Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, October 13, 1875, Image 1

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U. R. UOODLAtiDKH,
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Publl.bare.
(Cards.
V, W. F: REBER, '
' r ATTORNEY AT LAW, ''
' '' 'l '' ",!' 'CIarttoM,F.' ": "
i . 08Vo la Plo't Optra llouor, foeond floor.
ft , It-tf
W cA R N OLD ,
t-AW i, COLLECTION OFFICE,
Cl'RWENHVILLK.
'Joia- 1 flrorfleM Cooal.va.ofira. Tfty
TIU. B. HI-MAT.
t'TKtlf cftltol.
MURRAY & CORDON,
1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
l:M7l CI.KARFIKLU, PA.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOIIN KY-AT-l.A W
Clearfield, Pa.
Will Bttrttil to til tiuilauit ontruitvd to him
piowptlj tnil fitb fully. aurl27S
WILLIAM A. WALL AC Ho
Aaar . wallack.
HAVID la. K SIB.
JUUJI W. WMIOLRV.
. WALLACE & KREBS,
(duwciiuM to Wklliioit A FiflJing.)
A T T O R N E Y 8 - A T - L A V ,
I 11-1213 t'lcarfitlil, Pa.
. A. G. KRAMER,
A T T O It X E Y - A T - h A W ,
IImI KiUto ido1 CulltMliuB Agtint, - .
Cl.LSAltl'ltXn, PA.,
Will rttutl jr Rllrnd to m logsl bojincft n
Irunti'U to lii ore,
if-OfTrf In 0cri 1Iob, wroond lmr.
April l-rrm
lowara a. a'aNALLv . iiakik. w. m'vvmuY,
" MoENALLT & McCUEDY,
ATl'OllNKYH-AT-lAW,
learlleld, Pa. '
fCltfjtn) liurtlnn.o att.ndrd to prompllr with)
Idlity. uin. ua flAeond atrci't, aboro the rfr.t
Hank. J 0:1:74
:. . G. R. BARRETT.
" ArroRNr.y and Counkklou at Law,
CMiARKIKLU, FA.
Ilrivliifr reijnfl hi J mlehip. lina TPflnmd
'lie iimothc nf thfl law In hi 1il oWcoj t Clear-
IcM, I'm. Will nUtnd the nourti nf JvflVr'oii and j
Kile ooiintian vrlita iiicoliiMr retAinud in ennBtion '
itb rdMenl eounvfl. f:UiJ2 I
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATniRXKY AT LAW,
t ' Clrarflold, Pa.
.JSjrOflc. in Cuurt U,.ur, (?herlff'l Ofllw).
irf-K.I l.u.iur.jpruiiiDtlir attended tu. tltal o.talt
i.olil n,l n.U. Jell'7S
A. W. WALTERS,
, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
L'learllrld. Pa.
l.Offlno in Ornhain'. U,w. deca-lj
H. W. SMITH,
A TTORN E Y-AT-L A W,
tl:1:Tl t'lrarlleM, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORN KY AT LAW.
C'lrarllrld, Pa.
r,O-0lfic in Old We. tern Hold bulldlnf,
oorn.r of Moaoad ani Marnot 8ti. norll.ftfi.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
ClcarSeld, Pa.
trOOa. In Plo'i Opera llealo. jyll,'7
- JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
jair-Oino in Pio'i Opora llouoe. Room Ko. .
Jan. 1, 1874.
' JOHN L. CUTTLE,.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
4 Heal Eotate Agvtil, Clearfleld, Pa.
Ollioo on Tblrd etroat, bal.Cbarry A Walnut.
. 0Heepeotfull7 offera hia eorvtcoi lo aellinf
: rd buying land, in Cltarfield and adjoining
ouolioa 1 and with aa osp.rloneo ol ot .r twootv
..vl aa a .urroyor, datura bimiolf that ha eaa
ronaor .all.f.elion. Frb 3:lf,
J . BLAKE WALTERS,
' REAL ESTATE BROKEN,
axn hbalkr III
.Saw log and Ijiuiibrr,
CI.KARFIHI.D, PA.
Illi-a In Qrahani'l R"W. 1:35:71
J.J. LINGLE,
A T T O It K E Y - A T - I. A W,
1:11 Oareola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:,d
J. S. BARN HART,
ATTORNKV - AT LAW,
llollcfoate. Pa.
Will praetieo In CleorAeld and all of Ibc Courta of
ndeollo.tlonofolaliaauadoapooialtiea. nl 71 ,
" r"r a "a" 'iiTe A M Q I
DR. W. A. MtnKS I
PHYSICIAN A SOnOKON.l
w,,,.,,dpLr:i!:.urp'ip,.,. i
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN ANI) SUUOKON.
Offloe on Market Street, ClaarDold, Pa.
edtrOIHoa bouri: 8 to 11 a. m., and 1 to 8 p. m.
DU E. M. SCIIEUIJEH, i
... ,
iK E. M. SCIIEUISEH,
noMUiOPATIlIC PHYSICIAN,
Offlee la reeidraeo oo Market el.
April 34, H71. Clearn.ld, I'a.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SUHC.EON,
' l
HAVINtl located al PennOeld, I'a., often Ina
prof.Hion.1 a.rriea. t. th. people ..f ih.i
fAVINtl located al PennOeld, i'a., oOre bia
nlaoa and aurronnding country. Allealle promptly ,
att.nd.dlo. ."".! f-. i
DR. J P. BURCH FIELD,!
Vlere...fthe3dHe
Vo untaera. having retnrnea frosj the Amy, I
ulfarl hie profanlonal lervleee In theeiliteaa
of GlearReld annnry
fgr-Prufeielonal oalla eronptly atlenJedto,
OIBee on Saoond .treat, formerlyocenpied by
Dr.Woodl. ' (aprA.MH tl j
nn' ..' -1' iri li II I I " I U ,
DR. H. B. VAN VALIAM, ,
( I.K.AKKII I II, PKNN'A.
OFFICE IN .MASONIC 1)1 ILDINti.
fit- OSjue honia Pros. U lo I P. M.
, , . : May 12, l7a.
DR. JKFFEHSON LITZ,
WOOM.ANP, PA.
Will promptly attend all cell, la Ilia line nf hia
tiroroeeinn.
0. W. WEAVES & CO., i
DHL'tiOISTS k APOTHECAIUKS, '
crnwnsnviM.it, tu. i
Dralrra lo all kind, of Drag., eitielnea, aa-i
cy Onu.l and Druggist!' dundrtee.
Oarweo.rille, March 17, l7a.
GEORQE H. FERGUSON,
v. x iirmtoTi & co.,
" ' r' " dealer. Is 1
HATH tV CAPS, HOOTS SHOES,
Ml , Ml Meikcl stroat, I'blladalphla. Ja ri
Livery Htnble.
j
i n i .. . n
'PIlBundereigned beg. leaeete Inform thrpoh-J
I Ho tbat he 1. now fnlly prepared tnaeeowiroe-
j... .,, . l . . -i r :..,.. u.-.. I........ 1
Ihddl.l and Itarnoaa, os tbo aWeeat aotleo and And napeellalty solicit the patn aagc or lha
aa reeeanahle tarrae. Reetdasoeoa Loesol etreot. 'seeding ane aerrleea.
Wlwees Third and foorlb. J0HK TP.OtTMAJt,
OKO. rr. OlAHIIAItT. 1 , jAMKr) L. LEAM.
"Jlaartal., feb , 174. ' ClearnelJ, P., FeV 1, 174.
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GEO. B, G00DL4KTEB, Proprietor.:
)
iQLI" 49-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jmttoo of tbo Peace and Scrivener,
Curweusvlll. Pa. , i
4vColreetlofll made and money promptly
. paid over.
roi.mni
00. 4LaaaT..naioar Ai.aRat.M.t w. iaiRHt
W.' ALBERT & BROS.,
, Muafttflturtrt A tMlvt Dealarciu r
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &c,
JtV-Onlcr lollfltnl. Bill lllwl ou rtort rtlc
ind rMMMblittnni.
AMnt Woodlmtit P. 0., ClwtrHHd Co.; I'.
