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I OB PRINTING OF EVERT DK8CRIP
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QSCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
-. . . CLEARFIELD, PA,
maiee in lao upert U.uae. oot, '18.11.
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oot. ,"70-if.
J3HN D. THOMP80N,
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CurwcuiTllle, Pi.
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.Saw Logs and Iaumbor,
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ABB BBALBK IB
Wtche, Clocks and Jewelry,
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ended
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CWart.14, Map i, UlS-lf. , Aga.
THE OREAT NAVAL UATTLI OF THE WAR.
Tho iubject of this napor i an in
male of the National lierue at Dayton,
Ohio, about fiily-eigbt ycara of ago,
and has the appearance of having boon
a tboroutrh going tar. Consumption is
WMtniff him away, bronchitis Las im
paired his voice and enunciation, and
tho concuiwion of guns of heavy calibre
has made him deaf, but he neverthe
less still exhibits evidences of remark
able vitality. His name is
JAMES SAUNDERS,
and be was Signal Quartermaster on
board tho U. S, ship Kcarsarge under
the late Admiral Winslow. We bailed
bim. and by signals intimidated our
desire tbat be run out bis port guns
and give us a broadside, and the follow
ers received from the old "Man of
War:
"Yes sir : 1 was in the navy. 1 have
put in thirty years of my life on the
water ana bavo sorvod about eigbteon
years in the United Slatos Navy. I
urst enlisted as an able seaman in ln&d,
on board tho United States Bainbridge,
Lieutenant Hunter commander; but
transterred to the sloop ol-war James
town, Captain Bowling, whore 1 serv
ant my Bret term. I next served on
tbe .Vornmao under Laptaln rondo-
grass ; then in tbo Minnesota, captain
Itupont. My nextship was the Brook
lyn, under Farragut. He was succeed
ed by Captain Walker, who subse
quently turned over tho command to
Commander Poor.
"Undor Walker we wero ordored to
Charleston in company with tho Star
of the West, sent to tho relief of Fort
Sumpter, and by that means 1 became
a witnoss of the very commencement
of tbe war. Our orders wore, howev
er, to not tuko part in any unpleasant
ness that migbt occur, and as soon as
the 6ring began we retired to Old
Point Comfort
I was also on board the Brooklyn
when Semmus ran the gauntlet with
the Sumptor at the mouth of the Mis
sissippi. Ho oscapod by the North
I 'ass. It was on Sunday. Tho Brook
lyn was only a second rate Bliin. and
was then commanded by Poor. When
the Suinpter hove in sight wo slipped
anchor and gave chase, but one ol tho
blackest squalls 1 ever witnessed came
up, obscuring everything, and Semmos
run the Sumpter through in this squall
and escaped nicely. When it cleared
away the chase was three miles on our
port beam. We pursued lor a tiino,
but it was useless, for the Sumptor
could make two miles to our one, so we
returned to our anchorago. 1 ho Brook
lyn was relieved by tbe Richmond, a
ship of the same class, commanded by
Captain Pope, and we camo to Phila
delphia tor repairs, whore we wero paid
oil and discharged.
"I went borne to Boston, where 1 ro
mained one month and twenty -six days,
and then shipped as signal quarter
master on board the Aearsargo under
Piclrnrintr.. , It was .tbon we Sot
real business ol loliowing
RAPdAEL SEMalES,
the rebel corsair. He was an accom
plished seaman, as I have reason to
know, for it bas beon my fortune to
follow bim over half oi tho world. We
followed bim across the Atlantic, all
around the Weetorn Islands, and Anal
ly cornered htm at Gibraltar, iiere
we experienced particularly the cour
tesy of our English cousins. Tbe Gov
ernor ot Gibraltar would not allow us
to lay in British waters, though he
cuddled tbo Sumptor under hia wing
snugly enough ; so wo were compelled
to naui on into npuiiisti nawra uuu
wait tor our prize.
"One mormne as we lav in wait out-
sldo tbo British limits I discovered the
British ensign hoisted on tho Sumpter.
I suspected some trick and at once no
tified Captain Pickering. No notice,
howover. was taken of the circum-
Btanco, and in a few days we learned
from the papers that the Sumptor had
sailed for Kngland. Pickering was
stibseauentlv relieved and Captain
Winslow appointed to tbe command oi
the Kearsarge.
"We continued to iollow Semmes over
tbe broad waters and ho was a vor
itablo 'Will'o, the Wisp.' It was like
pursuing a phantom ; and when we
thought wo had him he was not thore.
One great dimcuity was, mat ne was
harbored and sholtered by the English
and French, and every available etfort
made to put ns on tbo wrong course.
We continually encountered hostility
from these two nations. They left
nothing undone to embarrass and an
noy us, and tbe insolence with which
we were treated by petty officials satis
fied us that they were backed oy pow
er. Any British scalawag that could
have sent us to the bottom without im
plicating the government, would have
been 'booted and spurred,' covered with
decorations, and accorded a last rest
ing place with England's great heiws
in Westminister Abbey.
At one time, early In 'C3, we made
the port of
Qt'EENSTOWN,
in Ireland, In a terrible storm, li e
had no sooner cast anchor in the bay
than we were ordered out by the
ol the port . Winslow protested that
no vessel could live In the sea then
running; but the commandant insisted
that bis orders were imperative, that
no Yankoe cruiser be allowed to lay In
Her Majesty's waters. The Captain
replied that to put to sea in such a gale
would sacrifice bis ship and drown the
crow. And, regardless of consequences,
be would not do it. ine r.ngusnman
declared that if be did not Immediate
ly move he would either tow bim out
or blow him out of the harbor, and a
sixteen gun brig and a war steamer
wero sent along side of us. By this
time Winslow's blood was op, and he
swore that if he must go to the bottom
he prelerred sinking in the harbor, and
he would give thorn a broadside aa a
Darting salute.
