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TT W. SMITH,
A'I'TORNET-AT-LAW,
,tl:l,7t riesrDeM,
T J. L1NGLE,
A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A W,
I IS rhlllpsburg. Centre Co., P. y:pd
poLASUD.SWOOPK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ciirwiniville, CIreU county, Ps.
oct. 0, '78-tf.
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SOAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I'LKAKFIKiri, PA.
frOGfic in the Opera Houi.. oclH, 7S-tf.
Q R. A W. BARRETT,
Attobnuvs and Counhf.lou? at Law,
clkarkiei.d, pa.
Jsnusry 30, 1878.
ISRAEL tkst,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
Clearllcld, Pi.
VOOce In lb Court Homo, IJr'l.'"
HK.NRY URETII,
(osTEKn p. 0.)
JUSTICE OF THE PKACK
ton bell Tuwjmiiii'.
sr. Mecur-Loucsir.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OLKARFIKLU, l'A.
06'..-e in Mf.onic building, Second street, op
p,itfl the Court Uouae. jc2n,'7S-lf.
C. ARNOLD,
LAW k COLLECTION OFFICE,
Cl'RWENSVILLE,
t?r. Clearfield Counts. Penn'e. 75y
s.
T. BROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office lu Opera House.
p 35,17.17
JAMES MITCHELL,
DBALKM lit
Square Timber & Timber Liinds,
J.I 17. CLKA HFIKLD, PA.
J F. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, "
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Ollice in 1'le'. Opera House.
June !, 7f.
WllLMB A. WALLArB.
HARir r. WALLACB.
BAVlh L. Kltll.
loan w. wsiolbt.
irALLACB & KRUBS,
7 I (tiuicessors to W All.ee t Vl.lding,)
ATTORNKYS-AT-LA W,
j.r;r cieiriieid, p.
rr.nk Firl llng.. W. D. I)igl.r....8. V. Wilson.
JIELDl.NG, 1!H!LER& WILSON,
ATTORNEYS -AT -LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
fl-Offloe n Pie's 0ern IIiid.. raobo-70.
I TARRY HNYDKR,
II BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Stk'p on Merket HI., ofipoilte Court IIouao.
A oletn towel for overy Quito aier.
Alio Jebler In
llv.t Itrnndi uf Tolitrro mid Clgnra.
t'leerOett. P.. .T 1. '
TBOA, B. NUKRAT.
crnn oorroh.
Jb'RUAY i CiOUIJON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA,
.leVOfflei in Pie's Opcm Uon.e, leoond floor.
:S074
lOhRrH B. H'LVALLr.
OAItlRL W. M'CL'ltlir.
cEXALI.Y ct McCL'RDY
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W.
IrnrUelJ, Pi.
ftJr-Ijritl bu.ine.. attended to promptly withj
i.lditr, tiOice on Second street, aboro the Kir.l
Natiuual llank. Jan:l:76
G. KIJAMER,
A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A W ,
Real K.Uta and Collection Agent,
CI.IARI'1KL1, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal business an
tru.tMi to his ear.
-0flice la Pie's Opera Ilou.e. j.nl'7.
J P, McKENRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legal buainc.s rntrn.ted to bis ear will re
ceive prompt attention.
Office opposite Court Ilou.e, In Masonic Rulldiuf ,
second floor. - augl.,7M-ly,
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R E. M. SCUEURER,
HOMIEOPATHIC rilYMClAN,
OIBoe la recldrnco on First sl
April It, 1871. Clcarflcld, Pa.
yi W. A. 1IEANS,
I'HYSICIAN & SURGEON,
DUDOI8 CITY, PA.
Will attend professional oalts promptly. auf!0'7t
yi. T. J. HOtER,
fllYSICIAN AND SUUOKON,
Ollcs ob Market Street, Clearfleld, Pa.
-l)ce hours i I to II a. m , and I to I p.
I) U
J. KAY WRIGLEY,
IIIIMIKPATUIO PHYSICIAN,
irrOn1n adjoining lb residence af James
Mngley, K'q., on hWeoad 6L, tleardeld, Pa.
Jelj.tl.'IS If.
A M. 11 ILLS,
iVa
Ok't:lt.4TI1 '.' ItK.VTIST,
CLEARFIELD, PUNN'A.
et'flica In residenea, opposite Shew House.
J)0,H? tf
1)
R. U. B. VAN VALZAII,
.l.l'.AItf IKI.I), PiONN'A.
"FFICF. IN ItKaiDFNCK, CORNER Of FIRST
AND PINE STREETS.
f4 OS oe hours From II to t P. U.
May It, 1171
L)
K. J. P. nURCUKlEl,D,
lu Burgeon of the 14 Regiment, Pennsylvania
aaieeri, hating retarnea from la Army,
ffra kit profaiaienal aervleea In IkeeiUaeaa
f Clearfleld eointy.
Prefeaslonnl ealls nromptly atUaded In.
ta Btaoid street, forntsrlyoeeapled by
br.Wotda, IeprVM-U
CLEARF
GEO. B. Q00DLANDEB, Editor
VOL. 53-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
T I'tslTIf ,.H At '(lf MT t U 1 t.ui LTI.'H
t) Wa hv rtrinted Urge nnuibr of th o
raa uiuu, im win tin mi rtxjeipi i iweniy-
ftU ll 1 1 I -. I tn ... .
WILLIAM M. UEXKY. Justice
11 or Till Peach mn BciiIykher. LUMHBU
CITV, Collect lorn mnde Btiil monuy uruuiully
IMtld or. Artieliof urecmtjut anil tiwni of
oonrcjanoe Oently aitouteti warranted oor
reol or no ehfcfKe.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jmtiofl of tb Pfltot nd Scrivener.
Cui wcutivllle, r.
VfjuCollBctloni nd and money promptlj
paid nvar. lenil III!
J AS. B GRAHAM",
dealer in
Real Estat8, Square Timber, Boards,
SHINdLES, LATH, PICKETS,
:10'7S --vClcarllcld, I'a,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Pcntta.
V-WII1 execute Job. in bis liua promptly nd
in a workmanlike manner. - orre7
TOIIN A. STAnJ.EH,
tl DAKKK, Mutkot St.. ClearGtld, Pa.
Fre.h Ilrcad, Kuk, Rolli, Piei ami Cuke
hand or made lo oritur. A reneral asauttDsDnt
of Con rout ionaries, Fiuitu tod Hut in itock.
Irt Cream and Oveteri in Kaon. Saloon ortrlj
poite the Hi)lufi.oe. Price moderate.
WEAVER. & BETTS,
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMUKIt OF ALL KINDS.
rrOlTIco od Hoojf.d ilreat, la roir of itore
riMi-in of Oeorge Weaver A Co. I jantf, '78-lf. I
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE
roa
Ittralnr Toirnnhip,
Osceola Mill. P. O.
All official bu.ine.s entrusted to biin nil) be
promptly attended t.i. mcliJH, 7ff.
