the t,t
" CLEARFIEIdl KtriltLU'AN,"
I'l ULUUKIt VKRV Ht.rDKHlAV, r .
flKOIIUf, H. t.OUDI.ANDEH.
. ; ; cutmuu, m.
KUTABLIItHKU IN Itltl.
rhe largest L'lrrulatlaa of any Ktmyiper
,. la Korth Ctutral Peunajlvaala.
Termi of Subscription.
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IT uld after u4 Wfor. wontha
If .ld after lh .ipiraliua ol 0 bioulba,., 3 IM
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f rai.iiit tdvertliiiMntmU, r iHjuar uf lOllimnor
hp, S time or leal fl SO
for eh uhaqiie.nt Ineertlun 5
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Ctutiuna and Klray 1 60
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v ti ; ; iikoruk n. uoodi.anikk, '
' Kditor and I'tibl'-ber.'
Cards.
H. It I' AT. '
c, r ofiaiiMiir.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
l:J874 CLEARFIELD, PA. f
FRANK FIELDING,
f TT 0 H N K Y-A T-I. A W , I
t ., ... ii Clearflpld, Po. ,
WHI.IM..I to .11 l,uiiui Mil.u.i.d I., dial
pimptl ami fafthriillj.
AArin 1. K Rt:H.
juu. m. wnutiiiiT.
nnr r. wallac.
WALLACE 4. KREBS,
A T T O It X E y S - A T - h A W .
Il-13'ra ' Cleorlleld, Pa.
A. G. KRAMER,
A T X O I! X E Y - A T - L A V ,
K..I K.tftte od C.lltrllon Agrnt,
CI.EAHKIKI.n. PA.,
Will prn.u.tly .tt.od to .11 IK.I buiiii.M
tra.trd to bit f.ro.
.itOfllc. In Pio. Opor. II..O... .wood Boor.
Prtl 1 -Uii.
I, ...:.... 'tlXT. .., hii.i.iVtt,
McENALLY & McCUEDY,
i ATTOUNKYS-AT-LAW,.
ClenrUild. Pa.
VLot.l bo'ln.u ottudo.1 to umnpllT with)
B.lellty. unm. on owiina .vie.., ...i,.,- .... .
N.M..H.I P.nk. j. ii.l:, 4
G R. BARRETT,
ATTORNKY AND C'oUNKKLnB AT f.AW.
CLKAHFIKI.l. PA.
Uvlng roairivd hi Jnlttliip. ba rei-owrd
th nraolifc f tlifl Ibw Id tain old oWm t t'Kar
Bcld, Pa. Will altend thrnunrli of Jr(TiT-n and
Klk nonnllcn whoti aprcially retitlni'd in toiinerliin
ifh reil'ltnl Cinirincl. i.i-.r-.
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTOHNKY AT LAW,
Cleai Held, Pa.
c-Hfn- in i'uitrt lltiuia. (Slit-HlTa 0(Bo.
I .. bhI l.ninri"iiTronirtlTaltPlili'd to. Ral fatal
luut(bt and fold. 31 l'T3
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTOUNEY AT LAW,
Meal-Hold. !
tt,Offlc. tn tln.li.ui'. How. deea-ly
"'''"H.'wrSMITH,"
ATTOItXKY-AT-lA -V,
tl:l-7. 'lrrfleld, P.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTOHNKY AT LAW.
.11:... ..p Kmood M Cl..rflold, Ps. no.ll.H
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTOHNKY AT LAW,
CleirHelri, P.
lO-OIB.e In Pi.'. 0mni Hon... Jyll.'e7
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I. .rtlo Id, P.
fl-t.Sp. in Ki.'i ti(.r Hoffffrww Jlo. p.
J.n. . ISH.
JO HN L . CUTTLE,
ATTOUNEY AT LAW.
md Uoal E.tatt Atfuit. Cleirfleld, Pa.
t.lSo. on Xblrd .tr..t. b.t.Cb.rry A W.lnat.
,drU..pitrally offer, hi. l.rvte.r. in ollin
.nd byln( lod. la Ol.arfl.ld and a.Joiaf.(
toanll.a and with an .xp.rl.neo nl or.r tw.nt,
r..n a a tnrr.yor, S.tt.r. biroi.irthat h. can
r.n.l.r i.tl.f.ctluo. Ftb.
jT BLAKE W ALTERS,
REAIi KSTATE 11R0KEH, 1
Ann iik a La 1a
Saw liOH mill TAiimber,
CI.KAKKIKI.il, PA.
Bo. In Hr.hnm'l Row. I'L
ATTOIIXEY - AT - LAW,
1:11 Uareola, l loarflfld Co., Pa. y pd
J. S. BA RNH A R f , 7
l , ATTtUlMKY - AT . LAW, ,,
. - lUU.r.Hitf. Pa. . .
ffill i.rnrllnr in Clrorn.-I.! .nil nil of thi Cuuru of
lb. jilli Ju'lii-M ill.lrlct. nc.l r'tnt. korlneM
and Mtlleotion of ol.ini. m.d. iiooi.ltirk nl'7l
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYHirlAN A 8 U Ii (4 E 0 X ,
M THKKKIH :H1, PA.
Will.tt.nd nrofc.rloni.1 o.ll. promplly. ..ikIu'70
' "5a. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN AM) SURGEON,
OBle on Markrt Sttrvt, Clearirld. Pa.
dTdlDu houri: 9 to 12 a. ni , aud 1 tu S i. ui.
yyll. E. M. SOIIEUIiEll,
IIOM.KtU'ATIIK! PHYSICIAN,
Ofnoe ia rt-ridao. on MttrkH .1.
April U, 1871. t'l,"r", l'i,.!'"-
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN A SUBGEON,
HAVIN8 locntrd at Pdnnflold, P.., offtrn bli
prof... lon.l ..rvloo. to tho peopl. of that
pliu,. and lorroundltig country. Allo.ll. promptly
att.ndrdto. oct. II If.
DR"j7 P . B U RC H Fl eITd ,
Lale Burgaoa of tht S;id RKlnobt, Pa hnajrlfaula
VolDtri baln ratnrnad from tba Artuj,
Kara bit profaiaional lervirva tn tbtoitliam
of Claarflaldeoanty.
aT-ProffialoaaUalU promptly alUndad to.
Oflf on 8miI at rati. (onsarljMeQplad hy
Dr. Wood. aprvftU
DR. H.B.VAN VALZAH;
CI.K.AHI-ircl.l), PKNN'A.
OKF1CE IN llASONlClU IMUNtJ.
JUT Offiot buur.Kruui IS to S J'. M.
My 1!, 17.
D"r.Tekkkson" i.itz,
WOODI.ANM, PA.
Will promptly .ttrnd .11 call. In lliff lln.ofbii
pror.i.ioa. nir.n-TJ
0. W. WEAVER & CO.,
liHTfiOISTS A AI'OTIIKCARIES,
iTKWKXSVlLLn. PA.
Di..l.n la all kind, of Dni", Mr.lirlnoi, Pm
tj Oond. and Dror.i.l.' Bundrlra.
Carw.n.illo, Marrh 17, l",o.
GEOEQE M. FEEQUtSON,
WITH
w. v. LirpncoTT & co.,
(JeaJara in
HATS A I'.VL'S, HOOTS A 8IIOKS,
3 17 1M Market riir..t, I'b.lu l.l,.h.,. It U
A. H. MITTON,
Mamiractarfr and lalr In
Harness Saddles and II rl dies
rIUr. Whlpi, llroahci. Fly KatV. TrlDinlef a.
Ilora lllankatp, 1.
Vaonum, Frank Millrr'a and Naataftmt OtM.
Ajrtot for Dailfj and Wilaon'a Bajqrla.
ttrdara and rcpalriBK promptlj attended t,
Hhop on Market Mral, Cl-arBald, Pa., ia tvom
Inrmarljr ocupiM hy J a. Altxandoi'. iM"!i
I Awry Ntable.
Til K nnd.ralKnod boK toa.a to Infort. tb. nab
II. that bo t. aaw folly prop.rd to aooommo
4aU all ia tha a.yorforaiffibng H'irMa, HagglM,
kddli and Horn..., on lb. abortwt aotk. aad
. roaton.blo tonal. R.aidp oa Local 1 itrt,
.tolwna Third and P.nb.
OKU. W. 0EARHART.
Inrifld, f.b. 4, 174.
I'LKVKF
GEO. B. GOODLANDEE, Proprietor,
VOLIO-WIIOLE ...NO..
It tun I ir.J iTurdj;; t f r ;iii'pc
t JOHN D. THOMPSON,
"', i'lirwpiiavlllr. Pa
paid rr,
v.it. ALinnr Hta xi.mr.nr...
