She gity uHtcxv.
Gionos B. Goodlakdie, Editor.
CLKARFIELD, Pa.
WEDNESDAY MOU INfl, JAM, 1, Wo'.
Reader, If jron w.nt lo enow what la oin oo
la Ino nualneu world, Juel real our nJvertuiiil
eolnmno, tli $ieiel ooluntn lo particular.
A Hid Committee. Tho legislature
has orJorcd a Ccntenniul committee,
composed of Bcvcnty-six momliers.
Why not include I he whole House
'.'01 members 7
Sotb T. Hard, editor of the Browns
ville (Pa.) Clipper, died at hi reBidonoe
on the 2Cth nit., Rt tho ago of sovonty
five years. IIo was a man of ability,
and long experience as an editor.
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The honie or Genual W. H. H. Davie, of tho
Doyleotowa Utmacnt, wol tntoro-1 recently and
$600 worlo of ellrarwart alolen. A'-eaaoeoe.
Well, an editor has no butinoss to
koop such trash on hands. It's just
good tor him.
Alt Biout, Beuobor, like a (tag at
bay, has turned fiercely on bis mall.
ntt, lay ind clerical, mil and female,
He solemnly MMvmtt that Mrs.
Moukon has committed perjury, and
strongly hlhli that the Kev. Cr, Btorrs
Is a sneak. '
Moper CrUei-tv. Among tho foso
lutions Introdncod into tho Ohio legis
lature was one requesting Prcsidont
Grant to dismiss his relatives from
office and appoint I'nion soldiors in
' their stead. This is cruelty to animals.
Where is Bergh ?
No less than thirteen "crooked"
whisky ring men in Chicago confessed
their sins on Fridny last. This last
act puts Bristow considerably ahoad
of all competitors In tho reform line.
"Bttb.'s" reputation is not boing vindi
cated by theso now revelations.
The defeat of the pious Harlan for
United Statos Senator in Iowa, and
tho election ol Kirkwood, shows that
Christian stutosmunsliiphas undergone
a heavy decline in tho estimation ol
the Iowa pooplo. Poor Hnrlan I Like
Bclshozzar, bis days am numbered.
Relatives. An exchange says that
Gen. Babcock's father-in-law is United
States .Marshal at Chicago, and very
recently enjoyed the pleasure ol arrest
ing tho General fur bis connection
with the St. Louis whisky ring. There
is nothing like keeping as much of tho
costs ns possible in the family.
A Thundkrino Majority. A Dem
ocratic majority of 5,000 in tho munici
pal election in Memphis, is tho response
to Blaine's ferocious anti-amnesty
speech. Two years ago this city gave
the Bads 1.500 majority. Tho old
leaven is evidently at work.
Thanks. GWgressman .Muckey has
our thanks for nfilool'tho Congressional
Record, a bound copy of tho Morse
Momorial.tho Congressional Directory,
nnd other public documents.
Stato Senator Dover is entitled to a
similar compliment for a filo of the
Legislative Record and a copy of tho
Auditor Genoral's Roport.
It Needs Kxplanation. A writer
opposed, to capital punishment says :
It iwna a Hltlo itranjie, little Ineonilitent,
that Chriitlan miniitera areoiuallr found among
Iho etrnngeet ailvoratea or capital punlelunent.
Yet while they oot on on ore for nn 070 and n
tooth for tooth, and tho old Moeaie oodo they
wrench to tho doomed victim swniUng OEoeatlon
tho mild tod benignant dortrlnoa of tho Now
Trotemenl, forgiveneai of enemiee nnd good for
vi 1 1 What moot ho think of tholr eonitolenoy f
! -
Still fob Haven. Referring to
Bishop Haven's call upon his Metho
dist brethcrn to pray for a third term,
tho Catholic Review wittily says :
It itrlkti a food many people that tbla apocial
prayer wai nreeleelr ono of thoao which would
hare boon all tho hotter had it been offered in the
Uiihop'e eloiot with tho doore olotcd. But no
Uonbt be profera to pro; where ho la aura of be
ing farnrd.
A Goon Idea. Wo notico by tho
legislative procooding that Senator
A. II. Dill, of Union county, intro
duced tho following :
Baolni, That the Committee on Finance! be
reoueetod to nrenere and report to the Srnato n
ooiiipiletion of all tai lawa now in foree for State
Durpoaeo, onowmg ino amount receives mj we
Treaaurer from each aubjeet of Inxatioa for each
year, commencing with tho year 1070 to the
preaent time.
Onrtax laws are scattered all through
Turdon's Digest in such a manner that
one-half of the lawyers cannot find
them. This resolution is a movement
. in the right direction.
TllE DeMAGOOUE'B IloWL. The
Radical howl about turning out soldiers
by the Domocralic Congress was pretty
good stock until a few days ago. An in
vestigation lias developed tho fuel that,
whereas, out of 1811 subordinate posi
tions in tho last House only 18 were
tilled by Union soldiers, there are out
of 85 subordinate positions in tbo pres
ent House 20 of them filled by I'nion
soldiers. That ought to bo sufficient
to slop tbo "one-legged" clamoroftho
"super-loyal fools," who are only anx
ious to award patronage to the soldiors
when it is not theirs to give.
To the Point. The sworn state
ment of tho Commissioners of tbe
Kinking Fund, published according to
li'guJ requirement, shows a balance In
tiio Sinking Fund, Dec. 31, 1875, ot
1,22j,905.C5. An exchange asks tho
important questions: " Where is it do
posited ?" 41 Who gets tho Inlorest T"
A very pert incut query, " Who got tbo
interest?" ruid tbo taxpayers wotrl
like to see it answered. Tbo now
Stato Treasurer is plertgod lo account
for every cent of interest accrued, and
ho will shortly have an opportunity to
practice bis honesty.
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Hon. Geo. A. Jenks. Tho following
compliment lo tho member of Congress
from tho Twonty-tllVh district, from a
leadiug Republican newspapor, show
that Mr. Jenks' abilities are appreciated.
Tho Now York limes, commenting on
the fact that Pennsylvania had raooived
tbo appointment of chairmanship
but two Important committees Ap
propriations and Pennons, says:
Hon. Oenrge A. Jonhe, ehofrmen of tho none
niitee en Penoiona, la oae ol the young members
f alio beoaooratie aide wbo le deatinod to aeehe
Jile enorh daring the prevent Meeton. Tho poei
.tton to whkh he bee born nppotnlod li eoe re
julilnt a grenter amount af ability than Ii goner
lly eonoHed to n Ant term member. The son
ftlenoe of tbo SprwVr In thie oaae ie well planed.
Mr. Jeeha otijoya the Mpueettoa of being tbe
leading Isnyer to hie aeallon if tbo SUM, la aw
,ttia. italna-lahioa a-onUemnn. nnd will In
all rviprrtl meet the lNulrowionte futtp of tho
mpoailble eomnutleo of whioh tie la the fU
d.
AMSSSTY.
The am newly dobato, says the Lan
caster Intelligencer, closed on tho IStb
inst., with a substantial victory for the
friends of the measure. The bill was
referred to the Judiciary committee
with Instructions to roport It back with
n amendment offered by Mr. Bank),
requiring thoao who desire the benefit
of Its provlslpns to take an oath of fi
delity to the Government Mr. Blaine
objooted to givo the committee per
mission to report Immediately, and the
final passage of tho measure will bo
delayod day or two until the oommlt
tee is regularly called on to roport ; but
there is no doubt that when tho bill is
reported back It will recoive tho assont
of two-thirds of tho Houso and will go
to tho Senate. What its fata there
will be or when It gets into the hands
of the President cannot lie foretold,
sinco heretofore a similar measure has
passed the Hons and been defeated
in the Seiiato, but it is probable that
in this Centennial year of jubiloo It
may meet a different fate. Grant will
scarcely veto it if it oomos to him for
approval, since it is not bis game to
play into tho bands of Blaine.
