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Clearfield.. Pa.
All legal bualacs, promptly attended to. Offlo.
on Seeoocl atrtst, io ths Masonic buildmg.
JaJ7T
W."cT ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE.
CPRWENtVILLE,
el'll f Irarfisld Coumjr. Proa'.. T5y
Tp.ti.. n. hi , orsua eosuon.
MURRAY k GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
C1.KAKF1KLD, PA.
..r Offlc. fa Pie's Opera Uouee, eeeond floor.
V:ll'7s
FRANK FIELDING," "
AT'J'URN KY-AT-LA W,
Clearfield. Pa. i
Will attend lu till bmuneea entruated to him
t.uinilj and taiibfully. . bov12'7S
H ILI.I N 4- WLI ALB
tlAHRY r. WALLACB.
DATID k KHtill.
JOHN W. WHIflLIT.
WALLACE 4. KREBS,
(Huo"r to Willnoa A fielding,)
A TTOBNRYH-AT-LA W ,
ll-U'T t'lcartteid, Pa.
iMHPR i. MAI.I.Y.
OARIBL W. MCUKUT.
ItcENALLY & MoCUKDY,
A T I'OKN BYH-A'I -1A W,
Clearfield. Pa
t,W"Le)rl ttuninui attended U prutnptly withj
l-hty. (mo un newmJ atrt, alio- mm rim
Winn! Bank jan:l:7A
Q. R. BARRETT, ;
VrTnRNr AND (JoUNHKLOK AT LAW,
CI.KARPIBI.P. PA.
'.living rentgned his Judgeship, htt muaid
lif jiMPflo r the Uw In hie old offln at Clear
rid, '. Will atten'l thflotirtwtf Jf(fcron nd
-.Ik countic when i(mnilly retaloM In rwnnwtion
titli miitfni oounirl. 1:I4:7S
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTORNHY-AT-LAW.
Hfiit Eat.tr n.l CillMtfoa Agret,
C'l.KAHKIKI.II. H..
Will ir.millr .ttroil to all lr.l bmloni an
trulml to Ilia .nr..
4rtiffirr i. Pi.'a 0ra J.ol';l
A. W. W ALT E RS,
ATTilHN KY AT LAW.
Clearllrld. Pa.
v. tiffiw. to (IruBitRiV Row LdMX'l.t
H. W. SMITH,
A T T 0 R E Y - A T - L A W ,
I:I 7 I'lMitlold, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT7
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
t'lcarllrld. Pa.
JWOfflc. la Old Wrrtern alldla.
eiiio.r of h.ouad an l Market fin. a 11.M.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTtlKNRY AT LAW.
Clearfield. Pa.
em- "IBM la 111, fouri Hon UjH
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT La A,
learUald, Pa.
fitr On s oa M.ik.t sir..t, opp. Court llo,
i.a. a, IH7I. .
JOHN LTCUTT L E,
ATTORNEY AT. LA W
.ml Heal K.tai. Anl, Clearfield. Pa.
Ofhc. 00 Third atre.l, b.l.Cb.rrj A Walnai.
adr H.apMtfBllyIT.rs tils s.rslo.a la s.lling
ad auyiBK laads la til.ara.Ld aad adjoiaiav
khOtl.a i aod wltb aa .ipsnanosoi ov.rtw.ast
laars as a surr.ynr. flatters btras.lt that b. aaa
nder s.tlafaolloa. 'sb 1.'1U.
i 7 B L A K E W A L T E r 8 ,
HKAL ESTATE HKOKER,
AND 0BALIB ta
4aw uiid Idiiiiibor,
ULKS.KFIEI.U, I'A
m Irehaui's kw.
1:14:71
j. J. LINGLE,
a TTO KNKY-AT.- LAW.
M (lirfeola, Clearfield .. Pa j:f
J. 8, B A R N HART,
ATTOKMKV AT LAW,
Holleloute. Pa.
il'ill priutior in (Jlti.rtl.ld .nd .Hot theCoarlsof
hr Jjib Judielal dialrtot. Rl .slat. Iiusiaess
uid ttillr.itiun ol nlaiins m.de apeuialti.l, ol'7l
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN k SU R ( j E 0 N ,
LlITIIKIlSlll'Kll. PA.
Will altrnd proteaslonal oalls p.nmptly. au(ltl'7li
DR. T. J. BOYER,
II YMICl A AND "iUKOi'.UN
Ujs klatk.i dtnat. Churl.ld. Pa.
twotbos hoars i to II a. " , aad 1 to 8 p. a
D
U R. M. 8CI1EURER,
II0SI0PATI1IC PIIYBICIA!!,
ogto. la rMidraea oa Market It.
April M, int. pJ'frftli-JL
" J. H. KLINE. M. D..
PUY81C1AN & SURGEON,
WW 1V1VIJ lAMiad mi P.nnK.ld. Pa.. obT.r his
11 professiooal .errio.. to lb. poopl. ,,,,
pl.ee and surrouoaing ooanirj.
tHp4oi ta. ool' " "
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Ul. Seri.aa ef Ike (3d Heflmeal. Poaasylnala
Volssisers, bsrlo. relaroad Treat lbs Artay,
altrs bis professional aarrlaas to meeillseai
f Oleart.ld.oaaly.
aajr-Profsfiioaal ealls promptly attsaled ta.
Olio, aa laaoad atr.sl, fta.rtyo..api.o
l)r. Woods. apr4,' li
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
CI KAKflKl.l), PKNM'A.
0KKICE1N MASONIC BUILDING
fir Otnos boon From II Io I P. U.
May l, l7.
DK. JKFKKHaoN I ITB,
' WOODLAND, PA.
Will promatl auand all aall, la the lloaof hla
piuieeaii.B-
H" ARRY HNYDER,
BAH BUR AND HAIRDRESSER.
Hs-p oa Market ft., apaosll. Uoart Hoasa.
A Sleaa sow for .rery eestomer.
Also m.aaraetarr of
All Kinds af Article lu Human Hair.
IV.fb.i., Pa. SMy la, '7.
D. M. DOHERTI,
U llIllNABLE HAHItKk UAIH DBE88KR
CLUA1IK1ELI), PA.
Shop la room formerly ooeopled by Neat;!.
Market slnot.
. .'' sd-rr i .
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Justie. ef tb. PsMf aad Sensaaar,
f rweiieM'f I. .
wvCelWaclton, made aad moaay preaaplh
PV .e.r. - fabirilll ,
RICHARD HUGHES, '
K Jtwei or vim riACi
Dtcmlmr TmemtMp,
, OMfwi. uw, r. a
ill attoUl Msm aainatwi so klm trlrl a.
reaUt attaaxwd ua. . , , avskN, 71.
CLEARFIELD
VOL 51-WHOLE NO.
(Tarda.
. t.;tl very Stable.
THR andralftntd hg to tmorm Ih pub
lic thitt ba li huw full tirnfcr" to immdo
date all In tha way of furntbinjt H..jea, BufRiaa,
n ada lea and Harnaia, oa tna ahurtcal notice ana
n reatonahl tarutl. Raatdeooeua Looool atraal,
aatwean Third and Fourth.
UKO. W. QKARIIAKT.
lU.rlUM Pah. 4. 1R74
o. Abiaar rkkry alirrt. w- alii
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manafattnr.r A axtenilv, Dal,r, la
Sawed Lumber, Sonare Timber, io.,
WUUULAKU, riRH'A.
AOrder, lollolttd. Bill, llltd oa ibort aotlw
aad rtAMoaabl. torus.
Addrou Woodland P. O., ClMrtrld Co., Pa.
1,-ly W f I.BKHT A HH(l8.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Fr.uchTllla, l learlicld County, Pa
KMpi oonatantlj an band a fall aaaortmattl of
ury Uooda, lf.raw.ro, urooonw. aoa .rtrjinini
ainallv hopt ta a rotatl ,toro, wbteb will b. .old,
for oata, OBMp at ai.cwn.ro la (a. ooaaiy.