The Koarsarire beat to Quarters, and
the nuns wero run in and loaded, but
we wore not further molested, and next
morning put to sea.
We continued to cruise around Ire.
land and the English Channel, and the
bay ot Biscay, bam in b4 we ran
into
a suit,
on the' ooat of France, lor supplies,
which, by the way, were denied ns.
The harbor at Brest is very commodi
ous. Htx hundred sail can lay thore 1
safety, without being dangerously con
tiguous to each other ; but the Port
Admiral informed us that ll we wished
to remain In port we moat move the
ship te the buoy. This Winslow de
clined doing, and replied that he would
trust to his anchors.
"The Admiial then sent a 50 gun frig.
ate along aide of os, and a sloop of war
athwart oar bows id soon a manner as
tn nmharram anv movements we miirht
attempt to make. ' Tbe reason of all
thai eraa, tbat tba Florida was on dry.
deck at Brest Bad. bavin- aaderaM
thorough repairs, was ready for sea,
and tbe French authorities wished to
favor her escape. At night falso lights
wero used, and many expedients prac
ticed to misload and deceive us. We,
bowevor, put to sea and cruisod off the
port of Brest lor three months, but
finding tbe Florida would not come
out, and boing shattered and wealbor-
ooaten by our long cruise In tbo turbu
lent waters of Biscay, we shaped our
oourse tor flushing at tbo mouth or the
Kbino, where tbe
GOOD DUTCHMEN
roceivod us kindly and furnishod us
everything we needed. Thore we went
into dry-dock and made thorough re
pairs." "We bad lust put tbe Hearsarge in
jolly trim when Winslow received a
telegram Irom our Minister at Paris,
informing him that tbo Alabama was
.1 C'ho.linnrf W.iB,,lt.:i f...lr with
and pursued no devious ways in our
voyage thither. Running into port,
we there found the adversary whom
we had pursued so long and anxiously,
lying at anchor in the harbor. But we
were unwelcome visitors, and the
French authorities lost no time in warn
ing us out. We Ictl, but hovered
around tho entrance to the harbor, de
termined that Semmus should not this
time escape. Tbe utmost vigilance
was maintained on board the Kearsarge,
and our blockado was so effectual, that
our wily enemy finally despaired avoid
ing a battle. Tbo French, however,
did all In their power to aid him. The
commandant ol tho post sent an officer
to warn ns olt, protesting against the
blockade of his harbor. Winslow re-
(died that ho was not blockading bis
arbor, but was lying in wait for an
armed enemy, sheltered under the cov
er of French guns in violation of rules
enlorcod against the Kearsarge, and be
proposed to cruiso in that vicinity until
Semmes came out, and attack bim the
moment he oloarod neutral waters.
"Finding bis escape impossible Sem
mes issued bis famous
CIIALLINOE
to Winslow lor a pitchod battlo. This
was done to cover gracefully the skulk
ing character ol bis previous operations
and mako it appear to tbo world that
the engagement we bad so long coveted
and he so diligently avoided, was
brought about by bis own agency. He
never intended to fight if he could
avoid it, and notwithstanding bis chal
lenge, had any fortuitous circumstance
favored his flight be would have taken
wings.
"Ponding the engagement every pie-
paration was made and the Alabama
put in tho best possible trim for battle.
Sho was, as is well known, a British
vessel, armed with British guns and
mostly manned by British seamen : and
it is also an unquestionable fact that
sho bad at command the maritime re
sources of Kngland and France for any
thing she required in tho way ol arma
ment and supplies, h he was not our
inferior in anything which can add to
the efficiency of a snip of war. As to
the crows tboy are supposed to have
been nearly equal, but I doubt if Sem
mes ever Knew now luuny men no nan.
as I have reason to know tbat many
of tbem boarded her for the first time
the morning of the
BATTLE.
It was on Sunday morning, June 19,
1804, aa we wore cruising off Cherbourg
in a heavy fog and tbe officers and
crew were at church, that going for
ward 1 took the glass Irom the uuart-
ermastor of the watch, and looked in
toward the breakwater. 1 there dis
covered a fancy yacht which subse
quently proved to be tho Doerhound
beading up lue cnannei. i was loos
ing at nor so intently tbat it attracted
tho attention of Mr. Thornton, who
camo forward and said :
"What have you got Saunders ?
"A fancy craft take a look at hjr."
Ho brought tho glass to bear on her,
and saying, "Ob yes, she is going up
tbe channel, returnod to courcn.
Going along tbo port gangway to got
a bettor view 1 observed the yacht al
ter her course and stand in toward
sboro. Just at this moment the log
closed and 1 could soo the shipping in
side the breakwater, and among them
1 made out the Alabama. 1 saw the
Doerhound signal tho Alabama. Sbe
ropliod and immediately niovod toward
the entrance ol tbe harbor. As soon
as sho cleared the breakwater, the
Doerhound ran undor bor stern, and
shortly after the Alabama and Doer
hound followed by a Front h ironclad
Btood out toward sea. W bon I saw
this movement 1 sang out,
"HISI SHE COMES 1"
and services closed without the usual
oeremonics. Captain Winslow ran to
the port gangway where I had taken
my station and said :
" w here is sue r
"Thore," I replied, pointing bor out,
and an English yacht and French
ironclad with bor."
"We immediately furlod all sail and
stood across the channel, the hostile
fleet following us. When the French
man reached throe marine leaguos from
shore be blowed off steam and waited
to observe our movements.
"As soon as cur engineer reported a
full head of steam Winslow gave the
orders to put the helm sport and we
bore down upon the enemy. At two
and a half miles the Alabama opened
fire with a boardside of nine guns, but
did no damage. Tbe Kearsarge said
nothing, but kopt steadily lorward.
Again the enemy hurled a storm of
metal at us which hurtled through our
rigging, doing some slight damage.
