- CLEARFIELD RKPCBLICAJJ,"
GOODLANUEn & I.EK,
CLBARPIBLO, PA.
- -' ! '
ESTABLISHED IN lait.
Th ttrgnat Circulation tfuj Mswspaner J
III North Contra! PeaaoylvaaU. ,
Term, or BubBonption.
f paid In adTenoa, er within 3 minthi.u.V9 OO
If paid after 3 end before 1 inunlli. SO j
f f paid after ilia iiraliori of mostae... a IM
Rates ol Advertising. . ; ' .
f raoilent edvertieeraentl, per fuare nt 10 llneeor
leir, 8 tlnN ev leet. ....SI 50
Pur aeon ittbiieiiuent ineertioa. ..... 50
Admlnl.tratara' and rlseeatnrf' untie I 40
Aadlturo' ai.tleee I SO
Caatione end Kmrnjl . ... I 60
Piaeolmlon nutine. t 0
Profeiaiunal Cerde, 6 Una or lear,l year,.,- I 00
Looal nollnaa, per line 10
YKAHLY ADVBRTISEMENT8.
I euanm........-... 00 I i eoluaia- 0 00
t aquaree.-. 00 4 autumn- TO 00
aqtisree.- 20 00 I 1 Autumn... ISO 00
O. B. noopLANUER,
.'' 3 r1 V C ; KOKfc II. LKK,
I'ubll.here.
Cirrda.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW A COLLRCTION OFFICE,
, . ClKWKXSy'LLK, i
Je2(l ClearSeld Cwnnt,v. P-nn'a. : fay
rsoa. n. Senear, crana soauoa.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CTEARPrEI-D, PA. .
OSes) la. IMti Opcr HrtDrift. ireond floor.
FRANK FIELDING, "
ATTOItiNRY-AT-LAW,
,f. Clcirflfld, Pn.
Will inltmrl to all butloM ntrnateA o him
piouiptljr i.d riihfull. bot137&
WILLIAM A. w l.l. An.
h tPtitr r. wn.i.Atr..
RAVin L. K Until.
JUHH W. WKIOLttr.
WALLACE i. KR.EBS,
(Hnwmn to Walluw A Fielding.)
ATTORA' KV S-AT-h A W ,
II-117S tie erlield, Pn.
A. G. K PI A M E R,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
Hsal Kitati and Collaotloa Agent,
. I.EAHFIKLII, PA., : ,
Will proinjilly attenj to all legal bailnn t
traitrd to bii care.
t-fTOfflne in Pm'i Ottora l!oiii, noond floor,
aril l-(.tn
toiao a. viuuv, f - i pakiel w. m'cuudt.
McENALLY & MoCURDT,
ATTOI.NKYaS-AT-LAW,
Clrtteld, Pa. -Mr-Ufiff
baiineM attended to promptly wltbj
1'lfliiy. Onto oa rieoond itraat. alora in Pint
National Hank. , , Jan:l;74
" gTr." BARRETT, ""
Attorn ky ad Counhklor at Law,
ci.barftkld, pa.
Havlna; retined bir Judfraibip, haa rnnied
hn prfiotice of the law In hia old offioa at Clear
i"M, Pit Will attend Ihvflonrti of JtlTrrsoi mad
t"Jk riiontlett when uptvttally retained in onneetlon
with re i dent eurjci. 1:14:71
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
C'lmrOcld. Po.
jBB-OKioe in Court lloiiM, (KhetilT'o OBon).
I.i'g.il lineioeM promptly otteoded tn. Real eetntn
biuhl and laid. Jell'71
A. W. WALTER8,
ATTOHNEY AT LAW.
Cleat-Held, Pi.
kouOfflna in Orabatti'a Row. daet-ly
"HrVV."8MITH,
ATTORNKY-AT-LAW,i
ihi:7 flenrlleld, P.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
( le.rneld. Pa.
0-omK In Old Wntera Utdel .alldlns,
eornr ofSeeond ari l Market file. noTSI.M.
ISRAEL TE8T,
ATTORN BY AT LAW.
ClearnVId, Pn.
07-OIBea In Iho Court Konaa. JyllCT
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I'leartteld. Pn.
adTOtlee la Pie'e Opera lloaaa. Room No. I.
Jan. 3, Isrt.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
n4 Heal ltal A;etit, ( lear.tield. Pa.
UtOea on Third etreat, beLCherrar A Walant.
tdfHeapoetfaUf offeri hia ervieaa in ealling
nd nufinK Inada in OlenrBeld and adjoining
.eantieat.and with an elparteneeel nvartwentT
l.ara aa a anrvajor. flattara hiroielf tbnt ho oan
render aatlifaelien. . -. I Pen. liiMttf,
j7 B L A K E VVAL t E R 8 ,
, REAL F.STAT15 BUOKKR.
' J" asp nKALtta is
Mow LeOgM and laiimber,
CI.RARPI8I.ri, PA.
IBee In Ureh.cn'i R"w. l:J6r!
J. J. L INGLE.
ifitrpnnvu'V AT IAW rfHK anderalne4 1m(i leav to hiforiu tliepub
A I lUlthil - AJ - liA", lie that tie it row fatly nrepap aeoommo-
1:18 Uaceola, Clearfield Co,, P..
j;pd j
J. 8. BARN HART,
ATTORRKT AT LAW,
Bellclntite, Pa. I
Will tiraelleo In UleaHleld and all ef tha Ooorll of I
tha JMb Judicial di.lHel. Heal aetata buelneea
and eolleetion efelainie made rpeeialtlee. al'II
. i a
DD VA A M P A N fi 1 '' be underr-lraed If nnw prepared tu fitrni.li
M. . M. mtHO I the public with an oacellent quality ol
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,! Beefonte Wood.B(Jrned
H'THKKSlll Rll, PA. l((lf ,n, pur,,oM.llby Ilia large or Imell
Will attend nrofiitiiiiial calle promptly. angl0'70 i
DR.. T. J. BOYER,
PU YSICIa'N'aSD SUKOgON.
OOlce on Market Street, Clearlelrl. Pa.
fT-Olllce bourn I to II l. n , and I In S p. n
rjji.7 e. mT sohkukeu,
HOMOfOPATIltC PHYSICIAN.
: OSloe In rreidrnee nn Merkct rt.
April M, 1871. Clearllrld, Pa.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN ft SUHGEON,
HAVING located at Pennleld, Pa., aSerl nta
arofaaaloaal eerrieea to the people of that
plaoaand iorroandinf auutilry. All call promptly )
attended to. m u 1 f j
. - ' - ----- j
UK. J. P. tfUKUH rit.1- U
Lau Surgaoa of tho :td Kegtment, Penniyh an la J r
Volaniaara, saving reiurneu itotd m urn;,
offer i hi profeiiional lerrlcB to tbeeiliieur
of OlearflalJeoanty. i
Prjfalont.l Mill proraptir ini.
OfJce on Becond .tr.el, fr.rtnerlyoee.pleJ I Wj
Dr.Wooda.
DR. H B VAN VALZAH,
CLIiAllKIKl.U, I'tNN'A.
OFFICE IX MASONIC nriM'IN'..
JtV ORea houra-Prnm U In 1 P. 81.
May If, 1ST.
DR. JEFFERSON UTZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will promptly attend all oalli la the Una of kit
profoiiliin. anf.ia-JI
7'": "dTm. 'doherty,"
PA8IIIONABLK UAHUKIl A I1AIR IlRKSflER.
CtiKAHFiF-I.D, PA.
Shop nelt ilohf fn Wearer A Uotl.' lor,
Second .treat.
jmy 14, li j
niiattKNtuKBa-'! I i.!ir
(Pormerly W'U Lew Schuler.)