Fraaobvillo, Jan. 17. IKH7- ly.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DaAtaa ta
OENEHAL MKKCIIASDISg.
CiRAHAMTON, Pa.
AIM), .xtoBilT ataovfularar Bad doaltr In Squan
Tiajbor and Baw Latubarot all binds.
tWOrdara aoliollod aad all bills pnimptl.
lillod. rjyi"n
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peiiu'a.
feft.Will .sosut. Jobs io bis litis prutoitl and
In a workiaanliks manosr. ar,ni
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NKAR CLBAKFIBLD, PENN'A.
p9-Pomps always on hand and toads to ordsr
on short notios. Pipes borrd nn roasnnahl. terms
All work warrsnted to rond.r satisfaotion. and
dallr.rod If dsslrod. mySSilypd
E. A. BIGLER U CO.,
S Q U A Re'tI MBER,
, and niBBUIaeturars of
41.1. KIMIHIIIF MW all l.l'MBI'.H,
-7'71 CLKAKPIKI.D. PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dsalrr ia
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
SUINULES, LATH, A PICKETS,
IMt'71 ClrsrlitW, P.,
JAMES MIT( HELL,
OIALBB 1R
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
j.U'71 CLBAHPIELD, PA.
JAMES H. LYTLE,
lit Kralicr'a Building, Cleat arid. Pa.
Dsslw la Groeotios, Prorisloas, VcgsUbles,
Kr.it., Fliiar, r ead, .to, ru.
tprU'To-lf
Barren thorn,
BOOT AND snOE MAKER,
Market at., ClearHeld, Pa.
Ia lb. sbnp latsly ooeaplod by Frank Short,
on. door wast of Atlagbany tiuusa.
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
Plana and Pprelneatlons fornisneil fur all hied.
of buildiOKa All work Ural olaai. Stair bull I
iaff a speoialry.
r. u. aooroe., mwrnw, j. .....
R. M, NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HARNESS MAKER,
Hunbarf er. Clearfield Co.. Pa.
Rp.rfl.. .nrf HnrM. borni.bio. Iluods. K.liairiaa
promptly attended to.
tfniaoarier, .aa. i, iBiini.
JOHN A. STADLER,
DAKkk, Marks, St., Cleatfleld, Pa.
Fr.sk Bread, Kaak, Holla. Pies aad Caker
baad or made to order. A general assortment
of ColMlioaoriM. Frallaead hats la sloeb.
lee t'rram and Oyal.rs IB season, h.loi.a aiarl)
ipposii. the PostKfltoe. Prices aiodtrale.
March 10-74.
J. R. M'MURHAY
Wll.l. M1IPILV VOI WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MkRCHANDISB AT THE VERY LOWEST
PRICE. I'OMK AND HKK. il:a:7lyn
NEW WASHINGTON.
II AHBLK ANU taTIIMt YAH II.
I1 Mrs. H. f. I.IIIIIKIL,
ll.vioaaBeaaeil in th. Marble oosmeaa, desires
to inform bar friends and the publie Ibal she baa
bow aad will keep oonei.nil.f ua Hand a lara. anu
.ell seleotad steca ol llAbl.o anu aa.wni
MA RHLK. and ie prepared so larotab 10 order
TuMivSTON Kn. Hll A Ml I HAULk TOM SB,
MON UMKAlb, o.
aYard oa Reed street, near tba R. R liepot.
Clearoeld. Pa. jrlt.7a
WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE.
A1 tba aad ol laa nrw bnlro,
WEbT CLKABVIKLU, VA.
TL nnittrialar of Ikia anhl.hit alll buj
bit llquora diraaifrom altllUari fantai baying
ir.m Ibii boaaa ill h aara ta grt a para artiel-
t a imall tnarnin ab.a Dotal katpara aaa
ia farniabad wiib nqaon on riaiunabia laram
I'ara wiaaa and brapdiat dUal ttvm Healaj'l
ViaaTj, at Bi, Maw Yh
UKUKOR N. CO LB CRN.
ClaartaM. Jana A, lH7b-if.
8. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AVD DBALia IN
Watches, Clocks and Jewtrlry,
Qrakam't Rom, Mmrht Strttt,
LaEAHMt.ri), rA.
All klnii of repairing ta my Hnr rmftlT at
add to. April M, liT.
HOW WHAT MAR MET.
Th. .ndeealened woald reanMtfullr lafn.m
IbepahlKlbatkobuoponodaMKATMAKKkT
al the eld stand on Market HreH, where b. will
keep rcialarly eo hand all kiads of
F-RE-S-I! M-B-A-T-S
aad will (aarantM aatiafactlfia In prltea as wsll
as la tba quality of meat offered.
Cle.rn.ld. r.e.JI,'7 lf. K2RA SHOWN.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market flrweL Clearfield. Pn.,
, naaorarTraaaaannnALania
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLkS, COLLARS,
end all kinds af
HOHSS IV KS ISM NO coons.
A fall stoob of Faddists' llartlwara, Bruabaa,
imba, Blaabata, Rohea, eia always on head
sad for sals at tba loweat sub prieM. All kiads
of repalriai promptly ailended to.
All kiada ol bides talen la ascbai (a fur bar
aea. and repaliinf. All kiads of ksroess trainer
kept oa kand. aad for sale al a small pruit,
Cleart.ld. Jan. I, l"7
JOHN H. FULFORD,
0 HtKl ISSIWANCK AOKST,
ClrarBeld, Pean'a. I
Repreeents all lbs leading Fire Insaraner
Compi..rf lb. .,,,,.rM
Roy.l Ca'oladV-".'".'.'.'.' S.liM.oe.
Horn.. New York . M!'!!l
Ls.,mag, Money, P..........-.- JW
rranklia, I'k.ladV--.. . .",
Phmaia, Hanford........ .......- LisJ,""!
Ilaaocw, N.w York ....... I,4JMM
Hoa,Cd,0 ... IM"S
Allaa, HarUurd ..... .II
Pnrtid.aM, Waablagtoa..
hraaaa abowt asVatiag aa laaanaee en prop
erty at amy kusd, sAvnld eoU at mr ooa, aa
Market suwst, ooyoalu tb. Ooort Heoaa, nasi ana
a aMe( liaassail, and rata, hoeoen laaarinf.
; . doia .folfor. i
ClaaltoM, Fa. Oak FI.IS-iF
2,512.
A MODEL MAIDEN.
'Tla nnt alana that aht t fair.
And halb a wraith af jroldm hair
'Tip nut that ha ran ( ly and iug ,
To eharaj a ntlo or a King I
rTi not Ibat rh la gentl-. hind,
And wfara n chignon hua abind,
or htib-htlad btxit, nor wrt lara
To ibuw brr ilandt-rnfaaiil waiit
'Til n l that iba van talk with ue,
On all nigh any ibraia jm p'raia
'Tli not thai ba oan row and ridtp
And do a dtro thingi bfiidc :
Tba rtaicni whv I lova Mia Brown
Ara that aha never waara a Irown I
haVr aulka, or pouu. or m.i, ur frtti.
Or faiata about " rijli ' ar " aaia) "
ha tr nuriri lip-dogi by ib (Ira,
Nnr hid her ft it mil her eharu,i admire (
NVr bH upnD tba Drrb. lay,
And ahan b'a lot umita to pay f
by bnnofta di ant bund hr mik,
AtiJ ia nor Intiiipmed l wak ;
Ne'ar bulllaa her bunII brviben, nor
KriwtBB their abil ltb gatuil a hore (
VI i"b iiuienU oa'ar bar ehattka dUI.
Nur ratiticea Oftiurliib wil.i ;
Nvedi nit! a maid to paek her thinga,
Nnr ilagun pupa fur dlawiuii rni.
