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AITOBNKT. AT - LAW,
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R. W. BARRETT, , .,
Attorneys add Counsblobs at Law,
' " GLBARFIBLD, PA.
junior m, leri. s
TSRAEL TEST, t 1
ATTORNEY AT LAW,''
Cleerfleld, Pa.
TOm li tbt Ceer! Boat, ' ryll.'Sf
TT1
fENRY BRETH,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
ro u Townnir.
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TVl. M. UoCULLOUGH,
ATTORHIT AT tAW,
' CLIARriILD, PA.
0Sj in Uualil bulldisg, 8bod4 Itrwt. op
poiit tit Cuart Uobn. Jsttt'TS'tC
C. ARNOLD,
LAW COLLECTION OKFICB,
, . . ,., OOKWIHCVUU,
X. BROCK BANK,
AITORSKI AT tAW,
" CLIARFIILII, FA.
Ofltt la Ofr Ilon.
JAMK8 MITCHELL,
IUUI
Square Timber k Timber Lands,
J.I1T1 CLIARFIILD, PA.
s.
V. , WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Afie ea dnur w.t sf WMterrn Botal aalldlng.
oppMll Oeart Uoaie.
fLi.n. . , CLBARFIBLP, PA.
pRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNBY-AT-LAW,
. Clearfleld, Pa.
Will UMad ta all but MM aatraiUd M dial
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J F, SNYDER, ,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
' OLBARFIILD, PA.
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(BaMMiora lo Wallaee A riildiai,)
ATTORNEY 8-AT-LAW,
jaam ' ' ' Clearlald, Pa.
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jURRAF k GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
, . GLKARFIBLD, FA.
aT-OalM la Pie! Opera Heaie, neond loor.
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ATTORNKTS-AT-LAW, "
Cleexleld, rw .
a-Url be.i.... atteeded U areaiatlT eltaj
la.ln;. OIm a Seoead Itreet, akere Ike Firat
nuieau sent. , ui:l:7l
O. KRAMER, "," ' '
ATTORRBY-AT-LAW,
Rial Bftata aad Oelleitliej Ageat,
CLBARPIRLD, PA., '
Win preaiptlj alUad te all Ufa) aailaeu aa-
Iraitod lo kit aire.
ar-Oaae la Ple'i Opera Ooaie. Jaal7i.
J T. MuKENRICK, r.
, .i . . ATTORNBY AT LAW,
CLIARFIILD, FA.
AU leiel BaaleiM eaaraaUd la alt ear IU re
aalve anaaai MtaiUoa. . .
0a epveelae Oaart Uien, la Maaaale Bolldlat,
. M . 1 .
JOHN t: CUTTLB, ,'
i ATTORNEY AT tAW.
tad Baal Motata A(at, Clearfeld, Pa,
OBee ea Tbtrd iireat, ket. Cberrj A Walaal.
aT'Retpeelnillv iffara bla terrleeala aalltag
aad kirlaf Wad! la Oleertald aad adjilal
mailet aad wlt aa eiperlaaia ef ever Iweale
jiart aa a aarrajer, liltin kian.lf taal ae aa
reaaer eaiiaiaauaa. j,w. j..:h,
D
R R. M. 8CHKURBR,
BOMSOPATHIO FBTHC1AII,
OBea la raeldiaee ea Pita at.
AprU 14, int. . Cleartild, Fa.
D
a W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN k 8TJRQE05,
LCTUBMBUBO, FA.
WIN aaand piiliialiaalaedBaraaeptre. at'JTe
TJU. T. J. BOtRfc"U ,
fUYtlCIANANDaUBeiON,
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t-Olat adjalatei tbt latidwaae ef JeM
Wrtalae, Kta, w 8eea)d Si, Clearteld, Fa.
Jatjll.ll.el., .
JJR. H. B. YANTALZAH,,. :
CLKARFIELD. fKMWA. .", .,
OFFICI IN MASONIC BUILDING.
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Bap rs, m.
pjR. J. P. BUBCHFIiLD,
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eaen all prtfaaalaa
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ATTORHiT At tAW,
CLBARFIKLD, A.
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(Htmuftlla, CMMfcU mntj,
JOHN D. THOMP80N,
- Jutlot f tlu rm u erlnair,
CrwiTlll, Pb .
JA8. B. GRAHAM,
dHk Is
Seal Estate, Square Timber, Boardi,
8HINOLK8, LATH, A PICKII9,
tiirti ciwrii.io, p., "
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND 8HOB MAKER,"
. Market U ClearAeld, Pa., i
la lae tboa Uuw eeaapled br Vraak Bkort.
eee deor weal of AUafhiBr Honaa.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
- Hanger,
Clearfield, Peaa't. "
VtvWIII ueeole Job. la kU U aruiptlr u
la a workoiulike mtBDer. Hr4,T
JOHN A. 6TADLER,
BAKER, Mavrkrt 8u Clwfltld, Pa.
FrMti Bmd. R, Rollk. Pttw n4 Ctk
M httiid or avftAU t enlar A fori tMorttawt
of CanrttltDriw, fraits Ml VnU Ib lUck
Io Cratwai ft&'d 0trt In iimw. AaIm rlj
WEAVER & BETTS,
DtALaaa la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Logs,
AND LUMBER f ALL KINDS.
sarOfloa e Beaoad atraet. la rear of ttore
rues ef aeorgi Waarir A Co. jaat, Tl lf.
; RICHARD HUGHES,
JU8TICB OF THI PIAOI '
res
Utcmtmr Tumthip,
Oaeeola Mllh F. O.
ill eBilil keilBut ealraaled to Bin will be
preaiptlr attoaded lo. hll, 74.
J.BLAKE WALTER8,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
aaa aaaLaa at
Saw Ttogft and Iunibor,
OLBARFIBLD, FA.
OSoe la Srakaai'l Row. I:J5:T1
. E. A. BIGLER A CO.,
SQUARE TIMBER,
AU KIWD OP IAWKO tlflalBKa,
I tTl CLBAAFIBLD, FIIM'A. . "
-, Qt H. HALL,'
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NBAR CLIARFIILD, FHB'A.
BVPaape atweja a bead aad audi to order
All work werraated te reader eetl.faetioo, Bad
deUeaeedlfdeatred. aijlatlrpd
laenaeiiee. ripea eeieu ea rw ooinio wa.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
aiAiaa la . .
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAMTOR. Pa. .
Alto, aileaiire BaaarBelarer aad duler la 8e,aare
11 near aaa Biwea ljaaueref ail aiaaa.
arordert telMled aad all kllli proajitlr
Iliad. "
8. I; 8NYDER,.
Tk A nT A t ATrtiw AVVK .
Walcbei, Clooki aod Jawalry,
' 0raiee't Sn, TerAel Area!,
, CLBABPIELD, PAW
All kladt af fepalrlaf la Uae aruBiptlj a
eadedle. April 14, UT.