The universal verdict in regard to
Mr, Blaine Is that he has greatly dam
aged himself by his course upon this
questions' His object undoubtedly was
to make political capital for himself,
but ho has Altogether failed In It and
is regarded as out of the Presidential
rc unless another turn in the wheel
of ftirtuo. shall enable him to redeem
hli chances us suddenly nd irTcctOi'y
as ho how seems to hare damaged
therm At present Bristow and Mor
toh stAhd out with Grant Is the aspir
ants for tho Hcpublicnt! nomination.
Grant will strive to throw his rrlatitle
upon Morton if he can no longer wear
it himself, and Bristow will be tho
ohoico of those Republicans who are
opposed to the Administration. Cin
cinnati has been selected as tho place
for holding the convention, and the
location may bo considered as favora
ble to Bristow's prospects, Philadel
phia and Chicago wore tho competing
cities, and tho influences at either
would probably have been more favor
able to the Administration than are
those at Cincinnati.
An ImpoaTANT Decision Tho suit
of Thomas and Charles Booi, surviving
partners of Noble & Co., against tbo
Wostorn Union Telegraph Compauy,
to recover $380, has been docidod by
the City Court of Baltimore, Md. Some
time ago a party at Portsmouth, Ohio,
sent a telegram to Noble & Co, order
ing two boxes of oysters of one kind,
and ono box of auothor. The telegram,
as received, read " twenty boxes," in
stead of two, and this caused the loss
claimed. It was argued on behalf ol
the plaintiffs that tho telegraph com
pany was responsible by reason of its
occupation, irrespective ot any agree
ment on its blanks. Judge Brown in
structed the jury that the lelograph
companies were not common carriers ;
that the printed rules adopted by them
became proof of tho contract, and that
the plaintiffs could not recover; first,
becauso the diHpatcb was addressed in
ambiguous language, which did not
explain itself to the common under
standing, and. in consequence, the
company could not be held liable ; and,
second, the dispatch was not repeated,
as required by the printed regulations
and had this boon done, the error would
have been dotocted at once. What
ever law applied to the Bonder, also
applied to tho rocoivor of the dispatch
both must notice, at tholr peril, the
regulations of the company. Judge
Brown concluded by instructing the
jury to find a verdict lbr the defend
ants, which was done.
Skttino Political Traps. A por
tion of tbo Republican press seems to
be a unit in boasting that Mr. Blaino,
in offering his amendment to Mr. Ran.
dall's amnesty bjll, exoluding Mr. Jof-
ferson Davis from its benefits, "Bet a
political trap into which the ex-Con-
fodorntes have walked." Tho Balti
more Sun says that it is probably truo
that Mr. Blaine's design was to entrap
tho Southern mombers into indiscreet
utterances, but tho wisdom of such a
course, even in apolitical point ol view,
is questionable. Indeod, it seems prob
able that while Mr. Blaine may have
temporarily triumphed in his political
tactics, it was at tho expense
of tho statesmanship which his
friends have claimed for him. In
the better days of tho Republic tho
sotting of "political traps" would have
been deemed beneath tbe dignity of a
Presidential aspirant. On the other
hand, the independent conservative
prcsB of tho country have united in
deprecating the dobato in tho House
as. worse than useless. As the Now
York 'out remarks: "It Is both act
ively and passively hurtful ; actively
so, because it re-opens old wounds and
revives old quarrels to no good puipose
whatever : passively, becauso it con
sumes time which ought tobodovoted
to tho doing of things that greatly
need to be done."
KxEci'Tiva Idea or TaA Mi's. In bis
recent mossago, Governor Ilnrtranft
dovotoa a paragraph to trampB. IIo
Ink os the only sonsiblo position which
can bo held on that subject, bolioving
that a rosily deserving person, if phys
ically capable, will willingly work for
his support, and that those who will
not work should bo imprisonod as va
grant. The Clovornor suggosts that
a registry be established to which all
these vagrants or tramps should be
, ' made to resort, aud where a rotvird of
their Ramos, place oi rosinenoe ana sp-
penranco could bo mado, and where,
upon application, if they were in ab
solute want, they could bo assigned to
some work upon the streets or roads,
or some other nweocssary employment,
in compensation dr the assistance they
might rjcoive. A fiijjuro to report lo
this registry and an application to
rosidonce for alms, should subject the
applicant to au imprisonment. A sys
tem of this kind is in operation in some
1 portions of the Slabs sf ,N'ow York, and
ot stud Ls be operating mawiioJ'f",
Bath Eft DEtoeATa. The Repub
licans of Now Hampshire hold their
State oonrentioB 6b tbe Sth iusL, and
nominated V, C. Cbcoey for Govornor.
Among tbe plauks in their pbjUorm Is
one In favor of tutara te specie pay,
mont ; they imUt wgaiost a third tenet,
and wantrecoibtOttlon with tbeSoutb
This latter clans in a now and sensible
,dopartaro for a Bad teal assemblage.
Dp. T. J. Boyer, State Senator from
this district, boa been placed on the
Committees of Banks, Pensions and
Gratuities, Publlo Printing, and Mili
tary Affairs. Col. Vf. R. Hartshorn,
our Representative, Is on tho following:
Judiciary Local, Centennial, and ohalr-
man of Military, pur military oooouut
has been expanding very much the
past ftw years, snd if ths State officers
continue the sams schedule It will soon
be one of the most costly features on
our Bute list, and Is far more orna
mental tuan useful. We nope our
members will gut au Inside view of this
ornamental arrangement, and see that
the aceounta stop doubling up every
oar. The people ot this State cannot
ll'ord to pay lor a regiment of orna
mental (eiieruls, Colonels, Mujors, eto.
ct theso gentlemen turn grangers,
anil they will produce something ad
vantageous lo the State und to them
selves. A Compliment. The editor of the
New York .Sun has never boon credited
for boing partial to Southern states
men, The prevailing corruption in
high placos causes him to look around
for honest men, In a receat Issue ot
his journal, bo remarks In this way i
Before, the war the Southern States, s rate,
Ware repreeentod la Confrtae by nan who, what
ever elaa mleht bn eald of tbeea. never enSerad
nnder tna IniDnUtlH af betifl oven to brinerr.
Is thoao da;e a Oeateeemae from the Sooth, IT
ho baa oob tool loipeciea or tenuity, woeie
el eely hare laeomd polltlatl aanihllttios, hat
llaewiie, eoetai tetrtatiaj, swat reeeai trainee,
oalll sow, lbs South baa boo stair ripre Mated
bp earpavbaiferi sad eelewei, swap tt wham
toteleed thill Mill bp the kail repeal osilble
aaeesi, and aeve mm netomenjr etrrepa. ii u
te be hoped that the satire Soo'Jeraer Is Iks
new UrfOM ef ItawraienUtlrel wll retrolee OlB
iharaolef ot the Soothers dlleatltlil bp irmly
rejettinf all Indtieenesil lo traJe their roioe,
Wbatner toooe eoaoa tn too anapo 01 premieea op
Bronrlationa for ohleola banaioial 10 their aon-
etltaente, or in the more roller form of direct
perianal emolument. A Southern flongrooaman
who euneente lo oondono soy oi ioo iniqamea oi
theeaiatlog Administration for the oahe of ok
Uiolno laciilation advaotageoue to hii own apo-
oial looallty, la guilty of na dllgmoefol tresehery
aa one who would eell hla tote for oaah in hand,
or an internal is tho Washington real oataM pooL
All New Hands. Tho Harrisburg
Pattiot, in alluding to the fact that a
general turning out of members of tho
Senate and House occurs next fall, un
less the froeont mombers are re-elected,
says that tbo legislature which assem
bles in this Stato next January, 1877,
will be composed entirely of new mem
bers in both branches. The terms ot
all the members of the present State
Senato will expire on tho first day of
December, 1876, and consequently at
tho oloction this yoar fifty now Sena
tors will have te bo elected. In tbo
twenty-fire odd numbered districts
Senators will be elected to serve for
lour years, while in tho twenty-seven
oven numbered districts those elected
will serve two years. At tbe elections
subsequent to 1876 Senators will be
elected for four years. Two hundred
nd one mombers of the Houso will be
elected every two years.
