II1ANT, JANI'AIIV
21, 1RTI.
Tlio Hoiiho laving umlor wiiKiili'ra
tion the joint lVBolution (H. 11. No. 11)
vXlmuliiiK tlio tuno to coinlmct n rail
roiul fmm St Croix river or luko to the
west end of Jjike Superior nml to J)uy
fi.d .
Mr. Knott miiil : . Mr. Speukei1 ll'l
eotiM Lo nttimteil by nny conceivable
inilneenient to betray the saered trust
in inc by those lo whose nenorous eontl
deiK'O 1 nm imlobtod for the honor of
n sent on this Boor; if I conbl bo influ
enced by uny possible consideration to
become iiiBtrumentid in giving awny, in
violutioii of thuir known w ishes nny
portion of tliclr intcrt ii Iho j)ublie
ilomuiu lur the mere nromotiou of nny
rratlfHiT i'lilernrW whatever, 1 stioulu
tninlv feel u stranir inilinution to
(jive this iiipftsnro my most earnest and
heitily support; tor 1 nm assured that
its success would materially onbnneo
thepeciininry pmspcrity of some ol the
most valued friends 1 have, on earth ;
friends for whoso uceoninifsltttion J
would be, willing to make nlniost any
saeinlloo not involving my pereonnl
I Il.l..i;i., ..u ll..,h Ifxal.m nl'
nll, , .,., .,,,. And that set of itself
,vl,l be sufficient to counlerrail nl-
mfwt U)V oWpotioil I tllil-ht Plltertftill
'itothopassaKeof this bill not inspiivd
'im,.tirp .,,,1 InoxomlilP Use
of liuhlie duty.
lint, independent of the seductive In
fluences of privnlo iriondship, to which
1 admit I nin, jterhaps, as suscoptible
as nny of tlio gentlemen 1 sec around
mo, iho intrinsic merits of tho measure
itself aro of such an extraordinary char
acter as to commend it most strongly
to tho favorable consideration of every
member of this House, myself not ex
cepted, notwithstanding my constitu
ents, in w hose behalf niona I am acting
here, would not bo benefitted by its
passngo one particle more than they
would be by a project to cultivate an
orange-grov'o on tho bleakest summit
of (iiceiiland's Icy mountains.
inw, sir, as to (hoso great trunk lilies
of railwnys, spanning tho continent
from ocean to ocean, 1 conless my mind
has never boon fully made up. It is
true the- inny nffoni some trilling ad
vantages to local tralllc, and they may
even in timo become the channel of a
more extended commerce. Yel I liavo
never been thoroughly satislied either
of tlio necessity or oxK'ilioncy of pro
jects promising such meagre results to
tho great body of our p'oplo. Hut with
regard to the transcendent merits of
the gigantio ontorpriso coiiipli-ud in
this bill, I hnvo nm-or entertained tlio
shadow of a doubt.
Years ago, when I first hoard that
there was somewhere in the vast terra
inaHjnitu, soinewhero in tlio bleak re
gions of the great northwest, a stream
of water known to the nomadic iuhnb
itants of the neighborhood as the river
St. Croix, I liecamo satisfied that tho
construction of a railroad from I lint
niging torrent to somo point in the
civilized world was esscutiul to tho
happiness and prosperity of tlio Amer
ican people, if not absolutely indispen
sable to tho perpetuity of JJopuhlioan
institutions on this continent. I felt
indistinetively that tho boundless re
source", of that prolifio region of sjind
and pino shrubbery would nover he
fully developed without a railroad con
structed and equipped at tho expense
of the corernmont, and perhaps not
then. Iliad an abidine liivseutimont
that, sumo day or otlior, the pooplo of
this wholo country, irrespeelivo of
parly nlhliations, regardless ot section
al nreindicoa, and "without distinction
' ,. - . ...,: .k,: rtp
Ul v.'.ifi, or iiv,iu,in i-ui.,.i,iu.. ui
servitude, " would rise m tlioir miiesty
and demand an outlet for tho cnorniwis
agricultural productions of thoso vast
mid fertilo nino baiTens, drained in the
rainy BCuson by the surging wnlers of
tlio tiirlnd bt. Lroix.
Theso iniprciwions, derived siniyly
and solely from tho "oternnl (Itness of
things, wero not only sirengtiienca
by tho interesting und ehiient debate
on this bill, to which I listened with so
much pleasure tho other day, but in-
tcnsibeil, H possible, as 1 read over tins
ninrninir. the lively collootiv which took
place on that occasion, ns I find re
ported in lust Friday's (IM. 1 will
auk tho indulgence of the House while
I read A few short passages, which aro
sufficient, in my judgment, to place thu
merits of tho ercat enterprise, contem
plated in the measure now under di-
CURNIOII. lie oim nil pimniiiiccuninn urpj ,
Tho honorable trontlemnn from Min
nesota (.Mr. Wilson,) who, 1 believe, is
managing this bill, m speaking of tho
character of the country through which
tins railroad Is to pa, says tins:
"We want to have the timlsr brought
to us as chennly ns possible. .Now. il
yon tic up the lands in this w ay, so
that no title can be obtained tntbem
foiv no settler will go on these lands,
for he cannot inoko a living you de
prive us of tho benefit ol tbnt timber.
Now, sir, I would not have It by any
niennB inferred from this that tho gen-
tleinen from Minnesota would insinu
ate that the people nut in this section
desiro this timber merely lor tho pur
pose of fencing up their fnrm an that
their stock may not wnnderoff and tlio
nf starvation among tha bleak bills of
Ht. Croix. I read it lor no such pur
pose, sir, and make no such comment
on it mvsidf.- 1h .rorrohatiou nf this
statement of tlio gentleman from Vin
nesotn, I find Ibis testimony given by
the honnnilile gentleman irom Yiixcon
siu (Mr. Washburn.) Siieukingi of
lliese samo lands ho auvs :
"Under the hill, as amended by my
friend from Minnesota, nine-tenths of
the laud is open to actual settlers nt
VZ..XI per aero; tho remaining one-tenth
is pine timbered land, tbnt is not fit for
settlement, and never will to Settled
upon ; but the timwr will be cut off. I
admit thut it is tho most valuable por
tion of the irrnnt. for most of the trratit
is not valuable. It is quite valueless ;
and if you piil'in this amendment of
Ilin gentleman Imm Indiana yon may
as well just kill the hill, for no man
and no company will take the grant
und build tlio road.