W e thou opened with B thirty pound
rifle and killed three men the first shot
The Kearsarge never swerved, but
pusbod forward under full bead until
within deadly range, when we Drought
our broadside to bear and gave the en
emy merry bell. Bemmes bad evident
ly mtenaeu to piay at long nowis,
where tbe supposed superiority ot bis
English gunners would prove most ef
fective; out Winslow would not bave
it so, and swooped down on bim In
such a way as to rendor escape impos
sible. Semmes struggled bard to wid
en tbo distance betwoon us, but the
grappling irons of late had fastend on
bim and the doom of his ship was
sealed.
"As soon as tbe engagement opened
Winslow appeared on his quarter-dock
in full dress uniloim, where be remain
ed, directing tbe battle. Time and
again, as the enemy were about te pour
in a broadsido, he ordered his men to
tbe shelter of the bulwarks, but never
for a moment sought cover for himself,
He scanned the Alabama olosolv with
bis glass, endeavoring vainly todiscov
er Semmos. Ho railed to me, 'Do you
see anything ol Semmes T I ropV.ed
tbat 1 did not I could see his first
officer on tbe quarter-deck, but never
got sigbt ol the Conlederate oommand
er. 1 am lolly satisfied ol tbe fact tbat
he did not appear on bis quarter-deck
at any time after the engagement be
came cloae.
"It was aboat 11 a. m. whom the en
gtgement opened, and at aboat 13 ra.
the Alabama fired a lee goo fat token
of surrender. Winslow at once gave
the order to ceaso firing. I communi
cated the order to the gunners, but no
sooner done than the. Alabama again
opened flro. We returned it witli in
terest, and could bave raked her docks
with canister, but did not wish to sac
rifice any more lives. Tho Alabama
could not striko bor colors. The jaws
of bor mizzen gaff wore shot away, and
her peek hung in the spankorboom
top-lifts, tbe flag still flying. An old
English tar shinnod up tho top-lifts
and cut off tho tail of the flag, and
standing on the boam held it up for a
flag of truce. They then lowered a
boat, which came alongsido tbe Kear
sarge. It contained four men, who
looked liko Knglisbmon. 'Who are
you ?' asked Winslow.
"Officers of the Alabama."
L "Where is Semmes?" v
"aommes i
"What do you want V"
"We came to surrender. -
"As tbe Alabama was sinking they
wore directed to return and assist in
picking up tho crew. Winslow also re
quostcd tho Doerhound to rondor assist,
anoe. She steamed op and lowering
hor boats picked up a number of men,
but the Alabama's boat containing the
four alleged officers, pulled straight to
the Deerhound and jumping on board
sent their boat adrift without saving a
man. mo jjoernounu men immcuia
tely steamed up the channel, leaving
most of the Alabama crew to take tboir
chances in the water. Lord Lancaster
had secured Semmes and a portion of
the English crew and abandoned the
rest, including the wounded, to their
fate."
"One officer ot tho Alabama, Second
Lieutenant WiUon, from Goorgia, I
think, acted the part of a horo in this
criBis. I bad noticed bim during the
engagement, and remarked his active
efficiency, and now in tbe hour of dis
aster, undmmayed by perils, be worked
manfully to save his wounded mon
from a watery grave; and when his
work was accomplished he camo on
board liko a man and surrendered up
bis sword, proud in tho consciousness
of having well performed his whole
duty. 1 know not what baa become
of bim, but whether living or dead, 1
take ploaBuro in bearing testimony to
bis gallant conduct, so much in con
trast with that of his superiors who
sneaked away in the treacherous Deer
hound, abandoning to their fate the
man who, up to the last moment, had
stood by them faithfully."
Uur prisonors receivoo mo kinuesi
possible treatment ; were fu rinsed dry
clothing, and had their grog along with
the orow. Many of thorn bad papers
with them, and I assisted in spreading
them out and drying them, and found
many discharges from tbe British ser
vice, some ot tho men-of-war's men,
discharged in tho Crimean War, in '5(i,
67 and 68. With tbe Alabama crew
was an old shipmate ot mine, Jotin
Hughes, who told me that at 2 o'clock
that morning the Deerhound ran along
side and transterred a largo number of
in the cabin ot the Alabama, and
ili .4 wku fk .waemnt. rmnMt
Lthese men rushed out and took charge
oi the guns. In 18G8I was in Lurope,
in tbe call ship Macedonian, and at
Portsmouth 1 loll in with several Drit-
ish sailors who served that day on
board tbe Alabama, and escaped in the
Doerhoond. Tboy were paid 20 for
their services, and were selected irom
Her Majesty's shipExcellont,on account
of their superior skill as gunners, and
were thon in the British service. It is
not probable tbat this could be done
without the knowledge of the Knglish
Admiralty.
"But to return to the scene oi action.
During the engagement the hills
around Cherbourg and tbo Broakwator
were crowded wilb people, and when
the Alabama wont under they cheered
lustily, supposing it to bo the Kear
sarge ; but as soon as tbe smoke clear
ed away we undoceived them. 1 ran
un mv nags. 1U feet to tbe loro, m leoi
to the mizzen, and 3G feot at tbo gaff
end. The last flag i sent lo Washing
ton with a description of the battle
written on tbe bead of tbe flag. 1 bus
guilty decorated, in token of our tri
umph, we defiantly flaunted Ameri
can bunting in the face of the hostile
monarchies ot Kngland and r ranco.
"As soon rb we cast anchor at Cher
bourg tbo French Admiral tendered
tho use ol their hospital for the wound
ed. CanUin Winslow paroled tho Eng
lish Surgeon of tho Alabama and sent
bim ashore to get the place in readi
ness for the wounded British. Ho went,
but we novor beard of his stopping any
place. It was the last wo saw ol him.
Dr. Browne, ot our ship, then went
ashore with the wounded. e had but
two wounded mon, John Dompsy and
Wm. Gone, Gone died, and the Kear
sarge crew have erectod a bcautiiui
monument over his gravo.