Another Radical Sikbano Sis-
rxNDEi). The Lancaster Inland Insur
ance and Banking Co. closed its doors
on Monday of last week, the 10th inst
This was a Cumeron-Muhlonburg con
corn, and was run in the interests ol
politicians rather than for the benefit
of business men The Lancaster city
school boards have f 1,500 of its funds
locked up. Stato Treasurer Mackoy
had $10,000 on deposit ; ex-Sheiff Graft
$6,000, City Treasurer Herr $10,000,
and others with their thousands follow.
This was a pure Radical shebang, run
in the interests of a few politicians
who have sqandered their own funds
and those of thoir friends like water.
Moody is Funnt. Anexobange says
that in his sormon on Friday a woek,.
Moody Bpoke of tbo shaky old patri
arch Lot, as "the Honorablo John C.
Lot, Representative from Sodom." The
Philadelphia Bulletin shudders to think
of the horror with which many ol the
good people who enjoyed this diversion
would regard a wickod newspaper
which should allude to another patri
arch as Alexander T, Noah; or tho
Lamentations as William B. Jeremiah.
Now Settled. A Radical exchange
says :
A emart Demoerutle saner eucgooti that "the
next National Republican Convention be held in
the St. Loola penitentiary, el qntte n number wf
the lealeri or tbo pnrty have eoeurou qwartere
there already.
Tho National Commttteo did not
hoed tho suggestion, but selected Cin
cinnati instead of tho building Indica
ted, for fear, no doubt, that it would
be full of "crooked" whisky delegates
by next Juno.
Tho Williamsport iS'tia says that
"Brother Mcok, of the Bellefonte
IV.icimiB, neglected to puff Governor
Hartranft whon he visited Bellefonte,
and now gives him a bandsomo apology
on now type, which should satisfy tho
most ambitious Governor tho world
ever saw. There can be no doubt
Hartranft is ambitious enough."
Save rut Doi.lae. It appears from
the report of tho Secretary of tho Treas
ury of the United Htatcs that our debt
Is now ti. rJZ.ouu.uuu. i ooro are s n
00f,000 in the Treasury. In the name
of ooiiBtiiunec why have wo not with it
bought bowls, and lo that extent paid off
the debt f Tbe interest on $ 147,01)0,000
is $7,500,000 a year. By saving it.whicb
should have been done, wo would have
saved a dollar to cvory voter and head
of a familyin tho United States. This,
in those times of scarcity of dollars, is
no trivial saving, Why was it not
done? Wo will anisror. Tbo money
is being kopttoresumespocie payments
na, ibis proposition ousts every
body snnually a dollar. Wo have
thrown away in the last ten years hoar
sovonty millions of dollars, which might
havo neon saved in taxes front the poo
plo. This is what, wo are paying for
what Uovernor Allon forcibly n ap
propriately termed "a barren ideality."
The policy of the Government in iU
nrnnetiln li&nola. is not to nav our debt.
but to continue it indefinitely upon a
specie basis,
The DirpEsEiiflE .-The editor of the
New York World, while moralising
over royalty and mock royalty, Bays:
It 1b bettor to be tho son ol a Iepubb
can President ol tho Uuitod Stales and
a cadet at West Point than the son of
a prince of the tiouse of Orleans and
a lientenant-colonol in tho French
Navy. Mr. Frederick Grant, a youth
of lpss than thirty summers consider
ably, has already uecomo a lioulenant-
colonol in tbe 4 merman Army. But
tho Duke of Pcotbievre, aged r!.lirty, a
son of the Prince do Joinville, wiu
a lioulensnt In the French Navy, and
bo has lust applied for promotion.
has been Informed by the Council of
tbo Jfrcncb amlralty that be baa not
hold iis grade long oflo ujjh and must
rait bis Jrop.or' tijo.'
There is bill betre the Qblo Leg
islature, to make forcible- entry at
sight into chicken coops and corn
arilis. bua-tHarv. It it wouldn t bo in
trtrMig wnth fcbe .cibbf.o iJK Ft.
fr your1" to? ,dyTObJ m
I'eoMvlvam,
LETTER NU MRU .TWO.
Home, January 17th, 1875.
That tho enomies of the Democratic
organisation are willing at all times to
sink their own principle in any scheme
that promisee to bring success to Ibem
and defeat us, needs uo proof to those
who remember tho repeated chango
of principles and of name their party
has undergone, In days past they
bavs changed tbslr name.oovured them
selves with darkness and avoided light,
appealed to prejudice, and ignored
sense and reason, and did all of theso
only to boat and defeat tbe suooess ot
our principles. Thoir victory was
short-lived and our rosurreotlou cumo
aulcklv.
History repeats itself, and Jefferson's
maxim, "Tbe arruignmont ot abuses
at the bar of public reason," is again
forgotten and ignored, and Grant and
bis party are preparing now to seek
darkness and avoid hunt. T hoy will
not appeal to reason, but uro endeav
oring to arouso prejiiuiee nnu pussion
Secret societies anil oath-bound con
clavce are about to lie substituted for
an appeal to tho intelligence of the peo
ple, it any one notiois mat tuu nun
purpose of theso political secret socifl
tios is to dooeivo Dciuocntts and to
Eerpetuato tho powor of those who
avo brought tho country to its pres
ent condition, lot him remember 1850
and its dark-lantorn history. Why
are the O. U. A.'s brought to tbe front
now 1 Why is It necessary to moot at
mid-night, and with the right hand on
the Bible and the lea on the flag, swear
to be socrot and to support lue lonsti
tutlon and the Common Bchoo(p f Who
ars attacktnir them 7 W ho can attacK
them nnder the Constitution f The
answer is a dUIb one, This O, IT. A
Society and its kindred, the 'Tilers, sre
intended only to capture illly Demo
crat to maintain Radical power, Look
round you wbo led them among you T
Is ft DemocrtiU in whom you imvo
confidence? No I tbe very worst ele
ment of Radicalism in your county is
at its bead, and you hiitutly follow I An
anneal to oredludice by mon who Book
public office and polilicul power is no
now thing, but it is a strange thing
that those wbo bclievo in tbo principles
of Domocracy are willing to follow
such leaders through tho O. U. A.'s
and tbe '76ers into the cump of Grant
and tho Radicals. Do the blind lead
the blind t How carnost is the convert
who bos already boeu tbo louder of fuc
tion when ho meets you at the door
and sneaks for vou, proclaiming that
you " have boon oppressed by capitals
how true bis words wore too, if you
aw enu uiio vvjiiiu it, ivnvi. ,inu
hnppcneol to be a man wbo has sought
office for years and was novor known
to labor, or was then living on tho in
dustry of your wife, or was an active
seeker for a deputy-ship about tho
Court Houso. In ull of theso cases,
you and each of you needed relief.
With what unction you must have re
ceived the lecture of tbo i Wwu.iscliool
mastor, who told you bis object was
to protect you against tho oppressions
of capital, and how tho sonorous periods
of this long-winded address must have
split the ears of tbe groundlings. And
then comes tbe oath. How grave and
solemn 1 Tho open Bible in the centre
of the sucrod place. How binding and
bow forciblo I Administered Dy tlioso
who noither follow its precepts, nor be
lieve lis teachings ! Of course, you
wore bound by that oath lo vote for
and elect to oilico a man who neither
believed nor followed its teachings.
And then tho terrible penalty I Hear
the judge pronounce tho anathoma :
"If you reveal tbe secrets of this bi
"ganization, or violate its injunctions,
"wo will burl at your bead a curse so
"potent that you will never recover
from it. Duck your neaa or sena tor
the doctor I
But enough. We reserve for tho
future more of the workings of the
majestic power of tbe secret circle.