1 simnl v pauso here to nsk some uou
tlemnn belter versed in tho sclcnca of
mathematics than 1 am, to tell mo il
tho timbered lands aro in fact the most
valuable portion nf that section of conn
try, and they would ho entirely valnoless
.i . .. .:...! .1.-. : .1.-
wnnout me iiiii.n'r Hint in on mom,
what the remainder of the land Is worth
which has no timber on it at all
Hut, further on, I And a most enter
(uiiiing and instructive interchange of
views between tho gentleman from Ar
kansas ( Mr. llogers.) tho gentleman
imm Wisconsin (at. vt asnnurn), and
inc gent Ionian tmin Muinc( Mr.l'etors),
ninni the subject of pine lands rrenerallv,
which I will tax tho patience of the
House to read; : . . ..
"Mr. lingers Will the gentleman al
low mo to ask him a question?
CLEARFIELD,
"Mr. AYnHhbnrn, of NYlsconsin Cor
taiiily. "Mr. Iiogers Are theso pine lands
entirely worthless except for timber?
"Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin They
are generally worthless for any other
purpose. I am personally familiar
with that subject. Thoso land are not
rnltiablo for purposes of settlement.
"Mr. Kainsworth Thoy will be after
tho timber is taken oh".
"Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin No,
sir. .
"Mr. Iiogors 1' want to ki.ow the
character of these pine lands.
"Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin They
aro generally sandy, barren lands. My
friend from tho Green bay district (Mr.
Sawyer) is himself perfectly familiar
with' this question, and ho will bear mo
out -in what 1 sny, that theso' timber
lands are not adapted for settlement.
"Mr. Rogers The nino hinds to
which I nm nceiiatomad aro generally
vary irnod. . What! wMtto,kttor.iuv
Wlllll IS T.IIU uinerencp ueiw ecu oiii- pirn
lands and your pine lands?
"Mr. Washburn, nf Wisconsin The
pino timber of Wiscsnsin generully
grows itK)n barren, sandy land. The
gentleman from Mnino (Mr. Peters),
who is familiar with pino lands, will, I
hnvo no doubt, sny that pino timber
grows genornlly upon the most burron
lunds.
' "Mr. Potent Asagenonil thing pino
lands aro not worth much for cultiva
tion." '
And fnrthor on I find this pregnant
question tho joint production of tho
two gentlemen from Wisconsin.
"Mr. Pnine Does my friend from
Indiana suppose that in any event set
tlers will occupy anil cultivate those
pino lands?
"Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin Par
ticularly without a railroad."'
Yes, sir, "particularly without a rail
road." It will bo asked after awhile, 1
am afraid, if settlers will go anywhere
unless thu government builds a railroad
fur them to go on.
. 1 desiro to call attention to only one
more statement, which I think sullicient
to sottlo tho question. It is one made
by tho gentleman from Wisconsin (.Mr.
l'aync), who says :
"Theso lauds will bo abandoned for
tho present, it tuny bo that nt some
remote, period there will spring up in
that region a new kind of agriculture,
which will cause a demand for theso
particulur lands; and they may then
vomo into use and bo valuable for agri
cultural purposes. Hut I know, and I
cannot help thinking that my friend
from Indiana understands that, fur the
present, nnd for many years to conio,
theso pino lands can hnvo no possible
value other than that arising from tho
pino timber which stands on them."
Now, sir, who, alter listening to this
emphatic and unequivocal testimony of
theso intelligent, competent and uble
bodied witnesses, who that is not ns
incredulous as St. Thomas himself, will
doubt fur a moment that the (iushen of
America is to bo found in tho sandy
ralleys und upon the pine-clad hills of
the rt. I mix I ho will luivc the liur
dihood to rise in his seat oil this floor
nnd assert that, excepting tho pine
bushes, the entire region would not
produce enough in ten years to
fatten a grrsshopper? Where is tlio
patriot w ho is willing that his country
shall incur tho peril of remaining an
other (lay without the amplest rnJ.oad
connection with such an iexbniistible
mine of airriciillu.ul wealth? it ho
will answer for tho consequences of
abandoning a great and warliko peo
ple, in tho possession ol a country UKo
that, to brood over tho Indifference,
nnd neglect oftheir government? II nw
long would it bo before they would
take to studying tho Declaration of
Indencndenco and hutching out mc
dninnablo heresy of secession ? How
long before the grim demon of civil
discord would rear again his horrid
bead in our midst, "gnusb loud Ins Iron
flmgR nnd shake his crest of bristling
bayonets?"
Then, sir, think of tho long and pain
ful process of reconstruction that must
followwith itscnncomifaiitumendinenis
to tho constitution, the seventeenth,
eighteenth and nineteenth articles.
Tho sixteenth, It is of course under
stood, is to 1 appropriated to thoso
blushing damsels who arc, day by day,
beseeching us lo let them vulo, hold
office, drink cocktails, riilo a straddle,
and do crcrylhing elso tho men do.
Kut uboro all, sir, let mo implore you
to reflect for a single moment on the
deplorable condition of our country in
caso of a foreign war, with all our ports
blockaded, all our cities in a stato of I
siege, too gaunt spectra ol famine
brooding liko a hungry vulture over
our starving land ; our commisnary
stores all exhausted, and our famishing
armies withering awny in the field, a
helpless prey to tho insatinto demon of
hunger; our navy rotting in me oocks
for want of provisions tor our gallant
seamen, and wo without any railroad
communication whatever with the pro
lific pine thickets of the (St. Croix. -
Ah, sir, 1 could very well understand
why luy amialilc friends from Pennsyl
vania (Mr. Myers, Mr. Kelley nnd Mr.