...nr. xLihiir
W. ALBERT & BROS.,.
1 Minnfiftor.r. 4 txlrn.i.T lfBlrin ,:
- I Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, ito.,
' WOODLAND. rKHH'A. - '
-0t.pn Mlioltrd. Villi 111.4 on .l.orl nollre
o.d ro.Fon.blo Uiwt.
, Addr Woodln4 P. 0., ClMrMd Co., P.
,U.y W L11KUT A imc.K.
. tn7iiioie -rIITRIi:T
r" u". '
rirl,vill, t lunltlild County. I'.,
Krrb tfntnatly un lund o full ...orfirt,ti1' of
Dry i1.hu)., llnnlw.ri', llroocrli'l, n,l .vrrylhlnn
a.n.llv koi.t in a
r.1.11 Willi:,, win ,w T
for rn.h, a rhp a. .t.eoh.r. in too ooaoty
VnarhWIIa. Junr !7. ld'17-l.v.
.. - -. -
THOMAS H. F O R C E E.
w ... w-.
(ihitltAt. ar-H. IIA.IM.-.i..
t.HAHAMTON. Pa.
Alio, rxtooalv. m.nufnplur.'r and d.nl.r In ("quart
limber and Sawod l.utnliprnf .11 kind..
M-flrriori aolicitod and all bill, promptly
ii.d. jyi'-.
REUBEN "HACK MAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
C'lrarflfld, Pruit'a.
LW1II .awute It. Ill Ilnr proniiitly i-nd
In aworkm.nlik. tn.tinrr. .rrt.o,
1 G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR C.-KAEFIKU), PliSX'A.
ff-Pumpi alwaya on liaml ani uiadr tn onlrr
on abort notice. Pipor hwrcd mi ra"iial'lf larui.
All work warrant! tu n-udrr mttttnt'tiuTi. mid
delivered if deal red. ih2:I vpit
E. A. BIGLER. & CO.,
UK ll.l:H II
SQUARE, TIMBER,
and ln.niifjturrra of
AI L KIM)01'AV1 1.1) l,( Mlli:il,
-7'7J CLKAKPIKI.D, I'KSN'A,
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer in
Eeal Estato, Square Timber, Boards,
SIIIXHI.KS, LATH, i PlrKKT.",
I:lt'73 Cle.rfleld, Pa,
J AMK.H MITCHELL.
or.ALKU IX
Stjunre Tiinber & Timber LimtlM,
J.ll'7:i CI-KAKHKLD, PA.
H. F. N AUGLE,
11 All H .11 IK tit a jLli Mi tlit
- - and dealer I.
.
Watobe, ClotfkH, Jewelry, .Sll wr
..a...... mimwwtw am
and riatoti Ware, &c,
j.lll'Y: IM.EARFIKI.I), PA.,
I, SNYDER,
PUAI'JICAl. ivatcu.maki:b ,
... - r - i I
iSD lllALKa t
(Va(che, Clocks ninl Jowelty,
CraJlam'e llott, Mivht .Vtr.rt.
-V ri.KAHKIt;l.l). PA.
All kiud. of rfpniring it. my line i.riivtl.v at-
andad to. April M, IS7I.
itr.jioVAi..
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER, .
wholeral dealera in .1
OEMS' FIIMSIING GOODS,
Hare n-moved fn 1S7 Chnrch atrcet, between
Franklin and Wfaiteuta.. New York. jyAl'M
"JAMES H. LYTLE,
Mo. 4 Ple'a Opera Huuae, tlearlleld, Pa.
Dealer iu Uruoeii.'.. Provi.lun
Fruit., Flour, 'e.d, t't.. etc
Vogrtablca,
a.rll7i-tf
JAMES E. WATSON & CO.,
REAL ESTATE BKOKKRH,
tll.KAKKIKLU, PK.S'N A.
II..UM.a and OIBoea to let, Colleelinna proatplly
made, and tlrlt.ol.aa IJ'n.1 and fire-Clay Lamia
and Twa property fr a. I., oniee in We.lera
Hotel tti.lldlng (id floor). beoond .St. (tiiylil ,4y
JAMES CLEARY,
BABAEE & HAIR DEESSER,
SECOND 8TREKT,
bl.1 V l-li A H P V. I. I), P A.
(m
HA1IIIY SNYDER,
(formerly with n Ki'huler.)
BAM1KR AND II.tllUHiKSSKIl.
Sb.if, ou Market St.. o,po.lt Curt Hon...
A clean tuw.l fur erery su.toiurr. may IU, 'IA.
K1
HATZEH h I.YTLK,
S.
A'JKN Trl IN t LKABKlHI.l) t'OI'NTV POK enl upon the gcnelosily of his rcllltives.
YjOItl atjli 1 Itll'N 1 Through the aid afforded by tlicsc and
his own exertions he succeeded in oh
felebraied.llranl. of tuiiiinif a liberal ediiciitii.il and was
SlHOklllR & ClU'M llIX TobaCCOS.
Wa are enabled lo whol.ial. tu dealera through
out Iho rounly at ri'y t.rlre..
hll.tlZCK t I.VTLK.
J'.:l::i tl Clearliold, P..
J N I) E K T A K I N IS.
The auder.ignd nr. now fully pirpared U.
earry on Ih. hueiae.e of
tXDKUTAHUVU,
AT RKASONAIU.K ItATL'f,
And r.apoetlully hilioit tlio .alr.iti.ige of lb.,.
aeeding aneh aervieea.
JOHN TIIOIITMAN,
JAM KM L. I.K.WV. ,
rie.ifl.IJ, Pa., F.b. Ik, im 7 4 .
I UK! MM K
Tb onderairned la nw pro in red tn run.iah
tb public with an excellent qualilj of
Bellefonte Wood-Burned Lime,
fr plaMerinff porrmaei, hr the larft or amall
quantity. I'an be to und for the promt at Pie'a
nrw building, an Maiket atrort.
octl.tf . K. M'('I I,I.(H'(l!l.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Best is the Cheapest!
Tbornaa Belli, ha. received auolaer large lot of
"Ulti.b.ll Wagon.," Wlilrh ar. .mong ih. very
beat Baaiiufaelarrd, and aliieb be will eell at th. j
mat reaionabla rate. Jli alonk im lydea atmuat
all dcritiiibi Dl wngnni largt-anil amall. wide
and harn-w track, (.'all an t aee them.
aprtt'M THOMAS HKIU.Y.
J
OUS A. KTAIiLKK,
HAKKH, Market l Ch-aifldd. Pa.
Freb Dread, Ituak, Illla. Piea and I'akee
on band r made tu onlor. A xi noral aumrtmeiit
f ConfertlAnarlea, Krttll and Aula in ftoc.-k.-
lo I'renm and Ovater in aiaien. Pnlcxit nrarl;
aiipitflla tha PoitdlBo. Price inodtralx.
Marrh TO TS.
G S. FLE G A L,
Ironsides Store,
PIIILI.IPmil HIl, PA.
tin A Lilt IS
HARbWAKK, HTOVIS, UKATKK.t, KAMI
IS, WOOD AMD WILLOW WA1II.
, AMU MA.SVr.KCTVKiH Of
TIN, SHUT IR07I AND COPPKRWAHI.
' PmajaUl atraat,
Pkllllp.k.rg. Ceatra Qoj p..
M.y M. 1i;t.
..Ii-
2 123.
.
THE HOUSE THAT BOWEN BUILT,
ll ' llifj'
it' M.'. I'.M"'
Pymn.i.l n,,rw.
i ln built. .
V .... -..ii i
Irut-, .V.tm Prit; Hi- ii Htfr in
'.Hint
lay in Hi bituie thkt U twr built.'
'I'nrtw-jiftidrt Aim. Th( i Hi liiuii'no Ibut iild
In tb urat thul Ht tn rh ln-otfi tlit Tlowfit
built. , , ... injr.tv t
thnl hid In (lit' in o 1 ibjt lu, tie
i IhJ .V" Vj';i" ' I i'. Ill'
lMTmmtnH,,TAi, ll Hip d'i. ' Wflrrlw!
lb ft tbtU hBtt th moM Iktt lid toUit
meal tbjtt, ii' In Uio hoi ibiit Kowwj lilli.
r .... -. , . VI. i..-.' r
rctty.-l hlKllI th( lM..t Will. llttPIQllifilMllMfl
itiftl ktcbetl till i ha dx wa-i ftarywiV. Ibak wur-
Tii'ii un- cm in hi O'ltiicii uii imiu.' (Hat itia ip in
nir.l lli.tl Iht In Ilia liit il-.l B..ir-n Ulll.
j Sir Jim mtitnle. Tbi. i. ibv .io .11 totttrod
nt "u obo aoothed tbo 01. iib th. eruoi.l.-H
h,..l lliot ki,-k,.,l till Iho .l,.! o.a..,,f.f that
j wurrip.1 thi, c.t lli.t bniil.d Iho IDOii.t that bid in
: ih mrnl lbi.l 1 la th. bouxjli.t Ui.ocn l.uill
a Vlrl.