A secret oath-bound organisation
for political purposos is always a wrong
lira free Stato and among a tree peo
ple. It is sure to 'become tho tool ol
its worst mombers, and to bo used for
tho vilest purposes. Are tho manipu
lators of this organization mon who
labor ? Are thoy recognized as pure
and honorable men 7 Are they streot-
brawlers, political mondieant, orva-
arant offlce-Bcckors ? There are hon
est men in all such associations, bilt
thoy bocome the tools ol designing
demagogues and are ouceivoa to for
ward tho ends ol tuoso who oeiray
them. The liberty of obeying thoir
own judgment is taken irom them.
Thev are sworn to obey tho command
of those who lead. Is this liberty 7 H
you have grievances, does your com
mon sense tell you this is tho way to
correct thorn T Is It not wiser to heed
the maxims of Jefferson, and arraign
the abuses that oppress you at the bar
of public reason T Romcmbor you are
following tho blind into tuo cnrnii oi
Radicalism, and you are forgetting
your own Common Sense.
SENA TOR STRANG,? SL UNDER.
We regret tbe spirit of unfairness
which induces tbo Republican nowapa
pers of the State to condemn In ad
vance the actions and motives of the
Democratio Houso at Harrisburg.
Tbe point has been the howl against
the House on tbesuhjoctof tho threat
ened deadlock on the question ot bo.
ginning legislation anew. From tho
remarks ot Jteprcsontativo 1'arkor in
tho Houso, on Thursday, it scorns the
nolo trouble aroso from Senator
Strang's resolution of last winter, pro
viding tbat legislation should begin
auow.
Mr. Purkor said, that wlrllo tho Dem
ocratic party intendod no factious op
position to the proposition of tho Sen
ate, rot in as much as the position of
tho Senate under Senator Strang's reso
lution assumed that under parliamen
tary practice the legislation raiistbogin
where tell off last session, unless other
wise ordered by joint resolution, the
Democrats made the issue for tho pur
pose of determining through a com
mittee what was tbe rule ot practice in
other bodies, in like cases.
' The recognised authorities on tho
subject doclare tbe practice to bo to
begin anew, unless olherwiso ordered
by joint resolution. Tbo joint com
mittee or tne senate situ iiouso so re
ported, so it appoars that if Sonator
Strang's resolution had not misled tho
discussion, tbe whole question . would
have been determined under the rec
ognised rules of Legislative practice
without any muss at all.
svqually unfair is tho insinuation ot
the correspondent of a contemporary
that the House was backed from its
position through Mr. Mackoy s refusal
to pay mombers their salaries on tho
ground thai unless this is a new Leg
islature tbe law would not authorise
such payment.
If tho correspondent bo a legislative
"solon" himself be should depend on
the act ol Assembly rather than Mr.
Maokoy'e say so. The aot declares
that for an adjourned annual session
tho members shall rocolve tho sumo
compensation as at other sessions.
I ho correspondent has been gnllod by
Mackey, who, if tie had given tho real
reason, would havo said he hatl no
money in tbo Treasury. We think
that in this matter the House is entitlod
to the credit of having actod with dig
nity, wisdom and honesty. Doyleslown
vemocrai.
One of the late aephyrs In Minnesota
is reported to havo blown two sheop
into tbe top of a tree a milo away from
thoir arazinir nloce. Tho rest of the
lock tSb. prosonoe of mind enough to
tJo)d on uf tho gross wllh tiotr teeth.
Jesse Pomcroy, tbe Boston boy nuir
Jcror, says he bos road sixty dime
nuvcs. fo bang a young man of his
uysruif culture wouin no an outrage,
SRWH1TKMS.
tfoorgo Frsnuls Train Is again In
training lor tho 1'rosidoncy.
. John Allon, aged 83 was married
way down in Maine to a lady of 05.
Dickenson & Co., bankers, of New
York, mado an assignment last wook.
A resident of Huntingdon oounty,
has oaugbt thirty-air: raooons this sea
son. .-General Gordon Urangor dlod at
Santa Fe, New Mexico, nn the night
of January 10th, of paralysis,
The snow Is so deep In the mining
dlstriots of Utah that all travel and
transportation of ore is impossible,
Tho Michigan lumbering inter
est, which is ono of the heaviest in that
Stato, Is suffering from an over-supply.
It Is estimated Unit about $12,000
worth of dried Hsh am lnonthlv sent
from Sun Francisco to China by the
Chinese.
A recommendation to abolish sev
eral I'niled Slates Navy Yiuils, includ
ing that ut Washington, II. ('., will
shortly be coiisidcrod.
Timothy Kiiby.un oM citizen ot
Cincinnati, died in that city recently,
leaving an ostato valued at between
$2,000,000 and $3,000,000.
Less business Is dono on tick hero
than In England. Tho number of our
watch and clock makers is8,5W, while
treat Britain boasts 21,273,
In Bradford couiitv, tbe other day,
a father aged ninety years boxed bis
son s ears severely lor sousing nis who.
Ths boy is about sixty years, ,
Washington Him, of Butts coun
ty, (Is., has lost tStto tnnt through
?unpowdcr accidents. The last pf ihe
lire was killed e Christmas,
In the court house at liinburV
may bo found a stalk and eafijo quill
Which dalss bit to 1772. He say the
grand Jury In their official report,
Jimmy Ilamlll, theronownod oars
man, atone time champion of America,
died in Pituburgh, on tho 10th inst.,
in the thirty -eighth yoar of bis ago.
Last yea New York had 1,118
fires, an overage of nearly four a day,
involving a loss of2,5(l(),0lfl), four-filUis
of it rep resenting goods and merchan
dise. Tho Governor of Maine wanU the
Legislature to pass a law enpoworing
juries to affix either the peiiully of
ilea tli orimprisonmout lor Hie in capuui
cases.
Tho Georgia negroes uro said to
bo migrating westward. Mississippi,
Arkansas and Louisiana, boing tlio
favored localities whore they intend to
pitch their touts.
RobborioH in tbo rural districts of
Berks county ore so numorous that
farmers are employing private watch
men to protect them nguinst tho depre
dations of thieves.
The Lackawuim ooul region, it is
said, 'will continue to produce coul
throughout the winter, unaffected by
the suspension in tbo Schuylkill and
Wyoming districts.
The not earnings of tho North
Pennsylvania railroad for tho year ond-
ing OctoltorSl, 1H75, wore $.ril2,l!l2.3.ri.
Alter pitying interest and taxes lucre
remained $lti0,!i27 on band.
TDud. Stevens' housekeeper bos
been allowed $7,714 for services as
housekeeper by the executors of .Mr.
Stevens, and Dr. II. Carpenter gets
$1,000 for professional services.
Plymouth Church has succeiled in
preventing the "mutual council" de
manded by Mrs. Mnulton. Henry
Ward is afraid to fuca the music of an
honest investigation of tbe scandal.
Allentows, Ta., has thirty segar
factorios, which turn out monthly 300,-
000. Sho is tbo third Inrgost manu
facturer of scgars in the United Stntos,
Now Y'ork being first and Detroit sec
ond.
One of tho Important points of
contrast between the days of 177C and
the present time is found in all street.
bon tbo Declaration oi independence
was signed there was not a bnnk in
America.
A Massachusetts man is making
trunks entirely of paper, without any
frame and with no other material ox-
ccpt trimmintrs of leather. UaL-iraifO
masters will be apt to mauo papier
mache of them.
Thore are now in the Pennsylvania
Training School for tho Feohlo-Mind-ed
221 inmates, of whom 155 are from
this Commonwealth, ono from India,
and the remainder divided among dif
ferent States.
The last descendant of tho ruin
ous navigator, Amorican Vospuccl,who
gavo bis name to the Now World, has
just diod near Florence. He bore tho
snmo nnmo as tbo great sailor ol the
Ullecnth century.
