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tt:l:T
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T J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY - AT -LAW,
l.ll Pblllpibirg, Ceutre Co.. Pa. y:pd
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OLANDD. SWOOFE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Curesasville, Cl.arB.ld Bounty, Pa.
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SCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(,'LEAHKIELD, PA.
rr-0fuce in tlo Opera House, octtl, '78-tf.
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R. ft W. BARRETT,
ATTORNEYS' AND COUNSELORS AT Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Janusry 10, 1878.
TSKAEL TEST,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
ClearHeld, Pa.
4T0mca ia Iba Court Hoaeo.. J7II67
HENRY BRETH,
(OHTRtt) P. 0.)
JUSTICE OF THE I'EACE
roa artiL TnwaaHir.
MJ 8, 187S.lt
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M. M. McCULLOUGII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offija io Ma.onia balldio, Eeoood .trart, op
poiil. tbo Court llouaa. Jo26,,JB-tf.
y C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWENBVILLB,
il Cl.arS.ld CouoU, Paoa'a. 76
g T. BROCKBANK,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloo in Opera Ttoula. ap SS.77-17
JAMES MITCHELL,
Buna ia
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
U'7I CLEARFIELD, PA.
J r. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloa la Pia'a Opara Bouaa.
Juaa 1, '7Slf.
WILLUB A. WALLACB. PATIO L. BBBAB.
BABBT r. WALLACB. JOBB W. WB1BLBT.
WALLACE 4 KREBS,
(BuMaaaora to WaIIaoo A Fleldlnf,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Janl'77 Clearfield, Pa. .
A.GRAHAM,
ATTORNEY. AT LAW,
OLBABriBLO, PA.
All local bu.iaaaa promptly attended to. Omea
la Urahaan 'a Ruw ruoma formerly ooeuriled by
II. B. Bwoope. JaljJt, '78-tf.
Frank Floldlof .. W. D. Bil.r....S. V. Wllaon.
JpiELDINO, BIGLER & WILSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
' CLEARFIELD, PA.
jdr-OSee la Plo'a Opera Ifoart.
rBOB. I. NOBBAY. CTRCI BoBROB.
URRAY ft GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
tr-wm.e la Pia'a Opara lloaaa, aoeond toor.
lo.ara a. b'bballt. oabibl w. b'ocbdt.
jcENALLY & McCURDY
ATTORN KYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
ar-Leg.l baeioeaa attended to promptly with
adelity. Omea oa Sooond atroot, aboro the Flral
National Bank. jan:i:io
G. KItAMKR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA.W,
Real KaUU aad Oolloetloa Agent,
CLBAITVIBLD, PA.,
Will promptly attend to ail legal bualaaae oa
traated to bia AAra.
AT-0Bee la Pie'a Opera Hoaw. nl'76.
J P. McKENRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legal bualaee. eatro.ted to kla oak will ro
aoIta arumpt attaatloa.
OOoa eppaolto Coart Hoaao, la Maaonla Bolldlog,
eeeoon noer. --e -i - -jj
JJR. E. M. 8CHEDRER,
HOMlEOPATHIO PHYSICIAN,
000 la roaldaaoo oa Flrat at
April M, 1871. f"!f?!l:.,,t.
TAR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN k SURGEON,
HITHBRBBIIRO, PA.
Wlllattead profaaaloaAleAllaproaiptly. augll'70
JR. T. J. BOTER,
fHY8ICIA AND SDROItON.
Ofloo oa Market Street, Cloarf eld. Pa.
t-0me koarat I to 11 a. m., and 1 Jt-
JJR. J. KAY WRIGLEY,
llOMOtFATHIO MIYSrCIAN,
JUr-Oalee adjeialeg tie realdonoa f Jamaa
wniy, Kae,., oa oeeoaBBU, uieoe., ...
JeljJI,';U.
JQR. II. B. VAN VALiAH,
CLBARVIELII, PENH' A.
OFFICE IN UBSIDENCE, CORNER OF FIRST
AND PINS RTRKirn.
ptr- OBoa koura From II U I P. M.
May II, 1
J. P. BURCUFIKIjD,
Lata Bargaoa of the lid Raglmaal, PaaaaylrAAla
Volnateara, baring retaraed frem the Army,
offera hla profeaaloaal aereleel to theelU.eae
af Olaarteld eeoaty.
lwT-Prole..i.aal eallt prampUy atteadadLn.
UBce ea Beeodd .tract, foreaeflyeeeaplcd y
Dr. Weed.. (aprVOd-U
f TARRY SNYDER,
11 BARBER AND BAIRDREMRR.
Shop oa Market t.. ewpoclte Ooert HoaM.
A alaaa towel for ererji oacaeaaer.
Alee tAAaafaak. at f
All Klado af ArtlelM la Haanaa Hair.
Clearteld, Pa. may II, t.
CLEARFIELD
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GEO. B. QOODLANDEB, Editor it Proprietor. ' ' PRINCIPLES, NOT MEW' " - - TEEMS $2 per annum in Advance.
VOL. 53-WHOLE NO. 2,625. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1879. NEW SERIES-VOL. 20, NO. 23.
JHHTICK' COr1TAI.LEM FEES
u. . ,? large number of the
FEE SILL, and will on the receipt of twenty.
o eoute. mail a my 10 any addroea aril
WILLI AH M. HKNRY, Justice
or IBB raxes aao Sobitbbbb, LUMBER
CITY. Collections iutf end money promptly
paid ovor. Artioloaof egreotnont and deede oi
conveyance Beatly eieouted And warranted oor.
root or Au eherge. SSjy'TS
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Ju.tio. of (he Peace and Sorlronir,
Curvieuevllle, Pa.
-BvColleotleoa made and money promptly
paid oror. fobmilf
JA8. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
8I1INQLK8, LATH, A PICKETS,
WITS Overlaid, Po,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a.
m-Wltl exeou(e jobs la hla line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. urr4,87
JOHN A. STADLEH,
BAKER, Market St., Cleerlleld, Pa.
Fresh Brood. Ru.k. Rolll. Pio. aud Coko.
oa hood or made to order. A general aaaorttaeat
of Confectionerier, Fruit aAd Nuta la atoofc.
Ioa CroAio and Oystere ia season. Saloon aearly
oppoaite tbi Poatoffioo. Pricwa atoderoto.
Mamh l.'7A.
WEAVER & BETTS,
DKAtBttl l
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
AMyOfflco oo Boeond atroot. ia roar of atora
TMim of U.otj. Woaror A Co. janS, '78. If.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUOTICE OF TIIE PEACE
FOR
Itccatur Tottnshlp,
Oaaaola Mill. P. 0.
All ofltrlal bo.lna.a Animated to him wilt bo
promptly Attended to. uon?9, '7a.
BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE RHOKER,
Ann naibaa ia
Maw Ioh ami laiimbor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offlce In Oraham'e Row. 1:16:71
ANDREW 11ARWICK,
Market Htreat, ClearHeld, Pa., .