BABllLR ANU IIAIRim KUHKK.
Shopnn MartetlJuiifHlUlOartIto.
A clean towel for every euMwrr. niay 10, '70.
V Q. W. WEAVEE & CO., T
nni'nnisTs & apotiikcariks,
CiUtlWlSNVIbLK, PA..
I'ealeri la all kindi of Irngp, jWe-hrlnra, Fai
ry tloodi and lmtrfina' fnn'iriea.
Cr?ettTlle. March 17, M7&.
, - QIOEOE 11 FERGUSON, i
w. v. ii priit' oi i t co.,
' ' ;'dele0a "
HATS "CAt'S,, BOOTS k BHOJiS,
U Ml Market Street, PlUadolpkla. , ta-tf
A
j
It
GEO, B. GOODLASDEB, Proprietor. 1 ' ' PRINCIPLE8, NOT MEN. , , ' mMS-$2 per annum h' Advance, .
VOL' 49WHOLE NO. 2113. ' ' CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1875. 1 NEW SEllIES-VOL. 16, NO. 42.
, . - , . '" ' - ;
tfards.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitlra of tha 1'esce and Bcrlrener,
CurwciiNvlIlft.
feaCnlleetlnna mid and
paid Hirer.
tonne iiri'tuf.tly
rf.zr7tir
0RO. !.! IT ajRNNT ALIIOT .m. W. ALII
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufatrri A txUuatf t Ltoaleriia
1 Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, tic,
WOODLAND, f K N n A.
JnTOrden aoliolted. Bilti filled on itaort notice
and raaaimabla tema.
' Addreii Woodland P. O., UlearBeld Ca., Pa.
?i-lr , , W ALUKKX A HUU8.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MEItCHANT,
Preuchville, lleartield County, Pa.
Koapi oonPtantly on hand a full utorlment of
utj (iooat, naruwara, urooarivi. ana reryiuing
aaunlly kept ta a retail itere, wbiah will be told,
for eaab, at eheap an leewnera in the onunty.
FreochTlIU, J una K, 1 8H7-1 v. '
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
BaALaa ta
nKN EKAL UKUCIlANDIhR.
CiK All ANTtlN. Pa.
A1foreitnpira manuraettver and dialer iu StUn
Tttnbar and Pawed iiaaiberoi an kinai.
ijr-Ordori ao!ioitd and all blllv promptly
Oiled. . ijyi'7X
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger.
tleartlfld, Pt-itit'a.
t-WHl Kix'ate jnltp) Ih ht Kite hruiiiitllT itnd
In a workmanlike aianner. af H,J
G. H. HALL, ,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLKA HFIRI.D. PKNH'A.
JMrPuinpa alway on hand and made to i-rdur
on ihnrt aotioe. Piprn horcd ou reaputiable term
All work warranted ! r?!idi r ia. inaction, nnd
dalirered if diri'd. tsj ld:1 v-il
E. A. BIGLER & CO.
nRAi.r.tta ia
SQUARE TIMBER,
and nenuraetuterr of
Kl.X, klNIIK HtHkll I.UMIIKIt.
!'; CLRAKP1KLD, l'KMN'A.
J AS . B . GRAHAM,
dealer in
Heal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
flll.NOl.KS, LATH, A 1'It'KSTH,
0:l0'7.1 Clr.rll.ld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
Siimre Timber & Timber Lnwln,
Jell7 CLRARVIEl.t), PA.
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer In
Wnhilien, Closks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c.,'
leU'Tl CLEARFIELD, PA.,
8. I. SNYDER,
D 1 n-r li AT tVitHIIUlt'rii
WfttcliL'H, Clock a and Jewclrr,
Orakam't Rmt Market Slrrat,
rrEANKiei.iK pa.
All kind! of repairing In my line promptly
anded to. April 2. 1671.
HEMOVAI
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
' wholenle dealer! In
GEMS' ElRMSnnG GOODS,
Ilara renored to 1 87 Chorch itreet. hrtwrrn
Franklin and White iti., New York. jr il'TJ
JAMES H. LYTLE,
No. 4 Plf'a'llpera Homo, Cleat Geld. Pa.
Dealer la Oroeeilee, ProTlelonr, Vegetable!,
Pruitr, 1ur. Peed, ete., etc.
aprlt'Tt-tf
JAMES K WATSON & CO.,
. RRAL KHTATR HKOKKHfc,
C1.BAUF1KLII, l'KNN'A.
lli.ii.ee anirODleel to tet, Cttllectlunt promptle
wade, and irel-Hana Coal and PlraMay Lande
and Tt.an nroporte for eala. Office in Weetern
Hotel Building (2d floor), Keeond Fit. rorl.H74r
livery Ntnble.
t leave ti
llr nrepi
nl.ning
ditto all In the way of fnrnt.hing h . aee, ilutgiee,
Mi raaeonable terme. Keetdeftee on lieuit etreet,
between Third and Pourth.
HBO. W. (IKARI1A1IT
'Ilrarteld. Pb, . UTt
. a. u ,
I
i,i mk:
quantity. Can be found lor the prerent at Pia'i
purpoi
new huilditiK. on Market etreet.
cell . If L. K. Mi CI XLUI UII. ,
MITCHELL WAGONS?
The Best ia the Cheapest!
Thorn Heill bm rrcHrtd ana. her larte lot of
"Mitchell Wagoaf," which are among tha very
i beat ttann fact ared. and which ha will tell at the
mrt raannalilt rnfe. Ill atook Inolurlva almoil
all Ucrit.fn ol mngun largraud tin a II, wide
1 and narrow truck , Cell nn i them.
aiTtT74 THOMAS HKII.LY.'
TOHN A. RTADIjKR,
O lIAKKR, Hiiket St., Cl.artWId, Pa.
Frcfh Bread. Kuak, lUHi, Pit-a and Cakaa
01b hand or made to order. A jr en era I afwrtmtnt
of ( wafeeiiomrlei, t rull and Nat la iioek.
ion irran nnd Oyrtara In feaiea. BaImB irarly
'w Ili'T i-ricei wiMiera.
A, H. MITTON,
Manufarturrr and denier la
.11 nPr,PvJl. S fill fill's mill ItHllldiL
Cellar, Wblaa, Brhf, Ply Ntt.TrimBlBgi.
Ilirea Ulankati, ke.
Vaennm. Prank Miller'i and Nratifofit 01 U
Agral for II a i ley and Wilaon'a lluggiaa.
Orderf and rr pel ring promptly alt ended ta.
5 hop on Market rtrrrt, Clearfield, Pa., lit room
formerly oervpled by Jan. Aletander. (o):l47ft
G . ST F LEGAL
Ironsides Store,
Pllll l.lPSIirKtl, PA.
IIAIlltWAHS, SIOVEH, I1EATKH, nANfl
KS, WOOD ANU WILLOW WAIII.
AKB ilAMFACTI IIMI OF .
SllEKT-IEON ,ANB COrtT.HWAHE.
Pran,nl.lo fitrtet, '
tTII(
Phillli,.riiirir, Centre Co., Po.
In.May
1T.
jjNDRnTAKlNH.
f,i i i a, -i n.
Tha undarilgwad r m fall prepared ta
aarry an I be buiiaaat of
l.MEIlTAIi:i.G,.
AT RKASONAULK RATKr), . ,ri .
And reareelfally aaUcil tho nalmnefa of tkoaa
aeodinf aaob eoreleaa. e,i
l. JUjtn iiivilMasi
. . , JAMM I. LrtAV?.
riearSold, Pa., fell, la, uro.
EAR FIELD
RESUMPTION IS OPPRESSION I
" 1 srEEcn of
SENATOR WALLACE,
iMfayrlle Hall, PUiubm-gh, F.,
Thursday Evening, Oct. 2 1st, 1879.