Dr. S. G. Howe, founder of tho In
stitution for tho Blind in Boston, died
on tbo 9tb inst,, aged seventy-four j
years. He was affected with a disease
ol tho brain and had been in fecblo
health for several weeks.
Thirteen of Chicago's "ciWkcd"
distillers appeared bcloro Judge Bon
toll, in the V. S. District Court on Fri
day, nnd plead guilty to the chargo of
conspiracy to uetrauu tne vioverniiiuiit..
"Jiot no guilty man escape.
Tho Hebrews have mado applica
tion to tho Centonniul Commissioners
for permission to orect a restaurant on
tho Centennial grounds for tho accom
modation of the 75,000 Israelites who
are cxpoctod to visit tho exhibition
and who will observe tho dietary laws
of their religion.
Mr. Joshua Montgomery Sears, a
student in Yale College, attained his
majority on (Jhristmas day, anil wiln
it slopped into tho possession of a neat
little prurartyontimatod at 19,000,000.
About ono-balf of the property consists
of real estate in Boston.
Clinton county, Iowa, stood in the
way ol a thoroughbred burricano last
woek, that cut across tho country with
out any regard for line fences, and un
roofed more barnsand demolished more
small buildings and littlo shops than
enn e repaireu in a monin.
-John Dillon, of Chester county,
has been imprisoned for stealing 20
steers from tho stable of Sylvester
Konuody. 1 he thief was detected by
tho owner in driving sixteen of the
steel's to tho farm ot a man to whom
he bad sold thorn.
-Tho Philadelphia Chess Club offers
playing accomodations niid tho nam of
$250 at least as a nucleus for a fund
for a grand International chess loiimn-
monl, to no held nmlur tne auspices oi
the Philadelphia Chess Club (luring
tho Uonlcnnial reposition ot ihio.
A resolution has boon introduced
in tbo Senato, fixing a fine of $,')00, or
opo your s imprisonment, or both, upon
any pljyeiuiun lulacly and williilly cer
tifying lo the insanity (if any person
under tho provisions of the act provid
ing for tho admission of tho Insane
into hospitals.
Job. Lal'Bge, was tried at t 'uncord,
IM. It., last week, tor the murder ot
a school girl, by cutting off her hend
witb an axe, on tho 4th ol Urtohor last
He was found guilty and sentenced to
no ooiiqnet) in the niato prison at i on
oord, until January lOllt, 1877, and
men lo do hanged.
Burglars broke Into a drug store
at Oshorn, Mo., on the night of the 0th
inst.. and stole a bottle of chloroform.
with which thoy drtiggod tho whole
town, pooy robbed two hotels, nil
tho "tores and many prf7nto residences.' those lew years Is ths Centennial ;
securing "several' thousand dollars antllgladly would I give $10,000 to got out
making good their escape.
ASSOCIATED PR EMS LETTER
Puu.Aniai'iiiA, Jan. 17, 1870.
THE CENTENNIAL.
New England having contributed a
couple of dollars or so towards the
(ireut Inhibition, and the president ot
the Ceiilenniul Commission salary
$10,000 per annum the land of steady
habits has devised a plan whoroby the
cun got Iter monoy back again. Yankee
enterprise does il in this way 1 A log
houso is to be ureclod, In one ond of
which will be, on a large scale, the
kitchen of u Now Knglund furiuor,
about the period that Israel Putmaii
perlormed somo wonderful tests of
equestrianism ; ui ino opposite enu ui
the cabin will bo a kitchen of tho pres
ent period, with all the appliances for
broiling chop, milking lobnter salmi or
tin - other compound concoction of
cutiiiury iirlisles. Kucli kitchen will
ry
SIX
1771! gills will he dressed in home
spun, the ot hers in the (piilc fuhioiiuhlc
costume ul ltridg.'t of IsTli. A dinner
will he sei'vcii daily to n limited num
ber of )(Mls say ut live dollars per
niiui per dinner; tli'Hu who want cold
pork and iiiolitsses, or but pork und
cabbage, com bread, ryo coffee, etc.,
can obtain thenrut the liomospuu end,
whole the cooking is all to ho done in
a huge open fireplace. If tho epicure
wants to dlnu on fish en Matelotto,
steal; a InSoyor, cutlets a la Urochotto,
Bruised beef a la Fruncalso, turkey a
la Auglalso ortcrapin a la CJuromonto,'
he must go to the 1870 ond of that
cabin,
As the keener of the restaurant pays
$50,000 fur tuo privilege of giving a
hungry man fifty cent dinner snd
charging him $2.60 for it within the
Kxblliltlon grounds, and as this Now
Knglsnd kitchen pays nothing lbr the
privilege of humbugging tit out of our
ducats l contest mat- tne "laiiKt
have played a sharp trick on our Com-
missioners. As the 1778 girls ore to
wear short gowns reaching to where
tho garter used to bo worn, I really
regret that unattractive brown and
gray woolen stockings are to bo worn ;
how much more patriotic would be
those red and while striped hose, with
stars at tho top, now so fashionable.
A number of Jaimnose houses m o on
their way bore ; they will bo erected
without I ho sound ol lininmer Doing
heard, no nails being used in their
erection. 300 bundles ot liamlioo havo
arrived from China; from this canotho
Chinose mako almost everything, from
a temple to a toy.
Things are fur from peaceful in tho
Womens' Centennial committee. Ono
lady wanted to oxhibit tho stylo of
costumes worn from 1770 down to
this lime mid Mrs, tiillospie, president
ol tho committee, will not have
any such old "trumpery" in bor
new pavilion. Tho would-be exhibitor
of antiquated costumos threatens to
appeal to Director tioshorn, and the
hucholor Director t.hreutoiis to resign
il tho women don't quit flaunting their
hubilmcnts under bis otnciul nose.
By ull who have given the question
proper consideration it is considered
tlutl at least three millions of people
will visit the Centennial city during
the 0 mouths the exhibition is open.
As there wilt) bo 150 working days in
which to carry passengers, it will re
quire transportation companies to pro
vide conveyiinco for a daily average of
about 40,01)020,0110 each way tor a
period of six months. All our railroad
olllcers are doing their level best lo
meet this extraordinary demand upon
them, but while doing this 1 fear tiiey
oro overlooking the imporliince of fust
freight lilies. These 3,000,000 people
will havo to be fed, and the subsistence
they otherwise would take at their
homes must be brought here, and but
ter, eggs, poultry, fresh meats and
vegetables will require lo be transport
ed as rapidly as passengers. Thus fur
too little consideration has boon givon
to this food freight business, and as a
conscqucnco many of our citixens have
bargained tor the butter, from April to
November, at one dollar per pound '.
eggs at sixty cents per tlor.cn, and
everything in proportion. Once again
I remind your readers that thoy will
find hero a ready market for all kinds
of farm products, at priocs higher thnn
over before, and they who get tho
earliest spring chickens, lamb, green
corn, etc., into inurkot will reap tho
richest hurvest. This is tbo healthy
your for tho farmers' boys, and if they
are wise thoy will take ad vantage of it.
MISCEl.LANEOl s.
Fletcher, tho mun'who entertained
a grudgo for two years against (joorge
llunlcy, and who "mado it up" wilh
liim in tho morning, and at night killod
him, has been found guilty ot murder,
and before 90 days ho will shoot up in
tho air like a hugo rocket, as tbe 700
pound weight at tho other end of the
hempen cord drops to tho earth. Judge
Diddle, before whom the case was
tried, stated that it was time that a
stop was put to these rum murders;
that tho verdict must be guilty, or, not
truth y. Far bettor men have boon
linng and I apprehend that (iovernor
11 art nihil will permit Fletcher to dance
a minute in mid-air.
Mr. Jones, from Moorcstown, N. J.,
cams to this city with a heap of money
in his pocket which Mr. Thos. Plyacite
nearly transferred from Jones' pocket
to his own, as tho Jersey man win
lenving the ferryboat, rortunatcly
officer Nctf saw tbo operation, and
took tho pick pocket into custody.