I Fhnt.tf'.-hi In lhi tnalilau (ill forlorn who
Jlltrd ih.' man all InttarHl and lorn, who rnaifd
I thocnw with tlia nrngty bael lliat kicked till th
dn wax aht'jftjtiel (tint wurrlad thrtial thnl hunted
tlif moimr that bid in tin mm) that lay if i lit
bnnan llial Rowan built.
IX.
. H- Tliii ia lie irii-r4t alt rtlm.-rii mid hlit.rn
who almont wirhrd b' pmw ua born when ba
ktail Ilia inniln all frulota wh jtltvd Uw awntn
nil tfwitt-rad a ul turn who ooan il ibet-uv with tb
litest btx'l Ibut bickcfl (ill tlir dnj; waa uMiy iinti
I lb tt wnrrifd tin- rat Hint htintait tlir mnU!'' that
hut in ihv tin at that lay in (he linitaa llial llowiii
j ... V : j
I Mr. Muuliont'ilit hi a "HIh of ib Jmli.
, ,,,) kIiofo 4 dtiwnrifjbt IrnltiinlofM" tur-
j tH-may to The naufbty priat In !) oavoof
j glimm" who aal n ihc runRffl rilpo" at' hia doom
j ,mk Im ktrul ill ii.anltu all luiioni alio jilted
l I In man all tatletel l turn who untliid llie
lnir wthtbWoiia heel that klckcl till the do?
oaj n..m.,'.l tb.t worried tU n.r that hai.t.d
ilia n.H that bid in th. taral that lay ia th.
Ini.i.r tl.nl l!..wi'ti Ijui).. .f . ,
' ' ' AT..' ' i , . .
II, ll,r IV. Af(ttT."TI,i. 1, Ibnnaai.of
lb.Miit.inl rri. D.1 whucirrii..: li. .M-ie.y tltrnufth
l tin. , ml lor ll.B .:y i.l.i pritM in III. tavo of
Itiouu. who R..pt a ilunirnu. cap In lila room,
when h kiaafd tlio aini.kn all lorlnrb who Jiltod
tl.a man all worried and aura who ooax.d tb.
..w .ill. thc Trr.alil,'h,'.l tl.:.t ki.-ka.l till tbed.'g
nn. nvjt.pitl that traat'd ill. ...it ibnt liuntod tlio
loour. that bid In !! maal that by la thr boil.
Ihal lionrn built. .
XII.
Mr: .V...TI,L I. flip lypu-al untlii.r-ln.law
with tbf CPrrikl. tooaur .ad flnibl. Jaw, the nrl.
ryr and avrt.ging rluw, wl.u li.ld ol all that .bo
benr.1 and anw, tvb'i iu.li.lg. .1 in .ario.i. oniumvula
ul.u.l,.nd mad. It anltry fur all th.orouill.ir
th Mutu.l trirnd who dam! tn rofua. to ht bnr
g.'t nt bi. I,uil).t of B..T. fur III. prial wbu,
cni.ght in ul.at he had d..ne, t.idt"M..th..r, I wi'h
y,.n would rail m. aim lor bit di-a.ilate .laugh-
ii ran ...ri'.rn wno JUIwt I. t. tTBt.rmlnotl Torn
WOO O'lantl IHV IHW W1IB IIIIIMUT tltVl I bat I
. i',kd tin ilia tiogwaa n'iw thni wortied the
'h"f .'1 tl, "n" "'-t hid in tlum.al
tbnt lay In in lue that Uitwen bnili '
,,.. ..
7. ro,4,. Thl. I. th. r,., k thai will Brow
In ili mm wh.n Jaailm blows bar driinqurat
h'tra, ...ttiinao'liag all an a,k.iowl.dgi tb. oora
for th mollirr in l.w with th. lingo.l tborni fur I
tha Mutual Crl.i.d wtih hi. left. .r.. f... ih..
SliM ol tba lav of JudtrmanB lion, to Mmilnrt
and a.rr and guido and mirai f.r IImMo, who, i
.. .1,. b.. ,wurn, by ' l.rta.duh. froin bur r.J
iH.rv. . an .m, aini.i nn.H all iinA.n and .horn
oho kiaaed tho maiden all Urlora who j.lu
the luun all norrl.d and worn who aoothed tha
ii,w with tha limber Iim-I that kicked till tho dug
w.a Ne,i that worried! the rat flint bunted
th. Biuan that hid in the laeal tba! Iny la lb.
hnnae li.af llow.n Luilt. VY, A taorrtT, flo.Vy
Urnfhtc
jonx r. niti:cKixiimr;j;.
STATESMAN, ROI.DITX CIVILIAN.
In view of tho pint o which tho Into
Hon. John C llivckinridgo occupied
in tho esteem ol the Democratic luirty
anil the import mil purl which hojilayed
in a most evenlltil period of our na
tional legislation, we have compiled a
more extended sketch of his lile and
public scrvieos than onr smep per
mitted us to publish upon Die first an
nouncement of his denth :
John V. Broekinridgn cnnie from a
distinguished family, llewtisnncphew
of tho distinguished divines, the Rot.
John Breckinridge, l. J)., and tho Rev.
Dr. i.obcrt J. llieckinridgo ; and his
lathiT.Joseph Cabell lircrkiiiridgo.who
died w hen lie w as only three years old,
wus secretary of Mute of Kentucky
and a muu of high standing iu tho pub
lic anuirs. un ins mothers snio bo
was deeelidcd fhnn John Wilhcisp()ii
anil Sntnucl Stanhope Smilh, ono of
whom was a signer ol Iho Decliirnlion
of Indejicmlenco, and both presidents
of Princeton colleite. o wus born nt
JiOtiuglon, Ky., .luniiury 21, 1821, but
l the tlculh of his father Icll him dopend-
dualcd from Cenlre college, at Dan-
villc, hy., If. 18.W. lie Biihseiiieii(ly
spent sonio nine us n resnlenl, gmilu
ii to ul J'riiii I'l.iii nnd lie n studied law
nt the i.llice of Juduc Ouwslcy, uller-
w aril governor ol his nulivu ..tnle.t
Mr. Breckinridge completed his legal
studies at Transylvania tihternitv and
iia uiluiilUd to the bar ill 1811. llu
lii". I practiced for a brief period at liur
lington, Iowa, hut, returning to Ken
lucky lo bo married, hu was pm-siiudcd
by his Irionds to follow hit profession
in his native stute. . lit! accordingly
settled at (ieorgetown, Ky., w here hv
iimcticed law, und iu IHIil, diiriug the
l'olk cuiivubs, he firsl limit an ticlivu
interest in p., lilies.
Some time nller tho -li xi.iiii war
broke out Mr. Ilreckinndgcw as iiinong
iho first to offer his services lo his
Stale, (iovernor Ouwslcy gavu him a
commission as uukjoriii Urn Kentucky
regiment, and ho wont to join tionerul
Scott's army in Mexico. Ou reaching
tho city of Mexico Major llreckiiiritigc
found the wnr virtually nt un end, and
idler doing garrison duly with his regi
ment lor soma liino he returned home.
Ho hinl, however, an opportunity to
disliiiL'iiish himautl a o lawvor iltiriiirr
I ''I" I'"'.V' tho city of Mexico, and
ma nuceeswiin oienec 01 Client! I II
low licloro a court of impiiry mud., him
much reputation. ' ,
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.. ",l
IliecKllllKlgO rOHIlnirU tllO prilt tlCO M
)js professitiu, but he WUS Hot permitted
to ptirsuo it willunit interruption, in
18IH ho was elected to Iho Kentucky
Icgislnltu, Idreniost among his sup
porter being Henry (May, who ab
jured politics in his behalf, and was
chosen enker of tho Assembly. He
detlMicd a re-election, however, unil
Ihe next year (iKilj he was clecle.1 to
Congress in ft Whig district anil over
a candidate persnnnlly popular, (ien
I oral Leslie l isJiiitis being Ins rompeli
' lor. The contest wus a severe one,
and when It wns subsequently hisinit
I ated ill Congress that hefiwcd hisoloc-
tion to foreign aid, "Ao, sir, sum Mr.
Breckinridge ; "I camo not here by
the aid of money, but in spite of It. I
have to any that 1 represent a district
In which t ho money power of tho Coin
moliwenlth is concentrated, and that
money power Is in the l.nntls of my
oKhcnt. It was loudly proclaitned
in the streets of the-tily where 1 live
that I should be doles Ud if it cost ISO,.
000 to dn it ! and I nm tll Iho mem-
, V ' W WW ti'
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; til JiU
:'cMhfield,
.Mil !..!
l.ttr frinuw'tjrk"tlal'("V!isV 3ll,.