Clearfleld Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
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eatp e Ike 'Pike, abeat aeM r beteM
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dwarf,) iTiraraaaa, Ibrabberj, ttnpe Vlaeje,
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aad Reaakearp Vlaea. Alee, Slberlea Crab Treaa,
galoM, aad eerlf eaaflet Rbeborb, Ae. Ordeaa
preaepllr aUaaaed W. Addraea,
J. . WRIOHT,
aepM .4t-f , i . OaraMarUI. Pa.
ANDREW HARW.CK,
- Mark el Iratt. ClaarSeld. Pa
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AINieS, BADDLU, BRIDLIB, COLLARS.
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Aad Ibe aeal wltb Iretb aererTae -
Learaa te lire IB Ikaagbta aad don
For tke life la ajere Ibaa ralaraet,
Aid tba eerlb ra pledged for pejaiea
vaw nee lor en eia aeeoa.
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. Here ef wreetlae. U.a prefeaeiea I ,
. , More ef ariBBeaa, leer oeooeaaiea
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i la tka aberab aad la tke elate, . w . .
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Bat forever tad forerer " . 1
Let II be the eoal'o endeevor
' Lore froB helred lo ditrever,' '
( Aod Ib wbetaoe'er we do, ' '
. Wea be tratb'a eterael beealY, '
To oar bighaat eeaee ef dety
Bremore be firm aad true.
BLAINE'S BOOMERANG. J
BPBPtn OP HON. WILLIAM A. W At
LACK IS THK UNITED BTATG8
TUB DIM AOOUUB FROM MAINS 0OMPLITS-
LY UBID UP BY THI DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
Tli following is the full text of tbe
speech delivered by Senator Wallace in
reply to the recent harangue ol Sena
tor Blaine on the subject of the alleged
outrages at elections in the Southern
Status:
Mr. Wallace. , Mr. President, my
views upon this resolution are wall an.
dorstood upon this side of tbe chamber,
and the motion I made yosterday to
lay the wbnlo subject upon tbo table
was prompted by those opinions. Tbe
country is sick of political agitation
and sectional turmoil. This resolution
initiates a renewal of the bitterneas of
party and partisan investigation that
has caned ths country ibr years.
Every business Interest in the State I
represent prays lor rest from political
agitation and lor time to recuperate its
wasted energy, luis cannot De wnue
the country is aroused and shaken np
by investigations batted upon rumor
and party rancor is stirred to its doptbs
in overy section. I would, if I could,
have arrayed every one oa this cham
ber in deoided and open antagonism to
this reopening of the floodgates ot par
ty strife. But by a nearly unanimout
vote the Senate has decided otherwise,
and all that is loft for us to do is to
proceed with the investigation in an
noaest spirit of seeking for troth. . No
practical result oan coins trora ibis in-
Suiry. ; The eoastitatiot. and laws as
eclarcd by the Supreme Court settle
that. , Tbe section of tba fourteenth
ariioi of amendments to lbs constita-1
ttoaia:" :
epretentatlrae tbell be appperlleaed aaoaej
IboaaTereJ Stelae aeaordiag te tbetr reaaeelive
BBBbera, eoateiaiag tbe wboleaaBborer peeooat
la eaeb Stela, eiolediag ladlaal aet laaed. Bet
wbeo tbe right to rota at an olootloe far Ibe
eboloe of tleotore for Prealdeot aad Vie. P red
deal ef tbe Ualtad Stetaa, ReprenoUUrel la
OeBgreee, tho neeetiTe and loJiciel oBoert of a
Bteta, or the raenbvrt ef tbe Legirletaro thereof,
la Sealed lo BR of the malt lahabltaata If aaeb
Stale, beieg tweate-OBe eeara af age, and eillieaa
of the Uaitod Stelae, or la anj waj abridged, ex
eept far partfeipettoa ro reballloB, or other trine,
the berlt of repreaeatetloa thareie lVi.ll be red Bo
ld la Ibe wroportioa whieb tbe Bomber of nob
wale ettieena tbell beer to Ibe whole Banker of
ele eitlaent IweBty-ese vttrt of age ia tuoh
rHete. . . ..
In the Case of tbe United' Slates vs.
Cruiksbank, 2 Otto B42, and kindred
cases the Supreme Courts commenting
on this article and construing it, says;
Tb a Poarteaath aaoadBeatrjrahlMtiag a Bute
free, devrieiag ae pereoa ef life, liberty or prop-
are wtabwet dae preoeat of law, Bad froa deny
ing be aay pereoa wlthra IU Jariedletioa the eqeal
prtleaUeaof lhtkwtbalW addl aotklag In
tke righta of one eitiaaa aa egaloet BBOtker. II
alaply feraiibat ea addltraaal g aaraatee anlaal
aay aaeroeokBeal by tke Stelae apea the fiiada
Beutel light! wkiab beloag le arery eitlaea aa a
Beaker ef aooietj. The dely of proteotlag all
iu titlaeai la tba eajayaaal ef aa eqaelity ef
righta wet originally aetnaed by tba Sulea, aad
II Kill foaBlaa there. Tke only oktlfatloe teet.
tug aaoa tke UBrted Bulet la at eee Ikel tba
Sutet de aet aeay tke right, Thle Ike aaeead
aeat gaaraataea, hat ae aore. Ibe power ef the
aetioaal goveraaoat ia liaited le tbe eaferee
Beal af thit gaeraalee.
This is the dsoision ot a court unani
mous with a single exception, and be
a Democrat. ' If this be the law, bow
oan ws take representation from a
State for what is dons by individuals T
The investigation, even if tbe facts b
proved, ia aatrlsss. Tbe remedy is by
a contest lor the scat, and not by sec
tional agitation. Tbe purposes of this
resolution, stated by its author, are to
record lrauds and outrages oa reoent
elections in tbe Southern States and to
find a method to prevent them. The
newspaper press is given as the author
ity for their existence. Tbe laws pro
vided b remedy for tbe wrongs alleged,
if they exist, by a contest for the seat
held through so oh processes, and that
peaceful mode of adjustment is, 1 bo
lieve, in tbe judgment of tbe country
infinitely better tbaa sweeping allega
tions baaed upon newspaper rumors
and passionate appeals which must em
bitter the sections. I'oaoeaad law are
the methods now to be sought.- Pas
sion and partisanship have ceased to
inflame the minds of business men.
Busioeaa aael Its cares, th restoration
of a market for onr products and the
means for matorial growth and devel
opment Id every locality, art tba ends
our people sock. 1 should ot enter
this arena bow, thinking- as I do, save
to txrrrect error and to vindicate so tar
aa 1 caa, Irom bit staBd-point at a
north era Seaator, tbe truth of reoent
political history. ' ' ;'
It ia stated aa a tact, based apoa
newepBpvr nior, that erwHtoias (a tba
Hoatbera Bute have been controlled
by violont a, threats and iulimiiialious j
tbal Uey have bawa manipolaSee) by
trend, and that la on But 'there was
no election at-jJI in any sees cL-ibe
term." If tbese statements be trae it
is surprising that oat ol the whole
number of Congressmen elected from
that section, on bondrtxt "an six in
number, Dot mors tbaa six members
bars beea aotified of a eoatcet tor tba
s4e they fcoM, atva thirty fay
allowed dt law job tnat Dnrpoe oava
sxDirsd. This in Jtsall is Bewsrnsaets
aaa perfect answer 4o thera wntvi
ekargeaof ataatl aad eHxeitiw as appli
ed to Mis whole section. Tba laws pro
vide Us rsmedy. . Jl at Aargly aa
aoaghs, Vba wront;, if it trxirits, te ro
cai, ana cannot ancct general resales.