That thief will pli a sight at sboomak-
ing in tho peiiitcntiury during tho two
years ol incarceration
Mt. James Dougherty lives in il-
inington, Del., ha is a "broth ol an
Irishman, and had about f.M) in his
pantaloons, which Mary Jackson, n
buxom looking oat-straw colored
wench, relieved him of after enticing
him into her boudoir. Dougherty snys
tho bloody nairurs, tboy will steal
oven If they am t biacK ni an, at an.
A thief by tho namo of rroomun
went Into one of our largest jewelry
stores about two years ago, under pre
tense of purchasing a valuable ring;
whilo examining tho tray containing
rings, freeman niniiaged lo slip a el,
500 diamond ring into his pocket, lenv
inir a paste ring almost a lao simile
of tho genuine in its place, 1 mined!
atelv alter ho loll the store tho ex-
change was discovered, and a few days
afterwards Freeman was arrested,
tried and convicted. His suntonco
was delayed in order to investigate tho
allegation ho made that the police
officers stole tho diamonds from him at
the station Iiouso, that he abstracted
troin the jewelry store; tho investiga
tion proved him n liar its well ns thiol,
ami so n n indiguuiit judge was about to
impose the heaviest sentence of tho
law upon him.
Freeman saw mischief in the eyes ol
the judge, and asking the tip stavo,
who si i tod besido him, to get him a
glass of water from the cooler a short
distanco oil, Freeman took advuntiigo
of his ohsenco, leaped out of tbo thick
ovor tl0 bonds of lawyers and clients,
and out of the nearest window, a high
second story one, to tho yard of 1 ntlo
pondonco Hall, through tho Hall into
Chestnut street and around to Fourth
and Market, threo squares away, bo
forojtidgo and jurymen, counselors and
clients recovered from tkeir astonish
ment. From there this res mrtn wont
to California, curried on tho sumo bus
iness and was nabbed by tbo police,
fcavo straw bail and escaped to Kng
and, where ho tlid a thriving trado in
exchanging pnsto lor pure diamonds.
From Knglund ho came to Baltimore,
and lust week ho was caught and
brought back to this city, and
as I stood beside him In Court Free
man remarked: "All 1 havo lived for
those few years is ths Centennial
ot this scrape.
DISTRICT TREASURY LA W. .
Suction 1. He it enaeted by il Senate
and House of HeprrsenUuives of the tVin
monwealth of J'ennsytvania in (hwral
Assembly w.f, und it i hereby cnact,d by
tlie authority of the saiiK, That tbe quali
fied electoral ul the several Dorougli ana
townships In' lha county of Cleartiuld
shall, ut the next election for borough
and township olUoors, and ovary aecoud
yoar tborualler,. elect one citiavn of
said Doruiigu or township as district
treasurer, wbo ahull ho
old b
is ofiics for
the term of two yours from tho fliwt
day of January alter his oluulion, and
who, by virtue ol bit office, shall have
tho charge, keeping and custody of all
school, road, poor and other moneys
and taxes of whatever name and kind
there may bo helonirini to such bor
ough or township ; und the said dis
trict treasurer sliull be required to give
bond, conditioned for the faithful per
formance of his duties u'ld for tho
prompt payment of all moneys, by
him received, in accordance with luw,
tilHin I be orders ol the proper officers,
and to his successor in utlice at tho
expiration ol bis official term ; tho said
bond by btTiii double tbo amount ot
moneys likely lo come into tbo hands
of such district treasurer, the amount
whuruol shall bo fixed by tho borough
or township auditors, us tbo case may
ue ; and thore tbuii bo two turotioi in
suid bond, both of whom shall reside
in suid township or borough, and their
sufficiency shall be approved by the
said auditors by endorsing tbe word
"approved" upon the said bond, and
signing tboir names thereto, and tbe
suid bond shall bs filod and remain
with ths nrathonoturv of the court of
common nlcas. i
blto, 2. That suid district treasurer j tied conviction ot tbe majority tbat
shall give bond, as now provided by i those who are opprobrloualy called
law. for the custody of all moneyi tbat 'The Goddii-tbu'Otntltution partywill
tball come Into bis bands, and shall In ! not remain satlefled with tuch a con
all rospects bs subject to tbe laws now ; ttitullonal acknowledgment of the Sit
in foruo providing; for tbe receipt, Col-1 preme Being as the Jew, tbe Unitarian
lection, security and disbursements ol
such money.
Sr.c. 8. It shall be tho duty ol the
board of school directors, supervisors,
overseers of tho poor and town council
to assess und make out two duplicates,
one each of which shall bo pluced in
the hands of the district treasurer, and
ono each lor tho collector of school,
road, poor and borough tux ; and all
such collectors of luxes shall pay tho
sumo to the district treasurer, taking
bis receipt therefor; and they shall
not be discharged from liability on
their rospectivo duplicates by payments
mado to any other person ; Provided,
Persons working up(on tho ronds or
st reels of tho respective boroughs and
townships under existing laws, may
obtain credit upon thoir taxes, by an
order drawn by thosupervisors or town
council upon the district treasurer for
tho aiuoiiuUi of such tuxes or any part
thereof, which order shall be charged
to the supervisors or town council, and
bo Bottled by tho auditors in settling
his accounts, as provided by existing
laws; Provided further, That tbo dis
trict treasurer Bhall give duo notico, by
posting not less than three written or
printed notices, of tbo taxes levied, and
that if tho suid tuxes be paid to tbe
district treasurer within thirty days
thereafter tho party paying shall bo
entitled to a discount of live per cent.
Sso. 4. Tbat in case of death, resig
nation, removal, or otherwise, of tho
treasurer elect, It shall be tbo duty of
the judge of the court oi common pleas
of said county to appoint a riuilublo
person to nil tho vacancy until the
next election or until a successor is
duly qualified, and all laws or parts of
laws inconsistent burowiiu are noreuy
rcpealed.
AI'I'kovko The ninth day ol April,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hun
dred nnd soventy-two.
A SUI'I'LEUENT.
Section 1. Re it enacted, A-c., That
it shall not bs lawful for any District
t reasurer elected or that may boreul-
tcr bo olocted, under tho Act to which
this is a supplement, to bold any oth
er office in said borough or township,
and said District Treasurer shall not
lie entitled to receive any percentage
for moneys recoived or paid out by
him.
Sko. 2. That tho exposes of adver
tising by tho District Treasurer and
all necessary books and blanks fur
nished by him Bhall bo paid to suid
Treasurer by the different boards, bills
and vouchers being lurnishod thorn and
approvod.
Sko. i. 1 bat it said iMstncl 1 reins
urer, at tbo expiration of bis term of
ottico, neglocts or roiuses to pay over
to bis successors, when duly qiialmed
all iruiucys or balances remaining in
his hands, ho shall be liable for inter
est on tha.amounts, at tbo rate of six
per centum per annum, to bo recovera
ble as dobU ot into amounts are now
recoverable by the laws of this Com
monwealth, alter having received nt-
teon days notico, which notice shall
bo given by the Auditor oi suid bor
ough or township whon tho bonds or
sureties of tho Treasurer olect shall
havo been approved by him.
Sec, 4. That all Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act is here
by repoalod.
' AiM'BoVXP Thctweiity-sevonlhday
of February, one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-three.
A rtBTimi supplement.
Section 1. he it enacted, tc., That
the firstooction of tho Act of this lien
oral Assembly, entitled a Supplement
loan Act entitled an Act authorizing
tho oloction of District Treasurers in
thuecounty ef Clearllold, approved tho
twenty-seventh day of February, Anno
Domini, ono thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three, bo so amended so
as to add to tho end these words :
"Kxoept such compensation as shall bo
fixed and settled by tho Auditors of tho
said borough or township."