"On tbe 31st of June the Alabama
orow wore paid off in Cherbourg by
tbe Brazilian Consul who was also
acting Confederate Consul, and shortly
alter the Koarsurge sailed for America.
I did not return witb her, but went to
Ijondon in obedience lo a summons
from Hon. Charles Francis Adams,
American Minister to tho Court of St.
Jamoa. 1 there gave a lull account of
tbe affair, all of which was rod u era to
writing by the Minister's Secretary,
and no doubt found its way to the De
partment of Slate, and perhaps had
something to do in making up the Go-
neva Award.
"On my return to Amorica I was
summoned before the Secretary ot tho
Navy, Hon. Gideon Welles, and again
underwent a critical examination, which
lasted several days, all of my state
ments being written out in full. Mr.
Adams and Mr. W olios both treated
me with great kindness and considera
tion, and in bobalf of the government
rrapnally lhankod me lor tbo sorvicos
had rendered in tbe affair, and as
sured me warmly that 1 should bo well
Iirovided for in the future. My reward
las been a bronze medal of huT'.r I
Since the war 1 have sailed on the
Circassian, the Decotah, tho .Macedo
nia, the Portsmouth, and tho Vermont.
It was on board tbe last named vossol
that I contracted discoso of tbe lungs.
1 bocame totally disabled, and was dis
charged at Brooklyn Naval Hospital
with a pension of eight dollars per
month.
By the rules of the Hospital 1 could
not be retained there alter my dis
charge from the service, so I was turn
ed out like a broken down horse to pro
vide for myself. Unablo to go to sea,
unused to any land pursuits, physical,
ly incapacitated for any kind ot labor,
1 knew not what to do nor where to
So. X thought of tbe nromiso made mo
v the creat men, when in tho pride
of sturdy manhood and in the hour of
a great triumph I stood before them,
but tbey availed ma aotning wnen in
need ol help, and did not suffice to keep
me on t of a New York State poor
house. 1 afterward came here. The
eUmate does not agree with me, but 1
an not able to go elsewhere. I bave
not received tbe conaideratioa I bad
REPUBLICAN.
to expect Among all my old naval
commanders Winslow and Farragut
no in uini irienus, out tuey are
both doad. Wore thoy alive something
would be done fbr mo, but the men ol
to day engaged in tbe political schemes
have forgotten the services rondorod
tho country in an hour of trial, and
there ib no one to lond an car to the
broken down tar."
And the old "Man-of War" braced
up his helm and bore away under a
sun uroczo oi inuignation.
THE MORMOX mOBLEM.
The Mormon problem has longvexed
tbe national authority and practically
defied solution in accordance with tho
accepted civilization of tho ago. When
the new Mormon dispensation was
founded in tho henrt of the Rockv
MomoUIim, tboiMMeuU lullww fixim oiie
, --!- I ... J
tuo jurisdiction oi too Mexican Uov
ornmcnt, it was believed by Brigham
Young that tho surges of Christian
civilization would not reach him for
generations, and that his isolation from
the Mexican authority would enable
bim to rear and maintain an oligarchy
that could equal tho averago duration
of other despotic powers. Polygamy
was tbo now revelation of Brigham
Young, who had usurped the supremo
authority of the Church after the
doalb of tho Prophet Smith, and bis
fur-reaching sagacity led him to gather
bis people within mountain walls be
yond tho reach ol the disturbing
agencies ot Christian laws, lie crossed
the trackless plains and followed tbe
cannons of tho mountains, unpeopled
save by tho savagn, until bo landed in
the valley of bait J.iike, then erected
bis strange altars in the new home of
tbe " Latter Hay Saints, when the
treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo trans
ferred him and bis people back to tho
baled jurisdiction ol the Unttod Mates.
Polygamy was then one of the roveal-
cd and accepted dogmas of tbe Mor
mon l. hurcn. Alter tbe desperate sec
tional battle over the status of tho oew
Mexican Torritors on the slavery ques
tion, Utah was organized as a Terri
tory, and President Flllmoro was com
pelled to look tho Mormon issuosquare
iy in the faco. The overland route to
tbe gold fields of tho Pacific had boon
established, and Utah was one of the
main sources of supplies for emigrants.
l'rosident Fillmore, altor much hesita
tion, finally docidod to utilize tho Mor-
mons to tbe best advantage in the in
terest of tho emigrants. President
r illmnre, alter much hesitation, nnully
docidod to utilize the Mormons to tho
best advantage in the intorest of tbe
emigrants and new settlements of the
mountains and on the Pacific slope,
and he appointed Brigham Young
Torntonnl Governor with otborolncors
in harmony with tbe Mormon ruler.