21.1 W U.liKRT A HHOfl
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MEKCHANT.
FraichvUla, CUarUoU Couaty. Pa
Koj oonrtantly on hand a full a ini tinont of
Dry t.oodi, narawaro, urooon.., ooo ovorjuitni;
oioallr kopt lo a mail rtort, wblfh will I .old,
for oaia. aa obtap at ol.whre In tbr oounrj.
rrtncbriUo, Jul. JT, IS.l-1j. .,
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
POALIR II
. OESKUAI. MKIiC'IIAXtilSK
C. All AMTll.N, Pa.
Al.u. .xt.nilro amnufaetantr and d.olor In uttar.
Timtwr and .Hnwn.1 Lumber id .11 kind.
f-Drihn willrlli
DIM.
.1 and H bit!. pri,mpfl
REUBEN HACKMAN
House and Sign Painter nd Paper
Hanger,
i teirfleht, Priinn.
Will aioouto iu i lire pniii:ttij t i.rt
In wurktuaulik muiiTirr. ) r
G. H. HALL,
rilACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NBAR CLKAltClKLh. l'FNN'A.
fVf-l'uiupi alwit v on hniitl tiixl inmli- In m l
on nburt Bittioe.
rrtedriftMu Icfioi
All work warrAittcJ ii rcmlrr rnhdurtiun,
deliveruti if deiirril.
ii.j2i:lvHl
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
ik ai.kii n
SQUARE TIMBER,
and luunul'aelurcr. i.t
A I.I. KIM) III' KAU l:il I (Mlllll.
-T7 CLmKKIIil.D, I'UNX'A.
JAS B; GRAHAM.
dr.lrr in
Real Estate, Square Timber, Uonrds
(tlllXni.KS, I.ATU. .'. l'lfKETI".
:l 7.1 .lrrnl.l, I'o.
AMES .MITCHELL. .
t'UKLKH I
iSMlln,'(i Til,lbl'r & Till)l'- Lamln,
jein.,1 CLKAlirllXIl, PA
H. F. N AUGLE, .
WATCH MAKER & JEWEI.LR.
and dealer in
WntvlicH, Clocks, Juwi'lry, Silvrr
11ml Plntetl Waio, &c.
iolll'71 rl.RARr'll:i.U, PA.,
8. I S NY D E R .
11I JPPIf'il. W ATf'll1 V vn
as
WuUIhm, (.'lucliri anil Juut'lry,
frnAnM'. P.ie, ifitilrt .Vree,
CLKAIII IIOI.O, PA.
All binda of repairing In ny line prnniptlv at
ended to. April , 17 4.
UKMIIVAI..
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholen) dmliTi In
GEMS' FlRMSIIIMi l,(ll)IIS,
Ilitvti reiu'ived to"lS7 Churoli fttrucl, bclwrn
Franklin ami Wbiio t., N. w Yurk. jall 72
JAMES H. LYTLE,
titui Plr'i Opera Huut,c, t lrai field. I'a.
Dealer In fltwcilM. Pmlr!fn, Vrgi'liililen,
Prniln, Hour, Fred, elf , etc.
iprli74-Cf
JAM
AMKS K .'"WATSOaV k (.'()..
RKAL ESTATK ROK KRS.
i'LKAItrlKLD, I'K.NN A.
Iluu6i nd Offlwi lo lt, Coll.-t tiuDi riiii.lly
umdf, tml Crit oUil Co) mid Kirc Clor Luudu
ni T""B properly for n lc. jtUw in Written
Mold rtiiildinf (2d Awr), Second t l. nij l:t'Hj
D. M, DOHERTY,
PAmONADl.K BARREIt A HAIR lHr..?EH.
CLEAIIFJKLD. I'A.
Phop nrtt door lo Wmvrr A Brit' flurr,
freond nrrrt.
July II, 7-y . ' '
A WWY HNYDKIt.
(Formtrlr with l.iw fi.lmlrr.
11ARI1KR AND HAIUOKUSSKIl. . '
tSbfop nn Murkot St.. OppoaiU CmiM II.
! A clmn tuwcl f.-r iviv euxtomrr. lany I1,',
1.MK! LIMIC!
Tho nnder.igned I. now pr fared In furbi.b
tbe puhiie with an eieetlent ipinltly of
BellefontC Wood-Bumed VwO,
,,r p'H't.:ring puru.ie., I.y tho Inrae or emnlt
.uautilT. Cao b. found li.r Hie prei.nl at li.'r
"MhFu,n.i,v,m.
mitchell wagons.
. Tlie Best ii the Cbcnpw-tl
Tliutnn. RelMy bn rt reived ai.other large lot of
"Min-bidl Wagon.," nlil.h are among the very
beet manura-(oref!, nnd whlrh he will .ell at (he
0i i.al retoirtiablo rare. II I alnok inrln.le. alinoet
all dueriplioii. of wiig.un largiand .mull, nidr
and oarr., a liark. Call ah I fee tin ui.
prs'74 THOMAS Ill.U.I.Y.
'".nn.,. o, w, .m,arg,e,,u .mini, o,.,r
j nam, a liark. tail ah i .ee tl,i ui. .
s'4 TIIO.MAS IH.H.I.Y.
JOIIN A. STAPLER,
HAKIB, Meikel SI., CUsihld, Pa.
1 Fre.b llrend, Pu.k. Kolla. Pin and (!.Le.
) un band or aaade lo or.ler. A per etal aerorlmetit
of t'onieetlonarieo, riull. and Iiul. in elm-k.
U lepain iA Ov.l.r. la MiiMk. Sal.MO Of nrlv
,,,,,,. .,i, f,,.. Pr.rra rad.ral.
'i.reb io-'j. -
,,,,,, p,i', f,r.. I', , . u4, t.l-.
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A. H. MITTON,
i.n.f..r,r ....i d..i.r i.
Suddll'S 1111(1 BrldlCS,
'
Petlar., Whlpa, flru.be., Ply Kclf,Triiouilgp.
Ib.rao Ulanki-U, de.
Vacuum, Prank ililler'. and Kent. fool Oil.
Agoat fur Ilailey aod Wiltoa'e Lluugiaa. ,
0lJer, ,djj r,,n( pn.mpily alleerled to,
I'bep on ilelkvA rlreet, Ll.iirtir Id, I'a., in room
rorerl by J.m. Aleaandrr. 4:l('ra
C. S. FLECAL
Ironsides Slorr, .
I'llll.l irrllt I (., PA.
iiEAirn is
ItARPWARK, PTOVFS, IlKHII:?, Tt.M-
K?-woou AK" B,,'tuff ufcB-
i "AXtTAVTrnKn or . ,
tin, hiikit-irox A copi'Phwaiik.
, Preaoslala Slreol,
Pbllllp.barg, Cenlro Co., Pa. .
llO.May 1ST.
Tbe andrreliaed are nuw fully prepared to
sarrj as tba buiiaeei of , , , .
lTltfnV!nT IvT liJ.
I
, Al HtASDNAMLr. IUTKr, '
(
TJNDKRTAKINd..' '
21 11.
, :, speech op..
SENATOR WM. A. WALLACE,
ro.n r.ni' m.ii. I'im.'.i.,
).-tr)bM' 1)1 1,. JH?'."1,
lll'KIIIIK, TIIH ANKHirra t'l.l'n OP
,,: IMIII ADII.I'III A.
I.ADIIH AMI IlKNTI ksikn : l coitie
to Juii to-niht itiKli'i't-irt-uiiiHtiiiitDii of
inuiilul (kiixnuiou Iruni jirotinctcd In
bor in my imricunion during tlie pant
thn-e wui'k, uml vet I daro not refuaj
the InvitPtiou ot'llio Ami' Weill Club to
Ui with you lo ui-lit; uwr na 1 will
ing lo rvl'iiiiii trom nny vll'ort tbut
miglit bo di'mnndtd of me (o itltl in
briiiuiiiif stitci'i'8 to your ntuiidurd in
tliis rantuat. In what I liav to aay,
1 do but express oiiinioiiB 1 bavo lonir
eutortttiiifd, luuiy ui' which some of
you have heard lioni my lt ta before.