JAMES H. TURNER,
JI STICK OF TIIK 1'EACK,
H allarttun, Pa.
jTOHi bin prepared hituiolf with til the
neceimry blank f--rini unJur the FeniioD and
Uouutj Uwa, well m hlatik L)ec)a, etc. Ail
legal matteri rntruitrd to hi cere will receive
promjit alteiitiin. May 7tb, ltt7U-tf.
JOHN L. CUTTIiE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
iid Rett F.ntate Agent, I'leartlelil, Pa,
Office ob Third itreet, bet.Cherrj A Walnut.
rKeipetfullT offefi hti serrleei in eJJiDjr
and buying landi la Clearfield and adjoining
oaontlai I and wun an eipenenoe 01 oyr iwoniy
yan ai a loryeyor, flatten himself that be can
render eatlafaotioa. tFeb. U.H.tU
ANDRKW 11AKW1CK,
Murket Mtrcet, Clearfield. Pa.(
HANI fAUTURKB AMD DBALXR IX
JIttrne. Bridks, SmMles, Collars, and
Jorse-Furnishing Hoods.
ptfAW kinde of repairing promptly attemtod
to. Haddlen' Hardware, Home Jtruibct, Currj
Comix, to., always on hand and for ail at Ibe
loweatoaib price. March U, 1ST9.
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
JiEAR CLEARFIELD, PHNN'A.
jpttVimj alwayi on band and made to order
on ihort none. J'lpea norea on remnoic .erine.
All work warranted to render tatiifawtlon, and
delirered if denlred. my2&:lypd
Iilvery Stable.
TM B anderiiined bcgH leave to iniorm tbe pub.
X lie that he it now fully prepaid to aeoninDft
late all in the way of furniining ll..aei, lluggtel,
riaddlei and Harneai, on the anortePt nottee and
an raaaouahle torina, Healdenoe on Loouat street,
ketween Third and Fonrth.
(JKO. W. GKAKHAKT
liearfleld. Feb. 4, 1874.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
OLKN HOm, PENN'A.
fpHK oodenlffiipd, having I cute J thl e-m
mod lout Hotel. In the village of Mien Hope ,
ta now prepared to accoinmoilHte all who amy
cell. My table end bar ahull be nipptled with
the beat tbe market efT'-rd
. OKOHi.K W. D0TT3, Jr.
(Jlrn Hope, Pa , Mnrch 20, 1ST0 tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DRA LIB IB
(JKNEKAL MERC1IANII.SK,
(;ilAHAMT(N, Pa.
Alao.fitonaire manufsrlurer and dealor (n Square
Timber and sawed Lumber or ell Hindi.
T'Ordera olio! ted and all bill p mm fitly
Blleil. jyl(372
E. A. BIGLER Sl CO.,
DB.UPae ib
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturers of
ALL kl Kim OF SA I I) I. lIMIII.lt,
I T'7! CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
S. I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABB BBAkKl IB
Wali'lira, Clocks ond Jewelry,
t7rIA1's Row, Harlut Btrttl,
I K IKI'll !.l, PA.
All kinds of repairing lo my line promptly at.
ended to. April 2.H, 1071.
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
fpHK onderclnned, baying wUtlribed a Kur
X ry en tbe Tike, about half way between
Cliarflt'ld and CurweiiByille, ia prepared to fnr
nlah til ktnda of FKIMT TKKKM, (atandard and
dwarf.) Kvergreetia, Phmhhery, tirape Vine,
UooiieWrry, Lawtoa Rtarkherry, Htrawbrrry,
and Haapberry Vinea. Aleo, Hiberlan Crab Treea,
Qnlnee, and early ecarlet It ha barb, Ao. Orders
nrotuptly attended to. Addreaa,
J. 11. WKKSIIT,
Mp20 H ) CurwenaTllle, Ha.
MEAT MARKET.
F, M. CAED0N & BE0.,
Oa Market PL, one door weet of Manafon Huaae,
CLKARFIKI.D, PA.
Oor arrangement are rf the moot eomplete
eharaeter tor furnlablng the public with Freab
Meat of all kind, and of the very beat quality.
We else deal ife all kind! of Agrienltural Imple
ment a, which we keen on eibiblllon fr the bp
fit of the pnbhe. Call aronnd when In town,
and take a look al things, or addreaa as
F. U. CAUDUN A URO.
Clearfleld. Pa., July 14, UTfc-tf.
f'lfttrfirld tnKuranre 1fency.
raanoLL l. unni.B.
Rrpreeent tbt following and other Irst-olaH Co'a
Companies. AaaeU.
L'yerpool London 4 Oob V. fl. Ilr.-IOOMt
Lyeoming n annloal A eaab plana.... A,0ft,P1rt
Phtrnii, of Hartford, Conn 1,124,0"
laauraaef Co. of North America M 1,41,74
North RritUh A Mereantlle V. 8. Br- l,TM,S3
Hrottl-k ContntrelalD. B. Branch...- eTB.Ui
Watertown -
Traelers Uf A A or i dent) 4, 6 VMM
OBre on Market St., opp. Conrt House, Clear
fleld, Pa. Jnnl,7-tf.
Sl Proprietor.
2,642.
I1VHY All NB
I've a tttler frm thy sire,
, Unliy mine,
I could rend aiid never tire,
Italy mine
He Is sailing o'er the ara,
He ia coming back to me,
11 if coming back to thee,
Uuliy mine !
Ch, 1 long to sc bis face.
llnby mine.
In fail old aucustomed phice,
Ilahy mine (
Like tbe roue of May In bloom,
Like a iter amid the gloom,
Liko the aunibine in tbe room,
ltahy mine !
I'm glad I cannot alecp,
ltaby mine,
I'm so happy I could weep,
llaby mine;
llii i sailing o'er tbe i-a,
He i oo ui tug ba-'k to me,
He il ci.tiiing tmck lo thee,
Utvby mine !
OM) BUT GOOD !
SPEECH OF
Hon. .TiTciiiiiili S. Black,
AT TIIK
DEMOCRATIC MASS CONVENTION
in Lakcastf.ii City, Sep. 17, 1SG3.
Jlr. Dlark, havinjc buvu tnlrutluccJ
to tlio Convention, Hum :
1'ki.i.ow Citikns : i Iibvo not no
ct'tiUd llii invitation to nclilrcus you
with any liono l't;iviiii; you nuw liyln
on tho isbiics itulorc too people. 1 Hero
uro aoiiio tlimiH too plntn tor uieu8
sion, unci the man who does not tindor
hlutid the fundamental principles now
in contest, is nelow tho reach ot nn
aiixtimen!.
Tiiisliovernntont tlti8 Goiitttititlion
and tlieso litwn were mailt) hy tho
putriots o( t ho Uovolution to Hocuro
tho hlessins of lihcrty to themselves
and their posterity. Their blood and
trcusuro expended upon the erection
ol tho (ioverninonl, gavo them nit in
herituhlo estate in it which has como
down in tho re;;nhir courso ol' descent
to their heirs. We, tho whito men of
America, arc their heirs.
Tho Government beine; our properly,
wo havo tho samo rifjht to savo it from
overthrow by warning ono nnolhcr ol
its danger, that any one of you has to
jrovenl tho destruction of his house
ly raising tho cry of tiro when ho Hoes
tho llames bursting from the roof. And
litis is a duty which will surely bo per
formed ; for tho people of this country
havo been so long accustomed to speak
plainly what they believo sincerely
upon the subjects which concern their
temporal salvation, thut they (jottld
not bo silent if they would.