In answer to the earnest protests of
tbe Churches and tho better class of
peoplo, President Fillmore announced
that tho Inendly onices ol the Mor
mons ware most essential to the com
fort and safety of California emigrants,
nrl that the government employed
them as it did tho army or any other
agency to promoto the interests of the
adventurers of the Western plains and
mountains, Emboldonod by tba tolor
ancoot the government, the Mormons
became gradually defiant and revolu
tionary and emigrant sottlers who
offended tbom wore cruelly murdored
by Danite bands, organized by the
Mormon Church and sustained in ex
ecutinrr tho hioodv decrees of its lead
ers. President Buchanan's bootless
and costly war with the Mormons and
Colonel Albert Sidney Johnson's blood
less campaign against them, after a
winter s hall on tho inhospitable piain
of Bridgor, are well remembered, and
tho lawlessness of the Mormons and
their defiance ot all authority but
their own, was continued until 18G2,
when Congress passed an act to pun
ish and prevent polygamy in the Ter
ritories of tuo Lnion; un curliest
effort was hi ado to enforce the anti
polygamy law by President Lincoln,
but there were only Mormons to serve
as jurors and Mormon juries refused to
convict their brethren lor what they
hold to be not only lawful but sanc
tioned by direct revelation trom
Heaven. Altor exhaustive but tin
availing exertions of Federal officials
to enforce tbo act of Congress, it was
finally allowed to remain practically a
dead letter. So thoroughly deluded
in their failh wore nine-tenths of the
Mormon peoplo, that they resolved to
dosolato tboir fields and homes and
emigrnto beyond tho jurisdiction of
tho United States again, should the
government persist in punishing them
lor what they claimed to bo tho exor
cise of the f'reodom of conscience in
religious conviction. Thus for fit toon
yonrs the anti-polygamy law has beon
in oporation and the Mormons have
been marrying and multiplying their
wives as fust as emigration and the
growth of population furnished tbem
womon for their harems. Judge
McKoan, recently appointed Chief
Justice of Utah, has had tho issue re
vived by a voluntary case submitted
for adjudication, and the Supreme
Court ot the Unitod Slates has finally
declared the acts of Congress consti
tutional. The decision of tho Supreme Court
prosonts some grnvo problems fur so
lution by the national authorities. For
many years after tho passage of the
act of 1HG2 the Mormons secured ad
mission to tho floor of Congress for
thoir Delegato by electing Iloopor,
who hud never indulged in the ques
tionable luxury of more than one wile;
but when tho issue of polygamy seem
ed to bave died a natural death, Mr.
Georgo Q. Cannon, altogether tho most
able and cultured Mormon leader, and
ho bas sat in the Mouse for a number
oi years, enjoying tbe honors and
sharing tho powers of the nation,
while living in polygamy in insolent
violation of tho laws of tho hotly in
which he serves Under tho decision
ol the Supreme Court ho cannot be
ullowod to retain his seal, for ho con
tinues from day to day to offend the
laws of tbo land ; and if the judgment
of tho court of last resort shall ho en
forced, Utah would bocomo little clso
than a penal colony. Nearly every
adult male Mormon would be fined
and imprisoned ; throe-fourths of '.he
wives ol Utah would be discarded as
degraded mistresses; three-fourths of
the wives of the children or Mormons
would be illegitimate before the law
and they, Willi their mothers, would
ba denied inheritance, and tbo rights
pertaining to properly as well as tho
whole social fitbrio of tho Mormon
community would be remanded to
chaos. Delegate Cannon very natur
ally appeals to the government that
bas tolerated tho oflenso of polygamy,
until It has grown to such proportions
as to involve the social and family in
terests of more than a hundred thous
and people and property amounting to
many millions, to enact tnai ine pen
alties of the anti polygamy act of 1862
shall be prospective from this data,
He proposos that polygamy shall be
forbidden and punished in the future ;
but that existing wives and their chil
dren shall be protected according to
tue mormon laws in tneir domestic re
lations and in tboir rights of proporty.
LI iirsh ly as such an act of Congress
must grate on the conviotions of our
civilisation, wo can see no escape from
it without violence to justico and
humanity. It is tho fault of tho gov
ernment that polygamy has bocomo bo
interwoven with tbo entire peoplo of
one oi ine most Dotintiiul Territories,
that it can be uprooted now only by
making nearly all mon convicts, nearly
all womon outcasts, nearly all children
homeless and nearly all property
wrested from its present or prospective
equitable owners ; and, boing tbe con
current crimo of both government and
subjects, the supremo considerations of
naraaniAjr . ana jantioo wotwocn fcu.
parents aud"ucknW'lotlgodc'tiITdroii,
clearly demand tbat the government
shall accept tho most practical mothod
of attaining dclivernnco from tho foul
est blot that now stains our civiliza
tion. I'hiladelpkia Times.
A WIFE WHO JS SELDOM AT
HOME.
Whon tho peddler rang Mr. Bird's
door bell, tbe other day, Mr. Bird him-
soil' opened the door. Mr. Bird had
the baby upon bis arm, and there were
four otbor children at his heols.
"Is the lady of the hotiso in?" asked
tho peddler.
"Certainly sho lsn t! replied Air.
Bird. "Sho is out. Sbe is perennially
and eternally out I"
" V horo can 1 see her r
" Why go down to tho Woman Suf-
frago Club rooms, and if she is not
there, go to the society tor the preven
tion of cruolty to animals, and if she
has loft thoro, visit the hall ol the as
sociation for alleviating tho miseries of
the Senognmbians, and if sho lias fin
ished up thoro, look lor hor at the
church aid society, or at the Ninth
Ward soup house, or at tho homo ol
the ono lcggod, or at the refuge for in
firm dogs, or at tho hospital for tho
asthmatic, or at some of thcoe places.
It you got on bor trail you II see more
paupers and strong-minded women,
and under-clothing for tbe heathen,
than you cvor sow in tbe whole course
ot your life."
'I wanted to sell her a cool-handle
flat-iron, just out. Do you think she
will buy onet"
"rho win it you can prove that tuo
linked cannibals in Senegambia are
yearning forcool-handlod flat-irons. She
would buy diamond breastpins lor
tboso niggers if they wanted them, 1
believe."
" I intended, also, to oiler bor a now
kind of immovablo hair pin, which "
"All right, tou just go flown to
tho home for the one-legged, and pcr-
suado those cripples to cry for immov
able hair-pins, and she will order em
by the ton."
" Has she any children 7"
" Well, I'm the one that, appear to
bave cm ; just, now, unj uuw.
"Because 1 have a gum top for a
feeding bottle ; tbis is the nioest thing
you ever saw."
"Now," said Mr. Bird, "I'll tell you
what you do. You get thoso paupers
to swear tbey can't cat the soup tbey
get at the soup house with spoons, but
they must have it from a botllo witb a
rubbor nozzle, and Mrs. Bird will keep
you so busy supplying the demand that
you won't have a chanco to sleep. You
just try It. Buy up tho paupers!