Why raise tavsatia-atiag aaiilbtaa
W by aiuaae awotraejsa fchtte aaa f Why
Twists to smb- ttia nmerjy tne uw nro-
tWest . Tka Biaetical eeasB' si at
wasaaass pstika wilt tiwM tHrt
tbkt wjsrssa maw senseless ' bgitaUoa.
irn t t
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8; 1 879.
Their answer will be, let tbe laws rule,
give as rest from political turmoil, It
ia cunceueu tuat pnauiioiii reauiia ran
not corns from It unless ws can over
throw the constitutional amendment
and tbe decisions of tbe Supreme Court,
and this onght to be sufficient to end
the strife.
It is not oorroct that thirty-five of
tho Jtepresentativos allotted bo tne
Southern States were given them since
the war by reason of too negro popula
tion. Under the constitution as origi
nally framod three-fifths thereof werj
represented, and this representation of
tne tben slave population was attaoicea
wltb vigor in the bested contest that
preceded tbe war. ' After tba war, and
when reconstruction came, the policy
ol ths Republican party was reversed,
shibboleth of party with them. Under
this doctrine the Republican Congress
ot 1872 added not thirty-five but twen
ty members to the representation ot
the Southern States in tba House of
Representatives. The right, the pow
er, and the expediency to do this and
to fix unalterably tbe equality of the
DlaoK voter ot the South and tbe north
with the white voter everywhere was
the leading feature of the reconstruc
tion policyof the Senatorlrom Maine and
those with whom be acted. The fatal
error into which they fell waa in tailing
to qualify the right to the enfranchised
slave by fastening upon it an educa
tional test, l nut would not serve tneir
political ends, and reconstruction as
tbey constructed it has proved their
own political destruction. The abso
lute equality in fitness lor sou-government
of the uneducated white man
everywhere was tbe basis of the plan.
It was unsound and false, and has re
turned to plague its authors. The Sen
ator from Maine impales bimselt by his
arguments. Negro suffrage as a poli
tical nolinv is a lailnrs in ths South.
and be helped to create it His argu
ment or tne vicious methods or tnosa
who acted with him in placing politi
cal power in the hands of an unfit agent.
The work has been done by yon, and
its results do not please yoa. What is
your remedy? To overthrow the
amendments, nulity the decision of the
oonrts, and agitate until yon succeed f
Ours is to obey the amendments in
their letter, to sustain tbe decision of
the Supreme Court, and to protect by
law, encourago by fair treatment, edu
cate and elevate the block man until
his canacittr la tully tested. Yours is
to take from him representation, dis
franchise and degrade him. Such, at
least, is the logical result of yonretToita
and your arguments. Tbe issue is not
whether the white voter oi the North
alia II be tbe equal oi tbe white voter of
the South in shaping the policy ot the
country. They have always been and
are now the equals and peers of each
other. The legitimate and lawful in
fluence that each can wiold Is as much
his right as Is bis lile. Whether North
or South, tbe brave, Intelligent, and
upright man is justly powort'ol, and ha
who seeks to lessen bis power or weak
en his Influence stabs bis country.
It Is not correct In point of fact that
tbe white voter of tbo South wielda a
greater influence than the whits voter
of the North. Tbe Senator Irom Maine
gathers together whole masses of pop
ulation in tne JMortn and argues irom
Eopulation and not from voters. I quote
is words :
Take Ike State! of Stalk Carolina, Miallalppl
aad Leailiena. They aead aeeeateea Hepreaea
tollrae I Ooagraat. Their aggregate aepalatiee
It aonaoeed ef tea haadred and thirty-Ire tkeaa-1
aad wkitaa aad Iwalre kaedred end tweaty-Ieer
thoaaaed Adored , the colored beiag aeerly two
haadred tbeaaaad la aaeeet af Ibe wallet. Of
the aereateaB RapretaataUvea, tbea, M it evideat
that aiaa ware apporlioaed te Ikeao Stataa by
reaeea of their eolored popolatioa, and only eight
by raaeoa ef their white popaUtiea; aad yet la the
eboioe ef Ibe eatire Itrtattea Rep ratea tell ee tbe
colored voter, bed ae aore eoiee or power tbea
their remote biadred oa ibe ihareaor Seaegaabla
or oa the fiord Ceaat. The tea kindred and
thirty-Ira thoetend white people bed the tola aad
abaolate eholee of tea eatire Bareateea Repreeee
tatlrea. Ia eoatrait, take two Stetea la the
North, Iowa and Wlaeoaein, with aoveBteea Rap
reeestativee. They bare a white poparatloa ef
two Bllttoa two buadred and forty-earea thoee
aad Bieetdorebly aore tbea deablt tat entire
while pep elation of tke three Soalbera Stelel I
bare aaaeed. Ia Iewa aa4 WteeoBtla, Iberafere,
it lakot oaa kaa4red Bad Ihlrty-twe theaaand
white pepaletiea to aead a RepreeeatallTO to
Oengreaa, eel la Seatb Oerellaa, Mlaaraetppl Bad
Leaiaiaaa Of ery Bitty thoaaaed white people rand
a K.pre tentative.
The first fallacy in this proposition
is tbe bold assumption that tb colored
voters bad do voice or power in ths re
cont elections. Who gives any one
authority to aay this T Is it true that
the Republican party possesses an in
dofoasible estate in svery colored voter
in those States I Have they no liber
ty ot thought or right oi independent
action f Are tbeir votes not to bs
counted anless tbey vets tba Republi
can ticket f Such a statement as this
is utterly unwarranted by facts, for ws
all know tbat in very many instances
the colored voter is independent In ac
tion. Upon tb Presidential rots of
l7tt in those Hiatus tn seventeen
Demeeratie members eleoted bad a total
of 272,805 voles and tbsir opponents
bad a total of 219,610 votes. The mi
nority pra just as much represented aa
they are In any Congressional district
in tho North. Ihoy voted and they
were outvoted. . How unfairly the con.
traat is put :. Iowa and Wiaoonsin bsd
in 1H7 a Voting population of 640,108.