It i nnid Hint iintlntir) rc'uemble in
dividuals., in their growth from in
iiiuey to He, iiimi ovtrty lo wonlth,
frtmi wnikneaa to power, and in their
deeliuo Irom (ioutlfwtooblivioii,tliure
cxitnu niinilitrity. ilun'ri niont exulted
liieully, that of intellectual irojrreKH, is
eiially the (acidly of tintioim. The
minio impure uii'l irinclple8, desires
unit iiileiubls that li-ni and control the
dt-stiiiieri ot nations, rule ami direct the
eneiyM ol iitcii, and u divinity lmon
iiieir VIHI6 as it uocs Ihu uiinsunil pur
pnm s of all thinifa human.
II thi be, Imp, niid it tlirr'cujmeiiy
lop iHoyrues, the tendency to disease,
Ihu ccnniiilv of dentil, I lis desire for
health, lor pliynieal well beinir, uml liir
niorni wiuon, nru toiiml lioili in na
t i mi and in men ; and if the mine rea
sons t hut govern in iu our intereonrse
wit.i each other una prompt us to in
dividual elforl. should i on I vol us in ad.
niiiiislerinrr our ffovorimientnl nftttirs,
we have a rule Ivy which we may
nicasuiu our conduct thereof, and a
light by which we may search tiir the
truo path to national jriTtitness onl
prosperity.
A it viiiirinuiia debt luort iruj'cs all of oil r
industries mid enciinibersonr iiropertv.
TLi" fu'oplo nicc.liiiiiste,l,poor and do-
pn sseii ; oppressive taxation has eaten
out their stiostuiicif and they can no
longer hear the Weight that crushes
them. Our promises lo pay uru below
par mid hear n falsehood upon their
luce.
Ill such a condition of his alliiirs,
n hat would he the conduct of an hon
orable and prudent business man?
Uecognizin his obligation to pay
bin debts, however hu might mourn
the disaster that entailed them upon
him, he would take immediate sleps to
curtail his expenses, lo increase his re
source", and to improve his credit,
lie would pat forth all his energy in
the development ol his properly; lie
would, so far as was possible, relievo
his laborers from taxation, und encour
age their iiitluntry and ho would ex
ercise thrill uml frugality in every de
partment of his household and tunr
ncss, ninl limit as rapidly as possible,
nctpiiro the means to restore his shut
tcrcd credit and iliscufiiii. bor Itiscstutoi..
In placing hrs business mutters upon
such a buss, lie at once strenitliena his
crcdil, nutl if he ash his creditors for
inure time lo pay, they prompt ly nccedc.
His promises to pay pans current lit a
less ruto of depreciation, and ho can
conlrnct leans more cheaply tliiin hc-
lore.
llavo thosu who have governed us
pursued wit h a course in tho manage
ment of the fiiinncinl itlTairn of the-
republic? Tho wonderful recuperative
powers ol the people have, from IHliS
to 1875. been tnsked to tho utmost.
They have paid more tint it live hnn
divd millions of debt, twelve hundred
millions of intercut and more than two
thousand millions lor other purposes.
Are tho expenses included in this lust
amount commensiirnto witli a just and
priiiieiii nuniinistnitioii ol tlie govern
ment, or are they not extraordinary iu
chanif tor, extravagant in amount and
utterly unwarranted by the actual sit
iiulionof the people? We chuiifo that
littb thi erJonuoBS aggrcguto extrava
gance and unnecessary outlay have
eutcivd largely, and that these, added
lo Iho just mid unavoidable demands j
upon them, have well high bankrupted '
Hie people
In our business mallei's, when wo
find embarrassment resulting from
debt, nnd wo wish to place our uhairs
usin u firm fouling, wo look to tho
cause (hat produced tho debt, and cn
iluuvor to stop it, and thus relievo our
selves. Extravagance of all kinds, en
ters into nru! forms pnrt of our enor
mous outlay, and much of that extra
vagance still exists. Why not use the
necessary remedy and end it ?
Can there ho any excuse for tho ex
pcndiluro of Ihniy-two millions more
ibr civil service in 1H7.1 tbr.n was ex
pended in lHtitl? Can an Incrcnso iu
litis siiiglo item from forty -onn millions
to Bi Vtiity-thre millions bo explained
or defended ? Is there any excuse or
justification for an increase iu expendi
tures iu tho navy department from
,.,,, nl,lliuns in IHODlo nearly
-i.ti. i . Jw .
thirty -one millions In 1H74?
Il is true here, us it is of tbe indi
vidual, Hint those who are reared in
profligacy will never voluntarily prac
tice economy, and those who have con
ducted llio government in tlie midst ol
I : vim 1 1 evnelul it lien I'll n not ill liel'Vl-mi Id
. , !,. i . . !
practice fnignlily. Indeed II has passed
ono mi UAioiii luiik ntunv w liu en'riiu
such expenses iu governmental nfi'uirs,
can never reduce them tolhcirjust
stnndni'd ol economy."
liiatcud of redtuiiig our excuses,
Congress bus increased them. Instead
of practicing economy, reckless ex
penditure of iho public money hits been
the rule. -,-..
When, by mishap, tho honest busi
ness muu is plunged into debt, he
promptly goes to work to increase his
resources. If he bo n merchant, ho
gives unremitting uttenlion lo the col
led ion and securing ot his outstanding
debts, lo the profitable sale of hisslockT,
10 thucurefiil husbanding of oveiy dol
lar of hi assets. If he is a farmer, he
give Ins farm the closest enre, the soil
is strengthened, the fences repaired,
and every acre i made to yield its
largest crop. Jf ho Is n mechanic,
"curly iiHiru and dewy eve" find him
unniust and lie! i vo tt tho bench, tho
l mm. or the anvil, and thrill nutl fru
gality mark every step he lake. Their
reason teaches litem that in this way
alone can thoy hope to bo relieved from
the itionhu ot debt, and thoy bend
' every energy to Its accomplishment.
If this is tho conduct of sensible and
practical men in their ow n atrairs, why
should they not reqiiiro tho saino line
I ol anion in the Hairs of a government
ih willed they Intro so deep a stake?
When we employ an agent, we measiiro
(his sonduot tw onf liosinoss hy our
jlldglnetlt s to cmr personal illtcrostS
unit' n (he administration Is our nucllt.
we should hold it to tho pursuit of a
' ..
courso that our judgment of our own
affair would )iirov - Are they la
boring In increase wtr resources and
CLEARFIELD,
to develop the protwrty of tho people,
and thin to restore our credit and pay
our tlebts? Let ua. oxnmina their
enndiuit.
Under the item of civil service in
found the expense for tho support of
tho President. Contrast tho figures
lor this, lor the lineal year 1H74, with
thoso for the fiscal year 1805, the Inst
year of President Lincoln's term.
Prealdenta pay I 50,00(1
Pumaookeopor, 1 poliaelaafi aigbt oateb-
man and o.ber, ,.. 1,4110
Two doorkeeper. H w M S.400
Secretary lo elan patent! 1,011(1
Prlvato MoreUry.. 8,0110
Aeiiataat atorolaryH.H,H. 1,611(1
Too elerkl 4.CC0
Rteward S.ono
Mewongfir. 1,200
tnnlingeat eapeniM and atatioaery 0.IHJA
Itapaira to bouee, fuel aod groeohouo ... 80.0CO
Total , (110,160
Tho lastyearof President Lineoln
tHOO.
Pretldeal pay OMollOO
Hrorotary, .toward aod oaerMOger 4,sno
Lard paloat aterelary M 1.600
2 W'atrbnuo and 2 Donrkeeperr. 1,400
rurnae.aeepar out
Centlutoat eipenoe. and itatlouery i.MV
ltOirf lo booaM and fuel...H II, till1
Tolal 47,0OO
Seo the figures for the fiscal year
lSn'O, tho last year of President Jtiichan
au's term.
Payor Pre.U.et M5.OO0
Private .eoretarr. .tenard, uio.fenaera 4.0UII
Two nixht watebnon, two duorbeep.ra and
lurn.t.0 keepar I,0I0
ContiiiKent otpenare ineludm ltM.nry ;150
Annn.il repair, for Pretidcnt'e lluu.e, furl
and book. ri S,0&
To'.l. ., $41,0011
I'roni this singlo item we may learn
all. It is at tlie very fountain of pow
er. If that be impure or extrnvuganl,
it necessarily follows thill tho streams
I luil flow Irom it are po I hi led or protuso
in expenditure.