001 iv.eii) sitpiit (tit, lUm. 'UjJ,,,o, unil,
a 1,1.0 lVHUtt hIkiuh, lii vaiii.' In 1 SCill.
iit,urlur in yuiutki Itiui,, (lie Wliif
nouiiimtnl Gbvyni"!' INilterl. J.v(vIiit,
wlic linJ, noyor hiilTtml u ivvcivh: uuil
wits ilt'i'inotl iiitiiyibli',, In oiiiiwo liiui
lii)ii, bn. 1m wui) figain.iUti.il nl'UT(i
I. iii Jlii'l liitter cyuU'ift.., i ,, ., ,
jlu.jC liln filt lillliliu i.fitriiillii.t;s
lis iliu ilt'livtiytif mi O.uli'ij'y -on llimry
' 'lit)',, si'Oii titlcr Uiij tlvvvaw, ii tlio 3oih
of Jiii)d,l85,.,: , Jiiiiit.rcnlu:itij tlio rcso
l'llKiiiljfe.'iitu t to tlic i)ciuon' of the
u;iTllt.,. tvt'iiiiit'Kiitii, ..tir. ptvuiiiiiriujj;c.
Uiij. ilio fiilut'tu) of tiis .ytiiing Jit'ttrt
'uiiuw''Mr. C'liiy's gritvet, mid, sliiinliiig
W illi llio niutnovite of tlio girtit ilt'iu)
uluiiit liiui, "vxpruHHt'tlJitu . cinil I'liipt lor
1ml Hiciitvil to him ' Uio li'a'nlciniiin
ol jiilitic." ' "If 1 'were to write hin
uiUu)i," wiij luv ''l woiilil iiisrvihc iu
111., luinr.i .itiittjr- ..i. n.u .i..n. M i.ip
bIkiII imti'lt hid iilin.' iiltitv, 'Holt! liun
imin wlui wiiH in lhi. imlilie wrvivu
lot- fifty vuui'B unil iit'vor ntU-iniitod to
deceive bin couiili'vinen.'" Tliie) I'liro
eulogy, t'oiiiiiig from h political iiiitugo-
Hint, Iitul tttlouLile vnlue u un iij.nr, 'no
lion of worth of Hut tliliiigiiiHhid C'lny.
On the I'onioval ol' the Sennle IVom
the old unil lime honored t hit till Hf,
wliieh Imil been I lie scene ol ho ninny
gi'i iil events nf Aniericnii hialory, lo
the new one, tho Vice rrooiilenl mrtde
a I. tIiii'' utlilrciw. Jlv l'-vc rln luslori
cut tmlline of llitj exiL'cnccs (o which
l.'oiii'i'ei.B wiia put in Un curly tlnvK
holding its o-ctoiiono. uh the chitnccM of
tvnr required, ol Phihtdc lihin, lililli-
moio, J.iinciiBter, AnnniioiiH, nnil loilt
town, and, timing the jtoriod hetween
the eonoiusion til pence ami the csluu
lishment of the present governiiicnt nt
I'flneeion, .Miniipolm, J renlou, tmtl
Xew York. Ho followed wilh a his
tory of the choice of the present Incnli
ty, the foiiinhilinii of tlio cily, the huild
ing of the cniiiliil, iiiitl the oiiwiti-d
culver ol our lei'islntiire. with sul'u'cs-
tive ineinorinlK or the g'icnt inen who
Iitul mtle tho place they were leaving
immortiil. It wits h chnto and 4iiitii
ble furewcll to the old cliumhof, und
will ho tix'imuretl nmnnir the nrchives
recotintini; its denr old memories.
During the first session ot tho thirty
third t'ongrcsn, in the course f)f Uio
discussion of the Kftnsns-Nehrnskn hill,
in .Murch, Mr. llivekiiiriil.'O ho-
enmo involved in ft pcrsonrtl itlleren
tion wilh Krnneis H. I'tittlng, of Xow
torit. nigiuntinni; him ns u prolesserl
friend hut seeret enemy of the hill.
which led to tho preliminnries of a
itiel. 1 ho meelinL' wits, howetfer.
nvoitled by tho intcrventiuli of friends
nnd mutual exphiniitions. In recogni
tion ol Mr. Hreckmmlge nlentinca-
Iton with tho views of the udminisirn
1 tioTi, PifftidpTit Piorco tetiflorod to Mm
h(t tntm to Rimill roviouf!v to the
i ., .1 .
Jiiointinilion ol lVrre fu.ule, nf Louisl.
" V . 1 .,.
clinetl, flnmestie mrttterw compelling the
ileelinnllon.
uf Hreckinriilire's enroer in f'nn
31 r "rei Kii nuge 8 eiireer in ton-
I e;'i " tt" iiiiii ki 'I ny eonsiuemoie nni- ,
iinnev. find he Showed Intrch pntcticol
ul,iltV III legtslitl ion. Ill a ttrcnil
-'- Ll. u-m.rL-.y Vll,..li .
showed himself fully cnpnble of hold
ing his own, even against so keen and
acute a debater, and In nn encounter
wilh Mr. (iiildings hi' so jiressed his
nntngutiist Hint Uio "noted aboliliouist
flatly denied the power of the federal
I government to puss a 'fugitive slave
luw or lo employ tnr lorco necessary
to ctitbrec it. Mr. (lidding.1 denial
was considered a grent Democratic
trinmph In thoso days. ' it was during
his successive terms In Congress (hut
the Knnsas-Nchraskn agitation conse
quent upon tho repeal of tho Missonrl
compromise took place. Mr. Breckin
ridgo took an active part in tho dis
cussion, and his grent speech on the
question of territorial power was made
March 23, 18M, ' This effort has buen
greatly oxtrollcd and it certainly was a
very able exposition of his own views
ou the subject. It was especially ro
inuiknble for its clear stutemenl of the
legislation of Congress ut criticul peri
ods of our history, and lis powerful
analysis of the motives and movements
ot parties. The compromise of 1820
wns simply a pluu of adjustment to
ward off threatened purnl. llubridged
southern rights, Mr. Breckinridge con
tended, undgnvo to the North undue
influence unil nsccnilency. Yet Mr.
Breckinridge showed lhat it wus re
peatedly violated by iho parties under
iiee soil and abolition influences, and
that ill repeated epochs of onr history
the admission of Missouri, the annex
ation of Texas there had been ex
hibited on tho part nf tho Democratic
party a fixed determination tn abide by
it. The great strugglo came iu lS.'iil.
when that compromise wus train). lid
under fool by the refusal to extend the
line of 56 di g. 30 min. to tho Pacific,
and tho Issue was joined between those
w ho insisted upon Congress prohibit
ing slavery the territories, und those
win) demanded that the question of
slavery in tho territories should be left
to the people who inhabit them, sub
ject only to tho federal constitution.
This hittcrprinciplcprovnilcil. It was
determined that nil, parties should
ubido hy tho decisions of the courts in
Ihe matter of tho title of a muster lo '
his slaves ill tho territories. Thus
these compromise measures f 1H."0
practically repealed the Missouri com-
promise line and established first the
principles of the Knnsns-N'chruskn. and
subsequently Iho rival platforms ol the
jiemocratlcpanyliilMi.il.
In Jnuo, ISM, ho was a delegate to
tho Cincinnati convention After Ihe
nomination of Biichiinaii to tho J'resl
ihnicy several names were offered for
Iho second ollicc, that of Mr. Breckin
ridge being proposed by tho Lotiisiuna
delegation. Mr. Hreckinridgo begged
that his tmnio bo withdrawn, which
proposition was not acceded to by tho
convention. On tho first ballot he re
ceived Til votes to 5!) for (iruernl (Quit
man, but on the second, amid tho moot
prolonged enthusiasm, he wns declared
the unanimous choice nf the hotly. In
the fall of Ihesurtieyear he was elected 1
to the Vice Presidency, receiving 173
vote in tho electoral college, being 63
over William L. Dayton, Ihe Republi
can candidnto lor that olliee. Thns. at
the age of 35, after Serving in theSlnte
and National legislature., he wus t ie.
vntcd to the second ollico in the gift nf
the people. Tho Vice Presidency af
lords little scope lor iho rxerciso of
politieiil ability, nnd beyond showing
liis skill a a presldingollicer M r. Breck
inridge accomplished little during the
next four years. He was always out
spoken, however, iu regard to public
atliiirs, nnd not only succeed in retain
ing Ihe albs lions of I he people of Ken
tucky so completely thnt he was elected
to the United States Senate In 1869,
hut had such Influence with Ids party
thnt he boesino the candidate nf one
wing of the Democracy In IWiO for the
Presidency. . 1
The Pemoenitic national convention
met ih Charleston on May 23, of that
year, Caleb dishing, ot Massachusetts,
ppnridinff. " Here a stormy debate
sprnnn itp on th adoption of pes')!!!-
i'-' '.'.' 'f i'-l't iTAA!'i'!; .',t
principlk'ot, men.