Of tbese, 206,596, representing about
twelve hundred thousand people, were
Iteoubuoaas, and 2 W,0U3. representing
about one million people, were Democrats-
It lbs negroes who voted forth
Republican candidates In the Southern
.States .named ar tot to b counted,
tho Democrat w bo votad for their own
candidates ,in , Iowa and Wisconsin
ought not to be counted. . Tbe Demo
crats elected in tbe 8outh represent ths
minority there last a moot) as ths Ite-
publioani elected Id tba North repre
sent to bninomy were. , ,
Tbe Senator troaa Msiaw says t
Tbe eloree Settee thai 'orBed tba CoaMarale
Oartraaeal bad ky tke leal eeaee. a poprjlelloa
ef aleoe.4 a half aillieaa,of waiek ia reared
weaken He aed a half ailaoat were whin Bad
tear alllieaa eetered. Oa ahkt aaaregale aopala
tlea aereBtr.lkree Rtvreeenlallrei ia Oeeereet
war appertleaed b Ikote gletee tarty-ewe ar
three of wbiek were or I'm a af Ike while peptv
laliea, aad thirty at than r -ewe ky reeaea ef tbe
eolored peealallee. Al the re. at eleMioa tba
white Dtaaeraey ef Ike Soalfc ttiae antaly ef
tbe eB'eely-tkiee dlrlrieie, and Ike inaiad a
Dteatemla aeiertty ia Ike Ml Rose ef Repro.
eeatetlee. Tkwa II apptart tkreagkewt eke Btatea
thai forare tbe late Ceafedereie Ootwaraeal
lity-tv. tbeaaaad wallet tbt eery people thai
reheltrAttelaataaBalaa art eeaUad H eleote
HeeeeeaeteUee ea Ooatreea, wkito ; wia toyal
Sutat M eeeeiret one kawdred aad tblrtv-lwe
tboaated ef tba while peepU the! foefht at tka
uaiea a Meet Bepreeeaiaiara.
This is a rasatrrttoa of that already
showatobeinoorreet. It Ignores Demo
cratic votes and population North and
omits tb prwnatn met tbat the eolored
'Voters Soatk both votad ens waraooatit-
wd la toaking ap results. If negroes era
rotsrs aea viiib m vapfaa VsAloa
(and lb RopnbHeaB party has mads
tke. so), then they are aa mack aati-
tkd As b eoaakad asars the) taiacrri bias
ia Brrv distrtet m the Union. In evsrv
loaa rnwtwab slaoa.ltni Hmr
bare firn tb State of rsonsylrt" a
t th etDneaa, ADT aow tart
DBiaac ot power aoerw atait awiewiwwrj
caatta Bsiamat bvsssasrBWv ir saw
Senator from MalD will bars on re
"'t':'''' !' V
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
sult h mast eocept th other. Tb
Senator says: I .
Tbe pelltiaal aewer tbaa appropriated by Boat k
era DeBioarata by reaaoa ef tbe aegre popaletiea
great. II It Beared alaeH tolldly and oleeta tba
great State ef New York 1 tr Penaiyltaate and
Haw Jwiii
r Jwy teeather . or tea whole ef New Bna-
laadt or Ohio and Indiana anitedi or Ibetoa
bioed ttrearth of Illiaoia, MiBBalota, Kanaet,
Callforaia, Nartda, Nakruka, Colorado aad Or.
goa. Tbt eeiiare of Ibia power It waotoa aaar
patioa) It it lagraat tatrage; 1 ie riolenl per
veraioa ef the whole theory of Repablleaa ge
orateeBt, It laterea eolely te the p reoent advan
tage aad ytt, X believe, a Ikt permaaont ditboa.
II
it by raaeoa of
Ibia trenplng dowa ef htmaa rlebta. thla ratbleat
Mitare of anlawfal power Ibet the Deaoeretlo
party boidt tbt populer kraaek ef Coagreea to
day end will la leaa tkat slnety daya bare aoDlrel
of ikia body alto, thaagraiping tba entire Legla
bvtls derjartaeat of th goreraaeBt throat b the
aalawlal aaptare af the Settkera Stataa. .
If it be "wanton usurpation and vio
lent perversion of tbe whole theory of
itopuoiican govsmuMnt,'' wbat snail
we call tb wholesale disiranohtonwnt
of the Demooratio masses North by
skillful manipulation ot political pow
er f Indiana, with a Demooratio plu
rality ol over e.uuu in 1M7B, sent to this
Congress 8 Republicans and but 4 Dem
ocrats; 23,120 votes or 115,000 popu-
latios oould ohoosea Republican to Con
gress whils it required 63,291 votes of
2oo,uuv people to eioct a XJemoorat.
Tbe home of the Senator New Eng
land with its six states sends to this
Congress 22 Republican and 6 Deme-
orats; 16,601 votes or 80,000 people
can elect a Republican member of Con
gress ther, whilo it requires 49,321
votes or about 23U,UOO people to elect
a Democrat. To the Senate, New
England sends 10 Republican and 2
Democratic Senators. Upon tb basis
of the vote of 1876 it requires 36,721
votes or 185,U0U people to choose a
Republican Senator from New Eng
land, while 147,963 vote or 740,000
people are required to elect a Demo
crat Tbosix great Middle States New
lorn, ronnsylvania,UBio, Indiana, Ill
inois and Iowa contain' 3,660,000
voters or about 16,000,000 of people,
yet tbey have but 12 Senators aa against
an equal number in New England for
673,000 voters and about 3,300,000 peo-
fiie. ibese are the results ot our po
itical system, and there is just as much
reason to find fault with it in New
England as in the South. W must
abide its inequalities and imperfections
for the much greater good it contains.
Sweeping charges or partisan compari
son oan do do good and must do harm.
Th only important queatlon is, have
elections North or South, been carried
by fraud or violence 1 If tbey have,
the incumbent holding by such a title
should be ejected. The remedy Is by
contest ander the statute. Orderly
methods, sworn testimony, judioiel in
quiry, non-partisan judment. These
are the processes the people approve.
Abe invective burled at tbe scisuro
of power by a solid South may bs fitly
answered by grouping the six great
Middle ota lea 1 have named and ex
amining politioal results ther. In this
Congress (and it is worse in the next)
theao Htatos, upon a total vote ot 1,
842,212 Republicans in 1876, hare
"seized 7o Uongressmen, while on a
totul vote of 1,804,341 the Democracy
get but 46.' Upon a voting majority
of 87,871 tbe Ropublicaas bar "seis
ed" 29 Congressmen. It we add to
tbese States, New England, wo find
that 2,209,431 Republican voters get
97 Congressmen, while 2,100,268 Dem
ooratio voters get 52. In these twelve
States 109,163 Republican majority
enable tbat party to stria 46 Congress
men. It we call s Democratic white
voter North tbe equal of a Republican
white or negro voter North, and as
snob entitled to eqnal political power,
it appears that each 2,525 blaok or
white itepublicans JNortb Dave cbossn
one of tbese 46 Republicans to Con
gress. Or, upon tbs same basis ot
equality, each 12,000 people who are
represented by these voters havs "seis
ed" a Republican Congressman. ' Or,
if we generalize tbe whole, we find that
in these twelve States 22,777 black and
white Republican voters, representing
1 12,880 people, "seised a uongressman,
while it requires 46,672 Demooratio
votors, representing 233,360 people, to
elect one. i ..,.,.,,
Tbs fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments were the crystalisation of ultra
Republican thought as to reconstruc
tion. They did not seek to operate
upon individuals but upon States.