Wbiit relief is titer, tor llm bufiinuM
man If Is it to bo found in the verities
tion of th. BtwndiiiR threat lor iTiturnp
tion in 1879 Khali 1'vnnnylvBiiiB
follow Ohio ? These tiro momentous
questions. Tho busint life of ninny
within ttouiul of my voine hiinirs iiHin
the uriHwer to them. Not hero nlono.
hut in all our broad Stnte, wherever
enturprtso and energy hntl scope and
purpoeo, outsido ol aL'rirultiinil pur
suits, thesaina result portends. Whors
over tlio roar of tha lut naco, the crush
of the furim, the clatter of tho mi
tho shriek of the eiii'iiie. tho hum of
the spindle it re beard ; wherever the
derrick, the sawmill, the fir ol tho
puddler, tho coke oven, tho shall, and
tho drill aro seen ; in all the busy
marts of trudu, on the wharf and in
the counting-room, men are found uu
ensy, nnxious and earnest in attompt
injr to find a safe puth of relief from
tlio almost uiiivoinul drend ol bank
ruptcy and financial ruin. Disastor
and distress have already visited many
nap y Homes, iiiccompai-ativeatrlu
eitce of yesterday has $ivcn place to
me poverty 01 to-uay, mo coruiul
i;rasp and cheerful (riveling conceal
mil my tne caro that iiu outlironod
within the heart of many who mcotli
you in the hours of business, and these
give place to depression and gloom
when the cirelo of homo is sought and
the welcome of loved ones is chilled hv
abstraction nd thought. Oblivion ia
ollcn tlie lvtitgo ot these whom forti
tude deserts, or an unhinged brain
usurps the place of judgment and of
reason. Mow far distant is tho hour
in which every one will ho reitdv to
seuo ins neighbor by llto throat and
say, "ray mo whitt thou owost?"
Confidence has gone, distrust hascomo,
and terror and despair follow closely
in their wake. Tho-maniifacturcrand
the merchant look around upon thoir
stocks and whero they could count
their thousands thoy now count but
hundreds, nnd for their merchandise
there are no buyers oven at these
ruinous prices. Iron is stocked in the
mill-yard, furnacea cease to blast, mills
aro untenanted, artisans are idlo, goods
aro unsold, note, aro protested, and
the summons of the creditor is in the
hands of tho Slioiiff. Is this an over
drawn picturo 1 Your own city is tho
ueBt prool ot its truth. Hero in your
midst is found tho realization of the
whole.
Whence shnl! come relief from this
condition of affairs ? Tho answurgivon
us by those who rule is: "licsumntion
of specie payments in 1H79." If this
answer he t lie truo one, then Pennsyl
vania should follow Ohio and vote to
retain those in power who have enacted
the statute for resumption. If yon
believe, as I do, that this is but an
aggravation of your present ills, and
titat statutes for resumption without
preparation are only vicious and ovil
centinnally, then Pennsylvania should
not follow Ohio, but should, ns becomes
her dignity and power as befits ber
magnificent domain, her immense but
now prostrated industries, nnd her
sturdy, energetic, but suffering people,
speak for herself, and rccngniaing her
obligation to pny In coin tho uttermost
farihing of tho bond, demand
that
timo be given hot to recuperate ber
energies, to re-invigorote her Industries
and to honestly prepnro lor honest
payment, Tho cry of our oppressed
peoplo found eloquent utterance at
Krie, when the Democracy there de
manded that the policy "of forced re
sumption of specie payments which
had already brought disaster to the
business of tho country and threatens
general bankruptcy" be abandoned. I
do but repeat what I have before said
in this canvass when 1 ask, may we
not ask fur timo to breathe f Is it
strango that the peoplo grow restive
under the system that so heavily op
presses them? Aro there to ho no
moments of rest for those -who have
saved as well the unity as the faith of
tho republic 1 Is this generation to be
forced into bankruptcy in order that
tho next may bo freed from debt? No
wiso government will bankrupt its
pconlo for a fanciful idea.
Where nre tho evidences of our
ability to pay our notes 1 Where are
tho signs of preparation for resump
tion f When, by following the path
of frugality, tlio ability to pay shall
have come nnd our promises do not
bear a falsehood on their face, then
resumption is no Iwngor a farco and
statutes for resumption are no longer
shams. We believo in paying our
debt in gold when we shall have re
covered front theexhaustion consequent
upon a fearful civil war and from the
extravnganeo that has followed in its
wake. We believe In saving our
money to surely accomplish that re
sult. . We do not believe in bankrupt
ing the peoplo to try tho fanciful ex
periment of specie -payment without
preparation. It is tlio puth of practi
cal statesmanship to postpone th. hour
of resumption until the people aro
rested from tho exhausting processes
of tho past ten years. It should bo
tho lust resort ol "a government ol the
people, by the people, lor the people,"
either to initiate or maintain a policy
which tends to produce financial dis
tress; and whero conclusive proof is
given that such is tho oase, unless somo
great principlo intervenes, or greater
danger threatens Irom reversing the
lino of action, it is tho part of wisdom
to givo case to the people. Temporary
expedients or the policy of a charlatan
are, of course, to bo avoitlcd. Hut in
such a case as is ours, when wa stand
fust hy our faith as a peoplo, recognise
our obligations, point to our sacrifices,
our sufferings and our financial distress,
is it still to ho "tho Hind of flesh ?''
(live us time I Pennsylvania with her
four millionsof people and their mighty
ititurorits culls
a nan I it nas over
beon her policy t
give eowt to her
suffering people, t Kiimnoinl disastor
in 1857 was not fully recovored from
when the war carao in 1801, and then
tho legislature denied to the judgment
creditor tlio execution process and
stayed his hand fur tha benefit ol the
solvent , debtor, i Many who would
olhcrwiso havo been utterly destroyed
by the persecution of creditors were
saved hv the interposition ol tho Stay
Law ot lrflil. and Mil debtor and
creditor were th gainers..! When tho
financial panio of 1837 had swept over
tin country, and had proolnitcJ many
in its course,, lb, credit of the Slate
was Jeopardised and iho sjieans to pay
the interest upon its debt and to main
tain lb. govornment wars lacking.
At th. final hour of tha financial dis
turhanoa tha lavialalura, bv a statute
'. movlo tore."! Joan, trom the Unki In
the form of relief notes of thedenoniina
tion of one, two, and rive dollars.
These were redeemable at the Treasury
of the State, in oxchange for subscrip
tions to the loan,and could be reissued hy
the Treasury ,a measure ot very doubtful
constitutional pnwer,of equally doubtful
wisdom as a financial nienmire from
tho high stand point ol governmental
thoory ; yet tho much needed relief
was found, tho channels of trado were
occupied by those notes in lieu of tho
specie that had fled from sight, the
avenues of business found relief, confi
dence gradually cumo back, and the
credit of tho Plato was preserved.
There are those here to-night who re
member woll tho relief notes of 1841,
the wide-spread commercial distress
that preceded their issuo, and the com
parative ease and comfort they gave
to the Journey back to confidence and
specio payment. These cases are not
cited as precedents fur the present, but
to demonstrate that the action of our
law-making powor has been for onse
and relief to the people when financial
distress oppresses thorn. When the
hour 01 nii.nness pressure comes, the
bunks invariably save themselves at
tho oxponso of tho community. But
such has not been, nor ought it to be,
the rule with the govornmcntnl agen
cies of tho peoplo thomselves. They
have a higher sphere to occupy, and
whilst they tread without change or
shadow m turning the sale and sure
avenncs to national prosperity ; whilst
they preserve inviolate the Integrity
and the faith of the people ; whilst the
experience of tho past and tho safety
of the future nre to be their gnides,thuy
can and thoy ought so to mould their
ipolicy so to shape their course ns to
suvo ana not to destroy the interests of
those whoso agents they are. It is
their duty to make liatitc slowly in our
retrogressive swps to a specie basts.