Aim'Bovku Tbotwcnty-sownthduy
of March, ono thousand eight hundred
ami Bovonty-threo.
PRINCIPLE'S, NOT MEN
Wo had thought that this motto was
always omblaioued on the Democratic
banner. Wo are sure that it ought to
bo there. But, judging by w hut wo
read in tho newspapers, wc are inclined
to think that some Democrats would
revorso tho words, and inscribe, "Men,
not principles." Why has there boon
so muub lull, and said, anil done, with
in tho party, in relation to men ?
Why has thoro boon so mncb charged
or hinted against certain candidates V
Why has there boon such a display ot
disappointment, vexation, even bitter
ness, because certnin men tlid not ro-
ceivo nominations 7 l(octllingtomind
what was said and dono In connection
with nomination for United Stales
Senator, (iovernor, and Spoakcr of the
iiouso of ucproscntattvos, we venture
to say that somo of our cotemporarics
oro rather lorgotful of principles, ami,
at tho same timo, rattier forgetful of
sound policy. Of course, every cilisen
lias a right to namo his candidate and
stato tho grounds of bis choice; but
every Democrat should, on tho ground
ot justice, uo cautious how ho dispara
ges tho character of public mon, ()'xid
iharactor Is a man s best capital, ifood
character in political leaders is vory
important In a party, tlood character
will surely win votes.
Tho Democratio party must main
tain great principles. It must reform
tho (invornment. It must do all this
by tho instrumentality of men. It
must succeed In tho elections; and, to
do this, it must havo candidates whose
characters are Irrcpronchahlo, Tbo
Democratio party will soon hood can
didates tor President and Vice Presi
dent. It must Imvo candidates who
will cominnnd universal confidence,
arouse enthusiasm, secure nnited oner
gotio action. Happily tho Democratic
party has tbo ndvantago afforded by
a strong array of able and good men.
ijei mo party nso this sivantugo care-
fully usl wisely. Lot there bo no lug rapidly to tbo standard which pro
charges or insinuation rocklusslu flung I vailed prior tp 1801, and the general
ur whispered around against this mini cry is that we must got down to "hard
or thai man. Persomil liko and die- nan" before tho shrinkage ceases and
like, sectional fcoling.Stutopride.should ; bcloro recuperation begins. But why
have no Influence whatever In the j should everything else get down to
selection or candidates. Strife about! "hardpan" but money f Wo venture
mcu, or contention about the claims of, to predict that thoao will be no guner-
wouaiuu, uftiin uys luoiisu ana uangcr
oui, and, in tbs presont critical condi
tion of the country, would be sheer
madness. Let Editors and all oiiiors
'write and spoak prudently; let the
flutiounl tanrentlon calmly and dolib
0ratcly select a ticket; lot tbo parly
promptly and fully acquiesce In the
nomination ; and lot ovory Democrat
go to work to secure a victory a vie
tory, not for men, but for principles.,-1
Clarion Jackmnian,
WOIIDS OF "WISDOM.
The U'iodoiii of the Mctbodisl church
did not die with the advent of liiliop
Haven's Hilly. The Pittsburgh Chris
tian Adnrate has a recent bol l article
upon the subject 'which has flung
into the political arena und arrives at
very decided conclusion upon its addle-beaded
ecclesiastic Itcommenccs
wilh the (io'l-iu-tbe. constitution Uni
ties and gives thorn this below :
For four yoars at least there bus
boon on unbending effort by a consid
erable body of men with more seal than
discretion to foroe into our fundamen
tal law a rocogniton of God, To this,
merely, very fuw will object, for very
few object to It whon made in tbo Pres
ident's thanksgiving proclamations, In
tbo prayers in Congress and In other
ways by those wbo stand for the na
tional authority. Tho opposition to
this movement springs out of tbo set
and the largo class of Freethinkers
who have not gone beyond Theism
will be content witb. To suppose that
they will is to suppose what the whole
history ol such movements renders
doubtlul.
The character of our government is
thus set forth by tbo Advocate:
This is not a Catholic government,
it is not a Protestant government; it
is simply a Christian government, and
that in the broadest possiblo meaning
of tho word. An eminent minister
onco askod Alexander Hamilton "why
a recognition of (iixl bad not beet,
placed in tbe Constitution. Hamilton
answered, "indeed, doctor wo forgot
it" But that was not truo. They did
not forget it. Tho men of convention
were tho Inst mon in tho world to for
got anything of tbo kind. If we mis
tnko not thoy rejected franklin's pro
posul to open their daily Killings with
prayer, 'ndwhy? Certainly not be
cause they bad met to tr.unc a secular
inslrtimont ot government and wished
to bo consistent in so doing and to
leave no nroccdeut which any associa
tion or party over thereafter (otild use
in establishing a union ot church and
Slate, directly or indirectly.
by did they mako our constitution
suculurr Ueciiuso they knew that the
most galling dcsjiotisin thul their fa
thers ever suffered in tho mother coun
try was tho despotism of the house ot
Stuart. They knew that tho basest
tools of that despotism were the prom
inent clergy of tho church of Knglund.
They knew that religion in the hands
of tho Stuart kings wits tbe power that
crushed tho ancient liberties of the
realm." They know that it was this
I lower, wrested from the hand of the
'irst Charles, which brought him to
tho block. They know that it was
religion in tho hands of Cromwell
which enabled him to supplant the
Stuart despotism wilh one of his (wn.
Thoy kucw that it was religion, por
vorted and corrupted by political asso
ciations, which brought upon Kngland
tho woes of two revolutions. In a
word, they know that tho blackest
period in the constitutional history ol
bngland was the period In which re
ligion mingled with the atrilo ot politi
cal factions. That is why they made
our constitution secular. They meant
to sever church and State, faith and
taction, once and forever. They meant
to establish a government which would
secure the utmost religious freedom to
all, which would protect every sect' in
tbo enjoyment of its rights, whilo itsolf
stood apart, tbo friend ot all sects, but
tbe patron ol none, arm with no rengi
ous character whatever except what it
recoived from tbe pooplo composing it,
and Irom accepting those great pnnci-
files of truth and justice which under
io all nominally Christian govorn-
incuts. Doubtless they ono and all
believed that to givo the government
a constitutionally expressed creed of
any kind would be to open tbe door to
tbo vory evils which thoy most earn
estly sought to shutout. TheJ- knew,
what ovory man ought to know now,
that it would bo impossible to stato a
creed which would satisfy all, and
therelore consistency as well us safety
required them to do just what they did
mako a government without any
creed.
We end as wo began ; the religious
quostion, which has crnisod more sor
row, cruelty and crime than any outer
which ever vexod a nation, is fairly
d squarely before us. It remains
for all patriotio mon to say whethor
our government shall bo what its foun
ders intended, and what ono of its
noblest citizens said it should, a "gov
ernment for tho people and by tho poo
plo," tho wholo people; or whether it
shall be the prey ol whatever Popish
or Protcstnnt sect may grasp it.
THE RATE 'oF INTEREST.
Tho following excelloiot article on
this aubjeet wo clip from a lata num
ber of tho Pittsburg Commercial.
lioad it
Ono of tbo strongest amuments used
by the inflationists during tho last po
litical campaign was tho iitct citod by
thorn of tho high rate of interest still
oxncU'd from borrowers. Whilo money
on call was a more drug in Xow York
and at other money centum, and tbo
banks were overflowing with unused
monoy, tho needy borrowers wbo could
not put up first-class collaterals wore
still compelled to pay exorbitant rates
of interest
Those high rates bucamo established
whon money was plenty nnd times
wore essy ; and when times grow hard
tho nocessitios of borrowers compelled
thorn to pay whatever lenders chose to
exact, In tho cases of many who havo
failed within tho year just closed, the
assets of which would have afforded a
rood dividend to creditors in 1873,
mvo boon sinco used nn in trvinir to
avoid bankruptcy by paying high rules
of Interest, Tho usurers havo thus
got what should havo gorio to the
creditors had that been yielded to in
(tn.j wiucu in triia proved inevitable.