On biacuita iu owiitfinpt tu lunah
LovMfbakfiK-are, Mtitoa, ta aod Punch 1
Niver dea to vulvar ilang,
Atid naVr aai kuowu ibt dour 10 bang !
THE IX A ua uiu noy.
Tht I ouiitrd-ln H tllg-Mlrndlry-klruHf
taudldalt pt-u.
TIIK KOI RTII or MAIICH OCCLItlll.NO ON
el'NDAY, TI1K CkRI.MoNll WERE IMiHT
PONLII t NTH. MONDAY.
Wakiiinoton, Murvk 5. fliu strvKta
who ulive ut uti iiirly hour tliis nmrii
ill); wilk tlittifigs ot ieii.le kariU'iiiiig
to u iiniit liom wliciiiu lo riuw me in
uuut'ul jmit-vtilinu. Wiiliin a ltw
minutes ullur 11 n'clixk, the Suimtu
Kullvritu uru tilkd lo their iitnioHt
puciiy. Mm. lluvt'H tK'fiiiii'(l u IVcint
scut in tliu irtvutu gullcry next to the
diplomatic nlli ry, Itur little nun Snilt
nut on ber lell uml Mm. Kriiuior Sber
niun on her rilit, Mini Funiiio UuyuH
unci Mm. Stunley Mtttlliuwn occupied
neutu bvYonJ Mm. Kherniun, toetliur
witli other Hmoiiul friviiilu of Mm.
lluyeu. Tht) floor ol' the Sunutti, ex
vcliiiK the hvuui ivnvrt'rd for tilt) prcu
dentiiil puiticB, the .Suircllio Court,
and the di)loinuliui'orio, u crowded
withSciitttni-H uiid Senultiim eleel, mem
hern ol the Ilutiuu of lii it cMt lilul i vc,
and other diatiiiiiihlied perHttnH.
A I 10 o'clock to day Al r. Iluj ch, bc
companied ly his null and Senator
Khurinuii, left lliu renidi'tice til the Sen
ator lortliu Kxeculive Muiiiini, where
he wan met uiid cortliullv e reeled liy
ex Prenideiit (jrnnt, who wan in wail
ing to cm nit Mr. lluyeu to the Cupitnl.
The L'luml iiiuuiriiiul liuueulil thai bud
fiuthured ut the Wunliington ciivle, in
the west end ot the city, aliotil a mile
from the While Hoime, Blurted with
their flying liuuiicrri and bunds, and
with little deluy. The cumuiru of the
ex-I'ienidoiil, in which tour hornes were
harncrwed, wan Hlundiiii; ul the door,
and wiihout uny deluy Mr. IluyuB, ch
cinteil by ex I'reHideiil (iranl and Sen
ator Morrill, of the committee of ur
rauucmentH, look HeulB Ihiirein, and
driving in one of theulewayn leading
to thu Exeeiilive Mannion, awaited
the upprout'li of the military tueort. I
Here Uie (linlmguitlii'd parly awailinji
within the galewuv of the executive i
ground punved out und took their place
in t ne grauu ptm-vi.Bntii.
1 he weather, wtncli liau necn ciouny
and raw when the military moved
along in front of thu Executive Man
nion, improved ill a abort time, and
when the Utipiliil wan rcuclieu iiionun
wan ehining brightly. The artillery
reginietiln with companies puruding us
inluiilry, nr well us light artillery, and
the admirable marching of tba murine
bulttilhon were nuhjecu lit prolune fa
vorable ciimment by the spectators,
(jovcriior liurlrunll, ot l'etiusy Ivul.itt,
murched ul the bead ot llie ttoops.
Arriving ut the cupiltil, ibe vui'ious
olllceni look the places ansignvd them.
At precisely 12 o'clock Mr. lluyeu ap
peared at the muin entrance of the
chamber, arm-in arm with (iem-ral
Grant, and as they proceeded down
the aisle lo the scuts reserved tor them,
the Senators and all other occupunls
ol the floor rose and rt'tuiiiiied stuud
ing until they hud tuken their scats,
and the galleries applauded by clap
ping ol bunds and waving of bundker
cbiefs. The Senate BHsembled at noon and
Mr. Iluyes and ex President Grunt
were shown to seuts. Mr. Wheeler
was then sworn in as Vice President
and alter the organization of the Sen
ale, then assembled in its cliumher, be
pifH'ecdcd to the platlortn tin the cen
tral portico of the cttpilol. Here Mr.
Hayes, ex-Prcsideut tiiunl and Chief
Justice Wuile uml others look scuts.
Atler Mr. Wheeler, the Governors and
ex -Governors and diplomatic corps hud
been scaled, Hayes delivered his in
augural address as billows:
HAYKs' IMALUI.RAI. ADPRkSH.
Fellow Ciliseni: Wi have unseinhled
lo rrreat the public ceremonial begun
lij 11 noiiint;iiiii, uih.vi.vii y on my
predeeessors and now a lime honored
custom which mark the cniiiniciii e
meiit of the Presidential iillicu. Cnll
ed o lliediitiesol thugivul Hurt, Ky
whnm? Not by the people, lint by
Wells, ISrsdley and Strong, who, tor a
price, violated the l iiusiilution and
their oaths to accomplish their iniqui
ty. Ed. IIkp. 1 proceed, in compli-
uuce with umtge, to untiounce some of
toe icauing principles on tuu siinjeciH
I hut now chiefly engage the public at
tention, by which it is my desire lo be
uuided In the discharge ol tuoso du
ties. I shall not undertake lo lay down,
irrevocably, principles or measures ot
administration, but raiber to speak ol
the motives which should animate us,
and to suggest certain important ends
to he attained in accordance with our
institutions und essential to the wel
lare of our country. .
At the outset ol the discussion which
preceded the recent presidential clce
lion it seemed filled thai 1 should till
Iv make known my sentiments in sev
oral of the itnportunt questions which
then annearvd to ttemuiiu the consul
eration of the country. Following the
example and partly adopting the lan
guage of one of my predecessors, I
wiidi now when every motive for mis
renresentulion has passed away, to re
peat what was said belore the election,
trusting thai mj countrymen win cor
dially weigh and understand it, and
that they will feel assured that the
sentiments declared in accepting thu
nomination lor the Presidency will bn
the standard of my oomliict in the putb
before me, charged as I now am With
the grave and difficult task of currying
i hem out in th practical administra
tion of the government, so lar as de
Hinds, under the Constitution and laws,
on the chief executive ol the nation.
THE SOUTHERN QUESTION.
Thu permsnent pacification ol the
country nMin such principles! and by
such measures a will (tecum the com
plete protection of all its vtlisens in
lh full enjoyment of all their consti
tutional rights, is now the one sobject
in our rut I io affairs which all Lbought-
lul and patriotic ciiigtsm regard aa of
apremairnportance. Many ot me ca
lamitous caecum to inaisw
ir-'f'.Tyr,
olution which bus passed over the
Southern States still remain. The im
measurable-benefits which will surely
tbllow sooner or later thu hearty and
generous acceptance of the legitimate
results of that revolution buve not yet
been realized. Ditllcull and embur-
rassing questions meet us al ihethrosh
eld of this subjuet. The people ol those
States are still impoverished, and the
inestimable blessing ot wise, honest
and peaceful local sell government i
not lully cntoysd. Yi liatever uiner-
ence of opinion may exist as to the
cause of this condition of things, the
fuct ia clear I hut in the progress of
events llie tnnu tins come when sutih
government is the imperative noccHii
ty required by all tho varied IntercHls,
Iiubliu and private, of those Status.