In Slute expenditure a like result is
found.
Id I slln, tl.o L'xeeutire department eo.t
yon VI V00
fn si:0, it ao.t you 2S,S7.i
In 1S74, it ooat yua . w 40,Cu.l
In Hum, your Auditor'f department ooit
y.u $11, son
1,. lk.:.i I. .... .... .,, j,,,.
In i7t, It ooit Jo"..".'..77.'".' :.i,'i.17
In trto. ,ou, Sureevo, tle..r.r.l
yen s
In isno, it ooit you 12.S10
In IS74, itoo.t yoa 2,237
The point 1 seek to elucidate by
these figure, is. that when retrench
ment and economy provade every
household and are found in every busi
ness man's thoughts, tho administra
tions both State and National seem to
bo unable to retrench. Kxpenses are
greater now than they were in 18(36,
when we hud a redundant currency and
inflated prices.
Thoso in power ni) unable to re
trench if they would, for rctninors and
AtilMirdinatca are fastened like leeches
upon tho party in power and theso
control primaries, till couvonlinns and
make nominations. Theso men coerco
thoso they sustain to pursue tho same
unbroken lino of appropriations, iiu
trenchment and economy can only
rome with a chango of administration.
I hange is to the body politic what it is
to our physical condition, a fixed lawl
of our being. Tho hour for a chango
of rulers and of policy has conic, the
necessities ot our political ncing require
it, and tho people demand it.
Are wo engaged In tho development
of our resources ? lias tho administra
tion pursued tho path that a prudent
business man would follow in the ad
vancement of his own interests? Tho
policy pursued toword the people ol the
.South lias brought its natural truit in
jury toboth sections. Interference with
local government, attempts nt political
control, and tho arraying of ono part
of tho people against the other, havo
embarrassed production and fettered
labor. Wo of tho North feel its Recta
in the loss of a market for our surplus
products and in tho diminution of the
totals of tho great staples naturally
produced there, which in former years
aided so largely in paying our indebted
ness to foreign peoples. Stimulated by
tho enormous amounts of money ex
pended during tho war and tho hectic
period (lint followed it, our industries
grew with wonderful rapidity and it
seemed ns though prosperity was ever
to bj our lot. But tho penalty that
always come to tho natural person
from long continued exertion: from
severe stinins upon tlie mcntnl or pliysi-
cal faculties, was but postponed to the
body politic, and tho enormous strain
of nn expenditure of moro than six
thousand millions of dollars in ten
yours, tho terrible exertion that con
tinued us a united Republic nnd the
personal sacrifice that maintained nnd
enforced tbo faith of tho people, tho
unnecessary drain npon thu resources
of tho country, resulting from extrava
gant administration of your govern
ment, and tho almost criminal neglect
and refusal to foster labor, encourage
production and develop tho industries
ol'iu'ui ly one half of the country, havo
brought to us the penalties that equally
follow in tho physical constitution.
Whilst we of tho North wcro marching
forwurd, increasing in population, mul
tiplying production, and rioting in the
apparent strength that stimulants, hud
produced, thoy of tho South wcro de
creasing in number, dwindling in pro
duction, und depressed in gloom by
tho destruction of their industries and
by tho relusul topermit them to govern
themselves. One of the limbs of tho
body was pamlyrcd by tbe policy at
Washington. Its prostration and
weakness has added to tho exhausted
slate of tho whole, and cxtruvagunco
and a vicious financial system hns
brought you to your present deplora
blo situation. This policy anil this
maladministration has loaded you with
dobt, deprived you of your natural
market, and well-nigh bankrupted the
whole people.
In the South tho laws enacted by
Congress and tho policy of tho admin
istration havo restrained the process of
development. Over that entire region
there existed uncertainty in tenure ol
estulo, uncertainty of the right of the
laborer to reap whore ho had sowed, a
government of arbitrary power and
not of law, officers vested with the
right to interfere between capital and
labor, and between the laborer and his
employer, and from thoso cause the
vital spirit of industry was paralyxed.
Tho great mind of Webster never pro
duced a mora important thought than
hia declaration that ' it is change and
" apprehension of change that unnerves
"every working roan's arm in this scc
" tiou of country. Changes lilt and
" chango Icaroa are tbe bano of indns
" try and cniorpriso."
Tba immediate influence of instabili
ty and uncertainty ill tbo aeliou'of Iho
controlling power is to prevent men
Iron engaging in any new undertak
ing, te crush out their aelf-roliauco, and
to cause them to become, restless, im
provident and poor. Tho nation needed
in tho South an intelligent, self-reliant
and Industrious poople, boldly striking
tor their personal intermu. Wo could
hav hail it if we wonld, bat when the
Government forbad men to caloulnte
on the results of Iheirentorpriaejerhen
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1875.
lis action was nn.-iuUlu and uncertain,
it was utterly futile to expect them
bo possessed ol ino moral energies i wdit.ii belonged to payment ol uebt,
requisite to insure success in lile. It and interest upon ileht, bad been dis
wa" not so important what the act ion ; posed of otherwise. 1 guvothe figures,
was, as that it Should be clearly tie- I will not repeal iheui. This result
fined and permanent in its nature. Our
people rapidly adapt themselves to the
cireuninluuccK that surround them, and
when they liavoj pcrniunent security
against arbitrnfn interference with
their business pursuits, they will adopt
tho menus to triumph over every oh
stacle. Our instil iitions, ailniinisterod
as they should 1 o, are calculated to
foster self-reliance and to develop In
dustry and intolli). euce ; but they must
bo so administer! I thnt "change and
" apprehension. '. cliauo ' shall not
forever exist, nnd that theniindsofmen
shall be possessed of an abiding sense
of security in person, In oslale and in
property. When wo havo provided
Abtwo, mau'sowrrtntermt may ho safely.
trustoa to iirlng forth tho largest re
turn possihlo for the investment, und
thus lo add to the wealth of tho pro-
dueer and the country, but bis cupidity
alono must be trusted i every ntlompt
nt the regulation of such subjects by,rcul estate, tho fund which tlie Cousli
law, serves but to mar the work of tbo union und the luw set opart for nuy-
individuul. His peinonul interest is
tho best lever to use, in Ihu improve
ment ol tho ninternil condition of num.
In the South thero was no iinnenl to
tho personal cupidity of tho farmer or
tho planter. T hey saw in every act
of thoso who governed a doliheruto
effort to clevulu others nt their cx-
pense : insecure in their property and
uuuioiis oi ineir personal saieiy. every
incentive to progress in Uniterm! wealth
was taken front them. They planted
and cultivated enough to sustain lile,
and sought no more. Nowhere on the
globe is there such a field for the pro
duction of great tpiautitics of slaple
commodities, calculated to increase na-
tiouitl wealth, as is found in the South
and if they bail been totally ungov-
u. ni-ii, suie iij niu great inn s 01 civu -
used huinuii socicly, and tbe desire for
gain, their productions would have
doubled in two years, und quadrupled
ill five. The debt could only bo paid
'" "vo- "c l',''t wild only bo paid
I 01,1 01 U,U "".rl"" OlirlllllgS Ol I he pros.
i l'eimis ; il all uru prosperous, iis pay-
1 ment is assured, and the burden be -
comes trilling. I ndor tho
prescni!
policy, wo nt tho North, not only pay'
our own share of nil public ept iidi-1
tures, interest ami debt, but also paid '
most of the just share of the Smith, and i
ne now reel ine strain ll ion our re-
sources. A household of thirty millions,
encumbered by debt, cannot bo sup
portud by twenty millions without the
pressure of the load being felt. Tho
continuance of our own prosperity
largely depended upon tbo re-cstublish-ment
of Southern industry upon n ba
sis just to all classes, and the re-opening
of that great market for our uiuuu
fuel il res anil surplus crops. Our per
sonal iiitcrcsui ami the just demands
ol our creditors, required tbut every
acre of our great farm should he made
to yield its largest crop, that all the
industrial pursuits ot the people should
oeiostereil and encouraged, Hint tbo ;
peaceful arts, commerce, mnmifiicturcs,
agriculture nni mining, stinuhl be
nourished and invigorated; that every
ninn in every section of the liopiiblic
should bo relieved from arbitrary rule,
and permitted to use his iinconlrolleil
energies in adding to his own wealth,
for, iu so doing, hu added to his ability
to pay tuxes, nnd his production was
a pnrt of the national wealth, and as
sisted in maintaining thol.oveniinciit,
and in paying the interest on Iho debt.