Tho policy thus shown to have hewn
ours, was also that of the government
of tho t'nitod Mtntcs, in at least two
notable instances. One of these was
during the war of 1812, when Presi
dent Madison relieved tho necessities
of tho people and of the government
by an issuo of Treasury post notes
under special authority given for that
purpose, and tho other was in 1KI7,
whon ten millions of notes of the same
character wore Issuud by Mr. Yan-
lluren, under like authority, for the
relief of a pressing necessity at the
treasury, resulting tmm the great con
flict with tho Bunk of tho I'nited
States:
We are furnished with a precedent,
too, by Great Britain, which wont in
finitely further than the people now
asit.
The great wars with Napoleon were
fought by Kngland with paper cur
rency. They ended in 181S. Suspen
sion was legalised in 181(1, when re
sumption was ordered The hanks
contracted largely for two years ; prices
fell and business was depressed. In
1818 tho difference between gold and
currency was only three per cont.
Expansion was again permitted and
the difference widened to six per cent ;
business was healthy and a gradual
tondency to specie payment was felt.
In 1819 Parliament voted unanimously
for a law to resume, to be accomplished
by 1823, through a reduction of the
currency. Trices fell at once Irom rll
to OU per pent. W heat tell Irom i
shillings a quarter in 1819 to 40 ahil-
1: !-- .on. . i' 1 1 a , .
lings in 1821. Iron fell from 12 to
8 a ton. Tobacco from 13 ponce to
7 pence por pound. The wages ol la-
uor ten in a line proportion ana dis
tress pervaded every manufacturing
locality. Mr. Doublcday says that "as
the timo fixed for resumption drew
near, the momornblo first ol May, 1823,
the distress, ruin and bankruptcy that
took place wore universal, affecting
both tho great interests of land and
trado, In hundreds of cases, from the
trcmondous reduction in the prieo of
land which now took plnco, tho estates
barely sold lor as much as would pay
off tho mortgages, tho owners were
stripped ol all and made beggars." In
stead of extending the time tor resump
tion, the British ministry then re
pealed the act prohibiting one and two
ponr.d notes and allowod their issue lor
ten years longer. Thoy also author
ized the issuo of twenty millions of
pounds In treasury bills, to be loaned
to the agricultural interests. Those
unwise measures gave rine to expansion
again and the banks inflated the cur
rency from one hundred and thirty to
twohuiidred millionsof pounds. Then
camo tho necessary results of an in
flated curroncy, speculation ran wild
and values trebled in every direction.
Uvortrading and extravagance re
sulting from a plethora of money in
1&24 and IN.'S, found Its natnral result
late In 1825, when distress began to
prevail. Miss Martineau draws the
picturo thus:
"Just at this critical time, the Bank
of Kngland began to draw in. llor
issues had been profuso when money
was loo plontllul, and gnui was rapidly
leaving tlio country. Now, when
money was wanted in ahsndance to
rescue commercial credit on all hands,
sho bogan to' be stiff aboutdiseounting,
and to contract her issnos. Panic first.
and then despair, were tho consequence.
Tho hilarity and openness of heart and
band which had mado Kngland such a
sunny place were gone, and instead,
there was now tho suspicion with
which every man regnrded his debtor
and his creditor."
Hero and them the failure Of a com
mercial house was announced. First
the failuros wore of houses which no
body supposed to be very stahlo : but
presently one firm after anothcr stop
ped payment; one Known to possess
enormous landed estates, another to i
the proprietor of rich mines, a third to
have great woalth fixed or afloat in
foreign lands. In these cuscs the same
story was always torn mat it was
merely a temporary embarrassment,
and that th. firm poasessotl property
mr exceouing in vatue titetr enure
liabilities. It, presontly became doubt
ful whatanv kind of property was really
worth ftir any praoticaf purpose. Then
came tho turn of tho banks.' Tho
question now was how to get money
to go on with trom day to nay, a qnes
lion Which involved llial oi mo very
lllb of tho working classes through t ho
winter. In At. or six weeks from sixty
to seventy banks had stopped payment.
The government resolved on suppres
sion of the small notos in. the hands ol
th. country bankers. This was done,
and this rapid contraction of the cur
rency augmented the distress. Th.
apectosenl out by the liank of England
was retnrnotl to It by tho sum, man
tht carried it out. . ..on ., .. .
AfTuirs pressed; times were not
mending i the merchant of London
and the largo provincial towns were
growing dosierate. Momathini must
be dono to revive ormfidenc, and bring
nut the hoarded gold which was above
fjvcrTtliinf wanted. It was no longer
possible to refuse what the general
opinion required ; and before February
wai out tbs bank had agreed to make
advance, on deposits or merchants'
. . . . .
irootls. A ureal pawning transaction
was ontorou upon, the advances id the
bank being limited to three millions.
Commissioners were appointed to con
duct tho business in lite principal trail
lug districts. Il was presently found
that many ot ihcse onm inissioners would
have nothing to do. As soon as it was
found that tho money could be had, it
appeared that little of it would bo
wantod. The restoration of credit wns
the thing required, i On tlio strength
of this now resource, men of high com
mercial character bogan to trust one
anolhor. Tho example spread, and in
a short tiui. tho alarm subsided, and
fair and prudent trading began to re
vive i
Mr. Tooke, in his work on prices,
states the following as the pluccB fixed
by the bank for milking the advances
upon goods and theaiDomils advanced
by each : , . ,
Maoeheatar , ,
Ula.eew ,.... ....A. ,.,.
SI, 700
.iH.iOO
41,460
J0,3liil
IMHA
1 0,500
Shrllrld
Ltrerpaol H . ,
M addarSald ......,
Birmingham., ...,.
Ilover
Norwich
i;,mo
A totul of less than two millions of
dollars was ull that was found necessa
ry to advance In this manner in order
to restore confidence and suppress pan
io. The best men of the country op
posed this measure; tho ministry ro
Bistod it with all their power, but the
necessities ot the people overcame all
opposition. No one in this country
will be fouud willing to advocate so
wide a depurturo from the legitimate
province of the government, liut we
may learn from such action how slight
th. line betwoen panic and confidence,
and bow unprecedented is that action
of ourgovornruont that would bankrupt
its own people by a continued threat
of specie payment without preparation.
The thriving mechanic or laborer, who
three );cars since bought a lot and
built his modest home upon it, paying
one half and giving a mortgage lor the
remainder, finds that under the policy
of resumption in 1879 bis house and
lot will not pay the mortgage upon it,
and his hard earnings are swept away
to increase tlio value of the govern
ment's obligations. The enterprising
man of business is no hotter off; his
ready hand or scheming brain, supple
mented by a small capital, finds utter
inability to cope with the policy that
contracts him and expands tho wealth
of those from whom he hires his capi
tal, and he, too. must succumb. Prop
erty decreases in value. Money and
moneyed securities appreciate, as tho
tltreut continues. Men grow suspicious.
Values are unsettled. Sheriff' sales
increase in number. Jiaukrtipt mer
chants aru found on every side. The
shadow of self murder lulls Ukjii tlio
path ot many. It is no answer from
llioKO who rule, to suy that these are
the results of improvidence and c.xuu-
vaganco on tho part of the peoplo them
selves. As well might the nbvsiciun.
when culled to visit his patient, begin
to read him homilies uhiii iitteuiper
auce and want ot care. Tbo disease is
threatening tlio life of the strong mnn,
a remedy is to be lbund or death en
sues. Truo it is, that governments can
do but littlo for tho welfare ot nations
in the absence of individual virtue,
thrift and intelligence, but tho respon
sibility is upon them all the more
weighty to do or to abstain from doing
what thoy can.