O'Noill) should be so earnest in their
support of this bill tho other day ; and
if their honorable colleague, my friend,
Mr. Itandnll, will pardon the remark, 1
will any 1 considered his criticism of
thoir action on thut occasion as not
only unjust, but ungenerous. 1 know
they were looking inrwanl with a Ihr
reavhing kon ofenhghtened statesman
ship to tho pitiahlo condition in which
Philadelphia will be left unless ss'Cilily
anpplied with railroad connection in
some wny or other with this garden
spot of tlio universe. And Iwsido, sir.
this discussion has relieved my mind of
a mystery thathas weighed upon it liko
an incubus (or yonrs. I could never
understand before w hy there w as no
much excitement during the Inst Con
gross over tho acquisition of Alia Vela.
1 could never understand why it w us
that some of our ublesl statesmen and
most disinterested patriots should en
tertain such dark forebodings of the
untold calamities that wero to lietall
our beloved country unless wo should
luko iminediuto possession of that de
sirable island. Hut 1 see now that the'
were laboring under tho mistaken im
pression that tlio government would
need tho guano to inunurcfhe public
hinds on the ML Croix. ,
Now, sir, I repeat, I havo been sat
isfied for years thut if there was nny
riortinn of the inhabited globe alwo
utely in a sum-ring condition for want
ol a railroad it was tlio teeming pine
barrens of tho Ht. Croix. At what
particular jmint on that noblo stream
such a road should be commenced I
knew was immaterial, and it seems so
to hare lieen considered by the draughts
man of this bill. It might bo up at
tho spring or down at tlio foot ing, or
too water -gate, or tlio nsh-dam, or any
where along the bank, noinatter where.
Hut in what direction should it run, or
where should It terminate, woreahvay,
lo my mind questions of the most nam
fid perplexity. I could conceive of no
place on "God's green earth" In such
h
to
PRINCIPLES, NOT
MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1875.
Htmitoucd circumstances for railroad
liicilitio as to bo likely to desiro or
willing to accept such a connection. I
knew that neilher Bayfield nor Supe
rior citv would huvo it. for thev both
indignantly upiirncdtlie munificence of
the government when coin ilcdwit ft such
ignominious couditioannd let this von
sumo laud grant dio on thoir hands
yean and yean ago rather than sub
mit to tho degradation nt a direct com
munication by railroad with the piny
woods of tlio SJ. Croix ; and 1 kucw
that w hat tlio enterprising inhabitants
of those young cities would reftiso to
take woultl have few charms for others,
whatever their necessities or cupidity
might be.
Jlenco, ns I have said, sir, I was ut
terly at a loss to determine where the
terminus of this great and indispensa
ble road should be, until 1 accidentally
ovorhcanl somo gentleman tho other
lav mention fbo name ot
Dtiluth! The wind fell upon inv
ear with a peculiar and indescribable
charm, like the gentle murmur of a low
fountain stealing loll li in Hie uinlsi ol
rows; or the soli, sweet accents of tin
angel's whisper in tho bright, joyous
livuin ot sleeping innocence.
'uui.uTn!",
. 'Twos the name liir w hicli mv soul
had punted lor Years, as the ban pant-
el b lor I lie wnler-brooks. Unl where
was
! I'l 1.1'TII? ! -
Never, in all mv limited rending had
my vision boon gladdened by seeing
the celestial word in print. And I felt
a profound humiliation in my ignor
ance that its dulcet syllables had never
before ravished my delighted ear. 1
wns certain tho draughtsman of this
bill had never heard of it, or It would
have been designated as one of tho ter
mini of this road. I asked my friends
about it. but they knew nothing of il.
1 rushed to the lihrary and examined
nil the mnps I could find. I discover
ed in nuo of them a delicate linir-liko
lino, diverging from tho jVIissiia-ippi
near a place called PreBCott, which I
supHxcii was intended to represent tho
river M. t mix. lint I could now here
find
Hi-urn.
Nevertheless, I was confident it ex
isted somewhere, and that its discov
ery would consliluto tho crowning
glory of the present century, If not of
all modern times. I knew it w as bound
to exist in the very nature of things;
that tho symmetry nnd perfection of
our planelary system would he Incom
plete a Ithont il. That the elements of i
maternal nature would long since have
resolved themselves back into original
chaos if thero had been such a hiatus
in creation as would have resulted from
leaving out
DULUTII.
In fact, sir, I wns overwhelmed with
the conviction that
M 1.LT1I
not only existed somewhere, hut that
wherever it was, il was a great and
glorious place. . I was convinced that
the greatest cjiluuiily that ever befell
tlio benighted nations of tho ancient
world was ill their having pseeml .y
without a knowledge me actuni ex
istence "'' , .
nt l.t tu ;
that their itibled Atlantis, never seen
save by tho hallowed vision of tho in
spired poet, was, In fact, bill another
nnme for
dulutii;
thut I'm golden orchard of Iho Henpe
ridca was but a jHietical synonym for
tho beer gardens in tho vicinity of
i 1 nijLCTH. .
1 wns certain that Herodotus bud
lied a miserable death, becaiiso in all
his travels and with nil his geographi
cal reseurch iio lind nevjer ben d ol
, " '. DULUTH. ' .. , !
1 knew that if Iho immortal spirit of
Homer could look down from another
heaven than that created by his own
celestial genius upon the long linen of
pilgrims lroin ovory nntlou ol tho cnrtli
tothegtiRliing fountain of poesy opened
by the touch nf his magic waiid. if he
could bo permitted to behold tho vast
assemblage ot grand aim glorious pro-
luctious ot the lyric artr.ulluu intolic-
mg by his own inspirited strains, he
would weep toain of bitter anguish that
instead of lavishing all tho stores of bis
mighty genius upon the lull of lllioii.it
had not been his more blessed lot to
ervstuliy.e in deathless son,; the rising
glories ol
I1UI.LTII.
