TUB -CLEARFIELD I1PIBUCAM," csuisss inn wimmmy, at CLEARFIELD, PA. B TABLIHBD IM ISST. -,Urgeel Clrcalatloa afsay Hewauaper ! North Central Peaueylvanfa. Tnrma of Sabaoription. u i. adTeaee, or wlthla I mootkA..,.' OO I ifltid before mODthi....-! 1U J ,,J tfur Ike eiptretloa 01 moniaa... uu Bales ot Advertising. t vilest adrertlieiaeBU, P" "I"" e I tl-M .j.lii.triori'Bad Baioutora'aotloie....... J 41 J..,,... mi Kiuiy.... n..Mletloi notleei " 1 MMeieaal Card., 4 Heel J.. I M UmU ioiiow. dm Mm ........... II TRARLY ADVERTISEMENTS. . M I I eolumB !?"" ....II M teolumiu .. ft M ,..10 41 I I oolama IM tt 0. B. OOODLANDER, Pukllikef. IH"- JOB PRINTING Ot EVERT DE80IT u.i mil! eieioied el M' eBoa. TTwTsMlTfl, AT TORN EY-AT-LAW, Clearfield, Pa. T J. LIN OLE, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW, 1:11 Phlllpiksr;. VtnM Ce., P e. yrpd TOLAND D. SWOOPE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Carwiairillt, Cl.ari.ld eeualy, Pa. vt. 9, '71-lf. rtSCAR MITCHELL, attorney at law, clearfield, pa, fit-On la tbe Opera Heuae. ootD, '78-tf. GH & W. BARKETT, r ATTOENBTS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. Juw7 W. 167S. TSKAEL TEST, ATTORNRY AT LAW, Clearfield. Pa. at-OBei la the Court Hoaie. Jyll.'M HENRY BRETH, ' (oeTsar- r. d.) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE fou bell Towitamr. Ha, I, 1S7I-.T TM. II. McCULLOUGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. OA A In lU.PBie building, Eeeond etreet, op, ptlit. lb. Court HouM. J.2,'I If. 1VT C. ARNOLD, LAW 4 COLLECTION OFFICE, curwensville, Cliarflold CoaaU, Paaa'a. it T. BROCK BANK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. Offiea ia Opara Hoara. ap i,77-lj JAMBS MITCHELL, DBALBB IB Square Timber & Timber Lands, J.11'71 CLEARFIELD, PA. J. K. SNYDER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. Oftot la Pia'a Optra Uouia. June It, lilt VILLUB 4. WALUOB. BATIB fc. BBBBB. BAaar r. WALbAoa. ioaa w. wbiblbv. WALLACE & KREB8, (SaMoaiora to Wallaoa A Flaldlaf,) ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW, Jaal77 . . Clearfield, Pa. ' r. 0'L.aucB. . . A. A. aaaaAM. BUCK d tlRAHAM, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CLBABriBLB, PA. All life) ba.laau promptlf attaadad to. OBoa In Orab.m'i Row room, furmarlj ooeaplad br II. D. Hwoope. jalj2i, 'la-tS Praak Fialdln.. W. D. Biler....B. V. Wlleee. UIELDINO, BIGLER WILSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. .M-OBce la Pla'a Opera Hoara. tBOI. B. BUBBAT. ' CTBUB BOBDOB. jJURRAY A GORDON, ATTORNEYS AT' LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. ar-Bo la Ple'a Opera lloue, ieoaad ioor. liM'74 . loiarB B. b'bnallt. dabibi w. H'coaar, MoCUBDY fcENALLY ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Claaxfiald. Fa. , aW-Laaal bwilaeal ettendad to promptly wltkj IJelujr. Ulloe a Seaoad treat, abeee tka Flrat Salioaal Bank. Jaa:l:ia Q. KllAMER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rial litaU and CollettloB Af.nt, CLEARFIELD, PA Will promptly attead ta all legal keitaeel aa traiud to hii e T-OBoa La Pia'l Opera Boaaa. JaaUa. J F. MoKENRICR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA All Wfel kwlBeu eatraited la kla eara will ra- Ml.a prompt atieatiea. OSee eppeiite Carl Ilaan, la Miaeale Belldlaf , mead doer. autl4,'7i-ly, D R. E. M. SCDECRER, UOMfSOPATEIO PHYSICIAN, OBoa la reaidiaea ea Flrat at. April 14, 1471. "TVR. W. A. MEANS, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, LTJTHERSBURO, PA. Will allead Bremateeal ealU promptly. aiAflTTI TR. T. J. HOT Ell, rHYSICUH AND STjROItON, Oflea ea Market Street, Okmrield. Fa. ear-Ofloa koani S to II a. m, aad 1 to I p. m. D R. J. KAY WRIGLEY, BOMIKPATHIO PUYSIOIAN, JTOBee adjoremi tka rarldeaoa af Jemel Wrl,lry, K-., oa Beeead St, Clearteld, Pa. Jalyll,'74 of. D R. H. B. VAIT VALZAH, CLEARFIELD. PERN' A. OFFICE IN liKSIPI'CR, CORNER OF FIRST AND PINE STREETS, ty- OSee knrv-From IS ta I P. M. Ma; If, mi. I) R. J. P. BUBCH FIELD, -u SargMB ar tk. Ud Begtmeal, PeBaaylfaala Velaauera. karlaa retaraed frem the Army( lira ku preteaaleaal MrrleM to ikeeUlaaaa ef Cloard.li aW-Profeutaaalealll promytly attaadad aa. ? ea Seeead lUMt. taravarlyeeeapted ay Bl.Waeda. (aarVM-M I AtJBT RwrriRR BARBEk AID SALBDBtrlSlB. Shop aa Market SI. aaeaew Oaarl Heaae. Ata) euaefaetaret af , AU at AjrtJetew la CLEARFI GEO, B. QOODLAKDEB, Editor VOL. 53-WHOLE NO. 2,615. Cards. JVHTICEH COPJRTABLEaV FEES) Wa hae prlatad a large aamber of lb. aew PI I BILL, and will aa the reetlpt of tweaty. toe aaata. nail a anvv la any addreee. mvt WILLIAM. M. HENRY, Justice or tbb Puoa abb SoaiTsaaa, LUMBER CIT7. Colleotlone mada and money promptly paid ovrr. Artlolaaof afTDsmaat and daada of aoavayaaaa aaatlp aaaaaud aad warraatad Mr- raat or ao abarfa. MJj It JOHN D. THOMPSON, Jutloa of tha Paaoa aad BoriToatr, CarwaaarUle, pa. alCvCallaotloaf mada aad noaar arotaptl paia aw. (.bll'tllf JAS. B. GRAHAM, daaUr ia Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards, SHINGLES, LATH, A PICKETS, U071 Cleartlcld, Pa, REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper Hanger, Clearfield, Pcnn'a. toB.WUI aieeata Joba la ail Una promptly and la a workmanlila manner. aar4,67 JOHN A. STADLER, BAKER, Mirket St., Clwrfldd. P. tnA Bncd, Ruik, Rolli, Piei .nd CkM oa band or tutd U order. A rfirtvl uiortmeat of ConfMtioaartM, Fruit aad Nati tn took. Im Cream -nd Oynttri in acoa. Btlooa atari oppoilt lha Pnatnfllov. PrlMa nodart. WEAVER 4. BETT8, aeaLBaa ia Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs, AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS. 0-Offloa oa Saaond atraat, la raar of .tori rooia of Oaorga Wearar A Co. f jant, '71-tf. RICHARD HUGHES, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE roa itecatur Township, . Oaoaola Mill. P. O. II official builnaM entrattad to him will be promptly attandod to. mrh2V, '7a. J. BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, ana DBALBB IB Kaw IiOgM and Ijumbor, OLKARFIBLD, PA. OSoa la Oraham'a Row. 1:11:71 E. A. BIGLER & CO., DIAL mi II SQUARE TIMBER, aad maDufaoUrera of ALL KIIDI OF SAWED LUMIIER, 7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. G. H. HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. . ay-Pump, alwaya aa band aad mada to order oa aBort aoueo. ripoo oorvn ra rM.n.1. i"' All work warraatad ta reader aatlafaotloil, and dallrared If deoired. mjrUilypd THOMA8 H. FORCEE, BBAJ.BB IB GENEEAL MEIICUANDI8E, G RAH ANTON, Pa. Alao, altoatlra manafaetorar aad dealer la Square Timber aad Bawed Lamaerol all aiaaa. Ja0rderi aolloited aad all kill, paomptlj Iliad. nia Ialvery Stable. Till aadanlraed keif laara ta Inform tbepak llo taat ka ta aew fully prepare te aooomme date all la tka way of fural.hlni U.M, Uurfiea, tfaddlea aad Uarneai, oa the kortoit aotiee aad ia roaaoaable Una.. Heilaoaoe oa Moan reei, betweea Tklrd aad Foarlk. . UKU. W. UBAKUAni, Tlaartold. Fek. 4,1174. JOHN L. CUTTLE, ATTUKft a I Al LArr. Vad Real Eatata Aceat, Clearfield, Pa. Ofloa oa Tklrd ttrelt, bil.l'b.rrj a naiaat. aw-RiMetfaily afore kia aarrleat la aelllBg aad kayiaf laada la Clearlald aad adjotaiaf aaaatiM I Bad wltk aa OBperleaoaef erer twenty yiari aa a tarreyor, flatter, aimiiii .oa. no oaw reader .atl.faiUoa. Fib. IMMf, 8. I. SNYDER, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER ABB OBAt-BB IB owwaaWAtcboa, Clocki nd Jewelry, Oraaam'l gom, JTarket AViK, CLEARFIELD, PA. All kTndl of repairing la my Ilea promptly at ,dlte. April Jl,74. Great Western Hotel, No., till, H11 aad 1314 Market Stmt, (Dlr.cll, lypil Waaam.tw't Orawd Pf-) PiiUdolphia, Poaii'. Tex-mem, aa.OO per rtaay. Tblt llotil ll Bier the aaw P.bll. Balldiaia, aew Muoala Timple, (I. 8. Wilt and Aeailamy af Flae Aril. T. W. TRAUOK. Prop'r. Oraa alu aieat ! jyl7,'7t-ly Clearfield Nursery. ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY. TUB aadenleaed, karlaf anabliakad a Har nry ea tbi 'Pike, about keif way kotwoea CliarEeld and Carwenirilli, ll prepared ta lar alik all kind, of FRUIT tHKKS, (itaadard aad dwarf,) BTirireoai, Sbraboory, elrane Viae., Uooeeborry, L.wloa Blaokbirry, Strawbirry, aad Raipkorry Viaea. Alio, Slberiaa Crab Tnea, Ualaoa, aad early eeerlet Rkabark, Aa. Order! promptly attoadod u. Addrwji, Mpll W- CatrwraavUl Pt Englisl. and Classical TkU -kool will OMB la Ike Leoeard Graded gckool kalldlal, Vlearaeia, ra, a pin, and eealteae etevea woeha. Claiee. la liecmaa, Boiau one o will be formed. Thorough laitraelioa will o glrM. .. TUITION oa Rraaekee . ..MM ... I M Higher Kagllak aad Claraiea... B. 0. tOIINOMAN, , .. F. 0. HARRIS. . Clearlele, Pa., Jaa. Ii, lilt-Ill. WK9T ISKA.'.ii . -w f Insurance agency: PIKTI A BROCKBANK, AgoaU. ta MarrayA Oerdoa.) Tketllowlag Errt-eloaeeampaalMrapawieBtedt Her Brltiik A Maraaatlle Fire In. Co., af Eoglaad - Valli.h Commercial Fire lal. Ce., of Eaglaad - ... oi",-, - ... 1 QI........L1. A.tM.MO Fire AeaaoUUoa, at Pkllairipkia... S,IM,N Walertewa Fire, Niw lera, ieeeree farm property eery Tee.eew Mobile Fire Deaartmeat lea. Ce- . . S7a,fM - ia tla. aaaayt WMtiaeT taai aara it pram ally maided to by aaaraaaiag ao ta I ' t MMtkUraiaaiB Srat- Ji.Ua. M OeJeelaPtea omMomb. AMIIBBW PENTI, Jr, " aVf. BBOOajtAJ.K, 4 Proprietor. PARIS UNDER THE COilMVNE. A TOL'Nd UirtL'8 IXl'iailNCt. The Commune had aoized Dossoauion of Pari) on tbe 18th of March over tbe dead bodies of Generals Thomas and Lecomto. M. Theirs had retired to Versailles, and a government spring, ing from the lowest orders of society installed itself of its own authority in tbe places abandoned by tbe fugitives. As was to have been expected, the first few wooks of this reign oi Scum werj passed in squabbles ol every kind. The wans were covered with now laws, now ordinanoea ol every description, and especially wun probibitions; nothing was beard but the drum and fife, ana everything and everybody not of, or buluugtug to, the National Guard was Busuuctcd ol treason and treated accord ingly. Tbe- Phrygian cup was every where seen, aim the red flag spread its dishonored folds over the publio edi tions. At this time about the 21st of March our landlord renewed tbe no tice he bad given ns during the siego, to vacate our appartemcnt. In oar pov erty and sickness to do so at once was impossible, and I refused ; he invoked bis rights before tbe law, but I know he had rented the rooms to a Prussian, and dealings with that bated race would, it known, be his ruin. I playod upon his fears by threatening to de nounce bim, and thus gained time to seek for othor quarters as soon as my monthly pension loll due I lotind three rooms in the linedu Chaten d'Eau, and on the 15th ol April we were to change our present abode. 1 received my hundred and twenty francs, but, alasl our dobts to the baker and the butch er absorbed nearly the whole of it, and with such scanty means we were put to our wits' ends to manage the moving of out furniture. To hire vans was out of the question : my mother was sick and helpless, my brothers were butohildron, and for my self, my strength was well nigh ex haunted by sunuringanu tho privations 1 bad undergone. But nccosmty knows no law. My brother hired a hand-cart, and we set bravely to work : the con ciorgo helped, and with infinite trouble we got our bulky articles to tbe stroct and upon the cart ; then, bo wheeling and I pushing, we made our first jour ney. It was an herculean task to got the articles up tho stairs to our new borne, but neighbors were kind, we worked with a will, and dripping with perspiration, we returned for a new load. Fourteen times did my brother and 1 trnndle that hand-cart bauk and forth, wheeling burdens tar beyond our strength. At last our weary journeys were over, our bousonold goods were settled, and at dark my mother and tbo children followed ui to our new homo home, alasl enly in name, for we bad no food, my money was gone and the larder empty. 1 pawned the clock from the mantlepiece for fifteen francs, which snpplied our wants for three days. Time passed on, and our only change was from bad to worse. Our last re source, with our meagre means, was to be inscribod at the cantine. 1 here, for a few sous, we wero entitled to receive an allowance which consisted chiefly of borriblo boana mixed with dirt and of salt herrings to old and musty as to be olten utterly uneatable. The bread, however, was white and clean, and, as the weather was mild and spring-like, we could nave borne tbe trials and nard ships of daily Ufo bad not tbe dreadful deeds of tho Commune filled our souls with terror. May bad come, and the bombarding of the devoted city was incessant and terrible. Every night the booming of the guns Irora tbe surrounding torts and tbe rattle of musketry arousod us from our slumbers and drove us wild with fear. Every day at the barracks of the Chateau d'Eau, one of the chief centres of the insurrection, wo were dooniod to witness hideous scenes of oruelty which were sufficient to excite the horror ot the most callous.' Many times, indeed, we nearly fell victims to the popular erase, tor with the ut most prudence one could barmy at an times refrain from a burst of heartfelt indignation. 1 remember one morning seeing a battalion of the Kedures as they return ed from tho front at Neuily. They had lost perhaps twenty men, and, mad itb drink, tboy wero reeling through the street,, exhaling their cowardly rage in yells and songs, and each man shouting to tbo crowd that lined the sidewalk bis marvelous exploits ana deeds of prowess. By their tale thou sands of Voraaillais had fallen before them, and they waved on high with fierce gesticulation the trophy of their mighty valor, tne only witness, aiasi ol their cowardly lies. This trophy was tbe cost of a gendarme pierced oy twenty bullets and borno upon tbo stuff ot the red rag that answered tor ineir flag : this umlorm ot some bravo, in- slurred soldier was soaked in blood, large drops were falling still, and as the drunken standard-bearer flaunted it in tbe faces of tbe crowd they spatter ed tbe ground at our feet. "Oh, what wrotchoeP 1 cried involuntarily, and carried away by indignation, 1 hardly know what I might have added bad not a hand been roughly clapped upon my lips and an old man at my side whlspored in my ear, "ror uoa s sasn, be silent or they'll