This great combination ot independ
ent sovereignties, uniting all tho pow
ers ol it consolidated euipiro for Iho
common defonco and goncral welfare,
with all tho advuntuges ol local self
yovenment in our domestic affairs, was
the grundoHt political atructura ever
made by human hands, and its preser
vation was tho most Bitcred trust over
committed to any pooplo on tho globo.
Ifwoslmllbo compelled to close this
contest without a restoration of tho
Union, our worst inislortunes aro ycl
beloro us. No imagination has meas
ured the full extent ot that calamity,
or seen lo tho bottom of that frightlul
abyss. II any one hero feels pity for
tho Southern people, let liimbr-stow it ;
not for the Bufferings they havo al
ready endured, but lor tho evils which
await them in cose they succeed in tho
rash and rebellious onterpriso ol disso
lution. Neither can wo of tho North
look in tho face of such misfortune
without dri'ud and terror. A sample
commercial view of it (and that is the
lowest of all views) is enough to start lo
us. Wo loao an internal trade with
tbe South worth, to us at Icntt ono
hundred millions per annum in clear
profits. Wo lose tho larger part of
that great loreign commerce which
heretofore mado all tho world depend
ent on us. A financial revulsion must
follow this bloated system of fictitious
paper credit as surely as tho night fol
lows tho day. With all these elements
of weakness wo must shoulder a debt
of perhaps three thousand millions of
dollars, 1 ennsylvama paying annul
firnify five million per annum js her
share of the interest, a burden which
oven a prosperous people could hardly
expect to catry without being crushed.
With business everywhere paralyzed,
property universally depreciated, in
debt beyond hope of redemption. ground
tolhecurth by taxation, political in
significance in tho eyes of tho world,
and a consciousness ol national shame,
and degradation in our own hearts, wo
must begin Iho world again, liko a
brokcn-lteartod man who bus lost bis
character, his property and his hopo.
When tbeso things aro recollected,
let no man forget thut tho Democratic
party is tho only ono which ever np
predated tho valtlo of tho Union. No
other ever mado devotion to it a cardi
nal principle of its crcod. Thero nov
cr was a limo since that party first
came into oxistenco, when any man
could remain in ils communion for an
hour if ho showed indifference, much
less if ho expressed opposition to the
Union. When any of lU protended
mombors declared bis willingness lo let
the Union slide, ho was promptly noti
fied to slido himself over lo tho opposi
tion, and bo always obeyed tho order.
If thero bo a man among us now who
would not freely give all ho has and all
ho is to bring hack tho Union to tho
condition in which it was threo years
ago, ho is not in his proper place : he
ought to bo in secret conclave with the
"loyal leaguers, "plotting against that
Constitution antl those laws which
alone can bind Iho Union together.
1 hat wo aro as true as ever to our
ancient faith that wo havo not given
up ono inch of tho high ground wo
occupied in all tho time past is prov
ed, il proof were necessary, by tho
character of our proecnt candiduto for
the highest othco in the Slato. 1 think
I know that gentleman as well as ono
man can bo known to another. can say,
with a profound conviction of its truth,
that no word has ever been heard f rom
his lips, nor a lino seen from his pen,
which did not brcatho thelmost fervent
devotion to tho Union. Indeed, ho has
been all his lifetime uncommonly sen
sitive to thu dangers which threatened
our national institutions. The Union
ol tbe Slates, with thoir rights unim
paired and tho liberties ol the poopio
protected, was and is tbo polar star of
his political courso and supremo object
of his affections. No man, oven among
the great patriots ol tho past ago, has
boon more eloquent in his warnings
against disunion, or predicted our
present troubles moro accurately, in
a hundred conversations or scoro of
written communications, I, and many
others, hnve seen tho ovidenco of tiis
lovo for tho Federal Union and his
hatred for ovory species of treason that
might weaken or overthrow It. How
persons bave over boen in contact with
him, even for a short time, without
being improsscd with tho great truths
which make so largo a part of his own
strong and clear understanding.
.ELD
CLEARFIELD,
Friends and enemies admit his sinceri
ty, lor feelings so intense, and convic
tions so habitually urged upon others,
could not possibly be counterfeited.
Ho has fairly earned tbo title of a
" Vnion Stiver." lie has deserved the
sneer of tho opposition when thoy said
he sat constantly "beside the sick bed
of tho Union ;" and if tho Union is
destined to cxpiro in tho insanity of
civil striie, his tlcvolcil uileclion will
keep thero to tho last, "like lovo watch
ing madness on tho bed of deulh."
If wo had beon in any aenso opposed
lo tho Government or unfuilhlul to
tbo'U nion, would wo hove proposcd'such
atundidalu for Governor? No; wo
would havo nominated some black
Abolitionift, who believes Iho Consti
union to be a eonrenunt with h&ll,nd
who by destroying tho Constitution
would make an end of tho Union as
certainly as you take the life of a man
by cutting tho heart out of his body.
Or wo would havo worked out our de
structive ptnposo by nominating some
mighty contractor one of those largo
handed robbers who are weakening tho
Government by depleting its Treasury
and Binding ils money into their own
big pockets. With Mich a man wield
ing all tho power und influence of this
great State, tho Government surely
could not last long. J.n short, if wo
had any evil intent nguinst Iho Union,
wo would have taken any candidate
wo could lay our hands on rather than
George Woodward, tho Union Saver
tho man of upright character and
downright speech whoso hands are
clean of all crime, and whose pockets
are empty of all gains except what
camo litero as tho just reward of his
honest labor.
Much as wo honornud love him per
sonally, it is not tor his sake that wo
desiro to make him Governor. Setting
aside his fidelity und ours to tho Nu
lional Government and Union, we
could do something n great deal more
for liis profit than that. Let him avow
his! apostasy from tho faith of his
fathers; let him piostituto his con
science anil his intellect to the pur
poses of Abolitionism ; let him forget
that he belongs to the Caucasian varie
ty of tho human species and enter tho
scrvico of tho negro ; let him malto a
few speeches to show the superiority
of the African over tho Saxon race;
let him contrive tho ways and means
cf promoting negro insurrections and
always stninl ready to tako the part
of tbo negro right or wrong; aboro
all, let him denounce tho Constitution
as il is and curse tho Union us it was ;
let him abandon tho principles of lib
erty ill which bo was bred, anil de
grade himself low enough to call every
freeman a tiailor who is not willing
to bo a slavo. If ho will do this he
may get a contract on which ho can
cheat tho United States at tho rato of
a hundred thousand dollars a month.
If his inexperieaco should make, him
awkward, and ho should bo detected
and exposed so that even hisconleder
tttes in knavory aro compelled to ad
mit his guilt, there would still he a
resource for him. When tho-worst
comes to tho worst, we can get him a
loreign mission send birn to cool his
blushes in the snows of Russia or hard
en the hronzo upon his cheek under
the hot sun of Spain.