Yes, nir, linil it not been fortius map
kindly furnished me by the legislature
of .Minnesota. 1 might have gone down
to my obscure and humble grave iu an
agony nf despair, because I could no
where find
DIII.CTII.
Had such been my melancholy fin e.
I hare no doubt that with the hist fee
ble pu Isnt ion of my break i ng heart, with
tlio last faint exhalation 01 my fleeting
hrenth, I should have whispered,
Where Is
nui.UTH?"
Hut, thanks to the beneficence of
that bund of ministering angels who
have their bright abodes in the fur-off
capital of Minnesota, just as the agony
of my anxietv wns about to culminate
in tho f'renr.y nf despair, this blessed
map wns placed In my bunds ; and ns
I unfolded it a respleiiiliint scene of in-
eflhhlo glory opened before me, such
as I imngino burst upon tho enraptur
ed vision of the wandering perl thro'
the opening gates of Paradise. There,
there, for tho first tnno, mr enchanted
eye rested upon tho ravishing word
"DiLuriir
This map, sir, is intended, as appears
from its title, to illustrate the position
of
IiULVTII
ill the United Stales ; but if gentlemen
will oxuminc it, I think they will con
cur with me in thoopiiiion that it is tin-
too mislvsl in lis pretensions. It not
only illustrates tho position of
null-Tit
in the United States, but exhibits its
relations with nil created things. It
even goes farther than this. It hits
tho shadowy vale of futurity, and af
fords ns n tIcw of the golden pros
poets of
inarm
far along the dim visla of ages yet to
come.
If gentlemen will examine it, thoy
will find
IlKLIlTIf
not only iu tho coiitro nf Iho man. but
represented in Iho center ol a series of
concentric circles one hundred miles
apart, and sonic of them as much as
four thousand miles in diameter, em
bracing alike, in their tremendous
sweep (bo fragrant savannas of the
sunlit South and tho eternal solitudes
of snow that niuntlo Iho ice-bound
North. How those circles wero pro
duced ia perhaps one ot those primor
dial mysteries (lint Hie most skilled
REPUBLICAN,
paleologist will never lie able to ex
plain. Hut the fuot is, sir,
DUI.l'TII
is pre-eminently a central point, for I
am told by gentlemen w ho have been
so reekless of theirown personal safety
us to venture away into those awful
regions where
Pt'LlTII
is supioscd to be, that it is so exactly
in the conter of the yisihlo universe
that tlio sky conies down at precisely
the smno distune 0 all around it.
I find, by refere'neo to this mnp, that
' Ul'Ll'TII
is situated somewhere near the west
ern end of I. ako Superior, but ns thero
is no dot or other mark indicating its
exact location, 1 am unable to say
whether it is actually confined to any
particular sst, or whether "it Is jnst
lying around thero loose." i really
cunnot tell whether it is 0110 of those
vtlivreul uruetllulM of li.Uilloou.aU float
work, more intangible than the rose
tinted clouds nf a summer snnset ; one
of those airy exhalations of tho specu
lator's brain which, 1 am told, nrevery
flitting in tho form of towns nnd cities
along 1I10NO lines of railroad, built with
government subsidies, luring the un
wary settler as the mirage of the desert
lures tho furnishing traveler on, anil
over on, until it liides away in I be
darkening horizon ; or whether it is n
real, Ioiki Mc, substantial city, all
'staked off," with tho lots marked
with their owners' niiines, liko thai
proud commercial metropolis recently
discovored on the desirable shores of
Sun Domingo. Hut, however Ihnt
may be, I am satisfied
MI.ITll
is thero, or thereabouts, liir I see il
stated here on the map that it is ex
actly thirty-nine hundred und ninety
miles from Ijivcrpool, though 1 huvo
no doubt, for tho sako of convenience,
it w ill bo moved htek ten miles, so as
to make the distance an even four
thousand.
Then, sir, there is lite climnle of
111 Ll Til,
unquestionably the moid salubrious and
drligthfiil to "be fon ml anywhere on
the Lord's earth. Now, 1 hnvo al
ways been under tho impression, as 1
presume other genllemnn have, that
111 tho region around 1-nko Superior it
wns cold enough fiir nt least nine
months in the year to freor.e the smoke
stack off n locomotive. But 1 see it
represented on this mnp tbnt a
Pl'l.t'TH
is situated exactly half way between
tho latitudes of Paris und Yeniee, so
that gentlemen who hare inhaled tho
exhilarating air of the' one or bash oil
in tho golden sunlight of theotlier.mav
see at a glance that
' ': nn.i Tii
must be the place of untold delight, a
terrestrial paradise, funned by 1ho
balmy acphyrs of au eiernnl spring,
clothed in tho gorgeous sheen of over
blooming flowers, and vocnl with the
silvery melody 'of nature's choicest
songslcrs. In fuel, air, since 1 have
seen tliis map, 1 have no doubt that
Hymn was vainly endeavoring to con
voy Bonia ibi.tt wmcptlovi of tho ,1,-lioi
Otis charms of o ,
... ni'Li tu :
wheu his poetic soul gushed KirtJi In
the rippling strains ol that beautiful
rhapsody
"Know ye the land of the et-dar and vine,
Where tha gowovl over bleaaoai, lha beata. Star
.nine!
Where the light wing, of Zephyr, opprrl.ed with
perfume, -
Wai faint o'er the gnrdena of 0 ul la her bloom ;
Where the eltron and olive are falraatof fruit,
And tba volea of the nigbtiagala never I. laulel
W here Iba liula of the earth and the bueB of the
. ky,
fn color though varied, in beauty may via !'
As to the commercial resources of
Ul'Ll'TII, ., ",.
sir, they are simply illimitable inn I in.
exhaustible, as is shown by this map.