H hut relict is there lor the business
man ? Are wo remorselessly to tread
tho path to specie payments, or to re
member and to recognize tho truth that
whilst wo need specie wo need confi
dence more. Since the use of a mixed
currency there has never been an hour
when the paper obligations ol the coun
try could be redeemed in coin. Credit
and confidence were as vitally essential
to the success of that system us was.
tbe modicum of gold that bora it thro'. I
Can credit and confidence ever come
whilst values fall and business men
quuko with apprehension and dread ?
To restore values, to stay panics, we
must not only provide specie, but wo
must bring tbo public miud to tho con
clusion that they do not need it. Can
ouch a condition of tho public mind
evcrcomo while the shadow of enforced
resumption nppnls them with its nn
knnwn terrors? Stability and natural
processes are tho normal paths. Va
cillation and compulsory contraction
aro grievous ills. Is it strango that
tho community dread the operation of
this statute when, In the panic of 1873,
it was plainly proved that tho banks
of the country could not only not pay
their obligations in specie or in legal
tondcrs, but they could not even pny
them in their own notos, and for the
uso of these a large premium was fre
quently paid? This fact, as much ns
any other, gave rioo to tho want of
confidence that has prevailed ever
since.
"I'ntler Philip the Fairwas born the
Fisc,tliat thirsty, ravcnous.keon-lool hed
monster. Like liabclais' (iuriintna,
it shouts out the moment It is born,
"Food I Drink!" The terrible Infant,
whose atrocious hunger there is no ap
peasing, will ent flesh and drink blood
if nocd be. It Is a ( y clops, an ogre,
a dovouring gnrgonille of the Hoino.
Tho head of the monster is culled
(irand Council, its long paws are the
Parliament, its digestive organ is the
Chamber of Accounts. The only food
that can appease it is that which the
pooplo cannot givo. Fiso nnd people
liave but one cry and that cry is gold.
"Tho enthronement of gold in tho
plnco of (tod recurs in tho fourteenth
century. The difficulty is to bring
forth this Ittzy gold from the dark
haunts in which it slumbers. It would
bo a enrions history, that of the thrs
nnnu from tho time when it nestled
under tho dragon of Colchis, tho lies
poridos or tho Nlbelungen, trom its
sleep in the temple of Delphi and in
the palace of Perscpolis. Alexander.
Carthage and Rome rouse It up and
shako It, hut In the middle ages we find
it asleep tgnln (n the churches, whore
in order to rest tho Bettor it pnts on
sacred forms, such as crosses, shrines
and rellqiiiarics. Who will lie hold
cnongh to draw it from thence, clear
sighted enough to descry It in the
earth, where il lovos to hide? What
magician will evoke and prolans that
sacred thing which is worth all things,
that blind omnipotence which nature
gives
Such is the picture that Mlchclct the
historian givos of the fiscal agency and
of eold. Is it wise to reproduc. it
now 1 Where is tho magician whose
wand shall draw this "sacred thing"
from its biding places. It is public
confidence an abiding faith in our
own government, iu luith and its In
tegrity. W bene shall oomo that pub
lio confidence, that Binding tsithf
Can it ever rorae from extravagance in
administration, from job, and pecula
tion, from statutes for resumption with
out preparation t The obligations of
th. government aro the very base of ottr
system. Wbenlhepeopletbrooghtheir
i - . . r . . -ti
I government are resoy in renirnc nn
REP
else follows. Confidence in these can
aeLtofonrnnc,from frugality
and economy in puuho allium, Irom re -
auctioiiouiout.deviilopmcnlolresourcpsili-om tneir employ mont, ann crowns
und decrease of expedlture. The true
solution ot the problem is to be found
in tho practical recognition, and patient
application of the curse originally pro
nounced on man : "in the sweat ol thy
face shall thou eat bread."
"Tho common senso principles, the
oliffiisbionediltK-trinesthat are in daily
use in the businoss lite of a practical,
biest and earnest man of tho world,
who seeks to obtuin wraith, are those
that are best fitted lor our pnesont con
dition. All others will prove fallacious.
Labor nnd production, industry and
friigulity tire tho only sure paths to
competence for tho individual, and
through these, and tho development of
man himsell. we will ttud tho firmest
basis for tho national credit, a sale
road to resumption, and tho certain
puymentot tho mitionnl debt. . Koduoo
tho expenses of the Government, put
nn end to extravagance, of all kinds
therein, economize ita means, remove
tho curso of uncertainty and insUtbility
that now oppresses the South, let while
and black hrain and muscle, acting for
their individual gain, givo us back our
great bout horn staples, develop all ot
our immense resources, and cause tho
hum of industry to pervade tha land,
and thus rc-cetublisi) the credit of the
liepuhlio.
1 1 is for Pennsylvania to stop the down
ward progress of tho business intoi-osta
of Die people. Her voice is potential.
The success of the Kepublicuu ticket
in Pennsylvania will be claimed and
heralded as an endorsomcntot the policy
ot tho administration at Washington
upon financial issues. This of course
includes tbo policy of resumption in
1879
Vt lib that success your nope lor
recovery trom
you
business distress
vanish for, like tbo prisoner in the
iron room tho walls of which imper
ceptibly but certainly grow together,
ycu will soo your doom approach and
the hours ot your business life will bo
but a span.
I'non whom rests the rusionsibility
for this statute for resumption without
preparation ? Let us look to the rec
ord. President (inint signed the bill
on Jnnnary 14, 1K75 and sent in a
specinl message applauding tho bill,
but in that very mosago ho recognises
its unfitness to produco tho result it
attempts to reach for he says.' "It is
"a subject of congratulation that a
"measure has become n law which fixes
"it ditto when specio resumption shall
'commence nnd imjiliri nn obligation on
"the jHtri of Vvugrcf if in iti pmntr to
"give ueh (Mcisndon as may prow iv
"iry to rrdenn thi prtmute. To this
"end. I cull your attention to a few sug
gestions." Ho then suggests restora
tion of tho duty on tea and coffee, to
produce revenno for this purposo, and
a repeal of the ten per cent, reduction
of the tariff. Neither of these sugges
tions wei-u acted upon nnd tho inter
ence is irresistiblo that tho Presideut
himself did not consider the bill of any
value in restoring specie payment lx
cattse there wns no provision for rev
enue to make it effectual. -
The bill was passed through the
Senate of tho United (States on the 22d
of December, 1871, hy a strict party
vote. All who voted for it wore lie
publi bus, all who voted against it
were Hemocruts, the result was 34
yeas, 14 nays, in this form it went
to tho House and then it also passed
hy a parly vote. Tho hill camo to the
.Senate from .Senator Hheiiiinn Chair
man of tho Finance Committee. Sena
tor Sehura who finally voted for il,said
when it was proposed to take it up.
"We may all bo agreed in regard to
" the general object but tho Senator
" from Ohio (Mr. tShcrninn) will admit
" thai simply to resolve to resume
"specie payments would not accoinp-
" lisb that rosulL, that sonic method of
I .,.,.i n.1 !.i !..
that event must be
"adopted, which as everybody knows I
is a very
delicate and iinpnriani ,
" mnltcr.