Unite cm r
"llow'll I know ber if I see her I"
" Why, she's a lurgu woman wilb a
bent nose, and sho talks all tho time
You'll hoar her talking as soon as you
got within a milo of her. She'll ask
you to subscribe to tho Soncgumbian
fund and to the Asthmatic Asylum be
fore youcan got your breath. Probably
she'll read you lour or five letters from
reformed cannibals. But don't you
mind 'om. My opinion Is sho wroto
'em herself."
"Shall 1 toll bor you told mo to rail
upon hor ? "
" It don't muko any difl'eronco. But
you might mention to her that sinco
she It-It home tho baby bas had four
fits, Johnny has fallen out of the pear
tree and cracked bis skull, Mary and
Jim both bavo soroothing like croup,
and livtntny bus been bitton by Jonos's
dog. It won't excite hor ; siio won't
care a cent; but I'd liko bor to have
the latest news. Toll hot if she can
manage to drop in hero for a minuto
between now and tho Fourth of July,
she might maybe wash the baby and
givo tho other children a chanco to re
member how sho looks. But she needn't
como if it will intcrlcro with the hap
piness of tho ono-Ieggcd mcdicants or
make hor asthmatic patients miserable.
Mind and mention it to bar now, will
you?"
" I will."
"All right, then. I'll go in and put
somcl'rosh sticking plaster on Johnny's
skull."
And with tho baby singing a vocilcr
ous solo, and tho other children cling
ing to his legs, Mr. Bird retreated and
shut the door. Tho peddler hail de
termined to proposo to a girl that
night. He changed his mind nnd re
solved to remain a bachelor.
THE IltOZEN J'UMP.
It was tho late Mr. James Thomson
who described Winter as being "cruel
aa death and hungry as the gravo ;"
and from the feeling way in which ho
put the mailer, it is very evident that
ne spoke Imm out tho depths of a torn
and harried heart. True, he did not
present a particular statement ot his
reasons for hating ths season described
by Ins Iriend Mr. Cowper ao tbo "ruler
of tho inverted year" from the fact
thai everything is turned upsido down
and mado uncomfortable but anybody
who has spent a winter or oven a part
of a winter in tho country can reach
down, only too easily, to tho true in
wardness of the pool's seemingly in.
temperate and vimllclivo words; ob
viously, when the lute Mr. James
Thomson wrote that bitter line, he
was writhing undor tho heavy burden
of misery attributable to and conse
quent upon too close relations with a
frozen pump.
Anybody who has over tried to un
frcczo a frozen pump knows what that
undertaking is ; those who never have
boon brought face lo face and com
pelled to wrcstlo with such domostio
castaslrophe know nothing about it
It ib all vory fine lo say that pouring
hot water down the punip log will ro
opes, communications with tho woll ;
sometimes it will, but more limes it
will not Tho hot water just slays
thoro ; and in a little whilo il gots cold
and then It freezes and things arc
worse than ever. Everybody who has
every tried dropping" live coals down
into the bowels of a frdsen pumpknows
what tbat amounts to that tbe coals
grit around inoide the log, and when
the thaw does oomo get jammed In the
"box" rough up tho leather of the
"bucket" ao that it utterly refuses lo
"draw," ana cbuso the pump to yield
a weak dilution of ashes through all
tho next summer. As a theory, heat
ing the kitchen poker red hot and
lowering it down insido tho pump by
tho ulothcS'tinu scorns promising. Alter
tho man bas scorched his fingers, burnt
a holo in bis trousers, and had tho
pokor got away from him and remain
as a part of the pump's internals, ho
is Inclined lo believe that this theory
doos not amount to much in practice.
Tho woman's suggestion, thai tho salt
bag bo omptiod down tho pump, is not
loss delusive. No doubt but tbat it
will accomplish tho end desired ; but
during tho long weeks that tho well
remains a miniature Bait sea the
whole family are as so many Ancient
ol the uo'iioh'old''iri'u) 'boon exhauleJi
Old John is called in. Nobody knows
exactly how ho manages it, but in a
little limoholi.is tho "rod" out through
tho trap-door, has pulled up tho "box"
and with it tho poker and a good many
of tho coals, and if the pump has not
pushed its ingratitudo to tho extent of
bursting tho log within an hour
ho has repaired damages and got
tho pump to pumping again. Tho
stringency of tho times is relieved;
but it is impossible over to foci the
snruo toward that pump again it has
played the bonshold (also.
And the fooling entertained toward
the pump naturally extends backward
to the first cause of tho pump's iniqui
tous conduct, to winter, lu that lair
land of which old Goorgo Sandys
makes Ovid sing in English vorso the
first book of English verse over writton
in America in that lair 1..J wt..r.
'Twaa alware apring ; warm actibyra awoetlr blew
On auuilling flowera which witbuut letting grew.
it goes without telling that frozen
pumps wore unknown. Itwasawin-
torlcss land to which Ovid referred,
and in tbat land, not Jess obviously,
-Mr. James Thomsons poem, "Iho
Seasons," would bavo been an absurd
ity. But in Englund, as in our own
unhappy America, tho four seasons are
forlorn ccrtninties, and no ono can
doubt for a moment that Mr. Thom
son wroto his dismal review of tho
season of "Winter'1 whilo preyed upon
and oppressed by tho winter begotten
calamity ol a frozon pnmp. I'liitadel
pli ia Times. ,
"IX A riCKWICKIAX SEXSE:'
HOW A VERY rol'ULAR ANI1 MtCI! I'SEU
I'llRARE ORIGINATE I.
From llarper'a Magaaina for February.
Difleronco in mnnners among civil
ized aud closely roluled nations is con
spicuously Bhown in tho fact that M.