I see it stated here that there is n vast
scope of territory, embracing au area
of over two millions of square miles,
rich in every element of material wealth
nnd commercial pitisM'iity. nil tribu
tary to
nil.t in
book nt it, sir, (pointing to the map.)
Here aro inexhaustible mines nf gold,
immonsiirnblo veins of silver, iinHnc
trable depths of boundless forest, vast
coal measures, wide, extended plains nf
richest paslurago nil, all embraced in
this vast territory which must, in the
very nature of things, empty the un
told treasures of its commerce into the
lap of
' I1UI.UTII.
Look ut it, sir, (pointing to the map);
do yon not sec from thoso broad, brown
lines drawn around this immense ter
ritory, Hint Iho enterprising inhabi
tants of.
lieu-Til
intend some day to inclose it ull in one
vast enrrall, so Hint Its commerce will
he liound to go there whether it would
or not ? And hero, sir, (still pointing
to the man), I find within nconvenicnt
dislnncc tlio Picgnn Indians, which, of
all the ninny accessories to the glory ot
r.Ll.lii'11,
1 consider by fur lha most inestimable.
For, sir, 1 have been told Ihnt when
the sninll kx breaks out among tho
woinun and children of that famous
tribo, us it sometimes docs, they n lion I
the llucst subjects in the world for the
strategical experiments of nny enter
prising military hero who desires to
improve himself in tho noblo art of war,
esocially for nny vnlinut lieiileunnl
gcnerul whoso
"Trencliaul Idude, Toledo traaty,
Fur Waal o! Bghtlng ka. grown ru.ly,
And eal. Inta Itwlf for Inch
Of aomebody to hew and baaa.4
Sir, the great conflict now raging iu
tho Old World has presented a phe
nomenon iu military science unprece
dented in thennnalsof mankind, a phe
nomenon that has reversed nil the tra
ditions of the pnst as it has disappointed
all the expectntlons of the present. A
great anil warlike people, renowned
aliko for their skill and valor, have
been swept away before the triumphant
advance of nn inferior foe, like autumn
stnbble before a hurricane of Are. For
aught 1 know the next flash of electric
flro that simmers along theocenncnble
mny tell ns that Paris, with every
fiber qulvcringwith the agony of impot
ent despair, writhes henenth tho con
quering heel nf her loathed Invader.
Kre another moon shall wax and wnno
the brightest star in tho gnlniy of na
tions mny full from tho renltli of her
glory never 10 nso ngttin. r.re too
modest violets of early spring shall ojie
their beauteous eyes, the genius of civ
ilixntion mny chaiint the wailing re
quiem of tho proudest nationality tho
world has ever seen, ns she scullers
her wiihered nnd tenr mnislened lillies
o'er the bloody tomb of butchered
France. Hut, sir, I wish to ask if you
honestly ami candidly believe that tlio
nutch would hnvo overrun the r rencn
in that kind of style il General Sheri
dan had not gone over there, and told
King William and Von Moltke how he
had managed lo whip the Piegan In
dians. And hero, sir, recurring, to this map,
I find in tho immcdiato vicinity of tho
Piegnns "vast herds of buftulo" and
immense fields of rich wheat lands."
Hero tho hammer fell.
Many erica: "Coon!" "go on l"J
Tho S!iiker Is there any objection
to the gentleman from Kentucky con
tinuing his remarks? The chair hears
none. Tho gentleman will proeoed.
Mr. Knott I was rcninrking, sir,
upon llicao rust "wheat fields" repre
sented on this ma) in tho immediate,
neighborhood of the buffaloes and Pic
gans, nnd was about to say that tho
idea of thero being theso immense
wheat fields in tho vary heart of a wil
derness, hundreds and hundreds of
miles beyond the utmost yergo of civ
ilization, may appear to somo gentle
men as rather incongruous, as rather
too great n strain on tho ' blunkels" of,
vcrowiiv- Hut my rm.i.1 ll.uw iu ,
i:n- ...I .. :.. .1 -.. MM...
liiucilliy ill llie mailer w iiateer. auuiiiieaou in cunsiocmi miner Hunt lor
lieiiomenou is very easily accounted
tor. It is evident, sir, I hut the l'iegniis
sowed that wheat there and plowed it
iu with buffalo hulls. Sow; sir, this
fortunate combination of huflidocs anil
Picgans, considering their relative posi
tioiis to each other and to
IU 1.1'TII,
as they nif lu ianged on thin map.' sat
isfies mc tbnt .
IIVLV1H
is destined lo be thebcsl market tit the
world.
Here, 'ty on will observe ( pointing to
the map), arc the buffaloes, tlin-clly be
tween the Picgans and
... oui.ui ; , ., ,
urn! here, right on (he road to
. . ... IiUI.L'TII, .
ure the Creeks. Now, sir. when the
buffaloes are sufllciently fat from grac
ing on thoso immense w heat flelds.you
see it will bo the easiest thing in tho
world tor tho Picgans lo drive I hem
on down, stay all night with I heir
mends, the Creeks, and go into
ni'M'Tii
tho
morning.