cut us in pieces I" The advice was good, and I followed it, bnt I could stay no longer, and hast ened home, heartsick and wocplng with shame and dospair. Day by day the effervescing mad ness of tho mob increased. Arrests were being constantly made. Every individual who refused to serve the Commune was seized and marched oft" to the lorta : there before the onemy he was placed in the front rank when the riduculoua sham sortlca were at tempted, and tbo balla of our own sol diers struck down the unhappy wretch thus forced to fight against his will, and to pay with his life'a blood ftr his honest patriotism. t was In the habit of going to St Laurent's for my dovotiona, but the church was closed and turned Into a gnardhouso for the hordes of tbe Com mune, who amused themselves with knockine; oil the beads of tbe statutea. and loek tbe altar and the pictures as targets lor their musket practice, i remember well ono Incident that mov ed my ery soul. A funeral was pasa iner nr the Boulovard de Strasbourg : it was that of a young girl, whom hor lather and fiiends wore accompanying har last home. The hoarse was draped In white and the coffin was cov .1 ,.). tumora. flnddonlv a band t N.H.m.t ffuards sUlbned the sad proression and Insisted that the poor child's ooffio ehould be shrouded Id the red flag I ths father resisted, but be was knocked down and trampled un Ar taoL and tl.a bloodr emblem of dis order and crime) was affiled to tbe four corners of the bier. When tbey came fo tbe cbnreh It was closed, and jnstead ELD CLEARFIELD, of sacred chants ot priests the air was full ot incident songs ot a ribald sol diery. The unhappy parent, dlsrogard- ng tbe bayonots which luroaioncu mm, knelt on the stonoa before tbe iron gates : boating bis breast and weeping as if his heart would break, he recited the prayers for the dead and begged God's pardon and moroy lor bis child, whom he saw deprived ot unrietian burial and the Church's holy benedic tion. It was heart ronding, and made me 111 for days. ion must excuse, my friend, tbe In coherence of my narration ; I write juatasmy memory recalls tbe incidonts, without any pretence ot order, boven years have passed, but my mind is still so strongly impressed that all the varied details are fresh in my reoolloo tion, although 1 may not, In this torrible whole, recall them in regular sequenee. What 1 relate 1 have autlored, lull or Boon, and I givo you tbe exaot truth as it runs Irom my pen. Wo bad reached the most critical period the height, so to speak of the rulu of tho Commune. Although as women we wore oxompt from any call to military service, our situation on that account was none the loss torrible. The ruffianly hordes who held Paris in their grasp were subjoct t no law, no restraint, save that of their own ca prico, and thoy gave full vent to their passions with daily renewed delight. If any woman wero good-looking, thoy hesitated at notbiug to satisty their brutal lut : if any one seemed rich or well-to-do, tboy simply docroed what they wished to take aud pillogod with out ceremony. How many homes wore plundered aud burned, prisoners shot, women ruined by these bloody miscre ants! But I will confine myself to my own experience. Uneatlernoon, alteraday passed without food, 1 went to seek as sistance from a sister whose husband was employed at the lmprimerie iSa tionale. She lived in line Vieille du Temple, but, as Parts was full ot bar ricadus, I bad to make a long detour. 1 was returning borne about dark, tired out and disheartened at the little help my sister could atlurd, but hurrying back to my purchases for our evening meal. At tho comer of the Uue du Chatuau d'Eau was a barricade, and no passing was allowed : the officer on guard advisod me to go round by tbe Hue do Bondy, and, not being drunk, limited bis importinoucos to words. 1 went round the little square, fonced in by an iron railing, and entored the Rue de Bondy. 11 ore was a gnardhouso, and at the door a sentinel reeling about with bis musket on bis shoulder. "Whoeoes there?" be cried. 1 an swered with trombling voico as quick ly as i couia, ana inou to pasB. a second time he roared out, "Qui vive ?" and immediately lollowod the report of bis muHkcl and a ball whistled by my oars. Filled with indignation, I sprang toward tborufllan : hardly had 1 reach ed his side when lrom ths guardhouse came an officer in epaulets and lace, drunk, and followed by several soldiers, more like beasts than men, wbo sur rounded mo. The officer tried to oom- prehond my complaint of the brutal behavior ot the sentinel, but ho was too much overcome to understand, and endeavored to throw his arms around me and embrace me, stuttering out nth drunken hiccough, "All right, my pretty citiron t my soldier tried to k till thoe, did be ? V ell, I'll be kinder than he, and 1 11 prove it to tboe : come I I spare your ears the words ho used, but as he tried to seise mo in his arms 1 eraspod the pistol banging in his bolt. and springing back cried out, "I'll blow tbe brains out oi mo nrst man wno touches mo I" "Ha I ba I" laughed one ol the rascal's companions, "she has a quick hand, the little woman look out lor her I" "By God," exclaim ed tbe officer, "she ploasos me : I want her, and I'll have hor r Again no arow near. 1 aimed tho pistol at his bead, and transported witu rage and fury, I cried, "Try, if you daro I My finger was tightenining on the trigger when an old woman loading a little girl by the band, appeared, and rushing into tbe crowd with arms akimbo, exclaim ed, "Well I well 1 what is all this J The children of tho quarto are to be insult ed In this way ? .Not so, my captain : down with your paws. This is my daughter, and no one touches hor, or if they do" Tborufllane were astound ed at the old woman's vigorous inter vention, and, taking advantage of their hesitation, alio whinpored to me, "Let ns run, my child, and quickly too, round by the Uue de Lauuy : we can get through thore yet." I was off as lost as my feot would vsrry mo, and once in safety I thanked my deliverer with all my heart Notwithstanding the danger I had just escaped, I did not forget the wants of our little funu Iv nor mr own buiiircr, and I had tbe couraice to make my purchases beforo ruiurumg uuuiv , uu. nun ...v.v, . . oome by what I had gone through, I fell fainting to the floor. Tbe samo evening about ton o clock, as we were finishing our frugal repast, wa beard the loud noise of armed men marching along the street and thump ing their muskets on the pavement. We ran to look out, and as soon as our faces were eoen tbe rowdy gang cried out la hoarse rough tones and with oaths too horrible to write, "Close your windows and put out your lights, or we'll fire upon you." Passing on, thoy extinguished the gas and repeated tbe same ordor Irom bouso to house, so that tbe atrool waa as dark aa a tomb, We bid our lamp deep in the fireplace behind the acroen, and crouohing down waited to soe wbat these ominous pre liminaries foreboded. The noise in thd stroet increased, and seemed tobegroat- eetin frontntourbouae. Jboudoalbaand lamrhter filled tbe air, and the re-echo ing sound ol heavy blowa at il tho mob warm batterintr down doors. Sudden- lir a hriirht lio-ht illumined the scene. I i l.miirht there was a tiro, and rushed to tbe window and raised a corner of the curtain. Across the stroet lived an old General fllcor, a man of mod areta fortune, who bad retired lrom aotiva service. Whotbor he had been denounoed aa $upecL or whether tha mob simnlv knew that the family were all away, and that in lb bouse tbus lull unguaruou moy would find ample plunder with' out hinderanoe. 