BANvrarronaa add ubalab ib
Harness, Bridle, Mdltt, Collars, and
JJorse-furnishing Hoods.
aaT-AII kind, of repairing promptly attended
.. Baddlara' Hardware, Horn Bruabea, Curry
Comba, Ao., alwaya on bead and for aala at the
loweal oaab priao. (March 1, 1878.
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
SQUARE TIMBER,
, and mABufaoturara of
ALL KINDS OF IAWEI) LUMIIF.R,
S-7'71 CLEARFIELD, PENN A.
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
AT-Parana alwaya on hand aad made to order
on ahort ootioo. Pipea bored ob rooaonabla terma.
All work warraatod to render laU.taotlon, and
dolirarod if doalrad. my!6:lypd
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DBALBB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAMTON, Pa.
Alao.aBtAoalTA mAaufAotararaad dealer lo ftqoAr
Timber aad Hawed i,amDeroi an ainaa.
say-Ordara aollaltad aad all aiiif promptly
alfed. . IW'M
ilvery fitable.
II B aadoralgnod Vega Iobto to lalorm tba pub
lie that ka la now fully prepare to Accommo
date all la tka way of furaiablng lK.eo, Bugglea,
j.jji.. .na Heraeea. oa tbo ahortoat Botieo and
n roaaonable terma. Realdenoe on Looual atroel,
aetweea Third aad Fourth. .,-
lleoHleld. Feh. 4. 187f
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
QLEN nOPE, PENN'A.
,nnn .AM..t.n.d. haiine lcaaad tbla eom
I modioua li.itel, la tba Tillage of Olea Hope,
ia bow prepared to aocommodale all who may
cell. My table and bar ahall be aupplied with
the heal the matket afliirda.
Olea Hope, Ta., Marck 18, 1870-tf
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
AT I U tiP) &X 1 A.A".
Vnd Meal Ketat Areat, ClearHeld, Pa.
n Third atroel. bet. Cherry A Walnut.
may-Raapeetfully offer, hla aerrieea la aalllag
..ri.itD. laada In OlaarOald Bad adjoining
eeaatiea and with aa eiperteneeo! or.r twenty
roara aa a aareeyor, oatiera nimaen idh r th.
' i..k ee.a...r.
ranaar aaaiaiaeiioB. ."
I. 8 N Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABB BBALBB IB
.WalcheB, Clocki and Jewelry,
0rwWe i!ew, Aforl.l Arael,
C LEARI'IKI.D, PA.
All klnda of ropalrinf la my Hba promptly a
adod to. April 13, 1874.
Great Western Hotel,
Noa. 1111, ISUa.d 131 Market Street,
(Oirwl'y OBVOefa rVoeeiaoter'a Omacl Dtpol.)
ruiadolplvift, Tons'.
Trxxim, Sta.OO jier cy
Tbla Hotel la aoar tko aow Pablla Bndlnga,
... Uuoale Temple, V. . Mini and Academy
efFI.eArta. T. W. TRACOK, Prop r.
Oraa all Bieat I Jyl7,'7S.y
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
THE BBderrigaed, karlng aaubllakad a Nar
aory oa tba 'Pike, about half way balwaea
u j r..vttl.. I. nrenarad to far-
.i.h .11 klnda of FRUIT TRKK8, (Mitt aad
dwarf.) iT.rgrt
Bbrabnery, Orapo Vlnea,
Uoo.e berry, Lawloa Blaohberry, Birawnerry,
aad RaapUrry Vlace. Alco, Blborloo Crab Trace,
Quince, and early eearlei Rhoberh, Aa. Ordari
arompUyatUBd-U. -M0,
eeelO AO.o CarwouaTllle, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. M. CARDON a BBO.,
Oa Marital SL, ea doer weat of Moaatoa Houaa,
CLEARFIKLD, PA.
Oar arraagemeeU ar cf Ike Beet ma in lote
.t... ant fern Uh lag the aeblle with Freeh
Umii .f au Biaa, aaa oi .ao eery By
We alee deal la all kiada of Agrtealteral Imple
mwu, wkia we keefi ea eaklblllea for the ao..
all whlea we a
ot of the aeklte.
odt of the peatta. una aroano -
aad lake a look ei thing., or addraea aa
a. o.
. CARDON A BBO.
Olearteld, Pa., Jaly 14,
im-tf.
8.
Tiiii hhooki.et-b song,
A In frrlHMK.
I KlUt -Ionic " M
Through mouij gtait
Through mfftdowi frttn ul fIluw
Thruuftb iuddj oooka,
Id ittiiileii eroukf,
d hallow 1 deep (,b 4 ihalluir.
I Uo led ping, 1
K living thing,
In tnnnj riotuai edd ;
I glide low-key ?d 1
Through w h tup tj ring rtodi,
Through obaooili brown and itdgy.
In and oat
And roundabout,
1 wind my war forever ;
With tinkling sound
' I run my rouud
O'er wild and browiv bealhor.
O'er ridget tall
I fume and fall j
Through ten and brakjr hollow '
1 trickling tug,
A gleeful ihing,
Though few mj way tnaj futlow.
I fly and ilida,
In wanton gle(
With Bany a ire-k and freok'e
With leavef and. bloikTOtni
On tb braait.
That tun aud moonboan apokl.
I glide along
TKroyjfh aaim ud atorni.
With many qnirki and qua vera ;
Nor oar i aught
For ruio wrought
By my cajtricioui oapen.
Alhy t. JJanhatt Spalding,
STATE CRIMINALS.
THE I1KIIIUI) LECilMLATORoi.
A STARTLING REVELATION.
Recent durolopments fully demon
strates Ibe fuct tliat the present Leg
islature ban been ono ofthe oorrupteat
that lias met tit Ilarrmburg for a long
time. A Committee was appointed on
tbe purt of the Houso, to investigate
tbc corruptions practiced in attempt
ing lo pins the Pittsburg riot act,
known as bill No. 103.
Mr. Rhodes tbe other day rose to a
question ol privilege and presented to
ibe House the "report ot the Riot in
vestigution committee," which is as
follows:
To the House of ItnirescnUitivct of the
Coimnonicealth of Pennsylvania: The
undersigned members of your commit
tee appointed under the following res
olution pasBcd by tlio House:
Sfoltiit, That a eomffllttoo of Are be appoin
ted by tba Speaker of the Home (or t he purpoaa
of inrc.tigating the charge, made by tba member
(rum untoo and Any other Improper tnnuencec
brought to boar npnn mewbera in connection with
iluu.e bill No. 10:1, and that aald committee be
Land tba came I. hereby authorised to call fur
pereon. and paper., and that tba eipcnaa. eon
neoted with aaid investigation are hereby author
lscd by the Houie of Heprefentetirea."
Rcspoctftilly report as follows :
The coiiitnittco eelccM Samuel B.