When the bill wns under considera-
tion Senator Thurman said "pass the
" bill in its present shape and instead I
" ol settling, you will unsettle, laslentl
"of fixing, you will unfix the minds
"ol tho people. It will not no lor
" my colleague to any to the business
" men of tho country; you can shape
your business in perfect snleiy and ,
re'y on the pledge of the (lovernnient
that n-om tho llol .limitary imiiwo
will havo a specie currency. That is
" entirely too small a Inundation on
winch to liuiltl any such a supcrstrno-
"ttiro as tho resptimtion of specie pny
"monts." Mr. Thurinnn then proposed the fol
lowing amendment. "Tbnt from and
"after Juno 30,lH75,ono twentieth part
"of the custom duties sbnll be pay a
'ible in United States legal tender notos
or in nnlionnl bank notes nnd utter
June 30, 187C, ono tenth and alter
"Juno 3, 1877, ono filth part of them
" may bo so paid."
This nmcndniont was rejected by a
strict party voto, HI Democrats 33 lic
pnblicuns. rending llto consideration oi inuoiii
Senator Shtirx asked Senator (Sher
man, to point out to him "what pro-
" visions there are in this bill that will
" provido for the necessary preparation
" for specio payments."
To this inqairy senator Mtoruian re
plied : "to prepare lor anil maintain
" resumption, lie (tho Sec't. of Trans.
" ury may issue eiineraioiir ors nuir
"and a half or a five per oent. bond tho
" lowest tbut ho can sell at par in coin.
" Wo place in bis hands the surplus
n revenues of the government. More
" than that wo here, hy law. dccluro
"our purposo that at tins nine and
"date wo will do these things which
"amount to a
11 payment."
resumption of specio
Wo thus find the President. Senator
Sltiirz, nnd all of the Democinlie Hen
ators uniting in tho opinion that tho
bill contains no provision for prepara
tion for resumption. Wo have the
neglect to adopt tho stiggoslionsof the
President, and the refusal to adopt
(hose of Senutor Thurman. Wo have
but the answer of Senator Sherman
a to the mode of preparation. They are
first: the surplus revenues of the gov
ernment. . These, in 1874, amounted to
f 2,310,000. Second : The sale of bonds
with which to redeem the legal tenders.
It is found tlilllcult toplueetbo bonds to
lit ml the live-twenties, and reduce the
interest bearing debt ol the people, anil
none of those bonds havo been sold.
What alante and Impotent mmcliision !
How weak the remedy for so gvav a
orisis! . Jlsve we not interest boating
debt enough now? Have any steps
been tnken to prrpnre fur tho lny of
final resumption? Has coin noon real
ized ? Have bonds been sold ? Noth
ing has been dono, and nothing can be
done under these promises to meet tho
pledge thus mad., . It waa mado but
to bo broken. It ia evil and only ovil
continually.. It voxos and harasses
you in your hours of business and of
leisnre. It clrnes the donrs of your
i "... 1 i U :... .W o '. . . .
ri ir.
mill, and quenches the fire, of your
energy, and Uncii.s nM i,.,
1 alone. Jt turns nrlisiins and laborers
tho ml ti in ns erf' your newspapers with
advertisements of Sheriffs sales. 1 1
is an appalling threat., with . three
yours life, and the shadow ol'ils fulfill
ment is worse than its accomplishment.
Instability, uncertainty and dread are
its hand-mnidoua, antl gloom and de
pression and bankruptcy its only fruit.
The only answer to tho question,
'How shall relief contu to the business
man f ' is to be found Id a change of
policy and of rulers. Nhull I ennsylva
nia follow Ohio V If sho do, you rivet
the chains that bind you to the policy
of resumption to tho, car o the
money-changers.
LEA I'JXU W1TJWUT LOOK ISO.
Some of the agricultural antl secu
lar" pallets ninke their coin inns lively
with advice to all good husbandmen
to engage in various enterprises "with
millions in them," and thousands of
farmers, one alter another, a perennial
crop, are acting on the suggestions.
The strawberry speculation is, perhups,
widest spread, nnd staeksof plant are
set out cneh year without everbearing
fruit enough to pny for what thev
cost. Fancy poultry is tempting, and
high-priced eggs are bought, and may
be a tew chickens aro hulchcd, but in
the end it is discovered that no hen
will lay two eggs a tiny. Then bees
are recommended, especially !br wo
men, and a good deal of -studying is
done, hul tho honey is not abundant,
and year alter year tho complaint is
made that "this is tho worst season for
bees wo ever had." Somo undertake
to rniso mushroom, without knowing
a mushroom when they sco it. Others,
reading that ducks aro scut to the
London market by tho ton, get eggs
and go to hatching ; while others still,
plant grapevines by the acre, or dwarf
pears by tho thousand, and in most,
cases the conclusion reached is that
corn is a good crop, that potatoes
always sell, and that nothing is much
bettor than a few three-year-old steers
to turn oil in the Spring, unless it he
the value of the same in wool.
The continued disappointments are
duo almost wholly to awantot knowl
edge in ivgnrtl to details, and to ac
quire this is to acquire what may be
culled a trade, Nothing would seem
more simple than to raise straw berries,
and yet tho majority fail, generally
for wuitt of well prepared ground and
the nocessary cultivation, and it is
probably true that it will take a man
live or six ycurs before ho can find out
what is tho mutter. And so it is in
regard to ull other pursuits and enter
prises. It would be "splendid,'' its the
girls say, if on. could he born with I
hereditary cxierieuco, so us to take
up the thread where tho old folks left
otf, and many an aged and broken man
knows that if be could have hud this
inheritance, with all tlio checks and
safeguards that it brings, he would now
bo rich and happy, instead of pmor and
acquainted with grief. Tho next best
thing, in the absence of such hereditary
gilt, is to feel our way and look before
leaping. A'-if York TrUnine?
TIIK PATH Kit OF WATKltH.
The Mississippi liiver is the gnuiiliun
and pledge of Iho union ol tho States
ofAmorica. Had thoy boon confined
to tho eastern slopes of the Allcghenies,
there would have been no geographical
unity between them, and tho tltrcad
of connection between lands that
merely fringed the Atlantic must soon
have been sundered. Tho Father of
liivcrs gathers his waters from all tho
clouds that ttfrjahr between llieAlle
ghenios and the furthest ranges ol the
Hocky Mountains. Tho ridges of the
eastern chain bow their heads at the
north ami at the south ; so that, long
belortv science became the companion
of mnn, Nature herself pointod out to
the Daruamiis races now snori poriagos
it portaj
I the sb
join bis tributary nvors to the shore
of the Atlantic toat. At tho other
sido his mightiest tirnis interlock with
the arms of lite Oregon and the Colo-
ratio, and by the conformation of the
earth itself marshals highways to tho
Pacific. , From his rciuolost springs ho
refuses to suffer his waters to be tli-
vided ; lutt, us bo bears them all to the
Dosom ol I ho ocean, ino myriads oi
Hugs that wave above his bead nro all
llto ensigns ol one people. Males,
larger than kingdoms, flourish where
ho passes ; and beneath his sU'p cities
start into being, more marvelous in
their reality than Iho fabled creations
of enchantment. His magnificent val
ley, lying in the best pint of Iho tem
perate zone, salubrious and wonder
fully fertile, is tin chosen muster
ground of the most various clement
ot human culture, brought together by
men siinimonud from nil tho civilized
nations of tho corth, and Joined in the
bonds Of common citizenship bj the
strong, invisible attraction ol republi
can freedom. Now that scienco has
coinc to be tho household friend of trade
antl eonimcrco and travel, and that
Nut nro bns lent to wealth ami intellect
tho use ot her constant forces, the hills,
oncu wnlls of divisions, nro scaled, or
liei-ced, or leveled ; and the two oceans,
M'twccn which the HepnHIc hhs nn
afrsailubly entrenched ilsolf against tho
outrr world, are bound together across
the Continent by friendly links of iron.
'Vum Hmrroft llitfnryofthe I'nitrtl
.ttV. -
t.i.AKH. Probably the Unmans wore
the first to umprov-glsss for windows.