Sut it must not be forgotten thuloiily
a local government, which regards und
niuinlains the rights ot ull is a true
self-government with respect lo the
two distinct races, whoso puctiliur re
lations to each other buve brought up
on us the deplorable complications and
perplexities which exist ill all those
Stutes. It must bo a government
which guards the interests of t uh
races carefully and cquully; it must
be u government which submits loyal
ly und heurtily lo the Constitution und
the laws, the luws of the nution and
the laws ot the Stutes themselves, ac
cepting and obeying faithfully the
whole Constitution as it is. We hope
Mr. Iluyes will practice what lie
preaches. Ed. Kkp Resting upon this
sure und stibMiinlitil foundulion, tho
superstructure of beneficent local gov
ernments can be built up, and not oth
erwise. In furtherance ol such obedi
ence to the letter und the spirit ot tho
Constitution, and in bchall ol all that
ils attainment implies, all so-called pnr
ty interests lose their apparent impor
tance and party lines muy well be per
muted to luduinto inr.ilniticiince. The
question we have to consider for the
immediate wellare ot those niales ol
the Union is the question of govern
ment or no government, of social order
and ull the peucelul industries and the
happiness that belong to it, ora return
to burbarism. It is a question in which
every citizen of thu nation is deeply
interested, and with respect to which
we ought not to be in a partisan sense
either Ilcpublicans or liemocmts. but
fellow citizens and fellow men. to whom
the interests ol a common country and
a common Immunity are dear. The
sweeping revolution ol lliu entire lubor
system of a large portion of the coun
try, and the advance ot tour millions ol
people, from a condition of servitude
to that of citizenship, upon an equal
looting with their tormer malcrs,
could nut occur without presenting
problems of the gravest moment, to be
dealt with by the emancipated race,
by their former musters and by the
general government, thu author of the
act of emancipation. That it wus a
wise, just and providential act fraught
with good lor all concerned is now
generally conceded throughout the
country. Thut a moral nbbgution reels
upon the national government to em
ploy its constitulionul power and in
fluence Ui establish the rights of the
people it has emancipated, and protect
them in the enjoyment of those rights
when they are intringeu or nssuncd, is
also generally admitted. Tho evils
which allect the Southern Mutes can
only be removed or remedied by the
united and harmonious efforts of both
races, actuated by motives of mutual
sympathy and regard. And while in
duty bound and fully determined to
liroloct tho rights ol all by overy con
stitutional means attiio disposul of my
administration, I am sincerely anxious
lo use every legitimate influence in fit
vor of honest and efficient local self
government as the true resource of
those State for the contentment ami
prosHrity of the their citizens. In the
effort 1 shall muke to accomplish ibis
purpose I ask the cordial co-opcrnlion
ot all who cherish an interest in the
welfare of the country, trusting thut
parly ties and the prejudice ol nice
will bu Ireely aiirreuiicred in behull ol
the greut purpose to be accomplished.
In lliu important work of restoring
the South It is not the political situa
tion alone thut merits attention. The
material development of thai set-lion of
the country has been arrested by the
social and political revolution through
which it has passed, anil now needs
and deserves the considerate csro of
tho national government within the
just limits prescribed by tho Constitu
tion and wise political economy, nut
as the basis ol ull prosperity liir that
as well us for every cither purl ol the
country, lies in the Improvement ol
the intellectual and moral condition of
the people, universal suffrage should
rest upon universal cduciilion. To
Ibis end liberal and permanent pro
vision should he made for the support
of free schools by the Statu govern
ments, and, if need bo, supplemented
by legilimutu aid Irom national author
ity. Let mo assure my countrymen
of lliu Southern Stutes thut it is my
earnest desire to regard and promote
their truest interests, tho interests of
the while anil of the colored people,
both and cquully, and to put forth my
best efforts in behalf ol a civil policy
which will forever wipe out in our s
liticul atTuirs the color line and thu dis
tinction between the North and Sou lit,
to the ond I but we muy have not nioi-e.
ly a united North or united South, bin
a united country.
CIVIL SERVICE RKPoRM.
I ask the attention of tho public fo
tho paramount necessity ot reform In
our civil service, reform not merely
as to certain abuses and practices of
so-called official patronage, which have
come to bavo the sanction of nsago In
the several departments of our gov
ernment, but a change in the system
of appointment itsell a reform that
shall bo thorough, radical and com
plete, a return to the-principle aud
practices of tho founders of tho gov
ernment. They neither-expected nor
desired from publio officers any parti
san services : they meant that public
offices should owe their whole service
to thu government and to tho people ;
they meant that thu officer should be
secure in Ins tenure as long as ins ht
onal character remained untarnished
and tho perlbrmaiiee of his duties sat
isfactory; they heldthalappoiitlmciits
i0 ofllcu woro not lo be made or ex
pected merely as rewards lor partisan
service, nor merely on mo nomination
ol members ot Congress aa being cuti
lied in any respect to the control of
those appointments, Tho fact that
both the great parties ol the country
in declaring their principles prior lo
the election gave a prominent place lo
tho subject ot rulorm In our civil ser
vice, recognizing and strongly urging
tta necessity In terms almost identified
in their sreciAo import with what I
bars ber employed, must be accepted
as a oomJusir argument In buhalfol
then mease rr. , It must be regarded
as Ike) expression of tba united voice
and will of tba whole, country upon
tbia subjact, and both political parties
Siifc
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
are virtually pledged to give it their
unreserved support.
A six Years' rstsiniNTiAi. tukji.
The President of the United Stales
of necessity owes his eluctiun lo office
to the sutliugesanu zealous mboTri (
political party, tho members ol which
cherish wilk urdor and regard, as ol
OMScnliul importance, tbu principles ol
their pitrty organization. Hut he
should strivo to bo always mindlul of
the luct that he serves his pitrty best
who serves the country best. In fur
thcranco of tho reform wo seek, and
in other important respects, a change
of great importance, 1 recommend an
amendment lo the Constitution pre
scribing a term of six years to the
Presidential oflkc ul d foi bidding u re
election. THE FINANCES Sl'ECIK PAYMENTS.
With respect to th flnnm-iu! condi
tion ol the country 1 shall not attempt
an extended history ol thu embarrass
ment und prostration which e hu.e
suffered during tho liusl three yeurs.
1 he depression in ull our vuried com
mercial and manufacturing interests
ibrougbuui the country, which begun
in September. 1873, still continues. It
is very gratify iug, however, to beublu
to say thut there uru iudicutions nil
ulound us ot a coming change lo pros
perous limes. I pon the currency
question iiitimutely connected as it is
Willi tins topic, I muy bu permitted to
rupeut here thu statement made in my
letter of ucceplutice, thut in my jtulg
incut tho leeling ot uncertainty llincp-
uruhlu from our ii redeemable puper
currency with its fluctuation of'vulucs
is one ol the greatest obstacles lo a re
turn to prosiierous times. The only
huIu paper currency is one which reals
upon a coin hums, und is at. all times
uml promptly convertible into coin. 1
adhere to llie yiuw heretofore express
ed by me in favor ot congressional leg
islation in behalf' nl an early resump
tion of specie payment, and lam satis-
lied not only thut it is wise, but that
the interests as well as the public sen
timent ot the country imperatively de
mand it.
otH foreign relations.
Passing from these remarks upon
the condition of our own country, to
consider our relations with oilier lunds,
we are reminded by the internutioiiul
complications abroad, threatening the
pence of Europe, thut our traditional
rule of noti-inturlereiico in tho ufTuira
of foreign nations bus proved of great
vuluu in past times and ought to be
strictly observed. Themlicy Inaugu
rated by my honored predecessor,
President Grunt, of submitting to ar
bitration gruvu question in dispute be
tween ourselves and foreign powers,
points to a new and incom;mruhl the
best instrumentality lor thu preserva
tion of peace, unci will ns I believe be
come a beneficent example of tho con rs
to no pursued in siniilur emergencies
by other nations, lb unhappily, ques
tions of difference should ul any lime
during the period of inv administration
arise between the United Stutes and
any foreign govemnaMiit, It will cer
tainly bo my disposition and my hope
to aid In their settletiKiil in tho same
peaceful and honorable way, thus so
curing to our country the great bless
ing of peace and mutual good offices
wilb ull the iiulions ot thu world.
the recent campaign.