Collins as stenographer1 to tuke tho
testimony, who together with hi as
sistants, were sworn to .the faithful
discharge ot tboir duty. Tho sessions
of the committee with ono exoeption
wero public, and all persons in any way
implicated wero afforded the fullest
opportunity to testify in their own be-
balt ana to oring witnesses in prooi oi
their innocence. Tbe testimony taken,
the witnesses by whom given as well
as all tho other ovidenco in tho case
ill be found in tho anpeudix to tbe
Legislative Record, which has boon by
order of the House printed for use of
the members tnd placed upon their
desks. Before entering upon any
analysis of the evidence and stating
tbe conclusions at wnicn we nave ar
rived thereon, we wish to define briefly
tire rules by which tho committee have
been governed in conducting tbe inves
tigation, and tho general principles
wbicb have guided us in arriving at
our conclusions upon tbe evidence. In
reference to the first point wo wish to
stato that while occasionally some ir
relevant testimony has crept in such
as would not bo allowed under strict
rules in the conduct of a trial in a court
of law, the amount of such evidence is
not considerable, but it is ot such a
character as to do no harm or ini ustico to
any one. The committee have) unnni
mously, persistently and carefully ex
cluded all herosay evidenco and Lavo,
although it bos ticen the praolice of
legislative investigating committees
generally to take a widor latitude,
deemed it best in their inquiries to be
controlled in tho admission of evidence
by the rules governing courts of law.
In roferonco to the second point we
wish to say that when tbero is conflict
ing testimony, we nave in reaumg a
decision been guided chiefly by consid
erations of interest in tbe witness to
testily truthfully or falsely by the con
sistency and reasonableness of their
testimony. By the number ot witnesses
on ono sido and tho other and corro
berating circumstances, in no caso has
'.hero been any attempt made to im
peach the credulity of any witness,
and we have given equal weight to the
testimony of every witness, excepting
here in our opinion tneir personal
interests afforded a strong motive to
testify falsely, or their testimony was
inconsistent or unreasonable or the
corroborating fuels or number of wit
nesses were against them' Wo wish
to stato furthor that in arriving at our
decision upon the evidence we have
bonostlv and earnestly endeavored to
rid our minds of all passion and preju
dice and to decide each case npon tb'
evidence, judging each by the same
rule and making no distinctions be
tween individuals. In all cases of rev
Bonablo doubt, without giving any opin
ion upon conflicting evidence, we give
the benefit of the doubt to the porson
who la unfavorably implicated ; but in
all cases where there is no reasonable
doubt, nnploasent as the duty Is, espe
cially in thecasoof our fellow members,
we have not hesilatod to do our duty
fearlessly and impartially by express
ing our opinion of their guilt and tho
measure tlierool, accompanying sucu
opinion In cacn case wun a reierence
to the evidence on wnicn sucu uuimuu
is based. While fully dooided in tbo
opinion that a groat evil etiouia con
tinue to exist lorovcr rather than any
Innocent man should suffer, we are
equally firm in our convictions that no
consideration of polioy or sympathy or
friendship should deter us lrom nnuing
against thorn of whose fault there is
no reasonable doubt i less than this
would not meet the demands of pure
legislation, the indication ol the hign
claims of sell government and the hon
or and fair lame of tbe legislature and
the Commonwealth. In the opinion
nf tha underpinned members of the
committee, tbe evidence before the com'
mittee as contained in the appendix
ahnva roforred to. shows W. F. Rnm-
bergor, mombor of tbe House from the
county ol Armstrong, io nava un
gnilty of a violation of sections 29 and
5i ni' article 3 of the Constitution and
also of the flrst section of tbe act of
Assembly of tb ZBln Ap. ''.
finiaor on mint solicitations of the mean
here of the General Assembly, eto.
The committee bane tboir conclusion in
I ha cam nf Ur.Rurobertrcrupontboevi
dence of M. II. Silverlborn, member of
the House fiom the county of Erie -,
oi Wm. H. Kemble, of tbe oily 01 rnii
adelphia, and tho evidence of Mr. Rum.
bergor himself. Tboy also are of tbe
opinion that Kmilo J. Petroff, of the
J' tub district, of fbiladelphia, has boon
guilty of violation of section 30, article
3, ofthe Constitution, and also of the
1st section ol tbo.act of Assembly of
April 29, 1874, aforesaid. And they
arrivo at this conclusion in his case
from the testimony of Harry Watson,
inembor ofthe House from tho county
of Mercor. and JoseDh U. Maclav.mom.
ber ot the House from the county of
Minim, and it is also tboir opinion that
ooorge if. bmitb, ot tbe ZDlb district
of Philadelphia, has also been guilty of
a violation of section 30, article 3, of
tbe Constitution, and also ol tbe first
soction ot tbe act of Assembly ot April
29, 1874, aforosaid. And wo arrive at
our conclusions in this case upon the
tostimony of J. II. Knittle, member of
tbe House lrom the county of Colum
bia, and George W-.Drum, member of
the House from tbo 4th district ot Lu
r.orno county,
There is ovidence of corrupt solici
tation on the part of other members of
the House, but tbe evidence being con
flicting and not being sufficient in our
jurtgnfontbeyoudtiijy rcasocabledonH,
to show a violation ol tbe Constitution
and laws enacted to prevent such cor
rupt solicitation, we deem it bost to
retrain from reiorring to the particular
cases or expressing any opinion in ro
forenco thorcto. The ovidonce of M.
II. Stlverthorn, member of the House
from tho county of Krio; C.N. Kostor,
member ot the House from the county
of Lehigh, and Charles Miller, mem
ber of the Houso from the county of
Snydor, as well as tbe testimony of
mmseii and that ot John 11. Taggart,
oditor of the Sunday Times ofthe city
of Philadelphia, show in tbo opinion of
your oommiltoc, that William H. Hem-
mo, ol tbe city ot 1'biladelpbia, was
guilty of a violation of soction 30, ar
ticlo 3 of the Constitution, and also of
tho first section of tho act of Assembly
of April 29, 1874, aforosaid, and wo so
find. Tho testimony of P. H. Bowman,
inembor of the Houso from the countv
of York: J. W. Cargill, memborof tho
Houso from the county of Lehigh ; E.
D. Gruff, mombor of tbo Houso lrom
the county of Armstrong; Josoph H.
Maclay, member of Iho House from
tho county ot Mifflin ; Btophen J.
Smith, membor of the House from the
county of Berks ; Honry C. Moore,
member of tho House from tho county
of Bucks, and W: V. Worthington,
member ofthe Houso from the county
of Bucks, and other evidences less de
finite and positive, shows that ('has.