Take Iho three greut Slates of .l
bama, Louisiana und Mississippi, us
examples of this policy of non-develop-ment
depression of industries and de
prived of local government nnd seo the
results.
As shown by tho census reports the
quantity of'improved land and ils value
is as follows :
-tree. imjHnrrit.
lsl',0. IS70.
S.JH3.72I A.OAi.j'Of
2,7";, KM 2.Ij,(1Io
.,005,76 4,2011,110
I l,ll,5ST 1I,.1IO,I0
. Pulse. ,
ISI',0. IS7II
...I7M22,5I t 7.7li,n:i
... 1i4,;k.i.,1 .l,2t :,.SJ I
... iuo,;ii,sos si, 7i;, s, a
Alabama
Loni.iana
Mia.ii.ippl
Alabama
Loui.laoa ...
Mini 'slppi ..
Total M7l,37.1,!.'.l t217,721,M
Nearly three millions of acres less in
cultivation m these three stales in 1870
than in lHu'l) nnd a decrenso of $.')."n,
000,000, ot tho actual vuhio thereof.
Why so enormous a decrease iu'vulua
lion. What causes operate for evil in
so astounding a measure, tilnnco at
this table f rom tho same official docu
ments :
M'Ao'r a..if esfsofM...
ISIUI. isro.
Alahain.
Lunialsno...
Mi.il.i.i..
C!2,IHI,7f.2
i;.j,52,:.i
2.i.171,M'0
lT7,a7i.ia
".'."(1, 23.1,284
IS70.
4:l.1,7S7.2SJ
illl,472,VI?
I,S7T,44.:
Aoenl lojre. 1800.
..i, i;i
4.yitil,7SO
HOC son
Alabama
Louisiana...,
Miri..ipil..
$.0S2,'.I0
7.lli,ll,7.'l2
S,7::f,4:iJ
. aO,7sl,7J7 $l.l,7o,12ll
Whilst actual value had decreased by
more than one-half local taxation had
iucreiiscd more tliitn two-told. What a
commentary on thu substitution of a
military for a civil rule. What bless
ings from a persona! government iu tho
room of locul and conslilulioiiul con
trol has brought ns its result. !
Look, now, nt tho couliitst in tho
production of but ono of tho great
staples of these States :
In 1HI10, Alabama produced 99!),9."5
hale of cotton; in 1870, sho produced
hut 4J!1.tR2 bales.
la 1800, Louisiana produced 777,71)1)
bales ; whilst iu 1S70, she produced but
3.riO,8:i2 bales.
In 18i,0, Mississippi produced 1,20:2,
500 hales; whilst in 1H70, she produced
but nli4,9.'IH bales.
Is it strange lliutyour industries lan
guish, your looms stand idle, your
furnaces censo to blast, your work
shops are untenanted, your artisans nru
idle. Is it strange that the trade which
used lo fill your si reels with hales nnd
boxes of merchandise is vnnished and I
your factories find no mnrket lor their
productions. Is it strange that you
should hedcpresscd.exhaiisled and oor
w hen you are compelled not only to
pay your own share of taxes hut that ,
of others, when yon no longer find llio I
natural mnrket lor your merchandise and uttnehes. It would bo an inter
nor ami to sustain your exchanges with listing inquiry to know how far they
foreign nations. Your farm lies fallow, i had tho sympathy of Iho same elevated
and undeveloped, tho curso of a mis-1 parties when they wcro engaged in
tnkon political and flnoncial policy releasing criminals for bribes, in steal
weighs you down with its nppullingj ing Indictment, and in conspiring,
incubus. Youronly remedy isachungo j through a sham burglary, to fix npon
of ruler and of policy. Ian innocent cilir.cn the charge of in-
My friend, Mr. Kemble, takes ex- famous crime. Of course, tlie new
ception to my position that "tbo taxes i House of Kcpresontatires will look
" upon real estate have been repealed sharply into theso transactions; and
"togivo theexenso for the change of j meanwhilo every independent eitiaen
11 your loan from a fivo to a six per should boar them continually in mind
" csnt, lo th end thnt a full treasury as things worth remembering, ospooial
" might be at hand to mako earnings ly when ho goc up to tho polls lo de-
ior persons, gum aim political pur-1
poses. i irieu to ucmnnurate in
my Clearfield apooch that tbo revenues
which tho Constitution and tho laws
sent to the Sinking Fund bad Uvn
EE PUBLICAN.
sent by those In power to other pur
to poses, and that 8(1,200,000 of moneys
was I ho inline. linte coimeipieiice of tlie
cheap capital made by the Itepublican
parly nut of Ihu repeal of the taxes on
real estate, for tho very moment they
repealed tbut tax they were compelled
to take the moneys that ought to go
to pay the Stale debt and apply them
to current expenses of the most ex
travagant chuructcr. Mr. Kemble and
his parly got the credit of tho repeal
of these taxes and they must hear tho
responsibilly of violating tho Kinking
Fund as a necessary result therefrom.
From lSGIi, when tuxes on real estate
were repealed, until 1874, uiiluwful
hands havo continually despoiled the
.Sinking Fund lor the benefit of oiirront
.expenses, luxes upon real estate, by
law, wont to payment ot current ox
I nouses. As these increased, tbo do.
mauds on tho general rcvenuo fund
I grew larger, and us political capital
i hud to ho made by ropeulinir taxes on
muni ol tho debt was invaded, and bv
this process that fund hits been de
pleted more I linn six millions ol do!
lei's. .Mr. Kemble and Ida political
friends cannot bavo their cake und
eat il loo. They must take penalty,
II they claim llio cretlit
, as to tbo I' muling act. 'llio
! bill canio from tho Treasury. It went
I lo tho finance Committee, of which
Senator Council wnst'liairman. 1 was
not upon that ('ommittoe. It came
back to the Senate in thu form of
authority lo Ibc (iovernor, State Treas
urer ami Auditor fienerul, to borrow,
on tho fuith ot the Slate, twenty-three
millions of dollars, bearing interest nl
a i nto Hof rxtwilinii six per cent., and it
authoritcd tlie ouUtanding over due
1 nef per ceni. loans to oo received iu
'cxehungo or in mymciit for any bid
I made lor the loan. Another section
1 exempted the new loan from taxation,
i Tho inference from theso three sec-
lions of tho hill is conclusive thai (he
loan was to bo mudc nt tho latter rale.
! If il could pel be so made, the respmisi-
unity ol niiiknir; it at a higher rate
must bo taken by the Stato Treasurer
and thoso who noted with liim. When
the bill cumo before the Senate ill tho
form in which it did, under tho auspi-
ecu ot 1 ho Ntntu minimis riillon with
tho plausible argument thnt tho loans
wore overduo and Iho crcdil of the
Slale was about to suffer, no organised
optKisition to tho hill was made. Tho
bill was not discussed in tbe Senate
no one spoke uguinst it, und IhoChnir
mnii of llio Finance I 'ommittee simply
quoted from Iho comintiniention of tho
Treasurer In prcscnliog Iho bill. The
yens and nays were not called. I did
not vote for thebill. When 1 found in
it the two sections that gnve discre-
tionary power and seemed to fix tho
j,jt at fiv0 per cent., and especially
w,Pn l0 nl.M exempted them from
taxation. I supposed wo could sntely
trust the officials named to'protoct tho
Stale. No worj ns to nn incrcaso of
the rate is found iu the cnnimunicat ion
of the Slalo Treasurer sent in on the
subject. If it wore to l o incrensed,
why not soy so?