1 do not know. The harm fact ia. that a battalion of Nation al Guards, lod by their officers, broke in the doors, irairced tha coneiome ana invaded the general's abode. Tint band of robbers ransacked tbe bouse from collar to Barrel, pillaging and nluodenna and carrying off every tiling of value tnat could be easily moved. Tbev liirbted op the chandeliers and lamps, aud through the open windows wa could set) closets and desks wrench ed open, furniture) smashed, aotas and beds ripped up with bayonets, while bot tles from the win cellar aud food from tbt) pantry were circulating Irooly. The soldiers war some lolling on arm chairs and lounges, drinking and ca rousing : other with the butts of tbeir muskets were breaking open lock that PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1879. had tho Impudonce to resist. A grand piano and the mirror that re flected tbeir drunken and hidoous faces seomod especially to excite their ire. All night long thoy spent tho hours in rioting and smashing or piling up their booty. Tho dawn came at last, gloomy and sad : a orowd full of fear and cu riosity filled tho street and to the scene of revelry aud pillago within succeed ed another episode without. Mad with drink, the ruffians bemn nitchinir out of the window what they could not carry away lurnlture, mirrors, pio turoa, clotboa, everything movable. Women of tbe town, friends of tbeso gallant warriors, Wore called In to Bhare in the distribution to one a vel vet cloak, to another a set of furs, and so through the wardrobes of this un fortunate family until tho house was emptied ; and then, as the wine was giving out, tbe 'captain of tbe band sounded the retreat and off they start ed, laden down with spoils. An omni bus was passing : the officer stopped it, and forced tbo driver, pistol at his boad, to load up with the plunder: then mounting bis horse, carrying a handsome oloak nndor his arm, betook the lead of his marauding band and marched them away. From our wind ows all the night through wo watched this shamol'ul razza.' We had not thought of r'p, nor did we attempt to seek rest during the hours ol day light, but hoped tor a qniet night to follow, littlo dreaming this waa to be the lost day we should pass in our appartement. It was tbe 21st of May : quiet was scarcely restored, when loud cries of affright wero hard throughout this quarter ol the city. Groups nl people collecting along tbe street were talk ing in low voicob and with unwonted animation. At every bouse men were rushing in and out with frantio gestic ulations, and all around us something extraordinary was evidently going on. In the distuiicc, indeed, above tho noises of the city, ono could hear tho rattle ol musketry, but for two months past tho sound had been so familiar to our ears that wo could hardly suppose it bus anything to do with tho general excitomont which prevailed. I wont out to seek for news, and asked tbe neighbors what it all meant. With bated breath and whispering in my ears tboy replied that the regular ar my, he Vertaillaii, bad entered Paris, aud already hold possession of tho en tire wostern quarter. Fighting, they said, was going on at the Invalided, at the Toroos, at Montmartro, and the regiment of tbo government, wbo wero already masters of tho mill and the summit of La Galetto, wore throwing shells into the city. To doscribo tho flood ot joyful emotion that filled my boart were impossible. I ran homo, eager to announce tbe glad tidings to my poor motbor, aud we fell into oach other's arms sobbing with delight We could not doubt that the army would overcome the mob 7 it would be at the most a matter of a few hour ; deliver ance from our ufforing,could be no longer delayed. Jtut as the momenta passed on a panic seised upon all up on us with the others. Evory ono fled hither and thither lor safety, and. we took refuge in tbe cellar ; we carried down chairs, and soon all in the bouso were buddled together there. From one minute to another some one of us would venture up to seek for dows, to tbrow a hasty glance around to right and loft, looking and eagerly hoping for tbe first appearance of the regular troops, and hasten back again to our place of rofuiro, where we doomed our selves safe from all danger. At either end of our street wore formidable bar ricades, with embrasures like those of forts and mountod with heavy cannon. Before noon the ragamuffin forces of tbe Commune wore busy strengthen ing those posts. All we could see waa the National Guard passing by in long line, carrying sandbags and lascinos, tearing up tbe paving-stones to pile up tbo breast-works still higher. Wo men, with tbe red scarf across their shoulders, ran to and fro among the soldiers, vociferating and urging on the work, more rapid than men a hundred time. Indeed, I saw confirmed what I had read, that in these paroxysms of popular fury women, more nervous and more excitable than men, are tai more dangerous and sanguiuory. bv ory littlo while messengers were ar riving at the bnrrucks of the Chateau d'Kuu. close by, bringing bad news from tho front of successive defeats and the retreat oT the Commune's le gions. These tidings were secret, or so intended to bo, but their tonor leak ed out almost immediately, , and throughout tho whole quurter every one know nearly as soon ns the offi cers at tbe barracks what was passing at tho other end of Paris. Wo were filled with feverish anxio- tv. None ol us had thought ol oating, and indeed no food was to be bad : the shops bad been till closed since early morning, ana an nay long we woiveu n foarlul ansnenso with but a ernst or two and a little water, i Tbe Diirht camo on a torriblo night By ten o'clock the darkness even of our sumorrancons rointro was iignica up by the intense and lurid glare of burning nousos. no went snore 10 our rooms, but from our window we could distinguish nothing. .We went to the garret and climbed npon ths roof: thero, clinging to the chimneys and the spouts we beheld the fearful yet sublime spectacle of Paris in flames. Un wbichovor aitio wo turnou our cyos the conflagration hemmed ns in. In front, the Theatre of tho Porte St Martin was throwing to the hea vens great flashes of fire ; behind, the Shops of tb Tapis Rouge, and beyond them the docks oi lja viiiouo; on in right, the cornor bouso of the Boule vard Voltaire, with its red roof, and the Theatre ilea Delassoments Uom- iaues: and all around the circle at many point groat masaiva clouds of fire and smoke wore rolling up in bug billows to tbe heavens and vomiting forth sparks and flames that covered and veiled the sky. In the distance the uremer 'dAbondaneewas