B. Salter, an ex-member of the Houso
from tho city of Philadelphia, hoi boon
guilty of a violation of section 30
article 3 of tho Constitution and the
first section of Iho act of Assembly ot
the 29th ot. April, 1874, aforesaid, and
so we find the tostimony of J. W. Car
gill, member of the House from tho
county of Susquohanna, li. R. Foust,
membor of the House from tbe county
ot Huntingdon, and L. D. Woodruff,
momber of tho House lrom the county
of Cambria, shows that Josse R. Craw
ford, Assistant Superintendent of pub
lic grounos, nas Deon guuty oi a viola
tion ot soction 30 article 3 of the Con
stitution, and also of soction 1 of the
aotof Assembly of the 29th ot April,
1874, aforesaid, and so we find. 1 be tes
timony of J. G. Zern and Michael
Cassiday, members of the House from
the county of Carbon, shows Alexan
der W. Leisenring, of Mauch Chunk,
in the county of Caibon, has been
guilty of a violation- of Bection 30, ar
ticle 6 of tbe Constitution and also oi
tho first section of the aot of Assembly
of the 29th April, 1874, aforesaid, and
wo so find. The tostimony of Benja
min Bordner, membor of the House
from Dauphin county, shows that
Christian Long, of Shippensburg in
Cumberland countv. has been iruilty of
a violation of soction -30, article 3 of
tbe Constitution, and also of the first
section of tho act of Assembly of tho
29th April, 1874, aforesaid, and wo do
so find. There is conflicting evidence
of corm pt solicitation on the part of
K. J. Jl (June ot nhippensburg, Cum
berland county, and of Dr. D. C. Shoe
maker, ot Daupbin county, and wo
prefer to rofer the House to the tosti
mony ot Konert ai caenran, jr., mem
bor of tbo Houso from Cumberland
county and J. G. Zern, membor from
Carbon county, in reierence thoroto in
these two cases rospecllully and retrain
from expressing any opinion therein.
In audition to tbe evidence oi cor
rupt solicitation to which the commit
tee havo already referred, tbere is a
considerable mass' of evidence show
ing attempts at improper combinations
upon other legislation pending before
tbe House or to be brought before it,
in ordor to furthor the passago of House
bill, No. 103. 'While theso combina
tions or attempted combinations may
not have boon such as would render
the parties concerned therein criminal
ly liable, yet tbey have boon of such a
character as to bo antagonistic to pure
and wise legislation to the spirit if not
the letter of the Constitution and to
tha best Interests of the Common
wealth. W.e also doem it our duty to
further state that tbere is clear and
nositive evidenoe of an attempt to In
fluence pnblio opinion in favor of the
said House bill, No. 103, through the
insertion ol paid articles in the public
press throughout the Commonwealth
We are not prepared to say upon tne
evidence that any part of tbe newspa
per press of the State has been subsi
dised to the support ot the said bill,
but that the Influence brought to near
upon popular opinion through tbe in
sertion ofthe artiolea referred to, wait
not in our judgment of such character
as to create a fair and healthy opinion
as to tbe merits ol the said bill ; and
it is to be deprecated that any such
means should have been restored to
further the passage oi said bill.
All of which is rospeotiuuy sunmn-
ted and request the House to have
the same printed for the use of the
members.
A. M. Ruoads.
. C. V. Elliot.
Charms 8. Wolfe.
M. P. Doyle.
Let oo TniRE. "Nrrw, then." shout
ed Captain Mariner, from his elevated
position on tbe bridge oi an ooeaa
steamer just about to start, "elear
away all, and let go tbere I" pointing
to the head hawsers. Young O'Brion,
of Londonderry, a steerage passenger,
jnst in the act of bulging and kissing
a lemale mend ureweii, eviaeniiy
thought the "let go there" intended
for him, for be released Af ias Muldoon
hastily, and darted a revengeful look
at the Captain. And he was vindic
tive throughout the entire voyage, and
relatod noon several occasions to but
lellow-sleeragers how that "baste of a
Captain, d ye mind, baa siparatea two
ould Irionas.
I walked tbe Boor all sight with
tbe tooth-ache," said he; to wbloh his
UDfeeling listener replied, "Xoadiaot
expect to walk tbe celling did you r
A DISQUISITION ON FISH AND
,, ritjUMnJUEii.
eral lriends witb whom 1 have enjoy
ed gonuine sport "angling in tie Sus
quehanna" than to display any superi
or knowledge of Iho art, or to attempt
to instruct any but tbe uninitiated, 1
write you "what I know about fish
ing." From timo whereof the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary, tbe
sports of tbe rod and lino, and the
"casting of tbo net Into tbe sea," have
entertained and employed men of all
nations, tongues and kindred. Some
trace tbe winding oi the "babbling
brook," qr lay softly at anchor on the
silver lake, purely because tbey have a
positive genius that renders it to tbem
tbe most thrilling and delightful spot
on earth. Others, while tbey are not
entirely devoid of a pleasurable sensa
tion, still in the main pursue the "tin
ny tribo" more for dimes than delight;
and there are yet moro who fish
for a living and groan under the hard
ship and labor thereof. Tho devotees
of this sport are not only entitled to
the claim of groat antiquity, but also
to high respeotability, as tour of the
Apostloa at least are known by all
readers of the Bible to have been able
and successful patrons of tho art, and
aud over since tbe days of John, Peter,
Andrew, and James, the best oi men
have eagerly sought the pleasing ex
citement of tbo "rod and line" as an
honorable relaxation from the fatigue
of Btudy and perplexitios of business,
and the toils ol state. True there
may be found some "Mrs. Kitr.lolys''
to cry down, and miserable timo-sorv.-ers
to sneer at this time-honored sport,
but these unpbilosophical, discontented
spirits nover have an inspiration above
self-gratification, and would have cru
cified our Savior had they lived in
tboso days.
Ibe true angler is not satisfied witb
the mere physical pleasuro of "hook
ing." "playing," and "landing" his vic
tim ; ho studies their nature and habits,
classes their species, and notes their
comparative usefulness to man. Those,
and many other things he docs while
"waiting for a bito," which he treas
ures up cu imparts to bis tollow-sports-man,
iho uniniatcd, and the "rest of
mankind." The peaceful joyousness
that floats in his untrameled brain pro
duced by tbo soothing ripple of the
waves, or tbe gentle murmuring of tbo
brook, dispels all vulgar euro, and ren
ders him a true specimen of tho "no
blest work of God," and wo ere no lon
ger surprised that "such as tbesowere
chosen to do the great work of "spread
ing glad tidings ot great joy to all man
kind." He would be at peace wftb
all tho world. He feels tbe philanthro
pist, and all the promptings of his heart
ate .good. Here in our day, we find
many ot our wisest and best men, of
every calling and profession, devoted
followers of tbe immortal Walton.
It is a great mystery to many peo
pie bow any real pleasure can be found
in the solitary and uncertain pursuits
of the angler. They cannot eeo how
it is that tbe true sportsman will with
the utmost cheerfulness ot counte
nance, and enthusiasm sparkling in bis
eye, throw his line "ninety and nine"
times to get a "rise" at the hundredth.'
Well, no one can seo bow It is, It is
something to be felt, and it would be
as easy tor the meanest man on earth
to become a philanthropist as lor an
unsocial, unfeoling, heartless man to
become a disciple of old izaak.