It is said that (he bill was submitted
to Inc. This is probable, Indeed I take
it to bo tbo fuel ns it is so slated, al
though 1 have no recollection of it, but
1 could only have been asked lo puss
upon form and my reasons for passing
it nre ns cogent now as they were then.
Tho bill has nnswered the purpose of
its origitiut or. Hut Mr. Rumble does
not reach tho real issues. The- arc:
First, where aro the figures tliul show
what tho syndicate made, who nego
tiated this loan ? Second, has not the
Stato been made to pay more than two
million of dollars unnecessarily by tho
action of a Ifepublican administra
tion which Increased tho rate of inter
est, and Third, How much is the
treunury ot the Stato justly entitled to
out of Iho prollts made, in bundling this
chango of loan with an average month,
ly balance of more than three millions
und a half of money, in the hands of
the Treasurer?
A London correspondent gives some
amusing gossip about a lady, Mrs. I licks,
whoso wealth nnd beauty wcro the
subject ot much talk in Washington
not long ago. She lias succeeded in
creating a vendible sensation, nnd in
being billowed, flatteivd and sued to un
astonishing extent. It hns been accom
plished in tliis way. Arriving in Lou
don n few duys in advance of the ueen
of the .Netherlands. .Mrs. llicks took
tho best rooms at tho Clnrridgo Hotel,
tho aristocratic resort of the groat city.
Soon tho government notified the land
lord that theso sumo npurtmonts hud
been selected for the (jueun. He noti
fied the fair American thnt she must
give them up. She refused. Honifuce
was in tho most tcrriblo taking, and
finally appealed lo tho government.
Mrs. links appealed to tho American
minister, who, the correspondent as
serts, is licr relative. It bccuino a di
plomatic question, and all or much enr
:esMindcnco anil red tape of course it
was arranged that Her Majesty of the
Netherlands should occupy tho rooms
of tho guest nf the obslinuto lady. Tbe
tneeii was delighted witli her hostess.
Tho littler received with her guest and
was feted, dined and wined to her
heart's content. Yet alter all docs this
not snvor n lillle of discourtesy tor the
pritctico of which, to most women, no
amount of "lionising" would bo a recom
pense ? So il seems to nndar.gcled eyes.
Woiitii IIkiikmbiiiinh. It is worth
remembering just nt present that tlie
men whoso nets, in connection with
the District Attorney's olllco at Wash
ington, nro now exciting such indig
nation and disgust all over tho coun
try, are the samo sot of men who havo
repeatedly endeavored to tnke tho ed
itor of tho Sun to Washington lo bo
tried iH'Ioro the I'ohco Court tliero lor
something printed in our columns bore
in Now . ork. In these effort against
tho aSnri, which wore foiled by tbo up
right, just, and lonrned decision ol
Judge liliitchlord, they had tho sym
pnthy and support , of tho White
House, and of its most active iiimatos
posii ins nnilol. ilfw tor r5a,
1! leased are thoy who ace the day of
glory; but more blessed are they who
cnnirinuie in its approach.
NEW
AX OW J'JMK HEMlXINCIiXCE.
liill.lC UONESTr TlliaTT YKAIIH Alio
IIOW VICTOR K. PIlll.KTT URoI UIIT A
lllllRia TO (IKIir IN 184(1 TIIK KIND
OPSTfPPTO MAKl A STATE TnKASI KKH.
Orringto cerium frauds connected
with tho Lehigh County Hank, a "wild
cat" institution established by .Moses
Y. llcaeh, of Now York, in 1H44,
charges were preferred against it bo
fore tho legislating of 18411 by a limn
bor of tho leading citizens ol Lehigh
county, with a request for tbo repeul
of its charter. Tho subjoct was reler-
red to the committee on bunks, of
which Victor E. Piolott, now Demo
cratic candidate for State J rousuror,
was a member, and that committee,
after a thorough examination into the
banks condition and management,
found it so entirely rotten and honey
combed with fraud that on March 11,
1840, they reported a bill to repeal tbo
act chartering it.
During this investigation, and about
a month before tho final report of tho
committee, Hench, who was then pub
lisher of the New York .SVn and other
newspapers, aggregating a weekly
issue nf 300.1)1)0, proprietor of several
rotten banking inslitiona and a man of
irrcat noliticul influence throughout
tbo country, sent his agent and one of
his business partners, Daniel Mcl'ook,
father of tbo sinco famous 'fighting To-day, at noon, this sword was re
McC'ook" family, to Harrisbtirg to in- turned to its owner, in the preseneo of
ntitiico mo coiumittco on oanks to
innue a report against tho ropenl
ot the Limner ol llio J,eliigli
County Hunk. Ho found three of the
seven members of tbo committee will
ing to ao so and, In order to receive
the co-operation of t'je netvssnry ma
jority, concluded to prevail upon Mr.
riolcll to agree and report favorable
to the bank. Knowing Mr. l'iolelt to
no opposed lo any Mich report, JlcCook
first sought to procure his vote through
Iho influence of bis personal and politi
cal friend, Hon. John Lamnie, ollbring
to bribe the hitter hy making his son
a present ol It.ioil, nn condition that
the father should liifluenco Piolctl to
nllow the committee to report fiivorn-
uiy to too Danit. Being repelled ny
Judge Lnporte, nn attempt w us made
lo induce Clerk of tho Senate (iood
ricli, a citir.cn of tho same county ns
1 lolelt, tor the consideration of $100,
to influence tho laltor's vote. Jtotli
theso plans proving unsuccessful, Me
Cook determined to approach l'iolelt
iu person. At first ho undertook to
porsundo the latter by tho argument
that thoso favorahlo to tho bank were
men of his own party, of vast Klitioal
influence, and whose favor it was valua
ble for him to secure. A few days later
Mot;ook Inlnrmed l'iolelt thnt ho hnd
written to tho hitter's father to come
on to Hnrrishnrg to nsu his influence
in behalf of tbe bank, and hnd prom
ised him H,(IH0 to do so. Knowing his
father to be nn old man of 72, and no
lobbyist by profession, Mr. Piolett was
surprised and indignant at tlnsinforina
tion and gave McCook to understand
thnt hi schemes were useless. But
tbe briber wns so imnortunalo and
rock loss that ho finally offered l'iolelt
directly 5o0 aa a bribo and left him
to consider it. Mr. Piolett at oneo
consulted his friends, Judgo Lnporte,
at thnt timo Surveyor tienernl, Hon.
Jesso Miller, Secretary of tho Com
moiiwenlth, and Jcrcmiuh M. llurrell,
Esq., a highly respected member of the
legislature, and advised with them as
to the best courso to pursuo iu order
to fully cxoso tbo nefarious attempt
to corrupt a legislator. Though his
natural impulses led him to repel the
scoundrel at first blush, his better
judgment suggested a more effective
way of exposing him, and upon tlie
advice of friend, who urged upon him
the beneficial effects that would result
from such an exHwuro by permitting
it to bo consummated by the payment
of tho money, ho resolved to accept il
and then thoroughly cxposo thecrime.
Accordingly next morning he received
from McCook t400 (the other $100 to
be paid afterward ), which ho requested
him to place iu his bureau drawer and
to leavo the room. As soon as McCook
was gone, Piolett sent for his confi
dants, who ho found had gone to the
cnpitol. Ho then summoned his land
lord, Mr. Hiiehlcr, hnd him count the
money and seul it in an envelope, in
forming him that ho proposed to carry j
it Into the House and make a statu-1
ment in regard to it. Ktiohlcr did so!
and tho money thcrcloro never touched
Piolett's bunds. Ho nt once proceeded
to the House, mudo a statement of the
foregoing fuels nnd laid tho money on
ine speakers table. A committee ot
investigation was appointed, who took
the sworn testimony ol 1'iolett, l.a-
pooto, llurrell, (ioodrich and others,
which is heloru us now and which cm
Ixslies tho foregoing facts. Mr. Mc
Cook, though dolended by Hon. Tlmd
deus Stevens, mado no attempt to im
peach theso witnesses and accordingly
the committee reported tho fuels as
herein given, and a resolution, which
was adopted, directing tho Attorney
General, or his deputy in Dauphin
county, to arrest .McCook and bring
him to trial lor attempting to hnho a
member of the legislature. And wo
believe thnt McCook was tried, found
guilty nnd sent to jnil. Hy resolution
of the Houso the money was directed
to lie deposited in tho Hnrrishnrg bunk,
subject to tho order of tho Court of
tjuartor Sessions of Dauphin county.