Fellow citizens, we have reached
the close of a political contest marked
ny lliu excitement which usiiully at
tends the cent. -sis between the great
political parlies whose members es
pouse und advocate with earnest luith
their respective creeds. The circum
stances wure perhaps In no respect ex
traordinary save in the closeness and
the consequent uncertaintv of the re
sult. For the firs i time in lliu history
of the country it has been deemed lust,
in View ot thu peculiar circiiinntunces
of thu case, that thu objections and
questions, in dispute, with reference to
the counting of the electoral vote,
should Iw relerred to the decision of
a tribunal appointed fiir this purpose.
Till ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL.
That tribunal, established by law
for this sole purpose, its members, ull
of them men jI long established repu
tation lor integrity and intelligence,
und wilh the exception of those who
ure also members of the supremo ju
diciary, chosen equally from both po-
lilical parlies, lis deliberations, enlight
ened by the research and arguments
ol able counsel, was entitled to the
lu I lent confidence of the American peo
ple. Its decisions have been patient
ly wailed for and ace. pled as legally
conclusive by the general judgment ot
the public, ror the present, opinton
will widely vary its lo thu wisdom
of lliu several conclusions announced
by Hint tribunal. This ia to be antici
pated in every instance where mutters
ot dispute are made thu subject of ar
bitration under the tonus nl law. Hu
man judgment is never unerring uml
is rarely regarded us otherw ise than
wrong by the unsuccessful party in the
contest. 'J be fai t that two great po
litical parties have this way settled a
dispute in regard lo which good men
differ ns to the facts and Ihu luw, no
less than as to the proper course to bu
pursued in solving the question in con
troversy, is uti occasion lor general re
joicing. Upon tine point there Is en--
lire unanimity In public sentiment
that conflicting claims lo thu presiden
cy must ho amicably and pcucahly ad
justed, and that when so adjusted lliu
general acquiescence ol thu nation
ought surely tu follow. It bos been
reserved lor a government of the peo
ple where the right ot suffrage is uni
versul, to g;vo lo tho world the first
example in history of a greut nation,
in thu midst of a strugglu of opposing
putties for power, pushing usidu Its
purty tumults, to yield thu issue of the
contest lo adjustment according to the
forms of law.
Looking for the guidance of that di
vinu bund by which lliu destinies nl
nations and "individuals are shaped, I
call upon God, Senators, Representa
tives, Judges, lellow -citizens, here and
everywhere, to work with me man
earnest effort to secure to our coiintry
ihu blessings not only of material proa
perily, but ul justice, peace and union
a union depending not upon the con
straint ol force, but iimiii the loving
devotion of a frcu people, and that all
things may be so ordered and settled
upon tho bust and surest fiuiuilulioiis,
that Deace and happiness, truth and
justice, religion ami piety, muy be cs-
tnl'lishcd uniting lis lor ull generations.
At the conclusion of the address the
oath of office was administered lo Mr.
Mayes by Cliiel Justice Waite, both
standing with uncovered heads at the
front of the platlortn.
AFTER THE CEREMONIES.
A salute was fired In the adjacent
parks, and cheering wus kept up for
several minutes; meanwhile M r. Iluyes
was congratulated by ex President
Grunt, Chief Justice Waite and a large
number of other issrsons near him in
eluding Booster Conkling and many
other Members of both Houses) of Con
r TnnTTTT m a at
gress, and till the Associate Justices ol
tho hiuprumo Court, oxeept Justices
Clifford and Field, who wore not pres
ent during any portion ol itio ceremo
nies of tho day.
Mr 1 1 lives, escorted by Gen. Grant,
anil Mr. heeler, escorted by Senator
M'Creery, then returned to thu Sen-
utu wing of the Capitol and, taking a
sent in thu some barouchu in which he
bud Come lo tbu Capitol, proceeded to
tho r.xccutivo Mansion, escorted by
ibe various military and civic organi
zations, which constituted tho inaugu
ral procession.
On tho return of the procession to
llio Executive .Mansion, Hayes was ru
peutcdly cheered. Thousands ot per
sons repaired hither to witness his en
trance to bis new borne; a discharge
of artillery announced the annul ot
tbu purty at the Executive Mansion at
null pusi z o clock.
THE DEM OC 11 A TU' ADDRESS.
THE REPUBLICAN I'AHTV A1IIIAIIINED AS
TIIK ALLY OF CONSI'IKATOIIS AMI
COItRIJITIONIHTS.
Wasuinuton, 1. C, .March 4. At a
caucus ul lliu Democratic members of
tbu House of Representatives, held on
the 3d day of March, 1X77, in tbu bull
of the House, the following address wns
unuiiimoiisly adopted :
L. 'Q. C. Lamar, Chairman.
Henry P. Banniso, ) , .
William M. IIubbms, j
At a meeting of the niumbers of the
.National Democratic ( oinimttee, held
on the 3d day of .March, 1877, the tdl-
lowingaddivss wus unanimously adopt
ed : A. S. Hewit, Chairman.
F. 0. Prince, Secretary.
To the American Penple :
We will submit lo thu country the
following review of thu events which
huve resulted in the declaration thai
Ruthcrtord H- Iluyes bus been eluded
President of the United Stutes:
lit the late political canvass two fiiets
stood out prominently. First, The
Republican puny, true to its sectional
tiuluro, sought to unify the .North
against thu "Solid South ;" unj w hilo
engaged in lhat effort it wus striving
to make good its probable losses in thu
North by dividing the voles of the
South. This division it sought to effect
by un uncolinliiulioiial uscol thu army
in South Carolina, Louisiana and Flori
da. Second, Thu troops wera soul to
those Stales when there was neither
invasion nor domestic insurrection to
require them. Wilh lliu Legislatures
easily lo be convened, the only demand
lor llieir presence wus made by tho
hlute r.xccutivo. 1 IiucIccmoiib hi these
Stales, therefore, were held in the
shadow of military power. The bayo
liels glistened at lliu polls. In deposit
ing their ballots thu citizens enjoyed
only such liberty us tho army permit
ted. In the other Suites tho elections
wvro ll nil Hint 1 ly peaceful.
Immediately ultorward tho result
showed thut l'Jll Tildeli electors hud
been chosen. Of the whole popular
vote they rueeiwd a majority ol moro
than 25U,II0(I, und ot lliulol thoCuiicu
sian race, which controls every other
Christian mid civilized Government ot
tho world, they received a majority of
more than 1,UIKI,UUU. On Iboduy suc
ceeding tbu election it wus announced
by thu Chairman of tbu Republican
Nulionul Committee that 181 Tilden
and 185 Iluyes electors hail been chosen.
Nothing hud been learned of the elec
tion excepting the voto acluully cast.
ll bus never since been disputed that
by that vole a majority of Tilden elec
tors bud been appointed. Such an an
nouncement, therelore, could only have
been inudo in pursuance ol un arrange
ment lu change lliu vote shown to have
been given by ihu people. We charge
thut alter lliu iruu result had been liro-
clnimed u conspiracy was formed by
thu Kepiiblicnn leuders In reverse thu
decision made at the polls. The field
chosen lor tho development ot the con
r piracy was tho Slates of Florida and
Louisiana. Tbu persons to act wilk
llie original conspirators were Govern
ors and members of lliu lieturtiiug
Hoards of those Stales. The field was
well chosen and tho Statu officers
selected welt) suitable persons for the
work to bu done.
For morn than ten years those States
had been subjected lo Governments
of their choice. Taxation and malad
ministration had robbed them of their
substance antl well nigh destroyed their
spirit anil hope, i lio uriny ot the
L ulled Stutes bad been freely used to
maintain those Governments in their
acts of corruption and usurpation, ll
was tieiieved lliut its services would aid
in thu designed conspiracy.