1 think I boo them,
now, sir, a vast herd ot buffaloes, withcnn be adopted,
their heads down, their eyes glaring,!
their nostrils dilated, their tongues out, j CO .,.'( A' I'llAXh'S.
and their tails curled over their backs, j , , ,
tearing along toward j now A NEWgPAPEn cokiif.spoxif.nt sent
bULini, I
with about a thousand Pieguiisou their
grass-bellied ponies, yelling at their
heels! tin they come ! And as they
sweep pnst the Creeks, tbev join iu
the chase, and away they all go, yell
ing, bellowing, ripping nnd tearing
along, amid clouds ol dust, until the
lusl bulTulo is safely penned iu the
stock-vartls at
DULUTII.' '
Sir, I might stand here forhoursnnd
lion in and expatiate with rapture npon
the gorgeous prospects of ,. . .
rut.UTii,- -nS
depicted upon this map. lint hu
man hlb is too short, and tho timo of
Ibis housa far too valunblo to allow mo
to linger longer upon this tlclightlul
theme. . I think every gentleman upon
this floor is as well satisfied as I nm (bat
DULITH ' ' ;
is destined to become the commercial
metropolis of the universe nnd (hut
this road should bo built nt onoe. 1
am fully persuaded thai no patriotic
representative of tho American people,
who has n proper appreciation of tho
associated glories ot
" , ' nVLCTH : "'
and tho St. Croix, will hesitate a tlio
incut that every able-bodied female iu
the land, between the ages of eighteen,
nnd forty-five, who is in favor ol wo
man's rights," should be drafted and
set to woi k uiion this great work with
out tlelny. Nevertheless, sir, it grieves
my very soul to be coniellcd to any
that 1 cannot voto liir the grunt of
lands provided for in this bill.
Ah, sir, you can huvo no conception
of the poignancy of my anguish that I
nm deprived nt Hint blessed privilege !
There uro two insuperable obstacle in
tho wny. In the first place my con
stituents, for whom I nm acting hero,
have no more inteiuitiu this read than
(hey huvo in the gront question of culi
nary tn-slo now, perhaps, ngilntiug tlio
public mind of Doininiea. as to whether
tho illustrious commissioners, who re
cently left this capital tor t lint free and
enlightened republic, would bo better
fricasseed, boiled, or rousted, ami, iu
tho second place, thoso lunds, which I
am asked to give rt way, also, nro not
mine to bestow ! My relation to tiicin
is simply that of trustee to an express
trust. Am! shall 1 over betray Hint
trust? Never, sir! lint her perish
DIXITU!
Perish the pnragon of cities I liitthcr
let the fleering cyclones of the bleak
northwest bun- it forever beneath tho
eddying snnds ol the raging St. Croix.
WHA T :li UVH To" 7.7, 77 1 'A TE.
There is an extensive luck of proper
adaptation of cmpsof the soil cultivated.
r armors nro required to tuko the soil
us they find it, as it is not practicable
lo ctiect any considerable cliungo in
the geological formation of any plot of
ground, unless the tnsk is performed
at an enormous expense. Hence, when
clay soil preponderates on a tuini it
will bo found more profitable to culti
vate such crops as may bo adapted to
heavy land. On the contrary, if a
mucky or pealy soil prevails, it will Im
more profitable and satisfactory in every
respect to mine, snch crops ns may lie
produced nt tho lowest expense, and
which will return the most profit.
Somo farmers will crsisl In their ef
forts to raise wheal every season on
somo part of the liirm w here there is
not on acre of ground iu any field that
is at all adapted to this grain. Others
will persist in raising hurley when the
soil is of such a character thut with
excellent cultivation the prisluct ht
aero will not exceed fifteen or twenty
bushels of marketable grain per acre.
Thero aro numerous sections of coun
try where nearly all the soil consists
of muck nnd cAt, with only Might
traces of argllncoous and calcareous
noil. Such laud can never 1st made to
tiroduca paying crors of wheat or
larley, unless a heavy dressing of clny
be spread over tho land anil afterwards
thoroughly incorporated with tho soil
which would bo nn outlay that- the
returns woultl not warrant. On such
land tho proprietor should it'ldy adap
tation. If tho soil consists largely of
heavy loam, or is comkscd ot several
kinds of soil, grain of all sorts may he
raised with profit. Or grass, stock
nntl some grain may he produced at
tho samo tune.' Heavy hind may be
used as grass land quite as profitably
and olton mora so than light land.
Tho error consists In attempting to
produce certain crops on light land,
which can be rained with satisfactory
profit only on heavy noils. Jlonce it
will be perceived that an excellent ro
tation of crops for one farm and for
one section of the country would not
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
NEW SERIES-VOL. 16, NO. 10.
bo properly adapted to other sections
whore tho character of the soil is dif
ferent, It will require critical observ
ation on the part of an Intelligent tiller
of the soil, for stiocessivo seasons, be
fore he will bo ablo to detcrmino with
satisfactory cortninfy what crops aro
well adapted to his land, and what
crops cannot lie raised with profit.
Certain writers havo asserted that
"where abundant crops of red clover
will grow, wheat and barley and other
cereals will grow." Wheat, rye and
barley will grow, it is true, where red
clover will flourish. But the product
will not always bo a paying crop.
Kvory farmer by exercising his good
judgment in this regard, may soon do-
terinina whether lie is cultivating such
crops as are most congenial to his par
lieu lur soil.
The most successful farmers of our
country feel satisfied that a mixed
husbandry constitutes the most profit
nltir, farm management .especially w'here
1. 1 :i - T... . -
producing fair crops of grain. Tli
question then arises, shall sheep be
kept in connection with the cultivation
of grain to a limited extent? Or will
the land be bettor adapted lo dairying ?
There is great profit in raising hhecp
and in producing wool ; ami so there is
satisfactory profit in raising cows,
whether the milk ia employed for mak
ing butter or cheese, or sold to dealers
iu milk. If 0110 chooses to keep cither
cows or sheep, on light land, it will be
necessary to plow the ground occasion
ally for the 'purpose of developing tho
fertility, exterminating weeds nnd re
seeding. Hence it will be advisable to
raise grain of somo sort. If land w ill
Iirottuce abundant crojis of gixsl grass,
inliiin corn, onts nnd flax may be
raised with profit. In numerous in
stances the outs or corn raised on one
acre will lie worth mora than the
iiinntity of wheat thut could be pro
duced on two acres of tho same kind
of ground. If a man Is a judicious
malinger, and his soil is of a light,
mucky and poaty character, sheep of
tho right sort, in connection with some
corn and onts. will be found the most
profitable system of husbandry that
A roi.LF.uF. pnnrgssoR to the insank
asiuv.
llr. Jesse T. Peck was president of
DickinsonCollego, Carlisle, Pa.,in 18-18,
and wns mndo tho victim of a practical
joke about that time, which was wide
ly published and regarded ns tho very
esseuco of college mischief. Theauth.
ore of that joke can, at this luto day,
be made known, lor the first time, with
out subjecting them lo censure. Dr.