There was no thought then of punish
ing organised communities for the mis
deeds of a single locality, and th safe
guard invoked waa th only one tbat
could be used without the destruction
of ouriormof govrenment. The plain
terms or those amendments and tbe
deeisions of a ' Republican Snprome
Court thereon are now attacked be
cause under tbem reconstruction proves
to be tho deadest kind of a dead failure.
They will not reach and cover, and
tbey never were intended to reach and
cover, sporadic cases of fraud or vio
lence. Such oases can only b met by
tb specifio remedies given by law, and
States cannot be punished by loss of
representation because of aKcgod vio
lence in one district in Liouisiana and
aleged frauds in two in Sooth Carolina.
It would D monstrous to punish a
State either North or South by depriv
ing itot representation because negroes
failed to register themselves or to pay
taxes, or because of irregularities in ths
election boards. Such is not tb rem,
dy for ovlls of this sort. "" II It were, ws
of Pennsylyania might bs fearfully
punished. In tb recant election there
fraud aod bribery ran riot and thous
ands were disfranchised for non-payment
of taxes. At least two contests
are already inaugurated for scats in
ths Bouse of Representatives, one of
which is based upon th corrupt as of
money, fraudulent and Illegal votes,
and tbe use of forged tax receipts,
while tbs other rests upon tbe oharge
of Wholesale bribery and corruption
and intimidation of white workingmeD.
The Repoblictwrs, polling 283,000 vote
apoa tb Congressional lata against
288,000 Demooratio and 111,000 na
tional votes, have "seised" eighteen out
ot th twenty-seven Congressmen.
With aa actual majority against tbem
of 110,000 they gratp two-thirds of tbe
Congressional delegation. This is part
Iv th result of aa intaraoas apportion-
event, bat it la winch, mare tb result
of skillful manipulation of tb political
situation, of th unscrupulous use of
enormous snms oi money, ana oi tne
disfranchisement oi maMre of Demo
crats for Boa-paymwt of Una i No
loon Douuoal aomiaauoa aaa ever x
isted anywhere as sow dominates aad
controls tb Republican organisation,
and throurfh it th politioal power of
tbat rreat State. Bold, dari a and
detent, tbey toeersta a (ndeemd
IDOtlgnv XDy wiem laetr orrantaa
Hon as on man, and th end with tbem
I as title th means. Sixteen thousand
whit aad black Kepablicaa voters ba
PsDMylvaniB ar sunVietit . to elect a
Congressman, bat it require 44,000 of
unsir opponent vo oo so. li w carry
it BUN 4lkf and loak ta tn irmar
rjlVBkrBweBjBBVWP
rorty-eix.Sariatcrs sad RepnawalsSiva
la tka Jjgislatar ar give totes city
of Philadelphia. Upon the vote ol
1876 there were 77,000 Republicans
and 62,000 Democrats, yet in the re
cent election the Republicans "soiled"
thirty-seven Senators and members and
the Domccrats irot nine. It reauiros
6,888 Democrats to elect a member of
th Legislature in Philadelphia while
2,081 itepublicans are enough to eloot
one. This too is under the forms of
law. But a much graver wrong was
perpotratod at the earn e olection there
under the forms of law and throngh
tbe use of money. There were in that
city at leat 20,000 voters of both poli
tical parties who bad paid no taxes for
two years. By our constitution no
man can vote unloss be has paid a tax
within two years, and such paymont
must be made at least one month be
fore election. Tbe Republicans through
tbeir organisation paid for thousands
of these tax receipts in bulk for distri
bution amoug their people, and when
ths election day cam they equipped
svery Republican voter, white or black,
who had not paid bis taxes with one
of them, which, by th law, is prima
facie proof of payment, The Demo
crats had no money for this purpose
save in one Congressional district, and
by reason of their Inability to do wbat
the Republicans bad done it if belioved
that at least 8,000 white Democratic
votes were unable to vote. The Repub
lican managers gave the most string
ent orders to thoir olection officers to
reject every vote not Sully equipped with
tax receipts, and they placed at every
poll deputy marshals of tbe United
States, many of tbem of tbe most dis
reputable character, who were order
ed to arrest every one who could not
(tally come up to their standard. So
desperate is this management, and so
obodiont to its orders is the Legislature
ot the State, that the common law
right of the Sheriff to appoint deputies
was taken from him by express statute
lest he, being a Democrat, should aid
in protecting tbo rights of white Dem
ocrats. Are not these, denials and abridge
ment of tbe right to vote, so fully guar
anteed by the fourteenth amendment,
it the interpietation contended for
by the Senator from Maine is
correct f Tho negro rotor was
provided with a tax receipt paid
for by tbe men who claim to own him
North and South, and the white men,
too poor to pay his taxoa, was driven
from the polls. Federal authority in
trenched itself on the election ground
in the room of ths official whom com
mon right and ancient custom places
there, and the Democratic party polled
at that eloction but 53,000 votes against
more than 62,000 polled in 1876.
Would it be just to deprive Pennsylva
nia cf her fair share of representation
in Congress by reason of these deeds of
unscrupulous political managers r i oe
remedy for these wrongs must come
through the wrath ol an on traced
people. It may com tardily, but it
will come surely. Our wrongs come
upon us in tbe lull blase of an intelli
gent Northern sentimont. Thoir au
thors have enjoyed Inmunity so long
that they think the people will always
submit Party rule and sectional bat
are invoked to maintain and perpet
uate the diep-ace of an intelligent and
proud people. This is th tocsin that
ia sounded by the torms of this resolution.-
This is tbs feast to which the
Northern people ar invited. The con
dition of the South is infinitely better
than it was five years ago. Fewer
outrages, loss of violence, more ot nor
mal and loss of abnormal condition
oome to it year by year. The wrongs
complained of by this resolution are
located in tbe bla tea In which carpet
bag rule lingorcd last, and we boar of
none in the States longest undor con
trol of the white man. We must be
content wltb our progress until we can
fully test tb capaoity of th negro for
self-govornment It will be time
cnoiiL'h when bs shall have uttorlv
tailed to oome up to the standard or
. . p . ... . .
capacity to Initiate tbe process fore
shadowed by these resolutions. -
Tbe people riorth and south want
rest from political and soclional agita
tion. Business relations, business in
terests and business succoss can grow
only whon such rest is given them.
Would yon divido a solid south I
Would you reconstruct your party
there? . Cease to persecute and begin
to help tbem i appeal to administrative
questions. Arouse the cupidity ot their
leaders by aiding them in material pro
gress and internal development. Mako
it th Interest of their peoplo to set
with yon. ' Loose tbe bands of seotion-
al prejudice that bind you, and aid by
every constitutional power in recon
structing their highways and opening
to your own people a markot for their
manufactures. May we not recognise
th fact tbat politioal reconstruction
haa fuiled of its primary purpose, but
tbat business reconstruction and mato
rial progress ire the alms of the South
and the interest ot tbe North and that
those whose principle and practice
follow tb path tbat leads to these will
b esteemed tbe best friends of ths
whole country.
ibe Senator irom Maine evaded tbe
question utterly and absolutely in re
gard to the south wben be massed the
population of th North In tbe case of
itvi ana Triarjunain, nnu vuuirumrju
tbem with Southern votors of tbe Dem
ocratic aide exclusively, lie did not
count there the minority, whilo he did
oonnt tbe minorities in the North, In
answer to his argument, 1 grouped
voter and population, and I asserted
what 1 reassert, that ll the negroes aro
not to bo couuted In those districts
South as having voted and been out
voted; tben the Democratic North are
not to bs counted as having voted and
beta outvoted when be comes to make
comparisons with reference to tba
Sooth. ....!