With us tbo black bass is the gen
eral fuvorite, in fact tbe only fish that
affords real sport for tbo angler its
matchless symmetry ol lorm, grant
muscular strength, and the grace and
oaso with which he "roams the waters"
make bim an object oi great admira
tion. They are said to rush up the
rivor In flood timo, and when the wa
ters subside, they gather in deep holes,
eddies, and foaming falls' caused by
some obstructing rock or snag, (which
aro novor mistakon or overlooked by
the adopt) whoro the cast should be
mado ana repeated witb a good deal
of patience and porsevorence. Tbey aro
rather a shy, quick-sighted, watchful
fish, hence the "boles" where tbe bait
is to be thrown should bo cautiously
approachod. The tackle to be usod
can be selectod to suit tbe fancy of tho
anglor, tbeVature ol the ground, and
tbe "circumstances of the caso"
generally ; tbe well-selected rood, or
soecies of bamboo pole : fino, even line
of silk, linen, or hair.- For a hook, get
tbe largest sized Carlielo or Limerick
trout hooks, (or ask at once for a good
sized bass book at any ot. tho stores
where tackle is kept for salo) with
white wire or triple hair snoods. For
bait you may tuke the angle-worm,
grasshoppers, (in season) the white
grub, the tail, head, or whole of a small
minnow, a piece cut from tho caudal
fin and tbo belly ol a chub. J be Hob-
son, better known bore by the name
of htsllgramite, bojack, or nipper, seems
to possess at times peculiar attractions
for the bass. If a five minnow is used,
he should be hdttked in the fleshy part
of tbe back under the dorsal Bn toward
tbe tail, bringing the point out forward
oi the fin, but care should be taken not
to kill the minnow nor curl him out of
shape, and, if hooked in this way, will
live and play for hours.
When the black base it fairly book
ed, great care, judgment, and skill are
requisite with the use oi rod and line
to play bim sately to shore, ibe mo
moment be darts away with the hook
and finds himself captured, he makes a
mighty splash, and with a half sum
merset, digs down with tbe bait. , Tbe
thrill ol excitement is peculiar and in
describable. Tbe fueling of mingled
pleasure and triumph, when after a
vigordus "play" he is securely "laid to
the land." can only be known to the
sportsman who has done it, or to the
Ueneral wbo baa won a oattie.
Tbe best time for Ashing for bass is
on a cloudy day, but il it be clear, tbey
will generally bite well lrom daylight
to 10 o'clock A. IS., and from 3 o'clock
P. M. till dark. Tbe bait, even in
clear water, should be kept nearly con
stantly in motion, and when taken by
the bass, a slack line should be given
him for a moment only, ana men
hooked witb a qnick but limited Jerk
If he is a half of a pound or less, bring
him gently to you by raising your rod
perpendicular over your right shoul
der, and grasp bim firmly below tbe
gills with your left hand, but if he ex
ceed a hall of a pound, keep a "taut
line" on him by gradually turning the
but end of your rod towards bim, so
that the springing of the rod will al
ways prevent what is called a "dead
set" that is. bia running out ao as to
bring him in a straight line with the
end of the rod the full length of the
line. When there is neither spring or
s-ive. let him play until he becomes so
exbansed by tbe constant checking of
tbe lint as to snow nis aioea, or umii
voa oaa aafely bring bim withia reach
ol a eonvenient and safe landing place.
A beginner is very apt to become nerv
ous and animated when a smart bass
REPUBLICAN.
suddenly takes his hook, and almost
unconsciously gives him such a "migh
ty switch" as to either tarry away
some ot the tackle, tear away tbe
mouth of the flsb, or if he miss bim en
tirely, bo will, perhaps, tangle his line
hopelessly and provokingly around tbe
Drancbes ol some overhanging tree.
Be sure to let him hare the bait a mo
ment before you pull, and in tbe mean
time become a littlo cool. Kven an old
fishorman mny sometimes be found
out of his equilibrium when his hand
has been a little out.
Although this splondid fish exhibits
a good deal of apparent greediness
when a tempting lure is thrown in bis
was, still be ia not wbat may be called
a voracious Ban, ana by closely ob
serving their character it will be dis
oovored that what might easily be mis
taken for voracity is nothing more
than their nature, energy and spright-
Iuicsb. i have seen large-sized boss
luy In apparent sulkincss for hours in
some shady "hole" of a bright clear
stream in the middle of tbe day, per
leotly heedless ot any bait tbnt might
be ever so skillfully skimmed over bim,
or temptingly dangled at his nose ; but
Anally, when the "spirit moves him,
be rimhes at his fancied prey like a
panther springing upon the mountain
deer.
Now, Mr. Editor, hoping that what
is bore written may be ot some use to
those who do not know how to fish,
and will be charitably read by those
who do bettor than
Your obedient servant,
Juno 6th, 1879. T. J. B.
A LA WYER BULL DOZED.
A lawyer had a case on his docket,
in'wbich, among other things, he wish
ed to prove that bis client bad ho mon
ey, and to that end bo cross-questioned
one of tbo opponont'i witnesses as fol
lows: "You asked my client lor money did
you not f"
"Well yos, sir.
"Answer promptly, sir. Let us havo
no hesitation. . You asked his for mon
ey now what was bis answer?"
"1 den t know as 1 can tell.
"But surely you romembcr."
"Yes, sir."
"Then out with it. What was his
answer?"
"I'd rathor not tell."
"Ho I ho I You are on that track
aro yon ? You won't tell T"
"1 should ratbor not, sir.
"But I should rather you would 1
So, sir, if you do not answer my ques
tions promptly and truthfully, I'll call
upon the court to commit you tor con
tempt.
Well, it 1 must toll talcs out ol
school here you have it. 1 askod him
yesterday if be couldn't lend me halt a
dollar, and be told mo he could not"
And you believed bim, did you
not!"
"Yes, sir: for be said you had rob
bed him ot every cent of bis ready
money, and if he didn't get out of your
hands pretty soon, his wife and littlo
ones would come to"
That will do sir. You can step
down off tbe stand."
BOSTON PORK AND BEANS.
From Ibe Atlaatlc for May.
It is known to most of tho inhabitants
ofthe Ball that makes its diurnal rev
olutions around tho Hub that we who
enjoy tho felicity of dwelling in the
center of all things celebrato tho riso
ol tho Sunday sun by a repast of pulse
and brawn, sometimes spoken ot as
"pork and beans," or "bacon and beans."
"You ask," says Ovid, "why fat bacon
is tasted on theso catenas and beans
are mixed with tbo boield spelt. She is
a goddess of ancient days, and she still
diets on tbe lood that in olden time
she used, and she does not, in a spirit
ol luxury, ask for tbo dainties ot for
eign tands. in that day me nsbos
Bwam uncaught by a people ignorant
ofthe virtues of the succulent cod and
of the luxury of fish-balls ; nnd tho
oyster were still sate in tboir shells, no
man having yet boon lound with sum
oicnt courage to swallow oven one of
them. Lalium had not become ac
quainted with the woodcock which
rich Ionia supplies, not with the crano
that delight in the blood of tbe Pyg
mios. The toothsome peacock pleased
by its expanded tu.il, nor had foreign
lands been drawn upon for their beast
of the chose. But swine were valua
ble, and by killing a sow the futhers
honored their festivals. Tho rock
bound land produced only beans and
the hard grained spilt, and whoever
eats these two mingled, they say that
his stomach can receive no harm.