burning, and from the glare It loomed as if the whole nuartor of tho Bastille was o firo. Tho Tullerios, tbe Cour des Comptcs, the Minister dot Finance, tho whole ol the Rue Rovale, the The atre llistorique, th Oalais de Justloo, tb Hotel do Villo, wero all in flame. Tho craxy vandalism of the dying Commune was burning Paris in its ex piring rage, while the devoted city was spewing it lortn as a uoauiy poison. Lost In contending emotions of won der, iiiar and harror, we did not lor a while rvaliteonr exposed situation, but loader than th savage roar of tho flam soon w beard th heavy tbun dr, ol cannon : now and then, above or around us, a shell tore with fierce scroam through the air. Terrified and worn out. wa sought agsln our gloomy refuge below. I stopped lor a moment at our room and filled a basin to bathe my keatswl face. 1 beard sbnll, aa-a-rv roar, a roJ x plosion: th wit dow behind me wa shattered and th RE room filled with amoko. I aank in ter ror to tho floor, and when 1 gathered my scattered aonsea and looked around, the basin in which a aooond before I had plunged my band waa in piocoa, broken by fragments ol a shell that had burst before tho window Stupiflod, aud hardly believing my wonderful escape, 1 burriod trom bling to the cellar, where we crowded toirethor. and in misorv and dread the weary night draggod through its fear ful and interminable hours. At dawn the boldest of us sailed forth, driven by the imperative calls of hungor and thirst 1 followed in spite of musketry, shot and bursting shell, which swept tho stroet and shook the bouses to tboir foundations, j be whole quartor was hold by the most despor ate of tho Commune's bands, who, driven to bay, wero fighting with the courage of dospair. Tbe Versaillais were attacking the barricade ot tbo Faubourg st Martin, balls were falling like a abower of rain, and dead bodies strewn along tbe street in constantly increasing numbors. Frantic witb lear amid tho cries ot the fighting, the groans of the wounded and tho whis tling ol the balls, 1 sought to regain the shelter of our bouse. Just then the National Guards were driven from the barricade: with the crypf"Sauvo qui pout!" they entrench ed themselves again behind tho other fortress at the corner of the Place du Chateau d'Eau, which seemed almost impregnable. Ibronging over tbo breast-work, carried by assault, I saw through tbe smoke tbe red kepi of our soldiers ot the lino and the blue beret ot our sailors. Tbe tear ran down my cheeks from joy. lu less time than 1 can tell the tale, rushing on at double- quick, thoy cleared the street and drove the fugitives from bouse to house, keeping up aud receiving a oonstant and rapid firo as they advanced. I had crouched down in the recosB of a door way, lost in wild emotion, and thore I witnessed ono of tbo most fearful scenes of this fearful time. At the bead of a company of tbo lino, leading on his troops sword in hand, man-bed a cap tain, bis ooat torn by bullets, his fitce black with powder and glowing with maitiul fury. The rattle of musketry was iucessunt, and balls fell like bail on walls and pavement: the soldiers as they advanced, sought cover in doorway and at corners, wherever a little shelter could be found. Itut bo disdained all precaution, and was oheer- ing on bis men when a door openod and a woman vet vounrr annearcd and cried to him, "For the lovo of God, Cup- tain, do not expose yourself so I Tako shelter bore." He turned at bor call, and, waving his hand in thanks, was but a yard or two away : suddenly from boncalh hor apron she drew a re volver and shot him through tbo bead, shouting, "That's tha fiah I" as he foil at her loot Almost fainting, yot trans ported witb borror and indignation, 1 clung convulsively to the doorpost to watch tbe end ot this bloody tragedy. It was not long in coming, nor wero any orders needed. Th soldiers, re gardless of tho storm ol ballots, sprang upon this wretch ere the smoke bad blown away lrom tho mor.zlo ot hor pistol : two held her to tho wall and twenty others poured a volley into her. As I saw her manglod body stretched upon tbe pavemont, my senses lett me and I loll as lifeless aa she. When I came to myself tbe street was clear : our brave troops were masters of tho fdaoe. In front of the last bamoado ay tbe body of Delescluze, fit end to the chief of this monstrous revolt that had doluged Paria with blood and fill ed the world witb borror. Our troops wero bivouacking in tbe place, and all tho houses near tho peo ple were nocking around, bringing wine and food in eager exultation. All this while tbe work was going on: the troops, advancing, carried everything before them ; the din of musketry died away In tho distance, save whon now and then occasional volleys told of summary executions. . Every Com munard found with arms in bis hands was shot on tho Bpot and while the light of the conflagration reddened tbe sky the gutters of the streets ran crim son with tbe blood ol Henchmen , When evening came we were anx ious about my sister, as the lmprime rie Rationale was said to be in llumoe. I took advantago of the early dusk to reach the Faubourg St Martin, so as to got to the Rue do Temple by cross- streets, which 1 thought would be qui eter. Before the smoking ruins of the theatre two guns wore in position, and around them lay scvciul bodies bee-rimed with powdor, half stripped and nshod: thesightot those pallid oorpsos, with their grimy upturned foet, was most ghastly, Farther along, on shut ters torn from their binges, soldiers woro carrying the dead to tho Place du Chateau d'Eau. Trembling with fear, I hastened on through the square: t was strewn with arms ol every Kind dropped by the fugitives, ami tbe ground was ilippory with mood : au hrougu tho street it was too same. On 1 ran, shutting my eyes to escape the horrible visions ol slaughter and death tbat mot ma at every step. I found my sister safe and well, and hav ing reassured bor as to oursoives, i started homo again. Hoping to escape tho horrors 1 bad passed in coming, 1 went straight toward th Place, think- nil that a the way waa shorter 1 should moot with fewer scenes of ter ror and affright Alas, how grievious- ly I waa mistaken ! Thore wero no liirhta, and the Place was dark and gloomy as a aopmenro. Hctore mo rose th wan oi in oar- racks, grim and blaok ; on the right wore the barricades of tho Hue du r au bourg du Temple and of the Boulovard Voltaire; on the corner a bouso sun burning waa throwing up clouds of flamo and amoko; along tho Boulevard 8t. Martin and tbo Rue Turbigo there remained but a mas ol smouldering ruin on every side devastation, fire and death. Over this ghastly scone night had spread its pall a gray, cold, rainy night and the chill fog froae th marrow of mv bone. Se zed with new terror. 1 stopped at tho entrance ot th Place; sentinels ?ucationcd me, and to my answer tbat was going to my home, Rue du Cha- . jit?