We do not mean In cngao in any
warfare upon money lenders, nor to
indulgo in any rellection npm those
no cmxsiu to invest inoir menus in
tho pnrchaso of evidences of debt, but
. c..l l..-:a..., 1.. ..il
wu iwi jufMiiiuii in nuoiiniiiug ui nil
who are engaged In such business
whethor tho timo has not Como for re
duced rates of Interest 7 This is not a
quostion personally addressed to par
ticular individuals, but a question ol
goncrel Interest fur general considera
tion, Involving tbo business prosperity
oi nil wno are ongagou in mantiiactur-i
inir ir commercial nurstiiu. And It is,
a question which cannot bo shirked.
li is pressing now r consideration,
a.nd It is ono that must lie met,.
Tho prioes of everything else are
coming (low n tq tbo old basis vory
fast, and why should not the prioes of
monoy keep pace with the gonoral re
duction ? The prices ol' labor, of iron,
of the necessaries of life, and of all tho
products of human Induttry, are tend-
ai recovery irom the present depression
until money, like everything else, has
got down to its normal and ivul value.
Wo have heard of Instances where
now mortgages have bveu negotiated
at six per oont. to take up old mort
gages ut ton por cent., nod tvu have
uuuu glad to note this willingness to
come down to tho legal rate, even If it
bo hut partial. Many a man can afford
ix pul. 00)t wl)0 (.BlimH ffim,
to pay eight and ten ; and such has
been tho sininkugy in values, nnd in
the profits of trade, thul it is unwise
to expeel that men who, in flush times,
wui-e uble lo pay high rates lor money,
en n now nllord' lo continue their pay
ment. The limes have changed ; trado
has changed ; tho rule of compensation
has changed ; und the rata lor the use
of money should adapt itself to these
changes. The man who earned two -dollars
a day by bis labor, a few years
ago, can now earn but one; tbe mer
chant wbo made twenty por cent on
his sales baa now to be content with
five, and the manufacturer who was
wont to reap a high rate of profit on
hi goods is now satisfied, in many
cases, to sell hit warot at oott,
If, tlioreforo, ths borrowers are com
pcllcd to accept of lest profit on what
they mako or tell, the lenders must be
content to accept a corresponding rate
for what tbey loud. Otherwise bor.
rowers must ccao to be borrowers.
Men will not longcontluuvtopay out all
their gains for interest, and tt is as
great t roily at it ever was to kill the
goose that lave tbs golden egg. We
mon an got down to the tame com
mon level in business affairs, and thtt
change for the bettor will not come"
until we do.
Wo repent that all we have hen)
said is strictly impersonal, and incapa
bloofany special application. It is
intended to hi general In its opp!icu;
tion and effect. If labor must comC
down, rents nnd other charges must
also como down, nnd if trade is to re
ciiper-lc, tho burdens uion trade must
be lessened. Moncv leaders must learn
to bo satisfied witb less profits. They
may prosper, for awhile, upon the mis
fortunes of tbe community ; but their
permanent prosperity depends upon
tho general prosjrority ot the commu
nity in which they operate.
Wo will not press this matter fur
tbor, just now ; but it is time that pub
lic attention should be directed to it,
and wo 1iavo dono our duty, tor the
present, in su;gosting it' for public
consideration.
SIGNS OF WAKINO.
No ono who observes the signs of
the times could fail to see the lethargy
which had seised upon tbe people with
in tho lust decade, und tho almost sa
ierhiiiuan efforts it required to stimu
late tho attention of the mussoe to tho
fact that scltish politicians, for sinister
purposes, were drawing thorn into a
vortex of destruction not less fatal than
tho delusion with which they were
bound.
Words of admonition and warning
lcll on the listless car of tbe publio as
an idle lalo, and no amount of the
strongest appeals would seem to have
aroused to action tho dull sleepers wbo
guarded tfio citadel of freedom.
As it tho siren song bad lulled tbo
mighty hosts that niuko up the army
of tho nation's freemen, to their last
long sloop, thus dreamed, or lay help
less tho avengors of a nation's wrongs
of wrongs not inflicted by a foreign
toe, but by tbe lnsiduous snares that
WAro twinmt wrownrl thnil fnnt hv tiiiitr
own chosen rulers and thoir wily mas
ters. Tboso rulers and masters, or bolter,
these corrupt schemers for wealth and
position at the expense of their constit
uents, tickled the fancy of their dupes
with fulso promises and flattery and
with groat surges of tho bloody shirt,
so as to madden the people, as thoy do
in the Spanish arena the taurcan vic
tim with the red flag, luring tho raging
boast to defeat und disaster.
Thus it has been, and thus it was
done in our high places, and by tbe
rabblo who elevated and sustained them
until tbo wholo prosperity of tbe coun
try has been destroyed, and until busi
ness languishes in every county in all
tho Slates, until starvation stands in
its gaunt form at many a cabin door
ready to striko down, with hunger and
famine, the inmates of what was, but
a short wbilo ago, a happy home.
It may bo said by some that the
party in power is not responsible for
such a result, and that it is due to the
business management of tbe people.
It would take a vast amount of spe
cious pleading to mako tho people be
lievo this. Legislators and exocutivo
officers nro chosen to provide for tho
exigencies which effect tho masses, and
especially has tho constitution charged
Congress with tbo control of tbe nation
al finances. Thore has been blundering,
and that blundering has boon most dis
astrous to tho laboring and business
classes, and, that tho rich have bocomo
richer, and the poor, poorer, is an un
disguised fact and luminously potent
lo all ryos not blinded by gloating over
undeserved gains.
Thoro is, now, however, a gleam of
light. Plundering rings in Philadel
phia are trembling on the brink of con
scious ruin, overturned by tho fury of
a robbod populace. In Pittsburgh, the
crack of their final doom is startling
the vampires of public plunder.
Tho whisky rings of Chicago and
St Louis are drinking tho cup brimful
of fraud and bribery, and our legisla
tive halls are resounding wilh tho wel
come wonls of economy and honest
reform. These are cheering words for
tho poople, nnd let them charge boldly
and dehuntly homo tor reform and re
lief, and hurl from power a party which
has ruled for tho ruin of a once Demo
cratic pooplo, proud in thoir simplicity
and happiness. lV.t(morcuii(t iVmo
enrt. Still tux same Follow. The St.
limits Jlcpuotican insists that "it was
not O. K. ltuboock, Colonel of Engi
neers, United States Army,upon whom
tho cloud of suspicion rested, "but upon
(). K. Hubcock, Private Secretary "f
tho President of tho United Slates."
Wo desire to amend by saying that it
was O. E. Baboock in his capacity as
a swindler, a dulruudor, a robber of
tho government that was indicted and
is subjoct to trial. Hu didn't conspire
as a soldier, for nearly every man
has forgotten thai ho was a soldier.
IIo didn't ohent simply as tbe Presi
dent's Private Secretary. If that fact
bounded his offense tbo President alone
might have jurisdiction. It was inti
mated by the crand jury at St. 1ouis
that Babcock was a citir.cn and a pub
lic iiuoi, ana it win do in tiioee capaca
tios that bo will bo tried. After the
civil trial tbe army may oxpel him,
and Urn nt will give him a foreign niis
mion, but those are sepcrato matters.
Cineinnatti Enquirer.
Mr. Murut Unlstead, ot the Cincin
nati Commercial, declares that tho
' phrase to "mako night hideous" lias
""i"'"" " "u '"k, mm m,
his paper of January 1 : "After ths
experiences of last night wo contem
plate the remoteness of tbo next Cen
tennial Xow Yoar with satisfaction.
An cMorly maiden, who haul suffered
somo disappointment, thus defines the
human race : "Man, a conglomerated
mass of hair, tobacco smoke, coufusioa,
oonoelt and boots. Woman, ths waiter
perforce, on tk aforesaid animal,"