..rr
pa!, Wednesday, june 2, 1875.
llf.tm t rcutllrntlnflt itf Cliieiiitiutl pbit
I'.irm, which shotyd I lint there were
divided counsels In trie convention and
finally- letl to u diVriiehiliertnoiit of the
body, the sccedcr .tflerwni'tl niecling
tit Richmond unil l'olnii.:iling Rm kiu
ritlgo for rresidcuf iind lienctnl J.une,
of Oregon, iof Vice lVeslilenl. The
reculnr fonvi'titioti "which had ud-
joiirnod tonicel IitHghlnioro, convened
ut tho Maryland liisiniilo on tlio lHth
of .Tiihe.' and placed in nomination
Stephon A. Doughw iuhI Herschcl V,
.lohiison. ' '
Jn tho' cninpnlgii! rfivckimidgo ro-
coiveti i i eieeioi iii aim B,y;3 liopu
lur votes; Roll, tha 'Virion caudidiite,
31) clectoinl and B7il,Rll popular votes;
und Lincoln 16 cuM'torrtl ami a voto of
1.800,152. OiilhrJ 15th of February,
18(11, ! when' lite Iwk Iicmisch met to
prcsidcil artVlcn i'lidehl,, himsell'niid
'oiieias, inc otner ii.iuccesitii fntt.ii
(Into, being tho most cniispicnous per
sonnges present. After the iiiiiugurn
tion of Lincoln, on the 4th of March,
ISCt, events crowded eiich other In
quick succession. Slule after Stuto
had held eonventionii und passed ordi
nances of secession, tnd the called ses
sion of Hint year wis nicmomhle for
the withdrawal of tlio Southern tneni
ben;. Breckinridge, who hail been
made a Senator from Kentucky on the
very day that Jlnobanan Tctirod to
Wheatland, remained in his scut until
tho close nf tint sesiion on the (ith of
August. ' ' '
An Incident in thispnrt of Mr. Uivck
inridge's senntorinl enreer Is thus rc
luted by Col. l-'orney n his '-Anecdotes
of Public Men:" .' I '.
Perhaps the inos( dntinntic scene
that ever took plat4; in the Senate
hamber, old or new, vn that between
Breckinridge and Col K. D. Baker, of
Oregon on Aug. 1, 1861, five days be
fore the adjournment. m'nr die, ifi the
darkest period of tlu war. when the
rebellion was most tlrfiunt and hope
ful. The Insl week ol that July was
full of excitement In Congress and tho
country, nil. I I know how lfitieh labor
and patience it retptiid to keep alive
the hopes of onr people. Tho course
of I'owell and Breckinridge, of Ken
tucky, and Hrfght, of Indiana, in np
poRinc 'die rtivernnifnt, had Hourly
id'litenttcil party feeling in the Senate.
MoDougall, of California, Itice of Min
nnsota, Thompson, of New Jersey, all
Democrats, mm tiecliireil for rorcc lo
crnsh tho rebellion. Those men were
especially emphatic, tkough closel-endeared
to llreckinrirge. Thonijisoti'
of New Jersey spoke lond and firm
from his seat "I shal.voto for the bill
as a wur measure 1 tin in favor of
currying on the war lt crush out the
rebellion." Tho same day McDonenll
questioned the ripht of I'owell of Ken
tucky to his seat in tho Senate An
drew Johnson reiterated his determin
allnn to stand by tho ling to the Inst,
(,'urlile of West Viririnia would vote
Ci. fi.on In .. ,IA... C... I.
aa ill llie nil, 1st Ol tills looiing tnni
Hivokintltlfre rosa to mako his last for
mal htdietment against thogovernment.
Si, ., I ,:,ru. b aeonn. ' llntroi-
wus a N'mitor iitul a soldier, llo al
ternated iH'twoon hie scut in tho Capi
tol and his tent in the field, lie onmo
in at the eastern door (while Hrockin
ridgo wns speaking) in his blue, coat
nnd fuliguo ciiii,ridingwhip in hand.
Ho l, unset I and listened to tho "nol
ishutf irtuiiHMi," us ho uluerward called
it, of tho Senator froui Kentucky, and
w hen ho sat down, he replied w ith a
fevor never to bo forgotten, .
An amusing cpisodo folloviod the de
bute llrocinridgo thought it wan
Sumner who answered linker iutor
rogatoty. ' What would havo been
done with a Jtoiuan Senator guilty of
such' treason ." by exclaiming that "Ho
would have buun hurled from the Tar
peian llock.'' And ho denounced tho
MusMuc.husoltii Seuutnr in severe and
angry Saxon. When BrockinridgediH
covered it was Kosscndcn and not Sum
ner who had given this rosjujnse ho did
not complain of the llil nor npologigo
to the second," .
Jit tho moutinio, however, uvunta
were transpiring which induced llrcck
inridgu to take up arms with the cause
of tho SoiitJi. It, September the na
tional govornment resolved to luuko
its authority loll in Kentucky which
hail been I be scene of inUxtlino eon
fllcta, Ux-tiov. llornhoud wasaooord
ingly arrested and convey oil to Fort
Laluyetto. 'l'heretiKu llreckinridge'a
departurv from Kentucky and his ar
rival at liichmoud caused no iiirpriso.
While making hia way thither to join
his fortunes with the uonfodcracy he
narrowly escaped capture, hy a detach-,
incut of I'tiiou soldiery under Lieuten
ant Colonel Letcher, in Cincinnati on
September 20, of flint year, aomo of
his companions fulling into Uio hands
of that olllcer. On Ducoinbur 4. 1861,
Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, olY.mid a
resolution ''lhat John C. Breckinridge,
tlio trmtvr, be and ho is hereby ex
pelled," which was unanimously adopt
ed. Six weeks afterward, Januitry 21,
1BG2, he oll'ered himself to and was
elected hy the voters of tho eleventh
district of Kentucky us a representii
tivo iu thu rehid Congress, llo also
served in thu rebel army as a Major
Ijcneral, fiiciini death liiiuiy times, and
alw ays v lh fortitude. His career as
a coiifedcrnto ollicei w us remarkable,
No other man wus cnirngediu as many
.brilliant military operations cast and
west, from Shiloh lo tho aurrendor of
Johnston, us lieneral Breckinridge.
llo commanded the reserve of tho
unity which advanced on I'itlsburg
Landing, aud in tho fighting which
ensued (April 0 and 7, 1KG2) he wns
struck twice by spent halls. When
the buttle wus lost lie commanded the
tiufc of 12,(100 mm which prolccled
the retreat. Ho iiguill encountered
the t'tiion forces at Baton Rouge
I August Ii; hi coniinuinl ol 13 regi
ments, llo attacked the forces of (ien.
Williums, nnd after desperate fighting
fur some hours he wns compelled lo re
treat, having lost from 300 to 4110 men.
Oenernl Hret klnriilgc coninininlod the
corps which firmed the extreme right
ol me coiilcdcmic lorccs at Murlrecs
boro and was an activo participant in
tho lour days' fighting nnd skirmish
ing on thnt eventful battle ground.
On the last tlnvs' fighting his entire.
corp., mrining tnroo ningui icciit eni-
u. ...in ui lliSllllit. , ntiig,.i hilt, i i.iv... ,
! lines, and bwept the opposing force
heforo them until deciniated by Ihe
l nioii tumeric ami nssallcd by the
forces which advanced to the rescue,
they were hurled back in disorder, and
the tiny was won. f ion. Breckinridge
wns again in Iho field during tho des
perate fighting t ("hlcftnmauga. He
aided Iu Brngg's attempt to Itilcrpose
hi force heiween the t'nion army
and Chattanooga, and was one nf the
most energetic commander mi that
sanguinary day.
Going north, Gen. Bi-wkiuridgo was
pUtced in command of about 10 000
men in the Shanandonh Valley. Here
(May 15, 18M) h encountered an
equal force nnder Gen. Nigel, which ho
muted with a hi" of "(10 men. In
REPUBLICAN.
November ho surprised (leu. Gillen
aenr Morrlslown, Tenn., nnd utterly
routed him. About February, 1865,
Gen. Bi-eckinridge, who was then a
Major General, w as selected to succeed
Mr. Slicddon no Secretary of war in
the conl'cflcruU) cabinet. In Una posi
tion he ncted wilh vigor, and displayed
great resources In ro-onlbreiug the
army and furnishing It with supplies.
xio lemaiiicii at ins post until tuo over
throw of tho confederacy, when he es
caped to Knglund. Ho resided thoro
nnd in Canada tin til ho could return
unmolested, i llo was never, however,
relioretl lrrun till disabilities. .