Tux Contrast in Uousekeepino.
Tbo bousckocper who bos no business
habits makes hut a poor appearance
beside the one who has tliom. The
latter has a fixed hour and day lor
overy domestic duty ; tho former has
things done when sho thinks of it. The
one replenishes bofore an artiole is ex
hausted ; tbe otber rnns around ana
borrows. The one knows just bow
long an article ought to lost; the othpr
is robbed betore bor lace ana oyos.
The one makes her "rags" pay for her
tins." hor groaso pay for bor soap :
the other has to givo ready money fur
both 'commodities. Tbe one has her
house cleaning done in May; with the
othor it dangles into July. Tbe one
can see a visitor at almost any bour ot
the day ; tbe other baa to hurry and
skurrv to make borsoif presentable.
The one has always something tooth
some in resorve it an unexpQcted guest
must be asked to tea ; the other bas
but an apoloiiv. With the one all goes
smoothly, noiselessly, pleasantly and
she bas a smiling lace; witn tne omer
tbe jar I always evident, the bouse,
its mistress aad Ita servants are al
ways in a snarl. The one bas business
habits : the othor no habits at all.
They Don't Roast Tbem Now.
Tbe South Sea Island cannibals do not
roast missionarioe any more. Tboy
noison tbem. Six teachers recently
landed in a remotopartnf Now Guinea
by the mission steamer, John Williams,
and were treacherously aisposea oi id
this way, tbe natives placing upas
wood in tbeir drinking water. Ol
twenty men landed in this way only
five now remain, tbe rest having died
ot poison and fever. These mon wore
converted Polynesian teachers. A little
unpleasantness bas occurred in tne
Friendly Islands. "Some influential
persons thero," saya the Independent,
"ehojrr a disposition to return U
hcalbonisb practices, and a loss of 600
members is reported. Tbe outlook Is
bettor in Flii. where in one circuit 23,
000 out of 25,000 population attend
ohurcb ; bat an attempt bas been made
to revive tbe heathen names here, and
the new marriage and divoro laws
have caused some miscbicl.
The youth who leaves off his over
coal to enjoy a balmy Spring, is help
ing pay on the mortgage on bis doc
tor's bouse.
FANATICS OR FOOLS
THE MOTHER OF Till SLAIN CHILD
WRITES A LETTER ABOUT IT.
The following lettor, which we clip
from tho Boston Herald, was roceivod
reoeutly from Mrs. Charles P. Free
man by her sittters-in law in Natick,
whoro Frecmuu formerly lived :
Barnstable, Mass., May 10, 1879.
"Dear Sister : We huvo received
your letters. 1 had looked lor one tor
a long time, i never thought it would
find us hero. Amglud to know you
aro well. Wo are in need of nothing,
but we thank you tor your kind
thoughts for our comfort. I have no
doubt you suffer for us. I cannot tell
you how dearly wo both loved our
littlo one. w e have tried lor more man
a year to live entirely devoted to God,
and to the good ot others, n e bad
givon up dross, the dosiro for money,
and everything that was not pure in
fiurpose. You would hardly have be
ioved it was Charlie. He never was
profane, had not drank since I know
bim, and was one of the bost of hus
bands and fathers ; but now ho com
menced a life of prayer and fuith in
God, and I with him. Ho read his
Bible every spare moment, and hi:
whole life was spent in Christian, earn
est work fur good ; and his whole aim
(not neglecting othor duties) was to
win souls to Christ, and sock himself,
etornal life. Ono trial to our faith
oame after another, and God blessed
us very much tbe moro wo trusted him.
By and by there camo a week and
more of great and now trials. Charlie
did not sleep nor eat, scarcely, for
two woeks. During this time of pain
ful trial he ielt that God required him
to have tbe faith of Abraham. You
knowwbatjthatwasin regard to Isaac f
He could not got away from it ; tho
more he tried tho more it camo homo
to him. At lost ho said to the Lord
ho would be willing to bear tho tost ;
he thought that would bo all that God
would ask. That seemed to end it for
tbe dav. That niuht it came to bim
moro powerfully ; he could not help it.
Oh I God ttlono knows bow I suffered I
But having such great faith in God to
beliove He would stop bim just as Ho
did Abraham that it was only a trial
of tuilh knowing, as I did, Charlie's
lilo and love, bis tear to disobey uod,
and that bo had Abraham's fuith, 1
could not hinder him. But noither of
us thought God would sutler ber to be
touched, any more than that the day
would full to come. We thought uou
would see our iaitb and give us some
token of acceptance. We beliove Gud
would thunder lrom sinal bctoro any
harm should como to our darling ; but
when I found my precious Kdio gone,
Oh, Father, how I felt ? But oomfort
seemed to como again. Abraham be
lieved God would raiso Isaac, and o we
felt that it was God s plan to take ber,
so aa to raise her from the dead, and
thus show His mighty power and love.
W e did believe Ho would do this, in
ordor to show the world that the God
of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob still
live; and so wake up tbe frozen
Church of God to its duties tbe
Church so married to the world that
there ia scarcely any difference be
tweon tbe two. We believed this was
to bo, and that Edio would yet go witb
Charlie to preach the gospel of the
kingdom. W hat a power she would
be I Wbat glory to his cause! Elijah,
Klisjia, Christ and tho apostles raised
the dead, and why should not God do
it now as then? we believe he would,
but time has so far passed, and we are
hero. God knows we are innocent of
any crime. Charlie still thinks God is
cDing lo manifest hispoworand glory,
and himself bo justified in the eyes of
the world. God grant it may bo so.
"Oh. vou cannot know my sorrow!
It almost breaks my heart I My dear,
dear Kdie I Charlie ia innocent, oh I he
is, of any crime; but I am afraid it
was a mistaken lailh in uoo. near
Lord, help us In our need."
HATTII.
Early Risino. An early hour to
riso and an early breakfast to sit down
to are unquestionably good things. It
is said to be an indication of firm
health when one can enjoy bis break
fast, and ho cortainly best enjoys it
wbo neither has to wait ior it or make
it wait for bim till the freshness is off
and the meal is uninviting. Our houso
keeping readers who would have their
families astir betimes, must awaken
them with tbe aroma ot the steaming
coffee or breakfast tea, which is better
than any breakfast bell. And if peo
ple would really enioy tbe early morn
ing meal, tboy must not destroy the
desire tor it by late feeding or over
feeding tbe night betore. To rise lrom
bed at an hour which enables you to
take hold of tho day loisuroly and do
yourself justice in tho manor ol break
last, is to have a good start for tho
whole hours ol daylight, nvery day
is a raco, and those win wbo take tbe
first part of it gently. Ah tor such
persons as are required, by their occu
nation, to turn night into day, they
accommodate themselves to their cir
cumstances, and count the early bour
and the late from Lamb s standpoint.