-.. .1 i: -.1 ..All t..t. . ieauuj-.au, uiey rupnco, mi nj(u. get through if yod can." I did not at first comprehend this douDUUI permis sion, and ventured on into ine open snaco. wbore the lions ol the fountain broken ana shattered, cast wicru aim gleantio shadows. I had mm but a tew steps when I understood what tho soldiers had. All around me were large gloomy mound rising amid pool which faintly glistened and re flected tho flickering light from the still burning ruin. These mounds wero heap of the slain, whose blood had trickled down over th atone and ran to form wldo. alimr. stagnant pud dlos: to complete1 this tearful scene, a sickanlng, nauseating odor wmd to bang npo tb damp night air an odor that seised mo al tbo throat : ll was th smell of warm blond, mingled PUBLICAN. with the fumes of powder. Petrified with terror, but mechanically urged on by tho imperious necessity of es cape from this boll, I kopt advancing, stopping ovor bodios, slipping in tbe gore, bruising bands and knees againBt the obstacles that beset my path, and more terriHod still by tho thousand noises around me. I heard the distant cannonading from tbe Coraotory of Pero la Chaise, where the Commune made Its last stand; the angry voices of the soldiers, who with lanterns were seeking, and sometime finding on this field ol death th body ot a lnend ; hollow groans that seemed to come from woundod men burriod in those graves built up ot human corpses. ' Stumbling and bruised, at length I roachod the farther side ol tbe fount ain ; thero 1 saw the soldiers with torchos coming, going, hurrying to and fro. Walking as in a trance and staggering in my fright, I drew near and looked. At the corner of tin Rue de Bondy and of the Kuo du Cbatoau d'Eau is a small aquaro, which 1 have before mentioned, surrounded by an iron rail ing. In this enclosure they had dug a wide, doop trench, and thoy wero pil ing in the bodios grathered Irom tho 1 lace. 1 listened to tbo dull, heavy thud as they wore thrown in one upon another, and the rattle of the earth shoveled ovor them. 1 saw borne be fore me tbe hideous faces of tho dead, pale and grimacing, grimed with blood and powder: in tbe fitful glare of the torchlight their features seemed to change and tboir lips to move. 1 fell upon my knees, completely ovorcomo and my strength exhausted. As I luy stretched upon the ground a bugo black cloud seemod to loll from out the heavens : I beard tbe clang of iron striking the pavement, then a loud ex plosion that swallowed up everything around me In its fearful roar, and 1 lost all consciousness. A shell thrown from the Cemetery of Pero la Chaise had fallen and hurst at my feot. n hen 1 camo back to lilo 1 lound myself in ono of tbe dork, low rooms ot tho barracks, surrounded by soldiers, who were chafing my bands, while an old sergeant was bathing my fuoe with brandy. 1 be explosion ot the ebon, followed by tho frantio shriek 1 uttor cd as 1 fell had guided their steps to wbere 1 lay, and thoy had brought mo to tbe barracks, thinking me dead. I had fallen near a heap ol bodies, and they, by God's mercy, bad served as a protection from tbe bursting shell, but its fragments, tearing and cutting up tho- dead, had covered me with tho bloody wreck. I was a mass ot gore from boad to food ; piecos of flesh were clinging to my clothes; my face, my bair, my bands wero reeking with blood. My mind had given way nn dor sti is dreadful shock, and when 1 came to lilo 1 could see nothing, boar nothing, understand nothing: to. tbe questions 1 could answer nothing, only my lips, in convulsive trembling, kopt repeating, "Maman, Hue du Cbatoau d'Kau." The soldiers understood : thoy car ried me borne on a littor, and for three days 1 was delirious lor a month I was in my bed with fover. ben 1 at last recovered, tbe Commune was dead and gone. God grant that in our dear land of France it may nevor live again ! A. L. in Lippincott't Mag azine. A CLEAN "sWEEpT REMOVALS IN ORDER. Monday, March 21th, was as lively a day in the United Suites Son ate aa they have bad since the close of tbo sassion previous, although it was a Radical tunoral. It was the time set by tbo Democratic caucus for tho eloc tion of the new officers of the Ssnato, and Senator Wallace, at the beginning of the scssbn, moved that tho Senate proceed to the oloetion of tho now officers. Upon this Sonator Anthony, who is regarded, owing to ths length of his service, aa a sort of father of tho Senate, arose and made a vory pretty speech in commendation of the old officers, some ot whom havo boon in oflico from tho timo cf Webster, while one came into tho Senate aa a pago when Andrew Jackson was a senator. Senator Anthony deplored tho evident tendency of tbe Democrat to mako a wholesale removal, and be apoke with great feeling and created a good deal ot sympathy. . rum nun ri'ui-i-ii a. ui-uiiiu aiuno which lasted until about six o'clock in tbe evening. It was wholly useless, as tho Democrats intended to make I.- 1. . . L . I. I. .1 n - n n tho changes and the Republicans did not hope to arrest tbom. During the ebate it was shown tbat the jiepnnn- cans bad rarely removed officers in the oenaio lor political reasons, anu atten tion was called to tbe fact that there was a largo number of Democrats now on tho Senate rolls. Mr. Wallace, in a brief speech, said that thore was no occasion for ths expression of any great sympathy. It. wa just and propur, aim aocurtiing to vuu uauge that too Democrats should appoint officers In accord with thorn politically. Mr. Wallace, Chairman of tbe Dem- ooratie oaucus, offered a resolution that the Senate proceed to tho oloetion of a Secretary of the Somite, Chief Clerk and Sergeant at-Arms. Mr. Anthony said that nothing he could do would prevent tbo foregone conclusion of tbe majority to make a sweeping change of officers, not be cause il was demanded by duty, but because partisanship demanded it. As one wbo held in respect, if not rover ence, the precedents and usages of the Senate, be desired to ester nis protest, though unavailing, aguinsl the personal inconvenience to which thoy would all be subjeoted and tho disturbance ol tbe ordor of the business oi the Senate hlch would occur by the abrupt change of officers. The Senate, apart from tho judiciary, wa tb most con servativa part of the government, and unlike '.be House (which continues only two voars), tbe tScnato never dies. Since 1781) there have boon only six Hocrotane of th Konato. A Kepubll can Senate therefor retained William Uickoy, it Chief L'lork, and ho con tinned in that office until 1800, when linueu iu tun voice uutu .ouu, .u.u hedied. The present Secretary of the Senate (Mr. (iorham) eucceeded Col. Forney, In 1HCM, and, notwithstanding his ability, present character and ac- oomplishmont, ha wa to be removed without any complaint against nun or defect on hi part. When, twenty yoara ago, ho (nr. Anthony; camo here a Senator, tho door waa opened by the venerable man, wbo then naa been in the service as many years a he (Mr. Anthony) had been since. There sat William B. McDonald, wbo twontv-lhro voars beforo, wa ap pointed Clerk on tbo resignation of his fathor, after a service of twenty aovon vears. He remained in ottlc nineteen years, and died aa Chief Clerk ol th Senate. . Tho Senate attended . bia luuen.1 and Setiatoie woro among his pall