I!ut stealing the public money or
trampling on tho Constitution is not
his idea ot loyalty or yotiiseither. Ho
would restore tho Union by defending
tho Constitution, by giving lo tho laws
their just supremacy, by guarding tho
rights of tho people, and by driving
off thoso obscene lords of prey that aro
now gorging themselves on tho pros
trato carcass of tho Nation.
1 know there aro those who think
that tho Union novorean bo restored ;
who believo that tho great gulf of
blood and flro which now rolls between
tho North and tho South has been
mado by this Administration so witfo
and bo deep that it will remain forever
impassablo. I am not ono of thoso
who regard restoration as a forlorn
hopo. Kvcry man who has senso
enough to know his right hand from
bis left must believe that, if tho Dem
ocratic party had been successful in
18U0, tlim country would now have
been united, prosperous, happy und
tranquil. Tho American flag would
have waved over every inch ol our ter
ritory, "not ono star extinguished nor
ono stripe erased." And no concession
to tho South would havo been mado or
needed beyond w hat was required by
Iho Constitution or demanded by that
magnanimity which tho stranger pur-
ty ought always show in its treatment
of tho weaker. As our troubles began
with tho advent of tho Abolitionists to
power, they will end when tho people
scourge back lhatbandVif malignaiils to
the obscurity from which they ought
never to havo emerged. The Demo
cratic party built up this Government,
kept tho Union together lor seventy.
live years, and wns always ready "lo
shield it and sttvii it or "perish thero
too." Tho samo narly will brine hack
tho better days of tho Republic and
remove, if not immediately, at least in
process of time, thul huge mountain ot
sorrow which is now crushing tho life
out of tho country.
Ono thing is perlectly curtain ; that
if tho Union is ever restored, it must
bo on the basis of the Constitution ami
laws. Other hopo of snlvation lo us
there is none under Heaven. When
the Constitution was put aside and
another system of Government, com
pounded of proclamations und confis
cation acts, was substituted in its place,
all possible chances of the Union were
postponed until tbo Constitution could
bo brought back again. Whon you
require tho Southern people to obey
tho Constitution and tho laws which
were made by their fathers as well as
ours, it is but their reasonable duty to
submit, antl il they do not see it so, it is
our duty to make them. Hut il is a
widely different thing when you offer
them a confiscation act which strips
them of land and goods, coupled wilb
a proclamation which lets lonso four
millions ot ignorant negroes, with Abo
lition preachers among them to incite
insurrection and nrgo tho Indisoriim
naloslatighterof tho whito inhabitants.
Whether they ought to givo themselves
np to this appalling futo, is a question
which 1 leave to bo decided by thoso
who have the authority. Hut that
they will never voluntarily consent lo
a union with us upon such terms, I
think Is oertain. II they did, would
that bo tho Union that Wash
ington mado? Would not a Union
without a Constitution bo as dangerous
to us as to them ? How long would a
Union removed from tho rock of tho
Constitution and rebuilt upon the
sandy foundation of a proclamation,
bo able to stand when tho winds
blow and the rains boat against it 7
That there is something radically
and fatally wrong In a war which has
lor its object a negro proclamation in
consistent with the white man's con
stitution, is a sell evident truth which
porvatloa the whole popular mind.
The negro policy has changed tho
public feeling every whore iNorth and
if A. :rJ-k ,
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER J 5, 1879,
South. When Mr. Lincoln sent his
first mossngo to Congress, ho declared
it to bo his opinion thut thuru was not
a majority lor Secession in any State
of the Union, except perhaps South
Carolina. He was right. Nino tenths
of the Southern people were then as
Iruo lo tho Union us any part of the
North, and, far truer than New Kng.
laud ever was. Tho North was us
nearly unanimous as any equal number
id' people could bo on any subject.
Where now are Union friends in the
Suith ? Aud whore is tho Northern
enthusiasm which two years ngo mar
shalled tho whole population into
" ranks and squadrons, and right forms
of war?" Let tho Conscription luw
answor. Away then with theso negro
uitMttsurewtv- BrtveveM.ha'L'k. oujt Cosmuhw,,
tion and our laws let ns havo those to
fight lor, ami a million ot true hearts
will leap to tho conflict, where now
there is nothing but aputhy or some
thing worse.
Tho men whose influence brought
about this fatal policy havo dono it
with tbo w i 111 ii 1 and malicious intention
to prevent tho restoration of tho Un
ion. It was not a nieio blunder, but
a crime against tho country deliber
ately performed. Let us do justice to
our opponents. Tho masses of tho
Kcpublicun party (so called) did not
mean it; even their leaders wero mis
lead. Tho President, is technically
responsible, but not in the senso of in
tending all tho consuquences. It was
done by that ultra abolition party
whose principal seat ol power u New
Knglund, with disciples thinly scatter
ed over tho Middle and Western States.
That is tho power behind tho throne
greater than tho throne itself; that is
the influence which shapes all our
measures of civil administration and
regulates the flow ot our blood in tho
field. These aro tho men who rule us
for their pleasure and plunder us for
their prolit.
They avowed their purpose of de
stroying this government more than
thirty years ago. 1 hey mado no secret
ot the malignant hatred they boro to
the institutions established ty our
Ki'volutionitry ancestors. They
wrought earnestly in season and out
ot season to excite insurrection and
murder in tho Southern States. They
did not wait fur war lo Icgulizo blood
shed. When one ot their number, as
cottrso a rufliun as they bnd among
them, an impostor, a thief, a traitor
and a murderer, sneaked at midnight
into a peaceltil village to organize a
general system of butchery, and
actually commenced shooting down
tho unsuspecting inhabitants, while ho
plundered tho Government property,
tho Abolitionists of New Kngland
clapped their bands, applauded and re
joiced with exceeding joy. They ut
tered tho most furious malediction
against tho authorities for arresting
him ; when bo was hung they mourn
ed him as a martyr ; when ho was
burled they pronounced rtitierut eulo
gies over his grave ; at this duy they
worship his memory nnd sing hymns
in his honor. liy their Iruits yo shall
know them. There can be no mistake
about tho patriotism, tho honesty, or
the benevolence, of a party that can
onifes a truilor,a thief und a murderer.
While other panics wore discussing
questions of policy which concerned
tho prosperity of iho country, tho Ah
olitionists wero planning tho Uestruc
tion of tho whole fabric ; while others
wrangled about tariffs, banks ond im
provements, they kept aloof, cautious
ly nnd cunningly contriving how they
might engulf the whole nation in asca
ot Idood. As a tiger crouching at Ibe
edgo of his junglo waits for the right
moment to spring upon his victim to
crunch his bones und lap his lile-blood,
so Abolitionism wailed and watched
for tho opportunity to inttko its total
spring upon tho Federal Government.
The Constitution stood In their way
and they spurned it as nn ogrcemont
with hell. Tho Gospel of God was
opposed to them antl their conventicles
resounded with ribald blasphomioj
ogainsl tho Christian religion. Com
mon honcMy fotbado the gross breach
of faith they contemplated, and they
invented a now system of morality
called " higher law," which when it
came to bo defined meant nothing but
tho impulse of their own unregulated
passions. The Democracy saw through
their designs and warned Iho country
against them ; and they slandered us
with all tho brutal strength of
criminals.