Mr. Wains. Without any regard,
1 suppose, to th fact whether all tbe
lea-al votes were cast an 4 every man
voted just exactly according to hi da
sir I Tb Senator places that aa a
parrallel; but the-arriBTiiiTnt which
I mad whether ft b true or not is
to be determined by tbe investigation
what I bold tb Senator to the logio
ia that when I make this allegation
and oo tbat ask an investigation, be
com Bp and says, "Why, the Demo
crat wars deles ted in Peatwylvanaa,
and that is a parallel case I We have
four hundred thousand democrats there,
and the Republicans have only 450,.
000, aad they bars rua off with three-
foarlhs af th rpiaantatiDB in Co.
grass," Dot alleging at all but that tb
vote was honestly east and tbat every
maa bad tb right to vote. Taking
groups of States in th north, b says:
"Why, in Mew England the represen
tatVon is twenty-two to six." Tbe Sen
ator certainly will Dot xpot th Son
et to nnart that h bs serious in
this, tbat b presents It aa an answer
to tbs arraignment I made. B oan
aot be serious, Mr. President, I am
'mitm. 1 ' ' ) . i '
Mrt Wilhttei: Mr. Prawtdeti, I am
about aawettows1 as SwnAtor wbo de
liberately oa this lor attacks th
NEW
fourteenth amendment of ths constitu
tion and the decisions of th supreme
court a Republican supreme court
made thereunder, which in thoir very
terms dony tho right to take repre
sentation from a stato for the causes
alleged in this resolution, and under
takes to initiate an investii;ation, which
investigation must inovilably be fruit-
loss and powerless to bring any sucb
result. I am about as serious in my
charges, surely, as bo is in the initia
tion of such an investigation aa this.
We ot 1'onusylvama have initiated
contents alleging intimidation and fraud
and bribery, and tboy will be sottlod
boloro tbe tribunal created Dy law in
tbe other bouse. The Senator on the
contrary, alleges intimidation and vio
lence and fraud, and be uses a powor
that haa no right, tbat can in no way
apply a remedy, that Is not given the
authority in any form to correct the
wrong, it Is a onitum rumen it it De
done. We, on the contrary, whose
voters were intimidated I reassert
what I bavo said whose votors were
bribed and I roassort wbat I have
said whose voters were deprived of
the right of suffrage by being driven
away from the polls in masses because
tboy bad not paid their taxes when
the Republican organisation had paid
tnxos for masses of black and vvbite
voters , ' 1
Mr. Blaine. But did not the law re
quire the tax to be paid 1
JUr. Wallace. Certainly, lam not
oomplnining of the law ; it ie a safe
guard. 1 am simply complaining oi
the use of monoy in the way in which
it was used, the purchase of tax re
ceipts in bulk to equip a black voter
and to drive away a whito voter from
tho polls in tho city of Philadelphia.
That is what 1 complain ot, a denial
and an abridgement of tba right ot
suffrago, if you please, but not such a
denial or such an abridgomont of the
right of sullrago as undor either the
constitution or the laws can donrivo
tbe state ol rennsylvama of any sin
gle member in ber representation in
tbe other house.
And here I como back to the point
to which I direct attention, that this
proceeding is utterly fruitless ; that it
can resuit in no good ; that the law as
declared on tbe sUtuto book, in the
constitution, and by the supreme
court, demonstrates that if all this
wore proven no result can come save
political agitation, soclional turmoil,
deprivation of employment in busi
ness ; while if tbe other line, the line
oi appeal to law, to a contest undor
the powor of the house, be tuken, all
tho wrongs can be shown, everything
can be made patent, and right and
law can prevail. That is wiiut this
people want ; orderly motbods ap
peals to law, sworn testimony, non
partisan judgment
TUB FASTEST TRAIN IN TJIE
, , WORLD. ,
An extract from the London Week,
beaded "The.Fastost Train in the
World," is challenged by a road or of
the It orid, who wants to know wbeth
or thore are not American trains that
run at as great a rate of speed aa tbe
Cireat Western "Flying Dutchman,"
and other Engliah trains which make
fifty and fifty-throe miles an hour.
At the Erie railway office tbe Su
perintendent said : "We have no trains
tbat run at anything like those rates :
our fastest schedule time is thirty-eight
mile an bour. We run at tnat rate
between Oswego and Wavcrly, a dis
tance ot eighteen miles, and at soveral
other point on tbe route, but that is
our fastest rate."
Superintendent Toucev of the New
York Central road, said; "We don't
pretond to run as fast as the English
roads you mention, our highest sched
ule rates being forty miles an hour.
Oi oours we get a greater rate than
tbat in soma plaoes on tbe road, but
only for short distances. Our trains
are heavier tban the hnglish.
nr. Sherins, the chiei clerk in the
office ot the Superintendent of the
ronnsyivania itailroad, said : "i tbink
we may claim to fully equal the Bpoed
of tho Flying Dutchman on our road.
train no. iv makes tbo distance irom
Jersey City to Philadelphia, ninety
miles, in nu minutes, over lorly-nino
miles per hour. We have to cross
three inportant draw-bridges and pass
through five cities at reduced speed to
comply with their ordinances. Our
train consists of a tbirty-nine-ton en
gine and five coaches. Tbo Flying
Dutchman, I have been informed, con
sists of a thirty-one-ton engine and
four coaches, each coach being only
about half the weight of one of ours.
Their track is aa levol as a billiard ta
ble, and is inclosed for its whole length.
w go Dotwoen JNew Brunswick and
Trenton, Iwsnty-six miles, in twenty
soven minutes, nearly fifty-eight miles
an hour, but for short distances on the
route we go even faster that that ; lor
instance, between Millstone Junction
and Deans, a distance of 6.66 miles, we
run in six minutes, and there are other
short distance where we run at about
the same rate. This is the regular
schedule time, but between Menlol'srk
and Rahway we made on one occasion
three miles in 68, 65 and 60 sooonds.
do not, however, oonsider this ss
good work as tbat madu by our regu
lar trams, consisting ol thirteen coach
es, two of them railway postoffice cars
oiled with heavy mail mutter, seven
ot them Pullman slecpors, weighing
twenty-six tons each, and the rest ex-
ress coaches ailed wltb passengers.
Ve send them through Irom Jersey
City to Philadelphia in two hours and
fifty minutes. The English ongine has
a driving wheel eight foot in diameter,
while oo r is but five feet ten inches,
so tbat 1 think we may fairly claim
to eqnal tbia f lying Dutchman speed
which is hore slated as the "fastest in
tbn world." Nev York World.
METHODS OB TEACH IN Q.