Jesse T. Peck (afterward Bishop Peck, i
and now, if wo mistnko not, dead ) was
a very large man, dignified in his man
ner and bearing, and with n peculiar
faculty for rolling his r's in conversa
tion, which made his speech very im-
ircssive. . A t Dickinson College in that
yonr, wero Moncuro 1. Conway, now
i'umons in this country and in Knglnnd
for bis high literary attainments, his
vignmna, brilliant, intellect, and his
strong minded views on all religions
and scientific topics. His name is fa
miliar to every lover of literature, and
his lettera to the Cincinnati Commer
cial aro ono of tho most Interesting
Ivaturea of that paiwr. Air. Conwny
(nr, as his fellow students then styled
him, Mono Conway) won not regarded
ns a brilliant student, but was rather
noted lor hi literary prcdclictions.
Jlo appreciated humor, nnd enjoyod
tho practical joke for which college
students have always had a weakness.
Iii the same junior class was Mar
cus J. Parrot t, who afterwards became
a prominent man in tho Free Soil jiarty
ol "Bleeding Kansas," nnd whose name
was for years connected with tho poli
tics of the West. This ia tlio same
Marcus J. Pnrrott, who, some years
ago, while at the Lungham Hotel, in
Loudon, dispatched to the (.rand Hotel
in Paris to reserve npnrtnienlsforhiin.
On his arrival there great was his as
tonishment to find that ono of tho
grandest suites of apartments in the
hotel hod been reserved fur him, whilo
ho wns greeted with tho greutest dis
plnv of respect by mine host nnd his
stntf. . . ..
This extraordinary attention to a
simple American sovereign wus caused
by a ludicrous misconception of -Mr.
Porroft's name. The dispatch con
veyed to the landlord tho impression
that tho apartments were fur tho Mar
quis do Purrott,kUislingiushcd foreign
nobleman, llow Marcus J. Parroit,
ii. ,i,i ,.iii.., ,ir..i,-,.,i ii.
landlord nnd selector! moro humble ap
artments, it is not necessary to relate.
Dickinson College was sustained at
the lime wo referred to by tho Metho
dist Conference of Pennsylvania, Vir
ginia, and Maryland, and the annual
conference, was to be held at Staunton,
Virginia.in March, 1818. Dr. Pock, as
was customary, made his arrange
ments to at tend tho conference, and
also to witness the inauguration of
President laylor in Yt OMiington.
- Tho students wore aware of the fact,
ami one evening Moncnre D. Conway,
Marcus J. Pnrrott, and K. A. Mugin
ness, then a freshman from New Al
bany (now tho portly manager of tho
Louisville Industrial Exposition.) snt
down to play a gamo of euchre. The
President's visit to Staunton wns com
mented upon, and, in tha mischievous
spirit of studentbood, a practical juke
was projected, which, niter mutual
suggestions from ouch of the three, ns
siimcd complete shnpe.
Conwny could iinilnto Dr. Peck's
handwriting, and pen and ink being
procured, hu wrote a hitter lo tho Su
porintuudnnt of the insane Asylum, nt
Staunton, in whic h ho stated that a
very respectable citir.cn of Carlisle, Pn.,
named Hugh Hlair was, subjected to
tcintsTrary aberration of tho mind, du
ring which ho imagined himself lo bo
Dr. Jesse T. Pock, Presidunt of
Dickinsou College. Thou followed a
iliscription of tho unfortunate Hugh
Hlair ; which description was an clnlmr
uto picture ot Dr. Peck himself. A
Mr. Hugh Hlair hnd been nbscnt somo
tlnys. hlsfriendswerubeoomingulanned
nnd tho supposition was tliat as, Dr.
Peck would reach Staunton to attend
tha conforence on a certain dny, Mr.
Hugh Hlair had gone thero under his
delusion, nnd would bo on the samo
train. Would the Hupenntondont lie
so kind a to watch tho train, and if
the gentleman described camo, to take
him to tho Asylum, without exciting
his fears, and retain him nntll his
friends could come for him, when all
exponse would bo paid and they would
lie eve grateful, ic.
The letter was sent and Iho trio
waited for tho sequel.
Dr. Pork, in all his Imposing dignity,
reached Staunton on tho day expected.
On stepping from the tiain be was ac
costed by a polite gentleman with :
"lathi Dr. Pectr '
"Yes, sir, I am Dr. Peek. President
ol Dickinson College." wa the digni
fied response.
"Glad to too you, sir, will you step
into my curriogo, Dr. Peck ?'' said tho
affable gentleman.
Dr. Peck, supposing it to bo au at
tention which was being paid to tho
President of the Dickinson Collogo,
complied nnd was driven to tho Asy
lum, Ills companion dialling pleasantly
on tho way. Ho had not been inside
the institution long before he discoy.
ored iu character, nnd naturally desired
to know why ho hnd been brought
there.
ThoSiipcrintcndeiit assured him that
ho would not bo harmed; that bo
would simply he required to remain at
tho Institution until his friends camo
for him.
Dr. Pock bocamo Indignant, and de
manded to bo released. He declared
himself to bo "Dr. Jesso T. Peck, Pres
ident of Dickinson College," but as
this corresponded exactly with thodis-
erlption given of tho unfortunate Hugh
Hlair, and hi peculiar delusion, the
Superintendent smiled blandly, and
begged the doctor not to excito himself.
Finally Dr. Peck'sprotostations grew
so violent that tlio Superintendent, to
pnclfy the supposed monomaniac aocod
cd to his request to send for some of
his conforence friends to identify him.