Tbu iiuiuus of thu officer depended
upon uru Murccllus L. Sicuriis,. Samuel
H. Mel. in and Clayton A. Cnwgill, of
Florida, and William Pitt Kellogg, J.
Madison Wells, Thomas li. Anderson,
lv Casenuvuund J. li. Kenncr, of Lonisi-
ana. these men were not strangers
lo tho American people. They bad
before usurped authority. The Ifclui n-
ing Uoards of those Slates hud made
themselves bywords in Ibe land. 1 ho
Governors were known to bo pretend
ers. It there were two numes dishon
ored ill general eslitnution lliey were
lliu names ot H illiam I'm Aellogg and
J. Madison Wells. To such men was
the work of consummating thu conspir
acy confided.
They entered upon their task with
aluenlv, ud vised and encouraged by
leading "visiting" llcpublicun states
men of thu North. 1 hey took each
step with deliberation and apparent
regard tor law. lielore the election in
l.oliisiuna, Willium Pilt Kellogg and
his subordinates assumed vxi liisivutou
trol id the execution ot the liegistiy
law. They refused registration to
ihoiisuuds entitled to it, and added
thousands to the lists who bud no right
lo vote. On thu day of election the
polls were managed by officials appoint
ed by the Governor. These W ure, in
nearly every instance, members of the
Republican party. United Slates Mar
shals sw armed ul every preeiiicl when
thought necessary under pretence ol
preserving the peace, but in fuct to in
timidate voteis. liullot boxes weru
slutfed in tbu interest of the Kcptihli
cull candidates. Pull hooks wets falsi
fied in some instances anil then re
turned to tbu Caiivussing Hoard, while
in other cases returns giving Demo
crat majorities, were withheld trout the
cutivashurs altogethur. Alter lliu
turns bud been delivered to the board
they remained in ils exclusive posses
siolt.and while there, lite were opened
wilb ils consent unci llie orlginul puper
abstracted and tulsoonc subsumed In
their slead. W hen the returns were
opened Ihu board, with un appearance
nl fairness, permitted persons represent
ing both purlles to be present, but
when the decision was made as lo what
should bo counted, secret sessions were
held, from which every Democrat was
excluded, although the law constitu
ting thu hoard required that it should
bo comnoes-d of representatives of both
political parlies. In oounling tb vote
!lxercised powers not conferred by
the statute and in the most flagrant
disregard of truth and justice. ' The
members of tho bourd changed poll
books, so that llcpublicun officers
aopenivd to lie chosen where their op
ponents had, In fuct, been elected. Tbey
torged thu names ot officers to the cer
tificates ol election. They threw out
votes of precincts upon ufUdavils which
they knew hud been fraudulently ob
tained. Indeed, they themselves or
dered false affidavits to bu inudo hun
dreds of miles f rom the place at which
lliey purported to huve been taken, In
order that a decision might appear
justified which they had ill advance
determined to make. 1 hey arbitrarily
threw out votes wheru thcro was no
preliminary statement from llio com
missioners ot election to givo tbuin
jurisdiction. They corruptly, in ordor
to elect luvonies and to correct thu
mistakes of certain Republican in
voting for electors, added to the list
votes which bud never been cast.
While considering the case members
of tbu bourd endeavored to enter into
negotiutiulis with both the Republican
and Democratic Nutionul Committees
to sell their decision. A half a million
of dollars wus tho price asked. Not
obtaining it, lliey tried to bargain with
leudiiig Democrats of Louisiana to elect
the Suite ticket of their party. J. Mad
ison Wells, wilh the approval of Thus.
II. Anderson, olTcrcd to elect tho Nit-b
olls, Stuto ticket for 8200,11(10 cash in
bund. The money wus not paid. No
gtitiulions were then renuwed, if ever
broken oil', with the lenders of tba Re
publican parly, Ihu result was de
clared in its favor. Tho chief conspira
tor, J. Madison Wells, admitted thut
he was paid by that organization for
bis decision.
In Florida the samu frauds charac
terized tbu returns and thu action of thu
Returning Board ; votes wure thrown
out with the samu disregard of justice.
Besides, in that state it retiiseu to re-
guitl Ibe orders of Courts of competent
jurisdiction, and proceeded lu the most
detiunt contempt ul judicial uutborily.
In this niunner luoru than 1.IIUU I ilden
voles weru thrown out in Florida and
more thuu 1U,000 in Louisiuim. The
votes ot lltoso Suites, in consequence
of the conspiracy, which, in fact, bad
been cast for Tilden, were given lo
Hayes. Thu only excuse lor this out
rageous reversal ot the judgment of tho
peoplu is thut inliiniduliuti hud been
practised by tho whites against the
blacks where tbe Voles were thrown
out. Whether tho intiniiilution com
pelled some persons to vole against
their will, or prevented somo from at
tending the pulls, it ufi'oided in either
case no jurisdiction for the deliberate
rejection ot Lullots by lliu Hemming
lioard. llul lliu statute ot Louisiana
only uulborized proof of iiilimidution
in cases wnere cuarges ui violence
were made in writing by thu commis
sioners of election on the day when thu
election wus held. These charges
were to bu enclosed to the board in thu
envelope containing tbe returns. In a
luw cases only were llio charges nnnle
as required ; In tho rest evidence was
received without ltropur louiiduliou
huving been laid. The evidence re
ceived consisted in the main of affida
vits written out by clerks and employes
ot the Returning board, without over
having been seen by tho persons pur
porting to verity them or the officers
purporling lo certify lo this ; there
was tbeteloro, no adequate prool 01
intimidation.
It may bo remarked bore that tho
temptation lo Kellogg and bis Return
ing Board was very great to manufac
ture cases ot intimidation, lor it wus
only on them that the Democratic
majority could no overthrown and tho
conspiracy bo success!!)!. VI e should
not In i I to cull the attention of the peo
ple to the dangerous ctloct of the doc
trino of iiiliuiidution in politics. It
disqualifies Irom voting not only llio
parlies to the net of intimidation, but
ull those who have voted ut the same
precincts with them.
1 wo persons muy conctuuo io muiio
a case ol intimidation and thereby cause
a parish casting thousutids of rotes to
be rejected. 1 1 mukes elect ions a furce.
It tukes tho power from tho neoplo to
rest it in Hemming Hoards. It enables
the latter to imsiso the severest of po
liticul penalties, disfranchisement, with
out giving lo tho persons so punished
an opportunity ot bearing or triul. A
Republic deserves lo lose its liberties
if it tolerates such outrages for an hour.
By this disregard ol luw, disobedience
ot Cou rls and contempt of the rights of
the voters, by their trauds and corrup
tions and usurpations, by their briber
ies und perjuries and forgeries did tho
conspirators obtain the certificates of
election for thu Republican rnndidutes
in the Southern Stutes named. From
I ho day that tho ccrtiticntus were is
sued to the iluyes electors in Louisiana
und rloridu the country has been filled
with an unprecedented excitement.
Tho people buve done little else than
engage ill discussion its to the trantlu
leut conduct of the lieturtiiug Hoards.
In tins condition ul uttuirs business lias
been generally suspended, fuilures bavo
been frequent and prostration has
seized upon neurly every interest of tho
liiucl Vt hen this excitement wus ut
its height Congress assembled. One
of ils duties wus to count the electoral
vote of llie Stutes, including Florida
und Louisiana. Willi a view of facili
tating tbu count and providing fiir thu
peaceful pcrloriniinco of its duty by
Congress, a bill wns passed creating
the Klcctnrul Commission. By thut
voto the Commission wus tu ascertain
lie true and lawful voto of every Slute.