A certain proportion ol lime must be
given to sloop, and no rule for retiring
or rising will bold whicn aoes not rec
ognize this natural fact All things
consulted,- early hours are oortainly
best and most healthful not absurdly
strict, but kept with reasonable nnl-
lormity.
Usefol' Hints. In the hpring,
clothes can be bleached by putting six
cents worth ot oxalio acid into a gal
lon ot belling water and pouring over
them. Htlr tbem up ana lot mem re
main in it until the water is cold, and
then lay out to bleach. Tbey will soon
be white as snow. Never carpet the
kitchen floor; it catches all the dirt,
grease and odors of oooking. Stain or
paint the floor, then spread down pieces
of carpot in tront of tba loungo, table
and wherever necessary, 'ibeeesbouid
be bound like a rti2. Tbey can be
easily taken un. shaken and aired. A
ways water plants with a sponge. Get
the lartre. osarse kind and you will
save yoursolf much annoyanoa and
spattored walla. To remove ntildow
from light kid gloves without injuring
them, ttrst dry the giovos inorouguiy ;
stretch ; rub the spots well with a
moderately stiff brush, tben with a
small quantity of egg albumen or flour
paste. A simple way to remove iron
rust lrom any white cotton or linen
fabric is to soak it for oovoral days in
sour milk. This rarely fails, but if it
should, phosphoriu acid (liquid) may
be appliod successfully and without in
jury. No procc ia required but to
touch the BKU with the acid and ret
it dry. (Umantovh TelejrapK
Insurance. Tbe Dutch word for
insurance? company Is Levenevertcker.
ingmaatsohappy. Thore aro many
ncMinla who would oall the insurance
companies by worse namea tban this
il they could only invent mem.
EDUCATIONAL.
BY U. L. MoQUOWN.
Candor is tbe brightest gem of criti
cism. . -
Directors, have you organized your
new Hoard 7 .
The Ci tintv Superintendents
nual report w ill appear lotm.
Almost all of us are generous to a
fault it it happens to be our own.
Miss Sarah Brooks bas been elected
County Superintendent of Lackawanna
county.
Tbo education of poor children Is tbe
Plymouth Rock of American liberty.
Joseph Cook.
A history of the schools of Brady
township, prepared by W. 8. Luther,
will appear in duo time.
It is ibe cultivation of the intellect
to the neglect ol the moral powort that
has brought education into disrepute.
A singlo conversation across the ta
bic with a wian man is better than two
yoars' mere study ot books. CAlnf8f
proueri.
Tho normal classes are all doina
good work, meeting with success, and
in all cases carrying out tboir legiti
mate purposes.
Tbo peoplu want men who carry
their biains in their heads, and not in
their pockets or text books. Chicago
rraaicm i eacner.
Wo sleep, but the loom of life never
stops ; and tho pattern which was
weaving when tbe sun went down will
be weaving when it comes np to-mor
row.
Let nothing short f stern necessity
tempt a man to deny his children the
pest patrimony be can bequeath a
comprehensive education. Philadel
phia Teacher.
Do not depend upon pausos and
rules to make good readers. Example
and drill are better. Pupils seldom
apply rules to tbeir reading. Let tbe
meaning be thoroughly comprehended
and the reading will be naturally cor
rect.
When the- lesson is assigned, ex-
pluiu somwhat its more diflicult fea
tures, and show pupils how to study it
to advantago. Lacking this prelimi
nary aid they will needlessly waste
much time and energy, and perhaps
come lo tbe recitation discouraged."
Wanted. A pronoun, singular num
ber, common gender, third person.
Why? Bocause the illiterate, and
many who consider themselves well
educated, constantly blundor when at
tempting to express sentiments like
the following : "Every fiersnii should
try to improve mind the heart;" or,
"I do not think any one should incur
censure for being tender of reputa
tion."
"Clarion county proposes to estab
lish a permanent exhibition of schol
ars' work. County Superintendent
Davis ia pushing the matter with com
mendable zeal. He bopes to enlist the
co-operation ol all the schools in big
oounty, private as well as public. Tbo
oxhibition is designed to include not
only manuscripts ot scholars work In
tbo several branohes taught in the
schools, with maps, drawings, etc., but
collections, by the scholars, of miner
als, plants, grains, woods, etc."
oood rules for teachers.
Rocobsos are not for tcachors; their
supervisory work is then increased. It
is no time lor visiting.
Ho not permit pupils to leave tbe
room for trivial reasons. Allow but
one to be out during the same time.
ritudy to know bow to act In case ot
panio caused by an alarm.
jnonitonai and sell-reporting sys
tems are condemned.
Ten minutes is ample time for open
ing exorcises.
Do not sit npon desks or window-
sills, nor permit pupils to do so.
hoo that every text-book lias tbe
owner s name written legibly therein.
"Children aro hungry perpetually
for now idoas. Tboy will learn with
pleasure from tho lips of poople, what
would be drudgery to learn lrom
books ; and even if they have the mis
fortune to be deprived of many educa
tional advantages, they will grow up
intelligent, if in childhood they hear
dully tbo conversation of intelligent
people Hence the importance that
tho teacher should he an intelligent
person. Ths child comes borne and
says, 'What do you think my teaober
told us to-day 7 Ihe daily effort of
the teacher should be to render herself
fresh and bright, to moot with the
young minds that form ber class; not
to mink, 'now snail 1 repress and pot
tle up all this energy ? "
The geography ol Pennsylvania re
ceives too little attention in a large
ironortion of Pennsylvania schools,
loth publio and private. Too muoh
is sometimes attempted, when home
geography is run for awhile as a "hob
by, and results are of course unsatis
factory. Then follows lack of Inter
est, and a lapse Into old ways of neg
lect. One of the best maim we have
recently seon ia tbal of Mr. Waobob, a
description of which will bo found in a
rooont nunbor of the School Journal. It
Drcsents accurately only leading and
essential features, all loss important
mattcis being omitted, W e heartily
comniead If to the teachers and direc
tors of 1'orinsylvania, aa a map of tbe
State that should be bung np in their
schoolrooms.
TEACHERS' CERTIFICATE.
Tbo following bill has been Intro
duced Into the State House of Repre
sentatives I
Section 1. Be It enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
ol the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assombly met, and it is here
by enacted by the authority of tbe
same, that from and alter the passago
of this act, any person holding a diplo
ma lrom any regular cbartered insti.
tution of learning in tbe State of Penn
sylvania, duly Issued by the faculty of
eucn college, cemiymK wiaa ms nuiuci
of such diploma bas compioteu a rega
lar oourse of studies in such instim
lion, may be employed aa toaohors In
any common schools oi inornate witn
out a anecial examination by any Ha
perlntcodent holding office under the
school laws oi una owies. '
Bio. . All laws or part of laws In
ooDsistent with the foregoing tectiou
are hereby repealed.
ivvm.
Coma aad wAleh tha marolag break
Aeroaa the mlaty river I
Every eedgy leaf 'a AWAke,
Aad every ware a-quirer.