boarera. Mr. AnUiony said when ha ram her he fonnd sir. iitromom TEEMS $2 per annum in Advanoe. NEW SERIES-VOL. 20, NO. 13 tho document room, a man who was esteemed by such gentlemen aa Clay, Calhoun and Benton as an accomplished gentleman, and who bad knowlodgeof all tbo document printed irom tne com mencement of tbe govornment He re mained in office until be died and was suoceeded by a gentleman trained under bis own eye. His (Mr. An thony's") friend on tho left (liassctf) entored the Senate fifty years ago as a page, and bad lor years served as the door-keeper. Of the one hundred and twenty ollioors of the Senate since 'til be lound tbat tbirty wero Democrat. Ho regretted the now departuro, but it was imposed by party behests. Mr. Hamlin said that Mr. Dickens held the office of Secretary under three distinct parties, namely, the Demo cratic, the Whig and the Republican, the last named not socking to disturb him. Mr. Uickey, another Democrat, served under three distinct parties, and Mr. .McDonald, another Democrat, died in office as the Senate's Chief Clerk, having been in tbe employment of tho Senate since be waa a boy, Liko tbe Senator Irom Rhode Island, be re gretted tho removal of the officers. New ofiicor would rcquiro a littlo training to becomo efficient. He bad hoped that tbe spirit of party would never run riot in this body, and that its precedents and usages would be ob served. He could not repeat that ho regretted tbo departure from tbem. MUST DAVE DEMOCRATS. Mr. Wallace briefly replied, saying thero was no intention to interfere witb the business or break down tbo lifo of tbo Senate. Tbo majority only desire I that the office held so many years by tbe Republicans should bo filled by gentlemen politically in ac cord with the majority of the Senate. They had gentlemen abundantly qual ified to till them. Mr. Conkling said ho had hoard no body suggest that if either or all ol the places were vacated it would bo improper for the majority of the Sen ate to till them witb a person or per sons of tboir own political proclivities, if the caso were here it would rcquiro no vindication from the Sonator from Pennsylvania. For tho first time in tho history of the American Sonate for the first time in tbo history of political parties the timo had coma whon a majonity in this chamber insisted upon vacating all tbe cbiel offices by removal to tbe end that thoy might put favor ites of tbeir own in the places. The Senator from Pennsylvanio bad not uttered ono word in justification or ex cuse. Tho history and experience of tbe Senate went to disapprove tho propriety ol the movement Tbe usago and propriety of the Sonate bad decided that tbeso places ought not to be put up in a political raffie and made rewards for party services, but that those who hold tbem should bo allowed to retain tbom on tboir merits. Ablo and conscientious officors, proficient in all thoir duties, were to be removed at tbe behest of party cupidity, that the officer might be subject to tbe voracity and hungor of those that wore supposed to be en titled to reward. Mr. Bayard regarded as dangerous and dograding the rewarding of parti sans with government places. It had entered the civil service of tho country, and unless it should bo in a great de gree modified it would increase to tbe detriment of good govornmont Tho bestowal of offices should be In consid eration of the welfare of tho country, the dignity of the government and the purity of our institutions. The power of appointment to office in this body had fallen to bis party. Ho did not understand tbat it contemplated any such slaughtorof tbo innocents as was contemplated by those on tho opposite sido. Observation had Bhown tbut in stead of Federal officors having boon bostowod for tho good of the country, with capable and honost incumbents, they bad boon used for many yoart for the benefit of a single party. Those hero who now complained nover nog looted to fill tho office with their party friends. In conclusion, Mr. Bayard said he did not decry partisan ship in tho citizen, but publio officers must not use tbe facilities afforded by thoir position to furthor personal or party ends. MR. CONK UNCI'S REJOINDER. Mr. Conkling said tbat as tbe friend, and one glad to be tho friend, of the Secretary of tho Senate, ho wished to place on rocord his denial ot evory part Of the assertion of the gonllcraao irom Delaware regarding his cennee lion with political organizations. INuithor that gentleman nor bis subor- dinato officers during tbe session of the Senato bad engaged in political work it was true tbat during vacation air. borbain bad acted as Secretary ol the National Republican Executive Com mitteo, and as Bucb bad aided in dis tributing campaign documents, eto. 1J is action tn this respect inlertoroa in no way with bis official duties, and if bo wero to be debarred on account of bis holding an office from exercising his political rights and duties as a cit izen, every Senator or otbor public sorvant would, by the same logio, be restrained from working outside ol tbe limes and places of bis official duty for tho success ot tbe party which be be lieved in. He entered his protest against tha doctrine that by entering tbo employ of tho government, the Seorotary of the Senate forteitod bis right to personal political action. Mr. Conkling referrod to tho action of the House in choosing a Hergoant-ai Arma, Mr. Thompson, who was Chairman of th Uemocrauo lvxccutive Lomruniee ol Ohio. Ho did not condemn tbeir action in this regard, protested against the removal of Mr. Gorham for doing precisely what Mr. Thompson had been rewarded for doing. Mr. Conk ling exhibited a list which ho said con tained tho names of many Democratic eninlore wbo bad been retained all along by l-io Republican Senate, but now tbo behests of party spirit de manded a sweeping change according to political linos. This course would naturally load to reprisals when the table should be turned and tb party at present in tho majority bo again re- . - , - tT..i t,A manded to iha , minor ty Unless he waa mistaken the real animus of this proposed action could not bo biddon from tho people behind any tliio veil of sophistry Mr. Bavard expressed his surprise that tb Senator Irom JNw 1 orK (Jir. f'nnklinirl should fail to see the differ- anco between tho right of an officer of tne govornmoni to participate in bum at the hustings and th right of any Sonator or HonroaeiiUtlto to do o. Tb quostion wo not in ruforenco to elective officors who represented the ebb and flow of the nubliO win, nui in regard to ministerial olHcor men ahr ahnnlrl ba aalocted for th ef- with which tbey parformod their duties. He reoognuod the efforts of ths present administration toward civil orvic reform, and knew bow little approval they bad met with iron tb Sonator from New York (Mr. Conkling). who eonalantly, hr and elsewhere, gav evidence 'of his dis belief in tbe doctrines ana nut ot suca reform set forth in tb famous circular ol tho Presidont Mr. Beck aaid : Wo ar to elect four or tiv officers, and the simple question is, eball tho Democrat vote . so aa to place a salary of f 6,000 