TOPICAL tl-ILLINO. "
One of tho Vory best methods of
conducting a spoiling oxorciso is tbat
by means ol topics, no other mcmou
so readily puts In exorciso the percep
tive faculties. A word is of little or
no vaioe till it ia awaociatod with an
idea. No pereoa will remember a list
ol words Irom a foreign language ua
lees he is familiar with their moaning ;
nor will children retain tho spelling of
a word unless it be something lor
which they find a uae In ordinary con
vernation, Tb violation of this rale
haa aducatd whole rtjTreraliona ot
scholars in our publis schools., It is
astonishing bow young tcachors, and
aot a low old ones, sottlo down on
more abstractions In all their exercises.
Children rarely nil to becom corravt
spellers who ar tautcht while voting
to spell familiar objects around them
at their homes. Tboy at once culU-
vste habits of observation which never
leave tbem. In this respect, parents
are the beat of tearbers to roans? chil
dren. I cannot too strongly recom
mend tbs following methods to ths
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
SERIES - VOL. 20, NO. I
oonsidoration ot parents and teachers.
1. Tell the wholo school to write on
their slates fifteen names of objects
they can see in tbe school-room. The
first one who bas tbe requisite number
raises his band, and is then requested
to copy bis list on the blackboard. As
soon as this is dono, the wholo school
rise, turn tbeir backs to tba board,
and spoil tbo words from the board,
dictated by tbe teacher or the pupil.
Wbon this is finished, tho teacher calls
upon tho school to raiso their hauds if
tboy bavo any words on their states
no4 on tbe board. - Tho teacher points
to each one who spells bis additional
words. In this way, in a fow minutes,
every object in the school-room is
spelled by the whole school ; difficult
words are noted, and the whole school
is educated in spelling, so far as the
school-room is oonoemod.
2. For the next exorciso, lot them
rise from their seats, look out of the
windows five minutes, by your watcb,
and then spoil everything they can
see. Drill them on diffiouit words.
3. Give them for topics everything
they saw on the way to school ; every
thing they can see in a store of goods ;
everything on the dinner-table ; names
of all kinds of cloth ; all the parts of a
wagon and harness ; names of quad
rupeds, birds, replilos, fishes, insects,
shells, garden vegetables, flowers,
trees, fruits, metals, rocks, and min
erals. 4. Let tbem write the name of eve
ry object made of iron, or that haa any
iron about it ; also, everything made
of wood. A livo teacher can draw out
of his pupils an immonse number of
words Irom the foregoing subjects.
6. Let thorn write the names of tbe
capitals ot tho dill'erent States in tbe
Union ; also, ol different countries on
the globo.
6. Let thorn write tho names of all
tbe porsons living in tho school dis
trict. - i ' '
7.. Lot them write tbs names of ths
days of the woek, and of the months.
8. Lot thorn writo tho names of the
parts of an apple, a ship, or a house ;
different kinds of food, and names of
different trades.
9. Let them write a list of all tbe
porsons necessary to mako a loaf of
bread, commencing with tbe felling ot
trees in the forest. It is said tbat one
thousand different occupations are in
volved in making a loaf of bread. Lot
them see bow many tbey can write.
10. For an occasional exercise, let
the first inpil in an advanced class
spell tbe name of some town or city,
and then let tbe noxt mention the
namo of a town whose first letter is
the same as tho last letter ot tho name
just spelled. If a scholar fails to do
tbis, be is soatoa at once
11. Mako the whole school rise, and
us soon aa any scholar can mention
tbe name of a town in the Slate, be
raises bis hand. The teacher asks him
to spell it, and he is then seated.
When the class aro all seated, tboy
rise and repeat the exercise, with a
new list of words.
12. Toll a class to spell, tor tboir
noxt losson, ail the words they can
think of, commencing with the letter
A. Go on in this way through the
alphabet
13. Tell small scholars to spell, for
their next lesson, aa many words as
they can think of which contain but
one syllable. Go on through tbe dif
ferent grades of words by syllables.
14. Give them some familiar wdVk
for a subject, and tell them to write
on tboir slatos everything tboy can
think of about it, and then maka thorn
spell the words In tho order in which
they have written them. Tbis is an
exoellent introduction to tho writing
of compositions, though tho teacher
should not be so unwise as to call tbem
such.
15. Dictate to a class ten words dif
ficult to spell, and see how many wjll
write tliem correctly on tbeir slates.
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GORDON AT IsRARPSBURG.
WOUNDED PIVBTIMKS IN ONS BATTLI
NOT TO HI KILLID BY BULLETS.
At Sharpsburg General (now Sena-
tori Gordon (thou a Colonel) furnish
ed tho sublimost spectacle of endurance
and courage tbat 1 think is turnlsbed
by the annals. Before the battle Lee
rode up and down tb lines ana ex
nrosacd doubt as to Gordon's boinir
able to bold bis position and convoyed
to bim an idea ot the importance oi
his doing so. Uordon, turning so that
his mon oould boar bim, said: "Gen-
oral Loo, my men are determined to
stay hore I" . i
Then the battle opened, l.ino after
lino was thrown upon Uordon I Iront.
Hut from that dauntloss front mcy
were thrown back as often as they
marohod against it Th slaughter
was terrihe, Abe ground was literal
ly blue with corpses ol ths cnomy,
while only six men of tho right wing
of tbe regiment was lolt But the lino
never wavered, i bo mon bad oome
to "stay," and dead or alive, they wore
determined to "stay."
Gordon was wounded early In the
fight. A minnie ball passed through
tbe calf of his logs tearing the flesh in
a moat fearful manner. . The flow ol
blood was incessant, but h bad so
time to staunch tho wound. In about
a half hour another ball plunged thro'
tbe same log, about a loot aoore wnoro
lbs other had gone. Tho loss of blood
from these two wounds weaksned bim,
but he still kept his foot and gave his
orders calm and clear to his men, who
were Ivintr on their faces. An hour
later he was shot again, tbo ball tear
ing through his leit arm, making a
hideous wound and cntting a small ar
tcry. This disabled bis arm and help
ed drain his woakoned aystem, but
still, haggard and bloody, be stagger
ed up and down the line, encouraging
bis mon. A lounn dsii men euiureu
his shoulder, knocking him from his
feet 1 His men who saw the crimson
uniform and pale face go down thought
thoir horoio leader killed, n lib sud
lime courage, bowover, be struggled
to his feet, and though he had hardly
strength to stand, waved bis sword
above bat head and called to nil mon
to remain firm. Some one ran to k ira
hastily and said It was rumored up
the line that he was dangerously
minded and that the mon were wa
vering;. 1 'Tell them I am not hurt,"
he said.' And so throngs moss areao-
tul hours at slaiiirhter, wltb lour un-
staunched wounds drawing blood irom
his body, be stood, determined to aie
with bis men, and in defense of tbe
part that Lo bad confided lo bis
trust. At length a fifth ball struck
Gordoa full In tho face, and entering
bl oheek knocked bim senseless. ' He
fell, and for Soma tim hi Iirratrat
body was wrapped lo tb smok of
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oamo. ire uear iivm uiai uw.
don's own lip a story that ia a mcta-
chvairmJ paint ll exceedingly interest
ing. - Hs said thatwhsa befcll he was
stterly incapable of moving. U grad
ually began to think of bia condition,
and this is ths bslf dream and half so.
liloquy that be carried on : "I have
been struck in tbo bead with a six
pound shot It has carried away my
hood. . On the left sido there is a little
piece of skull left. But tbo brain is
gone entirely. Therefore, I en dead.