Gambotta in Franco recently felt him
self constrained by public sentiment,
liko Alexander Hamilton in this coun
try nearly seventy-five years ago, to
fight a duel. It would be incredible
that Gonorul (jarfioltl, or Bcnntor
J, r r-' -if in this
country, should feci that public opinion
compelled bim to toko the field. In
deed, if any suoh leader should engage
in a duel, instead of satisfying public
opinion, it would undoubtedly prevent
his further high promotion. No duel
ist could be elected President, nor fail
most seriously to injure bis influence.
Yet Gumbetta felt that his influence
was in peril if ho did not "go out." M.
Do Fourtou assortod in tho Chamber
that M. Gambotta had mado a spocch
which declared war on every French
man not ot the old rcpulic. It was
undoubtedly very exasperating to hear
such a fulxohood, and Gitmbella shout
ed, " That is a lio I " Tho words wero
retracted, but apparently he would not
apologize, and when Do Fourtou chal
lenged him ho accepted, and they,
fought. So that rather than apologize
for words which, by retracting, he con
tossed that ho ought to have used,
Gambotta exposed tho causo which he
believes to be that of his country, and
infinitely superior in importance to all
personal consideration?, to the risk of
his death and a consequent immense
injury. No doubt Gumbetta thought
that Do Fourtou did lio, and, although
acknowledging that ho ought not to
have said so in tho Chamber, he could
not honestly say tbat be was sorry to
bavo said what ho believed. But in a
sounder condition of opinion ho would
not bavo felt obliged to givo Do Four
tou a chanco of killing him for saying
so.
Such scones In Parliamentary assem
blies are well known. Ono of tho most
noted is that between Canning and
Brougham in the House of Commons. 1
Canning had joined tho ministry of .
Ijord J.ivorpool, when It was agreed Denning:
that tho question ol tho Roman Calho- Jiesolvr'd That wo bellcvo certain
lie olaims should bo left open, becauso schools to bo necessary lor tho propor
it was prncticitlly impossiblo to form a training of teachers, and tbat such
ministry which should bo unanimous schools Hliould be located in such parts
upon that subject. During adeboto0i tho county ns may seem most ad
upon tho question, which had become , Tj,blo to tho County Superintendent,
very warm, Lord llrouglum indecent-1 Bnd that all schools making pretensions
ly said that Canning's conduct in join-1 10 ,!, training of teachers should be
ing a divitled euhiuet was ' tho mncr tho supervision of tho County
most incredible specimen of monstrous Superintendent,
truckling lor tho purposo ol obtaining! q )0 Convention then adjourned to
survico that the whole hiatory of pnlit-Opera House, wbero a stirring
icnl tor giversalion could furnish." j B,,rl.ss to directors and tcachors was
Canning roso in tho midst of Broug. j delivered by Hon. Honry Houck,
ham's sentenco and said, emphatically, j Deputy Stato Superintendent
That is falso ! " There was profound
silenco for a few moments. Tho
Speaker then said that ho hoped Mr.
Canning would withdraw tho words,
tanning replied that nothing on earth
milium peisuuuo i iu uu so. aiioiu
was more silenco. Then a motion that
both of tho offenders tho most emi
nent minister and tho loader of tho
opposition should bo committed to
the custody ot the hergeat-at-Arms.
Hut a dexterous gentleman, Sir Robert
Wilson, evidently versed in tho eti
quette of "honor," reliev6d Canning,
Brougham, the Hpcukor, tho Sergeant
at-Ainu, the House, and England, of
the dilemma, llu suggested tbat what
Brougham had said relerred lo Can
ning'sofficiulchnracter, whilo Canning
had erroneously supposod that the im
putation was meant lo bo personal I A
statement lo this effect from each of
Iho honorable members ho was very ,',,,,,, That mombcrsof the com
sure would be mutually satisfactory. I miUe0 ar0 nol allowed to commit
Cnnning and Brougham assented, and j themselves in any manner, or givo any
tho maltor ended. Tho lotest narrator ! gssuranco which aro binding upon
ol this siory, .nr. ni oncer Hoipolo,,
says that this was the ovont w hich
liickens nllcrwards heard Irom Ins
Iollow reporters when ho went Into
the gallery, and which he reproduced
with all tho richness of his humor in
tho celebrated quarrel which wus com
posed becauso of a timely agreement
that offensive words had been used : impaired by severe wonlher, bad trav
only in a "Pickwickian sense." Had j cjn(,,Bn, disease. Many ol our schools
somo friendly Sir Robert Wilson been! ,av0 alixi suspended for a time, be-
liit-nuill iii,.i.uu rrouuu vumiiuoi
might bavo saved (lambcttn the no
ccssily of fighting a duel, which, as
the distance was thirty five pacosand
the exchange of shots harmless, cost
him more ridicule than bis refusal to
fight could have cost bim in influence.
, EDUCATIONAL.
DY U. I MctlUOWN.
Z'i'fcTOKs'coy Vextwx. '
""la uuiii.a,i.-'-! a tal! cfrhe. County
SupuritilondontaConvontion of Direc
tors assembled in the Court Room,
Thursday, January 2nd, at hall past
one o'clock. Tho names of the sovoral
districts in tho county wore called, and
the following list ol delegutca recorded :
Burnsido borough 0 ; Clearfield, J utnes
1, I navt. 1 1 i n fir W i-,l . ' ..
" -"-- j , t j j u v. , , yurwuiin
villo, Daniel Faust, John Patton ;
Houtzdalo, 0 ; Lumber City, John Rus
sell ; Nowburg, 0; Now Washington,
Adam broth ; Osceola, J. J. Pio, Jaa.
Cameron ; Wallaceton, M. D. Iteidy ;
, Boocaria, J. H. Weld ; Bell, 0 ; Bloom,
Ucorge iiorn, John Sc,.:b : Kreo).
T. IS. oodaides, L C. Hopkins ; Brad
ford, J. L. Pierce; Brady, Jonathan
Shafor, Elisha Ashenfoltor ; BiiriiBide,
Joseph Hutton; Chest, 0; Covington,
Dr. J. W. Potior; Decatur, W. A.