In both the minority and mummy
reports of the committee, it is agreed
that a bold attempt at corruption had
been made. Mr. Piolett's coin-so is
highly commended as including noth
ing "calculated to throw the least sus
picion upon him a a man" or repre
sentative, "nnd tho committeo concur
in this opinion that tho exposure and
prompt punishment of this high-handed
outrago will tend to preservo, unim
paired, tho oontideiico ot tlie people in
the purity of legislative action.''
1 1 is sale to say that there wero tin
furthor attempts at bribery that ses
sion, and no ono has been found since
lisilhardy onviigh to undertake to cor
rupt Victor E, l'iolelt.
Vt o have reproduced this stirring iu-
cident of thirty years ago with a
double purpose, first, it illustrates
the spirit of sturdy honesty which pre
vailed at Harrisburg a quarter of a
century ago, when a briber could bo
thu summarily exixrseil and punished.
Second, it throws light upon tlie
courageous spirit and unfulteriiig hon
osly of a man who is now presented
lor the suffrage ol llio people of tho
Stato, and who is named for un office
in which it isominontly necessary thnt
omo ono be placed who has the
sagacity to detect and the nerve lo re
sist all manner of public corruption.
The Victor E. Piolett who in 1S46
brought to grief tho mercenary thief
who sought to steal his honor and good
name is the same Victor K. Piolett
who is now a candidate for Slate Treas
urer. Taxpayers of Pennsylvania!, are
not your inloresls safe in bis honest
hands ?
F.pisrvity is coming around again.
TERMS-$2 per. annum in Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 16, NO. 40.
THE MUE AXl) Tilt) a HA Y.
iNTKUbsiiNii uriwipg at i ai.ipwku, ti.
-lirrruim op a sworii cacti kkii in
Ism. '
,
('AMiwbi.l., O., September 'X The
veterans re union nt this place has
been highly successful. Tho proceed
nigs to-dity were moro than usually
interesting in consequence of the rlurn
ufa sword cuntiitvil bv Mitior Kstes. nf
Texas, from Col. H. Al. Ariihor, of tho
17lli Jowa. On tho Kith of October,
1804, Col. S. M. Archer, of Iho 17th
Iowa, with about MOO men, occupied a
Station, Ooorgla. A division of the
block houso and earth works at Tilton
Confederate army, under lien. Coekroll,
attacked Archer nt sunrise, and the
fight lasted until (I p. m., when llio
block house wasso riddled withnrtillery
that Air her was furred to surrender.
Major Estcs, ot tho 32d Texas, was the
first one to onter tbe fort, and to him
Colonel Archer surrendered his sword.
coupled with many regrets at parting!
wiiu it, on account ol personul associ
ation. The two officers wore soon sep
arated and neither remcmhorcd tho
address of the other. Major Kstes
made those facta known to (lie secre
tary of tho re-union, who had the let
ter published, and Colonel Archer anon
made himself known ns
tho blade.
the owner ot
several thousand persons, tienernl
vocki-cii acton in neiiuii oi .Major r.sles,
tendering the sword, and (ieneral A. J.
Warner received tho weapon on behalf j
of Col. Archer. On this occasion the,
scone was a thrilling one. tionernl
Cookrcll guvon full und intcreslinguc-
count of tho battle, and said ho, for
one, and in behalf of his comrades, ao-
copied in good failh the great questions
r, II . , i ..
decided by the war, namely, that no
Stale bus a right to sever its connection
with the I'nion and that tbo rnco is
entitled to all tho rights and benefits
giinrantced by the constitution. He
complimented tho gallantry of the
federal soldiers and asked tho old vet
craiis present if they wero not willing
to nny tbut the confederate were nlso
brave and silicon iu their views. Tho
war was no child's play. Two great
armies were arraigned against each
other, but all wcro Americans and, us
Americans, knew how to trout each
other when passion and prcjudico hnd
cooled down.
Gen. Warner, receiving tho sword.
mado somo excellent remarks, tender
ing to (ien. Cockrcll, nnd through him
to tho confederate soldiers tho right
hand of pcaco and reconciliation, und
hoping that the present occasion would
go fur toward spreading a feeling
oi inngnnmmiiy and brotherly love,
such as should prevail among Ameri
cans. Tho war was over, it issues de
cided and accepted, anil it was right
and proper that tho feeling which
prompted Major Estcs to return this
record untarnished should speak and
nine in tue wnoie people.
An original poem on the retain of ! "icory r opinion but lol
tho sword, from Col. J. A. Stewart, of! , , "f1011? M l"e'hango in human
A tl.,.,i., .. wi.i U....I. r....u-.. body from the llillierativo necessity for
exhibited by the spectators, and tho
I . mm. 1UIU ,1-Ulllltf VI an
actual transler of tho sword wns made
amidst the wildest enthusiasm and
upiiluiiso.
Tho cutnp breuks up to-night, und
thousands aro now moving homeward.
Tlie utmost harmony prevailed during
the three days, and tho re union can
not fail to havo a widespread effect in
favor of a closer acquaintance with the
pooplo of the south, and a most just
and liberal opinion of thoso who Intcly
stood before us in buttle.
TKX T1IOUSASDA YKAi.
Tliero is an excellent work of fiction
with the aliove litlo, written by Sam
uel Warren; but it is no ticiiun that
fiencral Hartrnnft gets ten thousand
dollars a year. If doubted or denied.
just read this short but sweet account,
exiracied irom Iho laws ot rennsyp
As Act to Pu ran flii .nv or ma Uovrsvuer
rsa CoKMoawaaLTs.
Bio. let. He II eaaeterl. That tbe salary of Ihej
(loveraoror tbe Commonwealth is hereby ftxed :
at the ... of TEN THOUSAND HOLLARS, wr!
VfllllH
ourum, payable quartvrly tbi Aot to tako ellect
upon and al tee expiralio or tbo present Uul.er.
satnrial term.
Approved January latlt, 173.
JOHN W. (1EARY.
Tho old Governors of tho Slate.
Findley. II iester. Uitncr, Porter.Shiink,
Johnston, lligler, Pollock, Packer, and'
other, were all well content with $:-!,-j
000 a year. They rented their own I
houses, lived w ell. entertained company. I
and sunk no money. In truth, an ;
economical Governor could snvo money
Thero is no doubt but James Pollack
saved $1,500 a year, out of his official
income. During Andrew ( urtin's
term of ofllco, tho llcpuhlicans bought
or built nn official ivsidcnco lor the
(iovernor, and raised his salary to $1,
000 a year. $YOO0 with a homo.
would have been ample pay a most
liberal salary. Hut instead of that
generous sum, they voted llartranft
(f 10,000 a year. And tho (iovernor
accepted it ns readily ns (Irani his
I.Ki.imti, per annum.
But some xeuloiis Iriend of llartranft
may allege that tbe Governor should
not bo bold responsible for this extrava
gance. John Yt . t.cary recommended
this increase ol pay in his last mcssngo,
and the Legislature passed tho Act on
Ids recommendation. Geary was most
unscrupulous himself in Hie acquisition
of money, lie wanted to be President,
anu (icsireu to uuy iiuriranii Willi llio
public money, on tickle mo and I'll
tlcklo yon. Ono good turn deserves
another. Hnrtrntifl accepted tho bribo,
and so becauio a party to tho wrong.
In a public square of Dublin stood a
slnliio ol Vt illmiu ot Urangc.
v.
ilO Wa ,
represented as in tho act of receiving I management of hi farm near St.
tho royal crown of (ireat Britain andii0,li9i wlit., ims not n
I source of
iivinnci irom me nanus oi a nigcinian pr0t to him, tho outgoes ovorbalane
of his faction. On tlie ncdestiil of the i !.... .i.. i en Ann
of his faction
On tlie pedestal of tho
statue wero
inscribed Iho l.atm
words, Htcrpit mm ripuitke received
the crown ; ho did nol take it by force.