He returned to his native Slate in
1868, w horo he has since lived apart
irom politics. Jlo was a wise conn
seller in peace, and lalsircd by word
and example to bury the animosities
engendered by Iho war. .Much of the
good Itx ling now prevailing between
tu. worth iuhI Month is owing to Hon
Breckinridge. . '
Ho gnve expression to this sentiment
.it :.. r ....... ..:n :.. .......i
ii ...u,.L...JLJ III 1.UI1IHYII1U, III VCIOIST,
1870 culled to honor to Ihe memory
nf Gen. Loo. U was a meeting of all
pat-lien, and he said: "If the spirit
which annuities the assembly before
ino lo-nigni shall become general und
extend tivcr the whole country, then
indeed may we say that the wounds
oi me into war are truly healed. We
ask only for hiiu w hat we concede to
the imitily uulitiut of others, Among
tho mom emiiiuul federal generals who
fell during tho war or who have since
died may ho mentioned Thomas and
Mcl'hersoii. What confederate would
refuse to raise Ids cap as their funeral
truin passed by, or grudge' lo drop a
flower upon their soldier graves?"
Mr. Brecklnridghnd a better opinion
nf the North than most southern lead
ers. In Pierce's time ha suid at a din
ner table in reply to tho raillery of Mr.
Koitt, of South Carolina, that ho"wotild
advise his young friend hero to invito
some ol his constituents, boli.ro under
taking the wnr, upon a tour through
tho North, if only lor Iho purjsjso ot
teaching them w hut an almighty big
country they will havo to whip helbre
they get through.
The lust event of his life was the
visit of Vice President Wilson to his
home at Loxlngton, and the mutual
kindnesses of that interview will be
long remembered by the American
people when the name of Breckinridge
is mentioned. He wus truly a rcpro
scntative man of bis time and his sec
tion, and his curly death only serves to
give prominence to the distinction hv
hnd attained. . -
nn: isthmus vasal.
The United States lslhmns Kxploring
Expedition hns returned to Colon, and
report that its Inlmrs were eminently
successful in running a lino for a ship
cnnnl across the Isthmus of Dnrion.
There aro now three route designated
for passing ships Irom ocean to ocean,
and all of them have their advantages.
Thu most northern route is the
Tvhiiantcpec.thomiddle the Nicaragua,
H.U tba aoutbent oaana -tlati Isthmus
of Jlarien. 1 coin one of ihoso lis a
tionsengineer declare that a practicable
path can be chosen lo thorteu the dis
tnnco from ports on this continent to
those ol'Asin. At Ihe prosunt time all
ships starling from tho eastern side of:
.Virtli or South America Have to pass
far south around Cupo Horn before
they can run either north for ports
along tho coast or start sheet for
islands in the Pacific, or points in J apnn.
China or other part of Asia. This is
a ruinous waste of limo, especially
when tho Cape of Good lloss bus been
practically (dotted off the nautical
charts by the Suea canal, which is
now iu working order. Iu a short
time all Uio fuels iu relation to tho
three projected mutes will be laid he
fore tho country iu an olllcial shape,
and the next Congress may he asked
to take some Btcw iu regard to the
matter. That a canal can he cut from
ocean lo ocean is conceded. The opin
ions of engineers settle thai point. Of
conrse, there are impediments of no
trilling character In the way, hut they
can he removed by the hand of science.
Tho Sncg canal has been constructed ;
there is ft tunnel beneath tho Alps : the
telegraphic cable siH'aka with "innt
miraculous organs" from under liith
oms of tleep sea wave. Inn Jew
years it is expcled that cars will he
ocdiiig from Franco to Kngland with
n depth of water above them siilllcient
to float tho largest man-of-war. If
these work are possible, w hy not a
ship canal from ocean to ocean across
the waist of this continent? The
croakers declared tho Snex canal could
not be built. It was built. They pre
dicted it Would soon be choked with
the shifting snnd of tho desert. They
have proved fulse prophets. TJicaiinio
men put in print their estimates to
convineo the public, that Iho Suer. canal
would mako no returns of n satisfactory
finnnciiil character. The business ftsit
un in a totally different, direction. In
the yonr 1873 the working oxpendi
turcsof I lie Sues canal amounted to
twenty-three per cent, of the gross
receipts. The net revenue lor that
year was a3,830.000. nf which tho pre
ferred charges absoilied 12.341.011(1.
leaving 1,485.000 tor a share dividend,
which is three and three quarters per
cent. In 1872 there were 1,082 vessels
passed through the canal, representing
1,439,00(1 tons, la 1873, tlio vessels
increased to 1,173, and Ihe tons to 2,
006,000, Again, iu 1874 theru was an
advance both iu vessels ami tonnage.
The former amounted lo 1,264, and
tho InUcr to 2,424.000. The British
standard of commercial grow th is ap
plied lo the advance of the canal's bus
iness, which is "a minimum increase of
five urr cent, per annum." Less than
Ibis would have addetl one half nf one
per cent, each year to the dividends of
the company. If the atliiirs of the
Suer. Canal Company exhibit such re
sults as Ihoso given front official sourres,
there need be no fear for Ihe cash re
turns from a work that would pas
vessels from the Atlantic to the Pacific
iM-eans. If Ihe Sue canal Is a success,
its parallel enterprise will not he a fail
ure. These fact aresiitliciviit todraw
attention to the rcisirt nf the Dniicn
j expedition, which will soon be made
pu,ic m ill(11M1 , ,,, nn,m ,,.
Hiflupjil
ration of the while subject. Phil-
i,drtj,hin TiwifB. .
The inniiiilhclure of percussion w
der is one of Iho most dangerous occu
pations in the world. 1 It is usunll.y
made in some isolated building, rrnuiv
od a good distance frmn all other
building. Recently John Donahue,
employed tu iniike this powder, for the
Winchester Anns Compuny In New
Haven, wus blown into shreds. In a
week or two there were ten applicant
for his pluce.
At Fall River, Mass., the mill opera
tives In convention aembled have de
manded a ton-hour law throughout
Hew England, and a uniform scale of
prices "
riijj maiiEST moxthtaix ix
THE WOULD.
I't.r many yenrsnast Mount Kverest.
In that portion of the great Himalaya
rouge winch occupies the western part
cl tun strange kingdom ol IScpaiil, un
mediately north ol India, ha been ro
gardod as the highest mountain in tho
world, it is known to the Nepaulese
as Gnurisnnkar, but tho Knglish named
it Kverost, iu honor of a distinguished
olllcer ot the llnlisb Indian topugrapli.
ical survey. Its snow-capped summit
is 211,002 feci, or nearly five miles and
a half above the level of the sea. Of
course no ono has ever ascended It to
this height, but its altitudo, like thai of
the other Jolty Hiaits ol the Himalaya,
was astcrlainefl hy trmngiiliuwn ; and
until the present time it lias not been
supposed lhat any higher hind existed
on the earth.
If the news be true, however, which
nas lately coniu lo us from the more
distant Last, there is a loftier H-ak
than Mount Kverest in the great island
of Pupua or New Guinoa. This vast
rvgiuu, extensive enough to loi'hi six
States as largo as New York, is as yet
almost wholly nnexplored, except
along its coasts. Lying close lo the
equotor, where the lndiun Ocean and
the Pacific meet, it i the home of the
cassowary and tho bird of paradise, a
country grand m its scenery, rich in
ll vegetation, and abounding in curi
ous ami beautiful forms nf aiiimul life
the veritable wonderland of the
globe. Au altainipt to explore the un
known interior nf tho island was made
from Torres Strait, which Honaruto it
In mi Australia, by dipt. J. A. Law son,
in tho year 1872; and if wo may bo
licve his published narrative of the
journey, which bus just appeared m
1.0UUOI1, no auvanceti seveml hundred
miles inland, anil about midway be
tween the north, and south dis
covered a mountain 32,783 feet high,
which he named Mount Hercules.
The height of this mountain over
six miles Is not the only remarkable
thing about it. Its apparent elevation
is but little less than its actual eleva
tion ; for, instead nf rising from a lofty
table land like tho plateau or central
Asia, it stands in a comparatively low
plain only about two thousand feet
above tho ocean, and this gives a clear
rise to moretliait 30,000 leet aliovo the
surrounding country. The traveller
standing at its buso could look up nnd
sco it snowy peak towering dO.HOO
feet skyward from where he stood.
1'ndcr such circumstances tho altitude
of n mountain is appreciated.
Captain Laweon tells lis that he
undertook the ascent, formidable as il
npponred. He ilid not reach the lop,
hut wo believe the achievement which
he relates is unparalleled in the records
of mountaineering. Accompanied by
one servant, be set out from the foot
ut four o'clock iu tho morning. They
passed through dense loresU) in the
first two thousand feet of perpendicu
lar progress, found tho limit of tree
grow th at eleven thousand feet, and
by nine o'clock had reached a point
I. airtecn thousand leet above the sea
ItTol almost no t.lirh as tl.c fhntonn
Mntlcrhorn. A thousand feet higher
wns Iho snow line, and they began to
sulTer from the cold. As they paused
on, drowsiness began to overcome
them. "Nothing w as visible but snow
of the most tinseling whiteness. Kvory
peak and crag wo covered with it.and
il hung over 1 he edge of the cliffs in
lone fliieey masses." Their eye were
affected by the glare, and they felt
themselves more and more lethargic.