Reams ; Ferguson, 0; Uirard, G. W.
Slccnur, Goorgo Shirey, Wm. Murray,
Goshen, 0; Graham, T. U. Forcey ;
Urconwood, Aaron Nowcomor; Gulicb,
0; Huston, Dr. J. II. Kline; Jordan,
Ruuben Straw ; Karlhaus, 0 ; Knox,
0; Lawrence, Samuel Howies, Levi
Coukluig, Leandor Denning, William
Lansbcrry ; Morris, 0 ; Penn, Samuel
Widemire; Pike, 0; Union, 0; Wood
ward, 0; Pike Independent, Josoph
Spencer; Lawronoo Independent, 0.
iTboee marked wilb a atar were at tbe Inotl
tat, but not in Convention.)
Deputy btate superintendent lioiick
addressed the convention on duties of
directors. Altor which tho programmo
prepared for tho occasion was disposed
of. Mr. Widomiro, of Penn, mado an
,.ii on tho tliuma "What
rv-1 --. I A t .. .'.I . I .: . . . , .
ment of Teat li6f8',""(RIi6VooriiyJohh
Russell, of Lumber City, who read a
well prepared paper upon tho subject,
"Should not n high Premium be paid
on Talent, Age, and Experience."
Leunder Denning, of Lawrenco, then
took up the subject, "How can the
Educational Advantages of our Teach
ors bo Improved," and treated it lu
an able and comprehensive niannor.
Tbo subject in relurcnco to a change
of text-books was then introduced and
discussed by a number of directors.
In consequence ol the various opinions
expressed by the different speakers,
no conclusion could bo drawn from tho
discussion of tbo subject In order to
tost the sense of the Convention, a vote
was taken upon the question, "Do you
desire a chango of text-books in your
District ?" A small majority voting
in tbo negative. At tho suggestion of
Mr. xveidy, uf Wallacc'.on, Cna. W,
Scott, agent for lvoson, Blakomcn,
Taylor si Co. and S. J. Drinkwator,
agent lor D. Appleton 4 Co. wore call
ed upon to state upon wbut terms thoir
publishing houses would supply new
books in exebango for old series. Tho
conditions generally adhered to with
tho terms adopted by most publish
ers were carefully explained, and tho
probable cost to each pupil given. At
the concluding of the agents' remarks
a further discussion of tho subject was
resu mod, and various methods by which
a uniform series could bo adopted
throughout the county wero suggested.
Some difference of opinion existed as
to tho proper plan ot making a proper
selection of a series for adoption.
J. F. McKonrick, of Clearfield, was
called upon and suggested the selec
tion bo left to a committee composed
ed of directors and tcachors, who
should act conjonitly and report
upon tho respective merits of each
series examined, recommending tho
best for adoption. Such report lo
be submitted to a convention of dircc
tors, and if accepted to be then reforrod
to the respectivo school boards ot each
district. After some further discussion
of tho subject, tho Pillowing resolution
was Bubmittod and cat nod by a major
ity of tho directors present :
Jiefolccd, that we rocommond Ui at
present year, and that a committee of
five directors ho appointed to act in
connection with a committee ot seven
teachers wboso duty it shall bo to ex
amine and report upon a full scries ol
text books for adoption in tbo schools
of our county, at our next County In
stitute, and that County Superinten
dent McQuown be hereby authorized
lo appoint said committee.
Upon the passing of tho resolution,
County Superintendent McOuown ap
pointed tho following directors to act
in accordance with tho above resolu
tion :
Dr. J. W. Potior, Karthaus; Jnmcs
L. Lesvy, Clonrfield ; Dr. J. 11. Klino,
Ponfivld ; John Russell, Lumber City,
and J. C. Hopkins, West Decatur. The
teachers appointed were J. F. MoKon.
rick, Clcartield ; J. A. Gregory, Cur
wensvillo; Malt Savage, Now Wash
ington ; A. U. liosonkruns, Ponfield ;
W. S. Luther, i.uthersburg ; John
McadjShnwsville, and Silas Reeco, Os
ceola Mills.
Messrs. John Russell, J. C. Hopkins
and Adam Newcomer, having been ap
pointed a Committco on resolutions,
reported the following :
1st, Suggested by tho lion. Henry
llouck i
Jicsolvril, That directors should bo
governed by grodo certificates infixing
salary ot teachers, paying special diff
erence to practice and theory of teach
ing. 2d, Suggested from subjoct of John
Russell. ;
Ursotrrd, Tbat a higher premium
should be paid on talent, ago and ex-
penenco, in the selection ol teachers.
3rd, Arising from subject of Lcnndcr
Tho committee of tcachors, appoint-
ed In accordance with directors' reso
lution mot and organized by appoint
ing J. F. McKcnrick, Chairman, and
tl0 following resolution adopted to
guide tho committco ill lis work :
Iti-nohvd, That the chairman be au
thorized to confer witb the chairman
ol committco of directors, in order to
secure concert of action and co-operation
in our work, and to call a meeting
of committed as early as practicable
for nitituai deliberation.
Itrtolvrd, That wo invito publishers
of school books to submit tboir publi
cations for examination upon even con
ditions as they may name, but dis
courage tho usual practico of agents
coming into tho county to negotiato
with individual members of the com
mittee, or at any other timo than a
regular meeting of the committco.
lUem jn )nVor 0f any series of books,
unless authorized by a two-third vote,
of tho committco in session.
Itcsolwd, That the affirmative vote
of two thirdo of the committee shall
bo necessary to a selection in all cases.
It is indeed to bo regreltod that tho
work of our schools has been so much
cnilSO Ol UlCSO things.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss Annie Read, teacher of Tlizel
Green school, in Lawrenco township,
bas been oonfined to .her room witli
diptheria for some time. ....