'flic adherents and sympathizers of
this party altompt lo cxcubo their
hostility lo tho Government of the
white inun by ascribing it to lovo for
tho fiegro. liut of all tho cants that
were ever canted in this hypocritical
age, the-Abolition font of humanity
to tho negro is tho most disgustingly
hollow nnd false. The men who havo
no drops of mercy lor their own race
cannot possibly havo any human feel
ing for another. Ilesides they know
very well that a contest for negro
equality in this country must neces
sarily terminate in making tho negro's
condition M tliou.. ,. a llmcn evorno.
They cannot hope lo see tiro Anglo-
Saxons of America sink in their own
blood ns tho French inhabitants of St.
Domingo did beforo tbo negroes of thai
Island. No; they know that whon
their policy is pushed to tho lust ex
tremity, tho negro can havo no ulti
mata chanco nguinst tho whito num.
Their object is intensely nnd ' purely
selfish. They dosired to kindle tho
flames of civil war throughout tbo
country, reckless who might suffer so
that they could but remuin masters ot
tho burnt and blackened field.
I think thero can bo no mistuko in
saying that thoso Abolitionists are op
posed to tho Union, and thut tho
measures they sustain aro intended lo
prevent its restoration. Ask tho man
who is their undoubted leader in this
county nnd Slate tho man whose
talents entitle him to that bad emi
nenceand ho will tell you what bo
has often said, in public as well as in
privnle, that it sickens him to hear of
tho Constitution as it isand the Union
as it was. Think for a moment ol this
most atrocious sentiment. Tho " Con
stitution ns it is" Is tho fundamental
law of tho land, which they swnro to
obey ; and now they would insult tho
God who was their witness, by declar
ing that oath to bo a sham, and I heir
solemn covenant with tho country a
delusion and a snaro. Tho t'nion as it
was results from the Constitution at it
it, and this ation, which has bled for
il at every poro, is to bo told that all
their terrible sacrifices of life and prop,
orty shall go lor nothing, boeause,
forsooth, their rulers aro sick of tho
Union. The history ol tho world
gives no account of any other peoplo
who became tho dupes oT such an
awful imposture. The men who pro
pose to porpotrsto it aro not only
treacherous and unfaithful to a sacred
trust ; they are remorseless as death
and cruol as the grave.
Rut how camo it thai a party so in
significant in numbers snd so deslituto
ol general confidence should acquire
IE PL!
so complete nn ascendency In tho pub
lic councils. Their own voto was
probably not ono-tonlh of tho people,
and the other nine tenths would us soon
have polled all thu mud houses of tho
country, and selected the wildest luna
tics they could find to rule over them,
us to have given the New Fnglaiiti
Abolitionists tho reins of their govern
ment. They got their power by a
series of base frauds. Thoy went into
the Chicago Convention declaring
themselves entirely satisfied with the
exclusion of slavery from tho territo
ries. Although thut would not mako
ono Blavo more or less, they averred
that the pleasure of insulting and do
lying tho judicial authorities, by get
ting a decision of tho livjimne Court
citVMi'eMii by a eonvenlion ol u.s po.'i
ticiaiit, would " wrap them up in
measureless contentment." They
agreed loa sell denying resolution ab
juring ull power und all intention to
mlcrlcro with tho rights ot tho Slates
on tho subject of slavery or any other
subject. How did they keep thut
pledge? If any Republican would
now dare to stand on that plank of
tho platlorm, ho would ho bullied out
of countenance.
Hut it was nect'ssary to gain still
further power by another falso pre
tense. When tho war broke out,
they tho samo men who had plotted
the destuiction ot tho Union for thirty
yeniB shouted for the Union so loudly
that nearly all believed them sincere.
That shout for tho Union thrilled tbo
heart of tho wbolo Democracy and
they crowded all tho ways to tho battle
field a" if they wero going to tt festival.
When tho disaster at tho first battle of
Hull Run mudo another uprising ncces
sury, they put on tho records ot Con.
gress a solemn declaration that tho war
was not for conquest or subjugation,
but solely for tbo Union as it was bo
lore the war, and for tho Constitution
with all tho rights of tho Slates and
people unimpaired. Again the Demo
cratic response was universal, enthtisi
astie and efficient.
These repeated pledges were shame,
fully broken. Tho Abolitionists went
to tho President anil insisted on having
a proclamation which would openly
trample them down. Tho President
refused refused for many gootl rea
sons. Tho argument by which ho
justified his refusal was certainly tho
most respectable ono ho over made in
his life. It became necessary, there
fore, to impose upon him olso. They
promised thut if ho would issue tho
proclamation, nino hundred thousand
volunteers would bo forthcoming to
strengthen tho army. I am not aware
thut a single man of these nine hundred
thousand ever mudo his appcarunco,
They km ii throw off tho mask entirely,
and got a conscription law to compel
others to fight tho buttles. When tho
draft went into Massachusetts, that
Slate, with Iho " hmhj population"
of which wo had beard so much, sud
denly Decamo Iho sk-Lllcst poi on the
continent. Forty-seven per cent. (I
think that is tho proportion) were
afllicted with divors diseases, which
rendered them incupahlo of doing
military duly. Tho others, when they
wero drafted, cither ran away to
Canada or else paid thcircommutation
liko tho rest ot us.
it is by theso repeated breaches ol
faith that iho Abolitionists got the
power which they aro now abusing.
Tho Republicans, tho Democrats nnd
tho execntivo administration, havo
been successively overreached by
them ; and they havo used their ad
vantages ulways against the Constitu
tion und tho Union. There nro men
among us who would bo very indig
nant if they were cheated in a horse
trade or defrauded of ten dollars by a-
falso token, and yet Ihey look without
emotion on tho impostures by which
thu nation is swindled nut of its life.
Not only that part of tho Constitu
tion which effects tho relations of the
Stales is in danger, but thoso common
liberties which every liecmun of tbo
race wo belong lo has enjoyed for three
hundred years, are in imminent peril
1 need not enumerate tbo outrages
perpetrated on individual rights. The
Democrats have steadily protested
ugaiusl them, ond resisted them
wherever they could. Kvcry patriotic
Republican has seen them with sad
ness and Borrow, and it tho Abolition
ists have approved of them, it is only
as part of their general system of in
sult anil contempt for tho Constitution
ami laws.
Though none jiistily, antl few will
even try to excuse a bold and open
outiagoon tho laws, there aro thoso who
tell you that it is unimportant at such a
crisis as this in comparison with other
great interests nt stake. Do not Buffer
j ourselves to bo cajoled out of your
liberties in this way. Kvcry willful
violation of la wis a thing f transcend
ant importance if it is not instantly
rebuked and punished. Crimes against
public liberty never stop whero they
begin. Thoso w ho commit thcin gel
on a down-hill track whcroHioro is no
balling place unless tho people them
Biilvtmupply llio brakes. One ollllugu
begets another. A single Individual is
kidnapped, antl twenty others are
taken for complaining of it. All is in
sufficient if tho hnheas enrnit is not re
pealed, anil tho Kxeculivo must, thero
Ibro, lake upon himself a power which
the Legislature alono can exercise.