Home remiaints of glass panes nro lo
lie found to-day in their frames, in tho
hiiiiud bouses, of llerculniieiiin nnd
Pompeii. They substituted glass ns a
material lor bottles, in plnco ol tne
leiniier w men in ouu ..i wk,iiv im ,
the poorer elosHes in the Orient, - Kpi
ciireani in wine then, as now, deier-
mined the ago of (heir article hy the
seal upon tho cork and tho label lm -
pressed upon the glass. Glass goblets
Were less popular, tiold and silver re
luctantly yielded tbo palm lo their
now-lnnglud rival which sought popu
larity by appealing, not to the poverty
of (lie pooebnt tntho desire of novelty
among the rich. Kvcn artificial stones
antl pearls of glass were not unknown.
Whether mirrors of irlass wore known
to iho Koimtns, or whether they tie-
penmwi exclusively, ns tiioy ccrutiniy
did chiefly, upon tlio resources of the
Jews polished metals is a question
of grave dispute among tiro learned In
such matters a dispute Into which
e shall not venture to enter. It is
info, however, to say tlio only uso of
glass which modern art cau claim wnn
assurance, as exclusively its own is the
employment of it in optical instruments,
There are but three things that
moko the Integrity or -Christian faith:
hnlicvinit the words of liod. confidsnc.
in Ilia goodness, and keeping U is com
mandments. ' 1 -
Wife beators Iu "tho II nb," are called
"Boston crackers." ! , - u ;
j THE MUSH OF STAtnSUm.
'
l- ' eiamwnn
dress wu of the old school style of
politician of some twenty years ago,
willt but one. modern concussion, and
that wits that Iho coat was a frock
instead ofa swallow-tail. His style of,
dress, thq conventional one of tlio j
"Amnricnii miiitlmnun" of tin. veai
gono bv, consisted of a shiny llack
broadcloth coat and ti-owsers, with a
vest of deep black vulvet. , There aro
but liiw, of. the Congressmen of the
prcsont day that wear this stylo of
dress. but tuko thorn as a class, proba
bly they are as badly dressed a set
of iiiuii as one can find anywhere in
the country
Throughout Congress there are many
men who make it a point of dressing
in the most eccentric possible manner.
iitilte I'oland, ot j erniont, was ono
of tho eccentric di'esors in tho House.
He used to always move about in a
blue coat adorned with dinner plates
ot Imttons. .-Tits vest was generally
white, nnd opened so as to display a
wide expanse o! dainty ruffled shirt
bosom, under whose shades gleamed
here and there tiny diamond buttons.
This old mini never in his life passed
a piergltiHs without taking a good
square look at himself, Two of the
bestilrcsscd men in Congress areClnrk
son Potter, of New Voik.in Die House,
and in (he Senate, General Jiurnside.
Clarkson Potter had rather over done
tho mutter in too closely adhering to
the cut niter tho English fashion, and
ho affects the Finglish stylo of pro
nunciation. Yet there are but tew
men in the House who are his equals
in ability and capacity for work. (ten.
liurusiile, tho best dresser in tho Sen
ate, afreets tho undress military stylo,
and in ills peculiar cravats, waistcoats
and original colors never fails to at
tract more than ordinary notice, lie
was onco a tailor in his curly days, nnd
he never neglects an o iportunity offered
by an evening session to put nn a full
drjss suit ' Attired in this society
splendor, Ambrose loves to stand about
the doorways of tho Senate chamber
and ul low the public to drink in the
full beauties of his noble proportion.
Among tho worst dressed men in
either branch of Congress it Sammy j
Cox. lie always wears a bobtail sack
coat, and a bobtail sack coat never
fails to damn a little man. His clothes
would not bring over $7.50 In any1
auction store in tho country. There
was only ono man in tho last House
who was a worse dresser than Sammy
Cox, and that was CrutcliHeld, of Ten
nessee Crutchficld is a rough moun
taineer, who never wore a collar or
shaved himself ollencr than onco a
week.
Flanuignn, in the Senato, used to
dress in a very peculiar uianuor when
lie was on deck as a Texas statesman.
A shad-belliod coat of blue or brown,
ornamented with bono or brass but
tons, a plaid waistcoat and nankeen
colored trowscrs, ovor which hung a
three-pound gold chain, made up a
costume sufficiently striking.,
t)ne of tho most ungainly looking
men that ever stood on end in Congress
is Loiighridgo, of Iowu. Ho looks as
if ho were whittled out or very knotty
wood with vory dull knife, and stalks
about morning, noon and night, in a
block suit, the coat a swallow-tail, dis
playing a tumbled shirt that is ever
struggling arduously to got above his
cars. "'
I.uttrell, of California, is another
badly dressed roan. - lie always wore
a rough gray suit, that looked as if
some day il had rained clothing, and
by chance a tew articles had citing to
him. Alter a time Luttrell donned
ono day a Prince A Ibort coat, buttoned
snugly across his broad breast His
trowscrs were a neat conventional
gray. His paper collar had, too, dis
appeared, and in its place a fashionable
linen ono appeared above n purple
stock. Wonder of wonders! This
Calii'iieni. i , r.m.e Ln.l alan a iloi.itv
button-hole boquot in his coat. Heboid ","v i"""'"" " ' ... "'""" "
tho influence of lovely woman I The c cr-""' t0 Rn ho,noruble 1 '" thtM,."'
fair creature who tamed the ti ranger b.stoi-y as well a. to an oartbly in
Luttrell is now in tho Mint in bun '"-"tance beyond the ' -
Francisco, possibly continuing tho good . T. a - -work
of ,hshing down the crudities . A. c,t,Ion wbo was driving along he
of her Coiigressiomtl lover. J. aou road tho other day, says tho
The double-breasted frock coat bus rcksburg -WtrnRsnw
grown in favor with tho better order .nc" 1 rT1",ac' "nd hlltln8 be
of Congressmen during the last few 'T"' ! Tt h1 0T "5
n.. .. P. . hnmV' I hn man mm In. nn mtilv ntiti
when it Is closely buttoned it gives a ' IheciUaen wiilinued: H hat sthec.use
man a vory compact appearance thntj0' f' bc," "P Atnl At this mo
........ rn. . i.....i.. ,i.i ment a woman rose up from tho fence
IIUTVI IMII IU IIUUI VM IUUHI, UIUWVU
crowd. There is a dignity about a
closely buttoned doublo-broasled frock
coat that can bo found in no other ar
ticle of a man's wardrobe. Kernando
Wood would lose niuo-tenths of his
impressivo dignity were he to put on
a sack coat and lounge, about in a way
assumed by miuio of his western breth
ren, lio always wears a long black
cout tbut buttons tightly up to his
throat. Jlo looks as jf ho wore molted
down every night, and run Into his
clothes every morning. Ho is always
easy in his manners, however, nnd has
not the mauuerism of Clarkson Potter,
the best dressed mail in the House.
M r. Speaker lllaino affects the dnuble
brctistod frock. Ho generally wears
two buttons buttoned, and allows the
rest of the oont to roll so as to show a
vory neat shirt Farwoll, of Chicago,
wears tho double-breasted frock, gen
erally in some brown cloth. He rarely
if ever buttons.
There are peculiar garments worn
I,.- in.li.i.l,.Ml I 'i.ni.mwUMniill tlliit a I'll
so oriiriiuil m slvle that you cannot I
i...i w,.,..,i..ri.,.e nt tho irenins ol I he :
tailor who devised tbein, or at thejl"K more than mere promissory notos.
tnsle of the wearer, hnsson, of Iowa,
was the most noticeable ty of this
class last winter. He appeared on all
occasions in a litlle"buul" looking blue
reeling jacket, until his very presence,
from Its absurd monotone, became ap-
I palling. Uo visited . Wnoliingtuu this
: -Mnnner. and. as ho did not wear tho
jaukel, out of respect to a thermometer
thou waltzing up above 100 degrees,
his best friends passed him upon the
streets without knowing him.