a year in tbo bands ot tbe vory ablo Kepubll can Secretary of tho National Execu tive Committee, in order that ho may be enabled, wben ho has leisure aa it was to be hoped be would bave at tho ond ol ton days to devote bis knowl edge and ability, by tbe aid ot the funds wo havo furnished him, to run ning the campaign in various State in his able way. He was willing that he should remain Secretary of tb National Executive Commilloe, but was unwilling to put tbo people' money into hi pocket with which to carry on a partisan campaign, Mr. Voorbeo aaid be did not feel called on to givo any excuse for voting against the retention of the officer. Tho officer should be in harmony with tho views of tbe majority, because tbo majority would be held responsible to the people for tho management of tho officers under it control. A WOBD FROM BLAINE. Mr. Blaine only arose to say that bis lamentation was not for the outgoing officers, bnt over tbo defection of tbe Senator from Delaware (Bayard), who bad so ofton read to tbem such boml lies and exhortations in favor ot re formed and refined civil service, but who did not now stand firmly by those conviction. Mr. Eaton said that be favored the proposed change, though be wa op posed to turning out tboee wno baa grown old in the service and who be hoped might be permitted to end their days hero ; bat those holding tbe other offices, of Secretary of the Senate, Serjeant-at-Arms, etc., be tbought cohld rightly be removed. Ho refer red to a circular signed oy Mr. iiorbam and sent out for campaign purpose last year, which stated that one of tbe objects ot a Democratic Congress would be to oust the rresidont, ana continued : Now I have not any very high respoct for the man that occupies the Presidential chair. I think be is thore through fraud, that he has no business there, that a majority of 300,000 free- , men of tbi country sty be baa be busi ness tbera. But when tb Secretary of this committee says that "foremost among tbeir scheme tbe opposition al ready announce tbeir intention to at tempt the revolutionary expulsion of the Prosidont from tbo oflico, I, as a Dem ocrat, deny it as false. No body ot men, respected either in numbers or intellect, ever announced such policy. Mr. Blaine said tbat the pretext tbat tho Secretary waa to bo removed be cause ho issued this circular might go ... .L ,F Jl. lor What il waa worm. u wouiu. havo to go just the same it he bad nov er issued a circular. But the gentle man from Connecticut (Mr. f.aton) bad said that Mr. Gorham stated an un truth in the circular when he said it was the design of the Democratic par ty to remove the President. Now the straggle in both branches of the last Congress, which culminated in the Pot ter committee, was tne evidence oi a sentiment in tho Democratic party which justified tho assertion made in thatcircular. TbePotteroommilteewaa organized for the purpose of obtaining, it possiblo, evidence on wbicn to Dose proceedings to remove tne rresiaem. Mr. WALLACE. Does not the Sena tor know that in a week from the is suance of tho circular the Democratic Convention of Pennsylvania declared that it wo unwise and Impolite to make an attack upon the title of the President f Mr. BLAINE. Why did thoy make that resolve if there wa not tome dangor in the air? Mr. WALL AUK. Because mat as sertion was false. Mr. BLAINE. That denouncement had never seen the light then. It did not come out until some sneaking Fed eral offioe-holder betrayed tbo secret of bia party, and ia probably now wait ing in the corridor for some reward. Mr. Laton reiteratea ni assertion that the charge contained in tbe circu lar wa.t baseless. Mr. Blaine aaid that tbera were still echoing in his ear tho words of tbe . Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Eaton) himself, denouncing the title ol tbe President to bis office. Mr. EATON. 1 say so now. Mr. BLAINE. Then is not tho Sen ator denouncing the Repuplican party, that is answerable for the situation f Mr. EATON. I do ; bui a great many of the Republican fool as I do about it Tbe beet of tbem agree with me that the man at the White Jlouso baa no legal title to bia place as Presi dont of tbe United State. Mr. BLAINE. 1 will answer the fentloman with my view of tbo caso. t is that th President ol tbe United States holds the office to which ho wa elected by as fair and honest a vote a George Washington, but that it took a singular departure from constitutional mode to make that vote good, and tbat he was not only entitled to tho votes of throe Southern States, which be got, but three more Southern States, of which ho was deprived by boll-dozing DomocrnU. Applause. NO REVOLUTION THOUGHT OF. Mr. Hill claimed that no portion ol the Demoeratio party over intended, undor any contingency, a revolutiona ry movement for the expulsion of tho Presidont Tbe electoral bill contain ed a provision as follows : "Section 6, That nothing in this act shall bo bold to impair or affect any right now ex isting under the Constitution and laws to question by proceedings in mo uui- ciul courts of the United Stato the right or tltlo of the person who eball bo declared elocted or who eball claim to bo President If any such right exist." This is a provision of the act ol Con gress establishing the Electoral Com mission, it was emoouiea were iu view of the apprehension that tbe com mission would as they In fact did reluso to look into and investigate al leged frauds in Louisiana and r londe, and that the result of their labor would be tbe declaration of ono cf tbo claimant as President without an ex amination into tb testimony regard ing th moril ot th case. Jt wa adopted that the door might be left open In such a case to a proper judicial investigation, which thoald bring out tbo facts. That there wa ground for this belief that courts of tb country would have jurisdiction I roamloat from the fact that tho learned gentle man and distinguished teteunen on both side of both chambers incorpora ted a provision in tb electoral Com mission bill reserving all right to re opon thia question and bave it investi gated before the judicial tribunals of the country, nome oi in moat auio lawyers believe that by proper proceed ing tho Supremo Coort oaa got Jnria- liction to investigate wis uuoeuun. a a was on that principle that the Legisla ture of M airland passed a memorial to Congress demanding tbat proceedings Of IblS natur SnOtllU Ire inaaguraiei.. Som of tho most distinguished Repub lican lawyer of th country hold tbat it would be porfoctly proper in a com petent proceeding for the Supreme Court to re open and determine tbi ease upon its menu. Every gentle man of bia (Mr. Hill s) acquaintance, every prominent Democrat of the Uni ted States who desire to investigate tbi question at all, desire to do so in lb courts, and nndor the eaoourag metio and authority of lb ejection law. Wathi revolutionary? Wblhertbat proceeding before the court ehould be Inaugurated or not woeld decettd apoo tb reliable evideno that ehould be ffWu(ff on fourth ft r Vlearteld, Pa. may l, t. CVaaatola. May I, HII-lp.
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