Tho officers who Bland up lor law and
justice must bo deposed and imprison
edand it a majority ol voles can no
influenced neither by venality or fear
tho right of sullrago will be forcibly
violated. Then wo are wholly en
slaved. Tbo truest man may be
dragged from his bed at midnight and
torn away Irom his shrieking family
to prison or lo exile. The most ro-
spoctttblo woman may be taken, as
Sirs, linnsmado was in itcw lorn,
thrust into a dungeon, kept there for
weeks, debarred ot all communication
with her laindy and friends, and was
exposed lo tho daily and nightly instills
of tho beastly knaves who had her in
their power. If you think that your
local courts might still givo you pro
tection, remomiier tho cuso of Judge
Cartnii hael, who laid down the law us
ho conscientiously believed it to bo as
it certainly was and as ho knew tho
peace ot society required that il should
ho antl, hecauso tho law did not
please the Abolitionists, was dragged
from the bench by a band of rulliiins,
knocked down with tho bull ends of
their pistols and carried away to
prison, whero ho wns kept for eleven
mortal months.
Such has been tho history of theso
encroachments in all past time. They
begin with petty violations of juslico
and swell with frightlul rapidity into
the most stupendous crimes. Thoir
first victim is a solitary helpless and
perhaps unpopular individual, but they
end by forcing tho yoke on the necks
oi millions.
Tho peoplo of Holland live in a
country where the lani is several leot
below tho level, of the sea. They pro
tect thomsclves against constant in
undation by a largo earthwork which
BLICAN.
they cull a ililie, extending all uluug
mo coust. hut thoy aro most trou
bled with is a large species of lat
which burrows under and makes holes
through their dyko. Now a rut hole
is not a very alarming tiling in itself
but the action of the water mukos it
larger every moment. Jf it bo neg
lected for a single night, by thu lime
the morning dawns, thu rat hole has
widened into a huge itcmmc, tho ocean
goes pouring ihioughit, ami iho whtde
laud is laid under wuler. So it is with
tho Constitution, which is our dyko.
If tho smallest breach is once mudo in
it, "tho ever toiling wave of arbitrary
power'' which is continually surging
up against it, will constantly cnlurgo
it until ull protection of our rights is
washed away. 1 tell you gentlemen,
if you desire to save ono remnant of
your liborties, you must watch tho
rut holes in your Constitution.
Hut there is a necessity, Borne tell
us, for these violations of law. It is
wonderful that liny man possessed of
reason could bo imposed uu by an ex-
cuso so wcuu, so shallow anil so child
ish. This necessity bus often been
urged as a reason lor nets that every
body condemned ; it bus novcr in all
tho world's history, hud the sanction ol
one Iruo patriot, or ono great states
man ; but il has been branded as "the
tyrant's plea" by tho universal sense of
all mankind. Jiy all our ancestors in
tho old world, by oil cur revolutionary
heroes, by all who administered our
government heretofore, tho necessity
was always thought to be precisely
thootherway. Thoauprcuio necessity
which presided over all others was
obedience to tho law. That is tho
very purpose and tho only purpose for
which magistrates aro chosen. hen
a inun who is appointed and sworn to
guard tho laws, and see thorn faithfully
executed, tells you that ho will neces
sarily violato them himself and en
courago others lo do likewise, youi
plain and obvious answer must be that
ho is not lit for his business.
All theso heresies must bo extirpated
before wo can hopo fur peace, or pro
tection, or I nion or prosperity. Hut
tho election of Woodward will be tho
lorcrnmicr of a National triumph lor
tho Democratic party. When that
happens, though wo cannot certainly
promise, wo can reasonably hope for a
restoration ot tho Union. If our
Abolition enemies leave tho country
in a saleable stato it will be saved, and
this great nation will start on a new
caieer, whoso glories will mako the
splendors of the past look dim in com
parison. At all events wo can bring
back tho reign of order antl law, under
which every citizen who is conscious
of his innoconeo may breathe tho
deep breath and sleep tho sound sleep
of it freeman.
THE CORRUPT L011B Y.
AND THE ATTIMI'T Ot THE Mfc'l'UM.lCAN
I'AHTV TO lir.lNSTATE IT IN POWER.
Tho Constitution of 1K73, adopted
by tbo people ol Pennsylvania by an
overwhelming majority, was intended
to bo a death-blow to tho corrupt lobby
which lor many years had mudo legis
lation a matter of barter and sale at
Hurrisburg. Half tho ubuscs and
wrong.! of the system havo never been
told. It demoralized tho politics and
legislation of tho State, nnd plastered
the Commonwealth over, Irom tho
Delaware lo tho Ohio, with special
privileges to a favored low, which
were auctioned off to tho highest bid-
ders, to embarrass anil oppress future
generations. A regular trade in special
legislation sprung up, and otit of this
grew the legislative lobby, mainly
composed of leading and influential
licpuhltcans, lor that party had con
trot of tho Legislature and tho Execu
tive. Tho lobby was a section of tho
Iiepublican parly.
liy tho Constitution of 1873 special
legislation was abolished, and the of
fonso of bribery by members of iho
Legislature and the " corrupt solicila-
lion ol members by tho lobliy,mado
a high offense, punishablo by fino and
imprisonment. Tho peoplo deemed
they had achieved a great victory and
redeemed tho Sluto from tho obloquy
which rested on il by theso salutary
refill ms. To a certain extent they had ;
but at tbo session of tho Legislature
in 187G a powerful lobby invaded tho
State capitol and attempted by cor
rupt solicitation to control a bill affect
ing the Susquehanna Room Company,
The House of Representatives nt that
timo was Democratic, und us tho at
tempt at corruption concerned its in
tegniv, llio Democratic ner.knr
of
tho House demanded a Comuiiltco of
Investigation. It was granted, with
lion. Joseph Hays, Democrat, of Alle
gheny county, ns Chairman. Among
us members wus Hon. Charles S.
Wolle, Republican, of Union county.
This committeo prosecuted its re
searches with unflagging energy and n
determination to expose and punish
tho guilty. Kvidenco was ncctimnlnt-
ed which showed an orgunitcd move
mint to debauch tho Legislature. Tho
eoinmlllee reported In Ittvorof the ex
pulsion of two members, Petroff, Re
publican, and Lynott, Democrat, Itir
bribery and corruption, and they wero
expelled by n two thirds majority of
Hie members ol too House, jynou
was allowed by his constituents to sink
into obscurity, but tho Republicans of
Philadelphia took up tho caso of Pe
troff and twico re-elected him to tho
Legislature.
The action of tho Dcmocratio Honso
in 1 87i illustrated tho Democratic
method of disposing of legislativo cor
iiiption. It was promptly exposed,
and suinmui ily punished, regardless of
party affiliation. Il w os a disagreeable
duty, but cleared tho atmosphere and
showed tho peoplo of tho Slate that
tho anli bribery prohibitions of llteii
new constitution wero not more idle
words. It was hailed as a great victory
for honesty in politics and legislation.