"At length blood began to flow from
our nose and ear, says Cnpt. Lawson,
"anil my head ached in a distracting
manner. I saw that onr only chance
of preserving lifo was to retreat with
out further delay ; for wo were in a
pitiful plight. Our lips and gums and
the skin of our hands and Ihoe were
cmoked and bleeding, and our eye
were bloodshot and swollen lo an
alarming extent. The thermometer
had sunk to tweutv-twodogrccs below
the frwr.iiig point, nnd the air wa so
rarefied lhat we wero gasping rather
than breathing. Our Waves fell from
onr grasp, and we conld not pick them
up again, o beiinmbed were our arm
aim nnii'is. it was now ono o clock
and the greatest elevation we had nt. j
tnincd wns 26..114 feet."
Thcy then turned back, dusconded
to Iho limit of (he snow in throe hours,
and arrived at their camp at the bnsc
of the mountain about half past seven
in the evening. Thus, in filieen hours
and a half, they had- ascended an ab
solute height of 23,01)0 feet, lo an eleva
tion which we believe is greater than
any ever before attained hv mnn tiisin
the surface of the earth, although bal
loonist hnvo nocasioiinlly gone higher.
I hose ai-o wonderliil stories, antl
the reader mny desire toknow whether
wenltogethertmstiti their authenticity
and nocuracy. The fresh, spirilcd.aud
interesting narrative in w hich we have
found them is published by ono of Ihe
most resjuH'tahlo firms in London, ami
is put forth as a genuine book of travels.
I be author s account ot the flora, the
fnitna, and in tho inhabitants of Aew
Guinea, contains much thnt is marvel
ous, and thnt certainly has hitherto
been unknown nnd unsuspected. Some
it his Ktutciiicut. also, are difficult to
reconcile w ith our previously acquired
knowledge concerning the island.
I uder these circiimstunccs, bis narra
tive is likely to le degraded much as
we should view the t.sttimony of a
single, strange witness to a slnrtliug
fact ; we do not disheliovo it, but we
should like to hear some cirmhorslive
evidence. This w ill probably be af
forded by subsequent explorations.
.tfW lor tm.
The Indiana normal school wits It. r-
niully recognized by thu State Super
intendent on the 23d inst,. ou which
occasion Gov. Ilartimilt, Lieut. -dov.
I. at (a, Attorney General Dimmick.aiid
other prominent gentlemen put in nil
uppeitraiu-e.
Coroner SHliiiiiu. ol ' Memphis, Tenn.,
believes lhat luck is against him
There have within a mom Ii Is-en four
street shootings there' without filial
results, and in three instance Ihe
bodies of drowned men have fl. sited
out of his jurisdiction.
There is something wrong again.
The President ha appended Louis
Richmond, of Rhode Island, as Con. ill
to Cork. We are not aware that Mr.
Richmond is an ex-niumlH-r of dm
grcss who voted lor tho lun-e bill.
The Cbambcrsbnrg VhIIcii Wu'rt'lsays:
"Tho man nominated for (iovernor at
Krie will walk over the ronrso wilh
ease.
A Chicairo shirt dealer ha given up
coaxing and bullying the public, and
despairingly announce on a placard,
rJtty, or I win tinst,
b a .
General Rosecran Is examining
some mines In Nevada in which he is
largeiv inierrwreo
TEEMS $2 per auuuui iu Advance,
NEW SKRIES-VOL. 10, NO. 22.
CUJUOSITIES Of THE LA W.
Thu Iveut couiily(Del.JSiiMfiii.r Court
has I ecu engaged all this week w ith a
very important case. Under the laws
of Delaware the protierty of a wife
.-I... .i:... .:.i.... .!. ,i .....
to her husband, but lo those o(-hcr
own blood. Ten years atfo Henrvi
Stout, a wealthy Dover lawyer, died
leaving his property to Ins three clnl.
dren. Five year aco his onlv daught
er married the Key. 11 N. Hall, of
Lewes, and a year after she died in
giving birth to her first child. The
latter, it was claimed by the fafnvr,
lived for a few minutes after being do
livered, but Mrs. Hall's brother denied.
If tho balx breathed for a single rteo.
ond after birth then the mother's pro-
ty descended to her husband. If it
was dead when delivered, howorcr.the
mother died without issue and tho
property descended to her brother.
To settle tho question the brothers
brought suit for the property, and tho
case occupied the attention of tho
court the entire week. J-'or the Plain
tiffs Senator Sanlsbury and ex-Senator
Comegys appeared, and the Defendant
was represented by ex-Judge l.uvton
ex Congressman Sinithersand Kdward
Kidgcly, .hsq. The first witness called
wns Dr. Georgo Goodell, who attended
-.Urs. Unit in lier fatal sickness, and de
livered her of a child. He w as posi
tive that tho chihl showed no sign of
respiration or muscular motion after
birth. This was all the material evi.
donee offered by tho plaintiff's at this
atugo of the proceeding. Dr. Pnge,
who was also present at tlio delivery
of the child, was culled by the defense.
llo behoved that tho child bad a dis
tinct existence, lor witli hi ear upon
its client be had heard its heart beat :
ho also saw the temporal arteries vi
brato and Iho umbilical chord throb.
D. 1. D..C, .( Hh,,.
in the University of Pennsylvania, be
ing called as an c.iet, said that from
the testimony he had heard he felt
positivu of the child's independent and
distinct existence. Drs. Jump and
Shoemaker gave similar testimony.
In rebuttal, the plaintiff called Drs.
C'aholl and Kxekiel and Wm. Cooper,
who testified that tho child hnd none
other than f.etal life, and that its ex
istence was necessarily imperfect and
indistinct of no account whntcycr in
establishing the defendant's claim to
his dead wile's pro)Oiiy.
This closed the evidence and the
case was argued at great length by
counsel. Yesterday morning tho ar
guments wero concluded and Chief
Justice Gilpin delivered an elaborate
charge to the jury, who were then
given the case, and to-tlny they re
turned a verdict in lavor of Hall, the
defendant, basing il iiw,n tho supposi
tion that the child drew at least one
breath in this world, sufficient to pos
sess Mr. Hall with a fortune.
HA' SAyIxT'ESTIGA TE.
The Valli y Spirit very properly call
upon Auditor General Temple to
"sound the bugle notes for tho advance
npor. tlio Trecotiry Dopnrtmonl" to in
vestigate "tho ways that arc dark ant)
tricks that are vain" about thnt estab
lishment, it seems to u a very ex
traordinary thing, that tho way the
people's money is managed, and what
is uutie wiui it. is religiously Kept, irom
the people. No man knows to-day
the secrets of the State Treasury nei
ther does any one know how much
money is in it vaults or tho amount
of securities it holds. The belief that
il is ootniptly administered, nnd that
tho public funds aro used for all man
ner of private speculation, is so gener
al that the public are ready to believe
the most outrageous stories. The
truth, if we can ever get at it, will be
had enough ; the plain unvarnished
story will shock the honet men of both
parties, so that there will bo no neces
sity to mako matters worse than they
really aro. Tho refusal of the Treas
urer to let Iho Legislative Committee
investigate his accounts and office is
proof to an honest mind that there is
something wrong. An honest official,
with a clean record, would delight lo
eU .i,e. I.e.... I.,, i. rpu- v,;r:,
say's of the now AiidilorGeneral and !
his duties :
Tho Auditor General hns the power
in ,ml ti. T- L .
to investigate. The Treasurer cannot
I- " "I
Will
Temple take thi matter in hand ? i
There is no time to siuiro in this busi-
new. He should act promptly fearless-
i ...i ..;..!.. 1..J i.'
,, .,,'. I,,.... M.Vy lb 1.1,1. LSI 1.1.1,1
tW ho has boon brought nnder the
fell influence of the Treasury liing.
ror, no matter what ronu.lonce may
be reposed in tho new Auditor Gener
al now, if such a suspicion gains a
lodgment in tho minds of tho people,
he will bo denounced unsparingly
throughout Hit-Commonwealth. There
is nothing lelt for him to do, therefore,
hut to investigate, nnd to investigate
in ennicst."
We endorse this senlinienl. If the
Auditor General fails in his duty and
falls under the influence of tho Treas
ury King wis? betide him, and it were
better he had never left the shades of
Greene count-. If he tails (he cxpe
tat ion of Ihe people he is undone; if
he comes up lo their
will be honored among officials.
JtnylrMoii n Jtrmncrat.
Goon Kkaihvi Matter. Twenty-
tour Mates are licniocrnlic and eleven
i .....i ii. ... . . j i ...
llepnblienii, as represented by their
i .' . ' . ' , ., J , .