Dadaraaatk Ike bending akj
A thouaeed tUBeful To too. )
Erery pulaa la beatlag high,
And everything rrjeteea.
UVden herhe their perfume ahed j
Tbe artlchokaa fiere yellow ;
Poppy leave, blush roey-red I
And harveet pear, grow aetlow.
What a din, withia the plana,
' Tba noisy crowa are keeping !
Noda Iba grain la wavy Haas,
Boob ripe eaongh for reaping.
By vV rherry Ves la b,ear.4
A red Aad oeaeelcaa dripping I
In Ibe vlnea tbe bummlng-bird
Keep, up bia Ureleee eipptng.
Who oaa over weave to rhyme
Tbla riot of tba roses
Or eouad. Ibat iu tbe eummer time
Break IB oa our ropoeee?
Brigblly fall, tha Bjerniag light,
boMly falla (ha daw of area f
Slleally Ihe balmy night
Bbula the galea of hoavoa J
TESTIVON T TA KEN ON THE
OROUNI).
Theproprii'tirs ut'the HuMmi Jlrrjld
have employed anpei'iiil correspondent
who has beon travelling through the
Southern States for the past two
mouths, and sonds his views Co that
journal as he is Impressed with tbem
right on the ground. In one of his
letters ho says :
iiidinr down through central Mis
sissippi, I encountered, in a follow pas
senger in the sleeper, a Kentuokiau
wbo turned- out to be a nephew oi
John C. Breckinridge, and grandson
of that famous Senator Crittenden of
Kentucky, who served in the United
States Son a to 37 years, seven years
moro than old Benton of 'Thirty-Years-in-the-Senata)'
fame.
My Kentucky acquaintance was an
eloquent fellow, and had the flow of
lunguago which the blue grass country
produces in men as much as the flow
of milk from kine. He told me that
his tatthnr was an emancipationist, and
sot bis slaves free in 1852. '1 became,'
he added, 'a Unionist on the breaking
out of the war, although many ot my
lamily wore in tbe Contodorate army.'
Ibis gentleman had, be said, little
confidence in evolution oi Abe negro
race into a self-controlled and reason
ing people. 'Vhy,'.be added, 'the ne
groes my father emancipated 27 years
ago are to-day as thriftless and shift
less as in tbo days of their slavery.
They come to me continually for pecu
niary aid, seeming to think they have
a claim upon our family. I have al
ways been an abolitionist o- emanci
pationist, as wo say iu Kentucky, but
I have never followed all the steps of
your New Kngland abolitionists. They
soem to have tukjin up all sorts of is
sues, and have become infidels, and
sometimes free-lovora. Tbey, I believe.
have a theory or tbe final perfection oi
humanity. Now, 1 do not beliovo that
men will ever bocome perfoct, and, for
that reason, look uron the predicted
future intellectual equality of the ne
gro with tbe white man aa impossible.
Mon transmit their vices as well as
their virtues totheirpoetpenty. Kvery
generation has to fight over again tbe
samo old battle between impulse and
reason, between that which tends to
barbarism and that which tonds to
civilization.
The northern Radicals are senti
mentalists. They ascribe to the negro
tbe same sensibilities as the white man
possesses. Recollect, my lriend, that
the negro's ancestors were not reason
ing Anglo Saxsons, but slaves sunk in
the awlul horrors of African slav
ery. Kvery African chief is des
pot, absolute and auloeratio. Slav
ery in America, even aa it existed in
tbe cotton otatos, was aneiysium com
pared with tbe terrible slavery of the
blacks in Atrica. i ou remember that
chief to whom the traveler presented
tbe rifle, which tbe chief Immediately
used upon his servants and wives,
sbootingdown these living targets with
hellish diabolism, xniuk ot tbe Oil
man sacrifices on the death of a chief.
From this hell the poor black was
brought to our shores, whore self-interest
compelled decent usage, and
where cruelty was the exception, and
not tbe rule. With all his benighted
ancestry behind him, tbe black is hand
icapped in tbe race ot lite. He can
novor catch up with the white man. I
should despair of the negro if he were
never vu luitiruvu upou uib preavuv iuw
condition ; but I hope for some sub
stantial improvement in three or four
generations not sooner.
"I think, "continued the Kentuckian,
"that the North has yet to take to it
self the New Testament parable and
first pluck from its eye the beam before
trying to remove tbe mote from the
bye of the South. You have your
wronged and oppressed laboring men,
you have horrible social vices almost
unknown bore. Only tbe otber day a
man slaughtered his little child amid
tho high civilization of Massachusetts,
and with the fanalio approval of his
co-religionists. Why doas not Massa
chusetts send ita intelligent colored men
to Congress or put tbem into its State)
Government? Ah I wbat we need,
North and South, is charity. It is not
the mote in our neighbor's eye, but ,
tho beam in our own.
A large planter whom I'met at Hol
ly Springs, Miss., was a good deal of a
humorist. Regarding the negro exo
dus, he said : '-Let 'oru go. We of this
State can afford to lose 200,000 of 'em.
We want white immigrants in tbeir
place. I am willing to stand my share
to lot -our Republican opponent in the
North sco bow thoy like an influx of
tbo negro. 1 will be one ol l,uuu men
to givo 150 apieco annually to send
negroes to Massachusetts free. When
thoy get a hundred thousand there the
whites will all join- the Democratic
party. Also try tbe same thing in
Vermont; give em 50,000 negroes and
even Vermont would cease to be a Re
publican State." While In Louisville
1 was told by a newspaper man the
negro leaders and preachers were get
ting up an organization for the promo
tion of a wholesale axodus to tbe West.
Tbe Kentucky negroes have little
to complain of. Slavery was never to
harsh and cruel in iventucay as in
Virginia, tbo breeding Slate, or in
tbe ootton or an gar Slates.
In further letter I will give some
inside glimpses into the cause of tbi
movement. The white planter bas hi
story, as well as tha poor negro, wbo
deserves pity for hi childish creduli
ty, Tor his extravagant naoiia, wnicn
keen him noor. and tor tha peraecu-
tions be bas undergone at tbe hands of
the low trash. To tbe infinite credit
of tbe planters, let mo say that tbey
are very bittor in tbeir condemnation
of the miserable follows wbo, never
owning a negro, hato him as a rival
laborer, and are only withheld from
gross outrage by the intelligent plant
er who lorm public sentiment.
Nothing can reach out further than
a cough at church. It may come from
the remotest corner oi the rear, but it
echos tiokle tho throat of those in
front, and then creeps down tb aisle
and louche tbe ushers, and floats from
tbe choir to the minister, and never
lose it hold till it ha wrung a sympa
thetic explosion from every victim.
Perhaps you've notioed It.
"Your Honor, the dofendant was
making a great deal of nofse, and was
swearing at mo." "Did he speak En
glish ?" asked the defendant's counsel.
'No, sir ; he spoke Italian." "Then
bow do yon know be was swearing at
you?" "Why, 1 could tell by th
winkle In hi lce," replied the offlcer.
When I a prisoner lik a
Whrn he Is discharged.
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