They enme, iu wonder and surprise, .
and tho doctor was recognized by his
astonished friends, who released him
with profuso apologies from the Su
perintendent, who could only in pallia
tion for his error produce his letter as- .
sinning to bo from Dr. Peck, regarding
the uulbrtuiinto Hugh Blair. ,
Dr, Peck felt vory much hurt over
tho cruel joke; the pleasure of his visit
to the conference was spoiled, and on
Ilia return to the college the cntiro
faculty among which were Prof. Heard,
now rirthc Smithsonian Imtitnte.FHrfr-"-".
Allen, now of liirard College, and Dr.
Tiffany, now pastor of tho Methodist
Memorial Church of Washington in
stituted nn investigation to discover
tho author of a prank which, in its au
dacity, rivaled the students of Charles
O'Mullcy's day, but all their efforts
w ere in vain. ' The students kept their
secret well, nnd now for the first time,
I hoso wiio remember tho incident will
learn the author's numo.
F.von tho lenrned nnd honored Mon
cure 1). Conwny may amilo when ho
recalls il; M arena J. Parroit certainly
would if he wns alive; but he, like
Bishop Peck, we believe, has passed
away. Mr. Conwny s only surviving
companion of Hint memorable college
prank is the auuve nnd dignified gen
tleman who innnnge tlio aflairs of
the Louisville Industrial Exposition.
MARRIED LIFE.
lu denying tha pivliminuy applica
tion of a wife lo enable her to bring a
suit for divorce against her husband,
.ludge Donohno gave recently, somo
very sound advice to married people
who arc troubled with incompatibility
of tcmjicrament. The ease whose
abrupt termination afforded the occas
ion liir these remarks appears to havo
been a very frivolous one. Tho "cruel
and inhuman treatment" complained
of by the wife seems to havo mainly
consisted of occasional exhibition of
boorishncss on the part of tho husband.
On ono occasion ho was bored with
her piano playing, antl al tempted to
summarily atop the annoyance by clos
ing the lid of tho instrument. His
wile resisted and got her fingers pinched.
At another time ho refused to budge
from tho two chairs he occupied lwfore
the window to enablo his wife to ro
movo some pet birds which were hang
ing outside. A third specification re
lated to the violent ringing of the door
hell nt night by the defendant,, Acts
: like theso were the head and front of
tlio husband's offending, and yet they
wero deemed sufficient to warrant a
demand for alimony and an allowance
for cotiscl fees, to cnuhle the wifb to
prosecuto a suit for divorce from bed
and board. '
Thero seems to have been evidence
enough in the case to secure a verdict
iroiii any icmalo jury that tho hus
band hnd behnved like a "brute." But
then, hnd his wife's temper and con
duct no share in making him so? It
was very wrong to close tho piano on
his wife's fingers, but was it quite right
to insist on compelling a man to lis
ten to music tbnt ho did not want ?
Is it wiso to make a man's homo so
disagreublo that he must either aoek
quiet nnd ropose outside of it or resort
to lorco to secure them inside ? As to
tho pet-bird episode, it would be inter
esting to hear what kind of tone the
wife asked her husband to sit on one
side ; nntl lieforo condemning without
rescrvo that morose and surly person,
it might ixs only fair to givo him somo
credit tor a dim feeling of regret that
,tno woman lie had eourtod in day
jgnno by had lovo to spare for her
I canaries, but jiono for him. Again,
why should a wife's nerves be jarred
by her husband's ring at the door-bell,
I oven if it wore latent night? There
aro women who find more melody in
that sound than is contained in all' the
'even ocl lives of their piano-fortes, or
j unless trills of their pet canaries. Was
, it not partly her own fault that the
plaintiff in this case found tho midnight
ring so (lisagreenblo to her nerves ?
Wo submit these points less with
reference to tho litigant Thompsons
than to the scores nf married couple
I wnose tiimcuitie nreiainy illuslralod
by the complaint in tho case in ques
! tion. Tho old-nishioncd theory of
1 mutual obligation in tho marriage ro
I lations Is a good deal lost sight of in
i therm days. Men are too apt to carry
their business faces and their business
thoughts homo with them and so bring
. nothing but coldness, hardness and re
' servo to the society of wito and chil
Idron. ' On tho other hand, women aro
, not ready enough to make allowance
, for tlio wear and tour of our commer
cial life llnon tha nerves nnd tnniner
l..r il... i.na . I.., .u- i. .
of tho struggle It is to a verf largo
extent for their wires and children'
suites that mon aro tempted to overtax
their energies, antl mako (hemsclvea
prematurely old, in the endeavor to
get rich or to maintain a certain social
position. There aro many thing that
cloud n mail' brow and sour hi tem
per, about which ho cannot take hi
wito into his confidence She would
probably not understand them If ho
did, and the attempt to translate these
trouble into defiuito spoot h is to many
men a more aeiMo paiu than to limply
endure them. Women may have no
ticed tho fiiet that tho boiling kettle
continues to bubble lor a little while
after it has liecn lifted from tho fire.
In tlio same way the active brain of
the hard worked professional or bush
ncs man w ill in spito of himself, run
on tlio alfuira of his office alter he has
come within tho pecincta of home. A
wise wife will mnko allowance for the
occassional gruffnes whose source she
cannot understand, and will make it
her btisinra to tmonih out tha bard line
of the troubled faco, and gently allow
tho soothing Influence of a pleasant
home to work its gradual but certain
cure. ..
A remarkable mortality bos prevail
ed among Iho member of Congress
during the last few months. Thre
members-elect have died since Novem
ber last Mr. Allen, of New York;
MP. McMillin, ol Georgia, and Ut.
Read, of Teunonnoe. In addition,
four member of the present Bouse
hnvo died Messrs. Crocker and Hoop
er, of Massachusetts Herary, of
Maine, and Klce, of Illinoi and to
those named aiust ba added the recent
death of Senator Buckingham. .
An exchange asserts that raw meat,
fed to fbwls, make them quarralsonie,
and that It h, moreover, lea aitrttiou
than cooked meat.