In this labor it was to exorcise as to
thu bearing of evidunco mid exatnitia
lion of puper, such power us Congress
or elllier tiousu oi i.oiigicsB jsmsesseu.
lu the belief that evhlciico would be
heard and lhat a settlement of the dis
puted question of facts would be luii ly
reached, the t'nngress and tho people
uccoplcd lliu Commission. How thai
confidence bus been disappointed, und
how u decision bus been made, based
upon u relusul lo consider the unlor
t n lilt to question of the dispute, is well
known to llio coutilry. W lien the cer
tificates from Florida and Iiouisiuna
were opened and sub in 1 1 led to the two
Houses, objections weru filed to I bono
lireseutcd by tho Iluyes electors.
Among other grounds of objection it
was urged Unit tlieso certificates had
been fraudulently and corruptly issued
by tho Reluming Boards and Kxecu
lives of these Slates, and a a result of
a conspiracy between them and tbe
electors claiming to have been chosen ;
thut such certificates bail been issued
in violation of tho luws ot llio respect
ive States and that some of the electors
named therein were Ineligible by tbe
express provisions of the Constitution
of llio United States. When tbeso
objections were made before the Com
mission, proof was offered lo the Com
mission lo sustain tbeni. Tho Commis
sion, by a vote of 8 to 7, refused lo re
ceive the testimony offered, except as
to the Ineligibility of a single member
in Florida. It was voted In the case
of Louisiana that the Commission woald
TERMS-S2 per annum In Advance.
NmSFJl!R..0L,...18, NO. 11.
-'Tiir
i
not bavo ovidunco to show that the!
Returning Board was an unconstitu
tional body ; that it wus not organized
as the luw required at tho time the
voto was canvussed ; that it bad nn
Jurisdiction to canvuss tho electoral
voto; thai thocburgca of riot, intimida
tion and violence wero false, and thut
tbu Returning liourd knew thut fuct ;
thut tho certificates wero corruptly
and fraudulently issued, and ns a result
ol a conspiracy, and that tho voto ol
the Slain lifts never been compiled or
canvassed. The minic rulings substan
tially wero made in tho case of Florida.
A GHASTLY SIGHT.
In Lucy II. Hooper's last letter from
Paris occurs the following ;
It is well, perhaps, for n correspond
ent to bo an eye-witness of whatever
is going on ; but lleuven preserve me
from again beholding such a ghastly
sight as that which came to interrupt
my ulleruoon promenade thu other
day. 1 was walking wilk my husband
along llie line dv In l uix.and wus look
ing up at tho din k muss of the Column
Vend onio. relieved sguinst tho bright
blue of the western sky, wo being
uboulablock distant from llie Place
Vendomo, when suddenly 1 beheld
what seemed to bu a fluttering mass
of black und while draperies fill I from
ihu summit of tho column, strike the
top-edge of tho pedcsiul, and rebound
wilk such force as to be thrown far
over the encircling railing and full on
the centre ot tho pavement outside
For a moment I could not realize the
meaning of what 1 beheld, and then,
with sickening furce, the conviction
rushed across my mind thut I bad wit
ncrtsed that terrible sight the self-
destruction of a human being. Pur
lunutcly, I am not given to either ol
ihoso temiiiiuo weaknesses, fainting or
hysterica, so 1 merely retired to the
house ol ali'iend tieur .by and asked
for a gluss of water, alter which I re
turned homo. Tbe victim, as 1 altur-
wurds learned, wns a young and hand
some woman, just over twenty-five
years nl age. Shu was well but plainly
dressed in black, and tbe fineness and
delicalo workmuiisbip of her under
garments betokened a person ol refine
ment and comparatively easy circum
stances. She breathed but a fuw mo
ments nfler she was tuken up, her
head being shattered in Ike ruhaund
from the pedcslul lo the pavutneiit. A
curious deluil about her first full from
thu top of the column was, that she
did nol come down cither feet or head
torumosl, but sideways at full length.
In ber pocket wure found two letters.
one unsealed, whuruin sbu prayed thai
bet body might be taken to the tnorgun,
and thut the oilier letter (which wus
sealed) might be forwarded to ltd ad
dress, us the person to whom it was
written would then come lo claim ber.
The newspapers huve preserved a vei v
remarkable silence concerning ber
identity and the motives that led ber
to destroy herselt in so terrible a lasli
ion, and il is generally supposed from
1 ho uvidetieo offered by ber clothing.
the condition of her hands, etc , ibal
her social position was fiir ahoro that
of the majority of thoso poor creatures
wuo seek lor a refuge trom their
troubles- in a public and sensational
suicide. 1'or nothing could bare been
imagined moro sensational than ber
choice of time and place lo commit the
deed the Column Vendomo, on a
bright Sunday afternoon, when the
Rue do la Paix and tho Place Vendomo
were crowded wilh promcnutlcrs. It
will bo weeks before 1 can get the swill
while flutter ot her skirts o tho dread
descent from beforo my eyes.
Tub Cross. Though tho following
oeni is of quaint construction, yet nev
er has the story bocn told wilh more
truthful simplicity :
Blest they who seek,
While in their youth,
With spirit msek,
Tb. way ef Irelh.
To llitm Ibe faerecl Scripture, now diaplay
Chrht as ths ooly true e.id living way j
His precicins blood on Ca'eary waa given,
To urn be them belraofendleasolisafo hoar 'a
Aod e'ea on earth ths child of Mod can Irao.
Tbs glorious tileeeinge of hie Savior'a grace.
For them He bore
iila Falber's tmna I
For tliim He were
The thorny emwo
, Nailed to the eroas,
Fudured its pain,
Thst His life's Ion
. atlgbt b. tb.ir gsia.
1 1ceo beat, lu choose
i - That bettor part,
Nor e'en daro rclaae
The Lord thy heart,
Leac He de.l.re: -
" I know you not I "
And deep defpsir
bhvuld be yoar lot.
Now look to .Ivaus who on Calvary died,
And trust on Him who Ik .-ewaserurifled.
VII AS 0 1X0 THE HEA1I1X0
YEAH OF OIWHAHDS.
Lust your apples wero so abundant
thut, in soma localities, they would not
pay lor handling, and large quantities
wure lull to decay wheru ihoy lull, lu
view of thu luct that a year of excess
und low prices, is lollun ed by one ol
scarcity mid high prices, inquiries have
coino to us In such numbcm, as show
that many are considering thu practi
cubilily of uhuuging Ibis statu of nihil rs.
ll is un encouraging sign that turmers
uru Induced to think about their or
chard al ull, fur ns a general thing
there Is no purl ol their belongings so
neglected us this. Trees uru set, but
11 is looked upon rather us a waste ot
land, so thu orchard must bo crooned,
and while no other part of the farm is
expjctea t.i do It, thut occupied by tbe
uruuuru muji yield two crops, ibe
cause ot ull trouble with Iruit trees,
whether ul luiluru altogether, or oc
casional excessive bearing, and the
rest, muy be summed u,i in one word
neglect. Wu now coiilinuoitr remarks
to the present trouble, and to answer
ing Ihu various inquiries about uller-
iihui bearing. Ihu apple tree lell to
itsell, win generally bear such un
ubuiiduiitcruii thut ll renin lies another
year, and sometimes longer, to roc up
crate, and acctimulnlu sufficient nutri
ment lu lorm buds and nourish another
crop. I his tendency is very marked
in buiuu loading varieties, and It bus
been going un fur many yours, the
habit bas become fixed, mid when wo
propagate, these Varieties, tbe young
ireen atari with lhat aa one of Iheir
peculiarities, In which tbey have beon
educated, so lo speak. It is wull known
that luis luinleucy is much more mark
ed in some varieties than in others,
and while some naturally fall into al-
luriialu bearing, others rustnt it, and
will, if Ihoy have a fair chance, give a
crop of Iruu evury year. This is a
character to which little allontion bas
been given by our nomologists ; tbey
stute if a tree comes into bearing
earty, or it it is an abundant or shy
bearer, but Its tendency to annual or
btenuial bearing i rarely recorded,
while it is one of the most important
qualities. Varieties that naturally bear
annually, may bo converted Into bien
nial bearer by starvation ; planted,
as they nilen are on poor soil, and
robbed of their nutriment by enwluir
crop, the trees cannot get food enough
to enable tbom to carry even a small
crop every year, and tbey are forced
into alternate bearing. Tba praotioal
question is, bow can trees toat uow
boar excessively one year and nothing
tbe next, be made to bear moderately
every year. So far as tba alternate
bearing is due to the poverty ol the
soil, the remedy is evident, and no
doubt would be, wilb many varieties,
sufficient.