Rut let us look for a moment nt the
record Iho Republicans hsvo nisdo on
this samo vital question. It is nol
necessary to rocapilulato tho evidences
of corrupt solicitation at Harrisbtirg
last winter to secure tho passago ;d
tho Allegheny county lour million riot
damage bill. They aro fresh in Iho
memories of the people. A powerful
lobby, noting under the direction of
ex Sluto Treasurer Koniblo, a noted
and influential Iiepublican politician
and tho Pennsylvania member of the
National Republican Committee, luid
siego to tho Legislature, and organised
A corrupt conspiracy to piomote tho
passogo of Iho bill by the use of money.
Associated wilh Kemblo wore noted
Republicans in and out of tho Legisla
ture. Tho claim wss put in for four
millions of dollars, although tho riot
damages proposed to bo made jjootl
did not exceed two millions and a halt,
leaving a (dear profit to tbe lobby
brigands of a million and a half ol dol
lars, to be taken from tho public
treasury at a time when the peoplo
wero bravely struggling with tho ruin
ous depression of all business and In
dustries, following the panio of 1S73.
TEEMS-$2 per bmce -in Advance.
NEW SERIES-V01, 20, NO. 10.
Liltlo cared Iho lobby thieves. Tho
charges preferred against Kemblo and
his lobby forced the Republican House
to take Iho matter up. A committee
was raised, and after u searching in
vestigation, reported lo the llouseuvi
der.ce Avurraoting ibe expulsion ol
four members, and turning the number
tlie baino Petroff who wtw uxpelled by
the Democratic IUiho c lK7li lor
bribery. Tho oidcucti againut tbe
members implicated wus of thu most
positive character, und considered by
lair minded' men conclusive of their
guilt. Rut tho lobby was too power
ful with tho Republican Houso, and it
refused to cxpell the corrupt members.
They hold seats in tho House of Rep
rcBctitulivcs to day as luw-mukers lor
the honest peoplo ,of Pennsylvania I
And it Is a taut ot groat tmportanoe, In
view of tho coming election for State
Treasurer, that Air. Rtitler, of Cheater'!
county, tho Republican candidate for
thut ollico, as a member of the House,
voted against tho expulsion of the
members convicted of bribery, includ
ing Petroff, who hud been expelled
from tbo Houso in 187G, and was there
fore an old offender, deserving no con
sideanlion or mercy.
This illustrates tho Republican
method of dealing with tho criminals
who seek to re establish at Harrisbtirg
tho rulo of corruption and bribery thut
prevailed about tho Legislature prior
to tho adoption of tho new Constitu
tion. Tho reason of this consideration
shown tho lobby is obviouB. lis di
rectors amemembcrs wero leading and
influential members of tho Republican
parly. They controlled its action.
Wo say nothing at this timo about
thu criminal proceedings pending in
tho Dauphin county criminal court
against Kemblo and other Republican
politicians iiir bribery and perjury, for
it would bo improper to discuss them
in advance of judicial uction. Tho
trials, however, havo been put off until
alter tho election.
Moro important than anything stat
ed abovo as to tho disposition of tho
Democratic party to enfurco and of
the Republican party to nullify tho
anti-corruption safeguards of the new
Constitution, was the action of the
Slato Conventions of the two parlies
in July last. Tho corrupt practices at
Harrisburg bad become matter ol State
notoriety ami there was a loud cull on
tho two conventions to declare Iho
honest sentiments of tho peoplo.
The Democratic Convention, meet
ing ono week beforo tho Republican
Convention, adopted, withoutu dissent
ing voico, this resolnlion docltiring tho
position of tho Democratic party of
tbo Commonwealth :
7VifA Tlist tbe reeenl a't.mpt. umler the per
sonal direction of ruling Kei'iiblican leaders, to
debsncb the hegi.Lture bj . boles. Is briberr and
sod eorrnptiun.and take Irom tbe Conjtnonweehb
lour millions of dollars for which its liability
had never been ascertained, is a fresb anil alarm
ing evidence of tb. aggressiveness of eorporate
power in collusion with political rings, and
bouM receive the sigusl oondemnstion of tb.
,MrU at the polls.
This is so plain that ho who runs
may read. There is no attempt to
ovado tho issue
Tbo Republican Stale Convention,
ono week later, was organized and
controlled by the lobbyist of tbe Four
Million scheme, to stifle any expression
on thostibjoct. Mr. Kemble's counsel
was Chairman of the Convontion and
directed its proceedings. Mr. Hooten,
of Chester county, nlterwards mado
I hairman of tho Republican Stato
Committee, had adopted by tho Con
vention a resolution, since known ns
"Hooten's gag," taking away from the
minority of tho Committee on Resolu
tions tho power lo mako a minority
report something unprecedented in
tho history of political conventions.
All this was tho machinery of tho
Kemblo lobby, showing ils power.
RepreBcntativo Wolfoof Union county,
who was a member of tho Legislative
Investigating Committee, was a dele
gate in the Convention, and demanded
tho Republican parly should 'speak
out on tho subject of last Winter's
corruption, and offered this resolution :
.'..olr.rf. That ll slew of tbe developments of
corrupt trectioe in oonneoltoa with tne mot m
in ins last House, we, ainpnauceiiv w
rtnrt of tbe nlatlorm adopted by the Republican
Mate Conveotlun al Lancaster in ISTo, and which
was adopted by th. Republican Slate Convention,
at Herri, burg, in 1 HIS, which demands "honest
men in fitliov men with orainl enough to know
di,hinety when they see it and courage enough
to bgbt it "wheresoever Ibey find it."
This resolution met with a chilling
reception. Mr. Komble's lawyer In the
chair ref used to havo it rend, but being
overruled in this by tho pertinacity ol
Mr. Wolf, who was hooted at ana in-
aiilln.l I'.ir his mnlilv stnnd. sent it to
i tho Committeo on Resolutions, wherj
it wns suppressed by tho power nt
"Hooten sgttg. Jxouilusion was mane
in tho Iiepublican platlorm lo what
wus tbo engrossing subject with
all intelligent citizens oi the Sluto.
Tho Kemblo lobby ruled tho Conven
tion, dfetaled the platlorm and nomi
nated tho candidate.
All this unmistakably shows what
wo 6et out to insko plain : tho position
of tho two parties in Ibis Slato on tho
most important homo question to be
decided by tlio election this Fall tho
question of honesty or corruption ns a
controlling power in legislation. Mr.
Iluller is tho representative ol mo loo
by and of a convention notoriously
under its control. Mr. liarr, tho Dcm
ocratio candidate, stands on tho Dem-
ratic platform, which denounces tho
lobby, repudiates its jobs, and calls for
thu punishment ol those furthering
them by tho arls of corrupt solicita
tion. A Binnll ragged boy entered an
oyster house in Salem, (Mass.) and
asked: "Will sell me nn oyster for a
cent? 1 want it for my sick mother."
"What is tbo matter with your
mother?" asked Iho man, os ho pro
ceeded to fill acan wilh oystors, think
ing he would help to relieve a case ot
suffering. "Shos got a black eyo,
wns t)ie reply. I ho uenovolencc
rapidly faded from tbe mind of tho
oyster man as ho put ono oyster in a
paper bog.