And yot I am thinking. How can a
man think with bia bead shat off
.an- im-li.! )tiig, I ewanobtdeail,
And yet no man oan live after his beaal "
is shot off. I may have consciousness
while dead, but no motion. If I can
lift my leg, then I'm alive. ' I will try
that Can IT Yes, there it is; I'm
all right I" The General says that
every atage of this soliloquy is indeli
bly stamped on bis mind, and that in
liia exhausted itate the reasoning was
carried on as logically aa ever man
reasoned at hit desk. . Doubt succeed
ed ergnnumt and argument displaced
doubt just as logically aa oould be. He
says bs will never forget with wbat
anxioty be made the tost of lifting his
leg with what agony he waited to
see whether or not it would move ia
response to bis effort end bow be hes
itated before trying it (or fear that it
might fall and his death be thereby
demonstrated. if. IF. Grady in tin
Atlanta, George Conttitution.
, CHANGES ZN LIFE. ,
Chango ia a common feature of so
ciety of life.
Ten years convert tho population of
schools into men aod women,' the
young into fathers and matrons, ma
trons, max and marry lortunos, ana
bury tb last generation but on.
Twrintv veara converts infants into
lovers, father and mothers, decide
men s fortune and distinctions, convert
activs men and women into crawling
drivelers, and bury all proceeding gen.
erations.
Thirty years raise an active genera
tion nonentity, change facinating beau
ties into bearable old women, convert
lovors into grandfathers, and bury the
active generations or reduce tbem to
decrepitude or imbecility.
Forty years, alas I change the face
of all society. Infant are growing
old, tbe bloom of youth and beauty bas
passed away, two active generations
have been swept from toe stage of
I ilo, names once cbensbod are lorgot-
ten, unsuspected candidates for fame
have started up from the exhaustless
womb ot nature.
And in fitly years mature, ripe fif
ty years hall a century what tre
mendous changes occur I How tim
writo her sublime wrinkles every
where, in rock, river, forest and cities,
i.ii. iiianna t r
U.IUIUUI, Tiiiiaajo, til lUBU.Wll.VI 11, vu,
and the destines and aspects of all
civilized society I
Let us pass on to eighty years and
what do we desire to see to comfort
us in tho world ? Our parents are
gone ; our children have passed away
from us into all parts ot the world, to
ngbt tbs grim and desperate battle of
life. Our old friends where are they T
Wo behold a world of which we know
nothing and to which we aro unknown.
We weep lor generations long gone by
for lovors, for parents, for children,
for friends in the grave. We see every
thing turned upside down by the fickle
hand of fortune, aod tho absoluto des
tiny of timo. In a word we bobold
tbe vanity of lifo, and are quite ready
to lay down the poor burden and be
gone.
DEARER THAN WEALTH. '
TUB ROMANCE OP A PENNSYLVANIA
IRISHMAN.
For fifteen yoars Thomas Conroy
bas earned a livelihood for himself and
family in the little village ot Tanner's
t alls, six miles irom itonesdaie, Dy
making and repairing the boots and
shoes of tanners, bark-peelers and turn- -
bcrmon ; yet, during all that time, s
fortune of f 25,000 has been waiting
for bim in Lionstor, Ireland. The
only condition required of him ia that
bo sball go to tbat country and Claim
tbo monoy. But he stubbornly refuses
to.do tbis, and, hammers away on bis
la'pslone from daybreak until dark,
earning just enough to keep the wolf
from the door. '
Conroy is so educated Irishman.
His father was Michael Conroy, of
Leinster. , Wben Conroy was a young
man, bis nnclo, because bs refused to
marry to bis liking, trumped np a
oharge against him. The young man
indignantly denied it, ana called bis
uncle "a personal villain." Wben or
dered to retract or quit the house
young Conroy preferred the latter.
With 12 guineas in bis pocket hs took
passago for -New lork. . lie lound bis
way to the village of Mt. Pleasant,
Pennsylvania, ana there learned the
trade of shoemaking, and married Mol
lis Delaoey, the daugherof a respeota
ble farmer. Tben he moved to Tan-,
nor's Falls and established himself in
business. Some time aftewsrd he re
ceived official notice from bia uncle's .
attorney that they were ready to pay
him the 5,000, left by bis father, at
any time he would appear in Leinster
and claim it Tbis notification is re
peated annually, end annually, on re
ceipt of tbe notice, Thomas Conroy
writes back that whenever this notifi
cation is accompanied by a confession
from bis Undo A'atncK that be mad
falso accusation against his nephew.
and with an apology from his Uncle
Thomas tor repeating the lain charges,
then he will gladly return to Ireland.
Tsainino in Mansers. Tho train
ing of manners, ths discipline of deport
ment, the old quaint ceremonials, the
restraints ot silence, the decorum of
polite society, the courtesies and obei.
sancoa of the humbler classes, the defer,
ence of the young towards the old, tho
observance of obildren for their parents,
tbe seventies or home-rule, tbe long
practice and self-restraint necessary to
suooeas and full enjoyment even of the
favorite recroalion all imply training
more or less laborious ; a never relax
ing vigilance in the teacher docility,
patience, and self command in tb
learner. Onr survey tends to tbe con
clusion that at no time have manners
bcon so lolt to form themselves as now.
We hcarof people forgetting their man
ners, but some of our youth stand in .
danger of Dover learning them. Whils
so great a point is made of thorough
ness In all other learning, the mero
ABO ground of manners threatens to
be loft untaught It is supposed that,
given so much intellectual culture, boys
and girls, by tb mere procoss of grow
ing old, turn into polite, conaijerat
men and women, wt oo not oeueve
it Many art and sciences are mora
easily acquired late in life than a good
manner, ll people are to Dcnave wen,
they must b early taught to behave
a practioo tbat demands unoeasing o-
rlbcos ol minute personal liking to id
general plrasuro and convenience.
A crnat manv neonl wonder why
it was that Christ did not oome at
once to Martha and Mary, whom b
lovd, wben be beard ol tbeir auiio
lion. It was to try thorn, and it is the
same with bis dealings toward as. If
be seems not to come to us in our
affliction, it Is only to tost us. Moody.
1 know Dot snv pleasure of sense
more exuulsit than a draught of cool,
olear water wben yoa ere thirsty ) but
tow things are mora Insipid than wa
ter when there ia no thirst It is thus
tbat Christ and His salvation are very
sweet te one, and very taste ks to an
other.
: Charles Y. used to say, tb more
languagee a man knew be waa so
many times more a man. ' Each Dew "
funs oi hsmaa Speech introdaoee to ;
new world of thought and list.
' (very one le e God wvsd hlsba
sod oftentiraos a great deal werse.