Ono day Dean Swill was asked to
translate the Latin inscription. "Why,
it menus," snid Swill, "that Till ai
cr.ivin is as bao as tiik Tiitr.r!"
(irrmxbtirg Time.
CiooD News. "You can slate that
my advices from all portions of tbo
State are encouraging In the extreme."
replied Hon. llcndrirk II. Wright,
Chairman of tho State Central Com-
mittoe, to tho Timrt representative )
Tuesday evening. "Tho utmost bar-
mony prevails among ooui leaders ana
follower, and In many of tho counties
thore are strong indications of doubling
the majority of tho last election. Ah
legliony county would be good lor 10,
800 majority if the election took place
to-morrow. My advice I'roni Ohio arc
to tho effect that tlie Kcpnhlicans con
cede 16,000 to 17,000 Democratic ma
jority, whilo the Democrats are san
guine ol from JO, WO away up. 1 have
no doubt at all about this Stale. I
will leave town for home on Thursday
morning, speaking at Allentown on
the way, and return early next week."
Por tba hasvai.ir.a. t
f - .-TIIK FlL'sr HTKP.
How eagerly wo slnteli forth our
hand to guide our child iu Inking its
first step. Then, w hy not oiler miiiio
help a word of warning, or a helping
hand to keep tho young Irom taking
tho flint stop in wrong doing? What
causes the sorrows, the misery, tho
disgrace, and the broken hearl of the
fironent timer l believe it all begins
u taking one slop in tlie wrong di
rection. While Passing along tho street in II,,
I noticed nt evory sloro or tavern a
set of lonfors, some of whom I was
aeiiiuhiled with.' Fill hers were there,
Willi sous at borne teasing their moth
ers to Jet them go whoro papa i. Tho
poor mother, how palu alio looks.
I Other hoys am there who mothers
have Inst all Influence through the
I strong tendency of Is.ys to do as men
i Ju- 'Those men will curse and swear,
i nml t;11 "Hlgnr tales, mid pass vulgar
remarks on even- feniulo tlifit passes
: that way: Do wo wonder, then, that
we seo hoys, between six and ten year
! old, taking the first step iu a down-
- 1 ward career? Though they may go
slow, it is cerluiu ruin.
ltut to ooino bock to Loafer's Point ;
young men wero thero, tho beaux of
the town, dressed in their best, (and
perhaps nil they own) smoking and
joking, priding themselves on boing
old enough to vote. What's that yel
low paper covered thing in his pocket?
Oh, you needn't try to hide it, I know
what it is, and so does yoar associate.
Young man, spurn all such polluted
trnsh. 1 1 is bringing tho gray hairs of
your parent in sorrow to the gravo,
and degenerating mankind. The read
ing of those books, I tool safe, in say.
ing, was the first step on the way to
ruin, of many young men, and women,
too. n nan uo young girls read such
hooks? If they do, I'll nover marry.
Just so, no matter what you do, you
want an ongel for a wife. No, she is
ruined by keeping tho company of
young men, whoso chat-actor 1 have
tried to portray. No true lady will
s'-end her timo with such reading mut
ter. Hut how is she to know a young
man that don't from ono that docs?
Hy improving tho time she spend
crimping and curling, and tying back
skirts. (Iho tiirhtcr tied buck. the Iniwr.
i .. . ,. . .. ' ri
or ine step in llio wrong direction) in
studying to know tho mind of tho man
sho would marry. (Jet your mental
mate, and you will bo happy. Thore
aro good, noble men in the world. But
Satun has his agents employed in
tempting thcra to tako the first step,
knowing full well that he is almost, if
not entirely certain, his victim will
take tho second, third, Ac. Young
man, young woman, if you would bo
nappy, avoid taking the "first step."
A HELL.
TIIK DRIFT Ohiim TIDE.
The. drill of the political tide is un
mistakable. Every election that bus
occurred this year hns shown this in
the plainest manner. Tho indications
in Pennsylvania nnd Ohio point out
their obedience to tho general law of
tho hour. It is now as it was in 1810,
a sweeping ro-oction heforo which tho
strong efforts of men and parties will
avail gpthing. What doctrine are
enunciated, or what candidates nro
named in political convention matters
very litllo if "a decent respect for the
opinion of mankind'' bo preserved.
Tho all prevnding overwhelming de
mand of the present hour is change.
Chango is a used law of tbe human
body, nnd it is an equally fixed law of
tbo body politic. In systems like ours
tho people liocome tho great agencies
to bring about result that make for
their own good, and these results come
as the tornado far reaching and resist
less. They do not rost upon lorric or
purification and restoration. The cy.
tlono Hint grows from this diro need
is upon us. Its results nro perceivable
in California nnd in Maine. Its dis
tant niiilteiings aro discernnhle in
Ohio, nnd it will soon sweep out of
existence those who stand in ils path
in the groat States so soon to voto.
The body politic needs a change,
and it Is coming. llriifnrd Ua;1te.
A Timklt Stbokk. Tho editor of
the Philadelphia Timet hits a govern
ment organ over tho head In this way:
"Tho Washington liqiubliain insists
that this journal 'is in duty bound to
bring proof of its charge Hint President
(..rant has illegally interfered with any
Southern State government.' Tho AV.
puliliean should bo considerate. Tlie
dog star reigns, and tho 77mm don't
get ninety thousand dollar advertise
ments by direct order of the President
to cloud the judgment, nor has it an
nriy '' ofliccholding dependents who
must make it and pay tor it. The
Time is a newspaper, and it hasn't
tj,n to devote polnmiia tn nn,vA urliof
J. , j ., C("um" l0. InV What
Senate and House committees of l!o
puhlicans have solemnly decided, and
what tho votes of both branches havo
substantially proclaimed, any moro
than it can givo tho spuco to prove
that thero was a flood, or thot tieorrro
Washington lived, ot that President
Urant is occasionally at tbe Wbito
House. It doubtless pays tho Ilamb-
to ask such silly conundrums, but
'l d""'1 pay newspaper to waste its
and space answering them.
Wavinii Tiir, "Hloodt Shirt" too
often. The New York d'n?Aic(Grant
Organ) says, tho "bloody shirit lias
been waved once too oflon already.
Mr. Blaine and Mr. Morton shook it in
the faces of tbe voters of Maine, and
tho Democrats polled 13,000 moro
vole. It scares tho wrong way.
The bull runs away from that rod rag.
Tlie public sentiment lavors reconcilia
tion, and public interests demand it.
Heconstriiclion is a settled fact, nnd to
re-open the questions now happily
closed would lie fatal to the party thnt
should attempt it. Tbo country is in
terested in questions of reform and
finance and administration, of public
improvement and tho development of
the resources of the nation, and will
not bo diverted by the tricks of politi
cal resurroctionisls. Tho sooner this
fact i understood the bettor for every
body." Till f lOVKRNMINT Tail! BLk. A II
exchange has tho following important
item of news: One of President Grant's
obiticla in iriiitur W.im1 at lltn neMeel
j , -- ei n ' - - - i , -
limn ia tn In.Ln aim. rdiamrA in flin
niu; .no uiewuiu uy nuuu. e.',vri'o aiyenr.
Ilo will dispose ol bis stock this week.
and then decide w hether to lease or
manago Iho farm himsclt. From what
we know of (ieneral Grant, sometimes
styled President Grant, he had better
leaso tlie U. S. Government and man
age tho farm himself, Tho money
saved to himself and the United States
w ould ho fur greater than that now
sunk nn tho lurin. "Go west, young
man."
Hero Is how Sum Bowles, of tho
Springfield HrpuUican, puts it; "If
tbo people go on voting: Democratic
Stale and Congressional tickets in tliis
careless way, what will become of tho
grest Republican party? They should
think nf this."
Severe discipline, if the heart be
right, tends lo develop risnoss, rich
ness, and symmetry or christian char-
aeler.
Christians, to use a familiar figure,
arc liko coals they bum brighter when
gathered into heap. -
Havo (he courage, in providing an
oiiterUinnint for your friends, not to
exceed your Irsesns, . . , ,