An cine tins been hatched in a man's
---- - rss
pocket on tho North Carolina coast.
lie toil ml a terrapin s egg ncneatn a
fragment of rock. Ho put it into his
pocket in order lo show it to a fiiend,
but forgot lo tuko it out. He was
startled in a few days aflor to find a
young terrapin alivo and kicking.
A minister culled upon ono of tho
most influential ol his flock to reprove
him for displaying bin Morpheus ten
dencies in church. "Dear mo," replied
tho offender, "that noedna trouble ye,
sir; for when ye see me noddin', de
pend upon t I ntn well onotigh plcaseu,
an' yo jist gang on wi' ycr preachin."
Hillings goto Tho one over which
Josh did his courting.
A felon on tho hand is worso than
two in the penitentiary.
Men who stand around waiting for
a drink show a lack of cents.
Tho Cameron County Toaohors' In
stitute ia in session this week at Em
porium. In tho public schools or Pottsville,
teaching music is mado compulsory.
Tho State appropriations for 1879,
will be paid by the State Superintend
ent as soon as there is sufficient money
in the Treasury,
Prof. Geo. K. Dixon, Superintendent
of Elk county, has been udtlcd to Ibe
list of instructors for our approaching
Institute.
Our schools aro in a very prosperous
condition. Oteeola Jleveilie. .
Thu blanks upon which tho teachers
are to report to tho County Superin
tendent ore now ready and will be
distributed during thu visitation tour,
and at County Institiie.
Col. J. P. Sanlord, the prince of
American lecturers, has crossed the
Atlantic nineteen limes, been. luo
around the world, und has uulen his
bread in every kingdom on Ibe tace of
tho Globe.
In a total Russian population of
eighty million, tbo enrollment of pupils
in schools numbers only one million
ono hundred thousand. The Finns in
Russia are the only peoplo with whom
all tbo children aro taught to read.
Will tho teachers of tho county send
mo a letter or postal card at tho
close of each month, upon which
state tho general condition of your
school, percentage of attendance, visi
tors, deaths, and ull tho special occur
rences ol' your evkooll We shall es
teem it a great favor.
Tho following is a list of teachers
appointed for Karthaus snd Covington
townships, recently ;
Karthaks. Three Runs school,
Mr. Kldrcd; Oak Hill school, Edgar
L. McCloskoy ; Suit-Lick school, Peter
Fisher ; K urlhauB school, M nry Sankcy.
Covinoton. Frcnchvillo, A. K.
Schnarrs ; Mulsonburg, W. K. Kratzer;
Mignot school, Kmery U. Morrow;
I'airmount school, Willard Marshall;
Central Point, Rev. J. W. Stroup.
Tho Lick Run school, in Goshen,
closed its first month on Tuesday,
Sept 3Ulh, and sends tho following
names as worthy of special mention
for having attended every day ot the
month :
1 1 utile Mead, Annie S. Irwin, Jane
Sellridge, Jennie Mead, Helen Irwin,
Lily Bumgardner, Delia Humgardner,
Verde Sellridge, Georgo McKnight,
Milton Irwin, James Mead, Klwood
Humgardner, Klsworlb Bumgardner.
Tho per cent, ol atlendaneo was 99.
The school room was refitted, deco
rated, and the adage, "well begun in
half dono," fully verified.
We stated lust week that wo would,
this week, publish tho names of three
teachers in each district to servo as a
Committeo to secure exhibits for tho
Institute Fair. We havo decided to
omit this until wo arrango tho pre
mium list, and then tho Cominiltees
will be appointed. We hope, however,
that all will interest themselves in try
ing lo secure something for the exhi
bition. Report of Rock Spring school, taught
by Alice Reed : School opened July
10th, 1S79, closed September 17lh,
1K70 ; Term, twomonlbs. Onescbolar,
Maggio McClinsey, attended every day
during term; Mortiea Henry, Willio
Henry, John Henry, Elmer Mc
Clinsey, Edith McClinsey, and Lydia
Henry, missed two days each. Per
cent, of attendance, 08. Number visits
received from Superintendent, nono.
Number visits received from Directors,
nono. Number visits received from
citizens, 23. .
F1HST DAT OF SCHOOL.
Within a few weeks, at most, thou
sands of teachers will enter upon their
school work for tho year. Manyyoung
teachers will begin work lor tho first
limo ; many others will begin work in
a now place. Tho object of this arlicle
is to mako a few practical suggestions
that will bo specially applicable to the
above named classes of teachers.
1. Upon no other day of tho school
year does so much depend. Tbo im
pressions made tho first day especially
the first morning, will be lasting, and
will havo a powerful influonce for good
or for bad upon all future work.
2. Know definitely tho organization
of tbe preceding school, especially tho
classification, and the page to which
each class bad advanced. This infor
mation can bo obtained from tho re
cords of tho formor teachor, or from
tho pupils. In some way get the in
formation. 3. See to it, that your school houso is
in good condition before the school
assembles.
4. Prepare carefully your opening
exercises, and mako them brief. The
opening "talk" should not exceed (ivo
minutes in length, and should bo of
such a character as to gain tbo con
fidence of tho pupils and put them at
their cuso.
(. Announce no rules of order, but
say, 1 expect each pupil to do just
what bo thinks is right. I desiro to
learn just what your notions of a good
school ore. II 1 find that your ideas
do not agreo with mine, wo Bhall havo
to talk over matters a liltlo.
G. Begin as you expect to continue.
Allow no liberty tho first day that you
do not expect lo grant next week and
next month.
7. After these very brief prelimi
naries, in tho quickest way possible,
give each pupil something lo do. Ono
of tho quickest ways in which to do
this, is to assign woik in arithmetic.
Having previously selected tho lesson
turning back a liltlo from tho page
to which tho class had advanced at tho
lust school assign a certain number
ot problems lo bo solved, and ask that
tho work be dono neatly, and left upon
tho slates for your inspection. In five
minutes lessons can be assigned to nil
tho classes in arithmetic, and theso in
clude a largo majority of every coun
try school, and it insures diligence for
soino timo lo come. Call tho largo
pupils not includod in the above classes,
and by a few questions find their ad
vancement in arithmetic, and assign
work with ono ol the classes organized
temporaiily. Then givo attention to
the little ones, making it a point to
send each to thoir seat with somolhing
lo do. By Ibis method, every pupil
in any ordinary school can be assigned
work in from ten to fifteen minutes.
8. Hear these classes rapidly, indi
eating your method of examining
work and bearing recitations, nnd as
sign work In other branches. A skill
ful teacher will never allow any of bis
school to become idle.
9. Tho secret ot success in organis
ing a school lies in the ability of a
teacher to assign work promptly, and
to keep Iho pupils busy, i
10. Follow as closoly as possiblothe
classification and programme of the
former teacher, and make changes as
experience dictates.
11. Never waste time by taking the
names of pupils tho first thing. Any
othor time is bettor.
12. Study your work carefully, and
have clearly in mind just what yon
aro going to do, and how yon are going
to do it, before beginning. In this
way you wil gain and retain the re
spoet and confidence of your pupils.
Indiana School Journal.