Of Iho hats worn by '.he stutosuicn
of the period, the rakish slouch nearly
always havo the preference. The
western antl southern members nearly
all wear this villainous looking slouch.
Bun. llutler generally wears the worst
hut of any of his comrades.
ii.ish Samcassi. England's groat ,
n author, Mr. Ciirlyle, acconlingl
i Liverpool Ji7jf Post, declines I
.:- j - r i i i
modern
lo tho
with scorn the decrreeof LL !., eon
ferretl by llnvard University. Ameri
can universities, ho says, aro "scmblto
cos;" their degree tin "silliest shsm
fuathers," and that lie should be asked
to "join in heading our long line of
ti ll, s and LL..U. a a lino oi pompous
littlo fellows hobbling down to posteri
ty on the crutches of two or three let
ters 01 tho alphabet, passing on into
tho oblivion ol all universities and
small potatoes" is mora than lis can
near. .. .
,,!, ,1 .
a xPKr.T.Tva VATrn trabkr.Y.
e (Tonn j A,sw say:
"A gentleman Irom V est Tennessee
informs tia that lost Saturday night
Sbady Grove, tour mile, from Union
city, was in tho full enjoyment ol a
stM'lling match. The contest bad con
tinued to grow more exciting from Its
very comniencemant The audience ,
were intently engaged in looking at ,
tho class, now fast narrowing down to
a few, when tbey were startled out ol
their seat, by a sharp ami sudden ro-
5ort of a pistol in tho midst of them,
his was followed by still another le-
ICI.A ,..r.,u. v..!li,.,nnf Intmnli.
utoly ensued. Men jwmped umjii tho
seals Ad get a glimpse ol what was
passiug iKUtU-o luom, women scroumcu
and shrieked, a rueb was made toward
the spot, anxious inquiries were made,
I Mrfwt luiiiult U wit? aVccrT.incd
liams had came up tbo aislo to the pes
in which Jos. Turner wits sealed with
a lady, hud plucud tho muzzle of a re
volver to the back of his bead and
fired, the ball passing through th.
cranium.- '1 nnn-r lell lorward ou the
"oor a corpse. Williams then shot at
his fallen form again, tho ball striking
'l'g of another and producing a
"''' wound. It was stated that
Turner had seduced Williams' aistor,
ana brother had pleaded with Tur-
r to suve hor from disgraco by mar-
rying her. Williams bad that night
called him out of the house and re
monslraUid with him, telling him at
lust it ho diil not lead her to the altar
he would kill him. Turner responded .
that ho would not marry hor, and lie
was not afraid. The sequel of tho con
versation was Tumor's death."
rMuoELLA Attachments. apatent -umbrella
has beon invented, we see, to
be attached lo plow, for the purpose
of screeuing tho plowman from the
ravages of the sun. Some of our ex
changes aro mnking themselves very
merry over this. Ono of them snvs,
"next thing we want is a patent fan
for those who live in an atmosphere
whero it Is necessary to climb a tree,
fence, or ladder to catch breath." An
other calls for umbrellas for the team
as well as for the teamster. We don't
sympathize with this merriment at all.
How could we ? On tho contrary wo
hail every invention that leads to miti
gate the physical hardships of farming.
They are neither few nor small. To .
toil all day in tho blistering heat of a
summer sun, is no joke. Light-colored
umbrellas are coming into vogue a sun
shades for city . pedestrians. Why
should not rural toilers enjoy tho same
relief, as they con. If this patent
umbrella attachment can bo attached
to wagon-scats, hay tedders, sulkcy
rakes, rollers, ic, we havo no doubt it
would prove a great boon to bard
working farmers. If the team could'
be sheltered too, wo would be glad, but
human flesh is more valuable than
horse flesh, nnd therefore we say shade
the man.
Tiltom ' Familt. Mrs. Tilton and
ber mother, Mrs. Morse, are living in
house on Madison street, lirooklvn.
They had a kind of house-warming
there on Wednesday night, at which
tho Plymouthites appeared in force,
and a sympathetic purse of 1400 was
subscribed lor Mrs. Tilton. Donations
of crockery and other necessaries are
being maiie, and doubtless tbo family
will bo cnmlortablo. lestcrday Mrs.
Tilton went to Norwalk to meet her
children, Alice, Carrol! Jind Frank,
who aro returning Irom school at
Washington, Conn. Miss Florence
Tilton went to meet them at the
Forty -second street depot The result
was that Alice went with her mother,
and the hoys Halph included went
to their father. It is proposed to raise
a sum ot money in lloslon tor Mrs.
Tilton, and tho lllnbe ol that city has
consented to receive and deliver the
same to tbo beneficiary. What a
happy (!) fumily that must be. Who
but brother llueelter is able to compre
hend the true "inwardness" of a
Plymouth family.
Printer's .rkk. The following is
an acknowledgment of a wedding
notice and a generous allowance of
cako by a classic rural Professor of
Typography : " Wo make our most
resMctfui bow to tho happy twain, and
. the opportunity to return our thanks
for this almost unjed act of liberality.
May the matrimonial clianc which now
locks the form oi our brother typo, just
ify all his preconceived iniiriauiiuui. In
whatever ( of tho country be may
roam, whether called upon to face the
ing waves of adverse fortune, or
stand before tho ft "id H of enemies,
may his life be such that when the W
of death shall be laid on him, and tho.
of his existence draws to a close, ho
corner, rested a club ou the fence and
remarked : "I'm the cause, stranger,
and if you wait till ho comes down
you'll sue the worst field of carnago
around hero that ever laid outdoors!"
Tho citizen drovo on and she turned
to tho man up tho treo and continued :
"Polhemus, 1 can't climb and you
know it ; but if yon'll drop down hero
for two minutes I'll give you a quit
claim deed of tho farm !"
Five years ago conductor McKinney,
of tbo Hartford and Now Haven Itail
road, was given a thousand dollar bill
by a sleepy passenger lor fair. He took
il Into the baggage car to change it,
and upon returning the passenger de
nied having given it to him, claiming
to have banded him a tickot Mr.
.McKinney put the money in a savings
hank, where it still remains. The
story has oltcn been told in the news
papers, yet no claimant has been dis
covered. "Soi.n aoain ANi hot thk Tim."
Senator Morton, In Ills Pittsburgh
speech, said thot grocnlracks wore not It
Why. then, tlid be assist in packing tho
Supreme Court to havo them declared
a constitutional legal tonder? One
year ago Morton was tho leading in
flationist in tho D. 8. Semite. Now
he is lor hard money. Who bought
him and what waa the price ?
The Allcntown CTree-icfe aays "th.
moral condition of Monroe county is a
subject for the imitutivo contemplation
of all people of othor counties In Penn
sylvania. Tho county seat has but
one drinking saloon and th. jail has
no inmates. Further, Monroe ia a
Democratic banner county.
At best, life is not vory long. A few
more smiles, a few more tears, some
I pleasure, niue.ii psui, atinsiuuu unit
I song, clouds and darkness, busty groet-
i,,,, abrupt
ny will clc
wiass aw
.1
larewells ihcu our lilllo
lose, and injured and injurer
away. Is it worth while to
onto each other?
The reward of being "faithlul over a
few things"'is Just thfl same as being
"tsitlitul over many things ; lor the
emphasis falls upon the aamo word ; it
is the "lailbfiil" who will enter into
"the Joy of their Lord."
Wouldst thou pray In a temple ?
Pray within thyself' Only first bo
thort a temple of God, because 11. in
H is tesiple will hear biro that prayeth.