It-legates in the next Congress. A lew
years more and the Democrats will
havo iho Senate.
A country editor cannot be a bold
anil indcivftiilent in hi paper as his
cily brother, llo has to collect his
own subscription and aliiKstt everybody
in the country keeps as dog. Airi
hury Aiwa.
John, John, w ake up, there's a burg
lar in tho house, said his wile. John
sat up right in bed. "Burglar, b u-r-g-
l-a-r llurglar" ami ho rolled over
over waiting for a hauler won).
The Pi-eshyleriau Assembly iu cs.
sion at Cleveland, has resolved against
Ihe attempt to iiitnsluce sectarianism
into the public sclusils of the country.
Indians county hns a Colored candi
date for Slientf. Mr. Wesley Shorter,
so says Ihe iifVr .rrephdoiit.
There's a chance for once.
A Kentucky pnier endeavors to pay
a delicate onmpliinent to a favorite ae.
trrs by calling her a "swoel little red
haired chandeieir kk-ker."
i it . .. i . , i . ', , .
A MontHiercat established herself
as a heroine by rescuing her kitten
, from a burning stable, and having her
! hair nearly singed off in the exploit.
1 . . -
nil lunorai oi ma late Air. John
Sheridan, father of Lieutenant General
Sheridan, took place recently at Som-
rrwr. i.nm
' THE nOC'TQllS' mil.
: An Aof TfJ RftortA-niTiir. PaAiTrrfop-'
' MlDICINK, Ht'Ktillir AND OllSTItTUlcJ
j. IN TUR (.'oMMoaWKALTU OP I'KNN-
SVLVANIA. ..-
Skctjon 1. He il tututal, ifj.,'ThBt
tha standard qualifications nf a pine-"
titlotivr of medicine, surgery una oli,
stetric, or of any one who may at
tempt to practice, singly or jointly,
meiucino, surgery or obstetrics, shrill,
be and consist of tha following, name"
ly : A comprehensive and practical
Kiiowietigu tu ntiuiun aiiainmy. uuninii
physiology, pat holog-, chemistry, mn
tiria iiii(ij, obstetrics, practice of
mcdiciiio and turgcry, and public hy
giclic, and a good inorul CdiillliCle'
Section 2. The possession ol a u
plouio, regularly issued by a medical
school acting under a dialler Irom .
this or other State or country, shall
constitute Ihe siilllcient license ir the
person to whom such diploma Is grunt.,,,
cd, to practice, singly or jointly, mod- ,
icine, surgery or obstetric., . a-) set
forth und empowered In 'aid diploma V
m-d Wcucr That a diploma that
h bwn my "-ae? V"1
for a money consideration, or othor
article of value alone, or that has been
or may hereafter bo grantod to any '
one who has not pursued the usual
course of studies required by a legally
chartered medical school, shall not be
considered as a siilllcient qualification
under this act. -
Siction 8. Any practitioner who i
may not hare a diploma, as provided
I'or'in section two of this act, and who
may not be qualified, as hereinafter -provided,
shall havo the privilego of
upplyinir to tho prothonotary of the '
court of common pleas of tho judicial '
district . iu which soch applicant re- ,.
sides, for an examination in tlvo branch
es of medical scienco of art, set forth
in section one nf this act; whereupon
it shall be the duty of such court to
apjioint a committee or committees,
consisting each of three respectable
practitioners ol medicine of the school
of practice reeognited in this common
wealth, to which such applicant or ap.
plicant may proles to belong, aud .
shall fix tho time and place of holding
such examinations. Each of said ap
plicants, before being admitted to ex
amination, shall deposit with such
committee tho sum of fifteen dollars.
(16) which money shall be equally
divided among them, for which they
ahull give a receipt, it shall be tho
duty ot such committee or committees
to couvene nt any time upon the call
of an applicant or applicants for ex
amination; it shall ho tho duty of such
committee, when tho said applicant t
iiinn.i to tic qualincd. as sottortu id ,
applicant a certificate, and suid certifi
cate shall be the sufficient license for
tho person to whom it is granted to
open an ollico in tins commonwealth
liar the practice of mtxlicino, surgery or .
olntctrics; it shall further bo the duly
of such committee to appear before tho
clerk of such court ana take an oath
or afiirmation thut they have not taken
and will not receive, directly or indi
rectly, any other compensation for in
stituting such examination than thnt
w hich is heroin provided.
Motion 4. Any isorson wuo has at
tended one full course ot lectures in
any respectable school of medicine
recognized by law, and has been a res- '
ident practitioner of medicine, surgery .
or obstetric in this coinliiouwcalth,
five years previous to the passage of
this act, is hereby authorized to pur
sue the snmo. Any person who has
been in the continuous practice of
medicine, surgery' or obstetric for
ten years lu this commonwealth shall
Iks and iB hereby authorized to pursue
the same.
Suction 6. Any person who shall
attempt to practice medicine or sur- ,
gory, by opening a transient office'
within this commonwealth, or who
shnll. hy handbill or other tbrra.of
written or printed advertisement, as
sign such transient olliee or other place
to persons seeking medical or surgical
advice or prescription, shall, before bo
ing allowed to practice as aforesaid,
apivcar before the clerk of tho court of
quarter sessions of tlio county wherein
said practitioner shall attempt to prac
tice, and shall lumish satislactory evi
dence to such clerk that the provisions
of this act havo been complied with,
and shall, in addition, take out a license
tor ono year, and pay into tho county
treasury, for the use of sach county,
the sum ol two hundred dollars there
for, whereupon it shall be the duty of
such clerk to issuo to snch applicant a
proper certificate of on pay
ment of tho fee of two dollar for his
sorvices.- Providtd hoxever, That the
announcement of name, title and place .
of business by curd, or announcement
of name, title and pluce of business in
now spuper or other periodical, shall be
sanctioned as legitimate, and is so ap
proved by this act.
Section fJ. Any person violating the
provisions of this act, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on eon
vic'i,,,, ,L?." enj Iaj a fino
not "reeding five hundred dollars, lor
",0 01 T county tvnerein snen
misdemeanor is committed, or impn-
onment
not exceeding one year, or
., . j. l .i " . .:-.
"ma '" ""'T""', ; "
ITT. " """""'."""' -
tll,1 .("r. "-"r
and il a fee shall have been paid, the
,. . , , . , .
P8t,M,t: or hi" or.h.T heir, may re
cover Iho same a debt of like amount
aro now recoverable by law.
Appaovitn The 12th day of April,
A. 1)., 187S. ,'..,
J. F. HAHTRANFT.. ,
THE TEH ROR OF THE OCEAX.
'The worst f.ture of the loss of the
Schiller Is that it resulted from a catiso
which is ever existent, and for which
there ia no remedy. Fog cannot be
seen through with human eyes, and it
cannot bo uplifted or removed by '
human means. Kvery steamship thai
erihsses thu ocean is liable to run for
hours, and for days in a foir so dense
is undone ; H , lhllt Bn nppioachiiig Teasel could not
:-xK.ctation, ,e:,,e wfn in tlmp to aToiJ a collision ;
ong officials. i.i .l .i. -i .;i i.i!
u.i.i .ii... iienri.. miu niiure a line ris
is mn iii regard to rocks and breakers.
This is a danger attendant upou tho
o-rent. inerense it. t he t-o.iitlit e of ten.iaif
i.;.,i, . . ..i.,.. . .
which science and art have not a yet,
j ... . , .
ton nd any mean to avert -
To ran slower in a fog might dimin
ish tho danger somewhat ; but to Ik)
effective, in any considerable degree, It
would have to be adopted by all tho
linos, going both way. And even
then tho traveling public would not
tolerate il. People will Incur any
amount of risk of going tn dent met ion
rather than not to go fast.
There seems to bo nothing douc toward
diminishing (he chances of being sunk
at sea In a fog except the provision of
more ample means of escape. These
do not apear to have been what they
should have been on hoaiil the Schiller.
Her ruplain acted the part of a bravo
and gallant seaman, and perished in
an effort lo rescue some of his passen
ger. But why were not belter ap
pliances fur such aneinet-gcncy supplied
by the owners of thoship? It is of no
use lo argue that they were sufficient :
it'
could havo occurred.
inev nun ueen, no such loss or me
When we aay
that Ihe steamer was commanded by
a competent captain, and that two
hundred and ibrty-two live were lost,
we settle the point that the life saving
aparatu was not what -should have
been fonnd on board such a vessel. -
When a lew steamship owners shall
h.w. .. lh. c. Pr. .. '
manslaughter, ocean travel may bo-
come saler.
The Chicago aftr-Owsm remarks
that if n Occident hpin, JiuLy,
Fullurtoa will finish bis accj) in time
to take the track at Buffalo against
Goldsmith MidaHhenTnmermttnB.