WILL MANURIffO HELP?
Our correspondent, "Connecticut,"
in writing us, says: "I once knew an
old apple tree, an inveterate biennial
bearer, thut was made to change It
habit by breaking up tbe sward in
which it stood, and cropping it with
'xitatoes ; the sward was heavy, and
-k9 iUX-vi o,v-iel J&o j ground, and
1 ii iji-rinil;yti5i,a;
Iiiauiired. IX u- saiauutiiig a.M- -
continued beyond one season, and tbe
tree In a fuw years relapsed into its
old ways." W agree with our cor.
respondent thai fertilizing tbu orchard
will kelp, and in some cases be all that
is required, but that it will break up
the biennial habit where It has been
fixed through many generations, we
do not believe. Its tendency will be
to strengthen it by muking the crop
on llio bearing year all the moro ex
cessive. In such cases nothing will
break up the habit but the removal ot
a largo portion of the fruit on the yoar
of abundance.
WILL IT PAY TO TUIN TnE FRUIT 1
That this severe thinning will change
llie bearing yoar there is sufficient tes
timony, but there is one poinlon which
wo lack evidence will it pay f If any
of our friends huvo tried thinning to
induce anntiul bearing, or to reverse
tho bearing year on lull grown trees,
wo ask in behalf of many inquirers
thut tbey will givo their results. Wilh
young orchards, just coming into bear
ing, tho cuse is very different, and
whoever will take the pains, und give
tho young trees tho needed care, can
tnuko their orchards bear annually.
The education of tho trees must begin
with iheir first fruiting, as tbe first ex
cessive crop, though small in itself,
starts tho treo on the wrong track.
When tho trees are young, the quanti
ty of fruit to bo removed ia small, and
ull wilbin reach. Of course tbe culli.
vution of the soil must not be neglect
ed, but a healthy growth maintained.
Whoever will start right with bis or
chard, and treat it fairly, will have no
reason to complain. Among the va
rielies of apples that are naturally an
nual bearers, though tbey may be
starved into bearing biennially, or not
at all, aro Vandevere ; Sops ol Wine ;
G t imes' Golden, a comparatively now
upplo of greut excellence; Milam;
Minklers'; liawles' Janet, for the
Suutb ; Benoiii; Hubburdston Non
such; Domino; lligby Sweet, and
Knglish Sweet (Rsmadcll'a Sweet at
the South.) If any of our fruit grow
ers can add to this list of anuual bear
ers, we hope they will do to. Ameri
can Agricultural.
I'A XDEHBIL T'S SEVOXD M AH
HI AGE.
Commodore Vandurbilt's first wife
died in 1807. During ibe summer of
IHiiH he murried Mis Frank Crawford,
who wus about thirty yeurs of age, tho
Commodore then being in his seventy
tilth yeur. Miss Cruwlurd's fulliur
w us a w ell to do planter und merchant,
wbo came of a Virginia family, lie
moved to -Mobilu, Alu., wbero Miss
Crawlord wus burn. The war made
serious inroads into ibe Crawford estate,
und shortly alter ils close Mr. Crnw-
lord died. Larly in Inuo llio widow
und her duiigblcr Frank moved to
New York. They becumo members
ot the Church of tho Strangers, in
Mercer street, of which ike Ifev. Dr.
Charles F. Deems is pastor. A distant
relationship wus lound to exist between
Mrs. Crawlond and the Commodore.
Her mother was a Miss Hand. The
mothers were first or second cousins.
The relationship gave rise to visiting
and intercourse between the two lunu
lies, and tko Commodore bucamo enam
ored of tbe daughter.
Duringtbe summer of 18G8 the Com
modore paid bis usual visit to Saratoga.
Miss Frank Crawlord was also in Sura-
loga. r rom but the Commodore bus
said to acquaintances, il would appear
lhat bo made up his mind lo the now
ulliunco suddenly and brought it about
with the suddenness and determina
tion which characterized some of his
railroad exploits. TkeComtnodorebos
suid thut when ho "popped the ques
tion," Miss Frank said she would bavo
bitn if Dr. Deems could be found to
perfurm tbo ceremony. Tho Commo
dore immediately telegraphed to New
i ork lor Dr. Deems, but tho clergy -
mull happened to bo out of town, and
tho Commodore hating, as usual, to let
anybody know what ho waa about un
til his plans wero consummated, deci
ded not to make a telegraphic search
for Dr. Deems. Ho and bis young
brido, wiihout exciting any curiosity
nt Saratoga, made a rapid trip ovur the
New York Central Railroad to Canada
und were married by a young Wos
leynn minister in tbo city of London,
Tito Commodore, in speaking of bis
wedding Journey, ullorward said : "I
didn't want, to raise a noise in tbo
United States, so I slipped over to
Canada and bad it dono in a jiffy, and
1 guess tho knot was well lied, Mrs.
blank Crawford Variderhilt has one
brother, who is in charge of a freight
department of llio New York Central.
Mrs. Crawford bas formed a part ot
llio Commodore's family since tko mar
riage of her daughter. It is told ol
Dr. Duems, thai one day dining with
the family he and the Commodore fell
to talking with some levity about the
recent marriage. Suid Dr. Deems,
nodding to Mrs. Crawlord : "Commo
dore, this is tho ludy you ought to have
married." "Uh, nol" said the Com
modore, regarding bis mother-in-law
wilb a louk of satisfaction ; " If 1 had
married bor, Frank would bavo gono
off and married somebody also. Now
1 huvo both.
Another Cremation. Tho latest
cremation oxperimunt ut Washington,
Pa., was an ignominious failure. A
Granger residing near thero found a
live und Irisky potato bag wandering
about bis premises without any visible
means of support ; so he raptured tho
beetle, bottled him tip and buried him
in a snow bank. At tho end of fivo
weeks ho was released from his prison,
und appeared as full of life as a tramp
is of impudence. Then the Granger
look the bug over to Dr. LoM cry no's
furnace and subjected bitn to a heal of
1,40(1 tlcgn'es ttbovo toro lor ten hours,
ami when the oven was opened that
bug smiled sardonically, flapped bis
wings and flew away to parts -unknown.
Tbo cremating process mere
ly thawed him out and made him feel
good and if this story is not true
and wo admit that il has a dime novel
flavor about il it is Ibe bug's lault,
and not ours. Xorrittoum Herald.
. A CUXDEXSED KOVEL.
VOL. 1. vou if. veu UL
A wiaalag wile, A little doabL, Yos asb mamma,
A Sana, smile, A plavfal peat, Oeae.lt papa,
A feather l C.priel.as I Wilhphaaarai
A liny Ull, A meiry miss, And bolb repeal.
Aplrsaealwalk,A stolen bias, Tula raoh ami,
lognhcrl li.liclena I ,Alwleare.
A Frenchman having beard tbe word
press made useol to signify persuasion
aa "press that goniloman to take
something to eat" took occasion al a
party to use a term which ba thought
synonymous, and begged a friend to
squees a young lady to sing.
Grant has a weak side tor th lads
engaged In cheapening whisky, by neg
lecting to pay lax aa It Ui last
sfflniaj aot waa to pardoa lot of
them.